Butte County

Ballots are due today for landowners voting on whether to form a controversial proposed water district in Butte County. Also, a Shasta County woman who faked her own kidnapping has been sentenced, and California saw the onset of an atmospheric river on the heels of a record-breaking heat wave.

A Butte County resident diagnosed with monkeypox shares their experience. Also, the likelihood of seeing a megaflood in California has doubled due to climate change, and health officials say trauma due to wildfire is affecting more children in the state.

The Bear Fire devastated Berry Creek and Feather Falls two years ago today, many survivors haven’t rebuilt. Also, a lumber mill in Weed is investigating whether the Mill Fire sparked on its property, and temperatures in the North State broke records during this week’s heat wave.

Sheriff’s officials say a search is underway for a man who escaped Wednesday from the Butte County Jail. Also, the suspect in a deadly February bus shooting in Oroville has been held to answer charges, and a prolonged heat wave over the holiday weekend has prompted energy concerns.

Drought in the West is causing many cattle ranchers to reduce their herds. Also, affordable housing is a problem in Butte County following disasters, and the mother of Tyler Rushing — shot by Chico police in 2017 — honors her son’s memory.

Hundreds of millions of dollars have been allocated to governments in Butte County for wildfire recovery projects. Also, a journalist in Chico resolves a lawsuit filed over Chico police records, and California plans to adopt regulations that would ban the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035.

An investigative journalist in Chico has won access to hundreds of records in Chico police shootings. Also, officials say cost is a barrier to recovery for survivors in the North Complex burn scar, and a PG&E power outage is planned for today in parts of Yuba, Butte and Plumas counties.

Five years ago, Tyler Rushing was fatally shot by a security guard and Chico police. His parents, Scott and Paula Rushing, sat down with NSPR to talk about Tyler’s case, police shootings in Butte County and what they’re seeking in a lawsuit against the city of Chico.

Butte County Supervisor Tami Ritter recently apologized to surviving family members of people killed by local law enforcement. Also, the city of Chico has reached an agreement with the nonprofit Safe Space Winter Shelter to open a cooling center for the remainder of the summer, and California’s public health director says the state is actually in better shape for battling monkeypox because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

People ages 65 and older are the fastest growing homeless population in the United States — a Chico nonprofit is trying to help. Also, monkeypox cases have tripled in California over the past month and communities without vaccines feel forgotten, and a state program gives college savings accounts to California kids.