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Penny wise, pound foolish The state budget Gov. Jerry Brown signed last month is a solid

one, thanks to increased revenues resulting from an improving economy, the temporary sales-tax hike voters approved in 2012, and the governor’s own fiscal prudence. But there’s one area where his prudence has become extreme and may end up costing more in the long run. It has to do with Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid program, and the Affordable Care Act. The governor and the Democratic Legislature included $438 million in the budget to pay the state’s relatively small share of the cost of expanding Medi-Cal to 1.9 million previously uninsured people. But they balked at restoring a 10 percent cut, enacted in 2011 when the state’s finances were dire, to health-care providers’ Medi-Cal reimbursement rates. California is now 49th among the states in the amount it pays physicians and other providers who treat Medicaid patients, according to Anthony Wright, director of the nonprofit Health Access California. Providers argue that the reimbursement rates make it financially unfeasible to treat Medi-Cal patients because the overhead is greater than the income. As a result, more and more primary-care physicians are refusing to accept new Medi-Cal patients. According to the California HealthCare Foundation, only 57 percent of them accept new Medi-Cal patients, whereas they accept 75 percent of new patients with private insurance. Medi-Cal beneficiaries “might have an insurance card and not be able to get into a doctor’s office anywhere,” Richard Thorp, the Paradise physician who is also president of the California Medical Association, has said. Heretofore Gov. Brown has been a strong supporter of the Affordable Care Act. Now, however, his desire to save $250 million, the estimated cost of returning to pre-recession reimbursement rates, threatens to undermine the ACA by making it overly difficult for patients to find care. The governor is being penny wise, pound foolish. Ω

Healing and hope Wescapes. All of us, at some time in our lives, feel desperate, hostile, unloved and unlovable, in response to actual e’re all mentally ill to some degree—no one

occurrences or to what has occurred in our heads. We do not or cannot respond to obvious problems in our daily lives, have outbursts, incur wreckage. We can’t see the big picture; we submerge our humanity and are so very disordered that we don’t understand that we’re all, equally, in this together. Our brains get sick. Sickness is a medical problem. As with any illness, if treatment is promoted in a by timely manner, with comRaen Willis passion and intellect, there is hope, even expectation, The author is a peer of recovery and a return to advocate at Working health. Innovations Network However, mental sickthrough Butte County ness is not viewed this Behavioral Health. way. Profoundly affected and suffering are ourselves, people we love, people we have seen or known. At some point in their journey, these folks are misunderstood, disrespected, disparaged, discarded. They can be horribly difficult to deal with in their illnesses—but are just people, if only they were well. No one wants brain-chemistry dys-

function, but it happens. No one wants trauma, but it threads through many lives and is indelible if not addressed. No one chooses mental illness as a career path. From a million different sources and for a million different reasons, it can happen any day; it can happen to anybody. All of us who benefit from the luck of the draw should be grateful. All of us who pursue recovery should be proud. In my first year’s experience as a peer advocate with Working Innovations Network, I work with people who are in or are being discharged from psychiatric hospitals. These are compelling and often charming people who have had an egregiously rough time. A commonality is an ability to endure their ordeals without dying. If someone attending to the mental-health crisis of another can communicate compassion and support, this crisis can initiate a process of recovery leading to a further understanding of identity and community. There is no escape from this kind of illness in all of our lives—but even with our fear, through practice and caring, we can help each other to a place of healing and hope. Ω

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Fine the water-wasters Residents in this part of the North State have clearly taken it

upon themselves to conserve water during this time of intense drought. Numbers from California Water Service Co. indicate Chico and many other nearby municipal water users are meeting or exceeding the 20 percent reduction target set by Gov. Jerry Brown at the beginning of the year, when he declared a drought emergency. However, as we learned this week in Associate Editor Meredith Graham’s news story, local wells around the region are going dry (see “When wells run dry,” page 8). In other words, we must do more to reduce the impacts on the source of our local drinking supply—the Tuscan aquifer. Everyone, whether a user of municipal or well water, is reliant on this increasingly depleted aquifer. Each of us needs to do our part to ensure local residents, including the agricultural community, have enough water for our homes and farmland to make it through this dry spell. Cal Water deserves credit for its longstanding water-conservation campaign that includes providing residents with water-saving plumbing fixtures at no charge. But we haven’t seen the county or local municipalities stepping up to help inform the public about the need for conservation. On Tuesday, the State Water Resources Control Board, in an unprecedented move, approved regulations that allow cities and water agencies to impose fines on outdoor water-wasters. Among them is a fine of up to $500 per day. The new rules were implemented amid news that the state’s overall water consumption has risen by 1 percent over the past three years. Locally, however, Cal Water has no process for implementing fines and doesn’t plan to establish one. That’s why we suggest local county and municipal agencies, which are able to enforce the state water board’s new regulations, team up with Cal Water to do so. The most egregious waterwasters should be fined, regardless of whether we’re already meeting the governor’s conservation target. Ω

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Election and protections If you feel like something is missing in this issue, you’re not alone. This is the third week of the month, yet there wasn’t a Chico City Council meeting on Tuesday. It seems odd, but it actually is typical for this time of year. Nonetheless, there’s still some news from the city: The candidate filing period for the council race in the November general election is now open. Three seats are up for grabs. Back in January in this space, I made some predictions about who likely would run. So, I thought I’d revisit them. We won’t know for certain what the full candidate pool will look like until the second week of August, when the filing period ends, but a few folks have already filed an intention to run. That includes local businessman Andrew Coolidge, who announced his intention to run again many months ago (he lost a bid in 2012). Unsurprisingly, Vice Mayor Mark Sorensen is seeking a second term on the dais. The other incumbent throwing his hat into the ring is Mayor Scott Gruendl, who’s seeking a fourth (yes, fourth!) term on the panel. I didn’t predict this one at the beginning of the year, but I suspected over the last few months that the mayor would give it another go. Gruendl’s defensive posturing during the thick of the city’s budget crisis told me there was a pretty good chance he was at least considering running, despite having said during the last election that a third term would be his last. On the one hand, I can see how Gruendl wouldn’t want to end his long service to the community on what is most definitely a low note. This is a pivotal time in the city’s history, and the mayor very likely wants to be a part of its rebuilding process. On the other hand, bowing out would be so easy, and I don’t think anyone would blame him. Mary Goloff’s seat is the last one to fill. Goloff has said she won’t be seeking a third term. I’d be very surprised to see her name on the ballot this fall. Two other residents, conservative gadfly Loretta Torres and former council candidate Rodney Willis, have shown interest, according to City Clerk Debbie Presson. As for some of my other predictions, I’ll have to revisit them later this summer. I want to turn my attention to this week’s cover story, by environmental essayist Allan Stellar. In “Monumental Myth,” Stellar writes about his recent hike on the Pacific Crest Trail in an area of Siskiyou County that an environmental organization had proposed as the site of a national monument. Folks up in that rural region—where a State of Jefferson flag flies at the fire department—largely opposed the creation of the so-called Siskiyou Crest National Monument. The environmental group gave up on the proposal some time ago, but Stellar is bringing it back, if only through this piece. He’s especially invested now that he’s seen firsthand what there is to protect. Check out his essay, and, if you’re so inclined, send us a letter to the editor (chicoletters@newsreview.com) with your thoughts on the matter.

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Track talk Re “On track for disaster” (Cover feature, by Alastair Bland, July 10): If you want to be real about it, the bottom line is all transportation of oil—not railroads alone—runs [the risk of] environmental hazards. We see this recently with CARB and the trucking industry. CARB requires a $20,000 filter per truck to be placed on the vehicles, which will result in the independent trucker buying a $30,000 motor for it to work. Are we any safer? No. If we do pipelines, do they not burst and/or explode underground? Yes. The information is placard on all rail cars as to what it is carrying. I was a fireman and we had all that info available to us and trained for a response. All the public needs to know is to give the placard numbers and sign descriptions to the 911 operator. I agree with BNSF. If you know the route, then you will vandalize the company’s tracks and property, causing expensive damages out of protest. I saw this living in Oregon for 26 years with loggers, and tree huggers regularly damaged their equipment to protest tree harvesting. As a journalist, you have to look at both sides.

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Tunnel vision Re “An ill-conceived legacy project” (Guest comment, by Carol Perkins, July 10): The Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) is the most comprehensive effort to date to protect water supply for 25 million Californians against regulatory and seismic risk. The project serves as an insurance policy against inadequate water supplies by moving our state’s water infrastructure into the 21st century. Annual water diversions under the BDCP would fall within 10 percent of the historic, 20-year average—the same average amount of water exported through the Delta right now. Water operations would vary depending on hydrologic conditions (e.g., water year type, actual Sacramento River flows, fish presence), but would always include a required level of Sacramento River flow before water could be diverted. The BDCP water facilities will be paid for, in full, by the water contractors who use the water and need the improved supply reliability. At about $5 a month for urban users, the BDCP is clearly a worthwhile investment for a predictable, reliable source of water to serve our state’s major economic centers. Get the facts online at www.BayDeltaConservation Plan.com. JANET BARBIERI Sacramento

Editor’s note: Ms. Barbieri is a public relations consultant whose projects include the Bay Delta Conservation Plan.

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Re “Living tiny” (Greenways, by Ken Smith, July 10): Why didn’t the story talk about the usual terrible and extreme and harrowing problems and issues that people who build nonstandard dwellings and structures encounter with building permits and inspections and the city and/or county building inspectors and their governmental departments? (As if they aren’t bad enough with “regular” houses.) And there was no mention of fees and such, either, compared to “regular” houses, if they are different (or the same). BILL DONNELLY Chico

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A couple of years ago Chico had a gorgeous example of a tiny house on wheels, built by Dee Williams, in the Avenues. It was owned by blogger Tammy Strobel (RowdyKittens.com) and her husband, Logan Smith (loganblair smith.com), who met each other here while attending Chico State. But because they didn’t hide, it didn’t take long for a complaint that it was weird and they were essentially “coded” out of town. There are several tiny houses here, but they live under the radar and we’re sworn to secrecy as to where they’re located and that’s too bad—they are such great examples for interested folks. (By the way, this article doesn’t include Jay Shafer’s current company, www.FourLightsHouses.com— Star Trek fans will get the reference of the company name.) I’ve been helping people pare down the excesses in their households and the feeling of freedom that they get is immense. Tiny house living isn’t for everyone, but it should be a legal option for those looking to reduce their carbon footprint and live simply. Of all places, I would hope Chico takes the green way and changes the existing codes to allow tiny houses. So far, code officials are not budging one tiny bit. NINA ZAMUDIO Chico

Who you gonna call? Re “Take note, union president” (Letters, by Stephanie L. Taber, July 10): Once again Larry Wahl has his paid staff person, Stephanie Taber (a political appointee with handsome benefits we subsidize), write a letter attacking law enforcement. Yes, our military troops and police officers are public employees. And I have no doubt that they complain about their level of pay,

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too, for the service they render. They serve because of tradition and honor and love of country. But military personnel injured on base in the U.S. or in a war zone are provided services and compensation, possibly for life. All first responders in harm’s way should be guaranteed basic services now and in the future! It is interesting that Ms. Taber does not mention that she and Mr. Wahl are both local public employees with nice salaries. When citizens suffer serious car accidents or have their homes broken into, they call 911 for help from law enforcement. We don’t call Larry Wahl or Stephanie Taber. So what do these two do to earn their fat paychecks and benefits? Do they put their lives on the line? What hypocrites—always attacking law enforcement. If Wahl or Taber hears someone breaking into their house at 2 a.m., who do you think they’re going to call? A private security firm in the Yellow Pages or 911? JANE MARTIN Chico

Editor’s note: According to transparentcalifornia.com, Larry Wahl took home about $75,000 and Stephanie Taber earned about $14,000 in salary and benefits from the county in 2013. The average Chico police officer makes more than $135,000.

Two views on column Re “Central California sucks” (Second & Flume, by Melissa Daugherty, July 3): How enlightening it is to hear a CN&R editor bash California farm owners but still represent the workers. I wonder, has Ms. Daugherty ever sat elbow to elbow with a peach picker from Marysville? How about an olive picker in Oroville? I didn’t think so. As Ms. Daugherty enjoyed her Pell Grant and all those other education subsidies provided by the nasty farm owners, she stakes her reputation on the smelt as our saving grace. My family farmed almonds in Chico when she was a twinkle in her parents’ eyes and no, I don’t like salmon. The real fish we enjoy up here is trout, we leave the salmon for Hollywood. Ms. Daugherty can raise her voice in defense of the salmon all

she wants, but she might want to think of what else she has to lose like rice, peaches, almonds, mandarins, olives, walnuts, avocados, and her job! Princess Melissa, you wouldn’t be working in Chico without farm owners. Get on a plane and go to Hollywood where you fit in. Me? Trout Almondine from the Feather River, please. MARTIN SUDICKY Berry Creek

Editor’s note: Princess Melissa has sat next to a peach picker, as her great-grandmother and grandmother worked at a local packing facility. In addition, her grandparents were local almond and walnut growers. She also likes trout, but prefers chinook salmon caught right here in Butte County. For clarification, she was referring to farmers in Central California— from San Joaquin to Kern counties—not local farmers. Has anybody noticed there are still stacks of strawberries at the grocery store, in July? Looking at the labels, we see they come from Southern California. Strawberries take tons of water. I grew up on a nut ranch; nut trees take a fraction of the water strawberries require. Strawberries are a spring crop, but the demand for something so showy is very enticing to the get-rich-quick mentality. I know where the water is really going. My family drove through a subdivision in the hills above Visalia a few years back, streets lined with empty houses, just sitting, because they’d been built with no groundwater. That’s what these water transfers are all about, not nuts or berries. Look at what they’re doing in San Diego, where they are completely dependent on water transfers and contemplating a state bond to build a desalination plant (www.welcometosandiego.com/ san-diego-downtown-propertyfuture-development). Why would they build more housing to attract more people when they don’t have a secure water supply? JUANITA SUMNER Chico

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FRACKING FRAY HEATS UP

Joni Stellar, organizer of Frack Free Butte County, appeared at the Butte County Superior Court’s Chico complex Tuesday (July 15) in an attempt to ensure a proposed fracking ban makes it onto the ballot in November. On June 16, County Clerk-Recorder Candace Grubbs informed the group its petition was invalid because it contained “facial defects” (see “Goliath goes to court,” Newslines, June 26). To save the petition, the court must waive the imperfections in time for the county Board of Supervisors to give approval at its July 29 meeting. Judge Robert Glusman scheduled a hearing on the matter for July 23. Stellar also unsuccessfully sought to block intervention in the case by lawyers from the Sacramento law firm that brought the petition’s defects to Grubbs’ attention on behalf of Californians for a Safe, Secure Energy Coalition, a pro-fracking group. The firm is now also representing Robert Scott, a county resident who claims the future development on his land near Gridley would be negatively affected by a ban.

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In a local news story with legs that have carried it across the country to the Baltimore Sun, a Chico man was arrested July 11 after telling police he’d been shot by a man outside his North Cedar Street apartment during a verbal altercation. But an investigation by Chico police suggests Thomas Cadotte, 31, accidentally shot himself in the hand and tried to blame it on someone else because as a felon he is not allowed to have a gun. He now faces that very charge as well as the false report of a crime. Cadotte was scheduled to be in court July 16 to face earlier charges of corporal injury to a spouse, cohabitant or child, and possession of a controlled substance.

