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The Doomsday Machine, then and now Yname, but for peaceniks of my vintage, he was and he remains a true American hero, the guy who

LeMay was also champing at the bit to annihilate the Soviet Union. As revealed in Daniel Ellsberg’s new book (The Doomsday Machine: Confessions made the Pentagon Papers public, revealing the long of a Nuclear War Planner), LeMay and the Joint Chiefs of Staff had prepared for a preemptive pattern of lies told to Americans about Vietnam. Ellsberg is central nuclear strike against the Soviet Union that would have killed millions of Russians in to the plot of the initial bombing. Moscow alone His courage Steven Spielberg’s would have been targeted with recent movie, The and patriotism nukes, each with a destructive Post. His courage should command 80 force a thousand times greater than and patriotism the respect of what we had dropped on Hiroshima should command anyone who and Nagasaki. the respect of Knowledge of LeMay’s doomsanyone who loves loves democracy, democracy, truth by truth or sanity. day plan was kept secret from all but a few high-ranking officers in Jaime O’Neill or sanity. the Strategic Air Command. Even Curtis LeMay The author is a President Kennedy was kept out of the loop. retired community is another name younger readers college instructor.

In 1968, Sen. Richard Russell said, “If we have may not know. Even people to start over again with another Adam and Eve, then my age have largely forgotten I want them to be Americans and not Russians, and him, but Air Force Gen. LeMay I want them on this continent and not in Europe.” shouldn’t be forgotten, either, because there are Such madness is again descending upon the world now men in high places as murderous and mad as Trump trades childish barbs with Kim Jong Un as LeMay seems to have been. He was America’s highest-ranking general during the early years of the and shadowy men in bunkers hold the future hostage Vietnam War, a guy famous for advocating bombing to the whims of the “very stable genius” who holds our fate in his tiny little hands. □ the North Vietnamese “back to the Stone Age.” ounger readers may not know Daniel Ellsberg’s

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proposal of some sort of new local tax coming from residents who are most definitely well-heeled by Chico’s standards.

Indeed, one of the main champions behind the effort is a former Chico city manager whose annual public pension is more than three times Chico’s median household income of $42,000. That’s a hefty retirement and indicative of why we think it’s appropriate to bring a dose of reality into the equation.

Fact is, Chico is not a wealthy community. This isn’t Danville, Palo Alto or Mountain View. Here, about one-quarter of the population lives below the poverty line. And we’re concerned that the engineering of a new tax measure would hurt low-income residents and those on fixed incomes, especially the elderly. It’s through that lens we see this issue, and it’s imperative for the business people behind this effort to consider those folks as well.

The specter of a local sales tax hike has been floating around—mostly behind the scenes—for many years. But this is the first time we’ve seen the conversation get truly serious—with the Chico Chamber of Commerce forming a task force to research the topic and urging city officials to “consider a revenue measure,” as the organization put it in its special report released during the annual Business Summit and State of the City event (see “Time to tax?” by Ashiah Scharaga, page 10).

Back in 2014, the idea of a local sales tax increase surfaced as a way to generate revenue to pay explicitly for public safety.

Years earlier, in 2011, the aforementioned former city manager, Tom Lando, along with other local business people, pitched one in the form of a .75 percent increase. Their idea was to dedicate the additional revenue to a variety of things, including the hiring of police officers; high school sports, theater and arts; library operations; and a “pothole fund.”

Neither of those proposals took off.

Going back even further, similar discussions took place shortly before the start of the economic collapse leading to the Great Recession.

According to the CN&R’s archives, the talks were stanched based on analysis revealing that “over the past decade, the city has increased its compensation, especially for police officers and firefighters, at a rate far exceeding the growth in the Consumer Price Index, the city’s population and, most important, its general fund revenues.

“Salaries and benefits have gone up by a whopping 161 percent, while the CPI has increased by just 34 percent, the population by 43.5 percent, and general fund revenues by 112 percent.”

And that gets to the root of the matter here. Chico’s public salaries and benefits, especially its pension obligations for public safety personnel, have grown unaffordable. What we’re talking about is a taxpayer-funded bailout.

Moreover, it’s a bailout that comes at a cost for those who struggle to make ends meet.

We’re not here to argue that Chico doesn’t need an infusion of cash to pay for infrastructure maintenance and upgrades, including for our badly degraded roads, street trees and parks. All of those things are in sorry shape because they’ve been left to rot as the city cut the necessary funding to maintain them in order to meet payroll and pension demands that were inflated to unsustainable levels.

We get that the people behind this effort want to make Chico a better place to live, and we appreciate that sentiment. How we get there is the sticking point.

Fortunately, any sort of tax increase must come before the voters. In our minds, what that means is that the tax proponents have to come up with a proposal that 1) hurts the vulnerable the least, and 2) is earmarked specifically to pay for the things that have been left by the wayside, not to fund the overly generous compensation packages that got us to this point in the first place. □

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broken trust After seeking from City Hall a breakdown of expenditures on lawsuits related to Chico Scrap Metal, I now know why the members of the City Council majority are appealing the ruling of a local superior court judge who sided with community group Move the Junkyard: They think they have nothing to lose.

That’s because, as I recently learned through requests for public records, Chico Scrap Metal is picking up the tab. You read that correctly. The Chico business that for more than a decade had been the subject of a city amortization order—that is, an order to eventually move because its operations were illegal under local land-use laws—is paying the municipality’s legal bills in the battle against the grassroots group that is trying to make sure the process is completed.

So far—as of Jan. 25, anyway—the price tag totals just shy of $74,000. That’s according to the City Clerk’s Office, which reported to me the costs associated with “Move the Junkyard et al vs. City of Chico et al” and “City of Chico et al vs. Move the Junkyard et al,” both of which you can read about in detail at the Butte County Superior Court’s website (buttecourt.ca.gov). Keep in mind that figure is for legal fees only. I’d also inquired about the cost of the time city staff has spent working on efforts related to the litigation—no final word on that yet.

So how is it, you might ask, that Chico Scrap Metal is on the hook for the city’s legal expenses? That was my first question, too. As it turns out, payment of such fees is required by an indemnification clause found in the development agreement signed by George Scott, the recycling center’s owner, and approved by the City Council on a 4-to-3 vote down party lines in October 2016.

I’m referring to the vote of Sean Morgan, Reanette Fillmer, Mark Sorensen and Andrew Coolidge, the conservative bloc that, during the first meeting in which they gained a council majority just over three years ago, voted to agendize discussion of the city’s long-planned effort to get the nonconforming business to vacate the property in light of the passage of the Chapman-Mulberry Neighborhood Plan many years earlier. They subsequently torched those plans.

A couple of things to chew on here: First, why wasn’t the city more transparent about the fact that the recycler is paying the attorney’s fees? Neither Howard Hardee (the CN&R reporter who regularly covers the council) nor Ashiah Scharaga (the former Chico E-R city beat reporter who now works for this newspaper) was aware of this arrangement.

Second, doesn’t it seem strange that City Attorney Vince Ewing’s employer, the Southern California-based Alvarez-Glasman and Colvin Law Firm, is the one working on the cases? I mean, obviously the public doesn’t know how Ewing advises the council in closed session, the place such litigation is discussed and voted upon, but it seems like a conflict that his employer is benefiting financially from the council majority’s litigiousness.

And last, but not least by any means, since some outside entity is writing the check, there’s at least the appearance that the city is doing the bidding of a private business.

Which brings me back to the council majority’s belief they have nothing to lose.

Clearly, the public’s trust was never a consideration.

Melissa Daugherty is editor of the CN&R

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Mother Nature speaks Re “More on the march” (Letters, by Dan Everhart, Jan. 25): Fresh off the Women’s March, a letter writer opines: “Millennia of aggressive economic competition, compelled by testosterone, forges a bleak dystopia of our grandchildren’s future.” That is, men are inherently destructive due to a “testosterone effect.” Such a claim regarding an “estrogen effect” would be considered sexist—or so one would hope.

I do agree we face a dystopian future, conjured by our evil twins: overconsumption and overpopulation.

Fully gender inclusive American consumerism continues to inflict unprecedented environmental damage.

In 2017, U.S. vacation flights hit an all-time high, along with miles driven (3.2 trillion), new house sizes (now averaging 2,700 square feet) and animal flesh production, our No. 1 greenhouse gas emitter. On a per-capita basis, American men and women continue to stoke the fires of global warming at three times the world average.

The letter writer advises us to listen to our mothers. Mother Nature is speaking loudly: “Our time together grows short.”

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This is why the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico are only U.S. territories.

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LETTERS c o n t i n u e d f r o m pa g e 5 Recently, some really astonishing news was released by the White House. Trump had grown an inch, whereas most men shrink an inch by the time they reach age 70.

—Roger S. Beadle

See this play Re “Southern belle blues” (Scene,

by Robert Speer, Jan. 25): I highly recommend seeing The Glass Menagerie, by Tennessee Williams, at the Blue Room Theatre. It will make you laugh, make you cry, make you incredulous, angry and more. Director Amanda Detmer and her cast fill the characters with the full range of what the brilliance of Tennessee Williams infused in his writing. It horribly and beautifully exposes the clashing of values and gender roles embodied in the post-Civil War, so-called Southern gentility with the realities of modern-day St. Louis in the 1930s. Amber Miller’s design aspects perfectly complement the world of the play.

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One barrier to employment for the houseless is their criminal records. A system that could result in new misdemeanors would only exacerbate the challenge of employability. Job training is a better investment.

The Jesus Center relocation was cited as a component of the plan. With completion of that complex likely years away, what shelter options will be employed for the immediate unmet need?

A community court program, developed with input from all members of the community, could certainly be one tool in our box of solutions for dealing with the symptoms of houselessness. But the core solution remains creating shelter options and affordable housing.

Scott Huber Chico

Gail Beterbide Chico

Core solution ignored The mayor has unveiled his vision of a community court. While ostensibly about criminal behavior, it appears to directly target the houseless. Like any proposal in which the city is involved, it should now be vetted at council meetings, so all council members and, most importantly, the public can provide input.

I have numerous questions.

Illegal camping was described as a misdemeanor or code infraction, but nothing was mentioned of creating new housing. Without a robust housing component, where do illegal campers go? Back on the road to another community, while that community’s unhoused cycle back here?

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Fake height The cornerstone of a free society is an unfettered free press, one that reports all the news, including the comportment of politicians, the president included.

In an attempt to delegitimize the press, Trump rails against “fake news.” But that’s like the pot calling the kettle black. It’s widely reported that Trump, on average, lies five times a day.

Recently, some really astonishing news was released by the White House. Trump had grown an inch, whereas most men shrink an inch by the time they reach age 70.

Previous medical records and driver’s license classifications list Trump’s height at 6 feet 2 inches.

Pictures of him with Obama show

them to be the same height, and Obama is 6-foot-1.

Now we know Trump is obsessed with discrediting Obama, trying to undo every one of his legislative achievements and policies. So OK, I’ll give him the inch even though my own eyes don’t deceive me. But 2 inches?

No way.

The realistic height of 6 feet 2 inches, along with his 239-pound weight, makes him medically obese, which is understandable due to his steady diet of cheeseburgers and buckets of fried chicken.

The White House doctor declared him to be in excellent health. Fake news.

Roger S. Beadle Chico

More on a free press A letter writer recently talked about the necessity of a “free press.” I, too, agree Americans need to be informed by a free press. But, more importantly, we need an “unbiased free press!”

The way we get our news is how we view the world. When we don’t hear certain stories, but hear others over and over, how do you think we will be influenced?

Today’s news isn’t the “free press” news of 50 years ago!

Just a handful of conglomerates own the news outlets. A study of journalists’ registered voting practices shows most of them to be registered Democrats. While I hope they try to just “print all the news that’s fit to print,” printing only the who, what, when, where and why, I’m here to tell it is just not happening.

The evidence today can be found in the net neutrality fight.

News we get over the internet must be kept open and free. Net neutrality extends government’s influence over the way we get our news and its content.

We must make sure the news we get is “free and unbiased.”

Only then will Americans know the truth of anything. I recommend One America News for its content.

Loretta Ann Torres Chico

Editor’s note: One America News is a small, far-right network that promotes President Trump’s

policies and is favored by the administration. Among other things, it is a sponsor of the Conservative Political Action Conference.

Speaking of POTUS Possibilities: Carson, Bush, Rubio, others. Boring! Sure, you’d still have conservative judicial appointments and tax reform. But what would we have missed? The wall, insulting war heroes and Gold Star families, golden showers, paper towels for Puerto Ricans, golf, Carrier plant layoffs, white nationalists with tiki torches, foul language, racism, sexism, mocking the disabled, fake news, biggestbutton nuclear bomb contest, golf, bone spurs, tiny hands, climate calamity, more wealth for the wealthy, more have-not for the have-nots, golf, Access Hollywood tapes, Roy Moore, Russian bots, Vlad-bromance, pornography, government shutdown, noncollusion collusion, golf, revolving appointments (who’s in, who’s out?), oil wells off the coast, Stormy Daniels, golf, executive versus judicial/legislative versus Constitution, golf, wholesalesoulsale hypocrisy (politicians, Christian ministers), Deutsche Bank, money laundering, emoluments, alternative facts, FBI secret society, covfefe, golf, and so much more. And that’s just round one.

Three, maybe seven, to go! What’s to come in 2018? Golf.

Lynn Elliott Chico

Years past, the commander-inchief and the National Football League were highly esteemed and passionately loved American treasures. Sadly, as of late, both have spiraled so deeply into the toilet they scarcely seem worth the time taken to flush.

brown, whatever color we are?

Our lack of leadership from the president, Senate and House of Representatives—who do nothing to really protect the public—is shameful, totally wrong and not representative of the people.

Wake up, America, and demand representation, demand America’s safety from the evils from within, not “shithole” immigrants, as stated.

Brian Johnson Orland

Of prayer and flat tires My friend and I were headed to Oroville last Saturday morning, and all was going great when all of a sudden we heard really strange noises coming from outside her car and the car was rocking back and forth.

So, of course we pulled over to the side of Highway 99 toward the Durham off-ramp. We got out to inspect the car when we see her left back wheel was showing but no tire! The tire was completely gone—maybe a little tread on the end of the wheel.

Finally a tow truck driver comes after we call State Farm Insurance for a tow—and we are on our way. We just don’t know what is going to happen but we have the Lord Jesus Christ with us always. He promised to be with us always and He was on Saturday.

Also, a Highway Patrol officer stopped by—he was very kind and said if we needed he would stay with us until the tow truck got here. Selfishly, I wanted him to stay, but we were fine.

You just don’t know what can or will happen, so check your tires before you leave and pray asking the Lord, along with his angels, to be with you.

Sharon Chambers Chico

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What leadership! Crack down on immigration security?! Billions for the wall! Eleven shootings so far in January alone—innocents killed, maimed, destroyed in our own backyards, towns, schools!

Are we/they not allowed security/ protection from these terrorists?

Where is a national plan to protect Americans—white, black,

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New students planning to attend Butte College in the fall are in for a special treat. Butte College’s Promise Scholarship is providing two semesters of free tuition and fees for firsttime, full-time students.

The scholarship is funded through state grants and private donations, the largest of which—at $1 million—was recently received from alumnus Ken Grossman, founder of Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., and his wife, Katie Gonser.

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Rather than be sent to the landfill, edible food from local grocery stores, schools and restaurants will be served in center meals or within the food bank’s network. Inedible food will be composted at the Jesus Center farm or anaerobically digested at North State Rendering.

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Jesus Center Executive Director Laura Cootsona said the program will deliver food to “the most vulnerable: those without homes and those battling poverty.”

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Bob Evans (pictured), a former member of the Chico City Council, announced via Facebook over the weekend that he’s jumping into the race for the District 3 seat of the Butte County Board of Supervisors.

The position is currently held by longtime Supervisor Maureen Kirk, who told the CN&R a few months ago that she plans to retire.

Evans’ announcement brings the number of candidates to three. Tami Ritter, another former member of the Chico City Council, was the first to start campaigning.

She was followed by Norm Rosene, a local dentist who, along with his wife, founded Odyssey Winery & Vineyards.

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death on the streets Longtime Chicoan, homeless for at least five years, touched many lives but well-read, a point he made Toftenreserved when people underestimated his homas Avakian was a quiet man,

mental acuity.

“He’d say, ‘You may be able to beat me up physically, but mentally, I’ve got you,’” said friend Robert Moffitt Jr. “He by loved to debate people.

Meredith J. Cooper If you said something happened at 8:36, he’d m e re d i t h c @ say, ‘No, it happened at n ew srev i ew. c o m 8:39. He’d say, ‘I’m a man who is factual.’”

