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California reacts to coronavirus
Last Friday (Sept. 4) marked six months since Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency in California (on March 4) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. On Aug. 28, the governor rolled out the […]
Month: September 2020
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Sifting through the recovery
It’s been almost two years since the Camp Fire destroyed Concow, and Inez Salinas is bathing her 4-year-old daughter in a plastic bin. River enjoys bath time with Mom, Salinas said, and couldn’t care less […]
Arts & Culture
Newsprint art show
One of the many cruel realities of sheltering in place during the coronaviruspandemic is the fact that, while many artists have had more time at home and in studios, the galleries and cafes that normally […]
News
Small piece of haven
In May 2014, local social-justice champion Dan Everhart wrote an impassioned guest comment for the Chico News & Review decrying efforts to criminalize homelessness. In it, he criticized city policymakers for adopting an ordinance prohibiting […]
Opinions
Editorial: Don’t feed into mail-vote hysteria
With the Democratic and Republican conventions over, and local candidates’ signs popping up in neighborhoods and business corridors, election season has sprung again. But campaigning hasn’t been limited to the support or opposition to people […]
Opinions
Guest comment
Police use of force is at the forefront of the news these days. People across the nation are rising up, organizing and demanding change. We at Concerned Citizens for Justice (CC4J), like the rest of […]
Opinions
Streetalk: Can you share something positive?
Asked in downtown Chico. Hester Winchesterworking mother[Schools have] a better plan for distance learning than I thought they would. My daughter just started high school. When she was in eighth grade, those last few months, […]
Opinions
Second & Flume: Let’s find each other
Before anyone freaks out, Melissa said this is OK. As many readers already know, longstanding CN&R Editor Melissa Daugherty is taking time off—and she’s given me the green light to write in her stead this […]
Arts & Culture
Legado del helado
At 23 years old, Marco Arreguin manages four ice cream shops in Chico and one in Yuba City. La Flor de Michoacán Paletería y Neveria is his family’s business, which started in 2012 with one […]
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Deepening roots
When Debbie Ariza reflects on the history of the Chico Certified Farmers Market, she comes back again and again to a theme befitting a farmer. Growth. Ariza, who owns and operated Debbie’s Farm in Capay, […]