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Vol. 42, Issue 5 • September 27, 2018 OPINION

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Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Guest Comment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Second & Flume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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OPINION

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EDITORIAL

Today, it’s time to make a stand As you read these words, our country may well have

entered a constitutional crisis. Today (Sept. 27) is when, as of the CN&R’s deadline, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has an appointment in the Oval Office to determine his fate. Whether Rosenstein gets fired or succumbs to pressure and resigns—two most-expected scenarios—President Donald Trump will have cleared the barrier that’s prevented him from shutting down the Justice Department’s investigation into his dealings with Russia.

Meanwhile, just a few miles away on Capitol Hill, the Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing about sexual assault allegations against Brett Kavanaugh, Trump’s second Supreme Court nominee.

Despite disturbing accounts from Christine Blasey Ford and two more accusers, Deborah Ramirez and Julie Swetnick, Republicans have kept his confirmation on a fast track—and no wonder: Kavanaugh represents a decisive vote should Trump come before the high court. That’s a real fear for the president, or why meddle with the investigation?

We get that not everyone shares our conviction that Trump colluded with the Russians before, during and after the 2016 election. That’s the reason a thorough, methodical investigation is crucial, to bring facts to light.

Special Counsel Robert Mueller is a Republican with unimpeachable credentials. So, too, is Rod Rosenstein.

What drew the president’s ire was a New York Times

report that Rosenstein discussed the constitutional remedy for removing an unfit president, the 25th Amendment, and purportedly joked about wearing a wire to collect evidence. Even if true, that demonstrates concern for the nation taking precedence over loyalty to one man.

The United States remains a republic, not a monarchy. Or, so it should. Trump removing Rosenstein would be a big step toward ridding himself of legal challenges to his presidency—a presidency with echoes of autocracy. Congress, at least the GOP majority, has essentially abdicated its check and balance of Trump; as he fills the judiciary with his appointees, most significantly on the Supreme Court, he solidifies his hold on that branch, too.

Rosenstein may survive the day. Kavanaugh’s confirmation might stall. But those events will just delay the inevitable if the status quo persists.

Also today, Chicoans converge on City Plaza to protest the Supreme Court nomination. That gathering at noon, called “We #BelieveSurvivors—Cancel Kavanaugh,” is part of a day of action.

We need other such actions. More than that, we need to change the legislative branch, to hold Trump accountable. Opinion polls show low approval ratings for Congress, yet most districts—such as ours, CA-1—keep returning the same representative.

Vote. Encourage others to vote. It’s time to say, “No more.” Ω

GUEST COMMENT

A history of mismanagement Sforests Service has allowed millions of acres of public to be logged and clear-cut by private corporaince its creation in 1905, the United States Forest

tions like Sierra Pacific Industries (SPI). SPI states that it plants five trees for every one removed, but the company neglects to mention that the herbicides used to control undergrowth and allow these saplings to survive to adulthood have poisoned the forest floors and public waterways, all with full approval of the USFS. The detrimental effects of these herbicides to the environment, by wildlife and human health are Sherri Quammen well-substantiated.

The author is a local The U.S. Forest Service would activist, artist and like to see all public forests environmentalist. “thinned” through short-sighted initiatives like the so-called Healthy Forests Restoration Act (HFRA), put in place in 2003 to deal with wildfires, 90 percent of which have been caused by humans.

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The HFRA has been called “an ugly, imperfect solution that may cause more harm than good.” It opened up state and national forests to the logging of not only smaller-diameter trees, but also of old-growth trees that actually help to control the intensity of wildfires.

Now Gov. Jerry Brown plans to double the amount of this type of “thinning” allowed on public lands. Much of the lumber will most likely be exported to countries like China ($95 billion in U.S. lumber exports in 2017) while lumber prices in the United States only continue to rise.

We’ve already witnessed the effects of the forest service’s practice of total fire suppression. Now we’ll have to wait to see how the HFRA’s ill-planned and executed forest “thinning” projects will play out.

In years to come, it undoubtedly will be seen as yet another huge bungle by the U.S. Forest Service in its duty to protect our public forests and a huge boon to private logging company interests. Environmentalist obstructionism isn’t the problem. To figure out who’s responsible for the mess our public forests are currently in, one need only look to the U.S. Forest Service for over a century of gross forest mismanagement. Ω

SECOND & FLUME

by Melissa Daugherty m e l i s s a d @ n e w s r e v i e w. c o m

A visual feast Back in late summer 2013, I wrote in this space that all of the major work on the First and Second Street Couplet project was coming to an end (see “Roundabouts and beer,” Aug. 8, 2013). I was referring to the construction of the roundabout and the reconfiguration of East First and Second streets that made them one-way thoroughfares.

I was excited to see traffic on the redesigned streets just steps from the CN&R’s office. Count me among the Chico drivers who are fans of roundabouts—particularly those on Manzanita Avenue, where they’ve greatly improved the flow.

Here in the city center, the first few weeks weren’t pretty. We saw several motorists turn into the circle clockwise or end up going the correct direction only to suddenly turn right into oncoming traffic on Second Street. (Of course, we’ll never forget months later cringing as the driver of a semi-truck got stuck in the dirt and blocked traffic for hours.)

The only thing left, I told readers at the time, was the finishing touches. You know, signage and landscaping. The signs went up shortly thereafter, but little did I know the rest of the project was a long way off. Five years, to be (almost) exact.

But here we are. It’s September 2018—and the third and final phase of the couplet project is in its remaining days. Over the past few weeks, crews dug up the strips of land adjacent to the traffic circle. The task at hand: installing drip irrigation, planting shrubs and other greenery and covering the dirt with bark. What a difference.

And, of course, there’s the centerpiece. The roundabout is now home to impressive masonry work: stacked red-brick retaining walls complete with two pillars and attractive wrought-iron fencing, including a giant decorative oak leaf.

I must admit, the finished product is grander than I’d imagined.

By that, I mean the roundabout’s design features are quite large.

Shrubs and grasses were planted in the traffic circle, too, as was a decent-size valley oak tree smack dab in the middle. Expect a ribbon-cutting in the weeks to come.

The price tag: $378,000. I’ve heard grumblings about how the city should have used that money to hire additional police officers.

Fact is, those funds could not have paid for law enforcement. That’s because there are restrictions on how state transportation dollars and local parking revenue are spent. Based on the options, completing the final portion of the city’s largest downtown infrastructure project in memory seems like a good use to me.

Some people are never going to like traffic circles. I get that. But they should at least acknowledge the benefits. Roundabouts are safer for pedestrians, cyclists and drivers. They also reduce idling traffic, meaning they are ecologically friendly.

As for the aesthetic, remember that people traveling to the city center from Highway 99 are directed to this easterly entrance.

Instead of driving past a barren dirtscape or weed patch, this beautified infrastructure will greet them—both figuratively and literally, as the retaining walls include the words “Welcome to downtown Chico.”

Sure, due to propinquity, I may be biased. But I think it looks great—it’s certainly a far cry from I’ve been staring at for the last half-decade.

Melissa Daugherty is editor of the CN&R

LETTERS

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Council’s mega meeting Re “‘Eleventh hour’ deliberations” (Newslines, by Ashiah Scharaga, Sept. 20): I attended the Chico City Council meeting Sept. 18 to voice my concerns about the Stonegate development in south Chico. I have lived in Butte Creek Canyon for 38 years and have recently experienced a traffic increase on lower Skyway that, during peak hours, is way beyond the capacity of Skyway’s original design.

Stonegate looks good on paper; however, I see this project as the tipping point for Chico, exacerbating traffic problems and overburdening the city’s budget for services and necessary improvements. Is this what Chico needs?

The City Council’s full agenda included several public hearings allowing speakers three minutes each; at 10 p.m., a 4-3 vote extended the meeting. Public comment on Stonegate started at 11 p.m., giving 26 speakers one minute each after waiting five-plus hours to speak.

I believe both the council

members and citizens should be allowed adequate time at a reasonable hour to voice our concerns as viable input for accurate consideration. Can the Stonegate project evaluation by the City Council be complete at that late hour, and considering all intents and purposes, is this fair government?

Christine Jennings Chico

I’d like to add to your coverage of the Sept. 18 Chico City Council meeting: There was vigorous public opposition to the Jesus Center’s transformation into a “Renewal Center”—a Robert Marbut-ish “consolidation” camp by the racetrack and all part of the plan to erase Chico’s poor and disabled, as housing (the only honorable solution) remains out of reach.

Also, there was public opposition to shortening park hours (especially the loss of four hours in City Plaza)—transparently a way to further pressure the homeless.

And, many spoke against the removal of Steven Breedlove from the Chico Airport Commission; we

then witnessed a morally unhinged council pass judgment on an act of conscience. (With no moral compass in hand, as is evident in the entire approach to suffering on our streets, no act of conscience can possibly meet with comprehension.)

On another subject: In response to my guest comment, concerning the Brock Turner sexual assault case, I was predictably lambasted by feminist Sherri Quammen.

I’ll ask Quammen to engage in a thought experiment: Imagine two lesbians in the same circumstances as the Turner case (very drunk, symmetrically responsible—until one passes out, “digital penetration”). How much prison time for the offender?

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Parenthood’s 2016-17 annual report: Planned Parenthood is barred from using federal funds for abortions by the Hyde Amendment; 8,000 people per day use its services for birth control, cancer screening, sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing and treatment, and safe legal abortions (a constitutional right); during this report’s time frame, Planned Parenthood treated 2.5 million people with 9.5 million different services; abortion makes up 3 percent of Planned Parenthood’s budget; and STI testing and treatment and contraception account for 75 percent.

With the ongoing concerted effort by ideologues to make abortion illegal, Planned Parenthood often becomes the only place for women to go for their health needs, in underserved rural America especially.

Mr. Bridge, I support your right to your beliefs, but one cannot impose their beliefs on others. It is simply what our country is founded on, freedom of and from religion. I will not ask you to get an abortion if you will grant me my constitutional right to make that decision for myself, and the opportunity that Planned Parenthood gives me to do so.

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What about the farm?

Re “Second harvest” (Greenways,

by Ashiah Scharaga, Sept. 20): I am curious to know what the land that the Jesus Center farm has been growing on will be used for.

How do the people on Chestnut Street feel about the sale? Do they have any input on what will be built there?

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Re “Vote for a new era of civility” (Editorial, Sept. 20): Lack of civility is like the homeless problems some wellmeaning cities face. Once people learn they can talk over others or shout and scream out of turn, it becomes a minor brawl. Same with the homeless. Once the word is out that your city is an easy mark, it becomes a magnet for those you can’t really help.

The city I worked for let people vent, then postponed any items they did not get to until the

Aware of that larger truth, the thing to do today? Stand by a brave, patriotic, fearfacing woman doing the right thing when she so easily might not have.

—Jo anne Vidal

next month. Then the next month and so on. Whatever the topic was, soon the attendance dropped off and they had civil debate. The tone is usually set by the crowd.

Allan Clark Paradise

Big signs, big money I would like to avoid having big money running Chico City Council politics.

Big money tends to invest with a plan for a payback. Instead, I would rather have small donors sponsor candidates who have the whole community in mind. So I began to wonder, “Who is getting big money in the current race?”

Then it struck me that a simple answer was quite visible. Look at the curbside and vacant lot signs out there. The large signs must cost a lot more money. Which candidates have the large signs? It is obvious, just look around.

The large signs belong to Andrew Coolidge, Kasey Reynolds and Matt Gallaway. (I do notice that they are often nestled up close to Doug LaMalfa signs.) The small-sign candidates? Rich Ober, Alex Brown and Scott Huber.

Those signs are often seen with Audrey Denney signs. Help keep the small-town quality of Chico alive. Please vote.

Robert Zadra Chico

Public shaming Good day, I hope this doesn’t sound whiny. It is important to many others besides myself.

The Saturday Chico farmers’ market places its porta-potties inside the three parking spaces reserved for the disabled. This has happened time and again. We who have great pain and difficulty walking have had our designated areas taken from us. At last Saturday’s market, there was a young girl in a wheelchair; I wonder where her father parked the van?

There is sufficient room for the toilets to be to the left or the right, or possibly in a line in a single space. Yet week after week they use all three designated handicapped spaces so that we cannot park. I have kindly spoken to the lady at the farmers’ market desk, but nothing has changed.

Perhaps a public shaming is in order. If that is not effective, note that the $250 fine times three spaces times three Saturdays equals $2,250—this might spark an awareness. Laws exist for those who have bad manners.

Please do the right thing. Thank you.

Gordy Ohliger Chico

‘Coordinated assault’ The evolving charade of a Supreme Court nominee process continues as I write this. The Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired by 85-year-old Chuck Grassley, is conducting the hearings regarding the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh.

During this process, a claim of sexual battery surfaced; Dr. Christine Blasey Ford alleges that 36 years ago, when she was 15, she was sexually assaulted by the then17-year-old Kavanaugh. Dr. Ford has asked that the FBI be directed to investigate her accusation.

The committee has asked Dr. Ford to travel to Washington, D.C., for a hearing on this matter. The ground rules set forth are: there will be no FBI investigation, there will be no witnesses called, Dr. Ford will be cross-examined by a female lawyer of the committee’s choosing. This will allow the 11 male Republican senators to hide behind their barrier of misogynist views.

There is no respect or consideration being given to her requests.

The coordinated assault on her character has been launched. The accused is now the victim. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has publicly stated that they

will “plow through this; Judge Kavanaugh will be on the Supreme Court.” A hearing? This will be a trial in a kangaroo court.

Roger S. Beadle Chico

Stand by her Twice in her life she was: Bullied.

Wrangled. Forced. Pushed. Gagged.

Handled. Used. Smeared. Violated and Dismissed. Thirty-five years ago by young and intoxicated men.

In 2018, by old men intoxicated with power and politics.

I could speak about how she had nothing whatsoever to gain by coming forward. I could speak of my own #MeToo experiences, or those of the hundreds of thousands of other victims known and unknown. (Yes, Mr. President, the vast majority of victims never tell.) But, to pull on that thread even an inch exposes the underpinnings of so many things sad, warped and wrong: Those in power—by race, by wealth, by position, by sex or by strength—prey on those they dominate.

Aware of that larger truth, the thing to do today? Stand by a brave, patriotic, fear-facing woman doing the right thing when she so easily might not have. My work is to raise my voice in objection as we appoint an individual to the highest court in the land. A man who will profoundly influence the freedoms and rights of my daughters and granddaughters.

With my granddaughters in mind, I cannot quietly stand by. I believe Dr. Christine Blasey Ford.

Jo Anne Vidal Chico

Correction An editing error changed the meaning of a sentence in a letter to the editor published last week (see “Commentary comeback,” by Sherri Quammen). The sentence should have read: “If he had read it or if he could possibly know what 1 in every 4 women in the U.S. experiences being raped in their lifetimes, he might better understand what it would feel like.” We apologize for the error, which has been corrected online. —ed.

More letters online:

We’ve got too many letters for this space. please go to www.newsreview.com/chico for additional readers’ comments on past cn&r articles.

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NEWSLINES DOWNSTROKE DOWNTOWN ASSAULT WEAPON: GUITAR

Police took a man into custody after he allegedly hit another man in the head with a guitar during a fight downtown Tuesday night (Sept. 25).

According to a Chico Police Department news release, 911 dispatchers received “numerous calls” reporting the fight between two men near West Third and Main streets.

Officers found the victim, a 32-year-old with head injuries.

Shortly thereafter, police arrested Jamie Harper, 29, for assault with a deadly weapon and transported him to Butte County Jail.

The victim was hospitalized for non-lifethreatening injuries.

