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A new study out of Chico State details metal levels in watersheds around the Camp Fire burn scar. Though higher than normal, the research says the metals aren't “something that the public should be alarmed about.” Also, a mudslide in the Feather River Canyon has blocked a portion of Highway 70, and a 15 acre-subdivision in northwest Chico was approved by the city council last night.
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Chico residents could see changes to rules about when alcohol can be sold due to a city council proposal to lift a ban on selling alcohol after midnight on designated holidays. Also, Chico's Police Community Advisory Board will hold its first town hall meeting this spring, and Allstate's return to California will lead to increased auto rates.
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Landlines are crucial for wildfire safety, North State officials say in opposition to AT&T’s new proposal to end the service. Also, Chico councilors move to support a new appeal against Martin v. Boise case, and a new farm to food bank program in Yuba and Sutter counties began this week.
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Chico City Council decides internal affairs committee needs to discuss senior mobile home rent hikesChico City Council voted to continue discussion about rent stabilization for senior mobile home parks. Residents at a senior mobile home park in town are facing unaffordable rent hikes by the park’s current Florida-based owner, Legacy Communities.
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One neighborhood in Paradise joined the “Firewise USA” program last year. This year, 20 new neighborhoods are expected. Also, the Chico City Council voted to continue discussion about rent stabilization after residents at one senior mobile home are facing unaffordable rent hikes, and there are limits on how many bars can exist in the northern section of downtown Chico. But that might change once council members agree on where to take a new proposed ordinance that would lift those restrictions.
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The emergency winter shelter has moved its intake center to an outdoor church parking lot following fines and threats of legal action from the city.
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The nonprofit has stopped operating out of its downtown location after the city threatened to impose hefty fines.
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Surplus land will become a community space, and city staff will try again on abandoned shopping carts in Chico.
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Safe Space, a nonprofit in Chico that provides emergency overnight shelter and meals to unhoused residents, was put on notice by the city yesterday that its newly opened downtown intake center is in violation of city code. Safe Space believes it’s in compliance.
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Shasta County convened a multi-jurisdictional ad hoc committee on homelessness in June. The committee presented a two-year action plan last week to strengthen Shasta County’s response. Also, Chico’s City Council voted 7 to 0 to send a resolution deciding the amount of penalty costs for businesses whose shopping carts are found off-property. A new bike park will be underway on Humboldt Road, and the California Water Resources Control Board yesterday approved new rules for turning water from toilets and other uses into drinking water.