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Act now on guns Many congressional Republicans are responding to calls for stricter gun

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respecting identities Iown conservatives walk about through life wearing their special brand of blinders. They see only what

separating gender and sexuality. Gender represents how one self-identifies in society. Sexuality represents sexual behavior. A simple example: A biological boy decides that he wants to wear a dress they want to see. And they truly believe that their to school. The old gender rule said, “Boys wear view is the only possible view, pants and girls wear dresses.” That without exception. is a gender issue. The same boy is They will never sexually attracted to girls. That is a understand that they Gender is sexuality issue. How is it possible are not controlling to apply a binary label to the boy? defined in their religion; rather, their religion one’s head and Is he straight, gay or just plain questionable? Do we call the boy is controlling them. one’s heart. he, she or they?

This discusWhat if we did not have to sion is not about It has always by apply labels? What if we allowed religion. It is about been this way. that boy to define his own label?

Ronald Angle gender. Gender What if his self-identified gender the author has is fluid. Gender been a chico is none of our business? Rule One: is defined in resident since 1980.

Gender is not identified by one’s plumbing. Rule one’s head and one’s heart. It Two: We should respect an individual’s self-defined has always been this way. The identity.

Creator observed a rainbow We are all colors in the rainbow of life. Our place and decided human life should be the same. With within that rainbow is often defined at birth. It is not today’s easy global communication and interaction, a world of all boys and all girls. It is not a world of others are now accepting this new perspective that binary choices. We now live in a world of choice and we are not all the same and that gender it is not a acceptance and self-identification. As to myself, I am binary option. □ One problem is that American society has trouble the color in the middle of the rainbow. have always believed that today’s religious

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laws by saying it’s premature to take up the issue. Chief among them is Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who said this week that, given the massacre in Las Vegas happened only a few days earlier, it’s “inappropriate” to talk about legislative solutions, “if there are any.”

Our question: What the hell is he waiting for—yet another mass shooting and additional lives lost to gun violence?

Of course, we know the game plan of his ilk. First, stall. That’s what he and other Congress members are doing by saying it’s too soon to start a debate. Second, rely on voter apathy. Americans have notoriously short attention spans and once the headlines have subsided, so too will the most strident calls for change. And finally, if all else fails, sabotage. The latter is a tactic employed by Senate Republicans after the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School that claimed the lives of 20 children.

Recall the no-brainer, bipartisan bill that sought to expand background checks to cover weapon sales at gun shows and on the Internet. That effort—the so-called Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act (aka the Manchin-Toomey amendment, so named for Sens.

Joe Manchin and Pat Toomey, a Democrat and Republican, respectively)— died for a lack of support after the GOP threatened a filibuster.

What’s worse, as The Atlantic Senior Editor David Frum pointed out this week, is that massacres such as the one that unfolded in Las Vegas actually spur less-restrictive policy. Frum noted that a host of mostly red states have done that very thing in the wake of Sandy Hook. Georgia, for example, in 2014 expanded the list of locations those with a concealed carry permit can bring their firearms to include school classrooms and airports, among other places. Frum further pointed to research out of Harvard University backing up claims that mass shootings loosen gun laws.

Over the next few months, the GOP will counter the calls for a debate on tighter gun laws by saying Democrats are attempting to politicize the issue. It’s a deflection tactic, nothing more. Not taking up this issue is a slap in the face not only to the loved ones of the victims of the Las Vegas massacre, but to everyone who has suffered as a result of gun violence.

Congress should immediately begin talks about common-sense gun restrictions. The time to act is now. □

Not a ‘real catastrophe’?

The president of the United States went off script in his responses to the

devastation in Puerto Rico wrought by Hurricane Maria during a visit to the island this week. Predictably, that resulted in a number of gaffes, including downplaying the extent of the damage and the threats to the well-being of the more than 3 million Americans who live there.

Among other things, during his brief trip to Puerto Rico on Tuesday (Oct. 3), President Trump joked that the disaster had “thrown our budget a little out of whack.” He also compared the number of confirmed deaths (16 at that moment, though emergency responders note that number is unreliable due to communication issues) to “a real catastrophe like [Hurricane] Katrina,” where thousands had perished.

Obviously, the president’s missteps did not stem the criticism that he’d been slow to react to the disaster.

A silver lining can be found among the responses from the nonprofit and private sectors, including one effort right here in our backyard. As Meredith J. Cooper reports in this week’s The Goods, Build.com founder and President Christian Friedland, along with his wife, Melissa, have begun a relief effort called Power for Puerto Rico to aid their adopted home on that island. The couple donated $100,000 of their own money, and are asking for donations to buoy the effort, which specifically will send generators to those without electricity, as it’s expected to take six months to a year to restore the entire island’s power grid. Learn more at www.facebook.com/Power4PR. □

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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

a shameful legacy I was up late last Sunday and tuned into cable news shows to learn more about the shooting at a concert in Las Vegas, which was being reported on live by affiliates in Sin City. I felt my body clench later that night as I watched video clips with the sound of sustained gunfire from what we now know was a cache of weapons, including some equipped with technology that makes them shoot like automatics.

When I went to bed that evening, there were mixed reports.

Officials confirmed a few casualties, while one woman at the concert said she thought dozens had died.

I awoke to the news that at least 50 people had perished, and the first question that came to my mind was: “Were any of the victims kids?” A mother’s instinct, I suppose. Thus far, based on what’s been made public, it appears no young children were mortally wounded.

Then again, each victim is somebody’s loved one—whether a child, mother, brother ....

It’s hard for me to wrap my head around such a horrific event and America’s lack of will to do anything about it. I thought Congress would take up stricter gun laws following the shooting at Sandy Hook back in 2012. Twenty-six people, including 20 children, died at that elementary school in Newtown, Conn., at the hands of a deranged man.

My son was just a baby when that mass killing took place. To this day, the school photo of one of the victims, Daniel Barden, remains etched into my memory. I don’t know what it is—his freckles, wavy red hair or the two missing front teeth—but I’ll never forget his sweet face. He was just 7 years old.

What has Congress done to pass sensible gun laws since Barden’s violent death five years ago? Not a single thing.

Nothing happened a few years later when a racist gunman killed nine parishioners attending Bible study at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C. Nothing happened in response to a jihad-inspired married couple slaughtering 14 people at a holiday party in San Bernardino for an organization that provides services to disabled people. Nothing came out Congress when 49 others were exterminated at a nightclub in Orlando.

Tragically, without intervention at the federal level, many states have actually worked in the opposite direction—to place fewer restrictions on firearms (see Editorial, page 4).

And now Las Vegas, an event that eclipses all of the other mass shootings as the largest in modern American history. As of deadline, 58 were confirmed dead. Fifty-nine if you include the shooter. But again, it’s unlikely our federal legislators will take up the issue. If Congress wouldn’t enact restrictions in response to the death of 20 precious children, there’s little hope its members will do so now.

Keep in mind that the killings mentioned above are only the highest-profile incidents. According to a database compiled by the Gun Violence Archive, a not-for-profit group formed after Sandy Hook that tracks gun-related violence in the United States, there have been more than 1,500 mass shootings resulting in more than 1,700 deaths since December 2012.

Congress owns this shameful legacy.

Melissa Daugherty is editor of the CN&R

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LETTERS c o n t i n u e d f r o m pa g e 5 gratuitous homeless bashing.

In the future, I wish journalists would substitute the word “negro” for the word “homeless” as they draft their stories. (So in this case we’d have, “I move the negros along ...” or “Now that this place is nice, the negros just don’t feel comfortable anymore.”) If with that substitution, a sentence sounds offensive, that’s because it is offensive.

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Editor’s note: Mr. Newman is referencing a correction on a previous Greenways story (see “Greener acres,” Sept. 14).

Hardee said in error that Ms. Ellner told homeless individuals camping at Comanche Creek to “move along.” In fact, she doesn’t do that; Ellner did say she has informed them that camping there is illegal.

‘Confusing’ Re “The saga continues” (Letters,

by Ray Estes, Sept. 28): Ray Estes said, “Like I said in my letter, the independent Sanders does indeed need to run as an independent, instead of a Democrat.” In previous letters, Estes complained that Ralph Nader took away votes from Al Gore, in which he lamented that those votes for Nader helped George W. Bush get elected. So what does Ray Estes want? Not meaning to be disrespectful, but I find this confusing.

Walter Ballin Chico

LaMalfa’s deceptive bill Congress.gov indicates Rep. Doug LaMalfa is one of 165 co-sponsors of HR 367, the Hearing Protection Act of 2017. This deviously named bill is the NRA’s latest attempt to arm the ultra-right with silencers for personal guns. Just think how much more effective the Las Vegas shooter would have been if no one could have heard the shots.

But LaMalfa and his cronies want to fool us into thinking it’s a health issue.

As a former hunter, I realize that repeatedly shooting a gun can damage one’s hearing. Obviously, the “shooters” Mr. LaMalfa is so concerned to protect aren’t smart enough to wear ear protection when sighting in their guns or are such lousy shots they have to shoot numerous times in hopes of hitting a deer, elk, etc. (shotguns can’t be fitted with silencers, so there’s no benefit to waterfowl hunters).

These folks are usually labeled “morons” and shouldn’t be allowed within a mile of a gun anyway.

There are about 15 million hunters in the U.S. (5 percent of the population), of which maybe half (or less) hunt with a largecaliber rifle. But those 7 million are pretty important to LaMalfa, much more so than the 25 million for whom he voted to eliminate health care.

Dean Carrier Paradise

White House nepotism Trump and his luxury swamp of bankers, billionaires, generals and congressional allies will almost

certainly pass tax reform that makes their friends and families even richer while the poorest of us grow even more starved, homeless and desperate. Politicians selling policies that favor the economic elite have assured us for decades that wealth will soon trickle down in abundance, but those promises remain unfulfilled.

If billionaire interests hold their greedy sway with corporate tax cuts, then the quality and extent of extreme poverty are about to grow much worse as the final tattered remains of safety net are shredded to feathery softness for tickling the pampered behinds of the powerful.

Those who can afford security will rent uniformed bullies to keep the hungry hordes from disturbing their comfort. The shopkeepers will rely increasingly on police who kill with impunity to punish those poor and infirm street people capable of scaring away the few remaining timid customers who can still afford to shop.

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Poking fun at POTUS Many may not remember (wink) the president declaring that the country is in a new “Gold Rush” a few months ago. The gold being recyclable cans and plastics. A flagship program was introduced in the Midwest. “Money bags” (plastic garbage bags with dollar bills painted on) were distributed to all

households. The program was so successful that one state senator has introduced a bill to respell his states name as “Cansas.”

With conservatives likely to lower taxes for the wealthy in upcoming tax reform, there lies a need for income to make up the gap. With the Gold Rush booming, conservatives have introduced the “One Can for Donnie” program.

This program only affects the homeless and requires that before they recycle one can, they must first put one can in the Fed bin.

According to conservatives, since the homeless have no money, are not job creators and do not even vote, essentially they are not really even human beings and why not give them a J-O-B, (as in having to pick up twice as many cans to be able to buy their daily can of ravioli). Making America great again, one can at a time.

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‘What a crowd-pleaser’ On page 21 of the Sept. 28 issue, [the editor’s pick of the] Ebony and Ivory concert series at Chico Women’s Club featured Shigemi Minetaka playing with her AfroCuban jazz band to be held Friday evening, Sept. 29. On Page 27 of the same issue, Henri Bourride writes a great article on our apple season with a recipe for Chunky Apple Cake.

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Corrections and omission A story in last week’s Newslines (see “Blessed are the peacemakers,” by Ken Smith) misspelled Lakshmi Ariaratnam’s last name.

In the same issue, two references to Blue Shield of California in the cover story (see “Chico vs. The Man,” by Evan Tuchinsky) were incorrectly attributed to a similarly named insurer.

Also, in a Downstroke (see “City grants announced”), Slow Theatre was omitted from a list of recipients of the Community Grant Program’s maximum award of $5,319.

We apologize for the errors, which have been corrected online.

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A tip from a Butte County supervisor about potential illegal dumping led to a drug arrest Tuesday (Oct. 3), according to a post on the Butte County Sheriff’s Office’s Facebook page.

At about 9:45 a.m. Tuesday, Supervisor Larry Wahl, whose District 2 includes Chico and the surrounding area, was meeting with preservation group Respect the Walls on Old Humboldt Road near Hog Springs. A member of the group spotted a truck full of furniture and appliances that looked suspiciously like its driver—later identified as James Halstead—was preparing to illegally dump.

Wahl alerted the BCSO, and three deputies arrived at the scene. Halstead was arrested and charged with possession of methamphetamine and paraphernalia and driving on a suspended license, according to BCSO spokeswoman Megan McMann.

Walmart drOpS paradiSe plan

The property Walmart owns in Paradise has been listed for sale at $5 million.

The 58.9-acre parcel near the Skyway was the site of a proposed supercenter, but Walmart decided not to move forward with the project, according to Tiffany Wilson, director of communications for the company.

The project was controversial from the beginning, with Walmart and local grassroots environmental group Save Our Gateway being involved in a lengthy legal battle. Walmart ultimately received the green light to build.

Wilson said there were several reasons the company decided not to move forward, one of them being the lack of sewage infrastructure in Paradise and Chico’s nonmovement on a project to allow the town to share its wastewater treatment facility.

ShadOW’S killer cOnvicted

One of two men accused of killing Army 101st Airborne Pfc. Shadow McClaine (pictured)—a Yuba City woman murdered last year near Fort Campbell, Ky., where she served in the U.S. Army—pleaded guilty last week to killing McClaine for $10,000 allegedly offered by her ex-husband, Sgt. Jamal Williams-McCray.

According to newspaper the Leaf Chronicle, Spc. Charles Robinson III pleaded guilty to murder, conspiracy and obstruction charges during a Sept. 28 court-martial trial. He said Williams-McCray lured the woman to a rural exit in Robertson County, Tenn., where Robinson cut her throat, stabbed her, broke her neck and helped cover up the crime.

Robinson was sentenced to 25 years and avoided life without parole by cooperating with prosecutors. Williams-McCray’s courtmartial is yet to be scheduled.

McClaine’s family claims she reported being threatened, and that the Army could have prevented her death (see “Shadow’s war,” cover story, May 4).

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On-screen violence Parents, others react to body cam footage the district attorney says justifies latest Chico police shooting

Iquiet Tyler Rushing is seen walking along a country road with the early mornn a video posted to Instagram June 4,

ing sun rising behind him. In the clip, he delivers a message that’s adopted an air of foreboding in light of his violent death in story and Chico less than two photo by months later: “Have Ken Smith a great life … we’re kens @ only blessed with this n ew srev i ew. c o m moment, so don’t take it Inside the for granted.”

That video was investigation: the final report on shown during a press tyler rushing’s shoot- conference held last ing and body camera footage of the incident week (Sept. 28), at are available on the which Butte County butte county district District Attorney Mike attorney’s website Ramsey declared that an (www.butte unnamed private secucounty.net/da/ midvalley main.htm). rity guard and Chico Police Sgt. Scott Ruppel acted in self-defense when they shot Rushing at Mid Valley Title and Escrow July 23. He succumbed to his wounds, and the incident was investigated by the Officer Involved Shooting/ Critical Incident Protocol Team.

It’s hard to tell that the man in the Instagram video is the same person seen in another video shown at the conference—

spliced-together body camera footage from the security guard and several CPD officers who responded to the scene.

Footage captured that fateful night includes Rushing’s attack on the security guard with a broken flower pot, which resulted in stab wounds to the guard’s arm and a 9mm gunshot wound to Rushing’s chest. Also shown is the subsequent standoff between officers and the dying man, who retreated to a bathroom inside the business, claimed to have a gun, and was mostly noncommunicative with responding officers. In the final chaotic encounter, Ruppel was stabbed in the neck with a ball-point pen and another officer was bludgeoned with a piece of a broken toilet before Ruppel shot Rushing twice at close range.

Rushing, of Ventura, was a regular attendee

at music festivals who hitchhiked to Chico July 19 after his belongings were stolen at the Northern Nights Music Festival in Mendocino County. He spent his short time here living among the local homeless population, and Ramsey’s report details some encounters with people he met in Chico. Some told investigators he had a gentle demeanor, while others said he was—as the report states—“‘extremely high’ and aggressively spiritual.” Rushing reportedly admitted he’d taken psyche-

delic drugs at the festival, but didn’t say exactly what type.

