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Election coverage

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Raised in Butte County, District 3 Assembly Candidate Aaron Draper discusses the region’s biggest issues

By Ken Magri “I am not a politician,” says Aaron Draper, taking his first dive into electoral politics by challenging Assemblymember James Gallagher. He knows he has a mighty uphill climb ahead of him. Trying […]

Proposition confusion: Rent control, affordable housing and AIDS drugs intertwine in Propositions 33 and 34

By Ken Magri By the middle of October Californians start feeling the agony of frequent mailers and political advertisements for ballot propositions. But even the sharpest voter can get confused by the way these voter […]

All’s fair in Chico election politics? Attack mailers raise questions about honest campaigning

By Ken Magri In a race for two Chico city council seats, a controversy has erupted over recent negative campaign mailers addressing the issue of homelessness. Two of the challengers are crying foul about the […]

From lighthouse ghosts to modern jazz and stage visions, writer Dana Gioia is still proving that poetry can matter

Former Poet Laureate of California Dana Gioia recently released his new collection ‘Meet Me at the Lighthouse.‘ By Scott Thomas Anderson To descend into the underworld of California’s literary past, the only Virgil for guiding […]

Butte Environmental Council rallies the community in an era of climate anxiety

On the heels of Chico river clean-up, group holds its Climate Action Day on Saturday By Odin Rasco Soaking in the final rays of the summer sun (or, at least, the last official day of […]

‘Putting their phones away’: Butte County FFA teaches hands-on agriculture education, fosters enduring friendships

By Helen Harlan Electra Oxley is a 17-old senior at Las Plumas High School in Oroville who wants to work as a turbine technician on windmills. Oxley is taking Jannie Ford’s advanced Ag welding class […]

California home care workers seek greater bargaining power

To achieve consistent pay and benefits, IHSS workers seek to negotiate directly with the state instead of with 58 individual counties. By Cerise Castle, Capital & Main This story is produced by the award-winning journalism […]

What is it about Stoble? Chico’s premiere coffee roasters are also social capitalists

By Ken Magri This place is serious about coffee, very serious. But there is more to Stoble Coffee Roasters than a great cup of Joe. Something about this business at 418 Broadway just seems to […]

Chico’s lone dissenter: Addison Winslow wants a new approach to homelessness

By Ken Magri Chico City Councilman Addison Winslow sits on the roof of Stoble Coffee Roasters, casually dressed while hanging onto a latte, a positive mood and a head full of facts. As the lone […]

Newsom vetoes farmworker heat safety bill as state enforcement has fallen

The bill would have made it easier to file heat-related workers’ compensation. A Capital & Main investigation found field safety inspections fell 30% in seven years. By Robert J. Lopez, Capital & Main This story […]

The joke’s on audiences: ‘Joker: Folie a Deux’ is a boring slog that wastes Lady Gaga’s talents

By Bob Grimm With Joker (2019), director Todd Phillips gave us a very popular movie that was a rip-off of Taxi Driver and The King of Comedy. Not an homage … a rip-off. The results were big box office, massive critical acclaim […]

A memorial for “Jack the Dripper” in Chico

Pioneer of abstract expressionism Jackson Pollock had Butte County roots By Ken Magri He was an alcoholic, described as “a wild person” by his friend painter Robert Motherwell. He could be warm, cold, volatile and […]

A relaxed rapport: Brad Pitt and George Clooney make Apple TV+’s ‘Wolfs’ breezy fun

By Bob Grimm BFFs Brad Pitt and George Clooney join forces again for Wolfs, a relatively good time for those who choose to partake. That, of course, is easier to do if you are an […]

Countdown to carnage: Erik Larson’s new book ‘Demon of Unrest’ is a haunting reflection on the momentum of violence

By Scott Thomas Anderson “I’m really interested in the point where you sort of turned to history,” journalist Evan Ratliff asked Erik Larson during a 2015 interview, probing why the two writers no longer shared […]