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Endorsements Friendly warning: There’s a lot on the June 5 primary

ballot, and we’re weighing in only on the races and measures we deem prominent, contentious or significant enough to merit endorsements.

To get to this point, we’ve attended and participated in forums and queried some of the candidates when we weren’t sure about their position on subjects we think are important to the community.

Ultimately, though, each voter should make an independent decision by reading the statements in the sample ballot, reading newspaper coverage and checking out the candidates’ campaign literature. We also recommend watching the local League of Women Voters’ (LWV) recent forums (go to lwvbuttecounty.org).

Keep in mind that California has an “open primary.”

What that means is, regardless of party, all candidates compete against each other. The top two vote-getters advance to the November general election. That applies to the partisan races. However, it also can apply to traditional nonpartisan contests. If no candidate garners a majority of the votes (50 percent, plus one vote), the top two will head to a runoff in November. Locally, that could occur in the three-candidate race for District 3 supervisor.

Finally, we’d like to thank all the local candidates— including the ones we did not endorse. We believe they want what’s best for the North State, and we respect their willingness to serve.

Governor: Democrat Delaine Eastin gets our vote.

The former state superintendent of public instruction knows the value of education, has an environmentally sound platform (she opposes the twin tunnels project and wants to ban fracking), and supports health care for all. Those are but a few of the reasons Eastin, who comes from a working-class background and put herself through school (undergrad at UC Davis and grad school at UC Santa Barbara), would make a great governor. If elected, she’d be the first woman to hold the post.

Congress: Auburn-based attorney Jessica Holcombe is our top pick in a crowded field of candidates, many of whom impressed us during LWV and other forums. Getting straight to the point, we think she has the best shot at unseating the incumbent, Republican Doug LaMalfa, who certainly will advance to the general election. Holcombe put herself through school—Georgetown and UC Davis—and today runs her own law firm. After LaMalfa, she’s the top campaign fundraiser.

County assessor: Diane Brown, the incumbent with more than 30 years of experience in the department, is our choice for this position. Brown acknowledges she has work to do in the office she manages. She’s in the midst of completing several major projects—among them, implementing technology upgrades and training for her staff. We recognize that Brown is not a savvy campaigner, and she likely will be investigated for elections violations (she briefly used her county email address and phone number as campaign contact info).

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Brown’s challenger is Chico City Councilman Randall Stone. To put it bluntly, Stone lacks the maturity this management post requires. Indeed, he besmirched the Assessor’s Office employees (the folks who’d work for him) and Brown throughout the campaign (check out his catty comments about a refrigerator at the LWV forum). In our view, he exaggerated the problems in the Assessor’s Office under Brown’s leadership.

County auditor-controller: In the race to replace retiring David Houser, we favor his choice as successor, Assistant Auditor-Controller Graciela Gutierrez.

Houser’s endorsement has nothing to do with ours; in fact, well-chronicled issues during his seven terms may make that recommendation suspect. But we feel Gutierrez has the qualifications and leadership qualities necessary for the position.

Her opponent, Kathryn Mathes, says the job requires a certified public accountant. Many counties have a CPA as auditor-controller; many don’t. We see Gutierrez’s master’s degree in public administration, along with her seven years in the department, as more significant for this post than certificates.

District 3 supervisor: Our pick is Tami Ritter, who we believe will be an excellent successor to retiring popular Supervisor Maureen Kirk. Ritter, who spent four years on the Chico City Council, is sharp and empathetic. She wasn’t re-elected for a second term—a loss for Chicoans. Her top priorities: protecting North State water, implementing “housing first” policies, and ensuring the county is prepared for emergencies (think the Oroville Dam catastrophe).

District 2 supervisor: We’re going with Debra Lucero, who is challenging incumbent Larry Wahl, an inflexible conservative. The Board of Supervisors is a nonpartisan post and Lucero has crossover appeal due to her long tenure in the arts and tourism industries. We think she’ll bring a much-needed dose of creativity to the panel—and we trust her on the issues, including budget cuts in the face of a predicted general fund deficit.

Proposition 68: Yes. This $4.1 billion bond measure would fund improvements for long-neglected state parks and water systems, as well as a host of other conservation efforts.

Proposition 69: Yes. Essentially, it’s a legally binding way to ensure “gas tax” revenues are spent only on transportation projects, as the Legislature promised.

Proposition 70: No. The short version is this would require a supermajority vote in a single year, 2024, on how to spend cap-and-trade funds. Gov. Jerry Brown is backing it, but only as part of the deal he struck with Republicans to extend cap-and-trade legislation.

Proposition 71: Yes. Makes ballot initiatives go into effect five days after election results are certified— rather than the day after an election, which is the case now for initiatives that don’t specify another start date.

Proposition 72: Yes. Another no-brainer, it would exclude rainwater-capture systems from property tax assessments, beginning Jan. 1. Ω

Buzzkill Note to members of the public: Do not invoke dialog from The Big Lebowski during Chico City Council meetings. The Dude’s language is forbidden in the chambers.

Count me among the handful of Chico political junkies who was at home watching the drama unfold from the comfort of my couch. After seeing Mark Herrera get handcuffed and ejected from the panel’s regular meeting (last Tuesday, May 15) for throwing shade at Chico First—calling an unspecified leader of that group a “human paraquat”—the first thing I did was text CN&R reporter Ashiah Scharaga to see if she’d gotten a photo of that going down.

Actually, first I Googled “human paraquat.” I hadn’t seen The Big Lebowski in ages, and that phrase, the equivalent of calling someone a buzzkill, was not in my lexicon. Next, I had a chuckle. Only then did I text Ashiah. She didn’t get a photo—because she was pretty much in a state of shock.

I was perplexed myself. I mean, Herrera didn’t curse. He wasn’t yelling. Mayor Sean Morgan charging that “human paraquat” rises to a personal attack (again, directed at no one person) is a weaksauce argument. The members of Chico First, sitting directly behind the podium, couldn’t contain their laughter. Of course, we later learned that Herrera was tanked—over twice the legal limit for DUI. Still, had Morgan not blown things out of proportion, we’d never have known that. Herrera would have finished his remaining 30 seconds of speaking time, and he would have gone home instead of spending the night in jail.

In response to criticism, Morgan took to his public Facebook page to post a link to yet another movie, The Breakfast Club, in a hamfisted effort to imply that the rules apply to everyone. I’d suggest a little introspection on that front. As I’ve chronicled in this column, Morgan and Vice Mayor Reanette Fillmer have used some pretty coarse language at the dais—the F-bomb and S-bomb, respectively.

They never got tossed out as a result.

The showdown between Morgan and Herrera took up most of the air in the room. But there are bigger issues afoot. Afterward, the council majority voted to agendize Councilman Andrew Coolidge’s request to discuss a bunch of potential ordinances under the banner of “Chico Safe Now.” Among them is a proposal to bring back the sit-lie ordinance. You know, one of the laws that spurred the Department of Housing and Urban Development to cut its funding allocation to Butte County.

Recodifying that ordinance is something Chico First has been asking for. But here’s the thing: Members of that group are largely newcomers to local government proceedings—most don’t have historical knowledge, including on this and other punitive laws that have been ineffective and detrimental to efforts to mitigate homelessness.

However, Coolidge can’t claim ignorance, so his efforts are particularly disturbing.

ELECTION AHEAD. This week’s issue highlights the local races on the primary ballot (the contested ones, anyway) and the congressional contest. On this page, you’ll find our endorsements. Whether you agree with us or not, we urge you to head to the polls on June 5— keep democracy thriving.

Melissa Daugherty is editor of the CN&R

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Heck of a meeting

Re “History keepers” (Cover story,

by CN&R staff, May 17): Wow! I cannot understand how you could have failed to include the Bolt’s Antique Tool Museum in Oroville. Of the five museums in Oroville, the Tool Museum has thousands of hits on the website (boltsantiquetools.com) every day, returns more money to the city than any other in Butte County, is open seven days a week with volunteer docents, has a new speaker every month on a tooloriented topic, and is the largest museum of its kind in the U.S. How could you not cover it?

Re “Heat from the dais” (Newslines, by Ashiah Scharaga, May 17): Over the past five years, I have observed increasing public discourse related to the impact of unhoused citizens in Chico. Citizens have stepped forward to provide support to nonprofits such as the Torres Community Shelter, the Jesus Center and Chico Housing Action Team.

Public-private partnerships have come together through the Butte Countywide Continuum of Care to form an agency to coordinate applying for state and federal funding. The city of Chico put forward funds to support these efforts and partially fund, with the Butte County Housing Authority, a full-time coordinator of all things related to the unhoused—estimated to exceed 1,100 people ages newborn to 80 years old.

Emergency shelters are at capacity. At the May 15 City Council meeting, a citizen’s group supported

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Editor’s note: Good question.

The answer: We covered it a few short months ago (see “Hard as nails,” Newlines, Feb. 15).

an effort to move $40,000 in funding earmarked for community organizations into the general fund.

A council majority acted to do just that, though that money could have gone to support efforts to provide housing and services to the unsheltered. Subsequent to that action, under “business from the floor,” a local citizen activist took exception to that action and, in his opinion, the marginalizing of a segment of our community. Mayor Sean Morgan had that citizen arrested. I object!

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Mayor Morgan ordered the officer on duty to remove Mr. Herrera.

Mark Herrera was perfectly within his rights as a citizen to speak his three minutes—he was not disruptive, he was not cussing, not personally attacking anyone.

He ended up spending the night in Oroville for simply making a point about something he feels strongly about with satire during a period of a City Council meeting meant for citizens to address the council. If anyone disrupted the proceedings (a public event), it was Mayor Morgan by interrupting, then having someone arrested for simply exercising his rights.

Ron Toppi Chico

The City Council is scheduled to discuss numerous homelessrelated issues that will demonstrate what sort of community we are: a caring community that takes the high road in problem-solving? Or a small-minded town that clings to the regressive practice of criminalizing homelessness? Two of the discussion items are intertwined; by approving one we pave the way forward for avoiding the other.

Approval of a declaration of shelter crisis (DSC) would open a toolbox of remedies for helping people get themselves off the streets and into stable shelter.

Studies show that stable housing reduces crime, illness and joblessness—at significant cost savings compared to the price of enforcement, litigation, incarceration, clean-up and hospitalization.

Because DSC begins to provide unhoused people with places to be, it also reduces the need for consideration of the unconstitutional sit-lie ordinance. In 2014, the Department of Justice stated: “when adequate shelter space does not exist, there is no meaningful distinction between the status of being homeless and the conduct of sleeping in public” and argues that sit-lie laws “violate the Eighth Amendment protections against cruel and unusual punishment, making them unconstitutional.”

We’re Chico, let’s lead the way on humane solutions.

Scott Huber Chico

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violence toward members of any designated sector of society.” The homeless population is a “sector of society” and, in my opinion, after extensive exposure to the rhetoric of “vigilance” club Chico First, this group qualifies as a hate group.

Since the inception of Chico First, members of Chico Friends on the Street have provided a direct challenge in both newspapers, on Action News Now, KZFR, social media and at several Chico City Council meetings, beginning April 3. Also, it was encouraging to witness the courageous Mark Herrera colorfully excoriate Chico First at the last council meeting.

But, it’s not enough to condemn homeless haters. We have to ask why we seek to make our public spaces inaccessible, hostile and punishing places for those with no decent alternative. We have to ask why demonization and criminalization are flourishing, in response to a shelter crisis.

Reinstatement of the sit-lie ordinance appears imminent.

Please join us in condemning and opposing this law and all such actions. Win or lose, apathy is indefensible. chicofriendsonthe street@gmail.com Patrick Newman Chico

It raised my hackles reading of the Chico administrative services director’s ideas of how to pay for rising retirement costs.

Here’s an idea: Cover retirement costs by cutting retirement costs.

Administrators would never think of that; instead they want to hire more people to do the work they were hired to do. And you would think the Republicans on the City Council would have the ideological mandate to reduce government, but, no, they just added to the problem with huge raises for fire and police.

Chico has a low cost of living due to cheap student labor. It is obscene that our administrators earn six figures, and incestuous that these people keep giving each other raises. Let the gold-diggers move on; we want staff who want to live here more than they want money.

Roland McNutt Chico

Getting due credit Re “Upping the ratio” (Healthlines,

by Felicia Mello, May 17): You missed the real and local

story behind this important piece of legislation. Senate Bill 968 (article failed to name the bill) originated in Chico. It started as a conversation in front of Mom’s between myself (California Faculty Association Counselor Committee chair) and Jason Conwell, our CFA campus staff representative.

Jason gets full credit for SB 968 as he said, “Mimi, you ought to propose a piece of legislation.” He then proceeded to teach me how this is done. Thanks to the support of CFA and Sen. Richard Pan, SB 968 was passed 6-0 by the Senate Education Committee on April 25. Next stop is the Senate Appropriations Committee. Jim Nielsen is on that committee.

Please contact him and tell him that mental health counseling in the CSU prevents suicide, increases student retention and graduation rates. Students that graduate help their families and contribute to a more robust economy.

Mimi Bommersbach Chico

‘A human dignity issue’ Re “Locked out” (Cover story, by Ashiah Scharaga, May 10): When I arrived at a client site Monday morning around 6:30, there was already a homeless woman inside who had pleaded to be able to use her business bathroom. I asked my client if she felt worried about letting her in, and she shrugged and said she wasn’t concerned … she saw a fellow human in need.

The homeless woman thanked her profusely and left, leaving no mess or issues in her wake.

I know the homeless woman as well. She’s in her late 50s or early 60s, only been on the streets a few months, and can only afford around $400 per month for rent.

Once she lost her old place, it got exponentially harder for her to find something.

For every story that gets repeated, about the mess, about the monsters among us, about the losers and the scum, the trash and the needles, the “transients,” there are dozens of stories like this one.

Stories of people and businesses trying to do the right things, and stories of homeless individuals who are just trying to muddle through as best they are able.

Don’t tell me that the homeless don’t need bathrooms. It’s a public

health issue, yes. But it’s also a basic human dignity issue.

Angela McLaughlin Chico

Three for candidates In a recent campaign mailer, incumbent Butte County Supervisor Larry Wahl says he “will continue to fight to preserve your right to the peaceful and quiet enjoyment of your home and property.” When the Habitat for Humanity homes were planned for 20th Street in Chico, it was with the expectation that Chico Scrap Metal would relocate as dictated in our Chapman-Mulberry Neighborhood Plan.

Those future homeowners expected a peaceful and quiet space. In the ongoing conflict between the Chapman neighborhood and Chico Scrap Metal, Mr. Wahl clearly has failed to make his words the same as his actions.

Incumbent Wahl also states in the same mailer that he believes in helping people in “resolving their issues.” Yes, he has helped Kim Scott (owner of Chico Scrap Metal) resolve her issues.

Larry Wahl will help you only if you share his arch-conservative philosophy. Butte County’s District 2 needs a supervisor in tune with today’s issues and neighborhoods. It needs a supervisor who will honestly represent all the district, not just the conservatives.

Butte County’s Second District needs Debra Lucero as its representative. She will keep her promises.

Ronald Angle Chico

I recently attended the Forest Ranch Community Association’s hosting of the three candidates for Butte County Supervisor District 3. It was clear to me that Norm Rosene is the most fit to represent the constituents of District 3.

Norm will fight to bring muchneeded business back to Butte County without raising taxes, he will fight to keep our water in the North State, he is pro-public safety.

Norm Rosene is not afraid to take on state government to bring our dollars back to Butte County, and he opposes Governor Brown’s sanctuary state status.

Norm is a businessman, professional and volunteer with tons of experience that will assist in

making a good supervisor. Norm Rosene would be the best fit for the constituents of District 3, sharing the same ideals and values of District 3 citizens.

Norm Rosene has the backing of the Butte County Deputy Sheriff’s Association, which speaks volumes. Clearly, Norm Rosene has the public’s well-being in mind and will support those who serve to protect the citizens of Butte County: the Butte County Sheriff’s Office and Butte County District Attorney investigators. Please visit normrosene.com for more detailed information. Vote Norm Rosene for District 3 on June 5.

Douglas Patterson Forest Ranch

I am a registered Republican voter, and I’m distressed by the divisive and bitter state of politics today. Like so many of my Republican friends, I’m unhappy with my party’s representation in Washington. I cannot stand by while the party in power, taking their lead from the president himself, treats their constituents with malice and contempt.

