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Off without a bang Last week, an industry representative tried his best to persuade the Chico
City Council to legalize state-approved fireworks—aka “safe and sane” fireworks—within city limits. Included in his pitch: The city would rake in $2,000-$3,000 in permit fees, $5,000 in sales tax and an additional $35,000 from a special fireworks surcharge (read: tax) of 7 percent. Meanwhile, the nonprofits chosen to run 16 stands would bring in about $13,000 each in sales. Further, legalizing fireworks would cut down on the amount of dangerous out-of-state varieties (i.e., bottle rockets, Cherry Bombs, M80s) that are purchased and set off locally. Another narrative presented at the meeting is that fireworks are legal in most of the communities surrounding Chico and in 296 communities statewide. Folks are already buying them and setting them off illegally, noted Councilman Andrew Coolidge, the man behind the plan. In other words, why not legalize pyrotechnics here and reap the rewards? We can think of several pretty substantive reasons why not to, especially this year. First off, fireworks start fires. That’s a fact. Second, we’re in the midst of a drought and entering what’s sure to be a long fire season. Third, there are too many unknowns (how to enforce the ban, how much that enforcement would cost, how vulnerable our environment is, etc.). Fourth, the city is still clawing its way out of debt and cannot afford to pay city personnel the overtime that a plan like this likely would require. Fifth, we don’t think city staffers’ time should be dedicated to investigating the ramifications of legalizing fireworks. It’s not a wise use of taxpayer money. We could go on … The point being, this is a case of really bad timing—both because July 4 is coming up quickly and because our environment is so parched. Many people like fireworks. We like fireworks. But for now, we think the council’s move to table this issue is a wise one. Getting funding for nonprofits and the city coffers is a noble cause, but picking the low-hanging fruit for what’s a nominal amount of funding is not worth the risk that selling fireworks creates. Ω
[T]his is a case of really bad timing—both because July 4 is coming up quickly and because our environment is so parched.
Look both ways before war years ago today (April 30, 1975), a North Vietnamese Ftheorty tank broke through the Saigon Presidential Palace, ending Vietnam War. Let’s take some time to reflect on that war
start a war with the Soviets to free Eastern Europe from communism). On Jan. 30, 1968, the communists attacked all over South Vietnam (Tet Offensive). In and some of the others involving the United States. Prior to World War II, the French occu- February, over 2,000 Americans were killed pied Indochina (Laos, Cambodia and Viet- and 8,000 wounded. CBS Anchor Walter Cronkite concluded it was time to leave Vietnam) for 100 years. In 1940, the Japanese nam, but the war went on and on. I was invaded the region. Later, when the Nazis wounded in March and spent almost a month were driven out of France, the allies in hospitals in Vietnam. reached Berlin (Germany and Japan surThe U.S. dropped more tonnage of bombs rendered) and World War II ended. To the in Indochina than we dropped in victor belong the spoils, so all of World War II; over 58,300 the Soviet communists The U.S. dropped more Americans and several million occupied Eastern Europe tonnage of bombs in by Indochinese lost their lives. and the U.S. supported Bob Mulholland Indochina than we dropped Secretary of Defense Robert France invading Vietnam McNamara in his book In Retro(the Nazis were wrong to in all of World War II. The author served in spect stated this: “Yet we were occupy France but the the 101st Airborne wrong, terribly wrong. We owe it to future genFrench were right to occupy Asian counin Vietnam from erations to explain why.” Some American Koretries, evidently). 1967-68. He is a an War veterans have said that America should Despite the U.S. arming the French, longtime Chico never again send troops to a land war in Asia. France was defeated in 1954 (at the Battle resident, husband of The U.S. has full diplomatic relations with of Dien Bien Phu). Then the U.S. and former Butte County Vietnam, which is controlled by a communist Supervisor Jane allies agreed to the Geneva Accords, Dolan, and member of which called for a national election. But government, just like China. Just as there were the Democratic in Congress then, there remain officials advothen the CIA told President Eisenhower National Committee. cating that American troops be sent everywhere that Ho Chi Minh would win, so Eisenand stay for decades. America needs to look hower canceled the elections. It was then “both ways” before invading a country. Only America’s turn to go to war in Indochina, as we didn’t want the Communist North to 1 percent of American families have had a member serve in the recent wars. Ω take over the South (but certainly did not 4
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Time for giving The recent earthquake in the small Asian nation of Nepal is a great
reminder that disaster can strike anywhere, any time. The country, best known for its religious heritage and access to Mount Everest, is reeling in the aftermath of the 7.8 quake, which has killed more than 5,000, a number that is expected to rise in the coming days and weeks. In Newslines this week (see “Finding the good,” page 10), we check in with local math professor Sanjay Dev, a Nepal native who is raising funds to help people in his home country. We commend his efforts and encourage others to do the same. America is the richest country on the planet and, despite our penchant for greed, we are also one of the most giving countries. Let’s continue that legacy. Like Dev, we are wary to recommend donating to just any organization. As we saw with the devastation in Haiti—and allegations that corruption ate up much of the financial aid sent there—good intentions are not always good enough. Do your research. Look up organizations on sites like charitynavigator.org, which rates charities based on financials and transparency, and give to groups that have a reputation for their work in the region. In short, make sure your donation goes as far as possible toward helping victims of this tragedy. Ω
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Turning to science I don’t like the idea of forcing people vaccinate their children. I’m referring to Senate Bill 277, which is winding its way through the state Legislature. Contributor Allan Stellar writes in this week’s cover story about that bill and the anti-vax movement that spurred Democratic Sen. Richard Pan—a longtime pediatrician—to co-author it to protect the lives of children. The bill, in its current incarnation, aims to repeal an exemption that allows parents to opt their school-age children out. Right now, any parent can file a “personal belief exemption” by getting the signature of a doctor—an actual physician (with a medical degree)—verifying a conversation took place about the risks and benefits of immunization. Then, their children can go to school with kids whose parents chose vaccination. I don’t like that, either. And I was stunned to read the statistics on the local vaccination rates. I have a preschooler and he’s in a setting with a lot of un- or undervaccinated children every day. It makes me nervous because Henry’s a medically fragile kid. Immunizations aren’t 100 percent effective. I know this first-hand. My son was vaccinated for the flu and ended up getting it, anyway, two winters ago. He had a rough go. It was frightening. The thought of him contracting measles is even scarier. We’re lucky California’s recent outbreak didn’t make it to Butte County. But what about next time? I doubt this will be an isolated incident. Then there’s pertussis—whooping cough—another frightening and potentially deadly respiratory illness that is back, even locally. Earlier this month, an anti-vaxxer mom from Canada opened up to reporters about her regrettable decision to not fully vaccinate her children—all seven kids were struck with the disease. I, too, was leery of immunization when considering it for the first time a few years ago. My pediatrician, who’s from Kenya and has seen children fall ill and die from vaccine-preventable diseases, helped to ease my fears about the remote chances of a serious reaction. And I did my own research. I looked into this because I had a vague recollection of hearing that vaccines had been tied to autism. I actually heard this theory while covering Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s appearance in Chico a decade ago. Kennedy argued that a preservative containing mercury was the cause. That preservative, thimerosal, was largely phased out of vaccines four years prior to Kennedy’s visit (it’s still in certain flu vaccines and in trace amounts in two other vaccines). Yet autism rates have continued to rise, and Kennedy is sticking to his story. But what I really turn to on this issue is the science. Fact is, there is no evidence linking vaccines and autism. The doctor who first made the connection back in the late 1990s—specifically, that the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine (MMR) was the culprit—had his license yanked after an investigation found he’d falsified research. Moreover, numerous peer-reviewed studies have debunked his theory, as well as newer ones that have flourished over the years. This includes those tying the neurological disorder to the administration of multiple vaccines on the same date or too many within the first couple years of life. In fact, a study released just last week found no connection between MMR and autism—a lingering conspiracy theory. To me, the anti-vax movement is on the same level as the climatechange-denial movement. Both are anti-science. Both are dangerous. And while I’m torn on SB 277, I think it’s way too easy to get an exemption. The science is there. Let’s learn from it.
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Butt out, government Re “Measles, shmeasles” (The Pulse, April 23): This is another government scam! If one is vaccinated then one has nothing to fear from those who are not vaccinated, at least assuming vaccines work. The only ones who have anything to worry about are those who are not vaccinated. If one chooses not to be vaccinated, then one is accepting the risk, which is their right! If a classroom has 30 students and five are not vaccinated, the other 25 have nothing to worry about, assuming vaccines work. It is the parents’ right to choose whether to vaccinate their children or not! Government needs to stay out of our lives! MIKE NOYB Paradise
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Re “A laugh riot” (Scene, by Vic Cantu, April 23): Thank you, Chico! It was a great first year for The Chico Comedy Festival. What’s next? Comedy at The Big Room, at City Plaza, in a frat, and more venues? Let’s go bigger next year. I think Chico can become a place where comics come from all over the world to soak up the culture, the rivers and the beer. All ideas and encouragement are welcome at votedna@gmail.com. DNA Santa Cruz
‘Accept it, own it’ Re “Trivial police work” (Letters, by Tom Fiske, April 23): In the last 30 years, my husband and I have earned exactly one parking citation in Chico. The big dummy parked downtown and didn’t pay the meter. He got a parking ticket, he earned it, he paid it, we laugh about it. We take personal responsibility for where and how we park our vehicles. If we get a ticket, we don’t whine that we got caught, nor disparage the writer of the ticket for doing exactly what they are paid to do. I’d wager that a police officer did not write the parking citation. It was most likely a (much lower paid) civilian police employee whose job it is to write parking tickets. Cops don’t have the time to proactively seek out parking violators. If it was a cop who wrote the ticket, I guarantee
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‘Transparently bogus’ Re “Disappointed in Hillary” (Letters, by Prana Lewis, April 23): It seems to be an increasing practice among “wingers” these days to repost standard FOX News “talking points” by posing as some sort of “disappointed librul.” Except they’re usually such transparently bogus attempts, that all they really accomplish is to provide a good laugh. So I’ll believe that Ms. “Prana Lewis” was ever a Hillary supporter (let alone “worked on her campaign”), if she’ll believe that the only thing stopping me from voting for, say, Ted Cruz, is the fact he was born in Canada (even if it makes us both Birthers)! MAT DELFAVE Paradise
It’s not God’s gift Re “Obamacare check-up” (Healthlines, by Robert Speer, April 23): The story leaves out the cost of insuring 1 percent so far of the population, and that it is not for 20 million illegal immigrants. Obama took $270 billion from Medicare funding. An independent review says the plan will cost $3.5 trillion over the next 10 years and continue to need the government to fund it. Medicare was robbed for it and was in bad shape before that. The reason efforts are made to change it
or stop it is the fact it was written so awfully that the cost will grow until it implodes. These writers make it sound like God’s gift from Obama and the left, and that those awful GOP people hate it because he did it. None of those points is true. My sister was forced to get it. The cost a month is below $20, but the deductible is thousands of dollars, which makes it useless. Should she go in for a serious operation she would be charged that deductible on a bill, then be forced [into bankruptcy] and/or ruin her credit. To defend this program without figuring the cost for the wrongs it makes is a bogus attempt to make this administration look good. ALLAN CLARK Paradise
Mission misdirected Redding resident Cindy Ellsmore is the head of a political action committee organized to oppose the formation of the State of Jefferson. Ellsmore acknowledges Northern California’s need for better representation, but fears losing support of local economies from state funding of roads, schools, social services, counties, parks, prisons and police. Corruption, unions and other inefficiencies are causing Northern California governments to pay up to almost five times more for the above infrastructure than they should. Accordingly, after a brief transition period, the State of Jefferson should have no trouble reinstating these services at far less cost. That is, especially with the huge influx of funds it could receive selling its water to the south, instead of letting it flow down there for free. This would enable it to thrive even after abolishing state income tax. NATHAN ESPLANADE Corning
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On Tuesday (April 28), a concerned citizen flagged down Butte County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Brian Evans to report some suspicious activity—he’d witnessed three men removing property from a Melvina Avenue home in Palermo and loading it into a white Cadillac, according to a BCSO press release. The car was gone when Evans arrived, but the deputy found the home had been forcibly entered and ransacked. He broadcast a description of the car, which another deputy immediately spotted—filled with property from the home—pulling into a residence on Lincoln Avenue in Oroville. The car’s occupants—Anthony Skelly, 29, Samuel Smiley, 25, and Sean Smiley, 21— were arrested for residential burglary and possession of stolen property. The younger Smiley also had two warrants, and Skelly was additionally charged with possession of drug paraphernalia.
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Fred Davis, Chico’s nearly legendary city manager who served from 1959 to 1992, died April 23 at the age of 90. Davis, who was born in San Francisco, moved to Chico with his wife, Elaine, in 1953 after serving in the Army Air Corps during World War II and then graduating from UC Berkeley with a degree in civil engineering. Davis became the city’s director of public works before getting the city manager job. Elaine died in 1964 and he remarried Joyce Iverson three years later. She passed away in 2001. After retiring, Davis (pictured) stayed involved in local politics and served as interim Butte County chief accounting officer in the late 1990s and as the Chico Area Recreational District’s interim general manager in 2001. He ran unsuccessfully for Chico City Council in 2004 at the age of 80, saying he had plenty of time and stamina to serve the city. His politics, he said, were neutral when he served as city manager. “I don’t think anybody could really understand what my politics are,” he said. He also refused to take any campaign contributions. In later campaigns, however, Davis was very generous with his own contributions to council candidates. In the 2010 City Council election, he gave $500 campaign contributions to present-day Mayor Mark Sorensen and candidates Bob Evans and Bob Kromer. In 2012, he gave $2,500 to five candidates, including present-day Councilmen Sean Morgan, who was elected at the time, and Andrew Coolidge, who was elected last year. In 2008, Davis wrote a letter to the editor of this paper in response to an editorial that called for granting the mayor greater authority. “The present city organization is completely dysfunctional,” he wrote. “It is made up of too many departments that operate like independent fiefdoms and will resist any real change unless an experienced manager undertakes a reorganization to carry out the council’s policies in a timely manner and properly manages Chico’s finances.” Services for Davis will be held June 16 at the Lakeside Pavilion beginning at 3 p.m. 8
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Tree stand PG&E and community get-together gets emotional n the aftermath of the highly publicized and Iearlier criticized removal by PG&E of nearly 250 trees this year in Oroville, the company has
held two community meetings as it prepares to take down another 32 trees growing along the Midway story and between Chico and Durham. photo by Tom Gascoyne The Oroville tree takedown was protested by many and led to the tomg@ formation of a group called Save newsreview.com Oroville Trees. The most controversial part of the tree removal was the taking of century-old sycamores that lined the Oroville Cemetery. Protesters were arrested and some of the trees were taken down even as the matter was being considered in Butte County Superior Court, and they have since filed a lawsuit against PG&E. In some Bay Area cities, PG&E has reduced its tree removal plans in light of pushback from city government. “We learned a lot from the situation in Oroville,” said Shaun Maccoun, a PG&E spokesman, before the second of the two meetings, on Monday (April 27) at Patrick Ranch. Maccoun said the safety of PG&E’s customers is the company’s first priority. “The important thing here is that we are doing this important gas safety work so that first responders and our own emergency response crews can get to the pipe in an emergency or in a natural disaster when every second truly counts,” he said. The tree removals are part of PG&E’s efforts to protect the 6,750 miles of gas transmission lines that run throughout the state. The company says tree roots can grow and rub against the
pipelines, eroding their protective sealant, which can lead to pipeline erosion and leaks. The trees also can present barriers to first responders or PG&E workers reacting to a gas leak. The Pipeline Pathways Project was triggered by the 2010 explosion in the Bay Area community of San Bruno that killed eight people and injured 58 others. That explosion was caused by faulty welds along the pipeline, according to an investigation by PG&E. That fact trees weren’t responsible was noted a number of times by some of the 75 or so audience members during the meeting. Butte County Supervisor Steve Lambert,
whose district includes the Midway and the Patrick Ranch, acted as the moderator. He said the purpose of the meeting was to address what is going on in the county. Meetings for planned tree removals in the city of Chico will come later down the road. Lambert acknowledged the anxiety that exists because of what happened in Oroville. “We can’t forget about the past, but let’s move forward,” he said. Lambert then introduced Jim Monninger, a PG&E customer service manager, who began his presentation on a rather eerie note. He referred to the audience sign-in sheet and said it was not only a means of providing people with additional information, but also a way of keeping track of people should disaster
strike during the meeting. He said, with utter seriousness, that “This is something that PG&E does at all of our internal meetings. We make sure that we have identified individuals who can help if we were to need to call 911 for any type of event.” Monninger made sure someone would lead the crowd out to safety and that someone else would make the 911 call. “As for me, I’m going to go down with the ship,” he said. “I’ll be the one who sweeps the area, making sure that we’ve accounted for everybody and that everybody is safe.” And with that cautionary note, he began his presentation about pipeline safety. “I’m not just a customer service manager,” he began. “I’m also a member of the Durham community and have lived here almost 14 years.” Using a PowerPoint, he explained the statewide gas-pipe system and why trees had to be removed in certain areas. “After the tragic San Bruno incident, PG&E undertook a tremendous review of all of our safety practices,” he said. “That was a significant event for this company that fundamentally changed how we do business. It’s had a profound effect on me. I vowed I’d do whatever I could to make sure nothing like this happened again.” He said in 2013 an intensive study of
New directions Co-directors hope to expand peace group’s visibility, involvement the pipelines determined that sections of the system ran beneath houses, pools, sheds and trees. There were 50 cases in which sections of houses had to be removed and rebuilt, all at PG&E’s expense. The 32 trees coming down along the Midway are California pepper trees and Chinese pastiche trees that were planted about five years ago. The larger trees growing along the Midway will not be taken down, but will be trimmed to protect the overhead power lines. Monninger then called for break-out sessions to allow audience members to talk personally with the PG&E reps who were present. This met with a protest from some in the audience who began yelling, “No! No! No!” The protesters said the individual conversations were not conducive to a public meeting where the information should be shared by all in attendance. Environmental activist Mark Herrera called the meeting “a dog and pony show.” Lambert then stepped back in front of the audience to try to settle things down. “This is a tough meeting because people are worried about trees,” he said. “It’s important for me to be respectful to folks who live here and be respectful to the PG&E reps. We’ve learned a lot from the Oroville situation. The folks here from PG&E don’t respond well to yelling.” Herrera then asked how many more meetings there would be “before a community forum rather than a PG&E forum is held?” PG&E’s Alison Feliz, who is also a customer service manager, countered that the company’s intention was to get feedback from the community. “By nature, there is information that has to come from PG&E and we have to be better at listening,” she said. “We have a history of not listening as well as we should. This is a two-way street and we want to hear from you and we know we are going to hear a lot of tough comments today.” Feliz said the tree situation was a challenge and uphill battle. “We’re big, bad PG&E. It’s hard to get over that,” she said. She acknowledged there was problem with the ways things were handled in Oroville. “Oroville didn’t go any way PG&E wanted it to go,” she said. “There were a lot of lessons learned. We understand the impact that work had on that community. We’re trying to do better. It’s an uphill battle because we don’t have the best reputation with the locals.” There is no timeline set for when the trees will come down, Feliz said. Ω
he Chico Peace and Justice Center opened its doors downtown in Tdecades 1983, but the organization traces its roots back more than five to 1960, when a local woman named Wilhelmina Taggart
began praying in protest outside the gates of a Titan I nuclear-missile silo under construction near the Chico Airport. Taggart was soon joined by two other women, Helen Kinnee and Florence McLane, and the trio began the Chico Peace Endeavor, a weekly vigil at the corner of Third and Main streets that continues to this day. While she’s proud of the organization’s roots, Olivia Schmidt— new co-director of the CPJC, along with Aramenta Hawkins—said history can sometimes be a hindrance to progress. “From an organizational perspective, it can be hard to honor the history and support the existing community while also creating space for new energy, new ideas, new people and new issues,” Schmidt said during a recent interview at the CPJC’s headquarters. Attracting new energy and younger faces—while still serving the old guard’s long-running efforts—ranks top among the new leadership’s goals: “We want to strengthen our ties with the community and become more visible,” Hawkins said, “So we’re doing a lot of community engagement and creating ideas to pull people inside the building, then make them more aware about who we are and what we do.” The CPJC is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting nonviolence, social and economic justice through education, communitybuilding and direct action. It also partners with and supports other like-minded local organizations and hosts classes, discussions and action groups. The co-directors are the only paid staff, with all other work being done by volunteers.