Three separate toxicology tests revealed only a moderate amount of marijuana in Rushing’s system. A small bag of unidentified seeds found in his possession has been sent to the FBI and Department of Homeland Security for testing.

“Regardless of the current lack of evidence of drugs in Mr. Rushing’s system, investigators believe Rushing was under the influence of an undetected drug(s) given the altered state of reality demonstrated by his behavior …” the report’s conclusion reads. “[T]he bizarre, violent behavior and extraordinary strength and endurance shown by Rushing inside the Mid Valley Title Co. was entirely out of his normal character.”

Ramsey and CPD Chief Mike O’Brien fielded

questions at the conference, including several about Ruppel’s level of de-escalation and crisis intervention training (CIT).

Ruppel was the lead officer at the scene and the only one who attempted to engage Rushing during the 38 minutes that elapsed between officers entering Mid Valley and breaching the bathroom door.

O’Brien said Ruppel completed an eight-hour, in-house CIT in 2015 and was scheduled to attend a similar class this

Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey holds up a weapon Tyler Rushing was seen fashioning hours before he was fatally shot. The makeshift spear included a hidden, removable railroad spike.

month. Later in the meeting, he reported Ruppel has retired from the force since the shooting.

Interviewed Monday (Oct. 2), retired Butte County Sheriff’s Office Capt. Andy Duch—who criticized the CPD’s lack of participation in local 40-hour CIT sessions in the wake of the March 17 CPD shooting of Desmond Phillips—agreed the shooting likely was justified.

“The fact that [Rushing] was wounded added a critical time element,” said Duch, who noted he’s read press reports on the justified ruling but hasn’t viewed the report or body cam footage. “Knowing he was probably dying, they couldn’t just wait around. Also, he’d clearly committed felony assault on the security guard and demonstrated dangerous behavior. Nobody can expect officers to deliberately put themselves in harm’s way given those circumstances.”

Erica Traverso, a Butte College English instructor and an organizer with the Justice for Desmond Phillips effort, criticized details of the incident, including a section of video not shown at the press conference. After being shot three times—once by the guard and twice

by Ruppel—and bitten by a K-9 unit, Rushing was handcuffed and shot with a Taser to ensure the threat to officers was neutralized. Traverso equated that action to “torture.”

On Tuesday (Oct. 3), Rushing’s father, Scott, said the family has its own team of investigators looking at the body cam footage and investigation results, and will hold its own press conference when that is complete.

“We weren’t surprised at all by Ramsey’s findings,” he said. “Other families of victims told us exactly what [the report] would say, and they were absolutely correct.

“I was struck by how cleverly it was written … but Mr. Ramsey has had some practice,” he added, noting dozens have been killed by Butte County law enforcement in the last 20 years, including three this year alone.

Scott said a memorial on Sept. 23 for his son was attended by more than 250 people.

“We can’t get Tyler back, so everything we’re doing now is to shed light on the fact that something is wrong in Butte County and needs to be fixed.

Our goal is to stop this from happening again.” □

Benefits and beer Council talks taprooms and executive compensation he Chico City Council got right down to business on Tuesday (Oct. 3), busting Tthrough its regular agenda in about an hour.

The panel took action on:

Taprooms

At the request of new craft beer company Secret Trail Brewing, the council unanimously approved an amendment to Title 19—the city’s land use and development regulations—allowing taprooms that make small batches of beer, mead or hard cider to serve alcohol without offering food. Currently, the code limits the consumption of alcoholic beverages produced at such facilities to small tastings.

Secret Trail’s owners requested the land-use amendment rather than pursuing a rezone of their property on Meyers Street, according to a city staff report. The Planning Commission considered the matter on Sept. 7 and recommended making the change, and the council did so without discussion from the dais or public comment from the floor.

“There’s nothing contentious on this one,” said Mayor Sean Morgan.

With the vote, the council created a new land-use category called “manufacturer taproom,” which will be allowed in several industrial and commercial zoning districts throughout the city.

Executive salaries

In an effort to reduce the city’s pension liability, the council tweaked the contracts of

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several department heads to have them pick up their portion of FICA-Medicare payments and share the cost of CalPERS. In return, most executives got somewhere between a 2 percent and 3 percent bump in salary—and more, in the cases of City Clerk Deborah Presson and Brendan Ottoboni, director of public works-engineering.

City Manager Mark Orme justified the move by noting that the average department head’s salary was around $150,000 when he took the city’s top post in 2014, but now it’s around $135,000.

In 2011, Presson took a 5 percent pay cut as part of the citywide effort to rein in spending during the Great Recession. She received a 5.26 percent raise on Tuesday, boosting her annual salary to $144,000. Ottoboni received a 2 percent cost-of-living increase on top of the salary/benefits swap, bumping his annual salary to $138,000. The city’s two highestearning officials—Orme ($207,500 annual salary) and Assistant City Manager Chris Constantin ($185,000)—opted for deferred compensation matches, meaning they can set aside a percentage of their pre-tax salary and get paid later.

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It’s the CN&R’s annual Beer Issue. That means it’s time for some beer trivia, which could come in handy the next time you’re ordering a brewsky at your favorite watering hole. Drink up the knowledge!

• Back in 1935, when the first beer was canned in the United States (by the now-defunct G. Krueger Brewing Co.), 25 percent of beer was packaged in cans and bottles. Now, that number is closer to 90 percent.

• D.G. Yuengling & Son is the oldest brewery in the country, having opened its doors in Pottsville, Penn., in 1829. Perhaps more impressive? It’s still owned by the Yuengling family.

• At least one story behind the saying “Mind your P’s and Q’s” has it based in British pubspeak. Since Brits order their beer by the pint or quart, when a customer became unruly, they’d be asked to, you know, “mind your P’s and Q’s.”

• A Mayflower passenger attributed the ship’s landing at Plymouth Rock—rather than sailing farther south—to having run out of beer onboard.

Sources: BeerHistory.com, beerchurch.com

On Tuesday, the Chico City Council voted to approve so-called “manufacturer taprooms,” like the one Secret Trail Brewing Co. is opening.

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The other department heads accepted the swap, including Administrative Services Director Scott Dowell ($132,900), Police Chief Michael O’Brien ($154,700), Deputy Director of Finance Barbara Martin ($117,500) and Erik Gustafson, public works director-operations and maintenance ($135,400).

Councilwoman Ann Schwab said she supported the raise for Presson, but requested that the length of her severance pay agreement be reduced from a year to nine months—which would be in line with other executive-level employees—but the council’s conservative majority made no such move. The panel approved the salary adjustments by a 4-to-3 vote down party lines.

Councilman Randall Stone told the CN&R he voted “no” because of the city’s looming pension crisis and a long-term trend of lackluster sales and property tax revenues.

He likened the salary adjustment to “shifting chairs around on the deck of the Titanic.

We’re aware of the hole in the side of the ship, but choosing to do nothing about it.”

Business expansion

At an appraised market value of $322,000, the council unanimously approved the sale of 4.39 acres of undeveloped land at Chico Municipal Airport to Fifth Sun LLC, a company that specializes in producing licensed and private-label apparel for large retailers. Owner Dan Gonzales plans on expanding Fifth Sun’s manufacturing division by building a 27,000-square-foot building adjacent to the business’ current headquarters.

According to a city staff report, the facility will be up and running by June, employing between 50 and 75 people.

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A life cut short Shooting victim had moved off the streets the day he was killed

ravis Robertson hadn’t had an easy life, according to his sister, TAngie Baker. The two grew up in an abusive environment, living on and off the streets, in and out of group homes. Robertson suffered from minor cognitive disabilities, which may have been exacerbated by the abuse, she said. But he was making positive changes; things

were getting better.

“He was trying to turn his life around and get off the streets,” she said.

For the past three months, Robertson had been living out of a tent. But on Sunday (Oct. 1), with the help of Far Northern Regional Center, which helps people with developmental disabilities, he

Chico Police Chief Mike O’Brien talks to reporters about the circumstances surrounding the fatal shooting of Travis Robertson. phOtO by Kevin fuller

moved into an apartment on West Fourth Avenue in Chico with his girlfriend and their 7-year-old daughter.

That same day, as he sat on the curb outside his new place looking at his cellphone, he was shot and killed.

“I was shocked. He just turned 32. He just got his own place,” Baker said.

Witnesses told Chico Police

Travis Robertson had recently turned 32, his sister told the CN&R. phOtO cOurtesy Of angie baKer

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Department investigators that a dark-colored SUV pulled up to Robertson and two people got out of the car, approached him on foot and demanded he give them his cellphone. When he didn’t, he was shot—eight times—and died on the grass, feet from his apartment building. Two suspects, 21-year-old Jason Jamar Jackson and 19-year-old Michaela Norman, both of Chico, were

“Why would someone ask for his cell and just shoot him?

It’s shocking.”

—Angie baker, the victim’s sister

arrested shortly after the incident.

Both face murder and robbery charges. Jackson is also charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. They were expected to be arraigned Wednesday (Oct. 4), after the CN&R’s deadline.

“Why would someone ask for his cell and just shoot him?” Baker asked. “It’s shocking.”

According to Evan LeVang, executive director of the Disability Action Center, a local nonprofit that helps the disabled community, the mere fact that Robertson was disabled put him at risk.

“Those with developmental disabilities are much more likely to be victims of crimes,” said LeVang, who did not know Robertson personally.

Chico Police Chief Mike O’Brien called the incident “tragic.” He said Robertson and his suspected assailants did not know each other. Police recovered a nine-shot revolver on the floor of the vehicle Jackson and Norman were driving when they were arrested, along with Robertson’s cellphone.

At the time of the incident, Jackson was on parole, having served 2 1/2 years for his role in a drive-by shooting in Oroville on Christmas Eve 2014. Nobody was hurt during that incident, according to District Attorney Mike Ramsey.

Jackson pleaded no contest to his involvement in that shooting— Ramsey said he took the gun from the shooter and placed it in the glove box—and served the minimum sentence under state guidelines, half of his five-year sentence because of good behavior.

Ramsey said Jackson was also a client of Far Northern Regional Center, but did not elaborate on the specifics. Jackson and Norman were being held at Butte County Jail as of press time.

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HEALTHLINES The Center for Healthy Communities is matching Cal Fresh beneficiaries up to $20 to buy more fruits and vegetables. cN&r file photo

Stretching dollars New program matches Cal Fresh purchases at local farmers’ markets by

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Buphealthy, Jenni Dye says, it’s best to back and consider: Do they have access to efore you can teach people how to eat

healthy food in the first place?

In rural areas like Butte County—even in communities surrounded by agricultural land—the answer usually is “no.” Dye saw that problem firsthand while growing up in the small farming community of Fall River Mills in Shasta County, and her education as a registered dietitian has reinforced the concept that increasing the availability of fresh, locally grown fruits and vegetables is the best way to get more people eating and living well.

That’s why encouraging people to shop at farmers’ markets is her main focus as a program manager at the Center for Healthy

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Communities (CHC), a nonprofit under the Chico State Research Foundation. By promoting food access and providing nutrition education, Dye and her colleagues work on the preventative side of public health (rather than at, say, a hospital), but she says the benefits of buying from local farmers extends beyond physical wellness.

“If you compare shopping in a grocery store to a farmers’ market, there are so many more social interactions; it feels more community-based,” she said. “It’s about eating healthy and getting to know people, as well.”

To that end, CHC is rolling out a new program at Chico Certified Farmers’ Markets throughout Butte County called Market

AppoiNtMeNt WALK FOR RESEARCH Chico will join more than 600 communities nationwide on Saturday (Oct. 7) during the Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s.

It’s the world’s largest event to raise awareness and funds for care, support and research for the disease. The festivities kick off at 8 a.m. at Sycamore Field in Lower Bidwell Park; the walk starts at 10 a.m. Go to act.alz.org to register.

For more information, contact Jody Cornilsen at 895-9661 or chicowalk@alz.org.

Match. Here’s the gist: Locals enrolled in Cal Fresh—commonly called food stamps and federally known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)—can stop by the market manager’s booth, slide their EBT card and receive wooden tokens they can exchange at any vendor. But that’s business as usual; the new part is that CHC now matches up to $20, for use toward the purchase of fruits and veggies.

Market Match is part of the nonprofit’s ongoing efforts to increase awareness of and enrollment in the Cal Fresh program.

Dye hopes the financial incentive will foster long-lasting connections between shoppers and farmers, encourage low-income residents and families to take home healthy produce, and direct more dollars into the pockets of local farmers. The program will be offered at the year-round Wednesday market at the North Valley Plaza, and at the seasonal markets in Paradise and Oroville, which close for the winter this month. It may roll out soon at the Saturday market at Second and Wall streets as well, but Cal Fresh transactions are already a booming business there.

As a side benefit, the program has increased foot traffic at the smaller, less-crowded markets. During a recent Wednesday market, Cal Fresh users redeemed about $600 of Market Match and several vendors sold out.

“That’s kind of a big deal,” Dye said.

“We were seeing empty tables, which is not usually the case on Wednesday because it’s mid-week. That was great to see for the farmers.”

Market Match is supported by a roughly

$50,000 grant awarded by the Ecology Center in Berkeley, and it’s an established and successful program in the Bay Area and Southern California. There’s been a recent push to expand it in rural areas thanks to Assembly Bill 1321, which authorized more than $3 million to expand Market Match in high-need communities.

By adopting the program, the local markets joined a consortium of more than 280 certified farmers’ markets statewide.

Matt Davis is a manager for the Chico Certified Farmers’ Market, where he oversees the Saturday morning market in downtown Chico as well as the Tuesday and Thursday markets in Paradise. Like Dye, he

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says Market Match is a good way Learn more: to support local farmers and estabGo to csuchico.edu/chc for info about lish social connections. center for Healthy communities. For chico “The biggest thing is the concertified Farmers’ Market locations, go to chicofarmersmarket.com. nection between the customer and the farmer,” Davis said. “That allows people to learn about where change,” he said. “They’re not set their food comes and the health in their ways.” benefits of those products versus CHC’s contract for the Market what you find at chain grocery Match program will expire next stores and fast-food places.”

June, but Dye says she is fairly Once customers make those confident the Ecology Center will connections, Davis hopes they continue funding the program past become lifelong market shoppers, that point. Meanwhile, it also may even if they stop using Cal Fresh expand to surroundbenefits. Not only ing counties. does that make While it’s easy for healthier “If you compare to track how much lifestyles, but it shopping in a money is redeemed also keeps dolunder Market lars flowing grocery store Match, it’s more through the local to a farmers’ difficult to quantify economy. how the program is And that’s market, there impacting human not to mention are so many health, Dye said. the environHowever, the mental benefits more social Ecology Center has of supporting interactions.” found that nearly local growers.

According to —Jenny Dye four out of five Market Match users Davis, small and become long-term mid-size farmers farmers’ market are often more shoppers, and that can only be innovative than corporate growers when it comes to sustainability and positive.

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GREENWAYS Kyle Gunther, second from right, leads Adventure Outings trips, like a recent excursion to Mount Eddy.

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Seeing green National competition opens Chico State students’ minds to outdoor exploration, sustainability by

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Kbowels with a garage door as its entrance, in the of the Wildcat Recreation Center at yle Gunther walked around a dark room

Chico State, where dozens of pairs of hiking boots were stacked, sleeping bags hung from the wall and various outdoor equipment was scattered throughout.

Gunther, a trip leader for the Associated Students’ Adventure Outings program, is responsible for the Chico Gets Outdoors initiative. That effort aims to drive the campus community to participate in a national competition, the Outdoor Nation Campus Challenge, which encourages people to explore the natural environs.

“I think it’s kind of hard to think sustainably, or having a sustainable mindset, when you don’t really understand the reasoning for it,” said Gunther, a senior biology major, during a recent chat in the Adventure Outings equipment room. “I think being able to get outdoors really influences that change of pace. It makes you more interested in living a sustainable life.”

Spearheaded at the national level by the Outdoor Foundation, a nonprofit organization whose goal is to foster an interest in outdoor recreation among young people, the Outdoor Nation Campus Challenge is described as “a Mother Nature-meets-March Madness competition with 100 schools from across the country going head-to-head for four weeks to see who can get the most people outside and active.” It’s a quest to see which school is the “outdoorsiest campus in the nation.”

Students, staff, faculty and community members register on the competition’s website, download an app and post up to five photos a day of some sort of outdoor activity.

Participants are required to be in the photo and activities range anywhere from walking

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to work to rock climbing in the backcountry.