To vote for Doug LaMalfa, or any Republican for that matter, is to validate the status quo. We need a change, and Republicans need to stand up and demand better representation, even if it means voting outside the party.

Audrey Denney is the representative we need. I have been inspired by Audrey’s message that we can come together, despite our political differences. Audrey sees people as people first, not just voters to either please or to ignore, depending on the R or D after our name. Audrey believes that we have more commonalities than differences, and that’s the type of leadership—servant leadership— that we need in Congress. We need a representative, not a politician.

Republican friends, we do have a choice! Join me in voting for someone who will truly represent us all well—vote for Audrey Denney for Congress!

Bill Harrington Chico

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“We have never had a donation this large,” Lori Baker, a spokeswoman for the group, said in a press release. “We have been trying to make everything work and have even donated our own money to help the athletes have what they need, and this just hits my heart.”

CRIME SPREE IN CHICO

On Monday night (May 21), Chico police arrested Adam Parsons (pictured) after a bizarre crime spree that included him allegedly holding up an AM/PM with a hammer/ hatchet, stealing a tow-truck and using it to ram into several vehicles, including two police cars, and entering multiple homes and terrorizing the residents—one of whom was an 88-year-old woman.

This isn’t the first time we’ve heard of Parsons. Five years ago, the CN&R published a story about Proposition 36, which altered California’s three-strikes law to require the third strike be a violent offense. At that time, Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey offered the CN&R a few examples of why that law was flawed.

One of them was Parsons, who had two prior convictions for armed robberies.

What would have been his third strike—for escaping Butte County Jail— was reduced to an ordinary offense under Prop. 36. Instead of serving 25-to-life, he was set free.

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Lack of regulation over energy-efficiency program prompts crackdown

W green, he has a hard time not seeing red. hen Ernest Hunley talks about going

He and his wife, Kathryn, own a house in Honcut, the community in south Butte County story and photo by where they retired 12 Evan Tuchinsky years ago. After a decade relying on PG&E for eva nt u c h i ns k y @ electricity, they started n ew srev i ew. c o m considering alternatives.

Well, technically, one What’s your recourse? of the Hunleys did.

“My wife was all To seek resolution for complaints about the excited about solar,” PACE program, Peggy Ernest said. “Me, not so Moak recommends much.” contacting: Kathryn’s goal was The contractor and · PACE administrator to save money on energy first, allowing 10 days bills. Her interest attractfor response. ed solar companies’ State interest; soon enough, a · Contractors License Board salesperson visited their (cslb.ca.gov/ Consumers) for issues home.

The Hunleys live on related to the work or misrepresentations of a fixed, limited income benefits. from Social Security Department of benefits. As such, they · Consumer Oversight qualify for PACE: the (dbo.ca.gov/ consumers) for issues Property Assessed with the financing or Clean Energy program. solicitation process. Stemming from 2008 state legislation, but only

rolled out for Butte County residences in 2015, PACE allows people with poor credit and/or low earnings to finance efficiency improvements via a loan that gets repaid along with property taxes. (See “Tight households,” Greenways, May 5, 2015.)

That may sound good on principle, but as with any program, the devil is in the details. Homeowners such as the Hunleys certainly have found the details devilish— and devilishly hard to find.

Over the course of their evening with the salesperson, Ernest recalled, “we made more small talk than we did about the system.” The salesperson subsequently returned with her husband/partner, who spoke with Ernest at one end of the dinner table while she handled business with Kathryn.

The salespeople told the Hunleys that only Kathryn could complete the contract because PACE has an age limit of 65; he’s 74, while she’s 64. (the Hunleys subsequently learned there’s no such restriction.)

No paperwork exchanged hands.

Kathryn reviewed all the legally binding documentation on a computer tablet and signed electronically. They didn’t see everything printed out until Ernest asked and Kathryn received documents via email.

“They told us about all this money we were going to save,” Ernest said. “We do save on the electric bill; thing is, we’re pay-

ing three times as much [with] this solar system as what our electric bill was!”

Ernest said his household power costs $88 a month on average through PG&E; his monthly payments for the solar system are $268. Additionally, a 30 percent tax credit touted by the salespeople doesn’t apply to the Hunleys.

“If they’d have offered a hard copy of the contract and I’d have had time to sit down and read it,” he added, “there’s no way I’d ever have agreed to it.”

As it stands, the couple have a 20-year obligation on a system Ernest—a retired heating and air-conditioning technician— estimates will have a 20-year lifespan. He will be 94 at that point, should his health remain strong; if not, he worries what will happen to Kathryn, as the PACE loan has been recorded as a tax lien on the house.

“She may wind up losing the place over this thing,” he said.

Government agencies also have concerns.

Federal lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will not issue mortgages on houses containing PACE liens, which are classified as “super-priority” because they take precedence and remain on the property until discharged. In December, the Trump administration decided that the Federal Housing Authority would stop insuring mortgages with PACE loans involved.

Peggy Moak, Butte County’s treasurer/tax collector, has become the local focal point for complaints from homeowners with PACE loans.

Complaints such as the Hunleys’ have spurred action on the state level.

California legislators have passed a series of laws designed to protect consumers from deceptive business practices stemming from an industry that blossomed quickly amid high demand yet few regulations.

Peggy Moak, Butte County’s treasurer-tax collector, has been a point person both for grievances and reform.

She’s chair of the PACE committee for the California Association of County Treasurers and Tax Collectors; her and colleagues’ offices have fielded calls since the money flows through tax bills.

Moak’s group has pushed for the new laws that, among other things, increase disclosures and oversight.

“It’s generally more advantageous for people to go out and get their own financing if they can afford it,” she said, “but if they have credit issues or not enough equity in their home to meet the lending standards for banks or finance companies, then PACE becomes an alternative available to them….

“Whether that’s good or bad depends, of course, on the person’s understanding of what they’re signing up for and their ability to make those payments—and whether the energy-efficiency component offsets the cost of repayment is totally situational.”

Robert Bendorf IV—formerly with a solar contractor serving Butte County and now with a firm that administers PACE loans—says the new measures are making a difference. Last year alone, California removed over 130 contractors from the program. PACE administrators now must make a “peace of mind” phone call to customers, reviewing contract terms and disclosures; customers also have a three-day “cooling off” period in which they can cancel the contract.

“People for a long time have been signing financing contracts and been put in tough situations, but it’s very rare that the government ever heard of them,” said Bendorf, senior director of governmental relations at Petaluma-based Ygrene.

“Now that we’re so closely tied to these municipal officials, they’re hearing about a lot of these bad stories, and they’re bringing them to our attention, which is allowing us to respond accordingly.”

The reforms, he concluded, yield “a great level of protection that was definitely necessary in the industry of homeimprovement financing.” Ω

Driving hope Oroville nonprofit determined to launch mobile hygiene trailer

W line at a big-box retail store in Oroville about a year ago, he was shocked to see the

hen Kevin Thompson reached the checkout

cashier standing before him. Earlier that day, as the janitorial contractor made his rounds at Riverbend Park, he’d seen her clambering out from beneath a bridge on Highway 162.

“I [thought], Wow, here it is: She’s dedicated, she’s working, obviously she’s not on drugs, she’s getting to work—but she’s homeless.”

Thompson, also a well-known local pastor, is spearheading an effort with his management team at the Oroville Southside Community Improvement Association to provide not only a new resource center for homeless folks, but also Butte County’s first mobile To help: For more information hygiene unit, dubbed about the program and Haven of Hope on how to get involved, visit Wheels. It’s moments havenofhopeonwheels.org. like the one Thompson Donations can be made at gofundme.com/haven recalled, coupled with ofhopeonwheels. the increasing number of homeless people in Butte County, that has been the motivation.

Their goal is to purchase a wheelchairaccessible trailer equipped with four showers, toilets, and washer and dryer units, available on a first-come, first-served basis. The plan is to operate no fewer than five days a week for about eight hours a day, with a driver, intake coordinator and potentially a case manager stopping at locations across the county.

A sample schedule on the organization’s website shows Haven of Hope on Wheels starting at a location like the Jesus Center in Chico in the morning and moving to a location like the Community Action Agency in Oroville for the afternoon. They anticipate offering 60 to 84 showers a day, as well as 36 to 72 loads of laundry. Other potential services: haircuts and grooming.

Currently, the management team is working to drum up community support and sponsors. (They’ve reached about $10,000 of their $104,000 goal.) On June 5, Thompson and his team—which also includes Keesha Hills, Allen Young and Gwen Jenkins—will be asking the Oroville City Council for support, and they’ll make a presentation to the Butte County Board of Supervisors on June 12.

The group’s mission is to help homeless individuals feel better about themselves and regain their dignity and self-sufficiency, says Hills, facility manager at the Southside Oroville Community Center. “When you are ostracized for the way that you look, the way that you smell, oftentimes that’s the reason why a lot of them don’t … seek appointments or maybe find housing,” she said.

Thompson added that the team is treating

SIFT ER Does it pay to work in Chico?

According to just-released numbers from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Chico workers earn a mean wage of $21.62 an hour, 11 percent less than the national average of $24.34. Wage disparity varied wildly by occupation.

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The Oroville Southside Community Improvement Association’s management team (from left): Administrative Assistant Gwen Jenkins, CEO Kevin Thompson, Facility Manager Keesha Hills and (not pictured) Allen Young, assistant to the CEO. They are busy fundraising for Haven of Hope on Wheels, a mobile hygiene unit that will serve the county’s homeless population.

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health and safety as the No. 1 priority.

“Many people suffer from certain avoidable diseases or infirmities that could be taken care of if they were able to take showers on a regular basis,” he said. “Hygiene is so important.”

Haven of Hope drew inspiration from a similar

program in the Bay Area called Dignity on Wheels, started by longtime homeless service providers Paul and Cheryl Bains. That program has three trailers and services 14 cities within San Francisco, Alameda, Santa Clara and San Mateo counties.

Notably, the mobile units have been the “hook to create the relationships to establish the trust to get them back on the road to selfsufficiency,” Paul Bains told the CN&R by phone. He recalled meeting a woman who thanked him, sharing that after she was able to take a shower through Dignity on Wheels, she made connections to get a job and place of her own.

“I believe that everyone deserves the right to be clean,” he said.

As for the Haven of Hope Resource Center, which will be located at 3031 Myers St., Thompson said they’ll get the keys on June 1, and hope to have it up and running

by July. There, staff will offer counseling, case management, life skills courses and job training.

“Our goal is to make sure that everyone that seeks out our services has every opportunity to succeed,” Thompson said.

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right and a broader group of voters, many of whom hope to punish the president and his party in a “blue wave” election. But party leaders say they’ve found the secret to this balancing act: Keep it local.

“You want to know why every word out of Democrats’ mouth[s] is ‘Donald Trump’?” said Jim Brulte, chairman of the California Republican Party. “Because they don’t want the voters of this state focusing on what’s happening here.”

What’s happening here in California, he said, includes the nation’s highest poverty rate, everescalating home prices and rising economic inequality and homelessness. He, and virtually every other Republican in attendance at the convention, took special aim at two policies recently enacted by the state Legislature: an increase in car fees and gasoline taxes, and the “sanctuary state” policy that limits local and state law-enforcement agencies’ cooperation with federal immigration authorities.

Late last month, gas-tax opponents,

including Republican gubernatorial candidate John Cox, qualified a petition to put a repeal of the increase on the fall ballot.

Republicans hope it will draw an outsized number of pocketbookminded voters to the polls in

November to vote for other Republican causes and candidates.

“This isn’t a Republican issue, this isn’t a Democratic issue— this is a people issue,” said Bill Essayli, who is running to defeat Democratic Assemblywoman Sabrina Cervantes in a Riverside County district and who has built his campaign largely around his opposition to the gas-tax hike.

Immigration policy has also been one of the most galvanizing issues for the party’s base, as city councils and county boards have passed ordinances against the sanctuary law or joined the Trump administration’s lawsuit against the state.

“I’m telling every candidate: When you run for office, you should come out … with ‘repeal the gas tax’ and ‘oppose the sanctuary state,’” said San Diego Republican Party Chairman Tony Krvaric.

He says that’s a winning strategy for state and local office, but also for Republicans scrambling to hold onto vulnerable congressional seats. By some measures, more than half of the 14 GOP-held districts in California are competitive this year. Krvaric says a focus on state-level policies will rev up right-of-center turnout, benefiting Republican candidates no matter their place on the ballot.

It’s a strategy that tests conflicting theories: The midterm elec-

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It was originally published at CalMatters. org, a nonprofit news venture covering state policy and politics in California.

tions will be a referendum on the president, as the first election after a presidential contest so often is, or all politics will be local in 2018, as Republicans hope.

In most respects, California Republicans are fighting an uphill battle. California has not elected a Republican to statewide office since 2006. In addition, the sitting president’s party has suffered an average loss of more than 20 seats in the House of Representatives in midterm elections since World War II. Those losses have tended to be bigger when the president was unpopular. In state and federal elections around the country since 2016, Democratic candidates have made strong gains.

Many at the convention had hoped

to improve the party’s electoral chances by uniting behind one of the two leading GOP gubernatorial candidates, John Cox and Travis Allen. But neither man secured the 60 percent of the delegate vote needed for an endorsement.

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In January, Chávez was one a handful of current and former Republican lawmakers to announce the formation of New Way California, a group formed to press for more inclusive and environmentally friendly policies in the party.

“I don’t think we win by subtraction, we win by addition,” he said.

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“My district is not some place like up in Chico or Bakersfield or the Imperial Valley,” Chávez said.

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really great orthopedist examines it, X-rays it, casts it and charges like 400 bucks. And then I needed some stitches on my forehead when I was in Rome and went to the hospital where the pope goes, and for 112 euros had my head stitched up.

And so when I came back to the U.S. in 2007, I encountered things that were so crazy and expensive that I didn’t know what to make of it. My kids were young, and they would need an antibiotic and it was $200— when I was in med school, it was $10.

A little inhaler that I use when I run had always been this cheap little thing—I would go to the pharmacy and they said, “That’s $100.” And I would be like, “You gotta be kidding me.”

It was right at the beginning of the Affordable Care Act debates. And my editor said, “Will you write about health care again?” And I said, “The only thing I want to do is write about why it costs so much because I am completely confused and distressed.”

Doctor feels your pain Health-care costs— and a need to explain them—push E.R. physician into investigative journalism

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Editor’s note: Former New York Times reporter Elisabeth Rosenthal, MD, is the author of An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back. She is editor-inchief of Kaiser Health News, an editorially independent program of the nonprofit Kaiser Family Foundation. She spoke with N&R publisher Jeff vonKaenel at her office in Washington, D.C. Can you tell me a little bit about your background?

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out for me. I went to medical school and started working in an emergency room, and I was also freelancing a lot for The New York Times. And when the Clinton health reform effort came along, the Times asked if I wanted to come to work full time. And I thought, OK, I’ll do this for a year and then I’ll go back to being a doctor. Now here I am, more than 20 years later talking about a lot of the same issues.

What made you want to focus on the economics and the sociology of medicine?

Ironically, after the Clinton health reform efforts failed, I did a long detour as a foreign correspondent, so I was overseas for about [a decade] from ’97 to 2007. Those were the years in which health care costs in the U.S. really spiraled, really got out of control. I was covering international environmental issues, mostly based in Europe, and I had experiences there with different health systems. I broke a wrist in Stockholm. And this

What did you find out?

I got to spend two years writing a series of stories called Paying Till It Hurts, which was a fabulous, scary experience. We decided to try something relatively new then, which was to put little call-outs on the stories that said, “Do you have an experience with high drug prices you’d like to share?”

Or, “Have you had a medical bill that you couldn’t afford to pay?” And we got, for the series, about 20,000 submissions. They were like a catalog of all the ways that the health system was failing ordinary people.

How did the idea for the book come about?

We did probably 20 stories in that series, each one feeding on the other. All of the people in the series, after the first two, were people who submitted their stories. And then at the end, my editors said, “OK, the series is done,” and so I thought, Well, I’d better write a book. And what I hoped to do in the book was to go down another layer. Because, though I love newspaper journalism, for a 2,000-word story, there was a kind of certain depth that I had to understand. But then I didn’t really understand how we got here.

