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CHICO’S FREE NEWS & ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY VOLUME 43, ISSUE 21 THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 2020 WWW.NEWSREVIEW.COM

HEALTH ISSUE

Self care

101 Get back to the basics to buoy your well-being

FAMILIES HOUSED

MINDFULNESS MATTERS

CAN’T STOP ROCK ’N’ ROLL

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INSIDE

Vol. 43, Issue 21 • January 16, 2020 OPINION

Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Guest Comment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Second & Flume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 This Modern World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Streetalk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

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EDITORIAL

Support this lifeline for struggling families Chico is fortunate to have a few programs that not only

offer a safety net for homeless folks but also work to get to the root of the issues that led to their life on the streets. A prime example is Aurora North, the latest facility operated by True North Housing Alliance— aka the parent organization of the Torres Community Shelter—that specifically welcomes families with children. As Ashiah Scharaga reports in this week’s Newslines (see “Lighting the way,” page 8), it’s a house in Chico that offers parents and little ones alike a safe, comfortable environment. At the same time, it serves as an education center designed to give parents the tools they need to gain independence. That’s accomplished by bringing in community partners to provide case management and parenting and substance abuse classes. Though the program is temporary in nature, functioning as a stepping stone while families search for a home of their own, it serves as a structured place for parents and children. Such facilities are much needed in Butte County. Case in point: The Torres Shelter saw an influx in families over the past several years to the point where the organization regularly hosted an average of 20 children per night (as many as 50 on one peak evening),

Executive Director Joy Amaro told the CN&R. At the same time, the demand among the general homeless population spiked as well. The combination has posed a significant challenge for the shelter when it comes to moving toward its goal of becoming a completely low-barrier facility that forgoes drug testing. Citing safety concerns of co-mingling the populations, the organization has put families first. Aurora North is a step toward making that transition. Thing is, this model facility is operating on grant funding via a one-time allocation from the state. To wit, the money was originally awarded to the Jesus Center before it backed out of a different project to serve homeless folks in the region, the proposed Orange Street Shelter. We’re impressed with what True North Housing Alliance has accomplished with Aurora North in such a short time frame, and our hope is that CN&R readers will help sustain the program by making donations to the organization. Because the need is so great, we also hope that it inspires other local homeless service providers to embark on similar projects. Indeed, for struggling local families and vulnerable children, this a lifeline. It deserves community support. Ω

GUEST COMMENT

action needed on unaffordable rents Eprofound staunchest propertied interests deny this is a moral problem. Paradise burns down, so now veryone knows the rent is too high, but only the

you owe your landlord more. Where the self-styled “housing providers” win us over is in the coldblooded compulsion. In other words, it’s an economic problem. We get investment in luxury suites and fancy remodels, they tell us, or we get no investment at all. We pay the post-fire rent hike or we get no home at all. The idea of a public alternative—housing that puts provision by over profits—is either plainly unfaAddison Winslow miliar to or dogmatically opposed The author works by our local political establishment. in property Instead, they puzzle over how to maintenance and is get self-interested financiers to a community make Chico affordable for us. organizer with the In that vein, the city held an Chico Democratic Socialists of america. affordable housing conference back in September. One of their keynote speakers, the owner of the firm developing Meriam Park, closed confessing that, regrettably, he had no solutions that would “pencil out.” His

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two-bedroom apartments start at $1,550 a month. Butte County already had the most extreme rent burden in California before the fire. Since then, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s “fair market rents”—which represent median rents in particular area—have increased well beyond the 10 percent limit set by the city’s pricegouging prohibition because new developments like these are designed to extract the highest rents any local jobs can support. In the long run for Chico’s economy, this just doesn’t pencil out. Take Second and Main streets. All four corners were concurrently sitting vacant last year. Some blame the presence of homeless people, yet behind much of homelessness are local landlords setting the rent too high for Supplemental Security Income checks, and too high for modest working people, so we don’t shop downtown and rarely eat out. These levels are too high for even Chico’s affluent business class to make full use of our historic buildings. Our housing crisis is their hot market. A decline in rents isn’t in their interest, nor is it their intention. For that we would need public controls and alternatives—but for now, it looks like we can’t even get basic tenant protections. □

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

Cautionary tale It’s been a few years since I first heard someone talk about “selfcare.” At the time, I likened it to some kind of New-Agey claptrap. I almost certainly scoffed at it. These days, I know better. I mean, sure, it’s a trendy term for looking after one’s health and well-being, but the subject matter is real and really important. I know this for a couple of reasons. For starters, I’ve been extremely negligent when it comes to taking proper care of myself. To wit, I’ve long put off getting a root canal and various other health-related appointments. I’ve also not adequately dealt with a drawn-out case of insomnia triggered by the Camp Fire. Taken altogether, it’s been the perfect storm of physical and psychological chaos leading to numerous unpleasant symptoms, many of which have been unresponsive to medication. The biggie: a prolonged flare related to Crohn’s disease, an autoimmune disorder. In my case, it presents as chronic pain. Putting my health last in a long line of priorities, thus delaying treatment, has resulted in me feeling pretty beat up, making it more challenging to accomplish the tasks before me. I certainly didn’t set out to sabotage my health. I’m your classic workaholic, though, and rarely miss a day on the job. Part of my dutifulness stems from knowing I’ll be even more slammed if I take time off. The newspaper doesn’t care if I have a migraine, didn’t sleep last night, or if my intestines feel like lava is flowing through them. It’s going to be distributed on Thursday and the work simply has to get done. Maybe it’s because I’ve always considered myself to be tough that I’ve responded by grimacing a bit and moving on. Head down and plow ahead has been my motto, but it hasn’t served me well in the long run. I’ve reached a point where I have to act. My body is fed up. So, taking better care of myself is something I resolve to do in 2020. Last year was difficult for all of us at the CN&R, and we know it was for many others in the community as well. That’s why we decided to focus on self-care basics for our annual Health Issue. I hope you enjoy—and learn something from—the stories therein. As for yours truly, don’t feel sorry for me. My hope is that sharing these things with you serves as a sort of cautionary tale.

In oThEr nEwS, it should be noted that we’re less than two months away from the March primary election. In case you hadn’t heard, all voting will be done by mail-in ballot. Those registered as “no party preference” (NPP)—aka “decline to state”—should have received a postcard asking whether they’d like to request a ballot for the Democratic, Libertarian or American Independent presidential primaries. Those are the parties that allow NPP voters to select their ballot. Best to get that mailed back to the county as soon as possible. I have mixed feelings about voting by mail. I loved heading to the local precinct to cast my ballot. There’s something exhilarating about being among other folks deciding the future of our community, state and nation. I’m going to miss that. Melissa Daugherty is editor of the CN&R

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About forced treatment “Deteriorating on the streets” (Cover story, by Jocelyn Wiener, Jan. 9): Though it’s a sad story, James Mark Rippee is fortunate to have such a loving family. Many out in the streets are not so lucky. As one who has worked in a state hospital in the 1970s and who has witnessed 5150s stemming from bad drugs, I have watched the debate between mandated treatment and civil liberties and seen helpful and harmful effects of both. One concept is at the crux of it: the continuum between freedom of choice and mandated treatment. Freedom of choice is available if one isn’t a danger to themselves or others. Mandated treatment protects one from doing harm and provides medical help. This has always been the stated circumstance for a 5150: danger to self or others. While civil liberties are a birthright, they stop when one does harm. The concept of freedom

always pairs with personal responsibility. Mandated treatment helps an individual to gain the tools of education and self-advocacy leading again to

self-sufficiency. For either the medical community or law enforcement to release someone into the community who has been known to inflict harm is absolutely shirking the very responsibility they have been vested with and sworn to uphold. Mary M. Nordskog Paradise

For many concerned about homelessness and unhoused humans in our community, there’s a profound conundrum: What is most humane? Is it more humane to leave a mentally ill individual to sleep under a bush in wet clothing, or to compel them into case-managed

Your plumbing treatment? Is it more humane to leave addicts passed out in alleys, or to require they enter treatment to overcome their addiction? To “compel” and “require” are to coerce. Coercion is to wield control over another’s freedom, and as such comes with grave responsibility. Coercion should never be taken lightly or applied as a blanket remedy; it requires careful consideration of an individual’s situation, and the likelihood of them harming others or themselves. Alternatively, housing first paired with supportive services, adopted by Butte County, the state of California and numerous other jurisdictions around the country, has been proven to assist many mentally ill and addicted individuals in addressing their challenges. Because it removes them from the daily struggle to survive on the street, it allows them and their service providers to focus on recovery rather than where they will sleep that night, how to LETTERS c o n t i n u e d

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LETTERS c o n t i n u e d f r o m pa g e 5 protect themselves or where to get their next meal. Scott Huber Chico

Editor’s note: The author is a member of the Chico City Council. The perilous gap between mental health services and community need is easily witnessed by engaging with human beings in mental health crisis. Like the panicked-to-terror young woman threatening suicide over the thought of being placed into a mental institution. “No, I won’t ever go back!” Or the young man who tells his case manager he doesn’t want to go to a mental health hospital, who is then released back onto the streets from his Behavioral Health hold. He ultimately bled to death impaled on a barbed wire fence. It’s often difficult to assess who would benefit from forced care, and for whom this would be perceived as a death sentence. The starker reality is the number of mental health hospital beds are woefully insufficient to address the crisis without incarceration, which is the de facto “forced care” mental health treatment model for the seriously mental ill. Bill Mash Chico

Iran, etcetera Re “White-knuckling” (Second & Flume, by Melissa Daugherty, Jan. 9): Maybe we should look to Iran to see how democracy works. First we escalate tensions by assassinating their equivalent of our secretary of state and defense, with no proof of imminent threat. Anti-American and -Israeli demonstrations erupt in Tehran, a city comparable to New York City in more than just population. A few days later, because of the American escalation, a passenger plane is shot down and Iran’s government equivocates on how it happened, within days admitting it was a mistake. The people in Iran take to the streets again, demonstrating now against the lies the government was caught in. Over the last three years our president has told over 15,000 verifiable lies and never admitted one, arguably causing more deaths than Iran’s mistake. Where are the demonstrations? Rich Meyers Oroville 6

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Dear Editor: You can come out from underneath your desk. No incoming. Would you agree that Bill Clinton had us on a “whiteknuckle flight” when he ordered the launching of cruise missiles into Afghanistan in 1998? Warren Christopher labeled the action a “constitutional prerogative.” Clinton’s volley was in retaliation to widespread attacks on U.S. embassies. Good job, Billy Jeff! And to you, Ms. Editor, I strongly recommend that even at your young, impressionable age, you become very familiar with your history! More to the point, stop sloshing this liberal horse hockey every time The Donald ruffles your leftist feathers. Balanced, intellectual and salient reporting has forever been a cornerstone of freedom. Bill Collins Yuba City

Wag the Dog is a 1997 American political satire film. The screenplay depicts a spin doctor and a Hollywood producer who fabricate a war in Albania to distract voters from a presidential sex scandal. Ironically, that was exactly what Republicans accused President Clinton of in 1998. Clinton, while embroiled in a White House sex scandal, ordered military strikes against Osama bin Laden. President Trump needed a real “wag the dog” and ordered the assassination of Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani, which he hoped would detract from his impeachment; polls showing him losing to Democrats in key 2020 election states; being investigated for insider trading practices on the Chicago Mercantile; and allegations his loans from Deutsche Bank are guaranteed by Russian state banks controlled by Putin. The assassination of Soleimani is tantamount to a declaration of war and has escalated tensions in the Middle East and alarmed world leaders. The Trump administration’s ever-changing justification for this reckless action shows a White House in disarray. Intelligence briefings have shown no evidence that there was an imminent threat to America. The world has become more dangerous because of the action of an unstable mind. It is terrifying that Trump has access to the nuclear football. Roger S. Beadle Chico

The world has become more dangerous because of the action of an unstable mind. –roger S. Beadle

Trump’s assassination of Gen. Suleimani was unethical and illegal under international law. The establishment and its media blame Suleimani for the death of about 600 Americans, a number dwarfed by the hundreds of thousands of Iraqis killed by the U.S. in its unprovoked war on Iraq. After Iraqi Prime Minister Abdul-Mahdi signed a multibilliondollar deal with China in late September, Abdul-Mahdi said in a speech to his parliament, translated, “I visited China and signed an important agreement with them to undertake the construction instead. Upon my return, Trump called me to rescind the agreement, and when I refused, he threatened me with huge demonstrations against me that would end my PM-ship ... he will station Marines snipers atop highest buildings, who will target and kill protesters and security forces alike, in an attempt to pressure me.” The protests in Iraq started Oct. 1. The link between the two is that the U.S., outraged with the deal, decided to force Mahdi out of office. This is the Washington playbook supported by most Republicans and Democrats—think Ukraine and Syria. President Sanders would have the most sane foreign policy for a better world. Lucy Cooke Butte Valley

Donald Trump helped incubate the insane “birther” movement, so I guess President Obama was justified for roasting Trump at the April 2011 White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. If only we could turn the clock back. Obama slammed Trump for having “important things to do,” like claiming the “moon landing was fake,” and mocking Trump for “running for president as a Republican when he (Obama) thought Trump was running as a joke,” etc. Seth Myers chimed in for another round of jokes that left Trump with a squinting scowl on his oft sad-sack face. Trump’s resolve was hardened by the humiliation

heaped upon him at the dinner, and the whole world was warned that same night by Donald Trump Jr. that his dad would “even the score.” Fast-forward to today’s extremely dangerous world. The current occupant of the Oval Office boasts that the murder of Soleimani was “no Bengahzi.” Seldom do I agree with the pathological liar Trump; however, he was right about that, it was 176 times worse than Benghazi. Collateral damage from the downing of the Ukraine International Airline passenger plane killed women, children and babies in a disaster of what Rep. Jackie Speier recently suggested “Trump was partly to blame for.” Thanks, Obama. Ray Estes Redding

“Our President will start a war with Iran because he has absolutely no ability to negotiate. He’s weak and he’s ineffective, so the only way he figures that he’s going to get re-elected—and as sure as you’re sitting there—is to start a war with Iran. … Isn’t it pathetic?” -Donald Trump, November 2011. Ordinarily, I wouldn’t think much of the prognostication powers of a man who has recited marital vows three times and declared bankruptcy six times, but in this case I’ve got to admit that he really nailed it (especially the “pathetic” part). He was just off by a little more than eight years. Scott Paulo Chico

