David Little
Mercury-Register
Chico, CA, United States
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A drug problem that knows no borders
On a sunny but brisk October day in 2018, just three weeks before the Camp Fire would drastically change Butte County, Kory Honea was riding shotgun in a gleaming new black pickup in Cochise County… → Read More
A drug problem that knows no borders
On a sunny but brisk October day in 2018, just three weeks before the Camp Fire would drastically change Butte County, Kory Honea was riding shotgun in a gleaming new black pickup in Cochise County… → Read More
Camp Fire profile: Richard Garrett, ‘could build a house from the ground up’ – Chico Enterprise-Record
Richard Jay Garrett loved building homes and decks, being outside, classic rock, and old-school cars and trucks. Concow was perfect for him. The 58-year-old Concow resident was a contractor. “… → Read More
Help needed to learn more about seven victims – Chico Enterprise-Record
Sixty-seven victims of the Camp Fire have been positively identified by the Butte County coroner so far, with another 19 to come. We’re been running profiles of the victims since Jan. 8 and r… → Read More
Camp Fire profile: Joseph Rabetoy, a solitary life – Oroville
Joseph Rabetoy, 39, was the second-youngest person to die in the Camp Fire, among the 67 identified so far.Rabetoy lived in a manufactured home or trailer on Angel Drive, near Pearson Road and Clar… → Read More
Camp Fire profile: Joseph Rabetoy, a solitary life – Chico Enterprise-Record
Joseph Rabetoy, 39, was the second-youngest person to die in the Camp Fire, among the 67 identified so far. Rabetoy lived in a manufactured home or trailer on Angel Drive, near Pearson Road and Cla… → Read More
Camp Fire profile: Julian Binstock, a man of the world in Paradise
Julian Binstock was born in New York City, graduated from Harvard, then lived in Brussels, Tokyo, Paris and Los Angeles. He moved to the Paradise ridge because of a typo. As Binstock was leaving th… → Read More
David Little: So many stories, so little time
There’s a plain gray light pole in northwest Chico that is adorned with bright silk flowers and faded photographs. It’s a memorial for a young Chico woman, Nicole Fugate, who died there while ridin… → Read More
Camp Fire survivors hear lessons of loss, resilience from Santa Rosa residents – Oroville
CHICO — They wrote in notebooks and raised their hands to ask impossible questions. Will my neighbors ever return? Will the businesses in our community fail?They were from Paradise, Magalia, Concow… → Read More
Camp Fire survivors hear lessons of loss, resilience from Santa Rosa residents
CHICO — They wrote in notebooks and raised their hands to ask impossible questions. Will my neighbors ever return? Will the businesses in our community fail? They were from Paradise, Magalia, Conco… → Read More
Camp Fire survivors hear lessons of loss, resilience from Santa Rosa residents
CHICO — They wrote in notebooks and raised their hands to ask impossible questions. Will my neighbors ever return? Will the businesses in our community fail? They were from Paradise, Magalia, Conco… → Read More
David Little: From above, Camp Fire looks even worse
We flew in stunned silence. There wasn’t much to say and it was hard to say it anyway in a helicopter with two doors removed. We headed straight for Pulga, hovering over black hills contraste… → Read More
List of those unaccounted for in Camp Fire: All 203 names
The number of people unaccounted for in the Camp Fire aftermath continues to decline but still stood at 203 Monday night. At a Monday press conference, Sheriff Kory Honea said 2,689 people who were… → Read More
Paradise evacuee claims he was roughed up in Redding
A 61-year-old Paradise man who lost his home in the deadly Camp Fire and sought safe haven in Redding says two of the city’s police officers tackled him from behind without warning or apparen… → Read More
David Little: Butte Creek Canyon can’t dodge this bullet – Chico Enterprise-Record
I remember as a child sitting on the back porch at Grandma’s house, watching smoke billow above the rim of Butte Creek Canyon, wondering just when we should evacuate. This was before reverse … → Read More
David Little: An inevitable firestorm in a beautiful place – Chico Enterprise-Record
High above Trinity Lake, we stopped to look at the snowy Trinity Alps on the horizon, then dropped down into French Gulch on a potholed road. It was October. The deer hunting trip was over and my f… → Read More
100 random people in Chico get envelopes stuffed with money
Chico >> Do you believe in chance?On a cold Tuesday morning a few days before Christmas, a woman was standing in line with a basket of items at one of Chico’s many dollar stores. She waited patiently with her child.A strange → Read More