Moffitt was standing on the sidewalk along West Sacramento Avenue in Chico, holding back tears as he talked about Avakian, who died there last week. He recalled that Tuesday morning (Jan. 23) clearly. As was his custom, he and some friends arrived at Tony’s Liquor sometime after it opened at 8 a.m. Only something was different—Avakian wasn’t there. Just up the street, near the Mechoopda cemetery, an ambulance arrived, and police were there. Moffitt hurried to catch up with one of the officers.

“They wouldn’t’a known who he was if I hadn’t showed up,” Moffitt said, shaking his head. “I said, ‘I just want to check on my friend.’ But he was gone.”

The next day, he spoke with Avakian’s mother. It was part of a ritual—every week, Moffitt would let Avakian use his phone to call his mom in Southern California. In some ways, then, Avakian was close to his family. Moffitt and others had heard stories of him living at the Torres Community Shelter years ago with a daughter. But though he spoke regularly with his parents, he would not take their help—or anyone else’s for that matter.

“We all make our choices in life,” Moffitt said. “At some point, if you want to get better, you’ve got to let that bottle— or whatever it is—go for a while. I got the feeling that Tom was sick, that he knew he was going to die. He wasn’t eating ….

He told his mom a week or two ago that, ‘Everything is going to be OK soon.’”

Avakian isn’t the first homeless person to

die on the streets of Chico, though numbers for this winter were not available by press time. Certainly, living without a roof as well as other amenities—access to showers, bathrooms, clean clothes and food, to name a few—increase one’s vulnerability.

For Avakian, 51, alcohol was his drug of choice. Moffitt said he was typically the first customer of the day at Tony’s Liquor at 8 a.m. He’d buy a tall boy and settle in with the newspaper along the fence near the car wash next door. That’s where Laurie Maloney first met Avakian, after seeing pictures of him and another man, outside Monstros Pizza, posted to Facebook page Chico First. Part of the caption reads, “I don’t understand why

Robert Moffitt Jr. used to call Avakian “Tom, Tom the Leprechaun,” because of his red hair. He squats here beside a memorial to Avakian on West Sacramento Avenue, where he died Jan. 23. photo by meredith J. Cooper

they are there most the time. Whether it’s them or others, always incredibly drunk and/or high.”

“You know how Facebook is these days,” Maloney said during a recent interview. “I feel like it’s just gotten worse.”

She was referring to the rants people post, many of them including photographs of individuals, negatively labeling them.

She saw the photo of the people outside Monstros Pizza and, at the request of Chico First moderator Rob Berry, headed

Tom Avakian, 51, weeks before his death.

Photo by Laurie MaLoney

over there and introduced herself to Avakian.

“Tom was so interesting because so many people here knew him,” Maloney said. “He’d been here for 20 years, he worked at restaurants here ….”

She sat and talked with Avakian to get to know him, taking the photograph that accompanies this story as a way to offer a little humanity to this man who was previously labeled on social media as just another homeless drunk. She showed him that picture.

“He felt bad and said he wasn’t doing anything wrong,” Maloney wrote in her follow-up post about Avakian.

“He was sad to see the picture and told me, ‘I was just sleeping.’”

“Tom had been on and off the street here for the last 5 years and has lived in Chico since 1999,” she continued. “He was in the restaurant business and came up here to help with opening a new restaurant back then. The restaurant closed a few years back. He told me that he has friends and family that love him, but his pride won’t let him take financial help, and he doesn’t have any income now.

“When I walked up to him, he was reading the newspaper and told me he reads it every day. He isn’t out of touch, he just doesn’t have hope. So many need some hope!”

Maloney’s post sparked a lot of responses, including offerings of clothing and other help for Avakian. They weren’t the only ones willing to help.

Moffitt said there were many people who cared about him, who offered him help. “He affected everyone’s life on this street,” he said with a smile.

Maloney agreed, commenting on how friendly Avakian had been on her arrival. For her, his story is a great reminder that homelessness “can happen to anybody” and why she and the Chico Posse Foundation go out of their way to post photos and bios of local homeless people on their Facebook page. “So many people don’t stop to find out their story,” she said.

For Moffitt, Avakian’s death is a sad ending—“I’m sad and mad, because he got to my heart,” he said. But he’s glad to know that he made a difference in the man’s life while he could.

“You have two dates in this life— you have your birth date, then you have a dash, and your death date. It’s what you do in between that matters,” he said. “At least I did something here, for him.” □

Opening arguments Park commission anticipates ongoing public discussion on potential parking fees hico attorney James Petelin told the Bidwell Park and Playground Commission CMonday night (Jan. 29) that he’d already

settled in front of the TV earlier that evening when a segment on the nightly news coaxed him off the couch. Upon hearing the panel would be discussing a possible parking fee for Upper Park users that night, he was compelled to head to the meeting to weigh in on the matter.

“I rushed down here to voice my early and vigorous opposition to any fee to get into any part of Bidwell Park,” Petelin said.

“This idea communicates what I think is a lack of any type of [public] ownership of the park,” he continued, referencing the park’s beginnings on land granted to the city by Annie Bidwell. “I think I speak for a lot of people who couldn’t make it tonight when I say it goes against the very principles of why Bidwell Park was given to us. Any fee is exclusionary.”

The idea to impose a $1-per-vehicle, perday parking fee on Upper Park visitors was first discussed publicly at last November’s BPPC meeting, and sent over to its Policy Advisory Committee to gather more information. Linda Herman, administration manager of the city’s Public Works Department, presented those findings at Monday’s meeting, and offered more clarification by phone Tuesday (Jan. 30).

Park policy changes are guaranteed to spur lively public discussion, as evidenced by last year’s monthslong deliberation over the upcoming transition of city park rangers to armed employees of the Chico Police Department. Herman acknowledged that citizens are passionate about park issues and emphasized that such a fee is merely a possibility the city is exploring.

“We want to make sure that we vet this with the public as much as possible,” she said. “This would be a big change for the community. We understand that, but we’re also given the charge to look at ways to be able to do things in the park with the money we have, and to remain sustainable as a department as well.”

Herman said all fees collected would go to the city’s park fund to be used for badly needed maintenance and upgrades, like repairing the road through Upper Park.

She said offering annual passes—$50 is the price currently proposed—is a possibility, and that seniors, vehicles with disabled person parking placards and regular employees or members of Upper Park facilities like the

SIFT ER Americans still prefer football Despite the onslaught of criticism leveed against professional football lately, it still remains Americans’ favorite sport to watch. Research-based company Gallup surveyed 1,049 adults in December and found that, though it’s a clear favorite, football has declined in popularity, from 43 percent in 2007 to 37 percent in 2017. This is likely related to three factors, according to Gallup: studies documenting the toll of concussions, NFL player domestic assault allegations and protests of police brutality started by NFL players in 2016, which continue to draw criticism from President Donald Trump and conservative politicians. Here are some of the poll’s other findings: • Football has been the favorite sport since 1972. In 2017, 37 percent preferred the sport, compared to 11 percent favoring basketball, 9 percent baseball and 7 percent soccer.

• Men favor football more than women, at 42 percent and 32 percent, respectively.

• Political moderates most prefer watching football, at 41 percent, while liberals favor it the least, at 28 percent, and 38 percent of conservatives choose football over other sports.

• Those aged 35 to 54 like to watch football the most, at 40 percent. The youngest age group, 18 to 34, are those least likely to favor the sport, at 30 percent. Thirty-nine percent of those 55 and older favor football.

Chico State students Nick Cornett and Anna Poulin enjoy a hike in Upper Park on Monday (Jan. 29).

Photo by Ken SMith

observatory, golf course and Chico Rod & Gun Club could be exempted. Enforcement likely would be overseen by rangers, though she said it’s possible that downtown parking enforcement workers might be used.

Herman reported that a traffic counter installed on Wildwood Avenue detected 413,756 vehicles entering Upper Park in 2017. The staff report states a fee of $1 per vehicle “could result in more than $400,000 in additional revenue” for park improvements, but that the number likely would be less depending on the amount of exempted drivers and number of annual permits purchased. It also notes that constructing a parking kiosk would cost about $10,000 and there would be annual maintenance expenses (estimated at 13 cents for cash and 2.5 percent for credit card transactions).

Herman suggested—and the BPPC agreed—that no further action be taken until a public survey is conducted. She said she hopes to have that questionnaire online by Feb. 1 and that it will stay up for at least 30 days, and city staff will also present in-person surveys at the Chico Certified Farmers’ Market and other venues.

Including Petelin, three members of the public spoke at the meeting, with one favoring the fee. That was Tom Barrett, who said the BPPC considered a similar “use fee” when he sat on the panel in the 1990s.

Barrett said he feels the fee should be more than $1, with no exemptions.

Herman said Tuesday that there is no current timeline to impose the fee, as discussion likely will continue for several months.

“Our park users are very passionate, vocal and involved,” she said. “I’m sure we’ll be talking about this for a while, and I think that’s great.”

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Chico chamber announces support of revenue measure City Manager Tom Lando has had a vision for Chico for Fat ormer least the past eight years that

includes a long list of things to fix, and the way to get there keeps coming back to one thing: a local tax increase.

In 2011, Lando advocated with a group of community leaders for a sales-tax increase to fund police staffing, high school sports and arts, library operations and street maintenance, according to CN&R archives. Ultimately, the group didn’t feel confident enough voters would support it and abandoned the effort.

Shortly thereafter, the city was in a desperate position with the economic downturn and loss of redevelopment agency funding, quickly followed by a multimilliondollar budget gap, depletion of reserves, layoffs and a general fund deficit.

Now, Lando is part of another effort that has the backing of the Chico Chamber of Commerce. At its annual Business Summit Friday (Jan. 26), the chamber released a special report announcing its sup-

port for a “revenue measure” to fund “business and community priorities,” like increasing police staffing and improving roads.

The current City Council and staff have done an excellent job, Lando said, bringing the city out of a deficit and building reserves. But as pension costs skyrocket, property crime rates rise and roads crumble, Chico is struggling to keep up.

“Our community can do better and should do better and wants to do better,” he said. “I don’t see the ability without additional revenue to accomplish that.”

Lando was chairman of the chamber’s task force on city revenues and expenditures, which generated the report. A preliminary idea discussed by the group was a half-cent sales-tax increase—half going to a bond for roads and half to ongoing operations for public safety, he said.

“For me, and I know some people disagree with this, it’s a relatively minor change to what people pay that would generate a very large amount of revenue,” he said.

“Our roads are in deplorable condi-

tion ... and we need to fix them.”

Local sales tax measures like Measure C, the half-cent sales tax narrowly passed by Paradise voters in 2014, can be approved by a majority 50 percent plus one vote.

If they are earmarked for a specific fund or use, a two-thirds vote is required.

Chamber CEO Katie Simmons sees a potential revenue measure as the start of a conversation, and not something to rush to get on this year’s ballot. The chamber has heard from its members and the business community, which have expressed they may be in favor of a tax in return for a safer community and better roads.

Now the chamber has to bring the idea to the larger community, to see what it thinks.

Along with funding roadwork, the chamber is recommending hiring 17 more officers, which would bring the department to 112, to create specialized units and reduce crime, and fund a new dispatch radio system, based on input from Police Chief Mike O’Brien.

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Lawmakers back initiative Congressman Doug LaMalfa, state Sen. Jim Nielsen and Assemblyman James Gallagher gathered at the Sinclair gas station next to Walmart in Chico on Friday (Jan. 26) to launch a petition campaign to stop the California gas tax. But they weren’t the only ones present—a group just as large as theirs stood mostly on the Forest Avenue sidewalk (after being asked to vacate the property) in protest, shouting things like “Dump Doug!” During a press briefing, LaMalfa said the Democrats in the state Legislature “jammed it through without your voice,” referring to the gas tax, intended to raise $5.2 billion each year to improve roads. Gallagher, who voted against the tax, called it “bullying” and said, “The initiative process gives us a voice.” photo by meredith J. cooper

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the city should explore a countywide fire district, and approach pensions through ongoing conversation with California Public Employees’ Retirement System, with potential staff compensation reductions, fixed salary reductions, frozen step increases or contracting for more services.

Councilman Randall Stone isn’t sold

on a tax solving Chico’s financial problems. The city has a spending problem, he says.

“Injecting it with cash just ignores the new realities,” he said.

“Our entire cost of doing business, salaries and benefits, doubles every 10 years. There is no sales tax measure, no property tax measure that can possibly get you out of that tail spin. It’s simple math; it’s not hard.”

Increasing interest rates, a robust stock market, rising minimum wage and an expensive federal tax cut that will be paid for five years from now are all factors, and will impact inflation, he said.

“It’s the worst time” to implement a sales tax. He views it as a cash grab: The police department is fully staffed, the highest paid it has ever been and the only department to receive raises in the last five years.

Stone said he cannot recall a sales tax measure he’s supported, in part because they hit the lowestincome folks disproportionately.

Poor families pay almost eight times more of their incomes in consumption taxes than the bestoff families, and middle-income families pay more than five times the rate of the wealthy, according to a 2015 report by the Institute on Taxation & Economic Policy.

People have a healthy skepticism about raising taxes and giving the city the opportunity to spend more, Simmons said, because of the city’s descent into debt and layoffs following the recession.

That’s why dedicating the funds to a particular use is important, she said. The chamber has thought and talked about the nature of sales taxes, and that’s why its members believe the public needs to engage in conversation, she added.

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HEALTHLINES Paul Robie uses the touchscreen on the remote examination device (known as RED), sending it back to its docking station in the Oroville Hospital ER.

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PA woman the Oroville Hospital emergency room. came in, having had a stroke. aul Robie described a recent incident at

But the hospital’s neurologist was not on duty. So, as ER employees do in these situations, they summoned RED (short for Remote Examination Device), a computer on wheels, and synched up with a specialist on call in Sacramento.

“He was in his car. He pulled over and, through an app on his phone, basically FaceTime’d in,” said Robie, director of physician assistants at Oroville Hospital who also oversees the telemedicine program. The doctor, whose face appeared on RED’s monitor in the exam room, ordered a CT scan on the patient and was able to view the results in real time. RED is also equipped with a stethoscope and blood pressure cuff—when hooked up to the patient, the results are relayed directly to the doctor, as if he were in the room. Based on his exam, he ordered a clot buster. When the patient was stable, she was transported to Mercy General Hospital in Sacramento.

RED is among the newest technology available to rural hospitals, enabling them to act quickly in an emergency despite having fewer resources—including staff—than are found at urban centers. Before RED, for example, Robie said the ER staff would have immediately sent the patient to a Sacramento-area hospital, meaning it could be hours between having a stroke and being

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seen by a specialist.

“They say, ‘Time is brain,’” Robie said during a recent visit to the hospital ER. “Every minute saved increases your survival rate and increases long-term brain functioning.”

Since getting RED six months ago, he

said the ER staff uses it five to seven times a week. Currently, its focus is on neurological emergencies—stroke, traumatic brain injury or spinal injury—but Robie anticipates the hospital soon will begin using it in other time-sensitive situations as well.

aPPOINTMeNT HEART-TO-HEART WALK Enloe Medical Center’s walking lecture series, Walk With a Doc, continues on Saturday, Feb. 3, starting at 8:30 a.m. at the Chico Mall (1950 E. 20th St.). In honor of American Heart Month, cardiovascular disease specialist Joanne Alonzo will share tips on how to lead a heart-healthy lifestyle as she walks with participants around the mall. No RSVP required.

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advances in technology have improved its function over the past several decades. The practice was first developed in the 1960s as a way for doctors to monitor the health of astronauts in space, Joyce White told a room full of people at the recent North State Economic Forecast Conference at Gold Country Casino. White, a longtime nurse at Oroville Hospital, went on to detail that facility’s history with the technology.

“In 1998, we launched one of the first pediatric telemedicine sites in the United States as part of a UC Davis grant project,” she said. The following year, Oroville Hospital successfully treated a child with uncontrolled diabetes with the help of UC Davis doctors at the other end of a 384 KB Internet connection.

“It was intolerant of movement,” White said of the early technology. “You’d see pixelation in the face of a bouncing child; there could be a speech delay.”

Broadband connectivity, introduced at OH in 2010, changed everything.

“With the T1 [broadband], we have a capacity of over 1,500 MB,” White said.

“Audio and visual are crystal clear, and there’s a very rare interruption of audio—I don’t remember the last time that happened.”

Since 1998, there have been other advances as well. Telemedicine units were added to the hospital’s Berry Creek, Biggs-Gridley and Hamilton City clinics.