I discovered that the reason colonoscopies can get so expensive is because they’re adding on this thing called a “facility fee”; how we got to charge recovery room time by the minute, like a taxi meter. How do we get to a place where we think a little inhaler that cost $10 in 1995 would cost $200 in 2012?

That’s exactly the opposite of how a market should work. So this was kind of like a big mystery to me that I needed to solve.

I thought one of the strengths of the book was that you were able to combine the stories with explaining how the situation occurred, and your conclusions about the culpability of the whole system. Will you talk a little about that?

Well, I’m a storyteller, right? Here at my new job, and at the Times, each of those stories started with a person. I worked from that as a starting point—which story should I tell and what points do they illustrate? There’s a desire, when we talk about American health care, to say the problem is the insurers, the problem is the hospitals or the problem is the doctors and their salaries.

And my feeling was the problem is all of them and none of them, you know? It’s the way they interact.

Will you talk about your 10 “rules of the dysfunctional health care market”?

When I finished writing the book, I thought, OK, so everyone likes to say that in the U.S., we do market-based health care.

Well, if this were a market, what would the rules be? And I started writing them down.

Things like, “A lifetime of treatment is preferable to a cure.” Obviously, if you’re thinking from a health-care point of view, every one of these rules is ridiculous.

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Big providers can simply demand more. And you see this in Northern California with Sutter. You could say, “Isn’t that unethical for them to charge higher prices than everyone else?” From a Harvard Business School point of view, you look at that and go,

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I do, but not because they’re the only ones doing it. I mean, sometimes hospitals that are in the book or that are in the New York Times articles will say, “Why did you pick me? I’m not doing anything that Hospital X isn’t doing?”

I say, “Well, bad luck.” There are hospitals that have Sutter-like pricing power in different parts of the country. Sutter’s really good at what it does, and that’s partly why they become a target. They’re a prominent medical system; people want to go to their hospitals. So if you have that reputation, and you have a monopoly or near monopoly, you can get away with a lot. Ω

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W vibrant wildflowers—tickled pink buds, honey-hued petals and virent stems—awaken hen drifting clouds dapple the sky and

in the verdant fields of Table Mountain, explorers quicken their pace. They spot trickling streams and grazing cattle. Occasionally, they look straight down, turning anxious eyes to their mud-slicked heels—did they step in one of the fertile cow-pie mines littered across the landscape?

That may seem a nuisance, but it’s a necessity. Tracy Schohr, a livestock and natural resources adviser for University of California Cooperative Extension, said the natural magic of the popular Butte County recreational spot is made possible because of a long-standing grazing program. “If cattle were not actually on Table Mountain Ecological Reserve,” she said, “essentially those invasive species would choke out those native plants, and they wouldn’t be there.”

Targeted grazing—in which sheep, goats and cattle mow down grasses, weeds and invasive species in specific spots, as the hoofed workers at Table Mountain do—is an element of what Schohr calls the land management “toolbox.” It’s part of an equation to not only foster environmental resiliency and respect the livelihood of ranchers, but also to protect communities and decrease fire risk.

“If we reduce the amount of vegetation that is there through livestock grazing,” Schohr explained, “we can reduce the amount of fuels that would be available to help a fire spread and carry and build up intensity.”

While targeted grazing is certainly not a panacea, when combined with other tools—such as prescribed fires and forest thinning—it can make a difference. A 2014 study published in the Journal of Rangeland

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Applications, titled “Livestock Grazing Effects on Fuel Loads for Wildland Fire in Sagebrush Dominated Ecosystems,” found that grazing can reduce fire loads, fire ignition potential and spread, and even decrease fire hazard in future seasons if timed appropriately.

In the past, grazing was misunderstood and primarily viewed as destructive, said Dave Daley, a fifth-generation Butte County cattleman and associate dean of Chico State’s College of Agriculture. He credits changing perspectives to the development of grazing science, fueled by people such as Schohr and Kate Wilkin, a UC Cooperative Extension forestry, fire science and natural resource adviser for Butte, Yuba and Nevada counties. (Schohr covers Butte, Plumas and Sierra counties.)

Wilkin said that there has been a long history of grazing in the West, dating to the 1700s. Livestock historically overwhelmed the environment, causing degradation to wetlands and meadows especially. Using animals in a targeted way, however, can reduce fire risk without destroying the natural landscape, Wilkin said.

When fire fuel loads are left unchecked, they can lead to catastrophic wildfires. From Daley’s perspective, the Thomas Fire—which Seeds of knowledge:

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ripped through more than 280,000 acres of Santa Barbara and Ventura counties and destroyed more than 1,000 structures in December 2017—is a perfect case study on what can happen when there is a lack of prescribed burning and targeted grazing.

“Frankly, our problem was we didn’t manage it when we could have,” Daley said.

In Northern California communities like Chico, at a low elevation of 200 feet, Wilkin envisions targeted grazing as a way to create fire breaks, or gaps in vegetation that can slow down or even stop the progression of a wildfire. It would start with individual homeowners, creating buffers around the perimeter of their property, then utilizing “grazer or browser livestock” in cooperation with their neighbors.

Wilkin added that there’s a lively debate about land management in certain areas of California, like the chaparral biome in the region decimated by the Thomas Fire. Natural habitat has to be protected, as well. “There’s this real tension between reducing too much fuel in some areas and these other natural benefits or ecosystems that we’re also interested in.”

Though it’s following on the heels of last

year’s disastrous, fatal wildfires, Schohr said she’s been encouraged that land management appears to be receiving greater precedence at the state level: Gov. Jerry Brown has launched a forest health initiative, aiming to funnel $96 million toward improving the condition of California’s forests and reducing fire risk.

The problem Daley sees, however, is that significant barriers remain for ranchers who want to be part of the solution. There is a lot of ungrazed land in California that remains inaccessible because of urbanization and state regulations, he said.

“Between everything from the economy for livestock production to government restrictions to the whole permitting process, a lot of the small ranchers are now gone,” Daley said. “There’s places that, for whatever reason, they’ve eliminated grazing. Maybe it was a riparian zone issue, maybe it was an endangered species. … Pretty soon, it’s [going to become] no longer economically viable.”

Daley said public agencies and the private sector need to work together to find more places to clear out brush and open up grazing after prescribed fires.

Wilkin expressed excitement about the forest health initiative, which has a lofty goal of doubling the pace and scale of fire reduction treatment from 250,000 acres to 500,000 acres per year.

“We have incredibly strong evidence that humans can alter fire and can be a driver of that, for better or for worse,” Wilkin said.

“We can use the tools in our toolbox; we can change the way fire behaves in our landscape,

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life of jiu jitsu Bruno Lima, owner of Bruno Lima Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Academy, has been involved in martial arts his whole life, starting with judo at just 5 years old. Growing up in a tough neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, his parents encouraged his interest, which shifted toward jiu jitsu when he realized one didn’t have to be big and strong to be successful at it. This year, Lima celebrates two decades since first stepping onto the jiu jitsu mat in 1998. Lima came to the United States, to Stockton, in 2010 to assist in training UFC fighters. During his six months there, he attended a seminar in Chico and he was invited to teach jiu jitsu in Chico for a summer after that. Lima never looked back. In 2012, he opened his own gym specializing in Brazilian jiu jitsu—“a high intensity grappling martial art that uses leverage and technique to overcome larger, stronger opponents.” Next month he’ll host his second annual seminar with Beatriz Mesquita, a longtime friend and seven-time world jiu jitsu champion, with two separate events—June 9 is for women and girls and June 10 is open to all. Lima offers a variety of classes for kids, women and men. Check out his website (brunolimabjj.com) for more information or stop into the gym at 2145 Park Ave., Ste. 1, for a free week trial membership.

Why jiu jitsu?

Jiu jitsu is a kind of lifestyle. When you start and really like it, you can’t live without it anymore. You change your life, your whole life, so you can do jiu jitsu; your nutrition, how you take care of your body, the friendship aspect you learn from doing jiu jitsu changes you, changes your whole life. The people I have here have been here for a long time and they come like two or three or five days a week.

Why a special day for just girls and women?

I want to try and build a jiu jitsu girls community here in town. With jiu jitsu, it doesn’t matter if

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… Safeway? That’s right. If you need to see someone about a sore throat or you step on a nail and need a tetanus shot or stitches, you can now walk in—or make an appointment—at Safeway on East Avenue. Action Urgent Care bills itself as the “fastest, most-knowledgeable medical network on Earth” and it’s staffed in-person by nurses, plus there’s a network of physicians available via computer screen. As an added convenience, you can do your grocery shopping while you wait!

I’m not sure how I feel about having sick people congregate where I buy food, but the concept is interesting, especially considering the lack of primary care physicians in town. And if the average wait time is really only five minutes, as advertized, I might just go there the next time I need a doctor.

Action Urgent Care takes most insurance, provided it’s an HMO or PPO, and a visit sans insurance costs $75. It’s open 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. weekends, with breaks from noon-1 p.m. and 4:30-5:30 p.m. I’m curious how this model works—if you’ve taken advantage of this service since it started a few months ago, let me know!

you’re strong or not; it’s all about technique. If a girl learns jiu jitsu, she knows she’s gonna use techniques so she can escape or do something so she can be safe and move away. That’s important, very important for me, and for the girls I train. If you come to my class, you will see girls like 5 years old using technique to dominate boys that are bigger or older and you’re gonna say, “Damn, that’s amazing what you’re doing!”

Sew long I hate to see good businesses go, but this one seems like perhaps a bit of karma. About a year after 1078 Gallery was evicted from its longtime Broadway space, its loud live shows blamed for decreased business at neighboring Acapillow, that business has closed up shop. Peter and Eleanor Path opened the vintage décor and upholstery store in Chico in December 2016, having recently relocated here from Santa Monica. Peter also managed the Broadway building. I drove by recently and saw a “for lease” sign in the Acapillow window. All the merchandise is gone. And a phone call to the business yielded a message about leasing the space, nothing more.

In 1078 news, the city zoning administrator approved a conditional use permit for its new location at 1710 Park Ave. and the gallery is organizing a volunteer core to ready the space. Check Facebook for updates or info on how to join the fun.

But your gym is open to everyone, right?

More poke?! So, I Fish Poke Bar Thai Kitchen opened up recently over in the Safe-

Now I’m focusing on girls and women, but I have college students, I have everybody. If you come in here, you’re gonna see a gym where everybody’s welcome. Building a community was my focus when I opened the gym …. How are you gonna do that?

You need to focus on the basic. What’s the basic?

Kids. Focus on the kids, because if you teach the kid, he’s gonna be a better person when he gets to be an adult, so let’s focus on the kids right now.

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way shopping center on Nord Avenue. I popped in to give it a shot. The menu is strangely eclectic, but I like it. If you don’t want poke, no big deal. The poke bar itself was fresh and had fewer restrictions on how many scoops of what you can add to your bowl than you’ll find at Lucky Poke—though I do admit I prefer Lucky’s fish. There’s something wonderful about those raw scallops.

I say “more poke?!” because this is just the third of five places planned for Chico. The next one is going in where Has Beans used to be downtown. But I was recently walking down Third Street and noticed a note in the window of the former Rallo’s West (RIP). The name wasn’t clear, but it certainly indicated another poke place is going in there, too. How many can Chico support?

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Forums have been held, lawn signs have been staked, mailboxes have been stuffed with campaign fliers. Yes, election season is upon us.

And, as usual, there are so many races to consider—from governor of California to superintendent of public instruction—that we don’t have the space for a deep dive into each one. So, we decided to focus on those closest to home: the local U.S. congressional district, Butte County Board of Supervisors, county auditor/controller and county assessor.

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ith four Democrats, one Republican and one Green Party candidate on the ticket alongside incumbent Rep. Doug LaMalfa, it’s anybody’s guess just how the chips will fall in the June primary. The top two contenders will continue in the race for Congressional District 1, the largest in the state geographically and arguably the most rural.

District 1 spans 11 counties and stretches north to the Oregon border. LaMalfa has held his seat since 2012, when redistricting pushed his predecessor, Mike Thompson, into District 5, where he still serves. That year, he narrowly edged out Democratic challenger Jim Reed, with 53 percent of the vote. During the last election cycle, he once again faced off against Reed.

Challengers then, as now, included Gregory Cheadle and David Peterson.

To help voters differentiate among the candidates, here is a quick guide to their positions on these key issues, as gleaned from public forums, official campaign websites, candidate statements and, in some cases, email exchanges: 1. Gun violence 2. Cannabis legalization 3. Health care 4. Immigration 5. Water 6. Jobs/economy 7. Energy

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Green Party, Mount Shasta, retired diplomatic officer lewiselbingerforcongress.com 1. In general, pro-peace. Says gun control debate is distracting from other issues.

2. Supports decriminalizing cannabis federally.

3. Pro-universal health care.

“Most advanced, civilized societies provide affordable or free health care to their citizens in order to assure, protect and ensure a high quality standard of living,” he says on his site.

4. Favors deportation of undocumented immigrants who commit crimes.

5. Pro-water protection. Strongly against building a dam in Grass Valley, as it would threaten the local water ecosystem. Stands firmly with Standing Rock.

6. “The issue of wealth and income inequality is the great moral issue of our time, it is the great economic issue of our time, and it is the great political issue of our time,” he says on his website. Some of his proposed remedies: tax reform to eliminate loopholes for corporations and create an estate tax on wealthiest individuals; increased federal minimum wage; Medicare for all; same wages for men and women.

7. Renewables.

Democrat, Grass Valley, small-business owner No website, see candidates’ statements on Butte County elections site 1. While vague on specifics, supports stricter laws regarding access to guns.

2. “Step one is to curtail funding for DEA enforcement operations in states that have legalized,” he said by email. “Step two is measure the economic and social impact to legal states and adjoining states.”

3. Supports single-payer Medicare for all.

4. In order to solve the problem of undocumented workers, require wages of $20 per hour, with a 20 percent tax to be sent to their home country for infrastructure maintenance.

5. Infrastructure of dams and water districts is a major concern.

“New development will be focused on storage in the south Central Valley including aquifer restoration,” he said by email.

6. Plans to bring many jobs to District 1 by backing infrastructure repairs as well as new wind- and solar-energy projects, which will have the secondary result of lowering individual power bills.

7. “I will cut numerous red-tape restrictions slowing the Green Energy Transition, including fossil fuel subsidies,” he says in his candidate statement.

Democrat, Chico, farmer/educator audreyforcongress.com 1. Supports expanding California’s stringent gun control laws to the rest of the United States.

2. Supports removing cannabis from the federal Schedule I drug list and treating it the same as any other agricultural commodity.

3. Says health care is a human right. Pro-universal health care and decreased prescription drug costs.

Plus, she emphasizes public education on health issues.

4. Says current laws leave many in fear of deportation of themselves or loved ones. Advocates a path to citizenship because immigrants are part of our community and our economy.

5. Suggests improving existing infrastructure and investing in conservation efforts, in addition to providing incentives to farmers for upgrading irrigation systems for better water savings.

6. Supports increasing the federal minimum wage to ensure that people who work full-time are not below the poverty line. Added jobs through investments in clean energy and other sustainability efforts.

7. Says climate change is the single biggest threat to human life.

Part of the reason for this is an over-reliance on fossil fuels.

Pro-renewables.

Democrat, Auburn, attorney jessicaholcombeforcongress.com 1. Supports legislation that limits availability of high-power rifles with magazines holding more than 10 bullets. Proposes a ban on bump stocks.

Says she will not accept donations from the NRA. 2. Pro-federal legalization. Says she would co-sponsor the Marijuana Justice Act to take cannabis off the Schedule I drugs list and offer reduced sentencing and expungement services, as well as job training for those with cannabis-related convictions.

3. Health care is a right, not a privilege. “We are ... the only developed country which does not provide universal healthcare to its citizens primarily because of the lobbying power of insurance and pharmaceutical companies,” she says on her website.

4. Husband is an immigrant from Holland. Supports a path to citizenship for rural farmworkers.

5. Proposes added incentives for innovation and implementation of technology that increases water conservation as well as prevents groundwater contamination, versus investing in additional reservoirs.

6. For increasing the federal minimum wage to $15.

7. Says renewable energy will reduce the country’s reliance on foreign oil, while allowing households to save money and cutting back on carbon emissions, which contribute to global warming.

