Chico News

The state Legislature has approved a budget that will add an estimated $3.2 million to Chico Unified School District's budget for 2013-2014 fiscal year.

A new preliminary hearing date will be set for two Chico brothers charged for their roles in an attack where a pickup was used to strike a man.

Faced with overwhelming support to leave the Chico Certified Farmers Market in its Saturday spot, the Chico City Council voted Tuesday to keep the agreement through the end of 2014, giving time for new ideas to come forth.

Many citizens insisted Tuesday that the city not proceed with certain budget cuts - especially those to police and fire - but few offered alternative solutions to pull the city from its fiscal straits.

This Feb. 11, 2009 file photo shows a shopper looking over the milk aisle at the Hunger Mountain Co-op in Montpelier, Vt.

Elsie Silveira Lorenzo, 1943; Mary Cardoza Fisher, 1944 ; Dolores N. Rocha Peters, 1945; Mary Mello Lay, 1946; Ruth Furtado Henderson,1947 ; Delores Machado Santos, 1948; and Lucy Fernandes Eibe, 1949.

Orchard Supply Hardware announced on Monday it had filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, and has an agreement with Atlanta-based Lowe's to buy some of its stores.

The Chico City Council is facing difficult decisions today in an all-day meeting to address the city government's multimillion-dollar budget deficit.

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Several opposing groups have filed lawsuits against a broad, long-range plan to manage the ailing Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta that was adopted in May. The four suits, filed over the course of the past month by environmental groups and water users, argue the Delta Plan does not fulfill its two co-equal goals of providing a more reliable water ... (more)

Most of the time, the giant corpse flower is kept in the greenhouse at Chico State University.

Our view: The farmers market isn't going away, but some Chico police officer positions will be if citizens don't speak up today.

I am writing to express my extreme concern about the recent discussions about moving the location and/or day of the Saturday farmers market.

During Chico Women's Club annual meeting in June, scholarships were presented to four graduates of Fair View High School who are enrolled at Butte College.

Police had to break the windows of a stolen car early Sunday when the driver and passenger wouldn't open the doors.

Members of the Chico Havurah share songs of peace, unity and joy at the Unity in Diversity Festival June 8 in Paradise.

Chico Elks were winners of the North District Ritual Contest, which includes lodges from Willows to Yreka.

Chico Christian School first grade held an award ceremony June 6. Teacher Shannon Krelle gave each of her students awards for reading, writing, participation and more.

Soaring thousands of feet in the air and giving a bird's-eye view of the north valley, pilots took kids up in light aircraft Saturday to instill a passion for aviation.

Although it's focus is the needs and growth of all women, Soroptimist International of Chico focused on the younger group during a lunch meeting May 29 at the Elks Lodge.