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Best of Chico 2021: The Comeback
It has been two years since the Chico News & Review last put out this normally annual special issue. As much as it pained us to miss out on celebrating all the good stuff in […]
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Best of Chico 2021: Goods & Services
Ag/Growing Supplies FIRST Place: Northern Star Mills510 Esplanade, 342-7661Since 1898, Chicoans have trusted Northern Star Mills for their farming needs, especially when it comes to their animals. That’s because the store, operating near downtown at […]
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Best of Chico 2021: Food & Drinks
New Eatery (opened in last year) FIRST Place: Drunken Dumpling1414 Park Ave., 774-2173Fans of the popular food truck were very stoked that Drunken Dumpling went brick-and-mortar last year. With a hip, fun space and greatly […]
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The forgotten fire?
Until the night of Sept. 8, 2020, Berry Creek’s Village Market was the beating heart of a thriving community. It was the only destination “on the hill”—as locals refer to the foothills area—that offered groceries […]
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Best of Chico 2021: Nightlife & The Arts
Art Space FIRST Place: 1078 Gallery1710 Park Ave., 630-7522Now celebrating its 40th year, this nonprofit gallery has managed to maintain its firm focus on community through COVID-era restrictions on indoor gatherings by getting creative. That […]
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Best of Chico 2021: Health & Wellness
Acupuncture Clinic FIRST Place: Chico Community Acupuncture1815 Mangrove Ave., 345-5300Open since 2010, Chico Community Acupuncture has been a Best of Chico fixture. It’s a nonprofit and part of a national cooperative, People’s Organization of Community […]
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Best of Chico 2021: Community
Charitable Cause FIRST Place: Chico Housing Action Team (CHAT)520-6412, chicohousingactionteam.netWith Chico in the midst of a housing crisis and homelessness the issue foremost on the city’s agenda, the life-changing and life-saving work performed by CHAT’s […]
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Best of Chico 2021: Editors’ picks
Best bites worth the wait Brady’s B’s: B Street, Banshee and Bill’s Towne LoungeChico restaurateur Will Brady is the mastermind behind the successful (and crazy?) idea of running three downtown eateries/bars within the same block. […]
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Case of whiplash
Chicoans who attended or tuned into their City Council’s meeting Tuesday night (Oct. 5) saw a real-world episode of The Twilight Zone, as the conservative majority flipped its script in a series of votes. In […]
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Clean, affordable water for California
By Dan Ross This story is part four in the four-part Drought Nation series produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital & Main and co-published here with permission. Amid the vast water wars of the drought-parched Central […]
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The contamination challenge
By Dan Ross This story is part three in the four-part Drought Nation series produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital & Main and co-published here with permission. Francisco Diaz remembers when the water piped to his […]
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California’s severe water shortage hits low-income communities hardest
By Sasha Abramsky This story is part two in the four-part Drought Nation series produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital & Main and co-published here with permission. Becky Spears’ household started struggling with water in the […]
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California’s water crisis is real; What are the solutions?
By Steve Appleford This story is part one in the four-part Drought Nation series produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital & Main and co-published here with permission. In California, there will always be droughts. And even […]
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Pandemic for the poor
By Mark Kreidler This story is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital & Main and co-published here with permission. In the early months of COVID-19’s spread across the U.S. last year, researchers and journalists began tracking […]
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Fire up the ice machine
Patrick Newman is a mainstay at Chico City Council meetings. Founder of Chico Friends on the Streets, he’s a relentless advocate for unhoused members of the community. Meeting after meeting, year after year, Newman has […]