Issue: December 06, 2007
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Saving Chico’s oldest house
The Old Patrick House has been around for more than 150 years, but there’s disagreement about where it should be located.
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Spiritual punks
What happens when punk music meets a vegan religious group? Hardcore Hare Krishnas.
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City Council
Streamlining the planning process, council members limit appeals in scope—and, perhaps, amount.
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Snuff hucksters barred
City Council bans giveaways of smokeless tobacco in Chico bars.
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Singer succumbs in China
Zhang, a former Chicoan who fell ill soon after returning to his homeland, never regains consciousness.
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Group calls for impeachment
Chico Peace and Justice Center calls for Congress to impeach Bush and Cheney.
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Things are looking up
Recent polls indicate a growing number of Americans are optimistic about the Iraq war.
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Sanctuaries of the Sacramento
Wildlife refuges along the Sacramento River foster wildlife and opportunities for outdoor adventure.
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Virus tied to climate change
Medical officials link an outbreak of a rare African disease in Italy to global warming.
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Chargers’ plan trampled
Environmentalists lambaste San Diego Chargers’ plan to build a stadium on wildlife habitat.
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Let them eat crab
California officials lift Bay Area ban on crabbing after a recent oil spill contaminated bay waters.
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Step it up
It’s time to take the fight against global warming to the next level.
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It’s your town
Care about Chico? Now’s your chance to help shape its future.
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Think voters pick the winner? Sure …
There’s a dirty little secret behind front-runners’ campaign endorsements.
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Letters for December 6, 2007
Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
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Weight of the world
Breanne Potrie knows what it is to be cute and strong.
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Sticker schlock
If guns kill people, bumper stickers kill brain cells.
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Masters of art
Famous names (and their prints) on display in the latest James Snidle exhibit.
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A season of cheer & charity
2007 calendar of festivities for the holidays in Chico, CA.
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The best gifts
Charity contains the true spirit of the holidays.
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Days of Lore
Some orderly people think they’re being watched; and The Yule Logs go to Hooliwood.
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Beneath the Neon: Life and Death in the Tunnels of Las Vegas
Journalist takes a trip to the underbelly of Vegas and lives to write about it.
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Technobabble
“The Golden Age of Gaming” is here; sweet ringtones made easy; writers’ strike makes for good online entertainment; Technobabble turns 50 … kind of; and the Wacky Web site of the Week.
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Rough Guide to the Music of Paris
The soundtrack to your time before making a trip to Paris.
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Whirled Chamber Music
Quartet pays homage to Raymond Scott and others on latest disc.
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Clap your hands and say Yé-Yé
The ‘sad sacks’ of Eux Autres bring their sunny pop down from the cold city.
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To your health
Henri knows the one-stop shop for holiday cooking.
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The good, the bad and the evil
Coen brothers do dread right with No Country for Old Men.
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To China, with love
Butte College signs a historic deal with educators on the other side of the world.
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Roommate etiquette 101
Sharing space is never easy, but it can be civil.
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You’re getting warmer
The Kyoto Accord began the race to halt global warming. Noted author and environmentalist Bill McKibben examines what’s happened in the decade since this historic meeting.
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The view from Kyoto
Without U.S. participation, the Kyoto Accord was doomed, at best, to only partial success.
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The California experiment
Schwarzenegger plays in California’s climate-change toolbox.
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Kyoto accordingly
Environmentalists weigh in on the Kyoto Protocol.
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A greenhouse in the desert
How will global warming affect the world’s deserts?
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Dear John (Stossel)
When it comes to global warming, think to yourself, “What would Stossel do?”
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Watts, me worry?
Chico’s Anthony Watts thinks human beings probably aren’t responsible for climate change.
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The Ice Man
When Al Gore and other global-warming experts want to come in out of the cold, they turn to Boulder’s Konrad Steffen.
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Step it up
It’s time to step up the fight against global warming.
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Bob Loves You
The tyrants of Big Oil just want to be friends.
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Chevron’s suspect device
Chevron would like you to play their stupid PR game.
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Participating papers
Links to the more than 50 alt weeklies who observed the anniversary.
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Kyoto 10 year timeline/charts/graphs
A 10-year timeline since the 1997 Kyoto conference and review of some of the pertinent numbers and trends related to global warming.
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