Paradise officials and residents are concerned that the town’s first test of its early warning sirens Thursday could scare people and cause difficult emotions to resurface. Also, 20 members of Congress from California are sending a letter to the EPA today — they’re worried that a rule intended to improve air quality could make it harder to conduct prescribed burns, and more than 1,200 people in Butte County were counted as experiencing homelessness in the 2023 Point-In-Time report released yesterday.