Issue: August 29, 2013
Dear Chico News & Review readers--
Good day to you! Our cover-story package this week--"Extreme Butte County"--features four stories by two writers (Assistant News Editor Howard Hardee and contributor Sean Murphy) about four local extreme athletes who participate in some pretty hair-raising (and intriguing) sports. To go along with these interesting stories, in our print version we offer Streetalk: "Ever had a near-death experience?"
In Newslines, Staff Writer Ken Smith's lead story, "A walk to remember," looks at three local women who participated in the famous 1963 March on Washington for civil rights. Assistant News Editor Howard Hardee follows with "Struggle for equality," about the recent Pride Weekend celebration. Our No. 3 and No. 4 news stories are both by News Editor Tom Gascoyne: "Reining in the holiday" is focused on the local Town and Gown Committee's concerns about the activities of Chico State students over the upcoming Labor Day holiday weekend, and "Delta project's pros and cons" covers a recent meeting at the Chico Family Masonic Center that dealt with issues surrounding the controversial proposed twin water-tunnels through the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta region.
In Healthlines, contributor Evan Tuchinsky offers "'Anyone with a spine,'" about new local chiropractor Mark Tenenbaum, whose affordability and non-mainstream hours are proving to be rather popular. Our Greenways feature this week--"Sunscreen, naturally"--is by CN&R intern Katherine Green, and offers a look at alternatives to mainstream sunscreen (there's even a recipe!). My column, The GreenHouse, features some of the most interesting postcards I received in response to a prior GreenHouse column in which I asked for submissions of creative, recycled-material postcards.
In Arts & Culture, my story, "Permanent exile," previews Bay Area artist Lydia Nakashima Degarrod's thought-provoking new exhibition--for which she interviewed nine long-term Chilean exiles--at Chico State's Valene L. Smith Museum of Anthropology. Contributor Mark Lore weighs in with "Epicenter of epic," a band-by-band preview of Aug. 31's Epic Fest. Our Chow story this week--"The Italy connection"--is by contributor Alastair Bland, and looks at local men of Italian descent who make wine. And Arts DEVO confesses to an incident from his past that was dredged up as a result of his recent participation in the jury-selection process.
Check out the Calendar section in our print version of the CN&R--even more to do now that school is back in full swing!
Enjoy your day...
Christine G.K. LaPado-Breglia, associate editor
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Extreme Butte County
Four locals share their awe-inspiring athletic feats.
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A walk to remember
Three local women recall their taking part in the March on Washington 50 years ago.
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Struggle for equality continues
Reflections on the past and recent landmarks at Pride Weekend in Chico.
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Reining in the holiday
The city and university brace for Labor Day float in the wake of a wild start to the fall semester.
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Delta project’s pros and cons
Speakers come to town to defend and critique the Bay Delta Conservation Plan.
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BINTF busts
Local drug task force and federal agents make drug-related arrests in Oroville.
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University lands big gift
Philanthropist Dan Giustina uses $2 million to establish ag scholarship in the name of late local rancher Tom Bell.
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Hindu invocation
Sanskrit prayer scheduled for invocation at Sept. 17 Chico City Council meeting.
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Opinions on Obamacare
A majority of Americans either approve or have no opinion of the Affordable Care Act.
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Sunscreen, naturally
It’s never too early or too late to protect skin from damaging ultraviolet rays (and damaging chemicals): One local mom makes her own natural sunscreen.
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Pacific Northwest: green to black gold?
State of Washington’s green image tarnished by increasing number of trains carrying coal and oil to Asia.
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Fukushima storage tank springs leak
One of the contaminated-water storage tanks at the Fukushima nuclear plant springs worst leak ever.
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‘Pigeon apocalypse’
Mass pigeon deaths in Moscow are being investigated by that city’s environmental prosecutor’s office.
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Postcard love
Here are three creative postcards made of recycled materials that your columnist received in response to her recent challenge.
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Triclosan-free hygiene
Triclosan-free hand soaps are recommended for antibacterial purposes.
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‘Anyone with a spine’
Mark Tenenbaum makes chiropractic care affordable for practically everyone.
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Beware the air
Watch the kids for breathing difficulties brought on wildfire smoke.
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ACA on the farm
The cost of complying with the Affordable Care Act will be burdensome for contractors, farmers.
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Nevada hospital draws ire
The cities of San Francisco and Sacramento seek compensation from Nevada’s Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital after it bused patients to California.
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Female inmates sterilized
State launches review of sterilizations allegedly performed on prisoners without approval.
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The right call
Now that city leaders voted down a sit/lie law, they must dig deeper to find the root of the homeless and transient problem.
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No turning back
Civil-rights activists must remain vigilant in the wake of the Supreme Court’s recent flawed decision on the Voting Rights Act.
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Drug-death epidemic must be stopped
Every 4.3 days someone in Butte County dies from drug use.
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Facebook and jackasses
Steering clear of open parties may spare you embarrassment or worse.
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Master of the pool
Chico mom breaks three world swimming records.
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Permanent exile
Telling the stories of Chilean exiles through art.
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Kisai Intoxicated
Please drink, and blow into your watch, responsibly.
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…Like Clockwork
Like clockwork, Queens of the Stone Age drop another bomb.
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Get thy Bearings
Robert Walter is still pumping the pedals of funk.
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The Italy connection
Italians in California, and the wine they brought.
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Very last call
Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg team up for one long, strange and clever night of beer, bros and aliens.
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