Chico, CA News

• Chico, CA News
• Today is kids' day at Silver Dollar Fair
• Death Notices for May 25
• Blood donors to be entered in drawings
• Collision sends four to hospital
• Police Report for May 25
• Butte's most wanted for May 25
• Roadwork savings will go to identifying passing lanes
• Cigarette starts apartment fire on East Shasta Avenue
• Toby Keith and Kristen Bell to co-host the 2012 CMT Music Awards
• Chicoan named head brewer for Sierra Nevada's North Carolina plant
• School Time for May 24
• Danger heating up in Chico with summer's approach
• Butte supervisor candidate Huffman claims to be best to serve the people
• Fair View High graduation in Chico a celebration of hope, redemption
• Silver Dollar Fair in Chico opens five-day run tonight
• Durham woman sentenced to 25 to life for murdering husband in 2010
• Fiery lot burns less than an acre
• Home sales for May 24, 2012 >
• Rules of the game > It’s a different kind of primary this year. Here’s how it works.
• Arts DEVO > A clown’s washing machine in the sky.
• Footnote >
• Stay safe in the sun > Tips to keep your skin protected from the summer sun.
• Future past > The 1078 Gallery exhibit examines society’s relationship with technology.
• The Dictator >
• Lovin’ the local > From food to intriguing images of last Sunday’s annular solar eclipse cast on the wall of the Chico Women’s Club, the local environs offered plenty to like last week.
• Pressure on the president > Things aren’t looking up for President Obama, but that doesn’t mean he won’t be re-elected.
• Dark Shadows >
• Eating right can be cost-effective > A federal study finds healthful diets are cheaper than previously thought.
• Racist graffiti hits Chico home > Chico attorney Jill Harris finds racial slur at a property she owns.
• It doesn’t sink > Naval battleships vs. alien space ships is more fun that it should be.
• TB patient arrested > A Stockton tuberculosis patient was arrested for refusing medication.
• Way to go, Chico State! > Golf team snags second-place championship and baseball team goes to World Series.
• The Nor*Kal Hustle > Nolan Robinson.
• Drugs clear quickly in U.S. > The review time for new drugs is shorter than in Europe and Canada.
• Tax hike a no-go > Local leaders hold off on a plan to ask Chicoans to support a bump in sales tax.
• Trains > Reminiscing about those tracks.
• Chain reaction > Decreased reimbursement rates spell shortages in doctors, leaving patients with unmet medical needs.
• Success story > Chico State grad Ed Rollins honored by the school.
• Death of an innocent man > An exhaustive new study shows that Carlos DeLuna did not commit the crime for which he was executed in 1989 at the age of 26.
• Unplugging > Unplugging unused appliances is an energy saver.
• Milk Day observed > Locals come out to celebrate gay equality.
• Letters for May 24, 2012 >
• Fire danger high statewide > A dry winter and spring could mean a busy fire season for California.
• Revamping the market > Meeting spurs talk of improvements at the farmers’ weekly sale.
• Fracking chemicals disclosed > An oil-industry group will post the chemicals used in the fracking process online.
• Only one way out > A fire on the Cohasset ridge could cut off the only road, trapping as many as 2,000 people.
• Sam Aanestad, bottom feeder > By saying the president is a Muslim, the candidate shows he lacks judgment.
• Path cleared for frogs > PG&E made way for foothill yellow-legged frogs under Highway 70.
• After Yamaguchi, who? > Variety abounds in a quartet of candidates.
• The CN&R recommends… > Our picks for the June 5 primary.
• Catching up with chef Enserro > Checking in with CUSD Nutrition Services Director Vince Enserro after his first academic year on the job.
• Conservative vs. conservative > Newcomer Virgil Gage takes on incumbent Bill Connelly in District 1 supervisor race.
• Uphill From Anywhere > Brad Hatfields hard-earned blues.
• Taking the measure of Measure A > The highs and lows of the confusing referendum on Butte County’s marijuana-cultivation ordinance.
• A Different Kind of Truth > Reheated Van Halen is still pretty tasty.
• Term limits and a cigarette tax > A look at California Propositions 28 and 29 and who’s backing them.
• Double Dynamite > ‘A virtual blues festival in a single band’
• Eyes on the Assembly > Two districts feature two intriguing races.
• Slow ride > True Widow’s loud and heavy drawl.
• Eight is enough >
• Pass the lumpia > Chico now has a Filipino food cart.
• Aanestad now mum on Muslim comment
• Military members, families get into Lassen, other parks free
• ‘Marley’ and ‘The Kid with a Bike’ start this Friday at The Pageant Theatre
• Self-imposed Chico tax supporters take a break
• Teen crashes stolen car in front of Chico Police Department
• Butte supervisor candidate would like to see more public participation
• Development with 312 dwellings just south of Paradise moves forward
• Taking the scenic route in upper Bidwell Park
• Death Notices for May 23
• Man accused of murder transferred from state prison to Butte
• Biggs man charged in beating case referred to state hospital
• Death Notices for May 22
• Trade forum planned in Chico this week
• Assemblyman Logue pushes for state parks bill
• Chico State participates in robot competition
• Red Bluff Diversion Dam replacement nearly done
• Prosecutors introduce phone call translations into drug ring hearing
• Occupy Road Trip fundraiser scheduled for Friday in Chico
• Chico high school graduations spread over two days this week
• Movie review: ‘This Means War’
• Bomshel and Heidi Newfield play the Silver Dollar Fair
• Parade of smiles: Chico State graduates 1,700 Saturday
• Staring into the sun: Annular eclipse seen in north state
• Passel of tassels: 1,200 graduate from Chico State on Sunday
• Life after the battlefield not easy for veteran Wright
• Blog Log for May 21
• Supervisors to conduct hearings on festivals
• Sunny today, expect for the eclipse
• ‘The Avengers’ sinks ‘Battleship,’ defeats ‘The Dictator’ at the box office
• Labor office now in Redding
• Sutter rice land now under ag easements
• Chico School gets garden grant
• Tehama Passport Trail
• Glenn RCD barbecue
• Finance committee to address bid requirement, market contract
• Last day to get out to Glenn County Fair
• Task force to review sustainability progress, climate action plan
• Three arrested in shooting into Oroville home
• Horseshoe Lake prepared for kids' fishing event
• Butte unemployment rate dropped dramatically in April
• Correction for May 19
• Yuba City soldier killed in Afghanistan is laid to rest
• Congressional candidates present themselves at Paradise forum
• Sacramento cops kill Chico man in shootout
• Second suspect in weekend stabbing identified, sought
• Death Notices for May 18
• 12 join Chico State Hall of Honor
• Correction for May 18
• Cyclists in Butte County will ride today, joining awareness trek
• Aanestad absolutely an oral surgeon; has credentials
• Police Report for May 18
• Butte's most wanted for May 18
• Man convicted of ramming police cars given probation
• ‘Bully’ and ‘Footnote’ start this Friday at The Pageant Theatre
• Butte school official: May revise extends uncertainty for districts
• Fire on The Esplanade in Chico preceded code enforcement check by just hours
• Republican Women set meeting; council candidates to speak
• Aanestad files complaint against LaMalfa campaign
• Congressional candidates to appear at public forum on ridge
• Burglars hit Orland storage units; police seeking information
• School Time for May 17
• Highway 99 work north of Chico to cause delays today, Friday
• Fanning flames of fear > Fire fighters and their supporters want Station 5 reopened.
• Take a good look … within > Thoughts driving you crazy? Can’t stop that monkey mind? Maybe it’s time to go on retreat.
• No breaks for fossil-fuel producers > Progressive lawmakers have introduced a bill to terminate subsidies for fossil-fuel industries.
• Grads get mad > Grad students, faculty protest proposed program cuts at Chico State.
• Letters for May 17, 2012 >
• Keystone XL, revised > TransCanada seeks federal approval of new tar-sands pipeline route.
• Out of the darkness > Student leader Erik Taylor calls for street lighting following his attack.
• An alternative to Facebook? > How hard would it be to create a website like Facebook that protects personal privacy?
• Sustainable design > Local architect Hyland Fisher is devoted to the practice of sustainable architecture.
• Web of deceit > Sam Aanestad accuses Doug LaMalfa’s camp of illegally putting up a negative website.
• Affirming their humanity > President Obama took a risk by supporting marriage equality—and did the right thing.
• A new era in mental-health care > Proposition 63 funding helps establish myriad mental-health programs.
• Measure A’s a downer > Medical-marijuana cultivation should be regulated, but Measure A is too flawed to do the job right.
• The homeless among us > Putting a face on the down and out.
• Wulfram > Bringin’ heavy back … again.
• Doing ‘whatever it takes’ >
• Rize of the Fenix > Can’t escape The D.
• Treating the homeless mentally ill > Eight years ago California voters approved a tax on the rich to help the destitute mentally ill. How’s it working in Butte County?
• She Is > Chico’s dread-headed troubadour drops his debut full-length.
• Tour de Cupcake and other things to be thankful for > Butte Bicycle Coalition hosts first annual Tour de Cupcake; plus, the Gratitude Tsunami and an apology from Safeway.
• ‘The fragrance of magnolias’ > North State Symphony brings to life the exquisite Concierto de Aranjuez.
• Summer’s coming—so are the skeeters > Here’s what can be done to prepare for the summer onslaught of pesky (and sometime disease-carrying) mosquitoes.
• Festival season > Spring/summer festival season hits Northern California.
• Pill helps prevent HIV > A drug has shown significant results for gay and bisexual men and heterosexual couples.
• Into the fire > Grana adds its tasty wood-fired pies to Chico’s crowded pizza scene.
• Home sales for May 17, 2012 >
• U.S. health care costly, lacks quality > A study compares the U.S. health-care system to other developed countries.
• Arts DEVO > Sunny day art fun, and props to local businesses.
• The Avengers >
• ‘Telemedicine abortions’ no more? > Bill would eliminate federal funding for abortion clinics that prescribe the morning-after pill via video conference.
• Taxing California’s poor > The state’s lowest-income families shoulder the heaviest tax burden.
• For weird’s sake > Whit Stillman’s latest film is charming, yet perplexing.
• Busted by his colleagues > Sheriff’s deputy arrested for alleged inappropriate contact with a minor.
• Goth soap opera > Tim Burton is in his element in remake of old daytime vampire TV series.
• In pursuit of pearly whites > Are the chemicals and procedures used to whiten teeth safe?
• Wildcats still alive > Chico State’s baseball team heads to NCAA Championship Tournament.
• Glass master > Longtime window washer Nate Allen now repairs windows defaced by vandals.
• Ticks and snakes and skeeters, oh my! > Look out for rattlesnakes and ticks in Bidwell Park.
• Mortgage scammer sentenced > William Baker will serve 18 months for his part in 2007 scandal.
• Reality > It’s found at home.
• More electric-car plug-ins > An energy company has been court ordered to install electric-car charging stations throughout California.
• Sixth draft of Delta Plan rolls out for more review
• Chico phone tax update to go before voters
• Aanestad and LaMalfa squabble over website
• Locals advised to speak out on delta proposals
• Branching out
• Worker on Highway 99 project in Chico dies after falling about 20 feet from overpass
• Child molestation warrant served on Chico State student
• Man changes plea in gang-related shooting in south Chico
• Movie review: ‘One for the Money’
• Corrections for May 15
• Death Notices for May 15
• Suspects still sought in violent weekend incidents
• Fast arrests made in connection with Willows Laundromat burglary
• Suspected poachers facing charges in Yuba County area
• Operator sought in personal watercraft hit-and-run incident
• Zingg sees pain for CSU system
• Hitting the books (and the whiteboard)
• Jason Aldean sees 'Fly Over States' become his fifth #1 from 'My Kinda Party'
• Movie review: ‘Chronicle’
• Art fiesta in Chico gives mothers, daughters and others a chance to enjoy culture
• Death Notice for May 14
• Blog Log for May 14
• News of Our Past
• Victims' names, suspects' descriptions not yet released in Saturday attacks
• Weekend 'lifted' by radio-controlled aircraft in Oroville
• Chico City Council likely to discuss corporate personhood, telephone tax for last time; Paradise wastewater an item, too
• Lionel Richie's 'Tuskegee' is certified platinum
• ‘The Avengers’ breaks another box office record; ‘Dark Shadows’ disappoints
• Death Notices for May 13
• Sunny and Sweet, Chocolate Fest is a success
• Durham goes 'nuts about farming'
• Taking a run with mom
• Concow fire recovery meeting is May 23; burn permits to be given
• Man arrested in Friday night stabbing following dispute in Paradise
• Roadwork Roundup for May 13
• Lassen Park prepped for May 20 solar eclipse
• Paradise Chocolate Festival simmers on the ridge
• Three hope to win 3rd Assembly District seat
• Record-breaking Chico golfer Elsie McLean loved the greens to the end
• Massive pre-dawn fire destroys six structures, closes The Esplanade in north Chico
• Death Notices for May 12
• Sacramento River project for habitat, pumping plant protection up for review
• Correction for May 12
• Judge sentences Chico home developer to 18 months in prison
• Volunteer Stream Team tests Big Chico Creek today
• Five tough and awesome movie moms
• Five tough and awesome movie moms
• Victim, person of interest named in Columbus Avenue shooting
• Scotty's making progress toward goal
• Oroville Marshalls has grand opening
• Willows Lamb Derby is Saturday
• Art reception to have jazz, wine
• Willows Lamb Derby is Saturday
• Gender, Buddhism forum today
• Expensive farm implement taken
• Supervisors forum planned today
• ‘Damsels in Distress’ starts Friday at The Pageant Theatre
• From grapes to grace > My farm worker parents wanted an easier life for me, but I chose substance and authenticity over affluence.
• Pipe down, folks > Chico City Councilman Andy Holcombe has a good idea to resolve chronic noise complaints.
• A monk’s life > A rare close-up portrait of some of the remarkable men who live as monks at the Abbey of New Clairvaux.
• Wisteria > Pretty, as in pretty awesome jazz.
• A short course to beat latent TB > It’s estimated that more than 9,000 county residents have latent tuberculosis. Untreated, it can become active, but the good news is that treatment is easier and faster than ever.
• Sweet Heart Sweet Light > Spiritualized’s labor of light.
• Safeway says no—again > Safeway won’t allow school for developmentally disabled to sell raffle tickets in front of its Mangrove Avenue store, despite having given prior permission.
• Blunderbuss > One white stripe.
• At-home STD tests > Young Bay Area women can order STD testing kit online.
• Get in the kitchen, man > Man up, with Esquire’s ultimate collection of food writing and recipes.
• Home sales for May 10, 2012 >
• Pesticide, brain abnormalities linked > Pregnant mothers are urged to avoid agricultural areas sprayed with chlorpyrifos.
• Arts DEVO > Bon voyage, students. Bonjour, 28th Day!
• Bully >
• DNA can be altered by violence > Violence can accelerate the aging process in children.
• More than OK > Chico State’s spring musical, Oklahoma!, ends the semester on a grand note.
• The Raven >
• Bad report card > In a recent study, Butte County ranked a dismal 44th out of 58 counties on overall health of its citizens.
• Empire of three > Chico trio launches Empirical, a literary and current affairs magazine.
• Jeff, Who Lives at Home >
• Doggie delight > Molly Mutt duvets and stuff-sacks are eco-friendly and stylish.
• Union blues > Stats on the declining number of American union workers.
• The perfect meal > Documenting the greatest Sushi chef in the world.
• Smog, smog, go away > California’s cities are among the most ozone-polluted in the country.
• Debate continues over noise law > Chico police want to write citations without giving warnings, but City Councilman Andy Holcombe has another idea.
• Dream team > Joss Whedon is right choice to helm The Avengers blockbuster.
• Chico Wildflower gets greener > The 100-mile cycling race diverted 82 percent of generated waste from local landfills.
• Pat on the back > Chico News & Review wins a statewide award for local government coverage.
• Chico’s NFL referee > Catch Chico’s Don Carlsen refereeing during the NFL’s next season.
• Accolades for oil producer > Locally-produced olive oil wins award in Japan.
• Water lawsuit in the works > AquAlliance sues Butte Water District over plan to ship water south of the Delta.
• Right speech > Doesn’t mix well with politics.
• Faire play > The Endangered Species Faire on May 5 was the place to be for environmentally savvy kids and their parents wanting to have an enjoyable day.
• Contract impasse > Enloe nurses stage picket in light of stalled contract talks.
• City Council ironies > The Chico City Council may be split along liberal-conservative lines, but as a vote last week showed, the split can be nuanced.
• Weekend warriors > Chico Police had their hands full over the holiday.
• Letters for May 10, 2012 >
• Herger’s hot seat > Seven of eight candidates square off over retiring Congressman Wally Herger’s seat.
• A soon-to-have can’t wait > The Republican path to a classless society.
• Big ‘ifs’ in Biggs > The town’s new schools superintendent faces some daunting challenges.
• The end of austerity > For two years Europeans have been trying to end the recession by instituting severe austerity measures. It hasn’t worked, and last week voters revolted.
• Yuba City soldier killed in Afghanistan
• Chico man, 73, arrested on suspicion of child sexual abuse
• Siskiyou supervisors asked to outlaw wolves; board takes no action on proposal
• Death Notices for May 10
• Willows police arrest two in firearm theft
• Oroville seeks members for appeals board
• Burned counterfeit bills found in trash can
• Assemblyman Logue hosting veterans forum today in Chico
• Congressional candidates come together in Chico
• Assembly hopefuls square off at forum
• Chico native killed crossing San Francisco street Sunday
• Death Notices for May 9
• Butte economic development plan beginning to bear fruit
• Retirees to be feted at Chico State Hall of Honor event
• Correction for May 9
• Ailing Berry Creek man changes plea in 2010 double shooting
• Construction work causes power outage
• One of three arrested during Oroville search given probation
• Movie review: ‘Marvel’s The Avengers’
• Death Notices for May 8
• Correction for May 8
• An issue brought to light
• Ridge genealogists set to meet Thursday at local senior center
• Chico State building on trustees' agenda this week
• Glenn County Sheriff's Office IDs man found dead in motor home
• Stricter noise ordinance before Chico Internal Affairs Committee
• Cops, school officials address spate of teen fights
• Blog Log for May 7
• Dream Week celebrates creativity
• E-R wins statewide awards for columns, entertainment
• News of Our Past
• Gone fishin' for the day
• Pioneer Days Parade winners announced
• Chico City Council approves road work program that could take on debt
• San Joaquin River restoration plan calls for salmon from Oroville's Feather River Hatchery
• ‘The Avengers’ breaks opening weekend box office record
• University Film Series presents: ‘Bal (Honey)’
• Farm Briefs
• Crafts on display
• Police seek suspect in early morning assault, shooting
• Candidates' forums planned Monday, Friday
• Comcast customers need an adapter box
• Roadwork Roundup for May 6
• Community helps Pioneer Memorial Museum in Oroville celebrate 80 years
• Panel to study future of Chico State music program
• Chico police seek suspect from early morning assault, shooting on West Second Avenue
• Man charged in tear-gas attack arrested in Orland
• Iconic restaurant celebrates 100 years in Oroville; now in Chico too
• Daylight headlights to be required on Highway 99 between Chico and Red Bluff
• Chico students, principal stuck on reading
• Computer tech support scam surfaces locally
• Suspects arrested in Oroville for alleged attempted murder, kidnapping in Corning
• Death Notices for May 5
• Federal mediator to work with Enloe, nurses on contract
• May the fourth be with you
• Officials looking for suspects who shot into a house in Oroville, injuring teens
• Chico council agrees to free lease of city offices for now
• Officials looking for suspects who shot into a house in Oroville, injuring teens
• Pioneer Day Parade, Artisan Faire are Saturday
• Chico-based bank reports increased earnings
• Women raising another home for Habitat for Humanity in Chico
• Property in Chico to become community garden
• Orland teen reportedly lied about assault to cops; another fight occurs Thursday for real
• Jason Aldean brings his '2012 My Kinda Party Tour' to Sleep Train Amphitheater
• Oroville shooting leaves two teens with major injuries
• More artists added to 2012 CMA Music Festival, and changes for autograph seekers
• Death Notices for May 3
• Paradise Town Council votes in new police chief
• Community safety event in Chico features free child ID kit
• Crime mostly down in Chico in 2011, but homicides and auto thefts up
• Bidwell Park panel to discuss ADA compliance
• Butte drug dump nets nearly 600 pounds of pills
• August trial date set for man charged with killing roommate
• School Time for May 3
• Abortion bill stalled in Senate > A law that would expand access to first-trimester abortions is in deadlock.
• Season’s eatings > Most of all, Henri loves vegetable-grilling season.
• Home sales for May 3, 2012 >
• Tobacco targets black teens > Ads for cigarettes are more common in low-income, black neighborhoods.
• Arts DEVO > Let’s make some art.
• The Pirates! Band of Misfits >
• California leads the way > California reaps benefits of Affordable Care Act, despite its being under scrutiny at Supreme Court level.
• Real horrorshow > Blue Room goes wild in re-creation of A Clockwork Orange.
• Chimpanzee >
• Spare the Air Day > Ride the B-Line buses for free in Butte County on May 3.
• Booted from school in Butte County > In some districts, 4 out of 10 or more were suspended last year.
• Trip of fools > Following Jason Segel and Ed Helms on semi-comical quest.
• Wind power versus condors > Wind turbines could pose a threat to endangered condors.
• FOX 20 sold? > Word has it that Bonten Media Group, owner of KRCR Channel 7, may be buying the Chico station.
• A curiosity, nothing more > Novelty of Edgar Allen Poe as a character makes disappointing script bearable.
• Mining asteroids? > A handful of the nation’s financial elite have invested in space mining.
• Crime down, police say > Chico’s overall crime rate decreased in 2011, but homicides were at an all-time high and auto thefts jumped by 32 percent.
• Four-wheelin’ champ > Fifth-grader Kyler Thau leaves his competition in the dust.
• Cleaner air in the Bay > The Bay Area has dropped off the list of the 25 most polluted areas in the nation.
• BMA gets back in action > The Bidwell Mansion Association and State Parks agree to a new partnership.
• Jokes > Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk.
• Biomass-energy dreams > Colusa’s Agricultural Biomass Center offers a forum for small farmers interested in producing energy from agricultural waste.
• Hot under the collar > Chico fire station closure leads to protest.
• Know him by his friends > The LDS church may have abandoned its anti-blacks practices, but it’s as homophobic as any church in America, and Mitt Romney is a devoted member.
• Culture shock > Students from Myanmar learn about America via Butte College.
• Letters for May 3, 2012 >
• Split becomes a chasm > Four times at this week’s Chico City Council meeting, the vote split along liberal-conservative lines—and the liberals prevailed.
• An ag-gag law for California? > Big Ag is pushing laws making it illegal to do undercover investigations of animal abuse and states are responding.
• Religious eviction? > Longtime Chico apartment dweller Robert Taylor fights landlord’s attempts to boot him.
• Prop. 28 will fix term limits > Current term limits aren’t working. Proposition 28 will fix that, while keeping limits in place.
• Violence and opportunity > Al Joslin’s business is violence, but he insists cage fighting is a positive force in participants’ lives.
• The council’s not to blame > The fire chief is the person who decided to close Station 5, not the city manager or the council.
• Warriors in cages > Cage fighting is always violent and often bloody, but as the author learned watching the “King of the Cage” event, it also fosters brotherhood and respect among its practitioners.
• Spooky Action at a Distance > Deerhunter’s No. 2 releases second solo disc.
• Planting trees and discovering the cool side of Tucson > Learn how to plant and care for trees; learn about cool stuff in Tucson, including artful bicycle racks.
• Illadelp/matic > Mashing The Roots and Nas.
• Relief from the “Chico disease” > Some tips to help lessen your allergy symptoms by reducing your exposure to pollens.
• Travelin’ > Bird songs from around the world.
• Killing in war, suicidal thoughts linked > Veterans with killing experience more likely to consider suicide.
• Sweet and lowdown > UK quartet Allo Darlin’ isn’t trying to break you heart … but they just might.
• The many portrayals of characters from ‘The Avengers’
• Death Notices for May 2
• Chico State newspaper wins 15 awards at convention
• Correction for May 2
• May Day rally in Chico
• Dozens rally on May Day in City Plaza
• May 21 is deadline for voter registration
• Horse rescuers plan open house, work day at new facility
• Pioneer Day Parade, Artisan Faire Saturday
• Sacramento educator named Butte schools superintendent
• Movie review: ‘Haywire’
• Movie review: ‘Haywire’
• Three citations given in Glenn County during alcohol checks
• Death Notices for May 1
• Project to create outdoor seating for Nature Center approved
• Campus Clips
• Redevelopment oversight board to meet Wednesday
• Runaway plane hits two hangars at Willows Airport
• PG&E offers free workshop on saving energy while staying cool
• Controlled burn planned for Mendocino Forest Wednesday
• News of Our Past for April 30
• Ladies' Nite Out entertainment, dinner is Thursday in Magalia
• Community Band spring concert to be at Center for the Arts
• Forest Service doing controlled burns in area near Challenge
• Teens bring enthusiasm to restaurant mentoring job in Chico
• To the rescue: Butte agencies throw fundraiser to save boat ramp at Scotty's Landing
• Telephone tax, Paradise wastewater on Chico City Council agenda
• Road scholars: Nearly 4,000 people, including a seventh-grade class, participate in Wildflower Century bike ride
• Carrie Underwood set to release new album, 'Blown Away' May 1
• University Film Series presents: ‘La Chinoise’
• Mormons lend a helping hand at Butte College
• Donkeys' stubbornness on full display at derby in Paradise
• Hundreds of pounds of pills turned in for "Drop the Drugs" in Butte County
• Paradise loves a parade
• Fire ruins mobile home and garage along Cana Highway
• Amphitheater, disc golf on park commission's plate Monday
• Death Notices for April 29
• Butte's top elections boss touts ease of vote by mail
• Logue: Bidwell Mansion Association to retain control of funds
• Chico resident displaced by mobile home fire
• Lottery terminals down tonight to Sunday for planned upgrade
• Wildflower race brings bicyclists to Chico
• J Levee in Hamilton City passes another hurdle in Senate committee
• Red Bluff woman charged in sex with teen
• Corning woman injured in crash with big rig on I-5 airlifted to Mercy
• Bald eagle nesting closes Little Grass Valley Reservoir campground
• Durham students make cards for recovering local soldier
• Warming season in Butte County brings out rattlesnakes -- and ways to prevent bites
• Officials identify man found dead in Feather River near Gridley
• Street closures, power outages this Sunday in downtown Chico
• Cops: Argument leads to crash, DUI arrest
• Two meetings set on new dioxin testing near former Koppers plant
• Hearing Tuesday on salmon transport to San Joaquin River
• Paradise may have new police chief
• Officials seek identity, cause of death of man found floating in Feather River near Gridley
• Bidwell Mansion Association, State Parks to meet Friday
• Butte victim witness event airs stories of pain, hope and duty
• Funding one step closer for Hamilton flood control project
• Enduring change is meeting topic Saturday at local restaurant
• Police arrest man in bizarre assault and kidnapping case
• Butte College wins sustainability award
• Death Notices for April 26
• School Time for April 26
• Safer, easier and prettier > There are a lot of easier and prettier bike-parking racks on the market, and Chico is looking to use them.
• Idle Threat > Huffin’ on the fumes of The Skabbs.
• Riding under the radar > Chico’s Bicycle Advisory Committee paves the way for cyclists.
• Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds > The other Oasis brother’s album worth the wait.
• From ‘boneshakers’ to BMXs > Chico Museum show does full justice to one of humankind’s most valuable inventions.
• Electronic arrives > Epic Productions brings the electronic-dance party to Chico.
• Bikes, bikes everywhere >
• Oh, the terroir > Get a true taste of place with single-vineyard wines.
• Bicycling is good for you! > The top seven health benefits that should encourage you to hop on and go.
• Hot Pink > Levin’s debut short-story collection is too short.
• Green your home > Useful tips on making your home more eco-friendly.
• Arts DEVO > Circle of Chico music.
• Polish with poison > Dangerous chemicals were found in mislabeled salon nail-polish brands.
• A staggering story > Dave Eggers comes to Chico for a Q&A on Zeitoun, the 2011-2012 Book in Common.
• Home sales for April 26, 2012 >
• Obese mothers, autism linked > Children born to obese mothers are more likely to develop autism.
• Little-known bicycling trivia > Facts and figures for the two-wheeled set.
• The Cabin in the Woods >
• New infection strain hits Bay Area kids > A strain of hand, foot and mouth disease has alarming symptoms.
• Saving Scotty’s landing > Bar owner John Scott needs the public’s help to keep his riverside launch site open.
• Chimps as people > Anthropomorphizing is a distraction in Disneynature’s otherwise beautiful Chimpanzee.
• ‘Synthetic does not mean safe’ > Synthetic cannabinoids are illegal in California but still popular, problematic.
• Public-access transition complete > North Valley Community Access has taken over the airing of public meetings.
• The Duke of bikes > Duke Schimmer helps share his love for bikes on the Chico State campus by providing bike services for cash-strapped college students.
• Meeting your match > Campus Bicycles’ Budd Schwab offers some tips for getting set up with the bike that’s right for you.
• Gearshift grenade at Chico High > Chico High lockdown ends when bomb threat turns out to be a false alarm.
• Cooking > Life’s perfect recipe.
• Salton Sea restoration hits snag > Gov. Jerry Brown proposes cut to state agency responsible for Salton Sea restoration project.
• Preparing for a stalemate > CSU faculty union vote will determine whether to strike come fall.
• A dog’s life > Blind since birth and destined to die young, this beautiful dog brought great joy into people’s lives.
• Tribe sues over suction mining > A lawsuit filed against the state claims suction dredging destroys habitat, Indian culture.
• Big changes in store > Environmental journalist brings daunting predictions to Chico.
• Letters for April 26, 2012 >
• Emission measures cut carbon, boost economy > 10 Northeast states have seen a combined $1.6 billion in consumer savings since 2001.
• Caught in the middle > Assemblyman Marty Block lobbies for tuition-reducing proposal, the Middle Class Scholarship Act.
• Rice payments and high-speed rail > Why is it OK for Doug LaMalfa to receive millions in federal rice subsidies but oppose investment in high-speed rail?
• Finding common ground > Small farmers and farm-to-consumer advocates meet with food-safety regulators to find a way forward at the Local Food Summit.
• Help for the homeless > Butte’s homeless offered a day of essential services.
• Yes on Proposition 29 > Big Tobacco knows the measure will reduce the number of smokers, which is why they’ll do whatever they can to defeat it.
• Get in the box > Chico has its first bike box at the corner of the MLK Parkway and East Park Avenue.
• Beyond the summit scandal > On two big issues—the Cuba embargo and the drug war—President Obama encountered skeptical Latin American leaders.
• Volunteer program may be victim of Chico police reassignments
• Officials suspend search for body at Feather Falls; history reveals another death and a close call at falls
• Death Notices for April 25
• Correction for April 25
• Red Bluff man allegedly shoots wife with rifle
• Dog believed to have knocked over shotgun; child hit
• Butte County prepares for moving into social media
• Oroville is seeking applicants for board
• Herbs and cancer topic of talk today at library
• Alzheimer's film, talk are today at Chico State
• California hunting bill to ban dogs draws hundreds
• ‘Jeff, Who Lives at Home’ starts this Friday at The Pageant Theatre
• Country's female artists dominate '2012 CMT Music Award' nominations
• Death Notices for April 24
• Correction for April 24
• Overheated oven forces Cedarwood 'picnic'
• Top scholars event coming soon
• School hosting table tennis tourney
• Chico State faculty voting on possible 'rolling strikes'
• Humboldt skate park reopens
• Arson reported at Orland school
• University Film Series presents: Queer China, ‘Comrade’ China
• Update: Man reportedly falls off Feather Falls
• Alzheimer's conference to look at research, enhancing care
• Death Notice for April 23
• News of Our Past
• Poetry reading Thursday at Paradise library
• Motorhome reportedly burns at gas station
• Blog Log
• 'Party with the planet'
• Farm Briefs
• Paradise community pitches in for Ponderosa Elementary School
• Dealing with change is topic for Business, Professional Women
• Community meeting set on Chico's noise ordinance
• Neighborhood group to host Spring Tour of avenues today
• Man arrested for allegedly assaulting, threatening woman
• Roadwork Roundup for April 22
• Young anglers fish for fun
• Scotty McCreery receives two Billboard Music Awards nominations
• JP Thomas to perform at Biggs Methodist
• Death Notices for April 21
• Baccalaureate for Pleasant Valley High is May 16
• Word Explosion at Jubilee to include three guest speakers
• Annual bagel brunch to serve Jewish 'soul food'
• Catholic Daughters to have yard sale next week
• Wisdom about life, purpose and eternity: The search for answers
• Lutheran Hour Ministries representative to visit Chico
• Films opening this weekend: April 20
• Correction for April 20
• Nonprofits that feed aging, help rape victims, teach children receive vote of support for Chico funding
• Chico fun creator honored for his spirit
• Police chief saluted upon retirement; Maloney led by example during 27 years in Chico
• Police seek suspect in Main Street stabbing
• Police seek suspect in Main Street stabbing
• Trial date will be set for man charged with killing his roommate
• Call for help leads to 'most wanted' arrest
• Trial date to be set for man charged for killing roommate
• Carrie Underwood to perform on 'Live on Letterman' webcast on April 30
• Death Notices for April 19
• Community meeting next week on Women Build's house
• Man accused in Redding infant's death declared dead
• School Time for April 19
• Case against ex-pastor may be dismissed
• Butte County agencies to share in large settlement with CVS Pharmacy
• Man charged for bike thefts changes plea, sentenced to prison
• Trial set for Chico officer charged for casino punch
• The end of growth? > Post Carbon Institute’s Richard Heinberg to speak at Chico State April 24.
• Pilgrimage to Mekkala > Mekkala is an impressive addition to Chico’s Thai landscape.
• Home sales for April 19, 2012 >
• ‘Park smart’ procedures > Some safety tips for enjoying Chico’s parks.
• Arts DEVO > White Russian, Sierra Nevada, Runaway Blues, prison art and one very loud amplifier.
• American Reunion >
• Don’t drug your livestock > FDA requires prescription for use of antibiotics in farm animals for the first time.
• A human equation > Rogue Theatre’s ‘beautiful and haunting’ rendition of Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia.
• Ass-kicking is back > Ass-kicking mayhem in The Raid: Redemption.
• Fewer doctor visits, less medication > There was a decrease in prescribed medicine and clinical visits in 2011.
• Economy over environment > Americans change their beliefs in the face of the recession.
• Kill ’em all? > Funny and scary, Cabin in the Woods takes a knife to tired horror tropes.
• Dental X-rays, tumors linked > The risk of non-malignant brain tumors increases with exposure to X-rays.
• Homebuilder sentenced in mortgage fraud > Tony Symmes gets nearly three years in prison.
• Lord of the flies > Tom Peppas knows his way around the North State’s best fly fishing spots.
• Lap-Band lowdown > Chico bariatric surgeons Deron Ludwig and Erik Simchuk discuss Lap-Band surgery.
• Another official takes medical leave > Judge Sandra McLean out for 30 days; Councilwoman Mary Goloff to miss another meeting. CVS.
• You’rs > Grammatically speaking, mind your you’res.
• Ten reasons to compost > Count ’em and hop to it already.
• CVS pharmacies hit by state civil case > CVS Pharmacies hit for illegal storage of hazardous waste.
• Trying to save the UC > UC President Mark Yudof was in Chico this week, trying to educate locals on the value of the university.
• Amazon rainforest in flames? > The warming Atlantic Ocean has put the Amazon rainforest at risk of wildfire.
• Inspired by nature > It was cold, windy and wet, but that didn’t keep about 80 teens from learning first-hand about stream health and water quality.
• Letters for April 19, 2012 >
• DF&G chief let off with warning > Richards won’t be penalized for shooting a mountain lion in Idaho.
• ‘Democracy in action’ > Council votes, 3-2, to support grassroots effort to correct Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision.
• The curtain comes down > Chico Cabaret’s owners on why they closed their theater company.
• Cap-and-trade cash-in > Taxing polluting industries could provide California much-needed funding.
• Tea Party tax rally > Local Tea Party members attend a Tax Day rally in downtown Chico.
• Local transition > Members of a new grassroots movement in Chico talk about bringing neighborhoods together to create a self-sustainable community.
• Off sides > Butte College football players accused of crashing party, assaulting attendees.
• The Romneys and women > It’s true that Ann Romney hasn’t worked outside the home and doesn’t understand how the recession has hurt employed women. But there are some issues she knows first-hand.
• Economical, eco-friendly ride > More people are riding the bus than ever before—and for good reason.
• Tony Symmes’ lesson > He was a leader in the community and a generous philanthropist, but greed was his undoing.
• State of the trees > Local agencies strive for healthy, fire-resistant forest.
• Live at the Green Parrot > Some slide with sauce.
• Expansive solar system > Gridley company installs the largest solar water-heating system in the state.
• Hair > The garage overfloweth.
• Songs from scrap > Chico man repurposes junk into musical instruments.
• Girl Talk > Kate McGarry lets us in on the “girl talk.”
• Going green > CN&R celebrates Earth Month with a package of eco-themed stories.
• Joy of jamming > Bluegrass gets a workout with “jamgrass” torch bearers, Greensky Bluegrass.
• Movie review: The Cabin in the Woods
• Chico man given probation for fatal Halloween assault
• Chico police cut special squads to meet patrol needs
• Death Notices for April 18
• Local business program looking for next 'wow product'
• Electronic drop offs available Thursday, Saturday in Chico area
• Student nurses set to explain psychiatric advance directives
• New HIV tests provided by health department produce quick results
• Man to face trial for allegedly stabbing wife
• Man changes plea in choking case
• Movie review: The Raid: Redemption
• Movie review: The Raid: Redemption
• Death Notices for April 17
• Group works to keep Adobe state park open
• Man's body found under crashed ATV
• Man accused in baby death attempts suicide
• Campus Clips
• Free credit card debt clinic to be held at 10 a.m., Wednesday
• Expect fire in the sky Friday night from Lyrid meteor shower
• Coffee with mayor, Chico State student president Wednesday
• University Film Series presents: Macbeth
• University Film Series presents: Macbeth.
• News of Our Past
• Blog Log
• Oroville business gets insight into market
• Tea party holds rally
• Authors show pictures and give talk on significance of old Humboldt road in Chico
• Bicyclists compete in Chico Criterium Stage Race
• Montgomery Gentry to kick-off the 2012 CMA Music Festival
• Chico State celebrates 125 years, sells itself as best choice
• Recology to paint Butte County Fairground building
• Roadwork Roundup for April 15
• Chico dentist helps out in Kenya, sees "the big five"
• Crash into tree kills Oroville resident
• Annual kids' fishing day at Paradise Lake set for April 21
• Death Notice for April 15
• Chico State University students show off their projects this week
• Eric Church marks 25th sold-out date on 'The Blood, Sweat & Beers' tour
• "Great Debate" focuses on Occupy Chico
• Chico man turns cash blowing around on street in to police
• Drilling rig project teaches Chico High students more than expected
• Chico homebuilder sentenced to nearly three years for mortgage scam
• Death Notices for April 14
• Titanic disaster, Iran war danger to be compared during talk
• Memorial bicycle race downtown will close Chico streets Sunday
• Making music to be the focus of challenge today and Sunday
• Five great films where people have bad days
• Five great films where people have bad days
• State Parks annual pass cost set to increase in May
• Salmon Fishing in the Yemen starts today at The Pageant Theatre
• Death Notices for April 13
• Testimony focuses on investigations into jail worker charged with bribery
• Man charged with stealing beer declared incompetent
• Authorities blame driving under the influence for accident: Oroville driver remains in hospital
• Police Report for April 13
• Butte's most wanted
• Butte names dispatchers of the year
• Tribe optimistic about Yuba County casino
• Death Notices for April 12
• Correction for April 12
• School Time for April 12
• Clarification offered on Trinity River rescue attempt
• Assembly hopeful visits Chico
• Glenn drug cops make arrest, rescue endangered 13-year-old
• Occupy Chico scheduled to host conference on the world in crisis
• L.A. fire captain suffers heart failure while leading fitness class
• Your taxes at work > With tax day looming, a look at how your tax dollars are spent by the federal government.
• Joke’s on us > Franchise tosses another half-baked pie at the screen.
• EPA puts CO2 limit on coal plants > New coal plants will have a carbon-dioxide emissions cap for the first time.
• Grubbs closer to getting her hall > Supes give the OK to apply for a loan to build a hall of records.
• Get it on, Falun Gong > Michael Courter shares the practice with the community.
• Urban sprawl threatens environment > Growing cities will continue to pressure ecosystems around the world.
• DA blames realignment for crash > He says the car thief who crashed into a cop last week was released from jail early.
• Loving Chico > Appreciating this little town.
• No simple fix for Delta > Sacramento-San Joaquin’s Delta is in ongoing decline due to increased water demand and pressure on endangered species.
• University hosts anniversary, preview > Thousands are expected to show up Saturday (April 14) for Chico State’s 125th anniversary, plus a preview for prospective students.
• Two sides of Ron Paul > Behind that grandfatherly mien is a reconstituted racist.
• Locavore king > Famous Virginia sustainable farmer and local-food activist Joel Salatin is coming to Chico.
• Burning down the house > Devastated building blamed on drug production gone bad.
• Letters for April 12, 2012 >
• Overtime blues > Police department reorganizes to slash spending.
• Protecting vulnerable children > Do social workers make mistakes? Yes, but their intentions are good.
• The lone Democrat > Corning olive rancher makes first foray into politics as a candidate for state Assembly.
• Council should take a stand > The City Council will consider taking a stand on corporate personhood next Tuesday. It won’t be a waste of time.
• Safeway says no > Grocer tries to stifle signature gatherers’ efforts on GMO petition.
• Mansion needs LaMalfa’s help > It’s essential that State Parks negotiate a reconciliation with the Bidwell Mansion Association. State Sen. Doug LaMalfa’s involvement can make the difference.
• Rush to judgment > The high-profile stabbing of Joseph Igbineweka two years ago wasn’t a hate crime, and Barry Sayavong didn’t do it, but in the minds of Chico police brass he has yet to prove his innocence.
• Silver Sky > Infamous Stringdusters’ house-label debut.
• Slimetroversy continues! > Pink slime—it just won’t go away.
• Empros > Russian Circles loops back for another round of instrumental bliss.
• Bloodless HIV testing > No need for a needle with new oral HIV test.
• In from the wild > Brown Bird brings dark folk to Chico for local benefit.
• Meditating makes people happier, nicer > A UCSF study has linked meditation to positive improvements in emotional behavior.
• 2012 CAMMIES nominees > 2012 Chico Area Music Awards.
• Feds nix BPA ban > The Food and Drug Administration has denied a petition to remove BPA from food and food products.
• Alive with flavor > Making the fermented Japanese flavoring miso from scratch.
• Big money for state nursing programs > About $2.8 million was awarded to 17 nursing schools throughout the state.
• The Simple Plan > Chico woman’s plan for dealing with loss of a child.
• Arts DEVO > Nick Bluhm & The Gramblers cover Hall & Oates.
• Home sales for April 12, 2012 >
• Like father, like son > Dr. R. Douglas Matthews, a former firefighter, has followed in the footsteps of his father, Dr. Joseph Matthews, to become a local colorectal surgeon.
• The collector’s tale > For monCA’s first public “pop-up” exhibit Reed Applegate gets to do the choosing.
• Wrath of the Titans >
• Spring cleaning, the green way > Make your own cleaning concoctions from safe household ingredients.
• Single night tickets go on sale April 14 for CMA Music Festival
• Single night tickets go on sale April 14 for CMA Music Festival
• Berry Creek couple talk about seafaring life
• Video: Harlem Gospel Choir performance at Enloe music to patients' ears
• Death Notices for April 11
• Oroville man arrested in series of vehicle burglaries
• Butte supervisors don't like pair of flood plan projects
• Shot heard, blood found, near Glenn-Colusa Canal
• College marks history: Chico State to hold event celebrating its 125th anniversary
• Trial postponed for man charged with 2010 triple-fatal crash on Highway 99
• June hearing set for man charged with killing mother
• Solar power company to have volunteer training this Thursday
• Funny or Die spoofs The Social Network in light of Facebook’s Instagram buyout
• Funny or Die spoofs The Social Network in light of Facebook’s Instagram buyout
• June hearing set for man charged with killing mother
• Titanic gets spoofed in YouTube video
• Titanic gets spoofed in YouTube video
• Interviews under way for interim Butte Superintendent of Schools
• Death Notices for April 10
• Butte supervisors asked to form panel to think unthinkable
• 'Blitz Build' Patrick Ranch barn raising begins Friday
• Anderson CHP officer pleads not guilty 13 felonies, 1 misdemeanor
• Chico Great Debate on Friday will focus on free speech
• Voting open for sustainable business program logo
• CHP to offer free class for beginning drivers Wednesday
• Daily Planner: April 10
• Butte County bypass just a small piece of multi-billion-dollar state flood plan
• Easter morning worship in Chico
• Oroville Meteorite is star of Paradise Gem Show
• News of our past
• Students arrested after allegedly setting home ablaze
• Blog Log
• Native Plant Society lists upcoming trips
• University Film Series presents: Othello
• University Film Series presents: Othello
• Country superstar Trisha Yearwood debuts Food Network show on April 14th
• Death Notices for April 8
• Farm Briefs for April 8
• Nighttime blaze wrecks Warner Street residence
• Downtown streets closed today for Harrison memorial bike race
• Roadwork Roundup for April 8
• Festival in Oroville is inspired by nature
• Plunge down ravine off Highway 70 near Concow kills one woman, injures another
• Drill project brings drinking water to Tanzania, experience to Chico students
• Tracy Lawrence plays the Red Bluff Roundup on April 21st
• Kenny Rogers is coming to the Cascade Theater in Redding on April 27th
• Jake Owen celebrates second week at #1 with 'Alone With You'
• Death Notices for April 7
• Blackwood Legacy to perform April 16 at First Christian
• Baha'i Faith to be presented today
• Paradise Aglow to meet Saturday
• Tip from citizen leads Chico police to vehicle theft suspect
• Resurrection of Christ seems to have become a tall tale
• Cops say sixth suspect arrested in Hamilton taco truck shooting
• Where the eggs can be found today
• Highway 99 third lanes in Chico might be done a year early
• Chico Mall announces multi-million dollar renovation
• Death Notices for April 6
• Judge wants more information prior to sentencing sex offender who exposed himself
• Man given seven years in prison for attack on girlfriend
• Photo released of van suspected in splash-shooting at Oroville McDonald's
• Arsenic in brown rice still a concern for Lundberg Farms
• Man arrested for 24 calls to Chico police in the same night
• Friends With Kids opens this Friday at The Pageant Theatre
• Former Las Plumas High School instructor in student sex case violated rules after release
• Butte County officials in no hurry to transfer suspect in deadly shooting back to county
• Thursday night market is back in downtown Chico ... with changes
• "Every 15 Minutes" programs at Chico high schools drive home important message
• Chico redevelopment projects might still get funding
• Death Notices for April 5
• Hearing delayed for Oroville-area developer charged with child sex abuse
• Think Pink Team planning Breast Cancer Awareness meet on Friday
• City’s sewer stink > City Council members are all for hooking folks up to the sewer, but they don’t like the smell of mandatory annexation.
• From flap to kerfuffle >
• Mortgage scam fallout > Brother sentenced, sister found guilty in local mortgage fraud scam.
• Letters for April 5, 2012 >
• Lessons in libertarianism > Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul pleases the choir in Chico.
• Building a healthier nation > Becoming healthy begins at home and then radiates outward.
• Much ado about the mansion > Bidwell Mansion Association’s future is uncertain after fallout with the state.
• A long look at water > Water issues are vexing, to say the least. We’re hopeful the discussions surrounding next year’s Book in Common will help us clarify them.
• Memories of Baghdad, 1952-53 > When he was 6 years old, the author lived with his family in Iraq. He remembers a country very different from the one that exists now.
• Green light for abuse > Allowing police to strip-search people arrested for minor offenses is an abuse of state power. Besides, who goes around with drugs or weapons in their rectums?
• Everything you want to know about beans (plus, a pink-slime update) > All-encompassing dried-bean workshop to be held in the Gateway Science Museum’s Sustainability Garden; plus, more on pink slime.
• The L.A. Sessions > Vibin’ with Mark Sherman.
• Check-up checklist > Make one prior to your next appointment.
• The Devil Ain’t Got No Music > Ringin’ in the gospel with Lurrie Bell.
• A very deadly habit > Tobacco use is projected to kill a billion people by the end of the century.
• Last Chance, first stop > CJ’s is a quick and tasty way to get out of town.
• Fitness, nutrition slow obesity rates > A UC Davis study credits improved obesity rates to statewide nutrition and fitness standards.
• The Farther Shore > Chico author Rob Davidson is at the top of his game.
• Red meat is risky > Red meat consumption has been linked to an increased risk of an early death.
• Arts DEVO > Art is sprung.
• Nursing crunch > Amid a nationwide shortage of nurses, Butte College’s nursing program is forced to slash enrollment due to funding cuts.
• Testify! > Feeling the Rashomon effect.
• Be better for the bunnies > Five steps to a sustainable Easter.
• If you want blood … > The Secretaries plunges into the heart of sexual stereotypes.
• Home sales for April 5, 2012 >
• Beekeepers petition against pesticide > The EPA is reviewing the use of a pesticide thought to destroy bee colonies.
• Californians worried about health-care costs > A new survey shows Californians are worried about health-care costs and expect them to rise.
• The Hunger Games >
• Americans want tougher fracking rules > A majority of Americans favor tighter regulations on the natural gas drilling technique.
• Chico boxing champ defends title > Ava Knight KOs her opponent in Mexico.
• Swords, sandals and CGI > Clash of the Titans follow-up is big, empty and only mildly fun.
• Costly effects of warming seas > A study puts a price on the potential effects of global warming on the world’s oceans.
• Petition drive along The Esplanade > Local Democrats gather signatures for state ballot.
• Seasoned beauty > Paula Grieco is Chico’s.
• King of cactus > When it comes to cacti and succulents, French ex-pat Claude Geffray is the man.
• Chico may have new police chief > Will Chico police Capt. Kirk Trostle be the city’s next top cop?
• Doing without > I could give up most anything.
• Butte first to use digital signatures for search warrants
• Death Notices for April 4
• Man sets off robbery report at Oroville DMV
• Fish and Game: Blood on man's backpack was not from lion or bear
• Committee to review community organization funding requests
• Consequences of untreated hearing loss topic Thursday
• Authorities: Armed juvenile threatens Orland cops with knife
• Native Plant Society program to hear about Kangaroo Lake tonight
• Cracker Barrel releases two-disc CD/DVD 'An Evening with...Dolly'
• Death Notices for April 3
• Transit center ribbon-cutting is Wednesday in Oroville area
• Six principals to tell CUSD board about 'great things'
• A heavenly sight: Venus, Pleiades seem to join tonight
• Neighbors rescue ridge woman from attack by 3 dogs
• Judge confirms early transfer of murderer
• Butte County ranks low in health study
• Campus Clips
• Blog Log
• Butterflies, bees, bats to be explored in Chico as part of series
• North-state projects allocated state roadwork funds
• Cesar Chavez Day pretty quiet, Chico police say
• Chico City Council to consider apartment appeal, federal grants, community garden
• Chico State University hosts religious dialogue
• Presidential hopeful Ron Paul to visit Chico Tuesday
• Presidential hopeful Ron Paul to visit Chico Tuesday
• University Film Series presents: Please Vote for Me
• 2012 ACM Awards - Winners list
• Jack and Jill sweeps all 10 categories at the Razzies
• Farm Briefs for April 1
• Correction for April 1
• Sustainability Task Force set to review climate action plan
• Roadwork Roundup for April 1
• Market shoppers get a little soggy in Chico
• Group marches in Chico to raise awareness about Cesar Chavez Day
• Chico community meets goal to support Bidwell Mansion; hundreds turn out for mansion run Saturday
• 2012 Academy of Country Music Awards - Who will win? My predictions
• Duck stamp contest winner picked
• Correction for March 31
• Save Bidwell Mansion in Chico today with a walk, skip and a run
• Cesar Chavez Day problems start early in Chico
• Oroville man allegedly cuts wife's throat
• Chico State's Cesar Chavez Day community service sees a big turnout
• Second lockdown comes and goes quickly at Chico schools
• St. Nicholas to have Easter Party on April 7
• Unanticipated concert erupts in Chico Unified School District board meeting
• Paradise man sticks to story of rescue from lion by bear; Fish and Game skeptical
• Pleasant Valley High School fundraiser organizer dies; event to go forward
• Capt. Trostle to be appointed interim Chico police chief
• Police chase leads, identity of caller who caused lockdown at Chico High, other schools
• Two men plead not guilty in March 18 Paradise burglary
• Nielsen to be guest speaker for Chico Taxpayers Association
• Feather River flood planning meeting scheduled for April 11
• Lawsuits filed in ridge nursing home deaths
• Caller claiming to be armed near Chico High sends schools into lockdown
• Lionel Richie and Billy Currington unveil 'Just for You' to America
• Chico mortgage broker convicted of fraud
• Judge's retirement leaves two vacancies at courthouse
• Butte team helps rescue three stuck on flooded road
• Chico mortgage broker convicted of fraud
• Retiring Butte County judge's legal career spans four decades
• Students text, school calls to keep parents informed during lockdown in Chico
• Caller claiming to be armed near Chico High sends schools into lockdown
• Glenn welfare fraud suspect arrested in Butte County
• Cell phone use linked to ADHD > A Yale study found mice showed symptoms of ADHD after being exposed to cell phone radiation.
• Ether > Searching for God in the ether.
• Home sales for March 29, 2012 >
• Talking tooth care > Oregon dental-health advocate Ramiel Nagel comes to town to speak on nutritional ways to promote dental health.
• Arts DEVO > A season for music.
• A Separation >
• ‘Reduce, refuse, rejigger’ > Take Dave Bruno’s advice: Get rid of all that stuff! You only need a fraction of it.
• Water coloring > Artists paint, draw and photograph historic relics for Tank House Project.
• 21 Jump Street >
• Green jobs on the rise > The clean economy on the West Coast could triple by 2020.
• Hate in the state >
• Birth of the unconscious > Freud, Jung and the hot medical student.
• Sea-level rise threatens U.S. coast > Millions of Americans will be exposed to increasing flooding in coming decades.
• Connelly’s funny email >
• Battle Royale, with cheese > A future without Twilight?
• DDT still present in SF Bay > The carcinogenic pesticide is still poisoning fish after decades of cleanup efforts.
• She can’t drive 55 > A woman was arrested for speeding three times in one hour on Highway 70.
• Hardcore coffee lover > Chicoan Brent Hainsworth lends his DIY ethics to roasting coffee.
• A gift that grows > Longtime local gardener and musician Michael Cannon talks about growing plants for the annual Endangered Species Faire plant giveaway.
• Homeless man arrested for stabbing > A stabbing suspect was found hiding in a trailer following a two-month investigation.
• Practice > Resisting the urge to help.
• Won’t get fooled again > Scam-avoidance expert shares some advice at the Cozy Diner.
• A right to kill > You’d think Stand Your Ground self-defense laws were written by gun-totin’ yahoos. Think again.
• Swimming upstream > Local water meeting produces many concerns, few answers.
• Letters for March 29, 2012 >
• Florida shooting hits home > Locals rally for justice in the shooting death of Florida teen Trayvon Martin.
• A pawn in the state’s game > Want to know why State Parks decoupled its 50-year relationship with the Bidwell Mansion Association? It’s all about money and control.
• Farm Sanctuary to the rescue > Hens rescued from Turlock egg factory get nursed back to health in Orland.
• Make room for second chances > Children who commit terrible crimes should not be treated as adults and sentenced to die in prison.
• The great Magalia deer-feeding bust > Little did the author know, when he wrote an essay about feeding the deer that visited his home, that someone living a thousand miles away would rat him out.
• Open up the juvenile courts > The questionable benefit of secrecy does not make up for its corrupting influence.
• ‘Soylent Pink’: Pink slime revisited > Call it pink slime or Soylent Pink, it’s disgusting and people don’t want to eat it.
• Trio Libero > ‘Cerebral and sensual’ jazz from the U.K.
• Tips for a healthier America > Tips for a healthier America.
• Port of Morrow > James Mercer aka The Shins.
• Radioactive recall > Bed, Bath & Beyond issued a recall of contaminated tissue boxes.
• Land of the loud > Loud creatures of the Pacific Northwest.
• Fewer babies having babies > Teen-pregnancy programs, raised awareness reduce teen birth rate in California.
• Chickens come first > Are your eggs cage-free?
• A Separation and Albert Nobbs start this Friday at The Pageant Theatre
• Death Notices for March 28
• Suspicious death in Deer Creek human remains
• Men arrested on drug charges; meth found in flashlight
• Nielsen to be guest speaker for Chico Taxpayers Association
• Narcotics cops find quarter-million-dollar drug stash
• Memorial Way to be closed for Bidwell Mansion run Saturday
• Tehama County resident named Woman of the Year for district two
• Deer jumps through window, damages Brownsville market
• Funding requests embraced by Bidwell Park and Playground Commission
• Death Notices for March 27
• Chico State seeks respectful Chavez Day
• Chico woman faces charge in alleged hit-and-run collision
• Matching Chico city cuts to lost redevelopment money not easy
• School in a natural setting
• Supervisors to hear request to extend aid for 3 more years for victims in 2008 fires
• Suspect in attempted Chico homicide caught
• Labyrinth plays this week at The El Rey Theatre
• Labyrinth plays this week at The El Rey Theatre
• Suspect in attempted Chico homicide caught
• University Film Series presents: Shanghai Express
• Correction
• Attempted homicide suspect caught in his home
• Bidwell Mansion close to approaching its goal
• News of our past
• Blog Log
• Up to the highest height: People celebrate 2012 Kite Day in Chico
• Short term notes and past-future of libraries on Butte County Supervisors' agenda
• Three Chico roadwork projects may get more than $4 million in federal funds
• Kenny Chesney set to receive ACM Crystal Milestone award
• Late Chico manufacturer Jacki Headley remembered for creativity, hard work
• Chico teachers explore advantages of Internet lessons
• Farm Briefs for March 25
• Death Notices for March 25
• Locals do well in fiddle championships
• Chico club holds meeting to address scams targeting elderly residents in area
• Police arrest 2 in connection with recent Paradise robbery
• Oroville chase leads to arrest
• Roadwork Roundup for March 25
• Citizens in Oroville put on their walking shoes for a good cause
• Correction for March 24
• Death Notices for March 24
• Ridge Baptist church hosts coloring contest
• Path to Jesus worship continues Sunday
• Faith Lutheran to host Holden Evening event
• Community Passover Sedar will be April 7
• 'Journey Toward Easter' continues Wednesday
• The Vocation of Marriage — Marriage as a Holy Calling of God
• Death Notices for March 23
• Correction for March 23
• Richvale farmers get overview of statewide water issues
• Jury begins deliberations in burned body homicide trial
• Willows cop uses Taser to recapture mental health patient
• Police Report for March 23
• Most Wanted for March 23
• Brush fire on northbound Highway 99 in Chico, cause unknown
• Chico police feel the budget pinch; some units may be cut to fill patrol slots
• Advocates take final run at saving Bidwell Mansion
• 9-1-1 call leads Chico police to Paradise burglary suspect
• Officials, owners evaluate shop fire aftermath in Chico
• Correction
• Predawn chase on Highway 99 in Chico exceeds 100 mph
• City wants round two in Chico police chief search
• Police arrest 51 over St. Patrick's Day weekend in Chico
• Where are they now? > A look at the families we interviewed in 2010.
• Pick a payment plan > There will be two tax initiatives on the November ballot, if both qualify.
• Rate-of-removal index > Butte ranks No. 1 in California for removing children from their homes.
• Hellfire > Joe Louis Walker’s latest entry in the Dictionary of Soul.
• Fighting for their families > Parents band together to fight to get their children back and to change the child-welfare system.
• Traveller > Traveling from genre to genre with Anoushka.
• Cleaning up the city! > Woodstock’s Community Clean-Up Day aims big.
• Frying on this Rock > Gettin’ fried in the White Hills.
• Learn about long-term-care insurance > Californians are getting old, and many will need nursing-home care. Here’s a website that helps calculate the cost of insurance.
• Circus comes to town > Viva la punk-rock sideshow!
• Toxic air a rising killer > Urban air pollution is set to become deadlier than dirty drinking water by 2050.
• Comforting the afflicted > Warming the soul with comfort food.
• Mentally ill receiving poor treatment > California’s mentally ill receive inadequate care.
• Arts DEVO > Art DEVO’s juried art show.
• Home sales for March 22, 2012 >
• Mortality tied to the ‘hood > Health conditions for residents in the San Joaquin Valley differ significantly.
• Laugh, you pigs! > America’s Funnyman, Neil Hamburger.
• John Carter >
• Uncertainty the only sure thing > Supreme Court decision looms on constitutionality of individual mandate in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
• Chico State at a glance > Here’s a look at the university’s current student population.
• Big, dumb fun > 21 Jump Street remake gets ‘dumber’ and funnier.
• Consume less clothing! > Clothier’s 10-piece sustainably sourced and recycled-fabric clothing line is all you need for an entire year.
• Candidates start their engines >
• A separate truth > Searching for truth in the spaces between us.
• Ozone layer healing, limiting UV rays > The ozone layer has been rebounding since the Montreal Protocol was signed in 1987.
• Goloff takes medical leave > Chico City Council grants her some time away from the dais. A run-down of the current cast of candidates.
• UFOs and freeing mankind > Paradise resident Ralph Ring talks about his work with a flying saucer.
• Keystone XL hits snag in Senate > The Senate votes against expediting the Keystone XL pipeline project.
• Bizarre crash ends in suicide > Chico police investigate and confirm there was no foul-play in shooting death.
• Receiving > Struggling to accept the gifts of the universe.
• Warm spring to fuel severe weather > Another year of extreme weather is in store for the Midwest.
• Locomotive politics > Sen. Doug LaMalfa pushes back against the state’s high-speed rail project.
• Is Comanche Creek safe? > Barber residents worry that the parkway may be sold.
• ‘Yogurt for dirt’ > Bokashi adds beneficial bacteria to create healthy soil and nonstinky compost.
• Who’s got the money? > When City Manager Dave Burkland proposed leaving several public-safety positions open to save money, he ran into pushback from the police officers’ association.
• Letters for March 22, 2012 >
• CSU enrollment cuts? > The fate of CSU’s enrollment is contingent on Gov. Jerry Brown’s tax proposal.
• Cubana throwdown? Or just a disconnect? > Life in Cuba is more complex than Ana Varona portrays it.
• On ground level > A solider from Chico shares his experiences and feelings on the ongoing battles.
• The health-care stool > Obamacare can’t work without the individual mandate.
• Death Notices for March 21
• Oroville house fire knocked down, dog revived
• Public defender Jodea Foster gets arrested on suspicion of DUI
• Sentencing set for Durham woman convicted of 2010 murder
• Defense begins presenting witnesses in burned body case
• Paradise theater's "Kimberly Akimbo" production canceled
• A Facebook 'like' can bring money to Bidwell Mansion
• Chico State honored again for volunteerism
• A Dangerous Method and short films play for one week at The Pageant Theatre
• Fans can make their voice heard by voting for ACM Entertainer & New Artist award
• Fans can make their voice heard by voting for ACM Entertainer & New Artist award
• Movie review: The Sitter
• Death Notices for March 20
• Las Senoras stage garage sale in Chico to support museums
• Durham school board meets Wednesday; budget on agenda
• Authors to lead Pacific Crest Trail reading on Friday
• Glass artist Ruffner profiled in movie Thursday in Chico
• Free Paradise workshop deals with housing foreclosures
• Expert advice about elderly scams offered for free in Chico
• Burglars hit wrecking yard near Orland over the weekend
• Blog Log
• Death Notice for March 19, 2012
• Getting closer
• Enloe team teaches Durham students to "Think First"
• Hamilton City rink scores with north valley hockey league
• In Butte County, sunshine turns into hail, rain
• Movie review: Snow White: A Deadly Summer
• Shamrock Shuffle in Chico offers alcohol-free fun
• At least one of Redding bald eagles' eggs has hatched
• Farm Briefs for March 18
• Facility taking ag waste free this week
• Tehama County supervisors balk at current version of the Delta Plan
• Chico police arrest three for allegedly buying booze for minors
• Roadwork Roundup for March 18
• Competition in Oroville draws fiddlers of all ages, and people who love listening to them
• The Bodyguard returns to theaters
• The Bodyguard returns to theaters
• The Descendants plays for one week only at The Pageant Theatre
• Death Notices for March 17
• Calvary Baptist to give away from clothing
• St. Pat's dinner, dance to benefit Magalia church
• Spring bazaar to be put on by five Orland churches
• 'Journey Toward Easter' continues Wednesday
• McCune to be guest at Berean quarterly dinner
• Testimony continues in burned body slaying case
• New evidence delays Eighth Street murder trial
• Death Notices for March 16
• Testimony begins in Chico burned body murder case
• Felony DUI charges filed against north valley CHP officer
• Woman given fake money for necklace
• Man who threatened family a year ago arrested yet again
• Police Report for March 16
• Butte's most wanted
• Chico State students protest killing of black Florida teen
• Movie review: Melancholia
• Jake Owen's 'Alone With You' certified gold
• Maneuvering roundabouts in Chico still a challenge
• Butte wants a second opinion: County counsel seeking answer from state AG on who can sit on redevelopment shutdown panel
• Preparing for a big turnout: Police expect St. Patrick's crowds to keep officers busy through weekend
• Bangor man sentenced to 49 years in state prison for 2010 standoff
• Highway 70 reopened after slide
• New cameras in Chico for data, not violators
• Woman arrested in stabbing
• Victim in gang-related hit-and-run now recovering
• Shots fired at car in Chapman incident
• Home sales for March 15, 2012 >
• Clinton’s clean-air coalition > U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is heading an effort to reduce emissions of short-lived pollutants.
• Students with healthy weight > Figures also reveal how many are overweight.
• Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax >
• Gridley solar heating system state’s largest > A fruit-processing plant in Gridley is home to the state’s biggest solar heating system.
• Council candidates list grows > It’s still early, but the November election looks to be a big ’un.
• Welcome back, Carter > Burroughs OG space epic suffers from four decades of imitators.
• Fracking linked to earthquakes > A dozen earthquakes in Ohio have been tied to the controversial method of oil extraction known as fracking.
• Punch threatens cop’s future > Chico PD officer allegedly caught on camera.
• No tea for the Pitoccos > Brothers share their political viewpoint to passersby each weekend at the corner of Fifth and Main streets.
• Woman at work > The Chico Creek Nature Center looks to the future with a new executive director named Courtney Farrell.
• Man charged with child porn > Computer files found after medical-marijuana-dispensary raid.
• Ethics > Take responsibility for your own.
• Explaining Islam > Imam, author, scholar explains the world of Islam to a Chico State audience.
• Sidewalk seduction > Two initiative petitions now being circulated in Chico promise to reduce health-care costs, but what’s their real purpose?
• On-air Fluke > Rush Limbaugh’s remarks hit home.
• Letters for March 15, 2012 >
• On the front lines > Chico beefs up security for its employees at City Hall.
• A ‘world-class aggregation’ > We should thank Terry Givens for creating one of the best farmers’ markets in existence.
• Bridging the gap > Latino artist Rogelio Gutierrez reaches across cultural divide with fun, colorful show.
• Broken arts > Why was Enloe Medical Center using an out-of-town firm to buy artwork for its new tower?
• The blame-Obama game > Republicans are blaming the president for high gas prices, even as they cause the increase by calling for war with Iran.
• The Daily Double > Running a marathon is hard enough, but two in one day? In two different states? What was he thinking?
• We’re not wanted there > It’s foolish for the United States to remain in Afghanistan when it’s clear the Afghans are sick of us.
• Getting down and dirty > Lots of ways to learn more about gardening and get involved in community gardening projects!
• Track dreams > A few pointers for the prospective endurance athlete.
• Further Explorations > Chick celebrates the great Bill Evans.
• The healing power of LSD > Research suggests the hallucinogen LSD may help alcoholics give up the drink.
• Blues at the Border > More soul than blues.
• Abortion, depression link questioned > A controversial 2009 study linking abortion and depression has drawn criticism.
• Rad Time Xpress IV > Making rock rad again.
• Feather River opens new ER > Feather River Hospital’s new $40 million, 17,000-square-foot emergency department treats its first patient.
• Ragin’ with Rhonda > Queen of Bluegrass holds court at the Big Room.
• A not-so-invisible killer > Learn the warning signs of diabetes—and watch what you eat!
• Bison is big > Delicious and healthy, bison meat is becoming increasingly popular.
• Green screen > Greening the rectangle.
• Arts DEVO > Bring me your art!
• Death Notices for March 14, 2012
• Butte County joins call to revise ag area flood maps/regulations
• All quiet as Gridley hospital, CEO sever ties
• Scotty's Landing owner comes to rescue of two people in river
• Man changes plea in gas siphoning case
• Alleged pot grower transferred to Glenn jail
• Name policy, facility on CARD agenda
• Oroville opens inside space for music jams
• Movie review: Immortals
• Lawsuit filed to take valley elderberry beetle off threatened list
• Orland man sentenced to life in prison in Highway 32 shooting
• Murder of Columbine teen inspires kindness in Chico
• Victims' grandmother arrested in alleged Willows kidnapping
• Roots run too shallow
• Colorado man shot by CHP at Paradise gas station after chase dies of wounds
• University Film Series presents: The Rising Tide
• Physical therapist to be guest speaker during meeting in Chico this week
• Chico Macintosh User Group to meet Thursday
• Man shot by CHP after chase died of wounds
• ABC to debut 'Duets' featuring Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles
• Blog Log
• Chief of Enloe FlightCare in Chico welcomes Caltrans map
• Identity of assailant in Saturday night stabbing in Chico still unknown
• Chico's fair trade campaign growing slowly
• Money for Bidwell Mansion
• Police say incident that injured pedestrian in Chico may be gang-related
• Chico Internal Affairs Committee to consider supporting tobacco tax, ending corporate personhood
• 'Catastrophic' medical costs, ag flood zone on Butte County Board of Supervisors'agenda
• Death Notices for March 11
• Fraternity should know appeal outcome soon
• Farm Briefs for March 11
• Roadwork Roundup for March 11
• Incident investigated as possible assault
• Free social media workshop is March 30
• Chico rallies to save Bidwell Mansion with fundraisers
• Chico police investigation closes street
• Officer who suffered career-ending injury in Chico riot dies in Willows
• Orland police to hold training on identifying counterfeit bills
• Hearing starts for alleged drug ring head
• Police Report for March 10
• Not all bad news in January jobless figures Butte County
• One Butte supervisor likely in; second faces challenger
• Warrant issued for former Chico church staff member for alleged child sex abuse
• In Chico, Scotty's Landing river access in jeopardy
• Montessori school's charter renewed
• Draft Climate Action Plan available for public review
• Turkeys a part of society in Chico
• Broom burning demonstration in Paradise gives indication of bad fire year
• Vandalism causes court office ceiling in Willows to collapse; no injuries
• Woman changes plea in shooting death of Chico contractor
• Chico-raised soldier injured in Afghanistan gets Purple Heart from Obama
• Beginning Farmer workshop to focus on land for new farms
• Alan Jackson among the latest artists announced to play CMA Fest 2012
• April walk in Bidwell Park set to benefit autistic people
• Durham school celebrates Medieval times
• Schooltime for March 8
• DEATH NOTICES for March 7, 2012
• Glenn DA comes to aid of man his office prosecuted for burglary
• Chico pot deal goes bad, ends in crash
• Man drives off Skyway for unknown reason
• New trees found at Lost Park
• Fiction 59: Time-honored tradition > CN&R’s readers once again take the 59-word challenge.
