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A burned-out property sits next to a home that's still standing near Paradise six months after the Camp Fire. The fire was the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California history.

More Than 1,000 Families Still Searching For Homes 6 Months After The Camp Fire

May 08, 2019
Six months ago, California's deadliest wildfire almost completely destroyed the town of Paradise. Survivors are still struggling to find places to live in a region with a chronic housing shortage.
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Chico Housing Action Team organizers Leslie Johnson, left, Charles Withuhn, center, and Bill Kurnizki, right, in the field in south Chico where they plan to soon break ground on a 33-unit tiny home community for homeless adults called Simplicity Village.

Tiny Homes For Homeless Get The Go-Ahead In The Wake of California's Worst Wildfire

Feb 18, 2019
California's deadliest wildfire worsened an already bad housing crisis in rural Butte County. But the fire has jump-started a local effort to build a tiny home community for area homeless.
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After the Camp Fire in November, thousands of people whose homes were destroyed were forced to seek refuge in nearby Chico, Calif. Some 700 people, some in their RVs, are still living at a Red Cross shelter at the Chico fairgrounds. The shelter is expect

In The Aftermath Of The Camp Fire, A Slow, Simmering Crisis In Nearby Chico

Jan 14, 2019
More than two months after the Camp Fire, the small city of Chico, Calif. is struggling to handle an influx of an estimated 20,000 new people from neighboring Paradise.
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One person has died and a total of 12 people were taken to the hospital after a mass drug overdose in Chico, Calif. Above, syringes of the opiate fentanyl appear at an inpatient pharmacy.

1 Dead And 12 Hospitalized After Mass Drug Overdose In California

Jan 13, 2019
Police officers administered CPR after arriving at a home in Chico, California, where the drug overdose occurred. Four people are in critical condition.
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