They receive points, which go to the school’s total, for each entry taken from Sept. 18 to Oct. 15.

It’s the third year Chico State has participated. The campus finished third in its initial year and seventh place last year. It’s currently in seventh place in its division, the larger of two categories based on enrollment numbers.

Last year, Humboldt State took the top spot.

Chico State has long been involved in conservation initiatives, such as its wellknown A.S. Recycling program and the Regenerative Agriculture Initiative, a group of interdisciplinary faculty searching for methods for farmers to lower greenhouse gas emissions. The competition is just another way to help spread awareness and get people thinking sustainably.

“There’s a strong correlation between how much time people spend outdoors— their comfort and familiarity with being in nature—and their openness to concepts and principles of sustainability or their interest in supporting those types of goals,” said Fletcher Alexander, Chico State’s sustainability programs manager.

The competition was originally organized out of the Institute for Sustainable Development, where Alexander regularly uses competition as a form for engagement.

Learn more:

Students, staff, faculty and members of the community can register for the competition at www.oncampuschallenge.org as well as track where they stand individually and as a campus community.

“Competition is a really effective platform for engaging college students,” he said. “It just works really well with that population.”

Gunther said it made sense for Adventure

Outings to take charge this year in organizing the challenge and encouraging participation in it.

“Since it’s an outdoor competition and we are the outdoor group on campus, we felt responsible to push it,” he said.

Outdoor Nation Campus Challenge has corporate sponsors from well-known outdoor recreation companies, including REI, The North Face, Eagles Nest Outfitters and Hyrdo Flask. The companies donate equipment, such as outdoor clothing, hammocks and tents to the participating universities. Adventure Outings uses the donations as incentives to get people involved, such as giving away items as prizes in a scavenger hunt.

The competition also helps get the word out on campus and in the community about what the program offers, Gunther said. Adventure Outings organizes about 30 trips a year, ranging from floats on the Sacramento River to a week-long camping trip to Yosemite National Park, leading participants on several intermediate day hikes around the valley to places like Vernal Falls and Nevada Falls.

The trips range in cost, typically depending on the amount of travel, such as a $15 hike along local flumes or a $136 Tomales Bay sea-kayaking excursion. The cost for nonstudents is typically slightly

higher. Participants are required to bring their own gear, or they can rent it from Adventure Outings.

Alexander noted that getting people outside isn’t just about making them conscious of the environment. He says there are tangible benefits, for both health and sustainability.

When students spend the day being active outdoors, it means they’re not sitting in front of a television or playing video games, which eats up electricity, Alexander explained.

“If you bike trip to Upper Park for the day, you could say that’s a low carbon-footprint day,” he said.

Gunther echoed him and said he’s enjoyed watching people outside of the campus take part in the challenge.

“I’ve definitely seen a good amount of what seemed to be community members getting involved,” he said. “It’s taken, and it’s really cool to see that.” □

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Magalia’s music man

From tattoos to booze

Dave Wilson is an eternal optimist. “I’m happy every minute I have, no matter how tired, busy or worried I am,” he said. He’s also passionate about music— he proclaims that “musical vibrations built the universe.”

In fact, the 58-year-old Army, Air Force and National Guard veteran, who is prone to military metaphors, loves music so much that he recently learned all he could about the subject.

On Sept. 1, while still holding his day job as an analyst, he opened Magalia’s only guitar and music store, Guitar Gear Garage.

Though very small, at just 275 square feet, it’s stocked with a wide variety of music products and custom fixtures. Stop by his shop at 14154 Skyway, Ste. 1, on weekends and every other Friday. Call for an appointment most weekdays at 520-2667 or go to www.GuitarGearGarage. com for more info.

A few years ago, around the 10-year anniversary of getting my first tattoo, I decided it was time for a touch-up. The orchid on my right shoulder blade was showing its age, as tattoos are wont to do, and I started looking around at local artists who could freshen and embellish it. I eventually settled on David Singletary, who then owned Sacred Art Tattoo. He did a fine job.

I caught up with Singletary last week while he was prepping his new digs on Broadway, in the space next to Winchester Goose that was previously occupied by Iron Mountain Leather. Turns out Singletary closed his store two years ago—after 25 years—and, tired of owning, joined the crew at Alley Tats on 13th Street. When the opportunity arose to rent the Broadway space, he and fellow former Alley Tatter Aaron Nott jumped on it. Nott is the new owner of Amber Rose, at 804 Broadway, expected to open this week.

I have no idea how Chico is able to sustain so many tattoo shops—there were 10 the last time I checked—but Amber Rose looks to be a promising addition.

There’s space for several artist stations, plus a piercing room. I wish the new guys on the block the best of luck.

What inspired you to open your store?

Early this year, my wife, Amy Wilson, who owns Wilson’s Pet Care grooming shop in this complex, told me the office next door to hers was open. I thought I could use my musical passion to do something for Magalia that does not exist, and also for my eventual retirement.

You seem to really love people and music.

Yes, I love to invite musicians and bands to play once per month

in the parking lot out front. I always welcome anyone to play individually—and I might join in! I like people to play here because then I can see how they feel about my products and prices, etc., to make them happy!

What types of products do you carry?

Everything a guitarist needs to do their thing. Many of our guitars are priced low so even kids can afford them. We also have amps, ukuleles, T-shirts and hats, plus drum, [brass] and woodwind accessories.

How’s the process of opening a business been?

I’ve been working since May by the seat of my pants. Many product distributors have trusted me with my tiny place.

But I’ve remodeled everything myself. I’m just now starting to rest, but the last few months

I’ve been building like I’m on a military mission.

How long have you been a musician?

As a kid I took guitar, trombone and flute lessons, but gave them up. Then, two years ago, I saw a Pink Floyd cover band at the Feather Falls Casino play their hit “Wish You Were Here.” I loved it and wanted to play it using easy chords, so I bought an electric hollow-body guitar and brushed up on my basic skills like standard tuning, different electric guitar styles, and music theory.

What are your long-term plans for the shop?

I have all new stuff, but eventually I want to carry used products, too. I want to learn more about repairing guitars so I can fix and resell them. I created a “beachhead” here, but now I need to expand past the beach.

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rebuilding an island Puerto Rico was hit especially hard in the recent wave of

hurricanes to blow through the Atlantic. I’ve seen footage and read about the massive amount of damage to the infrastructure there, but it all was brought a little closer to home when I watched a video made by Christian and Melissa Friedland, who moved to Puerto Rico from Chico about a year ago. In it, they explain the many problems the damage has caused, with a focus on the widespread loss of power on the island. Christian, founder and president of Build.com, says it may take a full year to restore the grid.

In response to the need, and seeded with $100,000 of their own money, the Friedlands started the Power for Puerto Rico project, whose goal is to provide generators to the island’s residents, particularly those who can’t afford to buy their own. Find the project on Facebook to watch the Friedlands’ video and for info on how to help.

More doogoodery The folks over at UnitedHealthcare regularly hold fundraisers

and drives to help the community. Their latest effort was in the name of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. On Monday (Oct. 2), the company’s Chico office delivered 3,000 pounds of food and other collected items like books and diapers to Catalyst Domestic Violence Services. I’m sure it all will be very much appreciated by local victims—including children—who need Catalyst’s emergency housing help.

booze news In the spirit of this week’s Beer Issue, there is a bit of local news

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Beer trailblazers

Secret Trail set to open Chico’s first new brewery with a tap room since Sierra Nevada by

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or a city that likes its beer as much as Chico does, craft brewery options have remained few and far between throughout the years. Some potential brewers may view Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.’s prominence in town as a nonstarter, but others, such as Charlie and Michelle Barrett, owners of the soon-to-open Secret Trail Brewing Co.

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(late October is the plan), see the presence of the craft-beer pioneers as a perfect springboard for expanding upon local beer culture.

Charlie, the brewmaster, has immersed himself in the homebrew scene off and on since the early 1990s, acting as a certified beer judge and taking home several brewing competition awards himself. The acquisition of a 15-gallon, all-grain electric home brewing system in 2011, however, reignited his passion and hope to one day open a brewery and taproom of his own. Once he retired

from his job as a construction inspector for Yolo County, he and Michelle moved from their home in Elk Grove to Chico to do just that.

“When we told people we were moving to Chico, they laughed at us, thinking we wanted to compete with Sierra Nevada,” Michelle said during a recent interview at the new brewery site. “But no, that’s never been the goal. We want to be here to give options. People come to town to visit Sierra Nevada and then, once they’re here, they

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think, ‘Where else can we go?’ So now we’ll be close by.”

The process hasn’t come without some stressful challenges, though, including a two-year-long hunt for a location, as well as the discovery of a local code that prohibited breweries from operating taprooms that do not also offer food service. Rather than getting discouraged, the Barretts proposed an amendment to the code, which the Chico Planning Commission approved at its Sept. 7 meeting.

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When Secret Trail Brewing Co. and Cellar Door Cider (coming in 2018) join the block, there will be six alcohol-production facilities in the same vicinity in south Chico.

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“We were too deep into this process and had too much invested, emotionally and monetarily, so we decided, well, someone has to be the one to break the ice and try to change the law,” Charlie said.

The Chico City Council voted 7-0 on Tuesday (Oct. 3) to approve the amendment.

The couple believe this change could be the catalyst that eventually turns Chico into a hub for small craft breweries, someSecret Trail Brewing Co. thing akin to beer 132 meyers st., ste. 120 mecca Bend, Ore., www.facebook.com/ secrettrailbrewing a city with a population comparable to Chico’s that currently is home to more than 20 breweries with accompanying tasting rooms.

“I think it’s great that others will be able to follow behind us to make Chico even more of a beer town than it is now,” Charlie said.

As for the beer itself, Secret Trail plans to offer two distinct product lines available both for tasting at the taproom and for wholesale distribution. The Landmark Series will be classic styles, such as pilsner, kolsch, American IPA, double IPA and porter; while the Explorer Series will allow for more experimentation with fruit, spices and

barrel-aging, including an imperial red ale and a pomegranate wheat. All of this will be brewed on-site via a shiny new 15-barrel stainless steel system.

“I just love the joys and the challenges of brewing,” Charlie said. “It’s tricky. Anyone can make a beer if they get a kit and the right equipment, but I don’t think just anyone can make a good beer. It takes some practice.

“I’m also wanting to get ideas from various places [on beers] that I can brew in small batches on my pilot system to get feedback from the community,” Charlie added. “That’s part of my vision, to have the community buy in on this, so people who want to get involved can get involved by helping with recipe ideas or feedback. Then they have some ownership of the beer where if it does well they can say, ‘Hey, I helped make that.’”

The Barretts say the goal for Secret Trail (in addition to serving delicious beer) is to be as community-oriented and interactive as possible. Plans for brewing competitions, live music, food trucks, brewery tours and more are already underway, and both the taproom and outdoor patio will be family- and dog-friendly. Jesse Fischer, an investor and operations manager at the company, is a big believer in what a fun, lively bar can add to a town and is excited to get to work.

“My happy place when I visit other towns is sitting in a pub and talking to locals,” Fischer said. “I feel like pubs can be a great little nucleus for everything going on in the community.” □

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Spokes on tap Bikes, beers and a pair of local businesses embracing both by

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oad cyclist Brennan Percy tends to work up a thirst during the climb to Paradise, so he often stops at a gas station for something refreshing, like a Coors Light, before riding home—where he’s liable to crack open another one after his ride. To him, beer and bicycling is a perfect pairing.

“Cyclists love beer,” he said.

“It’s a big part of the industry.”

That’s an obvious truth in Chico, where it’s typical to Greenline Cycles see a row 515 Main St. of cruisers 894-7885 and fixies www.greenlinecycles.com locked up The Handle Bar outside 2070 e 20th St., Ste. 160 down894-2337 town www.handlebarchico.com bars. But something bigger might be brewing: Just last month Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. and Chico Velo Cycling Club collaborated for their first Bikes & Beers, an event combining a 15- to 30-mile ride with an after party at the brewery. And this month, two local businesses are expanding on the relationship between beer and two-wheeled transportation.

Percy is a manager at Greenline Cycles, the downtown bike shop that recently doubled in size after taking over the space formerly occupied by Three Sixty Ecotique.

Like retailers across the country, Greenline is grappling with how to thrive as a brick-and-mortar store in the age of Internet sales, and in doing so it’s getting creative. In October, Greenline will start serving prepackaged food, coffee and— you guessed it—draft beer.

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At first, Percy will install two taps, probably pouring Sierra Nevada Pale Ale and Coors Light, he said. Down the line, he’d also like to add a third tap for rotating seasonal beers. Greenline borrowed the idea from a handful of bike shops operating under the same business model in Southern California, but it’s also a natural move because a few regular customers occasionally bring their own cases of beer into the shop around closing time, anyway.

“It’s like, why not start offering that to them so they don’t have to bring their own?” Percy said. “It makes sense. … Similar to beer drinkers, cyclists are looking for a community of sorts to be a part of, and bike shops are always an organizing place. We’d like to see ourselves as a hub for bike rides: Meet here, get a cup of coffee, go for a ride, come back, drink a beer and hang out for a little bit.”

But bike sales and tune-ups will remain the business’ bread and butter. “We’re still a bike shop,” Percy

said, “not a bar.”

Coincidentally, another business across town also recently made an expansion that puts beers and bikes in proximity to one another. Brian and Carolyn Kanabrocki, owners of the craft beer hotspot The Handle Bar on East 20th Street, just reopened after shutting down for about three weeks to make major renovations. The spiffy new space includes an expanded kitchen and menu, as well as a new “eating place” distinction on its ABC license, which allows the restaurant to serve all ages. They’ve also installed a new wraparound bar, eight more taps for a total of 28, and, most noticeably, a banquet room with windows overlooking rows of bikes for sales on the showroom floor of new neighbor

AMain Cycling.

Though the bar and bike shop (formerly Cyclesport downtown) are now connected by an inside door, they remain separate businesses with no overlap in terms of operations or ownership. However, the Kanabrockis recognize the golden opportunity for cross-branding and co-sponsored events.

“It’s been a mystery to us who was going to move into that space the entire time we’ve been here,” Carolyn said. “Our concern was always that it would be some sort of competition or it wouldn’t fit in with our customer base, but this could not be more perfect.”

AMain feels the same way, according to manager Brendon Steinle. They made the move mostly for the bigger space, but embraced

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their designer’s suggestion to build a door connecting the businesses.

“We thought it would be a good thing for our cycling customers to have a place to call home after going on bike rides,” he said, “and being able to see the bike shop through the bar is pretty cool.”

It is called The Handle Bar, after all. At the suggestion of Carloyn’s mother, the couple decided on the bike-centric name well before they opened in December 2012. It fit their personalities as well as Chico’s laid-back style.

“We’re very casual people,” Brian said. “I come to work in shorts and flip-flops every day, and we both own cruisers. We’re not the most avid cyclists, but we recognize that Chico and bikes go hand-in-hand. I think that, in general, beer is a yeoman’s kind of drink. It’s not pretentious, for the most part, and cyclists aren’t pretentious people. They tie in well.”

As a result of AMain moving in next door, the Kanabrockis have started thinking about getting into cycling as a sport. Coincidentally, Greenline’s Percy happens to race competitively with the AMain Cycle team, and he sees Chico as a great place to combine the two interests.

“We have Sierra Nevada and some of the best bike riding in the world,” he said. “It works perfectly.” □ MOre

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Seal of independence New craft beer label in wake of ‘Big Beer’ buyouts

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trip down the beer aisle in 2017 is a much different experience than it was a decade ago, or even five years ago. Back then you could always count on finding Sierra Nevada, Deschutes and a handful of other craft brews among the glut of Budweiser, Coors and Pabst Blue Ribbon. And it was easy to find what you wanted.

Nowadays, not only are there dozens more craft beers occupying shelf space, there’s a completely new element—six-packs, twelvers and bombers that appear to be made by small craft breweries but are actually produced by global companies like Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) and Heineken.

Over the past six years, independent breweries like Goose Island, 10 Barrel Brewing and, more recently, Ballast Point have all sold out to “Big Beer.”

Many folks in the industry will tell you that they don’t blame or scorn smaller craft breweries for selling to larger companies. It makes sense from a distribution and growth standpoint. When it comes down to it, these deals mat-

ter most to those who spend their money on craft beer. If you read beer geek forums, the phenomenon recalls the days when indie rock bands like The Replacements and R.E.M. signed to major labels. In most cases, craft beer consumers simply want to know where their money is going.

