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Sanders vs. trump One of the most intriguing aspects of the race for U.S. president, on both

the Republican and Democratic sides, is the emergence of two strong anti-establishment candidates, Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump. Both have tapped into a growing anxiety among Americans with electrifying calls for disruption of the status quo, and millions of voters have responded. Sanders and Trump are, as the philosopher, writer and prominent socialist Cornel West has stated, “authentic human beings in stark contrast to their donor-driven opponents.” That’s much of the reason for their popularity, he says. “Yet,” West adds, “only Bernie has authenticity and integrity, whereas Trump is for real but not for right.... He has authenticity, but he doesn’t have integrity.” Nowhere is that more evident than in Trump’s call for the mass deportation of the approximately 11 million people living in this country illegally. When asked how he would find, arrest, adjudicate and then transport so many people out of the country, he has no response, other than to proclaim, “It’s called management.” A few journalists have tried to make him come up with a plausible answer to the question, with no success. When Univision’s Jorge Ramos, perhaps the most famous Spanish-language journalist in the country, pushed Trump on the issue, the candidate booted him out of the press conference. Yes, Ramos stubbornly refused to cede the floor, but it was because he knew Trump would duck and dodge if he didn’t. It’s not hard to fathom Trump’s appeal. Many Americans have lost confidence in their government and blame the nation’s problems on foreigners in the land. Trump plays to that frustration and fear, calling Latino workers in search of a better life “rapists” and criminals and implicitly blaming them for America’s ills. He is, in a word, a demagogue, and dangerous for that reason. □

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able places to live. Our organization is currently building two new homes on East 11th Street in the Chapman neighborhood. When completed, they will be the 26th and 27th houses the organization has built for deserving families in Butte County over the past 22 years. These homes are being built with seed money from the by HOME Investment Partnership Nicole Bateman program, federal funds granted to the city, as well as a trementhe author is dous amount of support from executive director of our community in terms of Habitat for Humanity donations, volunteers, grants, of butte County. in-kind help and services. Studies show how essential decent housing is for the overall health of a community, but all of this good work is in danger. If a proposal to cut the HOME program by 93 percent is adopted by the House and the Senate, the program will essentially be

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eliminated. These funds have helped Habitat for Humanity provide self-help home ownership to 27 local families, housing 120 people. In the city of Chico, the 2015 HOME allocation is $368,658. If this proposal is approved, it would be reduced to only $25,806. HOME funds are the only source of federal funding left to build affordable homes, and numerous other local agencies have used the money to provide the community with affordable housing as well. The program also plays a critical key role in leveraging other funds and often provides the additional financing necessary to make affordable housing developments feasible. In fact, every HOME dollar leverages an additional $4. The program has a proven track record of successfully addressing the whole spectrum of housing needs in our urban, suburban and rural communities, from home ownership to rentals to rehabilitation projects. Affordable housing is one of the key ingredients to a healthy and thriving community, which benefits us all. Please join us in contacting our representatives in Washington to let them know how important HOME funds are for deserving families in Butte County. □

Skepticism should continue A Pacific Gas & Electric Co. representative was right to acknowledge that

the company bungled its work removing hundreds of trees in Oroville last February. That long-overdue admission came during the Bidwell Park and Playground Commission meeting in Chico this week, and it’s especially timely given the plans to cut down a large number of trees in Chico. Spokesman Joe Wilson was referring to the felling of beloved heritage trees at the Oroville Cemetery (see Ken Smith’s report on page 9). The plan to chop down those trees drew fierce opposition from a wide crosssection of the community and many days of protests, including some folks going as far as sleeping in the trees to keep the chainsaws away. It even prompted the formation of a grassroots tree-preservation group called Save Oroville Trees, and the battle ended up at Butte County Superior Court. The problem is that PG&E took a hard stance during the situation, or, as Wilson put it, its approach was “too uniform, too rigid.” Given the clear message from the community, the company ought to have listened to the concerns and engaged in conversations on alternatives to axing the old trees. That never happened. But PG&E has turned over a new leaf, it seems. Its participation in the forum in Chico this week shows that the company is taking the community’s concerns seriously. Moreover, its offer to plant three trees for every one removed is a show of good faith. However, we’re skeptical that the power company has exhausted all efforts to look for alternatives, and we urge the tree watchdogs to keep up their efforts and for the private property owners affected by the plan to be wary as well. □

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Spam, a lot “Life is short. Have an affair.” That’s the subject line of an email—more specifically, junk mail— I’ve received hundreds, probably thousands, of times from nowinfamous cheating matchmaker service Ashley Madison. I loathe spam. During my eight-plus years at CN&R, stupid businesses like Ashley Madison have managed to suck a ridiculous amount of productive time out of my days. Even with filters, the accounts I manage receive an average of 1,000 emails every day. That’s made it nearly impossible to keep up with the perhaps 100 legitimate daily messages. In fact, manually deleting these emails, each one costing five seconds of my work day, means I’ve been spending over an hour each day just getting through my inbox. That’s at least five hours a week or, more startlingly, 260 hours a year. I’ve tried upping the aggressiveness of the filter that captures junk mail—to cull everything from messages on doomsday prepping to penis enlargement—but that sent some nonspam emails to that electronic black hole as well. To get a handle on the situation for our most-spammed accounts, the inboxes for letters to the editor and calendar listings, we have created new addresses entirely. Letters may now be submitted online at www.newsreview.com/chicoletters or emailed to cnrletters@newsreview.com. At the latter, an autoresponder will give readers a breakdown of our policy, including the word count: 200 or fewer words per letter. Calendar listings may be submitted at www.newsreview.com/ calendar or to cnrcalendar@newsreview.com. Those with questions about that section of the paper should contact calendar assistant Ernesto Rivera (ernestor@newsreview.com), CN&R’s recent editorial intern, whom we liked so much we hired for that gig. Speaking of interns, Brittany Waterstradt, who took some amazing photos over the last year, is taking a break to concentrate on finishing up her bachelor’s degree at Chico State. And recent Chico State graduate Whitney Garcia, who brought her spunky personality to our Facebook page and Twitter feed, is moving on from those duties but you’ll probably see her byline in these pages. This also means we’re on the hunt for new interns—college students, preferably journalism majors. For more on that, see page 38. But back to Ashley Madison. I can’t mention that site without commenting about hackers grabbing its data and sharing the names of cheaters—or would-be cheaters—with the world. What a way to find out about your partner’s infidelity. From a journalistic perspective, there isn’t much value to the info. But what can I say? Curiosity got the better of me. I searched the site for local government employees who used their public emails to try to hook up. I didn’t go crazy. I looked up the city of Chico, the county and the superior court, as well as Chico State. The first three came up clean. Chico State, well that’s another story. The addresses that popped up, though—84 altogether—look like student accounts. Of course, that doesn’t mean the folks in these institutions are all squeaky clean in the fidelity department. But at least they’re not screwing around on our dime.

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Sweeps are unconstitutional Re “Policing green spaces” (Newslines, by Howard Hardee, Aug. 27): In 2013, our anti-homeless element—most vociferously, commercial landlords—demanded that Chico increase pressure on the homeless. A “sit-lie” ordinance was passed, private guards patrolled the streets and the Orchard Church (which fed the poor) was pressured to leave Chico City Plaza. This summer we begin a new era. On Aug. 19, Chico law enforcement officers made a predawn sweep through Bidwell Park, citing people for sleeping—aka “camping”—and jailing people on “warrants.” These warrants are routinely issued when homeless people “fail to appear” or fail to pay fines that are unaffordable by design. This approach criminalizes homelessness. According to coverage in the CN&R, there will be more officers in the park, some of whom will be in park maintenance vehicles, allowing officers to more easily approach and “speak” with the “menacing” homeless. Some concerns: Using predawn sweeps allows the police to operate out of view of the citizenry. Using maintenance vehicles as police cars is a Third World tactic. Interrogating and/or intimidating people who simply appear suspicious is unconstitutional under the Fourth Amendment. And, continuing to cite people for sleeping is a violation of the Eighth Amendment, according to the U.S. Justice Department. Is Chico inviting civil liberties litigation?

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Plant, don’t cut PG&E has slated 85 trees in the Comanche Creek greenbelt to be removed. Fifty-five of these trees are valley oaks. The claim again by PG&E is that the removal is a safety measure. The company then refers to the San Bruno explosion, but this explosion had nothing to do with tree roots. I ask you to stand up and defend this area of urban forest from PG&E’s deforestation plan. LETTERS c o n t i n u e d

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LETTERS c o n t i n u e d f r o m pa g e 5 We need to save as many trees as possible throughout the Chico area and question the reason that each and every tree has to be removed. The reason for each removal has to be proven by PG&E. We need to defend our trees as the people in the Bay Area did. I urge you to help the people of Chico to do this by requiring permits for each and every tree removal. PG&E must also be required to replant at least one tree for each one removed. The company also needs to cover the cost of nurturing and maintaining the newly planted trees for three to five years until they can thrive on their own. Please stand in defense of our urban forest and trees. In this time of climate change and drought, they provide oxygen, absorb carbon dioxide, hold water in the ground, provide respite from the hot sun, clean the air, and absorb pollutants. We need to be planting trees and increasing the canopy, not cutting them down. Suzette Welch Chico

Editor’s note: For more on this subject, see page 9.

Cred reduction Re “Beyond the pepper” (Cover story, by CN&R staff, Aug. 27): To say I am disappointed in the cover image and corresponding text for your “back to school” issue is quite an understatement. Using a stereotypical image of the “sexy school teacher” is not only objectifying and sexualizing women (must we continue to have this conversation?) and female teachers specifically, but it also undermines the significance of the

work of the two women involved in social justice and business efforts that you interviewed for the article. Perhaps a better use of your journalism on the point of the sexualization and objectification of women would be to focus on the increased efforts across the California State University system, and at Chico State specifically, to do a better job at addressing Title IX requirements to provide a campus free of sexual harassment and sexual violence. The CN&R lost some journalistic cred with this one. Molly Heck Chico

More debates, please Can you believe it, one lady determines the number of Democratic presidential candidate debates? Back in 2008, Debbie Wasserman Schultz was a co-chair of Hillary Clinton’s presidential run and one of the campaign’s most active surrogates and she is now Democratic National Committee chair. Schultz on the subject of increasing the number of debates for democratic presidential candidates: The debate schedule is up to her, and there is no recourse. The DNC then announced that there would be only six debates, whereas in 2008 there were 26 debates. They don’t want Hillary to have any competition and Bernie Sanders is attracting too many voters with his messages. Fewer debates, less chance Sanders can be heard by the people. The DNC has been bought by Hillary Clinton and unless you speak up, there goes Democracy. Norm Dillinger Chico

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Lots of voices on portables Re “Cleaner air for kids”(Guest comment, by Robert Speer, Aug. 27): It is with both sadness and outrage that I write my first letter to the editor. I just finished reading Robert Speer’s column regarding another Chico Unified School District teacher diagnosed with cancer after teaching in a portable classroom. My grandchild attended Marigold, and I knew many of the teachers who either died or were diagnosed with cancer and taught in portables next to each other. My teacher neighbor has suffered for years with Bell’s palsy and shared that several colleagues all have autoimmune diseases and taught in portables. Talk to most teachers, and they will share of constant leaks, odors and filth. If these portable “trashrooms” were restaurants, the health department would have shut them down. What brings outrage is that a reporter, not the school district, warned the public. How many years has the district had knowledge of the illnesses and kept it from parents, students and teachers? Mrs. Speer identified formaldehyde in portables and never received a response from the CUSD? Outrageous. I hope the school board demands real answers from administrative staff who covered this up. Why did they not warn everyone? I am sure it’s district wide. Criminal is too soft a word to use for anyone who buried this. Ryn Anderson Chico

I’m a retired Oregon teacher who just learned about the many

CUSD teachers gravely ill after teaching in portable classrooms. We had the same. This is not isolated to Chico. Look on the Internet and you will see it’s epidemic numbers across the nation. What is disturbing, however, to Chico, is the indifference by the school district. In my former district, our principal refused to open our school until the portables were removed. He put the health of all students and staff first. He refused lawyers’ and administrators’ directives to remain silent. They were worried about money, not the health of students and staff. If it is true that a reporter warned parents before the school district here, it is appalling. The public needs to hear from some angry school board members demanding answers. Who knew, how long did they know? Will there be a real investigation or will it be done by the same irresponsible staff? In our district, one board member had the courage to resign after learning that the administration did nothing for years. Does the administration know the names of those who died or were diagnosed with cancer? Or more concerning, do they even care? Chena Malone Chico

The number of CUSD teachers who have had cancerous tumors after teaching in portables is alarming. Someone has to connect the dots that spell out the fact that portables are not safe for teachers and children. Many forms of cancer, respiratory and autoimmune diseases have attacked dozens of teachers in the school district.

Portables lack proper ventilation, leak, attract black mold and are constructed with toxic materials, including formaldehyde. I am aware of this because I worked in a portable in a nearby school district where black mold was discovered, disregarded, with evidence eventually given to a grand jury. The CUSD had to know that teachers have been getting sick at a rapid rate. The teacher referenced in Mr. Speer’s column is a dear friend of mine. Last week, she lost a lung in a nine-hour, life-threatening surgery for a malignant tumor. The portable in which she had worked and made formal complaints was eventually condemned. Her wish is that parents should be warned and educated to choose safe schools that protect the lives of the teachers, staff and children. Portables changed my friend’s life. Jamie Curtis Nevada City

Correction The overall winner of the 2015 Granite Bay Triathlon was incorrectly identified in a news brief (see “Triathletes triumph,” Downstroke, Aug. 27). The winner was Sean Molina. We apologize for the error, which has been corrected online. —ed.

