Issue: January 08, 2009
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We see newsmaking in their future
The CN&R’s annual Who to Watch list.
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The nine from ’08
How about the people on last year’s Who to Watch list? Glad you asked …
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Oroville mill worker wins civil-rights suit
More than three years after he was fired for refusing to work on the Adventist Sabbath, Luciano Cortez wins his discrimination lawsuit and is reinstated by Sierra Pacific.
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Disc golf: It’s back! But wait …
The Chico City Council votes unanimously to reverse its decision on play in Upper Park, but the referendum and a leaked memo keep the controversy going.
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Hope and hoopla at County Center
Everybody who is anybody in local government was present Monday morning for the swearing in of three county supervisors and a farewell to a fourth.
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Great values, hard sales
Foreclosures and short sales offer real housing bargains, but completing the sale can be difficult.
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Lambert booted from commission
After 30 years, Nina Lambert is quietly removed from the county Planning Commission.
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Another one bites the dust
The Black Crow closes, joining several other Chico eateries that couldn’t survive the economic recession.
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New leadership at Enloe
Enloe Medical Center’s Board of Trustees has several new members and a new chairman, Matt Jackson.
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Campus collection
Paradise High School’s Ecology and Sustainability Club doesn’t just raise awareness of recycling—it also does something about it.
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Military trumps marine life
Natural Resources Defense Council settles lawsuit after U.S. Navy agrees to study sonar impacts on marine life.
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Coal-power catastrophe
Enviros call the massive toxic ash spill in Tennessee the Exxon Valdez of the coal industry and call for new regulations.
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Brown versus Bush
California Attorney General Jerry Brown challenges White House’s last-minute changes to the Endangered Species Act.
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Extreme windows
Take a peek at some cutting-edge technology leading to less-porous portals.
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Making it safe to help
We’re pleased to see that the state Legislature is moving to act on the California Supreme Court’s foolish ruling on the state’s Good Samaritan law.
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Being clear about commissions
City council members acknowledge that the process they used to appoint people to boards and commissions in early 2007 was flawed, so they’ve improved it.
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Symbol from the past important for the future
One-thousand cranes—take this story to heart.
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Letters for January 8, 2009
Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
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Mr. and Mrs. Fix-it
Ray and Trish Norman put their knowledge of computers to good work, helping the elderly and disabled for free.
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Wishful thoughts
What the CN&R editor hopes will happen in 2009.
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God’s tool box
Oroville’s Bolt’s Antique Tool Museum: The largest collection of hand tools in the U.S.
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Family Outing
Former Chico State student’s memoirs of his life with a lesbian mother.
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Feelin’ the itch
Henri celebrates the new year with Dungeness crab recipes.
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Broad strokes
John Patrick Shanley’s play-turned-Oscar contending film tries hard but comes up just short.
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
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