Stop kicking the can Re “Districting drama” (Newslines, by Ashiah Scharaga, Jan. 9): It’s been nearly a year since eviction for “just cause” was brought up at the Chico City Council the first time and didn’t even make it onto the agenda. This was three months after the Camp Fire, after a wave of evictions took place, displacing those who didn’t lose their homes to flames, but to greed. The council took the initiative to pass an ordinance banning price

gouging, then did nothing else to protect renters until June when just cause was finally put on the agenda for discussion. Our council has kicked the can on this issue for too long. As Steve Breedlove stated at last Tuesday’s council meeting, this should have been put into effect the week after the fire. I’m particularly disappointed in some “progressive” members of our council, who say they want to solve our homelessness crisis yet refuse to see the issues of renter rights, affordable housing and homelessness as deeply intertwined. Lauren Kohler Chico

But … the economy Re “Poor get poorer in Trump’s economy” (Guest comment, by Roger S. Beadle, Jan. 9): I’m puzzled someone can be so misinformed. On Friday, Jan. 10, the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that the number of employed Americans—158,803,000—set a 25th record under President Trump. Year to year—since December 2018—1,858,000 more workers have been added to American payrolls. The unemployment rate is at a 50-year low of 3.5 percent. Labor force participation is 63.2 percent. There are more job openings than job seekers. And through the White House’s Pledge to America’s Workers, job creators around the nation have committed to nearly 10 million training, upskilling or reskilling opportunities for American students and workers. Since January 2017, more than 500,000 people have entered the apprenticeship programs. The average starting salary for those completing the apprenticeships? Over $70,000. And the GM workers? Average full-time worker makes about $90,000/year with benefits and received a substantial raise with the strike settlement. If you can’t land a job in this economy, place blame where it belongs. John Blenkush Forest Ranch More letters online:

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NEWSLINES DOWNSTROKE PARADISE PURSUES SEWER

The Paradise Town Council took a significant step toward pursuing a sewer system on Tuesday (Jan. 14), awarding a $1.25 million contract to HDR Engineering. The consultant will design a treatment plant site, analyze environmental constraints, coordinate permitting and provide public outreach and support. The town will use $800,000 in grant funding from the state and $172,000 from the USDA to cover most of the cost, working with the State Water Resources Control Board to secure the difference. The vote passed unanimously, with Mayor Greg Bolin and Vice Mayor Mike Zuccolillo recused.

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COUNTY ADVOCATES FOR MIOCENE

Folks reliant on the Miocene Canal, a portion of which was destroyed in the Camp Fire, received support from local officials on Tuesday (Jan. 14). The Butte County Board of Supervisors requested that the Department of Fish and Wildlife intervene in a “critical situation” that impacts wildlife and farms, and increases fire risk. In a letter to Wade Crowfoot, secretary of the California Natural Resources Agency, the county argues that PG&E, which owns the canal, “should be held responsible.” It concludes: “We are entering the second year of an economic and environmental disaster along the Miocene Canal corridor created by PG&E. In light of the impact to threatened and endangered species, and the increased fire risk, the State of California must intervene.”

NORD AVENUE MANSLAUGHTER PLEA

A Chico man faces up to 10 years in prison for the 2016 traffic death of a pedestrian on Nord Avenue. Bryan Dawson, 27, pleaded no contest Dec. 31 to a felony count of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated stemming from his role in the Dec. 7, 2016, death of 20-year-old Maria Flores, Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey said. Dawson (pictured) was charged shortly after the 2016 incident, but his case had stalled because of a pretrial dispute involving an allegation that he left the scene. Ultimately, an appeals court sided with a local judge who found Dawson had been so drunk he did not immediately know he was in a collision, thus barring prosecutors from charging him with a hit-and-run enhancement. Dawson’s sentencing is scheduled for March 4. 8

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Aurora North bridge housing in Chico provides homeless families a springboard to stability

Fbushes Annie’s Glen home, taking refuge in and under bridges. or three years, Kristy Martin called

That time in her life contrasts starkly with the one she used to lead as a certistory and fied nursing assistant photo by who was raising three Ashiah children and studyScharaga ing to become an RN, as h i a h s @ she told the CN&R. n ew sr ev i ew. c o m A string of incidents upended her life and “everything spiraled.” She was injured while working, Martin said, then lost her job and her home. Her family stayed in hotels for a while, then her car. But it was stolen and totaled, and then she had “nothing to keep my kids in a dry and secure place.” Her children stayed with family while Martin tried to get back on track. She was used to being the strong one who took care of others, Martin said. It was hard for her to reach out and ask for help. “I needed to learn to take that chance … of letting the community help me,” she said. Martin, who became pregnant while

homeless and was due any day, reached out to the Torres Community Shelter in November. But she wasn’t there for long. The shelter staff invited her to live at Aurora North, a home in Chico for families operated by the Torres’ parent organization, the True North Housing Alliance. Since it opened in August, the large, fully furnished house has served 87 people across 30 families. It is a bridge housing program: while there, families work on securing permanent housing and receive weekly case management from the Butte County Department of Employment and Social Services, in addition to parenting classes (and, for some, substance abuse counseling). On Dec. 22, Martin’s son was born. A few days later, she returned to Aurora North. “I was able to come home with him and he had a nice Christmas tree and nice gifts,” Martin said. The house is possible, in part, due to an approximately $110,000 grant that pays for rent, operations and utilities, awarded by the Butte Countywide Continuum of Care from the state’s Homeless Emergency Aid

Program, which allocated funding to cities that declared a shelter crisis. Joy Amaro, executive director of the Torres Shelter and True North, said a majority of the families that have stayed at Aurora North have a dual diagnosis, with mental illness and substance use disorders. Some of them come from families that have experienced generational homelessness and poverty. The organization was keen on opening Aurora North because of an increased demand at the shelter: it consistently was taking in an average of 20 children per night, Amaro said. “Having children in a mass congregate environment lends to secondary trauma for the children because of the experiences and what they’re witnessing,” Amaro said. A home is “so much more nurturing and much more appropriate,” she added. Amaro has noticed that families at Aurora North “really lean on each other.” They cook together and share meals, go to parks and farmers’ markets. She added that it can be chaotic with multiple families under one roof, but staff take every opportunity to turn conflicts into “teachable moments.”

Kristy Martin and her newborn son get cozy at Aurora North, a bridge housing program operated by the True North Housing Alliance.

The downside is that the housing crisis, compounded by the Camp Fire, has made it incredibly hard for the families to move on to their next home. Many cannot meet rental requirements (such as making three times the rent), Amaro added, and there are long wait-lists for subsidized housing. Aurora North has a waiting list, too. But for the families that have stayed there, Aysia Farrier, Aurora North’s house manager, said she has already witnessed the difference it has made. One mother arrived at the Torres Shelter about a year ago, pregnant and grappling with addiction and mental illness, Farrier said. Now, she is healthy and motivated, seeking housing and a job. Farrier noted that across the board the home has helped the families become more independent. While she purchases basic supplies for laundry and cooking, the families are otherwise on their own. They have to budget properly and save up for emergencies, and are responsible for house chores. Aurora North also has provided families a chance to heal. Resident Jennifer Hunt said living there has helped her become closer with her 7-year-old son. They were evicted from their home in May through no fault of their own, she told the CN&R. They bounced from place to place, staying in their car, at motels and at friends’ homes. Hunt, who was recovering from methamphetamine addiction, relapsed, she said, and turned to the Torres Shelter for help. She said she told Torres staff her son “deserves a better life and a better mom.” Hunt was at the shelter for one night. The next morning, staff took her to Aurora North. She’s since started taking parenting classes and noticed the difference in her son. “He’s a hugger, and for a long time we didn’t have that emotional connection,” she said. Now, he’s opening up to her again, and they regularly sit down and talk about his day, she added. “I feel blessed every day to be here,” Hunt said. Martin also called the home a blessing. She’s taking it one day at a time, she said, applying for housing through a variety of agencies, and hoping to reunite with her other children. She knows she “has hearts to heal.” But she has hope for her future. “There’s a light at the end of every road … every bike path,” she said. “This isn’t the end of it.” Ω

Bound for battle Berry Creek property owner questions legality of county’s marijuana-related liens

Rafael Lozano is choosing to fight.

Lozano, a disabled former delivery driver, was recently ordered to pay $13,000 in abatement costs and penalties in connection with a marijuana grow on his rural Berry Creek property. Following a complaint, an aerial inspection last summer revealed 12 marijuana plants on the land, and Lozano was dinged for several violations of Butte County’s marijuana cultivation ordinance at a subsequent administrative hearing. Lozano isn’t challenging the violations. At issue, he told the CN&R, are the penalties, which account for $8,500—$500 for the first 15 days out of compliance, plus $1,000 for the last day— of the $13,000 the county has demanded. If he doesn’t pay, the county warned him in a Dec. 19 letter, the total amount will be folded into a lien and special assessment against his property. It’s a practice the county has pursued against dozens of property owners since at least 2016— when the Board of Supervisors instituted new rules to deter illegal marijuana cultivation—and which Lozano calls an “affront to my liberty.” Working with local civil attorney Shannon Thompson, Lozano is questioning the legality of collecting nuisance abatement penalties through liens. There are recent examples, Thompson says, that may bolster the case against such a practice and could have wide-ranging implications for

both the county and property owners who in some cases have been penalized upward of $70,000. “I’m a civil lawyer,” Thompson told the CN&R. “I see a [civil rights] action and I go, You can’t cloud title to all these properties. That’s a lot of money. I could start a class action. We could all go in and then we get to be the bullies.” From 2016 through 2018, the county—via approval by the Board of Supervisors— placed liens against 79 properties totaling more than $3.3 million in penalties, according to county data. In 2019, such liens were placed against approximately 25 properties, totaling roughly $1.4 million in penalties. The data suggest payment on the liens has been slow.

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In some cases, property owners have lamented the penalties as unfair. During a lien hearing before the supervisors last April, one family said it had been renting a property to tenants who ran afoul of the county’s marijuana restrictions. The family pursued eviction proceedings but still faced more than $30,000 in penalties, plus about $4,700 in associated abatement costs (see “Hefty price,” Newslines, April 25, 2019). The supervisors voted 3-2 to levy the full lien, with Supervisors Debra Lucero and Tami Ritter dissenting. During that meeting Supervisor Bill Connelly, whose district includes Oroville and the surrounding foothills, said the penalties had been working as a tool for compliance. He said he has fielded fewer marijuanarelated complaints since the county began enforcing the rules. Thompson, the civil attorney working with

Dangerous claim lingers Though the claim that vaccinations cause autism has been thoroughly debunked for years, 46 percent of Americans report that they are unsure whether “certain vaccines do— or do not—cause autism in children,” according to a recent Gallup poll. That’s down from the 52 percent who were unsure the last time Gallup conducted the poll in 2015. However, more adults these days say they believe vaccines cause autism in children: 10 percent (up from 6 percent in 2015). When it comes to this subject, there’s a marked difference in opinion between political parties. Approximately 55 percent of Democrats said vaccines do not cause autism, while

Local attorney Shannon Thompson, left, is working with Oroville resident Rafael Lozano to challenge county marijuana penalties.

37 percent of Republicans said they do not. Similarly, fewer Republicans (79 percent) said it is extremely or very important to vaccinate children than Democrats (92 percent). Overall, however, 84 percent of Americans say it’s either extremely or very important to vaccinate children. This matches Gallup’s poll results in 2015, but is down from 94 percent in 2001. And nearly half of Americans (45 percent) do not think vaccines cause autism, an improvement from 41 percent in 2015.

Lozano, told the CN&R that the lien process is unfair, and also may be illegal. Lozano said he does not intend pay the county’s $13,000 demand for his marijuana violations, possibly setting in motion a future hearing in which the Board of Supervisors will consider placing a lien against his Berry Creek property. Such a move would devalue his property. Should that happen, Thompson said, Lozano intends to file a legal challenge. To support her cause, she notes a 2016 decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. In the case—Mechammil v. City of Jacinto—a panel of judges found that the city’s rules NEWSLINES C O N T I N U E D JANUARY 16, 2020

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related to liens based on penalties for ordinance violations were “inconsistent with California state law.” “We hold that cities in California cannot attach liens or impose special assessments to collect outstanding nuisance fines or penalties,” the panel decided, noting that state law expressly allows local agencies to collect outstanding costs— not penalties—of abatement through a property lien. That opinion, Thompson conceded, is “unpublished,” which means it is not considered precedent. Nevertheless, she said she could follow the court’s reasoning in bringing an action in Lozano’s case. She further noted that in 2018, legal counsel for Sonoma County cited the Mechammil case as justification to rescind the auction sale of a property that the city of Santa Rosa had placed nuisance abatement penalties against. Bruce Alpert, county counsel for Butte County, told the CN&R that the Mechammil case cited by Thompson “was unpublished and therefore does not have any legal effect.” Alpert further noted that the applicable state laws “have also been amended to make clear that administrative fines and penalties can be imposed for violation of an ordinance.” Thompson said she believes the nature of marijuana nuisance abatement cases means fewer people will try to challenge the county’s rules. “I think that the county is being a bully towards a group of people and that they are doing things they know they shouldn’t be doing because they know the people aren’t going to fight,” she said. She added: “For attorneys, this isn’t tough stuff. … These [state statutes] are really clearly written. If you read the government code, it’s real clear what they can get on a lien—it says administrative costs and abatement costs. It does not say fines and penalties.” —Andre Byik andre b@ n ewsrev iew. com

Vulnerable but deported

Abderaman Oumar Yaide was held for five months inside the Yuba County Jail’s controversial immigrant detention center.

