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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 […]
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Editorial: Canary in the Wildcats’ den
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 […]
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Second & Flume: A worthy resolution
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, […]
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Guest Comment: ‘Me-and-you-ing’
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,” […]
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Letters to the editor, Jan. 5, 2023
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 […]
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Streetalk: What’s your New Year’s resolution?
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. […]