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Jake Hutchison

Jake is a reporter by day, musician and craft beer enthusiast by night. He spends his weekends hiking and biking around Chico as well as hanging out with his family and friends.

Paul Wright speaks about homelessness Feb. 25 in River Park in Red Bluff. (DN file)

Tehama County pushes forward in homeless services

July 6, 2021 at 12:46 p.m.

For the first time in years, Tehama County saw a drop in the total number of homeless people living within the county limits.

Fire retardant from an airplane drop coats the side of a home Sunday on Chinese Wall Road north of Bangor. (Mathew Miranda — Enterprise-Record)

Swedes Fire is 85% contained, Red Bank fire at 80%; Walker Fire at 48,507 acres

September 11, 2019 at 8:02 p.m.

The Swedes Fire that ignited Saturday off of Chinese Wall Road east of Oroville has reached 80 percent containment.

A plane that crashed on the north end of the Oroville Airport is seen before flames engulfed the aircraft Wednesday in Oroville (John Cecil — Contributed)

10 people survive plane crash at Oroville Airport; wildfire ignited in brush

August 21, 2019 at 8:21 p.m.

A plane crash at the Oroville Airport ignited a wildfire near the runways.

A bulletin board devoted to people reported missing after the Camp Fire sits inside a Red Cross evacuation shelter at the Oroville Church of the Nazarene in Oroville, Calif. on Nov. 29, 2018. (Robert Salonga/Bay Area News Group)

Woman who went missing in wake of Camp Fire found alive

August 2, 2019 at 5:25 p.m.

A woman who was declared missing during the time of the Camp Fire was found Thursday walking along Lincoln Boulevard in Oroville.

A child who has measles is shown with a rash all over their body. Measles can be prevented with a vaccine, but there is no cure once someone is infected. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — Contributed)

Measles outbreak in Butte County part of a 'cluster,' officials say

March 25, 2019 at 5:46 a.m.

The cases are now considered part of a “cluster” outbreak in Butte, Tehama and Shasta counties within the past week, and officials believe they are all connected.

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