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Second & Flume: Burning questions
How could Butte County become the site of a wildfire-related mass casualty event less than two years after 85 people were killed by the Camp Fire? I’ve been stuck on that question since Sept. 9, […]
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Editorial: Covering Trump
The cover of the Chico News & Review’s election issue last month (Oct. 8) featured a picture of President Donald Trump against a red background with a pair of cartoon demon horns poking out of […]
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Streetalk: Who’s your pick— living or dead—for president?
Asked in downtown Chico Leonel Castillo-Ferreyracashier/front of houseNoam Chomsky. I’ve been reading a few of [his] books and first, he’s a linguistics professor [emeritus] at MIT, and then he started writing about politics so he […]
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Guest comment: Veterans are not forgotten
Many of this year’s Veterans Day events have either been canceled or moved to virtual platforms [in response to the COVID-19 pandemic]. But we can all still play a part in reaching out to the […]
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Streetalk: Heard any conspiracy theories lately?
Asked in downtown Chico. Michael Buell unemployedNot really. It’s the last month before an election; I’m trying to stay as far away from news as possible. I’ve made my choices, so I’m not gonna dig […]
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Streetalk: If you had to move out of California, where would you go?
Asked in downtown Chico. Isaac Zinkwindow washerProbably Washington because I have family there. Somewhere on the Olympic Peninsula. Becky Wallacehair stylistProbably North Carolina. Somewhere close to the beach. Why not? David Stachurabiology professorOregon, probably. But […]
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Editorial: Don’t feed into mail-vote hysteria
With the Democratic and Republican conventions over, and local candidates’ signs popping up in neighborhoods and business corridors, election season has sprung again. But campaigning hasn’t been limited to the support or opposition to people […]
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Guest comment
Police use of force is at the forefront of the news these days. People across the nation are rising up, organizing and demanding change. We at Concerned Citizens for Justice (CC4J), like the rest of […]
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Streetalk: Can you share something positive?
Asked in downtown Chico. Hester Winchesterworking mother[Schools have] a better plan for distance learning than I thought they would. My daughter just started high school. When she was in eighth grade, those last few months, […]
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Second & Flume: Let’s find each other
Before anyone freaks out, Melissa said this is OK. As many readers already know, longstanding CN&R Editor Melissa Daugherty is taking time off—and she’s given me the green light to write in her stead this […]
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Letters to the editor (8/6/20)
No debating masks No mask, no brains, no money, no life! It is that easy. It is science. It is the most loving, Christian and patriotic action caring people can take—one we should do together—but […]
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Second & Flume: Bad timing
By the time you read this, I’ll be recuperating from my second surgery in a month. I won’t go through the whole long and involved story, but I will give you a snippet of the […]
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Editorial: Armchair epidemiology
Sequestered at home over the course of the pandemic, most of you undoubtedly have had a discussion—directly or through social media—with someone who’s shared “important information” about coronavirus. People with time on their hands find […]
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Streetalk: How do you maintain mental health during lockdown?
Asked in downtown Chico. Silvia FrancoadministratorI’m really just trying to be active and trying to have a routine of some sort. I have been going to the gym, [and I] go to the park like […]
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Streetalk: Should kids go back to school next month?
Asked in downtown Chico. Mackenzie TealbaristaI get both sides of it because my sister wants to see her friends and everything, but I think that at this point it’s more important for the health of […]