Issue: December 05, 2013
Hello, CN&R readers!
Dig into our cover story, "Forgotten news," for which Project Censored ranked the top 10 news stories poorly covered or not covered at all by the mainstream corporate media--good reading!
Our Newslines section offers updates on the issuance of liquor licenses to local establishments, the city's budget, and dioxin levels in Oroville-area soil, as well as a look at the current circumstances of the Torres Community Shelter after a particularly challenging year.
Contributor Evan Tuchinsky wrote both our Healthlines feature story and our Greenways feature. The first, "In the dark no longer," is about Butte County's newly streamlined DNA-testing process in the case of sexual assault; for the latter, "Mystery overhead," he interviewed an area teacher who has raised questions about unusual streaky cloud-like formations in North State skies, and their possible relationship to attempts to curb global warming.
In A&C: Check our Arts DEVO's festive beer-centric column, as well as his (Arts Editor Jason Cassidy) In the Mix review of Showtime's documentary series, Time of Death (and catch the final episode on Dec. 6!). Cassidy also penned "Moonwalking with Uncle Dad," a preview of This is Thriller!, a tribute to the Michael Jackson album Thriller, playing Dec. 5-7 at 1078 Gallery.
More holiday cheer (and some DIY as well): Contributor Henri Bourride's "In the spirits," on making infused vodkas.
Do also read "Cowboy up!," contributor Juan-Carlos Selznick's intriguing review of the new biographical film Dallas Buyers Club, starring Matthew McConaughey, which is playing at the Cinemark 14.
Don't forget to read Streetalk (fun!) in our print edition, as well as take a good long look at our informative Calendar section.
Stay warm...
Christine G.K. LaPado-Breglia, associate editor
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Forgotten news
Project Censored ranks the top 10 stories that the corporate media neglected to cover (or cover well).
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Under the radar
Liquor licenses approved in Chico without the usual public discussion.
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‘Not the time to cut back’
Torres Community Shelter needs help after its busiest year ever.
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Ship-righting continues
Budget talks for next year start early at City Hall and include a plan to repay $15 million in chunks over the next decade.
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Soil contamination
The latest test results for dioxins in Oroville released.
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Free metered parking
City Council OKs downtown meter forgiveness on three December Fridays and the Monday before Christmas.
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Valley oak to get axed
BEC drops appeal of housing project set to remove heritage tree.
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Two shootings tied to pot
One man is killed and another wounded in face in pot-related shootings.
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Race relations
Race relations in America are improving overall.
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Mystery overhead
Tehama County teacher has questions about those milky-white, cloud-like streaks seen in North State skies.
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Ninety firms created most GHGs
Ninety companies are fingered in a new report for causing 66 percent of global greenhouse-gas emissions.
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Lassen Park tightens belt
Lassen Volcanic National Park’s Kohm Yah-mah-nee Visitor Center will be closed for the winter due to budget concerns.
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The cicadas of Provence
A plague of cicadas in southern France could destroy Provence’s famous lavender fields in a matter of 20 to 30 years.
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‘Mending for the People,’ and other excellence
More holiday-time events of note, including Tenderloin mender Michael Swaine’s Chico State talk and a holiday fair at a Los Molinos farm.
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Smells like cookies
Make this aromatic, skin-softening body scrub from ingredients in your kitchen cupboard.
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In the dark no longer
Butte County streamlines the DNA-testing process in cases of sexual violence.
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Getting sufficient vitamin D
Deficiency can lead to a host of health issues.
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Seniors to overload Medi-Cal
State spending on long-term care is set to nearly double in the next decade.
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Be gone, toxic furniture!
State adopts new standards for toxic flame-retardants in furniture.
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Of contraception and heavy women
Morning-after pill proves ineffective in heavier and obese women.
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LaMalfa and the farm bill
Our wealthy rice-growing Congressman’s self-serving politics when it comes to feeding the needy.
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Killed for a plant
Two marijuana-related shootings in Butte County last week—one of them fatal—are further proof of prohibition’s failure.
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Elevating the dialogue on homelessness
The community needs to have a constructive, compassionate conversation about homelessness.
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The thin blue line
Based on the rhetoric out of the CPD, it’s hard to picture an unbiased investigation of an officer’s conduct.
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The sports guy
Chico State Sports Information Director is at the center of the school’s nationally ranked program.
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Moonwalking with Uncle Dad
The Uncle Dad’s Art Collective pull together a tribute to Michael Jackson’s Thriller.
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The English Girl
Daniel Silva’s Allon series continues with The English Girl.
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Geeks ’r’ us
Bobby Joe Ebola and the Children MacNuggits stay hungry.
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In the spirits
Henri is feeling especially fruity with his infused vodkas for the holidays.
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Cowboy up!
Star performances drive this biopic on a cowboy-turned-Robin Hood for AIDS patients.
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