Sunny’s podcast: Oct. 21-28, 2026
Sunny’s Podcast: Oct. 10-14
“Operation Safe California” lands a Chico construction worker in a detention center; CUSD Trustee Eileen Robinson steps down after serving 16 years on the Board of Education; a local geographer calls for airline service in Chico.
Sunny’s Podcast: Sept. 23-Oct. 1
FPPC conflict-of-interest investigations; City Council seats that will be filled by the Nov. 3 election; the fight over the proposed solar farm; a new “work group” for AI and technology issues in Chico Unified School District.
Sunny’s podcast: Sept. 16-17
Police Chief Billy Aldridge proposes that the seven-member City Council get ALPR (automated license plate reader) training. “We train you in the system, have you dig into it yourselves,” Aldridge tells the Council.
Sunny’s podcast: Aug. 27-Sept. 1
Reporter Chris Hutton discusses the latest in the Stock lawsuit against Chico State and the CSU and how he put together his story. He also reports on the Sept. 1 City Council meeting, including the proposition for an ad hoc committee to review Chico PD’s ALPR data sharing.
Outcry at City Council over camera data sharing
Local citizens fill the Council chamber, and the City says it will hold a special City Council meeting at 6 p.m. Sept. 21 for discussion of license plate reader data sharing. “These license plate readers, they’re just not reading the license plates, they’re video cameras basically,” said Chico resident Dan Pantry. Chico’s Mary Kay Benson, who has been distributing “pre-filled CPD complaint forms” (see comments), says she’s submitted more than 60 of the forms.