Olivia Schmidt and Aramenta Hawkins are new co-directors of the Chico Peace and Justice Center. PHOTO BY KEN SMITH
grew up in Los Angeles, working with a nonprofit outreach organization her family founded for inner-city youth called Sports Spectacular. She came to Chico in the 1990s and has worked with several local activist-oriented groups, including Frack-Free Butte County. A communications graduate from Chico State, Hawkins is in the process of revamping the CPJC’s online presence, and said she hopes to take advantage of modern tools like social media and crowdfunding to bolster the organization. She also said she wants to build stronger relationships with student social justice groups at area schools. Schmidt is a Chico native who lived in Portland for more than a decade before returning two years ago. She said that an early bilingual education among mostly first-generation Americans made her aware of “social injustice toward non-white, non-English-speaking people” early in her life. She worked with several environmental groups in Oregon, including an organization that successfully stopped a number Schmidt began working with the CPJC last September as a coordinator. of fossil fuel developments along the Columbia River. She assumed the role of director when Chris Moore-Backman, who’d While Hawkins’ focus is on spreading awareness about the CPJC held the position since late 2012, departed in January to focus on to help inject new blood into the organization, Schmidt said her attenother projects. She suggested the CPJC board employ a co-director to tion is on the group’s programming. She noted the center has been create “a less hierarchical structure,” and Hawkins filled that position running a study group on institutional racism and the American justice in March. system called “Bringing Down the New Jim Crow” for the last three Both women trace their activist leanings to childhood. Hawkins years, and it has gathered steam in light of recent mainstream media attention to racial issues. “What we’re getting [in the group] is not the same old characters we see all the time,” Schmidt said. “We’re seeing younger people, people of color, and people who are actively trying to understand their own part of living in a white supremacist society. That, to me, is thrilling.” Religious groups on To better meet its goals, the CPJC recently expanded office hours to remain open on weeksame-sex marriage ends for the first time in several years. As the Supreme Court begins hearing arguments “Part of being a peace and justice center is on legalizing same-sex marriage this week, the creating a comfortable space for everyone,” Public Religion Research Institute released numSchmidt said. “People come in distressed about bers showing that religious groups in this country poverty, war, censorship, homelessness; the are increasingly supportive of same-sex marriages. In 2003, 36 percent of white span of issues brought to our door is immense. mainline Protestants and 35 percent of Catholics were in support, and today those “It’s important to have staff and volunteers numbers have grown to 62 and 60, respectively. here as much as possible to create the space for % oppose or % favor or % don’t these conversations, because people need that strongly oppose know/refuse strongly favor dialogue to feel like peace and justice is possible in our world.”
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A volunteer recruitment is scheduled at the Chico Peace and Justice Center (526 Broadway) from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. on May 30. For more information about the CPJC, go to chico-peace.org.
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Finding the good Local Nepali native seeks the bright spots in earthquake’s aftermath Dev might be one of the most Smathanjay delightful people in Chico. A professor of at both Chico State and Butte College,
he offers smiles freely—even to strangers— everywhere he goes. Unfortunately, he doesn’t have a lot to smile about right now. His home country of Nepal has been hit by the worst natural disaster there since the 1930s. “When I initially got the phone call, around midnight on Saturday, I was up for 48 hours on the phone, and watching the news, trying to reach everyone,” Dev said during a recent interview. “I have many family members in Katmandu—I’m thankful most of them are accounted for.” Saturday’s quake, which registered a 7.8, was centered about 50 miles northwest of the Nepalese capital of Katmandu. As of press time, there were more than 5,000 reported deaths—and that number was predicted to rise to 10,000 by the time search teams are finished. In addition to human life, a number of cultural heritage sites were devastated. “Seeing all those places I used to go just [crumble] Help the cause: in front of my eyes …” Visit Sanjay Dev’s fundraising site at Dev said, trailing off. www.gofundme.com “They are no longer there.” /savemynepal. Regardless of his feelings of sadness for his home country and the people there, Dev remains positive, insisting on seeing the bright side of the situation. “I heard a story of a couple [who work at] Enloe who were hiking in Nepal,” he said. “They gave up everything—maybe it was their lifelong dream—and they’re out there operating, helping out. People out there, like them, inspire me.” He also pointed to stories of other tourists in the region who, instead of looking out for their own comfort, dropped their travel plans to help the devastated country. And aid organizations have acted quickly, sending much-needed supplies to the region. Dev is also inspired to aid the effort, starting a GoFundMe site to collect funds that he will direct to organizations that provide food and medicine to those in need. Saturday’s 7.8 earthquake outside of Katmandu, Nepal, has claimed more than 5,000 lives, as well as whole villages. PHOTO BY LAXMI PRASAD NGAKHUSI / UNDP NEPAL
“Those are the immediate needs,” he explained. He said he’s been particularly touched by the stories of Barpak and Laprak, two villages near the epicenter of the quake that were nearly leveled. People in those villages are the epitome of Nepal, he said, and part of the reason tourists want to visit the country. Of course, they visit for the natural beauty— Mount Everest, in particular, is a sight to behold and, for trekkers, a quest to be conquered. And there’s the religion—Nepal is known as a spiritual mecca. But a less tangible reason to visit is for the “magic,” Dev said, which is embodied by the Nepali people, who are naturally kind and generous. “The villagers, when a tourist stops by during a hike, will be the first people to invite them into their little mud huts and feed them what little food they have and offer them a place to stay for the night,” he said. “And they want nothing in return. There is no ulterior motive. That is the beauty of Nepal.” He therefore wants 100 percent of the money he raises, at least at first, to go to those two villages. He added that, put in perspective, $50 can provide food for a family of four for one month. Dev, who has been in the United States 35 years but visits his home country often, is particularly conscious of organizations seeking to take advantage of the situation and make money—rather than distributing it in aid—off of Nepal’s pain and suffering. He urges those who want to give, even if they choose not to give to him, to research groups asking for money to ensure they are giving to a reputable source. He recommends St. Xavier’s Social Service Center, World Vision, AmeriCorps, the Seva Foundation and UNICEF, as he knows first-hand that they have a reputation for good work in Nepal. “What I do, maybe it’s minimal, but I want to be a part of it,” Dev said. “This is going to be a long process. It will take years to rebuild the country.” —MEREDITH J. COOPER meredithc@newsreview.com
A just-trapped cat grabs a bite to eat while waiting for release. PHOTO COURTESY OF SARAH DOWNS
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n the two-plus years since the Neighborhood Cat Advocates formed to try to deal with Chico’s feral cat population, the organization has trapped, neutered and released 1,971 such felines. The cat’s ear is clipped as proof it’s been fixed. Trap-neuter-release (aka TNR) is considered by many to be a more humane, viable and cost-effective way of dealing with wild cats than trapping and euthanizing them. The fixed-and-released cats remain outdoors and either fend for themselves or are fed by humans but are unable to breed and continuously expand the population. Self-proclaimed “cat ladies” Sarah Downs and Armeda Ferrini are the humans behind Neighborhood Cat Advocates. Downs said that back in 2011 she suggested to Ferrini that they form a group whose primary focus would be to trap, neuter and release the area’s feral cats. “Armeda is a firecracker and she ran with the idea,” Downs said. “A few of us got together and started having meetings, developing a plan of action and coming up with fundraising ideas. In 2013, we became a 501c3 nonprofit under the umbrella of Companion Animal Welfare Alliance. Also underneath that umbrella is Pawprints Thrift in Chico, which is the primary source of our funding.” The store is all-volunteer, which means its profits go to spay-andneuter programs for both feral cats and those whose owners can’t afford to get them fixed.
There are currently six volunteers who do the trapping, Downs said. The cat advocates have tried to recruit more volunteer trappers via social media, but have had little luck. The trapping itself is generally not that difficult, she said. “It depends on the situation and how many cats there are,” she said. “There’s always going to be a couple of cats who know the game and resist the smelly mackerel or sardines in the trap until the very end.” While they currently accept only kittens that cannot fend for themselves and injured cats, personnel at the Chico Animal Shelter say they’ve seen positive results from the TNR program. “The program is definitely affecting us and the cat numbers have certainly decreased,” said Traci Mohr, the shelter’s animal services manager. “The euthanasia numbers have dropped, especially for this time of year. We normally fill up with droves of kittens coming in, but that has also dropped. Not as many cats means we can help the ones that really need our help.” In 2012, when the city took over operations, the shelter took in 1,181 cats, Mohr said. The following year, when the TNR program began and the shelter stopped accepting healthy surrendered adult cats, the number fell to 442. Last year, only 304 cats were brought to the shelter. Cat euthanasia rates have also dropped significantly, from 527 in 2012 to 88 the following year and only 62 last year.
The first week of March, the city of
Orland put into place a program directed at its feral cat population that does not include returning the animals to the wild. Critics have called the program an “adopt-andeuthanize” agenda. City Manager Peter Carr said the city is partnering with the Burnham Veterinary Clinic in Willows, which accepts feral cats from citizens for a $5 charge. Citizens can rent a cat trap from the Orland Police Department with a $20 deposit and a $1 daily rental fee. “The cats are trapped and taken to the vet, where they are scanned for chips and checked for health to see if they are adoptable,” Carr said. “The vet makes the determination for what is best, but we are not returning them to the wild.” The city reimburses the clinic $20 for each cat processed. The adoptable cats are transfered to Town & Country Humane Society in Orland, Carr said. But that organization does not have the space to keep many of the cats nor is there a demand for feral cat adoptions. Orland’s program was spurred by complaints in recent months from citizens who said the felines were overrunning parks, getting into trash, attacking domesticated pets, killing birds and spreading disease and odors. Carr said he finds it offensive that the effort has been referred to as a euthanasia program. “We do have a public safety obligation,” he said.
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IMount of Africa’s highest peak, snow-capped Kilimanjaro, residents face a lifen communities nestled in the shadows
threatening problem: lack of water. In some cases, villagers in this area of northern Tanzania must walk miles to get water. In other cases, the water available is contaminated by potentially deadly diseases such as cholera and chronic diarrhea. However, progress is being made. In Spillway Village, on the shores of nearby Lake Nyumba Ya Mungu, villagers now have access to water free of disease and contamination, thanks to a new filtration system housed in a series of large tanks situated on a small hillside at the edge of the village. Although work on the project was performed by local volunteers and contractors, the source of much of the funding for this project, and other service projects in the area, can be seen painted in block letters on the side of the tanks: “Donated by Rotary Club of Chico (USA).” “Everybody talks about how they don’t have to go down now and gather water from the reservoirs where there are crocodiles—I talked to a woman who lost a brother to a crocodile a few years ago,” said Walt Schafer, the Chico Rotarian who got the effort in Tanzania started. The Chico Rotary Club, like other local chapters of the worldwide humanitarian organization, has long been involved in international service projects in addition to local community initiatives. In the past, these projects have generally lasted a single year. But for the better part of the last decade, the Chico Rotary Club, in collaboration with other clubs in both California and Tanzania, has been focusing much of its international efforts on the Mount Kilimanjaro region. Known collectively as Rotary for Northern Tanzania, the clubs’ work there focused initially on access to water. But the scope of the projects has expanded to include a number of other components, including providing computer access to schools in the area. To date, the Chico club, along with 20 other Northern California Rotary clubs—including those in Paradise and Durham—Rotary District 5160 and Rotary
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International, have raised more than $531,000 for the partnership’s work in the area. Rotary for Northern Tanzania began in
2005, when Schafer, a former Chico Rotary president and retired Chico State professor, met with other members to discuss the possibility of engaging in a more long-term international effort, involving different clubs. “We agreed to focus on sub-Saharan Africa, where we knew there was a need,” explained Schafer, current chair of Chico Rotary’s International Project Committee. “We agreed to try to bring other Rotary clubs with us.” Over the next several years, the group worked toward funding the project through Rotary grants, as well as honing in on a specific region to target. “I had talked to other nonprofits here in the United States and I had learned that there is a serious water problem in the Mount Kilimanjaro region,” Schafer said. “It sounds surprising because of all the snow on the mountain— you’d think there wouldn’t be, but there is.” Schafer reached out to the Rotary club in Moshi, Tanzania, a city of more than 180,000 people on the southern slopes of Kilimanjaro. In 2008, Schafer and his wife, Teresa, traveled to Moshi to begin laying the groundwork for the first phase of what would become the Rotary for Northern Tanzania project with the members of the Moshi club. Immediately, members of the two clubs recognized in one another a kindred sense of purpose. “From the beginning we were received as partners rather than outsiders,” said Schafer. “We’ve never had any sense that we were imposing.” The first phase of the cross-continental partnership involved the construction of five rainwater harvesting systems at schools in the area surrounding Moshi, which also worked to capture water from springs on Mount Kilimanjaro, along with the LEARN MORE:
Learn more about Chico Rotary Club’s involvement in Rotary for Northern Tanzania online at www.rotaryfornortherntanzania.org.
community water system at Lake Nyumba Ya Mungu. The system, in which water is pumped through a half-mile of pipe to three elevated tanks and then to faucets, charges residents a small fee for the clean water. The money is used to offset maintenance costs of the system. The positive effects of the water system on the community are clear, said Schafer. “They have clean water, and in fact, the population of that community is increasing right now,” he said. “Other people are moving there because they have good water.” Over the course of the next several years, Chico Rotary Club joined with an increasing number of Northern California and Tanzanian clubs in securing additional money for similar rainwater harvesting, water storage and water distribution systems in surrounding areas as well as continuing work on already existing projects to ensure long-term sustainability. Schafer recently returned from his seventh trip to the region. Two other members of the Chico Rotary Club and representatives from other California clubs involved in the project have made the trip to Tanzania as well. Beginning in 2011, Rotary for Northern Tanzania began expanding into other avenues of community development in the region. Among these projects: mentoring programs pairing up staff from higher performing schools with those of lower performing schools, agricultural mentorship programs, health programs for children, microfinance programs for women, and more recently, the construction of computer labs in area schools and libraries. “We’ve funded computer labs in five secondary schools that had no computers at all,” said Schafer. On his most recent trip to the area, he visited a school with more than 1,300 students that had recently received 40 Internet-connected computers as part of the project. “That has been a great improvement in the educational opportunities for students in those secondary schools. This is opening the world to these kids.” Regardless of whether Chico Rotary
Chico Rotarian Walt Schafer plays with the kids at a northern Tanzanian school. PhoTo CouRTesy of WALT sChAfeR
Club decides to pursue additional work in the area, Schafer plans to personally continue to volunteer, staying in touch with his Tanzanian counterparts on a near-daily basis. Overall, he feels that Rotary for Northern Tanzania is representative of what Rotary has to offer to communities worldwide. “One of the reasons I value Rotary so much is that it’s a collection of people from varying professions, religions and political backgrounds coming together to focus on common goals of humanitarian service. I think we are a great model of civil society in a divided world,” Schafer said. “It really is a truly effective network of humanitarian service that I’m proud to be a part of.” □
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How did you end up in Chico? My mother and sister live here. The last five years I’ve been going through a major metamorphosis— I feel like I’m the Phoenix rising!
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wants to take you. It’s just amazing the stories people share of where they’ve been! Some describe it as going into different dimensions of colors and sounds— they feel like their crown chakra is opening up and wisdom is coming through.
What’s your advice for first-timers at the sound bath? Don’t be in your head when you start the sound bath. Just let everything go and receive. You never know what is going to unfold.
What’s the cost for the sound bath?
No cement jungle and no traffic, and I can’t tell you how good this is.
It’s just $20, but no one is turned away for lack of funding. It’s about letting you have a better day.
How does watsu water therapy work?
What else do you do?
It’s like Shiatsu in the water. You get these wonderful movements. People say it’s like being in utero.
What happens with sound healing? Each individual is unique. The main thing is going to be relaxation. Then, it takes you on another little side trip, wherever your spirit
Another thing I’m bringing to the table is my sacred anointing of women. It helps women get in touch with their divineness. An important part of my journey is to connect with people and help them connect with themselves. —SHANNON ROONEY
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One of the most controversial decisions I made when planning my wedding last year was foregoing cake. Any time I was asked about wedding plans, the topic of cake inevitably made its way into conversation. When I eventually would drop the news that cake wasn’t on the menu, friends and family would look utterly baffled. Some questioned the choice and championed for the traditional dessert. I even had one beloved guest threaten to bring a Costco sheet cake as a gift. Thankfully, the day of the wedding, there were no complaints about dessert, in large part because our caterer, Chico Catering Co., had everyone’s sweet tooth covered with a gourmet s’mores bar. Owners Boyd and Vicki Atkin made lemon meringue, toasted coconut, chocolate mocha and other flavored marshmallows to roast and squeeze between chocolate and graham crackers. I probably ate half a dozen and even the guest who wanted to bring the contraband hit up the s’mores bar with frequency. So when I heard that Boyd and Vicki were opening a restaurant, The Foodie Café, out at the Chico airport, I was excited, thinking a permanent s’mores bar might be part of the line-up. Sadly, it’s not, but their extensive menu, which includes desserts, has been a hit with customers since the restaurant opened on Marauder Street in February. Breakfast items include burritos, biscuits and gravy, French toast, and a bourbon maple donut breakfast sandwich that sounds mouthwatering. Burgers, sandwiches, salads, fish tacos and redneck nachos (fries, pulled pork, barbecue sauce and slaw) top the lunch menu. The Foodie Café is open from 6:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Boyd and Vicki will continue to cater weddings and events, using the restaurant kitchen. They rented the kitchen behind Quackers Lounge on East Avenue for a period of time, but their new location has given them the ability to design a place all their own. Boyd said they’ve used recycled and reclaimed materials in every piece of the décor, with the exception of the chairs. He even made a chandelier out of an old house door. The café has the distinction of being the only restaurant with a permanent location at the airport park. Working nearby, I’ve ventured down when food trucks have come and parked in the area, but with businesses like Transfer Flow, Mooney Farms, Milestone and the Tri Counties Bank Operations Center out at the airport, I’m sure a consistent dining option within walking distance is a welcome addition. Chico Catering Co.’s move isn’t the only change at Quackers. The bar is under new ownership. Ed and Rhonda Burns, who also own JB’s Beverage and Bar Service, sold the business to Robert Mowry at the beginning of the year. Mowry, owner of Panama Bar & Café, the Chico Event Center, The Beach and University Bar, has extensive experience in the bar industry and he’s already changing a few things, including the name. Patrons of Quackers Fire Grill & Bar can now order from a full menu of traditional pub fare. (Edwards regulars, do not fear—you still have your happy place, but now it offers food!)
