Issue: November 20, 2014
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New guy at the top
CN&R chats with City Manager Mark Orme about budget, budget, budget—and a few other things.
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What to do with waste?
Chico woman faces opposition to plans for a new facility to sort and reuse trash.
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Caregivers’ conundrum
Home health care workers get a nod from county supervisors, but labor union contends the county is dodging its responsibilities.
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Merger stalls
City Council rejects agreement to annex Chapmantown and Mulberry district.
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County objects to water plan
Butte County supervisors OK letter of protest to proposed water transfer.
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Alarming news
Law firm threatens city over false alarm ordinance.
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Builder-friendly ordinance extended
Once again, City Council approves deferred payments of development fees.
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Homeless housing grant
Local nonprofit gets $500,000 state grant to help house the homeless.
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Political care
Affordable Care Act’s popularity slips following mid-term election.
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Health care on a roll
Covered California Executive Director Peter V. Lee visits Chico, extols the benefits of Obamacare.
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The spray debate
Local activist worries that changes in law will affect purity of our food crops.
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Ambition in a beaker
Student-professor team at Chico State taking novel approach to developing possible cancer treatment.
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Prostates love walnuts
Study shows walnuts reduce risk, slow growth of prostate cancer.
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GOP vs. ACA
House Republicans can’t agree on how to pull apart Obamacare.
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This website is sweet
UCSF launches new online repository for sugar science information.
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Highway patrol vows change
Officers will be trained to more adequately handle mentally ill suspects, CHP commissoner says.
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Address the dysfunction
The CSU Chancellor’s Office and Chico State administrators must get to the root of the campus’ problems.
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A Koch problem
The Keystone XL pipeline is about bought-and-paid-for politicians enriching the oil barons.
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Peace for Israelis and Palestinians
The author advocates for supporting programs aimed at improving Israel-Palestine relations.
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Young guns and giving
Thoughts on new City Manager Mark Orme and his right-hand man, Chris Constantin.
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Lice eradicator
Theresa Culver’s Lice Ninjas business helps families rid their homes—and their heads—of the troublesome pests.
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One-of-a-kind gift-giving
With the holiday shopping season quickly approaching, think locally and locally made.
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Chirping into the season
Original musical makes Dickens’ Cricket on the Hearth sing.
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Slimkid3 & DJ Nu-Mark
Pharcyde meets Jurassic 5 at the turntable.
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The competition heats up
Picking the new music director of the North State Symphony won’t be easy.
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Bird is the word
A bizarre and highly entertaining tour de force.
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