As one of the editors who has been privvy to the spreadsheets of Best of Chico tabulations for many years, I can tell you there is a lot of love from the community for a lot of y’all, buried in the numbers. Just because someone’s name or business isn’t in the CN&R for this annual issue doesn’t mean they weren’t chosen by at least one voter.
In the category of Best Local Personality, there are so many single votes; this year, nearly 70 of them. Yours truly even got one. (Thanks, Mom? Connie?) Below I’ve gathered as many of them as I could dig up info on, and all these ones add up to a colorful picture of our fun, funky little community. Congratulations!
Aaron Rodgers—Pleasant Valley High grad; pro athlete
Adam White—aka ALO, bass-music producer/promoter
Angela McLaughlin—Stand Up For Chico founder
Ashley Brooks—loan officer at Brooks Lending Team
Austin Farwell—funky bassist for Smokey the Groove
“Big-colorful-hat guy dancing on bike”
Bob Backstrom—For the Funk of It co-founder; comedy guy
Cootdog—DJ, sound engineer, MC for Mystic Roots Band
DJ Amburgers—KZFR host (“Funky Reservation,” “Feral Radio”)
DJ Jigga Julie—radio personality, Power 102 FM
Doug Love—realtor at Century 21
Doug Stein—frontman for Swamp Zen and Low Flying Birds
Greg Hopkins—plumber; bassist for West by Swan, Tite Nauts
Guillermo Mash—KZFR host (“Imagining Community”)
Hayden Hill—real estate photographer
Jake Sprecher—rocker; rock promoter (Valley Fever)
Jenna Fink—Action News Now sports reporter/director
Jeremy V—radio personality (Z-Rock) and local theater dude
Jesse Grigg—The Commons Social Empourium co-owner
Joel Robinson—registered nurse
Joey Moshiri—videomaker, probably wearing a costume
Kathleen Makel—attorney
Kevin Jaradah—craft beer enthusiast; Spike’s Bottle Shop owner
Logan Alaways—manager at Focal Point Discount Landscaping
Maurice Huffman—aka Big Mo of Big Mo & the Full Moon Band
Orval Hughes—loan officer at Summit Funding
Patrick Newman—Chico Friends on the Street founder
Preston Powers—cobbler (Preston’s); KZFR host (“Blues Bayou)
Rafiki Webster—KZFR host (“Funky Reservation,” “All Mixed Up”);
Safeway dude
Randy Taylor—Chico History Museum volunteer
Rocky Winslow—trumpeter; Chico State jazz man
Ron Woodward—radio personality, Thunder 100.7 FM
Russell Damien—radio personality, KZFR and NSPR
Ryan Nelson—beertender at Chico Taproom
Sawyer Goodson—goth; drummer for all the bands
Sheriff Kory Honea—lawman; press conference boss
Steve O’Bryan —Pullins Cyclery owner; KZFR host (“Celt Radio”)
Sue Reed—Bootleg consignment owner and hella Cali girl
Teri Dubose—Broadway Pawn owner; Citizens for a Safe Chico
Will Watje—guitarist at Decades
Jason Cassidy is editor of the Chico News & Review
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