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CHAT’s 1st ever-paid executive director leaves
CHICO, Calif. - Chico Housing Action Team’s first-ever-paid executive director, Nicole Drummond, is leaving. CHAT is a Chico non-profit organization that attempts to create affordable housing for homeless people. Drummond was with CHAT for more than two years. She is accepting a job with a national nonprofit and her...
State of The City happening tonight in Oroville
Mayor David Pittman will be the keynote speaker.
Butte County shooting suspect found and arrested
BUTTE COUNTY, Calif. 9:41 SATURDAY UPDATE - The suspect connected to the death of Richard Kelly on April 20 has been found in the Stockton area, the Butte County Sheriff's Office said. On Friday, BCSO detectives found Joseph Perkins at a gas station in Stockton. He was arrested for an...
Lathrop one of the fastest-growing California cities
LATHROP - For the first time since the pandemic, California is growing, and one of the fastest-growing cities is in the Central Valley.Those two cities were Lathrop in San Joaquin County and the town of Paradise in Butte County.Lathrop city officials believe its rise is due to how many homes are in the city and how many more they plan to build. However, the state said that fewer deaths after the COVID-19 pandemic, legal immigration and fewer people leaving are driving the population up.California's Department of Finance showed the state added around 67,000 people to its total population. That's a...
Chico’s community fridge at risk of closure | Chico could have daily train route to Bay Area | Redding among top 100 places to live in U.S.
The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Monday, April 29. Community refrigerator in Chico at risk of closure amid current operator’s move — Erik Adams, NSPR. Chico passenger train expansion could have daily routes to Bay Area, high speed rail, San Joaquin Valley —...
Driver arrested after 2 suspected DUI crashes in Chico early Friday
CHICO, Calif. - A man was arrested for DUI after two early morning crashes in Chico. Another driver followed the suspect and helped police track him down the driver. The crashes happened around 1:15 a.m. Friday. A white Porsche was headed out of downtown Chico when it slammed into the railing on Camellia Way at the bridge over Big Chico Creek. Chico Police Lt. Terry Tupper told Action News Now that the same car was involved in another crash just minutes earlier at 3rd and Main Streets in downtown Chico.
Chico man sentenced to 9 years in state prison for his role in attempted murder of a homeless man
BUTTE COUNTY, Calif. - Demetrius Eugene Brown was sentenced to nine years in state prison for his role in attempted murder in the targeted shooting of a homeless man in Chico in October 2022, Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey said. Brown pleaded no contest to attempted murder in March...
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