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Best of Chico 2021: The Comeback
It has been two years since the Chico News & Review last put out this normally annual special issue. As much as it pained us to miss out on celebrating all the good stuff in […]
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Best of Chico 2021: Goods & Services
Ag/Growing Supplies FIRST Place: Northern Star Mills510 Esplanade, 342-7661Since 1898, Chicoans have trusted Northern Star Mills for their farming needs, especially when it comes to their animals. That’s because the store, operating near downtown at […]
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Best of Chico 2021: Food & Drinks
New Eatery (opened in last year) FIRST Place: Drunken Dumpling1414 Park Ave., 774-2173Fans of the popular food truck were very stoked that Drunken Dumpling went brick-and-mortar last year. With a hip, fun space and greatly […]
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Best of Chico 2021: Nightlife & The Arts
Art Space FIRST Place: 1078 Gallery1710 Park Ave., 630-7522Now celebrating its 40th year, this nonprofit gallery has managed to maintain its firm focus on community through COVID-era restrictions on indoor gatherings by getting creative. That […]
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Best of Chico 2021: Health & Wellness
Acupuncture Clinic FIRST Place: Chico Community Acupuncture1815 Mangrove Ave., 345-5300Open since 2010, Chico Community Acupuncture has been a Best of Chico fixture. It’s a nonprofit and part of a national cooperative, People’s Organization of Community […]
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Best of Chico 2021: Community
Charitable Cause FIRST Place: Chico Housing Action Team (CHAT)520-6412, chicohousingactionteam.netWith Chico in the midst of a housing crisis and homelessness the issue foremost on the city’s agenda, the life-changing and life-saving work performed by CHAT’s […]
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Best of Chico 2021: Editors’ picks
Best bites worth the wait Brady’s B’s: B Street, Banshee and Bill’s Towne LoungeChico restaurateur Will Brady is the mastermind behind the successful (and crazy?) idea of running three downtown eateries/bars within the same block. […]
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Editorial: Bring back the masks
In June, when most of the state mandates related to coronavirus were lifted, Butte County was in pretty good shape. But by early August, due to the more virulent delta strain, the case count began […]
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Streetalk: Best song?
Asked in downtown Chico Angel Durhamstay-at-home mom“Bohemian Rhapsody,” [by Queen]. I like the entire aesthetic of it—I love the song. [I’d listen to it] everyday; it’s just a happy song. Todd Steinbergreal estate agent trainerThe […]
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Letters for Oct. 7, 2021
Folly of the recall Re: “Should Newsom be recalled?” (Newslines, Sept. 2): In 2018, Californians elected Gavin Newsom as the governor of California with a 62 percent vote. Republicans, including local ones, and QAnon activists […]
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Chico’s bloody hands
We can’t help but think of how the city of Chico would have reacted if the person recently gunned down in a public greenway hadn’t been homeless. Think about it. Let’s say your neighbor had […]
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Editorial: The Ridge needs good neighbors
In the wake of the Camp Fire, Paradise has struggled economically and otherwise. It’s understandable considering virtually 80 percent of the town was wiped out in a single day, whereas rebuilding and repopulation will take […]
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Editorial: Doctor knows best
“I want you to know that vaccines are our only way out of this pandemic.” Those were the words of Enloe Medical Center’s chief medical officer, Dr. Marcia Nelson, in a video posted on the […]
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Editorial: Vote no … and?
Could one fancy dinner end up costing Gavin Newsom his job? Yes, it could. On the day of the governor’s infamous mask-free lunch at French Laundry on Nov. 6, 2020—in the middle of the pandemic, […]
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Streetalk: Have wildfires/smoke made you consider moving?
Asked at Chico Natural Foods. Patrick Farrarlandscape designerNot really, because it’s not just wildfire in Chico and the North Valley. We were in Washington for a few years and every August we got smoke for […]