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Streetalk: What superpower would you want and why?

September 1, 2025 CN&R 0

Asked at 2025 Chico Fringe Festival event Jennifer Parks Real Estate Agent I would like to have the superpower of conflict soothing. The relatives that don’t get along, all of a sudden get along a […]

Opinions

Streetalk: What’s the best free or inexpensive local concert you’ve been to recently?

August 11, 2025 CN&R 2

Asked at the Thursday Night Market, downtown Chico Danielle GimbalMusic CopyistOne of the most amazing free concerts I’ve seen in Chico recently was tonight, seeing Andre Thierry at La Salles at the Thursday Night Market. […]

Letters to the Editor

Letters: State law changes, cars in Bidwell Park, ICE-ing up, the Vietnam Wall, thrifting, and more…

July 30, 2025 CN&R 0

Re: “California lawmakers roll back environmental law. Why is high-tech manufacturing now exempt?” by Alejandro Lazo and Rachel Becker ( News, July 24) Newsom’s “meet ’em half way” policy toward fascists is cowardly and scummy. […]

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Project Censored dispatch: The militarization and weaponization of media literacy

July 29, 2025 CN&R 0

By Nolan Higdon and Sydney Sullivan This Dispatch is informed by our forthcoming 2025 article, “Media Literacy in the Crosshairs: NATO’s Strategic Goals and the Revival of Protectionist Pedagogy,” from the Journal of Media Literacy Education, Volume 17, […]

Editorial

The dilemma of covering darkness

July 24, 2025 CN&R 0

By Scott Thomas Anderson What does it mean in 2025 to have reverence for those who met a violent end? Believe it or not, some journalists may not want to over-dramatize the misfortune of a […]

Opinions

Streetalk: Would closing South Park Drive to vehicles improve your Bidwell Park experience?

July 21, 2025 CN&R 2

Asked in Lower Bidwell Park Chris LoganAspiring Family PhysicianFor me, it won’t make much of a difference. I’ll find ways to walk around the park. I think people need to be more careful around the […]

Guest Comment

Essay: Democrats should dismantle this “legal” drug cartel

July 8, 2025 CN&R 1

By Howard Dean Just before President Trump pushed her out at the behest of his corporate donors, former Federal Trade Commission chairwoman Lina Khan released a damning report about the most rapacious and anti-competitive actors […]

Opinions

Streetalk: What significance does the 4th of July hold for you?

July 2, 2025 CN&R 0

Asked in Lower Bidwell Park Greg Scott Retired/Former bandleader of Greg Scott Band I think of freedom and our flag and what that means to us. We’re very fortunate to live in this country. My […]

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Project Censored dispatch: Insufficient press coverage on the Big Data Surveillance Complex 

July 2, 2025 CN&R 0

Corporate media erodes the public’s right to know By Mischo Geracoulis As the second Trump administration is dispatching its minions to stalk US streets, smashing citizens’ First Amendment rights, in partnership with unregulated Big Tech, […]

Editorial

Chico is a city of writers and book lovers: A newspaper’s recent A.I. debacle should be a warning about the machine-driven newsletter infiltrating Butte County  

June 26, 2025 CN&R 0

An editorial by Chico News & Review Last month, The Chicago Sun-Times, a newspaper that was founded in 1948, quietly attempted to use Artificial Intelligence to create its annual summer reading list, which then led […]

Street Talk

Streetalk: What’s your summer project?

June 17, 2025 CN&R 0

Asked at the Thursday Night Market, Chico Maylynn YuPara-educatorSaving up enough to move here, I currently live in Marysville. I’ve been working with kids and doing side-gigs. Dana MooreComedy QueenMy summer project is continuing to […]

Opinions

Project Censored dispatch: Marketing Mars

June 11, 2025 CN&R 1

By Zara Zimbardo If Mars Is the Answer, What Was the Question? Mars is 140 million miles away, but it has never been closer. Whether it’s Elon Musk’s relentless cheerleading, the competing plans of various […]

Opinions

Streetalk: Have you ever witnessed an incident in public where you intervened? Or wished you had?

May 27, 2025 CN&R 0

Asked in Bidwell Park, Chico Byron ToewsRemodelerThis happened back when I was a drinker, I don’t drink anymore…but I was outside a bar, smoking a cigarette, and this woman [nearby] was having an emotional episode. […]

Opinions

Essay: Why talking about mental health matters in Native communities

May 22, 2025 CN&R 0

By Angelina Hinojosa Every year when May rolls around and people “observe” Mental Health Awareness Month, it hits differently for me. Up until a few years ago, I wasn’t comfortable talking about mental health or ever asking […]

Opinions

Letters: Screeds on Chico signage, Valley’s Edge veering and a long-due punishment for PG&E

May 15, 2025 CN&R 2

Re: “Robot dogs and ‘F Newsom’ signage: The ever-stranger conversation about public safety in Chico” by Ken Magri (News)  “The sign at Down Range shows a giant white letter ‘F’ on a black background next […]

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