‘Here we are again’: a fire-addled California enclave reckons with disaster on repeat

In Chico, where the arson-sparked Park fire has raged for days, residents are back in the harrowing routine

There is a rhythm, even a routine, to the disastrous wildfires that unfold in northern California year after year.

High temperatures, strong winds and low humidity - and then an ignition in a dry landscape, a plume of smoke and an unsettling orange sky.