Andre Byik

The Butte County Board of Supervisors last week narrowly approved moving forward with a proposal to loan funds to rebuild the Honey Run Covered Bridge. Also, the National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning for the northern Sacramento Valley through noon Friday, and Tesla's global engineering headquarters will be established in Palo Alto.

The Butte County Board of Supervisors sent a letter to the PG&E Fire Victim Trust to ask for lower attorney fees for vulnerable Camp Fire survivors. Also, politicians in the North State are lobbying for a federal bill that would provide tax relief for victims of wildfires, and the National Weather Service is forecasting possible snow in lower elevations in the northern Sacramento Valley.

A bobcat found dead in Butte County was found to have died from avian flu. Also, a bill introduced in the California Legislature could prohibit law enforcement from asking tech companies to hand over large amounts of location or search data, and a state lawmaker wants to further restrict so-called “ghost guns.”

Some Native community members say their voices are being ignored in plans to develop riverfront land in Redding. Also, PG&E pleaded not guilty to criminal charges stemming from the 2020 Zogg Fire, and a California bill would set the minimum wage for health care workers at $25 per hour.

Police in Chico and Redding are investigating hate speech flyers distributed over the last week. Also, dozens of Butte County residents are having water hauled to them due to dry wells, and a new report found that areas experiencing frequent wildfires tend to be low-income.

Patients of Chico Immediate Care say they received calls from the clinic informing them of its pending closure. Also, a Paradise Town Council member speaks with NSPR about advocating for tax relief for fire survivors, and the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office announces an update in a 2005 killing.

The Chico City Council last week voted to develop right-of-way alternatives for the downtown core. Also, several affordable housing projects in the North State were awarded grants from the state’s Department of Housing and Development, and a California bill aims to reduce anti-Asian attacks in public spaces.

California’s COVID-19 state of emergency is being phased out at the end of this month. Also, the state-run OptumServe COVID-19 test site in Chico will close on Feb. 24, and Chico State has broken ground on its first net-zero building.

February is Black History Month, and colleges across the North State are holding events and workshops to celebrate. Also, low-income Californians will soon have their grocery budgets slashed due to the end of a pandemic assistance program, and a government survey found that more than 36 million trees died in California last year.

As California continues to recover from multiple atmospheric rivers this winter, officials in Butte County estimate local damages in the millions of dollars. Also, the Redding City Council voted to hire a contractor to create a plan for developing its Sacramento riverfront property, and Black educators and students protested Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed education budget.