Gay asylum-seeker locked up in Yuba County, then sent back to a country where his sexuality is illegal

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it was 8 a.m. when a groggy Charlie remsen

answered the door of his apartment in San Francisco’s Mission District to see five armed men in uniforms. According to Remsen, the men didn’t identify what agency they worked for, only that they were searching for his friend Matt, who sometimes stayed there. Remsen told the men Matt was traveling overseas. The agents insisted on coming inside to “have a look around,” Remsen recalled. Remsen says he started leading the men up his staircase before coming to his senses. He had, at first, assumed these were San Francisco police officers. But then he noticed “SWAT” on one’s jacket and Homeland Security emblems on the others. Remsen asked why the men thought they needed to enter his home. At that point, he says, the agents changed their story and whipped out a small photograph of his roommate. That’s when they revealed they were really looking for Abderaman Oumar Yaide. Remsen says the agents informed him they had a warrant for the 32-year-old immigrant from Chad and moved past him. Moments later, Remsen watched helplessly as Yaide was dragged out of his bed in his pajama bottoms and handcuffed by the agents, who were from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). It was Aug. 28. Within hours, Yaide was sitting in the Yuba County Jail, which leases some cells to the federal government to detain immigrants being processed for deportation. “Oumar was working at a pizza joint under his own name, getting checks in his own name and choosing not to do what I think a lot of people in his position would, which is get a fake ID,” Remsen said. “He wasn’t trying to make it hard for them to find him.” Yuba County, which has been under a judge’s consent decree to improve overall conditions at the jail for 43 years, has continued its $6.5 million annual contract with the federal government to house ICE detainees. Alleged problems with health care and safety triggered several hunger strikes by detainees in 2019, along with protests by dozens of organizations and faith groups. But friends say Yaide had far bigger worries on his mind. He was in the process of seeking legal asylum in the United States because he’s a gay man whose native country, Chad, criminalized homosexuality in 2017. Yaide believed being sent back would put his life at risk. Court documents reveal that Yaide was not arrested for breaking any laws, but because the

Bay Area’s ICE team considered his asylum case over and unsuccessful. In November, Yaide’s attorney, Sean McMahon of Pangea Legal Services, alerted Homeland Security he was filing an appeal based on developments in Chad. McMahon told the N&R that since he’d been in regular contact with Homeland Security, he was shocked that on the very day he’d secured a judicial order preventing Yaide from being deported—Dec. 2—ICE agents put his client on a plane bound for Chad. Now, McMahon and Yaide’s circle of friends are fighting to bring him back to the U.S. yaide had been living here without legal status

since 2009. His attorney and friends say that, in all that time, he’d never had any run-ins with the law. Instead, they describe him as a hardworking and active member of his Bay Area community. Yaide had been seeking asylum since the moment he arrived in the United States. Court records indicate his original claim was made on the basis of being part of the Gorane ethnic group, which is accused of being hostile to the government of Chad. An immigration judge denied his claim in 2014. Yaide appealed, but appeared to be on the losing end of that, too, when the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals denied his claim last year. But something significant happened in Chad just prior to that: It outlawed homosexuality. On Oct. 24, 2019, Yaide filed a motion to reopen his application for asylum. “His country has seen a severe surge of homophobia and criminalization of homosexuality, which is relevant since that wasn’t part of his original asylum claim,” McMahon said. Reviewing that claim, federal Judge Edward Chen ordered a hold on Yaide’s deportation. But that same day, Yaide was put on a plane for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on his way to Chad. Chad is one of several African nations to either pass new anti-homosexuality laws or strengthen existing ones since 2013. Others include Tunisia, Gabon, Gambia, Nigeria and Uganda. Human Dignity Trust, a global LGBTQ rights group, has been monitoring the legal and humanitarian implications. Emma Eastwood, the group’s head of commu-

nications, says that while reliable data is hard to come by from the continent’s patchwork of small governments, her organization knows of some mass arrests in recent years. In Tunisia in 2018, 115 people were arrested for their perceived sexual orientation or gender identity, 38 of whom were later charged and convicted. That same year in Nigeria, 57 men were arrested, 47 of whom are set to stand trial. “The criminalization of private, consensual same-sex sexual activity in Africa is historic in nature, overwhelmingly finding its origins in colonial-era laws,” Eastwood told the N&R via email from her London office. At the same time, however, Eastwood said there’s also been a recent trend of decriminalizing homosexuality in other African nations through the courts or legislative reform, including in South Africa, Botswana, Angola and Mozambique. But Chad is not part of that liberalization. Yaide’s recent asylum request stresses that he faces imprisonment or worse if forced to live in his home country. “Yaide fears that if he remains in Chad he will be tortured and killed by his own family, clan or the government,” McMahon wrote in a December court filing. On Dec. 8, federal Judge Charles R. Breyer ordered the Department of Homeland Security to return Yaide to the United States within two weeks, where he’d stay until his new asylum claim could be heard. ICE officials claimed hardship and sought a delay. On Dec. 23, Breyer extended their deadline to Jan. 8. That deadline has passed and Yaide remains in Chad. Yaide’s close friend Hayley Kay, who’s organized numerous fundraisers since his arrest, is worried about the delays. “Oumar is really kind, sweet and funny, and an all-around great person,” Kay said. “I’m extremely concerned about him over there. We’re trying to get him back as quickly as possible.” It’s a concern shared by Yaide’s attorney. “He was easy to arrest because he wasn’t hiding,” McMahon pointed out. “It’s the government’s obligation to bring him back. … With every passing day, there’s more of a chance he could be harmed.” —SCott thomAS AnderSon

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HEALTHLINES Mindfulness methods The goal of any mindfulness technique is to achieve a state of alert relaxation by paying attention to thoughts and sensations without judgment. All mindfulness methods are forms of meditation. Here are five to consider. Sitting meditation: Sit quietly and focus on your breathing. Allow thoughts to come and go without judgment and return to your focus on the breath. Watch your body: Notice subtle bodily

sensations such as an itch or tingling without judgment and let them pass.

Sensory: Notice sights, sounds, smells,

tastes and touches. Name them without judgment and let them go.

Emotions: Allow emotions to be present without judgment. Practice a steady and relaxed naming of emotions: “joy,” “anger,” “frustration.” Accept the presence of the emotions without judgment and let them go. Cravings: Cope with cravings (for

addictive substances or behaviors) and allow them to pass. Know that the craving eventually will subside. —Robert Speer

attention to what is happening in the present moment is the very essence of mindfulness practice.

Paying close attention Practicing mindfulness relieves stress, benefits the body to boot by

Robert Speer

M tation retreat at Shasta Abbey, the Buddhist monastery near Mount Shasta

any years ago I attended a weekend medi-

City. I’m still not sure what I expected to gain from the experience. As it turned out, I received a powerful lesson in mindfulness, one that has stuck with me ever since. It came at meal time. We gathered in the zendo, or meditation hall, sitting on cushions arrayed in a large circle, each of us with a wooden bowl and a fork. A monk carrying a large pot came around the room

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and ladled out the soup or vegetable stew or oatmeal, depending on whether we were having breakfast, lunch or dinner. When our bowls were full, we put our hands together in the familiar prayer style and bowed. Bowing was a big part of the meals. We were expected to put down our forks and bowls and bow before and after every bite. If we wanted seconds, we bowed to our server when he came by. There was no talking; we ate in silence. And we ate slowly, chewing every bite until it was reduced to a sweet liquid in our mouths. I hadn’t savored my food so

thoroughly since I was a child and tried to make my Fudgsicle bar last as long as possible. The meals I ate at Shasta Abbey were the first I’d eaten while paying full attention to what I was doing. The experience made me realize that ordinarily I ate only half-consciously, taking large bites, chewing rapidly and incompletely, and eating more than was necessary in order to satisfy my hunger and my nutritional needs. Later I would learn that paying such full

... [T]he practice of mindfulness has spread widely into secular society as people have realized that paying attention and calming the mind have profound health benefits.

Aldous Huxley’s utopian 1962 novel Island is

the opposite counterpart to his most famous work, the dystopian 1932 novel Brave New World. The people of the fictional island of Pala live peacefully and cultivate awareness of the present moment. Trees on the island are filled with mynah birds that regularly scream “Attention!” When Huxley wrote his novels, the word “mindfulness” was not in common use outside of Buddhist circles. Since then, the practice of mindfulness has spread widely into secular society as people have realized that paying attention and calming the mind have profound health benefits. Studies have shown that mindfulness— the intentional practice of paying nonjudgmental attention to your thoughts, feelings, breathing and bodily states—can relieve stress, treat heart disease, lower blood pressure, reduce chronic pain, improve sleep and alleviate gastrointestinal difficulties. The most powerful form of mindfulness practice is sitting meditation. This is HEALTHLINES C O N T I N U E D

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HEALTHLINES the act of sitting in stillness on a cushion, on a meditation bench, or in a chair and focusing on your breath—simply watching it go in and out—for a given period of time. Walking meditation is another healthful practice and has the added benefit of being doable during much of the day. And mindful eating enhances your meals and improves your digestion. In all three cases, mindfulness works in part by helping people to accept their life experiences with joy and equanimity. The more you practice mindfulness, the more you are capable of dealing with your problems without responding in a way that you later regret. I have attended many mindfulness

retreats since my visit to Shasta Abbey all those years ago. Each involved a variety of practices

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ranging from sitting meditation, walking meditation and mindful eating to deep relaxation and chanting. These retreats are wonderfully refreshing. Spending several days in meditative silence offers me a rare opportunity to survey my life, to look deeply into what I’m doing in order to recognize what I can do to make life better for my family, my friends and society in general. At Shasta Abbey I learned just how powerful mindful eating was. I continue to enjoy sitting down at a well-laden table to enjoy a meal with friends or family, but whenever I eat alone I practice mindful eating. I swear, the food tastes better when I pay close attention to it. □

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Drink it up Next time you’re at the grocery store, it might be worth reaching for some mate tea. Studies of the herbal infusion—made from brewing the dried leaves of a species of holly plant—already have reported benefits of protecting against infection and inflammation, lowering cholesterol and preventing cardiovascular damage. But the tea also is effective when it comes to suppressing weight gain, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Functional Foods. Scientists from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign gave caffeine from mate tea to rats with a high-fat and high-sugar diet (the equivalent of about four cups of coffee per day for humans). The results? They gained 16 percent less weight and 22 percent less body fat than those given decaffeinated mate. The outcome was similar when the rodents were fed synthetic caffeine and caffeine from coffee as well, concluding that mate tea and caffeine itself can be considered as “anti-obesity agents.”

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Lifelong consequences ‘Troubling’ audit reveals state failure to test millions of children for toxic lead by

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M have been tested for lead exposure have not received state and federally

illions of California toddlers who should

mandated blood tests, in part because the health hazard—a particular threat to poor children—has not been prioritized by state public health agencies, according to a recent state audit. In a searing review of a problem that has persisted for years nationally and in California, state Auditor Elaine Howle found some 1.4 million toddlers enrolled in MediCal had gone untested for lead exposure over the past decade, and another 740,000 missed one of two required screenings—a failure encompassing nearly three-quarters of the 3 million toddlers covered by the state’s publicly funded health insurance program. Federal and state laws require the state Department of Health Care Services to make sure blood lead level tests are administered to babies enrolled in Medicaid—known as Medi-Cal in California—when they reach the ages of 12 months and 24 months. Testing is critical in the Medi-Cal cohort because studies show low-income children are most at risk of being exposed to lead via old paint, contaminated soil or air from lead smelters, tainted drinking water, industrial emissions and other lead sources. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has found that no level of lead is safe—even low levels of lead can affect a child’s IQ and cognitive development and can damage the brain and nervous system.

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“Many of these children live in areas of the state with high occurrences of elevated lead levels, making the missed tests even more troubling,” Howle reported. The California Department of Public Health had data showing where lead exposure was highest, but failed to meet a statutory deadline for publishing it on its website, Howle wrote. Citing that data, the audit found that, between fiscal years 2013 and 2018, among children who actually did get testing, half of those found to have elevated lead levels were located in just 15 percent of the state’s Census tracts. Democratic Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia,

of Bell Gardens, said she is “disappointed but not surprised” that agencies failed to implement a law she and Assemblyman Bill Quirk got passed in 2017 that doubled down on testing and accountability. “All of these issues are those that affect low-income communities, that affect our most vulnerable populations, and it concerns me that the agencies don’t prioritize these communities,” Garcia said. “We have no problem treating these communities, like where I live, as wastelands. All of this needs to change.” The Department of Health Care Services agreed with most of the audit’s findings and promised to do more “to ensure that required About this story:

This is an abridged version of the original, published by CalMatters and available at calmatters.org.

blood lead tests are occurring.” In a statement, acting Director Richard Figueroa said the agency expects to implement outreach campaigns by March to better inform Medi-Cal families about lead testing. By June, he said, managed plans will be required to identify all the children who have not been tested and remind their medical providers about the testing requirement. By the end of the year, Figueroa said the agency expects to have established a plan to improve and better enforce screening requirements. Department of Public Health Director Sonia Angell also released a statement promising to take “corrective” measures, including releasing a map of areas with high rates of lead exposure, helping counties create plans to address the problem, improving oversight of local programs and enhancing data reporting and screening requirements. The CDC defines an elevated blood lead level to measure 5 micrograms per deciliter—5 millionths of a gram per 3 fluid ounces. In California, the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch defines lead exposure even more strictly, rounding up to 5 any measure above 4.5 micrograms per deciliter. A child is considered “poisoned” if he or she measures at 15 micrograms per deciliter. “Because we know that lead has such harmful effects on kids and the impacts last a lifetime, the state has a responsibility to want to eliminate all exposures so kids are not exposed in the first place,” said Jill Johnston,

Children play at a waterfront park near the industrial Port of Los Angeles, between the Valero and Phillips 66 refineries right beside the Los Angeles Port. PHOTO BY IRIS SCHNEIDER FOR CALMATTERS

assistant professor of preventive medicine in the Division of Environmental Health at the USC Keck School of Medicine. Environmental activists have asked for

increased testing and assistance over the years around state hot spots such as the former Exide lead battery recycler in Los Angeles or older neighborhoods in Oakland. USC’s Johnston agreed the state should focus on identifying crisis areas across California and work to eliminate community exposure. “From a public health perspective, it’s a more broad prevention to reduce exposure to lead,” she said. Others echoed the auditor’s call for more aggressive oversight and outreach. “There is no enforcement mechanism, so the situation continues as is,” said Daniel Madrigal, a health educator for the Public Health Institute’s Tracking California program. “Lead-exposure impacts on a child are irreversible,” said Susan Little, senior advocate for California government affairs for the Environmental Working Group, a nonpartisan nonprofit focused on environmental safety. “It is something a child will have to live with and that emphasizes the importance of preventing the exposure in the first place.” □

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Snow GooSe FeStival oF the paciFic Flyway art exhibit & openinG reception Snow GooSe FeStival art exhibit January 23 to February 9, 2020 MuseuM oF northern CaliFornia art (monca) 900 EsplanadE, ChiCo, Ca 95926 • (530) 487-7272 hours: thursday – sunday, 11:00aM – 5:00pM feast your eyes on wonderful art by artists whose subjects include wildlife and habitat along the pacific flyway. this impressive art exhibit located at the Museum of northern california Art, 900 esplanade, in chico will feature the work of many artists in a variety of media, including sculpture, clay, oils, fiber arts, watercolor, acrylics, mixed media, glass, and photography.

