Issue: August 14, 2008
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Sex on the brain
Former Chico High students and teachers discuss how to get teens to value their bodies and health above their libidos.
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‘They’re not broken’
Teaching English learners is tough, especially when the Chico Unified School District is in the midst of budget cuts.
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What’s gonna change in my classroom?
Chico Unified School District honchos dish out the dirt on how the budget will affect students.
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Live Oak’s Chico connection
Management of Live Oak’s city government is passing from one Chicoan, former City Manager Tom Lando, to another, Jim Goodwin, who is resigning as president and CEO of the Chamber of Commerce.
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Credit union’s STAR power
STAR Credit Union celebrates 50 years of providing affordable loans to Butte County residents.
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Memorial services offer contrasts, commonality
It was coincidence that the memorial services for Dr. Tom Enloe and Amit Tandon were held at the same time, but it was a meaningful coincidence.
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CUSD election: from two to a handful
The race for the Chico school board becomes competitive as the filing period comes to a close. Ditto in Paradise.
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Epick Homes hit with epic fine
A big Chico-based developer has been penalized for allegedly failing to handle storm water runoff adequately on a Redding project.
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Times exposes home-care union
Tyrone Freeman, president of an SEIU group representing Butte County workers, is implicated in a front-page exposé.
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Teens get freaky
Nearly half of all high school students have had sex at least once.
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Kids, meet your Mother
Journalist and author Richard Louv says kids need to get outside.
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What’s that doing there?
EPA and state of Utah poised to study the Great Salt Lake’s abundance of mercury.
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Gorilla population may be twice what was thought
Researchers say they’ve found 125,000 western lowland gorillas in Africa they previously didn’t know were there.
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Break on through
Scientists predict marine life to migrate from Pacific to Atlantic over next 40 years.
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Safe yards in the Sierras
Conservation organization offers a guide to wildfire protection for the home.
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Board memo to Dolan: So what?
Jane Dolan was in the house when the New Era Mine’s original permit was approved, but to three of her fellow supervisors that didn’t mean diddly.
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Georgia on our minds
After Iraq, the United States doesn’t have much credibility when it comes to opposing the invasion of a sovereign nation.
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Catastrophe in Concow
Once a magical place, Concow is now a land of devastation, and hundreds of people are homeless.
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Letters for August 14, 2008
Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
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Disabled 17-year-old looks beyond his limitations
Justin Klein-Edgerton turned to the Youth Leadership Forum to see past his limitations.
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Full-court press releases
What’s news and what’s spew? Sample an editor’s in-box and see for yourself.
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Drawing the line
Local artists Bob Garner and Rod Caudill show their different styles at the Upper Crust.
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Hip to be fair
What’s on tap at our fine bastions of summer entertainment; Weird Al for prez; Bat for Lashes gets all Lynch on us; and a couple of classics leave before their time.
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Zombie Haiku
This summer, zombies / feast on flesh and poetry / neither one survives.
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The future ain’t cheap
A look at some devices and toys that will put you smack-dab in the year 2020.
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Smoke Rings in the Sky
Sonoma singer-songwriter wears her heart on her sleeve on her latest.
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Singing with friends
Chico’s Dick and Jane are a folk duo with pop sensibilities and populist hearts.
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Ain’t that a peach
It’s peach season, and Henri offers a different type of recipe using the fuzzy fruit.
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Blunt humor
Seth Rogen passes the doobie; hilarity—and violence—ensue.
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Not what they seem
Dialogue and suspense whisk us away from American dramas.
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The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
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