Berry Creek

Berry Creek residents are celebrating the recent Butte County Board of Supervisors unanimous decision to give Bear Fire survivors an additional 18 months to live in RVs and trailers on their properties, but some in the burn scar still have concerns about the price of permits and the rebuilding process.

Berry Creek residents are celebrating the recent Butte County Board of Supervisors unanimous decision to give Bear Fire survivors an additional 18 months to live in RVs and trailers on their properties, but some in the burn scar still have concerns about the price of permits and the rebuilding process. Also, the Nor Cal Roller Girls are gearing up for their first home game since the COVID-19 pandemic, and the California Department of Water Resources is hosting a series of rafting trips on the Feather River through mid-November.

Last month, the California Interagency Council on Homelessness announced a new round of funding to communities across the state, including Oroville. Also, as of today, the ordinance that allows permits for Bear Fire or North Complex survivors to stay on their land in trailers and RVs is set to end on Dec. 31; this morning the Butte County Board of Supervisors is planning to vote on a possible six-month extension, and it’s been six years since the Cascade, LaPorte and Cherokee fires in Yuba and Butte counties.

As of today (Tuesday, Oct. 10), the ordinance that allows permits for Berry Creek residents to stay on their land in trailers and RVs is set to end on Dec. 31. But this morning, Butte County supervisors are planning to vote on a possible six-month extension.

Dozens affected by the Bear Fire or North Complex gathered Friday evening (Sept. 22) to address the looming expiration of permits that allow them to live in RVs and trailers on their properties. NSPR’s Erik Adams reports.

Feather Falls community reunites on the three-year anniversary of the Bear Fire, later known as the North Complex, which leveled the communities of Berry Creek and Feather Falls.

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.

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.

We continue to focus on the 2020 Bear Fire, later known as the North Complex, which destroyed much of Berry Creek and Feather Falls nearly three years ago. Today we look at the elementary school’s road to recovery. Also, the Shasta County District Attorney’s Office announced that charges will not be filed against a man who used a racial slur during a previous supervisors meeting, and Chico’s Thursday Night Market will close for the season on Sept. 14.

Several Berry Creek residents are suing the Butte County Board of Supervisors for allegedly violating the Brown Act. Also, a bill in Washington D.C. would add more acreage to the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument, and experts are concerned that a warm storm forecast for later this week could melt snow prematurely and lead to flooding.