By Cristian Gonzalez and Liam Gravvat In the last century university anthropology departments have excavated Native American burials for research purposes. Today, Native Americans are struggling to get sacred items from those digs returned to […]
Dear readers, It is with a heavy heart that I share that the Chico News & Review will publish its last print issue on Jan. 11, 2024. It will mark the end of an era. […]
About this story: This preview of Project Censored’s annual censored-story list was produced by Random Lengths News. The CN&R has a long history of co-publishing this project and is proud to return to this year-end […]
By Rachel Becker (for Cal Matters) CalMatters is an independent public journalism venture covering California state politics and government. For more info, visit calmatters.org. As forecasts tease California with rainstorms in early December, the state’s […]
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. The world’s oceans may be vast, but they are getting crowded. […]
By Mark Kreidler This story is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital & Main, and co-published here with permission. For organized labor in the U.S., 2023 was a year of strikes that made national news and […]
By Jeanne Kuang (for Cal Matters) CalMatters is an independent public journalism venture covering California state politics and government. For more info, visit calmatters.org. Cities in the West can’t legally clear encampments unless they can […]
Journalist captures sound, fury and lasting symbiosis in ‘Gun Comedy’ By Scott Thomas Anderson Silver-shaded transitions from face to face. A camera’s eye that drifts behind turning wheelchairs and sliding bullet clips and heavy bootheels […]
By Mark Kreidler This story is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital & Main, and co-published here with permission. The bureaucratic inertia in Sacramento is often a byproduct of conflicting values or political chess—or, sometimes, legitimate […]
By Scott Thomas Anderson The first firefighter who tried to rush into the house that morning found himself struggling with the door. He could see a key sitting in its deadbolt, yet he could barely […]
By Dan Bacher Despite strong opposition from indigenous tribes, fishing groups and conservation organizations, Governor Gavin Newsom took action in early November to fast-track the Sites Reservoir project, utilizing “new tools” from the controversial infrastructure streamlining package to “build […]
By Scott Thomas Anderson It’s been 16 months since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the federally protected right to an abortion. Has the public truly reconciled with it? A new article in The Society of Psychotherapy has […]
By Scott Thomas Anderson What’s the best nonfiction read you should dig into this fall? It’s not actually a book, but rather a massive civil complaint that was just filed by the attorney generals of […]
When Shelley Price left for Chico for work at 7:20 a.m. on Nov. 8, she saw the smoke rising from the Feather River Canyon—on the side of Paradise where her parents lived. “I called them […]
Editor’s note: This essay was written by Kevin Jeys, a one-time CN&R editorial staffer and longtime infrequent contributor to the paper. After surviving the Camp Fire, Jeys stayed home. He’s been in Paradise for the […]
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