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Russ Mills has been named Chico State’s chief of staff to replace the retiring Karla Zimmerlee, who’s filled the role in the president’s office since 2007. Mills grew up in Chico and graduated from Chico State in 1974, earning his master’s degree and doctorate from Stanford and then working as a project engineer in San Francisco, according to a Chico State press release. He returned to Chico State in 1982 and has been a faculty member in the Engineering Department ever since, also serving a 13-year stint on the Academic Senate. Mills has been involved in the off-campus community, including serving 12 years on the Bidwell Park and Playground Commission and 20 years as a member of the board of directors of Chico Velo Cycling Club. The chief of staff acts as a liaison between the president, the provost and the Academic Senate.

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Semester starts sour Chico State employees decry executive decisions, survey shows chilly climate and instructors had more IonStatetheirprofessors minds than handing out syllabi t was the first week of school, but Chico

and learning students’ names. Much of the campus was focused instead on the uncerstory and tainty surrounding the photo by Howard Hardee university’s top two positions, president and h owa rd h @ provost. n ew srev i ew. c o m Some, including Sara Trechter, a linguistics professor, are concerned the campus community won’t have input on replacing Chico State President Paul Zingg, who recently announced this year would be his last before retirement. “We have heard that our next presidential search will be closed,” she said. “We have no voice on our campus for that search. … This clearly violates cogovernance.” In academic speak, “cogovernance” is the principle of shared decision-making, particularly when it comes to hiring top executives on campus. In 2004, Zingg himself authored an executive memorandum to protect that principle and “ensure faculty participation in the selection and performance review of the administration positions.” It was also a key word during a forum hosted by Chico State’s Academic Senate and attended by several hundred students, staff, faculty and administrators on Thursday (Aug. 27). The meeting was prompted in part by Zingg’s recent appointment of Susan Elrod as the permanent provost, a position she ultimately declined. For about a year, she’s served as interim provost—the chief academic officer and university’s second-in-command. Faculty and staff say they weren’t consulted in the appointment, thereby violating the executive memo on cogovernance. And in light of Zingg’s retirement, many staff and faculty members would like to see those guidelines applied to the search for the university’s next president, as well. Lori Lamb, vice chancellor for human resources of the CSU system and a panel speaker at the meeting, responded that “we are all collectively responsible for attracting the next best leader of Chico State.”

Many Chico State students likely are unaware of the workplace dissatisfaction experienced by many of their instructors and professors.

Ultimately, she said, the president will be appointed by the CSU board of trustees after vetting by an advisory selection committee including campus representatives. But she acknowledged that candidates will remain anonymous to protect the jobs of administrators who may apply from different institutions. Charles Turner, a professor of political science, wasn’t alone in taking issue with that hiring policy. “A president who thinks their own anonymity is more important than shared governance might not be the kind of president we want at Chico State,” he said to applause. The forum on Thursday in Colusa Hall was

handled in typical academic fashion. Participants broke into small groups and, during a subsequent panel discussion, shared their collective thoughts with the general audience. It wasn’t the first time the issue of cogovernance has come up. The

Chico chapter of the California Faculty Association raised the alarm last year when, the union maintains, Zingg appointed Elrod as interim provost without consulting the broader campus community. In a recent email to union members, the CFA says Zingg “violated the spirit of shared governance” again at the beginning of this semester when, on Aug. 21, he announced in a campus-wide email that Elrod had been appointed as permanent provost. Zingg’s message read: “It is simply neither healthy nor wise for an institution to be searching for a new president and a new provost at the same time.” Then, just four days later, he sent a follow-up email announcing that Elrod had declined the permanent provost position—citing no specific reason—but would continue serving as interim through the end of the academic year. “The timing of the search for the university’s next provost will enable the next president to participate fully in the selection of this critical institutional leader,” Zingg wrote.

In an email to the CN&R, Zingg explained that “this was Susan’s decision,” adding that “it is in the best interest of the university to transition to a permanent provost through the university’s established protocols and practices—i.e., a national search.” After the CN&R’s deadline on Wednesday (Sept. 2), the Academic Senate was expected to release a statement to the campus and the Chancellor’s Office recommending future action on cogovernance and other issues discussed during the forum on Thursday. The document “summarizes where we should go from here,” Turner said by phone. Appointing a provost is already a touchy

subject. In fact, the sudden resignation of former Provost Belle Wei in September 2014—only two years after taking the job and just as the fall semester got underway—is what prompted the Academic Senate to publicly admit dysfunction at Chico State. (Wei’s predecessor, Sandra Flake, also unexpectedly stepped down after a short stint.) Indeed, a recently released survey underscores long-festering workplace problems expressed by many among the university’s rank-and-file—low morale, a lack of support, burdensome increases in workload, bloated bureaucracy, and mistrust of and fear of retaliation from senior administration. The Campus Climate survey was conducted at the end of spring semester last year and drew responses from 611 administration and staff members and 422 from faculty, representing 55 percent of Chico State employees. While some of the results were positive—a majority of respondents said they were proud to work at Chico State—about one-fifth of those who participated in the survey reported believing that their supervisors don’t value their contributions. And more than half either disagreed or strongly disagreed with the statement, “Communications throughout the university are open and carried out in good faith and in an atmosphere of trust.” Of the survey’s most important findings, nonexempt staff—those who could potentially lose their jobs for speaking up because they don’t have tenure—are viewed as the most overworked and least likely to feel safe expressing their opinions. The survey’s curators, the Campus Climate Committee, chose this respondent quote to represent the results in the general job satisfaction category: “It is discouraging and disheartening to work in a place with such great potential and wonderful people that nevertheless suffers from a state of dysfunction, distrust and unfair practices.” □

On the chopping block PG&E meets the public, offers to replace trees slated for removal along pipeline ast February, tree advocates’ attempts to save several century-old sycamores from LPG&E chainsaws ended in a tense, days-long

standoff, police intervention and the eventual removal of the stately giants from where they stood outside of the Oroville Cemetery. It also caused a public relations nightmare for PG&E and its Pipeline Pathways project, the energy company’s effort to remove trees, vegetation and structures along 6,750 miles of natural gas pipelines throughout the state for safety, maintenance and access purposes. With similar work planned to remove 33 trees from a mile-long swath in south Chico near Comanche Creek, PG&E is hoping to avoid troubles like those in Oroville, and sent a representative to the city’s Bidwell Park and Playground Commission meeting on Monday (Aug. 31) to hear public comment and make an offer to mitigate the loss of the trees. “When we first started this work in Butte County, particularly in Oroville, our approach was too uniform, too rigid,” said Joe Wilson, PG&E’s local governmental relations representative, during the meeting. “We didn’t meet the balance of maintaining the beauty and character of our communities with maintaining public safety.” Wilson, who noted he lives in Chico and was partly drawn to the city because of its natural beauty, said PG&E has changed its policy to do “tree by tree reviews” to evaluate if removal of some trees can can be avoided with monitoring and maintenance. He said the company has held the Chico removals off for six months to meet with the Butte Environmental Council, city staff and community members for feedback. The trees in question are on private

property owned by at least 10 different people and businesses, and as Wilson noted several times during his presentation— and Parks and Natural Resource Manager Dan Efseaff confirmed—PG&E doesn’t legally need permits or the city’s approval to remove the trees (although the company must work out the details with property owners). Still, Wilson said the company is offering property owners two replacements—plus a bonus one to be given to the city—for every tree removed, as well as the funds to plant and maintain them until they’re established. He also said the owners can choose to instead let the city plant the trees anywhere they want. Wilson said the project originally called for the removal of 86 trees, but PG&E’s new review policy is to remove only the trees within 5 feet of the pipeline, and instead monitor and maintain those that are between 5 and 14 feet away. BEC Executive Director Robyn DiFalco was the first person to speak during the public comment portion of the meeting. She lauded the power company for reaching out and offering to plant replacements, but also urged caution as the city moves forward. “You can never truly mitigate or replace the mature trees that are removed, but you can do the next best thing, and PG&E has shown a willingness to do the next best

SIFT ER Emotional states People in Latin America are the most emotional in the world, according to a Gallup poll that asked residents in 148 countries whether they experienced emotions—positive or negative—the previous day. The five negative emotions included anger, stress, sadness, physical pain and worry; the five positive emotions were feeling well-rested, being treated with respect, enjoyment, smiling and laughing a lot and learning or doing something interesting. Bolivia and El Salvador led the pack (59 percent said they’d experienced those feelings), while the U.S. also ranked near the top (56 percent). The least emotional country was Bangladesh (37 percent), followed by a host of post-Soviet countries where at most 4 in 10 residents reported experiencing those feelings.

BEC Executive Director Robyn DiFalco addresses the Bidwell Park and Playground Commission as PG&E spokesman Joe Wilson looks on. PHOTO BY KEN SMITH

thing,” she said. “Once the commission has heard from the community, I ask you show leadership on this issue, and that you, as representatives of the city, work on an agreement that seeks to cut the fewest number of trees necessary, and then to remedy the impact those removals have,” she said. DiFalco also asked that PG&E reveal the exact criteria met by each tree pegged for removal. There were about 15 speakers from the public. Several were veterans of the Oroville standoff and expressed varying degrees of anger toward and mistrust of the power company. “We lost 243 trees to PG&E in Oroville,” said William Bynam, spokesman for Save Oroville Trees, an advocacy group that formed during the fight to protect the cemetery sycamores. “They cut down 230 before the public even knew about it, and we had a three-month-long battle trying to save the last 10. “They came in the middle of the night and cut those trees down,” Bynam continued. “They lied to us, they bullied us, they tried to intimidate us.” Mark Stemen, a Chico State geography professor and president of BEC’s board of directors, added some dramatic flair to the already emotionally charged forum. After a brief history lesson based on the estimated ages of the oldest trees slated for removal, he summarized: “The trees were here first, and some of them predate European contact. PG&E has no morally defensible right to cut them down for easy access [to a pipeline]. “There’s actually hundreds of trees there,” Stemen continued, criticizing—as other speakers did—the company’s exclusion of those under 4 inches in diameter from the list. “Because babies don’t count—PG&E calls them ‘brush.’” —KEN SMITH kens@ newsr ev iew.c o ml

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At full build-out the connection would transport 1 million gallons of wastewater a day. Mayor Mark Sorensen noted that Chico’s treatment plant has capacity for 12 million gallons daily and currently treats 7 million gallons. Chico would receive several benefits if the connection were made, Jones said. For example, groundwater would be improved, and additional water would be available for Chico to sell for anywhere from $200,000 to $900,000 annually. Paradise has no interest in replacing Chico as the economic hub of Butte County, she continued. But there is value in working together. “Our regional economy requires all parts of the whole to be healthy,” she said. Several California communities have made such long-distance connections. Jones pointed to the Placer Regional Sewer Project, which when completed will transport wastewater from unincorporated North Auburn downhill to Lincoln, which has a modern treatment plant. Jones hoped the council would agree that connection was the preferred alternative, but council members weren’t ready for that. They seemed a little stunned by the magnitude of the project.

