The House of Lights and Hope Christmas Village in Oroville opens on Thursday, December 2, 2021. The festive venue includes a sledding hill, ice skating, a walk of holiday lights, and complimentary photographs with Santa Claus (selfies with your own camera or phone).
With our relatively mild Northern California climate, it is fairly easy to keep hiking in the winter. Because our temperatures do dip during the winter months, however, it is wise to take a few precautions.
The California Highway Patrol (CHP) recently issued a press release describing its determination to assist motorists aged 65 and older in keeping their driver’s license and driving independence. This goal will be pursued through the financial support of a renewed annual federal program called the KEYS Grant. The acronym stands for Keeping Everyone Safe and is in its thirteenth iteration. Through federal funding from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the CHP will keep offering in-person and virtual traffic safety programs that emphasize mobility combined with road safety for senior drivers throughout the state of California.
Multiple sections of Highway 70 closed on Sunday, October 24, 2021, due to rockslides and mudslides. The slides were caused by historic rainfall and high winds, combined with burn scarring from the Camp Fire.
The latest in a series of Office of Traffic Safety (OTS)/National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) grants has been renewed, according to a press release from the California Highway Patrol (CHP). The campaign funded by this grant will be directed toward promoting safe teen driving. The monies from the grant will help the agency provide new young drivers the “keys” to safe driving behaviors.
The California Highway Patrol (CHP) issued a press release announcing their campaign for Child Passenger Safety Week, which runs from September 19th through September 25th. During that period, the agency will work to educate the public on how important it is to ensure that young vehicle passengers are secured in a properly installed and fitted child safety seat.
A hit-and-run Lake Oroville boating accident over Memorial Day Weekend left a man seriously injured. The boat operator has yet to be apprehended.
Shortly before 10:00 p.m. on the evening of Sunday, June 6, 2021, an officer with the California Highway Patrol (CHP) and two others suffered injuries in a crash that occurred in Palermo, California. Palermo is approximately six miles outside of Oroville. The crash location was in the vicinity of Lone Tree Road and Palermo Road.
A heartbreaking tragedy occurred in south Oroville on Thursday, April 30, 2021, and it appears to have been caused by street racing. Two men and a two-year-old girl suffered fatal injuries, and another young child was hospitalized with severe injuries following the collision.
On the morning of Thursday, April 15, 2021, one person lost their life, and another sustained critical injuries in a South Oroville crash.
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