April 2022 • Chico News & Review

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April 28, 2022 Trevor Whitney 0

Wondering what shows, plays, concerts and other events are happening around Butte County? Chico News & Review has you covered with a few highlighted picks for the week. Get out and have some fun! Visit […]

Drier and dire

April 28, 2022 Ashiah Bird (Scharaga) 0

Domestic well users will be hit the hardest as Northern California continues to suffer from severe-to-extreme drought conditions in 2022. That is one of the key takeaways from a Drought Impact and Analysis Study being […]

A new, but familiar, face at city hall

April 26, 2022 Evan Tuchinsky 0

Midday Monday (April 25), a week after taking the reins as interim city manager of Chico, Paul Hahn welcomed a guest into his office. He sat at the conference table, which doubles as his work […]

‘Sunshine and rainbows’?

April 20, 2022 Evan Tuchinsky 0

In several ways, the Chico City Council meeting Tuesday night (April 19) went like many under the current configuration. Regular attendees let fly their frustrations—a few boiling over into anger—about homelessness and roads. Other residents […]

Chico armed for battle?

April 19, 2022 Ken Smith 2

Concerned Citizens for Justice (CC4J), a local police watchdog group, is rallying for public input during the City Council meeting tonight (April 19, 6 p.m.) regarding the adoption of a city ordinance overseeing the Chico […]

City Hall carousel

April 14, 2022 Evan Tuchinsky 0

For the second time in three weeks, Chico has a new interim city manager. The City Council appointed Paul Hahn, former Butte County chief administrative officer, at a special meeting Wednesday night (April 13)—returning previous […]

‘All hands on deck’

April 13, 2022 CalMatters 0

by Rachel Becker and Julie Cart for CalMatters CalMatters is an independent public journalism venture covering California state politics and government. For more info, visit calmatters.org. Painting alarming scenes of fires, floods and economic disruption, the […]

Finally scrapped

April 11, 2022 Evan Tuchinsky 2

Karl Ory had no idea Chico Scrap Metal shuttered its operation on East 20th Street until his wife drove by recently and saw a sign. Figuring it was related to recycling, which the facility reduced […]

Inflation targets California’s poor

April 11, 2022 Capital & Main 0

By Mark Kreidler This story is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital & Main and co-published here with permission. When I met Amparo Ramirez in March of 2020, our conversation was very much of the moment. The […]

Looking ahead

April 7, 2022 Evan Tuchinsky 0

This feature is part of the Chico News & Review’s 2022 Arts & Music special issue. Arts have long been entwined with the identity of Chico—theaters, museums, troupes, musicians, artists and patrons weaving a rich […]

‘Arts in the wild’

April 7, 2022 Ken Smith 0

This feature is part of the Chico News & Review’s 2022 Arts & Music special issue. Imagine an evening spent watching steampunks and sprites frolicking among the trees at Bidwell Park’s Cedar Grove; or how […]

Sound of transformation

April 7, 2022 Ashiah Bird (Scharaga) 0

This feature is part of the Chico News & Review’s 2022 Arts & Music special issue. When Chloe Brandii is pissed off, she’ll either kick the hell out of a sparring bag or write a […]