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No thanks, Jeffersonians It’s hard for us to get behind the State of Jefferson advocates,
when the thrust of their arguments inevitably comes back to gripes about how this far-Northern region of California is underrepresented at the state Capitol. Sure, it’s true. But that cannot be the only reason to secede from the rest of California. The conservative politicians and activists behind this movement haven’t laid out any plans for how they would tackle the real issues facing the counties and their constituents. There are plenty of them—substance abuse, a dearth of health care and economic development, education, among others. We’re not seeing any ideas for solutions to those problems, nor do we think the proposal is economically viable. There are practical matters to consider here. The counties in this rural region of the state have high poverty rates and largely low-paying jobs. And the fact is, the poorest counties in the North State take in more money in state services than they pay in taxes. Secession would be disastrous for them, because the government is the largest employer. And the checks cut by the state are primarily funded through taxation of larger, more lucrative municipalities, such as those in the Silicon Valley. In other words, this looks a lot like those counties biting the hand that feeds them. Four counties thus far have signed onto the secession movement, and in Tehama County’s primary election, nearly 56 percent of voters approved the plan. We’re glad the majority of Butte County’s Board of Supervisors decided to take more time to learn about the issues before declaring support. While ideologues Larry Wahl and Bill Connelly, supervisors representing Chico and Oroville, respectively, attempted to shoehorn in a vote on the half-baked idea, reason prevailed. The issue isn’t completely dead here. The panel offered an invitation for the Jeffersonians to come back in six months with a better fleshed-out plan. We look forward to hearing what they have to add to the discussion. But for now, as far as we’re concerned, the State of Jefferson movement is a distraction from the real issues facing far-Northern California. Ω
The counties in this rural region of the state have high poverty rates and largely low-paying jobs.
Commit to protecting our groundwater GU.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the San Luis & DeltaMendota Water Authority located south of the delta have just roundwater users, the time to act is now! The
approved the 2014 Water Transfer Program. This program alone could ship 195,000 acre-feet of Sacramento Valley water south of the delta. The majority of this water may come from groundwater substitution. This is a serious taking of a resource we are dependent upon. If you use Cal Water, if you have a residential or farming well, if you enjoy Bidwell Park, local creeks and valley oaks, you need a healthy water table. State maps show the groundwater elevation southwest of by Chico declining more than 18.8 feet in Nora one year. In 10 years’ time, the groundTodenhagen water has receded more than 19 feet in Tehama County, 20 feet in Colusa The author is a County, and 60 feet in Glenn County! retired Chico State The water table is not recovering each lecturer and board year. member of For several years now, the Bureau of AquAlliance. Reclamation has been promising an environmental review, which considers the cumulative impacts of these yearly transfers. It has yet to materialize, but the transfers keep occurring. If this yearly mining of the groundwater continues, the North Valley will be like the San Joaquin Valley, with dry creeks, ground subsi4
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dence, and foul drinking water. Most often, the water is being transferred to huge corporate farms on the west side of the San Joaquin Valley. Much of the land being irrigated is toxic with selenium and other minerals. The Trinity River has been devastated to provide for these industrial farms. Let’s not allow our aquifer be sucked dry as well. Since the Bureau of Reclamation has not completed an environmental review that shows our area will not be damaged, the federal court could issue an injunction to stop the water transfers until the bureau can do so. Going to court is expensive and difficult, but necessary, because if the 2014 program is not stopped, the serial, one-year transfer programs will open the door for further demands on groundwater. Local water organization AquAlliance, of which I am a board member, has been following the issue carefully. We have established standing by writing extensive comments; we have experienced attorneys ready to file suit. What we need is your commitment. You can pledge what you can to support the lawsuit. You will be asked for money when the lawsuit is filed. You are a groundwater user; please act now by going to www.aqualliance.net to stop these transfers. Ω
Obama’s cruel program It’s one of the Obama administration’s dirty little secrets:
Despite the president’s stated support for immigration reform that would allow for the naturalization of millions of people currently in the country illegally, his administration has aggressively pursued record numbers of deportations, including more than 400,000 in 2012 alone. Many of these have come as a result of President Obama’s Secure Communities program, which requires police to refer people suspected to have immigrated illegally to federal authorities for possible deportation regardless of the reason for their arrest. Critics have held that the policy has resulted in the needless expulsion of thousands on the basis of nothing more than minor offenses, such as driving without a license. Now, in the wake of the passage of California’s Trust Act, statistics appear to support these claims. The Trust Act, enacted in January, overrides Secure Communities by prohibiting police from holding individuals for immigration authorities unless they are charged or convicted of a serious offense. The result has been a whopping 44 percent decline in the number of people held for potential deportation in California, according to an Associated Press study. If Obama truly supports compassionate and rational immigration reform, he should take these numbers as evidence that he should follow California’s lead and amend Secure Communities to stop the mass deportation of minor criminal offenders. Ω
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Odds and ends I don’t know about anyone else, but I’m still recovering from the whiplash I suffered when someone first told me Brian Nakamura was leaving Chico. I fully expected letters from members of the community who saw this one coming. Several people called it from the start, but I remained openminded. Maybe I’m not as cynical as I thought. And then there’s the fact that Nakamura’s going to Rancho Cordova. Yikes. Let me repeat that. He’s leaving Chico for Rancho Cordova. I know of what I speak. I lived in a neighboring town and then two towns over for several years, beginning in my late teens. Back then, the place wasn’t incorporated. The area was home to corporate offices, highway-fronted businesses and janky strip malls, and some run-down neighborhoods. No quaint downtown. No amazing green space. No bustling arts community. Not much of anything that would make a suburb of Sacramento a nice place to live and work. So, what’s the draw? Well, there’s more money. Nakamura’s starting salary: $231,000. That’s $14,000 more than he made here. Rancho Cordova’s finances are solid, so he won’t need to wield an ax. And he’ll have less responsibility, as the city government and the population are quite a bit smaller than Chico’s. A recent Sac Bee story quotes Rancho Cordova’s vice mayor as saying the hiring process, which included a national search, was a long one. The former city manager retired back in February. Considering Nakamura came to Chico less than two years ago, it seems like it didn’t take him long to decide to start looking for the next best thing—although best is subjective. Oh, and Nakamura likely won’t be under the watchful eyes of an extremely engaged citizenry and multiple reporters and editors. Rancho Cordova doesn’t exactly have a robust newspaper industry. That aforementioned Bee story, from June 2, wasn’t in the print version of that paper. At least not in the version that came to my office. I’ll say one thing for Nakamura and his reign in Chico. He’s sure given the CN&R a lot to write about. In non-Nakamura news, last weekend CN&R columnist Toni Scott married her longtime boyfriend, former Chico Enterprise-Record sports reporter Nick Wilson. I couldn’t make it to the out-of-town nuptials, but judging from the pictures I’ve spied on Facebook, the ceremony looks like it was pretty epic. I couldn’t be happier for them. I’ve known Toni for several years. She started her journalism career as an intern with CN&R, before finishing grad school and eventually taking a job at the Chico E-R. The couple met in the newsroom and I’d venture a guess that was the highlight of their time there. Speaking of interns, two new names are in our staff box. Ashiah Scharaga comes to us from Chico State, where she’s studying journalism. She’ll be arts editor of The Orion, the student newspaper, next fall. Jonathan Line comes to us from Butte College by way of Canada. He’s studying both journalism and history. And we are happy to welcome back Katherine Green, a Butte College student who’s joining us for the third time. Keep an eye out for their bylines.
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A doctor’s take Re “Health care sabotage” (Cover feature, by Chris Parker, June 5): Chris Parker’s article is correct. Let me detail what trying to accept ACA (Obamacare) health plans has meant to a small local medical group. We decided to accept the regular Blue Cross and Blue Shield Exchange plans, but not the Medi-Cal ones— the payment rate is too low to be economic for a private provider. Toward the end of last year, ahead of the Jan. 1 start date, both Blue Shield and Blue Cross did not have the sign-up forms available. Blue Cross eventually did it via an electronic system that we already used, so easy; Blue Shield wanted a complete application from each provider, duplicating the one we have for the regular contract, and no electronic system. It took two to three weeks to find out the payment rates—at first, neither would tell us! After Jan. 1, Blue Cross took three to four months to pay claims, although under state law they must pay within 21 days. Pay is a relative term; most patients have large deductibles, and we have to get them to pay—not an easy task when most can barely afford the insurance at all. Next problem, most specialists won’t take the insurance, because of the hassles, and so the patient has to travel a long distance to get help. Hardly a good outcome considering the cost and disruption caused by ACA. Something simpler would have been better.
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Fame or shame? Re “Cut and run” (Second & Flume, by Melissa Daugherty, June 5): It makes for good debate whether Nakamura qualifies for the Chico Hall of Fame or Wall of Shame. The E-R wants awards while the CN&R says good riddance. Nakamura didn’t create the budget mess; his predecessors did. He could have lied, hidden or ignored it all just like so many others had done. No fun, I’m sure. It created enemies and heartbreak. The CN&R made a good point asking why the City Council hadn’t properly vetted Nakamura to know his past. Why this continues to happen with so many key positions is perplexing. As Daugherty’s editorial rightfully says, Nakamura is now leaving a huge mess behind. Don’t just give him credit for fixing budgets. Get the town through the hard changes and to the other side, and then and only then have you done your job. The good news is that Nakamura left after two years. I am sure Chico Unified School District wishes that they had released Scott Brown that quickly. Some of our elected offiLETTERS continued on page 6 June 12, 2014
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Editor’s note: According to reports in this newspaper, former CUSD Superintendent Scott Brown decided to leave his post after six years.
The first and most tangible conversation I had with Mr. Nakamura was at the Alcohol Summit on the Chico State campus in February 2013. I gave him advice based on my experience as a change agent at a major computer firm: “Communicate, communicate, communicate. Place emphasis on a communication plan and get a competent and seasoned person to manage it.” He nodded and made mention of the type of person who would fit the bill. When I replied, “someone with a communication degree,” he presented one of the finest duh, dumb-question looks I have ever seen. Change most often fails, or stumbles, due to poor communication. This is a lesson for everyone in the community struggling to swing the pendulum. Be honest and communicate what people don’t want to hear right alongside what they do, even if your voice shakes.
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Re “Alarms ignored” (Newslines, by Howard Hardee, May 29): Have some Chico homeowners and businesses become pawns in the tension between the City Council and the police department over salaries, benefits and staffing levels? The recent police department decision to stop responding to any automated security alarms could nudge one toward that conclusion. With this one public pronouncement, the department has substantially destroyed the deterrent value of hundreds of home and business security systems purchased at no small expense by local citizens. It isn’t that I don’t understand the problem. I do. I understand that when staffing levels go down organizations cannot continue business as usual. But I don’t understand why the department has to make a public announcement that is a virtual invitation for
bad guys to disregard security systems; I don’t understand why this has to be an “all or nothing” proposition; and I don’t understand why the department spokesman said the policy change isn’t about money and that once staffing levels improve “other methods may be considered”— whatever that means. After all, staffing is about nothing but money. I hope the City Council will not let this high-impact policy change go forward without a public inquiry into its cause and need. TONY ST. AMANT Chico
The announcement that the Chico Police Department will not respond to sensor-tripped burglar alarms should be a wake-up call to the citizens of Chico that the under-staffing of officers is a crisis demanding swift resolution. In the best of budget times, being a cop is extremely stressful. Now the stress level is ridiculous. Is there any solution other than raising taxes? We need to hire more officers, and we need to treat them better. You are hearing this from an old-school leftist and peace protester. I don’t like paying taxes, and as a struggling smallbusiness person, it isn’t easy to find the money. But enough is enough. I am thankful that the department is maintaining professionalism and courtesy, given the conditions they must endure. They aren’t perfect, but they deserve better, much better. And when staffing is adequate, we will get more services that we citizens want and need. City Council, please act on this now, not next budget season. DAVID GRAU Chico
Why so costly? Re “Return of the spring-run” (Greenways, by Howard Hardee, June 5): The idea that it would cost $2.2 million to fix the fish ladder in Big Chico Creek seems insane! Did it cost an equivalent amount back in 1958? Do we need giant machinery in there? Isn’t it just concrete and reinforcing bar (rebar)? Couldn’t volunteers put up temporary barriers to divert the water bit by bit while they poured new concrete forms and such? With good guidance it’d be fairly simple work. If we had a couple of paid project leaders who knew what they were doing, and teams of local conservationistminded volunteers, it seems it
could be done for a fraction of the proposed cost. Just saying! JAKE DAVIS Chico
On the primary Butte County Elections Office, thank you for all the work that was done to make it possible for as many citizens as possible to vote in Tuesday’s primary. Voting is one of our most cherished liberties. My wife and I went to vote at Our Divine Savior Catholic Church Social Hall at 566 E. Lassen Ave. As we opened the front doors, directly in front of us were many Catholic religious symbols and icons that we found intrusive and offensive. When going to exercise our democratic rights, we should not be forced to be indoctrinated with other people’s beliefs. I’m sure there would be more complaints if a less popular religion was being advertised. Understanding that there may not be enough secular locations available, the location that was used should at least cover their religious-related promotions. People of different faiths or no faith at all might get the impression that the state was sponsoring a particular religion. If we’re forced to use churches, mosques or synagogues, please consider requesting those locations to cover their religious paraphernalia. CHUCK SAMUELS Chico
Sarcasm intended Mayor Gruendl, thank you for making our food so safe (signing city of Chico GMO resolution on June 3, 2014). Do you think you and your council may now have time to help make the city safer? Or is this your council’s new Chico way? Shootings, stabbings and high crime rate! MICHAEL REILLEY Chico
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Organizers of the grassroots group FrackFree Butte County are waiting to hear whether their petition to enact a county-wide ban on fracking will qualify for the November ballot. The group moved forward with the initiative despite the Butte County Board of Supervisors’ vote on April 8 to direct staff to begin drafting an ordinance that would ban fracking, a controversial method of oil extraction. To qualify for the ballot, FrackFree had to submit 7,560 valid signatures to the Butte County Clerk-Recorder’s Office by June 5, but went a step further by submitting more than 10,000 signatures, according to a press release. Julie Merrell, an administrative assistant for the clerk-recorder, said staff is still finishing work on the primary election and has yet to begin processing the initiative, but must verify the signatures within 30 days of submission.
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The Saturday farmers’ market debate has added a new chapter with a letter from Interim City Manager Mark Orme to Richard Coon, chairman of the Chico Certified Farmers’ Market board of directors. The letter offers four options: a three-year agreement to stay in the current downtown parking lot with no expansion until the city completes a study on parking impacts; staying put but moving the market to Sunday for a 15-year term; moving the market to the City Hall parking lot and surrounding area, with one option allowing business on Saturday (a four-year agreement) and the other on Sunday (for 10 years). Market operators have not yet submitted an official response. All four options include a $5,000 annual fee. Coon has indicated the CCFM board wants the City Council to either adopt or put to the voters a qualified initiative that would keep the market in place for the next eight years and allow it to expand.