“We need to have a discussion about this,” Councilwoman Ann Schwab said. “I’m not ready to say yea or nay right now.” The council agreed to agendize the matter for a later meeting. At their July 7 meeting, council

members, flummoxed by the perennial problem of what to do with the 750-acre Bidwell Ranch property, authorized City Manager Mark Orme and his staff to come up with a solution. This week acting Public Works Director Erik Gustafson offered a solution of sorts: Just wait. The Butte County Association of Governments expects to complete its Butte Regional Conservation Plan by mid-2016, and it’s likely that BCAG then will be able to purchase the property— for anywhere from $3 million to $6 million, Gustafson said—to use as a fee-based mitigation bank. After hearing from BCAG Director Jon Clark, council members were persuaded that the chance that BCAG would be able to buy the property was high enough to warrant waiting until mid-2016. By a vote of 5-2, with Councilmen Randall Stone and Andrew Coolidge dissenting, they voted to, well, just wait. —RobeRt SpeeR r ob e r tspe e r @ newsr ev iew.c o m

Campus reels from news of student’s rape

pus, when one woman’s drunken evening with friends turned into something out of a horror movie. Having been drinking, she wandered the streets around Fifth and Ivy, searching for her cohorts. That’s when several men approached her and the nightmare began. The young woman, a 20-yearold Chico State student, remembers bits and pieces of the hours that followed, including allegedly being sexually assaulted after refusing sex with two men. She was eventually able to escape, went outside and flagged down a jogger who called 911. “She was in Olivehurst and didn’t realize she was in Olivehurst at first—she thought she was still in Chico,” said Shiloh Sorbello, deputy district attorney in Yuba County. One man, 28-year-old Sakhone Phianemanh, is in custody. He pleaded not guilty to four felony counts including rape and forced oral copulation and faces 30 years to life in state prison if convicted. Police are still searching for at least one additional suspect, Sorbello said. The press release from the

Yuba County Sheriff’s Department said the victim remembered two assailants. “I have talked to some students, and some other people across campus. It’s a horrible and just chilling kind of crime to happen to anyone at any time, but to happen right at the beginning of the school year, perhaps it has even more of a chilling effect,” said Joe Wills, director of Public Affairs at Chico State. “I myself have had trouble imagining … my heart goes out to the victim in this case.” The university issued a statement explaining what happened and offering tools for students both to avoid similar situations and for dealing with the aftermath. Based on online reactions to this case, rape culture has prevailed thus far, with comments largely casting blame on the victim for drinking too much. One of the charges Phianemanh faces, however, is having sex with a person who is too intoxicated to consent. “There will be more communication with students and some programs or trainings to help ensure they’re aware of their options and resources,” Wills said of what’s next. Among the messages he hopes to send to students are

improving bystander action—helping strangers when they appear to be in harm’s way—and “not blaming the victim. We’ll be working on changing attitudes about who may or may not be at fault.” The university is also looking to improve coordination between the campus police and the Chico Police Department. “Law enforcement is an important aspect of it, too,” Wills said. Last year in Chico, there were 51 reported sexual assaults. The latest data for campus is from 2013, when five rapes were reported. (Because the rape in this case occurred in Olivehurst, it will not be counted in Chico’s or Chico State’s statistics for 2015.) Wills points students who are victims—or who fear they may become victims—to campus resources such as the counseling center and University Police Department. Currently, Safe Place, a program designed to meet the needs of victims of sexual assault and stalking, is closed pending the hiring of a new staff leader. Phianemanh is expected back in court in Yuba County Sept. 9 for a prehearing conference. —Meredith J. Cooper m e re d i t h c @new srev i ew. c o m

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A proposal to raise California’s tax on cigarettes by $2 a pack is supported by about two-thirds of the state’s voters, a Field Poll indicates. A coalition of health and labor activists introduced the legislation Aug. 26, touting its potential to discourage tobacco use and direct an estimated $1.5 billion to health care programs in its first year, according to The Sacramento Bee. The proceeds would, in part, go toward increasing rates paid to health care providers who serve Medi-Cal beneficiaries. The poll found 50 percent of voters strongly favor the legislation, while 17 percent somewhat favor it. California’s cigarette tax—currently 87 cents a pack—was last increased in 1998, and falls short of at least $1 taxes in 30 other states. Send your health-related news tips to Howard Hardee at howardh@newsreview.com.

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my head. I was able to answer all of the EMT’s questions and provide the required phone numbers, and even pulled the miraculously still-functional cellphone from my pocket to confirm the information I’d given wasn’t brain-damaged gibberish. I wish I’d been a little more with it, though, because I realized months later that I’d missed the opportunity to take—and I’m not even being hyperbolic—the most epic selfie ever. Nor am I exaggerating when I say I nearly died that night, just two days before this past Christmas. I was leaving the Winchester Goose with an old friend, headed downtown for dinner. We’d taken just a few steps into the crosswalk, on a green light, when a half-ton pickup turning left from Broadway hit me going about 25 mph, launching my substantial mass into the air like a rag doll. The truck’s bumper fractured my right knee, and hitting the pavement caused a concussion,

three fractured ribs and ripped a crack in my skull several inches long on the left side. The driver, luckily for me, stopped and took responsibility (he didn’t even see me, according to the police report). I’d never been in a significant accident or otherwise sustained serious injuries, and over the next few months I learned the pain of the impact is just the beginning. I stepped off that curb into an ever-deepening quagmire of doctor visits, insurance claims, existential crises, frustratingly slow recovery, anxiety, disappointment, bills, pills and paperwork. I was knocked out of the real world for over a month and returning felt like walking alone through a minefield, which ain’t easy with busted knees and a crash-addled brain. There’s no guide telling you what to do in case of an accident. It’s quite literally a school of hard knocks. In addition to dealing with the pain, the interlocked medical-legal-insurance system is difficult to navigate, and the only people who seem to really understand it work in hospital billing departments, personal injury law firms and insurance companies. I spent most of Christmas Eve in the hospital

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residents know; some don’t. Polluters tend not to advertise when they’re breaking the law, and residual toxins from decades past represent some of the biggest risks. A field of activism, advocacy and prosecution known as environmental justice addresses these issues. Simply put, environmental justice (or EJ) promotes fair enactment and enforcement of laws to protect all people and places, regardless of demographics such as ethnicity and income. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has produced an online mapping tool, EJSCREEN, to empower citizens for this fight. Anyone can log on (ejscreen.epa. gov/mapper), search their city or county, then compare data in 12 categories to state and national averages. The California Environmental Protection Agency has its own tool, CalEnviroScreen— more detailed, with 20 categories—accessible through the EJ site (calepa.ca.gov/ EnvJustice). How does a map link to justice? According to Robyn DiFalco, executive director of the Butte Environmental Council, “a clean and healthy environment versus dirty, unhealthy, polluted environments really have a lot connected with geography.” Wealthy neighborhoods don’t have to deal with these problems because residents there tend to “squawk very loud if dirty industrial sites were in their backyard—and they would prevent them from going in, and choose not to live near those sites.” Lower-income individuals don’t always “have those opportunities to speak out and prevent those sites from going in,” she continued, and neighborhoods with less expensive housing often are located “near these sites that are visually less attractive and have these health problems that their families may be affected by. “So, to be able to see a geographic dispersion of contamination sites, environmental and public health issues, is very telling,” DiFalco continued. “That’s why it’s so important to give visibility to that—that’s why it’s so important to have the EJSCREEN tool and the one that California does … oth-

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Deputy District Attorney Hal Thomas (left) and Butte County DA Mike Ramsey regularly prosecute environmental cases. PHOTO BY CHRIS SARAGA

ways that rarely do we have the luxury of going out and looking for a battle to fight,” DiFalco said. “We have more than we can tackle.” Environmental Health, meanwhile, faces not only limited resources but also legal constraints. The division has specific requirements for enforcement, plus the department reports to different government agencies depending on the category (water, solid waste, etc.). Local agencies take advantage of online tool Nonetheless, the divithat delineates eco-hazards in neighborhoods sion has some wiggle room, and EJ mapping could influence how this the owners, George Scott Sr. and his adult erwise, a lot of these communities are out of part of the Public Health children, who were ordered to pay hundreds sight, out of mind.” Department operates. Brad Banner, direcof thousands in fines and for cleanup. The Of course, actions speak louder than tor of Environmental Health, learned about matter has continued to haunt the operawords—or data points. the basics at a conference last year and at an tion, resurfacing this year during Chico City Locally, the Butte County District upcoming conference hopes to hear about Council deliberations involving the busiAttorney’s Office and the Environmental how the technology is being applied in sevness’ future at its location. While the owners Health Division of the Butte County eral California cities. said the site has been cleaned up, the state Department of Public Health have authority “It’s a pretty cool tool,” Banner said, “and Department of Toxic Substances Control to stop health hazards. Meanwhile, environit has a lot of potential.” □ mental groups such as BEC pursue advocacy, found evidence that contamination remained. BEC has been actively involved in the outreach and education. Each of the three is case. While looking for Chico Scrap Metal plugged into EJ mapping, but in a different information on CalEnviroScreen, other Scottway. owned properties popped up, which promptThe DA’s office, turns out, supplies data ed BEC to broaden its investigative efforts. for the map as opposed to using it. BEC ALL THE PRETTY HORSES “You can sometimes see the bigger picuses the map, but as a research library rather ture and realize something is not an isolated than a means to shape policy. Environmental event but more symptomatic,” DiFalco said. Health is still on the ground floor, exploring The DA’s office doesn’t need an EJ how comparable departments employ the map to look for trouble. Thomas has been technology. involved with environmental enforcement for All three share a common limitation: 28 years, including the past 15 in Ramsey’s a lack of resources. They can’t respond to office, which has had a full-time prosecutor every problem, and more work on one area dedicated to eco-crimes for over 20 years. means less work on another. Experience, plus complaints brought forth “I think the focus on environmental jusThe Mustang Project, a nonprofit organizaby the public and other agencies, drives the tice is misplaced,” said Hal Thomas, special tion dedicated to rescuing America’s wild prosecutorial agenda. deputy district attorney, who works full time horses and helping young people connect Ramsey says “a lot of the data that we’ve prosecuting environmental crimes for the with the animals, is holding a screening provided because of our cases and prosecucounty. “Not that we shouldn’t be focusing of the film Free Spirits: Saving America’s Wild tion efforts have ended up in the databases. on it, but it’s a larger problem [than demoHorses at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday (Sept. 8) at We’ve created a number of the data points on graphics]; it’s a problem of public health.” The Pageant Theatre. The movie documents those EJ indexes. So we were ahead of the the U.S. government’s efforts to round curve.” Chico Scrap Metal represents a case study up the horses, as well as activist efforts Similarly, BEC tackles problems that of EJ mapping in action. The recycling to save and adopt captured ones to people bring to the organization’s attention, center on East 20th Street, near Chapman caring homes. Tickets are $10. For more and those matters shape the entire agenda: Elementary School, has been at the center of information, go to themustang advocacy, outreach, events and education. pollution charges since 2007. Butte County project.org. “Things come to us so many different DA Mike Ramsey pursued charges against

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paleo on the go Joel Bussjaeger started Chico Creek Paleo Co. to help folks like him, people who lead extremely busy lives but still want to eat healthfully and avoid processed foods. Clients of his meal-delivery service order specially created, precooked meals that they heat at home. The menu items vary by season based on what’s available locally, but all are free of gluten, dairy and soy and prepared without sweeteners. Because healthy meals are his top priority, the classically trained chef cooks only with sustainably raised meats and locally sourced vegetables and fruits. Roasted chicken stir-fry with carrots, broccoli, mushrooms and coconut aminos is an example of a recent meal. For more information, visit www.chicocreek paleoco.com.

Why did you start this business? When I started the business, I was looking at my schedule and my wife’s schedule. She’s a nurse and I’m working full time in sales and we’re just always busy but we’re still trying to eat good meals. You get off work and you come home, it takes an hour to cook dinner and you have to go shopping on the weekend. We have kids. We’re just really busy. I was looking at a way to fill those meals, so I started doing meal preps for me and my wife and I thought I could turn it into a little business. I talked to the

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owners at Upper Park CrossFit and we ran a trial on their clients and they seemed interested in it and it just grew from there.

What is a paleo diet? There are no grains, no legumes, no beans, no processed foods, no sugars except for natural sugars in fruit and no soy or dairy.

Why would someone have a diet like this? I weighed about 300 pounds last year; I was a big guy. I was just eating a bunch of processed foods, and you just think you’re eating good. Then I started looking at my diet and it was just a lot of junk, so I asked myself, how do I get rid of that and focus on eating real foods? I had a couple of friends who were doing crossfit and were following this diet and

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What kind of meals do you offer? Every week I come up with 10 different items so I have five items that are available on Monday and five that are available on Wednesday. I do two chicken dishes, two beef dishes and a pork dish. Those are my proteins every week and I incorporate whatever vegetables are in season that I can get locally and fresh.

Why are local ingredients so important? If you can eat with the seasons, it’s better for you. You’re getting a nice mix, a nice variety. Plus, I like supporting the local farmers. They’re working hard, so I might as well support as many as I can. —ErnEsTo rivErA e rne s to r@new sv i ew. c o m

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I have a huge sweet tooth, so when Cupcake Crusader first hit the streets with their mobile food truck a few years back, I was one of the first people to line up for their tasty treats. Then they opened a brick-and-mortar shop on East Avenue with a drive-through and made it so I didn’t even have to get out of my car for my favorite cookies and cream cupcake. It was pretty much a dream come true for a lazy sugar lover like myself. A few weeks back, though, owners Tia Zimmerman and Laura Dohojda announced they were closing their shop. That broke my heart—until I realized they were sweetening the customer experience even more. Although the mother-daughter team will no longer have their drive-through storefront, Cupcake Crusader will remain in business and will be making free cupcake deliveries in Chico. Now, all I have to do for a cupcake is get off the couch to answer the door. Customers will have to plan a bit in advance (no more impulse sugar highs), but if you place an order by 5 p.m., you can have cupcakes on your doorstep the next day. As the ladies of Cupcake Crusader try out this new business model—which comes as Zimmerman welcomes new daughter Mathilda to the world—deliveries will be made Tuesdays through Thursdays after 5 p.m., Fridays after noon, and Saturdays on a case-by-case basis. Cupcake Crusader will continue to roll out the mobile truck and take orders for special events. Higher speeds. Businesses in one south Chico neighborhood recently got an upgrade to their Internet connections. Last week, Comcast Business expanded its advanced fiber network to the Meyers Business Park and 166 businesses in the area. The high-performance fiber network will provide them with Internet services up to 10 Gbps—pretty dang fast. Comcast invested $350,000 in infrastructure for the fiber network. It’s not the most glamorous news, but for anyone’s who has been at the frustrating end of a bad connection on a business Skype call or sat watching the progress bar inch along while uploading a document to a government website, you know how integral reliable, fast Internet is to business efficiency and overall sanity. The city of Chico identified a need for high-speed Internet in its Economic Development Action Plan, which was adopted for 2012-13, as well as the Chico 2030 General Plan, noting that the infrastructure helps keep the region competitive for new business investments and expansions.

