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The bear in the room Even by his standards, Donald Trump reached astonishing levels of presi-

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dential brazenness over the past week. He fired the director of the FBI, who was investigating his campaign over possible ties to Russia—and, the next day, welcomed Russian diplomats into the Oval Office for a meet-and-greet open to their, not U.S., media.

Oh, during that gathering, he let slip intelligence secrets. The president can declassify any information he wishes, so technically that’s legal.

However, it’s just one more disturbing report, another listing for the catalog of jaw-dropping actions that keeps growing. (See “Eye on 45,” page 10.)

Trump packs a lot of dramatic reveals into his reality-show presidency, from Neil Gorsuch to North Korea and tweets in between. However, Russia remains the through-line. Republicans may look away, bashers of the Democratic Party may cry red-herring conspiracy, but there’s just too much there to pretend otherwise.

Indeed, the number of suspicious incidents has become overwhelming.

It’s easy to forget how many times POTUS connects back to Russia, via his acts or associations. The mind seeks balance, harmony, normalcy; we tend to remember the good over the bad. Plus, we’ve gotten bombarded with so much that it’s hard to keep track of it all.

It may seem unfathomable that Trump fired James Comey, whom he’d given a vote of confidence, but he also pushed out Preet Bharara, the U.S. attorney looking into a Russian money-laundering case that was abruptly settled last Friday (May 12). Bharara, too, had gotten assurances from Trump about continued tenure.

Michael Flynn, Trump’s fired national security adviser, remains all over the news. He spoke with Russians during the campaign—a revelation from a federal investigation. Don’t forget about Paul Manafort, Trump’s fired campaign chairman, who also is under federal investigation, reportedly having received over $20 million for unreported political work on behalf of Russian interests ahead of his hiring.

Then there’s this: In the continued absence of his returns, Trump’s tax attorneys declared last Friday that he has no financial dealings in Russia … except two. That account came from a practice that has a Moscow presence so extensive that it earned a 2016 “Russia Law Firm of the Year” award.

Circumstantial evidence is not direct evidence, true, and so far, much of what connects the president to Russia is circumstances. So far. The sheer □ amount is significant in itself and cannot be ignored.

Message not received Once again, the conservatives on the Chico City Council proved that they

are tone-deaf when it comes to cannabis legalization.

During the panel’s regular meeting on Tuesday (May 16), Vice Mayor Reanette Fillmer, without citing any sources, stated that 11 percent to 12 percent of the city’s population smokes marijuana. Her logic apparently is that those statistics aren’t significant enough to compel city leaders to allow for commercial sales and outdoor growing of the plant.

If Fillmer had done some quick research, however, she’d have learned that an overwhelming majority of Chicoans (61 percent) voted in favor of Proposition 64, the California law legalizing cannabis for recreational use.

What that means is, regardless of what percentage of residents actually consume the herb, most who live here believe it should be legal to do so.

In that context, it makes sense that they’d also favor local places to purchase marijuana. The alternative is to buy it on the black market or to grow it, which, incidentally, the panel stands to make more difficult. During the meeting, the four conservatives voted to send a draft city ordinance that includes a ban on pot shops and personal outdoor grows to the Planning Commission for review.

Don’t like their efforts? Give them an earful. Clearly, they’re having difficulty getting the message from voters. And remember, three of their seats are up for grabs in 2018. □

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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

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Re “Single payer for all” (Editorial, May 11): Congressman LaMalfa’s vote for the American Healthcare Act (AHCA) gravely threatens the health of thousands of his constituents.

The GOP bill would take $880 billion out of Medicaid and another $312 billion out of subsidies that help working families buy private coverage through the ACA exchanges.

Instead of helping people get care, this money would be diverted to give a taxbreak windfall to people with incomes over $200,000, as well as big insurance and drug companies. The rest of us would get virtually no tax relief.

In LaMalfa’s district, the ACA has expanded Medicaid (which we call Medi-Cal) by 73,000 people and helped many others afford new coverage through the exchange. Under the ACA, the uninsured rate in our district went from 15.9 percent to 7.2 percent.

This recent vote threatens to reverse this progress, could weaken protections for people with pre-existing conditions, boost premiums for people over 40, and take tens of millions of dollars from our hospitals and clinics.

The ACA is flawed. It left 28 million Americans uninsured and millions more with unaffordable premiums, deductibles and copayments. But the GOP plan would make things much worse. Instead of moving backward, we should move to a to a Medicare for All plan like the one proposed by Rep. John Conyers (H.R. 676).

David Potter Chico

Editor’s note: The author is a retired physician.

Congressman Doug LaMalfa, along with 216 other House Republicans, voted this month to repeal Obamacare.

The Brookings Institution, when it reviewed the previous AHCA, estimated that 15 million Americans would lose coverage over a decade; at least 6 million losing coverage from the public exchange, 2 million from employer coverage and 7 million who are currently covered under Medicaid.

This bill is worse.

Doug LaMalfa and his cohorts just voted to kill perhaps as many as 40,000 Americans a year, every year, if the AHCA becomes law. This man is a traitor to the American people, LETTERS c o n t i n u e d

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When I think back to my college years, the best times were spent with the friends I made while working as a reporter at Chico State’s student newspaper, The Orion, during my junior and senior years.

We spent countless hours together in the basement of Plumas Hall, the weekly paper’s headquarters. Sometimes it felt like I lived there.

Oftentimes after I’d file my story, I’d hang around to make sure my editor didn’t have any final questions and watch the designers lay it out on the page—the part when the words I’d crafted came to life with the addition of a headline, subheadline and photography from the newspaper’s talented staff of shutterbugs.

It was like magic.

After deadline each Tuesday evening, a bunch of us would meet up in another basement, a downtown bar called Team Players, to celebrate that issue’s completion. We worked hard and played hard. Many weeks we’d scoop both of the professional newspapers in this town.

Back then, The Orion was a broadsheet—the wider newspaper format that’s favored by daily papers, such as The New York Times.

Today, it’s a tabloid, the magazine-style format favored by alternative weeklies, including the CN&R. I’m not sure why the students who ran the paper a few years back made the switch, but I suspect it has something to do with printing costs and the fact that the nation’s daily papers have fared far worse than their weekly counterparts in terms of declining circulation and revenues.

It’s been a rough couple of decades in the journalism business.

In that time, according to a Pew Research Center report from 2016, newsrooms across the country have shed an estimated 20,000 jobs— equating to a 39 percent reduction in the workforce.

That’s the bad news. The good news is that there’s always going to be a need for skilled journalists. That means the nation’s institutions of higher education need to sustain journalism programs that include a student-run newspaper, such as The Orion.

Last week, the campus paper published a controversial opinion piece that resulted in stories by two local TV stations, as well as a campuswide email by Chico State President Gayle Hutchinson noting that the column did not reflect the university’s values. My problem with the piece was twofold: First, it was so poorly written that it was nearly unreadable. And second, its author did not adequately back up a number of his assertions.

Fortunately, Hutchinson noted that she stands by her predecessor’s commitment to, as she put it, “ensur[e] the paper remains free from censorship or editorial constraint by University administration.”

That’s the right call—even in the case of that dumpster fire write-up.

After all, The Orion is a learning environment. Writers and the editors grow by crashing and burning now and again.

Meanwhile, the student paper is generating important—and wellresearched and written—content as well. Case in point is a story this week about the campus’ massive backlog of deferred maintenance— tens of millions of dollars’ worth—that has the potential to jeopardize the university’s day-to-day operations.

The CN&R worked with the three reporters—The Orion’s current managing editor, Molly Sullivan, incoming Editor-in-Chief Elizabeth Castillo, and this newspaper’s intern, Gabriel Sandoval—on a version for this newspaper, so that it’s widely read. Kudos to these student journalists on this piece of watchdoggery.

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LETTERS c o n t i n u e d f r o m pa g e 5 as is President Trump and every Republican that voted for the AHCA. Their desire ranks right up there with 1) Hitler, who killed tens of millions people from 1933 when he took office until Sept. 2, 1945, VE Day, and 2) The Khmer Rouge, who killed an estimated 740,000 to 3 million people, between 1975 and 1979.

LaMalfa and every man and woman who voted for the AHCA are enemies of the American people, hoping and voting to kill and injure hundreds of thousands of Americans each year, every year going forward.

Rick Norlund Durham

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Re “Left in the dark” (Newslines,

by Howard Hardee, May 11): As a Chico State graduate and humanities major, I’m disappointed to hear that the College of Humanities and Fine Arts is under budget pressure. To say it’s “not in the black” sounds more like a convenience store than a college.

If market forces determine what constitutes worthwhile subject matter, how long before universities are reduced to corporate training academies?

While universities prepare students for various careers, this isn’t their most important function.

The most important function of a university is to encourage critical thinking. It is within the disciplines of the humanities—art, literature, history and philosophy—that students explore ethics and values.

If ever there was a time for more exploration, it’s now.

Donna Rose Chico

On the ‘racism’ flap Re “Classroom controversy” (Newslines, by Gabriel Sandoval, May 4): Exaggerated outrage is in vogue in university circles. Witness the recent Chico State “racism” flap, and the self-righteousness of Tray Robinson, director of Chico State’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion, who said “… people make an assumption that … just because you’re a faculty member, you know everything about how to teach inclusivity—but you don’t.”

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Tray is a certified authority. It says so on his office door. He’d never prejudge. Or exclude.

“When a person tells you you hurt them, you don’t get to decide you didn’t.” That’s Louis C.K. “Never take offense when offense wasn’t intended.” That was my mom. Both quotes apply.

Dr. Rose didn’t decide he hadn’t hurt his student. He appeared anxious to understand how he had done something he hadn’t intended. His apology seemed genuine.

Nonetheless, the “victim” smeared an old teacher with a dreaded epithet; the director of the thought police pontificated on how privileged people (meaning professors, of course, especially white males) can’t know what he knows about being “marginalized.”

Fortunately, my opinion won’t be dismissed due to gender, age or ethnicity, stereotyping having been eradicated by academic bureaucrats.

Moral: When seeking bullies, look for those with the most clout.

Jaime O’Neill Magalia

Three on POTUS Whether President Trump and/ or his administration officials are guilty of anything remains an open question, hopefully to be determined through a just, deliberative and bipartisan process.

But the president’s firing of FBI Director James Comey (and Acting Attorney General Sally Yates) is significant.

At the very least it gives evidence of Mr. Trump’s hairtrigger temper that dominates his management style, most notably his anger at those who challenge him, his need to control people and events and his preferred action of firing (on display in his TV show) those deemed disloyal to him who he can’t tweet away. At worst it is a case of a desperate president doing desperate things and expecting to get away with it, as is his historical record in the private sector.

Most importantly, it is further evidence that in his decision to mock, deride and dismiss agencies of the national security state, in particular the CIA and FBI, President Trump doesn’t have a clue as to the permanent,

entrenched power of those he has picked a fight with. Firing a few top officials will do nothing to undermine the institutional investigative/surveillance powers of those who hold his future in their hands.

Beau Grosscup Cohasset

As the minority base crumbles under the weight of its own stupidity, we see comparisons between the current chief executive and Richard Nixon. Such analogies are a low blow and insult to even ol’ Tricky Dick.

Kenneth B. Keith Los Molinos

Love Trumps hate, but what will Trump Trump?

Anne Blake Chico

Beware the bike path I rode the bike path north recently for the first time in a few weeks. I could not believe the trash, graffiti and scary people hanging out in and out of the bushes.

At the intersection of Rio Lindo, a bicyclist heading south warned me to be careful because there was a group camped out and that one person was bothering people who rode or walked by.

They did not bother me, but I can say that it was the first time I felt uneasy about the ride. I called the Chico Police Department and suggested they get a car out there for public safety. I used to think it would be unsafe only at night, but now it is true in the daylight.

I have a couple of suggestions: First, send the inmates who are contracted through the Sheriff’s Office to clean Bidwell Park out to the bike path to cut back the canopy of foliage so that the police and public can see where people are hanging out. Second, if the Torres Community Shelter and the Jesus Center want to see their donations multiply, get the healthy people that they care for to do cleanup around town. I will be the first to donate, and I am sure many others will follow.

Steve Kasprzyk Chico

Speaking of bikes Re “Touché, times two” (Letters,

by John Henry Lyons and Mike

Preimesberger, May 11): So, Mr. John Henry Lyons believes “complainers” should be railroaded out of the county?

We can’t point out how we can make Chico better, but we must be content with the status quo, or leave? Sad. My purpose in writing was to draw attention to the situation and hopefully get needed action to improve it.

The number of car-bike accidents, injuries and deaths is just one indication that Chico’s bike lanes need upgrading. My hope is that Chico will deserve its bikefriendly rep.

As for riding on the sidewalk, as suggested by Mr. Mike Preimesberger, this is dangerous and, downtown at least, may get you a ticket.

Charles Holzhauer Chico

Editor’s note: City municipal code prohibits bicycling and skateboarding on the sidewalks in the Downtown Central Business District—between First and Fifth streets, from Salem to Wall streets.

On the defense, again Re “Berning the Berners” (Letters,

by Walter Ballin and Corey Finnegan, May 11): As usual, I will defend those who refused, finally, to be blackmailed into voting for the lesser of two evils, and I will criticize those who, in the primary, endorsed Hillary’s lousy judgment relative to her neocon foreign policy, as evidenced by her vote for the Iraq War and support for regime change in Libya and Syria, and her preference for military belligerence anywhere the interests of the global elite were threatened.

Unfortunately, most Democrats are oblivious to the U.S. role in creating death and destruction in the world while pursuing its plan for global dominance, and they will easily trade the lives of Iraqis, Libyans, Syrians, Yemenis and Afghans for better domestic policy.

