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The CN&R presents the Best of Chico for 2024 Chico’s super winners
August 22, 2024 1
Look! Up in the sky! All the best, most impressive, community faves are finally landing. After several months of online campaigning, a nominations round, and a final voting round, the Chico News & Review announces the winners of the 2024 [...]
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Forever murders and facing those ‘taken in darkness’
September 6, 2024 0
Working on the crime podcast ‘Trace of the Devastation’ meant revisiting events some would rather forget. But is forgetting them even possible? By Scott Thomas Anderson “I wasn’t sure how I felt about it,” Linda Toren told me, referencing the [...]
Arts & Culture
Monkey business: ‘Tiger King’ director Eric Goode’s ‘Chimp Crazy’ is a compelling look at clueless humans and angry animals
September 6, 2024 0
By Bob Grimm Oh, those chimpanzees. They’re so cute for the first part of their lives—until they want to rip people’s faces off because they’re super-disgusted with being confined in cages by clueless owners throwing bottles of Powerade at them. [...]
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A weekly preview of Butte County arts, music and fun What’s going on? September 5–September 11
September 4, 2024 0
What’s happening this week? 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 for all of the listings in Butte County. In [...]
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Libraries staying relevant in a digital world
September 3, 2024 0
By Stephanie Olvido There are more public libraries in the U.S. than McDonald’s restaurants: 17,278 libraries to about 14,000 stores of the fast food chain. California alone boasts 1,127 libraries, with its capital city hosting 28 branches. Libraries continue to [...]
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Will Harris go after Big Oil?
September 3, 2024 0
The candidate has kept her climate policy vague so far, but her record as a prosecutor gives climate activists hope. By Marcus Baram, Capital & Main This story is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital & Main and co-published [...]

Social satire: Channing Tatum gets a great showcase in the uneven but compelling film ‘Blink Twice’
September 3, 2024 0
By Bob Grimm Zoë Kravitz makes a watchable—and appropriately unpleasant—directorial debut with Blink Twice, a caustic and vicious social satire that gives Channing Tatum a massive showcase. The movie doesn’t completely hold together and unravels a [...]
A weekly preview of Butte County arts, music and fun What’s going on? Aug. 29–Sept. 5
August 30, 2024 0
What’s happening this week? 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 for all of the [...]
CN&R Editor steps down Editor’s note: Once again … thank you
August 30, 2024 0
To live is to fly, low and high, so shake the dust off of your wings and the sleep out of your eyes—Townes Van Zandt, “To Live is to Fly” It has, as they say, [...]
After multiple bills have died, some are suggesting they are killing the bills without making the administration accountable Newsom staff ‘inflated’ cost of failed health care bills according to Lawmakers
August 27, 2024 0
This story on health care bills was produced by CalMatters, an independent public journalism venture covering California politics and government. For more info, visit calmatters.org. By Ryan Sabalow and Jocelyn Wiener (for CalMatters) Lawmakers and [...]
What’s going on? August 23-Aug. 29
August 23, 2024 0
What’s happening this week? 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 for all of the [...]

The CN&R presents the Best of Chico for 2024 Chico’s super winners
August 22, 2024 1
Look! Up in the sky! All the best, most impressive, community faves are finally landing. After several months of online campaigning, a nominations round, and a final voting round, the Chico News & Review announces [...]
Low-wage industries are forecast to lead job growth, and the share of workers 55 and older has doubled California’s low wage future
August 19, 2024 1
This story on California’s low-wage workers is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital & Main and co-published here with permission. By Mark Kreidler Low-wage industries are forecast to lead job growth, and the share of workers [...]
'More resources than rest of US combined' being used in Nor Cal firefights Wildfire mutual aid key to battling California blazes
August 12, 2024 0
This story on wildfire mutual aid was produced by CalMatters, an independent public journalism venture covering California politics and government. For more info, visit calmatters.org. By Julie Cart (for CalMatters) On the surface, fighting wildfires [...]
Weed-killing chemical, DCPA, no longer allowed on California crops Dangerous herbicide banned
August 7, 2024 0
This story on a dangerous herbicide banned by the EPA was produced by CalMatters, an independent public journalism venture covering California politics and government. For more info, visit calmatters.org. By Rachel Becker (for CalMatters) A [...]
Battle against the Park Fire continues
August 5, 2024 0
Cal Fire, US Forest Service working towards containment By Ken Magri Now burning through its second week, the Park Fire has already become the fourth largest wildfire in California’s history. More than 6,500 firefighters, 850 [...]

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‘Gem of the Sierra’ – new book by historian reveals the early years of Lake Tahoe

The CN&R presents the Best of Chico for 2024 Chico’s super winners

Forever murders and facing those ‘taken in darkness’

Monkey business: ‘Tiger King’ director Eric Goode’s ‘Chimp Crazy’ is a compelling look at clueless humans and angry animals

A weekly preview of Butte County arts, music and fun What’s going on? September 5–September 11

Libraries staying relevant in a digital world

Will Harris go after Big Oil?

Social satire: Channing Tatum gets a great showcase in the uneven but compelling film ‘Blink Twice’

A weekly preview of Butte County arts, music and fun What’s going on? Aug. 29–Sept. 5

CN&R Editor steps down Editor’s note: Once again … thank you

After multiple bills have died, some are suggesting they are killing the bills without making the administration accountable Newsom staff ‘inflated’ cost of failed health care bills according to Lawmakers

What’s going on? August 23-Aug. 29

The CN&R presents the Best of Chico for 2024 Chico’s super winners

Low-wage industries are forecast to lead job growth, and the share of workers 55 and older has doubled California’s low wage future

'More resources than rest of US combined' being used in Nor Cal firefights Wildfire mutual aid key to battling California blazes

Weed-killing chemical, DCPA, no longer allowed on California crops Dangerous herbicide banned

Battle against the Park Fire continues

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A weekly preview of Butte County arts, music and fun What’s going on? September 5–September 11

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‘Gem of the Sierra’ – new book by historian reveals the early years of Lake Tahoe

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Forever murders and facing those ‘taken in darkness’