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rush job The Chico City Council’s vote this week to have the city attorney draft an

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Message not received U.S. History: The Untold Story, remaining Avestiges of my political naiveté have vanished. fter watching 12 hours of Oliver Stone’s

It showed Dwight Eisenhower expanding the military-industrial complex of the U.S. while warning about its dangers; Lyndon Johnson pummeling Vietnam into horrific devastation; Ronald Reagan and the Iran-Contra Affair; George H.W. Bush and the invasion of Panama, which presaged the Gulf War; and his son W., whose ill-fated pursuit of empire began by in Iraq with a planned-for ending Marianne Werner being the conquest of Iran. Our The author is a history is darkened with those in retired English the highest positions of authorteacher and a ity acting independently of the member of governed, pursuing “winning” Mobilize chico. through quests for power or financial gain, often using threats of nuclear weapons as implied or explicit deterrents for “enemies,” regardless of the consequences to their own and the world’s citizenry.

The U.S. should not be indiscriminately proud of its military legacy, despite having more bully

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and bombs than other countries—both of which the newly elected president may utilize.

While many of our newly inaugurated president’s supporters seem to yearn to return to a white America, sans immigrants, sans opinionated and educated women, sans people of color, perhaps some supporters felt a disconnect, a dissociation from productivity and opportunity that can occur when government acts negligently toward the governed—as it has done for decades. Neither political party seems to have heard these voices.

Both pursued their own agendas, one often simply obstructing, disregarding the needs of the country’s citizens (Republicans), and the other abandoning its core values, so enchanted with providing for every possible individual exception that its base died on the vine (Democrats).

The reality is this: Through the Electoral College, this country has elected as its president a pathological liar, a race-baiting misogynist, a thinskinned, insecure, non-book-reading opportunist without core values. Shamefully, the legitimate message of some aggrieved citizens was not heard before such a dangerous result occurred. There can be no buyer’s remorse. There can also be no normalizing of the unconscionable. What there can be is resistance. □

ordinance banning the commercial sale of recreational marijuana was not only a premature move but also one that stands to siphon from the city what could be a desperately needed new revenue stream.

What we know is that municipalities in other states that have already legalized marijuana are reaping the economic rewards. As Meredith J. Cooper reported in a cover story last fall (see “Learning curve,” Sept. 29), sales tax on marijuana in Boulder, Colo., amounted to between 2 percent and 3 percent of that city’s annual overall sales tax. That adds about $2 million a year to the coffers of a city whose population is actually smaller than Chico’s urban area (about 107,000).

That’s a lot of money that could go to Chico’s badly degraded infrastructure, including park maintenance and street repair, as well as projects such as affordable housing.

Mayor Sean Morgan made the motion Tuesday evening (March 7) to draft that proposed ordinance, and he was supported by his three conservative colleagues. Clearly, it’s coming from an ideological perspective. We can’t help but see the irony in the fact that Morgan, who appears to relish his nickname (Captain Morgan) based on a brand of Jamaican rum, buys into the reefer madness narrative. As study after study have shown, alcohol is much more dangerous than pot.

Moreover, the conservative majority made the decision without holding any type of stakeholders’ meeting on this issue to gauge the desires of their constituents. Fact is, locals want access to recreational marijuana. More than 60 percent of Chicoans who headed to the polls in November voted in favor of Proposition 64, the state law that legalizes the herb for recreational use.

Dispensaries make sense, both in terms of the profit they will generate for the city and the safe access they will provide for those who are now at the mercy of the black market. As we learned years ago during discussions on proposed medical marijuana dispensaries, the city can limit the number of such outlets through land-use criteria and zoning restrictions.

Allowing for dispensaries simply will not degrade the city, though that likely will be the narrative when the proposed ordinance comes back to the council for a vote. Don’t buy into that hype. □

Stronger together One of Gloria Steinem’s most poignant arguments during her talk March 1

at Laxson Auditorium was that we must get past our differences in order to move forward. That’s a strange concept, she acknowledged, considering so many forces seem to want to keep us apart. Think about it: Men versus women. Straight versus gay. Black versus white. Christian versus Muslim.

Rich versus poor. You name a segment of society and there’s likely another segment it’s supposed to be “against.”

“It’s a time of connections, yet there are forces trying to break us apart from within,” Steinem said.

Of course, there’s evidence that those forces are losing ground. Look at the Women’s March, held in January, that attracted women of every color and creed but also men, children and the LGBT community. What began as a march for equality for women quickly became a march for equality. Period.

And we saw it recently with the cleanup at the Jewish cemeteries in St. Louis and Philadelphia, where hundreds of headstones had been vandalized.

Naturally, many Jewish groups and individuals stepped up to help cleanup and repair efforts. But, in a statement of solidarity, Muslim activist Tarek El-Messidi called on his brethren to “stand together against this bigotry.”

His fundraising effort raised over $130,000 for the cemetery repairs.

This is how we must approach forces that wish to divide us. We must see past our differences to what unites us. We’re stronger together. □

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by Melissa Daugherty m e l i s s a d @ n e w s r e v i e w. c o m

crunch time It’s hard to believe it’s been nearly six years since my husband and I bought our first home, a 1950s California rancher with a big backyard and a lot of deferred maintenance awaiting us. It was definitely a fixer-upper.

I remember how nervous we were about such a huge purchase.

With all the money in our savings, including money we’d received a few years earlier when we got hitched and didn’t take a honeymoon, along with a gift of some additional cash from my folks, we were able to come up with a down payment.

The house was bank-owned, and since we were first-time buyers, we qualified for a program that required us to put only 3.5 percent down. Julie Rolls, our real estate agent, deftly walked us newbies through what seemed like a daunting process. I was very pregnant at the time and working full-time as CN&R’s news editor, meaning two huge life changes were happening in a short period of time. We moved into the place a couple of weeks before my son was born.

Just a few years earlier, we’d been priced out of the market. I clearly remember having a conversation with my then-fiancé in which I’d posited that we likely would be renters forever. At that point, the forthcoming economic crisis wasn’t on my radar.

Ultimately, the bleak economy gave us an opportunity to become homeowners. Simply put, we got in during a buyer’s market—near the low point of the Great Recession—when there were plenty of homes on the market and little competition from other buyers.

The opposite appears to be true these days in Chico, as Howard Hardee reports in this week’s cover story. There’s little inventory and a lot of would-be buyers. As Hardee describes, there’s also a contracted rental market. In other words, people are having trouble finding housing in general.

The folks really getting squeezed out, of course, are low-income residents.

The dissolution of redevelopment agencies in 2012 was a huge hit to efforts to build affordable housing. Chico simply doesn’t have the resources these days to substantively address the issue, and the state budget includes no new funding for low-income housing subsidies. Meanwhile, rents have gone up 6 percent in the last year alone and a third of renters spend more than 50 percent of their household income on housing. The latter statistic makes the saying “one emergency away from financial ruin” hit home.

Chico obviously needs more housing—both rentals and singlefamily homes—to ease the pressure on this market. I hope in the meantime that residents aren’t overextending themselves financially. That, you’ll recall, is one of the factors that led to the last housing bubble and the market’s collapse.

in other news I recently dropped off the cache of personal

hygiene products gathered through CN&R’s annual toiletries drive to the Torres Community Shelter. Once again this winter, readers dropped off hundreds of products—from shampoo and toothbrushes to hair brushes and deodorant—to our downtown office.

We chose the Torres Shelter as the recipient this year because the local nonprofit served a record number of clients, at one point even adding beds to meet demand. Thank you to everyone who took the time to drop off donations. All of the goodies will be put to good use.

Melissa Daugherty is editor of the CN&R

All about birds Re “Murder most fowl” (Cover story,

by Ken Smith, March 2): Ken Smith’s article on the shooting of the long-tailed duck was wellresearched and -written. I would like to clarify a couple of statements that I made: My statement regarding “seeing … a lot of birds migrating to different locations” was based on Audubon’s seven-year investigation into the expected effects of climate change on North American bird populations. You can read the whole report at: tinyurl. com/AudubonStudy.

Another statement—“In some ways, that ability to adapt is the best thing some species have going for them”—unfortunately did not refer to most species, which are generally not well-equipped to adapt to rapid change.

Only humans are good at adapting to rapid change—we can put on a hat to keep from burning, wear a coat if we’re cold, turn on the A/C or pick up and move to another location.

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Scott Huber and others accurately portray the poacher as a selfish lowlife. Mr. Huber knows firsthand what drives a poacher, because as he jets off to view birds in remote locations, he is playing a role in indiscriminate killing of birds. Airports in Oakland, Sacramento and L.A. employ shooters to kill thousands of birds a year in order to keep aircraft safe from bird strikes. As Mr. Huber is likely aware of the airports’ policy, he must justify killing birds in pursuit of his selfish desires. I bet the poacher feels the same way.

Collin Ross Chico

Vice mayor’s backpedaling Re “Slip of the tongue” (Second & Flume, by Melissa Daugherty, March 2): Like scores of Chico residents wanting a safe and inclusive community, I attended the City Council LETTERS c o n t i n u e d

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LETTERS c o n t i n u e d f r o m pa g e 7 meeting on Feb. 21 to show support for the proposed Sanctuary City Resolution. I was one of a handful of people who personally witnessed Vice Mayor Reanette Fillmer sticking her tongue out at the citizens in attendance; when I contacted her, she attributed her universally recognized gesture of disrespect to her dental equipment. This bit of backpedaling further degrades her original, lamentable act.

Shocking though it was, Fillmer’s gesture is not the story of the evening. That story was told by members of our community, many of them undocumented students.

These students’ bravery in coming forward, and how our community is enriched and strengthened by all its members, is the enduring message I took from that meeting.

Thanks to Councilmembers Ann Schwab, Karl Ory and Randall Stone for truly representing what makes Chico strong. We will continue to work together to protect and serve all Chico’s residents.

Julia Murphy Chico

Ignoring the people Re “No sanctuary” (Newsline, by Howard Hardee, Feb. 23): There are avowed racists now installed at the highest levels of government, and unless resistance rises to match the extremity of that threat, we risk regressing to policies reminiscent of Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ beloved precivil rights-era South.

The conservative majority of Chico City Council may only oppose risking the devastating loss of federal funds that sanctuary city status might cost them, yet to deny adding the discussion to a future agenda despite so many passionate requests and without public opposition is a miscarriage of democracy.

President Trump has adopted the attitude that he owes allegiance only to his supporters, the rest of us be damned. I hope that a similar philosophy of governance is not gaining ground locally. When elected leaders ignore the people, it is time to become ungovernable.

It was inspiring to see so many brave young people and their allies at City Council insisting Chico remain a safe and welcoming community, but I hope it’s only a beginning. Rather than relying 8

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solely on slow and unresponsive systems to facilitate change, let’s continue strengthening and broadening solidarity and demonstrating it whenever necessary so the forces of hatred will never be emboldened to emerge from the shadows here.

Dan Everhart Chico

On the afflicted Re “A good place” (Newslines, by Evan Tuchinsky) and “Homeless camp shut down” (Downstroke) March 2: Two stories, side-by-side: a few words about the last days of Joel Castle’s homeless camp and an expansive story on Rabbi Sara Abrams—the new leader of Congregation Beth Israel. Castle’s photo is the size of a postage stamp and Abrams’ the size of an envelope.

The saga of the Castle camp is one of broken land-use laws, private property violations, free-running sewage and trash.

All affronts to our middle-class sensibilities. But, since weatherrelated mental and physical stress bear heavily on the survival of unsheltered people, we ought to consider the possibility that Castle saved a life or two; exposure kills, every year.

Are these the kind of lives we care about? The kind Castle may have saved? Frankly, no. Castle would get no ticker-tape parade, regardless of his methods.

A fellow rabbi says Abrams will “comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.” She will have much to do. The afflicted are more numerous, as they are also more criminalized, rousted, shunned and ghettoized than at any time in my 30 years in Butte County. And, as Abrams may observe in any Chico congregation, the comfortable are very comfortable.

Patrick Newman Chico

Why the resentment?

Every time I read the letters to the editor, the amount of resentment for President Trump baffles me.

Trump is a nationalist and puts Americans and their interests first. President Obama was a tax-and-spend liberal who spent more time apologizing for America’s greatness than making sure it maintained that greatness.

Liberals had eight years to prove themselves, and in that eight years they proved that they’re incapable of leadership.

Keeping our citizens safe, maintaining the rule of law and putting America’s interests first is the president’s job. Americans want a leader who cares about American interests, not a liberal figurehead who’s good at speaking and does nothing to better the country.

You have a record, Democrats, and that record is full of half truths and failure. It’s time you start owning that record.

Brad Pankratz Orland

Another Trump ditty Re “On Trump’s Isle” (Letters, by Dennis Bills, March 2): I was inspired by Dennis Bills’ clever adaptation of the theme song from Gilligan’s Island. Here are a few of my contributions: Drumpfland, Drumpfland, Uber Alles!

Springtime for Donald and Vladimir, Winter for Poland and France ...

(To the tune of Mel Brooks’ “Springtime for Hitler”) Joe Hlebica Red Bluff

Dear Doug LaMalfa A short note in response to your colleagues releasing a new federal health care plan to repeal/replace (depends on which Republican is talking) the Affordable Care Act—the one that prohibits insurance companies from denying anyone with pre-existing health problems, such as victims of domestic violence or breast cancer or addicted to smoking two packs a day, from being insured.

America’s plutocracy now resembles a relief pitcher taking the hill late in the 10th inning.

Our resurgent club had already mounted a successful comeback until he selfishly blew the lead, ruined the team and nearly butchered the entire franchise again. Not yet spring training and forecasts call for another long, grueling season.

Kenneth B. Keith Los Molinos

Rep. Doug LaMalfa refused to hold a public town hall meeting despite many requests (I

personally called his office in Washington, D.C., on four separate occasions). As a result, we’re left with unanswered questions about his stand on immigration reform and the ACA. Does he support the aggressive deportation of undocumented people or does he plan to push Congress to act on a reasonable plan to resolve the immigration problem? This is particularly relevant considering our agricultural needs in the North Valley. We risk a labor shortage with implications that reverberate throughout his district.

Regarding the ACA, many local farmers and their employees benefit from ACA health insurance.

Does LaMalfa support improvements or does he support Paul Ryan’s plan to eliminate access for millions? We deserve to know how he plans to address the issue.

Finally, I am concerned that, like so many government officials, LaMalfa may be cheating the system by demonizing the “illegals” while he and his family hire them for farm labor and household help. Has there been a “fair and balanced” investigation of the LaMalfa business practices?

I don’t know, but I believe his constituents deserve answers.

Debbie M. Blake Durham

One at a time It’s heartening to see Trump living up to his campaign promise to “drain the swamp.” However, it may take a while as he’s only doing it one Russian operative at a time.

Miles Jordan Chico

Goodbye to health care I don’t know what bill Trump will ultimately sign, but one can assume many of the 20 million who got a policy via the ACA will no longer have a policy. They will go back to their former “policy” of going, at the last moment, to hospital emergency wards.

Millions of veterans are under the age of 65, and thus not on Medicare, and many do not have health care through the VA. Some of those 20 million Americans are veterans. The VA Choice Program does help veterans who live in rural areas or cannot get to see a VA doctor within 30 days, but

millions of veterans are not eligible for full VA care or any at all, and in emergencies, you go to the closest hospital.