The police investigation determined that an argument escalated after the unidentified victim reportedly swung a plastic milk crate at Harper, who retrieved the guitar from his belongings and allegedly struck the other man several times in the head.

VOTER REGISTRATION EN ESPAÑOL

The Butte County League of Women Voters is conducting bilingual voter registration for the first time countywide, with Spanish-speakers scheduled at various events and locations.

Ahead of the Nov. 6 general election, league volunteers have been signing up firsttime voters along with providing election materials and information. They’ve already visited Chico, Durham, Gridley, Oroville and Paradise; check tinyurl.com/LWV-BC-reg for upcoming dates and places.

Chicoans still can go to Panadería la Michoacán Market (1414 Park Ave.) Saturday mornings through Oct. 19; the Chico Branch Library (1108 Sherman Ave.) this Saturday (Sept. 29), 4-6 p.m.; and Walmart (2044 Forest Ave.) Monday and Tuesday (Oct. 1-2), 4-7 p.m.

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West Nile virus has claimed its first local life this year, with the Butte County Department of Public Health confirming a death from complications of the mosquito-carried infection.

County Public Health confirmed the case last Friday (Sept. 22). As of Tuesday, state officials had attributed four deaths in California to West Nile virus—all in this region—and 100 human cases overall. The other fatalities occurred in Glenn, Yolo and Yuba counties.

The local victim, who was not identified, was between 50 and 70 years old, lived in southern Butte County and exhibited symptoms in midAugust. Visit tinyurl.com/Butte WestNile for detailed information on the disease, its spread and prevention.

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Help on the way County declares shelter crisis, widening scope of homeless aid

Bingtomeant vie for $4.9 million in state fundto bolster efforts to address

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homelessness. That’s because the city of Oroville—followed shortly thereafter by story and Gridley—declared a photo by Meredith J. shelter crisis earlier Cooper this month, opening up access to funding m er e d i t h c @ n ew srev i ew. c o m through California’s Homeless Emergency Study up: Aid Program (HEAP).

On Tuesday For more information on HEAP funding, go (Sept. 25), the Butte to buttehomelesscoc. County Board of com/heap-funding.html or call 717-2138. Supervisors followed suit, unanimously voting to declare a shelter crisis—after a motion made by Supervisor Larry Wahl and seconded by Supervisor Maureen Kirk, both of whom represent Chico.

“If you don’t declare, then the county and providers in unincorporated areas would not have access to funding,” county Chief Administrative Officer Shari McCracken told the board prior to the vote.

It seemed like a no-brainer.

“Is there a downside?” Kirk asked McCracken. Her answer was “no.”

Half a dozen members of the public spoke on the matter, all of them in favor of declaring a crisis.

“There are thousands of people in our county in need of services,” said former Chico City Councilwoman Tami Ritter, who will take the retiring Kirk’s seat next year. “Get the people who are open to services into those services. It’s a first step in the right direction. If we can get the whole county behind this, we can truly address this homeless issue.”

Charles Withuhn, who’s long championed a tiny house complex in Chico (dubbed Simplicity Village) in conjunction with the Chico Housing Action Team, asked the board to act compassionately to stop the problem from getting worse. “What do you think happens when you leave so many people so hopeless for so long? When you’re hopeless, a lot that is civilized gets left behind.”

For Lisa Currier, a local mental health advocate who operates a crisis prevention service, the issue is bigger than most people realize, because “homeless doesn’t have

to look like someone shooting up in the streets.”

Benson, who serves on the Greater Chico Homeless Task Force, came at the board with a fury, accusing its members of not taking a seat at the table, preferring to spend money on other things like a jail expansion.

“But where are the beds on this side of the bars?” he asked. “Where’s our detox center? Where’s our Laura’s Law? Where’s our community court?”

The board answered with a unanimous vote.

HEAP funding is determined by each area’s

Point-in-Time homeless census numbers and is being disbursed from the state through local continuums of care. In addition to making the case for the county declaring a crisis, and regardless of whether it chose to do so, McCracken explained to the board Tuesday that the county had offered to be the administrating agency for HEAP funds. (The board will take up that issue separately at a future meeting.)

What that means is the county would be the fiscal agent in charge of disbursing

Butte County Supervisor-elect Tami Ritter makes her case for the board declaring a shelter crisis.

that $4.9 million and ensuring recipients comply with HEAP rules, explained Jennifer Griggs, coordinator for the Butte Countywide Continuum of Care (CoC).

The CoC, however, would still be in charge of taking applications and awarding funding, Griggs told the CN&R. With deadlines looming, decisions will be made fairly quickly, she added. To be eligible for HEAP funding, proposed projects must either be service-based or offer emergency housing. The latter requires an address, a physical location where the project would take place; the former does not. Here’s a basic timeline: Now: Agencies with address-based projects in Oroville, Gridley and unincorporated Butte County can submit applications. Because the county declared a crisis, Griggs said, service-based projects that are not tied to an address can apply regardless of jurisdiction. For example, a mobile medical unit based in Chico but meant to serve people throughout the county could be eligible for funding.

Oct. 2: Chico City Council discusses shelter crisis declaration. If it declares, projects based on an address in Chico would be eligible. For example, physical entities such as the Torres Community Shelter and Jesus Center could expand services. Or a project like Simplicity Village could be proposed. Griggs stressed that declaring a crisis would not give Simplicity Village or any other proposed building project the green light; the city would still have a say.

Oct. 3-4: The CoC will hold workshops—in Chico on Oct. 3 and Oroville Oct. 4—for agencies to get information and technical assistance in what’s needed to apply for HEAP funding.

(A second round of workshops will be held Oct. 25 in Oroville and Oct. 29 in Chico.)

Oct. 9: Paradise Town Council considers declaration.

Oct. 11: CoC deadline for cover sheet applications (agencies in jurisdictions with pending crisis declarations— potentially Chico—can still apply, but may not be deemed eligible).

Oct. 16: Chico’s second chance at a shelter crisis declaration, should it not decide on Oct. 2.

Oct. 18: Applicants alerted to eligibility status.

Oct. 31: Deadline for full applications to the CoC. Last week of November: Award announcements.

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Vision quest Chico State setting goals for growth over next decade, updating master plan In Sharon Barrios’ vision for the future of Chico State, the interim

dean of Graduate Studies sees a classroom within a community garden, connected to a kitchen for students.

For Cecilia Lapolli, a study abroad adviser, the university would offer formal cultural awareness training for faculty and staff, so they can fully embrace international students.

Student Samuel Akinwande, director of university affairs for the Associated Students, wants to see the Cross-Cultural Leadership Center expand, with safe spaces for students of color throughout campus.

Chico State’s future has been weighing on the minds of the campus community since spring, when the university began the 18-month process to update its master plan. On Tuesday afternoon (Sept. 25), a few dozen students, staff and community members continued the momentum during a brainstorming session at Colusa Hall. They scribbled and posted their ideas on message boards: a faculty/staff Additional input: Chico State will hold open dining commons, a dedicated bicycle house sessions about its strapathway through campus, an instructegic plan Tuesday-Thursday tional swimming pool, more native trees (Oct. 2-4) in Colusa Hall. Go to and plants, on-site composting. csuchico.edu/strategic plan for a schedule, or visit It was one of several open house csuchicomasterplan.com to sessions held that day to gather input. offer online feedback on the It included a short presentation and an master plan. introduction from university President Gayle Hutchinson, then participants were free to roam the room to share and discuss ideas.

Chico State’s master plan hasn’t been modified since June 2005.

When updated, it’ll provide a long-term view of the university’s goals for its physical design and growth over the next decade. A key part of the process will be understanding the projected population growth of the university looking forward. Today, Chico State serves 17,500 students, 2,000 of whom live in campus-run housing.

Notably, the university—landlocked near downtown Chico— appears to be running out of physical wiggle room. Most recently, the school tore down nine homes in the College Park neighborhood alongside Nettleton Stadium. (See “Put up a parking lot,”

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Cecilia Lapolli, a study abroad adviser in Chico State’s Office of International Education, was one of dozens at an open house session about updating the campus master plan Tuesday (Sept. 25).

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Newslines, Nov. 23, 2017.) This project was part of the old master plan, which aimed to make room for an additional dormitory and parking lot.

But that isn’t necessarily what will happen with the space, Mike Guzzi, director of Facilities Management and Services at Chico State, told the CN&R. A housing market study will determine the university’s options.

Kinesiology professor Rebecca Lytle, who attended the open house, said the university can get creative when it comes to growth. “There could be lots of opportunities for far greater community-campus connections,” she said, with learning taking place out in the community, such as when student teachers and nurses work at schools and hospitals, respectively.

She and others on Tuesday expressed interest in creating hubs on campus for various related fields, such as Lytle’s idea for a space that would accommodate the Accessibility Resource Center, Autism Clinic, and Communication Sciences and Disorders programming.

The campus’ strategic plan, which outlines the university’s priorities when

it comes to its vision and mission, is also being updated this year. Open house sessions are scheduled next week (see infobox), but Guzzi said there will be more opportunities for public input as the process moves forward, with consultant SmithGroup presenting concrete ideas this winter.

Hutchinson told attendees on Tuesday that the plans inform one another, and encouraged people to think outside the box.

“Oftentimes when humans are trying to be creative … we are limited by our physical world and we are limited by what we know. So all I ask in this exercise is you really be open-minded and ask that question, ‘What if?’”

Ultimately, Guzzi would like the university to develop a sustainable plan, so it can actually maintain whatever is built and work toward its 1. Las Vegas environmental goals, such as carbon neutrality.

2. Orlando Currently, there is a backlog of $290 million in 3. New York City deferred maintenance for existing facilities.

4. Atlanta The worst thing would be for the commu5. Miami nity to invest time and intellectual capital into 6. Chicago a master plan for it to end up sitting on a shelf, 7. Portland he added. The last update had great ideas, but was lacking in specificity, he said.

8. San Francisco “I want an actionable plan. It can’t be 9. New Orleans some pie-in-the-sky dreamscape,” Guzzi said.

10. San Diego “I want somebody in 10 years to say, ‘Wow, Chico State did it right.’”

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munity discourse over policing issues, the conversation at a City Council candidates’ forum on law enforcement issues held Monday night (Sept. 25) was downright congenial.

Candidates Alex Brown, Scott Huber, Richard Ober and Ken Rensink attended the forum hosted by local activist group Concerned Citizens for Justice (CCJ) at the Chico branch of the Butte County Library, and they were mostly in agreement on issues posed by organizers and audience members. Each candidate explained his or her beliefs that the Chico Police Department needs better crisis-intervention and de-escalation training, and more transparency. They also agreed that homelessness is better addressed through partnerships with service organizations than through criminalization to substantively address mental health, addiction and poverty issues.

The lack of drastically differing viewpoints at the forum was likely because conservative candidates Andrew Coolidge (the only incumbent), Matt Gallaway and Kasey Reynolds—all of whom have made stronger policing and enforcement of vagrancy laws primary planks in their respective platforms—did not attend.

The three cited scheduling conflicts as their reasons for not showing, according to Emily Alma of CCJ, though Reynolds later publicly said that she chose not to attend because of philosophical differences with the host group.

CCJ formed last year, partly in response to concerns about use-offorce protocols and lack of training raised by the 2017 Chico police killing of Desmond Phillips.

The group’s founders include Margaret Swick, a longtime member and former president of the League of Women Voters of Butte County; and Vince Haynie, a local pastor who co-founded the Love Chapmantown Community Coalition.

Alma said CCJ volunteers couldn’t find valid contact information for Chico City Council candidates Alex Brown, Scott Huber, Rich Ober and Ken Rensink discuss citizen concerns about transparency, use of force, implicit bias and other police-related issues at a forum Monday (Sept. 25).

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or reach candidate Jon Scott, though Scott told the CN&R his contact information is readily accessible and said, “I absolutely would have been there had I been invited.” Ninth candidate James Aguirre has not shown up to any forums thus far.

Candidates were given one minute to make opening and closing statements, and one minute to respond to each of the 10 questions formulated by the host group, as well as questions from the audience. CCJ member Marty Dunlap acted as moderator, with assistance from Diane Suzuki.

The members of the sitting, conservative-

majority council have not shared CCJ’s concerns about the CPD’s policies, tactics or training. The hopefuls who appeared at the forum, however, didn’t shy on the subject. This became clear from the get-go, as Huber made his opening statement.

“Police are only human, just like us, and they have the same strengths, same weaknesses and the same embedded biases,” he said, noting that police officers must sometimes face the difficult decision of using deadly force. “For that reason, we need to involve ourselves in being certain that our police department is as well-trained as they possibly can be, and we need to scrutinize their actions to assure that they’re never pulling the trigger when they don’t have to.”

Use of force and preventative measures such as de-escalation training figured prominently during the two-hour forum. All advocated that

every Chico police officer should attend a full 40 hours of crisis intervention training (CIT), as opposed to day-long trainings the majority of CPD officers attend. That training meets state requirements, but many critics feel it falls short of the week-long course offered at Butte College.

“As a special-education teacher, I go through three or four trainings a year on either crisis intervention, de-escalation or conflict resolution,” Rensink said. “These are good skills to have in any walk of life, but they’re critical for police officers.”

Each of the candidates also called for alternatives to creating and enforcing criminal ordinances when it comes to the homeless population.

Ober said Chico police are “basically wasting their time on sit/lie,” the law many criticize as criminalizing homelessness, and cited a study done last year by a group of Chico State professors on the impacts of anti-homeless ordinances. That study, a copy of which the CN&R obtained, showed that enforcement of sit/lie effectively decentralized the homeless population from downtown to Chico neighborhoods.

Additionally, between January 2010 and June 2016, enforcement of it and other similar local laws cost $882,065, according to the research.

Ober is a member of the Torres Community Shelter’s board of directors, and noted that facility’s annual operating budget is roughly equal to that figure.

“So, the Torres Shelter houses 150 to 160 people every night, 365 days a year, providing two meals a day, providing wrap-around services and moving people out of homelessness and into homes for about $800,000 a year,”

SAVE THE DATE! OCT. 27 he said. “I ask why we’re paying $800,000 to move people from one part of the community to another instead of supporting people who are doing the real work of placing those people into actual housing and give them services. That’s the main problem the department is facing, and I think if we correct that we can free up resources and time and [the police] can do the work that we actually want them to do.”

Brown, a social worker, said she’s seen the benefits of police and service partnerships firsthand in working alongside CPD investigators as an advocate for sexual assault and domestic violence victims. “It’s important to enhance partnerships and collaborations to be more integrative and more responsive, on a holistic level, to issues facing our community,” she said.

Other issues the candidates agreed

on included the need for a citizens’ oversight committee that should be formed to help direct law enforcement; that police could better serve the community with boots on the ground, such as beat and bike cops; and that overmilitarization only deepens the divide between police departments and the communities they serve.

On Tuesday (Sept. 26), Alma said by phone that the CCJ was pleased with the large turnout—the room was packed, with about 80 people in attendance—and quality of discussion at the forum, despite the fact that not all of the candidates attended. That same day, Reynolds doubled down on her decision not to attend the forum for political reasons.

“I stand by my decision not to participate in this forum,” Reynolds posted to Facebook. “As I said before, I disagree with this group’s assertions that the Chico Police Department lacks accountability and transparency. … To me, this election is about crime and the criminal vagrancy issues plaguing our city. This forum is a distraction from the issues Chico voters care most about.”

Alma said CCJ would have welcomed and respected Reynolds’ and other candidates’ input, as well as that of their supporters, had they chosen to attend and engage in the forum.

