Magalia News

There's nothing like a holiday to bring people together, especially when that holiday honors the coming together of a nation.

Concow doesn't look or feel the way it did when Jim Hart and others decided this was where they wanted to make their home.

There are plenty of places to play golf in the north state, and most are open to the public.

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.

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

Six-year-old Ridge girl Haileigh Cuevas continues to improve after being hit by car while riding a bike, according to the girl's mother, Kelly Cuevas, and a family friend.

In 2008, Butte County experienced an epic fire season. Man-caused and lightning-sparked blazes rampaged through the foothills, leaving about 200 dwellings in smoldering ruin, and killing one individual.

The Butte County Sheriff's Targeted Enforcement Program conducted a parole, probation and warrant sweep in the Oroville, Paradise and Magalia areas on Friday.

For the second straight year, 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 their 2008-09 report issued Friday.

On Monday they were racing around in cop cars making felony stops. Tuesday had them manning fire hoses.

The Butte County Mosquito and Vector Control District will be fogging for mosquitoes in Magalia Tuesday evening.

A former school board candidate for the Paradise Unified School District was thrown off his all-terrain vehicle Thursday afternoon near Stirling City and he and the ATV flew off a cliff.

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

There was a single car accident in Magalia this morning in the 6900 block of Ridgeway.

Several mid-valley Lions Club members have been picked for 2009-2010 leadership roles within Lions District 4-C1, which includes more than 55 Lions and Lioness clubs in Northeastern California.

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

MAGALIA A 6-year-old girl injured in a bicycle accident on the Skyway was in critical condition Wednesday at UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento.

Grim news about the ongoing drought and financial trouble for the Department of Water and Resource Conservation was shared at last week's meeting of the Water Commission.

The Paradise Performing Arts Center may soon become part of the Paradise Unified School District, and the possibility is raising some controversy throughout the community.

In what Oroville Police Chief Kirk Trostle calls a "true miracle," an Oroville teen may sustain only minor injuries after she was struck by a vehicle Friday afternoon while walking along Olive Highway.