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Chico resident sentenced to over 2 years in prison for FEMA assistance fraud

On: August 19, 2021

Evan Palmer, 32, of Chico, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez to two years and three months in prison and ordered to pay $26,490 in restitution for defrauding FEMA by filing a false claim for benefits offered to certain survivors of the November 2018 Camp Fire, …continue reading

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California completes debris removal operation for Camp Fire

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On: November 20, 2019

In: Community

On the heels of the one-year anniversary of the Camp Fire, the most deadly wildfire in state history, the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) announced completion of structural debris removal operation on nearly 11,000 properties in Butte County just nine months’ time. The project was the largest of …continue reading