Arts & Culture
Crisis care
Christian Lucero grabbed a zebra-patterned tie and slung it around his shoulders. With an encouraging smile, he faced the teenager in front of him at Stonewall Alliance Center in Chico and began teaching them how […]
Articles by Ashiah Bird (Scharaga)
Art
Meet me at the art bar
Julia Flynn started drawing and painting in public about a year ago. She’d go to local coffee shops and settle in, spreading out her supplies. At first, it was a bit nerve-wracking. Flynn was terrified […]
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, […]
Art
News
Welcome to the bike club
This feature is part of the CN&R’s 2023 Bike Issue. When cyclist Jenn Alexander joined the Chico Corsa cycling club in 2013, she went on one of her first long-distance rides, setting out with a […]
Arts & Culture
A home for drag
When Kar Solorio Ocegueda was five years old, he donned a wig made from yarn and got on his school swing set, relishing the feeling of his new locks blowing freely in the wind behind […]
News
Body wisdom
Lately, single mother Santy Gray has been enjoying mini dance parties with her five-year-old son first thing in the morning. This is a new practice for them—Gray said she used to feel annoyed that he […]
Arts & Culture
‘Farm to glass’
This feature is part of the CN&R’s 2023 Entrepreneur Issue. When Bill Weller crafts a new beer recipe, he has an unofficial litmus test for its success. If his wife, Kristin, takes a sip, tilts […]
News
A big screen for all
Three-year-old Charlie Iverson-Flournoy stood up in the movie theater, exclaiming “Oh no! Oh no!” Hero Girl’s golden round-trip ticket to ride The Polar Express had just been whisked away by the snowy winter winds and […]
News
For the love of the neighborhood
Twice a month, struggling families, college students, seniors and unhoused folks browse the South Chico Community Assistance Center’s free neighborhood pantry at 1805 Park Ave. There, they can fill up a bag or two with […]
News
In this together
Kim Michl-Green likes to start Climate Cafe gatherings with a request. She asks the people who’ve assembled at the South Chico Community Assistance Center to go over to a windowsill illuminated by lamplight. There, they […]
News
Rallying around the kids
When Kayden Schroyer is at her lowest, she turns to letters and notes she’s received from her friends and her counselor at Ridgeview High School in Paradise. Schroyer, 17, lost everything when her family’s home […]
News
Hope for an anxious generation
Alongside global temperatures and sea levels, climate anxiety is on the rise, too, and according to author and researcher Britt Wray, the latter is “a natural and normal response to a dangerous situation.” When climate […]
Arts & Culture
Musical healing
When Acie Schiff was 21, they were living in their car and working at a ski resort in Tahoe, using all the money they earned to pay off a DUI fine and attend drug and […]
News
Free shots
With flu season approaching and updated COVID-19 boosters available, local health providers are rolling out vaccination clinics. Enloe Medical Center’s walk-in clinics will take place Oct. 19, 7-11 a.m. and 2-6 p.m., at Chico Elks […]