In June, the Brewers Association, the not-for-profit trade group that promotes independent craft breweries, answered this concern by introducing the independent craft brewer seal—a black-and-white image depicting a downturned beer bottle with the words “certified independent craft.” Only those breweries defined by the Brewers Association as a “craft brewer”—i.e., those that are small (6 million barrels maximum annual production), independent and traditional—are allowed to use the mark.

“Independence matters to some beer lovers, but not all,” said Julia Herz, craft beer program director for the Brewers Association. “But small business is what drives our economy.”

Herz points to a poll conducted in May of this year of 2,000 beer consumers. Of the 29 buzzwords associated with beer purchases, “independent” and “independently owned” were at the top of the

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heap. The independent seal was rolled out a month later.

Herz and others do consider the buyouts a trend: AB InBev has purchased 11 breweries over the past year alone. “Big Beer has been buying up authenticity since 2011,” Herz said. “They want to give the illusion of choice. They want to be the one-stop shop of beer.” But she does add some context: Of the 5,600 breweries operating in the United States, 98 percent are small and independent.

The reaction was almost immediate following the seal’s rollout, as dozens of breweries adopted it. As of mid-September, some 2,150 breweries had signed on. A recent visit to Zoiglhaus Brewing Co. in Portland, Ore.—which specializes in German beer—revealed the independent craft brewer seal right on the front door. Zoiglhaus brewmaster Alan Taylor said he made the decision to adopt the seal immediately. As with many within the beer industry, Taylor says he doesn’t fault a brewery for selling out. But he also knows from a consumer standpoint that it really does matter, noting the backlash 10 Barrel Brewing experienced a few years ago.

“Certified independent craft” seal distinguishes independents from those owned by “Big Beer.”

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since 1994, and now serves as the brewery’s brand manager. He said, “10 Barrel and Goose Island can ride the coattails of the Budweiser portfolio and save on distribution.

They can even afford to take a slight hit and bring their prices down.”

Sierra Nevada—which already includes “Family owned, operated and argued over” on its labels—has also adopted the seal, which will appear on the outer packaging of its six- and 12-packs soon. Sullivan says he sees the value in the seal for beer-drinkers and beer-makers.

He also sees things from a brewer’s standpoint as the competition continues to grow (there are currently around 4,000 craft breweries compared to the 150-200 there were in 1998).

“I don’t fault any of them for making those decisions—most of them are just following their dreams.” □

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“It’s important to let people know you’re independently owned—especially in the current market,” said Taylor, who is also coowner and brewmaster for PINTS Brewing in Portland, and Ponderosa Brewing Co. in Albuquerque. He also sees it mostly from a consumer standpoint. “Would I want to put money into Elysian [the Seattlebased brewery sold to AB InBev in 2015] when I can keep my money local? No.” One of the negative implications of the buyouts for independent craft brewers is the increased competition for shelf space, tap handles and even real estate. A brand like Goose Island, purchased by AB InBev in 2011, can be seen all over airport bars and restaurants across the country. And 10 Barrel—once a modest spot in Bend, Ore.—has opened pubs in Portland and Denver since its sale in 2014.

“It’s scary for independents,” said Terence Sullivan, who’s been with Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.

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THURSDAY, OCT. 5 Brewfork: A Beer & Food Truck Rally Chico Beer Week Kick-off 5:30-8:30 p.m., Manzanita Place

The Chico News & Review Foundation and Fork in the Road present a craft-beer and street-food rally, with craft breweries pouring samples alongside a fleet of local food trucks.

Kick-off for Chico Beer Week 2017. Free entry. $2 beer tastings, live music by XDS, dance music by DJ Spenny, local vendors, playground for kids and more than a dozen food trucks.

Featured breweries: Sierra Nevada, Secret Trail, St. Archer, High Water, Lassen Traditional Cidery, Mad River, British Bulldog, Waganupa, Feather Falls Casino, Drake’s, Anderson Valley, Hop Valley, Lost Coast and more.

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Cask Night in The Pub 2 p.m., Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.

It’s a Thursday tradition—tapping a cask of something from the cellar. Get there before it’s gone!

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Heretic Brewing Tap Takeover 4-10 p.m., The Chico Taproom

Four different styles of beer (plus some swag) from Heretic Brewing out of Fairfield.

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HenHouse Brewing Co. Tap Takeover 5 p.m., Burgers and Brew

Chico ex-pat Bob Wagner, brings some fine brews from Santa Rosa’s HenHouse.

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Sierra Nevada Cask & Beer Cocktails 7 p.m., Argus Bar & Patio

Beer cocktails, steins of Sierra Nevada and a specialty cask round out offerings from this local favorite.

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FRIDAY, OCT. 6

Sierra Nevada Oktoberfest 5-10 p.m., Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.

Sierra Nevada festbier, feasting, costumes, dancing, raucous music in the brewery’s hop field.

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Barrel House Brewing Tap Takeover 5 p.m., Burgers and Brew

Some amazing beers from Barrel House Brewing out of Paso Robles, including a special blended sour.

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Gear Up with New Belgium and Pullins 5-11 p.m., Winchester Goose

Kick off the weekend by enjoying the beers (and swag) of New Belgium Brewery, while the staff of Pullins Cyclery tunes up your bike.

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The Chicken Shack: HenHouse Patio-Takeover 7:30 p.m., Argus Bar & Patio

Bob Wagner of HenHouse Brewing brings the Santa Rosa brewery’s wares to the taps of the patio.

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Dogfish Head Olde School 5 p.m., Lost Dutchman Taproom

Lost Dutchman heads down to the cellar and brings up some aged Dogfish Head Olde School Barleywine (15 percent ABV!).

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The Fifth Element: A Presentation on Oak Aging

The Chicken Shack: HenHouse Patio-Takeover

6-7:30 p.m., New Earth Market

5 p.m., Argus Bar & Patio

A 90-minute class presented by Jeffers Richardson of Firestone Walker’s Barrelworks on the art of brewing and aging in oak barrels. Featuring three beers, including a special pour from the Proprietors Vintage series. Seating is limited. Call ahead for details (891-9355).

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SATURDAY, OCT. 7 Barrel-Aged Weekend 11 a.m.-10 p.m., Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. See Friday, Oct. 6 1075 E. 20th St.

Speedway Stout and Ro-Sham-Bo Tournament Noon-11 p.m., Winchester Goose

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SUNDAY, OCT. 8 Barrel-Aged Weekend 11 a.m.-9 p.m., Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. See Friday, Oct. 6 1075 E. 20th St.

Clown Shoes Tap Takeover Noon-10 p.m., Round Table Clubhouse

Clown Shoes Beer out of Ipswich, Mass., takes over the taps at the Clubhouse. Commemorative glassware while supplies last.

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Beer Brunch with The Bruery

Tapping four different varieties of AleSmith’s Speedway Stout as soon as the bar opens its doors. Plus, Ro-Sham-Bo tournament at night!

Accepting competitors at 7 pm.

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Noon-3 p.m., Winchester Goose

Sierra Nevada Oktoberfest

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5-10 p.m., Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.

4-10 p.m., The Chico Taproom

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Delicious brunch items from the Goose’s kitchen alongside delicious beers from Orange County’s The Bruery.

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A food and beer pairing in collaboration with Japanese Blossoms. Five courses with five 10-ounce beers. This beer dinner is a ticketed, private event with three seatings—4, 6 and 8 p.m. Tickets: $75, available at the taproom.

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MONDAY, OCT. 9 Jeffers Rocks the Barrelworks 5-9 p.m., Burgers and Brew

Limited and some rare releases—including Slolambic, Bretta Rose, Agrestic and Krieky Bones—from Firestone Walker Barrelworks, presented by local badass Jeffers Richardson.

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Barrel-Aged Weekend 11 a.m.-10 p.m., Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.

The hometown brewery will feature a large lineup of its barrel-aged beers both on draft and in bottles. (While supplies last.)

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Autumn Beer Pairing 6-9 p.m., Feather Falls Casino Brewing Co.

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Deals on the Goose’s choice selection of stockpiled bottles from the cellar.

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Autumn Beer Pairing 6-9 p.m., Feather Falls Casino Brewing Co.

First of two nights of this seasonal feast at the brewery, with a five-course dinner including beer pairings and a souvenir pint glass. Music by Steve Cook. Cost: $40.

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TUESDAY, OCT. 10 British Bulldog Tap Takeover/Meet the Brewer 4-8 p.m., The Chico Taproom

The whole family from Chico’s British Bulldog Brewery will be on hand to tap four of their beers and meet and talk to beer fans about British-style beers.

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Fall River Tap Takeover 4-9 p.m., Farm Star Pizza

The Fall River Mills/Redding brewery will take over the taps of the Chico pizza parlor. Flights available.

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Tin Roof Bakery & Cafe has a special Chico Beer Week menu: Sierra Nevada Tropical Torpedo IPA and Orange Sidecar cupcakes, beer cheese breadsticks and The Torpedo— beer-braised beef and onions with veggies on a beer-Parmesan bread stick.

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5-10 p.m., Winchester Goose

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Fieldwork Tap Takeover The Berkeley-born Fieldwork Brewing Co. will be providing a range of special beers in different styles.

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Raid the Goose’s Cellar

Baking (and Cooking) with Beer

Turntable Tuesday with Tahoe Mountain 7-10 p.m., Winchester Goose

An Outpatient Records pop-up will be complemented by three talented local DJs and Tahoe Mountain Brewing Co. taking over the taps.

800 Broadway

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 11 Barebottle Tap Takeover 4-9 p.m., Farm Star Pizza

San Francisco’s Barebottle Brewing Co. will be taking over the taps at the north Chico pizza spot.

2359 Esplanade

Berryessa Tap Takeover 7 p.m., Argus Bar & Patio

Berryessa Brewing Co. of Winters will be taking over Argus with favorites and specialty offerings, including the hop harvest tribute Wet-Hopped Ale. 212 W. Second St.

Sierra Nevada Trip in the Woods Party 5 p.m., Burgers and Brew

The hometown brewery will be on hand to guide us through its Trip in the Woods barrel-aged offerings—including Red Wine Bigfoot, Chateau Otra Ves, Rye Dunkelwiesse and Coconut & Cocoa Narwhal—plus, the rerelease of Beer Camp Simcoe Core.

301 Broadway

Beers from the Cellar Oct. 5-14, Spike’s Bottle Shop

A small flight night featuring wilds and sours from breweries around the world—including Belgium’s Cantillon—paired with crepes filled with cream cheese, brie, and fruit purees. $30 tickets available at Burgers and Brew.

240 Main St.

Moonraker Brewing and Beer Bingo 7-10 p.m., Winchester Goose

Tap takeover by Auburn’s Moonraker Brewing Co. B-I-N-G-O hosted by Stevie.

800 Broadway

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Owner Kevin Jaradah at has been hording some special goodies in the cellar and will be releasing them throughout Chico Beer Week.

1270 E. First Ave.

Beer-Tasting Afternoons Oct. 5-14, Bev Mo

In-store tastings, 2-5 p.m., throughout beer week. Oct. 5: Local Legends; Oct. 6: Oktoberfest and Pumpkin Beer; Oct. 7: Deschutes barrelaged vertical tasting; Oct. 12: IPAwesomeness; Oct. 13: Porter/Stout party; Oct. 14: BevMologist picks. Nominal cost: 5 cents (money donated to the Tony La Russa Animal Rescue ARF).

1937 E. 20th St.

Boilermaker Pairings

Altamont Beer Works Tap Takeover 5-10 p.m., Round Table Pizza (Mangrove)

Altamont Beer Works from Livermore takes over the taps during Monday Night Football. Commemorative glassware while supplies last.

964 Mangrove Ave.

Cask Night in The Pub 2 p.m., Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.

It’s a Thursday tradition—tapping a cask of something from the cellar. Get there before it’s gone!

1075 E. 20th St.

Arkose Brewing Showcase

Oct. 5-14, Duffy’s Tavern

A variety of whiskey/beer combinations throughout Beer Week!

337 Main St.

Filipino Food and Beer Pairings Oct. 5-14, Inday’s Restaurant

Inday’s will feature a variety of Filipino specialties paired with beers: Sierra Nevada Oktoberfest with the Filipino burrito; and a couple of Filipino lagers—Red Horse (with lechon baboy) and San Miguel (with chicken barbecue).

1043 W. Eighth St.

Cider Tastings Oct. 6-7 & 13-14, 2-7 p.m., Lassen Traditional Cidery

4-10 p.m., The Chico Taproom

Highlighting several beers from Arkose Brewing out of Palmer, Alaska (which is run by Chico transplants Stephen and June Gerteisen).

2201 Pillsbury Road, Ste. 114

The local cider maker is now open for tastings on Fridays and Saturdays.

26 Bellarmine Court

Ladyface Ale Companie Tap Takeover

Oct. 9-13, 11 a.m.-9 p.m., Mom’s Restaurant

5 p.m., Burgers and Brew

The Agoura Hills brewery was named LA Weekly’s Best Brewery in LA in 2013, and is known for its selection of Belgian-, French- and American-style ales.

301 Broadway

Deschutes Black Butte Porter paired with wild boar chili made with braised Durham Ranch wild boar and Black Butte Porter.

209 Salem St.

Sour Hour Oct. 9-14, 5 p.m.-close, Duffy’s Tavern

Lassen Cider Tasting 6-9 p.m., Star Liquors

Ben Nielsen of Chico’s Lassen Traditional Cidery will be on hand to offer tastings of all four varieties of his cider.

959 Nord Ave.

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Featuring sours on special from Anderson Valley, St. Archer, Modern Times and Dupont.

337 Main St.

Back Bar Beer Cocktails Oct. 11-14, Duffy’s Tavern

Three beer cocktail specials served in the back room: Bitter Charm, The Farmhouse and Buffalo Share.

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Trivia Night with Seismic Brewing 6-10 p.m., Winchester Goose

Great beers and swag from Santa Rosa’s Seismic Brewing Co., plus team trivia (sign-ups 6 p.m.).

800 Broadway

Friday, Oct. 13 Throwback Craft Night Noon-close, the chico taproom

A celebration of the beers and breweries that got us into craft beer in the first place, including stalwarts from Bear Republic, Ballast Point, Anchor Steam, Lagunitas, North Coast, Lost Coast and Sierra Nevada.

2201 Pillsbury Road, Ste. 114

Black Friday Noon, Burgers and Brew

CRAFT BEER ON TAP SIERRA NEVADA: PALE ALE, OKTOBERFEST, OLD CHICO, CRYSTAL WHEAT

LAGUNITAS, FAT TIRE, NEWCASTLE DISCOUNTED TAP BEER 7 DAYS A WEEK 3P-5P & 10P-MIDNIGHT

ALL SPORTS PACKAGES

19-50” PLASMA HDTV’S HAPPY HOUR 3-5PM & 10PM-12AM ALL BEER, ALL LIQUOR

MONDAY NIGHT 5-9PM 2 FOR 1 HAMBURGERS

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the hill to take over the back patio at Argus for two nights with some dark ales and a variety of other styles, including Clouds of Jupiter IPA, Poolside Pale and more.

212 W. Second St.

fest to its day-long party. Call the station for details (342-2200).

1705 Manzanita Ave.

Friday the 13th: The Beast

Noon-11 p.m., Winchester Goose

5 p.m., Lost dutchman taproom

Lost Dutchman emerges from the cellar with The Beast Grand Cru from Avery Brewing Co., a 16 percent ABV Belgian strong ale.

25 Lost Dutchman Drive

Winchester Goose’s Anniversary Party with Crooked Lane 7 p.m.-close, Winchester Goose

Fellas and flappers, dress in your best period duds and head to the speakeasy for the bar’s fourth annual 1920s-themed anniversary party. Tap takeover by Auburn’s Crooked Lane Brewing Co. 800 Broadway

Kill the Keg at Winchester Goose All the beer left over a from all the beer-weekin’ will be on tap until the taps run dry.

800 Broadway

Arkose Tap Takeover 5-10 p.m., Lost dutchman taproom

A tap takeover/flight night with Arkose Brewing out of Palmer, Alaska.

25 Lost Dutchman Drive

Ol’ Republic Patio Takeover 5 p.m., argus Bar & Patio See Friday, Oct. 13.