• Craft brew of the East > Sake, the next libation revolution?
• Time to plant those spuds! > It is time to plant potatoes, folks!
• Arts DEVO > The theme is: themes.
• Home sales for March 8, 2012 >
• Japanese health food! > These six Japanese staples are healthful as well as delicious.
• The silent artists > Chico’s first silent-film fest.
• Wanderlust >
• Sleeping pills that kill? > New research finds that using sleeping medication increases the risk of death and cancer.
• California illin’ > Cost of health benefits shifting in California.
• Gone >
• Patient abuse cases investigated > Five facilities for the developmentally disabled have been accused of patient abuse.
• Watts takes home Bloggies > His “Watts Up With That” blog wins two awards.
• Speaking for the trees > Dr. Seuss’ enviro-message shines through the 3-D and product tie-ins.
• Statins prompt safety alerts > The FDA has linked cholesterol medication to cognitive side-effects.
• Outlaws ousted > Chico’s professional baseball club will not play in 2012.
• Earth Girl unites > Enrepreneur Dorothy Vosse brings crafters and the community together.
• Unexpressed wishes > A recent study finds that only a small percentage of Californians have spoken with their doctor about their end-of-life plans.
• Special Olympics snafu, part II > Volleyball tournament that displaced event at Chico State not held.
• How’s Janice? > I know when I’m with her.
• The Lorax’s lessons > Kids and adults alike can learn valuable lessons from Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax.
• Is ‘Medicare for all’ the solution? > Panelists believe expanding Medicare to everyone be a better solution to the nation’s health-care crisis than Obamacare.
• Problems in paradise > On vacation, the author learns about the threats to the largest barrier reef in the Americas.
• Big cat controversy > A California Fish and Game official is in hot water for legally shooting a mountain lion in Idaho.
• Bagging restrictions > Chico City Council moves forward with plastic-bag ordinance.
• Letters for March 8, 2012 >
• Lake Tahoe still murky > Water clarity has shown no improvement over the last decade.
• Primary concerns > Democratic candidate for Congress Jim Reed hopes his party’s voters turn out for the June primary.
• Limbaugh, lord of louts > If you like Rush Limbaugh, you’re a lousy human being.
• Keystone XL battle resumes > TransCanada plans to begin construction of the southern leg of the pipeline.
• It’s getting hot in here > Al Gore-coached climate change speaker delivers the goods in Red Bluff.
• Stand firm, Mr. President > Obama is right to resist the pressure to attack Iran.
• Knowledge is power > Do you know if you’re eating sustainably sourced sushi?
• Fifth grade and younger > Our youngest writers blossom.
• A welcome protest > Students are standing up for higher education, but where’s business?
• Fifth to eighth graders > Middle-schoolers put pen to paper.
• The Singles > The diverse hits of England’s Goldfrapp.
• High-schoolers > Teens take the challenge.
• Longtime Friends in the Blues > Evoking the Wolf with Tail Dragger.
• The best of the rest >
• Zoo > Ceremony still punches hard, it just doesn’t hurt quite so much.
• Adult winners 2012 > The best of the best.
• Longer, stranger trip > Harvesting universal light into danceable sound with the Grateful Dead’s Mickey Hart.
• Death Notices for March 7
• Enloe Medical Center installs electric vehicle charging stations
• Woman gets back scam money wired to Spain
• Royal Canadian Air Force jet will be in Chico for show in September
• Empty Bowls fundraiser will raise money for Torres Shelter
• Control burn in Mendocino National Forest scheduled Friday
• Bottles, jars, collectibles will be on display this Friday, Saturday
• Paradise hospital opens new ER
• Casablanca returns to theaters
• "Friends" host first ever Chico Silent Film Festival this weekend
• Law students conduct clinic for low-income residents this week
• Death Notices for March 6, 2012
• Man suffers stab wound to face at Chico party; suspects vanish
• Corrections
• Brush burn planned this week on 600 acres of Mendocino Forest
• Presentation Wednesday will focus on homes, plants and fire
• Two events mark Bach festival Friday and Saturday
• Campus Clips
• Silver Dollar Fair 2012
• University Film Series presents: Vincent Who?
• Kenny Chesney plans new album release on June 19th
• Going on tour: More than 300 people ride in Tour de Ed, a fundraiser for injured cyclists
• Corrections
• Death notice for March 5, 2012
• 'Doom the Broom' demo is scheduled Thursday in Paradise
• Reception set today for author, gang expert's visit to Chico
• Cajun cooking in Chico for a good cause
• Gold Nugget Days 'Billy Rhode' needs actors; auditions slated
• Blog Log
• Farm Briefs for March 4
• Rice weed cropping up again near Richvale
• Roadwork Roundup for March 4
• Sustainability Task Force member resigns
• Seeds of change in Butte County: New uses of nutrition aid promoted as benefit to lifestyles, community
• Diggin' it: Anthropology museum in Chico lets visitors play archaeologist
• Chico Museum presents "Life on Two Wheels"
• Citrus turns 75
• Death Notices for March 3
• Correction for March 3
• 'Jesus Style' author to speak at Calvary Chapel
• Lutheran missionaries to share their work in Kenya
• Community Choir Festival features voices of seven churce
• Diversity in God's mercy: Celebrating Chico's ecumenical/interfaith riches
• Path to Jesus worship continues Sunday
• Chico State sustainability conference a hit
• Students to pass 'bucks' to governor
• 1:30 p.m. update: Chico police officer on desk duty after allegedly punching man outside Oroville casino
• Target in Chico to double the size of grocery section
• Man pleads to attacking girlfriend in park
• Frugal House 2012 has been chosen
• Cows have their feet on the ground and their heads in the clouds
• Drawing outside the blue line: Chief candidates for Chico Police Department from other states; no locals apply
• Former Chico DJ pleads guilty in child sex abuse case
• Gridley project heralded as state's largest solar water heating system
• Mill Creek water eyed for Napa development
• Death Notices for March 1
• Next birthday four years off
• Emergency command unit
• School Time for March 1
• Delta Conservation Plan documents ready for pre-public review
• Cottonwood fire captain killed when truck slides off Interstate 5
• Tri Counties plans Colusa branch
• Yuba pot growing restrictions stall
• Snowfall unchanged in Sierra Nevadas? > A recent study suggests there has been no decrease in Sierra Nevada snowfall over the last 130 years.
• Halloween puncher pleads guilty > Allen Paul Peters Jr. faces up to four years behind bars for fatal blow.
• Living in balance > … with a touch of ballet.
• ‘Time for a change’ > Chico Certified Farmers’ Market looks to the future with the hiring of a new market manager and a revitalized board of directors.
• Police find high-end bikes > A man is in custody after officers discover $125,000 worth of bike components.
• Wait in the car > Saying no makes me insubordinate; so be it.
• A lasting impression > Chico theater veteran embarks on his first film venture.
• Roll out the cannons! > Can Doug LaMalfa defend his rice payments and still campaign against entitlements?
• Which way to sustainability? > As conference comes back to town, participants discuss if it is taking us where we want to go.
• Letters for March 1, 2012 >
• Donations down > Salvation Army donations take a dive.
• A cubana on freedom and equality > For 53 years, Cubans have been prisoners in their own land.
• Keep it down! > Chico police discuss proposed changes to city’s noise ordinance.
• The best tax measure > If three measures make the November ballot, they’ll all lose.
• Lady of the canyon > The amazing story of Martha Rowe, who calls a tree house home.
• Let priorities be guidelines > It makes sense for the City Council to create a set of temporary priorities for these “tough budget times,” but not to lock them into law.
• A new kind of celebrity > Temple Grandin visits Chico school; local chef makes the pages of Oprah’s ezine.
• Love My Stuff > Renovating the blues.
• Reshape your plate! > What better way is there to celebrate National Nutrition Month?
• If Grief Could Wait > Henry Purcell meets Leonard Cohen.
• Free condoms for teens > The Condom Access Project mails free condoms to teens through website.
• Whoa Nellie! > Multitalented Nellie McKay brings her band and offbeat musical to Laxson Auditorium.
• EPA releases dioxins report > The EPA releases a study concluding most people are not in danger of exposure to dioxins.
• Good-food hunting > Biggs road trip.
• Stem cells help heal heart > A new study finds stem cells can reduce cardiac scar tissue in heart-attack patients.
• The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword > Continuing the quest with the latest Zelda.
• Home sales for March 1, 2012 >
• A tight squeeze > Local hospital executives discuss the current state of affairs with Medicare and Medi-Cal funding and what the future may hold.
• Arts DEVO > Is Chico becoming a comedy town?
• Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance >
• No—not in the compost pile! > What not to throw into your compost pile.
• New weird America > Theater of the absurdities of 21st century America.
• The Artist >
• Rhino-horn traffickers arrested > Seven people arrested for their involvement in a rhino-horn trafficking ring.
• Survey weighs Chico safety > Results show residents feel mostly safe, at least during the day.
• Just go with it > Rudd and Aniston move from the city to the commune.
• U.S., Mexico reach oil pact > The U.S. and Mexico have reached an agreement on oil development along their maritime border.
• Council considers spending priorities > The process could take months.
• Gone in 90 minutes > Well-played and visually compelling thriller is ultimately forgettable.
• Man to face Aug. 27 trial for alleged Chico sniper slaying
• No sign of Aaron Rodgers: Monumental tribute to Chico quarterback is missing
• Jumping for joy: Leap year babies finally get chance to celebrate
• Solar panels mean steamy deal for Gridley packing plant
• Death Notices for Feb. 29
• Alleged shooter in August brawl sentenced to state prison
• Developer pleads not guilty to child sex abuse
• Buffalo relegated to life behind fences, tax sale approved
• Man who damaged county vehicles given probation
• Transient found with property from two Chico area burglaries
• 'Rob on the Road' visits Oroville's Chinese Temple
• Man pleads guilty in fatal Halloween assault
• Inmate found dead at Glenn County jail
• Unexpectedly high bids may delay Inspire high school's transfer to new campus
• March expected to start wet, but official says year is on track to be one of the driest on record
• New clues sought in two homicides
• Ridge group supporting World Spay Day today with vouchers
• Bicycle exhibition opens Saturday at Chico Museum
• Local blogger Anthony Watts gets two awards during 2012 Bloggies
• Would-be candidates have until March 9 to take out papers
• Two Placer County men badly injured, under arrest after crash in Corning
• Jerrod Niemann releases lead single, 'Shinin' On Me' from upcoming album
• Fun and learning times two: Gateway Science Museum celebrates second birthday
• Chico City Council to hold special budget meeting
• Lincoln-Reagan dinner slated Friday in Chico
• Taxpayers Association to meet Sunday in Chico
• Blog Log
• Money for Bidwell Mansion
• Orland Republicans plan dinner Saturday
• Class of '44 donating to Bidwell Mansion
• The Artist takes home Best Picture at the 84th Annual Academy Awards
• My predictions for the 84th Annual Academy Awards
• University Film Series presents: Beijing Bicycle
• Army of Darkness plays this week at The El Rey Theatre
• Death Notices for Feb. 26, 2012
• Farm Briefs
• Roadwork Roundup
• Life inside the funeral home: Shawntel Newton tells her story, but it's not all about "The Bachelor"
• Mansion mission: Project has five weeks, more than $30,000 to go
• Almond Blossom runners get a warm welcome
• Adam Sandler and his films lead 32nd Annual Razzie Awards nominations
• Reviews of The Killing of Mary Surratt and The Conspirator
• Paradise-Ridge Aglow to have guest from Stockton
• Death Notices for Feb. 25
• Women's choir from The Master's Colllege performs March 15
• Deconsecration of Good Shepherd Church is Sunday
• Ecumenical Lenten worship series begins Wedsnesday
• Chico Tea Party to meet with congressional candidate Tuesday
• Bidwell Park and Playground Commission meeting is Monday
• Madison Bear Garden benefit for Bidwell Mansion scheduled Sunday
• Jason Aldean sets venue record as second Atlanta show sells out in just hours
• Alan Jackson breaks attendance record at San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo
• Death Notices for Feb. 24
• Correction for Feb. 24
• Butte's most wanted for Feb. 24
• Police Report for Feb. 24
• Police find elderly man missing from his Chico home
• Free trees workshops start Saturday in Chico
• Woman badly injured in bike crash
• Meet Chico mayor event scheduled for Saturday
• Oscar’s biggest mistakes
• Death Notices for Feb. 23
• Man found dead in vehicle above Inskip
• School Time for Feb. 23
• Hearing continues in jail bribery case
• Chico Democrats set to discuss Social Security, Medicare Feb. 28
• Program features slide show on a trip through Palestine, Israel
• Oroville residents donate rare bill to Butte County Historical Society
• Butte most wanted captured in Glenn County without incident
• Perennial veggies > Plant perennial veggies.
• Special Olympics b’ball tourney canceled > The Special Olympics’ 40th basketball tournament at Chico State has been canceled as a result of policy changes, miscommunication.
• Money down the drain > A brand-new home for old and disabled veterans stands empty because the state can’t afford to operate it. What a waste.
• Extreme weather continues > Ice is melting from pole to pole with alarming results.
• Leaked documents hit home > Leaked documents from Chicago think tank hit home.
• What war on religion? > Surely the Republican presidential candidates have bigger fish to fry.
• ‘No-discharge zone’ established > A new bill prohibits cruise ships from dumping sewage in state waters.
• Pulling downtown together > How Dave Kilbourne spurred creation of the DCBA—and helped other communities do the same.
• Corporations aren’t people > With money dominating politics like never before, it’s appropriate for the City Council to examine the issue of corporate personhood.
• Green measured in green > Great Britain has placed a monetary value on its natural resources.
• Espresso explorer > Believe it or not, you once couldn’t get a café latte downtown—until Caffé Malvina opened.
• Listen, Whitey! The Sounds of Black Power 1967-1974 > The sound of black power.
• BEC re-blossoms > After a rocky patch, Butte Environmental Council is decidedly upbeat about its new director and other positive organizational changes.
• Birds in a van > Bird in Hand’s owners started off humbly back in the early 1970s.
• Living in the new > Sarah Cahill brings new music to life.
• Everybody’s kitchen > Who doesn’t like downtown’s Upper Crust Bakery & Eatery? Here’s how it all began.
• Pliny pilgrimage > The quest for Pliny the Younger.
• Ever climbing > Bruce Hart says he’d sooner close Mountain Sports than leave downtown Chico.
• The Humboldt Wagon Road > Chico historians take us back the Humboldt Wagon Rd.
• A ‘compact Chinatown’ > Harold and Catherine Park are selling their knowledge along with their hundreds of products.
• Wildflowers of Table Mountain > Updated guide to Table Mountain wildflowers.
• Home sales for February 23, 2012 >
• The artist as business leader > The late 1970s and early 1980s formed a renaissance period in downtown Chico, and the late Jacki Headley was at the forefront of everything.
• Arts DEVO > Saying goodbye to prolific artist Lois Cohen.
• Safe House >
• Downtown’s historic renaissance > When the North Valley Plaza mall opened in 1967, downtown lost all of its big national retailers and was devastated. Our Business & Entrepreneurs package shows how it came back.
• Lovesick blues boy > Life of Hank.
• The Secret World of Arrietty >
• Don’t let work get you down > Four handy tips to reduce your level of stress at work.
• Who benefits from federal benefits? > Are we creating a nation of deadbeats? No, says this study.
• Flame out > Ghost Rider part two sparks then quickly fizzles.
• This way to sustainability > Mark your calendars for This Way to Sustainability VII conference; plus, an interesting night of reading from Backcountry author Steve Edwards, and an unbeatable deal on acupuncture.
• Famous bassist dies in Chico > Michael Davis, of proto-punk group The MC5, spent his final days in Butte County.
• Silent is golden > Fun, beautiful (and Oscar-nominated) homage to silent movies.
• Enloe’s benefit to Chico > Local hospital’s community benefit listed at $95.6 million in 2011.
• Bidwell Mansion efforts boosted > A large donation from the Bidwell Mansion Association will go toward education.
• A place to play > Lathanyo Garth offers musicians a practice studio.
• Trouble ahead for state hospitals > A report predicts many of California’s hospitals will face closure in 2012.
• Chico State’s Flake replaced > President Paul Zingg will take on provost duties, names an interim VP.
• Arizona > Strip malls and brown stuff.
• Southern California’s dirty air > A study has found residents in Los Angeles are most at risk from air pollution in the state.
• To rank or not to rank? > The city is like someone who needs to go on a diet but doesn’t know whether to put a lock on the fridge or rely on self-discipline to eat less.
• Smooth operator > Gavin Newsom is a political rock star, but does he have the right stuff? Chico got a chance to find out last week.
• ‘Never-ending work’ > School nurses in cash-strapped California work extra hard for their money.
• Changing channels > Local community-access TV ready for transition.
• Letters for February 23, 2012 >
• Death Notices for Feb. 22
• Correction for Feb. 22
• Logging truck hits bus
• Authorities say wrong way driver on Highway 99 is quickly stopped
• Another Honda stolen in Glenn County, 12th taken in last 10 days
• Another co-defendant from July thrift store fire changes court plea
• Caper Acres in One-Mile closed for maintenance through Saturday
• Chico supervisors want seat on panel to oversee the end of RDA operations
• Movie review: The Artist
• GAC to air rare Reba concert special on March 17
• Businesses, Chico jockey for left turn lane position at parking lot on Forest Avenue at Highway 32
• Messages about workforce and other issues go to state
• Chico forum encourages ideas for local economic growth
• Massive valley oak at Chico's Chapman School felled for safety
• Bassist from '60s band MC5 dies in Chico
• Hamilton City vandalism includes two familiar targets
• Movie filming this week will impact Aguas Frias Road
• Chico Elks mark day with flags
• Rascal Flatts reveal track list for their upcoming album 'Changed'
• On a roll: Jelly Roll Race raises funds for CASA advocacy group
• U.S. Forest Service's plan to replace aging air tanker fleet draws criticism
• Cal Water to flush lines in Oroville
• Money for the mansion
• Logue staffers in Paradise, Gridley Tuesday
• Car, motorcycle collide on Burnap
• Gun slinger and dinger
• Hub idea food for thought
• University Film Series presents: Last Train Home
• Alan Jackson to perform 'So You Don't Have To Love Me Anymore' on Tonight Show
• Farm Briefs for Feb. 19
• Temple Grandin: Ag must make progress known
• Roadwork Roundup for Feb. 19
• Antique show helps Butte County Sheriff's Posse
• Salute to soldiers: Ceremony in Chico honors Guard members who recently returned
• Star rising in Chico: coming out from under the bridge
• Tech Trek: A peek at the future
• Movie review: 5 Star Day
• Beginning Hebrew to be offered at Beth Israel
• Death Notices for Feb. 18
• Ladies' Nite to feature Schultheis, Driver
• World music artist to perform Saturday in Chico
• Global Christianity to be class topic
• 40 Days for Life campaign starts Wednesday
• Young African choir to perform Feb. 24
• Ash Wednesday services to be obserbed at area churches
• Movie review: Killer by Nature
• Willows schools plan to cut 5 teaching jobs
• Death Notices for Feb. 17
• Police Report for Feb. 17
• Butte's most wanted for Feb. 17
• Man gets prison for Halloween crash
• Millions in drugs sniffed out on Interstate 5 in Tehama County
• Farmer reports stolen ladder loss tops $4,000
• Dogs kill 4-H project lambs in Glenn County
• PG&E digs into own gas line
• 2012 is looking to be a great year for RCA Nashville's Chris Young
• Death Notices for Feb. 16
• Corrections for Feb. 16
• Composer, performer to visit Richvale for annual historic school benefit
• Police: Yuba City man killed his sister-in-law
• Colusa tribe opposes Enterprise Rancheria's casino
• Deal closing on land for Butte County hall of records
• Child sex abuse case moves forward
• School Time for Feb. 16
• Eco-literacy and food justice for a young generation > Bioneers Video Series presentation on Feb. 16 offers cutting-edge ideas and hope in a time of environmental and sustainability challenges.
• Catch a Corner > Five hot jazz-funk players hanging out.
• Exercise for the brain > Tips for avoiding Alzheimer’s.
• The Lion’s Roar > American roots planted in Sweden.
• Komen VP steps down > Karen Handel resigns from the Komen Foundation following Planned Parenthood controversy.
• Day time > Bay Area bandleader Forrest Day is taking off with a dance-friendly blend of indie-rap, rock, jazz and reggae.
• Climate change puts poor minorities at risk > A report concluded black and Latino populations are at highest health risk.
• The next great grain > Ancient farro might be the new quinoa.
• Deadly Lap-Band surgery > Two Lap-Band surgery clinics in Southern California have closed due to malpractice accusations.
• Arts DEVO > Jeremy Lin!
• Wading through the hype > For some people, grains may not be what the doctor ordered.
• In the words of Cubanas > Chico State professor starts small press Cubanabooks.
• Home sales for February 16, 2012 >
• Tips for the green chef > Some simple ways to save energy in the kitchen.
• Crime down in Chico > Overall crime rate down in 2011, but homicides reach decade high.
• Chronicle >
• Salty water poisons farmland > Irrigation water is ruining crops in central California.
• When news comes a-knockin’ > CN&R caught in the middle of PG&E gas-line break.
• Playing it safe > Ryan and Denzel on the run together.
• Shale oil cutback? > The Obama administration announces a plan to reduce the land available for shale oil production.
• Judicial relief > Gerald Hermansen is second Butte County judge to announce his retirement.
• Spiritual awakening > Young tarot reader Kasey Robinson’s spiritual gifts offer answers to questioning souls.
• Geo-engineering the atmosphere > A small group of influential scientists are making a push to manage climate change with geo-engineering.
• Tax police head to town > The state Board of Equalization visits Chico to check on sales- and use-tax compliance.
• The bus > What a trip.
• Orange alert! > Chico has experienced an extraordinarily high number of orange-alert air-quality forecasts so far this winter.
• Shrinking in size > Two North State college papers suffer cuts.
• SWOT team > When leaders of six major public institutions in Butte County gathered, they had strong words for the problems state Sen. Doug LaMalfa and the Legislature had foisted on them.
• Not as easy as 1, 2, 3 > Butte College administration concerned about students struggling with required math classes.
• Letters for February 16, 2012 >
• The overlooked candidate > Happy Valley real estate broker running a low-key campaign for Congress.
• The way to peace > Peace of mind is possible, but we need to remove some roadblocks to get there.
• Fed (and pumped) up > A local nutrition-shop owner and bodybuilder enters the race for Chico City Council.
• The true cost of gasoline > If such “externalities” as air pollution and health-care costs are included, a gallon of gas costs $15 or more.
• Who are the Hmong? > Forever marginalized, they’ve learned either to fight or move on.
• 50 years of failure > If ever there was a policy that serves no useful purpose and, in fact, is detrimental to the economic and political health of this country, the Cuban embargo is it.
• The amazing life of Vang Pao > He was a sometimes ruthless warlord and an opium runner, but Gen. Vang Pao was also America’s great friend in war and a hero to his people.
• Voice of Ages > 50 years with The Chieftains.
• The Artist starts this Friday at The Pageant Theater
• Jury convicts man on all counts for 2010 standoff
• Scoreboard set up to monitor Chico State community service
• Death Notices for Feb. 15
• Make way
• Officials warn of north valley contractors scam
• Supervisors won't regulate home concerts, but will extend camping
• Defendant arrested after Oroville search changes plea
• AAA says gas prices 'taking flight' in north valley, California
• Orland Unified School District board set to meet on Thursday
• Neuropathist to be guest speaker at Enloe Conference Center Friday
• Brad Paisley's Virtual Reality Tour 2012 is coming to Wheatland on July 26th
• The Silence of the Lambs: A movie to watch on Valentine’s Day
• Death Notices for Feb. 14, 2012
• Chico Unified School District panel to ponder tree's future, vote on calendars, discuss closed campuses
• Lieutenant governor to speak in Chico
• Butte education board opts to appoint schools chief replacement
• Teen girl escapes as car sinks into river
• Thief may be looking to "fence"' $48,000 in stolen fence panels
• Campus Clips
• Kindergarten changes on agenda for Durham school board meeting
• University Film Series presents: Behind the Sun
• Death Notice for Feb. 13
• Blog Log
• Chico OKs program to help firms become more energy, water efficient
• Missing teen found in Oroville
• Habitat for Humanity homes in Chico get funds
• Money for the mansion
• It's survival of the fittest during the Gateway Science Museum's Darwin Day
• The league of extraordinary women: Centennial anniversary of women's right to vote in California celebrated
• 54th Annual Grammy Awards - Country winners and Red Carpet looks
• Farm Briefs for Feb. 12
• Corning olive processor's energy improvements earn it a large rebate
• Death Notice for Feb. 12
• Police: Oroville stabbing, shooting may be related
• Woman uninjured in rollover accident
• Disabled teenager reported missing eludes search teams
• Authorities say two arrested in alleged hit-and-run
• Roadwork Roundup for Feb. 12
• Scotty McCreery receives good news via Twitter
• Baha'i Faith to share religion today
• Death Notices for Feb. 11
• Free movie night set Friday at Southern Baptist
• Good News Band plays Sunday in Magalia
• Returning missionary to speak Sunday in Paradise
• Recording artist to perform Sunday at New Thought Cente
• 'Path to Jesus' continues at St. Augustine
• Pastor Talk: What is heaven like?
• Yankee Hill man charged with murder for allegedly killing roommate
• Academy of Country Music announces finalists for New Artist award
• Pair sought in shoe shop burglary
• Man arrested in bizarre shooting near Yankee Hill
• Local leaders have glowing things to say about state of community
• LaMalfa, Aanestad confident about chances in congress run
• Fish and Game may sue over levee: Army Corps of Engineers plan to remove trees, shrubs leads to conflict with agency
• Innovations, Darwin celebrated at the Gateway Science Museum
• Chico Republican Women set to meet Thursday for lunch, speaker
• Annual Chico thanksgiving run raised $69,000 for Jesus Center
• Bank heist in 2009 is believed an 'inside job'
• Police seeking suspect in connection with beating at Chico park last week
• Trial date to be set for three in alleged identity theft ring
• 22-year-old cyclist from Lancaster killed in Highway 70 crash is named
• Oregon House man killed in Tuesday crash identified as a local conductor
• Oroville council approves loan to help car dealership
• Driving fast into turn causes rollover crash, injury in Thermalito
• Bicyclist plows into car, leaves heavy damage
• The Woman in Black >
• Healthy school lunches > Federal guidelines for school lunch programs have been released.
• Arts DEVO > Metal, ukes and laughing with the disabled.
• The Grey >
• Health-care reform saves billions > Millions of elderly US citizens saved on prescription medication in 2011.
• Funny business > Live comedy at The Last Stand.
• The Descendents >
• Treat sugar like wine? > UCSF researchers offer one solution to obesity pandemic.
• Business, meet pleasure > Office romances can pay off.
• Super angst > Brooding teen and superpowers don’t mix.
• Love potion > Two local healers talk brain chemistry, immune response and how Cupid plays a role.
• Pugh to repaint mural > Academe will take up residence on the new arts building.
• Playtime 4 Chico > Owner of PlayTime4You talks about running a business in the sex industry.
• Gift that keeps giving > Create a registry through a nonprofit where friends can help a third-world farmer feed his family.
• BEC’s new boss > Robyn DiFalco named Butte Environmental Council’s executive director.
• The post office > Worth every cent.
• Sonar harmful to whales? > Environmental activists sued the U.S. government over the Navy’s sonar tests.
• Cat Coalition finds new digs > The organization dedicated to Bidwell Park’s feral-cat population moves into new warehouse after months of uncertainty.
• The foreskin chronicles > When anti-circumcision advocates think a story is biased, they let the editor know.
• Brown fires strict oil regulator > Governor gives a tough oil-company regulator the boot.
• Riding the redevelopment waves > City, council struggle to respond to dissolution of its RDA.
• Letters for February 9, 2012 >
• Greenfeet closes shop > The online-based retailer Greenfeet is calling it quits after 15 years of business.
• Chico State provost steps down > Second-in-command Sandra Flake retires, effective immediately.
• The real Steve Jobs > He was a genius of capitalism, but he was also a jerk.
• V-Day getaway > Chico Canyon Retreat offers guests the perfect, pampered wilderness getaway.
• What a drag > A group of Chico men, some dressed as women, were allegedly assaulted in downtown Chico.
• The out-of-touch candidate > Learning more about Mitt Romney.
• Can science and religion be friends? > Small Chico conference tackles big questions.
• A victory for equality > Same-sex marriage will soon be legal (again) in California.
• Her list is naughty >
• Of bowerbirds and courtship > When it comes to romance, some things never change.
• Strictly Romancin’ > A Valentine from Catherine Russell.
• What is love? > Romantic love is difficult to define, so we turned to some experts for help.
• Attack on Memory > Tastes like teen spirit.
• Love, Sex, Marriage > In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, let’s dive into the heart’s issues.
• Hearts of rock ‘n’ roll > Chico ex-pats rocking well in S.F.
• The wisdom of the Cuppow > You’ll want to check out the super cool Cuppow.
• Sweet, tasty love > Eating your way to your lover’s heart.
• Home sales for February 9, 2012 >
• Feeling the strain > Been staring at the computer screen so long your eyes hurt? That’s not good. Here are some ways to avoid eyestrain.
• Wine to Water > A quest to bring clean water to the world.
• Kenny Chesney's 'You and Tequila' earns a platinum certification
• Jake Owen hits the road and a movie premiere after shoulder surgery
• Death Notices for Feb. 8
• Teen car control clinic focuses on driver safety
• Tri-County Sams cancel weekend camping trip
• Man still unconscious after crash Monday
• Volunteers will weed, plant, water park plants
• Cyclist killed on Hwy. 70 still unnamed
• Chico CHP to offer free class for beginning teenage drivers
• Woman says husband may have traded meds for pot
• University Film Series presents: Not One Less
• Movie review: The Rebound
• Death Notices for Feb. 7, 2012
• Correction
• Credit card, foreclosure clinics offered this month in Chico
• Super Bowl DUI arrests were low this year in Butte County
• Preventive care and Medicare topic of talk in Chico Wednesday
• Fundraising meeting to keep Bidwell Mansion open set for Wednesday
• Dog captures alleged beer snatcher at Chico store
• Police arrest three for alleged bad checks, ID theft
• New Californians in Congress reduce state's clout
• Redevelopment, city manager recruitment and more on Chico City Council's agenda
• Charter school creation safe from legislation — for now
• Movie review: Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
• Death Notice for Feb. 5
• Free pesticide container recycling event is set to be held on Tuesday
• Annual clay shoot fundraiser registration open until Feb. 24
• Alternative fuel workshop to be hosted by Transfer Flow in Chico
• American Pistachio Growers are promoting benefits of 'love nut'
• Colusa Farm Show will run Feb. 7-9; 40,000 visitors are expected
• Agricultural Leadership Program applications now being accepted
• Summer camp counselors needed for Glenn county 4-H June 20-24
• ThompsonSquare plays the Redding Convention Center on March 30th
• Notre Dame hosts grandparents in observance of Catholic Schools Week
• Teens at Chico High attack insecurities with public exposure
• Greenfeet.com ends 15-year run in Chico, thanks customers
• Chico State University provost resigns amid academic reorganization
• Glenn drug cops make an arrest; man booked on multiple warrants
• Glenn deputies respond to alarm call, find leaking natural gas line
• Jury convicts man in Chico torture case
• Man who hit sheriff's car still at large
• Suspect leads cops on chase downtown
• In July, school's out for Butte County Superintendent of Schools Don McNelis
• Not seeing red: Motorists running flashing traffic signal in front of BMU
• Attorney representing Magalia volunteer firefighter to challenge GPS data
• Butte's Most Wanted for Feb. 3
• Chico CHP to offer free class for new drivers
• Free pesticide container drop-off is Tuesday
• Jury to begin deliberations in Chico girlfriend torture case
• Dierks Bentley kicks off 'Home' album release week with nationwide performances
• Not all bad news: Economy, redevelopment still beating up Chico, but some bright spots in city manager's state of the city speech
• Flooding will stall Orland High move to new building
• Here's looking at ewe
• Standoff defendant's pleas for help interrupt trial
• Walnuts on the rise: Crowd gathers to hear notes on local agriculture
• CUSD board reviews school reports
• Free pesticide container recycling offered at facility
• Program on science, religion to be held at Bidwell Presbyterian
• Shaken baby doll > Enloe has been presented with a Shaken Baby Sydrome simulation doll.
• This is a tasty burger > Making the pilgrimage to Oroville for Righteous Burger.
• Getting students moving > South Butte County schools awarded with a physical education grant.
• Intel Wars > The secret history of how terrorists have eluded us.
• India’s incurable TB > A dozen cases of drug-resistant tuberculosis have been reported in Mumbai.
• Arts DEVO > True crime, beer and Arts DEVO’s personal stylist.
• Home sales for February 2, 2012 >
• Bigger and better > Paradise’s Feather River Hospital celebrates the opening of its new, 17,000-square-foot Emergency Department.
• Lens on historyLens on history > Rediscovered black-and-white photos named Nebraska state treasure.
• The Iron Lady >
• Touchdown! > Super Bowl committee makes commitment to offsetting carbon, water consumption.
• ‘Chemical restraints’ in nursing homes > A new study indicates that many nursing homes are using drugs to sedate and manage their demented residents.
• Animal inside > Liam Neeson vs. the wolves and his own demons.
• New auto-emissions rules > California passes stringent standards.
• Parents rally support > They’re protesting the taking of their children by the Children’s Services Department.
• Trouble in paradise > Clooney at his funny, graceful best.
• More hot water for PG&E > The utility company is facing more fines for misclassified pipelines.
• Butte Creek property owner pleads > He’s fined and ordered to restore illegally graded land.
• Of horses and history > The Sacramento Rangers cavalry regiment rides again.
• Ubehebe ready to blow? > Volcano in Death Valley “could erupt at any time.”
• Animal shelter prepares for shift > Butte Humane Society hands over keys to the city.
• Mr. Black Man > Apparently, that’s me.
• Milk goats 101 > Local farmer and food activist Carol Chaffin Albrecht gives the straight poop on raising dairy goats.
• No conflict here > The state Fair Political Practices Commission says no conflict of interest for local task force.
• Honoring Fred Korematsu > When the government started imprisoning Japanese-Americans for no good reason, he resisted, which is why today he’s a hero.
• Summers at the end of the Earth > Vasiliy Baranyuk has spent more than 30 summers above the Arctic Circle studying and photographing snow geese at their breeding site. Last weekend he told his story in Chico.
• Letters for February 2, 2012 >
• Haywire >
• Council incumbents say ‘no’ > Two of four Chico City Council incumbents up for re-election will not run.
• Defend freedom of choice > Thirty-nine years after Roe v. Wade, more barriers are being placed between women and access to abortion.
• Ritual under fire > The circumcision debate goes national while in Chico, Jewish parents celebrate their newborn son’s rite of passage.
• Deadly distractions > Turns out people who wear headphones while walking or bicycling are more likely to get in an accident.
• Metal-pedia > A brief guide to Butte County’s metal bands.
• Romney and taxes > He paid less than 14 percent on more than $20 million in earnings. Something’s wrong here.
• Local music issue > Six local bands (and one thriving metal scene) to keep an eye on in 2012.
• The Best of Kay Kay and the Rays > Gettin’ down with the Kay Kay Greenwade.
• Visions of ecotopia > Hurray for the Bioneers Video Series and the Chico Organic Gardening Series!
• Old Ideas > Poet Leonard Cohen returns with new old songs.
• How much rock is too much? > A good rule of thumb for ear protection at a rock show.
• Can’t stop now > The irrepressible Hugh Masekela.
• The Jukebox Music Festival - Scotty McCreery added to festival lineup
• Death Notice for Feb. 1
• Mild winter shifts the start of the growing season
• Trial date set for couple arrested with pot plants
• Ishi to be center of museum of anthropology exhibit
• Police: CHP officer arrested for DUI, kneeing officer
• Man falls asleep at wheel
• Parent company of Chico-based bank issues earnings report for fourth quarter
• Cross country skiing, Chinese Temple tour planned by Sierra Club
• Casey James to release self-titled debut album on March 20th
• A review of The Big Year, plus an interview with director David Frankel
• Chico City Council to lose Holcombe, Walker
• Hospitals in Butte County set up stronger rape response teams
• Chico man reports being shot in the leg on Old Humboldt Road
• Paradise doctor has license suspended
• Chico Unified School District, faculty union negotiation process on agenda
• Two more change pleas in drug ring case in Butte and Glenn counties
• Death Notices for Jan. 31
• Lassen Forest to host snowshoe walks
• University Film Series presents: Chan is Missing
• Snow Goose Festival ends on a sweet note
• Red Cross asks for local hero nominations; deadline is Friday
• Chico animal shelter plans one-day closure for transition
• Chico neighbor connection event slated at grange
• Blog Log
• Money for the mansion
• Seeking reelection: Supervisors Connelly, Lambert will run again; Yamaguchi will not
• Fare well: Soldiers prepare to deploy to Afghanistan
• Movie review: Hunted by Night
• Fight Club plays this week at The El Rey Theatre
• Fight Club plays this week at The El Rey Theatre
• Snow Goose Festival draws thousands for field trips, bird watching, workshops
• Out into the blind: a report from the first time on a duck hunt
• Duck hunting tidbits
• Glenn County drug cops make arrests
• Roadwork Roundup for Jan. 29
• Indoor wood fire ban again today inside Chico city limits
• Comanche Creek greenway plan up for discussion
• Paradise hospital shows off new emergency room
• Brad Paisley and Jason Aldean booked to play Sleeptrain Amphitheater
• Chico's outgoing City Manager Dave Burkland receives accolades
• FPPC: Conflict of interest law does not apply to Sustainability Task Force
• Chico State admits some students who don't meet standards
• Beale's Global Hawks are on chopping block due to budget
• Wardens cite man for illegal shooting
• Aanestad delays his decision about a run for Congress
• Indoor wood fires banned in Chico today
• Man sought who allegedly hurt Chico woman, held her captive
• Ferris Bueller Super Bowl spot revealed
• Matthew Broderick to reprise Ferris Bueller role for Super Bowl ad
• Corrections for Jan. 27
• Death Notices for Jan. 27
• State office will offer adoption information
• Symphony auditions for youth deadline Saturday
• E-waste drop-off set for Saturday at Chico Mall
• Over-limit duck hunters could be facing some severe penalties
• Oroville man faces multiple charges
• Glenn jail inmate tries to head-butt his way out of cell, does $1,000 in damage
• Just in time for Valentine's Day, the fan-voted CMT Teddy Awards
• Toast of the town: Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. chooses western North Carolina for Eastern plant
• Chico gets top solar-power ranking in statewide report
• Two wounded, one arrested in Butte Creek Canyon shooting
• Discussion begins on future of iconic Chico veterans hall
• Where's all that solar power?
• Drone's future at Beale in doubt
• Over-limit hunters cited: Four men allegedly bagged 108 ducks
• Habitat homes are sheltered from redevelopment cuts
• Small steps, big impact > NASA scientists claim small changes could slow global warming.
• ‘Mission creep’ a water grab? > Supervisors protest Delta Plan’s incursion into local watershed.
• For Janice > The love of my life.
• Bird world > Chico State biology professor and waterfowl expert Jay Bogiatto weighs in on the abundance of geese that are set to grace the upcoming Snow Goose Festival.
• City manager steps down > Dave Burkland announces August retirement plans.
• Jane Dolan’s new job > She’s catching flak, but is it deserved?
• Are the Outlaws outbound? > The future of Chico’s professional baseball club looks bleak.
• Letters for January 26, 2012 >
• Revving their engines > Paradise women defy the odds and take top spots in national drag-racing championship.
• Making public schools work > Charters are great, but the quality of public schools is what really matters.
• Love, Chapman-style >
• State of disunion > President’s speech fails to explain the fundamental issue facing the nation.
• Dueling funds > Let us clear up the confusion over two groups raising money for the mansion.
• Supreme Court nails GPS issue > Butte County law enforcement has used tracking devices to get warrants—but it won’t anymore.
• A history of ‘narrow escapes’ > Many Chicoans have worked hard over the years to preserve Bidwell Mansion. This story reminds us that, without their efforts, the mansion might not exist.
• The Blues: An Evolution > Electro Glide blues sampler.
• New-school proverbs > A collection of unorthodox tips for a longer life.
• Maiden Voyage Suite > Herbie rides again.
• Be kind to the bees (please)! > More than ever, it is critically important to learn about bees and how to protect them from demise.
• Weekends > Pacific NW’s pacificUV.
• UC system bans tobacco > The campuses of the University of California will be smoke-free by 2014.
• Wolves at the door > Underground black-metal duo Wolves in the Throne Room garner mainstream attention.
• The needs of the few > One percent of the nation accounted for 20 percent of health-care spending in 2009.
• Pasta for breakfast? > Elio’s—restaurant Italian food from a truck.
• Pot better on lungs than tobacco > A UCSF study indicates smoking pot isn’t so bad for the lungs.
• Arts DEVO > Birdhouse, Mike Coykendall & Carlos Forster and Voltare’s Victoria Blair.
• Medical-loss ratio as medical gain? > A look at the potential effect of medical loss ratio (MLR) reimbursement on health-care consumers and providers as outlined in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
• ‘Wait, I can explain!’ > Farcical fun with The Ladies Man.
• Home sales for January 26, 2012 >
• Recycling never sounded so good > Murfie: a fun way to recycle your CDs.
• Local school poverty rates > It’s no surprise they’ve gone up since 2007.
• Underworld: Awakening >
• Stately energy boost > State and federal officials have agreed to put renewable energy on the fast track.
• Is Sam the man? > Former Sen. Sam Aanestad is hinting he’ll run for Herger’s seat. If he does, it will be a donnybrook.
• Looks that kill > Kicking ass all over the world.
• Keystone XL rejected > Obama says TransCanada can still submit a revised plan.
• Mixed grades for online ed > Chico State ranks high for instructor quality, low for technology and student engagement.
• Ping-pong passion > Erin O’Neil and his table tennis club offer a venue for some serious ping-pong.
• Billy Currington announces dates for first headlining tour to kick off March 24t
• Death Notices for Jan. 25
• 'Chop shop' case arrests up to 8
• Medicare workshop Thursday in Chico
• Land transfers planned for tax neutrality
• Seamless transition for BINTF
• Replacement funding recommended for homeless projects
• Up, up and away
• Supervisors seek to discourage alleged delta agency power grab
• The Iron Lady starts this Friday at The Pageant Theatre
• Kellie Pickler shows her feline love by designing sweater for ASPCA
• My rant against the Academy (2012 Oscar nominations)
• My rant against the Academy (2012 Oscar nominations)
• “Hugo,” “The Artist” lead Oscar nominations
• GPS monitoring thrown off track
• Alcohol licensees get last look at ordinance for sales in Chico
• First real winter storm brings snow, rain and some flooding
• Chico man sentenced in federal child porn case
• Two men change pleas in Palermo shooting
• Chico man allegedly threatens cabbie with gun
• New phase of Chico State parking structure project begins
• Prognosis: Biggs-Gridley hospital is making things work
• Movie review: The Whistleblower
• You can help announce the ACM Entertainer of the Year nominees this Thursday
• Jason Aldean breaks attendance records on 1st three dates of 2012 My Kinda Party
• News of Our Past
• CSU program helps low-income and first generation students
• Death Notices for Jan. 23
• Blog Log
• Butte College student is heralded Enloe volunteer
• Discussion recalls 1902 Butte County Sheriff's election initially decided by one vote
• County's water boss asks board to denounce Delta draft EIR
• Local 49er fans unhappy with loss, but still think game great
• Marijuana garden limits taking shape
• College-specific financial information available
• Toys, noise and zoom: Gateway visitors get hands-on with new exhibits in Chico
• Texting for help: Chicoan continues work on suicide prevention
• Workshop next month about hedgerows
• Death Notice
• Walnut and Almond Day held in Chico
• North Valley Dairy Day is set for Feb. 6
• Rascal Flatts announce details on their upcoming album release, 'Changed'
• Durham citizens offer reward in shooting spree
• Chico honored by state historical commission
• Gateway Museum opens new exhibits today
• Corning man dies from rollover crash injuries
• Deputy fires on suspect when flashlight mistaken as weapon
• Chico man sought after victim stabbed in neck, torso
• Hearing focuses on investigations into former Butte jail employee charged with bribery
• Suspect was recently released from prison
• Brad Paisley to play during halftime of NFC Championship game
• Kellie Pickler to release new album, '100 Proof' on January 24th
• Chamber honors members, individuals
• Storm expected to linger: Weather service: Inch of rain could hit the north valley
• A look at the films being released in 2012
• Correction for Jan. 20
• Death Notices
• Thieves haul away three generators from hospital
• Robbery suspects fired shot while fleeing scene
• Short film shot in Chico area to debut Saturday
• Butte's Most Wanted
• Special screenings of The Big Year this weekend at The Pageant Theatre
• Ideas flow for new Northern California regional water plan
• Chico's city manager to retire; wants more family time
• City Council to put updated phone tax on Chico ballot
• Death Notices for Jan . 19
• Assemblyman Dan Logue plans move to Chico soon
• Man changes plea in Biggs stabbing case
• A beautiful view
• Vehicle rollover ejects one, hurts three
• The cost of clean air > Chico business hurt by new law banning formaldehyde in wood.
• The truth about deficits > Trying to eliminate them will only make the recession worse, this economist says.
• Ishi, interactive > Students offer a new way to experience the story of Ishi at Chico State’s anthropology museum.
• Herger, good and bad > He’s a nice guy, but his positions are bad for people.
• Wanderlust and generosity > After 35 years on the road, living in campgrounds, this resourceful couple settled in Chico—and then left a fortune to the university.
• At the Crossroads > Inside and outside gospel and blues.
• Going for best > Chico State athletics has a shot at being the best Division II program in the nation this year.
• Sacrifice > Lethal garage duo from Seattle.
• Battered by budget cuts > It’s hard to plan when the cost of college keeps going up.
• The gift of rap > Gift of Gab of Blackalicious talks skills, idols and birds.
• Students: Get enough sleep > Lack of sleep can lead to low immune system and, ultimately, poor grades.
• Japanese tapas > A little adventure awaits in a quiet corner in Chico.
• Sustainable wellness > In 2012, learn to sustain good health by consciously choosing what goes into your body.
• What? > Are these the 20 most important questions in human history—or is this a game of 20 Questions?
• Sugary-drink tax? > UCSF researchers analyze the effects of a proposed soda tax.
• Arts DEVO > Spring DEVOtions.
• Patch is not the fix > A new study finds nicotine replacement products backfire in the long run.
• Can you hear me? > I can hear dead people’s phone calls.
• Local hospitals on the cutting edge > Enloe Medical Center and Feather River Hospital launch radiotherapy systems.
• Who’s going on to college? > Number of Butte County high-school grads going to California colleges.
• Home sales for January 19, 2012 >
• Pulse of the community > Chico State’s School of Nursing director offers a rich background in education and practical experience to the Enloe Board of Trustees.
• State historical commission comes to town > It will hold its quarterly meeting in Chico, starting with a tour of Bidwell Mansion.
• The Devil Inside >
• It’s easy being green > Some tips for eco-friendly dorm dwellers.
• Retailers poised for closure > Popular clothing stores The Gap and Weekend Wearhouse prepare to shut their doors in Chico.
• Sticks and stones > Polanski adaptation of Tony-winning play.
• Who is the dirtiest of them all? > The EPA releases data on the worst greenhouse-gas producers in the nation.
• Phone-tax tweak to go on ballot > City Council votes to update an ordinance to include modern technology.
• Voice of the students > Chico State student weighs in as part of CSU Board of Trustees.
• That’s a WRAP > The ARC of Butte County has once again been recognized for green practices.
• Council takes up corporate personhood > Resolution would urge Congress to initiate a constitutional amendment overturning the legal notion that corporations have the rights of people.
• In the shade > The perfect parking spot.
• Water system springs leaks > The U.S. water and sewage systems are in desperate need of an overhaul.
• Connection or coincidence? > Burglary of local dentist office raises questions.
• Land of the free? Maybe not > Is it the terrorists who are taking away our liberties? Or the politicians?
• Catching waves in Chico > Chico State and UC San Diego collaborate to record ocean sounds at Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve.
• Bar owner questions Chico PD proposal > The alcohol-compliance officer would be paid through extra fees on booze-selling businesses.
• Letters for January 19, 2012 >
• Alan Jackson releases new single and video
• Stormy, wet weather ahead for northern California, starting today
• Chico will be successor to RDA housing agency
• Farmers fare well through hard frost
• Death Notices for Jan. 18
• Third man sentenced in assault
• Man makes a weak attempt to avoid arrest on five warrants
• Gap store in Chico Mall to close; not clear if other stores will too
• Police release security image of safe theft; four more dental offices hit
• School calendar to be discussed
• Death Notices for Jan. 17
• Carrying on the dream: Oroville gathers to remember and honor Martin Luther King Jr.
• Prostate cancer support group meets Thursday at Enloe center
• Magalia girl hurt in Bodega Bay fall, airlifted out with head trauma
• Cops put noise rules, animal shelter partnership on agenda
• Homeless, but green
• Owner: Agricultural pump dragged, damaged in theft attempt
• Brad Paisley's 'Virtual Reality Tour' plays to over 39,000 fans during its first
• Budget, redevelopment, tax on Chico City Council agenda
• Regional water plans on the table; help from the public sought
• Chico honors Martin Luther King Jr. with vigil, speeches, songs
• News of our Past
• Blog Log for Jan. 16
• Man dies while squirrel hunting in French Creek
• Rooting for Rodgers
• Butte Conservation District has a new leader
• Journey Through the History of the Humboldt Wagon Road
• Full list of Golden Globe winners in the Motion Picture categories
• Movie review: Contagion
• Farm Briefs for Jan. 15
• PG&E: Expect gas smell this week in Paradise; not harmful
• Butte Child Support Services has new location and expanded hours
• Orland Council talks on General Plan and medical pot on Tuesday
• Funeral held for Navy officer killed in Afghanistan on Jan. 2
• Roadwork Roundup for Jan. 15
• New vet center in Chico offers around-the-clock care, new services
• Victim of 1979 racial murder remembered in Chico
• Top 8 semi-finalists named for ACM New Artist of the Year
• Martin Luther King Jr. honored throughout county Sunday, Monday
• Former Assemblyman, Chico City Councilor Rick Keene won't toss hat into political ring
• Paradise Alliance between two sets of Bible studies
• Sacramento singer to perform at First Christian Church
• Victim of racial killing to be remembered today in Chico
• Crab, tri-tip benefit dinner for Hamilton Fire Department today
• Orland gang member doesn't contest attempted murder charge
• Sentencing delayed again in fraudulent home sales scheme
• MC-12 mission bringing hundreds of airmen, staff to Beale Air Force Base
• Movie review: Carnage
• Death Notices for Jan. 13
• Police Report for Jan. 13
• Butte's Most Wanted
• Officers arrest Chico man in Paradise case
• Trial dates set for alleged LaSalles shooter
• LaMalfa kicks off congressional campaign
• Indian tribes see growth beyond casinos
• Aaron Rodgers hometown TV segment set for early Sunday
• Carnage starts this Friday at The Pageant Theatre
• Alcohol compliance program moving forward in Chico; would set additional fees for businesses
• Butte board OKs water lease negotiations; agencies offering to cover county's DWR charges
• Friends flip for man's tricks
• Survey: Chico businesses being asked about the city, economy
• Police catch parolee six hours later
• Man with knife disarmed in Chico
• Indoor wood fire ban today in Chico city limits
• New trial date set for contractor shooting death
• Lone wolf crosses border > A lone wolf has crossed the Californian border, marking the return of the species.
• Before the moment > Portraits of dogs and humans.
• Carbon bill hits snag > Part of California’s landmark AB 32 has been blocked by a U.S. District Court judge.
• The health-insurance gap > The number of Californians who obtain health insurance through their jobs is declining, while the number who are uninsured or on Medi-Cal is growing.
• My Week With Marilyn >
• Clean air on the way? > A four-year study on a small Montana town indicates wood-stove regulation produces cleaner air.
• From councilman to cop > All his life former Chico Mayor Steve Bertagna dreamed of being a police officer, and now, at the age of 47, he is one.
• Dry games > Guy Smiley and his ’70s band of spies.
• Re-envisioning the bicycle > Gregory Degouveia puts art, practicality and fun into his health-promoting, pedal-powered creations.
• Judge Howell steps down > One of the most respected jurists in Butte County is retiring next month from his position as presiding judge of the Superior Court.
• A magical life > Chicoan Wayne Houchin wows the world with sleight of hand.
• County sells water south > Butte County has too much Lake Oroville water on its hands, so it’s selling some of it south.
• Surveillance > Sometimes you’ve got to let go.
• It’s one nasty bug > The author knows from personal experience that the highly contagious norovirus is making its annual rounds in Butte County.
• Herger’s monkey wrench > No sooner had Rep. Wally Herger announced his retirement and endorsed Doug LaMalfa to replace him, than local Republican politicos began scrambling for position.
• Marijuana proponents switch gears > County repeals dispensary ban; activists turn attention to statewide legalization effort.
• Letters for January 12, 2012 >
• Wally Herger will not run again > Thirteen-term representative to step down after 26 years in office.
• A case of racial profiling > A young Chico man’s story of what happened during a traffic stop rings true.
• Perplexing plastic > Sustainability Task Force pushes discussion of single-use bags to City Council.
• Another severe state budget > Gov. Jerry Brown’s budget plan is designed to convince voters that state spending has been cut sufficiently to justify raising taxes.
• Home sales for January 12, 2012 >
• Bond of brothers >
• Sunny days, smoky nights > With unusually dry winter weather holding in pollution, it’s up to all of us to limit our wood burning as much as possible—for the sake of the children.
• Cold-weather workout > Don’t let winter discourage your morning run.
• The Story of Cathy & Me > Curtis Fuller’s tribute to his wife.
• New AIDS vaccine? > A new study on monkeys indicates progress is being made on a potential AIDS vaccine.
• The wolves survive > Los Lobos duo perform rare acoustic retrospective.
• Poisonous baby wipes > The FDA has turned a blind eye on a company distributing infected baby wipes.
• Roll out the barrel > Barrel-aged beers are on the rise at craft breweries around the country.
• Restrictions on antibiotics for livestock > FDA cites fears that use of antibiotics in livestock leads to treatment-resistant bacterial infection in humans.
• Crazy Enough: A Memoir > Brewing of a storm.
• Be kind to your kidneys > Oroville Hospital’s Dr. Subil Go discusses the importance of maintaining kidney health.
• The Crossing > Zombie fire sale: 99 cents!
• Healthy planet, healthy you > Some tips to help you do double-duty.
• Last year’s best music, next year’s good vibrations > Best music of 2011.
• New digital single released from Tim McGraw's 'Emotional Traffic'
• Politicos comment on Herger's career
• Congressman Wally Herger to retire at end of year
• Herger retirement inspires political merry-go-round
• Tequila truck spills oil
• Biologists discuss wild wolf before Siskiyou County board
• Two men sentenced in bike path assault near Chico State
• Orland smoking rules plod ahead
• Butte College officials excited about possibilities of reforms
• Scotty McCreery's debut album, 'Clear As Day' certified platinum
• Movie review: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
• Death Notices for Jan. 10
• Butte County officials announce ag waste oil collection facility done
• Arrest made in storage burglary case
• Police say three people hurt in Chico assaults Sunday morning
• Service slated for former Chico man who drowned in Donner Lake Jan. 2
• Reward for information in 2011 Biggs hit-and-run death
• Indoor wood fire ban today inside Chico city limits
• Deputies dispose of dynamite kept in garage
• Advance tickets for The Hunger Games go on sale in February
• Record-breaking ticket sales inspire Eric Church to add second leg to headlining
• Marijuana dispensaries, water allocation on Butte County Supervisors' agenda
• Zingg: Brown proposal for budget 'terrible'
• Slain teen gone but not forgotten: Group from Vacaville drives to Biggs for demonstration
• News of our past for Jan. 9
• Blog Log for Jan. 9
• Trinity woman killed in car crash
• Indoor wood fire ban today inside city limits
• Trinity woman killed in crash near Forest Ranch
• Anchorman plays this week at The El Rey Theatre
• Water-related meeting updates, information
• American Farm Bureau fun and games
• Roadwork Roundup for Jan. 8
• Campaign on to raise money for F-15
• New charter school offers online instruction, local site
• Boy Scouts Christmas tree pickup marks two decades
• Death Notice for Jan. 8
• View the world through a farmer's lens
• Chico police announce survey deadline
• More flushing planned for hydrants/water ends
• Law enforcement intervenes in suicide threat near Lookout Point
• Vehicle crashes into wall of day spa in Chico
• Former Chico mayor Steve Bertagna to become Paradise officer
• Martin Luther King Jr. Day events announced
• Willows to host north state men's conference
• 'Path to Jesus' continues Sunday at St. Augustine
• Live Q&A with the cast and crew of The Artist tonight
• Wildlife refuge doubles entry fee for six-mile auto tour from $3 to $6
• Correction for Jan. 6
• Man shot in leg on south Chico street; police seek information
• Barricaded man was actually asleep
• California's first wolf since 1924 enters Shasta County on journey
• Indoor wood fires banned again today inside city limits
• Chico school trustees approve moving portable classrooms to Inspire site
• Chico weather promotes outdoor activities
• Carrie Underwood grants wishes for hometown schools through C.A.T.S. Foundation
• Three Chico buildings hit by vehicles on same day
• Easton Corbin to play Gold Country Casino January 26th
• Oroville relatives set up account for victim of Marysville shooting
• Mine owner wants to turn waste into fertilizer
• Dr. Marcia Nelson wins Hospital Association award for her service
• Mini-quake recorded just north of Oroville below Table Mountain
• Dry winter has officials concerned about fire danger across the state
• Chico seeking proposals to lease office space in municipal building
• School Time for Jan. 5
• Indoor wood fire ban set again today in city limits
• Redevelopment is indispensable > For all its flaws, redevelopment has been an economic engine that made cities better. Lawmakers should restore it—soon.
• What lies ahead? > CN&R editors predict the newsmakers of 2012.
• Congratulations > Congrats, Ms. Hart.
• Coke or Pepsi? Odwalla or Naked Juice? Big corporations get slick about getting our money > Big, junk-food-producing corporations such as Coke and Pepsi are making money from the boom in demand for healthful food…by buying up small, natural-foods br
• Worship Music > New kings of metal’s Big Four?
• Kick the habit in 2012 > Free nicotine patches available for all Butte County smokers.
• Roots are showing > David Bromberg joined by Hot Tuna on The Ridge.
• Nurses in the money? > State nurses are earning well over the national average, largely due to overtime shifts.
• Slow good > Fast Eddie’s slow deli goodness.
• Cough medicine bill passed > State legislators hope a new bill curbs teenage abuse of cough medicines.
• 1Q84 > English translation of Murakami’s latest.
• Mental-health-care switch > California is set to integrate mental health into overall health-care benefits.
• Arts DEVO goes abroad for 2011’s best songs > New music abroad.
• The Adventures of Tintin >
• Acupuncture for everyone > Community-style acupuncture is thriving in Chico.
• Home cinema > One American and one Portuguese miniseries on DVD.
• War Horse >
• New year in the garden > A few winter reminders for Nor Cal gardens.
• Thou shalt obey > Five new laws that took effect Jan. 1.
• Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol >
• Leaky safety system > PG&E’s pipeline inspection system offered incentive for crews to report fewer leaks.
• Herger’s in the money > The Republican congressman from Chico is worth more than $7.5 million.
• TV or not TV? > Are winter’s films enough to get you off the couch?
• Wave of wreckage > Debris produced by the disastrous tsunami in Japan is headed for the shores of North America.
• Paradise Post down to twice a week > The thrice-weekly paper will combine its Tuesday and Thursday editions.
• An expert touch > Cecilia Lore, a masseuse with an interesting philosophy, feels that our society could do with more human contact.
• Small spill, big problem > A relatively small oil spill in San Francisco Bay has proven surprisingly toxic to herring embryos.
• Quotes > Some good ones.
• Grow, buy, eat local > New Chico coalition lands half-million-dollar grant to promote local food.
• Brown chooses Jane Dolan > Former Butte County supervisor appointed to flood-protection board.
• Some impetuous predictions > In which the author divulges who’s going to win the presidency, and more …
• Chapped in Chapmantown > Hooking up to the city sewer means hooking up with Chico.
• Letters for January 5, 2012 >
• City takes biggest hit yet > Council learns city will lose $8.6 million a year in redevelopment funds.
• Bill of Rights, RIP > The civil-rights abuses of recent years are now set in stone.
• Hong Kong manslaughter appeal denied > Father discusses bizarre taxi case while Chico State’s Kelsey Mudd stays in prison.
• Scientific hubris at its worst > Scientists have created a flu virus that could wipe out millions. Congratulations, guys.
• Teaming up > Local pro athletes have joined forces to build a training facility for all sports.
• Trace Adkins to appear in January issue of Good Housekeeping
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy opens in Chico this Friday
• My Week With Marilyn starts this Friday at The Pageant Theatre
• Enloe honors late Dr. John Howard
• Death Notices for Jan. 4
• Man gets 27 years in prison for 2010 botched robbery
• DVDs for Troops drive meets strong success
• 19-year-old traveling with juvenile girls arrested on drug charges
• Cow thrown into car windshield walks away soon after accident
• PG&E issues 'flat to moderate' gas, electric rate hikes this year
• Suspected gunman arrested in connection with Marysville slaying
• The Shasta District Fairgrounds hosts the Jukebox Music Festival July 20-22nd
• Trouble looms ahead for Medicare
• What happens when two-month 'doc fix' runs out?
• Avoid DUI programs result in 102 arrests in Butte County
• Community garden program set to branch out
• Two cars collide on Pentz Road Monday causing road blockage
• Technology, building on CUSD agenda
• Feather River open to steelhead trout fishing
• Alcohol-related traffic deaths in Butte County rise
• Fanatic about Aaron Rodgers: Crowd turns up for TV filming despite the quarterback's absence
• Budding entrepreneur sees opportunity at Packers event in Chico
• Grinning and bearing it: Hundreds welcome the new year with a One-Mile dip
• Boy Scouting program has new executive, new store
• Student receives Enloe scholarship
• At home in Oroville: Tracy Realty Co. has been around for 100 years
• Update on elimination of RDA on Chico City Council agenda
• News of our past for Jan. 2
• Police deaths skyrocket in U.S.; Glenn County sheriff alarmed that most are by gunfire
• Correction for Jan. 1
• Images of 2011 through the eyes of our photographers
• Prices of milk rebound as global dairy demand is up
• Death Notice for Jan. 1
• Study shows same yields for conventional, no-till farming
• FFA, resource conservation district form a partnership
• Mansion fundraiser registration will be today at Bidwell's One-Mile
• Chico stunned by five homicides in 2011
• The year in review: E-R's top stories of 2011 continue with football, pot, mansion
• Weather and rule breakers lead to smoky air despite Chico's burn ban
• Police eliminate man as suspect in attempted robbery
• Lando takes reins of Enloe board of trustees
• Chico-area woman injured in rollover
• Ladies' Night Out is Thursday in Magalia
• Country Music - Top 10 Country Artists of 2011
• Man could use insanity defense in case of mother's death
• Court decision on RDA funds to cost city millions
• Man could use the insanity defense in case of mom's death
• Newspaper staff members pick the top stories of 2011
• Butte's Most Wanted for Dec. 30
• Registration for fundraiser on New Year's day
• Guided hike to remote Lake Oroville site planned Jan. 1
• Paradise DMV office to close at noon today
• Recent house fires prompt official warning to 'can your ashes'
• Thefts north of Chico appear to be slowing, but residents still taking precautions
• Tales of random generosity keep coming out in Chico
• Two men hurt in large downtown Chico fight
• Fish and Game wardens kill two pigs along freeway in central Chico
• Charges in Sacramento delay local arraignment for Oroville shooting suspect
• Books for babies in Butte County
• Paradise man could face six years in prison for Magalia home invasion
• School Time for Dec. 29
• Volunteer to help people get off the grid! > New nonprofit solar contractor GRID Alternatives needs volunteers to help low-income residents get off the grid.
• Dissolution > Nothing lasts forever.
• Maternity leave with benefits > New law expands continued health-insurance coverage.
• Shooting the messenger > Andy Holcombe is right: The process for reporting racial-profiling complaints is broken and needs to be fixed.
• Patients want access to their records > But some doctors are wary of consequences of openness.
• Letters for December 29, 2011 >
• Free health care for the poor > Poor residents of several North State counties may become eligible for free health care under new federal program.
• Protect our groundwater now > Think our groundwater is safe? Think again.
• Progress on reform in 2011 > A health-care expert outlines the major steps California took in 2011 toward full implementation of the Affordable Care Act.
• A shoddy report > ProPublica’s examination of the state redistricting process lacks credibility.
• Green New Year > Start 2012 off right with eco-resolutions.
• Black-market earnings > Who’s profiting from the feds’ crackdown on medical marijuana? Outlaw growers and dealers, that’s who.
• Sea Shepherd goes high-tech > Military-style drones help locate Japanese whalers.
• Come Back to Us > Zach Rogue ups his game with Release the Sunbird.
• Clean Air Act updated > New regulations aim to curb emissions of mercury and other poisons.
• Hatin’ is bad > “Party Rock Anthem” for 2011.
• Extreme weather in 2011 > More than a dozen billion-dollar disasters.
• Island holiday > Hawaiian seafood appetizer comes to the mainland.
• The big three—air, water and food > 2011 saw a number of news stories focused on the protection of the quality of our air, water and healthful food supply.
• The Secret History of MI6: 1909-1949 > The real history of spying.
• Young Adult >
• Blue Nights > Joan Didion’s blue nights of struggle.
• Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows >
• Arts DEVO > The 2011 superwinners are:
• The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo >
• What were they thinking? > A look at some of the more bizarre happenings of 2011.
• The Darkest Hour >
• Other notable stories in 2011 >
• 2011: Year in film > A good year at the movies.
• Top 10 of 2011 > What were the year’s biggest stories? Here are the CN&R editors’ picks.
• Spielberg’s world > Steven Spielberg owns two screens.
• The no-hangover game plan > Take care of your body this New Year’s Eve.
• Wonder woman > Janine Rood, new executive director of Chico Velo, talks bikes, yoga and life goals.
• Chico's shadow people: trying to climb out
• Man allegedly drove around Chico with mother's body before hiding it in septic tank
• Death Notices for Dec. 28
• California Highway Patrol: Chico teens hurt in I-5 crash with big rig
• Professional dancer from Chico hosts meet-and-greet tonight
• Man tells tale of skull discovery
• Clerk battles two robbers at mini-mart
• Christmas gift to the rescue
• Snow Goose Festival 2012
• The 10 worst films of 2011
• The 10 best films of 2011
• The Shadow people: Home under a bridge, sharing life with animals and alcohol
• Wild mushrooms nothing to toy with
• Police arrest suspect in choking case
• Death Notices for Dec. 27
• Wood fire ban today inside Chico city limits
• Indoor wood fire ban in effect today inside Chico city limits
• Telephone tax modification could go before Chico voters in November
• Suspect in deadly Oroville shooting arrested
• The shadow people, Part 2: Different views of life on the street in Butte County
• News of our past for Dec. 26
• Blog Log for Dec. 26
• Woman strangled in altercation with boyfriend on Christmas day
• On the move
• Death Notices for Dec. 25
• Some local restaurants will be open today
• Chico manufacturer is familiar company
• The shadow people: Never really out of sight but invisible to much of society
• Christmas dinner in Oroville draws a crowd
• Magalia Community Church welcomes new pastor
• NORAD, space station help with Santa tracking today
• Oroville shooting suspect remains at large
• Huge metal object along Highway 99 near Chico is identified
• Marine's return packs Chico airport terminal
• Needy and volunteers gain from dinner at Jesus Center
• Woman's body is found in septic tank in Chico; son to be charged
• Death Notices for Dec. 24
• Lookout Point provides wedding with a view for Chico woman
• Oroville police name suspect and victim in fatal shooting
• Blue Santa brightens holiday spirit
• Correction for Dec. 23
• Death Notices for Dec. 23
• Three suspects sought in connection with Dayton home invasion robbery Thursday; reportedly stole marijuana
• Hearing delayed until January for jail employee charged with alleged bribery
• Butte's Most Wanted for Dec. 23
• Police Report for Dec. 23
• River forum committee plans to hold meeting
• Chico woman hit by pickup in Davis dies
• Death Notices for Dec. 22
• Marshals nab Texas fugitive in Oroville
• Investigators: Democrats manipulated redistricting effort
• Tehama prison camp walk-away is recaptured, booked into jail
• Crime on rise in areas north of Chico
• New health coverage coming to north valley
• Six-hour standoff in Red Bluff ends with arrest of Redding homicide suspect
• Shooting leaves one dead, two known injured
• Mapping San Joaquin Valley > A UC Davis study has mapped the San Joaquin Valley according to socioeconomic factors.
• No Regrets > Space Ace is still orbiting.
• EHR: A ‘one-stop shop’ for patients’ medical records > Oroville Hospital is one of the first 100 facilities in the United States to achieve the first stage of “meaningful use” certification for its electronic health-records s
• Arts DEVO > Art of arts photos.
• Green workout plan > Here are some eco-friendly workout tips for the New Year.
• Come dancin’ > Every body can dance.
• Young Adult > Arrested development.
• Green workout plan > Here are some eco-friendly workout tips for the New Year.
• Presidential politics > Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich are neck and neck.
• An exciting game >
• The Susitna be dammed > The US could approve plans to build a megadam on Alaska’s Susitna River.
• Racking up the charges > Police still seeking Freddie Varao.
• Incredi-story > Chico chiropractor Jackson Corley invents socks and braces to ease his pain.
• California goes electric? > California accounts for the majority of national and international electric vehicle investment.
