Government Unveils Mortgage Disclosure Rules

WASHINGTON (AP) – Prospective home buyers would get a simpler way to understand often-confusing mortgage terms under new rules by the federal government. The Department of Housing and Urban Development is overhauling a 1974 law requiring lender to give a so-called “good faith estimate” of mortgage costs, including lenders’ payments to mortgage brokers. HUD Secretary [...]

Local Commission to Look at Two New Art Projects for Chico

Two new projects on tap before the Chico Arts Commission tonight. One is a bench structure at the Chico Train Depot and the other is art in a roundabout off 8th Avenue and Magnolia. Arts Project Coodinator Mary Gardner says both projects are not your ordinary art works.
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The Arts Commission meets at [...]

Gas Prices Continue to Drop in CA

There’s one good thing coming out of the bad economy. KPAY’s Bruce Lang explains.
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One Person Hurt in Willows Collision

One woman recovering from injuries following a traffic accident in Willows Tuesday afternoon. Police say Marie Emery collided with another vehicle around Plumas and Wood Street. The second driver, identified as 62 year old Joella Silvus, was injured in the wreck. The crash sent her vehicle into a parked car. Silvus was transported to Enloe [...]

California Hearing to Focus on Ski Slope Safety

SACRAMENTO (AP) – A state Assembly committee will hold a hearing today in Sacramento on the dangers of skiing and snowboarding on California slopes. The Judiciary Committee will hear from ski safety experts, members of the medical community and victims of skiing accidents. They’ll talk about how to make the slopes safer.

Two Former Butte County Men arrested in Out of Town Drug Probe

A drug probe in San Luis Obispo lands two former Butte County men in jail. The Gridley-Biggs Police department says Trent Meyer and Parker Leen are two of the four suspects in the case. The arrests follow a 2 month long investigation by San Luis Obispo police probing an alleged cocaine and marijuana ring. The [...]