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Ripple plastic: The unintended life of plastic at sea

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UK artist and conservationist Mandy Barker has spent years gathering plastic items from beaches all around the world, arranging and photographing them in evocative ways. With colorful items popping against a dark background, many of her collections give a feel of outer space — a galaxy of garbage. Barker’s work is featured in Our Plastic Ocean, a touring exhibition through Impressions Gallery in the UK. The exhibition includes a virtual reality experience of Barker’s photographs produced by Stanford University students that is viewable through rippleplastic.com.

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Remembering and rebuilding the Honey Run Covered Bridge after the Camp Fire

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Honey Run Road and its historic covered bridge connected the two municipalities of Chico and Paradise. The bridge was a place where residents from both areas learned to swim, spent lazy summer afternoons with their families, attended pancake breakfasts or got married. Last year’s Camp Fire took the lives of more than 80 people, decimated

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Family members working as private contractors for Cal Fire recount a close call with Camp Fire

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The Wurlitzer family’s company is one of 18 bulldozer vendors contracted by Butte County Cal Fire for extra assistance in combatting an increasing number of wildfires that have strapped the state’s resources. The Camp Fire was the worst that any of them had ever seen.

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After undergoing chemo treatment, one Paradise woman had to run for her life during the Camp Fire

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PARADISE — April Mouton and her husband Shane fled the Camp Fire in Paradise on foot and by jumping into the back of people’s trucks. She ran just a day after undergoing chemo treatment for her lupus.

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Resources stretched thin in Chico as thousands more people now live in the city

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PARADISE — In the aftermath of the most destructive wildfire in California’s recorded history, the small city of Chico has become a refuge for thousands of people who had to evacuate. It’s a challenge for the city, but officials say the communities will move forward together.

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One family’s story of a harrowing flight from the flames, two evacuations, a lost home and a small miracle

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PARADISE — The Happ Family fled from the Camp Fire flames to a friend’s house, only to evacuate again a few hours later. They lost their home, but amongst the rubble, they discovered a small miracle.

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When Camp Fire smoke clears, where will 2,500 Paradise students go?

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PARADISE — For nearly 80 years, Paradise Elementary School occupied a plot on Pearson Road. Students could walk to Paradise Intermediate, the local middle school, and the Golden Nugget Museum, where they went on field trips. But on Nov. 8, the Camp Fire reduced Paradise Elementary to rubble.

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