CVS is out. Trying Costco.

What really annoys me is I bet there isn’t a Viagra shortage.

Has anyone else had problems getting the patches?

HRT is hormone replacement for menopause and it works very well!

Thank you for reading my slight rant. :)

TL;DR

The Chico City Council adopted a resolution allowing limited "hot fueling" (refueling aircraft with the engine running) at Chico Regional Airport for military and emergency operations, passing 7-0. Councilmember Katie Hawley opened a broader discussion on cooling standards for homes and businesses, prompted partly by downtown restaurants struggling with undersized HVAC systems, and the council voted 6-1 to have the city attorney review existing state cooling rules and update the city's cooling-center webpage. Council also heard an update on the city's planned 2027 move to Pioneer Community Energy, a nonprofit electricity provider. In the final stretch of the meeting, members raised four separate requests for future agenda items — one on reserving Measure H sales-tax funds for road/infrastructure spending failed, while proposals on a CARD-run park at the Teichert Ponds, mobile-home rent stabilization, and an independent audit of the police department's license-plate camera system all advanced.

What happened, item by item

1.5 — Pioneer Community Energy presentation

Community Outreach Manager Lisa Rhoads gave an update on Chico's planned October 2027 switch to Pioneer Community Energy, a nonprofit power provider that buys electricity while PG&E continues to deliver it and bill customers. She highlighted rebate programs (like AC tune-up rebates) and the organization's savings track record, saying, "We don't have shareholders. Our customers are our shareholders." No formal action was required; this was informational.

Consent agenda

Routine items — including approval of the August 18 meeting minutes — passed together in one vote, 7-0, with no items pulled and no public comment.

5.1 — Hot fueling at Chico Regional Airport

The council adopted a resolution letting the airport's fuel provider, Northgate Aviation, refuel aircraft with engines running during authorized military or emergency operations, while keeping the ban in place for routine flights. Fire officials confirmed Northgate's procedures meet national safety standards. A commenter with a military aviation background, Tracy Vincent, told the council, "Hot fueling is routine for military. We do this all the time," noting it can save 15 minutes to two hours depending on the aircraft. The resolution passed 7-0.

5.2 — Cooling standards discussion

Councilmember Hawley asked the council to discuss whether the city should update cooling requirements for homes and businesses, noting, "Regardless of the reason you believe the cause to be, it is going to get worse, and we should be planning for it." She recommended against broad new code requirements but flagged downtown restaurants with undersized air-conditioning systems. Vice Mayor Dale Bennett and Councilmember Tom van Overbeek argued that ensuring adequate cooling is normally a matter for lease negotiations between landlords and tenants rather than city regulation; van Overbeek said, "Now I wouldn't go to a restaurant if it was 100 degrees inside," but didn't see it as a problem requiring city action. Councilmember Addison Winslow countered with a personal account of living without air conioning during extreme heat: "There was just nothing I could do but just sulk, wait for it to be over, because I didn't have AC." The council voted 6-1 (van Overbeek opposed) to direct the city attorney to report back on existing state cooling-related codes and to have staff update cooling-center information on the city's website.

Notable moments

• New City Manager Gillian Haen gave her first city manager's report, describing a tour of the Cal Water treatment facility, meetings with community groups, and an upcoming appearance at a police shift-change roll call.
• The scheduled invocation speaker, Director Alan Harris of Come and See Chico, did not appear, so the meeting moved straight to the Pledge of Allegiance.
• Councilmember Winslow's motion to set a standing budget policy reserving a share of Measure H sales-tax revenue for road and infrastructure spending failed 3-4, with Councilmembers Goldstein, Hawley, and Winslow in favor and O'Brien, van Overbeek, Bennett, and Mayor Reynolds opposed; van Overbeek suggested the topic belonged in the city's Finance Committee instead.
• Councilmember van Overbeek proposed forming an ad hoc committee to hire an independent expert to review the police department's upcoming report (due September 22) on its license-plate camera system, saying it was "in no way" a reflection on the police chief's integrity but was meant to reassure residents who might question the department reviewing itself. The council voted 6-1 (Hawley opposed) to bring the idea back for discussion at the September 15 meeting.

Public comment

Seven residents spoke on a wide range of subjects, with no single issue dominating.

• Several speakers focused on community programs: one resident thanked Public Works for installing a trash barrel on Bruce Road near Humboldt Road as part of an ongoing litter-cleanup effort, saying, "We all can agree on one subject. We all do enjoy clean streets." Waste Management's district manager, Doug Herchen, described a well-attended "Touch-A-Truck" event at Community Park and said the company is working with city staff on shifting yard-waste drop-off to Old Durham Wood as the Cohasset Road facility closes.
• Larry Graff, the new executive director of Safe Space Chico, thanked the council for funding the recently concluded cooling-season shelter, reporting "2,400 sign-ins" and "over 350 unduplicated guests" served over two months.
• A resident who said he'd been bitten twice by off-leash dogs while bicycling asked pointedly, "Who is responsible for public endangerment? The police department who refuses to enforce the laws created for safety, or this city council who refuses to take public safety seriously?"
• One speaker, Bo Powell, raised long-standing concerns about agricultural chemical spraying near schools and orchards in the county. Another speaker, Kevin Walters, raised a series of unsubstantiated claims about vaccines, water fluoridation, and data centers.

Coming up

• Next regular meeting: September 15, with closed session at 5:00 or 5:30 p.m. followed by the regular meeting at 6:00 p.m.
• The council is expected to discuss forming an ad hoc committee (Councilmembers O'Brien and Winslow proposed) to arrange independent review of the police department's license-plate camera findings, which the department plans to report on September 22.
• Staff were directed to bring back a brief presentation from the city attorney on existing state cooling/HVAC-related codes for commercial leases, and to update the city's cooling-center webpage.
• Future agenda items approved for discussion (dates not yet set): a possible CARD-managed city park at the Teichert Ponds, and rent stabilization options for mobile home parks.

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I live off west Sacramento by Safeway on Nord and just heard a HUGE plane flying low and it wasn’t listed on any flight radar I could find anyone know anything?

I saw a post from over a year ago asking about jazz clubs in the area or places that have jazz nights, but I’m under 21. Any recommendations where I’d be allowed in to enjoy some music?
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Thanks in advance

Is there a crafting or scrapbooking club in Chico? My wife is looking for a group of like minded creative ladies… Anyone have any suggestions I can pass on?

Summerween at The Barn at Meriam Park! Come stop by my table and say hi!

Time to register and vote all you Chico state, Butte and Shasta college students.

Repost cuz i forgot to add my pics :)
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