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One week after the Butte County Mosquito and Vector Control District announced the county’s property owners had approved a tax increase to bolster mosquito control, the district announced two groups of mosquitoes have tested positive for West Nile virus. One group was collected west of Dayton and the other was in the East Biggs area. The tax, which will cost most households $9.69 annually, will add $795,000 to the mosquito control budget, which currently stands at $2.55 million, a drop of about $500,000 since 2008 due to property devaluation. “It’s imperative that residents assist with the prevention of mosquito breeding by inspecting and eliminating all standing water from their properties and to protect themselves from the bite of mosquitoes,” said Matthew Ball, manager of the control district. The public is asked to report dead birds, which may be victims of the virus, by calling (877) 968-2473. 8

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When wells run dry Chico ahead of the state curve on conservation, but some on the outskirts are without water nonetheless

Dis his habit, went to the kitchen to brew his morning coffee. But the tap yielded no water.

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Considering the pump for his family’s well was two years past its prime, he assumed it had finally quit story and photo by working and promptly called in Meredith J. a pump company to replace it. Graham When a worker inspected the meredithg@ well on the Kluises’ property off newsreview.com Entler Avenue, however, he told a different story. There was nothing wrong with the pump— the water level had dropped sigReport low nificantly enough to fall below levels: where the pump had been Butte County placed. collects “The guys who came out said information from homeowners when they’re lowering pumps left and wells are dry or right right now,” Kluis said. underperforming. “The pumps are higher than Reporting is where the water is.” completely Kluis said as of Sunday his voluntary and pump was at 120 feet. Now it’s helps the county to track at 200, and there are 100 feet to groundwater spare. The same day he had his basin conditions. pump lowered—he also An online form replaced it, just in case—he said can be found at: http://goo.gl/ an employee of a different pump fTTtHk. The company popped his head over county also offers the fence and told them he was conservation lowering four more on the next tips at street. www.buttecounty. “With something like this, net/water resourceconserva you definitely see how reliant tion/Drought. we are on water, even more so

than electricity,” Kluis said. “We started thinking—if it went down another 200 feet, we’d need to get a new well.” Considering the activity at their neighbors’ houses, the Kluises clearly aren’t alone. “We also are starting to receive calls about wells going dry,” said Christina Buck, water resources scientist with the Butte County Department of Water and Resource Conservation. “In the valley, the calls that I’ve gotten tend to be for 60- to 70-feet-deep wells with pumps shallower than that—around 40 to 50 feet. We’ve received maybe a dozen calls, but there are probably more problems out there than what we’re hearing.” The biggest problems, Buck said, likely will be in the foothills, where water levels and well depths have huge variants because of the fractured rock landscape. Household wells in Durham and on the outskirts of Chico also will feel the effects of a lower water table, especially during peak pumping season, which typically lasts from July into August. “We might be about close to the worst time [of year] at least for the valley areas, because we’re in the middle of peak groundwater pumping season for agriculture,” Buck explained. “If we can get through the next few weeks, whether your well is dry or not, things might improve.” Nonetheless, Buck said, the persistent

drought has meant near-record lows as far as water levels in Butte County. As of March, the average “depth to water”— the distance from ground level to where a pump would reach water—was 90 feet in the greater Chico urban area. That was about 8 feet below last year, although some wells dropped more than 20 feet from last spring. Surveyors went back out last week to recalculate those numbers, now that the region is reaching peak dry season, and the results should be in any day, Buck said. “We’ve been at or near historical lows in our wells the last several years,” she said. “We’re seeing folks run into problems as they’re reaching new historical lows in their areas.” This may all sound like bad news.

And it is, especially for those who rely on wells for their water. But in Chico, which is served by the California Water Service Co. (Cal Water), the situation is not nearly as dire. “Overall, across the board, we have about 70 wells and we’re down about 13 feet, average, from about five years ago,” said Pete Bonacich, acting district manager for Cal Water in Chico. “In the grand scope of things, it could be a lot worse. It’s not panic time.” In fact, Chicoans have beaten the state average for conservation. In 2008, each resident used an average of 286 gallons of water each day. That number

has continued to drop the past five years and in 2013 it was just 224 gallons. In other words, Chico has already reached Gov. Jerry Brown’s goal of 20 percent reduction in water use during the drought. The state as a whole, however, has increased water demand by 1 percent over the past three years. That number was announced the same day (July 15) the Water Resources Control Board voted to implement fines of up to $500 per day for outdoor water-wasters. Locally, the decision might have little impact. “We’re regulated by the [California] Public Utilities Commission and we have certain things in place with them on how to handle these regulations the state board is talking about,” Bonacich said. “Cal Water is going to stick with compliance through education for our customers. We are not going down the path of fines at this point. “The bottom line really is, for Chico, unlike a lot of the state, the community has done an incredibly good job of reducing demand,” Bonacich said. “A lot of that is due to a high level of awareness, and people taking advantage of things we offer for conservation.” Cal Water offers conservation kits with low-flow shower heads and a watersaving hose nozzle. People also have been taking advantage of rebates for things like low-flow washing machines and toilets. “If people just replace their hard plumbing, there’s a huge savings built into that,” Bonacich said. While the city of Chico is far ahead

of the pack when it comes to water conservation, every little bit can help prevent problems like the Kluises faced earlier this week. Until the pump company came out, Kluis said, his family used water from the inflatable swimming pool out back for things like washing their hands. Buck said there are a few options for when a well runs dry. People can call a well driller or pump company to assess the situation and fix it, or they can install a storage tank. There are five water haulers licensed to deliver potable water in Butte County. The third option is just to wait until the water level rises, which likely will be sometime next month. Bonacich is equally optimistic about an El Niño winter, which would help recharge the Tuscan aquifer. Either way, Buck said, it’s a good idea to keep conserving as long as the drought continues. “The whole basin is connected. Everybody’s in it together,” Buck said. “As the city of Chico conserves, that helps. Anything that can be done, by city of Chico households, and by irrigators, to relieve pressure on the basin helps everybody.” Ω

Small world

Peace vigil organizer Emily Alma stands on the corner of Third and Main streets asking people to get involved with what is going on a half a world away.

Chicoans protest Middle East bloodshed Saturday, July 12, during the annual OtherenSlice of Chico sidewalk sales promotion, were more than the usual number of

pedestrians roaming the downtown streets. There also were more than the usual number of participants in the weekly peace vigil held at the intersection of Third and Main streets. About two dozen people showed up at the vigil co-sponsored by the Chico Peace and Justice Center, the Palestine Action Group and the Chico Peace Vigil, which asked people to register their objections to what is going on half a world away between the Israelis and Islamists in the Gaza Strip. Longtime peace activist Emily Alma spread word of the gathering. The protesters are calling for the United States to not support Israel in the recent exchange of rocket fire from Islamist group Hamas aimed at Israeli cities and Israel’s response with air strikes that have killed more than 200 Palestinians. The latest trouble in this volatile region of the world was sparked by the kidnapping and killing of three Israeli teenagers in June, followed by the capture and slaying of a Palestinian teen soon after. Alma—who went on a three-week trip to the West Bank, Israel and the Golan Heights three years ago—is a regular at Chico’s weekly peace vigil. She said many of the folks who took part on this day were people she had never seen before. “We used the Internet, plus we’ve gone on a couple of KZFR shows” to get the word out, she said. “Also, I think people are here because they know about the peace vigil and they showed up today because they are so moved by it and what’s happening.” This marked the second Saturday in a row in which the protestors specifically focused on what is going on between Israel and Palestine.

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“Our intention,” Alma said, “is to continue at least as long as the siege of Gaza continues with this terrible bloodletting that is happening now.” Specifically, the protesters are trying to alert passersby about new developments in an age-old political trouble spot. “We decry all violence,” Alma said. “We choose nonviolent approaches to dealing with conflict. We also see Israel as being the main aggressor here.” She said the United States should not be backing Israel financially or politically. “The United States is so much behind this,” she said. “Whatever Israel does is backed up by over $3 billion a year of taxpayer money. And the United States’ official statement is that Israel has a right to defend itself, as if Palestinians don’t have a right to defend themselves as well.” She mentioned the kidnappings and murders of Israeli teenagers that set off the turmoil. “Of course that is terrible. Nobody wants to see children terrorized and killed—but to assume it was Hamas and blame all Palestinians, ransack hundreds and hundreds of homes and kill many Palestinians …” On the other hand, she does not condone

SIFT|ER Supremely divided National pollster Gallup checked in with Americans regarding their support of the U.S. Supreme Court last week, and the results show the public is equally divided on the issue. Respondents reported disapproval at 46 percent and approval at 47 percent. The poll was conducted shortly after the controversial decision allowing Hobby Lobby to not include certain forms of birth control in its employees’ health coverage. It also revealed that Republican support has grown substantially since September, from 30 percent to 51 percent. Democratic support has decreased by 14 percentage points, from 58 percent to 44 percent. Independents’ support was down slightly, from 47 percent to 46 percent.

Hamas’ launching of rockets into Israel in response because it escalated an already bad situation. “We are here to say, ‘End the violence.’ We are here to say, ‘Israel: Stop being the terrible bullies that you are.’ They need to end the occupation and the United States needs to end support of the occupation. “Particularly, we are asking the United States government to demand that Israel restrain their actions and start treating the Palestinians with justice and respect or there will never be peace.” She said there have been both positive and negative reactions to the protesters and their signs. “We have people, who have stopped as they are walking by, saying, ‘Yes, I feel really strongly about this.’And when I was unloading signs I had somebody say, ‘What about the rights of Israel?’ “I am sympathetic with the innocent Israelis who have those sirens going off and have to run for shelter. I wouldn’t want to be those people either and I don’t support Hamas shooting rockets into Israel.” A man pushing a child in a stroller looked inquisitively at the sign holders as he crossed Third Street walking north along Main. When asked his thoughts about the protest, he squinted and shook his head. “Right now,” he said, “I have no idea. I can’t really comment.” And he continued walking. Alma said the protestors will continue to show up every Saturday as long as the trouble in the Gaza Strip continues in an effort to educate people about the problems there. Another man, who later identified himself as Bryan Nolan, told one of the protesters the message they were delivering was wrong. Nolan, a retired firefighter, explained to the CN&R that he was in the Marines and stationed in Saudi Arabia 30 years ago. “It’s total instability in that part of world,” he said. “They hate each other and we expect them to get along? It’s not going to happen.” —TOM GASCOYNE tomg@newsreview.com

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AquAlliance suit tossed Effort to halt water transfers hits a snag of fish considered by Acoalspecies many to be the canary in the mine for the entire Sacramen-

to River-Delta ecosystem is now on the verge of extinction, according to environmental groups that sued the federal government earlier this year to try to save the species and the environment it lives in. Nonetheless, a district court judge tossed out their lawsuit, which sought to immediately halt transfers of Sacramento River water to farms south of the Delta via two powerful water pumps near Tracy. The plaintiffs that filed the suit—AquAlliance, the Chico water advocacy group, and the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, based in Stockton— argued that stopping the pumping of water this summer was essential to protecting the endangered Delta smelt, now at its lowest population ever recorded. The lawsuit was also geared toward protecting much more than the finger-size fish. “This is a whole watershed issue, not just a Delta or a smelt issue,” said Barbara Vlamis, executive director of AquAlliance. “Delta smelt are in the most immediate danger here, but the impacts affect much more than that.” Groundwater supplies, used for making the water transfers, are vulnerable to overuse. This, Vlamis says, could cost local farmers their well-water supplies, and destroy salmon spawning habitat in the Sacramento River system. “And this is all so we can sell water to farmers in the desert who want to grow permanent crops,” Vlamis said. Judge Lawrence O’Neill, of the federal district court in Fresno, denied the injunction on Friday, July 11, thereby allowing the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to continue supplying farms in the arid San Joaquin Valley with water from the drought-stressed Sacramento River. The action likely will have negative effects for the chinook salmon, as well—a species of arguably more social and economic value than the smelt. John McManus, executive director of the Golden Gate John McManus, executive director of the Golden Gate Salmon Association, holds a chinook salmon. PHOTO COURTESY OF JOHN MCMANUS

Salmon Association, predicts that heavy pumping of river water during the summer into the San Joaquin Valley will reduce the capacity of Northern California’s reservoirs. As a result, river levels could be low, and temperatures high, during the critical fall spawning period, when the majority of California’s chinook salmon swim upstream to lay and fertilize eggs. Fertilized salmon eggs require cool water in order to properly develop. “If we use all the water now for these transactions, it won’t be available for cooling of the rivers in the fall, when it needs it the most,” McManus said. Last fall, a similar situation occurred when not enough water was available to keep the Sacramento River running at a healthy volume. Reservoir operators lowered the outflow from Shasta Dam. The river’s level dropped rapidly, and as many as 40 percent of salmon egg nests were dewatered and destroyed. Judge O’Neill reportedly made his decision to continue summertime transfers of Sacramento River water to farmers south of the Delta because of the argument from federal scientists, who claimed that because smelt were not present in the Delta during the summer months, they would not be put at risk by the pumping.

But Bill Jennings, executive director of the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, says that the scientists’ claims are incorrect. He says that more than 90 percent of the remaining smelt are now likely present in the Delta, where incursion of saltwater and a rise in summertime temperatures can result from the pumping. The U.S. Geological Survey recently reported a net inflow from the ocean into the Delta—the opposite of the historical norm of the river flowing to the sea. These conditions could prove fatal for every last smelt this summer, Jennings has warned. The Delta smelt was once among the most abundant species in the Delta ecosystem. Today, a fraction of the original population remains. This should be cause for alarm, environmentalists say, as the species serves as an indicator of the environmental stress that the Delta and its inhabitants have faced for years—mainly due to excessive use of the river’s water for irrigation. As Delta smelt slip toward extinction, Jennings says, we can be sure other species will, too. McManus questions the very notion of trading one resource for another. “Does it make sense to be sending water from Northern California to the San Joaquin Valley so a handful of corporate farmers can grow almonds?” he said. “As a society, who wants this? Why are we doing this?” —ALASTAIR BLAND

Tree tragedy

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Fallen limbs damage state historic park buildings

hen A.M. Dibble first mapped out his homestead on the outskirts of present-day Red Bluff in 1852, the two factors that most likely determined its location were the nearby Sacramento River and a gigantic valley oak—even then estimated to be more than 200 years old—that provided protection from the elements for Dibble’s adobe home and accompanying outbuildings. But on Sunday morning (July 13), several limbs from the same tree that long helped shade the site, which is now known as William B. Ide Adobe State Historic Park, simultaneously failed, falling on the famed mud-brick house and other nearby structures. “Several of the buildings are pretty badly damaged, and the adobe house received the brunt of it,” California State Park ranger Kirk Coon, the park’s supervisor, said at the site Monday. “There’s extreme damage to the structure, the walls are bowing out a bit and the roof has collapsed on one whole side of the building. There are also several artifacts inside we need to remove and account for.” Also damaged were the site’s smokehouse, workshop, pump house, well and fences surrounding the garden and animal enclosures. “The only good side is that nobody got injured, and we’re very fortunate about that,” Coon said, noting there were several people visiting the park when the limbs fell at about 9:15 a.m., including a professional photographer, Jessica Crawford, who captured pictures as the disaster unfolded (the photos are visible on the Friends of

William B. Ide Adobe State Historic Park’s Facebook page). Cleanup was slow-going Monday, as about a dozen uniformed state park employees labored in triple-digit temperatures to clear away smaller pieces of debris. Coon explained the larger branches, one of which still sits atop the main house, couldn’t be cleared from the sensitive archeological/ historic site until senior park officials arrived from Sacramento to inspect damage later in the week. Arborists had likewise not examined the tree since the incident, and the reason for the tree’s sudden demise remains a mystery. “Right now we just don’t know why the tree failed, it’s all just conjecture,” Coon said, noting winds have been mild in recent weeks and he was unaware of other environmental factors that could have caused the branches to fall. He also said the state made several efforts over the years to keep the tree alive, including regular inspections, cabling of the limbs and frequent trimming and maintenance. “The tree is more than 350 years old, and it has seen a lot of people come in and out of this park and this area,” Coon said, his voice filled with reverence for the damaged giant. “You could look all over this valley and be hardpressed to find another one as old and big as it was. It’s survived as other trees fell to fires, infestation and root rot.” Ide Adobe is divided into two areas—the historic section where the tree fell and a park-like day-use area surrounding the visitor center. The historic area was secured by

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park employees after Sunday’s incident and will remain closed for an undetermined period of time, while the rest will remain open as usual. During the school year, the park is a field-trip destination for elementary- and middle-school students who visit from as far away as southern Oregon and the Bay Area. During these trips and at special events, costumed docents and volunteers host interpretive, interactive crafting and history lessons about life in early California. Though he never lived in the adobe or owned the land the state park sits on, the site is named after William B. Ide, a California pioneer who was president of the short-lived Bear Flag Republic in 1846 (see “A grave undertaking,” Newslines, June 5). One of the site’s biggest annual events is Adobe Day, which is held the third Saturday of every August and this year falls on Aug. 16. “Adobe Day is one of our main concerns at the moment,” Coon said. “We’ve got less than 30 days until it happens and we hope to have as many of the buildings as we can safe and back open. The adobe itself obviously won’t be ready by then, but hopefully some of the other buildings will.” —KEN SMITH kens@newsreview.com

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A push to provide California’s former inmates with health care coverage has been hindered by technical difficulties and administrative mistakes. Of the nearly 40,000 individuals paroled each year, most are eligible for no- or low-cost health insurance through Medi-Cal, according to HealthyCal. However, many inmates applied for Medi-Cal coverage before their release, but glitches in a computer system designed to speed up the process led to lengthy delays, many applications were sent to the wrong counties, and some counties simply didn’t know how to properly process the applications. Meanwhile, roughly 900,000 electronic MediCal applications are backlogged and awaiting processing. Advocates argue that increasing inmates’ access to mental health care and drug treatment could help reduce rates of recidivism.