And through additional UC Davis grants, specialties were added, including endocrinology and rheumatology. Plus, a unit was added to the OH emergency room specifically for pediatric trauma patients.

“It was really cool—you could hook up echocardiogram equipment so the specialist could see the test as it was being done,” White said. “There was no delay in trying to transmit or interpret the echocardiogram.

And you could see and hear the baby. It saved a lot of time and our babies got really great care.”

In 2014, the hospital received a grant focused on newborns.

“Before, when we transferred a baby, we’d call UC Davis, tell them what we had, and they’d send a transport team, get the baby stabilized and sent down,” White explained. “With telemedicine, we actually have a specialist in the room, with an over-the-shoulder view. They can suggest tests to do, and procedures, to stabilize that child. Then they organize transport.

“There’s a golden hour with newborns,” she continued. “Every minute saved is improved function.

We’re planning to support life in that newborn, but we also want to save function so this baby will grow up to be a hell-on-wheels 2-year-old.”

The focus for the future of tele-

medicine at Oroville Hospital is on improving follow-up care, something that is proven to improve overall health but is often overlooked.

White said when patients come in for post-surgery checkups, for

instance, telemedicine can increase doctor availability by allowing nurses to do the in-person exam.

“The doctor has their own unit,” White explained. “So, you connect and then the nurse can place the stethoscope on the patient’s chest—and the doctor can actually hear the heartbeat, etc., just as if the doctor is at the other end of the stethoscope. The hand-held cameras are fantastic at showing incision sites, wounds, bruising.”

For Robie, one of the biggest advantages he’s seen to telemedicine is the ability to treat local patients locally, which is not only helpful for family who want to visit, but also on patient cost.

“Instead of transferring everybody out, we can take care of them in Oroville,” he told the conference crowd. RED alone has made a marked impact on the number of patient transfers.

“We’re using it five to seven times per week, and of those, there’s maybe one transfer,” Robie said. “Our goal is to try to take care of our patients here in our community, not transfer them elsewhere.” □

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GREENWAYS Douglas Leiker opens up the kiln at his home in Chico, where he hand-crafts worn stone porcelain jars that hold vibrant eye shadows and blushes for the business he founded nearly 40 years ago, Warm Earth Cosmetics.

beauty by the jar For 38 years, Warm Earth Cosmetics offers natural makeup in colorful ceramics

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Twarm. on a recent winter day was crisp and It took me a few minutes to realize

he lemon ginger tea Douglas Leiker served

I was sipping from a cup he’d made, the polished tones transitioning from an earthy soil shade to a smooth, sandy hue. I noticed the same type of craftsmanship on a nearby kitchen shelf filled with dinnerware in his south Chico home.

Leiker’s refrigerator has no space on its front—it’s filled with memories: pictures of his wife, Lynda Sezon; and daughters, Olivia and Sophia, now studying at UC Berkeley; as well as his college days as a young, lanky, curly-haired potter at Chico State. A card reading “Nature is my church” peeked out from behind a magnetized calculator.

On the table next to us were dozens of jars he’d hand-crafted at his home studio and fired in the kiln installed on the back patio.

They were patterned vessels in reds, ivories, blues and purples. The blush and eye shadow powders inside them were just as vibrant.

Excited to show me, he dabbed a sparkling violet shade onto my hand.

Leiker, founder of Warm Earth Cosmetics, got into the makeup business by happenstance. While working at his downtown shop in the Phoenix Building in the ’80s, he noticed women purchasing a lot of makeup at the neighboring cosmetics store.

“I started looking at the chemistry of what they were buying, and I had known a lot of that stuff from my chemistry background in clay and glazes ...” Leiker said, his voice a soft rasp.

Leiker doesn’t consider himself a cos-

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metics revolutionary, but values keeping his products as clean and natural as possible. The makeup he creates has no added preservatives and is oil- and fragrance-free.

It is not tested on animals. And his stoneware containers are also designed to be kept as keepsakes—rather than tossed when empty—and are hand-thrown, -glazed and -fired.

“It’s as natural as you can get,” Leiker said. That’s important to him, and for good reason.

Cosmetics products do not need premarket Food and Drug Administration approval, with the exception of color additives. Certain ingredients, like fragrances, can contain hormone disruptors, according to Environmental Working Group, and are among the top five allergens in the world. Preservatives like parabens mimic estrogen and are used widely in cosmetics—certain parabens may disrupt the endocrine system and cause reproductive and developmental disorders, according to the European Commission’s Scientific Committee on Consumer Products.

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Oxides are then added. Iron helps produce a lot of browns, ambers and ochres, Leiker said, adding that he follows FDA cosmetics guidelines on how to process, sterilize and package products, keeping them “clean and food-grade and pure.”

Leiker came to Chico from a Bay Area com-

munity college in 1972. He taught for a brief time after graduating from Chico State, but found he was drawn to the challenges of ceramics.

As a young potter, Leiker studied the chemistry of clay and glazes for 10 years under the mentorship of his friend and Chico State ceramics instructor Jack Windsor. He experimented radically on how to improve his craft, observing the potters at Northern Star Fire Works Pottery, where he worked for 16 years.

Leiker opened his first retail store, Earth and Wood, on Broadway with a buddy who sold cabinets.

He founded Warm Earth Pottery in 1980.

In many ways, Leiker has approached the art of creating makeup the same way he has approached ceramics. He enjoys the challenge of dry-milling colors, screening them and ending up with a product that has staying power, not fading too quickly from customers’ faces.

“That took a lot of time and test[ing] and results to figure that out,” he said.

At the height of his business, Leiker sold to both big and small pharmacies west of the Rocky Mountains, and had a few hundred active accounts. His products were sold

across Europe, Central and South America and the U.S., and were featured in television shows including Columbo. He still works with Princess Cruise Lines, his biggest client today, and sells his products online and at S&S Produce in Chico.

After nearly 40 years, Leiker continues to mill his own powder makeup sold in his worn stoneware porcelain jars—this niche is “what has kept me in business,” he said.

He downsized when his daughters were born, but he’s been contemplating ramping it up again, possibly hiring staff to increase production.

Either way, he’s not planning on stopping any time soon. “Money isn’t my main driver,” he said. “I enjoy what I do.” □

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How did you get so interested in antiques?

I grew up in an antique world since my parents owned a restoration company in Los Molinos.

My first big purchase was at an antique store when I was 5. They had a mini version of my mother’s “bin table” for $800. My dad handed me a $100 bill and said if I could buy it with that I could have it. I told the owner, “I’ll give you $100 out the door,” and it worked! That started this amazing collecting, buying and selling

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bug in me. By my teens I was excited to be able to take care of my own expenses. I graduated from UC Davis in nutrition science, but by then I knew I would make antiques my career.

What’s the most expensive collectible you’ve appraised?

At a Southern California evaluation day [event], a man showed me a random rolled-up canvas his great grandfather got in World War II. When he unrolled it, my heart stopped. It was a lost Monet worth $1 million!

What do you like best about your job?

I can really make a difference in people’s lives by showing them how to care for their items or fix them up and resell them. I love the amazing people I meet at events or estate appraisals.

I learn something new every day. It’s also great to travel throughout California and the West Coast.

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What advice do you have for people who have too many collectibles?

You can display them seasonally like I do. That keeps things fresh.

Just because you bought it doesn’t mean you have to show it now.

Is buying abandoned storage unit contents a good place to find collectibles?

They can be tough because they only roll up the door a couple of minutes before the auction, and you can’t touch anything or cross the door’s threshold.

What are you most looking forward to?

I’ve been training my 13-yearold son, Trenton, in collectibles almost his whole life. He’s often on the radio with me. And on Feb. 18, I’ll do the Butte County Sheriff’s Antique Show at the Silver Dollar Fair.

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I’ve spent a good amount of time in Oroville recently, covering everything from City Council meetings to telemedicine in the local ER. I found an occasion last week to drive through the Montgomery Street roundabout and check out the triangular property nestled right there, south of Montgomery, east of Washington and northwest of Bird Street. Wow, what an eyesore.

Apparently that spot, once the site of a gas station, has been abandoned for over a quarter century. And now, the property has been purchased by a local businessman, Mark Mendez, who also owns The Patio restaurant and Esmeralda Market (which houses the original Bulldog Taqueria). He wants to put in a drivethru restaurant on the land and, despite some concern about added traffic, his request for a rezone there was approved by the City Council Jan. 16.

I mention all of this because it’s so wonderful to see local people wanting to revitalize blighted areas. As he told the council last month, the property has not been without its problems. Because it used to be a gas station, it’s a current EPA superfund site, meaning it’s required a significant cleanup before the existing building is even demolished. The project will still have some hurdles to clear, but kudos to the Oroville City Council for moving it forward—encouraging local business is good business, in my book.

Speaking of eyeSoreS … There are plenty of them around. I was stopped in

traffic recently alongside Chico Scrap Metal and all I can say is, Wow. But it’s not the only offender. I’d love to get some reader feedback on blighted properties in Chico. Drop me a line at meredithc@newsreview.com and I’ll look into ’em for you.

The rumor mill I dropped by The Banshee a few weeks ago and left a message for owner Will Brady. I’d love to chat about his plans for downtown, I told him. Alas, I did not receive a callback. So, here’s what I’ve heard: First, the spot previously occupied by Lyon Books at 135 Main St. is slated to become Bill’s Towne Lounge. I’ve confirmed this at several levels—architectural plans have been submitted to the city of Chico, plus a liquor license is in the works (put on hold for construction). I used to frequent the Towne Lounge, when it was four blocks down, near Duffy’s Tavern. I know the old “Scrounge” sign is currently on the back patio at B Street Public House, so this seems to be an homage. My question: Who the heck is Bill?

Second, several birdies have whispered in my ear about the future of the northwest corner of Main and Second streets, what used to be Cyclesport. I hear the basement is set to become a wholesale bakery and that the first floor will be a pizza joint. The bakery part makes sense, since Brady is part-owner of Kona’s next door, which operates a wholesale bakery. But I’m curious how it’ll play with Upper Crust Bakery & Cafe just two doors down. Also, more pizza downtown? Aren’t Celestino’s, Woodstock’s and Main Street Pizzeria enough? (Not to mention the gourmet pies at Grana and Crush.) Time shall tell.

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She has been a traveling antique and collectibles expert for decades, both independently and for Griffin Appraisal Services.

She appears at homes, businesses and occasional “appraisal day” shows all over the West Coast, including Paradise’s Treasures From Paradise store, and monthly at the massive Antique Trove of Roseville.

Taking over for her father, John Humphries, who died last year, Dewell expounds about collectibles every Saturday morning, 7-8 a.m. on AM 1290, KPAY. You can reach her at 231-6082.

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ov. Jerry Brown has proposed two giant tunnels, each wide enough to contain most of the Sacramento River, to alleviate California’s chronic water woes and reduce tension between San Joaquin Valley farmers and salmon advocates. This controversial project, billed “California WaterFix,” is little more than a modern application of irrigation technology developed by the Roman Empire.

Scientists at an East Bay laboratory, meanwhile, are also trying to address water shortages, but to do so, they’re delving into uncharted realms of science and technology.

Like Brown’s clunky tunnels, the scientists’ lab-scale project involves passing water through expensive tubes—but the water conveyance tunnels being assessed by researcher Aleksandr Noy and his colleagues are barely one atom wide.

Noy works at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, where he has spent almost 20 years studying the potential of tiny carbon nanotubes—50,000 times thinner than a human hair—to separate salt from water. Noy drew attention from the research community last August when he and several colleagues published findings that using a thinner nanotube greatly increases the rate at which water can pass through a desalination filter.

“Imagine you have a group of people going through a door, and they all bump into each other as they go through one by one,” Noy says.

Well, it turns out that using a thinner tube facilitates a smoother, albeit single-file, flow.

“It’s like all those people form a chain and hold hands, and that way they can slip through the doorway much faster.”

As with polymer membranes, currently employed by desalination plants worldwide, the salt molecules are too wide to pass through, and freshwater flows out the other side—but huge implications dwell in the details. In Noy’s recent experiments, salt-

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water has passed through the nanotubes six times faster, using 25 percent less energy than it would to pass through desal systems now in use.

Noy says future nanotube systems, in the very best of scenarios, might be able to desalinate seawater hundreds of times faster than existing ones.

In an age when freshwater supplies, both in California and abroad, are under pressure from a growing human population, the alchemic act of turning seawater into drinking water is enormously appealing.

“It’s an understandable perspective when you look west from California and see all that water,” says Jonas Minton, a Sacramento-based water policy adviser for the Planning and Conservation League.

But Minton, who chaired a state-advising desalination task force in the early 2000s, thinks desalination of seawater should be a last resort for California. That’s because it comes with problems: Pumping water from the ocean can harm marine life, and so can discharging the brine that contains the salt removed from the fresh stuff. The enormous amount of energy needed to squeeze salt out of water also makes desalinated seawater almost prohibitively expensive, and a source of greenhouse gas emissions.

“It’s generally two or three times as expensive as alternative water supplies,” says Jay Lund, a UC Davis professor with the Center for Watershed Sciences.

But Peter Fiske, director of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s WaterEnergy Resilience Institute, says the energy costs of desalination should not be a deal breaker, and that it must play a role in supplying the state with water.

“Desalinating seawater does take a lot of energy, but there are lots of valuable things Scientist Aleksandr Noy has studied carbon nanotubes for clean water technologies for nearly 20 years.

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in our society that take a lot of energy,” he says.

California is home to several seawater desalination facilities, with at least one very large facility being planned.

There’s no question California has cheaper, safer options for producing water.

Heather Cooley, water program director at the Pacific Institute, says the state’s urban population could produce at least 4 million acre-feet of water each year—80 times the amount now coming from seawater desalination statewide—simply by using less water to begin with. Recycling treated wastewater that flows out to sea could produce, some say, another million acre-feet.

In fact, Noy has speculated that carbon nanotube filtration systems might wind up serving water recycling systems, if not desalination plants, though he says any commercialization of the technology is at least five years off.

California just experienced its hottest recorded summer, with all-time heat records logged in numerous cities, biggestever wildfires and—in early January—a record-breaking rainfall day in downtown Sacramento. The turbulent year came after the worst drought in an estimated 500 years or more. Clearly, the scientific consensus that climate change will cause increasingly variable weather and extreme conditions is coming true—and this will certainly impact the state’s water supply.

Still, Lund is open-minded but conservative when it comes to developing desalination. He thinks California’s climate must grow dramatically drier, and water much more expensive, before seawater desalination becomes financially viable at large scales. For now, the technology remains on the fringe of feasibility.

“Desalination is a promising tool,” said Lund, “and it probably always will be.”

Two decades of R&d

In the Zucker brothers’ 1984 comedy film Top Secret, fictional rock star Nick Rivers, imprisoned in Cold War Germany, breaks out of his cell, scurries through the bowels of a prison and abruptly tumbles out of a ventilation duct into an underground laboratory. The musician is greeted by a scientist, clad in a white lab coat, who tells him he had spent years developing “the first magnetic desalinization process so revolutionary it was capable of removing the salt from over 500 million gallons of seawater a day.”

“Do you realize what that could mean to the starving nations of the Earth?” the

scientist asks.

Rivers, played by a bright-faced 25-yearold Val Kilmer, answers, “Wow—they’d have enough salt to last forever.”

The entrance to Noy’s lab is a bit more formal, requiring an escort from the gate and a brief glance from an armed guard in camo fatigues. Once inside, Noy is careful about making grand claims about what his work may accomplish.

“We don’t want to embellish what we are doing here,” he says.

Noy, who speaks with a faint accent from his native Russia, took his current post at Lawrence Livermore in 1998. Though the esteemed facility’s main focus is nuclear weapons, the science of desalinating water has absorbed Noy’s attention here for 19 years. In the early 2000s, he and several competing scientists from other institutions made advances on the nanotube desalination front. They were, as he says, “in a friendly race,” and it was Noy’s lab that broke ahead in 2006, when a test batch of saltwater ran through a nanotube system so quickly that freshwater overflowed the capture basin overnight. Noy says the water had moved through the filter thousands of times faster than he’d expected it to.

More than a decade later, Noy and several colleagues and assistants work in the same lab. The focus of their work—still some of the world’s most groundbreaking nanotube filtration research—is still confined to the desktop scale. The lab is crammed with beakers, test tubes, vials of solution, vacuum chambers, computer screens and powerful microscopes. Noy guesses it will be five years, at the very least, before the technology he is working on moves to a commercial scale.

Though he is modest, Noy is also bluntly honest about his work.

