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Second & Flume: Bleeding heart
Were people always so crass? That was one of my first thoughts when I started seeing memes about the lives of the people aboard the ill-fated vessel attempting to view the wreckage of the Titanic. […]
Year: 2023
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Sacramento Kings sued by LGBTQ couple alleging assault and discrimination
By Jared D. Childress The Sacramento Kings recently released a statement commemorating Pride month that listed their efforts to be inclusive of the LGBTQIA+ community. However, a local gay couple says it’s just “lip service.” […]
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Higher fines for water scofflaws?
By Rachel Becker (for Cal Matters) CalMatters is an independent public journalism venture covering California state politics and government. For more info, visit calmatters.org. When ranchers violated an emergency order to stop pumping water from the […]
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California loses another home insurer
By Ben Christopher and Grace Gedye (for Cal Matters) CalMatters is an independent public journalism venture covering California state politics and government. For more info, visit calmatters.org. State Farm made national headlines last week when it […]
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Some still waiting on pandemic rent relief
By Mark Kreidler This story is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital & Main, and co-published here with permission. Blake Phillips is pretty sure he did everything right, which makes it all the more baffling to […]
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‘Songs of peace’
Russian icon Boris Grebenshchikov’s music, like the man himself, is enigmatic. It is sometimes playful, often poignant, and always poetic; rebellious, yet reverential; and rooted in Russian culture, but embracive of global influences. This multiplicity […]
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California honors Tyre Nichols at a place he loved, which now bears his name
By Samin Vafaee Nestled in North Natomas, the 42-acre Regency Community Park brings people down windy concrete trails and through lush, green open spaces. Visitors encounter dog parks, sport courts, playgrounds and an array of […]
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Chico summer checklist
Sure you’re going to Sycamore Pool and the Friday Night Concert. Those are easy. But will you stake out the hidden treasures of neighborhood markets and assorted pop-ups? Will you finally make it out to […]
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High-speed construction
By Ben Christopher, Alastair Bland, Julie Cart and Alejandro Lazo (for Cal Matters) CalMatters is an independent public journalism venture covering California state politics and government. Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to make it easier for […]
Arts & Culture
‘Journey of release’
As a young girl, Chelsea Smith was diagnosed with Tourette syndrome, and as she got older, she found it increasingly painful trying to navigate a world that did not understand her. She suffered from coprolalia, […]
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Streetalk: What’s on your summer bucket list?
Asked at Naked Lounge Hailegna BurozBarista I intend on going to Europe. I’m going to go to Portugal. Valerie RoseASL instructor I want to stay inside and play Tears of the Kingdom. B. ComfortUnit host […]
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Editor’s note: To challenge
The spark for this month’s “Summer checklist” cover feature was a series of social media posts by Chicoan Sharon DeMeyer: “Inspired by a young woman who tried 365 new things last year to help manage […]
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Second & Flume: New oldies
When I was in high school and started seeing bell-bottoms in fashion magazines, I realized some of my mom’s old clothes were actually cool. I would’ve cringed had she actually worn them, but of course […]
Arts & Culture
Works of women and private eye tales
The Super 8 Years: With her son David Ernaux-Briot as co-director, the Nobel Prize-winning French novelist Annie Ernaux has fashioned an unflinching, remarkably fresh filmed memoir out of her family’s home movies from 1972-1981, the […]
Arts & Culture
Arts DEVO: Noisy, but fun
Of all the Chico bands Arts DEVO could be asked to help write a bio for, XDS is probably the one for which I’m most qualified to do so. I’ve been friends with the players […]