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HEALTHLINES Girls on the Run coaches Jamie Hughes (left) and Jenny McCaig watch as Mia, Grace and Aly (left to right) complete a lap at Hooker Oak Park.
MENTAL HEALTH STIGMA PERSISTS
Mentally ill people in California say they often face prejudice and discrimination from members of their communities, according to a new study from global policy research institute RAND. Researchers polled 1,066 Californians suffering from mild to severe psychological distress, and about 90 percent said they had experienced mental-health-related discrimination from co-workers, family, friends, health care providers and law enforcement, according to California Healthline. More than two-thirds of survey participants said they would hide their condition from co-workers and classmates, and more than a third said they wouldn’t share their mental health status with family. About 1 in 5 respondents said they might delay health care to avoid exposing their mental health issues. However, 70 percent of respondents said that they’re satisfied with their lives, despite mental illness, and many believe it’s possible to overcome their conditions.
AUTISM, VACCINATION UNRELATED
A new study adds to a growing body of research ruling out the purported link between childhood vaccinations and autism spectrum disorders. A report published in the Journal of the American Medical Association looked at nearly 100,000 children, finding that toddlers at elevated risk— those with an older sibling on the autism spectrum—were no more likely to be diagnosed with autism if they were vaccinated against measles, mumps and rubella, according to the Los Angeles Times. The study adds to abundant research demonstrating that the MMR vaccine does not lead to autism in the general population. Overall, research shows that the age of onset, severity and risk of recurrence in families does not differ between vaccinated and unvaccinated children.
COUNTYWIDE CHEMICAL DEPENDENCE
Adult residents of Butte County abuse alcohol and tobacco at higher rates than Californians overall, while teenagers here are much more likely to try drugs, according to figures in a recently released report. The Butte County Community Health Assessment for 2015-17, compiled by multi-agency partnership Together We Can: Healthy Living in Butte County, finds that 35 percent of adults in the county binge drink, compared with 31 percent in California as a whole, while nearly 19 percent of county residents report using tobacco, compared with a statewide rate of 13 percent. As for illicit drugs, male teenagers in Butte County are much more likely to have tried them— about 42 percent have—compared with a rate of 16 percent among their statewide peers. The age-adjusted rate for drug-induced fatalities in Butte County is three times higher than California overall, with Butte ranking third of 58 counties for the most drug-induced deaths. Go to togetherwecanbc.com to view the full report. Send your health-related news tips to Howard Hardee at howardh@newsreview.com.
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t’s common to hear someone claim to do Iexercise, their best thinking during or directly after and there’s plenty of research that
suggests moving helps people learn and remember. Jamie Hughes sees that in the dozen or so third- to fifth-grade girls she coaches two afternoons a week for Girls on the Run of Butte County. Hughes and longtime friend and co-coach Jenny McCaig start each lesson at Hooker Oak Park with something practical, like how to make a peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwich. After forming a circle for a highly adorable warm-up stretch, the girls run laps while the lesson sinks in. Claire Johnson, executive director of GOTR of Butte County, says that that’s the whole idea. “When somebody’s learning while they’re moving, it’s something that stays with them a lot longer,” she said. “In all of our lessons, physical activity is woven into the curriculum. We give them scenarios: ‘What if there’s a kid in the back of the bus taking everybody’s lunch?’ They take a lap to think, then come back and give us an answer.” The program was founded in 1996, starting with a pilot of just 13 girls in North Carolina. This year, it will serve its 1 millionth girl nationwide, as it’s become “more of a movement than an after-school
program,” Johnson said. The intent has remained the same—to help girls understand and pursue the confidence that comes with accomplishment. Ideally, that development starts at a young age. As Johnson explained, the selfesteem of young girls tends to peak around 9 or 10 years old, and then plummets. Locally, GOTR started with 28 girls going to Notre Dame School and Sierra View Elementary School in the fall of 2010. Now, 300 girls from 25 different elementary and junior high schools are enrolled. Graduation from the course, which is offered each spring and fall, is capped by a 5K fun run. The GOTR 5K on Saturday (May 2) at Durham High School is open to the general public, and participants are encouraged to dress up; the more ribbons and sparkles, the better.
GOTR emphasizes lifestyle basics like
healthy eating and physical activity as the foundation of social and emotional growth—developing self-esteem, choosing positive friendships, deflecting gossip and standing up for oneself in the face of peer pressure and bullying. It all aims to prepare girls for middle school and life beyond. (A closely related program for sixth- to eighth-grade girls, Heart and Sole, covers high school pitfalls such as unhealthy relationships, emotional eating and other eating disorders.) It all starts with getting along with one another. “They learn that they can be supportive of other girls,” Johnson said. “A big issue for girls right now is empowerment and self-confidence. They’re combating so much—including each other. It’s an age-
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old thing; girls and women don’t know how to lift each other up. Boys tend to stick together, whereas girls see each other as competition.” That’s one reason that running is the exercise of choice—it doesn’t have to be competitive. “Some girls are really turned off by competitive ball sports,” Johnson said. “With running, you’re really only competing against yourself. But in some ways, there’s a team [aspect], too. It’s independent, but you’re surrounded by a lot of support.” Running is also inexpensive compared with most team sports, since all one needs is proper footwear before hitting the trail. But it’s the ideal activity for GOTR’s lessons, Johnson said, mostly because the perseverance necessary to push through discomfort and place one foot in front of the other “is such a metaphor for the lessons you learn in life.” This spring season is special for
Hughes and McCaig, who are coaching a team of students from Sherwood Montessori and Rosedale Elementary School— including both of their daughters. “Jenny and I met at the age our daughters are now, and we see them coming together and forming a relationship,” Hughes said. “We’re able to teach them these tools we never had.” Tools they could have used. Back when Hughes and McCaig were classmates at Chico Junior High School, Hughes was bullied by both boys and girls.
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Anti-vaccine movement pushes back against lawmakers’ efforts to require all kids get protected by
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lue Oak Charter School, just off of East Avenue in Chico, is a handsome campus, with a tidy manicured colonial look to it. There, well-mannered students rush about care-free, ebullient with the freedom and joys of childhood. However, for parents concerned about the return of vaccine-preventable diseases, Blue Oak is a potential pathological ground zero. For the 2014-15 school year, only 48 percent of the kindergarten class was fully vaccinated, according to immunization data compiled by the California Department of Public Health. This isn’t an isolated occurrence in Butte County. Butte CORE Charter School, a home-school support network, has an even lower vaccination rate of 35 percent, the lowest in the county.
Vaccination rates in Butte County have been falling since 2000. Back then, the overall rate was 92.95 percent, exceeding the state, which stood at 92.2 percent. Currently, 87.2 percent of kids entering local kindergarten programs have been fully vaccinated (the statewide average is 90.4 percent). California’s vaccination goal in schools is 92 percent. Only five of Chico’s 19 campuses meet this minimum threshold for “herd immunity,” which occurs when a large enough proportion of the population has been vaccinated so that disease cannot get a toe-hold. Herd immunity for measles, for example, is between 92 percent and 95 percent. (Officials from Blue Oak declined to comment for this story.) The downward trend is attributed to parents increasingly filing the so-called “personal belief exemption,” a way to opt out of vaccinating their children due to personal or religious beliefs. That exemption has come under intense scrutiny in the wake of the recent whooping cough epidemic and measles outbreak. As a result, in October 2012, Gov. Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 2109, which makes it a bit harder to get the exemption by requiring parents to get vaccine counseling from a medical doctor. Since then, vaccination rates have improved for the first time in a decade. But state lawmakers and health agencies remain concerned about the threat to public health, and now the Legislature is considering another bill that would eliminate the exemption altogether. Emilia Erickson, 36, a local mother of three unvaccinated kids, will pull her children out of Concow 18
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Elementary School if that happens. “I’d home-school,” she said. “I wouldn’t want to, but I would have to.” For Erickson, who has degrees in chemistry, biology and zoology, it’s a matter of trust. “People think they are so smart; they are constantly discovering things, and think they have solved some major problem—only to find out later that they have just caused another problem,” she said. She pointed to thalidomide, a nausea drug from the ’60s, as an example. “That drug was really effective, and then we found out it caused all sorts of problems and birth defects,” she said. “Why do we have all these maladies: autism, obesity, cancer? I’m not saying autism is because of vaccines, but what I am saying is that we don’t know what the end product of our industrial lifestyle will be,” she continued. “Maybe we wouldn’t have all these problems if we weren’t cooped up in a house
“I’m not saying autism is because of vaccines, but what I am saying is that we don’t know what the end product of our industrial lifestyle will be.” –Emilia Erickson, mother of three unvaccinated kids
without fresh air and sunshine, and lived a bit more naturally. The question I ask is: Why am I evil or irresponsible because I am uncertain whether or not the vaccine is safe? I acknowledge there is a risk either way. And I am taking sides with nature.” State Sen. Richard Pan, a pediatrician, is one of the authors of Senate Bill 277, which aims to mitigate California’s growing antivaccination movement. If passed, it would mandate immunization for diseases like measles and whooping cough for children prior to attending kindergarten, and also would require the school district to notify parents about current vaccination rates. The bill has galvanized vehement opposition from the anti-vax movement in California. There have been 600-700 speakers opposed to the measure at the first two legislative hearings, including one on April 8 before the Senate Health Committee, where members of a very vocal contingent dressed in red in solidarity of their opposition. Prior to that hearing, during a hurried lunch in his office at the Capitol, Pan spoke about the bill with a few supporters of SB 277, among them attorney Leah Russin, a young mother and the founder of Vaccinate California, a vaccine advocacy group. Referring to the informed refusal law, AB 2109, Russin said: “If we thought education was enough, then we wouldn’t need this bill [SB 277].” She went onto express her disappointment in Robert Kennedy Jr., who had just given a speech against SB 277 during a rally on the
An estimated 500-600 anti-vaccine protesters attend an April 8 Senate Health Committee hearing on Senate Bill 277 at the state Capitol. Photo by AllAn stellAr
steps of the Capitol. “I like Robert Kennedy,” she said. “I admire his work to save the gray whales and on climate change, but, in a way, he is a reason why we need this bill. There is just so much bad information out there about vaccines that it has confused and misled even bright, smart people.” Later, undaunted by the hundreds of red-T-shirt-clad opponents milling in the halls of the state Capitol, Pan was both cheery and confident that science would eventually win the battle. Nearby, muscled bodyguards stood watch outside the door to his office, as he had received several death threats for authoring the bill. Pan, who’s been a practicing pediatrician for more than 20 years, noted that he’s never seen a major negative reaction from a vaccination. He and others pushing for State Sen. Richard Pan, a pediatrician for more than 20 years, says he’s witnessed children suffer the affects of diseases that could have been prevented through immunization. He is co-author of a bill, Senate Bill 277, seeking to eliminate an exemption that allows parents to opt out of vaccines for their school-bound children. Photo courtesy of richArd PAn
mandatory vaccination cite the decades’ worth of scientific research showing its success. SB 277 passed through the Health Committee and last week was approved by the Senate Education Committee. It still has a long road ahead of it, however.
According to the World Health
Organization, only clean water has been more important to public health than vaccinations. In fact, the WHO estimates that the vaccination for measles has saved the lives of 15.6 million children since 2000. And measles isn’t a thing of the past, as California knows from the state’s recent brush with the disease, following an outbreak traced back to an infected person visiting Disneyland in December. As of mid-April, according to the California Department of Public Health, 136 cases of measles had been reported in California residents since December, all but five of which have been linked to the outbreak that started at Disneyland. Forty-two of them had visited the theme park; 31 involved residents of a household with close
contacts to a confirmed case; and 14 were exposed in an area where a confirmed case had been present. The remaining 44 victims also were traced to the outbreak based on the strain. The health department has gathered immunization records for a portion of the cases. So far, the agency’s data show that at least 57 of those who contracted the illness were unvaccinated and 25 others had received at least a single dose of MMR vaccine. Nearly 20 percent of the cases required hospitalization. No one died. A 2004 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study revealed that kids who weren’t vaccinated tended to be white, have an older married mother with a college education, and live in a household earning $75,000 a year or more—precisely the sort of family that could afford to visit Disneyland during the winter break from school. The last time there was a measles epidemic in the U.S. was 1990. That year, there were over 27,000 cases, resulting in nearly 6,000 hospitalizations and 89 deaths. The death rate was 3.2 for every thousand cases, according to the CDC. But memories of burying children 25 years ago have faded away, and three things have happened in the time since to spur Americans to question the practice of vaccination. First, the sheer number of shots on the CDC schedule has grown substantially, from five diseases in the 1960s, to eight a decade later; currently we vaccinate against 14 illnesses. With all the scheduled boosters, that is at least 24 injections (and as many as 33) by the time a child is 5 years of age. With crying children who sometimes become cranky after a shot, parents increasingly started to ask, “Is this really necessary?” By the mid-1990s, the Internet was there to answer that question. The invention of the search engine— Google University, if you will— enabled countervailing theories to gain wide exposure with anxious parents as they contemplated an ever-growing list of vaccines. Hence, you will find the axiom “do your own research” in order to “make an informed decision” repeated ad nauseum within the antivaccination movement. However, it took an act of fraud by a British medical doctor to give the movement traction, and ultimately, to start endangering 50 years of progress to public health. That doctor’s name is Andrew Wakefield and in 1998 his research team released a study of 12 patients linking the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine to autism. VACCINE continued on page 20 April 30, 2015
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Not vaccinating had become an upper-middle-class phenomenon. Risk factors for not vaccinating can be identified as affluence, higher education, a preference for natural living and, often, conservative religious preferences. The notion was already popular among parents who were scouring the Internet for information. Autism rates had been rising for years without a known cause. As Eula Biss writes in her excellent book on the subject, On Immunity, “Those who went on to use Wakefield’s inconclusive work to support the notion that vaccines cause autism are not guilty of ignorance or science denial so much as they are guilty of using weak science as it has always been used—to lend false credibility to an idea that we want to believe for other reasons.” The study never was replicated. In fact, dozens of studies, including one published last week in the prestigious Journal of the American Medical Association, have found that there is no “harmful association between the MMR vaccine receipt and [autism spectrum disorder] even among children already at higher risk for ASD.” In 2010, The Lancet, a British medical journal, retracted the research paper by Wakefield linking autism to vaccines. The British General Medical Council launched an investigation and subsequently pulled his medical license for ethics violations, including conflicts of interest. Wakefield now lives in Texas and, despite being discredited, continues to enjoy a lucrative cult following.
The irony is that vaccination rates began to fall in the year 2000, at a point when measles was declared extinct in the U.S. by the CDC. Even still, vaccines increasingly were under suspicion of causing a number of ailments. Some critics have argued that dangerous ingredients in the vaccines, like mercury, aluminum and formaldehyde, were poisoning children. However, vaccines containing mercury were pulled from the market in 2001 with the exception of multidose flu vaccines. Moreover, mercury never has, nor is it currently, a danger in the amounts and the chemical composition used in vaccines. Similar charges against formaldehyde and aluminum also have been debunked. There is more formaldehyde in a pear than there is in a vaccine; children receive more aluminum from breast milk and infant formula in the first year of life than from vaccines. Still, fears about them had reached new levels. In 2010, pertussis, commonly called whopping cough, hit California with a vengeance. Ten infants died. When epidemiologists translated the data from the outbreak, they discovered that affluent ZIP codes, such as those in Marin County, were more heavily affected than poorer ZIP codes. Not vaccinating had become an upper-middle-class phenomenon. Risk factors for not vaccinating can be identified as affluence, higher education, a preference for natural living and, often, conservative religious preferences. Those who own a tie-dye T-shirt and drive a BMW (or have a “Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac,” as the song goes)—fit into the demographics of those who don’t vaccinate their children. The 2014-15 season has resulted in 11,000 pertussis cases in California and four infant deaths. Dr. Mark Lundberg, an M.D. and the public health officer for Butte County, gave his take on the matter during a recent interview: “When it comes to pertussis, we need it to be a better vaccine. The immunity does wane in its ability to protect a person. The vaccine works, but we need it to work better. We need to give the boosters.” In Butte County, the numbers of reported pertussis cases have been climbing over the last three years. In 2012, we had three; 2013, 29; 2014, 34. When asked how much of the pertussis outbreak can be attributed to the antivaccination movement and how much is because of problems with the vaccine’s effectiveness, Lundberg was blunt: “Outbreaks almost always start with unvaccinated children. In Butte County, we do seem to have more cases in the unvaccinated population.” Pushback against vaccines, though a hot topic today, has a long history. The first “conscientious objectors” weren’t people who were opposed to participating in war. The term originates from mandatory vaccination laws against small pox back in the 1850s. Mark Lundberg, Butte County’s public health officer and an M.D., says fears about vaccinations are misplaced. Cn&r fIlE PhOtO
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“Those who use [British medical doctor] Wakefield’s inconclusive work to support the notion that vaccines cause autism are not guilty of ignorance or science denial so much as they are guilty of using weak science as it has always been used— to lend false credibility to an idea that we want to believe for other reasons.” –Eula Biss, author of On Immunity
The disease killed more people up until 1977 (when it was declared extinct) than all the wars of that century. It wiped out whole tribes of Native Americans. The mortality rate for small pox was as deadly then as ebola is today. The only difference between ebola and small pox is that small pox, being airborne, spread very easily. It killed half a billion people. The small pox vaccine that baby boomers received as a child in their arms was nasty, much more dangerous than anything given to children today. It evoked high fevers and malaise in most kids and killed about 1 in 1 million children. It left a scar—a badge that dates those who received it.