HEALTHLINES John Nestande, a server and bartender at Fifth Street Steakhouse, made due without health care coverage until he enrolled through Covered California, the state’s health insurance exchange.

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CALI BUSINESSES GET ACA EXTENSION

Businesses in California with fewer than 50 employees have been granted an extra year to obtain health care coverage that meets Affordable Care Act requirements. The ACA mandates that all health plans provide 10 essential benefits, including hospitalization, prescription drugs, maternity care and mental health treatment. Originally, small-business owners—at least, those who purchased health insurance for workers by Dec. 31, 2013— had until the end of this year to meet those requirements. But on July 7, Gov. Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 1446 into law, effectively giving small businesses until the end of 2015 to renew health coverage, according to California Healthline. If plans do not meet the ACA’s standards by that date, they will be canceled. Organizations such as the California chapter of the National Federation of Independent Business, while generally supportive of the bill, still have concerns about the short window in which businesses can obtain coverage.

FOSTER FARMS IN TROUBLE, AGAIN

Following the outbreak of an antibioticresistant strain of salmonella, California-based chicken producer Foster Farms has issued a recall of 170 different chicken products. The strain has sickened about 500 people over the last 16 months, but the U.S. Department of Agriculture didn’t directly link the outbreak to chicken breasts produced by a Foster Farms facility in Fresno until earlier this month, according to SFGate.com. The tainted products had “use or freeze by” dates from March 21 to March 29 and were distributed in California, Hawaii, Washington, Arizona, Nevada, Idaho, Utah, Oregon and Alaska. Foster Farms was in trouble with the USDA as recently as January, when the company’s chicken-processing plant in Livingston was shut down after cockroaches were repeatedly discovered in and around processing areas. Food safety advocates are pushing for federal action against the company. Send your health-related news tips to Howard Hardee at howardh@newsreview.com.

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J Fifth Street Steakhouse for 13 years, and if you include his long stint at ohn Nestande has worked at

Franky’s, he’s spent 22 years in the employ of the same Chico restaurateurs. He’s a bartender and server who likes what he does for a living. Yet, over the past few years, Nestande found himself looking at other employment options. That’s because he doesn’t get health insurance at work, and the policy he’d purchased on his own grew too expensive for him to afford. Problem is, he says, it’s hard to find a job offering health care in Chico. So he stayed put and made do without coverage. That is, until the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act spawned the Covered California marketplace, offering subsidized plans to working adults who earned too much to qualify for Medi-Cal but still couldn’t procure insurance on their own. Now Nestande, 54, is among the ranks of the insured. Compared to what he was paying before a rate spike forced him to abandon his carrier, his new policy has a higher deductible—$1,500 versus $500— but his premium is around $100 per month, similar to his previous rate. “I’m pretty thankful,” he said. He’s in good company. More than a half-million older adults across California have taken advantage of insurance opportunities through Covered California. In the open enrollment period, Oct. 1, 2013, through April 15, approximately 307,000

people ages 45 to 54 and 308,000 ages 55 to 64 enrolled in subsidy-eligible plans. Bruce Jenkins, an independent insurance broker certified by Covered California, estimates he signed up 150 North State residents over 50. The majority, at least two-thirds, were previously uninsured, earning between $20,000 and $30,000 a year at jobs without benefits—working at small businesses. A few sought more affordable options for spouses and dependents. The rest were independent contractors: some uninsured, some on expensive continuing-coverage plans (or COBRA) from past employers. All told, he said, “I’ve never had happier clients in my life. The people who say, ‘Oh, Covered California; Obama this, Obama that,’ they need to talk to my clients!” John Warwick, another insurance agent in Chico, enrolled far fewer clients over 50—around a dozen. His clientele proved an economic cross-section, reflecting the fact that “in our area we have from substantial to very low income levels.”

Several clients hoping for less expensive insurance through the marketplace “found out what the cost was going to be, saw what they had to do to receive it, saw what they had in hand, and decided to stay where they were … or did something and complained about it,” Warwick said. “Those who we were able to get through on the exchange and get subsidies for were extremely happy because the government was picking up a considerable amount [of their premiums].” John Dahlmeier, whose insurance agency has offices in Chico and Oroville, said he signed up “few, not many” Covered California clients of all ages. The ACA contains an array of

health care reform provisions, but insurance coverage is the big-ticket item. The ACA expands the Medicaid program for underprivileged children and adults; in California, it’s called Medi-Cal. The law also established marketplaces, or HEALTHLINES continued on page 15

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Breakdown of older adults, as a percentage of all enrollees, who got health insurance through the state marketplace during the open enrollment period (Oct. 1-April 15). Subsidy No subsidy Total Age 45-54 25% 18% 24% 55-64 25% 16% 24% 65+ .07% .3% .1% Source: Covered California

“a price-point issue.” As a result, she said, “I only went to the doctor when I was sick—like, really sick. Thank goodness I never had to go to the hospital; I’d go to immediate care clinics. I had to have X-rays once or twice, and I had to pay it all myself. Thank goodness for credit cards; that was the only way I was able to do it.” Through Covered California, Lee got an affordable plan—and peace of mind. “I feel a little more secure knowing that if something were to happen I’d have coverage,” she said. “I know I’m going to be OK; I know I’m going to get the help I need and it’s not going to drain my bank account or break me.” Ω Independent reporting for this story was made possible through a grant from HealthCal.org.

WEEKLY DOSE Safely study the wildlife The California Department of Fish and Wildlife is urging families to practice safety while exploring the state’s wildlife and ecological preserves during the summer break. Included in that advice: • Research the area before you go. • Let friends or family members know where you will be and for how long. • Layering clothes may be necessary for sun protection or cool mornings. • Bring plenty of water and carry a daypack for food and snacks. • Avoid strenuous activities during the heat of the day. • Wildlife areas have bugs, so be aware of mosquitoes, ticks and bees. • Carry a small first-aid kit and use sunscreen. • Do not feed the wildlife. • Dispose of trash properly, carry it out if there are no receptacles. • Leave plants, rocks and historical items as you find them.

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GREENWAYS Hemp, unlike marijuana, is planted in dense rows that resemble bamboo fields. PHOTO BY ERWAN PIANEZZA/THINKSTOCK

Hemp in our future

California and federal laws pave the way for research growing while advocates push for looser restrictions by

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Gresearch hemp might be waving in the Davis breeze by next year in a startling reen, 20-foot-tall fields of

breakthrough for California hemp advocates who have been working for decades to grow the plant. The California Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2013, combined with the 2014 federal farm bill, has unlocked the possibility of legally growing the ancient food, fuel and fiber crop. “It’s remarkable. I’m quite thrilled,” said longtime San Francisco hemp lawyer Patrick Goggin. “We had no idea it would come this fast, to be honest.” Championed by state Sen. Mark Leno of San Francisco, the California Hemp Act of 2013 authorized hemp farming in California, but only if the federal government allowed it. When the bill passed last year, it seemed likely that hell would freeze over before the feds would ever legalize hemp farming. The federal government banned hemp along with its cousin marijuana in the ’30s, even though the plants differ in a number of key ways. Hemp, for example, has less than 1 percent THC, the psychoactive molecule in cannabis. Modern marijuana, by contrast, can contain 15 percent to 22 percent THC. But law enforcement officials have nonethe16

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less fought to keep hemp illegal, arguing that cops can’t tell the difference between hemp and pot. But then on Feb. 7, hell froze over. A farleft-far-right contingent in Congress added an amendment to the massive U.S. farm bill exempting research hemp from the federal Drug War if states also allowed hemp. California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a centrist and a longtime opponent of marijuana, opposed the amendment. But “she lost big time,” Goggin noted. Far-right Republican senators like Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul (both from Kentucky) voted for the measure. “Hemp has strange bedfellows,” Goggin said. “I call it a wraparound coalition—you have a far-left and far-right and their interests do coincide on some issues and hemp is one of them. It’s very symbolic of these types of coalitions.” When President Obama signed the farm bill—known as the Agricultural Act of 2014—on Feb. 7, it activated existing-butdormant laws that allowed for the growing of hemp in about a dozen states. (Washington and Colorado straight-up legalized hemp in defiance of federal law when they passed adult-use marijuana legalization in 2012.) Then on June 6, California Attorney General Kamala Harris issued a legal opinion on what the federal farm bill meant for Leno’s California Industrial Hemp Act. “[W]e conclude that federal law authorizes, and the Hemp Act permits, institutions of higher

education and the CDFA [California Department of Food and Agriculture] to grow and cultivate industrial hemp for purposes of agricultural or academic research,” the opinion stated. Goggin said the law requires CDFA to draft rules for research hemp pilot programs at colleges and universities. A hemp board is to be impaneled. County agricultural commissioners also will have to agree to participate. It could take “six months or 18 months” to get hemp rules done at the CDFA, according to Goggin. “More than likely, 18 months.” “They are eager to move forward on this, but it is a matter of, ‘OK, where are we going to get the funding for it?’” Goggin continued. “We’re dealing with a state the size of a big country relative to the rest of the world.” In an interview, Leno said California needs to snap out of it, straight-up legalize commercial hemp, let farmers grow it, and create jobs and revenue now. A CDFA research program could cost the state $20 million. The veteran legislator is irritated that legalizing hemp is still an issue. Thirty nations grow hemp and it’s found in thousands of consumer products—from Converse sneakers to BMW interior panels. “It’s apparently only illegal when it’s growing in the ground,” Leno said. “Every one of our Western trading partners, plus China, grows it today. What do we need to spend

millions of research dollars to find out? “It still grows wild in California: It’s known as ‘ditch weed,’” he continued. “This is irrational and that’s been my point for 10 years.” Leno said the state should ask U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to confirm that the Justice Department’s hands-off approach to legal marijuana also applies to nonpsychoactive hemp. But even if Holder did so, California farmers wouldn’t be able to get a hemp-growing permit. The CDFA hasn’t created one yet. Leno said additional hemp legalization measures won’t be passed this year in the state Legislature. As a result, California voters are going to have to step up and legalize hemp as a part of adult-use marijuana legalization in the 2016 election. As for Feinstein’s claims that police can’t distinguish between hemp and a drug crop of marijuana, “I don’t know that [Feinstein] has ever seen a hemp field,” Leno said. “Hemp grows to over 20 feet in height. Marijuana doesn’t grow much taller than 12 feet. Hemp is planted in rows six inches apart like bamboo. They look like bamboo fields it’s grown so densely. Marijuana is grown in rows 4 feet apart. How could they not tell the difference? It’s a false argument, and it always was. “Hemp never was and never will be a drug, so it’s unfortunate that in the last 60 years it has been confused with one,” he continued. “Why can California farmers— especially in a time of drought, when they are desperate for a good, safe, drought-resistant cash crop—be denied the benefit of a national legal hemp trade? We should be growing it.” Ω

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CREATURES OF THE NIGHT “Children of the night … what music they make,” Bela Lugosi—as Count Dracula—once famously said onscreen, in response to wolves howling in the distance. There are no wolves—and hopefully, no vampires—in Bidwell Park, but it is home to a number of nonetheless fascinating creatures. You can hear their music, and catch the occasional glimpse of owls, bats, raccoons and the like, on a nocturnal ecology hike in the park this Saturday, July 19. The hike launches from the Chico Creek Nature Center (1968 E. Eighth St.) at 7:30 p.m., and costs $5-$10.

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Chico artist Josh Harwood, 37, has just had a major breakthrough. All three of the children’s books he’s written and illustrated—the Edward and Victoria series—will soon be published by Engage Press, a local publication company. Harwood took fine arts courses when he was in college, and those art classes led to a passion for pen and ink drawing. Before long, “people wanted to know the stories behind the art,” he says. The first book in the series is scheduled to hit online stores at the end of the month. Harwood also sells high-quality framed prints and can be reached at jbih1020@yahoo.com.

How do you write? The way I write is initially for the child who lives in us all—there’s always that thing inside us that never grows up. Basically, I started out writing adult books in children’s format, but … people wanted to share it with kids. What I really turned my attention to after that early feedback was creating books for people of all ages.

What kind of books do you write? They’re written in the classic children’s adventure book style. Once you read one, you’ll recognize the format. The first book is about a little boy who goes into the woods and gets lost, and there’s a girl. It’s about how they interact. At the same time, the books are written like classic morality tales that could provoke a discussion between the adult and the child about morals or problem-solving. One thing that really rings true in my books … is that preparation and preparedness are not about what you bring with you, it’s about who you are with and the people you surround yourself with.

Who have been some of your artistic influences? Edward Gorey has influenced my art style, and when it comes to my writing style, I write in the style of, say, Lewis Carroll. In my heart, what I’m going for is what Shel Silverstein and Jim Henson did—trying to leave you better than when you came in and give you something that makes you happy, makes you laugh, and makes you want to share—with anyone and everyone.

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What is your process for illustrating? I do pen and ink drawings, and I edit them in Photoshop.

Will there be more books in this series? It’s a five-book series, as I understand it in my mind. What was very important to me was that every character gets a chance to be the hero.

What are your thoughts about being an artist? A lot of people do art when they retire. Some people say to me, “Why don’t you get a regular job and be an artist for fun?” But that would be like saying to a doctor, “Why don’t you have a regular job and be a doctor for fun?” The idea of success and being successful is that you have to put everything into it.

