Issue: May 17, 2012
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Good morning:
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and this week's cover story is a special issue related to mental-health issues and mental health as it relates to our local homeless community. The package contains a trio of stories: a Q&A with Senate Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, the author of Prop. 63, which led to the statewide funding of mental-health services; a piece on how Butte County is spending its share of the $1 billion; and a story about local homeless folks and an idea by the leader of the Jesus Center to help this population while simultaneously helping the business owners concerned with their presence in the downtown region.
In Newslines, you'll want to check out the story on the flap over a website congressional candidate Sam Aanestad says Sen. Doug LaMalfa's camp created to ruin his reputation. Also interesting is our coverage of this week's City Council meeting, where sparks were flying over the closure of Fire Station 5. There's a write up on an Associated Students' leader who's lobbying for increased lighting south of campus after being attacked there on his way home from the bars on a recent evening. There's also a piece on cuts (and future likely cuts) to Chico State's graduate programs.
In Arts and Culture, music lovers will get an idea of what's in store at the many festivals happening throughout the spring and summer with arts editor Jason Cassidy's handy guide. There's also a review of the North State Symphony's latest concert.
Happy reading,
-Melissa Daugherty, managing editor
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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?
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Doing ‘whatever it takes’
A Q&A with Senate Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, author of Prop 63, the Mental Health Services Act.
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A new era in mental-health care
Proposition 63 funding helps establish myriad mental-health programs.
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Web of deceit
Sam Aanestad accuses Doug LaMalfa’s camp of illegally putting up a negative website.
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Out of the darkness
Student leader Erik Taylor calls for street lighting following his attack.
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Grads get mad
Grad students, faculty protest proposed program cuts at Chico State.
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Fanning flames of fear
Firefighters and their supporters want Station 5 reopened.
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Mortgage scammer sentenced
William Baker will serve 18 months for his part in 2007 scandal.
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Wildcats still alive
Chico State’s baseball team heads to NCAA Championship Tournament.
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Busted by his colleagues
Sheriff’s deputy arrested for alleged inappropriate contact with a minor.
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Taxing California’s poor
The state’s lowest-income families shoulder the heaviest tax burden.
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Sustainable design
Local architect Hyland Fisher is devoted to the practice of sustainable architecture.
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Keystone XL, revised
TransCanada seeks federal approval of new tar-sands pipeline route.
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No breaks for fossil-fuel producers
Progressive lawmakers have introduced a bill to terminate subsidies for fossil-fuel industries.
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More electric-car plug-ins
An energy company has been court ordered to install electric-car charging stations throughout California.
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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.
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Ticks and snakes and skeeters, oh my!
Look out for rattlesnakes and ticks in Bidwell Park.
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In pursuit of pearly whites
Are the chemicals and procedures used to whiten teeth safe?
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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.
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‘Telemedicine abortions’ no more?
Bill would eliminate federal funding for abortion clinics that prescribe the morning-after pill via video conference.
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U.S. health care costly, lacks quality
A study compares the U.S. health-care system to other developed countries.
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Pill helps prevent HIV
A drug has shown significant results for gay and bisexual men and heterosexual couples.
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Measure A’s a downer
Medical-marijuana cultivation should be regulated, but Measure A is too flawed to do the job right.
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Affirming their humanity
President Obama took a risk by supporting marriage equality—and did the right thing.
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An alternative to Facebook?
How hard would it be to create a website like Facebook that protects personal privacy?
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Glass master
Longtime window washer Nate Allen now repairs windows defaced by vandals.
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Take a good look … within
Thoughts driving you crazy? Can’t stop that monkey mind? Maybe it’s time to go on retreat.
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Festival season
Spring/summer festival season hits Northern California.
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‘The fragrance of magnolias’
North State Symphony brings to life the exquisite Concierto de Aranjuez.
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Into the fire
Grana adds its tasty wood-fired pies to Chico’s crowded pizza scene.
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Goth soap opera
Tim Burton is in his element in remake of old daytime vampire TV series.
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For weird’s sake
Whit Stillman’s latest film is charming, yet perplexing.
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