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Gray wolves were listed under the California Endangered Species Act on June 4 despite the species’ 90-year absence from California— save the occasional celebrity appearance, of course. In early 2013, a gray wolf known as OR-7 (pictured) crossed into California from Oregon, becoming the first of its kind in the state since the species was wiped out in the 1920s. OR-7 recently made news again, this time for fathering at least two pups in southwestern Oregon, according to SFGate.com. Wildlife experts believe OR-7’s offspring could potentially lead to the repopulation of the species in California. The California Fish and Game Commission’s 3-to-1 vote to protect gray wolves came despite protests from ranchers and hunting groups and a recommendation from Chuck Bonham, the director of the state Department of Fish and Wildlife, to not list the species. 8
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Jeffersonians en masse Huge turnout for discussion on State of Jefferson ends in request for more discussion
H Butte County Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday (June 10), most of them decked out undreds of people flocked to the
in green and gold, their shirts and hats emblazoned with the words “State of Jefferson.” Others carried little story and flags with the double-X symbol photo by Meredith J. that has come to represent this Graham mythical 51st state. “We don’t have someone repmeredithg@ newsreview.com resenting our way of life up here,” one man told the board. “Our votes are being controlled by LA, San Francisco and Sacramento, and our taxes are going to things that don’t benefit us.” That was the consensus during more than two hours of public comment regarding a proposal that the supervisors declare their support of the withdrawal of Butte County from the state of California. Other comments included things like: “I’d like my vote to count.” “When was the last time we saw Dianne Feinstein up here?” “[Declaring your support for the State of Jefferson] reserves you a seat at the table. If you aren’t seated at the table, you will be on the menu.” “This northern state is viable.” “The people of Butte County have become irrelevant.” One woman pointed with outrage to a recent segment on MSNBC’s The Last Word With Lawrence O’Donnell about the State of Jefferson movement in which several Northern California county names are mispronounced and former
San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown, who was brought on to comment, characterizes the area as a “very poor place; they do not offer anything to the rest of the state of California except for maybe a little bit of land.” Speakers came from all over the county, representing Chico, Oroville, Durham, Paradise, Magalia, Concow, Butte Valley, Cherokee, Palermo and Biggs. The lone dissenter, a well-spoken man from Bangor, said, “I love the state of California—we’re an economic powerhouse. I think the State of Jefferson is out of line.” The vocal crowd got early assurance from Supervisors Bill Connelly and Larry Wahl, who came out in support of the declaration and the State of Jefferson. Both echoed concerns of speakers including water rights, taxes and representation. “Smaller government is generally always a good idea,” Connelly said. “If we can’t get representation in Sacramento the way we deserve, we need to do this,” Wahl added, and before the rest of the board had a chance to discuss the issue, he made a motion to declare support for the State of Jefferson. Connelly seconded. Then Supervisor Steve Lambert jumped in. “I think we ought to have a discussion, or you boys might be caught with your pants down,” he said. “Let’s be smart here. … I think you guys are mak-
ing a foolish mistake and I don’t want to go down the same road we did with medical marijuana.” He then proceeded to offer a counterargument to almost every point Connelly and Wahl had made. It was the beginning of some back-and-forth between Lambert and Connelly. “I don’t think you should chastise me for having a different opinion—you’ve never done that before,” Connelly said. “I was keeping my word to the people that asked me. You weren’t aware of that.” Back to the discussion at hand, Lambert said, “I want to buy into this. As a kid growing up, I always wanted to be the governor of Northern California. That was always kind of a joke. “A hundred fifty years ago West Virginia pulled away from Virginia,” he continued. “I don’t want to be West Virginia. I don’t want to beat up another state, but I don’t want to be that. I don’t want to be an empowered, poor state.” He pointed to a lack of infrastructure like an airport and the fact that institutions of higher education in this region are funded by the state of California as concerns about backing the State of Jefferson. Supervisor Maureen Kirk voiced similar concerns. “I agree with a lot of what you say,” she told the audience. “But I have huge concerns about the State of Jefferson,
Transitional management economically.” The big cities that Jefferson proponents want to break away from are the same cities that generate sales and property taxes that go back into Butte County schools and other services, she said. “In our area, we would end up paying more taxes for the same level of services.” Board Chairman Doug Teeter sat, quite literally, in the middle. He appeared on the fence, but said he would not vote in favor of declaring support for the State of Jefferson because a vote of 3-2 would be “milquetoast” and lack the strong message to Sacramento that a declaration should carry. He asked if the backers of the State of Jefferson could return with more information in six months that could sway the majority of the board to vote in favor. They agreed. Ultimately, Wahl rescinded his motion and Connelly did the same with his second. “Thank you for paying attention to what’s going on around you,” Lambert said to the pair. “I don’t want to be a jerk here … but this political game-playing is ridiculous.” In other news: The board also
voted on several other items Tuesday. Perhaps the two most noteworthy involve the much-anticipated Hall of Records and the much-debated medical marijuana ordinance. As for the Hall of Records, the panel voted unanimously to move forward with the project, approving all current plans and awarding the construction contract to Chico-based BCM Construction Co. for $7.2 million. Medical marijuana is a little trickier. It’s easier to explain if started at the beginning. Last year, the Board of Supervisors approved an ordinance regulating the growing of medical marijuana. In February, it amended that ordinance, making it stricter. Growers didn’t like that, so they gathered signatures as they’re wont to do, and those signatures were sufficient to stop the amendment in its tracks. In April, because of the successful petition drive, the board was forced to look at the amendment to the ordinance and make a decision: repeal it or put it on the November ballot. It chose the latter. To make matters more confusing, however, the petition is also an initiative, similar to the original cultivation ordinance passed last year by the board. On Tuesday, the supervisors discussed their options: adopt the initiative as is or put it to a vote of the people. Once again, they chose the latter, meaning not one but two initiatives regarding medical marijuana cultivation will be put before voters come November. Ω
City manager shuffle begins as Assistant City Manager Mark Orme takes over ark Orme currently has two offices on the third floor of City Hall, M each with his name attached to the wall next to the door. On June 3, the City Council voted unanimously to appoint Assistant City
Manager Orme to temporarily replace outgoing City Manager Brian Nakamura, who announced on May 26 that he was taking the city manager job in Rancho Cordova after less than two years in Chico. Nakamura was hired out of the Riverside County city of Hemet, where he’d served as city manager for three years. Orme served as Nakamura’s assistant city manager there. When Nakamura came to Chico in September 2012, he said the finances were a mess, promptly made drastic cuts, and along the way several longtime city employees left their posts with no public explanation, which raised questions as well as suspicions. In his letter informing the council of his decision to move on, Nakamura wrote, “My tenure here in Chico has been the most challenging, difficult and rewarding in my career to date and I wish to formally thank the City Council for its full support, personally and professionally.” Nakamura has said he was scheduled to remain in Chico until June 30 to help with Orme’s transition. Orme’s résumé tells a much different story than Nakamura’s, which is filled with many short stints in cities across this state and Oregon. Orme, rather, spent 14 years in Hemet, where he served in a number of government positions. “They were management assistant positions that progressively grew year after year after year until I became interim city manager after Brian left,” he said during a recent interview. He was also, according to the Press-Enterprise newspaper, the city’s chief labor negotiator and before that, worked for five years as a congressional aide to Sonny Bono, the singer turned Republican congressman who died in a 1998 skiing accident.
Interim City Manager Mark Orme (right) said he will “absolutely” apply for the permanent position left vacant by outgoing City Manager Brian Nakamura. CN&R FILE PHOTO
Orme had first come to town at the invitation of Nakamura on the Thanksgiving weekend of 2012, three months after Nakamura was hired and a little more than a month before Rucker left. “Brian wanted to build a team of professionals that could really contribute to fixing whatever the issues may have been at the time,” Orme said. “I don’t think he knew the depths of the situation.” He said it was a difficult decision to leave Hemet for Chico. “I’m one of those types who is very committed to the organization I am with and so it was a big decision for me,” he said. “Particularly in the fact that Chico was nine hours away from everything I knew and everything I called home and so it had to be the right thing. After much prayer and consideration, it turns out this was meant to be.” Orme and his wife have two children, a 9-year-old daughter and a 6-year-old son. “They are the centers of my heart and I think that is the core reason why I came here—for them,” he said. “We enjoy hiking and this was just absolutely perfect—a vibrant downtown where you’ve got Orme was born in Palm Springs and raised in the high everything you could ever want. A university, a hospital, all those desert town of Yucca Valley, which he describes as a “great place to specialties that I think any young family would love to have.” grow up. We had heat there just like we are having right now in He said he is “absolutely” going to apply for the city manager Chico. I’m very familiar with this hot weather, and I love it.” position but isn’t exactly sure of the process. The assistant city manager position opened up in Chico with the “The City Council is going to further evaluate how they are going sudden and mysterious retirement of John Rucker in January 2013. to move forward at the June 17 meeting,” he said, “and there is one of two ways of going: They can make a determination that they put me in as permanent or they can go out for recruitment.” He said he will stay on as assistant city manager if he doesn’t get the top job. City Councilman Randall Stone, who was elected after Nakamura was hired, gave a mixed review of Nakamura’s performance and said that he respects Orme, but the city should still Gamers more social than we thought recruit for the best candidate. A recent study fights the stereotype that video“Nakamura’s tenure with Chico was as tumulgamers sit in their parents’ basements for dozens tuous as the tasks we had before us as a commuof hours on end, shunning parties, friends and the nity,” Stone wrote in an email. “The city was in rest of the outside world. In fact, it shows that severe fiscally challenging times and that manthey are more social—and socially conscious— dated considerable and swift action to rectify.” than the people who make fun of them. The study, As for filling the city manager’s seat, Stone commissioned by video platform and online gamer community Twitch, offers these offered this: “We clearly need a manager for a key findings about gamers (defined as anyone who has played a digital video game in different purpose than two years ago, so we will the past 60 days): • They are more likely to live with other people than nongamers. likely have a different kind of manager than • They have better relationships with their parents than nongamers. Brian. I know that Mark Orme is a strong candi• 82 percent say spending time with their families is a top priority date. But we’ll have to see who applies for the (versus 68 percent of nongamers). job and determine exactly how best to move • 43 percent have a college degree or higher, versus 36 percent of nongamers. forward.”
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strides. One who’s fitting the bill is Los Molinos’ Nicholas Kitchel. He graduated with honors in political science from UC Berkeley last month, and has at least one national figure boldly predicting he’ll one day be the nation’s president. As a political intern for the Democratic National Committee in 2012, Kitchel made a huge impression on the DNC’s national political director, Steve Walker. Now the executive director for iVote, a national political action committee for voters’ rights, Walker forwarded an April Instagram photo of himself with Kitchel to the CN&R, which contained the message: “Really great catching up with @nicholaskitchel. He will be POTUS [President of the U.S.] one day. #TeamAwesome.” While at Berkeley, Kitchel, a graduate of Red Bluff High School, racked up an impressive résumé. Among other things, he served as the national council secretary for College Democrats of America, was UC Berkeley’s national affairs chief deputy, and was the chief of staff for California College Democrats. Among Kitchel’s many accomplishments, his most powerful may be helping create an organization that will aid thousands of California students, including those at Chico State: The California Public Higher Education Caucus (CPHEC), which kicked into gear on May 1. The caucus will be an advocate in Washington, D.C., for prospective and current California State University and University of California students and there are plans to include community colleges soon. It will campaign for federal investment, affordability and low student-loan interest rates. CPHEC already includes more than 30 California congressmen and -women as members. “It’s an amazing opportunity,” Kitchel said during a recent phone interview. “Student debt now exceeds credit card debt, which is pretty incredible.” Kitchel created the caucus with Nicholas Kitchel of Los Molinos helped form a political caucus that lobbies on behalf of California’s college students. PHOTO COURTESY OF LANA KITCHEL
a handful of other student leaders from the UC system. “Approximately four [or] five of us started the idea for the CPHEC in 2012,” Kitchel said. “The following year, some of them graduated, so myself and two others kept the fire going.” To make the caucus biparti-
san, they tried signing Democrat and Republican congress members as co-chairs, but none of the busy politicians had the time. So last year, while interning in Washington, D.C., Kitchel spent some of his off time on Capitol Hill pitching the idea to congressional staff. One of those was Congressman Ami Bera’s chief of staff, whose excitement about the idea caught on with Bera (D-Rancho Cordova), a former UC Davis faculty member. Bera agreed to be the coleader. Shortly thereafter, he was joined by Congressman Jeff Denham (R-Modesto). The congressmen officially inaugurated CPHEC in Washington, D.C., with the founding students, including Kitchel, who spoke at a ceremony on May 1. At least one Chico State alumnus attended: Joe Bañez, a staff assistant for Congressman Henry Waxman (D-Santa Monica). UC President Janet Napolitano and CSU Chancellor Timothy P. White also attended and voiced support.
“We look forward to working with all members of the caucus and our partners in California public higher education to continue to improve graduation rates, keep student debt low, and move California’s economy forward,” White said. Chico State President Paul Zingg also applauds the effort. “My own views echo those of Tim White and Janet Napolitano that access, affordability, quality and accountability are the cornerstones of public higher education in California,” he said in an email from Scotland. Kitchel beamed about the caucus’ solid foundation. “By that May 1 ceremony we had 32 members of Congress signed up, which is more than half of the entire California delegation,” he said. Post-graduation, Kitchel plans to intern and work in Washington, D.C., for a couple of years before enrolling in law school. Overall, iVote’s Walker may be one of Kitchel’s biggest supporters. In an interview with the CN&R, he reiterated his praise. “He’s brilliant,” Walker said. “I’ve witnessed his leadership skills and I hope he runs for office. If he puts his mind to it, he could be president one day.” Kitchel’s mother, Lana Kitchel, is also very proud. “Nick has done some absolutely amazing things,” she said by phone from her Los Molinos home. “This is an incredible legacy for Nick as he graduates.” —VIC CANTU
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make or the crops that they pollinate. “Honeybees are responsible for over $20 billion—that’s with a ‘B’—of agricultural production in the United States every year,” he continued. “So bees are indispensable to agriculture. I’m glad that Congress recognizes that; I’m glad they’re interested, and I would hope that I was able to foster better understanding and continued support of honeybee research.” Colony collapse disorder has become a significant problem over the past decade. Buzz Landon, who with wife Nicole owns and operates Buzz’s Bees in Richvale, shares Cummings’ concern about colony collapse. The jeopardy is multifaceted: • Parasites—namely the Varroa mite, which not only drains the bee of fluid but also transmits illness. • Forage—feeding options, which depend on open-land rights when bees are not pollinating crops.
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Preliminary results from the 2013-14 survey of U.S. honeybee colonies, released by the Bee Informed Partnership (beeinformed.org), show beekeepers experienced a winter mortality rate of 23.2 percent—down 7.3 percent from 2012-13. Still, this is higher than the loss rate considered acceptable, 18.9 percent, and Capay Farms CEO Dan Cummings cautions against drawing conclusions from one year’s data.
• Pesticides—chemicals that can be dangerous to bees depending on their type and application. Insecticides seem like obvious threats, but Landon calls particular attention to the combination of parasites and forage. Bees, like many grazing creatures, thrive on a balanced diet. When their choices are limited— and, even worse, when they’re sapped by parasites—they become vulnerable. “The Varroa mites are vectors for many of the diseases we have,” he explained. “You throw in a bee that’s weakened, and then you’ve got a pretty deadly cocktail.” How significant is the problem?
According to the Bee Informed Partnership, which (in conjunction with the Apiary Inspectors of America and the U.S. Department of Agriculture) conducts an annual survey of beekeepers, 23.2 percent of the nation’s 2.6 million honeybee colonies died off last winter. Colony collapse disorder has prompted Landon to make some minor changes to how he raises bees. He monitors them more carefully for mites, and to see if he needs to supplement their diet with additional protein or sugar syrup. Also, he says, when they’re out feeding in nature, “you just can’t leave the bees out there unattended for as long a time as we used to be able to.” In part that’s because the topography has changed: “We’re losing some territory,” Landon said, “so the food source isn’t the same.” That’s where Cummings hopes his testi-
mony comes into play. He spoke to the congressional committee about the Conservation Reserve Program and the possibility of transforming more of this open space into feeding ground for honeybees by incorporating wildflower seed into grass-seed mixtures. “Bees really benefit from a diverse diet,” Cummings said. “We see a correlation between colony collapse disorder and stress, and one of the greatest stressors is lack of natural forage for honeybees.” Said Landon: “I can’t stress enough the importance of opening the doors to new pastures.” Cummings also stresses the importance of collaboration between farmers and beekeepers. While chemical companies work to refine products, he says that a simple shift in spraying—doing so in the evenings, when bees tend to be out of the fields—is among the “better bee-friendly crop practices” that should be employed. Research may yield more answers; ergo, his visit to Washington, at the request of Congressman Doug LaMalfa, who is on the committee that heard his testimony. Cummings is chairman of the Almond Board of California’s Bee Task Force and also serves on the board of directors of Blue Diamond Growers. Partly for an investment and partly to ensure a steady supply of pollinators, he has an ownership stake in Olivarez Honey Bees in Orland. “I clearly hope it was beneficial,” Cummings said of his testimony. “There was a full range of questions, and clearly they were knowledgeable questions. It seemed like the members of Congress understood the issue. They’re informed about the status of honeybees in the United States and pollinated crops.” Ω
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Since you had no family here, what made you choose the Palermo area? My husband was having trouble finding work in Oregon. He was originally from the Bay Area, so we decided to move back to California. When we found this property we knew it was just perfect for what we wanted to do.
How many animals do you typically have? We try not to overwhelm ourselves. We usually have between 80 to 100 animals at a time that include mice, cats, goats and others. We want to be able to provide the care and attention each of them need and deserve.
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a type of arthritis. We treated it with injections but it didn’t help much. His owner asked us if we would take him for our refuge. We ended up doing corrective trimming and it helped some.
What’s been your most unusual animal? That’s hard to say. We have had ferrets. We also have a threelegged iguana and a cat with an autoimmune disease that makes her allergic to her own teeth.