The primary election is Tuesday, June 5. Whether you show up in person or mail in your ballot, we urge each and every one of you to vote. If you are unsure of your polling place or would like to learn more about the candidates for all races, go to clerk-recorder.buttecounty.net and search for your registration status or continue to the elections main page.

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Democrat, Quincy, environmental scientist martywalters.com 1. Says the first step to curbing gun violence is to fix our current regulations on firearms.

2. Pro-federal legalization.

3. Supports separating health care from employment. Proposes consolidating Medicare and Medicaid (MediCal in California). Eliminate red-tape regulations to keep costs down.

4. Supports policy to bring people into full residency. Says problem with undocumented workers is California’s labor market, which relies on them.

5. “We must prioritize ecosystem restoration in our mountain regions to allow for more water capture and storage and we must address the excess of biomass in our forests that further limits water storage,” she said by email.

6. According to her candidate statement, “We can develop new local industries, making products that help us respond to climate change. We can bring back rural communities as centers for arts and culture, services, and remote work, all supported by reliable high-speed internet.”

7. Supports multiple approaches to sustainable energy sources: Renewable and distributed energy systems, passive heating and cooling to deal with weather extremes and noncarbon fuels.

Republican, Redding, real estate broker cheadleforcongress.com 1. Pro-Second Amendment. Says “mass shootings” are a white problem that ignores gun violence among minority communities.

2. Favors decriminalizing marijuana, saying it fuels the “criminal justice industrial complex” and leads to personal hardships and increases crime.

3. Anti-Affordable Care Act. Pro-life. Anti-vaxxer. Believes drug and alcohol dependence is overtaxing the health care system. “The diseases that are plaguing us as a nation are diseases of luxury and are largely self-induced,” he says on his website. Obesity epidemic is due to overindulgence and gluttony.

4. Says America’s jails and prisons are “filled with illegal aliens, many of whom are gang members ….”

5. No stance found. Did not reply to an email request by press time.

6. Says taxes, unions and regulation are killing the U.S. jobs market.

7. Believes the U.S. consumes too much energy, especially of the imported variety. Supports increased local energy production, namely coal and natural gas, but adds: “Also we must invest in technologies that improve nuclear, wind, and solar power, as well as make cost-effective biofuels.”

Republican (incumbent), Richvale, farmer douglamalfa.com 1. On his website, he says, “I will fight any attempt to water down or weaken our rights, while pushing to ensure our rights to hunt and defend ourselves are expanded.”

2. Against legalization, maintains it should be illegal in California despite voters’ decision.

3. Anti-Affordable Care Act, saying increased consumer choice drives costs down. Notably pro-life, he has supported the removal of federal funding for Planned Parenthood.

4. Pro-Trump’s wall. Says he supports legal immigration and is against driver’s licenses and in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants. “California’s Sanctuary State policies are unconstitutional and a danger to the public,” LaMalfa said in a statement last week (May 17). “We cannot sit back and watch as illegal aliens—often criminals— endanger our communities ….”

5. Defends of North State water rights. Advocates for Sites Reservoir. Opposes environmental regulations related to water, such as the Endangered Species Act. 6. Wants to reduce regulations to encourage businesses to move into the area, which in turn creates jobs.

7. Pro-domestic energy production, including nuclear, and loosening of environmental regulations that impede such production.

hen it comes to an election for county assessor, one candidate—the incumbent—usually has a big advantage. Most voters know little or nothing about the assessor, so their tendency is to vote for the person who’s already sitting at the desk. Naturally, this discourages others from running.

When the current assessor, Diane Brown, was elected in 2014, it was partly because there was no incumbent in the race.

Of the five candidates who emerged, Brown came in second in the June 2014 primary with 31 percent of the votes, just behind Supervisor Bill Connelly’s 33 percent. In the November 2014 general-election runoff, Brown, a 30-year veteran of the Assessor’s Office, handily defeated the popular but inexperienced Connelly, garnering 55 percent of the vote despite her opponent’s name recognition.

This year, only two candidates are running, Brown and Chico City Councilman Randall Stone. And Stone, well aware of the uphill climb he faces, appears to be doing whatever he can to stir the political pot and make voters aware of the assessor’s race and its importance.

The Assessor’s Office plays a key role in county government by determining the value of local real properties for tax purposes. It’s budgeted for 40 employees but currently has 39. The assessor’s salary is $128,688 annually.

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It would be hard to find two more dissimilar

candidates than Randall Stone and Diane Brown. In public, he’s intense, fast-talking and aggressive, while she’s low-key, softspoken and easy going. He’s a strong presence in Chico Democratic Party circles, and she’s a longtime Oroville-area Republican (though she says she’s “no fan of our current president”).

Stone has experience in real estate and development and currently owns a boutique financial-planning company, but he has never worked as an appraiser. However, he is one of three arbiters on the county’s Assessment Appeals Board, which exists to adjudicate when the Assessor’s Office and a taxpayer disagree about the value of a property.

Stone also mentions frequently that his father has been the assessor in Santa Clara

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County for 24 years. “I mentored under the best of the best,” he says.

His campaign has been equal parts positive and negative. On the positive side, he emphasizes his work on the Chico City Council, where according to his campaign literature he “fought to return $4 million to the city General Fund for public safety, roads, and parks.” He also touts his business experience and contends that his up-to-theminute expertise in using technology has produced “dramatic improvements ASSESSOR C O N T I N U E D M AY 2 4 , 2 0 1 8

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On the negative side, he has attacked his opponent relentlessly in social media and elsewhere. She’s “unethical,” he argues, because she used her county office to campaign and has shown “flagrant disregard for campaign and finance laws.”

Her idea of a technological upgrade is a new refrigerator in the Paradise branch office, he charges sarcastically.

Turnover in the Assessor’s Office is painfully high, there’s a debilitating lack of training, and—as Stone stated in a Facebook post— taxpayers are unfairly forced “to appeal the Assessor’s baseless appraisal demands.”

He also points to a disagreement between Brown’s office and a property owner named William Vanasek, an attorney who works in the Sutter County Counsel’s Office. Charging that Brown’s office had failed to follow assessment rules, Vanasek appealed his assessment “upon principal (sic)” and, in an online post, expressed his frustration that the assessor “fell short of [her] obligation” to comply with the law.

In response, Brown says simply that her staff

did follow the rules and that she stood behind their handling of Vanasek’s case. As with all of her responses to Stone’s charges during the League of Women Voters candidates’ forum, she spoke clearly and to the point, in contrast to his complex verbosity that sometimes became hard to follow.

In the past decade, Brown said, her office had received some 5,300 appeals. Most—85 percent—were handled-in house; 5 percent were no-shows; and 10 percent moved on to the appeals board and final resolution. The suggestion that the Assessor’s Office wasn’t following the rules fails to account for this level of efficiency and success.

She agrees with Stone that more staff training is needed and says she is instituting it as funding becomes available. Stone charges that she’s not being proactive and searching out grants to pay for training.

On the tech front, her office is switching from an AudoCAD drafting system to a geographic information system (GIS) that will enable a “more linear” and efficient method for recording parcel data.

And the refrigerator? Yes, she put a fridge in the Paradise office. Employees there needed a break room. She also put in a table and chairs and utensils. And she paid for it all herself.

Brown knows she has the advantage of incumbency and is running a low-key campaign, eschewing outside contributions and selffinancing instead. As of April 26, she reported lending herself $6,852 and spending $1,852, mostly on yard signs. Stone reports receiving $3,170 in contributions and $2,300 in loans to himself, for a total of $5,523.

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wo Butte County Board of Supervisors seats are up for grabs next month, and both happen to be those representing Chico.

In District 2, which covers the northwestern corner of the county, incumbent Larry Wahl faces a single challenger for the seat he’s held for two terms. In the case of District 3, which encompasses Cohasset and Forest Ranch in addition to the eastern half of Chico, three candidates have emerged as contenders to succeed longtime Supervisor Maureen Kirk, who is retiring at the end of her third term.

All five have been making the rounds at a number of forums leading up to the biggie: the Butte County League of Women Voters’ recent televised event at Marsh Junior High School, during which each impressive hopeful shared his or her positions on a variety of hot topics—though they appeared to diverge on only a few of them.

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Transparency in government: Each of the candidates pointed to the importance of public access.

Lucero noted that citizens must dig through the Board of Supervisors minutes to see how each of the five members of that panel voted. She suggested technology upgrades, including creating a glossary tracking how the five members of the panel voted. “This is a good place to start, because then it makes it easy for the public … [to] determine how our elected officials are representing us.”

Wahl appeared to think the county was sufficiently transparent. He added it’s a “shared endeavor,” calling for citizens to do their own research by reading the meeting minutes and local newspapers.

Incumbent Larry Wahl noted a life devoted to public service—first in the military and later as a member of Chico’s Planning Commission and City Council. For many years, he owned and operated local UPS stores.

Challenger Debra Lucero, a powerhouse in the arts community and tourism realm who raised three children here, pointed to her deep ancestral roots in Butte County.

She started her own furniture business when she was 25 years old, she said.

Bob Evans was the first of the trio of District 3 hopefuls to introduce himself. Chicoans may remember him from his two-year stint on the Chico City Council, having been appointed to the panel when Wahl departed for the county board midway through his term. Like Wahl, he’s a veteran.

Following military retirement, he served as plant manager at a school photography company, and re-entered public service following retirement from that job.

Self-described political “newbie” Norm Rosene is a Chico native whom locals may not recognize by name but whose résumé is notable.

He’s a longtime local dentist and owns a winery. He served two terms on the Butte County Airport Land Use Commission, started Jet Chico (an effort to return commercial air service to Chico), and helped found the Chico Air Museum.

Last up was Tami Ritter, a former Chico City Councilwoman who has spent two decades working in the social services realm: as the founding executive director of the Torres Community Shelter, executive director of Habitat for Humanity for Butte The candidates, from top: Larry Wahl, Debra Lucero, County, and as a drug and alcohol counselor.

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Local cannabis growing regulations: Making it a land-use issue, rather than a criminal one, has been the correct move, the candidates stated.

However, Ritter said that there isn’t consistent enforcement of the growing ordinance.

She pointed to recent hearings on properties in violation—“There were some people who got threemonth extensions, there were some people who [were subject to a lien immediately] going on their property.”

Lucero said she wants to examine enforcement expenditures and revenues to see if the ordinance should be reviewed.

Greenline and affordable housing: All of the candidates called for the demarcation protecting agricultural land to stand, even in the face of the local housing crisis.

Regarding the latter, Ritter called for the strengthening of the Butte Countywide Homeless Continuum of Care, taking aim at the Chico City Council for codifying laws that “criminalized homelessness,” resulting in the federal government cutting funding to that multiagency group tasked with ending homelessness.

Wahl criticized the state Legislature for enacting burdensome building regulations, and he said the county and city must make more land available for housing. He also supports tiny houses for transitional living.

Lucero called for higher-density development and infill projects—and a greater variety of housing types, including for millennials.

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Evans largely echoed Wahl. And while he wants to protect the Greenline, other areas encircling Chico need to be considered for growth, he said.

Rosene said marginal grazing lands—properties “that aren’t good for agriculture”—need to be made available for construction. He also criticized the state for adding regulations that add to housing costs, making home-buying an option for less than a third of Californians, he noted.

Outstanding problems—short- and long-term: Wahl said public safety is a short- and long-term issue; housing is, too.

Lucero pointed to the budget—the county needs to look at the services it provides and consider collaboration with local municipalities.

Evans also noted the budget, saying costs are going up faster than revenues.

Rosene listed off numerous issues: Budget, public safety, acute homelessness, growth (determining how the city grows), and economic development. Regarding the last point, he said the city desperately needs to get back commercial air service. Losing it led to the departure of Facebook and Google’s Loon project, he said.

Ritter’s priorities: water policy, implementing “housing first” and emergency preparedness (in light of the Oroville Dam spillway failure).

Addressing homelessness: Rosene pointed to comprehensive efforts of the county and cities—including law enforcement. Tiny homes are part of the solution, he said.

Ritter called for housing first and low-barrier shelters, saying those will relieve the burden on hospitals and law enforcement, which is “not the appropriate entity to be responding to the housing and homeless crisis.”

Wahl supports the Jesus Center’s move and consolidation, and, again, tiny homes.

Lucero noted that the county needs detox centers and mental health facilities, including a unit that can respond to crisis situations 24/7.

Evans, like Wahl, supports the Jesus Center’s move, and said that housing is “an integral part of the solution.”

Regarding sanctuary laws: Because they conflict with federal law, Wahl, Rosene and Evans say they oppose sanctuary state legislation—protections against deportation for undocumented immigrants.

Wahl talked about how the county voted unanimously to send a letter to the Legislature and governor Watch the forums: opposing sanctuary policy. He noted that Go to lwvbuttecounty.org/ the county sheriff posts the names of those VideoLInks.html to see the released from jail, “so that ICE, if it wants, candidates’ forums hosted by the League of Women Voters can come pick up the folks when they are released.” of Butte County.

Ritter pointed out that there are many conflicting state and federal laws—cannabis use, for example.

Because state law already allows law enforcement to work with federal immigration officials in the case of arrested violent criminals, Ritter said she “absolutely support[s] sanctuary.”

Lucero noted that the county depends on migrant farm workers, and that she was disappointed in the board for the vote Wahl mentioned. “If you talk to farmers, it is impacting our county, it’s impacting our agricultural well-being.”

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f not for a fateful internet search, Graciela Gutierrez would not be where she is today.

A little over seven years ago, Gutierrez sat with her daughter Sylvia to offer guidance on college courses. Sylvia—second-youngest of four children, now all with degrees— planned to major in criminal justice; Gutierrez wanted to show how educational choices translate in the working world.

They checked the Butte County government website. Gutierrez found a job for which she was qualified: assistant auditor-controller.

With Sylvia watching, she completed the application.

Gutierrez wasn’t job-hunting; she was assistant chief financial officer at Stapleton Spence, a fruit-packing company in her hometown of Gridley, with reasonable expectations of becoming CFO at some point.

“If it hadn’t been for [helping Sylvia],” she told the CN&R, “I never would have looked.”

To her surprise, she got a call. The testing and interview process yielded an offer.

So, after two decades in business accounting, Gutierrez moved into government.

“Circumstances place you where you’re supposed to be,” she said. “I think I was placed on the path.”

She’s hoping that path leads upward.

Gutierrez is running to succeed AuditorController David Houser, who will retire in January and has endorsed her.

Her opponent is Kathryn Mathes, previously the department’s manager of governmental accounting and currently the city of Chico’s accounting manager. Drawing closer to the June 5 election, demarcation lines have grown sharper, with Mathes emphasizing her CPA credentials (i.e., certified public accountant) and Gutierrez emphasizing her MPA (i.e., master’s in public administration).

The Auditor-Controller’s Office manages payments, prepares property tax bills, tracks county finances and compiles financial reports. The auditor-controller, elected for four years, runs the department.

“It’s really an administrative job that oversees the entire operation,” Gutierrez said.

“We are not knee-deep into the transactions.

“It takes more than a CPA to do this job; it takes more than a certificate to do this job.

You have to be able to deal with personnel issues; you have to have interpersonal skills; you have to be able to have intergovernmental relations ….”

She knows from experience: “Call it an apprenticeship, if that’s what you like, but [being assistant auditor-controller] is basi-

Auditor-controller contenders, formerly co-workers, defined by distinctions

cally doing the job on the day-to-day, which is a heavy responsibility.”

To the degree Gutierrez stresses administration, Mathes stresses accounting.

Mathes, who spent four years in the department after a year with then-Assessor Fred Holland, told the CN&R that she feels the auditor-controller and assistant auditorcontroller should be the department’s most preeminent accountants.

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Like Gutierrez, Mathes started her career in the private sector; her 30 years’ work include controller for DiamondAgra Industries, a local agriculture company with investment from Met Life. She first achieved CPA status in 1986.

“The way I look at this election is the voters are the shareholders, and the county has over half a billion dollars in its own revenue,” she said. “I think [for] any company that had over half a billion dollars in revenue, the shareholders would vote to have a CPA as their accountant—not a bookkeeper.”

Gutierrez joined the office five years removed from a crisis point. The 2005-06 Butte County grand jury excoriated the

department as a whole and Houser individually, delineating—among other criticisms—“insufficient separation of duties or internal controls” and “a lack of management skills” in the auditor-controller and his then-assistant.

