OROVILLE — Orovillians came out en mass Tuesday at the State Theatre for the 2024 State of the City event. City leaders took the once-a-year gathering of residents to celebrate achievements and accomplishments in 2023 and 2024, with Oroville sports teams taking the spotlight of the event. And meeting a quorum, Mayor David Pittman began …
OROVILLE — High school athletes and other sports teams will be presented with awards at Oroville’s State of the City on Tuesday. For Mayor David Pittman, the event poses an opportunity to recognize local partnerships and groups that provide good to the community — and in the near future, will be supporting coming growth to …
CHICO — Just before attendees began to arrive in the Doubletree Hotel ballroom for the annual State of the City address, two members of the Chico Police Department decided a dry run was in order for a surprise planned for later. Officer Jordan Saldano donned a visual headset and took the controls of a small …
CHICO — The Bell Muir Special Planning Area has a new type of specialness after the Chico City Council decided at Tuesday evening’s meeting to remove that designation in the general plan. From a relatively light agenda, councilors also opened a 30-day window for public comment on allocating federal block grant funds, agreed to modify …
PARADISE — Step by step, the Paradise Sewer Project is coming to fruition, with two new actions made by the town. The Paradise Town Council approved the right-of-way project plan during its meeting Tuesday, creating a consistent layout for how to handle land easements as the town’s project linking it to Chico’s sewage system marches …
CHICO — Over the next few months, in what Mayor Andrew Coolidge calls “the summer of construction,” the City of Chico will roll out an unprecedented wave of infrastructure improvements that will continue for summers — and other seasons — to come. The city has awarded $60 million in contracts for road repairs, as announced …
OROVILLE — Sewer bills in Oroville are on track for an increase this year with the Oroville City Council voting Tuesday to approve a new fee schedule and to begin sending out required notices. The fees have stayed the same for the past five years, and are proposed to increase about $3 per year for …
CHICO — Andrew Coolidge’s time on the Chico City Council has followed a distinct pattern. After narrowly missing out on a seat in 2012, he ran successfully in 2014 and served four years. He missed out again in 2018, the last election before Chico adopted districts, but returned to the dais in 2020 — and …
CHICO — Local officials are preparing to relocate campers gathered in three areas of Chico, including downtown and a stretch of road by the Genesis shelter facility. City Manager Mark Sorensen announced Wednesday evening that seven-day notices to vacate will be issued March 27 to unhoused people at City Plaza, along Dr. Martin Luther King …
CHICO — In a chippy meeting punctuated by emotions and outcries, the most reserved members of the Chico City Council made the loudest — and potentially most enduring — impact Tuesday night. The moment came nearly three hours into open session as councilors considered whether the city should proceed with a rent stabilization ordinance to …