The waiting room at Oroville pediatrician
Eric Neal’s office is home to signs warning of measles and whooping cough. Naturethemed murals cheer up the place. The 40-something Neal has a boyish quality about him. He smiles readily from behind his desk. On the wall are diplomas, photos of family and a picture of himself with a native tribe in Africa. Neal has been a practicing pediatrician for 20 years. He has worked in Oroville since 2000 and, like most pediatricians, occasionally sees parents who oppose vaccinations. “They usually have some story about an
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uncle or friend that had a bad reaction to the MMR vaccine, or they have read something on the Internet against vaccinations,” he said. “I try to convince them to vaccinate,” he continued. “I tell them I vaccinate my kids. I tell them I vaccinate myself. I highly recommend vaccinating. I get the flu shot every year, and, despite being exposed a lot, I have never gotten the flu—except one year when I got the H1N1 prior to the vaccine being released.” Neal has signed more than a few personal belief exemption forms, which require a doctor’s signature confirming that a child’s parent or guardian has been counseled on the value and risks of vaccines. He has been unsuccessful attempting to talk parents out of opting out. In his 15 years of vaccinating an estimated 500 children annually, he has “never seen a major reaction from a vaccine. You might rarely see a fever, but I have never had to hospitalize a child for a vaccine reaction.” Neal highly recommends the pertussis vaccine for his patients, as recommended
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by the CDC. He said it is a good one, despite its reputation for being less effective. So far this year, his practice has seen one whooping cough case—an 18-month-old who hadn’t been vaccinated. While Neal is “for anything that will get the public to get vaccinated,” he hesitated when asked about SB 277. “Vaccines are totally safe and there is no reason to fear them. But taking people’s rights away, their choice, there just might be a backlash if we require all children to be vaccinated before they attend school.” He fears that parents will pull their children out of public and private schools if the bill is passed. Compulsory vaccination has been around for 230 years, ever since the practice of taking pus from a person infected with cowpox (a less damaging strain of small pox) to put on a sore of another person in order to help them initiate immunity. In 1777, George Washington, then-commander-and-chief of the Continental Army, instituted mandatory vaccination of his recruits after losing half Oroville pediatrican Eric Neal said patients seeking to opt out of vaccinations often cite anecdotal evidence of the harm immunizations cause or references to anti-vax theories they read online. PhOtO By AllAn StEllAr
of his 10,000 soldiers—and thus the battle of Quebec—due to small pox. Most Britains had already been exposed from prior breakouts in Europe. This crude inoculation worked, but at a price. The mortality rate was 1 percent. However, the practice saved Washington’s campaign from defeat. Later, in the mid-1800s these sorts of methods of pus transfer and very crude vaccinations were used on the poor and, often, minority populations in order to protect the wealthier and more privileged. The vaccinations were compulsory and sometimes done at gunpoint. Keep in mind that this was prior to the introduction of sterile procedures. Indeed, vaccines are much, much safer today. Last year in the U.S., tens of millions of people—children, the elderly, teachers, students, health care workers—all received at least one vaccine; of these tens of millions of people, 365 were found to have a serious vaccine injury adjudicated in the vaccine court of the United States. Vaccination advocates who support Sen. Pan’s SB 277 point to this remote risk of complications. They also point to West Virginia and Mississippi, the only two states that do not have exemptions. As it turns out, they also have the lowest rates of measles and whooping cough in the nation. Recently, because of the measles outbreak, exemption-elimination bills were introduced in Oregon and Washington. However, a vocal anti-vax movement, and in the case of Oregon, lobbying by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., helped defeat them. SB 277 just might suffer the same fate. Lundberg, Butte County’s health officer, knows Pan and said the lawmaker is a great advocate for saving children’s lives. “His prior bill to educate parents on vaccinations led to a decrease in the PBE [personal belief exemption] in Butte County, from 6.99 percent to 5.96 percent,” he said. “I think we need to look at this [ending the PBE]. For those who have closely held religious beliefs, I think we need to protect those. But I don’t know of too many beliefs that are that way.” “I appreciate Dr. Pan’s effort to decrease the personal belief exemption,” he continued. “My own personal belief is that we need to carve out a way to respect people who have a closely held belief against vaccines.” Yet Lundberg said he leans toward ending the exemption. He noted that some of the parents who opt out of the vaccine schedule are “conscientious and passionate.” On the other hand, Lundberg continued, “I feel their fears are misplaced.” Lundberg recalled his residency in San Francisco during the last measles epidemic in the U.S. “We admitted a lot of kids to the hospital that year. If you have ever seen measles and what it does—1 in 2,000 cases will die; 1 in 1,000 will have permanent neurological damage. Compared to that, the side effects from the measles vaccine are extremely rare and next to nothing. “We need to have all our kids vaccinated to protect our own kids and to protect others. Our own success has become our failure. People forget what life was like before vaccinations. We can’t go back to the way life was Ω like before them.”
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Not vaccinating had become an upper-middle-class phenomenon. Risk factors for not vaccinating can be identified as affluence, higher education, a preference for natural living and, often, conservative religious preferences. The notion was already popular among parents who were scouring the Internet for information. Autism rates had been rising for years without a known cause. As Eula Biss writes in her excellent book on the subject, On Immunity, “Those who went on to use Wakefield’s inconclusive work to support the notion that vaccines cause autism are not guilty of ignorance or science denial so much as they are guilty of using weak science as it has always been used—to lend false credibility to an idea that we want to believe for other reasons.” The study never was replicated. In fact, dozens of studies, including one published last week in the prestigious Journal of the American Medical Association, have found that there is no “harmful association between the MMR vaccine receipt and [autism spectrum disorder] even among children already at higher risk for ASD.” In 2010, The Lancet, a British medical journal, retracted the research paper by Wakefield linking autism to vaccines. The British General Medical Council launched an investigation and subsequently pulled his medical license for ethics violations, including conflicts of interest. Wakefield now lives in Texas and, despite being discredited, continues to enjoy a lucrative cult following.
The irony is that vaccination rates began to fall in the year 2000, at a point when measles was declared extinct in the U.S. by the CDC. Even still, vaccines increasingly were under suspicion of causing a number of ailments. Some critics have argued that dangerous ingredients in the vaccines, like mercury, aluminum and formaldehyde, were poisoning children. However, vaccines containing mercury were pulled from the market in 2001 with the exception of multidose flu vaccines. Moreover, mercury never has, nor is it currently, a danger in the amounts and the chemical composition used in vaccines. Similar charges against formaldehyde and aluminum also have been debunked. There is more formaldehyde in a pear than there is in a vaccine; children receive more aluminum from breast milk and infant formula in the first year of life than from vaccines. Still, fears about them had reached new levels. In 2010, pertussis, commonly called whopping cough, hit California with a vengeance. Ten infants died. When epidemiologists translated the data from the outbreak, they discovered that affluent ZIP codes, such as those in Marin County, were more heavily affected than poorer ZIP codes. Not vaccinating had become an upper-middle-class phenomenon. Risk factors for not vaccinating can be identified as affluence, higher education, a preference for natural living and, often, conservative religious preferences. Those who own a tie-dye T-shirt and drive a BMW (or have a “Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac,” as the song goes)—fit into the demographics of those who don’t vaccinate their children. The 2014-15 season has resulted in 11,000 pertussis cases in California and four infant deaths. Dr. Mark Lundberg, an M.D. and the public health officer for Butte County, gave his take on the matter during a recent interview: “When it comes to pertussis, we need it to be a better vaccine. The immunity does wane in its ability to protect a person. The vaccine works, but we need it to work better. We need to give the boosters.” In Butte County, the numbers of reported pertussis cases have been climbing over the last three years. In 2012, we had three; 2013, 29; 2014, 34. When asked how much of the pertussis outbreak can be attributed to the antivaccination movement and how much is because of problems with the vaccine’s effectiveness, Lundberg was blunt: “Outbreaks almost always start with unvaccinated children. In Butte County, we do seem to have more cases in the unvaccinated population.” Pushback against vaccines, though a hot topic today, has a long history. The first “conscientious objectors” weren’t people who were opposed to participating in war. The term originates from mandatory vaccination laws against small pox back in the 1850s. Mark Lundberg, Butte County’s public health officer and an M.D., says fears about vaccinations are misplaced. Cn&r fIlE PhOtO
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“Those who use [British medical doctor] Wakefield’s inconclusive work to support the notion that vaccines cause autism are not guilty of ignorance or science denial so much as they are guilty of using weak science as it has always been used— to lend false credibility to an idea that we want to believe for other reasons.” –Eula Biss, author of On Immunity
The disease killed more people up until 1977 (when it was declared extinct) than all the wars of that century. It wiped out whole tribes of Native Americans. The mortality rate for small pox was as deadly then as ebola is today. The only difference between ebola and small pox is that small pox, being airborne, spread very easily. It killed half a billion people. The small pox vaccine that baby boomers received as a child in their arms was nasty, much more dangerous than anything given to children today. It evoked high fevers and malaise in most kids and killed about 1 in 1 million children. It left a scar—a badge that dates those who received it.
The waiting room at Oroville pediatrician
Eric Neal’s office is home to signs warning of measles and whooping cough. Naturethemed murals cheer up the place. The 40-something Neal has a boyish quality about him. He smiles readily from behind his desk. On the wall are diplomas, photos of family and a picture of himself with a native tribe in Africa. Neal has been a practicing pediatrician for 20 years. He has worked in Oroville since 2000 and, like most pediatricians, occasionally sees parents who oppose vaccinations. “They usually have some story about an
Emilia Erickson says she will pull her children from school if the “personal belief exemption” is repealed. PhOtO By AllAn StEllAr
uncle or friend that had a bad reaction to the MMR vaccine, or they have read something on the Internet against vaccinations,” he said. “I try to convince them to vaccinate,” he continued. “I tell them I vaccinate my kids. I tell them I vaccinate myself. I highly recommend vaccinating. I get the flu shot every year, and, despite being exposed a lot, I have never gotten the flu—except one year when I got the H1N1 prior to the vaccine being released.” Neal has signed more than a few personal belief exemption forms, which require a doctor’s signature confirming that a child’s parent or guardian has been counseled on the value and risks of vaccines. He has been unsuccessful attempting to talk parents out of opting out. In his 15 years of vaccinating an estimated 500 children annually, he has “never seen a major reaction from a vaccine. You might rarely see a fever, but I have never had to hospitalize a child for a vaccine reaction.” Neal highly recommends the pertussis vaccine for his patients, as recommended
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by the CDC. He said it is a good one, despite its reputation for being less effective. So far this year, his practice has seen one whooping cough case—an 18-month-old who hadn’t been vaccinated. While Neal is “for anything that will get the public to get vaccinated,” he hesitated when asked about SB 277. “Vaccines are totally safe and there is no reason to fear them. But taking people’s rights away, their choice, there just might be a backlash if we require all children to be vaccinated before they attend school.” He fears that parents will pull their children out of public and private schools if the bill is passed. Compulsory vaccination has been around for 230 years, ever since the practice of taking pus from a person infected with cowpox (a less damaging strain of small pox) to put on a sore of another person in order to help them initiate immunity. In 1777, George Washington, then-commander-and-chief of the Continental Army, instituted mandatory vaccination of his recruits after losing half Oroville pediatrican Eric Neal said patients seeking to opt out of vaccinations often cite anecdotal evidence of the harm immunizations cause or references to anti-vax theories they read online. PhOtO By AllAn StEllAr
of his 10,000 soldiers—and thus the battle of Quebec—due to small pox. Most Britains had already been exposed from prior breakouts in Europe. This crude inoculation worked, but at a price. The mortality rate was 1 percent. However, the practice saved Washington’s campaign from defeat. Later, in the mid-1800s these sorts of methods of pus transfer and very crude vaccinations were used on the poor and, often, minority populations in order to protect the wealthier and more privileged. The vaccinations were compulsory and sometimes done at gunpoint. Keep in mind that this was prior to the introduction of sterile procedures. Indeed, vaccines are much, much safer today. Last year in the U.S., tens of millions of people—children, the elderly, teachers, students, health care workers—all received at least one vaccine; of these tens of millions of people, 365 were found to have a serious vaccine injury adjudicated in the vaccine court of the United States. Vaccination advocates who support Sen. Pan’s SB 277 point to this remote risk of complications. They also point to West Virginia and Mississippi, the only two states that do not have exemptions. As it turns out, they also have the lowest rates of measles and whooping cough in the nation. Recently, because of the measles outbreak, exemption-elimination bills were introduced in Oregon and Washington. However, a vocal anti-vax movement, and in the case of Oregon, lobbying by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., helped defeat them. SB 277 just might suffer the same fate. Lundberg, Butte County’s health officer, knows Pan and said the lawmaker is a great advocate for saving children’s lives. “His prior bill to educate parents on vaccinations led to a decrease in the PBE [personal belief exemption] in Butte County, from 6.99 percent to 5.96 percent,” he said. “I think we need to look at this [ending the PBE]. For those who have closely held religious beliefs, I think we need to protect those. But I don’t know of too many beliefs that are that way.” “I appreciate Dr. Pan’s effort to decrease the personal belief exemption,” he continued. “My own personal belief is that we need to carve out a way to respect people who have a closely held belief against vaccines.” Yet Lundberg said he leans toward ending the exemption. He noted that some of the parents who opt out of the vaccine schedule are “conscientious and passionate.” On the other hand, Lundberg continued, “I feel their fears are misplaced.” Lundberg recalled his residency in San Francisco during the last measles epidemic in the U.S. “We admitted a lot of kids to the hospital that year. If you have ever seen measles and what it does—1 in 2,000 cases will die; 1 in 1,000 will have permanent neurological damage. Compared to that, the side effects from the measles vaccine are extremely rare and next to nothing. “We need to have all our kids vaccinated to protect our own kids and to protect others. Our own success has become our failure. People forget what life was like before vaccinations. We can’t go back to the way life was Ω like before them.”
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Arts & Culture Headliner Lilla in a duet with backup vocalist/keyboardist Matthew Flowers.
Ladies’ night
THIS WEEK
A trio of soulful female singersongwriters brightens up Lost on Main
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Itry,themed shows. I’d rather see a mixed bag of counmetal, soul and punk than a night filled with any n general, I’m not hugely enthused about genre-
one of them exclusively. But I’m willing to make exceptions, especially when faced with a lineup such as that which story and graced the stage at Lost on Main photo by last Friday (April 24): three bands Carey Wilson fronted by excellent female singer/songwriters. Each worked REVIEW: within the very broad category of Lilla, Lisa Valentine “soul” music, but each used differand Jesi Naomi, ent instrumental configurations Friday, April 24, along with their powerful and Lost on Main. unique voices to express personal lyrical perspectives. First on stage was local favorite Lisa Valentine, who started her set with “Mrs. Parker,” a tribute to the famously acid-tongued wit of humanitarian and humorist/writer Dorothy Parker. Like the subject of that song, Valentine is a specialist at writing lines that pack an emotional punch along with just enough of a sly cushion to help you land with a smile (e.g., “I’m just a bad girl who looks good” from “Don’t Trust Me”). Backed by local jazz guitarist Dave Elke, upright bassist Ben Jaks, drummer Jake Sprecher, and violinist Joel Quivey, Valentine’s compositions were touched with flavors of gypsy jazz, classic Memphis R&B, and even a hint of psychedelia via Elke’s soloing on a song titled “San Francisco” that lyrically offered glimpses of both the neon-lit glamour and the inescapable grittiness of street life in The City. Closing her set was “Smoke Filled Room,” a slowburning depiction of flamed-out love made darkly melancholy by entwining melodies from Jaks’ bowed bass and Quibey’s viola, and complemented by Valentine’s down-stroked ukulele and Sprecher’s dynamically syncopated drum beat. Undaunted by following such a phenomenal opener, Jesi Naomi and her band took the stage with well-deserved confidence and enthusiasm. Composed of Isaac Uhunmwuangho (guitar), Burt Levy (percussion), Ben Sallmann (tuba) and her brother
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Bradley Relf (drums)—with Naomi switching off between guitar and keyboard—the band offered New Orleans second-line-style exuberance in backing her joyful singing. At times, Naomi’s vocals reminded me of the electrifyingly sultry delivery of Lydia Pense of San Francisco’s soul powerhouse Cold Blood, and her band was up to the task of telepathically tracking her vocals with dynamic shifts of intensity. Guitarist Uhunmwuangho’s fretwork shifted from intimate cricket chirps to jarring immensity during the hugely melodic “To the Moon,” a song that Neil Diamond or Elton John or Aretha Franklin could seamlessly add to their repertoires. Having been warmed up by two well-received and beautifully delivered sets by local artists, the late-night audience enthusiastically welcomed headliner Lilla (stage name of Lilla D’Mone) to the stage. Backed by her studio-quality band—guitarist Joe Hall, bassist Nathaniel Daniel, drummer Tyrone Hendrix and keyboardist/vocalist Matthew Flowers—Lilla delivered a festival-friendly set of neo-soul songs that conveyed a sunny vibe with hints of reggae, modern radio pop, smooth R&B and hardcore funk. The Berklee College of Music graduate has spent time on the international concert circuit and in recording studios lending her voice to performances and recordings by a diverse catalogue of modern music heavy-hitters including Talib Kweli, Trombone Shorty, the Wu-Tang Clan and Willie Nelson. All of that experience adds up to Lilla being a very assured and gracious performer of her own songs. Tall and graceful and blessed with a voice that ventured into the upper octaves with ease, she and her band kept the dance floor full and also gave us wallflowers plenty to enjoy both visually and sonically. Set closer “All I Do,” by Stevie Wonder, featured duet vocals with keyboardist Flowers in a version that combined disco rhythms, entwined voices, and a series of slowly building musical interludes that moved from player to player as the singer introduced them. And the final crescendo featured some tastefully applied vocal acrobatics that left us sharing a lovely moment with an artist who obviously enjoys putting every effort into what was a very satisfying performance. Ω
the Arts (SOTA) Productions presents a music and arts faire during the market, featuring music clinics, live music, art demonstrations, games and contests. Th, 4/30, 6-9pm. Free. Downtown Chico Plaza, 400 Broadway St.
THURSDAY NIGHT MARKET: Explore downtown Chico, find farm-fresh produce, enjoy food trucks, arts and crafts, and live entertainment from SOTA Productions Music & Arts Faire. Th, 6-9pm through 9/24. Free. Downtown Chico, www.downtownchico.com/events.
Art Receptions ART EDUCATION EXHIBITION: A reception for the annual art show for Chico State’s Art Education majors. Th, 4/30, 6-8pm. 3rd Floor Art Gallery, BMU, third floor, Chico State, (530) 898-5489.
INK AND CLAY: A reception for the juried exhibition displaying creative works from current Chico State printmaking and ceramic students. Th, 4/30, 6-8pm. Janet Turner Print Museum, Chico State, (530) 898-4476, www.theturner.org.
STUDENT ART EXHIBITION: A reception for the 33rd annual student art exhibition reception featuring works from the Butte College Art Department. Th, 4/30, 4-6pm. Butte College Art Gallery, 3536 Butte Campus Dr. in Oroville, (530) 895-2208.
JURIED STUDENT EXHIBITION: A reception for the annual juried student art exhibition exhibiting a wide variety of media submitted by Chico State art students. Th, 4/30, 6-8pm. University Art Gallery, Trinity Hall Chico State, (530) 8985864.
Theater BIG THE MUSICAL: When 12-year old Josh Baskin wakes up inhabiting the body of an adult, he and his friends search for a way to bring back his boy-hood. Through 5/3, 2 & 7:30pm. Chico Theater Company, 166-F Eaton Rd., (530) 894-3282, www.chicotheater company.com.
MAY FAIRE Saturday, May 2 Cedar Grove
SEE SATURDAY, SPECIAL EVENTS
PIRATES OF THE CURRY BEAN: StageCoach Youth Theatre presents a pirate musical that will shake yer booty. Directed by Eric M. Ricketts. 4/30-5/2, 7pm. Theatre on the Ridge Playhouse, 3735 Neal Rd. in Paradise, (530) 8775760, www.totr.org.
