Paradise, CA

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.

The Butte County Office of Education is hosting community meetings for residents to share what they would like to see in the next Chico Unified School District superintendent. Also, the city of Chico announced they're planning to clear three homeless encampments, and Paradise town officials said the community has achieved 90% compliance with its defensible space requirements.

The City of Chico is planning enforcement actions in three unhoused encampments in parks across the city. It said it's still following the terms of the Warren v. Chico settlement agreement, but it's also looking into its legal options to get out of it. Also, the “Roots for Resilience” benefit event will take place Saturday and will include live music and resource information for Park Fire survivors, and Butte County supervisors voted to consolidate five recent wildland fires into a single emergency resolution Tuesday.

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.

Gov. Gavin Newsom gave his annual State of the State Address yesterday. He mainly focused on policy accomplishments over the last year. He did mention some challenges, but wildfire wasn't one of them. Also, the Chico Police Department is working on encrypting its radio communications, and the town of Paradise’s water supply meets or exceeds state and federal public health standards.

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 Shasta County Grand Jury investigated a board of supervisors member following allegations of a conflict of interest. Its findings say there was no misconduct. Also, Paradise councilors will vote tomorrow to potentially halt permitting new residential buildings downtown, and a popular road for bicycling in southeast Chico that was previously filled with potholes and cracks has reopened to the public.

Butte County will hold 11 community meetings to get public input about updating evacuation maps for numerous communities. Also, the Feather River Nature Center in Oroville has been recognized as a ‘monarch waystation’ or a suitable pit stop for the butterfly’s migration, and next week a host of new improvements are slated to get underway for Bruce Road.

The city of Chico is continuing to clear homeless encampments throughout the city. In its most recent enforcement, three encampments were cleared forcing 23 residents to relocate. Also, the Paradise Town Council is expected to vote on a plan for acquiring easements along the route of a proposed sewer line connection with Chico’s water treatment facility, and the Butte County Board of Supervisors will consider approving a 5.2 million dollar grant from the state to help the behavioral health department expand its services.

The town of Paradise will apply for $7 million to improve evacuation messaging. It’s made progress on several other disaster resiliency projects so far.