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Vol. 40, Issue 52 • August 24, 2017

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EDITORIAL

A light in dark places Communities that have independent newspapers are better places to live.

Such publications play a key role in keeping citizens informed, government accountable, and arts and culture alive and thriving.

As you’ll read in this week’s special cover story (beginning on page 14), Chico and its surrounding communities have benefited from the good and thoughtful reporting found in these pages over the past 40 years.

Just look at the early days of the CN&R: Support for the Greenline, opposition to a proposed coal plant, Sen. Jim Nielsen’s political corruption—these are a few of the many important issues this newspaper has covered that have helped affect change. Some of them were reported during the paper’s heyday of the 1980s and early ’90s, when it boasted more pages and advertising, along with a more robust staff.

Today, despite a contracted stable of editors and writers, this leaner newspaper continues the tradition of being a community watchdog. Over the last decade, the CN&R has kept readers informed about a long list of issues: the housing crisis, oil trains traversing the Feather River railways next to the state’s largest water conveyance system, unsustainable local government employee wages and benefits that have led to the gutting of basic public services.

Meanwhile, we’ve published powerful and poignant stories about our neighbors—pieces we took on to seek empathy for those suffering and ultimately better the human condition through understanding and, ultimately, action (search our archives for our exhaustive reporting on local homelessness, for example).

Forty years ago, the CN&R became a beacon for change in a community lacking alternative voices. We’re as committed now as ever to being a light in dark places. Thank you for your support over the last four decades and we hope you’ll head to our racks each Thursday to help us continue our work. □

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until August. e missed the first three years of the Chico Everything seemed hopeless, except for one News & Review. After moving off campus in thing: the staff. Despite a lack of air conditioning, 1977, a brave, idealistic team with almost no busia lack of equipment, and not having been paid in ness savvy put out a great paper each week. With months, those on staff stuck it out. Each week they wonderful news stories and came together and somehow put out a solid paper. excellent arts coverage, the When we moved to Chico CN&R really was in 1980, we joined people making a differputting out a paper that they ence in Chico.

[T]oday loved, in a town they loved, In the spring independent with people that they loved. of 1980, Jeff met This is the 40th anniverjournalism is some CN&R staff sary of their commitment. members at an under attack, The paper continues to tell alternative newsby but it is more stories that aren’t being paper convention Jeff vonKaenel and told elsewhere. And today in San Francisco. important Deborah Redmond independent journalism is They asked him the authors are majority than ever. under attack, but it is more to join the team as owners of the News & important than ever. Despite their advertising Review newspapers in Chico, many challenges, we stay sales manager. sacramento and Reno. committed to telling the stories of our community, to So, he came up to Chico to making sure many voices are heard, and to making a interview with the staff. difference, for the better.

Things were not looking good. The paper owed We are so grateful to all of the people who have money to the IRS and multiple printers, and many of the staff had not been paid in months. And, it was at one time been part of the CN&R and, of course, to the people of Chico, without whom this paper May, which meant that in a few weeks the students would not be possible. Thank you. □ would leave and advertising funds would dry up

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One university Chico State students, faculty and staff who returned for the new school

year Monday (Aug. 21) couldn’t help but notice sets of banners mounted on light posts lining the main promenade. One message holds particular resonance: “We are one university.”

However, its academic structure is not so unified. Chico State, in some key respects, is not “one university” in its systemic organization; it’s a collection of seven colleges, five schools and 29 centers/institutes. At least for the colleges, this structure has bred silos and competition for resources.

Take the College of Humanities and Fine Arts. As reported in Newslines (“Existential crisis,” by Evan Tuchinsky, page 8), that unit of the university has a sizable deficit. Without a bailout of sorts from the provost, humanities would be in the red nearly $2 million; as it stands, Dean Robert Knight still is running numbers, with contracts pending from some part-time instructors even after classes began, but he told the CN&R he anticipates a deficit in the half-million range, or 5 percent of his budget.

Chico State uses a complicated system to fund its colleges. The primary allocations are primarily based on “productivity”—crudely, butts in seats— but adjusted for the type of class. A college gets less per student for an introductory English composition class than for an upper-division chemistry lab. General education courses fall more heavily in the latter category; since the humanities college delivers a greater proportion of GEs than others, it’s the equivalent of a loss leader for Chico State.

Or, it would be if Chico State budgeted more holistically. Instead, Humanities and Fine Arts suffers from teaching the basics and low-tech classes, plus offering majors that aren’t as marketable as, say, business or criminal justice.

Chico State prides itself on its interdisciplinary approach to education.

“One university” will remain a partial platitude if inclusion does not extend into academia. □

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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

Bad news, good news About the time I sat down to write this column, I learned that New York’s Village Voice, a multiple Pulitzer winner and granddaddy of alternative weeklies, was shutting down print operations and going online-only. That publication has been around far longer than this one, so it was a jolt. This follows the actual demise of a few other big weeklies over the past couple of years—this year, Baltimore’s City Paper; the Bay Guardian of San Francisco a few years before that.

The news was a bit of a comedown from working on an anniversary issue about the history of the CN&R and its influence in the community. Much of the story is told through the former editors, writers and others who established the paper and the folks who came to its rescue a few years after it first hit the stands 40 years ago this week. I admire them all.

As you’ll see, it’s an extra-large spread. To accommodate for the project, we dropped our weekly features sections, Healthlines and Greenways. Even still, it’s but a snapshot of this newspaper’s story.

There’s easily enough material to fill a book.

I hope you enjoy learning about the history as much as I did.

I’ve been with the CN&R since 2007, so I was here to close out one decade. As for the story of the current one, well, it’s a work in progress. Fortunately, the paper is positioned well, despite some instability among the nation’s weekly papers. Circulation is up modestly—a pretty big win in the industry. I’m looking forward to helping shape our story in the years to come.

Working at this independent paper has been the highlight of my 15-year journalism career in this community. I don’t take for granted being part of a team that tells stories that would otherwise go untold. I’ve been fortunate to work alongside a dedicated and passionate crew—from the delivery drivers and editorial staffers to the designers and sales professionals.

Being a part of the CN&R family has also been a heckuva lot of fun.

shout out: When I look back at my decade at this paper, and all of

the terrific colleagues who have come and gone, former Office Manager Jane Corbett is at the top of my list. Our spunky, red-headed co-worker and friend wore many hats. Perhaps one of her favorite tasks was keeping morale buoyed by organizing staff activities, including lunches and our beloved “beer Fridays.” Jane retired in 2012 after 26 years with the paper and has since moved out of town.

Obviously, she’s much missed.

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does the trick. This is your last reminder about our 40th anniversary block party celebration this Saturday, Aug. 26, from noon to 4 p.m. There, outside the back entrance to our office at Second and Flume streets, we’ll have raffle prizes—gift baskets and a massage package, among other things. There also will be a beer garden, live music and food trucks. Come check it out.

one last thing: This week marks the return of Eye on 45, penned this time around by CN&R’s Howard Hardee. That biweekly feature watchdogging Trump, which I’d written for the first six months of his administration, will now be a monthly offering. It’s not because we don’t have the material, mind you. It’s because I need to remain sane.

Melissa Daugherty is editor of the CN&R

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Takin’ it back Re “Farmer fined” (Downstroke, Aug. 17) and “‘Brainwashed America?’” (Letters, by Loretta Ann Torres, Aug. 17): Environmental protections are not “environmental regulations.” Calling them regulations allows Messrs.

Donald Trump, Doug LaMalfa, Scott Pruitt and their ilk to cast them negatively—while protections are positive. Don’t allow the Republicans to define your language. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or ACA is the name, not “Obamacare.”

White supremacist, Nazi, fascist describe these murdering terrorists, not “alt-right.”

If we take back the language, perhaps we can get something other than a reality TV candidate and campaign next time. Most people who base their “unbiased” opinions on Fox News and The Heritage Foundation think our fascist in chief is doing a fine job.

All of the largest media corporations like the one Ms. Torres cites (probably Sinclair Media) are right and far right. The myth of the leftwing media is just that while rightwing propagandists to try to defund PBS. Link TV and MSNBC are the only center-left outlets widely available. I find BBC and Al Jazeera to be the closest to “unbiased TV news” available.

Rich Meyers Oroville

Where’s the excitement?

Re “Education: the great equalizer” (Guest comment, by Gayle Hutchinson, Aug. 17): CSUC President Gayle Hutchinson laid out a vision more social engineering than an invitation to the life of the mind.

Nothing in what she wrote spoke to the excitement of intellectual discovery or the exposure to ideas many of us thought awaited us when we first enrolled in college.

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LETTERS c o n t i n u e d f r o m pa g e 5 reading that sludge with growing excitement about the learning experience awaiting them, nor can I imagine a good professor whose passion for teaching would be energized by those words meant to set the tone for the new academic year.

Four decades spent working in proximity to college administrators left me with a wary attitude toward them. Increasingly, they seemed to have been stamped from a mold, emerging from their training with penchants for mind-numbing clichés, boilerplate phrases and abstractions that made education a “process,” an assembly line designed to stamp out students who would sound and “think” like those cant-and-catechism graduates with degrees in educational administration, the discipline that demanded the least academic challenge but offered the largest prospects of pecuniary rewards.

Jaime O’Neill Magalia

To bridge the divide Re “Chico for Charlottesville” (Newslines, by Ken Smith, Aug. 17): Some remember The Band or Joan Baez singing “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down.”

And no one would ever call them white supremacist sympathizers, yet they sung with compassion, the sorrow of a defeated Southerner.

Slavery and the genocide of Native Americans are sins that created the United States, and even now, much needs to be done to make up for the great damage inflicted, and to end the very real, entrenched racism.

Yet, compassion, too, is necessary for healing the deep anger and resentment among us.

I am proud the Mobilize Chico activists quickly protested the hate represented by the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville. I am discouraged that the Mobilize Chico banner has symbols for the usual minorities, easily excluding any symbol for male or Christianity.

The professional elites running the Democratic Party use minority groups to stay in power.

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of sharing world leadership toward a more sustainable and peaceful future.

Compassion is necessary to bridge the very real divides.

Lucy Cooke Butte Valley

Touché “Truly progressive, please” (Letters, by Lucy Cooke, Aug. 17): I liked Lucy Cooke’s letter to the editor in which she recalls Bob Mulholland’s remark about not wanting bedwetters in the Democratic Party. So now “bedwetter” has found its place in American jargon as a term of derision.

May I remind him that most enuretics (I prefer the medical term) are children—children who dread summer camp because they might wet the bed, who are filled with anxiety about being unable to stop, who can’t develop healthy self-esteem until it does stop.

According to Wikipedia, “Young people who experience nighttime wetting tend to be physically and emotionally normal,” and “incidence varies with social class with more incidences among those with low socioeconomic status.”

Therefore, in the future, Mr. Mulholland should clearly state that he does not want people with low socioeconomic status in the Democratic Party, rather than target bedwetters in general. Of course, if he’s talking about the incontinence that afflicts senior citizens, he should be even more specific and clarify that he does not want senior citizens in the Democratic Party either.

Susan Grant Paradise

Symptom, not a cause As a homeowner in Chico, I don’t know what a threat it is not to have a home. Out in the world, without shelter, your life is on the line.

And when so much of your mental energy is consumed with survival or pain avoidance, a lot that’s civilized gets left by the wayside.

The dramatic increases in homelessness leave such a large number of people so completely alienated from society as to be the breeding ground for antisocial behaviors the likes of which we have not yet seen.

Even the current framing of

Lost in all this is that while Nazi buffoons are immanently unpopular, we enthusiastically participate (compete) in what is essentially a racist socioeconomic system.

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our public discourse confuses the issue. Homelessness is not the problem. A 1 percent vacancy rate, not enough affordable housing, not enough good job openings, lack of sufficient mental health services— these are the problems, of which homelessness is a symptom.

Trends portend that if we don’t do more now to address these issues, the quality of life in our community will get worse at a progressively faster rate.

It’s difficult to accept the irony and tragedy that the conclusion of the evidence before us is so clear, and that the gravity and urgency of the deaths per month on the street and the remarkably expensive and inefficient use of our emergency services don’t warrant more speed and urgency on our part.

John Lansdale Chico

Nazi sympathizer in chief Re “We must remember” (Editorial, Aug. 17): It took two days of outrage and condemnation from both sides of the political aisle before “President” Trump was forced to act like a responsible adult and publicly condemn the KKK, neo-Nazis and white supremacists.

Prior to that, in a vain attempt to appease a segment of his base, Mr. Trump showed his willingness to beckon the beasts of bigotry and intolerance in order to serve his own needs.

Then it took one more day before he had a complete meltdown following criticism from David Duke, the former Klan imperial wizard. In an appalling display of rudeness and bombastic insults, Trump paid homage to his support of Nazism, white supremacists and alt-right bigotry,

while ignoring condolences for the family of a murdered woman, those injured, and two police officers who died in a helicopter crash. Next time he opens his mouth it might serve Trump well to heed these words from George Harrison’s song “Isn’t It a Pity”: Some things take so long/But how do I explain/When not too many people/Can see we’re all the same/And because of all their tears/Their eyes can’t hope to see/ The beauty that surrounds them/ Isn’t it a pity Roger S. Beadle Chico

President Trump cannot convincingly condemn neo-Nazis, because he thinks like a mob boss or a Hell’s Angel: He’s loyal to those loyal to him, period. Acting on principle is considered naïve.

Trump’s First Law: Don’t dump on any chump who voted for Trump.

Conversely, the general public reflexively condemns neo-Nazis.

Overt racism is uncool and abhorring white supremacists is just plain easy.

Lost in all this is that while Nazi buffoons are immanently unpopular, we enthusiastically participate (compete) in what is essentially a racist socioeconomic system. The economic violence done to black America is done through systematic impoverishment and incarceration, century after century. The result, in 2017, is that white wealth per household (held mostly by the upper class) is 13 times that of blacks.

The question for Middle America is not only do we affirm racial equality, but also what sacrifices and structural changes must be made in order to achieve more equitable wealth distribution? Not only for the millions

of impoverished blacks, but also for the millions of impoverished whites and Latinos. Pulling down a monument to Jefferson Davis might feel good, but it won’t make a dent in wealth inequality.

Patrick Newman Chico

Fed-up voters Re “Stranger than fiction” (Letters,

by Gregory Hughbanks, Aug. 17): Have no doubt: Trump was “elected” because the majority of Americans are fed up with “politics as usual.” They’re fed up with watching both the Democrats and Republicans push for free trade agreements that ship our jobs overseas. They’re fed up with endless wars for oil fought for corporate interests, with trillion-dollar bailouts to banker billionaires, cuts in social programs and disappearing retirements. They’re fed up!!

That’s why Trump, who promised to “drain the swamp,” renegotiate our place in the NAFTA and “make America great again,” took the election.

People are beginning to realize that both political parties serve the interests of their corporate contributors over ours. Somehow the DNC missed the clues. They watched the crowds building around Bernie Sanders’ message and instead of offering the change that “We the People” were crying out for, they presented us with more of the same in Hillary Clinton after committing gross election fraud in the primaries.

Then they expected Bernie’s supporters to just “swallow hard” and vote for more.

Only when we begin truly voting our hopes instead of our fears, and standing up to politics as usual, will we “make America great”—perhaps for the very first time.

Sherri Quammen Paradise

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University Police issued a safety bulletin to the Chico State community Monday (Aug. 21) after two weekend incidents in which a man trespassed in student residences.

Around 1 a.m. Saturday morning, according to the advisory, a male student not living in student housing forced his way onto several floors of Whitney Hall after fleeing staff who’d informed him he needed to follow check-in procedures. University Police caught and arrested him.

Early Sunday morning, University Police arrested a man who isn’t a student after he entered an off-campus sorority house through an unlocked door.

The safety bulletin recommends “all campus community members … remain vigilant of their surroundings and to ensure residence doors are locked at all times.”

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A Durham man was fatally shot outside of his home by a Butte County Sheriff’s deputy on Tuesday (Aug. 22). The CN&R has learned the man was Mark Jensen, who ran unsuccessfully for Butte County supervisor in 2008 and 2016.

On Monday, code enforcement officers went to the man’s home on Durham-Dayton Highway and served him paperwork for noncompliance with the county’s marijuana ordinance, said BCSO spokeswoman Megan McMann. The next day, he allegedly called the BCSO and made threats and also allegedly brandished a shotgun at a woman who parked in front of his home.

A SWAT team went to Jensen’s home around 5 p.m. to serve a felony warrant for making threats to a public officer. After a short time, Jensen allegedly came outside and pointed a handgun at deputies. An as-yet unidentified deputy shot him once in the chest; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Butte County Officer Involved Shooting/ Critical Incident Protocol Team is investigating the incident.

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Lee Fong Vang, the owner of a smog shop in Oroville, has been accused of sexually assaulting three additional women after an initial report of rape in late July (see “Out of the dark,” Newslines, Aug. 3).

The first woman told police she’d visited Table Mountain Tires and Smog for a smog inspection, and Vang (pictured) allegedly assaulted her repeatedly.

Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey said three more woman have come forward and charges have been filed in two of the cases (one was beyond the statute of limitations). On Aug. 18, a judge raised Vang’s bail from $195,000 to $750,000 and he was sent to the county jail.

He is due in court today (Aug. 24) to enter a plea and set a preliminary hearing date.

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Humanities college, reeling from cuts, focuses on path forward

Jprecedes tomed to the whirlwind of activity that a school year at Chico State. ulia Kobrina-Coolidge has grown accus-

First as a grad student, now as a faculty member, she’s been on campus since 1998. story and Kobrina-Coolidge photo by is a Russian native Evan Tuchinsky who teaches in eva nt @ the Department n ew srev i ew. c o m of International Languages, Literature and Cultures—one of seven in the university’s College of Humanities and Fine Arts. Heading into a new semester, she hones instruction plans, but the past few years also has worked toward her doctorate at Middlebury College in Vermont.

She traveled there last week to receive her diploma, returning just in time for the first day of classes Monday (Aug. 21).

Typically in a term, she’ll expect to have four or five courses to teach. This fall, she has just two. Because of a budget deficit in the humanities college, Chico State cut 68 from the schedule—44 just ahead of the semester.

“This is the first time in probably 18 years that I have so little work—and my degree,” Kobrina-Coolidge told the

CN&R. “The irony of the situation is just something to laugh about. Or cry about.”

The three semester levels of Russian she would have taught got consolidated into a single class. Her other fall course is a graduate seminar on developing curriculum for ESL (English as a second language).

Colleague Quirino de Brito got hit similarly. Like Kobrina-Coolidge, he learned on short notice his schedule would be slashed. Unlike her, he’ll have no language class to teach: Portuguese was removed entirely. He’s down to an introductory course on international engagement and the one-unit International Forum.

Seated with Kobrina-Coolidge in his office Monday, de Brito—a lecturer since 2003—said: “I don’t want you to think we are whining ... like a spoiled child that doesn’t get his gratification right away.

That’s not the point. The idea here is to think more objectively about how the current situation of the budget is affecting us at different levels, and we have to look at that not as just numbers.”

Kobrina-Coolidge expressed the frustration she heard from students who found that their schedules had been—or had to be—altered by course cancellations and

consolidations.

“If they know about such changes ahead of time, that’s one thing,” she said. “If they find out a week or five days before school starts, that makes a huge difference.”

The humanities college’s budget crisis dates

to spring semester, when Dean Robert Knight revealed a $1.2 million deficit heading into the 2017-18 academic year. Faculty expressed surprise, for which Knight owned up in an interview Monday with the CN&R. Due primarily to “one-time money” allotments and faculty payments from elsewhere, Knight said his college had “always been able to come out in the black.”

However, that balance changed under the funding system released last year.

The deficit now stands at $1.8 million, pending contracts with all the lecturers.

However, Knight said Provost Debra Larson, hired in March, has allocated $1 million to help the department bridge the gap. (She’s pledged the same for 2018-19.) Knight expects retirements and reimbursements to drop the deficit to under a half-million dollars—roughly 5 percent of the department’s budget.

“We’re trying to address this issue head-on, in a way that frankly hasn’t been

Quirino de Brito and Julia Kobrina-Coolidge, Chico State lecturers in international languages, sit at the campus entrance by the Humanities and Fine Arts building on the first day of school (Aug. 21).

addressed for well over a decade,” Knight said. “I’ll be the first to say that, as I told [Larson], I accept responsibility for these past three to four years, not diving into this…. Now I’m at a point where I can look at the budget and say, ‘What are we going to do?’”

His approach is multifaceted.

The immediate action, obviously, was cutting classes, in which enrollments did not meet minimum levels required by the university allocation model to fund an instructor.

Over the next several months, college faculty will hold meetings— some with Knight and Larson—to craft proposals on long-term solutions. Concurrently, the Curriculum Innovation Committee will bandy recommendations.

In addition, college departments will work on ways to attract more students to major in their subjects. Students within a major take more classes within that respective college—notably upperdivision classes.

The funding structure campus-wide accords different per-student allocations for different types of courses: GE, lower division, upper division, labscience, etc. The system disadvantages GE-heavy colleges.

Humanities delivers GE classes all students need to graduate: English composition, American history and critical thinking, plus many of the writingintensive courses required to fill out the specified total of four. The College of Behavioral and Social Sciences also provides GE classes but features two of the most popular majors, psychology and criminal justice.

“Across the U.S., humanities enrollments have been going down for years,” Knight said. “That’s not an excuse, but it is a contributing factor….

“We can’t cut our way out of this, nor can we continue what we are doing.”

De Brito and Kobrina-Coolidge support the “shared governance” described

by Knight, in whom they expressed confidence. Their biggest concern, apart from the impact on students, stems from timing.

“It’s a good process; I just wonder why they didn’t start that earlier,” de Brito said. “The tsunami that fell upon us recently, it could have been avoided—to some extent it could have been mitigated—by starting this conversation much earlier.” □

Challenging the tunnels Butte County, AquAlliance sue for better environmental review

Barbara Vlamis, executive director of AquAlliance, says the twin tunnels could “de-water” our region. cn&R file photo

twin tunnels project, aka California seems to have been on a fast TtrackheWaterFix, to approval, opponents agree, lead-

ing to dozens of lawsuits filed against the Department of Water Resources on Monday (Aug. 21), the last day to take legal recourse.

“This is one of the larger environmental cases in recent memory,” said Bruce Alpert, Butte County counsel. “It certainly has one of the biggest impacts statewide.”

The county filed suit Monday, as did local water advocacy group AquAlliance.

Both argue that the DWR, which is overseeing the project, failed to comply with the California Environmental Quality Act in its assessment of potential impacts to our region. They aren’t the only ones. “There are over 54 plaintiffs right now,” Alpert said. “There were so many people filing on Monday, they were handing out numbers in the courthouse.”

California WaterFix, as the twin tunnels project is now being called, originated as a peripheral canal plan back in the 1980s, during Jerry Brown’s first stint as governor.

That plan failed, by vote of the people, in 1982. It resurfaced in a slightly different form during Brown’s current administration.

The twin, 40-foot-wide Delta tunnels would be 35 miles long, cost at least $15 billion to build and be capable of sending much of the Sacramento River south. It will not be on the ballot.

“The only recourse for the public now is in the court,” said Barbara Vlamis, executive director of AquAlliance and longtime local

environmental advocate. “In our region, the biggest potential impact is it would facilitate the state using this area like a colony for water, that we’re just an area of origin to supply water for other regions. It would potentially de-water our region over time.”

Alpert agreed, saying the county’s lawsuit includes similar concerns. “There’s a threat to our area-of-origin rights, a threat to our district and surface water rights,” he said. “The more water they pull out of the Sacramento River, the less recharge we have up here; the more surface water they pull, the more we have to use groundwater. But our water is really not all limitless.

“You can destroy your water resources,” he added, “which they’ve already done in the San Joaquin Valley.”

What’s more, Alpert said, is the California WaterFix environmental review doesn’t take into account the possibility of the Sites Reservoir also moving forward.

That project also would pull water from the Sacramento River, Alpert said, so it should be considered as an additional impact.

“There are spots where Sacramento River water would be taken for Sites above us, and for the tunnels below us,” he said. “Under CEQA law, it’s a reasonable probability that [Sites] is going forward, so it should be considered as an additional impact. Because, if you put Sites together with the twin tunnels, you have a whole different thing.”

With these major concerns noted, Alpert and Vlamis each said that the reason they filed a lawsuit was to call for greater

environmental review. These are potential impacts that weren’t even included in the study, they said. Both the county and AquAlliance have expressed concerns since the beginning, submitting comments throughout the draft environmental impact process dating back at least to 2015.

“They didn’t respond to all of our comments, they didn’t perform additional studies that we requested for our area,” Alpert said. “[The project is] being pushed through very quickly; they’re using every procedural trick that they can to move this forward, trying to streamline everything to get it done quickly.”

The lawsuits, filed by entities ranging from local governments to environmental groups to fishermen, likely will be lumped together by the court, Alpert said, and the process could take a very long time. In reading through the county’s suit, it was clear that there are hurt feelings going back as far as the building of the Oroville Dam. “Butte, one of the northernmost [State Water Project] water contractors, has long borne extraordinary risks and uncompensated costs as the host county of DWR’s Oroville facilities,” it reads. “Butte is the location of Lake Oroville, the SWP’s ‘crown jewel,’ as well as creeks, rivers and groundwater basins that provide the lifeblood for agriculture, the economy and the environment in the northern Sacramento Valley.”

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resident Trump’s administration has navigated stormy seas throughout its time in the White House, but over the last few weeks POTUS has steered the ship into a political hurricane. He played nuclear chicken with North Korea, sparred with members of his own party, made dramatic cabinet changes worthy of The Apprentice, struggled against the tightening noose of the Russia investigation and failed, repeatedly, to denounce violence fueled by white supremacy.

July 28: Trump’s hardline tactics on health care backfire as the Senate rejects the socalled “skinny” repeal of the Affordable Care Act thanks to dissenting votes from three Republicans—Susan Collins of Maine, John McCain of Arizona and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska. The president’s anger boils over on Twitter and he targets Murkowski with threats to change course on issues affecting her state.

But wait, there’s more. After enduring a barrage of public and profane insults from new White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci, Reince Priebus resigns as chief of staff. Trump announces Priebus’ replacement—John Kelly, a retired four-star general who oversaw the implementation of Trump’s travel ban as secretary of Homeland Security. NPR calls it the “biggest White House shakeup yet.”

July 31: Just 10 days after being appointed, Scaramucci is fired following an expletive-laced interview with The New Yorker.

Aug. 1: On a 92-to-5 vote, the Senate confirms Christopher Wray as director of the FBI, a post left vacant since May, when Trump fired the former director, James Comey.

Aug. 2: Trump grudgingly signs a bill placing sanctions on Russia, North Korea and Iran and limiting the president’s ability to lift them unilaterally. The New York Times reports that the bill passed by veto-proof margins in the Senate (98-2) and House (419-3). Trump calls it “seriously flawed.”

Aug. 3: Special Counsel Robert Mueller launches a grand jury to investigate the Kremlin’s interference in the 2016 election and the Trump family’s financial ties to Russia, The Wall Street Journal reports.

Aug. 4: At a campaign-style rally, Trump dismisses the investigation as the “totally made-up Russia story.” Meanwhile, the grand jury issues subpoenas related to Donald Trump Jr.’s nowinfamous 2016 meeting with a Russian lawyer.

Aug. 8: Speaking to New York Times reporters

at his golf club in New Jersey, Trump threatens North Korea with “fire and fury” if Kim Jong Un continues to provoke the U.S. Hours later, North Korean officials say they are planning a missile strike against Guam (a U.S. territory) in retaliation.

Aug. 11: News breaks that, last month, the FBI raided the home of Trump’s former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, as part of the Russia investigation. Trump tells The Washington Post, “I thought [the raid] was a very, very strong signal, or whatever.”

Trump tweets that the U.S. is “locked and loaded, should North Korea act unwisely.”

Aug. 12: Racial tensions spill over in the col-

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lege town of Charlottesville, Va., during one of the largest gatherings of white supremacists in recent U.S. history. Neo-Nazi James Alex Fields allegedly drives a speeding car into a crowd of counterprotesters, injuring 30 people and killing 32-year-old Heather Heyer. Fields is charged with second-degree murder; Trump blames the violence on “many sides,” sparking nearuniversal criticism.

Aug. 14: About 48 hours after the attack, Trump finally calls out neo-Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan, saying “racism is evil.” According to Gallup, the president’s national approval rating hits a new low—34 percent.

Aug. 15: During a press conference on infrastructure, Trump goes off-script and once again blames the deadly violence in Virginia on “both sides” and denounces the “very, very violent” actions of the “alt-left.” He argues that removing Confederate statues is a slippery slope: “I wonder, is it George Washington next week? And is it Thomas Jefferson the week after?”

NPR reports that North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un is holding off on the missile strike against Guam, but that he could change his mind

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Aug. 16: Trump disbands his business councils following the high-profile departures of several CEOs due to his equation of hate groups with the protesters opposing them.

Former Presidents George H.W. and George W. Bush, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell all publicly denounce bigotry in the wake of Charlottesville.

North State Congressman Doug LaMalfa, however, does not.

“There are two sides of a story to be told here, and right now this is a heyday for the left, or the Democrats, trying to tie the president or Republicans to this particular thing,” LaMalfa tells KRCR Channel 7.

The same day, in an interview with the liberal journal The American Prospect, White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon calls white supremacists “clowns” and “losers” and contradicts Trump on North Korea.

Aug. 18: Trump fires Bannon, who returns to his post as executive chairman of the farright Breitbart News Network and declares war against anyone opposing the nationalist, conservative agenda, The New York Times reports.

Aug. 21: NPR reports that at least 16 charities—including the American Red Cross, The Salvation Army and the American Cancer Society—have canceled planned events at Mara-Lago, Trump’s country club in Florida, over his reaction to the violence in Charlottesville.

USA Today reports that, due to the Trump family’s frequent travel, the Secret Service has almost burned through its budget for the year.

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THE GOODS

Reflections, restorations

the man in the hat If you’re currently holding a hard copy of the Chico News & Review, it’s largely thanks to the efforts of Mark Schuttenberg, the newspaper’s distribution manager. Schuttenberg is one of the CN&R’s longest-running staff members, having started as a delivery driver in 1990 and served in his current position for the last 25 years. In addition to being a cornerstone of the newspaper’s operations, he’s an affable guy, known around the office for his easygoing demeanor, handiness and ubiquitous St. Louis Cardinals hat. A native of St. Charles, Mo., Schuttenberg moved to Northern California in 1974, and lives with his wife, Tanya (aka the “Thrift Queen”) in Magalia.

What does your job entail?

I start with the route sheets.

There are usually changes to be made, like starting or deleting stops. I fix and repair racks and clean graffiti off of them, and I hire and fire drivers. Thursday is the busy day, when we deliver the new issue. I also do things around the office—like move desks, change light bulbs, pick up bagels on Friday.

What happens on Thursdays?

The papers are delivered to our warehouse out by the airport around 4 a.m. I meet all of our drivers out there in the morning, and we get going from there.

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Meredith J. Cooper meredithc@newsreview.com

Forty years. Maybe it’s because I haven’t yet reached that milestone, but it’s hard to imagine something thriving for that amount of time, as the CN&R has. I mean, consider how different life was in 1977: the average rent was $240 a month; a new house cost about $50,000; gas was 65 cents a gallon; and the very first personal computers hit the market at less than $500 a pop.

I started working at the CN&R in 2006. Even that seems like a long time ago (apparently enough time to pen 868 stories). I’ve seen much change since then, and in the theme of this column, many businesses have come and gone. Among the most notable farewells were victims of the global economic crisis, places like Copeland Sports, Austin’s and McMahan’s furniture stores, Circuit City, Linens ‘N Things, Borders, Mervyn’s, Gottchalks and Tower Records. It feels like we’re going through another cycle much like that one—let’s hope it’s shorter and less widespread.

Tell me about your crew.

We have 10 drivers. I haven’t had to hire anyone new in a few years, and a few of them have been here for 10 years or more. I give all credit due to the distribution department to the drivers. I don’t know what’s worse for them, working in the heat last July, or the cold rain last winter. Their names are in the staff box at the front of this paper. If you see them on Thursday morning, say “Hi” and thank them for their hard work.

Anything strange ever happen on your routes?

Several years ago we had an art box with an American flag design and someone lit it on fire.

I guess they were trying to burn in it protest or something; it was melted and ruined and we had to replace it. I guess people mistake our racks as garbage

cans sometimes because we’ve had to clean up all kinds of stuff.

Vomit, pizza, you name it. I found a Santa Claus garden gnome in one once. That was kinda nice.

Any other interests?

Music. All kinds, but mainly Americana-type stuff like Dylan, The Grateful Dead, The Byrds.

And bluegrass, like Bill Monroe and [Lester] Flatt and [Earl] Scruggs. I also read a lot. John Muir is my favorite, and I like Steinbeck, Hemingway, Ken Kesey … I recently finished reading every Louis L’Amour novel, and now I’m reading every Zane Grey novel. Also, we go visit our grandson in the Bay Area every month, and I love hiking and kayaking. Lassen, Yosemite, the ocean … Northern California is the place to be.

—KEN SMITh kens @new srev i ew. c o m

What’s old is neW again I’ve been keeping my eye on the Oroville Inn’s restoration process and it appears the historic building has passed another hurdle. The grand ballroom, planned to be a community gathering space as well as a spot for private events, is now complete. The photos show a large, elegant room that’s surprisingly absent of a lot of intricacy compared with the entrance hall and building façade. I do know, however, that owner Bud Tracy went out in search of missing chandeliers and actually located them—so those that hang are the genuine article. To learn more or to book the space, call Debbie Moore at 990-7002.

