Chico News Archives

Both the media coverage of the Chico Unified School District dispute with Chico Country Day School and the letter to the editor Tuesday from CUSD employee Sara Simmons leave five areas of curiosity: 1) CCDS has been trying for almost a year to obtain CUSD support of CCDS's Proposition 1D facility funding effort for almost a year.

Oct. 22 - 400 block of Oak Street. Two laptop computers stolen. Reported at 10:24 p.m. Oct.

Chico volunteer firefighter Matt Richardson cleans up at the scene of a fire at the corner of Alba and White avenues Thursday night.

Two men identified by police as students at Butte College and Chico State University were arrested early this morning for allegedly robbing five people downtown and in west Chico.

Comic genius John Cleese enjoyed his last performance in Chico so much that he's coming back for more.

On Saturday, Oct. 10, my family and I were having dinner at Jack's Restaurant on Main Street when I suffered a sudden cardiac arrest.

Noise intrusion from loud outdoor generators and light "trespass" from unshielded or poorly aimed exterior lights will both be outlawed as a result of actions taken by the Butte County Board of Supervisors.

The Chico Public Education Hall of Fame Committee is accepting nominations for the 2009-2010 inductees.

With music and dancing, guests from out of town and chocolate cake, how could a birthday party be anything but great? A party held last week by Chico Havurah, a local synagogue, had all these ingredients and more.

After more than eight years of hard work and more than a few hurdles to overcome, the Volunteers in Police Service car is finally finished and ready to drive.

A documentary film crew from Toronto is in Chico shooting for a 10-part police series due to air on the G4 television network in late November or early December.

On behalf of Notre Dame School, I would like to recognize and thank our neighbors - the Greek fraternities and sororities of Chico State University.

A pair of would-be state senators, a representative of a would-be lieutenant governor, a member of the Butte County Board of Supervisors and Chico City Council member all took park in a noontime effort Friday to underscore the need to renovate the facilities that house the Chico Country Day School.

A Glenn County sheriff's deputy died Wednesday night after falling unconscious at his north Chico home.

How to save endangered local fish is the daunting task of a recovery plan in its early stages by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Susan Rauen was feeling the love. It was Sunday morning, Oct. 18, a time when the Chico branch of the Butte County Library ordinarily would have been closed up tight.

Handlers from throughout the country came to Chico this week for specialized search and rescue dog training that teaches tracking in an urban setting.

So where's the swine-flu vaccine? It's trickling in slowly, says the state Department of Public Health.

Local log-home manufacturer offers an alternative to other eco-friendly construction.

I had trouble deciding where I wanted to eat this week because I have that nice little flu bug that's going around.

Dozens of people will put on zombie makeup, wear tattered clothing and dance the afternoon away Saturday when Cathy Small Tuttle leads Chicoans in a group dance of Michael Jackson's "Thriller" at City Plaza.

What a windfall for Chico. Chico Country Day School, a free public charter school for students grades K-8, has been awarded millions of dollars from the state to renovate its current home, the oldest school site in Chico.

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Oct. 17--The timing couldn't be more perfect. That's how CATHY EMERSON is thinking about her NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA CONNECT research project on broadband.

Police are reviewing surveillance footage of the Wells Fargo Bank robbery that occured at about 12:36 p.m. today, but the suspect is believed to still be at large.

While "the father of modern astronomy," Galileo Galilei, died in 1642, he will be making a special comeback in Chico this month.

Nearly 3,000 volunteers have signed up to help spruce up the city on Sunday in the annual "Love Chico" event.

Police are investigating two home invasion robberies in west Chico Friday that may have been committed by the same suspects.

Police are investigating what appears to be an attempted armed robbery, reported at about 8 a.m. today at a home in the 1100 block of Greenwich Drive.

CHICO The two men killed in a rollover crash on Highway 99 north of Chico early Wednesday morning have been identified as Moises Ontiveras Villa, 21, and Antonio Lua Mendoza Villa, 28, both of Corning.