I would urge congressional Republicans not to “accidentally” make veterans “collateral damage,” as you radically change the ACA. And a suggestion: If the Republicans do not get a bill out of Congress, here’s a bill that would have big support—do a one-year test program for all members of Congress being removed from the ACA and each member can go out and get his or her own health insurance policy.

Bob Mulholland Chico

Thanks, Democrats Local Bernie Sanders-supporting Democrats are a huge embarrassment [due to] their cowardice to call out the Democratic establishment for rigging the primary against Bernie. In being afraid to speak truth to power, they are ensuring that centrist/ Hillary Clinton-type policies will dominate. But worse, they are complicit in the Democrats’ [efforts to blame] the Russians for the election result, and the ensuing anti-Russia hysteria.

Whatever the Russians did relative to the U.S. election, it is no worse than what the U.S. routinely does in elections everywhere in the world.

The media promoted Trump constantly, knowing that he was the one candidate that Hillary would definitely beat. Ha! Facts show that media coverage of Sanders was minuscule, compared with coverage of Trump or Hillary.

The stupidity of the Democrats gave us Trump. Blaming Trump on the Russians means no lessons have been learned, and has turned Democrats into Joe McCarthy-like neocons.

Are any local anti-war types speaking against this Democratic foreign policy? Those who care should protest at the local Democratic Action Club of Chico meetings.

Lucy Cooke Butte Valley

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About 100 people marched in Chico last weekend urging the city to declare sanctuary status for undocumented immigrants.

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Supporters of local peace activist Lin Jensen’s resolution for Chico to become a sanctuary city returned before the Chico City Council on Tuesday (March 7) and urged the panel to reconsider its recent vote not to discuss the idea.

During the council’s last meeting on Feb. 21, about 35 speakers, many of whom are undocumented immigrants, requested a future discussion of the resolution to stand with “immigrants seeking asylum from unjust deportation.” However, the request was rejected by a 4-to-3 vote down party lines.

Many of the same speakers showed up again Tuesday and spoke during business from the floor. “We want a label, a public statement from the mayor,” said Daniel Lopez.

“It would make us feel safer if Chico was known as a sanctuary city. Please, at least discuss it.”

The council took no action.

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Mark McLeod Wygant, a 46-year-old former South Lake Tahoe fire captain who lived in Chico, recently was sentenced to 10 years in prison for transporting child pornography, according to a press release from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California.

Wygant has been in custody since his arrest in January 2015, after a flash drive containing more than 5,000 images and 50 videos was found in a locker in a South Lake Tahoe fire station, according to the CN&R’s archives. The content included girls estimated to be between 4 and 13 years old and several videos of a girl for whom Wygant was legally responsible.

On Dec. 16, he pleaded guilty to transporting the content from Chico to South Lake Tahoe. As part of his plea agreement, he will pay restitution to the victim.

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Former Paradise Police Officer Patrick Feaster was released from custody Tuesday (March 7) after serving 90 days in jail for involuntary manslaughter, according to Laura Fisher, a spokeswoman for the Butte County Sheriff’s Office.

Feaster (pictured) shot Andrew Thomas, 26, on Nov. 26, 2015, after Thomas’ vehicle hit a median and rolled as Feaster pursued him for suspected drunken driving. Darien Ehorn, Thomas’ 23-year-old wife, was thrown from the vehicle and died at the scene. Thomas died from the gunshot wound at Enloe Medical Center a few weeks later.

Feaster faced up to five years behind bars but was sentenced to 180 days and three years probation in December. Feaster was released Tuesday from Lassen County Jail in Susanville. Fisher said he was held for the maximum amount of time allowed by his sentence.

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split views on sanctuary Activists march to protect undocumented immigrants in Chico as Butte County moves in opposite direction the local highways and byways Rfordriving her job teaching classes on citizenship ocio Guido spends a good deal of time

and English as a second language for the Butte and Glenn county offices of education. story and During those drives, she photo by Ken Smith sees something in the North State landscape kens @ she believes is lost on n ew srev i ew. c o m local policy-makers and business owners, particularly in the agriculture industry.

She sees hypocrisy.

“When the elections were happening, there was ‘Trump Trump Trump’ signs in every field … but who was working there?” Guido said to about 100 people gathered at the Chico City Plaza last week for a rally and march in support of a proposal that city officials declare Chico a sanctuary city. “Brown- and black-haired people. I see our people picking those fields, and I see the ranchers who hire them who voted for Trump and are supporting [his immigration policies] … it doesn’t make sense.”

Guido added that the duplicity she perceives extends beyond fields and orchards: “[Immigrants] pay taxes and make the economy in this town flourish,” she continued. “Look at the kitchens in every restaurant, or go to hotels and see who is clean-

ing your rooms. There’s a lot of hypocrisy in this community, which refuses to recognize the contribution of immigrants.”

Saturday’s march was in response to the

Chico City Council’s Feb. 21 decision to quash further discussion about Chico becoming a sanctuary city. The Butte County Board of Supervisors will discuss two items related to sanctuary status next Tuesday (March 14), albeit from a decidedly different angle.

At the board’s last meeting (Feb. 28), Supervisor Larry Wahl suggested the supervisors echo the stance taken by their counterparts in Tehama and Siskiyou counties who in February declared those places regions of “non-sanctuary.” The local board will also vote on approving a draft letter to the state of California objecting to Senate Bill 54, a proposed “sanctuary state” law—currently in the Senate—aimed at preventing the use of state and local public resources to aid U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in deportation actions.

Local governments all over California are weighing the merits and dangers of sanctuary status in light of President Trump’s Jan. 25 executive order that charges local law enforcement to act as immigration agents and threatens to withhold federal funds from jurisdictions that

declare sanctuary status or otherwise don’t comply with the order.

“The trouble with this topic is there’s no clearly defined definition for what a sanctuary jurisdiction is,” Casey Hatcher, a county public information officer, said by phone. “We are using the definition that it’s any jurisdiction with policies in place that offer safe harbor for undocumented immigrants by limiting cooperation with federal immigration agencies, and by deliberately refusing to comply with federal immigration enforcement efforts.”

Butte County hasn’t declared sanctuary status, but Wahl said by phone that he believes it may be perceived as such, due partly to existing state laws.

California has two laws on the books limiting law enforcement cooperation with ICE—2014’s Trust Act, and the Truth Act, which went into effect Jan. 1. The former dictates that local law enforcement shouldn’t comply with ICE detainer orders unless certain criteria are met, and it protects immigrants who are victims of or witnesses to a crime from deportation; the latter requires that law enforcement provide notice to inmates in custody whom ICE intends to detain and deport.

“It seems to be that the state considers us all sanctuary counties, but I guess it depends on what you read and who you talk to,” Wahl said of the need to make an

official non-sanctuary declaration. “I want to clarify that we will follow federal laws in dealing with illegal aliens, and that we certainly won’t jeopardize our federal funding over this issue.”

Wahl said he isn’t worried about running afoul of state law to carry out Trump’s order: “Federal law takes precedence over those things, and it has to be followed,” he said. angélica Salceda, a staff attorney with

the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, said non-sanctuary declarations like the one being considered here buck the statewide trend.

“More and more California counties are actually reaffirming or passing new policies that promote fair policing and keep immigrant communities safer,” Salceda said via email. “Trump may hope that cities and counties buckle under his threat, but local government and law enforcement officials have been preparing to defend their policies on how best to protect public safety in their communities.”

And, with just two weeks between Wahl’s anti-sanctuary pitch and a possible decision, it’s likely the effects of such an action on the county’s labor force haven’t been fully explored.

Agriculture is the No. 1 industry in Butte County and the state. The latest crop reports (from 2015) from the county’s agriculture commissioner and state Department of Food and Agriculture estimate the gross value of the county and state’s agricultural output at $775 million and $27 billion, respectively.

A 2013 study by nonpartisan research group Public Policy Institute of California estimated the state was home to 2.67 million undocumented immigrants, including 1.85 million in the work force. The PPIC report notes that undocumented workers account for a disproportionate percentage of workers in the farming, construction, production, service and transportation/ materials moving industries. The study also reports that, nationally, 40 percent of undocumented immigrants live with children who were born here and are legal residents.

“This isn’t a discussion about immigrant communities as much as it is about setting policy to comply with the executive order,” Hatcher said when asked if county staff had sought information or feedback on the possible effects of non-sanctuary status on various communities and industries.

Wahl said he doesn’t believe declaring Butte County as non-sanctuary could impact local industry, agriculture or otherwise.

“I don’t see how it would,” he said. □

where there’s smoke City Council revisits staffing fire department, moves to prohibit commercial pot in the morning on Tuesday (March 7), a fire started inside the downtown clothing Estorearly Urban Laundry, but Chico firefighters

were quickly on the scene. A video of the incident shows two firefighters prying open the front door and pulling a fire hose through billowing black smoke, while two more scale a truck ladder and cut a hole in the roof with a chainsaw. Ultimately, they limited the fire damage to a single room.

Even so, Urban Laundry was destroyed and other businesses on Main Street had some degree of smoke damage, said Fire Chief Bill Hack. (As of the CN&R’s deadline, the cause of the fire had not been determined.) But it could have been worse. Such a fire could have leapt through the entire building, which, like most old structures downtown, doesn’t have sprinklers. That’s why it’s critical to get there fast, Hack said.

“We had 10 people within a 90-second drive, which is as good as it gets.”

Coincidentally, on that same day, Hack closed two fire stations—Station 6 on Highway 32 and Station 3 at the Chico Municipal Airport—as the Chico Fire Department prepares to make six layoffs.

Some members of the public aren’t comfortable with the reduction in service. Jacob Conlan, a student at Chico State, spoke on the issue during the Chico City Council meeting later that evening.

“I’m afraid you’ve created a situation where firefighters won’t get there in time,” he said.

Here’s the background: Heading into this fiscal

year, the fire department had been banking on securing a federal Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant. That fell through in October. The next month, with funding set to expire on Jan. 1, the council voted to fully staff the department until March 7.

With that deadline approaching, on Feb. 7 Hack requested that the council allocate $352,150 to staff 17 firefighters at six stations through the end of the fiscal year. However, the council balked at the out-of-cycle budget request and voted 4-3

not to provide the additional funding. As the CN&R previously reported, Councilman Mark Sorensen said there was no ambiguity when the council accepted the SAFER grant.

“When the funding ran out, positions ran out,” he said.

The decision reduces daily staffing to 14 firefighters—two fewer than during the worst point of the Great Recession and the lowest level since 1995. That’s set to take effect on Sunday (March 12).

On Tuesday, the council considered Hack’s request to use unanticipated savings to keep three firefighters on staff. The money is available because two high-level employees with the fire department are out on extended leave due to injuries, said City Manager Mark Orme.

Ann Schwab made a motion to accept Hack’s request and also direct city staff to comb the city’s budget for funding to fully support the fire department. She also kicked off a heated exchange by criticizing the council members who did not meet with the author of the Standards of Response Coverage Plan, an independent report that recommended daily staffing of 17 firefighters.

“Are you seriously insinuating the rest of us didn’t understand the staffing plan?” asked Mayor Sean Morgan.

“I just wonder why you didn’t take the time to meet with the consultant,” Schwab responded.

“I think it’s pretty easy to read a staffing study, Ms. Schwab,” said Sorensen. “I completely reject your idea, your suggestion, that we are incapable of reading a staffing report.”

Sorensen made a “sub-motion” to accept Hack’s request, minus Schwab’s suggestion to find more money for the fire department.

That type of motion, which most council members were unfamiliar with but City Clerk Debbie Presson affirmed was valid, was voted on prior to Schwab’s and passed 4-3, with Schwab and Councilmen Andrew Coolidge and Karl Ory dissenting.

Urban Laundry, a clothing store on Main Street, was destroyed by a fire early Tuesday morning (March 7). photo courtesy of the chico fire departMent

In other council news, the panel took the first

step toward restricting recreational marijuana in Chico. At Morgan’s request, City Attorney Vince Ewing presented a report on how Chico can regulate it under Proposition 64.

If the council took no action, starting on Jan. 1, 2018, people could apply for a license through the state and open a recreational marijuana dispensary or delivery business in Chico, Ewing said. In other words, the council would need to pass an ordinance if it wants to ban those businesses.

Robert Mackenzie, a Chico land-use lawyer who’s worked extensively on marijuana cases, urged the council to consider the benefits of taxing commercial weed activity.

“There’s a possibility that this state legislation could allow you to responsibly regulate a boutique industry, kind of like the wine industry, and that’s a great economic boon for this area,” he said.

Ory urged the council to take its time, meet with stakeholders and deliberate on the issue. “I think this is premature,” he said.

The council took action, though. Morgan made a motion to direct Ewing to draft an ordinance that would ban all commercial activity involving recreational marijuana in Chico. The motion passed 4-3 down party lines. By the same vote, the council added a stipulation that would ban growing recreational marijuana outdoors, and, separately, the panel unanimously voted to prohibit smoking pot in public spaces where cigarettes and e-cigarettes are disallowed.

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power from within Steinem talks feminism, connectedness during Chico visit Steinem’s most recent memoir, My Life on the Road, Gwasloria chosen as Chico State’s—

and Butte College’s—Book in Common for 2016-17 well before then-candidate Trump’s infamous comment about grabbing women “by the pussy” made headlines or the Women’s March on Washington had even been planned.

So, no one could have predicted just how timely Steinem’s talk last week (March 1) at Laxson Auditorium would be. As her memoir takes readers on a journey through her growth as a social activist and leader of a movement—through connecting with people “on the road”—it was easy to find links between feminism in the 1970s and what’s happening today.

Not that Steinem spoke directly to her book much during her talk.

She didn’t have to. “I’ve never been in a room with so many people who know so much about me because they’ve already read my book,” she quipped early on.

That out of the way, she moved on to broader topics, touching on the Women’s March, the dangers she sees in Trump’s presidency and the interconnectedness of feminism and other social causes.

What impressed Steinem most about the Women’s March, which she participated in but emphasized she did not help organize, was the magnitude. There were men, women, children, all illustrating the “umbrella of connection” she sees in people as a whole. “It was also the first march where there were too many people to march,” she said. “I’ve never seen anything like it in my life.”

At the same time, she does see issues today that echo those of the past. As a lifelong spokeswoman for women’s rights, she knows the signs of oppression well. The Gloria Steinem takes the stage at Laxson Auditorium March 1. photo by Jordan rodrigues

first thing men will do in trying to limit women’s power, she said, is limit their reproductive rights.

That’s exactly what’s happening right now with threats to funding for Planned Parenthood and other organizations that perform abortions.

And, she took it a step further.

“Why are the same groups against lesbians and birth control?” she asked. “The root of it is controlling women’s bodies.”

In the end, she said, all social causes—indeed, all humans—are connected.

“There’s no such thing as being a feminist without being antiracist,” she said. That’s because, while some people will separate those issues, feminism encompasses all women. Likewise with other marginalized groups. “We see efforts to divide us, to create an adversary that’s a false adversary,” Steinem said. As an example: “Immigrants are presented as an enemy so we act out of fear

instead of out of hope.”

While speaking about the Women’s March, she told a particularly powerful story of speaking with a woman by phone from Berlin who was united in the cause. “It’s the call that meant the most. She said, ‘We just want you to tell everyone that walls don’t work.’” The room erupted in applause.

