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    ‘Flamethrowers allowed’ at Chico State’s first Robotronica

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    The Orion tries Egg Roll King

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    Chico State’s Project Rebound helps students after incarceration

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    Chico State announces construction plans for gender-inclusive bathrooms

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Student in the project explaining their designs of homes. Photo credit: Danielle Kessler

Chico State interior architecture students to rebuild Paradise homes

Danielle Kessler // November 11, 2019

, the Interior Architecture Department has begun plans to rebuild homes in Paradise for families who lost their homes during the most tragic wildfire in California history. Students and professors in the...

Students, parents and first responders attended the event at the Paradise Ridge Elementary gymnasium. Photo credit: Jessie Imhoff

Paradise Ridge Elementary thanks first responders

Jessie Imhoff // November 8, 2019

Paradise Ridge Elementary held a remembrance event in their school’s gym for the Camp Fire anniversary. Students participated in different performances for the event, such as reading the American...

Pacific Gas and Electric leave Butte County in the dark

Pacific Gas and Electric leave Butte County in the dark

Kimberly Morales // November 7, 2019

Through this past year, the Pacific Gas and Electric Company, the largest electricity and gas provider in California, has been in Butte County's spotlight. For the past year, cities across the county have...

Photo credit: Melissa Joseph

University struggles to respond to Camp Fire impact on Chico

Natalie Hanson // November 6, 2019

In the year following the most catastrophic event to ever occur in Butte County, it is disappointing to see Chico State struggle to acknowledge how the fire impacted the town it sits in.First, how the...

Orchards expanded far within the farm. Photo credit: Melissa Herrera

Growing new crops after the Camp Fire

Angelina Mendez // November 6, 2019

Chico State departments and students have teamed up with Chico residents to begin regrowing crops and participate in the regenerative process, following the Camp Fire. After being named after Camp Creek...

Kathy Jacksons project helps families who lost family members due to the Camp Fire by gifting them urns. Photo credit: Kathy Jackson

Project Remember Me gives families hope and healing

Carolyn Allen // November 6, 2019

Project Remember Me is a venture started by Kathy Jackson and her family after the Camp Fire. It is focused on making and gifting urns to the families of those lost in the fire or passed away due to complications...

The street sign on the corner of Kibler and Nunneley roads post Camp Fire. Photo credit: Trenton Taylor

Camp Fire: My point-of-view from Nov. 8 and beyond

Trenton Taylor // November 6, 2019

"Hey, our house is going to be gone within the next couple of hours, can you come up and help us evacuate?"I wasn't even 10 minutes through my morning class on Nov. 8 when I got this phone call from my...

Firefighters rummaging through debris in the aftermath of the Camp Fire in Paradise, California. 
Photo by Zackary Canepari (Courtesy of Netflix)

Netflix’s ‘Fire in Paradise’: an intimate look at tragedy

Angel Ortega // November 5, 2019

The Netflix documentary “Fire in Paradise” recounts the events of the Camp Fire through first-hand accounts and video. Directed by Zackary Canepari and Drea Cooper, “Fire in Paradise”...

Mother and daughter mourning their loved ones. Photo credit: Melissa Joseph

Birds of Paradise offer peace to still-reeling Chico

Melissa Joseph // November 5, 2019

Artists and members of Butte County gathered Saturday night to remember loved ones lost in the Camp Fire.Lively music played throughout the walls of the Chico Art Center as the Trinity Accordion Group...

James Mayne raking the leaves in front of his home in Paradise. Photo credit: Jessie Imhoff

One year since devastation: Life after The Fire

Natalie Hanson and Jessie Imhoff // November 5, 2019

By The Orion News Staff On Nov. 8, 2018, what began as a spark at around 6:30 a.m. in the small town of Pulga (about 30 miles outside of Chico) spread to the nearby community of Concow, with Paradise...

Lukas Hartley running for eventual touchdown. Photo credit: Wesley Harris

Paradise stays undefeated in more than one way

Matthew Ferreira // November 5, 2019

A year ago, the Camp Fire changed everything for Paradise residents.After the fire displaced the majority of the town’s residents and burned down many of its homes and businesses, the Paradise High...

PG&E: the bane of California’s existence

Angel Ortega // November 5, 2019

The Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s advocation for public safety post-Camp Fire is a façade to avoid liability and accountability. The investor-owned utility company, which provides natural...

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