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Recent events during wildfires on Maui raise questions about whether a new siren system in the North State will be effective. NSPR’s Jamie Jiang recently spoke with Colette Curtis, Paradise’s recovery and economic development director, who is in charge of the town’s siren system.
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Many survivors of the 2018 Camp Fire have been watching the news of wildfires in Maui with a sense of disbelief.
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Feather River Hospital in Paradise cannot and will not reopen. Hospital executives confirmed that at a community meeting on Monday, July 24. Its emergency room will remain closed as well.
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Adventist Health held a community meeting this week to apologize to Paradise residents but said the economics of rebuilding the Feather River Hospital don’t add up. Also, the Butte County Board of Supervisors approved a special election in December where voters will decide on the creation of the Tuscan Water District, and Cal Fire says the Wonder Fire north of Redding is 40% contained and 150 acres.
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The future looks uncertain for a project that would bring more than 70 early warning evacuation sirens to fire-prone communities in Butte County.
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Paradise homeowners struggle to keep and get home insurance policies despite having defensible space and living in a fire safe community. Also, West Nile Virus has been detected near Chico and Richvale, and Democrats in the California Legislature blocked a bill to crack down on child sex traffickers, but reversed course after public backlash and pressure from the governor.
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Paradise residents pleaded with California officials this week to get major insurance carriers that have stopped or put caps on selling new insurance policies in the state to reconsider. Also, PG&E looks to microgrids as one solution to try to reduce the likelihood of wildfires caused by its equipment, and the state’s energy grid is expected to hold up during this week’s heat wave.
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The first-ever emergency siren test in Paradise went off without a hitch Thursday — but also without a sound in some parts of the Ridge.
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The Shasta County Board of Supervisors yesterday voted 3-2 to hand-count ballots to tally election results. Also, the Butte County Board of Supervisors heard a request yesterday from the Honey Run Covered Bridge Association for a loan to rebuild the iconic bridge, and community organizers are pushing for change six years after Desmond Phillips' death.
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The second annual Paradise Grazing Festival returned over the weekend. Also, California lawmakers approved a bill to require new pricing transparency from oil companies, and a study by the non-partisan Public Policy Institute of California found that more than 70% of California prison inmates are serving added years behind bars for sentence enhancements.