Do you find homes for some of your animals or do they all stay permanently? We have re-homed some in the past. We had some cats and other animals that belonged to an older woman. We were able to house them while keeping in contact with her family members and eventually found homes for most of them. It is our goal to do more re-homing in the future. —COOKIE J. ARNETT
by Toni Scott tonis@newsrev iew.com
When Gay and Bob James first decided to purchase a business investment on north Esplanade, their three children—and their bank—thought they were crazy. “No one would lend us a dime because it was in such bad shape,” Bob James said. The couple ignored the warnings, refinanced their ministorage business and took on the risk of purchasing a troubled property with 11 buildings. Starting with John Bidwell’s old hog barn, over the past four years, they have renovated eight of the buildings and moved in businesses, including the flagship, Wine Time, which is owned by the Jameses and run by their daughter Jasmine. Five by Five Tonics, Roots Catering, RhythMix Dance Studio and Artisans Galleria now make Lost Dutchman Drive a bustling village within north Chico. Recently, the family wrapped up construction on Hotel James, a boutique lodging option that is utterly unique to Chico. The small hotel has five individual suites, locked by an electronic key pad, and a shared kitchen and common area, complete with laundry facilities. High-end luxury finishes, like the crystal chandelier that Gay’s dad had stored away for almost three decades, greet guests, who are treated to a bedand-breakfast feel, almost directly off Highway 99. The couple’s other daughter, Efima, is managing the hotel, which opened mid-May. Room rates range from $110 on the weekdays to $220 on the weekends. Go to www.hoteljameschico.com to check it out. The James family believes the hotel rounds out the property, which is now a destination location, rather than a nondescript eyesore. Guests can eat dinner and enjoy wine, view some art, taste cocktail bitters and sit in a private Jacuzzi before sleeping, all within a few steps. With the final large project on the property complete, the Jameses’ vision for the once-dilapidated property is complete. “We wanted to create quality where there wasn’t any,” Bob said. Farther south on The Esplanade: I heard troubling buzz last week that Big Al’s could be shutting its doors. I received an email from a friend about the possibility of a closure and another friend called me up about it two days later when she overheard someone in the nail salon lamenting the potential loss. After talking with Matt Bell, Big Al’s day manager and son of owners Bill and Pat Bell, I was relieved to find out that the local landmark has no plans to shut its doors. Bell confirmed that his parents will be retiring at the end of July, but the intention is to sell the Chico fixture before then. The Bells have owned and operated the drive-in eatery since 1985, Bell said, after purchasing the restaurant from founder Al Regier. Bell said there are a few parties interested in taking over the business, but the details are still being ironed out. Let’s hope that the triple-thick milkshakes are here to stay.
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HEALTHLINES Lucas Parsons, pictured working Klean Kanteen’s booth at the Thursday Night Market, has been training in Upper Bidwell Park in preparation for his ascent of Mount Shasta (below).
TEEN BIRTH RATE FALLING
California’s teen birth rate continues to trend downward across all racial and ethnic groups, a recent report from the California Department of Public Health indicates. The 2012 rate declined 8 percent compared to the previous year, to an all-time low of 25.7 births per 1,000 females ages 15 to 19, according to a CDPH press release. Hispanics continue to have the highest rate of teen births at 38.9 births per 1,000, but had the greatest decline since 2000, when the rate was 77.3. Since 2000, the teen birth rate decreased from 59.1 to 30.8 among blacks, 22.3 to 10.2 among whites, and 15 to 5 among Asians. Delaying childbearing until adulthood can improve health outcomes for both mother and infant, the release noted, and can provide more career and education opportunities for young women.
PHOTO BY HOWARD HARDEE
PERTUSSIS PERSISTS
Whooping cough is making rounds in California, particularly among infants and children younger than 18 years old. So far in 2014, the state has received reports of 2,649 cases of whooping cough, or pertussis, more than the number of cases reported in all of last year, according to a California Department of Public Health press release. More than 80 percent of the cases have affected children younger than 18. Of the pediatric cases, about eight percent were younger than 6 months old. Infants too young to be fully immunized are most vulnerable to severe and fatal cases of pertussis; two infant deaths have been reported this year. The release encouraged pregnant women receive a pertussis booster during their third trimester, while an infant’s first pertussis vaccination is recommended as early as two months old.
HOMELESS VETS GET A HAND
California voters directed funding toward providing housing for homeless and impoverished veterans by passing Proposition 41. Under the Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Bond Act of 2014, which passed during Tuesday’s primary election with 65 percent of the vote, the state will sell $600 million in new general-obligation bonds to fund the construction, renovation and acquisition of affordable multifamily housing for homeless and low-income veterans, according to California Public News Service. It’s the first bond act to direct funding to such a cause; previous measures have focused on programs to help veterans buy houses. California has roughly 15,000 homeless veterans—the most in the nation—and nearly half of them live in Los Angeles County. Send your health-related news tips to Howard Hardee at howardh@newsreview.com.
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A worthy climb Local ascending Mount Shasta to raise money for breast cancer advocacy group by
Mark Lore
Tfoot mountain came pretty easily for Lucas Parsons. That may sound daunting he decision to climb a 14,179-
to many, but tackling Mount Shasta—the fifth highest peak in California—is nothing compared with the uphill battle this country faces against cancer. Parsons knows this because he’s been affected by the disease. When he was younger, his cousin was diagnosed with brain cancer (and is a survivor), and Parsons lost his grandmother Ruby to cancer in January. His cousin was only 20 when she was diagnosed, which raised plenty of red flags for Parsons, a quality manager at Klean Kanteen. He’s even more mindful of it now that he has a wife and a baby girl of his own. He thinks about it differently, however, focusing more on toxins we encounter every day and their role in causing cancer. “I asked myself, ‘What is going on here?’” explained Parsons. “I’m really dedicated to the idea of helping to prevent cancer. There’s just a lot more that can be learned.” Next week, 34-year-old Parsons will take on Mount Shasta for Climb Against the Odds, along with a team of about 25 men and women from across the country who’ve been directly and indirectly
affected by cancer. The event is organized by the San Francisco-based nonprofit Breast Cancer Fund, which—like Parsons—is focused on preventing breast cancer by eliminating the toxic chemicals and radiation that have been linked to the disease. Andrea Martin launched the organization out of her apartment in the early’90s after she was diagnosed with breast cancer for a second time. Martin made the group’s inaugural climb in 1995, when she and 16 other breast cancer survivors ascended Mount Aconcagua in Argentina. Martin was a powerful voice in the fight against breast cancer until her death in 2003, two years after doctors diagnosed her with a malignant brain tumor. It was around that time that Breast Cancer Fund President and CEO Jeanne Rizzo worked to shift the
organization’s focus to prevention. “She took a really hard look at Breast Cancer Fund, and was astonished that nobody else was looking at prevention,” said Sharima Rasanayagam, the organization’s director of science. Rasanayagam joined the group a few years ago, and has since seen the positive impact Breast Cancer Fund has had. A few examples include the organization’s campaigns resulting in Johnson & Johnson removing chemicals known to cause cancer from its products and Campbell Soup Co.’s eliminating the synthetic compound bisphenol-A (BPA) from its cans. BPA is a major culprit, found in items like plastic water bottles, food packaging and paper receipts, but Rasanayagam
APPOINTMENT STROLL THROUGH OAK WAY Enloe Medical Center’s lecture/activity series, Walk With a Doc, continues on Saturday, June 14, with pediatrician Patrick Tedford (pictured), who will lead participants on a walk around Oak Way Park (1510 W. Eighth Ave.) after a short presentation titled “Make Exercising Fun.” The event is free and begins at 8 a.m.
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Taking life back from hip and knee pain When the pain you are experiencing in your hips or knees severely restricts your ability to walk or perform simple activities, it may be time to talk to an orthopedic surgeon and consider a joint replacement procedure. Mobility is a vital part of life and Feather River Hospital’s award winning Joint Replacement Center of Excellence is seeing to it that patients get back to the life they know and love faster. This includes patients who would consider themselves too young for a replacement. Feather River Hospital surgeons use unique, advanced techniques that require smaller incisions and damage less muscle tissue. These techniques allow faster recovery and a shorter hospital stay. Because surgeons are part of a skilled care team that provides a consistently high level of treatment from pre-op through recovery, patients are able to be active again more quickly. The care team comprised of surgeons, nurses, therapists and even dieticians also focuses on the patient experience and the benefit of compassionate, patient-focused care in promoting healing. This approach has helped the program to reach a level of excellence recognized by awards such as a 5-Star Rating in Total Knee Replacements from Healthgrades. Feather River Hospital is also a Blue Distinction Center+ for Hip and Knee Replacements. “Blue Distinction Centers
set themselves apart by adhering to best practices in patient safety and surgical care and producing consistently strong outcomes with fewer complications,” says Marcus Thygeson, M.D., senior vice president and chief health officer at Blue Shield of California. The Joint Replacement Center of Excellence offers an innovative, proactive approach to care for total knee and total hip replacement patients utilizing pre-operative learning classes and group therapy. When recovering in the hospital, patients recover as a group – exercising, enjoying various activities, and providing support and encouragement to each other. Total joint replacement patients average a hospital stay of only one to three days. Most patients are putting weight on their new joint later in the same day that they have their surgery. For patients who once suffered from joint pain, being able to hike, golf, play with their children or even ride a motorcycle again greatly improves their lives. Feather River Hospital’s joint replacement program is helping them to achieve these excellent outcomes as fast as possible. For more information about the Feather River Hospital Joint Replacement Center of Excellence call (530) 876-7243 or visit www.frhosp.org. To learn more about Blue Distinction Centers for Specialty Care®, please visit www.bcbs.com or contact your Local Plan.
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HEALTHLINES believes things are moving in the right direction. “BPA has become sort of the poster child,” she said. “Nobody knew what it was five or six years ago. Now everybody knows.” And while legislation— especially at the federal level—can be painfully slow, Rasanayagam says Breast Cancer Fund has been quite effective in steering businesses to reexamine their practices. “It’s a real example of peoplepower,” she said, “because businesses can make changes rather quickly.” More needs to be done, of
course, and Parsons is working toward that end. He points to pink ribbon campaigns that are ironically used by companies that are guilty of pumping their products full of toxins. Parsons also believes those campaigns have done little to get to the root of cancer. “With pink ribbon campaigns, people feel like, ‘OK, I’ve done my part,’” he explained. “It concerns me that people don’t go beyond that to further educate themselves.” Which is what Parsons has done. One of the things he’s discovered along the way—the fact that 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer—doesn’t sit well with him, which is what led him to Breast Cancer Fund and Climb Against the Odds. In the meantime, Parsons is also getting an education on the ins and outs of climbing a mountain. While he considers himself a relatively
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active guy—before having children, Parsons played a few baseball games a week for a local travel team—he’s been training extensively for the past two months in Upper Bidwell Park, steadily increasing his pack weight and going on progressively longer hikes. “This’ll be a new area for me to explore,” he said. “I’m appropriately intimidated, but not scared by any stretch.” Parsons is looking to raise $6,000 for his climb this month, gathering donations and sponsors along the way. The last climb, in 2012, raised more than $400,000 for the group, which continues to be a force in making change, both in how companies do business and through legislative action. And Parsons feels a deep commitment to the Breast Cancer Fund. “They are a unique and intimate group,” he said. “Next year I plan to be a porter for the Shasta climb so that I can guide a new team of climbers to their goals.” Ω
WEEKLY DOSE Go with the heart If you’ve recently begun working out, especially focusing on cardio exercises, you may be wondering how hard to push yourself. One good gauge is to first determine your maximum heart rate. According to the Mayo Clinic, healthy adults can figure out that rate by subtracting their age from 220. For example, a 40-year-old man’s maximum heart rate clocks in at 180 beats per minute. For moderate intensity, aim for 50 percent to 70 percent of your maximum heart rate. For vigorous exercise, go for 70 percent to 80 percent of the maximum. In the case of that 40-year-old man, a goal of 80 percent would mean a target heart rate of 144 beats per minute. Exercise newbies are encouraged to aim for the low end.
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Clean vs. dirty energy
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It’s just after 9 on a Saturday morning, a half-hour after my wife discovered the package. I’m at my desk, pawing nervously at the computer mouse, dragging the arrow across the screen where the image of a mysterious stranger glows colorless in the washed-out light of dawn. I freeze the frame for a better look, not knowing what information I hope to gather. He’s middle-aged, nondescript. He wears light-colored pants and a fleece sweatshirt, carrying in his hands a small cardboard box, holding it gently, firmly—almost tenderly. I rewind two minutes to 6:02 a.m. A brown or maroon minivan pulls up and parks, the license plates unreadable in the weak light. The man gets out, opens the rear lift gate, rummages around. Now he has the box. He’s walking across the driveway. Has he practiced this? Stalked out the place? Have we seen him before? Someone we know? Fourteen strides bring him to our front door, and he bends down to carefully place the box on our doorstep. Like the man, the box is nondescript—small and tan and unmarked. I let the scene play out for the 10th or 20th time, switching between two camera angles. As he leaves, our security light startles him. He brings up his hand to shield his eyes, annoyed, or maybe just surprised, and I see him as some mad bomber, some villain from the TV news, caught on tape as he makes his getaway. The security light seems to jolt him a little. He
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quickens his pace, lengthens his stride. Ten paces bring him back to his van, where he jumps in the driver’s seat and glides off down the empty suburban street. I rewind to watch the scene again, glancing guiltily at the little tan box sitting on my desk. I’ve closed it back up to hide its contents, but it’s still there, inanimate yet insistent, pulsing with unanswered questions.
Ever wonder what might be the most subversive act you could undertake in modern America? I have. I used to think stealing was subversive, an idea I probably picked up from reading too much Yippie propaganda as a teenager. It was an idea that fit comfortably with my lower-middle-class identity and the fact that, like most young people, I wanted a lot of stuff I couldn’t afford. So I stole—not from regular people but from chain stores, because I reasoned they were soft targets of cor-
porate America and deserved to be bled a little bit. Plus it was a cheap thrill that made me feel dangerous and cool. I finally gave up shoplifting in my twenties, having been caught a couple times and waking up to the fact that I was not actually bringing down Babylon by pilfering stuff I didn’t even need. I still wanted to play out my revolutionary fantasies though, so I set my sights on creating art that might serve as some catalyst to action—a rallying cry, a message from the underworld— anything to minutely deflect the fatal direction this country’s been headed in ever since the vampire lord Reagan locked us on our present course to destruction. I made music, wrote manifestoes, passed out pamphlets, spray-painted walls. I was grandiose and ridiculous and painfully naïve, but I believed in what I was doing, even if I didn’t know exactly what that was. I was zealous and immature and probably terrible to be around. I fantasized about arson and assassination squads. I thought I was being subversive, but I didn’t understand the meaning of the word. I didn’t know what I was truly up against. As I grew older, my life took that timehonored path from caricature to cliché, my ideals splattered like seafoam against the rocks of everyday life—kids, marriage, college, career. Through it all, I tried my best to stay active and informed, but in the end I found myself like most everyone else, sitting passively and impotently at a computer, cursing the armies of dolts and liars and greedheads that have made it their mission in life to ruin my country and diminish the prospects of my children’s happiness and prosperity. I swallowed my powerlessness and gave up on direct subversion, attempting instead to make changes from within the system. To this end, I landed a job in education, the traditional route for burned-out and disillusioned former agitators. From there, I still do what I can to make change, albeit on an individual and painfully gradual basis. I live off the dwindling largesse of the taxpayer, helping foster and homeless youth get their high school diplomas, so that they at least have a chance at a better life. It’s important work and I enjoy it. It pays the bills and eases my conscience, makes me think that even if I’m not boldly reshaping society, at least I’m not adding to its misery. Yet I’ve always felt I was missing something. That something showed up on my doorstep at 6:02 on a Saturday morning, a small, brown box full of pure social subversion.
We all want so much in this country. So many shiny things catch our eyes and divert our attentions. We exist in perpetual envy, sizing each other up, count-
Josh and Robin Indar with the mysterious box.
