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Chico State recently transferred ownership of a parcel of land to the Susanville Indian Rancheria. It’s the second time the university has returned land it owns to a tribe.
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Chico State has completed a historic agreement to transfer ownership of an unused parcel of land to the Susanville Indian Rancheria in Lassen County. Also, a Sacramento lawmaker has placed a hold on two million dollars in state funds that had been earmarked for CapRadio’s new downtown headquarters, and this Sunday Chico will host its annual Christmas Preview downtown to celebrate the winter season.
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The city of Chico is showing support for overturning a court decision that calls it unconstitutional for cities to remove unhoused people from the streets if there’s nowhere for them to go. Also, Chico State skilled trades workers went on strike yesterday, joining more than 1,000 fellow union members across California calling for better working conditions, and if you’re a PG&E customer, a decision tomorrow by the California Public Utilities Commission could have an impact on your monthly energy bills.
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Chico State skilled trades workers went on strike today, joining more than 1,000 fellow union members across California calling for better working conditions.
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An unsettled weather pattern is bringing rain to the valley today and tomorrow and light snow to the mountains tomorrow and Thursday. Also, Chico State trade workers will be picketing today as part of a one-day strike across 22 California State University campuses, and Cal Fire has announced that burn permits are no longer required to burn green waste in Butte County.
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Demonstrations in support of Gaza and Palestinians have taken place in Chico the past few weeks, including Butte County students who protested on Chico State’s campus.
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Shasta County officials continue to debate how ballots will be counted, with a special election coming up in less than a week. Also, Chico is planning to issue more anti-camping enforcement notices to those experiencing homelessness and living in tents or makeshift shelters on sidewalks and other public spaces in the city, and yesterday students from Chico elementary schools had a blast watching pumpkins being thrown off a crane at Chico State’s 34th annual Pumpkin Drop.
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The 34th annual Pumpkin Drop took place at the university this afternoon, which is put on by the Society of Physics Students and the Department of Physics.
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A nonpartisan coalition of voting rights advocates has requested California’s Secretary of State to oversee Shasta County’s special election next week. Also, a whistleblower has told Shasta Scout that Shasta County’s new public health officer isn’t the person the hiring committee recommended, and there are so few chinook salmon returning to spawn this year that some state biologists worry about extinction.
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You may think sign language is beautiful, but do you think it’s necessary? That’s the question artist and activist Valerie Rose is posing to the Chico community in her new “Sign Sign Mural Project” on Park Avenue. Also, Chico State will celebrate Halloween with a smash as it hosts its 34th annual pumpkin drop tomorrow, and California’s Democratic state lawmakers have largely resisted efforts to increase criminal punishments but as retail and car theft surges they’re looking for other ways to crack down.