Another milestone for the revitalization of downtown Oroville is the opening of The Exchange. I interviewed the business’ owners, Jesse Brown and Debi Mills, about six months ago as they were renovating the space inside the old Washington Block building (built in 1856!). And, the renovation is finally complete. Stop by the upscale bar/restaurant at 1975 Montgomery St. for tapas and a craft cocktail and enjoy the live music on Saturday nights. Go online (theexchangeoroville.com) for a full schedule of events.

Speaking of Oroville, I popped over to the Oroville Area Chamber of Commerce website earlier this week and noticed the “member spotlight” shining brightly on Walmart. That makes sense, I thought, as the city’s big-box recently opened a brand-spanking-new supercenter. I clicked on the link to find out more. Strangely enough, the writeup was all about walmart.com, an entity one can find anywhere—certainly not just Oroville—and which contributes nothing to the local economy.

I reached out to the chamber and was told simply that that’s what Walmart submitted. “They wanted to highlight the Wal-Mart website.” Seems to me that highlighting e-commerce, especially for a huge corporation that’s already got a presence in your town, actually does a disservice to other businesses and to local residents, as buying online diverts dollars from mom and pops and sends tax revenue out of town. I urge the chamber to exercise a bit more discretion before allowing businesses to tout anything they want on their website.

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How’d we get here?

Don’t interject yourself into the story. It’s one of those journalism rules that editors are loathe to break. But to commemorate this 40th anniversary, we’re breaking it. This is our story—an oral history—of putting out a community newspaper for 2,080 consecutive weeks, told by the people who were there—mainly the editors and writers who’ve been telling Chico’s stories, but also a few of the

An oral history of 40 years of the Chico News & Review

other cohorts in sales, design and management as well as some of the more high-profile subjects who’ve been covered.

It’s been a wild and sometimes bumpy ride, but we’re still here and you’re still with us. Independent local journalism, since 1977.

More important now than ever.

Note: In many instances, responses were edited for space.

The rebel years: 1977-1981

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o matter how many years have passed since the last time the Chico News & Review told its story for one of these anniversary spreads, the first four years of the paper’s history typically get the most attention. For good reason. The oft-told tale of the staff of the Wildcat newspaper breaking from Chico State and going independent makes for a pretty kick-ass origin story.

And it’s not only about the birth of this weekly newspaper (actually, it came out Tuesdays and Thursdays for the first two years), it’s also a story of the birth of liberalism in Chico. Indeed, the progressive streak that runs through the newspaper you’re holding in your hands today (or perhaps reading online) has a direct line to the fiercely independent hippies and other rebels of those first four years who ran the paper as a collective as long as they could.

Mark McKinnon

One of the Wildcats and a CN&R cofounder and original arts editor/writer (1977-79), and then part-time freelancer (1986-89). McKinnon is a recently retired Butte College English instructor living in Paradise who can’t be missed on stage as the towering frontman for Celtic ensemble Ha’Penny Bridge The historical events that precipitated the birthing of the CN&R were pretty tumultuous and rooted in the campus community’s conservative longsimmering resentment about the Wildcat’s sudden transformation in 1972 from being a mouthpiece for fraternity-sorority-athletics interests into a liberal-minded, activist-advocacy newspaper.

The new Wildcat staff, organized by its editor, Michael Hahn, added off-campus, community-based issues to its coverage, and in 1975-76 decided not to publish or accept advertising revenue from any companies that we considered to be damaging or dangerous to the well-being of the planet, including cigarette ads

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(that would change later under the “for-profit” regime) and Coors. The bomb went off when we refused to run Gallo ads.

Robert Speer

One of the Wildcats and a CN&R co-founder, Speer is technically retired yet still writes for the paper. From its inception through 1980, Speer was the de facto editor before leaving and returning to work as associate editor (1981-1991), then editor-in-chief (19911996); followed by a couple decades of coming and going in various capacities: senior editor (2000-2005), news editor (2007-2009), editor-in-chief (20092013), contributor (2013-present).

Members of the state university board of trustees were upset that the Wildcat refused to accept ads from Gallo wines in solidarity with striking Gallo farm workers and decided to require the campus president, Stanford Cazier, to exercise more control over the paper and compel it to accept the ads. Wildcat staff members resisted, telling the president he’d have a First Amendment fight on his hands.

He was in no mood for that, having had Kendall Hall occupied for two months in 1975-76

by students protesting the arming of campus police. Wildcat staff, who had recently withstood an effort by the Associated Students directors to abolish the paper, saw an opening and approached the president with an offer: If you help us go off campus, you will no longer be held responsible for a leftist student newspaper that irritated a lot of people, on campus and off. He agreed and told the Associated Students directors that he supported the move offcampus. The A.S. resisted for a while but eventually agreed to a negotiated arrangement.

Mark McKinnon

Robert Speer, [photographer] Mark Thalman and I negotiated the terms of an agreement with administrators over a grueling period of days until we got exactly what we and the staff wanted: independence and a financial safety net via seed-funding payments from the university to include coverage of campus news and activities. Quite frankly, we kicked royal ass in the negotiations and sent their team out of the room more than once to huddle on their next negotiating ploy. We knew that they and the opposition believed that we would fail Vol. 1, issue 1, August 1977

as a business, especially with our commitment to rely on advertising revenue to pay our staff and overhead. Of course, history proved them to be very wrong.

Kim Weir

One of the Wildcats, Weir was a reporter, news editor and finally managing editor at the student paper during the transition year to the News & Review. She returned in 1980-81 to work as a news reporter before moving on to do travel writing, mainly for Chico’s Moon Publications. Currently, she writes and hosts the “Up the Road” travel show on KCHO 91.7 FM. The core issue for me, before and after independence—the big vision—was the need for

a second newspaper in Chico.

People who weren’t here before the CN&R made its debut would be shocked by the way Chico was back then, in many ways just another valley town where the good ol’ boys called the shots and everyone else kept their mouths shut.

And that, to me, is the CN&R’s success. It exists. It’s here. And just being here has made all the difference.

Robert Speer

Over the summer of 1977 we located a suite of offices over the SBX bookstore at Third and Normal, and did a lot of remodeling to get it ready. When we were done, the university’s moving guys helped us convey our furniture (which the university gave us) to the new location.

One of the things that helped us was that our suppliers (mainly our printer, the Red Bluff Daily News, and our supplier of photo chemicals and paper) were out of town and didn’t know we’d separated from the university, so they were happy to continue our financial arrangement, which involved purchases on credit. If we’d had to pay cash, we would have been in trouble. Another plus was that our contract with the A.S. brought in $10,000 a year for two years, on condition that we devote a half-page a week to profiling a student organization. That, along with the money we made from ad sales, kept us going.

Mark McKinnon

We took our name and our adrevenue-based concept from the Santa Barbara News & Review and continued our operational structure as a collective. We were all bosses, so to speak, and we were all accountable to the paper’s financial and professional well-being. Despite the naysayers who had no faith in our chances for success and the snotty dismissiveness of the old-school journalism department at Chico State, we knew that we were a very talented and creative group who had crafted our writing, advertising, graphic arts and business skills from our years together at the Wildcat.

Nonetheless, those were difficult, long days at the beginning because we all wore numerous hats.

One of my typical days: arrive in the morning to write, edit and handle miscellaneous newspaper duties; if it was my turn in the rotation, I would spend the afternoon getting work-ups from the ads that were going to run, get an estimate from the other editors about their column inch totals, and then do the work-up of the entire paper, including photos and graphics; then, in the evening and through the night, I would be doing layout of the paper with other staff members, coordinating the camera for line shots and proofs; then, if it was also my turn in the rotation, I would drive the camera proofs to Red Bluff, where we printed the paper, wait for that to happen, load the papers into our van, and drive it home by 9 or 10 in the morning for distribution.

Kevin Jeys

One of the Wildcats, early CN&R writer (1979-1981) and on-and-off contributor for the CN&R for its first 20 years. Currently, Jeys lives in Paradise and works as a legal writer.

A sweatshop. Literally. The cooling systems always failed when they were needed most.

Such is life. Producing the “Goin’ Chico” behemoth, for instance, required toiling across multiple successive 18-hour days, at the height of the summer; it was like The Bridge On The River Kwai.

But the work was mostly fun, and rewarding, and so were the people, so it was worthwhile, even if the bridge did blow up in the end.

Robert Speer

The Wildcat historically had brought in enough advertising revenue to cover 90 percent of its costs. We figured we could come up with that other 10 percent.

The A.S. money helped. We were a collective; ongoing decisionmaking was in the hands of a steering committee, but policy was set by the staff as a whole, with every employee having one vote and making the same pay, $350 a month.

Robert Speer (standing at left) addresses a standing-room-only crowd gathered to protest the Associated Students’ attempt to take over the Wildcat newspaper.

Peter Berkow

Contributing music and arts writer at CN&R during the early years (197782), Berkow is a longtime local musician and bandleader. Currently, he’s an English and journalism instructor at Shasta College and television producer best known locally for producing a couple of PBS live music series: “Sierra Center Stage” and “Music Gone Public.”

This is a very clear memory: In the very early days, the News & Review would have staff meetings in the old Malvina’s pizza joint on Broadway. They would get several pitchers of beer, pull a couple of the big tables together, and have very loud debates about things like what was going to be on the cover of the next issue.

Anybody in the restaurant could eavesdrop in on the conversations.

I remember once, there was a heated exchange about pay: The reporters felt it was unfair that advertising sales people could earn a commission, and could possibly get paid more for working harder, while reporters had a fixed income. The reporters very clearly felt a “more socialist”

approach would be fair, where “all workers earned the same.”

Mark McKinnon

We pinched every penny at the paper, and during lean revenue times, actually took pay cuts so that we could stay open.

But we believed in the paper and its vision, and we knew that our advocacy journalism was what the Chico area needed.

Kevin Jeys

It must be said that [early writer/editor] Gary Fowler was brave. His father, Jim, ran McClelland Air Conditioning, an outfit intimately associated with area developers. Gary had earlier worked for the company, and knew those people, too. Yet when he served as editor of the CN&R, the paper was on non-stop jihad against those very developers.

They would recurrently get on the phone and scream into Jim’s earhole; Gary would later relate to us these frenzies: “Jim! You got to do something about that boy!” I don’t know if his father ever pressured Gary to go easy, but I know that Gary never did. He stepped on nothing. He was a good man.

Peter Berkow

Most of my friends hoped the paper would keep the town from being taken over by greedy developers and right-wing conservative politicians. And the paper was quite influential in helping local politicians such as Jane Dolan, David Guzzetti, Karl Ory and others win significant elections. The paper also supported several critical referendums that slowed down runaway development.

My friends in the music and arts scene were also thrilled that the weekly newspaper was vigorously supporting live music and the arts—and don’t forget: It was free. That was a big deal back in the days before the Internet.

The daily paper would never write about arts back in those days—and, of course, the Chico E-R also supported the right-wing developer types. In general, the business community was skeptical of that wild “hippie/commie” paper and dismissed it as irrelevant. It’s ironic that today, the CN&R is much more influential than the Enterprise-Record, which is almost bankrupt.

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Jane Dolan

Butte County supervisor from 19792011, and the driving force behind establishing the county’s greenline.

I grew up in Chico, a one-paper town. The move of the thenWildcat [from] a campus-only newspaper to independence and a new community newspaper changed the information environment in Chico immediately, for the good.

The Chico News & Review provides readers with in-depth and interesting stories of substance.

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We were stunned. We never expected that. We all ran down to the City Council chambers to look at the vote tallies, because we couldn’t believe it. I imagine that the old guard at the E-R and elsewhere in town were even more shocked. In one night their world had crumbled—or so it seemed. In reality, change had been coming for quite some time.

Peter Berkow

The paper started out as a revolt against the establishment (including the administration at California

ciently to guarantee the paper’s survival. Jeff and his wife, Deborah, are the best thing that’s ever happened to the CN&R.

Jeff vonKaenel

News & Review president/CEO (Chico, sacramento and Reno), vonKaenel started as sales manager in Chico in June 1980.

I had been working at an alternative newspaper in Santa Barbara that was a paid newspaper with only a small circulation. I did not think that model could work. So I left. I was excited about the staff in

Kim Weir

Jane Dolan’s election to the Board of Supervisors and the county’s passage of the Greenline, to prevent urban development on prime ag land, could also be counted as CN&R legacies that grew out of the Wildcat days.

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In 1978, when I challenged an incumbent county supervisor for voting to develop agricultural land and for supporting a proposed PG&E coal plant, the News & Review did story after story about those key issues, which helped me get elected, and we stopped the coal plant. [The paper] further helped create knowledge and support for the Greenline to protect ag land on a 3-to-2 vote on the Board of Supervisors, which prevails today.

Kim Weir

The Chico City Council elections of 1980 said it all, in my book. All four candidates who won were the candidates that we endorsed. It was a progressive sweep, representing a clear council

State) and that attitude was strong motivation during the paper’s early days, when everybody was just barely making enough to survive.

That culture led to some courageous and clever reporting—but, the same attitude almost led to the paper’s demise.

Robert Speer

In 1979, however, we had a financial crisis that we survived only because the staff decided to hire Jeff vonKaenel as its general manager. Jeff lent the paper some money to get it out of immediate financial trouble and also committed to increasing revenues suffi-

October 1979: CN&R staff celebrates the union of the Tuesday and Thursday publication that starts printing on Thursdays only.

Chico. And liked Chico. I believed that we could make a great paper here.

The paper’s strength was the connection between the paper and the community. The major problem was that it was going out of business. Many of the staff had not been paid in months. The paper owed money to the IRS and to printers up and down the state. We had only a small window of time to turn it around.

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s the 1970s wound down, the CN&R was going broke. No-frills salesman Jeff vonKaenel came to the paper in 1980 and soon after so too did his wife, woman-ofmany-hats Deborah Redmond, and editor George Thurlow, from Santa Barbara, to help right the ship. And despite a split with the editorial staff at the time, they did. With cofounder Robert Speer returning, the CN&R grew rapidly, both in size and circulation in the ’80s.

In 1989, vonKaenel left for Sacramento to start the SN&R, and in 1991, Thurlow returned to Santa Barbara, and despite a much more volatile economic climate in the 1990s, a succession of editors—Speer, Joe Martin and Tom Gascoyne—guided the newspaper through another decade of success, with a cast of colorful characters covering big issues and a flourishing music and arts scene.

Deborah Redmond

Covers from the 1980s: Nazis in Butte County; locals who died in Vietnam; the meth explosion

Director of Nuts and Bolts for News & Review (Chico, Sacramento and Reno).

Redmond started at the CN&R Jan. 1, 1981, before moving on to the SN&R, working along the way as typesetter, graphic designer, production manager, art director and systems manager.

Jeff and I had been working at the Santa Barbara News & Review, a collectively owned alternative weekly. When we arrived, the staff was working very hard for no money to keep the paper alive.

Their hard work and dedication was inspiring. However, there were many problems. The writers were using typewriters. Deadlines weren’t enforced and the produc-

tion team worked all night to produce the paper.

And there was no money. We had to borrow money to pay the print bill.

Peter Berkow

The newspaper was always on the edge … literally and figuratively. Some of the writing was borderline libelous, though Bob Speer did his best to reign in writers like Kevin Jeys, who was Chico’s answer to Hunter S. Thompson.

Kevin’s articles were usually brilliant, funny and dangerous. There were some really solid journalists there, including Joe Kane, Ken Conner, Mark McKinnon, Gary Fowler and Kim Weir, and of course Speer himself.

Later, I realized that vonKaenel and Thurlow pretty much saved the paper. Without them, it would have been bankrupt very quickly. I later became friends with both Jeff and George. I have the greatest respect for them now.

George Thurlow

CN&R editor-in-chief 1981-91.

Thurlow went on to work as publisher of the Santa Barbara Independent (19942006). Currently, he’s assistant vice chancellor for alumni affairs at UC Santa Barbara.

When I came in ’81, the transitions had already occurred. There was no editorial staff when I arrived. I hired Robert Speer as the associate editor and he was instrumental in helping to shape the paper in the ’80s and ’90s, as well as its original birth.

Robert Speer

Credit Ronald Reagan [for the paper’s financial growth in the 1980s]. As president, he began pouring money into the defense industry, much of which was located in California. That greatly increased state revenues, some of which went into expanding higher education. The number of students at Chico State (read: youthful consumers) grew significantly. They came here eager to buy bicycles, stereos, clothes, etc. This was before the big-box stores began to dominate the local economy, so most of the providers were locally owned. That’s still true for bikes, but not stereo equipment, computers, etc. In the ’80s, however, stores such as Golden Ear and Sounds by Dave were doing brisk business, and their advertising vehicle of choice was the increasingly popular CN&R. As the paper’s business improved, so did the product.

Through most of the ’80s the editorial staff numbered seven to eight people (George Thurlow, Tom Johnson, Bob Stout, Claudine Campbell, Danielle Toussaint, Mark Thalman, myself and Tori Beckham), and we were regularly putting out 80-page papers (Goin’ Chico was often more than 100 pages).