PRESENT LAUGHTER: A comedy by Noel Coward. Directed by Bill Falcon. Through 5/2, 7:30pm, Su, 5/3, 2pm. $10-$12. Birdcage Theatre, 1740 Bird St. in Oroville, (530) 533-2473, www.bird cagetheatre.org.
THE WILL ROGERS FOLLIES, A LIFE IN REVUE: Celebrate the life of famed humorist and performer Will Rogers with a song and dance spectacular. Through 5/2, 7:30pm, Su, 5/3, 2pm. $10-$20. Laxson Auditorium, Chico State, (530) 898-6333, www.chicoperformances.com.
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Special Events COMEDY NIGHT: Join Mike Mancino and Todd
Johnson for a night of laughs. F, 5/1, 8:30pm. $10-$15. Rolling Hills Casino, 2655 Barham Ave. in Corning, (530) 528-3500, www.rollinghills casino.com.
Art Receptions CONTEMPORARY WOMEN: A reception for the group exhibition. F, 5/1, 4-7pm. Chico Art Center, 450 Orange St., (530) 895-8726, www.chicoartcenter.com.
Theater BIG THE MUSICAL: See Thursday. Chico Theater Company, 166-F Eaton Rd., (530) 894-3282, www.chicotheatercompany.com.
FINE ARTS Free. Downtown Oroville, Bird and Myers streets in Oroville.
SPECIAL-NEEDS CARNIVAL: The carnival provides specially adapted games, craft activities, face painting, and bounce houses all geared toward the needs of disabled children/adults and their immediate families. Plus, enjoy popcorn, cotton candy and snow cones. Sa, 5/2, 10am-2pm. Free. Durham Community Park, one mile east of Durham on Durham-Dayton Hwy in Durham, (530) 345-1921, www.durham rec.com.
SPRING BONSAI SHOW: Chico Bonsai Society hosts their annual exhibition with bonsai plants on display and for sale, demonstrations, clinics, raffles and door prizes. 5/2-5/3, 9am-5pm. Donations. Chico Area Recreation District (CARD), 545 Vallombrosa Ave., (530) 895-4711, www.chicorec.com.
SPRING BONSAI SHOW Saturday & Sunday, May 2-3 CARD Center
WHISKEY AND WINE TASTE FOR A CAUSE: A
SEE SATURDAY & SUNDAY, SPECIAL EVENTS
MARY POPPINS: Chico Regional Theatre presents the supercalifragilisticexpialidocious musical to Chico with a spoon full of sugar. F-Sa, 7:30pm & Su, 2pm through 5/10. $15-$20. CUSD Center for the Arts, 1475 East Ave., (800) 7224522.
PIRATES OF THE CURRY BEAN: See Thursday. Theatre on the Ridge Playhouse, 3735 Neal Rd. in Paradise, (530) 877-5760, www.totr.org.
PRESENT LAUGHTER: See Thursday. Birdcage Theatre, 1740 Bird St. in Oroville, (530) 5332473, www.birdcagetheatre.org.
THE WILL ROGERS FOLLIES, A LIFE IN REVUE: See Thursday. Laxson Auditorium, Chico State, (530) 98-6333, www.chicoperformances.com.
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Special Events AROUND THE WORLD: Dance Evolution Studio puts on a performance of dances from around the world. Sa, 5/2, 2 & 7pm. $10-$12. Paradise Performing Arts Center, 777 Nunneley Rd. in Paradise, (530) 872-8454, www.paradise performingarts.com.
BBQ RIB COOK OFF: Ribs from Oroville, Paradise and Chico BBQ masters, plus a beer garden, and entertainment. Sa, 5/2, 2pm. Eagles Hall, 2010 Montgomery St. in Oroville, www.oroville foe.com.
CHICO ARTISANS FAIRE: The annual artisan faire returns, featuring local handmade arts and crafts, live music, funnel cake and spring entertainment. 5/2-5/3, 10am-5pm. Free. City Plaza, downtown Chico.
parade, interactive educational booths, and a rescued animal show. Chico Velo will be providing free bike valet. Sa, 5/2, 11am-4pm. Free. One-Mile Group Picnic Area, Bidwell Park, (530) 896-7800.
FAMILY PICNIC DAY: Old-fashioned games like tug-o-war, three-legged races, badmitton and water balloons, with lunches for sale, tram rides and tours of the Glennwood Farm House. Sa, 5/2, noon. $2. Patrick Ranch Museum, 10381 Midway, (530) 342-4359.
THE GREAT GARDEN ART WEEKEND: A full weekend featuring local artists creations with displays of garden art from several local artists working in metal, wood, ceramics, and glass. Beer and wine for sale with proceeds going to KZFR 90.1 FM. Sa, 5/2, 10am-5pm, Su, 5/3, 10am-4pm. Magnolia Gift & Garden, 1367 East Ave., (530) 894-5410, http://magnoliagardening.com.
MARGARITA MIX-OFF: Enjoy a night of margaritas, with live music from Decades, food from Pour House, a hosted beer bar and a complimentary ride downtown after the event. Proceeds benefit the Active 20-30 Foundation of Chico. Sa, 5/2, 6-10pm. $50 per ticket. Silver Dollar Fairgrounds, 2357 Fair St., (530) 8954666, http://margaritamixoff.bpt.me.
MAY FAIRE: The Blue Oak School parent council presents a celebration of spring with a maypole dance, pin wheels, sac races, jump ropes, ankle bells, and a three legged race, plus Gypsy Mountain Face Painting. Sa, 5/2, 10am2pm. Cedar Grove, Lower Bidwell Park, (530) 896-7800.
SALSA TASTE-OFF: Try more than 20 different salsas and vote on your favorite while enjoying entertainment and raffles. Sa, 5/2, 12-4pm.
guided tour by two local whiskey experts, showing firsthand how to discern various whiskies, while wine lovers can enjoy both reds and whites from around the world. Hors d’oevres will be provided. Sa, 5/2, 6-9pm. $25$30. Designated driver: $10. Bidwell Golf Course, 3199 Golf Course Rd., (530) 343-6055, www.wtcinc.org.
Theater BIG THE MUSICAL: See Thursday. Chico Theater Company, 166-F Eaton Rd., (530) 894-3282, www.chicotheatercompany.com.
MARY POPPINS: See Friday. CUSD Center for the Arts, 1475 East Ave., (800) 722-4522.
PIRATES OF THE CURRY BEAN: See Thursday. Theatre on the Ridge Playhouse, 3735 Neal Rd. in Paradise, (530) 877-5760, www.totr.org.
PRESENT LAUGHTER: See Thursday. Birdcage Theatre, 1740 Bird St. in Oroville, (530) 5332473, www.birdcagetheatre.org.
THE WILL ROGERS FOLLIES, A LIFE IN REVUE: See Thursday. Laxson Auditorium, Chico State, (530) 98-6333, www.chicoperformances.com.
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Special Events AFRICAN GROOVE CELEBRATION: Celebrate Africa with a show featuring dance from M’Mah Toure, from The National Dance Company of
Art
Call for Artists
1078 GALLERY: Member Showcase, members
CROWD-ED: A juried art show using ideas of
of the nonprofit gallery showcase a widerange of works. Through 5/2. 820 Broadway, (530) 343-1973, www.1078gallery.org.
3RD FLOOR ART GALLERY: Art Education
Exhibition, the annual art show for Chico State’s Art Education majors. Through 5/1. BMU, Third Floor, Chico State, (530) 8985489.
AONOMI SUSTAINABLE SUSHI: Tokyo to
Kamakura, From Fish To Buddha, photographer Gary Quiring exhibits works from travels through Japan. 4/30-5/30. 1008 West Sacramento Ave.
B-SO SPACE: New Works, BFA printmaking
candidate showcases new works. 5/4-5/8. Ayres 107, Chico State, (530) 898-5331.
CHICO ART CENTER: Contemporary Women, a national juried exhibition that provides an exceptional view of what being a woman in the art world is truly about. 5/1-5/22. Contact K Kettell kkettell@chicoart center.com, http:// for details on this exhibit. 450 Orange St., (530) 895-8726, www.chicoartcenter.com.
HAS BEANS INTERNET CAFE & GALLERIA: New
Works, Ernest King showcases landscapes and abstract paintings. Through 6/1. 501 Main St., (530) 894-3033, www.has beans.com.
JAMES SNIDLE FINE ARTS: Stan Sours, brightly painted wood sculptures and two dimensional paintings. 254 E. Fourth St., (530) 343-2930.
JANET TURNER PRINT MUSEUM: Ink and Clay, a juried exhibition displaying creative works from current Chico State printmaking and ceramic students. Through 5/13. Chico State, (530) 898-4476, www.theturner.org.
THE LANTERN: New Works, artist Rod Caudill showcases mixed-media assemblage and collage. Through 5/31. 642 W. Fifth St.
SALLY DIMAS ART GALLERY: Fresh Paint, abstract acrylic paintings from artist Tim Swaim. Through 5/2. 493 East Ave., (530) 345-3063.
UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY: Student Exhibition, the annual juried student exhibition showcases works in a wide variety of media submitted by Chico State art students. Through 5/13. Trinity Hall Chico State, (530) 898-5864.
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overcrowding, pollution, energy, food and water and how these resources affect us now and how they will affect us in the future. Artists of River Town Gallery & Gifts, 1435 Myers St. in Oroville, (530) 533-4140, http://artistofrivertown.com.
PLANT PHOTO CONTEST: Sixth through 12th grade photographers are invited to enter their native flowering plant photos to the Friends of the Chico State Herbarium. See website for more details. Through 5/1. University Herbarium, 129 Holt Hall, Chico State, (530) 898-5356, www.csuchico.edu/ boil/Herb/Friends.html.
Museums CHICO CREEK NATURE CENTER: Banding by Day and Night, a close look at birds in hand with incredible detail. Ongoing. $2-$4. 1968 E. Eighth St., (530) 891-4671, www.bidwell park.org.
CHICO MUSEUM: Mik cupu Dy: This is Our
Home, Here We Remain, presented from the perspective of the Mechoopda people, focusing on the tribe’s heritage and history and using the four seasons to delineate periods of happiness, success and tragedy. Ongoing. 141 Salem St., (530) 891-4336, www.chicomuseum.org.
GATEWAY SCIENCE MUSEUM: Modern Farming
- Land, Water, People, and Science, explore North State agriculture. Patterns of The Land, a display of quiet and pastoral agriculture images of the Sacramento Valley. Attack Of The Bloodsuckers, explore the science of what’s biting you. 625 Esplanade, www.csuchico.edu/gateway.
LOTT HOME IN SANK PARK: Woodcarver
Exhibit, new works from the Woodcarvers club on display. Ongoing. 1067 Montgomery St. in Oroville, (530) 538-2497.
PARADISE DEPOT MUSEUM: A railroad and logging museum in Paradise. Ongoing, 7-9pm. 5570 Black Olive Dr. in Paradise, (530) 8771919.
VALENE L. SMITH MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY:
Leaping Lemurs and Mysterious Crimes: On The Trail of Physical Anthropology, the exhibit takes visitors on the human journey from our African roots to modern humans through the eyes of physical anthropology. Ongoing. Night At The Museum, a night-time museum adventure for youngsters with hands-on projects, movies, games, stories and food. Registration required. F, 5/1. $20. Meriam Library Complex Chico State.
ENDANGERED SPECIES FAIRE: Butte Environmental Council hosts the 36th annual installment of its environmental fair, with local entertainment from The Mondegreens and The Alice Peake Endangered Experience, local food from Maria’s Gone Tamales, Grub Station, and Chico Natural Foods, plus a puppet
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The Republic of Guinea, plus local performances from Chico West African Dance and Drum Ensemble. Local chefs create gourmet dishes. Su, 5/3, 6pm. Donations. Chico Women’s Club, 592 E. Third St., (530) 894-1978.
CHICO ARTISANS FAIRE: See Saturday. City Plaza, downtown Chico, 400 Broadway St.
THE GREAT GARDEN ART WEEKEND: See Saturday. Magnolia Gift & Garden, 1367 East Ave., (530) 894-5410, http://magnoliagardening.com.
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bicycles and seersucker attire. Dress up, pack a lunch and join this casual ride through Lower Bidwell Park. For more info, find Chico Tweed Ride on Facebook. Su, 5/3, 10am. Chico City Plaza, downtown Chico.
SPRING BONSAI SHOW: See Saturday. Chico Area Recreation District (CARD), 545 Vallombrosa Ave., (530) 895-4711, www.chicorec.com.
Music PARADISE SYMPHONY CONCERT: Bringing music to
Paradise since 1958. Su, 5/3, 7pm. $20. Paradise Performing Arts Center, 777 Nunneley Rd. in Paradise, (530) 872-8454, www.paradise performingarts.com.
BULLETIN BOARD Community AFRICAN DANCE CLASS: A workout set to the sounds and rhythms of West Africa. Call for info. M, 6pm. $10. Chico Grange Hall, 2775 Old Nord Ave., (530) 321-5607.
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.
APRIL WINE TASTING: Proceeds benefit KZFR radio, and include various wine selections and gourmet cheese samples. Th, 4/30, 5pm. $5. Bidwell Golf Course, 3199 Golf Course Rd., (530) 891-8417.
BINGO: Proceeds donated to nonprofit. Su, 4pm. $15. Paradise Elks Lodge, 6309 Clark Rd. in Paradise, (530) 877-3977.
CELEBRATION OF LIFE 5K: A fun run/ 5k run to benefit and raise awareness for hospice and Palliative care in Butte County. Su, 5/3, 9am. $25-$35. Bidwell Park, Bidwell Park.
CHICO FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY BOOK SALE: Chico Friends of the Library’s weekly book sale. Sa, 9:15-11:30am. Butte County Library, Chico Branch, 1108 Sherman Ave., (530) 8912762, www.buttecounty.net/bclibrary.
CHICO WORLD DANCE PARTY: Line, circle and
Theater MID-LIFE THE CRISIS MUSICAL AUDITIONS: Come prepared with at least 32 bars of music to sing. Su, 5/3, 6pm. Chico Theater Company, 166-F Eaton Rd., (530) 894-3282, www.chicotheater company.com.
BIG THE MUSICAL: See Thursday. Chico Theater Company, 166-F Eaton Rd., (530) 894-3282, www.chicotheatercompany.com.
MARY POPPINS: See Friday. CUSD Center for the Arts, 1475 East Ave., (800) 722-4522.
PRESENT LAUGHTER: See Thursday. Birdcage Theatre, 1740 Bird St. in Oroville, (530) 533-2473, www.birdcagetheatre.org.
THE WILL ROGERS FOLLIES, A LIFE IN REVUE: See Thursday. Laxson Auditorium, Chico State, (530) 98-6333, www.chicoperformances.com.
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couple world dances. F, 5/1, 7:30pm. Chico Grange Hall, 2775 Old Nord Ave., (530) 8951976.
CHILDREN’S HOPE COLOR RUN: A fun walk/5k color run to support foster children and programs from the area. Sa, 5/2, 8am. $25-$35. Daddow Park, Virginia St., between Hazel and Sycamore in Gridley, (530) 846-3687.
DANCING FREEDOM: A weekly open dance with
the elements. F, 6-8pm. $6-$12 sliding scale. Subud Hall, 574 E. 12th St., (530) 532-1989.
FARMERS’ MARKET: SATURDAY: Chico’s weekly community gathering, with fresh produce, crafts, baked goods and more. Sa, 7:30am1pm. Municipal Parking Lot No. 1, Second & Wall streets.
FREE COMIC BOOK DAY: A worldwide free comic book day. Get there while supplies last. Sa, 5/2, 12-4pm. Free. BaT Comics and Games, 218 Broadway, (530) 898-0550.
FREE HEALTH CLINIC: Free services for minor medical ailments. Call for more info. Su, 14pm. Free. Call for location, (530) 518-8422.
GARDEN SCIENCE SUNDAY: Join Gateway staff for hands-on activities and learning about many living systems at work and play at the museum garden. First & third Su of every month, 1-3pm. $3-$6. Gateway Science Museum, 625 Esplanade, www.csu chico.edu/gateway.
INTERNATIONAL FOLK DANCING: All levels wel-
Music DUSTBOWL REVIVAL: Upbeat, old-school all-
American sonic safari from Venice. W, 5/6, 7:30pm. $15. Sierra Nevada Big Room, 1075 East 20th St., (530) 345-2739, www.sierra nevada.com/bigroom.
EBONY & IVORY: The second installment of the Ebony & Ivory series features jazz crew The Groove Diggers playing along with the newly restored 1911 Steinway piano. W, 5/6, 6pm. $12. Chico Women’s Club, 592 E. Third St., (530) 8941978.
Theater TARTUFFE: Butte College takes on Moliere’s classic 17th-century comedy. Directed by Barry Piccinino. 5/6-5/9, 7:30pm, Su, 5/10, 2pm. $10$15. Butte College Black Box Theatre, ARTS Building, 3536 Butte Campus Dr. Main Campus in Oroville, (530) 895-2994.
come. No partner needed. F, 7:30pm. $2. Chico Creek Dance Centre, 1144 W. First St., (530) 345-8134.
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.
PATH SCHOLAR PANEL: Celebrate National Foster Care Month with a Chico State panel discussion to share experiences, research and increase awareness. F, 5/1, 2-3pm. Free. Bell Memorial Union (BMU), 400 W First St. CSU, Chico, (530) 898-4696, www.aschico.com.
course in lower Bidwell Park. Head over to the Endangered Species Faire after the race. Sa, 5/2, 8:30am. $20-$25. Sycamore Field, 500 S Park Dr. Baseball fields off South Park Drive, (530) 892-9686, www.fishbio.com/race.
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.
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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. $10-$15 sliding scale. Dorothy Johnson Center, 775 E. 16th St., (530) 891-6524, www.chicorec.com.
SOUNDS OF THE VALLEY CHORUS: Female singers welcome to sing in four-part, barbershopstyle harmony. Call for more info. W, 7pm. Marigold Elementary School, 2446 Marigold Ave., (530) 343-5183.
SOUTH SIDE WEDNESDAY FARMERS MARKET: A year-round Certified Farmers’ Market serving as a community forum for healthfullifestyle promotion and education. W, 2-6pm. Jesus Center Community Farm, 435 W. 16th St.
SPRING POKER RUN: A benefit for Wings of Eagles with high/low poker hands, prizes, vendors, long distance riders, a tri-tip lunch and raffles. Sa, 5/2, 8:30am. $20-$25. Hall’s Harley-Davidson & Buell, 1501 Mangrove Ave. Corner of Mangrove and 5th Ave., (530) 8931918.
STUDENT MARKET: The Organic Vegetable Project returns with local and seasonal produce, a variety of herbs, flowers and vegetable starts. Located in the BMU Courtyard. W, 12-3pm, F, 12-4pm. Bell Memorial Union (BMU), 400 W First St. CSU, Chico, (530) 898-4696, www.aschico.com.
TOASTMASTERS: Improve communication and leadership skills through public speaking and networking. W, 12:15pm. Free. Cal Northern School of Law, 1395 Ridgewood Dr., (530) 8916900.
