By Sam DeLong Every Thursday at 10a.m., a cluster of folding chairs and handmade signs appear outside the Social Security office in north Chico. The signs read: “Honk if you support Social Security.”“If You Earn […]
By Maya C. Miller for CalMatters For a Democratic Party convention with the theme, “Together, we win,” there was a lot of infighting, culminating in a Sunday morning shouting match between two Democratic heavyweights. State […]
Joint effort saves a valuable fire mitigation resource, but can it get a veteran fire-spotter rehired? By Ken Magri After months of concern, the United States Forest Service reversed an October 2025 decision to permanently […]
Community groups are pushing back on an impending HUD rule that would force undocumented immigrants from public housing, splitting families. By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main Community organizers in Los Angeles are rallying in opposition […]
By Ben Christopher for Calmatters As the first home rolled off the factory floor in Kalamazoo, Michigan — “like a boxcar with picture windows,” according to a journalist on the scene — the Secretary of […]
By Scott Thomas Anderson Between 1974 and 1986, Joseph DeAngelo cut a path of psychological destruction and barbaric murder across 11 counties and four regions in California. He was the Visalia Ransacker who gunned down […]
Cal Northern School of Law’s Chico clinic is providing no-cost legal advice available through April By Sam DeLong At some point in your adult life you might need to seek legal advice — but the […]
By Ken Magri Kyle Wilson is a 33-year-old Democrat from Santa Rosa running in the June 2 primary to advance toward November’s general election for the next two-year term as the US Representative from District […]
By Ana B. Ibarra for CalMatters A shuttered Northern California hospital is getting a lifeline from Congress, but it doesn’t come with money to actually reopen and serve patients. A new federal law will restore […]
By Geoff Schumacher In the spring of 2010, an upstart political movement called the Tea Party held a rally dubbed the “Showdown in Searchlight.” An estimated 9,000 people trekked to a secluded desert area […]
By the Chico News & Review staff A 19-year-old woman from Chico remains at the center of a civil trial against two of the biggest tech platforms in the world this week. Known in court […]
By Nigel Duara for CalMatters A member of the Humboldt County Yurok tribe who advocated for better mental health treatment and suicide intervention in rural Northern California has died in an apparent murder-suicide. Celinda Gonzales […]
By Sam DeLong Full disclosure: The author of this story was an employee of Little Red Hen for more than 10 years before deciding to pursue a career in journalism. If you’ve lived in Chico […]
Trump has attacked renewable power from every angle, but energy justice scholar Sanya Carley envisions an affordable green future. By Audrey Carleton, Capital & Main This story is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital […]
By Ken Magri More than 100 Chico State students, staff and faculty members left their classrooms for a hastily arranged walkout on Friday. Their show of solidarity with Minneapolis was organized by the Students for […]
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