George Thurlow

The issues while I was editor focused on land use and the environment. With Bob’s leadership, we were influential in setting the tone in the arts. We were also very focused on local politics at a time

when conservatives still held sway over the county and the city was always a back-and-forth proposition. We hounded our Republican congressmembers and our state reps. The paper broke a lot of stories, but in my mind the stories I felt best about were Tom Johnson’s lengthy special issue profiling the area servicemen who died in Vietnam; a piece detailing the corruption of Sen. Jim Nielsen; and a piece I did on how cocaine profits had poured into Chico and were financing businesses there.

Others wrote better pieces; those are the ones I remember.

Robert Speer

Herb Caen, the immensely popular columnist for the SF Chronicle, once made a joke about how Chico was the kind of town where you’d find Velveeta in the gourmet section. Chicoans, instead of being put off by his joke, began sending him other examples of the town’s rusticity, all in good humor.

The Velveeta meme became “the joke that wouldn’t die.” Eventually, Caen accepted an invitation to visit Chico, where he was wined and dined like royalty and had a wonderful time. Wildcat staff writer Joe Kane’s girlfriend’s parents were friends of Caen’s and helped arrange it so Joe and she could tag along during his visit. Caen ended up writing a delightful column in praise of Chico and Joe wrote a terrific gonzo-style story that won him an internship at Rolling Stone in NYC that led to a job there and onward to other success, including his brilliant books, Running the Amazon and Savages.

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One of us

New Yorker artist is CN&R alumnus

Robert Speer was there for the birth of the CN&R in 1977 and is still kicking around postretirement as a frequent contributor. This is a shot of him back in his associate editor days during the 1980s.

FILE PHOTO BY MARK THALMAN

Tina Flynn

CN&R managing art director, Flynn has been with the paper continuously since 1978, longer than anyone.

When we went to the first [Association of Alternative Newsweeklies] conference that we knew about … we were amazed that there were other communities doing what we were doing. We thought we had invented this idea of an alternative newsweekly. It was surprising but gratifying, because there was an automatic kinship.

Jeff vonKaenel

[In the 1980s], we went from somewhere around 9,000 circulation up to around 40,000. We went from $250,000, where we were losing, to probably somewhere around $1.3 million and making money.

So, we went from a paper that had some really good stories but was inconsistent to winning the award for Best Weekly in the state by the California Newspaper Publishers Association, [despite] being a town as small as Chico.

Mike Ramsey

George Thurlow and Jeff vonKaenel with the six California Newspaper Association awards the CN&R won in 1986.

Butte Country District Attorney since 1987.

The beauty of the CN&R is its mission to do a deep dive into local issues and politics—and to provide a “different” perspective from the more conservative local media.

The CN&R has bumped me a few times (how dare they!), but overall I feel they have asked and listened fairly about local criminal justice issues and they have generally tried not to just spout the “kneejerk liberal” view of crime. I much prefer local journalists and opinion writers who have actually gotten out into the community and have a better feel for the local citizens and their views than someone who has parachuted in and tells us how we should act and feel.

Robert Speer Came on as editor-in-chief in ’91.

Its influence steadily grew.

Chico was more liberal than people had realized, which is why the City Council was dominated by liberals through most of the ’80s. The CN&R had a big role in this.

David Guzzetti

One-time mayor and City Council member and longtime local restaurateur.

Journalistically and editorially, the CN&R hits head-on our political scene at all levels. Its balanced voice stands as an in-depth alternative to the daily paper. The CN&R covers the community’s triumphs and victories as well as our failures and struggles. In the print media, no one in the community covers more extensively our civil and equal rights issues as well as our environmental and health issues. Its coverage of the arts, its reviews and calendar of events are such an asset to all of us.

George Thurlow

During this time, the CN&R went from alternative to community newspaper with progressive views.

It became an important read in the community. Its financial health helped launch the Sacramento News & Review.

Jeff vonKaenel

I am very grateful to George.

We were college roommates and we worked together at the Santa Barbara News & Review. With the exception of convincing Deborah to go out with me, convincing George to move to Chico was my most successful sales achievement. The George Thurlow/Bob Speer team was great. We put out wonderful papers.

HEYDAY C O N T I N U E D

Mark Ulriksen today, and back in the day at the CN&R.

This week’s cover is by Mark Ulriksen, a nationally recognized illustrator whose work often graces the cover of The New Yorker magazine. Ulriksen actually worked at the CN&R as a graphic designer in the early 1980s, one in a long line of Chico State graphic design students who came through the newspaper. He’s also among many talented CN&R employees who outgrew our small pond and went on to bigger waters. Some of them include: Writer/editor Jason Ross, who won multiple Emmys as part of the writing team on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and is now a writer and an executive producer of The President Show on Comedy Central.

Writer Donnell Alexander, author of the memoir Ghetto Celebrity and a prolific contributor to national magazines including Rolling Stone and ESPN The Magazine.

Writer Joe Kane, one of the early writers who has gone on to write two books, Running the Amazon and Savages, and numerous articles for publications such as National Geographic, The New Yorker and Esquire.

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HEYDAY C O N T I N U E D From top to bottom: Peter Berkow was a fixture in Chico in the 1970s and 1980s, both as a contributing writer and a popular local musician (the latter of which he remains to this day).

A typical after-work (or during work?) scene at CN&R offices during the 1990s, with (from left) Diana White, Don Button, Stacy Alexander, Donnell Alexander and Charles Mohnike.

The Mother Hips led the way in Chico’s fertile music scene during the 1990s.

CN&Rs from the 1990s: Saddam Hussein to local judges.

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Robert Speer

My vision wasn’t significantly different from George’s or the staff’s. Things changed with the recession of ’92 and the influx of big-box stores; page size dropped, so we had to make do with less. When staffers moved on, their positions weren’t always filled.

Despite the belt-tightening, we put out some terrific issues. I hired Elizabeth Kieszkowski, who was a super arts editor and created one of the most memorable characters ever to find a home at the CN&R, the arts columnist Bitter Betty. I also hired Tom Gascoyne, a bulldog of a reporter who went on to become editor when Joe [Martin] left [in 1999]. And I’m proud to say I took a chance on Donnell Alexander, a young and relatively inexperienced AfricanAmerica writer then working as the education reporter for the Hanford Sentinel.

He turned out to be one of the best hires I made, but the Bay Guardian poached him away after just two years. He went on to write for the LA Weekly and ESPN The Magazine as well as write two critically praised memoirs.

Charles Mohnike

Longtime local musician who worked at the CN&R as writer, calendar editor and copy editor in the early 1990s.

The pay was barely enough for a starving-student existence, but at the time the paper did “trade” with its advertisers, meaning there were several local restaurants where we could eat free. I also learned that as calendar editor—who chose which events were highlighted each week—there was no shortage of people who wanted to buy me drinks at the bars. Of course, my steely journalist’s objectivity prevented me from allowing that to influence my editorial decisions. Usually. Sometimes.

Jason Cassidy

CN&R arts editor and sometimes calendar editor (2003-present) and event producer (2010-present), and local-band dude from back in the day.

I picked up the CN&R in the 1990s to read Bitter Betty. Her snarky arts and culture (and often scathingly political) columns were so full of energy and insight—not to mention great satire in the voice of a high-society beatnik, “darlings”—and she made the local music and arts scene feel so alive, which is something I’ve tried to emulate with Arts DEVO. In fact, the CN&R was such a critical resource at a time that was—at least in this long-time observer’s eyes—the zenith of the music and arts scene in

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Chico. The ’90s were just insane with adventurous theater and great music of all genres, and most importantly, consistent venues—Burro Room/Juanita’s, LaSalles, Whispering Clam, The Blue Room (both for music in the “Wood Room” and theater in the main space), Cafe Sienna, Brick Works, Stormy’s.

And in those pre-Internet days, all the buzz about what was happening was generated by the CN&R’s active and engaged stable of writers: Kevin Jeys, Larry Tripp, Shawna Gore, Geoff Earl, Troy Brookins and of course Bitter Betty herself, Elizabeth Kieszkowski.

Tom Gascoyne

CN&R staff writer (early ’90s), news editor (1995-1999), editor-in-chief (1999-2006), contributor (2009-2012), news editor (2012-2015).

The big stories in the 1990s were mostly about residential growth, contaminated properties (Humboldt Dump) and out-of-control student partying during Pioneer Days (which was killed and then brought back to life as Rancho Chico Days in the 2000s), Halloween and St. Patrick’s Day. The City Council was fairly liberal with even the most conservative Mary Andrews not nearly as right-wing as today’s conservative members. Tom Lando was the city manager and very good at his job.

For the most part, it was developers vs. environmentalists battling over growth. Pretty much the same thing in the 2000s (and now).

Peter Berkow

I truly believe this: Chico is a much better town due to the good journalism practiced by the News & Review. In 1989, I received grants from McGrawHill publishing and PBS to create a couple of textbooks and a 15-program PBS series called “News Writing” … and I traveled to cities in 20 states interviewing reporters and editors. I studied the relationship between communities and the quality of journalism practiced in their local newspapers in each town.

So, I have some real evidence to back up this statement: The towns without independent weekly newspapers were suffering. The towns with great alternative papers like the CN&R had a chance to elect and maintain a progressive city government—and there was usually a lively arts scene, because it was supported by the alternative weekly. It was essentially the same pattern in every town.

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his was a rough decade for print media in the U.S., especially daily newspapers, whose revenues in 2010 were nearly half of what they were a decade earlier. As digital media took hold, newsrooms were decimated, papers were shuttered and others were swallowed up by conglomerates. Alternative weeklies, with their emphasis on community journalism, fared better. But it was still a challenging time.

At the CN&R, we saw temporary pay cuts and some dramatic changes in staffing, but with a stubborn devotion to print, the paper survived and published many important stories.

Tina Flynn

At one time, I had a camera person to do our stats; interns who pasted up page numbers; ad and editorial designers. But we shrunk the staff and moved ad design to Sacramento, and the need for a camera person was no longer, the need for typesetters was no longer.

Was it tradition or was it just a Tuesday? CN&R sales staff taking shots.

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Jason Cassidy

In 2003, when I arrived, there were nearly twice as many employees in the building than there are today. Sales staff was pared down, accounting was moved to Sacramento, followed by ad design; no more staff photographer. It was rough.

Josh Indar

staff writer and news editor at CN&R (2002-06). Indar is currently tutoring coordinator at Butte County Office of Education and a local musician.

Ad revenue was down; we had to redesign the whole paper; there were power struggles in management. There were also a lot of philosophical differences as to which direction the paper should take— much of that played out along generational lines, with upstarts like myself agitating for an edgier tone to attract new readers and compete with the Internet while the old guard worried about alienating the readers we had. There was plenty of wrong on both sides, as our new edginess clearly went too far at times.

Jason Cassidy

When I came to the CN&R, my journalism experience was being a freelance arts and music writer for various newspapers in town.

Suddenly I found myself in the middle of this very engaged, passionate—and pretty cynical—world of journalism.

I got a crash course taught by Bob Speer, Tom Gascoyne, Josh Indar and Devanie Angel, the associate editor who showed me the ropes. Of course, Tom, Devanie and Josh all left in one fell swoop in 2006 for a variety of disagreements with management. It was a down time, but new blood was on the way.

Alec Binyon

Years at the N&R: 2005-13. Currently a self-employed entrepreneur, Binyon got his start at the paper as “interfaith ambassador” at the sacramento News & Review, Chico’s sister paper, before returning to his hometown and helping turn around the CN&R’s finances as advertising manager and eventually general manager.

When I started at the CN&R, it had a major self-esteem problem.

Daily papers, who had been basically printing money for a century or more, were making huge layoffs and cutting costs all over the country. The independent weeklies like the CN&R were used to being the little scrappy guys, but were always driven by a powerful sense of mission. Many people at the CN&R had lost their sense of mission.

Economically, the paper was in really bad shape. None of that was because of digital media, but the fear of digital media did have a lot to do with it.

Evan Tuchinsky

Editor-in-chief (2006-09); contributor (2010-present); contributing editor since April; Chico planning commissioner.

The staff was skeleton, halftemporary, when I arrived. Jason Cassidy, then calendar editor, and Arts Editor Mark Lore were the only newsroom holdovers from the previous “administration.” Bob Speer was working part-time on an interim contract. I hired Meredith Cooper, one of my former col-

Power couple: News & Review CEO Jeff vonKaenel and Director of Nuts and Bolts Deborah Redmond have been with the paper since 1980 and 1981, respectively, and with each other since 1977.

leagues from The Press-Enterprise in Riverside, as associate editor.

Bob—after a few weeks of feeling out the new situation—signed on as news editor.

I knew I’d inherited a paper that had offended segments of the community at various times recently, most notably with the so-called “dildo issue”: a cover story on sales parties in homes for sex toys that featured a pictorial of products. The paper had lost readers, distribution points and advertisers.

What turned the image around was, first off, the staff. Mark and When Steve Ferchaud first submitted artwork to the CN&R, he received a reply that simply said, “Keep trying.” He obviously did, as he ended up becoming one of the paper’s most published illustrators, specializing in political cartoons like this one on the gubernatorial race that appeared on the cover of the 2002 election issue.

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The CN&R launched the Chico Area Music Awards, the CAMMIES, in 2006. It was the first of many annual events the paper would host in order to connect with the community.

Jason had unmatched credibility in the local arts scene. That’s the “Review” half of the paper; for the “News” half, no one could bring the depth of knowledge, context and journalistic skill of Bob Speer other than … Bob Speer.

Meredith’s fresh energy and all around abilities meant the CN&R editorial staff was an “A team” that became an “A+ team” when Melissa joined us.

Deborah Redmond

There was huge pressure to move toward digital presentation of the news, in part because it’s a beautiful medium that allows you to reach a larger audience in a very immediate way. But publications haven’t been able to make enough money in the digital marketplace to sustain a quality product. That’s been a huge challenge for most print media. Rather than chase the 24/7 digital news cycle, we chose to stay more focused on telling well-designed and in-depth stories

in print. And, we always remembered that our relationship with the reader came first.

Melissa Daugherty

CN&R editor-in-chief (2013 to present) who started in 2007 as special projects editor and moved through the ranks, making stops as news editor and managing editor.

In 2007, when I left the Chico Enterprise-Record, then owned by one of the largest media corporations in the country, it was clear management had bought into the new media lie—that prioritizing digital would grow ad revenue and therefore buoy the overall content.

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Jamie DeGarmo

CN&R director of sales and advertising. Degarmo got her start as a sales rep in 2007 and worked her way up by breaking sales records.

Jeff and Deborah made the commitment to continue to support our editorial mission and not pull resources away. This was the mistake of too many print media outlets. “Trading print dollars for digital dimes” has been the downfall of many.

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Of course, that’s worked only for outliers like The New York Times.

I was the last person hired in my department before the start of the global economic meltdown, so I would’ve been the first one to lose my job had there not been such a commitment by Evan, who’d poached me from the Chico E-R, and the rest of the staff to keep me on. We all took temporary pay cuts.

During those years, despite the uncertainty of the industry, the CN&R never lost sight of the mission—to inform our readers with thoughtful and engaging content that we hope betters the community.

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e’re still here, so now what? Turns out community journalism is important enough that people still pick up a physical newspaper. The CN&R’s numbers today are comparable to those in its 1980s heyday. In fact, aside from a couple of dips, somehow circulation has managed to hover around the 40,000 mark for the last 30-plus years. But even with the Great Recession behind us, the country and our community still have plenty to worry about. Societal inequalities, ongoing environmental crises and the circus of partisan politics are global and local issues that continue to give this paper tons write about. Meanwhile, the evolving digital landscape undoubtedly will force us to continue to adapt to survive.

Jamie DeGarmo

Print is not dead. It has just reformatted itself. Storytelling will never become irrelevant.

Deborah Redmond

The fact that we have a new generation of managers and staff gives me hope for the future of the paper. We’ve always had to adapt to changing times, technology and issues; change is in our DNA, and our current team is flexible and creative.

Melissa Daugherty

I know I’m technically the new guard, but I feel a connection to the old guard. I think that’s because I worked so closely with Robert Speer (whom I call Jefe), especially in my roles as news editor and managing editor. I tried to absorb as much as possible about local political history before Bob retired in 2013, so that we could connect the dots in our current coverage. It also helps that he, among others, still writes for the CN&R. Several long-timers are still connected: Peter Hogue (aka Juan-Carlos Selznick), Miles Jordan and Zu Vincent, to name a few.

Jason Cassidy

It’s a pretty cool job when you think about it. We live in a city full of passionate people, activists, artists and musicians, and we get paid to experience and write about them all. I know next to nothing about how the money part works, and it seems impossible that we can keep a newspaper afloat in 2017. But I never take it for granted that we do.

Jeff vonKaenel

What we want to do is maintain what we’re currently doing and then supplement more editorial coverage by raising money in the community to support important

community-journalism subjects.