Foster Grandparents are volunteers who provide support in schools, afterschool programs, preschools, and child care centers in Butte and Colusa County. They are role models, mentors, and friends to children, focusing on literacy, mentoring, and school readiness. If you are 55 or over and want to stay active by serving children and youth in your community, you have what it takes to be a Foster Grandparent. Foster Grandparents serve 5 to 40 hours per week. Volunteers may qualify to earn a tax-free, hourly stipend. You’ll receive pre-service screening, orientation, placement at your volunteer station and monthly training.

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Free to the Public Parking at chico high school, esplanade, oleander Avenue, first christian church at 295 e Washington Avenue (two blocks east), and chico Jr. high school. you are invited to attend the Snow Goose Festival Art Reception, friday, January 24, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm. View the inspiring collection of artwork, enjoy refreshments, live music, splendid conversations, and a no-host bar. Bring a friend and meet the artists, along with fellow festival participants, presenters, and field trip leaders. This is a truly special evening you won’t want to miss!

speCial showing at the MuseuM oF northern CaliFornia art Refuge: A film by mARk lipmAn Filmed and recorded over the past three years, “Refuge” is a reflection of my experiences at the Gray Lodge Wildlife Area in Gridley, CA -- from dawn to dusk. This film plays in a loop throughout the time the museum is open. thursday - sunday, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm, January 23 – february 9.

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Cost Per Person: $40 Adult, $30 Youth (17 Years and Younger) and Students with Id Beer & Wine (No Host) Don’t miss the biggest event of the Snow Goose Festival, our “Gathering of Wings” Banquet. this treasured evening is a mix of great food, great company and great entertainment and is anticipated by many as the one chance per year they have to visit and catch up with fellow birders and friends in the community. Join field trip leaders, workshop presenters and all our hard-working committee members and volunteers in celebrating this special evening.

Featured Keynote SpeaKer: Karen amStutz, proFeSSional naturaliSt & environmental educator karen is an exceptionally gifted speaker and her programs are renowned in yosemite national park. Working as a naturalist for 30 years, karen has lived her life with connection and attention to the natural world in professional and personal capacities. leading bird walks and carrying out bird surveys since 2012 in yosemite has allowed her much time and engagement with a surprising variety of avian species.

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Silent auction beGinS at 5:30pm the vibrant silent Auction tables will accompany us while we dine at the BMu and will include a variety of exquisite items including works of art, wine, and services. your financial participation directly affects our ability to ensure that the snow Goose Festival remains the North State’s premier birding event, so enjoy the evening bidding for an event or item that you love. You won’t be disappointed! Interested in donating an item or service to our auction? Please contact our office at 592-9092 or email info@snowgoosefestival.org

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Tyler and Kiara Diamond believe in taking care of their bodies, and for them, a large part of that is making sure to eat right. The two met in early 2015, when Tyler, originally from Oroville, was living in Sacramento and working as a professional mixed martial arts fighter. He and Kiara, a bikini model living in Paradise, spent only weekends together and she would prep meals for both of them. Friends and family started asking if they could buy-in on their prepped meals, and before long, the two had all the workings of a business. They married this past August, and after a brief honeymoon, opened Diamond Dash Meal Prep and Delivery Service. They make all their meals fresh on Sundays out of Souper Subs Cafe’s kitchen in Oroville, where customers can pick them up, or for a dollar per meal, have them delivered that evening to Oroville, Chico, Durham or Paradise. Find more online at diamonddashmealprep.com, where you can check out their weekly menu or place an order.

How did you first get into mealprepping? Tyler: I’m a professional athlete; I’m a fighter. She [did] bikini competitions, and so obviously diet is a super important part of what we do. Kiara: I cooked for him every

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Sunday because he lives out of town Monday through Friday, and I knew he wouldn’t cook healthy meals for himself. I would post little pictures of them and people would always comment [on] how good they looked, so that’s kind of how the idea rose. Tyler: We had people hit us up all the time and say, “Dang, those look so good! Do you sell those?” Kiara: One of his teammates was like, “Hey, could we pay you guys, and you start cooking for us?” We kinda just did it for them, and we charged super cheap and he’d drive them down to Sac on Monday mornings, and then it just got bigger and bigger. Tyler: We kinda thought it was a little weird at first, but then we were like, “You know what? There’s a huge demand ….”

How has your business grown? Kiara: Before we were just

cooking out of a house kitchen, and a lot of it was actually during the fire, so I was living in a hotel and we were doing it out of his mom’s kitchen. And it was hard, you know? One stove; four burners. The most we did inhome was probably 100 I think. Tyler: We just did the most meals we’ve ever done today [Jan. 5]. Kiara: We just did 400 [today], and that’s the most we’ve ever got.

Do you still work other jobs? Tyler: I’m a free agent right now, but I’m looking to either get back into UFC or get signed with any other major organization right now. Kiara: I just finished up the teaching credential program [at Chico State] and got a job up in Paradise at Paradise Charter Middle School teaching physical education. —JoSH CoziNE

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Pizza’s new space at Third and Main streets, and I must say I was impressed. Walking into the spacious corner spot when it was Crepeville was often a bummer—the cavernous dining room was generally three-quarters empty and the back room, which offered a cool history lesson on the way to the loo, was dark and underutilized. Not so with Woodstock’s. The open kitchen remains, but the front counter area has been transformed into a nice U-shaped bar. The front dining room has bar tables, while the back room is filled with traditional seating. Plus, there are fire pits and games on the patio. Overall, the vibe is way cooler than it was on East Second Street. The flood in the previous locale, while tragic, definitely spurred some positive change. While there, I got a chance to sample some food. The pizza was a known quantity—my favorite slice was the Grateful Veg. But I hadn’t ever eaten Woodstock’s Wildebread, with or without cheese, or the Man Cave Wings. I tried the bread with cheese and the dry-rubbed wings—delicious, easily something I’d go back for and wash down with a pint.

sPeaking of Pizza Kevin Jaradah over at The Lab Bar & Grill informs me that he’s ordered a pizza oven, expected to arrive in the next couple of weeks. Once here, he’ll be trying out recipes for crusts and toppings, so check in with the restaurant for a chance to be a guinea pig. do-gooders Last month, local Allstate insurance agency owners put together

a clothing drive to benefit clients of Catalyst Domestic Violence Services. In addition, they were able to lobby the Allstate Foundation for a $20,000 grant for the nonprofit. “Financial abuse is one of the top reasons domestic violence victims can’t leave abusive relationships, and it affects every community,” said Sonia Aery, an Allstate owner in Chico.

eat uP This Friday (Jan. 17) marks the beginning of Butte County Restaurant Week,

organized by Explore Butte County, a regional tourism organization. Participants span the county for this second annual event, many more than last year. I’m particularly pleased to see restaurants from Gridley getting involved— Casa Lupe, Gridley Grill & Crab Shack and Habanero Fish & Tacos are high on the list of go-to spots. Paradise is also on the map, with Nic’s; there’s Almendra Winery & Distillery in Durham; and The Exchange and Miner’s Alley Brewing Co. in Oroville. The theme is the same as last year, “Perfect Pairings,” and each spot on the map will be offering special drink and food pairings. Go to explorebuttecounty.com to find out more.

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BASICS Start with eating well, exercising and getting enough sleep

he term “self-care” gets thrown around a lot these days. But you shouldn’t scoff at it. Seriously, taking care of your physical and mental well-being is critically important. Just ask folks who have, say, burned the candle at both ends, not paid attention to their bodies and minds, and ended up getting sick or having a breakdown as a result. There are many ways to practice self-care, but in this special Health Issue we’ve consulted with local experts to bring readers back to the basics: eating well, exercising and getting enough sleep. We’re also highlighting a few extra self-care practices to consider in the new year. Bonus: Former longtime CN&R Editor Robert Speer shares the benefits of practicing mindfulness (see Healthlines, page 12). We hope you enjoy reading these pieces and wish you a healthful and happy 2020.

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Small steps forward Chico dietitians share tips for healthy eating: Avoid fad diets, and don’t forget your fruits and veggies

egistered dietitians Amy Gonzales, Jennifer Murphy and Jenni Dye know how tough it is to maintain a healthy diet. They can relate to the challenges their clients have shared with them, and they’re also full-time working moms just “figuring out how to juggle everything,” Dye told the CN&R. She, for example, has pledged to drink more water and stop skipping her lunches. “Oftentimes we’re working with families who are convenience eaters because [life’s] busy,” Murphy added. “Throw in kids, throw in sports, throw in whatever you’ve got going on, and it’s busy.” The women are program managers for the nonprofit Center for Healthy Communities, part of Chico State Enterprises. In addition to advising individuals and families, they travel across five Northern California counties to provide nutrition education at schools and community events, and run a booth at the Chico Wednesday farmers’ market to promote food access and encourage healthier eating habits. On a recent afternoon, the trio—who all received their master’s in nutrition education at Chico State within years of one another— engaged in a passionate conversation about their field. Their key message: take small steps toward healthier choices and create positive experiences around food. That includes not eliminating entire food groups. Murphy

Jenni Dye at the Wednesday farmers’ market in Chico with her children. PHOTO BY JASON HALLEY COURTESY OF CHICO STATE

recalled a moment when she was counseling a family and a father suggested that his daughter stop eating blueberries. She replied that “eating fruit isn’t what’s causing the weight gain.” “It’s all the other things that we’re eating,” she continued. “There is a direct correlation between your intake and your preference when it comes to sugar, fat and salt. So the more intake … of sugar, your preference for that amount lines up.” The dietitians often find themselves echoing the refrain: eat your fruits and vegetables. Rather than cutting out fruits because they have natural sugars, Murphy said, people should focus on lowering their intake of added sugars and sugary drinks (e.g., specialty coffees and sodas). Then, over time, people will find that their cravings aren’t as intense. “The benefits of fruit overall—the vitamins and the minerals and all those things, the fiber of the fruit—really [outweigh the fact] that natural sugar’s occurring,” Dye added. Fruit has antioxidants and phytochemicals that combat cancer, she continued. And it’s well-documented that fiber— which also can be found in whole grains, beans and nuts—has benefits that include improving digestive health and relief from constipation as well as lowering the risk of From left: Registered dietitians Jennifer Murphy, Jenni Dye and Amy Gonzales, with the Center for Healthy Communities, encourage people to create small goals to help them make positive, sustainable changes to their diets. PHOTO BY ASHIAH SCHARAGA

diabetes, heart disease and colon cancer. A well-balanced diet can have an impact on mental health as well, making a significant difference in how people feel. For example, one recent study published in the journal PLOS ONE by researchers from Macquarie University in Australia showed that young adults significantly reduced their symptoms of depression when they had a diet rich in fruits, vegetables and lean proteins and avoided processed foods. Gonzales added that for the brain to properly function, it needs all those nutrients, vitamins, minerals and glucose. “If you’re not eating well, you’re not giving your brain everything it needs,” she said. “So of course we can’t think clearly, of course we’re not feeling as good, of course we feel sluggish.” Given this inclusive approach to nutrition, it might not come as a surprise that the trio does not endorse fad diets. Rather, they recommend taking small steps to make lifestyle changes. Adding a serving of vegetables to one meal each day, they said, is a great example. Small goals help people make positive, sustainable changes, they said. When people focus on what they can eat, rather than what they can’t, it sets them up for success, Gonzales added, because they aren’t focused on what they are missing. “If you are trying to make a change, be realistic: Don’t try to change your entire lifestyle or your entire diet. Pick one or two things and work on those for two or three weeks, and then once you have those down, then try the next thing,” Gonzales said. “It can be overwhelming sometimes to make all these changes, and then you fail and then you feel like a failure and you just give up.” They even encourage indulging cravings—while being mindful of portion sizes and consuming them in moderation. “I have chocolate every night,” Dye said with a laugh. “It’s in moderation, but I’m like, I’m not gonna not have chocolate for the day. I just have a little square.” Murphy added: “If you really do embark on a lifestyle change, cookies and muffins and chocolate and chips are going to be part of it. “When we talk with kids, we talk about ‘sometimes’ foods and ‘anytime’ foods. Fruits and vegetables, whole grains, all that is an anytime food. But some of that other stuff is sometimes. It’s not a never. It’s a sometimes. It’s a part of a healthy lifestyle. It has to be.” —ASHIAH SCHARAGA as h i a h s @new srev i ew. c o m

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The Sky Creek Dharma Center offers free Introduction to Meditation classes. Taught by experienced meditators, the hour-long classes are held on the third Sunday of every month at 3:00 p.m. at the dharma center’s beautiful facility north of the Chico airport. Sky Creek Dharma Center is a nonprofit practice center for people seeking to bring meditation and mindfulness into their daily lives. Most of the

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Celebrating 71 years of “Changing Lives Through Better Hearing.” Deanna McCoy, owner of Chico Hearing Aid Center, proudly carries on the tradition of a family owned local business, serving Chico since 1949. Deanna and her staff are focused on helping people enjoy the best hearing possible, which is why she offers the unique no deposit TryBefore-You-Buy program. This allows people to wear hearing aids adjusted to their needs in their normal environments to see how beneficial hearing aids can be, before they invest money in a purchase. As a Certified Audioprosthologist, Deanna McCoy has completed a comprehensive course of upper level education in hearing instrument fitting, which far surpasses state requirements. She is active in state professional associations and con-

