An editorial by Chico News & Review The five most frightening words that could ever be uttered have finally sounded across the universe. Gavin. Newsom. Has. A. Podcast. In all seriousness, any question of whether California’s governor […]
Asked in downtown Chico Michael HawkinsPolitical ActivistI don’t know if there’s a market for it but an Irish restaurant would be in order I think. We don’t have such a thing in the U.S.— not […]
Asked at Chico Saturday Farmer’s Market Lisa CarsonTeacherI have mixed feelings about Bidwell Mansion being rebuilt because I know we can’t bring it back to its original form. As a child, I loved visiting it, […]
Re: “Ishi’s story still haunts Butte County and beyond” by Scott Thomas Anderson (Opinion & History) Thank you, Scott, for this soul-rending reminder of the loss of life and history of California’s indigenous tribes at […]
By Scott Thomas Anderson “I fear the day when technology overlaps with our humanity,” Albert Einstein reflected. “The world will only have a generation of idiots.” Or a cohort of incurious, tech-narcotized mental younglings who […]
By Scott Thomas Anderson It’s hard to believe that it happened in Oroville of all places – that an embodiment of the land’s lost voices, and a final survivor of California’s darkest crimes, appeared in […]
Re: ‘History in flames: Chico’s founding icon destroyed’ by Ken Magri (News) If proper security was installed with surveillance cameras it is quite possible this could haven been avoided. Someone in the State Parks administration […]
Four Chico State alumni reminisce about the mid-1970s By Ken Magri with Julie Grovhoug, Gail Patrice and Richard Biernacki “Take care of your memories, for you cannot relive them.” –Bob Dylan About 50 years ago […]
By Dr. Brian Hainline Sixty million children in America participate in organized sports annually. More than 26% of those kids “specialize” before puberty, meaning they engage in intense, year-round training in a single sport. Specializing […]
By Jimmy Boegle As the 118th Congress enters its final weeks, I am very closely following two pieces of legislation—one of which would be a boon to press freedom, and another which poses a serious […]
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. […]
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