Such as poverty coverage, criminal justice, environmental coverage, particularly coverage where it’s really important for the community. … Be able to add pages so that we’re taking nothing away, but giving more to the reader and then having much better impact in the community because of the journalism that we do.

Jamie DeGarmo

The development of Sweetdeals and Client Publications was also a huge part of keeping us on our growth path. We were able to generate new revenue that we never had in the past because of these two new programs.

Melissa Daugherty

The Keep Chico Weird Talent Show has become one of the CN&R’s most anticipated annual community events.

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We are definitely a leaner staff these days, though. When I look at the mastheads of the paper in the early years, and even into the 1990s, I almost start to drool. There were so many more contributors, in-house reporters and even a staff photogra-

pher. We do a lot with very little these days, and we do it because we’re passionate about the work.

I’m surrounded by a hard-working, dedicated staff in the editorial department. And it helps that the owners of the company, Deborah and Jeff, truly believe in the mission and they trust me and the other managers and staff to run the newspaper autonomously. It’s such a departure from the corporate environment that some of us—those who’ve worked for giant media companies—appreciate on another level.

Alec Binyon

The CN&R is a free voice in a national media landscape marked by corporate obedience and group think. The CN&R’s influence in Chico is hard to overstate. It has long been a messy landing pad for Chico’s rebel spirit. Thank goodness. It has challenged everybody who reads it at some point. At one point we had both a faith section and escort ads next to the weed ads.

Longtime CN&R Arts Editor Jason “Arts DEVO” Cassidy, flanked by two of the Chico paper’s managers, Director of Sales and Advertising Jamie DeGarmo (left) and Editorin-Chief Melissa Daugherty.

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Denver Latimer

Latimer is a local attorney, artistic director of slow theatre and co-founder of Blue Room theatre [The CN&R is] an essential, critical reflection of our community. The fabric of the community is being torn apart every day by cynicism, and as people retreat into their nuclear families they are in desperate need of a reminder that we are a community that is a work in progress.

Peter Berkow

Chico has grown fast in the past decade, but it would be twice as big and have five times the problems we have now, if it wasn’t for the good work of this publication.

We also have a thriving, vibrant arts scene here. The truth is: In towns without a paper like

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Jane Dolan

I agree with Thomas Jefferson who said, “Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.”

Evan Tuchinsky

The CN&R frames conversations, and that precipitates change.

Sure, sometimes government officials read an editorial or column and follow our prescription, and some readers clip out our endorsement list as their voting guide, but more often it’s an investigative piece or series of letters that gets action going. The CN&R informs people about what’s going on throughout the community. Our readers cut through socioeconomic lines. No one has to pay to see what we write.

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My not-so-secret mission when I first became arts editor was to smash the hippies’ monopoly on culture in Chico. I can’t say that I’ve succeeded, but I’ve put up a good fight on behalf of the punks and art nerds. Truth is, I’ve come to realize that the hippies are what made Chico the town it is today.

They started everything. They fought the political battles that transformed the character of the town and they created a lot of the stuff that makes Chico rad, things like KZFR community radio and this here “commie rag”. You still won’t catch me twirling barefoot in the dirt, but I’ll raise a Pale Ale in respect.

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Is scheduling the CN&R’s annual Best of Chico winners’ party near Halloween a shameless ploy to dress up and party? Maybe. Here’s some of the CN&R staff enjoying the speakeasy theme at Chico Women’s Club in 2016.

CN&R—whether they agree with our op-ed pages or think we’re a bunch of pinkos—everyone reads the paper’s political coverage. It’s honest and it doesn’t pull punches.

I don’t pull punches. When a public figure is heartless or clueless or there’s a major gaffe—say, cursing from the dais—you will read about it in these pages. Very likely it will end up in my column. And every politician—no matter his or her ideological viewpoint—is accountable.

Mike Ramsey

I have very much appreciated the support of the CN&R on my stance on environmental enforcement issues, which has not had the support of more conservative media.

As to the question of whether the CN&R ever led me to change or reconsider my thoughts on any particular issue—my lawyer-like answer is that I have to try cases on the evidence in a court of law, not in the court of public opinion. But I would probably go for single-payer health insurance now.

Jeff vonKaenel

Each week, usually on a Stairmaster at the gym in Sacramento, I read the CN&R from cover to cover. I look forward to seeing the work of Melissa, Jason, Tina, Jamie and the entire Chico staff every week. From Keep Chico Weird to their ongoing investigative reporting to our CAMMIES, to our art coverage, and of course the ads that make the paper possible, the new generation is creating a new Chico News & Review. It is only because of the new generation of staff that we are having a 40th anniversary.

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I hope the CN&R stays fearless in our current political environment of blooming American fascism. I hope they can make people angry enough to act. I hope they can maintain historical perspective and not be swayed by all the normalization that comes out of all corporate media outlets. I hope they can maintain the strength to be unafraid and disobedient.

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Bogg is a rare case: The founding members are Chico State music grads who stuck around and have actually been able to make it as full-time musicians. And since forming in 2013, Bogg has become one of Chico’s most highly regarded and hardest-working bands. The group played some 150 shows last year, including weekly appointments at Café Coda and an increasing number of gigs at corporate events, casinos and weddings.

The band also found time to record a new, original, four-song EP set for release on Aug. 26: The Good Fight.

The creative process was a breath of fresh air for the members, a reprieve from the grind of the road.

“Casino gigs are fun, but it gets old real fast because you’re playing to a bunch of people who aren’t there to listen,” Hegg said.

Founding member, multi-instrumentalist and newish father Michael Bone was not involved with these recordings, Hegg said, but he remains a part of the band and partner in other projects, including Small Town Big Sound, the multiartist collaboration produced by Uncle Dad’s Art Collective scheduled for next month at the Sierra Nevada Big Room. Bone had been the band’s creative sparkplug from behind his drum kit, so the guys definitely felt his absence.

Hegg also struggled through a creative dry spell during which he hadn’t been able to write anything he considered

worthwhile in several years. That changed following a casino show in Reno.

“The chemistry on stage found the right balance and it was super inspiring,” Hegg said. “So, I went up to our hotel room and wrote a whole song on the melodica, and that kind of opened the door for the whole band. We had this creative voice to share.”

The end result was the band’s sixth collection of studio recordings. The band has two other albums of original material—2014’s four-song hip-hop EP The Boys Is Safe (with MC TyBox) and 2013’s full-length So Happy It Hurts.

Bogg tackled the new album guerrillastyle, with bassist Gavin Fitzgerald, drummer Madison DeSantis and guitarist Ethan Swett rounding out the five-piece on a recording that’s presented as a four-part suite exploring various themes: community activism (“The Good Fight”), the view of the world from the passenger seat (“You Were Right”), life and love (“Unprotected Six”) and a “prayer for simplicity” (“Pure and Simple”). They recorded The Good Fight live (together in the same room) with Scott Barwick at Origami Studios, and their seemingly telepathic connection comes through in the recording.

Throughout the record, little mistakes add character to each player’s unique voice, Fitzgerald said: “It’s a very truthful album. It just sounds like five guys.” □

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THURSDAY NIGHT MARKET: Downtown streets are closed to traffic each Thursday night for a community event featuring local produce and products, live music, food trucks and more. Thu, 8/24, 6pm. Free. Downtown Chico. www.downtownchico.com

Music FRIDAY NIGHT CONCERT: Chico’s signature concert series continues with pop, reggae and hip-hop from the Mystic Roots Band. Thu, 8/24, 7pm. Free. City Plaza, downtown Chico. www.downtownchico.com

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Music

CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN: A heartwarming comedy

DWIGHT YOAKAM: The chart-topping country

following renowned efficiency expert Frank Gilbreth and his wife, Lillian, who raise their 12 children by the clock. The parents have help from their eldest daughter, Ann, but challenges and humorous situations still arise. Thu, 8/24, 7:30pm. $18. Chico Theater Company, 166 Eaton Road, Ste. F. 530-8943282. www.chicotheatercompany.com

legend has a vast backlog of hits. Seriously: He’s sold more than 25 million (!) records, including five No.1 albums. Sat, 8/26, 7:30pm. $75-$85. Paradise Performing Arts Center, 777 Nunneley Road, Paradise. www.chicotickets.com

PANCAKE BREAKFAST, RAFFLE & RUMMAGE SALE: A fundraiser to benefit the Alzheimer’s Association. Sat, 8/26, 8am. $6. Roseleaf Oroville Senior & Memory Care, 1900 20th St., Oroville. www.roseleafcares.com

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Special Events

CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN: See Thursday. Sat, 8/26, 7:30pm. $18. Chico Theater Company, 166

CHICO CON: Chico’s comic book convention goes bigger than ever, featuring three days full of comic creators, vendors with comic books and comic-themed items, panel discussions and cosplay contests. Fri, 8/25. $7-$15.

Silver Dollar Fairgrounds, 2357 Fair St. 530680-8171. www.chicocon.com

Eaton Road, Ste. F. 530-894-3282. www.chico theatercompany.com

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CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN: See Thursday. Fri, 8/25, 7:30pm. $18. Chico Theater Company, 166

CHICO CON: See Friday. Sun, 8/27. $7-$15. Silver Dollar Fairgrounds, 2357 Fair St. 530-6808171. www.chicocon.com

Eaton Road, Ste. F. 530-894-3282. www.chico theatercompany.com

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TOMATO FESTIVAL: A tomato-themed afternoon

SAT

Special Events CHICO CON: See Friday. Sat 8/26. $7-$15. Silver Dollar Fairgrounds, 2357 Fair St. 530-6808171. www.chicocon.com

oN THE RUNWAY Saturday, Aug. 26 Paradise Airport

SEE SATURDAY, SPECIAL EVENTS

CN&R 40TH ANNIVERSARY BLOCK PARTY: Join the Chico News & Review as we celebrate 40 years as Chico’s community newspaper by closing off the street behind the CN&R offices (next to the water towers) and filling it up with food trucks, a beer garden, live music by CN&R staffers past and present, local vendors, Shubert’s Ice Cream, and more. Independent local journalism, since 1977. Sat 8/26, 12pm. Free. Chico News & Review, 353 E. Second St. 530-894-2300.

DINNER IN THE GARDEN: A celebration of the season with a food/beer pairing in the brewery’s Estate Garden. Sat 8/26, 7pm. $50.

Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., 1950 E. 20th St. www.sierranevada.com

ON THE RUNWAY: A fundraiser featuring classic cars, historic and modern airplanes, a no-host bar, food, live music and ballerinas.

Proceeds benefit Northern California Ballet and The Paradise Rotary Club. Sat 8/26, 6pm. $50. Paradise Airport, 4405 Airport Road, Paradise. 530-877-1246. www.paradise rotary.org

complete with samples, a salsa contest, grilled pizza, gazpacho, bloody Mary’s and beer for sale. Proceeds benefit the GRUB Education Program. Sun, 8/27, 1pm. $5-$10.

Chico Women’s Club, 592 E. Third St. 530-342-1995.

Post your event for free online at www.newsreview.com/calendar, or email the CN&R calendar assistant at cnrcalendar@newsreview.com.

Deadline for print listings is Wednesday, 5 p.m., one week prior to the issue in which you wish the listing to appear.

Theater CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN: See Thursday. Sun, 8/27, 2pm. $18. Chico Theater Company, 166 Eaton Road, Ste. F. 530-894-3282. www.chico )theatercompany.com

Music RONNIE BAKER BROOKS: The dynamic bluesman plays the Big Room in support of Times Have Changed, his first album in 10 years. Mon, 8/28, 7:30pm. $20. Sierra Nevada Big Room, 1950 E. 20th St. www.sierranevada.com

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Music CHICO COMMUNITY BAND FIRST REHEARSAL: No auditions: The local wind and percussion ensemble invites anyone who plays a band instrument to join them at their first rehearsal of the year. Tue, 8/29, 5:30pm. $10.

Chico Junior High School, 280 Memorial Way. www.chicorec.com

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HoNKY ToNK HEAVYWEIgHT Dwight Yoakam’s twangy honky-tonk first caught on in the early 1980s, and not just with country fans. His pioneering music crossed over to rock audiences in a big way—in fact, the music video for his 1986 cover of Johnny Horton’s “Honky Tonk Man” was the first country song to be featured on MTV. He went on to sell 25 million records, including five No. 1 albums, and made the most appearances in the history of The Tonight Show. So, yeah, pretty big deal. And he’s coming to the Paradise Performing Art Center, on Saturday, Aug. 26. Yeehaw!

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FINEARTS ARTS FINE Art

Museums

ARABICA CAFE: Either/Or, works by mixed

BOLT’S ANTIQUE TOOL MUSEUM: Branding Irons,

media artist Kandis Horton-Jorth. Through 9/30. Free. 142 Broadway, 530-828-6296.

CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING, PARADISE: Landscape Photographs, a display of local scenes from Bidwell Park and Table Mountain captured by Tom Hedge. Through 9/30. Free. 789 Bille Road, Paradise.

a display of more than 50 branding irons.

Through 11/4. $3. 1650 Broderick St., Oroville.

CHICO CREEK NATURE CENTER: Banding by Day and Night, a close look at birds in hand with incredible detail. Through 9/16. $2-$4.

1968 E. Eighth St.

CHICO ART CENTER: Shared Visions, an exhibition curated by Erin Lizardo featuring collaborations between adult artists and children, extending beyond the formal display of visual art. Through 9/1. Free.

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

HEALING ART GALLERY: Art by John Schmidt, paintings by Northern California artist John Schmidt. The Healing Art Gallery of Enloe Cancer Center features artists whose lives have been touched by cancer.

Through 10/13. Free. 265 Cohasset Road, 530-332-3856.

JACKI HEADLEY UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY: Two Truths & A Lie, works by Weegee, Zoe Crosher and Jessamyn Lovell. Through 9/30. Free. Chico State. www.universityart gallery.wordpress.com

JAMES SNIDLE FINE ARTS: Saluzzo Italy 1931 -1999, Leo Remigante’s plein air paintings of Italian villages. Through 8/31. Free. 254 E. Fourth St., 530-343-2930.

JANET TURNER PRINT MUSEUM: Printing Obsessions Conjuring Curatorial Practice, advanced printmaking students select works that speak to the meticulous side of printmaking, showcasing obsessive technique, psychological intent or eliminative construction. Through 9/23. Free. Chico State. www.janetturner.org

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

Through 9/16. 493 East Ave., 530-345-3063.

SATORI SALON: Strange Animals, an exhibition of brightly colored birds and bison in the imaginative style of Chico artist Michael Mulcahy. Through 8/31. Free. 627 Broadway, 530-228-4949.

CHICO MUSEUM: The Water Towers Past, Present and... Chico State history professor Mike Magliari presents the story of the elevated water towers that are longtime prominent local landmarks, with an emphasis on preservation. 8/26, 10am. $5.

141 Salem St. www.chicomuseum.org

COLMAN COMMUNITY MUSEUM: Cultural artifacts from Butte Creek Canyon, from Native American pre-history to the early 20th century. Through 9/16. 13548 Centerville Road. www.buttecreekcanyon.info

GATEWAY SCIENCE MUSEUM: Electricity & Circuits, switch on a light, sound an alarm or create your own circuit using the materials provided as you learn about how electricity travels and powers our electronics. 8/26, 1pm. $5-$7. Plus, Amusement Park Science, a family-friendly exploration of the physics behind amusement park rides, plus a range of permanent displays on local farming, water, famous regional oak trees and a couple of Ice Age skeletons. Through 9/3. Chico State. www.csuchico.edu

GOLD NUGGET MUSEUM: Black Bart Re-enactment, Old West historian Lee Dummel presents the life and times of Black Bart, the infamous outlaw who held up 29 stagecoaches, including two in Butte County. 8/24, 7pm. Free. Plus, a collection of Maidu Indian artifacts, blacksmith and print shops, gold sluices, a miner’s cabin, a schoolhouse and a covered bridge that spans the width of a rushing creek.

Through 12/31. Free. 502 Pearson Road, Paradise, 530-872-8722. www.goldnugget museum.com

MUSEUM OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ART: Reed Applegate Collection, the inaugural Monca collection of Northern California artwork.

Through 8/27. $5. 900 Esplanade. www.monca.org

PARADISE DEPOT MUSEUM: Railroads and Logging, the refurbished Paradise Depot serves as a museum with a working model train. Through 9/19. Free. 5570 Black Olive Drive, Paradise, 530-872-8722.

PATRICK RANCH MUSEUM: History Through the Lens of a Camera, an exhibition featuring vintage cameras and photos dating from the mid-1800s to mid1900s. Through 10/28. Free. 10381 Midway, Durham, 530-342-4359. www.patrickranchmuseum.org

EITHER/OR

Shows through Sept. 30 Arabica Cafe SEE ART

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Wizard of all Tina Flynn, behind the scenes at the CN&R for 39 years

TthanChico News & Review longer Art Director Tina Flynn is he only thing that’s been at

the Chico News & Review itself.