Toward the end of her time on stage, Steinem opened the discussion up for questions and announcements. Many in the audience expressed their gratitude for Steinem’s decades of activism.

Others asked what they can do.

“We are still into the ‘shoulds,’” Steinem replied.

“We’re still looking up, for instruction. The truth is that each of us all know things to do that nobody else does. My hope is that we’ll begin to look at each other instead of looking up.”

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The New York Times reports POTUS’ new immigration policies, and specifically his intention to ramp up deportation of undocumented immigrants irrespective of their criminal history or lack thereof.

Feb. 22: Trump administration sends letters to public schools reversing course on a directive that they allow transgender students to use the locker rooms and restrooms of their choice, federal antidiscrimination policy put into place by the Obama administration that is stuck in court.

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Feb. 24: White House press secretary Sean Spicer bans several big players in the media world from a press briefing. The Washington Post was quick to refer to comments Spicer had made months earlier calling press access “what makes a democracy a democracy versus a dictatorship.”

The same day, the Post reports developments on Trump’s further efforts to tamp down news coverage of his associates’ connections to Russia. This time, the administration tasked high-ranking members of Congress and the intelligence community with disputing the validity of news organizations’ stories.

Feb. 25: POTUS announces he won’t attend the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, which makes him the first commander in chief to do so in 36 years.

During his appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference, Scott Pruitt, Trump’s newly confirmed head of the Environmental Protection Agency, speaks about his imminent plans to slash climate change and water pollution regulations.

Feb. 26: POTUS plans to cut the budget of the EPA and other federal agencies by billions and increase defense spending by $54 billion, reports the Washington Post.

The same day, Republicans kill a Democratic House resolution that sought disclosure of a decade’s worth of Trump’s tax returns. Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) toes the party line.

Feb. 26: Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos is roundly criticized after releasing a statement referring to then-legally segregated colleges as

“pioneers” in “school choice.”

POTUS throws his generals under the bus during a Fox News interview in which he refers to a recent raid in Yemen—a mission that ended with dozens of civilian casualties, including women and children, as well as the death of Navy SEAL Ryan Owens—as having been planned prior to the start of his presidency. “[T]hey lost Ryan,” Trump says, in reference to the generals.

Feb. 27: The Washington Post reveals that Attorney General Jeff Sessions had spoken with the Russian ambassador to the U.S., including in a private conversation during the peak of Russia’s efforts to influence the outcome of the presidential contest, despite Sessions’ testimony to the contrary during his Senate confirmation hearing.

Sessions’ camp parses words, saying the attorney general was asked by the Senate about conversations between Russia and the Trump campaign, and that he had actually met with the ambassador as a member of the Armed Services Committee.

March 1: The embattled Sessions recuses himself from investigations into Russia’s campaign to influence the U.S. presidential election.

Politico reports that two additional members of the Trump campaign—son-in-law Jared Kushner and former adviser Carter Page—met with Russians prior to the election.

Vice President Mike Pence used his personal email for state affairs during his role as Indiana governor, USA Today reports.

March 2: Financial records indicate Sessions used campaign funds for travel expenses to Cleveland, which is one of the places he met with the Russian ambassador he claims to have met with exclusively in his role as a member of the Armed Services Committee.

March 4: Trump blasts off a series of tweets accusing President Obama of wire-tapping his residence of Trump Tower shortly before the election.

He offers no evidence to support the allegation.

March 5: During an interview on Meet the Press, James Clapper, the former director of national intelligence, denies Trump’s charges that communications at Trump Tower had been wiretapped.

March 6: POTUS signs a newly drafted travel ban that calls for a 90-day ban on new visas. It applies to six majority-Muslim countries, excluding Iraq, which was in the previous ban that was suspended by a federal court. The new order bars refugees from entering the U.S. for 120 days and calls for the entry of no more than 50,000 in the next year, a sharp decline from Obama’s ceiling of 110,000. It goes into effect March 16.

House Republican leaders release legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) with the so-called American Health Care Act. Among other things, it would repeal penalties for individuals and certain employers who refuse to get coverage or offer it to employees, respectively, and would also eliminate most taxes that allowed more than 20 million Americans to become insured.

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cers to those who aren’t on Medi-Cal or otherwise able to afford a screening. As enrollment in Medi-Cal expanded under the ACA, Blankenship said, the number of women relying on her program (and its counterparts nationwide) has decreased.

Both may be in jeopardy.

President Trump and Congressional Republicans long have had the ACA in their cross-hairs, and Trump multiplied the uncertainty factor by proposing to Congress deep slashes across federal agencies to increase defense spending.

“What’s being talked about now is cutting social service programs,” Blankenship said, “and this could be considered a social service program, breast and cervical cancer screening, at the federal level…. It’s not really ACA-related; it’s just another threat.”

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Dcatching ings save lives. It only makes sense that malignancies early—when smaller r. James Schlund knows cancer screen-

and more readily treated—offers a better outcome than late-stage, terminal diagnoses.

Data bears this out.

Take breast cancer, Schlund’s specialty.

Studies show screening mammograms have reduced death rates by 30 percent. He expects that number is closer to 50 percent for 3D mammography, the form of highdefinition digital scanning Schlund and his radiologist partners use at the Chico Breast Care Center; those studies continue to be published.

Even just with the lower percentage, considering how 40,000 women are expected to die of breast cancer this year, screenings will prevent 13,000 women from succumbing to the disease, and there’s the prospect of saving nearly just as many more with wider acceptance by insurers of 3D mammograms.

“The prior history of slash, burn and poison in order to get you to cure doesn’t apply to the small cancers that we find now in the world of 3D mammography,” Schlund said. “In the social fabric of society, the people who are burdened with breast cancer are those who have to oversee the health and welfare of families, of children and themselves—and when you take that person

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out of society by allowing them to get a big advanced cancer because they’re not having screening services, that is a hit to society.”

Screenings and other preventative measures are keystones of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as the ACA, nicknamed Obamacare. Since the ACA’s implementation in 2012, cancer detection rates have increased. In California, for instance, 158,900 new cases were diagnosed in 2012, 160,925 in 2014 and 173,200 in 2016 (pending final data).

The four preceding years—during the economic downturn—California’s cancer rate dropped. A new study takes statistics from the California Cancer Registry, source of the previous totals, and found “incidence rates declines were greater during the recession/recovery than before.” Heading into 2008, cancer rates went down 0.7 percent for men and 0.5 percent for women; between ’08 and ’12, the decreases were 3.3 percent and 1.4 percent, respectively.

Researchers—headed by author Scarlett Lin Gomez of the Cancer Prevention Institute of California, in Fremont—did not conclude that cancer had decreased, just the number of diagnoses. The report states that rate declines “may be attributable to … unemployment in the recessionary period” and “decreased engagement in preventative health behaviors.”

The findings rang true for Schlund. The Chico Breast Care Center, of which he’s director, accepts patients across the socio-

economic spectrum.

“It’s not rocket science to understand that when people are in material depravity and don’t have money to deal with co-pays and/ or deductibles, they’re going to forgo their own health care,” he said. “They’ve got to pay food bills, they’ve got to put clothes on their back and they’ve got to keep the lights on; that comes before their health care.”

Even in so-called good times, Schlund has had patients opt to receive results of a mammogram by telephone to save paying for another visit, even to a primary care provider whose charge would be nominal.

“One of the most life-altering results, for the cost of a co-pay, they’ll take over the phone—sometimes alone, without someone to talk it through and [help] understand the consequences of it or to even be there with family,” Schlund said. “And that’s not just a one-off, that’s a recurrent theme in the breakdown of care because of the cost structures of care.”

DeAnne Blankenship shares Schlund’s frus-

trations and concerns. She’s the Chicobased director of program services for the California Health Collaborative, a nonprofit focused on promoting wellness, particularly in underserved communities.

Her programs include cancer screenings.

The California Health Collaborative contracts with the state, receiving federal grant funds, to run “Every Women Counts”— offering tests for breast and cervical can-

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HEALTHLINES dents sign up for coverage during the roll-out of Covered California, the state’s insurance exchange with subsidized policies, and expanded Medi-Cal. Schlund says “ACA” should stand for “Access to Care Act” because that is its significant achievement, over affordability.

Similarly, Blankenship said she’s “very concerned” about the prospect of people losing their insurance should Congress’ “repeal and replace” plan prove unrealistically expensive.

“We’re over one-third of our population covered by Medi-Cal

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To preserve coverage, DeAnne Blankenship recommends contacting not only your congressman (Doug LaMalfa) but also city, county and state representatives to apply pressure.

said. “Will people [added under the ACA] go back to not being covered?

“Tax credits are not that helpful for people who don’t make any money. You have to have enough money to put into a health savings account in the first place. Many people are living paycheck to paycheck, if they’re fortunate enough to be getting a paycheck.”

“Tax credits are That harkens to the not that helpful cancer study, which provides senses of both for people who déjà vu and foreboding. don’t make “If screenings are any money.” not covered or if fewer people have insurance,” —DeAnne Blankenship Blankenship said, “then history shows that people will stop going in for screenhere [in Butte County], so one of ings, cancers will be caught at a the fears with repeal is what that much later stage or not at all, and will look like because Medi-Cal is people will die.” □ shared dollars with the feds,” she

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Farmworkers at risk New EPA head could threaten the health of those who grow our food by

James Trimarco and J. Gabriel Ware

W general of Oklahoma, he sued the Environmental Protection Agency 14 times, hile Scott Pruitt was the attorney

mostly to dispute the agency’s right to regulate climate-altering emissions. Recently, Pruitt was confirmed by the Senate to head the EPA and swiftly announced his plan to revoke the Clean Power Plan, a policy enacted by the Obama administration to combat global warming. Pruitt did not mention climate change in his first speech to agency staff on Feb. 21, but asserted that “regulations exist to make things regular,” implying that he’ll work to ease regulatory burdens on polluters.

Pruitt’s positions on climate change have been widely reported. Less well-known are the threats that his approach to the EPA is likely to pose to farmworkers, a group that is inextricably tied to the environment and the climate. These workers, more than half of whom are undocumented, are already busy fighting against President Trump’s promised deportations—but they say they’re prepared to lobby for climate justice, as well.

Part of the problem is that the farmworkers are “invisible,” says Jeannie Economos, the health and safety project coordinator at the Florida Farmworker Association. Most Americans have little contact with farmworkers, which makes the impact climate change will have on them hard to understand.

But that doesn’t mean it’s not there. As temperatures climb, farmworkers are among the most exposed. Farmworkers are four times more likely to be affected by heat stress, according to an ongoing study by the Economos’ organization. Plus, Economos

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says, climate change is already increasing crop diseases and pests, which threaten farmworkers’ jobs.

And then there’s the question of pesticides. “If we have warming temperatures, and increased pests on crops, does that mean more pesticide use—and more pesticide exposure for farmworkers?” she asks.

Rosalinda Guillen, a 65-year-old former farmworker who grew up in a farm labor camp in Skagit County, Washington, says she’s certain climate change increases farmworkers’ exposure to pesticides. She believes the effects could be deadly.

“When you’re out in the fields and you’re working hard and you’re sweating because the weather is hot,” she says, “the pesticides are absorbing in your skin—and you’re certainly breathing it in.”

Compounding that issue is the fact that the EPA sets the national rules for pesticide exposure. Those standards were strengthened in 2015 after many years of organizing by farmworkers and their allies. Margaret Reeves, senior scientist with the Pesticide Action Network, says her group worked on the issue for 15 years before the standards were changed. The new rules included language prohibiting farmworkers under the age of 18 from handling pesticides, requiring About this story:

James Trimarco and J. Gabriel Ware wrote this article for YES! Magazine. James is a senior editor at YES! Follow him on Twitter @jamestrimarco. J. Gabriel Ware is a reporting intern at YES! Follow him on Twitter @JGabinator.

more training for those who apply pesticides, and mandating that farmers keep records of the pesticides they use.

That record-keeping is crucial, Reeves says, because it’s difficult to be sure what impacts chemicals are having when most states don’t require farms to report data on how they’re being used.

Rollback of these reforms would be a money-saver for agribusiness groups that lobbied against them at the time and are now celebrating Pruitt’s confirmation.

But farmworker advocates are worried.

“We’re concerned that Pruitt’s antagonistic approach to the EPA can lead to weaker occupational safety measures and increase [farmworkers’] exposure to pesticides,” says Bruce Goldstein, the president of Farmworker Justice, a nonprofit that advocates for better working conditions for migrant and seasonal farmers. In the past, his organization has taken legal action against the EPA in order to protect farmworkers from exposure to pesticides.

But because the implementation and enforcement of the new EPA rules happen at the state level, Reeves says, she’s hopeful that the stricter rules may stick around, despite any actions Pruitt might take. And “maybe, just maybe, things will move forward,” she says.

Meanwhile, Guillen is organizing on behalf of farmworkers and immigrants with Front and Centered, a coalition of more than 60 organizations representing people of color and of lower-income people—especially those facing serious pollution in the

neighborhoods where they live.

“It’s our communities that are impacted first by climate change and policies,” Guillen says. “That’s why our goal is to bring all of these communities together and build enough power so that policymakers are forced to listen to us. When they discuss climate change, we have to be at the table.” □

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Judith Schreuder helps people in pain. Her homemade Dutch Farms Organics tinctures and balms are designed to reduce pain and other symptoms of medical issues ranging from epilepsy to PTSD. Her products are created using medicinal cannabis, but they don’t have psychoactive properties. Schreuder, a former nurse and Chico State psychology grad with a master’s in social work from Sacramento State, says her products are not cure-alls but they do provide desperately needed comfort to patients fed up with prescription drugs and traditional medicine.

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Many hospice patients have relatives who say their loved ones can now die with dignity. I had a doctor with an epileptic daughter who said, “You have saved my daughter. She can now do her homework and is much more alert.” People have also stopped their pets’ epileptic seizures. Another client had a weak, 22-year-old cat that she says now runs around like a kitten. Many of these stories make me cry.

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It’s with a heavy heart that I announce that Radio 101.7X is no more. I remember discovering the station upon moving back to Chico in 2013, and being so excited to find new alternative rock alongside all that great alt/grunge/rock from the ’90s that I immediately wrote a review for this paper. It’s been a go-to ever since. I later became friends with the station’s program director, Chris Singleton, and have been genuinely inspired by his love of music and passion for radio. “I truly loved being able to introduce people to a ton of great new music that they might have never heard without us here,” he wrote in a Facebook message to listeners. “Unfortunately, decisions were made, and it was decided that we move in a different direction with our radio station.”

The new format—it’s now Supertalk 101.7—actually requires that I remove it from my car radio presets. What could possibly be so horrible, you ask? Well, 101.7 is now home to conservative talk radio, not alt rock. Think Glenn Beck instead of …

Beck. Dammit. Judging by the station’s Facebook page, reaction has been pretty negative. “We are just going through a period where we are going to have to fight hard to pick up a whole new listener base,” Singleton told me.

In related news, 101.7X’s sister station 100.3 Jack FM also has switched formats.

That station is now 100.3 The Outlaw. As in, outlaw country. So, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Garth Brooks and the like. Apparently, this changeover has gone over quite well with local listeners. Maybe 100.3 will take the now-open spot on my preset dial. But, alas, it will never be the same … sigh.

another sad farewell On Friday (March 3), downtown’s favorite pie shop announced it would be closing until further notice, due to personal family events.