I will not trade better domestic policy or Supreme Court justices for accepting the U.S. turning Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Libya and Yemen into toxic hellholes of pain, death, destruction and hate, for which the U.S. added $6 trillion to the national debt, with absolutely nothing worthwhile gained, except profits and power for the military

industrial complex.

If the Democratic Party continues to support regime change and geopolitical strategy that creates endless death and destruction, Berniecrats should go third party.

It is time to insist on a better foreign policy, not just better domestic policy.

Lucy Cooke Butte Valley

Thanks a bunch The Glenn-Colusa CattleWomen would like to thank everyone who helped with and participated in the 2017 Pathways to Nature field trip on March 31.

We would like to thank our snack, lunch and facilities donors: Lundberg Family Farm, Chet and Angela Vogt, Superior Products of Willows, Glenn-Colusa CattleWomen and Cattlemen, Casey and Angie Stone from Yolo Land and Cattle Co., Lannie’s Septic Service, Bubba from Nancy’s Elkhorn Family Lodge, Lynda Walter, and Jill and Steve Stoltenberg.

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As reported in CN&R (see “Grant funding threatened,” Newslines, March 30), Chico State stood to lose about $235,000 in one area alone: TRIO, which funds programs like Upward Bound, which helps first-generation students succeed through college.

According to the Center for American Progress, Trump’s proposed budget would have cut TRIO and the similar GEAR UP program by $193 million (Congress’ plan would add $67 million); Pell grant surpluses by $3.9 billion (Congress would cut $1.2 billion); and federal work-study by $318 million (Congress proposes no cuts).

Congress still must pass its 2018 spending bill, however, leaving the door open to further cuts.

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Criminal charges have been filed against a Chico State fraternity whose members allegedly trashed a campground off of Highway 32 in Tehama County, according to a U.S. Forest Service press release issued Tuesday (May 16).

Damage to the Deer Creek Trailhead campground in the Lassen National Forest included the removal or marring of dozens of trees when members of Pi Kappa Alpha visited the weekend of April 21. The frat and its president, Evan Jossey, are charged with 32 counts of damaging or cutting timber, illegal possession of a firearm and conspiracy to commit offense or defraud the United States. They are scheduled to appear in court in Redding June 26.

COUNCIL TALKS CAMPAIGN CASH

At the tail end of Tuesday night’s Chico City Council meeting, Mayor Sean Morgan requested the council agendize discussion of campaign finance limits.

“I don’t know when the city of Chico came up with the arbitrary limit of $500,” he said, arguing that the cost of campaigning has increased and that spending limits further divide candidates. “As much as I love the idea of a grassroots campaign ... it doesn’t work anymore.”

Morgan (pictured) offered as an example his most recent campaign effort (during which he raised the most of any candidate, $64,078—not including the $31,750 raised by a political action committee supporting him).

“I can reach out to one particular population group, which is what I did, and that was effective,” he said. “But there’s a whole other side who didn’t know who I was.”

He requested the council discuss the limits, including an option to abolish them altogether. The motion succeeded, 4-2, with Councilmembers Ann Schwab and Randall Stone dissenting and Karl Ory absent.

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University gets below average grade on building, infrastructure maintenance

CCalifornia The second oldest campus in the State University system has hico State is showing its age.

a $166 million backlog of maintenance needs—a problem that, according to a campuswide inspection by by Molly Sullivan, Georgia-based consulElizabeth Castillo tant ISES Corp. last and year, has the potential Gabriel Sandoval “to shut down the whole campus.”

“The average age About this story: of the Chico buildings The authors are was, I think, 48 years Chico State journalism old. I mean, that’s pretstudents, two of whom work at the campus’ ty old for a campus,” student newspaper, said Tony Simpson, The Orion, where a West Coast vice presisimilar version of this dent of ISES, which story was published. assesses buildings and other infrastructure.

“It’s at the point where a lot of this stuff needs replacement.”

That’s the culmination of years of deferred maintenance—when regular repairs and upgrades are delayed. As the backlog continues to build, the problems grow, as does the cost of replacement or repair.

“It’s like when you have leaves in your gutter,” campus architect Sandra Beck said. “If you clean out the leaves right after a storm, then it’s going to be easier, but if you wait too long, then those leaves are going to clog your gutters and become a

lot harder to clean.”

Based on its analysis of 39 buildings, ISES deemed the campus as a whole to be in below average condition. Scores ranged from 0.00 (excellent) to greater than .60 (complete replacement indicated). Five buildings on campus ranked greater than .60: the Physical Science Greenhouse (.82), Modoc Hall (.79), Physical Science Headhouse (.75), Acker Gym (.62) and Glenn Hall (.61). Chico State collectively received a score of .43.

Interim Vice President for Business and Finance Jim Hyatt said the Physical Sciences Greenhouse will be replaced this summer, and there is a replacement plan for Glenn Hall, though it still lacks funding. Acker Gym and Modoc Hall, however, will stay as is unless plans to renovate classrooms are funded by the CSU Chancellor’s Office.

Ten buildings, including Butte and Plumas halls and Shurmer Gym, fall into the “poor” category, which indicates they need total renovation. And some of the most recognized buildings on campus, including Meriam Library, Kendall and Trinity halls, are considered in belowaverage condition. They require major renovations, according to ISES. To address the backlog, the university

would need to invest $13 million annually, Hyatt said. The university is currently committing $2.4 million to $2.6 million per year, according to Facilities Management

Director Mike Guzzi.

Before the 2008 recession, Facilities Management’s budget was nearly $14 million per year, $6.4 million of which was devoted to maintenance needs. A year later, however, the department’s budget took a serious hit, dropping to just over $8 million, and has stayed stagnant ever since. Funding for maintenance dropped to between $1.7 million and $2.5 million during that time.

Meanwhile, maintenance needs swelled.

“All these numbers they keep talking about is the deferred maintenance backlog that only gets worse with time,” Guzzi said. “It may be $13 million to fix the problem this year, but because it’s continuing to decay, the next year it could cost $15 million. It’s an exponential issue.”

The same is true for Chico State’s underlying infrastructure, Guzzi said.

In an email sent to Hyatt on March 8, Beck—the campus architect—said the university’s electrical distribution network was a high priority. It is the means by which electricity is routed from building to building. Some of the components are more than 40 years old and in need of attention, Guzzi said.

The project could cost at least $21.6 million, according to Beck’s email.

“Infrastructure failure risks will become more expensive and catastrophic, affecting business continuity and service,” the ISES report states. “These failures have the potential to shut down the whole campus.”

Students pass the Physical Sciences Greenhouse, one of several Chico State buildings slated for replacement.

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The Chancellor’s Office has deemed only $27 million of the

campus’ needs in critical enough condition for funding over the last three years, according to the office’s 2017 Capital Outlay List.

That includes $2.2 million to excavate the breezeway of Meriam Library and waterproof the basement. Heavy rains over the last two years have caused the water table to rise, and water has been seeping into its basement offices. The university also received $19 million for an upgrade to the boiler and chiller plant.

Mike Uhlenkamp, director of media relations at the Chancellor’s Office, said the CSU’s headquarters has a list that prioritizes deferred maintenance projects across the 23 CSU campuses. Right now, Chico State is ninth in line to receive funding—for a new Physical Sciences building that will cost $82 million and begin construction in 2020, according to Uhlenkamp.

He noted that the Chancellor’s Office has sought additional funding from the state Legislature for infrastructure and building projects. But after the recession, funding dwindled.

“Collectively, over a 15-year period, we had asked for $293 million. [The Legislature] provided $9.3 million,” Uhlenkamp said. “That just kind of illustrates how little funding was allocated for deferred maintenance from the state of California.”

And without regular state funding for these projects, Uhlenkamp said, the CSU will not be able to support all the needs of every campus. “Across the system, we have a $1.9 billion backlog in deferred maintenance,” he said.

University officials will learn after the November board

of trustees meeting whether Chico State will receive additional funding.

In the meantime, like other CSUs, the campus is turning to fundraising to fill the gap.

For example, the new Physical Sciences building will cost $4 million more than anticipated, and Vice President of University Advancement Ahmad Boura said his department is asking donors to fund the remaining price tag.

As of now, nothing has been raised. Advancement is also beginning to raise money for a replacement for Glenn Hall, an agricultural complex at the University Farm and renovations to other campus structures.

“Fundraising always provides part of the solution, [but] it’s never the solution,” Boura said.

Raising money for underground infrastructure projects, like the electrical distribution network, is a harder sell.

“These kinds of things, they’re not sexy projects,” Guzzi said. “Nobody gets their name on the utility distribution network.”

University President Gayle Hutchinson said funding facilities is high on her priority list for the upcoming year.

“It’s high, but it comes back to resources,” she said.

“And I think as we look at it, we really have to consider how we phase these things in over time. We don’t have the money to cover [deferred maintenance], so we’re going to have to figure out how we’re going to phase that in.”

“It sounds like everybody is aware of the problem.

Everyone recognizes it,” Guzzi said. “Now we have to stop admiring the problem and do something about it.” □

Council OKs downtown district A tax based on property size would make way for increased security, cleanliness espite some hesitation over specifics of a proposed Property and Business DImprovement District for downtown

Chico, a majority of the City Council voted in favor of its creation Tuesday night (May 16). Making the issue a little sticky was the fact that, as a downtown property owner, the city must also buy in—to the tune of about $69,000, to be paid through parking fines.

“Downtown is robust but fragile at the same time,” Tom DiGiovanni, as spokesman for the PBID, told the council.

“We all as citizens of this town know that the experience of being downtown has been colored by significant problems with social behaviors—aggressive panhandling, vandalism.”

The focus of the PBID, then, would be to “enhance safety, maintenance and beautification programs in downtown Chico.”

As of Tuesday’s meeting, about 60 percent of downtown property owners had signed on to a petition to create the PBID, DiGiovanni said. A simple majority is needed to put the matter up for district-wide vote.

Financially speaking, each property within the confines of the district—Zone A being the downtown core, and Zone B reaching south to Ninth Street—will assess itself based on square footage. Commercial properties in Zone A will pay roughly 1 cent per square foot, while those in Zone B will pay about .08 cents. Residential properties

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pay a bit less. Altogether, the PBID’s assessment revenues will be $440,533. The vast majority of that—$400,000—is earmarked for clean and safe measures.

“You’re saying that for every dollar the city puts in, $5 come in from the private sector,” said Tom Hall, owner of the Garden Walk Mall, addressing the council. “Those $5 will be paying for things the city is normally responsible for. Isn’t this a conflict of interest? You have an impact on this PBID that is huge. If it really costs $400,000 per year to clean up downtown, you’re getting it for [a fraction of that].”

Hall went on to argue that he takes care of his own property and doesn’t see a need for enhanced security. “My PBID assessment is $5,000,” he said. “I urge you not to vote for this. … The $5,000 from me comes out of money I would use to maintain my property.”

Among the council, there was some hesitation when it came to the breakdown of who will be represented on the NEWSLINES c o n t i n u E d

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PBID’s board of directors. Will it be only property owners? What about business owners? Will the city get a seat—and what about the university?

DiGiovanni didn’t offer a concrete answer, but indicated it would be mostly made up of property owners. Vice Mayor Reanette Fillmer argued on behalf of business owners, who are the ones “dealing with this on a regular basis—people sleeping in doorways and defecating on sidewalks.”

The council ultimately voted to authorize City Manager Mark Orme to sign the petition in support of the PBID on behalf of the city, and approved a resolution of intent to create the PBID. Both passed 4-1, with Councilman Randall Stone dissenting, Councilwoman Ann Schwab recused, and Councilman Karl Ory absent.

In other council news: The issue of

commercial marijuana came back before the panel and was discussed briefly before being punted to the Planning Commission. City Attorney Vince Ewing presented his proposed ordinance prohibiting all commercial cannabis activity within city limits, as well as regulations meant to set up a permitting process for personal gardens, which will be allowed only indoors.

Some speakers took issue with the decision to prohibit dispensaries and other commercial marijuana in Chico—both due to inhibiting safe access and eliminating a viable funding source for the city.

Others argued against the indooronly option to grow. Among them was Councilman Stone.

“I don’t expect a whole lot of people who are going to grow six plants inside are going to go through a permitting process,” he said. He also expressed concerns of fire hazards related to indoor growing. Schwab suggested dispensaries as a way to curb the need for personal growing.

The panel voted 4-2, with Schwab and Stone dissenting, to forward the regulations to the Planning Commission for further discussion.

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he White House’s evolving narrative of the firing of FBI Director James Comey is the central thread of the last two weeks in our eighth installment of this feature.

May 3: During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Comey defends his decision to, shortly before Election Day, tell Congress the agency had reopened an investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails.

Later the same day, the president’s press secretary, Sean Spicer, tells the White House press corps that Trump is still confident in Comey.

May 4: House Republicans, including District 1 Rep. Doug LaMalfa, narrowly pass the second incarnation of the American Health Care Act (AHCA), a bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. According to The New York Times, the aye votes were cast without the Congressional Budget Office’s analysis of the bill’s “cost or impact.”

The same day, the bill receives widespread criticism from industry groups representing insurers, hospitals, doctors and nurses, along with several prominent consumer groups.

May 8: The New York Times reports that, back in November, then-President Obama cautioned thenPresident Elect Trump against bringing aboard retired Gen. Michael Flynn.

Trump ignored that advice, hired the former military man as his director of national security, and ended up dismissing Flynn after he’d served just more than three weeks on the job. That move came after news reports that Flynn had met in private with the Russian ambassador to the United States, Sergey Kislyak, and lied to Vice President Mike Pence about it. Later, members of the House Oversight Committee reported that Flynn did not follow laws related to disclosure of payments from foreign governments—Russia and Turkey.