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hey’re back. The multicar pile-up that is the candidates vying for the GOP presidential nomination will be in our backyard in less than two weeks. Fittingly, this second incarnation of a debate will go down at the Ronald W. Reagan Presidential Library right here in the Golden State. Surely, the hopefuls will be feeling that Gipper spirit in their bones. Thankfully, only 10 candidates will be invited. We here at the News & Review don’t expect the Republicans to give the tree-hugging liberals a lick of lip service. But, then again, we don’t anticipate Hillary Clinton or the other Dem nominee hopefuls to preach to the Commie choir. But if they did … This week, nine writers from this company’s three papers in Chico, Reno and Sacramento settled on 10 topics. Ten issues. Just 10 things we’d like to see the 2016 presidential hopefuls actually engage with meaningful discussion. Is that so much to ask? Probably. But we’re putting them out there, anyway.

A failed experiment There is no greater crisis in the country, and no crisis less likely to be addressed by presidential candidates, than the issue of campaign money. We’ve seen the far-reaching repercussions of the decision made by the U.S. Supreme Court back in 2010, Citizens United vs. Federal Elections Commission. That’s the case in which the court held that the government could not restrict election expenditures by corporations, essentially saying that money is speech, and therefore protected by the First Amendment. Democracy has failed. It has been destroyed by the unfathomable amounts of money that corporations wield in politics. Generally, corporations exist to serve stockholders’ interests. The making of money, when it is not tempered by human conscience, always favors efficiency, shortcuts and quarterly profits over people. Candidates recognize this reality, and that’s why they can’t discuss it in a meaningful way—because they’ll lose if they don’t “earn” corporate money. Campaigns will spend $4.4 billion on television advertising in 2016. The greatest amount of formal political discussion—debates and such—will take place on television. For many voters, this will be the primary method of education of political issues and which candidates stand on what side of the issues. Advertising money changes how those who receive it treat candidates. Think Fox News’ CEO Roger Ailes wouldn’t be kissing Donald Trump’s ass if he weren’t concerned about either ad dollars or influence? Democracies, at their foundation, are about people. Corporations are not people. Corporations, due to their potential immortality and unhuman ability to collect resources, can influence legislation forever, disabling any single human from

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affecting inhumane laws over a lifetime. The press, which has a responsibility to keep a watchful eye on government, has been bought off. Legislators, who are dependent upon ever growing mountains of cash to get a seat at the table, can’t win if they support campaign finance reform. There is no hope, no foreseeable path beyond this quagmire. The American experiment is over.

—D. BRIAN BURGHART

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It’s difficult to have meaningful talks about immigration reform when Donald Trump spouts off about Mexico sending rapists over the border and Jeb Bush drops a term such as “anchor baby.” It gets worse. Not only has Trump proposed building a 2,000-mile wall to separate Mexico from the United States, he also wants to deport all undocumented immigrants and end birthright citizenship, a current right that awards legal status to anyone born in the United States, including children of undocumented immigrants. Such verbal bombs and grandiose threats are pure

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political theater. At best they’re conversation starters. Mostly, they’re just divisive, inflammatory and harmful. It’s time for the other candidates to publicly denounce Trump’s silly grandstanding (and, for that matter, Bush’s ignorance). It’s time to call bullshit on racism. Now is the time for legitimate candidates to shift the political fight away from what’s become the equivalent of debating your racist uncle at the Thanksgiving table and pledge support for a clear path to citizenship. Immigration reform proposals must center on how all lives, undocumented or otherwise, can be improved by creating legal processes through which people become taxpaying, economyboosting and productive members of society. There needs to be discussion on educational resources, housing and job opportunities, training programs and other forms of integration. We need to discuss how to be inclusionary— not the opposite—because immigration reform benefits everyone. Even Donald Trump. —RACHEL LEIBROCK

A dysfunction we deserve? Donald Trump has said that if he weren’t running, that first Republican debate would have garnered 2 million viewers instead of a record 24 million. That’s a sad indictment of our nation’s political discourse. No one tuned in to hear substantive discussion on substantive issues—not that there was any. Viewers wanted to hear what crass, petulant, imbecilic or simplistic thing Trump would say next, either because they find it entertaining or, more frighteningly, they consider it serious policymaking. But that explains why the media are giving the current preprimary presidential circus more attention than it deserves. Trump is good television. The networks are milking him for all he’s worth. Late-night TV hosts and Saturday Night Live writers are thanking the comedy gods. Media outlets denouncing big money in politics are happily soaking advertisers looking to cash in on higher ratings, circulation spikes or swollen Web hits. Meanwhile, the increasingly longer campaigns—Bobby Kennedy announced his 1968 presidential bid in March of 1968—require even more money to participate, which only further shuts out the average citizen, who can’t cut a

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check for $10,000 to buy his “free speech.” Viva democracy. The solution, perhaps the desirable alternative regardless, is to end these ludicrous marathons and shorten the campaign season. Start the sophistry after Labor Day, or July 4. Happy Birthday, America: a clown car for you! As polling data from the last three presidential cycles has shown, a majority of Americans think the entire process is too long. We don’t get the best candidates. We get survivors who’ve raised the most money. And as long as the electorate is a sucker for rhetoric over reason, hyperbole over sanity, and delusion over reality, we’ll fall for empty suits like Sarah Palin and Donald Trump and get exactly the government we deserve. —BRUCE MAIMAN

The F-word Not every American will directly engage with the country’s immigration policies or wars overseas. They won’t necessarily come face-to-face with the government’s budget or Obamacare. But every single American does confront one political issue every single day: food. Even though so many problems plague our food system and millions of American families can’t access food on a daily basis, the F-word is never brought up during presidential campaigns or debates. It’s never included on the list of talking points. Yet, there’s so damn much to talk about. There’s the health factor—about 78.6 million adults, or 34.9 percent of the American population, are obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. We need better education about food, nutrition and health, and we need better, easier-to-understand labeling in our grocery stores and fast-food joints. And let’s not forget the prolific use of antibiotics in the animals we eat. There’s also big agriculture’s enormous carbon footprint and, with the looming effects of climate change, it’s only a matter of time before our food system is in danger. And the White House isn’t doing anything about it. But what’s most appalling is that approximately 1 in 7 households were food insecure in 2013, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. That’s 49.1 million people who weren’t always sure where or how they’d obtain their next meal. Among food issues, this is rightly the one that sometimes gets some attention. Unfortunately, the one thing helping out hungry Americans is also under attack.

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Last February, President Obama signed the 2014 Farm Bill, which is cutting $8.7 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Ted Cruz Program (SNAP) over 10 years. That translates to 850,000 households losing Marco Rubio an average $90 per month in food stamps—a major cut, considering the average household received $256.97 per month and the average person received less than $1.50 per meal last year. In March, the House Budget Committee introduced a budget plan that would cut SNAP funding by $125 billion between 2021 and 2025. Republicans have been after SNAP for a long time—will anyone defend this vital program? In the coming years, more and more Americans are expected to go to bed hunChris Christie gry night after night—and Washington, D.C., is actually helping this health crisis unfold. —JANELLE BITKER

More taxes?! Here’s how it works: Corporations and manufacturers burn fuels to make their products. These are products you use every day, from cars to plastic furniture in your backyard. What a carbon tax Donald Trum does is put a value on each unit of greenhouse p gases emitted by a polluter, and the company 10 ISSUES C O N T I N U E D

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either has to pay to pollute, or pollute less. A carbon tax would transform America. It would generate new revenue from old-way corporations that can’t quit dumping CO2 and more into the atmosphere. It would force the energy industry to focus on more efficient and climate-change-friendly models. And, most important, a tax will reduce emissions. This could be the single most transformative policy by any president in the past 50 years. But will the candidates look to California—or other nations such as Sweden and Australia—and adopt a carbon tax? Martin O’Malley Please. We’ll believe that the day Donald Trump pulls his hair out. —NICK MILLER

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A majority of Americans think the entire process is too long. We don’t get the best candidates. We get survivors who’ve raised the most money.

If pro-lifers want to prevent abortions, they should stop kidding themselves about “abstinence only”—it doesn’t work—and instead support comprehensive contraception use. It’s the main factor driving the long-term decline in teen pregnancy. They should also support vigorous sex education, currently mandatory in just 22 states, of which only 13 require the information to be “medically accurate.” Otherwise, put up or shut up: You can ban abortion, but you have to adopt every unwanted fetus when it comes to term as a child. You’ll still be an invasive nanny-stater, but at least you’ll finally be living up to your pro-life name. —BRUCE MAIMAN

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Candidates are going to avoid discussing ongoing American racism like avoiding the back end of one of those Iowa hogs. Black Lives Matter began as a Twitter hashtag, generated by three young black women after George Zimmerman was acquitted in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin. Patrisse Cullors, Opal Tometi and Alicia Garza were looking for a way to collect tweets about violence. But the hashtag became a movement in the aftermath of Michael Brown’s death a year ago. And what has followed has been a revelation—but only to those of us who weren’t paying attention. What Black Lives Matter—and the backlash, such as “all lives matter” and “blue lives matter”—tells us is that most Americans never, ever believed blacks when they recounted the violence they experienced just for living in their black skin. As the poet Claudia Rankine has written, “The condition of black life is one of mourning.” Some candidates are willing to discuss the movement. When Black Lives Matter interrupted a Bernie Sanders campaign event, that candidate issued a policy statement on institutional racism. Similar attempts to get attention from candidates Martin O’Malley and Hillary Clinton got a response, though not as welcoming as with Sanders. Black Lives Matter activists were shown the door by Jeb Bush’s security team. We’d like to see the Black Lives Matter movement be part of the national dialogue. But we’re not hopeful. Meanwhile, every 28 hours, another hashtag with another black victim’s name begins trending on social media.

It’s hard to believe that, in 2015, people across the country—at least outside of Colorado, Alaska, Washington, Oregon and Washington, D.C.—still get arrested and charged for something as simple as having a joint in their pocket. According to marijuana reform advocacy group NORML, about 750,000 people in this country were arrested for marijuana violations in 2012, and the overwhelming majority—87 percent, or 652,500 people—were charged just with possession. Even so, most presidential candidates don’t favor reform of failed federal policy. Hillary Clinton has stated she’d like to see how legalization plays out at the state level. Others, such as Ted Cruz and Mike Huckabee, say they support states’ rights to legalize it without federal intervention. At the state level, there is a clear movement toward legalization. On top of the four states that have fully decriminalized pot, 24 have approved marijuana for medical uses and some have decriminalized possession of small amounts. And polls show that majorities in 25 states favor legalization, and initiatives to do just that may appear on the 2016 ballot in 11 states, including California. Even given that groundswell of support—the majority of Americans, 52 percent, now favor legalizing weed, according to the General Social Survey—there’s been little movement at the federal level. The Obama administration has said it will respect state laws as long as certain conditions are met, but marijuana remains a Schedule 1 drug under the federal Controlled Substances Act of

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Reproductive-rights real talk The paradox of the anti-abortion movement reveals a philosophy long on ideology and short on credibility. Such social conservatives typically rail against big government meddling, yet have no trouble telling people how to live their lives. Defeated in their sanctity-of-marriage cause, they’ve rekindled the sanctity of life campaign issue, with calls to defund Planned Parenthood, an organization that spends not a single federal dollar on abortion services. And claims it sells fetal tissue for profit have proven completely baseless as well. Planed Parenthood’s primary focus is contraception, sex education and STD testing and treatment, services that are vital to comprehensive, preventive health care for women, yet are condemned by numerous pro-life organizations as immoral, harmful and demeaning. According to the Guttmacher Institute, the overwhelming majority of women obtaining abortions do so because they haven’t the means or resources to raise that child in a nourishing environment. Sounds pretty family values-ish, yet those insisting we force the ill-equipped to be mothers also support reducing the services upon which such mothers depend. In other words, in Family Values Land, the preborn zygote is a beautiful child, but upon birth, the little rugrat is a parasite eating up my tax dollars.