Sweet Cottage, which started as a mobile cart parked outside the Saturday Chico Certified Farmers’ Market, was one of those inspiring Chico success stories. The pies, teas and jams were so popular that owners Robin and Alvin Rowe opened up a brick-and-mortar location on Broadway downtown a few years ago. To the Rowes, my thoughts go out to you. May we see you slinging pies again soon! caffeine for a cause Chico’s Dutch Bros. locations, owned by Dan and Michal

Richardson, have a long track record of giving back. In honor of World Kidney Day today (March 9), they continue that mission by donating proceeds from the day’s sales to the National Kidney Foundation. It seems this is a cause that’s particularly close to the Richardsons’ hearts. “We got involved with the National Kidney Foundation a few years ago when my neighbor decided to donate a kidney to a stranger, and then run a double-marathon to raise awareness about organ donation,” Dan said in a press release, adding that he also has multiple family members who have donated kidneys. I can see why he’d be inspired to give back!

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SQUEEZED T U O Chico’s housing market is especially tight and there’s little relief in sight STORY AND PHOTOS BY HOWARD HARDEE

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n a recent afternoon, Mario Chandrakumar visited the construction site of his home in Orland.

He was dressed to the nines—blue blazer, gold cufflinks, slacks, shiny dress shoes. Sure, he looked out of place, but becoming a homeowner was a special occasion, he said.

“This isn’t just the American dream, it’s a lifetime dream to own a brand-new home,” he told the CN&R. “The blessing is tremendous.”

Originally from Sri Lanka, Chandrakumar came to Chico about 10 years ago to put his daughter through college. He started working as a custodian at Chico State and thought he had found a place to settle down, he said. “I felt that Chico was where I would end my life, you know?”

For years, he tried to buy a home in Chico, but ultimately he was priced out of the market. Now, he’s building one in Orland instead.

Through the Community Housing Improvement Program (CHIP), Chandrakumar and seven of his soon-to-be neighbors are helping each other into home ownership through sweat equity. They are building their homes together in an up-andcoming subdivision on the outskirts of town.

The homes cost around $200,000, but CHIP waived the down payments and offered each homebuyer a low fixed-interest rate.

Each household works 30 hours a week, and nobody moves in until all the houses are completed sometime later this year.

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Once he’s moved in, Chandrakumar plans on commuting to work. It’s not ideal, but that’s the reality of the housing market in Chico, he said. “Of course, I couldn’t afford it.”

2017 Chico Housing Snapshot, a report by a consultant hired by the city, there are 2,819 subsidized rental homes and apartments in Chico, and an unmet need for 8,090 more.

“In this sort of market, people who can pay higher rents tend to get served, and the people who can’t tend to really struggle,” More and more people are finding that houssaid David Ferrier. He’s president and CEO ing isn’t all that affordable in Chico. It’s of CHIP, a nonprofit that builds subsidized no San Francisco, but keep in mind: In this housing from Marysville to Redding. “They community, nearly a quarter of households either overpay or accept a poor living are below the poverty line. And as supply falls well behind demand, the market is tight- situation, and it can force people to choose between food and housing. It’s amazing that ening up. Rental rates have increased 6 perpeople have to make that decision in our cent in the last year, while the median price economy.” of a house has jumped to over $300,000 (see The U.S. Department of Housing and info boxes). Low-income residents, espeUrban Development considers paying up to cially, are feeling the squeeze.

30 percent of income for housing a reasonThe housing shortage is driven by several able, affordable expense. In Chico, 35 perfactors. Chico is undergoing it’s first real cent of households pay more than 50 percent building boom since the Great Recession, of their income toward rent or a but it went several years with very mortgage. People in this sublittle new construction, and the group may be a paycheck housing stock has yet to away from losing shelcatch up. Meanwhile, ter, Ferrier said. the stream of federal “Really, what and state monies HIGH COST OF seems to happen that used to supOWNERSHIP is that people port local lowHere’s the median cost of a buying a go homeless income housing home in Chico since 2011, according and live on the has slowed to to the Chico Multiple Listing Service: streets or sleep a trickle, and 2011: $224,806 on people’s there’s no incen2012: $236,519 couches,” he tive for private 2013: $265,000 said. developers to fill 2014: $275,950 Another sign the gap.

2015: $291,000 of the squeeze is According to the 2016: $310,000

the apartment vacancy rate, a statistic published quarterly by the North Valley Property Owners Association. In 2009-10, the vacancy rate for apartments in Chico was about 6 percent, a level that provides enough market fluidity for people to move around and find apartments. However, the vacancy rate has been in a nosedive for several years, and recent reports show it hovering between 1.5 percent and 2 percent.

Landlords with low vacancy can be picky about whom they rent to, said Ed Mayer, executive director of Butte County’s Housing Authority. He oversees administration of the Section 8 program, also known as the Housing Choice Voucher, which provides assistance to very low-income families and people who are elderly or disabled. Those who qualify use the vouchers to secure housing on the private market and the federal government pays participating landlords directly.

Mario Chandrakumar is the proud owner of a home currently under construction in Orland.

It’s taking people who have Section 8 vouchers much longer to sign a lease. In 2014, it took voucher-holders an average of 53 days. Last year, it took 70 days. The Housing Authority now anticipates wait times of more than 90 days.

“Landlords don’t have to take Section 8 vouchers,” Mayer said. “It’s a big red flag that says, ‘Hello, I am low income.’”

Samantha Dennison is a single mother of

four. She says the “single” part probably won’t change anytime soon, because she hesitates to bring someone new into the life of her 6-year-old son, Christopher.

“For a kid with autism, everything is based on routine and structure,” she said.

“Everything needs to be stable. I really can’t blend households with somebody, and I really haven’t found anybody I want to mesh with and settle down with.”

It’s not like she has much free time

anyway. Caring for She recently sat down Christopher is a fullwith the CN&R for an time job. He is intelinterview in her living WHAT’S FAIR? ligent and kind and room. In the afternoon According to the U.S. excels in creative light, the apartment Department of Housing and ways—“he has Urban Development, here are was bright and clean. the fair market rates for renting an opera singer’s Dennison loves the apartments in Chico: voice,” Dennison place. She remem1 bedroom: $729 said—but he’s slow bers how difficult life 2 bedrooms: $923 to process sensory was without it—how, 3 bedrooms: $1,344 perceptions and make five years ago, she was decisions based on them. unable to work and her Due to his condition, the family teetered on the verge state of California recognizes of homelessness.

Christopher as a disabled child, Finding a stable home turned it which makes him eligible for In Home all around, she said. “Say you’re down on Supportive Services. Through that program, your luck and have come to a place in your Dennison receives a monthly stipend to serve life where you know you need to change up as his official caretaker. your priorities,” she said. “Well, first, you Dennison shares a CHIP-subsidized, need housing.” three-bedroom apartment in north Chico with As a whole, California isn’t building Christopher and her 18-year-old daughter. enough homes to meet the demand. “We’re

experiencing it locally, but really, it’s a reflection of a larger dynamic that’s playing out statewide,” Mayer said.

Despite the recovery from the Great Recession, incomes haven’t kept pace with the rising cost of housing. California’s overall rate of home ownership—53.7 percent—is the lowest since the 1940s, and the third-lowest in the 50 states, according to the California Department of Housing and Community Development. On average, about 80,000 new homes were constructed annually for the last 10 years—well short of the projected need of 180,000 additional homes.

Based on population trends, current models estimate that California needs to build 1.8 million new homes by 2025.

Chico, at least, is getting to work.

Bulldozers, backhoes, dirt and orange hard hats; these are signs of a building boom.

“Things are good,” said Leo DePaola, the city’s building official. “The economy’s doing well, from a building standpoint. We’re looking at numbers we haven’t seen since 2005 and 2006.” Developers are set to spend an estimated $130 million building more than 300 single-family houses and 800 apartment units in fiscal year 2016-17, he said.

More homebuyers are opting for new construction because they can’t find an existing home to purchase, says Steve Kasprzyk.

He has worked as a local real estate agent with Century 21 Jeffries Lydon since 1991.

For the last several years, he said, an average of 230 or 240 homes were for sale in Chico at any one time, but recently that number is closer to 110.

“It’s very competitive, and there’s a lot of luck involved,” he said. “It’s frustrating for the average homebuyer because they’re putting down offers and getting beat. … As fast as homes are listed, they go pending.”

It’s especially difficult for first-time homebuyers to jump into the market because homes are selling above list prices and many people are paying with cash, Kasprzyk said.

“If people take out an FHA [Federal Housing Administration] loan, they’re getting beat.”

Suffice it to say, the uptick in construction

will not relieve the affordable housing shortage. None of the apartment projects currently underway in the city are below the market rate, DePaola said. Not a single unit is reserved for affordable or subsidized housing.

Urban builders are investing in student housing instead. DePaola pointed to the $60 million, 173-unit apartment complex under construction on Nord Avenue, just north of Walgreens, which will house 600 students. In a college town like Chico, such a project is a relatively safe bet, he said.

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ing a place to stay when she got to the North State. Her family was living on a monthly income of about $500 from Supplemental Security Income—not enough to rent a multiple bedroom apartment. She rented a small, poorly heated room in Paradise for herself and Christopher, and her daughters stayed with their grandmother in Chico.

It wasn’t much, but it was a starting point to find something better.

Rent buRden according to the 2017 chico housing Snapshot, 1 in 3 renters in chico pays more than half of total household income toward rent.

Local leaders can look at policies adopted by

Ed Mayer is executive director of Butte County’s Housing Moreover, there’s very little financial incenAuthority and oversees the local Section 8 program. tive to serve low-income people.

“There isn’t a whole lot of government money out there to stimulate those sorts of Torres Community Shelter for people who projects,” he said. “Without subsidy money, are homeless, at risk of homelessness, or livit’s hard to encourage developers to invest ing with mental illnesses. below market. If you can build 100 units at She’s keeping an eye out for the next the market rate, why would you build 100 project to fund, but said “it will be a pretty units below the market rate?” small amount.”

Indeed, over the last decade or so, less Quite simply, the community’s affordable money for building affordable housing has housing efforts are hamstrung, said Ferrier, trickled down from the federal and state levthe CHIP CEO. “Without the RDA, and with els. Perhaps most significantly for Chico, in cutbacks in federal and state funding, it’s 2011, Gov. Jerry Brown dissolved redevelpretty much impossible to build new rental opment agencies (RDAs) in an effort to ease units for people who really need it.” the state’s fiscal crisis. Prior to the decision, more than 400 local redevelopment agencies Dennison couldn’t keep a in California used property tax revesteady job after Christopher nues to pay for projects, including was born. At 9 months housing, that mitigated blight. old, the first signs of Chico took a $6 million autism emerged and hit when the RDA was his general health dissolved and the city’s wavered. “My son Rental costs housing staff was downwas hospitalized a Rising sized from six employlot,” she said. “He the median cost of ees to one—Marie was always really renting in chico ($922) is Demers. Today, as the sick, having all 6 percent higher than last city’s housing manager, these surgeries. He february, according Demers uses what fundwas on breathing to apartment List. ing is available to help machines.” low-income residents in In 2011, Chico find housing, but her Dennison split up effectiveness is limited by the with Christopher’s father lack of resources, she said. in Riverside and decided For instance, the city used to offer a to move closer to her mother in mortgage subsidy program for first-time Chico. She was also drawn by the farmers’ homebuyers that it can no longer afford. markets, the tight sense of community and And in years past, her department made strong services for children with special greater investments in multifamily comneeds. plexes. Currently, most of the city’s housing “I was looking into different programs,” resources go toward Habitat for Humanity, she said, “and I found that Chico was a hub which builds about two houses a year, with all the working parts of a big city, a lot Demers said. The city also contributed about of things to help a human out.” $200,000 to construction of Valley View She packed the family into her car and Apartments, a 14-unit complex near the drove north up Interstate 5, despite not hav-

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other cities in California as examples of what to do—or not to do. For instance, more and more cities in the Bay Area are resorting to rent control—capping the amount landlords can charge for rent—despite a wealth of research that shows it does not increase the availability of housing in the long run.

“If you’re using rent control, you’re already so far behind the demand curve,” said Mayer of the Housing Authority.

During the Chico City Council’s recent discussions on homelessness, some members of the public floated the concept of inclusionary zoning—i.e., mandating or encouraging new housing developments to make a certain percentage of units affordable for low-income residents. During an interview, the CN&R posed the idea to Councilman Randall Stone, who works as a financial adviser and real estate developer. He said it’s unreasonable to expect urban builders to pay for all of the community’s affordable housing needs, but some of the onus is on them because they are pricing people out.

“I think we all have an obligation to provide affordable housing,” he said. “Typically, I am uncomfortable mandating that businesses in a single industry must pay for social ills that they’re not entirely responsible for. I get a little gun shy about these sorts of things. However, the development industry is

responsible for some of the market gap.”

Not to mention, the value of any housing project is tied to the quality of the area’s public parks, schools and roadways. For developers and nonprofit builders like CHIP, it’s a privilege to do business in the community, Ferrier said.

“The economic model of pushing developers to include units for low-income people makes a lot of sense, but it does drive the cost of housing up,” he said. “I’m on the fence on that, because it’s difficult enough to build housing as it is, and there’s no economic incentive for developers to buy into the concept.”

Chico Mayor Sean Morgan said he’s open to the idea of an inclusionary zoning ordinance, particularly as a means of addressing homelessness. “If we can make space for more affordable housing units and try to get people back on their feet, that’d be great,” he said. “That’s how people get started.”

However, he too has reservations about adding to the cost of construction—or more red tape to the development process.

Samantha Dennison, who rents a three-bedroom apartment in north Chico, found affordable housing through CHIP.

“It comes down to free enterprise,” he said. “If the developers can make money building affordable housing, they will. It’s that simple.”

Rob Wiener is executive director of the California Coalition for Rural Housing, a statewide nonprofit based in Sacramento that works to expand affordable housing opportunities. During a phone conversation with the CN&R, he argued fully in favor of inclusionary zoning.

“Absent inclusionary housing, market-rate developers aren’t going to produce a single unit for very low- and extremely low-income people,” he said. “Under an inclusionary policy, developers are obligated to share the cost—and we all pay for the social cost of not having adequate affordable housing.”

When people are forced to live outside the communities they work in, it creates longer commutes, hurts the economy and environment, and increases traffic congestion. If they’re forced into rural areas, they may not have access to quality health care and education. And more broadly, Wiener argued, low-wage workers are valuable to society as a whole.

“Who’s going to work in the gardens, do the plumbing, be the nannies? We need a wide range of workers to have a holistic, stable community,” he said. “Why shouldn’t developers have to share the cost, especially when we have limited land, and they are building market-rate units and pricing minimum-wage workers out of the community?”

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my debt,” she said. Then she had the breakthrough: In 2012, her application for rental assistance was accepted by CHIP, and she moved into her three-bedroom apartment near DeGarmo Park for $335 a month. “It was an amazing feeling,” she said. “A stable, nice, clean apartment for your family. That was golden.”

Reflecting on the journey, Dennison remembers a lot of small hurdles.

Appointments, thick paperwork, long waits.

She can see how some people might find it insurmountable, especially those who struggle to function due to mental disorders, disability, disease or addiction. But she emphasized that it’s doable.

