Ashiah Scharaga
The Sacramento Bee
California, United States
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Indoor plants: You have to learn by killing things you love (and then growing more)
Houseplants can be tricky. Don’t overwater, find an easy plant to work with and ask for help from people you trust. → Read More
How can we get Sacramento growing? A local nonprofit has an interesting plan
A nonprofit wants to establish The Sacramento Botanical Garden. Bruce Ritter, Linda Ching, and a few others have joined the effort. City Councilman Jeff Harris supports the plan. → Read More
Backyards buzz as beehives catch on in Sacramento, but don’t expect easy honey
Backyard beekeeping can be pretty sweet, but it requires plenty of worrying and work to take care of a colony. Get tips on how to take care of your bees from the Sacramento Area Beekeepers Association. → Read More
Book of Dreams: My Mother’s Voice helps young students from impoverished backgrounds
My Mother’s Voice helps young students from impoverished backgrounds → Read More
Pointe of view: Sacramento Ballet launches 65th season with new artistic director, vision
After nearly 20 years as a performer and a decade as choreographer in residence at Smuin Ballet in San Francisco, Amy Seiwert is now the Sacramento Ballet’s artistic director. She aims to take it new places while honoring its history. → Read More
Rocky Roads: Streets will take years, millions to rebuild
Chico >> Chicoans want to see a lot of roads repaired throughout the city, but they’re not likely to anytime soon. The initial costs for the reconstruction of just one stretch of a roadway is often beyond an entire year’s bu → Read More
Born addicted, Chico boy now sees life as an adventure
Chico >> When the day begins, Rowdy has to find the perfect hat.Today, a cool morning in September, it’s a pinstripe blue fedora.Sometimes Mom has to coax him, but soon the 4-year-old is strapped into his bright red wagon, r → Read More
I volunteered at Safe Space Winter Shelter: Here’s what it was like
Chico >> When I arrived, dozens of people were huddled against the walls of the Calvary Community Church on Broadway and 13th Street in Chico. Wednesday, the night before the winter solstice, was a chilly one, hovering between 30-40 degre → Read More
Guzzetti fined $24,000 for campaign violation
Sacramento >> Former Chico City Council member David Guzzetti was fined $24,000 by a state agency Thursday, charged with using a political action committee’s campaign funds for personal use.The California Fair Political Practices C → Read More
Guzzetti fined $24,000 for campaign violation
Sacramento >> Former Chico City Council member David Guzzetti was fined $24,000 by a state agency Thursday, charged with using a political action committee’s campaign funds for personal use.The California Fair Political Practices C → Read More
Deadlock met on development impact fees in Chico
Chico >> Two development impact fees were met with a City Council deadlock Tuesday. The council went back and forth before the fees for urbanization and street facilities were tabled for a lack of any direction that could be agreed upon. → Read More
Housing now: Chico Housing Action Team program offers hope for homeless
Chico >> Alan Scott woke up to the roars of the waste-hauling truck as it lifted him into its cavernous insides. He remembered screaming “God help me” from the bowels, scrambling among the cardboard that had been keeping him → Read More
Chico City Council to go over development fees
Chico >> Development impact fees look to increase by about $5,696.85 per single family home and $5,538.27 per multi-family unit. The City Council should be making some decisions about a few fees Tuesday – urbanization, street facil → Read More
Chico feeling impacts from state housing crisis
Chico >> Chico is plagued by a serious lack of housing.The city’s vacancy rate is miserably low — 3.9 percent for homes and 1.2 percent for apartments, according to the North Valley Property Owner’s Association. → Read More
Forum: How do we solve the Chico homeless crisis?
Chico >> “If we have enough people that care, we can help everybody.”That sentiment came from Sam Keller, a young man who has already spent part of his life living without a home in Chico. “The reason that peop → Read More
From the vine to wine: Butte County wineries talk about the biz
Grapes have certainly found a home in the valley. When Berton and Carol Bertagna founded Bertagna Son Kissed Vineyards in Chico, → Read More
From the vine to wine: Butte County wineries talk about the biz
Grapes have certainly found a home in the valley. When Berton and Carol Bertagna founded Bertagna Son Kissed Vineyards in Chico, → Read More
Nonprofits gear up for Giving Tuesday
Chico >> Giving comes in many forms, from a smile to a donation to an afternoon of hard work. Giving Tuesday, the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, encourages community members to find a way to give back during the holiday season.Many or → Read More
Shopping center planned near Shasta Elementary School in north Chico
Chico >> A new project in north Chico plans to bring a hotel, grocery store, restaurant, gas station and shopping center to the DeGarmo neighborhood. Paul Farsai, CEO of Land Developers Inc., is working on Eagle Plaza, which will be built → Read More
Shopping center planned near Shasta Elementary School in north Chico
Chico >> A new project in north Chico plans to bring a hotel, grocery store, restaurant, gas station and shopping center to the DeGarmo neighborhood. Paul Farsai, CEO of Land Developers Inc., is working on Eagle Plaza, which will be built → Read More