Issue: October 10, 2013
Best day of the week? Thursday!
It's Best of Chico week, which means you helped us put together this
week's paper! And it's a big one, packed with all your favorite
people, places and things. We also got into the game and put together
a list of editors' picks, featuring some fun and (hopefully) funny
"Best" selections of our own.
In news, Ken Smith covers the DA's investigation into the shooting
death of 19-year-old Breanne Sharpe during a confrontation with
police. Also, Bob Speer revisits the case of Steven Edward
Crittenden, the man on death row for brutally killing Dr. William and
Katherine Chiapella in Chico in 1987, and who was just granted a new trial.
Other highlights this week include a discussion about solar farms in
Greenways, a review of Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell at Laxson
Auditorium in Music and a glowing review by Juan-Carlos Selznick of
the new space thriller Gravity in Reel World. Plus beets! And a whole
lot more.
Next week: Poetry 99
Jason Cassidy, arts editor
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Best of Chico 2013
Here’s the skinny on the most funkadelic things about Chico.
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Best of Chico: Readers’ picks
You voted for Chico’s very best—and here are the winners!
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Cops Cleared
Butte County District Attorney says officer-involved shooting death of 19-year-old woman by Chico Police was justified.
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Memories of murder
Infamous Chico double murder back in the news.
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Marijuana flashback
Effort to legalize recreational use of marijuana gets underway.
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Cat-trap fever
New nonprofit takes fresh approach to managing Chico’s cat population.
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Market meet-up
Farmers’-market friends want the Saturday event to stay put at Second and Wall streets.
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Water inspectors get on board
State water quality board agrees to monitor local marijuana grows.
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More hits to city staffing
Eleven additional employees get the ax in second round of layoffs.
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Party priorities
How voters see the respective priorities of the major political parties.
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Down on the (solar) farm
Local duo at work on convincing the city of Chico to build a solar farm, as per SB 43, the Green Tariff Shared Renewables Program.
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Toxic Styrofoam seas
Asian researchers warn that decomposing Styrofoam in the world’s oceans is releasing potentially harmful chemicals.
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Walleyes like warming lake
Walleyes are increasingly displacing trout in formerly frigid Lake Superior.
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Jellyfish cause nuclear shutdown
One of the world’s largest nuclear reactors shut down after its pipes became clogged with tons of jellyfish.
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Rodents in the roundabout?
What could possibly be more perfect in the hamster-litter-filled roundabout at Second and Flume streets than …
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Pre-packaged produce: dos and don’ts
Tips on whether or not to wash pre-packaged vegetables and fruits.
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Family medicine
Husband and wife are two of Oroville Hospital’s newest doctors.
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Food, minus safety net
FDA’s food inspection program is a casualty of the federal-government shutdown.
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Less pepper spray, please
Videos of state-prison guards pepper-spraying mentally ill inmates are shown in court.
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Losing the war on drugs
A global study finds that drugs are getting cheaper and more pure.
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Making the ACA work
Getting on board with Obamacare will be good for you and the country.
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Legalization is the answer
Decriminalizing pot will put an end to cultivation as a criminal enterprise.
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Making cycling safety a priority
Finding the lessons in the tragic hit-and-run-related deaths of two cyclists.
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Winners and layoffs
Congratulations to the Best of Chico winners, and condolences to the city workers who got pink-slipped.
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‘Coming out for art’
Coming out for Stonewall Alliance’s annual art show.
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Great foolery
Inspire School players go all out for Shakespeare’s pastoral comedy.
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Sooner or Later
Better later than never for comprehensive Neo Boys reissue.
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Circle round
Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell pay homage to Gram Parsons, other dear departed for rousing Laxson performance.
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Can you dig it?
Tapping into the earthy goodness of the humble beet.
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A new frontier
Alfonso Cuarón crafts an emotional and visually stunning space thriller.
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