During the year Dennison rented that small, “As long as you put your name on every cold room in Paradise, she list known to man in this town, within a year, applied to every subsidized year and a half, you’re bound to get housing program in something affordable,” she said.

Chico she could Dennison heads up her apartfind, including ment complex’s neighborhood HouseHold Section 8. As she watch and sits on CHIP’s breakdown found out, the board of directors. In the according to the 2017 waiting lists are mornings, she volunteers chico housing Snapshot, often months or for the autism program 57 percent of households years long. Also, Christopher is enrolled in at are rentals. here’s the to qualify in the a Chico elementary school. breakdown: first place, she In the afternoons, she 19,745 rental households needed a decent returns home and waits to 15,046 owned households credit score—and pick him up. Lately, during hers wasn’t good. those breaks, she’s been dreaming She started meetabout taking the next step and buying with a credit counselor at ing a house in Chico. After some research, CHIP, and together they worked on righting however, she doubts whether she can afford her debts. She was haunted by defaulting on a monthly mortgage payment. She might car and motorcycle payments years before, expand her search to the surrounding area, and still had an unpaid $1,400 phone bill but living in towns like Corning or Orland from 2009. “I would do it—whatever this wouldn’t be ideal, given the level of care her lady said, I would do it,” she recalled. “I son needs. learned how to contact creditors and offer “If I move 30 miles away, somewhere them a settlement amount. I learned that if that doesn’t have programs for him, it’s just I paid this amount for this debt, it would be not going to work out,” she said. “It’s imporsquashed.” tant to keep up with the services, because She called two creditors a month, and they slowly but surely increase his ability to “in no time, I had paid off the majority of live life as a normal person.” Ω

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Arts &Culture A familiar scene at Duffy’s Tavern with Donald Beaman (left) and Ken Lovgren of the Spirit Molecules.

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three-band bill at Duffy’s Tavern last Saturday night (March by 4) provided a revealing Carey snapshot of the scene Wilson these days.

Taking the stage below sparkling multiReview: colored twinkle lights, Donald Beaman and with Duffy’s iconic the Spirit Molecules, backdrop of the batEmpty Gate and XDS, Saturday, March 4, swinging Jesus and Duffy’s Tavern. large painting of a luxuriating blonde, The Empty Gate guitarist Bob Howard kicked off the night by inserting the metallic/insectoid opening riff of “Hypnosis” into the room’s ambient soundtrack of clinking glasses and chatter. The band’s midtempo groove was filled out by bassist Mark Zempel, keyboardist Greg Spont and drummer Matt Coogan, creating space for Trish Howard’s voice to lead the song to anthemic heights that filled the room with exuberant rock ’n’ roll energy.

No less a local icon than the bar itself, the longtime Chico rocker possesses and projects that rare type of personable charisma that disarms and engages audiences.

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the humor and the aspiration of the lyric riding the surging rhythm of a rising multiorgasmic riff, it brings a joyous response.

The band closed the set with a high-velocity, power-pop tune called “The C,” and left a nearly full house visibly happy.

With the audience warmed up and the space now comfortably crowded, XDS (formerly Experimental Dental School)—a duo composed of Jesse Hall on guitar and assorted electronic devices and partner Shoko Horikawa on drums— took the stage to deliver a set combining sonic exploration with tribal primitivism.

Hall is a master of wringing complex multitones from his guitar, treating the sounds with an array of effects boxes.

While the band’s self-descriptions of “synth damaged psychedelic disco punk” and “Casio keyboards making out with acid” do convey some sense of its cosmic playfulness, there is a depth to the sonic craftsmanship that takes the concept of “fun music” to levels attainable only by an incredible attentiveness to detail.

In short, it takes a lot of work to create music that appears so effortlessly fun.

The night’s final set, by Donald Beaman and the Spirit Molecules, provided a gentle comedown from the danceable rock of the previous acts.

Beaman (guitar/vocals) is a specialist at creating pleasantly moody, slightly downtempo songs that pair well with

slowly nodding and sipping a beverage amid the warmth of a mixed group of friends and strangers in a dive bar. It’s the kind of music that might provide a perfect late-night soundtrack for sitting on a moonlit porch after a recreational smoke or listening on headphones while bicycling through Bidwell Park.

However, it’s a challenging style to communicate to the chatter-filled confines of a barroom full of those whose consumption of “spirit molecules” may have disengaged them slightly from the action.

But Beaman and his crew of ringers—guitarist Ken Lovgren, drummer Michael Nalin and bassist Kirt Lind—were occasionally able to draw the audience in with a particularly poignant guitar line or emphatic drum pattern that would burst through the placid surface, quiet the crowd, and bring them close to gently float off into the cold night.

Another great evening that offered further proof that Chico’s music scene is something special these days. There are so many varying manifestations of hardworking original talent playing regularly all over town—at Duffy’s, The Maltese, Lost on Main, the DownLo, 1078 Gallery, Argus Bar + Patio, Monstros Pizza, etc.—that one could go out every weekend for a year and likely find something new on a local stage every single time. Drink it in, Chico. □

THE ODD COUPLE: Neil Simon’s classic mismatched-buddy dramedy about the fastidious Felix rooming with Oscar the slob. Thu, 3/9, 7:30pm. $14-$18. Chico Theater Company, 166 Eaton Road, Ste. F, (530) 894-3282.

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THE ODD COUPLE: Neil Simon’s classic mismatched-buddy dramedy about the fastidious Felix rooming with Oscar the slob. Sat, 3/11, 7:30pm. $1-$18. Chico Theater Company, 166 Eaton Road, Ste. F, (530) 894-3282.

Art Receptions URBAN SHAMANISM: IFL is featuring two artists for its most recent incubator-artist exhibit: award-winning inventor and Forbes under-30 entrepreneur Matan Berkowitz and artisan/craftress InSpirala. Sat, 3/11, 3pm. Free. Idea Fab Labs Chico, 603 Orange St.

Art Receptions SPRING OPEN STUDIOS: The Art and Art History department at Chico State presents its spring art tour, with studios in Ayres Hall and the Arts & Humanities Building open to the public. Thu, 3/9, 10am. Free. Chico State, 400 W. 1st St.

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Theater A DOLL’S HOUSE: After being postponed due to Oroville evacuations, Henrik Ibsen’s modernist classic is now up at the Birdcage. Fri, 3/10, 6:30pm. $1-$12. Birdcage Theatre, 1740 Bird St., Oroville, 533-BIRD.

THE ODD COUPLE: Neil Simon’s classic mismatched-buddy dramedy about the

EBONY & IVORY SERIES WITH KEZIRAH: Nor Cal Jazz Fest is hosting this installment of the Ebony & Ivory piano-concert series, featuring jazz vocalist Kezirah with Chico’s Jim Schmidt on the keys of the Steinway. Fri, 3/10, 6pm. $15-$20. Chico Women’s Club, 592 E. 3rd St. www.chicowomensclub.org

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Special Events BUTTE COLLEGE SPRING GALA: The college’s spring gala, where outstanding alumni will be honored. Live and silent auctions, no host bar. Dinner: filet mignon, chicken piccata or vegetarian. Call to reserve. Sat, 3/11, 6pm. Sierra Nevada Big Room, 1075 E. 20th St., 530-895-2359.

POPPY WALK & 5K RUN: Celebrate Spring and benefit the Peg Taylor Center with a fundraising 5K run/walk. Sat, 3/11, 8:30am.

Bidwell Park-One Mile Recreation Area, 300 South Park Drive, (530) 342-2345. web.chicochamber.com

SURJ NEW MEMBER ORIENTATION/POTLUCK: Showing Up for Racial Justice will being doing our new member orientation with Q & A and potluck to follow. Please bring a dish to share. Sat, 3/11, 5:30pm. Chico Peace & Justice Center, 526 Broadway St.

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Theater A DOLL’S HOUSE: After being postponed due to Oroville evacuations, Henrik Ibsen’s modernist classic is now up at the Birdcage. Sun, 3/12, 1pm. $10-$12. Birdcage Theatre, 1740 Bird St., Oroville, 533-BIRD.

THE ODD COUPLE: Neil Simon’s classic mismatched-buddy dramedy about the fastidious Felix rooming with Oscar the slob. Sun, 3/12, 2pm. $14-$18. Chico Theater Company, 166 Eaton Road, Ste. F, (530) 894-3282.

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CHICO 350 BIG MEETING: Get involved in the fight for climate justice. Sun, 3/12, 4:30pm. Free.

Chico Peace & Justice Center, 526 Broadway St., 530-966-7530.

PIE AUCTION AND TRI TIP DINNER: Nord Country

REPTILE INVASION NIGHT: Have dinner with snakes, frogs and lizards and learn about reptiles’ natural habitats. Call to RSVP. Wed, 3/15, 4pm. $12. Canyon Oaks Country Club, 999 Yosemite Drive, (530) 343-2528.

School hosts this tri-tip dinner and silent pie auction. Sun, 3/12, 5pm. $15-$30. Chico Elk’s Lodge, 1705 Manzanita Ave., (530) 891-3138.

WEDDING SHOW: A one-stop shop for all of your planning. Sun, 3/12, 12pm. Free. Canyon Oaks Country Club, 999 Yosemite Drive.

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arT, TODaY ONLY Chico State’s BFA and MFA students are showing off their original creations for one day only, today, March 9, during the Spring Open Studios event. Dozens of artists will be featured throughout Ayres Hall and the new Arts & Humanities Building. The glass and ceramics studios as well as several other student spaces in the A & H building are open first (10 a.m.-1 p.m.), followed by the MFA Gallery & MFA Studio (noon2 p.m.). And in the afternoon (1-4 p.m.), the doors of the BFA studios in Ayres will be open.

A DOLL’S HOUSE: After being postponed due to Oroville evacuations, Henrik Ibsen’s modernist classic is now up at the Birdcage. Sat, 3/11, 6:30pm. $10-$12. Birdcage Theatre, 1740 Bird St., Oroville, 533-BIRD.

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narrative assemblages by Baltimore artist Michael Stevenson. Thu, 3/9. Free. 820 Broadway St.

B-SO SPACE: Collaborative Community Exhibition, group show. Thu, 3/9. Ayres 107, Chico State. www.csuchico.edu

THE CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING, PARADISE: Artwork of Molly LittleBird, using recycled materials, mostly paper combined with acrylic paints to make textured abstract wall art. Thu, 3/9. 789 Bille Road, Paradise.

CHICO ART CENTER: Replication Machine, a contemporary living art machine. Artists will replicate objects brought in by the public.

Anyone can submit items to receive reproductions free of charge. Thu, 3/9, 12pm.

450 Orange St.

CHICO STATE: Spring Open Studios, the Art and Art History department at Chico State presents its spring art tour, with studios in Ayres Hall and the Arts & Humanities Building open to the public. Thu, 3/9, 10am. Free. 400 W. 1st St.

HEALING ART GALLERY: Art by Ken W. Moore, oil paintings and pencil drawings by Northern California artist Ken W. Moore. Thu, 3/9. 265 Cohasset Road (inside Enloe Cancer Center), 530-332-3856.

IDEA FAB LABS CHICO: Urban Shamanism, IFL is featuring two artists for its most recent incubator-artist exhibit—award-winning inventor and Forbes under-30 entrepreneur Matan Berkowitz and artisan/craftress InSpirala. Sat, 3/11, 3pm. Free. 603 Orange St.

JAMES SNIDLE FINE ARTS: Paintings by Sal Casa, early collection of the artist’s paintings representing his changing styles and perspectives. Thu, 3/9. 254 E. Fourth St., 530-343-2930.

SALLY DIMAS ART GALLERY: Ongoing exhibits, rotating exhibits featuring local artists.

Thu, 3/9. 493 East Ave., 530-345-3063.

annual Art at the Matador arts festival (May 12-13) is seeking artists. Call for a prospectus. Thu, 3/9. 1934 Esplanade.

MUSEUMS BOLT’S ANTIQUE TOOL MUSEUM: Branding Irons, a new display of more than 200 branding irons. $2. 1650 Broderick St., Oroville.

CHICO CREEK NATURE CENTER: Banding by Day and Night, a close look at birds in hand with incredible detail. $2-$4. 1968 E. Eighth St.

CHICO AIR MUSEUM: The museum is housed in a large refurbished 1941 WW II Army Air Corps hangar and has an outdoor area with airplanes on display. 165 Ryan Ave.

CHICO MUSEUM: Chico Through Time, ongoing exhibit featuring Chico timeline, historic artifacts and photos, plus a preserved Chinese temple and a new exhibit on Hmong life in Chico. 141 Salem St. www.chico museum.org

COLMAN MUSEUM: Cultural artifacts from Butte Creek Canyon, from Native American prehistory to the early 20th century.

13548 Centerville Road.

GATEWAY SCIENCE MUSEUM: Toys: The Inside Story, an exhibit featuring 12 hands-on stations illustrating the simple mechanisms found in most toys. Ongoing Exhibits: Chico’s science museum features rotating special exhibits, plus a range of permanent displays on local farming, water, famous regional oak trees and a couple of Ice Age skeletons.

625 Esplanade. www.csuchico.edu

PARADISE DEPOT MUSEUM: The refurbished Paradise Depot serves as a railroad and logging museum. There is a working model train. Free. 5570 Black Olive Drive, Paradise, 530 872-8722.

VALENE L. SMITH MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY: Hmong Reflections: Stories of Our Own, Hmong history, culture and identity as told by students from the local Hmong community. Meriam Library Complex At Chico State.

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Topened Shakespeare Festival in Ashland with a bang on the last he 82nd season of the Oregon

weekend in February. A lot of bangs, actually. by That’s because Robert Speer two of the four plays featured rober tspe er@ newsrev iew.c om as the 11-play season begins— Julius Caesar Review: and Henry IV, Julius Caesar, Part One—are Henry IV, Part One Shakespeare and Shakespeare plays set during in Love, at Oregon parlous times.

Shakespeare Festival, Ashland, War breaks out in Ore. Now showing both of them, givthrough Oct. 29. Visit ing the lighting OSFAshland.org for and sound crews schedule and tickets. many opportunities to amp up the excitement with flashing strobes and powerful explosions of sound.

In his Playbill note, OSF Artistic Director Bill Rauch describes Julius Caesar as “Shakespeare’s insanely relevant study of democratic leadership.”

He’s referring to the dilemma facing the central figure in the play, Marcus Brutus, who must decide whether to join a conspiracy to assassinate his good friend Caesar, putatively to save Rome’s democracy.

The murder does nothing of the sort, of course, instead plung-

ing the nation-state into warfare as competing militias battle for power. This powerful performance of one of the Bard’s most unsettling plays received a standing ovation on opening night. It runs in the Bowmer Theatre through Oct. 29.

The other Shakespeare plays in performance this year are centered around the inimitable comic character Falstaff. They include, as mentioned, Henry IV, Part One, which plays in the intimate Thomas Theatre through Oct. 28; The Merry Wives of Windsor, opening in the outdoor Allen Elizabethan Theatre on June 6; and Henry IV, Part Two, which opens in the Thomas Theatre on July 4.

The war scenes in Henry IV, Part One are as dramatic as those in Julius Caesar, but the sturm und drang is offset by the several hilarious scenes set in a tavern, where the larger-than-life Falstaff—brilliantly portrayed here

by G. Valmont Thomas—prevails.

This performance also received a standing ovation.

