Shasta County

A Chico City Council member is requesting a plan to make improvements at Bidwell Park. Also, the Chico Natural Foods Co-op is offering a 75% discount on California grown produce for those shopping with CalFresh benefits, and a six-page report from Chico city staff highlights several reasons why an hour of free parking is likely to cause issues downtown.

Butte County leaders were presented with a post-election analysis surrounding the results of the one-cent sales tax increase measure in November. Also, Congressman Doug LaMalfa is again seeking to end federal funding for transgender health care across the country, and the Registrar of Voters for Shasta County has announced his choice to step down from the position early due to health concerns.

There have been 15 confirmed or probable wolf attacks on livestock in the North State so far this year. An increasing wolf population is celebrated by advocates, but can cause problems for ranchers. Also, Butte County will find out at the board of supervisors meeting today details surrounding the success of Measure H — the one-cent sales tax voters recently passed in November, and a lawsuit filed by Shasta County against election activists was dropped.

For decades, Secure Rural Schools Act funds have been given to districts with large swaths of federal land that can't be taxed or developed. But now those funds could be cut off, leaving many districts strapped for cash.

We asked 14 Police Chiefs in the North State about what role they’ll play in immigration enforcement. Half of them responded, and this is what they said.

The Sierra Pacific Regional Cancer Center in Redding is expected to be the most state of the art oncology facility north of Sacramento.

It's been more than six months since the Park Fire swept through Butte and Tehama counties. Now, Chico State is using a nearly 8,000-acre property in the burn scar to create a prototype for sustainable wildfire recovery in California. Also, a team of Shasta High School students will see their work fly to the edge of space, and California lawmakers are working to combat federal deportation efforts. What does that mean for schools in the state?

Juan Moreno is the fifth person to die in the Shasta County Jail since 2023. And he’s the fourth person of color. Nevin Kallepalli, a reporter at the nonprofit media outlet Shasta Scout, explains what is currently known about Moreno’s death.

Chico Fire Department has been increasingly responding to warming and cooking fires started at homeless encampments. Last night the city council considered banning camping in some places of the city. Also, Nevin Kallepalli, a Shasta Scout reporter, explains what is currently known about Juan Moreno, the fifth person to die in the Shasta County Jail since 2023, and PG&E says crews and equipment are in place to respond to any power outages caused by the next atmospheric river forecast to move through the region Thursday and Friday.

The outbreak of bird flu continues to spread. So far, there have been no reported human cases in Butte County. Also, the nonprofit Good News Rescue Mission unveiled their Gold Street Sober Living Home during a ribbon cutting ceremony last week, and the Redding Planning Commission will consider renaming Squaw Creek Court at its meeting tomorrow.