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The Chico Housing Action Team is creating imaginative ways to help those living outdoors

March 11, 2025 CN&R 0

Nonprofit to host important fundraiser on Easter Sunday By Ken Magri Chico resident Jake Smith stood before a camera in 2022 while trying to hold back a gush of tears. After collecting himself, he finally […]

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Firings at Forest Service raise alarm over corporate takeover of public lands

March 11, 2025 Capital & Main 0

Employees warn that recent dismissals could weaken protections for public lands as the new administration selects a former timber executive to head the agency. By Jeremy Lindenfeld, Capital & Main This story is produced by […]

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Clone confusion: Bong Joon Ho’s ‘Mickey 17’ is a jumbled mess of interesting ideas

March 10, 2025 CN&R 0

By Bob Grimm Director Bong Joon Ho follows up his 2019 Oscar triumph Parasite with an often-delayed weirdo of a movie in Mickey 17, a sometimes-funny sci-fi mess that feels like a bunch of ideas that never quite […]

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The war over Burgernomics in California and beyond

March 6, 2025 Capital & Main 0

Researchers refute fast food industry’s apocalyptic predictions about raising the minimum wage. By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main This story is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital & Main and co-published here with permission. When California’s […]

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Streetalk: What should be done with the Bidwell Mansion site?

March 5, 2025 CN&R 0

Asked at Chico Saturday Farmer’s Market Lisa CarsonTeacherI have mixed feelings about Bidwell Mansion being rebuilt because I know we can’t bring it back to its original form. As a child, I loved visiting it, […]

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Valley’s Edge developers claim damages against Chico

March 4, 2025 CN&R 5

First step in a coming lawsuit or a negotiating tactic? By Ken Magri A cannon-shot was fired across the bow of the Chico City Council by a licensed legal corporation called Believe in Chico, LLC. […]

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River ways from Redding to Oroville will face impacts as the Trump White House rescinds rules implementing the National Environmental Policy Act

February 28, 2025 CN&R 2

By Dan Bacher The Trump administration’s assault on the nation’s environmental laws continues at an unprecedented pace, with its latest target being the landmark National Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA. On Feb. 19, the White House […]

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California’s population is finally rebounding. Trump could change that

February 28, 2025 Capital & Main 0

The state, home to nearly 2 million undocumented immigrants, could be hit hard by the president’s deportation policies. By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main This story is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital & […]

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Canna-Chico 2025: Checking in with the city’s three local cannabis dispensaries

February 25, 2025 CN&R 3

By Ken Magri In August of 2020, Chico’s city council voted 5-2 to allow cannabis dispensaries in the city after an ad hoc committee worked for two years to craft an acceptable ordinance. Four licenses […]

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Chico’s predicted fire hazard increases

February 24, 2025 CalMatters 2

By Julie Cart for CalMatters More than 2 million acres of local land in California designated as ‘high’ or ‘very high’ fire danger areas Reflecting intensifying wildfires and updated science, new state maps designate more […]

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The horizon for Bidwell Mansion: Park officials say the recovery will take years

February 18, 2025 CN&R 0

By Ken Magri A new update on the recovery plans for Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park was presented at the Chico City Council meeting on February 4. The presenter was Matt Teague, District Superintendant of […]

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More than $1 Billion for California climate justice imperiled by Trump

February 14, 2025 Capital & Main 1

Grants promised for renewable energy, clean air and municipal water systems frozen and under review. By Aaron Cantú, Capital & Main This story is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital & Main and co-published […]

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What’s going on? February 13-February 19

February 12, 2025 Julian Mendoza 0

What’s happening this week? Chico News & Review has you covered with highlights of what’s on tap at local clubs, theaters, galleries and performance venues. Visit the CN&R’s FREE online calendar for all of the […]

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Chico’s inconvenient history: A list of discriminatory housing practices and how the city was involved

February 11, 2025 CN&R 4

By Ken Magri “The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.” – Maya Angelou Since the abolition of slavery in […]

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Under a new law, Shasta County schools hope insurance changes lead to more student therapy

February 11, 2025 Capital & Main 0

In areas like California’s rural Shasta County, school campuses may be the most effective places to care for children’s mental health needs, and such care will now be covered by insurance. By George B. Sánchez-Tello, […]

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