[married21]

I don’t know the geography. How does this affect Cal State Chico? A few thousand people attend college there, right?

[kingu]

Chico State is about 20 miles west of Paradise, there's a sizable town (covered in trees) between the fire and the university, so it is unlikely to be burned by the fire.

Impacted? Certainly, thick smoke is all throughout Chico, ashfall is sporadic depending on wind direction, and many students live in outlying areas of Chico where the rent is cheaper.

The ag campus for Butte College is in the middle of the evacuation zone, and I've not heard anything recently as to the status - on the positive side, they aren't surrounded by trees, have a good firebreak around the campus and in all likelihood, will be perfectly fine when the fire is put out.