212 W. Second St.

An incredible lineup of big, bold imperial stouts from the Burgers and Brew cellar, including 2015 and 2016 Parabola, Monsters Park, Monsters Park w/Coconut, Monsters Park w/Vanilla, Mikkeller Black, Mikeller Beer Geek Vanilla Shake, Bourbon County, 2015 Abyss and many more.

301 Broadway

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Ol’ Republic Patio Takeover

Z-Rock is upping the game for the annual Pumpkinhead endurance contest (standing on a box with a pumpkin on your head!) by adding food trucks and a brew

7:30 p.m., argus Bar & Patio

Nevada City’s Ol’ Republic storms down

Z-Rock presents Pumpkinhead + Brewfest 8 a.m.-11 p.m., Manzanita Place

Celebration Ale Release Party 1-4 p.m., Sierra Nevada Brewing co.

The 36th edition of Sierra Nevada’s holiday IPA is released at an afternoon party with live music. Tickets: $10.

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Beer Week, the Chico News & Review Foundation and Fork in the Road present a craft-beer and street-food rally, with craft breweries pouring samples alongside a fleet of local food trucks. Includes beer tastings, food trucks, live music

by XDS and dance music by DJ Spenny. A benefit for the Chico News & Review Foundation. Thu, 10/5, 5:30pm. Free entry.

Manzanita Place, 1705 Manzanita Ave. www.chicobeerweek.net

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row, dragging different friends along each time to see “the greatest movie ever.” In the decades since, I’ve by watched it many, many Carey Wilson more times, and I’d still be hard pressed to name Review: a movie I enjoy more spamalot shows or consider “better.” So thursday-saturday, 7:30 p.m., & sunday, I was both very happy 2 p.m., through and a bit skeptical about oct. 22, at chico going to see Spamalot, theater co. the English comedy tickets: $16-$22 troupe’s musical theChico Theater Co. ater adaptation of their 166 eaton road, suite f satirical retelling of the 894-3282 King Arthur legend prewww.chico theatercompany.com sented as a community theater production.

My skepticism evaporated quickly on Saturday night (Sept. 30) after a video screen dropped from the ceiling above the stage at Chico Theater Company and the Python’s classic “Spam” skit played in its hilariously absurdist entirety before the bookish, balding and shaggy-haired Historian (Mike Manly) took the stage to give the audience a bit of background regarding the origins of the play and its source material. In trademark Python nonsequitur manner, following his introduction, the whole 26

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troupe—dressed in traditional Finnish costumes—presented “Fisch Schlapping Song,” complete with choreographed mackerel pummeling, before King Arthur (Matt Taylor) and his faithful, coconut-shell-clacking servant, Patsy (John Davis), cantered onto the stage to begin the story proper.

Based on the anticipatory laughter and occasional recitations in unison, a vast majority of the sold-out crowd already knew many of the show’s highlight moments by heart. But even the nearby viewers whom I overheard discussing their unfamiliarity with the show guffawed at such classic lines as the peasant Dennis’ (played by Louis Fuentes) assertions that, “Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.

Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.”

But the show does more than satirize the dialectics and delusions of history, politics and religion. It also satirizes the conventions of musical theater, most blatantly in the character and songs of the Lady of the Lake (Christi Harrington), a diva whose signature “The Song That Goes Like This” catalogs the most stereotypical aspects of show tunes that, “Once in every show/There comes a song like this/It starts off soft and low/ And ends up with a kiss.” Harrington

presents her character’s persona with a blend of thwarted assertiveness, romantic sentimentality and artistic frustration— with a bit of Betty Boopish girlishness added for comic effect.

All of the greatest hits/skits of The Holy Grail are included as the episodic action unfolds (literally, due to Brent and Renee Boyd’s cleverly designed and-painted folding set). The taunting Frenchman (Nick Reiner) hurls his innovative insults (and a cow) from the castle wall; the leader of the Knights Who Say Ni (Jarrod Jackson) intimidates Arthur into bringing him a shrubbery; The Black Knight (Brent Boyd) battles Arthur to a limbless (and in this case bloodless) finale; and the killer white rabbit—“the most foul, cruel and bad-tempered rodent you ever set eyes on!”—is dispatched with the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch.

What sets the show apart from being a simple transposition of the story from movie to stage are the song and dance productions that tie the narrative pieces together. The 25-person cast, director/ choreographer Joey Mahoney, and a six-member wardrobe team have collaborated on what is obviously a labor of love and laughter. A great night of theater celebrating the irreverent but benign humor of Eric Idle’s script and, as the standingovation-evoking grand finale of a song says, “the bright side of life.” □

the importance of prevention and maintaining good health for independence in later years. Includes access to health screenings, flu shots, home care providers, health care groups, insurance services and coffee and snacks from local vendors. Thu, 10/5, 9am. Free. Lakeside Pavilion, 2565 California Park Drive. 530-895-4015. www.chicorec.com

Theater THE ARSONISTS: A parable with no moral directed by Joe Hilsee.

Fires are becoming a problem, but Biedermann, a respected member of the community with a loving wife and flourishing business, believes nothing can get to him. Thu, 10/5, 7:30pm. $15. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St. www.blue roomtheatre.com

PEACOCK FEATHER FOLLIES: A “frisky” look at the 1980s (with dancing). Don’t bring the kids. Thu, 10/5, 6:30pm. $10-$12. Birdcage Theatre, 1740 Bird St., Oroville. www.birdcagetheatre.org

aNtIQUes & DesIgN fall faIre Saturday, Oct. 7 Patrick Ranch Museum

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AUTUMN FEST: Hay rides, a pumpkin patch, pony cart rides, vendors, a bee exhibit and more. Sat 10/7, 10am. Patrick Ranch Museum, 10381 Midway, Durham. 530-3424359. www.patrickranchmuseum.org

COMING OUT FOR ART RECEPTION: A community art

SPAMALOT: Based on the classic comedy Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Spamalot is a musical telling of the legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table in search of the Holy Grail. Thu, 10/5, 7:30pm. $22.

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

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Special Events ART, WINE, MUSIC & FAIRY DOOR WALK: A downtown art walk with more than 20 simultaneous receptions, with tastings from six local wineries, refreshments, appetizers and live music. (Look for the art walk placard in the window of participating merchants.)

Also, a dozen or so doors have been hidden throughout downtown for children to find. Fri, 10/6, 5pm. Downtown Chico, Broadway & Main. 530-345-6500. www.down townchico.com

CORNING OLIVE FESTIVAL: Two days of events including a car show, parade, barbecues, live music, a 5K run/walk, vendor and food booths, children’s activities, olive and olive oil tastings and a pit-spitting competition. Fri, 10/6, 5pm. Corning Community Park, 1301 Toomes Ave, Corning.

530-824-5550.

coMING oUT FoR ART Saturday, Oct. 7 Museum of Northern California Art See SATURDAY, SpecIAL eVeNTS

NATIONAL YO-YO CONTEST: Yo-yo experts from across the country descend on Chico for three full days of dazzling tricks and fierce competition. Fri, 10/6, 6pm. $5. CUSD Center for the Arts, 1475 East Ave. www.national yoyocontest.com

OROVILLE OKTOBERFEST: Featuring traditional German food and Oktoberfest beer on tap from Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. Fri, 10/6, 5pm. $15. Gray Nurse Building, 1349 Huntoon St. 530-624-5737.

Theater THE ARSONISTS: See Thursday. Fri, 10/6, 7:30pm. $15. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St. www.blueroomtheatre.com

PEACOCK FEATHER FOLLIES: See Thursday. Fri, 10/6, 6:30pm. $10-$12. Birdcage Theatre, 1740 Bird St., Oroville. www.birdcagetheatre.org

SPAMALOT: See Thursday. Fri, 10/6, 7:30pm. $22.

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

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Special Events ANTIQUES & DESIGN FALL FAIRE: Eighth & Main Antique Center hosts vendors from around the North State and their antiques, collectibles and rustic treasures. Festivities include food, drinks and a car show. Sat 10/7, 9am. $5. Patrick Ranch Museum, 10381 Midway, Durham. 530-893-5534.

show with live music, spoken word poetry, dance and a crochet workshop by instructor Ramekon O’Arwisters. Plus, all-local food with a beer and wine bar. Proceeds benefit Stonewall Alliance Center. Sat 10/7, 6pm. $5-$20. Museum of Northern California Art, 900 Esplanade. 530-893-3336. www. stonewallchico.org

CORNING OLIVE FESTIVAL: See Friday. Sat 10/7, 11am. Corning Community Park, 1301 Toomes Ave, Corning. 530-824-5550.

HARVEST PARTY: A benefit for the Chico Firefighter’s Association, Adopt a Family and Justin’s Bike Fund. Entry includes a barbecue dinner, carnival and casino games, beer and wine, a cupcake station, photo booth, pumpkin patch, a silent auction and a bounce house for the kiddos. Sat 10/7, 5pm. $5-$12. SERVPRO of Chico-Lake Almanor, 775 Entler Ave.

KING OF THE CAGE - LAST STAND: Heavyweights Mike Cook and Josh Appelt punch, kick and wrestle each other. Sat 10/7, 6pm. $50-$80.

Gold Country Casino & Hotel, 4020 Olive Highway, Oroville. www.goldcountrycasino. com

MOONLIGHT MEOWS: A fundraiser for the Chico Cat Coalition including dinner, a silent auction, raffles, art displays, a wine pull, live DJ and a no-host bar. Sat 10/7, 5:30pm. $40. Arc Pavilion, 2040 Park Ave. 530-894-1365. www.chicocatcoalition.com

NATIONAL YO-YO CONTEST: See Friday. Sat 10/7, 10am. $5. CUSD Center for the Arts, 1475 East Ave. www.nationalyoyocontest.com

NOTRE DAME SCHOOL FALL FESTIVAL DINNER: The school’s fall fundraiser is a Chico tradition featuring food trucks, music and a silent auction. Sat 10/7, 5pm. $10-$15. Notre Dame Catholic School, 435 Hazel St. www.nds chico.org

QUEER WEEK: Chico State’s A.S. Gender and Sexuality Equity Center collaborates with a host of local organizations to spread support and acceptance with a series of awareness-raising events for students and members of the community. Sat 10/7. Various locations. 530-898-6411. as.csuchico.edu

SIERRA ORO FARM TRAIL PASSPORT WEEKEND: Tour, taste and toast your way through Butte County with a passport to specialty farms and wineries, which offer samples of artisan olive oils, specialty nuts and award-winning wines, and a chance to meet local farmers and winemakers. Sat 10/7, 10am. $30-$35.

Butte County Farm Bureau, 2580 Feather River Boulevard, Oroville. 530-891-5556. www.sierraoro.org/passport-weekend

RUM RELEASE & CAR SHOW: Rum release weekend kicks off with food trucks and car show courtesy of Crusin’ Classics of Paradise. Sat 10/7, 12pm. Hooker Oak Distillery, 2420 Park Ave.

WALK TO END ALZHEIMER’S: Held annually in more than 600 communities nationwide, this walk is part is the world’s largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s care, support and research. Sat 10/7, 8:30am. Sycamore Field, Lower Bidwell Park.

530-895-9661. act.alz.org

Music DANIEL HIESTAND MEMORIAL CONCERT - CLASSICALLY BAND: A orchestra concert honoring the late Daniel Hiestand and support the scholarship in his name. The Chico State Wind Ensemble will open the first half of the concert, and the alumni band rounds out the evening. Sat, 10/7, 7:30pm. Free. Laxson Auditorium, Chico State. 530-898-6333.

PERRY MASON DAY: The annual celebration of the life of Erle Stanley Gardner, who wrote the Perry Mason series of detective stories—and once lived in Oroville. Includes a movie, buffet, a book report and remarks from Gardner’s family. 10/7, 11am-3pm. Free.

Ehman Home, 1480 Lincoln St., Oroville, 530-877-7436.

THE ARSONISTS: See Thursday. Sat, 10/7, 7:30pm. $15. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St. www.blueroomtheatre.com

GENERAL AUDITIONS: A casting call for various in three upcoming shows—Great Expectations, Bug and The Village Bike. Sat, 10/7, 12pm. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St. www.blueroomtheatre.com

PEACOCK FEATHER FOLLIES: See Thursday. Sat, 10/7, 6:30pm. $10-$12. Birdcage Theatre, 1740 Bird St., Oroville. www.birdcagetheatre.org

SPAMALOT: See Thursday. Sat, 10/7, 7:30pm. $22.

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

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Special Events AUTUMN FEST: See Saturday. Sun, 10/8, 10am. Patrick Ranch Museum, 10381 Midway, Durham. 530-342-4359. www.patrickranch museum.org

CHAT BENEFIT: Celebrate John Lennon’s birthday by supporting Chico Housing Action Team’s efforts to provide housing for people who have experienced homelessness due to family crisis. Includes live music and a pie auction. Sun, 10/8, 6pm. $10. Chico Guild Hall, 2775 Nord Ave. 530-518-9992.

NATIONAL YO-YO CONTEST: See Friday. Sun, 10/8, 10am. $5. CUSD Center for the Arts, 1475 East Ave. www.nationalyoyocontest.com

TRAVIS BRASS: A brass quintet performing a variety of music styles that evoke patriotism and chronicle the story of the U.S. Air Force. Sat, 10/7, 7:30pm. Free. Oroville State Theatre, 1489 Meyers St., Oroville. www.oro villestatetheatre.com

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PARADE OF LIGHTS: The annual fall parade with floats, marching bands, horses, car clubs and lots of pretty lights. This year’s theme is “Magical Adventures in Books.” Sat 10/7, 7pm. Downtown Chico. www.chicoparade oflights.com

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pARTY FoR cATS The Chico Cat Coalition is a no-kill, all-volunteer organization that has rescued abandoned, homeless cats from Bidwell Park and all over the greater Chico area for nearly 20 years. Many of the cats the organization shelters are feral, having spent too much time in the wild to adjust to a domestic setting. It’s important work, but funding is scarce. You can support the cause by attending Moonlight Meows at the Arc Pavilion on Saturday, Oct. 7. The event features dinner, a silent auction, raffles, art displays, a wine pull, a live DJ and a no-host bar.

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QUEER WEEK: See Saturday. Sun, 10/8. Various locations. 530-898-6411. as.csuchico.edu SIERRA ORO FARM TRAIL PASSPORT WEEKEND: See Saturday. Sun, 10/8, 10am. $30-$35.

Butte County Farm Bureau, 2580 Feather River Boulevard, Oroville. (530) 891-5556. www.sierraoro.org/passport-weekend

RUM RELEASE & BIKE SHOW: The distillery’s

Serving Butte, Glenn & Tehama Counties

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Open 7 Days a Week DOnatiOns appreciateD

24 hr. hotline (Collect Calls Accepted) www.rapecrisis.org

1405 Park Ave. Chico, (530) 892-9198 www.facebook.com/ShowLoveThrift

release weekend continues with food trucks and a motorcycle show. Sun, 10/8. Hooker Oak Distillery, 2420 Park Ave. www.hookeroakdistillery.com

Theater PEACOCK FEATHER FOLLIES: See Thursday. Sun, 10/8, 1pm. $10-$12. Birdcage Theatre, 1740

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SPAMALOT: See Thursday. Sun, 10/8, 2pm. $22. Chico Theater Company, 166 Eaton Road, Ste. F. 530-894-3282. www. chicotheatercompany.com

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Music EMMYLOU HARRIS: The acclaimed country singer has played with everyone from The Band to Dolly Parton, recorded 25 albums, been nominated for 47 Grammy Awards (she’s won 13). Tue, 10/10, 7:30pm. $10-$65. Laxson Auditorium, Chico State. 530-898-6785. www.chico performances.com

U.S. MARINE CORPS JAZZ ORCHESTRA: An evening with the best jazz players the Marine Corps has to offer. Tue, 10/10, 7pm. Free, but tickets required. CUSD Center for the Arts, 1475 East Ave., 530-891-3050.

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Music AUDE RAY LIVE IN CONCERT: A traveling French-Canadian song writer, singer and guitarist mixing Western Canadian folk influences with jazz and R&B. Wed, 10/11, 7pm. $15-$18. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Chico, 1289 Filbert Avenue.

530-343-1693.

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CHICO ART CENTER: Open Studios Preview

BOLT’S ANTIQUE TOOL MUSEUM: Branding Irons,

Exhibition, works by artists participating in the Open Studio Art Tour on display.

Through 10/29. 450 Orange St. 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.