Two other plays opened the season. One is the U.S. premiere of Shakespeare in Love, based on the Oscar-winning screenplay by Tom Stoppard and Marc Norman and adapted for the stage by Lee Hall.

If you saw the movie, which made off with seven Oscars in 1999, you know what a delightful

tale it tells. The young playwright is broke and blocked and needs to find a muse and, just as desperately, a girlfriend. Enter Viola, a noblewoman who so wants to be an actor that she pretends to be a man in order to audition for Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate’s Daughter, the play Shakespeare is struggling to write while fending off his creditors.

Of the four plays opening the season, this one is the most fun. And, as the magnificently gowned Queen Elizabeth I tells Shakespeare, there’s nothing wrong with writing fun plays.

Chalk up another standing ovation.

I planned to see the fourth opening play, Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles, but a severe winter storm warning for Sunday, Feb. 26, suggested that we should start home before the Siskiyou Summit pass closed.

Rauch describes the play as “a searing and timely portrait of immigration.” An adaptation of the ancient Greek play Medea, and set in Southern California, it was written by resident playwright Luis Alfaro and runs in the Bowmer Theatre through July 6.

For descriptions of the remaining plays this year—Hannah and the Dread Gazebo; UniSon; The Merry Wives of Windsor; The Odyssey; Henry IV, Part Two; Disney’s Beauty and the Beast; and Off the Rails—go to OSFAshland.org. □

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Thursday 3/9—WEdNEsday 3/15 program’s student composers for a free showcase. Thu, 3/9, 7:30pm. Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall, Chico State. www.schooloftheartscsuchico.com

OPEN MIC: Singers, poets and musi-

cians welcome. Thu, 3/9, 7pm. Has Beans Cafe, 501 Main St.

Saturday, March 11 1078 Gallery

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music with your dinner. Fri, 3/10, 6pm. Free. Two Twenty Restaurant, 220 W. 4th St., (530) 895-1515.

LIVE MUSIC SHOWCASE: Rich & Kendall’s weekly music revue featuring the cover band Decades. Fri, 3/10, 4:30pm. Free. The Tackle Box Bar & Grill, 379 E. Park Ave.

BASSMINT: A weekly bass music

party with a rotating cast of local and visiting producers and DJs. Check website for details. Fri, 3/10, 9:30pm. Peking Chinese Restaurant, 243 W. Second St. www.facebook. com/bassmintchico

LOST THINGS, SECOND STORY & TONS MORE: A busy night of hectic fun with Lost Things (Sac), Second Story (Texas), The Buried Heart (Chico), Elk Grove (Bakersfield) and Gilburt (Paradise). Fri, 3/10, 7:30pm. $7.

1078 Gallery, 820 Broadway St., (530) 343-1973.

EBONY & IVORY SERIES WITH KEZIRAH:

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CHICO JAZZ COLLECTIVE: Thursday night jazz featuring local musicians. Thu, 3/9, 8pm. Free. The DownLo, 319 Main St.

patio. Thu, 3/9, 6pm. Free. Grana, 198 E. 2nd St., (530) 809-2304.

LEANN COOLEY AND FRIENDS: Vintage blues and swing with Cooley and rotating guests. Thu, 3/9, 6:30pm. Free. Farm Star Pizza, 2359 Esplanade, (530)-343-2056.

NEW MUSIC SYMPOSIUM – STUDENT COMPOSERS: The second night of the annual New Music Symposium turns the stage over to the music

OPEN MIC: All-ages open mic hosted

FRIDAY MORNING JAZZ: A weekly morn-

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PUBLIC NOTICE – NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to Chapter 9.32., GlassFree Zone of the Chico Municipal Code, the City Manager has declared the Glass-Free Zone ordinance operative from 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 16, 2017, through 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 19, 2017. Generally, the possession of glass containers on city owned property is prohibited within the Glass Free Zone during this time period.

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Mind join locals Bandmaster Ruckus and Scarlet Pumps. Sat, 3/11, 9pm. $7. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave., (530) 343-4915. www.facebook.com

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country acts on one tour, Lonestar and Little Texas. Sat, 3/11, 8pm.

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100 WATT MIND & BANDMASTER RUCKUS: Ashland rockers 100 Watt

Zone. Fri, 3/10, 7pm. The End Zone, 250 Cohasset Road Ste. 10, (530) 899-7070.

HARMED BROTHERS & SONS OF JEFFERSON: Portland indie-grass

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SEMI-ACOUSTIC MUSIC SHOWCASE: A weekly showcase and benefit for Chico schools. Hosted by Keith Kendall and friends. Sat, 3/11, 5pm. Scotty’s Boat Landing, 12609 river Road, (530)-710-2020.

TEMPO REGGAE NIGHT: Monthly reggae DJ night. Sat, 3/11, 5pm. Free.

Sipho’s, 1228 Dayton Road.

WHITEWATER: Live rock and roll HUGH HAMMOND ALBUM RELEASE PARTY: Local singer/songwriter releases his second album, Rebel, with help from locals friends Hannah Jane Kile and Kyle Williams. Sat, 3/11, 8pm. $10.

Naked Lounge Tea and Coffeehouse, 118 W. Second St., Call (530) 487-2634.

KYLEE ATHENA’S MEMORIAL SHOW: A super-hectic memorial show for Kylee, featuring performances

by Voyeur, Vexed, Sapien, Outside Looking In, The Hecks, Tri-Lateral Dirts Commission, Mr. Bang and Stares. All proceeds will be donated to Trans Lifeline. Sat, 3/11, 7:30pm. $5-$10. Monstros Pizza, 628 W. Sacramento Ave., (530) 342-1111.

LIVE MUSIC AND WINE: Live quartet, featuring Bob Kirkland, Matt Christiansen, John Seid and Larry Peterson. Sat, 3/11, 7pm. Free. Wine Time, 26 Lost Dutchman Drive, (530) 899-9250.

MOLLY’S REVENGE: KZFR presents the dynamic acoustic Celtic crew, plus openers, Chico’s own Celtic mainstays, The Pub Scouts. Sat, 3/11, 6:30pm. $20. Chico Women’s Club, 592 E. 3rd St. www.brownpaper tickets.com

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Portland singer/songwriter who is often compared to the great John Prine. Rainbow Girls open. Sun, 3/12, 7:30pm. $20. Chico Women’s Club, 592 E. 3rd St. www.brownpaper tickets.com

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(with band!) to the scene. Locals Sisterhoods, Alli Battaglia & The Musical Brewing Co., Kyle Williams and Linden Wood open. Sun, 3/12, 8pm. $7. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave., (530) 343-4915.

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Opening this week The 400 Blows (1959)

The first feature from French New Wave co-founder François Truffaut is one of two selections this week in the Pageant’s repertory series. Shows Sunday, March 12, 7 p.m.

Pageant Theatre. Not rated.

Blade Runner (1982)

Ridley Scott’s seminal sci-fi actioner is one of two selections this week in the Pageant’s repertory series. Shows Saturday, March 11, 11 p.m. Pageant Theatre. Rated R.

Kong: Skull Island

An all-star cast (Samuel L. Jackson, Tom Hiddleston, John C. Reilly, John Goodman) joins the biggest ape of all—plus a collection of other oversized creatures—on a freaky island in this reboot of the monster-movie classic. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

The Red Turtle

A Hugh Jackman says goodbye to Wolverine with Logan, a total shocker of a superhero movie that lays nd now for something completely different …

waste to the X-Men and various spin-off films that came before it. Director James Mangold—who piloted the decent 2013 standalone, The Wolverine—revamps the character’s mythos and pulls along Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart) for a by gritty, bloody, awesome ride.

Bob Grimm It’s the future, and the X-Men are bg rimm@ gone. A mutant hasn’t been born in a newsrev iew.c om quarter of a century, and Logan isn’t looking too hot. He’s driving a limo to make ends meet, coughing up blood, and basically not aging well. He’s doing better than Xavier (the mutant formally known as Professor X), who Logan is prone to seizures and suffering from Starring hugh some sort of degenerative disease in Jackman, Patrick his powerful brain. Logan has to keep Stewart and Dafne him in a big empty tank to shield Keen. Directed by the world from his spells, which can James Mangold. cinemark 14, Feather cause major physical distress to everyriver cinemas and one and everything in the vicinity, Paradise cinema 7. including Logan. He’s assisted in carrated r. ing for Xavier by Caliban (comedian Stephen Merchant), an albino mutant with mutant-tracking powers.

In short, the days of X-Men glory are way, way over, with Logan and Xavier having a shit time in their forced retirement. But just when it seems as if the former superheros will waste away in their miserable existence, along comes 11-year-old Laura (a dynamite Dafne Keen). She’s a genetically engineered and created mutant equipped with the same retractable claws, healing powers and viciously bad temper as Logan. When her life becomes endangered, Logan

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throws her and Xavier in the back of his vehicle, and they are off on one wild, dark road trip.

To say this movie is violent would be an understatement. On the heels of Deadpool and its R-rated success, Mangold and company have let the flesh and profanity rip with this one. The 3:10 to Yuma director brings some of his western chops to the proceedings (and even makes direct references to the 1953 classic Shane). People die hard in this one. Nobody is sporting any fancy uniforms.

The action scenes are flawless, top-notch enterprises, a marvel of special effects and awards-worthy editing, with one in particular being among the best scenes I have ever seen in an action film. The sequence involves Xavier having an especially bad seizure. That’s all I’m going to give away. You’ll know it when you see it.

Jackman has always been a terrific Wolverine.

He belongs in the movie-superhero hall of fame with the likes of Reeve’s Superman, Keaton/Bale’s Batmans and Downey Jr.’s Iron Man. He’s all in for this picture, and he’s finally allowed to take Logan/ Wolverine to his most violent, animalistic extremes.

There’s no holding back with his work here; it’s a fitting conclusion to his run with the character.

There’s a long way to go in the film year, but Stewart should already be getting some Oscar buzz for his role.

Stewart explores the sad, broken side of Xavier, and it’s absolutely heartbreaking. He honestly has some of the greater moments of his career in this film, and the same can most certainly be said for Jackman.

All elements of this movie are spectacular, and I’ll just make the call right now: Logan is one of the best comic book films ever made. And if you were to call it the all-time best, you probably wouldn’t be met with much opposition. It’s an example of a great idea delivered with stupendous results. □

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Wolverine and his young sidekick tear it up in Hugh Jackman’s swan song

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See review this issue. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R —B.G.

Animated dialogue-free feature chronicling the stages of a man’s life on an island populated only by animals, including one magical red turtle. Nominated for Best Animated Feature at recent Academy Awards.

Pageant Theatre. Rated PG.

claws out

Batman story, with Will Arnett voicing Batman with a super-amped, still dark but amazingly well-rounded and sometimes humorous incarnation. After all of these years watching dark (and sometimes brilliant) Batman movies, it’s nice to have one where we can also have fun with the character.

And director Chris McKay—along with a long list of writers—has come up with a story that will please adult Batman fans as much as the kids. Arnett’s Batman not only faces off against the Joker (a very funny Zach Galifianakis), but also finds himself in a scenario where he’s battling a smorgasbord of movie villains including King Kong, the Gremlins, Dracula, evil British robots and Harry Potter’s Lord Voldemort (Eddie Izzard), to name just a few. It’s a geek fest, a movie lover’s delight that has funny little trivia bits at nearly every turn, and an emotional center (Batman has family issues; the Joker longs to be hated) that gives the movie a surprising depth among the chaos.

Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG —B.G.

This German/Austrian dramedy was nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film and tells the story of a prank-loving old man who takes on a fake persona in order to get closer to his workaholic adult daughter. Pageant Theatre.

Rated R.

A United Kingdom

British director Amma Asante (Belle) is at the helm of this biographical romantic drama based on the real-life events surrounding the controversial relationship between a British woman and Seretse Khama, heir to the throne of the former British-controlled territory that would become independent Botswana. Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

Now playing

Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight really is something special. Its subject matter (a kid growing up black and gay in rough parts of Miami and environs) sounds provocative at first, but what’s most extraordinary about this small, sharp, emotionally evocative movie is less a matter of social provocations than of the quiet, empathetic attention paid to emotional lives persisting, just barely, against a tide of grim circumstances. The central figure in all this is a boy named Chiron, and his story is a matter of episodes from three different phases of his young life—elementary school, when he’s known as “Little” (played by Alex Hibbert); high school, when he goes by his given name (and is played by Ashton Sanders); and young adulthood, when, after a stretch in prison, he calls himself “Black” (played by Trevante Rhodes). Winner of Oscars for Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor (Mahershala Ali).

Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R —J.C.S.

Fist Fight

The Shack

Charlie Day (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia) plays a high school teacher who inadvertently gets one of his colleagues (Ice Cube) fired and is in turn challenged to a fight after school. Also starring Tracy Morgan and Christina Hendricks. Cinemark 14. Rated R.

Sam Worthington plays a man who, after his young daughter is murdered in the Oregon wilderness, is beckoned to a shack in the woods where spiritual forces await to guide him through his grief. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R.

Get Out

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The directorial debut for comedian Jordan Peele (Key & Peele) is actually not a comedy.

Not really. It’s a horror flick about a young black man and his white girlfriend who visit her family’s suburban neighborhood, where mysterious things go down. Cinemark 14 and Feather River Cinemas. Rated R.

La La Land

A fantastical bit of musical nostalgia wrapped around a love story between a waitress/struggling actress (Emma Stone) and a jazz pianist (Ryan Gosling). Winner of six Academy Awards. Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13.

La La Land (sing-along)

A sing-along version of the award-winning musical. Cinemark 14 and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

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The LEGO Batman Movie

Anna Kendrick plays a woman who goes from sitting at the wedding-party table as maid of honor to sitting at Table 19 as one of the misfit guests. Cinemark 14. Rated PG13.

Still here Before I Fall

Feather River Cinemas. Rated PG-13.

Fifty Shades Darker Cinemark 14. Rated R.

The Great Wall

Cinemark 14 and Feather River Cinemas.

Rated PG-13.

John Wick: Chapter 2 Cinemark 14. Rated R.

Rock Dog

Cinemark 14. Rated PG.

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old prices tripled. From this I developed Tuck’s Café Placement Principle (TCPP): “cafe” at the end of a restaurant’s name means cheap; “café” at the front by Tuck Coop doubles the prices; “caffe” at the front triples the prices.

And so I approached Café Petra, the very new Mediterranean restaurant in Café Petra the old House of Bamboo space down163 E. second st. town, with trepidation. It’s a reincarna717-6789 tion of Petra Mediterranean Cuisine, www.facebook.com/ the low-brow, beloved eatery that stood cafepetrachico open daily, where my present go-to restaurant Ali 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Baba now stands on Broadway. I was delighted to have Mohammed Shabbar, Petra’s chef, cooking in Chico again, but that “café” placement boded ill.

Not to worry. Café Petra is without a doubt an attempt to take Petra uptown. The menu is greatly expanded, the dishes are more sophisticated, and the prices are generally higher than the old Petra, or the present Ali Baba. At Ali Baba, the kabob plate is $8.50; at Café Petra, it’s $15-$18. At Ali Baba, baklava is $1; at Café Petra, it’s $4. Is the food worth the hit? Absolutely. Despite the inevitable start-up rough spots, Café Petra is already one of the four or five best restaurants in Chico.

Café Petra is so new the waitstaff doesn’t know the names of the desserts yet, but it’s all part of the fun.