What’s art to you? Art is about enriching people’s lives and making people happy, even if only for a moment. Don’t go into art because it’s easy—go into art because you love it and you have to do it.

What’s ahead? I want to get an MFA and teach art. —SHANNON ROONEY

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A few weeks ago, I wrote about discovering new vendors at the Thursday Night Market. One of those vendors is Javi’s Homemade Granola. I happened upon the stand, which advertises the use of local nuts and honey, and stopped to try a sample. I ended up purchasing a snack-size “power pack” for a whopping $1. Javi’s Homemade Granola is exactly as its name implies: It’s homemade, by a man named Javi (Javier Lopez to those who don’t know him). His wife, Teresa, runs the business side of things and she invited me over to their Kern Street home recently to talk about granola, nuts and what goes into starting a cottage-foods business. “When we started, we knew nothing about anything,” Teresa said. She and Javi bought a pound each of almonds, walnuts, pecans and peanuts, 4 pounds of oats, and some honey. Javi’s uncle makes and sells granola in Mexico—that’s where the Lopezes got the idea for their business—but already they’ve given their recipes a local twist. In this area, for instance, nuts are plentiful. Teresa, a former beekeeper, connected with a local honey producer as well as nut growers. The whole family sits down to crack the nuts—doing it themselves helps cut down on cost—and then Javi works his magic in the kitchen. “I started taking it to work and passing it out,” Teresa said. “My co-workers said, ‘You should sell this!’ So we did.” In the six months or so since that first batch, the Lopezes have done a lot of paperwork, but thankfully Teresa said the process of starting a cottage-foods business was relatively simple. She took a trip to the county Environmental Health Department (across the street from where she works at the office of Employment and Social Services in Oroville) and was able to pick up a packet outlining all the permits and certifications they’d need, including a business license from the city of Chico, a state seller’s permit and a permit to run a home kitchen from Environmental Health. She and her 13-year-old son took an online class to receive their safe food-handler’s certificate. Their first event was Gold Nugget Days in Paradise, and for the past month they’ve been selling at Chico’s Thursday Night Market. In all, it’s been worth the extra work, Teresa said. “We want to be able to take regular vacations—our plan is to go to Hawaii,” she said. Between working full time (Javi is a welder in Gridley) and having a family, it’s been difficult to save enough for a family vacation, she said. The California Homemade Food Act, which went into effect in 2013, made it possible for them to do something on the side from the convenience of their own home. Javi’s granola—which comes in several varieties—and the honeyglazed nuts are delicious, healthy additions to our list of things made in Chico. (Call or text Teresa at 828-0051 for more info.) It makes me wonder: Who else has been inspired by the cottage-foods law?

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Lamenting the demise of a plan for a new national monument in the North State

Cave Junction 199 Oregon California

Siskiyou Crest Red Buttes Wilderness

story and photos by Allan Stellar

I started this hike alone in Seiad Valley, elevation 1,300 feet. From there, the Pacific Crest Trail climbs 5,000 feet in 6 1/2 miles. To put that into perspective, many hikers have the Bright Angel Trail in Grand Canyon National Park on their bucket list. Bright Angel climbs 4,300 feet in 9.6 miles. I think of this comparison as I belly up the trail with my pack that, with water and food for four days, weighs 40 pounds. Seiad Valley (pronounced sigh-add) is a tiny town of a couple hundred souls northeast of Yreka in Siskiyou County. The Klamath River passes through the town and it was near here, on a tributary of the Klamath River, that Bigfoot was famously filmed back in 1967 by Roger Patterson and Bob Gimlin. You might remem-

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am carrying a fucking refrigerator on my back. At least, that’s how big my backpack feels as I sweat, grunt and fart up this mountain. And I ain’t too bright of a person to start such a climb by eating a plate full of pancakes. They sit like lead in my gut as I haul this Frigidaire uphill, climbing switchback after switchback. I’m here, in the nosebleed section of Northern California, to investigate a proposed mythological national monument.

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ber the film—a grainy image of a hairy beast that nonchalantly wanders into the forest. The controversial Super 8 film was an economic boon to the area and today you can find all sorts of Bigfoot lodges, Bigfoot RV parks, Bigfoots painted on restaurant walls, Bigfoot statues and Bigfoot T-shirts and trinkets sold in gas stations and convenience stores. Finding the actual creature

Below and right: Author Allan Stellar checks out the spectacular views during a break on his hike along the Pacific Crest Trail. Stellar camped alone while exploring the area known as the Siskiyou Crest.

might prove to be a more difficult endeavor. You’ll also find lots of State of Jefferson flags flyMedford ing in Siskiyou County. As in other parts of rural Northern California, secession is a popular notion. The post office boasts the State of Jefferson written right under the U.S. Post Office insignia. You’ll even find the Jefferson flag flying over the fire department. Ashland Those are two stories worth writing about: A right-wing secessionist movement and the search for a mythical creature. Both fictional; a pipe dream and a myth. The proposed Siskiyou Crest National Monument is another nonexistent entity, mostly unwanted by the locals, and indeed, a perceived threat to the Seiad Valley way of life. It is hard to miss all the “No Monument” signs; they are everywhere in this neck of the woods. In 2009, an Ashland, Ore., environmental organization called KS Wild (Klamath Siskiyou Wildlands Center) proKlamath River posed merging the Siskiyou and Red Buttes wilderness areas, some Bureau of Land Management land, two national forests that bridge Oregon Yreka and California, the Cascade-Siskiyou and Oregon Caves national monuments, and some private land into one 3 huge 600,000-acre monument. The locals got especially fired up by a leaked Department of the Interior document revealing that President Obama had planned to create 14 large new national monuments, including this one. Panic! The reaction among the locals of Seiad Valley, and other communities, was immediate and intense. Organizations against the monument arose quickly, mostly coinciding with Tea Party fervor. It became a cause de rigueur among the local rightwingers. The Siskiyou Board of Supervisors publicly came out against the creation of the national monument. (Unsurprisingly, the board voted to support creating the State of Jefferson.) “They say they want to take away our hunting and fishing rights,” said

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Left: This 18-foot-tall statue of Bigfoot is located in Happy Camp, which is near where two filmmakers claim to have spotted the creature back in the 1960s.

a young woman at the Seiad Store when I first arrived in town. “I’ve only been here three weeks, but if you ask anyone, they’ll certainly give you an earful.” My wife, Joni, who came along to drop me off and pick me up when I was done with the five-day solo trek, was nervous about leaving our car parked overnight with its prominent Sierra Club and Pacific Crest Trail decals and a bumper sticker that depicts stumps of trees and the caption “Daddy, what’s a forest?” We’d wandered into a part of California where environmentalists are about as welcome as a longhaired hippie wearing a tie-dye Solar Power Now! Tshirt in a Koch brothers corporate board meeting. We’d be lucky to get out of there with all our tires still properly inflated. Into the local café for breakfast. The place was a tad bit famous, having been selected by the Travel Channel many years ago as one of the World’s Best Places to Pig Out. On the wall were Polaroid shots of skinny young men, all of them probably thru-hikers, who managed to wolf down five huge, platter-size pancakes. Joni and I enjoyed some of the (smaller) pancakes and talked to a couple of hikers and a few of the locals. I had spoken to Joseph Vaile, the executive director of KS Wild, earlier in the week. Vaile told me that KS Wild was no longer proposing such a monument. “The people who were pushing for that have all left our organization,” he informed me. The main instigator had moved up the environmental ladder to the Rainforest Action Network in San Francisco. When I told the people at the café that KS Wild wasn’t pushing for the monument anymore, a friendly young man, waiting for his breakfast, piped up. “It doesn’t matter—Obama wants a legacy and he’ll just create the monument anyway.” That young man, Bruce Johnson, owner of the Mid River RV Park, is popular among the Pacific Crest Trail hikers who pass through town. He has a brilliant smile and a cheerful, friendly air about him. He complained that, should the monument be created, his business would be under the thumb of government. “I worry about the onerous regulations and the loss of our hunting and fishing rights,” he said. He went on to state that, “I feel insulted that anybody would think that this area needs to be protected from its residents. We love it here, we don’t want to spoil anything,” he said, adding that there isn’t anything spectacular up on the crest. A woman at the café counter agreed: “It’s not worth anything. There’s nothing of value up there.” Nothing of value? Well, I thought, I’ll just have to go check that out.

The Pacific Crest Trail winds its way through

50 miles of the proposed new monument. I would hike it and take a look for myself. Then I’d consider the “MONUMENT” continued on page 20

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Left: This 18-foot-tall statue of Bigfoot is located in Happy Camp, which is near where two filmmakers claim to have spotted the creature back in the 1960s.

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arguments for creating such a monument. So, I set off. An old abandoned fire lookout, built in the ’30s, sits near the top of the climb. By the time I reached it, it was getting late in the day. I could have camped at the neglected lookout, but the last time I camped at a fire lookout, a park ranger drove about five hours round-trip to my home to cite me for disobeying a national park closure order and illegal camping—a citation so trivial that Arlo Guthrie could probably fashion a 27-minute song about the whole episode (see “Perils of journalism,” Newslines, Nov. 28, 2013). No, I wasn’t going to take any chances sleeping at a fire lookout again. I’ve been rehabilitated. I found a spring that supplied the lookout with water, off the path, with more than a bit of what hikers call “exposure” to get to it. I watched my step, knowing that a slip on the narrow ledge would lead to a headline in the local newspaper about yet another foolish middleaged adventurer who plunged to his death. The Siskiyou Mountains are jagged. Slopes are vertical. It’d be best not to trip. These mountains are an anomaly among mountains in North America. Most ranges align themselves north to south. The Siskiyous are east to west. As such, they form the middle part of a large letter H, with

An abandoned fire lookout on rugged terrain overlooks the valley below.

one side being the Coastal Range and the other the Sierra Cascades. The mountains form a natural highaltitude land bridge for flora and fauna. With climate change, as the lower elevations become more and more inhospitable to wildlife, the higher-altitude corridors have become very important. Journey (aka OR-7), the wandering wolf, sojourned for a brief time in the Siskiyou Mountains before settling down about 75 miles northeast of here. When wolves recolonize the Coastal Range of California, it will be Journey’s progeny traveling across this land bridge to make that happen. And wolves aren’t the only animals that make use of this land bridge. I also saw a herd of elk grazing in the valley far below the crest. A KS Wild brochure states that “Wolverine, marten, lynx, fisher, mountain lion, bear, and elk currently inhabit or have been recently sighted in the area. The area also provides home range and connectivity habitat for the gray wolf, grizzly bear and pronghorn sheep, mammals that are currently extirpated” from the region. But it isn’t just fauna that find the corridor important. Flora do, too. I reached the crest of the Siskiyous late afternoon in the middle of June to find myself amid myriad wildflowers. There, in a

patch of earth of about a square yard, I looked down upon seven different species of wildflowers blooming next to each other. Table Mountain in its springtime glory doesn’t compare to this grand display of wildflowers. This small bit of crest has flowers from the Sierra, the Cascades, the Great Basin, the Sacramento Valley floor and the Coastal Range. More than 3,000 species of plants are found here. On the trail, I met a retired government employee who used to work with the natural resources of the area. He told me that the botanists in the U.S. Forest Service went gaga over this rare display of flowers. The retiree, dressed in blue jeans and sporting a salt and pepper beard, laughed when I mentioned the monument. “Is the idea dead?” I asked. The reply: “I hope not. I don’t think so. Something should be done to protect this.” That night, I “cowboy camped” under the stars among the flowers at a place with the racially insensitive name of Darkey Creek. A newish sign announces the trail down to the creek. Being racially insensitive seems to be a theme in this area. A man at the café back in Seiad Valley told me that the local Indian tribe wants the dams taken out of the Klamath River so that the white man will leave. Dam removal is yet another sensitive topic in this

region—and yet another reason why environmentalists are seen as a threat to the Seiad Valley way of life. Restoring salmon habitat isn’t popular among the locals and the ranchers of the region. Not surprisingly, Congressman Doug LaMalfa also is opposed to removing the dams. The next morning, clouds that looked a bit angry blew over. My sleeping bag was wet with dew. As I walked along the crest, to my right I could see miles and miles of forest with clear cuts in them. I tried to count the number of cuts, but quit when I reached 30. To my left, I saw no clear cuts because I was looking into wilderness. A snowy Preston Peak, tallest in the Siskiyou Wilderness, loomed behind me; the huge, majestic Mount Shasta was to my right. The crest is normally snowbound and sometimes impassable into July. I was taking this hike in mid-June and the snow had been gone for some time. Over the last 10 years, drought has become a way of life. Does this portend our future as CO2 climbs above the 400-parts-per-million mark permanently (and for the first time in 700,000 years)? The answer to that question will be clear in the lifetime of most people reading this article. The second day passed with more flowers, more beauty, more crest

walking and more solitude. The Siskiyous don’t have the dramatic beauty of Yosemite Valley nor the stunning glamour of the Sierra. It doesn’t have the Ahhh! and Wow! factors of most national parks. It’s a simple, working-class beauty. When it comes to monuments, the Siskiyou Crest would be like protecting the red-headed stepchild of public lands. Which is precisely why this area needs to become a monument. Its value isn’t measured solely by its sex appeal to humans; its value lies in its utility to critters and its biodiversity. Its uniqueness. Its function as a superhighway for flora and fauna. Think of it as a monument preserved not for human enjoyment, but because of its importance for the fur bearers and the winged ones, for the plants and for the trees. Aren’t they worthy of having their own special place on the planet? Monuments are created by presidential decree, a power provided by the Antiquities Act of 1906. Teddy Roosevelt used the law to create the first national monument at Devils Tower in Wyoming. He also used the act to create Grand Canyon National Monument. Arches, Canyonlands, Grand Canyon, Bryce, Zion, Acadia, Olympic, Grand Teton and many other national parks, started out as monuments—or were greatly enlarged by the incorporation of nearby national monuments. This power to create monuments makes some conservatives, including LaMalfa, nervous. LaMalfa sent out an email to constituents earlier this year supporting a measure that would strip a president’s ability to create monuments without the approval of Congress. The first-term congressman said it was a property rights issue. Was LaMalfa referring to the Siskiyou Crest? Bill Clinton created 16 national monuments, many during his last few weeks in office. Recently, President Obama laid out 600,000 acres in southern New Mexico to be our newest national monument, a plan that had the support of several environmental organizations. Yes, there was some local resistance—that seems to pretty much always be true. But monuments need to have some group or person backing them. John Muir was that tireless advocate for Yosemite. Enos Mills was that advocate for Rocky Mountain National Park. Without KS Wild’s advocacy, where is that champion for the Siskiyous? Top: Bruce Johnson, owner of Mid River RV Park, is one of the many Siskiyou County residents who oppose the proposed monument. He fears the government would overregulate the land therein. Anti-monument signs are ubiquitous throughout the area.