About the author:
Josh Indar is a writer, musician and educator, though sometimes he wishes he’d grown up to be something a little more practical. He writes a bi-monthly column called Out of Pocket for PopMatters.com, where this essay originally appeared. He and wife, mosaic artist Robin Indar, have lived in Chico for 12 years. They have two awesome kids.
ing and coveting and judging our worth and the worth of our fellow citizens based on whatever status markers are currently in vogue. My 13year-old son struts around the house singing about stacking paper and making it rain, of guarded mansions and red Bugattis. On my friend’s Facebook page, I get in a pointless argument with a millionaire fitness guru who tells me how sick she is of me and my kind stealing from her via the tax system, how she deserves every penny of her riches because she’s worked harder than everyone else and made better choices, completely ignoring the luck and privilege that enabled her to do so. Walking downtown, I step over a homeless man sitting on the sidewalk, his back against a chain-link fence, dirty belongings splayed around him. In a weak and quiet voice, he asks me for change and I instinctively say no, I don’t have any, and as I round the corner I feel in my pocket anyway, coming out with a rumpled five. Will I miss five bucks? Can I give up a double cappuccino today so this grizzled and dazed man can survive another day? I put it back in my pocket and unlock my car, but as I’m getting in I feel guilt pooling like blood in my stomach, so I decide to go back and give him the money, but as I take a step toward him, I see through the chain-link fence that a police car has pulled up to the curb. The new sit/lie ordinance makes it illegal to sit on a public sidewalk,
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s d l o h e g a k c a p s u o An anonym xpected e n u g n i h somet
by Josh Indar photos by
Melanie MacTavish
It’s just after 9 on a Saturday morning, a half-hour after my wife discovered the package. I’m at my desk, pawing nervously at the computer mouse, dragging the arrow across the screen where the image of a mysterious stranger glows colorless in the washed-out light of dawn. I freeze the frame for a better look, not knowing what information I hope to gather. He’s middle-aged, nondescript. He wears light-colored pants and a fleece sweatshirt, carrying in his hands a small cardboard box, holding it gently, firmly—almost tenderly. I rewind two minutes to 6:02 a.m. A brown or maroon minivan pulls up and parks, the license plates unreadable in the weak light. The man gets out, opens the rear lift gate, rummages around. Now he has the box. He’s walking across the driveway. Has he practiced this? Stalked out the place? Have we seen him before? Someone we know? Fourteen strides bring him to our front door, and he bends down to carefully place the box on our doorstep. Like the man, the box is nondescript—small and tan and unmarked. I let the scene play out for the 10th or 20th time, switching between two camera angles. As he leaves, our security light startles him. He brings up his hand to shield his eyes, annoyed, or maybe just surprised, and I see him as some mad bomber, some villain from the TV news, caught on tape as he makes his getaway. The security light seems to jolt him a little. He
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quickens his pace, lengthens his stride. Ten paces bring him back to his van, where he jumps in the driver’s seat and glides off down the empty suburban street. I rewind to watch the scene again, glancing guiltily at the little tan box sitting on my desk. I’ve closed it back up to hide its contents, but it’s still there, inanimate yet insistent, pulsing with unanswered questions.
Ever wonder what might be the most subversive act you could undertake in modern America? I have. I used to think stealing was subversive, an idea I probably picked up from reading too much Yippie propaganda as a teenager. It was an idea that fit comfortably with my lower-middle-class identity and the fact that, like most young people, I wanted a lot of stuff I couldn’t afford. So I stole—not from regular people but from chain stores, because I reasoned they were soft targets of cor-
porate America and deserved to be bled a little bit. Plus it was a cheap thrill that made me feel dangerous and cool. I finally gave up shoplifting in my twenties, having been caught a couple times and waking up to the fact that I was not actually bringing down Babylon by pilfering stuff I didn’t even need. I still wanted to play out my revolutionary fantasies though, so I set my sights on creating art that might serve as some catalyst to action—a rallying cry, a message from the underworld— anything to minutely deflect the fatal direction this country’s been headed in ever since the vampire lord Reagan locked us on our present course to destruction. I made music, wrote manifestoes, passed out pamphlets, spray-painted walls. I was grandiose and ridiculous and painfully naïve, but I believed in what I was doing, even if I didn’t know exactly what that was. I was zealous and immature and probably terrible to be around. I fantasized about arson and assassination squads. I thought I was being subversive, but I didn’t understand the meaning of the word. I didn’t know what I was truly up against. As I grew older, my life took that timehonored path from caricature to cliché, my ideals splattered like seafoam against the rocks of everyday life—kids, marriage, college, career. Through it all, I tried my best to stay active and informed, but in the end I found myself like most everyone else, sitting passively and impotently at a computer, cursing the armies of dolts and liars and greedheads that have made it their mission in life to ruin my country and diminish the prospects of my children’s happiness and prosperity. I swallowed my powerlessness and gave up on direct subversion, attempting instead to make changes from within the system. To this end, I landed a job in education, the traditional route for burned-out and disillusioned former agitators. From there, I still do what I can to make change, albeit on an individual and painfully gradual basis. I live off the dwindling largesse of the taxpayer, helping foster and homeless youth get their high school diplomas, so that they at least have a chance at a better life. It’s important work and I enjoy it. It pays the bills and eases my conscience, makes me think that even if I’m not boldly reshaping society, at least I’m not adding to its misery. Yet I’ve always felt I was missing something. That something showed up on my doorstep at 6:02 on a Saturday morning, a small, brown box full of pure social subversion.
We all want so much in this country. So many shiny things catch our eyes and divert our attentions. We exist in perpetual envy, sizing each other up, count-
Josh and Robin Indar with the mysterious box.
About the author:
Josh Indar is a writer, musician and educator, though sometimes he wishes he’d grown up to be something a little more practical. He writes a bi-monthly column called Out of Pocket for PopMatters.com, where this essay originally appeared. He and wife, mosaic artist Robin Indar, have lived in Chico for 12 years. They have two awesome kids.
ing and coveting and judging our worth and the worth of our fellow citizens based on whatever status markers are currently in vogue. My 13year-old son struts around the house singing about stacking paper and making it rain, of guarded mansions and red Bugattis. On my friend’s Facebook page, I get in a pointless argument with a millionaire fitness guru who tells me how sick she is of me and my kind stealing from her via the tax system, how she deserves every penny of her riches because she’s worked harder than everyone else and made better choices, completely ignoring the luck and privilege that enabled her to do so. Walking downtown, I step over a homeless man sitting on the sidewalk, his back against a chain-link fence, dirty belongings splayed around him. In a weak and quiet voice, he asks me for change and I instinctively say no, I don’t have any, and as I round the corner I feel in my pocket anyway, coming out with a rumpled five. Will I miss five bucks? Can I give up a double cappuccino today so this grizzled and dazed man can survive another day? I put it back in my pocket and unlock my car, but as I’m getting in I feel guilt pooling like blood in my stomach, so I decide to go back and give him the money, but as I take a step toward him, I see through the chain-link fence that a police car has pulled up to the curb. The new sit/lie ordinance makes it illegal to sit on a public sidewalk,
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because businesses complained it was driving away customers. I wrestle with my thoughts for a second. I’m late for a meeting. I don’t want to deal with any cops right now. I don’t even know this guy—what’s his story? What’s his problem? I have bills to pay and kids to raise and lunch to buy. The door of the cop car swings open and a man in a blue uniform steps out, looking efficient, professional, authoritative. I shove the fiver back in my pocket and get in my car, ashamed of my cowardice, of my greed and my lame excuses. As I drive away, I see in a flash of stark detail all the systems and devices and conditioning that stops me from giving away even a tiny fraction of my hardearned yet unimpressive bankroll, and I realize that the truest form of subversion in this tainted republic is not shock or violence or humor. It’s generosity.
Now back to that mysterious box. As my wife is leaving for her morning run, she hollers that there’s an unmarked package on our doorstep. I ignore her, as I’m busy checking my status and reading the news. I’m doing the same thing when she comes back a half hour later, only now she’s holding the box, a worried and expectant look on her face. She places it in my hands, unopened. It’s light, but there is something inside. I turn it a bit, give a gentle shake. I’m mildly afraid. A couple days before, some anonymous asshole threw an egg through the cracked back window of our family van, making a smelly and disgusting mess inside. We often awake to find trash strewn on our lawn, or our trees and shrubs covered in toilet paper. We’ve both had stuff stolen from our cars, and sometimes at night we get loud phantom knocks on our front door. It’s petty stuff, but it affects us. Even after 12 years, we don’t feel totally welcome in our neighborhood, hence the security cameras. We’re a family of Bohemians—me a writer, my wife an artist, our oldest an actor, and we feel harassed and beleaguered and out of step with the patriotic Americans who populate our street, with their giant trucks and NRA stickers, country music and Super Bowl parties and front lawn trash talk. We stare at the suspicious box. “What do you think’s in it?” my wife asks.
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“Probably a dog turd.” “Naw, feels more like a dead rat.” We laugh as if we’re joking. The box has complicated flaps that keep it tightly closed. I shake it once more and it doesn’t explode, but still, I hold it away from my body, just in case it is a bomb. That way I’ll only lose a few fingers, maybe a hand, but hopefully get to keep my vital organs. I suck in a breath and we brace ourselves for whatever psychological trauma is about to be inflicted on us. The flaps slide out and the box opens, revealing a large stack of white, restaurant-style napkins. “That’s weird. I wonder …” The words evaporate as I turn over the napkins, revealing a neat stack of greenish paper. The box falls to the floor. Nestled inside
The box has complicated that keep it tightly cl flaps os I shake it once more aned . d it doesn’t explode , but st ill , I hold it away from my body, just in case it is a bomb.
Is it a bomb? A dead rat? Or something else entirely?
The third world and the starving kids and the cancer victims will all have to wait. I really do need this money. The thing bumming me out the most, I realize, is how small a difference this enormous gift will actually make. It would take a hundred of these miracles just to get me out of debt. Still though, what an amazing, unbelievable thing someone has done for us.
are 10 crisp $100 bills and an anonymous note thanking my wife and me for some unidentified “service to our community.” “What the fuck is that?” we say in unison. I pick up the box and thumb through the bills. “What the fuck is that?” my wife asks again.
I feel awful watching the footage of the delivery, like I’m the most unworthy wretch in the world, treating this beautiful gesture as if it’s some kind of crime. Here I’ve been given this amazing gift, with no strings attached, and yet I feel … what? Violated? Confused? Someone must have made a mistake. All the awful questions that came up when we discovered our car had been vandalized came flooding back—inverted, but still the same questions: Why me? Who would do such a thing? What did I do to deserve this? I tell myself to relax and rejoice, but I can’t. I’m too freaked out. My wife says maybe the money is stolen or counterfeit, some kind of diabolical trap. I try to think
of anyone we know who could possibly give away a thousand bucks. There’s no one. Whoever did this is way out of our league. As I stare perplexed at the box of cash, I realize that what’s bothering me is not the gift or the giver. It’s not the way it was delivered or the fact that I can’t properly thank the man. What bothers me is my own reaction. I feel sad and fraudulent and incapable of mustering the proper amount of gratitude. It’s not that I don’t feel grateful—far from it. I’m intensely aware that this is a kind of secular miracle, a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence. But how does one repay such a gift? What saintly act is required to make one feel deserving? I decide the proper thing to do is to take out my checkbook and pass the money on, to Doctors Without Borders or cancer research or any number of a million worthy causes. But as the day wears on, those causes are pushed aside by the realities of my own financial situation. There’s the $5,000 we owe to the IRS. The county wants property taxes and our insurance payment’s overdue. There’s the kids’ orthodontist bills and their nonexistent college funds, our student loans, the $800 I need to get my car fixed so it’ll pass smog check, the maxed-out credit cards, the mortgage, the broken fence and the old garage door that we have to prop open with a two-by-four.
I did end up giving a little to charity. A pittance really, but it’s something, I guess. As of this writing, I’ve yet to tell anyone (besides my mom) about the gift we got that Saturday. I guess I’m still embarrassed about it. I also don’t want anyone to be envious, to have people wonder why it came to me and not to them. I have lots of friends who deserve that money at least as much as I do, and many of them need it more. I wish it weren’t like this. I wish I were the subversive money bomber, planting little, tan boxes on people’s doorsteps. I wish our society wasn’t so focused on money, so demanding of greed. I wish rappers and pop stars would stop bragging about all their stupid money and start giving it away, so my son could learn that it really is better to give than receive. I wish I knew how to make enough to pay my bills so that the five dollars I withheld from that homeless guy wouldn’t spark a moral crisis and make me feel like a cowardly shit when I walked away from him in his time of need. The most subversive value in this country is generosity, because our culture denigrates those who give and lauds those who hoard. We fight each other for scraps like dogs under a Thanksgiving table, never pausing to wonder what would happen if we shared with each other, or if we forced our masters to share just enough so that we wouldn’t need to fight. And now I realize that the true gift of my anonymous benefactor wasn’t really the money at all. It was the knowledge that came with it. Ω
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Arts & Culture Carlos Loarca in front of a 9-foot painting in his studio. The artist is known for his large works. PHOTO COURTESY OF CARLOS LOARCA
Of murals and mystics
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Artist Carlos Loarca credits the discipline of painting with finding peace
Ifirst picked up a paint brush, art has served him as a hobby, a vocation, a means of self-expression
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and something far more valuable and elusive—the key to understanding the universe. by “Painting formed me completeKen Smith ly into what I am today,” Loarca said last week in a phone interview kens@ newsreview.com from his home in the Bay Area. “And what I think that I am is an individual of the world, and of this Preview: Earth, and I am part of a creator.” Loarca, today in his 70s and an Carlos Loarca in Chico , showing internationally known painter and June 13-July 19, at muralist, spoke at length—his Avenue 9 Gallery. voice still retaining a thick Central Reception: Friday, June 13, 5-8 p.m. American accent—about how Artist’s talk: painting began as a lark and grew June 21, 2 p.m. into his life’s work and the means of finding personal enlightenment. Avenue 9 Gallery A collection of his works will be 180 E. Ninth Ave. 879-1821 on display at Avenue 9 Gallery www.avenue9 June 13-July 19, with an opening gallery.com reception Friday, June 13, and a presentation by the artist the following week, Saturday, June 21. Raised in the largely Mayan mountain village of Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, Loarca moved to the United States in 1955 at the age of 18 and, after several years of working odd jobs, wanted to see more of the world. “I decided to join the Army with the idea they would send me to Europe, and they did so,” he said, explaining that most of his three-year stint was served just outside Paris, his weekends spent soaking in the city’s museums, cathedrals and monuments. It was also in France where Loarca ran across a sergeant who’d grown frustrated with a paint-bynumbers set and was ready to throw the kit away. “I said I’d put it in the trash for him, but my first thought was it was an opportunity to try painting,” he recalled. “I didn’t have any idea what or how to paint, but that was OK, because I figured after I was done I could just put it in the trash where it was going anyway.” Loarca remembered a postcard he’d picked up in a Paris museum of Henri Matisse’s “The Dance” and, 24
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inspired by its simple color scheme and free-flowing human forms, began to copy it from memory. To his surprise he liked the results, as did a bar owner near the military base who asked if she could keep it. Upon returning to San Francisco, he bought another paintby-numbers (“I remember all they had was clowns,” he said with a laugh), flipped it over and executed another from-memory loose copy, this time of Pablo Picasso’s “Woman With a Blue Veil.” He also enrolled in an art class, but soon found his “dimensions were too powerful for the size of the paper.” Loarca’s paintings remain large, and he’s painted murals in San Francisco’s Mission Cultural Center, General Hospital and airport. He’s also done murals with homeless children in Guatemala City, Honduras and the former USSR. Since early in his career, Loarca has incorporated the folklore of his native country and its indigenous Mayan population into his art, most notably through the appearance of “El Cadejo,” a dog-like animal spirit, part of whose duties included guiding drunks home from bars. Loarca credits the spirit with helping him beat his own alcoholism, and the artist’s depiction of El Cadejo has changed and aged as Loarca himself has. As his career progressed, so did his philosophy, Loarca said: “Little by little, I put together my interest and desire and discoveries and worked in my head how I was related to the infinite, how I was related to eternity. By painting I began to realize I could use any color, any form I wanted, I could use any direction of land or space, and I didn’t have to give an explanation of what I was doing, even to myself. … I realized if I made a line, I was creating something that was not part of this world before. It was my own line.” Loarca explained that making art led him to a humbling realization that he was at once a creator and a part of creation, that all living things are unique and connected and much more that he’ll likely touch upon during his June 21 presentation. “All these things come from learning the discipline of painting,” Loarca said. “There are elements in painting, like space and form and light—these elements help you understand better the formation of things in life.” Ω
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Special Events COMMUNITY BBQ & COOK-OFF: Celebrate generations of local farming with tri-tip and locally grown ingredients from participating cook-off teams, plus raffles, a no host bar, and live music from All Fired Up. Th, 6/12, 5:30-9:30pm. $30-35. Manzanita Place, 1705 Manzanita Ave., (530) 343-5617, www.chicochamber.com.
THURSDAY NIGHT MARKET: The market is back with fresh produce, local food, arts and crafts, plus live entertainment. This Week: Uni and her Ukelele and Meg Amor. Th, 6-9pm. Free. Chico City Plaza, Downtown Chico.
FRUGAL HOUSE 2014: An annual fundraising event that benefits the North State Symphony, with local decorators, artists and students converging on one house to showcase innovative ideas that are affordable and sustainable. Opening night tickets include a street party, plus food from local caterers, and bars. Th, 6/12, 7-10pm, F, 6/13, 10am-6pm, Sa, 6/14, 10am-6pm. $15-$35. Habitat Lab, 199 E. 13th St., www.facebook.com/FrugalHouse.