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Regular exercise will improve cardiovascular and mental health, clearing stress-related fog

aylor Catrett started training people during his service in the Army. His predilection for fitness propelled him to leading his platoon during morning PT (physical training) sessions. The work was functional—exercises aimed at hauling heavy gear or carrying a fellow soldier. Lots of pull-ups, push-ups and tire flips. “I found out I really like training people,” Catrett told the CN&R on a recent afternoon at his gym, Creed Strength & Fitness, in Chico. “Then I found out you could do it for a living, and so I was like, OK, well, I’m going to do it right.” After the Army, Catrett completed his undergraduate work in kinesiology at San Jose State before earning his master’s in the field at Sacramento State. He opened his studio gym on Walnut Street about a year ago, finding he wanted to apply his experience toward helping athletes and the broader general populace achieve their fitness goals. Catrett, whose demeanor is less stereotypical drill sergeant and more focused and patient teacher, encourages people to adopt an exercise regimen, noting the benefits range from improving heart and mental health to managing pain and correcting poor posture. It’s a form of self-care that can bring the body in balance. Exercise, he says, helps to lower one’s resting heart rate and move oxygenated blood throughout the body more efficiently. It also can alleviate pain by getting the body moving and strengthening weak muscles. Beyond the physical benefits,

Catrett said a workout can clear the mind, release endorphins and warm the body up to take on the day. Sustained, deliberate movement also can clear the fog of work- or relationship-related stress. “The physical aspect helps you turn your brain off a little bit to what’s going on outside and kind of just focus on what’s happening in the here and now,” he said. “When you feel better about yourself and you like yourself more physically, you’ll probably be able to handle the emotional stresses a little bit better.” Studies have shown that aerobic exercise—such as jogging, swimming and cycling— can improve mental health by

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reducing anxiety, depression and negative mood. That’s on top of the other health benefits of regular exercise, such as reduced cholesterol, improved sleep, weight loss and increased energy and stamina. Doctors say a brisk, 30-minute walk three to five days per week can be enough to see health benefits. And that’s where Catrett would have people start if they’re just beginning or rekindling an interest in a more active lifestyle. For two or three days a week, he said, people should do something that is outside their normal routine in order to get their bodies to adapt to a new stimulus. A 30-minute walk could suffice, or a more challenging run would

do for the more experienced. Basically: get moving. “The human body is very adaptable,” Catrett said. “I liken it to that strong construction guy who has that big beer belly. When he was in his 20s he could go and drink beer and eat whatever he wanted. The job didn’t change, so his body adapted to that exercise and … got comfortable in its new homeostasis.” Catrett seizes on the idea of change. Changes in stimuli— such as performing exercises in varying intervals—will allow the body to adapt and become stronger. “And we’re not talking about lifting 600 pounds here,” he said. “We’re talking about … [having] some flexibility and some mobility so that you can meet the demands of the real world— whether it’s gardening, golfing, skiing, kayaking, hiking—all the fun stuff that you would enjoy to do outside, or even just playing with your grandkids or keeping up with your kids in general.” At some point, Catrett recommends seeking out a professional to safely and properly guide workouts and other physical activity. He said small studio gyms like his also foster a sense of community and an encouraging environment in which people are striving to meet their personal goals. “The human body is meant to move,” he said. “Human movement is key to our existence and our survival. So we want to operate the most efficient way we can. We want to move optimally. We want to feel better and not be in pain, so that our quality of life can be better. So we can enjoy life. I feel we are meant to enjoy this world.” —ANDRE BYIK a nd re b @n ewsr ev iew.c o m

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Escape from the ordinary: Whether you fancy the great outdoors (the mountains, the ocean, the desert) or want to be entertained indoors (a concert in the city, let’s say), an escape from everyday life is a great way to take a break. If money is tight, schedule a staycation and pamper yourself at home. Think bubble baths, facials, manicures and making your favorite meals.

Talk about it: Keeping things bottled up can be toxic. So, talking to a therapist—or even a trusted friend with a sympathetic ear, which has the bonus of being free—is a healthful practice.

No, thank you: Life often is busy and stressful due to demands you cannot decline, so sometimes saying no to added commitments is the right thing to do for your well-being. Know your limits and don’t feel guilty opting out. You’ll thank yourself. Date yourself: There’s nothing wrong with hitting happy hour or dinner solo. Scheduling some quality alone time outside of the house—eating at your favorite restaurant or getting a massage (or both!), for example—can do wonders for your psyche. It also provides an opportunity to reflect on the day without judgment or expectations from anybody else.

Unplug: Most of us are guilty of it—constantly looking at our cellphones, whether to respond to a message or simply check Facebook or the news. And a lot of us can remember a time when this wasn’t the case, when we could have dinner without interruptions or enjoy nature minus a screen. So, do yourself a favor and make it a point to leave your phone at home, or at least turn on airplane mode, disable notifications, and disconnect for a little while.

Be social: Do you have a group of friends you haven’t seen in a while? Make a date! Relationships are integral to our mental well-being, providing comfort and a sense of belonging. If it’s difficult to schedule social time into your busy week, try a recurring engagement—the first Friday of the month, every Wednesday, whatever works to cultivate those friendships.

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Adults who experienced sexual violence as a child are not alone. No matter what, the abuse was not their fault. Adult survivors live with these memories for a long time. Some survivors keep the abuse a secret for many years. Often when people are in recovery, experience partner abuse or if their perpetrator dies, all of these unwanted feelings come flooding back. They may have tried to speak to an adult or felt there was no one they could trust when the abuse occurred. For these reasons and many others, the effects of child sexual violence can occur many years after the abuse has ended. There is no set timeline for dealing with, and recovering from, this experience.

impact on the survivor. It is not always easy to know what to say, but you can help the healing process begin. Rape Crisis intervention and Prevention is the perfect resource and are always there to help and listen. Open and affirming to all, regardless of gender, gender identity or sexual orientation.

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Wings of Eagles “Wings of Eagles” has been financially & emotionally assisting families with seriously ill children in our community for over 26 years. For more information on “Wings of Eagles”, or if you would like to apply for assistance, please visit www.wingsofeagles.org. To apply for assistance on the “Wings” website , click on the Application for Financial Assistance. “Wings of Eagles” depends on funding from the community and will be hosting their annual Bowl-A-Thon: BOWL 4 “Wings” Kids! on Sat. March 7, 2020, 12-4 pm at AMF Orchard Lanes in Chico. “Wings of Eagles” is looking for teams of four to participate. Sign your team up today by calling 530-893-9231. Money raised local, stays local. Proceeds will fund our Emergency Hospital Care Kit Program which assists local families w/out of area extended hospital stays.

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Upcoming community meetings will be held January 15th at 6:30pm at the Chico Fire Training Center and February 13th at the Plumas National Forest Ranger Station in Oroville (also at 6:30pm). For more information, please visit www.buttefiresafe.net or call 530-877-0984. Learn how to make a difference to improve the community’s wildfire safety and/or have a need for wildfire safety support? You can get involved and find a wealth of resources by joining in the efforts of the Butte County Fire Safe Council. The organization is a grassroots, non-profit providing fire safety awareness and forest health projects in rural, forested and woodland/chaparral areas.

hosted community events. Community efforts include: Forbestown Ridge, Feather Falls, Berry Creek, Yankee Hill/Concow, Paradise, Magalia, Oroville Foothills - Lake Wyndotte, Forest Ranch and Merry Mountain Village.

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The Iversen Wellness & Recovery Center The Iversen Wellness & Recovery Center offers an environment of inclusiveness, recovery, and wellness to adults living with persistent mental illness. It is a stigma-free environment offering activities, groups, and social support opportunities. The Iversen Center promotes and encourages tolerance, acceptance, and growth within its members that reflects respect for diversity and differences. All services (with the exception of Med Clinic) are FREE and open to members of the public 18 and over. Join our email list for calendars, newsletters, and updates! Email us: iversen@nvcss.org The Iversen Center is supported by Butte County Department of Behavioral Health and MHSA funding.

• Peer Support • Peer-Led Groups (such as Grief & Loss Support; Living with Chronic Pain; Bi-Polar Support) • Music, Drumming and Karaoke • Arts & Crafts • Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) Classes • Group Facilitation Classes • Socialization • Med Support (Through Butte County Behavioral Health) • Computer Lab • And much much more!

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Catching some Z’ s Sleep specialist says ample rest heals the body and mind

expenses and sick leave. And each day, millions of people show up to work tired and fatigued, reaching for the likes of caffeine and sugar to provide temporary energy boosts. “People who want to sleep a lot are sometimes considered lazy, while a lot of super ambitious folks are sleep-deprived,” Razavi said. “But nature would not make sleep if it didn’t have a significant higher purpose, which is to heal the body and mind.” In 2010, Razavi founded Innovative Sleep Centers, a medical practice focused on diagnosing and treating sleep disorders through sleep studies. The Chico location serves between 3,000 and 5,000 people with various sleep issues, the most common being insufficient sleep syndrome, insomnia, sleep apnea and parasomnias. Razavi stresses the importance of prioritizing sleep as part of a “...nature would not holistic approach make sleep if it didn’t to health, and says adults have a significant should aim to get higher purpose, which between seven and eight hours is to heal the body of sleep each and mind.” night. As a heal–Dr. Mehrdad Razavi ing process, sleep repairs myriad internal systems,

etting a good night’s sleep has always been a cornerstone of a healthy life, but between busy schedules, mental stressors and other health issues, Americans often struggle to get proper rest. “In ancient cultures, sleep was celebrated through rituals. Sleeping was a natural process, in harmony with light and nature. But today, sleep is often demonized,” said neurologist and sleep specialist Dr. Mehrdad Razavi. Roughly 30 percent of the general population complains of sleep disruption, according to the National Institute of Health, and over 50 million Americans suffer from various sleep disorders, although many go undiagnosed. Annually, these issues cost individuals, businesses and health insurance providers approximately $100 billion in lost productivity, medical

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from mending heart and blood vessels, to balancing hormones, to supporting healthy growth and development. According to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, when we continually interrupt this process, we increase our risk of heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke and obesity, among other issues. The link between mental health and sleep is strong, too. While insufficient sleep undoubtedly increases irritability and limits mental clarity, it also can contribute to the development of psychiatric disorders. Treating a sleep disorder can then alleviate symptoms of a simultaneously occurring mental issue, according to a report from Harvard Medical School. The good news is that there are simple and effective ways to reduce—and possibly even eliminate—some sleep issues without medical intervention. Razavi suggests establishing good sleep hygiene, which refers to the habits and environments we create to improve our quality of sleep. He says that eating dinner early (three to four hours before bed), is one of the most important things you can do. “That way your body doesn’t have to focus on digestion right before bedtime.” Reducing sugar, caffeine and alcohol intake before bed is another crucial habit to develop. “Establishing a calming nighttime routine can also help get the body ready for sleep,” said local therapist and clinical social worker Teresa Richman. She often

suggests her clients find a simple, soothing routine that they can rely on, such as reading a book, listening to soft music or meditating. “In many ways, our bodies are programmable,” she said. “If we do these same things every night, we can train the body to get better sleep.” Creating the proper environment is another important element of good sleep hygiene. Richman and Razavi suggest keeping the bedroom lighting dark, with cool to moderate temperatures (around 67 degrees), while sleeping on a firm, dustfree mattress. “The bedroom should be just for sleep,” Razavi said, so make sure to keep the work and play activities in a different space. “And reduce the use of screen time before bed,” said Richman, as the blue light emitted from phones and televisions suppresses the production of melatonin more than any other light. This in turn disrupts the body’s circadian rhythm, the natural internal process that regulates the sleepwake cycle. Razavi also recommends minimizing the dependency on sleep medications and supplements, including cannabidiol (CBD), which has seen a recent spike in popularity due to its claim of curbing pain, anxiety and sleep issues. “I don’t condone or oppose CBD. Can you use it as a last resort? Sure. There is a time and place for it. But it’s not a substitute for natural sleep.” While good sleep hygiene can significantly improve an individual’s quality of sleep, some disorders may require additional support and a proper diagnosis from a medical professional. Sleep apnea (difficulty breathing during sleep) is commonly treated with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), which involves wearing a mask that keeps the airway open during sleep. Oral appliances, retraining facial muscles and surgery are alternatives. For those who suffer from insomnia (the inability to fall asleep or stay asleep), cognitive behavior therapy may be beneficial in conjunction with good sleep hygiene, as it replaces thoughts and behaviors that hinder sleep with those that help promote quality rest. Regardless of the sleep issue, experts agree that a mindful consideration of one’s habits and behaviors is crucial for developing healthy, natural sleeping routines that will be most effective in the long run. “You are your best healer,” Razavi said. “Just get out of the way and let nature do its thing. It knows what to do.” —RACHEL BUSH

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Arts &Culture Rob Wilson as Lord Angelo and Alex Hilsee as Isabella in the Blue Room’s Measure For Measure.

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we’ve seen two productions in the last couple of months, Macbeth in October and Measure for Measure, currently playing in the Blue Room Theatre downtown. It would be impossible to by find two more Robert Speer dissimilar but Review: equally sucMeasure For Measure cessful producshows Thursdaytions. Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Macbeth through Jan. 25. Tickets: $15 was staged at (Thursdays, pay what night in Lower you can) Bidwell Park using natural Blue Room Theatre 139 W. First St. features as its 895-3749 set—no seats, blueroomtheatre.com no stage—and flash-lighting provided by audience members, who followed the actors on foot as they moved from scene to scene on park trails. The CN&R’s reviewer, Arts Editor Jason Cassidy, called the Legacy Stage production “a revelation.” In contrast, the Blue Room’s staging of Measure for Measure uses a minimalist set—a few chairs, some wooden railings—to render a close-in reading of the play. The focus is almost entirely on the actors, and rightly so. The always

excellent Blue Room players do Shakespeare justice with this staging. Measure for Measure is one of Shakespeare’s “problem plays,” which is to say it is neither a comedy nor a tragedy, but rather an examination of the tension between law and order and the natural tendencies of humans. As the play begins, disorder reigns in Vienna. The ruling Duke Vincentio (Shawn Galloway) has been lax and allowed its morality laws to be broken. To repair things, he announces his intention to leave town for a while and appoints a hardcore moralist, Lord Angelo (Rob Wilson), to run the city in his absence. The Duke doesn’t leave, however. Instead he disguises himself as a friar and sticks around to see how Angelo does. What he discovers is that Angelo has convicted young Claudio (Joseph Slupski) of fornication because his girlfriend Juliet (Eva Hilsee) is pregnant out of wedlock, a crime punishable by death. Claudio’s sister Isabella (Alex Hilsee), who is about to enter a nunnery, pleads with Angelo to save her brother’s life. He agrees to do so—but only if she will sleep with him. He gives her a day to decide. Horrified by the idea of surrendering her virginity to Angelo, she goes to the prison to tell Claudio of her decision. Fearing death, he

pleads with her to go through with the act and save him, much to her dismay. The Duke, still disguised as a friar, overhears this conversation and has an idea for saving Claudio’s life. It’s a complex plan involving Angelo’s former fiancée Mariana (also played by Eva Hilsee), the famous “head trick” designed to fool Angelo into believing Claudio had been executed, and having Mariana fill in for Isabella in Angelo’s bed. At this point in the play, all of the threads come together: Claudio is saved, Angelo is forced to marry Mariana, and the Duke proposes to Isabella (though it’s not clear whether she accepts). There’s an entertaining lowcomedy subplot involving Claudio’s licentious (and witty) friend Lucio (Owen Hansen) and a pimp named Pompey (Slupski again) that also is resolved at this point. Joe Hilsee directed and, I suspect, edited the text to enable some of the actors to play more than one role. Eva Hilsee, for example, has five roles, and Joseph Slupski has three. Measure for Measure isn’t one of Shakespeare’s greatest plays, but hey, it’s Shakespeare, a genius even when he’s not at his best. This production offers a clear and accessible interpretation that is well worth seeing. □

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Special Events CHICO BUSINESS AWARDS: The Chico Chamber of Commerce’s 82nd annual dinner/business awards ceremony showcasing accomplishments in 2019. Thu, 1/16, 6pm. $100 (visit site for reservation). Sierra Nevada Big Room, 1075 E. 20th St. chicochamber.com

PCE STANDUP COMEDY: Pro Championship Entertainment makes its Studio Inn debut with sets by Mz. Alma, Phil From Chico, Dillon Collins, Jared Carter and Explozo! Thu, 1/16, 7:30pm. $7-$10. Studio Inn Lounge, 2582 Esplanade.

