Chico City Council

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.

Correctional officers fatally shot two inmates at High Desert State Prison in Lassen County. Also, the newly elected members of the Chico City Council are scheduled to be sworn in next week, and California examines a rise in reported hate crimes in the state.

Safe Space is preparing to open its doors for the upcoming winter season. Also, the Chico City Council votes to rename the Chico Municipal Airport to Chico Regional Airport, and a state audit finds the UC system is moving too slowly in returning Native American cultural items to tribes.

The city of Chico has a new city manager. Also, some North State counties are falling behind the state for high school students meeting college-qualifying A to G requirements, and Yuba County officials urge residents to plan for wildfire sooner than later.

The Rices Fire burning in Nevada County is 22% contained. Separately, forward progress has been stopped on the Sandra and Nelson fires in Butte County. Also, seven North State counties have no abortion clinics, Chico gets a new city manager and Chico’s police chief announces his retirement.

People experiencing homelessness in Chico will have at least two places to legally camp if it’s determined certain shelters are not appropriate for them.

A political strategist says California’s primary election showed voters are unhappy with the political environment. Also, people experiencing homelessness in Chico will have at least two places to legally camp if they’re not eligible to enter certain shelters, and a Cal Fire initiative is working on finding uses for wildfire timber.