As the newspaper commemorates its 40th anniversary this month, its longest-running employee is on the cusp of story and celebrating her photo by 39th year, having Jason Cassidy joined the paper in October 1978. j aso nc @ new srev i ew. c o m Her official title is managing art director, which basically means she’s in charge of how the newspaper looks each week. But that’s just what’s on the masthead. In addition to designing cover stories, Flynn manages production, wrangling the cats of all departments to get the paper to press each week. She also manages the CN&R’s building, staff birthday parties and anything else that might otherwise fall through the cracks. She’s the unassuming yet mighty force behind the scenes keeping the wheels of the CN&R moving Like many of the people at the paper in the early years, Flynn’s story starts with The Wildcat, the Chico State newspaper that won its independence from the university and became the CN&R. While a student, Flynn did design and ad sales at The Wildcat for a short time, but she didn’t immediately follow the staff to the new paper.

She had come to Chico in 1971 to study fine arts/humanities, not journalism, and after graduating she thought she’d probably move back to her native Los Gatos and look for work in the Bay Area. Then she met a local guy—“at a kegger”— her future husband, Tom Bush.

“I was interested in art. I wanted to have it be somehow part of my profession,” Flynn said in a recent interview. “[But] I wasn’t

sure how I was going to be able to do that and still be able to make money, [and also] stay in Chico.”

Besides her Wildcat experience, Flynn hadn’t taken any design or journalism classes at Chico State, but she did take a few printmaking classes from Janet Turner (the late artist for whom the print museum on campus is named).

“I became very intrigued and interested in the whole idea of the printing process—lithography, offset lithography, etching, screenprinting—and I knew I wanted to be involved in that in some way. I also was really interested in typography—designing with type,” Flynn said. “So with those two interests, it sort of became a natural that I apply for the job at the Chico News & Review, [and] when I saw that they had an opening, I jumped at the chance.”

Within a couple of months, she became the paper’s first production manager, and Flynn and her crew were tasked with handling the design of all editorial and advertising content. The work was hard, but fulfilling, and with that plus being on the front lines of the alternative newsweekly revolution, Flynn said she’d found her niche.

“I felt a need to be involved

From Valentina to Tina Flynn—the CN&R’s design and production queen has been with the paper since 1978.

with a social movement. And at that time period we were just coming out of the end of the era of Watergate and Vietnam, where for the first time the American public couldn’t trust their leaders. So, for alternative newsweeklies to be the watchdog and look out for the little guy, I found that really gratifying.

Even though I wasn’t a writer, I was a part of it,” she said.

Of course, the ’70s and ’80s were the days before desktop publishing, when text and art was literally cut (with an Exacto knife) and pasted (with various highly toxic substances). And during the 1980s, Flynn relinquished her production management job to focus on doing outside publishing with a CN&R side business called Graphic Works.

She still helped with the paper as well, and in the early 1990s, —when computers took over the tools of design—she went back to managing the paper’s design department and has remained there ever since.

“I go where I’m needed,” Flynn said. □

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1960S NIGHT: A double-bill featur-

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

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BASSMINT: A weekly bass music party with a rotating cast of local and visiting producers and DJs. Fri, 8/25, 9:30pm. Peking Chinese Restaurant, 243 W. Second St.

THE BLUE MERLES: KZFR 90.1 FM pres-

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ELECTRONIC GET DOWN: Techy, funky,

trippy house and dubstep electronic music with Shiner. Confido, DJ Rizz and Wiggybeats open. Thu, 8/24, 9pm. $10. Lost on Main, 319 Main St. www.lostonmainchico.com

JAZZ NIGHT: A weekly performance by

The Chico Jazz Collective. Thu, 8/24, 8pm. Free. Down Lo, 319 Main St.

JOHN SEID & LARRY PETERSON: An eclectic mix of tunes for dining pleasure. Thu, 8/24, 6pm. Free. Grana, 198 E. Second St.

ents the local Bakersfield-style country dance band. Plus, Brad Peterson. Fri, 8/25, 6:30pm. $5.

Chico Women’s Club, 592 E. Third St. www.kzfr.org/events

ROBERT KARCH & FRIENDS: Guitarist and singer Robert Karch is joined

by Shigemi Minetaka (piano), Joe Gardner (bass) and Komoki Bunting (drums) for an evening of jazz, Latin, R&B and blues. Thu, 8/24, 6:30pm. Free. Farm Star Pizza, 2359 Esplanade, 530-343-2056.

XDS: Totally off-the-wall discopunk. With Portland’s Marriage + Cancer and Chico’s Viking Skate Country. Thu, 8/24, 8pm. $7. The Naked Lounge, 118 W. Second St.

Y&T: Hard-rock veterans out of the Bay Area. Thu, 8/24, 8:30pm. Sold

GOTH NIGHT: Dark and ambient noises courtesy of DJ Matt Loomis, No and Pervert, plus an art installation by Melanie Treuhaft. Fri, 8/25, 9pm.

The Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave.

THE HEAVY PETS: A funky rock ’n’ roll band out of Florida. ADDverse Effects opens. Fri, 8/25, 9pm. Lost on Main, 317 Main St. www.loston mainchico.com

FILtHY sWINE

There’s a special sort of power in rock duos. Free of the shackles of an unwieldy ensemble, twosomes can play fast and loose—and take the occasional hard left turn. Sex Hogs II, made up of two prolific musicains—guitarist Johnny Meehan and drummer Nate Daly—is a particularly kick-ass example of messy gloriousness. You can find the duo at the trough with L.A.’s Danny Dodge and Chico’s Bran Crown at The Maltese Bar & Tap Room on Sunday, Aug. 27.

the lounge. Fri, 8/25, 8:30pm. Free.

Gold Country Casino & Hotel, 4020 Olive Highway, Oroville.

OPEN MIC: An open mic hosted by Thunder Lump and Steve Givens.

Music only. Fri, 8/25, 7pm. Free.

DownLo, 319 Main St.

THE POSEYS: Swing, jazz, blues

and vintage Western. Fri, 8/25, 6pm. Free. Almendra Winery & Distillery, 9275 Midway.

REV ATOMICS: All sorts of dance music, plus a pizza and pasta dinner. Fri, 8/25, 5:30pm. $6-$12. Paradise Elks Lodge, 1100 Elk Lane, Paradise.

STONING GIANTS: Rock, blues and

funk. Fri, 8/25, 9pm. Free. Tackle Box, 379 E Park Ave.

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AMORAMORA: An ever-changing blend

DWIGHT YOAKAM: The chart-topping

of psychedelic jams, funk, bluegrass and world music. Jah Remedi opens. Sat, 8/26, 9pm. $10. Lost on Main, 317 Main St. www.lostonmain chico.com

BOGG ALBUM RELEASE: The experimental jazz troupe—and one of Chico’s hardest-working bands—releases its new EP, The Good Fight. Shigemi and Science Witch open. Sat, 8/26, 7:30pm. $7. The Naked Lounge, 118 W. Second St.

JAMES SLACK: Danceable country in

Wine

JAMES SLACK: Danceable country in

LATIN DANCING: A dancing class with

country legend has a vast backlog of hits. Seriously: He’s sold more than 25 million (!) records, including five No.1 albums. Sat, 8/26, 7:30pm. $75-$85. Paradise Performing Arts Center, 777 Nunneley Road, Paradise. www.chicotickets.com

Layla Ray followed by open dancing to Las Ganeshas. Sat, 8/26, 8pm. Free. Ramada Plaza, 685 Manzanita Court.

LOOKING 4 ELEVEN: Local rock ’n’ roll.

the lounge. Sat, 8/26, 8:30pm. Free.

Gold Country Casino & Hotel, 4020 Olive Highway, Oroville.

Fleetwood Mac cover band Running in the Shadows opens. Sat, 8/26, 8:30pm. Free. Tackle Box, 379 E. Park Ave.

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RONNIE BAKER BROOKS: The dynamic

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dance hall. Sat, 8/26, 9pm. Free.

White Water Saloon, 5771 Clark Road, Paradise.

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MUSIC FESTIVAL & MEMBERSHIP DRIVE: A presentation on membership benefits and live music from Rev Atomics, Robert Karch and Jimi Beeler. Sat, 8/26, 1pm. $10. Paradise Elks Lodge, 1100 Elk Lane, Paradise, 530-877-3977.

knowledge. Mon, 8/28, 9pm. Free.

Down Lo, 319 Main St.

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OPEN MIC: A weekly open mic hosted by local singer-songwriter Andan Casamajor. Tue, 8/29, 6pm. Free.

Gogi’s Cafe, 230 Salem St.

SEX HOGS II: The garage-rock duo

all eras of The Beatles. Sat, 8/26, 9:30pm. $5. Feather Falls Casino & Lodge, 3 Alverda Drive, Oroville.

plays fast and loose. With Bran Crown and Danny Dodge and the Dodge Gang. Sun, 8/27, 7pm. $7.

The Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave.

THE POSEYS: Swing, jazz, blues

and vintage western. Sat, 8/26, 5pm. Free. Rock House Restaurant,

TIM MCKEE & LARRY PETERSON: An

11865 Highway 70.

eclectic set of music. Sun, 8/27, 9pm. Free. Studio Inn,

ROCKABILLY FREAK-OUT: An evening with rockin’ hillbilly bands Quips and Chains, Motor City Riot and Sons of Jefferson. Sat, 8/26, 8pm. $7. The Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave.

PAM MARK HALL: The contemporary Christian-inspired singer- songwriter celebrates the release of her new album, Mangle the Tango. Sat, 8/26, 7pm. $15. Norton Buffalo Hall, 5704 Chapel Drive, Paradise. www.nortonbuffalo hall.com

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THE EMPTY GATE: Groovy punk-pop.

SEMI-ACOUSTIC MUSIC SHOWCASE: A

West by Swan and Panther Surprise open. Mon, 8/28, 8pm. $7. The Naked Lounge, 118 W. Second St.

weekly showcase and benefit for Chico schools. Hosted by Keith Kendall and friends. Sat, 8/26, 5pm.

open mic, all musicians get two songs or 10 minutes onstage. Wed, 8/30, 7pm. $1-$2. Norton Buffalo Hall, 5704 Chapel Drive, Paradise.

open mic. Bring guitars, fiddles and whatever other instrument you enjoy and share some tunes. Wed, 8/30, 5:30pm. The Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave.

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Ronnie Baker Brooks has big blues shoes to fill. He’s the son of Chicago bluesman Lonnie Brooks, and his brother, Wayne, also has taken up the family business. He’s doing them proud by carrying the torch of blues greats Willie Dixon, Buddy Guy, B.B. King, Luther Allison and, of course, his father. A soulful singer and fiery guitarist, Brooks will light up the stage at the Sierra Nevada Big Room on Monday, Aug. 28, in support of Times Have Changed, his first album in 10 years.

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Steve Johnson takes the mic with his acoustic guitar. Sat, 8/26, 6pm. Free. Farm Star Pizza, 2359 Esplanade, 530-345-4128.

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

OPEN MIKEFULL: At Paradise’s only

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FILM SHORTS Reviewers: Bob Grimm and Juan-Carlos Selznick.

a TV series. Whatever the plan is, scrap it and start over. Feather River Cinemas, Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13 —B.G.

Opening this week

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Dunkirk

Birth of the Dragon

Christopher Nolan’s extraordinary new movie has gotten widespread raves and praise from reviewers and critics. And, somewhat to the surprise of the usual “observers,” it has also done very well at the box office in its opening week. It’s a riveting tale about a major event from World War II—the 1940 rescue and evacuation of the massive numbers of Allied troops trapped and hemmed in by the German army on the beaches of Dunkirk on the French side of the English Channel. As such, it has great appeal both as a fast-moving, multicharacter action drama and as an artfully complex war film in which the stories of several sets of individual characters are intricately intertwined with each other and with the unfolding events of an epic moment in modern history. The best performance of all, however, may belong to Kenneth Branagh.

He plays Commander Bolton, the British naval officer in charge of the evacuation to the hospital ship who stays on to oversee further evacuations when the civilian vessels arrive.

Branagh quietly brings a full range of largescale emotion to key scenes with little or no dialogue. Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13 —J.C.S.

A throwback martial-arts action film based on the legend of a 1964 fight in San Francisco between Bruce Lee and martial arts master Wong Jack Man. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas. Rated PG-13.

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Brigsby Bear

See review this issue. Pageant Theatre.

Rated PG-13 —J.C.S.

Leap!

A 3-D animated feature about an orphan girl (voiced by Elle Fanning) who sets off for Paris with dreams of becoming a ballerina. Released in Canada and France last year under the name Ballerina. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas, Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG.

Wind River

A veteran U.S. Fish & Wildlife tracker (Jeremy Renner) is teamed up with a rookie FBI agent (Elizabeth Olsen) to investigate the death of a young girl on a Native American reservation.

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

Girls Trip

Four lifelong friends (Regina Hall, Queen Latifah, Tiffany Haddish and Jada Pinkett Smith) reconnect during a wild “girls trip” to New Orleans. Cinemark 14. Rated R.

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for an audience of one: James. When the show abruptly ends, James’ life changes by forever, and he sets out to finish Juan-Carlos the story himself.”

Selznick This provocatively compact summary tells you more than you might at first think about this remarkable little comedy drama whose title mirrors the name of the TV cartoon that figures so centrally in the life of its main Brigsby Bear character. But in some ways it Opens Friday, Aug. 25. also tells you less than it might starring Kyle have about this movie’s peculiariMooney, Mark Hamill ties and appeal. and greg Kinnear.

That main character is a Directed by Dave young guy named James (he’s McCary. Pageant theatre. Rated Pg-13. played by the charmingly goofy Kyle Mooney, who also co-wrote the film with Kevin Costello).

When we first meet him, James lives in what looks like a kind of post-apocalyptic bunker with his ostensible parents, Ted and April Mitchum (Mark Hamill, Jane Adams). He appears to be a young adult, but he lives like a coddled child, with every day devoted to watching the latest episode of Brigsby Bear Adventures.

When he’s unexpectedly reunited with his biological parents, Greg and Louise Pope (Matt Walsh, Michaela Watkins), he finds himself in the midst of a prosperous suburban existence that, for him, is both eerily familiar and blandly alien.

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He’s a stranger in a strange land, which nonetheless welcomes him even as he seems somewhat shocked and baffled by what he finds.

The Brigsby Bear show, which James has archived in a massive and comprehensive collection of videotapes, becomes a kind of bridge between the contrasting lifestyles that he encounters with his two separate families. And the young man’s deep personal investment in continuing the Brigsby Bear story and its emerging mythology speaks to the power and importance of imagination, storytelling and myth-making in the shaping of individual selves and social bonds.

Mooney, Costello and director Dave McCary get extra points and kudos for the range and gravity of their imaginative concoctions here.

Their film doesn’t manage to gather its disparate ironies, satirical and otherwise, into any kind of weighty and conclusive whole. But it does generate a kind of tragicomic vitality that is both caustic (children’s entertainment as white suburban gospel) and visionary (storytelling and fantasy as crucibles of community). Plus, it’s the kind of not particularly credible story that still manages to generate some very pertinent heat.

Mooney, of course, owns the role of James.

Hamill is very good as the false father from whom James can’t quite separate himself. Greg Kinnear brings a giddy sort of conviction to the role of a police detective who somehow morphs into a full-time Brigsby Bear fan. Andy Samberg and Beck Bennett are also on hand as unlikely converts, and Claire Danes makes a couple of very striking appearances to no particularly significant end. □

The creepy doll from The Conjuring franchise, gets her second standalone film, a silly movie that is nevertheless enjoyable thanks to some deft direction and surprisingly competent acting. The film is set many years before the first Annabelle movie, with orphans Janice (Talitha Bateman) and Linda (Lulu Wilson) on their way to a new home, a group of other girls and a happy nun, Sister Charlotte (Stephanie Sigman), at their side. They arrive at the home of Samuel Mullins (Anthony LaPaglia), a doll maker who lost his daughter Bee in a tragic roadside accident. He’s miserable, his wife (Miranda Otto) is bedridden and ill, and he probably shouldn’t be bringing a bunch of kids into his haunted house. Yes, the house is haunted with a spirit that resides in that creepy doll. A decent, late-summer, relatively fun kind of film. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas, Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R —B.G.

The Glass Castle

An adaptation of Jeannette Walls’ best-selling 2005 memoir about her tumultuous upbringing with her three siblings and their dysfunctional parents. Cinemark 14, Paradise Cinema 7.

Rated PG-13.

The Hitman’s Bodyguard

A buddy action-comedy starring Ryan Reynolds as a bodyguard tasked with delivering a notorious hitman (Samuel L. Jackson) to a court appearance as assassins and other baddies make the assignment very difficult.

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An Inconvenient Sequel

Former Vice President Al Gore is featured in this sequel to the Academy Award-winning An Inconvenient Truth, as he continues his efforts to help in the battle against climate change.

Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG.

Baby Driver

A jukebox musical in which a young getaway driver (Ansel Elgort) is coerced into working for a kingpin (Kevin Spacey) in exchange for a better life. Cinemark 14. Rated R.