Shabbar, his partner, David Halimi, and their staff exude a joyous excitement about their new project that reminded me of the cast members at Disneyland in the ’50s. When I mentioned to the maître d’ that I loved the rice, she replied with conspiratorial glee, “Isn’t it fantastic?!”

The ambiance is a nice balance between formal

and friendly. The space is almost stark, but there are touches of casualness (the glass dessert case, the visible soda machine), intimacy (the large window onto the kitchen, the paintings of Hamsa hands, done by a friend of Halimi’s) and even whimsy (the map of Puerto Vallarta, drawn by a friend of Shabbar).

The menu is extensive: Besides the entrees and sandwiches, there are 10 appetizers, eight salads, and as many as 10 desserts. It’s billed as “Mediterranean,” and it’s intentionally eclectic—Italian minestrone and tiramisu, Greek spanakopita, Iranian koobideh. But the heart is familiar Middle Eastern: shawarma, kabob, falafel. Everything I’ve had on the menu was simply marvelous. The falafel is the best I’ve ever had. The rice, that wonderful grain that is often merely bland filler, here becomes a headliner—my favorite thing in the place. The portions are gigantic—assume any plate will suffice for two meals.

Café Petra takes its desserts seriously. They’re many, often unusual, delicious, and expensive ($7 for cheesecake), and are often made in-house by Shabbar’s wife, Huda. My favorite is the qatayef, a small folded crepe filled with soft cheese and nuts.

As with all new restaurants, there are ways to make a good thing better. Many of the desserts are not on the menu and are unlabeled in the dessert case, so ordering is often an act of blind faith. Fries are the only side option with the wraps—I’d like to see a simple salad as an alternative. The entrees are typically meat, rice, onion and spices. Order this on your own and you’re in for a ton of one thing. Petra would do well to offer salad, hummus and pita with entrees. A way around this is to order Petra’s sampler plate, also perhaps the best bang for your dinner buck at $10, with generous amounts of hummus and baba ghanoush, plus two dolmas, two falafel balls and spanakopita. Or visit as a foursome, order different dishes, and share. □

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Wildly Idle (Humble Before The Void) Hand Habits Woodsist Once a year, deep in the lush, forever-nostalgic terrain of Big Sur, the Woodsist record label hosts a festival. It’s a perfect fit since Woodsist’s roster reflects the sounds of slightly psychedelic, sun-dripped throwbacks to 1970s rowdy rock and charmingly listless folk. Hand Habits (Meg Duffy) falls in the latter camp. Duffy has spent the last couple years flawlessly shredding on lead guitar for Kevin Morby (formerly of Woods), all the while tinkering with her own project. After recording all the basic tracks in a living room back in her main turf of upstate New York, Duffy relocated to her new LA home and finished up the record. That intimate approach and a blend of east and west feels evident on Wildly Idle. It’s a balanced mix of plain folk with simple beats below, with the occasional breakthrough of rock-inclined ferocity (“All The While”). Duffy’s vocal delivery is grounded and often layered for a dreamy effect. It calls something old to mind, but it’s hard to pin down what.

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Netf lix I have told several friends that they should watch Michael Bolton’s Big Sexy Valentine’s Day Special, and all of them have assumed I was joking. This is presumably because Netflix makes no mention that the special is a work of satire, created by the team at Comedy Bang! Bang! and starring a slew of surreal humor’s top purveyors. Sarah Silverman, Fred Armisen, Andy Richter, Eric André, Bob Saget and Maya Rudolph are just a few of the comics featured in this unorthodox spoof. The result is an anticomedy showdown that smacks of the more ridiculous programs on Adult Swim. It has truly inspired moments of humor, and even when it’s not funny, it’s weird and obscene enough to be charming. Bolton’s wooden mannerisms may be intentional or the result of poor acting, but he manages to blend the goofiness together perfectly. Not your parents’ holiday special, but it’s really worth watching, even if you don’t love Michael Bolton. Who am I kidding? Everyone loves Michael Bolton.

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Rye Coalition: The Story of the Hard Luck 5 Matzorif ic New Jersey’s mischievous noise terrorists The Rye Coalition were one of the hundreds of bands from the heyday of underground rock to pass through Chico in the mid-1990s, and in The Story of the Hard Luck 5, filmmaker Jenni Matz builds a case for why the band matters. Rye Coalition birthed its grimy soul in Jersey’s dark, crowded basement parties, sometimes setting the drummer’s kit ablaze in the most hazardous conditions. This act was perhaps the perfect metaphor for the magnetic heat of youth and the impetuous dynamics of the Coalition’s incendiary artistic expression. It was Dave Grohl who produced what was to be the band’s major label debut on Dreamworks. However, during the recording of the album (eventually named Curses and released on independent Gern Blandsten), Dreamworks was absorbed by Universal, casting a wad of bands to the wind. As the documentary beautifully shows, Rye Coalition continued on a foundation of the things money can never secure: family, friends and the adventurous band’s determination to strike the right chord to the world’s ear.

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SUNLIGHT CHASER One of the happiest days in Arts DEVO’s year is the day the clocks spring forward. I know there are ongoing efforts to eliminate Daylight Saving Time in California, but right now, as I anticipate the coming instant gratification of gaining an entire hour of sunlight all at once (this year’s recalibration happens this Sunday, March 12, at 2 a.m.), I am not at all convinced that we need to change a goddamn thing.

Long summer nights are everything to me. Every year of my California life has revolved around them and the prolonged opportunities for freedom and wildness they’ve provided—hot nights filled with friends, drinking beers around chickenSun worshiper splattered grills, long walks, bicycle adventures, garden-watching, chilling in the grass with Honey the poodle (pictured). All the good stuff. The bottom line is that if we switched to standard time we’d no longer have those glorious late June/early July evenings that stretch the sunshine past 8:30 p.m. Most of Arizona doesn’t change its clocks and the latest sunset of the year there will be 7:42 p.m.

WTF?! That would seriously hurt my Nor-Cal heart. I need this.

HEY, WE DID A THING As Editor Melissa Daugherty mentioned in last week’s paper, the Chico News & Review has upgraded the calendar on its website, and after a few tweaks and a little cleanup during the first week, things are looking pretty sweet. Your friendly arts editor couldn’t be happier. The new format is clean and simple, a breeze to navigate and very user-friendly for promoters and artists to post their events. So please, visit www.newsreview.com/chico/calendar and submit your rad happenings, and bookmark us on your computers and smartphones to stay on top of the Chico scene.

REST IN PEACE I didn’t find out

until after deadline last week that longtime local artist and retired Chico State art professor James Alan Kuiper died on Feb. 27. He was 71 years old. Born in Chicago, Kuiper was a prolific artist and arts advocate who showed his work all over the world and served on the boards of many nonprofit arts organizations. He taught at Chico State from James Alan Kuiper 1989 until 2016, and had a great impact on generations of artists who came through his classes. The Museum of Northern California Art (MONCA), which will feature artwork

by Kuiper in its permanent collection, is accepting donations in his name (and will be presenting a memorial exhibit in the fall). Visit www.monca. org/donate or mail to: MONCA, 900 Esplanade, Chico, CA, 95926.

DEVOTIONS

• Poetry live: Chico State’s Writer’s Voice series welcomes visiting poet Camille T. Dungy, author of four collections of poetry—most recently Trophic Cascade (2017)—tonight, March 9, 7:30 p.m., at Zingg Recital Hall • CD-release party: Local singer/songwriter Hugh Hammond releases his new album, Rebel Compass, Saturday, March 11, 7:30 p.m., at Naked Lounge. Kyle Williams and Hannah Jane Kile open.

• Memorial show: Nor-Cal punks are coming out in force to pay homage to a beloved member of the local punk scene at Kylee Athena’s Memorial Show. Eight bands, Saturday, March 11, 7:30 p.m., at Monstros Pizza.

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY For the week oF march 9, 2017 ARIES (March 21-April 19): As soon as

you can, sneak away to a private place where you can be alone—preferably to a comfy sanctuary where you can indulge in eccentric behavior without being seen or heard or judged. When you get there, launch into an extended session of moaning and complaining. I mean do it out loud. Wail and whine and whisper about everything that’s making you sad and puzzled and crazy. For best results, leap into the air and wave your arms.

Whirl around in erratic figure-eights while drooling and messing up your hair. Breathe extra deeply. And all the while, let your pungent emotions and poignant fantasies flow freely through your wild heart. Keep on going until you find the relief that lies on the other side.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “I’ve

always belonged to what isn’t where I am and to what I could never be,” wrote Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa (18881935). That was his prerogative, of course.

Or maybe it was a fervent desire of his, and it came true. I bring his perspective to your attention, Taurus, because I believe your mandate is just the opposite, at least for the next few weeks: You must belong to what is where you are. You must belong to what you will always be.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Nothing is

ever as simple as it may seem. The bad times always harbor opportunities. The good times inevitably have a caveat. According to my astrological analysis, you’ll prove the latter truth in the coming weeks.

On one hand, you will be closer than you’ve been in many moons to your ultimate sources of meaning and motivation. On the other hand, you sure as hell had better take advantage of this good fortune. You can’t afford to be shy about claiming the rewards and accepting the responsibilities that come with the opportunities.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Seek

intimacy with experiences that are dewy and slippery and succulent. Make sure you get more than your fair share of swirling feelings and flowing sensations, cascading streams and misty rain, arousing drinks and sumptuous sauces, warm baths and purifying saunas, skin moisturizers and lustrous massages, the milk of human kindness and the buttery release of deep sex—and maybe even a sensational doit-yourself baptism that frees you from at least some of your regrets. Don’t stay thirsty, my undulating friend. Quench your need to be very, very wet. Gush and spill.

Be gushed and spilled on.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Would you like to

live to the age of 99? If so, experiences and realizations that arrive in the coming weeks could be important in that project.

A window to longevity will open, giving you a chance to gather clues about actions you can take and meditations you can do to remain vital for 10 decades. I hope you’re not too much of a serious, know-it-all adult to benefit from this opportunity. If you’d like to be deeply receptive to the secrets of a long life, you must be able to see with innocent, curious eyes. Playfulness is not just a winsome quality in this quest; it’s an essential asset.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You’re ripe.

You’re delectable. Your intelligence is especially sexy. I think it’s time to unveil the premium version of your urge to merge.

To prepare, let’s review a few flirtation strategies. The eyebrow flash is a good place to start. A subtle, flicking lick of your lips is a fine follow-up. Try tilting your neck to the side ever-so-coyly. If there are signs of reciprocation from the other party, smooth your hair or pat your clothes.

Fondle nearby objects like a wine glass or your keys. And this is very important: Listen raptly to the person you’re wooing.

P.S. If you already have a steady partner, use these techniques as part of a crafty plan to draw him or her into deeper levels of affection.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Let’s talk

about a compassionate version of robbery.

The thieves who practice this art don’t

by rob brezsny steal valuable things you love. Rather, they pilfer stuff you don’t actually need but are reluctant to let go of. For example, the spirit of a beloved ancestor may sweep into your nightmare and carry off a delicious poison that has been damaging you in ways you’ve become comfortable with. A bandit angel might sneak into your imagination and burglarize the debilitating beliefs and psychological crutches you cling to as if they were bars of gold. Are you interested in benefiting from this service? Ask and you shall receive.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Evolved

Scorpios don’t fantasize about bad things happening to their competitors and adversaries. They don’t seethe with smoldering desires to torment anyone who fails to give them what they want. They may, however, experience urges to achieve total, cunning, dazzling, merciless victory over those who won’t acknowledge them as golden gods or golden goddesses. But even then, they don’t indulge in the deeply counterproductive emotion of hatred. Instead, they sublimate their ferocity into a drive to keep honing their talents. After all, that game plan is the best way to accomplish something even better than mere revenge: success in fulfilling their dreams. Please keep these thoughts close to your heart in the coming weeks.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

“The noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world,” wrote Martin Luther (1483-1546), a revolutionary who helped break the stranglehold of the Catholic Church on the European imagination. I bring this up, Sagittarius, because you’re entering a phase when you need the kind of uprising that’s best incited by music. So I invite you to gather the tunes that have inspired you over the years, and also go hunting for a fresh batch. Then listen intently, curiously, and creatively as you feed your intention to initiate constructive mutation. Its time to overthrow anything about your status quo that is jaded, lazy, sterile or apathetic.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):

“Either you learn to live with paradox and ambiguity or you’ll be 6 years old for the rest of your life,” says author Anne Lamott. How are you doing with that lesson, Capricorn? Still learning? If you would like to get even more advanced teachings about paradox and ambiguity—as well as conundrums, incongruity and anomalies— there will be plenty of chances in the coming weeks. Be glad! Remember the words of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Niels Bohr: “How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress.”

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If, on the other hand, you don’t normally wear adornments and accessories and fine disguises, I encourage you to embrace such possibilities in a spirit of fun and enthusiasm. Now you may inquire: How can these contradictory suggestions both apply to the Pisces tribe? The answer: There’s a more sweeping mandate behind it all, namely: to tinker and experiment with the ways you present yourself … to play around with strategies for translating your inner depths into outer expression.

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FICTITIOuS BuSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as BIDWELL DESIGN at 2239 Elm St Chico, CA 95928.

JAMES GRADY MCCLAIN 2239 Elm St Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: JAMES MCCLAIN Dated: February 9, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000214 Published: February 16,23, March 2,9, 2017

FICTITIOuS BuSINESS NAME STATEMENT The follow person is doing business as PRIMO LANDSCAPE at 3549 Esplanade #406 Chico, CA 95973.

MARCIANO SALIGAN 3549 Esplanade #406 Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: MARCIANO SALIGAN Dated: February 3, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000168 Published: February 16,23, March 2,9, 2017

FICTITIOuS BuSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as CHICO CENTER FOR COGNITIVE BEHAVIOR THERAPY at 341 Broadway St Ste 414 Chico, CA 95928.

JOEL MINDEN 359 E 7th St Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: JOEL MINDEN Dated: February 8, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000201 Published: February 16,23, March 2,9, 2017

FICTITIOuS BuSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as HAL THRIFT SHOP at 611 Walnut St Chico, CA 95928.

THE MUSTANG PROJECT INCORPORATED 23864 Mclane Ave Corning, CA 96021.

This business is conducted by A Corporation.

Signed: TRACY MOHR, PRESIDENT Dated: January 20, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000107 Published: February 16,23, March 2,9, 2017

FICTITIOuS BuSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as BLOOM PORTRAITURE at 1155 Ceres Manor Ct Chico, CA 95926.

WENDY STEWART 1155 Ceres Manor Ct Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: WENDY STEWART Dated: February 8, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000199 Published: February 16,23, March 2,9, 2017

FICTITIOuS BuSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as RENEWED PROPERTIES LLC at 1620 Oakdale St Chico, CA 95928.

RENEWED PROPERTIES LLC 1620 Oakdale St Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company.

Signed: DEEPIKA TANDON, MANAGER Dated: February 7, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000194 Published: February 16,23, March 2,9, 2017

FICTITIOuS BuSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as RABBIT HOLE at 2607 Esplanade Chico, CA 95973.

CASSANDRA SCOTT 2554 North Ave Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: CASSANDRA S. SCOTT Dated: February 3, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000167 Published: February 16,23, March 2,9, 2017

FICTITIOuS BuSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as CREATION QUEST at 831 Buschmann Rd Paradise, CA 95969.

