A mining settlement established in 1906 near Chico, Pulga is located at the edge of the Plumas National Forest in rural Butte County — the site of the deadly 2018 Camp Fire. Artists came to the rural former town for flexible work and space to create. Four of them say they were left unpaid, desperate and far from home. Head to the 🔗 in our bio to read the full story. ✍️: Nastia Voynovskaya 📷: Karl Mondon/Digital First Media/The Mercury News via Getty Images, Zoe Clisham, Sam Lefebvre/KQED, Frank Schulenburg/CC 4.0