• It’s parliamentary, sort of > Procedure expert calls out school board on recent election.
• Deduction > One mystery at a time.
• Canada withdraws from Kyoto > Canada’s withdrawal from the Kyoto Protocol has drawn the ire of China and Japan.
• Enloe owes family $3 million > Jury finds hospital’s negligence led to patient’s death.
• Lou and Martha > For 42 years they lived in an isolated tree house in Butte Creek Canyon, and nobody paid them much mind. Then Lou disappeared ….
• Water, water everywhere > Rainwater harvesting is easier and cheaper than you think.
• Bah, humbug! > Newspaper delivery woman fired over holiday note.
• Letters for December 22, 2011 >
• A question of priorities > Would ranking budget needs help or hinder the city’s budgeting process? Your City Council wants to know.
• Watching for WalMartians > They’re poster people for a country in trouble.
• Telling history through tombstones > Tours of Chico Cemetery offer insight into the town’s past.
• The tax quandary > Californians don’t like the cuts being imposed on higher education, but they’re unwilling to do anything about it.
• Ash pile raises concerns > It’s bigger than a football field, 20 feet high and may contain toxic heavy metals.
• Unconstitutional acts > The Constitution requires the Senate to confirm judicial appointments, but Republicans are using the filibuster to avoid voting.
• Waiting for Christmas > A tradition continues: Read Zu Vincent’s latest Christmastime short story.
• The heat’s on > Despite the worst year in history for greenhouse gases, nations failed to act at the Durban climate-change talks.
• Don’t stick your head in the (tar-)sand! > Blue Oak School goes solar; Habitat needs help; and please learn more about the Alberta tar-sands oil project (it’s a nasty business!).
• Christmas in July > Christmas in many languages.
• Holidays can be dangerous > Heart-related deaths increase by 5 percent between Christmas and New Year’s.
• Gift of jazz > Icons of jazz, live in your home.
• Cesarean deliveries on the rise > California’s hospitals have reported a 50 percent rise in surgical deliveries over the past decade.
• Melt with you > Two women, booze and ice cream.
• California: stingy on health care? > A study finds California spends less on health care per resident than most of the states.
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim > Kill the dragons.
• Magalia man shot to death after reportedly forcing way into home
• Movie review: Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
• Movie review: Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
• Death Notices for Dec. 21
• Correction for Dec. 21
• DUI arrests for first holiday weekend up
• Man to face trial in shooting at downtown Chico bar
• Sentencing date set for man who framed his girlfriend after attack
• Feinstein explains opposition to Oroville tribe's casino plans
• One woman hospitalized, part of highway closed after accident
• Inmate sought after walking away from Tehama County camp
• Secret Santa: Families get great Christmas because of anonymous man
• Police arrest man accused of entering sleeping woman's room
• Boys arrested on suspicion of vandalizing van, attempting arson
• Police recover stolen vehicle after caller reports driver as reckless
• Paradise man faces murder charge
• Car stopped in Oroville on report of abduction
• Dozens of tire slashings reported
• Police seek suspect following Chico car chase
• RCA Nashville to release Martina McBride's 'Hits And More' on January 17th
• Businesses come together to help Bidwell Mansion
• Union contract under Chico City Council consideration
• Officials hear comments on police racial profiling
• Regional center for the disabled fears 2012 cuts
• Blog Log for Dec. 19
• Correction for Dec. 19
• Night tours aim to keep Bidwell mansion's lights on
• See The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo a day early at Cinemark 14
• A Christmas Story plays this week at The El Rey Theatre
• Senior citizen flash mob brings joy through performances
• Santa surprises 'adopted' families, kids
• Indoor wood fire ban in effect today in Chico
• Lawsuit dismissal won't change much
• Las Plumas FFA hosts annual dinner
• Annual farm breakfast set for February
• Parasitic wasp fights invasive citrus pests
• Some reports back on track after cutbacks
• Chico boy is on a roll with bike giveaway
• Defense rests in trial of pot grower
• November jobless numbers hit near-record low for Butte County
• Great gifts come from Butte County farms
• Chico merchants challenged to rally for Bidwell Mansion
• DUI patrol campaign to start Monday in Butte County
• Correction for Dec. 17
• Death Notices for Dec. 17
• Sierra Nevada's CEO site hunting in North Carolina
• Pot dispensary ban going back to Butte supervisors
• Butte sheriff's boat stuck on gravel bar for 24 hours
• Body of man missing 10 days found near his Forest Ranch home
• Angry outburst prompts ouster of Redding NORML chief
• Police Report
• Assemblyman Nielsen: 'Trigger cuts' were avoidable
• Applications in, but CUSD and Lake School are left out on state funding
• Interview: Jennifer L. Jacobson on “Nerd-Approved Films to See Before You Die”
• Former Magalia man gets 8 years for child sex abuse
• Trial for 2006 Gridley stabbing death postponed six months
• More fundraisers pledged to keep Bidwell Mansion open
• Hearing delayed for Oroville developer charged with child sex abuse
• Line replacement offers a job with a view
• Sutter Buttes trip looks for migratory birds
• Red Bluff mother reportedly attempts to kill teenage son twice
• Death Notices for Dec. 15
• Hooked on the cause > In his three decades in Chico, Kelly Meagher has had a huge influence as an activist and a bankroller of environmental causes.
• The Yule Logs > It’s a twisted Christmas.
• Killer cereal > That bowl might as well contain a Twinkie.
• The Black Keys > The Black Keys take a victory lap.
• On the road, happy to find a good meal in … Nebraska?! > Healthful food (and other enviro-friendly options) are hard to come by on the open road.
• Festive colors > Reds and whites for your holiday table.
• Mindful eating and stress reduction > Stress reduction and mindful eating techniques are good ways to reduce body fat, according to a new study.
• Townie—A Memoir > Andre Dubus, townie, author’s son.
• State of unhealth? > California ranks in the middle of the pack for health, again.
• Arts DEVO > Cow guts and tasty beer.
• Cannabis, opiates team up > A UCSF study suggests a combination of opiates and marijuana provides more pain relief than opiates alone.
• Sacred art > Jesus is The Man at thought-provoking group show.
• Confessions of an asthmatic > The author talks about how he became aware of having asthma and allergies.
• Salty theater > Underwater theater.
• The Skin I Live In > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• No gifts in the landfill > Biodegradable and compostable gifts.
• Majority supports governor’s tax plan > New poll shows they’re concerned about budget cuts.
• In his son’s shoes > Sheen and Estevez collaborate for moving father-son story.
• Of bees and plants > Climate change could throw bees and plants out of sync, altering the pollination cycle.
• Motorcyclist killed in collision > The Butte College student succumbed to injuries following high-speed crash.
• The kids are not all right > Jonah Hill slacks off again in familiar raunchy territory.
• Climate law gets thumbs up > A San Francisco Superior Court judge has ruled the state’s carbon cap-and-trade law will move forward.
• BEC questions affordable-housing project > Organization argues the environmental review was inadequate.
• Chico’s boxing champ > Chico native Ava Knight earns world title.
• Mexico suffers extreme drought > Mexico’s dry spell is the worst in the nation’s 70-year recorded history.
• State budget trigger cuts take hold > Higher education, health care hit hardest.
• Ram Dass pats me on the head > A story to tell my grandchildren.
• Protecting prime land > Northern California Regional Land Trust board president Tod Kimmelshue shares the dirt on agricultural easements.
• Everybody loves Dave > Longtime Chico State newspaper adviser steps down.
• What’s a monCA? > It’s a museum, and last weekend it launched with a bang.
• Charges fly over PG&E grant > Council member charges conflict of interest in awarding of contract.
• Letters for December 15, 2011 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• The quandary of being Michael Jackson > The artist represented his desire to transcend racial identification by changing his body, but did he succeed? Yes and no, says this professor.
• Spouting multiple anti-Israel falsehoods > Recent letter, news article in the CN&R promote ‘hateful, one-sided demonization.’
• A soldier’s welcome > Families greet men and women from local National Guard as they return from Afghanistan in time for Christmas.
• Spending wisely > How you spend your gift-giving dollars can make a big difference.
• In others’ words > Friends and associates on how they met Meagher and what he’s meant to the community.
• Reconsidering retirement > It’s time for Chico’s City Council to take a hard look at benefits packages.
• Young Adult opens this Friday at The Pageant Theatre
• See Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol a day early at Cinemark 14
• Mystery gifts spread holiday cheer in Chico
• Gridley band returns from 'experience of a lifetime': Students describe performing in first Pearl Harbor Memorial Parade
• Their daughter's big feat: 'Amazing Race' winner has proud Chico parents
• Rescue team sent to help stranded men with no food or shelter
• Glenn County sets holiday DUI crackdown schedule; starts Friday
• Group to sow community garden proposal with Chico City Council
• Indoor wood fire ban in effect again today inside Chico city limits
• Brown's announcement means $4.1 million cut for Chico State
• Motorcyclist succumbs to crash injuries
• Butte County receives preparedness award
• Herger: Spy plane seems secure at Beale Air Force base
• Park panel turns down PG&E request
• Willows Council to select mayor, decide on tax increase study
• Heeding the appeal of the bell ringers
• Loss of women's prison leaves hole in Live Oak
• Biggs man arrested after high speed chase in Glenn County
• Christmas dreams come alive in Northern California Ballet's 'Nutcracker'
• Butte County Jail crowded; prisoner realignment shifts 110 to county lockup
• Chico State's 'Mindful Campus' a contemplative bunch
• Last Butte County Board of Supervisor's meeting could be marathon
• Blog Log for Dec. 12
• Police hear racial profiling discussion
• Indoor wood fire ban in effect in Chico city limits today
• Santa visits Paradise's Gold Nugget Museum
• Meet Santa and watch him conquer aliens this weekend at The Pageant Theatre
• Christmas Vacation and Scrooged play this week at The El Rey Theatre
• Tour of Lights: Where to go, what to see
• Motorcyclist injured in crash
• Roadwork Roundup for Dec. 11
• Parade lights up downtown Oroville
• Indoor wood fire ban in effect today
• New home grants 20-year Christmas wish
• Farm Bureau leadership is re-elected
• Court affirms verdict in case of altered rice
• Kenny Chesney's 'Hemingway's Whiskey' goes Platinum
• Death Notices
• Returned missionary to talk about Brazil experience
• Advent Wednesdays to be observed at Faith Lutheran
• Advent Wednesdays to be observed at Faith Lutheran
• Author, radio host to speak tonight, Sunday
• Southern Baptist to host free banquet today
• Chabad Jewish Center starts Talmudic Ethics
• Free seminar to cover alcoholic beverage licensing for nonprofits
• Final batch of fishers released in an effort to re-establish population
• Death Notices for Dec. 9
• Tailgate party fundraiser benefits church, community programs
• Man sentenced for pot grow with 4,277 plants faces deportation
• Bail in Hamilton City taco truck shooting at $7 million
• Public gets peek at new museum
• New trial date to be set in stabbing case
• Abbey of New Clairvaux: Last medieval stone piece gets installed at chapter house
• New assets for Rise of The Planet of the Apes
• Movie review: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1
• Several dogs rescued in fire that damages west Chico home
• Arrests made in Hamilton City taco truck shooting
• Cafe Culture shooter sentenced to more than 18 years in prison
• 'A sad day': Pearl Harbor survivors gather at Gridley fairgrounds for last time
• School Time for Dec. 8
• Big push needed to sustain Bidwell Mansion this year
• Chico couple sentenced for drug sales
• Man changes plea in ridge torture case
• Competition for Logue > Former Major League Baseball player Rick Bosetti vies for Assembly seat.
• Shadow cinema > A roundup of the year’s best films that did not make it to local theaters.
• Predictions differ drastically > Climate-change projections from the UN and Oregon State are miles apart.
• Panama’s Mowry: No contest > Owner of the popular Chico bar pleads in video-camera case.
• His highness > Steve Trotter provides great recycling services with Butte County’s Junk King franchise.
• Keystone XL to flow west? > A new, western route for the controversial pipeline is being considered by Canadian oil firms.
• House concerts on hold > Supervisors table zoning ordinance for further review.
• Clean as a whistle > I love my colon.
• Home sales for December 8, 2011 >
• Pipeline documents sealed > A 60-year-old law prevents the public from accessing documents regarding California’s oil pipelines.
• Charges dropped against Medi-pot collective Mountainside > District Attorney’s Office decides to drop charges due to illness of lead defendant.
• The Republican roadshow > They’re an entertaining bunch, but what if one of them wins?
• Daily grind as ‘great journey’ > Access Information Management boasts sustainable practices as it does the work of shredding and storing documents.
• Homeless for the holidays > The Chico Cat Coalition is searching for a new facility to house 60 cats under its care.
• Letters for December 8, 2011 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• Chico City Council embraces new group to run Channel 11 > City wants to expand local-government offerings on community-access TV, but other programming remains to be seen.
• My brush with Charles Reed > Why is such a self-absorbed, uninspiring man in charge of the CSU?
• Chico gets another slice of ‘occu’ pie > Occupy Chico State sets up camp on campus.
• Surrendering our values > A provision in the federal defense appropriations would empower the military to detain indefinitely anyone it suspects of terrorism connections, even on American soil. This is a travesty that President Obama should veto.
• Hail to the chief > The top cop, Mike Maloney, reflects on 32 years in law enforcement leading up to an early retirement.
• Two radical reforms > Would Dan Logue’s proposal to make the Legislature part-time work? Or is there an even more radical—and potentially more effective—proposal in the mix?
• Jedermann Remixed > Soundtrack meets concept album.
• Good eats > Chico culinary experts share their secrets to preparing your favorites.
• Sounds of Brazil > Longing for Ipanema.
• Living a crap-free life > Less crap=better life.
• The world according to Thoth > The weird and wonderful Thoth visits Chico.
• Healthful holiday cheer > Head to Chico Natty for healthful rice nog.
• Warm and inviting > The Pour House offers good food and specialty ‘local’ ales.
• Disease and climate change > The spread of the Australian Hendra virus raises concern about the connection between disease and climate change.
• Five Chiefs > A Supreme memoir.
• Herbicide affects hormone levels > Women who drink water contaminated with a common herbicide have reported irregular menstrual cycles.
• Arts DEVO > A week for art.
• Mental-health needs unmet > Most of California’s mentally ill are not receiving proper care, if any.
• Babylon rising > Two Chico MC’s open Babylon Community Art Center.
• The Muppets > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• ‘Disease of the modern lifestyle’ > It’s not just the elderly that are at risk for heart attack and stroke—lifestyle is a significant factor.
• TV politics > Your favorite shows might reveal your political leanings.
• Hugo > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• PG&E pays you to conserve > Reduce your gas, and get paid for it.
• Movie review: Young Adult
• Movie review: New Year’s Eve
• The Skin I Live In and The Way start this Friday at The Pageant Theatre
• Death Notices for Dec. 7
• Felon with three strikes faces trial for domestic violence
• Traffic delays Thursday on Clark Road
• PG&E to do helicopter patrols today
• Linscheid: More presidential applicants needed
• Pearl Harbor ceremony will be held today
• Man sentenced to prison following probation violation
• North Valley population growth slow
• Breaking fellowship: Date lives in infamy for pair of Pearl Harbor survivors, but memorial group to be no more
• First arrest in large firearms theft
• Man allegedly trying to quiet neighbors pulls knife
• Indoor wood fire ban in effect today in Chico
• Study continues on backyard eggs
• Task force floats plastic bag ban
• Kendall Hall remains locked; protesters man tents
• Campus Clips for Dec. 6
• Chico Chamber of Commerce chief says good-bye
• Quite the sensation: Hundreds attend Chico Dance Sensation
• The Chico Stansbury Home opens its doors for a peek into the past
• Part-time occupation: Occupy Chico protesters to cease sleeping in the park overnight
• Three meetings today on Municipal Auditorium
• Blog Log for Dec. 5
• Council set to discuss public television station
• Patients benefit from 'Look Good' workshop
• Chris Young to perform on the American Country Awards
• Farm Briefs for Dec. 4
• Death Notice for Dec. 4
• Morning blaze displaces family
• Vegetation fire put out quickly
• Man hit by car while fleeing after fight
• Roadwork Roundup for Dec. 4
• Bidwell Park trail gets TLC from professionals, volunteers
• Motorcyclists ride in Butte County for a good cause
• Home Alone and Die Hard play this week at The El Rey Theatre
• University Film Series presents: House of Sand
• Chico Movie: Dec. 5-11
• Five of eight defendants in Lake Oroville area pot grow to face trial
• Nominations being taken for Chico homes light-decorated for Christmas
• Protest at Chico State mellow on second day; campers stayed through the night
• Mail thefts at post office under federal investigation
• Pair that helped Chico get PG&E grant getting paid from it
• Chico police chief will end 32-year law enforcement career
• Creche Exhibit continues today, Sunday
• Chico Planning Commission approves planned apartment complex modifications
• Some local companies doing well, but north valley has issues
• Mailbox break-ins continue at downtown Chico post office
• Chico State students establish "occupation zone"
• Butte's most wanted
• Butte County NAMI walk committee to meet on Monday
• Mistletoe party Sunday at Oroville's historic Lott Home
• Admission, parking free at annual Chico Christmas Faire this year
• CHP officer blind-sided, hit by bicyclist
• Several university buildings closed, no threat materialize
• Trial ordered for pair arrested with pot plants
• Local bar owner changes plea in hidden camera case
• School Time for Dec. 1
• Man receives eight years in prison for thefts
• Creches on display through Sunday
• Student attacked faces long recovery
• Cops hunt suspect in west Chico stabbing
• County inmates to strain local health care > The displacement of 34,000 California inmates to county jurisdictions will take a toll on community health-care providers.
• Obama on the Couch > Obama’s psyche.
• Europe bans airport X-ray scanners > The European Union has prohibited the use of X-ray scanners in airports due to health concerns.
• Arts DEVO > Make way for Thoth, and bon voyage to Christine.
• The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part One > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Chiropractic couple > Husband-and-wife chiropractic team treats spinal problems and promotes wellness.
• What’s a Holga? > Thomas Michael Alleman captures post-9/11 despair with $17 plastic camera.
• Like Crazy > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Always organic? > The Daily Green releases list of the “Clean 15” fruits and veggies that are OK to buy nonorganic.
• Bad economy equals fewer births > People have fewer children in times of economic trouble.
• The Muppets > Time to get things started …
• Extreme weather will get more extreme > UN scientists warn extreme weather patterns will only get worse this century.
• Café Culture gone for good > The eclectic venue shuts doors for good.
• Invention of Scorsese > Scorsese’s fantastical adaptation of The Invention of Hugo Cabret.
• Giant ice slab to combat climate change > Mongolia will construct a giant block of ice this winter in an effort to cool the nation’s capital during summer months.
• Occupiers eye Kendall Hall > Group plans occupation of Chico State’s administration building.
• Mobility guru > Zak Schulps can act, rock out and has a famous cousin, but his real passion is helping people recover from physical pain and difficulties.
• More clean vehicles on California streets > A proposed law would force California automakers to produce more electric vehicles starting in 2018.
• Bomb threat at Chico State > Two buildings closed while officials search for weapon.
• Appearances > Keeping them up, or not.
• Meet the lavender lady > Nancy Metz and her fragrant lavender products are a familiar sight at the Saturday Chico Certified Farmers’ Market.
• Butte County court employees face layoffs > State funding is cut under realignment; some staffers may be rehired.
• A study in corruption > Buying influence is legal, but that doesn’t make it right.
• Budget cuts hit Butte’s learning disabled > Funding for testing is cut, so students are on their own in getting diagnosed.
• Letters for December 1, 2011 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• Couple work with county to keep house concerts alive > Neighbors clash with Birdhouse owners over frequency, size of events.
• AIDS is still with us > Risk is greatest for those under 30.
• Dream Act on ICE > High-achieving Chico State grad faces deportation to Peru.
• Setting the stage > The federal budget cuts triggered by the failure of the super committee will focus the presidential debates on what the country wants government to do and how to pay for it.
• Do flame retardants save lives? > There’s no simple answer.
• Animal shelter is in good hands > But city needs to look for cost efficiencies.
• Money to burn > How the chemical industry spent millions in California to keep flame retardants in furniture.
• Lloyd Jones > Acoustic blues with Lloyd.
• Wild mushrooms can kill you! > Think before you eat.
• Assorted fruits of wrath > An inside look at the upcoming EP by Chico’s Clouds on Strings.
• Dave’s Killer Bread > Oregon ex-con “doing his best to make the world a better place … one loaf of bread at a time.”
• Take the drive > Farwood Bar & Grill in Orland is worth the trip.
• Pizza: the forgotten vegetable? > Congress has sided with the frozen-food industry on how much pizza sauce constitutes a serving of vegetables.
• Orange Sunshine > Trippin’ with The Brotherhood.
• Bird lover honored at sunset on new viewing platform
• Man shot at marijuana farm waives preliminary hearing
• See Moneyball and The Ides of March for the price of one admission
• Group plans to occupy Kendall Hall
• Copper wire theft leaves CARD field without lighting
• This space for rent: Chico moves forward with plan to rent empty city office space
• Correction for Nov. 30
• Men change pleas for assault on bike path near Chico State
• Death Notices for Nov. 30
• Prosecutors refile charges in Biggs stabbing case
• Retired Public Employees will host holiday lunch on Thursday
• Santa to arrive at Elks Lodge Children's Christmas Party
• Commission considers new plan for disputed apartment project
• Alternative fuels training class to be presented by Transfer Flow
• Nominations being taken for Oroville, Chico homes decorated for holidays
• Meditation teachers lead workshops
• Man allegedly robs Hamilton City market
• Pedestrian dies after being hit by vehicle
• Carriage ride in Butte Valley proves scenic
• Help sought for an injured PV senior
• First Chico wood fire ban in effect today
• Panel wants more study of paragliding option in Bidwell Park
• Panel to discuss paragliding in Bidwell Park during meeting tonight
• Glenn clinic adds adults to clientele
• Craft fair in Orland attracts shoppers
• Housing counselor has advice for Butte County homeowners in trouble
• Retirement plans up in the air for longtime Butte County firefighter
• Early births less common at hospitals in Chico, Oroville and Paradise
• Chico's Casa De Flores mobile home park has electrical outage
• University Film Series presents: Three Times
• Movie review: The Descendants
• Death Notices for Nov. 27
• Gateway museum shows off Chico's colors
• Roadwork Roundup for Nov. 27
• Plan could deal with Teichert Ponds' periodic smell
• Foundation established for Teichert Ponds' future
• Chico merchants enjoy day dedicated to "shopping small"
• Mandarin Harvest Festival goes on in Oroville, even though its star isn't ready
• The 'CMA Country Christmas' special will air on ABC on December 1st
• Faith Lutheran begins Advent Wednesdays
• Willows' oldest church celebrating 100th anniversary
• Death Notices for Nov. 26
• Traffic stop leads to arrest of Chico's most wanted
• Orders for wreaths to be taken at Orland craft fair today, Sunday
• Former longtime Chico banker Steveson succumbs to cancer
• Armed robber leaves pharmacy empty-handed
• Embers start fire in home
• Butte's Most Wanted for Nov. 25
• Hard times ahead for community Bingo
• Police Report
• Chico State building plans await more money
• Spotty progress on childhood obesity; long way to go
• Fire damages part of Oroville home
• Dishing it up at the Salvation Army
• Run for Food organizers: It's all about helping out
• Movie review: Hugo
• Butte County food banks running low, seek help
• Jesus Center offers a warm welcome and Thanksgiving meal
• Museum hosts annual holiday open house
• Toy, canned food drive kicks off Friday
• Glenn County landfill reports crude burglary
• Salvation Army offers dinners locally today
• School Time for Nov. 24
• Woman changes plea for fatal shooting in Durham
• Cheery and dreary > National Adoption Day offers an opportunity to celebrate family while shining a light on the secretive foster-care system.
• Students’ understandable anger > Wall Street caused the recession, Republican legislators are prolonging it, and students are taking the brunt of it. No wonder they’re angry.
• Our local heroes > We give thanks for those who work selflessly to make Chico—and the world—a better place.
• Chico’s ‘unprecedented’ memorial > After acknowledging they had no policy regarding such matters, council members voted to place a memorial statue of Gen. Vang Pao in a prominent spot just outside the council chambers.
• Trick your inner glutton > Fool yourself into eating and drinking less.
• Andy Statman > Mazel tov, Brooklyn.
• Deny climate change at your (and everyone else’s) peril > Naomi Klein rocks the climate-change arena with her latest piece, “Capitalism vs. the Climate”; plus, Swedish pigeons use mass transit.
• Big Pete > Dutch blues.
• New leadership for Enloe Foundation > Chico Chamber of Commerce CEO Jolene Francis will guide Enloe Foundation beginning Dec. 5.
• Music is a mirror > Grammy-winner Keb’ Mo’ talks blues and interviews.
• Tracking drugs on the web > The CDC has implemented a new system to monitor the use of antibiotics in hospitals.
• Drug nuts? > FDA to walnut growers: Your nuts are drugs.
• Pollution, poverty take toll > Residents of the San Joaquin Valley are at an elevated risk of illness and premature death.
• Van Gogh: The Life > Taking a new look at the life of Van Gogh.
• Have a safe trip! > Local doctor is just one of the numerous resources available to those wanting to stay healthy while traveling.
• ’Tis the season for teasin’ > Have yourself a sexy little Christmas.
• Green day > Go green this turkey day.
• Arts DEVO > A legend among us, and the day Pavement came to town.
• J. Edgar > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Grand Canyon bottle-ban nixed > Coca-Cola effectively pressured Grand Canyon officials into calling off a plastic-bottle ban.
• Poll: Higher ed headed in wrong direction > Californians believe their public higher-education system is suffering because of budget cuts.
• Anonymous > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Federal prison for haz-mat violator > California man receives lengthy sentence for illegal hazardous-materials storage.
• Dispensary wins appeal > North Valley Holistic Health wins code-enforcement appeal.
• I vant to suck your brains > Vapid and unintentionally funny, latest Twilight installment is for Twi-hards only.
• Too much clean-energy funding? > Critics of the Obama administration’s 2009 stimulus plan say subsidies have been too generous to big business.
• Business promoters look to regroup > Chamber, CEPCO ponder reunification to “maximize” efforts.
• Singing sushi chef > Andrew Hahn is a young man of many talents.
• Planes, trains & automobiles—kid-sized and green > Chico Toys makes Black Friday green by offering environmentally friendly, locally made heirloom toys for the holidays.
• Supes stream live > The Butte County Board of Supervisors’ meetings will soon be streamed live online.
• Whole lotta love > For Chico, that is.
• Off-roaders decry loss of access > Forest Service says it’s just trying to protect habitat, watershed.
• Tricky questions > Chico Police Department community survey veers into politics.
• Direct democracy in action > Does the initiative process still work? On its 100th anniversary, we ask some local progressives.
• Letters for November 24, 2011 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• Middle East activism > Local grandmothers are home after helping with olive harvest in Palestinian West Bank.
• Chico City Plaza five years later > Now we can see it was tax dollars well spent.
• Movie review: My Week with Marilyn
• Signatures delivered to halt marijuana law
• Landlord: Tree, planter removed for public safety
• A novel idea: Bidwell staff allowing New Year's party to keep mansion open
• Death Notices for Nov. 23
• Obama signs Herger bill on 3 percent withholding
• Enterprise-Record will compile list of homes decorated for Christmas in Chico
• Community Thanksgiving dinners served today in Chico, Oroville
• Thanksgiving run in Bidwell Park tradition for thousands of locals
• Two serious incidents in Cedar Grove prompt warning from police
• Man, two children displaced by blaze in Magalia
• Movie review: The Muppets
• Car stop yields 60 pounds of pot, stolen gun
• Investigation into alleged stabbing, assault hits dead end
• Campus Clips for Nov. 22
• Death Notices for Nov. 22
• Jury deliberations stall in murder trial
• Axiom youth center hosts Thanksgiving dinner Wednesday
• Chico Chamber of Commerce, CEPCO reunification considered
• Salvation Army Chico Corps seeks Thanksgiving donations
• Movie review: Arthur Christmas
• Taylor Swift picks up three American Music Awards including Artist of the Year
• Like Crazy opens this Wednesday at The Pageant Theatre
• State support extended for Butte Interagency Narcotics Task Force
• Christmas Preview spreads cheer in downtown Chico
• Death Notice for Nov. 21
• Blog Log for Nov. 21
• Mendocino Forest Christmas tree permits available now
• Ehmann Home in Oroville celebrates 100 years
• Medical marijuana, subsurface water on Butte supervisors' agenda Tuesday
• Chico State University student is livestock judge winner
• Coats for Kids distribution kicks off in Chico
• Council set to pick public appointee over mayor for mosquito district board
• People on the Street for Nov. 20
• Chico's Occupy movement still standing strong in City Plaza
• Cards from the heart: Messages for troops created in Oroville
• Chico community leaders ask voters for input on sales tax percent, priorities
• Sales tax hike would actually be a "use tax"
• Chico Movie: Nov. 21-27
• Table Mountain trail proposal to be scoped at meetings
• Killer's death brings closure: Family of Oroville boy relieved death row inmate finally gone
• 'Path to Jesus' to be previewed Sunday
• Historic chapel lights up for Christmas in Magalia
• Meet Mayor Ann Schwab on Saturday
• Princeton woman killed in head-on crash
• Highway open after landslide repairs finished
• First free coat distribution today in Chico
• Early death on the row: Man who killed Oroville boy in famous case hangs himself at San Quentin
• Chico builder's sentencing postponed
• Community is called to action: Bidwell Mansion advocates ask for support to help keep the state park open
• Chico police announce officer's promotion
• Highway 70 project is now completed
• CARD approves Clark memorial
• CSU faculty strike over raises slows campuses
• Police Report Nov. 18
• School Time for Nov. 17
• Expansion project gets hit by vandals
• League of Women Voters seek info on ed issues
• Recreation board to discuss veterans memorial
• University Police Chief Eric Reichel steps down
• CUSD reverses its food regulation requirement
• Girlfriend takes stand in Chico murder trial
• CSU approves $498 tuition hike
• Obama delays Keystone XL > Obama’s administration has delayed TransCanada’s pipeline plans for up to 18 months.
• Credit union tops the polls > Bank survey ranks Golden 1 No. 1 in California.Credit union tops the polls.
• Voodoo child > Ginger Mari Fuller can make all your voodoo-doll dreams come true.
• Point of no return? > Climate experts warn of irreversible damage to the planet if the world doesn’t slow carbon emissions by 2017.
• (Another) tuition hike looms > Chico State students could be paying another $498 come fall 2012.
• Why is Mexico such a dump? > Why is Mexico a dump and why do I hear Mexicans playing polka music?
• Occupy Earth: Humans are the 1 percent > Chico State professor Mark Stemen and others weigh in on the environmental movement to Occupy Earth.
• Violent crime spree hits Chico > Two stabbings, a drive-by shooting and a bank robbery in 72 hours.
• Safe > I’ve got nothing worth locking away.
• Taxing proposal > Idea to increase local sales tax floated.
• Politics and FAIRness > Republicans’ ploy to overturn or delay new district maps.
• Maloney grilled on shelter takeover costs > Projected costs of the city’s takeover of the animal shelter are up—and Police Chief Mike Maloney gets an earful about it.
• Letters for November 17, 2011 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• Locals offer insight into transgender life > On Transgender Day of Remembrance, Chico locals share their stories.
• Choosing the greater good > There are better choices than the lesser of two evils.
• To the big-time and back > KCSC success stories return to Chico to acknowledge the roots of their careers.
• A return to reason > Is the tea party over?
• Across the great divide > Reflections on protest then and now.
• Taxes people like > Recent votes show they will support local taxes—if they know the money will be used well.
• Big Food defector spills beans on corporate food biz > Former Big Food exec Bruce Bradley leads the line-up of notable eco-conscious gentlemen.
• The McCrary Sisters > New gospel.
• Living a long, healthy life > Give thanks for good advice on how to live longer.
• Furlough Fridays > Fridays are for rocking out.
• Poison in baby shampoo > Health groups protest chemicals used in Johnson’s Baby Shampoo.
• Jump on the jam bus > Not a Jerry Garcia reference.
• Dementia center begins construction > A 58-bed facility for dementia treatment in Chico is set to be completed in 2012.
• Where is your cheese grown? > Paying attention to our delicious environment.
• Obama’s health-care plan challenged > Republicans to challenge Obama’s health-care reforms in front of the Supreme Court.
• Eat Local: Simple Steps to Enjoy Real, Healthy & Affordable Food > Food is near.
• A Very Harold & Kumar 3-D Christmas > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Helicopter lifeline > Enloe Medical Center’s innovative FlightCare program has braved the night skies to save lives for more than 25 years.
• Arts DEVO > Thank you for the surprise box, indie rock and house concerts.
• Tower Heist > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Fake or real? > When deciding which kind of Christmas tree to buy, consider these factors.
• From class to stage > Inspire School and Butte College stage classics of different eras.
• Butch Cassidy is back > Neo-spaghetti western resurrects a legend.
• Seven natural wonders revealed > A worldwide poll has determined the new seven wonders of the natural world.
• Meditation walk > Labyrinth in Children’s Park offers opportunity for contemplation.
• Opening the files > Clint Eastwood directs unflinching bio-pic of long-time FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover, starring Leonardo DiCaprio.
• Anonymous opens this weekend at The Pageant Theatre
• Dierks Bentley to release sixth studio album 'Home' on February 7, 2012
• First mail, now firearm thefts in Chico
• City Council approves jobs to run local animal shelter
• Alleged highway assault suspect is heading to trial
• Correction for Nov. 16
• Death Notices for Nov. 16
• Tehama County fire leaves one dead
• Silent auction items to benefit National Guard sought
• Jail inmate says she wants extra police patrols
• Monty Python and the Holy Grail returns to The El Rey Theatre this week
• Death Notices for Nov. 15
• Group plans to give eye screenings for diabetics
• Man found under bus is identified
• Survey completion could result in free meal from arts commission
• Possible closure of Stirling City post office to be discussed today
• Boys & Girls Clubs plan Turkey Time for club members, families
• Several counterfeit $100 bills found behind Orland business
• Chico bank robbed Monday; two possible suspects in custody
• On the path to enlightenment: New labyrinth in Chico aims to help people meditate
• Chico City Council to consider animal shelter budget, Gen. Vang Pao sculpture
• Library of Congress picks Chico State professor as contributing editor
• Scene on the street
• Blog Log for Nov. 14
• Death Notice for Nov. 13
• Farm Briefs for Nov. 13
• Butte student arrested on suspicion of stabbing man
• Roadwork Roundup for Nov. 13
• Chico 5K is for the girls
• Community creates steering committee to save Bidwell Mansion
• Chico Republican Women's Club puts on a show for troops' families
• Chico Movies: November 14-20
• Celebration offers praise, prayers for vets
• Veterans, public enjoy event at Chico airport
• Church opens its doors for free Thanksgiving feast on Sunday
• Lunch & Learn: District staff to share ideas on public education
• Free home foreclosure prevention workshop Wednesday in Oroville
• Upper ridge group holds annual meeting on Nov. 18 in Magalia
• Volunteers are needed for 2012 Gold Nugget Days celebration
• Victim, driver in fatal Highway 99 crash are named
• Death Notices for November 11
• Correction for Nov. 11
• Duo arrested at alleged Oroville puppy mill, pot grow appear in court
• Registration being taken for trail-building classes Saturday
• Gobbling up some turkey
• Committee endorses business incentives
• Police Report for Nov. 11
• Butte's Most Wanted for Nov. 11
• 3 p.m. update: One dead, one hurt in Highway 99 crash south of Chico
• 32-foot Chico Community Labyrinth is set to be dedicated on Friday
• Excitement in the air for Chico Air Museum's debut of F-15 jet on Veterans Day
• Faculty members picket at Chico State University
• Movie review: Like Crazy
• Farm City Tour strolls behind the scenes of agriculture in Butte County
• Blackthorn opens this Sunday at The Pageant Theatre
• All that U.S. Navy jazz as good as it gets
• Kindergarten fair markets to parents
• Free Veterans Day event at Elks Lodge includes music, presentation, history
• Police look for 'candyman' approaching kids
• Re-visionary theater > Raymond Carver and Jacobian lust in the stagelights.
• In Time > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Planning a vegan Thanksgiving > Celebrate Thanksgiving without turkey (or any other animal products)!
• Our schools’ pitiful state > California sinks to the bottom.
• Leaning tower of Ponzi > The little guy gets revenge.
• Plastic-bottle purveyors in hot water > California is suing three companies for printing misleading labels on their water bottles.
• Happy ending > Local filmmaker Gerard Ungerman allowed to return home after being detained in France for 15 months.
• A very funny Christmas > A franchise finds it’s footing again … in 3-D!
• What the frack? > The federal government is set to begin forcing oil companies to document the chemicals they use in fracking oil-extraction.
• Crystal Geyser pulls plug on Orland > Crystal Geyser proposed water-bottling plant killed.
• The lousiest poet in Chico > Local poet launches his own website.
• Green city in the East > China has unveiled plans to construct an “eco-city” in Tianjin by 2020.
• Banking > Nickel and diming.
• Recycling pioneer > Fair Street Recycling’s Jerry Morano has been in the recycling biz since before it was cool.
• Bigwigs talk mansion-saving > State Sen. Doug LaMalfa and Ruth Coleman, director of state parks, talk to Chicoans about how to keep Bidwell Mansion open.
• Taking back our town > Tired of Chico being jacked around by the state? Here’s a path to self-reliance.
• Reporting from Oroville > As Mercury-Register struggles, Mirror looks to grow.
• Letters for November 10, 2011 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• Climate-change debate touches Chico > Local weatherman gets national attention on climate-change debate.
• The value of second chances > The Chico City Council got it right: Addiction can happen to anyone.
• Was solar project a sell-out? > Yes it was, says a local woman. Not at all, responds the Chico school district.
• A Veterans Day test for Republicans > Will Congress finally pass a part of the president’s jobs act?
• Telling war stories > Veterans Day is Friday, but for one man, learning and writing about the group of Chico men who fought in World War II together is a full-time endeavor.
• What now for Occupy Chico? > They’ve made an impact. Now they need to move to the next level.
• Uncovering the past > Chico State class uses rephotography to tell the story of Chico’s past and present.
• Drive Soundtrack > Cool, like ’80s-new-wave-synth cool.
• Sick how? > Is it a cold or the flu?
• Not-so-new music > California E.A.R. Unit misses the mark.
• Poison fish jerky > A former Chico State student and current Chico State professor publish a study that finds dangerous levels of mercury in fish jerky.
• Craving tradition > Tong Fong Low comes to Chico.
• Healthful restaurants on the Ridge > A program has recognized local restaurants offering heart-healthy options on their menus.
• Gobble Gobble > Turkeys, not just for dinner.
• Medi-Cal cuts prompt lawsuit > State hospitals files a lawsuit against the state over a $623 million cut to Medi-Cal providers.
• Destiny of the Republic > James A. Garfield lived before he died.
• The Rum Diary > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Antibiotics overload? > Oroville Hospital’s Dr. Roy Shannon would like to see a ban on the nontherapeutic use of antibiotics in commercial animal agriculture.
• Arts DEVO > Basketball blues.
• Margin Call > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• A particularly timely book > Hervé Kempf’s 2007 book on oligarchical eco-destruction is particularly timely today.
• Death Notices for Nov. 1
• Correction for Nov. 1
• Fries worth stop at CJ's Last Chance Diner
• Campus Clips for Nov. 1
• Christmas tree permits now available
• Jury finds man guilty in stabbing
• Business assistance program extended through this Friday
• Band searching for stolen equipment
• Movie review: In Time
• Conference ends with a call to unity
• When smoke gets in your eyes: Wood smoke regulation period starts Tuesday
• The yard that Halloween built
• Spun and done: 24-hour mountain bike endurance race in Oroville comes to an end
• Death Notice for Oct. 31
• Blog Log for Oct. 31
• Correction for Oct. 31
• Chico leaf pickup resumes Tuesday
• George Jones continues touring into 2012
• Farm Briefs for Oct. 30
• Circus coming to Silver Dollar Fairgrounds
• Water Commission set to meet on Tuesday
• Climate change, park closures discussed
• Nonviolence workshop today at Dharma Center
• Applications available for Oroville Light Parade
• Mansion meeting is scheduled Wednesday
• Dance event thrills Chicoans
• Death Notices for Oct. 29
• Correction for Oct. 29
• Ladies' Nite Out to feature food, music, ministry
• Institute of Religion to have open house
• Trunk or Treat at Esplanade church
• Hobo Stew Night simmering at Baptist church
• Visiting rabbi to lead first social justice program
• Professor finds truth in Buddhism; conference coming to campus Nov. 16-17
• Twilight Saga Tuesdays starts November 1st
• 4.7 foothill quake shakes earth, nerves
• Movie review: Anonymous
• Panel modifies wet weather policy
• RV park killer faces 40 years in prison
• Cops bust pair after stop
• Machete attack trial presents witnesses
• Police Report
• Butte's Most Wanted for Oct. 28
• Man with assault weapon cooperates with local deputies
• Man wounded after shooting at officers
• Mystery pumpkin artist continues working wonders
• Panel to talk about planting fruit trees
• Orland students make push for stronger smoking rules
• Riding the bikeway in Chico
• BMX track in Chico gets boost from state affordable housing project grant
• Bad times creating more Butte County jobs
• With drought past, Cal Water to flush lines in Chico
• Corning woman sentenced for embezzlement
• Pushing for single-payer > National single-payer advocates show Chico how it’s done.
• Letters for October 27, 2011 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• Last word on Bird? > Court tells Don Bird to steer clear of Jim Nielsen, but both men claim victory.
• Breaking elephants’ spirits > As the circus comes to town, here’s something you should know.
• Demystifying a legend > Local historian Michele Shover rattles a skeleton in John Bidwell’s closet—the Indian Treaty of 1851.
• Cap-and-trade challenges > California again leads the nation in responding to global warming.
• 7,000,000,000 > The world awaits a disturbing birthday on Halloween.
• Beyond the economy > President Obama has had some remarkable foreign-affairs successes lately. Has anybody noticed?
• Cash for candy > Trade your Halloween treats for cash at Gridley dentist.
• Neighborhoods > Blink is back.
• Infant mortality, birth rates down >
• Rolling stoney > Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe wrestles with The Stones.
• Malaria vaccine? > A new malaria vaccine undergoes medical trials in Africa with positive results.
• Local flavors > Lunches made locally at Chico State.
• What I learned on vacation > The author gets to soak up thought-provoking mags while hanging out in AZ.
• Gears of War 3 > Unrefined, brutal, barbaric, and that’s why we love it …
• U.S. health care gets poor grade > The Commonwealth fund releases a negative report of the U.S. health-care system.
• No Regrets: The Life of Edith Piaf > French icon Edith Piaf.
• A heavy dose of pain > C. diff superbug turns an already unpleasant hospital stay into a near nightmare.
• Arts DEVO > Café Culture closes, and Thrill the World endures.
• For your pie hole > Don’t let the pumpkin innards go to waste!
• Jackie Greene, the (visual) artist > Singer-songwriter Jackie Greene shows his visual art at Chico Paper Co.
• The Big Year > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Turning methane into electricity > The landfill outside of Chico will begin converting methane gas into energy in January.
• Science education fails > New study shows California elementary schools put little emphasis on the subject.
• High note > Vera Farmiga’s directorial debut starts off on a high note.
• State waters polluted > A report released by the EPA has found over half California’s bodies of water do not meet water quality standards.
• Save the Mansion builds up steam > Sen. Doug LaMalfa joins the fight to save Bidwell Mansion.
• Normal atrocity > Paranormal Activity makes me miss Saw.
• Dirty companies: prepare to pay > California has adopted the nation’s first carbon-emission cap, to be implemented in 2013.
• Verdict’s in on north county courthouse > The $83.4 million project is slated to get started in 2013.
• Iditerod-bound > Los Molinos teacher Blynne Froke braces for a new challenge.
• Spiders among us > Stalking arachnids in Bidwell Park with Chico State instructor Cami Liggett.
• Supes line say ‘nay’ to dispensaries > Butte County ban stays in place.
• Movement > Time for fundamental change.
• Volunteers locate Lost Park, give it a good grooming > Make a Difference Day targets forgotten section of Lower Park.
• True-life horror story > Think your constitutional rights will protect you? Read Zeitoun before you answer.
• Drive arrives this weekend at The Pageant Theatre
• Butte supervisors vote to slash ag land tax break by 10 percent
• Sting operation catches 19 people contracting without a license in Butte County
• Butte County supervisors formalize pot dispensary ban
• California Indian Conference is set to take place in Chico
• Bikeway 99 path ceremony set for today
• Police, school district warn of white van man
• Public can meet Chico's mayor today
• State University system beats union in court case
• Cafe Culture closes its doors for good
• Death Notices for Oct. 25
• Japanese still rely on nuclear power
• Food giveaway Thursday in Chico
• Retired teachers meeting today
• Fishermen need rescue on river
• Man can't get arrested by police
• Campus Clips for Oct. 25
• Court officials to talk about planned Chico courthouse
• Strides made: Breast cancer walk achieves some of its goals
• Permanent pot dispensary ban to be discussed
• Death Notices for Oct. 24, 2011
• Correction
• News of Our Past
• Puppy mill, fighting roosters, pot found in Oroville
• Common accidents need not happen
• The Opry Goes Pink in support of the fight against breast cancer
• The Opry Goes Pink in support of the fight against breast cancer
• Grant funds boosts Buy Fresh Buy Local
• Chico State Preview Day a success
• Volunteer day brings out the best
• The Chico network: Facebook event brings people together for reunion
• Death Notices for Oct. 23
• Farmers benefit from free trade agreements
• Cantaloupe bacteria linked to one source
• Reporting for foreign-owned land required
• Assemblyman wins restraining order agreement, calls activist a "stalker"
• Man sentenced to probation for role in 2008 ridge death
• Prosecution threat to landlord weeds out Butte County medical marijuana dispensary
• County opts out of drug take-back day
• Oroville man killed in motorcycle crash north of Marysville
• School reports 'white van' sighting
• Four new pumpkins appear at family's home
• Motorcyclist, his rider get nabbed for drug violations
• 'Occupy' activists, Chico Reunion say they can co-exist Saturday at City Plaza
• Higher Ground and The Help open this weekend at The Pageant Theatre
• City cracking down on dog owners breaking rules in Bidwell Park
• Orland I-5 sign honors a slain CHP officer
• Chico Art School making art to benefit foundation
• Fall Fest on Friday aids Concow School; hosts activities, prizes
• Death Notices for Oct. 21
• Big fiddle contest this weekend in Red Bluff at the fairground
• FFA pumpkin giveaway wraps up today at high school farm
• Orland Brew and Wine Fest will be Saturday at the fairgrounds
• Ridge flu-shot clinic will be held Oct. 30 at Feather River Hospital
• Boy reportedly has bike stolen while he was still riding on it
• Various views on plans for the Delta aired in Chico
• Pearl Harbor survivor recounts historic attack for Gridley band students
• Man arrested in Willows was wanted nearby
• Annual Trivia Bee is benefit for literacy
• Online crime, performance survey open
• Preliminary hearing delayed for defendants in thrift store fire
• Driver arrested at Enloe after Skyway rollover crash
• Man pleads not guilty in local sniper slaying
• Deadly vitamins? > Studies show a daily dose of extra vitamins may do more harm than good.
• Dutch bliss > Chico couple tie the knot at local Dutch Bros. coffee stand.
• The Ides of March > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Medical multitasker > Interdisciplinary physician “Dr. Patrick” treats a multitude of internal ills.
• Legalize it already > New poll shows half of Americans support legalizing pot.
• Men and birds > Three men, one year and hundreds of birds.
• Gunslingers and Deep-Green activism > Acknowledging the rebel spirit of both Helldorado Days and the Deep Green environmental movement.
• Castle breaks free > Joel Castle out of prison in guitar-for-pot case.
• Decent replication > The Thing prequel is solid, but doesn’t match Carpenter’s original.
• How to avoid Frankenfoods > Five steps beginning with a call for labeling.
• Dispensary calls it quits > North Valley Holistic Health shuts down over federal threats.
• Ms. Motivator > Michelle Anderson Curran teams up mentors with students.
• Sustainability Bill of Rights > Santa Monica may adopt a measure protecting the community’s environmental resources.
• Head-trauma victim wakes up > Richard Massey, the 16-year-old who was hit by a truck after allegedly trying to steal a bike, is no longer in a coma.
• Safety > According to whom?
• Eco groups sue Obama administration > Five activist groups have filed a federal lawsuit in reaction to Obama’s rejection of tighter ozone standards.
• Bank of America takes no chances > Bank of America in Chico hires an armed guard during the occupation.
• Why we write poems > Finding the words for what moves us.
• Divers hope to prevent oil spill > A submerged WWII tanker could leak 3 million gallons of oil off California’s coast.
• Skyway House gets green light > Chico City Council paves way for rehab facility.
• Letters for October 20, 2011 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• Chico Garden Share > Local gardening community shares ideas on popular Facebook site.
• Making his voice heard > Political activist Dr. Michael Parenti and comedian Will Durst will share the Sierra Nevada Brewery Big Room stage Oct. 27.
• Praying with our hands and feet > A local Chico Jewish group seeks to link religious passion and social justice.
• A 20-year struggle for reform > Butte County Health Care Coalition celebrates its ‘pathological persistence’ with a dinner and a forum on—what else?—single-payer health care.
• The marijuana mess > Maybe 215 is fixable, but legalization seems inevitable.
• Poetry 99 > Kids winners of 2011’s Poetry 99 contest.
• Aaron Williams and the Hoodoo > Evoking the Lizard King, among other things.
• Poetry 99 > Teen winners of 2011’s Poetry 99 contest.
• Mickey Avalon brings the party > Makin’ some mistakes in Chico with party rapper Mickey Avalon.
• Poetry 99 > Adult winners of 2011’s Poetry 99 contest.
• High-class comfort food > Upper Crust delivers with delicious soups, sandwiches.
• Poetry 99 > The winning 2011 poems in the CN&R’s biggest poetry contest yet.
• Train Dreams > Denis Johnson brings up the past.
• Candy alternatives > Good choices for diabetic kids—and to curb that sugar obsession!
• Mushrooms, Myth & Mithras > Needs more drug cult.
• City-by-the-bay’s new cellphone law > S.F. cellphone retailers now mandated to post information about radiation in stores.
• Arts DEVO > Beer and deer and elk and honey badger.
• Restless > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Cleaning up California’s water > Gov. Jerry Brown signs seven bills intended to clean up California’s water.
• James Snidle: Collector and creator > The Chico gallery owner talks about his love of fine art.
• Real Steel > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Suspicious packages close Chico schools office and nearby streets
• Dierks Bentley's 'Home' named official song of the Arizona Centennial Commission
• Love Chapmantown Coalition meets Friday; open to public
• Apparent scam prompts warning
• Death Notices for Oct. 19
• Fall color tour offered by district of the Lassen National Forest
• Witness arrested after he testifies
• Chico's free-tree program is beginning with two workshops
• Choir explores how hope challenges horror
• Orland Unified School District board set to meet Thursday
• Death Notices for Oct. 18
• Holiday tips are topic at business luncheon scheduled for Saturday
• Professor set to hold talk on Hurricane Katrina on Saturday
• Mendocino Forest prescribed burns include Chico location
• Mendocino Forest prescribed burns include Chico location
• California Highway Patrol offers class for beginning teen drivers
• Big Chico Creek water quality presentation at nature center
• Missing hunter found dead in Yolla Bolly
• History a site to see: Talk given about finds in archaeology in Butte County
• Blog Log for Oct. 17
• News of our Past
• Ground to be broken for methane power plant at landfill
• Rice fields to become mud flats to lure birds
• Meeting, fund aim to save Bidwell Mansion
• Free to have fun at the Children's Faire
• Death Notices for Oct. 16
• California receives federal specialty crop grants
• Trade deal for cattle moves forward
• Locals walk 'Out of the Darkness'
• Roadwork Roundup for Oct. 16
• Forum to bring NorCal up to speed on state-wide water issues
• Autumnfest makes debut this October
• Chico man may be tied to several more pot grow sites
• Victims of PG&E truck crash identified
• Hoarding Task Force member says it might only be clutter
• Young woman killed in rollover crash on Durham-Pentz Road
• Secret gift-giver continues to decorate pumpkins
• Chico police capture man who escaped from sheriff's car
• Downtown crash sends motorcycle rider to hospital
• Paradise traffic stop, raid net two tons of pot
• Supervisor plans a town hall meeting
• Enloe gets better at treating stroke victims
• Pumpkins proliferate this time of year
• Death Notices
• Correction, Clarification for Oct. 14
• $1 million heroin bust made near Corning; Southern California man and brother jailed after traffic stop
• 50 local kids get $100 shopping spree
• Woman thought badly injured in crash is jailed
• No contest plea in ex-girlfriend threat case
• Police Report for Oct. 14
• Butte's Most Wanted for Oct. 14
• Movie review: The Thing (2011)
• Salmon on the upswing in the Feather River
• Call for announcements of local pumpkin-related events, groups
• Early retirement, fund transfers in Chico's financial workout plan
• Wilderness writer to speak at Chico State University today
• Oroville YMCA free open house event, activities set for Saturday
• Willows looking for new council member to fill vacant position
• Mountain lion scratches, 'skedaddles'
• Children's Fair set to delight Chico
• Breast cancer from cell phones? > Are you a woman who likes to store her cell phone in her bra when she’s jogging? It could be dangerous.
• Órla Fallon > Celtic woman.
• Komen for the poison? > A breast-cancer research organization has denied the link between cancer and the chemical BPA.
• The Mighty Wurlitzer sits > The Oroville State Theatre is remodeling to accommodate a 1924 Wurlitzer theater organ.
• Local hospitals honored > Oroville and Feather River hospitals have been recognized for excellence.
• TV you crave > Chico State alum Troy Johnson gets his own Food Network show.
• What’s in the water? > The chemical TCE, commonly found in California’s aquifers, is more harmful than originally thought.
• 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created > The year after Columbus landed.
• Step by step > Oroville pediatrician’s Fitness for Teens program teaches healthful lifestyle changes.
• Arts DEVO > Arts DEVO is away, and DEVO plays.
• Home sales for October 13, 2011 >
• Help for beginning small farmers > Northern California Regional Land Trust’s new workshop series focuses on beginning farmers and ranchers.
• Horror shows off > Two exciting musicals buoy Chico’s fall spirit.
• Dream House > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Don’t flush those drugs > Resources for proper pharmaceutical disposal in Chico.
• Best of Chico: Readers’ picks > You chose Chico’s superheroes— now, they’re unveiled.
• Sock ’em old school > Rock ’em sock ’em.
• Local high schools go solar > Pleasant Valley High and Chico High schools were honored for installing solar panels on their parking structures.
• Best of Chico: Editors’ picks > The CN&R editorial team takes this opportunity to tell you about some of our faves.
• It has been foretold > Great cast looks good in suits in intriguing, but thin political drama.
• Let the drilling begin > Oil companies have been granted federal approval to pursue drilling leases in the Arctic Ocean.
• (Not) moving on up > Apparently American office workers don’t want to, either.
• Penning the paranormal > Chicoan Jodi Foster puts her haunting experience to paper, publishing Forgotten Burial: A Restless Spirit’s Plea for Justice.
• Transnational pipeline plans may falter > The proposed Keystone XL pipeline has hurdles to overcome before construction begins.
• Catalyst gets cash, food infusion > UnitedHealthcare donates 3,000 pounds of food and $1,000 to Catalyst Domestic Violence Services.
• Adornment > Earrings and nail polish.
• Homesteading, sweet homesteading > Sonoma County author, therapist and urban homesteader Rachel Kaplan comes to Chico for three-day visit.
• Big Berry Creek bust > Sheriff’s deputies find more pot—like, $1 million worth.
• A letter to President Obama > Doesn’t your Justice Department have more important things to do than go after medical-cannabis dispensaries?
• Saving Bidwell Mansion > Fund opened to keep the historic house open.
• Letters for October 13, 2011 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• Not in our neighborhood > Wrangle over proposed women’s drug-and-alcohol treatment center in north Chico heads to Chico City Council Oct. 18.
• Finding Lost Park > Park commissioner weighs in on ‘a small slice of green space.’
• Chico Scrap Metal gets a break > City grants recycler an extra three years before it’s forced to move.
• The 10-year slog > “You have the watches, we have the time,” the Taliban say. They’re right.
• Occupy Chico group fragmented but dedicated > The local faction of the national movement talks motives, strategy.
• Questions for Caltrans > Why did so many things go wrong following the Chico Creek spill? We need answers.
• Leaning into the pain > A year after their son’s suicide, a Chico couple works to save other children.
• Danava > Heavy, not metal.
• Enloe wins recognition for encouraging breastfeeding
• Butte County ended 2010-11 in the black
• City asks Chico residents to keep leaf piles out of the streets until November
• Chico State "census" is the lowest since 2005
• Glenn conservation district budget meeting set for today
• AAA: Chico-area gas price drops 17 cents in past month
• Discussion of Stonewall Riots today at Chico State University
• Chico man sentenced to 60 days for peeping
• Little Big Town's 'Shut Up Train' featured as iTunes Free Video of the Week
• Death Notices for Oct. 11
• Oasis provides a tasty, yet messy meal
• Magalia home gutted by fire
• Fundraiser, protest run planned over mountain road closures
• Relay for Life kick-off event is Oct. 18 at Enloe Conference Center
• Fundraiser, protest run planned over mountain road closures
• Tea party to hear from American Independent Party speakers
• Authorities: Juvenile allegedly tossed gun as he ran from police
• El Clasico: More than a Game premieres Friday at The El Rey Theatre
• Second Fallflower bike ride gives tour of natural beauty in Butte
• Man in critical condition following crash on Midway
• History of our Past
• Blog Log for Oct. 10
• Fall festival set for Oct. 15
• Nonprofit pet clinic seeks help
• City Council approves art policy manual
• Sheriff asks to expand inmate surveillance
• SCORE's first woman chair has new aim
• Olive crop down this year, and pest rebounds
• Brewery plays host to Oktoberfest
• Master Gardener students still welcome
• Beginning farmers planning workshops
• 4-H window display winners
• October surplus commodity distributions begin this week
• More workshops for beginning farmers
• Glenn County 4-H Bowl-a-Thon
• Suspects resist arrest in two incidents
• Orland sends first felon to county jail
• Inmate mentoring idea inches toward becoming reality in Butte County
• Chico Experience launches
• U.S. attorneys seek to close pot collectives in California
• Picking the perfect pumpkin
• Magalia firefighter accused of arson is arraigned
• Death Notices for Oct. 8
• Charlie Daniels to celebrate 75th birthday at the Grand Ole Opry
• Storm roughs up local crops, but all is not lost
• North Chico mobile home parks take brunt of damage
• Death Notices for Oct. 7
• Butte's most wanted
• City facilities, schools report few problems
• Cleanup companies saw busy Thursday
• Feeding Nations fundraiser is set to be held Sunday in Chico
• Full moon float on Sacramento River will be offered on Oct. 10
• Downtown Chico streets closed for the annual Parade of Lights
• Puppy adoption fee cut in half this weekend for adoption sale
• Short but surly: Chico swatted by intense thunderstorm
• Accused molester takes the stand in his own defense
• Magalia volunteer firefighter arrested in upper ridge arsons
• Meeting about side effects of treatments set
• Butte IONS to delve into dowsing topic
• Peacemaking workshop is set for Friday
• Suspects in killings arrested
• Big pumpkins topic for talk at garden club
• Tweet if you want Paranormal Activity 3 to play in Chico
• Teen sentenced for home invasion > He gets 30 days in juvenile detention, plus probation and curfew.
• Meals on wheels > Jose “Pepe” Ortiz is the owner of local taco truck El Paisa, serving reasonably priced Mexican food to Chico.
• Organic berry objections > International advocacy group and three Bay Area growers call for stricter pesticide regulations for organic strawberries.
• Brand loyalty > From one camera to the next.
• Farm to table > GRUB’s Tim Elliott collaborates with baker Dave Miller to make bread from locally grown wheat.
• Go-ahead on disc golf > Chico City Council OKs plan for short course, though it’s contingent on environmental review.
• ‘The story-telling animal’ > Salman Rushdie on how attacks on literary freedom are attacks on humanity.
• VECTORS nearly loses house in accounting failure > Poor bookkeeping skills are a common killer of nonprofits, but the veterans’ organization pulls through.
• Letters for October 6, 2011 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• Council OKs new arts manual > Acceding to city staff, Arts Commission relinquishes control over aesthetic treatments on capital projects.
• The naked city, my ass > Keep your joint to yourself, jerk!
• Ridge supervisor Yamaguchi mum on 2012 election, despite challengers > Despite two early challengers, the longtime supervisor will wait until at least January to declare whether he’s running.
• Turning anger into action > People are telling Wall Street they’re pissed off, but what do they really want? Here are some practical reforms.
• What happened on the creek? > Timeline and severity of oil spill into Big Chico Creek under scrutiny following equipment malfunction at Caltrans project site.
• Whiteboy James & the Blues Express > Whiteboy James’ funny So-Cal blues.
• Saving the Jonesville Hotel > How a small community came together to preserve the last hotel on the historic Humboldt Road.
• Youth Lagoon > Hiding in plain sight with Youth Lagoon.
• STI care for minors? > Legislation that would allow minors to seek STI treatment is pending approval from Gov. Jerry Brown.
• Random flow > Talkin’ new music, Vegas and the death of good music with Sac MC Random Abiladeze.
• Cancer treatment of the future > A $4 million upgrade means faster, more precise cancer-fighting technology at Enloe Medical Center.
• East meets West > The deceptively named Broadway Market & Deli is really a Taiwan-centric downtown restaurant.
• Midwives deliver quality care > Study finds midwives provide care comparable to or better than physician alone.
• Terra Nova > Fox goes prehistoric.
• Breast health: checkups are key > Early detection improves odds of survival. Here are some things to look out for.
• Arts DEVO > DEVO’s NBA blues.
• Moneyball > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Drug-company dollars for local docs > Chico doctors receive payments from big-name pharmaceutical companies.
• Forecast: dry > Thirty years of weirdness with Steven Wright.
• 50/50 > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• The other side of peak oil > Transitioning beyond peak oil, coping with climate change, and more.
• Chico, occupied > More than 100 local protesters join the Occupy Wall Street movement.
• Senna > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Simple, cheap and effective > Baking soda is a cheap, safe and effective deodorant and anti-perspirant.
• What we pay for > Saying “no” to taxes means saying “no” to a lot.
• Historical friction > Intertwining stories don’t mesh in Sarah’s Key.
• Eco-pioneer dies in Kenya > Former Nobel Peace Prize winner and environmental activist Wangari Maathai dies in Kenya.
• Stiff sentence for assailant > The man responsible for the stabbing attack on Joseph Igbineweka gets seven years in prison.
• Bad dream house > Teasers spoil what could’ve been a suspenseful horror-thriller.
• Clean-air regulations put on hold? > The House of Representatives passes a bill to stall enforcement of EPA air-pollution rules.
• Movie review: Real Steel
• Juvenile runs from house, two others arrested
• Judge gives man max for stabbing former Chico State student president
• Natural occurrences
• County burn ban lifted today
• Pumpkin prank still ghoulish gourd fun
• Prosecution rests case in Marsh teacher trial
• Hearings are set for Berry Creek pot growing suspects
• Early retirement program likely will not cover city's shortfall
• Lassen Volcanic National Park plans to start igniting burn piles
• Rodney Atkins releases new album 'Take a Back Road' today
• Death Notices for Oct. 4
• Correction for Oct. 4
• Campus Clips for Oct. 4
• Man arrested for assaults on wife, mother
• Police seeking man who escaped patrol car
• Jury hears recorded calls from alleged members of drug ring
• Passport Weekend tickets on sale
• Wednesday is Walk and Bike to School Day
• Musicians, runners come together for Mozart Mile in Bidwell Park
• North valley losing two low-cost Medicare plans
• Daily Planner for Oct. 3
• News of Our Past for Oct. 3
• Council meeting to feature awards
• Blog Log for Oct. 3
• Relations network to meet today
• Chico reunion set for late October
• These corn fields are 'a-maze-ing'
• Council to discuss early retirement program, disc golf, art policy
• The Evil Dead returns for two days only at The El Rey Theatre
• National FFA convention online
• Death Notices for Oct.2
• Walnuts certified "heart healthy"
• Chicoan advocates for lymphedema bill
• Roadwork Roundup for Oct. 2
• Woman injured, home damaged in fire
• Series of revival meetings set to begin Monday
• Series lecture to visit 'The Way' in Spain
• Sycamore Pool reopens in Bidwell Park
• First of the week could be wet, wild and even snowy
• Olympian is set to appear in Willows
• Brown signs Logue bill on releasing felons
• Sex offender among first two 'realignment' parolees coming to Glenn County
• Sycamore Pool reopens in Bidwell Park
• Ag is a bright spot in local economy
• Lawsuit could restore money to Chico, but not soon enough to prevent cuts
• Death Notices
• Oroville man changes plea on charges from standoff
• Motorcyclist given probation for a high-speed chase on The Esplanade
• Man collides with coyote
• Police Report for Sept. 30
• Butte's Most Wanted for Sept. 30
• Walk to End Alzheimer's is set for Saturday in Bidwell Park
• Family, friends host memorial baseball game for Chad Keichler
• Death Notice for Sept. 29
• Oroville's No. 2 crime rating debunked
• Lone merchant sells booze to minor in sting operation
• Canada goose hunt for juniors set for Saturday through Wednesday
• WIC moving to Carmichael Drive location, set to re-open today
• Motorcycle poker run Saturday to benefit MDA; prizes awarded
• Last week to join Chico Parade of Lights planned for Oct. 8
• Tuscan Aquifer monitoring, data management workshop today
• Taking the medicine > Unvaccinated students remain in the classroom as CUSD works to gain compliance on a state law mandating the whooping-cough booster.
• Letters for September 29, 2011 >
• Chance encounter > Police say David Yang’s murder appears to be random.
• Cutting into the courts > Budget cuts threaten courts’ ability to ensure order and stability in society.
• A ‘paradigm shift’ in public safety > The changes are being called “the most comprehensive in a generation.”
• The death of innocents > Texas Gov. Rick Perry may say he doesn’t worry about executing an innocent person, but the Cameron Todd Willingham case suggests otherwise.
• Lost Park in transition > A short section of Bidwell Park is a nest for bad behavior, a crash pad for the homeless and a sticky problem for the city.
• Helping ex-cons find jobs > When criminal-justice realignment starts next week, there needs to be a strong focus on finding work for ex-offenders.
• Watch what they eat > Weekly health tips.
• Radiolab > Radiolab tells stories better.
• Crooner’s heart skips a beat > Barry Manilow is on a mission to educate the public about atrial fibrillation.
• Chick Corea / Stefano Bollani > From Italy, with dueling pianos.
• Smoking as a primary goal? > Primary schools in China are a key piece in a state-run tobacco-marketing campaign.
• New pop equation > Maps & Atlases make math rock fun.
• Whooping cough shot wears off > A recent study finds that whooping cough vaccine administered to children wears off after three years.
• Where the wild things are > Henri is taken back to his childhood by new book, Hunt, Gather, Cook.
• Back in the saddle > Dr. Samuel Brown comes out of retirement to head up Enloe Behavioral Health.
• Pirates of Somalia > Journalist visits Somali pirates.
• 7,000,000,000 > UN figures show world population to hit 7 billion on Oct. 31.
• Arts DEVO > The strange tongue of DEVO.
• Killer Elite > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Green machine > Judging time for the EPA’s Apps for the Environment challenge.
• Hamlet goes to college > Rogue players return to Blue Room for latest by David Davalos.
• Drive > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Tropical fish boom > A marine preserve off the Baja Peninsula thrives under protected status.
• Pessimism all around > Three out of four Americans say the economy is the same or worse than a year ago.
• Aliens in the hood > Aliens … as much fun as zombies.
• Pesticide ring busted in New York’s Chinatown > A federal investigation in New York results in 12 arrests and 6,000 packages of illegal pesticides seized.
• Fat-cat surplus > Butte Humane Society takes a fun approach to adopting out cats.
• New ball game > Root, root, root for the statistical formulae that changed professional baseball.
• Salmon on the ropes > Warming streams could spell the demise of local fish populations by the end of the century.
• Pot bust turns to shootout > One man is shot by a deputy during a marijuana-garden raid.
• Contortion is his game > Blade Marshall is Chico’s contortionist.
• Pure childhoods > Several Chico preschools offer early grounding in environmental awareness.
• Art under glass > Artists team up with downtown businesses for window-display project.
• Utility > Thank God for indoor plumbing.
• Humane Society-city partnership moves forward > Physical improvements continue despite change in city leadership.
• Madness and mystery > What leads a person to lie in wait and shoot to kill a complete stranger?
• Home sales for September 29, 2011 >
• School Time
• Trial to be set for duo in Durham vehicle burglary spree
• Chico State faculty asked to consider strike
• Preliminary hearing date for jail worker to be set
• City of Chico facing possible $750,000 budget shortfall
• Gun sales to medical pot users a Catch-22
• Rifle believed used in sniper slaying found in Chico
• Fluid spill into Big Chico Creek closes Sycamore pool
• David Nail will release 'The Sound of a Million Dreams' on November 15th
• Movie review: 50/50
• Promotion and a raise: Caltrans employee who was arrested on suspicion of DUI sees elevation in job status
• Postal workers rally in Chico for legislation
• Death Notices for Sept. 28
• Butte Conservation District meets today
• Meeting today on groundwater recharge project
• County to conduct low-cost rabies clinic today in Chico
• Just a few states to go
• Park Talk program slated for Thursday in Chico
• Enloe upgrading cancer therapy
• Candlelight vigil today for Chico man killed in sniper slaying
• Women's right to vote exhibit to travel county
• City to vet smoking rules near businesses, in Bidwell Park
• High bail set in domestic violence arrest
• Vandalized dog at home, no worse for wear
• Insurance firm marks 100 years
• Plans moving ahead for new two-story building on the Pleasant Valley campus
• Death Notices for Sept. 27
• Campus Clips for Sept. 27
• Moving forward: Allocations to Veterans Memorial Park project approved by supervisors
• Bounty comes to county
• The El Rey Theatre presents: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
• Blog Log for Sept. 26
• Supervisors ponder future of convicts
• Family, friends of teen in coma hold a rally
• Passport Weekend farm tour tickets now available
• Annual Paradise apple festival to be this weekend
• Durham fire destroys entire building
• 'Etch and Catch'
• Perry Mason Days to be celebrated in Oroville
• Fish are the focus of Salmon Festival in Oroville
• Mills proud to lead Chico State Senate
• Roadwork Roundup for Sept. 25
• New Sunday comics debut in newspaper
• Chico woman wins fight against "predatory lender" to keep home
• 70 acres burn in Butte Creek Canyon
• Colorful sidewalks dress up City Plaza in downtown Chico
• Walnut crop production forecast at 485,000 tons, down 4 percent
• Late rice harvest delays hunting on refuge land
• Messages of forgiveness, peace follow Chico man's shooting death
• Chico man may face death penalty in pastor's slaying
• Chico Peace & Justice Center to host showing of Bethlehem film
• Touch of Chico to showcase the healing arts at nature center
• Project funding on the agenda for advisory committee meeting
• The League of Women Voters fall coffee topic will be redistricting
• Missing Idaho teen found in Chico, taken into custody
• Police chief: Shooter's victim could have been anyone in Chico
• Tehama District Fair runs through Sunday in Red Bluff
• Missing Idaho teen may be in Chico area
• Runover teen in coma could die
• Council waits to decide hiring/firing policies
• Jury sent home due to witness no-show
• Oroville Salmon Festival could spawn job opportunities: Company is looking for a work force
• Hmong association to pay more than $5,000 for police at celebration
• Attack the Block and The Whistleblower open this week at The Pageant Theatre
• Man shot to death on Highway 32
• Food policy, school calendar slated for future CUSD agendas
• Paradise family witnesses, helps with Reno plane crash
• D.A.: No charges yet in alleged attack
• School Time
• Enloe free drive-through flu clinic is today
• Free service may help deter converter thieves
• Information sought in ridge fires
• Senior central > Local nonprofit agency provides free services for older adults and caregivers.