The same day, former acting Attorney General Sally Yates, whom Trump fired, reveals to a Senate Judiciary subcommittee that she went to the White House shortly after Trump took office to warn the president that Flynn had lied to Pence and that she was concerned his doing so had made him vulnerable to blackmail by the Russians. However, despite those concerns for national security, Trump kept Flynn aboard until news reports surfaced about him misleading the vice president.

May 9: The New York Times reports that Trump fired Comey, the chief of the agency investigating whether the president’s top aides colluded with Russia in that country’s efforts to elect the New York-based businessman.

Following news that his boss had suddenly fired Comey, Spicer, the embattled White House press secretary, reportedly hides behind a hedge as his staff scrambles for answers to reporters’ questions as to why.

According to a statement later drafted by Spicer’s office, Comey’s dismissal was based on “clear recommendations of both Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Attorney General Jeff Sessions.” The rationale was that Comey improperly handled the investigation into Clinton’s emails—

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specifically, his decision to publicly talk about the case, including allegations of shared classified info.

However, Trump’s own words in his memo firing Comey have cemented criticism from both parties that the move was related to the Russia investigation. “While I greatly appreciate you informing me, on three separate occasions, that I am not under investigation, I nevertheless concur with the judgment of the Department of Justice that you are not able to effectively lead the Bureau,” Trump said in a signed statement.

May 10: The day after firing Comey, Trump meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s top diplomats in the Oval Office. Also welcomed into that hallowed space was a photographer working for a Kremlin-owned news agency, an unprecedented level of access widely criticized by former U.S. intelligence officials, reports The Washington Post.

The same day, the Post reports that Rosenstein, unhappy with the White House’s narrative that Trump used his recommendation as the chief reason to oust Comey, threatened to resign.

May 11: Andrew McCabe, the head of the FBI following Comey’s dismissal, tells the Senate Intelligence Committee that his former boss had not lost the confidence of the agency’s rank-andfile agents, a narrative implied by the White House.

Meanwhile, Trump, calling Comey a “showboat” and “grandstander,” tells NBC’s Lester Holt that he was planning to fire Comey regardless of the recommendations of the deputy attorney general and attorney general. The latter was apparently involved despite having recused himself from all campaign-linked matters.

May 12: The New York Times reports that, shortly after Trump was sworn into office, he had dinner with Comey and asked for his loyalty. Comey reportedly would not make that promise.

May 15: Trump shared highly classified information regarding ISIS with the Russians during the meeting in the Oval Office, reports The Washington Post.

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HEALTHLINES While AB 74 would not subsidize rent for every homeless person, such as those who find respite at Chico City Plaza, the bill could house some who receive Medi-Cal benefits.

Appropriations Committee May 26.

“I think it makes sense,” Blankenship said. “If the savings were put back into Medi-Cal, then that would be ideal …

“It seems like a great use of funds to fund prevention, and housing is prevention.

Since we spend so much on sickness and keeping the ‘sick industry’ in business, it seems to me [this plan] can’t do anything but help bring down those expenses.”

Ed Mayer agrees. He’s executive director

Homeless care State bill pairs housing aid with Medi-Cal to ease burdens story and photo by

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Nlacking from home without coming across people homes. Approximately 1,200 people orth State residents can’t get too far

live on the streets of Butte County—up to 500 of them homeless for at least five years.

Some find beds in shelters; many lay in city parks, on downtown doorways, along creeksides or under bridges.

Routinely, police and paramedics encounter homeless people, too, particularly those battling mental illness, chronic disease and/or substance abuse.

Shelter correlates with well-being. As DeAnne Blankenship of the California Healthcare Collaborative explained: “It’s hard to be healthy, it’s hard to operate at peak health, if you don’t have a home, if you don’t have a way to get out of the ele-

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ments, make sure you have nutritious food and be safe.”

Based in Chico, Blankenship is program services director for the CHC, a nonprofit that promotes wellness. Her organization puts particular emphasis on underserved communities; efforts include homeless outreach.

“We have people who we’ve met in our case management work who go to the emergency room a lot, sometimes just because it gets them to a place where they know they can eat and get out of the weather,” she said.

“There are people who go to the emergency room a couple times a day.”

Not only does this put a strain on capacity, tying up first responders and ER resources in nonemergency situations, “all that drives up expenses,” Blankenship added.

In the case of hospital visits, for patients covered by government-funded Medi-Cal, the state gets billed.

Legislators have noticed. Assemblyman

David Chiu (D-San Francisco) has introduced a bill, currently with five co-sponsors, that would extend state housing support to benefit homeless people with physical/developmental disabilities and those with mental health disorders.

Allocations would total $90 million for five years, starting in 2019. The national nonprofit Corporation for Supportive Housing estimates the funding would cover 1,500 people at any one time and yield savings in Medi-Cal expenditures of up to $60 million over the five years (plus recoup the cost).

Assembly Bill 74 passed two subcommittees and is scheduled to be heard by the

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of Butte County’s Housing Authority and a vice chair for the Butte Countywide Homeless Continuum of Care, which coordinates services provided by local agencies.

“This is significant because it involves the state of California stepping up to acknowledge that, in order to make MediCal efficient, you have to hook health up to housing,” Mayer said. “We’re seeing chronically homeless persons incur greater than a half-million dollars in health care costs in emergency rooms a year. If you get them off the streets and house them, with some supportive services … you save boatloads of money.”

The “holistic approach” also has human benefits—well-established and proven. The Housing Authority already partners with the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs for the HUD-VASH program (Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing), which provides vouchers for rent and case management for medical needs. HUD-VASH has housed 120 homeless vets in Butte County over the past three years.

“That’s a success story,” Mayer said, “but housing and services is really key to HEALTHLINES c o n t i n u e d

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The estimate of 1,500 beneficiaries

from AB 74 represents a fraction of the homeless population statewide. Mayer said Los Angeles alone has 60,000; Taylor, his fellow Continuum of Care vice chair, said the funding block could go just to covering the northern

Track the bill:

Read the text and follow the progress of this proposed legislation at leginfo.legislature. ca.gov (search “aB 74”).

Sacramento Valley—“forget the urban areas”—so he sees AB 74 as “a pilot” that the state will assess before devoting more money.

The scale may appeal to Gov. Jerry Brown, who opposed a similar homeless housing proposal last year. Mayer said Brown has expressed concerns about the cost of new construction, as well as the NIMBY (not in my backyard) complaints that often obstruct affordable housing projects.

Moreover, the scale may prevent AB 74’s program from overwhelming agencies such as Mayer’s. Vacancy rates for public housing across California already have dipped below 1.5 percent.

Applicants in Butte County now can face a 90-day waiting list.

Nonetheless, Mayer finds the bill encouraging.

“This [model] has been around for a long time—finally California is getting after it,” he said. “It seems the state is getting sensitized to the issue and taking action.

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Don Taylor, assistant director of clinical services at the Butte County Department of Behavioral Health, concurred that AB 74 “is not a new concept.”

What’s new, he said, is placing responsibility for health onto the state Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD).

AB 74 would require HCD to establish a program titled Housing for a Healthy California by Oct. 1, 2018, and start funding competitive grants by April 1, 2019.

“From a clinical perspective, it makes all the sense in the world,” Taylor said. “All the data shows that it works the best if you’ve got someone who’s chronically homeless—may be medically compromised, [may] have a mental health issue or substance abuse problem on top of it—having all partners collaborate, you get the best longterm outcome for the individual.”

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GREENWAYS Chico Velo’s Janine Rood, left, and Samantha Becker, center, flank the “desire line” that bicyclists and pedestrians have worn into a grassy patch separating two paved paths by Little Chico Creek. Both support the expansive trail network championed by Ken Donnell with the California Guild.

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Kseeseye,cyclists in the not-so-distant future, he and hikers traveling across en Donnell has a vision. In his mind’s

California, side by side, traversing a network of interconnected trails both wide enough and defined enough to facilitate fluid transit.

Picture an interstate highway system, but for nonmotorized conveyance.

Sound far-fetched? Donnell doesn’t think so—nor do his associates in the California Guild, a community service organization with 7,000 members across 125 chapters, including Chico’s 45-person group.

The guild champions the California Trails Master Plan Project. As the title suggests, this effort would map and link up trails statewide. Invariably this would involve land purchases and legal matters such as rights-of-way over county lines; thus, the group is lobbying the Legislature, which the guild can do as a 501(c)(8) “fraternal societies” nonprofit.

The guild also is collecting partners for support and problem-solving. A number will gather Saturday (May 20) in Chico for the first in a series of regional conferences to plan how to proceed. (See infobox for details.) The second conference is scheduled for Sept. 22 in Oakland.

“We’re really happy to have Chico be the birthplace of this, because Chico is just such a good place for alternative transportation, nonmotorized transportation, active transportation—whatever label is being put on that,” Donnell said. “It’s such a great place to walk, to hike, to ride bicycles. It’s got a really active progressive community, and to have our local chapter host the first conference, I think it’s amazing.”

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Donnell has had a longstanding interest in trails. Before retiring to the Plumas County town of Greenville in 2000, he advocated for the bike path behind Little Chico Creek Elementary School, which runs by property he owned. He also became enamored of the possibilities presented by levees spanning vast stretches of Sacramento Valley flood plains.

The California State Grange, from which the California Guild broke off, started work on a levee trails plan.

In 2007, the Legislature passed Senate Bill 669 to develop “a continuous recreation corridor around the delta, including bicycle and hiking trails”—but then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed the bill.

In the decade since, however, Donnell said there’s been “just a lot of forward movement on developing nonmotorized trails all across the state and within the levee flood-plain system.” He learned last year that the state’s Department of Water Resources was conducting baseline studies to lay groundwork for such trailways—“so in that 10 years, there was [a] 180-degree turnaround…. I attribute that to so much more forward thinking and a lot of people planting good seeds.”

Conference details:

The California Trails Master Plans Project’s initial regional conference will be Saturday (May 20), 10 a.m.-4 p.m., at the Chico Guild Hall, 2775 Nord ave.

Call 566-2561 or email info@trails.org for information; visit www.Catrails.org to register.

Suellen Rowlison is equally encouraged.

A retired public health nurse and Chico Community Guild board member until last year, she remains co-coordinator of the Chico Trails Master Plan Project (Donnell calls her his “co-co”). She rides her bike through Bidwell Park, and “earlier in life” she backpacked, but her efforts are for the greater good.

“I see the value in trails on a larger scale, so we can promote people getting outdoors and exercising, enjoying nature and the environment,” she said. “When you’re riding and hiking the trails of California, there’s a sense of freedom.”

Rowlison sees other benefits, such as agritourism: economic activity generated by visitors to agricultural areas. Many lush hotspots sit off the beat and track—accessible by rural roads and, yes, trails.

The California Guild has drafted a joint resolution for the Legislature to adopt, recommending creation of a master plan. As the organization’s legislative analyst, Diana Rude, seeks support, Donnell hopes North State Sen. Jim Nielsen will sponsor the legislation. (Nielsen’s capitol office did not answer the CN&R’s request for an update.)

Despite its benefits, the project has challenges to overcome beyond the jurisdictional and financial hurdles a plan must clear.

One such issue concerns what Donnell calls “disparity of speed.” As he explained, when one mode of transportation goes faster than another traveling next to it, the risk of an accidental collision becomes more severe. Bicycles travel 20-30 mph; hikers may walk a quarter to a third that pace.

“There’s a conflict there,” he said.

“How we’re going to address that, we don’t have those answers yet. But the first thing we’ve got to do is ask those questions—and ask them among enough people who can start to get answers.”

That’s the purpose of the regional conferences. Saturday’s Chico gathering has attracted speakers such as Laura Cohen from the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy and participation from groups such as the Chico Velo Cycling Club.

“While being a lofty goal, I think it’s a fantastic goal,” Samantha Becker, Chico Velo’s advocacy manager, said of the trails plan project. “I think it would open up so many more ways to get from Point A to Point B for so many more people.”

Janine Rood, executive director of Chico Velo, said she knows such a plan can work because extensive trails already exist. She cited Adventure Cycling’s 45,000 miles of routes, including the Pacific Coast bike trail consisting of signed roads from Canada to Mexico.

“I can visualize some ways that it could be, and that it’s possible,” Rood said. “But I’m sure that I can’t imagine right now what it might possibly turn into: bigger than what we could imagine, if it really takes off.” □

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Bring your own lunch for the picnic at the end of the route, at Humboldt garden.

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“My entire life has been based upon play.” So says Paul Benson, now 73, who back in his 20s regularly rode his motorcycle in the desert near Cal State Northridge, where he attended college. He’d ride out in search of snakes and lizards, which often brought him a week’s worth of pay from local pet stores. He channeled this knack for turning play into business into Animal Specialties, a multimillion-dollar business located near the Chico Municipal Airport. What’s more, Benson became America’s largest breeder of the most popular pet lizard in the U.S.: the dinosaur-like, Australian bearded dragon. While not a retail store (Benson sells exclusively as a wholesaler), Animal Specialties also offers snakes, frogs and even insects as pet food. Find Animal Specialties at www.AnimalSpecialties.com.

We produce 1,200 to 1,500 juveniles per week, and make our own cages and terrariums. We also have a 4,000-square-foot incubation room with 15,000 eggs.

They come in a variety of colors, are not aggressive and are easy to care for. The only equipment you need is a heat lamp. They also have a striking appearance with their spiny-looking heads and bodies. Their throat, which flares out when they get excited, has multiple layers of soft spikes.

Mothers like them because they are easy to feed with greens or prepared food. You can also feed them crickets and worms if you want.

How did you your business get so large?

