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Rather than waiting until after a disaster, what if there was a plan for housing, healthcare and food resources to support people when it strikes?

Long-running conference This Way to Sustainability relaunches this week in a new format as a symposium called This Way to Resilience.

The forum, hosted by Smart Growth Advocates at Chico Women’s Club, gained a full house after rescheduling twice. Guests took pamphlets, paid for by campaign committee Stop Valley’s Edge, urging residents to vote no on local Measure O and Measure P. Maps of Chico, placed around the hall, highlighted areas of potential infill and special planning development — Valley’s Edge was marked with a red X.

The forum, hosted by Smart Growth Advocates at Chico Women’s Club, gained a full house after rescheduling twice. Guests took pamphlets, paid for by campaign committee Stop Valley’s Edge, urging residents to vote no on local Measure O and Measure P. Maps of Chico, placed around the hall, highlighted areas of potential infill and special planning development — Valley’s Edge was marked with a red X.

Chicoans have Valley's Edge to consider. Residents along the city's periphery and elsewhere in the county have supervisors to elect. All voters have decisions on the state and federal levels.

Welcome to 2024. This installment of The Mean Streets of Chico summarizes the 10 best (or worst — depending on your angle) streets we’ve highlighted since the column began in June. You’ll also get a fun bonus after reading about these 10 thoroughfares. Don’t peek — save the anticipation for the end. As we’ve said, […]

Welcome to 2024. This installment of The Mean Streets of Chico summarizes the 10 best (or worst — depending on your angle) streets we’ve highlighted since the column began in June. You’ll also get a fun bonus after reading about these 10 thoroughfares. Don’t peek — save the anticipation for the end. As we’ve said, […]

About 75,000 attend the Burning Man gathering in Nevada.  I’ll take a wild guess and figure each Burner burns 50 gallons of fuel, given the thousands of recreational vehicles coming and going.  50 x 75,000 is 3,750,000 gallons.  For the total carbon burden, multiply the number of gallons by 2o, with attendees at one Burning […]

Chico State's president holds his first convocation since taking over helm in July

Chico State's president holds his first convocation since taking over helm in July