• Checking in on Joel Castle > The medi-pot advocate is scheduled to be released from prison next month.
• Racing in the streets > The drivers—not the cars—are driving this film.
• Don’t get baked by dense clay soil > Planting roots in clay.
• Shootings plague Butte County > Chico gets third homicide of the year; two shot in Oroville over medi-pot.
• Defense attorney talks pot and politics > Butte County isn’t such a bad place for medical-marijuana patients, says Michael Rooney.
• Nobel Prize winners join oil protest > The Dalai Lama and other Nobel Peace laureates join the protest against the Keystone XL pipeline.
• State of noncompliance > Marijuana growers in Chico are not following the city’s ordinance, police say.
• Children > How things change after becoming a father.
• Breath of fresh air > The federal government has outlined a plan to improve the air quality of California’s worst areas.
• Who’s watching you? > Former FBI special agent comes to Chico to raise awareness of counterterrorism activities.
• Why a ‘pot issue’? > Because it’s about a lot more than marijuana.
• Who’s the greenest of them all? > Chico state is ranked as one of the top five green colleges in the nation by Yahoo.
• Vigilante justice? > Family of comatose teen calls for an investigation into the bizarre stabbing-turned-vehicle assault.
• Letters for September 22, 2011 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• Scenes of a warming world > Climate-change expert Dr. Kelly Redmond weighs in on global warming.
• Diversity or jobs—or both? > Will the city’s new diversity plan foster jobs? Council says yes.
• My duty to protect this land > The Keystone pipeline threatens core American values.
• History in jeopardy > Chico locals decry the forthcoming state park closures and call on legislators to save the iconic home of California pioneer John Bidwell.
• Solyndra as symbol > The right wants to turn its failure into a full-fledged scandal to discredit Obama and clean energy.
• Dirty business > Cartels add danger, environmental degradation to local landscape.
• Redding’s lesson for Chico > The best way to limit the number of dispensaries is through careful zoning.
• Redding takes on medical cannabis > Redding has 16 dispensaries, while Chico has none. Why is that?
• Ry Cooder > Ry Cooder kicks up some dust.
• Where are they now? > Seizures of bank accounts more than a year ago hit medical-marijuana collectives and those involved hardest.
• X-Ray Press > The Buzzer, and many other tones.
• It’s a love/hate thing > Our relationship with marijuana—especially here in Butte County—has certainly had its highs and lows.
• Tommy Castro (A/O) > Blues cruise on tour.
• Addiction enzyme identified > Scientists pinpoint the enzyme responsible for the brain’s response to alcohol and nicotine.
• Heavy metal hillbillies > Local metal band unearths its country roots.
• Enloe patient satisfaction soars > Enloe’s patient satisfaction rate is significantly improved since 2007.
• Brownies, anyone? > Medical-marijuana ‘edibles’ give baking a whole new meaning.
• Tainted tap water > Chicago studies indicate tests for lead in tap water may be outdated nationwide.
• Arts DEVO > Arts DEVO’s fall preview.
• No-smoke marijuana > There are plenty of alternative ways to ingest cannabis.
• Hoop dreams > Goosing PBS with something fresh.
• Point Blank > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• If a tree falls … > New documentary on Earth Liberation Front available for online viewing.
• Pot legalization increasingly supported > Majority of Americans say weed should be legal.
• Contagion > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Lady Antebellum's 'Own The Night' debuts at the top of the Billboard Top 200
• Photo gallery: Disappearing trees near Bidwell Park
• Residents escape fire in Chico apartment
• Cops: Pot ordinance being universally violated
• Death Notices for Sept. 21
• Chico State University student wins trustees' award
• Hostile youths test patience of deputies
• Top vehicles named for this year's Concours d'Elegance
• Glenn County markets winding down for season, accepting EBT
• Feed store in Durham ransacked; suspect later caught in back room
• Police advisory board to discuss campus-area enforcement tonight
• Burned-out Cohasset family getting help from community
• Almond Bowl Marathon
• Just One Person program for BPW set for Saturday in Chico
• Correction for Sept. 20
• Death Notices for Sept. 20
• Swim event Thursday will be a fundraiser for cancer research
• Pastels on the Plaza seeks artists, sponsors to transform City Plaza
• Water committees meet Thursday in Oroville to review data, plans
• Orland man gets arrested for knifepoint robbery, warrants
• Campus Clips for Sept. 20
• Mexican Independence Day celebrated in Chico
• City Council set to discuss housing plan
• Meeting about Chico area groundwater
• Blog Log for Sept. 19
• Book in Common emergency preparedness event set for today
• Durham revs up for Harvest Festival
• Grin and bare it
• Fire burns home, injures firefighter
• Burglary attempt leads to stabbing, assailant hit by car
• Brad Paisley inks 1st major book deal, will release 'Diary of a Player' on Nov 1
• Delayed almond harvest season is off and running in Butte County
• Chico World Music Festival brings international flair to campus
• Backpack display at Chico State targets stigma about suicide
• Roadwork Roundup for Sept. 18
• Child car seat checks planned for today; technicians on hand
• Volunteer Bidwell Park workers wanted for weekly sessions
• Veterans, start your engines
• Donations still being sought for Oroville woman fighting cancer
• Beth Israel, Havurah to observe Rosh Hashanah
• Redeemer youth to wash cars today
• Death Notices for Sept. 17
• A celebration of Mexican independence on Sunday
• A celebration of Mexican independence on Sunday
• Creek project could mean water in Lindo Channel
• Two escape serious injury in unusual Skyway rollover crash
• Ruptured gas main leads to limited evacuations
• Women's drug treatment facility approved for north Chico
• Death Notices for Sept. 16
• Brown to lead Enloe Behavioral Health
• Police Report for Sept.16
• Butte's Most Wanted for September 16
• Chico makes it to 15 out of 19 in Outside magazine's list of best places
• Enjoying peaceful reflection in a beautiful place
• Junior Olympic softball team to have yard, bake sale fundraiser
• Chico State University makes Yahoo's 'green' colleges list
• Shooting victim testifies about incident outside Cafe Culture
• Stray kitten survives 50-foot fall from tree, finds a home
• LaMalfa quizzes Brown on special session
• Police respond to report of stabbing
• Man eludes capture after running from CHP stop
• Butte County supervisors get peek an economic development plan
• "Rumble strips" completed on Highway 99 north of Chico
• Fuel spill closes Hwy. 70
• High hopes > Struggling local environmental groups hope for help from Annie B’s fund drive.
• Rabid bat bites boy > Diseased creature swooped out of the sky at Bidwell Park.
• The irrelevant party > Some Republicans are unhappy with the state’s new redistricting maps and want to overturn them. Fat chance.
• Gang beat > Merger of two Chico Police Department units bolsters crime enforcement.
• Sonny Rollins > “Saxophone collossus” is still playing big.
• Costly reporting > Valley Mirror publisher Tim Crews gets slapped with court fees related to his public-records requests.
• Sunny on the north side > Chico’s Sol Mexican Grill passes the San Diego test.
• Grassroots justice > Restraining order renews Don Bird’s efforts to unseat Republican Assemblyman Jim Nielsen.
• The Paris Wife > Hemingway through the eyes of the Paris Wife.
• One day at a time > Chico Creek Nature Center faces uncertain future with resignation of its executive director and looming loan payments.
• Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness > A childhood in Rhodesia.
• Other people’s stuff > Chico auctioneer Jack Harbour and the things he sells.
• Arts DEVO > Summer will never end.
• Ride an emotional high > Mental health can be just as important as physical health.
• Fun for your mudder > River Partners’ Mudder Nature Challenge is a splashing success.
• The Debt > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Fresh food for all > Michelle Obama’s FreshWorks Fund will bring grocery stores to “food deserts.”
• Spark and fizzle > Summer theater fizzles out.
• Apollo 18 > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Emergency-room overload > California’s ERs are inundated with psychiatric patients.
• Four ways to serve society > Here are examples of the kinds of groups helped by the Annie B’s drive.
• Archie McBunker > Anti-PC Irish police comedy/drama as indulgent as it is entertaining.
• An interview with GMO expert Jeffrey M. Smith > Author/GMO expert will speak in Chico Sept. 19.
• The power of philanthropy > It’s the best tool we have for making the world a better place.
• The acting bug > Impressive ensemble makes good work of Soderbergh’s disaster thriller.
• Baby-bottle ban > Bill to ban toxic BPA in baby bottles reaches Gov. Brown.
• Giving to live for > If anyone embodies the spirit and commitment of Annie Bidwell, it’s Sherry Holbrook.
• Leatherman > Alan H. Meigs has been handcrafting leather in Chico for 40 years.
• The road to health-care reform > Talking health-care reform with California State Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones.
• Partnering for generosity > Annie B’s Community Drive brings Chico together.
• Complicit > Learning supply and demand.
• Smarter, safer, better > Bicycle safety tips.
• Tour de Chico > Palio race leaves competition in the dust.
• Nonprofits and nonsense > Items, we’ve got items …
• Ongoing national disasters > An unprecedented string of weather disasters has ravaged the country.
• The high cost of security > Since 9/11 the U.S. has spent $7.6 trillion. Do you feel safer?
• Letters for September 15, 2011 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• Toxic berries > Official ignored scientists’ recommendations on strawberry pesticide.
• Mmm … brains > New study aims to find out how Latin America would react to zombie hordes.
• Where have all the salmon gone? > Could it have something to do with those big pumps in the Delta?
• Explosive ramifications > Reform on the horizon after last year’s deadly San Bruno pipeline explosion.
• ChicoBag, plastics strike a deal > The lawsuit against ChicoBag is settled.
• Obama drops other shoe > The president has given Congress a good jobs bill and a way to pay for it. Will Republicans go along? Don’t hold your breath.
• Enloe Medical Center boosts patient-satisfaction score
• Testimony begins in case of alleged Cafe Culture shooter
• Trial for 2008 ridge death delayed until December
• Death Notices for Sept. 14
• Regional water planning group to meet in Willows on Thursday
• Tom Lando joins Butte College Board of Trustees
• Enloe, Chico Sports Club sponsor free health and fitness fair today
• Willows farmers markets now accepting EBT/food stamps
• Fire official: Honey Run Road house blaze likely started in garage
• Chico State University ranked sixth in the West by magazine
• Death Notices for Sept. 13
• Council to look at cost-cutting ideas
• Stroke group meeting to be at Enloe
• Gallery kicks off 'Save the Mansion' effort
• Expo, farmers market plan to join forces
• Campus Clips for Sept. 13
• Enloe Medical Center plans upcoming services for public
• Chico man sentenced for bank robberies
• Jason Aldean's 'My Kinda Party' goes double platinum
• Two cars exchange gunfire near home
• 9/11 memorial ceremonies held throughout Butte County
• Fundraiser held for Friends of Butte Creek
• Chico Creek Nature Center 'Evening' has food, activities
• In good taste
• Economic, off-highway reports on agenda
• Blog log for Sept. 12
• Chico State's roundtable discussion of 9/11 canceled
• The El Rey Theatre presents: Pulp Fiction
• Movies in the Park presents: Secondhand Lions
• Arrests made following Chico rollover accident
• 9/11: Local Middle Easterners say Chico is very supportive
• 9/11: Family, Flight 93 memorial keep Nicole Miller's memory alive
• 9/11: Terror attacks were life-changing for Chico High grad
• Downtown Chico food event will cause several street closures
• 9/11 anniversary marked locally today
• Candlelight vigil to be held in observance of 9/11 anniversary
• Depression glass featured in a special display in Oroville
• Chico Palio races through downtown
• Fire threatens houses in Butte Creek Canyon
• Lessons from 9/11: Chico students who were then too young to understand now grasp depth of attacks
• Price tag for Enloe tower will be $113 million
• Enloe Medical Center tower nearing completion
• Boy bitten by rabid bat in Chico must undergo rabies treatment
• Spike strip stops man fleeing in stolen car
• Schwab, others: Pick tap over bottles
• Preliminary hearing for grow arrests
• Princeton soldier ready to return to Baghdad despite close call
• Plan a weekend getaway at the Gateway Science Museum in Chico
• Death Notices for Sept. 9
• Nature Center working on filling executive post
• Police Report for Sept. 9
• Family seeking information about missing man
• Butte's most wanted for Sept. 9
• Willows city manager to retain position despite concerns
• Willows publisher must pay in records case
• Stolen power equipment sought by police
• Movie review: Red State
• Aero Union misses first Chico hangar lease payment
• Paradise approves new pot restrictions
• Death Notices for Sept. 8
• School Time for Sept. 8
• Strike team from Butte County sent south to Tehachapi blaze
• Sierra Nevada takes home recognition for sustainability
• Man arrested on suspicion of DUI allegedly kicks deputy in chest
• Chico collision sends woman to hospital, blocks traffic briefly
• Trial date scheduled for Chico disc jockey charged with sex crime
• Unforgettable > Emily Brannen was on her way to work in lower Manhattan when the planes hit the towers. This is what she will always remember.
• Queen of cakes > New cakery in Chico.
• An American blindness > We’re 10 years past the 9/11 and still fighting wars in its name. Can we open our eyes in time?
• Medium Raw > Anthony Bourdain goes off in his new book.
• 10 years later > Three views of 9/11 and its aftermath.
• The Psychopath Test > Crazy like a CEO.
• Breakthrough of global proportions > Findings of researchers at UCSF and Stanford could lead to a vaccine for malaria.
• Arts DEVO > Two sides of Arts DEVO.
• Our Idiot Brother > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Records revealed > A new medical-records policy at Enloe Medical Center ups dialogue between patients and providers.
• Sister art > Newman sisters put on first show together.
• Colombiana > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Horse helpers > Handi-Riders therapeutic equine program helps kids with disabilities.
• Nurses: Tax Wall Street > Members of National Nurses United hold a demonstration at City Plaza.
• One small step > Mockumentary of a mockumentary, in space.
• More than a handful of eco-importance > Santa Rosa’s upcoming National Heirloom Expo leads off handful-plus of eco-items.
• Nurses: Tax Wall Street > Members of National Nurses United hold a demonstration at City Plaza.
• New plot to thrill > Not your standard espionage thriller.
• Low income, high risk > Researchers find link between low socioeconomic status and higher risk of heart disease.
• 9/11 conspiracy? > Ten years later, conspiracy theorists persist.
• Party cab > Kyle Crock and Jordan Cox offer karaoke with your ride home.
• Back away from the soda > Drink less sugary drinks.
• Maehl on the move > Paradise’s Jeff Maehl signs with the Houston Texans’ practice squad.
• Labor > What it’s all about.
• Ditch the plastic > Substituting glass, metal and cloth items for plastic ones is eco-friendly.
• Federal grant to aid fire victims > Money from the U.S. Department of Housing and Community Development will help more Concow residents rebuild.
• Jim Nielsen goes Bird hunting > Don Bird just wants to exercise his right to make a citizen’s arrest, but that’s made Assemblyman Jim Nielsen nervous enough to seek a restraining order.
• Grants to buoy species protections > More than $24 million in grant funding headed to conservation efforts throughout California.
• Paradise says no to group grows > Town Council moves to ban collective medical-cannabis cultivation.
• Letters for September 8, 2011 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• Winemaking, eco-style > A second solar system at Pilot Peak Winery takes the facility off the electricity grid.
• Vestiges of 9/11 > Chico State’s Peace Institute presents month-long speaker series a decade after the 9/11 attacks.
• A Labor Day alternative > Want to reduce the size of the American River Labor Day float? Put on a concert!
• Props for energy efficiency > Chico State receives 2010 sustainability award for efforts to reduce energy consumption for the Student Services Center.
• Out with the old medical-cannabis dispensaries ordinance—and in with the new! > Chucks old dispensaries ordinance and calls for one that won’t draw the attention of the feds.
• Let Wall Street pay > Let the mega-rich financiers begin paying for the rebuilding of America.
• Recycling boom > Basik Recycling serves growing number of recyclers seven days a week.
• Feds OK Enterprise Rancheria’s plans near Marysville > Oroville’s Enterprise Rancheria gets preliminary go-ahead to build off tribal land.
• 9/11 and the U.S. debt > After two unfunded wars and tax cuts for the rich, it’s no wonder we’re in hock.
• Farewell to the float? > Public-safety officials vow to keep lobbying for Sacramento River alcohol ban, despite toned-down Labor Day weekend.
• Random Abiladeze > Sacramento’s Random Abiladeze.
• The summer before everything changed > What do you remember of the days leading up to 9/11?
• Back to Chico > Mother Hips celebrate 20th anniversary in Chico.
• Chico police seek woman who returned bogus DVDs
• Device ends Highway 99 high-speed pursuit of Sacramento man wanted for attempted homicide
• Cops: Labor Day still a lot of work
• Death Notices for Sept. 7
• Fire burns at Chico almond processing facility
• Paradise business makes national headlines
• Museum has new exhibits
• DeGarmo Park to host free event
• Herbalist schedules healing talks
• Campus Clips for Sept. 6
• Less is more this Labor Day weekend
• Recycling scrap metal is big business — so is stealing it
• Sacramento River crowd smaller than expected, 'respectful'
• Sacramento River projects on hold
• Paradise to consider new pot law
• Central Valley rice farmers hoping to crack China trade market
• Chico Council to hear homeowners' appeal of apartment complex development
• Blog Log for Sept. 5
• Registration for River Partners Mudder Nature Challenge open
• Program to monitor groundwater level to be explained to commission
• The Big Lebowski rolls its way back to The El Rey Theatre this week
• Farm Briefs for Sept. 4
• Roadwork Roundup for Sept. 4
• Death Notice for Sept. 4
• Cops make sexual assault arrest
• Orland council meets Tuesday
• Commodity giveaways begin this week
• Exiting chief Butte County probation officer says massive changes coming
• Officers watch Saturday night for indicators of today's activities in Chico
• CMT Crossroads welcomes Vince Gill and Sting, premiering in November
• Firefighters faced fiery Friday along Highway 70, Clark Road
• Jury deliberates in shooting death case
• CHP will troll local party spot for problems
• Scammers using Chico police lieutenant's name in sweepstakes fraud
• Oroville tribe gets OK for casino/resort in Yuba County
• Assault in front of downtown Chico restaurant has man stunned
• Attack with metal pole in Chico sends man to hospital
• Sacramento River float holds hidden dangers
• Movie review: Apollo 18
• GPS gives semi-truck driver bad advice, landing him on Honey Run Road
• Feather River carcasses may seem fishy, but salmon aren't ready to spawn
• Death Notices for Sept. 2
• Mendocino National Forest fire restrictions to begin Saturday
• Butte's Most Wanted
• Butte Humane Society to host KittyPalooza today, this weekend
• Authorities say alleged drunken driver leads police to his home
• Burglars drive van through front of Chico business, lift equipment
• Man with knife briefly holds off police officers on Orland street
• F-22 Raptor pilot gives talk at Chico airport
• Catch a sneak preview of Warrior this Sunday at Cinemark 14
• CSU presidential selection makes waves among union
• Butte's top crop draws crowd: Rice Field Day brings in hundreds for event
• Break in Ridge killing: Defendant in Paradise death takes deal, agrees to testify against others
• Lake Red Bluff begins draining today for last time
• Oregon river drowned man from Paradise
• Sentencing of man who framed girlfriend is postponed
• Man enters not guilty pleas for father's death
• Police Chief won't face criminal probe
• University Farm’s ‘Peach King’ slings his wares > The annual peach sale winds down after a difficult growing year.
• Letters for September 1, 2011 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• It’s time to go > Former CN&R editor says farewell to Chico.
• Magical moment > Make-A-Wish Foundation sends Oroville teen battling cancer to the Big Apple for a dream makeover.
• Listen up, students >
• A family affair > As the economy continues to falter, a growing number of families have turned to the Torres Community Shelter for support.
• Obama should go bold on jobs > The president needs to ignore Congress and fight for the American people.
• Reaching out for CalFresh > Local Chico agencies spreading the word about food assistance.
• Ricardo Villalobos and Max Loderbauer > ECM Records gets a remix.
• Lost suppers > California leaves billions of unused federal food-stamp dollars on the table each year. Meanwhile, the state’s red-tape labyrinth lets millions to go hungry.
• Hot Tuna > Hot Tuna’s first studio album in 20 years.
• Evade influenza > The CDC recommends a yearly vaccination, and other tips to avoid contracting the contagious disease.
• Sourdough Slim & Robert Armstrong > Butte County’s yodeling cowboy is back for more.
• Puff-puff proposition passed > Recent vote makes all CARD parks smoke-free.
• A welcome court gesture > Fresh, beer-battered fish at the mall!
• Medical-records leak > Private medical information of 300,000 Californians found online.
• Arts DEVO > Sex, beer and indie rock.
• Tabloid > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Help for Rift Valley fever > Team of researchers finds vaccine for life-threatening African fever.
• With new eyes > Artist Niana Liu’s East-meets-West-meets-East-again vision.
• One Day > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• ‘A new breed’ > CEO Robert Wentz positions Oroville Hospital as major open-source EHR player.
• Flower power > Author Vanessa Diffenbaugh comes home to Chico, much lauded debut novel in hand.
• Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• The state of Jefferson > Butte County is on the southernmost border of the state of Jefferson.
• Are you prepared? > Have an emergency plan for you and your pet.
• Lovably idiotic > Paul Rudd’s new movie is a step beyond silly.
• Party, eco-style > Here’s a fun, fresh cocktail recipe.
• Wally Herger’s got competition > Democrat Jim Reed announces 2012 candidacy.
• La femme repeater > Chicks with guns, cold but fun.
• Fukushima’s wrath > Homes around Fukushima nuclear plant will be uninhabitable for decades.
• The float goes on > Glenn County supervisors halt an alcohol ban on the Sacramento River this weekend.
• Dog’s best friend > Rob Joseph offers a solution for working pet owners in Chico.
• Sustainable study > UC Davis offers sustainability degree for the first time.
• Crystal Geyser bottling plant delayed > Citing a need for environmental review, court ruling shelves plans for Orland bottling plant.
• Simple > No expertise needed.
• Oil-sands pipeline sparks protest > Activists arrested during protest of proposed Canada-U.S. oil-sands pipeline.
• Downtown construction delayed > City of Chico faces delays, cost increases on the First and Second Street Couplet project.
• Booze on the river > Will a Labor Day alcohol ban actually work?
• Labor of love > Thriving Morning Glory Organics was founded just three years ago and is already a farmers’ market vendor.
• Carr won't face criminal probe
• Ranch under conservation easement
• Death Notices for August 31
• Highway 32 to be shut down
• Willows man hurt in I-5 crash
• Tribute to former Oroville coach
• Home invasion suspect snagged after diving into river
• Sex offender sentenced to 14 years
• Another charged in shooting, stabbing
• Campus Clips
• Creek in Paradise a milky way after spill
• Late-summer spillway releases due to power generator maintenance
• Jury gets case in trial of alleged July 2010 rape
• Newspaper carrier gives alert on fire
• Flap over birds means move for Willows market
• River may run dry for holiday
• Correction
• Death Notice for Aug. 29
• Blog Log
• Enloe Medical Center gives patients access to records
• Final day of Butte County Fair: hot but fun
• Speeches, receptions mark 100th anniversary of the discovery of Ishi
• Grief, comfort come with son's organ donation
• Organization plans to use Enloe organ-donor campaign as model
• Death Notice for Aug. 28
• Farm Briefs for Aug. 28
• Motorcyclist in serious condition after collision
• Labyrinth, paragliders on Park Commission agenda for Monday
• Police: Chico man walking along bike path gets stabbed
• Butte County Fair ends today
• Bidwell Bump Race gives bikers a challenge
• Roadwork Roundup for Aug. 28
• Fire chars seven acres of vegetation in Concow
• High construction bids delay downtown Chico couplet project
• Trenching work starts Sunday on Highway 32 in widening project
• Herger to hold town hall meeting in Redding on Wednesday
• State park legislation makes it out of appropriations committee
• F-22 Raptor pilot hosts pizza fundraiser for Chico Air Museum
• Testimony begins in RV park murder trial
• Butte County Fair has two days left
• Orland chief's return met with 'somber' mood
• Fish and Game: no charge in Bidwell Park fawn death
• Death Notices for Aug. 26
• Correction
• Car charred; coils cited
• Audit of Southside Center contract shows Butte County paid too much
• Semi veers into Main Street triangle following collision
• Police Report for Aug. 26
• Hybrid vehicle owner goes 'vintage'
• Butte's most wanted
• Paradise man arrested in Monterey murder case
• Paradise man arrested in Monterey murder case
• Paradise man arrested in Monterey murder case
• Looking to the future: Chico High plans renovation of old school cafeteria building
• Man held for trial in Bidwell Park beating incident
• An alert off-duty Chico cop spots suspect in auto theft
• Suspect still at large in teen stabbing case
• FRRPD board targeted for recall
• Oroville Calendar
• Man arrested after nine-hour standoff
• Elementary school district considers going solar
• RDA debt repayment to be discussed
• Oroville of Long Ago
• Testimony begins in rape case
• Man charged in shooting pleads not guilty
• Trying to outsmart cancer > Enloe Medical Center and Feather River Hospital offer clinical trials.
• Rachel Kaplan with K. Ruby Blume > Be a hub of sustainability.
• Flame-retardant women? > New study shows California mothers-to-be at risk for PBDE-contaminated blood.
• Arts DEVO > Life in Chico is a party.
• The Tree of Life > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Drowning in plastic > The world is being overrun with plastic.
• Exhibit Chico > Chico Museum celebrates 25 years of preserving history.
• The Help > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Recycle it, schools! > Waste Management has some tips to end school-generated waste.
• Small-business hopes shrinking > Owners of small businesses continue to become more pessimistic about economy.
• Same time next year > Heavy love story mostly rises above its gimmicky premise.
• Glacial demise > Montana’s glaciers set to disappear by 2020 due to climate change.
• Orland chief to retain post > After months on administrative leave, embattled Paula Carr heads back to her post as chief of police in Orland.
• Redone right > Fright Night defies horror-sequel expectations.
• Green RIP > Chico mourns the passing of green leaders Harlan Lundberg and Dan Cook.
• Supes back booze ban > Violators of Sacramento River alcohol prohibition could face fines of $100 to $500, thanks to an ordinance passed by the Butte County Board of Supervisors.
• A penny for his thoughts > Longtime collector John Kranz talks coins.
• Clearing up Tahoe > New Lake Tahoe TMDL plan aims to increase water clarity, reduce pollutants.
• Supes back booze ban > Violators of Sacramento River alcohol prohibition could face fines of $100 to $500, thanks to an ordinance passed by the Butte County Board of Supervisors.
• Equanimity > Meditating on meditating.
• Lawnless and loving it > Front-yard vegetable-gardening is catching on as a replacement for lawns.
• Outlaws pitcher is outbound > Outlaws pitcher picked up by Giants as the North American Baseball League’s season comes to early close.
• Highway 99 hit by the ugly stick > Highway 99 in Chico is going to get ugly next month, and we’re not talking traffic jams.
• Watch out for yarn-bombs! > Guerrilla-knitting group prepares yarn-bombs for Pride Weekend.
• Letters for August 25, 2011 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• PIC(ing) up the pieces > What caused the Private Industry Council to go belly-up all of a sudden? County supervisors get a glimpse of what happened.
• Why not Medicare for all? > Single-payer would be good for business—and for health.
• Bounce-house controversy goes viral > Stonewall Alliance and community upset over refusal to rent equipment for a gay-rights event.
• Chico City Council gamed on dispensaries > Ramsey brings in U.S. attorney, harshes council’s medical-cannabis high.
• Charter school, interrupted > Chico Green School has gone dark for the fall term, but supporters vow to bring the controversial institution back to life.
• Libya in Libyan hands > U.S. should be prepared to help but otherwise leave Libya alone.
• Pride in Chico > Locals share their stories of struggle and triumph in the spirit of Pride Weekend.
• Modern Americana > Coyote Grace plants LGBTIQQA community’s roots in traditional music.
• Don’t kill Fido > Don’t feed these foods to your dog or cat.
• Your happy place > Sipho’s Restaurant & Café brings the exciting taste of Jamaica to Chico, mon.
• A bowl for a bowl > Chico State students can help local food bank by eating their cereal.
• Good Poems: American Places > Keillor’s latest poetry collection.
• Medicare targets readmissions > Medicare to dock reimbursements to hospitals with high readmission rates.
• Acid Christ > Ride the bus with the king of counter-culture.
• Death Notices for August 24
• 'Time is life' national heart-attack expert says at Chico talk
• Enloe improves time for heart-attack treatment
• Man pleads no contest in burglary of music store
• Trial set in U.S. Marine stabbing case
• Two teens arrested in brutal assault case
• Rash of rural area thefts reported
• Course for family of people with mental illness starts today
• Back to School for Chico - Bus Schedules, Lunch Menus, School Supplies and more
• Orland police union speaks out on decision to bring back Carr
• Buck Owens 'Bound for Bakersfield 1953-1956' due out on September 27th
• Movie review: The Tree of Life
• CHP looking for driver in possible racially-motivated vehicle assault
• Orland police chief to return to her job
• Chico Green School vows to fight on, aims to appeal
• City council meeting in Willows postponed until Sept. 13
• Jail worker appears in court
• Jury selection begins for alleged killing
• New witness testimony halts trial in 2010 Chico slaying
• Herger to be in downtown Chico
• Shaun of the Dead returns to The El Rey Theatre this week
• Resource Conservation District to meet Tuesday in Oroville
• Community reception planned for new Butte College president
• Blog Log
• Whirling with festivities
• Protesters bare beliefs downtown
• Council to hold special RDA meeting
• River booze ban on tap
• Chico woman gives birth in car on side of road
• Fire near intersection of Autumn Drive and Highway 32 burns acreage
• Getting a square deal: QR codes are a smart way to scan for coupons
• Crash sends motorcyclist to hospital
• Taking local youth under their wings
• Butte sheriff's crackdown results in numerous arrests
• Farm Briefs for Aug. 21
• Council approves low-income housing loan
• Students get Wildcat Welcome
• Reservoir proposal gets more funding
• Cops take the bite out of crime: Mid-year statistics report indicates illegal activity down
• Judge denies motion for new trial in 2006 boating accident
• Police arrest another suspect in shooting case
• Green School loses court ruling: Doomed institution tries to challenge charter revocation, gets state funding cut off
• Butte College welcomes new students
• Missing Magalia teen found
• Death Notices for August 19
• Dixie fire 60 percent contained
• Carr decision now promised for next week
• Religious observance causes fire
• Truck driver student killed after walking into I-5 traffic
• Man pleads not guilty for alleged commercial pot operation on Paradise ridge
• Probation ordered in drugged milk case
• Police Report for August 19
• Truck driver student killed after walking into I-5 traffic
• Sneak preview: Police chief gives City Council look at armored vehicle
• Herger resumes attack on ethanol subsidies
• School Time for August 18
• Magalia man accused of killing father appears in court
• Death Notices for August 18
• Man sentenced for assault over bike altercation
• Duo to face trial for Palermo shooting
• Dog on I-5 causes wreck and injuries
• Political forum planned by Democrats
• Meeting: Love Chapmantown Coalition
• Green leadership > Butte College adds distinction as first U.S. college to go grid-positive to its already innovative focus on sustainability.
• Future of the float > Local supervisors poised to decide if Labor Day on the river should be booze-free.
• Buffett: Share the sacrifice > Mega-rich investor says wealthy can afford to pay higher taxes.
• Paving the way > Diversity guide aims to make the transition to Chico smoother for minority students.
• Solitary confinement is torture > California prisoners’ hunger strike calls attention to inhumane treatment.
• At work on Alcatraz > Student interns put concrete knowledge to the test in repairing historic structure.
• Various Artists > Chicago blues greats gather on one disc.
• Why journalism is still a good major > Because it’s the only major that teaches students to write, new chairwoman states.
• Look Out! > Greasy, soul-rockin’ blues!
• Finger on the trigger > Chico State braces for further cuts come January 2012.
• Pushin’ the fun > Australia’s Rosie Burgess Trio returns to Chico.
• Welcome back, students > Get into the school frame of mind.
• Unbeetable > Dirty, delicious beets.
• Death dog? > Eating hot dogs equated with smoking cigarettes as risk for serious health problems.
• Chococo Chocolate Cookbook > Indulge with Chococo.
• The Trip > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Heart-failure program snags stamp > Sutter Medical Center’s heart-failure program is first to be certified under new standards.
• Arts DEVO > Jose Canseco welcomes back the students.
• Final Destination 5 > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Doll-dollars benefit kids > Small women’s group presents $1,000 to Feather River Hospital Cancer Center.
• Mutant propagation > Mutant vehicles are alive thanks to kickstarter.com.
• Rise of the Planet of the Apes > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Enloe gets seal of approval > Accrediting agency recognizes the hospital’s stroke care.
• Americans to Congress: You stink! > New poll indicates a paltry 13 percent approval rating.
• Maids of honor > Best-selling novel adapted with mixed results.
• Local. Real. Food. > Billy’s Local Real Food is exactly what the name implies. Go get some!
• Wanted man surrenders > Jorge Aguilar Ceja, who faces attempted murder charges in the slashing of Joseph Igbineweka, turned himself in at the Chico Police Department.
• Root of the matter > Terrence Malick’s beautifully rendered spiritual vision.
• Birth control on the cheap > Chico State’s student-health center has found a solution to rising birth-control prices.
• Downtown parking gets makeover > University forges ahead with work on new garage.
• Building cultural bridges > Chico State student Jean-Claire Peltier shares her experience working for the State Department in Panama.
• Higher ed, green-style > Tips for creating an environmentally friendly student abode.
• Helping hand to higher ed > A Chico State program designed to graduate students from high school and college is refunded to the tune of $3 million.
• Vipassana > Meditative thoughts.
• Shell gets OK to drill in Arctic > A year and a half after permits were frozen, Shell gets OK to drill in Arctic.
• Dream team > Fed up with the national budget fiasco and tax breaks for the elite and corporations, locals join the Rebuild the Dream movement by organizing a protest at City Plaza.
• A plan for ‘Lost Park’ > It’s a good one, but it’s been sitting on a shelf for more than a decade.
• A one-of-a-kind compromise > Logging company cuts deal with conservationists regarding land development.
• Cops make pitch for new armored vehicle > Although the Chico City Council had no say in the matter, local law-enforcement officers made a passionate pitch for their new armored rescue vehicle.
• Letters for August 18, 2011 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• Lundberg lends a hand > Nation’s largest organic-rice grower starts program to assist new farmers.
• Bringing food, tools and hope to West Africa > Chico man organizes elaborate aid effort in Burkina Faso.
• Welcome to Bidwell Park > Chico’s ‘crown jewel’ can be enjoyed by everyone—but it needs our TLC, too.
• Boulders from big rig crash closes I-5 for 90 minutes
• Rifftrax Live: Jack the Giant Killer plays tonight at Cinemark 14
• Death Notices for August 17
• Police: Violent weekend recorded in Willows
• Music, dinner planned at senior home
• Stu Shaner to share history of Oroville Dam
• Butte librarian named to term with committee
• Blood drive is set in Orland this Sunday
• Paradise kidnapping and torture case heading to trial
• Man arrested with more than 10,000 pot plants pleads no contest
• Movies in the Park presents: Nanny McPhee
• Death Notices for Aug. 16
• Willows police want vote of no confidence in manager's job review
• Arrests in Paradise may be tied to Orland-area crime spree
• Orland man arrested on suspicion of felony DUI; passenger injured
• Chico High School's class of '61 to celebrate its 50-year reunion
• Teen girl hospitalized following assault at Paradise High School
• Chico motorcyclist remains in serious condition following crash
• Enloe certified as Advanced Primary Stroke Center
• Vince Gill celebrates 20th Anniversary at the Grand Ole Opry
• Correction
• Blog Log
• 10 men involved in shooting, stabbing
• Council to discuss housing, pot, more
• Here comes the bridal showcase
• Labyrinth returns to The El Rey Theatre this week
• Roadwork Roundup for Aug. 14
• Mule power: Wilderness work requires a step back in time
• Chico State hosts online cattle auction for sales across Western U.S.
• Strength in unity: Young cancer patients, families find support, good times in Berry Creek
• Challenge man's body recovered from Sacramento River
• Old maple tree falls in Chico, traps woman in car
• Aero Union closing; Chico workers lose jobs
• SUV and fuel tanker collide in Chico, close road
• Faculty shrinks at Chico State University
• Perez brings services to Holiday Inn
• Bethel A.M.E. spaghetti dinner is today
• Stepping Out to Step Up, a group effort to catch a falling life
• Movie review: The Help
• The Judds rank #15 on Billboard's Top 25 Country Artists of 1985-2011
• Willows man badly hurt in attack
• Glenn drug agents join raid on Red Buff pot grow
• Butte official winds up career of almost 25 years
• Gas leak closes part of road in Chico
• State funds flow to four-lane Highway 32 in east Chico
• Blind youth take on water challenges in Oroville
• Family of Olympic athlete from Chico offers to help with Willows K-9 fundraiser
• Rural fire fee flub will force revamping
• Chico Redevelopment Agency frozen
• Police Report for Aug. 12
• Happy to be back: Students, staff enjoy smooth first day of new school year
• Man sentenced to probation for ax assault in March
• Senator LaMalfa speaks in Paradise
• Willows council faces budget woes
• Oroville bar burglary suspect taken into custody
• Magalia pair arrested in sweep
• Bidwell Ranch still lacks public access
• Crash kills woman, injures man
• Safer drinking water > Calif. EPA sets first standard for hexavalent-chromium levels in drinking water.
• Homeward bound > Butte Humane Society finds homes for 98 animals during 12-hour adoption event.
• Home delivery > A satisfactory thud.
• Resilient rice > Study shows inoculating rice seeds with fungi makes plants more resilient.
• Close encounter > Chico couple want to help teenager who terrified them during a recent break-in.
• The war comes home > How much did ‘Operation Full Court Press’ cost? Tim Crews wants to know.
• Miles and miles per gallon > Historic agreement between Obama and car manufacturers will raise mpg standards.
• Supervisors punt ordinance to people > Medi-pot-cultivation ordinance to be added to June ballot.
• Letters for August 11, 2011 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• Recycling responsibly > Local computer refurbisher goes above and beyond the call of duty when it comes to recycling e-waste.
• Paradise Walmart still a go > Forgotten about the Gateway superstore? Well, it hasn’t gone away.
• The path of life > There will be rocks on the road of life. Don’t trip on them.
• Stone by stone, grape by grape > The monks at the Abbey of New Clairvaux bless this year’s grape harvest and look to the completion of the ancient chapter house at their Vina monastery.
• Amazon’s money grab > Online retailer using ballot to protect unfair business advantage.
• Playing the field > Phys-ed provides more than just exercise—it teaches life skills.
• The bigger problem > It’s not the national debt, it’s mass unemployment.
• New charter blossoms > New K-8 charter school Wildflower Open Classroom opens its doors on Aug. 31.
• Greg Brown > Greg Brown’s thunderous voice rumbles on.
• Saving high school sports > Cooperation, compromise forestall drastic cuts in programs.
• Mick Boogie and DJ Jazzy Jeff > The ultimate summer mash-up.
• A school year begins > Welcome to the CN&R’s annual K-12 Back to School issue.
• Goin’ chronovore > From the vine, straight into your mouth.
• Hep C by the numbers > Yearlong program identifying HCV infections in high-risk individuals wraps up.
• The Wave > A wave of big waves from author Susan Casey.
• Suckin’ up sugar > Study shows teens in fast-food-dense areas consume more sugar and fat.
• Arts DEVO > Change is good.
• Good news for Yellowstone > Officials announce water, air and soil surrounding Yellowstone River spill are OK.
• Homage to Frank fizzles > Though some of My Way’s musical numbers convey the magic of Sinatra, the majority are ultimately forgettable.
• Crazy, Stupid, Love. > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Garden on the roof > Rooftop gardens and a mayor who’s had it with cars parking illegally in city bike lanes.
• Shorts, in a bunch > Show Us Your Shorts Film Fest debuts.
• Cowboys & Aliens > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Bulky backpacks > Keep your kids backache free with these tips for hauling books correctly.
• No faith in public education > Recent poll shows Americans’ near record-low confidence.
• No body’s perfect > Change is not good.
• The race to vaccinate > The Chico Unified School District is crossing its fingers as the Tdap booster-shot deadline approaches.
• Teen still missing > Family and police continue search for 14-year-old Orland runaway two weeks after she was last seen.
• Evolution story > Planet of the Apes redux.
• Toss the brown-bag habit > A few tips on how parents can reduce lunch-time waste.
• She’s outta here > Eri Yoshida traded to Maui a week after signing with the Chico Outlaws.
• A busload of knowledge > Charlotte Miller is a Chico Unified School District bus driver whose love for kids has had her behind the wheel of a bus for nearly 30 years.
• Propane tank leaking in remote area of Biggs
• Bidwell Park visitors warned about burglaries
• Lady Antebellum tops country charts with 'Just a Kiss'
• The Tree of Life and The Trip open this Friday at The Pageant Theatre
• Correction for August 10
• Death Notices for August 10
• Chico to receive federal funding
• Chico to receive federal funding
• Hearing set for man charged with killing three in Highway 99 crash
• Oroville man, 87, sentenced in child porn case; will follow son into prison
• Trial date set for 2008 Paradise killing
• Rotting rice straw wins no support, city response to come
• League may bench some players for tonight's Outlaws/Scorpions game
• The El Rey Theatre presents: E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
• Glenn schools announce start dates, road safety urged
• CUSD chief sees good year ahead
• Fawn dies from dog injuries
• Massive pot raid operation concludes
• Two men threaten guest at Willows motel pool
• Fate of Orland police chief may be decided this week
• Woman gets 10 years for DUI death
• Glenn County weekend crashes kept CHP busy
• Man presumed drowned in river
• Blog Log
• Free lunch seminar Thursday to discuss condition of tinnitus
• August surplus food giveaways start this week
• Project to remove obstacles to migrating fish in Battle Creek is almost at the halfway point
• Refurbisher: It's not so easy to be green
• Taking a swing: Water golf emerges at Scotty's Landing
• Pot cultivation, protection of contractors on supervisors' agenda
• The Oak Ridge Boys inducted into the Grand Ole Opry
• Farm Briefs for Aug. 7
• Death Notices for Aug. 7
• 8-year-old feels too lucky to feel good
• Roadwork Roundup for Aug. 7
• City attorney: no conflict of interest
• Chico city officials leading charge for change in housing
• Peace vigil group in Chico observes 66th anniversary of Hiroshima bombing
• People respond to lower-price pets: Butte Humane Society finds new homes for most of its animals
• Death Noties for Aug. 6
• Correction for Aug. 6
• On the last leg of the ride for patriotism
• Grace Light Hindu Temple to host Krishna Janmashtami
• Centering Prayer class is Aug. 14
• City Light Church will be in Bidwell Park Sunday
• Durham Unified School District board scheduled to meet Tuesday
• Quartet to minister though Southern Gospel on Sunday
• Fire sprinkler floods unit at Walker Commons in Chico
• Anniversaries of atomic bombings to be observed
• Small attic fire damages Chico home
• Local high school sports survive, but with changes
• Disc golfer bitten by rattlesnake in Hooker Oak Recreation Area in Chico
• DeSabla Market burns to ground; Firefighters say tenants lucky to be alive
• Talk to cover use of traditional tonic herbs for health, healing
• Redding police gun down fleeing man after he shoots at officers
• Chico Planning Commission chair announces candidacy for council
• Disc golfer bitten by rattlesnake in Hooker Oak park
• Tehama pot grow produces first federal indictments in 'Operation Full Court Press'
• Fire consumes Old DeSabla Market
• Reimbursement bid denied by court
• City Council gives approval to indoor wood burning restrictions
• Glenn County arrests tied to forest pot grows
• Chico arrests made in Long Beach murder case
• Guilty plea: Girlfriend framed in attack
• School Time for August 4
• Chico couple startled to find teen intruder in bedroom
• Man's body recovered from Black Butte Lake
• Struggling to take root > After its initial year of operation Chico’s sustainability-themed charter high school remains unaccredited and faces charter revocation.
• Giving in to bullying > Mike Ramsey brings in the big dogs to scare the city into repealing its medi-pot ordinance.
• The elephant in the room > California’s fiscal mess continues to worsen thanks to the anti-tax, anti-government policies of the Republican Right.
• The politics of extortion > Now we know what it takes to win in Washington: threaten to destroy the nation’s economy.
• Oroville Hospital’s new vista > Hospital adopts new version of electronic-health-records system.
• Paleo > Paleo warbles us to sleep.
• Get that vaccination! > Brown extends deadline for students to get whooping-cough vaccination.
• Ana Popovic > Belgrade’s “female Jimi Hendrix” tears it up on new disc.
• West Nile strikes > First case of West Nile this year reported in Santa Barbara County.
• Little Dragon > Driven to desire by dragons.
• Protect your eyes against cataracts > August is Cataract Awareness Month—how much do you know?
• Crazy rhythms > Talking math and music with Oakland’s Silian Rail.
• Health-care marketplace > Making informed health-care choices in today’s marketplace of options.
• Dharma dogs > Weiner Man Joe Gormley rules the street.
• Cave of Forgotten Dreams > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Fight climate change, go to jail? > Climate change is becoming an increasingly hot topic.
• Arts DEVO > Operation Freedom Eagle Project of America.
• Captain America: The First Avenger > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Bug-off naturally > Website offers recipe for natural insect repellent.
• Summer stock > Chico Summer Theatre Festival kicks off this week … sans Shakespeare.
• Clever, fun, love > A rom-com that’s funny and smart.
• Sutter Hall goes gold > Chico State’s newest dormitory gets LEED Gold certification.
• Trust issues > Confidence in media is shaky in many Western countries.
• Final frontier > The Old West outguns outer space in fun genre mash-up.
• Predicting wildfire > Study shows future increase in fires could devastate Yellowstone ecosystem.
• Campaigning (really) early > Chico Planning Commissioner Dave Kelley announces City Council candidacy more than a year in advance of the 2012 election.
• Master of his art > Farshad Azad reaches eighth-degree black-belt in hapkido, continues to spread his message of empowerment to Chico.
• Brown pushes solar project > Gov. Brown files brief against group’s request to halt desert solar project.
• Water suit sinks > Federal judge rejects Tehama-Colusa Canal Authority’s water-rights lawsuit.
• Heartbreak > I am my mother’s son.
• Melting glaciers, warming seas > Photographer David Arnold sheds light on climate change in his Chico State talk and Gateway Science Museum exhibit.
• Voters halt medi-pot law > County verifies petition against cultivation ordinance.
• Parks and recreation > Residents will finally get to enjoy the city-owned property at Comanche Creek should its draft plan for improvements get the OK.
• No room for Jim Nielsen > With redistricting, his choices are suddenly limited.
• City Council back-pedals on medi-pot ordinance > Panel votes to repeal dispensary law; redevelopment agency to remain.
• Letters for August 4, 2011 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• Waiting game > United Way funds in limbo as chapter for Butte and Glenn counties gets absorbed.
• What were the criteria? > The county supervisors never explained their decision on county redistricting.
• Chico police seek burglary suspects
• Down but not out: Locals not as concerned about crime during National Night Out
• Crude fire bombs found at Pleasant Valley
• Suzy Bogguss releases 'American Folk Songbook'
• Death Notices for August 3
• Correction for August 3
• Gridley drafts response to report
• Judge dismisses conspiracy charges in drug ring, prosecution expected to refile
• Retirement contribution cuts extended to more workers
• New Clairvaux blessing of the grapes to take place Friday
• Utterback memorial tournament starts Friday
• Applications accepted for new planning commissioners
• Board hears different views of Green School
• Man presumed drowned at Black Butte Reservoir
• Beer thieves in alleged stolen car chased down in Orland
• Hay barn damaged, garage destroyed in Glenn County fires
• Two victims identified in fatal Butte Valley motorcycle crash
• Local bank release latest earnings
• Paddlers hit Sacramento River Wednesday
• Death Notices for Aug. 2, 2011
• Mosquito "fogging" slated tonight
• Herger votes yes as House passes debt deal
• Beer thieves chased down in Glenn County in alleged stolen car
• Cocaine found under Chico man's crashed car
• Blog Log
• Take part in National Night Out Against Crime on Tuesday in Chico
• Council to take on pot, redevelopment, wood burning Tuesday
• Arrival: F-15 jet rolls into Chico Air Museum
• Banding together: Donations from around Butte County help send Gridley High group to Hawaii
• Supervisors' meetings on Web soon
• Take part in National Night Out Against Crime on Tuesday in Chico
• Jurassic Park returns to The El Rey Theatre this week
• The larger picture: Review of Delta Plan includes myriad alternatives
• If you plan it, they will come: Last-minute fundraiser for Junior Giants closes Oroville park
• 50 years ago today, Chico became site of first U.S. skyjacking attempt
• Green School could face losing charter
• Roadwork Roundup for July 31
• Natural Resources Conservation Service looking for input Aug. 15
• Couplet project construction could start in September
• Meeting focuses on Yolo Bypass/Colusa Basin Drain
• Randy Houser to marry singer-songwriter Jessa Lee Yantz
• Then and now glacier photos illustrate global warming
• Chico woman's chance to attend a memorial for her brother stolen along with her vehicle
• Massive north-state pot raids net 102 arrests; plants worth $928 million uprooted
• Long Beach police at "critical point" in probe of slain Chico native
• Pot garden raided; 9,391 plants found
• Red Cross looking for coordinator
• Trio faces trial in 2008 Paradise killing
• Woman killed in Hwy. 70 motorcycle crash
• Woman killed in head-on crash
• Huge pot eradication effort targeted second grow in Tehama County
• Death Notices for July 29
• Sentencing delayed for 21-year-old man convicted of wielding shotgun
• Police Report
• Butte's Most Wanted
• American flag tour in honor of armed forces will stop in Chico
• Man will not face charges in alleged statutory rape of minor
• 5:15 p.m.: Coroner called to Magalia Dam accident; traffic backed up
• Hamilton City business reports large loss in burglary
• Pot plantation a poisoned dump: Ugly side of marijuana trade revealed at 'typical' grow raided in Mendocino Forest
• Group ponders shoehorning prison inmates into Butte jail
• More than just a simple post office: Stirling City residents: Possible closure of community hub could hurt the town
• School Time for July 15
• Business and criminal partner unveils defendant's alleged role in ridge death
• New law will prohibit selling pets in parking lots
• The final cut
• Medicare workshop today in Chico
• Vital virus findings > Scientists are puzzled by adenovirus that “jumped” from monkeys to humans.
• Sugar in the dirt > It’s summer, and the ground is sweet with melons.
• Hospice away from home > Paradise Hospice House offers inpatient palliative care in a soothing, supportive environment.
• Arts DEVO > Arts DEVO’s summertime miscellany.
• Winnie the Pooh > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Couch Gags > John Ross moves his Comedy from the Couch showcase from Sacramento to Chico.
• Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Get off your butt > Stand-up desks may be key to health-sustainability in office jobs.
• Return of the princess > Japanese knuckleball pitcher Eri Yoshida brings her game back to the Chico Outlaws.
• Ice Age art show > Werner Herzog leads journey into prehistoric Chauvet Cave.
• Eco-conscious cookware > Here are some options to swap out your old pots and pans.
• Who loves ya? > Republicans seen as caring more about Wall Street and big business than about the average citizen.
• Star-spangled Avenger > Captain America gets us pumped for Avengers franchise.
• Abandon ship! > Navy preps to sink destroyer as artificial reef, but environmentalists have concerns.
• Third Chicoan joins CSU panel > Chico State student Jillian Ruddell added to Board of Trustees.
• Rake it, quick like > Ridge resident Warren Bowden talks about his ultra-efficient raking machine.
• Don’t drill here > Environmental groups file protest against BLM plan to lease land for drilling.
• Congratulations, Mr. President! > Chico State President Paul Zingg and girlfriend Yasuko Hartley get hitched during private ceremony.
• Present and unaccounted for > Living in the moment.
• Solar shelter > Chico company teams up with major roofing manufacturer to make Habitat homes solar.
• Beware of two-man scam > Woman taken for thousands in a purchase of phony gold bar.
• Island breezes > Scenes from a too-short visit to Kauai.
• Smitten with bees > Local beekeeper and Chico Green School practical-crafts teacher Keith Gelber practices biodynamic beekeeping.
• Chico cops revolt against pot ordinance > The medical-marijuana law will allow for two dispensaries in town, but police say it violates federal law.
• Letters for July 28, 2011 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• Supervisors nix Chico group’s plan > Residents of Southwest Chico will now have a supervisor who lives on a ranch near Oroville.
• Reacting to racism > The author apologizes for his outburst and hopes to do better next time.
• Downtown in transition > New DCBA chief Heather Keag brings hope for improvements.
• Len Fulton, 1934–2011 > Butte County has lost one of its finest citizen-politicians of the 20th century.
• Getting in the game > The Chico Outlaws struggle to get ahead in a new league with a new roster and a grueling travel schedule.
• A nation at risk > Extremist ideologues in the House are threatening the recovery.
• Digging for roots > Searching for (and finding) the birth father I never knew.
• Dave Alvin > The “King of California” is back with a new slab of Americana.
• Toothy tips > Tips for healthy teeth.
• Various artists > Alberta, Canada’s Stony Plain label celebrates 35 years.
• Shedding light on Alzheimer’s > Study shows lifestyle changes could prevent Alzheimer’s disease down the line.
• Timber Timbre > Timber Timbre keeps creepin’ on.
• Healthbook? > Mayo Clinic launches health-based social-networking site.
• Soup and a song > Bob Backstrom rocks Bustolini’s and beyond.
• Movie review: Captain America: The First Avenger
• Corrections for July 27
• Death Notices for July 27
• Full address by Rep. Tom McClintock (R-Rocklin)
• Man is given a 12-year term for child sex abuse
• Paradise man given probation for rape of runaway girl
• Killing: Preliminary hearing begins
• Felony bike theft in Chico caught on video; suspect, bike sought
• North and Southbound Dunnigan rest stops on I-5 closed for repairs
• Felony bike theft in Chico caught on video
• Former county supervisor Len Fulton dead at 77
• Corrections
• Butte County library parties to mark end of summer program
• Chico removing two valley oaks from Bidwell Park this week
• Seminar on chronic headaches planned in Chico this evening
• Arrests made in connection with Durham burglary spree
• Troublemaking woman leaves authorities perplexed
• Man drifting on Sacramento River hit by boat and killed
• Death Notices for July 26
• Multi-agency war on pot so far nets 77 arrests
• Pair abandons alleged stolen Chico vehicle, tries to hitchhike from scene
• Former Chico radio personality arrested for alleged molestation
• News of Our Past
• Blog Log
• Fiddlin' around: Old Time Fiddlers group tries to keep tradition alive
• Chico schools look for hints of trouble
• Statistics help tell story of teen suicide in the north valley
• Pressures can lead to depression
• Tuesday could be last hearing on Butte redistricting
• The El Rey Theatre presents: Tremors
• Chico State student bound for Egypt
• Death Notice for July 24
• Two injured in motorcycle accident near Durham
• Labyrinth project makes a comeback
• A message from the Strauss family
• Talking about Alex helps parents Dan and Joan
• Finding peace in ponds: Tour takes visitors into Chico backyards
• How to donate to the anti-suicide fund
• Down economy gives boost to at least one Chico company
• Butte County's jobless rate jumped in June
• Third device found in north Chico has officials on edge
• Jet fighter soon on its way to Chico Air Museum
• Chico Police union says officers "will not participate" in ordinance allowing pot dispensaries
• Aldersgate starts Bible school Monday
• Death Notices for July 23
• Altar Society to have yard sale Aug. 4-6
• Vince Gill celebrates 20 years with the Grand Ole Opry
• Assault on Glenn County game warden ends in arrest near Elk Creek
• Chico State student named to Board of Trustees
• Woman under arrest has seizure
• Outcry stalls adoption of new park rules
• Chico kids keep their cool
• Affordable housing complex for mentally ill opens
• Top chopped to free motorist in Chico
• Embers from one Chico Creek Canyon brush fire caused second
• Man picked the wrong place to cash stolen check
• Arrest made in Orland sexual assault
• Chico State student dies of apparent overdose
• Failure to launch: Budget suspends regulation requiring counties to send vote-by-mail ballots
• Enloe promoting organ donation
• No contest: Sex offender agrees to plea in case of child molestation
• Death Notices for July 21
• Deported felon enters plea for possessing meth for sale
• Trial date set for local bar owner
• DWR reimbursement case in court
• Chico Police say recent violence is nothing new > More media attention just makes it more real to the community, sergeant says.
• Letters for July 21, 2011 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• Local activist takes Peace & Justice Center reins > Tammy Wichman brings years of experience working for social justice.
• A good woman, passing > The author remembers Mary Ann Flanagan, who gave so much to so many.
• Sanctuary runneth over > With few volunteers and little money, the Chico Cat Coalition’s efforts in Bidwell Park are on hold.
• Making history honest > Gay history should be taught in the schools, but only to children old enough to understand it.
• Free to be me > The Sunshine Connection was a place where disabled kids could be themselves, but now it’s struggling to survive.
• The tone-deaf trustees > Their decision to hike a president’s salary could hurt the CSU.
• Labeled disabled > How one woman with cerebral palsy adapts to a world where she feels invisible.
• 1910 > Celebrating Django.
• Drinking coffee and tea may reduce MRSA risk > New research points to lower incidence of MRSA in coffee and tea drinkers.
• England Keep My Bones > Folk-punker Frank Turner pays homage to his English roots.
• Hey, kid! Where’s your helmet? > Chico Police Department offers raffle incentive to youth who wear helmets.
• More than appetizers > Monk’s fine-dining menu lives up to its fine-wine reputation.
• STI superbug discovered > Scientists in Japan discover a strand of gonorrhea that’s resistant to all drugs.
• The Last Gunfight > A fresh look at the O.K. Corral.
• Sunshine State skinny > California gets No. 40 spot in annual report ranking most obese states.
• Arts DEVO > This way to online art.
• Ahh—shiatsu! > Café Culture’s newest healing-arts professional Sarah Chicone on the benefits of this specialized massage.
• Gone to the beavers > Worst. Film year. Ever.
• Home sales for July 21, 2011 >
• Coral reefs at risk > Increasing CO2 and methane in the atmosphere put sea life in jeopardy.
• Bed-time burlesque > Chico Cabaret has fun with classic nursery rhymes (and more) in sexy revue.
• Horrible Bosses > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Summer camp tips > Tips for camping in our National Parks.
• State smoking rate continues to fall > It’s one of just two states that have met a federal Healthy People 2020 target.
• World of pooh > Disney’s G-rated shakedown.
• Lassen Volcanic grabs grant > National Park Foundation gives Lassen Volcanic National Park grant for youth programs.
• Chico State footballer goes national > Chris Wondolowski joins the U.S. All-Star team alongside the likes of David Beckham.
• Final showdown > The era of Harry Potter comes to a close.
• New species galore! > Philippines research expedition results in 300 potential new species for study.
• Man charged in 2003 rape > Police matched the Paradise resident’s DNA to the crime after he was convicted in Utah on marijuana charges.
• Collector of treasures > Glenda Barker is on the hunt for unique items to fill her shop.
• California responds to Yellowstone spill > Gov. Brown sends team of oil-spill experts to aid in Yellowstone River spill.
• Chico State ag school named top innovator > CSUC ag school makes top-25 list of cutting-edge ag-business entities.
• Double agent > Since the president is trying to gut some of the best things government has ever done, his goal must be revolution.
• Livin’ off the land > Sacramento-area blogger and wild-forager Hank Shaw pens first book.
• Show biz > Perseverance in Tinseltown leads to success for Chicoan Jake McLaughlin.
• Hypocrites in the Statehouse > State Sen. Doug LaMalfa and his Republican pals in the Legislature won’t allow us to vote on taxes while living large on taxpayer dollars.
• Chico filmmakers receive minimum donation, will be fully funded
• Death Notices
• New group forms for neuropathy support
• Several firearms, ammo stolen from gun safe
• Fourth trial date scheduled for fatal Durham shooting
• Second railway vandalism in a month
• New downtown chief used to listening, leadership
• Four-way stop requested for children's safety
• New rules for felons may be straining
• Cave of Forgotten Dreams opens this Friday at The Pageant Theatre
• 12-year-olds found drunk at party
• Graduate student sinks teeth into study
• More green west of the green line
• A new fire lookout
• PID director in hot water over attendance
• Bad break-up: Paradise man allegedly kidnaps girlfriend
• List of local businesses hurt by counterfeit check operation expands
• Catalytic converters stolen from Toyotas in Glenn County
• Credit bureau head, business leader dies
• Downtown Chico work to impact traffic, parking
• Mosquito fogging tonight in Dayton, Concow
• PG&E SmartMeter clinic planned in Chico
• Jason Aldean scores his 3rd consecutive #1 with 'Dirt Road Anthem'
• A pesky problem: State looking at program to improve pest management
• Investing in people: Women's Finance Collaborative pays it forward
• Valley Medical Supply survives and thrives
• Barbecue to be fundraiser for Orland Pool
• Episcopal church starts vacation Bible School on Monday
• Day of reflection planned at First Baptist
• Barbecue, fellowship service is today at ranch
• MasterCraft could owe $3.3 million more in Lake Oroville boating accident
• Vacation Bible School starts Monday at Baptist Church
• News of Our Past
• Death Notices for July 16
• Toddler pulled from Glenn County canal dies at hospital
• Superintendent Ray Odom couldn't get enough of Hamilton City
• Red Bluff artist helps recreate Pooh characters in film
• After 34 years, Ray Odom left lots of memories
• The El Rey Theatre presents: 28 Days Later
• Chico documentary filmmakers need your help
• Death Notices for July 15
• Police respond to mobile home park bear report
• Kayaking, camping day trips planned by Audubon Society
• Intersection crash injures motorcyclist
• Truck's hay load too tall for trestle
• Police Report for July 15
• Butte's Most Wanted
• More than 10,000 pot plants uprooted in Butte County raids
• More than 10,000 pot plants uprooted in Butte County raids
• Two men beaten near Annie's Glen
• Police seeking suspect in downtown attack on woman
• Orland Dutch Bros. tip jar found
• Chico street closed Saturday
• Chico man sentenced for stealing TV during party
• Man admits aiding in murder charges
• Toddler revived after several minutes in Glenn County canal
• Man rescued from canyon slope
• Supervisors ignore pleas, split Barber neighborhood > The supervisors didn’t have to finish redistricting until Nov. 1, but Larry Wahl and two others wouldn’t wait to consider a neighborhood’s pleas to participate in the process.
• Letters for July 14, 2011 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• Home sales for July 14, 2011 >
• So long, Scott > Beloved Chico muralist Scott Teeple passes away.
• Happy 40th, Drug War > After 40 years and billions of dollars, isn’t it time to end the Drug War?
• Troubles on The Esplanade > Disabled Chico woman faces possible eviction after fighting for cleanliness, safety.
• An investment in health > We salute the Chico City Council’s adoption of mandatory no-burn days.
• Waiting for the train > A timeline of high-speed-rail development in California and across the globe.
• Why the redistricting rush? > When ordinary citizens expressed a desire to participate in redistricting, a majority of the Board of Supervisors shot them down.
• Track to the future > All aboard as our writer answers 20 questions on the hope for high-speed rail in 2020.
• More Bees With Honey > JP Soars brings blues to life.
• Oops! They did it again > Department of Public Health announces second data breach since December.
• Mad World EP > Chico’s Willdy Diamond’s Mad World.
• Breast center earns badge > North State Imaging earns national distinction for breast-health care.
• Summer salads: fennel answer > The flavorful herb makes for fresh, simple summer salads.
• Aging in place > New technologies could mean elderly skip long-term facilities and stay at home.
• Night’s Body > If Chico had a poet laureate, it would be George Keithley.
• Back basics > Tips to avoiding back injury and pain.
• Arts DEVO > West Virginia and signs of the times.
• Quality, consistently > A look at the way three Chico-area hospitals are working to standardize and improve their quality of care.
• Death is not the end > Dead’s Town at RayRay is ‘one big, delightfully absurd party.’
• The climate—it’s a-changin’ > CO2 and CO are no joke; plus, check out the Gratitude Tree.
• Reinterpreting the New World > The 1078 Gallery’s Summer Stock art exhibition features the thought-provoking work of Monique Janssen-Belitz and two others.
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Handy advice > Study says hand sanitizer could prompt a false-positive for alcohol.
• Get a handle on spending! > More Americans want Congress to vote against raising debt ceiling.
• Bad Teacher > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Reducing its paw print > New Puma shopping bag dissolves in compost pile or warm water.
• Another hit to students > CSU Board of Trustees raises fees by 12 percent. Chico State undergrads will pay $6,882 per year.
• Premeditated laughs > Stellar ensemble and creative script give juice to Horrible Bosses’ ridiculous premise.
• Oil fouls Yellowstone River > Safety of Montana pipelines in question following oil spill in Yellowstone River.
• Husband guns down wife > Oroville resident Varn Saechao faces attempted-murder charges in his wife’s shooting.
• The Verizon Dude > Conall Mahoney rocks out with a Verizon sign at the corner of East Avenue and Cohasset.
• Solar power on the rise > Californians are installing solar systems at record rate.
• Woman attacked at Lost Park > Chico police investigate brutal sexual assault near downtown.
• Poop > Messy business.
• Growing food and community at the Commons > Residents of CHIP housing create a thriving community garden on small, rocky plot of land.
• Rough way to go > Paradise Town Manager Chuck Rough retires early to help balance the budget.
• Friends moving on > The author remembers two more people who’ve died recently.
• Dierks Bentley & Little Big Town added to lineup for CMA Fest TV special
• Child pulled from Glenn County canal, CPR in progress
• Draft for Comanche Creek revealed
• Death Notices for July 13
• Three plead not guilty to murder charges
• Shots exchanged with pot grower
• Lundberg farms among California ag innovation winners
• Retired educator snags Butte Board of Education seat
• Woman stabbed repeatedly during domestic dispute
• Glenn RCD seeks public help on long-term plans, local priorities
• Prescribed burn for vegetation in upper Bidwell Park delayed
• Death Notices for July 12
• Correction
• Lassen Park gets one of 19 national grants
• Crashed vehicle was abandoned on Sacramento River bridge
• City to spend about $72,000 on legal, display advertising
• Chico bicyclist hurt in collision with car, sustains serious injuries
• Name of man killed in I-5 crash released
• Guitars, ukulele recovered from burglary at Chico music store
• Bring Life in a Day to Chico
• Woman with head injuries says she was raped in downtown Chico park
• Blog Log
• Chico teen to compete in National High School Finals Rodeo in Wyoming
• Pow Wow honors dancer, veterans
• Wienermobile brings miles of smiles
• Districts, contracts, guns on agenda
• Oroville man arrested for attempted murder of wife
• Movies in the Park presents: Field of Dreams
• Water monitoring will soon include groundwater
• Death Notices for July 10
• Farm Briefs for July 10
• Fuel-reduction project tours open to the public
• Surplus commodity distributions held this month
• Glenn office closing Fridays due to cuts
• Agency asking for gardeners' extra produce
• Groundwater meeting Wednesday
• The Oak Ridge Boys invited to join Grand Ole Opry
• Man dies from injuries in rollover accident near Gridley
• Chico police reward bicycle safety, plan stern stance against violators
• Trial to be held for woman accused of shooting boyfriend
• Metaphysical church creates new home in north Chico
• Kids block party is today on The Esplanade
• County offers advice on sunburn avoidance
• Lookout staffed, but not for long
• Table Mountain fire safely contained
• Movie review: Horrible Bosses
• Riders in the Sky honored as '2011 Cowboy Keeper Award' recipient
• Suspect in downtown Chico bar shooting is arraigned
• County opens public forum
• Two local businesses victimized by check counterfeiters
• Pow Wow slated in Paradise
• Hearing for lake reimbursement this month
• CARD looks for input on its new rules
• Bill to ban river booze moves ahead
• Chico State fees may rise to 86 percent more than four years ago
• Movie review: Larry Crowne
• Man gets more than 63 years for Forbestown robbery
• Gunman's mother sentenced in prison smuggling case
• Vehicle left at Enloe was not involved in hit-and-run
• City Council approves wood burning prohibition
• Man suspected of burglarizing Chico golf course arrested
• Chico man killed in alleged light theft
• Arraignment delayed for murder charges
• Homeless shelter rezone rejected
• Chico drowning victim named
• Jogger killed on Clark Road identified
• Staying cool without going broke > PG&E offers these energy efficiency tips for the summer.
• Arts DIVA > Arts DIVA reflects on the High Sierra Music Festival while Mr. DEVO is on vacay.
• Choo-choosing cleaner air > California Northern Railroad Company is recognized for its low-emission trains.
• Withdrawal worries falling > Fewer Americans are worried that troops leaving Afghanistan will raise the threat to the United States.
• Bad Teacher > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Oil-spill smack-down > Federal environmental entities seek damages from company for SoCal oil spills.
• Bad blood turns bloody > Police investigate shooting at LaSalle’s Bar in downtown Chico.
• Empty vessel > Newest Transformers flick lacks heart—and that’s putting it nicely.
• EPA crackdowns > Two men sentenced to prison for violating Clean Air and Clean Water acts.
• Jail stay turns deadly > Butte County Jail inmate dies after fall from wall inside sobering cell.
• Twist of fate > Chicoan David Parks had an NPR prize riding on Bill Clinton’s knowledge of My Little Pony.
• Sustainable beauty > Oroville native-plant advocates Catie and Jim Bishop bring desert and alpine splendor to their own garden.