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I camped the second night at

7,300 feet along an exposed ridge. The clouds still looked angry but they’d passed over the previous couple of nights without dumping any precipitation. I was tired. Lazy. No need to set up a tent. I would cowboy camp a second night. About 2 in the morning I awoke to snow. Yes, snow. I quickly dug out the tent rainfly from my pack and draped the thing over me and my sleeping bag. It was cold and I thought to myself that if I got wet, I could easily expire here on this summit ledge due to hypothermia. I lived. The rainfly did its job and at 6 a.m. I shook off about half an inch of snow, packed up my belongings and headed out for another day of exploration. The trail took me through some old-growth forest. The diversity of the trees in the Siskiyous, and in this section, is simply amazing. You just don’t find these species living together in one place. As my guidebook put it, the Pacific Crest Trail “enters a stand of white fir, red fir, mountain hemlock, Douglas fir, ponderosa pine and knobcone pine.” After 37 miles of hiking, the trail enters Oregon. I stopped at the border and signed the hiking register—a place where hikers can post that they were there—writing of my support for creating more monuments. Shortly after entering Oregon, the trail winds along old logging roads and other gravel roads that provide access into the proposed monument. Indeed, the hiking becomes less interesting. Much of the area is logged. I walked through a recent clear cut where, for some reason, loggers left all the incense cedar trees. Everything else was cut. I traveled some more along the trail and was unnerved a bit as I passed through a herd of cattle, bells tied to their necks. They left me alone. The Oregon side certainly has more human impacts. After 45 trail miles since leaving Seiad Valley, I found a note along the trail at the intersection of one of the many gravel roads. It was from my wife, telling me she was camped nearby and that one of our beloved labs back home had been bitten by a rattlesnake. I decided to leave the trail early and travel home to tend to our dog. (The dog lived.) But before I left the proposed monument, I placed one last call to Joseph Vaile at KS Wild. Vaile and I had spent much time on the phone. About the author:

Allan Stellar is a psychiatric nurse who lives in Concow. He is the author of the Nov. 7, 2013, CN&R cover feature titled “Lassen Solitaire.” Follow him on Twitter at @AllanStellar.

He is an especially articulate young man. I gave him my report: The area has fantastic beauty in its diversity. The flowers. The elk. The trees. But it also has roads and lots of human use. It is haphazard. Lacking in a plan. Some of it is imperiled by overuse and general landscape destruction. A nickel mine has been proposed in the area and there is the ever-present danger of logging. (I see why some people call the BLM the Bureau of Logging and Mining.) This unique and sensitive landscape definitely is at risk. Vaile agreed: “When the idea was first presented, we thought it’d be a good idea to put the Siskiyous under one agency. Have one plan. Right now there are two states and two national forests, the Bureau of Land Management, two small existing monuments and some private land, all with competing interests and conflicting land-use plans.” Putting the Siskiyou Crest under one federal agency seemed rational to KS Wild. The controversy took the organization by surprise. Rural residents of Siskiyou County demonized the organization. They still do, as evidenced by all the signs opposing the monument (and KS Wild), even though nobody is currently pushing the idea. And yet, as Vaile said, nothing is more American than saving our wild heritage. We were the first country to create a national park. And with some forward-thinking environmental laws, species and land have been saved. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act—which has left millions of acres in their most natural state. Saving land is popular. It sometimes takes 30 years for a piece of land to be protected. But with time and education, good things do happen. The State of Jefferson will never come into existence. And Bigfoot? Despite trail cameras and television shows that highlight looking for this possible human relative, most experts believe that he, also, will remain a mythological creature. So what about the Siskiyou Crest National Monument? Will President Obama pick up his pen in the last remaining hours of his administration and atone for a lackluster environmental record by creating scads of new monuments? I hope so. But I am a lover of wild space. An idealist and a dreamer. A believer in the value of wilderness. It is my hope that others will voice their support for preserving wilderness—places like the Siskiyou Crest. Because, as my favorite writer, Edward Abbey, once wrote, “The idea of wilderness needs no defense. It only needs more defenders.” Ω

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Arts & Culture X Sons of Jefferson

A couple of the regular Jefferson Crew bands: Icko Sicko (left) playing at Monstros Pizza, and Criminal Wave (below) skating in Sacramento (from left: Miles Claibourn, Sawyer Goodson, Bryan Hannah and Tommy Ghiorso). PHOTOS BY ICKO SICKO AND EMILY MARQUARD

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God-, gun- and deregulation-loving, green-flag-waving senior citizens who’ve by come to represent the Ken Smith the State of Jefferson kens@ movement. But in their newsreview.com hearts, all of them are native sons and daughters of that semimythical place. “We feel like we’re skipped over and underJefferson represented in this part on stage: of Northern California,” Criminal Wave and said Miles Claibourn, Outside Looking In one of the primary perform with M organizers of the JefferSection (Santa Rosa) and Rad! son Crew—a tight-knit (Sacramento) clique of punk bands, tonight, July 17, fans and friends who’ve 8 p.m., at Monstros been making waves in Pizza. All ages. the local music scene in Cost: $5 the past year. “To outMonstros Pizza siders there’s just Port628 W. Sacramento land and The Bay, and Ave. we’re just the big area www.facebook.com/ in the middle that no monstrospizza one cares about.” Claibourn’s rhetoric may sound similar to the secessionists’, but he was actually speaking about the sometimes thriving but often-overlooked music scenes in rural Northern California towns, something he’s become intimately familiar with since he started playing in bands and booking shows as a teenager in his native Redding. Claibourn explained he moved to Chico from Redding last year, as did several of his friends and musical cohorts, and they all quickly solidified their existing local connections. Claibourn plays guitar in Criminal Wave and sings in Outside Looking In, and other Jefferson Crew bands include Icko Sicko, Gorilla X Monsoon and Kong. It’s an incestuous crew,

with several of the bands sharing members, and most of those members are straightedge, meaning they choose not to use intoxicants. “It’s not like a requirement or anything and we don’t shove those beliefs down people’s throats,” Claibourn said. “But most of us don’t drink or smoke.” Most of the bands have recorded or are recording, and release their music on tape through Xerox Records, a label Claibourn started in Redding for the express purpose of putting out his friends’ projects. The Jefferson moniker is also double-edged, a backhanded slap at the conservative small-town landscapes most members of the crew hail from, settings that aren’t always amicable and accepting of budding punks and their art. “One of our main points of interest is the small-town struggle,” Claibourn said, listing the many ways it’s hard to sustain a scene in the proverbial sticks—movers and shakers leave town, bands break up, cops and neighbors are unwelcoming, and punk-friendly venues —Sawyer Goodson are rare and often short-lived. “I guess music scenes everywhere go through ups and downs, but in small towns you really feel it,” Claibourn said, adding that one of the Jefferson Crew’s goals is establishing a solid network among the North State and southern Ore-

“We want to encourage people to be part of the scene, not just part of the scenery.”

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THIS WEEK 17THURS Theater PORRIDGE: Stagecoach Youth presents a musical fractured fairy tale. 7/17-7/19, 7pm. $12-$18. Theatre on the Ridge Playhouse, 3735 Neal Rd. in Paradise, (530) 877-5760, www.totr.org.

Poetry/Literature BOOK READING AND SIGNING: Local author Gary Noy reads

from his new book. Th, 7/17, 7pm. Lyon Books, 135 Main St., (530) 891-3338, www.lyonbooks.com.

gon’s scattered scenes, in order to share resources and contacts, and help bands record, tour and attract touring acts. The Jefferson Crew already has made an impact, working with the more established Pyrate Punx to book shows at Monstros Pizza and helping pioneer new local venues, most notably by holding the first punk shows at 100th Monkey Café. They also don’t let the lack of a public venue hinder opportunities to host touring bands, throwing house shows in Criminal Wave vocalist Tommy Ghiorso’s so-called “Basement of Frustration” when necessary. Icko Sicko/Criminal Wave drummer Sawyer Goodson echoed Claibourn’s sentiments about the Jefferson Crew being a force for overall positivity in the local punk scene, saying they also proselytize the gospel of punk to the next generation of righteous rebels. “When we go out fliering or skating, we try to tell the younger kids about this great thing going on they’re welcome to be a part of,” he said. “We want to encourage people to be part of the scene, not just part of the scenery.” Ω

POETRY READING: Poetry from a variety of local wordsmiths. Th, 7/17, 6:30pm. The Bookstore, 118 Main St.

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Saturday, July 19 Maltese Bar & Tap Room SEE SATURDAY, SPECIAL EVENTS

FINE ARTS Theater EVERYBODY IN OUTER SPACE LOST THEIR MARBLES: Uncle Dad’s Art Collective and Everybody in Outer Space dance troupe present their third original musical/dance production, with an original score courtesy of Bogg and Aubrey Debauchery and The Broken Bones. Th-Su, 8pm through 7/27. Opens 7/19. $15. Chico Women’s Club, 592 E. Third St., (530) 894-1978.

I AM LEGEND: See Friday. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St., (530) 895-3749, www.blueroom theatre.com.

MENOPAUSE THE MUSICAL: See Friday. CUSD Center for the Arts, 1475 East Ave. corner of East and Ceanothus, (530) 891-3050.

PORRIDGE: See Thursday. Theatre on the Ridge Playhouse, 3735 Neal Rd. in Paradise, (530) 8775760, www.totr.org.

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Saturday, July 19 Sycamore Field Group Picnic Area, Bidwell Park SEE SATURDAY, SPECIAL EVENTS

18FRI Special Events ANNIVERSARY PARTY: Celebrate two years of business with food, drinks, live music, and raffles for merchandise, plus two tattoo give-a-ways. F, 7/18, 5pm. Free. 12 Volt Tattoo, 194 E Eighth St. Between Wall & Main, (530) 592-3074.

FRIDAY NIGHT CONCERT: Downtown Chico’s summer music series continues with melodic rock, funk and jam from Alli Battaglia & The Musical Brewing Co. F, 7/18, 7-8:30pm. Chico City Plaza, Downtown Chico.

GREAT STATE COFFEE GRAND OPENING: The grand opening for The Great State Coffee Company with live entertainment from Trox & The Terribles, Sisterhoods, Michelin Embers and Western Divide, plus food from Blush Catering and beer from The Winchester Goose. Ride your bike and join the party. F, 7/18, 6pm. Great State Coffee Company, 3881 Benetar Way STE C.

Music MARCHFOURTH MARCHING BAND: A celebration/marching band with dancers, stilt-walkers, drum line and nine-piece horn section playing a hybrid of rock, funk and jazz. F, 7/18, 7:30pm. SOLD OUT. Sierra Nevada Big Room, 1075 East 20th St., (530) 345-2739, www.sierranevada.com/bigroom.

Theater I AM LEGEND: After a pandemic turns everyone into real-life vampires, last man on Earth Robert Neville spends his lonely existence stalking and staking the creatures. Based on Richard Matheson’s 1954 horror novel. 7/18-

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7/20, 7:30pm, 7/25-7/26, 7:30pm. $10. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St., (530) 895-3749, www.blueroomtheatre.com.

MENOPAUSE THE MUSICAL: The national touring company is back in Chico for a hilarious musical parody set to classic tunes from the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s. F, Sa, 7:30pm & Su, 2pm through 7/20. Opens 7/18. $44. CUSD Center for the Arts, 1475 East Ave. corner of East and Ceanothus, (530) 891-3050.

PORRIDGE: See Thursday. Theatre on the Ridge Playhouse, 3735 Neal Rd. in Paradise, (530) 8775760, www.totr.org.

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SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN: Stage version of the classic, light-hearted movie musical about Hollywood in the 1920s. Th-Sa, 7:30pm through 8/16. Opens 7/19. $12-$20. Chico Theater Company, 166-F Eaton Rd., (530) 894-3282, www.chicotheater company.com.

20SUN Theater EVERYBODY IN OUTER SPACE LOST THEIR MARBLES: See Saturday. Chico Women’s Club, 592 E. Third St., (530) 894-1978.

I AM LEGEND: See Friday. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St., (530) 895-3749, www.blueroomtheatre.com.

Special Events BEER CAMP ACROSS AMERICA: Sierra Nevada kicks off its cross-country tour in celebration of the opening of its new North Carolina brewery—and the world of craft beer—by inviting more than 100 local and regional brewers to a party in Chico. Plus, food trucks and entertainment from MarchFourth Marching Band. Sa, 7/19, 12-5pm. $30-$65. Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., 1075 E. 20th St., (530) 892-4647, www.sierranevada.com.

CHICO POND TOUR: An annual fundraiser that tours local ponds in various homeowner’s yards, with fish, waterfalls, plants and more. Receive a map and tour the ponds at your leisure. Call for information. Sa, 7/19, 8am3pm. $15. Call for details, Locations Vary in, (530) 342-4913.

MENOPAUSE THE MUSICAL: See Friday. CUSD Center for the Arts, 1475 East Ave. corner of East and Ceanothus, (530) 891-3050.

21MON Poetry/Literature CHICO AUTHOR AND PUBLISHING SOCIETY: A regularly scheduled meeting for local authors and publishers. All are welcome. M, 7/21, 6:30pm. Free. Lyon Books, 135 Main St., (530) 891-3338, www.lyonbooks.com.

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ALL-MEDIA ART SHOW: The Chico Art Center

curated by Ben Lucas of Eye of Jade Tattoo featuring the work of tattoo artists creating beyond the flesh. Through 7/19. 820 Broadway, (530) 343-1973, www.1078 gallery.org.

AVENUE 9 GALLERY: Carlos Loarca In Chico, the winner of Avenue 9 Gallery’s “Be Our Guest” competition Carlos Loarca showcases his large scale, colorful paintings often drawing inspiration from Mayan and Guatemalan Folklore. Through 7/19. 180 E. Ninth Ave., (530) 879-1821, www.avenue9 gallery.com.

CHICO ART CENTER: Discovery Series II, an opportunity for new and up-and-coming artists to display their work and to meet the community. Three artists will be featured: Jann Jones, Penny Terstegge and Nickolai Larsen. 7/18-8/8. 450 Orange St., (530) 895-8726, www.chicoartcenter.com.

CHICO PAPER CO.: California Rivers, Jake

Early’s latest series. Through 8/30. 345 Broadway, (530) 891-0900, www.chico papercompany.com.

JAMES SNIDLE FINE ARTS & APPRAISALS: In

Memory, works from the artist and estate of David Gilhooly. Ongoing. 254 E. Fourth St., (530) 343-2930, www.jamessnidle finearts.com.

PARADISE ART CENTER: The Natural World, a mixed-media exhibition from gallery members. 7/17-7/27. 5564 Almond St. in Paradise, (530) 877-7402.

SALLY DIMAS ART GALLERY: New Works, American and western scenes in oil from K.W. Moore Sr. Ongoing. 493 East Ave., (530) 345-3063.

TIN ROOF BAKERY & CAFÉ: New Works, local artist Jain Zimmerman showcases new photographic works. Through 7/31. 627 Broadway St. 170, (530) 345-1362.

UPPER CRUST BAKERY & EATERY: Broken

Color, oil paintings, prints and illustrations from artist Jon Shult. Through 7/20. 130 Main St., (530) 895-3866.

WINCHESTER GOOSE: Meow Meow, a summer

hosts its annual national all-media juried art competition. See website for details. Ongoing. Chico Art Center, 450 Orange St., (530) 895-8726, www.chicoartcenter.com.

DIRTY LAUNDRY: An open-entry call for artists featuring discarded clothing re-purposed into innovative art. Deadline August 10. Through 8/10. $10. 1078 Gallery, 820 Broadway, (530) 343-1973, www.1078gallery.org.

FLORALS AND FLOWERS: Artwork can be of any subject, but must contain at least one flower in the image. See website for more details. Through 7/22. Chico Art Center, 450 Orange St., (530) 895-8726, www.chicoart center.com.

POSTER CONTEST: Submit drawings and designs for the upcoming season of show posters at Theatre on The Ridge. See website for more details. Ongoing. Theatre on the Ridge Playhouse, 3735 Neal Rd. in Paradise, (530) 877-5760, www.totr.org.

Museums CHICO CREEK NATURE CENTER: Banding by Day and Night, a close look at birds in hand with incredible detail. Ongoing. 1968 E. Eighth St., (530) 891-4671, www.bidwellpark.org.

