Election 2024

Districts in Chico, Paradise, Biggs and Durham all have bond measures on November's ballot. The districts plan to use those funds for new buildings and other infrastructure projects.

As residents’ finances are strained by high rent costs, some find a rent control proposition on this November’s ballot appealing and others say it’s not the answer.

This year's general election could be monumental for Chico city politics, where do community members stand on local races? Also, the city of Chico is calling for volunteers to serve on a Citizen Advisory Committee, and yellow fever mosquitoes have been detected in Colusa County.

Governor Newsom signs dozens of housing bills and announces $2.2 billion in Prop 1 funding for housing and services

A new modeling tool may help emergency officials better predict how wildland fires move through communities. Also, Shasta County reported its first human case of West Nile Virus this year, and an effort to preserve the historic El Rey Theater in Downtown Chico is in full swing.

The Public Policy Institute of California released the report 10 years after the ballot measure went into effect and two months before voters decide whether to repeal aspects of it.

Autumn is quickly approaching but that doesn’t mean the danger of wildfires has lessened. In fact, this is an especially risky time. Also, a motel in Redding may become transitional housing for homeless residents, and Park Fire survivors can learn more about fire cleanup assistance at a meeting today.

If the next Republican president implements Project 2025, California will face an ultimatum: report sensitive abortion data to the CDC or jeopardize Medicaid funding.

An upcoming hearing on the future of the Warren v. Chico settlement agreement may be rescheduled if the court determines a need to hear oral arguments in the case. This comes after the city of Chico filed a motion in federal court asking that it be excused from certain provisions under the agreement. Also, the EPA has officially added Afterthought Mine east of Redding to its list of Superfund sites. The mine has been leaking toxic amounts of pure acid into nearby streams for decades, and California’s Sustainable Ground Water Management Act was enacted 10 years ago.

State lawmakers passed hundreds of bills, including some that would safeguard jobs from AI, strengthen penalties for drug crimes and retail theft and others that call for insurance companies to cover more health services.