JACKI HEADLEY UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY: Body Vulnerable Body Protected, selected films and video installations by Nao Bustamante. Through 10/21. Chico State.

JAMES SNIDLE FINE ARTS: New Works by Avery Palmer, surrealist paintings on display.

Through 10/31. Free. 254 E. Fourth St. www.jamessnidlefinearts.com

MUSEUM OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ART: Coming Out for Art, the annual exhibition allowing artists to express their feelings surrounding sexuality and gender in a productive and positive way. This year’s theme: Keep Moving Forward. Sat, 10/7, 6-10pm. Affinity, a show pairing Monca’s collection with works by artists with disabilities from Nurturing Independence Through Artistic Development. Pieces are set side-by-side, inviting questions, interpretations and conversation on how they are related. Through 10/31. $5.

900 Esplanade. www.monca.org

PARADISE ART CENTER: Land & Sea, an exhibition of all artistic styles and media.

Through 10/28. 5564 Almond St., Paradise. www.paradise-art-center.com

a display of more than 50 branding irons.

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

GATEWAY SCIENCE MUSEUM: The Human Microbiome Hip, Hope or Hype, the second lecture in the Museum Without Walls series. Features Chico State’s Gordon Wolfe, PhD, of the Department of Biological Sciences. Through 10/11, 7:30pm. $3. Zoo in You The Human Microbiome, exploring the vibrant world of our inner microorganisms through engaging, interactive and bilingual exhibits. Also on display: Journey to Africa: Elephants and Tiger, Tiger! Through 1/7. $5-$7. 625 Esplanade. www.csuchico.edu/gateway

GOLD NUGGET MUSEUM: 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

JANET TURNER PRINT MUSEUM: The Meaning of Life - Visual Analogy, an exhibition adds visual layers to the largest of questions—how we assign meaning to human existence. Through 12/9. Chico State, 530-898-4476. www.theturner.org

PATRICK RANCH MUSEUM: History Through the Lens of a Camera, an exhibition featuring vintage cameras and photos dating from the mid-1800s to mid-1900s. Through 10/28. Free. 10381 Midway, Durham, 530342-4359. www.patrickranchmuseum.org

VALENE L. SMITH MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY: Shadow & Water, a display of puppets from Indonesia and Vietnam. Through 12/20. Free. Chico State. www.csu chico.edu

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really big when its Bleed American album blew up in 2001, Jimmy story and Eat World owned photo by Jason Cassidy the rock ’n’ roll hearts of millions j ason c @ of high-schoolers newsrev iew.c om and twentysomethings during the Review: early aughts.

Jimmy Eat World and Last week Man With a Mission, (Sept. 27), the Sept. 27, Senator band blasted Theatre. through a couple dozen songs for a lively show at the Senator Theatre, and a contagious energy emanated from the crowd of mostly thirtysomethings who were obviously stoked to relive those high-energy days.

Japan five-piece Man With a Mission opened the night with a fairly nondescript set of hard rock/ dance pop that was memorable only for the fact that all of the band members wore realistic wolf masks while playing. I have to give them credit, though—the masks really played. Super adorable.

The dudes in Jimmy Eat World wore no costumes. The four-piece—vocalist/guitarist Jim Adkins, guitarist/vocalist Tom Linton, bassist/vocalist Rick Burch and drummer Zach Lind—plus touring guitarist/keyboardist Robin Vining, came out in rock uniforms of black jeans and button-up

short-sleeves and performed under a modest set featuring life-size streetlamps on either side of the stage and “Jimmy Eat World” scrawled on a huge backdrop. The uncluttered approach served what seemed to be a mission to neatly and clearly present the fan favorites from the band’s 24-year history.

The band delivered on that promise, with three-quarters of the greatest-hits set composed of tunes from three of the band’s nine albums—Bleed American, its 2004 follow-up Futures, and arguably the band’s best album since those halcyon days, 2016’s Integrity Blues. While the choices were impeccable—with first-half highlights being “Pain” and the gorgeous acoustic/electric “Hear You Me”—the sound was a little sterile, with some of the sonic punch missing from the band’s dual-guitar attack.

It wasn’t until I moved to the back the room to find a guitar sweet spot during an energetic version of “If You Don’t, Don’t” that a buddy pointed out what was missing from the guitars was their amplifiers. It turns out that Jimmy Eat World has decided to ditch amps for live shows in favor of sending their guitars through a digital effects processor connected to the P.A., with the guitarists controlling things via a bank of foot switches on stage. I get that it’s an efficient way to cut down on noise and that it gives the soundperson much more control, but

to my ears, while the guitar tones matched the recordings, there was a measure of sonic color and grit missing from the room. Thanks to the crowd’s enthusiasm and the band’s spirited performance, it wasn’t a fatal flaw.

For all the times I’ve listened to “A Praise Chorus,” I had never heard the line, “Stick around, nostalgia won’t let you down,” but the sentiment rang true as the band stacked the end of the show with the biggest crowd-pleasers, including that prescient Bleed American track. A bombastic version of “Work,” from Futures, set the tone for the handful of tunes that best showcase Jimmy Eat World’s signature approach— gorgeous vocal melodies, punk energy and simple yet seriously tight dynamics.

After “A Praise Chorus” and the heavy “Bleed American” got the crowd really worked up, I forced my way into the fray at the front of the stage for the encore. It was the perfect three-song combination: Integrity Blues’ “Sure and Certain” (way more impressive live than on the album) and Bleed American’s two biggies, “The Middle” and “Sweetness,” the latter of which gets a lot of mileage out of “woahohs” and anticipatory stop/start dynamics, especially from the vantage point of a bouncing crowd all singing it together. The only thing that could have made it better would’ve been a stack of guitar amps blowing my hair back. □

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CHICO UNPLUGGED: Chico State’s

SOTA Productions presents its semi-annual singer-songwriter competition. Thu, 10/5, 7pm. Free.

Madison Bear Garden, 316 W. Second St.

JAZZ NIGHT: A weekly performance by

The Chico Jazz Collective. Thu, 10/5, 8pm. Free. Down Lo, 319 Main St.

JOHN SEID, LARRY PETERSON & CHRIS WENGER: An eclectic mix of tunes

for dining pleasure. Thu, 10/5, 6pm.

Grana, 198 E. Second St.

10/6, 9pm. $5. Tackle Box, 379 E.

243 W. Second St.

Park Ave.

BOB’S COMEDY SHOW: Featuring locals Jordan Riggins and Deseray Thomas, as well as Andre Morton and Taylor Evans from Modesto. Fri, 10/6, 8:30pm. $5. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave.

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9:30pm. Peking Chinese Restaurant,

Angeles-based folk duo—including Chico State grad Clay Finch— rolls into town hot on the heels of releasing its self-titled debut album. Locals Sunday Iris open. Thu, 10/5, 7pm. Duffy’s Tavern, 337 Main St.

OCTOBER PUB RUN: An adults-only 3-4 mile run ending at a downtown pub. Thu, 10/5, 6pm. Fleet Feet Sports, 241 Main St.

REGGAE REVIVAL: A monthly dancehall event with roots, culture, dancehall, future reggae, mashups and remixes. Thu, 10/5, 9pm. Tackle Box, 379 E. Park Ave.

COMEDY NIGHT: Featuring Sacramento comic Bill Wallis and Chico favorites Travis Dowdy and Mack Steve. Fri, 10/6, 10pm. Free. Fusion Hookah Lounge, 245 Walnut St.

INSIDE STRAIT: Danceable country in

the lounge. Fri, 10/6, 8:30pm. Free.

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

JOHN SEID & LARRY PETERSON: An eclectic mix of tunes for dining pleasure. Fri, 10/6, 6:30pm. Two Twenty Restaurant, 220 W. Fourth St.

NOCHE DE BAILE: La Raza Student Union presents a night of banda music from the group Tamborazo del Valle. Plus, a DJ spinning baile songs. Fri, 10/6, 5pm. $15-$20. Bell Memorial Union, Chico State.

OPEN MIC: An open mic hosted by

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BASSMINT: A weekly bass music party with a rotating cast of local and visiting producers and DJs. Fri, 10/6,

Thunder Lump. All forms of performance art welcome. Fri, 10/6, 7pm. $1. DownLo, 319 Main St.

THE PEARLS & THE BLUE MERLES: A night of country, roots-rock, Americana and Western swing. Fri,

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RECKLESS ENVY: A trio playing everything from Keith Urban to Bruno Mars in the lounge. Fri, 10/6, 8:30pm. Free. Feather Falls Casino & Lodge, 3 Alverda Drive, Oroville.

RETROTONES: Live classic rock. Fri, 10/6, 7pm. The End Zone, 250

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Chico State’s School of the Arts’ (SOTA) Productions class provides students hands-on experience with music production and concert promotion, and the program’s most eduring project is its singer-songwriter competition, Chico Unplugged. Every semester, during the threeweek event, local musicians vie for a chance to record with the class. The closing round of this semester’s competition is tonight (Oct. 5) at the Madison Bear Garden.

Cohasset Road.

SPAZMATICS: Nerds playing ’80s

hits. Fri, 10/6, 9:30pm. $5. Feather Falls Casino & Lodge, 3 Alverda Drive, Oroville.

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INSIDE STRAIT: Danceable country in

the lounge. Sat, 10/7, 8:30pm. Free.

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

LAYNE: An indie electronic-rock duo out of Los Angeles. Soren Bryce splits the bill. Sat, 10/7, 7pm. $7.

Naked Lounge, 118 W. Second St.

THE LOKI MILLER BAND: An evening

of old-fasioned rock ’n’ roll. Sat, 10/7, 9pm. Studio Inn Lounge, 2582

Esplanade.

THE MALTEAZERS - TALK NERDY TO ME: The house burlesque dance troupe shows off its nerdy side, plus a

dorky costume contest. Sat, 10/7, 9pm. $7. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave.

MUD CREEK MISFITS: Live Americana and rockabilly. Sat, 10/7, 6:30pm. Farm Star Pizza, 2359 Esplanade.

group Corazon Blindado and Los Negociantes out of Yuba City. Sat, 10/7, 9pm. Lost on Main, 319 Main St.

RECKLESS ENVY: A trio playing everything from Keith Urban to Bruno Mars in the lounge. Sat, 10/7, 8:30pm. Free. Feather Falls Casino & Lodge, 3 Alverda Drive, Oroville.

NOCHE LATINA: ABK Events presents the all-female Mexican music

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TRIVIA NIGHT: Get quizzed on useless knowledge. Mon, 10/9, 9pm. Free.

Down Lo, 319 Main St.

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EMMYLOU HARRIS: The acclaimed coun-

sic rock. Sat, 10/7, 5pm. Free. Rock House, 11865 Highway 70, Yankee Hill.

STRAIT COUNTRY: A showcase of George Strait’s style of Western swing music, bar-room ballads and honkytonk style. Sat, 10/7, 9:30pm. $5.

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

TRIPLE TREE: A local band playing

roots-rock and reggae. Sat, 10/7, 9pm. White Water Saloon, 5771 Clark Road.

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PUNK NIGHT: Chico Area Punks presents the Canadian garage rock band SBDC and local punks Los New Huevos and Strange Ones. Sun, 10/8, 8pm. $5. Naked Lounge, 118 W. Second St.

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HARDCORE SHOWCASE: Fast, heavy

and brutally loud music from Decline, Dare, Esquire Ali, DFY and Dying For It. Mon, 10/9, 7pm. Naked Lounge, 118 W. Second St.

Sciences. Wed, 10/11, 6pm. Scotty’s Landing, 12609 River Road.

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SINNERS & SAINTS: Christian and clas-

UPPER RIVER BLUES SOCIETY BLUES JAM: A blues jam by the river to

try singer has played with everyone from The Band to Dolly Parton, recorded 25 albums, been nominated for 47 Grammy Awards (she’s won 13). Tue, 10/10, 7:30pm. $10-$65.

Laxson Auditorium, Chico State, 530-898-6785. www.chicoperfor mances.com

OPEN MIC: A weekly open mic hosted by local singer-songwriter Andan Casamajor. Tue, 10/10, 6pm. Free.

Gogi’s Cafe, 230 Salem St.

SUMAC: A brutally heavy black metal band incorporating the odd uplifting melody. Splits the bill with “catastrophic noise-metal” band Endon out of Japan. Local group Pervert opens. Tue, 10/10, 8pm. $8-$12. Cafe Coda, 265 Humboldt Ave.

LIVE MUSIC OPEN MIC: Early evening open mic. Bring guitars, fiddles and whatever other instrument you enjoy and share some tunes. Wed, 10/11, 5:30pm. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave.

OPEN MIC AT THE LIBRARY: Share everything from haiku to sonnets, short stories to autobiographies, and folk songs to instrumental guitar pieces. Wed, 10/11, 7pm. Free.

Chico Library, 1108 Sherman Ave.

SUMAc to tHe FAce

Sumac is just one of many musical projects of metal impresario Aaron Turner, who founded the pioneering sludge outfit Isis as well as Old Man Gloom and House of Low Culture—all of which are super-duper metal.

But Sumac is the heaviest music he’s ever made. The bone-crushing riffage ceases for brief moments and soaring melodies emerge—and then everything descends back into chaos. You can catch the band punish listeners in the cozy confines of Cafe Coda on Tuesday, Oct. 10.

OPEN MIKEFULL: At Paradise’s only open mic, all musicians get two songs or 10 minutes onstage. Wed, 10/11, 7pm. $1-$2. Norton Buffalo Hall, 5704 Chapel Drive, Paradise.

TAUK: An all-instrumental blend of funk, hip-hop, progressive rock and jazz. Klozd Sirkut opens. Wed, 10/11, 8pm. Lost on Main, 319 Main St.

TRIVIA NIGHT: Face off against rival teams with your squad of up to six fellow trivia enthusiasts. Wed, 10/11, 8pm. Free. Woodstock’s Pizza, 166 E. Second St.

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Opening this week Blade Runner 2049

Director Ridley Scott is back at the helm in this sequel set 30 years after the events in his original, with Ryan Gosling playing a young cop/tracker who seeks out a former blade runner now in hiding (Harrison Ford) in order to prevent humanity’s demise. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas, Paradise Cinemas 7. Rated R.

My Little Pony: The Movie

From Ponyville to Equestria, the ponies are off on an adventure in this animated musical feature. Bronies, mount up! Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas. Rated PG.

The Mountain Between Us

A photojournalist (Kate Winslet) and a surgeon (Idris Elba) fight for survival in a snowy wilderness after their charter plane crashes. Feather River Cinemas, Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

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Putting the fun in drug cartels and death that’s not messed up enough. Director Doug TLiman’s American Made is an entertaining film,

he messed up life of pilot Barry Seal gets a movie

about the notorious TWA pilot turned pawn for the CIA, that plays it a little too safe, with drug cartels and Iran by Contra played for laughs in a story Bob Grimm that probably didn’t have so many giggles. bg rimm@ newsrev iew.c om Inspired by the true-life story (and some of the more outlandish stuff depicted in the film actually happened), the movie starts with Barry (Tom Cruise) grinding out American Made flights for TWA, smuggling the Starring tom cruise, occasional box of Cuban cigars Domhnall Gleeson and trying to support a family that and Sarah Wright. includes his wife, Lucy (Sarah Directed by Doug Liman. cinemark 14, Wright).

During a layover, Barry is Feather river cinemas, Paradise cinema 7. approached in a bar by Monty rated r. (Domhnall Gleeson), a CIA agent.

After a brief discussion, Barry is given an opportunity to fly arms to South America as an unofficial courier for the U.S. (he’s set up with a fake flying company as a front). The gig soothes the adrenaline junkie in him, but doesn’t pay enough.

That’s where smuggling drugs for the Medellin drug cartel comes in, something Barry starts doing on the side. The movie depicts Pablo Escobar (Mauricio Mejía) and Jorge Ochoa (Alejandro Edda) as almost fun-loving goofballs, and Barry becomes regular pals with them. Along the way, Barry’s operation expands to include an entire airport in Arkansas, on property large enough to fit a training ground for the Contras. He basically has his hand in everything.

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The movie is a whirlwind of activity, but skimpy on some of the details that could make it more than just a silly blast. The likes of Ronald Reagan and George Bush Sr. are reduced to stock news footage (although an actor playing W. makes a brief appearance).

Honestly, this story might have played better as an HBO or Netflix miniseries than a big motion picture. It feels far too slick for the source material, and needed some more meat on the bone. A 10-hour running time probably wouldn’t even be enough to cover everything Barry got himself into.

