Issue: May 20, 2010
Kelli Saam and Jerry Olenyn are Action News’ first couple. Editor Robert Speer gets a behind-the-scenes look at their romance and their reporting victories.
In other news: Boys & Girls Club funding slashed by Chico Unified School District; one local apartment complex rips up pavement in favor of a community garden; and Anthony Peyton Porter puts in his two cents on the race for district attorney.
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The First Couple of TV news
As married co-anchors, Kelli Saam and Jerry Olenyn have adapted gracefully to being small-town celebrities.
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Boys & Girls Club takes a hit
The Chico Unified School District will not be collaborating with the nonprofit next school year, leaving the club high and dry.
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Newspaper under the microscope
Chico State’s student-run weekly is unpopular with many on campus.
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City coffers
It’s negotiation time between the city of Chico and its employees, who will be asked to take salary cuts.
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Wife arrested for murder
She’s charged with shooting her husband in the head and killing him.
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Café seating brewing controversy?
Restaurants may clash over plans to build outdoor dining downtown.
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Funky, fun festival
Creative wheeled contraptions shown off in Chapmantown.
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To drill or not to drill?
Overall support drops, yet more Republicans say offshore is the way to go.
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The bold and the beautiful
College students strip down for the second annual Undie Run clothing fundraiser.
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Cultivating community
Walnut Grove Apartments in Chico breaks ground for a green cause.
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Oil-drilling uproar
Environmentalists protest Shell’s proposal to follow through with its plans to begin drilling in the Arctic Ocean.
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Jellyfish displays ‘city of gonads’
Scientists studied the species with gonads on its outside for almost a decade before classifying it in its own family.
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Homo genus hodgepodge
New study shows that “modern” humans and Neanderthals share more than 99 percent of the same DNA.
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Ideas for rewarding spring planting projects
Advice: Small plots, flowers and native plants.
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California’s heartlessness
Balancing the budget on the backs of the poor.
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Nativism run amok
Immigrant bashing will only hurt Republicans long term.
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Save the general’s tree
A heritage black walnut is slated to be chopped—for what?
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Letters for May 20, 2010
Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
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Eclectic and ethical
At Della May’s Dreams, Dorella Miller aims to help people both near and far.
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Dolan’s view of Southside
The issue isn’t annexation—it’s money and leadership.
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Shakesenstein theater
Blue Room continues on offbeat path with two new productions.
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Sleigh Bells
Sleigh Bells deliver on hype with potential album-of-the-summer.
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Songs From the Road
Posthumous disc showcases hot live show by bluesman Luther Allison.
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World-class debut
Premiere of Lowell Liebermann’s “Clarinet Concerto,” featuring soloist Jon Manasse, steals the show at North State Symphony season finale.
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A long trip to Happy Day
The story behind a Magalia Chinese restaurant is one of good food, love and the American Dream.
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Medievel tea party
Ridley Scott’s latest blockbuster is like a renaissance fair with a message.
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Selling out a premise
Keeping up with The Joneses’ motivations.
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Iron Man 2
A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
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