News

Whom to watch in 2023

With pandemic restrictions and midterm election campaigns behind us, the year ahead feels a bit like a blank slate. What stories will the Chico News & Review tell, and who will be making the news, […]


Editorial

Editorial: Canary in the Wildcats’ den

When Gayle Hutchinson became Chico State president in March 2016, optimism reigned. She made history as the university’s first woman president and the first openly gay president in the CSU system. More than that, she […]


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Letters to the Editor

Letters to the editor, Jan. 5, 2023

Campground needed We have about 54 openings between the Pallet, Jesus and Torres shelters. We have about 175 people in homeless camps. Do we really want to do more for the homeless? Only if you […]



News

Top 10 stories of 2022

What’s the theme of 2022 for Butte County? Maybe it’s recovery. Illness and death of the COVID-19 pandemic greatly diminished early in the year, leading state and local officials to lift most restrictions. People are […]


News

What were they thinking?

Don’t fence it in After an unsightly fence popped up around City Plaza in late 2021, the city of Chico and the Downtown Chico Business Association (DCBA) claimed it was necessary to enable construction and […]


Editorial

Editorial: What has City Council learned?

As this issue headed to press, results from the November general election remained unofficial, but the final tally indicated who will sit on the Chico City Council the next two years. Tom Van Overbeek joins […]


Opinions

Streetalk: Best memory of 2022?

Chris Hayashida-Knightnonprofit administrator I think getting back out in the world with my family, doing fun things again. We have been to Laxson to three or four different shows; we’ve been down to the Bay […]


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Letters to the Editor

Letters to the editor: Dec. 1, 2022

Applauding the healers Re: “Rallying around the kids” (Feature, by Ashiah Scharaga, Nov. 3) I have to commend people like Kayden Schroyer and Carrie Dawes, those students and faculty who went through the 2018 Camp […]


Arts & Culture

Support local arts

Below is a regularly updated list of artists, venues, producers, promoters, owners/employees of arts-connected businesses, and customers/patrons who support a Chico News & Review proposal for an arts-coverage collaboration with North State Public Radio If […]


Election 2022

Election 2022: Sliver of blue light

By Evan Tuchinsky and Ken Smith As Chico City Council candidate Addison Winslow helped with set up at an election night gathering Tuesday (Nov. 8) at Om on the Range downtown—complete with refreshments, live music […]


Election 2022

Election 2022: Updated results

The votes are in. Below are the most current numbers from select local, state and national races. National & State: Last updated: Nov. 20, 5 p.m. U.S. Representative, District 1: Unofficial results (96.3 percent of […]


News

Antisemitic vandalism in Chico

By Gabe Stutman This story was produced by J. The Jewish News of Northern California and is co-published here with permission. Antisemitic vandals set fire to a sign welcoming visitors to Congregation Beth Israel in […]


News

Local heroes

Each November, the Chico News & Review takes a little break from the news to carve out some space for giving thanks. As we head into the holidays, we offer our 2022 Local Heroes—three groups […]