Cruise brings his reliable movie star prowess to the project, and it can safely be said that, while the movie might get a little messy, it is never boring.

That’s because Cruise, as he often does, puts his everything into the role. Gleeson is decent in his fictional representation of a CIA agent, providing some of the movie’s bigger laughs. Wright does all she can with a role that provides little for her to do.

American Made can’t seem to decide whether it’s an action movie, a dark comedy or a dramatic retelling of a messed up life. It keeps up the balancing act until its final minutes, where everything comes to a crashing stop on a discordant note. The historical accounts of Barry Seal are well documented so it’s no surprise that things take a dark turn. But the film’s final tonal shift is handled poorly.

Still, you can do worse at the movie theater than seeing a cocaine-coated Tom Cruise paying some kid for a bicycle and riding down the street, with the drug leaving a powder trail in his dust. American Made has enough for it to not be a waste of your time, but not enough to consider it anything more than moderately passable entertainment fare. □

A documentary on the important Native American musicians—from guitarist Link Wray to jazz singer Mildred Bailey—who helped shape many genres of American music and were rewarded by being swept under the rug of history. Pageant Theatre.

Not rated.

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.

Rated PG.

The Stray

A family-friendly story of Pluto, a stray dog that helps patch up a broken family.

Cinemark 14. Rated PG.

The LEGO Ninjago Movie

The LEGO animated film spin-offs continue with a bunch of young ninjas fighting crime by night and high school by day. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas, Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG.

Now playing American Assassin

An action thriller about a young man (Dylan O’Brien) who—seeking revenge for his fiance who was killed in a terrorist attack—ends up hooking up with the CIA to be trained in black ops. Cinemark 14. Rated R.

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Flatliners

With assistance from a doctor/theorist in the field (Ellen Page), a group of med students take part in medical experiments in which they stop each others’ hearts for glimpses of the afterlife, but with unintended consequences. A sequel to the 1990 film of the same name. Cinemark 14.

Rated PG-13.

Home Again

Kingsman: The Golden Circle

Entry No. 2 in the film franchise adapted from the Kingsman comic series, this one featuring members of the specialized British spy organization teaming up with their American counterparts. Starring Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Jeff Bridges and Halle Berry. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas, Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R.

Biopic on the life of Catcher in the Rye author J.D. Salinger. Pageant Theatre.

Rated PG-13.

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In Andy Muschietti’s adaptation of Stephen King’s novel, the core story remains the same: Children in Derry, Maine, have been disappearing for many years.

The film starts with the sad case of Georgie (Jackson Robert Scott), a little boy in a yellow rain slicker who follows his paper boat to the sewer drain and makes an unfortunate acquaintance. That would be Pennywise, the dancing, sewer-dwelling, evil clown, played as a most savage beast by Bill Skarsgard. If you saw him at a circus, you’d be seriously afraid for the trapeze artists and lions. The kids are great. The standout is Sophia Lillis as Beverly Marsh, and Jeremy Ray Taylor will break your heart as Ben Hanscom, the chubby kid who has a crush on Bev. Their first meeting is one of the best scenes in the film. Muschietti scores some big scares, especially during a slideshow gone very wrong, and a meeting between the Denbrough brothers in the family basement: “You’ll float, too!” Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas, Paradise Cinema 7.

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Reese Witherspoon plays a recently separated woman who, after moving out on her own with her two daughters, boards three handsome young men in her home.

Rom-com shenanigans ensue. Cinemark 14.

Rated PG-13.

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Mother!

Mother! is an elaborate and fascinating mishmash. Or maybe a maniacally inventive and stylish dud, an art film variously disguised as a horror film, a psychodrama, a revisionist myth for our times, an allegory of apocalypse. Or maybe a dream within a nightmare within a dream.

Or, yes, maybe a little bit of all of the above, but not quite fully invested in any of them.

A poet (Javier Bardem) lives in a large and remote house with his young wife (Jennifer Lawrence). He’s struggling with a follow-up to his first book’s success; she spends her days painting the interior of their home that is a restored replica of a house destroyed in a fire. She seems prone to brief, haunting visions as she works inside the house. Things get considerably more weird and complex after a peculiar stranger (Ed Harris) comes to their door, followed soon after by his wife (Michelle Pfeiffer). While Darren Aronofsky’s film deserves high marks for technical daring and unorthodox perspectives, the overall impression it makes is more that of a brash and spectacular set of cinematic exercises than any heartfelt exploration of motherhood, creativity, spiritual questing, the confines of human consciousness, etc. Cinemark 14.

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“I’m kind of an old-school brewer, and I always swore I would never put fruit into an IPA,” Marin brewmaster Arne Johnson said.

Then he became intrigued by the style, which a few Northern California brewers have dabbled in following an uptick in popularity on the East Coast.

“I thought I’d try it, and I just figured I’d go all out and do all these things I said I’d never do, like adding fruit to an IPA, and using vanilla and pectin and lactose,” he said.

For his No Shame Apricot Milkshake IPA, he added pureed apricots in the secondary fermentation stage, as well as lactose, which creates a smooth and velvety mouthfeel, and vanilla.

“Because vanilla ice cream

is often the first ingredient in a milkshake,” Johnson said.

The milkshake IPA style seems to have emerged as a sort of exaggeration of the New England-style hazy IPA that has boomed into popularity in the past year on the West Coast. New England hazies, which appeared about a decade ago along the Eastern Seaboard, are brewed with certain strains of yeast that leave particulates floating in the beer. Adding hops once the boiled beer wort has cooled, and not filtering the beer, can have the same effect, leaving vegetal matter suspended in the haze. Some brewers even add flour. Overall, the effect is largely visual but brings with it a characteristically smooth flavor and mouthfeel. Many trraditional brewers tend to scorn—or at least roll their eyes at—hazy IPAs. Milkshake IPAs, similar in concept, go a few steps further as brewers add things like lactose, malted oats, flour, vanilla and fruits containing pectin. This creates a thick and frothy—and vanilla-fruit flavored—result that

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Jason Alström, co-founder of BeerAdvocate magazine, described as “extremely cloudy and a mess” when he tasted what might have been the first such beer in 2015.

It was a strong pale ale made in collaboration between Tired Hands Brewing Co., in Pennsylvania, and Omnipollo, a brewery in Stockholm, Sweden. In his review, Alström says he basically hated “milkshake beers.”

The name stuck, and milkshake IPAs have grown into a popular substyle in the years since.

At Marin Brewing, Johnson said the beer—thick, juicy and reminiscent in taste, if not entirely in texture, of a milkshake—doesn’t last long.

The appeal of a beer that is half IPA, half milkshake is apparently powerful and universal. But don’t worry—for his part, Johnson says he is not too proud to someday make another batch. □

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Craft beer fans are kind of obsessed with “big beers”—those IPAs, stouts, etc., that push the alcohol to near-wine levels. But every night is not a party, unfortunately; not everyone has the tolerance to go “big” on a Tuesday. But giving up the big kick of those doubles, triples and imperials doesn’t mean giving up big flavor. Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.’s BFD (Beer For Drinking) has a ton of flavor, but as its name implies, not a lot of alcohol. As it says on the can, this is a “hoppy blonde ale,” and the hops—a wonderfully balanced blend of floral and tropical flavors—are the star of this otherwise light-bodied and easy drinking session beer that comes in at a mere 4.5 percent ABV. Of course, it’s delicious straight from the can at the beach or in the backyard, but pour it into a glass after dinner and the intense hop smell and flavor will make you think you’re enjoying a fancy IPA for your nightcap. Only you’ll be able to get up on time for work the next morning.

—Jason Cassidy

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Buoy Beer Company Astoria, Ore. No longer known solely as that place where The Goonies was filmed, Astoria, Ore., is a relatively modest destination for those looking to escape to the coast, and in recent years it’s become a damn good beer town. While Astoria Brewing Co. has been there since 1997, it’s been the addition of the dominant Fort George Brewery in 2007 and Buoy Beer Company three years ago that have put the town of less than 10,000 people on the map. Buoy has grown in leaps and bounds since opening its doors in February of 2014, including a major expansion earlier this year.

Visiting the brewery—with its glass-bottom viewing area, and stunning Columbia River view—is the best way to experience excellent regulars and seasonals on tap (the India Pale Lager and Premium Bitter are a couple of personal favorites). For the more adventurous, Buoy also offers a Strawberry Milkshake Hef and a Benedict Cumberbatch gose. And you’ll never go wrong with the brewery’s balanced IPA—also available in bombers and six-pack cans. Expect to see Buoy beers to make their way out of the Pacific Northwest in the coming years.

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Brewers are continually expanding their repertoires, trying their hands at new styles from the wide range of beers made around the world, including a genre of sours that look, taste and smell more like ciders—or just plain juice. Such is the case with 10 Barrel Brewing Co.’s Rasberry Crush, a Berliner Weisse-style beer (that the Bend, Ore.-based brewery calls a “kettle sour”) with raspberries added along with lactobacillus bacteria to give it the signature tangy flavor.

It pours an effervescent, ruby red with low carbonation and not much head, smells straight-up like raspberries and is clean, dry and tart on the tongue. Thankfully, it isn’t nearly as sweet as it smells. It’s also straightforward like the simple label on the can, staying light and refreshing without the complex layers and super-funky aftertaste distinctive of so many sour beers. So, despite the rather stiff 6.5 percent ABV and vinegary kick, this is on the delicious end of the sour spectrum, making it a treat for sour-beer beginners.

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Easy, easy—everything is all right. I haven’t lost my mind or my taste buds. I have simply dialed down my beer fan level from snob to simply geek and allowed for some corporate corn-fed lagers to return to the fold as circumstances dictate. And as much as it surprised me, there is a time and a place when a Corona, one of the palest of the pale lagers, is kind of the perfect beer: When John puts one in my hand.

John is my next door neighbor, and he’s currently building a huge addition to his home. When I have the time, I join the crew and do whatever John tells Beer on the rocks. me to do. When the sweat and dirt and sawdust have coated me inside and out, John will hand out ice-cold bottles of Corona, and there in the heat with the smell of wood in the air, sharing a moment with my friends, that ice-cold Corona tastes like the best thing in the world.

Of course, I have stressed “ice-cold” for a reason, because if allowed to warm up, Corona’s appeal declines rapidly (see piss/poison graph above).

But that never happens. One, two, three swigs and the Corona is replaced with another ice-cold one. (For the record, John is the kind of guy who regularly places cold beverages in my hands, and most of them are not cheap beers from Mexico. Life is pretty damn good sharing a fence with him.)

Lately, my drinking of popular pale lagers hasn’t been limited to construction days. During our European travels last spring, Mrs. DEVO and I didn’t deny ourselves any chance to partake in whatever fermented beverages were presented us, and we enjoyed many delicious wines and locally produced ales.

But more often than not when we sat down to eat and/or drink, I simply asked for “a beer,” and as a result would usually end up drinking a Heineken—sometimes an Estrella damm (in Barcelona) or a Kronenbourg 1664 (France)—and every single one of them was refreshing and a perfect complement to vacationing well.

What’s my point in sharing all this? With Chico Beer Week upon us and this Beer Issue coming out (and the CN&R’s Brewfork event happening tonight, 5:30-8:30 p.m. at Manzanita Place) to kick it all off, I want to encourage all the beer snobs and geeks—myself included—to not be too obnoxious about something that at its best is a humble beverage that brings people together. By all means, enjoy the barrel-aged wonders and explore the IPA portfolios of obscure craft brewers (I know I will), but don’t turn your nose up to just sharing a cold one—whether Bud or Pale ale—and maybe getting to know your neighbors better.

No matter what style you are imbibing this beer week, take a minute to raise a glass in memory of the supreme badass and champion of the disaffected and broken-hearted, Tom Petty, who died this week (Oct. 2) at the age of 66: Well some say life will beat you down/ Break your heart, steal your crown/ So I’ve started out for God knows where/I guess I’ll know when I get there/I’m learning to fly, around the clouds/But what goes up must come down.

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Written in 2013 by the U.S. Deputy Attorney General James Cole, this directive specified eight possible cannabis industry abuses, including environmental pollution, illegal sales and distributing to minors. The memorandum then made banks legally responsible for verifying the compliance of any cannabis business clients.

Banks don’t want this compliance headache, nor the federal scrutiny. When discovered, they routinely drop cannabis accounts, or refuse to open one. “Most [small-sized] cannabis businesses lose several bank accounts a year,” said attorney George Mull of CanAccelerate, a Sacramento cannabis consulting firm.

“Everybody wants to find a solution, including the Federal Reserve.”

The Fed is currently working with Colorado’s Safe Harbor Private Banking to solve this. A subsidiary of Partner Colorado Credit Union, Safe Harbor has opened 100 cannabis business accounts in a transparent effort to demonstrate that compliance and profits are both attainable. Safe Harbor schedules regular site visits to ensure their clients are following Cole Memorandum mandates.

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Sundie Seefried. In Hawaii cannabis regulators chose “cashless” sales. Working with CanPay, an online payment company, customers will substitute cash for a payment app linked to their checking accounts. CanPay then transfers payment into the dispensary’s account.

“It is critical that California dispensaries and patients have access to legitimate cannabis payment services, for both safety and convenience.”

Dustin Eide, CEO, CanPay As California scales up for recreational cannabis, could such banking practices work here? Because some businesses now do several million in monthly sales, Mull says more banks will become interested. Safe Harbor’s Operations Manager Mindy Ganze confirmed they are “in close contact with California officials.”

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Similarly, you shouldn’t fault your companions and you for not being perfect masters of the art of intimate relationships. In fact, most of us are amateurs. We may have taken countless classes in math, science, literature and history, but have never had a single lesson from teachers whose area of expertise is the hard work required to create a healthy partnership. I mention this, Aries, because the next seven weeks will be an excellent time for you to remedy this deficiency. Homework assignments: What can you do to build your emotional intelligence? How can you learn more about the art of creating vigorous togetherness?

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In accor-

dance with the astrological omens, I invite you to slow down and create a wealth of spacious serenity. Use an unhurried, stepby-step approach to soothe yourself. With a glint in your eye and a lilt in your voice, say sweet things to yourself. In a spirit of play and amusement, pet and pamper yourself as you would a beloved animal.

Can you handle that much self-love, Taurus? I think you can. It’s high time for you to be a genius of relaxation, attending tenderly to all the little details that make you feel at ease and in love with the world.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “If an angel

were to tell us something of his philosophies, I do believe some of his propositions would sound like 2 x 2 = 13.” So said the German scientist Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742-1799). Now maybe you don’t believe in the existence of angels, and so you imagine his idea doesn’t apply to you.

But I’m here to tell you that an influence equivalent to an angel will soon appear in your vicinity. Maybe it’ll be a numinous figure in your dreams, or a charismatic person you admire, or a vivid memory resurrected in an unexpected form, or a bright fantasy springing to life. And that “angel” will present a proposition that sounds like “2 x 2 = 13.”

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Unless you

have an off-road vehicle, you can’t drive directly from North America to South America. The Pan-American Highway stretches from the town of Prudhoe Bay in northern Alaska to the city of Ushuaia in Argentina—a distance of about 19,000 miles—except for a 100-mile patch of swampy rainforest in Panama. I’d like to call your attention to a comparable break in continuity that affects your own inner terrain, Cancerian—a gray area where two important areas of your life remain unlinked. The coming weeks will be a favorable time to close the gap.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Based in Korea,

Samsung is a world leader in selling smartphones and other information technology.