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This movie is a catastrophe. The CGI is terrible, the pacing is ridiculously, unnecessarily fast, and the plotting is confusing for those who haven’t read the Stephen King books. The story involves some kid named Jake (Tom Taylor), a sad teenager who is gifted with “the Shine,” the psychic powers Danny had in King’s The Shining. He dreams of another world where there is a Dark Tower that acts as some sort of barrier between other dimensions, protecting planets like Earth from evil. He also dreams of a gunslinger (Idris Elba) who is trying to kill the Man in Black (Matthew McConaughey), some sort of devil man whose intention is to hunt people with the Shine because their brains harness the power to shoot laser beams into the Dark Tower, thus destroying it and releasing goofy CGI monsters upon the Earth. Elba growls, McConaughey roams, each capable actor given next to nothing notable to do. There are some sketchy plans to follow up this film with

Steven Soderbergh (Erin Brockovich, Traffic) directs this action comedy about an elaborate heist during a NASCAR race. With an ensemble cast featuring Channing Tatum, Adam Driver, Riley Keough, Daniel Craig, Seth MacFarlane, Katie Holmes, Hilary Swank and more. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

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Iweren’t News & Review would not exist if it for local businesses. Especially in the t’s not a stretch to say that the Chico

early days, advertisements for locally owned music stores, stereo shops (a 12-page Sounds

by Dave ad!) and restaurants were the paper’s bread and butter. And, over the years, many of the advertisers have remained, becoming as recognizable as (and outlasting many of) the bylines they’ve run alongside.

The very first ad that readers turned to in the very first issue of the CN&R (Aug. 30, 1977) was for a local restaurant: Kramore Inn. It was a half-page featuring the full menu and a 2-for-1 “Welcome back!” coupon for students. I loved Kramore Inn. So did most of Chico. But the creperie and one-time brunch mainstay closed its doors a decade ago, after 31 years in Zot’s Hot Dogs & Deli business.

225 Main St., Ste. A Actually, none (inside Garden Walk Mall) of the restaurants 345-2820 Hours: Mon.-Fri., with ads in that 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; maiden issue are Sat., 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; with us anymore. closed Sun. The Orange Julius on Broadway (I La Comida 954 Mangrove Ave. would kill for an 345-2254 Orange Julius www.lacomidarestaurants.com downtown!) is Open Mon.-Sat., gone. Canal Street, 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; closed Sun. the once popular

downtown restaurant/night spot—serving whole wheat-crust pizzas and “Some Great Wine Coolers!”—on Main Street (where The Bookstore now resides) is long gone.

Of course, The Graduate—which, in 1977, boasted 99-cent-pitcher happy hours (and “Disco!”)—left us just last year. And the names Moby Dick’s, Mr. Munchy’s and The Omelette Phantasy (they “make the morning special”) have faded into the archives.

A handful of issues later (Oct. 11, 1977), however, we can find an ad for a local restaurant that is still in business: La Comida. And, over the following few weeks, more of Chico’s current establishments would join: Madison Bear Garden, Round Table Pizza on Mangrove and Zot’s (“World famous steamed dogs”).

A lot can change in 40 years, unless you’re

talking about restaurant menus. Most customers abhor change. And many restaurants endure by making something that at least some people like and doing it the same way every single time.

When I set out recently to eat at a couple of those early advertisers’ establishments (La Comida and Zot’s) to suss out how they’ve lasted so long, it was immediately obvious that consistency was a key part of the equation. In fact, at first look, it appears like nothing has changed at either place in 40 years … or longer—La Comida has been in business since 1968;

Zot’s since 1972.

I visited both places on the same Thursday, starting at Zot’s for lunch. I stuck with the basics and ordered the Zot hot dog special, $4.95 (includes medium drink and a bag of chips).

Zot’s is about as no-fuss of a lunch counter as there is in Chico—a couple booths, a few tables and a trash can in the middle of the room, all illuminated by a bank of exposed fluorescent lights. A large dry-erase menu board spells out the various hot dog and sandwich specials, and just beneath it is a respectable salad and taco/nacho bar.

The specialty is, of course, the “steamed” hot dog, and it is really good. A foot-long frank with a mild flavor and good snap, topped with your choice of mustard, onion, relish and, best of all, fresh-sliced tomatoes—a great, cheap lunch just across the parking lot from where I’m typing this.

I hit up La Comida for dinner, and the place was packed. It is always packed.

Despite naysayers who bemoan its no-nonsense Americanized Mexican fare,

The hot dog special at Zot’s.

Chico loves La Comida.

Tucked in the middle of what must be one of Chico’s oldest strip malls, the place is a family-feeding machine, with an assembly line cranking out a short menu of basics— tacos, burritos, enchiladas, etc. The 1977 ad promises “complete Mexican dinners” at “prices you can afford,” and with dinners ranging from $5.99 to $8.79, the promise is still being kept.

After my hot-dog lunch, I tried for a “healthy” dinner by ordering the Fiesta Salad ($6.59), which comes with lettuce and tomatoes, plus a mound of refried beans and seasoned ground beef, topped with cheddar cheese, all served in a deep-fried flour tortilla bowl. If I’d ordered a burrito, it probably would’ve been less of a gut bomb. But with the amazing house oil-and-vinegar added, I couldn’t stop myself from eating it all.

It was an uncomfortable amount of comfort food for a ridiculous price. And that’s the rest of the equation for why Zot’s and La Comida—and many other enduring local eateries in this college town—have stuck around: They offer consistent comfort for a cheap price. □

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Lo Tom Lo Tom Barsuk Where the heck does David Bazan find the time? In the midst of multiple album releases and an endless living room tour, he’s started Lo Tom, a supergroup that’ll touch old fans’ nostalgia buttons. Bazan has teamed up with fellow Pedro the Lioner TW Walsh, and Starflyer 59’s Trey Many and Jason Martin, to create just about exactly what a fan of those groups would assume: early 2000s throwback indie-rock. The songs on this debut were written over two weekends, then put aside and finally recorded in spare time with little expectation. That lack of pressure is palpable on the record: It’s the spontaneous energy of four old friends who’ve spent decades honing their craft coming together on solid songs. The no-frills feel comes out lyrically as well, such as on “Overboard” when Bazan ends with, “Some weak shit that I don’t need/I don’t wanna go overboard.” There are no surprises here, and that’s why it’s so great.

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—Robin Bacior

Do What Your Heart Says To Scott Ramminger Arbo Lane Music D.C.-based saxophonist/vocalist Scott Ramminger is hooked on the music of New Orleans, and Do What Your Heart Says To is full of the sounds of the Crescent City, where it was recorded. Using some of that city’s top talents—e.g., pianist David Torkanowsky and bassist George Porter Jr., as well as a passel of female vocalists—Ramminger et al. deliver the goods on each of the 14 tracks. Things get off to a thumping start thanks to drummer Doug Belote, who kicks off the lively opener, “Living Too Fast,” about a guy whose gal tries to slow him down by dumping his booze, cigarettes, etc. Rollicking solos by Ramminger and Torkanowsky are a preview of the delights in store on this horn-fueled album that also features a trumpet and two trombones. Francine Reed joins Ramminger on the title track, on which they advise us to “shake things up, do what your heart says to.” An hour’s worth of musical pleasure makes this a great value and great fun!

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DEAR ARTS DEVO Arts DEVO has said it before, but given that we’re

plucking our nostalgia strings as we look back at the CN&R’s history in this 40th anniversary issue, it bears repeating that I owe a lot to Bitter Betty. The arts/music/culture columnist—the invention of one Elizabeth Kieszkowski—was the first thing I turned to in the CN&R during the 1990s, and her energized and passionate interaction with the local scene remains an inspiration for me when I don the Energy Dome.

A lot of the energy for her column came from the fact that it was so interactive. Check out this outtake from the oral history in this week’s cover story, an excerpt from one-time CN&R calendar editor and Kieszkowski co-worker Charles Mohnike: Something that really brought unexpected attention to the paper was the addition of Bitter Betty’s column, secretly written

by Elizabeth Kieszkowski. In those pre-Internet days there were no forums where people could speak their minds publicly, so when Betty invited the freaks and misfits of Chico to contribute, they rose to the occasion. We had an old tape-style answering machine we ran as “Bitter Betty’s Nightline” and instantly it was filled to capacity every night with everything from conspiracy theories about the Chico PD, to savage attacks on Betty for some band or other she’d failed to mention, or most often, rambling stream-of-consciousness rants about nothing in general. And a death threat or two.

We can skip the death threats, but I would love for this column to have a lot more of a dialogue with the community of artists, musicians, freaks and misfits. Hit me up. Get your band, play, art, Send me your masterpiece! secret thoughts in the paper. Getting a hold of me shouldn’t be a mystery. In the Internet era, there aren’t many people who are more stalkable than an arts columnist. But if you can’t figure it out, send emails to jasonc@newsreview.com or look up Arts DEVO on Facebook and send him a message.

RHYMES WITH ‘LORDY’! Speaking of the CN&R turning 40. This

Reservoir Gordi Jag jaguwar Most of us have experienced an anxious moment or two. For Australia’s Sophie Payten, aka Gordi, those moments are something she refers to as being in the reservoir, that hard-to-describe space that’s easy to get caught in. Reservoir is the title and the basis of her debut full-length, which navigates the ebb and flow of life’s strong platonic relationships. Though lyrically the album might stem from an unsettled place, the sonic elements complement the message, creating soothing tones. Gordi’s mature alto delivery has an ageless quality to it, featuring the aural stamina of greats like Annie Lennox or Imogen Heap (particularly on “Can We Work It Out”). The songs’ consistent emotional crescendos have a revelatory feel akin to labelmate Bon Iver (whom Gordi joined for a performance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon). The clean pop is a balance of heavy low synths and vocal distortion, with grounding touches of subtle horn lines and clean guitar.

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weekend, the streets surrounding the water towers, right behind the newspaper’s offices, will be closed to traffic to accommodate a block party celebration. In addition to food trucks, vendors and a Sierra Nevada beer garden, there will be live music! And all the acts feature CN&R employees, past and present.

The old-timers—and I mean back to the paper’s stone ages when the men were astonishingly hairy—are one-time music/arts writer Peter Berkow and one of the CN&R’s co-founders, writer/editor Mark McKinnon. Each is pulling out all the stops, assembling crews of ringers for what they promise will be special sets. And current staff members Ken Smith and yours truly will also making some noise, joining our respective crews Hallelujah Junction and Viking Skate Country. The event is free, so come raise a plastic cup with us!

STOP THE PRESSES! Just got word from a little bird that a duet of epic proportions has been added to the Chico Performances schedule at Chico State. On Nov. 1, Stephen Stills and Judy Collins will be playing together on the stage at Laxson Auditorium. The legendary folk/rock singer/songwriter of Crosby, Stills, Nash (and sometimes Young) fame has teamed up with his long-ago girlfriend/muse and legendary voice in her own right, for an album of covers, Everybody Knows (dropping Sept. 22). Visit chicoperformances.com for more info.

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY For the week oF august 24, 2017 ARIES (March 21-April 19): Welcome

to Swami Moonflower’s Psychic Hygiene Hints. Ready for some mystical cleansing?

Hint #1: To remove stains on your attitude, use a blend of Chardonnay wine, tears from a cathartic crying session, and dew collected before dawn. Hint #2: To eliminate glitches in your love life, polish your erogenous zones with pomegranate juice while you visualize the goddess kissing your cheek. #3: To get rid of splotches on your halo, place angel food cake on your head for two minutes, then bury the cake in holy ground while chanting, “It’s not my fault! My evil twin’s a jerk!” #4: To banish the imaginary monkey on your back, whip your shoulders with a long silk ribbon until the monkey runs away. #5: To purge negative money karma, burn a dollar bill in the flame of a green candle.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): A

reader named Kameel Hawa writes that he “prefers pleasure to leisure and leisure to luxury.” That list of priorities would be excellent for you to adopt during the coming weeks. My analysis of the astrological omens suggests that you will be the recipient of extra amounts of permission, relief, approval and ease. I won’t be surprised if you come into possession of a fresh X-factor or wild card. In my opinion, to seek luxury would be a banal waste of such precious blessings. You’ll get more health-giving benefits that will last longer if you cultivate simple enjoyments and restorative tranquility.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The coming

weeks will be an excellent time to cruise past the houses where you grew up, the schools you used to attend, the hotspots where you and your old friends hung out, and the places where you first worked and had sex. In fact, I recommend a grand tour of your past. If you can’t literally visit the locations where you came of age, simply visualize them in detail. In your imagination, take a leisurely excursion through your life story. Why do I advise this exercise? Because you can help activate your future potentials by reconnecting with your roots.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): One of

my favorite Cancerian artists is Penny Arcade, a New York performance artist, actress, and playwright. In this horoscope, I offer a testimonial in which she articulates the spirit you’d be wise to cultivate in the coming weeks. She says, “I am the person I know best, inside out, the one who best understands my motivations, my struggles, my triumphs. Despite occasionally betraying my best interests to keep the peace, to achieve goals, or for the sake of beloved friendships, I astound myself by my appetite for life, my unwavering curiosity into the human condition, my distrust of the status quo, my poetic soul and abiding love of beauty, my strength of character in the face of unfairness, and my optimism despite defeats and loss.”

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The Witwatersrand

is a series of cliffs in South Africa. It encompasses 217 square miles. From this area, which is a tiny fraction of the Earth’s total land surface, humans have extracted 50 percent of all the gold ever mined. I regard this fact as an apt metaphor for you to meditate on in the next 12 months, Leo. If you’re alert, you will find your soul’s equivalent of Witwatersrand. What I mean is that you’ll have a golden opportunity to discover emotional and spiritual riches that will nurture your soul as it has rarely been nurtured.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): What I wish

for you is a toasty coolness. I pray that you will claim a messy gift. I want you to experience an empowering surrender and a calming climax. I very much hope, Virgo, that you will finally see an obvious secret, capitalize on some unruly wisdom and take an epic trip to an intimate turning point. I trust that you’ll find a barrier that draws people together instead of keeping them apart. These wonders may sound paradoxical, and yet they’re quite possible and exactly what you need.

by rob brezsny LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Psycholo-

gist James Hansell stated his opinion of psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud: “He was wrong about so many things. But he was wrong in such interesting ways. He pioneered a whole new way of looking at things.” That description should provide good raw material for you to consider as you play with your approach to life in the coming weeks, Libra. Being right won’t be half as important as being willing to gaze at the world from upside-down, inside-out perspectives. So I urge you to put the emphasis on formulating experimental hypotheses, not on proving definitive theories. Be willing to ask naive questions and make educated guesses and escape your own certainties.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You’re

entering a phase of your astrological cycle when you’ll be likely to receive gifts at a higher rate than usual. Some gifts could be big, complex, and catalytic, though others may be subtle, cryptic, or even covert.

While some may be useful, others could be problematic. So I want to make sure you know how important it is to be discerning about these offerings. You probably shouldn’t blindly accept all of them. For instance, don’t rashly accept a “blessing” that would indebt or obligate you to someone in ways that feel uncomfortable.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

You are currently under the influence of astrological conditions that have led to dramatic boosts of self-esteem in laboratory rats. To test the theory that this experimental evidence can be applied to humans, I authorize you to act like a charismatic egomaniac in the coming weeks.

JUST KIDDNG! I lied about the lab rats. And I lied about you having the authorization to act like an egomaniac. But here are the true facts: The astrological omens suggest you can and should be a lyrical swaggerer and a sensitive swashbuckler.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I

invite you to eliminate all of the following activities from your repertoire in the next three weeks: squabbling, hassling, feuding, confronting, scuffling, skirmishing, sparring, and brawling. Why is this my main message to you? Because the astrological omens tell me that everything important you need to accomplish will come from waging an intense crusade of peace, love, and understanding. The bickering and grappling stuff won’t help you achieve success even a little—and would probably undermine it.

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How about this one: “I want to do with you what spring does to the cherry trees.”

Here’s another: “I hunger for your sleek laugh and your hands the color of a furious harvest. I want to eat the sunbeams flaring in your beauty.”

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LOUISE ANNTOINETTE RIEDLE 1438 Lofty Lane Paradise, CA 95969.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: LOUISE RIEDLE Dated: July 25, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000997 Published: August 3,10,17,24, 2017

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

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: BRIAN JOHNSON Dated: July 26, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001000 Published: August 3,10,17,24, 2017

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JEANNE K GALLICK 10675 Bryne Ave #1 Los Molinos, CA 96055.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: JEANNE K. GALLICK Dated: July 24, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000987 Published: August 3,10,17,24, 2017

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CHICO FEMINIST WOMEN’S HEALTH CENTER 1901 Victor Ave Redding, CA 96002.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

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DOUGLASS CO., LLC 1080 East Lassen Avenue #112 Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company.

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This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: ERIN GRESHAM, SECRETARY Dated: July 31, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000979 Published: August 3,10,17,24, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as BREWMASTEREX at 1184 Hill View Way Chico, CA 95926.

