Wildfire smoke. Extreme heat. Floods. With a warming climate, increasingly dramatic weather-related events are arising and the university isn’t prepared. But a class at Chico State is seeking to change...
With summer around the corner, temperatures in Chico are expected to rise more this year than last, according to Long Range Forecasts. Ice cream shops in Downtown Chico offer the perfect solution to relieve...
The Thursday Night Market in downtown Chico offers more than just food, it offers the opportunity for community gathering, memories and indulgence in other cultures separated by colorful tents.
For...
Correction: The Orion made an error. Kim Relph-Smith is not a Native and is not a member of the Berry Creek Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California.
A panel of legal professionals and a tribal relations...
Walking into any business with only $10 in today’s economy may seem quite daunting and setting a hard limit with no exceptions is often hard to implement. The question of “what do I want?” quickly...
A Mardi Gras Soirée. A steak dinner. A graduation ceremony.
These are the elements of a dinner dance that awaited married Chico State students in 1964. The annual event, reported in an issue of The...
In early 2024, in a packed room in a university on the West Coast, a student shared that she lost family in Gaza. A Jewish professor shared that her nephew in the Israel Defense Forces was killed trying...
With the Spring semester nearing its end, take a look at some of the blossoming florals coming out to say goodbye to the Class of 2026.
Elizabeth Perez and Arlette Valdivia can be reached...
A new business has come to Downtown Chico, one that offers both a deep cultural sense of community and nostalgic fashions, all under one roof. On Dec. 16, 2025, Jade Lopez and her fiancé, Julian Serrato,...
Great State Coffee is bringing new life to a popular downtown Chico location, transforming a former Starbucks into a locally owned café led by Alec Binyon and Jasmine James.
With a focus on quality,...
Hosted by the Asian Pacific Islander and Desi-American Resource Center, the Asian Night Market took place Friday from 5-8 p.m. on Kendall Lawn. The event brought students and community members for an evening...
On an early spring afternoon, you can see a family running up and down the empty stairways of Butte Hall, getting exercise in the vacant building. Then you wonder, what is the building even used for?
Butte...
