By David Bacon This story is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital & Main, as part of its Ill Harvest series, and co-published here with permission. In the summer of 2008, Andres Cruz got a call from a crew […]
By David Bacon This story is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital & Main, as part of its Ill Harvest series, and co-published here with permission. Carmen Hernandez lives in a small home on Chateau Fresno Avenue, […]
By Alejandro Lazo & Jeanne Kuang (for Cal Matters) CalMatters is an independent public journalism venture covering California state politics and government. For more info, visit calmatters.org. California faces a projected deficit next year even if […]
By Mark Kreidler This story is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital & Main and co-published here with permission. Millions of Californians are grinding their way through an inflationary cycle that hit 40-year highs over the […]
By Julie Cart (for Cal Matters) CalMatters is an independent public journalism venture covering California state politics and government. For more info, visit calmatters.org. As California emerges from its “peak” wildfire season, the state has managed […]
First came the presentation of colors. The Chico Police and Fire Rescue Honor Guard flag procession ahead of the pledge of allegiance was just one of the ceremonies to mark a, well, mostly ceremonial City […]
What’s the theme of 2022 for Butte County? Maybe it’s recovery. Illness and death of the COVID-19 pandemic greatly diminished early in the year, leading state and local officials to lift most restrictions. People are […]
Don’t fence it in After an unsightly fence popped up around City Plaza in late 2021, the city of Chico and the Downtown Chico Business Association (DCBA) claimed it was necessary to enable construction and […]
Chico State will have a new president next year as Gayle Hutchinson has announced her retirement after six years heading the university. Hutchinson (pictured), Chico State’s first woman president and the Cal State University system’s […]
Kim Michl-Green likes to start Climate Cafe gatherings with a request. She asks the people who’ve assembled at the South Chico Community Assistance Center to go over to a windowsill illuminated by lamplight. There, they […]
By Mark Kreidler This story is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital & Main and co-published here with permission. Rising inflation is taking a toll on most Americans, none more severely than lower income workers and families […]
Below is a regularly updated list of artists, venues, producers, promoters, owners/employees of arts-connected businesses, and customers/patrons who support a Chico News & Review proposal for an arts-coverage collaboration with North State Public Radio If […]
By Peter Hong This story is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital & Main and co-published here with permission. In 2003, Rick Wartzman was overseeing the business section of the Los Angeles Times when his team produced a […]
Chico Municipal Airport has a new name. That much is undisputed fact after the City Council meeting Tuesday night (Nov. 15), when council members decided on the rebrand to Chico Regional Airport. How much the […]
Dr. Marcia Nelson remembers her concerns last holiday season. COVID-19 took another upswing; from averaging 30 new cases a day in mid-November of 2021, Butte County doubled that rate during Christmas week and hit 300 […]
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