“In principle, if you made a membrane that uses the same mechanism as we’ve been studying, you could move water through 100 to 200 times faster,” he says.

The reason these nanotubes work so much more effectively at filtering water has to do with the carbon atoms they’re made of. Industry-standard polymer-filtration membranes contain proteins called aquaporins that may be attracted to hydrogen, ultimately slowing the passage of water through a filter. But carbon is hydrophobic, Noy explains. This has the effect of causing the water molecules, just before they enter the tubes, to align themselves in a smoothly flowing, single-file chain. There is little or no friction between the water and the tube walls, and the H2O molecules zip through the filter.

It sounds brilliant, but in the world of separating salt from water, efficiency doesn’t come for free. Noy says a big problem with rapid desalination is clearing the

salt off the filtering membrane.

“We don’t know if we could actually use the membrane at that speed,” Noy says. “If you pass water through that fast, salt will begin to build up at the surface—like a salt traffic jam. So, where will that salt go?”

He says the filtered salt can actually crystallize over the membrane, effectively clogging it.

“So, even though you have this built-in advantage of really high flux, it doesn’t mean you should necessarily run it at that flux.”

Years of experimenting lie ahead, in which time Noy and his colleagues must try and understand the mechanisms and efficiencies of nanotube filtration and, based on their findings, optimize the filters and size

Xi Chen works with Noy at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

the nanotubes specifically to target certain particles.

“With nanotubes, we actually have a chance to make a membrane that is selective only for water,” Noy says.

That would be the gold-standard filter, preventing everything except water molecules passing through. Polymer membranes, with their much wider tubes, may prevent salt from passing through a filter, but they allow various harmful particulates, like pharmaceutical pollution and endocrine disruptors, to pass through.

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challenge in desalination, energy demands, can also be streamlined, but only to a point.

The absolute minimum of energy needed to desalinate Pacific Ocean water at a recovery rate of 50 percent of the inflow volume—the optimal rate in terms of energy requirements, since the saltier water gets, the harder it is to desalinate—is roughly 3.8 kilowatt hours per 1,000 gallons of water. (An electric motor rated at 1,000 kilowatts, running for one hour, uses 1 kilowatt hour of energy.)

“Anything less than that number would violate the laws of physics,” Noy says, explaining that this figure corresponds to the osmotic pressure needed to separate the molecules.

It takes 4,888 kilowatt hours to desalinate an acre-foot of water, 3,900 to deliver an acre-foot from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta and 385 to recycle an acre-foot, a 2016 study calculated. Emissions in CO2 equivalents, according to the authors, ranged by equal proportions, with recycled water producing one-twelfth the CO2 equivalents of desalinated water.

Noy says carbon nanotubes could reduce energy inputs into seawater desalination by 25 percent.

“That’s a lot when you consider the amount of energy being used,” he says.

An acre-foot of desalinated seawater in California costs $2,000 to $3,000, according to a 2016 report titled “Proceed with Caution.” The same amount of water— 326,000 gallons, about the average California household’s one-year supply—costs anywhere from $300 to $1,300 when produced through recycling. And simple conservation can make available an acre-foot of water for as little as $300 or less.

The Silicon Valley Advanced Water Purification Center, in San Jose, treats and recycles 8 million gallons of water per day, directing it toward uses other than drinking water—mostly urban landscaping. Hossein Ashktorab, the plant’s recycled water manager, says the facility has considered investing in desalination but, for cost and logistical reasons, opted against it.

“We’ve compared desalination to water reuse, and water reuse is much better—it’s more cost-effective and more environmentally friendly,” he says. “So, in the next 20 to 40 years, we’re concentrating our focus on wastewater and purifying for reuse.”

Scientists elsewhere are working to address serious environmental threats associated with desalination. To mitigate the risk of entrapping larval sea creatures, many modern plants are being built with their intake pipes buried deep in the sand, sometimes in the form of wells drilled into beaches between the high-tide and low-tide zones.

To deal with the harm of the extra salty effluent, many desalination plants blend their brine with effluent from wastewater treatment plants, or discharge the brine from multiple

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small pipes angled upward in a way that promotes mixing with surrounding seawater.

In theory, such mitigations, combined with the use of solar panels or other renewable energy sources to run the plants, could take care of most of the environmental issues.

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In the late 1980s, a severe drought drove California into a water crisis. The dry spell would last six years, depleting reservoirs and prompting aggressive conservation efforts statewide. The city of Santa Barbara did more than that, electing to invest in a $34 million desalination plant. The project went online in March 1992.

Just three months later, it shut down. The next winter was a wet one, and as depleted reservoirs refilled, Santa Barbara’s desalination plant remained idle. For more than 20 years it stayed that way, and for desalination skeptics, the plant stood as an example of why such facilities should not be built in the first place.

“The drought ended, and they had much cheaper options for producing water,” Cooley says. “That was a significant capital investment for the community.”

However, in the midst of another drought in 2015, the Santa Barbara City Council voted to reopen the plant. It reopened last May and, once fully operational, will provide Santa Barbara residents with 30 percent of their potable water.

Another potential lesson in desalination economics comes from Australia, where a 12-year dry spell parched the nation and finally ended in 2010. To buffer its water supply, the country built six desalination plants at a cost of more than $10 billion. A wetter climate cycle resumed, and nearly all the plants shut down within a few years of opening.

“Now only one is still operating,” Lund says. “They were too expensive to operate.”

In spite of challenges in desalinating water and doing so cost-competitively, the industry is growing. Globally, 18,000 desalination facilities were operating as of December 2015, according to the International Water Association, producing about 1 percent of the world’s drinking water. In places such as Israel, Dubai and Singapore, desalination projects have proven very cost-effective, mainly because so little other water is available.

In California, seawater desalination plants have been built in several locations, including Catalina Island, Santa Barbara and Carlsbad, near San Diego, to supply communities with freshwater. Another desal project is underway in Monterey, although it is facing a legal challenge.

Jeremy Sanborn at the Livermore lab.

Like the proposed Monterey facility, about two dozen plants are desalinating brackish groundwater. This takes less energy.

However, there is relatively little brackish groundwater available to work with.

Minton, at the Planning and Conservation League, says California aquifers contain about 100,000 acre-feet of brackish groundwater that could be desalinated at a fraction of the cost of desalting seawater.

The Carlsbad plant, built by Poseidon Water between 2012 and 2015, is the state’s

largest. Former Sen. Barbara Boxer recently wrote an editorial for the San Diego UnionTribune in which she praised the facility.

“The plant in Carlsbad serves as a shining example of the advances that have been made in pursuit of safe, reliable climate changeresilient water,” wrote Boxer, who is a paid lobbyist for Poseidon.

The Claude “Bud” Lewis Carlsbad Desalination Plant is located beside the Encina Power Station, where it will share the existing facility’s seawater intake pipe—

which the power plant needs for cooling off machinery. The desalination plant will similarly share the power station’s outfall pipe. To conserve energy, the desalination plant uses 144 energy recovery devices produced by the aptly named Energy Recovery Inc. in San Leandro. These contraptions capture the hydraulic energy contained within the high-pressure outflow stream of discharged brine and uses that energy to help operate the intake pumps. The plant’s website claims this saves 146 million kilowatt-hours of energy per year and reduces annual carbon emissions by 42,000 metric tons. The facility, which produces as much as 50 million gallons of drinking water per day, will also be restoring 55 acres of wetland.

But to Minton and other desalination skeptics, the Carlsbad facility shows why communities should avoid seawater desalination. The facility went online in December 2015 and in the 2016-17 year produced 40,000 acre-feet of freshwater. This wound up being an oversupply, thanks to last winter’s heavy rains. Since the plant is operating on a contract that requires the San Diego County Water Authority to buy the desalinated water whether it needs it or not, the agency poured more than half a billion gallons of desalinated water into a reservoir, where—to be used again—it must undergo standard treatment processes.

David Zetland, a water policy analyst and author who studied at UC Davis and now lives in Amsterdam, says the plant is a complete waste. “They didn’t need it, because consumers have reduced their demand enough to live with conventional supplies.”

Now, Poseidon Water is proposing to build another desalination plant in Huntington Beach. It is being promoted as state-of-the-art, with energy recapture systems to improve efficiency and systems in place that will minimize marine impacts.

John Kennedy, the Orange County Water District’s executive director of engineering and water resources, says even injecting the water into the ground would serve a good purpose, helping guard against seawater intrusion into the local aquifer. While all the desalinated water might not be needed immediately by the local community, he says having the plant will be a good security measure.

“We don’t know how much imported water will be available in the future,” he says. “Exports from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta keep getting cut lower and lower, and who knows if they’ll ever build the tunnels.”

Kennedy says the desalination plant will increase local monthly water bills between $3 and $6 per month.

“That’s not very much, and it’s a good insurance policy, if nothing else,” he says. “Poseidon has come along and offered to build us a desalination plant in our backyard, and if we say no now, we might not get another chance.”

Fiske, at the Lawrence Berkeley lab, says the cost of desalination, and the energy needs, are rather trivial compared to its potential value. The ocean, he says, cannot be overlooked as a water supply for coastal communities in arid places, primarily for the obvious reason—the ocean is essentially endless.

“Ocean desalination represents a water supply that has very, very limited risk—we’re always going to have ocean water to treat and purify,” he says.

Fiske believes every coastal community in

California without a highly reliable water supply should aim to use seawater desalination to produce between 7 percent and 10 percent of its supply.

“Ocean desalination doesn’t have to be a large percentage of our water supply, but it provides a very stable, very reliable source,” Fiske says. “I like to think of it a little bit like a portfolio. You have some assets that have low cost but are variable, and you want to also have some assets that might be higher in cost but are absolutely reliable.”

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Cooley, at the Pacific Institute, says California’s annual urban water use of about 9 million acre-feet could be cut by at least half through further conservation efforts. That, at very little cost, would free up roughly 5 million acre-feet of water per year—enough water to fill a skyscraper 200 miles tall, and about the amount exported from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta each year.

It would take the Carlsbad desalination unit 100 years to squeeze out that much freshwater.

Cooley says stormwater capture could produce another 400,000 acre-feet each year, and water recycling another 1 million acre-feet. In fact, while large cities lobby constantly for more imported water from depleted rivers, coastal water treatment plants discharge almost 1.5 million acre-feet of treated sewage water every year, according to the Department of Water Resources. The Los Angeles area, which annually uses as much as 1.9 million acre-feet of water from the beleaguered Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, recycles just 11 percent of its effluent.

Israel, by contrast, recycles and reuses almost 90 percent of its sewage water, and per capita usage is very low—only 40 gallons per person daily. Israel also desalinates lots of water—enough to supply its 8 million people with more than 90 percent of their household needs.

“But they made those investments [in conservation and recycling] first, before they went to desalination,” Cooley says.

Fiske points out that water recycling is not itself a source of water. Indeed, he says, recycling and reusing become less effective the less water a community has available. California’s population is rising and may reach 50 million in 30 years, and its water supply is growing unstable. Total precipitation may decline in the future, and higher temperatures will mean more of it falls as rain, rather than snow—historically the state’s most important storage reservoir. Fiske says to delay desalination development could even risk disaster.

“In Australia, their drought was an economic catastrophe,” Fiske says. “So, we have to ask ourselves, ‘What are the consequences of having an extreme drought where we literally run out of water?’” □

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ITheeredthought heads placed on roasting pans. is obviously odd and (probmagine walking into a room full of sev-

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Tickets: $25 ($10 for human body in various youth and Chico predicaments: digesting state students) food, sexually aroused, traveling in space or Laxson Auditorium Chico state simply deceased.

Roach hadn’t 898-6333 www.chico intended to become a performances.com science journalist. She graduated in 1981 from Wesleyan University with a degree in psychology.

“I had no background in journalism,” she said during a recent phone interview.

“I didn’t take classes, and I didn’t even write for the Wesleyan newspaper.”

Roach later relocated to San Francisco, where she turned to writing copy for press releases and catalogues, along with freelance pieces for Image Magazine. She also began working with a magazine called Hippocrates (later known as In Health, then Health). “[Hippocrates] had to do with the human body and medicine,” Roach said. “I was a contributing editor there and really enjoyed all those stories. It was really through my work with that magazine that got me headed off in that direction.”

The path led Roach to contributing to outlets like National Geographic, Salon,

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Special Events WHAT, US WORRY? RECEPTION: An opening reception for a sculpture exhibition featuring the works of Tony Natsoulas, Paul DiPasqua and Michael Stevens. Thu, 2/1, 6pm. Free. Museum of Northern California Art, 900 Esplanade. www.monca.org

Music FRANK RAY: AS Productions presents the up-and-coming contemporary country musician known for his pop-soul hooks. Thu, 2/1, 7pm. Bell Memorial Union Auditorium, Chico State.

Wired, Reader’s Digest, and The New York Times Magazine. Part of the allure of Roach’s writing, particularly in her books, is her palpable curiosity. Roach poses odd questions like how a toilet in space might work, and she finds the answer. Her topics might seem out of the ordinary, but they almost always involve digging deep into some basic human experience, which makes them relatable.

“It’s a very accessible kind of science because everybody has a body, is a body,” Roach said. “It’s easy to get fascinated by that as a layperson, which isn’t true necessarily of genetics or neuroscience where you really do need some background to understand.”

Not only does Roach make science accessible, she also makes it funny. She has a talent for describing terms like “gloving” (a forensics term for a cadaver’s skin slipping off the hand), and making it as light and understandable as any water-cooler talk.

“A lot of science isn’t naturally funny, and I tend to gravitate toward things that lend themselves toward humor,” Roach said.

While a majority of Roach’s work

has a comedic touch, there are the chapters that simply have no room for laughs.

Roach’s most recent book, Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War doesn’t lend itself as easily to humor, addressing as it does the stories of living humans and what they’ve endured during combat.

“I think the most emotionally difficult chapter I’ve done was the one where I interviewed Gavin White about having stepped on an IED and what that experience was like,” Roach said. “He’s a human being, he’s not a cadaver in a lab.

I’d never spoken to someone who’s been through something like that. Trying to do that person justice—he’s sort of trusting me to present his story, and as a writer that’s a responsibility to do it right, and that to me is more challenging than a room full of heads.”

Even when the humor is set aside, Roach’s writing is still compelling. Also, the jokes end up coming back around.

“If I walked into a room full of heads of people I knew, that would be different,” Roach said, laughing. “God knows what situation that would be and what I’d be doing there.” □

Theater A CHORUS LINE: A musical following a day in the life of 17 dancers vying for a spot in the chorus line of a Broadway musical. Thu, 2/1, 7:30pm. $16-$22. Chico Theater Company, 166 Eaton Road. www.chicotheatercompany.com

LIVING ON LOVE: This comedy by Joe DiPietro and directed

by Jerry Miller follows a demanding diva who discovers that her husband, a maestro, has become enamored with another. Thu, 2/1, 7:30pm. $16. Theatre on the Ridge, 3735 Neal Road, Paradise. 530-877-5760. www.totr.org

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A CHORUS LINE: See Thursday. Fri, 2/2, 7:30pm. $16-$22. Chico Theater Company, 166 Eaton Road. www.chicotheatercompany.com

THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME: California Regional Theatre presents a play based on Victor Hugo’s classical novel and featuring songs from Disney’s animated film. Set in 15th century Paris, the story follows deformed bell-ringer Quasimodo, who is held captive by Dom Claude Frollo. Fri, 2/2, 7:30pm. $20. CUSD Center for the Arts, 1475 East Ave. www.crtshows.com

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Special Events DADDY DAUGHTER DANCE: A father-daughter dance complete with desserts, crafts and more. For daughters ages 3 to 12 years old. Fri, 2/2, 6pm. $20. Bidwell Presbyterian Church, 208 W. First St.

DINNER FOR DESMOND: A potluck dinner honoring the late Desmond Phillips, including an informal discussion of what crisis intervention could/should look like. The Justice 4 Desmond campaign is accepting donations. Fri, 2/2, 6pm. Bethel AME Church, 821 Linden St.

