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They’re organizing to stop the next assault on immigrant families
March 3, 2026 0
Community groups are pushing back on an impending HUD rule that would force undocumented immigrants from public housing, splitting families. By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main Community organizers in Los Angeles are rallying in opposition to a Trump administration rule [...]
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Factory-built housing hasn’t taken off in California yet, but this year might be different
February 26, 2026 0
By Ben Christopher for Calmatters As the first home rolled off the factory floor in Kalamazoo, Michigan — “like a boxcar with picture windows,” according to a journalist on the scene — the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development proclaimed [...]
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Ending the murderer of many names: Behind the curtain of stopping California’s most prolific monster
February 26, 2026 0
By Scott Thomas Anderson Between 1974 and 1986, Joseph DeAngelo cut a path of psychological destruction and barbaric murder across 11 counties and four regions in California. He was the Visalia Ransacker who gunned down journalism professor Claude Snelling as [...]
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A Weekly Preview of North Valley Music, Entertainment and The Arts What’s going on? Feb. 26–March 4
February 25, 2026 0
Sounds like a good week to go with the beat and get moving! Chico News & Review has you covered with highlights of what’s on tap at local clubs, theaters, galleries and performance venues. Visit the CN&R’s FREE online calendar [...]
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Navigating a legal maze in Chico
February 25, 2026 0
The Self-Help Legal Clinic is located at the Cal Northern School of Law in north Chico. Photo by Sam DeLong Cal Northern School of Law’s Chico clinic is providing no-cost legal advice available through April By Sam DeLong At some [...]

District 1 congressional candidate Kyle Wilson explains positions on farming, housing, affordability and other issues
February 24, 2026 0
By Ken Magri Kyle Wilson is a 33-year-old Democrat from Santa Rosa running in the June 2 primary to advance toward November’s general election for the next two-year term as the US Representative from District [...]
Fungus among us: Even though it’s a box-office flop, ‘Cold Storage’ is a fine piece of horror-comedy
February 24, 2026 0
By Bob Grimm Skylab, the United States’ ill-fated first space station, was launched in 1973 and came crashing back to Earth in 1979. It has been a prominent plot device in some movies and TV [...]
Glenn County’s only hospital cleared a federal hurdle, but it still needs millions to reopen
February 19, 2026 0
By Ana B. Ibarra for CalMatters A shuttered Northern California hospital is getting a lifeline from Congress, but it doesn’t come with money to actually reopen and serve patients. A new federal law will restore [...]
The perpetual brawler: New book shows the political force of Harry Reid’s leadership
February 19, 2026 0
By Geoff Schumacher In the spring of 2010, an upstart political movement called the Tea Party held a rally dubbed the “Showdown in Searchlight.” An estimated 9,000 people trekked to a secluded desert area [...]
A Weekly Preview of North Valley Music, Entertainment and The Arts What’s going on? February 19–25
February 18, 2026 0
Hot picks for a chilly week. And, Chico News & Review has even more of what’s on tap at local clubs, theaters, galleries and performance venues. Visit the CN&R’s FREE online calendar for all of [...]

A young woman from Chico gets her day in court against Instagram and Youtube
February 17, 2026 3
By the Chico News & Review staff A 19-year-old woman from Chico remains at the center of a civil trial against two of the biggest tech platforms in the world this week. Known in court [...]
Good stuff from a hard year
February 16, 2026 0
Our reviewer offers top choices of film and TV that you can stream now Michael B. Jordan and Michael B. Jordan in Sinners. By Juan-Carlos Selznick In the grimly challenging year of 2025, the “escapist” [...]
Mental health advocate for Yurok Tribe, of California’s first nations, dies in apparent murder-suicide
February 12, 2026 3
By Nigel Duara for CalMatters A member of the Humboldt County Yurok tribe who advocated for better mental health treatment and suicide intervention in rural Northern California has died in an apparent murder-suicide. Celinda Gonzales [...]
Essay: Surgical patients deserve access to acupuncture
February 12, 2026 1
By Dr. Stephanie Cheng America’s opioid crisis touches nearly every family. Roughly 5.7 million Americans live with opioid use disorder, and about one in three adults say they or someone in their family has battled [...]
AI apocalypse: Sam Rockwell is in peak form in the zany ‘Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die’
February 12, 2026 0
By Bob Grimm The future is in cataclysmic peril because we stare at our phones and blather on social media all day in the apocalyptic comedy Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die. Humanity has one last [...]

Colby Mountain lookout tower to reopen this Spring

They’re organizing to stop the next assault on immigrant families

Factory-built housing hasn’t taken off in California yet, but this year might be different

Ending the murderer of many names: Behind the curtain of stopping California’s most prolific monster

A Weekly Preview of North Valley Music, Entertainment and The Arts What’s going on? Feb. 26–March 4

Navigating a legal maze in Chico

District 1 congressional candidate Kyle Wilson explains positions on farming, housing, affordability and other issues

Fungus among us: Even though it’s a box-office flop, ‘Cold Storage’ is a fine piece of horror-comedy

Glenn County’s only hospital cleared a federal hurdle, but it still needs millions to reopen

The perpetual brawler: New book shows the political force of Harry Reid’s leadership

A Weekly Preview of North Valley Music, Entertainment and The Arts What’s going on? February 19–25

Good stuff from a hard year

Mental health advocate for Yurok Tribe, of California’s first nations, dies in apparent murder-suicide

Essay: Surgical patients deserve access to acupuncture

AI apocalypse: Sam Rockwell is in peak form in the zany ‘Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die’

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Colby Mountain lookout tower to reopen this Spring

Arts & Culture

A Weekly Preview of North Valley Music, Entertainment and The Arts What’s going on? Feb. 26–March 4

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Essay: Surgical patients deserve access to acupuncture