Cal Fire crews were able to keep a fire to just over 17 acres that burmned along the skyway around 130 Sunday afternoon ...they were able to gain fullcontainment by late Sunday Afternoon. CAL FIRE investigators want to talk to anyone who was in the area of the Skyway and Rocky bluff Drive at or just before 1:25 p.m. on Sunday. They are hoping someone saw the fires when they were small and just starting. The vehicle is a light-colored Chevy truck traveling northbound on the Skyway (toward Paradise) towing a dump trailer that was carrying a Bobcat-type excavator. If you can help with this investigation please contact CAL FIRE at their Butte Unit Prevention Bureau Office at (530) 538-7888.

An explosion of Coronavirus cases is shutting in-person classes after only one week of instruction at Chico State The school will now hold a virtual fall semester after nearly 30 reported cases have been traced to the campus community. University President Gayle Hutchinson says since almost all of the campus dorms have been impacted with cases they will be requiring the 700 students to move out by next weekend. University officials were concerned when 15 COVID cases hit an off-campus apartment complex last weekend. Over the last two weeks 18-to-24 year olds in Butte County have accounted for nearly 200 new COVID cases

Chico's City Council voted 6-1 Tuesday night to retract April's emergency directive that allowed homeless camps in its greenways and waterways. Councilman Scott Huber was the lone dissenting vote, but some people in Chico agree with him. Orme says all parks are now off limits to camp in. He says the city is working on short and long term plans to help both causes that will include county and state partnerships. He says the city has and is still working on partnering with shelters and services to get homeless out of encampments. THE COUNCIL ALSO VOTED 5-2 TO PASS AN ORDINANCE TO ALLOW CANNABIS SHOPS TO BE ALLOWED TO OPERATE WITHIN CITY LIMITS ...The city will allow four permits to be issued for retail cannabis businesses, with some parts of the city exempt from these businesses including downtown and buffer zones around schools.

Regional air quality for Butte, Glenn and Tehama Counties is forecast to have reached unhealthy levels, according to the agencies. Smoke impacts are expected to vary over the next several days depending on wind direction and the intensity of the fire activity. The agencies say that people experiencing questionable or severe symptoms should seek professional medical advice and treatment.

 

For current air quailty measurements, visit the California Air Resource Board website, and choose the location from the top menu:

https://mobile.arb.ca.gov/breathewell/

 

 

BCSO is issuing an Evacuation Warning for Glen Drive area due to the Potters Ravine fire. For more information visit  http://www.buttecounty.net/sheriff or call 833-512-5378.

 

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081420 5:35pm BCSO is issuing an Evacuation Warning for Cassandra Drive to Wheelock and Durham Pentz to Prairie due to fire. For more information visit http://www.buttecounty.net/sheriff or call 833-512-5378.

 

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The North Valley Community Foundation released its 2019-20 annual report earlier this month, outlining the tens of millions of dollars that have been granted over the last fiscal year. As far as disaster relief goes, the foundation has granted OVER $35 MILLION in disaster relief since Nov. 8, 2018. The foundation distributed funds throughout the community after the Oroville spillway evacuation and the Camp Fire, and is now doing the same during the pandemic.

Walmart and Instacart have joined forces to offer same-day delivery in four U.S. markets, the latest play by a major grocery chain to partner with the delivery service. Walmart will be available through Instacart in Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Diego as well as Tulsa, Oklahoma as part of its initial launch, which begins on Tuesday, a spokesperson for Instacart . Instacart says the partnership will give customers access to items ranging from groceries, alcohol, pantry staples, and home decor "in as fast as an hour."

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