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Paradise’s early warning sirens will be tested at 10 a.m. today for the first time in the town. Also, a bill moving through the legislature would raise the minimum wage for people who work in healthcare facilities to $25 per hour but some hospitals and counties are against the proposal, and Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas has said his administration relocated more than 40 migrants to California.
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The first-ever siren test in Paradise will be conducted at 10 a.m. tomorrow, while some residents welcome the drill others question its value. Also, officials say they may not need to increase water releases as Lake Oroville nears capacity, and the Butte County Board of Supervisors scheduled a hearing on June 27 to look more thoroughly at the county's budget.
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Paradise officials and residents are concerned that the town’s first test of its early warning sirens Thursday could scare people and cause difficult emotions to resurface. Also, 20 members of Congress from California are sending a letter to the EPA today — they’re worried that a rule intended to improve air quality could make it harder to conduct prescribed burns, and more than 1,200 people in Butte County were counted as experiencing homelessness in the 2023 Point-In-Time report released yesterday.
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A new siren system designed to warn residents of an immediate evacuation order will be tested in the town of Paradise for the first time on June 15.
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California public schools may soon be required to teach kids about the causes and effects of climate change and methods to mitigate and adapt to its effects. Also, the nonprofit Camp Fire Restoration Project has built bioreactors for composting in Bille Park to help restore topsoil after the fire, and Chico State is working to help hundreds of students find off-campus housing by next fall due to Whitney Hall being under construction.
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Members of the Chico Police Department may get a 20% raise as the city council prepares to vote on a new budget today. Also, the town of Paradise will coordinate an emergency exercise on June 15 to simulate response actions during a wildfire or other disaster, and officials are investigating whether Florida’s Gov. Ron DeSantis was behind a flight that picked up asylum-seekers on the Texas border and flew them to California’s capital.
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The Butte County Fire Safe Council put on it's second annual Paradise Grazing Festival last week.
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Patients of Chico Immediate Care say they received calls from the clinic informing them of its pending closure. Also, a Paradise Town Council member speaks with NSPR about advocating for tax relief for fire survivors, and the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office announces an update in a 2005 killing.
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The Paradise Town Council will send a council member to Washington, D.C., to express support for tax relief on PG&E settlement money. Also, ongoing winter storms have hit agriculture hard in the Sacramento Valley, and President Joe Biden is expected to visit California to assess the damage from the storms.
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Paradise Genealogical Society celebrates grand reopening after losing its building in 2018 Camp FireThe Paradise Genealogical Society Saturday celebrated the opening of a new permanent headquarters and library after losing its previous location in the 2018 Camp Fire.