Good morning, Chico.

Paradise Recreation and Park District is seeking community input on the future of the new Butte Creek Canyon Preserve (20 acres with 2,000 feet of creek) purchased in February, to decide how the area may best serve local needs.

Friends United in Rescue (F.U.R.), a cat rescue nonprofit formed after the Camp Fire, is moving to a larger location in the Mangrove Avenue shopping center and is accepting donations of time and money as the group will offer discounted kitten adoptions tomorrow.

Firefighters extinguished an early Thursday morning vegetation fire that burned along the fence line near Miller Mansion off the Esplanade, and authorities reported no injuries.

California Regional Theatre presents 'Come From Away' at the Center for the Arts — a show honoring the 25th anniversary of September 11 — with performances on Sept.

11, 12, 18, and 19 at 7:30 p.m. and matinees on Sept. 13 and 20 at 2 p.m.

Gas prices are rising ahead of Labor Day weekend across the Northstate, with averages at $5.78 a gallon statewide and ranging from $5.55 in Butte County to $6.11 in Humboldt County.

AAA says prices are up $1.18 from last Labor Day due to local taxes and global market disruptions.

Chico State professor Josh Miranda and his engineering students flew a drone over the University Farm this summer to count walnuts and improve yield predictions.

The project (funded by a three-year research grant) uses AI to process images and aims to guide walnut growers on inputs.

Vladimir Kislyanka, president of Premier Enterprising, proposed a $10—15 million redevelopment to transform the eight acre Centerfolds site north of Chico into a travel center that could serve local farmers, but the project remains on hold while Butte County reviews zoning and permits.

Thirty-nine members of the Paradise Bobcats, including 30 football players, are heading to Maui to play Lahainaluna High School in the Unity Bowl — a game focused on fostering healing and connection after wildfires.