• Dispensaries a go > Chico City Council approves medi-pot ordinance.
• Old > And ill-prepared for it.
• Chef on board > Chico Unified School District welcomes trained chef Vince Enserro as new director of Nutrition Services.
• Two towns, two creeks > Big Chico Creek is one of the town’s greatest assets. So why is it being neglected downtown?
• Status quo > Bidwell Presbyterian isn’t following its mother church’s new policy allowing the ordination of gays.
• Letters for July 7, 2011 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• Chicoans protest ‘Son of Measure A’ > Southwest Chico residents are concerned about a redistricting plan that cuts their liberal neighborhood in half.
• Divisions and delusions > Words are useful, but they also can keep us from seeing the truth.
• Modern monster? > Chico Heritage Association speaks out about construction of a four-story parking structure amidst century-old houses.
• Supervisors pick their voters > Should the supervisors be able to create their own districts? Well, that’s what’s happening, and some Chico residents aren’t happy about it.
• Creatures of the night > From doctors to contractors to taxicab drivers, these are the people who keep Chico alive till day breaks.
• Some celebration > Our Republican legislators want us to celebrate our tax savings—but first let’s talk about who’s paying for them.
• Safe swimming > A few tips to make your trip to One-Mile—or your own back yard—worry-free.
• Jim Lauderdale > Bluegrass is not dead, especially when it’s combined with the Grateful Dead.
• Piece by piece > Club Stairways embarks on modern-art project alongside world-renowned artist.
• Beastie Boys > Beasties take over, again.
• Don’t be a boob > FDA says silicone implants are “mostly safe,” but advocacy groups disagree.
• Brian Carpenter’s Ghost Train Orchestra > Ghosts of Chicago and Harlem come to life.
• Couch potatoes > Harvard University study shows potato chips are biggest offender in packing on pounds.
• A local production > Chico’s The Make is about to blow up on Aaron Rodgers’ record label.
• Rooted in community > Dr. Nhia Vang serves both the Hmong and wider Oroville communities.
• Preserving the jam > Jamming 101 teaches musicians (and non-musicians) how to play together.
• Alluring—but use caution > Lassen Volcanic National Park opens sections of main road, but visitors should come prepared for snowy conditions.
• Tastes like kindness > Barbecue at Haydock’s is worth the drive out Highway 32.
• Chico man drowns in pool; second area drowning in two days
• Movie review: Transformers: Dark of the Moon
• Chico council votes to allow pot dispensaries
• Search nets man wanted for Chico golf course burglaries
• 9 a.m. update: Jogger killed on Clark Road identified
• Tehama County bans marijuana dispensary zoning
• Chico State may see more fee hikes
• DUI arrests climb in Butte, Glenn Counties
• Death Notices for July 6
• Deputies arrest three Chicoans on drug charges
• Reactions to LaSalles shooting
• Fireworks mark celebrations
• Brother accused of killing brother in fight
• Condition of downtown Chico shooting victim improves
• Orland teen drowns in Black Butte Reservoir
• Red Bluff girl, 13, missing, considered endangered
• Recapping the first half of 2011
• Liberty for all: Community shows its patriotism at Let Freedom Ring event
• DUI arrests spike in Butte County
• Business at Lake Oroville starts to heat up
• Shooting victim's condition unchanged
• 16 years later, memories still haven't faded
• Community steps up for Channel 11
• Clarification
• Water Commission meets Wednesday in Oroville
• Orland Council meets Tuesday
• Blog Log
• Man dies in Butte County Jail after falling
• Paradise town manager's job offer OK'd
• Be afloat responsibly
• Full day of activities mark Fourth of July
• Once-estranged father of slain Oroville soldier talks about his son's heroism, rebuilding
• The Dogtown days of summer celebrated in Magalia
• Weather leaves olive crop an official disaster
• Motorcyclist hit by semi-truck on Highway 99
• Man downs power lines in Chico traffic accident
• Farm Briefs for July 3
• Police put the boot to wildland fire
• Roadwork Roundup for July 3
• State budget includes annual foothill fire fee
• Parkview School in Chico suffers vandalism and burglary
• Jesus Center celebrates 4th of July
• Preliminary hearing begins for Chico woman accused of killing boyfriend
• When the heat is on, give your body and your wallet a break
• Clarification for July 2
• Butte County Development Services expands hours
• Pets hate the Fourth of July
• Riders in the Sky to release long awaited inspirational album
• A year for the books: Chico rain unusual, but not close to record
• Death Notices for July 1
• Police Report for July 1
• Corrections for July 1
• Trial delayed for woman charged in killing
• Butte's most wanted for July 1
• Man pleads no contest to Rackerby murder charge
• Trial in killing of Orland teen goes to jury
• Fence access concerns former planner
• History in the making
• Chico Redevelopment Agency in limbo
• 3 arrested for 2008 Paradise homicide, robbery
• Budget adopted with mixed emotions
• Talks under way to keep Aquatic Center open
• Willows vehicle theft ring dismantled
• Sales tax decrease Friday stalls June car sales
• Teens accused of statutory rape of 12-year-old arrested
• The Vaccines > The Vaccines: It’s spreading.
• Private means private > California Supreme Court says patients can sue those who furnish records to creditors.
• Johnny Rawls > Johnny Rawls feels Memphis in his soul.
• Check your facts, McKinsey > Did a McKinsey & Co. report about employers and health-care miss the mark?
• Road warbler > Itinerant songsmith Paleo makes his life and music on the road.
• Radon: The invisible killer > EPA and other major authorities launch anti-radon education Action Plan.
• Redefining fast food > Mad Dash Pizza serves fast-food that is fresh, healthful and delicious.
• Doctors in demand > North State hospitals are affected by growing nationwide shortage of doctors.
• Arts DEVO > Appalachia and game shows. And theater. And comedy.
• From eyesore to eye candy > Former Chico eyesore transformed into a vision of loveliness.
• A surfeit of riches in Ashland > With summer season now in full swing, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival has plays for everyone.
• Something rotten in the compost pile > Are there toxins in your compost?
• Chico crime trending downward > First-quarter crime figures lower or same as previous year, except for auto thefts.
• Green Lantern > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Keep our parks open! > County spokespersons gather in Sacramento to rally against state-park closures.
• On their way to the majors? > Red Sox and Royals pick up two Chico State athletes.
• Not bad at all > Cameron Diaz throws herself into great role in fun summer comedy.
• Poor penguin! > Disoriented emperor penguin shows up on New Zealand beach.
• Power of the patients > A signature drive put Butte County’s medi-pot ordinance on hold.
• Summer cleanse > Each week, Peggy Henry drains and cleans Chico’s Sycamore Pool.
• Trees on the front line > Army policy threatens removal of trees on 1,600 miles of Central Valley levees.
• Three arrested for Ridge murder > DA Ramsey announces suspects in 2008 pot-robbery homicide.
• Tanks for our safety > What a great idea.
• Giving start-up businesses a leg up > New community-kitchen center Cocina Cortés offers support for start-up businesses.
• Creature comforts > Local wildlife maven Marilyn Gamette is having a busy year caring for orphaned and injured animals.
• Dan Logue’s dubious honor > Why did Dan Logue honor The Territorial Dispatch? Was it the red-country bleating or the $14,000 campaign contribution, or both?
• A year after the medical-marijuana dispensary raids, charges are filed > Three people from Mountainside Patient Collective charged; DA says more pending.
• Letters for June 30, 2011 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• His own man > Jordan Rodgers shrugs off pressure to emulate big brother, Super Bowl champ Aaron Rodgers.
• Health care’s hard choices > Think the free market can govern health care? Read this.
• The joy doctor > Patch Adams shares his inspiring medical philosophy during a Chico house call.
• The best Brown could do > The governor tried for a bipartisan budget, but the obstacles were too great.
• New York’s watershed bill > Now it’s California’s turn …
• Breaking down barriers > Life’s looking better for the animals at the Chico shelter, thanks to a new partnership between the city of Chico and the Butte Humane Society.
• Gillian Welch > A Gillian in a haystack.
• Fat substitute as bad as the real thing > Potato chips made with olestra could actually cause a person to gain weight.
• Unusual June storm soaks the north state
• Downtown couplet project triggers tree removal
• Man takes plea for alleged rape of unconscious girl
• Death Notices for June 29
• Another CSU fee hike pending
• Paradise school board member to seek Yamaguchi's county seat
• Chico man lies on tracks, gets run over by train
• Closed Valero station had alcohol violation
• Supervisors adopt $415 million budget
• Council writes off thousands of bills
• George Strait's 'Here For a Good Time' in Top 20 in just three weeks
• Two boats sink in Glenn County reservoirs
• No sign yet of West Nile virus in north state
• PG&E reschedules planned foothills power outage to Wednesday morning
• Teen admits accidentally starting north-Chico fire
• Correction
• Death Notices for June 28
• Talk about Bidwell Park planned on Wednesday
• Willows school a finalist in California fitness challenge
• The El Rey Theatre presents: Poltergeist
• News of our Past
• Blog Log for June 27
• Man picked as 3rd District veteran of year
• Sisterly splashing
• Chico Outlaws to host local blood drive
• Ready for downloading: 'Chico app' has information about tourism sites and more
• Supervisors to discuss the budget
• City, shelter join forces
• Trial for woman accused of killing Orland teen starts in Riverside
• Farm Briefs for June 26
• Democrat club to discuss Measure A strategies
• Park commission to look at future projects
• Roadwork Roundup for June 26
• Biggs woman sentenced to three years for embezzlement
• Funds available to clean up old engines
• Tehama County Child Support Services to share director with Butte
• Children's camp at Gateway Science Museum still has openings
• Photos of glaciers added to Gateway exhibit
• Alleged Chico gas-mart hose thieves captured on video
• Luau fundraiser today at Max's Miracle Ranch
• Chico Council drops idea of vendor fees for farmers market
• Fourth CVS/pharmacy going up in Chico
• Man evading Chico police found hiding under tarp
• Four men involved in fatal crash had Butte connections
• Herger supports Senate attack on ethanol tax credits
• Persistence pays off: City campaign to clear properties of fire fuels a success
• Butte teens keep up at FAST Camp
• Horses should be safe from deadly virus as of today
• District to keep pollution credits for public projects
• Butte's Most Wanted
• Businessman receives award
• Manual complete, first time in 12 years
• Ishi monument vandalized, shot at
• Death Notices for June 23
• Deputy arrested on suspicion of DUI
• Comments sought on proposed changes to county groundwater monitoring program
• SUV slips off jacks, kills man
• Cause of death known for woman
• Utility poles cut, don't fall down
• Campground closures announced
• First charges filed June 2010 marijuana dispensary raids
• Reverse makeover > Parkview Elementary removes school garden to make way for incoming Super Luper preschool.
• Face it: Oceans are dying > A new report predicts mass extinctions within a generation.
• Who owns the Internet? > Unseen by Internet users, powerful forces are working to make changes in how information is moved in order to benefit their bottom lines.
• Herger gets it right > He opposes fellow Republicans’ water bill, but then blows it with a phony anti-ESA slam.
• Whooping-cough shot required > Whooping-cough cases in 2011 have surpassed last year’s record numbers.
• Eilen Jewell > Eilen Jewell is a find.
• Wheelchair camp turns 25 > Ability First sports camp for kids with disabilities celebrates 25 years.
• Delfeayo Marsalis > Delfeayo does Duke doing Shakespeare.
• Retrovirus unlinked to diseases > Research linked XMRV with diseases, but new study shows the virus came from the lab.
• Blueprint > The fresh and soulful Blueprint.
• Farmageddon! > Farmageddon debuts in Chico on June 29; plus, top-10 GOP brownwashers and National Pollinator Week.
• Summer feeling > A fun show at Café Flo to kick off the warm season in Chico.
• Keep kids healthy > Tips to reduce childhood obesity.
• Berry go round > Mulberry: the better berry.
• Healing hospital patients with music > Enloe Medical Center’s Music for Healing Program brings needed comfort to patients and their families.
• Arts DEVO > Rudy Giscombe, rest in peace.
• An apple a day might poison you > That shiny red apple may not be as healthful as you think.
• Murder, hunger and alligator-wrestling > Summer reading list, 2011.
• Super 8 > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Boy Scouts earn green badge > Boy Scouts of America is swapping its shirts for eco-friendly ones.
• Going mobile > Desktops take a back seat in modern Wi-Fi world.
• Midnight in Paris > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Fashion, or murder? > Increase in demand for feather hair-extensions is bad news for roosters.
• Catch that thief! > Chico PD makes arrests in bizarre series of vehicle thefts.
• Ooooh … shiny > Green Lantern looks good, but so what?
• Make an app for that! > EPA challenges software developers to create environmentally conscious apps.
• Joel Castle checks in > He takes a beating at High Desert State Prison.
• Wedding fever > Jennifer Zepeda organized the Chico Wedding Gala to provide couples and entrepreneurs an opportunity to network.
• Growing green kids > Eco-friendly parenting is catching on both in Chico and on the Ridge.
• More from Measure A > Mailer mix-up and final results.
• Charity > Give it to me straight.
• Will redistricting help Dems defeat Herger? > Democrats hoping redistricting will help them defeat Wally Herger may be disappointed.
• Remembering Rudy > A bright light went out in Chico last week when Rudy Giscombe died.
• Chico’s budget is balanced—barely > City Council talks money while state finances remain unknown.
• Letters for June 23, 2011 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• DOMA defeat > A married Magalia lesbian couple prevail against feds to file joint bankruptcy.
• The dynamic Sacramento River > We need to care for it—or it won’t care for us.
• Vince Gill, Ricky Skaggs and more join 'Moody Bluegrass Two...Much Love'
• Stolen car rate dipped last year, but Chico's numbers on the rise now
• Chico budget: Few cuts, additions
• Orland attorney calls it quits
• Chico City Council declares Measure A dead
• Butte County picks up unanticipated PIC bills
• Paradise man killed in crash into Feather River Canyon
• Orland man accused of attacking Oroville woman
• Death Notices for June 22
• CSUC students part of project to preserve historic prison
• Lassen Park campgrounds reopen, road clearing continues
• Training burn today at Chico airport
• Free car seat clinic in Chico on Saturday
• Highway 99 roadwork in Tehama County likely to cause delays
• PG&E cancels planned power outage today
• Dog sought after man is bitten while breaking up canine fight
• Death Notices for June 21
• Police shopping for armored vehicle
• Honeymoon could be over for this couple
• City Plaza fountain provides a blast of fun
• No alcohol yet for Cafe Culture
• Credit card-capable parking meters to be installed
• Pint of blood donation good for a pint of ice cream
• Tractor, pickup, tools stolen from Oroville school
• Learning about public safety careers
• The El Rey Theatre presents: Blade Runner
• Full Lake Oroville beckoning boaters, swimmers
• Dads are rad: Activities, time spent with kids mark Father's Day
• Supervisors wrangle over redistricting proposals
• Balance achieved: Chico budget has no major cuts
• Slain man was Hamilton City resident
• North Chico development sees progress
• Blog Log
• Death Notices for June 19
• Farm Briefs for June 19
• Surface water considered for Corning Basin
• Pivot Online Charter School plans an information session
• Feather Falls trip today is planned by Native Plant Society
• Delay in Willows budget approval sought at special meeting Tuesday
• Roadwork Roundup for June 19
• Orland Council to vote on whether to keep city attorney
• Hamilton City area records second homicide in a month
• Paradise man held in connection with Monterey woman's death
• Birdcage Theatre has casting call for seven roles Sunday, Monday
• Death Notices for June 18
• Lassen Park road open today to Bumpass Hell parking lot area
• Girl, 9, dies when van rolls on Interstate 5; family members hurt
• Durham Library installs WiFi for users; service is free, unlimited
• Chico man sentenced for 2006 rape
• Vince Gill releases new single & books October show at Gold Country Casino
• Apparent Glenn County homicide under investigation
• Luke Bryan makes final song selections for 'Tailgates & Tanlines'
• Roadside monument to family killed in river crash removed
• "Colonel Sanders" look-alike nabbed in two auto thefts in Chico
• Chico police chief outlines proposed city response to medical marijuana
• Butte's Most Wanted
• Glenn RCD to meet Monday
• Society plans adopt-a-thon
• Training burn set near airport
• Woman given probation for role in police pursuit
• Movie review: Super 8
• Movie review: Midnight in Paris
• More budget blues for Chico State University
• Caltrans employee arrested
• Metering device installed in Chico
• Up, up and away
• Crawdad Festival this weekend in Red Bluff
• Army reservist to give account of Iraqi tour
• Two prostate cancer support groups scheduled to meet today
• Gas prices took big drop in last month
• Health insurance: Get your own > Study shows 30 percent of employers may stop providing health insurance.
• Old World fruit > They might be delayed, but spring figs are on the way.
• Doc-in-the-box > Northern Valley Indian Health’s Mobile Dental Clinic serves children who need it the most.
• Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog: The Book > You got the musical for free, so go buy the book.
• Pachamama y la Cocina Cortés > Bolivia’s proposed Law of Mother Earth to give equal rights to the environment.
• Arts DEVO > From Dicky to Chico Performance in one column.
• Weed eating > Seven edible weeds.
• The artist as a young man > A moving performance of Neil Simon’s coming-of-age-story.
• X-Men: First Class > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Goat grazin’ > Whiskeytown National Recreation Area uses goats to clear out invasive species.
• High cost of health care > Health-care costs have Doubled in just nine years.
• A moving feast > Woody Allen’s love letter to the Lost Generation.
• Water tug-of-war flows on > Environmentalists say proposed bill would undo 2009 water-reform legislation.
• Aaron Rodgers gets jiggy with it > Packers quarterback turns his sights to music.
• Calling all monster kids > Speilbergian throwback Super 8 starts fast, then loses steam.
• Gateway goes gold > Gateway Science Museum is officially awarded LEED Gold certification.
• Parents get prison > Kevin and Elizabeth Schatz get upper terms for child abuse.
• From Magalia to the Marines > Young Magalia resident is awarded for efforts in U.S. Marines.
• Walking the eco-walk > Chico State anthropology museum puts sustainability lip-service to the test with zero-waste kids’ camp.
• Cops crack down on gangs > In recent months, Chico PD has arrested, made contact with dozens of gang members.
• A new republic > (Not that new.)
• Red Bluff’s female heavy-hitter > Avery Vilche is small, but feisty—especially in the cage.
• Why did Measure A get trounced? > It stank up the place, and the author didn’t smell it coming.
• Home sales for June 16, 2011 >
• Medi-pot advocate heads to prison > Joel Castle says he prefers bars to condition he not smoke marijuana.
• Letters for June 16, 2011 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• A growing group of voters > Most developmentally disabled adults don’t vote. A new program aims to change that.
• Big Ag’s water heist > Rep. Devin Nunes’ bill would permanently transfer Sacramento Valley water south. Where do Wally Herger and Tom McClintock stand?
• Throwing in the towel > Disheartened by lagging business and a month-to-month lease, Towne Lounge owner Woody Sjostrom puts the iconic bar up for sale.
• Larry Wahl’s violation of trust > One of the first rules of political life is not to mix public work with campaigning. Less than six months into his term, Supervisor Larry Wahl evidently has violated that rule.
• In service to the world > We take a look at seven local volunteers who have made—and are making—the world a better place through the Peace Corps.
• Keep Bidwell Mansion open > Our Republican legislators have the ability to keep Bidwell Mansion open—but will they do it?
• Down with W. Nile > Help out the state by taking notice of dead birds and squirrels.
• In Search of … > The clarinet lives on new Ken Peplowski disc.
• Food pyramid gets makeover > Michelle Obama unveils MyPlate to replace outdated food pyramid.
• Heaven and Earth > Posthumous disc from John Martyn.
• Emergency departments on decline > Study shows one-third of emergency departments closed during 20-year period.
• Future of bluegrass > Sarah Jarosz trio wins over Big Room crowd.
• Death Notices for June 15
• Glenn's Most Wanted
• Delta Plan draft available for comment
• Crash caused by cellphone
• Budget issues on the agenda for CARD's Thursday meeting
• Medical marijuana topic for police advisory board meeting tonight
• Walker Street proves fertile ground for cellphone violations
• Lake Red Bluff's last anticipated summer
• Movies in the Park presents: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
• Lake Oroville tops out at 898 feet
• Fire season preparations under way in Butte County
• Trial date to be set for suspect in Biggs stabbing
• Woman arrested in I-5 crash that injures four
• Water groups turn in rewrite of Delta Plan
• Woman hurt in motorcycle crash on The Esplanade
• Injured disc golfer in fair condition
• CUSD fiscal health called 'precarious'
• Man falls 100 feet during disc golf
• Lives celebrated, remembered at relay fundraiser
• Help is music to their ears: CD made to benefit Kids and Creeks program
• Blog Log
• Budget, landfill on Butte County supervisors' agenda
• Blast from the past: Threshing Bee gives special, in-depth look at 19th century farming life
• Death Notice for June 12
• Farm Briefs for June 12
• Look Good, Feel Better class set Monday at local cancer center
• Groundwater recharge talk in Glenn County
• Glenn County Water Advisory Committee set to meet Tuesday
• Durham school board to hold special meeting on Monday
• Roadwork Roundup for June 12
• Correction
• City-wide sermon request asks more from the human heart
• Gospel in Asia to be Calvary Chapel topic
• 'True Woman' series starts today
• South Sudan, Africa to be in church prayers
• Dinner, teaching offered June 24
• Vacation Bible school starts at Trinity United
• Car wash is today at Church on the Esplanade
• Chamber shares ways to improve
• Death Notices for June 10
• Police Report for June 10
• Services, fundraiser planned for river accident victims
• Butte's most wanted
• Fraud warning for craigslist users, scammers seek financial info
• Man accepts plea bargain for crashing car in front of library
• Local Sams chapter headed to Nice RV park for next camp-out
• Motorcyclist injured in Paradise collision with fire engine
• Movie review: Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer
• Lady Antebellum to release their 3rd album 'Own The Night' on September 13, 2011
• Lingering mountain snow not seen as flood threat
• Lobbyist hired to push J Levee funds over the brink
• Poolside fight over 'scrunchie' sends Orland woman to hospital
• Death Notices for June 9
• Willows, Orland libraries have summer reading programs
• Robbery foiled at Orland High track, victim fought off assailants
• Boy, 6, places numerous 9-1-1 calls to police
• Police department warns of SAT scam
• Jury convicts men of assault: Documented gang members may face eight-year prison terms
• Azad's offers free martial arts workshop
• Extra-wacky tobaccy > California doctors link synthetic marijuana with psychosis.
• D > A river runs through it.
• FRH racks up more awards > Feather River Hospital receives three awards for its marketing publications.
• Eliza Doolittle > Eliza Doolittle’s debut makes it to the U.S.
• Breaking down barriers > How one Chico nonprofit group is pulling strings to get speedy breast-cancer diagnoses for rural women despite cultural and geographical obstacles.
• Travelin’ on > Singer/songwriter Laura Meyer touches down on the 1078 Gallery stage in between European tours.
• When to hit the brakes > A few signs it’s time to quit driving.
• Goes well with beer > More than beer at Sierra Nevada’s Taproom.
• Home sales for June 9, 2011 >
• Fat findings in the workplace > Study shows decline in physically demanding jobs is linked to rise in obesity.
• A Singular Woman: The Untold Story of Barack Obama’s Mother > Obama’s mama.
• Kung Fu Panda 2 > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• David vs. Goliath redux > The town of Mount Shasta joins the growing municipal-rights movement to protect its citizens and environment from corporate mayhem.
• Arts DEVO > Arts DEVO warms his face in the sunshine.
• The Hangover Part II > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Green backyard grilling > Skip foreign foods and disposable plates to make your barbecue eco-friendly.
• Summer stage > Two strong shows kick off Chico’s summer theater season.
• History lessened > Lincoln’s killers on trial.
• EPA treads on tire facility > EPA and Native American tribe order Mecca, Calif., tire facility to clean up their act.
• ‘It’s the economy and joblessness, stupid’ > Bipartisan agreement: The nation’s top two problems are the economy and unemployment.
• First class, indeed > Latest in the X-Men series could be the best yet.
• Focus on Central Valley foothills > U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service seeks input on Central Valley protection plan.
• How not to parent > Druggie parents busted; mother accused of feeding her daughter opiate-tainted breast milk.
• Shaving for charity > Betty Burns prepares to shave her head for charity.
• More green for Evergreen Academy > Paradise Intermediate’s solar-curriculum program lands another PG&E grant.
• Pot growers join forces > The medical-marijuana community hopes a petition will stop Butte County’s cultivation ordinance in its tracks.
• Sabotage > Better to be unplugged.
• Getting on the propane train > Chico firm leads way with how-to classes on converting engines and gas stations to eco-friendly propane.
• Disturbing violent events > Local law enforcement investigate Chico home-invasion robbery and kidnapping cases.
• Searing images of loss > Two boys and their dad, lost in just moments. How unforgettably sad.
• Off the air (for now) > Oroville’s community radio station takes a break to transition to full-power.
• Letters for June 9, 2011 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• City Council approves dispensary ordinance > Decides to take “baby steps” by allowing only two businesses to operate.
• A time for prayer > Chico churches and peace activists join in calling for peace in Sudan.
• Chico say no on Measure A > Special-election results and a glimpse of the aftermath.
• Doing nothing about jobs > Americans know unemployment is the country’s biggest problem. So why isn’t Washington doing anything about it?
• ChicoBag vs. plastics > The maker of reusable shopping bags is David in a lawsuit by plastic-bag behemoths (Goliath).
• California State budget press is on > Will the threat of losing their pay compel state lawmakers to pass a budget on time?
• In the valley of the shadow > Attacked by a vicious bacterium, the author flirted with death—and came out more alive than ever.
• A flawed pot ordinance > Butte County’s new medical-cannabis ordinance is too restrictive. No wonder opponents are mounting a referendum drive.
• Measure A goes down to defeat by wide margin
• Boat maker, driver found responsible in 2006 Lake Oroville accident
• Death Notices for June 8
• North state fugitive nabbed in Humboldt County
• Correction for June 8
• Rained-out Pablo Cruise concert rescheduled for next year's fair
• Late snow delays opening of campgrounds until after July 4
• SmartMeter information available next week, expert will be on hand
• Volunteers needed to repair trail to Feather Falls damaged in winter
• Caribou Road closed due to emergency repairs to fish screen
• A friend’s recap of the 2011 Cannes Film Festival
• Victims of car plunge into river named, teen ID'd as driver
• Woman escapes alleged kidnappers by jumping into Butte County cop car
• Fire truck, food truck lock mirrors on The Esplanade
• Balancing act in Chico
• Special election today in Chico
• Butte County Fair now seeking entries
• Glenn supervisors meet today
• Local public employee salaries database updated on website
• Fundraisers help preserve past for the future
• Sewer fee increase, pot on agenda
• Three killed after car plunges into Feather River
• Local horses not safe from virus yet
• Which building is Chico State University's oldest?
• Riparian projects reviewed by tech committee
• Chico's Measure A election is Tuesday
• Conservation district meets to discuss Forbestown fire break
• Rascal Flatts kick-off CMA Music Festival week with appearance on Opry
• The El Rey Theatre presents: Monty Python’s Life of Brian
• Commodity distributions begin this week
• Mother, son tied up during home invasion
• Death Notices for June 5
• Orland council considers grant
• Water group to meet in Red Bluff
• Sierra Club plans hikes, bike rides
• Chicoans plan prayers for new nation
• Roadwork Roundup
• Man allegedly violates court order, is busted
• Death Notices for June 4
• Chico family hurt in rollover crash Sunday
• Deadline looms for carbon monoxide detectors in most homes
• E. coli strain could reach north valley
• Releases into Sacramento River doubled
• Students will need proof of pertussis shots
• Correction for June 4
• Death Notices for June 3
• Jury to begin deliberating on Lake Oroville boating suit
• Durham grads share memories -- and one gets $20
• Authorities say parents arrested; baby addicted through breast milk
• Authorities say parents arrested; baby addicted through breast milk
• Oroville man rolls his vehicle in Paradise on way home from work
• Sycamore Pool to open this weekend; cleaning will continue
• CARD gets look at revenue-smaller budget
• Correction for June 3
• Shania Twain premieres 1st new single in 6 years on 'Why Not? with Shania Twain'
• Movie review: X-Men: First Class
• Attorney: Blame MasterCraft's boat design
• Arguments in MasterCraft case begin
• Fight's on: Campaign begins to save Bidwell Mansion from closure
• Another tornado hits north valley
• Brothers sentenced for Home Depot theft
• Convicted man faces fresh pot growing charges
• School Time for June 2
• Chico man pleads not guilty to party robbery
• CUSD lunches to get leaner, greener
• Man arrested for fighting with officer, causing disturbance
• The Greatest Movie Ever Sold > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Water you waiting for? > Easy steps to water conservation.
• Arts DEVO > It’s great, but it also sucks.
• Back in black (and white) > Panda zen. Back in black (and white)
• Reinventing the vehicle > Eleven Chico State engineering students awarded for human-powered vehicle.
• Republicans’ faves > How support for Sarah Palin and Mitt Romney varies among conservatives depending on the issue.
• Bangkok has them now > The Hangover debauchery continues in Thailand.
• Rainforest defender murdered > Devoted rainforest activist and his wife are murdered in Brazilian Amazon.
• Funding faux pas > Orland police chief accused of mishandling department money.
• A lasting impression > A recent Chico State grad launches ‘Chico Feet’ branding company.
• Bali’s reefs: Good and bad news > Indonesian conservation group’s survey reveals healthy reefs, but problems, too.
• Water fight goes to court > Fight over proposed Orland Crystal Geyser plant goes to court.
• Disgust > Politics and crime.
• Put it in the cool, green bag > Paradise couple follows social-sustainability calling to provide food-relief for needy Ridge residents.
• Insert pot/potty pun here > Controversial medi-pot ordinance and sewer rates top the Chico City Council’s June 7 agenda.
• Tying up loose ends > More on Measure A, and the CN&R plays golf.
• Oroville teen fights school’s LGBT-content filter > Melina Zancanella, who started a Gay-Straight Alliance chapter at Oroville High, gets the ACLU on her side.
• Letters for June 2, 2011 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• The heat is on > The No on Measure A camp is filing a complaint alleging a campaign violation by Measure A proponents.
• Chico State’s engaged students > University president argues that students who vote in local elections are also the ones who participate in community affairs.
• Ballot measures and a broken system > Can professional signature-gatherers be trusted to explain a ballot measure? No way, says one local expert.
• The local-tax option > Bill puts pressure on business to support tax extensions.
• Farewell to Vig > Bernie Vigallon, retiring architect of Chico’s alternative ed programs, will be remembered and greatly missed.
• It’s all about turnout > Opposition to Measure A is strong, but will people vote?
• God & jokes > My family, religion and me.
• Outdoor workout? Protect your skin > You can get sunburned in just 15 minutes. Here’s how to avoid it.
• Fred Hersch > Fred Hersch overcomes illness to record live disc.
• Walgreens pilots fresh-food program > Major drugstore tests fresh-food program in Bay Area stores.
• A Nod to Bob 2: An Artists’ Tribute to Bob Dylan > Happy 70th, Bob Dylan.
• Long-term effects of cancer > UCSF study shows kids who beat cancer are at risk for gastrointestinal problems.
• Rock of the Old 97’s > Texas’ favorite sons get their twang back.
• Home sales for June 2, 2011 >
• ‘Biggest, best yard sale of the year’ > Frugal House 2011 raises money for North State Symphony with super-good deals on refurbished furniture.
• For kids they sing > Children’s songs for big and small.
• Win Win > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Smartphones as diagnostic tools? > Canadian-developed app lets doctors recommend stroke treatment from afar.
• Summer shrooms > ’Tis the season for the mighty porcini mushroom.
• Pirates of the Carribean: On Stranger Tides > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• The Tao of caregiving > Local couple pen new version of the Tao Te Ching devoted to assisting caregivers.
• Veganist > Meat meditations.
• Mark your calendar for November 9th for the 45th Annual CMA Awards
• Death Notices for June 1
• Patriotic berries: Layered dessert bows to English trifle recipe
• Bizz Johnson Trail shuttles start Saturday
• Man who allegedly threatened relatives released on probation
• Chico State computer science team competes in world finals
• Layoffs, furloughs before Willows council today
• Glenn County farmers markets begin tonight
• Judge pondering Orland Crystal Geyser lawsuits
• Alleged Magalia pot deal to go to trial
• Jury will consider 2006 Gridley stabbing death
• Leonardo's gives Chico rare taste of Spanish food
• Alleged robbers still on the loose
• CUSD to hold closed session on Wednesday
• 'Miracle' at the Silver Dollar Fair
• Memorial Day marked with music, flags and tears
• Memorial Day events held today
• Couple's traveling show nails it
• Concerts, Demolition Derby today at Silver Dollar Fair in Chico
• An Oroville Pow Wow to remember
• Death Notice
• Durham elementary principal appointment planned Tuesday
• Search is on for cattle thieves in Tehama County
• Blog Log
• The El Rey Theatre presents: Dawn of the Dead (2004 version)
• Local animal group volunteers help out in Midwest floods
• Death Notices for May 29
• Roadwork Roundup for May 29
• Today's schedule of events and activities
• Correction for May 29
• Gateway's 'Microbes' exhibit to close after the holiday weekend
• Chico man pleads guilty to possession of child porn
• Fundraiser gives many run for their money
• Red band trailer for The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo hits web
• Annual Oroville Pow Wow held today and Sunday in Thermalito
• Orland police chief placed on leave; sergeant named acting chief
• 1 injured, 1 arrested in I-5 SUV rollover accident near Corning
• Today at the Silver Dollar Fair
• Big changes at Butte during Van Der Ploeg's tenure
• Public's help sought in assault on Chico bicyclist
• Parolee busted on drug, weapons charges
• Unions take lead in Measure A donations
• Hot Dog on a Stick makes debut at Silver Dollar Fair in Chico
• In Durham, neighbors pitch in after tornado
• Jury finds neglect, but not harm, in Enloe lawsuit
• Who are the Butte College graduates?
• Butte College graduates urged to follow their dreams
• Meteorologist calls Wednesday's tornadoes 'very unusual'
• Death Notices for May 27
• Today's schedule at the Silver Dollar Fair
• Correction for May 27
• Police Reports
• Fair's pie judge likes her work
• Butte's most wanted
• Jury receives negligence case against Enloe
• Tornado destroys structures, scatters debris at ranch north of Oroville
• Tornadoes hit and skip across Glenn, Butte counties
• 'Contact' visits used to bring drugs
• Police shoot at fleeing party guest turned alleged robber By GREG WELTER - Staff Writer
• Butte's economy added jobs in April
• Hegan Lane + rain = muddy mess
• Man gets nine years for throat slashing
• Fair View graduates say farewell
• Death Notices for May 26
• Great combo: green tea and tai chi > Study shows the excellent benefits of drinking it up while getting exercise.
• Debtors’ Prison EP > The brutal punk of short-lived Enjyokousai resurfaces.
• Salinas hospital faces audit > Hospital faces audit after outgoing CEO receives $4 million in compensation.
• Las bandas among us > Chico’s Mexican music scene is huge, whether you knew it or not.
• Enloe entities snag awards > Enloe employees and the hospital’s FlightCare program receive annual awards.
• Festival season > Spring/summer music festival season hits Northern California.
• Measles on the rise > Rise in measles cases attributed to international travelers who return to U.S.
• Steak hows > A guide to beef in Chico.
• Living with Lyme disease > Chico woman diagnosed with a disease that many doctors do not believe exists.
• Horoscopes for the Dead > Poetry is for everyone.
• Exploding watermelons > Exploding watermelons added to China’s list of eco-disasters.
• Look Down, This is Where It Must Have Happened > Collection of shorts by Hal Niedzviecki.
• Priest > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Stay cool > How to keep cooling costs down when the Chico weather heats up.
• Arts DEVO > Arts DEVO’s lost and found.
• Bridesmaids > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Plastic bags threaten whales > Whale that washed up on shore apparently starved to death after ingesting bags.
• No Rapture, no surprise > May 21 was just another in a line of failed doomsday prophecies.
• Sailing in circles > Pirates franchise lost at sea.
• Baby carrots go green > World’s largest producer of carrots installs solar-power system at California plant.
• DA seizes child from squalor > Oroville boy, whose mother was arrested on drug charges, was living in a home fouled by pet rats.
• Throw out the playbook > Thomas McCarthy’s follow-up to The Visitor.
• Stubborn spring-run salmon > Scientist says salmon under Warner Street Bridge need to move along.
• Murder in Ham City > Glenn County Sheriff’s Office says the suspects who gunned down a 20-year-old farm worker were seen in a red Nissan pickup.
• Butte County bicyclists have reason to ride > Sandy Fisher is an activist for the Chico Cycling Care Fund looking to spread bicycle-safety awareness and aid those who have been injured.
• Hedgerow habitat > USDA conservation program collaborates with local farmers and ranchers to create beautiful, eco-friendly habitat.
• Good news for Blue Oak > State test scores are in and the struggling charter exceeds goal.
• Measure A > Sounds sneaky to me.
• Up in the air > CN&R contributor Ken Smith gets really high on International Learn to Fly Day.
• Crossing the line > Supervisor Larry Wahl is allowing Measure A campaign work to be done out of his county office. That’s a no-no.
• Medi-pot cultivation ordinance passes > Butte County regulations will go into effect in 30 days.
• Letters for May 26, 2011 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• Small-town mayoral race is a kick > Residents of Los Molinos have a blast competing in the annual honorary mayoral race.
• The choice we made > What we learned about choice when our daughter came out to us.
• Hook, line and sinker > Salmon fishermen don’t buy irrigation districts’ lawsuit to halt a fishing season, saying the agencies’ interests lie in selling water, not protecting imperiled fish.
• Fear-mongering on prisons > Logue and Nielsen should cut the demagoguery and work with the governor to fund prisoner realignment.
• What’s at stake with Measure A? > Both sides agree it could change City Council elections dramatically.
• Measure A’s many wrongs > Behind the hype, it’s an anti-democratic power grab.
• Randy Houser kicks off Country Throwdown Tour with personal hero Willie Nelson
• Death Notices for May 25
• Deadline is today to sign up for Little Chapman Mansion luncheon
• Car club fundraiser scheduled today at Logan's Roadhouse
• TV program to answer Medicare questions
• Pair arrested during assault investigation at I-5 rest stop
• Preliminary hearing begins in 2006 Gridley stabbing death
• CSU award named after local trustee
• Glenn's most wanted
• California WorldFest 2011
• LaMalfa investigates High Speed Rail Authority's use of money for lobbying
• Death Notices
• Anonymous call tips police to alleged domestic violence
• Officials have few clues in Hamilton City homicide
• Paradise torture suspect found dead in jail cell
• Remaining defendant in Chico bar fight takes plea
• Suspect ingests meth, nearly dies twice
• Amended charges filed against drug ring defendants
• Brad Paisley scores his 19th No. 1 single with 'Old Alabama'
• Death Notices for May 23
• Own the 25th anniversary edition of Platoon this Tuesday
• Blog Log
• Pot garden ordinance set for third hearing, this time in Gridley
• News of Our Past
• Chico doctor accused of violating probation
• First Street work back on track
• Local group eyes grant to move reservoir along
• Chico State runs in their blood
• The El Rey Theatre presents: Fast Times at Ridgemont High
• Farm Briefs for May 22
• Medical marijuana restrictions
• Suspect in liquor store burglary busted
• Inside operation: How one medical marijuana dispensary in Chico functions
• Hooked on Fishing event in Chico casts light on a rewarding hobby
• Chico State graduates get their day in the sunshine
• 1:15 p.m. update: Man gunned down in Hamilton City identified
• Forum on Chico's Measure A planned today
• Glenn County Fair off to a fun start
• Chico parolee suspected of robbing, injuring 81-year-old Corning woman
• Chico State set for huge graduation crowds this weekend
• Armed man seeking pot at Chico High campus struggles with police
• State bonds pay for $220,000 bathroom in orchard near Sacramento River
• Trial date set for sex offender
• Man convicted for role in Madison Bear Garden fight
• Armed man at CHS campus seeking pot fights with police
• Movie review: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
• Supervisors to meet in two different cities Tuesday
• Painful plan saves Chico prep sports
• Logger stayed behind when fire came
• Torres Shelter expansion approved
• Herger pushes fire-safety measure
• Voter registration deadline is Monday for Chico June election
• Glenn County Fair week will bring more DUI enforcement
• School Time for May 19
• Glenn County Fair set to open at 5 p.m. today for its second day
• Homage to a well-loved man > Chico hematologist/oncologist Dr. John Howard passes away unexpectedly at age 65.
• The Veggie Voyager > Chico couple take veggie-powered road trip.
• Your cell phone and the bees > Cell phones create buzzy bees.
• Arts DEVO > CAMMIES wrap-up and sunshine ahead.
• Certified Copy > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Donor drops dough on museum > Science museum kicks off dollar-for-dollar fundraiser with hefty donation.
• The homeless among us > Signs of recession: The number of homeless in Butte County jumps by 20 percent in a year.
• Cinema sins > Priest of crap. Don’t add your cash to the pile of money wasted on this film.
• Funds for organic farmers > Federal fund will help farmers transition to organic.
• Butte College gets new leader > Kimberly Perry chosen as the school’s sixth president.
• Bridesmaids raises the bar > The film combines comic forces for a whole new level of chick flick.
• Dorm trash drop-and-dash > Annual dorm move-out event diverts thousands of pounds of waste from landfills.
• Chico’s famous abode may close > Bidwell Mansion may close due to budget deficit, so get a tour while you can.
• Doula does it > A Chico area doula offers her thoughts on the growing childbirth trend.
• What’s in that energy bar? > Recent study finds residue of toxic petroleum byproduct in some nutrition bars.
• Shooting, times two > One Chico shooter gets nine years in prison, another is being sought be police.
• A tea party > Not the crumpets kind.
• Butte County’s pot rules > Members of medical-marijuana collectives say the pending law will keep them from growing sufficient supplies; others worry the ordinance will push gardens into denser areas.
• Honoring Jim Nielsen > Why did the Chico State select a documented scofflaw to be commencement speaker?
• Helping hands > Council approves funding to greatly enhance the Torres Community Shelter and help construct a transitional apartment complex for at-risk youth.
• Letters for May 19, 2011 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• On the road > Paradise family shares cross-country cycling journey.
• Let’s save our universities > Californians are willing to pay for good higher education.
• The end is near! > Critics lament radio personality’s prophecy about the Rapture and its affect on the reputation of the Christian religion.
• Building new lives > With homelessness increasing, the work of this remarkable agency is more important than ever.
• No second chances > When it comes to the job market, it’s an uphill battle for ex-offenders.
• No more red ink > Let’s close the state budget deficit once and for all.
• Friendly bacteria > Some bacteria are actually good for you.
• Shake ’em Down > ‘Pure ecstasy for bottleneck-guitar fans.’
• New health clinic rolls out > Tribe responsible for Rolling Hills Casino opens two local health clinics.
• Daybreak > Sierra Hull’s sophomore release is a gem.
• Doctor booted for Facebook post > Firing of Rhode Island doctor puts spotlight on physicians using Facebook.
• A night of big music > North State Symphony gives rich, mature performance of two great Romantic pieces.
• Ode to the amazing egg > The egg is an amazing thing.
• Anarcho-klezmer punk party > San Diego’s anarcho-klezmer punk collective.
• Court sides with smokers > California court rules smokers can sue tobacco companies despite health history.
• Happenin’ joint > Beatniks—something to howl about.
• Death Notices for May 18
• Woman uninjured in Hwy. 99 rollover accident
• Corrections, clarification for May 18
• Glenn's most wanted
• Man takes plea for ramming police patrol cars in March
• Man agrees to delay trial on alleged kidnapping for a month
• Fire investigated as possible arson
• New and old at Glenn County Fair
• Woman surprised by bear in lower Bidwell Park
• Butte College has new leader
• Call 8-1-1 before starting to dig
• Fire safety program available for residents
• Empowering women and girls is topic Saturday
• Red Bluff firm gets new park contracts
• Chico man distraught over family tragedy struggles with police
• Death Notices
• Timber, conservation at odds over forest rules
• Chico shooting victim remains hospitalized
• Josh Turner surprises American Idol finalist Scotty McCreery
• Chico police respond to shooting
• Low-cost rabies clinic scheduled
• Talk to cover unique treatment for allergies
• Blog Log
• Willows councilors to look at budget deficit Tuesday
• News of Our Past
• Witnesses presented in Lake Oroville boating suit
• Five rescued from Sacramento River
• Brad Paisley contributes two songs to the 'Cars 2' soundtrack
• The El Rey Theatre presents: Repo Man
• Peace center has internship openings
• Weather delays Sly facilities opening date
• Farm Briefs for May 15
• Roadwork Roundup for May 15
• District BBQ reservations due Wednesday
• Bike to work and school week starts Monday
• What is Williams Syndrome?
• Man who struggled with officer faces trial
• Ranks of Butte's homeless jump by 20 percent
• Mom's birthday party 33 years ago could have been rink's first
• Roller derby alive and well in the north state
• Butte County crews prepared for rare May snow removal
• State includes Bidwell Mansion on list of park closures; Lake Oroville, Irvine Finch River Access to stay open
• Orland City Council meets on Monday, will hold public hearing
• Death Notices for May 14
• County clerk to be Republican women's guest on Thursday
• Movie review: Bridesmaids
• Chico Junior "chalk walk" combines images and concrete
• Police report for week ending May 13
• YMCA hosting Fit-n-Fun Day Saturday in Oroville
• Death Notices for May 13
• Authorities: Tractor taken from field near Willows
• ARC accepting e-waste drop-offs this Saturday
• Ground-breaking for new Gridley solar plant
• Training for success
• Chico bar fight investigation helped drug sweep probe
• Only YOU can prevent DUI accidents
• Hospital officials: We wouldn't turn anyone away
• Victim tells of shopping center kidnap, rape
• $81,000-plus raised for Measure A
• Death Notices for May 12
• Emulating art
• Ready for action
• Forum on Humane Society's future
• Oroville awards given tonight
• Pair arrested on drug charges
• Old marketer drops rice industry
• Orland man's quick action saves 2 from canal
• Battling to breathe > One young woman’s struggle with cystic fibrosis and her family’s efforts to help her get a lung transplant.
• The Biggs compromise > Is it too much to ask pot growers to use a greenhouse? Not in Biggs.
• Saudi Arabia under siege > An expat teacher from Chico talks about life in the repressive, oil-rich dictatorship of Saudi Arabia.
• An alternative budget plan > Can we reduce the federal budget deficit while creating jobs? Absolutely.
• Pillow talk > Change your pillow yearly to combat allergies.
• Roses at the End of Time > Musician-poet Eliza Gilkyson.
• Fire stations as health clinics? > Alameda County proposes plan to stock fire stations with medical practitioners.
• River songs > Country showcase, every week at Scotty’s Landing.
• Soda tax could be sweet deal > Proposed soda tax would fund programs for local and state anti-obesity efforts.
• New world doughnuts > The future of doughnuts.
• Stem-cell research resumes > Federal appeals court overturns ban on stem-cell research.
• Violette Nozière > Murder in Paris.
• Ticks off! Solar panels on! > Ticks in Bidwell Park; solar panels in New Jersey.
• Aaron Rodgers: Leader of the Pack > Chico’s Aaron Rodgers subject of new coffee table book.
• Autism activist > Local mother of autistic Butte College student works to help make college life easier for those with autism.
• Arts DEVO > Local badassery.
• Plug it up > Check your home for air leaks to keep energy use down.
• Unbound > Erotica Project amplifies voice of female sexuality.
• Pollute the air, pay the price > Oregon-based building-materials manufacturer fined for Clean Air Act violations.
• Stops at the pump add up > American households spent $368 on gas last month alone.
• Thor > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• PG&E energy program kicks off > PG&E teams up with local colleges and Chico to launch energy-saving program.
• Scammers enter surprise pleas > Paradise couple admit guilt in mortgage-fraud case.
• In the details > Interplay of internal and external conflicts at heart of French drama.
• Chico Wildflower bike race goes green > Waste Management and Chico Velo team up to make bike race zero-waste.
• Registration deadline looming > Chicoans who want to vote in the special June election have until May 23 to register.
• Soccer for smiles > Mike Mitchell started Project Play, an effort to send soccer balls to the African country of Niger.
• Hope for salmon > A new bridge at Antelope Creek and a promising fishing season spell delight for local fishermen.
• Big week for Chico State > Paul Zingg loses bid in San Diego, and the controversial parking structure gets a thumbs-up.
• Restriction > When it comes to medical cannabis—and in most other cases as well—less is more.
• It’s complicated > City of Chico’s land-purchase decision has quite a history.
• Double disagreements > Two Chico controversies, two sets of arguments.
• Junior Giants offers kids in Oroville a chance to play > The youth baseball league targets at-risk kids.
• Letters for May 12, 2011 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• ‘A job that needed to be done’ > Most local Muslims express relief at the death of Osama bin Laden.
• Myths about public pensions > Separating fact from fiction as government workers’ pensions come under fire.
• People arrested in drug sweep appear in court
• Luke Bryan announces new album 'Tailgates & Tanlines' to be released on August 9
• Death Notices for May 11
• Next in the long-term care series: Insurance
• Graffiti vandal takes plea bargain in Butte court
• Butte fiscal picture not glorious, but OK
• Prosecution drops remaining child sex abuse charges against Oroville man
• Chico's Build.com beats out Lowe's in online sales
• CSU eyes 32 percent tuition hike as budget fallback plan
• Feeding Nations program gains speed
• Movie review: Thor
• Rice planting season is taking off
• Tea and Hats to benefit girls' education in Africa
• No surprises in the skies this week
• Correction
• Death Notices
• Lecture to discuss herbs and diabetes
• Texas hold 'em tournament to benefit Chico Relay
• English as second language sessions offered at peace center
• Campus Clips
• Aaron Rodgers signed jersey raffled for Relay for Life
• Man stunned as he tries to flee cops on bicycle in Orland
• Movie review: Atlas Shrugged: Part 1
• Preliminary redistricting work to begin
• News of our Past
• On the path to teaching: Low-income students sought for new program
• Blog Log
• Post office employees ask for intervention
• Innovation Lab to be publicly unveiled
• RCD barbecue this month at Massa Ranch
• Second 'Derelict Voices' literary journal reading set
• The El Rey Theatre presents: Showgirls
• Registration deadline for election is May 23
• Farm Briefs for May 8
• Water group needs advisory members
• Teachers Association shows documentary
• Measure A forum scheduled for May 20
• Rib cook-off for Glenn County Fair on May 21
• Tree topping may lead to tree toppling
• Roadwork Roundup for May 8
• Paradise man on board for Osama bin Laden sea burial
• A life without food: Quest for a cure continues
• Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. looking at second facility
• Fishing derby today in Paradise
• Drug arrest made in Glenn County
• Death Notices for May 7
• Logue bill clears Assembly panel
• Loss of Dr. John Howard mourned
• An exclusive interview with Kevin and Michael Bacon
• 11 a.m. update: Northbound Hwy 99 offramp at Cohasset Road closed by car accident, fire
• Woman sneezes, crashes bike on the Skyway
• Paradise man nominated for Emmy
• Police report for week ending May 6
• Death Notices for May 6
• Corrections for May 6
• Woman gets maximum term for fatal crash
• Local Sierra Club group lists outings
• Audubon Society has expert as guest speaker
• Not everyone's cup of tea: Local panel looks at journalistic integrity of recent Book in Common selection
• Man, woman enter guilty pleas in mortgage fraud case
• Orland Police Department trying program to curb false alarms
• Ashton Shepherd shares 'I'm Just a Woman' in honor of Mother's Day
• Tentative decision on marijuana ordinance greeted with boos, jeers and recall threats
• Takedown: Alleged drug trafficking gang members arrested in five-county sweep
• Auditions for volunteer musicians
• School Time for May 5
• Pilot walks away from plane crash
• Nursing home hit with 15 citations
• Brothers in Home Depot thefts enter plea
• Commission to discuss marijuana restrictions
• Activists debate Measure A to change council elections from November to June
• The ‘clobber passages’ > Those who say homosexuality is sinful cite these biblical lines as proof.
• Brewhouse blues > Rick Estrin & the Nightcats in Oroville.
• Is homosexuality a sin? > Chico’s churches struggle to tear down a ‘big tall wall.’
• Comida de Mayo > Cinco de Mayo: not Mexican independence day.
• The ‘holy powder’ > Inflamed? Take turmeric.
• Super Sad True Love Story > Technology and greed rule in Gary Shteyngart’s future world.
• Maternal mortality rates rise > Obesity and other conditions may be to blame for rise in maternal mortality.
• Arts DEVO > The sun is out and I’m feeling.
• Jane Eyre > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Keep your butts out of parks > Cigarette-disposal campaign aims to clean up Oroville’s littered parks.
• Familiar voice > NPR’s Scott Simon coming to Chico.
• God of thunder > Sequel-bait for the Marvel film franchise.
• Bank backs cancer center > Tri Counties Bank donates $25,000 to benefit Enloe’s cancer-care program.
• Taking it to the streets > Chico State students protest their money going to fund a parking structure.
• Greenery guru > Linda Walser brings the outdoors indoors.
• Parting words from the CEO > Outgoing Feather River Hospital president/CEO Wayne Ferch weighs in on health care.
• The end of unions? > Republican efforts to weaken public-employee unions could affect the entire movement.
• Tacos, rattlesnakes and six-packs > False-advertising lawsuit against Taco Bell dropped; rattlesnake sightings in Bidwell Park.
• Cops arrest shooting suspect > Chico police think they have the man responsible for shooting outside Café Culture.
• Budget > Challenging our way of life.
• Junk-food aftermath > Eating junk food has more consequences than most people realize.
• Big guy explores his options > Chico State President Paul Zingg announces he’s interviewing for San Diego State presidency.
• Boning up on the state budget > Jean Ross knows budgets. Last week she was in Chico to explain why the state is having such a hard time balancing its budget.
• Helping hands in Bidwell Park > Partnership between Chico and state Conservation Corps funds new project.
• Major drug ring busted > After a four-year investigation, police take down large-scale gang-related drug ring in Butte and Glenn counties.
• Letters for May 5, 2011 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• Celeb speaks against Alaska mine > Robert Redford joins Bristol Bay Alliance against proposed mine in Alaska.
• Nahshon Garrett, national champion > How an 84-pound third-stringer became one of Chico’s greatest high-school athletes.
• Treat your mom to peace > Fair-trade chocolates for peace make a wonderful Mother’s Day gift.
• Dems dub Dan > Lungren nicknamed ‘Styrofoam Dan’ after trashing eco-friendly program.
• City’s finances a mixed bag > Budget is balanced—but barely.
• 30 years of caring > The Chico Heritage Association has been protecting old Chico for three decades.
• Berry, berry good > Strawberries are in season and available at local farmers’ markets.
• Sex-ed controversy > Chico Junior High cancels speaker after parents raise concerns.
• After bin Laden, what? > Our mission in Afghanistan is accomplished. Now’s the time to begin withdrawing.
• Bad news for Joel Castle > Med-pot advocate found guilty of possession and sale of marijuana—he argues his attorney didn’t have his back.
• Raisin’ Hell Revue > Elvin Bishop captures the fun of the Blues Cruise.
• Gay-affirming churches in Chico > Homosexual Christians are welcome and supported here.
• Dub Is a Weapon > Dub is a weapon proves live dub is possible.
• In their own words > Two local ministers on why they believe as they do.
• CAMMIES: Week four > Jazz and Punk nominees for the 2011 Chico Area Music Awards.
• Drug trafficking arrests made throughout Butte, Glenn counties
• Where are those sunglasses?
• The Bacon Brothers set to rock The El Rey Theatre this weekend
• Property to be bought for $15,000 more than appraised value
• Taking it to the street
• Correction for May 4
• Death Notices for May 4
• Never forgotten
• Chico woman pleads not guilty for alleged shooting death
• Mountain lion sighting reported in lower park
• Watershed was the inspiration for Orland mural
• Death Notices
• Stirling City Historical Society slide show slated
• Water storage one of several topics at meeting in Willows
• Meetings for energy conservation, education planned in Chico
• Mature almond trees cut by vandals
• Talk tonight on 'Islamophobia' at Chico State
• Native Plant Society offers tours, outings
• Campus Clips
• Randy Travis to release exclusive album with Cracker Barrel
• The El Rey Theatre presents: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
• Children show off their creativity during Dream Week
• Blog Log
• Many events on tap for Public Schools Week
• Chico Council looks at land, budget, rubbish on Tuesday
• News of our Past
• Flower power: More than 4,000 participate in Wildflower Century ride
• OHS Safe and Sober Grad fundraisers set
• Program helps with energy efficiency
• Death Notices for May 1
• Project taking shape to help habitat
• Police saturation patrols net 10 arrests
• Events in Oroville remember Ishi, last of the Yahi tribe
• Bold women go bald for a good cause in Chico
• Gold nugget still a reason to celebrate in Paradise
• Mass of bicyclists roll into Butte County for Wildflower Century
• 10 miles of Lassen Park road to open
• Chico State students discuss civic issues
• Chico State president eyes presidency at San Diego State
• GOP legislators offer business-friendly bills
• Children get hands-on ag lessons at Chico State University Farm
• Man convicted on child sex abuse charge
• Death Notices for April 30
• Speakers at summit lash out at Delta threats
• Death Notices for April 29
• Butte jury deliberates on Oroville child sex abuse case
• Police Report for April 29
• Butte's most wanted
• Show raises scholarship funds
• Birds of Bidwell workshop April 30
• Spring Fling fundraiser is Saturday
• 12 SWAT teams from across north state train in Butte
• Chico man charged in Cafe Culture shooting
• Meth possession case goes to trial
• Snakes, ticks take to Bidwell Park
• Attempted murder trial is June 13
• Trial set in double slaying case
• Man arrested for alleged molestation
• School Time for April 28
• Mustang roundup lawsuit gets legs > District court judge tosses Interior Department’s motion to dismiss a challenge to the capuring of 1,579 wild horses.
• Baba’s bike tips > Ed McLaughlin revives his bike-safety character.
• Rescuing the Pugh mural > Saving Academe could be easier than thought, art historian suggests.
• The health benefits of cycling > Chico sports-med doctor talks about the health benefits of cycling.
• Saving wildlife > Lundberg Farms hosts biennial field trip to collect duck eggs from a rice field.
• Waste > Who needs it?
• Keeping Café Culture > Chico City Council majority made the right call.
• Making biking even greener > Check out these products that allow bicycle enthusiasts to take their eco-friendliness to the next level.
• Talk about irony > County supervisors move school board elections to November to save money—while Measure A would go the opposite direction.
• A brouhaha to end brouhahas? > A proposal to change the city charter to avoid divisiveness in replacing a council member could itself be divisive.
• Stripes in Lower Bidwell Park > New reflective paint can make night riding safer.
• Gray wolf loses protection > In an unprecedented move, the gray wolf loses federal protection in five states.
• Gamblers held up by feds > Online players lament the shutdown of three huge poker sites.
• Letters for April 28, 2011 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• Construction site clean-up > EPA seeks stricter rules on construction-site storm-water discharge.
• Chico’s new $2 million bike corridor > Stimulus funding pays for major expansion of the cycling grid.
• Jake Fryer/Bud Shank Quintet > Live recording led by two prized alto saxmen, Jake Fryer and Bud Shanks.
• Wheels turn on eco-friendly invention > Students win manufacturing award for bike chain guide and bash guard.
• Riding revolution > Local green businesses walk the walk when it comes to offering incentives to employees who bike to work.
• CAMMIES: Week three > Rock/Pop, World (Celtic, Latin, Ska), Americana/Country nominees for the 2011 Chico Area Music Awards.
• Tomato-planting time > Warm spring days and warming spring nights mean it’s time to plant tomato seedlings for summer harvest.
• Thieves like bikes too > How to protect your bike—and get it back when it’s stolen.
• One last song > Bear Hunter’s Maurice Spencer has a gift for Chico.
• Full-time biking is the way to go > Embracing the bicycle as a primary means of transportation.
• Hass and Hass-nots > The plentiful world of avocados.
• Competitive cyclists > One club’s efforts to establish bicycle stage racing in Chico.
• Bulletstorm > A killing spree with style.
• Hop aboard > Take a ride through CN&R’s Bike Issue.
• Love Wins > “A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the fate of every person who ever lived,”
• The push for online privacy > Government announces plan to beef up privacy for online health information.
• Arts DEVO > Chico = art.
• Motel mystique > Iconic Matador Motel site of Chico’s newest arts festival.
• S.F.’s new tactic against HIV > S.F.’s new HIV-treatment policy could prevent new cases if doctors embrace it.
• Hundreds united > An estimated 300 come together at City Plaza in downtown Chico during a rally supporting workers’ rights.
• Water for Elephants > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Feather River Hospital’s new CEO > Former CEO of Adventist Health’s Howard Memorial Hospital moves to Paradise.
• Bicycle statistics > The Netherlands leads Top-10 list of countries with most bikes per capita.
• Scream 4 > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• May is National Bike Month > There’s plenty of ways to celebrate National Bike Month.
• Meth by the pound > Law enforcement agents bust two undocumented aliens accused of major methamphetamine sales.
• Rio > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Two bike-cart family > Local family eschews car to become two-bike-cart family.
• Prolific tagger arrested > Police nab local allegedly linked to major vandalism spree, including tags seen up and down the state.
• Not-so-plain Jane > Charlotte Brontë’s signature novel gets fresh look.
• Don’t forget a biking helmet > Head protection is important for you and the little ones.
• Movie review: Water for Elephants
• Events to raise funds for Japan relief
• Committee OKs nature center's loan deferral
• Vetch bounces back at Verbena
• Victim, boat driver testify in Lake Oroville boating suit
• Death Notices for April 27
• Annual Gold Nugget Days runs Thursday-Sunday on the ridge
• Man who shows up to serve jail sentence was allegedly on drugs
• Meth found in driver in triple-fatal crash
• Are solar power 'farms' compatible with ag land?
• CPOA starting phone fundraising campaign, will run through June
• Oroville Salvation Army seeks non-perishable food donations
• Kenny Chesney earns 22nd #1 as 'Live a Little' tops the charts
• Correction
• Old-time tractors take center stage in Oregon House
• Death Notices
• Campus Clips
• False burglary call doesn't avert woman's arrest in Glenn County
• Willows store lost thousands in burglary
• Testimony continues in Lake Oroville boating suit
• Police arrest man, woman in connection with gas siphoning
• Pancakes for Peace in Chico unites community
• Death Notice
• Beer Fest to feature local brews
• News of our Past
• Addictions recovery seminar slated April 30
• Blog Log
• Supporters get on their feet for Grandma Carrie
• Easter service embraces the morning
• The El Rey Theatre presents: Clerks
• Death Notices for April 24
• Roadwork roundup for April 24
• Union rally fills up City Plaza
• Enloe cancer division gets $25,000 donation
• Glenn markets entering second season
• Free trees, soil help local residents give back to Earth
• Poverty contributes to low health ranking for Butte, Glenn counties
• Spring Jamboree, Easter egg hunt a Chico tradition
• Lady Antebellum wraps Australia and New Zealand tour with glowing reviews
• Comparing coaches' salaries
• Coaches' pay looms large in Chico Unified School District sports funding discussion
• CARD compiles new list of park rules
• Students stress dangers of second-hand smoke, butts
• Project paints Chico's Wildwood Park with colors
• Ex-Oroville company operators sought in alleged embezzlement
• Anti-smoking action figures roam Chico streets
• Gridley resident burned in house fire that officials believe is arson
• Death Notices for April 22
• Spirit of Giving
• Arraignment for four charged for hash oil lab delayed again
• Authorities say Princeton woman hurt in all-terrain vehicle crash
• Cops stop reported stolen car, find driver is owner, but allegedly DUI
• Oroville community radio station hosting fundraiser on Saturday
• Oroville bra decorating contest is cancer fight fundraiser held in May
• Plenty of ways to celebrate Earth Day in Chico, Oroville
• Earth Day projects in Bidwell Park
• Death Notices for April 21
• Old West comes to ridge museum
• Delays expected on Highway 70
• ATV rider hurt near Butte City
• River forum meets today in Willows
• Wet spring ups water allocations
• Vandalism closes Caper Acres
• Tips for avoiding dog bites > Playing it safe with man’s best friend.
• Luvin’ life > DJ Quik is back.
• Del Norte revamps > North State health-care provider Del Norte Clinics, Inc. becomes Ampla Health.
• Spice of Chico > Small-batch artisan tea-maker, Chico Chai.
• Patient data at large > Connecticut hospital employee loses hard-drive containing patient data.
• Everyday Paleo > Local author publishes paleo diet book.
• Labeling GMO food > Chico woman spearheads statewide campaign to label GMO foods.
• Arts DEVO > Arts DEVO hears little birds.
• Free health care? > No-cost health clinic at Sacramento’s Cal Expo attracts thousands of patients.
• Erotic art in abundance > New show at RayRay Gallery is wildly prolific and varied.
• Hanna > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• The healing chamber > Enloe Medical Center’s new Hyperbaric Center offers hope for hard-to-heal wounds.
• Truth in green advertising > Trying to buy better amid green confusion.
• Winging it > New CGI offering from Ice Age creators wings it.
• Clearing the air > Before exercising outdoors, check the air quality on these websites.
• B-Line, upgraded > Butte County’s bus transit system puts new schedules into practice.
• Dull whisper > Reboot of Scream franchise falls flat.
• Fair-trade flowers > Major florist website kicks off fair-trade line to show support for labor rights.
• Chico City Council axes campaign ceiling > Donors can give as much as they want to independent committees.
• Caring for pets > Cynthia Gerrie of Paws talks about helping control the pet population.
• Energy-saving seniors > Thirty Sunrise Senior Living communities earn EPA’s Energy Star marker.
• Murder on Sega Lane > Girlfriend arrested in killing of Robert Bauman, local businessman and philanthropist.
• Grand Jury > Could it be my time to serve?
• Spotlight on Chinook > Chinook salmon from Klamath and Trinity rivers basin subject of federal review.
• Caught with his pants down > Unregistered sex offender charged with indecent exposure in Chico.
• Tea and controversy > Did Greg Mortensen lie about the story behind Three Cups of Tea?
• Reinventing fire > Butte County man invents Lil’ Sparky, a hand-made sustainable device that creates fire.
• Riding the wind out of Africa > Book in Common author William Kamkwamba inspires Chico with his story of ingenuity.
• Letters for April 21, 2011 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• Café Culture catches a break > Council votes to find a way to allow alcohol sales.
• Pound of flesh > When consolidating debts, read the fine print carefully.
• What will be the fate of the mustang? > Chico area advocates worry about the future of America’s iconic wild horses.
• Obama goes to the moral heart > Budget speech is about his vision of America, not just about money.
• Tea Party reaches boiling point > Local conservative activists vent their anger and frustrations at annual tax-day event.
• 'Friday' > Fridays will never be the same …
• Ishi in the roundabout > Chico chiropractor spearheads visionary project to create Ishi statue in proposed downtown roundabout.
• Buddy Miller > Buddy Miller and his majestic crew deliver an instant classic.
• Ishi’s legacy > A century later, the ‘last wild Indian’ continues to teach us about Native American life, California history and humanity.
• CAMMIES: Week two > Folk/Acoustic, Electronic, Blues and Hard Rock/Metal nominees for the 2011 Chico Area Music Awards.
• Gary Allan will kick-off the 2011 CMA Music Festival on the Riverfront stage
• Three arrested at gunpoint in alleged stolen car
• Graffiti vandal known throughout state arrested in Chico
• Homeless man found dead near fairgrounds
• Montana launches inquiry into 'Three Cups' charity
• Chico Area Recreation and Park District takes another look at alcohol, smoking rules
• Fair View principal gets surprise award
• Chico contractor loses license over river dumping
• Death Notices for April 20
• Drought task force meets Monday
• Volunteers needed for Wildflower bike event
• Speaker series goes to Antarctica
• Woman hurt when car clipped in intersection overturns
• Slain man was respected businessman
• Scientists begin fish study in Feather River
• Tea partyers told to press for fiscal restraint
• Suspect in Corning child molestation case arrested in Willows
• Last-minute taxes
• Correction for April 19
• Death Notices for April 19
• Bidwell Park staff to talk about trail management, collect input at gathering
• Opera seeks footage of actress for memorial
• Authorities say pounds of pot seized, Chico mother arrested
• Burglars take $5,000 in tools from Orland Unified School District shed
• Colusa County men hurt in rollover crash near Willows
• Here are some newspaper stories published this week in years past:
• Nature Conservancy seeks public comment on future of Sierra lake
• Sacramento River Preservation Trust offer full moon float today
• Blog Log for April 18
• Council may take up vacant seat policy Tuesday
• The right turn to he left
• New farm water rules means more work
• Wildflowers, native plants on display
• The El Rey Theatre presents: Robocop
• Earth Day program focuses on the mind
• Olives the pick of the day in Oroville
• Community programming to no longer air on Channel 11
• California Nut Festival in Durham celebrates agriculture
• Man dead after shooting in south Chico
• Death Notice for April 17
• Stewardship Council to hold Chico meeting
• Sly Creek recreation sites closed until May
• Butte County bus route fixes roll out starting Sunday
• Butte County jobless rate jumped in March
• Honey Run Creek pollution still under study
• Man, woman arrested in ridge elder abuse, burglary case
• Shooting of aggressive dog under investigation
• City-aided apartments open
• New DCBA chief is former Chico resident
• Equine adoption day today in Chico
• Movie review: Scre4m (a.k.a Scream 4)
• Cops: Body of transient lost in river is recovered
• Police Report for April 15
• Urination draws police attention
• Trial date set in home-invasion death
• Death Notices for April 15
• Brush with death
• Gassy leak closes street
• Author to sign books Saturday
• Members of burglary ring targeting Home Depots arrested
• Birdhouses, other projects give Chico teens a chance to make a good choice
• Arraignment set for driver who allegedly killed Orland girl
• Death Notices
• Blue Oak Charter School recruiting three board members
• Local art up for sale during Republican Women benefit
• Mandatory meeting today for Highway 99 project bidders
• Durham High School's 'Every 15 Minutes' starts today
• Public safety agencies plan field trip day today in Chico
• Buzzin' good time
• Superbug invades So-Cal > Drug-resistant bacteria shows up in hundreds of cases at L.A.-area hospitals.
• Good-times rag > The Chico Ragtime / Tin Pan Alley Open Mic keeps old-time music alive.
• Source Code > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Falling through the cracks > Butte County’s poor and elderly will be hard-hit by health-care-related budget cuts.
• Morel story > It’s morel mushroom season.
• Somewhere > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Shield your skin! > Baseball players and dermatologists team up to prevent skin cancer.
• A Widow’s Story: A Memoir > Joyce Carol Oates tells her widow’s story.
• Insidious > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Keepin’ it local > Local Junior Duck Stamp winners announced; plus, new book for locavores.