Dena Kay Jones, an internationally-known classical pianist who plays standard piano repertoire but who also specializes in Spanish piano music of the 20th Century, will be performing a solo concert Friday evening in Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall on the Chico State University campus.

I am writing to encourage the Chico Unified School District board to place the Proposition 1D award on their board agenda as an action item, and to vote to approve the award.

The state has approved a "preferred" site for a new, larger north county courthouse in the now-vacant Meriam Park development in southeast Chico.

Don't put away those umbrellas yet. The National Weather Service is predicting continuing showers through most of today.

The young woman found dead inside a residence on Chestnut Street Monday morning has been identified as Gina Marie Maggio, 21, of San Jose.

Lea Shelton, Issac Shelton and Lilly Grigsby of Oroville each unfortunately have one thing in common with dozens of other women, children and men in California.

One hundred percent of the proceeds from a special dinner tonight at Mariscos Ixtapa Restaurant, 1196 E. Lassen Ave., will go to assist the Curiel family with burial and medical expenses.

Tough economic times are nothing new to Lena Woodmansee, who planned to celebrate her 90th birthday at a local church on Sunday.

The city's latest art event had artists putting down their brushes and opening their doors Saturday when the Open Studios Art Tour kicked off its Chico weekend.

Children's Choir of Chico's five choirs, consisting of pre-kindergarten through adult women singers, will perform spirituals, folksongs, patriotic songs, Broadway tunes and contemporary and classical art songs during a concert Oct.

Have you heard stories about rocks falling from the sky targeting a specific area? Events of that nature can take on Biblical proportions, and make a good back drop for a horror flick.

Are you worried our council may be blackmailing the poor billionaire Wal-Mart owners by suggesting they help Chico solve our severe air pollution problems - use solar, construct roads for their increased traffic, reduce global warming impact and help cut air particulates by removing a few wood-burning stoves? Wal-Mart owners are doing us a favor - ...

Up to 16 separate power outages have been reported, affecting up to 5,000 customers in several areas of Chico.

A former Sparks woman convicted two years ago of beating her adopted son to death in 1974 might get a new trial after the Nevada Supreme Court ruled Thursday she was wrongly denied mental health records of her main accuser.

We had a neighborly visit from Merle Haggard on Sept. 29. The old troubadour dropped in to perform before a nearly sold-out house at Laxson Auditorium, down from his home up near Redding.

Maureen Smith poses for Diana Lobosky on Sept. 24 during a gathering of breast cancer survivors at Chico Women's Club in preparation for The Celebration, an event planned by Butte Glenn Medical Society Alliance.

Two people were killed at about 4:15 a.m. today in a single-vehicle rollover wreck on Highway 99, just north of Meridian Road.

On Saturday, Oct. 16, the Woodland Outdoor Wanderers will be taking trip to Chico to visit and hike in Bidwell Park.

Chico Elks are teaming with the Fabulous Swing Kings to host the first Elks Charity Ball.

The young woman found dead inside a residence on Chestnut Street Monday morning has been identified as Gina Marie Maggio, 21, of San Jose.

In these times of tight city budgets, I have an excellent way for the city of Chico to save money.

Last spring when Gina Albano, a former Chico resident, bought a ticket for the KIXE public television contest to win a new water-wise landscape, she had "an inkling" that she would win.

Kylie Deal, 18, and Ryan Cleland, 16, talk about their roles as 4-H Ambassadors.

On Oct. 2, Chico cancer advocate Sean Murphy will join the Livestrong movement by hosting the Livestrong Army Chico Wear Yellow Day.

Estate Ale is one of the world's only estate-made beers, brewed with 100% all-natural, hops and barley grown on-site at the brewery in Chico, Calif., and the Basement Pub, 1028 S.E. 12th Ave.

The charismatic acoustic guitarist Jesse Cook and his band of talented musicians will perform an evening of global music at Chico State University's Laxson Auditorium on Tuesday.

More than a quarter of the 1,380 homeless people counted in January's census in Butte County were living outdoors, according to a report released this week.