Running unopposed, Houser got re-elected to his fifth term, commencing January 2007. However, in March of that year, the Board of Supervisors went so far as to consider eliminating the department—one of the grand jury’s 29 recommendations.

Both Gutierrez and Mathes say they’ve read the grand jury report. Gutierrez recognizes certain situations and individuals, but she calls the current staff “the best team we’ve ever had” and said Houser as described in the report “does not sound like the same person” she works for.

“I wasn’t there then, so I don’t know how much was factual and how much was exaggerated,” she added. “But I do know that I did step into a hornet’s nest of personnel stuff, and that was a big challenge to address—and it haunted me up until recently.”

According to Mathes, who left the department in February 2017, “everything in the report seemed true when I was working there.” Her position, manager of governmental accounting, came in response to the grand jury. Even now, she said, “there seems to be an issue with accounting experience there, a lack of accounting knowledge there,” along with turnover.

“The culture doesn’t reward knowledgeable accountants,” she added.

Mathes sees inaccuracy as a byproduct, citing in particular the almost $2 million Chico must repay the state following an audit of county financials that revealed miscalculations. (See “Unexpected debt,” Newslines, Jan. 4.) Gutierrez said the issue stems from the implementation of state law based on a state memo, not a calculation error by the county, and noted that the city concurrently received a windfall of over $5.5 million from the same funding source (i.e., state vehicle fees).

Mathes might as well have been Gutierrez when she said, “I have support from people I’ve worked with and for—and I’m really proud of that. My history is kind of pushing me toward this position.”

—EVAN TUCHINSKY eva ntu c h insk y @ newsr ev iew.c o m

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is a story Tom Waits tells: One day Iwhile stuck driving in the heavy traffic of nspiration can be fickle. A good example

Los Angeles, a song idea popped into his brain. With no paper or recorder on hand, Waits by panicked. He was going Robin to lose the song, so he Bacior called out to it, “Excuse me, can you not see that I’m driving? Go bother Preview: Leonard Cohen.”

Son Little performs Aaron Earl Sunday, May 27, Livingston, known by 7:30 p.m.

Wild ones opens. the musical moniker Tickets: $15 Son Little, knows that very frustration well.

Sierra Nevada But he took his own Big Room 1075 e. 20th St. approach to dealing with 899-6138 it, by turning it into the sierranevada.com focal point of his 2017 record, New Magic, an ode of sorts to that unpredictable power of creativity.

“If you have that energy in you, it doesn’t really matter if you write it down or not. It’s always there, you just have to find it,” Livingston said during a recent phone interview. “That may take more time than you want it to, but it’s there. It’s comforting to know it is there.”

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Special Events AMBER ROSE OPEN HOUSE: Meet local artists and enjoy refreshments while checking out the shop’s cool tattoo museum and collection of flash art. Thu, 5/24, 5pm. Free. Amber Rose Tattoo Parlor, 804 Broadway St. 530-809-1894.

DOWNTOWN DANCE: Downtown Dance troupe presents three performances during the Thursday Market. Thu, 5/24, 6pm, 7pm & 8pm. Free. City Plaza, downtown Chico.

Livingston got his start in the early 2000s in the hip-hop world, with guest appearances on records by The Roots and Hezekiah, among others. All the while, he was chipping away at his solo ideas.

“One thing was feeding the other,” Livingston said. “I was always kinda doing my own thing along the way.”

People began to take notice, and eventually Son Little was born. The sounds that surfaced are made up of simple, slightly distorted electric licks paired with either a peppy rock backbeat or a deep, spacious pulse. The main draw is Livingston’s satin voice, draped over the rhythm, with a mix of grit and soul that has some calling his music “blues revival.”

“I love blues,” Livingston said. “I’ve found my way to blues through R&B and rock ’n’ roll. You can’t ignore blues. I never really set out to revive anything, but I’m pleased and honored to be connected in any way to that tradition.”

As Son Little grew, Livingston found himself on the road constantly. During that time, song ideas started coming, but they remained in his head. “Songs can get stuck at a point if you don’t play them for people, or actually sit down and play them on an instrument,” Livingston said.

A short time into a solo tour in Australia, he found himself with a lefthanded acoustic guitar, borrowed from a blind Aboriginal musician named Gurrumul. Playing the guitar upside down, Livingston’s inspiration was let loose.

“I think to some degree my trip down there, it felt like I was in the negative image of America,” Livingston said. “I think that had a little something to do with it. Feeling that [let] the final pieces start to click for me.”

Those songs became New Magic.

There’s a celebratory feel to them, as on “Blue Magic (Waikiki),” with its airy earcandy groove, sparkling bells and backup vocalists joining in on vibrant, sing-along choruses.

A year after the album’s release, Livingston finds himself back in a similar place, on the road often with ideas starting to make their way into his mind. They might not come to fruition on command, but Livingston is patient.

“I’ve learned I don’t find anything good really ever comes from trying to force something into being,” he said. “It’s more about allowing a song to materialize. As long as you are diligent to a degree, practicing your art.” Ω

VOCES LATINXS: Chico High students put on a variety show. Thu, 5/24, 6pm. Chico High School, Williams Theater, 901 Esplanade.

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POOR MAN’S WHISKEY: High energy bluegrass, rock and folk.

Expect two sets of eclectic twists on traditional Americana music and foot-stomping good times at this KZFR event. Fri, 5/25, 6:30pm. $20. Chico Women’s Club, 592 E. Third St. kzfr. org

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SON LITTLE: Big room, little son. Philly blues guitarist combines emotional, hard-hitting storytelling with electric fuzz and innovative beats. A raw talent, Son Little is coming into his own. Dream pop band the Wild Ones open the show. Sun, 5/27, 8:30pm. $15. Sierra Nevada Big Room, 1075 E. 20th St. sierranevada.com

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Special Events INSPIRE ARTICULATION: Inspire School of Arts & Sciences presents their end of the year dance and choreography performances. Sat 5/26, 2pm & 7pm. $7-$12. CUSD Center for the Arts, 1475 East Ave. inspirecusd.org

PUBLIC ART TOUR: Take a stroll through downtown and check out our abundant public art. Donations are gladly accepted for the one-hour guided tour. Sat 5/26, 10am. Meet at the “Our Hands” sculpture, 411 Main St. chicoartsandculture.org

REMI VISTA FAMILY FUN RUN: Spring into action!

This 5K raises funds to support foster care, transitional housing and services for individuals with developmental disabilities.

Ticket includes registration, raffle entry and a barbecue lunch. Sat 5/26, 7:30am. $10-$20.

Sycamore Field, Lower Bidwell Park.

REV. MOONDOG BOCCE BALL TOURNAMENT: Grab your balls! Four-person teams face off in this fun bocce tournament with food from Gnarly Deli and drinks from KZFR. Register by calling 228-1308 or 895-0706. Sat 5/26. $25. End of Normal, 2500 Estes Road.

VETERANS PLANT GIVEAWAY: Vets and their families can swing by the garden to pick up a free vegetable or flower plant to help build their

Music garden. Sat 5/26, 9am. Humboldt Community Garden, 2253 Humboldt Road. 530-321-7299.

Music THE BLACK LILLIES: Knoxville darlings remold Americana music with rootsy, rocking songs ready for both the back porch and festival stages. Sat, 5/26, 7:30pm. $20. Sierra Nevada Big Room, 1075 E. 20th St. sierranevada.com

ERIC PETERS & LEANNE COOLEY: Live music for your downtown brunch. Sat, 5/26. La Salles, 229 Broadway St.

SUPERGROUP: The name says it all! Tony Lindsay (singer with Santana), blues guitar master Chris Cain, sax man Rock Hendricks, keyboardist Ed Roth and more talented sidemen. Sat, 5/26, 7pm. $25. Paradise Performing Arts Center, 777 Nunneley Road, Paradise. paradiseperformingarts.com

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Special Events BMX CRUISER: Fun group ride through the park to the pump track organized by Paradise Bikes. Sun, 5/27, 12pm. Free. One-Mile Recreational Area, 300 South Park Drive.

BUTTE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY BARBECUE: Tri-tip, chicken, green salad, beans, bread and lemonade to support the BCHS. Sun, 5/27. $10-$15. Oregon City Schoolhouse, 2100 Oregon Gulch Road, Oregon City.

530-534-1479.

CHICO HISTORY WALK: Take part in a walk through the Downtown Business District with Randy Taylor, who will point out historic buildings and help you envision how Chico used to look back in the day. Donations accepted. Sun, 5/27, 10am. Fifth and Main streets.

KENDAMA COMPETITION: A Japanese skill toy where you attempt to catch a stringed ball on a spike or three cups of the “ken,” similar to the balero of Latin America. This free competition invites players of all skill levels to show their stuff. Sun, 5/27, 12pm. Free.

Epperson Bros Kenpo Karate Dojo, 1215 Mangrove Ave., Suite B. 530-966-0643.

MOTORCYCLE SHOW & SWAP MEET: Vintage bikes,

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vendors and a no-host bar hosted by the Elks. Sun, 5/27, 7:30am. Free. Chico Elks Lodge, 1705 Manzanita Ave.

NORCON SECURITY CONFERENCE: Chico’s own hacker convention where security professionals and hobbyists meet and mingle.

Lectures and interactive training for all skill levels. After party features music from Dual Core, Trip Assist, Derek Boyd and

Dub Heezy. Sun, 5/27, 9am. $10-$20. El Rey Theater, 230 W. Second St. 530-924-5100. norcon.io

Music BLUES & BREWS FESTIVAL: Live music and craft beer with guitar legend Walter Trout, Grammy winner Roy Rogers, Shana Morrison and Mick Martin. Sold out. Sun, 5/27. Feather Falls Casino & Lodge, 3 Alverda Drive, Oroville.

PARADISE COMMUNITY BAND: Free concert featuring works by American composers including Leroy Anderson, Duke Ellington and Irving Berlin. Sun, 5/27, 3pm. Free.

Paradise Methodist Church, 6722 Clark Road, Paradise.

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Special Events WEDNESDAY KID’S MOVIE: Rock Dog starring Luke Wilson and Eddie Izzard. Wed, 5/30, 3pm. Free. Gridley Branch Library, 299 Spruce St., Gridley.

WELLNESS & RECOVERY FAIR: Resources for adults who are actively working on their mental health recovery and wellness, plus music and food. Wed, 5/30. Free. Iversen Wellness & Recovery Center, 492 Rio Lindo Ave.

EDDIE MONEY: Blue-collar rocker delivered a series of stone-cold tracks in the ’70s and ’80s, racking up hits like “Two Tickets to Paradise,” “Baby Hold On,” “Walk on Water” and “Take Me Home Tonight.” Mon, 5/28, 8pm. General seating free with fair entry; reserved seats $10-$20. Silver Dollar Fairgrounds, 2357 Fair St. silverdollarfair.org

Theater FRESH INK: Short-play festival brings new works to life. Wed, 5/30, 7:30pm. $10. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St. blueroomtheatre.com

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Special Events CHICO HEAT MEET & GREET: Get to know this year’s team, collect autographs, take pictures with the mascot, enter raffles and enjoy grub. Tue, 5/29. Ramada Plaza Chico, 685 Manzanita Court.

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TeArS of A CArNy The Silver Dollar Fair returns with carnival rides, livestock exhibitions and tons of live entertainment May 24-28, with most shows and exhibits included in the admission price. Now, we all want to bring home a gigantic stuffed SpongeBob SquarePants from the carnival, but it takes street smarts and a bit of skill to beat the carnies at their gaffed (wink, wink, nudge, nudge) games.

Watch other customers and ask questions before you lay your money down. Beat the milkcan and basket games with an underhand toss with backspin aiming for the back of the rim. Keep your arms low for Whac-a-Mole.

Those balloons are underinflated, so throw your darts hard.

Finally, avoid “one ball”—aka “milk bottles”—you’ll never know which bottle is weighted.

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Art CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING, PARADISE: Jim Lawrence, abstract art on display in the Social Hall. Exhibit covers over 20 years of Lawrence’s work. Through 5/31. 789 Bille Road, Paradise, 530-877-5673.

CHICO ART CENTER: Bodies in Motion, juried exhibition challenges the way we look at dance traditions by highlighting diverse forms of movement, cultural fusion and trends around the world. Through 5/25. 450 Orange St. chicoartcenter.com

HEALING ART GALLERY, ENLOE CANCER CENTER: Ernest King, mixed media paintings by Northern California artist. Through 7/20.

Free. 265 Cohasset Road., 530-332-3856.

JAMES SNIDLE FINE ARTS GALLERY: Clowns & Portraits, Lynn Criswell’s multiple medium art works. Reception on Thursday, May 24, at 5pm. Through 6/30. Free. 254 E. Fourth St., 530-343-2930. jamessnidlefinearts.com

MUSEUM OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ART: MONCA Honors Our Veterans, the museum welcomes 25+ vets to share paintings, ceramics, drawings, sculpture and more. Check the monca website for special events including films, panels and workshops. Through 5/27. $5. 900 Esplanade. monca.org

PARADISE ART CENTER: Wild, wildfire, wilderness, wild nights, wild in the streets. Multi-format show brings wild perspectives into the gallery. Totally wild! Through 5/26. 5564 Almond St., Paradise.

SATORI HAIR SALON: Faded Glory, Photographs of Havana, Michael Goloff’s photographs of Cuban buildings and street scenes. Through 5/31. 627 Broadway St., Suite 120, 530-5146264. michaelgoloffphotography.com

Museums BOLT’S ANTIQUE TOOL MUSEUM: Rotating displays of more than 12,000 kinds of tools. Through 6/2. $3. 1650 Broderick St., Oroville., 530-5382528. boltsantiquetools.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., Oroville.

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. ccnaturecenter.org

GATEWAY SCIENCE MUSEUM: Summer Exhibits, learn how our climate catastrophe is affecting the acidification of the oceans and changing California’s wildflower blooms, plus life beneath the sea with coral reefs and hammerhead sharks. 5/26 through 9/8. $5-$7. 625 Esplanade. csuchico.edu/gateway

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Locally, Chico Performances has by announced the cancellation of the Jason annual Chico World Music Festival Cassidy this year, citing the loss of city funding for the free event. That said, j ason c @ newsrev iew.c om here’s the CN&R’s annual guide to the Nor Cal spring/summer festivals: Bottlerock: May 25-27, Napa Valley. Featuring: Bruno Mars, The Killers, Trombone Shorty, Muse, Snoop Dogg, E-40, Tank and the Bangas, more. Sold out— tickets available on secondary market only (Stubhub, Lyte etc.). bottlerocknapavalley.com Strawberry Music Festival: May 24-28, Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley. Featuring: Taj Mahal, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, Bruce Cockburn, Hannah Jane Kile. Tickets: $45-$85 (single day) to $205-$270 (two- to four-day passes, camping included). strawberrymusic.com Huichica Music Festival: June 8-9, Gundlach Bundschu Winery, Sonoma. Featuring: King Tuff, Jonathan Richman, Springtime Carnivore, Sonny Smith, more.

Tickets: $40-$65 (single day) to $95 (two days). huichica.com Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival: June 14-17, Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley. Featuring: Del McCoury Band, Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper, more.

Tickets: $40-$65 (one day, no camping) to $150-$175 (three- and four-day passes, camping included). fathers dayfestival.com Country Summer: June 15-17, Sonoma County Fairgrounds, Santa Rosa. Florida Georgia Line, Little Big Town, Toby Keith, more. $89-$139 (single day) to $249-$399 (three days); camping extra. countrysummer.com Sierra Nevada World Music Festival: June 22-24, Mendocino County Fairgrounds, Boonville. Featuring: Steel Pulse, Beres Hammond, Tarrus Riley, Teddy Afro, more.

Tickets: $70-$85 (single day) to $195 (three days).

