Out of 15 girls and 2 coaches, only 1 person on this Paradise High School basketball team still has a home
by Maria L. La Ganga, Los Angeles Times
Nov 15, 2018
3 minutes
CHICO, Calif. - The Paradise High Bobcats began trickling into the Chico High School gym a little before 9 a.m. Thursday for their first basketball practice since the Camp fire razed their hometown.
Out of 15 girls and two coaches, only one had a house that was still standing.
Sheila Craft, the Bobcats varsity coach, was explaining the situation to Gina Snider, her Chico High counterpart. But first there was a very long hug, and some tears.
"We don't know what it's going to look like," said Craft, whose house is gone.
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