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HEALTHLINES Cheryl Dawson (left), Jean Aldridge and Mons Jensen see Sunday’s health fair doubling as an open house for the Wellness Center.

Pain Management Help 4 Healing, led by a physician; plant-based cooking classes; and support groups for cancer and for people quitting tobacco.

Events, aside from the health fair, have included the Bike Rodeo—where 37 of 101 attendees received a free bicycle—and a summer camp.

The Wellness Center also has formed a partnership with the Butte County Department of Public Health. Previously, Public Health had held cooking demonstrations for its healthy eating classes in the Salvation Army parking lot. The Wellness Center has a kitchen; now, the classes are there, and a diabetes educator from Feather River participates, too.

“There are some great resources in this community,” Aldridge said. “I’ve met some wonderful people, and I’m delighted to be able to partner with them, to try to be a connector.”

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CRiver. talks about Adventist Health Feather A gastroenterologist at the hospital, heryl Dawson gets emotional when she

Dr. Damian Pestana, diagnosed her with a rare liver disease in 2011 that necessitated a transplant, which she received two years later.

“Feather River Hospital kept me alive, essentially, before I got my liver,” she said.

“I have tremendous heart for Feather River Hospital.”

After she’d recovered, Dawson represented Donor Network West—an organization bridging donation and transplantation—at Feather River’s annual health and wellness fair. She’s worked the event four years. Last fall, Dawson had a fateful encounter with Jean Aldridge, the hospital’s community outreach manager, recently hired to run a facil-

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ity in Paradise focused on healthy living.

“Jean came running by and said, ‘I’ve got to talk to you—about the Wellness Center!’” Dawson recalled. “I met her, and it was just instant love. I have the utmost admiration for Jean and the whole mission here. Everything coalesced with what I believe.”

The Wellness Center had a so-called “soft opening” almost two years ago and official grand opening last October. Located in the Beyond Fitness building on the Skyway, in the space formerly occupied by Pillsbury Physical Therapy, the center hosts various support groups and health-education events. It’s also the site of this year’s health and wellness fair, Sunday afternoon (see infobox).

Dawson, a Paradise resident who relocated from the Bay Area, originally thought she’d volunteer at the Wellness Center “a few hours a week. I’m finding I’m here more and more.” Aldridge estimates she’s the equivalent of a half-time worker, including time Dawson devotes to projects at home.

“I realized how much Jean needed help— and not only that, I just want to be with her, and be a part of all this,” Dawson said.

“There’s a good synergy,” Aldridge added.

The Wellness Center came about thanks to

another fateful union.

Mons Jensen, Feather River’s director of process improvement, noticed the vacant space while working out at Beyond Fitness.

He’d pondered the idea of a wellness center in the heart of town, separate from the hospital campus on Pentz Road and the rural health clinic lower on the Skyway. Its two rooms would fit perfectly.

When Jensen approached gym owner Steve Gibson, it turned out Gibson had the same idea. Gibson serves on Feather River’s board; he and Jensen proposed the idea to administrators, who approved a lease agreement.

“We’re known as Feather River Hospital,” Jensen said, “but that’s pretty far down the road as far as when you need health care. There’s a lot more activity up front—an opportunity—and certainly the wellness space [in medicine] is growing.

“So, it’s a vision for serving people before they need acute care.”

Wellness Center offerings include a yearlong prevention program for diabetes, jointly led by a dietician and a registered nurse; the Better Breathers Club, a support group for people with chronic respiratory issues, facilitated by a respiratory therapist; Integrated

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A registered nurse with a master’s degree in psychological counseling, Aldridge continued telecommuting to Florida Hospital— another Adventist Health facility— for a year until she saw the opening to manage community outreach and lifestyle medicine for Feather River.

“I’ve wanted to combine the mental health and the health [aspects], because I know you need the motivation to pursue a healthy lifestyle,” Aldridge said.

“This position felt like a dream come true to me, because when I got into nursing, my whole heart was in how can I keep people out of the hospital? … And this is all

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Indeed, Jensen said, “a lot of our health challenges are driven by lifestyle—diabetes, obesity, which translates into depression and behavioral health challenges, which drives opioid and substance abuse.

“Serving the underserved population is what we really want to do, so we don’t charge for our services here. Some of the diabetes things are reimbursed and billable, but our vision here is these are free services to the community, as a referral center for people in need.”

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‘Ithe said, glancing into sunrays glinting off Sacramento River. “This problem of live in a very dark place,” Dan Bacher

corporate influence, the domination of big money in Sacramento, is just growing beyond control.”

Bacher has been shining a light into dark corners for decades as an independent journalist. For the past eight years, much of his work has cast a critical glow on Gov. Jerry Brown’s environmental policies.

Just as Brown’s career has been pestered by the bumblebee attacks of columnist Dan Walters, so too has he been dogged by Bacher, who writes sharply from a progressive viewpoint. The difference between the two Dans goes beyond their profiles: While Walters has always enjoyed a mainstream megaphone for his political bashing—writing for The Sacramento Union, The Sacramento Bee and now for CALmatters—Bacher’s follow-the-money critiques of Brown have been anchored mainly in the pages of an outdoor magazine called The Fish Sniffer.

Now, as Brown approaches his final months in office, arguably moving regulatory mountains and legislative earth to slice two massive tunnels through the Delta, it’s Bacher who might tag a sharp asterisk to the governor’s legacy.

Bacher’s reporting on the estuary’s fate, along with his exposés on expanded offshore drilling under Brown, are being published

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on an array of lefty news sites, including Daily Kos, Alternet, CounterPunch and LA Progressive.

Last November, The New Yorker ran its own story questioning Brown’s mantle as a climate defender, highlighting his administration’s ongoing dealings with Big Oil and fracking operations. Those are relationships Bacher has been documenting for years. And the fish sniffer says he isn’t finished sniffing out the money trail he believes unravels “the myth of Jerry Brown, green warrior.”

“We thought Jerry Brown would be better than Schwarzenegger, and he wasn’t.”

—Dan Bacher

It’s a hot afternoon in the Delta. Bacher

peers at a levee through the window of a barbecue house. Its earthen wall is in the proposed path of California WaterFix, better known as the twin tunnels.

Bacher has been writing about the project since it was reworked as a new version of Brown’s failed 1982 attempt to build an Read his work:

Visit tinyurl.com/dan-bacher to reach his Fish Sniffer author archive.

open-air “peripheral canal” to move Delta water to Southern California cities and agribusinesses.

While Bacher’s journalism is achieved the oldfashioned way—attending legislative hearings, state commission meetings and scientific forums—he also likes to engage in some tongue-in-cheek trolling of Brown on social media.

“California is the nation’s ‘green leader,’ and Jerry Brown is the ‘ultimate climate leader,’” Bacher posted on Facebook when the American Lung Association released its latest report grading our air quality. “That’s why four out of five urban areas with the most polluted air in the nation are in California, the nation’s third biggest oil producer.”

Another time, Bacher posted an archival photograph of Brown walking with a smile next to cult leader and mass murderer Jim Jones, adding the one-word caption, “Memories.”

Driving Bacher’s environmental coverage, which has led to him hanging out with Woody Harrelson and talking forest protection with Merle Haggard, is an obsession with conserving endangered fisheries. A Sacramento native, Bacher got his start in journalism in 1983 for a bilingual newspaper in San Jose called El Observador. He soon ended up at a rod-and-reel magazine called The Fish Sniffer.

It was launched by the late Hal Bonslett, who urged Bacher to cover water concerns shared by sportsmen, tribal councils and environmental activists.

In 2006, Bacher became co-owner of The Fish Sniffer. Around the same time, state officials renewed a push to channel huge volumes of Delta water south, despite the National Marine Fisheries Service warning of extinction dangers for chinook salmon and Delta smelt.

Trying to understand how this could happen,

Bacher began reporting on the trend of special interest groups getting associates appointed to regulatory panels and state commissions under the administration of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

This focus allowed Bacher to break a big story, one he says mainstream journalists didn’t want to touch with a 10-foot fishing pole: Bacher learned that the chair of the Marine Life Protection Act Initiative Blue

Ribbon Task Force, a group charged with designating “marine protected areas” off California’s coast, was Catherine ReheisBoyd, president of the Western States Petroleum Association. That’s the primary lobbying association for Chevron, Exxon, Shell and Valero.

“Then I started investigating the other people on the panel,” Bacher said. “They were almost all corporate operatives.”

Campaign finance reporting is another specialty of Bacher, one he says is vital to understanding the twin tunnels saga. Bacher has documented hundreds of thousands of dollars pumped into the campaign for the $7 billion Proposition 1 water bond, which state officials claim can help mitigate environmental damage from the tunnels, among other purposes.

Mega-contributors to that initiative included Southern California orchard tycoon Stewart Resnick, along with the California Farm Bureau Federation, Western Growers Service Association and California Cotton Alliance. For Bacher, Brown’s decision to side with such big-money agribusinesses, similar to his ties to the oil industry, pollute his environmental record.

“We thought Jerry Brown would be better than Schwarzenegger, and he wasn’t,” Bacher said. “I think it’s finally time for the mainstream media to stop clinging to this false narrative around him.”

And if it won’t, Bacher will be around to do it himself. Ω

ECO EVENT Talkin’ trash Throwing recyclable material in the proper bin is super easy, but what happens after that? Learn about how waste is handled in Butte County and on the Chico State campus when experts from Recology and Associated Students Recycling discuss the issues facing effective recycling today (Sept. 27) in Bell Memorial Union, Room 204, at 2 p.m. You’ll learn how food residue and other contamination complicate the process, data on waste versus recycling diversion rates and information about the constraints China has placed on our system by rejecting our recycling material. (For a primer, see “Trash trouble,” Greenways, July 12.)

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THE GOODS

Care through clothing

Tasting Chico, celebrating kids

Crystal Johnson, a Chico resident for 30 years and the owner of Curvy Gurlz Boutique, has been deeply involved in caring for people her whole life. She and her mom, Kathy Baker (pictured at left), who was a nurse, opened and ran two care homes for the elderly from 1994 to 2002. That latter year, Crystal decided to become a foster parent. She ended up adopting twins who are now almost 5 years old. In 2014, Johnson began the Making a Difference in America (M.A.D.I.A.) Project, a nonprofit designed to help foster families provide clothing for the children in their care. Two years later, she opened up Curvy Gurlz Boutique, a plussize thrift store, to support and connect with other plus-size women. This past summer, she found a way to combine both of her passions—supporting foster families and curvy women—with the women’s boutique in the front of her shop and children’s clothes for the M.A.D.I.A. Project in the back. Check out Curvy Gurlz at 1376 Longfellow Ave. Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

What gave you the idea for Curvy Gurlz?

I’ve been a plus-size my whole life and so has my daughter. So,

I got this idea to see if I could do a plus-size store. This friend of mine, I told her that I wanted to do that and ... she had all these clothes and she just wanted to get rid of everything. Then some of my friends started giving me their stuff and pretty soon I had a pretty good inventory, so I decided to just go for it.

Tell me about the M.A.D.I.A. Project.

The M.A.D.I.A. Project came out of the fact that when you do foster care, they bring kids into your care and, most of the time, they come with nothing, no other clothes besides what they’re wearing. We came up with the idea of having a clothing exchange kind of thing, and it started out where we were doing it amongst some of the other foster families and then I just started collecting stuff. I started going to yard sales and talking about the project. Pretty soon … we had to buy shelving and bins.

It became its own thing pretty quick.

How does it work?

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When it comes to local foodie events, few rival the annual Taste of Chico. I admittedly hadn’t attended in several years, since before the beer garden was added in the municipal parking lot, so I was excited when my boyfriend came home the day before with a pair of tickets he’d purchased ($45 at the door seemed too expensive; they were $35 in advance).

We made it downtown about an hour after the start time at noon. With the length of the lines, however, it was clear we should have gone earlier—it was virtually impossible to use all our stamps. As it was, we grabbed one drink or bite and enjoyed it while queuing up for another. That said, we had a ton of fun.

We started out in the beer garden, tasting some Lassen Traditional Cidery ciders and other beverages before heading out to the adjacent roads. Turned out our two faves of the day—Café Petra and Gold Country Casino’s Safire—were in line with others’ experiences (I put out a Facebook poll). The prime rib at Two Twenty Restaurant was also very tasty—and a preview of its changing identity; it will reopen as Diamond Steakhouse on Tuesday (Oct. 2).

Others touted Uncle Skinny’s BBQ, Gogi’s Cafe and Live Life Juice Co., but we unfortunately didn’t make it to those booths. Our favorite beverage spot: Tres Hombres, where four punches got you a grande blended passionfruit margarita. Salud!

We have vouchers for families in need, if they qualify—and really it’s if they’re on food stamps or cash aid or something like that, if they’re low-income. We have a partnership with the Chico Unified School District, so they give us referrals and then we sign them up to the program and they get a voucher. It’s meant to be a temporary thing to help people out, but if people want to volunteer here, they can earn vouchers, too.

EXPANSION PLANS If you’ve been to Crush in the past couple weeks, you’ve likely noticed the construction project going on right outside the door. Here’s what’s happening: The restaurant is building out its second-story patio and—my favorite part—adding restrooms up there, too, so customers don’t have to traipse down two flights of stairs (or wait for the elevator) to use the loo.

A few blocks away at Fifth Street Steakhouse, plans have been revealed to grow that restaurant into the lot next door, which was once home to Grace Jr. Expect an expanded patio there, including fire pits and an outdoor bar.

What are your plans for the future?

BUNS OUT After hearing that Bottoms Up Espresso had opened over at East First

What I’d like to have Curvy Gurlz be is more than just a store, but a kind of movement. I’d like to have social events, things where we’re interacting. I really feel strongly about women in business, too, so I really want to try to connect with other women, especially plus-size, so that it can be integrated into our movement of body positive and be yourself and all that.

—CATHY WAGNER

and Mangrove avenues, Melissa Daugherty and I decided to check it out for an afternoon caffeine fix. While my coffee drink (“Sweet Cheeks”) was too sweet for my taste, I think we agreed that the baristas, while not dressed particularly professionally, were far from indecent.

FUTURE ENTREPRENEURS Kids often have better imaginations than we adults do, it seems. So, I can only guess what cool business ideas Chico’s youth (ages 6-17) have come up with for this year’s Biz Kidz Business Showcase. Head on over to the Chico Mall to find out—this Saturday, Sept. 29, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., by the entrance to Dick’s Sporting Goods and JCPenney—and support their entrepreneurial spirits.

DOGOODERY I want to give a shout-out to the Chico Sunrise Rotary Club for its recent event celebrating the donation of $1,200 worth of books to the Boys & Girls Clubs of the North Valley. I’m sure they’ll go to good use!

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he Governor’s Office of Emergency Services recently hosted the annual California Day of Preparedness, an event in Old Sacramento State Historic Park encouraging residents to be ready for cataclysmic earthquakes, floods, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions.

But here’s the irony: It was sponsored in part by Pacific Gas and Electric Co., the utility giant with a recent history of causing disasters.

Wildfires, specifically.

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On Sept. 10, a downed PG&E power line was found to have sparked a 150-acre brush fire that forced the evacuation of some residents of the North Bay hamlet of Lagunitas.

Marin County firefighters contained the relatively small blaze quickly, but all fires start small, and they have a way of getting out of control.

Cal Fire has tied PG&E’s equipment to 12 fires in Northern California that killed 18 people and caused billions in damages last October. Among the victims were Greg and Christina Wilson, who watched as the Tubbs Fire, the most destructive wildfire in state history, burned their home outside of Santa Rosa to the ground. They barely escaped and live today with a harrowing story. Greg, for one, is still shaken up.

