CHICO — Chico and Cal Fire-Butte County crews are checking out reports of a possible fire at the eastern end of Butte Creek Canyon.

A column of smoke was reported in the area about 12:40 p.m.The deputies noticed a strong smell of marijuana as they approached the trailer. They asked the Sheriff's Special Enforcement Unit to respond to question the driver, Nadeem Khan, 21, of Foster City.

PARADISE — Marijuana buds filling 189 boxes crammed into an enclosed trailer were discovered by Butte County Sheriff's deputies Wednesday night during a traffic stop on the Skyway.

Warming streams could doom local fish populations.

Warming streams could kill off spring-run chinook salmon in California before the end of the century.

BUTTE CREEK CANYON — A structure fire has grown to threaten a number of homes today in the area surrounding the Honey Run Covered Bridge, starting just after 1 p.m.

The accident took place off Centerville Road near the end of China Camp Road in Butte Creek Canyon.

DAVIS, Calif., U.S. 9/9/11 (PennWell) -- A university study finds that warming streams could exterminate spring-run Chinook salmon in California by the end of the century unless management options are adopted that would affect hydroelectric generation.

Warming streams could spell the end of spring-run Chinook salmon in California by the end of the century, according to a study by scientists at UC Davis, the Stockholm Environment Institute and the National Center for Atmospheric Research.