We’re one of only two U.S. companies that breed year-round. That’s because, unlike most others, we breed indoors under environmental control. If you start breeding 12 lizards, in two years you’ll have 100. Then in a couple more years you’ll have 800, and pretty soon 2,000. We also had funding help from my other company, Nature Zone, which sells food, supplements and other herp products.

What are the challenges of breeding so many lizards?

I was one of the first to breed them indoors,

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I was told recently that I write a lot about restaurants and food in this space. In retrospect, I suppose that’s true. For one, I happen to love good food. And two, there’s a lot happening in the restaurant scene here in Chico. But clearly there’s movement in other sectors as well, so here we go.

Take PRO Aggregate. The decade-old gravel recycling and trucking business (PRO stands for Plains Recycling Operation) has turned a new leaf, and last week held a ribbon-cutting for its new landscape showroom. To reflect its new focus, the business changed its name to PRO Aggregate Stone Center & Landscape Supply. Owner Chelsea Garner was on hand to detail how her business has evolved over the years to meet customers’ needs (view the video on PRO Aggregate Inc.’s Facebook page).

Over the past few years, PRO Aggregate brought in new, drought-tolerant offerings of rocks, sands and other materials and then, during the recent winter rains, had to switch gears, jumping into emergency response mode in helping with the Oroville Dam disaster.

Throughout the month of May, the company is holding sales on supplies like bark and flagstone. Check out the new showroom—in a renovated hog barn—at 3668 Hicks Lane or log onto proaggregate.com for more info.

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What other animals do you sell besides lizards?

We breed a variety of popular pet herps, which are reptiles and amphibians, that are easy to feed and house, like leopard geckos, tree frogs and corn snakes. The corn snakes are one of our most popular breeds. They come in many colors, are friendly and modest-size. We also sell herp food, like beetle larva and roaches.

What does your family think of your business?

They are very enthusiastic about it. My wife and eldest son are my business partners. My kids are all grown, but as children they got to go on many behind-the-scenes tours of zoos and also loved collecting reptiles in the desert.

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and Annie Bidwell resided in her namesake mansion, the Chico Chamber of Commerce was born.

Interestingly, 1907 also marked the first publishing of a city directory, complete with the names and occupations of all 3,500 residents. An excerpt from the introduction: “Chico is known as the ‘City of Roses,’ and countless varieties of this lovely flower bloom twelve months of the year in the open air.” Chico Sanitarium was located at Eighth Avenue and The Esplanade and advertised “elecro Turkish massage therapy.”

Clearly a lot has changed since then, and we can thank the chamber for its work attracting businesses here and keeping them happy enough to stay put.

Beat tHe Heat In Chico, there’s a ton of fun to be had in the outdoors, but when the thermostat begins to tick past the century mark, it’s time to head inside. For families, Cinemark offers its Summer Movie Clubhouse, a series of 10 kids’ films, for $1 per person per movie. If you expect to see more than a few, you can opt for the whole package for $5 per person. The first showing is The LEGO Batman Movie June 14-15. Go to cinemark.com/summer-movie-clubhouse for more info.

One fOOd item fOr ya A few weeks ago I announced that Christian Steinbach (of Christian Michaels Ristorante) had bought Forcella Italian Bistro and was working on an overhaul. Turns out, as of this week, Forcella is no more. But fear not. The space on Mangrove Avenue will be revamped and reopened as the new site of Steinbach’s California Pasta Productions. Stay tuned for updates.

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The first few months of the year have been nothing short of a downer, mired in a political cesspool.

Enough is enough. We need a palate cleansing. It’s time to watch moving pictures with big, bright colors, much laughter and, yes, things that blow up.

I say it every year, and I will say it again: The blockbuster season starts earlier every year. March was sort of an early summer blockbuster primer, with Logan and Kong: Skull Island brightening up a month that used to be vacant of the big stuff. The Fate of the Furious was released fairly early, too, but let’s all just forget about that one, shall we? We must block the Theron-Diesel spit-swapping from our heads if we are to go on as a nation without frequent vomiting.

Last year’s blockbuster season was a bit of a bust.

I still get occasional muscle spasms and fainting spells as a result of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.

My physician says it’s a permanent condition that will be aggravated by further exposure to Henry Cavill as Superman, asbestos or Trump.

Here’s a list of cinematic extravaganzas coming our way. It looks like it could be a lot of fun, with some decent brain fuel/indie offerings to boot.

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Now playing Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2: It’s that place in movieland where we can all love Vin Diesel as the beloved Groot (and proceed to hate him everywhere else). The crew is back with Tango & Cash (Sylvester Stallone and Kurt Russell) in tow. Dave Bautista’s Drax has been killer funny in the trailers.

Snatched: How long has Goldie Hawn stayed away from moviemaking? Her last role was in The Banger Sisters … 15 years ago. So, Goldie has been in hiding for a decade and a half (a good indicator of how much The Banger Sisters sucked). Amy Schumer pulled her out of retirement for a story about a mom and daughter having a tough time out of the country. It looks pretty nasty, in a good way.

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword: Guy Ritchie takes a crack at the legend of King Arthur, with Charlie Hunnan playing Arthur and Jude Law playing yet another bitchy British guy.

The rest of May Alien: Covenant (May 19): Prometheus was a very good movie despite the plot holes. (Man, there were more plot holes in that thing than the entire Star Wars franchise, the Rocky franchise, and every other movie ever made put together.) It did, however, lack in gory alien content.

Director Ridley Scott looks to revisit his abilities to scare the shit out of you with this Alien prequel that features hardcore action and

All Eyez on Me

lots of blood. Also exciting: It’s a Pineapple Express reunion, with Danny McBride along for comic relief—or what passes for comic relief when there’s an alien injecting its seed into your face—and James Franco playing the ship’s captain.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul

(May 19): This is one of those films designed for the likes of me to not give a single damn about.

Wakefield (May 19): Bryan Cranston plays a man who drops out of society without telling his family, retreating to an attic on his property and getting his food raccoon-style at night. The question is: Will he cook? Will he cook one last time?

June Wonder Woman (June 2): Before we get another chapter of Zack Snyder’s DC Universe with Justice League, a prospect that has me planning to build a bomb shelter, Diana Prince (Gal Gadot) gets her own vehicle. It’s directed

by Patty Jenkins, who led Charlize Theron to Oscar glory with Monster 14 years ago.

That’s an interesting choice.

The Mummy (June 9): Tom Cruise does his screaming, running-around thing for the latest Universal monster reboot. Cruise finds

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (May 26): Johnny Depp is a whore! A

filthy, shameless whore!

Baywatch (May 26): Dwayne Johnson is in something like 53 upcoming movies. This one, a cinematic R-rated reboot of the despicably horrible TV show, features the likes of Johnson, Zac Efron, Alexandra Daddario and Kelly Rohrbach running around in bathing suits. I’m sure the producers—Johnson being one of them—are sweating balls over the recent R-rated failings of CHIPs. War Machine (May 26): Brad Pitt is the latest star to lend his talents to that ever-growing entertainment behemoth, Netflix. Adam Sandler, Dave Chappelle, Louis C.K., and now the Pitt! Netflix is going to take over the world.

Baywatch

the title character, puts it on a plane ride with him, and basically brings Armageddon upon the Earth. I enjoy the sights and sounds of Cruise in a full sprint screaming his ass off. I like to pretend his fiercest Scientology critics are chasing him with pitchforks and sticks.

It Comes at Night (June 9): Director Trey Edward Shults, who delivered the excellent Krisha last year—a film seen by no one—journeys into postapocalyptic horror with the

mighty reliable Joel Edgerton in his cast.

Cars 3 (June 16): Pixar has gone a little

sequel-heavy as of late, and the results are often less than stellar. Cars 2 was pretty bad.

Heck, Cars wasn’t all that great to begin with, but the ride at Disneyland is awesome, and these movies hopefully will keep that ride relevant and hip. As a Disney junkie, this is very important to me.

All Eyez on Me (June 16): Demetrius Shipp Jr., a man with an uncanny resemblance to Tupac Shakur, stars in this biopic about the late rap star.

Rough Night (June 16): Scarlett Johansson goes for laughs in this raunchy bachelorette-party comedy.

47 Meters Down (June 16): This summer’s shark movie, starring Mandy Moore trapped in a shark cage. Thank you, Sharknado franchise, for bringing back the shark movie, and giving the dude from Beverly Hills 90210 something to do.

The Book of Henry (June 16): Colin Trevorrow gives us a dramatic thriller starring Naomi Watts—hooray!—before he runs off to make a little indie film called Star Wars: Episode IX. Transformers: The Last Knight (June 23): Well, Michael Bay had claimed the prior Transformers chapter would be his last. He’s made two decent films since then (Pain & Gain, 13 Hours), neither of which were a big success. So it’s back to the transforming MOVIES C O N T I N U E D M AY 1 8 , 2 0 1 7

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War for the Planet of the Apes

robot car doodads for a big paycheck and a whole lot of slow motion and 360-degree shots.

The Big Sick (June 23): Director Michael Showalter, one of my heroes, follows up the well-received Hello, My Name Is Doris with this romantic comedy that is already getting extremely positive buzz (97 percent on the Tomatometer).

Baby Driver (June 28): Edgar Wright (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Shaun of the Dead) was supposed to direct Ant-Man. When that fell through, he took on this project about a getaway driver. I still want Wright’s AntMan! Do-over please!

Despicable Me 3 (June 30): In a summer that looks to be surprisingly slight when it comes to animated movies, this third in the series brings back Steve Carell playing the repentant evil Gru and his twin brother. Please, anything to take the spotlight off the annoying Minions.

The House (June 30): Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler start an illegal casino in their basement to pay for their daughter’s college tuition. Ferrell comedy coming! Ferrell comedy coming!

Amityville: The Awakening

(June 30): For the umpteenth time, this long-shelved movie has a release date. I think they might want to keep this one on the shelf collecting webs.

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July Spider-Man: Homecoming (July 7): Tom

Holland was marvelous opposite Naomi Watts in The Impossible, and he appears to be a good choice for Peter Parker—he’s one heck of a gymnast—in this “reboot again” installment of Spidey. Michael Keaton plays the Vulture, a bad guy role originally slated for John Malkovich in Sam Raimi’s abandoned Spider-Man 4 project. Hey, Marisa Tomei plays Aunt May. That’s crazy stuff!

A Ghost Story (July 7): Casey Affleck, coming off his recent Oscar win, co-stars with Rooney Mara in what looks to be one of the summer’s more daring, more experimental ventures. Affleck spends a lot of the film under a white ghost sheet, and it’s not a comedy.

War for the Planet of the Apes (July 14): Woody Harrelson goes up against Caesar (Andy Serkis) in the battle of humans versus motion-capture CGI apes. This franchise started in 1968, the year of my birth. It featured Charlton Heston in a loincloth and humans dressed in prosthetic makeup that was considered state-of-the-art at the time.

Forty-nine years later, Charlton Heston is super dead, the apes are gigabytes, and coffee costs $4 a cup. Get off of my porch! (Bob reloads shotgun, takes a shot of Geritol and resumes whittling.)

Dunkirk (July 21): The latest from Christopher Nolan, a World War II epic, looks freaking amazing. A large portion of it was previewed at an IMAX screening I attended recently, and it’s still the coolest thing I’ve seen on a screen this year. Early

prediction: major Oscar contender.

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

(July 21): From the director who brought you The Fifth Element comes a movie that looks an awful lot like The Fifth Element!

Atomic Blonde (July 28): Charlize Theron’s bid to be an action star looks to be a fun one, with David Leitch, the man picked to direct Deadpool 2, at the helm. Remember her awesome fight scene with Teri Hatcher in 2 Days in the Valley? This looks like a whole movie of Charlize kicking butt … Theronstyle!

An Inconvenient Sequel (July 28): A scary sequel to Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth.

Is anybody out there as weirded out as I am over Al and Tipper Gore not being together anymore? I mean, that was a power couple for the ages, or so I thought. Remember that whole PMRC thing, when Tipper tried to get ratings on music albums? Remember how condescending they sounded during that whole fiasco? Remember when they had congressional hearings, and Frank Zappa made them both look like a couple of blooming idiots? Oh, and don’t forget, the planet is dying.

August The Dark Tower

(Aug. 4): This is my brother Mike’s favorite Stephen King thing ever. He’s been trying to get me to read it for years, but I refuse to for some reason. In return, Mike refuses to watch Breaking Bad all the way through even though I beg him to do so almost every time I speak with him.

It seems we will never be able to share our views on these two entertainment entities.

This leaves a dark, deep hole in my soul.

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Detroit (Aug. 4): This return of director Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty) focuses on civil unrest and riots in Detroit during the summer of ’67.

Annabelle: Creation (Aug. 11): This is a sequel about the possessed doll from The Conjuring that got its own spinoff/prequel in 2014.

Next up in the series: a prequel/spinoff/ sequel featuring one of the evil sweaters the little girl wore in The Conjuring 2. It’s a really evil sweater. It’s so evil that when you pull on one of its loose threads, it creates a hole—a virtual vortex of evil—in the middle of the sweater, and the garment becomes self-aware and finds a way to drain your bank account by purchasing home appliances at a shopping mall 2,000 miles away from your dwelling. Instead of possessing your soul, it possesses your financial identity. This requires a trip to the tailor, or basically just throwing the stupid, evil, shamelessly spending sweater away. It’s the stuff of wardrobe nightmares.

Unnecessary horror sequels chap my nads.

The Hitman’s Bodyguard (Aug. 18): Ryan Reynolds plays a bodyguard to Samuel L. Jackson’s hitman, and the marketing team is having a whole lot of fun with the Kevin Costner/Whitney Houston parallel.