WELLNESS RECOVERY ACTION PLAN CLASS: An eight week course on learning to live with mental illness. Sa, 1:30pm through 5/17. Free. Iversen Center, 492 Rio Lindo Ave., (530) 8793311.
WORLD DANCE CLASS: Learn line, circle and couple dances from around the world. Youth and adult class offered. Scholarships available via instructor. No partner needed. Th, 6-7 & 7-8:30pm. $7. Pleasant Valley Recreation Center, 2320 North St., (530) 566-6711.
For Kids LEGO CLUB FOR KIDS & TEENS: Come build with 15 pounds of LEGO bricks. Create your own masterpiece or try one of their challenges. Th, 3-5pm through 5/28. Free. Butte County Library, Oroville Branch, 1820 Mitchell Ave. in Oroville, (530) 538-7642, www.butte county.net/bclibrary.
SALMON RUN: A 5k run/walk along the scenic
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promised asylum in the U.S. and other countries, in part for assisting in the CIA’s “Secret War” against the North Vietnamese. I love the Hmong kiosks at the farmers’ markets— the leafy greens and Asian beans, especially, as well as the colorful floral bouquets—and I have great respect for their traditional “religion,” animism, the belief that animals, plants and inanimate objects have souls, spiritual essences, and that there is no division between the physical and material worlds. Traditional Hmong food is similar to Thai food, with most dishes cooked with chili peppers, garlic, ginger, and other herbs and spices—and served with a generous side of sticky rice. We ordered the egg rolls ($5 for six), with pork, rice vermicelli, cilantro, green onions, carrots and cabbage; two angel wings ($3 each), deboned chicken wings stuffed with vermicelli, carrots, green onions and cilantro; and the papaya salad ($5), shredded papaya, with chili peppers, tomatoes, tamarind paste, lime and peanuts. All was delicious, the salad cool and refreshing, perfectly complementing the piping hot egg rolls and angel wings. (The combination special is $10 and includes samples from most of the menu.) As for Miss Marilyn? The good doctor did indeed call the next morning—with bad news. She hadn’t made it through the night. Henri was heartbroken. We’d been through so much together. We debated about whether to have them save her ashes for us but in the end decided it would be too depressing to have them around the house. Instead, we drove over several days later and picked up her little leather collar with pink rhinestones. We also picked up some lunch, the delicious Hmong sausage ($8), which came with a side of extra-long-grain sticky rice, and spring rolls ($5 for four), with shrimp, cucumber, lettuce, carrots, and vermicelli in paper-thin rice wrappers. Like the papaya salad, wonderfully cool and refreshing. It’s been a couple of weeks now, and I’m doing OK, merci beaucoup. Even Mr. Theo seems fine, although several times we’ve found him sitting on the couch staring across the room at the mantel—at Miss Marilyn’s collar and a portrait of her as a young girl. He, too, must know that her soul lives on. □
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ability by Dylan Dawson, who in real life is a little girl. Dawson perfectly captures both Baggins’ dextrous physicality and nervous nature. We also meet Gandalf (Zoe Karch), the wizard who helps assemble the adventuring party. Between them, the pair have the lion’s share of lines to remember and are central to much of the action, responsibilities they shouldered well. Also of special note is Kaleigh Joyce Graham, who added an eerie gothic touch to her portrayal of the unhinged, underground-dwelling Gollum. Then, there’s the band of dwarves, who collectively make it obvious why playing The Hobbit with children works. The Blue Room dwarves are not the dour, taciturn creatures that Tolkien imagined, and instead resemble a cross between Snow White’s pals on a heavy sugar rush and the Keystone Cops of silent cinema. They’re slapstick as all get out, and much of their time was spent scurrying hither and yon in brightly colored clothing, ad-libbing one-liners and acting like borderline lunatics. In short, perfect roles for kids that play into the youths’ natural exuberance. As adorable as the dwarves were, they were ultimately out-cuted by a quartet of elves—Lilia Chavira, Conner Arellano, Luke Dawson and Ivy Sayre—who are about as fun to watch as one might imagine talking, bow-and-arrow wielding kittens would be. Another way the young actors made the play their own was by adding a touch of mad-cap modernness. For example, the trolls who snatch Bilbo early on with the intention of cooking him are played here as a bunch of backwoods hillbillies, and when the dwarves are tossed in jail, one of them blows a woeful blues tune on a harmonica. Similar anachronistic elements, the actors’ youthful energy, and an overall none-too-serious approach made this version of The Hobbit an evening well spent. □
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THURSDAY 4/30—WEDNESDAY 5/6 FIRST FRIDAY: Pub Scouts get a break this week as Don Parish and Kelly Brown, plus Donald Beamon and the Spirit Molecules take over the happy hour starting at 4:30 pm. First F of every month. Duffy’s Tavern, 337 Main St., (530) 343-7718.
ESCAPE FROM THE ZOO, WELL OKAY, BOOM CITY, SHIT EATING GRIN Saturday, May 2 Monstros Pizza and Subs
FLOATER (ACOUSTIC): The Portland rockers come to town for their regular two-night residence. Tonight is acoustic night. F, 5/1, 9pm. $13. El Rey Theatre, 230 W. Second St., (530) 3422727.
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CHICO UNPLUGGED RECORD RELEASE PARTY: The artists who won SOTA’s Chico Unplugged series are featured on the student-run label’s compilation. F, 5/1, 6-9pm. Free. Madison Bear Garden, 316 W. Second St., (530) 8911639, www.madisonbeargarden.com.
Escape from the Zoo WAKE OF THE DEAD: Dead covers. Th,
4/30. LaSalles, 229 Broadway, (530) 893-1891, www.lasallesbar.com.
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HAPPY HOUR: Wake of the Dead playing Dead covers for happy hour on the patio. Th, 4/30. LaSalles, 229 Broadway, (530) 893-1891, www.lasallesbar.com.
ONE-EYED DOLL: Th, 4/30, 9pm. 10 dollars. Lost on Main, 319 Main St., (530) 892-2445.
OPEN MIC: Singers, poets and musicians welcome. Th, 7-10pm. Has Beans Internet Cafe & Galleria, 501 Main St., (530) 894-3033, www.hasbeans.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.
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Paradise. F, 5/1, 8:45pm. Free. Kings Tavern, 5771 Clark Rd. in Paradise, (530) 877-7100.
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folk/punk. Dakota Cree & Bran Crown open. F, 5/1, 9pm. $5. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave., (530) 343-4915.
band playing decades of classic hits. 5/1-5/2. Gold Country Casino, 4020 Olive Highway in Oroville, (800) 8031911, www.goldcountrycasino.com.
Butte Folk Music Society and led by
Texas, plus local acoustic from Well Okay, punk from Boom City and Shit Eating Grin. Sa, 5/2, 8pm. $5. Monstros Pizza & Subs, 628 W. Sacramento Ave., (530) 345-7672.
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For the past 2 1/2 years, Chico’s Cities—Sesar Sanchez, Josh Andrews and Zach Sorenson—have been writing spaced-out, instrumental, power-trio jams, and in sticking with the stated goals on their Facebook page have now finished preparing “to move further in the world of official bandom,” by recording their songs celebrating with a Full Length Release Show at Cafe Coda on Friday, May 1. They’re apparently very literal dudes. Also playing are locals Shadow Limb and Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy.
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MOSSY BREEK BAND & LOW-FLYING BIRDS: Local bluegrass/Americana with Mossy Creek, plus acid-grass/ outlaw country from Low Flying Birds. Sa, 5/2, 8pm. $8-$10. 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. Arrow Lounge, 3 Alverda Dr. in Oroville, (530) 533-3885, www.featherfalls casino.com.
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LIFE IN THE FAST LANE: A tribute to FLOATER: The Portland rockers come to town for their regular two-night residence. Night two is electric night. Sa, 5/2, 8:30pm. $15. Senator Theatre, 517 Main St., (530) 898-1497, www.jmaxpro ductions.net.
HAPPY HOUR: Brad Petersen and Friends. Sa, 5/2. LaSalles, 229 Broadway, (530)
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songs of The Eagles. Sa, 5/2, 9:30pm. $5. Feather Falls Casino Brewing Co., 3 Alverda Dr. in Oroville, (530) 533-3885, www.featherfallscasino.com/ brewing-co.
LUPULIN LOVEFEST: A celebration of hops with unlimited tasters of all draft beers on tap. Sa, 5/2, 1-5pm. $35. The Handle Bar, 2070 E 20th St. 160, (530) 894-2337, www.facebook.com/ handlebarchico.
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NICE UP: Roots and Bass brings a new drum, jungle, glitch and dubstep evening. Sa, 5/2, 9:30pm. $5. Peking Chinese Restaurant, 243 W. Second St., (530) 895-3888, www.facebook.com/ NiceUpVibes.
TRAGICALLY WHITE: See Friday. Gold Country Casino, 4020 Olive Highway in Oroville, (800) 803-1911, www.gold countrycasino.com.
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REGGAE NIGHT: Rise your vibes with live DJs, pool and shuffle board. Su, 8pm2am. Seeva’s Pub, 6093 Lincoln Blv in Oroville.
of the Ebony & Ivory series features jazz crew The Groove Diggers playing along with the newly restored 1911 Steinway piano. W, 5/6, 6pm. $12. Chico Women’s Club, 592 E. Third St., (530) 894-1978.
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Little Sur Records With the just-released Loved Wild Lost, Nicki Bluhm and her merry Gramblers have strengthened their musical place in the world. Two years after the band’s critically acclaimed debut, the cohesiveness that has turned heads at live performances large and small across the country is captured here, as the vocally captivating Bluhm leads the band through 11 strong new tracks. Bluhm’s clear vocals are at the forefront of the band’s stellar Americana/alt-country sound, delivered by guitarist/vocalist Tim Bluhm, the 20-plus-year leader of the acclaimed Mother Hips, and the rest of the multitalented Gramblers— Steve Adams (bass/vocals), Deren Ney (guitar/vocals), Dave Mulligan (guitar/vocals) and Mike Curry (drums). There is a compelling air of maturity here, with many new songs covering life’s inevitable transitions, not to an undesirable place, but to a transformational place to be celebrated. Produced by the in-demand Brian Deck, album standouts include the self-reflective ballad, “Queen of the Rodeo,” the twangy and jangly “Waiting on Love,” and “Love Your Loved Ones,” on which Nicki and Tim advise, “To your loved ones you’ve got to always be a good soul/ they may need one when their compass spins out of control.” —Alan Sheckter
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I admit it’s hard for me to get excited about singer-songwriters these days. It brings to mind artists equipped with acoustic guitars playing overwrought songs that should remain in a bedroom. But Australian songstress Courtney Barnett somehow got through my singer-songwriter deflector shield. It was actually a performance for Seattle’s KEXP radio that sparked my curiosity. Barnett came across as charming and genuine, and she made a nice racket on her guitar. Of course, it’s Barnett’s lyrics that have people talking—tricky twists of phrase that have more in common with hip-hop than indie pop. She displayed it on a couple of EPs, and delivers even more on her debut full-length. Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit falls somewhere between Elastica and Sheryl Crow—catchy, rockin’ and sorta snotty, but not too dangerous. “Pedestrian at Best” is the grungiest of the batch, her heavy Aussie drawl sounding disinterested over fuzz guitars. That drawl spits out more wordy tales on the power-popper “Aqua Profunda!” and the jangly “Dead Fox.” It’s fun to listen to even if the music isn’t always as captivating as what Barnett is saying. But, her career will probably play out like one of her stories— just let Barnett get to it. —Mark Lore
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FRIDAY 5/1 – WEDNESDAY 5/6 AGE OF ADALINE, THE (Digital) (PG-13)11:00AM 1:55PM 4:40PM 7:25PM 10:10PM AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON (3D) (PG-13) (10:50AM*) 11:40AM 2:10PM 5:30PM 6:20PM 8:50PM AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON (Digital) (PG13) (10:00AM*) 1:20PM 3:00PM 4:40PM 8:00PM 9:40PM AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON (XD-3D) (PG-13) 12:00PM 3:30PM 7:00PM 10:30PM DIVERGENT SERIES: INSURGENT, THE (Digital) (PG-13) 7:05PM♣♥ 9:55PM♣♥ EX MACHINA (Digital) ( R) 11:20AM 2:00PM 4:55PM 7:35PM 10:20PM
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Six albums in, Sacramento’s Dance Gavin Dance has become something of a one-trick pony. But it’s a pretty damn good trick. Instant Gratification is in many ways indistinguishable from the band’s 2013 release, Acceptance Speech. However, there’s certainly something to be said for a band that finds a stylistic groove and sticks to it. Instant Gratification has everything that both supporters and detractors of Dance Gavin Dance have come to expect: co-frontman Tilian Pearson’s elvishly delicious high-register vocals soar over the band’s more melodic prog-light passages while his screaming counterpart, Jon Mess, adds a more fearsome element during the regularly interspersed heavy moments. This combination of vocal sweet and sour may not be for everyone, but on songs like “Death of a Strawberry” and “Something New,” the band proves that they do it better than most. Musically, the band’s technical chops are, as always, hard to dispute. The noticeable flat spots on Instant Gratification tend to come lyrically, such as the forced-sounding rap vocals on “Eagles vs. Crows” and the occasional embarrassingly sophomoric line. But love them or hate them, the Dance Gavin Dance dudes seem entirely comfortable being who they are.
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There’s something out there A throwback horror flick that makes good on its scary promise by
Craig Blamer
n a genre dominated of late by unimaginaIbreath tive factory knock-offs, It Follows is a of fresh air for horror fans. Granted, it
gets a lot of mileage from nostalgia for early 1980s horror (arguably not the best vintage) and in particular wears its admiration for John Carpenter like a bespectacled It Follows bed sheet. (What? You’ve Opens Friday, May 1. Starring never heard of John CarpenMaika Monroe, ter? Halloween? The Thing? Keir Gilchrist and The Fog? And you call yourOlivia Luccardi. self a horror fan? Jeebus, Directed by David kids today.) Robert Mitchell. It turns out that, for once, Pageant Theatre. Rated R. the hype is well-deserved; It Follows delivers. Quietly it delivers, eschewing jump scares and other tired tricks of the genre practiced by studio hacks, focusing instead on deliberate pacing that relentlessly builds into an uneasy puddle of dread. With a retro-synth sound bed that throbs like
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bad blood and a prowling camera that glides through quiet suburbia with voyeuristic menace, writer-director David Robert Mitchell isn’t shy about where he’s coming from. Taking notes on Carpenter, he recognizes silence as a powerful tool. You don’t get that in horror much anymore. If at all. It also helps that under all the homage there’s also a simple, yet potent, premise: There’s something out there. Something awful. Something awful preying on the last participant of a chain of accursed hook-ups, like an STD version of casting the runes. That awful something is a shambling, shapeshifting dreadful menace that no one but you can see as it moves inexorably closer … closer … closer. And if it catches you, you’re dead. And it’s not a going-gently-into-thenight exit. Nope. And the only way to distract it is to find some other poor hook-up on whom to lay the whammy. It Follows takes a premise as old as the genre (the creaky mummy always manages to catch the girl) but gooses it with a bit of
Japanese-horror treatment. There’s more than a li’l of The Ring (wherein a cursed VHS is passed along in a deadly game of tag) in its DNA crossed with a creepy and distinctly Cronenbergian sense of body-horror unease. And the aforementioned Carpenter atmospherics, of course. It’s refreshing to ride along with a horror filmmaker who obviously respects his audience. His sophomore effort is assured, a sheer pleasure to watch and the cast members (including the pursued lead, Maika Monroe) are comfortably naturalistic in their skin, cul-
Re-opening this week
Furious 7
Citizenfour
The Oscar-winning documentary on whistleblower Edward Snowden, the former NSA system administrator who leaked information to the press about the agency’s spying on U.S. citizens. Pageant Theatre. Not rated.
Opening this week Avengers: Age of Ultron
Marvel Comics’ superteam—Captain America, Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, Black Widow, Hawkeye and friends—is back, this time doing battle with Ultron, who only wants to wipe out all of humanity. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.
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See review this issue. Pageant Theatre. Rated R —C.B.
Occupy the Farm
A one-time screening (and benefit for GRUB)—Sunday, May 3, 7 p.m.—of the documentary about protesters who took over a UC Berkeley-managed tract of public land that is slated for commercial development and turned it into an urban farm. Pageant Theatre. Not rated.
Under Our Skin
A two-Saturday film series presented by The Lyme Center. On May 2, 1 p.m., it’s the 2008 documentary Under Our Skin, the definitive record of the growing epidemic and the failings of the health-care system to address it. And, May 9, 1 p.m., the 2012 sequel, Emergence, continues to shine a light on the lagging system and those suffering from the disease and offers some hope of relief. Pageant Theatre. Not rated.
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Get Hard
Will Farrell plays a white dude wrongfully convicted of tax evasion. Kevin Hart plays a black dude wrongfully believed to be an ex-con. When the white dude enlists the black dude to help him “get hard” in preparation for prison, hijinks ensue. Cinemark 14. Rated R.
Now playing The Age of Adaline
A romantic-fantasy flick about a woman (played by Blake Lively) born at the turn of the 20th century who, after a mysterious accident, somehow stops aging. After years of living a solitary life, she meets a man for whom she might consider giving up immortality. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.
It Follows
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In this seventh installment in the street-racing action series, they take the car stunts to the next level, like several levels, way up a skyscraper and out the window to jump a car from one high-rise to the next. Vin Diesel! Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.
The Divergent Series: Insurgent
Movie No. 2 in the planned four-film Divergent franchise based on Veronica Roth’s young-adult sci-fi series features protagonist Beatrice Prior (Shailene Woodley) on the run while trying to battle forces seeking to rid the post-apocalyptic world of Beatrice and all her fellow “divergent” personality types. Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13.
Ex Machina
A young computer programmer (Domhnall Gleeson) is invited to the compound of a reclusive inventor (Oscar Isaac) under mysterious circumstances and is tasked with evaluating the capabilities of a very realistic female android. Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13.
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Home
A Dreamworks animated feature about Oh, a “lovable misfit” from another planet, who befriends an Earth girl named Tip. Starring the voices of Rihanna, Jim Parsons, Steve Martin and Jennifer Lopez. Cinemark 14 and Feather River Cinemas. Rated PG.
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Kingsman: The Secret Service
Kingsman is a comical action film, with secret agents, high-tech weaponry, and international espionage, as well as intermittent jolts of crazed satire and broad spoofs of several sorts. It’s a mostly entertaining stew of movie ingredients, but erratic in ways that dilute and dull down the whole enterprise. While the spoofing of James Bond films is mostly affectionate and inconsequential, the parts of the story involving spy agencies, Internet moguls, global conspiracies, and semi-futuristic technology are a rather unstable mix of sci-fi extravagance, furious satire and fanboy jokiness. Colin Firth, who plays a foppish variation on the Bond-type super spy, acquits himself nicely in the dialog scenes but is pretty clearly out of his element in the movie’s blindingly souped-up fight scenes. Samuel L. Jackson is sharp and stingingly funny as the wide-eyed, lisping Internet mogul with sinister plans. Taron Egerton is mostly likable as Gary “Eggsy” Unwin, the fledgling secret agent whom the veteran Harry Hart (Firth) hopes to bring to the special
tivating a rare empathy in a genre that usually implicitly invites the audience to anticipate each loathsome character’s demise. The world-building of Mitchell is also a neo-nostalgic pleasure. It Follows takes place in a deliberately vague era, irony-free and full of rumbling 1970s Detroit iron, and fleeting impressions of rabbit-eared 1980s chased away by incoming cellphone calls. It’s a dark coming-of-age story filtered through memories as elusive as quicksilver. Nostalgia ain’t what it used to be, but It Follows sure is a swell surrogate. Ω
“Kingsman” branch of the British secret services. Cinemark 14. Rated R —J.C.S.