“You get these moments where you think, ‘Man, did we really go through that?’ You think back to that night and ask yourself how the hell we came out the other side,” he told CN&R. “Sometimes it sounds crazy.”

Though the cause of the Tubbs Fire is still under investigation, there’s a chance it started like many of the others that night—by downed power lines and exploding transformers alleged to be improperly maintained

by PG&E. Despite the recent flurry of state legislation related to wildfires and who’s responsible for them, count the Wilsons among the survivors who believe the utility isn’t being held accountable for its role in the North Bay wine country fires.

“I’m totally pissed off,” Greg said, “especially after hearing there’s been negligence on [PG&E’s] part. … It infuriates me that this is going on.”

The San Francisco-based energy giant is grappling with the same planetary crisis as the rest of humanity. Thanks to climate change, wildfires in the West are bigger, hotter and harder to contain than ever before,

and they pose a greater risk to public safety as California’s population encroaches deeper into the woods. According to Cal Fire, dozens of cities throughout the state—including two in Butte—are at severe risk of wildfire.

Revamping the state’s energy-delivery system to withstand increasingly extreme weather and keep customers safe is a logistical challenge of mind-boggling proportions—and an expensive one, too. The perspective of the state’s utilities is, why should they foot the bill alone?

“We must all do more to keep our communities safe,” Christopher Capra, a spokesman for Sacramento Municipal Utilities District, wrote in an email. “We encourage the state and federal government to implement more robust fire and forest management practices.”

Publicly owned utilities such as SMUD don’t have shareholders to help bear the costs of damages inflicted by a catastrophic fire; PG&E is investor-owned, so it foots the bill.

Which is a reason why some are skeptical when PG&E says paying for the damages of the wine country fires would force bankruptcy.

The other reason is PG&E’s history of failing to spend millions of dollars allocated to safeguarding its gas pipeline infrastructure.

At this point, the company has a serious

“We hugged each other and said our goodbyes to our house in that pool.

There wasn’t much to do but watch everything burn.”

—Greg Wilson, Tubbs Fire victim

credibility problem. And that’s why there’s an uproar over controversial new legislation characterized by some as a bailout for the state’s utilities—one that could take the heat off PG&E.

From destruction to bailouts PG&E is facing hundreds of lawsuits and the prospect of paying out billions in damages. Under state law, utilities are responsible for fires traced to their equipment whether or not they are complying with regulations.

That means they’re on the hook even when they act responsibly and meet all safety standards, but something out of their control happens, like a tree limb falling from outside their right-of-way and knocking down a power line that starts a wildfire.

PG&E announced a loss of nearly $1 billion due to wildfire claims in July, and could face billions more in potential liability if its equipment is blamed for the Tubbs Fire.

Despite handing out millions in executive bonuses this year, the company says the additional liability would

Greg and Christina Wilson’s house outside Santa Rosa was one of thousands of structures destroyed in the Tubbs Fire, which burned for 23 days last October. The couple and their dog, Maximus, barely escaped the blaze.

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push it into bankruptcy, crippling efforts to meet the state’s renewable-energy goals and jacking up everybody’s energy bills. (This wouldn’t be unprecedented; PG&E declared bankruptcy during the 2000-01 California electricity crisis, when it was squeezed by soaring energy prices on the wholesale market and a statewide freeze on retail rates.) As a response, the utility has lobbied heavily to shift the blame for the wildfires on climate change and shift liability to consumers, spending some $1.7 million on greasing the proper palms in the Legislature.

Enter Senate Bill 901, the granddaddy of this year’s package of wildfire bills.

According to one of the measure’s coauthors, state Sen. Bill Dodd, the bill started out as an effort to encourage PG&E to adopt protocols for shutting down the grid during storms. But Gov. Jerry Brown pushed for a wider-reaching iteration of the bill, so it would also help utilities pay for wildfire damages and address longstanding forestmanagement practices that overstock the woodland fuel load.

SB 901 passed 29-4 in the Senate and 45-10 in the Assembly, with the final vote held just hours before the midnight deadline on Aug. 31. Dodd, a Napa Democrat whose district burned in the wine country fires, told the CN&R that lawmakers moved quickly because of the urgency and severity of the problem.

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“In the past 12 months, we’ve had more acreage burned in the state of California than probably any 12-month period in recorded history,” he said. “The moment is here and it’s time to act. People are looking to us to make our grid safer, to make our rural areas safer, to really look at our rules and regulations on how we promote forest health.”

The measure authorizes a five-year, $1 billion effort to reduce forest density—a primary driver of the state’s rampant wildfires, along with climate change—through tree- and brushthinning programs and prescribed fires.

Signed by Brown last week, the bill means regulators will now determine liability based on whether equipment was reasonably maintained and operated, and allow investorowned utilities such as PG&E to issue costrecovery bonds and repay them by charging more on customers’ electricity bills.

This, clearly, is a favorable result for the state’s utilities. CN&R’s request for comment from PG&E drew a written response from spokesman James Noonan: “Senate Bill 901 is a common-sense solution that puts the needs of wildfire victims first, better equips California to prevent and respond to wildfires, protects electric customers and preserves progress toward California’s clean energy goals.”

But it has outraged consumer advocates such as Mark Toney. As executive director of The Utility Reform Network, Toney fights for lower electricity bills and sustainable energy practices.

“This is a bailout worth billions for PG&E because it sets a cap on how much they can pay [for wildfire damages] at one time,” he said. “Everything over the cap, including fines and penalties for negligent behavior, is going to be paid by ratepayers.

That is an absolutely stunning precedent.”

Profit over safety That’s not the way Dodd sees it.

“Some of the papers have been saying this is a utility bailout,” he said. “I would say it’s the exact opposite. … Let me tell you, if PG&E goes bankrupt as the result of inaction on this, it’s going to cost our ratepayers a lot more than this plan ever would.”

Frank Pitre is a lead counsel for North Bay wildfire victims in a class action lawsuit

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against PG&E. He’s calling for a top-down audit of the company’s risk-management Since 2007, Cal Fire has practices specific to its electriassessed fire hazards in cal infrastructure. He cited locally controlled counties a similar audit mandated of and cities, calling attention to where homes are built.

PG&E’s gas-transmission IMAGE COURTESY OF CAL FIRE system following the gas pipeline explosion in San Bruno that killed eight people.

“They tried to determine whether PG&E was adequately devoting resources to safety,” he said. “The report was pretty scathing. It determined that PG&E really had no safety culture.”

Pitre would also urge auditors to take a hard look at PG&E’s budget for electrical upgrades. The company failed to spend $93.5 million it was allocated for gas line improvements in the decades leading up to the deadly 2010 explosion, according to the California Public Utilities Commission. The commission noted in a May 2011 letter that PG&E’s spending on its pipelines fluctuated because “utilities have flexibility and discretion to reprioritize spending according to the needs of their infrastructure and systems,” according to The Mercury News.

A federal jury in 2016 found PG&E guilty on five felony counts of failing to properly inspect its gas pipelines.

“They would routinely request money for one purpose, and then not spend it on that purpose,” Pitre said. “If the money was earmarked to conduct replacement of a gas transmission line in a certain area because their data suggested there was a hazard, they would say, ‘Wait a minute, that won’t allow us to get our 8 percent return rate to shareholders, so we’ll kick that project down the road another year.’”

And as Pitre knows all too well, deferred maintenance can have devastating consequences. Among his clients are the Wilsons, the married couple who lost their home in the —Sen. Bill Dodd Santa Rosa area.

“In the past 12 months, we’ve had more acreage burned in the state of California than probably any 12-month period in recorded history. The moment is here and it’s time to act. People are looking to us to make our grid safer, to make our rural areas safer, to really look at our rules and regulations on how we promote forest health.”

Dream home in ruins Christina and Greg moved into their house in December 2005. They were sold on the seclusion of the dead-end street and thick tree cover that blocked views of the neighboring house.

The Wilsons often sat with their neighbors at the end of the street and talked about how much they all enjoyed living somewhere that “felt far away but was close to Santa Rosa,” Greg said. They also talked about how the heavily forested neighborhood would probably go off like a torch in a wildfire, but Greg said he and his wife never received any warning from Cal Fire or any other entity about wildfire hazards prior to or during the purchase of their home.

Two years after the Wilsons moved in, Cal Fire began evaluating fire hazards in locally controlled jurisdictions, such as cities and counties. Using a model developed by the UC Berkeley Center for Fire Research and Outreach, the state agency would assign a hazard rating based on potential “flame and ember intrusion from adjacent wildlands and from flammable vegetation in the urban area,” it states on Cal Fire’s website. Once Cal Fire recommends a city be classified as a “very high fire hazard severity” zone, local officials have 120 days to adopt ordinances classifying it as such. The designation essentially can restrict where construction occurs, what building materials are used and requires the clearance of vegetation 100 feet around dwellings.

To date, Cal Fire has assigned this most hazardous rating to 190 cities in 31 counties, including Santa Rosa in Sonoma County, where the Wilsons had moved.

In Butte County, where trees coming into contact with PG&E power lines were found to have sparked the 76-acre Honey Fire last October and the memory of the 2008 Humboldt Fire looms large, two cities have been deemed the most vulnerable to wildfire—Chico and Paradise.

For the Wilsons, the worst-case scenario arose late in the evening of Oct. 7. A friend called to warn that a wildfire was in the area, but Greg didn’t want to abandon their home prematurely. They knew they were in trouble when the power went out. They got in the car with

Creating the Comfort of Calm Will be presented in a series of 4 classes by Connie Massie, LCSW.

their dog, Maximus, and an assortment of cherished possessions, but it was too late: From the end of their driveway, they saw houses downhill engulfed in flames.

“I said, ‘Christina, we have to haul back and jump in the pool,’” Greg said. “We hugged each other and said our goodbyes to our house in that pool. There wasn’t much to do but watch everything burn.”

All 63 houses in the neighborhood were incinerated. Many homeowners later reported that the water in their pools had evaporated due to the extreme heat of the fire. That didn’t happen to the Wilsons’ pool, and that’s the only reason they survived. They stayed mostly submerged for three hours, coming up for gasps of smoke-filled air,

“This is a bailout worth billions for PG&E because it sets a cap on how much they can pay [for wildfire damages] at one time.”

Sen. Bill Dodd outside of the state Capitol during a press conference calling for increased mutual aid and other firefighting funding.

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before being rescued by a Cal Fire firefighter and transported to UC San Francisco Medical Center. (Maximus also survived, though he lost an eye.)

The couple stayed in intensive care for 10 days to receive treatment for burns and smoke inhalation. Greg developed a chronic cough that persists to this day.

“Obviously, we want some compensation for the pain and suffering we went through, but the other thing is to make sure PG&E is held accountable,” he said. “We need to put measures in place to make sure this kind of crap doesn’t happen again. It sounds like these fires were preventable just by doing the regular work they’re supposed to do.”

Pitre, the lawyer, believes there’s only one way to make PG&E do the work it’s supposed to—lawsuits.

“The only thing that seems to really hold these guys accountable is hitting them in the pocketbook,” he said. “I don’t understand it.” Ω

Connie is a Board Certified Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 35 years of experience in counseling for people facing chronic stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and difficulty with many of life’s transitions. She is a certified Meditation teacher as well as in Hatha Yoga and Restorative Yoga, incorporating mindfulness techniques into her everyday practice.

Dates: October 3rd, 10th, 17th & 24th Time: 10:00 am -12:00 pm Location: Card Community Center 545 Vallombrosa Ave Chico, CA 95926

—Mark Toney, consumer advocate

Learn more:

Check out Cal Fire’s Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones, visit fire.ca.gov/fire_ prevention/fire_prevention_wildland_zones_ maps_citylist.

For more information or to RSVP please call 530-898-5925 Passages Caregiver Resource Center is funded by the California Department of Healthcare Services, the Area Agency of Aging (PSA 2, PSA 3), and the California Departement of Aging S E P T E M B E R 2 7, 2 0 1 8

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Hippie Sabotage (from left): Jeff and Kevin Saurer.

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THIS WEEK The good vibes of brother duo Hippie Sabotage

Hinstrumental low-key swagger. On the duo’s single, “Righteous,”

ippie Sabotage makes music with

blues guitar wails over a subwooferbusting beat, and it’s easy to imagine a slow-motion closeup of an extracool movie character, reflected smoke curling in her aviator sunglasses. by Howard What kind of Hardee smoke, you ask? Well, like most of Hippie Sabotage’s songs, Preview: “Righteous” is best Hippie Sabotage consumed during performs Friday, Sept. 28, at 9 p.m. periods of significant Sebastian Paul cognitive impairment. opens. After all, brothers Jeff Tickets: $25 (available and Kevin Saurer— at Diamond W, Blaze N J’s and the minds behind ticketweb.com) the electronic music project—may or may Senator Theatre not have been blazed 517 Main St. jmaxproductions.net when they recorded the track.

“For us, I think it enhances and contributes to the creative process, but it’s not like a necessity,” Jeff said of using cannabis in the studio. “Generally, I think it’s different for everyone, whether it helps or inhibits. But I do like making beats, smoking a joint and listening to guitar jams. It’s a good vibe.”

The brothers have been vibing off each other for years, well before they

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were a quickly ascending EDM act.

Jeff plays guitar and sings, and Kevin produces the beats; it’s been that way since they were kids growing up in Sacramento.

“I started taking guitar when I was like 12, and I would watch Kevin make beats on his computer,” Jeff said.

“We’ve been making music together pretty much nonstop ever since.

“We really got into music from skateboarding,” Kevin added. “We just wanted to put our own music to our skate videos and shit. That led to a hobby that we did all day every day, and then it became our job.”

Speaking with the CN&R from their current home in Venice, the brothers say they’re coming to the Senator Theatre (Sept. 28) armed with huge LED screens and a bunch of new instrumental bangers. The highbudget production reflects just how far they’ve come.

They started by making hip-hop instrumentals and connecting with Sacramento-area rappers through Omina Laboratories and SoundCap Audio, where they were gradually exposed to a wider range of electronic music. They competed in beat battles at Sacramento State and Capitol Garage, but the project didn’t take off until web-based platforms such as Bandcamp and SoundCloud emerged as ways to self-release instrumental

beats online.

Hippie Sabotage’s bass-boosted 2014 remix of Tove Lo’s “Stay High” turned the duo into an in-demand act on the EDM festival circuit, but also led music critics to pigeonhole them as chilled-out electronic beatmakers.

However, they’ve pursued a wideranging sound all along, from subtle, understated pysch to hard-hitting EDM influenced by heavy metal.

“One of the cool things about electronic music now is that you’re allowed to be a multigenre act,” Kevin said, “and I think we take full advantage of that creative space.”

The duo use a mix of typical DJ techniques and old-school hippie tricks to get the crowd amped at their shows. Audiences are equally likely to be barraged by a series of rapid-fire drops or serenaded with one of Jeff’s extended guitar solos.

“The guitar really provides a whole other element to our shows,” Kevin said. “We’ve done all sorts of crazy high-energy shows, but now we’re able to take people on more of an emotional journey.”

