By the CN&R staff From stunning recklessness to cold-blooded malice, Butte County’s courtrooms have recently been filled with cases that involve defendants harming those closest to them – or those who were. One of those […]
By Emily Haerter Civil Rights and pro-Democracy protests have become a feature of American life this year following the Trump Administration’s unprecedented crackdown on immigration and implementation of parts of Project 2025. Crowds of Chico […]
Key California weather forecast offices will remain “criminally understaffed” while new hires get on board, former NWS meteorologists warn. By Marcus Baram, Capital & Main This story is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital & […]
By Odin Rasco It was not so long ago — less than three years — when artificial intelligence was largely a concept relegated to science fiction and the efforts of computer engineering. The concept of […]
By Sarah Russell In December 2020, wildlife photographer Randy Robbins was walking in the woods by his Susanville, Calif., home when he came across a dead doe covered with a layer of frost. He used […]
CN&R chats with a musical legend and activist who is bringing her energy to the area in late August By Ken Magri Cyndi Lauper, that sleepy-eyed fireball of playful spirit and genuine authenticity, is coming […]
Voting is over. The polls have closed for the 40th annual Best of Chico. What has endured as a favorite community event all started back in 1985 as a single-page ballot in our weekly print […]
By Dave Banathy On a typically warm July evening, Allies Pub CEO Steve Kay stood before a crowd of supporters and newcomers, urging them to channel their passion into expanding Chico’s community involvement. Passion—was more […]
By Ryan Sabalow for CalMatters The Democrats who control California’s Legislature are poised to ban the sale of one of the most popular types of handguns, like the one owned by arguably the state’s most […]
By Dan Bacher The State Water Resources Control Board has just released its controversial proposed updates to the Sacramento Delta portions of the Bay-Delta Plan. The proposal includes both the Big Ag-backed voluntary agreements on water, strongly opposed […]
By Alejandro Lazo and Rachel Becker for CalMatters California lawmakers recently approved one of the most substantial rollbacks of the state’s signature environmental review law in decades, including a controversial exemption that would allow high-tech manufacturing plants […]
By Dan Bacher On July 11, several dozen indigenous youth from the Klamath Basin and beyond completed a historic 310-mile, month-long source-to-sea “first descent” of the recently undammed Klamath River. They began their journey in Oregon and […]
Asked in Lower Bidwell Park Chris LoganAspiring Family PhysicianFor me, it won’t make much of a difference. I’ll find ways to walk around the park. I think people need to be more careful around the […]
By Ana B. Ibarra for CalMatters A debate over roads may cost Glenn County its only emergency room. Glenn Medical Center, a 25-bed hospital in the rural agricultural town of Willows, north of Sacramento, is […]
Suspect was a fugitive who frequented open mic nights in Butte County By Ken Magri On June 28, a Chico resident was taken into custody by local police officers on a fugitive warrant at the […]
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