This stack of novels and short stories lured me with provocative questions: “What’s next?” and “What if?” What’s Next?

One Magnolia Park art teacher is painting the way for future generations of artists. Only now, she does it with an award under her belt. In a very colorful classroom, in a very colorful dress, is Mrs.

Vader, a Butte County Sheriff’s Office K-9, aided officers in a pursuit leading to an arrest early Wednesday morning in Oroville. The pursuit began after a sheriff’s deputy pulled over a silver Lexus ...