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Three years after the Bear Fire, Feather Falls is scheduled to hold its first commemoration this evening at the Goldflake Saloon and Cafe. Also, California State University students may see a tuition hike next year, and PG&E has started undergrounding power lines on part of Highway 70 in Plumas County.
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It’s been nearly three years since the Bear Fire, later known as the North Complex, destroyed much of the communities of Berry Creek and Feather Falls. NSPR's Alec Stutson spoke with Berry Creek residents who are rebuilding in the burn scar to learn more about their challenges and needs.
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Berry Creek Elementary had 70 students in 2020. Now, nearly three years after the Bear Fire burned down the school there are fewer than half still attending. With no new school rebuilt in the community yet, many students have to be transported more than 30 minutes to the elementary’s temporary site in Bangor.
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Rebuilding in Berry Creek is painfully slow after the 2020 Bear Fire devastated the community nearly three years ago. Also, lawmakers in California are considering legislation to allow insurers to pass on the higher cost of living in a fire-prone state to consumers, and West Nile Virus cases increase to 10 in Butte County.
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Many people who lost their homes in the 2020 Bear Fire are still living in trailers on their properties, but the law that allows them to stay expires at the end of this year.