Hippie Sabotage is very much along for the ride; in fact, they have a history of smoking blunts with fans in the crowd. And who knows? Maybe that inspires the lengthy jam-outs, or maybe they just get into a serious thing and forget how the song is supposed to end. Ω

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Special Events FEATHER FALLS OKTOBERFEST: Ein, zwei, drei, g’suffa! German food specials, raffle prizes, seasonal Oktoberfest Märzen, music from Big Lou’s Polka Casserole and more. Unsure what to wear? Pin an umlaut to a hat. Thu, 9/27, 6pm. $10. Feather Falls Casino & Lodge, 3 Alverda Drive, Oroville. featherfalls casino.com

FREE SPEECH ON CAMPUS: Dr. Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the Berkeley School of Law, is a nationally renowned First Amendment scholar, a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the author of 10 books. Thu, 9/27, 6pm. $8-$10. Laxson Auditorium, Chico State. 898-6333. chicoperformances.com

VISITING ARTIST: A talk by visiting artists Edgar Arceneaux, who lives and works in Los Angeles, and is the co-founder of the Watts House Project. Thu, 9/27, 5:30pm. Free. Zingg Recital Hall, Chico State.

THE ABRAMS

Friday, Sept. 28 Oroville State Theatre SEE FRIDAY, MUSIC

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TOUCH OF CHICO Sunday, Sept. 30 Chico Creek Nature Center

SEE SUNDAY, SPECIAL EVENTS

Soul Posse and more. Sat 9/29, 10am. Free.

Paradise Elks Lodge, 1100 Elk Lane, Paradise.

DOWNTOWN PUBLIC ART TOUR: Free one-hour walking tour highlighting the epic public art of downtown Chico. Donations gladly accepted. Sat 9/29, 10am. Our Hands Sculpture, 411 Main St.

FALL NATIONALS: See Friday. Sat 9/29, 7pm. $6-$18. Silver Dollar Fairgrounds, 2357 Fair St. silverdollarspeedway.com

Music CONDUCT NSS: Scott Seaton yields the baton.

Here’s your chance to take over and conduct the North State Symphony. Thu, 9/27, 6pm. City Plaza, downtown Chico.

Theater ROMEO & JULIET: Will love conquer all?

Shakespeare’s heart-wrenching tale rings true more than four centuries after its first staging. Students from Inspire School of Arts & Sciences perform the timeless tragedy of two star-crossed lovers and their eternal sacrifice. Thu, 9/27, 7pm. $10-$18.

Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St. inspirecusd.org

TWELFTH NIGHT: Music, merriment and adventure abound in this zany, gender-bending comedy. Twins Viola and Sebastian wash ashore on a mysterious island and are quickly caught up in a maze of mistaken identity and mismatched passions in this tale of romantic mischief featuring some of Shakespeare’s wittiest wordplay. Thu, 9/27, 6:30pm. $10-$12. Birdcage Theatre, 1740 Bird St., Oroville. birdcagetheatre.org

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Special Events A TASTE OF HISTORY: An evening of chocolate, wine, craft beers and music from the Paradise Symphony Quartet. Fri, 9/28, 6:30pm. $25-$35. Gold Nugget Museum, 502

Pearson Road, Paradise. 872-8722. goldnuggetmuseum.com

CHICO INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL: Shorts, features, documentaries, animation and more during this celebration of independent film making. Fri., 9/28. The Rendezvous, 3269 Esplanade, Ste. 142. chicoindie.com

FALL NATIONALS: What’s that sound from all the way across town? 360 Sprints face off! Fri, 9/28, 7pm. $6-$18. Silver Dollar Fairgrounds, 2357 Fair St. silverdollarspeedway.com

HAVANA NIGHTS: Grab your fedora, your most vibrant outfit and mambo down to enjoy salsa dancing, an open bar, delicious Cuban food, a silent auction and more. A Youth for Change fundraiser. Fri, 9/28, 6pm. $50. The Palms, 2947 Nord Ave. youth4change.org

NORTH STATE AUTISM SYMPOSIUM: Two-day workshop with a variety of speakers and trainers presenting information on interventions, services and supports available for individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and their families. Fri, 9/28. $195.

Chico State, Chico State. rce.csuchico.edu

PARADISE ELKS PIZZA PASTA DANCE: All-you-caneat pizza and pasta, plus dancing and music from Soul Posse. Fri, 9/28, 5pm. $6-$12.

Paradise Elks Lodge, 1100 Elk Lane, Paradise.

828-8040.

SIERRA NEVADA OKTOBERFEST: You can buy your lederhosen. You can buy your dirndl. You can buy an artisan-crafted, wool Tyrolean hat with a fancy little feather. But you can’t buy tickets... cuz it’s sold out. (You might get lucky on Facebook—look for extra tix on the Chico Beer Enthusiasts and Chico Beer Geeks pages). Fri, 9/28. $35. Sierra Nevada

Brewing Co., 1075 E. 20th St. sierranevada.com

SWIM & SPA SHOW: Go pick up a hot tub! We’ll be over later. Fri, 9/28. Silver Dollar Fairgrounds, 2357 Fair St.

Music THE ABRAMS: Ripping bluegrass, Americana and country music from brothers John and James Abrams, fourth-generation musicians who are among the youngest to ever play the Grand Ole Opry. Expect virtuosic musicianship and a high-energy performance. Fri, 9/28, 7:30pm. $25. Oroville State Theatre, 1489 Myers St., Oroville. orovillestatetheatre.com

NORTH STATE AUTISM SYMPOSIUM: See Friday. Sat 9/29. $195. Chico State, Chico State. rce. csuchico.edu

SIERRA NEVADA OKTOBERFEST: See Friday. (Still sold out.) Sat 9/29. $35. Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., 1075 E. 20th St. sierranevada. com

County. Sat 9/29, 2pm. Oroville Masonic Lodge, 1462 Myers St., Oroville.

Music NORTH STATE SYMPHONY - AMERICAN MADE: The symphony explores the sounds of two iconic American composers, Bernstein and Copland. Bernstein’s On the Town and Copland’s Appalachian Spring suite are the highlights of the evening. Guest artists Project Trio join the symphony, and there will be a pre-concert talk one hour before the performance. Sat, 9/29, 7:30pm. $10-$40.

Laxson Auditorium, 400 W. First Street. 530898-5984. northstatesymphony.org

THE BIDWELLS: Pleasant tunes for brunch. Sat, 9/29, 11am. La Salles, 229 Broadway St. lasalleschico.com

THE TROUBLED LIFE OF PETER BURNETT: Historian Gregory Nokes discusses his biography of Peter Burnett, who organized the first wagon train to Oregon, then to California, where some of his party established the gold mining town of Oregon City in Butte

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RAISE THE ROOF: The Miami Rogue Roosters play classic jazz, Latin and blues music to help raise money to put solar panels and a new roof on the Chico Women’s Club. Fri, 9/28, 6pm. $10. Chico Women’s Club, 592 E. Third St.

Theater ROMEO & JULIET: See Thursday. Fri, 9/28, 7pm. $10-$18. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St. inspirecusd.org

TWELFTH NIGHT: See Thursday. Fri, 9/28, 6:30pm. $10-$12. Birdcage Theatre, 1740 Bird St., Oroville. birdcagetheatre.org

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THE SIMON & GARFUNKEL STORY Tuesday, Oct. 2 Paradise Performing Arts Center SEE TUESDAY, MUSIC

COMMUNITY CRAFT FAIRE & VINTAGE TRAILER SHOW: Chico Elks Ladies host the arts and crafts fair to help raise funds for college scholarships. Held in the back under the trees, you’ll find food, fun and a vintage trailer show, plus live entertainment and activities for kids. Sat 9/29, 10am. Free. Chico Elks Lodge, 1705 Manzanita Ave. 519-3366. chicoelks.com

DAY IN THE PINES: Flea market, arts and crafts fair, barbecue and live music featuring

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MOSTLY ’MERICAN Leonard Bernstein and Aaron Copland’s famous friendship is celebrated during the North State Symphony’s season opener, American Made, Saturday, Sept. 29 at Laxson Auditorium (and Sept. 30 at Redding’s Cascade Theatre). The program kicks off with three dance episodes from Bernstein’s On the Town, followed by Copland’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Appalachian Spring, which brings to mind images of majestic American vistas. You’ll also hear Brahms’ Hungarian Dance No. 5, a mercurial tribute to Roma folk music, and the genre-defying Project Trio joins the symphony for Adam Schoenberg’s Scatter, an electroacoustic triple concerto for flute, cello and bass—fun, rollicking stuff that conductor Scott Seaton thrives on.

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Theater ROMEO & JULIET: See Thursday. Sat, 9/29, 2pm & 7pm. $10-$18. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St. inspirecusd.org

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TWELFTH NIGHT: See Thursday. Sat, 9/29, 6:30pm. $10-$12. Birdcage Theatre, 1740 Bird

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Special Events CHICO INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL: See Friday. Sun, 9/30. The Rendezvous, 3269 Esplanade, Suite 142. chicoindie.com

BRUNCH WITH US! Saturday-Sunday 9AM-2PM Live Music

Saturday 11AM-2PM

COMMUNITY CRAFT FAIRE & VINTAGE TRAILER SHOW: See Saturday. Sun, 9/30, 10am. Free. Chico Elks Lodge, 1705 Manzanita Ave. 530 5193366. chicoelks.com

SIERRA CLUB BIKE RIDE: Ride through Lower Park and the enjoy the change in colors as fall sets in. Meet at the parking area near Sycamore Pool and the horseshoe pits. Sun, 9/30, 5pm. Free. One Mile Recreational Area, 300 South Park Drive.

TOUCH OF CHICO: Local massage therapists share their skills to help raise money for KZFR as well as awareness of the holistic health options. Sample shiatsu, reflexology, Swedish, lomi-lomi, cranio-sacral therapy, reiki, acupuncture and more for $1 a minute, plus craft fair, food and live music under the trees. Sun, 9/30, 12pm. Chico Creek Nature Center, 1968 E. Eighth St. 895-0706. kzfr.org

Music ite Broadway song and help raise money for Inspire students’ trip to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Sun, 9/30, 6pm. $10. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St.

KIRILL GLIADKOVSKY PIANO RECITAL: Solo piano and ensemble music, including works by Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms and Faure, featuring internationally acclaimed pianist Kirill Gliadkovsky along with Chico State professor Natalya Shkoda. Sun, 9/30, 2pm. Free. Zingg Recital Hall, Chico State. (530) 898-5152.

Cinnamon pancakes with cream cheese frosting Prime Rib and eggs Assortment of different benedicts served on our very own cheddar cheese potato cakes Fresh berry Acai bowl Mimosa flights with over 10 different juice options 1/2 lb Burger made from our own blend of ground beef / brisket / short ribs Many more exciting dishes!!

Theater ROMEO & JULIET: See Thursday. Sun, 9/30, 2pm. $10-$18. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St. inspirecusd.org

TWELFTH NIGHT: See Thursday. Sun, 9/30, 1pm. $10-$12. Birdcage Theatre, 1740 Bird St., Oroville. birdcagetheatre.org

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West End, this tribute follows Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel from their early Everly Bros. obsession through the end of their musical partnership. A loving musical revue piled high with nostalgia. Tue, 10/2, 7:30pm. $45$55. Paradise Performing Arts Center, 777 Nunneley Road, Paradise. paradiseperform ingarts.com

Open Tuesday-Friday 3PM, Saturday-Sunday 9AM Sat & Sun Brunch 9AM -2PM Daily Happy Hour 3PM-6PM Live Music Thur 6PM-9PM, Fri 4PM-6PM, Sat 11AM-2PM Check out our patio with fire pits & games to enjoy!

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A BEAUTIFUL LIFE FURNISHINGS: Birds & Barns, show featuring local teachers Reta Rickmers and Caitlin Schwerin. Through 10/31. Free. 250 East First St., 487-7229.

BLACKBIRD: Shadow Boxes, fascinating works BROADWAY KARAOKE NIGHT: Bust out your favor-

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by Zak Elstein featuring skulls, bones, dried plants and reclaimed wood. Through 9/30.

1431 Park Ave.

BUTTE COLLEGE ART GALLERY: Kiss of the Art Gods, recent figurative works by Dan Corbin including nine sculptures and 13 paintings.

Through 10/1. 3536 Butte Campus Drive, Oroville.

CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING: Members’ Exhibit, original paintings, photographs and collage created by CSL members. Through 10/15.

Free. 789 Bille Road, Paradise, 877-5673. paradisecsl.org

CHICO ART CENTER: Time Honored, juried exhibit explores the multiple ways time is referenced, expressed and recorded in landscapes, still lifes, portraits and designs.

Through 9/27. Free. 450 Orange St., 895-8726. chicoartcenter.com

CHICO CITY HALL: Breaking the Cycle of Youth Homelessness, art and writing created by homeless youth made during MONCA. Through 11/2. Free. 411 Main St.

JACKI HEADLEY UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY: Dogg Days, solo exhibition by Trong Gia Nguyen featuring new works produced in Chico during a recent residency. Nguyen’s work reflects the fervor of our current times, including subversive installations that address our climate catastrophe and tenuous political war zone. Student led exhibition tour Oct. 3 , noon. Through 10/13. Free. Chico State, ARTS 121, 898-5864. universityartgal lery.wordpress.com

JAMES SNIDLE FINE ARTS GALLERY: Ann Pierce & Lois Cohen, works from the estates of two of Chico’s most honored artists, plus art by Pierce’s parents Frederick Trucksess and Ann Hoar. Through 10/27. Free. 254 E. Fourth St., 343-2930.

MUSEUM OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ART: Black &

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White in Black & White, exhibit examines the optimistic era of “The New Negro Movement” through the photographs of African American photographer John Johnson. In conjunction, MONCA presents Silence Out

Loud, exploring non-traditional presentations of the black image featuring members of the 3.9 Art Collective, an association of African American artists, curators and art writers. Through 10/28. $5. 900 Esplanade. monca.org

PARADISE ART CENTER: Members’ Choice, no limit!

Paintings, drawings, sculptures, pottery, photographs, digital media and much more from the PAC community. Through 9/29. 5564 Almond St., Paradise. paradise-art-center. com

SALLY DIMAS ART GALLERY: Susan Proctor, works in watercolors, acrylics and pen and ink contain hidden images incised into the medium. Through 10/27. 493 East Ave., Ste. 1. sallydimasartgallery.com

UPPER CRUST: Animals, lions, hippos and zebras, oh my! Teal N. Buehler’s collage, paintings and drawings take you on a wildlife safari.

Through 9/30. Next: Artober, works by Cathy Eide. 10./1-10/31. 130 Main St.

Museums GATEWAY SCIENCE MUSEUM: Zoom Into Nano, hands-on exhibition demonstrates how scientists observe and make things that are too small to see. Find out how nanotechnology affects our lives through a number of awesome interactive exhibits. Through 1/6. $5-$7. 625 Esplanade.

GOLD NUGGET MUSEUM: A Stitch in Time, quilts from the museum’s collection, along with the handiwork of people in our community and stunning works from the Ridge Quilters Guild. Through 11/4. 502 Pearson Road, Paradise.

PATRICK RANCH MUSEUM: Working farm and museum with rotating exhibits open every Saturday and Sunday from 11am to 3pm.

Through 12/30. 10381 Midway, Durham. patrickranchmuseum.org

VALENE L. SMITH MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY: Reimagining Chico, find out what Chico looked like 100 years ago with this exhibit exploring the archaeology of our neighborhoods. Two excavations have yielded historic artifacts from boarding houses located on campus and the long abandoned historic Chinatown. Through 12/8. Free. Chico State, 400 W. First St., 898-5397.

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Opera gala celebrates legendary composer

The embrace of Candide and Cunegonde—Valdis Birznicks and Lauren Sutton-Beattie.

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conductor, educator, musician, cultural ambassador by and humanitarCarey ian Leonard Wilson Bernstein, Chico State chose to present Review: the maestro’s Candide, Saturday, comic operetta, Sept. 22 Candide, for its Harlen Adams Theatre Fall Opera Gala.