Logan Lucky (Aug. 18): This is director Steven Soderbergh’s first feature film since announcing his retirement from movies in 2013, after directing Behind the Candelabra.

Happy as heck to have him back, with the likes of Channing Tatum, Adam Driver and Hilary Swank in tow in this story about a NASCAR race heist.

The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature (Aug. 18): Yes, we are all champing at the bit for this animated sequel. Summer truly dies hard in August when it comes to quality of releases.

… and one September mention It (Sept. 8): Yeah, it falls in September, but it’s worth noting because it’s still summer, and it sort of caps off the season for Stephen King.

Confession: I was never a huge fan of the Tim Curry, John Boy/Jack Tripper, goofylooking spider TV version of the novel.

Actually, I wasn’t a big fan of the novel, either. Actually, screw this movie. Actually, I shouldn’t actually say that until I see the film, for it’s unprofessional. Actually, it’s my summer movie preview, and I can say whatever I want, so screw this movie. Actually, it does kind of look cool, so I am going to pull back that last comment and head toward it with a scent of optimism and a general fear of evil clowns.

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Doin’ It Justice Community Chorus promotes a better society through singing together individual singing ability is of secondary Iimportance to what’s in the collective’s heart. n the Doin’ It Justice Community Chorus,

“Our general mission is to promote a more socially equitable society through our shared by love of music and by Ken Smith singing songs for folks,” kens@ said Erik Samuelson—a newsrev iew.c om part of the chorus since 2013—as members trickled into the New Vision Preview: church on Mangrove Doin’ It Justice Avenue for weekly pracCommunity Chorus spring concert: Bridge tice last Monday (May 8).

Over Troubled Waters. “We try to foster appreTwo shows: Saturday, ciation, affirmation and may 20, validation of each individ7 p.m.; Sunday, may 21, 4 p.m. ual member’s thoughts, Suggested donation: beliefs and feelings, and $10-$20 to create a real connection with each other and the St. John’s Episcopal Church audience.

“Most of us have no 2341 Floral ave. formal musical training and might not even have the best voices, but it’s a real supportive group,” Samuelson said.

To reach its goals, the chorus operates as a collective. All decisions, down to song selections for each concert, are chosen by consensus, with each of the roughly three-dozen members having an equal say.

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ing director Warren Haskell and founding members like Kathy Faith.

Faith explained that the chorus was formed from the remains of another local community group, an all-women’s chorus called Harmonia. When Doin’ It Justice first came together in the summer of 2008, Faith and other founders knew they wanted the group to be completely democratic and remain focused on songs of peace and justice.

Haskell said he considers himself an unlikely choral director of an atypical vocal ensemble.

“I’m probably one of the few people in existence that’s been directing a chorus for almost a decade without having any kind of training to do so,” said Haskell, whose own musical education is in classical guitar.

He had a little experience directing his own church’s choir and, for a time, the longrunning men’s vocal group the Bidwell Generals, but said he’s mostly learned as he’s gone along.

“I must be doing all right though,” he said, “because people keep showing up.”

Members of the chorus say Haskell has done better than just all right, and credit his patience and stewardship of the group with helping members unlock their potential.

“None of us expected to be able to sing very well, but he really brings out our best,” Faith said.

As an extension of its mission, the

chorus collectively chooses a community organization to receive donations collected from each performance. Samuelson said the group has raised thousands of dollars in recent years for groups such as seasonal homeless shelter Safe Space and transitional housing provider Stairways Programming. For its annual spring concert—with two performances, May 20 and 21, at St. John’s Episcopal Church— proceeds will benefit the Chico Peace & Justice Center and Women’s Health Specialists.

This year’s concert is called Bridge Over Troubled Waters, and will include the chorus’ version of the Simon and Garfunkel classic. Other pieces will include Anais Mitchell’s “Why We Build the Wall,” a musical adaptation of the Emily Dickinson poem “Hope,” and a newer composition called “Quiet” that fits well into the chorus’ ideals.

“A woman named MILCK wrote it for the Women’s March [in Washington, D.C.] and sent it out to people beforehand,” Faith explained. “People who’d never met or practiced it together showed up, found each other on the street and sang it together there.

It’s become kind of an anthem.”

Faith stopped, hummed a little, then sang the song’s refrain, a fitting mantra for Doin’ It Justice members who’ve found solace and strength against injustice by raising their voices together: “I can’t keep quiet.” □

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Special Events THURSDAY NIGHT MARKET: Downtown streets are closed to traffic each Thursday night for this community event featuring local produce and products, live music, food trucks and more. Thu, 5/18, 6pm. Free. Downtown Chico. 530-345-6500. www.down townchico.com

Theater THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE: Gilbert and Sullivan’s timeless light opera follows the pirate Frederic, who plans to break free from the Pirate King on his 21st birthday, but encounters a series of comedic twists and turns. Thu, 5/18, 7:30pm. $16-$22. Chico Theater Company, 166 Eaton Road, Ste. F. 530-894-3282. www. chicotheatercompany.com

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Tuesday, May 23 Sierra Nevada Big Room SEE TUESDAY, MUSIC

MODEL T PRESENTATION: Ed Rose discusses what made the Model T so successful while other car designs came and went. 5/20, 10am. $3.

Bolt’s Antique Tool Museum, 1650 Broderick St., Oroville. www.boltsantiquetools.com

MOTHERS STRONG STROLL: In honor of Maternal Mental Health Awareness month, Mothers Strong hosts this walk for new moms.

Festivities include yoga, face painting, a photo booth and healthy snacks. Open to the public. Sat 5/20, 10am. DeGarmo Park, 199 Leora Court. www.helpcentral.org

Music A NIGHT OF LEONARD COHEN MUSIC: A tribute to the late composer and musician with an all-star local lineup including Peter and Tricia Berkow, Steve Cook, Laurie Dana, Lisa Flores, Joshua Hegg, Bob Littell, Mark McKinnon, Gordy Ohliger and more. Sat, 5/20, 7:30pm. $18-$20. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St. www.blueroomtheatre.com

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Special Events BLUE STORIES-TRAVEL: A night of funny, sad and blush-inducing travel stories with speakers Joe Hilsee, Rob Davidson, Santy Gray, Eva Blanshei and host Hilary Tellesen. Fri, 5/19, 9pm. $8. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St. www.blueroomtheatre.com

FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT: Bring the family and lowback chairs and blankets for this showing of Back to the Future in the mall outside of Dick’s Sporting Goods. Fri, 5/19, 7pm. Free.

Chico Mall, 1950 E. 20th St.

Music CHAT BENEFIT CONCERT: A benefit concert to support the Chico Housing Action Team (CHAT),

a local nonprofit providing low-cost transitional and long-term housing for homeless people. Featuring three local bands: Dylan’s Dharma, Bahapki and Low Flying Birds. Fri, 5/19, 8pm. $10-$40 donation. Chico Women’s Club, 592 E. Third St. 530-412-3910.

FRIDAY NIGHT CONCERT: The summer concert series continues with the QuasiMofos. Fri, 5/19, 7pm. Free. City Plaza, downtown Chico.

Theater CINDERELLA: The Northern California Ballet performs one of Sergei Prokofiev’s most popular and melodious compositions. Fri,

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5/19, 7:15pm. $15 - $20. Paradise Performing Arts Center, 777 Nunneley Road, Paradise. www.northerncaliforniaballet.com

THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE: See Thursday. Fri, 5/19, 7:30pm. $16 - $22. Chico Theater Company, 166 Eaton Road, Ste. F. 530-8943282. www.chicotheatercompany.com

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Doin’ It Justice Chorus’ spring concerts to benefit the Chico Peace & Justice Center and Women’s Health Specialists. Sat, 5/20, 7pm. $10-$20. St. John’s Episcopal Church, 2341 Floral Ave.

HELLO SUMMER: An outdoor party to celebrate the start of summer presented by KZFR 90.1 FM. Includes live music from Achilles Wheel, T Sisters and the Grateful Bluegrass Boys, as well as food trucks and beer. Sat, 5/20, 3pm. $20. The End of Normal, 2500 Estes Road. www.kzfr.org

Special Events BARN DANCE: A boot-stompin’ event with live country music, line dancing, an auction and raffle prizes, beer, wine and food trucks.

Proceeds benefit Handi-Riders of Northern California, a local nonprofit that provides therapeutic horseback riding to individuals with physical, developmental and emotional challenges. Sat 5/20, 6pm. Free. Wade Arena, 1391 Clark Road, Oroville. 530-315-0654. www.handi-riders.org

HOOKED ON FISHING NOT ON DRUGS: A program of the American Sportfishing Association, this annual event for kids under 16 to fish at the small lake where 8,000 pounds of channel catfish will be planted for the day. Tackle, bait and instruction provided. Sat 5/20, 7am. Free. Horseshoe Lake, Upper Bidwell Park. 530-893-5735.

Theater CINDERELLA: See Friday. Sat 5/20, 2:15pm & 7:15pm. $15-$20. Paradise Performing Arts Center, 777 Nunneley Road, Paradise. www.northerncaliforniaballet.com

THE LION KING JR. AUDITIONS: Auditions for a fall performance of the children’s play at Laxson Auditorium. Young actors should prepare a monologue and song that can be accompanied on piano, CD or a cappella.

RSVP required. Sat, 5/20, 12pm. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St. 530-895-3749. www.blueroomtheatre.com

THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE: See Thursday. Fri, 5/19, 7:30pm. $16-$22. Chico Theater Company, 166 Eaton Road, Ste. F. 530-8943282. www.chicotheatercompany.com

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Special Events BANGOR BBQ: The annual barbecue with a raffle, kids activities bounce house, water slide, horse shoes, karaoke and vendors. Sun, 5/21, 12pm. $5-$15. Bangor Hall and Park, 7500 Oro Bangor Highway, Bangor. 530-679-0807.

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HALLELUJAH Leonard Cohen, one of many artists we lost in 2016, may have possessed the most distinctive baritone in popular music and is considered alongside the likes of Bob Dylan as one of the greatest songwriters ever. Though his finest moment might be the well-known and over-covered “Hallelujah,” he has a catalog of several decades’ worth of moving musical poetry that’s influenced generations of musicians. On Saturday, May 20, 16 local players—including Peter and Tricia Berkow, Stevie Cook, Laurie Dana, Lisa Flores, Joshua Hegg, Bob Littell, Mark McKinnon and Gordy Ohliger—will pay tribute to Cohen at a benefit for the Blue Room Theatre.

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BIKE WITH BEC: An easy, kid-friendly bike ride to the Stonegate subdivision development followed by a picnic.

Part of Bike Month. Bring your own lunch. Sun, 5/21, 1pm. Free. One-Mile Recreation Area, Lower Bidwell Park. www.becnet.org

LYME AID: A fundraiser featuring live music from Mossy Creek and Bird and Wag, silent auction and raffle, refreshments and information about Lyme disease. Proceeds benefit efforts to promote awareness, education and advocacy about Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses. Sun, 5/21, 4pm. $5-$15. Chico Women’s Club, 592 E. Third St. 530-891-8204. www.thelymecenter.org

TOUR DE CHOCOLATE: A bike ride with 8-, 15and 25-mile routes to raise funds for youth programs. Sun, 5/21, 8am. $15$25. Paradise Community Park, 5582 Black Olive Drive, Paradise. www.chocolatefest.us

Music BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS: A second night of the Doin’ It Justice Chorus’ spring concert to benefit the Chico Peace & Justice Center and Women’s Health Specialists. Sun, 5/21, 4pm. $10$20. St. John’s Episcopal Church, 2341 Floral Ave.

CHICO COMMUNITY CONCERT BAND: The band’s spring concert is Americana: Music Inspired by the American Experience. Sun, 5/21, 3pm. Free.

Chico Elks Club, 1705 Manzanita Ave. 530-895-4711.

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THE LION KING JR. AUDITIONS: See Saturday. Sun, 5/21, 12pm. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St. 530-895-3749. www.blueroomtheatre.com

THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE: See Thursday. Sun, 5/21, 2pm. $16-$22.

Chico Theater Company, 166 Eaton Road, Ste. F. 530-894-3282. www.chicotheatercompany.com

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Music DEAD WINTER CARPENTERS: These Big Room favorites are an Americana band hailing from North Lake Tahoe with refined chops, but a tendency to play fast and loose. Tue, 5/23, 7:30pm. $15. Big Room, 1075 E. 20th St. www.sierranevada.com

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BOLT’S ANTIQUE TOOL MUSEUM: Thousands

Chico State ceramics graduates on display. 5/18 - 5/27. 820 Broadway St.

B-SO SPACE: BFA Culminating Exhibition, featuring the works of Alyssa VanZandt. through 5/19. Ayres Hall, Chico State.

CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING: Monsters, papier-mâché “Monster” sculptures by Mark Palmer on display. 5/18-5/31. 789 Bille Road, Paradise, 530-877-5673.

CHICO ART CENTER: Confluence, digital media art and design by students at Chico State and Butte College. 5/18-5/26, Also: call for art. All mediums and concepts for the annual National All Media Juried Art Exhibition celebrating local, regional, and national artists. Go online to enter.

450 Orange St., 530-895-8726. www.chico artcenter.com

CHICO MALL: CUSD Art Display, works from students at Chico Country Day School on display near Dick’s Sporting Goods. 5/185/21. 1950 E 20th St.

HEALING ART GALLERY: Art by Ann Pierce, watercolor paintings by Northern California artist Ann Pierce. The Healing Art Gallery of Enloe Cancer Center features artists whose lives have been touched by cancer. 265 Cohasset Road., 530-332-3856. rotating exhibits featuring local artists.

493 East Ave., 530-345-3063.

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of tools, including display of more than 200 branding irons. 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 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.

