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Regal restoration

Kim Armstrong misses the monarchs. Over the past decade, most notably the past five years—working at Oroville Wildlife Area as a scientist for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), as well as the […]

Doing it their way

Chico City Council members, reduced to five by back-to-back resignations late last month, will refill the dais with members they select. That was the decision at Tuesday night’s meeting (July 6), when the conservative majority […]

Re-formed, but reformed?

During a recent City Council meeting, Chico Police Chief Matt Madden made a public presentation about the drone program his department is developing off a start-up grant from a local community group. He explained the […]

Conservatives: Let it lapse

When homeless advocate Kelli Johnson addressed the Chico City Council during its meeting Tuesday night (June 15), she spoke as heatedly as the temperature outside council chambers. “I’m frankly perplexed we’re having this conversation,” Johnson […]

City divvies up federal dough

Litigation was the theme of the day Tuesday (June 8) in Chico City Council Chambers, with a legal challenge prompting cancellation of a public forum and an active lawsuit influencing deliberations in the council’s meeting. […]

Healthy outlook

This feature is part of the CN&R’s June 2021 Business Issue. Brandon Keith has deep roots at Madison Bear Garden. Fifteen years ago, he worked in the kitchen, in view of customers who ordered burgers […]

City pension bond Q&A

As the city of Chico considers refinancing its pension debt with bonds, officials will bring the issue to citizens Tuesday afternoon (June 8, 2 p.m.) in a public informational meeting at City Council Chambers, also […]

Cents and sensibilities

A two-part Chico City Council meeting Tuesday (May 18) served as a Rorschach test for the handful of citizens in attendance and those who watched on Zoom. Whether the conservative majority took progressive steps or […]

Shot at normalcy?

As coronavirus vaccines have grown more widely available to the general public in recent months, health officers across the country set their sites on achieving herd immunity: developing collective protection against COVID-19. Over time, they’ve […]

Closed to the public again

Form mirroring function, the Chico City Council decided in empty chambers—then behind closed doors—to act on homelessness without broad public input. The council, which usually meets on Tuesdays, held a rare Monday meeting a week […]

‘Light at the end of the tunnel’

It’s Sunday at noon, prime time for a brunch and lunch crowd, yet every table at La Hacienda on a recent April weekend sits empty. Co-owner Michelle Sereda is the sole person on the premises, […]

Changing the conversation

Race is a mirage but one that humanity has organized itself around in very real ways. Imagining away the existence of races in a racist world is as conserving and harmful as imagining away classes […]

Cases down, vaccines up

With COVID-19 rates dropping and much of the region downgraded to California’s orange tier, Butte County Public Health has expanded vaccination eligibility and opportunities. Vaccine clinics are now open to any county resident 16 or […]

Planning for a future

For the better part of the 21st century, Mark Stemen has immersed himself in the science of climate change and planning responses. He’s spoken often—to his Geography Department students at Chico State, government leaders and […]

Rally for the climate

Seeking to regain momentum stalled by the pandemic, students and others concerned by climate change will gather tomorrow morning (March 19) outside Chico City Council Chambers as part of a worldwide Fridays For Future protest. […]

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