Chico City Council

As more homes in California are built in areas at high risk for wildfire, new research shows that disclosing wildfire risk potential to homebuyers lowers home sale prices. Also, the Chico City Council voted to approve the city budget including a 20% raise for the city’s police department, and a building was vandalized with homophobic hate speech in Susanville on the first day of Pride Month, now the community is coming together to fight hate.

Members of the Chico Police Department may get a 20% raise as the city council prepares to vote on a new budget today. Also, the town of Paradise will coordinate an emergency exercise on June 15 to simulate response actions during a wildfire or other disaster, and officials are investigating whether Florida’s Gov. Ron DeSantis was behind a flight that picked up asylum-seekers on the Texas border and flew them to California’s capital.

The Chico City Council Tuesday voted to let the public decide the fate of the controversial Valley’s Edge development. Also, Chico Unified School District is hosting a community youth fair tonight, and today is 4/20: West Coast cannabis growers say the industry is struggling with oversupply.

Butte College hosted its inaugural “Big Time” event last week to celebrate Native students. Also, the Chico City Council Tuesday discussed how to proceed with a referendum opposing the Valley’s Edge development project, and a documentary called “Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire” is premiering at Chico’s Pagent Theatre tonight.

The Chico City Council will revisit the plan for the Valley’s Edge development tonight. Also, A new survey finds that statewide snowpack levels are more than double the average for April, and the state is continuing to loosen COVID-19 mandates.

The Chico City Council last week voted to develop right-of-way alternatives for the downtown core. Also, several affordable housing projects in the North State were awarded grants from the state’s Department of Housing and Development, and a California bill aims to reduce anti-Asian attacks in public spaces.

The Chico City Council has sweetened an incentive to attract experienced officers to the Police Department. Also, California is moving forward on closing two more prisons, and health care workers are turning to dating apps to trace infectious diseases.

Newly elected Chico City Council members were seated Tuesday. Also, a winter storm is expected to arrive in the North State this week, and researchers find the approaches states have been using to budget for fire suppression are falling short.

The Chico City Council is set to consider raising signing bonuses for certain police officer candidates. Also, gray wolves are staging a comeback in California, and the state has seen a relatively mild 2022 fire season.

The Chico Planning Commission voted Thursday to certify the environmental impact report for the Valley’s Edge development. Also, some fire survivors may be eligible for a refund on state taxes they’ve paid on PG&E settlement money, and state lawmakers are scheduled to address high gas prices.