COLMAN COMMUNITY MUSEUM: Cultural artifacts from Butte Creek Canyon, from Native American pre-history to the early 20th century. 13548 Centerville Road.

PARADISE DEPOT MUSEUM: The refurbished Paradise Depot serves as a museum with a working model train. 5570 Black Olive Drive, Paradise. 530-872-8722.

VALENE L. SMITH MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY: Stories of Our Own, displaying Hmong culture, identity and history. 5/18-7/27. Free.

Meriam Library complex, Chico State.

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Follow your tribe CN&R’s annual Nor Cal music festival guide

Tpenings, dirt-twirling campouts, hipster hapbourgeoisie VIP parties—and his year’s festival season has it all—

from May to September there are tribes of all stripes gathering by somewhere between Jason Cassidy Humboldt County and Monterey. Here’s our j ason c @ newsrev iew.c om annual guide to the summer festivals of Nor Cal: Strawberry Music Festival: May 25-29, Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley.

Featuring: Lucinda Williams, Richard Thompson, Elephant Revival, Marcia Ball, more. Tickets: $60-$95 (single day) to $255-$325 (two- to four-day passes, camping included). www.strawberrymusic.com Huichica Music Festival: June 9-10, Gundlach Bundschu Winery, Sonoma. Featuring: Beachwood Sparks, Allah Las, Cass McCombs & Dan Horne, more. Tickets: $40-$65 (single day) to $95 (two days). www.huichica.com Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival: June 15-18, Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley. Featuring: Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Darin & Brooke Aldridge, more. Tickets: $35-$60 (one day, no camping) to $130-$155 (four days, camping included). www.fathersdayfestival.com Monterey International Pop Festival: June 16-18, Monterey County Fairgrounds, Monterey.

The fest’s 50th anniversary, featuring: Father John Misty, Norah Jones, Phil Lesh & the Terrapin Family Band, Jack Johnson, more. Tickets: $105 (single day) to $295 (three day). www.montereypopfestival50.com Sierra Nevada World Music Festival: June 16-18, Mendocino County Fairgrounds, Boonville. Featuring: Barrington Levy, Third World, Tarrus Riley, Gentleman, more. Tickets: $70-$85 (single day) to $185 (three days).

Camping: $90 per car.www.snwmf.com Kate Wolf Music Festival: June 22-25, Black Oak Ranch, Laytonville. Featuring: John Prine, Bruce Cockburn, Carrie Rodriguez, Paul Thorn Band, Sarah Lee Guthrie, more. Tickets: $70-$105 (single day) to $210-$300 (two to four days, with camping). Parking extra. www.katewolfmusicfestival.com Sacred Movement: June 22-25, Lake Concow Campground, Concow. Featuring: Healing artists; music by Capleton, Jelly Bread, Mystic Roots, Wolfthump, Black Fong, more. Tickets: $35-$40 (single day) and $90 (three days). www.facebook.com/ sacredmovementmusicfestival High Sierra Music Festival: June 29-July 2, Plumas-Sierra County Fairgrounds, Quincy. Featuring: Ween, Trey Anastasio Band, Andrew Bird, Galactic,

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Gov’t Mule, more. Tickets: $275.75 for four-day passes, with camping. Parking extra. www.highsierra music.com Burger Boogaloo: July 1-2, Mosswood Park, Oakland. Featuring: Iggy Pop, John Waters, Red Kross, X, Buzzcocks, Guitar Wolf, more. Tickets: $69-$99 (single day) and $129 (two day). www.burgerboogaloo.com California WorldFest: July 13-16, Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley. Featuring: Michael Franti & Spearhead, Tommy Emmanuel, Seun Kuti & Egypt 80, Joe Craven & The Sometimers, Hannah Jane Kile, more. Tickets: $40-$65 (one day) to $115-$170 (two to four days). Camping extra. www.worldfest.net Northern Nights: July 14-16, Cook’s Valley Campground, Mendocino/Humboldt. Featuring: Living Legends, Cherub, Big Wild, more. Tickets: $229 (three days). Camping extra. www.northernnights.org Guitarfish Music Festival: July 27-30, Cisco Grove Campground & RV Park, Cisco Grove.

Featuring: The Main Squeeze, Katdelic, Vieux Farka Touré, Liberation Movement, more. Tickets: $50-$90 (single day) to $170 (four days). Camping included, parking extra. www.guitarfishfestival.com Reggae on the River: Aug. 3-6, French’s Camp, Garberville. Featuring: Slightly Stoopid, Junior Kelly, Sly & Robbie with Marcia Griffiths, Mystic Roots Band, more. Tickets: $200-$250 (three to four days, with camping). www.reggaeontheriver.com Outside Lands: Aug. 11-13, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. Featuring: Metallica, The Who, Lorde, A Tribe Called Quest, Queens of the Stone Age, more.

Tickets: $375 (three days). www.sfoutsidelands.com For the Funk of It: Aug. 11-13, Belden. Featuring: Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, Vokab Kompany, Mojo Green, Hi Strangeness, more. Tickets: $140 (three days). Camping free; parking extra. www.ftffest.com Chico World Music Festival: Sept. 9, Chico State.

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JOHN SEID, LARRY PETERSON & STEVIE COOK: Eclectic tunes for dining pleasure. Fri, 5/19, 6pm. Free. Two Twenty Restaurant, 220 W. Fourth St.

SURROGATE: The melodic indierockers perform on the back patio. Thu, 5/18, 9pm. $3.

The Argus Bar + Patio, 212 W. Second St.

REBEL SOUL: Southern rock covers. Fri, 5/19, 9:30pm. $5. Feather Falls Casino & Lodge, 3 Alverda Drive, Oroville.

WORLD’S FINEST: This Portland band’s sound is rooted in Americana but branches out to danceable funk, ska and punk. Honey B & The Cultivation opens. Thu, 5/18, 9pm. $10. Lost on Main, 319 Main St.

REY REYNOLDS & THE COUNTRY TIME BAND: Danceable country. Fri, 5/19,

8:30pm. Free. Gold Country Casino & Hotel, 4020 Olive Highway, Oroville.

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Roland Allen hosts this celebration of Feather Falls Brewing Co.’s new Extra Pale Ale. Thu, 5/18, 6pm. Free.

Feather Falls Casino & Lodge, 3 Alverda Drive, Oroville.

Chico indie-rock crew is joined by local noisy fools Viking Skate Country and Bad Mana. Fri, 5/19, 9pm. $7. The Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave.

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BASSMINT: A weekly bass music party with a rotating cast of local and visiting producers and DJs. Fri, 5/19, 9:30pm. Peking Chinese Restaurant, 243 W. Second St.

CHAT BENEFIT CONCERT: A benefit con-

LEANN COOLEY AND FRIENDS: Vintage blues and swing with Cooley and rotating guests. Thu, 5/18, 6:30pm. Free. Farm Star Pizza, 2359 Esplanade, 530-343-2056.

Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St. www.blueroomtheatre.com

BARN DANCE: Boot-stompin’ live country music, line dancing, auction and raffle prizes, beer, wine and food trucks. Sat, 5/20, 6pm. Free. Wade Arena, 1391 Clark Road, Oroville.

530-315-0654. www.handi-riders.org

20SaTURDay tribute to the late composer and musician with an all-star local lineup including Peter and Tricia Berkow, Steve Cook, Laurie Dana, Lisa Flores, Joshua Hegg, Bob Littell, Mark McKinnon, Gordy Ohliger and more. Sat, 5/20, 7:30pm. $18-$20.

5/20, 8:30pm. Free. Feather Falls Casino & Lodge, 3 Alverda Drive, Oroville.

BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS: Night one of the Doin’ It Justice Chorus’ spring concerts to benefit the Chico Peace & Justice Center and Women’s Health Specialists. Sat, 5/20, 7pm. $10-$20. St. John’s Episcopal Church, 2341 Floral Ave.

CARAVANSERAI: A Santana cover

band. Sat, 5/20, 9:30pm. $5. Feather Falls Casino & Lodge, 3 Alverda Drive, Oroville.

tunes for dining pleasure. Sat, 5/20, 6pm. Free. Two Twenty Restaurant, 220 W. Fourth St.

NNAMDI OGBONNAYA: A multi-instrumentalist composer, producer and performer out of Chicago. Locals Scout and Evin Wolverton open. Sat, 5/20, 8pm. $7-$10. Midtown Local, 365 E. Sixth St., 530-774-4720.

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NOR CAL ROCK EXTRAVAGANZA: Featuring Archer Nation, a heavy metal trio from Santa Cruz; progressive metalheads Restrayned out of Sacramento; and Reddingbased hard-rockers Fate. Sat, 5/20, 9pm. $7-$9. Lost on Main, 319 Main St., 530-588-9394. www.archer nation.brownpapertickets.com

REY REYNOLDS & THE COUNTRY TIME BAND: Danceable country. Sat, 5/20,

8:30pm. Free. Gold Country Casino & Hotel, 4020 Olive Highway, Oroville.

SEMI-ACOUSTIC MUSIC SHOWCASE: A weekly showcase and benefit for Chico schools. Hosted by Keith Kendall and friends. Sat, 5/20, 5pm.

Scotty’s Boat Landing, 12609 River Road. 530-710-2020.

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LIVE MUSIC OPEN MIC: Early evening open mic. Bring guitars, fiddles and whatever other instrument you enjoy and share some tunes. Wed, 5/24, 5:30pm. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave., 530-343-4915.

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DEAD WINTER CARPENTERS: These Big Room favorites are an Americana band hailing from North Lake Tahoe with refined chops, but a tendency to play fast and loose. Tue, 5/23, 7:30pm. $15. Sierra Nevada Big Room, 1075 E. 20th St. www.sierra nevada.com Chico Peace & Justice Center and Women’s Health Specialists. Sun, 5/21, 4pm. $10-$20. St. John’s Episcopal Church, 2341 Floral Ave.

HANK DUKE’S GOOD TIME VARIETY HOUR-SOUL TRAIN: All sorts of entertainment, including live music, dancers, comedy and an extraspecial surprise at the end of the show. Sun, 5/21, 9pm. $3. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave.

ROCK ’N’ SHOP: A rock ’n’ roll flea market complete with arts, crafts, booze and vinyl. Sun, 5/21, 2pm. Free admission. The Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave.

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BEER CAMP ACROSS THE WORLD RELEASE PARTY: A release party for the one-time collaboration with 12 breweries—six stateside and six overseas—including live music, food and flowing taps. Wed, 5/24, 6pm. $10. Sierra Nevada Big Room, 1075 E. 20th St. www.sierra nevada.com

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The Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave.

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Too Many Zooz is a trio of freaky musicians that gained notoriety by energetically busking up and down the East Coast, most often in New York City subways. Leo Pellegrino (saxophone), Matt Doe (trumpet) and the man known as “King of Sludge” (percussion) caught the eye of some music-industry types, leading to a performance with Beyonce during the Country Music Awards in March. You’ll have a chance to view the animals uncaged at Lost on Main on Wednesday, May 24.

MAY THE TOUR BE WITH YOU: A packed bill featuring touring metalcore bands Within Reach and Decades In. Opening acts include Gigantes, With Wolves, Slay It Forward and I Sank Atlantis. Wed, 5/24, 7pm. $7.

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OPEN MIC COMEDY: Experienced and first-time comics work out their material in front of a live audience. Wed, 5/24, 9pm. Free.

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TOO MANY ZOOZ: A trio based around baritone saxophone, trumpet and drums known for their energetic busking performances in New York City subways. Wed, 5/24, 8pm. Lost on Main, 319 Main St.

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the Chinese wilderness and focused on the lives of pandas, golden monkeys and snow leopards. Cinemark 14. Rated G.

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Alien: Covenant

Director Ridley Scott is at the helm of this new installment in the Aliens franchise that follows a crew of space colonists to an uncharted planet that’s home a deadly species hiding in the shadows. A prequel to Scott’s original 1979 sci-fi/horror classic.

Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R.

The Circle

Emma Watson plays a tech worker at a giant Internet corporation who finds out the company’s plans come at the expense of the privacy and personal freedoms of its customers. Adapted from Dave Eggers’ book of the same name. Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13.

Chasing Trane

The brand-new, definitive documentary on the life of one of America’s true artistic geniuses, revolutionary jazz saxophonist John Coltrane. One night only: Tonight, May 18, 7 p.m. Pageant Theatre. Not rated.

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Jim Jarmusch’s “neo-Beat noir comedy” starring Tom Waits, Roberto Begnini and John Lurie is this week’s Pageant repertory selection. One showing: Sunday, May 21, 7 p.m. Pageant Theatre. Rated R.

Everything, Everything

A film adaptation of the young-adult novel of the same name about a teen girl sheltered from the world due to an autoimmune condition who falls for the boy next door. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

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Tveryinginteresting, person, but Joseph Cedar’s film about him is especially in its portrayal both of the

he title character may not be a particularly interest-

social circumstances in which this “New York fixer” operates and of the various characters who take an interest in him at one by Juan-Carlos point or another.

Selznick The overall picture is a glancingly ironic mixture of social drama and character comedy, and it finds its liveliest appeal somewhere between the drab “normalcy” of its first-name title and the hyperbolic extravagances of its cumbersome subtitle. Norman’s low-rent wheeler-dealer self might be tempted to promote this film as a tragNorman: ic tale of “rise and fall,” but the film The Moderate that Cedar and company have made Rise and Tragic Fall of a gives much more play to tender charNew York Fixer acterizations and farcical plot twists Opens Friday, than the tag lines in that bottom-heavy May 19. Starring title might lead you to expect.

