Issue: November 29, 2012
Good morning, CN&R readers:
If you're in the mood for a good detective tale, you're going to enjoy this week's cover story. In it, writer Carson Medley chronicles his efforts to retrieve his stolen sunglasses and iPhone, the latter being the more important of the pilfered items. The phone contained more than 1,000 photos of his new baby and wife, and those precious memories had not been backed up. Medley takes us on his journey, during which he grapples with whether to press charges against the thieves, a couple of Chico State students.
In Newslines, Ken Smith talks to Palermo neighbors about their longstanding feud over alleged disruptive noise coming from one of the resident's generators. Yours truly reports on how the defeat of Measure J (the telephone-users' tax) has dealt a $600,000 blow to the city's current general fund, not to mention the long-term losses. News Editor Tom Gascoyne has a write-up on the very expensive special election that's required to fill the state Senate seat vacated by Doug LaMalfa. And Vic Cantu has a follow-up story on the successes of an energy-efficiency program mired in controversy last year.
In Healthlines, Evan Tuchinsky talks to medical professionals who say cheerleading should be considered a sport. Its participants are athletes, they say.
And in Arts and Culture, check Calendar Editor Howard Hardee's feature on a couple of Swedish exchange students who are rawkin' the Internet with their metal show on Chico State's student-run radio station, KCSC. Film critic Juan-Carlos Selznick fell hard for Ang Lee's new movie, Life of Pi. And last but not least, Arts Editor Jason Cassidy profiles La Fin du Monde on the eve of the Chico band's final days.
Until next week ...
-Melissa Daugherty, managing editor
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To catch a thief
When someone nicked his iPhone from his gym locker, and with it 1,512 photos and 47 videos of his new family, the author took matters into his own hands.
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Can we get a little quiet here?
Butte County couple’s quest for a peaceful retirement falls on deaf ears.
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Cell-phone blues
Measure J’s defeat spells financial blow to city of Chico.
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How special it is
No majority winner in state Senate race triggers expensive special election.
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Program paid off
Criticized energy-efficiency outreach created jobs while helping homeowners.
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Warner Street bridge bust
Traffic stop turns up drugs and Chico State student property.
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Offer a home this season
Butte Humane Society kicks off its annual holiday adoption campaign.
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Emerging awareness
Local, national environmental leaders spread message of hope at Bioneers Conference.
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Shrinking snowpack threatens state’s water
Decreasing snowpack threatens California’s water supply.
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Smoke spewing galore
More than 1,000 new coal plants planned globally.
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Jerry Brown urges climate action
Gov. Brown implores Greenbuild attendees to get people motivated nationally to do something about climate change.
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The Year of the Snake
Adbusters’ Big Ideas of 2013, and the thought-provoking words of an unnamed Hopi elder.
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Compost this
Ten household-waste products to toss in your pile.
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The evolution of cheering
The American Academy of Pediatrics and other health professionals would like to see high-school cheerleading sanctioned as a sport.
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A little stress doesn’t hurt
The surprising benefits of short-term stress.
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Chevron’s cancerous dust
Carcinogenic chemicals remain from Richmond fire.
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Chemicals delay kids’ development
New study links flame retardants to delays in neurological development.
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Kids decidedly unfit
California children perform poorly in fitness tests.
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New faces, new council
Beginning Dec. 4 the Chico City Council will have three new members. That should shake things up a bit.
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What ‘fiscal cliff’?
There’s plenty of time after Jan. 1 to adjust the automatic provisions of the budget agreement to avoid falling into recession.
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The proof is in the pudding
Rep. Wally Herger has a reputation as a veterans-friendly congressman, but in fact his record leaves much to be desired.
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Is the war on drugs ending?
Two states have legalized marijuana, while 18 have passed medical-marijuana measures. Americans realize the war on drugs has been an abysmal failure. Will the Obama administration join them?
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Swedish shredheads
KCSC Radio’s house Scandinavians love metal, don’t like flowers.
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How Did This Get Made?
I just escaped from Hell. Where’s my muscle car!?!
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Next round on me
Sharing a drink (and a bite) with the neighborhood at south Chico pub.
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High-sea stunner
Visually powerful adaptation of fantasy-adventure novel.
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