Theater MEASURE FOR MEASURE: Joe Hilsee directs Shakespeare’s serious-minded, sexually frank comedy about lust, hypocrisy, and corruption. (Some things never change.) Thu, 1/16, 7:30pm. $15-$18. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St. blueroomtheatre.com

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Special Events BUTTE COUNTY RESTAURANT WEEK: Local restaurants featuring “perfect pairing” menus through out the week—Jan. 17-26. Visit site for list of participants. Fri, 1/17. explorebutte county.com/restaurant-week

WE’RE CARING FOR OUR WORLD SCREENING Sunday, Jan. 19 Blackbird

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MarTIn LuTHEr KInG Jr. CELEBraTIOn Sunday, Jan. 19 Chico City Plaza

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Music SHELBY ANN AND MARIE MANNING: Sunday brunch music with two Napa artists. Sun, 1/19, 11am. Tender Loving Coffee, 365 E. Sixth St. SUNDAY SUPERJAM: Jam with The Loco-Motive Band at this weekly pro-jam. Rock, blues, country, funk—anything goes. Sign up early, music starts at 2. Sun, 1/19, 2pm. Free. LaSalles, 229 Broadway St.

TANNER RICHARDSON: Brunch tunes. Sun, 1/19, 10:30am. Red Tavern, 1250 Esplanade.

Theater CLUE ON STAGE: See Friday. Sun, 1/19, 2pm. $8-$20. CUSD Center for the Arts, 1475 East Ave. inspirechico.org

MOVIE NIGHT: Bring pillows, blankets and/or low back chairs to the mall (near Dick’s Sporting Goods) and watch Abominable! with the family. Fri, 1/17, 7pm. Chico Mall, 1950 E. 20th St.

VOLUNTEER FRIDAYS: Join in picking up litter and pulling weeds. For more info call Shane at 896-7831. Fri, 1/17, 9am. Bidwell Park.

Music TYLER DEVOLL: Happy hour music with talented singer/songwriter. Fri, 1/17, 4pm. La Salles, 229 Broadway St.

Theater CLUE ON STAGE: Inspire School of Arts & Sciences presents a stage version of the popular board game. Fri, 1/17, 7pm. $8-$20. CUSD Center for the Arts, 1475 East Ave. inspirechico.org

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Special Events BORN ON THE MOVE: Mike Africa Jr. performs an uplifting hip-hop routine that advocates for social justice. Hosted by Anecia Johnson, with additional performances by Chico Honors Africa Dancers and MC Himp C. Sat, 1/18, 6-8pm. Museum of Northern California Art, 900 Esplanade. Info at 530-354-7018.

WINTER WONDERLAND DRAG SHOW: Every third Saturday of the month: drag, drinks and dancing. New performers and crowd favorites. Sat 1/18, 10pm. $8. The Maltese, 1600 Park Ave.

WOMEN’S MARCH 2020: Chico joins the international “movement of people who share a common belief that freedom is for everyone,

MEASURE FOR MEASURE: See Thursday. Fri, 1/17, 7:30pm. $15-$18. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St. blueroomtheatre.com

without exception,” with a march, followed by rally, sharing circles, workshops, music, performances and dance. Sat 1/18, 10am. City Plaza, downtown Chico.

MCBRIDE DUO: Relaxing brunch tunes. Sat, 1/18, 11am. La Salles, 229 Broadway St.

DROP-IN NARCAN TRAINING: Get trained on how

winner, country star Wynonna Judd with her band The Big Noise. Sat, 1/18, 8pm. $30$70. Gold Country Casino & Hotel, 4020 Olive Highway, Oroville. goldcountrycasino.com

Theater CLUE ON STAGE: See Friday. Sat, 1/18, 7pm. $8-$20. CUSD Center for the Arts, 1475 East Ave. inspirechico.org

Jan. 17-26 Multiple locations

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Special Events SNOW GOOSE FESTIVAL: Five-day celebration (Jan. 22-26) of the millions of waterfowl and thousands of raptors that migrate along the Pacific Flyway and call the Northern Sacramento Valley their home during the winter months. Field trips, workshops, art shows and other activities all over Butte County. Visit site or call for details. Wed, 1/22. 592-9092. snowgoose festival.org

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to identify and respond to an opioid overdose. Free Narcan available. Mon, 1/20, 5pm. Blackbird, 1431 Park Ave.

winning progressive bluegrass quintet on tour in support of their latest album, Rise Sun. Wed, 1/22, 8pm. $20. Senator Theatre, 517 Main St. jmaxproductions.net

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YBN CORDAE: The Maryland-born, LA-based MC on tour in support of his latest album,

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The Lost Boy. 24kGoldn, Squid Squad and G5 join gth bill. Tue, 1/21, 8:30pm. $20-$25. Senator Theatre, 517 Main St. jmax productions.net

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Special Events DEATH CAFE: Open, honest discussions about death and dying. Refreshments will be provided. Sun, 1/19, 5:30pm. Free. Chico Branch Library, 1108 Sherman Ave. (530) 592-3651.

DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. CELEBRATION: Rally and March in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Sun 1/19, 2:30pm. City Plaza, Downtown Chico.

FREE MOVIE: Call for movie title (891-2762). Sun, 1/19, 2pm. Chico Branch Library, 1108 Sherman Ave. buttecounty.net

WE’RE CARING FOR OUR WORLD SCREENING: A showing of the short film on the Karuk tribe’s land-management practices followed by an update by Ali Meders-Knight on the local Mechoopda tribe’s current efforts in managing forests. Sun, 1/19, 6pm. Blackbird, 1431 Park Ave.

FrEE LISTInGS! Post your event for free online at www. newsreview.com/calendar, or email the Cn&r calendar editor at cnrcalendar@newsreview.com. Deadline for print listings is Wednesday, 5 p.m., one week prior to the issue in which you wish the listing to appear.

GraB aMErICa BaCK For each year of the Trump presidency, the annual Women’s March has been a worldwide show of solidarity to the ideals of the movement “to harness the political power of diverse women and their communities to create transformative social change.” Chico has showed up every year, and the fourth iteration will be no different. Things kick off Saturday (Jan. 18), at the Chico City Plaza at 10 a.m., with the march starting at 10:30. The event returns to the plaza for a rally followed by music, workshops, sharing circles and finally a closing celebration. Visit facebook.com/WomensMarchChicoOfficial for more information.

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Rock and resilience The long road to The Empty Gate’s first album

Ttheirtetfirst The Empty Gate will play at a release party for full-length album, Grand Mal. The recording

his Friday (Jan. 17), at the Naked Lounge, local quin-

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Art 1078 GALLERY: Alluvial Treasure(s) + Iterations, video installation with two Pasadena artists, Melanie Nakaue and Terry Chatkupt. Through 1/26. 1710 Park Ave.. 1078gallery.org

CHICO ART CENTER: Member Showcase, annual group exhibit featuring works of various media by art center members. Through 1/31. 450 Orange St. chicoart center.com

HEALING ART GALLERY AT ENLOE CANCER CENTER: Art by Christine MacShane, paintings by local artist. The Enloe Cancer Center, Healing Art Gallery shows work by artists whose lives have been touched by cancer (survivors, caretakers and healthcare givers). Through 1/24. 265 Cohasset Road. 530-332-3856.

MUSEUM OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ART: Remembering Maria & the Avenue 9 Art Guild, exhibition is in loving memory of Maria Phillips, local artist, arts advocate, environmental activist and historian. Closing reception, Jan. 17, 6-8pm. Also, Something Old, Something New, pieces from the museum’s Reed Applegate Collection, featuring work by artists James Kuiper, Waif Mullens, Sal Casa, Dennis Leon, Molly Amick and many more. Through 1/19. 900 Esplanade. monca.org

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PARADISE ART CENTER: Coming Home, Wheeler Gallery presents first show of the season featuring artwork that speaks to the idea and concept of coming home and what it means to each artist. Through 1/25. 5564 Almond St., Paradise.

Museums CHICO CHILDREN’S MUSEUM: Tons of cool stuff for kids to explore including a miniature city, complete with a junior vet clinic, dentist, cafe and farmer’s market, a giant fish tank, multi-sensory room, imagination playground and much more. Check the website for hours and admission information Through 3/25. $7-$9. 325 Main St. chicochildrensmuseum.org

VALENE L. SMITH MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY: Unbroken Traditions Basketweavers of the Meadows-Baker Families in Northern California, exhibition represents the culmination of one year of research and collaboration between Mountain Maidu weavers, other tribal experts, museums studies students, faculty and curators. Through 5/15. Chico State.

is an immediately engaging mashup of pop hooks and rock and punk influences, and for by frontwoman Trish Howard, finally Jason Cassidy getting to share the recordings with Chico marks the end of a long and j aso nc @ often trying journey. new srev i ew. c o m “It’s a huge weight off my shoulders,” she said during a recent interPreview: view with her and husband/bandmate Chico Area Punks present The Empty Bob Howard. “There were so many Gate, Shadow Figures roadblocks.” and The Primers The last time the longtime Chico Friday, Jan. 17, musician recorded a full-length album 8 p.m. Cost: $7 was in 1991 at the old Enharmonik Naked Lounge Studios (now The Hangar) in 118 W. Second St. Sacramento, with owner/engineer facebook.com/ John Baccigaluppi. Those recordings NLCHICO resulted in Dogeared, the fourth and final album by legendary Chico rockers Vomit Launch, which was released by Teen Beat Records in 1992. In the years that followed the breakup of Vomit Launch, the vocalist/songwriter continued to perform with various local crews—Charm Fueled, Repeat Offenders, and eventually her current band. But before The Empty Gate formed in 2014, health issues had put Howard out of commission for many years. In 2007, she was diagnosed with breast cancer, and for six years endured multiple surgeries and a great deal of pain before being well enough to write and sing again. But by the summer of 2017, she was with her band and engineer/former Vomit Launch bassist Larry Crane in the Panoramic House—a studio/retreat in Stinson Beach owned by Baccigaluppi—to record Grand Mal. “I knew I wanted to record with Larry,” Howard said about her old bandmate and longtime friend, who is also editor/founder of Tape Op magazine (for which Baccigaluppi has been the longtime publisher) as well as owner of Jackpot! recording studio in Portland. “He is one of my favorite people in the world. … He is so generous, and we have a long history together.” However, as the album’s title suggests, Howard’s health trials weren’t over. The first day of recording, she

Empty Gate on stage at Duffy’s Tavern. felt ill. By day two she couldn’t get out of From left: Greg Spont, Matt Coogan, Mark Zempel, and Trish and Bob Howard. bed. On day three she PHOTO BY KEN PORDES suffered a grand mal seizure and was rushed to the hospital. Despite the trauma and the interruption in studio time, Howard’s husband/bandmate, Bob, said that there was a silver lining to the experience, as his wife had been suffering an unknown intestinal disorder for a few years. Within 24 hours the doctors at nearby MarinHealth Medical Center diagnosed and treated the problem. After antibiotics and a few days in the hospital while her band recorded music, Howard was back on her feet. Her absence from the sessions was rectified by a trip up to Portland for vocal sessions with Crane. With the recording finally finished, it was time to put out the record, but in the summer of 2018, the cancer returned. More surgery, another year of recovery, and another return to the band, which is back playing shows and in the swing of things. With so much time between recordings, Howard said that she had some initial fears about how the music might hold up against the Vomit Launch days, saying that she wondered, “Is it going to stand well in that space?” The 11 songs of Grand Mal are of a slightly different flavor than the early stuff—more weirdo garagerock than punk-leaning indie-pop—but the new recording feels like a natural extension of Howard’s oeuvre. As it was with Vomit Launch, the songwriting is a collaborative effort between its players, and the offbeat personalities of The Empty Gate’s experienced local ringers have a lot to do with the eclectic sound. In addition to Bob (of The Vesuvians, The Asskickers, etc.) on guitar, the band features bassist Mark Zempel (Fang of Gore, Folkenstein), keyboardist Greg Spont (Black Fong) and drummer Matt Coogan. The most striking link is, of course, Howard’s vocals. The lyrics are intelligent and often poetic (“The album itself is based on lies and broken promises,” she explained), and even with so much time passed, her rough-hewn voice is as evocative ever, maybe even more so in light of the rough roads traveled. “We’re happy with it,” Bob said about the album. “It represents a certain time and head space for the band; it represents struggle and determination; and best of all it represents Trish, her talent and her strength.” □

