Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is a condition that can affect a subset of people after a traumatic event like the Camp Fire. Symptoms can include nightmares or having memories about the trauma when you’re trying not to think about it to getting emotionally upset, having your heart start to race, trembling, shaking, or even getting nauseous when thinking about it. Dr. Anka Vujanovic is the Director of the Trauma and Stress Studies Center at the University of Houston. She said while some are at

If you’re feeling depressed, hopeless or like you can’t stop thinking about what has happened to you, your family, your friends or your neighbors – you’re not alone. It’s important to know that there are a lot of resources out there to help. That includes counselors who are trained in working with people who have experienced trauma. Gerard Lawson is one of those counselors. He’s also the past president of the American Counseling Association and currently a professor of counselor education at

Tonight on After Paradise - it’s been six weeks since the Camp Fire started. Tonight we hear about an investigation into why emergency alerts failed as the fire was unfolding… plus, we check in with a detective about where the three people left on the missing person’s list may be… and the Butte County superintendent of schools talks about what’s next for students as they depart for a tough holiday break.

Wednesday was the last day of school for kids across Butte County before going into the holiday break. We continue with more from Teresa Cotsirilos, who interviewed county Superintendent of Schools Tim Taylor earlier this week. She asked him to reflect on the biggest challenges after the fire … and on how students and teachers are doing since joining new classrooms across the county.

Thousands of Butte County families are bracing for a tough holiday season this year. Parents have been scrambling to figure out basic needs like clothing and housing and driving long distances to get their children to school. Christmas shopping is the last thing on many people’s minds. Earlier this week a group of volunteers set up decorations and presents at a church in South Oroville to make sure kids displaced by the fire had something to celebrate. Teresa Cotsirilos reports.

One of the biggest questions officials are facing in the aftermath of this disaster is why so many people never received warnings as the fire raged toward Paradise and Concow and Magalia. Even people who had signed up to receive them. This week the San Jose Mercury News published a detailed report looking into that question. NSPR’s Tess Vigeland spoke with science reporter Lisa Krieger about the investigation.

Re-homing begins: Evacuee families will take up temporary residence in Gridley after local authorities approved a Federal Emergency Management Agency plan to locate 350 manufactured homes in the southern Butte County city. Officials are expected to announce similar large sites in Red Bluff and Oroville in coming days.

Tonight on “After Paradise” – it’s been 36 days since the Camp Fire started. Tonight an important update on emergency shelters housing the pets of fire victims. If you haven’t claimed yours, you need to do so soon. Plus… Airbnb’s Open Homes Program. And we hear about and from three people whose names are intertwined with this disaster… Paradise Mayor Jody Jones, Reverend Ron Zimmer of East Avenue Church, and Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea… who is now, apparently, everyone’s homie.

Tonight on “After Paradise” – it’s been 35 days since the Camp Fire started. With the city of Paradise wiped off the map… at least for the time being… Chico now finds itself contending with a sudden surge in population, using infrastructure that isn’t prepared for the influx. There isn’t enough housing. Roads are clogged with new traffic. Anger spilled over at a city council meeting last night. We’ll hear the latest and talk with Chico’s new mayor, who’s been in office for just over a week. Plus

Tonight on “After Paradise” – it’s been 34 days since the Camp Fire started. In almost every crisis, it helps to know that other people have been through something similar, and come out on the other side. The trauma currently being experienced by people who lost their homes and so much more in Paradise, is a familiar one to so many just in this state who’ve been through the same thing. So today we hear from three people who lost everything in last year’s Tubbs Fire. They share slivers of hope to