Opinions
Streetalk: Who (or what) do you trust?
Asked in downtown Chico Kitty Courcier Retired Nurse My family. They’re there for me, I’m there for them. It’s close to home, I know their intentions, and I trust them. From there on out, friends, […]
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Philanthropy in the abyss: Why we need to give when things fall apart
By Angie Eng It takes a crisis to uplift us from the abyss. When despair engulfs, human kindness emerges. Contrary to a Hobbesian world vision popularized by films like “Soylent Green” or “The Road,” humans […]
Editorial
CN&R looks at the governor’s indie media reinvention of himself and the problem with pretending to be unafraid
An editorial by Chico News & Review The five most frightening words that could ever be uttered have finally sounded across the universe. Gavin. Newsom. Has. A. Podcast. In all seriousness, any question of whether California’s governor […]
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Streetalk: What type of cuisine/restaurant is missing in Chico?
Asked in downtown Chico Michael HawkinsPolitical ActivistI don’t know if there’s a market for it but an Irish restaurant would be in order I think. We don’t have such a thing in the U.S.— not […]
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Streetalk: What should be done with the Bidwell Mansion site?
Asked at Chico Saturday Farmer’s Market Lisa CarsonTeacherI have mixed feelings about Bidwell Mansion being rebuilt because I know we can’t bring it back to its original form. As a child, I loved visiting it, […]
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Letters: Not enough housing, too much housing, and facing the darker sides of Butte County’s past
Re: “Ishi’s story still haunts Butte County and beyond” by Scott Thomas Anderson (Opinion & History) Thank you, Scott, for this soul-rending reminder of the loss of life and history of California’s indigenous tribes at […]
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The gaslighting of Chico through a fake ‘local’ newsletter being written by A.I.
By Scott Thomas Anderson “I fear the day when technology overlaps with our humanity,” Albert Einstein reflected. “The world will only have a generation of idiots.” Or a cohort of incurious, tech-narcotized mental younglings who […]
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Ishi’s story still haunts Butte County and beyond
By Scott Thomas Anderson It’s hard to believe that it happened in Oroville of all places – that an embodiment of the land’s lost voices, and a final survivor of California’s darkest crimes, appeared in […]
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Letters: Flames, food and the people who make Chico, Chico
Re: ‘History in flames: Chico’s founding icon destroyed’ by Ken Magri (News) If proper security was installed with surveillance cameras it is quite possible this could haven been avoided. Someone in the State Parks administration […]
History
Chico fifty years ago
Four Chico State alumni reminisce about the mid-1970s By Ken Magri with Julie Grovhoug, Gail Patrice and Richard Biernacki “Take care of your memories, for you cannot relive them.” –Bob Dylan About 50 years ago […]
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Essay: Why early sport specialization could be sabotaging your child’s athletic future
By Dr. Brian Hainline Sixty million children in America participate in organized sports annually. More than 26% of those kids “specialize” before puberty, meaning they engage in intense, year-round training in a single sport. Specializing […]
News
Analysis: The U.S. Senate could help—or significantly harm—press freedoms
By Jimmy Boegle As the 118th Congress enters its final weeks, I am very closely following two pieces of legislation—one of which would be a boon to press freedom, and another which poses a serious […]
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My drive back to Chico with Blind Uncle Ernie
A remembrance of what I learned about life by just listening By Ken Magri One winter day in 2011, I walked up to my 98-year-old Uncle Ernie’s apartment door in Carmichael and knocked. “Hey, Ernie, […]
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Forever murders and facing those ‘taken in darkness’
Working on the crime podcast ‘Trace of the Devastation’ meant revisiting events some would rather forget. But is forgetting them even possible? By Scott Thomas Anderson “I wasn’t sure how I felt about it,” Linda […]
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Editor’s note: Once again … thank you
To live is to fly, low and high, so shake the dust off of your wings and the sleep out of your eyes—Townes Van Zandt, “To Live is to Fly” It has, as they say, […]