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Streetalk: Do you remember your first bike?
Asked in downtown Chico. Hannah Rott, college student I think it was a purple Trek bike? It was a mountain bike. We would go sometimes on the trails around Chico and ride around, but nothing […]
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Guest Comment: Bully on the trail
“Would you please restrain your dog?” my husband asks. “My dog just wants to play with your dog! Leave him alone, you geezer!” is her response. Red-faced with seeming rage, she grabs her dog’s collar, […]
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Letters to the editor: April 6, 2023
No military equipment A new law, AB 481 requires California police departments hold a yearly public meeting about “military equipment,” including what they have and how they use it. Our Chico Police Department’s presentation to […]
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Editor’s Note: Commitment
For 38 years, the Pancakes for Peace fundraiser put on by the Chico Peace & Justice Center (CPJC) was one of our community’s signature spring events. The popular all-you-can-eat organic breakfast and Easter egg hunt […]
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Editor’s note: Connection
As troubling as it might be to hear the recent grandstanding by U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene advocating for a “national divorce”—splitting up America into separate red and blue countries—the truth is she’s not alone […]
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Streetalk: What do you do for outdoor fun?
Asked in downtown Chico Ryan Reaves Mountain biking—in Upper Park. I like to go uphill on the south side, and then cross the creek and come back on the north side. Kim Hamberg Go to […]
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Second & Flume: Hunger games
One can only assume sweets shop heiress Kasey Reynolds has never been hungry. Same goes for Sean Morgan, the son of a doctor; Andrew Coolidge, whose father was an attorney; and caterer Deepika Tandon. These […]
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Letters to the editor: March 1, 2023
Denounce hate I am writing to express my concern about a flier wrapped around a copy of the Chico News & Review in a plastic bag and delivered to my door. The flier contained a […]
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Editorial: Shining a light on hate
Do media outlets have a responsibility to alert the community to the presence, however small, of hate-group propaganda being distributed locally? To mention a group’s name in the news might raise its profile, which could […]
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Editor’s Note: Going downtown
I am always caught off guard when I hear people say, “I won’t go downtown.” Mostly, I’m taken aback because not going downtown, for me, would be like not going to Chico. As I’ve blathered […]
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Second & Flume: Spring healing
During a recent hangout with friends, one told me her goal for 2023 was to forgo buying things. She didn’t call it a resolution, but the intention sounded similar. A full year without spending money […]
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Streetalk: What biz would you open?
Asked in downtown Chico Mitchell Bensonself employed The one I’m doing now. I do building remodels and stuff like that. I’m basically a handyman. [I’d like to expand into] the electronics field, rebuilding circuit boards—electronic […]
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Letters to the editor: Feb. 2, 2023
Voices against Valley’s Edge Except for the four years I spent attending UC Santa Cruz, I have spent my entire life in Chico. I was born at Enloe Medical Center. As anyone who’s been here […]
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Editorial: We decide Chico
If you oppose the proposed Valley’s Edge development, you have until Feb. 11 to add your signature in support of the Save Our Hometown referendum. On Jan. 3, the Chico City Council approved the 1,448-acre […]
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Guest Comment: Missions to serve
These days, “social-justice Christians” are determined to take the gospel out the church door and make it a social gospel. Even more boldly, “Matthew 25 Christians,” who are determined to see Jesus in “the least […]