Chico State The work is based on the satirical comic novella of the same title originally published by the iconoclastic French philosopher Voltaire in 1759. Like much satire that explores timeless matters of religious and capitalistic oppression of the masses, the humor is dark, but the laughter it provokes is genuine though perhaps bittersweet.

Bernstein wrote the music for Candide—with the book for the current version by Hugh Wheeler (Lillian Hellman wrote the original for the production that debuted on Broadway in 1956)—in a manner reminiscent of the light operas of Gilbert and Sullivan. In Chico State’s minimalist “semi-staged” concert version of the operetta, the focus centered on the music and singing rather than elaborate settings or costumes and featured the 26-piece orchestra seated on stage in front of a casually dressed 41-piece chorus.

Interestingly, but sensibly, given the all-on-stage setting, director Bradley Martin chose to conduct

from a seated position so as not to distract from the choreography and movements of the actors on stage.

Candide opens with its immensely popular “Overture,” a miniature masterpiece of composition that previews many of the operetta’s musical themes linked to characters and scenes, and the orchestra performed it beautifully. The “Overture” weaves seamlessly through passages that evoke moments ranging from nearly hectic gaiety to pastoral contemplation and majestic beauty. All in about 4 1/2 minutes.

With musicians setting the bar so high, the performances of the actors/ singers could only hope to match the brilliance of their accompanists, and the cast joyously rose to the occasion. John Mahoney as Dr. Pangloss/ Voltaire intoned his baritone narration with fittingly seriocomic pomposity, and the two young wannabe lovers, Candide and Cunegonde— Valdis Birznicks and Lauren SuttonBeattie—exuded the melodramatic emotions of young people experiencing the first bloom of romance.

Which, of course, brings complications and conflicts galore. For daring to kiss Cunegonde, Candide is exiled from his formerly privileged position in the royal household and driven to conscription into an army of revolutionaries who wipe out his former home and its inhabitants including (he thinks) his beloved Cunegonde. In despair, he becomes a wandering beggar and eventually reunites with the miraculously revived Pangloss, only to be blamed for causing a catastrophic earthquake by supernatural means.

The travails and adventures of Candide as his beliefs and understanding of the world are challenged is Voltaire’s means of expressing his concerns with human culture in the mid-18th century. But Bernstein’s true emotional focus is on the plight of Cunegonde, who is forced to part from her true love at the beginning of the operetta and then is repeatedly raped, kidnapped, subjected to unwanted advances and eventually “kept” as a plaything by wealthy “gentlemen” in Paris.

The musical highlight and showpiece of the operetta is Cunegonde’s song, “Glitter and Be Gay.” SuttonBeattie gave a truly bravura performance on the aria, with a comically overwrought operatic style that pushed her voice’s range and flexibility to places that hardly seemed possible, while simultaneously performing choreographed movements that took her from lying on a couch to dancing from one side of the stage to the other. The combination of grace, humor and skill while expressing the sentiment of the lyric—“Harsh necessity/Brought me to this gilded cage/Born to higher things/Here I droop my wings/Ah! Singing of a sorrow nothing can assuage”—offered a study of poignant self-acceptance driven to the point of self-mocking hysteria. And it was genuinely funny as well.

As a “Gala,” the event seemed pretty low-key. No champagne fountains or tuxedos were in evidence. But the celebratory rush of a dazzling performance for an appreciative audience made up for any lack of cosmetic finery. Ω

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NIGHT NIGHTLIFE The Focke Wolves

THURSDAY 9/27—WEDNESDAY 10/3 Quincy Highway, Oroville.

THE FOCKE WOLVES, REBEL SCIENTIST, TOXIC POSITIVE & RIDGE JOB

GOTCHA COVERED: It’s a cover band.

SEE FRIDAY

HIPPIE SABOTAGE: Sacramento broth-

Get it? Dance your butt off to Top 40 hits in the lounge. Fri, 9/28, 8:30pm. Gold Country Casino & Hotel, 4020 Olive Highway, Oroville.

Friday, Sept. 28 The Spirit

ers Kevin and Jeff Saurer lay down hefty EDM beats. Sebastian Paul opens the show. Fri, 9/28, 9pm. $25.

Senator Theatre, 517 Main St. jmax productions.net

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THE ABRAMS: Ripping bluegrass,

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BLACK FONG: Bring your dancing feet

for an evening of hot funk and R&B. Thu, 9/27, 6pm. La Salles, 229 Broadway St.

CHICO UNPLUGGED: Singer/songwriter music competition. Registration for contestants begins at 6pm. Thu, 9/27, 7pm. Madison Bear Garden, 316 W. Second St.

LEFTY’S BLUES JAM: Featuring some of Butte County’s best blues musicians. Signups at 6:30pm. Thu, 9/27, 7pm. Tackle Box, 379 E. Park Ave.

OPEN MIC/JAM: Bring your songs and your instrument for this weekly open mic and jam session. Thu, 9/27, 7:30pm. Woodstock’s Pizza, 166 E. Second St.

SCARLET PUMPS: The band takes a nostalgic road trip with 1960s Motown tunes and one-hit wonders from the 1980s, plus Pumps favorites and new songs. Thu, 9/27, 8pm. $5. Argus Bar + Patio, 212 W. Second St.

SILENT DISCO: Three DJs spin different sets and you can switch between the music on your wireless headphones. Thu, 9/27, 8pm. $7. Naked Lounge, 118 W. Second St.

GROOVY WIZARDS

8pm. $5-$10. The Spirit, 2360 Oro

Americana and country music from brothers John and James Abrams, fourth-generation musicians who are among the youngest to ever play the Grand Ole Opry. Expect virtuosic musicianship and a highenergy performance. Fri, 9/28, 7:30pm. $25. Oroville State Theatre, 1489 Myers St., Oroville. orovillesta tetheatre.com

CHRIS LAKE: Revered British house

KEN KOENIG: Rock, blues, jazz, folk and Americana music from this versatile performer. Fri, 9/28, 7pm. The Exchange, 1975 Montgomery St., Oroville. theexchangeoroville.com

LIL DEBBIE: Ex-White Girl Mob rapper, plus Webster the Kat. Fri, 9/28, 9pm. $22.50-$30. Lost on Main, 319 Main St. lostonmainchico.com

OPEN MIC: Tito hosts this regular

music producer and DJ blows up downtown Chico. Fri, 9/28, 8pm. $20. El Rey Theater, 230 W. Second St. elreychico.org

event. Backline available. Fri, 9/28, 7:30pm. $1. Down Lo, 319 Main St., 5305134707.

ERIC PETER & LEANN COOLEY: Tasteful tunes for your fine dining pleasure. Fri, 9/28, 6:30pm. Two Twenty Restaurant, 220 W. Fourth St.

PROTEST SONG COVER NIGHT: All art is

THE FOCKE WOLVES: Loud and dirty punk ’n’ roll from this So-Cal crew, plus sets from Rebel Scientist, ToxIc Positive and Ridgejob. Fri, 9/28,

political, from “Strange Fruit” to “Meat Is Murder.” One protest song each from XDS, This Band is Your Band, Royal Oaks, Kyle Williams, Sons of Jefferson, Michael Bone, Radio Relapse, Cat Depot, Hank Duke & Big Uncle Steve, Mr. Bang, Susurrus, Fera, Bran Crown, Himp C, Coyote

Magic in the Other is led by Ezra Lipp, an amazing drummer whose career has led him to perform with the Grateful Dead’s Phil Lesh, Animal Liberation Orchestra and Melvin Seals, so you might expect his trio to head straight for jamband land. There’s a bit of that, but the songs on the band’s new album, What We Know Is Possible, also demonstrate concise songwriting with a bit of an indie rock bent. Expect some jazzy instrumental numbers as well as some keen lyrical content when the band plays Lost on Main this Saturday, Sept. 29.

Whisper and more. All door money benefits the Democratic Action Club of Chico. Fri, 9/28, 7pm. $5-$10. The Maltese, 1600 Park Ave.

PUB SCOUTS: Traditional Irish music for happy hour. A Duffy’s tradition! Fri, 9/28. Duffy’s Tavern, 337 Main St.

RAISE THE ROOF: The Miami Rogue Roosters play classic jazz, Latin and blues music to help raise money to put solar panels and a new roof on the Chico Women’s Club. Fri, 9/28, 6pm. $10. Chico Women’s Club, 592 E. Third St.

TYLER DEVOLL: Happy hour tunes. Fri, 9/28, 4pm. La Salles, 229 Broadway

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AMANDA GRAY: Talented and prolific

singer/songwriter performs country, Americana and more. Sat, 9/29, 7pm. The Exchange, 1975 Montgomery St., Oroville.

COMEDY CAVERN: Headlining set from Javon Whitlock and featuring the funny talents of Robert Omoto, Wendy Lewis, TJ Hudson and Drea Meyers. Becky Lynn hosts. Sat, 9/29, 8:30pm. $5. Duffy’s Tavern, 337 Main St.

DESTRUCTO: West Coast beat master works the dance floor over with bombastic cuts. His latest releases have featured rhymes from E-40,

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CHIEF KEEF: One of the originators

of Chicago’s drill subgenre, Chief Keef’s ultra-prolific DIY approach and lyrical humor have inspired a generation of rappers and beat makers. He performs with Black Catt, Squid Squad and OSHO. Sun, 9/30, 8:30pm. $22.50. Senator Theatre, 517 Main St. jmaxproduc tions.net

JACOB: Singer/songwriter perJOHN SEID, LARRY PETERSON & CHRIS WENGER: Tasteful trio performs

Too $hort, Pusha T and Freddie Gibbs. Sat, 9/29, 8:30pm. $17-$20.

Senator Theatre, 517 Main St. jmax productions.net

GOTCHA COVERED: See Friday. Sat,

a wide variety of music during dinner. Sat, 9/29, 6:30pm. Two Twenty Restaurant, 220 W. Fourth St.

9/29, 8:30pm. Gold Country Casino & Hotel, 4020 Olive Highway, Oroville.

HOUSE OF FLOYD: Bay Area tribute act distills the essence of each of the Pink Floyd eras, from the formative Syd Barrett days to the post-Waters period. Sat, 9/29, 9:30pm. $5. Feather Falls Casino & Lodge, 3 Alverda Drive, Oroville. featherfallscasino.com

JIMMY FAY: Chico mainstay performs everything from reggae to country music on mandolin and drums. Sat, 9/29, 5pm. Rock House Dining & Espresso, 11865 Highway 70, Yankee Hill.

OFF THE RECORD: All your 1980s favorites from the King of Pop to GN’R. Sat, 9/29, 9pm. Tackle Box, 379 E. Park Ave. tackleboxchico.com

RUNNING IN THE SHADOWS: Fleetwood Mac tribute band. Sat, 9/29, 8:30pm. Ramada Plaza Chico, 685 Manzanita Court.

LEGAL ADDICTION: Party band performs classic rock, R&B and country favorites in the lounge. Sat, 9/29, 8:30pm. Feather Falls Casino & Lodge, 3 Alverda Drive, Oroville. featherfallscasino.com

SIMILAR ALIEN AND THE LIZARD BRAINS: Nineties alt rock run through the weirdo blender. Also, stoicB4dark kicks out the prog rock, plus blues from the Gypsy Bones. Sat, 9/29, 7pm. $7. The Spirit, 2360 Oro Quincy Highway, Oroville.

MAGIC IN THE OTHER: Oakland indierock trio featuring drummer Ezra Lipp (Phil Lesh & Friends), bassist Steve Adams (ALO, Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers) and guitar wizard Roger Riedlbauer (Jolie Holland). Sat, 9/29, 9pm. $5-$10.

Lost on Main, 319 Main St., 530-8922445. lostonmainchico.com

YEAR OF THE FIST: Blazing punk and rock from Oakland, plus local punk rock spazzoids Splatter Party. Sat, 9/29, 8pm. $7. The Maltese, 1600 Park Ave. maltesebarchico.com

forms. Sun, 9/30, 3pm. Secret Trail Brewing Co., 132 Meyers St., Ste. 120.

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SOC HOP DANCE PARTY: Lisha and Friends dust off some golden oldies for your dancing pleasure. Mon, 10/1, 7pm. Free. Smokie Mountain Steak & Lounge, 7039 Skyway, Paradise, 894-3463.

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BARRY MANILOW TRIBUTE: Show-

stopping Manilow impersonator Jay Gates has become a favorite among Fanilows. Step into the Copacabana with his faithful tribute act. Dinner available. Wed, 10/3, 6:30pm. $10$40. Feather Falls Casino & Lodge, 3

Alverda Drive, Oroville. featherfallscasino.com

OPEN MIC: Mr. Bang hosts this monthly

event. Signups start at 5:30pm. Wed, 10/3, 6pm. Blackbird, 1431 Park Ave.

OPEN MIKEFULL: At Paradise’s only open mic, all musicians get two songs or 10 minutes onstage. Wed, 10/3, 7pm. $2. Norton Buffalo Hall, 5704 Chapel Drive, Paradise, 877-4995.

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Chico goes bass-heavy with EDM and hip-hop performances from Hippie Sabotage (Friday, Sept. 28), Destructo (Saturday, Sept. 29) and Chief Keef (Sunday, Sept. 30) at the Senator Theatre and Chris Lake (Friday, Sept. 28, pictured) at the El Rey. Of the four concerts, UK producer and dance floor maestro Lake brings the most prestige, consistently pushing the aural envelope throughout his career. He’s released a string of bangers, including this year’s “Lose My Mind,” a club masterpiece lined with ’80s techno nostalgia. If you’re looking to shake your ass, there’s no shortage of options this weekend.

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GMeglentWolitzer, double portrait. Adapted from a 2003 novel by The Wife focuses on the marital drama lenn Close has the title role in this broodingly turbu-

and family turmoil that ensue when American novelist Joe Castleman (Jonathan Pryce) by wins the Nobel Prize for literature Juan-Carlos and, with his wife and literary Selznick partner, Joan (Close), heads off to Stockholm for the official award ceremony.

Joe is clearly both devoted to and dependent on Joan, and Joan seems even more deeply devoted to John and his career, but his The Wife dependency and the illusions that Starring Glenn Close, go with it have begun to wear Jonathan pryce and Christian Slater. gratingly thin. An obnoxiously Directed by björn nosy writer (Christian Slater) who runge. pageant claims he wants to write a biogtheatre, paradise raphy of Joe baits Joan with the Cinema 7. rated r. notion that she’s the actual author of Joe’s prize-winning works, and that provokes an intensely snarled identity crisis.

Close is excellent in her moment-to-moment portrait of a woman whose entire adult life seems to have been a ferocious swirl of ambition (both personal and literary) wrapped in the guise of a genuinely supportive wife and helpmeet. And Jane Anderson’s screenplay adaptation of Wolitzer’s novel takes special care to indicate that while Joan plainly seems, in some ways, a victim of a male-dominated world, she also thrives, up to a point, in some of the more conventional roles that have been thrust upon her.

Literary passions loom large, and in somewhat perversely convoluted ways, with both Joan and Joe. But their contrasting emotional investments in family life, however flawed, count for something of value in The Wife as well. Their discouraged-looking son David (Max Irons) is a fledgling writer caught in a

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kind of Oedipal triangle of encouragement and disapproval. Their adult daughter Susannah (Alix Wilton Regan) is about to give birth to a child whose arrival will temporarily turn both Joe and Joan into generically doting grandparents.

Intermittent flashbacks show us how Joe and Joan first got together, via a teacher-student college romance that helped finish off Joe’s first marriage.

But the overriding question of what drew these two together in the first place, a question they ask themselves in the midst of one of their midlife squabbles, gets a rather incomplete answer from the film as a whole.

