Annual Butte County High School Arts Show is virtual this year
This is the 7th year for the competition, which features the works of students selected by art teachers from schools throughout Butte County.
Posted: Apr 5, 2021 1:12 PM
Updated: Apr 6, 2021 8:14 AM
Posted By: Linda Watkins-Bennett
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BUTTE COUNTY, Calif. - The 2021 Butte County Superintendent of School s High School Art Show is virtual because of COVID-19.
This is the 7th year for the competition, which features the works of students selected by art teachers from schools throughout Butte County.
There were 18 winners in six categories with nearly 100 works submitted.
Action News Now Morning and Noon Anchor Linda Watkins-Bennett has been a judge for all seven years. Cameron Kelly with the Chico Art Center and Bobby Jones with the African American Family Cultural Center in Oroville also serve as judges.
Vitalant to host third annual Winter Classic Blood Drive Saturday
The Winter Classic Blood Drive hosted by Vitalant will take place Saturday in Chico, Redding and Yuba City.
Posted: Jan 25, 2021 6:26 PM
Updated: Jan 25, 2021 6:28 PM
Posted By: Brandon Downs
CHICO, CALIF.
- Vitalant will host its third annual Winter Classic Blood Drive on Saturday in Chico, Redding, and Yuba City.
Every blood donation will be tested for COVID-19 antibodies which will determine if the donations will be able to help treat patients in the hospital battling COVID-19 today.
Blood from donors who do not have COVID-19 antibodies can still help, as it will be given to patients battling cancer, traumatic injuries, blood disorders, surgeries, and more.
FBI Special Field Agent talks about California and North State safety concerns
The FBI s Sacramento Field Office covers 34 counties from Oregon to Kern County. Special Agent in Charge Sean Ragan talks to Action News Now viewers about safety and security.
Posted: Jan 17, 2021 4:36 PM
Updated: Jan 17, 2021 10:04 PM
Posted By: Linda Watkins-Bennett and Lorraine Dechter
ROSEVILLE, Calif. - Governors in many states have called out the National Guard, declared states of emergency, and closed state capitol buildings over concerns about violence ahead of next week’s presidential inauguration.
Action News Now anchor Linda Watkins-Bennett talked with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge of the Sacramento Field Office, Sean Ragan, to find out more about what is happening at the California State Capitol and in Northern California to be prepared for the days ahead.
Butte College is laying off instructors and cutting some classes
Reduced enrollment has Butte College cutting classes and laying off instructors.
Posted: Dec 20, 2020 10:20 AM
Updated: Dec 20, 2020 2:50 PM
Posted By: Lorraine Dechter
BUTTE COUNTY, Calif. - Reduced enrollment has Butte College cutting classes and laying off instructors.
Vice President of Instruction and Chief Instructional Officer Virginia Guleff issued a statement to Action News Now saying the community college has been experiencing low enrollments since the Camp Fire hit in the fall of 2018.
She said the community college experienced a further decline due to Covid-19. Guleff said the college must be fiscally responsible to ensure stability, and that collective bargaining agreements are being followed. She also told Linda Watkins-Bennett of Action News Now that the College is making these cuts now, even though the Chancellor s Office placed Butte Collee in a hold harmless status since the Camp Fi