Chico Enterprise-Record

The Chico Enterprise-Record, commonly referred to as the E-R, is the daily newspaper serving the city of Chico, California. It originally started as the Butte Record in 1853 in Bidwell Bar, California. In 1999, the newspaper became part of the MediaNews Group after being owned by Donrey since March 14, 1983.

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A reminder that Flag Day still matters | Other views

3 days ago | chicoer.com | Tom Purcell

Flag Day, celebrated every June 14, is one of America’s lesser-known holidays, but my father never forgot it. June 14 marks the day in 1777 when the Continental Congress officially adopted the Stars and Stripes as our national flag. Though President Woodrow Wilson established Flag Day by proclamation in 1916, it wasn’t made permanent until 1949, when President Harry S. Truman signed it into law. For my father, born during the Great Depression, Flag Day was never just a footnote.
Highlighting the impacts of erosion in Bidwell Park

3 days ago | chicoer.com | Jennie Blevins

CHICO — Bidwell Park’s Artist in Residence and local installation artist Eve Werner led a small group of people on an erosion line hike in Upper Bidwell Park last week to show the damaging effects of erosion. Werner is part of a volunteer effort through Partners, Ambassadors, Leaders and Stewards, also known as PALS, which is a city group comprised of community members who volunteer to demonstrate the effects. It began in November.
TV for summer 2025: 15 shows coming up, including the return of ‘The Bear’

3 days ago | chicoer.com | Nina Metz

A look at what's on tap in the summer months, when streaming is your best bet for new and returning series.
‘Sunset Gratitude’: hopeful meditations for peaceful evenings | The Biblio File

4 days ago | chicoer.com | Dan Barnett

For Chico State grad Emily Silva Hockstra, the natural world is replete with wisdom in how to weather loss. Sunsets, for example, “symbolize an ending. When things end, it can feel hard to accept and surrender to what is.
Good Turnout for COCC Guest Day | Tee To Green

4 days ago | chicoer.com | Ed Anderson

The Canyon Oaks Women’s Golf Club enjoyed a good turnout of 75 members and guests for its Guests and Friends Day Tournament. The format was a 4-Woman, 2 Best-Ball. Taking first in the first flight was the team of Shelley Carney, Nancy Chamberlin, Debbie Maderos and Susie Westcott with a net score of 124; 2, Karen Escott, Joan Hart, Katie Leach and Robin Manna, 127; 3, Diana Lotspeich, Sophia Magana, Linda Mowell and Cynthia Paulo, 129.
Veterans to protest VA cuts, changes

4 days ago | chicoer.com | Kyra Gottesman

CHICO — On Friday, the 81st anniversary of D-Day, the Veteran Action Group is hosting a demonstration in support of veterans and opposing the Trump administration’s cuts and proposed cuts to the Department of Veterans Affairs. “Veterans and their supporters — which would be pretty much everyone I would hope — will definitely want to be there. This is an issue worth advocating for,” said Daneva Marshall , Ret. U.S. Army and organization founder.
Restaurant damaged in early morning fire | Midday Report

4 days ago | chicoer.com | Jennie Blevins

A fire caused “significant damage” at Snow Man Ramen restaurant on Nord Avenue early Monday morning, Chico Fire Department Battalion Chief Wes Metroka said. Metroka said a person passing by called 911 to report the fire at 6:12 a.m. The fire started in the kitchen in the counter top areas and was confined to the kitchen. Firefighters managed to contain the fire within 10 minutes. “There was significant damage with some smoke and soot,” Metroka said. No one was hurt in the fire.
Las Plumas FFA student makes history

5 days ago | chicoer.com | Kyra Gottesman

OROVILLE — For the first time in its 60-year history, the Las Plumas High School FFA Chapter has a student who’s been elected as a state officer. Senior Lily Vaughan, 18, was selected by a delegation of her peers from FFA chapters across the state to serve as the 2025-26 president for the California FFA Officer Team on April 6, the closing day of the 2025 California FFA State Conference held in Sacramento.
‘Annie’ takes flight at Birdcage Theatre

6 days ago | chicoer.com | Jennie Blevins

OROVILLE — Loren Ott loves acting alongside his three daughters. He gets that chance when he plays Daddy Warbucks in the musical “Annie” coming up at Birdcage Theatre. “I love being onstage with the girls,” Ott said. “They love to see me onstage.
One mystery solved while pondering another | Off the Record

1 week ago | chicoer.com | Kyra Gottesman

I’ve come to the conclusion that socks and Tupperware are most definitely related. If not by blood than by a common connection to a one-way black hole anomaly in the space-time continuum. About a month or so ago, I cleaned out my Tupperware cupboard, matching tops to bottoms and throwing out cracked pieces. In the end, I had a 16-piece “set” of matching food storage containers. This week, I opened the sacred chamber and discovered 22 lids that did not match any of the 12 remaining containers.