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War! U.S. presidents have become skilled at manipulating Congress when it comes to war. They either avoid getting permission for going to war altogether, or they somehow suspend Congress’ critical faculties to get what they want. There are many examples, but here are a couple: In 1950, President Truman shocked Washington by effectively declaring war (“I have ordered United States air and sea forces to give the Korean government troops cover and support”). And, in 1991, President George H.W. Bush had deftly obtained a United Nations authorization for war before asking Congress for permission, putting members of Congress in the position of undercutting a U.S. president on the world stage. In presidential campaign debates, candidates have never been closely and rigorously questioned on how they would go to war or under what circumstances. If reporters don’t do it, citizens should, in town-hallstyle meetings. Defense spending, or specifically cuts to the military budget, isn’t a flag candidates often wave. But the conversation needs to happen. U.S. military spending is actually down since 2010—but there are candidates out there who aim to reverse this course. And they’re not all GOP hopefuls. That’s a bad move—and worth talking about. —DENNIS MYERS AND NICK MILLER

Even bigger, still a failure Presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders supports the reintroduction of the Glass-Steagall Act, the now-defunct law implemented following the stock market crash of 1929 to safeguard the public’s money by keeping commercial and investment banks separate. But Democratic darling Elizabeth Warren, the Massachusetts senator, has been the most aggressive voice in Washington, D.C., when it comes to resurrecting the regulation and making “too-big-to-fail” banks safer for investors. In fact, she and Arizona Sen. John McCain have introduced a bill to do just that. They argue that the law’s repeal 16 years ago led to the global financial crisis of 2008 and to the subsequent massive government bailouts. Despite their bipartisan effort, you’re unlikely to see Hillary Clinton or any of the serious GOP contenders take on the issue. When asked about Glass-Steagall in recent months, Clinton hasn’t taken a position—something her Democrat challengers, including Martin O’Malley, a former Maryland governor, have increasingly honed in on during recent campaign speeches centering on Wall Street reform. Candidates’ silence speaks to their ties to the big banks. But in Clinton’s case, specifically, there’s the added awkwardness that the law was effectively repealed back in 1999, during her husband’s administration. To be fair, Glass-Steagall had been weakened nearly since the time it was enacted by Congress in 1933, so by the time President Bill Clinton signed the Republicans’ deregulation Gramm-Leach-Blily Act, which hammered the final nail into its coffin, the law had a lot less teeth than in prior decades. Bill Clinton has denied that the demise of GlassSteagall had anything to do with the financial crisis, and several prominent economists back him up. Others, however, point out that there’s a major omission in that claim. Sure, there may have been a perfect storm of factors in play, including the housing and credit bubbles, but most experts agree that the broad deregulation efforts, both during Clinton’s administration and those preceding it, did significantly contribute to the financial meltdown. What’s more, the nation is still susceptible. In fact, those too-big-to-fail banks are bigger than ever. In other words, Glass-Steagall is only a small part of the conversation that ought to take place to protect taxpayers from the wolves of Wall Street. —MELISSA DAUGHERTY

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TgoneLaSalles reads 1975. It’s through several transforhe sign on the front of

mations since then, but over the course of its 40-year history the nightclub has become a downtown institution. But after this weekend the iconic Chico club will be no more, as the Goodbye shows owners will be Sept. 3-6: closing Thursday: LaSalles Swamp Zen (6 p.m., patio); before comSurrogate & pletely remodArmed for eling the space Apocalypse and reopening (9:30 p.m.) as a restaurant Friday, 9 p.m.: The Hooliganz with a new Saturday, 9 p.m.: look and a new costume party name. Sunday, 9:30 p.m.: In the recent Electric Circus weeks since LaSalles going public 229 Broadway with the news, www.facebook.com the club has /lasallesbar been inundated with locals of all generations packing the place for a series of finale shows and theme nights that culminates with a four-night stand of entertainment starting tonight (Sept. 3) and ending with this Sunday’s grand finale, a reunion show with Chico’s favorite jam band, Electric Circus. “We should’ve painted on the front window, like a furniture store—‘Closing: one

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Iconic downtown bar closes its doors this weekend week’—and then stayed open for a month,” co-owner Nick Andrews said during a recent interview. There is a lot of LaSalles history to tap into: from its 1970s beginnings as a “fern bar”/ restaurant, to its rise as a key venue in the lively music scenes of the 1980s and ’90s (which included a wide range of popular local acts—from The Funnels and Brutilicus Maximus to The Mother Hips and Electric Circus), to its current place as a downtown dance-party hotspot. “It was really a pretty integral part of the music scene. It was a really good steppingstone,” said local drummer Mike Waltz, who will be joining his band Electric Circus for the finale show. “With Circus and all the other bands, I’ve probably played LaSalles 200-300 times,” Waltz said recently by phone. “I paid my way through college playing there … [and] I met my wife there!” Andrews, along with coowners Kevin Riley and Mike Wear (with whom he also owns Riley’s, Franky’s and 5th Street Steakhouse), bought LaSalles in 2000. “I used to be in bands and stuff and it was kind of a fun thing at the time,” Andrews explained about his initial excitement about taking over

LaSalles. He said that it took a couple years to learn the ropes, but once they got the hang of it, the venue returned to being a stable nightclub known for its regular rotation of themed dance nights (especially the popular ’80s night on Thursdays) and live music shows featuring a wide variety of local and touring rock, jam, metal and hip-hop acts. “When I went to college, we went and saw The Funnels,” Andrews said, referring to the über-popular party band that used to stuff the place back in the 1980s. “You went out and you knew there was going to be a fun band playing.” During his tenure, “things evolved” at the club, Andrews said, as the musical tastes of students changed, and DJs started being more popular than most styles of live music. “It went more techno,” he said, and LaSalles’ offerings changed accordingly. It wasn’t until the last two or three years, though, that the partners thought of doing something different with the space. According to Andrews, when “the gangs and police” started showing up regularly downtown, and the nightlife scene in Chico grew increasingly violent, it was time for a change. “I didn’t get in this business to fight gangs; I got into this

business to throw parties,” he said. As for the new restaurant, Andrews and his partners haven’t settled on a name yet, or announced a menu. But he did say that the LaSalles stage as well as the elevated back half of the main room will be demolished, making it all one level, and that a front outdoor patio will be added. They’re hoping to be open by March 2016. For now, Andrews said he’s basking in the glow of the current festivities and reminiscing about all the great moments he’s experienced at the club, including the time he said he watched Mother Hips frontman Tim Bluhm write a song downstairs in the green room and then debut it live on the LaSalles stage that same night. But what resonates the most for Andrews are the Thursday night happy hours on the tree-shaded back patio. “[That’s been] my favorite, from the day I opened until now,” he said of the live music and dancing complement to the Thursday Night Market. Chicoans will be happy to hear that the market-night music on the patio will continue at the new restaurant (albeit much mellower), and many of those same locals will be out there tonight (Sept. 3) grooving to Swamp Zen at the last official Thursday night jam. Ω

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Music KYTAMI: Formerly of Dehli 2 Dublin, “violinextremist” Kytami blends classical and electronic music, and she’s joined at Lost by Jay Tablet (dark party music from Bend, Ore.) and local reggae/dub crew Cali-Reys. Th, 9/3, 9pm. Lost On Main, 319 Main St., (530) 891-1853.

Theater CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF: Tennessee Williams’ classic drama explores the desires and subterfuge of a family as its members grapple with one another to hide and expose secrets. Th-Sa, 7:30pm through 9/27. $12-$20. Theatre on the Ridge Playhouse, 3735 Neal Rd. in Paradise, (530) 8775760, www.totr.org.

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STEEL MAGNOLIAS: The classic American play (made famous by the 1989 film) about a closeknit group of Southern ladies who share laughs and tears. Th-Sa, 7:30pm, Su, 2pm through 9/13. $15-$20. Chico Theater Company, 166-F Eaton Rd., (530) 894-3282, www.chicotheatercompany.com.

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Music FRIDAY MORNING JAZZ: A weekly morning jazz appointment with experimental local troupe Bogg. F, 11am. Free. Café Coda, 265 Humboldt Ave., (530) 566-9476, www.cafecoda.com.

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CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF: See Thursday. Theatre on the Ridge Playhouse, 3735 Neal Rd. in Paradise, (530) 877-5760, www.totr.org.

STEEL MAGNOLIAS: See Thursday. Chico Theater Company, 166-F Eaton Rd., (530) 894-3282, www.chicotheatercompany.com.

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of the exhibit that explores museum namesake Valene L. Smith’s journey around the world. Smith will be on hand to copies of her new autobiography. W, 9/9, 4:30-6pm. Free. Valene L. Smith Museum of Anthropology, Meriam Library Complex Chico State.

HISTORY NIGHT: Local historian Adrienee Pustejovsky will speak about the life, times and people of the Wright Patrick House when it was first built in 1852. W, 9/9, 7pm. Free. Patrick Ranch Museum, 10381 Midway, (530) 342-4359.

Special Events PICNIC IN THE PLAZA: Bring a lunch or grab a bite from one of the food trucks and enjoy a variety of provided entertainment, both will vary each week. Tu, 11:30am-1pm through 9/29. Chico City Plaza, Downtown Chico, (530) 3456500.

OXIDATION PONDS EVENING BIRDING: Join us every Wednesday through 9/9 to view the height of shorebird migration. Meet at Oxidation Ponds parking lot. W, 9/9, 5:30pm. Chico Oxidation Ponds Wildlife Sanctuary, 4287 Chico River Rd., (619) 347-2269.

SAVING AMERICA’S WILD HORSES: The Mustang Project hosts a screening of Free Spirits Saving America’s Wild Horses. Tu, 9/8, 7:309:30pm. $10 (purchase at www.tugg.com/events/37814). Pageant Theatre, 351 E. Sixth St., (530) 526-5368, www.pageantchico.com.

W. KAMUA BELL: Chico Performances brings the socio-political comedian best known for his critically acclaimed, but criminally short-lived, FX comedy series, Totally Biased With W. Kamau Bell to present his “Ending Racism in About an Hour.” W, 9/9, 7:30pm. $10-$20. Laxson Auditorium, Chico State, (530) 8986333, www.csuchico.edu/upe/performance/ artists/w-kamau-bell.php.

UNIVERSITY FILM SERIES: A weekly presentation of international films. This week: The Idiots (France, 1967). Tu, 7:30pm. Opens 9/8. $3. Ayres 106, Chico State, (530) 899-7921.

Music LEFTOVER CUTIES: The LA quartet brings its jazztinged pop tunes to the Big Room stage. Tu, 9/8, 7:30pm. $15. Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., 1075 E. 20th St., (530) 892-4647, www.sierra nevada.com.

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hiatus, jam faves and long-time LaSalles regulars Electric Circus reunite to help close down the nightclub. Low Flying Birds opens. Su, 9/6, 9:30pm. $10. LaSalles, 229 Broadway, (530) 8931891, www.lasallesbar.com.

Theater THE BUTCHER SHOP 2015: YEAR OF THE GOAT: See Saturday. The End of Normal, 2500 Estes Rd.

CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF: See Thursday. Theatre on the Ridge Playhouse, 3735 Neal Rd. in Paradise, (530) 877-5760, www.totr.org.

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There are few events as quintessentially Chico as The Butcher Shop, a weekend-long theater and music festival held each Labor Day weekend in an orchard at The End of Normal (2500 Estes Road). The festival brings together many of Chico’s most creative writers, actors, musicians and more, including some ex-pats who’ve gone on to successfully splash about in bigger ponds, as well as a number of community groups and large appreciative audiences. The theme for 2015 is Year of the Goat. The Butcher Shop takes place Saturday & Sunday, Sept. 5 & 6.

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CHICO ART CENTER: Chico Masters, Chico arts mainstays exhibiting past and present works. Featuring: Anne Pierce, Claudia Steel and Dolores Mitchell. Through 9/11, 10am2pm. 450 Orange St., (530) 895-8726, www.chicoartcenter.com.

HEALING ART GALLERY: New Works, oil and colored pencil works by Northern California Artist, Barbara Anne Ramsey. The Healing Art Gallery features Northern California artists touched by cancer. Through 10/14. 265 Cohasset Rd. inside Enloe Cancer Center, (530) 332-3856.

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MCM GALLERY: Local Artist Gallery, featuring Chelsea Jeffers, oil on canvas, Ama Posey, mixed media. MCM Vintage, 260 E. First St., (530) 899-8443.

SALLY DIMAS ART GALLERY: Hanging Out, artists Betty Benson’s birds and K.W. Moore Sr.’s bridges. Ongoing. 493 East Ave., (530) 345-3063.

UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY: Total Wreck, featuring New Jersey-bred/San Francisco-based artist Patrick Hillman’s manipulations of common household materials and forms. Through 10/9. Trinity Hall Chico State, (530) 898-5864.

and Night, a close look at birds in hand with incredible detail. Ongoing. $2-$4. 1968 E. Eighth St., (530) 891-4671, www.bidwellpark.org.

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GATEWAY SCIENCE MUSEUM: Modern Farming Land, Water, People, and Science, explore North State agriculture. Ongoing.Patterns of The Land, a display of quiet and pastoral agriculture images of the Sacramento Valley. Ongoing.Moneyville, an interactive exhibit that explores the history, science and culture behind money. Through 9/6. 625 Esplanade, www.csuchico.edu/gateway.

PARADISE DEPOT MUSEUM: A railroad and logging museum in Paradise. Ongoing, 7-9pm. 5570 Black Olive Dr. in Paradise, (530) 8771919.

