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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
When Gayle Hutchinson became Chico State president in March 2016, optimism reigned. She made history as the university’s first woman president and the first openly gay president in the CSU system. More than that, she […]
I miss a lot of things about working downtown, but this time of year—for the past couple of years, anyway—I get especially nostalgic for the CN&R’s old digs at Second and Flume streets. Each holiday, […]
Mendocino Headlands State Park. We walk a curvy trail alongside the estuary as the Big River winds its way to the ocean. The word that comes to mind is “meandering,” which brings me to “me-and-you-enduring,” […]
Campground needed We have about 54 openings between the Pallet, Jesus and Torres shelters. We have about 175 people in homeless camps. Do we really want to do more for the homeless? Only if you […]
Asked in downtown Chico. Juliana Mejiabarista To start going to school, finally. I want to go to cosmetology school. I’m hoping that by the new year, I’ll have every thing a little more figured out. […]
Dear Evan, By the time this paper hits the street, you will be at your new job. (Of course, you will have already edited this copy along with the rest of the issue, but just […]
Valley’s Edge, the enormous (1,448 acres) sprawl project east of Bruce Road, would forever change the character of Chico. With over 2,700 housing units and a projected population of over 5,000 people, this proposed development […]
The list. It’s my method for everything, and for compiling the one for this column, the criteria is: What’s on my mind? And is any of that also on the community’s mind? In the notebook […]
As this issue headed to press, results from the November general election remained unofficial, but the final tally indicated who will sit on the Chico City Council the next two years. Tom Van Overbeek joins […]
Chris Hayashida-Knightnonprofit administrator I think getting back out in the world with my family, doing fun things again. We have been to Laxson to three or four different shows; we’ve been down to the Bay […]
Applauding the healers Re: “Rallying around the kids” (Feature, by Ashiah Scharaga, Nov. 3) I have to commend people like Kayden Schroyer and Carrie Dawes, those students and faculty who went through the 2018 Camp […]
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