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Chico mass overdose: A day that scared the hell out of everybody

Between the Oroville dam evacuation, the Camp Fire and the occasional flash flood in our area, local law enforcement officials, firefighters and medical personnel have encountered just about every...

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$1 million Camp Fire donation returned to Walmart Foundation

In the latest twist involving a $1 million Walmart Foundation gift intended to help the homeless in Chico, the North Valley Community Foundation said Wednesday it was returning the money to Walmart and...

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AB5: Diverse crowd marches on California Capitol to overturn ‘gig economy’ law

SACRAMENTO — There were truck drivers demonstrating next to dancers, and singers standing in solidarity with court transcribers. There were also massage therapists, sign language interpreters,...

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Sealed ballot box found at Chico State University; 529 ballots not included...

Just when you thought the elections were over in Butte County, here come another 529 ballots. An official sealed ballot box on the campus of Chico State was found to have been overlooked in the...

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More evacuations ordered as Dixie Fire expected to surge

Driven by winds that are expected to return with a vengeance Wednesday afternoon, the Dixie Fire continue a resurgence Monday night and Tuesday morning, leading to further evacuations and warnings in...

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Opinion: The same old ‘whoops’ as Northern California burns again

“Whoops! Clumsy me!” If this situation wasn’t so sickening, so heartbreaking, so horrific and gut-wrenching awful, you wouldn’t know rather to laugh or cry. But some comedy of errors are so bad and so...

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One year later: Chico’s Tristan Hirsch recalls the horrors of suicide bomb...

For as long as there have been countries, there have been wars. We send the best of our young men and women into unspeakably horrific situations that will stay with them for the rest of their lives —...

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Opinion: We were held hostage by an airline for a day and a half

If you’ve ever been held hostage by an airline for a day and a half, I invite you to whine right along with me. My wife and I recently celebrated our 10-year anniversary with a trip to Key West, Fla....

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