"Born on the Move" show coming to Chico

CWC Event Nov 2018

Officer-involved fatal shootings in Butte County, 2017-19, and agency involved

March 17, 2017 Desmond Phillips, 25 (Chico PD)

July 23, 2017 Tyler Rushing, 34 (Chico PD)

Aug. 17, 2017 Mark Jensen, 56 (Butte County Sheriff's Office)

April 7, 2018 Larry Siordia, 33 (Butte County Sheriff's Office)

April 26, 2018 Myra Micalizio, 56 (Butte County Sheriff's Office)

Nov. 15, 2018 GD Hendrix, 48 (Butte County Sheriff's Office)

Jan. 28, 2019 Richard Moulton, 52 (Butte County Sheriff's Office)

Letter to the Editor: Activists Rebuffed by Current Representation

A disingenuous debate tactic is where one overwhelms their opponent with a rapid fire of different arguments, without regard to accuracy, such that the opponent cannot address any of the points in real time. It’s what the Sunrise Movement, a youth-led organization demanding bold climate action, received when they met with Rep. Doug LaMalfa’s chief of staff, Mark Spannagel, seeking clarification of the congressman’s negative stance on the Green New Deal (GND).

Read more from Sisarie Sherry here.

First Muslim invocation warns against polarization

photo by Karen Laslo

Chico's Ali Sarsour became the first Muslim to deliver the invocation at the April 16, 2019, City Council meeting. Sarsour, a Palestinian-American who is a member and former president of the Interfaith Council, warned Tuesday of the dangers of polarization but also said "...conflicts or differences of opinion do not lead to polarization."

"It is our spiritual responsibility to respond to those who seem professional polarizers, even if they are on our side of the conflict," Sarsour said.