Art Receptions MEOW MEOW: A fresh collection of watercolors made for Chico’s beer-based establishment by Sea Monster. Prizes shall be rewarded, surprises shall be had, and fun shall be showered upon you. Th, 6/12, 6pm. The Winchester Goose, 800 Broadway St., (530) 715-0099, www.thewinchestergoose.com.
Theater FOREVER PLAID: Take a trip back to the 1950s with The Plaids, on their way to a gig in 1964.
Th-Sa, 7:30pm; Su, 2pm through 6/29. $12-$20. Chico Theater Company, 166-F Eaton Rd., (530) 894-3282, www.chicotheatercompany.com.
FRESH INK ONE ACT FESTIVAL: Celebrate Shakespeare’s 450th birthday with four directors, 16 actors and four authors who wrote one-acts that must include Shakespearean quotes, names and imagery.
MEOW MEOW Tonight, June 12 The Winchester Goose SEE THURSDAY, SPECIAL EVENTS
Th-Sa, 7:30pm through 6/22. $10-$12. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St., (530) 895-3749, www.blueroomtheatre.com.
OTHER DESERT CITIES: Brooke Wyeth returns home to Palm Springs after a six year absence, stirring up her family’s history for a memoir she’s writing. Th-Sa, 7:30pm; Su, 2pm through 6/22. $16-$22. Theatre on the Ridge Playhouse, 3735 Neal Rd. in Paradise, (530) 8775760, www.totr.org.
Poetry/Literature SUMMER READING SERIES: Featuring Amy Antongiovanni, Heather Altfeld, Troy Jollimore Neal Snidow, Nate Milliard, Jason Tannen, and Beth Spencer. Th, 6/12, 7:30pm. $3 donation. 1078 Gallery, 820 Broadway, (530) 343-1973, www.1078gallery.org.
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Special Events FRIDAY NIGHT CONCERTS: Downtown Chico’s summer music series continues with family friendly rock from The Alice Peake Experience. F, 6/13, 7-8:30pm. Chico City Plaza, Downtown Chico.
FRUGAL HOUSE 2014: See Thursday. Habitat Lab, 199 E. 13th St., www.facebook.com/ FrugalHouse.
Art Receptions ART ABOUT: A monthly art walk coordinated by
FINE ARTS Housing Action Team providing shelter and micro-housing opportunities. Su, 6/15, 11am3pm. $5-$10. Martin Luther King Jr. Park, E. 20th St. & Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Pkwy. (530) 895-4711, www.chicorec.com.
FRUGAL HOUSE 2014: See Thursday. Habitat Lab, 199 E. 13th St., www.facebook.com/ FrugalHouse.
Theater FOREVER PLAID: See Thursday. Chico Theater Company, 166-F Eaton Rd., (530) 894-3282, www.chicotheatercompany.com.
JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION Saturday, June 14 Martin Luther King Jr. Park, Oroville SEE SATURDAY, SPECIAL EVENTS
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Special Events CRUZIN’ CLASSICS CAR SHOW: Car enthusiasts the Chico Visual Arts Alliance (ChiVAA). Each second Friday a different area of Chico is featured. F, 6/13, 5-8pm. Free. Call or visit website for details, Chico, www.chivaa.org/artabout.
ARTIST ESTATE RECEPTION: Works from the
estate of artist David Gilhooly. F, 6/13, 5-8pm. James Snidle Fine Arts & Appraisals, 254 E. Fourth St., (530) 343-2930, www.jamessnidle finearts.com.
BREATH DUST, FEEL GOLD: The debut art show of Shane Fitzgerald with live music from Michael Bone, Aubrey Debauchery and Tiny salmon. F, 6/13, 8pm. $5. Café Coda, 265 Humboldt Ave., (530) 566-9476, www.cafecoda.com.
CARLOS LOARCA IN CHICO: A reception for the winner of Avenue 9 Gallery’s “Be Our Guest” competition, Carlos Loarca showcases his large-scale, colorful paintings often drawing inspiration from Mayan and Guatemalan Folklore. F, 6/13, 5-8pm. Avenue 9 Gallery, 180 E. Ninth Ave., (530) 879-1821, www.avenue9 gallery.com.
Music JEN WINKLER-ROBINSON BENEFIT CONCERT: A benefit concert with live music from Dylan’s Dharma to aid a local community member battling Liposcoma. F, 6/13, 6pm. Donations. Chico Grange, 2775 Nord Ave., (530) 895-1976.
bring all makes, models and years of cars, trucks and motorcycles to Paradise. Plus, local vendors, crafts, gifts and raffles. Sa, 6/14, 7:30am-3pm. Paradise Performing Arts Center, 777 Nunneley Rd. in Paradise, (530) 8728454, www.paradiseperformingarts.com.
FRUGAL HOUSE 2014: See Thursday. Habitat Lab, 199 E. 13th St., www.facebook.com/ FrugalHouse.
JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION: A celebration commemorating the end of slavery with a day of education, music, dancing, water slides, food and community. Sa, 6/14, 2-8pm. Free. Martin Luther King Jr. Park, 2921 B St. in Oroville, www.african-american-family-culturalcenter.org.
UNITY IN DIVERSITY FESTIVAL: The Paradise Center for Tolerance and Nonviolence presents an afternoon of live music and entertainment from diverse ethnicity and cultures, a silent auction, plant sale, plus food and beverages available for purchase. Sa, 6/14, 3-7pm. Free. Paradise Community Park, Black Olive Dr., (530) 872-6291.
FOREVER PLAID: See Thursday. Chico Theater Company, 166-F Eaton Rd., (530) 894-3282, www.chicotheatercompany.com.
FRESH INK ONE ACT FESTIVAL: See Thursday. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St., (530) 895-3749, www.blueroomtheatre.com.
OTHER DESERT CITIES: See Thursday. Theatre on the Ridge Playhouse, 3735 Neal Rd. in Paradise, (530) 877-5760, www.totr.org.
SHE LOVES ME: A nostalgic romantic comedy.
Directed by Jerry Miller. F, Sa, 7:30pm, Su, 2pm through 6/22. $15.50-$18.50. Center for the
Arts, 1475 East Ave., (530) 899-2692.
FOREVER PLAID: See Thursday. Chico Theater Company, 166-F Eaton Rd., (530) 894-3282, www.chicotheatercompany.com.
Room Theatre, 139 W. First St., (530) 895-3749, www.blueroomtheatre.com.
OTHER DESERT CITIES: See Thursday. Theatre on the Ridge Playhouse, 3735 Neal Rd. in Paradise, (530) 877-5760, www.totr.org.
SHE LOVES ME: A nostalgic romantic comedy.
Directed by Jerry Miller. F, Sa, 7:30pm through 6/22. Opens 6/13. Sun 2pm. $15.50-$18.50. Center
for the Arts, 1475 East Ave., (530) 899-2692.
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Special Events BLOOMSDAY: “Music, readings, revelry and more” is promised for the Blue Room and Celtic Knights of the Sea’s annual celebration of Bloomsday in honor of June 16, the day on which the events in James Joyce’s Ulysses take place. M, 6/16, 7:30pm. $25. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St., (530) 895-3749, www.blueroomtheatre.com.
Poetry/Literature CHICO AUTHOR AND PUBLISHING SOCIETY: A regularly scheduled meeting for local uthors and publishers. M, 6/16, 6:30pm. Free. Lyon Books, 135 Main St., (530) 891-3338, www.lyon books.com.
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1078 GALLERY: Out of Class: Out of Casa, Selections of life drawings from the students of Sal Casa. Through 6/21. 820 Broadway, (530) 343-1973, www.1078gallery.org.
AVENUE 9 GALLERY: Carlos Loarca In Chico, the winner of Avenue 9 Gallery’s “Be Our Guest” competition Carlos Loarca showcases his large scale, colorful paintings often drawing inspiration from Mayan and Guatemalan Folklore. 6/13-7/19. 180 E. Ninth Ave., (530) 879-1821, www.avenue9gallery.com.
CHICO ART CENTER: Contemporary Woman, mixed-media art that examines the role of women, their struggles, successes, and experiences as female artists. Through 6/13. 450 Orange St., (530) 895-8726, www.chicoartcenter.com.
CHICO PAPER CO.: The Totem Series, new works inspired from textiles, jewelry design, painting, and collage by artist Marilynn Jennings. California Rivers, Jake Early’s latest series. 345 Broadway, (530) 891-0900, www.chicopapercompany.com.
SALLY DIMAS ART GALLERY: New Works, figu-
rative drawings from local artists. Ongoing. 493 East Ave., (530) 345-3063.
THE UPS STORE: New Works, etchings, engraving and collagraph prints from artist Michael Halldorsen. Through 6/30. 702 Mangrove Ave. #224.
THE WINCHESTER GOOSE: Meow Meow, summer showcase featuring watercolors from local artist Sea Monster. Ongoing. Opens 6/12. 800 Broadway St., (530) 7150099, www.thewinchestergoose.com.
UPPER CRUST BAKERY & EATERY: Bird Houses, local artist and craftsman Bernie Vigallon created bird-houses to benefit the Fairview Alternative Education Program. Through 6/20. 130 Main St., (530) 895-3866.
ALL-MEDIA ART SHOW: The Chico Art Center hosts its annual national all-media juried art competition. See website for details. Ongoing. Chico Art Center, 450 Orange St., (530) 895-8726, www.chicoartcenter.com.
FLORALS AND FLOWERS: Artwork can be of any subject, but must contain at least one flower in the image. See website for more details. Ongoing. Chico Art Center, 450 Orange St., (530) 895-8726, www.chicoartcenter.com.
POSTER CONTEST: Submit drawings and designs for the upcoming season of show posters at Theatre on The Ridge. See website for more details. Ongoing. Theatre on the Ridge Playhouse, 3735 Neal Rd. in Paradise, (530) 877-5760, www.totr.org.
Museums CHICO CREEK NATURE CENTER: Banding by Day and Night, a close look at birds in hand with incredible detail. Ongoing. 1968 E. Eighth St., (530) 891-4671, www.bidwellpark.org.
GATEWAY SCIENCE MUSEUM: Explore Evolution, investigate evolutionary principles in organisms ranging from smallest to the largest, with interactive exhibits giving the viewer an opportunity to experience how scientists conduct research on evolution. Ongoing. Changing California, journey through geological and ecological transformations in Northern California. Ongoing. $3-$6. 625 Esplanade, www.csuchico.edu/ gateway.
PARADISE DEPOT MUSEUM: Paradise Depot
Museum Open House, a railroad and logging museum in Paradise. Ongoing, 7-9pm. 5570 Black Olive Dr. in Paradise, (530) 877-1919.
VALENE L. SMITH MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY: Into The Blue: Maritime Navigation and the Archeology of Shipwrecks, featuring artifacts recovered from the Frolic shipwreck and the story behind the ship’s history. TuSa through 7/24. Meriam Library Complex Chico State.
Call for Artists ALL-MEDIA CALL FOR ARTISTS: Submit artwork for the Chico Icons 2014 Exhibit: “Historic Heart and Arteries”. June 29th deadline. See website for more info. 6/12-6/29. Avenue 9 Gallery, 180 E. Ninth Ave., (530) 8791821, www.avenue9gallery.com.
Dennison reads from his new book. Tu, 6/17, 7pm. Lyon Books, 135 Main St., (530) 891-3338, www.lyonbooks.com.
for more Music, see NIGHTLIFE on page 30
SHE LOVES ME: See Friday. Center for the Arts, 1475 East Ave., (530) 8992692.
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AFRO-CARIBBEAN DANCE: Dances of Cuba, Haiti,
Brazil and West Africa with live drumming. Tu, 5:30pm. Chico Women’s Club, 592 E. Third St., (530) 345-6324.
ALTACAL AUDUBON POTLUCK: Celebrate friendships and our common love for birds and the natural world at our annual potluck dinner. Talk about birds and birding and share stories of recent and future adventures and travels. M, 6/16, 6:30pm. Chico Creek Nature Center, 1968 E. Eighth St., (530) 891-4671, www.bidwellpark.org.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS: Regularly scheduled
meeting. Every other Tu, 9am through 12/9. Board of Supervisors Chambers, 25 County Center Dr. in Oroville, (530) 538-7631, www.buttecounty.net.
CHICO FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY BOOK SALE: Chico Friends of the Library weekly book sale. Sa, 9:15-11:30am. Butte County Library, Chico Branch, 1108 Sherman Ave., (530) 891-2762, www.buttecounty.net/bclibrary.
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medical ailments. Call for more info. Su, 14pm. Free. Shalom Free Clinic, 1190 E. First Ave., (530) 518-8300, www.shalomfree clinic.org.
HAPPY HEALING: Experience a variety of healing modalities. F, 7pm. 100th Monkey Café & Books, 642 W. Fifth St.
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INTERNATIONAL DANCING: All levels welcome. No
partner needed. F, 8pm. $2. Chico Creek Dance Centre, 1144 W. First St., (530) 345-8134.
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PARADISE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY BOOK SALE:
Used book sale. Every other Sa, 10am-3pm. Prices vary. Butte County Library, Paradise Branch, 5922 Clark Rd. in Paradise, (530) 8726320, www.buttecounty.net/bclibrary/ Paradise.htm.
SAMARITAN FREE CLINIC: This clinic offers free basic medical care and mental-health counseling. Call for more information. Su, 2-4pm. Free. Paradise Lutheran Church, 780 Luther Dr. in Paradise, 872-7085.
SOUL SHAKE DANCE CHURCH: Drop your mind, find your feet and free your spirit at this DJ dance wave to a range of musical styles. No previous dance experience necessary. Su, 10am-noon. $8-$15 sliding scale. Dorothy Johnson Center, 775 E. 16th St., (530) 891-6524, www.chicorec.com.
SOUNDS OF THE VALLEY CHORUS: Women singers welcome to sing in four-part harmony barbershop style. Call for more info. W, 7pm. Marigold Elementary School, 2446 Marigold Ave., (530) 343-5183.
SQUARE-DANCE CLUB: Square-dancing classes for beginners and advanced-level dancers. Call for more info. Th, 7-10pm. Veterans Memorial Hall, 6550 Skyway in Paradise, (530) 872-1962.
TRADITIONAL WEST-AFRICAN DANCE: All levels of
drummers and dancers welcome. W, 5:307pm. $10. Chico Women’s Club, 592 E. Third St.,
(808) 757-0076.
WORLD DANCE: Classes offered through CARD offering line, circle and partner dances from around the world. No partner needed. Th, 7pm. $7. Chico Area Recreation District (CARD), 545 Vallombrosa Ave., (530) 895-4711, www.chicorec.com.
WORLD DANCE CLASS: Learn line, circle and couple dances from around the world. No partner needed. Th, 7-8:30pm. $7. Pleasant Valley Recreation Center on North Ave in Chico, 2320 North Ave., (530) 895-4711.
For Kids MAMMAL MANIA PRESCHOOL PROGRAM: Learn about the furry critters and our closest relatives in nature. Sa, 6/14, 11am-noon. $12. Chico Creek Nature Center, 1968 E. Eighth St., (530) 891-4671, www.bidwellpark.org.
SUMMER DAY CAMP FOR KIDS: A summer camp emphasizing outdoor activity helping youth develop social and decision-making skills. Call or go online for more info. Through 8/12, 6:30am-6pm. Call for fees. Oroville YMCA, 1684 Robinson St. in Oroville, (553) 533-9622, www.ymcasuperiorcal.org.
MEETING WITH A MESSAGE: Chico Visual Art Alliance hosts a meeting about professional presentation/ how to promote yourself as an artist, with Dolores Mitchell on artists’ statements and CN&R’s Jason Cassidy on press releases. Th, 6/12, 6pm. Free. 1078 Gallery, 820 Broadway, (530) 343-1973, www.1078 gallery.org.
