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A new support group for Camp Fire survivors met last week as mental health counseling resources remain scarce in the burn scar. Also, Chico starts a ‘kiosk concierge’ program after complaints from downtown businesses and visitors about new smart meters, and lawmakers in California continue to struggle to regulate so-called crisis pregnancy centers that abortion advocates say mislead women seeking abortion care.
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After California’s largest home insurance provider said it wouldn’t issue new policies, consumer and insurance industry groups have ideas for what they’d like to see California do. Here’s the debate over four of those ideas.
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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 town of Paradise conducted the first test of its new emergency evacuation siren system Thursday. NSPR sent reporters to different locations throughout the Ridge to gauge who heard the siren test and who didn’t.
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The California Department of Water Resources will increase releases from the main spillway at the Oroville Dam today. Also, Wall Street Journal reporter Katherine Blunt shares the details of her latest book about utility infrastructure in the North State, and California is purchasing and delivering 1,200 tiny homes.
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The city of Chico says it will open additional campsites for unhoused residents who are not eligible to stay in local shelters. Also, the Butte County Board of Supervisors discussed clearing vegetation alongside evacuation routes in the Camp Fire burn scar, and Chico is getting a new late-night, soul food restaurant.
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The Shasta County Board of Supervisors is set to consider how to tabulate election results after moving to cancel its contract with Dominion Voting Systems. Also, the Butte County Board of Supervisors will consider a plan to clear some evacuation routes of brush and vegetation, and California’s COVID-19 emergency declaration ends today.
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The Butte County Board of Supervisors sent a letter to the PG&E Fire Victim Trust to ask for lower attorney fees for vulnerable Camp Fire survivors. Also, politicians in the North State are lobbying for a federal bill that would provide tax relief for victims of wildfires, and the National Weather Service is forecasting possible snow in lower elevations in the northern Sacramento Valley.
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Nothing But Love Owner Iris Natividad hopes the gallery will serve its purpose by continuing to spread the message of art through her shop.
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Officials release preliminary election results for North State races and measures. Also, Camp Fire survivors share the reasons they came out to vote, and Democrats are poised to sweep statewide offices yet again.