• Arts DEVO > Arts DEVO’s demotivating DEVOtimations.
• Arthur > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Carbon paw-print reduction > Help your pet to be green too.
• Tz’utujil Mayan paintings at Chico Art Center > José and Henry Méndez’s show at the Chico Art Center celebrates Guatemala’s colorful Mayan culture.
• Seeing through the gloom > Life ain’t pretty.
• Dolphin die-off > Government tells scientists to keep mum about dolphin die-off findings.
• Ordinance gets overhaul > Proposed medical-marijuana-cultivation law in Butte County gets a major rewrite.
• Run Hanna Run > Euro-flavored actioner is more fun than typical Hollywood fare.
• Don’t worry about radiation > EPA increases its monitoring of radiation-exposure routes after the nuclear crisis in Japan—so far, so good.
• Pills, pot and a shotgun > Chico police arrest two early-20s Chicoans on drugs and firearm charges.
• Kimono karma > Chicoan Chieko Page turns dresses into bags to help victims in Japan.
• Let’s go fishin’! > After three years of limited fishing, salmon population grows to healthy size.
• Parents take plea deal > Kevin and Elizabeth Schatz plead guilty in death of adopted daughter.
• Cooking > Cooking for myself, and sometimes others.
• The wild side > Mount Lassen Chapter of the California Native Plant Society hosts biennial Wildflower Show and Native Plant Sale at Chico’s CARD Center.
• Look out, light poles > Allegedly drunken teenager with a previous DUI clips one light pole and crashes straight into another along Park Avenue.
• The truth about taxes > The truth about taxes: They don’t inhibit prosperity, they produce it.
• Disaster in Japan > Chico State professors explain the science behind the devastating quake and tsunami.
• Letters for April 14, 2011 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• Update wrapped up > Chico City Council adopts the controversial general plan after three years spent constructing and vetting the document.
• Article distorts Enloe’s contribution > Article distorts Enloe’s role: CEO says the hospital is doing what it can to deal with a broken health-care system.
• Mobile-app marvel > Chico State senior Andrew Gazdecki heads successful startup company aimed at providing affordable mobile apps for small businesses.
• Death penalty is ‘inherently flawed’ > ‘Inherently flawed’: California should follow Illinois’ example and abolish the death penalty.
• Waldorf in transition > Chico’s popular Blue Oak Charter School has two years to increase its students’ test scores to the satisfaction of state standards.
• Too dammed expensive > Build more dams? Not if taxpayers have to pay for them.
• Tax myths and misunderstandings > So lowering taxes produces prosperity? Show us the money!
• Eye-Que > Chico MC Eye-Que busts out a mixtape.
• Judge OKs doctor-rating system > For the first time, a California court weighs in on an online physician-rating system.
• Neil Diamond > Mining the early pop gems of the Jewish Elvis.
• Cancer on the decline > Report shows a decline in new cases of cancer and cancer deaths.
• CAMMIES: Week one > Indie/Experimental, Rap and Funk/Jam nominees for the 2011 Chico Area Music Awards.
• Ashton Shepherd to release sophomore album on July 12
• Woman escapes car after plunge into Butte Creek
• Council approves General Plan for Chico
• Wild weather possible today
• Movie review: Hanna
• Death Notices for April 13
• Maximum sentence handed down in Los Molinos murder
• Parent Committed convening set
• Salvation Army seeks donations
• Chico skateboard park reopens
• Concow School back on well water
• Glenn's most wanted
• Agencies concerned over Delta Plan
• Police arrest Chico suspect in stolen car crash
• 100 years later, second ceremony held for Chico State redwoods
• Immigration set for Great Debate in Chico
• Paws of Chico offers lower rates on spaying/neutering for April, May
• Campus Clips for April 12
• Butte County staff could get OK to go to Japan
• Driver crashes into Paradise ice cream shop
• CARD officials are recognized
• Private Industry Council replacement is focusing on job services
• Blog Log for April 11
• Death Notices for April 11
• Butte plans benefit art show
• New county marijuana proposal is more lenient
• Eating guide available at several locations
• Supervisors to discuss money issues
• Cattle ranchers seeing record auction prices
• The French Connection: French firefighters come to learn, but make friends, too
• The El Rey Theatre presents: Fight Club
• Butte County students beautify their campuses
• Comments in letters vouch for importance of mural
• Chico State president announces plan for Pugh mural
• Death Notices for April 10
• Farm Briefs for April 10
• Filling the Boot for Burns
• Roadwork Roundup for April 10
• Orland Library book sale is this week
• Two men arrested for allegedly stealing rototiller
• Suspicious fire destroys Willows home
• Chico stabbing victim is U.S. Marine home on leave
• Skate park closed indefinitely
• Cyclin' and sunnin' in Chico
• Paradise manager ponders a la carte Cal Fire protection
• Developers, city differ over amount of land in Chico General Plan for new homes
• Couple plead guilty in fatal Paradise child beating
• Guilty pleas entered in fatal Paradise child beating
• New Web site for The Tree of Life launched
• Most Wanted for April 8
• Going to market
• Police Report for April 8
• No pleas yet for hash oil lab charges
• Butte's most wanted
• Ex-caregiver sentenced for stealing from client
• Lassen park currently looking for volunteers
• Glenn triple fatal accident may cancel 'Every 15 Minutes'
• Lady Antebellum's 'Need You Now' is most downloaded country song of all time
• Mother Nature's magic on Table Mountain
• Showers, maybe hail in Central Valley, snow higher
• Death Notices for April 7
• Screening clinic set for children
• Benefit concert to aid charities
• Man pleads not guilty to pot charges
• Trial date set for alleged ax wielder
• Charges dismissed in machete attack case
• Schooltime
• Ancient bones found in Chico backyard confirmed to be Native American child
• Science professors earn props > Chico State science instructors earn national recognition for innovative methods.
• General plan countdown > Chico’s updated document goes to a final vote Tuesday.
• Don’t look down > One student slack-lines across Upper Bidwell Park’s canyon.
• Straight from the pasture > Chico’s Wookey Ranch uses humane, organic, sustainable practices to raise livestock.
• César Chávez Day: an excuse to party > College students account for a majority of arrests on the holiday in honor of the late labor-rights leader.
• Chemtrails > Provoking skepticism.
• Where’s HEAP when they need it? > Unfunded energy-assistance program leaves hundreds of locals in limbo.
• What to do with Pugh’s mural? > John Pugh’s mural Academe is artistic trickiness, but now it’s become politically tricky.
• Dirty jobs > Chico City Council OKs plan to increase sewer fees and agrees to discuss setting a policy on how to fill council vacancies.
• Letters for April 7, 2011 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• Contemplation and good citizenship > Want to change the world? Mindfulness is a good tool.
• Wally Herger fails to protect our water > Herger fails to protect our water: Kowtows to cronies, surrenders best protection tool.
• The great duopoly debate > Chico politicians and medical-marijuana proponents weigh two-dispensary limit.
• Herger supports privatizing Medicare > Wally Herger’s support for a proposal to privatize Medicare shows where his loyalties lie.
• Have ukulele, will travel > He can sing. He can play the uke. He’s in business.
• Jobs first, deficit second > Jobs first, deficit second: Tea Party budget cuts are too much at this time.
• Paradise hospital CEO moves on > Wayne Ferch, president and CEO of Feather River Hospital, takes another job.
• Name the Day! > Soulster John Németh’s third Blind Pig offering.
• Walgreens in hot water > Customers file suit against Walgreens for allegedly selling their private information.
• Essence > EllerSoul reissues blues vet Marion James.
• Feeling sick? Facebook it! > Study shows more Americans turning to social media for health-related advice.
• Bela Fleck, Edgar Meyer and Zakir Hussain > New, beautiful music with banjo, tabla and stand-up bass.
• Conscious meat-eating > Humane animal-husbandry and the ‘15% Steak Rule’; also, what we mean when we say “sustainability.”
• Indulge your cravings > Henri goes big DownLo.
• Snack healthy > Some ideas to munch on.
• While Mortals Sleep > More unpublished gems by Kurt Vonnegut.
• Guerrilla health care > A growing guerrilla health-care movement is working to bring medical care to those in need.
• Arts DEVO > Arts DEVO loves the Red Rocker.
• Spring sense: Fun (and safety) in the sun > Tips for outdoor safety.
• Big themes, small stage > Christopher Shinn’s Pulitzer-nominated Dying City at the Blue Room Theatre.
• Sucker Punch > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Rhino poaching on the rise > Poaching gangs increase as rhino horns surpass value of gold.
• California’s bottom-of-the-barrel pupil-staff ratios > How low can they go?
• Unfriendly ghosts > Mmm … Poltergeisty.
• South-Atlantic spill slimes birds > Cargo-ship oil-spill in South Atlantic Ocean oils rare penguin population.
• Mayors say no to Measure A > Mayor Ann Schwab and crew voice strong opposition to a ballot measure to move the date of City Council elections from November to June.
• ‘Techno-humanistic fantasy’ > Source Code is a ‘techno-humanistic fantasy’ … with a love story.
• Watch Hobo With a Shotgun before it hits theaters
• Death Notices for April 6
• Poetry, gardens are library topics
• Thursday market starts this week
• Salvation Army thrift store closes
• Police still seek help finding shooting suspect
• Men get prison terms in pot harvest
• Ferch leaving CEO position at ridge hospital
• Hamilton City man gets three years for assaulting girlfriend
• Death Notices for April 5
• Campus Clips for April 5
• Butte County supervisors asked to ratify emergency declaration
• Tubers on Sacramento River require rescue
• Chico High birdhouse project coming to community on April 13
• Man reports he was robbed on trip from Corning to Artois
• Butte County Humane Society wants help with April contest
• Wahl receives Spirit of Caring award
• 3 p.m. update: Passenger in crashed stolen car released by Chico cops
• Sacramento man found on tracks, injured and bloody
• Sacramento man found on tracks, injured and bloody
• Sewer fee hike before City Council Tuesday
• 'Cinderella's closet': 'Fairy godmothers' help girls find free prom dresses
• Death Notice for April 4
• Blog Log for April 4
• Meeting a start toward regional water management
• Police change booking procedures
• The El Rey Theatre presents: Army of Darkness
• Death Notice for April 3
• Roadwork roundup for April 3
• Chico group raises money to aid Japan
• Gridley band past halfway mark toward Pearl Harbor trip
• Some of this week's public meetings
• Founders Week has many events
• Oroville gets back to nature with festival
• Booklet lists local food options, helps farmers
• California Dream Week ...dreaming a sustainable tomorrow
• Butte County landfill could be in the market for more trash
• 2011's Cesar Chavez Day sees increase in arrests in Chico
• Raises for county employees spark controversy
• More time sought in Orland teen rape case
• Spelling bee winners head to championships
• Man gets 9 years for attack on woman
• Superbugs flourish with antibiotic overuse
• Antibiotic-resistant superbug has appeared in Chico
• Movie review: Hop
• Death Notices for Aprl 1
• Police Report for April 1
• Butte's most wanted
• Man to face trial for stolen gun
• FFA honors Chico High School staff, students for their excellence
• Forms available for walkathon fundraiser scheduled April 30
• Vendor space available at Vintage Tractor Days at Dobbins-Oregon
• Butte County Clerk-Recorder's office to be open on Passport Day
• Movie review: Source Code
• Paul > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Through an eco-friendly lens > Bruce Jans, a local videographer and producer, grows an environmental series.
• Arts DEVO > On the road with the DEVO clan.
• The Lincoln Lawyer > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Noel Coward in Paradise > Charming performances mark Theatre on the Ridge’s solid new production.
• Recession blues > Corporate America’s forgotten fallen comrades.
• Americans snub nuclear > The power source isn’t as popular following Japan’s earthquake.
• Animé attraction > Pow! Right in the id.
• No parade for Aaron Rodgers > Sorry, Chicoans, your hometown hero won’t be in a local parade.
• Reinforcing César Chávez’s values > Luis Muñoz, as director of Chico State’s MEChA club, promotes community service over partying on the holiday.
• Stop running into cops already! > An alleged shoplifter runs into a Chico police officer one day, and the next day the suspect in an unrelated police assault is arrested.
• ‘But’ watch > The English language at its finest.
• Grant targets gang prevention > Governor’s Office of Gang and Youth Violence Policy awards $500,000 locally to the effort.
• Chico courts the CSU Summer Arts Program > City boosters roll out the red carpet for popular arts-education series.
• Going against the odds > Mathematician and author Joseph Mazur discusses the psychology of gambling.
• Pell on the chopping block > Federal grant program for needy college students faces steep cuts in the budget bill.
• Letters for March 31, 2011 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• Truancy case spurs lawsuit > Orland couple Shannon and Jamie Anderson file a civil-rights complaint against Orland Unified over a botched truancy case involving their son.
• Libya is another illegal, immoral war > There are better ways to promote democracy in the Middle East.
• Weeding through inspiration > Butte County’s medical-marijuana-cultivation ordinance is more costly and restrictive than the laws it’s based on.
• Do Logue and LaMalfa hate Chico? > They’re perfectly willing to wreak economic Armageddon on Chico to get their way.
• ‘Reds under the beds’ > Sex and subversion in Chico: recalling an ‘un-American’ inquiry.
• Obama’s tough Libya decision > It was cautious and considered—and in the end it was right.
• Drying out > Trying out a new food dehydrator on a rainy weekend.
• Steppin’ Up > Posthumous solo debut by career sideman.
• Clean closets, helping hand > This spring, donate your stuff to charitable thrift stores.
• Rich DelGrosso and Jonn Del Toro Richardson > Playin’ those mandolin blues.
• Hair to die for? > Formaldehyde study prompts further criticism of Brazilian Blowout hair treatments.
• Return of The Velvet Teen > The Velvet Teen returns with a new EP.
• Mosquito season is a-buzzin’ > Butte County resumes dead-bird testing to track the West Nile virus.
• It’s not just churros at Panadería La Michoacana > Panadería La Michoacana rules when it comes to Mexican fare.
• Cleaner air, please > After 20 years of uncertainty, EPA creates proposed air-pollution standards for power plants.
• Absence of the Hero > More unpublished Bukowski released.
• Anti-spray group hosts film Saturday
• Death Notices for March 31
• PG&E gets OK for pruning and tree removal
• Prosecution makes plea offer in Gridley embezzlement case
• Store donates sales portion to Japan
• Trial set to begin in beating death of girl
• Schooltime
• Search on for former Butte County resident convicted in murder attempt
• Glenn's Most Wanted for March 30
• Chico to air community access channel cut by Butte College
• Four hurt in Highway 99 rollover crash
• Private Industry Council of Butte County approves Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing
• Butte supervisors reject delay; approve one contract, impose another
• Bail increased for suspect shot by officer
• Man pleads guilty to beating step-grandson, jail attack
• Family seeking man missing since March 4
• Death Notices for March 29
• Police jittery over Cesar Chavez Day crowds
• Four escape serious injury in 99 rollover crash
• New on DVD/Blu-ray: Black Swan, Tangled and more
• Dog sought in biting incident Thursday near Chico post office
• Chico native killed in Long Beach
• Large fight in Hamilton City leads to injuries, arrests
• Groundwater cleanup plan meeting today
• Supervisors to act on contracts, talk trash and review failed agency
• Chico to hold June election with or without state
• Suspect who was shot by police in Chico is back in custody
• Police believe standoff at Chico business was a suicide attempt
• Gridley band plays for aid at state capitol
• Pursuit in Willows ends with man's arrest
• KZFR community radio pledge drive to begin
• Irritable Bowel lecture scheduled today
• Man shot after police pursuit recaptured
• Eric Church celebrates 'Two Pink Lines'
• Blog Log for March 28
• Family fight in Orland area leads to stabbing, arrests
• Two arrested following car chase through hills
• PIC reschedules meeting, opens bankruptcy discussion
• Program opens door to kids who need academic boost
• Wet but still fun: Kite Day a success despite the rain
• Sunday night standoff at business ends peacefully
• Update 9:50 p.m.: Armed man still in Mangrove Avenue standoff
• The El Rey Theatre presents: Clueless
• Farm briefs for March 27
• Disc golfers thrive in Oroville competition despite wet, windy weather
• Annual Walk 4 Water draws buckets of hope
• UC San Francisco, Enloe join forces in fight against cancer
• Science lecture series starts April 6
• Death Notices for March 26
• Religious Briefs
• From the Pulpit
• Correction for March 26
• Arrest made in alleged gun brandishing
• Sacramento River flows increasing; Feather, American rivers scaled back
• Tree removal for power line safety before Chico parks commission
• Chico man cited for violation in Marysville alcohol sting by ABC
• Patient steals ambulance from medical facility
• Movie review: Sucker Punch
• Man hurt in tumble from trash bin
• Winds whip area: Storm wreaks havoc with Butte County power supply
• Death Notices for March 25
• Vet memorial setback creates opportunities
• Butte's most wanted for March 25
• Alleged ax wielder to face trial
• Trial set for accused bank robber
• Bar owner faces charges over camera in restroom
• Man searching for pet disappears in flooding river
• General Plan before commission
• Trial date set in alleged DUI death
• Telephone scammers at work in Willows
• Preliminary hearing for '06 death delayed
• Weather service issues collection of watches and warnings
• Chico Unified School District takes "qualified" position on being positive
• E-R publications win national, statewide awards
• Fifty pounds of pot > CPD arrests Chicoan Nathaniel Paul Oeding on suspicion of illegal marijuana sales after finding 50 pounds of pot in his truck.
• Release > My parenting days are over.
• Medical-marijuana advocate set for court > Joel Castle faces trial next month for allegedly trading pot for a guitar.
• Measure A: pros and cons > One person’s ‘accountability’ is others’ unfairness and cost.
• To Japan, with love > The Chico Japan Friendship Club works to aid devastated country.
• Letters for March 24, 2011 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• Celebration of Abraham brings faiths together > Jews, Christians and Muslims share a meal, discuss their similarities rather than differences.
• Palestine needs our support > There are plenty of things we can do locally to help in the resistance effort.
• Kids and the arts > Educators and community leaders unite in Paradise to support creativity in schools.
• Support e-marketplace fairness > AB 153 would level playing field by requiring online retailers to collect sales tax.
• Leveling the playing field > Spearheaded by Cindy Wolff, the American Association of University Women’s gender-inequity complaint launches a federal investigation into Chico Unified’s sports programs.
• Don’t let Wally Herger kill NPR > Tell your congressman to support public radio, not try to dismantle it.
• Chico’s own butterfly man > Sterling Mattoon is also watching species disappear from the Sacramento Valley in response to loss of habitat and climate change.
• Pot duopoly poses problems > Limiting the number of medical-marijuana dispensaries to two is asking for trouble.
• ‘Butterfly man’ finds clues to climate change > Is the climate heating up? A UC Davis Lepidoptera detective cracks the case.
• Eternal Tapestry > Eternal Tapestry’s deep exploration.
• Interesting times > Wild weather, wild billboards, wild times.
• Playing for Change inspires Playing for Chico > Chico High senior Hayley Walton teams with Chico musicians for music-video project.
• Website offers tips on nontoxic cleaning with herbs and essential oils > Do your spring cleaning nontoxically.
• Sushi meets style at Gen Kai > The popular Chico Japanese restaurant boasts a new, chic location that offers a little something for everyone.
• Eastern cougar officially extinct > After thorough review process, feds take eastern cougar off endangered list.
• McCovey Chronicles > McCovey Chronicles is the only S.F. Giants blog you need.
• Red Riding Hood > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Moonwalking With Einstein > Remember that one thing that one time?
• Cedar Rapids > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• More fuss over ‘Frankenfish’ > Groups back legislation that would outlaw or label genetically modified salmon.
• Arts DEVO > Congratulations, Art, you win.
• Battle: Los Angeles > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Don’t tread on wet trails in Bidwell Park > As rain makes Bidwell Park trails vulnerable, park-goers should be on alert.
• On the road with Marc ‘Slam Papi’ Smith > Poetry slam founder Marc Smith on 25th anniversary tour.
• Paul, an alien road-comedy for frat guys > Brit comedy gets Americanized.
• Fresh vs. fast > Chico State program aims to introduce kids to healthful eats, including ethnic produce.
• ‘Buy Local’ campaigns work > Institute for Local Self-Reliance survey shows ‘Buy Local’ campaigns worked in 2010.
• Matthew McConaughey and stellar ensemble shine in understated crime drama > Matthew McConaughey and stellar ensemble shine in understated crime drama.
• Blair on the air > Chico’s lovable TV weatherman Rob Blair is now a Top 40 deejay, too.
• Flamenco fever > Richard Parker, a retired philosophy professor, has long loved playing the flamenco guitar.
• Animals aren't sheepish about eating at Sierra Nevada
• Limited staffing steals police time from Honda thefts
• Funnel cloud preview to more wild weather in north state today
• Man pleads guilty to role in cover-up after Chico shooting
• Diabetes Alert Day today at Enloe
• Nonprofits to hear strategies
• Drive-thru dinner for ag scholarship
• Man accused of waving gun going to trial
• Man who ran from deputy found, arrested
• Feds boost water delivery estimates
• Butte College to honor outstanding alumni
• Chico's mortgage subsidy program may be in peril
• Accused Chico council chamber vandal claimed to be a robbery victim
• Chico State braces for $21 million loss
• LaMalfa bill seeks money for Lake Oroville
• Teens to face trial in Oroville home-invasion robbery death
• Pot-for-guitar trial gets new court date set
• A golden opportunity on Butte Creek
• Tax relief for storm damage
• Powerful storm with strong winds aims at valley
• Dog that bit man being sought
• Search and Rescue teams find extra missing people
• Death Notices for March 22
• Correction for March 22
• Driver bypassing crossing arms killed by Amtrak train
• Chico State student newspaper wins national award
• Campus Clips for March 22
• Cancer lecture scheduled today
• Democrats to hear about budget
• Man allegedly rams into buildings
• Oroville parks flooding, rivers high throughout area
• Man throws chair through window at Chico City Council building
• City's revised facade program is popular
• Blog Log
• Spring debuts wet and wild: Winds knock down trees, power lines throughout north valley
• The El Rey Theatre presents: The Royal Tenenbaums
• Missing group located by Butte County Search and Rescue team
• Death Notice for March 20
• Dabbling in the arts
• Farm Journal honored with award
• Irrigated pasture workshop
• Doug Youngdahl honored
• Cal Rice sends assistance to Japan
• Growing food crops as ornamentals
• Embezzlement case held over for trial
• Thursday Night Market returns April 7, with changes
• Butte tests lockdown procedures
• Orland firefighters mark anniversary
• Fiddle championship resumes
• Man faces prison for beating puppy
• Cops bust man, confiscate 50 pounds of pot, cash
• Embezzlement case held over for trial
• Movie review: Limitless
• A first look at Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (VIDEO)
• Nasty weather in store for the north valley; flooding possible
• Water Project allocation increases to 70 percent
• Feather River swells, floods parks and trails
• Police Report for March 18
• Death notices for March 19
• BEC turns to get-togethers to build support
• Butte's Most Wanted for March 18
• Glenn Fair premium books available
• Moon could be big, bright, if weather cooperates
• Ag thefts in Glenn County continue
• More wet, even flooding, on the way to Central Valley
• No one hurt as open minivan door struck by big rig on I-5
• 'Welcome to Medicare' workshop today at Community Center
• Jennifer Lawrence snags lead role in film adaptation of The Hunger Games
• Running on empty > Café Culture owners Greg Fletcher and Praveen Ram revision the art, dance and music space they opened two years ago after their request for a beer license is rejected—again.
• Grant Blue Oak a charter > The kids love it. Their parents love it. Blue Oak deserves a new charter.
• Transcending gender > In a world where he’s long felt invisible, Aydin Kennedy reflects on the man he’s become, and the female identity he left behind.
• Hard lesson from Japan > Nuclear power is dangerous, but so are coal and oil. It’s time to get real about renewables.
• Great green thoughts > Christine is on vacation this week, but she leaves the reader with these inspiring words from famous nature-lovers.
• From His World to Mine > Dan Block’s interpretations of Duke Ellington.
• Rethink your wardrobe > A few tips to make your duds more eco-friendly.
• Lose Me in the Sand > Another powerful recording for San Francisco singer/songwriter Mark Growden.
• Target hit with dumping fines > District attorney confirms Chico Target employees dumped waste improperly.
• Get Bach > The 2011 Chico Bach Festival offers four days of stellar choral and instrumental performances.
• Haitians fish down food chain > Initial survey reveals Haiti’s coral reefs are world’s most overfished.
• Stone by stone > Chico’s famous brewery teams up with monks for fundraising brew.
• Enloe sharpens recycling efforts > Enloe’s reusable-sharps containers will prevent thousands of pounds of waste.
• The Politics of Combined and Uneven Development > Michael Löwy explores Trotsky’s theory of permanent revolution.
• Bee buzz > Chico beekeeper Mike Wofchuck talks about bees, honey and colony collapse disorder.
• Arts DEVO > Let’s start with the bacon donut.
• Rango > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• This mortal toil > Mileage may vary with Chico Cabaret’s production of regional-theater standby.
• The Adjustment Bureau > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Americans lose optimism in February > Fewer say the economy is getting better.
• Brother, it’s not so grim > A fractured, but fun fairytale.
• On the run again > Suspect who authorities shot after he used his car as a weapon slips out of the hospital, evading arrest yet again.
• Battle: Los Angeles blows up the script > If obscene sensory assault is your pleasure, the aliens have landed.
• CN&R Editors’ Picks > Our 10 favorite places when we want to eat Asian food (in alphabetical order).
• Chico skier exonerated > Jeff Newman was charged last year with resisting arrest after a Forest Service officer came after him at his home for illegally posting a sign in Lassen National Forest.
• Spreading the love > Newton ‘Sipho’ Merritt brings Jamaican food and spirit to Chico.
• Fusion jewel > Annie’s Asian Grill serves up delicious fusion fare in inviting atmosphere.
• Bargaining in the light > Chico Unified School District administrator and trustees talk about the prospect of public union negotiations.
• Deep democracy > Let me dictate where my taxes go.
• Happy, happy, joy, joy > Happy Garden is local favorite when it comes to family-friendly Chinese dining.
• Future uncertain for two small farmers’ markets > In Chapmantown and Southside Oroville, organizers challenge community to keep markets alive.
• Anti-democracy in action > Tea Party-backed election-change measure is all about politics.
• All You Can Eat > A Chico News & Review Dining Guide • SPRING/SUMMER 2011.
• Getting some sunshine > Councilman Mark Sorensen’s push to move up the posting date of agendas is slated for an upcoming meeting.
• Letters for March 17, 2011 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• ‘Obamacare won’t solve the problems’ > Will Obamacare produce health-care reform? Not really, four experts say.
• The torture of Bradley Manning > The military is torturing him even before he’s been found guilty of a crime.
• Oroville Dam gates open after years of dryness
• Vehicle blasts through wall of Chico business
• Chico man acquitted in connection with national forest flier flap
• Schooltime
• Higher flows in Sacramento and American rivers, too
• Musicians make lively sounds in Oroville
• PV students win medals at state Academic Decathlon finals
• Chico dispatchers out of "the bunker," into the light
• Cracker Barrel & Kenny Rogers celebrate No. 8 debut of exclusive CD
• DeGarmo's brown fields explained
• Flood advisory posted for eastern Central Valley
• Civility and respect are central themes in next Book in Common
• Civility and respect are central themes in next Book in Common
• CARD looks at rules on alcohol, smoking
• Man faces added charge in step-grandson beating case
• County experiments with live audio streaming for supervisors' meeting
• Pot-for-guitar case delayed a week
• St. Patrick's Day DUI patrols planned
• Death Notices for March 16
• Dog that bit woman sought
• Puppet-making workshops set
• Red Cross meetings in Glenn
• Police advisory board meets today
• Missing Red Bluff girls found safe; Magalia man arrested
• Catch a sneak peek at Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 this Thursday
• Fiddlers championship to start Wednesday in Oroville
• Heavy rain expected today in the north valley
• New DVD/Blu-ray releases for 03/15/2011
• Hereafter pulled from Japanese theaters
• Death Notices for March 15
• Esplanade car fire
• Chicken keepers in Oroville sought
• Holm not coming to Chico now
• Gateway Museum is open today
• Woman of the Year to be named
• Tri Counties dividend announced
• Campus Clips for March 15
• Man shot by CHP officer leaves hospital, is sought
• From the Pulpit
• Rain will become redundant word in forecasts
• Longtime Oroville businesswoman attends U.N. women's summit
• Blog Log for March 14
• Doing the right thing
• Council to review CPOA agreement
• Redistricting on supervisors' agenda
• Trip to aviation trade show results in interest in Chico
• Civil rights sojourn to deep South inspires students
• News From Our Past
• The El Rey Theatre presents: Jurassic Park
• Death Notice for March 13
• Food prices on the rise in 2011
• Vintage tractor driver training
• Farm Bureau drive-thru dinners
• Walking with purpose
• Cancer programs start Tuesday
• Butte fills vacant Area 7 seat
• Pathway to Peace Walk March 19
• Woman hurt by vengeful group, arrested
• Woman accused of Oroville bank robbery bound over for trial
• Paradise Fire Chief Chris Jensen resigns for job in Washington state
• Lodge at Feather Falls Casino's landscaping to be honored
• Red Cross collecting funds for Japanese earthquake victims
• Time to change smoke detector batteries
• Better Business Bureau warns of potential earthquake, tsunami scams
• Chico mom: Son says people in Tokyo can't sleep
• Death Notices for March 12
• Correction for March 12
• Red Cross collecting funds for Japanese earthquake victims
• Religious Briefs
• Trailer buzz: Conan the Barbarian
• Correction
• Oroville boxing club helps youth fight for a better life
• Falls trail closed due to storm damage
• Oroville Hunger Walk Saturday at Riverbend
• Electronic waste accepted free Saturday
• Durham library celebrates new hours Saturday
• Movie review: Red Riding Hood
• Death Notices for March 11
• Watershed grant awards include Little Chico, Deer and Mill creeks
• Corrections for March 11
• Enterprise-Record seeking memories of Army Airfield
• Orland firefighters to mark 100 years
• City of Orland advised to plan for cuts in grants
• Police Report for March 11
• Butte's Most Wanted
• Chico man suspected in two bank robberies arrested
• National Weather Service issues alert
• Signed footballs, other Aaron Rodgers memorabilia has vanished
• Rain in valley, snow in the highlands, wind everywhere
• Fate of mural on Chico State's Taylor Hall uncertain
• Police officers involved in Redding shooting named
• Glenn County drug cops arrest three near Orland
• Chico Police Department lobby counter closed this morning
• Chico man pleads not guilty in alleged ax assault after crash
• Trial delayed in January 2010 slaying near downtown Chico
• Lawyer switch delays plea entry in burned body case
• Urban water workshop planned Friday in Redding
• Kids’ club one step closer to solar > PG&E donates $25,000 to Boys & Girls Club’s solar-project fund.
• So you know they can dance > Keeping Dance Alive for 20 years.
• Eat your vegetables > University program will link immigrant parents with local produce farmers.
• Butte County’s lost CalFresh dollars > Nearly 30,000 Butte County residents who are eligible for food stamps don’t receive them, at a loss of $40 million.
• Kidman plunges into the Rabbit Hole > Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart jump wholeheartedly and sincerely into their grief-stricken roles in Rabbit Hole.
• Learning the four R’s > Chico State’s Recycling and Rubbish Exhibit (R.A.R.E.) program teaches area kids the importance of recycling and composting.
• Annie B’s will keep on going > A $250,000 pledge to the North Valley Community Foundation will buoy grant drive aiding nonprofits.
• Spirit of the West > Paying homage to westerns with a cartoon chameleon.
• Officer-involved shooting > CHP officer shoots man who flees from authorities and uses his truck as a weapon.
• Guiding young parents > Janice Sunderland helps pregnant and parenting teens to stay on track with their education.
• Chico shooting suspect wanted > Police are looking for the man who shot a Butte College football player early Sunday morning.
• Local Chico affairs > Chico City Council and other silliness.
• School board workshop > Members of CUSD’s Board of Trustees open up at an intimate weekend workshop.
• Short short stories > Juvenile Hall kids join Fiction 59 writing explosion.
• City leaders act fast to secure assets, projects >
• Letters for March 10, 2011 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• Biz camp for kids > Students in Free Enterprise, a Chico State student organization, helps give fifth- and sixth-grade kids business experience.
• Privatizing state parks > Not all state parks are worthy of the name, but instead of closing them, privatize them.
• Mural, mural on the wall > Some argue John Pugh’s Academe should be saved as is, despite draft environmental-impact report’s finding of no historical significance.
• Texas is the wrong model > Dan Logue should look instead to California under Pat Brown for lessons in creating prosperity.
• Young writers bloom > Fiction 59 winners in the kids category.
• Republicans should let the people vote > What are they afraid of? Democracy?
• Imagination at work > Fiction 59 winners in the teen category.
• Bright Morning Stars > Lineup changes aside, The Wailin’ Jennys’ music is gorgeous as ever.
• Creativity gone wild > Fiction 59 winners in the adult category.
• Great Big Sea > A Newfoundland take on sea chanteys and Celtic folk.
• Spinning of tales > Local writers wow us with their ability to pen great stories in so few words. Welcome to Fiction 59 2011.
• Carl Sonny Leyland > White, British boogie woogie.
• Plant a tree, take a hike > Plant a tree to celebrate California Arbor Week.
• A local mix: Surrogate, The Railflowers and West By Swan > Chico is bursting with new CDs by local bands.
• Enter the ‘greenscape’ > Get into green landscaping this spring.
• Love at first bite at Cocodine > Henri braves the strip mall for an authentic Thai experience.
• Chico drink company snags award > Santa Cruz Organic earns Greenopia’s esteemed four-leaf rating.
• Arts DEVO > Let’s all go to Lois The Pie Queen.
• Police investigating car theft spot suspect in armed robbery
• Police catch suspect in early morning car theft attempt
• Census: Chico grows, Paradise shrinks
• Gas prices up 50 cents in last month
• Suspect in machete case makes court appearance
• Cops arrest half-naked, screaming woman
• Enloe hosts health care forum
• Panel focuses on religion, science
• Man killed by Redding officer ID'd
• Biker OK after truck runs over head
• 100-plus lizards saved from fire
• Arm broken in alleged assault
• Not guilty plea entered in Biggs stabbing
• Ridge hospital receives $540,000 bequest
• Paradise home gutted by early morning fire
• The sun will shine today, but night fog is coming back
• False alarm spurs takedown: Man stopped at gunpoint, released after stick-up alert declared bogus
• DUI suspect comes to police
• Pair arrested on felony charges
• Redding cop shot, backup kills shooter
• Commodity distributions begin
• CHP officer in Chico shooting officially named
• Campus Clips for March 8
• Bubble in the park
• Deputies arrest Oroville man after Sunday shooting, no injuries
• Arrest made in attack on Glenn County man with machete, shovel
• Death Notice for March 7
• News of our Past
• Blog Log for March 7
• Man, metal give dragon life, limbs
• Bee collapse remains a mystery
• Taxi slams into utility pole, cuts power for hours
• Man shot near Fifth Street's Cafe Culture
• The El Rey Theatre presents: Old School
• Chico parks may get new rules on smoking, booze
• Sand from mandala created at Chico State poured into creek
• Death notices for March 6
• Local walk for clean water in Africa
• Farm Briefs for March 6
• Chico High School tries to woo future ag students
• Movie review: The Adjustment Bureau
• PIC meeting slated for Monday in Oroville; agenda reflects recent closure
• Stabbing suspect arrested
• Target ordered to pay damages
• ACLU leader to appear in Chico
• Crab feed today in Magalia
• Alan Jackson makes first concert stop in Melbourne, Australia
• Terri Clark to play the El Rey Theater in Chico
• Fearing for his life, CHP officer shoots man in Chico
• Chico City Council OKs affordable housing in close vote
• January unemployment numbers show big Butte County jump, but there's still good news
• Fair View High School vandal gets more jail time
• Cops arrest two in separate drug busts in Oroville
• Jury convicts man of damaging wildlife refuge
• House fire displaces couple and their dogs
• Death Notices for March 5
• Movie review: Rango
• Speedy spending: City Council schedules rushed meeting on redevelopment today
• Groundwater transfer rules outlined by commission
• Glenn Medical has new staff leaders
• CUSD board plans rare session
• Sponsorships due for charity event
• Water panel plans meeting Monday
• Glenn County education board revisits pay decision: Several allege board violated open-meeting law
• Sheriff ID's body near Whiskey Flat
• Stamp competition entries still open
• Death notices for Feb. 4
• Correction for Feb. 4
• Police Report
• Butte's Most Wanted
• Teens plead not guilty in home-invasion robbery homicide
• Woman dies in crash in downtown Chico
• Woman: Daughter's reaction prompted husband to grab ax
• Chico man identified as victim in fatal I-5 crash
• Driver killed in I-5 crash with big rig
• Highway 70 open, but still under restrictions
• Police chase down possible accomplice in Flyers robbery
• Woman killed in early morning crash in downtown Chico
• High school sports could be doomed: Infusion of cash needed; money well running dry for sports booster groups
• Death Notices for March 3
• Second volume of 'Voice' coming
• Canyon slides slow Hwy. 70 traffic
• Home in Forest Ranch lost to fire
• Biggs stabbing suspect arrested
• Mall signs lease for new retailers
• Light show aims to help steer salmon
• Petition and pot > Before taking on the continuing saga related to medical cannabis, the Chico City Council members got riled up about an effort to push council elections to June.
• Health reform: Are we there yet? > Some of the big names in local medicine will come together March 9 to discuss Obamacare and its alternatives.
• From councilman to cop > Steve Bertagna graduates next month from a Butte College program that’s prepared him for a new career in law enforcement.
• Cut the chatter, please > Five-and-a-half hours is too long to talk about anything, even marijuana.
• Mandala in the making > Lama Losang Samten works on his beautiful sand painting.
• Facing foreclosure? > The worst thing you can do is fail to act fast.
• A proliferation of pot > It’s the Wild West in the foothills. Can the county bring it under control?
• Foreclosure and the death of the dream > How the collapse of the housing market has hit North State borrowers.
• Barton Hollow > Joy Williams and John Paul White team up for The Civil Wars.
• Watch out! > Chico needs people to watch out for various hazards in Bidwell Park and beyond.
• 40th Anniversary Collection > Alligator Records celebrates 40 years with two-disc collection.
• Protect and conserve groundwater > Learn more about this precious natural resource during National Ground Water Awareness Week.
• Big Al’s Drive In makes Chico happy > A legacy of comfort food at Big Al’s Drive In.
• Turtles teeter on brink of extinction > New report identifies Top 25 at-risk species of turtles and tortoises.
• When I Grow Up > Weird Al doesn’t grow up; writes a children’s book.
• Gorillas on a diet > As captive gorillas die from heart disease, Cleveland zoo swaps to leafier diet.
• Pauly Shore: more than just The Weasel > Lifelong comedian Pauly Shore has never stopped working.
• Japan asks Australia to stop Sea Shepherd > Whale crusaders successfully send Japanese whalers home one month early.
• Trivia night at the bar > Mixing beer and brains at your friendly neighborhood trivia night.
• Northern Recycling & Waste Services reduces waste-stream > Northern Recycling & Waste Services takes its job of reducing waste-stream seriously.
• Arts DEVO > CAMMIES nominees announced.
• Americans lose faith in future > A recent Zogby poll shows they no longer believe their kids will do better.
• Uknown >
• Perrys continue to fight for their child > Dorothy Perry and her parents protest, hire new lawyers to again seek custody.
• Drive Angry, Nicolas Cage > Ragin’, agin’ Nicolas Cage is on a mission from Hell.
• PPAC receives a reprieve > Bequeathal allows performing arts center to keep performances alive on the Ridge.
• Barber Jon Potter offers a real man’s haircut.Cutting-edge haircut >
• Butte Humane Society seeks leader > The nonprofit revamped the job description with eyes focused on the future.
• Meditation > Take a deep breath.
• Speaker contemplates empathy, nature > Elizabeth Allison talks to a group at Chico State about becoming one with nature in order to create a more sustainable world.
• Why are no Wall Street execs in prison? > It was the crime of the century, but nobody has faced time behind bars.
• Treasure hunt > Area residents head into Chico for five-day gold, silver and collectibles selling spree at the Treasure Hunters Roadshow.
• Letters for March 3, 2011 >
• Fire halts train near Gridley; no injuries
• 4:30 p.m. update: CHP reports fatal crash on Interstate 5
• Noon update: Hwy. 70 reopens
• Shia LaBeouf’s new role… The Bourne Legacy?
• Wind, hazardous weather advisory posted for north valley
• Collision reported at Neal Road, Hwy. 99
• False kidnapping at knifepoint reported to the Willows police
• Authorities: Orland-area woman arrested on spousal abuse charge
• Habitat for Humanity Women Build schedules informational meetings
• Death Notices for March 2
• School officials blast watchdog group for audit
• Up a tree, almost
• Hikes at ecological reserve begin in late March
• School officials blast watchdog group for audit
• 'Fill the Boot' regional effort falls short of its target
• Trial delayed in student molestation case
• At least two dogs found with lost hunters in McCandless Gulch area
• The Fighter returns to Chico on Friday
• Today is the calm before the storm in the north valley
• Chico police hunt for Flyers robber
• Pot-for-guitar case delayed
• Burglary suspect breaks ankles in leap from downtown Chico roof
• Chico State computer team competes in U.S.
• Campus Clips for March 1
• Breast cancer walk event help info Wednesday
• CHP offers free class for new drivers
• Butte water panel to meet Wednesday
• Burglary suspect breaks ankles in leap from downtown Chico roof
• Chico police hunt for Flyers robber
• Monday probably dry in the north valley but rain Tuesday night
• Medical marijuana, ballot initiative on Chico Council agenda
• New outdoor burning rules implemented Tuesday
• Herbalist lectures on breast cancer
• Death Notices for Feb. 28
• OPT offers new fitness program
• Meeting's topic on fatty foods
• News of our Past
• Blog Log for Feb. 28
• Positive county fiscal picture tempered with uncertainties
• Blood donors honored for their service
• The El Rey Theatre presents: The Big Lebowski
• The Last Airbender named Worst Picture at the RAZZIES
• Patrick Ranch opens its 2011 season
• Flood insurance workshop Monday
• Roadwork Roundup for Feb. 27
• Chico meeting addresses PG&E lands
• Fill the Boot in Chico: Residents give generously so young burn victims can attend camp
• City of Chico branches out to keep tree reputation intact
• Environmental group files rash of lawsuits against local firms, governments
• Death notices for Feb. 27
• Suspect held for car theft, other charges
• Concert Sunday marks Black History month
• Logue sponsoring free tax clinic in Chico
• Cold snap has Butte, Glenn almond growers wide awake
• Chico gets some snow and hail; Paradise bombarded
• Community hub gets stamp of approval: Richvale turns out to mark its post office's 100th year
• Chico crimes going unreported by police, chief says
• From the Pulpit
• Transcript of interview with Losang Samten
• Buddhist monk watches his 'monkey mind'
• Death notices for Feb. 26
• 5:15 p.m. update: Several thousand still without power on Paradise ridge
• 4:30 p.m. update: Hail in the valley, traffic a mess in the foothills
• 4:30 p.m. update: Highway 70 closed between Lake Oroville and Quincy
• Movie review: Drive Angry
• Third dog puts more bite in K-9 program: Donations from community bring Luna to the Chico PD
• Predicting the Oscars: Best Director and Best Picture
• Paradise opens emergency operations center
• Esplanade motorcyclist hits 100 mph in bid to evade police
• Esplanade apartment fire leaves residents homeless
• Public workshops Wednesday on bus route fixes
• Gateway Science Museum marks first year Sunday
• Free tree workshop set for Saturday
• Death notices for Feb. 25
• Police report for Feb. 25
• Butte's Most Wanted for Feb. 25
• Biking amid the blossoms in Chico
• Cold storm headed for north valley
• Safety agencies prepare for possible snow
• Trial date nears for Chico teacher accused of sexual advances
• Chico Police Department explorers win overall regional competition
• Comments on water transfers taken until Monday evening
• Arraignment postponed in case of burned body found under bridge
• Death Notices for Feb. 24
• Fill the boot seeks help for burn victims
• Teen tried as adult in home-invasion robbery slaying
• Berry Creek ax murderer gets two life terms
• Man shot while breaking into home faces six years
• Enloe names Sweeney, Nettleton as 'emeritus' trustees for service
• Butte air quality district hosts open house at its new office
• Assemblyman Jim Nielsen named to panel devoted to fixing budget
• Orphaned bear cub returns home > Last orphaned California black bear of 2010 returns to forest after rehabilitation.
• Allen Bailey and the Harlem Gospel Choir > Harlem Gospel Choir’s 25th anniversary.
• Cement company slammed with fines > EPA hits one of nation’s largest cement producers with Clean Air Act fines.
• Henri’s got class > Henri Bourride’s adventures in cooking class at Ramekins Cooking School in Sonoma.
• Chico’s street lights switch to LED > Grant allows city of Chico to retrofit 1,100 street lights with LED technology.
• Shit My Husband Did > From the funny to the bizarre.
• Holistic range management at Big Bluff Ranch > How one family’s sustainable rangeland practices led them to preserve their ranch forever.
• Arts DEVO > Arts DEVO is feeling erotic-ish.
• StoryCorps partners with KZFR community radio > Chico tells its stories to StoryCorps.
• Jerry Brown goes after ‘S.W.A.G.’ > First it was cell phones and state cars. Now Gov. Brown is going after coffee mugs and key chains.
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 8 Motion Comic > Fox returns Buffy to television; promptly bitch slaps fans.
• Hilderbrand moves on > Chico Peace and Justice Center seeks replacement for outgoing Director Sue Hilderbrand.
• Neeson’s gone crazy in Unknown > Liam Neeson plays a man who knows who he is—or, at least he thinks he does.
• Gangs and guns > Chico police arrest two gang members for firearm possession the day after another one gets 10 years in prison.
• A rogue’s tale > Strong ensemble and Paul Giamatti’s Golden Globe performance save Barney’s Version.
• More info on Chico murder > Police say José Barajas Sánchez was shot to death in an apartment before being dumped under a bridge.
• Toy story, Chico-style > Chuck Shelton waxes on about Hot Wheels and Star Wars posters he sells at his collectables store.
• Water districts get cold feet > Local water districts back out of the Bureau of Reclamation’s long-term project.
• Mandala > How quickly it is gone.
• Two schools in one > Inspire School of the Arts and Sciences set to move onto Chapman Elementary campus in fall of 2012.
• Bits and pieces > Mark Herrera, Jim Nielsen and the pot busts that have gone bust (maybe).
• Learning from the dead > Forensic anthropologist Turhon Murad, a retired Chico State professor, uncovers secrets of the dead.
• Letters for February 24, 2011 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• Cultivation controversy > Discussion of proposed marijuana ordinance brings Butte County residents out of the cities, towns and hills.
• Appreciating Bidwell Park > Take care of the park, and the same oak groves that shaded grizzly bears watching John Bidwell will support wildlife enjoyed by your great-grandchildren.
• The killing in Joe’s Tamale Parlor > Remembering the only Chico police officer to give his life in the line of duty: Carleton J. Bruce.
• Life in the ‘Goldilocks zone’ > Meditate on this: Recent discoveries suggest there are millions of potentially life-friendly planets.
• Recycled-jewelry designer honored in Philly > Eco-friendly jewelry designer gets top honor; GRUB workshops coming up.
• Power play in Wisconsin > It’s not about the budget, it’s about destroying the unions.
• DIY projects with a purpose > ReadyMade magazine’s tips on DIY reuse projects.
• The Low Anthem > Another ‘solemnly beautiful’ offering from The Low Anthem.
• Predicting the Oscars: Best Actress
• Randy Houser's 'In God's Time' available on RandyHouser.com
• Predicting the Oscars: Best Actor
• Disease-carrying ticks plentiful in Butte County
• City of Chico panel backs $8.8 million for low-income housing
• Pursuit ends in stuck police cruisers
• Talk will lead in to Walk4Water
• Willows police award commendations
• Death Notices for Feb. 23
• Correction for Feb. 23
• Chico Museum turns 25
• Chico woman fails to win heart of 'The Bachelor'
• Sexual abuse trial postponed until May 23
• Butte resource district plans to meet today
• Change in burn rules up for approval
• Predicting the Oscars: Best Supporting Actress
• Predicting the Oscars: Best Supporting Actor
• Stolen truck turns up in Chico
• Snow possible down to sea level
• Empty raft found in creek: No victims found with craft
• CUSD gets $6.32 million reimbursed for district construction
• Suspicious fire damages Oroville Unity Church
• Dogs kill sheep west of Willows
• Lost snowboarder found dead at Mount Shasta
• Death Notices
• Officer watches driver hit stopped car
• CAmpus Clips for Feb. 22
• Predicting the Oscars: Best Original Screenplay
• Predicting the Oscars: Best Adapted Screenplay
• Death Notices for Feb. 21
• News of our Past
• Talk addresses herbs, supplements
• Overeaters hosts info session
• Blog Log for Feb. 21
• Cops arrest alleged Chico gang member on gun possession charges
• Public, private efforts may mean jobs for county
• Inventor's product gains international attention
• The El Rey Theatre presents: Repo! The Genetic Opera
• Taser stops man's flight from cops
• Bank robbery suspect arrested
• Suspected gang member gets prison term after traffic stop
• Benefit in full bloom in Durham
• Cops: Gun-wielding man in custody
• Innovation Lab in Chico: Hatching businesses and jobs is the hope
• Movie review: Unknown
• Death Notices for Feb. 19
• From the Pulpit
• Ingrained artisan skills
• Two hurt in Butte County structure blazes
• Reflecting on the season in a Dayton Road orchard
• Check confirms Chico State failed records response
• Nationally syndicated radio host brings show to Chico
• Alleged 'chastisement' trial delayed
• Collection of bad check money in Butte County hits $4 million mark
• Winter storm warning remains in north valley foothills
• Death Notices for Feb. 18
• Correction for Feb. 18
• Farm leader urges continued involvement
• Oroville CHP has courses for starting drivers
• Man with machete arraigned, faces six years in prison
• School Time for Feb. 18
• Butte's most wanted
• Police Report for Feb. 18
• Oscar-nominated live action short films to play at The Pageant Theatre
• Movie review: The Sunset Limited
• 2 p.m. update: Snow snarls foothill traffic in Paradise, on Hwy. 32
• Police release details on Chico homicide
• Marysville first with red-light crash-prevention system
• Corning man arrested on suspicion of DUI after backing into CHP vehicle
• Butte County Republican Party's Lincoln-Reagan dinner sold out
• Standoff on Chico River Road ends when man comes out to eat
• A public-records disagreement
• Chico State gets "F" in Public Records 101; Butte College earns an "A+"
• Chico Unified School District sending out layoff notices
• Almonds blooming in Chico as storm warning is looming
• Death Notices for Feb. 17
• Oroville High students plan 25th annual fashion show on March 4
• River conservation area forum meets next month in Willows
• Making an impact > Impact Marketing donates its telemarketing skills to help local nonprofits in need.
• When young vines grow old > How old is that old vine wine?
• UnitedHealthcare: helping a good cause > Chico call center employees donate hundreds of hours of labor to Habitat for Humanity’s newest Chico project.
• Arts DEVO > Portlandia, Camper Van Beethoven, Lynn Elliot’s play Pirandello’s Wife, and RIP Bill Toliver.
• Businesses with heart > Six Chico companies that know the value of giving back to the community.
• Ten corners of the globe > Global Lives Project documents a day the life of 10 people from around the world.
• Not GM sugar beets! > USDA OKs planting of GM sugar beets on heels of decision to allow unlimited planting of GM alfalfa.
• Opening day > Disc-golf enthusiasts celebrate the long-awaited opening of the Peregrine Point course in Upper Bidwell Park.
• Academy’s appetizers > Digesting the bite-sized Oscar Nominated Shorts of 2010.
• Non-GMO grocery shopping guide > How to avoid ingesting genetically modified foods.
• Americans: who we favor > Egypt slides in annual ranking of countries’ favorability.
• The show goes on > Sylvain Chomet follows up The Triplets of Bellville admirably with The Illusionist.
• Project puts rocker in limelight > The Edge struggles to get permits for not-so-green housing project.
• Watch out for ticks! > Lyme-disease carrying black-legged ticks spotted at Bidwell Park and Lake Oroville Recreation Area.
• Business owner sets good example > Mike Button runs a auto-repair shop and is a frequent supporter of local charities.
• Don’t drink from Honey Run Creek > Health department warns Paradise residents to keep kids and pets out of creek.
• Supervisors to tackle pot cultivation > An ordinance regarding grow sites will be up for review Tuesday.
• Clothes > The evolution of my wardrobe.
• Green gamers vie for national prize > Two Chico State students compete in Obama’s science-education competition.
• Gang violence near Chico State > Chico police say a Red Bluff man was beaten and stabbed 43 times.
• Antonin Scalia’s twisted view of the Constitution > Justice Scalia, meet Mrs. Richardson, an eighth-grade teacher who understood the Constitution better than you do.
• An unusual paradise > Renovated ‘natural setting’ near wastewater-treatment plant is birding attraction.
• Money talk > The city of Chico’s financial update and the annual State of the City address carry over into other city business.
• Letters for February 17, 2011 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• Panel refutes misconceptions about immigration > Experts and immigrants discuss common misconceptions about immigration.
• Why education matters > When it comes to the value of education, Thomas Jefferson had it right.
• Chico teens headed to Junior Olympics > The two boys have been practicing their fencing skills at My Fencing Center.
• Across the budget divide > With Republicans seeking to cut popular programs, President Obama’s budget is the best we’ll get.
• Gnomeo & Juliet > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Future is blight? > City leaders blast Gov. Jerry Brown’s plan to shutter redevelopment agencies.
• Compromise on redevelopment > It makes sense to use some redevelopment money to bridge the state budget gap, but it would be a mistake to eliminate RDAs altogether.
• Fleet Feet races to help > When it comes to benefit foot races, Fleet Feet leads the pack.
• Wanda Jackson > Jack White teams up with Wanda Jackson, the Queen of Rockabilly.
• Culp & Tanner’s freedom work > Culp & Tanner cites American values as basis for local humanitarian effort.
• Two new jazzmen > Two new jazz kids on the block: Tyler Blanton and Adam Schroeder.
• Outback’s charitable alchemy > Popular Chico steakhouse turns food into funds for good causes.
• Sic Alps > Sic Alps spreads its noise across two discs with Napa Asylum.
• Restoring structures … and lives > Cleaning company fosters relationships with disaster-response agencies to help victims.
• Blues explosion > KZFR bringing great, live blues to Chico with Blues Bash series.
• 9 a.m. update: River Road flooded, closed
• Rain, snow, hail today's outlook in the north valley
• Predicting the Oscars: Best Original Score
• Death Notices for Feb. 16
• Much unanswered in first draft of Delta Plan
• Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Plan doesn't ease north-state fears
• Mandala of compassion under way at Chico State
• Obama names Hamilton City levee project in proposed budget
• Sentencing delayed in drug sale scheme
• Man threatens woman's would-be rescuers with machete in Chico
• Butte County arts program gets infusion of funds
• Mosquitoes abound now in north valley
• Job cuts, parking lease on CUSD agenda
• High winds reportedly on the way
• Correction
• Campus Clips for Feb. 15
• Death Notices for Feb. 15
• Willows man allegedly rapes relative
• Appeal for new charter school denied
• Plea bargain cuts slashing sentence
• Director talks Delta Plan draft details
• Newspapers' legal counsel to be honored by journalism society
• Luke Bryan celebrates third straight No. 1 single
• Winter weather returns with vengeance to the north valley
• Blog Log for Feb. 14
• Timber
• Councilor swear-in, State of City on Tuesday
• Chico man's Chevy Volt gives him a jolt and sparks discussion on electric cars
• The El Rey Theatre presents: Super Troopers
• It's open: Peregrine Point's first disc golfers are the kin of those who worked to make it happen
• Bald eagles continue returning to the area
• Stockton man gets convicted of crop insurance fraud tied to Lassen County
• Conservation easements will protect large swath of western Tehama County
• Oroville neighbor's action saves dachshund
• Bald eagle — a come-back story
• Dogs competing in flyball tournament
• Farm Briefs
• Fifth arson suspected at home near Orland
• Former Red Bluff city worker denies embezzlement
• Police say Orland mother arrested on child endangerment charges
• Additional access opened at Sacramento Valley, Sutter refuges
• Details of agreement with Chico police union revealed
• Fire heavily damages Chico apartment
• Notre Dame: A school like any other, only different
• Walk on the wild side
• Movie review: Just Go With It
• North state city leaders rally for redevelopment agencies
• Enjoy the sun; rain is coming to the north valley
• Stewardship Council meeting to decide on conservation easements
• Two men arraigned in Chico murder case
• Schooltime for Feb. 11
• BayTEC promises more jobs on the way
• Oroville VIPS plan March open house for prospective volunteers
• Capay Volunteer Fire Department has fundraiser coming in March
• SmartMeter information in Chico next week at local service office
• Annual breakfast fundraiser planned at Evangelical Free Church
• Trailer buzz: X-Men: First Class
• Orland council deals with garbage, parking
• Suspected 'peeping Tom' jailed
• Outage leaves Orland football fans powerless over watching big game
• Triple-fatal DUI case continued
• Death notices for Feb. 10
• Butte County library leaders explain 'sad' report, outline long-term goals
• Metal pierces windshield, hits driver
• Glenn sheriff handles land auction
• Butte County Fair seeks theme
• Paradise pot moratorium extended
• Cops: Man on bail assaults girlfriend
• Homicide suspects back in Butte
• General plan close to completion > Chico’s City Council and Planning Commission spend a long evening tweaking the document.
• Rodgers mania > Chico got a bad case of Super Bowl fever thanks to Aaron Rodgers.
• Economic expert: a slow recovery ahead > Julia Thornton Snider, of the UCLA Anderson Forecasting Team, says recovery is slower than during past recessions.
• Letters for February 10, 2011 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• No beer at Beer Can Beach? > County wants to ban alcohol on Labor Day river float.
• Chico moderates: Step forward! > Tired of liberal-vs.-conservative in local politics? Want to see more moderation? Then get involved.
• Diversity Action Plan is a go > Professor Tracy Butts and student Walter Torrence talk about the launch of Chico State’s new diversity initiative.
• The campaign against abortion > House Republicans chip away at women’s right to abortion.
• Love and sex for the disabled > Pioneering courses teach developmentally disabled how to have healthy sexual relationships.
• Improving the City Council > Want more diversity? Change to district elections.
• Sexual diversity in the classroom > Chico State minor explores how society shapes sexual identities.
• Mr. Ho’s Orchestrotica > A little “pow-pow” and “zu-zu-zu” with Mr. Ho’s Orchestrotica.
• Keepin’ it casual > Frisky Chicoans divulge intimate tales about one-night stands.
• Vintage valentine > Oscar-winning songwriter Ryan Bingham set to unleash his old-soul anthems on Chico.
• Polyamory: Love, multiplied > Chico therapist Adrienne Parker-Morano specializes in counseling for people who have more than one partner.
• Rock-and-roll barbecue > Newly barbecue restaurant serves up tasty food in a lively atmosphere.
• Love, sex and maybe marriage > The CN&R’s annual Valentine’s Day special report on romance, intimacy and changing attitudes toward sex.
• Kickstarter > Get the funding you need for that quirky art project.
• GMOs gone wild > USDA chief Tom Vilsack dispappoints organic growers by giving thumbs-up to GMO alfalfa.
• The Monster > Michael Hudson draws a picture of the monster that devoured the economy.
• Green Valentine > Low- to no-waste V-Day gifts.
• Arts DEVO > While A.D. is still away …
• Oil-spill fraud leaks into South > North Carolina woman pleads guilty after giving false information in oil-spill claim.
• Music and mayhem > The Blue Room’s take on the Sex Pistols story nails the tragedy of Sid and Nancy.
• Feds ’fess up to poisoning birds > USDA admits to poisoning defecating starlings for public-health reasons.
• Homicide rates for young people > Which California counties have the highest rates of youth homicide? Check out our chart.
• A fur-free West Hollywood? > Campaign aims at banning fur clothing and products in West Hollywood.
• Knuckleball princess aims high > Eri Yoshida joins training league in hopes of making it big.
• Dans le boudoir > Tiffany Ridenour helps women feel comfortable in their own skin with intimate boudoir photography.
• Garden of learning > Students learn gardening and other skills from Chico Country Day School’s school-garden program.
• Boost to small businesses > Chico State’s development center gets large federal grant.
• Decisions > Feeling better, one step at a time.
• Police investigate burned body > Two suspects are in custody and face murder charges.
• Four arrested at same address in Willows
• Army helicopters thick in Butte skies
• Trial date set for April in alleged molestation of 5-year-old relative
• Aaron Rodgers jersey is among auction items at fundraiser dinner
• Death Notices for Feb. 9
• Crash likely caused by distracted driving
• Stabbing suspect claims he was jumped
• Health Department in national study
• Man awaiting trial in other crime arrested for credit card fraud
• Strong-arm robbery in Willows ends with money on floor
• Retired Chico cop halts burglary, stolen property returned to victim
• Willows Police Department: Glenn court fine paid with counterfeit bill
• Fun in the sun
• UPDATE: Highway 99 reopened after crash north of Chico
• Cell phone use suspected in three-car crash
• Student Discount Directory
• Plans in process for local Aaron Rodgers Day
• Redesigned disc golf course to open Saturday
• Police arrest two juveniles in allegedly stolen vehicle on felony charges
• Chico firefighters give up 8 percent raise, will receive 3 percent in 2012
• Other union that got raise, also had layoffs
• Deputies make arrest in Tower Mark robbery
• Ridge creek pollution source still unknown
• Manager of CUSD theater works to serve student needs, pay bills
• Nationally syndicated radio talk show host to visit Butte County
• Orland citizen business meeting scheduled Thursday at rec center
• Berry Creek woman hit while walking on the Skyway dies
• Forecasters expect strong winds Tuesday
• Logue announces hours in Gridley on Tuesday
• Blog Log for Feb. 7
• Tubers could face dry float on Sacramento River
• Death Notices for Feb. 7
• General Plan meeting set for Tuesday
• Impact of proposed cuts to courts unclear
• Chicoans cheer MVP Rodgers at church on Sunday
• The Chico Movie Examiner’s thoughts on the Super Bowl
• The El Rey Theatre presents: Valley Girl
• Minimart reports Friday robbery
• Driver OK after rollover by Chico High
• Youth show off their mental acuity in Academic Decathlon
• The changing Delta: Will fixing the system ruin the Sacramento Valley?
• The Delta Plan
• Mandala maker returning to Chico State University
• Richvale holds 'Melodies at Noon'
• Death notices for Feb. 6
• Woman killed on I-5 identified
• Roadwork Roundup for Feb. 6
• Grammy nominee David Nail debuts new single 'Let It Rain' from upcoming CD
• Cheers for Aaron Rodgers
• Chemicals taint Paradise creek
• Orland Council meets Monday
• Police say body found body under Chico bridge is homicide
• Police say body found body under Chico bridge is homicide
• Butte buying power: County surplus offered at periodic sales
• Economy: A tiny bit better -- Growth is 'almost imperceptible' but it's there
• Powerful issues
• Cheers for Aaron Rodgers
• Singing group to deliver Valentines
• Local Audubon group lists its field trips for February
• Eric Church wants your vote
• Packer salute: Butte turns green and gold to honor Aaron Rodgers
• 3 injured in Magalia home invasion
• Woman walking on freeway hit by semi, killed
• Death Notices for Feb. 4
• Planning Commission members sworn in
• Crash on the Midway
• Police Report for Feb. 4
• Documentary fundraiser launched
• Butte's Most Wanted
• Glenn landfill will be closing on Sundays
• CHP Willows office seeks volunteers
• Evans sworn into council seat
• Magalia home invasion robbery reported
• Get out the sunglasses, north state
• Correction for Feb. 3
• Local Sierra Club's February events
• Death notices for Feb. 3
• Horseshoe on foot
• Hearing set in Gridley embezzlement
• Not guilty plea entered in '06 death
• Recycle program wants lots of TVs
• Commission welcomes member
• How to end divisiveness > It’s easy: Just stop being divisive.
• Super Bowl party, eco-style > How to make your game-day bash extra green.
• From Hamburg to Belgium > Burgers and Brew meets your beef and beer needs.
• Healthful food … at Wal-Mart? > Superstore announces five-year plan to cut salts, fats and sugars on shelves.
• Delivering Happiness > Zappos.com, a fun and successful company.
• Bye-bye, standard light bulbs > California jump-starts nation’s effort to phase out standard 100-watt bulbs.
• Arts DEVO > Decompression of DEVO, and RIP Slam Buckra.
• California sprouts green jobs > Report reveals Sacramento region is leading way in green-job creation.
• No Strings Attached > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Cycle recycler > Johnny “Farmer John” Aguiar is the man when it comes to bicycle recycling in Chico.
• Quite a spectacle > Monty Python: ‘Not Dead Yet’
• Directorial coup > 127 Hours very well could have been a bore. At Danny Boyle’s hand, however, it comes to life.
• Attempted murderer wanted > Police name the suspect in the stabbing of former A.S. President Joseph Igbineweka, asking for the public’s help to locate him.
• Very blue indeed > Film chronicles one relationship’s beginning and ending.
• Downtown shooting becomes murder > Chico police say the man who died was involved in the gun battle, and the second injured man is a known gang member.
• Jamasutra (Barry Melton & Stephan Missri) > The Fish is back.
• Impasse over > Chico Police Officers Association and the city of Chico agree on a contract after a nearly monthlong deadlock.
• Pearl Jam > Happy 20th anniversary, Pearl Jam.
• Bonus bands > A quick look at seven more Chico bands making sound waves in ’11.
• Written in song > Country songwriting legend Rodney Crowell pens first memoir.
• The Rite > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Carrying the tunes > Chico bands to watch in 2011.
• Lament of a lifelong Bears fan > What does a Chicago native do when her adopted town has Packermania?
• The Mechanic > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Facebook revolution > Recent political uprisings make use of social networking.
• ‘You can do it’ > As a wellness coach, Kendra Perry encourages her clients to become their best selves.
• Another scammer admits guilt > Orland resident Shane Burreson pleads guilty in Chico mortgage-fraud case that earned national headlines.
• Egypt’s Facebook revolution > Upheavals in Middle East show power of Internet and social media.
• Jeff Stover on the dangers of football > After ‘27 or 28’ surgeries, 49er great still loves the game.
• Brown’s budget is nasty but necessary > Republicans need to come up with $25 billion in cuts or get out of the way.
• Change of heart > Andy Holcombe switches his vote from Sor Lo to Bob Evans, ending a stalemate and hopefully the political rancor surrounding the appointment to the council.
• Birds > A Snow Goose adventure.
• Everybody loves Aaron Rodgers > Chico is nuts about hometown hero Rodgers leading his Green Bay team to the Super Bowl.
• Letters for February 3, 2011 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• Broom wars > Help eradicate the invasive broom plant; plus, Taco Bell battle heats up.
• Toby Keith plays the Grand Ole Opry
• Trailer for Captain America: The First Avenger to debut during the Super Bowl
• Chico Democrats committee fined by Fair Political Practices Commission
• Artoberfest gets at least one more year of funding
• Butte dons Packers colors
• Evans named to council: Holcombe changes vote to break 3-3 tie
• Expect a sunny day in the north valley
• Correction
• Death Notices for Feb. 2
• Chico State computer team won't go to Egypt
• Chinese food, alcohol factors in Skyway crash that injures Chico woman
• Corning men allegedly seen dumping in creek bed arrested
• Park Commission told disc golf course nearly done
• Homicide trial set back
• Gold Nugget Days helpers
• Movie review: Blue Valentine
• Tonight, Chico City Council could fill the vacancy
• Gunbattle revealed: Chico police say deceased Normal Avenue victim was also a shooter
• Strong winds anticipated for Butte County
• Resolutions on dating violence are planned
• Final EIR for Chico General Plan released
• Fresh cilantro being recalled due to possible salmonella contamination
• Man pleads guilty in local mortgage fraud case
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• Amid political chaos, Egypt trip uncertain for Chico State students
• Chico students make music with a master
• Chico police officers back on the job
• Sunshine reportedly hides dense fog
• Losing, maintaining weight loss lecture
• News of Our Past for Jan. 31
• Healthy Heart Tea, fashion show Feb. 11
• Death notice for Jan. 31
• Wells Fargo to help mortgage clients
• Free tax help to assist with Earned Income Tax Credit
• Same mission, new position for woman with American Cancer Society shop
• Car damages clubhouse at Pleasant Valley Mobile Estates in Chico
• The El Rey Theatre presents: The Lost Boys
• Death Notices for Jan. 30
• Palermo FAST Camp information session set for Saturday
• Trees and disc golf on Park Commission's Monday agenda
• Roadwork Roundup
• Trees, disc golf on Park Commission's agenda
• Soroptimists launch high school innovation contest
• Public to get first look at proposed changes to new B-Line bus routes
• Butte County has plan to become more attractive to businesses
• The King’s Speech could get a PG or PG-13 re-edit. WTF?
• Fans can vote for the 2011 ACM New Artists
• Chico officials view year ahead ... and cheer Packers
• Filling Chico council seat a State of City topic
• Corrections for Jan. 29
• Peter Towne, Willows civic leader, dies at 75
• Plans for youth treatment center dropped
• Chico car thefts rise sharply in January; Hondas top list
• Donations go to Chico, Oroville families
• Enterprise-Record reporter is going to Super Bowl
• Drivers beware of dense fog
• Burkland recommends cutting city funding for Artoberfest
• Playing through
• Police: Shooting victim was dead on arrival at Enloe, but revived
• Counting the homeless: Surveys aim to garner grants for services
• Outlaws back at 'The Nett': Chico baseball team renews lease for use of Chico State stadium
• City, police union reach agreement: Six laid-off police officers expected to be rehired
• Chico State president says funding looks grim
• Families helped by Oklahoma group
• Bay Area shooting leads to Oroville marijuana arrests
• Movie review: 127 Hours
• Death Notices for Jan. 27
• Corrections for Jan. 27
• Snowgoose Festival kicks off today, runs through Sunday
• Authorities recover Red Bluff woman's body in Humboldt area
• Defendant wounded in burglary to stay in jail
• Chico residents being asked to voluntarily forgo wood fires today
• Revamped Butte Campus Center opens
• Feather River Hospital receives award for performance excellence
• For the birds > Naturalist/artist John Muir “Jack” Laws is keynote speaker at 12th annual Snow Goose Festival.
• Nobody’s pawn > Unpredictable Bay Area comedian Will Franken.
• Playing games > Puzzling satirical approach hamstrings Casino Jack.
• Philanthropic collaboration > Paradise Community Foundation and North Valley Community Foundation join forces to benefit local charities.
• Frisky business > A somewhat sexy, if formulaic, romcom with a few laughs attached.