Camping: $90 per car. snwmf.com Vans Warped Tour: June 23, Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View. The final tour. Featuring: The Used, Real Big Fish, Senses Fail, Every Time I Die, Hail the Sun, more. Tickets: $45. vanswarpedtour.com

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Kate Wolf Music Festival: June 28-July 1, Black Oak Ranch, Laytonville. Featuring: Ani DiFranco, Indigo Girls, Los Lobos, Keb’ Mo’, more. Tickets: $85-$125 (single day) to $245-$345 (two- to four-day passes, with camping). Additional discounts if purchased by May 31. Parking extra. katewolfmusicfestival.com Sacred Movement: June 29-July 1, Lake Concow Campground, Concow. Featuring: Rocker T, Mystic Roots, more. Tickets: $30 (single day) to $75 (three days). facebook.com/sacredmovementmusicfestival Burger Boogaloo: June 30-July 1, Mosswood Park, Oakland. Featuring: DEVO, John Waters, The Damned, Mudhoney, Dwarves, Gris Gris, more. Tickets: $99-$125 (single day) and $169 (two day). burgerboogaloo.com High Sierra Music Festival: July 5-8, Plumas-Sierra County Fairgrounds, Quincy. Featuring: Sturgill Simpson, String Cheese Incident, Antibalas, Lettuce, more.

Tickets: $99.50 (single day) to $205-$305.75 (for twoto four-day passes, with camping). Parking and “late night” tickets extra. highsierramusic.com California WorldFest: July 12-18, Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley. Featuring: Galactic, Samantha Fish, Anoushka Shankar, Fula Brothers, MaMuse, more.

Tickets: From $40-65 (one day) to $115-$170 (two to four days). Camping extra. worldfest.net Guitarfish Music Festival: July 26-29, Cisco Grove Campground & RV Park, Cisco Grove. Featuring: Con Brio, Pimps of Joytime, Orgone, Dead Winter Carpenters, more. Tickets: $50-$90 (single day) to $180 (four days). Camping included, parking extra. guitarfishfestival.com Oroville Rock Reggae Jamfest: July 20-22, Riffles RV Park & Campground, Oroville. Featuring: Junior Reid, Anthony B, Barrington Levy, more. Tickets: $45-$50 (single day) to $150 (three days). Camping extra. orovillerockreggaejamfest.com Outside Lands: Aug. 10-12, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. Featuring: Beck, Future, Janet Jackson, Janelle Monáe, The Weeknd, Mac DeMarco, more.

Tickets: $375 (three days). sfoutsidelands.com For the Funk of It: Aug. 10-12, Belden. Featuring: Big Sam’s Funky Nation, Five Alarm Funk, Vokab Kompany, Smokey the Groove, Black Fong, more.

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THURSDay 5/24—WEDNESDay 5/30 DYLAN SCOTT: Lousiana native sings

aNDy FRaSCO & THE U.N. Friday, May 25 Lost on Main SEE FRIDay

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JOSHUA HEGG & ZOLAVIBE: One piano trio and one neo-soul/jazz outfit. Thu, 5/24, 8pm. $7. Naked Lounge, 118 W. Second St.

bassist Reed Mathis leads a group of jamband dudes through the music of Paul Simon. Thu, 5/24, 8:45pm. $15-$18. Lost on Main, 319 Main St. lostonmainchico.com

KELLY TWINS ACOUSTIC: Jon and Chris

CAFE BLUE & ROOSTER JR.: Blues and

MIKE BECK: Cowboy poet and acoustic

R&B, plus classic country. Thu, 5/24, 6:30pm. Free. Farm Star Pizza, 2359 Esplanade, 530-521-6473.

JAZZ NIGHT: The Chico Jazz Collective

gets down. Thu, 5/24, 7pm. Down Lo, 319 Main St.

dust off some old favorites with an acoustic evening of “living room” music. Thu, 5/24, 6pm. Two Twenty Restaurant, 220 W. Fourth St.

guitarist delivers fine compositions on the beauty and sorrow of the American West. Thu, 5/24, 7pm. $15.

Norton Buffalo Hall, 5704 Chapel Drive, Paradise. nortonbuffalohall. com

blend of soul, funk, rock, roots and blues. Expect improvisations, audience interaction and an energetic live show from this band of off-thewall musicians. Fri, 5/25, 9pm. $10.

Lost on Main, 319 Main St. lostonmainchico.com

CHAD BUSHNELL: Born and raised in Red Bluff, Bushnell now lives and records music in Nashville where he mixes classic country tunes with originals including his single “You Can Drive My Truck.” Fri, 5/25, 9pm. $7. Tackle Box, 379 E. Park Ave.

DOUBLE TROUBLE: Two of Reno’s premier tribute acts perform the music of Tom Petty and Bob Seger. (Double Trouble is not to be confused with the SRV tribute on Saturday.) Fri, 5/25, 9:30pm. $5. Feather Falls Casino & Lodge, 3 Alverda Drive, Oroville. featherfallscasino.com

with an old-school resonating drawl. His self-titled 2016 debut landed in the Top 5 on Billboard’s Country Albums chart. Jackson Michelson opens the show. Fri, 5/25, 8pm. General seating free with fair entry; reserved seats $10-$20.

Silver Dollar Fairgrounds, 2357 Fair St. silverdollarfair.org

FRIDAY NIGHT CONCERT: Reggae in the plaza with Cali Vibes. Fri, 5/25, 7pm. Free. City Plaza, downtown Chico.

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In 2017, bassist Reed Mathis rounded up a posse of friends for a one-off Paul Simon tribute in San Francisco. It went well. So well, that they’re taking the one-trick pony on the road and swinging through Lost on Main, on Thursday, May 24. The group is called Bone Diggers and features jamband all-stars Dan Lebowitz (ALO), Danny Eisenberg (Mother Hips), Scott Rager (Tea Leaf Green) and Clay Welch (Electric Beethoven).

Why deny the obvious, child? You’ll want to see this.

HÖRRIBLÉ & ACTIONESSE: Actionesse serves up surf ‘n’ turf garage and Hörriblé plays straight-up punk rock, plus Bill Nihilist and Mr. Bang. Fri, 5/25, 9pm. $7. The Maltese, 1600 Park Ave. maltesebarchico.com

LIVE MUSIC FRIDAYS: Dance to a different band each week, plus wine, cocktails, beer, pizza and small bites. Fri, 5/25, 6pm. Free. Almendra Winery & Distillery, 9275 Midway, Durham, 530-343-6893.

NEVER TOO LATE: Dance hits in the

lounge. Fri, 5/25, 8:30pm. Gold Country Casino & Hotel, 4020 Olive Highway, Oroville.

OPEN MIC: Tito hosts music, comedy,

poetry and more. Fri, 5/25, 6pm. Lost on Main, 319 Main Street. lostonmainchico.com

Water Saloon, 5571 Clark Road, Paradise, 530-877-7100.

POOR MAN’S WHISKEY: High energy bluegrass, rock and folk. Expect two sets of eclectic twists on traditional Americana music and foot-stomping good times at this KZFR event. Fri, 5/25, 6:30pm. $20.

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

TGTG: Nomadic indie rock duo brings good vibes and fun times to town on their perpetual tour, plus sets from Velvet Starlings and Creekside. Fri, 5/25, 8pm. $7. Naked Lounge, 118 W. Second St.

TYLER DEVOLL: Happy hour tunes. Fri,

5/25, 4pm. La Salles, 229 Broadway St.

YOU POOR DEVIL, EYES LIKE LANTERNS & DIAL UP DAYS: Alternative rock

on the Ridge. Fri, 5/25. Free. White

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THE BLACK LILLIES: Knoxville darlings

remold Americana music with rootsy, rocking songs ready for both the back porch and festival stages. Sat, 5/26, 7:30pm. $20.

Sierra Nevada Big Room, 1075 E. 20th St. sierranevada.com

BLACK SLAX: Genre-jumping classic rock from rockabilly and surf to oldschool tunes and blues. Sat, 5/26, 9pm. Free. White Water Saloon, 5571 Clark Road, Paradise, 530-877-7100.

BODY ROCK: Breaks, basshouse, U.K. garage and electro funk with DJs Kristyle & Overdrive, Wagon Burna

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RICHARD BUCKNER: Haunting folk music from one of America’s most profound troubadours. Buckner’s distinct raspy voice delivers heartbreaking stories while his guitar work moves from forceful strumming to airy fingerpicking. Excellent local songwriter Donald Beaman opens. Sat, 5/26, 7:30pm. $10. Tender Loving Coffee, 365 E. Sixth St.

SOUL PERSUADERS: Funk, soul and

R&B tribute act in the lounge. Sat, 5/26, 8:30pm. Feather Falls Casino & Lodge, 3 Alverda Drive, Oroville.

CETACEAN, WILD HUNT, VOYEUR & SHADOW LIMB

and Dave Xim Bolton. Sat, 5/26, 9pm. $5-$7. The Maltese, 1600 Park

SOUL POSSE: Rockin’ covers and dance music performed from the back of a flatbed trailer, plus tasty barbecue. Sat, 5/26, 5pm. The Outpost, 7589 Humboldt Road, Butte Meadows.

Wednesday, May 30 Naked Lounge

Ave., 530-282-1133. maltesebar chico.com

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SUPERGROUP: The name says it all!

Tony Lindsay (singer with Santana), blues guitar master Chris Cain, sax man Rock Hendricks, keyboardist Ed Roth and more talented sidemen. Sat, 5/26, 7pm. $25. Paradise Performing Arts Center, 777 Nunneley Road, Paradise. paradiseperformingarts.com

DECADES: Chico’s hardest working tribute act plays everything... except Hall & Oates. Don’t ask for “Maneater!” Sat, 5/26, 8pm. General seating free with fair entry; reserved seats $10-$20. Silver Dollar Fairgrounds, 2357 Fair St. silverdollarfair.org

bending histrionics and extreme “blues face” with this Stevie Ray Vaughan tribute. Sat, 5/26, 9:30pm. $5. Feather Falls Casino & Lodge, 3 Alverda Drive, Oroville. featherfallscasino.com

JIM SCHMIDT & LARRY PETERSON: Live

DRUNKEN SAILOR: Beohbe and crew

play classic rock. Sat, 5/26, 5pm. Free. Rock House Dining & Espresso, 11865 Highway 70, Yankee Hill., 530-532-1889.

THE HOUSE IS A ROCKIN’: Serious string

dinner music. Sat, 5/26, 6:30pm. Two Twenty Restaurant, 220 W. Fourth St.

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BLUES & BREWS FESTIVAL: Live music and

NEVER TOO LATE: See Friday. Sat, 5/26, 8:30pm. Gold Country Casino & Hotel, 4020 Olive Highway, Oroville.

craft beer with guitar legend Walter Trout, Grammy winner Roy Rogers, Shana Morrison and Mick Martin. Sold out. Sun, 5/27. Feather Falls Casino &

Lodge, 3 Alverda Drive, Oroville.

SON LITTLE: Big room, little son. Philly blues guitarist combines emotional, hard-hitting storytelling with electric fuzz and innovative beats. A raw talent, Son Little is coming into his own. Dream pop band the Wild Ones open the show. Sun, 5/27, 8:30pm. $15.

Sierrra Nevada Big Room, 1075 E. 20th St. sierranevada.com

SOUL PERSUADERS: See Saturday. Sun, 5/27, 8:30pm. Feather Falls Casino & Lodge, 3 Alverda Drive, Oroville.

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EDDIE MONEY: Blue-collar rocker delivered a series of stone-cold tracks in the ’70s and ’80s, racking up hits like “Two Tickets to Paradise,” “Baby Hold On,” “Walk on Water” and “Take Me Home Tonight.” Mon, 5/28, 8pm. General seating free with fair entry; reserved seats $10-$20.

Silver Dollar Fairgrounds, 2357 Fair St. silverdollarfair.org

GAME NIGHT: Play board games and eat pizza. All ages and skill levels invited. Mon, 5/28, 6pm. Woodstock’s Pizza, 166 E. Second St.

OPEN MIC TWOFER: The evening kicks off with Jimmy Reno’s musical open mic, followed by a comedy session until midnight. Mondays are bring-your-own mug, so you can get up to 40 oz. of Sierra Nevada

for five bucks. Mon, 5/28, 6pm. The Maltese, 1600 Park Ave.

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Amburgers spin funk, pop and hip-hop. Wed, 5/30, 10pm. Duffy’s Tavern, 337 Main St.

HELLA METAL: Epic post-metal from Cetacean (members of Exhausted Prayer and Ancestors) and proggy black metal from Oakland’s Wild Hunt, plus local rippers Voyeur and Shadow Limb. Wed, 5/30, 8pm. $7.

Naked Lounge, 118 W. Second St.

OPEN JAM & POTLUCK: Play some tunes

and share some food. Wed, 5/30, 6pm. Purple Line Urban Winery, 760 Safford St., Oroville.

OPEN MIC COMEDY: Tell jokes on stage.

Not intimidating at all! Signups start at 8pm. Wed, 5/30, 9pm. Free.

Studio Inn Lounge, 2582 Esplanade, 925-577-0242.

OPEN MIKEFULL: At Paradise’s only open mic, all performers get two songs or 10 minutes onstage. Wed,

5/30, 7pm. $2. Norton Buffalo

Hall, 5704 Chapel Drive, Paradise, 530-877-4995.

SKIP CULTON: Singer/songwriter performs. Wed, 5/30, 6pm. Unwined Kitchen & Bar, 980 Mangrove Ave.

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Reviewers: Bob Grimm and Juan-Carlos Selznick.

Opening this week Solo: A Star Wars Story

The Star Wars galaxy is no longer far far away. Just six months after The Last Jedi, we get this origin story about a young Han Solo (Alden Ehrenreich), his Wookie pal and that scoundrel Lando Calrissian (Donald Glover). Directed by Ron Howard. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas, Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

It’s Peter.

Nowp laying Avengers: Infinity War

The Avengers, the Guardians of the Galaxy, and Black Panther and his Wakandan army join forces to try and defeat Thanos before he destroys the universe. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas, Paradise Cinema 7.

Rated PG-13.

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Fun with dirty mutants and some guy named Peter

TspiritDeadpool 2, a sequel that brings the anarchistic of the original without necessarily blazing any he happily profane superhero party continues with

new trails.

Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool/Wade Wilson character continues the break-the-fourth-wall schtick here—Ferris Bueller-style— by and while the gimmick definitely Bob Grimm leads to some good laughs, it does bg rimm@ start to feel a little too cute and newsrev iew.c om repetitive.

The sequel earns its hard-R rating much as its predecessor did: thanks to a steady stream of intermittently hilarious profanity and constant gore.

Deadpool 2 Things start with Deadpool Starring Ryan Reynolds and Josh dejectedly blowing himself up, comBrolin. Directed by plete with a severed arm giving the David Leitch. Cinemark finger as it flies off, before the film 14, Feather River goes into flashback mode as Wade Cinemas, Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R. Wilson cleverly and smarmily tells us why he did such a thing. We also get a repeat of the wise-ass title sequence gag that got the original off to such a good start. This time, instead of Juice Newton’s “Angel of the Morning,” the credits roll to a brand-new ballad— “Ashes”—from Celine Dion, so the stakes have definitely risen.

Directed by David Leitch—a former stuntman and one of the guys who directed John Wick—the film definitely ups the ante on the action front, with gun and sword fights that have some major zip. No question, Leitch can more than handle a fight scene.

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the mutant supercrew X-Force while also becoming a trainee of the much more conservative X-Men team. Deadpool’s first mission with his crew is a screamer, especially due to the participation of Peter (Rob Delaney), a normal, khakis-wearing guy with no powers and a killer mustache who joins the force because he saw an ad and thought it might be cool.

Mutants Negasonic Teenage Warhead (Brianna Hildebrand) and Colossus (voice of Stefan Kapicic) return for the sequel and line up alongside newcomer Russell (Julian Dennison)—an angry young mutant who takes the name Firefist and whom Deadpool takes under his wing.

Deadpool gets a worthy adversary in the timetraveling Cable (Josh Brolin), a half-cyborg mound of angst with a human side. Brolin has cornered the market on “deep” villains this summer, with this and his emotive Thanos (Avengers: Infinity War). Juggernaut is the film’s other major villain, and Leitch pulls off some fun casting for the role of the nasty giant. Watch the movie without looking up ahead of time who plays him and see if you can guess. I bet you can’t ... I bet you can’t!