GATEWAY SCIENCE MUSEUM: Explore Evolution, investigate evolutionary principles in organisms ranging from smallest to the largest with interactive exhibits. Ongoing. Changing California, Journey through geological and ecological transformations in Northern California. Ongoing. $3-$6. 625 Esplanade, www.csuchico.edu/gateway.

PARADISE DEPOT MUSEUM: Paradise Depot

Museum, a railroad and logging museum in Paradise. Ongoing, 7-9pm. 5570 Black Olive Dr. in Paradise, (530) 877-1919.

VALENE L. SMITH MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY: Into The Blue: Maritime Navigation and the Archeology of Shipwrecks, featuring artifacts recovered from the Frolic shipwreck and the story behind the ship’s history. TuSa through 7/24. Meriam Library Complex Chico State.

showcase featuring watercolors from local artist Sea Monster. Ongoing. 800 Broadway St., (530) 715-0099, www.thewinchester goose.com.

DRAGOPOLIS: “The future of drag” show hosted by Claudette de Versailles. All entertainers

welcome to perform. Third Sa of every month, 10pm. $3. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave., (530) 343-4915.

MOVIES IN THE PARK: A summer movie in the

park. this week: Secretariat Begins 15 minutes after sunset. Sa, 7/19, 8:30pm. Bidwell Park: Group Picnic Area by Sycamore Field, Sycamore Playing Fields Bidwell Park, (530) 343-1232.

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Vampires, music and menopause— live on stage! Everything is slower in Chico in the summer, when those wacky college kids flee the city, taking all of their diversions and entertainment dollars along with them. But in the grand tradition of summer theater, local stages remain lively, with four spanking-new productions opening this week. Vampire classic I Am Legend and Menopause The Musical both open Friday, July 18, at EDITOR’S PICK The Blue Room and CUSD Center for the Arts, respectively. On Saturday, July 19, Singin’ in the Rain starts up at the Chico Theater Company, and Uncle Dad’s Art Collective’s latest original dancing musical, Everybody in Outer Space Lost Their Marbles, premieres at Chico Women’s Club. July 17, 2014

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planning meals according to what’s available. Lately, we’ve taken to stocking by up on vegetables for grilling. We Henri love to grill red onions, broccoli, Bourride bell peppers, cauliflower and whathenri@ ever else we can find in a grilling newsreview.com wok ($22 at Collier “Kitchen Supply”—105 Broadway) and then top them with a light summer dressing. Sometimes I’ll throw some shrimp or chicken (cut into bite-sized pieces) in with the veggies. Even better: all mixed together into a grain or pasta salad (couscous, orzo, quinoa, rice, or any small or medium-size pasta, such as rotelle or fusilli). In any case, toss with generous amounts of dressing, and serve with a pinot noir or crisp sauvignon blanc. The two dressings below are delicious over grilled veggies, either by themselves or mixed in with various grilled meats and pastas and grains, as well as tofu. Experiment by trying different combinations. The third, a peanut dressing, is thicker and works better as a dip, especially for kebabs. Cooking notes: 1) Vegetables should be chopped and then cooked al dente. Overcooked, their individual flavors become less distinctive. If you’re including chicken, begin grilling it about 10 minutes before you add the vegetables; add shrimp toward the end. Stir frequently. 2) For a wonderfully colorful presentation, add a quarter head of red cabbage (shredded). 3) Even with a nonstick grilling pan, I use a spray-on cooking oil and drizzle a bit of olive oil on the vegetables several times while they’re grilling—being careful not to pour on so much that it drips onto the burners and flames up. 4) The pasta and grain salads are especially good served chilled.

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This is a lighter, more liquid version of the classic pesto typically served with pasta and has a tangy, refreshing taste—try it mixed into couscous with red and green bell peppers, red onions and chicken. It’s also very good dribbled over gnocchi. Ingredients: 2-3 cloves garlic, minced 1-2 cups fresh basil leaves 1/4 cup white wine vinegar 1/2 cup olive oil 2 tbsp. grated Parmesan cheese 1/8 teaspoon ground pepper

Process the garlic in a food processor, add the other ingredients, and process to desired consistency. Add more oil to make it more liquid, more cheese to thicken it up. Transfer to small serving pitcher and refriger-

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ate. (You can also prepare this dressing by chopping the basil very small with a paring knife, mincing or pressing the garlic, and stirring it up with the other ingredients, though processing the basil makes the dressing more pungent.) Henri’s Saffron Aioli

The lemon and saffron give this dressing a distinct bite and make it ideal for summer veggies, really bringing out the flavor in bell peppers and shrimp. Ingredients: 2 tbsp. lemon juice 1 pinch saffron 2-3 cloves garlic 1/2 cup mayonnaise 2 tbsp. olive oil 2 tbsp. rice vinegar

Pour lemon juice into mixing bowl, and add saffron (thumb-and-finger crumbled). Allow to steep for several minutes. Add garlic, mayonnaise, olive oil and vinegar and whisk to desired consistency. (Note: Ingredient amounts are approximations; add and subtract to desired taste and consistency.) Peanut pesto

This is a new favorite, which Colette found in Julie Rosso and Sheila Lukins’ The New Basics Cookbook (Workman Publishing). Try it as a dip for bell peppers, red onions and pieces of grilled chicken or flank-steak skewers. Ingredients: 1 cup unsalted peanuts 1/2 cup soy sauce 1/4 cup honey 1/3 cup water 3 cloves garlic, minced 1/2 cup sesame oil 1/2 tsp. ground pepper

Process peanuts in food processor until finely ground. With blade turning, add remaining ingredients through feed tube and process to a thick paste. Transfer to small bowl, cover and refrigerate for at least a couple of hours before serving. Ω

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wearing a big grin and a bright gold and blue pharaoh headdress with a cobra’s head on by top. It was a beautiful summer Vic Cantu evening on the last Saturday in June, and I was meeting up with 13 riders who would be taking part in the monthly Chico Bike Party. My new pharaoh-headed friend Join the party Find Chico Bike went by the name of Nearly Normal Party on Facebook, Bob. He was a fun-loving contractor check them out at who said he’s been to nearly every www.chicobike one of the Chico Bike Parties over party.weebly.com or send an email to the last year and a half. “I come to every one that the chicobikeparty @gmail.com. voice in my head tells me to attend,” he said. After complimenting him on his headdress, and I questioned whether it was as safe as a helmet, Bob suggested that “gold lamé is better protection than anything! That’s why they use it on the space shields for re-entry.” The Chico Bike Party has launched its rolling gatherings from the City Plaza on the fourth Saturday of each month since October 2012, featuring anywhere from six to 20 party-friendly bike enthusiasts. With bikes decked out in flamboyant decorations and colorful lights, and riders dressed to match the theme of the night’s ride—e.g., Blues Brothers Ride, the Orange Ride, and for the June ride, tie dye—they travel to a handful of different outdoor destinations over the course of approximately 15 miles. Along the way they enjoy the scenery, listen to music, get some exercise, and have a few beers or soft drinks and socialize at each stop. The main instigators of the loosely knit group are 45-year-old mechanic Earl Hallett, 40-year-old John Barton, a “bicycle lifestylist” at Cyclesport in downtown Chico, and the group’s marketing director, 22-year-old Cassidy Noble, a customer service agent for ChicoBag. “We’re not just long-distance speed racers or just partiers,” said Hallett, who serves as the group’s route

director. “It’s about getting out with friends on a decent bike ride, enjoying a beer or two and meeting new people.” Or, as Nearly Normal Bob put it: “Life begins when you get off your fat ass and get on your Fat Tire bike and get out there.” Inspired by similar but much bigger monthly bike parties in San Jose, the East Bay and San Francisco, they decided the events would be perfect for bike-friendly, eco-conscious Chico. Barton said he took part in the massive San Jose Bike Party (with more than 5,000 members) when he lived there. “I’m glad our Chico Bike Parties are much smaller,” he added. “You get to know every one of the riders and we all feel close to each other.” Hallett and Barton—who is music director for Chico Bike Party—showed up to the June ride with each of their bikes outfitted with small trailers toting booming stereo systems that played danceable classic rock, funk and hip-hop nonstop. There were three 15- to 45-minute stops planned for this evening—the bike-path bridge over Lindo Channel near Chico Nut Co., the Chico Municipal Airport and Upper Bidwell Park near Horseshoe Lake. As the group merrily rode along in single- or double-file, everyone chatted away, ringing their bells and shouting “Bike Party!” to cheering passersby. Though most didn’t wear helmets, citing the leisurely pace of the ride, the group did stay in bike lanes and otherwise follow the rules of the road. And though adult beverages were consumed, moderation was the rule and no one got bombed. “I promote safety,” Hallett said. “We stop at red lights, are respectful and don’t litter.” By the time we got to the Horseshoe Lake stop, it was fully dark out. It was a gorgeous scene, with the multicolored bike lights shining off the water. It was midnight by the time the Horseshoe Lake portion of the evening ended, as many in the group rode off to extend the party with stops under the Highway 99 overpass in Bidwell Park and beyond, I decided to peel away from the pack and head home. As the other riders disappeared into the night, I was glad that I had gotten off my “ass” and joined Nearly Normal Bob Ω and the gang for a little nighttime adventure. July 17, 2014

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Before Iron Man launched the most recent trend in superhero movies in 2008—even before X-Men greased the gears in 2000—the comic book community was a very different world. In this omnibus—a collection of the entire 27-issue run of Planetary (1998–2009) as well as crossovers with Batman, JLA and The Authority—we’re shown a side of superheroes rarely seen on the silver screens of summer. These adventures—about a group of super-powered mystery archaeologists—avoid the villain-a-month approach, and instead focuse on one magnificent universe-threatening story that’s a mash-up between The Twilight Zone, The X-Files and Torchwood. Writer Warren Ellis’ world draws on comic and sci-fi history but creates something unique, unfolding the main story slowly so that every twist, turn, terror and triumph ferments in readers’ minds before reaching a boiling point. John Cassaday’s art could serve as a syllabus for Comic Art 101. He gives the panels life and flow, filling each with small touches and big wonders. From the power of a single panel to the effects one series can have on an industry, to understand what the comic medium has to offer, look no further than this Planetary guide.

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The Leftovers HBO, Sundays, 10 p.m. Watching the new HBO series The Leftovers— adapted from Tom Perrotta’s 2011 novel of the same name—is a trip. Directed by Peter Berg (Friday Night Lights), the premise behind the 10-episode series is that there has been a Rapture-like event, where 2 percent of the world’s population up and vanishes one day, leaving the vast majority of humans (and the viewers) with a ton of unanswered questions: What happened? Are we damned? What do we do now? Has God deserted us? What’s the point? In addition to the existential themes, there are variety of weird characters adding to the confounding mystery—a wild-eyed guru hugging Asian chicks on a compound; a cult(?) of all-white-clad, no-talking, chain smokers called the the Guilty Remnant. There is a brief scene of the fateful day at the beginning of the season premiere, but the drama here takes place three years later, as the “leftovers” are figuring out how to move forward. At the center of it all is a family of four who are each dealing with the shift in reality in dramatically different ways. And though things seem to be heading somewhere bad for all involved, we have no idea where it will all end up.

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Although this is Kelley Hunt’s sixth CD, I have to say I’d never heard of her before. The Kansas City-based singer/songwriter also plays piano and guitar and she’s accompanied here by a group of Nashville all-stars (“my dream team,” Hunt calls them). Bryan Owings’ drumming complements the music rather than commandeering it, Tim Marks’ bass anchors the bottom line admirably, and guitarist John Jackson livens up a few songs, especially “The Sweet Goodbye,” a relaxed churchified ode to saying goodbye to a variety of things (e.g. “Goodbye heartache”). I wasn’t expecting to be so moved by her soulful singing, and “Release and Be Free” is a real tour de force, especially the ending. Accompanied by the McCrary Sisters— the daughters of the late Rev. Samuel McCrary, a founding member of the gospel group the Fairfield Four—Hunt celebrates the power of letting go (“I’ve been carrying this burden long enough”) and being “unafraid to face a brand-new day.” She switches gears on the jumping “When Love Is at the Wheel” (“you can ride me all night long”) and goes further afield on the “Gates of Eden,” an account of a nearly fatal highway accident set to a shimmering guitar that floats over a pulsating rhythm. Very much worth looking for.

—Jason Cassidy

Monkey see, monkey you Reviewers: Craig Blamer, Meredith J. Graham, Bob Grimm and Juan-Carlos Selznick.

Action meets allegory in lively Planet of the Apes update Don’t call him dirty ape.

Opening this week A Hard Day’s Night

Take a trip back to the moment in history when The Beatles were the biggest thing on planet Earth with this showing of the 50th anniversary digitally restored version of the Fab Four’s first zany film. Pageant Theatre. Not rated.

Planes: Fire & Rescue

Dusty Crophopper (voiced by Dane Cook) is back in this sequel to Planes, and this time the plucky crop-duster teams up with a firefighting helicopter to try and put out a wildfire. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG.

The Purge: Anarchy

The premise is the same in this sequel—once a year, for 12 hours, all crime is legal—and this time a ragtag group gets stuck outside during the purge and bands together to survive the night of mayhem. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R.

Sex Tape

Tsurprisingly lively combination of action-movie blockbuster and dystopian allegory. The action is spectacu-

In an alternate universe where this premise is plausible, a couple (played by Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel) film an epic homemade sex tape that goes into the Cloud and then gets stuck there, or something. Or maybe it rains down from the Cloud into other people’s computers? And the couple are somehow going to go and find it and, like, take it out of the Cloud? Whatever, dudes. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R.

he latest Planet of the Apes picture is a

lar and smartly orchestrated, and the allegorical elements, mostly obvious but not without an unpredictable edge, retain a modest but real conby temporary sting. Juan-Carlos As scripted by Mark Bomback, Rick Selznick Jaffa and Amanda Silver (the latter two also wrote/produced Rise of the Planet of the Apes in 2011), Dawn gets some incisive drama out of its volatile tangle of mixed sympathies. The film’s juxtapositions—the humanity of some of the apes and the brutality of some of the humans—further complicate the question of audience identificaDawn of the tion throughout the story. Planet of The allegorical elements focus in particthe Apes ular on war, the destruction of nature, the Starring Andy politics of fear, the toxicity of several kinds Serkis, Jason Clarke, Keri of power, guns and the propensity to vioRussell and Gary lence, etc. The most crucially heroic figure Oldman. Directed in all this is Caesar (Andy Serkis), the wisby Matt Reeves. est and most charismatic of the apes. His Cinemark 14, closest human counterpart is the Feather River Cinemas and scientist/adventurer Malcolm (Jason Paradise Cinema Clarke). Both have their respective impos7. Rated PG-13. ing shadow figures—the vindictive ape Koba (Toby Kebbell) and human Dreyfus (Gary Oldman), the apostle of total war. The oppositions of those four figures (and of their respective groups of supporters) are part of the film’s pointedly unfinished allegory as well. And the stalemate they represent at the film’s “inconclusive” finish has been taken as a prelude to whatever sequel Jaffa and Silver are already working on. And the film’s final shot, a huge close-up of Caesar’s eyes, does indeed hold the promise of a sequel. But there’s also something else in Caesar’s gaze—a rebuke perhaps, maybe a questioning. Whatever it is, he’s looking right at us in the audience. And sequel or no, that should send us home feeling more than a little bit haunted. Ω

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by Juan-Carlos Selznick You might call this a screwball

comedy for the 21st century. It’s not really an homage to the romantic-comedy classics of the 1930s that got that “screwball” tag, but it is an oddball romantic comedy with its own very contemporary kind of crazy streak. In this case, the story centers on Donna (Jenny Slate), a fledgling stand-up comedian and would-be free spirit, who loses her boyfriend to one of her girlfriends, suffers publicly and on stage at some length, indulges in drunken revelry, meets someone new, gets pregnant, decides to have an abortion, falls in love again, etc. Written and directed by Gillian Robespierre (and based on a 2009 short film by her and others), Obvious Child maintains its wry, good-natured sense of humor even as it navigates decidedly unfunny issues along with Donna’s onstage lapses. Slate is charming even when she’s screwing up, and Jake Lacy is a low-key delight as Max, the blandly handsome young man who sees all that we see in Donna and falls in love with her anyway. Ω

Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill return as Officers Jenko and Schmidt, respectively, and Ice Cube is back as Capt. Dickson, angry as ever about, well, everything. He explains to his star officers that this time their assignment is to infiltrate a college campus, where they are to locate a drug dealer whose product has been linked to a student’s death. As college freshmen, the two reprise their roles as jock and nerd, frat boy and intellectual (sort of). Jenko joins the football team and Schmidt tries his hand at slam poetry. In the process, they both make connections—one a “bromance,” the other an actual romance—that threaten to fracture their friendship. There is, thankfully, plenty of action as well, from football games to car chases to a particularly hilarious scene in which the pair try to stealthily break into a frat house to install surveillance equipment while high on the drugs whose source they’re trying to find. A notable addition to the cast is Jillian Bell (Workaholics), whose quiet introduction into scenes (“How long have you been sitting there?”) is second in hilarity only to her deadpan delivery. Cinemark 14 and Feather River Cinemas. Rated R —M.J.G.

