Issue: June 26, 2008
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Immigration: Across the great divide
Voices range from fearful (Rocio Guido) to political (Dan Logue) to hateful (Minutemen-fueled commenters).
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Charter school gets whopping $8.4 million
After years of struggling to keep alive and healthy, Chico Country Day scores a huge grant for improvements.
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DOJ drops GCOE investigation
The state Department of Justice may have dropped its investigation into wrongdoing in the Glenn County Office of Education, but Sacramento Valley Mirror editor Tim Crews isn’t giving up the fight.
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Racial profiling all too prevalent, black leader says
Willie Hyman, president of the Butte Community Coalition, speaks about police treatment of African Americans.
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Supervisors approve New Era Mine
Despite the fact that Jane Dolan was on the Butte County board when the gold-mining operation got initially permitted, the majority overrides her depiction of events to uphold the permit.
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Butte County cuts mental-health staff
With a determination that its controversial outsourcing plan is illegal, the county’s Behaviorial Health Department will have to absorb staffing and service cuts instead.
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Growth study area just hypothetical
Chico eyes Mendocino National Forest land that the federal government doesn’t intend to sell.
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Chico councilman packin’ heat
Yes, Tom Nickell was armed, but that’s not why he was “locked and loaded” at the last meeting.
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North State crossword
Test your local knowledge with this crossword puzzle.
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Slogging through the biodiesel bog
So many requirements to create and burn biodiesel make you wonder if the effort’s even worth it.
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Boxer battles on
Despite a GOP filibuster, Sen. Barbara Boxer vows to bring back a climate bill.
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Energy lights debate
John McCain and Barack Obama slam each others’ proposed oil policies.
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Curtains for curtains?
Researchers say shower curtains’ odor is toxic.
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Change your oil habits
How often to you change your vehicle’s oil? Debunking the 3,000-mile myth.
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Is Chico seeing the forest for the trees?
In revising the general plan, city planners are considering development on federally owned and protected parkland: Mendocino National Forest’s research center. Huh?
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Budget-busting windfall
It’s great that Chico Country Day is getting funds to improve its facilities, but $8.4 million? That’s too much for one school when districts are in crisis — which says a lot about the state’s budget process.
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Fed (and feds) keeping inflation secrets
Simple math and history show the dire economic straits that the government doesn’t dare share.
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Letters for June 26, 2008
Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
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Folk singer sees past blindness
Suzanna Holland, originally from South Africa, belts out tunes at Thursday Night Market in Chico.
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Line-crosser crosses over
‘What if there were no hypothetical questions?’ George Carlin, I miss you already.
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Woody Allen’s God emerges in Chico
Shakespeare on the Plaza gives local treatment to Woody Allen’s God.
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Summer jammin’ and cross-country art
Fatboy Slim and David Byrne make “Toe Jam;” Friends of the Arts and Chico Speaks Out make Chico proud; and Seamonster goes on a road trip.
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Dream believer
The “Queen of Nightmares” takes the fright out of nightmares.
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Picket the tickets
Who’s doing all the work, and who’s getting all the dough for service charges; how to become the one, true Ticketmaster; local promoter pulls double duty; music dweebs all over love Titus Andronicus; and Matt Hogan commemorated.
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The Wedding Present
The sharp observations are there, but the music doesn’t always follow.
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Mare Winningham
With her new religion pouring from every note, the actress-singer loses her subtlety in translation.
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He was … Bruuuuce in the U.S.A.!
Why pay $100 to see The Boss, when you can see a tribute for free?
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Fresh lunch on the fly
Restaurant keeps things fresh and affordable.
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Love stinks
Mike Myers regifts his same shtick in a dusty old package.
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More to happiness than what you’ve been taught
In sweet, simple Smart People, the characters find they have lots to learn when it comes to life.
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The Rock: The Most Electrifying Man in Sports Entertainment
Dwayne Johnson becomes The Rock again … sort of.
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The Happening
A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
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The Incredible Hulk
A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
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