Chico State is holding the Wildcat Way Weekend event in an effort to veer students away from drinking and floating on the river during Labor Day weekend. Activities will be held on and off campus Thursday through Monday.
Some community groups are pushing for an alternative to strict shelters with drug and alcohol policies that prevent many homeless from seeking housing there.
As of Tuesday, less than 100 students are still looking for rooms at one of Chico State's housing facilities. University Housing and Food Services will not be able to accommodate those still on the wait-list.
Riley Hoover, facing charges for a hit-and-run that killed Chico State student Kristina Chesterman, was scheduled for trial Monday but changed his plea in a hearing one week early.
Arrests were made and couches were burned as residents partied throughout the downtown neighborhoods Thursday night into early Friday morning. Later that morning, around 3 a.m., a duplex belonging to the Sigma Chi fraternity caught fire while no one was home.
A fundraiser for Chico State student Grant Meyers, 21, raises $11,786 to pay for flowers, service arrangements and headstone. A cause of death for Meyers, who was found dead in his father's Lodi Home on August 7, has not been released.
Aaron Drange, a 20-year-old recording arts major, was pronounced dead from drowning at Enloe Medical Center after being found unresponsive in an apartment complex swimming pool Tuesday night.
