Issue: September 29, 2011
Good morning!
Meredith Graham, managing editor
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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.
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A ‘paradigm shift’ in public safety
The changes are being called “the most comprehensive in a generation.”
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Chance encounter
Police say David Yang’s murder appears to be random.
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Taking the medicine
Unvaccinated students remain in the classroom as CUSD works to gain compliance on a state law mandating the whooping-cough booster.
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Humane Society-city partnership moves forward
Physical improvements continue despite change in city leadership.
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Art under glass
Artists team up with downtown businesses for window-display project.
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Pot bust turns to shootout
One man is shot by a deputy during a marijuana-garden raid.
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Fat-cat surplus
Butte Humane Society takes a fun approach to adopting out cats.
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Pessimism all around
Three out of four Americans say the economy is the same or worse than a year ago.
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Pure childhoods
Several Chico preschools offer early grounding in environmental awareness.
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Salmon on the ropes
Warming streams could spell the demise of local fish populations by the end of the century.
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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.
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Tropical fish boom
A marine preserve off the Baja Peninsula thrives under protected status.
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7,000,000,000
UN figures show world population to hit 7 billion on Oct. 31.
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Green machine
Judging time for the EPA’s Apps for the Environment challenge.
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Back in the saddle
Dr. Samuel Brown comes out of retirement to head up Enloe Behavioral Health.
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Whooping cough shot wears off
A recent study finds that whooping cough vaccine administered to children wears off after three years.
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Smoking as a primary goal?
Primary schools in China are a key piece in a state-run tobacco-marketing campaign.
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Crooner’s heart skips a beat
Barry Manilow is on a mission to educate the public about atrial fibrillation.
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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.
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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.
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Cutting into the courts
Budget cuts threaten courts’ ability to ensure order and stability in society.
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Contortion is his game
Blade Marshall is Chico’s contortionist.
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Madness and mystery
What leads a person to lie in wait and shoot to kill a complete stranger?
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Hamlet goes to college
Rogue players return to Blue Room for latest by David Davalos.
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Chick Corea / Stefano Bollani
From Italy, with dueling pianos.
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Where the wild things are
Henri is taken back to his childhood by new book, Hunt, Gather, Cook.
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New ball game
Root, root, root for the statistical formulae that changed professional baseball.
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Killer Elite
A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
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