The Chico City Council will look for outsource alternatives to lower future pension obligations By Ken Magri At the November 4 city council meeting, Councilmember Tom Van Overbeek brought up an ever-present funding problem so […]
By Dan Bacher Preliminary data suggests Fall-run Chinook salmon returns to the Feather, Sacramento and Klamath river systems are looking much better in 2025, following the third year of a total closure of commercial ocean salmon […]
By Ken Magri Electric scooter sales and usage are on the rise, including new “shared mobility” rental businesses that allow customers to rent a device in one location and leave it in another when they’re […]
Chevron and WSPA again dominate lobbying spending in the Golden State By Dan Bacher The oil and gas industry spent over $26 million in the first three quarters of 2025 in their successful effort to […]
Proposition 50 makes North State region competitive for Democrats, Chico State University professor jumps in new race In an off-year election that saw Democratic candidates win big across the country, California’s redistricting initiative, Proposition 50, […]
By Maya C. Miller for CalMatters The Trump administration’s Department of Justice will deploy election monitors to five California counties on Election Day, the department announced Friday, in what it describes as an effort to […]
Mailed ballots from rural locations could arrive too late to be counted. Here’s what to do. By Ken Magri Because this Tuesday’s special election is being conducted entirely through the mail, there is a chance […]
By Ken Magri Chico resident, veteran and longtime Democratic strategist Bob Mulholland passed away on October 19 at the age of 78. The son of a veteran, Mulholland was born in 1946 almost a year […]
From working in counter-terrorism and hostage negotiation, to digging into homicides and cold cases, Arvinder Ginda’s career has caused him to change focus to those suffering in silence with ’53 Reflections’ April 27, 2013 wasn’t […]
Family atmosphere at two local sites as Butte County residents protest Trump By Ken Magri Despite some fearmongering about Saturday’s “No Kings” protest event, to many it looked closer to a sunny Fourth of July […]
Some people decide not to participate in in-person visitation because they don’t want to take off all their clothes in front of a guard. By Kate Morrissey, Capital & Main This story is produced by […]
By Dan Bacher Commercial salmon fishing on California’s ocean waters has been closed for the past three years, while only a very limited recreational salmon season has been allowed on the ocean and three Central Valley […]
By Jocelyn Wiener and Marisa Kendall for CalMatters One of Gov. Gavin Newsom‘s marquee mental health programs may broaden its reach despite persistent questions about the number of people it’s helping and whether it’s achieving the […]
By Cayla Mihalovich for CalMatters Gov. Gavin Newsom today signed a set of bills meant to recognize incarcerated firefighters, including a historic measure to raise their pay to meet the federal minimum wage during active fires. The wage increase, […]
By 2030, the centers could consume the equivalent of adding another city the size of L.A. to the state’s power grid. By Aaron Cantú, Capital & Main This story is produced by the award-winning journalism […]
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