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Police shooting ‘justified’

January 26, 2021 Ken Smith 4

Nearly three months to the day after Stephen Vest was shot dead outside of the Chico Petco store, Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey announced his decision that two Chico Police Department (CPD) officers were […]

‘Sweet,’ ‘kind,’ ‘sad’

October 22, 2020 Ken Smith 2

Kaitlyn Mason will always remember Stephen Vest as “the first boy I ever loved.” She first met him when she was 5, and the pair grew up together and dated for two years while attending […]