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will be selling their local fruits and vegetables on the grassy area next to the hospital. Hospital staff will be on hand to answer questions and hand out cold water. W, 10am2pm through 9/24. Oroville Sports Club, 2600
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It was a gorgeous Sunday morning. We’d just enjoyed a delicious breakfast of eggs Florentine and new potatoes by fried with rosemary, onions and Henri garlic, and we were sitting at the Bourride kitchen table with our coffee— henri@ Henri’s improved considerably by newsreview.com two sugar cubes, a spoonful of heavy whipping cream, and a healthy splash of Tullamore Dew. We were enjoying the Sunday paper and catching up on the news. I was mostly agreeing with Beth and Miss Manners. “We should try it,” Colette said. “What do you think?” “It sounds like a lot of work to me.” “What!? You haven’t even read the article. Here.” She handed it to me across the table. “It’s easy. Take a look.” “I’d rather take a nap.” She scowled. Turns out she was right. Grinding your own beef into hamburger is easy and quick, requiring nothing more than two different cuts of beef, room in your freezer for two large cookie sheets, and a food processor. We prepared a batch later that day and since then have made several more, including one afternoon grinding some chicken thighs, which made for delicious burgers but was even better the next day mixed half and half with the beef. We’re especially excited about it with summer grilling on the horizon, and we’re looking forward to a season of experimenting with different cuts of beef. I’ve read that substituting brisket, skirt steak, sirloin and other cuts for the short ribs we used (see below) makes for excellent ground beef. In any case, you want the chuck to constitute 50 percent to 75 percent of the mixture. Among the advantages of grinding your own is that you can adjust the lean-ness by cutting more or less fat off the beef you start with. Keep in mind, though, that any less than about 10 percent fat will make for rather dry burgers. The following recipe is adapted from an article by San Francisco Chronicle food writer Lynne Char Ben-
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Cut away any gristly connective tissues from 1 lb. chuck roast and 1/2 lb. boneless beef short ribs (or 1 lb. with bones—cut meat from bones). Dice meat into 1/2-inch cubes; place the pieces on cookie sheets, allowing for spaces between them. Freeze for 10-15 minutes, until the pieces begin to get solid but are still slightly pliable. Remove from freezer, and place cubes in food processor with steel “S” blade, and pulse until the meat is ground enough to form into patties. Discard large pieces of fat or gristle. Put the ground meat from both cuts into large bowl, add 1/2 tbsp. salt and 1 tbsp. crumpled dry basil, and mix gently with fingers. Form into patties, and cook (you’ll get more flavor from a grill, but less fat loss and no flare-ups in an iron skillet) to an internal temperature of 140 degrees (medium). Options: For ground chicken, use boneless/skinless thighs. Chicken burgers are delicious, but combined roughly half and half with beef they’re even better (note that any meat with poultry should be cooked to an internal temperature of 165). In addition to using chicken or the other cuts of beef, you can also use pork shoulder instead of the short-rib meat. Also, try experimenting with different spices, instead of or in addition to the basil. I like dried thyme and oregano. You also can throw a couple of garlic cloves and/or onion slices into the mixture (before food processing). Use your home-ground burger in any recipe that calls for hamburger, from spaghetti sauce to chili to tacos. We really like these mini-quiches, cooked in muffin tins. They make for great snacks or quick breakfasts (and also freeze well). Henri’s mini-quiches:
Sautee 1/2 red bell pepper, 1/2 onion, 1/2 small zucchini (all chopped fine) and 2 garlic cloves (minced) in olive oil until no liquid remains. Add to large bowl and mix in two eggs and 1 lb. homeground beef. Add 1/2 tsp. garlic powder and paprika, and salt and pepper to taste. Coat muffin-tin cups with pan spray and fill each one about 3/4 full, and bake at 375 for 20-30 minutes or until egg mixture and meat are done. Ω
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Summer reflection Catch up with our changing world with a few good books
H graduations and spring showers, summer now tantalizes our senses, offering up promises of hours aving moved through Memorial Day,
beachside and opportunities to rest and contemplate. Perhaps one of the greatest contrasts summer holds in comparison to the by rest of the year is that it seems so Willow much slower, with so many more Sharkey hours and, in the best of scenarios, fewer tasks to attend to and more new places to visit and explore. Time appears to stretch with heat, which is a nice reprieve from the rapid pace of the previous months, filled with myriad demands and head-spinning changes. I am hoping to fill this summer with books that unpack some of the changes unfolding in the world we inhabit. Be they fictional or true, these books that delve into issues attending our rapidly shifting world can accompany us through our slower summers, helping us to consciously re-emerge from vacations and into reality just a bit brighter and bolder. The writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie reached a new level of fame this year when Beyoncé featured a sample of her TED talk, in which she addressed and defined feminism, on her recent self-titled album. Nigerian author Adichie takes up a critique of the realities of varied current social issues in her newest novel Americanah, addressing gender relations as well as those of race and class in America and Africa. The story of a young Nigerian woman named Ifemelu who immigrates to America, Americanah resists simplified narratives of how race now operates here, illustrating the complexities of how it is understood and acted upon through language, performance and behavior. Adichie is a beautiful writer, issuing forth a searing and potentially even grave novel with tremendous empathy and warmth. Donna Tartt’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Goldfinch opens with the sort of rapid change that 28
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shakes and affects one’s life in the most core fashion when the mother of the protagonist, 13-year-old Theo Decker, is killed in an explosion at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The expansive and involved story that unfolds incorporates artworld intrigue, coming-ofage love, and a deep, twisty mystery, but most of all probes into how to continue after tragic, dramatic loss. While something of a psychological thriller and a Bildungsroman, The Goldfinch is also perhaps ultimately a primer on moving forward when one’s life has been changed forever. Taking up the sorts of changes that now penetrate our everyday lives and minutes, Astra Taylor’s recent study of the power and promise of the Internet, including its failings and untapped potential, is the subject of her book The People’s Platform. Taylor argues that while the Internet, and other technologies that rely upon it, are often understood and promoted as open, fair and accessible to all, in fact the technological reality of our present is saddled with the familiar problems of corporate monopoly and unfair economic practices. Taylor offers models for thinking anew about tech’s potential, with more public involvement and less elite profiteering. And finally, as tech industries quickly transform the landscapes of our online lives and the realities of California, I recommend a work put together by Bay Area-based writer Rebecca Solnit published a few years ago (in 2010). An atlas of San Francisco, accompanied by essays from writers local to the area, Infinite City will be part deep summer reading, part travel handbook. As Silicon Valley wealth quickly floods and overwhelms the city, entire neighborhoods have become nearly unrecognizable in the last year. Infinite City provides a thoughtful guide to landmarks that may soon cease to exist as the city quickly changes. Use it to roam, explore and think about a Ω world that could soon be history and memory.
IN THE MIX Let Them Eat Cake French Reform www.frenchreform.bandcamp.com
—Jason Cassidy
Monument Valley Ustwo iOS and Android Not to knock the 400-plus levels of the free-toplay Candy Crush Saga, but wouldn’t you rather shell out a measly $4 for a beautifully designed and engaging game, even if you’ll complete it in less than an hour? If so, visit Monument Valley, wherein players control Ida, a princess who must navigate M.C. Escher–esque landscapes filled with optical illusions portrayed with isometric graphics (a method of displaying three-dimensional images in two dimensions). Players twist and shift the deceptively linear levels to reveal new paths and access new areas for Ida to explore. The Internet’s complaints about the game being too short are spot on. But it’s just such a refreshing joy to experience a mobile game that creates a unique world that balances mind-bending challenges with the approachability required of the platform. More importantly, the levels, character design, soundtrack and story all have a dreamingly ethereal feel to them—fairytale magic that’s wondrous to behold—and the designers’ attention to detail is astounding. From the tilt of Ida’s head to the natural feel of level progression, Monument Valley is a polished gem in a world of rocks. —Matthew Craggs
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Let Them Eat Cake, the final EP released by Chico’s recently defunct keyboard-heavy rockers French Reform, feels remarkably complete for containing only three songs. The track order— from the slow-moving, finger-snapping “Run,” to the anticipatory march of “Always the Feeling,” to the twitchy, up-tempo “Shuttles”—escalates perfectly. And after repeat listening, a basic pattern shared by each song starts to emerge: quiet and sparse at the beginning, building to crescendo(s), then a quick drop-off into a quiet goodbye. It’s a wonderful rush. And it’s especially satisfying on the last song. Over insistent drum patterns, two bright synths paint short strokes to the MUSIC beat, building tension that gets released when the keys and full drums open up in a wash of beautiful noise. There’s a brief respite before it blasts off one last time, during which singer/guitarist Aric Jeffries prepares for the launch by shouting one of my favorite lines on the EP: “It only seems fair to celebrate” (wait for it) “the mess we’ve made!” And we’re off again. My favorite moment, however, comes just before “Shuttles” starts. Someone in the background quietly asks “Ready?” and a quick exhale follows before drumsticks click the song in. That sigh of someone readying himself for a brief, intense workout is a harbinger for the hyper fun that’s in store. Brilliant.
And All That Jazz Landon Wordswell (with A June & J Beat) Blue Bottle Records The thing about underground rappers is that, by definition, they’re flying under the mainstream radar. In the case of impeccably monikered emcee Landon Wordswell out of Eugene, Ore., he’s doing so despite repeatedly demonstrating a knack for masterful verses, ear-worm hooks and emotionally impactful songwriting. (See Wordswell’s full-length album The Mourning After Pill and mixtape Fountain of Youth II.) His new album, And All That Jazz, released this spring, is a grand experiment for which he recruited producers A June and J Beat from South Korea and Colombia, respectively, to create a jazz-influenced hip-hop album. While that might look weird on paper, it’s executed flawlessly, with chiming guitar and piano providing a loungey backdrop to Wordswell’s thought-provoking flow. And, much as high-level jazz musicians are wondrously in control of every little intonation, Wordswell has just the right inflection for every one of his many syllables. The album is engaging throughout as a result, but the bouncy, shuffling “Self Reflection,” with its absurdly catchy “La da da da da da daaaa” chorus, is a clear standout. With hip-hop this creative going relatively unnoticed, one wonders whether there’s a place for it in the mainstream at all.
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THURSDAY 6/12—WEDNESDAY 6|18 Furlough Fridays, and rock/rap from Makers Mile. F, 6/13, 9pm. $5. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave., (530) 343-4915.
BREATH DUST, FEEL GOLD: The debut art show of Shane Fitzgerald with live music from Michael Bone and Aubrey Debauchery. F, 6/13, 8pm. $5. Café Coda, 265 Humboldt Ave., (530) 5669476, www.cafecoda.com.
STALINS OF SOUND Friday, June 13 Monstros Pizza
CALLOW: “Ghost-western music” from the Bay area, plus post rock meets 1990s tween-pop from Sacramento with Slow Motion Drive, and local singer/songwriter Fera. F, 6/13, 8pm. $5. 1078 Gallery, 820 Broadway, (530) 343-1973, www.1078gallery.org.
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12THURSDAY CHICO JAZZ COLLECTIVE: Thursday jazz.
Th, 8-11pm. Free. The DownLo, 319 Main St., (530) 892-2473.
CHRIS ZANARDI AND THE HIGH BEAMZ: All instrumental music from a Bay Areabased singer/songwriter. Th, 6/12, 9pm. Lost On Main, 319 Main St., (530) 8911853.
JOHN SEID AND LARRY PETERSON: Join the duo as they play and eclectic mix of The Beatles, blues and standards. Th, 6/12, 6-9pm. Grana, 198 E. Second St., (530) 809-2304.
OPEN MIC: Singers, poets and musicians welcome. Th, 7-10pm. Has Beans Internet Cafe & Galleria, 501 Main St., (530) 894-3033, www.hasbeans.com.
POOR MAN’S WHISKEY: A special tribute
to the Allman Brothers Band Th, 6/12, 7:30pm. $10-$12. Sierra Nevada Big Room, 1075 East 20th St., (530) 3452739, www.sierranevada.com/bigroom.
RUSS PETERS: Local comedian takes the
stage. Th, 6/12. LaSalles, 229 Broadway, (530) 893-1891, www.lasallesbar.com.
jazz appointment with experimental local troupe Bogg. F, 11am. Free. Café Coda, 265 Humboldt Ave., (530) 5669476, www.cafecoda.com.
13FRIDAY ALYSSA AUDREY AND SIX SHOOTER SUNRISE BAND: Sacramento country. F, 6/13, 8:30pm. Spirits Lounge, Gold
Country Casino, 4020 Olive Highway in Oroville, (800) 803-1911, www.goldcoun trycasino.com.
BASSMINT: A (mostly) weekly electronic dance party with a rotating cast of local and regional DJs. Check with venue for details. F, 9:30pm. Peking Chinese Restaurant, 243 W. Second St., (530) 895-3888.
BLACK DELANY: Eugene, Ore., punk rock, plus local rock from Dr. Luna, and
the Termite (aka Mad Bob Howard). F, 6/13, 8pm. $5. Monstros Pizza & Subs, 628 W. Sacramento Ave., (530) 3457672.
Showroom, 4020 Olive Hwy in Oroville, (530) 538-2542.
STALINS OF SOUND: A synth/punk outfit from San Diego. Also, Blaster Dead and
ROAD GHOSTS
According to their bio, Red Moses and Sami Knowles committed themselves to making music and living on the road under the moniker Callow full time in 2009, after their gardening business failed. Knowles purportedly combines her musical skill and the physical finesse she developed as a professional dancer to sing and play the keys and drums simultaneously, which should be well worth the price of admission at 1078 Gallery on Friday, June 13. Also playing are ChicoSacto syndicate Slow Motion Drive and local wunderkind Fera.
IRISH-MUSIC HAPPY HOUR: A Chico tradition: Friday-night happy hour with a traditional Irish music session by the Pub Scouts. F, 4pm. $1. Duffy’s Tavern, 337 Main St., (530) 343-7718.
JEN WINKLER-ROBINSON BENEFIT CONCERT: A benefit concert with live music from Dylan’s Dharma to aid a local community member battling Liposcoma. F, 6/13, 6pm. Donations. Chico Grange, 2775 Nord Ave., (530) 895-1976.
SARA EVANS: The multi-platinum-selling country star visits Oroville! F, 6/13, 8pm. $35-$60. Gold Country Casino
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17TUESDAY SHIGEMI & FRIENDS: Live jazz with key-
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boardist Shigemi Minetaka and rotating accompaniment. Tu, 6:308:30pm. Free. Farm Star Pizza, 2359 Esplanade, (530) 343-2056, www.farm starpizza.com.
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JOHN SEID AND LARRY PETERSON: Join the duo as they play and eclectic mix of The Beatles, blues and standards. W, 6/18, 6-9pm. Red Tavern, 1250 Esplanade, (530) 894-3463, www.red tavern.com.
LAURIE DANA: Soul, light rock, blues, country, Tin Pan Alley, jazz and more.
W, 7-9pm. Free. VIP Ultra Lounge, 191 E. Second St.
OPEN MIC: An all-ages open mic for musicians, poets, comedians, storytellers and dancers. W, 7pm. Free. 100th Monkey Café & Books, 642 W. Fifth St.
18WEDNESDAY FULL HOUSE BLUES JAM: Join the house
MUSIC SHOWCASE: An open mic hosted
ZOMBIE PARTY: Featuring DJ Marvel. F, 6/13. LaSalles, 229 Broadway, (530) 893-1891, www.lasallesbar.com.
14SATURDAY ’80S EXPLOSION: Three tribute bands perform punk and new wave 1980s hits. Sa, 6/14, 9:30pm. $5. Feather Falls Casino Brewing Co., 3 Alverda Dr. in Oroville, (530) 533-3885, www.feather fallscasino.com/brewing-co.
’80S NIGHT: Wear your best ‘80s attire
and dance the night away. Sa, 8pm. LaSalles, 229 Broadway, (530) 893-1891, www.lasallesbar.com.
BLACK FONG: Groove to dirty funk. Sa,
JOHNNY CASH TRIBUTE: A tribute night to the man in black. Sa, 6/14, 9:30pm. $5. Feather Falls Casino Brewing Co., 3 Alverda Dr. in Oroville, (530) 533-3885, www.featherfallscasino.com/ brewing-co.
LISA VALENTINE, ALLI BATTAGLIA AND AUBREY DEBAUCHERY: Three local vocalists and frontwomen for local bands. Sa, 6/14, 8pm. $5. 1078 Gallery, 820 Broadway, (530) 343-1973, www.1078gallery.org.
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by local country musicians Rich and Kendall. Sa, 5-9pm. Free. Scotty’s Landing, 12609 River Rd., (530) 7102020.
WAKE OF THE DEAD: A local Grateful Dead cover band. Sa, 6/14, 9pm. $5. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave., (530) 343-4915.
15SUNDAY KARAOKE AT LASALLES: Karaoke every Sunday night. Su, 9pm. LaSalles, 229 Broadway, (530) 893-1891, www.lasallesbar.com.
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band, The Growlers, and bring an instrument and sign up to be a guest player. W, 6/18, 7:30pm. $5. Feather Falls Casino Brewing Co., 3 Alverda Dr.
BULLET TRAIN OVER TROUBLED WATER
Hailing from Eagle Rock, vintage guitarwielding folk duo The Milk Carton Kids deliver divine two-part harmonies backed up with a touch of humor and a ton of talent. Comparisons to Simon and Garfunkel are unavoidable, though the young men—Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan—have a rootsy-yetcontemporary style all their own that they’ve showcased on tours supporting the likes of Old Crow Medicine Show and The Lumineers. The duo play Sunday, June 15, at the Sierra Nevada Big Room.