STEVE L DRESLER 1184 Hill View Way Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: STEVE DRESLER Dated: July 17, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000952 Published: August 3,10,17,24, 2017

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ROBERT LEE FORBES 6212 Shoup Court Magalia, CA 95954.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: ROBERT FORBES Dated: July 6, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000919 Published: August 3,10,17,24, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as EUROPEAN WAX CENTER at 782 Mangrove Ave B Chico, CA 95926.

FRANKLIN OPERATIONS, INC 54 Fieldbrook Place Moraga, CA 94556.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: KATHY FRANKLIN, PRESIDENT Dated: July 10, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000933 Published: August 3,10,17,24, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as AG TREE SERVICE at 301 Yuba St Orland, CA 95963.

ARTURO GRACIANO 301 Yuba St Orland, CA 95963.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: ARTURO GRACIANO Dated: July 3, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000906 Published: August 3,10,17,24, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as ERIC’S CAR WASH at 1625 Mangrove Ave Chico, CA 95926.

ERIC DEAN LARSON 701 E Lassen #218 Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: ERIC LARSON Dated: July 10, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000937 Published: August 3,10,17,24, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME - STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT The following person has abandoned the use of the fictitious business name READY CHEF GO at 1165 Dog Leg Drive Chico, CA 95928.

MELINDA MARIAN KENNEMER 1165 Dog Leg Drive Chico, CA 95928.

This business was conducted by an Individual.

Signed: MELINDA KENNEMER Dated: August 1, 2017 FBN Number: 2013-0001022 Published: August 10,17,24,31, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as BACK IT UP DESIGNS at 428 W 12th Ave Chico, CA 95926.

CAROL BAGINSKI 428 W 12th Ave Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: CAROL BAGINSKI Dated: July 25, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000994 Published: August 10,17,24,31, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as TRI PATH TECHNOLOGY GROUP at 1072 Marauder St Suite 220 Chico, CA 95973.

TRI PATH 1072 Marauder St Suite 220 Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by A Corporation.

Signed: CHARLES MAHAR, PRESIDENT Dated: August 1, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001042 Published: August 10,17,24,31, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as DISCOUNT DISTRIBUTION at 400 Mission Ranch Blvd #88 Chico, CA 95926.

RAMI YASIN MOHAMMAD HADDID 400 Mission Ranch Blvd #88 Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: RAMI HADDID Dated: August 7, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001063 Published: August 10,17,24,31, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as RADIANT BEAUTY at 10 Glenshire Land Chico, CA 95973.

ADA LEE 10 Glenshire Land Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: ADA LEE Dated: July 17, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000953 Published: August 10,17,24,31, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as MERCHANDISE RESALE COMPANY at 1027 Rushmore Ave Chico, CA 95973.

SCOTT ORTIZ 1027 Rushmore Ave Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: SCOTT ORTIZ Dated: August 8, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-00001067 Published: August 17,24,31, September 7, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as DEEP HEART CONNECTION at 143 1/2 West 21st Street Chico, CA 95928.

KIMBERLY DAVIS 143 1/2 West 21st Street Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: KIMBERLY DAVIS Dated: July 28, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001011 Published: August 17,24,31, September 7, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as ANGEL LOVE at 1197 Ravenshoe Way Chico, CA 95973.

ADRIANA COVARRUBIAS 1197 Ravenshoe Way Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: ADRIANA COVARRUBIAS Dated: August 4, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001060 Published: August 17,24,31, September 7, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as THE BANSHEE at 134 W 2nd Street Chico, CA 95928.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as UPPER PARK HONEY at 2640 Lobo Way Chico, CA 95973.

AARON RODRIGUEZ 2640 Lobo Way Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: AARON RODRIGUEZ Dated: July 24, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-000985 Published: August 17,24,31, September 7, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as ALTERATION NANDAS at 2059 Forest Ave #1 Chico, CA 95928.

LAURA KARIZA OLIVA 2489 Nakia Ct Durham, CA 95938.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: LAURA K OLIVA ACOSTA Dated: July 27, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001009 Published: August 17,24,31, September 7, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as UNTAMED BAKESHOP at 627 Broadway St. Ste 170 Chico, CA 95928.

KALA RIDDLE 1661 Forest Ave Apt. 89 Chico, CA 95928.

KYLE RIDDLE 1661 Forest Ave, Apt 89 Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by A Married Couple.

Signed: KALA RIDDLE Dated: August 18, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001123 Published: August 24,31, September 7,14, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as KOVACH MEDIA at 1665 N Cherry Street Apt 12 Chico, CA 95926.

DUSTIN SMITH 1665 N Cherry Street Apt 12 Chico, CA 95926.

TIFFANY SMITH 1665 N Cherry Street Apt 12 Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by A Married Couple.

Signed: DUSTIN SMITH Dated: August 18, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001122 Published: August 24,31, September 7,14, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as PITOIP LLC, PLUGGED IN AND TURNED ON IN PARADISE at 5972 Royal Point Drive Paradise, CA 95969.

PITOIP LLC 5972 Royal Point Drive Paradise, CA 95969.

This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company.

Signed: CLAY REID, PRES. Dated: August 11, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001079 Published: August 24,31, September 7,14, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as HEARTSONG YOGA at 6311 Skyway Paradise, CA 95969.

HUGH HOOKS JR. 1363 Brill Rd Paradise, CA 95969.

CARMI HOOKS 1363 Brill Rd Paradise, CA 95969.

This business is conducted by A Married Couple.

Signed: CARMI HOOKS Dated: August 15, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001097 Published: August 24,31, September 7,14, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as 2 ENGLISH LADIES, TWO ENGLISH LADIES at 309 Westin Lane Chico, CA 95973.

PATRICIA M HOLDSTOCK 309 Westin Lane Chico, CA 95973.

CLAIRE STEPHENS 2 Rugosa Oak Court Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by A General Partnership.

Signed: PATRICIA M HOLDSTOCK Dated: July 7, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000926 Published: August 24,31, September 7,14, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as ORO PLAZA at 1900 Oro Dam Blvd Oroville, CA 95966.

KIRK BENGTSON 1037 Village Lane Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: KIRK BENGTSON Dated: July 31, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001030 Published: August 24,31, September 7,14, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as TEB PANTRY at 1982 Modoc Drive Chico, CA 95928.

ALI EMDADIAN 1982 Modoc Drive Chico, CA 95928.

MOHAMMADREZA SOLEYMANI 1982 Modoc Drive Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by A General Partnership.

Signed: ALI EMDADIAN Dated: August 16, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001106 Published: August 24,31, September 7,14, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as LA BUENA TIERRA at 50 Cameo Dr. Apt 3 Chico CA, CA 95973.

AUTUMN HOPE MENDEZ 50 Cameo Dr. Apt 3 Chico CA, CA 95973.

GABRIEL MENDOZA 50 Cameo Dr. Apt 3 Chico CA, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by Copartners.

Signed: AUTUMN MENDEZ Dated: August 11, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001083 Published: August 24,31, September 7,14, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as WOODS GENERAL STORE at 19175 New York Flat Rd Forbestown, CA 95941.

RHEANNA MARIE WOODS 94 Buckeye Dr Forbestown, CA 95941.

SCOTT WALTER WOODS 94 Buckeye Dr Forbestown, CA 95941.

This business is conducted by A Married Couple.

Signed: RHEANNA MARIE WOODS Dated: August 1, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001043 Published: August 24,31, September 7,14, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as ARCHWAY MANAGEMENT at 1469 Arch Way Chico, CA 95973.

BETH ANN WHITE 1469 Arch Way Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: BETH WHITE Dated: July 27, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001010 Published: August 24,31, September 7,14, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as FONG FINANCIAL SERVICES at 120 Independence Cir Ste E Chico, CA 95973.

FONG MICHAEL LO 1877 Modoc Drive Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: FONG MICHAEL LO Dated: August 21, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001133 Published: August 24,31, September 7,14, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as CHICO DRINK, CHICO DRINKS at 1148 Stanley Ave Chico, CA 95928.

CARLIE RAE ADAMS 1148 Stanley Ave Chico, CA 95928.

SAMUEL L ADAMS 1148 Stanley Ave Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by A Married Couple.

Signed: SAMUEL L. ADAMS Dated: August 16, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001105 Published: August 24,31, September 7,14, 2017

NOTICES ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner ALEX MOSENZOV-OLEINYCH ELSON filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: ALEX MOSENZOV-OLEINYCH ELSON Proposed name: OLEKSIY ROMANOVYCH AL-SAADI 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

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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: September 8, 2017 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: MICHAEL P. CANDELA Dated: July 27, 2017 Case Number: 17CV01863 Published: August 3,10,17,24, 2017

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner JAI LOR filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: JAI LOR Proposed name: YENG KONG 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: September 8, 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: July 26, 2017 Case Number: 17CV02071 Published: August 10,17,24,31, 2017

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner KENT CAULFIELD filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: KENT CAULFIELD Proposed name: CASEY CAULFIELD 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: September 22, 2017 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: SANDRA L. MCLEAN Dated: August 7, 2017 Case Number: 17CV02227 Published: August 17,24,31, September 7, 2017

SUMMONS SUMMONS NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: OSCAR VAZQUEZ AKA OSCAR RECENDEZ YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: BUTTE COUNTY CREDIT BUREAU A CORP NOTICE! You have been sued.

The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association.

NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The Court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case.

The name and address of the court is: Superior Court of California, County of Butte 1775 Concord Avenue Chico, CA 95928 LIMITED CIVIL CASE The name, address and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney is: JOSEPH L SELBY (#249546) Law Office of Ferris & Selby 2607 Forest Avenue Ste 130 Chico, CA 95928.

(530) 366-4290 Dated: March 2, 2017 Signed: KIMBERLY FLENER Case Number: 17CV00665 Published: August 10,17,24,31, 2017

PETITION NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE JOHN A. GRAY, JR., ALSO KNOWN AS JOHN ALFRED GRAY, JR. To all heirs and beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: JOHN A. GRAY, JR., ALSO KNOWN AS JOHN ALFRED GRAY, JR. Petition for Probate has been filed by: KRISTINE ANN GRAY in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte.

The Petition for Probate

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requests that: KRISTINE ANN GRAY 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 conseted to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant authority.

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: September 12, 2017 Time: 9:00 a.m.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Attorney for Petitioner: RICHARD S. MATSON Richard S. Matson Law Office, Inc. 1342 Esplanade, Suite A Chico, CA 95926 (530) 343-5373 Case Number: 17PR00276 Dated: August 4, 2017 Published: August 10,17,24, 2017

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE JOHN W. COOK, AKA JOHN WEBBER COOK To all heirs and beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: JOHN W. COOK, AKA JOHN WEBBER COOKJOHN WEBBER COOK A Petition for Probate has been filed by:

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CAROLE A. COOK in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte.

The Petition for Probate requests that: CAROLE A. COOK 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 conseted to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant authority.

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: September 12, 2017 Time: 9:00 a.m.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Attorney for Petitioner: RICHARD S. MATSON Richard S. Matson Law Office, Inc. 1342 Esplanade, Suite A Chico, CA 95926 (530) 343-5373 Case Number: 17PR00279 Dated: August 7, 2017 Published: August 17,24, 31, 2017

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555 Valstream Dr., Paradise—$560,000 300 Pinewood Dr., Paradise—$354,950 1665 Pamela Dr., Paradise—$338,900 4 Beds, 4 Baths, 3-Car Garage, 3383 Sq.Ft. 5 Beds, 3.5 Baths, 3-Car Garage, 2553 Sq.Ft. 3 Beds, 2.5 Baths, 2-Car Garage, 2277 Sq.Ft. Larry Knifong: (530) 680-6234 Larry Knifong: (530) 680-6234 Larry Knifong: (530) 680-6234

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14533 Grinnell Ct., Magalia—$288,000 3 Beds, 2 Baths, 2-Car Garage, 2268 Sq.Ft. Ask for Ron Knauff: (530) 877-6244

2267 Stearns Rd., Paradise—$249,950 4 Beds, 2 Baths, 2-Car Garage, 1680 Sq.Ft. Larry Knifong: (530) 680-6234

194 Rio Lindo Ave., Chico—$219,000 3 Beds, 1.5 Baths, 1-Car Garage, 1344 Sq.Ft. Lynn Franklin: (530) 520-6900

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PRICE REDUCED

1453 Elliott Rd., Magalia—$199,000 13619 Jennifer Ct., Paradise—$194,000 2 Beds, 1.5 Baths, 2-Car Garage, 1100 Sq.Ft. 2 Beds, 2 Bath, 2-Car Garage, 1602 Sq.Ft. Larry Knifong: (530) 680-6234 Troy Davis: (530) 570-1630

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8466 Skyway, Paradise—$159,000 2 Beds, 1 Bath, 1-Car Garage, 893 Sq.Ft. Ask for Ron Knauff: (530) 877-6244

Built in 2006. 3BD/2BA on lrg greenbelt lot! Forested views, concrete walkways & trex decking. Granite counters, lot of cupboards & counter space $192,000 Ad #14 Susan G. Thomas 530-518-8041

Lovely home in heart of Paradise. Home sits on .44 of an acre, 2 bedrooms, 1 updated bathroom, vinyl pool, shop, 1037 SF, nice covered deck & bonus room $179,900 Ad #15 Shelinda Bryant 530.520.3663

Heart of Butte Valley! Most of the 35 acres is flat.

Spectacular Views through the Valley! Several Areas to build Dream Home. Plenty of room to roam! $290,000 AD#983 Summer Gee 530-518-8020

GET IT NOW! Reduced price. This country home needs your updating touch!

Offering 2 br/2 bath plus office. 1536 sq ft on .87 acre. $237,900 Ad#958 Sue Mawer 530-520-4094

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5350 Skyway, Paradise | www.C21Skyway.com | Paradise@c21selectgroup.com

Pristine and uPdated condo! 2 bed/1.5 bth, 904 sq ft in Calif Park. Light and bright, wonderful kitchen, updated bathrooms and 1-car attached garage......................................................................................................$193,500 Building lot with city services in town. .21 of an acre lot............................................................................ $99,000 stunning one of a kind. 2 homes on .77 of an acre in town. 3 bed/ 2 bth 3,000 sq ft PLUS 3 bed 2 bth, 1,100 sq ft, lovely homes with lush landscaping and a spa/sauna detached building! REDUCED ......$625,000 Teresa Larson Just listed! Wonderful 3 bed/3 bath, 2081 sq ft that offers hardwood floors, updated kitchen, formal living and (530)899-5925 family room, all in a desirable area! Come enjoy the inground pool and lovely yard!.............................$447,500 www.ChicoListings.com call for details on Pricing! 4 bed/2 bth, lovely home offering 1,735 sq ft, formal living and family rooms, along chiconativ@aol.com with stunning yard, in ground pool and RV parking potential.

3.4 ac, well, septic and power in place $129,000 5800 sf with 26 ac walnuts $1,795,000 5 ac lot. Owner carry $39,500

ing N Chico 1750 4/2 $345,000 pesfnd 1,200 sq ft 3bd/2 ba,ld nice remodel $269,000 so

mark reaman 530-228-2229

www.ChicoListings.com • chiconativ@aol.com Mark.Reaman@c21jeffrieslydon.com www.ChicoListings.com • chiconativ@aol.com

the following houses were sold in Butte County by real estate agents or private parties during the week of august 7, 2017 – august 11, 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

TOWN

PRICE

BR/BA

669 E 6th St

Chico

4/1

1215

$280,000

199 Oliva Ave

Oroville

4/3

3627

$410,000

840 Sheridan Ave

Chico

3/1

1515

$265,000

180 Melrose Dr

Oroville

4/3

2111

$400,000

1022 Chestnut St

Chico

4/2

1218

$239,000

87 Hurleton Rd

Oroville

2/3

1612

$300,000

898 Colorado St

Chico

2/1

864

$238,000

11786 Miller Peak Rd

Oroville

2/1

1744

$290,000

2195 Ruskin St

Chico

2/2

1000

$232,000

5696 Brookview Way

Paradise

4/4

3212

$525,000

30 Plaza Way #19

Chico

3/2

1418

$200,000

1485 Lofty View Dr

Paradise

3/3

2064

$449,000

2055 Amanda Way #9

Chico

3/2

1244

$174,500

7194 Pentz Rd

Paradise

3/1

2302

$375,000

555 Vallombrosa Ave #31

Chico

1/1

725

$136,000

5100 Foster Rd

Paradise

5/4

2613

$367,500

20 Woodside Ln

Chico

3/2

1541

$116,500

1450 Scandia Way

Paradise

3/2

1872

$329,000

2340 Notre Dame Blvd #8

Chico

2/1

864

$97,000

4826 Foster Rd

Paradise

3/2

1728

$285,000

Oroville

3/3

3124

$460,000

1654 Gate Ln

Paradise

3/2

1554

$280,000

6245 Jack Hill Dr

SQ. FT.

ADDRESS

august 24, 2017

SQ. FT.

CN&R

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