Paradise Town Council

Paradise residents ushered in the holidays with the annual lighted truck parade and canned food drive.

Paradise will not be hosting its ice rink this season. After last year’s experiment with synthetic ice, low participant turnout resulted in costs exceeding revenue.

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.

Paradise will apply for $7 million to improve evacuation messaging. This comes as officials report all 21 towers in the town’s early warning system are now operational. Also, as preliminary voting results continue to be counted in Shasta County the recall election of Supervisor Kevin Crye now has a narrow margin, and Sunday is the last day to see a new art exhibit at MONCA that asks Chico residents to question their assumptions on homelessness.

One neighborhood in Paradise joined the “Firewise USA” program last year. This year, 20 new neighborhoods are expected.

The Paradise Town Council will let Camp Fire survivors live on their properties until April 2025 without rebuilding. Some survivors are only now beginning to return, in trailers.

The Paradise Town Council will let Camp Fire survivors live on their properties for another year without rebuilding. Some survivors are only now beginning to return, in trailers. Also, the California State University and California Faculty Association reached a tentative deal last night after professors, lecturers and other staff walked out on the first day of classes on all 23 CSU campuses yesterday, and the National Weather Service has lifted flood watches for the North State and the next storm isn’t expect to raise flood risk.

An urgency ordinance allowing Camp Fire survivors in the town of Paradise to legally live in RVs was set to expire this April. Now, survivors have until April 2025.

Paradise’s urgency ordinance allowing fire survivors to legally live in RVs was set to expire in April. Now, survivors have until April 2025. Also, One person is dead after an avalanche at Palisades Tahoe Resort yesterday, and more anti-camping enforcements are set to begin for some unsheltered residents of Chico next week.