When Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders were drafting a more-or-less final 2025-26 state budget last month, they were closing what they described as a $12 billion deficit, a number that the ...

HERNANDEZ-VELAZQUEZ: Jose Luis Hernandez-Velazquez, 52, of Chico, died July 15, 2025, in Chico. Arrangements are under the direction of Newton-Bracewell Chico Funeral Home, 530-342-9003.