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A Pioneering Switch
How will the transition to non-profit Pioneer Community Energy affect Butte County’s electricity customers? By Ken Magri In an era of increasing concern about energy prices and availability, Butte County is on its way to […]
Arts & CultureIt’s St. Paddy’s week, and a whole lot more. Chico News & Review gives you lots of choices 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 [...]
Arts & CultureBy Bob Grimm Glen Powell’s new movie, How to Make a Killing, is being marketed as a dark comedy—but you will not laugh once during this flat, soulless endeavor. Writer-director John Patton Ford makes the fatal error of playing things uncomfortably [...]
NewsLab Assistant Abraham Jimenez loads blood samples for automated serology testing for measles immunity status at the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health laboratory in Downey on Feb. 26, 2026. Photo by Ariana Drehsler for CalMatters By Kristen Hwang [...]
NewsAnnie Kavanagh (standing, center) with Bob Caldwell to her right holding flag, at a Thursday gathering in front of Chico’s Social Security Administration. Photo by Sam DeLong By Sam DeLong Every Thursday at 10a.m., a cluster of folding chairs and [...]
NewsBy Maya C. Miller for CalMatters For a Democratic Party convention with the theme, “Together, we win,” there was a lot of infighting, culminating in a Sunday morning shouting match between two Democratic heavyweights. State party Chair Rusty Hicks and [...]
Where the Heart Is
Adventist Health Home Care delivers personalized care to patients in their own environment by Ken Smith After losing her Paradise home to the Camp Fire in 2018, Sandra Townsend’s son Darrin helped her rebuild the […]
Something for everyone this week. Chico News & Review presents 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 [...]
Joint effort saves a valuable fire mitigation resource, but can it get a veteran fire-spotter rehired? By Ken Magri After months of concern, the United States Forest Service reversed an October 2025 decision to permanently [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Ending the murderer of many names: Behind the curtain of stopping California’s most prolific monster
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 [...]
Prevention Key to Kids’ Health
Feather River Health Center’s pediatrics clinic provides wellness exams, vaccinations and more for kids on the Ridge In the immediate aftermath of the 2018 Camp Fire, there were very few people still residing in Paradise. […]
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 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 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
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 [...]
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 [...]
