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A fast-moving wildfire that started in Upper Bidwell Park continues to prompt evacuations in part of Chico, Cohasset, Forest Ranch, and part of Tehama County.
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The Park Fire is getting very close to our KCHO transmitter in Cohasset. If we lose our signal, our news team will make a full pivot to digital news until we get a backup system up and running. Find us at mynspr.org and subscribe to our Headlines podcast, wherever you get your podcasts.
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Cal Fire says fire suppression efforts will continue in the area today.
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One North State organization working to evacuate animals from the Thompson Fire shares advice for residents preparing for wildfire.
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The Supreme Court has sided with the city of Grants Pass in a landmark case on homelessness. The decision reverses a previous ban on criminalizing people for sleeping outside if they have no other options. In Chico, some say the decision could affect how the city responds to homelessness in the long term. Also, the Pit River Tribe is getting more than 1,500 acres of its land back in Shasta County, and the City of Redding is making it easier for utility customers to pay their bills online.
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Independence Day is right around the corner. While many will celebrate the holiday with family gatherings and food, Chico officials are reminding residents that setting off fireworks is illegal. Also, nearly six years after the Camp Fire destroyed the Honey Run Covered Bridge reconstruction is now underway, and Avelo Airlines is leaving Redding and passengers without direct flights to Southern California.
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PG&E customers will see a rate reduction this summer, but the relief will be temporary. Also, evacuations have been lifted for the Apache Fire in Butte County and the Sites Fire in Colusa County.Officials offer some advice to residents on what to do after returning home, and a lawsuit against the Shasta County Elections Office has been dismissed by a superior court judge this week.
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California can’t legally require insurers to write either residential or commercial property policies. But the state expects insurers to comply with the options unveiled today because get something they want in return: catastrophe modeling.
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Several weeks of county-led meetings are giving communities a say in how new evacuation plans might be improved.
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A new study from UC Davis found that the amount of time wildfire smoke lingers and the space it covers has increased dramatically since 2006. That can cool lake temperatures and impact how ecosystems function.