America

Conservative commentator Dinesh D’Souza (who was recently convicted of making illegal campaign contributions) made waves in 2012 with his anti-Obama flick, 2016: Obama’s America. His latest, America, imagines what would’ve come of this country had we lost the Revolutionary War and the United States never existed. Cinemark 14 and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

See review this issue. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13 —J.C.S.

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A crime/horror flick about a New York cop who teams up with a priest with a history of performing exorcisms in order to solve the case of an escalating number of demonic

possessions terrorizing the city. Feather River Cinemas. Rated R.

Earth to Echo

Four kids discover a tiny alien stranded on Earth and embark on an adventure to help their new friend in this sci-fi adventure flick. Cinemark 14 and Feather River Cinemas. Rated PG.

How to Train Your Dragon 2

In the second installment of what is planned to be a three-part franchise based on Cressida Crowell’s series of children’s books, the young Viking Hiccup and his dragon, Toothless, are faced with trying to keep the peace in a conflict between humans and dragons. Cinemark 14. Rated PG.

Jersey Boys

It sounds like a rather improbable combination—a film based on a Broadway musical about a doo-wop group from the late 1950s/early 1960s, with Clint Eastwood directing. But this thoroughly entertaining production has plenty going for it, and those offbeat combinations add some unexpectedly intriguing dimensions to the familiar movie-musical format. The title characters are the members of the Four Seasons, the now-legendary Hall of Fame pop group from New Jersey. Naturally, that music is the driving force of Jersey Boys, yet as the title also suggests, the individual characters of the four original members are important in the overall story as well. The diminutive Valli is the one big name in the group, and he is central to everything else here as well. But the other three also get crucial moments of close-up attention in what emerges as an unusually conflicted group portrait. Eastwood’s direction is proficient throughout, and part of the movie’s pleasure derives from its success in blending the story’s disparate genres—stylized movie musical, domestic drama with Mafia connections, period piece, rock ’n’ roll romp. Cinemark 14. Rated R —J.C.S.

Maleficent

Special-effects master Robert Stromberg (Oscars for Avatar and Alice in Wonderland) makes his directorial debut in this reworking of the Sleeping Beauty story from the vantage point of the “evil” fairy Maleficent (played by Angelina Jolie). Cinemark 14. Rated PG.

Obvious Child

See review this issue. Pageant Theatre. Rated R —J.C.S.

Tammy

It’s not Thelma & Louise, but this buddy flick/road movie does co-star Susan Sarandon as the foul-mouthed, hard-drinking grandma whom down-on-her-luck Tammy (Melissa McCarthy) turns to when she needs to drive away from her messed up life. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R.

Transformers: Age of Extinction

For starters, this damn movie is nearly three hours long, and there is no reason for a single tick past the 90-minute mark. Had director Michael Bay just knocked it off with his slo-mo shots, he probably could’ve shaved a half hour. Had he gotten rid of all the inane lines the characters mutter in this donkey shit, he could’ve brought the whole thing in at 30 minutes. Replacing Shia LaBeouf as the franchise’s leading man is Mark Wahlberg. He plays Cade Yeager, a crazy robot inventor living on a farm with his smoking-hot daughter, Tessa (Nicola Peltz). Soon after buying a beat-up truck hiding out in an abandoned movie theater, Cade discovers it’s actually Autobot leader Optimus Prime. He nurses the robot thing back to health, much to the chagrin of Tessa, who trolls about pouting in impossibly tight denim shorts and high heels. The real Autobots eventually will face off against the fake Autobots, and we’ll see ads for Chevy cars, beer, China, denim-ass porn and Texas along the incredibly long way. The Transformers themselves look cool, especially when they transform. That’s about all of the nice stuff I can say. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13 —B.G.

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THURSDAY 7/17—WEDNESDAY 7/23 CHICO JAZZ COLLECTIVE: Thursday jazz.

Th, 8-11pm. Free. The DownLo, 319 Main St., (530) 892-2473.

JOHN SEID AND LARRY PETERSON: Join the duo (and special guest) as they play and eclectic mix of The Beatles, blues and standards. Th, 7/17, 6-9pm. Grana, 198 E. Second St., (530) 8092304.

OPEN MIC: Singers, poets and musicians welcome. Th, 7-10pm. Has Beans Internet Cafe & Galleria, 501 Main St., (530) 894-3033, www.hasbeans.com.

OPEN MIKEFULL: Open mic night to share your music, poetry, comedy, or other talents in a 10-minute slot. First and Third Th of every month, 7pm. $1. Paradise Grange Hall, 5704 Chapel Dr. in Paradise, (530) 873-1370.

PUNK SHOW: Sacramento based hard-

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Saloon, 303 Main St., (530) 894-5408.

BREWFISH: Alt-rock from Long Beach,

core from Rad!, plus punk/metal from Criminal Wave, Santa Rosa punk champions M Section, and Outside Looking In. Th, 7/17, 8pm. $5. Monstros Pizza & Subs, 628 W. Sacramento Ave., (530) 345-7672.

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local and regional DJs. Check with venue for details. F, 9:30pm. Peeking Chinese Restaurant, 243 W. Second St., (530) 895-3888.

FRIDAY MORNING JAZZ: A weekly morning jazz appointment with experimental local troupe Bogg. This week: A tribute to video games. F, 11am. Free. Café Coda, 265 Humboldt Ave., (530) 5669476, www.cafecoda.com.

IRISH-MUSIC HAPPY HOUR: A Chico tradition: Friday-night happy hour with a traditional Irish music session by the Pub Scouts. F, 4pm. $1. Duffy’s Tavern, 337 Main St., (530) 343-7718.

ADVENTURE TIME

Major Powers and the Lo-Fi Symphony bill themselves as adventure rock, a clever label that actually makes one wonder what they sound like. As a point of reference, imagine well-done Queen/Weezer/They Might Be Giants-influenced dork rock, then head down to 1078 Gallery on Saturday, July 19, to get the whole picture. Filling out the rest of the eclectic bill are Wanderers and Wolves, BandMaster Ruckus and Failure Machine.

MANDOLIN JAZZ: Cool tunes on the patio. F, 7/18, 6:30-8:30pm. Chicoichi Ramen, 243 W. Ninth St., (530) 891-9044.

MARCHFOURTH MARCHING BAND: A celebration/marching band with dancers, stilt-walkers, drum line and nine-piece horn section playing a hybrid of rock, funk and jazz. F, 7/18, 7:30pm. SOLD OUT. Sierra Nevada Big Room, 1075 East 20th St., (530) 345-2739, www.sierranevada.com/bigroom.

QUEEN NATION: A homage to the music of

Queen. F, 7/18, 9:30pm. $5. Feather Falls Casino Brewing Co., 3 Alverda Dr. in Oroville, (530) 533-3885, www.featherfallscasino.com/brewing-co.

SEEDLESS 10DENC: Reggae funk/alt-rock from Tahoe. F, 7/18. Lost On Main, 319 Main St., (530) 891-1853.

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MANDOLIN JAZZ: With Tyler Mansfield and Christine LaPado-Breglia Sa, 7/19, 79pm. Wine Time, 26 Lost Dutchman Dr., (530) 899-9250, www.winetimechico.com.

MUSIC SHOWCASE: An open mic hosted

SURROGATE: Intelligent pop/rock, plus doom/pop/sludge from Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy. F, 7/18, 9pm. $5. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave., (530) 3434915.

UNCHAINED ALBUM RELEASE: Ninety Nine North presents Chain Gang and Land Ground Under’s album release party. F, 7/18, 10pm. LaSalles, 229 Broadway, (530) 893-1891, www.lasallesbar.com.

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HIGHWAYMEN: A tribute to Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and other country-music legends. Sa, 7/19, 9:30pm. $5. Feather Falls Casino Brewing Co., 3 Alverda Dr. in Oroville, (530) 533-3885, www.featherfalls casino.com/brewing-co.

by local country musicians Rich and Kendall. Sa, 5-9pm. Free. Scotty’s Landing, 12609 River Rd., (530) 7102020.

OROVILLE ROCK REGGAE JAMFEST:

Presented by Ifa Journey and The Ghetto Youths, featuring entertainment from Stephen Marley, Kymani Marley, Ras Michael, HR and the Bad Brains, and more. See website for full line-up and ticket prices. 7/19-7/20, 11am-11:30pm. River Reflections, 4360 Pacific Heights Rd. in Oroville, (530)

Saturday. 7/19-7/20, 11am-11:30pm. River Reflections, 4360 Pacific Heights Rd. in Oroville, (530) 353-9925, www.orovillerockreggaejamfest.com

22TUESDAY OPEN MIC: An all-ages open mic for musicians, poets, comedians, storytellers and dancers. Tu, 7pm. Free. 100th Monkey Café & Books, 642 W. Fifth St.

The Earthly death of His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie in 1975 did little to shake the faith of millions of Rastafarians, who still revere the Ethiopian leader as a messiah. Local devotees have put together an awesome birthday celebration for Selassie and for reggae lovers of all faiths with the Oroville Rock Reggae Jamfest being held this weekend— Saturday and Sunday, July 19-20, at River Reflections RV Park and Campground. Among those scheduled to jam are headliners Ifa Journey and Stephen Marley. Also appearing are other Marley kin (Bob’s grandsons Daniel and Jo Mersa), HR of Bad Brains, local Iqulah, Mystic Roots and many more.

23WEDNESDAY LAKES: Rock from San Louis Obispo, plus local intelligent pop from Surrogate, and singer/songwriter Wesley Jensen.

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July 17, 2014

by Jason Cassidy • jasonc@newsreview.com

THIS ONE TIME, AT BEER CAMP Chico, you know you’re the center of the universe, right? The fact that you can smell Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.’s world-class beers being brewed right now, just down the street, is reason enough to lift your chin, suck in that Pale Ale gut and strut across the fertile land of craft-brew nation. But this weekend … this weekend is just ridiculous. On Saturday, July 19, over 100 craft brewers from around the western U.S. will be gathering under a tent at the Sierra Nevada hops field to show off their wares at the kick off of our hometown brewery’s seven-city Beer Camp Across America tour. It’s all to celebrate the grand opening of Sierra Nevada’s East Coast location in Mills River, N.C. (where the final stop of the tour will land on Aug. 3). Every craft brewery in the country was invited to regional fests and more than 700 will be taking part. If all that wasn’t enough, as a precurPre-camping. sor to the whole extravaganza, Sierra Nevada teamed up with a dozen of its favorite breweries/brewers in the country (all of whom will also be at each of the festivals) to create a variety 12-pack of one-off collaborations that was released last week. I participated in two pre-camp tastings with some of my fellow beer campers, and I was bowled over by the range in styles and the fact that some of the best beer-makers on the planet—e.g., Sierra Nevada, Russian River, Cigar City, 3 Floyds, Bell’s, Allagash (my favorite collab, the Myron’s Walk Belgian-style pale ale)— were available in one 12-pack for only $25! It’s enough to make a satisfied beer geek blush over this embarrassment of riches. Oh, and believe it or not, tickets for Saturday’s festival are still available! But not many. Go to beercamp.sierranevada.com right now and reserve your spot in the annals of craft-beer history. Hey, speaking of beer, mark Oct. 9-18 on your calendar for this year’s Chico Beer Week. It’ll be a week-plus of craft-beer celebration, beginning with the CN&R’s Nor Cal Beers and Bands kick-off at The Graduate on Oct. 9 and ending with another of Sierra Nevada’s epic fests, the hop-centric Single, Fresh, Wet and Wild Harvest Festival on Oct. 18. Keep picking up the CN&R and go like Chico Beer Week on Facebook to get updates on all the celebrations on tap. GREAT STATE OF CHICO Sometimes Chico gives you weekends that are so packed with local goodness that you can hardly handle it. This is easily one of the most Chico-riffic weekends of 2014. In addition to Sierra Nevada’s Beer Camp, there are a couple of productions of Chico-style community-theater wackiness opening—a vampire apocalypse starts at the Blue Room Theatre Friday, July 18, with I Am Legend; and another Uncle Dad’s Art Collective original dancemusical, Everybody in Outer Space Lost Their Marbles! opens at Chico Women’s Club Saturday, July 19. There are also two Surrogate shows this week (Thursday at the Maltese, next Wednesday at 1078 Gallery), and a ridiculously packed Friday with the monthly Dragopolis drag show at the Maltese, the Fork in the Road food-truck rally at Manzanita Place, and of course the super-epic grand opening of Great State Coffee Co. The party that the Naked Lounge folks are putting on at their new coffeeroasting facility (3881 Benatar Way, Suite C) promises to be a microcosm of every cool facet of Chico rolled into one hip happening: beer bar hosted by Winchester Goose, food from Blush Catering, music by Michelin Embers, Sisterhoods, Trox & the Terribles and Western Divide, plus DJs, fireworks, sideshows and giveaways. Goddamn!

FOR THE WEEK OF JULY 17, 2014 ARIES (March 21-April 19): “I have

complete faith in the continued absurdity of whatever’s going on,” says satirical news commentator Jon Stewart. That’s a healthy attitude. To do his work, he needs a never-ending supply of stories about people doing crazy, corrupt and hypocritical things. I’m sure this subject matter makes him sad and angry. But it also stimulates him to come up with funny ideas that entertain and educate his audience—and earns him a very good income. I invite you to try his approach, Aries. Have faith that the absurdity you experience can be used to your advantage.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Bananas

grow in Iceland, a country that borders the Arctic Ocean. About 700 of the plants thrive in a large greenhouse heated by geothermal energy. They don’t mature as fast as the bananas in Ecuador or Costa Rica. The low amounts of sunlight mean they require two years to ripen instead of a few months. To me, this entire scenario is a symbol for the work you have ahead of you. You’ve got to encourage and oversee growth in a place that doesn’t seem hospitable in the usual ways, although it is actually just fine. And you must be patient, knowing that the process might take a while longer than it would in other circumstances.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): While at a

cafe, I overheard two people at the next table talking about astrology. “I think the problem solvers of the zodiac are Cancers and Capricorns,” said a young, moon-faced woman. “Agreed,” said her companion, an older woman with chiseled features. “And the problem creators are Scorpios and Geminis.” I couldn’t help myself: I had to insert myself into their conversation so as to defend you. Leaning over toward their table, I said, “Speaking as a professional astrologer, I’ve got to say that right now Geminis are at least temporarily the zodiac’s best problem solvers. Give them a chance to change your minds.” The women laughed, and moon-face said, “You must be a Gemini.” “No,” I replied. “But I’m on a crusade to help Geminis shift their reputations.”

