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California Museum honors Japanese Americans, Nisei veterans with flag ceremony 

June 4, 2025 CN&R 0

By Justine Chahal California Superior Court Judge Johnny Gogo stood in the California Museum, looking at the American flag he donated.  The flag is remarkably different from the ones seen flying from flag posts today. […]

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‘I’m really scared’: Elderly and disabled Californians with more than $2,000 could lose Medi-Cal

June 2, 2025 CalMatters 2

By Kristen Hwang for CalMatters Cynde Soto, a quadriplegic who requires around-the-clock care, has been on Medi-Cal for most of her life. Recently, she came into a modest inheritance, about $8,000, that has helped cover […]

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A Simple Idea: The Chico Food Project helps alleviate food insecurity in Chico and Butte County

May 29, 2025 CN&R 0

By Dave Banathy California produces an abundance of food, enough to export and feed people in other countries. Yet the paradox is an increasing number of people are experiencing food insecurity in our own country, […]

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ICE detains people after immigration court hearings in nationwide operation

May 26, 2025 Capital & Main 0

In California, officers tried to arrest two men who weren’t the people they were looking for. One had a medical emergency. By Kate Morriseey, Capital & Main This story is produced by the award-winning journalism […]

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Author captures the splendor and brutality of Yosemite in the 19th century

May 22, 2025 CN&R 0

Historian Gary Noy delves into a sublime, sometimes painful past in ‘Nature’s Mountain Mansion’ By Casey Rafter Yosemite’s stunning landscape has been a muse to poets, painters and scholars – its peaks and valleys offering […]

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In the wake of Susanville, Newsom moves to close another state prison. That makes 5 since he took office

May 20, 2025 CalMatters 2

By Nigel Duara for CalMatters Gov. Gavin Newsom today called for the closure of another prison in his new budget proposal, which would be the fifth facility closed under his watch, though he didn’t specify which […]

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Under the big top: Safe Space Chico hosts upcoming circus-themed fundraiser at Café Coda on May 23

May 13, 2025 CN&R 0

By Ken Magri “Come one and all” Chico residents, because Safe Space Chico is hosting a family-oriented fundraiser with a circus-theme on Friday, May 23 from 6 to 9 p.m., all in a mission to […]

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Robot dogs and ‘F Newsom’ signage: The ever-stranger conversation about public safety in Chico

May 8, 2025 CN&R 2

Chico PD asks for military weapons, Sci Fi animals and gets name-dropped for an officer-owned gun range displaying political signage By Ken Magri Watching Chico City Council meetings can sometimes be mundane. But then come […]

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What happened to Paulo? Butte County farmworker with deep ties to the community swept off by ICE  

May 1, 2025 CN&R 1

Federal agents detain 56-year old Orland homeowner while a private for-profit prison corporation thrives By Ken Magri Paulo Frutos-Perez is a 56-year-old undocumented farmworker in Butte and Glenn counties who’s worked in California for almost […]

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Redding to Chico: Bridging the urban-rural divide for life saving substance abuse treatment

April 29, 2025 CalMatters 0

By Tracy Nguyen for CalMatters Imagine driving 75 miles one way every day because your life depended on it. That used to be the case for residents of Redding, in Shasta County, who needed treatment […]

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Chico and other State University financial aid students learn Chaos 101

April 17, 2025 Capital & Main 0

With the Department of Education in turmoil, who will distribute Pell grants and other assistance? By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main This story is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital & Main and co-published […]

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As rent spikes keep hammering Chico tenants and students, Ash Kalra looks to take on the corporate landlord complex

April 15, 2025 CN&R 5

Smaller landlords in Butte County say proposed law would be a problem for them By Ken Magri In Chico, more than 57% percent of residents are considered cost-burdened, spending 32.2% or more on rent, according […]

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Chico is ordered to continue helping the unhoused

April 8, 2025 CN&R 2

City Council loses latest legal battle against the homeless By Ken Magri On March 31, a federal judge issued a 29-page decision rejecting the Chico City Council’s attempt to restructure the terms of 2022’s Warren […]

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Shasta County and rural California, reliant on the Trump administration for jobs, braces for cuts

April 8, 2025 CalMatters 0

By Jeanna Kuang for CalMatters Far from the halls of power in Washington, the forested hamlet of Mount Shasta has long tied its economic fate to a functioning federal government.  Yet even in a county […]

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Chico State to welcome Pulitzer Prize winner for annual Book in Common event

April 1, 2025 CN&R 0

Héctor Tobar’s fascinating life and impactful writing will be the centerpiece of a lively night on campus that the public can buy tickets to By Helen Harlan When Chico State Assistant Professor of History Dr. […]

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