INSPIRE TALENT SHOW: A variety show featuring beginning to advanced student artists. Fri, 2/2, 7pm. $5. Inspire School of Arts and

LIVING ON LOVE: See Thursday. Fri, 2/2, 7:30pm. $16. Theatre on the Ridge, 3735 Neal Road, Paradise. 530-877-5760. www.totr.org Sciences, 335 W. Sacramento Ave. www.inspirecusd.org

WINE & CHOCOLATE WALK: Downtown Oroville’s shops overflow with local wine, artisan chocolate and live music. Check in at Butte County Wine Co. to receive a wristband and map. Fri, 2/2, 5pm. $20-$25. Butte County Wine Co., 1440 Meyers St., Oroville. www.orovilledba.com

Music GROUNDHOG DAY BENEFIT CONCERT: A concert to help relieve the venue’s mortgage and upgrade the production and stage equipment. Featuring sets from The Alan Rigg Band, The Amy Celeste Band and Sapphire Soul. Fri, 2/2, 7pm. $15. Paradise Performing Arts Center, 777 Nunneley Road, Paradise. www.paradiseperformingarts.com

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Special Events OPTICAL ILLUSIONS: The works of incubator artist Lucas Rodriguez, including visual puzzles and deceiving portraits combining his high-impact style with LEDs and blacklight-reactive paint. Sat 2/3, 3-6pm. Free. Idea Fab Labs Chico, 603 Orange St. www.ideafablabs.com

PIE AUCTION & TRI TIP DINNER: Nord Country School’s annual pie auction fundraiser featuring a full dinner, a silent auction and more. Sat 2/3, 5pm. $15-$30. Chico Elk’s Lodge, 1705 Manzanita Ave. 530-891-3137.

SEED SWAP: A community event with a homesaved seed share, potluck-style swap, food and drinks for sale and more. Bring you surplus seeds, bulbs, plants cutting and scion to exchange. Hosted by Chico Seed Lending Library. Sat 2/3, 12pm. Free. Trinity United Methodist Church, 285 E. Fifth St. 530-8286390. chicoseedlendinglibrary.org

Theater A CHORUS LINE: See Thursday. Sat, 2/3, 7:30pm. $16-$22. Chico Theater Company, 166 Eaton Road. www.chicotheatercompany.com

AUDITIONS - BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS: Cold readings from the script of this comedy by

Neil Simon, and improvisations. Sat, 2/3, 1pm. Theatre on the Ridge, 3735 Neal Road, Paradise. 530-877-5760. www.totr.org

THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME: See Friday. Sat, 2/3, 2pm, 7:30pm. $20. CUSD Center for the Arts, 1475 East Ave. www.crtshows.com

FREE LISTINGS! DINNER FOR DESMOND Friday, Feb. 2 Bethel AME Church

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LIVING ON LOVE: See Thursday. Sat, 2/3, 7:30pm. $16. Theatre on the Ridge, 3735 Neal Road, Paradise. 530-877-5760. www.totr.org

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Music GUITAR FESTIVAL: Chico Performances presents world-renowned guitar virtuosos Kaki King, Germán López and Daniel Ho. Using digital projection, King’s guitar serves as the backdrop for a multi-media light show. Sun, 2/4, 7pm. $23-$40. Laxson Auditorium, Chico State. 530-898-6333. www.chico performances.com

Theater A CHORUS LINE: See Thursday. Sun, 2/4, 2pm. $16-$22. Chico Theater Company, 166 Eaton Road. www.chicotheatercompany.com

THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME: See Friday. Sun, 2/4, 2pm. $20. CUSD Center for the Arts, 1475 East Ave. www.crtshows.com

LIVING ON LOVE: See Thursday. Sun, 2/4, 2pm. $16. Theatre on the Ridge, 3735 Neal Road, Paradise. 530-877-5760. www.totr.org

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Special Events PRESIDENT’S LECTURE SERIES - MARY ROACH: Chico Performances presents Mary Roach, author of best-selling books Packing for Mars, Stiff and Bonk. She focuses on unique situations such as living in a gravity-free environment, what happens to our bodies postmortem, and sex. Mon, 2/5, 7:30pm. $10-$25. Laxson Auditorium, Chico State. 530-898-6333. www.chicoperformances.com

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Features speakers Siana Sonoquie, David Welch, Anna Moore, Malama MacNeil and Rev. Jim Peck. This year’s theme: Where Are We Going, Where Have We Been? Wed, 2/7, 7pm. Free. Café Coda, 265 Humboldt Ave. www.slowtheatre.com

Music ROD STEWART TRIBUTE DINNER SHOW: Rob Caudill returns with an acclaimed tribute to the legendary Rod Stewart, plus a multi-course meal. Wed, 2/7, 6:30pm. $10-$40. Feather Falls Casino & Lodge, 3 Alverda Drive, Oroville. www.featherfallscasino.com

TRIBAL SEEDS: JMAX Productions presents the San Diego-based group known for its spiritually driven rock vibe infused with roots style-reggae. Support from The Original Waiters and The Expanders. Wed, 2/7, 8pm. $25. Senator Theatre, 517 Main St. www.jmaxproductions.net

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SpOTLIGHT ON RUSSIA Russian influence on our last presidential election has been a hot topic in the news for more than a year, but a panel discussion on Tuesday, Feb. 6, at Chico State’s Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall will remind us that Russian propaganda is nothing new—not by a long shot. Hosted by the Department of Art and Art History, The Russian Revolution and the Art of Propaganda and Protest will feature panelists Julia Kobrina-Coolidge, Rachel Middleman and Kate Transchel.

And for more Russia-related enlightenment on campus, you can drop by the Jacki Headley University Art Gallery and check out the new exhibition, Revolutionizing the World - The Russian Revolution at its Centenary, 1917-2017. The display, which runs through March 16, evaluates the global impact of that historical event.

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Revolutionizing the World, exploring the visual history of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and evaluating the global impact of this historical event. Through 3/16. Chico State, 530-898-5864. www.universityartgallery. wordpress.com

JAMES SNIDLE FINE ARTS: Paintings, by local artist Jerry Frost. Through 2/28. 254 E. Fourth St. www.jamessnidlefinearts.com

JANET TURNER PRINT MUSEUM: New Acquisitions Walk & Talk, a moving discussion of the museum’s current exhibition. 2/1, 5pm.

Surprise - New Acquisitions, an exhibition of new works recently added to the Turner collection. Through 2/9. Chico State., 530898-4476. www.janetturner.org

MUSEUM OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ART: What, Us Worry?, an exhibition featuring sculptures by Tony Natsoulas, Paul DiPasqua, and Michael Stevens. Through 3/31. 900 Esplanade. www.monca.org

PARADISE ART CENTER: Inspired by..., works presented alongside statements explaining how they were inspired to create each piece, allowing a peak into each artists’ creative process. Through 2/8. 5564 Almond St., Paradise, 530-877-7402. www.paradise-artcenter.com

Museums BOLT’S ANTIQUE TOOL MUSEUM: Hand Tools, rotating displays of more than 12,000 kinds of tools. Through 6/2. $3. 1650 Broderick St., Oroville, 530-538-2528. www.boltsantique tools.com

BUTTE COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM: WWI Exhibition, recently renovated exhibits demonstrating the profound changes in American society caused by The Great War. Through 7/29. 1749 Spencer Ave.

CHICO CREEK NATURE CENTER: Permanent Exhibits, including the The Janeece Webb Living Animal Museum and the Nature Play Room. Through 12/15. 1968 E. Eighth St. www.ccnaturecenter.org

GATEWAY SCIENCE MUSEUM: Brain - The World Inside Your Head, an exhibit exploring the inner workings of the brain—neurons and synapses, electricity and chemistry. Through 5/6. 625 Esplanade. www.csuchico.edu/ gateway

GOLD NUGGET MUSEUM: Outdoor Life on the Ridge - Then & Now, presenting a local perspective on the great outdoors and activities such as fishing, hunting, camping, horseback riding, swimming and winter sports. Through 2/25.

502 Pearson Road, Paradise, 530-872-8722. www.goldnuggetmuseum.com

VALENE L. SMITH MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY: Imprisoned at Home, an exhibit on Japanese Americans held at the Tule Lake Incarceration Camp during WWII. Through 5/18. Chico State, 530-898-5397.

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Arnold switched from harmonica to guitar with equal facility as he and the band—Bob Welsh, piano/ guitar; Billy Flynn, guitar/vocals; R.W. Grigsby, bass; and June Core, drums—worked their way through songs whose themes mostly involved telling men and women to straighten up, stop running around

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The music began right on time at 7:30 p.m., and the full house was treated to a vocal by guitarist Flynn, whose credentials include having worked and recorded with numerous Chicago blues musicians, e.g., The Legendary Blues Band.

Next up was singer Oscar Wilson, a member of Chicago’s Cash Box Kings, who strung together a series of blues clichés—nice backing by Welsh on piano—before digging into the Little Walter classic, “Last Night.” Written as a tribute to a fallen friend, it was soon interpreted as someone’s having been dumped by a lover. Its slow tempo featured some fine harmonica by Hummel—who popped up a few more times. After a peppy “Goin’ Away, Baby” (“to wear you off my mind”), it was time for harmonicist R.J. Mischo, who got the dance crowd energized with an uptempo

rendition of “The Hucklebuck” that also had nifty solos by guitarist Flynn and pianist Welsh.

Mischo introduced singer Deitra Farr, another Chicago native who’s appeared on two well-received albums with the Windy City band Mississippi Heat. A short, stocky vocalist with a powerful voice, the cheery singer gave her all on Little Walter’s “Just Your Fool.” Accompanied

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The floor was full of dancers for her extended version of Jimmy Reed’s “Shame, Shame, Shame” that preceded John Primer’s set. The 72-year-old’s “Call Me John Primer” was a roaring slide guitar feature à la Muddy Waters’ “Long Distance Call.” A few more tunes and it was time for Billy Boy Arnold. When his half hour was up, everyone came to the stage for the finale, that old blues warhorse “Got My Mojo Working,” and before we knew it, the music was over until next year’s blowout. □

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DAVID DONDERO: An appearance by the acclaimed singer-songwriter, guitarist and former lead singer of the band Sunbrain. Fri, 2/2, 9pm. $10.

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BLAZE1: The stony rapper originally from Chico rolls through for a homecoming show. Support from Young Gully, Growboy Music, Akarii the Assassin and Uncle Pill. Fri, 2/2, 9pm. $10-$13. Lost on Main, 319 Main St. www.lostonmainchico.com

WILD BILLY BEER RELEASE PARTY:

Brewmaster Roland Allen celebrates the release of a seasonal, full-bodied German bock. Thu, 2/1. Feather Falls Casino & Lodge, 3 Alverda Drive, Oroville.

BOB MARLEY BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION: Chico Reggae presents One Sol, a DIY band with positive vibes and a sound equal parts rock and reggae. DJ Dub Heezy spins reggae remixes. Fri, 2/2, 9pm. $10. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave.

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CHAD BUSHNELL: A country musician from Red Bluff and Nashville

and country trio from Reno in the lounge. Fri, 2/2, 8:30pm. Feather Falls Casino & Lodge, 3 Alverda Drive, Oroville.

the lounge. Fri, 2/2, 8:30pm. Gold Country Casino & Hotel, 4020 Olive Highway, Oroville.

OUT FROM THE COLD: A benefit show for Safe Space Winter Shelter, plus the release of a compilation album. Sets

by The Empty Gate, Splatter Party and Sex Hogs II. Fri, 2/2, 8pm. $7.

Naked Lounge, 118 W. Second St.

PUB SCOUTS: A Chico tradition: Irish music for happy hour. Fri, 2/2, 3:30pm. $1. Duffy’s Tavern, 337 Main St.

QUEEN NATION: An homage to

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BIRDS OF FORTUNE: A rock ’n’ roll band fronted by guitarist/Vocalist Sean Lehe of Jelly Bread and Poor Man’s Whiskey. The Michael Russell Trio opens. Sat, 2/3, 9pm. Lost on Main, 319 Main St.

FAST TIMES: A 1980s dance party in

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JAZZ SATIE: Live jazz, blues and retro-

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LUST IN SPACE: Rock ’n’ roll by The Stuff That Leaks Out, plus a performance by Belly Sutra and Eastern Star Belly Dance. Sat, 2/3, 8:30pm. $5. Naked Lounge, 118 W. Second St., 530-487-2634.

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trio. Sat, 2/3, 6:30pm. Farm Star Pizza, 2359 Esplanade.

UNSEXY BURLESQUE: House troupe The Malteazers straddles the worlds of strange and sexy. Sat, 2/3, 10pm. $7. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave.

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dians test their material in front of a live Studio Inn audience. Wed, 2/7, 8pm. Studio Inn Lounge, 2582 Esplanade.

an acclaimed tribute to the legendary Rod Stewart, plus a multi-course meal. Wed, 2/7, 6:30pm. $10-$40. Feather Falls Casino & Lodge, 3 Alverda Drive, Oroville. www.featherfalls casino.com

You may not have heard of the musical force known as David Dondero, but the singer-songwriter/guitarist and ex-frontman of Sunbrain is legit. In 2006, NPR’s All Things Considered recognized Dondero as one of the greatest living songwriters alongside Bob Dylan and Tom Waits, and he’s toured with the likes of Bright Eyes, David Bazan and Spoon. He’s rolling through Tender Loving Coffee (formerly Midtown Local), on Friday, Feb. 2.

TASTE LIKE CROW: Local Americana/ folk-punk, complete with fiddle and banjo. The group is joined

by Jawknee Lawhorn and the Outhouse Gang as well as No King. Wed, 2/7, 8pm. $5. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave.

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biopic set during the early days of World War II, when the British prime minister was faced with the difficult decisions in the face of Hitler’s advancing troops. Feather River Cinemas, Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R.

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Helen Mirren stars as Sarah Winchester in this supernatural horror flick based on the life of the heiress of the Winchester firearm fortune who, according to legend, responded to fears she was cursed by spirits of those killed by Winchester products by continually adding on to her sprawling California mansion (aka the Winchester Mystery House). Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas, Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

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Dclassic Western, Hostiles, makes Clint Eastwood’s of the genre, 1992’s somber Unforgiven, irector Scott Cooper’s uncompromising brutal

look like Mary Poppins.

Christian Bale turns in another spellbinder as Capt. Joseph J. Blocker, a quiet, tired, jaded soldier spending the closing days of his military career in 1892 capturing and imprisoning Native Americans. He has fought many battles, seen many by atrocities and committed many Bob Grimm of his own. bg rimm@ When aging and terminally newsrev iew.c om ill Cheyenne Chief Yellow Hawk (Wes Studi) is granted freedom by the president of the United States, somebody who knows his dialect must be choHostiles sen to escort him and his famStarring Christian bale, rosamund ily back to Montana. Joe is the Pike and Wes Studi. best candidate for the job, but Directed by Scott it’s one he doesn’t want.

Cooper. Cinemark 14, Joe fought against Yellow Feather river Cinemas, Paradise Cinema 7. Hawk and the idea of leading rated r. him to a graceful death doesn’t appeal to him. In as tense a scene as any filmed last year, he says so to his colonel (Stephen Lang) and a stuffy bureaucrat (Bill Camp, who portrays one of the few characters in the film who qualifies as cartoonish). It’s in this scene that Bale establishes that this is going to rank among his best performances. And the movie has barely begun.

Actually, Cooper establishes the unrelenting darkness of this project before the title credit.

Rosalie (Rosamund Pike) is seen teaching her young children about adverbs as her husband tends to their farm. In an instant, Rosalie’s

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family life is decimated by a brutal attack by Comanche bandits.

Joe, having no real choice but to lead Yellow Hawk to his homeland, reluctantly sets out on the journey with the dying elder, his family (which includes the terrific Adam Beach and Q’orianka Kilcher) and a handful of soldiers. He stumbles upon a destroyed Rosalie and takes her into his traveling party, a gesture that starts to awaken a possibly decent human being within him.

Cooper, who also wrote the screenplay, avoids sermonizing, and opts for a film that takes its sweet time delivering a message. It’s far from predictable, and nobody in the film is safe. One of the brightest players in what amounts to one of 2017’s greatest, and most underrated, acting ensembles is Ben Foster, who shows up late in the film as Charles, an imprisoned soldier handed off to Joe mid-journey. It’s Joe’s job to lead the murderous Charles to the gallows and, in an undeniable way, Charles represents the horrors of Joe’s past. It’s no surprise that this results in more than one tensely acted scene between Foster and Bale.

Pike makes Rosalie a true symbol of human resilience during harrowing times, while Studi is pure brilliance as Yellow Hawk.

How Max Richter’s haunting soundtrack failed to garner an Oscar nomination is beyond me. Also delivering top-notch work is cinematographer Masanobu Takayanagi.

Bale should’ve received an Oscar nomination for his work, too. Joe is the sort of complicated, wounded character he excels at playing, and Bale’s partnership with Cooper—this is their second together after Out of the Furnace—is becoming one of cinema’s more compelling ones. □

An action/thriller about an elite unit of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department tasked with foiling the plans of a gang of bank robbers plotting to knock off the Federal Reserve. Starring Gerard Butler and 50 Cent. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas. Rated R.