ARTS DEVO by Jason Cassidy • jasonc@newsreview.com

I feel ya arts dEVo gets it. Life can sometimes feel like it’s nothing but a barrage of external forces pummeling you into an inescapable groove of shittiness. But in the spirit of this Health issue’s theme of self-care, I want to share a life choice that’s dramatically improved my existence in this often chaotic world: I see a therapist. Contrary to popular opinion, you don’t have to have been diagnosed with a mental illness to need to visit one. Every human could do humaning better—be better to themselves and to others and maybe find a measure of inner peace along the way. A trained psychotherapist is an expert who already knows what’s wrong, and like a good plumber, they can help clear out your emotional pipes so that you’re no longer wading around in your own … well, you get the point. I sought the help of a professional probably 15 years ago. I was emotionally stuck, unable to process my feelings during even the most minor of traumas. I was deeply unhappy with myself, full of fear and doubt, and all I knew about how to fix things was that I didn’t know how. On a recommendation from a friend’s therapist, I found a guy. He listened, empathized, made me feel “seen,” gave me tools for processing feelings, “We’ll delve into that next week.” and said mind-blowing/humbling things like: “If we aren’t in touch with our emotions, sometimes we’re not really experiencing our own being as fully as we might,” or “I wonder if that pattern has occurred at other points in your life?” Once I learned how to focus on my emotional experience, embrace the feelings as indicators of what’s real inside me (and not judge them as good or bad), I was able to unmuddy the waters and see more clearly the “whys” behind how I react to the world. After a few years of this work, I got progressively better at protecting and being kind to myself (Big J: “Hey, Little J, how are things? I think you’re doing great!”) and curbing desires to cope with life’s stressors with unhealthy behaviors (so long, second dinner). It made me a better friend, co-worker and husband, and best of all I’m more present for me in my day-to-day life. I still get stuck from time to time, but if I feel myself closing off, I go back to my dude for a tune-up session or two and go on humming. If you’re feeling tired of it all, reach out to someone who already knows what’s going on. Find local resources by searching “Chico” at psychology today.com/us/therapists or visit buttecounty.net/behavioralhealth. Born on the move Mike africa Jr. spent the first three days of his life in

prison. His folks—Michael and debbie africa—were a part of the so-called MoVE 9, nine members of the MOVE black-liberation organization who were convicted of third-degree murder for the killing of Philadelphia police officer James Ramp during a raid on the house they were all living in. Conceived before his mother was locked up, Mike Jr. was born in 1978 in her cell, where she concealed his presence for a few days. Despite evidence that suggested that the one bullet that killed Ramp came from outside the house—suggesting friendly fire from the police— most of the MOVE members spent four decades in prison. Michael and Debbie were finally released on parole in 2018. During his folks’ time in prison, Mike Jr. committed his life to advocating for social justice, using the medium of hip-hop to spread his message of hope and to advocate for his family’s release. This Saturday, Jan. 18, 6-8 p.m., Mike Jr. will appear at the Museum of northern California art with a performance called Born on the Move: My Quest for Peace and Freedom. Joining him on the program are two locals—author/host anecia Johnson and MC Cory “Himp C” Hunt—as well his parents. January 16, 2020

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Reviewers: Meredith J. Cooper, Bob Grimm, Juan-Carlos Selznick and Neesa Sonoquie.

Opening this week Bad Boys for Life

In this third installment in the trilogy, the buddy-cop duo (played by Will Smith and Martin Lawrence) reunite to fight a cartel mob boss. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas. Rated R.

Dolittle

Screenwriter (Traffic) and director Stephen Gaghan has crafted this vehicle for Robert Downey Jr. to play the famous doctor who could talk to animals. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas. Rated PG.

Midnight Family

A family struggles to make a living by operating a for-profit ambulance in Mexico City, where the government supplies only 45 emergency ambulances to a population of more than 9 million. Pageant Theatre. Not rated.

Behind the lines A long take through the trenches of World War I

W week—including best picture, best cinematography and best screenwriting and directing for Sam

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Mendes—the film is shaping up as one of the most prestigious movies of 2019. I think by it deserves the special attention Juan-Carlos it’s getting, even though it’s also Selznick in danger of being distractingly overrated. This sprawlingly detailed war film intrigues, above all, as a relatively simple and intimate tale told in spectacularly large-scale terms. 1917 Its plotline, in a nutshell, has two Starring Dean-Charles youthful British soldiers carrying Chapman and George a crucial set of orders through the MacKay. Directed labyrinthian trenches of a World by Sam Mendes. War I “no man’s land” in hopes of Cinemark 14, Feather river Cinemas. preventing the likely massacre of rated r. two battalions. Lance Corporal Blake (played by Dean-Charles Chapman) and Lance Corporal Schofield (George MacKay) are longtime pals who follow orders with increasing fervor, even or maybe especially with the mounting indications that they and all their comrades are in way over their heads. Blake is doubly committed to their mission because his older brother (Richard Madden) is an officer in one of the potentially doomed battalions. Schofield, the less heroically inclined of the two, rejects family ties, but proves increasingly devoted to a distinctly personal kind of esprit de corps. But the film’s main claims to some kind of great-

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ness have to do with the ways in which the story of the pair’s battlefield journey is mounted. Mendes and ace cinematographer Roger Deakins keep their camera in close proximity to the two principles, and in the process create the impression of one long continuous take as Blake and Schofield trek through terrain that is by turns gruesomely confining and desolatingly expansive. Mendes and co-writer Krysty Wilson-Cairns sketch in some slender details of character and historical setting along the way, but their screenplay is simply war movie generic, even though intelligent as well. In an important respect, that long “continuous” take is the film’s real subject, and its most nuanced and elaborately composed action as well. It’s to the filmmakers’ credit that they’ve created a fascinatingly operatic duet between the parallel battlefield journeys of Schofield and Blake on the one hand, and of Deakins’ camera on the other. And there’s no real shame in not quite matching the gravity and flair of such recent single-take masterpieces as László Nemes’ Oscar-winning Son of Saul (2015), Aleksandr Sokurov’s Russian Ark (2002), and Nemes’ Sunset (2018). The plain-spoken directness of Chapman and MacKay’s performances seem especially well-suited to this film in which the actorish performances— Colin Firth as a fusty general, Andrew Scott as a sophomorically gloomy lieutenant, Richard MacCabe as a blustering colonel—come across as silly caricatures. By contrast, Mark Strong is very good as the gravely sympathetic Captain Smith, and Benedict Cumberbatch is suavely sardonic and mercurial as the much sought-after Colonel MacKenzie. □

work, and it’s chock-full of tremendous performances. Saoirse Ronan headlines as Jo March, eldest sister of the March clan that includes Meg (Emma Watson), Amy (Florence Pugh) and Beth (Eliza Scanlen). Ronan, not surprisingly, makes the intrepid character of Jo her own, a budding writer who is trying to get her ideas past a crusty editor, Mr. Dashwood (Tracy Letts). In a departure from past adaptations, Gerwig focuses more on the girls as adults, with flashbacks to their younger days. Timothée Chalamet plays boy-next-door Theodore “Laurie” Laurence, and there couldn’t have been a better choice for the role. His first dance with Jo, where they go a little crazy outside on a porch alone during a party, is as timeless as movie dancing gets. Little Women exemplifies how a period piece should be done. It’s a fresh take that makes you feel like you are experiencing a familiar story for the first time. Cinemark 14. Rated PG —B.G.

Spies in Disguise

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In this computer-animated adventure, Will Smith stars as the voice of Lance Sterling (“the world’s most awesome spy”) who, after being transformed into a pigeon, has to figure out new ways to fight crime. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas. Rated PG.

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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Director Sam Mendes (American Beauty, Road to Perdition) crafted this film that follows a couple of British soldiers on a dangerous mission during World War I in what looks like one long continuous take. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas. Rated R.—J.C.S.

Frozen 2

Queen Elsa (voiced by Idina Menzel) and her sister Princess Anna (Kristen Bell) and the rest of the gang are back on a journey beyond Arendelle in this sequel to the massively popular animated musical animated flick. Cinemark 14. Rated PG.

A Hidden Life

Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life, The Thin Red Line) directs this historical drama on the life of Franz Jägerstätter, an Austrian conscientious objector who refused to fight for the Nazis during World War II. Pageant Theatre. Rated PG-13.

Just Mercy

A biopic based on famed civil rights lawyer and social justice warrior Bryan Stevenson (played by Michael B. Jordan) and his work trying to overturn the conviction of Walter McMillian (Jamie Foxx), a black man in Alabama who was wrongfully accused of the 1986 murder of an 18-year-old white woman. Cinemark 14. Rated R.

Like a Boss

A comedy about two friends (Tiffany Haddish and Rose Byrne) trying to rescue their beauty company after a wealthy investor (Selma Hayek) steals their ideas. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas. Rated R.

Kristen Stewart and Vincent Cassel star in this sci-fi/horror flick set in an underwater research facility destroyed by an earthquake that awakens mysterious ocean creatures. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas. Rated PG-13.

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Ford v Ferrari

Director Greta Gerwig’s admirable update of Louisa May Alcott’s classic 1868 novel is beautiful to look at thanks to some of 2019’s best art direction and camera-

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Little Women

Director J.J. Abrams and producer Kathleen Kennedy have failed at giving the main story of the Star Wars franchise the send-off it deserved. But money has to get made, so here it is, the last chapter of the nine-film/three-trilogy Skywalker Saga, just in time for holiday movie going. What makes it so bad? The first hour is fast and furious, but with no editing flow and no sense of purpose. Fans going in looking for answers or meaningful storytelling will not only be bewildered, but probably pissed off as well. By doing everything it can to win back the fans that may have gotten disenchanted by The Last Jedi—continuity be damned—this film renders its predecessor as a complete joke. Even if some fans were displeased with Jedi, it doesn’t mean they wanted a Star Wars Happy Times Mix Tape in response. My advice is to pretend Rise of Skywalker didn’t happen. Allow hologram Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) facing down Kylo Ren in Jedi to be the end of the Skywalker Saga and skip this one. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas. Rated PG-13 —B.G.

Jumanji: The Next Level

Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas. Rated PG-13 —M.J.C.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as REVOLUTION DANCE COMPANY at 830 Broadway Street Chico, CA 95928. KAREN WINCHESTER 3965 Front Street Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: KAREN WINCHESTER Dated: December 10, 2019 FBN Number: 2019-0001377 Published: December 26, 2019, January 2,9,16, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as CHINA MASSAGE at 236 W East Ave Suite F Chico, CA 95926. XIU LAN LI 400 Mission Ranch Blvd #43 Chico, CA 95928. ROBERT W MAURER 400 Mission Ranch Blvd #43 Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by a Married Couple. Signed: ROBERT W. MAURER Dated: December 17, 2019 FBN Number: 2019-0001409 Published: December 26, 2019, January 2,9,16, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as TORRES COMMUNITY SHELTER at 101 Silver Dollar Way Chico, CA 95928. TRUE NORTH HOUSING ALLIANCE INC 101 Silver Dollar Way Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by a Corporation. Signed: JOY AMARO, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Dated: December 16, 2019 FBN Number: 2019-0001402 Published: December 26, 2019, January 2,9,16, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as ACTION REALTY at 1664 Montgomery Street Oroville, CA 95965. TROY DAVIS REAL ESTATE, INC. 1664 Montgomery Street Oroville, CA 95965. This business is conducted by

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as JM TRANSPORT at 50 Lobelia Ct Chico, CA 95973. JAIVIRPAL S RANDHAWA 50 Lobelia Ct Chico, CA 95973. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: JAIVIRPAL S. RANDHAWA Dated: December 16, 2019 FBN Number: 2019-0001400 Published: December 26, 2019, January 2,9,16, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as MI JALISCO at 1002 W 5th Street Chico, CA 95928. KARLA CAZARES DELGADO 3156 Esplanade Spc 272 Chico, CA 95973. GILBERTO VALLADORES ORTIZ 3156 Esplanade Spc 272 Chico, CA 95973. This business is conducted by a Married Couple. Signed: GILBERTO VALLADARES ORTIZ Dated: December 19, 2019 FBN Number: 2019-0001419 Published: January 2,19,16,23, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as CONNIE’S CONSULTING at 223 Estates Dr Chico, CA 95928. CONNIE MICHELE SANSEVERINO 223 Estates Dr Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: CONNIE MICHELE SANSEVERINO Dated: December 4, 2019 FBN Number: 2019-0001358 Published: January 9,16,23,30, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as ZEPEDAS TRUCKING at 1684 Vista Verde Ave Chico, CA 95928. ULISES JESUS ZEPEDA 1684 Vista Verde Ave Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: ULISES ZEPEDA Dated: December 10, 2019 FBN Number: 2019-0001374 Published: January 9,16,23,30, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as GOTEE ENTERPRISES at 13647 Nimshew Rd Magalia, CA 95954. TROY WILMES 13647 Nimshew Rd Magalia, CA 95954. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: TROY WILMES Dated: January 3, 2020 FBN Number: 2020-0000014 Published: January 16,23,30, February 6, 2020

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as CHICO BUSINESS CONSULTANTS at 18 Baja Court Chico, CA 95928. CHRISTINE A BIEBERLY 18 Baja Court Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: CHCRISTINE A BIEBERLY Dated: January 8, 2020 FBN Number: 2020-0000027 Published: January 16,23,30, February 6, 2020

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as LUCENA PARTNERS at 105 Broadway Chico, CA 95928. MARC C LUCENA 4216 Anjou Ct. Chico, CA 95973. MATTHEW LUCENA 762 Sierra View Way Chico, CA 95928. STEVEN S LUCENA 9339 Larose Court Durham, CA 95938. SYLVESTER LUCENA 9583 Sunsup Lane Durham, CA 95938. This business is conducted by a General Partnership. Signed: SYLVESTER LUCENA Dated: December 12, 2019 FBN Number: 2019-0001393 Published: January 16,23,30, February 6, 2020

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner LA NETTE CAROL THOMPSON filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: LA NETTE CAROL THOMPSON Proposed name: LANETTE CAROL SIX THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: February 5, 2020 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: BARBARA L. ROBERTS Dated: December 19, 2019 Case Number: 19CV03765 Published: January 2,9,16,23, 2020

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner MARINA DAHLIA CALDERON filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: MARINA DAHLIA CALDERON Proposed name: MARINA DAHLIA ESQUIVEL 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 this legal Notice continues

