Camp Fire

Officials say going up Skyway could be dangerous due to the fire’s location. Also, Paradise’s siren system would be “the last effort” if the town’s evacuation warning is upgraded to an order, and officials say to watch out for misinformation on social media.

Several weeks of county-led meetings are giving communities a say in how new evacuation plans might be improved.

A feature film about the 2018 Camp Fire is in production in New Mexico. It stars Matthew McConaughey and America Ferrara and relates the story of a school bus driver’s desperate struggle to navigate the fire. Also, a historic fire tower in Plumas County has been the site of an annual artists residency program for nearly eight years. Plumas Arts and the Plumas National Forest are now looking for a 2024 resident, and Highway 70 has finally reopened to one-way traffic controls after months of ongoing rockslides and weather damage left it closed.

The new paper shows metal levels in watersheds around Paradise, though higher than normal, aren't “something that the public should be alarmed about.”

On average crowdfunding can raise 10 times more money than survivors get from federal assistance. Authors of a new study say survivors will increasingly rely on crowdfunding in the future.

A Butte County Fire Chief recounts the activities of first responders on day one of the Paradise Camp Fire. Also, Chico children’s book author Mollie Openshaw encourages kindness.

One neighborhood in Paradise joined the “Firewise USA” program last year. This year, 20 new neighborhoods are expected.

The Paradise Town Council will let Camp Fire survivors live on their properties until April 2025 without rebuilding. Some survivors are only now beginning to return, in trailers.

The Paradise Town Council will let Camp Fire survivors live on their properties for another year without rebuilding. Some survivors are only now beginning to return, in trailers. Also, the California State University and California Faculty Association reached a tentative deal last night after professors, lecturers and other staff walked out on the first day of classes on all 23 CSU campuses yesterday, and the National Weather Service has lifted flood watches for the North State and the next storm isn’t expect to raise flood risk.

Experts say compost can help heal soil in the Camp Fire burn scar.