6/14. LaSalles, 229 Broadway, (530) 893-1891, www.lasallesbar.com.
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as voices on the mobile phone that he’s constantly using in the course of his journey. And, as we soon come to understand, the spirit of the lone driver’s dead father is also a living by presence, an unseen passenger whose Juan-Carlos hostile goading persists in the driver’s Selznick mind and memory. But Ivan Locke (played by a quietly fierce Tom Hardy) is driving alone, headed for London on a British motorway, in what gradually emerges as an exceptional kind of mission. Locke is already on the road at the outset, and he’s still on the road (but closing in on his stated destination) at the finish. The main dramatic action is mostly a matLocke Ends tonight, ter of the lone driver’s increasingly June 12. fraught telephone conversations. Starring Tom At one level, Locke is simply a kind Hardy. Directed of haunted nighttime journey through a by Steven Knight. generic 21st century landscape—disPageant Theatre. Rated R. tinguished only by swirls of electric lights and passing cars and trucks. But, as Locke’s phone conversations gradually reveal, the physical journey is just one of the challenges that this man in the dark is facing. The trip is the extraordinary result of his remarkably decisive response to a deeply personal Poor and somewhat convoluted crisis, and that response contributes to two other crises that require his immediate midFair journey attention. One of those crises involves family (Locke’s wife and their teenage son). Another has to do with his work (the Good construction of an exceptionally large skyscraper). And the crisis that takes him to London in the middle of the Very Good night seems both totally uncharacteristic and weirdly integral to his own idiosyncratically intense sense of himself. Writer-director Steven Knight keeps Excellent
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Opening this week 22 Jump Street
All the dudes are back—Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill, Ice Cube—for the sequel to the off-the-wall film version of the TV series that launched Johnny Depp’s acting career. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R.
Belle
A dramatic re-creation based on the life of Dido Elizabeth Belle, the mixed-race daughter of a mid-18th century British naval officer and an African slave, who was raised in an upper-class household by her great uncle, a British aristocrat. Pageant Theatre. Rated PG.
How to Train Your Dragon 2
In the second installment of what is planned to be a three-part franchise based on Cressida Crowell’s series of children’s books, the young Viking Hiccup and his dragon, Toothless, are faced with trying to keep the peace in a conflict between humans and dragons. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG.
Now playing Blended
Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore play two single parents who, after going on an unsuccessful blind date, end up vacationing at the same African safari resort with their respective kids. Whoa! What are the odds? Cinemark 14 and Feather River Cinemas. Rated PG-13.
Chef
Jon Favreau wrote, directed and stars as a chef who loses his job and returns to his cooking roots by purchasing a food truck and driving it across the country. Cinemark 14. Rated R.
Edge of Tomorrow
Doug Liman (The Bourne Identity, Mr. & Mrs. Smith) directs this Americanized adaptation of the 2004 Japanese teen sci-fi novel, All You Need Is Kill, with Tom Cruise starring as a man caught in a time loop and replaying battles with an alien race with the help of a warrior (Emily Blunt) from the future. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.
The Fault in Our Stars
A film version of John Green’s best-selling love story about a 16-year-old cancer patient named Hazel (played by Shailene Woodley) who meets 17-year-old amputee Gus (Ansel Elgort) in a support group. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.
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Godzilla
There is no story in director Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla to confuse the viewer, just an hour of his screenwriter working out abandonment issues followed by Edwards turning over the helm to the computer jockeys for the battle royale between Big G and some intruder monsters. The first hour of this film is almost entirely disposable, interminable stretches of human drama, none of it really applicable to the second half of the movie. There is some wonderful imagery to be found, brief flashes of brilliance that make one wish the director had worked with $50 million instead of $160 million so that he would’ve been allowed some narrative risks. If you’re looking for a matinee of city smashing, Godzilla ends up delivering the goods after the first hour. Sort of. The mayhem is set at night and there’s lots of dust flying, so I’d recommend not doing the 3-D. And Edwards has an annoying habit of cutting away from the action when things are finally getting good, either to evening news footage of the monsters going at it or, even worse, more family drama. Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13 —C.B.
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Locke
Ends tonight, June 12. See review this issue. Pageant Theatre. Rated R —J.C.S.
Maleficent
Special-effects master Robert Stromberg (Oscars for Avatar and Alice in Wonderland)
makes his directorial debut in this reworking of the Sleeping Beauty story from the vantage point of the “evil” fairy Maleficent (played by Angelina Jolie). Cinemark 14 and Feather River Cinemas. Rated PG.
Million Dollar Arm
Based on the real-life events in the lives of two Indian athletes—Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel—the film stars Jon Hamm as a sports agent who devises a reality show to find potential pitchers from a field of baseball novices in India, two of whom win a chance to pitch for a Major League Baseball team. Cinemark 14. Rated PG.
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A Million Ways to Die in the West
All told, writer/director/star Seth MacFarlane’s satire is a blandly conventional western, albeit one wrapped around a crudely rambunctious comic fantasy decorously splattered with sophomoric scatology. The story, such as it is, has a somewhat mopey sheepherder named Albert Stark (MacFarlane) incurring the wrath of a murderous cattle rustler named Clinch Leatherwood (Liam Neeson). Plus, Albert’s wispy girlfriend (Amanda Seyfried) dumps him and turns her attentions to a mustachioed merchant and fop named Foy (Neil Patrick Harris). Albert’s ferociously stolid parents communicate exclusively through foul language and explosive farts. The poor guy’s only friends in town are nerdy Edward (Giovanni Ribisi) and his rowdy fiancée (Sarah Silverman), a very energetic prostitute named Ruth who won’t sleep with him until after they are married. The difference-makers for Albert’s dilemmas are found elsewhere— Leatherwood’s cheerfully disillusioned wife (Charlize Theron) and an amiable and slightly stoned Native American (Wes Studi). But it’s Theron who really stands out. She’s playing a fantasy character who knows she’s obliged to live up (or at least play up) to the fantasies of characters around her. Cinemark 14 and Feather River Cinemas. Rated R —J.C.S.
Neighbors
Director Nicholas Stoller (Get Him to the Greek, Forgetting Sarah Marshall) is at the helm of this hard-R comedy starring Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne as a married couple doing battle with a frat (led by chief instigator Zac Efron) that moves into the house next door. Cinemark 14. Rated R.
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X-Men: Days of Future Past
A big contributor to the awesomeness of the latest installment in the franchise is the return of Bryan Singer to the director’s chair. Singer piloted the first two X-Men films, and he has a nice command of the characters in their old and younger incarnations. The film starts in the future, where the likes of Professor X (Patrick Stewart), Magneto (Ian McKellen) and Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) have been reduced to hiding out in a dark, apocalyptic world where their enemy is a vicious robotic mutant-hunting force called the Sentinels. With help of the powers of Kitty Pryde (Ellen Page), Wolverine travels back in time to the early 1970s, before the Sentinels have gone into production, and before shape-shifting Raven/Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence) commits a murder that will ultimately bring about the doom of the future. Most of the action takes place in the past, so the younger X-Men: First Class actors get most of the screen time. That means more of the terrific Michael Fassbender’s take on Magneto, and James McAvoy stealing the show as young Xavier/Professor X. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13 —B.G.
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seven-episode debut season of Brew Dogs, a craft-beer documentary show on the Esquire network hosted by the founders of Scotland’s BrewDog brewery. In the show, the two rebellious Scots charm their way across the U.S., stopping in various craft-beer hotbeds, visiting breweries and bars and teaming up with locals to create one-off beers that tap into the personality of the region and its beer history. In Philadelphia, they brewed the “most American beer ever” on top of a float during a Fourth of July parade; in San Francisco, they paid homage to Anchor Steam, the birthplace of steam beer, by making a “fog beer” (using water collected on tarps from the bay fog) on the roof of the brewery. The scenarios are usually convoluted, but it’s always fun. Of course, one of the first things to cross my mind at the conclusion of the season was, “They have come to Chico!” As you can see in this image from Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.’s Twitter feed, they read my mind. Depicted are the show’s hosts, James Watt and Martin Dickie (both in shades), with Sierra Nevada brewer Terence Sullivan (far left) and Bear Republic Brewing Co.’s Roger Herpst, when they visited Chico in May for the filming of a “NorCal” episode that will air Brew Dogs in Chico. during the new season, which debuts June 25 (and airs Wednesdays at 9 p.m.). The episode will highlight Sierra Nevada as well as Bear Republic (based in Healdsburg and home of the wonderful Racer 5 IPA). From the synopsis: “In an RV in Northern California, James and Martin make impromptu craft pairings with campfire food and create the ultimate collaboration beer with Sierra Nevada and Bear Republic, and brew it with the help of a local professor, the ‘Pope of Foam.’” (The Pope of Foam would be UC Davis professor of brewing science Charlie Bamforth.) And, it turns out that the production company is coming back to Chico to film at least one more time. Both The Handle Bar and Winchester Goose have announced via Facebook that the Brew Dogs crew will be visiting their respective establishments on Friday (around 5 p.m. at Handle Bar, 8:30 p.m. at the Goose, and maybe some other places in between). Go join the fun, raise a pint … and don’t make too much of an ass of yourself on camera.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS I had the trippiest dream last night. Some of
the greatest artists from the history of American music—Mavis Staples, Buddy Guy, Allen Toussaint—were all on the stage of Laxson Auditorium, staring out at the audience in the grand theater that Chico Performances fills each year with a ridiculous variety of world-class music and performing arts (the 2014-15 schedule of which will be officially announced June 16). And with the house lights down, all that the performers could see staring back at them was a sea of contorted bodies and faces poking out of the darkness—Mr. Potato Head-like eyes and mouths, blobby forms folding in on themselves, and white toilet-paperroll eyes staring back. I wonder what it means?
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FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE 12, 2014 ARIES (March 21-April 19): In its quest
for nectar, a hummingbird sips from a thousand flowers every day. As it flaps its wings 70 times a second, zipping from meal to meal, it can fly sideways, backward or forward. If it so desires, it can also hover or glide upside-down. It remembers every flower it visits, and knows how long it will take before each flower will produce a new batch of nectar. To some Spanish speakers, hummingbirds are known as joyas voladoras, or “flying jewels.” Now take everything I’ve just said, Aries, and use it as a metaphor for who you can be in the coming week.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In 1947,
the impossibly wealthy Duke of Windsor went shopping in Paris to buy a gift for his wife, the Duchess. She already had everything she wanted, so he decided to get creative. He commissioned the luxury-goods manufacturer Hermes to build her a high-fashion black-leather wheelbarrow. I am not urging you to acquire something like that for yourself, Taurus. But I do like it as a symbol for what you need in your life right now: a blend of elegance and usefulness, of playful beauty and practical value, of artistry and hard work.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Your
brain absorbs about 11 million pieces of information every second, but is consciously aware of less than .001 percent of all that richness. Or at least that’s usually the case. Having analyzed your astrological omens, I suspect that you might soon jack that figure up as high as .01 percent—a tenfold increase! Do you think you can handle that much raw input? Are you amenable to being so acutely perceptive? How will you respond if the world is ten times more vivid than usual? I’m pretty confident. I suspect you won’t become a bug-eyed maniac freaking out on the intensity, but rather will be a soulful, wonder-filled explorer in love with the intensity.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): You have a strong, intricate understanding of where you have come from. The old days and old ways continue to feed you with their mysterious poignancy. You don’t love every one of your past experiences, but you love ruminating about them and feeling the way they changed you. Until the day you die many years from now, your history will keep evolving, providing an endless stream of new teachings. And yet at this particular moment in your destiny, Cancerian, I think your most important task is to focus on where you are going to. That’s why I urge you to temporarily forget everything you think you know about your past and instead concentrate on getting excited about the future.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In 1928, Bobby
Pearce won a gold medal in rowing at the Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. An unforeseen event almost sabotaged his victory. As he rowed his boat along the Sloten Canal, a family of ducks swam leisurely from shore to shore directly across his path. He stopped to let them pass, allowing an opponent who was already ahead of him to gain an even bigger advantage. Yet he ultimately won the race, rowing with such vigor after the duck incident that he finished well ahead of his challenger. I foresee a comparable sequence in your life, Leo. Being thoughtful and expressing compassion may seem to slow you down, but in the end that won’t hinder you from achieving your goal—and may even help.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In one of
her “Twenty-One Love Poems,” Adrienne Rich talks about her old self in the third person.“The woman who cherished / her suffering is dead. I am her descendant. / I love the scar tissue she handed on to me, / but I want to go from here with you / fighting the temptation to make a career of pain.” With your approval, Virgo, I’d like to make that passage one of your keynotes in the coming months. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you will have an excellent opportunity to declare your independence from an affliction you’ve been addicted to. Are you willing to say goodbye to one of your signature forms of suffering?
BY ROB BREzSNY LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “You should
be interviewing roses not people,” says a character in Anne Carson’s book Autobiography of Red. That’s sound poetic advice for you in the coming days, Libra. More than you can imagine, you will benefit from being receptive to and learning from nonhuman sources: roses, cats, dogs, spiders, horses, songbirds, butterflies, trees, rivers, the wind, the moon and any other intelligences that make themselves available to you. I’m not saying you should ignore the revelations offered by people. But your emphasis should be on gathering in wisdom from life forces that don’t communicate with words.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): William
Shockley was a Nobel Prize-winning physicist who co-invented the transistor. He also helped launch the revolution in information technology, and has been called “the man who brought silicon to Silicon Valley.” Time magazine named him one of the hundred most influential people of the 20th century. On the other hand, Shockley became a controversial advocate of eugenics, which damaged his reputation, led many to consider him a racist, and played a role in his estrangement from his friends and family. I suspect that you will have to deal with at least one Shockley-type phenomenon in the coming weeks, Scorpio. Will you overlook the bad stuff in order to take advantage of the good? Should you?
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21): Novelist Herman Melville wrote that in order to create art, “unlike things must meet and mate.” Like what? “Sad patience” and “joyous energies,” for example; both of them are necessary, he said. “Instinct and study” are crucial ingredients, as well as humility and pride, audacity and reverence, and “a flame to melt” and a “wind to freeze.” Based on my interpretation of the astrological omens, Sagittarius, I believe you will soon need to meld opposites like these as you shape that supreme work of art—your life.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):
Haggis is a Scottish pudding. According to the gourmet food encyclopedia Larousse Gastronomique, it has “an excellent nutty texture and delicious savory flavor.” And yet, to be honest, its ingredients don’t sound promising. To make it, you gather the lungs, liver, small intestine, and heart of a sheep, put all of that stuff inside the stomach of the sheep along with oatmeal, onions, salt, and suet, and then simmer the whole mess for three hours. I’m guessing that your work in the coming week may have a certain metaphorical resemblance to making haggis, Capricorn. The process could a bit icky, but the result should be pretty tasty.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Almost
a hundred years ago, world-famous comedian Charlie Chaplin decided to take part in a Charlie Chaplin lookalike contest in San Francisco. He did his best to imitate himself, but it wasn’t good enough. He didn’t come close to winning. But I think you would have a different fate if you entered a comparable competition in the coming weeks. There’s no question in my mind that you would be crowned as the person who most resembles you. Maybe more than ever before, you are completely yourself. You look like your true self, you feel like your true self, and you are acting like your true self. Congratulations! It’s hard work to be so authentic.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “The
art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease,” said French philosopher Francois-Marie Voltaire. That principle will be useful for you to invoke in the coming weeks. You definitely need to be cured, although the “disease” you are suffering from is primarily psychospiritual rather than strictly physical. Your task will be to flood yourself with fun adventures, engaging stories and playtime diversions so that nature can heal you without the interference of your worries and kibitzing.