The Longest Ride
The latest film adaptation of a best-selling Nicholas Sparks novel tells the story of a couple of star-crossed lovers—the bull-riding champ (played by Scott Eastwood, son of Clint) and the promising young college grad heading to NYC (Britt Robertson). Cinemark 14 and Feather River Cinemas. Rated PG-13.
McFarland, USA
Kevin Costner stars as a high-school track coach in this sports drama based on the real-life story of an inexperienced cross country team at a predominately Latino high school in Kern County that’s transformed into a state-championship contender. Cinemark 14. Rated PG.
Monkey Kingdom.
The filmmakers behind Planet Earth follow a group of toque macaque monkeys as they struggle to survive in the jungle of Sri Lanka. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated G.
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
Kevin James plays Paul Blart, a mall cop … again. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG.
Unfriended
An online version of the found-footage horror genre in which a group of high-school students is haunted by an anonymous person using a dead girl’s account. Cinemark 14 and Feather River Cinemas. Rated R.
Woman in Gold
A British-American drama based on the real-life events surrounding Maria Altmann (played here by Helen Mirren), an Austrian Jewish refugee in America who fought her home country’s government to try and reclaim her family’s Gustav Klimpt paintings that had been stolen by the Nazis. Cinemark 14 and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.
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ARTS DEVO by Jason Cassidy • jasonc@newsreview.com
ART SCHOOL With spring in full effect and the end of the semester
winding down, Chico State is blooming with fresh student artwork. There are four end-of-the-school-year juried group exhibitions on campus right night now. The Janet Turner Print Museum (first floor of Meriam Library) has Ink & Clay, its annual student print and clay exhibition; in the 3rd Floor Art Gallery (in Bell Memorial Union) is the Art Education Show; and the University Art Gallery (100 Trinity Hall) is showing the big 60th Annual Student Art Show, which spills over into another mini-show, The Salon de Refusés (featuring works not chosen for the UAG exhibit), at the Laxson Fine Art Gallery (second floor, Laxson Auditorium). In anticipation of the group reception at all of the galleries tonight (April 30)— starting with an awards presentation in Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall (PAC 134) at 5 p.m.— I took my own campus art tour, and there was some intriguing and fun work, especially at the UAG. Here’s Arts DEVO’s best of show: “Tijuana,” linocut/reduction print by Sara Araiza (Janet Turner Print Museum)
Untitled, relief print by Max Valentine (University Art Gallery)
“EG-6 (Gonk),” plywood sculpture by Garrick Hargrove (University Art Gallery)
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FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 30, 2015 ARIES (March 21-April 19): Chris Mon-
eymaker was employed as an accountant in Tennessee. On a whim, he paid $39 to enter an online poker tournament. Although he knew a lot about the game, he had never competed professionally. Nevertheless, he won the tournament. As his award, he received no money, but rather an invitation to participate in the annual World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. Can you guess the storybook ending? The rookie triumphed over 838 pros, taking home $2.5 million. I don’t foresee anything quite as spectacular for you, Aries, but there may be similar elements in your saga. For example, a modest investment on your part could make you eligible for a chance to earn much more. Here’s another possible plot twist: You could generate luck for yourself by ramping up a skill that has until now been a hobby.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): EBay is
a multibillion-dollar e-commerce business that has been around for almost 20 years. But it had an inauspicious beginning. The first item ever sold on the service was a broken laser pointer. Even though the laser pointer didn’t work, and the seller informed the buyer that it didn’t work, it brought in $14.83. This story might be a useful metaphor for your imminent future, Taurus. While I have faith in the vigor of the long-term trends you are or will soon be setting in motion, your initial steps may be a bit iffy.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Poetically
speaking, it’s time to purify your world of all insanities, profanities and inanities. It’s a perfect moment for that once-ina-blue-moon scour-a-thon, when you have a mandate to purge all clunkiness, junkiness and gunkiness from your midst. And as you flush away the unease of your hypocrisies and discrepancies, as you dispense with any tendency you might have to make way too much sense, remember that evil is allergic to laughter. Humor is one of the most effective psychospiritual cleansers ever.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): I was in
the checkout line at Whole Foods Market. The shopper ahead me had piled her groceries on the conveyor belt, and it was her turn to be rung up. “How are you doing?” she said cheerfully to the cashier, a crabby-looking hipster whom I happened to know is a Cancerian poet and lead singer in a local rock band. “Oh, I am living my dream,” he replied. I guessed he was being sarcastic, although I didn’t know for sure. In any case, I had a flash of intuition that his answer should be your mantra in the coming weeks. It’s time to redouble your commitment to living your dream! Say it 20 times in a row right now: “I am living my dream.”
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): As I awoke this
morning, I remembered the dream I’d just had. In the dream, I had written a horoscope for you. Here’s what it said: “The Kentucky Derby is a famous horse race that takes place on the first Saturday of every May. It’s called ‘The Run for the Roses’ because one of the prizes that goes to the winning horse and jockey is a garland of 554 roses. I suspect that your life may soon bring you an odd treasure like that, Leo. Will it be a good thing, or too much of a good thing? Will it be useful or just kind of weird? Beautiful or a bit ridiculous? The answers to those questions may depend in part on your willingness to adjust your expectations.”
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Don’t calm
down. Don’t retreat into your sanctuary and relax into protective comfort. If you have faith and remain committed to the messy experiment you have stirred up, the stress and agitation you’re dealing with will ripen into vitality and excitement. I’m not exaggerating, my dear explorer. You’re on the verge of tapping into the catalytic beauty and rejuvenating truth that lurk beneath the frustration. You’re close to unlocking the deeper ambitions that are trapped inside the surface-level wishes.
BY ROB BREzSNY LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Composer
George Frideric Handel polished off his famous oratorio Messiah in a mere 24 days, and Russian writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky produced his novel The Gambler in 26 days. On the other hand, Junot Díaz, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, needed ten years to finish it. As for you, Libra, I think this is—and should be!—a phase more like Díaz’s than the other three creators’. Go slowly. Be super extra thorough. What you’re working on can’t be rushed.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In her
book A Natural History of the Senses, Diane Ackerman describes a medieval knight who asked his lady for a strand of her pubic hair: a symbol of her life force. The lady agreed. He placed the talisman in a locket that he wore around his neck, confident that it would protect him and consecrate him in the course of the rough adventures ahead. I recommend that you consider a similar tack in the coming weeks, Scorpio. As you head toward your turning point, arm yourself with a personal blessing from someone you love. Success is most likely if you tincture your fierce determination with magical tenderness.
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I’ve got a tough assignment for you. It won’t be easy, but I think you’re ready to do a good job. Here it is: Learn to be totally at home with your body. Figure out what you need to do to feel unconditional love for your physical form. To get started on this noble and sacred task, practice feeling compassion for your so-called imperfections. I also suggest you cast a love spell on yourself every night, using a red candle, a mirror and your favorite creamy beverage. It may also help to go down to the playground and swing on the swings, make loud animal sounds or engage in unusually uninhibited sex. Do you have any other ideas?
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): When
Aquarian media mogul Oprah Winfrey was born, “Oprah” was not what she was called. Her birth certificate says she is “Orpah,” a name her aunt borrowed from a character who appears in the biblical Book of Ruth. As Oprah grew up, her friends and relatives had trouble pronouncing “Orpah,” and often turned it into “Oprah.” The distorted form eventually stuck. But if I were her, I would consider revisiting that old twist sometime soon, maybe even restoring “Orpah.” For you Aquarians, it’s a favorable time to investigate original intentions or explore primal meanings or play around with the earliest archetypes.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): What I
propose is that you scan your memories and identify everyone who has ever tried to limit your options or dampen your enthusiasm or crush your freedom. Take a piece of paper and write down a list of the times someone insinuated that you will forever be stuck in a shrunken possibility, or made a prediction about what you will supposedly never be capable of or said you had a problem that was permanently beyond your ability to solve. Once you’ve compiled all the constricting ideas about yourself that other people have tried to saddle you with, burn that piece of paper and declare yourself exempt from their curses. In the days after you do this ritual, all of life will conspire with you to expand your freedom.
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as ALL AROUND TOWN HOME REPAIR at 1502 North Cherry Street Chico, CA 95926. ZACHARY SCHWERING 1502 North Cherry Street Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: ZACHARY SCHWERING Dated: April 3, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0000439 Published: April 9,16,23,30, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as THE UPS STORE #1244 at 702 Mangrove Ave Chico, CA 95926. JSK INC 813 Harbor Blvd West Sacramento, CA 95691. This business is conducted by a Corporation. Signed: SANJEEV PATHAK, OWNER Dated: March 27, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0000414 Published: April 9,16,23,30, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as THE UPS STORE #1323 at 2485 Notre Dame Blvd #370 Chico, CA 95928. JSK INC 813 Harbor Blvd West Sacramento, CA 95926. This business is conducted by a Corporation. Signed: SANJEEV PATHAK, OWNER Dated: March 27, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0000413 Published: April 9,16,23,30, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as THE UPS STORE #2326 at 1380 East Ave #124 Chico, CA 95926. JSK INC 813 Harbor Blvd West Sacramento, CA 95691. This business is conducted by a Corporation. Signed: SANJEEV PATHAK, OWNER Dated: March 27, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0000412 Published: April 9,16,23,30, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as SOMNOMETRICS at 555 Salem St Chico, CA 95928. ROBERT N RYAN 10706 Lone Pine Ave Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: ROBERT N. RYAN, DDS Dated: March 23, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0000389 Published: April 9,16,23,30, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as THE CHICO COMPANY at 28 Hanover Ln Suite C Chico, CA 95973. ADAM PEARCE 1208 Peninsula Dr Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: ADAM PEARCE Dated: March 27, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0000411 Published: April 9,16,23,30, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as CHICO BOX & POSTAL CENTER at 230 Walnut St Ste C Chico, CA 95928. OLGA GILLETT 3375 Bodero Ln #2 Chico, CA 95973. This buisness is conducted by an Individual. Signed: OLGA GILLETT Dated: March 30,2015 FBN Number: 2015-0000419 Published: April 9,16,23,30, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as CJ’S LAST CHANCE DINER at 13670 Anderson Brothers Dr Chico, CA 95973. CELESTE HERRICK ANDERSON 4365 Ocean Dr Chico, CA 95973. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: CELESTE HERRICK ANDERSON Dated: March 16, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0000353 Published: April 9,16,23,30, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as BLOSSOM & BLOOM at 975 East Ave Chico, CA 95926. ROBERT GUTHRIE 11 Hercules Ave Oroville, CA 95966. NINA SIMMONS 6550 Palmetio Ave Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by an Unicorporated Association. Signed: ROBERT GUTHRIE Dated: March 12, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0000339 Published: April 9,16,23,30, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME - STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT The following person has abandoned the use of the fictitious business name ESTETICA at 2991 Esplanade Suite 150 Chico, CA 95973. PAULA JANE HULEN 192 Estates Drive Chico, CA 95928. This business was conducted by an Individual. Signed: PAULA JANE HULEN Dated: March 30, 2015 FBN Number: 2010-0001544 Published: April 9,16,23,30, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as FIR STREET GALLERY, THE WINE ROOM at 6256 Skyway Paradise, CA 95969. FIR ST LLC 6256 Skyway Paradise, CA 95969. This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company. Signed: PAMELA FUNK, SINGLE MEMBER LLC Dated: February 19, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0000218 Published: April 9,16,23,30, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as UPSCALE PAINTING at 1116 Valley Oak Dr Chico, CA 95926. AARON DUTRA 1116 Valley Oak Dr Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: AARON DUTRA Dated: April 8, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0000459 Published: April 16,23,30, May 7, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as AQUACULTURE DIRECT, PROFESSIONAL AQUACULTURE SERVICES at 3209 Esplanade Suite 140 Chico, CA 95973. PRO AQUACULTURE INC 559 Cimarron Dr Chico, CA 95973. This business is conducted by a Corporation. Signed: TONY S. VAUGHT, PRESIDENT Dated: March 23, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0000384 Published: April 16,23,30, May 7, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as SUNSHINE LAUNDRY at 1722 Mangrove Ave Ste 16, Chico, CA 95926. JAMES GOULARTE 6038 A Clark Ste 149 Paradise, CA 95969. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: JAMES GOULARTE Dated: April 9, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0000466 Published: April 16,23,30, May 7, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as AAA AVIS AUTOMOTIVE SMOG at 1265 East Ave Chico, CA 95926. CLIFFORD LEE SUTTON 2001 Mariposa Ave #8 Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by an Individual.
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as ADINA’S SWEDISH BAKERY, BREAKWATER INFAMY, TIETZ FERMENTERY at 855 E. Lindo Ave Chico, CA 95926. TYLER Z TIETZ 855 E. Lindo Ave Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: TYLER TIETZ Dated: March 9, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0000319 Published: April 16,23,30, May 7, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as COUNTRYWIDE TOWING at 11108 Yankee Hill Road Oroville, CA 95965. CHRISTOPHER WEST 11108 Yankee Hill Road Oroville, CA 95965. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: CHRISTOPHER WEST Dated: April 8, 2015 FBN NUmber: 2015-0000457 Published: April 16,23,30, May 7, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as CARGO IT RENTALS at 2516 England St Chico, CA 95928. STEPHEN CHOLLET 2516 England St Chico, CA 95928. COURTNEY HAGEN 2516 England St Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by a General Partnership. Signed: COURTNEY HAGEN Dated: April 10, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0000469 Published: April 23,30, May 7,14, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as CHICO CAR CARE at 1369 E 9th Street Chico, CA 95928. MODERN MAN IN THE MAZE INC 3044 Ceanothus Ave Chico, CA 95973. This business is conducted by a Corporation. Signed: DANIEL S. HIESTAND IV, PRESIDENT Dated: March 12, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0000340 Published: April 23,30, May 7,14, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as CJ’S AUTOMOTIVE at 3150 HWY 32 Shop D Chico, CA 95973. CHAD SPENCER SMITH 3150 HWY 32 Shop D Chico, CA 95973. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: CHAD SMITH Dated: April 6, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0000452 Published: April 23,30, May 7,14, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as RAGGAE FLAVA, REGGAE FLAVA CATERING, REGGAE FLAVA JAMAICAN CUISINE at 1436 B Oleander Ave Chico, CA 95926. PATRICK LEWIS 1436 B Oleander Ave Chico, CA 95926. PATRICIA SPENCE-LEWIS 1436 B Oleander Ave Chico,
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as WWW.MEDICALJOB.NET at 4522 Garden Brook Drive Chico, CA 95973. CAROL A JOHNSON 4522 Garden Brook Drive Chico, CA 95973. KENNETH L JOHNSON 4522 Garden Brook Drive Chico, CA 95973. This business is conducted by A Married Couple. Signed: KL JOHNSON Dated: April 15, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0000489 Published: April 23,30, May 7,14, 2015
95928. LYNN MARIE BAKER 2202 Robailey Dr Chico, CA 95928. This business was conducted by an Individual. Signed: LYNN M. BAKER Dated: April 14, 2015 FBN Number: 2013-0000497 Published: April 23,30, May 7,14, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as PARADISE BIKES at 6282 Skyway Paradise, CA 95969. RICHARD COLGIN 5560 Gramercy Pl Paradise, CA 95969. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: RICHARD COLGIN Dated: April 20, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0000507 Published: April 23,30, May 7,14, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as NORTH STATE BEHAVIOR CONSULTING at 987 Muir Ave Chico, CA 95973. LYNN BAKER 987 Muir Ave Chico, CA 95973. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: LYNN M. BAKER Dated: April 14, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0000485 Published: April 23,30, May 7,14, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as HELLA PRO VAPES at 118 B W East Ave Chico, CA 95973. JOSEPH DANIEL HENDRICK 1350 Banning Park Dr Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: JOSEPH HENDRICK Dated: April 22, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0000518 Published: April 30, May 7,14,21, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as HOME AND HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT at 1398 Ridgewood Drive Chico, CA 95973. HOME HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT INCORPORATED 1398 Ridgewood Drive Chico, CA 95973. This business is conducted by a Corporation. Signed: JULIE LEHMANN, DOPS Dated: March 26, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0000408 Published: April 23,30, May 7,14, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as LIVVY AND CO at 1 Williamsburg Ln Chico, CA 95926. VICKI KOENIG 8 Saint Helens Ln Chico, CA 95973. LIESE YOUNG 12254 Meridian Rd Chico, CA 95973. This business is conducted by a General Partnership. Signed: VICKI KOENIG Dated: Aprill 22, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0000519 Published: April 30, May 7,14,21, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as BIDWELL REAL ESTATE, BIDWELL REALTY, CENTURY 21 BIDWELL REALTY at 5263 Royal Oaks Dr Oroville, CA 95966. JAMES MICHAEL GUDERIAN 5 Mt Hope Court Oroville, CA 95966. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: JAMES MICHAEL GUDERIAN Dated: March 26, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0000405 Published: April 23,30 May 7,14, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as HL QUEEN CHICO NAILS at 801 East Ave Suite 112 Chico, CA 95926. HARRY LE 400 Mission Ranch Apt 41 Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: HARRY LE Dated: April 20, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0000503 Published: April 23,30, May 7,14, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME - STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT The following person has abandoned the use of the fictitious business name TRICOGENT BEHAVIORAL CONSULTING at 2202 Robailey Dr Chico, CA
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as INN SERVICES PLUS, WEDDING SERVICES PLUS at 13 Victoria Way Chico, CA 95926. MARTIN ALLEN COHEN 13 Victoria Way Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: MARTY COHEN Dated: April 13, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0000479 Published: April 30, May 7,14,21, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as SAGEBRUSH SCIENTIFIC at 1252 Filbert Ave Chico, CA 95926. RICHARD ELLIOTT 1252 Filbert Ave Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: RICHARD ELLIOTT Dated: April 6, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0000449 Published: April 30, May 7,14,21, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as LANDCRAFTS at 830 Grass Ct Chico, CA 95926. JAMES T BRATEN 830 Grass Ct Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: JAMES T. BRATEN Dated: April 24, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0000533 Published: April 30, May 7,14,21, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as BIKINIS AND WIENIES at 5318 Old Olive Hwy Oroville, CA 95966. BRENDAN MAINVILLE 334 Bangor Park Road Bangor, CA 95914. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: BRENDAN MAINVILLE Dated: April 10, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0000476 Published: April 30, May 7,14,21, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME - STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT The following person has abandoned the use of the fictitious business name QUEEN LE NAIL SALON at 801 East Ave # 112 Chico, CA 95926. KEVIN VIET LE 36650 48th Ave South Auburn, WA 98001. This business was conducted by an Individual. Signed: KEVIN LE Dated: April 7, 2014 FBN Number: 2013-0001125 Published: April 30, May 7,14,21, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as P.M. FASHIONS at 742 W. 5th Street Chico, CA 95928. PATRICIA M VAN METER 1132 Honey Run Road Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: PATTI VAN METER Dated: April 3, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0000443 Published: April 30, May 7,14,21, 2015
NOTICES NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE KEVIN KELLY LARSON aka KEVIN K. LARSON TO all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: KEVIN KELLY LARSON aka KEVIN K. LARSON A Petition for Probate has been filed by: JOE A. SILVA in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte. The Petition for Probate requests that: JOE A. SILVA be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the
decedents will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: June 4, 2015 Time: 9:00 a.m. Dept: TBA Address of the court: Superior Court of California County of Butte 1775 Concord Ave. Chico, CA 95926. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal 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. Petitioner: JOE A. SILVA 6 Sorrel Court Oroville, CA 95966. Case Number: PR41390 Dated: April 23, 2015 Published: April 30, May 7,14, 2015
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TO ADMINISTER ESTATE JAY DEEN ISOM To all heirs and beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: JAY DEEN ISOM A Petition for Probate has been filed by: SHAWNA HOSIE in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte. The Petition for Probate requests that: SHAWNA HOSIE 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 4, 2015 Time: 9:00a.m. Dept: TBA Address of the court: Superior Court of California County of Butte 1775 Concord Ave. Chico, CA 95926. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal 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.