PATRICK SCOTT ROY

831 Buschmann Rd Paradise, CA 95969.

SANDRA SUE ROY 831 Buschmann Rd Paradise, CA 95969.

This business is conducted by A Married Couple.

Signed: PATRICK S. ROY Dated: February 7, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000192 Published: February 16,23, March 2,9, 2017

FICTITIOuS BuSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as PURE Z SKIN CARE PRODUCTS at 3569 A Connie Circle Paradise, CA 95969.

JOHN GRANT MELTON 3559 C Connie Circle Paradise, CA 95969.

ROBERT THOMAS BROWN 3569 A Connie Circle Paradise, CA 95969.

This business is conducted by A General Partnership.

Signed: JOHN MELTON Dated: February 6, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000186 Published: February 16,23, March 2,9, 2017

FICTITIOuS BuSINESS NAME - STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT The following persons have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name UNCLE PING’S RESTAURANT at 1958 Robinson Street Oroville, CA 95965.

GUO PING WU 14 Oak Hill Dr Oroville, CA 95965.

SHAO XIANG WU 1109 Grace St San Leandro, CA 94578.

This business was conducted

by A General Partnership.

Signed: GUO PING WU Dated: January 18, 2017 FBN Number: 2015-0001145 Published: February 16,23, March 2,9, 2017

FICTITIOuS BuSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as OLIVE HILL MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITY at 2921 Wyandotte Rd Oroville, CA 95966.

DAN FISCHER 14751 Plaza Dr. Suite H Tustin, CA 92780.

LAUREN FISCHER 14751 Plaza Dr., Suite H Tustin, CA 92780.

This business is conducted by A Limited Partnership.

Signed: DAN FISCHER Dated: January 27, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000134 Published: February 16,23, March 2,9, 2017

FICTITIOuS BuSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as THE ADDRESS at 2444 Cohasset Road Chico, CA 95973.

J AND M CAMERON VENTURES LLC 3515 Belle Estates Drive Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company.

Signed: MONTE J. CAMERON Dated: January 31, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000148 Published: February 23, March 2,9,16, 2017

business as UNCLE PINGS RESTAURANT at 1958 Robinson Street Oroville, CA 95965.

QUANAN GAO 14 Oak Hill Drive Oroville, CA 95966.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: QUAN AN GAO Dated: January 18, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000088 Published: February 23, March 2,9,16, 2017

FICTITIOuS BuSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as FRESH HOP CINEMA at 100 Risa Way 200 Chico, CA 95973.

MAX MINARDI 100 Risa Way 200 Chico, CA 95973.

JONNY SUMMERS 1801 Salem Street Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by A General Partnership.

Signed: MAX MINARDI Dated: January 30, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000139 Published: February 23, March 2,9,16, 2017

FICTITIOuS BuSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as VEVA ARTE at 81 Mulford Ave Sonoma, CA 95476.

EVA MONICA STEVENS 81 Mulford Ave Sonoma, CA 95476.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: EVA STEVENS Dated: December 27, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0001581 Published: February 23, March 2,9,16, 2017

FICTITIOuS BuSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as CELESTINO’S NY PIZZA at 101 Salem Street #100 Chico, CA 95928.

CELESTINO ENZO LLC 101 Salem Street #100 Chico, CA 95928.

CELESTINO GENCARELLI 101 Salem Street #100 Chico, CA 95928.

ENZO PERRI 101 Salem Street #100 Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by A Limitied Liability Company.

Signed: ENZO PERRI, MEMBER Dated: February 6, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000183 Published: March 2,9,16,23, 2017

FICTITIOuS BuSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING PARADISE at 789 Bille Road Paradise, CA 95969.

PARADISE CHURCH OF RELIGIOUS SCIENCE 789 Bille Road Paradise, CA 95969.

This business is conducted by A Corporation.

Signed: REV. ANDREW TORKELSON, SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR, BOARD SECRETARY Dated: January 30, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000143 Published: March 2,9,16,23, 2017

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as PREMIER BUILDERS at 616 Elliott Road Paradise, CA 95969.

MATTHEW JOHN PLOURD 616 Elliott Road Paradise, CA 95969.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: MATTHEW J. PLOURD Dated: February 22, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000257 Published: March 2,9,16,23, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as AB SELF STORAGE at 13670 Anderson Brothers Dr Chico, CA 95973.

CARIJ CORPORATION 13670 Anderson Brothers Dr Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by A Corporation.

Signed: CELESTE HERRICK DOE, PRESIDENT Dated: February 22, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000258 Published: March 2,9,16,23, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as SUPERIOR AUTO CLINIC at 2862 Esplanade Chico, CA 95973.

MEGAN MARIE ZIMMERMAN 3283 Mount Whitney Ct Chico, CA 95973.

WILLIAM MICHAEL ZIMMERMAN 3283 Mount Whitney Ct Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by A Married Couple.

Signed: MEGAN ZIMMERMAN Dated: February 17, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000243 Published: March 2,9,16,23, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as NORTH VALLEY DERMATOLOGY CTR at 251 Cohasset Rd., Suite 260 Chico, CA 95926.

F. PAUL SAJBEN, MD INCORPORATED 659 Royce Ln Chico, CA 95973.

KAFELE T. HODARI, MD INCORPORATED 9 Lily Way Chico, CA 95928.

STEPHEN A. VANNUCCI, MD INCORPORATED 876 Whispering Winds Ln Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by A General Partnership.

Signed: KAFELE T. HODARI Dated: February 1, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000157 Published: March 2,9,16,23, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as LORI’S GROOMING at 5 Nancy Lane Chico, CA 95926.

LORI MONIAN 5 Nancy Lane Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: LORI MONIAN Dated: February 7, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000193 Published: March 2,9,16,23, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as

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MUSIC FOR ALL at 420 Maple Street Chico, CA 95928.

EMILY HILBERS 7997 Butte Avenue Sutter, CA 95982.

RYAN RODRIGUEZ 420 Maple Street Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by Copartners.

Signed: EMILY HILBERS Dated: February 24, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000286 Published: March 2,9,16,23, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as CHICO CANDLE at 2 El Cerrito Drive Chico, CA 95973.

MICHELLE GILE 2 El Cerrito Drive Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: MICHELLE GILE Dated: February 10, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000222 Published: March 9,16,23,30, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as RIPARIA, LLC at 2300 Estes Road Chico, CA 95928.

EMILY ALMA 2300 Estes Road Chico, CA 95928.

LESLIE JOHNSON 2310 Estes Road Chico, CA 95928.

SHELDON PRAISER 2300 Estes Road Chico, CA 95928.

GUTHRIE SMITH 302 Salvas Road Huntington, VT 05462.

ROBERT TRAUSCH 2310 Estes Road Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by A Limitied Liability Company.

Signed: EMILY ALMA, PRESIDENT Dated: February 28, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000307 Published: March 9,16,23,30, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as GMO FREE CALIFORNIA at 2483 Streamside Ct Chico, CA 95926.

PAMELA LARRY 2483 Streamside Ct Chico, CA 95927.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: PAMELA LARRY Dated: March 2, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000316 Published: March 9,16,23,30, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as FASHION NAILS SPA at 2061 Dr Martin Luther King Jr Pky # 162 Chico, CA 95928.

PHUC HO 1527 Desdemona Ct San Jose, CA 95121.

TUYEN NGUYEN 3286 Vin Santo Ln San Jose, CA 95148.

This business is conducted by A General Partnership.

Signed: TUYEN NGUYEN Dated: February 27, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000294 Published: March 9,16,23,30, 2017

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business as ACE CAB OF BUTTE COUNTY at 2961 Highway 32 Suite 37 Chico, CA 95973.

JUSTIN R ALWARD 2961 Highway 32 Suite 37 Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: JUSTIN R. ALWARD Dated: February 10, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000224 Published: March 9,16,23,30, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as THE OUTPOST at 7589 Humboldt Road Butte Meadows, CA 95942.

EMMA JESSEE 7589 Humboldt Road Butte Meadows, CA 95942.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: EMMA E. JESSEE Dated: February 27, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000293 Published: March 9,16,23,30, 2017

NOTICES NOTICE OF LIEN SALE Pursuant to CA Business Code 21700, in lieu of rents due, the following units contain clothes, furniture, boxes, etc.

MARGIE KUELING-BAIN #420ACC (Clothes, misc. boxes) (5x6) Contents to be sold to the highest bidder on: March 25, 2017 Beginning at 12:00pm Sale to be held at: Bidwell Self Storage 65 Heritage Lane Chico, CA 95926.

(530) 893-2109 Published: March 9,16, 2017

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner MARICELA BUENROSTRO, MITCHELL ADOLFO ZEPEDA filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: MITCHELL ALEJANDRO ZEPEDA Proposed name: ALEJANDRO MITCHELL ZEPEDA 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: April 7, 2017 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBD The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: MICHAEL P. CANDELA Dated: February 7, 2017 Case Number: 17CV00323 Published: February 23, March 2,9,16, 2017

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner BRIAN JONES

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filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: SOPHIA WYCOFF Proposed name: SOPHIA JONES 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: March 24, 2017 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA Room: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: MICHAEL P. CANDELA Dated: January 12, 2016 Case Number: 16CV02696 Published: March 2,9,16,23, 2017

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner CHRISTINA GUARINO filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: NETHANIEL SHAKUR RAY LEATHERBURY Proposed name: NETHANIEL RAY SHAKURE GUARINO 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: April 7, 2017 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: MICHAEL P. CANDELA Dated: January 19, 2017 Case Number: 164346 Published: March 9,16,23,30 2017

PETITION NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE ROBERT BARRY MERENBLOOM a.k.a. ROBERT B. MERENBLOOM, a.k.a.

ROBERT MERENBLOOM To all heirs and beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: ROBERT BARRY MERENBLOOM, ROBERT B. MERENBLOOM, ROBERT MERENBLOOM A Petition for Probate has been filed by: DOUGLAS B. JACOBS in the Superior Court of

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California, County of Butte.

The Petition for Probate requests that: DOUGLAS B. JACOBS be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The petition requests authority to administer estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless as interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: March 21, 2017 Time: 9:00 a.m.

Dept: Probate Room: TBA Address of the court: Superior Court of California County of Butte 1775 Concord Ave. Chico, CA 95926.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250.

A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Petitioner: DOUGLAS B. JACOBS 20 Independence Circle Chico, CA 95973 (530) 342-6144 Case Number: 17PR00049 Dated: February 10, 2017 Published: February 23, March 2,9, 2017

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE DAVID EDWARD POWERS To all heirs and beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: DAVID EDWARD POWERS A Petition for Probate has been filed by: DENNIS DYSTHE in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte.

The Petition for Probate requests that: DENNIS DYSTHE be appointed as personal representative to administer the

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estate of the decedent.

The petition requests authority to administer estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless as interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: March 14, 2017 Time: 9:00 a.m.

Dept: TBD Room: TBD Address of the court: Superior Court of California County of Butte 1775 Concord Ave. Chico, CA 95926.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner: JOHN J. RANK, ESQ. 5951 Almond Street Paradise, California 95969 (530) 877-2600 Case Number: 17PR00059 Dated: February 17, 2017 Published: February 23, March 2,9, 2017

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE THOMAS S. COOPER To all heirs and beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: THOMAS S. COOPER A Petition for Probate has been filed by: THELDA ELI in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte.

The Petition for Probate requests that: THELDA ELI be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The petitiion requests the decendent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate.

The will and any codicils are available for examination in the

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file kept by the court.

The petition requests authority to administer estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless as interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: March 28, 2017 Time: 9:00 a.m.

Dept: TBD Room: TBD Address of the court: Superior Court of California County of Butte 1775 Concord Ave. Chico, CA 95926.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250.

A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner: MARTY DUNLAP 5 Jerome Place Chico, CA 95926 (530) 520-8642 Case Number: 17PR00063 Dated: February 27, 2017 Published: March 2,9,16, 2017

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE NOLAN SMITH JACQUES AKA NOLAN S. JACQUES To all heirs and beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: NOLAN SMITH JACQUES AKA NOLAN S. JACQUES A Petition for Probate has been filed by: DARRYL G. JACQUES in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte.

The Petition for Probate requests that: DARRYL G. JACQUES be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The petitiion requests the decendent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate.

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The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

The petition requests authority to administer estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless as interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: March 28, 2017 Time: 9:00 a.m.

Dept: C-18 Address of the court: Superior Court of California County of Butte 1775 Concord Ave. Chico, CA 95926.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250.

A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner: RAOUL J. LECLERC, ATTORNEY AT LAW P.O. Drawer 111 Oroville, CA 95965 (530) 533-5661 Case Number: 17PR00041 Dated: March 3, 2017 Published: March 9,16,23, 2017

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ADDRESS

TOWN

PRICE

BR/BA

4103 Augusta Ln 9 Alyssum Way 34 Sunshine Rd 1004 Arbutus Ave 8 Greenwood Ln 824 Verbena Ave 8 San Ramon Dr 718 Waterford Dr 4 Ginger Ln 842 Alice Ln 44 Pebblewood Pinesdr

Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico

$724,999 $549,999 $444,500 $357,500 $319,000 $290,000 $289,818 $289,000 $279,000 $270,000 $230,000

3/3 4/3 3/2 2/3 3/3 3/2 3/2 3/2 2/2 2/1 2/2

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TOWN

PRICE

BR/BA

SQ. FT.

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The following houses were sold in Butte county by real estate agents or private parties during the week of February 21, 2017 – February 24, 2017.

The housing prices are based on the stated documentary transfer tax of the parcel and may not necessarily reflect the actual sale price of the home.

TOWN

PRICE

BR/BA

TOWN

PRICE

BR/BA

SQ. FT.

14653 Carnegie Rd

ADDRESS

Magalia

$155,000

3/2

SQ. FT. 1,252

7050 Molokai Dr

ADDRESS

Paradise

$649,999

3/3

4,790

15699 Coutolenc Rd

Magalia

$145,000

3/2

1,584

145 Jay Bird Ln

Paradise

$351,000

4/2

2,298

6315 Bentley Ct

Magalia

$127,000

2/2

1,500

725 Heavens Gate

Paradise

$329,500

3/3

3,324

60 Pinenut Way

Oroville

$514,999

3/3

2,220

155 Jay Bird Ln

Paradise

$300,000

3/2

1,856

30 Dawn Ct

Oroville

$260,000

3/2

1,676

1866 Conifer Dr

Paradise

$265,000

2/2

1,781

13 Vaquero Dr

Oroville

$220,000

3/2

1,373

6716 Woodland Dr

Paradise

$260,000

3/2

1,802

2122 16Th St

Oroville

$189,500

3/2

1,308

5930 Sawmill Rd

Paradise

$223,500

2/2

1,384

11 Rockridge Rd

Oroville

$115,000

3/2

1,350

6372 Oliver Rd

Paradise

$205,000

2/2

1,556

17 Madrone Ave B

Oroville

$100,000

3/1

1,085

1761 Drayer Dr

Paradise

$190,000

2/2

1,053

6977 Lower Wyandotterd

Oroville

$75,000

2/2

960

1564 Hemlock Ln

Paradise

$179,000

2/1

1,044

11 Oakridge Ct

Oroville

$72,500

2/2

1,200

6198 W Wagstaff Rd

Paradise

$150,000

3/2

1,530

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