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Den of Thieves

The new film by Martin McDonagh (In Bruges, Seven Psychopaths) is fully loaded, front and back. The oddball-sounding title signals its offbeat tendencies as well as its plain-spoken boldness, and the marquee names at the top of the cast list (Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, etc.) set the tone for the lively gallery of quirky characterizations and vivid performances that propel the story.

The eponymous billboards are the work of one Mildred Hayes (McDormand), the grief-scarred mother of a teenage daughter who was raped and murdered. The better part of a year afterward, the police have made no discernible progress with the case, and the aggrieved mother decides to rent the long-neglected billboards and have them emblazoned with a message asking local police chief (Harrelson) for an explanation. The billboards succeed in renewing the murder investigation, but a great deal more than that gets stirred to contentious life in the process. Pageant Theatre. Rated R —J.C.S.

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A modern war drama based on journalist Doug Stanton’s nonfiction book Horse Soldiers, about a team of U.S. Special Forces and CIA paramilitary deployed to Afghanistan following 9/11 to fight the Taliban on horseback. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas. Rated R.

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As a coming-of-age tale centered on a same-sex relationship, the film stands out in subject matter alone. But this is also an extraordinary movie experience as a nuanced character study, as a sensuous evocation of time and place (summer in Northern Italy), as a deceptively casual portrait of a family, as a mood piece with delicious sensitivity to color and sound, and as an uncommonly worldly and sophisticated summer romance. Italian writerdirector Luca Guadagnino’s fine multilingual cast brings a vivid nonchalance to this charmingly cosmopolitan tale. Seventeen-year-old Elio (Timothée Chalamet) is spending the summer with his parents at their villa in Northern Italy.

Elio’s father (Michael Stuhlbarg) is a professor who works on summer research projects with the help of a live-in research assistant. This particular year’s assistant turns out to be a handsome young graduated student named Oliver (Armie Hammer), and the crux of the matter in the film is in the slow-brewing mutual attraction between the two, and the chief dramatic ripples have mostly to do with the unexpected bits of emotional surprise and fall-out between the two of them and with several other characters as well. Cinemark 14. Rated R —J.C.S.

Darkest Hour

Margot Robie takes on the title role in this biopic on the tumultuous life of one-time U.S. Olympic figure skater Tonya Harding. Cinemark 14, Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R.

Maze Runner: The Death Cure

In the third installment of the film franchise based on the series of dystopian sci-fi novels by James Dashner, our young heroes endeavor to find a cure for the zombie-making disease called The Flare. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas, Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

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The film, set in the 1960s, is in some strange way director/screenwriter Guillermo del Toro’s version of a Disney flick. In addition to violence, nudity, interspecies sex and cuss words, it has a sweetness to it. In an awesome performance, Sally Hawkins plays Elisa Esposito, a mute cleaning woman at a freaky research facility that gets a new arrival: an Amphibian Man (Doug Jones, wonderfully obscured in practical and CGI makeup). The Amphibian Man is accompanied by its keeper, Richard Strickland (Michael Shannon), a menacing man brandishing a cattle prod. A mishap leads to Richard losing a couple of fingers, and Elisa then gets some alone time with the Amphibian Man. She gives him some hard-boiled eggs and plays music for him, which leads to the two gradually falling in love (yep!) and an escape from the lab. The film is perhaps del Toro’s greatest visual accomplishment. Equally beautiful and fierce, not a second goes by when it isn’t one of the best things put on a screen this past year. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas, Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R —B.G.

Still here Coco

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Forever My Girl

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Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

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restaurant in town and AtheirSpanish response will be, “There’s a sk most Chicoans about the

Spanish restaurant?” Indeed there is, Leonardo’s Taste of Spain, and the food is one of Chico’s culinary treasures.

Getting hold of Leonardo’s food isn’t easy. Owners Ana Naveira and Luis Saenz had a sit-down story and restaurant for photo by a while, but Tuck Coop now it’s strictly catering, plus the familiar cart Leonardo’s at the Saturday Taste of Spain farmers’ market.

566-6096 They have a lot www.leonardos foods.com of irons in the fire, so they’re reachable by phone only Thursday, Friday and Saturday afternoons. Email is unreliable. Their dishes require ingredients imported from Spain, so they need lead time (a week ideally) to make sure everything is on hand. The menu online is meaningless—of the five dishes my catered dinner included, four of them weren’t on the online menu, and the ones that are often aren’t available.

Once these hurdles are overcome, dealing with Naveira is easy and entertaining. She will ask you, “How Spanish do you want it?”

Tell her, very Spanish. She will ask you what dishes you want. Tell her, paella, empanada, Torta de Santiago for dessert, and anything else she recommends.

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Since Leonardo’s is a catering service, you need a group larger than two. Invite some friends over and make a party of it. Leonardo’s will deliver, but go pick the food up at the kitchen (973 East Ave.)— that way you can chat longer with Naveira, which is a large part of the experience.

Paella, a word so much fun to say that an entire episode of Seinfeld was built around it, is a Valencian dish that’s found in various forms all over Spain. It’s basically a large pan of saffron rice, meat and vegetables. It’s traditionally shellfish-based, but Naveira can make it with any meat you desire. Leonardo’s requires a $25 deposit on the pan, and Naveira will use a disposable tray if you don’t want the hassle of returning it. But get the pan—it’s a necessary part of the experience.

Empanadas are Spanish pastries, like the little empanadillas Leonardo’s sells at the Saturday farmers’ market, but here a fullsize pie. They can be made with any meat filling, but Naveira suggested going with the traditional mackerel, which sounded horrible to all of us and turned out to be lovely—hearty, stewy and not the least bit fishy, salty or oily. Empanadas, like pasties, are designed to travel, so the crust is stout, not buttery/flaky like a pot pie’s. Accept it.

The Torta de Santiago is a dessert from northwest Spain, deeply involved in sacred mystery and dear to Galician hearts, like Christmas plum pudding is to the English. It’s made from ground almonds, sugar and zest, with a subtlety and complexity of flavor that belies its simple ingredients list. Cheap tortas are made from almond flour, but Naveira takes pride in peeling and crushing her own almonds, and it shows. This is one of the world’s bucket-list desserts.

I typically don’t care much what food looks like, but everyone in my party was simply knocked out by the beauty of Naveira’s presentation, such that digging into it seemed like sacrilege. The torta looks like an angel on a plate, and the paella is the food equivalent of a medieval cathedral’s rose window.

Leonardo’s food, while interestingly ethnic, is all easy to eat.

The flavors are fresh and bright without being spicy or weird. The cost is downright cheap: paella, empanada, tortilla, torta and Naveira’s proprietary aioli came in at $100, which sounds a bit pricy until you realize it easily serves eight, so you’re talking dinner for $12.50 a person. And it’s quite simply the most delightful food experience I’ve had in Chico in years. □

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If All I Was Was Black Mavis Staples anti It’s hard to find someone classier than Mavis Staples. The gospel singer is nothing short of a legend, and at nearly 80 she’s still killing with If All I Was Was Black, featuring a new batch of politically toned love-wrapped songs written and produced by Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy. These are simple songs, with elements of country, pop and gospel, and Staples’ straightforward vocal delivery to match. “We Go High” takes a note from the famous Michelle Obama quote, as Staples sings, “We go high when they go low/I know they don’t know what they’re doing.” Favorite tracks would probably be a tie between “Try Harder,” with its toe-tapping crunchy electric pulse and sing-along choruses, and “No Time for Crying,” which is full of urgency and a sweet groove. The closer, “All Over Again,” is mesmerizing and a slight departure from the rest of the record, with Staples’ voice dipping into an intimate tone over no-frills finger-picked guitar, pulling the listener in close.

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—Robin Bacior

In the Country of the Blind Edward Hoagland arcade Publishing American writer Edward Hoagland is the author of 25 books, ranging from collections of naturist essays and short stories to full-length novels. Now 85, he has lost most of his sight, which makes his latest novel, about a man who is going blind and struggling to adapt, especially poignant.

Divorced by his wife, separated from his children and unable to continue in his Wall Street job, Press has left his plush Connecticut life and is holed up in his Vermont cabin. Among his through-the-woods neighbors are hunters, drug runners, a hippie commune, Christian evangelicals and others struggling in their own ways to get by.

Press must rely on the kindness of strangers—that or return to Connecticut and an assisted-living residence—who turn out to be surprisingly welcoming to this suddenly needy and vulnerable man.

Hoagland masterfully pulls the reader into Press’ world, carefully avoiding sentimentality while appreciating the challenges blindness brings.

This book is available in the Butte County Library.

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—Robert Speer

Strong Woman Do Bong-soon Netflix The best way I can think to describe the South Korean show Strong Woman Do Bongsoon is to say it’s a surreal anime drama, except it’s live action and also it’s a soap opera and a crime thriller. Netflix—where the show is now streaming as Strong Girl Bong-soon—also lists it as a romantic, dramedy, comic-book, superhero show, so I guess you could say it runs the gamut. The plot revolves around Do Bong-soon (Park Bo-young), a meek and mild-mannered twentysomething with the power to bench press a school bus. Unmarried and unemployed, she’s first introduced with high hopes but poor prospects. This changes when the cute Ahn Min-hyuk (Park Hyung-sik), CEO of a renowned video game developer, hires her as his bodyguard. With a mysterious stalker following her boss, Do might be in over her head. Meanwhile, her policeman crush is tracking a psychotic kidnapper who terrorizes Do’s neighborhood. That’s one out of about 20 subplots that keep the show engaging, yet surprisingly easy to follow. It’s just weird enough to be fun, and normal enough to be relatable.

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—Charles H. Peckham

STREET PUNK Want to make the world a better place? Be more punk.

Start a band, sing songs that call bullshit on the bullshitters, and team up with fellow punks to help those who need a hand. Arts DEVO has a seen this strategy in action in Chico on many occasions, and the latest example of local punks combining badassery with kindness is the Out From the Cold compilation CD dropping this Friday, Feb. 2, 8 p.m., at the Naked Lounge. Proceeds from the disc and the show will benefit Safe Space Winter Shelter.

Out From the Cold was recorded by Josh Garcia at the new Electric Plant studio (a collaboration with Dale Price of the former Electric Canyon studio) and released on Heartburn Records, the label Garcia started with his partner, Alex Kokkinakis. The CD features two songs each from three local bands—a couple of super-overdriven bursts of nasty garage rock from Sex Hogs II; a pop-rock gem and Art by Richie Bucher a fierce anti-Trump punk anthem from The Empty Gate; and a couple of punk ragers from Splatter Party—including “In and Out of Step,” an appropriate slice of street-view social commentary.

All three bands will perform at the release party. And on top of all the fun, hand-screen-printed posters for the show that were designed by East Bay artist Richie Bucher (the dude who did Green Day’s Dookie cover) will be for sale, with all funds going to Safe Space as well.

MUSIC MATTERS When it comes to the Grammy Awards show, there is always something worth complaining about—usually a snub of an artistically significant release in favor of something less challenging yet more appealing to the masses. This year, that’d be the densely packed Damn. by Kendrick Lamar losing out to the empty calories of Bruno Mars’ 24K Magic for album of the year. A lot of folks, myself included, disagreed with that choice (though I do enjoy Mars’ style, too), but unlike a lot of the commentators in the press and on social media, I don’t think that necessarily poisoned the whole 2018 show. I’m not a fan of the Grammys, but looking at the nominees and the performances after the fact, I’m actually pleasantly surprised at the diversity and the energy of this year’s offerings.

For one, for the first time ever (refreshingly), there were no white dudes among the album of the year nominees that included three black dudes, one white chick and one dance-happy Puerto Rican/FilipinoAmerican. And while there were some performance duds (Elton John and Miley Cyrus’ boring version of “Tiny Dancer” was a far cry from Sir Elton’s collaboration with Eminem at the awards a decade ago), there were also some very enjoyable musical moments (Mars with Cardi B, Kesha, SZA, plus Emmylou Harris and Chris Stapleton paying tribute to Tom Petty) and, in the case of Lamar’s show-opening set, an incredibly inspiring one.

With a pack of wild dancers surrounding him, Lamar tore through a thrilling medley, beginning with “XXX” off Damn. (complete with brief cameos by U2’s Bono and The Edge). Dave Chapelle interrupted the performance a couple of times to interject commentary, first saying, “The only thing more frightening than watching a black man be honest in America is being a black man being honest in America,” and later asking, “Is this on cable?”

And it’s frankly refreshing that it wasn’t, that on CBS a black man kicked off the biggest music-awards show by bluntly addressing racial inequality in America, complete with the sound of gunshots taking down each of his dancers one by one.

The Grammys might not have been perfect, but that opening was pretty close.

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ith G-Eazy lyrics blasting from his car radio, Jose Agacio is livestreaming on Instagram about his next pop-up cannabis show. “You must have your recommendation and ID, remember that!” he shouts. “We’re strict about scripts.”

Agacio is the man behind WeedAllStar LLC, and its nomadic Orbit cannabis show.

He calls it a free-admission “farm-to-meds” marketplace for medical cannabis. On a Friday or Saturday night, among the endless warehouses of Sacramento’s industrial neighborhoods, patients who can find Agacio’s pop-up “private event” will see discounts at 30 percent to 70 percent off dispensary prices.

Flowers, concentrates, edibles and topicals are all available. You might see a well-known brand like Dab Face or California Extracts, but most vendors are smaller businesses you’ve never heard of, like No-Name Extracts, Honney Bunz, and Calvin and Globs.

Glass pipe makers, clothing booths and food concessions add to the flavor, making the atmosphere feel like a tiny Cannabis Cup event. More than 40 vendors offer deals like $5 edibles and $10 concentrates.

“All of my vendors have city permits and pay their taxes,” said Agacio. While operating in a legal grey zone between old Prop. 215 laws and new Prop. 64 emergency regulations, he says the show is “215 and SB-420 compliant.”

To find an Orbit show, customers must connect with his Weedallstarllc page on Instagram, then wait for details. Once at the show, metal detectors and private security personnel keep everyone safe inside.

“We’re about helping the medical patients and local businesses.”

Jose Agacio, the Orbit show organizer

“Smell this!” said an exuberant vendor, holding out a jar of Orange Tangie. “Twentydollar quarters, and look at how tight those buds are, man!” Salesmen act like salesmen wherever you go, but the Orbit show’s vibe is more party-like, and the crowd is young.

“It’s pretty chill, really friendly,” said one new visitor, as DJ music and dab smoke filled the air around her.

Agacio said his Orbit show doesn’t directly compete with dispensaries because it operates for just a few hours on weekends.

He is proud to give patients the chance to save money while supporting smaller entrepreneurs at the same time. “We’re about helping the medical patients and local businesses,” he says.

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY For the week oF February 1, 2018 ARIES (March 21-April 19): In all of

history, humans have mined about 182,000 tons of gold. Best estimates suggest there are still 35 billion tons of gold buried in the earth, but the remaining riches will be more difficult to find and collect than what we’ve already gotten. We need better technology. If I had to say who would be the entrepreneurs and inventors best qualified to lead the quest, my choice would be members of the Aries tribe.

For the foreseeable future, you people will have extra skill at excavating hidden treasure and gathering resources that are hard to access.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Stories

have the power to either dampen or mobilize your life energy. I hope that in the coming weeks, you will make heroic efforts to seek out the latter and avoid the former. Now is a crucial time to treat yourself to stories that will jolt you out of your habitual responses and inspire you to take long-postponed actions and awaken the sleeping parts of your soul. And that’s just half of your assignment, dear Taurus.

Here’s the rest: Tell stories that help you remember the totality of who you are, and that inspire your listeners to remember the totality of who they are.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Author

Anaïs Nin said, “There are two ways to reach me: by way of kisses or by way of the imagination. But there is a hierarchy: the kisses alone don’t work.”

For two reasons, Anaïs’s formulation is especially apropos for you right now.

First, you should not allow yourself to be seduced, tempted, or won over by sweet gestures alone. You must insist on sweet gestures that are synergized by a sense of wonder and an appreciation of your unique beauty. Second, you should adopt the same approach for those you want to seduce, tempt, or win over: sweet gestures seasoned with wonder and an appreciation of their unique beauty.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Are

you more inclined right now to favor temporary involvements and short-term promises? Or would you consider making brave commitments that lead you deeper into the Great Mystery? Given the upcoming astrological omens, I vote for the latter.

Here’s another pair of questions for you, Cancerian. Are you inclined to meander from commotion to commotion without any game plan? Or might you invoke the magic necessary to get involved with highquality collaborations? I’m hoping you’ll opt for the latter. (P.S. The near future will be prime time for you to swear a sacred oath or two.)

