Issue: May 12, 2011
Welcome to Saudi Arabia ...
Where the streets are bleak and quiet, the gas cheap and the ability to speak freely merely a dream. For one Chico expat, this is reality. He's teaching male students at a wealthy school, living on a teachers' compound, and he tells his story using a pseudonym for fear of reprisal from his employer. Read on.
There's plenty of other juicy stuff happening this week: We check in on a teenage girl battling with cystic fibrosis, and her family and friends who are rallying around her; we gauge the temperature of local Muslims following the killing of Osama bin Laden; we take a look at autism through the actions of a local mother whose autistic son attends Butte College; and we offer up an idea for medical-marijuana cultivation that's being implemented right here in Butte County--in Biggs.
See you at the CAMMIES Music Festival! (This Sunday, 2-7 p.m. at Manzanita Place, RAIN OR SHINE!)
Meredith J. Graham, managing editor
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Saudi Arabia under siege
An expat teacher from Chico talks about life in the repressive, oil-rich dictatorship of Saudi Arabia.
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Battling to breathe
One young woman’s struggle with cystic fibrosis and her family’s efforts to help her get a lung transplant.
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‘A job that needed to be done’
Most local Muslims express relief at the death of Osama bin Laden.
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Junior Giants offers kids in Oroville a chance to play
The youth baseball league targets at-risk kids.
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It’s complicated
City of Chico’s land-purchase decision has quite a history.
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Scammers enter surprise pleas
Paradise couple admit guilt in mortgage-fraud case.
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Registration deadline looming
Chicoans who want to vote in the special June election have until May 23 to register.
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Big week for Chico State
Paul Zingg loses bid in San Diego, and the controversial parking structure gets a thumbs-up.
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Stops at the pump add up
American households spent $368 on gas last month alone.
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Hope for salmon
A new bridge at Antelope Creek and a promising fishing season spell delight for local fishermen.
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Pollute the air, pay the price
Oregon-based building-materials manufacturer fined for Clean Air Act violations.
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PG&E energy program kicks off
PG&E teams up with local colleges and Chico to launch energy-saving program.
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Chico Wildflower bike race goes green
Waste Management and Chico Velo team up to make bike race zero-waste.
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Ticks off! Solar panels on!
Ticks in Bidwell Park; solar panels in New Jersey.
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Plug it up
Check your home for air leaks to keep energy use down.
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Autism activist
Local mother of autistic Butte College student works to help make college life easier for those with autism.
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Soda tax could be sweet deal
Proposed soda tax would fund programs for local and state anti-obesity efforts.
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Fire stations as health clinics?
Alameda County proposes plan to stock fire stations with medical practitioners.
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Stem-cell research resumes
Federal appeals court overturns ban on stem-cell research.
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An alternative budget plan
Can we reduce the federal budget deficit while creating jobs? Absolutely.
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The Biggs compromise
Is it too much to ask pot growers to use a greenhouse? Not in Biggs.
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Myths about public pensions
Separating fact from fiction as government workers’ pensions come under fire.
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Letters for May 12, 2011
Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
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Soccer for smiles
Mike Mitchell started Project Play, an effort to send soccer balls to the African country of Niger.
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Restriction
When it comes to medical cannabis—and in most other cases as well—less is more.
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Double disagreements
Two Chico controversies, two sets of arguments.
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Aaron Rodgers: Leader of the Pack
Chico’s Aaron Rodgers subject of new coffee table book.
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River songs
Country showcase, every week at Scotty’s Landing.
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In the details
Interplay of internal and external conflicts at heart of French drama.
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