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as UNDERDOG AROMATHERAPY, UNDERDOG VAPORIZERS at 6226 B Skyway Paradise, CA 95969. AMANDA BRIMM 4698 Skyway Paradise, CA 95969. DAVID BRIMM 4698 Skyway Paradise, CA 95969. This business is conducted by a Married Couple. Signed: DAVID BRIMM Dated: May 22, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000775 Published: June 5,12,19,26, 2014
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as BURNER GAURD at 2902 Neal Road Paradise, CA 95969. DAVID G HOPPER 2902 Neal Raod Paradise, CA 95969. ANGELO LUCIDO 101 Rose Ave Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by a General Partnership. Signed: DAVID G. HOPPER Dated: June 2, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000796 Published: June 12,19,26, July 3, 2014
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as POR QUE at 1751 Forty Niner Ct Chico, CA 95926. ROBERT FERNANDEZ 1608 Broadway St Chico, CA 95928. CHARLIE LANDRETH 1751 Forty Niner Ct Chico, CA 95926. BRENTON LEE 1751 Forty Niner Ct Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by a General Partnership. Signed: BRENTON RICHARD LEE Dated: May 7, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000702 Published: June 12,19,26, July 3, 2014
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as PEIRANO FAMILY BISCOTTI at 56 Hope Lane Oroville, CA 95966. JANICE M WHITE 56 Hope Lane Oroville, CA 95966. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: JANICE M. WHITE Dated: May 29, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000792 Published: June 12,19,26, July 3, 2014
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as DAVE’S TILE CITY at 2501 South Whitman Place Chico, CA 95928. DAVID GRESHAM 2694 Foothill Blvd Oroville, CA 95966. ERIN GRESHAM 2694 Foothill Blvd Oroville, CA 95966. This business is conducted by A Married Couple. Signed: DAVID W. GRESHAM Dated: June 6, 2014
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NOTICES CITATION FOR PUBLICATION UNDER WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE SECTION 294 To (names of persons to be notified, if known, including names on birth certificate): MATTHEW EMERZIAN and anyone claiming to be a parent of (child’s name): G.S. born on (date): October 15, 2005 at (name of hospital or other place of birth and city and state): FEATHER RIVER HOSPITAL PARADISE, CALIFORNIA A hearing will be held on Date: July 16, 2014 Time: 8:30 AM Dept: TBA Room: TBA Located at: Superior Court Of California County of Butte 1 Court Street Oroville, CA 95965 At the hearing the court will consider the recommendations of the social worker or probation officer. The Social worker or probation officer will recommend that your child be freed from your legal custody so that the child may be adopted. If the court follows the recommendation, all your parental rights to the child will be terminated. You are required to be present at the hearing, to present evidence, and you have the right to be represented by an attorney. If you do not have an attorney and cannot afford one, the court will appoint an attor- ney for you. If the court terminated your pa- rental rights, the order may be final. The court will proceed with this hearing whether or not you are present. Signed: KIMBERLY FLENER Dated: May 19, 2014 Case Number: J-36805 Published: May 22,29, June 5,12, 2014
CITATION FOR PUBLICATION UNDER WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE SECTION 294 To (names of persons to be notified, if known, including names on birth certificate): JENNIFER D. EVANS and anyone claiming to be a parent of (child’s name): J.M. JR. born on (date): August 10, 2010 at (name of hospital or other place of birth and city and state): OROVILLE HOSPITAL OROVILLE, CALIFORNIA A hearing will be held on Date: August 5, 2014 Time: 8:30 AM Dept: TBA Room: TBA Located at: Superior Court Of California County of Butte 1 Court Street Oroville, CA 95965 At the hearing the court will consider the recommendations of the social worker or probation officer. The Social worker or probation officer will recommend that your child be freed from your legal custody so that the child may be adopted. If the court follows the recommendation, all your parental rights to the child will be terminated. You are required to be present at the hearing, to present evidence, and you have the right to be represented by an attorney. If you do not have an attorney and cannot afford one, the court will appoint an attor- ney for you. If the court terminated your pa- rental rights, the order may be final. The court will proceed with this hearing whether or not you are
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present. Signed: KIMBERLY FLENER Dated: June 6, 2014 Case Number: J-36827 Published: June 12,19,26, July 3, 2014
CITATION FOR PUBLICATION UNDER WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE SECTION 294 To (names of persons to be notified, if known, including names on birth certificate): JENNIFER D. EVANS and anyone claiming to be a parent of (child’s name): J.M. born on (date): December 13, 2012 at (name of hospital or other place of birth and city and state): OROVILLE HOSPITAL OROVILLE, CALIFORNIA A hearing will be held on Date: August 5, 2014 Time: 8:30 AM Dept: TBA Room: TBA Located at: Superior Court Of California County of Butte 1 Court Street Oroville, CA 95965 At the hearing the court will consider the recommendations of the social worker or probation officer. The Social worker or probation officer will recommend that your child be freed from your legal custody so that the child may be adopted. If the court follows the recommendation, all your parental rights to the child will be terminated. You are required to be present at the hearing, to present evidence, and you have the right to be represented by an attorney. If you do not have an attorney and cannot afford one, the court will appoint an attor- ney for you. If the court terminated your pa- rental rights, the order may be final. The court will proceed with this hearing whether or not you are present. Signed: KIMBERLY FLENER Dated: June 6, 2014 Case Number: J-36826 Published: June 12,19,26, July 3, 2014
NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE GARY E. ARCHAMBAULT AKA GARY EDGAR ARCHAMBAULT To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: GARY E. ARCHAMBAULT AKA GARY EDGAR ARCHAMBAULT A Petition for Probate has been filed by: JODI BELLER and JASON ARCHAMBAULT in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte. THE Petition for Probate requests that: JODI BELLER and JASON ARCHAMBAULT 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: June 19, 2014 Time: 9:00a.m. Dept: PROBATE Address of the court: Superior Court of California County of Butte 655 Oleander Ave Chico, CA 95926.
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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 repre- sentative 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 per- sonal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and le- gal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: NICOLE R. PLOTTEL 3120 Cohasset Rd., Ste 10 Chico, CA 95973 Dated: May 20, 2014 Case Number: PR41062 Published: May 29, June 5,12, 2014
NOTICE OF LIEN SALE Pursuant to CA Business Code 21700, in lieu of rents due. The following units contain misc items, boxes, etc Unit 076CC: MICHAEL ARCHULETA (5x15) Unit 446CC: Therese Ward (5x5) Unit 453CC: Dorothy Kempe (5x15) Contents to be sold to the highest bidder on: June 21, 2014 Beginning at 12:00pm Sale to be held at: 65 Heritage Lane Chico, CA 95926. Published: June 12,19, 2014
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner AILEONNA DRAGON WELLS filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: ALEXIS ERICA LEE SUTZ CONNOR NICHOLAS CHRISTOPHER ALI SUTZ Proposed name: ALEXIS AURORA DRAGON CONNOR NICHOLAS DRAGON 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 objec- tion that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: July 16, 2014 Time: 8:30am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 655 Oleander Ave. Chico, CA 95926 Signed: SANDRA L. MCLEAN Dated: May 13, 2014 Case Number: 162165 Published: June 5,12,19,26, 2014
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner PENELOPE HASHERTON BENITEZ filed a petition with this court for a decree changing petitioner’s name as follows: Present name: PENELOPE HASHERTON BENITEZ Proposed name: JAY ROBERT BENITEZ THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition should not be granted NOTICE OF HEARING Date: July 16, 2014 Time: 8:30 A.M. Dept.: TBA The address of the court is: 655 Oleander Ave Chico, CA 95926. Signed: SANDRA L. MCLEAN Dated: May 30, 2014 Case Number: 162266 Published: June 12,19,26, July 3, 2014
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner KIMBERLY KAY ELDRIDGE filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: KIMBERLY KAY ELDRIDGE Proposed name: KIMBERLY KAY MUEGGENBURG 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 objec- tion that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: July 23, 2014 Time: 8:30am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 655 Oleander Ave. Chico, CA 95926 Signed: ROBERT GLUSMAN Dated: May 30, 2014 Case Number: 162271 Published: June 12,19,26, July 3, 2014
CIERRA NOEL STARR 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 objec- tion that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: July 23, 2014 Time: 8:30am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 655 Oleander Ave.
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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner KATHLEEN V STARR filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: CIERRA NOEL CURTIS Proposed name:
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as SD MOTOR HOUSE at 2961 Hwy 32 Suite 117 Chico, CA 95973. SINCLAIR MACGREGOR 352 Panama Ave Chico, CA 95979. DAVID POLSON 3008 California Park Drive Chico, CA 95927. This business is conducted by a General Partnership. Signed: DAVID POLSON Dated: May 27, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000783 Published: June 5,12,19,26, 2014
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as FRONTRUNNER CAMPAIGN FINANCE at 2752 Rafael St Chico, CA 95973. MICHAEL PRICE 2752 Rafael St Chico, CA 95973. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: MICHAEL PRICE Dated: May 7, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000698 Published: June 5,12,19,26, 2014
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“I wish everybody would quit their whining and squawking about short sales,” an anonymous caller told my voice mail. “Short sales are hard for good reason. Banks aren’t going to make it easy for people to walk away from the debt they owe. Hey, those people asked for the money; nobody twisted their arm, you know. If you borrow a hundred bucks from me, do you expect me to let you off the hook at $40?”
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“Actually, better than ever,” she said. “The banks have really streamlined the short sale process the last year or so. I think they were just so overwhelmed when all this stuff began, it’s taken this long for them to get their act together.” What did she mean by the banks getting their act together? “Well, don’t get me wrong,” she said, “it’s no picnic, and there are still plenty of days when I want to kill someone—or myself—but there are fewer of them.” I told her about the voice mail I received. “It’s true,” said the Realtor. I have seen a few people try to take advantage of the system and get their debt removed when they had no real reason. But way, way, way more people are forced to sell because of health problems, or job loss, or death, or divorce, and their house is worth less than they paid for it, so they ask for a short sale.” She shrugged her shoulders and said, “Money and loans were too loose a few years back, and the banks are paying for it. Actually, in some way, I think we’re all paying for it.” Got a question or comment? I’d like to hear from you. Email escrowgo@aol.com or call 530-680-0817. Doug Love is Sales Manager at Century 21 Jeffries Lydon.
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ADDRESS
TOWN
PRICE
BR/BA
ADDRESS
TOWN
PRICE
BR/BA
2636 Dayton Rd
Chico
$645,000.00
4/ 3
2902
1422 Ridgebrook Way
Chico
$272,000.00
3/ 2
1544
1544 Winkle Dr
Chico
$460,000.00
5/ 3.5
3173
26 Ceres Cir
Chico
$265,000.00
4/ 1.5
1655
449 Newport Dr
Chico
$382,000.00
4/ 3
2172
2517 Tuolumne Dr
Chico
$265,000.00
3/ 2
1536
2642 Chandese Ln
Chico
$365,000.00
3/ 2
1787
94 Northwood Commons Pl
Chico
$255,000.00
2/ 2
1776
23 Misty Way
Chico
$365,000.00
3/ 2.5
2003
4328 Kathy Ln
Chico
$218,000.00
3/ 2
1906
731 Sheridan Ave
Chico
$340,000.00
2/ 1
2160
510 Cliffwood Ct
Chico
$213,000.00
3/ 2.5
1728
1457 Saratoga Dr
Chico
$320,000.00
3/ 2
1679
95 Key West Loop
Chico
$204,000.00
3/ 2
1126
1012 Lori Dr
Chico
$320,000.00
3/ 1.5
1526
698 Cabrillo Dr
Chico
$200,000.00
3/ 1
1122
137 Delaney Dr
Chico
$317,000.00
3/ 2
1524
2723 San Jose St
Chico
$185,000.00
3/ 2
1385
1276 Orchard Way
Chico
$310,000.00
3/ 1.5
1558
2184 Mariposa Ave
Chico
$168,000.00
3/ 1
1125
2204 Moyer Way
Chico
$300,000.00
3/ 2
1217
134 W 21st St
Chico
$156,500.00
2/ 1
822
June 12, 2014
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The following houses were sold in Butte County by real estate agents or private parties during the week of May 26, 2014 – May 30, 2014. The housing prices are based on the stated documentary transfer tax of the parcel and may not necessarily reflect the actual sale price of the home. ADDRESS
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TOWN
PRICE
BR/BA
616 Bidwell Dr
Chico
$154,000.00
2/ 1
868
1168 Mt Ida Rd
Oroville
$174,000.00
3/ 1.5
1286
1385 E 10th St
Chico
$137,000.00
2/ 1
976
4540 Olive Hwy
Oroville
$160,000.00
3/ 1
1536
12578 Centerville Rd
Chico
$115,000.00
2/ 2
2426
350 Pinewood Dr
Paradise
$429,000.00
3/ 2.5
2300
13580 Andover Dr
Magalia
$180,000.00
3/ 2
1518
5460 Filbert St
Paradise
$390,000.00
3/ 2.5
2161
14344 Bethany Cir
Magalia
$171,500.00
3/ 2.5
1660
3960 Stoney Brook Ln
Paradise
$316,000.00
3/ 2.5
1620
13801 Andover Dr
Magalia
$163,000.00
2/ 2
1722
5147 Country Club Dr
Paradise
$279,000.00
3/ 3
2318
6417 Cumberland Rd
Magalia
$158,500.00
4/ 2
2160
6735 Pentz Rd
Paradise
$266,000.00
3/ 2
1688
6246 Woodman Dr
Oroville
$325,000.00
3/ 3
2441
6020 Kibler Rd
Paradise
$235,000.00
3/ 2
1788
6297 Jack Hill Dr
Oroville
$240,000.00
2/ 2.5
2080
6233 Himmel St
Paradise
$210,000.00
3/ 2
1560
176 Valley View Dr
Oroville
$219,000.00
3/ 2
2040
1833 Dean Rd
Paradise
$202,000.00
3/ 2
1535
237 Pioneer Trl
Oroville
$205,000.00
3/ 2.5
2503
578 Circlewood Dr
Paradise
$194,000.00
3/ 1.5
1700
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ADDRESS
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Sat. 11-1 1186 Vallombrosa (X St: Bryant) 4 Bd / 3 Ba, 2,800 Sq. Ft. $689,000 Sherry Landis 514-4855
Sat. 2-4 4111 Goldfinch (X St: Garner) 4 Bd / 3 Ba, 3,053 Sq. Ft. $599,950 Anita Miller 321-1174
Sat. 2-4 3583 Shadowtree Lane (X St: Whispering Winds) 4 Bd / 3 Ba, 3,569 Sq. Ft. $568,000 Alice Zeissler 518-1872
Sat. 2-4 10692 Player Ln (X St: Estates Dr) 3 Bd / 2 Ba 3011 Sq.Ft. $529,000 Brandi Laffins 321-9562
Sat. 2-4 6404 County Road 18 4 Bd / 3 Ba, 3,800 Sq. Ft. $468,500 Katherine Ossokine 591-3837
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Sat. 12-3
1653 Carol Avenue (X St: Park Vista Drive) 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 1,940 Sq. Ft. $425,000 Steve Kasprzyk 518-4850 Sherry Landis 514-4855
2690 Guynn (X St: W. East Avenue) 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 1,762 Sq. Ft. $319,900 Ronnie Owen 518-0911
1865 June Way (X St: Shay) 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 1,220 Sq. Ft. $198,000 Kathy Kelly 570-7403
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Sat. 11-1, 2-4 & Sun. 2-4 1990 Modoc (X St: Forest Ave) 3 Bd / 2 Ba 1490 Sq.Ft. $299,000 Brandi Laffins 321-9562 Carolyn Fejes 966-4457 Ronnie Owen 518-0911
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2615 Lakewest Drive (X St: Bruce) 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 2,452Sq. Ft. $399,900 Patty Davis Rough 864-4329
Sat. 11-1 15 Abbott Circle (X St: Windham Way) 3 Bd / 3 Ba, 2,280 Sq. Ft. $399,000 Morgan Berry 774-7745
Sat. 11-1 3072 Hegan Ln (X St: Midway) 4 Bd / 2 Ba 3310 Sq.Ft. $399,000 Erin Schmidt 575-7431
Sat. 11-1, 2-4 & Sun. 11-1, 2-4 788 Silverado (X St: Alamo) 3 Bd, 2,146 Sq. Ft. $360,000 Laura Willman 680-8962 Becky Williams 636-0936 Steve Kasprzyk 518-4850
Sat. 11-1 1815 W. Sacramento (X St: Mayette) 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 1,489Sq. Ft. $257,500 Carol Roniss 570-7111
Sat. 11-1, 2-4 & Sun. 2-4 1037 Windsor Way (X St: Greenwich) 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 1,357 Sq. Ft. $269,000 Johnny Klinger 864-3398 Laura Willman 680-8962
Sun. 11-1 879 Lorinda Lane (X St: Cohasset) 3 Bd / 1 Ba, 1,134 Sq. Ft. $255,000 Alice Zeissler 518-1872
Sat. 11-1, 2-4 & Sun. 11-1, 2-4
Sat. 11-3
3036 Hudson (X St: Colonial) 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 1,679 Sq. Ft. $325,000 Shane Collins 518-1413 John Wallace 514-2405 Justin Jewett 518-4089
1567 Hawthorne Avenue (X St: Douglas) 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 1,278 Sq. Ft. $253,900 Frank Condon 864-7726
7362 Humboldt Road, Butte Meadows (X St: Humboldt) 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 976 Sq. Ft. $195,000 John Spain 519-5726
People’s Choice Brokers Sun. 11-1 1405 Arbutus 3 Bd, $225,000 Donna Padula 517-0513
Sun. 2-4 15 Premier Ct 4 Bd / 2 3/4 Ba $326,500 Donna Padula 517-0513
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