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Mozart

debuted his now-famous opera Don Giovanni in Prague on October 29, 1787. It was a major production, featuring an orchestra, a chorus and eight main singers. Yet the composer didn’t finish writing the opera’s overture until less than 24 hours before the show. Are you cooking up a similar scenario, Cancerian? I suspect that sometime in the next two weeks you will complete a breakthrough with an inspired, last-minute effort. And the final part of your work may well be its “overture”; the first part will arrive last. (P.S.: Mozart’s Don Giovanni was well-received, and I expect your offering will be, too.)

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “We must learn

to bear the pleasures as we have borne the pains,” says writer Nikki Giovanni. That will be apt advice for you to keep in mind during the coming months, Leo. You may think I’m perverse for suggesting such a thing. Compared to how demanding it was to manage the suffering you experienced in late 2013 and earlier this year, you might assume it will be simple to deal with the ease and awakening that are heading your way. But I’d like you to consider the possibility that these blessings will bring their own challenges. For example, you may need to surrender inconveniences and hardships you have gotten used to, almost comfortable with. It’s conceivable you will have to divest yourself of habits that made sense when you were struggling but are now becoming counterproductive.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I would hate

for your fine mind to become a liability. As much as I admire your native skepticism and analytical intelligence, it would be a shame if they prevented you from getting the full benefit of the wonders and marvels that are brewing in your vicinity. Your operative motto in the coming days comes from Virgo storyteller Roald Dahl: “Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.” Suspend your disbelief, my

BY ROB BREzSNY beautiful friend. Make yourself receptive to the possibility of being amazed.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Kris Kristof-

ferson is in the Country Music Hall of Fame now, but it took a while for him to launch his career. One of his big breaks came at age 29 when he was sweeping floors at a recording studio in Nashville. He managed to meet superstar Johnny Cash, who was working there on an album. A few years later, Kristofferson boldly landed a helicopter in Cash’s yard to deliver his demo tape. That prompted Cash to get him a breakthrough gig performing at the Newport Folk Festival. I wouldn’t be surprised if you were able to further your goals with a similar sequence, Libra: luck that puts you in the right place at the right time, followed by some brazen yet charming acts of self-promotion.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In her

poem “Looking Back,” Sarah Brown Weitzman writes that she keeps “trying to understand / how I fell / so short of what I intended / to do with my life.” Is there a chance that 30 years from now you might say something similar, Scorpio? If so, take action to ensure that outcome doesn’t come to pass. Judging from the astrological omens, I conclude that the next 10 months will be a favorable time to get yourself on track to fulfill your life’s most important goals. Take full advantage!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.

21): “There is no such thing as a failed experiment,” said author and inventor Buckminster Fuller, “only experiments with unexpected outcomes.” That’s the spirit I advise you to bring to your own explorations in the coming weeks, Sagittarius. Your task is to try out different possibilities to see where they might lead. Don’t be attached to one conclusion or another. Be free of the drive to be proven right. Instead, seek the truth in whatever strange shape it reveals itself. Be eager to learn what you didn’t even realize you needed to know.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):

Architects in ancient Rome used concrete to create many durable structures, some of which are still standing. But the recipe for how to make concrete was forgotten for more than a thousand years after the Roman Empire collapsed in the fifth century. A British engineer finally rediscovered the formula in 1756, and today concrete is a prime component in many highways, dams, bridges and buildings. I foresee a similar story unfolding in your life, Capricorn. A valuable secret that you once knew but then lost is on the verge of resurfacing. Be alert for it.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Begin-

ning in 1798, European cartographers who drew maps of West Africa included the Mountains of Kong, a range of peaks that extended more than 1,000 miles east and west. It was 90 years before the French explorer Louis Gustave Binger realized that there were no such mountains. All the maps had been wrong, based on faulty information. Binger is known to history as the man who undiscovered the Mountains of Kong. I’m appointing him to be your role model in the coming weeks, Aquarius. May he inspire you to expose long-running delusions, strip away entrenched falsehoods, and restore the simple, shining truths.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In the

simplest, calmest of times, there are two sides to every story. On some occasions, however, the bare minimum is three or more sides. Like now. And that can generate quite a ruckus. Even people who are normally pretty harmonious may slip into conflict. Fortunately for all concerned, you are currently at the peak of your power to be a unifying force at the hub of the bubbling hubbub. You can be a weaver who takes threads from each of the tales and spins them into a narrative with which everyone can abide. I love it when that happens! For now, your emotional intelligence is the key to collaborative creativity and group solidarity.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as ARAMAIC FILMS, ARAMAIC HOLY LAND TOURS at 3175 Sawyer’s Bar Lane Chico, CA 95973. ARMAIC GROUP INC. 3175 Sawyer’s Bar Lane Chico, CA 95973. This business is conducted by A Corporation. Signed: KIMBERLY BRUNS, SECRETARY Dated: June 12, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000839 Published: June 26, July 3,10,17, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as RIVERSIDE POINT HEALTHCARE AND WELLNESS CENTRE at 375 Cohasset Rd Chico, CA 95926. CHICO WELLNESS GP LLC 5900 Wilshire Blvd Suite 1600 Los Angeles, CA 90036. This business is conducted by A Limited Partnership. Signed: SHIOMO RECHNITZ, MANAGING MEMBER Dated: June 3, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000806 Published: June 26, July 3,10,17, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as BYE BYE DIRTY, HOUSE

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CLEANING SERVICE at 2086 Mansfield Court Chico, CA 95928. JOLENE HEATHER NIJIM 2086 Mansfield Court Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: JOLENE NIJIM Dated: June 11, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000834 Published: June 26, July 3,10,17, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as SNOW INDUSTRIES at 1719 Arbutus Ave Chico, CA 95926. DANIEL SCOTT TULLIUS 1719 Arbutus Ave Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: DANIEL TULLIUS Dated: June 17, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000857 Published: June 26, July 3,10,17, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as 1286 KIDS at 2337 Ritchie Circle Chico, CA 95926. CHRISTOPHER MURPHY 2337 Ritchie Circle Chico, CA 95926. ELIZABETH J MURPHY 2337 Ritchie Circle Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by A Married Couple. Signed: Chris Murphy Dated: June 16, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000846 Published: June 26, July 3,10,17, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as STORAGE TREASURE THRIFT STORE at 2540 South Whitman Place Chico, CA 95928. CHONNA A PRITOS 729 Cessna Ave Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: CHONNA A. PRITOS Dated: June 19, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000875 Published: June 26, July 3,10,17, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as JDCS CONSULTING, RIM TO RIM ULTRAS, RJ ULTRAS at 23 Greenview Circle Chico CA, 95928. JASON DONNELL 23 Greenview Circle Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: JASON DONNELL Dated: June 18, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000868 Published: June 26, July 3,10,17, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as LOWE’S at 2350 Forest Ave Chico CA 95928. LOWE’S HOME CENTERS LLC 1000 Lowe’s Blvd Mooresville, NC 28117. This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company. Signed: DAVID R. GREEN, VICE PRESIDENT Dated: May 19, 2014 FBN NUmber: 2014-0000750 Published: June 26, July 3,10,17, 2014

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as MIKE’S APPLIANCE at 5370 Skyway Paradise, CA 95969. MICHAEL RAY SLIGHTOM JR. 6455 Ranger Ct Magalia, CA 95954. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: MICHAEL SLIGHTOM JR. Dated: July 3, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000920 Published: July 10,17,24,31, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as THE CALIFORNIA CONVICTED FELONZ’ ASSOCIATION at 21 Indigo Lane Chico, CA 95973. PENNINAH RUTH SARTAIN GILBERT 567 E Lassen Ave #103 Chico, CA 95973. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: PENNINAH RUTH SARTAIN GILBERT Dated: June 10, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000833 Published: July 10,17,24,31, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME - STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT The following persons have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name PLANNED PARENTHOOD SHASTA PACIFIC at 3100 Cohasset Rd Chico, CA 95973. PLANNED PARENTHOOD: SHASTA DIABLO INC 2185 Pacheco Street Concord, CA 94520. This business was conducted by a Corporation. Signed: DEBORAH SORONDO, CFO Dated: June 11, 2014 FBN Number: 2010-0001426 Published: July 10,17,24,31, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as EAT A DOG at 805 Sheridan Avenue Chico, CA 95926. HARRY A WILBURN

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as SNOOP SISTERS ESTATE SALES at 480 Pearson Road Paradise, CA 95969. BAMBI LYNN HESS 110 Honey Run Road Chico, CA 95928. MARY ELLEN MORRISETTE 5255 Country Club Drive Paradise, CA 95969. RITA ANNE SCOTT 5081 Wilderness Wat Spc 7C Paradise, CA 95969. THERESA C IMAN 14790 Carnegie Road Magalia, CA 95954. This business is conducted by a General Partnership. Signed: MARY MORRISETTE Dated: June 24, 2014 FBN NUmber: 2014-0000890 Published: July 10,17,24,31, 2014 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as CHICO CHOCOLATE CHICO CHOCOLATE COMPANY at 742 Willow St Chico, CA 95928 AMY HANFORD 742 Willow St Chico, CA 95928. DAVID MONCADA 742 Willow St Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by a General Partnership. Signed: AMY HANFORD Dated: July 7,2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000934 Published: July 17,24,31, Au- gust 7, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME-STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT The following persons have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name MT. VISTA MOBILE AND RV PARK at 3864 Olive Hwy Oroville, CA 95966. WAY OUT WEST COMMUNITIES CORPORATION 5676 Indian Lakes Rd. Fallon, NV 89406. This business was conducted by a Corportion. Signed: NICOLE ADAMS, CFO, SECRETARY Dated: June 11, 2014 FBN Number: 2013-0001468 Published: July 17,24,31, Au- gust 7, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as HUMBLE HOUSE at 1551 Palm Ave Chico, CA 95926. CHAD CLAUSEN 14800 Crescent Dr. Magalia, CA 95954. KRISTINA CLAUSEN 14800 Crescent Dr Magalia, CA 95954. BRIAN HIGHBARGER 15933 La Ronda Cir Hacienda Heights, CA 91745. LUCY HIGHBARGER 15933 La Ronda Cir Hacienda Heights, CA 91745.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as WOOD-N-TREASURES at 475 Glen Dr Oroville, CA 95966. ROBERT RAY HARRIS SR 475 Glen Dr Oroville, CA 95966. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: ROBERT R HARRIS SR. Dated: June 27, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000909 Published: July 17,24,31, Au- gust 7, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as HARD WROUGHT CROSSFIT at 1020 East 20th Street Chico, CA 95928. TRUVINE LLC 1020 East 20th Street Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company. Signed: JEFFREY M HALL, SOLE MEMBER Dated: July 10, 2014 FBN NUmber: 2014-0000949 Published: July 17,24,31, Au- gust 7,2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as BIDWELL ANGER MANAGEMENT SERVICES at 2991 Esplande Suite 130 Chico, CA 95973. KEVIN THOMAS DALY 221 Sequoyah Avenue Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: KEVIN T. DALY Dated: July 11, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000951 Published: July 17,24,31, Au- gust 7, 2014

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner ASHLEY MEGAN ABERNATHY filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: ASHLEY MEGAN ABERNATHY Proposed name: KY LUCAS ABERNATHY THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed,

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the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: July 30, 2014 Time: 8:30am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 655 Oleander Ave. Chico, CA 95926 Signed: SANDRA L. MCLEAN Dated: June 10, 2014 Case Number: 162394 Published: June 26, July 3,10,17, 2014

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner NINA MARIA BLUNKALL, THOMAS BLUNKALL JR filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: NINA MARIA BLUNKALL AUBREY MARIE BLUNKALL Proposed name: NINA MARIE PEARSON AUBREY MARIE PEARSON THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: August 20, 2014 Time: 8:30am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 655 Oleander Ave. Chico, CA 95926 Signed: ROBERT GLUSMAN Dated: June 16, 2014 Case Number: 162365 Published: June 26, July 3,10,17, 2014

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner LACEY LANGIE AND DANIEL HENDRIKS filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: JEREMY JOSEPH ESCUE Proposed name: JEREMY JOSEPH RAINWATER HENDRIKS THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: AUGUST 6, 2014 Time: 8:30am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 655 Oleander Ave. Chico, CA 95926 Signed: SANDRA L. MCLEAN Dated: June 17, 2014 Case Number: 162362 Published: June 26, July 3,10,17, 2014

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner MELODY R THOMPSON filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: MELODY RHIONNE THOMPSON Proposed name:

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KYLE RYAN DYLAN THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: AUGUST 6, 2014 Time: 8:30am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 655 Oleander Ave. Chico, CA 95926 Signed: ROBERT A. GLUSMAN Dated: June 13, 2014 Case Number: 162367 Published: July 3,10,17,24, 2014

the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The Court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. The name and address of the court is: Chico Courthouse 655 Oleander Avenue, Chico, CA 95926 The name, address and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney is: JOSEPH L SELBY Law Office of Ferris & Selby 2607 Forest Avenue Ste 130 Chico, CA 95928. Dated: December 13, 2013 Signed: Kimberly Flener Case Number: 161080 Published: July 17,24,31, Au- gust 7, 2014

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as RHEMA WORD OF FAITH, VINCE HAYNIE MINISTRIES at 574 East 12th Street Chico, CA 95926. VINCENT HAYNIE 6576 Oakland Drive Magalia, CA 95954. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: VINCENT HAYNIE Dated: June 30, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000912 Published: July 3,10,17,24, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as YAN MASSAGE at 1430 East Ave #4B Chico, CA 95926. CHONGKUN GUAN 116 W. Shasta Ave #4 Chico, CA 95973. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: CHONGKUN GUAN Dated: July 7, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000924 Published: July 10,17,24,31, 2014

This buinsess is conducted by a General Partnership. Signed: CHAD CLAUSEN Dated: June 19, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000876 Published: July 17,24,31, Au- gust 7, 2014

SUMMONS SUMMONS NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: FELICIA G RONEY YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: BUTTE COUNTY CREDIT BEREAU A CORP NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org),

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“I’m tired,” said my old friend Carlene. “I just want to stay in this house and die here.” Carlene and I had been driving around town checking out apartments for her to rent. She couldn’t afford the loan payment on her house anymore and she had decided to sell to acquire funds to live on. “Let’s have a drink,” she said, as she collapsed into her easy chair and fired up a cigarette. It had been a rough afternoon. Carlene was arthritic and weak. “I’d rather be back on the ranch digging ditches and skinning rabbits than dragging my old carcass around town with the likes of you,” she said. “Thanks a lot,” I said. “Ha! I’m just gettin’ your goat,” she said. She cackled and blew smoke. “And I am gonna list my house with you. You don’t have to kill me first.” She hurled a folded-up newspaper at me. “What do you think about this?” An advertisement was circled: “Reverse mortgage. Over 62 years old? Let your home’s equity pay you income! Stay in your home with no payments! Free consultation!” This was back in the early 1990s, and I had never heard of a reverse mortgage. “Sounds fishy,” I said.

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