News
Under-the-street food
This feature is part of a CN&R special report: Entrepreneurs 2022: Reinvention. It’s the week of the soft opening for the new brick-and-mortar home of his popular Gnarly Deli food truck, and for Nick Stiles, […]
Month: February 2022
News
Stage is set
This feature is part of a CN&R special report: Entrepreneurs 2022: Reinvention. Brandon Squyres has a deep connection to Naked Lounge. He cherishes memories of nights out front of the downtown space when he couldn’t […]
News
Visual storyteller
This feature is part of a CN&R special report: Entrepreneurs 2022: Reinvention. COVID-19—and the controversy around masking—inspired Nicole Coffield to create a collage, an image of a 1960s couple sharing beers and pizza while masked […]
News
New vibrations
This feature is part of a CN&R special report: Entrepreneurs 2022: Reinvention. For years, Amanda Bosschart fantasized about the storefront at the southeast corner of Third and Main streets, imagining it would make the perfect […]
Arts & Culture
Ready for the main event
Chico mixed martial artist Nick Maximov got his big break on Oct. 6, 2018. He was fighting on the undercard of a King of the Cage match at Gold County Casino in Oroville, and he […]
News
New shelter tour
Construction of the new homeless shelter at the former site of the Silver Dollar BMX race track in South Chico is nearly complete, but the facility’s opening date remains unclear. The remaining obstacles, according to […]
Arts & Culture
Arts DEVO: Last call
To scroll back through the photos of fliers, performers and people at shows on the Facebook page for the Maltese Bar & Venue is to see the recent history of Chico flash before your eyes. […]
Opinions
A vote for recall
I support the recall of Mayor Andrew Coolidge and Councilman Sean Morgan. Here’s why: On April 23, 2021, Federal Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. in a court hearing said, “You can’t justify the ordinances that […]
Opinions
Editor’s note: Normalishness
When I get started on my workday, before I walk across the hall into the spare bedroom and turn on the computer, I put on real clothes. Even though it’s just me and the dog […]
Opinions
Second & Flume: Sabbatical
Before I accepted the job of CN&R’s editor-in-chief back in 2013, I sat down with my predecessor, Robert Speer, to get some advice. At the time, I felt reasonably prepared for the job. I’d been […]
Arts & Culture
Cafe crawl
Art tour: -Daycamp Coffee, 1925 Market Place, Ste. 150, daycampcoffee.com-Naked Lounge, 118 W. Second St., nakedloungechico.com-Tin Roof Bakery & Cafe, 627 Broadway Ste. 170, tinroofbakeryandcafe.com
News
City redistricting begins
The city of Chico has kicked off the council redistricting process. The first public hearing was held during this week’s regular council meeting (Feb. 1). A final district map is due to the Butte County […]
News
University in-person
Chico State students returned to campus—literally—for spring semester after the school decided to stick with its plan for in-person instruction amid a spike in COVID-19 cases. Seventy percent of courses contain an in-person component, according […]
Street Talk
Streetalk: Is Chico still a nice place to live?
Asked in downtown Chico Christopher Waitslaw firm employeeNo. It’s dirty; too many homeless people; roads are terrible. I’ve lost count of how many front-end alignments on my car I’ve had. The population has outgrown the […]
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the editor: Feb. 2, 2022
Same ol’ development Re “Tenuous connection”: People—at least everyday citizens—don’t have a voice in housing development in Chico. City staff have been in bed with developers for years to keep inclusionary zoning off the books. […]