Issue: October 13, 2011
Hey Chicoans,
You voted for your favorites and the results have been tallied. The Best of
Chico Readers' Picks are revealed this week! Congratulate the winners, and
the runners up. And don't forget to check out the Editors' Picks--we put
our minds and pens to work to recognize the unsung superheroes in Chico.
Read on!
Meredith Graham, managing editor
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Leaning into the pain
A year after their son’s suicide, a Chico couple works to save other children.
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Occupy Chico group fragmented but dedicated
The local faction of the national movement talks motives, strategy.
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Chico Scrap Metal gets a break
City grants recycler an extra three years before it’s forced to move.
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Not in our neighborhood
Wrangle over proposed women’s drug-and-alcohol treatment center in north Chico heads to Chico City Council Oct. 18.
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Saving Bidwell Mansion
Fund opened to keep the historic house open.
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Big Berry Creek bust
Sheriff’s deputies find more pot—like, $1 million worth.
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Catalyst gets cash, food infusion
UnitedHealthcare donates 3,000 pounds of food and $1,000 to Catalyst Domestic Violence Services.
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(Not) moving on up
Apparently American office workers don’t want to, either.
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Homesteading, sweet homesteading
Sonoma County author, therapist and urban homesteader Rachel Kaplan comes to Chico for three-day visit.
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Transnational pipeline plans may falter
The proposed Keystone XL pipeline has hurdles to overcome before construction begins.
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Let the drilling begin
Oil companies have been granted federal approval to pursue drilling leases in the Arctic Ocean.
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Local high schools go solar
Pleasant Valley High and Chico High schools were honored for installing solar panels on their parking structures.
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Help for beginning small farmers
Northern California Regional Land Trust’s new workshop series focuses on beginning farmers and ranchers.
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Don’t flush those drugs
Resources for proper pharmaceutical disposal in Chico.
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Step by step
Oroville pediatrician’s Fitness for Teens program teaches healthful lifestyle changes.
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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.
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What’s in the water?
The chemical TCE, commonly found in California’s aquifers, is more harmful than originally thought.
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Local hospitals honored
Oroville and Feather River hospitals have been recognized for excellence.
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Komen for the poison?
A breast-cancer research organization has denied the link between cancer and the chemical BPA.
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Questions for Caltrans
Why did so many things go wrong following the Chico Creek spill? We need answers.
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The 10-year slog
“You have the watches, we have the time,” the Taliban say. They’re right.
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Finding Lost Park
Park commissioner weighs in on ‘a small slice of green space.’
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Letters for October 13, 2011
Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
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Penning the paranormal
Chicoan Jodi Foster puts her haunting experience to paper, publishing Forgotten Burial: A Restless Spirit’s Plea for Justice.
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A letter to President Obama
Doesn’t your Justice Department have more important things to do than go after medical-cannabis dispensaries?
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Horror shows off
Two exciting musicals buoy Chico’s fall spirit.
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1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
The year after Columbus landed.
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The Mighty Wurlitzer sits
The Oroville State Theatre is remodeling to accommodate a 1924 Wurlitzer theater organ.
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TV you crave
Chico State alum Troy Johnson gets his own Food Network show.
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It has been foretold
Great cast looks good in suits in intriguing, but thin political drama.
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Dream House
A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
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Best of Chico: Readers’ picks
You chose Chico’s superheroes—now, they’re unveiled.
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Best of Chico: Editors’ picks
The CN&R editorial team takes this opportunity to tell you about some of our faves.
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