Issue: December 20, 2007
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Parted like the Red Sea
A divisive local luncheon underscores how far apart Israeli-Palestinian views stand.
This article was published on 12.20.07
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Case in point: Chico
Local community illustrates the range of opinions Jews hold on the Israeli-Palestinian situation.
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Chamber to city: Clean house first
Chico’s business community is talking tough when it comes to a sales-tax hike.
This article was published on 12.20.07
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Prayer walking
Crime has gone up since the prayer walkers stopped walking, so now they’re going to start up again.
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City Council
After listening to many passionate appeals, the council decided not to cut funding for the library and arts and service groups—for now.
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Animal lovers
When catastrophe strikes, these people look out for the animals.
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Eyes of nation on Inskip
Paradise man and his kids go missing in the mountains, sparking a massive search and media attention.
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Cabral to be tried
Glenn County DA moves forward with his case against a quadriplegic Orland man.
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School board semantics
When does ‘interim’ mean an extension with no successor search? When CUSD’s board is making the labels.
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Who’s doing drugs?
A survey of eighth through 12th graders reveals substance trends.
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Much ado about something
Looking beyond the hype at Chico’s nebulous greenhouse-gas survey.
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Ban will buoy giant birds
Fish and Game bans the use of small-caliber lead ammunition in condor habitat.
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Ship honors croc hunter
Conservation group renames its anti-whaling vessel for the late Steve Irwin.
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Charging for children?
Australian professor says parents should be taxed to offset the carbon emissions of additional children.
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Recycle trees with ease
Butte County offers plenty of options for proper Christmas-tree disposal.
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Considering the T-word
Various city councils bear responsibility for the city’s financial mess, but the task now is to figure out how to clean it up.
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Turn down the lights
Is it contrary to the Christmas spirit to suggest that the ever-more-extravagant Christmas displays are contributing to global warming?
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Keep feds out of mortgage market
Home-loan broker says his industry is correcting itself—government involvement will only make things worse.
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Letters for December 20, 2007
Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
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Hedging her bets
Tracy Falbe is a woman of many interests. The latest: Tattoos.
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Regional stewardship
Forming a fellowship that looks past artificial boundaries to address common problems.
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Jingle bell rocks
The ever-growing Gorgeous Armada wants to sleigh Christmas.
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Wrecking crew
Local videographers capture the life-blood of wrestling with The Territory.
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Days of Lore
The art of giving gifts … without even leaving your seat.
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Technobabble
A video game that is good for you; a new member to the Mile High Club; the kids are a-hackin'; phones that know their music; and the Wacky Web site of the week.
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Hope Radio
Guitarist moves seductively between jazz and blues.
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Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow
The concept album is alive and well with Coheed and Cambria’s latest.
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Dance with The Devil
Santa Cruz’s The Devil Makes Three plays acoustic music for rowdy people.
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By the chimney with care
Henri shows us how to stuff a Christmas stocking.
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There goes the ‘hood
Will Smith does a fine job with little to work with.
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Sour notes
You know the story … and the voices. Here they are again!
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Never-ending story
What goes on in secret fraternal rituals? We’ll soon find out when three Betas stand trial.
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Into the real world
What do business majors expect out of their first jobs?
This article was published on 12.20.07