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In March 1996, a

man burst into the studio of radio station Star FM in Wanganui, New Zealand. He took the manager hostage and issued a single demand: that the dj play a recording of the Muppet song “The Rainbow Connection,” as sung by the puppet Kermit the Frog.

Fortunately, police intervened quickly, no one was hurt, and the kidnapper was jailed. In bringing this to your attention, Leo, I am certainly not suggesting that you imitate the kidnapper. Please don’t break the law or threaten anyone with harm.

On the other hand, I do urge you to take dramatic, innovative action to fulfill one of your very specific desires.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Many variet-

ies of the nettle plant will sting you if you touch the leaves and stems. Their hairs are like hypodermic needles that inject your skin with a blend of irritant chemicals. And yet nettle is also an herb with numerous medicinal properties. It can provide relief for allergies, arthritis, joint pain, and urinary problems. That’s why Shakespeare invoked the nettle as a metaphor in his play Henry IV, Part 1: “Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety,” says the character named Hotspur. In accordance with the astrological omens, Virgo, I choose the nettle as your power metaphor for the first three weeks of February.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Knullrufs is

a Swedish word that refers to what your

by rob brezsny hair looks like after sex: tousled, rumpled, disordered. If I’m reading the astrological omens correctly, you should experience more knullrufs than usual in the coming weeks. You’re in a phase when you need and deserve extra pleasure and delight, especially the kind that rearranges your attitudes as well as your coiffure. You have license to exceed your normal quotas of ravenousness and rowdiness.

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

“Crazy Lake Experiment” documented on Youtube, Harvard physicist Greg Kestin takes a raft out on a lake. He drops a tablespoon of olive oil into the water, and a few minutes later, the half-acre around his boat is still and smooth. All the small waves have disappeared. He proceeds to explain the science behind the calming effect produced by a tiny amount of oil. I suspect that you will have a metaphorically comparable power in the next two weeks, Scorpio. What’s your version of the olive oil? Your poise? Your graciousness? Your tolerance? Your insight into human nature?

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):

In the 1740s, a teenage Capricorn girl named Eliza Lucas almost single-handedly introduced a new crop into American agriculture: indigo, a plant used as a dye for textiles. In South Carolina, where she managed her father’s farm, indigo ultimately became the second-most-important cash crop over the next 30 years. I have astrological reasons to believe that you are now in a phase when you could likewise make innovations that will have long-range economic repercussions. Be alert for good intuitions and promising opportunities to increase your wealth.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): When I

was in my early twenties, I smoked marijuana now and then. I liked it. It made me feel good and inspired my creativity and roused spiritual visions. But I reconsidered my use after encountering pagan magician Isaac Bonewits. He didn’t have a moral objection to cannabis use, but believed it withered one’s willpower and diminished one’s determination to transform one’s life for the better. For a year, I meditated on and experimented with his hypothesis. I found it to be true, at least for me.

I haven’t smoked since. My purpose in bringing this up is not to advise you about your relationship to drugs, but rather to urge you to question whether there are influences in your life that wither your willpower and diminish your determination to transform your life for the better. Now is an excellent time to examine this issue.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Would you

like to shed unwieldy baggage before moving on to your next big challenge? I hope so.

It will purge your soul of karmic sludge. It will prime you for a fresh start. One way to accomplish this bravery is to confess your sins and ask for forgiveness in front of a mirror. Here are data to consider. Is there anyone you know who would not give you a good character reference? Have you ever committed a seriously unethical act? Have you revealed information that was told to you in confidence? While under the influence of intoxicants or bad ideas, have you done things you’re ashamed of? I’m not saying you’re more guilty of these things than the rest of us; it’s just that now is your special time to seek redemption.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

In 1989, a man spent four dollars on a painting at a flea market in Adamstown, Pennsylvania. He didn’t care much for the actual image, which was a boring country scene, but he thought he could use the frame. Upon returning home, he found a document concealed behind the painting.

It turned out to be a rare old copy of America’s Declaration of Independence, originally created in 1776. He eventually sold it for $2.42 million. I doubt that you will experience anything quite as spectacular in the coming weeks, Sagittarius. But I do suspect you will find something valuable where you don’t expect it, or develop a connection with something that’s better than you imagined it would be.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as PATHOLOGY SCIENCES MEDICAL GROUP at 183 E 8th Avenue Chico, CA 95926.

PRISCILLA S CHANG 2962 Chico River Road Chico, CA 95928.

HEIDI A JESS 34 Sparrow Hawk Lane Chico, CA 95928.

NELSON K KANEISHI 979 E 6th Street Chico, CA 95928.

MARK R CARTER MD A PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL CORPORATION 621 Breanna Lane Chico, CA 95973.

ANTHONY NASR 4523 Garden Brook Drive Chico, CA 95973.

GEOFFREY T SASAKI 3156 Shallow Springs Terrace Chico, CA 95928.

LESTER K WONG 347 Legion Avenue Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by A General Partnership.

Signed: LESTER K WONG MD Dated: December 7, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001599 Published: January 11,18,25, February 1, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as VILMA AUTO SALES at 2961 Hwy 32 Suite 1 Chico, CA 95973.

AYMAN KHALIL 8238 Leesburg Way Elk Grove, CA 95624.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: AYMAN KHALIL Dated: January 4, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000017 Published: January 11,18,25, February 1, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as GOD PREPARED A FISH at 108 Oak Grove Pkwy Oroville, CA 95966.

DARVIS MCCOY 108 Oak Grove Pkwy Oroville, CA 95966.

DONNA MCCOY 108 Oak Grove Pkwy Oroville, CA 95966.

This business is conducted by A Married Couple.

Signed: DARVIS MCCOY Dated: January 2, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000005 Published: January 11,18,25, February 1, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as DAVIS HAMMON & CO at 2080 Myers St Suite 3 Oroville, CA 95966.

BLACKLINE PARTNERS, LLC 2330 Albatross St San Diego, CA 92101.

This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company.

Signed: TERESE LINK, SECRETARY Dated: December 21, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001673 Published: January 11,18,25, February 1, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as ALIVE PRODUCT DESIGN at 1000 Deveney Street Chico, CA 95928.

AARON DAVIDSON 1000 Deveney Street Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: AARON DAVIDSON Dated: December 7, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001604 Published: January 11,18,25, February 1, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as OLDE WORLD ART STUDIO at 3341 Hackamore Lane Chico, CA 95973.

SHAWN GLEN HAGSTROM 3341 Hackamore Lane Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: SHAWN G. HAGSTROM Dated: December 26, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001687 Published: January 11,18,25, February 1, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as NORTHWEST HYDROSEEDING at 3355 Bell Road Chico, CA 95973.

MARK A BROWN 3355 Bell Road Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: MARK A. BROWN Dated: October 27, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001440 Published: January 11,18,25, February 1, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as SPORTS BARBERSHOP at 1722 Mangrove Ave, Suite 34 Chico, CA 95926.

THIENVU D HO 4070 Nord Hwy #145 Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: THIENVU D HO Dated: January 2, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000002 Published: January 11,18,25, February 1, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as HAPPY GARDEN RESTAURANT at180 Cohasset Road Chico, CA 95926.

HAPPY CHICO INC 180 Cohasset Road Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by A Corporation.

Signed: LAN HENG, OFFICER Dated: January 3, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000011 Published: January 11,18,25, February 1, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as ESPLANADE MINI STORAGE at 2904 Esplanade Chico, CA 95973.

STEVEN J DEPA 3161 Canyon Oaks Terrace Chico, CA 95928.

NANCY HAAS-DEPA 3161 Canyon Oaks Terrace Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by A Married Couple.

Signed: NANCY HAAS-DEPA

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Dated: January 2, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000007 Published: January 11,18,25, February 1, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as PORCHLIGHT REAL ESTATE BROKERS at 1251 East Ave Chico, CA 95926.

SIMA SABOURY 1251 East Ave Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: SIMA SABOURY Dated: January 2, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000006 Published: January 11,18,25, February 1, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as BIDWELL THERAPEUTIC SERVICES at 2251 St. George Lane Suite F Chico, CA 95926.

SARA LYNN WATTS 54 Barker Ct Chico, CA 95928.

SESHA ELAINA ZINN 30 Herlax Circle Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by A General Partnership.

Signed: SESHA ZINN Dated: December 7, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001605 Published: January 11,18,25, February 1, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as WBM CONSTRUCTION at 106 Grand Ave Apt 1 Oroville, CA 95965.

WILLIAM BLAIR MATTIS 106 Grand Ave Apt 1 Oroville, CA 95965.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: WILLIAM BLAIR MATTIS Dated: January 2, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000003 Published: January 11,18,25, February 1, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as WHIPPLE INDUSTRIAL PARK at 1451 Manzanita Ave Chico, CA 95926.

JOEL G MONTGOMERY TRUSTEE 1451 Manzanita Ave Chico, CA 95926.

PRISCILLA A MONTGOMERY TRUSTEE 1451 Manzanita Ave Chico, CA 95926.

JOHN C WHIPPLE TRUSTEE 1962 Modoc Dr Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Unincorporated Association.

Signed: PRISCILLA A. MONTGOMERY, TRUSTEE Dated: January 2, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000001 Published: January 11,18,25, February 1, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as B. E. LEGAL SERVICES at 6439 Skyway Paradise, CA 95969.

BRUCE GREGORY EPPERSON 14801 Humbug Road Magalia, CA 95954.

SUSAN ELISE EPPERSON 14801 Humbug Road Magalia, CA 95954.

This business is conducted by A Married Couple.

Signed: SUSAN E. EPPERSON Dated: December 21, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001667 Published: January 11,18,25, February 1, 2018

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as CHICO ANIMAL HOSPITAL at 3015 Esplanade Chico, CA 95973.

DM VETERINARY GROUP, INC. 957 East 1st Avenue Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: STEVEN R. DENNIS, CEO Dated: December 29, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001700 Published: January 11,18,25, February 1, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as NORTH VALLEY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER at 1628 E Lassen Ave Chico, CA 95973.

TAMARA WANINK 1628 E Lassen Ave Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: TAMARA WANINK Dated: January 5, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000034 Published: January 11,18,25, February 1, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as BRAIN-FRIENDLY DYNAMICS, WINTER CONSULTING at 975 Filbert Avenue Chico, CA 95926.

BRAIN-FRIENDLY DYNAMICS 975 Filbert Avenue Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: SCOTT S. WINTER, PRESIDENT Dated: January 5, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000028 Published: January 11,18,25, February 1, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as DANSDEALS530, GOVEGAN2017 at 270 E. 9th Street Chico, CA 95928.

RHYANNA JARRETT 270 E. 9th Street Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: RHYANNA JARRETT Dated: January 2, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000004 Published: January 18,25, February 1,8, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as MAS PALO ALTO PROPERTY MANAGEMENT at 18 Laguna Point Road Chico, CA 95928.

JUNRU WANG 18 Laguna Point Road Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: JUNRU WANG Dated: January 4, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000020 Published: January 18,25, February 1,8, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as ADDISON MOUNTAIN PRODUCTS, KURTIS SALVAGNO at 18056 Deer Creek Highway Forest Ranch, CA 95942.

KURTIS LON SALVAGNO 18171 Deer Creek Highway Forest Ranch, CA 95942.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

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Signed: KURTIS SALVAGNO Dated: December 13, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001645 Published: January 18, 25, February 1,8, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as LIBERTY TAX SERVICE at 2454 Notre Dame Blvd #110 Chico, CA 95928.

LINDA NEWMAN 1901 Dayton Road #46 Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: LINDA NEWMAN Dated: January 9, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000049 Published: January 18,25, February 1,8, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as HEARTBURN RECORDS at 520 Olive Street Chico, CA 95928.

JOSHUA RENE GARCIA 520 Olive Street Chico, CA 95928.

ALEXANDRA SUSAN KOKKINAKIS 520 Olive Street Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: ALEXANDRA KOKKINAKIS Dated: December 19, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001660 Published: January 18,25, February 1,8, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as ALLURE SALON at 2575 Ceanothus Ave Suite 168 Chico, CA 95973.

ANGELA TAMAYO 3170 Caribou Ct Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: ANGELA TAMAYO Dated: December 21, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001674 Published: January 18,25, February 1,8, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as DIXON ORCHARDS at 180 Marybill Ranch Road Chico, CA 95928.

THOMAS V DIXON 180 Marybill Ranch Road Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: THOMAS V. DIXON Dated: January 11, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000062 Published: January 18,25, February 1,8, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as I FISH POKE BAR THAI KITCHEN at 1008 W. Sacramento Ave Ste A2 Chico, CA 95926.

NAI LAWI CHAN MON 8522 Maple Hall Drive Sacramento, CA 95823.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: NAI LAWI CHAN MON Dated: January 9, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000051 Published: January 18,25, February 1,8, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as MUSIC AND MONTESSORI at 99 Limpach Road Chico, CA 95973.

KARA RENEE TUPY 99 Limpach Road Chico, CA

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95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: KARA R. TUPY Dated: January 5, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000032 Published: January 18,25, February 1,8, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as DIVERSE CITY TEE at 6318 Glory Road Paradise, CA 95969.

LOREE CLAIRE LAMPKE 6318 Glory Road Paradise, CA 95969.

ASHLEY CARLENE LUNSFORD 6318 Glory Road Paradise, CA 95969.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: LOREE LAMPKE Dated: January 10, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000056 Published: January 18,25, February 1,8, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as WORTHINGTON MEDIA SERVICES at 270 E 18th Street, Unit A Chico, CA 95828.

JEFFREY PAUL WORTHINGTON 270 E 18th Street, Unit A Chico, CA 95828.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: JEFFREY PAUL WORTHINGTON Dated: January 10, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000053 Published: January 18,25, February 1,8, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as AUTHENTIC THAI CUISINE OF PARADISE, PARADISE THAI CUISINE, SOPHIA’S AUTHENTIC THAI CUISINE at 7641 Skyway Paradise, CA 95969.

KHEK MANKHAMSENE 7639 Skyway Paradise, CA 95969.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: KHEK MANKHAMSENE Dated: December 27, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001689 Published: January 18,25, February 1,8, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as WHOLE HEALTH SUPPLY at 1975 Bruce Road #324 Chico, CA 95928.

VEPRINITE, LLC 2485 Notre Dame Blvd Suite 370 PMB 8 Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company.

Signed: SAM KATZMAN, MANAGER Dated: January 4, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000019 Published: January 18,25, February 1,8, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as POUND WITH LINDSAY at 1492 Elliott Road Paradise, CA 95969.

LINDSAY CANALES 1492 Elliott Road Paradise, CA 95969.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: LINDSAY CANALES Dated: January 9, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000045 Published: January 18,25, February 1,8, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME - STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT The following person has abandoned the use of the fictitious business name CHICO ANIMAL HOSPITAL at 3015 Esplanade Chico, CA 95973.

DR CRAIG CALLEN 21443 Biggers Lane Butte Meadows, CA 95942.

This business was conducted by an Individual.

Signed: DR CRAIG CALLEN Dated: December 28, 2017 FBN Number: 2016-0001102 Published: January 18,25, February 1,8, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as PITTS STOP CAFE at 15474 Forest Ranch Way Forest Ranch, CA 95942.

CHRISTY MARIE PITTS 12745 Nicolas Rd Forest Ranch, CA 95942.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: CHRISTY PITTS Dated: December 20, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001662 Published: January 18,25, February 1,8, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as BLUE DIAMOND AGGREGATE at 15539 Nameco Rd Forest Ranch, CA 95942.

BRADFORD THOMAS REICHE 15539 Nameco Rd Forest Ranch, CA 95942.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: BRADFORD THOMAS REICHE Dated: January 8, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000044 Published: January 18,25, February 1,8, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as COASTAL CONNECT LLC at 436 Maple Street Chico, CA 95928.

COASTAL CONNECT LLC 436 Maple Street Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company.

Signed: CONNOR NUTTALL, CHIEF EXECUTIVE Dated: January 8, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000041 Published: January 18,25, February 1,8, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as THE 530 BRIDE at 25 Bellarmine Court Chico, CA 95928.

VERONICA ENNS 9412 Corbett Court Durham, CA 95938.

DELPHINE ANNE WINTER 1987 Belgium Ave Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: DELPHINE WINTER Dated: January 4, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000014 Published: January 18,25, February 1,8, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as KIZER LAND CARE at 660 High Street Oroville, CA 95965.

CRAIG AARON KIZER JR 660 High Street Oroville, CA 95965.

STEPHANIE MARIE KIZER 660 High Street Oroville, CA

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95965.

This business is conducted by a Married Couple.

