Opinions
Editor’s note: Three notes
The fence Chico City Plaza has been surrounded in chain link since October. The city’s explanation is that it went up to allow for needed repairs followed by the installation and then operation of the […]
Opinions
Opinions
Letters to the editor: March 10, 2022
Done with Dems A dear friend recently described the Democratic Party thusly: “It’s like people are drowning and the Democrats toss a life ring that comes up just short, every time.” During the fall of […]
Opinions
Streetalk: What’s your issue?
Asked in downtown Chico. Annie Fischerrestaurant workerI would say that right now I’m most concerned about the homeless issue we have in Chico, and I’m really glad that there are some steps finally happening to […]
Opinions
Editorial: Code yellow
Butte County is not in the green. As of last week, the color-coded system of determining COVID-19 risk from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has our county and most of those […]
Opinions
Guest comment: Truth
Already bleeding from a gunshot wound, Tyler Rushing was shot by Scott Ruppel, a Chico police officer, who shot Tyler again as he was being held up by Butte County Sheriff’s Deputy Ian Dickerson and […]
Opinions
A vote for recall
I support the recall of Mayor Andrew Coolidge and Councilman Sean Morgan. Here’s why: On April 23, 2021, Federal Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. in a court hearing said, “You can’t justify the ordinances that […]
Opinions
Editor’s note: Normalishness
When I get started on my workday, before I walk across the hall into the spare bedroom and turn on the computer, I put on real clothes. Even though it’s just me and the dog […]
Opinions
Second & Flume: Sabbatical
Before I accepted the job of CN&R’s editor-in-chief back in 2013, I sat down with my predecessor, Robert Speer, to get some advice. At the time, I felt reasonably prepared for the job. I’d been […]
Street Talk
Streetalk: Is Chico still a nice place to live?
Asked in downtown Chico Christopher Waitslaw firm employeeNo. It’s dirty; too many homeless people; roads are terrible. I’ve lost count of how many front-end alignments on my car I’ve had. The population has outgrown the […]
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the editor: Feb. 2, 2022
Same ol’ development Re “Tenuous connection”: People—at least everyday citizens—don’t have a voice in housing development in Chico. City staff have been in bed with developers for years to keep inclusionary zoning off the books. […]
Opinions
Editor’s note: New year’s update
For this first issue of the Chico News & Review for 2022, I had hopes of sharing good news of a holiday boon and a return to normal for our county and this newspaper, but […]
Opinions
Second & Flume: Cheers to Dave
I last saw Dave Mettler a few weeks before Thanksgiving. I was at Safeway to buy sourdough bread, but I popped over to the next aisle to say hello to the store’s venerable “wine guy.” […]
Opinions
Guest comment: Permanent Christmas
We’re into January now, and so out of Christmas, which means everyone can go back to their regularly scheduled grump. Except: Wait. Some peoples in this world, they will celebrate Christmas today. Others, tomorrow. Still […]
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the editor: Jan. 6, 2022
Surrender, Oroville Re “What were they thinking?” (feature, CN&R, Dec. 3, 2021): If the city of Oroville wants to secede from the union, let them go. This means, however: United States currency is not longer […]
News
Editorial: The numbers equal people
Even for the most committed COVID-19 dashboard watchers, the amount of data being generated during the coronavirus pandemic can be daunting. For two years, news of the virus in the U.S. has been told in […]