Camp Fire

The California Department of Water Resources will increase releases from the main spillway at the Oroville Dam today. Also, Wall Street Journal reporter Katherine Blunt shares the details of her latest book about utility infrastructure in the North State, and California is purchasing and delivering 1,200 tiny homes.

The city of Chico says it will open additional campsites for unhoused residents who are not eligible to stay in local shelters. Also, the Butte County Board of Supervisors discussed clearing vegetation alongside evacuation routes in the Camp Fire burn scar, and Chico is getting a new late-night, soul food restaurant.

The Shasta County Board of Supervisors is set to consider how to tabulate election results after moving to cancel its contract with Dominion Voting Systems. Also, the Butte County Board of Supervisors will consider a plan to clear some evacuation routes of brush and vegetation, and California’s COVID-19 emergency declaration ends today.

The Butte County Board of Supervisors sent a letter to the PG&E Fire Victim Trust to ask for lower attorney fees for vulnerable Camp Fire survivors. Also, politicians in the North State are lobbying for a federal bill that would provide tax relief for victims of wildfires, and the National Weather Service is forecasting possible snow in lower elevations in the northern Sacramento Valley.

Nothing But Love Owner Iris Natividad hopes the gallery will serve its purpose by continuing to spread the message of art through her shop.

Officials release preliminary election results for North State races and measures. Also, Camp Fire survivors share the reasons they came out to vote, and Democrats are poised to sweep statewide offices yet again.

Today marks four years since the Camp Fire devastated Paradise, Magalia, Concow and Butte Creek Canyon in Butte County. Also, more than 20,000 ballots have been cast in Shasta County ahead of Election Day today, and millions of dollars have been spent on last-minute campaigning in California.

In the first story of NSPR’s Sounding the Alarm series, fire survivors who’ve lived through recent deadly and destructive wildfires in Butte County share how emergency communication has fallen short.

Events commemorating the 2018 Camp Fire are scheduled this weekend in Paradise. Also, Redding’s Megan Rapinoe will be inducted into the California Hall of Fame, and Gov. Gavin Newsom is withholding $1 billion in funding for homelessness to re-evaluate shelter goals.

This Saturday, people will be gathering in the town to commemorate the Camp Fire.