The COVID pandemic continues to impact California’s farmworkers and their access to health care -– particularly in more isolated rural zones like the Northern Sacramento Valley, doctors say. The “tripledemic” — as flu and RSV add to the surging respiratory illnesses sweeping the nation -– may worsen existing barriers to health care access that marginalized … Health care providers struggle to reach essential workers
Eric Mash remembers how his father, Bill “Guillermo” Mash, always had projects underway. So when his father told the family that he had decided to move to Chico and write about homelessness, no one was surprised. “He fell in love with Chico,” Eric said. “He just had this passion and fire within him to help … Bill Mash always had a project going
During the past few months, Butte County -– like many California counties — has scaled down its local COVID data collection process. The change comes after two years of maintaining a database displayed on the Public Health Department website that was based on data gathered daily from local medical service providers. Now the county is … Covid data collection slows in Butte County and elsewhere
Stonewall Alliance Chico’s Executive Director Andrea Mox was worried last month when a parent at Blue Oak Charter complained to school staff that their child came home asking about terms for LGBTQ+ people after attending a suicide prevention workshop. Mox said the parent complained to the school and local media that they did not know … Chico’s Stonewall responds to parent complaint, media report
Shootings at Chico’s Teichert Ponds has some residents worried that unhoused people are facing increasing violence -– perhaps linked to rising levels of “dehumanizing” speech targeting them. A shooting at the Ponds killed an unhoused man and left another seriously injured last year, and a shooting last month in the same preserve nearly killed another … Shootings at Teichert Ponds encampment alarm activists
The city of Chico winds around one of the largest municipal parks in the country — Bidwell Park. Step off the sidewalk and enter the park, and the city seems to disappear. You’re under a tree canopy, on a street or trail lined with oaks, ferns and sycamores. Park lovers -— who on most days … Bidwell Park struggles with increased use, dry conditions