Deadpool 2 does have some of the funniest cameos I’ve ever seen. Some of them are blink and you will miss, others involve heavy makeup, and one features a group of players that garnered the movie’s biggest laugh from yours truly. Whatever you do, don’t look at the IMDB cast list for this movie. The surprise of the cameos is a big part of the fun in this worthy, but slightly inferior sequel. I’m not sure what the future holds for Deadpool, but the ending of this one provides a lot of opportunities. Let’s hope it includes more Brolin, and fewer Basic Instinct jokes. Ω

After reading Fifty Shades of Grey in their book club, four single, professional older women (played by Jane Fonda, Diane Keaton, Candice Bergen and Mary Steenburgen) restart their stalled sex lives in what looks to a much more lively film than the one adapted from the source book. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas, Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

Breaking In

When bad guys take her kids hostage, a grieving daughter (Gabrielle Union) takes the fight to them as she battles to save her children and protect her father’s estate.

Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13.

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I Feel Pretty

Amy Schumer plays a young woman struggling with insecurity who, after hitting her head, starts believing she’s extremely capable and beautiful. Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13.

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Isle of Dogs

Isle of Dogs is another of Wes Anderson’s feature-length ventures into animation and epic cartoon yarn-spinning, and watching it waa, for me, a joy. The main characters are dogs, mostly, and the plot involves the battle of a small boy (Koyu Rankin) and some outcast dogs against a cat-loving tyrant who means to eliminate all the canines in his realm. There’s an obvious hint of allegory with dark echoes of modern history running through that, but Isle of Dogs is more of a mock epic in a rowdy and whimsically comical mode. A

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scruffy joyousness comes by way of the playful and nonchalant pacing, the amusingly antic (and quasi-Japanese) visuals, and the frisky and varied personalities of nearly a dozen dog characters. There’s also an impressive cast on hand (Bryan Cranston, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Scarlett Johansson, among others) to provide the dog voices, but rambunctious storytelling and wise-acre character touches are the main founts of serious fun here. Pageant Theatre. Rated PG-13 —J.C.S.

Life of the Party

Melissa McCarthy stars in this comedy about a divorcée who returns to college, joining her college-aged daughter in class and the party scene. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas, Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

Overboard

The male and female roles that Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell made famous in the 1987 version of this comedy are flipped with Eugenio Derbez playing the rich jerk with amnesia and Anna Faris as the bluecollar worker with life lessons to impart.

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A Quiet Place

John Krasinski directed, co-wrote and stars—he’s Lee, a father trying to protect his family in a post-apocalyptic world besieged by horrific aliens who will tear you apart if you make so much as a peep. The aliens don’t respond to regular ambient sounds—a river running, birds chirping—but rather sounds that are more interruptive, like fireworks or a person screaming after stepping on a nail. The gimmick lends itself to some faulty logic at times, but it does provide an overall interesting premise. Playing Lee’s wife Evelyn, Emily Blunt gives a standout performance as somebody forced to keep quiet in especially difficult circumstances—e.g., after a painful injury, or giving birth in a bathtub while an alien clicks and claws nearby. And Krasinski complements his impressive directing chops with a fine performance as a guy doing everything to keep his sanity and protect his family, including a young deaf daughter (played by the superb Millicent Simmonds, who is actually deaf) and son (Noah Jupe). Both of the kids are terrific here. Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13 —B.G.

RBG

Documentary on the life of 25-year Supreme Court justice and pop-culture icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Pageant Theatre.

Rated PG.

Show Dogs

Real dogs get human voices (Ludacris, RuPaul, Shaq!) in this comedy about a crimefighting Rottweiler who goes undercover at a dog show to stop an animal-smuggling ring. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas, Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG.

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glue it provides to so much traditional fare—burgers, artichoke dip, and, most importantly, giant bowls of potato salad.

The other part of the country is gagging at the mere thought of the slimy white condiment.

I like mayo, and I love it in the familiar recipe for “potluck potato salad,” as Better Homes & Gardens calls it, consisting of russets, hard-boiled eggs, pickles, celery and vinegar. Your family may swear their version is the best, but even though there are a handful of variations to the basic approach—with or without green onions or black olives; sweet versus dill (or relish versus chopped) pickles; mustard alongside or in place of the vinegar—as long as the potatoes are properly done (firm story and but not crunchy in the center), any photo by Jason Cassidy combination will do.

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Conventional wisdom says that German immigrants brought potato salad to America, which is probably true. “German potato salad” in this country is usually a warm dish with bacon and mustard and no mayonnaise, but that variation has its roots in southern Germany.

In the north, they use mayo, and there lies the likely provenance of the classic American version.

Every potato-eating country has its own take. The French built theirs on the same foundation as the southern German—a Dijon vinaigrette—but leave out the bacon. And in Russia, the Olivier salad is another egg-and-mayo rendition, but with peas, carrots and sometimes meat (chicken, beef, even bologna) added.

Of all the variations, the recipe that ended up most intriguing me was for Schwäbischer kartoffelsalat, or Swabian potato salad. Swabia is a region in southern Germany, and the area’s simple rendition includes the ingenious addition of meat broth to the potatoboiling water. I settled on a recipe in my trusty Cook’s Illustrated Cookbook for “Austrian-style” potato salad (western Austria borders Swabia).

The warm salad was a little soupy and had way too much onion, but the mildly tangy dressing was a wonderful velvety complement to the rich potatoes.

I say kartoffelsalat.

Before trotting it out for the Memorial Day feast, I made a few alterations—reduced the onions by half (you could even switch to green onions for a milder flavor), increased the potatoes and cooking liquids by 50 percent, and tripled the cornichons.

Austro-Swabian potato bowl (adapted from the Cook’s Illustrated Cookbook) 3 pounds yukon gold potatoes, peeled and cut into half-inch chunks 1 1/2 cups chicken or beef broth 1 1/2 cups water salt and pepper 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar 2 1/2 tablespoons white-wine vinegar 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard 1/4 cup vegetable oil 1/2 cup red onion, finely chopped (or sub with green onion) 18 cornichons, chopped (6 tablespoons) 3 tablespoons fresh chives, minced (or sub with fresh herbs—parsley, tarragon, etc.)

Put potatoes, broth, water, sugar, 2 teaspoons salt, 1 1/2 tablespoons vinegar in a pot, bring to boil, reduce to medium-low, put lid on and cook until knife goes through potato with no resistance. Remove lid, boil on high for three minutes. Drain potatoes, reserving one cup cooking liquid.

Add liquid, rest of vinegar and mustard to a bowl and whisk. Add 1 cup cooked potatoes to the bowl and mash. Add rest of potatoes and other ingredients to the bowl and toss. Add pepper and additional salt to taste.

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poet Anna Kamieńska described the process of writing as akin to “the backbreaking work of hacking a footpath, as in a coal mine; in total darkness, beneath the earth.” Whether or not you’re a writer, I’m guessing that your life might have felt like that recently. Your progress has been slow and the mood has been dense and the light has been dim. That’s the tough news. The good news is that I suspect you will soon be blessed with flashes of illumination and a semi-divine intervention or two. After that, your work will proceed with more ease. The mood will be softer and brighter.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Do you

know what you are worth? Have you compiled a realistic assessment of your talents, powers, and capacities? Not what your friends and enemies think you’re worth, nor the authority figures you deal with, nor the bad listeners who act like they’ve figured out the game of life. When I ask you if you have an objective understanding of your real value, Taurus, I’m not referring to what your illusions or fears or wishes might tell you. I’m talking about an honest, accurate appraisal of the gifts you have to offer the world. If you do indeed possess this insight, hallelujah and congratulations!

If you don’t, the coming weeks will be an excellent time to work on getting it.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Now is a

favorable time to worship at the shrine of your own intuition. It’s a ripe moment to boost your faith in your intuition’s wild and holy powers. To an extraordinary degree, you can harness this alternate mode of intelligence to gather insights that are beyond the power of your rational mind to access by itself. So be bold about calling on your gut wisdom, Gemini. Use it to track down the tricky, elusive truths that have previously been unavailable to you.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): “A poem

is never finished; it is only abandoned,” wrote poet W. H. Auden, paraphrasing poet Paul Valéry. I think the same can be said about many other kinds of work. We may wish we could continue tinkering and refining forever so as to bring a beloved project to a state of absolute perfection.

But what’s more likely is that it will always fall at least a bit short of that ideal. It will never be totally polished and complete to our satisfaction. And we’ve got to accept that. I suggest you meditate on these ideas in the coming weeks, Cancerian. Paradoxically, they may help you be content with how you finish up the current phase of your beloved project.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): I highly recom-

mend that you spend the next three weeks hanging out on a beach every day, dividing your time between playing games with friends, sipping cool drinks, reading books you’ve always wanted to read, and floating dreamily in warm water. To indulge in this relaxing extravaganza would be in maximum alignment with the current cosmic rhythms. If you can’t manage such a luxurious break from routine, please at least give yourself the gift of some other form of recreation that will renew and refresh you all the way down to the core of your destiny.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Contempo-

raries of the ancient Greek philosopher Pythagoras told colorful stories about the man. Some believed he was the son of a god and that one of his thighs was made of gold. When he crossed the Casas River, numerous witnesses testified that the river called out his name and welcomed him. Once a snake bit him, but he suffered no injury, and killed the snake by biting it in return. On another occasion, Pythagoras supposedly coaxed a dangerous bear to stop committing violent acts. These are the kinds of legends I expect you to spread about yourself in the coming days, Virgo.

It’s time to boost your reputation to a higher level.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): My counsel

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novelist Honoré Balzac periodically endured intense outbreaks of creativity.

“Sometimes it seems that my brain is on fire,” he testified after a 26-day spell when he never left his writing room. I’m not predicting anything quite as manic as that for you, Scorpio. But I do suspect you will soon be blessed (and maybe a tiny bit cursed) by a prolonged bout of fervent inspiration.

To ensure that you make the best use of this challenging gift, get clear about how you want it to work for you. Don’t let it boss you. Be its boss.

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A new song or natural wonderland may open doors to understandings that will transform your relationship with yourself.

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Art from that era and area does not depict military conflict. One conclusion we might be tempted to draw from this data is that human beings are not inherently combative and violent. In any case, I want to use the Harappan civilization’s extended time of peace as a metaphor for your life in the next eight weeks. I believe (and hope!) you’re entering into a phase of very low conflict.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as JP ROOFING at 4 Woodrose Ln Chico, CA 95973.

JEREMY ALAN PETTERSEN 4 Woodrose Ln Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: JEREMY PETTERSEN Dated: March 28, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000432 Published: May 3,10,17,24, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as J & S OFFICE MAINTENANCE at 2817 Dolphin Bend Chico, CA 95973.

JAMES PATRICK RICHARDS 2817 Dolphin Bend Chico, CA 95973.

SHAWNA RICHARDS 2817 Dolphin Bend Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by A Married Couple.

Signed: JIM RICHARDS Dated: April 9, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000490 Published: May 3,10,17,24, 2018

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as BAJA BONSAI at 443 Stilson Canyon Road Chico, CA 95928.

JOHN E. MCDONALD 443 Stilson Canyon Road Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: JOHN MCDONALD Dated: April 30, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000597 Published: May 3,10,17,24, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as AFFORDABLE DRONE SERVICES at PO Box 2896 Paradise, CA 95967.

SCOTT S PETERSEN 4842 Media Way Paradise, CA 95969.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: SCOTT PETERSEN Dated: April 30, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000595 Published: May 3,10,17,24, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as ANDERSON TILE at 165 Mission Olive Rd Oroville, CA 95966.

MATTHEW DAVID ANDERSON 165 Mission Olive Rd Oroville, CA 95966.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: MATT ANDERSON Dated: April 24, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000574 Published: May 3,10,17,24, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as AMERICAN TOTEM, THE REAL ISSUE PRODUCTIONS at 2314 Estes Road Chico, CA 95928.

SUZANNE HILDERBRAND 2314 Estes Road Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: SUE HILDERBRAND Dated: April 3, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000457 Published: May 3,10,17,24, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as ADRIANE ESTHETICS at 568 Manzanita Ave Suite 9 Chico, CA 95926.

ADRIANE WESTERDAHL 1648 Normal Ave Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: ADRIANE WESTERDAHL Dated: April 24, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000568 Published: May 3,10,17,24, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as GRIDLEY TRAILER PARK at 260 Ohio Street Gridley, CA 95948.

JANICE SALL 2195 Robailey Drive Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: JANICE SALL Dated: April 24, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000565 Published: May 3,10,17,24, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as TRYON VANCOTT AND ASSOCIATES at 257 Tranquil Drive Paradise, CA 95969.

ROSE MARIE TRYON 257 Tranquil Drive Paradise,

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CA 95969.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: ROSE M. TRYON Dated: April 19, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000548 Published: May 3,10,17,24, 2018

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

CARMI ELISSA HOOKS 759 Red Hill Way Paradise, CA 95969.

KRISTEN NICOLE HORST 701 Kinsey Way Paradise, CA 95969.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: KRISTEN HORST Dated: April 26, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000587 Published: May 10,17,24,31, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as BUTTE MOBILE VETERINARY PRACTICE at 5610 Feather River Place Paradise, CA 95969.

MICHAEL LANE SEELY 5610 Feather River Place Paradise, CA 95969.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: MICHAEL L. SEELY Dated: April 10. 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000502 Published: May 10,17,24,31, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as LOCALE COMMERCIAL, LOCALE MANAGEMENT, LOCALE RESIDENTIAL at 242 Broadway Ste 12 Chico, CA 95928.

VAUGHT, INC 242 Broadway Ste 12 Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: RYAN VAUGHT, VAUGHT INC PRESIDENT Dated: April 20, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000552 Published: May 10,17,24,31, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as INTERNATIONAL FARM MANAGEMENT at 2233 Nord Ave. Chico, CA 95926.

JOE T CAMARENA JR. 25725 Moller Ave. Orland, CA 95963.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: JOE CAMARENA Dated: May 1, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000602 Published: May 10,17,24,31, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as CHICO COMMUNITY ACUPUNCTURE at 1815 Mangrove Ave Chico, CA 95926.

OLIVIA STARR PETERS-LAZARO 11802 Meridian Road Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by

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Signed: OLIVIA PETERS-LAZARO Dated: April 4, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000463 Published: May 10,17,24,31, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as NORTHERN BITES at 185 Cohasset Lane Apt F Chico, CA 95926.

RACHEL BALMER 185 Cohasset Lane Apt F Chico, CA 95926.

DYLAN ROWE 185 Cohasset Lane Apt F Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: DYLAN ROWE Dated: April 17, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000532 Published: May 10,17,24,31, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as CHICO ART GALLERY, CHICO ART SCHOOL, CHICO ART SCHOOL AND GALLERY, LOMBARDI BLIXT DESIGN at 261 E. 3rd Street Chico, CA 95926.

JANET LOMBARDI BLIXT 290 E. Sacramento Avenue Chico, CA 95926.

THOMAS BLIXT 290 E. Sacramento Avenue Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by A Married Couple.

Signed: JANET LOMBARDI BLIXT Dated: May 3, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000607 Published: May 10,17,24,31, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as SISTERS EVENTZ at 6904 Dean Place Paradise, CA 95969.

AMY BLAIR 553 Barbara Paradise, CA 95969.

MEGAN LATTA 6904 Dean Place Paradise, CA 95969.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: AMY BLAIR Dated: April 26, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000584 Published: May 10,17,24,31, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as THE BAHAMA HUT at 1008 W Sacramento Ave Suite I Chico, CA 95926.

MATTHEW DAVE VERESCHAGIN 6798 State Hwy 32 Orland, CA 95963.

DONNA LYNN WETZEL 6798 State Highway 32 Orland, CA 95963.

This business is conducted by a Joint Venture.

Signed: DONNA WETZEL Dated: May 4, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000619 Published: May 10,17,24,31, 2018

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as BEAUTY ETERNAL at 1260 East Avenue, Suite 130 Chico, CA 95926.

NORTHSTATE PLASTIC SURGERY ASSOCIATES INC 1260 East Avenue, Suite 100 Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: EMILY HARTMANN, VICE PRESIDENT Dated: April 13, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000519 Published: May 17,24,31, June 7, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as LATIMER AND KENKEL at 330 Wall Street Chico, CA 95928.

DENNIS M LATIMER 320 West Legion Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: DENNIS M. LATIMER Dated: April 25, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000577 Published: May 17,24,31, June 7, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as STICKY ICKY INDUSTRIES at 1518 Broadway Street Basement Chico, CA 95928.

PRANA VAJRA JOHNSTON 702 Mangrove Ave #287 Chico, CA 95926.

RYAN MCDOUGAL 1474 Hawthorne Ave Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: PRANA JOHNSTON Dated: May 8, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000636 Published: May 17,24,31, June 7, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as PIPEVINE PLAYHOUSE at 1051 Eaton Rd Chico, CA 95973.

