Issue: June 05, 2008
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Growth factors
The five mayors in Butte County share what drives them—and drives them crazy.
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Election ‘08
Results for Butte County Supervisor and state Assembly races prove as clear-cut as the Prop. 98-99 split, but Sekhon gives Morris a tight run in the congressional primary.
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City Council
City councilmembers showed clearly Tuesday that they believe the arts are central to the city’s economic-development strategy.
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Delta Vision
The Delta is dying, and saving it will require North Staters to send more water south, according to the Delta Vision.
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Slicing and dicing
When Chico developer Mo West went to the county Planning Commission meeting last week, the future of his golf course was on the line.
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Relief is in sight
Good news! The city is going to build a restroom on the north side of One-Mile.
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Putting flags in their place
Council supports vets on flag policy, but will also allow any group to fly flags of its choosing, as long as it pays the costs.
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Trash to treasure
Chico State program diverts reusable and recyclable move-out waste from landfill.
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Hollywood hero
St. Elsewhere’s Ed Begley Jr. shares his saintly environmental lifestyle.
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Gore scores, again
Al Gore wins $1 million prize for An Inconvenient Truth.
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Really? Duh
Federal scientists come to the stunning conclusion that climate change is bad.
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Ronald’s Joe goes green
Micky D’s Down Under serves up eco-friendly coffee.
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Forget fir, go with bamboo!
Bamboo offers a great alternative to traditional hard woods.
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Watch your step
A private company’s proposal to put up new bus stop shelters in return for advertising sales is promising, but city and county officials need to drive a hard bargain.
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Codes of conduct
Why do so many people have their panties in a bunch because the city wants some help with code enforcement?
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IDEA leaves schools especially needy
By underfunding the special-education programs it mandates, the federal government fails all of us.
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Letters for June 5, 2008
Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
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Bi-continental artist
Howard McCalebb, who recently moved to Oroville from the Big Apple, just opened an art studio in Berlin.
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Err apparent
Readers are right: The editor has got some explaining to do regarding the anonymous letter in the last issue.
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Jesus rocks
Christ in the 21st century: Chico Cabaret takes on Jesus Christ Superstar.
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War of the words
Local emcee battles are helping shine a light on hip-hop in Chico.
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Days of Lore
Arts almost get cut; music store gets shut; former local gets Def; local CDs get released; and Latino community gets represented.
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A Texas Journey: The Centennial Photographs of Polly Smith
Texas: A beautifully alien world …
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Technobabble
Better clean up that hard drive; old-school gas pumps regulating prices?; old-school people still not using computers; a condom for your computer that makes life easier; and the Wacky Web site of the week.
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Death Cab for Cutie
New Death Cab is more mature, but lacks the innocent vulnerability.
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Rachel McGoye
L.A. transplant’s first full-length puts a funky spin on alt-folk.
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Chaos theory
Daughters’ Alexis Marshall lets his voice be heard.
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The bluefin blues
Groups make waves in how some people think about our oceans.
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Roll out the pink carpet
The ladies are back, and this time they’re talking about love instead of sex.
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Creepy clean
Film delivers the scares without the gratuitous gore.
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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
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