Pryce has no trouble with the bumbling blowhard part of Joe’s character but has little else to offer.

Slater is mostly just annoying in a patently annoying role. Elizabeth McGovern is a weirdly twisted caricature as the “famous woman writer” who gives the young Joan some crucial and cynical advice.

But Close is very good, and the story is uniquely intriguing. And that’s more than enough to make The Wife worth seeing. Ω

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

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Hell Fest

Is it real or is it part of the show when visitors at a horror-themed amusement park start dying at the hands of a masked killer on Halloween night? Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas. Rated R.

Night School

Kevin Hart stars as a screw-up who joins a crew of troublemakers attending a night school class taught by a no-nonsense instructor (Tiffany Haddish) who uses unconventional methods to get through to her students. Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13.

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relationships and deeply entrenched history of Nick’s family and friends. A diverse array of siblings, cousins, lovers and pals complicates things, comedy-wise and otherwise.

And particularly dramatic challenges come from Nick’s aunts, his grandmother (Lisa Lu) and, most crucially, his stately mother Eleanor (a superb Michelle Yeoh). Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13 —J.C.S.

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A raw, rollicking comedy/satire with a frantically contemporary buzz to it. It’s got a love story, a touch of sci-fi, a streak of dystopian farce, a thumpingly jazzy soundtrack and a tangle of social-protest stuff bearing variously on issues of race, class and economic inequality. As the rapper Boots Riley’s feature-length debut as a writer-director, it’s both fascinating and uneven. The first half of the picture may be more effective than the second half, but an abundance of brazen freshness—in the performances, in the humor, in the zigzags of plot—keeps the whole enterprise sailing throughout. The chief protagonist is one Cassius Green (an excellent Lakeith Stanfield), a somewhat hapless young man who lives in his uncle’s garage and guilelessly romances his girlfriend (Tessa Thompson), a feisty artist/activist named Detroit. The somewhat desperate “Cash” finds work as a telemarketer and becomes wildly successful once he begins making calls using his “white voice.” For better or worse, the film seems a rousing mixed bag—some very good jokes, some very pungent satirical jibes, some resounding themes that more than once hit very close to home, a mélange of charming and/or amusing performances, some over-the-top and others delicately realistic. Pageant Theatre. Rated R —J.C.S.

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Crazy Rich Asians

Crazy Rich Asians is being celebrated as a landmark of Asian-American filmmaking, and deservedly so. And best of all, it’s a smart and lively romantic-comedy, a multicharacter entertainment that keeps its sense of serious fun fully in play from beginning to end. The central romance in all this is between Nick Young (Henry Golding) and Rachel Chu (Constance Wu). He is a brilliant young businessman and the expatriate scion of a massively wealthy family in Singapore, and she is an economics professor at NYU and the daughter of an immigrant single mom. Nick invites her to travel with him to Singapore, where he will be the best man at a wedding on old family turf. The Singapore trip advances the love story between those two, but it also takes them into the tangled

Jennifer Garner stars as a mom who has lost everything and embarks on a vicious campaign of vigilante justice against the members of the drug cartel and corrupt legal system who did her wrong. Cinemark 14. Rated R.

The Predator

The sixth film starring the human-hunting aliens follows a band of mercenaries trying to protect a small town from a Predator invasion. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas, Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R.

A Simple Favor

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A film based on the life of Richard Wershe Jr., a young drug-dealer who, at the age of 14, became the youngest FBI informant ever.

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came from a family that heralded Heineken and Bud as beverages of choice, and to by Alastair Holl, beer was Bland familiar only as a weak, watery lager. And as for the bitter stuff in his glass? The young man could barely choke it down.

But it was early in 2001, and all across the nation craft beer was making its way into the general public’s consciousness. There was a buzz in the air, and sensing that he was on the cusp of something great, Holl finished the IPA and ordered another.

So began his ascent into a life largely dedicated to the study, exploration and adulation of beer.

Holl spent eight years as a reporter with The New York Times covering crime and politics before shifting to beer. He’s currently a writer and the senior editor of Craft Beer and Brewing Magazine, and his new book, Drink Beer, Think Beer: Getting to the Bottom of Every Pint—released early this month—is a broad and intelligent overview of the current trends, good and bad, that drive the industry of the world’s second most popular beverage. (“Coffee,” Holl tells us on the first page, “has beer beat.”)

In Drink Beer, Think Beer, Holl encourages readers to see beer as “more than a combination of ingredients in a pint glass.”

Thinking about beer, he tells us, is much more challenging than drinking it, and this book is an excellent guide to doing so. Holl starts from

the beginning of the world—in the beer universe, that is, some 15,000 years ago—and takes us rapidly forward through Prohibition, the industrial beer doldrums from 1940 through the 1980s, and into the colorful community of modern craft beer, where the book’s focus is centered. Here, we are invited to consider more than the act and effects of drinking beer and look beyond at its peripheral elements. Holl encourages readers to consider a beer’s ingredients and where they are grown, how a beer is made and where that style originated, and the people—farmers, brewers, servers—behind a beer’s production.

As Holl says more than once— with the vast selection of styles and brands to choose from—now is perhaps the best time to be a person who likes beer. But, he adds, “it’s also a confusing time. There are poorly made beers, misinformation about flavors and perhaps too much choice. For every public relations company and industry association smiling and shooting sunshine, there’s a dark side that involves pay-for-play with accounts, access to ingredients denied, unsafe working conditions, and undercurrents of racism and sexism in an industry that seems to still favor white males above all others.”

Indeed, after a cheery and brightly lit beginning, as he meanders through discussions of ingredients and flavors, Holl takes us through a more somber chapter called “Shadows in Beer.” Here, he

recounts how, several years ago as editor of All About Beer Magazine, he wrote an editorial column calling out Midnight Sun Brewing Co. in Alaska for making a highalcohol beer called Panty Peeler— which Holl found offensive and distasteful. Wouldn’t almost anybody, after all? No, it turned out. While many magazine readers commended the stance, Holl was also slammed by an explosion of angry pushback from defensive beer lovers who, so it seems, had lost their moral bearings in their fervor for alcoholized barley malt.

In the book, Holl revisits this experience in detail, spending much of the chapter discussing sexism and the sexualization of beer, which often occurs through advertising and marketing.

By the book’s end, Holl is plodding through complex and difficult topics such as corporate takeover of the craft beer industry, fanaticism and hype over “rare” beers, and breweries exploiting their customers.

We can and should still enjoy simple moments of innocence— when we open a beer and let our minds turn off. However, thinking about the craft beer business and confronting its shortcomings may be essential to keeping the industry and its fans on their best behavior. Ω

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Zempel recorded everything and played most of the instruments, and Josh Garcia mixed and released the album on local HeartBurn Records. Go to markzempel.bandcamp.com to get the album, and go to stubblegum.com to get tickets to the album-release house party on Saturday, Sept. 29.

Lo & Behold • Lo & Behold – Lo & Behold: The fresh-faced Chico funksters are dropping their debut—recorded by local guitar stud/Butte College recording-arts instructor Dave Elke—Friday, Sept. 28, during a release party at Argus Bar + Patio. The EP will be available via all the usual online streaming outlets as well. Visit facebook.com/loandbeholdmusic for more info.

• Palm Reader – Armed for Apocalypse: When you’re loaded up for the end times, changes in Palm Reader personnel and geography can hardly deter the onward march into the fray. These longtime Chico headbangers are now mostly Portland-based, but they have a new bassist and this new super-brutal ep dropping online (armedforapocalypse.bandcamp.com) on Sept. 28. A Western U.S. tour brings them back to Chico Oct. 14 for a show at The Maltese before they head back to Europe in November.

• Looking – Kirt Lind: Hey, Chico rocker, how many albums have you released in the 21st Looking century? Not counting his work as a member of some of Chico’s best bands (see: The Yule Logs, Donald Beaman’s Spirit Molecules, French Reform and Squirrel vs. Bear), Lind has now recorded and released 11 solo albums since 2008. His latest is a bright and sunny bit of indie-pop polished with a bit of ’80s nostalgia and maybe some carefree yacht rock (though maybe that’s just the mustache) thrown in. Hot track: “Bring.” Download at kirtlind.bandcamp.com CHICO REPRESENT! Congrats to local artist Russell Schermer. His ceramic sculpture, “1058 Aston Martin,” took first place in the national 2018 InSights Art Competition, “an annual juried competition for artists of all ages who are blind or visually impaired.” The contest is sponsored by the American Printing House for the Blind, and according to a press release, Schermer’s piece will be on display Oct. 4-6, in Louisville, Ky., during the organization’s annual meeting.

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY For the week oF September 27, 2018

by rob brezSny

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Do you have

though not new in the sense of having just appeared on our planet. In fact, they’re animals and plants that have existed for millennia. But they’ve never before been noticed and identified by science. Among recent additions to our ever-growing knowledge are an orchid in Madagascar that smells like champagne, an electric blue tarantula in the Guyana rain forest and a Western Australian grass that has a flavor resembling salt and vinegar potato chips.

I suspect you’ll be making metaphorically comparable discoveries in the coming weeks, Libra: evocative beauty that you’ve been blind to and interesting phenomena that have been hiding in plain sight.

any skills at living on the edge between the light and the dark? Are you curious about what the world might look like and how people would treat you if you refused to divide everything up into that which helps you and that which doesn’t help you? Can you imagine how it would feel if you loved your life just the way it is and not wish it were different from what it is? Please note: People less courageous than you might prefer you to be less courageous. But I hope you’ll stay true to the experiment of living on the edge between the light and the dark.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): According

to Popbitch.com, most top-charting pop songs are in a minor key. In light of this fact, I encourage you to avoid listening to pop songs for the next three weeks. In my astrological opinion, it’s essential that you surround yourself with stimuli that don’t tend to make you sad and blue, that don’t influence you to interpret your experience through a melancholic, mournful filter. To accomplish the assignments that life will be sending you, you need to at least temporarily cultivate a mood of crafty optimism.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): There is no such thing as a plant that blooms continuously. Phases of withering and dormancy are just as natural as phases of growth.

I bring this fact to your attention to help you remain poised as you go through your own period of withering followed by dormancy. You should accept life’s demand that you slow down and explore the mysteries of fallowness. You should surrender sweetly to stasis and enjoy your time of rest and recharging. That’s the best way to prepare for the new cycle of growth that will begin in a few weeks.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Gemini

regent Queen Victoria (1819–1901) wore crotchless underwear made of linen. A few years ago, Britain’s Museums, Libraries, and Archives Council accorded them “national designated status,” an official notice that means they are a national treasure.

If I had the power, I would give your undergarments an equivalent acknowledgment.

The only evidence I would need to make this bold move would be the intelligence and expressiveness with which you are going to wield your erotic sensibilities in the coming weeks.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): If

you were ever going to win a contest that awarded you a free vacation to an exotic sanctuary, it would probably happen during the next three weeks. If a toy company would ever approach you about developing a line of action figures and kids’ books based on your life, it might also be sometime soon. And if you have ever had hopes of converting your adversaries into allies, or getting support and backing for your good original ideas, or finding unexpected inspiration to fix one of your not-so-good habits, those opportunities are now more likely than they have been for some time.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): I’ve

taken a break from socializing, my fellow Cancerian. In fact, I’m on sabbatical from my regular rhythm. My goal for the coming days is to commune with my past and review the story of my life. Rather than fill my brain up with the latest news and celebrity gossip, I am meditating on my own deep dark mysteries. I’m mining for secrets that I might be concealing from myself. In accordance with the astrological omens, I suggest that you follow my lead. You might want to delve into boxes of old mementos or reread emails from years ago. You could get in touch with people who are no longer part of your life even though they were once important to you. How else could you get into intimate contact with your eternal self?

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Here’s a quote from

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

81-year-old Capricorn man named James Harrison has donated his unique blood on 1,173 occasions. Scientists have used it to make medicine that prevents Rhesus disease in unborn babies, thereby healing more than 2.4 million kids and literally saving thousands of lives. I don’t expect you to do anything nearly as remarkable. But I do want to let you know that the coming weeks will be a favorable time to lift your generosity and compassion to the next level. Harrison would serve well as your patron saint.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): On

a spring morning some years ago, a smoky aroma woke me from a deep sleep.

Peering out my bedroom window into the backyard, I saw that my trickster girlfriend Anastasia had built a bonfire.

When I stumbled to my closet to get dressed, I found my clothes missing. There were no garments in my dresser, either. In my groggy haze, I realized that my entire wardrobe had become fuel for Anastasia’s conflagration. It was too late to intervene, and I was still quite drowsy, so I crawled back in bed to resume snoozing. A while later, I woke to find her standing next to the bed bearing a luxurious breakfast she said she’d cooked over the flames of my burning clothes. After our meal, we stayed in bed all day, indulging in a variety of riotous fun. I’m not predicting that similar events will unfold in your life, Aquarius.

But you may experience adventures that are almost equally boisterous, hilarious and mysterious.

A Map of Misreading, a book by renowned literary critic, Harold Bloom: “Where the synecdoche of tessera made a totality, however illusive, the metonymy of kenosis breaks this up into discontinuous fragments.” What the cluck did Harold Bloom just say?! I’m not being anti-intellectual when I declare this passage to be pretentious drivel. In the coming days, I urge you Leos to draw inspiration from my response to Bloom. Tell the truth about nonsense.

Don’t pretend to appreciate jumbled or over-complicated ideas. Expose bunk and bombast. Be kind, if you can, but be firm.

You’re primed to be a champion of downto-earth communication.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): A data

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as CHICO HYUNDAI at 2562 Cohasset Rd Chico, CA 95973.

CHICO NISSAN, INC. 575 Manzanita Ave Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: BRIAN BOWEN, CEO Dated: August 15, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0001062 Published: September 6,13,20,27, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as EXTREME CLEAN DECLUTTER SERVICES at 2556 Marigold Avenue Chico, CA 95973.

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MANAGER Dated: September 4, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0001136 Published: September 13,20,27, October 4, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as GARDEN VILLA CAFE at 196 Cohasset Road #150 Chico, CA 95926.

J AND S COFFEE LLC 2485 Notre Dame Blvd #390 Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company.

Signed: JENNIFER SILVA, MEMBER Dated: August 27, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0001107 Published: September 6,13,20,27, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as NORCAL CLEANING SERVICES at 1815 Paige Lane Paradise, CA 95969.

JENNIFER SIEMENS 1815 Paige Lane Paradise, CA 95969.

BERNARD WESTPHAL IV 1815 Paige Lane Paradise, CA 95969.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: BERNARD H. WESTPHAL IV Dated: August 6, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0001019 Published: September 13,20,27, October 4, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as TASSLE AND WOLF STUDIO at 2468 Marsh Ct Durham, CA 95938.

HELENA MONTZ 2468 Marsh Ct Durham, CA 95938.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: HELENA MONTZ Dated: August 29, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0001117 Published: September 6,13,20,27, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as TASTE OF HMONG at 1008 W Sacramento Ave Ste H Chico, CA 95926.

ENG VANG 956 Lupin Ave Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: ENG VANG Dated: August 27, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0001102 Published: September 13,20,27, October 4, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME - STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT The following person has abandoned the use of the fictitious business name OLDE GOLD ESTATE JEWELRY at 225 Main St Suite 3 Chico, CA 95928.

STEVEN JOHN CATTERAL 1201 W. 11th Ave Chico, CA 95926.

This business was conducted by an Individual.

