Chico State’s Academic Senate calls for an independent investigation connected to the school’s handling of a professor’s sex case. Also, community organizers in Oroville say the city needs more services and housing for unhoused residents, and California's organic dairy farms say they are struggling to stay in business due to the drought.
Doug LaMalfa and Mike Thompson addressed the House Wednesday urging their colleagues to pass a bill relieving Fire Victim Trust payees of federal taxes. Also, new Redding City councilmembers Tenessa Audette and Jack Munns were sworn into office Tuesday, and Butte County Public Health in partnership with the Feather River Recreation and Park District has installed a new Fit-Trail at Riverbend Park in Oroville.
A trial has been scheduled for the man charged in a deadly Oroville bus shooting. Also, former PG&E executives have agreed to pay more than $100 million to settle a lawsuit filed over 2017 and 2018 wildfires, and tenants of a Chico apartment complex fear they will become homeless after being given eviction notices.
Sheriff’s officials say a search is underway for a man who escaped Wednesday from the Butte County Jail. Also, the suspect in a deadly February bus shooting in Oroville has been held to answer charges, and a prolonged heat wave over the holiday weekend has prompted energy concerns.
The city of Chico’s cooling center was not opened despite recent triple-digit temperatures. Also, a new attorney has been appointed for the man accused of shooting multiple people on a Greyhound bus in Oroville earlier this year, and Gov. Gavin Newsom signs gun legislation that will allow civil lawsuits against gun makers and sellers.
A small plane crashed Thursday at the Oroville Municipal Airport, leaving two people dead. Also, a political strategist says the percentage of mailed ballots returned in California’s Tuesday primary is lagging previous elections, and the state attorney general is sounding the alarm on so-called crisis pregnancy centers.
Two people were killed in a small plane crash at the Oroville Airport Thursday. Cal Fire Battalion Chief John Gaddie said the two deceased were the only ones on board and their identities have not been released.
A trial was set in Butte County to determine whether the suspect in the Oroville bus shooting is competent to stand trial. Also, California's reparations task force has released a report detailing the harm experienced by African Americans, and legislation aims to improve FEMA’s response to wildfires.
Prosecutors say the Oroville bus shooting suspect is competent to stand trial. Also, Cal Fire Local 2881 president says firefighter staffing shortage didn't happen overnight, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report drug overdoses have set another record.
Butte County has agreed to pay the family of a man who died while held at the county jail. Also, tribal leaders are calling on the California Legislature to act on the crisis of missing Indigenous people, and the Thursday Night Market in Chico opens today.