• Speaking of stolen Hondas > Butte County Sheriff’s deputies chase down drivers of two stolen Honda Accords within a week’s time.
• Bet on the Blues > For authentic blues, former Muddy Waters’ sideman is a safe bet.
• Look out, Honda drivers > Chico Police Department sees spike in vehicle thefts and Hondas account for nearly half of them.
• New label, triple debut > Switzerland meets the Mississippi Delta on new record label.
• Jumping in > My personal encounter with violence on campus.
• Daft Punk > Lightbikes not included.
• ‘Are we doing enough?’ > Butte College officials question safety programs in wake of Tucson, Ariz., shooting, on-campus incidents.
• L.A.’s beats ’n’ bass godfather > L.A.’s Daedelus defies easy classification.
• Deep cuts > Trying to fix California’s budget.
• The eternal Drug War > Despite the horrific casualties from the War on Drugs, most elected leaders are fearful of seeking peace.
• Small-business milestone > Carol Hill, founder of local dog-grooming salon, celebrates 50 years in the biz.
• All he can do > Dave Workman leads two church trips a year to the impoverished nation of Sierra Leone.
• Filmmaker documents local efforts to aid Africa > Award-winning local filmmaker at work on documentary about American volunteerism and African clean-water projects.
• Reroute this ‘train to nowhere’ > $4.15 billion Central Valley stub makes no sense.
• Welcome back … not! > Two downtown Chico shootings spook students.
• End Amazon’s tax advantage > Bill would level the playing field for brick-and-mortar stores.
• Grave misunderstanding > There are headstones missing from Chico Cemetery—but we’ll probably never know why.
• Who’s afraid of voting? > Our legislators don’t want us to vote on extending taxes. What are they afraid of?
• The invisible killer > Test your home for invisible, cancer-causing radon gas; plus, “green” manufactured homes.
• Thinking > People do too much of it.
• Green giants > British newspaper The Observer publishes list of top 20 eco-leaders to watch in 2011.
• Letters for January 27, 2011 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• Mammoth could be cloning milestone > Japanese in-vitro experts work to implant mammoth embryo in African elephant.
• Cheese whiz > How did a town no larger than Chico get an NFL team?
• City opens new wetlands to public > Old oxidation pond near water-control plant gets a wildlife-friendly makeover.
• Coming home > Breakfast (and lunch) from scratch at The Roost.
• Home sales for January 27, 2011 >
• Scientists map out super-storm > Scientists design hypothetical super-storm to improve emergency-response plans.
• Arts DEVO > Aaron Rodgers, Republican jerk faces and DEVOtions.
• The King’s Speech > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Movie review: No Strings Attached
• A plan for the future: Sharing cost of Veterans Memorial Hall study clears city committee
• Orland City Council seeks community involvement
• Herger introduces health reform bill
• Willows Ronald McDonald's reports theft of charity funds
• Herger says president must back words with actions
• Cancer relay rally today
• Judge rules finding of retrospective competency possible in wife-killer case
• Former Orland firefighter gets 24 years for child sex abuse
• The King’s Speech leads Oscar nominations
• State of the City is Friday
• Death Notices for Jan. 25
• Police: Shop owner takes shot at robbers
• Thefts from unlocked cars reported near Orland area
• Campus Clips for Jan. 25
• Last volunteer sought for Haiti relief trip
• Explosive device claimed by alleged robber
• Police looking for owners of recovered ATVs
• Cops: Suspect tussles with service dog
• Vampires, Shyamalan lead RAZZIE nominations
• Dense fog again a problem south of Butte County
• Dentistry for uninsured children
• Sierra plan subject of meeting
• Celebrating Green Bay in Chico
• Funds may be on the way to help Butte County's homeless
• Forestry conference slates speaker
• Blog Log for Jan. 24
• Chico State to honor Black History Month
• Big project, little business before Butte supervisors Tuesday
• The El Rey Theatre presents: Superbad
• Comic to perform at fundraiser for three north-state arts groups
• Death Notices for jan. 23
• Butte conservation district meets Wednesday in Oroville
• Discussion on Delta Plan set for Wednesday in Chico
• League to hear about Chico, county general plans
• Crystal Geyser case just waiting for day in court
• Roadwork Roundup
• High-speed chase goes 22 miles from Chico to river and back
• California Highway Patrol arrests alleged drug traffickers on I-5
• State Water Project allocation increases to 60 percent
• Country superstar Alan Jackson leaves his record label of 22 years
• Pleasant Valley High School takes day to honor famed graduate Aaron Rodgers
• December brought no cheer for north-state jobless
• Suspected Fair View High School vandal shows "courage", is offered redemption
• Butte College plans new Campus Center opening
• Woman bitten by dog in Bidwell Park told animal is OK
• Crossing Bidwell Park on Highway 99 is going to get easier
• Officials say Oroville apartment fire caused by a burning candle
• Death Notices for Jan. 22
• Getting to know Sor Lo: One of two finalists for appointment to the City Council
• Fire vandalism reported at Hamilton City park
• Correction for Jan. 21
• Thick fog reported along parts of 99, I-5
• Hikes planned through winter
• Ridge schools join talks on saving arts center
• Chamber honors business, community movers
• Butte planning commissioner ousted from 'public' meeting
• Longtime Butte College trustee, retired Chico State professor dead at 81
• Butte to pull the plug on its public acess channel
• Biggs teenager making steady recovery from near-fatal crash
• Grand opening for Butte's remodeled Campus Center
• Clint Eastwood to direct Beyonce Knowles in new version of A Star is Born
• House votes to repeal health care law
• Paradise High holds lockdown drill
• Training for literacy tutors begins Saturday at Oroville Library
• Sunshine Connection to begin martial arts program Friday
• Blood supplies drop because of inclement weather across nation
• City of Chico's Park Avenue redevelopment gains ground
• Fair View High vandal gets 4 years in prison
• Mobile mammogram clinic planned in Gridley Feb. 7
• Sober grad committees working to conduct raffle for parties
• Oroville man faces 20 years for role in killing
• DNA evidence clears man of rape charges
• CUSD sites to host solar power arrays
• Federal grant awards fight homelessness
• To the bat cave! > How and why to encourage bats in your garden in the warmer months.
• Sherwood Montessori gets national honor > Sherwood Montessori receives national honor for food-centered curriculum.
• Royal treatment > Britain’s best actors show off in fancy period piece.
• New charter springs up > Wildflower Open Classroom is newest addition to list of local charter schools.
• Even Things Up/Deluxe Edition > Ringer Pete Anderson updates Even Things Up.
• PR for nonprofits > Student group has paying customers but offers publicity for free to service agencies.
• Fret worker > Warren Haskell’s monthly Classical Guitar Project.
• Science times two > It’s one thing to learn about science, but it’s another to explain it to kids.
• Public spending: myths vs. facts > Contrary to popular belief, it’s gone down, not up.
• Where’s the vision? > Chico State’s president looks for hope in a painful budget.
• Mastering her art > Masami Toku receives Chico State’s Outstanding Teacher Award for 2010-2011.
• Counting on college > Once again, higher education is all about the numbers—budget numbers, bottom-line numbers, you name it.
• Downturn hits A.S. too > Student businesses hit financially by declining book sales and enrollment.
• Their real motive > Don’t be fooled by the ballot shift measure. It’s all about controlling the council.
• Four in 10 Americans are creationists > They believe God created humans in their present form about 10,000 years ago.
• A start on gun reform > Jared Loughner used a high-capacity ammo clip to kill and wound 20 people. Congress should reinstate a ban on them.
• Party people > Chico police have put pressure on Top Shelf Productions to curb its party promotion, but this group of Chico State students doesn’t appear deterred.
• Impulses > Choosing not to spring or dash.
• Down to two > City Council needs more time to decide who should fill a vacancy.
• Letters for January 20, 2011 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• A lesson in media ethics > Chico State journalism student chooses political activism over his post at the campus newspaper.
• Huck on the hookHuck on the hook > Leave it alone but keep it out of the hands of children.
• Muckraker under the microscope > Valley Mirror Publisher Tim Crews denies the allegation that he profits from lawsuits over public records.
• The nut state > Butte County’s bountiful nut harvest being sent around the world.
• It’s a yellow-bellied sapsucker! > Bird enthusiast Mike Skram spies first-ever yellow-bellied sapsucker in Butte County on Jan. 1.
• World of Warcraft: Cataclysm > And it burns, burns, burns, Deathwing’s ring of fire.
• No fees at national parks > Mark your calendar for the year’s fee-free days, courtesy of the National Park Service.
• Hopes and Prospects > Chomsky breaks it all down.
• Report exposes at-risk ecosystems > Three of the nation’s 10 most imperiled places are in California, report finds.
• Arts DEVO > Forever Lazy, Twinkies, David Crosby, Graham Nash and that crazy M.F. from around the way.
• Season of the Witch > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• BP-probe panel releases final report > Nine months after the BP explosion, oil-spill panel gives final recommendations.
• More films, please > Film critic basks in VOD’s film bounty.
• I Love You Phillip Morris > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Nissan LEAFs gas-power behind > Nissan’s LEAF, the first mass-produced no-gas car, rolls out in Japan and U.S.
• Election-date effort progresses > Tea Party activist Stephanie Taber makes progress in battle to change Chico City Council election date.
• The Green Hornet > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Not guilty plea entered in Oroville DUI fatality
• Death Notices for Jan. 19
• Women arrested after 28-mile pursuit
• Water group's first meeting today
• Drivers escape injury in Glenn crashes
• Robbery suspect misses court
• Trial set in alleged torture case
• Correction for Jan. 19
• Butte College enrollment keeps steady
• Valley blanketed by fog; if you want to see the sun, aim higher
• Looming law triggers ammo sales at Butte County gun shops
• Death Notices for Jan. 18
• One driver badly hurt in I-5 rollover crash
• Herger aide sets office hours in Corning
• How to donate to Gridley band Pearl Harbor trip
• Officers assaulted as females fought on East Lassen Avenue
• Chico Unified School District looks into savings from solar
• Woman arrested on 24 warrants
• Artist leaves mark on abbey in Vina
• Silver Dollar Fair 2011
• Dense fog reported in parts of north valley
• Support meetings for chronic pain
• Group to hear about holistic care
• Seminar held on digestive problems
• Herbalist to lecture on diabetes
• Sleep apnea talk is Thursday
• News of our Past
• Blog Log
• Logue staff in Paradise Tuesday
• Motorcyclists struggle for the right to ride in the Plumas National Forest
• Gen. Vang Pao remembered in Oroville
• Roadwork Roundup
• 'Branding slogan' contest before Orland City Council Tuesday
• Hamilton Unified School District board of trustees meets Tuesday
• Preparing for the Monster: Annual youth piano concert on Laxson Auditorium stage next weekend
• Tri-County Economic Forecast Conference: Technology offers the promise of new jobs
• Death Notices for Jan. 16
• Chico election date change petitions delivered to city
• Spirit of service: Chico State students begin second phase of Catalyst home-building project
• Cooperation critical for future jobs
• Two memorial events today for Vang Pao
• Council to review 20 applicants for vacancy
• Facebook new tool for 'grandparent' scams
• Locals say Catalyst project shows value of redevelopment
• A walk through the fog
• Death Notices for Jan. 14
• Butte's Most Wanted
• Correction for Jan. 14
• Police Report for Jan. 14
• Police trying to match found items with suspected burglaries
• Flyball registration closes Sunday
• Paradise puts moratorium on pot gardens
• ACLU presentation is Saturday
• Federal housing subsidies force choice between medical pot and a place to live
• Butte schools boss says further cuts to schools will depend on voters
• Chuck E. Cheese moves out of Chico, replaced by new pizza and games venture
• Enloe may face hit from Medi-Cal co-pays
• Arts Commission welcomes new members
• Orland school lists top scholars
• State funding maintained for Catalyst in budget proposal
• Correction for Jan. 13
• Death Notices for Jan. 13
• Why did it cross the road?
• School Time for Jan. 13
• Tracking the Sacramento River workshop today at CARD center
• Defendant placed in custody for alleged robbery attempt, assaults
• County's fairs among budget cut targets
• Water modeling forum set today
• VistA point > How Oroville Hospital became a pioneer in the use of free electronic medical recording.
• Slack plague > Nicolas Cage meanders about drab medieval adventure.
• Giants spectacle > Fans view San Francisco Giants’ World Series trophy in downtown Chico.
• Touring Enloe’s new tower > It’s not finished yet, but its state-of-the-art features are highly visible.
• Two new harp-led discs > Cotton and Hummel blow on.
• Just how healthy is California? > Answer: Not as healthy as you might think.
• Transparent water? > The Bottled Water Scorecard gives the down-and-dirty on what you’re drinking.
• Ragin’ at the Big Room > Rhonda Vincent and the Rage invoke the spirit of bluegrass.
• Blue Oak gets bad news > The beloved Waldorf school will seek a new charter from Chico Unified since its existing one is getting yanked by the Butte County Board of Education.
• Animal fat fuels biodeisel research > Scientists may have found an alternative to producing biofuel from soybeans.
• Living with long odds > In a climate this demented, with gun laws like ours, we’re lucky there aren’t more nutjobs like Jared Loughner.
• Water worries > The Bureau of Reclamation’s recent water meeting was packed to the gills, but what’s the plan?
• EPA cracks down on chemicals > EPA requires testing on health and environmental affects of 19 chemicals.
• Keeping Chico’s beat > Jerry Morano, the conga-playing recycler.
• Got a good book idea? > Bring your book idea to the Pitchapalooza. You might get it published.
• Lundberg warehouse soaks up sun > New rice-farm warehouse is 100 percent solar-powered.
• Arnold’s bad exit > Arnold’s bad exit: One-time ‘reformer’ leaves in a cloud of cronyism.
• Beaten and broke > Two college-age assault victims struggle to pay their medical costs.
• Old is new again > NorCal Strength & Conditioning owner Robb Wolf weighs in on his bestselling book The Paleo Solution.
• Facing the pain > Facing the pain: Brown’s austerity budget is on the right track, at least.
• Olive oil all-stars > Oroville couple’s olive oil on show at gubernatorial reception; famous farmer Joel Salatin comes to Chico.
• Challenge > In search of cheap thrills.
• Letters for January 13, 2011 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• Do the right thing > By not appointing Evans the Chico City Council lost an opportunity for healing.
• Ahoy, seafood lovers > Pelican’s Roost is a treasure trove of delicious fish.
• X-Men Arcade > Like mutants, it may not be pretty, but X-Men Arcade is something special.
• Nemesis > Philip Roth is still showing writers how it’s done.
• Arts DEVO > No more Facebook to kick around.
• News from the city of Chico > City releases its final general plan draft, and seeks applicants for the vacant City Council seat left by Larry Wahl’s departure.
• Odd bird > Talkin’ BoomCases and expanding foam with Dominic Francisco Odbert.
• Tigers take down Ducks > Auburn University’s Tigers defeat Paradisian Jeff Maehl and his Oregon Ducks football team.
• The final decision > Death doesn’t have to be scary if you know how you or your loved one wants it to happen.
• The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Goodbye, Big Brothers Big Sisters > The Butte County program closes its doors after 13 years pairing kids with mentors.
• Trial ordered on alleged raping of unconscious 14 year old girl
• '60s musician to be guest at Lions Club
• Death Notices for Jan. 12
• Volunteers needed for 2011 homeless census
• Budget could be 'wild ride' for Butte County
• Few apply for vacant Chico City Council seat
• Supervisor Lambert elected chairman
• Giants fans line up in Chico
• Glenn County District Attorney's Office running lean
• Williamson Act back on the block in Brown's proposal
• Brown budget proposal would eliminate redevelopment agencies; Chico projects in jeopardy
• Death Notices for Jan. 11
• Benefit for family of crash victims
• Sutter Buttes hike slated Sunday
• SmartMeter answers offered
• National parks free this weekend
• January commodity distributions begin today
• Blog Log
• Families chill out on a quieter Lake Oroville in the winter
• On a clear day, you can see forever in Bidwell Park
• State budget is top on Butte supervisors' minds for meeting Tuesday
• Lassen Volcanic National Park annual passes on sale
• Shrouded in rosy clouds
• Hard at work
• Roadwork Roundup
• Economic forecast conference set for Thursday
• Control burns planned for foothills start soon
• Afternoon house fire displaces Paradise couple
• Students halfway to St. Jude goal
• Enloe Children's Health Center may get new owner
• Corrections
• Death Notices for Jan. 8
• Religious Briefs
• From the Pulpit
• Bishop will ordain priest in Paradise
• Hmong communities mourn general's death
• Possible pipe bomb found on Orland road
• Fair View vandalism defendant makes first court appearance
• CSUC parking structure plan to clear next hurdle
• Butte County's most wanted
• Police report for Jan. 7
• Fourth teen sentenced in home-invasion killing
• PG&E SmartMeter questions answered during Chico forum
• Death notices for Jan. 7
• Wood-burning advisory in effect
• Chico markets Aero Union buildings
• Bruce Road drivers will face detour
• Council rebuts CPOA flier claims
• Volunteers needed for homeless count
• Death Notices for Jan. 6
• Shapes of the night
• Driver pleads not guilty in alleged DUI-related death of Caltrans worker
• Air quality district issues wood burning advisory for today
• School Time for Jan. 6
• Driver pleads not guilty in alleged DUI-related death of Caltrans worker
• Donation staves off closure of ridge arts center
• Donation staves off closure of ridge arts center
• Black Swan > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Gossip alert > Chicoan Shawntel Newton makes her debut on ABC’s reality matchmaking show The Bachelor.
• Chico native linked to child porn > FBI agents link computer riddled with child porn to former Chico resident Amado Hernandez.
• The trailer court > A critical look at the previews of the first films of 2011.
• Who to watch in 2011 > CN&R editors pick the eight people who are likely to make news in the coming year.
• Leave Your Sleep > You better like Natalie.
• Fill ’er up > Recent rains have been kind to Lake Oroville.
• Teeny Tucker > Teeny’s blues ambition.
• Better or worse in 2011? > A majority of Americans are cautiously optimistic about the new year.
• Deftones > Deftones turn tragedy into good-and-heavy rock.
• Council puts Evans on ice > There’s a lot of support for adding Bob Evans to the City Council, but most council members are resisting it—for now.
• Keep politics out of science > Should politicians decide who gets science funding? Or the experts?
• At long last, water transfers get analyzed > Upcoming meeting to discuss impacts of pumping water from north to south.
• Linking Chico locals > Robert Stiger’s chicosocial.com
• Cops on the chopping block > Six Chico PD officers lose their jobs after a stalemate in contract negotiations with the city.
• Keeping smog levels down > Keeping smog levels down: How Chico can grow without making the air dirtier.
• Left behind > Paradise family is on a mission to bring home Loren Harvey Jr., who disappeared nearly three months ago.
• House of hypocrisy > Hypocrisy in the House: Is this really what the American people want?
• Clean creeks and more on eating squirrel > Chico Clean Creeks Calendar 2011 is available; plus, more squirrel-eating wisdom.
• Vigil > Demonstration: Signs, signs.
• Looking ahead > New year, new environmental battles.
• Letters for January 6, 2011 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• Davis facility earns LEED Platinum > Food-and-learning complex is first of its kind in world to get highest LEED rating.
• Lessons of late Wednesdays > Want students to learn more? Start school later.
• It’s raining… birds? > Thousands of red-winged blackbirds fall from Arkansas sky on New Year’s Eve.
• All-star artisan pizza > Red Tavern owners bring gourmet pies to Chico.
• EPA lets tribes talk > New EPA committee gives tribes a say in chemical and pollution management.
• Arts DEVO > Arts DEVO rings in the new year looking ahead to the new art.
• Growin’ with Grau > Organic gardener David Grau hosts third annual gardening-class series at Chico Grange hall.
• Panning for arts gold > Artists of River Town organizes Oroville’s arts community.
• True Grit > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• More local celeb news … > Fans of Chico’s Jerry Olenyn can now tune in to his new Christian radio program.
• Willows school district seeks $104,230 from Mirror publisher
• Chico City Council to hold application process to fill vacant seat
• Death Notices for Jan. 5
• League water forum coming
• Judge grants pot trial continuance
• Bike path in Chico closed today
• Sex-abuse sentencing postponed
• IHSS case will be postponed
• City: Leaf pick-up not for Christmas trees
• County logs 92 holiday DUI arrests
• Chico Police Officer's Association releases details on failed labor negotiations
• Death Notices for Jan. 4
• Up for the challenge: Glenn officials know it won't be an easy road
• Pedestrian hit while attempting to cross street
• Veteran Butte County officials add a newcomer: Larry Wahl
• Polar Bear swimmers splash into new year
• Program on memory improvement offered
• Winter holiday anti-DUI campaign nets 57 arrests in Butte County
• Blog Log
• Storms in Chico create natural playground
• Oroville woman gives birth to Mila, the first local baby of 2011
• PG&E paying thousands to haul contaminated Chico soil to San Joaquin Valley
• Sleep, longevity topic of Dinner with the Doctor
• Chico City Council to discuss filling vacancy Tuesday
• New Year's walkers help African nation
• Fire guts home in west Chico
• Conference speaker: Broadband helps, but not a cure-all
• What worries Chris Santos
• New start for a new year: Couple hopes for a better 2011
• Study finds Butte high in severe lung ailments
• Death Notice for Jan. 1
• Religious briefs
• From the Pulpit
• Oops, it's frosted again
• Police seek owners of ski equipment
• Track work spurs schedule change for train
• Group offers $2,000 reward for Oregon House assault
• The top of 2010: The final countdown of the year's best local stories
• Death Notices for Dec. 31
• Police Report for Dec. 31
• Butte's Most Wanted
• Burglary suspect tied to other crimes
• Decision on competency due in January
• Cause in Chico woman's death determined
• Ridge DUI checkpoint nets arrests on various charges
• Holiday is today for many
• Chico officer layoffs likely after police bargaining unit refuses 5 percent pay cut
• Enterprise-Record continues countdown of top 10 stories of 2010
• Ride-sharing program links students > Online ride-share program helps campus-goers save money and the environment.
• Seeing clearly > Tatja Renee has held 70 jobs in her 42 years, but she’s finally found her passion—clearing people’s acne.
• It was a very green year > The CN&R takes an eco-look back at 2010.
• End anti-democratic rules > End anti-democratic rules: Get rid of dysfunctional Senate practices that create gridlock.
• Did Arnold deliver? > Did Arnold deliver? Not when it comes to the state’s finances.
• Thoughts, not mine > Quotes for the end of 2010.
• Letters for December 30, 2010 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• A shroud of secrecy > CPS workers and their clients would all benefit from relaxed confidentiality rules.
• ‘Chip in’ the New Year > Henri rings in the New Year with cioppino.
• Where Once > Chico poet Sally McNall’s new book of poetry touches on themes big and small.
• Tron: Legacy > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Arts DEVO > Arts DEVO’s is in the awards-season spirit.
• The Fighter > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• What were they thinking? > Our annual compendium of the absurd, outrageous and puzzling.
• 2010: Out with a Howl2010 > CN&R’s senior film critic wraps up the year in film.
• Other notable stories in 2010 > There were a lot more than 10 big stories this year.
• Psycho-thriller > Light and dark collide in Black Swan.
• Top 10 in 2010 > What were the biggest stories of the year? Here are our picks.
• Against all odds > The Coen brothers’ adaptation of True Grit adapts an old movie in an old genre, and somehow remains fresh.
• Is squirrel the new sustainable meat? > Could squirrel become the new white meat?
• Ten > Jason Moran evokes Monk on Ten.
• Eco-resolutions > Five tips for a greener new year.
• Old 97’s > Old 97’s are back.
• Sweet news for Sweet’n Low > EPA removes saccharin, a popular artificial-sweetener, from its naughty list.
• Dear Chico, let’s jam > Arts DEVO makes friends with the music scene.
• Underwater parks flow into So Cal > After long debate, Fish and Game designates protected water areas in So Cal.
• Let’s abolish the Senate > The U.S. Senate is a mess. Let’s dump it!
• Death Notices for Dec. 30
• Leaf pickup ends Wednesday; sweeping will resume in February
• Free fishing fun
• It has begun: Stepped-up patrols, DUI enforcement in Glenn County
• Mendocino off-highway-vehicle trails closed on account of rain
• School Time for Dec. 30
• Wounded burglary suspect threatened with arrest warrant
• Yuba authorities are seeking suspect in felony assault
• Parolee-at-large captured in Chico
• Enterprise-Record counts down top stories of 2010
• Text from stolen cell phone leads to capture of Christmas grinch in Chico
• Weekend forecast unclear, but you should "be prepared"
• Death Notices for Dec. 29
• Tree removal will affect traffic
• Marijuana-for-guitar ruling delayed
• 'Tipsy Tow' helps intoxicated drivers
• Parking lot becomes delivery room for parents
• Accident claims life on Forbestown Road
• Biker escapes serious injury in crash
• Deer in roadway cause injury crash
• Alleged burglar of vet's office caught
• Fire leaves Cohasset residents homeless
• Biologists fishing for data on Feather River
• Asbestos puts Garden Walk mall merchants in downtown Chico on hold
• After-Christmas fun in the (partial) sun
• Blog Log
• Little-known neighborhood park in east Chico is nearly done
• Goats at Chico ranch turn Christmas trees into memories
• Death Notices for Dec. 26
• New Year's walk to help Sierra Leone
• Ridge hospital racks up awards
• Watchdog groups call for reforms
• Christmas, and after: Looking for something to do today?
• Christmas, and after ...
• Christmas, and after: Volunteers, donations turn Salvation Army's Christmas dinner into many blessings
• In Chico, Jesus Center serves food, satisfaction
• These elves wear brown
• Two-vehicle crash in Oroville kills man
• Christmas dinner offered at several restaurants
• Judge tosses probe of incoming Glenn education official
• The gift of life: Kidney donor, recipient meet
• Light plane ends up on its nose at airport
• For many in Chico, it wasn't too late to shop
• Living up to his idol: Cotton 'snow,' train all part of Chico man's Christmas lights display
• NORAD tracks Santa's progress today
• Blown away
• Death Notices for Dec. 24
• Christmas Eve work shutdown to spell mobbed malls
• Police Report for Dec. 24
• Hearing delayed in fatal crash
• Butte's Most Wanted
• Christmas Eve services planned tonight at two local churches
• Annual Christmas dinner this afternoon in Oroville auditorium
• Snow Goose Festival 2011
• Death Notices for Dec. 23
• Concow School well remains contaminated despite cleaning attempt
• Rock in the road
• School Time for Dec. 23
• First Baptist Church to have Christmas Eve service
• 45-year-old man denies raping unconscious teen
• Road closed over Humboldt Summit in northeastern Butte County
• PG&E: Colusa County power plant is online, now producing electricity
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• Vincent Herring & Earth Jazz > Former Chico jazz saxophonist on a funk-jazz kick.
• Health insurance costs skyrocket > Paying through the nose for health insurance? You’re not alone.
• And a funky New Year’s > Percussion-heavy L.A. funk band Orgone rings in the new year in Chico.
• Rough lesson > Businessman Dave Maurer recalls his decade-long nightmare, warning others to be wary of embezzlement.
• Reforming child removal > Butte County has state’s second-worst rate of taking children from their families.
• Ready, set, grow > The Chico City Council finally approves residential medical-marijuana cultivation.
• Yo-yo phenom > Spencer Nelson, at just 8 years old, is in the national spotlight.
• Chico filmmaker stuck in France > Gerard Ungerman has been in the United States for 20 years, but a technicality could bar him from re-entry for the next decade.
• Don’t shoot your school board members > Don’t shoot your school board members: They’re the good guys.
• Pot shots > Staff at a local collective say law enforcement could do more to find one man’s shooter.
• A historic civil-rights vote > A historic civil-rights vote: Homosexuals will soon be able to join the military openly.
• Sierra Nevada Brewery gets top EPA honor > Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. named Green Business of the Year by EPA.
• Retreat > Quiet contemplation does me good.
• Christmas compost > Turn your Christmas tree into compost.
• Letters for December 23, 2010 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• Cancun climate talks end > Countries move forward in Cancun after last year’s failed talks in Copenhagen.
• Backs to the Wahl > Who will replace the councilman come January?
• Home sales for December 23, 2010 >
• Wind projects at a standstill > Federal government is forced to suspend fast-track permits for wind projects.
• Hoppy holidays > Holiday beer season is upon us.
• The Tourist > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Brewery snags another green stamp > Sierra Nevada Brewing Company gets noticed for changes in transportation.
• Arts DEVO > Arts DEVO mooning Santa Claus on a clear night.
• How Do You Know > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Are pikas in peril? > Scientists scour Lassen Park and other regions in a quest to learn how climate change affects the creatures.
• Painter of night lights > Paradise artist Frank Wilson brings the stars inside.
• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Break in Igbineweka assault case >
• Lost in the machine > Tron sequel not worth the wait.
• Rough day for CPD > Distraught woman shoots herself in front of Chico police officers.
• Punch brothers > Mixed bag of performances in biopic of turbulent life of two boxing brothers.
• Market dodges a bullet > Chico Certified Farmers Market won’t face a fee increase—for now.
• Mystic Roots Band > Former Chico reggae band releases new disc, plus documentary DVD.
• Sweet-Grass Christmas > A holiday tale from local writer Zu Vincent.
• Christmas With the Puppini Sisters > Something fresh for the Christmas soundtrack.
• Lake Oroville up, but still below average
• Chico Certified Farmers Market spared higher fee; decision delayed for broader discussion of issues
• Death Notices for Dec. 22
• Correction for Dec. 22
• Man pleads not guilty in crash that killed 3
• Chico City Council OKs regulations for residential medical pot grows
• Girl gets donation to buy more toys
• Help 4 People food bank in Paradise burglarized again
• More smoke puffs in Butte County than in most of state
• Christmas season blessing: Small miracle comes with water disaster at downtown mall
• Market fire estimated loss reaches $600,000
• Effort under way to correct pioneer's headstone
• Eight from same family hurt in crash
• Embezzlement charge changes irk defense
• Woman shoots herself right in front of police
• Reverse drive-through nets arrest
• Long-established downtown Oroville jewelry store hit by burglary, arson
• Van kills woman on Hwy. 99 offramp
• Young accident survivor among Adopt-A-Family recipients in Chico
• Blog Log
• New Oroville company creates jobs, trains workers and keeps toxic waste out of landfills
• Winter Wonderland open for family fun
• Deer-vehicle crash risk may be higher now in Butte, Glenn counties
• Chico City Council considers marijuana ordinance, appointments Tuesday
• The Chico City Council's nominations
• Chico Mall hosts crowd of Christmas shoppers
• Snowshoe walks start Dec. 26
• Special holiday hours for temple
• Roadwork Roundup for Dec. 19
• EPA gives Sierra Nevada top green award
• New DMV laws affect traffic schools, young motorcyclists
• Fatal Chico crash victim's name released
• Butte celebrates General Plan completion
• Families move into new habitats
• Jail inmate dies after arraignment
• Salvation Army needs more donors
• Source of Concow School's tainted water sought
• Ridge man suspected of raping teen
• Controversial canyon grading permit sent back to Planning Commission
• Reach out to North Korea, Chico State professor suggests
• Preoccupied motorists, bad weather can boost driving hazards; tips offered for safer driving
• More people in Butte County were jobless last month
• Death Notices for Dec. 17
• Correction for Dec. 17
• Police Report for Dec. 17
• School Time for Dec. 17
• Christmas bird count on Saturday
• Butte's Most Wanted
• Toy collections are this weekend
• Cell service in Oroville given boost
• Man in ice cream truck among 15 Chico DUI arrests
• Commission OKs changes to turn empty downtown Chico bank into restaurant
• Pressure is on at Chico State
• Feather River Canyon road closed
• Hung jury favors acquittal in case of Chico firefighter with gun
• Coffee kiosk call nets two arrests
• Chico State students create museum
• Transcripts delay decision in case
• Proposed parking structure runs into flak > Want to set off a controversy in Chico? Try to build a parking structure.
• Obama’s worrisome deal > Did he get rolled? And what about the deficit?
• Hungry for work > A dearth of local jobs and federal indecision plague the long-term unemployed.
• Honoring Jane Dolan > Her career shows how much good government can do.
• Have a green Christmas > Check out these tips to keep stuff out of the landfill this holiday season.
• Fired > Reunion flashbacks.
• Ski-resort grades on the incline > Ski resorts improve grades on environmental report card.
• Letters for December 16, 2010 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• Silver-salmon spawnin’ season > Biologists release record number of Coho salmon into Russian River.
• E-R editors: Get your facts straight > How the E-R editors twist the facts to vilify liberal council members.
• Arc awarded for debris-diversion > The Arc of Butte County gets waste-prevention award third year in a row.
• A home for the holidays > This year, skip the kit and bake your own candy-covered, gingerbread abode.
• All I want for Christmas is a really good book > A list of great, green books for holiday gift-giving.
• Inside Chico High’s cutting-edge classrooms > Want to see the cutting edge in classrooms? Take this tour of a new structure at Chico High School.
• Assholes Finish First > Tucker Max: crossing the asshole finish line ahead of the pack.
• Home sales for December 16, 2010 >
• Arts DEVO > Merry Krampus, evil children!
• Fair Game > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Christmas is Hell > Rogue Theatre gets into the spirit with David Sedaris’ diary of Macy’s SantaLand.
• Request: Reburial > Activist takes his quest to investigate the possibility of bodies buried under a road at the Chico Cemetery to the state.
• The Chronicles of what? > Third Narnia lost at sea.
• Potty raid > Chico police investigate a bar with a hidden a surveillance camera in its restroom.
• Not like the brochure > The Tourist looks good but is just an OK adventure.
• We’re not haters > Racist fliers attached to News & Reviews distributed throughout Oroville.
• Living Proof > Buddy Guy is “74 Years Young.”
• Ripped apart at the seams > Two local families fight a losing battle against Children’s Services’ secretive system.
• Joy to the World > It’s going to be a pink Christmas.
• A day in the life > Foster care, by the numbers.
• Studio time > A conversation with local recording engineers Dale Price, Scott Barwick and Chris Keene.
• Dolan shows her skill, then says adieu > At her last meeting as a supervisor, Jane Dolan takes care of business before the fun begins.
• Sad state of science education > It’s not the teachers’ fault U.S. students are falling behind.
• Applicants all around > City Council interviews dozens of Chico residents who want to serve the community by filling a seat on a city board or commission.
• A long road to Chico > After “Wife Swap” and divorce, Kelly Lee Phipps hops on a bike and ends up in Northern California.
• Committee backs more Hotel Diamond parking
• Death Notices for Dec. 15
• Trouble at Orland Quinceanera handled properly by security firm, authorities say
• Cops: Speed, alcohol factors in crash death
• Pioneer Christmas Party Saturday
• Peace Endeavor to host march
• Not guilty plea in child abuse case
• Mansion's holiday tours sold out
• Former Shasta County resident among those killed in Afghan suicide bombing
• Fair View High sacked by vandals: School rallies to recover in one day
• BloodSource's Season of Giving powers on: 1,195 donors as of Sunday
• Death Notices for Dec. 14
• Nominees for teen volunteer award sought
• Victim named in fatal Highway 70 crash Friday
• Catalyst receives $10,000 in grant money
• Man gets three years in prison for DUIs
• Campus Clips for Dec. 14
• Prosecution rests in gun brandishing
• Photo opportunity in Chico raises money for Butte Humane Society
• Chico family's dog quarantined after nipping 15-year-old
• Lengthy Butte supervisors' meeting includes farewell to Dolan
• Farmers market closed Christmas
• Every Body: When you have to fail before succeeding
• Council conducts board interviews Tuesday
• Groups for Dec. 13
• Blog Log for Dec. 13
• Death Notices for Dec. 12
• Packing it in
• Butte Humane Society has holiday fundraisers to care for its animals
• Weather could obscure 'intense' meteor shower
• Artisan event showcases local talent
• Marsh Junior High speaker addresses 'elephant' in the room — bullying
• Chico fire kicks off Coats for Kids
• Gridley school nominated for national honor
• County still wracked with diabetes cases
• Man arrested on drug charges
• Racist graffiti reported in Paradise
• ARC wins waste reduction award
• Pentz Road mobile park owner hopes to challenge state over rules
• Dinner in Chico bolsters soldiers' families
• Chico bar owner says he weighed customer safety against infringement
• Musician slated at Miracle Ranch
• Correction for Dec. 11
• New outdoor burning rules for Butte County adopted
• LaMalfa secures leadership position in Senate
• Panama Bar operators apologize for camera in restroom
• Accident victim dies
• House approves doctor Medicare payment extension
• Holiday DUI crackdown planned
• Horses seized from equine rescuer
• 'Name your price' cat adoptions
• Excitement brewing at Feather Falls Casino ahead of opening
• Toys for Tots collection event this weekend in Chico
• Willows girl, 10, spends her savings to help fill Toys for Tots barrel
• Big Al's robbery suspect arraigned
• Preliminary waived in double shooting
• Focus on possible pot-related shootings
• Tour of Lights list is coming
• Chico Arts Commission to continue with seven members
• Bluefin-tuna boycott > Center for Biological Diversity asks consumers to boycott endangered fish.
• Kinect > Microsoft’s gaming peripheral is like owning the only 30 seconds of Minority Report worth watching.
• Rotary chips in for clean water > Chico Sunrise Rotary donates $2,000 to Panama water project.
• The Irresistible Henry House > What happens when a “practice baby” grows up?
• Supplements are superfluous? > Recent study says Vitamin D and calcium supplements may be unnecessary.
• Arts DEVO > This is not an experimental column.
• Holiday greenings > Local horticulturist shows how to make fragrant holiday decorations from the garden.
• Secret journey > The Third Floor recounts Judi Loren-Grace’s time at a home for pregnant teens.
• Faster > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Big game ahead > Paradise native Jeff Maehl and the Oregon Ducks are headed to the national championship.
• Love and Other Drugs > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Beware the parking citation > City of Chico fine increased by three bucks, making it $28.
• Hunting party > Fair Game relives Bush administration’s outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame.
• Shooting at the drive-in > A 72-year-old man is arrested for attempted robbery and assault with a deadly weapon at Big Al’s Drive In.
• Contextualizin’ > Ian Carey takes the pen for new disc.
• Farmers at the firehouse > Station hosts only year-round farmers’ market in Oroville.
• Good vibrations > Tuvan throat singers lend their dynamic vocals to Béla Fleck tour.
• The little station that could > When it comes to public service, no agency beats South Oroville’s El Medio Fire District.
• Writing isn’t a punishment > So let’s stop using it as one.
• Joblessness increases > Federal figures show the unemployment rate is on the rise.
• Dirty designer > David Rivers created shirts made with dirt—and they’re a hit!
• Business blues > Longtime local hairdresser Annie Buck gets booted during busy holiday season.
• Congrats are in order > Meet the new mayor, same as the old mayor.
• Home sales for December 9, 2010 >
• Fresh face on the dais > Mark Sorensen is sworn into his post on the Chico City Council during an odd meeting.
• Get a grip on pot > Chico City Council needs to remember that a medical-cannabis ordinance is a land-use issue.
• Going wild > Local game wardens star in National Geographic’s new reality TV show Wild Justice.
• Spock > World’s best dog.
• Bringing health care to the Himalayas > A Chico doctor’s journey to the top of the world—and the mission that resulted.
• Letters for December 9, 2010 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• Community cycling cooperative >
• Is California a basket case? > Not at all, these commentators say.
• Christmas trees: Dead, fake or alive? > Is your Christmas tree alive?
• Get in the spirit > Henri mixes up some favorite holiday drinks.
• New Chico City Council pursues burn ban
• Electric car technology needs huge leap, Chico State professor says
• Electric car technology needs huge leap, Chico State professor says
• The jingle of the holidays heard in Chico
• Chico City Council selects Schwab as mayor, Walker as vice mayor
• Correction for Dec. 8
• Death Notices for Dec. 8
• 2nd juvenile arrested in mini crime wave
• News of our Past
• Death Notices for Dec. 6
• Dancing the night away ...
• Blog Log for Dec. 6
• Glenn RCD dinner reservations due
• 'Pathways' picked for Chico State general ed
• Inexpensive dazzle lands Chico woman on national TV show
• Oldtime Christmas celebrations: Victorian-era homes in Chico, Oroville host special events
• Don't be shaken by recent spate of quakes, experts say
• More festive turnout for 1960 centennial
• Happy 150th birthday, Chico
• Event supports National Guard families
• Death Notices for Dec. 5
• Roadwork Roundup for Dec. 5
• Oroville Frontier Christmas delights
• December surplus food distributions begin this week
• Leader of Corning election under fire
• Documents released on plane crash that killed Durham family
• Missing Concow boy found after calling home
• Orland vandalism cases solved
• Monday last day to nominate Christmas homes
• Rollover crash on ridge kills Paradise man
• Holiday spirit lights up City Plaza in Chico
• Orland boy hit by car still hospitalized, but improving
• Crash into utility pole cuts Durham power
• City of Chico releases names of those facing layoffs
• River projects eyed by committee
• Chico State University sets application record
• Delays on Hwy. 32 east force need to find secondary route
• Search efforts fail to locate boy
• Owner of biting dog sought after DeGarmo Park incident
• Plea withdrawn in Forbestown beating
• Signs? What signs?
• Hanukkah festivities held downtown
• Police Report for Dec. 3
• Sutter Buttes hikes set for next two weekends
• Butte's Most Wanted
• Rally at Chico State is today
• No plea yet in death of Caltrans worker
• Reward offered in case of missing ridge man
• Framed
• Medical pot growing ordinance discussed: No City Council decision on collectives and cooperatives
• Layoff notices go to 19 city of Chico workers
• Kids in the kitchen > Sherwood Montessori instructor Richie Hirshen teaches kids about food, from the garden on up.
• Arts DEVO > Rock Creek Jug Band breaks up, and I love cheap art and Lyon Books.
• The Next Three Days > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• All-Americana > America: simple and good again.
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Cyber-suitor jailed for sex with minor > Internet relationship leads to felony arrest for sex with a minor.
• Speed over substance > Getting revenge, one slimeball at a time.
• Shootings mar holiday celebration > Chico police investigate apparent gang-related attack on Thanksgiving.
• Love buzz > Peculiar, satisfying blend of romantic comedy and pharmaceutical farce.
• Suit cites water worries > The Butte Environmental Council files lawsuit for general-plan inadequacies.
• Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters > Ronnie Earl is still spreading the love.
• You are being watched > Eager to protect your online privacy? Guess what: It’s long gone.
• Bob Brozman, John McSherry and Dónal O’Connor > Three virtuosos spend six days in studio to create entertaining Six Days in Down.
• Americans largely OK with airport security > Poll finds a majority of Americans say new measures are worth it.
• Devil on their side > Grungy duo Witchdick might be the ultimate outlaw band.
• Councilman Nickell ready to bow out > Chico councilman says he’s leaving ‘on a high note.’
• No need for more sugar > The obesity epidemic should be a wake-up call.
• Fuss about the bus > The public weighs in on the B-line’s routes, asking for changes to the new schedule.
• Permanently pretty > Michelle Thau helps everyone—and cancer patients in particular—feel beautiful with permanent makeup.
• On the rise again > CSU students face two tuition hikes in the coming year.
• California’s dying GOP > By alienating Latinos it’s committing slow suicide.
• Probable cause? > Unsealing of search-warrant affidavits gives insight into police sting operation on local collectives—and in many cases the evidence appears flimsy.
• Fees and fairness > Proposed farmers’ market rent hike shows city needs a big-picture policy.
• Living fences and gourmet school-lunches > Making a “living fence,” restoring native valley-oak habitat, and what French school kids eat for lunch.
• Stuff > How much is too much?
• Bright lights, big savings > LED holiday lights use far less power—and are much safer.
• Letters for December 2, 2010 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• Lead-based ammo leads to lawsuit > EPA sued over refusal to regulate lead-based ammunition and fishing tackle.
• Tea and conversation > Tea Partiers angry? Not the ones I met last week.
• Bidwell Park not so big after all > Report reveals Bidwell Park is nation’s 26th largest, to many residents’ surprise.
• Cooking for Chanukah > Crispy latkes are a traditional holiday treat.
• Health mag praises Lundberg rice > Lundberg Farms recognized by Women’s Health Magazine for whole-grain rice.
• Life > James Fox collaborates with Keith Richards for captivating bio of Stones guitarist.
• Home sales for December 2, 2010 >
• Fourth sentencing in home invasion murder postponed
• Delay agreed to in trial on 2006 slaying
• Death notices for Dec. 2
• BloodSource begins holiday drive
• 4-H to sell tamales at flea market
• Light Up a Life benefits hospice
• Butte Humane starts adoption drive
• Ridge portrait gift event planned
• North valley forecast: chances of rain
• Police car chase in Corning ends with driver in hospital
• Death Notices for Dec. 1
• Tree lighting, truck parade on ridge
• Drive-through lights display returns
• Tables still open for flea market
• No plea from suspect in Highway 99 triple fatality
• Durham school board meets today
• It's busy season for CHS choirs
• Speaker addresses race-wealth gap
• Hunt continues for suspects in Thanksgiving Day shooting
• Sign sheds light on darkness at home of "Mr. Christmas"
• Woman burned in explosion dies
• Death Notices for Nov. 30
• Corrrection for Nov. 30
• Campus Clips for Nov. 30
• 'Birds of Bidwell Park' at signing
• LAFCO reviews plan for Gridley future growth
• Oroville celebrates Christmas spirit
• Community Tree lighting Friday
• Migrant camp before supervisors
• Changes at CSUC: First Street due for makeover
• Blog Log for Nov. 29
• News of Our Past
• Death Notices for Nov. 29
• Exiting CUSD trustee looks back
• Poker tournament is fundraiser
• Changes at CSUC: First Street due for makeover
• Marijuana ordinance, Thursday Night Market back before Chico City Council
• This one, daddy
• News of Our Past
• Exiting CUSD trustee looks back
• This one, daddy
• Marijuana ordinance, Thursday Night Market back before Chico City Council
• Man hit by shotgun blast
• Transit meetings scheduled this week
• Land use designation meeting Monday
• New applicants flood Chico State
• Oroville falconer practices ancient craft
• Arts and Humanities building coming to Chico State campus
• Correction for Nov. 28
• Death Notices for Nov. 28
• Shoppers in Chico brave darkness, cold in search of bargains
• Correction for Nov. 27
• Death Notices for Nov. 27
• Man allegedly clobbers deputy with bottle
• Chico resident injured in alleged gang shooting
• Changes at Chico State: Parking structure planning begins
• City of Chico layoff notices may go out next week
• Religious Briefs
• Butte's Most Wanted
• Police Report for Nov. 26
• Comments for Chico General Plan EIR ending
• Police VIPS patrolling Chico parking lots
• Orland tree lighting opens holiday season
• Income tax booklets will no longer be mailed
• Local farmer presses holiday olive oil
• Tehama County assures it's part of power-line projects
• One caught, three sought in crime spree
• Climate talks gone wild > Officials express doubt about reaching worldwide carbon-emissions agreement this year.
• Letters for November 25, 2010 > 0ur always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• At-risk species remain at-risk > Environmentalists disapprove Obama administration’s denial of protection for more than 200 species.
• Sorensen’s big idea > New council member wants to shake up city boards and commissions.
• Battle of the bottles > Winemakers square off in a debate over USDA organic labeling.
• Earth (The Book): A Visitor’s Guide to the Human Race > Read yer Daily Show.
• Arts DEVO > Liberal snobs and a beer puzzle.
• Exotics need some help > Kirshner Wildlife Foundation is close to opening, but needs some assistance to make that happen.
• Home sales for November 25, 2010 >
• Bigger league in the works > Golden Baseball League and its Chico Outlaws join partnership for new, bigger league.
• Unstoppable > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Election results are in > Preliminary Chico City Council standings remain unchanged, with Mark Sorensen, Scott Gruendl and Mary Flynn victorious.
• Jailbroken > Paul Haggis’ remake of Pour Elle falls flat.
• Local Heroes 2010 > Honoring six people we can all be thankful for.
• Beginning of the end > The intensity is ramped up for penultimate Potter offering.
• Don’t pay too much to play > Check out some toys that won’t break the bank this season of giving.
• Matt & Kim > Turn up the bass.
• Pets: ‘Take us home for the holidays’ > Butte Humane Society plans December drive to adopt out every animal.
• Deerhunter > Bradford Cox and Co. strike a perfect balance on latest.
• Weight wars > Nutrition expert and author Linda Bacon debunks myths surrounding weight’s effect on health.
• Wild night at the opera > Chico State puts on a rousing version of Die Fledermaus.
• Mind matters > Chico State partners in an international program blending psychology and media.
• How schools have changed > When a 10-year-old has to bike two miles to school, something isn’t right.
• Star in the making > Former Paradise High football standout Jeff Maehl shines at undefeated University of Oregon, and sets his sights on the championship series.
• Get scooped > James Smith runs a yard cleanup service for you and your pets.
• Riding the agri-bus > The Farm City Agri-Business Bus Tour, and some thoughts on plant cloning.
• A nation in peril? > Republicans are carrying their anti-Obama obstructionism too far in blocking the New Start treaty.
• Spend holidays the sustainable way > Waste Management offers some eco-friendly tips for the season.
• What about taxing pot? > So far in its discussion of medical marijuana, the Chico City Council has ignored an important issue: the herb’s revenue potential.
• As if oil wasn’t bad enough > Center for Biological Diversity to sue federal agencies for using oil-dispersants.
• Gratitude > Something I’m working on.
• Being grateful: Family of once-injured reservist has a lot of thanks to give
• Being grateful: An hour of helping, a wealth of insight
• Defendant arraigned in fatal stabbing in 2006
• Man swings large key at officer
• Museum hosts annual open house
• Free Thanksgiving dinner on ridge
• Longtime columnist dead at 72
• Salvation Army hosts free dinner
• Judge nixes accused man's self-representation
• Supervisors delay decisions on feed store, development proposal
• Leaf cleanup a team effort in Chico
• Community addresses Highway 99 concerns
• Butte County citrus safeguarded before freeze
• Driver pleads no contest in death of Chico jogger
• Big city fee hike proposed for Chico Saturday farmers market
• Orland General Plan meeting
• Death Notices
• No major injuries in collision
• Redding to get VW service center
• Correction for Nov. 23
• Death Notices for Nov. 23
• Campus Clips for Nov. 23
• Bidwell's Caper Acres open again
• Suspect arrested in 2006 stabbing death
• Mendocino trail system closed
• Meeting addresses Hwy. 99 safety
• Memorial for fallen Caltrans worker
• Meeting Tuesday to address Highway 99 safety
• Snapshots: Student council attends conference
• Snapshots: A gift from the Class of 1941
• Snapshots: Excelling at the Forestry Challenge
• Correction for Nov. 22
• News of Our Past for Nov. 22
• Blog Log for Nov. 22
• Historical Society learns about steamboats in the north state
• Annual downtown Chico Christmas Preview kicks off the yuletide season
• Oroville woman tied up, robbed in home
• Roadwork Roundup for Nov. 21
• Turkeys give thanks for veggie lifestyle at Orland event
• Bidwell ranks 26th on list of largest parks
• Making every vote count: Election Day starts complicated process of determining winners
• Weekend storm trooper
• Oroville woman tied up, robbed in home
• Woman accused of charity grab
• Six promoted to new Chico firefighter positions
• From the Pulpit
• Police Report for Nov. 20
• Death notices for Nov. 20
• Religious Briefs
• Donations delivered to Torres shelter
• Pot patient chooses jail over abstaining
• Agribee tests kids' farm knowledge
• Two Butte County hospitals fined by state
• Tumble of terms means a new Bidwell Park and Playground Commission could emerge
• Tony Symmes' sentencing delayed pending testimony
• Chico Arts Commission faces new era after resignations
• Condition of youngest Hwy. 99 crash victim upgraded; fund set up to assist family
• Relatives of crash victims have lost four others to DUI drivers
• Is cleanup of one mess in Chico creating another?
• Silent films return to Oroville theater
• Four held, one sought in assault on teen
• Good Sams start weekend at Corning
• Glenn jail employee dies from crash injuries
• Prescribed burn good medicine for Bidwell Park
• Oroville homeowner strikes parolee attempting to enter property
• Drawing today will choose state redistricting panelists
• Hearings delayed in beating death
• Death Notices for Nov. 18
• Christmas Preview is coming in downtown Chico on Sunday
• School Time for Nov. 18
• Additional arrests made in Hamilton City crimes
• Search and rescue officials issue cautions for coming storm
• Free film today for Book in Common series at Chico State
• Construction to delay Bruce traffic
• Gear stolen from Colusa soldier's unit
• Fighting to get into jail > Joel Castle tries for days and finally succeeds in being put behind bars.
• Teen Beatle > John Lennon’s coming-of-age bio.
• Tragedy on the highways > Three of five Butte County traffic fatalities over the weekend are attributed to drunken drivers.
• All aboard! > Director Tony Scott goes off the rails for one wild ride.
• Weekend melee > Chico police officers grapple with lots of crime and arrest 43 people over the weekend.
• Brazilian Kicks > Warning: Prolonged exposure to this album may induce dancing, smoking, drinking and more.
• Build-ups and breakdowns > The highs and lows of Chico’s electronic music scene.
• Live on the Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise > On the Blues Cruise with Joe Louis Walker.
• Celebrating Eid > Muslims flock to Chico Islamic Center for holiday festivities.
• World premiere event > North State Symphony brings Dan Pinkston’s remarkable Symphony No. 1 to life.
• ‘Sweet and creepy’ > French chanteuse/songwriter brings contrasting emotions to a multilingual blend of acoustic styles.
• Hunger and homelessness in our midst > There’s more than you might think in Butte County.
• Big bones for top dogs > Butte College president’s retirement package is the full-meal deal.
• Giving back while earning > Peace Corps program allowing grad students to earn a degree while helping others comes to Chico State.
• Behind the ink > Seth Frost-Singletary practically grew up in a tattoo parlor.
• Stuck on the pot > Chico City Council postpones a decision on the proposed medical-cannabis ordinance.
• Greatest show in Chico > Medical-cannabis debate continues during an entertaining, goofy City Council meeting.
• Defensive posturing > Chico Green School goes on the defensive in its response to CUSD for alleged charter- and state-law violations.
• Mr. President: Grow a backbone > Obama needs to stand up and fight if he wants to succeed.
• Reinventing the school lunch > Advocates for healthful school food show how vast improvements are possible in Chico Unified School District.
• Typical > When side effects outweigh symptoms.
• ’Tis the season to give thanks > Buy Pyramid Farms’ organic produce on Nov. 20 to help fight world hunger; plus, cooking classes and healthful turkeys.
• Letters for November 18, 2010 >
• Web directory buoys local businesses > Think Local, Chico! helps Chicoans shop locally with a new directory.
• Last-minute victory > Chico State computer programmers beat Stanford to win regional “Battle of the Brains”
• Electric taxis roll into SF > Electric-vehicle-services provider plans to bring zero-emission taxis to San Francisco and San Jose.
• The year we made less wine > 2010 vintage is up and down.
• Reusable-bag ruckus > A Florida newspaper investigation found some reusable bags contain unsafe levels of lead, but grocers maintain their bags are safe.
• Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary > Sedaris gets in touch with our inner animals.
• Home sales for November 18, 2010 >
• Recology rewarded for going green > Waste processing facility is Oroville’s first business to get sustainable stamp.
• Arts DEVO > LOL DEVO.
• Skyline >
• Going to 60 > National green coalition aims to dramatically improve fuel efficiency in America in the next 15 years.
• Drivers in both deadly Highway 99 crashes Sunday have previous DUIs
• Water forum gets update on state plans
• Butte residents among arrests in drug sweep
• Fire damages Eaton Road home
• Chico police find DUI arrest numbers to be very concerning
• Plumas Forest off-highway plan stirs tempest
• Caper Acres, popular Chico playground, still closed due to vandalism
• Correction for Nov. 17
• Police arrest three suspected of Sunday burglary
• Pedestrians killed in Tehama County accident still not identified
• Caltrans worker killed working fatal crash: Chico couple dead, their two children in critical condition
• Sierra Nevada is officially 30 years old
• Medical pot, market's fate before council
• Bright, bold and gold
• Allen named new Oroville brewmaster
• CUSD enrollment figures better than expected
• Two on Harley killed in Oro Bangor Highway accident
• Man allegedly tries assault with machete
• Highway 99 crash kills two north of Chico
• Death Notice for Nov. 15
• Blog Log for Nov. 15
• Correction for Nov. 15
• News of our Past
• Every Body: Unwitting participant in park run nearly bowled over
• Recovery workshop planned
• Guided tours of Gray Lodge Wildlife Area take flight
• Orland man killed in bike crash
• Animal welfare, sheltering on the table at community forum in Chico
• River trust celebrates 26th year
• Man suspected of crimes arrested
• Infant's injuries lead to death
• Open space in south Chico nurtured for sharing
• Proposed Butte County land use change may not change anything
• Rate of date abuse of teen girls staggers even the pros
• Roadwork Roundup for Nov. 14
• Highway crash that killed four remains under investigation
• Ridge water board president will briefly step down to appeal his own utility bill
• Highway 99 collisions cause major injuries
• Biker hurt in crash, suspected of DUI
• Business expands recycle day
• From the Pulpit
• Rappin' and walkin' on an autumn day...
• Magalic eviction standoff defendant dies of fall injuries
• Correction for Nov. 13
• Severed communications cable isolates Oroville
• Motorcycle enduro by Fouts Springs
• Basket weaving today at museum
• Flood protection comments taken
• Coats for Kids
• Death Notices for Nov. 13
• Statewide program netted three parole violators at Silver Dollar Fair in May
• Toys for Tots, holiday canned food drive kicks off in Glenn County
• Butte spay and neuter clinic opens
• Death Notices for Nov. 12
• Correction for Nov. 12
• Butte's Most Wanted
• Police Report
• Drought Task Force meets Monday
• Bird fans list November outings
• Free tire drop-off day Saturday
• Conservation district meets Monday
• Doe Mill Road topic of meeting
• Blues review tonight at casino
• Small businesses get new chamber
• Surprise honor touches Butte Supervisor Dolan
• Turn garbage into oil! > Making oil from garbage, buying humanely raised Thanksgiving chicken and fixing your bike.
• What I love > Sun, family and everything else.
• Would you like some gravy with that?
• Launder less > Follow the UN’s lead and wear your jeans three times before washing.
• Letters for November 11, 2010 > ur always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• Home sales for November 11, 2010 >
• India busts elephant smugglers > Indian police arrest five people and seize three wild elephants in smuggling ring.
• Bits and pieces > News from the ground up in Chico.
• Trigun > A great beginner’s anime is extremely advanced in character development and philosophy.
• Activists make waves in Taiji > Activists and Japanese fishermen prepare for first big dolphin slaughter since The Cove won an Oscar.
• If life gives you lemons, make cheese! > Make your own cheese.
• Megamind > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Feather Falls chills out, gets award > Feather Falls gets award and major energy-rebate check for switching to ice-melting cooling system.
• Chuck Palahniuk > Good ol’ same ol’ Chuck Palahniuk.
• Hereafter > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Herbal essences > Native-plant expert Wes Dempsey leads educational hikes focused on the Maidu’s uses of plants of Upper Bidwell Park.
• Arts DEVO > Hardcore flashback and printing Chico’s dark side.
• For Colored Girls > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Fully developed > Renowned nature photographer returns to his roots with butterfly exhibit at Chico Creek Nature Center.
• Due Date > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Butte College chief moving on > Diana Van Der Ploeg announces her plan to retire come summertime.
• Wired life > One of the most compelling films of the year.
• Annals of sloppy burglaries > Suspected thief leaves a trail of evidence at the scene of the crime.
• Save the kids > Waiting for Superman is a somewhat narrow exploration of issues behind failing U.S. public-school system.
• Back on the pot > The Chico City Council will once again tackle the issue of medical marijuana.
• Bailey Rae > Bailey Rae’s bargain-bin bound.
• Tour offers city folk a look at farms
• The Del Hughes story > Trying to understand a popular teacher’s fall from grace—and to forgive.
• Back on top of the mountain > Bay Area rap duo Zion I release new album celebrating love for reggae and dub.
• Accelerator problem a likely factor in bizarre Chico crash
• Text much? > Study finds hyper-texting and –networking linked to risky behaviors.
• Sticks and stones may break our bones … > We adults are teaching our kids how to belittle each other to death.
• Early morning Oroville vehicle accident injures driver
• Medi-pot activist takes protest to jail > Joel Castle, who started the Chico Cannabis Club, challenges a lack of safe access to cannabis in Butte County.
• Golf with gusto > Michael Blackmon offers a unique workout tailored specifically for golfers.
• Town keeps Christmas, cuts elsewhere
• Power to the people > After a vote of its supporters, KIXE brings back Democracy Now!
• Where’s the logic? > Voters passed Prop. 25, but also Props. 22 and 26, making both easier and harder to pass a budget.
• Sutter hikes planned in November
• Gone dark > Money woes jeopardize the future of the Paradise Performing Arts Center.
• Mail-in election mess > Ballots dropped off on Election Day clogging the works.
• Accelerator problem a likely factor in bizarre Chico crash
• Child-care funds in limbo > Legal action halts funding cuts—too late for some.
• Supporting student veterans > Honoring vets and their allies on Veterans Day.
• Red Bluff DMV to close for 5 weeks
• Torture case moved to January
• Woman arrested for alleged arson
• Valentine's Day trial set in slaying
• Ex-Blue Angel pilot to share story
• Orland toddler hit by car in critical condition at UC Davis
• Corning scores park bond grant
• Death Notices for Nov. 10
• Butte County seeks option to cover cost of land cleanup
• Road through Lassen Park closed for winter, park open for recreation
• County urges landowners to purchase flood insurance soon
• Town Council considering layoffs tonight
• Fearing terrorist plot, woman asks Sheriff's Office to test her vomit
• Death Notices for Nov. 9
• Campus Clips
• Woman busted for allegedly trying to steal $800 worth of Walmart items
• Sunday afternoon quake shakes north valley, no reported damage
• General Plan environmental issues discussed during Tuesday meeting
• Area GOP leaders read Sacramento tea leaves
• Humboldt fishers ready for Butte transplant
• County supervisors to hear report on abatement funding options
• On your marks, get set ... bowl
• Blog Log for Nov. 8
• Death Notices for Nov. 8
• News of our Past
• Breakfast helps homeless centers
• Roadwork Roundup for Nov. 7
• November commodity distributions begin this week
• Conference at Chico State gives students a glimpse into a sustainable future
• A Chico citizen soldier struggles with war demons the military may ask him to face again
• Freedom of speech has limits
• Lassen Park free on Veterans Day
• Rain barrel workshop this month
• Temple welcomes Hindu new year
• Sustainability conference wraps up
• Most current election numbers in state, district races
• Religious Briefs
• From the Pulpit
• Correction for Nov. 6
• Death Notices for Nov. 6
• Woman with knife briefly closes down Highway 99
• Man allegedly dumps fuel inside Big K
• Butte County drug ring broken up with 17 arrests
• Halloween 'pimp' takes role seriously
• Wreaths project seeks donations
• More than 7,000 ballots remain to be counted in Chico council race
• Chicoan's love of cycling immortalized in "sprockets" on bike path
• In Chico, kids get lessons fresh from the farm
• Woman with knife briefly closes down Highway 99 in Chico
• Glenn County completes vote count for Tuesday election
• From Chico State to Chinese prison > Former Chico State student Kelsey Mudd gets four years for a 2009 accident that resulted in a Hong Kong taxi driver’s death.
• Chico’s clean campaigns > Absence of last-minute hit pieces is refreshing.
• Giving back to Africa > Chico State student Koudougou Alfred Koala conceives of a way to help his villagers help themselves.
• Meditation > It’s a lot of work to keep the mind still.
• Don’t miss these talks > Chico State’s sixth sustainability conference, rain barrels and a bike-centric book.
• Letters for November 4, 2010 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• Rock the recycling! > Yard signs and other campaign materials can be recycled.
• Déjà vu all over again > Why do Chico City Council races all look alike?
• Brits bemoan giant deer’s death > They blame hunters for killing nation’s largest wild land animal.
• Starts with tea > The T-Bar’s healthful, Asian-inspired fare complements its large selection of teas.
• Taking advantage of the desert sun > World’s largest solar plant slated to be built in California desert.
• The Illustrated Cook’s Book of Ingredients > DK Publishing illustrates ALL food.
• Company fined for toxic practices > Sacramento waste-management facility fined for improperly storing toxic waste.
• A joke and some local photography (no joke) > Arts DEVO’s Online Photo Journey of Electronic Sunshine.
• Netting the Saw-whet > A dedicated group of locals sets out to count the cute little owls in an effort to track their migration patterns.
• Take your medicine > Chico State’s version of absurdist Chamber Music yields mixed results.
• Hearing set in $190,000 IHSS fraud case
• Truck driver endures harrowing ride
• Voters opt for experience on school board > They return incumbents, reject slate challengers.
• Hereafter > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Ridge dognapping suspects arrested for alleged burglary
• Family partners in crime > Redding mother and daughter are accused of stealing $190,000 from In Home Supportive Services program.
• Flying colors > Tyler Perry brings Ntozake Shange’s classic work to film in a fashion it deserves.
• CUSD incumbents successfully defend their seats
• Holiday nightmare > Chico police spread thin during busy Halloween weekend.
• Either/Orchestra > Latest by the Either/Orchestra is a fitting tribute to a quarter-century of work.
• Logue: Big money beat Proposition 23
• Finding my mother > Searching through Butte County and beyond for answers about who she was and where her body might be.
• Frazey Ford > The Be Good Tanyas’ Frazey Ford releases first solo disc.
• Three-day sustainability conference opens today
• News pick >
• Fade to black? > The Makai release 30-minute song and play one last show before going on hiatus.
• Schooltime
• Divided we stand > Survey finds Americans increasingly care which political party has control of Congress.
• Groundwater at stake > AquAlliance addresses the Glenn Coluse Irrigation District’s investigation into using groundwater to buoy water supplies to the south.
• Defendant's fall delays foreclosure standoff hearing
• Big night for blue and red > Both camps claim victories in November elections, though council race is still too close to call.
• Wheels are spinning > Johnny Aguiar—aka Farmer John—fixes old bikes and transforms others into pedicabs.
• DA Ramsey praises voters for rejecting Proposition 19
• Never a dull moment > Election Day City Council meeting foreshadows several hot issues the Chico panel will tackle in the coming months.
• The fog of war > Why were the candidates silent on the cost of two campaigns?
• Tight race for Chico City Council
• Herger captures 2nd District congressional seat
• Torture case continued
• LaMalfa, leading Gill by wide margin, set to become state senator
• Sorensen, Gruendl, Flynn lead tight race for Chico City Council
• Trial in Durham slaying delayed
• Titus and Lotter lead race for Paradise Town Council
• Glenn deciding a number of positions
• Kermen and Smith win open DUSD board seats
• Death Notices for Nov. 3
• Other races in Butte County
• Incumbents, newcomer lead race for CUSD
• Election Day not quite hassle-free
• Cops: Halloween weekend 'extremely' busy
• Campus Clips for Nov. 2
• Few details available concerning head-on crash on Highway 32
• Things to know on election day
• Chico man killed in head-on collision: Highway 99 north of Chico closed 8 hours
• Search for missing man halted
• Home sales for October 28, 2010 >
• City clerk has big role in Chico elections
• Jesus Center seeking food and condiments for its food drive
• Brown, downtown: Two-term governor, third-term hopeful in Chico
• Halloween Saturday problematic
• Annual downtown event draws small ghouls, ghosts and good times for most
• City council considers raising retrofit requirements for home sales
• CHP: Highway collision kills four Live Oak residents
• Wood smoke advisory period starts today
• Every Body: Voting leads to increased health, longevity
• Blog Log
• 'Good' kids in Willows receive Giants caps
• Town reaches deal with firefighters
• A game of squash
• Death notice for Oct. 31
• Roadwork Roundup for Oct. 31
• In Chico, candidate Carly Fiorina talks business
• Halloween retail breathes new life into Chico's hollow buildings
• Butte County voter turnout a mystery, even to expert
• Another charter, another crisis > Questions of whether Sherwood Montessori illegally converted from a private to public school arise after a teacher conflict.
• Proposition 23’s evil twin > Proposition 26 may be even worse.
• A chip on their shoulder > Frito-Lay scraps compostable bags, cops descend upon SoCal organic foods shop with guns drawn, and getting your bike rain-ready.
• Manners > What other people think.
• Eat your pumpkins after Halloween > These fruit aren’t just for looking at, so don’t waste them after the holiday.
• Letters for October 28, 2010 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• Study shows plants deplete pollutants > Scientists discover plants absorb more chemicals than once thought.
• What about Wahl’s seat? > A conservative sweep could result in a nasty fight over replacing him.
• Rock ‘condos’ give penguins protection > Researchers dig caves to protect the Galapagos species.
• The plate’s hot! > Casa Ramos’ Mexican fare is a sit-down fave in Chico.
• Leaf pick-up begins > The city of Chico’s annual leaf-collection efforts get underway on Nov. 1.
• Hollywood: A Third Memoir > McMurtry skates through thin memoir.
• You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• New life for old engines > Chico company creates innovative filter allowing older diesel engines to meet new emissions standards.
• Arts DEVO > Beer, beards, Bard, bored, boards, Bochy and Voorhees.
• RED > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Elections Office open today for early voters
• Tim and Eric … and David > Adult Swim stars Tim and Eric bring their show to Chico.
• Jackass 3-D > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Salvation Army Harvest Festival Sunday
• Boosting local morale > The Annie B’s Community Drive continues to drive local dollars to nonprofits.
• The big question > Clint Eastwood takes his time unfolding characters and their individual spiritual battles.
• If it looks like a duck ...
• Tea Party gets the grant > Local group gets $5,000 to fund billboards project.
• Jazz Mafia Symphony > Jazz Mafia: ‘One very impressive, infectious musical experience.’
• Butte water panel to meet Wednesday
• General plan wrapped up > Supes approve their plan for the county’s future, in the face of a threatened lawsuit.
• Brian Landrus > Impressive debut by saxman Brian Landrus.
• Bridge closed by risk of failure
• That’s the spirit > In Mexico, the Day of the Dead is really a celebration of life.
• Omara y nosotros > Cuban chanteuse Omara Portuondo celebrates 80th birthday with Chico.
• Religious Briefs
• The winners are? > 2010 mid-term elections come into focus.
• From the Pulpit
• Different venue, same responses > What keeps the City Council race interesting is that we have no idea who’s going to win.
• A new view of witches > Instead of flying on broomsticks, they’re honoring Mother Nature.
• Death Notices for Oct. 30
• Follow the money > Check out who’s backing Chico’s City Council candidates.
• Big dreamer > Bob Bishop, as one of Apple Computer’s early programmers, encourages young people to open their imaginations.
• A fish tale > Chico State’s little-known Bass Fishing Club is headed to a national competition this spring.
