More than 3,200 customers remain without power amid PG&E safety shutoffs
More than 5,400 customers in Shasta, Tehama and Butte counties were without power Thursday afternoon as PG&E continued Public Safety Power Shutoffs…
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Thursday, October 15
84-year-old Oroville man injured in rollover crash near Olive Highway and Foothill Blvd
An 84-year-old Oroville man was transported to a local hospital after a single-vehicle crash near Olive Highway and Foothill Boulevard on Wednesday
Wednesday, October 14
Oroville man gets 3 years in prison after cooking fire spread near 100-home area
A 68-year-old Oroville man was sentenced to three years in state prison after a fire investigators said started while he was cooking over an open flame spread t
Sacramento man sentenced to 18 years for sexually assaulting two minors in Butte County
A 23-year-old Sacramento man was sentenced to 18 years in state prison after pleading no contest to sexually assaulting two teenage girls in separate…
PG&E braces for wind event as undergrounding may not prevent shutoffs
Even in Paradise, where nearly all of the electrical system has been moved underground since the 2018 Camp Fire, some residents could still lose power as PG&E
Parole release renews victims’ rights, public safety concerns in Butte County
The 2022 parole release of Lloyd Clinton Edwards, who was sentenced to three life terms plus more than 51 years in prison for violent crimes, is renewing concer
ICE detiene un trabajador de la construcción
Read this story in English here. Un residente de Chico, originario de Honduras, detenido por el ICE la mañana del 9 de octubre, está a la espera de ser deportado en el Centro de Procesamiento de Inmigración de California City en el condado de Kern, según informaron fuentes a ChicoSol. Cuando el inmigrante de 26 ...
Vina GSA board meets today; plan reconsideration on agenda
The Vina Groundwater Sustainability Agency’s management plan is under review, and some of the parameters for groundwater management are a point of contention. Some Chico residents want a more cautious plan — one they believe would better protect the aquifer in drought conditions, for example.
Domestic well owners fear losing water under current plan
It was 2021 when Marianne Paiva’s domestic well on her 80-acre almond farm began pulling sand instead of water. The farm, and her home, ran solely on groundwater, and when the sand came up, water didn’t flow to the shower or almond trees. It was the second year of a statewide drought that forced communities ...
Tuesday, October 13
Quick reads — Alarm system prevents apparent arson at historic Oroville home
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