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‘People’s town hall’
Following a week of passionate, near-nightly protests in the wake of the killing of George Floyd that drew hundreds of people to downtown Chico, Tuesday (June 10) evening’s gathering at Chico City Plaza showed a […]
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Solvency and reform
As the Chico City Council quietly assembled within the chambers on Tuesday (June 9), protesters across the street in the City Plaza cried, “No justice, no peace! No racist police!” The panel gathered amid the […]
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Doctors urge caution as coronavirus complication strikes kids
At her pediatric office in Oroville, Dr. Maria Alice Alino meets little resistance when discussing measures to prevent coronavirus. Parents, teens and children get into that mindset when they walk in, because she enforces a […]
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Slideshow: Chico protests police violence
Protests have broken out all over the world in the wake of the killing of George Floyd on May 25, including in Chico, where every day since June 2, people have taken to the downtown […]
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‘No justice, no peace’
Hundreds of people gathered on the corner of Fourth and Main Streets in downtown Chico Tuesday evening (June 2) to protest racism and police brutality in response to the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis […]
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First COVID-19 death in Butte County
On Monday (June 1), in addition to reporting that seven new COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Butte County, Public Health announced the first local death attributed to the disease. “I’m very sad to announce that […]
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Safe for now
After decades of self-described “rough living,” including spending the last two years on the streets, Nathaniel Edwards is no stranger to hardship. But in mid-March, as fear of the coronavirus rose in the North State, […]
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Syringe issue gets stickier
Tensions over syringe access in Chico, a polarizing issue since the Northern Valley Harm Reduction Coalition began distributing and collecting needles in October, have boiled over this spring. As reported in the CN&R, an alliance […]
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Still a college town
When Chancellor Timothy White announced May 12 that all 23 campuses of the California State University system would teach classes predominantly online in the fall, political and business leaders in Chico went into a tailspin. […]
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Hunger pains amid the pandemic
As cars lined the street outside the Magalia Community Church on a Tuesday morning last month, Pastor Kevin Lindstrom led a small group of volunteers in worship, praying that everyone arriving that day be “filled […]
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Backup facility packed and gone
Early this month, as the Butte County Public Health Department prepared paperwork that convinced Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office that the county could accelerate reopening plans, Public Health Director Danette York sent another request to the […]
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Backlash to masks
The Bookstore has been closed since March 19, as have most other “nonessential” businesses in Chico due to the coronavirus pandemic. In early April, the shop partially re-opened—for contactless curbside sales—and since then owners Muir […]
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Breaking points
Lindsay Briggs has grown accustomed to criticism. She’s a particular bugaboo for Chicoans who, in a clique of Facebook groups, take umbrage with her social activism. Called “Professor Voldemort” in reference to her position in […]
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Local high-schoolers take home film prizes
Several Pleasant Valley High School (PVHS) film students will receive awards during a virtual ceremony this week (Tuesday, May 19, at 7 p.m.) for the 2020 Directing Change Program Film Contest. The annual public service […]
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Premature opening?
When Butte County became one of the first two California counties permitted to advance further in reopening businesses, Tami Ritter had a muted reaction. Ritter, a county supervisor representing Chico, served on a committee of […]