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Brody Fernandez

Brody Fernandez is a regional reporter for the Chico Enterprise-Record. He covers Butte County government, water, agriculture and breaking news. He is a Placer County native and alumni of the University of California, Davis with degrees in Communication and American History.

Hot spots from yesterday’s 600-acre Mountain Fire east of Redding are extinguished by Cal Fire crews, Friday, Aug. 23, 2019. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

Firefighters head north to battle Mountain Fire

August 24, 2019 at 6:52 a.m.

OROVILLE — Cal Fire-Butte County is sending some much needed relief north where a wildfire is burning in Shasta County, threatening Redding and surrounding communities. “As of 7 a.m. this...

A Melanoplus devastator grasshopper specimen kept at Chico State is seen Wednesday in Chico. (Matt Bates — Enterprise-Record)

‘Devastator’ grasshoppers plaguing Butte County ranchers

August 9, 2019 at 8:31 a.m.

A pest of biblical proportions has caused some major headaches for several ranchers in the eastern part of Butte County. Grasshoppers are eating all of the vegetation in the area...

Two wolf pups from the Lassen pack are caught on camera June 18 in Lassen County. (California Department of Fish and Wildlife)

Three new wolves pupped in California’s Lassen pack | Video

August 12, 2019 at 8:40 a.m.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife confirmed on Wednesday that three new wolf pups and two adult wolves were spotted on camera in mid-June. The camera footage showed the...

Shakers work their way through an orchard shaking the nuts from trees during walnut harvest in 2014 at the M&T Ranch west of Chico. – Bill Husa — Enterprise-Record file

California’s tariff-tired walnut farmers get relief from the U.S. government

July 30, 2019 at 4:55 p.m.

Last week, United States Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced funding for walnut growers impacted from recent trade wars with China regarding the tariff retaliations.

The Chico city limit sign on northbound Highway 99 Wednesday in Chico. Caltrans says that population isn’t likely to change until well after the 2020 census, unless the city asks for a change. (Matt Bates — Enterprise-Record)

How many more people are living in Butte County cities after the Camp Fire?

May 20, 2019 at 10:08 a.m.

Six months removed from the deadly Camp Fire, the city of Chico continues to inhabit thousands of people who were displaced following the devastation.

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