California

Chico State held an open forum Thursday for community members to give their feedback on the search for a new university president. Also, some businesses in Shasta County affected by the COVID-19 pandemic are now eligible for grant funding to relieve financial hardship, and a group of state lawmakers and advocacy organizations are trying to limit solitary confinement in California jails, prisons, and immigrant detention facilities.

Caterpillar construction vehicles dumped piles of trash and abandoned belongings into a seemingly never-ending line of dump trucks at Teichert Ponds Tuesday.

A measure to bring California’s concealed carry laws in line with a U.S. Supreme Court Ruling — while banning guns in a swath of public places including parks and businesses — has support from the governor and attorney general.

PG&E faces 11 felony and misdemeanor charges over its role in the Zogg Fire in 2020. Also, Chico State is holding an open forum today to allow community members to weigh in on the search for a new university president, and Gov. Gavin Newsom is backing a bill that would restrict concealed carry weapons.

The city of Chico began enforcing its anti-camping ordinance at the homeless camp at Teichert Ponds yesterday. Also, the Shasta County Housing Authority is now accepting applications for the wait list of its housing choice voucher program, and the much-anticipated monthly Sierra Snowpack Survey happens later today.

Holiday Market in Paradise closes its doors. Also, former Sacramento resident Tyre Nichols was remembered on Monday evening by family and friends, and thieves steal more than $35 million from some of the state’s most vulnerable residents.

California’s first-in-the-nation task force on reparations agreed residents should qualify for compensation. But should certain “vulnerable” former residents, such as foster kids or ex-prisoners, be eligible?

Disability rights advocates are taking Gov. Gavin Newsom to court over his signature policy to address untreated mental illness and homelessness. Also, more details have been shared on the mass shooting in Half Moon Bay, and a steady rise in the percentage of Californians choosing to die at home climbed during the pandemic.

The task force members are discussing monetary and nonmonetary reparations ideas to compensate for slavery and racism. Some say they want policies to prevent future harms against Black Californians.

Volunteers for the “Point-in-Time” count set out in Butte County this week to collect demographic information on people experiencing homelessness. Also, members of one town in Shasta County met this month to discuss wildfire resiliency, and U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla has called for more federal action on gun safety.