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At first glance, Patrick Hillman’s installation Total Wreck, curstory and rently gracing photo by the walls of the Carey Wilson University Art Gallery, strikes REVIEW: one as pleasTotal Wreck antly decorative, shows through Oct. 9 even relaxing. at the University Art But delving Gallery. into the artist’s University Art descriptions of Gallery the pieces in Trinity Hall 100 the exhibition Chico State 898-5864 program notes, www.schoolofthe and hearing him arts-csuchico.com talk about how he conceived of and assembled the pieces reveals a richer, more conceptual emotional depth that resides within—but doesn’t negate—the personal, gentle and humorous resonance of his works’ physical manifestation. Speaking at the gallery during the show’s reception, the San Francisco-based artist asserted that his mother’s domestic caretaking provided the main inspirations behind the creations he eventually constructed for this group of works. Hanging at an odd angle on the back wall of the main exhibition hall, “My mom is more afraid of bedbugs than terrorists”—a construction of “paper, string, wooden dowels, [and] found plastic tassels”—is a trompe l’oeil reproduction of the type of louvered venetian blind

that covers (and malfunctions on) the windows of nearly every rental home. Looking at it, this reviewer initially thought, “Oh, how brilliantly conceptual, he bought a window shade at Walmart and is calling it art because he hung it on the wall of a gallery. How Yoko Ono can you get?” Learning through his talk that Hillman had painstakingly constructed this exact duplicate out of common household materials pretty much knocked the wind out of my faux-aesthetic indignation. “The anxiety of daily maintenance,” a work marked only by a small numbered pin stuck into the wall adjacent to it (the titles and some information regarding the materials used in making the art is in printed programs that one can use to navigate a self-guided tour of the installation) is an even more Yokoesque conceptual piece. Designated in the program as a “durational piece,” its true grandeur will develop over the course of the installation, as it is “performed daily by gallery sitters. Using different tints and finishes of white house paint, participants use a Swiffer to ‘clean’ the same portion of gallery wall over and over, charting the pattern and mark-making of a repetitious chore.” In its initial state on opening night of the exhibition it resembled nothing so much as the proverbial blank cartoon painting, “Polar Bear Lost in a Snowstorm.” More visually and conceptually interesting is “The cuckold,” which consists of a grouping of separately cast hearts, animal figures and sea-

shells made of softly colored “candle wax and paraffin wax, bar soap, resin, [and] linen doilies.” Innocent and rather sweet looking until one notices that, as described in the program notes, “the artist’s genitals [cast in wax] are emasculated and humiliated as mere display posts for a variety of found, handmade doilies.” The program further notes that the word cuckold “can also mean the fetish derived from such practices, where the male is complicit and takes pleasure in his own degradation.” More in keeping with the artist’s stated goal—that the inspiration for his process in making the pieces “was really an homage to the work my mother did” as a very cleanliness-obsessed house keeper—are the large, multipiece groupings titled “Breakdown & let it out.” Those are formed using jello and cake molds to create colorful stacked columns made of—among other things—soap, wax, kitty litter, Pepto-Bismol, Imodium A-D, cough drops and resin. The separate pieces resemble party decorations and together covey a sense of playfulness and whimsy that belies the materials they are made of. Just as whimsical is “Nightlight,” a wax casting of the artist’s boyfriend’s rear end surrounded by multicolored wax roses and lit from the interior by an LED light. Its blend of domesticity, intimately romantic sentiment and humor perfectly complements and embodies the intention of the installation as whole, and provides a fitting end for this review. □

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4FRIDAY

FRIDAY NIGHT CONCERT: A summer music series with performances from a variety of local talent. This week: cool hits and boss beats from The Revells. F, 7pm through 9/11. Free. Chico City Plaza, Downtown Chico.

THE HOOLIGANZ: The last hip-hop show at LaSalles and the last performance by The Hooliganz. Lynguistix opens, DJs on the back patio. F, 9/4, 9pm. $3-$5. LaSalles, 229 Broadway, (530) 893-1891, www.lasallesbar.com.

BASSMINT: A 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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AARON RICH & FRIENDS: Country music round-robin. Third and First Th of every month, 9pm. Free. Crazy Horse Saloon, 303 Main St., (530) 894-5408.

CHICO JAZZ COLLECTIVE: Thursday jazz.

Th, 8-11pm. Free. The DownLo, 319 Main St., (530) 892-2473.

FIRE AND ICE: It’s the last weekend of LaSalles, and the final “Fire and Ice” showcase, with indie-rockers Surrogate, metal dudes Armed for Apocalypse and, coming out of retire-

ment, local emo stars Marked for Death. Th, 9/3, 9:30pm. $5. LaSalles, 229 Broadway, (530) 893-1891, www.lasallesbar.com.

JOHN SEID, LARRY PETERSON, BOB LITTELL: Playing an eclectic mix of music. Th, 9/3, 6:30-9:30pm. Grana, 198 E. Second St., (530) 809-2304.

KYTAMI: Th, 9/3, 9pm. Lost On Main, 319 Main St., (530) 891-1853.

OPEN MIC: Singers, poets and musicians welcome. Th, 7-10pm. Has Beans Internet Cafe & Galleria, 501 Main St., (530) 894-3033, www.hasbeans.com.

ELECTRIC JAM: Bring your instrument or just your awesome self and perform whatever you like. We provide the band, you provide the jam. First F of

“Violinistextremist” is the term Canadian musician Kyla Tamiko LeBlanc—who goes by the stage name Kytami—has adopted to describe her act, which consists of her fiddling live over prerecorded electronic dance tracks. The artist comes to Lost on Main tonight, Sept. 3. Jay Tablet and Cali Reys open.

INTO THE AWAKENING.: Oroville-based hard rock/metal band takes the theater stage. F, 9/4, 8:30pm. $5. Birdcage Theatre, 1740 Bird St. in Oroville, (530) 533-2473, www.birdcagetheatre.net.

BOGART THE MONSTER & SOFA KING: Alllocal show with funksters Sofa King and rockers Bogart the Monster. Extra Credit opens. F, 9/4, 8pm. The Tackle Box Bar & Grill, 379 East Park Ave., (530) 345-7499, http://tacklebox chico.com.

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SKY COUNTRY: Central Coast Americanarockers are joined by local singer/ songwriters Donald Beaman and Pat Hull. F, 9/4, 9pm. $7. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave., (530) 343-4915.

SOKKO & LYONS: Oregon-based pro-

ducer/DJ duo. F, 9/4, 9pm. $3-$5. Lost On Main, 319 Main St., (530) 891-1853.

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FIRST FRIDAY: Jazz cats BOGG perform. First F of every month, 4:30-7pm.

ACOUSTIC MUSIC JAM: A jam hosted by

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Butte Folk Music Society and led by local musician Steve Johnson. First Sa of every month, 4-6pm. Free. Upper Crust Bakery & Eatery, 130 Main St., (530) 345-4128.

HUMAN OTTOMAN: This week’s Live Lunch features Eugene’s polyrhythmic world-metal trio. Sa, 9/5, 12-2pm. The Tackle Box Bar & Grill, 379 East Park Ave., (530) 345-7499, http://tacklebox chico.com.

JOHNNY TSUNAMI: Live music. Sa, 9/5,

High St. in Oroville, (505) 712-3344, http://wpb.pub.

MOJO GREEN, CAPTAIN NASTY: Double dosage of funk with Reno’s Mojo Green and Morro Bay big big band Captain Nasty. Sa, 9/5, 9pm. Lost On Main, 319 Main St., (530) 891-1853.

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music. Su, 9/6, 6-9pm. 5th Street Steakhouse, 345 W. Fifth St., (530) 8916328, www.5thstreetsteakhouse.com.

LASALLES GRAND FINALE: After an eightyear hiatus, jam faves and long-time LaSalles regulars Electric Circus reunite to help close down the nightclub. Low Flying Birds opens. Su, 9/6, 9:30pm. $10. LaSalles, 229 Broadway, (530) 893-1891, www.lasallesbar.com.

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YOUR M.O.M. COMEDY NIGHT: Weekly open mic comedy with 20 open slots. Signups at 8pm. M, 9pm through 8/29. No cover. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave., (530) 343-4915.

MUSIC SHOWCASE: An open mic hosted by local country musicians Rich and Kendall. Sa, 5-9pm. Free. Scotty’s Landing, 12609 River Rd., (530) 7102020.

WORK HARD, PLAY HARDER: A Labor Day celebration featuring an eclectic local lineup: The Maker’s Mile (hip hop/funk), Motown Filthy (Motown/rock), Family 4 the Night (indie rock), Erin Haley, LeAnn Cooley and Logan Simon. Sa,

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9/5, 7pm. $5. The Tackle Box Bar & Grill, 379 East Park Ave., (530) 345-7499, http://tackleboxchico.com.

from local musicians. Tu. Italian Garden, 6929 Skyway in Paradise, (530) 876-9988, www.myspace.com/ theitaliangarden.

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JAZZ RESCUE: Lunch time jazz. Su, 9/6,

12-2pm. The Tackle Box Bar & Grill, 379 East Park Ave., (530) 345-7499, http://tackleboxchico.com.

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OPEN MIC AT GOGI’S: All performers welcome. Signups at 6pm. Hosted by Dan Casamajor. Tu, 7-9pm through 9/29. Free. Gogi’s Cafe, 230 Salem St. Next to the Transit Station, (530) 891-3570.

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THE BROTHERS STRONG & CO.: The

Sonora folk/newgrass crew is joined by locals Brad Peterson and Friends, and Seamus Turner. W, 9/9, 9pm. $7. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave., (530) 343-4915.

TASTY LEFTOVERS

Los Angeles-based quartet Leftover Cuties imbue a jazzy flair to their quirky originals and covers of beloved standards (i.e. Dylan’s “Don’t Think Twice,” “You Are My Sunshine”), which are executed on an eclectic mix of instruments (including ukuleles, ramshackle percussion, accordion and horns) and anchored around the angelic voice of Shirli McAllen. The band visits the Sierra Nevada Big Room on Tuesday, Sept. 8.

KEZIRAH: Live music. W, 9/9, 6:30pm. Red Tavern, 1250 Esplanade, (530) 894-3463, www.redtavern.com.

OPEN MIC AT MALTESE: Bring your instrument of choice. Bring songs. Hosted by Jeff Coleman and Jimmy Reno. W, 6-8pm through 9/30. Opens 9/2. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave., (530) 343-4915.

PIANO NIGHT: Live piano music. W. Italian Garden, 6929 Skyway in Paradise, (530) 876-9988, www.myspace.com/ theitaliangarden.

WEEKLY JAZZ: Carey Robinson and friends play an eclectic mix of jazz standards. W, 6:30-8:30pm. Farm Star Pizza, 2359 Esplanade, (530) 343-2056, www.farmstarpizza.com.

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interesting as a concept than as an actual movie, but the concept has real interest and filmmaker Jonas Alexander Arnby presents When Animals Dream’s unavoidably formulaic story in a way that is both straightforward and offbeat. The werewolf in this case is a teenage girl approaching adulthood, and the setting is a Danish fishing village. Marie (Sonia Suhl), whose family lives under some kind of curse that’s been visited upon her

n op ow en mother (Sonja Richter) in particular, goes to work in the local fishery, where she is promptly subjected to the twin brutalities of traditional hazing and bullying sexual harassment. Soon enough, Marie finds clumps of hair growing near her breasts, and it becomes clear that there’ll be hell to pay for her tormentors. Daniel (Jakob Oftebro), the gentlest and best-looking of

the guys at the fishery, does all he can to help her; her highly conflicted father (Lars Mikkelsen) is machismo-free, but still seems part of the problem. There is some gore, of course, but the soft-focus realism and a darkly poetic glimpse of the social psychology of monsters is what I’ll remember about this brisk, memorable little film from Denmark. □

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Robert Redford and Nick Nolte star in this adaptation of travel writer Bill Bryson’s humorous memoir about his attempt to hike the Appalachian Trail with an old friend. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R.

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More or less simultaneously, American Ultra is both silly and provocative. It has Jesse Eisenberg as Mike Howell, a buffoonish pothead in whom world-class fighting skills have been implanted (via a top-secret CIA “experiment”). And it has Kristen Stewart as Phoebe Larson, who is Mike’s astonishingly loyal live-in girlfriend and a feisty scrapper with a few secrets of her own. The ditzy stoner intermittently morphing into a lethal warrior—that’s the film’s chief selling point and the cornerstone of its darkly dramatic comedy. But that central premise also yields a wildly convoluted plot involving intraagency rivalries and secret paramilitary schemes at the CIA. Unavoidably, some frenzied bursts of violent, blood-spattered action follow suit. For me, the film’s most lasting effect is a matter of its very peculiar aftertaste: It manages to both satisfy and frustrate an impressive array of desires— for laid-back farce, for violent fantasy, for political satire, for boundary-breaking romance, etc. Cinemark 14 and Feather River Cinemas. Rated R —J.C.S.

