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Analysis: Over a century later, California may need another revolt against its utility companies
May 8, 2025 2
By Loretta Lynch for CalMatters Fed up with decades of powerful railroads corrupting the state board that was supposed to regulate them, California voters created the modern Public Utilities Commission in 1911. Now, some 114 years later, Californians have reached [...]
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A Weekly Preview of Butte County Arts, Music and Fun What’s going on? May 8–14
May 7, 2025 0
Outdoor events season has started! Chico News & Review takes you there, and also indoors 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 [...]
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Enduring outlaws: Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson bring their Outlaw Music Festival to Yuba County on May 18
May 6, 2025 0
The poetic chameleon of American culture is teaming up with the twang-torching red-headed stranger, the duo fronting a night of unique musical performances in Yuba County. The action happens on Sunday, May 18, when Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson bring [...]
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Mixing Fact and Fiction: More cinematic notes from the Stream & Dream Lounge
May 5, 2025 0
By Juan-Carlos Selznick Dark Winds Small Things Like These– a 2024 film adapted from the novel by Claire Keegan, Cillian Murphy plays Bill Furlong, a coal merchant in a small Irish town. It’s Christmas 1985, and as he makes his [...]
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What happened to Paulo? Butte County farmworker with deep ties to the community swept off by ICE
May 1, 2025 0
Federal agents detain 56-year old Orland homeowner while a private for-profit prison corporation thrives By Ken Magri Paulo Frutos-Perez is a 56-year-old undocumented farmworker in Butte and Glenn counties who’s worked in California for almost 40 years. But now he [...]

A Weekly Preview of Butte County Arts, Music and Fun What’s going on? May 1–7
April 30, 2025 0
Can’t decide what to do 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 [...]
Friendly fire: ‘The Accountant 2’ trades some violence for a buddy-comedy vibe
April 30, 2025 0
By Bob Grimm Much of the gang from Ben Affleck’s 2016 film about a high-functioning autistic ninja accountant returns for a very different take on the crazy premise that delivered a dark, decent vehicle for [...]
If I Kneaded You
April 29, 2025 1
Henri rises to the occasion to share bread’s origin and where to find the best locally Shopping for Camina bread at Chico’s Saturday farmers market. Photo by Henri Bourride By Henri Bourride “There is not [...]
Redding to Chico: Bridging the urban-rural divide for life saving substance abuse treatment
April 29, 2025 0
By Tracy Nguyen for CalMatters Imagine driving 75 miles one way every day because your life depended on it. That used to be the case for residents of Redding, in Shasta County, who needed treatment [...]
Looking back: Violated trust, trussed up in Butte County – a dark vigilante story
April 24, 2025 0
By David A. Kulczyk Mob mentality draws its own verdict, based upon the passions of the moment. When a jury verdict and a judge-mandated sentence conflicts with the desires of an enraged mob, the mob’s [...]

Mystery mastery: Season three of ‘The White Lotus’ is even more fulfilling than the first two
April 24, 2025 0
By Bob Grimm The third season of The White Lotus concluded on Sunday, April 6, and all eight episodes are available on HBO’s Max for your visual binging pleasure. As with past seasons, it does not disappoint. [...]
A Weekly Preview of Butte County Arts, Music and Fun What’s going on? April 24–30
April 23, 2025 0
There’s so much happening this week! Chico News & Review is showing you just a sampling here. But there’s more highlights of what’s on tap at local clubs, theaters, galleries and performance venues. Visit the [...]
Project Censored dispatch: “All governments lie”: Why we need a radical and independent free press now
April 22, 2025 0
By Mickey Huff Media scholar Carl Jensen was deeply influenced by the independent muckraking journalists of the twentieth century—so much so that he founded Project Censored at Sonoma State University, in 1976, in the wake [...]
Streetalk: What’s your favorite (or least favorite) thing about springtime in Chico?
April 21, 2025 0
Asked at Thursday Night Market, downtown Chico Briza PerezParalegalThe nice weather, you can go to the park. But sometimes spring weather can be temperamental. I prefer the cooler temperatures, and not when it gets hot. [...]
A ‘Doobie’ by any other name: CN&R talks with a co-founder of the Doobie Brothers about origins
April 17, 2025 0
For 420, we explore some history of old cannabis slang words and where they came from By Ken Magri Slang terms for cannabis have existed for centuries in many languages. Not only can their use [...]

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Robot dogs and ‘F Newsom’ signage: The ever-stranger conversation about public safety in Chico

Analysis: Over a century later, California may need another revolt against its utility companies

A Weekly Preview of Butte County Arts, Music and Fun What’s going on? May 8–14

Enduring outlaws: Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson bring their Outlaw Music Festival to Yuba County on May 18

Mixing Fact and Fiction: More cinematic notes from the Stream & Dream Lounge

What happened to Paulo? Butte County farmworker with deep ties to the community swept off by ICE

A Weekly Preview of Butte County Arts, Music and Fun What’s going on? May 1–7

Friendly fire: ‘The Accountant 2’ trades some violence for a buddy-comedy vibe

If I Kneaded You

Redding to Chico: Bridging the urban-rural divide for life saving substance abuse treatment

Looking back: Violated trust, trussed up in Butte County – a dark vigilante story

Mystery mastery: Season three of ‘The White Lotus’ is even more fulfilling than the first two

A Weekly Preview of Butte County Arts, Music and Fun What’s going on? April 24–30

Project Censored dispatch: “All governments lie”: Why we need a radical and independent free press now

Streetalk: What’s your favorite (or least favorite) thing about springtime in Chico?

A ‘Doobie’ by any other name: CN&R talks with a co-founder of the Doobie Brothers about origins

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Analysis: Over a century later, California may need another revolt against its utility companies