Richard Gere, Lior The character Norman (nicely ashkenazi, Steve played by an unusually modest Buscemi, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Richard Gere) at first looks like an Michael Sheen. elderly, but none too prosperous Directed by Joseph gentleman and, a little later on, like a Cedar. Pageant Theatre. Rated R. homeless man who somehow remains, just barely, more genteel than shabby.

But soon enough we also see the bursts of energy in which he assumes his “fixer” guise—the deal-maker, tipster, influence peddler,

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There’s a kind of urban picaresqueness at work in the film’s episodic account of some of the ups and downs in which this peculiar “fixer” becomes ensnared. The central-most episode involves a visiting Israeli politician (Lior Ashkenazi) to whom Norman impulsively ingratiates himself and from whom Norman will get some outsized public recognition three years later when he returns to New York as Israel’s new prime minister.

The prime minister episode is plainly the weightiest one but the greatest and deepest appeals of the film have more to do with the ways in which each of the episodes becomes a kind of double portrait, partly of Norman, partly of the character he’s encountering in that section of the story.

That all of the portraits, Norman’s included, come across as fragmentary or incomplete seems part of the point. Norman is perhaps a special case, unique in his solitude and in his glad-handing. But Cedar also shows us a half dozen other characters who are similarly entangled in their own mixtures of desperate aspiration.

Those aspects of the film get the full benefit of an excellent supporting cast—Ashkenazi as the politician, Dan Stevens as a young and mostly hostile distant relative of Norman, Steve Buscemi as a sometimes friendly rabbi, Michael Sheen as a lawyer who is also Norman’s rather ambivalent nephew, Charlotte Gainsbourg as a somewhat enigmatic special investigator. Hank Azaria and Harris Yulin have a moment or two as well. □

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Possession (1981)

Polish director Andrzej Żuławski’s classic psychological-horror drama starring Isabelle Adjani and Sam Neill. One Late Show viewing, Saturday, May 20, 10 p.m. Pageant Theatre. Not rated.

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Fate of the Furious

Somewhere along the way, the Furious franchise went completely bonkers and became less about cars racing around and more about dudes who think hair on the top of their heads is total bullshit and that upper arms should be the size of a bull’s torso. It also went off on some sort of international spy team tangent—something that actually worked to a hilarious degree in Furious 7. But with The Fate of the Furious, the franchise trajectory becomes ridiculous without much fun. It’s just dumb and plodding. The big thing here is that Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) has gone rogue and turned on his family, which has something to do with a cyber villain named Cipher (Charlize Theron) and her crazy dreadlock extensions. The biggest problem is that things are taken a little too seriously this time out. Heavy doses of drama are ladled into a mix that includes Diesel having his “Denzel Washington in Glory Tear” moment wherein a single solitary tear rolls down the cheek while the actor does his best to remain stone-faced.

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Peter Quill/Star-Lord (Chris Pratt) and the rest of his supergang get tangled up in more dangerous space adventures as they close in on the mystery of his true parentage. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

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Beauty and the Beast

Disney’s wonderful 1991 animated musical adaptation of the classic French fairy tale has become the latest film on Disney’s Live Redo of a Beloved Animated Movie assembly line. This one is a big-budget effort starring Emma Watson as the iconic Belle and Ewan McGregor as a CGI candelabra. Is it an enjoyable distraction? Yes, even if it is completely unnecessary. Hermione makes for a strong Belle, and Watson’s performance is what makes the film worthwhile.

As the Prince/Beast, Dan Stevens gives a decent enough performance via motion capture, and the CGI creation blends in nicely with his totally human, organic cast member. The cast and crew labor to make musical numbers like “Gaston” and “Be Our Guest” pop with the creative energy of the animated version, but they don’t quite reach those heights. They are nicely rendered, for sure, but not on the masterpiece level of the original. Beauty and the Beast tastes good, yet is ultimately empty fluff.

Cinemark 14. Rated PG —B.G.

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The fixer’s journey

Alec Baldwin lends his voice to the title role in this computer-animated feature about a super-smart, briefcase-carrying baby and his 7-year-old brother and their efforts to fight an evil CEO. Also starring the voices of Steve Buscemi, Tobey Maguire and Lisa Kudrow. Cinemark 14 and Feather River Cinemas. Rated PG.

A Chinese/American documentary filmed in

Eugenio Derbez stars as a man who specializes in seducing older women. After his octogenarian wife of 25 years leaves him, he moves in with his sister (Salma Hayek) and sets his sights on a new sugar mama (Raquel Welch). Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13.

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

Director Guy Ritchie gives King Arthur the Lock Stock/Sherlock Holmes treatment in this fantasy flick about the young king whose life is turned upside down after discovering the legendary Excalibur sword.

Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

Lowriders

A coming-of-age tale about a young street artist torn between his ex-con brother and his lowrider-obsessed father. Cinemark 14.

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Goldie Hawn and Amy Schumer star as a mother and daughter on a comic misadventure in South America. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7.

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Revolution 004 used four hops from South Africa, and 002 brought in hops from New Zealand, Germany and the Pacific Northwest. The Luponic Distortion series is adventurous, but never runs too far off course for the sake of being different. These beers are hoppy, but clean. And drinkable during all seasons.

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• saturday, May 20, 7:30 p.m., at the Blue Room: a night of Leonard Cohen Music.

It’s a Chico musical history lesson, as a who’s-who of our little musical hamlet—Gordy Ohliger, Steve Cook, Katrina Rodriguez, Peter Berkow, Mark McKinnon, Josh Hegg and more—line up to pay homage to the tower of songs written by he who was “born with the gift of a golden voice.” It’s also a fundraiser for the community theater.

• saturday, May 20, 8 p.m., at Midtown Local: nnamdi ogbonnaya: This is one of those regret-forever-if-you-miss shows. The Chicago multi-instrumentalist/singer/songwriter is a beast of a producer who raps with an off-kilter yet on-point flow, and his new album Drool (Father/Daughter Records) is a shape-shifting slice of super-fun rap that is very likely blowing up as we speak. Kindred spirit SCOUT and angel-voiced singer/songwriter Evin Wolverton open.

RiP The local music community was hit hard this week when news spread about the passing of Chris Loizeaux. The Chico musician and lawyer collapsed suddenly while working in his yard and died on Friday, May 12. He was 66.

Loizeaux has been a fixture in the local music scene for decades, playing almost every style of music with countless bands and combos—string nation, The Pub scouts, The new saddle Kings, Hawks & Eagles, et al.—and collaborating with just about every local musician of note along the way.

“Chris was the go-to Chico side musician—valued for finding the missing harmony part and playing hot mandolin and country/swing/jazz guitar licks,” said longtime local musician Peter Berkow via email. “He was a superb musician, and a very sweet, kind, ethical human being. It is a huge loss to our community.”

On Sunday, Loizeaux’s widow, Jane Martin, invited all of their musician friends over to fill her house with music for Mother’s Day, and according to Berkow, there were probably 100 people who came through. No memorial has been announced yet, but when it does happen, there will no doubt be at least that many who show up with instruments in hand for what will be an appropriately epic jam. Rest in peace, Chris.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): “A 2-year-old LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Leonardo da kid is like using a blender, but you don’t have a top for it,” said comedian Jerry Seinfeld. Would you like to avoid a scenario like that, Aries? Would you prefer not to see what happens if your life has resemblances to turning on a topless blender that’s full of ingredients? Yes? Then please find the top and put it on! And if you can’t locate the proper top, use a dinner plate or newspaper or pizza box. OK? It’s not too late. Even if the blender is already spewing almond milk and banana fragments and protein powder all over the ceiling. Better late than never!

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She believes that the best way for her son to enter the world is by him doing the hard work of squeezing through the narrow birth canal. That struggle will fortify his willpower and mobilize him to summon equally strenuous efforts in response to future challenges. It’s an interesting theory. I suggest you consider it as you contemplate how you’re going to get yourself reborn.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): I invite you

to try the following meditation: Picture yourself filling garbage bags with stuff that reminds you of what you used to be and don’t want to be any more. Add anything that feels like decrepit emotional baggage or that serves as a worn-out psychological crutch. When you’ve gathered up all the props and accessories that demoralize you, imagine yourself going to a beach where you build a big bonfire and hurl your mess into the flames. As you dance around the conflagration, exorcise the voices in your head that tell you boring stories about yourself. Sing songs that have as much power to relieve and release you as a spectacular orgasm.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): In normal

times, your guardian animal ally might be the turtle, crab, seahorse or manta ray. But in the next three weeks, it’s the cockroach. This unfairly maligned creature is legendary for its power to thrive in virtually any environment, and I think you will have a similar resourcefulness. Like the cockroach, you will do more than merely cope with awkward adventures and complicated transitions; you will flourish. One caution: It’s possible that your adaptability may bother people who are less flexible and enterprising than you. To keep that from being a problem, be empathetic as you help them adapt. (P.S. Your temporary animal ally is exceptionally well-groomed.

Cockroaches clean themselves as much as cats do.)

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Lady Jane Grey was crowned Queen of England in July 1553, but she ruled for just nine days before being deposed. I invite you to think back to a time in your own past when victory was short-lived. Maybe you accomplished a gratifying feat after an arduous struggle, only to have it quickly eclipsed by a twist of fate. Perhaps you finally made it into the limelight but then lost your audience to a distracting brouhaha. But here’s the good news: Whatever it was—a temporary triumph? incomplete success? nullified conquest?—you will soon have a chance to find redemption for it.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): While shop-

ping at a funky yard sale, I found the torn-off cover of a book titled You’re a Genius and I Can Prove It. Sadly, the rest of the book was not available. Later I searched for it in online bookstores, and found it was out-of-print. That’s unfortunate, because now would be an excellent time for you to peruse a text like this.

Why? Because you need specific, detailed evidence of how unique and compelling you are—concrete data that will provide an antidote to your habitual self-doubts and consecrate your growing sense of self-worth. Here’s what I suggest you do: Write an essay entitled “I’m an Interesting Character and Here’s the Proof.”

Vinci wrote a bestiary, an odd little book in which he drew moral conclusions from the behavior of animals. One of his descriptions will be useful for you to contemplate in the near future. It was centered on what he called the “wild ass,” which we might refer to as an undomesticated donkey. Leonardo said that this beast, “going to the fountain to drink and finding the water muddy, is never too thirsty to wait until it becomes clear before satisfying himself.” That’s a useful fable to contemplate, Libra. Be patient as you go in search of what’s pure and clean and good for you. (The translation from the Italian is by Oliver Evans.)

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): My friend

Allie works as a matchmaker. She has an instinctive skill at reading the potential chemistry between people. One of her key strategies is to urge her clients to write mission statements. “What would your ideal marriage look like?” she asks them.

Once they have clarified what they want, the process of finding a mate seems to become easier and more fun. In accordance with the astrological omens, Scorpio, I suggest you try this exercise—even if you are already in a committed relationship.

It’s an excellent time to get very specific about the inspired togetherness you’re willing to work hard to create.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

In ancient Greek myth, Tiresias was a prophet who could draw useful revelations by interpreting the singing of birds. Spirits of the dead helped him devise his prognostications, too. He was in constant demand for revelations about the future. But his greatest claim to fame was the fact that a goddess magically transformed him into a woman for seven years. After that, he could speak with authority about how both genders experienced the world. This enhanced his wisdom immeasurably, adding to his oracular power. Are you interested in a less drastic but highly educational lesson, Sagittarius? Would you like to see life from a very different perspective from the one you’re accustomed to? It’s available to you if you want it.

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Nor will you lose your keys or get yelled at by a friend or oversleep for a big appointment. On the contrary! I think you’ll be wise to expect the best. The following events are quite possible: You may be complimented by a person who’s in a position to help you. You could be invited into a place that had previously been off-limits. While eavesdropping, you might pick up a useful clue, and while daydreaming you could recover an important memory you’d lost. Good luck like this is even more likely to sweep into your life if you work on ripening the most immature part of your personality.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Time out.

It’s intermission. Give yourself permission to be spacious and slow. Then, when you’re sweetly empty—this may take a few days—seek out experiences that appeal primarily to your wild and tender heart as opposed to your wild and jumpy mind.

Just forget about the theories you believe in and the ideas you regard as central to your philosophy of life. Instead, work on developing brisk new approaches to your relationship with your feelings. Like what? Become more conscious of them, for example. Express gratitude for what they teach you. Boost your trust for their power to reveal what your mind sometimes hides from you.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as BEACHHUT DELI CHICO at 146 W 2nd Street Chico, CA 95993.

JASDEEP BAINS 1712 Regency Way Yuba City, CA 95993.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: JASDEEP BAINS Dated: March 27, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000449 Published: May 4,11,18,25, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as RESOLVE FACILITATION AND MEDIATION at

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550 Salem Street Suite 3 Chico, CA 95928.

MATTHEW C WATKINS 795 Eastwood Avenue Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: MATTHEW WATKINS Dated: April 18, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000554 Published: May 4,11,18,25, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as BUTTE VALLEY PUMP, INC. at 125 W. 3rd. St. Suite 200 Chico, CA 95928.

BUTTE VALLEY PUMP AND ELECTRIC, INC. 125 W. 3rd. St. Suite 200 Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by A Corporation.

Signed: ALEX HOAG, VICE PRESIDENT Dated: April 5, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000481 Published: May 4,11,18,25, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as ADVANCED EYE SURGERY CENTER at 627 W. East Ave Chico, CA 95926.

ADVANCED EYE SURGERY CENTER LLC 627 W. East Ave Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company.

Signed: AMY FOX, DIRECTOR Dated: March 22, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000425 Published: May 4,11,18,25, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as T AND G FLOORING at 664 E 19th St Chico, CA 95928.

ELIZABETH IMLACH 664 E 19th St Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: ELIZABETH IMLACH Dated: April 21, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000569 Published: May 4,11,18,25, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as THE ARCH at 250 Vallombrosa, Suite 125 Chico, CA 95926.

