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What’s on? May 19-25
Wondering what shows, plays, concerts and other events are happening around Butte County? Chico News & Review editors have you covered, with a few highlighted picks for the week. Get out and have some fun! […]
Year: 2022
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Tale of two meetings
by Jason Cassidy & Evan Tuchinsky These days, there seems to be no such a thing as a routine City Council meeting in Chico. Despite what looked to be a straightforward agenda dealing with grant […]
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Primary primer
Californians have a lot to process in a primary election, especially during a redistricting year. To get Butte County residents ready to make decisions on all the local, state and federal offices on the June […]
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Reppin’ the county
The questions: 1. What’s biggest issue facing Butte County?2. How can you as a supervisor address that issue?3. How should the county address homelessness and affordable housing?4. What’s your assessment of water management across the […]
Opinions
Editorial: CN&R endorsements
Although there are so many open offices in the June 7 election, the Chico News & Review is offering few endorsements. That’s because this is a primary with many two-person races as well as those […]
Arts & Culture
What’s on? May 12-18
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 […]
Arts & Culture
Arts DEVO: The view from the balcony
The starting point for this column is art, and for 16 years now, I’ve tried to find it wherever I could—most often somewhere in our little corner of Nor Cal—and then share it with readers […]
Arts & Culture
Covered in stardust
Hurricane Fran was born between the racks at the Thrifty Bargain. Lulu Fatale was kind of an accident. Ryan Rulet came alive in a spirited living room dance. And if you ask Starlett Eve’s parents, […]
Opinions
Editor’s note: Consequences
In contemporary American politics, the division between winners and losers is extreme. Winner takes all. No compromise. Our government representatives are often solely concerned about the needs and ideals of their supporters, at the expense […]
Opinions
Second & Flume: Seeking intelligent life
When are the aliens going to show themselves? No, seriously. When I think about what’s happening in the world today, I can’t help but think about the fact that the federal government has vaguely acknowledged […]
Opinions
Guest comment: Latest saga in homeless holocaust
After six months of fencing off Chico City Plaza, most of this time to include the barricading of sidewalks, restrooms and the only water fountain within a mile, the fence came down on April 22. […]
Arts & Culture
What’s that sound?
A few days ago, I went to the movies—in a theater. First time in more than two years, and it was also a special occasion in that it involved seeing Memoria, a new film by […]
Opinions
Letters to the editor: May 12, 2022
Scrap move less green? Re: “Finally scrapped” Bummer. I’m a longtime customer of Chico Scrap Metal. For all the talk about “green” policies, I think [Karl] Ory and the “progressives” really missed the mark on […]
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Chico’s birthday party
The city of Chico is celebrating its sesquicentennial with a calendar of 150 local activities in 150 days—everything from taking a tour at Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. to attending the Chikoko Pod installation at 1078 […]
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Shelter plan unfolds
With the Pallet homeless shelter having opened at the former BMX racetrack in south Chico on April 25, city officials have rolled out the outreach and enforcement cycles prescribed in the Warren v. City of […]