For those who are asking, we are completely sold out of tickets for Tuesday’s 49th Annual Chico Sports Hall of Fame and Senior Athletes Banquet.

The E-R has 7 finalists. That is a very good haul :)

California fast food restaurants have cut 10,000 jobs since passing $20 minimum wage: business agency trib.al/HU1SY9i

BREAKING: An initiative that would make it harder for state and local governments to raise taxes will NOT be on the ballot in November, the CA Supreme Court decides. Court ruled in favor of Gov &CALeg, which urged the court to strip the “Taxpayer Protection Act” from ballot.

Pray for President Trump. I know he will be undaunted.

Political violence is absolutely unacceptable. I wish Donald Trump, and anyone else who may have been hurt, a speedy recovery.

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BREAKING: President Biden speaks after a shooting at former President Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania: “There’s no place in America for this kind of violence. It’s sick. It’s sick. ... We cannot condone this.”

The Park Fire is now at 239,152 acres. Barely two days after it started, it’s already the 14th biggest fire in the history of our state.

I was booked on United Flight 93 on 9/11, 2001, flying nonstop from Newark NJ to San Francisco CA. Around midnight the night before, a coworker called me urging me to change my flight to fly into San Jose instead. This meant I had move to a flight that boarded 20 minutes later

The balance of power on the Chico City Council hangs on the outcome of the District 3 race. After today, incumbent Dale Bennett leads challenger Monica McDaniel by (drumroll please) 7 votes, 3,009-3,002.

Since this election is settled this hopefully won't take on too much of a partisan valence but can we just agree it's ridiculous that it takes California several weeks to count its votes? Imagine if it were a swing state.

Purdy also passed for 377 yards and three touchdowns, and ran in for a fourth. Moody missed an extra point and two (more) field goals — and then barfed the onside kick. Yeah. I’d say one guy did his job better than the other. “Unreal” how some people are so obsessed with Purdy …

Local teen shatters stereotypes, meets President Biden in national honor trib.al/xh1p89K

"All right, folks — deep breaths. Though I’ve never been accused of not relentlessly sticking with a bit, it’s time to take off the tin-foil hats and get real..." The Athletic NFL The Athletic The New York Times nytimes.com/athletic/61220…

After 15 years, there have been more CEOs of the CA High-Speed Rail Authority than train passengers. The tally is 5 to 0. Even the NY Times determined the project won't be completed this century.

First Sly Stone, now Brian Wilson. Two of those very rare talents for whom the terms “visionary” and “musical genius” were 100% warranted. The Rock and Roll Heaven Band has never gotten this much better in a two-day period, ever.

These animal moments will make your day. A thread 🧵 1. Patient older dog teaches puppy how to use the pet door

We should all feel a deep sense of grief and outrage at the terrible violence that took place in Utah today. Charlie Kirk's murder is sick and reprehensible, and our thoughts are with his family, children, and loved ones. I knew Charlie, and I admired his passion and commitment

Proposition 50 is winning by about a 2-to-1 margin statewide, but is being rejected so far by most north state counties. In Butte County, the “no” votes lead 27,636-23,817. In Colusa, the “no” vote leads by a 2-to-1 margin. In Glenn, it’s almost 3-to-1.