But it didn’t start out that way. In its original form, back in 1938, it primarily sold noodles and dried fish. By 1954, it had expanded into wool manufacturing. More than three decades after its launch as a company, it further diversified, adding electronics to its repertoire. According to my reading of the astrological omens, the next ten months should be an excellent time for you to do the equivalent of branching out from noodles and dried fish to electronics. And the coming six weeks will be quite favorable for formulating your plans and planting your seeds.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In my opinion, you’re not quite ready to launch full-tilt into the rebuilding phase. You still have a bit more work to do on tearing down the old stuff that’s in the way of where the new stuff will go. So I recommend that you put an “Under Construction” sign outside your door, preferably with flashing yellow lights. This should provide you with protection from those who don’t understand the complexity of the process you’re engaged in.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You’re a

good candidate for the following roles: 1. a

by rob brezsny skeptical optimist who is both discerning and open-minded; 2. a robust truth-teller who specializes in interesting truths; 3. a charming extremist who’s capable of solving stubborn riddles; 4. a smooth operator who keeps everyone calm even as you initiate big changes; 5. an enlightened game-player who reforms or avoids games that abuse beauty’s power.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The late

actress and author Carrie Fisher wrote three autobiographies. Speedskating Olympics star Apolo Anton Ohno published his autobiography at age 20. The rascal occultist Aleister Crowley produced an “autohagiography.” To understand that odd term, keep in mind that “hagiography” is an account of the life of a saint, so adding “auto” means it’s the biography of a saint penned by the saint himself. I’m bringing up these fun facts in hope of encouraging you to ruminate at length on your life story. If you don’t have time to write a whole book, please take a few hours to remember in detail the gloriously twisty path you have trod from birth until now. According to my reading of the astrological omens, the best way to heal what needs to be healed is to steep yourself in a detailed meditation on the history of your mysterious destiny.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

If you go to the Historical Museum of the Palatinate in Germany, you will see a jug of wine that was bottled in 1687. In accordance with astrological omens, Sagittarius, I suggest that you find a metaphorical version of this vintage beverage—and then metaphorically drink it! In my opinion, it’s time for you to partake of a pleasure that has been patiently waiting for you to enjoy it. The moment is ripe for you to try an experience you’ve postponed, to call in favors that have been owed to you, to finally do fun things you’ve been saving for the right occasion.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): If a

late-night TV talk show called and asked me to be a guest, I’d say no. If People magazine wanted to do a story on me, I’d decline. What good is fame like that?

It might briefly puff up my ego, but it wouldn’t enhance my ability to create useful oracles for you. The notoriety that would come my way might even distract me from doing what I love to do. So I prefer to remain an anonymous celebrity, as I am now, addressing your deep self with my deep self. My messages are more valuable to you if I remain an enigmatic ally instead of just another cartoony media personality. By the way, I suspect you’ll soon face a comparable question. Your choice will be between what’s flashy and what’s authentic; between feeding your ego and feeding your soul.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): A Ca-

nadian guy named Harold Hackett likes to put messages in bottles that he throws out into the Atlantic Ocean from his home on Prince Edward Island. Since he started in 1996, he has dispatched over 5,000 missives into the unknown, asking the strangers who might find them to write back to him.

To his delight, he has received more than 3,000 responses from as far away as Russia, Scotland, and West Africa. I suspect that if you launch a comparable mission sometime soon, Aquarius, your success rate wouldn’t be quite that high, but still good. What long-range inquiries or invitations might you send out in the direction of the frontier?

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FAST-N-EASY, INC 619 Fremont St Colusa, CA 95932.

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ALAN RAY FLEMING 6189 Skyway Paradise, CA 95969.

This business is conducted by A Corporation.

Signed: ALAN FLEMING, VICE PRESIDENT Dated: August 29, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001167 Published: October 5,12,19,26, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as EMAC FARMS at 8700 Taylor Avenue Durham, CA 95938.

EDWARD CHARLES MCLAUGHLIN 2555 Durham Dayton Hwy Durham, CA 95938.

This busines is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: ED MCLAUGHLIN Dated: September 27, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001301 Published: October 5,12,19,26, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as ST. VINCENT ORCHARDS at 8700 Taylor Ave. Durham, CA 95938.

EDWARD CHARLES MCLAUGHLIN 2555 Durham Dayton Hwy Durham, CA 95938.

MICHAEL RANDALL MCLAUGHLIN 8616 Durnel Ave Durham, CA 95938.

SAMUEL BARTON RICHARDSON 3880 Ord Ferry Road Chico, CA 95928.

REX FALLON SMITH 1192 Hillview Way Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by A General Partnership.

Signed: ED MCLAUGHLIN Dated: September 27, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001302 Published: October 5,12,19,26, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as ST. JAMES ORCHARDS at 8700 Taylor Ave. Durham, CA 95938.

ST. JAMES ORCHARDS LLC

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as NPM PROPERTIES, SACRED HEALTH at 315 Wall Street Ste 3 Chico, CA 95973.

NEIL NAZARI 4640 Welding Way Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: NEIL NAZARI Dated: September 19, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001267 Published: October 5,12,19,26, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as HEROFIT FAMILY at 701 Kinsey Way Paradise, CA 95969.

KRISTEN NICOLE HORST 701 Kinsey Way Paradise, CA 95969.

SETH DAVID HORST 701 Kinsey Way Paradise, CA 95969.

This business is conducted by A Married Couple.

Signed: KRISTEN HORST Dated: September 21, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001282 Published: October 5,12,19,26, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as BELLACRE FLOWER FARM at 3177 Bell Road Chico, CA 95973.

DANI LISA SCHERER 3177 Bell Road Chico, CA 95973.

MARK ALLEN SCHERER 3177 Bell Road Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by A Married Couple.

Signed: DANI L. SCHERER Dated: September 27, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001296 Published: October 5,12,19,26, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as EARTHCALM, INC. at 173 E 4th Ave Chico, CA 95926.

EARTHCALM, INC. 173 E 4th Ave Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by A Corporation.

Signed: JEANNE GALLICK, PRESIDENT Dated: September 21, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001279 Published: October 5,12,19,26, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as PEPE’S LANDSCAPING at 1040 Windsor Way Chico, CA 95926.

JOSE F MONDRAGON 1040 Windsor Way Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: JOSE F MONDRAGON Dated: September 25, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001289 Published: October 5,12,19,26, 2017

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as B AND S ENTERPRISES at 20 Robert Lee Place Chico, CA 95926.

BARBARA FLETCHER 20 Robert Lee Place Chico, CA 95926.

STEVEN F FLETCHER 20 Robert Lee Place Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by A Married Couple.

Signed: BARBARA FLETCHER Dated: September 20, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001277 Published: October 5,12,19,26, 2017

NOTICES NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Notice is hereby given that the Chico Unified School District, hereinafter referred to as the Owner, will receive sealed proposals for the construction of the Nord Track and Sports Field at Nord Country School, Chico, CA. until 2:00 p.m., on Thursday, October 19, 2017, at which time they shall be opened and publicly read. A mandatory Pre-Bid Walk is scheduled for Wednesday, October 11, 2017 at 3:30 p.m.

Meet in front of Nord Country School, 5444 California Street, Chico, CA. DETERMINATION OF LOW BIDDER: In order to conform with Public Contract Code Section 20103.8, the following procedure will be used to determine the low bidder.

1. Lowest base bid.

In accordance with the provisions of Section 1773 of the Labor Code, the Director of Industrial Relations has determined the general prevailing rate of wages applicable to the work to be done. These rates are set forth in a schedule located at the State Department of Industrial Relations, Director of Industrial Relations, (415) 703-5070, Website: www.dir.ca.gov. The Contractor shall post a copy thereof at each job site.

Attention is directed to the provisions of Section 1777.5 and 1777.6 of the labor Code of the State of California concerning employment of apprentices by the contractor or any subcontractor under him. The prime contractor is responsible for compliance with the requirements of Section 1777.5 and the prime contractor and any subcontractor under him shall comply with the requirements of Section 1777.6.

No contractor or subcontractor may be listed on a bid proposal for a public works project (submitted on or after March 1, 2015) unless registered with the Department of Industrial Relations pursuant of Labor Code section 1725.5 [with limited exceptions from this requirement for bid purposes only under Labor Code section 1771.1(a)].

Each bid must conform to the requirements of the Drawings and Project Manual and documents comprising the Contract Documents.

Insterested parties may obtain copies of the complete bid package by contacting Lisa Speegle at lspeegle@nordk8.org.

No bid will be considered unless it is made up on a form provided by the Architect and accompanied by Cashier’s Check or Bidder’s Bond from a surety company registered with the State of California Insurance

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Commissioner, for 10% of the amount of the bid, made payable to the Owner. The above mentioned checks or bid bond shall be given as a guarantee that the bidder shall execute the Contract, if it be awarded to him, in conformity with the Contract Documents.

After the scheduled closing time set for receipt of bids, bids may not then be withdrawn for a period of time as stated on 00 41 04 - BID FORM days from and after said closing time, except as otherwise provided for in the California Public Contract Code.

Within five days after notification of the award of the Contract, the successful bidder/or bidders will be required to furnish a labor and Material Bond in an amount equal to 50 percent (50%) of the Contract price and a Faithful Performance Bond in an amount eequal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract price. Said bonds shall be secured from a Surety Company satisfactory to the Owner, and authorized to do business in the State of California.

Pursuant to California Public Contract Code Section 22300 of the State of California, the contract will contain provisions permitting the successful bidder to substitute securities for any moneys withheld by the Owner to ensure performance under the contract.

The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all bids and/or waive any irregularities or informalities in the bidding.

Published: October 5,12, 2017

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner SALOMON P LESTER filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: SALOMON PATRICK LESTER Proposed name: SALOMON MONTANEZ 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: November 3, 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: September 6, 2017 Case Number: 17CV02320 Published: September 14,21,28, October 5, 2017

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner JAI LOR & PA VANG filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: TOUKO LOR Proposed name: TOUKO RYAN LEE THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the

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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: October 20, 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: August 24, 2017 Case Number: 17CV02112 Published: September 21,28, October 5,12, 2017

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner SARA DANIELLE GERHART filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: SARA DANIELLE GERHART Proposed name: SARA DANIELLE SANTINI 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: October 20, 2017 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA Room: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: STEPHEN E. BENSON Dated: August 25, 2017 Case Number: 17CV01583 Published: September 21,28, October 5,12, 2017

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner KELLY LYNN BECKMAN filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: KELLY LYNN BECKMAN Proposed name: KELLY LYNN PENTZER 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.

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Date: November 3, 2017 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA Room: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: MICHAEL P. CANDELA Dated: September 14, 2017 Case Number: 17CV02377 Published: September 28, October 5,12,19, 2017

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner KAREN HANSEN filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: ALICE MICHELLE ADAMS Proposed name: ALICE MICHELLE HANSEN ADAMS 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: November 17, 2017 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA Room: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: MICHAEL P. CANDELA Dated: September 15, 2017 Case Number: 17CV01993 Published: September 28, October 5,12,19, 2017

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner CHRISTOPHER MULLIKIN filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: CHRISTOPHER LEE MULLIKIN Proposed name: CHRISTOPHER LEE MILLER 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: November 17, 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: September 21, 2017 Case Number: 17CV02465 Published: October 5,12,19,26, 2017

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner JACK ANTHONY GLIEDT filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: JACK ANTHONY GLIEDT Proposed name: JACK ANTHONY DEGRANO 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: November 3, 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: September 14, 2017 Case Number: 17CV02253 Published: October 5,12,19,26, 2017

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner KAREN GUTERRES filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: KAREN ANNE GUTERRES Proposed name: KELANA ANDERSON 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: November 17, 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: September 25, 2017 Case Number: 17CV02751 Published: October 5,12,19,26, 2017

PETITION NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE VIRGINIA AILEEN CAVALLO AKA VIRGINIA A. CAVALLO To all heirs and beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: VIRGINIA AILEEN CAVALLO AKA VIRGINIA A. CAVALLO A Petition for Probate has been filed by: COLLEEN K. CAVALLO

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in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte.

The Petition for Probate requests that: COLLEEN K. CAVALLO be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The petition requests authority to administer estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or 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: October 31, 2017 Time: 9:00 a.m.

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: MARGARET M. MCNULTY Law Office of Margaret McNulty 1550 Humboldt Road, Suite 4 Chico, CA 95928 (530) 809-0675 Case Number: 17PR00353 Dated: September 29, 2017 Published: October 5,12,19, 2017

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Homes Sold Last Week ADDRESS

TOWN

PRICE

BR/BA

4158 Augusta Ln 3352 Summit Ridge Ter 3066 Hudson Ave 3084 Ceanothus Ave 30 Cinder Cone Loop 50 Lobelia Ct 1932 Wisteria Ln 3000 Calistoga Dr 3209 Carlsbad Ct 1056 Filbert Ave 811 Teagarden Ct

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$734,000 $590,000 $474,000 $447,000 $412,000 $399,500 $399,000 $375,000 $367,000 $360,000 $357,500

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

SQ. FT. 3075 2643 2490 2089 2073 2057 1707 2111 1774 1605 1745

Home with Guest House 3/2 ranch home w/pool!

Plus 500 sq ft guest house on lg .35 acre lot in West Aves $335,000

BEautiful hydE paRk homE 3/2, 1810 sq ft Owned Solar $419,000

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TOWN

PRICE

BR/BA

296 Silver Lake Dr 1261 Palmetto Ave 14 Nicole Ln 2 Trieste Way 1865 Rose River Ave 401 Idyllwild Cir 1481 E 1st Ave 2 Heartwood Ct 980 Lupin Ave 2986 Eaton Rd 71 Pauletah Pl

Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico

$355,000 $342,000 $333,818 $333,500 $332,500 $325,000 $315,000 $315,000 $315,000 $307,500 $299,500

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

SQ. FT. 1708 1579 1521 1842 1809 1506 1404 1424 1828 1314 1941

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the following houses were sold in butte county by real estate agents or private parties during the week of September 18, 2017 – September 22, 2017. the housing prices are based on the stated documentary transfer tax of the parcel and may not necessarily reflect the actual sale price of the home.

ADDRESS

TOWN

PRICE

BR/BA

ADDRESS

TOWN

PRICE

BR/BA

3229 Godman Ave

Chico

$299,000

3/2

SQ. FT. 1435

1006 Sarah Ave

Chico

$180,000

2/1

SQ. FT. 1269

2148 Ceres Ave

Chico

$295,000

2/2

1841

1125 Sheridan Ave #36

Chico

$176,000

3/2

1035

132 Echo Peak Ter

Chico

$293,500

2/2

1661

2055 Amanda Way #23

Chico

$129,000

2/1

864

857 Inyo St

Chico

$291,000

3/1

1345

2715 Bohemia Ave

Oroville

$390,000

3/2

1836 2065

12 Alameda Park Cir

Chico

$289,000

2/3

1703

7650 Palermo Honcut Hwy

Oroville

$375,000

3/3

845 Verbena Ave

Chico

$275,000

3/2

1694

6363 Woodman Dr

Oroville

$252,500

3/3

1521

563 Eaton Rd

Chico

$265,000

3/2

1196

6443 N Point Dr

Paradise

$450,000

3/3

2184

1068 Lupin Ave

Chico

$237,500

3/2

1039

1801 El Toro Ct

Paradise

$365,000

4/2

1938

797 Cleveland Ave

Chico

$229,000

3/1

1040

1653 Paradisewood Dr

Paradise

$364,500

3/2

1578

194 Rio Lindo Ave

Chico

$210,000

3/2

1344

1558 Gate Ln

Paradise

$337,000

3/2

1724

3 Doris Way

Chico

$205,000

3/2

1668

6130 Rossi Way

Paradise

$251,000

3/2

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888 Waggoner Rd., Paradise—$415,000 4 Beds, 3 Baths, 2-Car Garage, 2630 Sq.Ft. Jacob Tiffany: (530) 514-7635

6257 Himmel St., Paradise—$300,000 3 Beds, 2 Baths, 2-Car Garage, 1645 Sq.Ft. Ron Knauff: (530) 877-6244

6685 View Acres Dr., Paradise—$249,900 3 Beds, 3 Baths, 2-Car Garage, 1688 Sq.Ft. Larry Knifong: (530) 680-6234

TEXT TO ʘ Scenic View Dr., Oroville—$70,000

TEXT TO ʘ Scenic View Dr., Oroville—$60,000

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Nearly 5 Acres, Several Potential Home Sites Over 4 Acres, Stunning Views of Lake Oroville Troy Davis: (530) 570-1630 Troy Davis: (530) 570-1630

6270 Oliver Rd., Paradise—$195,000 2 Beds, 1 Bath, 1-Car Garage, 1231 Sq.Ft. Lynn Franklin: (530) 520-6900

13811 Andover Dr., Magalia—$238,500 9300 Lott Rd., Durham—$625,000 165 Fairgate Ln., Chico—$269,000 2 Beds, 2 Baths, 2-Car Garage, 2306 Sq.Ft. 3 Beds, 2.5 Baths, 3-Car Garage, 2209 Sq.Ft. 3 Beds, 2.5 Baths, 2-Car Garage, 1251 Sq.Ft. Ron Knauff: (530) 877-6244 Troy Davis: (530) 570-1630 Larry Knifong: (530) 680-6234 october 5, 2017

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