• County makes a plan > For the first time ever, Butte County has a complete general plan.
• Missing woman turns up at salon
• Chico school board meets Wednesday
• Wounded Paradise Marine improving at hospital
• Local tea party awarded grant
• Kids damage corn maze
• Logue staffers in Oroville
• Death Notices for Oct. 19
• Campus Clips for Oct. 19
• Oregon man arrested for allegedly pimping young women in Chico
• Sharma wants efficient, thoughtful council talks
• Blog Log for Oct. 18
• News of Our Past for Oct. 18
• Chico pilot Thaddeus Kerns soared in early 1900s
• Cheaper chickens and General Plan before Chico council Tuesday
• Veterans stand for caring in Chico; families get free stuff
• County burn ban to be lifted, but fire season not over yet
• Sorensen wants council focused on its core role
• iHub designation could give boost to tech businesses in Chico area
• Roadwork Roundup
• Chico State police line up extra bodies for Halloween
• Low-cost vaccine clinics may be held by health department
• Burglary suspect arrested in Kelly Ridge vicinity
• Fall full moon river float planned for Thursday
• Democratic club to hear about state propositions
• Discovery Shoppe volunteers to meet for charity coffee
• Voices from street speak next week
• High schools to raffle new car
• Council candidates talk views at forum
• Chico teachers accept contract by huge margin
• Lime Saddle Estates mobile home park's permit suspended
• Big investment made in Butte Creek fish
• Butte Creek Canyon landowner ordered to pay $55,000 for restoration
• City Council candidate profiles continue
• CN&R Election Guide > This package of six stories covers everything from the gubernatorial and Senate races to the Chico City Council and school board contests. Check out our endorsements, too.
• Incumbent Gruendl brings experience to Chico Council race
• Flynn says she will bring independent leadership to second council term
• Amid cuts, Chico Fire eyed — again
• Deputy DA gets 30-day DUI sentence
• Suspect in MySpace drug scheme arraigned
• Butte economy 126 of 379 cities in think tank's performance ranking
• Sky lights
• Corning, Tehama County to share planning chief
• Chico police officers kick off 'Cop Talk' Monday at local coffee house
• Man busted for alleged pot possession
• Bearded, mustached to compete Saturday in Paradise championship
• Hayward gets Dodo for drilling disaster > Former BP CEO is recognized for causing damage to endangered species.
• Budget ax falls on Chico > Cuts force Valley Oak Children’s Services into layoff mode.
• The Girl is back > Part two of Millenium trilogy improves upon previous installment.
• Target Corp. under fire for illegal dumping > Target stores ordered to stop dumping hazardous waste into California landfills.
• Brewery spends to pass measure > Sierra Nevada ponies up $5,000 donation for Prop. 26, which would make it harder to raise fees on the beer industry.
• You (Understood) > Samantha Crain returns with impressive sophomore effort.
• Learning in the field > Nord Country School’s harvest event teaches kids about food, farming.
• For council, school board … > In Chico, these are the races that matter.
• Mavis Staples > Soul + soul = soul.
• Free Children's Carnival is Friday
• The CN&R endorses … > Recommendations on the state races and propositions.
• Words escape > The Envelope Peasant’s Sean Harrasser has a long story to tell.
• Native plants to be added to ranch
• Proposition run-down > A handy guide to what’s on the 2010 ballot.
• Where’s the collaboration? > CUSD must stop the duplicitous behaviors.
• Armed man demanding police officers to kill him incapacitated by stun gun
• Slate politics > Three-man slate gives school-board race a twist.
• Bartending with flair > Lance Baker shows off the tricks of the trade.
• Rape, kidnap suspect ruled competent; hearing date set
• Across the great divide > Chico City Council race isn’t as simple as left versus right.
• Mind games > Wally Herger’s phony outrage on Alzheimer’s “rumors.”
• Trial date set in rape of 75-year-old woman
• The CEOs vs. the pols > Can business cred trump political experience? Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina hope so.
• Meltdown continues > New budget is more of the same harmful cuts and smoke and mirrors.
• Not guilty plea entered in Chico throat slashing
• The effects of suicide > It’s more wide-spread than one might think.
• Election > I guess I’m voting.
• Preliminary hearing pushed back in Magalia eviction standoff case
• These physicians are ticked > The Mad as Hell Doctors lament the nation’s broken health-care system.
• Letters for October 14, 2010 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• Death Notices for Oct. 14
• Straight-talkin’ Texan > Radio personality Jim Hightower champions grassroots movements during Chico appearance.
• You endorsed who?! > Why the author is hiding out this week.
• Counterintuitive pot politics > Dispensary owners and law enforcement officials fall on the same side of the Prop. 19 debate.
• Henri, Papa & Bloody Mary > The first cocktail of the day for Henri and Hemingway.
• To be young and gay > With a series of teenage suicides hitting national headlines, Chico confronts the issue head-on.
• When That Rough God Goes Riding: Listening to Van Morrison > America’s best-known music critic gives Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks its due.
• Home sales for October 14, 2010 >
• Chicken politics, and pavers for the people > Chico chicken fight goes to City Council, and local hens endorse Mark Herrera; plus, Habitat for Humanity’s adopt-a-brick fundraiser.
• Arts DEVO > Art, baseball and a remembrance.
• Lyon says board needs fresh blood
• Get crackin’ on that winter garden > It’s not to late to get a bounty of vegetables this winter.
• Words from the street > Jesus Center writing group publishes The Derelict Voice.
• Robinson cites experience in district
• White House moves to solar power > White House sets example with plans to install solar-energy systems.
• Beloved former principal dies > Former Chico High Principal Roger Williams succumbs to stroke.
• The Social Network > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Police hosting meth forum in Willows today
• Museum fall lectures set to begin tonight
• Local race car team sets world record with roadster
• Correction for Oct. 13
• Death Notices for Oct. 13
• Chico loses a 'pillar in the community': Retired Chico High principal Roger Williams dies
• Chico loses a 'pillar in the community': Retired Chico High principal Roger Williams dies
• CUSD candidate profiles wrapped up
• Woman arrested for allegedly using stolen check
• Carly Fiorina makes north valley campaign stop
• Round of flu and pertussis shot clinics start today
• Man stabbed in downtown Chico
• Alleged car burglar caught in act
• Girl taken to hospital in crashed car
• Bidwell volunteers recognized
• Paradise High School grad wounded in Afghanistan
• Herger cancels debate with Reed in Redding
• What is the Chico experience?
• Corning contest hunts for best retrievers in U.S.
• Fallflower takes cyclists around Butte County
• Candidate profiles for CUSD trustees start today
• Andrea Lerner Thompson seeks oversight
• $100,000 law enforcement grants in pipeline for Butte and Glenn; larger money in doubt
• Blog Log for Oct. 11
• News of Our Past for Oct. 11
• One dead in head-on collision
• Recycled items put unique spin on Book in Common windmill contest in Chico
• Passports provide a taste of Butte County
• Upcoming Book in Common October events begin Wednesday
• BEC celebrates 35 years with new structure, board
• Forum on biofuels slated Thursday in Oroville
• Chico PAC draws strong financial support
• Roadwork roundup
• Farm Briefs
• Gunman robs Los Molinos bank
• Workshop to introduce Stephen Ministry
• From the Pulpit
• Religious Briefs
• Death Notices for Oct. 9
• Society looking for costumed pets
• Hmong community to mark 35 years
• Big Chico Creek monitoring today
• Annual farm tour this weekend
• Man suffers collapsed lung in attack
• Suspect arraigned in shooting of Berry Creek couple
• Reed regrets Herger's absence from forum
• Salmon spawning under way at Feather River hatchery
• Penny collection to help Club Stairways
• Loss leads to higher place: Woman finds friendships and understanding at Club Stairways
• Jake Early print unveiling kicks off 'The Chico Experience'
• Bikeway project under way
• A few good eggs > One student project is making a home for chickens on the University Farm.
• Rocky who? > Chico Cabaret breaks from its Halloween tradition and replaces Rocky Horror Show with raucous and fun Evil Dead, The Musical.
• Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Cops scour streets after baseball bat, knife attacks put two in hospital
• Judge orders property returned > The files and equipment were seized in the June raid on pot collectives.
• Cairo Time > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Lassen Peak Trial closed until spring due to weather conditions
• Prescriptions by the pound > Local drug drop-off event nets more than 300 pounds of pills, including dangerous narcotics.
• Nerds win! > David Fincher and Aaron Sorkin make smart narrative work of Facebook biopic.
• 'New' Sierra Nevada building is actually big tent for Oktoberfest
• Get ready to vote > Absentee ballots should arrive any day, and there’s still a little time to register to vote.
• TyBox > Moonshine Cooperative’s MC TyBox release full-length.
• National research clearing house honors city of Biggs' website
• Here’s more on Florence McLane > ChicoSol posts essays about her and her family.
• Tracy Bonham > A little bit country, a little bit rock and folk.
• Fire safe council meeting to help upper ridge residents clear brush
• 50 years of waging peace > It all began in 1960, when three Chico women decided to protest the construction of nuclear-missile silos north of Chico.
• Trans-global art syndicate > Multinational Gogol Bordello blows into Chico with energetic gypsy-punk stage show.
• Correction for Oct. 7
• Pop is still king > In a declining music industry, it still outsells rock.
• Goodbye to our girls > What harm are backyard chickens?
• School Time for Oct. 7
• Woman lives to tell her story > Sandra Campbell talks about being shot in her Berry Creek home.
• Late-night bites > Midnite Munchies serves freshly baked cookies to Chico’s doorsteps.
• Death Notices for Oct. 7
• Labor pains > Contract negotiations between the city of Chico and its employee groups are not close to solving the budget deficit.
• Pointing fingers > Is the city’s budget problem the liberals’ fault? Hardly.
• Outspoken critic > Pulitzer-winner Chris Hedges blames Bush and Obama for enabling corporate control of America.
• Don’t protect polluters > In many ways Prop. 26 is as bad as Prop. 23—but nobody knows it.
• No budget, no payment > While lawmakers dither, these folks struggle to survive.
• Dead on the table > The perils of computer ownership.
• Good, good, and totally nutty > Good-for-you sounds and books, and a farmer fined for growing “too many vegetables.”
• Letters for October 7, 2010 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• Have a green Halloween > Start early and make your own costume.
• Meg muffs it > Life isn’t a PowerPoint presentation.
• Feds fund imperiled-species projects > Federal agencies offer $3 million in grants to fund projects in the Central Valley.
• Dog’s day > Chico woman opens canine bakery in memory of beloved pooch.
• Plants in peril > British scientists publish first-ever global assessment of endangered and vulnerable plant species.
• Cleo: The Cat Who Mended a Family > Kitty salvation.
• CUSD candidates concerned about budget, teacher negotiations
• NYC proposes rainwater-storing rooftops > NYC mayor proposes “green” and “blue” rooftops to alleviate sewer overflow during storms.
• Arts DEVO > Math rock hurts so good.
• Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps > Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole.
• CTA president pays visit to Chico
• Hospital fundraiser takes in $51,000
• Kelli Saam joins News Channel 7
• Arts center's debut event is tonight
• Orland motorcyclist hurt in crash
• Alleged shoplifter admonished
• Glenn's Most Wanted
• Death Notices for Oct. 6
• Two marijuana theft suspects elude capture
• Campus Clips for Oct. 5
• Butte County voter information, mail-in ballots available this week
• Oroville Exchange Club creating award in honor of Eldon Lundberg
• Butte County Water Commission scheduled to meet Wednesday
• Glenn County school, council candidates gather for forum
• Herger skipping Wednesday's debate in Chico
• Berry Creek double shooting suspect surrenders
• Man walking with cane robs Paradise bank
• Runners accompanied by music in Bidwell Park for Mozart Mile
• Health briefs for Oct. 4
• Horseshoe tourney slated
• Death notice for Oct. 4
• Locals see ongoing Delta planning process
• October government distributions to begin
• Tires can be dumped for free Saturday at Neal Road facility
• Blog Log for Oct. 4
• Dye Creek hikes given by guides
• Native plant group lists meeting, outings
• CUTA, CUSD near labor dispute deadline
• Council reviews disorderly events ordinance
• Paradise hobbyists use plastic bags to create bedrolls for homeless
• New Butte CAO talks about job and goals; says he's here to stay
• Gunman shoots two in Berry Creek; man, woman survive attack
• Chico GOP headquarters now open
• Departing Downtown Chico Business Association chief has tackled thorny challenges
• Oroville's Perry Mason Days celebrates one of city's most famous residents
• Sierra Oro Farm Trail offers passports
• Farm Briefs
• Paradise cuts salaries of its top officials
• Student rights topic of meeting
• Roadwork Roundup
• Union offers not enough to end Chico's red ink; layoffs considered
• Who hits the target?
• Breathing some fire into the Chico Home and Garden Show
• Code violations at Regal Inn detailed
• Glenn drug cops arrest four at Orland home
• Events abound in Chico and Butte County this weekend
• Man in 'Jason-style' mask causes scare
• Couple arrested on suspicion of growing pot
• Biting the bullet: Glenn supervisors OK deep budget cuts
• Faces of Artober > Chico Artoberfest: five artist profiles.
• Harmonica Blues > Bob Corritone lends harp to two decades of performances.
• Death Notices for Sept. 30
• A billion hungry > New survey finds an astonishing amount of people cannot afford food.
• The Budos Band > The lively Budos Band will make you want to dance.
• General Plan 2030 advances
• Open for business > Vendors from Eighth and Main Antiques Center carry on despite huge losses.
• Genuine string band > The Carolina Chocolate Drops make old traditions new again.
• Preserving Mechoopda tradition > A young tribe member creates a learning program using old record
• Pondering the future > Does the county’s new general plan point us in the right direction?
• Planning the future > Special meeting focuses on air quality, urban farming.
• Healing through heat > Claudia M. Weber teaches empowerment in walking through fire.
• Land of the lost > Comanche Creek shows great promise as a public park—but will that dream eve
• Execution hurry-up > Another sign of the dysfunctionality of capital punishment.
• Finances, green-style > Save resources by using technology in your financial affairs.
• Yes on 20, No on 27 > Don’t be confused by these very different redistricting measures.
• Sea otters poisoned by freshwater toxin > UC Santa Cruz study links freshwater toxin to liver fai
• Platform > I’m running for something.
• The Grateful Bed gets green stamp > The popular Chico bed and breakfast becomes the first in town to
• Letters for September 30, 2010 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• D.C. rolls out new bike-share system > D.C. officials are launching a revamped bike-sharing progr
• Who won the debate? > Give Whitman points for style, Brown for content.
• Home sales for September 30, 2010 >
• Native beauty > Local nurseryman Germain Boivin grows more than 180 native-California plants at h
• Framing the food > ‘California’s greatest living artist,’ Wayne Thiebaud, showcase
• You Again > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Killer's competence hearing delayed
• Painter of Kings > Billboards for Sacramento Kings put Chico artist Jeff Nichol on the map.
• The Town > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Ex-pastor found guilty of felony lewd sex acts with minors
• Arts DEVO > Artoberfest: Chico’s art season.
• Devil > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• West Nile virus flourishing late this season
• And then there were six > Ron Sherman bows out of race to join CUSD Board of Trustees.
• Beauty meets beasts > Beautiful vision, basic story in Zack Snyder’s owl epic.
• Assembly hopefuls air views at forum
• Big changes at Lassen Park > Warner Valley to get a makeover.
• Slight downturn > Strong performances prop up bloated Wall Street sequel.
• Refreshing and cool!
• More money down mine hole > County ponies up for New Era reclamation costs.
• Mitch Marcus Quintet > Musical chameleon Mitch Marcus hits up his left coast crew for cookin’
• Lions to collect funds for sight care
• Supervisors award domestic violence money to Catalyst
• Chico State to begin accepting students
• Authorities: Counterfeit bills plaguing Chico-area eateries
• Susanville cop only north state officer to receive medal of valor
• Glenn's Most Wanted
• Death Notices for Sept. 29
• Correction for Sept. 29
• Public input welcome as Chico draft 2030 General Plan discussions continue today
• Orland 2nd-fastest growing in 3 counties
• Two free flu clinics offered Thursday in Chico
• South Chico traffic mess won't last forever
• Mosquito fogging slated tonight in Oroville, Chico
• Meter questions to be answered
• Man asks cops for prescription run
• CUSD board candidate bows out
• Tanks' arrival means new Feather Falls Brewing Co. is on schedule
• Who's the boss? At the Chico Air Show, it's Willie Turner
• Face billboards are CARD marketing tool
• Portable oxygen to be Better Breathers' topic Wednesday
• Community Resource Fair returns to Glenn County
• Herb and supplements for type 2 diabetes topic of lecture
• Death Notices for Sept. 27
• Domestic violence fee goes back before Butte County supervisors
• Blog Log
• Oroville Salmon Festival draws happy crowds
• Fatal collision suspect sought
• Candidate forum series starts Wednesday
• Roadwork Roundup
• Nominations open for peace award
• Farm Briefs
• Perfect gift: 80-year-old celebrates birthday with awe and reverence at air show
• Chico Palio: A race unlike any other
• Perfect gift: 80-year-old celebrates birthday with awe and reverence at air show
• Chico Palio: A race unlike any other
• From the Pulpit
• Willows assault, robbery reported
• Wood smoke advisories to return this winter, mandatory ban unlikely
• Bill would help Butte students transfer to CSUC
• Salmon Festival offers full day today
• Nord Avenue collision sends two men to Enloe Medical Center
• Growing crops and learning life lessons
• Canadian jet team star of air show
• Victim of East 20th Street crash identified
• Skyway House looking for donations
• Lassen Park admission is free this Saturday
• CUSD makes plans for dealing with the unthinkable
• Evans Furniture preparing for early October opening in Ashley Chico space
• Suds & pot: Chico brewery caught in political crossfire
• Bidwell Park newsletter unveiled
• Butte court's website to shut down
• Poor us > New Census report shows U.S. poverty still on the rise.
• Hot stuff > Tim Sharkey’s line of California Habanero Blends are spicy and delicious.
• School Time for Sept. 23
• Fowl rules > Chico City Council agrees to take on the chicken debate at a future meeting.
• California Lawmakers break no-budget records > Does that bother them? Apparently not.
• Do these belong to you?
• Cats and dogs > Butte Humane Society’s new clinic is operational but is counting on public sup
• Save our state parks > Proposition 21 will create a secure funding source.
• Death Notices for Sept. 23
• Big planes inspire little ones > Chico Air Show wows kids of all ages, including the wee ones who
• Planning > Leading the sheeple to slaughter.
• New school learns the hard way > Chico Green School’s rocky start takes center stage during pu
• Letters for September 23, 2010 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• Empty coops continued, creeks and corn > Six hens get eviction notice and what the heck is corn s
• Logue’s sloppy taxes > The price of fame? Closer scrutiny.
• Walk for the animals > Event raises money for Farm Sanctuary.
• Soul in a bowl > Chef Chau Do opens new home for noodles.
• Safe medicine disposal event will be Saturday
• Lethal bat fungus closer to a cure > With 1 million bats dead, scientists finally find drugs to cure
• Twain’s Feast > What Twain once ate, ain’t no more.
• Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• A scorching summer for the states > Summer 2010 was the fourth-warmest on record, NOAA report say
• The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine > De-pantsing the housing-crisis culprits.
• Resident Evil: Afterlife > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Dollar store fined big by EPA > Mislabeled cleaning products sold at stores weren’t registered
• Arts DEVO > Andrew Terrell at RAYRAY, Ringo tribute, and another busy Chico weekend.
• Easy A > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Pot lobbed to City Council > The saga continues as Chico Planning Commission votes on marijuana o
• Hell hath no scary > Lazy and thin, Devil is bound for DVD … and soon.
• Sowing and growing > How one Chico High farming project is giving students roots in agriculture.
• Volunteer for the animals > Kirshner Foundation seeks helpers in its last days leading up to its
• His kind of town > Ben Affleck is in his element, directing a gang of Boston robbers.
• Orland man killed in motorcycle crash Tuesday officially identified
• Market coup > Oroville and Paradise farmers’ markets now accept EBT cards.
• Oh Little Fire > Sarah Harmer returns after five years with uneven release.
• Man pleads no contest to molesting 5-year-old girl
• 2010 Editors’ picks > The CN&R’s Best of Chico.
• The Beat goes on > The Beat’s Paul Collins is trying to make power pop all-powerful again.
• More mosquito fogging set this evening in many Butte locations
• Readers’ picks 2010 > For those who rock—we salute you.
• Grabbin’ the mic > Atmosphere MC breaks down his lyrical evolution.
• Retired Butte assessor Kenneth Reimers dead from stroke effects
• Best of Chico 2010 > What’s the best thing about Chico?
• Put us back to work! > Long-time joblessness is demoralizing and shameful.
• Cabbie fired for allegedly driving drunk, attempt to run fares over
• No Butte or Glenn county pipes on PG&E watch list
• Glenn's Most Wanted
• Corrections for Sept. 22
• Death Notices for Sept. 22
• Redding woman denies sex acts with Orland wrestler
• Downtown Chico playground reopens
• Orland to get fourth stoplight soon
• Men arrested in Chico pursuit are suspects in Glenn, Tehama county crimes
• Residential open burning rule changes under consideration for Butte County
• Campus Clips
• Death Notices for Sept. 21
• Public invited to ride on train
• Vote-by-mail applications available
• Spanish language stations added
• Delta Conservation Plan meeting
• Suspect in East Biggs standoff arraigned
• Area legends: Interpretive signs placed at Lookout Point
• Enjoying the Bounty of Oroville
• Peace and justice marks 50th anniversary
• City continuing to scale back operating costs
• Chico restaurants busted for selling booze to minor decoys
• Union Pacific Railroad, cops plan 'safety train' enforcement
• Herger bill targets Medicare fraud
• Drugs can be safely disposed of Saturday
• Blog Log
• Butte Resource Conservation District set to meet Wednesday
• Food drive under way at Glenn Medical Center, will end Sept. 23
• Camping enthusiasts show off their vintage trailers
• Chico Air Show 2010 scheduled for next weekend
• Death Notice for Sept. 19
• A world of music: Feeling of community unites fans at Chico World Music Festival
• Orland City Council to meet on Monday, will address many items
• Letters this week warn of flood risk
• CUSD partners with Chico farmers to serve local food at every school
• Yard sale benefits Alzheimer's walk
• Carnival gives funds to charity
• Cars, equipment at harvest festival
• Women's Club to mark its 97th year on Sunday
• Pastor Talk: Why a citywide proclamation of Jesus' commandment?
• From the Pulpit
• Death notices
• Relifgious Briefs
• Butte's Most Wanted
• Ride for Gold event scheduled to depart Saturday from Chico
• Police Report for Sept. 17
• Correction for Sept. 17
• Low-income housing rising
• Death Notices for Sept. 17
• Chico Residents are Facing Foreclosure. The NFCC Can Help.
• Local Good Sams gathering this weekend at Red Bluff RV Park
• 'All About Books' festival set for Saturday at Road Runner Market
• Ex-Paradise mayor Alice Smith dies at 101
• Remembering Chico’s 9/11 hero > How many lives did Nicole Miller and the passengers of United
• Meet the mayor > Eighteen-year-old Kenny Brewer is the youngest mayor of Los Molinos.
• Magalia brothers die in Georgia crash
• Fro-yo invasion! > Self-serve frozen yogurt shops have taken over Chico.
• Candidates line up for a tough job > School-board race starts to warm up with emergence of three-
• Lassen park controlled burn could begin as early as today
• Castlevania: Harmony of Despair > If only all the vampires you kill looked like Edward …
• Not on his watch > Outspoken Willows man is on a mission to warn students about the deadly conseq
• Buck makes himself at home at Elk Creek High
• Arts DEVO > It’s always sunny outside of Chico when you’re an artist.
• Machete > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Women in love > Rogue Theatre roars back with inspired display of 1950s lesbian pulp fiction.
• The American > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Censorship in a brave new world > This year’s top-10 list of underreported stories comes at a
• Three’s complicated > Dark and perverse suspense story is more complicated than average hostag
• No-tech Tuesdays and Burt’s empty coop > “No-tech Tuesdays” at Connecticut high sc
• Beware of flying brains > Babes, 3-D and zombie slaughter are an awesome blend in the fourth Resi
• Four groups that matter > Here are examples of the kinds of services helped by the Annie B’s d
• Build a compost bin > Constructing one is easy and will give you excellent soil for next summer̵
• Trombone Shorty > Shorty funk!
• Find a cause and donate > It’s easy—and all donations are tax deductible.
• Sunny D’s latest squeeze: Going green > Popular beverage company goes zero-waste three years a
• Michael Franti & Spearhead > Michael Franti outdoes himself with sunshiny new album.
• Annie B would be pleased > Community comes together behind charitable drive in her name.
• Wildlife smuggling on the rise > More people are getting caught smuggling exotic animals, but con
• The Celtic family > Celtic Fiddle Festival celebrates variety of Celtic nations.
• From the director: The story behind Annie B’s > Credit two donors with a good idea and big hea
• California energy-storage bill is a first > California is the first state in the nation to pass e
• Let’s become better neighbors > There’s no place for hate speech in America.
• Home sales for September 16, 2010 >
• Eco-education > Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve offers endless opportunities for eco-explorati
• Directing with purpose > As program director for Theatre in the Now, Natalie Valencia works with
• Strike talk looms over rally > Chico teachers’ union threatens to strike during well-attended
• Green School faculty sees red at CUSD board meeting
• What the cluck?!? > Our fine-feathered friends on the City Council need to start pecking.
• Students scour the river > Chico State volunteers head to the Sacramento River to remove the litt
• The Hombres is back in town: Restaurant's rebirth after devastating fire marks the second comi
• Politics vs. pipelines > Why did PG&E spend $46 million on politics instead of its risky pipelin
• Prison ordered for hate crime > Man convicted of race-related assault at at Chico bar is sentence
• First chinook enter Feather River hatchery, with up to 15,000 anticipated
• What’s the score? > Grading in the real world is insignificant.
• How much do we earn? > Slightly less than the national average, it turns out.
• Chico crash injures 2, attracts attention
• Letters for September 16, 2010 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• Saving AB 32 > Butte County’s campaign to defeat Prop 23 heats up during Chico rally.
• Pot grows raided near Cohasset
• Death Notices for Sept. 15
• Medical marijuana ordinance on Thursday commission agenda
• Orland man arrested on suspicion of DUI
• Mosquito fogging slated tonight in Gridley, East Gridley, Dayton areas
• Two arrested in Oroville area after cocaine sales investigation
• Judge halts work at Butte Creek Canyon
• Official: Man found in Feather River drowned
• Tons of wheat grain reported stolen
• Candidates to hold meet-and-greet
• Death notices for Sept. 14
• Campus Clips for Sept. 14
• Minor injuries in crash into stone wall
• Durham slaying suspect heads to trial
• Several items taken from football team's bus
• Firefighters retrieve out-of-bounds club
• A real Taste of chico: Thousands enjoy 25 years of food and friendship downtown
• Chico State planning for greater diversity
• Descendants of local Indian tribes relive long, grueling walk
• General Plan choices before supervisors
• Glenn Sheriff cuts deep to meet budget
• Par for the Concours
• News of Our Past for Sept. 13
• Blog Log for Sept. 13
• River forum meets Thursday in Willows
• Mexican Independence Day brings cultures together
• Secret talks, trips to China punctuated business deal
• Film festival for Friends of Butte Creek
• Meeting in Oroville on Clay Pits plan
• Butte County workers given preparedness challenge
• Dog parade at Chico Elks Lodge gets tails wagging
• Death Notices for Sept. 12
• People weigh in on proposed groundwater regulations
• No almond joy: Rain on nuts only temporary hindrance
• Frat's charter bus trip subject of police report
• Enloe offers flu, pertussis vaccine clinics
• Two injured in chain reaction Highway 99 crash
• Hall of Fame tickets still available
• Forum set on prescription drug abuse
• Maroon bracelets aim to help people to 'Keep It Chico'
• Police Report
• Butte's Most Wanted
• Correction for September 10
• Death Notices for September 10
• Gililland compatriot sentenced on mail fraud
• Tres Hombres' sidewalk expansion design approved
• Taste of Chico turns 25 Sunday
• Saturday is Splendor in the Valley fundraiser in Willows
• More complaints out of Chico High > Another teacher says she was treated unprofessionally.
• A lack of courage > Lawmakers wimp out on chance to give imprisoned children hope.
• Green cleaning and poultry reading > Claudia Desilles—modern French housecleaner—and a b
• The legacy of 9/11 > Are we turning into a nation of Islam-haters?
• Help the animals > Greenfeet.com launches a campaign to help the Barry R. Kirshner Wildlife Found
• Cops > I’d rather be among criminals.
• Good news for local groundwater > Study finds antibiotics given to cows break down before they en
• Letters for September 9, 2010 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• Redding-area school goes solar > Redding elementary school gets outfitted with solar system for f
• Brown ready to fight > No more ‘Zen rope-a-dope’ with Whitman.
• Vegetarian’s dream > Grilla Bites focuses on delicious, sustainable vegetarian food.
• Stem-cell debate rages on > A federal judge blocked government funding of stem-cell research, but
• Cold soup for the soul > Henri’s advice for late-summer cool-down: gazpacho.
• Vegetarian healing > Priya Indian Cuisine offers healthful, delicious vegetarian fare.
• Low-impact buzz > At Durham’s Gale Vineyards, everything from the construction of the winery t
• Botany for the Artist > Drawing on nature for inspiration.
• All You Can Eat > A Chico News & Review Dining Guide • Fall 2010/Winter 2011.
• Rider cautioned
• Arts DEVO > Goodbye, Matt Loomis.
• Humanoids From the Deep > Monsters. Boobs. Blood. Thank you, Roger Corman.
• Pilot light blamed for dorm's gas smell
• Poultry proponent > Chicoans continue fight for right to raise backyard chickens.
• The Last Exorcism > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Death notices for Sept. 9
• Stiff sentence for enviro-crimes > Yankee Hill man who stole state water for a pot grow gets 120
• Studly abroad > Clooney shines in beautiful, yet convoluted, spy thriller.
• Pair sentenced to prison in fatal shooting
• Holiday hullabaloo > Chico PD makes 124 arrests over Labor Day weekend.
• Hardcore homage > Robert Rodriguez delivers ultra-violent tribute to exploitation flicks.
• Orland reinstates Planning Commission
• My year of (not) earning tenure > The pitfalls of teaching diversity and tolerance in a small-tow
• JJ Grey & Mofro > JJ Grey & Mofro debut on Billboard charts with Georgia Warhorse.
• Judge won't return medical pot to Concow marijuana collective
• Credit crunch > While bankers are starting to see things stabilize, they foresee fewer credit bei
• Hot brass man > Trombone Shorty brings the Big Easy to the Big Room.
• Chico police officers honored for bravery in line of duty
• ‘Sad’ election stunt > Citizens make a statement with frown faces at the City Council me
• Westward they roll > With an ear toward the sounds of this country’s past, New Orleans’
• Council hopes Pepsi's choice funds new generation of 'Concow Cabins'
• Watershed protection > Chico-based AquAlliance joins new lawsuit to stop water diversion.
• Why is Wally Herger ducking debates? > He should welcome the opportunity to showcase his experien
• Labor pains > A closer look at the annual float down the Sacramento River shows its violent side.
• Shining a light > Ariel Ellis helps people Out of the Dark.
• Chico City Council approves creation of city Climate Action Plan
• Fire above Butte Meadows has scorched 125 acres
• Study suggests ways to save lots of water
• Labor Day weekend arrests on Sacramento River listed
• AquAlliance among groups suing state water agencies
• Tehama's sole remaining storefront-style pot collective raided by agents
• Glenn's Most Wanted
• Death Notices for September 8
• Correction for September 8
• Book in Common is story of poverty, hope
• Rock crawler contest returns to Oroville
• 140 snared in Butte DUI crackdown
• Cop cruiser 1 of 4 in fender bender
• Taser disarms knife-wielding woman
• Consultant to lead nonprofit meeting
• Black Butte campground to close
• Campus Clips for Sept. 7
• Teens arrested after drug sale
• Oroville substance abuse center will focus on veterans
• Chico City Council to address climate protection actions Tuesday
• Out-of-town partyers contribute to big crowds in Chico
• New Butte undersheriff expected to bring fresh perspective to the job
• Richvale boosters meet Tuesday at cafe
• Sacramento River studies outlined by river forum committee
• Death Notices for Sept. 6
• Every Body: Vacations play havoc with diets
• Learning the hard way: Paradise couple out $8,000 in 'grandchild' scam
• How not to become a FRAUD victim
• After 'The Soloist' awareness continues to help the needy
• Farm Briefs
• Death Notice for September 5
• Tuber watch: Saturday float smaller than expected, but larger turnout expected today
• Students design windmill designed for the Third World
• Roadwork Roundup
• Commodity distrubutions begin this week
• Man arrested in connection with botched kidnapping
• Hearing date set in Crystal Geyser suits
• Cops eradicate Glenn pot grow
• CUSD reviews charter school petition
• No alcohol sold to minors in Wednesday night sting operation
• Mother's alleged attempt to abduct baby halted by police officers
• Creek dribbles: Pool refilling drops already low Big Chico Creek for a time
• Woman dies following crash on The Esplanade
• Logue claims win with consumer complaint
• Gas leak evacuates Chico State's new dorm
• Police Report for Sept. 3
• Chico officer honored for DUI arrests
• Police get little cooperation in south Chico assault
• Cops plan laborious days over weekend
• City Manager Burkland hits Chico streets with police
• Dessert angel > Chico waitress creates cheesecakes to die for at Broadway Heights.
• Ending summer with a scrub
• Police find property from 15 recent car burglaries in Chico
• Kids play with a parachute during school field trip
• Blair-ish project > Great performances at heart of chilling backwoods thriller.
• Lawmakers emphasize learning, for once > Two bills make education a priority.
• Retta Christie with David Evans and Dave Frishberg > Retta Christie and company hit the mark on s
• The cannabis conundrum > As medical-marijuana grows proliferate, Butte County brings down the ham
• What are they smoking? > Marijuana use … by the numbers.
• Owen Pallett > Owen Pallett trades D&D for new concept.
• Floating frenzy > This year, Labor Day floaters and organizers must follow Glenn County laws.
• Band of animals > An interview with former Chico music badass, and current wild-animal trainer, J
• California meltdown > Another of our occasional quick takes on the unfolding meltdown of the grea
• The beauty of being arrested > The importance of taking a stand against budget injustice.
• CUSD board fast tracks facilities-use proposal
• ‘Crash tax’ takes hold > Cash-strapped Willows begins billing for Fire Department emerge
• Meter man > Talk to Ed Luna—don’t fight him—you might just get out of your parking
• Hwy. 32 disc golf course work starts
• Nightmare in the hills > Sprawling commercial marijuana production is destroying peaceful foothil
• Turning the page in Iraq > Iraq is not as healthy as the president would have us believe.
• Fire spares historic Oroville theater
• Irish moss, chicken luxury and auto etiquette > Raw-foods desserts, chickens and bike courtesy.
• Labor Day blues > Why would any lawmaker knowingly throw more people out of work?
• Proponents moving forward with Indian youth treatment center
• Auto-oil savvy > Recycle that black gold!
• Volunteering > Giving time as a way of life.
• CUTA supporters hold Chico rally
• Werewolf antelope puzzles photographer > Photographer’s encounter with bearded gazelle is worl
• Letters for September 2, 2010 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• Death Notices for September 2
• Trash threatens Hawaii’s capital > With its only landfill overflowing, Honolulu agrees to disp
• Overhead projector > DA Ramsey trots out some bizarre logic to justify the dispensary raids.
• Unidentified man stabbed in Chico
• Lack of sun can make you sick > Study links vitamin D deficiency in humans to serious autoimmune
• Composed: A Memoir > Roseanne Cash pens poetic, insightful memoir.
• Passenger on delayed B-Line bus arrested
• Dyer Mountain resort opponents speak up > Environmental groups give opening brief in lawsuit to s
• Arts DEVO > Introducing Chico’s metal, country and techno scenes.
• Winter’s Bone > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Toxic trails > A new report discovers not gold, but hazardous contaminants in popular recreation
• Meat is theater > Pioneering Butcher Shop theater troupe stages second annual reunion performance
• Piranha 3-D > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Who killed Bud? Someone did > Inquest jury votes 9-6 that he died ‘at the hands of another.
• Get Low > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Ashley down to ashes > Chico store to be last of three North State outlets to close.
• Chico heritage tree owner questions application fee
• Skyway construction
• Dog sought in connection with upper Bidwell Park biting incident
• Kayaker drowns in Feather River
• Glenn's Most Wanted
• Skateboard park reopens after violations close it
• Orland art gallery finds new home in "wonderful building"
• Ramsey: Ashley case continuing
• South Chico trees cut down to make way for widening
• It's a sign ...
• Inquest testimony begins in 2007 cabin fire death
• Campus Clips
• Gun fails twice during robbery
• Fogging slated in Biggs area
• DUI crackdown nets 62 arrests
• Fire containment expected today
• Correction
• Death Notices for Aug. 31
• Event in Chico's Bidwell Park aims to increase awareness about breast cancer
• Report: Nearly a quarter of Butte County residents lack health insurance
• Fall's arrival on the horizon
• Future Chico development honored for innovation in sustainable building
• North State Food Bank schedules tailgate meal giveaway today
• County water commission meets Wednesday in Oroville
• Youth mental health services meeting planned on Wednesday
• Blog Log
• Actress lends a helping hand
• Final Butte County Fair festivities today in Gridley
• Hundred of job seekers attend Feather Falls Casino job fair
• Stream study group turns to fundraising
• Butte County Fair wraps up tonight
• Roadwork Roundup
• Park commission meeting to focus on Heritage Tree program
• Colusa man receives rice industry award
• Communitywide block party scheduled for tonight in Orland
• Alleged thieves call to offer to sell property back to victim
• Red Cross seeking further assistance for victims of fire
• Rodeo is grandstand feature at Butte County Fair tonight
• Probable cause of fatal Orland plane crash released
• From the Pulpit
• Death Notices for August 28
• Religious Briefs
• Ishi Camp convict gets seven years for escape from work camp
• Officials say Butte County DUI arrests currently on the rise
• Pancake breakfast this morning aids Chico memory walk
• Tournament this weekend is fundraiser for treatment
• Water events for kids at Glenn farmers market Saturday
• Butte's Most Wanted
• Police Report
• Death Notices for August 27
• Eat local, Chico! > Chico Natural Foods teams up with By Fresh, Buy Local.
• Letters for August 26, 2010 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• Home sales for August 26, 2010 >
• Newest justice appeals to greenies > Forty-five environmental groups—big and small—sign
• This year’s wedge issue > Should students vote in council elections? Conservatives say no.
• Vampires Suck > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Super salmon may get ‘OK’ from FDA > FDA nears approval of genetically modified salmon.
• Wine and fruit > Henri is feelin’ fruity and loopy, mixing wine with both peaches and oranges.
• The Switch > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Deer decline prompts study > Decline in black-tailed deer over past two decades prompts three-yea
• Bret Easton Ellis > Not shocking, but satiating.
• Scott Pilgrim vs. the World > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Gray-water gardening > Chico couple use gray-water system for watering garden.
• Arts DEVO > 28th Day, and other Chico stuff.
• The Expendables > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• School time
• High art > New exhibit at The Turner seeks out ‘enlightening spirit’ of print collection
• Chumtastic! > Piranha 3-D delivers with nekkid and severed hard bodies.
• Long delays on Highway 32 for roadwork likely starting today
• New name, same service > Rabobank buys Butte Community Bank after a federal takeover of the strug
• Mountain folk tale > Outlaw Ozark subculture is setting for new American classic.
• Explosion injures unidentified man on Jordan Hill Road
• Mystery in Gridley > A woman’s body found in the bed of a truck prompts investigation by Butte
• PJ Jones > Paradise country singer PJ Jones releases local-star-filled album.
• Good progress reported on fire near Mount Diablo
• Ghastly murders revisited > After 21 years on Death Row, convicted killer gets new hearing.
• Band of Horses > Music destined for heaven.
• Free self-defense workshop slated today at Azad's Martial Arts
• Bats, bugs and noises in the night > Notes from an adventure-filled hike on the Pacific Crest Tra
• Old-timey party rock > Chico’s jug-less Jug Band is enjoying the ride.
• Still time to sign up for Willows Police Citizens Academy
• English learners in the state’s schools > They constitute nearly one-fourth of the student pop
• Choice, not segregation > A charter school principal takes issue with a CN&R report.
• Correction
• Auctiva sold to Chinese company, but vows to stay local > Chico e-commerce business goes global.
• Giving Mom a time out > New support group gives single moms time to relax and socialize.
• Death Notices for Aug. 26
• Sexual education > The number of STI screenings at Chico State has dropped significantly since fe
• Misery in Pakistan > Americans need to step up and help in this crisis.
• Council candidates jockey for position > One candidate tries to leave the race—but there’
• End the gridlock > Prop 25 would do it by restoring majority rule to the Legislature.
• School’s in session > That means it’s party time! Chico police hit the streets.
• Getting real on taxes > Americans pay less income tax than at any time since Truman was president
• Straw bales and free air > Green building and friendly cycling.
• Chance > A rental car, a date and a .25 automatic.
• Virus connected to bogus FedEx e-mails reported locally
• Butte County Fair opens today
• Glenn's Most Wanted
• Correction
• Death Notices for August 25
• Current focus of Target team has police practically camping at the Regal Inn
• Delayed payments no shock, but not good news for county
• Bad check suspect nabbed on return visit to store
• Slayer of Chico couple gets new hearing
• National crackdown on DUIs nets more arrests in Butte County
• Oroville double-stabbing suspect being sought by local authorities
• Fogging slated for this evening in Gridley, East Gridley locations
• Assemblyman Logue staff to take questions at Paradise session
• Campus Clips for August 24
• Death of Gridley woman found in pickup 'suspicious'
• Death Notices for August 24
• Chico State program making cheap robot
• News of our Past
• Blog Log
• Water a vexing issue for Butte County
• Bike art memorial: Huge bike sprocket arches to rise over trail in memory of Steve Harrison
• Mother relives her park working experience with her daughter
• For the first time in years, Chico State dorms open with vacancies
• Residents give Bidwell Bar Bridge a hand
• They're back ...
• Local lingerie shop burned by fire
• Veteran Glenn deputy to retire, citing medical reasons
• Butte County water commissioner bows out from the job
• Roadwork Roundup for August 22
• Farm Briefs
• Economy on Chico City Council candidates' minds; one drops out
• Butte County unemployment rises
• North state ready if Sites Reservoir ever gets built
• Spawning gravel to be added to river
• Salesmen take heat from police
• Steelhead protections upheld
• Oroville sees flash of Railroad Days
• Butte Community Bank seized by regulators, sold to Rabobank
• Ground broken on veterans memorial
• Man hit, killed while standing behind his disabled car
• Butte's Most Wanted
• Police Report
• People pay respects to Jordan Day at memorial service
• Fleeing felon sought
• Correction for August 20
• Death Notices for August 20
• Local biz bags green award > ChicoBag receives inaugural California Stewardship “green”
• Earlier election? > Tea Partier Stephanie Taber wants to move City Council election to June.
• Chiddy Bang > Chiddy Bang parlay MGMT sample into a hit.
• WREC gets gold star > Chico State gym gets LEED Gold rating from U.S. Green Building Council.
• So you wanna be an alcoholic > Academic advice on how to get that degree in drinking.
• Darrell Scott > Darrell Scott visits Chico in support of double disc, A Crooked Rain.
• Recycle that salad > Chico State aims for zero waste with newly expanded compost program.
• The reverend’s guide to eco-fiction > Jim Dwyer’s new book is an exhaustive survey of st
• Heaven is a rock band > From indie darlings to worldwide rock stars, The Hold Steady is enjoying
• Highway 32 work delayed
• Of wombats and wallabies > Chico State professor Diana Dwyre returns from Australian semester.
• Heal the wounds > President Zingg should rehire laid-off lecturers.
• Conservation district meeting
• Beyond culture shock > What I’ve learned as an exchange student in Chico.
• Hot-shot golfer > Chico State golfer Kyle Souza has had an incredible year on the links.
• No injuries in rollover accident
• Fostering insight at Chico State > Group seeks to promote mindfulness contemplation on campus and
• Social Security at 75 > The same groups that opposed it in 1935 are against health-care reform to
• Jogger rescued from upper park
• Butte’s new review > Butte College adds formal evaluations to online courses.
• The mosque miasma > Americans should stand up for freedom of religion.
• Chico State ranked in magazine review
• The good and bad of online education > As it becomes more common teachers work to make it as enga
• Ex-cat > What happens when we—and cats—die.
• Berry Creek ax killings trial date set
• What’s your education worth? > College debt affects more than half of graduates.
• Letters for August 19, 2010 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• Schooltime for Aug. 19
• General plan: round four > City Council and Planning Commission tackle economic development and o
• Camping with cancer > Want an attitude adjustment? Meet the kids at Camp Okizu.
• Death Notices for Aug. 19
• Murder mystery solved > DNA links a bank robber to the murder of Redding resident Judith Hasselst
• Molto bene > Chico’s newest Italian restaurant, Panighetti’s, serves up traditional fare
• Power to the people > Retired Air Force Lt. Col. Robert Bowman is on a mission to restore the Con
• Uncorrected Proof > Chico poet Bob Garner’s latest chapbook: uncorrected proof.
• The Other Guys > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Where’s my welding class? > Chico High welding teacher Kevin Payne was replaced due to “
• Arts DEVO > I, douchebag.
• Eat Pray Love > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Get on your bike > Riding a bike, and more about chickens.
• Intro to Chico art > The students’ cut-out guide to Chico art and theater.
• Cyrus > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Pick-your-own freestones > Pick-your-own peaches time!
• Not bad for a ‘party school’ > Chico State holds steady in national magazine’s bes
• ‘Bad-movie fun’ > The Expendables is ‘Bad-movie fun.’
• Butte College: off the grid > With new solar panels, Butte will become largest solar-power-produc
• Sell pot to pay attorney fees? > Man charged with vehicular manslaughter allegedly has girlfriend
• Scott Pilgrim, WTF! > Comic-turned-feature film is exciting, pop-culture fun.
• Two teens charged in Oroville death won't face prosecution as adults
• Students plus new semester equals lots of stuff
• Oroville Hospital, Chico clinic part of telemedicine initiative
• Veterans memorial park groundbreaking Thursday
• Some say General Plan should be more 'Chico'
• Moving Forward for Aug. 18
• Death Notices for Aug. 18
• West Nile virus appears in Glenn County
• Butte secures gold building certification
• Glenn's Most Wanted for Aug. 18
• Battle over ownership of Chico hound may wind up in court
• Long delays possible on Highway 32 this week during resurfacing
• Mosquito fogging set tonight around Biggs, East Biggs areas
• Chico forgery suspect arrested in Willows during vehicle stop
• Local memorial set for Jordan Day
• Land trust celebrates 20 years
• Animal displays at Outlaws game
• Meriam Library fourth floor closed temporarily
• Death Notices for August 17
• Blog Log
• Former gang members speak in Oroville about changing their lives
• Training in Chico helps horses with crowd control
• Laughs and relaxation at Enloe Aug. 19
• News of our Past
• Letter: Fireplace upgrade beneficial
• Death Notices for August 15
• Roadwork Roundup
• Chico State hosts 'lifestyle festival'
• Cops: Body found may be homicide
• Bidwell Park tackles starthistle with pointed plan
• Berry Creek Berry Festival offers 700 pies to many smiling faces
• Oroville pastor heading for Kenya
• From the Pulpit
• Correction for August 14
• Police raid three marijuana gardens
• Candidates face off in council race
• California Highway Patrol offers free driving class for starting teens
• Comcast to offer more television channels in Butte, Glenn counties
• Religious Briefs
• Death Notices for August 14
• Marijuana gardens raided near Mountain House, Feather Falls
• Former PV High student killed in Ohio crash during police pursuit
• Vision for downtown Chico highlighted in General Plan talks
• Downtown Chico welcomes new parking meter enforcers
• Butte's Most Wanted for Aug. 13
• Juveniles suspected of animal torture
• Cops make arrests in alcohol sting
• Council race will include nine candidates
• Poice report for Aug. 13
• Death notices
• Chicken coops and pink slime > Patrick Ranch’s chickens; grinding your own beef.
• This scofflaw gets busted > L.A. councilman faces 18 felony counts for living outside his distric
• Canyon museum members shocked over embezzlement
• Keep the pressure on > BP Blows site aims to remind the nation the Gulf oil spill might be over,
• Taste of France > A new crêperie brightens Chico’s culinary landscape.
• Death notices for Aug. 12
• Trash threatens Chinese dam > Trash islands inch closer to dam gates as debris floats downstream.
• Cheesemongor: A Life on the Wedge > A cheese punk’s memoir.
• Two arrests made in torture of animals at Magalia veterinary clinic
• Scientists break ice in Greenland > After nearly two miles and five years of drilling, scientists
• Arts DEVO > Hopelessly DEVOted to assassination games, This Will Destroy You, cowboy poetry and A
• The Kids Are All Right > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Cleaner cars are coming > Collaborative joins effort to get California ready for plug-in vehicles
• The stage is set > CUSD starts school year with new performing arts facility.
• Dinner for Schmucks > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Preservation revival > Canning is on the upswing as Americans look for methods to store food.
• Supes allocate funds to Catalyst > Domestic violence prevention nonprofit gets priority over DA̵
• Scary funny > John C. Reilly, Jonah Hill and Marisa Tomei in creepy-funny triangle.
• Glenn Republican headquarters is open
• Bottling plant battle continues > Lawsuit over a proposed Orland Crystal Geyser plant gains tract
• The out-there guys > Ferrell and Wahlberg are hilarious in strange screwball comedy.
• Glenn Republican headquarters is open
• Can’t get off the pot > Chico Planning Commission runs short on time during medi-pot debate, s
• Crooked Still > Crooked Still cooking up a batch of bluegrass-chamber music.
• Schooltime for Aug. 12
• CUSD by the numbers > Figures show makeup of student population.
• Eminem > Eminem transforms the ugly truth into art.
• Chico students, teachers get back into the groove
• The high cost of special ed > CUSD faces growing bill, more disabled students.
• Tao of Keen > Robert Earl Keen—always on the road, trying to keep ahead of the dust.
• Butte County judge says comment about returning pot "a joke"
• The new segregation > Separate but not equal: How charter schools are creating an educational div
• Some Edgar Slough history > Just because it provides irrigation water doesn’t make it a ditch.
• Nine candidates expected to run in Chico City Council race
• Bottoms up, America > The drinking rate for U.S. adults has reached a 25-year high.
• Double duty > Stayce York juggles teaching elementary school and coaching varsity softball—and
• Chico arts policy aims to create transparency
• Teaching confrontation > Gun lobbyist preaches to Tea Party choir.
• Selling rice to Cuba > Chico area farmers should support a bill that would open trade.
• What a way to end the day
• CUSD cuts off bus routes to Boys & Girls Club > Parents are left scrambling to find transportati
• Toward marriage equality > Facts trump bigotry in Proposition 8 case.
• Chico police make unexpected arrests in alcohol sting
• Chico High shutters West program > After 14 years, a Chico High “smaller learning community
• Name calling > I might be an asshole—more on ‘retarded.’
• Music Briefs
• Kids caught in the middle > Are school nurses protecting diabetic kids—or their jobs?
• Letters for August 12, 2010 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• Gas line dig-ins prompt warning
• Computers for Classrooms' main facility damaged in fire last week
• Back-to-school spree is free at Chico store
• Butte County DA loses money to Catalyst; backyard race tracks face limits
• Retired Chico IRS agent repays association in $14,000 embezzlement case
• School start dates announced for Glenn County
• Freshman orientation planned at Oroville High
• Alleged paving scammer with ties to Butte facing charges in Lake County
• Driver in Highway 99 crash remains hospitalized
• Chico burglary suspect shown
• Fast and furious at the forebay
• Glenn's Most Wanted
• Death Notices for August 11
• Orland woman battling cancer has house burglarized
• Barry R. Kirshner Wildlife Foundation looking for help as deadline for move nears
• Oroville re-licensing hits a snag
• Construction work continues in Chico
• Correction for August 10
• Death Notices for August 10
• Willows mom busted for allegedly smoking pot in car with child
• Mosquito fogging scheduled for Honcut, south Oroville areas
• Traffic stop near Willows nets alleged burglar
• Orland native novelist will have book-signing at Barnes and Noble
• Home sales for August 5, 2010 >
• FlightCare turns 25: The venerable air medical transport service remains the only hospital-owned in
• Chico vehicle accident injures one
• Blaze in upper Bidwell Park snuffed out quickly by fire crews
• Blog Log
• News of our past
• FlightCare turns 25: Tragedy untypical, just as every day is for helicopter ambulance
• Racers from across U.S. rev up on Lake Oroville
• Butte County supervisors to decide between abuse prevention, intervention
• Historic buildings > Chico City Council lays groundwork to protect special structures.
• Pedicab confessions > Hanging out with Chico’s rock-star pedi-cabbie.
• Alt-family dramedy > Replanting the nontraditional family tree.
• Ashley liquidation firm: The furniture will be coming
• The birds around us > Local couple’s book highlights the birds of Bidwell Park.
• Art Reference Desk > The newcomer’s quick guide to Chico’s art scene.
• Aw, shmucks > Dinner is fun, even if it turns the guests and the audience into schmucks.
• Evans takes early lead in Chico City Council campaign contributions
• Blind man’s best friend > Guide dog changes the life of Forest Ranch resident Larry Marcum.
• Tap Tap Rock and Roll > Chico’s busy music scene for beginning gamers.
• Cyndi Lauper > Cyndi’s true color: blues.
• The motocross courses next door > Neighbors complain they’re a nuisance but supervisors are re
• Free app > Being a student comes with privileges … free privileges.
• Smokin’ Joe Kubek & Bnois King > Smokin’ Joe Kubek & Bnois King crank up their w
• Chicken tractors and hammocks > More about raising chickens; relaxing amongst the trees.
• WRECking ball > A real-world guide on how to handle yourself at Chico State’s new Wildcat Recr
• Words and guitar > One chanteuse and one ‘poet of the guitar’ team up for new duo, The S
• Go green, kitty! > Some alternatives to unhealthful clumping-clay litters.
• Eat this, not that > You don’t have to sacrifice convenience for your health.
• How should Chico grow? > There are ways to meet our greenhouse-gas goals.
• Bottle-boat completes voyage > Catamaran made of bottles docks in Australia after four-month voya
• Dorm of the future > A first-hand tour of the new on-campus residence, Sutter Hall.
• Double identity > Lisa Trombley is a banker by day and writer by night.
• BP protests blow up in U.K. > British Greenpeace shuts down dozens of BP stations at protests in
• Find your fit > Resources to help first-time students get their feet on the ground.
• Who caused the deficit? > Hint: It wasn’t Barack Obama.
• ARTS building gets LEED Gold > Butte College ARTS building is first-ever college building in Butt
• Chico Cheats > A primer on some of the challenges facing newcomers.
• A call for clarity > City’s public-art program is confusing and opaque.
• Ultimate eco-bags > Local couple’s creative ingenuity results in Chico’s most environmen
• Chico Answer Man > Tips, hints, warnings and spiritual guidance for the newly arrived.
• ‘Retarded’ > A lesson in language.
• Police 'HELP' program looking for help with homeless
• Chico App Store > Welcome to Chico!
• Letters for August 5, 2010 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• More signs of West Nile in county
• Robbery suspect identified > Chico Police are on the look-out for Tehama County resident Derek Pe
• The really big rips > Bell is bad, but what about Wall Street?
• Canyon rescue takes about 50 people
• RoadRunners in foul territory > The owners of the Outlaws vow to take over the St. George, Utah,
• Introducing clafouti > Henri has a fruity French dessert for your next summer party.
• Two arrested in Tehama pot raid
• Get enrolled, maybe > Chico State opens application process for spring, but admission depends on
• Scott Pilgrim’s Finest Hour > Scott Pilgrim’s story resolves with his Finest Hour.
• Salt > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Showdown at Cottonwood Creek > In her efforts to get to her home, one Cottonwood woman meets oppo
• Arts DEVO > Old Time Folk Music Show goes off the air, RAYRAY makes box art, Shabby Car makes shu
• Charlie St. Cloud > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Fire damages Chico home; animals escape unharmed
• Bank crimes > FBI bank-crime stats.
• By any other name > Chico Summer Theatre Festival opens two promising productions—The Winter&#
• Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Campaign Contributions
• Californians pass the flag, let freedom ride
• Firefighters hose down blaze
• Chico bank robbery suspect identified
• Criminal proceedings in teen homicide case delayed
• Farm peach picking set to start
• Canyon fire stays within bounds
• Chico crash victim in critical condition
• Man's body recovered from Feather River
• Man jailed in connection with brother's death
• National Night Out wows Chicoans
• Chico Police chief: Some crimes only down because police have no time to write reports
• Sequoia believed planted by Chico founder John Bidwell felled at mansion
• Butte College to produce more power from sun than it uses
• Council moves to preserve Chico's historical integrity
• Mystic festival flop spurs talk of legal action
• Chico bank reports earnings; profits up significantly from 2009
• American flag touring nation due to make stop in Chico this week
• No one hurt in I-5 big-rig crash and fire near Orland
• Fire in Feather River Canyon one of several still growing
• Foothill 'study area' survives citizen challenge
• Running pickup taken from Chico man; suspect quickly caught
• Correction for August 3
• Attorney: Ashley corporate won't help
• Council addresses historic buildings
• Local's invention a stone's throw from bean-bag toy
• Cyclists roll in to help Habitat for Humanity
• Man crashes into Petco
• South Chico blaze extinguished safely
• Blog Log
• Park panel talks more about wet-weather use
• Car wash fundraiser brings in droves
• One last wildfire left to be contained
• Oroville woman killed in collision
• Kids busy as bees at Chico Museum craft day
• Honda knocks over fence, hits tree near Chico home
• Roadwork Roundup
• Really cleaning up
• Bell's toll rings up review of city salaries
• Quail tale has happy ending
• Northeastern lightning fires largely controlled
• Robbery suspect sought
• From the Pulpit
• Religious Briefs
• Correction for July 30
• Neighborhood Church does some building
• Woman accused of killing Orland teen extradited from Mexico
• Chico's Heritage Tree program has no takers, except the city
• Butte County bidding for Tour of California bike race
• Woman threatens mother and her co-workers with machete
• Three pot grows on federal land raided; 18,000 plants pulled
• Beale selected as spy plane base
• Downtown credit union robbed; suspect at large
• Police Report
• Butte's Most Wanted
• 10 interested in Chico City Council seats
• Corrections for July 29
• Paving paradise > Chico activist laments a City Council decision that lays the groundwork for a r
• We need reality-based leadership > Assemblyman Logue’s ‘economic fantasies’ are un
• Chico State enrollment expected to be lowest in five years
• Cyberwarriors > U.S. government fronts the money to train hackers.
• Creative courage > RoyLyn Palmer-Coleman breaks into the Chico clothing scene.
• Keeping watch > Oroville resident Ernie Foss helps protect citizens by updating Butte County’s
• The ADA’s unfulfilled promise > California is going backward, not forward.
• From challenges to championship > Teenaged Chicoan Kyle Warner started mountain biking as an escape.
• Preserving Chico’s history > It’s time to approve a historic-preservation ordinance.
• Cool roofs and chicken coops > Reflective shingles and more about raising backyard hens.
• Attention > There’s a lot that doesn’t deserve mine.
• It’s tomato time > Long-awaited local tomatoes are finally for sale at the Chico area farmers&
• Letters for August 5, 2010 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• Task force tackles water woes > Obama signs executive order to establish National Ocean Council.
• Watch your tongue > Malicious online postings are cowardly and evil.
• Whale slaughter setback > Danish islanders slaughter 236 whales using cove-slaughter method.
• Taqueria to die for > Hidden in Gridley, Casa Lupe Market has tasty treats tucked in the back.
• Michigan’s return to manufacturing > Struggling state sees manufacturing jobs slowly return wi
• California Healthline > All your health news aggregated in one spot.
• Learning runs through it > At the Sacramento River Discovery Center nature is the real teacher.
• Arts DEVO > KZFR is 20, zombies rule the Blue Room, Esteban Duran’s tin art, and Paradise Lost
• No fee required > Five completely free things you can do to start losing weight today.
• Proposed zoning ordinance previewed
• Century-old beauty > Husband-and-wife team prints cards and invitations the old-fashioned way, by
• Woman accused of killing Orland teen extradited from Mexico
• Firefighters gain ground against big wildfires
• ‘Princess’ earns proclamation > City leaders give props to Chico Outlaws sensation Eri Y
• Inception > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Deputy shoots pot grow suspect near Glenn County
• Paradise shelves safety tax > Town Council thinks the proposed parcel-tax measure would have gone
• Familiar flavor > Salt twists and explodes like a dumb, fun summer matinee should.
• Paradise standoff ends peacefully
• Pot-raid aftermath > Local collectives start up an advocacy/fundraising coalition.
• Ozzy Osbourne > Ozzy lets the Prince of Darkness retake the reins.
• Suspects cited in vandalism case
• Fat-free thinking > So we’re fat … Now what?
• Featuring trombone > Trombone at the front of three new jazz discs.
• Schooltime
• Dropping the habit > California smokers call it quits in droves.
• New frontier > The Shimmies set their sights beyond Chico.
• Committee recommends city of Chico purchase land near former lawsuit site
• Not-guilty plea entered in Chico jogger's death
• Mendocino deputy kills pot grow suspect near Glenn County line
• Body found behind restaurant near Chico State University
• Woman rescued from burning vehicle
• Butte Creek Canyon to be protected
• Dozens of fires being fought in north state
• Teens arrested in $32 bottle theft
• Tehama death may be homicide
• Burglary reported near Orland
• Rees says he won't seek re-election
• Slippery mess
• Glenn's Most Wanted
• 8 p.m. update: Cleanup progressing spill on Skyway at Highway 99
• Sacramento County official to take over as Butte County chief administrative officer
• Hooker Oak wood returned to city of Chico
• Dozens of lightning fires being fought; Kern fire takes six homes
• Vehicle catches fire in crash off Highway 99
• Downtown 'couplet project gets going, as Tres Hombres waits
• Early start of school at CUSD tied to winter break
• Disc golf course near Hooker Oak OK'd
• Deputies raid four marijuana plots, eradicate 4,450 plants
• CHP says Willows man arrested on suspicion of DUI in his driveway
• City Council works to give diversity definition
• Man arrested at gunpoint on Park Avenue
• Shalom Free Clinic offers support group meetings for disorganized
• Chico police to honor deceased officer
• Chico attic fire extinguished safely
• Special police team makes arrests
• Car crash causes damage at Citrus School
• Blog Log
• News of our past
• Lightning fires burning in remote Northern California
• Deputies raid four marijuana plots, eradicate 4,450 plants
• Enloe makes progress mending doctor vacancies
• Soap in the water ... fire in the sky
• Roadwork Roundup for July 25
• Commission reviews disc golf, weather policy
• Butte Humane Society performs mock evacuation
• Ridge home destroyed in fire
• Chico 2030 General Plan to include West Park Avenue extension
• Orland marks 101 years with summer fun
• Chico teen won bout with rare reaction to anesthesia
• Religious Briefs
• 2nd mini-mart theft hits Hamilton City
• Chico post office to get roof work
• Man who violates restraining order found hiding in ex-wife's storage closet
• Woman with multiple DUIs arrested
• Pedestrian recovering from being hit
• From the Pulpit
• Tehama pot collective owner vies for council
• Rutledge won't seek re-election
• Fire rages through Chico storage units
• Local economist receives award
• Food giveaway planned Tuesday
• Sacramento River forum Aug. 3
• CARD passes new budget, may dip into reserves to cover monetary deficiencies
• Police Report
• Butte's Most Wanted
• Correction for July 23
• More than a market > Chico’s Saturday Farmer’s Market celebrates three decades of connec
• Newsweek > Just as Newsweek gets its act together, it’s put up for sale.
• Solitary Man > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Retired deputies hold Cherokee fence thief suspects at gunpoint
• Arts DEVO > The rebirth of Birds of Fire, Ty Gorton and 28th Day.
• The Sorcerer’s Apprentice > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Man convicted in fatal DUI accident in Chico admits
• The prime of light > Primary colors shine at Avenue 9 Gallery group show.
• Predators > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Saturday meeting focuses on Chico General Plan elements
• ‘No more cuts’ > Chico Unified School District personnel speak out about governor’
• Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Salmon spotted on Feather River
• Shelter relief unveiled > Butte Humane Society gives a tour of its new cat facility, which will s
• Feelin’ sleepy > Inception’s laborious narrative bogs down visually ambitious journey in
• New students get taste of Chico State University
• Target practice > Disc-golf group gets OK to install 18 targets at six Chico parks.
• LP4 > More of the same, plus a little bit extra on latest Ratatat LP.
• Ice cream only casuality in Chico accident
• Screenworld > What happens when images of reality become more real than reality itself?
• Pimps and Preachers > Paul Thorn stays true on Pimps & Preachers.
• Willows teen arrested on groping complaint
• What’s really causing the federal deficit? > Data show Bush tax cuts, war spending are major f
• ‘Mad, muddy country’ > Once revved up, Baskery’s smokin’ brand of Swedish Am
• Parents, educators speak against further school cuts
• Why Dolan lost > Her husband shoulders much of the blame.
• The bridge is back > Nine years ago Chico voters turned down a bridge over Comanche Creek. Now a
• Straight talk from the doc > Local physician Jeffrey Lobosky gives his view on health care to a p
• Love of the game > Craig Scarpelli has takes his team of competitive baseball players all over No
• Where’s the money going? > When it comes to Chico’s public-art funding, confusion reigns
• Want this job? > Farm workers’ union takes a new tack.
• The chic of chicken coops and other updates > Chicken coops and other pertinent biz.
• Drought’s real victims > It was fishermen, not farmers, who suffered most.
• Have fun learning water conservation > Website offers a matching game with conservation tips.
• Yoga > Finally giving in.
• Gulf animal deaths confuse scientists > Many animals from Gulf of Mexico coast don’t show visi
• Letters for July 22, 2010 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• Green “tea”-shirts and more > London fashion student takes sustainable high-fashion to n
• My bad > A reader takes the columnist to task for his “abysmal ignorance.”
• Highway 162 closed in Glenn County
• Teaching by example > Paradise Intermediate teacher recognized by PG&E Solar Schools program.
• DIY burgers > Chico is a haven for build-your-own burger bars.
• 3 p.m. Update: Driver in fatal jogger crash arrested
• Butte County's new General Plan moving toward official adoption
• Glenn County resource district spreading word on invasive plants
• Orland's centennial plus one to be celebrated with flair
• Glenn's Most Wanted
• Retired deputies hold Cherokee fence thief suspects at gunpoint
• Local bank robbery suspect captured in Davis; locks herself out of car at latest heist
• Police still seeking suspect in Butte County bank robberies
• Marijuana grower granted probation
• Man arrested for causing alleged disturbance
• Mystic Party moves again
• Alleged counterfeit movies confiscated from roadside stand
• Route to 9,000-mile race passes through north valley
• Man found shot to death in Red Bluff apartment; cops investigating
• 'Mystic Garden Party' will make late move to Tehama fairgrounds
• Sentencing delayed in embezzlement case
• Public offered update on aquifer investigation
• Body found along Big Chico Creek ID'd
• Police bust 2 men for alleged junior high vandalism
• Chico woman, 22, killed in Lake County collision
• Journey to China gives Chico educators a new perspective
• Lost & found: Technology bridges 2,300-mile gap between homeless man, family
• Hamilton City man killed in crash with beer delivery truck
• Oak limb hit by shotgun blast falls on squirrel hunter, killing him
• Meet the ‘styroman’ > Chico area recycler Skip Caldwell is a trailblazer in turning pesk
• Empire of the Summer Moon > Comanche Indian history comes to life.
• The Twilight Saga: Eclipse > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Vehicle fire sets grass ablaze
• Arts DEVO > Art DEVO is hot.
• Despicable Me > A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
• Accident halts traffic along Highway 99
• Bearded, bicycle bandit > Surveillance camera at Wells Fargo Bank captures decked-out robbery sus
• Amorality tale > Michael Douglas is livin’ on the inside in Solitary Man.
• Accident halts traffic along Highway 99
• Flynn announces candidacy > First-term councilwoman Mary Flynn will seek re-election.
• The most dangerous game > Predator is back, mostly, with newest addition to the franchise.
• Blog Log
• Casino battle still brewing > Mechoopda tribe’s plan to build a casino issued a blow in recent
• Broken Social Scene > Broken Social Scene’s Kevin Drew steers another Canadian-star-studded in
• Drug raid nets two arrests
• When the music came to Quincy > A Fourth of July journey back to a place where so much began.
• Saint Bartlett > Damien Jurado gets even better.
• Roadwork Roundup
• Americans continue to spend less > June discretionary spending is up just slightly from last year
• Raise a glass > Little Feat provides energetic soundtrack for well-attended brew fest.
• Controversy follows new county hire > Steve Olmos moves from Willows Unified to Butte County Offi
• Redemption songs > Paul Thorn steps out with celebrated new album Pimps and Preachers.
• News of our past
• California meltdown > Another of our occasional quick takes on the unfolding meltdown of the grea
• Who can justify the raids? > This is why Chico needs a medi-pot ordinance.
• Chico State brings water activities to the forebay
• Growth potential > Orland man’s olive-preserving dream results in a breakthrough formula with
• Dancing queen > Jeanne Christopherson spreads the love of African and Haitian dance.
• Hamilton City man killed in Orland crash
• Headed to ‘the show’? > Outlaws ace pitcher Kris Honel may not be long for Chico.
• Tempest in a teapot > The truth is in: ‘Climategate’ was a hoax.
• Treehouses, forts, lemonade stands and rafts > Fun summer DIY projects from scrap lumber and real
• Cut military spending > America can no longer afford to be the world’s peacekeeper.
• Fire fighters > Plants that resist flames.
• News > Ignorance really is bliss.
• Whale warrior sentenced and released > Pete Bethune returns home on a five-year suspension awaiti
• Letters for July 15, 2010 > Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
• Oh no, Costco! > Greenpeace website draws attention to red-listed seafood sold at Costco.
• A Star-crossed tizzy > There’s more to the controversy over Bob Mulholland’s Bronze Star
• Green School goes high-tech > Chico Green School plans to take advantage of California’s free
• This is the big one > The ‘best tongue in Chico’ is only one reason why Gordo Burrito
• July 4th Celebration
• 4th of July Celebration
• Silver Dollar Fair
• 34th Annual League Of Women Voters Wine Tasting Fundraiser
• Snow Goose Festival
• Permanent Exhibition - Chico: A Place In Time 1830-2000
• Permanent Exhibition - Chinese Taoist Temple

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