KATHLEEN LEE MACHEK 1051 Eaton Rd Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: KATHLEEN L. MACHEK Dated: May 9, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000640 Published: May 17,24,31, June 7, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as BIDWELL H2O, BIDWELL WATER, SACRAMENTO VALLEY BOTTLED WATER at 2704 Hegan Ln Chico, CA 95928.

ROBERT LEE SMITH 1256 Vallombrosa Ave Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: ROBERT SMITH Dated: May 9, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000644 Published: May 17,24,31, June 7, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as LARABEE ENTERPRISES, MAC TOOLS at 81 Hollis Lane Gridley, CA 95948.

DAVID LARABEE 81 Hollis Lane Gridley, CA

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This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: DAVID LARABEE Dated: May 9, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000645 Published: May 17,24,31, June 7, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as GOOD EARTH COFFEE AND TEA HOUSE at 980 Oro Dam Blvd E Oroville, CA 95965.

RAI TAJ FAMILY LLC 19 Marci Way Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company.

Signed: RAY TARIQ SAEED AHMAD, MANAGER Dated: May 8, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000632 Published: May 17,24,31, June 7, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as THE MEADOWS MHP at 3541 Calle Principal Chico, CA 95973.

RANCHO CHICO MHP, LP 3050 Fite Circle, Suite 210 Sacramento, CA 95827.

This business is conducted by a Limited Partnership.

Signed: ANDY CAREY Dated: April 24, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000567 Published: May 17,24,31, June 7, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as BIDWELL LOCK AND KEY at 559 Crestwood Drive Paradise, CA 95969.

JAMES JOSEPH HAFER 559 Crestwood Drive Paradise, CA 95969.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: JIM HAFER Dated: April 13, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000516 Published: May 17,24,31, June 7, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as 99BATS, ADAMAS SPORTS at 3030 Thorntree Dr. Suite 12 Chico, CA 95973.

INFINITE HORIZONS, LLC 3030 Thorntree Dr. Suite 12 Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company.

Signed: NATHAN KANEMOTO, CO-OWNER Dated: May 15, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000667 Published: May 24,31, June 7,14, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as WILD MAMA BREWS at 6281 Woodbury Drive Magalia, CA 95954.

CINDY PAULINE JONES 6281 Woodbury Drive Magalia, CA 95954.

MARK ALAN JONES 6281 Woodbury Drive Magalia, CA 95954.

This business is conducted by A Married Couple.

Signed: CINDY PAULINE JONES Dated: May 15, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000668 Published: May 24,31, June 7,14, 2018

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as CASEY AND AUTUMN STUDIOS at 498 E 8th Avenue Chico, CA 95926.

SEAN CASEY APLANALP 498 E 8th Avenue Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: S. CASEY APLANALP Dated: May 16, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000672 Published: May 24,31, June 7,14, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as SHOSHONE FURNITURE COMPANY at 3216 Godman Ave 1 Chico, CA 95973.

THOMAS CANADA MOLESWORTH 13193 Orchard Blossom Lane Nord, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: THOMAS C MOLESWORTH Dated: May 16, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000676 Published: May 24,31, June 7,14, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as ROOM FOR BEAUTY at 2241 St George Lane #3 Chico, CA 95926.

DORHANDA MARIE SOULLIERE 2505 Navarro Dr. Chico, CA 95973.

WOODROW WAYNE SOULLIERE 2505 Navarro Dr. Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by A Married Couple.

Signed: DORHANDA M SOULLIERE Dated: May 3, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000616 Published: May 24,31, June 7,14, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as PARK AVE AUTOMOTIVE MACHINE at 1814 A Park Ave Chico, CA 95928.

MIKE PELAK 3083 Bay Ave Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: MIKE PELAK Dated: April 23, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000564 Published: May 24,31, June 7,14, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as RW ENTERPRISES at 188 Valley View Drive Paradise, CA 95969.

BRIAN D. WHITE 188 Valley View Drive Paradise, CA 95969.

SUZANNE M. WHITE 188 Valley View Drive Paradise, CA 95969.

This business is conducted by A Married Couple.

Signed: SUZANNE WHITE Dated: May 11, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000658 Published: May 24,31, June 7,14, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as GREEN CLEAN NATURAL CARPET CLEANING at 3549 Esplanade Space 251 Chico, CA 95973.

MARITZA ALVAREZ 3549 Esplanade Space 251 Chico, CA 95973.

JUAN CARLOS HUERTA 3549 Esplanade Space 251 Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by A Married Couple.

Signed: MARITZA ALVAREZ Dated: April 13, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000521 Published: May 24,31, June 7,14, 2018

NOTICES NOTICE OF LIEN SALE NOTICE IS HEARBY GIVEN that a mobile home, registered to DOUGLAS RAYBURN, interested party DOUGLAS RAYBURN, as described as a 1968 Champion mobile home, Decal Number LAN5447, Serial Number S3325, Label/Insignia number A268773, and stored on property within the Golden Feather MHP, at 703 Oro Dam Blvd. W. Oroville, CA 95965, County of Butte (specifically the space designated as space #106 within the park), May 25, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. and such succeeding sales days as may be necessary, and the proceeds of the sales will be applied to satisfaction of the lien, including the reasonable charges of notice, advertisement, and sale.

This sale is conducted on a cash or certified fund basis only (cash, cashier’s check, or traveler’s check only). Personal checks and/or business checks are not acceptable. Payment is due and payable immediately following the sale. No exceptions. The mobile home and/or contents are sold as is, where is, no guarantees.

The sale is conducted under the authority of California Civil Code 798.56a and Commercial code 7210.

Dated: May 7, 2018 Signed: KIMM HARRIS Golden Feather MHP 703 Oro Dam Blvd. W #208 Oroville, CA 95965 (530) 533-8679 Published: May 17,24, 2018

NOTICE OF BID Notice is hereby given that by the Chico Unified School District (CUSD), will rebid Subcontractor proposals for Glazing and Framing & Rough Carpentry for the Marigold Elementary School New Construction and Modernization Project, via email mcampos@chicousd.org and ktiner@chicousd.org until 2:00p.m., on Friday, June 1, 2018. Trade contractors will be in contract with UBC/CS Builders, the Lease-Leaseback Entity selected for this project.

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

All Bidding Contractors are required to be familiar with the hiring requirements set forth in Education Code section 17407.5, and as a condition of entering into this Facilities Lease, Contractor understands

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and agrees that Contractor and its Subcontractors at every tier will use a skilled and trained workforce, as defined in Education Code section 17407.5, to perform all Work on the Project that falls within an apprenticeable occupation in the building and construction trades.

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

No Bid Bond required, however a Performance Bond may be required at Lease-Leaseback Entity’s discretion.

Each bid must conform to the requirements of the Drawings and other documents comprising the Contract Documents. Interested parties may obtain copies of the complete bid package by emailing ktiner@chicousd.org or 530-891-3215.

After the scheduled closing time set for receipt of bids, bids may not then be withdrawn for a period of 90 days from and after said closing time, except as otherwise provided for in the California Public Contract Code.

Published: May 24,31, 2018

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner KERIN GENE CRANE filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: KERIN GENE CRANE Proposed name: KERI GENE CRANE THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

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

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: June 15, 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: April 17, 2018 Case Number: 18CV01152 Published: May 3,10,17,24, 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: DAVID MICHAEL KIEL Proposed name: MICHAEL DAVID CHRISTIAN THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to

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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: July 13, 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: May 14, 2018 Case Number: 18CV01533 Published: May 24,31, June 7,14, 2018

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner JESSICA SOCORRO BAZURTO-BERLANGA filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: JESSICA SOCORRO BAZURTO-BERLANGA Proposed name: JESSY SOCORRO BERLANGA THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

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

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: June 15, 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: May 3, 2018 Case Number: 18CV01266 Published: May 24,31, June 7,14, 2018

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner ANGELICA IVET BAZURTO-BERLANGA filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: ANGELICA IVET BAZURTO-BERLANGA Proposed name: ANGELICA IVET BERLANGA THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no

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

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: June 29, 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: May 3, 2018 Case Number: 18CV01265 Published: May 24,31, June 7,14, 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: ETHEL ELEANOR HARRIS Proposed name: CHRIS ELEANOR JACKSON 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: July 6, 2018 Time: 0900 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: May 17, 2018 Case Number: 18CV01453 Published: May 24,31, June 7,14, 2018

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner ISRAEL LEON JUNIOR filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: ISRAEL LEON JUNIOR Proposed name: ISRAEL LEON 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: July 6, 2018 Time: 9:00a.m.

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: May 8, 2018 Case Number: 18CV01239 Published: May 24,31, June 7,14, 2018

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner MEGAN COOPER filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: KADE DALE SHELTON Proposed name: KADE ALLEN COOPER THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

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

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: June 22, 2018 Time: 9:00a.m.

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: May 3, 2018 Case Number: 18CV01235 Published: May 24,31, June 7,14, 2018

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner ANGELO GONZALO TABIOS filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: ANGELO GONZALO TABIOS Proposed name: ANGELO GONZALO CARTOSCELLI 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: July 13, 2018 Time: 9:00a.m.

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: May 18, 2018 Case Number: 18CV00692 Published: May 24,31, June 7,14, 2018

SUMMONS SUMMONS NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: JESUS ESPINOSA, AN INDIVIDUAL; AND DOES 1-100, INCLUSIVE YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: PERSOLVE, LLC, A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY NOTICE! You have been sued.

The court may decide against

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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 law 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: Chico Courthouse 1775 Concord Avenue Chico CA 95928.

The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: MICHAEL H. RAICHELSON/SBN 174607 Persolve Legal Group, LLP (818) 534-3100 9301 Corbin Ave Ste 1600 Northridge CA 91324.

Dated: August 31, 2017 Signed: KIMBERLY FLENER Case Number: 17CV02537 Published: May 3,10,17,24, 2018

SUMMONS NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: DOMINIQUE N PEOPLES 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

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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: November 3, 2017 Signed: KIMBERLY FLENER Case Number: 17CV03274 Published: May 24,31, June 7,14, 2018

SUMMONS NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: REBECCA S OSBORNE AKA REBECCA S EGGLESTON AKA BECKI S EGGLESTON 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

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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: July 10, 2017 Signed: KIMBERLY FLENER Case Number: 17CV02044 Published: May 24,31, June 7,14, 2018

PETITION NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE JOHN FREDERICK LOEWE, AKA JOHN F. LOEWE, AKA JOHN LOEWE To all heirs and beneficiaries, creditors contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: JOHN FREDERICK LOEWE, AKA JOHN F. LOEWE, AKA JOHN LOEWE A Petition for Probate has been filed by: KEVIN SWEENEY in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte.

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

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

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

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

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: June 5, 2018 Time: 9:00 a.m.

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

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

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

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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: CLAYTON B. ANDERSON 20 Independence Circle Chico, CA 95973 (530) 342-6144 Case Number: 18PR00174 Dated: April 25, 2018 Published: May 10,17,24, 2018

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: REBECCA YUHASZ McKernan, Lanam, Bakke & Williams LLP 732 Fir Street Paradise, CA 95969 (530) 877-4961 Case Number: 18PR00207 Dated: May 10, 2018 Published: May 17,24,31, 2018

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE CINDTHIA LEE CHELLSON, AKA CINDTHIA L. CHELLSON, AKA CINDTHIA CHELLSON To all heirs and beneficiaries, creditors contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: CINDTHIA LEE CHELLSON, AKA CINDTHIA L. CHELLSON, AKA CINDTHIA CHELLSON A Petition for Probate has been filed by: SAMUEL W. BRINLEY in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte.

The Petition for Probate requests that: SAMUEL W. BRINLEY 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 the authority.

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: June 5, 2018 Time: 9:00 a.m.

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

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

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

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE GEORGE T. DAVIS, AKA GEORGE TAYLOR DAVIS To all heirs and beneficiaries, creditors contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: GEORGE T. DAVIS, AKA GEORGE TAYLOR DAVIS A Petition for Probate has been filed by: SUSAN DAVIS in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte.

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

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

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

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

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: June 5, 2018 Time: 9:00 a.m.

Dept: 8 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

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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: FRAYDA L. BRUTON, ATTORNEY AT LAW 3638 American River Drive Sacramento, CA 95864 (916) 444-8826 Case Number: 18PR00203 Published: May 17,24,31, 2018

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE IRENE ELIZABETH DEEKEN To all heirs and beneficiaries, creditors contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: IRENE ELIZABETH DEEKEN, AKA IRENE ELIZABETH MCGRANE AND IRENE ELIZABETH HAYS A Petition for Probate has been filed by: COLLEEN KIRCHEM, AKA COLLEEN MCGRANE in the Superior Court of

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California, County of Butte.

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

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

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

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

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: June 19, 2018 Time: 9:00 a.m.

Dept: TBA 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.

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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: CHERYL A. FORBES PO Box 1009 Red Bluff, CA 96080 (530) 527-7500 Case Number: 18PR00221 Dated: May 18, 2018 Published: May 24,31, June 7, 2018

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I dutifully made detailed lists and schedules. But I discovered a problem that stops even the best time managers in their tracks like kryptonite stops Superman.

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1027 Lia Way, ChiCo | $550,000 This westside home on a quiet cul-de-sac has all of the ingredients you need for your Chico dream home! With over three thousand square feet of living space, this home has a spacious and well laid out kitchen with built in office nook, formal living room, formal dining room, family room AND a breakfast nook. Formal living room is bright and inviting with beautiful fireplace and dual french door access out to the back patio. Open floor plan for main living area, also with patio access and a second fireplace. Large laundry room with tons of storage. Beautifully landscaped with rose garden. Three car attached garage with large garage access to the backyard!

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I had laid out a busy day which didn’t include Rodger. But he was an A-plus client, a never-ending source of referrals.

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“Come on in,” said Rodger, “My neighbor Jack is gonna sell his place. Let’s get going. Time’s a-wasting!” We hopped in his truck.

“Just one thing before we head over there. I gotta return Jack’s rider mower I borrowed last spring.” We pulled up to the barn. “Shoot, I forgot I stacked this plywood in front of the door. Give me hand?” We re-stacked his 18 sheets of plywood on the side of the barn. We laid a couple of 2x8’s

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“Dagnabbit! Where’s the frickin’ key to this thing? Aw heck, we can probably push it. Give me a hand?” It was too heavy.

“Cripes,” said Rodger. “I’ll go back to the house and find the frickin’ key.”

Twenty minutes later Rodger was back with the key. “Son of a goat! Out of gas! I’ll get the gas can from the garage.”

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4103 Augusta Ln 1954 Hooker Oak Ave 4357 Keefer Rd 2112 Moreland Dr 3463 Shallow Springs Ter 1006 Chestnut St 1996 Poppy View Ter 2623 Lakewest Dr 325 Southbury Ln 310 W 4th Ave 710 Niles Canyon Ln

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1371 Ringtail Way

Chico

$290,000

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SQ. FT. 1126

1012 W 9th St

Chico

$100,000

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SQ. FT. 834

3 Mckinley Ln

Chico

$285,000

3/2

1170

3731 Royal Mountain Rd

Oroville

$830,000

4/4

4285

298 E 1st Ave

Chico

$281,500

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1161

7070 Oro Country Club Rd

Oroville

$499,000

4/3

2124

1410 Heather Cir

Chico

$255,000

3/1

1135

6311 Aiken Ct

Oroville

$383,000

3/3

2839

1218 Bruce St

Chico

$255,000

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639

5009 Big Bend Rd

Oroville

$310,000

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1952

1157 Broadway St

Chico

$235,500

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321 Pinewood Dr

Paradise

$640,000

3/4

2975

24 Pebblewood Pines Dr

Chico

$235,500

2/2

1487

278 Burden Ter

Paradise

$555,000

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2513

1145 Warner St

Chico

$167,500

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900

5491 Alpine Ct

Paradise

$435,000

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2590

1207 Warner St

Chico

$142,000

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1068

6286 Mountain Meadow Ct

Paradise

$350,000

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1838

1829 Hemlock St

Chico

$134,091

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5770 Tipton Ln

Paradise

$345,000

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461 Redwood Way

Chico

$114,000

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Paradise

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