Signed: CRAIG KIZER Dated: January 19, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000108 Published: January 25, February 1,8,15, 2018

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: SAM SAYEGH, PRESIDENT/CEO Dated: January 17, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000090 Published: January 25, February 1,8,15, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as XTREME SCREEN CO at 1981 Bending Oak Way Chico, CA 95928.

ALLAN SAMUEL THORNE III 1981 Bending Oak Way Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: ALLAN THORNE III Dated: January 17, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000096 Published: January 25, February 1,8.15, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as RAY’S LIQUOR at 207 Walnut St Chico, CA 95928.

SAYEGH BROTHERS, INC 598 E. 8th St Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: SAM SAYEGH, PRESIDENT/CEO Dated: January 17, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000091 Published: January 25, February 1,8,15, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as DOWNTOWN LIQUOR AND MARKET at 598 E. 8th Street, Suite 140 Chico, CA 95928.

SAYEGH BROTHERS, INC 598 E. 8th Street, Suite 140 Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: SAM SAYEGH, PRESIDENT/CEO Dated: January 17, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000086 Published: January 25, February 1,8,15, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as HWY 32 MINI MART at 1295 E 8th St Chico, CA 95928.

SAYEGH BROTHERS, INC 598 E. 8th St Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: SAM SAYEGH, PRESIDENT/CEO Dated: January 17, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000092 Published: January 25, February 1,8,15, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as LIQUOR BANK #2 at 915 Main St. Chico, CA 95928.

SAYEGH/BASEM, INC 598 E. 8th St Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: SAM SAYEGH, PRESIDENT/CEO Dated: January 17, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000087 Published: January 25, February 1,8,15, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as LIQUOR BANK #1 at 6026 Clark Rd Suite B Paradise, CA 95969.

SAYEGH/SAMAAN, INC 598 E. 8th St Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: SAM SAYEGH, PRESIDENT/CEO Dated: January 17, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000088 Published: January 25, February 1,8,15, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as CITY LIQUOR AND MARKET at 3028 Esplanade Suite A Chico, CA 95973.

CITY LIQUOR AND MARKET, INC 598 E. 8th St Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: SAM SAYEGH, PRESIDENT/CEO Dated: January 17, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000089 Published: January 25, February 1,8,15, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as CALIFORNIA PARK MARKET at 800 Bruce Rd, Suite 400 Chico, CA 95928.

SAYEGH BROTHERS, INC 598 E. 8th St Chico, CA 95928.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as WINE CELLAR at 958 East Ave Ste D Chico, CA 95926.

SAYEGH BROTHERS, INC 598 E. 8th St Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: SAM SAYEGH, PRESIDENT/CEO Dated: January 17, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000093 Published: January 25, February 1,8,15, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as KATSKILL HILL, REDSTONE CELLARS, REDSTONE VINEYARDS at 94 Orange Ave Bangor, CA 95914.

MARK RUSSELL HARRISON 1032 El Curtola Blvd Walnut Creek, CA 94595.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: MARK R. HARRISON Dated: December 21, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001665 Published: January 25, February 1,8,15, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as PEACE OF MIND BILLING SERVICES at 1430 East Ave., Ste 4B Chico, CA 95973.

JODIE HOLLAND 582 Morgan Dr #2 Chico, CA 95973.

PAMELA SEID 1257 Warner St Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: PAMELA SEID Dated: January 12, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000068 Published: January 25, February 1,8,15, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as MONALISA TOUCH CHICO at 1058 Mangrove Ave Suite 2 Chico, CA 95926.

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GREGORY LYNN DAVIS MD 6600 Gregory Lane Paradise, CA 95969.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: GREGORY L. DAVIS Dated: January 16, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000074 Published: January 25, February 1,8,15, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as JEEPTRAIL at 701 West 11th Avenue Chico, CA 95926.

THOMAS ROBERT LITTLE JR. 701 West 11th Avenue Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: TOM R LITTLE Dated: January 10, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000060 Published: January 25, February 1,8,15, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as APPLIANCE RESALE at 2205 Nord Ave Chico, CA 95926.

DEBBI KAYE SLIGHTOM 810 W. 8th Ave Chico, CA 95926.

MICHAEL RAY SLIGHTOM 810 W. 8th Ave Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: MIKE SLIGHTOM Dated: January 8, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000038 Published: January 25, February 1,8,15, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as PRESTIGE OILS WORLDWIDE at 1151 Marian Ave Chico, CA 95928.

DANIEL METCALF 1151 Marian Ave Chico, CA 95928.

LEVI RYAN 1151 Marian Ave Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by Copartners.

Signed: DANIEL METCALF Dated: January 18, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000103 Published: January 25, February 1,8,15, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as NUTRISHOP CHICO EAST AVE at 855 East Ave Chico, CA 95926.

DENVER ALAN SWININGTON 3416 Marguerite Ave. Corning, CA 96021.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: DENVER SWININGTON Dated: January 12, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000069 Published: January 25, February 1,8,15, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as DANCING DAISIES BOTANICALS at 1297 Parque Dr Chico, CA 95926.

GEORGE BRIAN FREDSON 1297 Parque Dr Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: GEORGE BRIAN FREDSON Dated: January 9, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000048 Published: January 25, February 1,8,15, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME - STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT The following persons have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name DANCING DAISIES BOTANICALS at 1297 Parque Drive Chico, CA 95926.

MARIROSE DUNBAR 1297 Parque Drive Chico, CA 95926.

GEORGE FREDSON 1297 Parque Drive Chico, CA 95926.

This business was conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: GEORGE B. FREDSON Dated: January 9, 2018 FBN Number: 2013-0000798 Published: January 25, February 1,8,15, 2018 FICTITITOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as NEW VIEW VENTURES at 5250 Country Club Drive Paradise, CA 95969.

FAITH EVELYN SHELTON 5250 Country Club Drive Paradise, CA 95969.

LARRY GENE SHELTON 5250 Country Club Drive Paradise, CA 95969.

This business is conducted by a Married Couple.

Signed: LARRY G. SHELTON Dated: January 18, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000101 Published: January 25, February 1,8,15, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as AMIGOS DE ACAPULCO at 6145 Skyway Paradise, CA 95969.

RAMIRO DILLANES APARICIO 3549 Esplanade Spc 241 Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: RAMIRO A DILLANES Dated: January 16, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000075 Published: February 1,8,15,22, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as POOLS BY DREW at 1415 Sheridan Ave Apt #24 Chico, CA 95926.

DREW W ALDEN 1415 Sheridan Ave Apt #24 Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: DREW ALDEN Dated: January 8, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000035 Published: February 1,8,15,22, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as PLEASANT VALLEY MOBILE ESTATES at 1675 Manzanita Avenue Chico, CA 95926.

EVERETT B. BEICH 77-105 Shasta Lane Indian Wells, CA 92260.

TIMOTHY E BEICH 1 River Wood Loop Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: TIMOTHY E BEICH Dated: January 23, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000117 Published: February 1,8,15,22, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as PHOENIX PROMOTIONS at 2960 Sandi Drive Chico, CA 95973.

GREGORY CLARE VINSON

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2960 Sandi Drive Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: GREGORY CLARE VINSON Dated: January 5, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000031 Published: February 1,8,15,22, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as BLOSSOM YARD CARE at 1030 Eaton Road Chico, CA 95973.

JENNIFER DAVERN 1030 Eaton Road Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: JENNIFER DAVERN Dated: January 19, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000106 Published: February 1,8,15,22, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as NORCAL WAREHOUSE at 3150 Hwy 32 Unit L Chico, CA 95973.

KEITH HANKINS 3268 Hwy 32 Chico, CA 95973.

CHRISTINA LOUISE POWELL 3268 Hwy 32 Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by a Married Couple.

Signed: CHRISTINA POWELL Dated: January 25, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000131 Published: February 1,8,15,22, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as CLAUDE THE DRAGON at 819 Justeson Road Gridley, CA 95948.

TASHA ZANOTTO 819 Justeson Road Gridley, CA 95948.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: TASHA ZANOTTO Dated: January 9, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000052 Published: February 1,8,15,22, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as AQUARIAN LEASING ENTERPRISES at 2990 Hegan Ln Chico, CA 95928.

SHANE DAVID SCOTT 2990 Hegan Ln Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: SHANE D. SCOTT Dated: January 29, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000140 Published: February 1,8,15,22, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as SCOTT PROPERTY MANAGEMENT at 121 W. 5th St Chico, CA 95928.

RICHARD SCOTT 121 W. 5th St Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: RICHARD SCOTT Dated: January 26, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000137 Published: February 1,8,15,22, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as CASINO CHICO at 968 East Ave Chico, CA 95926.

RICHARD SCOTT 121 W 5th Street Chico, CA 95928.

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This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: RICHARD SCOTT Dated: January 26, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000138 Published: February 1,8,15,22, 2018

Chico, CA 95928 Signed: STEPHEN E. BENSON Dated: December 12, 2017 Case Number: 17CV03544 Published: January 11,18,25, February 1, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as MARINEANDBOAT DIRECTORY, POWERSPORTS HUB, POWERSPORTS ONLINE at 121 W 5th Street Chico, CA 95928.

RICHARD SCOTT 121 W 5th Street Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: RICHARD SCOTT Dated: January 26, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000135 Published: February 1,8,15,22, 2018

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner EMILY KEETON filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: BRAYDON SHAY CLIFF-CARPENTER Proposed name: BRAYDON SHAY KEETON 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: February 23, 2018 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: December 27, 2017 Case Number: 17CV03646 Published: January 11,18,25, February 1, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as IBUX at 121 W. 5th St Chico, CA 95928.

IBUX LLC 121 W. 5th St Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: RICHARD SCOTT, PRESIDENT Dated: January 26, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000136 Published: February 1,8,15,22, 2018 iBFICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as BICYCLEDIRECTORY, CYCLEDATA, POWERSPORTSDIRECTORY at 121 W 5th Street Chico, CA 95928.

INFORMATION AGENT, INC. 121 W 5th Street Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: RICHARD SCOTT, PRESIDENT Dated: January 26, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000134 Published: February 1,8,15,22, 2018

NOTICES ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner GEORGE EDWARD FREDSON filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: GEORGE EDWARD FREDSON Proposed name: GEORGE BRIAN FREDSON 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: February 16, 2018 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA Room: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner SAGAN SMITH filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: SILAS ALLEN TROY DONALD Proposed name: SILAS ALLEN TROY 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: February 16, 2018 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: December 28, 2017 Case Number: 17CV02752 Published: January 18,25, February 1,8, 2018 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner CATRINA PACHECO filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name:

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CATRINA ELLISSA PACHECO Proposed name: BELLAMAE ELLISSA PACHECO THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: March 23, 2018 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA Room: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: TAMARA L. MOSBARGER Dated: January 16, 2018 Case Number: 18CV00095 Published: January 25, February 1,8,15, 2018 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: JEREMY FOSTER Proposed name: JEREMY FORBES 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: February 23, 2018 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: December 15, 2017 Case Number: 17CV02833 Published: February 1,8,15,22, 2018 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: RYAN DANIEL WOOD Proposed name: RYAN DANIEL GRIFFIN 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

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should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: March 9, 2018 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA Room: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: TAMARA L. MOSBARGER Dated: January 4, 2018 Case Number: 18CV00029 Published: February 1,8,15,22, 2018

SUMMONS SUMMONS NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: DAVID D ECHEBERRY CHRISTINA J ECHEBERRY AKA CHRISTINA J COWLEY YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: BUTTE COUNTY CREDIT BUREAU A CORP NOTICE! You have been sued.

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

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

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

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

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

(530) 366-4290 Dated: May l7, 2017 Signed: KIMBERLY FLENER Case Number: 17CV01390 Published: February 1,8,15,22, 2018

PETITION NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE NELLIE FAYE MILLER To all heirs and beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: NELLIE FAYE MILLER A Petition for Probate has been filed by: BRENDA D. MILLER MCELFRESH in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte.

The Petition for Probate requests that: BRENDA D. MILLER MCELFRESH be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: February 20, 2018 Time: 9:00 a.m.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Petitioner: 5859 Old Olive Hwy. Oroville, CA 95966 Case Number: 18PR00017 Dated: January 16, 2018 Published: February 1,8,15, 2018

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: NICOLE R. PLOTTEL 466 Vallombrosa Ave. Chico, CA 95926 (530) 893-2882 Case Number: 18PR00033 Dated: January 24, 2018 Published: February 1,8,15, 2018

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE JAMES D. GAINES ALSO KNOWN AS JAMES DOUGLAS GAINES To all heirs and beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: JAMES D. GAINES ALSO KNOWN AS JAMES DOUGLAS GAINES AND JAMES GAINES A Petition for Probate has been filed by: CHARLES R. GAINES, SR. in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte.

The Petition for Probate requests that: CHARLES R. GAINES, SR. 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: February 27, 2018 Time: 9:00 a.m.

Dept: Probate Room: Address of the court:

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE WILLIAM M. CHRISMAN AKA WILLIAM CHRISMAN To all heirs and beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: WILLIAM M. CHRISMAN AKA WILLIAM CHRISMAN A Petition for Probate has been filed by: ANGELLA MARIE WENTZ in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte.

The Petition for Probate requests that: ANGELLA MARIE WENTZ 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: February 20, 2018 Time: 9:00 a.m.

Dept: C-18 Room: 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

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rights as a creditor. You may want to consult an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

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

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

Attorney for Petitioner: RAOUL J. LECLERC P.O. Drawer 111 Oroville, CA 95965 (530) 533-5661 Case Number: 18PR00035 Dated: January 25, 2018 Published: February 1,8,15, 2018

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

The Petition for Probate requests that: CATHERINE COTA 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: February 20, 2018 Time: 9:00 a.m.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Attorney for Petitioner: MICHAEL M. ROONEY/ RONALD T. MARQUEZ Rooney Law Firm 1361 Esplanade Chico, CA 95926 (530) 345-5678 Case Number: 18PR00030 Dated: January 23, 2018 Published: February 1,8,15, 2018

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HARD TO FIND 4 bed/3 bth, 1,833 sq ft with SO openLD floor plan .................................................................$340,000 BEAUTIFUL CUSTOM ESTATE styled home offering 3 bed/3 bth, 2,638 sq ft with special custom features throughout. .

PENDING ...........................................................................................................................................................$525,000

ING PEswND ft. Huge yard & lots of special features! .......................$379,000 BEAUTIFULLY UPDATED 3 bed, 2.5 bath. 1,776 Teresa Larson (530)899-5925 BRE #01177950 chiconativ@aol.com

MANUFACTURED HOME in a Park, 55 years +, 2 bed, 2 bth, 1,512 sq ft, with lovely upgrades. .................$122,500 TREED BUILDING LOT, .20 acre in town! ...................................................................................................... $99,000 2-HOMES ON .77 OF AN ACRE IN TOWN! Custom 3 bed/2 bth, 3,000 sq ft + 3 bed 2 bth, 1,110 2nd home ...$575,000

The following houses were sold in butte County by real estate agents or private parties during the week of January 15, 2018 – January 19, 2018 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 1720 Diamond Ave 72 Buckeye Dr

TOWN

PRICE

BR/BA

SQ. FT.

ADDRESS

TOWN

PRICE

BR/BA

SQ. FT.

Chico

$140,000

2/2

1612

920 Long Bar Rd

Oroville

$339,000

3/2

2010

Forbestown

$285,000

2/2

1822

5363 Crest Ridge Dr

Oroville

$176,000

3/2

1146 2106

350 Bayberry Way

Gridley

$165,000

2/1

870

1413 Gilstrap Ave

Gridley

$150,000

4/2

1438

445 Lincoln St

Gridley

$123,000

2/1

894

13470 Cirby Creek Rd

Oroville

$155,500

3/2

1688 Stanford Ave

Oroville

$131,000

2/1

1056

4539 Sunset Oaks Dr

Paradise

$482,000

4/3

2558

14738 Brandy Ln

Magalia

$209,000

3/2

1609

6059 Kibler Rd

Paradise

$400,000

3/2

1918

6381 Glendale Ct

Magalia

$190,000

2/2

1082

6339 Lancaster Dr

Paradise

$310,000

3/3

1684

14078 Drexel Dr

Magalia

$165,000

3/2

1088

5667 Paradise Ave

Paradise

$239,000

3/2

1540

43 Friedman Ct

Oroville

$395,500

4/2

2640

645 Brookhaven Dr

Paradise

$200,000

3/3

1431

3741 Dulcinea Dr

Oroville

$344,000

3/2

1678

6186 Sawmill Rd

Paradise

$167,000

2/2

1291

February 1, 2018

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