Paradise News

"Celebrating Life" will be the theme for the Paradise Pow Wow on Saturday and July 12 at Gold Nugget Museum, 502 Pearson Road.

Three years of drought have weakened even some of Paradise's most drought tolerant trees, lowering their resistance to bark beetles that are increasing in population killing off some of Paradise's pines.

Published: Friday, July 3, 2009 at 9:23 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, July 3, 2009 at 9:23 a.m. A Montgomery Zoo veterinarian says the final necropsy reports show the deaths of a 23-year-old African elephant and her 1-month-old calf were not related to breeding elephants in zoos, a conclusion that critics dispute.

Vladyslav Kapelnykov prays as firefighters work to stabilize Oresta Luciw who was inside the crumpled PT Cruiser on Skyway on Wednesday.

What a shame it is that when we do contact our government agencies, they can't even give us the decency of a response.

PARADISE While the Town Council was approving a budget that eliminates its police vehicle replacement program, a Paradise Police cruiser was T-boned Friday morning by a Chevrolet Blazer.

For the second year in a row, the lack of fire evacuation routes in Paradise and the Upper Ridge have caused extreme concern for the Butte County Grand Jury, which investigated the matter in its 2008-09 report issued Friday.

Local fire safety experts will be hosting interactive workshops throughout Butte County on four Saturdays starting in July to help residents create a fire safe plan for their property.

It seems that same trough the state tries to keep filled with tax increases is the same one the local school district now wants to cozy up to.

Citing lack of income, the Paradise Performing Arts Center board has laid off its technical director Bruce Dick, whose last day will be Tuesday.

Michelle Sanchez, a well-liked principal at Pine Ridge School, has resigned from the Paradise Unified School District.

PARADISE A 20-year-old Paradise man punched a convenience store owner during an attempted robbery early this morning, then returned to a party on Bandtail Lane and assaulted at least four other people.

Possible purchase of the Paradise Performing Arts Center by the Paradise Unified School District was discussed at Tuesday night's school board meeting, but a center supporter presented a different idea.

Ridge musician Dave Kennedy s drumset is set up at the Optimo Lounge Saturday night.

Ailing and elderly, Gladys McManaman says she's miserable because a nursing home has limited the time she can visit her disabled daughter.

William S. Presswood, 38, is strapped to a stretcher after a six-car accident on Clark and Bille roads.

After the Humboldt Fire ripped through Paradise last summer, the only things left on the blackened property where Margie Cooley's house used to stand were milk cans, wagon wheels and a broken nutcracker.

A 5-year-old Paradise girl was hit by a car while riding a bicycle at Skyway and Aldridge Court in Magalia about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday afternoon.

A Paradise man accused of having unlawful sexual intercourse with a 14-year-old girl pleaded no contest Tuesday morning in court.

Hoping to use federal stimulus money, the Paradise Town Council will consider approving a project on Tuesday's meeting that would repave three major roads in town.