Just play me another song Should there be any awards shows for this year? With so many canceled/postponed tours, albums, films, etc., the entertainment machine should just skip 2020 like the 13th floor and move […]
As we get close the end of this trying year, how would you answer these questions? “Have you changed physically? Mentally? Is your mind going in another direction?” For its current juried exhibition, Selfie 2020, […]
Kelly Reichardt’s First Cow, an offbeat western that’s probably slipped under most people’s radar, strikes me as one of the most odd and rewarding American movies of the year. A whole range of peculiarities are […]
The city of Chico agreed to a $50,000 settlement with Mark Herrera, a former park commissioner and City Council candidate, who sued in 2018 after then-Mayor Sean Morgan ordered police officers to remove him from […]
Casey Doran, a dedicated volunteer and advocate for the local homeless community, died Dec. 4 after a long battle with cancer, Safe Space Winter Shelter announced via social media. Doran, 67, was a shelter operations […]
Asked in downtown Chico Paul Lamprightbusiness ownerI think there’s plenty of evidence of election fraud and voter fraud. The authorities should take a look at that. Lee MorseeycookI’ve heard about that. I don’t care. You […]
Every year around this time, the CN&R makes a plea to readers to shop locally. The refrain goes something like this: Money spent at independent businesses owned by fellow residents gets reinvested into the community, […]
Republicans have stunningly retaken the Chico City Council, reversing a 5-2 liberal majority, with a 2-5 Trump-styled majority. Going forward, after the new census report, the new council will redraw the seven council districts to […]
Within minutes of being seated in their new positions last night (Dec. 8), the freshly elected conservative majority of the Chico City Council made good on campaign promises to crack down on illegal camping in […]
“Hey, kid. How ya doin’?” I can hear Tim Crews’ gravelly voice say those exact words, his typical greeting. Though busy as editor and publisher of the twice-weekly Sacramento Valley Mirror, the publication he founded […]
Denise-Judy Johnson has deep roots in South Oroville. It’s where she was raised—where her mother was raised. She was there in the early 1980s when white supremacists spread anti-Black literature at Oroville High School and […]
Like most local business owners, Erik Twist has had a tough 2020. He’s operated Sub Station, the venerable sandwich shop in south Chico, for 18 years—but says he came within weeks of closing for good […]
Cold weather may have claimed its first local victim of the season on Nov. 16—the morning when Chico police officers responding to a 911 call found the body of 55-year-old Scott Walker in a tent […]
Over the 15-plus years Arts DEVO has had this column space to write about whatever he wants, the “whatever” has most often been music. I’ve said here many times that my life revolves around it, […]
Charles and Jenn Brooks moved to the Ridge in the spring of 2004, drawn by the charming, affordable mountain town in the hills just above their college city. Paradise is where their two sons were […]
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