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a business, down to the two kids sitting on a boat stowed in the rear carport. The restaurant’s interior is even more striking. Every detail—just four tables covered in banana leaves, a handmade door alarm made from re-purposed metal tools, plastic geckos perched on walls and lampshades, coconuts with charred edges fashioned into serving bowls—is meant to make diners feel far from the familiar. Saturday nights at Inday’s, the food is served Kamayan-style (i.e., everyone eats with their hands). There is a set menu, which during our visit included vegetarian pancit (noodles), pan-fried shrimp, BBQ baboy (boneless pork) and white rice, and the whole lot is served on one huge platter, sans utensils ($15 per person). A bowl of sauce is served with a single pepper crushed on the side, allowing diners to make their meal as spicy as they want (warning: they’re potent, and a little goes a long way). Ethel holds down the kitchen while John acts as server. The Geiger kids also pitch in, and came in from their break on the boat to prepare a table for the next guests. John is also the guy who teaches everyone to eat with their hands. He briefly advised us to mold little bowls out of rice, pile on some pancit and other items, then spoon sauce over the top. My dining companions mastered this rather quick, but I

ended up with rivulets of sauce running from my wrists to elbows, rice noodles down the front of my shirt and rice in my hair. My situation worsened when I absentmindedly touched my face at some point during the meal, spreading invisible residual pepper essence into my nose and eyes. A quick trip to the restroom to splash some water on my face and a delicious (and surprisingly smooth, for 8 percent alcohol) Red Horse Beer (brewed in the Philippines) set me right as rain in a forest in Luzon. Our food was exceptional. The BBQ baboy was delicious, like eating a half-rack of ribs without the pesky bones, and the shrimp were perfectly blackened (and cooked with skins intact, so be sure to peel ’em). The lumpia were filled mostly with deliciously seasoned ground pork, with just a few vegetables, the ratios pretty much inverted compared to most egg rolls. Afterward, three of us shared two different deserts, delectable slices of chocolate and mango maja (pudding). Burning sensations aside, the food was terrific, as was the entire experience. Kamayun dining at Inday’s is more than a good meal and an interesting cultural experience, it’s like being fully immersed in an experiential folk art installation. For the time being, Inday’s is open only on Saturday evenings for dinner, and reservations are required. It’s well worth the effort. □

HEADER Cayucas Secretly Canadian After making an impression with their 2013 debut, Bigfoot, twins Zach and Ben Yudin are back with another album loaded with toe-tapping California beach music and an indomitable sense of fun. Seriously, how else would you describe a surf-rock tune with a string section called “Moony Eyed Walrus” or a classic pop number that features a Hawaiian melody and references to a turquoise negligee and flamingos (“Backstroke”), or a gyrationinducing ode to Cali slang (“Hella”)? The Yudins seem to be having a lot of fun being gleefully ridiculous, even with Zach’s near perpetual monotone coming off as an even more deadpan version of Beck or Cake’s John McCrea. The whole thing is so off-the-wall you can’t help but love it, or at the very least be highly amused. Dancing at the Blue Lagoon very likely will put a smile on your face.

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Blaster dead: It’s punk, as advertised, but the two-piece’s self-titled EP is more about crazy-hyper melodic rock in the vein of Ted Leo and the Pharmacists (but much, much dirtier). Track: “Poma” at blasterdead.bandcamp.com donald Beaman & the spirit Molecules: I’ve heard snippets of Beaman’s soon-to-be-released album, and I anticipate it being something special. For now, the demos of his dreamy, poetic, lonesome-sounding tunes will have to do. Track: “Glass Bottom Boat” at www.donaldbeaman.com The Vesuvians: Maybe any cock a doodle do? Track: “Walk, Walk, Walk” at thevesuvians.bandcamp.com surrogate: Best songwriting in Chico or most anywhere else—pop-rock perfection. Track: “Lovers” or “Blank Page” (from Post-Heroic) at surro gatemusic.bandcamp.com solar Estates: More pop perfection (add a lot more keyboards). Track: “Repetition” (from The Quiet Season) at solarestates.bandcamp.com Bunnymilk: The way-after party, after the party has gone and there’s only one beer left for two lonesome singers to share. Track: “Daytime” or “Plant Toxins” at bunnymilk.bandcamp.com she Fetus: A truly unique voice. Folk music of the fearless, intense, poetic kind. Track: “Sweet Dream, Holding My Baby” (via video) at youtube.com/ watch?v=x-NisXLaDNA. Also, check shefetus.bandcamp.com Michelin Embers: My favorite band in Chico. Infectious, breezy, unique and fun. Track: “Lookin’ for a Hole” at michelinembers.bandcamp.com severance Package: Good-time garage punk-rock. Track: “101010110” (on What’s Yr Function?) at severancepackage.org The she Things: More good-time garage punk-rock. Track: “$hitty $ummer (demo)” at shethings.bandcamp.com sisterhoods: An eclectic mix—electronics, experimental rock, hip-hop, dreamy pop, more. Track: “Cocaine Babies” at soundcloud.com/sisterhoods Tri-Lateral dirts Commission: All the crazy in one-minute bursts. Track: “Super Mullet Destruction Derby” (from Kurmudgeon Ghetto EP) at xeroxrecordshc.bandcamp.com Trox & the Terribles: Garage glam that would make Iggy proud. Track: “The Creep” at troxandtheterribles.bandcamp.com sKin PEaKs: Fantastic blend of fuzzy, reverb-soaked garage noise and harmonizing vocals that might just be the makings of Chico’s new best band. Track: “Tell Me Why (demo)” at soundcloud.com/sk-n-peaks Bad Mana: The most beautiful fuzzed-out garage noise you’ve heard since Skin Peaks. Guided by Bran Crown’s voice. Track: “Volunteer/Some Things (demo)” at soundcloud.com/bad_mana Bran Crown: The man. Track: “About Sailin’ Through” (on Summer Weaks) at brancrown.bandcamp.com Fera: Weird, intimate, quiet, noisy. Track “Penumbrous” (from Sobriquets) at fera.bandcamp.com West by swan and The americans: More than a decade in, both bands are still creating new impressive, dynamic rock and noise. Tracks: “Yeoman’s Dilemma” (from Drought) at westbyswan.bandcamp. com and “Kid Cops” (from Hard Data) at americas.bandcamp.com SKiN PEAKS

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For the week oF september 3, 2015 ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Excess is

the common substitute for energy,” said poet Marianne Moore. That’s a problem you should watch out for in the coming weeks. According to my astrological projections, you’re a bit less lively and dynamic than usual. And you may be tempted to compensate by engaging in extreme behavior or resorting to a contrived show of force. Please don’t! A better strategy would be to recharge your power. Lay low and take extra good care of yourself. Get high-quality food, sleep, entertainment, art, love and relaxation.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): For a

pregnant woman, the fetus often begins to move for the first time during the fifth month of gestation. The sensation may resemble popcorn popping or a butterfly fluttering. It’s small but dramatic: the distinct evidence that a live creature is growing inside of her. Even if you are not literally expecting a baby, and even if you are male, I suspect you will soon feel the metaphorical equivalent of a fetus’s first kicks. You’re not ready to give birth yet, of course, but you are well on your way to generating a new creation.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “Since U

Been Gone” is a pop song recorded by vocalist Kelly Clarkson. She won a Grammy for it, and made a lot of money from its sales. But two other singers turned down the chance to make it their own before Clarkson got her shot. The people who wrote the tune offered it first to Pink and then to Hillary Duff, but neither accepted. Don’t be like those two singers, Gemini. Be like Clarkson. Recognize opportunities when they are presented to you, even if they are in disguise or partially cloaked.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): “Going

with the flow” sounds easy and relaxing, but here’s another side of the truth: Sometimes it can kick your ass. The rippling current you’re floating on may swell up into a boisterous wave. The surge of the stream might get so hard and fast that your ride becomes more spirited than you anticipated. And yet I still think that going with the flow is your best strategy in the coming weeks. It will eventually deliver you to where you need to go, even if there are bouncy surprises along the way.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “Money doesn’t

make you happy,” said movie star and ex-California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. “I now have $50 million, but I was just as happy when I had $48 million.” Despite his avowal, I’m guessing that extra money would indeed make you at least somewhat happier. And the good news is that the coming months will be prime time for you to boost your economic fortunes. Your ability to attract good financial luck will be greater than usual, and it will zoom even higher if you focus on getting better educated and organized about how to bring more wealth your way.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “I stand up

next to a mountain, and I chop it down with the edge of my hand.” So sang Jimi Hendrix in his raucous psychedelic tune “Voodoo Child (Slight Return).” We could view his statement as an example of delusional grandiosity, and dismiss it as meaningless. Or we could say it’s a funny and brash boast that Hendrix made as he imagined himself to be a mythic hero capable of unlikely feats. For the purposes of this horoscope, let’s go with the latter interpretation. I encourage you to dream up a slew of extravagant brags about the outlandish magic powers you have at your disposal. I bet it will rouse hidden reserves of energy that will enhance your more practical powers.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): It’s the phase

of your cycle when you have maximum power to transform yourself. If you work hard to rectify and purify your inner life, you will be able to generate a transcendent release. Moreover, you may tap into previously dormant or inaccessible aspects of your soul’s code. Here are some tips on how to fully activate this magic. (1) Without any ambivalence, banish ghosts that are more trouble than they are worth, (2) identify the

by rob brezsny one bad habit you most want to dissolve, and replace it with a good habit, (3) forgive everyone, including yourself, (4) play a joke on your fear, and (5) discard or give away material objects that no longer have any meaning or use.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): I hope

you’re not getting bored with all of the good news I have been delivering in recent weeks. I’m sorry if I sound like I’m sugarcoating or whitewashing, but I swear I’m simply reporting the truth about the cosmic omens. Your karma is extra sweet these days. You do have a few obstacles, but they are weaker than usual. So I’m afraid you will have to tolerate my rosy prophecies for a while longer. Stop reading now if you can’t bear to receive a few more buoyant beams. This is your last warning! Your web of allies is getting more resilient and interesting. You’re expressing just the right mix of wise selfishness and enlightened helpfulness. As your influence increases, you are becoming even more responsible about wielding it.

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When 16th-century Spanish invaders arrived in the land of the Mayans, they found a civilization that was in many ways highly advanced. The native people had a superior medical system and calendar. They built impressive cities with sophisticated architecture and paved roads. They were prolific artists, and had a profound understanding of mathematics and astronomy. And yet they did not make or use wheeled vehicles, which had been common in much of the rest of the world for over 2,000 years. I see a certain similarity between this odd disjunction and your life. Although you’re mostly competent and authoritative, you are neglecting to employ a certain resource that would enhance your competence and authority even further. Fix this oversight!

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

you have ever fantasized about taking a pilgrimage to a wild frontier or sacred sanctuary or your ancestral homeland, the next 10 months will be an excellent time to do it. And the best time to plan such an adventure will be the coming two weeks. Keep the following questions in mind as you brainstorm. (1) What are your life’s greatest mysteries, and what sort of journey might bring an awakening that clarifies them? (2) Where could you go in order to clarify the curious yearnings that you have never fully understood? (3) What power spot on planet Earth might activate the changes you most want to make in your life?

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

he died at the age of 77 in 1905, Aquarian author Jules Verne had published more than 70 books. You’ve probably heard of his science fiction novels Journey to the Center of the Earth and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. He was a major influence on numerous writers, including Jean-Paul Sartre, J. R. R. Tolkien and Arthur Rimbaud. But one of his manuscripts never made it into book form. When he finished it in 1863, his publisher refused to publish it, so Verne stashed it in a safe. It remained there until his great-grandson discovered it in 1989. Five years later, Verne’s “lost novel,” Paris in the Twentieth Century, went on sale for the first time. I suspect that in the coming months, you may have a comparable experience, Aquarius. An old dream that was lost or never fulfilled may be available for recovery and resuscitation.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “I enjoy

using the comedy technique of self-deprecation,” says stand-up comic Arnold Brown, “but I’m not very good at it.” Your task in the coming weeks, Pisces, is to undermine your own skills at self-deprecation. You may think they are too strong and entrenched to undo and unlearn, but I don’t—especially now, when the cosmic forces are conspiring to prove to you how beautiful you are. Cooperate with those cosmic forces! Exploit the advantages they are providing. Inundate yourself with approval, praise and naked flattery.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as JRP PAINTING SOLUTIONS at 1425 Nord Ave #20 Chico, CA 95926. JASON ROBERT NISONGER PARKS 1425 Nord Avenue #20 Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: JASON ROBERT PARKS Dated: August 27, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001079 Published: September 3,10,17,24, 2015

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as COMPINI at 411 Main Street Chico, CA 95928. PATRICK CARROLL 432 W 17th Street Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: PATRICK CARROLL Dated: July 30, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0000974 Published: September 3,10,17,24, 2015

NOTICES NOTICE OF AUCTION SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a mobilehome, registered to ELIZABETH WERNER, pending owner EDMOND C. JOHNSON SR., described as a 1974 HOMETTE mobilehome, Decal Number LAU2261, Serial Numbers 4645XX/S4645XXU, Label/Insignia Number 149790/ 149789, and stored on property within the Countryside Mobile village, at 370 E. Lassen Avenue, Chico, 95973, County of Butte California (specifically the space designated as space #67 within the park), will be sold by auction at the mobilehome park at 370 e. Las- sen Avenue, Chico, 95973, County of Butte, California (specifically the space designated as Space #67 within the park), on SEPTEMBER 15, 2015 at 11:00am., and such succeeding sales days as may be necessary, and the proceeds of the sales will be applied to the satisfaction of the lien, including the reasonable charges of notice, advertisement, and sale. This sale is conducted on a cash or certified check basis only (cash, cashier’s check or travelers’ check only). Personal checks and/or business checks are not acceptable. Payment is due and payable immediately following the sale. No exceptions. The mobilehome and/or contents are sold as is, where is, with no guarantees. This sale is conducted under the authority of California Civil Code 798.56a and Commercial Code 7210. Dated: July 31, 2015 NOTICE OF AUCTION SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a mobilehome, registered to SYBLE MACLOON, described as a 1976 DEVONDALE mobilehome, Decal Number 227713/227714, and stored on property within ALMOND GROVE MOBILE HOME PARK, at 567 E. Lassen Avenue, Chico, County of Butte, California 95926,(Specifically the space designated as #615 within the park), will be sold by auction at the mobilehome park at Almond Grove Mobile Home Park, at 567 E. Lassen Avenue, Chico, County of Butte, California 95926, (Specifically the space designated as #615 within the park) on September 14, 2015 at 11:00a.m., and such succeeding sales days as may be necessary, and the proceeds of the sales will be applied to the satisfaction of the lien, including the reasonable charges of notice, advertisement and sale. This sale is conducted on a cash or certified fund basis only (cash, cashier’s check or traveler’s’s check only). Per- sonal checks and/or business checks are not acceptable. Payment is due and payable immediately following the sale.

