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, […]
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 […]
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, […]
Butte County is blessed with bountiful fresh water within its boundaries. Big Chico Creek, Butte Creek, Feather River and the Sacramento River all support incredible and vibrant natural ecosystems. What is not as apparent is […]
Retired Butte County Superior Court Judge Ann Rutherford died last month—on Feb. 16. She was 86. During this Women’s History Month, I join those left behind who have been sharing their verities about Judge Ann. […]
By Sarah Portnoy (for CalMatters) Sarah Portnoy is a USC professor of Latinx food studies. She is also an executive producer, author, documentary filmmaker, curator and activist. This story was produced by CalMatters, an independent […]
This feature is part of the CN&R’s 2024 election coverage. Like most contentious ballot issues that have come before Chico voters, the campaigning surrounding the Valley’s Edge referendum has been filled with noisy distractions. And […]
After the COVID-19 pandemic wiped out advertising and forced a temporary cessation of print publication in March of 2020, the Chico News & Review came back to print that July. For three-and-a-half years the newspaper […]
A town the size of Gridley thrust up into the foothills on the east side of Chico, destroying valuable animal and plant habitat, eliminating mature oak trees, disrupting water flow, increasing Chico’s greenhouse gas emissions, […]
For me, the print CN&R died not with the monthly issue you may be holding in your hands, but rather the one published on March 19, 2020, the last weekly edition. I found a copy […]
Asked in downtown Chico Dylan Tellesenartist Maybe not. I mean, I read books, but as far as media—not in print. Most of the media I get is online. Will Bradyrestaurateur Gosh, it’s terrible. Fact of […]
Props for print Re: “CN&R to cease print publication; shift focus to digital” (Dec. 18, 2023). In high school, I was part of a program called Upward Bound, where I got to be the boss […]
Last month, while sick with a particularly bad virus, I ordered take-out a lot. Over the course of two weeks, I barely cooked. I didn’t have the energy, and the minuscule amount I could muster […]
We were dismayed but not surprised to learn that the number of Americans having trouble putting food on the table rose significantly last year. The news comes from a recent U.S. Department of Agriculture report […]
Tying a bow around the year with quotes—by me and others— taken from a year’s worth of this column: What’s uncomfortable for many people is to meet people where they’re at. It changes people’s lives. […]
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