Hundreds of Chicoans bear the cold, frigid water at Sycamore Pool at the One Mile Recreation Area for the Annual Polar Bear Swim on Monday, January 1, 2007 in Chico, CA. (Jason Halley/Chico Enterprise-Record)
Pleasant Valley graduates celebrate their graduation ceremony at PVHS track Thursday, May 27, 2010 in Chico, Calif. (Jason Halley/Chico Enterprise-Record)
Butte Co./CDF Firefighter Miguel Watson, Capt. Chad Porter, and Firefighter Mike Conaty (left to right) navigate around a rock as they ride the rapids for a trip 6 miles, from Rich Bar to Belden Town down the North Fork of the Feather River in Plumas County for Butte Co./CDF Whitewater Boat Rescue training Tuesday. - halley photo 1/24/06