The city’s court-ordered pallet shelter project is close to completion, and advocates for unhoused people are hopeful but cautious about its chance for success. The proposed code of conduct and the operating standards for the site are now being finalized. The city, plaintiffs and the judge must agree on these standards in order to finalize … Final steps underway for pallet shelter site
As the pandemic disrupted Chico’s Chapman neighborhood, Chapman Elementary School Principal Mike Allen was one of several local school leaders known to knock on students’ doors and check on them, often with food in hand. The schools were closed by state mandate with only online learning from March through August 2020, meaning that children missed … School leaders in Chico work to reduce “unfinished learning”
Editor’s note: The effort to recall four CUSD board members ended unsuccessfully Oct. 12, when recall organizers failed to turn in the circulated petitions. “If the school does not enforce the mandates, I pull my kids.” Parent and Chico State student David Gregory worries about tension in Chico Unified School District (CUSD), as some parents … Recall effort targets four CUSD board members
Chico Police Department today blocked the media from Boucher Street as officers informed homeless people camping there and at Forest and Humboldt streets that they had to move. Unhoused people at both sites had been given 72-hour eviction notices that had expired. And as the rain ceased and the sun broke through today, police moved … Homeless evictions continue in southeast Chico
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