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Second & Flume: ‘Cost-of-living crisis’
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 […]
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Editorial: Tell Congress hunger is an emergency
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 […]
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Quoting 2023
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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Guest Comment: Gratitude practice
I’m having a hard time writing a holiday reflection this year. So much suffering. So much joy. How can one heart hold “everything everywhere all at once”? My meditation group has responded with a focus […]
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Letters to the editor: Dec. 6, 2023
No animals left behind Re: “Recovery on the Ridge” (Nov. 2, 2023). In remembrance of the five-year anniversary of the Camp Fire, a local nonprofit, donation- and grant-funded animal rescue group should be recognized. Friends […]
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Streetalk: What’s your favorite holiday tradition?
Asked in downtown Chico Jeff Boianbusiness consultantThis sounds cliché, but time with family, and rest—kind of a reset. My birthday is five days after Christmas, so we have a combination [with the holidays]. My wife […]
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The fire next time
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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Guest Comment: Stars of the Camp Fire
It’s been five years since the disastrous Camp Fire. Hard to believe, and hard to believe that it happened. The word “disaster” comes from the Latin for being out of alignment with the stars (dis […]
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Guest Comment: Gathering
If the 2018 Camp Fire taught one lesson it is this big one: Life is with people. If that seems too obvious, it isn’t. The U.S. Surgeon General tells us half the country now suffers […]
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Editor’s Note: Green Forest Lane
This old road, it’s a long, long lonely way/This old road is bound to get me some day/ But I know I’m goin’ home, and I know there ain’t no other way/But this old road—“This […]
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Second & Flume: Untold stories
When I think about the Camp Fire’s fifth anniversary, I think about the CN&R. For me, the two are inextricably intertwined. After the blaze, the paper’s small staff wrote week in and week out about […]
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Streetalk: Who’s your hero?
Asked in downtown Chico. Ryan Hartstudent Ooh, that’s hard. I’m going to say Guy Fieri, mostly because he’s a fun dude and he does a lot of charity work. Shirley McCoyKZFR office assistant I’d say, […]
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Letters to the Editor: Nov. 2, 2023
Food sovereignty is the answer Re: Letters to the Editor: “Food Insecurity U” (Oct. 5, 2023) In response to the letter by Wang Thao focusing on student food security, their sad story is only too […]
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Second & Flume: Fall
I moved to the North State in the late-’90s, but somehow I still haven’t acclimated to the heat. Every summer, I count down the days till fall and obsessively check the seven-day forecast. But I […]
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Editorial: Congressional waste
Like the majority of Americans who believe climate change poses an existential threat to the United States, we cringed when we saw a recent viral clip of Rep. Doug LaMalfa making a fool out of […]