AUDREY MARIE LUSK 950 W East Avenue Apt #1 Chico, CA 95926.

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This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: AUDREY LUSK Dated: April 12, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000528 Published: May 4,11,18,25, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as TWIN PILLARS PRESS at 1590 Elliott Rd Paradise, CA 95969.

MICHAEL DAVID CHRISTIAN 1590 Elliot Rd Paradise, CA 95969.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: MICHAEL CHRISTIAN Dated: April 24, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000576 Published: May 4,11,18,25, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as MORRISON AND COMPANY, MORRISON AND COMPANY INC at 10 Landing Circle, #5 Chico, CA 95973.

MORRISON AND COMPANY CONSULTING, INC 10 Landing Circle, #5 Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by A Corporation.

Signed: GEOFF CHINNOCK, PRINCIPAL Dated: April 11, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000512 Published: May 4,11,18,25, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as DOMENIC’S SEPTIC SERVICE INC. at 12360 Meridian Road Chico, CA 95973.

DOMENIC’S SEPTIC SERVICE, INC. 12360 Meridian Road Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by A Corporation.

Signed: ROBERT PERKINS, PRESIDENT Dated: April 7, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000497 Published: May 4,11,18,25, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as GROUNDSCORES ROCKS AND GEMS at 337 Dakota Ave Biggs, CA 95917.

JUSTIN KIPLINGER 337 Dakkota Ave Biggs, CA 95917.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: JUSTIN KIPLINGER Dated: April 13, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000531 Published: May 4,11,18,25, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as THE TREAT TRIKE at 1565 N Cherry St, Apt 19 Chico, CA 95926.

GREGORY WILLIAM BASKIN 1565 N Cherry St, Apt 19 Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: GREGORY BASKIN Dated: April 19, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000559 Published: May 4,11,18,25, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as BOUNCE IT UP at 852 Lorinda Lane Chico, CA 95973.

DARYEL RICHARD POTTER 852 Lorinda Lane Chico, CA 95973.

LAURA ANNE POTTER 852 Lorinda Lane Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by A Married Couple.

Signed: DARYEL POTTER Dated: April 21, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000570 Published: May 4,11,18,25, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as DAB CAB, UNCLE SAM’S TRADING COMPANY at 1917 1/2 Normal Ave Chico, CA 95928.

SHANNON HELENA CHAVEZ 1917 1/2 Normal Ave Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: SHANNON CHAVEZ Dated: April 25, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000594 Published: May 4,11,18,25, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as SPEEDY BADGE at 7002 Mangrove Ave, Suite 175 Chico, CA 95926.

ASHLEY DELONE ARNOLD 2144 Durham Dayton Hwy Durham, CA 95938.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: ASHLEY ARNOLD Dated: April 17, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000545 Published: May 4,11,18,25, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as CHICO PETROLEUM at 1013 West First Street Chico, CA 95928.

KULWINDER KAUR 3954 Spyglass Road Chico, CA 95973.

SOHAN SINGH 3954 Spyglass Road Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by A Married Couple.

Signed: SOHAN SINGH Dated: April 25, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000590 Published: May 4,11,18,25, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as HEART IN HAND at 1825 Salem St Chico, CA 95928.

WEEZIE CAMPBELL 1825 Salem St Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: WEEZIE CAMPBELL Dated: April 5, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000483 Published: May 4,11,18,25, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as EVERGREEN INTEGRATIVE NUTRITION at

344 W. 4th Avenue Chico, CA 95926.

BRIAN JOHNSON 344 W. 4th Avenue Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: BRIAN JOHNSON Dated: April 26, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000601 Published: May 4,11,18,25, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as SALT AND MOSS STUDIO at 1502 Bidwell Drive Chico, CA 95926.

MATTHEW MARES 1502 Bidwell Drive Chico, CA 95926.

DEANNA SANTILY 1502 Bidwell Drive Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by A General Partnership.

Signed: MATTHEW SETH MARES Dated: April 25, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000584 Published: May 11,18,25, June 1, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as DEER CREEEK CAFE at 15474 Forest Ranch Way Forest Ranch, CA 95942.

CHRISTY PITTS 12745 Nicolas Rd Forest Ranch, CA 95942.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: CHRISTY PITTS Dated: May 4, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000645 Published: May 11,18,25, June 1, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as CHICO MOBILE HEADLIGHT RESTORATION at 635 Pomona Ave Chico, CA 95928.

TYLER CLAY CHESTER 635 Pomona Ave Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: TYLER CHESTER Dated: May 1, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000618 Published: May 11,18,25, June 1, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as R AND S INSPECTIONS at 1731 Hyer Ct Durham, CA 95938.

STEPHEN C HOWARD 1731 Hyer Ct Durham, CA 95938.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: STEPHEN C HOWARD Dated: May 3, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000629 Published: May 11,18,25, June 1, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as BLACKWHALE FITNESS at 1200 Sherman Ave Apt 20 Chico, CA 95926.

RICHARD WHALEN 1200 Sherman Ave Apt 20 Chico, CA 95926.

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an Individual.

Signed: RICHARD WHALEN Dated: April 17, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000544 Published: May 11,18,25, June 1, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as STUDIO TESLA, TESLA NEON at 454 E 10th Ave Chico, CA 95926.

PATRICK COLLENTINE 454 E 10th Ave Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: PATRICK COLLENTINE Dated: April 6, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000490 Published: May 11,18,25, June 1, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as CHICO CARE HOME FOR THE ELDERLY LLC at 1596 La Linda Lane Chico, CA 95926.

LEGALINC CORPORATE SERVICES INCORPORATED 1596 La Linda Lane Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company.

Signed: WINZELL MAESTAS, OWNER Dated: April 12, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000519 Published: May 11,18,25, June 1, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as STAR TAXI at 1865 E 8th St Apt 128 Chico, CA 95928.

SHAWN HEATER 175 4th Ave Orland, CA 95963.

ERIK SCHMIDT 1865 E 8th St Apt 128 Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by Copartners.

Signed: ERIK SCHMIDT Dated: May 8, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000658 Published: May 11,18,25, June 1, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as NORTH COUNTIES REAL ESTATE at 1074 East Ave Ste B1 Chico, CA 95926.

GAIL M PROSISE 4723 County Rd E Orland, CA 95963.

ROBERT L PROSISE 4723 County Rd E Orland, CA 95963.

This business is conducted by A Married Couple.

Signed: ROBERT L. PROSISE Dated: April 18, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000553 Published: May 18,25, June 1,8, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as NORTHSTATE BULLETLINER AND TRUCK ACCESSORIES at 6281 Broyles Road Chico, CA 95973.

JOSEPH RAY DUGAN 6281 Broyles Road Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: JOSEPH DUGAN Dated: April 24, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000583 Published: May 18,25, June 1,8, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as PARADISE PINES TRAILS FUND at 14600 Colter Way Magalia, CA 95954.

NICK CHARLES COLLINS 14600 Colter Way Magalia, CA 95954.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: NICK COLLINS Dated: May 9, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000660 Published: May 18,25, June 1,8, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as BARK AVENUE at 2045 Park Ave Oroville, CA 95966.

CHRISTINE ROGAN 4880 Foothill Blvd Oroville, CA 95966.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: CHRISTINE ROGAN Dated: May 2, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000626 Published: May 18,25, June 1,8, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as CASCADIA INSTRUMENTS at 70 Vincent Lane Chico, CA 95973.

CAMERON SCOTT 70 Vincent Lane Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: CAMERON SCOTT Dated: May 9, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000661 Published: May 18,25, June 1,8, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following perons are doing business as GLYN PYE VENDING at 945 W 2nd Street Chico, CA 95928.

WESERV INC 945 W 2nd Street Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by A Corporation.

Signed: STEPHANIE ALHOURANI, OFFICE MANAGER Dated: April 24, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000581 Published: May 18,25, June 1,8, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as ALPHA DRYWALL at 13653 West Park Dr Magalia, CA 95954.

DONALD LARRY HUNT 13653 West Park Dr Magalia, CA 95954.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: DONNY HUNT Dated: April 24, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000574 Published: May 18,25, June 1,8, 2017

NOTICES ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner JOCELYN PETTIT filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: JOCELYN BLISS PETTIT Proposed name: JOCELYN BLISS STRAUSS

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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: May 26, 2017 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: STEPHEN E. BENSON Dated: April 10, 2017 Case Number: 17CV00490 Published: April 27, May 4,11,18, 2017

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner MAI HUA LOR filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: MAI HUA LOR Proposed name: MAI LEE 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: June 2, 2017 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: STEPHEN E. BENSON Dated: April 10, 2017 Case Number: 17CV00733 Published: April 27, May 4,11,18, 2017

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner NOEL MARIA OLIVIA CALDERWOOD-HOWELL filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: NOEL MARIA OLIVIA CALDERWOOD-HOWELL Proposed name: NOEL CALDERWOOD 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

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written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: June 9, 2017 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: STEPHEN E. BENSON Dated: April 10, 2017 Case Number: 17CV00634 Published: May 4,11,18,25, 2017

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner RYAN J. WARNOCK filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: RYAN JAMES WARNOCK Proposed name: RYAN JAMES WALKER 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: June 2, 2017 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: STEPHEN E. BENSON Dated: April 11, 2017 Case Number: 17CV00551 Published: May 4,11,18,25, 2017

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner MOSES LOPEZ filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: MOSES MIRANDA LOPEZ Proposed name: ELIAS MIRANDA LOPEZ 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: June 23, 2017 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: STEPHEN E. BENSON Dated: April 21, 2017 Case Number: 17CV01039 Published: May 4,11,18,25, 2017

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner SHEENA & ZACH HOBBS filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: PAYTON PHOENIX BERRY-HOBBS LEILA FAITH BERRY-HOBBS BRADY MOON BERRY-HOBBS Proposed name: PAYTON PHOENIX HOBBS LEILA FAITH HOBBS BRADY MOON HOBBS 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: June 23, 2017 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: STEPHEN E. BENSON Dated: April 11, 2017 Case Number: 17CV00599 Published: May 11,18,25, June 1, 2017

PETITION NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE LARRY D. RICHTER AKA LARRY RICHTER, AKA LARRY DONALD RICHTER To all heirs and beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: LARRY D. RICHTER AKA LARRY RITCHER, AKA LARRY DONALD RICHTER Petition for Probate has been filed by: CATHRYN L. RICHTER in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte.

The Petition for Probate requests that: CATHRYN L. RICHTER be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

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: May 30, 2017 Time: 9:00 a.m.

Dept: C-18 Address of the court: Superior Court of California

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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 P.O. DRAWER 111 OROVILLE, CA 95965 (530) 533-5661 Case Number: 17PR00109 Dated: May 02, 2017 Published: May 11,18,25, 2017

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE DONNA ELIZABETH EAKIN To all heirs and beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: DONNA ELIZABETH MANGUS, DONNA HOESSLER Petition for Probate has been filed by: MATTHEW EAKIN, ELIZABETH MANGUS in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte.

The Petition for Probate requests that: MATTHEW EAKIN AND ELIZABETH MANGUS be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

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

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: July 11, 2017 Time: 9:00 a.m.

Dept: 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

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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: MATTHEW EAKIN & ELIZABETH MANGUS 1201 Swedes Flat Rd, Oroville, CA 95966 Case Number: 17PR00159 Dated: May 12, 2017 Published: May 18,25, June 1, 2017

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TOWN

PRICE

BR/BA

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$579,999 $455,000 $429,000 $410,000 $410,000 $405,000 $372,000 $365,000 $360,000 $359,000 $357,000

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BR/BA

4676 Cable Bridge Dr 5 Nevadillo Ct 284 E Washington Ave 1895 E 8th St 961 Lupin Ave 6 Titleist Way 460 Cimarron Dr 1012 Frances Dr 1626 Harvest Glen Dr 351 E 1st Ave 316 Mission Serra Ter

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$350,000 $350,000 $338,000 $326,500 $325,000 $325,000 $308,000 $308,000 $305,000 $305,000 $295,000

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

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The following houses were sold in Butte County by real estate agents or private parties during the week of may 2, 2017 – may 5, 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.

ADDRESS

TOWN

PRICE

BR/BA

ADDRESS

TOWN

PRICE

BR/BA

1840 Salem St

Chico

$290,000

2/1

SQ. FT. 1160

535 Orient St

Chico

$80,000

2/1

SQ. FT.

274 Vail Dr

Chico

$272,500

3/2

1213

2375 Notre Dame Blvd #12

Chico

$75,000

1/1

503

14 Whitewood Way

Chico

$272,500

3/2

1236

11 Sunset Oak Ct

Oroville

$357,500

4/3

2912

1131

1382 Lucy Way

Chico

$265,000

3/2

1126

180 La Mirada Ave

Oroville

$325,000

3/2

1766

16 Pebblewood Pines Dr

Chico

$259,000

2/2

1350

820 Bird St

Oroville

$250,000

5/2

1980

25 Fairgate Ln

Chico

$252,000

2/1

1034

5323 Treasure Hill Dr

Oroville

$250,000

3/2

1880

1068 Lupin Ave

Chico

$242,000

3/2

1039

4620 Sandpiper Ln

Paradise

$509,999

4/3

2991

1428 Arbutus Ave

Chico

$240,000

2/1

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5255 Royal Canyon Ln

Paradise

$380,000

3/3

2250

2990 Eaton Rd

Chico

$239,091

4/3

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Paradise

$379,000

4/3

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2546 Valhalla Pl

Chico

$142,500

4/2

1923

360 Pinewood Dr

Paradise

$370,000

3/4

2268

1485 Filbert Ave

Chico

$112,500

4/2

1942

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Paradise

$260,000

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