Tyler Rushing was a “smiling, gentle human being” who rubbed shoulders with celebrity clients of his commercial and residential window washing business, and was a stage-lighting wizard and an adventurous soul driven to help the […]
During a recently bygone time, I could take the healthiest vegetables from below a sneeze guard, combine them in ungodly ways and bury them under enough blue cheese to make a so-called “salad” capable of […]
With the exception of mandatory face coverings, arguably the most visible impact of the COVID-19 crisis in Chico is the presence of dozens of long-term encampments in the city’s parks and along its waterways. The […]
It didn’t happen in 2013, when Chico police officers fired 19 shots at the car driven by Breanne Sharpe, killing the 19-year-old and sending bullets into a bus stop, a parked car and a residential […]
Following a week of passionate, near-nightly protests in the wake of the killing of George Floyd that drew hundreds of people to downtown Chico, Tuesday (June 10) evening’s gathering at Chico City Plaza showed a […]
Hundreds of people gathered on the corner of Fourth and Main Streets in downtown Chico Tuesday evening (June 2) to protest racism and police brutality in response to the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis […]
After decades of self-described “rough living,” including spending the last two years on the streets, Nathaniel Edwards is no stranger to hardship. But in mid-March, as fear of the coronavirus rose in the North State, […]
Photo by Melissa Daugherty CN&R contributor Ken Smith positions himself to take photos of the charred husks of cars on the Skyway. On a dark and smoky morning in July 2018, a friend and I […]
Photo by Ken Smith Esmeralda and Michael Johnson stand outside the home they’ve rented for the last five years, and may soon be forced to vacate. Michael and Esmeralda Johnson considered themselves fortunate to have […]
Photo by Ken Smith CHAT’s Bob Trausch says the organization has several tiny homes that could be placed and made livable by early 2019. After more than five years of researching, planning and politicking, the […]
Photo by Ken Smith A displaced Ridge resident set up signs on the Skyway Saturday (Nov. 17) to relay a sentiment shared by many evacuees to Donald Trump’s passing motorcade. With each passing day, more […]
Photo by Ken Smith Butte County Sheriff-Coroner Kory Honea has the unenviable task of relating the number of deaths due to the Camp Fire each night. Each night at 6 p.m., as Cal Fire, law […]
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