Signed: RICHARD S. MATSON, ESQ. ATTORNEY FOR LISA CATTERALL, TRUSTEEE Dated: August 14, 2018 FBN Number: 2016-0000431 Published: September 6,13,20,27, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as BIDWELL SEEDLINGS PRESCHOOL at 3 Claremont Cir Chico, CA 95926.

TRACY ARMSTRONG 3 Claremont Cir Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: TRACY ARMSTRONG Dated: August 27, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0001104 Published: September 13,20,27, October 4, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as SKYHIGH HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER, TEA SHACK at 6220 Clark Rd Paradise, CA 95969.

GARY CHARLES HEATH 5151 Circle Ln Paradise, CA 95969.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: GARY HEATH Dated: July 30, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000989 Published: September 6,13,20,27, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as EL REY THEATER at 230 W. 2nd Street Chico, CA 95928.

THE MAJESTIC CHICO LLC 5794 Salisbury Lane San Luis Obispo, CA 93401.

This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company.

Signed: TYRONE GALGANO,

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as APPLIED ELECTRICAL CONTRACTING at 951 Madrone Avenue Chico, CA 95926.

DAVID HANKINS 951 Madrone Avenue Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: DAVID HANKINS Dated: August 31, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0001127 Published: September 13,20,27, October 4, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as STREAMFINE, STREAMFINE CONSULTING at 30 Pebblewood Pines Dr. Chico, CA 95926.

ANTHONY CHAPMAN 30 Pebblewood Pines Drive Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: ANTHONY CHAPMAN Dated: August 15, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0001055 Published: September 13,20,27, October 4, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as GRUB CSA FARM at 3269 West Sacramento Ave Chico, CA 95973.

LEE M CALLENDER 3269 West Sacramento Ave Chico, CA 95973.

FRANCINE OLIVIA STUELPNAGEL 3269 West Sacramento Ave Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by A Married Couple.

Signed: FRANCINE STUELPNAGEL Dated: September 6, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0001146 Published: September 13,20,27, October 4, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as BLOCKHOUSE at 708 Cherry Street Chico, CA 95928.

SCOTT ALLEN BARWICK 1521 Bidwell Drive Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: SCOTT BARWICK Dated: September 7, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0001155 Published: September 13,20,27, October 4, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as THIRTY MINUTE NANNY at 1225 Stewart Ave Chico, CA 95926.

CORRELARE, LLC 1692 Mangrove Avenue #129 Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company.

Signed: KELLY SMITH, OFFICER Dated: September 7, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0001158 Published: September 13,20,27, October 4, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as ASHLIES HAIR STUDIO at 9341 Midway Ste C Durham, CA 95938.

ASHLIE NICOLE WHEELER 9341 Goodspeed St Durham, CA 95938.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: ASHLIE WHEELER Dated: August 15, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0001056 Published: September 13,20,27, October 4, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as ELEMENTS OF HEALTH, PARADISE COMMUNITY ACUPUNCTURE at 757 Fir Street Paradise, CA 95969.

MELISSA MARIE ILLINGWORTH 15178 Jack Pine Way Magalia, CA 95954.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: MELISSA ILLINGWORTH Dated: August 6, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0001021 Published: September 13,20,27, October 4, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as POLISHED 530 at 1324 Mangrove Suite 210 Chico, CA 95926.

SHANNON POMEROY 2404 Pheonix Way#1 Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: SHANNON POMEROY Dated: August 31, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0001133 Published: September 20,27, October 4,11, 2018

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as DIAMOND STEAKHOUSE at 220 West 4th Street Chico, CA 95928.

ALISA VIRGINIA COOK-SCOTT 690 Esplanade Chico, CA 95928.

DENNIS GREGORY SCOTT 690 Esplanade Chico, CA 95928.

TWO TWENTY RESTAURANT GROUP, LLC 220 West 4th Street Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company.

Signed: ALISA COOK-SCOTT, MANAGING MEMBER

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as JAMIE C PHOTOGRAPHY at 1910 W Sacramento Ave Chico, CA 95926.

JAMIE CHRISTY LEONARD 1910 W Sacramento Ave Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: JAMIE LEONARD Dated: August 31, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0001126 Published: September 27, October 4,11,18

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as DREAMERS AUTO SALES at 2961 Hwy 32 Ste 18 Chico, CA 95973.

DREAMERS AUTO SALES LLC 2961 Hwy 32 Ste 18 Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company.

Signed: ERIKA FINK, MEMBER MANAGER Dated: September 20, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0001205 Published: September 27, October 4,11,18, 2018

NOTICES NOTICE OF LIEN SALE Pursuant to CA Business Code 21700, in lieu of rents due, the following units contain clothes, furniture, boxes, etc.

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PETITION NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE CHARLES PATRICK MCCLURE, AKA PATRICK MCCLURE, CHARLES P. MCCLURE To all heirs and beneficiaries, creditors contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: CHARLES PATRICK MCCLURE, AKA, PATRICK MCCLURE, CHARLES P. MCCLURE A Petition for Probate has been filed by: JACK WAYNE MCCLURE in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte.

The Petition for Probate requests that: JACK WAYNE MCCLURE be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The petition requests authority to administer the 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

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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 Case Number: 18PR00410 Dated: September 19, 2018 Published: September 27, October 4,11, 2018

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as WHIPSNAP MUSIC at 1620 Hemlock St Chico, CA 95928.

ROBERT ARNOLD GARNER 1620 Hemlock St Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: ROBERT GARNER Dated: August 30, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0001121 Published: September 27, October 4,11,18, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as COMPUTERS PLUS at 2477 Forest Avenue Suite 150 Chico, CA 95928.

INTELLIMICRO INC 2477 Forest Avenue Suite 150 Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: SHAHID IQBAL, SECRETARY Dated: September 13, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0001181 Published: September 27, October 4,11,18, 2018

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

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

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: October 12, 2018 Time: 9:00 AM 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: August 16, 2018 Case Number: 18CV02622 Published: September 13,20,27, October 4, 2018

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

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

The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless 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: October 30, 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

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as S.C. NARAYA at 1252 E 8th Street Chico, CA 95928.

ANTHONY DEL PRETE III 219 Myrtle Ave Santa Cruz, CA 95060.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as BLAST OFF at 1 London Ct Chico, CA 95973.

PANCO ENTERPRISES, INC. 1 London Ct Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: DAVE PANZER, SECRETARY Dated: September 12, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0001177 Published: September 27, October 4,11,18, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as LIGHTTHOUGHTS at 6 Verde Ct Chico, CA 95973.

KATHLEEN SCHULZ 6 Verde Ct Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: KATHLEEN SCHULZ Dated; August 15, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0001061 Published: September 27, October 4,11,18,2018

persons unless they have waived notice or consented 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: November 6, 2018 Time: 9:00 a.m.

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

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

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

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your 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: DIRK POTTER Jacobs, Anderson, Potter & Chaplin 20 Independence Circle Chico, CA 95973 Case Number: 18PR00419 Dated: September 20, 2018 Published: September 27, October 4,11, 2018

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as THE FATHER’S HOUSE SCHOOL OF TRANSFORMATION at 2656 Fort Wayne Street Oroville, CA 95966.

THE FATHER’S HOUSE CHURCH OF OROVILLE, INC. 2656 Fort Wayne Street Oroville, CA 95966.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: MARK STEVEN ORSILLO, PRESIDENT Dated: August 31, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0001128 Published: September 20,27, October 4,11, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as ASCEND CLIMBING SCHOOL at 473 E 4th Street, Chico, CA 95928.

NICHOLAS FERGUSON 1328 Salem Street, Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: NICHOLAS FERGUSON Dated: September 17, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0001188 Published: September 20,27, OCtober 4,11, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as YOUR MODERN HOME at 1453 Saratoga Drive Chico, CA 95973.

DANIELLE ALBINI 1453 Saratoga Drive Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Indivdual.

Signed: DANIELLE ALBINI Dated: August 22, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0001086 Published: September 27, October 4,11,18, 2018

CONRADO CAVAOS #538cc 6x7 (furniture, boxes, misc) DOLORES DAVENPORT 173ss 7x12 (boxes, clothes, suitcases) JAMES FLUD 030ss 12x15 (furniture, books) MARY NELSON 255ss 5x6 (boxes, clothes, suitcases) SOPHINE RUSSELL 088cc 5x8 (bags, misc) Contents to be sold to the highest bidder on: October 6, 2018 Beginning at 1:00pm Sale to be held at: Bidwell Self Storage, 65 Heritage Lane, Chico, CA 95926.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as MODERN MEDIA CARTEL at 1460 Hobart Street Chico, CA 95926.

EVAN WHITIS 1460 Hobart Street Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: EVAN WHITIS Dated: September 10, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0001169 Published: September 20,27, October 4,11, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as CHICO’S TAQUERIA at 645 West 5th Street #110 Chico, CA 95928.

SALVADOR HERNANDEZ HERNANDEZ 43221 County Rd 17 Woodland, CA 95776.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: SALVADOR HERNANDEZ Dated: August 31, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0001131 Published: September 20,27, October 4,11, 2018

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as LIAN’S ARTISANIA at 6605 Grandview Avenue Magalia, CA 95954.

JAMES W COX 6605 Grandview Avenue Magalia, CA 95954.

SANDRA MATA HERNANDEZ 6605 Grandview Avenue Magalia, CA 95954.

This business is conducted by a Married Couple.

Signed: SANDRA MATA-HERNANDEZ Dated: September 11, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0001172 Published: September 20,27, October 4,11,2018

1252 E 8th Street Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Unincorporated Association.

Signed: MALAMA M. H. MACNEIL Dated: September 12, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0001176 Published: September 20,27, October 4,11, 2018

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ROBERT BRANDON THOMSON 24895 Post Ave Orland, CA 95963.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

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Home Run An email from a reader last week:

“Well,” said Mary, “I don’t know about ‘horror stories’ but I will say things became unpleasant.”

Dear Love, My grandchild wants to buy a house, and I’m helping her along. You’ve been rattling on about rising interest rates lately, which doesn’t scare me at all. But I hear all these horror stories about kids getting burned in the house-buying scenario.

So, what are your words of wisdom for them and what should they look out for?

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Dear Grandma, I’ll reduce my words of wisdom down to one word: Run!

This house is right by Bidwell Park on a quiet cul-de-sac near Sierra View Elementary School!. 3 bedroom / 2 bath, 1698 square feet.

Don’t get me wrong, Grandma. By “Run” I mean your grandchild should run as fast as she can toward the purchase of her home.

If she has the means to get a foothold on a good piece of real estate she needs to step it up right now.

But listen, Grandma, rather than have me rattle on, let’s ask an actual recent homebuyer how it went for them.

Mary is a nurse who recently bought a house in the Oroville area.

“What happened?” I asked her.

“First of all,” she said, “I wish I had known how much had to be done really fast. The biggest decision of my life was, Iike, right now! I was at work on my lunch break, and I’m signing page after page of contracts.”

She continued, “Then I’m all excited when my offer went through. But after that I’ve got like 17 days to get the loan, the inspections, the disclosures and reports and title papers. Then there’s all these things wrong with the house, so I’m like, do I even want this place?”

“But you did go through with it,” I said. “Everything okay now?”

“Oh yes!” she said. “I love my house so much! I’m glad I didn’t completely freak and run away!”

So, Grandma, the words of wisdom are, tell your granddaughter to run toward the purchase of her new home. And don’t run away!

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AFFORDABLE... move in ready!

Cozy home, 2 bd/1 bath, sits on large lot w/large side area for parking and rV access to back yard.

Home includes a basement (3 rooms) a Must see...

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$229,500

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Sponsored by Century 21 Select Real Estate, Inc. SQ. FT. 3220 2516 2124 2052 1608 1334 1544 1832 1503 1379 1653

ADDRESS

TOWN

PRICE

BR/BA

1365 Magnolia Ave 17 Joy Ln 1089 Lupin Ave 94 Artesia Dr 2760 Monterey St 4 Watson Ln 1125 Sheridan Ave #9 1519 B St 555 Vallombrosa Ave #88 1359 Nord Ave 2394 Durham St

Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Durham

$285,000 $280,000 $272,500 $267,000 $245,000 $185,000 $167,500 $165,000 $148,000 $131,000 $315,000

2/2 4/2 3/2 3/2 4/2 2/1 2/2 1/1 1/1 2/1 2/1

SQ. FT. 1403 1302 1214 1108 1241 884 1114 480 702 950 1212

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Beautiful updated home offering 3 bed 2 bth, 1,126 sq ft with lots of nice touches!........... $297,500 updated and Beautiful Cal Park 3 bed/2 bth, 2,004 sq ft ................................................ $399,900 MOVe in ready 3 bed/2 bth, .21 ac lot, 1,341 sq ft, adorable! ................................................ $329,500 Cul de SaC, near Bidwell park! 4 bed/2.5 bth, 2,070 sq ft,park like backyard. ..............$425,000 freSh exteriOr paint, 3 bed/2 bth, 1,767 sq ft ................................................................... $339,900 Butte Valley 2 custom homes, private setting on 235 acs, horse or cattle..................... $1,899,000 Beautiful 4 bed/2.5 bth, 2,457 sq ft updated kitchen + bath, large yard ............................ $469,900 niCe hOuSe + commercial ING on .83 of an acre in town. .............................................. $499,900 PEN Dbuilding near Bidwell park! ark!

Pool, NG room, 3 bed/2 bth, 2,124 sq ft .......................................$425,000 DIgame PEN park lOCatiOn! Wonderful bth, 1,874 sq ft PARK, .53 ac with horse area ........... $525,000 G PEN DI3Nbed/2.5

New 2100+ home, 3 car garage $479,000 Lot in Butte Meadows $76,900 20 acres with views $145,000

Immaculate 3 bedroom home with a bonus room that could easily be a 4th bedroom.

Built in 2000 and has new carpet and new interior paint, 1842 sq ft, $327,000. $229,000 1050 sq ft in North Chico, home features a 1 car garage and very large backyard

Kimberley Tonge l 530.518.5508 Lic# 01318330

CalBRE #01312354

Alice Zeissler l 530.518.1872 Lic# 01318330

The following houses were sold in Butte County by real estate agents or private parties during the week of Septemer 10 - September 14, 2018 The housing prices are based on the stated documentary transfer tax of the parcel and may not necessarily reflect the actual sale price of the home.

ADDRESS 16280 Stage Rd 6535 Vine Rd 14603 Bridgeport Cir 14181 Wingate Cir 14150 Wycliff Way 103 Worthy Ave 18 La Foret Dr 94 Canyon Highlands Dr 38 Mono Ave 2879 Yard St 523 Hillcrest Ave

TOWN

PRICE

BR/BA

Forest Ranch Magalia Magalia Magalia Magalia Oroville Oroville Oroville Oroville Oroville Oroville

$381,000 $265,000 $238,000 $237,500 $230,000 $215,000 $207,000 $190,500 $168,000 $167,500 $158,591

4/4 3/3 4/2 3/2 3/2 3/2 2/3 2/1 4/1 2/1 3/2

SQ. FT. 3366 1968 2437 1600 1947 1357 1220 1360 1200 1104 1340

ADDRESS 863 Safford St 1865 Gray St 5 Skyline Blvd 5818 Acorn Ridge Dr 6920 Zenith Ln 6092 Vista Knolls Dr 1735 Drayer Dr 536 Belle Creek Ln 1859 Conifer Dr 455 Apple Ln 5781 Kenglo Dr

TOWN

PRICE

BR/BA

SQ. FT.

Oroville Oroville Oroville Paradise Paradise Paradise Paradise Paradise Paradise Paradise Paradise

$141,000 $100,000 $100,000 $580,000 $449,500 $304,000 $245,000 $230,000 $219,500 $214,000 $160,000

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

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