Category: News
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Teachers asked to share the burden
With a $9 million shortfall in the CUSD budget, employees could take cutbacks to minimize layoffs.
This article was published on 03.12.09
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Local ranchers work on their image
Last year’s clandestine video of animal cruelty at a Chino slaughterhouse and the passage of Proposition 2 have convinced cattlemen that the public misunderstands their industry.
This article was published on 03.12.09
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Wes Dempsey’s tree tales
If you want to expand your awareness of the natural world around you, there is no better way than to take a tour with the dean of Chico naturalists, Wes Dempsey.
This article was published on 03.12.09
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What’s up with New Urban Builders?
Tom DiGiovanni gives a status report on Meriam Park (as well as Doe Mill Neighborhood and Westside Green).
This article was published on 03.12.09
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A hard-knock life
Tony Nicosia has a hard life’s worth of stories to tell, and now he’s wrapped them into a very readable though disturbing autobiography.
This article was published on 03.05.09
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Heated end to sedate meeting in City Council chambers
After routine matters such as leaf collection, downtown parking and fire departments’ mutual aid, a rush of angry complaints from Vincent Quaresima, archbishop of the Old Catholic Province of Our Lady of Angels, prompt Chico Mayor Ann Schwab to halt the meeting.
This article was published on 03.05.09
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Supervisors postpone budget cuts
Faced with a Solomonic decision, the Butte County Board of Supervisors ends up cutting the baby in half.
This article was published on 03.05.09
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Fifty years of giving
For a half-century, the women of the Discovery Shoppe have run the store to raise money for local charities—and none has earned a dime.
This article was published on 03.05.09
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Schwab sets a broader agenda
Chico’s ‘sustainability mayor’ explains how she’s added an economic-development focus in the initial months of her term. Other topics in the Q&A with CN&R Editor Evan Tuchinsky: public safety, the 6-1 majority … and, of course, disc golf.
This article was published on 02.26.09
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The little café that could
The brightest spot and best place to go in downtown Biggs is the Thanks a Latté café. Now the town’s only gathering spot is up for sale, and locals are worried.
This article was published on 02.26.09
March 12, 2009
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