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No exceptions. The mobilehome and/or contents are sold as is, where is, with no guarantees. This sale is conducted under the authority of California Civil Coda 798.56a and Commercial Code 7210. Dated: August 20, 2015 Published: August 27, September 3, 2015

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE WALTER L. WHITE aka WALTER WHITE To all heirs and beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: WALTER L. WHITE, aka WALTER WHITE A Petition for Probate has been filed by: RONALD S. WHITE in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte. The Petition for Probate requests that: RONALD S. WHITE be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. The Petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the 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: September 29, 2015 Time: 9:00a.m. Dept: Probate Address of the court: Superior Court of California County of Butte 1775 Concord Ave. Chico, CA 95926. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250.

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A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: NICOLE R. PLOTTEL 3120 Cohasset Rd., Ste 10 Chico, CA 95973 (530) 893-2882 Case Number: PR41572 Dated: August 26, 2015 Published: September 3,10,17, 2015

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE GRAYCE HENRI To all heirs and beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: GRAYCE HENRI A Petition for Probate has been filed by: PETRA PENUNURI in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte. The Petition for Probate requests that: PETRA PENUNURI 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 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: September 29, 2015 Time: 9:00a.m. Dept: Candela Address of the court: Superior Court of California County of Butte 1775 Concord Ave. Chico, CA 95926. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: JANE E. STANSELL 901 Bruce Road, Suite 170 Chico, CA 95928

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530-342-4524 Case Number: PR41578 Dated: August 28, 2015 Published: September 3,10,17, 2015 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE JAMES P. SWEENEY aka JAMES PATRICK SWEENEY To all heirs and beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: JAMES P. SWEENEY, JIM SWEENEY, JAMES PATRICK SWEENEY A Petition for Probate has been filed by: KATHERINE I. SWEENEY in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte. The Petition for Probate requests that: KATHERINE I. SWEENEY be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. The Petition requests authority to administer 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 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: September 29, 2015 Time: 9:00a.m. Dept: Probate Address of the court: Superior Court of California County of Butte 1775 Concord Ave. Chico, CA 95926. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal

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representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: NICOLE R. PLOTTEL 3120 Cohasset Rd., Ste 10 Chico, CA 95973 (530) 893-2882 Case Number: PR41579 Dated: August 28, 2015 Published: September 3,10,17, 2015

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner MICHELLE IBARRA AND ARTURU IBARRA filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: FABIAN PENA-IBARRA ANDRES PENA-IBARRA LOUIE PENA-IBARRA Proposed name: FABIAN IBARRA DRE IBARRA LOUIE IBARRA THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: October 16, 2015 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: MICHAEL P. CANDELA Dated: August 17, 2015 Case Number: 164715 Published: August 27, September 3,10,17, 2015

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner CALEN CURTEMAN filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: CALEN DREW CURTEMAN Proposed name: CALEN DREW CHAPMAN THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: October 16, 2015 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: STEPHEN E. BENSON Dated: August 20, 2015 Case Number: 164787 Published: September 3,10,17,24, 2015

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner HILLARY CALLIHAN filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: HILLARY LYNN CALLIHAN Proposed name: HILLARY LYNN CHAPMAN THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: October 16, 2015 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave

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Chico, CA 95928 Signed: MICHAEL P. CANDELA Dated: August 27, 2015 Case Number: 164788 Published: September 3,10,17,24, 2015

SUMMONS SUMMONS NOTICE TO RESPONDENT MARSHA STRICKLAND You are being sued by plaintiff: CHRIS PRECKWINKLE You have 30 calendar days after this Summons and Petition are served on you to file a Response (form FL-120 or FL-123) at the court and have a copy served on the petitioner. A letter or phone call will not protect you. If you do not file your Response on time, the court may make orders affecting your marriage or domestic partnership, your property, and custody of your children. You may be ordered to pay support and attorney fees and costs. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form. If you want legal advice, contact a lawyer immediately. You can get information about finding lawyers at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp) at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), or by contacting your local county bar association. The name and address of the court are: Plumas Superior Court 520 Main Street, Room 104 Quincy, CA 95971 The name, address, and telephone number of the petitioner’s attorney, or the petitioner without an attorney, are: CHRISTOPHER PRECKWINKLE P.O. Box 28 Portola, CA 96122 Signed: CATHERYN YOUENS Dated: December 2, 2014 Case Number: FL14-00242 Published: August 27, September 3,10,17, 2015

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South campus area. Well maintained 2 bedroom 2 bath that is presently configured as a 1 bedroom 1 bath with a studio apartment. It features a shared laundry, newer roof, section 1 pest certification work is in process, fresh paint inside and on city sewer. The lot is zoned R 3. The front is vacant and there is a tenant in the studio which requires 24 hr notice to show. Call for a showing!

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TOWN

PRICE

BR/BA

Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico

$650,000.00 $550,000.00 $469,000.00 $425,000.00 $375,000.00 $335,000.00 $325,000.00 $315,000.00 $298,000.00 $286,500.00 $282,500.00

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SQ. FT. 2756 3063 2880 2433 1835 2150 1750 1711 1819 1352 1969

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Joyce Turner

571–7719 • joyce_turner@ymail.com

Homes Sold Last Week 1487 Rancho Arroyo Ln 10465 Bogie Way 848 Pearman Ct 255 Mill Creek Dr 481 Windham Way 1037 Richland Ct 1 Capshaw Ct 759 Downing Ave 618 W 6th Ave 247 W Lincoln Ave 5106 Cliffhanger Ln

$249,500

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Paul Champlin

(530) 518–4850

1497 Hawthorne ave. 3 bd/ 1 3/4 ba. Newer bath in master with tile floors. house sits back from street in very desirable neighborhood with ability to possibly split lot.

$219,900

$269,900

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large lot .44 acre

Cute 1,357 sq. ft home, 3 bed, 1 bath, 2 car garage with workshop area. RV parking

Jeffries Lydon

(530) 519-4714 · www.JimsChicoHomes.com

Sponsored by Century 21 Jeffries Lydon ADDRESS 928 Hazel St 14 Venetian Ct 4 Jenny Way 2877 Godman Ave 692 E 12th St 964 Marjorie Ave 15 Skywalker Ct 2101 Huntington Dr 2512 England St 70 Northwood Commons Pl 100 Riverview Dr

TOWN

PRICE

BR/BA

Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Oroville

$280,000.00 $269,000.00 $269,000.00 $260,000.00 $257,000.00 $232,000.00 $230,000.00 $225,000.00 $220,000.00 $127,500.00 $285,000.00

4/ 2 3/ 2 3/ 2 3/ 2 4/ 2.5 3/ 1 3/ 2 3/ 2 2/ 2 4/ 3 3/ 3

SQ. FT. 1465 1419 1360 1662 1948 1317 1296 1184 893 2260 2030

open house Century 21 Jeffries Lydon Sat. 2-4 6173 Toms Trail (X St: Humbug), Magalia 3 Bd / 3 Ba, 4,250 Sq. Ft. $579,500 Katherine Osokine 591-3837 Sat. 11-1, 2-4 9 La Casa Ct (X St: Paseo Hacienda) 5 Bd / 3 Ba, 2516 Sq.Ft. $449,900 Chris Martinez 680-4404 Paul Champlin 828-2902 Sat. 12-4 & Sun. 2-4 7 Abbott Cir (X St: Weymouth) 4 Bd / 3 Ba, 1974 Sq. Ft. $409,000 Jeff Condon 592-6791 Chris Martinez 680-4404 Sat. 11-1 5461 Alpine Court (X St: Stearns), Paradise 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 2336 Sq.Ft. $380,000 Katherine Ossokine 591-3837

Sat. 11-1, 2-4 & Sun. 11-1, 2-4 1811 Wisteria Ln & 1815 Wisteria Ln (X St: Glenwood) 3 Bd / 2 Ba, up to 1866 Sq. Ft. $374,000- $397,000 Brandi Laffins 321-9562 Sat. 11-1 & Sun. 11-1 83 Herlax (X St: W. 11th) 4 Bd / 2 Ba, 2,195 Sq. Ft. $375,000 Brad Azevedo 321-3454 Chris Martinez 680-4404 Sat. 2-4 926 Yosemite Drive (X St: Cal Park Drive) 3 Bd / 3 Ba, 1,878 Sq. Ft. $348,000 Ronnie Owen 518-0911

Sun. 2-4 25 La Casa (X St: Ceanothus) 3 Bd / 2.5 Ba, 2,023 Sq. Ft. $335,000 Ronnie Owen 518-0911

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Sun. 11-1, 2-4 3567 Bell Road (X St: Muir) 3 Bd / 2.5 Ba, 1,767 Sq. Ft. $315,000 Sherry Landis 514-4855 Sat. 11-1, 2-4 & Sun. 11-1 84 Artesia Drive (X S: Floral) 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 1,228 Sq. Ft. $239,000 Paul Champlin 828-2902 Chris Martinez 680-4404 Brad Azevedo 321-3454

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Sat. 11-2 5374 Filbert Street (X St: Circlewood), Paradise 2 Bd / 2 Ba, 1,117 Sq. Ft. $225,000 Laura Willman 680-8962

Sun. 12-4 2320 Estes Rd (X St: Normal/ 22nd) 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 1702 Sq.Ft. $339,000 Jeff Condon 592-6791

Sharon McKee Susan G. Thomas CalBRE#01437897 (530) 872-6838

CalBRE#01049969 (530) 518-8041 spECTaCULaR HoME on 82 aCRE EsTaTE 5161 sq ft w. Views throughout entire right wing master suite every room a gem, 4 br/ 4 ba, library, piano room, gym, 3 dishwashers, pool, spa, water features, 4 car garage. $1,600,000 and worth every penny. ad #772 patty G 530-518-5155

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Large open kitchen w. walk in pantry. Dual pane windows, 2 br/ 2 ba. Finished outbuilding as bonus room. Inside laundry. $209,000 ad #756 sharon Mckee 530-864-1745

4 br. 3 ba. 2711 sq ft. Close to hospital and Marina for work or play. $349,000 ad #751 susan G. Thomas 530-518-8041

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$91,500.00 2 bedroom, 1 bath, ground floor condo with sol bonus sidedyard 1859 sq ft home forsol $239,000.00!!! Lovely 3 bed, 2 d bath, family room, plus living room & amazing backyard. Updated Ranchette Locateddin North Chico large lot, plenty of room to build a shopsol or swimming pool. $244,000.00 CALIFORNIA PARK,sol locateddon a cul de sac close to the lake $293,000 Adorable home in the Avenues 3/2, 2 car garage sold $239,000.00 Picture perfect w/ remodeled kitchen 3/2.5, 2 car garage, 1346 sq ft, $250,000.00

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3/2 - $229,000 Chico 4 bed 3 bath Pool w/ waterfall sold $425,000

In the Avenues 3/2 bonus room, d $279,000 pool -sol Forest Ranch 5 bed 3 bath price to sale - $219,900 Mountain Cabin $115,000

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Custom 4 bd/5ba 5,009 sq ft, 1.21 ac, pool, extras! $950,000 West side, 3bd/3ba, 2,901 sqft .29ac $450,000 Gated community, lovely 2,531 sq ft with VIEW! $435,000 Pinnacle building lot, 2.03 acs $330,000 Near park 3bd/2ba, 1,502din sq ft.g$275,000 pen 18 acres, forest, 1,580 sq ft home, cash only $199,900

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The following houses were sold in Butte County by real estate agents or private parties during the week of August 17, 2015 – August 21, 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 2472 Oro Quincy Hwy 75 Canal Dr 56 La Cresenta Dr 2574 V-6 Rd 1811 Feather Ave 55 Cherry Ln 1330 Pomona Ave 5197 Royal Oaks Dr 18 Meadowview Dr 11 Mccabe Ct 156 Valley View Dr 414 Green Oaks Dr

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Oroville Oroville Oroville Oroville Oroville Oroville Oroville Oroville Oroville Oroville Paradise Paradise

$275,000.00 $260,000.00 $214,000.00 $180,000.00 $170,000.00 $160,000.00 $144,000.00 $141,000.00 $135,000.00 $125,000.00 $635,000.00 $339,000.00

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SQ. FT. 2597 1926 1341 1344 1538 1268 1327 1519 1034 1680 3505 1928

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PRICE

BR/BA

1624 Kingdom Ct

ADDRESS

Paradise

$295,000.00

2/ 1.5

1711

6038 Maxwell Dr

Paradise

$265,500.00

3/ 3

2028

440 Nottingham Dr

Paradise

$225,000.00

3/ 1.5

1684

6256 Forest Ln

Paradise

$210,000.00

3/ 2

1634

6168 Coral Ave

Paradise

$201,000.00

2/ 1.5

1531

1079 Fairview Dr

Paradise

$196,000.00

2/ 2

1403

652 Sunset Dr

Paradise

$180,000.00

2/ 1

1122

1864 Norwood Dr

Paradise

$165,000.00

2/ 1.5

984

627 Gregs Way

Paradise

$149,500.00

2/ 1

1008

5784 Homestead Pl

Paradise

$120,000.00

2/ 2

1440

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