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A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: VANESSA J SUNDIN, SUNDIN LAW OFFICE 341 Broadway Street, Suite 302, Chico, CA 95928. 530.342.2452 Case Number: PR41393 Published: April 30, May 7,14, 2015
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner LISA DIANE MCCREARY Filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: JACKSON DUPERE JACOB Proposed name: JACKSON DUPERE MCCREARY THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: May 27, 2015 Time: 8:30am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: MICHAEL P. CANDELA Dated: March 25, 2015 Case Number: 164060 Published: April 9,16,23,30, 2015
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner PATRICIA ELIZABETH JOHNSON Filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: PATRICIA ELIZABETH JOHNSON Proposed name: PATRICIA ELIZABETH MCREYNOLDS THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition
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should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: May 13, 2015 Time: 8:30am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: STEPHEN E. BENSON Dated: March 27, 2015 Case Number: 163145 Published: April 9,16,23,30, 2015
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner ERICA OLMSTED CHARLESWORTH AND JAY FREDERICK CHARLESWORTH Filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: NATALIE CHONG CHARLESWORTH Proposed name: NATALIE ANN CHARLESWORTH THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: May 13, 2015 Time: 8:30am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: STEPHEN E. BENSON Dated: March 30, 2015 Case Number: 164071 Published: April 16,23,30, May 7, 2015
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner DAWN DENNISON Filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: ZAIRE MICHAEL ALLEN LAWSON Proposed name: ZAIRE MICHAEL DENNISON THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the
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SUMMONS NOTICE TO DEFENDANT JONI D RINK You are being sued by plaintiff: BUTTE COUNTY CREDIT BUREAU A CORP Notice! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information be- low. You have 30 calendar days after this Summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your Written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for you response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts OnlineSelfHelp Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you.
If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your re- sponse on time you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal require- ments. you may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a non- profit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit group at the California Legal Services web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org) The California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local county bar association. Note: The Court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The Court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. The name and address of the court are: Superior Court of California 655 Oleander Ave Chico, CA 95926. The name, address, and telephone number of the petitioner’s attorney, or the petitioner without an attorney, are: JOSEPH L SELBY (#249546) LAW OFFICE OF FERRIS & SELBY 2607 Forest Avenue Ste 130 Chico, CA 95928. Signed: KIMBERLY FLENER Dated: August 25, 2014 Case Number: 162866 Published: April 9,16,23,30,2015
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reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: June 30, 2015 Time: 8:30am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: MICHAEL P. CANDELA Dated: April 23, 2015 Case Number: 163976 Published: April 30, May 7,14,21, 2015
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4156 Spyglass Beautiful 5 bd, 3 ba w/ possible in-law quarters, 3 car garage w/ RV parking.
4 bedroom 2 bath 1250 sq ft upgraded with dual pane windows, newer kitchen cabinets and baths remodeled.
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Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico
$610,000.00 $600,000.00 $489,000.00 $440,000.00 $430,000.00 $389,000.00 $370,000.00 $347,000.00 $335,000.00 $330,000.00 $320,000.00
4/ 2.5 2/ 3.5 4/ 3 4/ 3 4/ 3 4/ 2.5 3/ 2.5 4/ 3 4/ 2.5 4/ 3 4/ 2.5
SQ. FT. 3052 2542 3053 2255 2440 2213 2318 2057 2420 2464 2165
$309,000 JIM AGUILAR
Joyce Turner
571–7719 • joyce_turner@ymail.com
Homes Sold Last Week 3158 Canyon Oaks Ter 740 Serrano Ct 4111 Goldfinch Ct 805 Westgate Ct 213 Denali Dr 5 Via Flora Ct 20 Robert Lee Pl 14 Premier Ct 1173 Ceres Manor Ct 1741 Estates Way 1428 Ridgebrook Way
Under construction, 4br. 2 bath single story, two car garage. Granite countertops & tile floors in kitchen and baths. indoor laundry room. Tentative completion by May 10. Very quiet, w/ off street parking for cars, RV etc.
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Paul Champlin
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471 1/2 8th ave
sold $219,900 Great house, 1513 sq ft, o2ld bath s3 bed $269,900
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(530) 519-4714 · www.JimsChicoHomes.com
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28 Rubicon Ct 1262 Whitewood Way 83 Cottage Ave 1720 Flamingo Rd 952 Naomi Ave 722 Picaso Ln 4 Alameda Park Cir 15 Franciscan Way 1188 Hill View Way 105 Echo Peak Ter 1081 Windsor Way
Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico
$315,000.00 $315,000.00 $305,000.00 $304,000.00 $266,000.00 $263,000.00 $259,000.00 $245,000.00 $242,000.00 $240,000.00 $229,000.00
4/ 2.5 4/ 2 2/ 2 3/ 1.5 3/ 1.5 3/ 2 2/ 2 3/ 1.5 3/ 1 2/ 2 3/ 2 April 30, 2015
SQ. FT. 1968 1606 1707 1828 1630 1564 1452 1294 1123 1451 1233
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Love’s ReaL estate Nobody Home Walking around in people’s houses when they aren’t home is an odd part of the real estate job. You can witness peculiar and fascinating things. I once saw a Basset Hound in an otherwise empty house, sprawled on the kitchen floor in front of an open refrigerator door surrounded by a great splatter of former contents of that refrigerator. Stained meat wrappers, mangled Tupperware containers and various chunks, lumps and pieces of foodstuff radiated from the snoring dog in a colorful collage like a Jackson Pollock painting. I discovered a laundry sink in a utility room at the back of a house quietly overflowing sheets of water gently down its sides to the floor. Linoleum was buckled, drywall soaked and the hallway carpet squishy all the way to the front door. An odder part of the real estate job is walking around in people’s houses when you think they aren’t home, but they are. That oddity occurred three times over the course of a single weekend, when I was showing houses to my client, Rosie. First, in a workshop behind an old country farmhouse Rosie and I came upon an elderly man in overalls slumped over a dented metal desk, his head resting on his arms. I had dutifully yelled, “Real estate!” when I opened the front door of the house, but not the shop. I coughed intentionally. The man jerked suddenly awake, alleviating our concerns that he might be dead, but the surprise appeared to nearly kill him anyway, as he clutched his chest and gasped, “Lordy, Lordy!”
At the next place, Rosie and I looked down from the second-story master bedroom window to the pool below and beheld a man lying on his back, splayed out on a lounge chair, happily sunbathing in the nude. My front-door announcement had been unheard again. “Let’s get out of here,” whispered Rosie, and we slunk from the house, though I left a business card on the kitchen counter.
Century 21 Jeffries Lydon Sun. 1-4
6173 Toms Trail (X St: Humbug), Magalia 3 Bd / 3 Ba, 4,250Sq. Ft. $584,500 Katherine Ossokine 591-3837
Sat. 11-1
4156 Spyglass Road (X St: Garner Lane) 5 Bd / 3 Ba, 3110 Sq. Ft. $569,000 Paul Champlin 828-2902
At the third place, we witnessed a lady strolling queenlike across her back yard. She had a wine glass in one hand and a cigarette in the other, her face tilted toward the sky. She wore a long, shimmering, silky robe and might as well have been striding through the grounds of a castle, though her home was modest. Classical music flowed from a tabletop radio, enhancing the elegance of the spectacle.
Sat. 11-1, 2-4 & Sun. 11-1, 2-4 2 Crabapple Court & 1827 Wisteria Ln (X St: Glenwood) 4 Bd / 2 to 2.5 Ba, 1707 to 2,795 Sq. Ft. $523,000 - $373,000 Brandi Laffins 321-9562
Back at the office, Rosie said, “I’m sold on that blissful place with the lovely lady in the back yard. Let’s make an offer.” She narrowed her eyes. “Did you stage all that just to get me to buy that last house?”
Sat. 2-4 & Sun. 12-2
359 Weymouth Way (X St: Southbury Ln) 4 Bd / 4 Ba, 3005 Sq.Ft. $525,000 Heather DeLuca 228-1480
I didn’t, but it’s not a bad idea.
Sun. 2-4
4514 Sierra Del Sol (X St: Pentz Rd) 4 Bd / 3.5 Ba, 2852 Sq.Ft. $525,000 Sherry Landis 514-4855
_______________________________________ Doug Love is Sales Manager at Century 21 Jeffries Lydon. Email escrowgo@aol.com, or call 530-680-0817. See an archive of columns at douglovesrealestate.com.
Sat. 2-4 & Sun. 12-2 1435 Oak Ridge Dr (X St: Skyway) 4 Bd / 3 Ba, 2285 Sq.Ft. $459,000 Michele Bridgeford 541-221-2341 Patty Davis Rough 864-4329
Sun. 11-1
1034 Forest Avenue (X St: Stansbury) 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 1924 Sq. Ft. $395,000 Alice Zeissler 518-1872
Doug Love is Sales Manager at Century 21 Jeffries Lydon. email escrowgo@aol.com, or call 530-680-0817.
Great home
Bidwell Park ce area newer redu d custom home $414,000
just blocks from Bidwell Park
$395,000
4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, 2209 sq ft,
4 bedroom
Chico Charmer in the Avenues
Gorgeous 4 bedroom, 2 bath, 3 car garage
3 bedroom, 1 bath in Chico
$175,000
Richie built home. Home is ld sofeatures 1978 sq ft and a yard right out if sunset magazine
$354,000
KIMBERLEY TONGE | (530) 518-5508
Durham Building Lot
Nice cul-de-sac lot in Peterson Estate.
Alice Zeissler | 530.518.1872
Sun. 2-4
727 Silverado Estates (X St: Alamo Dr) 4 Bd / 2 Ba, 2146 Sq.Ft. $385,000 Becky Williams 636-0936
Sat. 11-1, 2-4 & Sun. 11-1, 2-4
1584 Champlain Way & 132 Commonwealth (X St: Commonwealth) 4 to 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 1755 Sq.Ft. $376,000 - $373,000 Brandi Laffins 321-9562
Sun. 2-4
1428 Dartwood Way (X St: Gateway) 4 Bd / 3 Ba, 2309 Sq. Ft. $349,000 Scott Richman 570-6251
Sat. 11-1, 2-4 & Sun. 2-4 1295 Glenshire Ave (X St: FLoral Ave) 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 1752 Sq.Ft. $339,000 Jeff Condon 592-6791 Paul Champlain 828-2902 Garrett French 228-1305
Sun. 2-4
20 Jasper Drive (X St: Notre Dame) 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 1654 Sq. Ft. $255,000 Mark Reaman 228-2229
Century 21 Select Paradise Sat 11-1
13652 Bader Mine Rd. 3bd/2ba 1,581 SqFt $269,500 Chari Bullock 530-872-6818
Sat 11-1
1630 Graystone 3bd/2ba 1,793 SqFt $295,000 Chari Bullock 530-872-6818
Sat 2-4
7170 Beverly Lane 4bd/2ba 2,976 SqFt $379,000 Chari Bullock 530-872-6818
Sat 2-4
Sat. 11-1, 2-4 & Sun. 11-1, 2-4
1083 Tracy Lane (X St: Ceres) 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 1915 Sq. Ft. $315,000 Emmett Jacobi 519-6333 Brandon Siewert 828-4597
Sun. 2-4
5186 Royal Canyon Lane 4+bd/3ba 3,407 SqFt $569,000 Chari Bullock 530-872-6818
Waller Real Estate Sun 10-Noon
2153 Shoshone Avenue (X St: Sequoyah) 4 Bd / 1 Ba, 1900 Sq. Ft. $315,000 Alice Zeissler 518-1872
1489 Fox Road Paradise 3bd/2ba 2,281 sf $274,900 Tammy Waller
Sat. 11-1, 2-4
Sun Noon-3
38 Quista Drive (X St: Matthews/Guynn) - pool 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 1511 Sq. Ft. $289,000 Brandi Laffins 321-9562
Beautiful creek front home + 2-stall horse barn all on Butte Creek, 6.23 acres $485,000 18 acres, forest, 1,550 sq ft home, cash only $225,000 Fixer 1 bed/1 bth,din 606gsq ft $80,000 pen
1280 Wagstaff Rd #59 - Paradise 3bd/2ba 1,440 sf $39,500 Saralyn Billotti Austin
Gated community, lovely 2,531 sq ft with VIEW! $435,000 Light +pen brightdin 3 bedg2 bth, 1,305 sq ft $229,500 g 1,391 sq ft $269,500 Superpen nice 3 din bed 2bth,
Beautiful, one of a kind, Tudor 4 bd/3 ba, 3,657 sq ft, 1-acre, $629,999
Updated 3 bed 2 bth, 1,170 sq ft $228,500
Teresa Larson • (530)899-5925 www.ChicoListings.com • chiconativ@aol.com
Teresa Larson (530) 899-5925 www.ChicoListings.com • chiconativ@aol.com
The following houses were sold in Butte County by real estate agents or private parties during the week of April 13, 2015 – April 17, 2015. 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 2134 Floral Ave 26 Lacewing Ct 1264 Hobart St 14 Montclair Dr 5 Wyndham Ct 958 Wisconsin St 1270 Yosemite Dr 2055 Amanda Way 28 645 Dunstone Dr 489 Lodgeview Dr 5421 High Rocks Ct
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Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Oroville Oroville Oroville
$222,000.00 $215,500.00 $200,000.00 $190,000.00 $181,000.00 $169,500.00 $150,000.00 $147,500.00 $449,500.00 $201,000.00 $150,000.00
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SQ. FT. 1362 1126 884 1428 1213 811 1724 1008 3035 1834 1728
ADDRESS 938 Colusa Ave 1236 2nd Ave 1246 Tahoe Way 6259 Sawmill Rd 1850 Mosure Ln 632 Bille Rd 7307 Pentz Rd 1430 Lofty Ln 516 Castle Dr 5846 Crestview Dr 1499 Wagstaff Rd
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Oroville Oroville Paradise Paradise Paradise Paradise Paradise Paradise Paradise Paradise Paradise
$119,000.00 $115,000.00 $389,500.00 $275,000.00 $215,000.00 $190,000.00 $170,000.00 $165,000.00 $130,000.00 $118,000.00 $110,000.00
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SQ. FT. 1568 1588 1124 1811 1603 1717 1700 1668 888 988 1613
East Shore Lake Front Property
Nearly 2 acres of prime lakefront property with privacy galore & lots of open space. Excellent lake access with flat, sandy beach, comes with boat dock & buoy. Amazing views of the lake & Mt. Lassen from the home & huge wraparound deck. Main house is 3476 sq. ft. 3 bed/3.5 bath, boasting a lovely entryway, formal living area & a family room, sun room, large country kitchen, 2-car att. garage & lots of windows. Detached 880 sq. ft. garage has lg. apt. above with full bath & wet bar/kitchenette. Very special! MLS#201101130 …..$1,750,000
Tim O’Brien• BRE#01074938• (530) 258-1483
Lake Almanor West Home
Timeless style, immaculately maintained, shows like new. 3 bed/2 bath, 1888 sq. ft. Vaulted ceiling with 2 story wall of windows looking out to trees & mountains. Open living, dining rooms. Breakfast bar in kitchen. Two of the bedrooms on main level with full bath, large master suite with priVate bath & sitting area. FA propane heat & woodstove. Attached 2 car garage, deeper than average, with work bench. Ample paved parking. .71 of an acre, private setting. MLS#201500226………………………..$365,000
Linda Pohler• BRE#01135477 • (530) 253-9135
Creek Front MarƟn Ranch Home
3 bedroom, 2 bathroom home on 1 acre level lot. 1726 sq. ft. Creek runs through backyard. Absolutely beautiful! Great kitchen w/lots of cabinetry. Eating bar. Large dining area adjoins spacious living room. Vaulted ceilings. Hardwood oak flooring through most of living area. Master has slider to large back deck. Master bath has tiled counter w/double sink & oversized tiled walk-in shower. FA propane heat, woodstove. 2+ car garage w/office area. 2 RV hookups. Circle driveway. MLS#201300796……$355,000
More Home for Your Money, on the Ridge in... For all your Real Estate Needs call (530) 872-7653 INSIDE SPECTACULAR! Kitchen done in Bavarian Cherry Wood and decorator glass. Home features lots of newness, 2BR/2BA with additional bedroom or office space above the garage. Very energy efficient, lots of fruit trees, and RV parking. $119,000 Ad #712. Shelinda Bryant 530-872-6843
GORGEOUS HOME! 2000 Fleetwood Suncrest, 2BR + den, cathedral ceilings, Light and bright open floor plan. $58,000 Ad #740. Ray Vindhurst 530-872-6803 CANYON VIEW HOME IN PARADISE!
COMMERCIAL LOT! .66 acre on Clark by Post Office. 172+/- foot frontage, power and water next door. $125,000 Ad #552. Sharon McKee 530-872-6838
2415 SF+/- One half acre lot. Beautiful front and back landscaping. Newer granite counters in kitchen. Rock fireplace & wood beamed ceiling in Family room. Lots of storage, large deck. $299,000 Ad #720. Susan G. Thomas 530-518-8041
Cathy Kuersten • BRE#01127520 • (530) 375-3775
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1083 tracy lane • cHIcO Extremely well maintained 1915 square foot 3 bedroom 2 bathroom home with a huge bonus room on a quiet street. This home offers hardwood floors, dual pane windows, newer heating and air, newer roof, large corner lot with a sparkling pool, built in bbq, fruit trees, garden area, RV potential!
Just lIsted! $315,000 Emmett Jacobi • REALTOR • Century 21 Jeffries Lydon (530) 519-6333 • emmettjacobi@gmail.com • emmettjacobi.com
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