“Lisa Hilliard was settling in to sleep at her campsite on the east side of Teichert Ponds shortly after 2 a.m. on Sept. 4 when the sound of unfamiliar voices shouting set her nerves on edge. Moments later, two bursts of multiple gunshots rang out, prompting her to run toward the source of the gunfire on the north side of the ponds.

She arrived to a chaotic scene at a camp a few hundred yards from her own, where she found two of her close friends lying on the dirt, desperately gripping at gunshot wounds. Seeing that another camper was already on the phone with 911, Hilliard tried to comfort her friends as she waited for police and medics to arrive on scene. “

Chico City Councilmember Sean Morgan’s irresponsible behavior costs the city again + stokes rage against the homeless in the wake of another murder

“Before yesterday’s City Council meeting, almost 100 people gathered to honor the life of Guy Steven Vanzant — a homeless man who was shot and killed this week at Teichert Ponds — and to call for justice. Losing any life due to the conditions on the street is a tragedy, but losing an unhoused neighbor due to violence hits a particular chord for many of us. “