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reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: February 26, 2020 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: ROBERT A. GLUSMAN Dated: January 6, 2020 Case Number: 20CV00015 Published: January 16,23,30, February 6, 2020

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner JAMIE LEE TUCKER filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: AUTUMN LANAE HENDERSON Proposed name: AUTUMN LANAE TUCKER THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: February 19, 2020 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: ROBERT A. GLUSMAN Dated: December 27, 2019 Case Number: 19CV03791 Published: January 16,23,30, February 6, 2020

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner JESSICA VERA WOOLDRIDGE filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: JESSICA VERA WOOLDRIDGE Proposed name: JESSICA VERA MAIN THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: March 4, 2020 Time: 9:00 AM Dept: TBA this legal Notice continues

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A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for petitioner: NICOLE R. PLOTTEL 466 Vallombrosa Ave. Chico, CA 95926 (530) 893-2882 Dated: December 30, 2019 Case Number: 19PR00570 Published: January 9,16,23, 2020

PETITION NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE ADELAIDE M. HARDT, also known as ADELAIDE MONA HARDT, ADELAIDE HARDT To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: ADELAIDE M. HARDT, ADELAIDE MONA HARDT, ADELAIDE HARDT A Petition for Probate has been filed by: DANNY HARDT in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte. The Petition for Probate requests that: DANNY HARDT be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. The petition requests authority to administer 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: January 28, 2020 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. this Legal Notice continues

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE PATRICK M. FLYNN aka PATRICK FLYNN NOTICE OF PETITION To all heirs, beneficiaries, TO ADMINISTER ESTATE creditors contingent creditors, TITUS F JOHNSTON and persons who may To all heirs, beneficiaries, otherwise be interested in the creditors contingent creditors, will or estate, or both, of: and persons who may PATRICK M. FLYNN aka NOTICE OF PETITION otherwise be interested in the PATRICK FLYNN TO ADMINISTER will or week estate, or both, of: A Petition for Probate For the oF January 16, 2020 ESTATE TITUS F JOHNSTON has been filed by: ALICE L. SANDOVAL A Petition for Probate DIANNE JOAQUIN To all heirs, beneficiaries, has been filed by: in the Superior Court of creditors contingent creditors, TIMOTHY JOHNSTON California, County of Butte. and persons who may in the Superior Court of The Petition for Probate otherwise be interested in the California, County of Butte. requests that: DIANNE will or estate, or both, of: The Petition for Probate JOAQUIN CHRISTOPHER SANDOVAL requests that: TIMOTHY be appointed as personal AND MARY “LUCY” SANDOVAL JOHNSTON representative to administer the A Petition for Probate be appointed as personal estate of the decedent. has been filed by: representative to administer the The petition requests the Estate of ALICE L. SANDOVAL estate of the decedent. decedent’s will and codicils, if in the Superior Court of The petition requests the any, be admitted to probate. California, County of Butte. decedent’s will and codicils, if The will and any codicils are any, be admitted to probate. The Petition for Probate available for examination in the The will and any codicils are requests that: CHRISTOPHER file kept by the court. available for examination in the SANDOVAL, MARY “LUCY” The petition requests authority file kept by the court. SANDOVAL to administer the estate under The petition requests authority be appointed as personal the Independent Administration to administer the estate under representative to administer the of Estates Act. (This authority the Independent Administration estate of the decedent. will allow the personal of Estates Act. (This authority The petition requests authority representative to take many will allow the personal to administer the estate under actions without obtaining court representative to take many the Independent Administration approval. Before taking certain actions without obtaining court of Estates Act. (This authority very important actions, approval. Before taking certain will allow the personal however, the personal very important actions, representative to take many representative will be required however, the personal actions without obtaining court to give notice to interested representative will be required approval. Before taking certain persons unless they have to give notice to interested very important actions, waived notice or consented to persons unless they have however, the personal the proposed action.) The waived notice or consented to representative will be required independent administration the proposed action.) The to give notice to interested authority will be granted unless independent administration persons unless they have an interested person files an authority will be granted unless waived notice or consented to objection to the petition and an interested person files an the proposed action.) The shows good cause why the objection to the petition and independent administration court should not grant the shows good cause why the authority will be granted unless authority. court should not grant the an interested person files an A hearing on the petition will be authority. objection to the petition and held in this court as follows: A hearing on the petition will be shows good cause why the Date: February 18, 2020 held in this court as follows: court should not grant the Time: 9:00 a.m. Date: February 4, 2020 authority. Dept: Probate Time: 9:00 a.m. A hearing on the petition will be Room: Dept: TBD held in this court as follows: Address of the court: Room: TBD Date: Feb. 4, 2020 Superior Court of California Address of the court: Time: 9:00 a.m. County of Butte Superior Court of California Dept: TBA 1775 Concord Ave. County of Butte Room: Chico, CA 95926. 1775 Concord Ave. Address of the court: IF YOU OBJECT to the granting Chico, CA 95926. Superior Court of California of the petition, you should IF YOU OBJECT to the granting County of Butte appear at the hearing and state of the petition, you should 1775 Concord Ave. your objections or file written appear at the hearing and state Chico, CA 95926. objections with the court before your objections or file written IF YOU OBJECT to the granting the hearing. Your appearance objections with the court before of the petition, you should may be in person or by your the hearing. Your appearance appear at the hearing and state attorney. may be in person or by your your objections or file written IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or attorney. objections with the court before contingent creditor of the IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or the hearing. Your appearance decedent, you must file your contingent creditor of the may be in person or by your claim with the court and mail a decedent, you must file your attorney. copy to the personal claim with the court and mail a IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or representative appointed by the copy to the personal contingent creditor of the court within the later of representative appointed by the decedent, you must file your either (1) four months from the court within the later of claim with the court and mail a date of first issuance of either (1) four months from the copy to the personal letters to a general personal date of first issuance of representative appointed by the representative, as defined in letters to a general personal court within the later of section 58(b) of the California representative, as defined in either (1) four months from the Probate Code, or (2) 60 days section 58(b) of the California date of first issuance of from the date of mailing or Probate Code, or (2) 60 days letters to a general personal personal delivery to you of a from the date of mailing or representative, as defined in notice under section 9052 of personal delivery to you of a section 58(b) of the California the California Probate Code. notice under section 9052 of Probate Code, or (2) 60 days Other California statutes and the California Probate Code. from the date of mailing or legal authority may affect your Other California statutes and personal delivery to you of a rights as a creditor. You may legal authority may affect your notice under section 9052 of want to consult an attorney rights as a creditor. You may the California Probate Code. knowledgeable in California want to consult an attorney Other California statutes and law. knowledgeable in California legal authority may affect your YOU MAY EXAMINE the file law. rights as a creditor. You may kept by the court. If you are a YOU MAY EXAMINE the file want to consult an attorney person interested in the estate, kept by the court. If you are a knowledgeable in California you may file with the court a person interested in the estate, law. Request for Special Notice you may file with the court a YOU MAY EXAMINE the file (form DE-154) of the filing of an Request for Special Notice kept by the court. If you are a inventory and appraisal of (form DE-154) of the filing of an person interested in the estate, estate assets or of any petition inventory and appraisal of you may file with the court a or account as provided in estate assets or of any petition Request for Special Notice Probate Code section 1250. or account as provided in (form DE-154) of the filing of an A Request for Special Notice Probate Code section 1250. inventory and appraisal of form is available from the court A Request for Special Notice estate assets or of any petition clerk. form is available from the court or account as provided in Attorney for petitioner: clerk. Probate Code section 1250. JOHN C. SCHALLER Petitioner: A Request for Special Notice 1458 Esplanade TIMOTHY JOHNSTON form is available from the court Chico, CA 95926 29288 Gateway Dr clerk. 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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE WALTER SHANER, aka WALTER L. SHANER, aka LARRY SHANER To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: WALTER SHANER, aka WALTER L. SHANER, aka LARRY SHANER, deceased A Petition for Probate has been filed by: Estate of JONATHAN SHANER in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte. The Petition for Probate requests that: JOHNATHAN SHANER 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: February 11, 2020 Time: 9:00 a.m. Dept: TBA Room: TBA Address of the court: Superior Court of California County of Butte 1775 Concord Ave. Chico, CA 95926. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Petitioner: JONATHAN SHANER 266 E 7th Ave Chico, CA 95926 Case Number: 20PR00013 Published: January 16,23,30, 2020

FREE WILL ASTROLOGY For the week oF January 16, 2020 ARIES (March 21-April 19): Comedian

John Cleese has an insight I hope you’ll consider. He says, “It’s easier to do trivial things that are urgent than it is to do important things that are not urgent. It’s also easier to do little things we know we can do than to start on big things that we’re not so sure about.” I hope you’ll make this advice a priority in the coming weeks. You’ll be wise to prioritize important tasks, even those that aren’t urgent, as you de-emphasize trivial matters that tempt you to think they’re crucial. Focus on big things that are challenging, rather than on little things that are a snap.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Author

Honoré Balzac (1799-1850) was born with sun and Mercury in Taurus and in the 10th house. Astrologers might hypothesize from these placements that he was ambitious, productive, tenacious, diligent, realistic and willful. The evidence supporting this theory is strong. Balzac wrote more than 80 novels that displayed a profound and nuanced understanding of the human comedy. I predict that 2020 will be a year when you could make dramatic progress in cultivating a Balzac-like approach in your own sphere. But here’s a caveat: Balzac didn’t take good care of his body. He drank far too much coffee and had a careless approach to eating and sleeping. My hope is that as you hone your drive for success, you’ll be impeccable in tending to your health.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Before he

was 21 years old, William Shakespeare and his wife had three kids. When he was 25, while the brood was still young, he started churning out literary masterpieces. By the time Will became a grandfather at age 43, he had written many of the works that ultimately made him one of history’s most illustrious authors. From this evidence, we might speculate that being a parent and husband heightened his creative flow. I bring this to your attention because I want to ask you: What role will commitment and duty and devotion play in your life during the coming months? (I suspect it’ll be a good one.)

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Cancerian-

born painter Stanley Spencer (1891-1959) didn’t align himself with any artistic movement. Early on, his work was an odd blend of French post-Impressionism and 14th-century Italian painting. I appreciate his stylistic independence, and suggest you draw inspiration from it in 2020. Another unique aspect of Spencer’s art was its mix of eroticism and religiosity. I think you’ll enjoy exploring that blend yourself in the coming months. Your spiritual and sexual longings could be quite synergistic. There’s one part of Spencer’s quirky nature I don’t recommend you imitate, however. He often wore pajamas beneath his clothes, even to formal occasions. Doing that wouldn’t serve your interests. (But it will be healthy for you to be somewhat indifferent to people’s opinions.)

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press in the 1440s. In subsequent decades, millions of massproduced books became available for the first time, making their contents available to a far wider audience than ever before. The printing press caused other changes, too—some not as positive. For instance, people who worked as scribes found it harder to get work. In our era, big, culturewide shifts are impacting our personal lives. Climate change, the internet, smart phones, automation and human-like robots are just a few examples. What are you doing to adjust to the many innovations? And what will you do in the future? Now is an excellent time to meditate on these issues.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You’re skilled at the art of self-editing. When bright new ideas well up in you, you understand they are not yet ready for prime time, but will need to be honed and finessed. When your creativity overflows, tantalizing you with fresh perspectives and novel approaches, you know that you’ll have to harness the

by rob brezsny raw surge. However, it’s also true that sometimes you go too far in your efforts to refine your imagination’s breakthroughs; you over-think and over-polish. But I have a good feeling about the coming weeks. I suspect you’ll find the sweet spot, self-editing with just the right touch.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Thomas

Love Peacock was a Libran author whose specialty was writing satirical novels that featured people sitting around tables arguing about opinions and ideas. He was not renowned for cheerful optimism. And yet he did appreciate sheer beauty. “There is nothing perfect in this world,” he said, “except Mozart.” So much did Peacock love Mozart’s music that during one several-month stretch he attended six performances of the opera Don Giovanni. In this spirit, and in accordance with astrological indicators, I encourage you to make a list of your own perfect things—and spend extra time communing with them in the coming weeks.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Jean-

Michel Basquiat started his career as a graffiti artist. When he evolved into being a full-time painter, he incorporated words amidst his images. On many occasions, he’d draw lines through the words. Why? “I cross out words so you will see them more,” he said. “The fact that they are obscured makes you want to read them.” In the coming weeks, you might benefit from discreetly using this strategy in your own life. In other words, draw attention to the things you want to emphasize by downplaying them or being mysterious about them or suggesting they are secret. Reverse psychology can be an asset for you.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

Because of the onslaught of the internet and social media, lots of people no longer read books. But in 2020, I highly recommend that you not be one of that crowd. In my astrological opinion, you need more of the slow, deep wisdom that comes from reading books. You will also benefit from other acts of rebellion against the Short Attention Span Era. Crucial blessings will flow in your direction as you honor the gradual, incremental approach to everything.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “I

love to be surprised by something I have never thought of,” declares Capricorn actor Ralph Fiennes. According to my analysis of the astrological aspects, you’ll be wise to make that one of your top mottoes in 2020. Why? First, life is likely to bring to your attention a steady stream of things you’ve never imagined. And second, your ability to make good use of surprises will be at an all-time high. Here’s further advice to help ensure that the vast majority of your surprises will be welcome, even fun: Set aside as many of your dogmas and expectations as possible, so that you can be abundantly receptive to things you’ve never thought of.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “I love

fools’ experiments. I am always making them.” So said one of the most famous and influential scientists who ever lived, Aquarian-born naturalist Charles Darwin. In accordance with upcoming astrological factors, I invite you to draw inspiration from his approach. Allow yourself to explore playfully as you conduct fun research. Just assume that you have a mandate to drum up educational experiences, and that a good way to do that is to amuse yourself with improvisational adventures.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “How do you

get your main pleasure in life?” That question was posed to Scorpio author Evelyn Waugh and Piscean social reformer William Beveridge. Waugh said, “I get mine spreading alarm and despondency.” Beveridge said, “I get mine trying to leave the world a better place than I found it.” I hope you will favor Beveridge’s approach over Waugh’s in 2020—for two reasons. First, the world already has plenty of alarm and despondency; it doesn’t need even a tiny bit more. Second, aspiring to be like Beveridge will be the best possible strategy for fostering your mental and physical health.

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January 16, 2020

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