By David Bacon This story is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital & Main, as part of its Ill Harvest series, and co-published here with permission. For Maria Zavala’s family, there are no easy years. But last year brought […]
By Pilar Marrero This story is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital & Main, as part of its Ill Harvest series, and co-published here with permission. After interviewing hundreds of farmworkers in three states for a study of the impact […]
By David Bacon This story is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital & Main, as part of its Ill Harvest series, and co-published here with permission. Gloria Merino came to the Salinas Valley from the Mixteca region of Oaxaca, […]
By Pilar Marrero This story is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital & Main, as part of its Ill Harvest series, and co-published here with permission. Luis Lopez, 50, who has worked the strawberry fields in Santa Maria for […]
By David Bacon This story is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital & Main, as part of its Ill Harvest series, and co-published here with permission. In the summer of 2008, Andres Cruz got a call from a crew […]
By David Bacon This story is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital & Main, as part of its Ill Harvest series, and co-published here with permission. Carmen Hernandez lives in a small home on Chateau Fresno Avenue, […]
This story was originally published in the Reno News & Review. Karl Ahlrichs, a descendant of George Donner, connected with his family’s history at age 11, when he read a book about the Donner Party’s […]
By Alejandro Lazo & Jeanne Kuang (for Cal Matters) CalMatters is an independent public journalism venture covering California state politics and government. For more info, visit calmatters.org. California faces a projected deficit next year even if […]
By Mark Kreidler This story is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital & Main and co-published here with permission. Millions of Californians are grinding their way through an inflationary cycle that hit 40-year highs over the […]
By Julie Cart (for Cal Matters) CalMatters is an independent public journalism venture covering California state politics and government. For more info, visit calmatters.org. As California emerges from its “peak” wildfire season, the state has managed […]
First came the presentation of colors. The Chico Police and Fire Rescue Honor Guard flag procession ahead of the pledge of allegiance was just one of the ceremonies to mark a, well, mostly ceremonial City […]
What’s the theme of 2022 for Butte County? Maybe it’s recovery. Illness and death of the COVID-19 pandemic greatly diminished early in the year, leading state and local officials to lift most restrictions. People are […]
Don’t fence it in After an unsightly fence popped up around City Plaza in late 2021, the city of Chico and the Downtown Chico Business Association (DCBA) claimed it was necessary to enable construction and […]
Valley’s Edge, the enormous (1,448 acres) sprawl project east of Bruce Road, would forever change the character of Chico. With over 2,700 housing units and a projected population of over 5,000 people, this proposed development […]
Welcome to the 15th edition of Art DEVO’s annual local arts and culture awards ceremony. Theenvelopes, please … Best news: The scene is back How good did it feel to order that first pint or […]
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