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A home for drag
When Kar Solorio Ocegueda was five years old, he donned a wig made from yarn and got on his school swing set, relishing the feeling of his new locks blowing freely in the wind behind […]
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A united front: How one California city is tackling its part of homelessness
By Cristian Gonzalez Folsom is known as an upper-middle class suburb with great schools and beautiful homes, but it too shows symptoms of the countywide homelessness crisis. According to the most recent Point-in-Time Count by […]
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State waters down conservation goals
This story was produced by CalMatters, an independent public journalism venture covering California state politics and government. For more info, visit calmatters.org. With the Sierra Nevada smothered in snow, large swaths of the Central Valley underwater […]
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No California salmon
This story was produced by CalMatters, an independent public journalism venture covering California state politics and government. For more info, visit calmatters.org. Most summer mornings at first light, Jared Davis is a few miles west of […]
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California storms create water paradox
This story was produced by CalMatters, an independent public journalism venture covering California state politics and government. For more info, visit calmatters.org. Two winters’ worth of snow has already fallen in the Sierra Nevada since Christmas, […]
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California considers right to vote for incarcerated
By Bobbi Murray This story is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital & Main, and co-published here with permission. “I think democracy thrives when everybody can participate,” says California Assemblymember Isaac Bryan (D-Culver City). In February […]
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Bullet train costs soar
By Ralph Vartabedian CalMatters is an independent public journalism venture covering California state politics and government. For more info, visit calmatters.org. When Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled his scaled down blueprint for the California bullet train four years […]
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Rolling on the rivers: Tyre Nichols’ love for a local river carried into his life and legacy
By Douglas Cazaux Sackman At dusk, Tyre Nichols used to ask his friend Angelina Paxton for a ride down the Sacramento River Delta to catch a sunset. They drove her Nissan Maxima to the levee, […]
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The huge Sierra snow-pack is creating new and future problems
By Ken Magri While the Sierra snowpack has mostly ended California’s three-year drought, it is creating big problems for people who live in the mountains. Once the warmer spring temperatures arrive, those problems could be […]
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Journey to the other side of the park
A CN&R Outdoor Recreation special feature. If you live in Chico and are looking for some outdoor recreation, nearly any activity you could dream up is just a day trip away. The mountains of Shasta, […]
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Nursing in Nigeria
As a Chico State nursing student, Kristina Chesterman dreamed of traveling to developing nations where she could use her skills to help those in desperate need. Sadly, while biking home from a marathon study session […]
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Body wisdom
Lately, single mother Santy Gray has been enjoying mini dance parties with her five-year-old son first thing in the morning. This is a new practice for them—Gray said she used to feel annoyed that he […]
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Lifelong love and learning
After six years spent sailing down the coast of Central America and around the South Pacific, Mike and Mary McCluskey considered three different cities—the homes of their children—to (figuratively) drop anchor and call home. The […]
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Wine and weeds
By Mark Schapiro This story is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital & Main, and co-published here with permission. The Butterfly Effect Ten years ago I met a lepidopterist, a fanatic for butterflies. During butterfly season, […]
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Governor waives water rules
This story was produced by CalMatters, an independent public journalism venture covering California state politics and government. For more info, visit calmatters.org. Facing an onslaught of criticism that water was “wasted” during January storms, Gov. Gavin […]