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No accountability The Paradise Police Department has a tough job to do over the next

several weeks. The internal investigation into Officer Patrick Feaster’s shooting of an unarmed civilian at the site of a rollover vehicle crash is integral to the department’s—and the community’s—ability to move forward. Unfortunately, we may never know the outcome, since those types of investigations are kept confidential.

The release this past week of the dashcam video of Feaster’s encounter with citizens Andrew Thomas and Darien Ehorn shook the community.

That was compounded by the announcement last Thursday (Dec. 10) by Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey that Feaster’s shooting of Thomas was “not justified, but not criminal.” His punishment, if any, will be administrative. Certainly he should be fired, but we also believe there should be criminal repercussions for his actions.

Feaster showed an enormous amount of negligence—as well as a lack of ethics—in his handling of this incident. He pointed his gun at a man exiting a vehicle that had just crashed; he did not tend to Ehorn, who was dying on the pavement in front of him; he discharged his weapon, then proceeded to 1) not tell the other responding officers that he’d shot his weapon and 2) look around the scene for his shell casing rather than help out. The scenario reeks of self-preservation.

If anything, as a police officer, Feaster should be held to a higher standard than your average citizen. He knew how to use his weapon properly— heck, he’d just been through training with it the week before. He is also trained in responding to emergency situations. So he of all people should be expected to handle his gun in a safe enough manner that it doesn’t “accidentally” go off, harming a civilian.

It’s no wonder so many people have a hard time trusting police officers.

They expect us to take responsibility for our actions and it’s time they are held just as accountable. □

charity meters tacky, dehumanizing signs that ask passersby for money, and ask Dus have to refrain from giving money to panhandlers. The owntown Chico’s new fire-engine-red meters

signs declare that the city will distribute the money to unnamed organizations that serve the homeless. These meters make me uncomfortable.

I’ve owned a downtown café and have removed people who wanted to linger without paying.

Some may have been homeless, others were college students, some were pot-trimmers. We certainly have vagrancy in Chico, but these by issues have been exaggerated Alec Binyon by the people who want to use The author is a chico enforcement to scatter people out native and father of of town (or just around town). two boys.

When your meme becomes, “Make Chico clean and safe,” it implies Chico is currently dirty and dangerous, a point of view enthusiastically embraced by a local police union that would like us to believe we’re never quite safe enough. Chico is a different place than it was in 1985, but interesting

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places grow, and since then America’s middle class has been eviscerated and the economy has been engineered to make it harder than ever to escape poverty.

My initial discomfort with the meters was spiritual. They explicitly ask us to ignore those who ask us for help. Alms-giving is commanded by nearly every wisdom tradition. Giving is good for the giver.

We learned that in kindergarten. To feed the meter, we have to agree with the premise that the homeless should go somewhere else and leave us alone. We have to believe that’s even possible. The rest of my discomfort is logistical: How does the city collect the funds? Is there a separate change collector? How much money is collected? Is it wise to trust tax collectors with alms?

The meters are tacky and dehumanizing half-measures.

To ever make a dent in homelessness, we first need to make unconditional shelter available where social services have a chance to make an impact.

If I was sleeping under a bridge I’d have a big dog and a drinking problem, too. Until we have the political will to pick up our hammers and build tiny houses with the homeless, I’ll be handing out quarters to people, not meters. □

In support of dogged reporting A couple of years ago, the Willows Journal and the Orland Press Register

merged into a single newspaper. That move was a sign of the times when it comes to corporate-owned publications. But it wasn’t unprecedented around these parts. Years before that we watched as the Chico Enterprise-Record took over editorial operations of its sister paper, the Oroville Mercury Register.

The result of this cost-saving measure, of course, is the homogenization of news content. That’s not a good thing for the communities these papers serve. We believe that a robust media landscape is a competitive one with multiple media outlets.

The more voices in a region, the better and more thorough the discussion.

One of the voices we’d hate to see silenced in the North State’s publishing world is the Sacramento Valley Mirror. That Willows-based paper manages to put out two issues a week that include not only local coverage of small-town affairs such as the county fair but also investigative pieces that hold government accountable. The small paper, led by its dogged publisher/editor, Tim Crews, is a beacon of truth in a community where corruption would otherwise go unnoticed.

The oft-embattled Crews and his news operation are being threatened with a boycott for publishing the photo of a man who died after his speeding motorcycle crashed in a ravine. Crews defends his editorial decision to print that photo, saying that it has news value; that doing so may prevent a similar tragedy from taking place in his rural neck of the woods.

We understand why the family of the deceased man would be upset seeing the photo, and many newspapers, this one included, likely would not have run that photo. But we respect Crews’ editorial judgment and hope that readers of the Mirror will continue to support this invaluable local resource. □

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the Fourth estate When you’re a journalist, one of the biggest rushes is breaking a story based on investigative reporting. Producing original work through in-depth research and the gathering of records is a lot of work, and it’s a blast seeing it go to print and then watching other media outlets try feebly to quickly chase down the story without understanding its scope.

The most rewarding part, of course, is when the story makes a difference in the community or, in some cases, far beyond its confines.

Such was the case for a handful of reporters from The Boston Globe back in the early 2000s, as they painstakingly investigated pedophile priests and how the church covered up what turned out to be rampant sexual abuse of children within the Catholic churches not only in Boston, but throughout the world.

I recently watched the story behind the Globe’s reporting in the film Spotlight, so named for the investigative team that took on the church. The film depicts the reporters slogging through public records, and it manages to pull in the audience despite a narrative that doesn’t rely on a central protagonist. If anything is glorified in the film, it’s the overall importance of the Fourth Estate.

Spotlight is a great movie and a reminder of print media’s role in keeping the powerful accountable. As the old saying goes, “The job of the newspaper is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.” Any publication that does otherwise isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on.

Speaking of publishing, here at CN&R headquarters, we’re excited about the prospect of generating numerous investigative pieces thanks to our generous readers supporting the Chico News & Review Foundation. We’re in our final push in a fundraising campaign for the foundation, and tonight (Thursday, Dec. 17) the nonprofit is the beneficiary of a wine-tasting event at Bidwell Bar & Grill (from 5-7 p.m.). If we meet our goal of generating $25,000, an angel benefactor will buoy the fund by another $10,000. We still have a ways to go, so every donation counts.

The for-profit CN&R will not see any of the money from this campaign. Aside from a scholarship for a college student interested in investigative reporting, all of the proceeds will pay for reportage on important and complex issues affecting North State communities.

Because we’re getting close to putting the community’s money to use, we’ve set up a tip email address (investigations@news review.com) for people to send us story ideas on local issues in need of this type of reporting. They will be discussed by the CN&R Foundation’s advisory committee in the coming year and then the best, most important among them will be chosen as topics and eventually printed in this newspaper and likely other publications interested in informing the public.

Speaking of important issues, check out page 11 to see a photo of last Saturday’s High Noon for the Planet event, following the conclusion of the Paris climate talks. I was heartened to see the community come together and to hear folks making pledges to reduce their carbon footprints. Now, to keep the momentum going.

Melissa Daugherty is editor of the CN&R

Water watcher speaks up Re “Farewell to fish” (Cover story, by Alastair Bland, Dec. 10) and “Rebuttal on water” (Letters, by Thaddeus Bettner, Nov. 26): While water districts pay lipservice necessary to mask limited supply in the face of unquenchable demand from south-of-Delta desert regions, the facts of damage and near extinction are clear.

GCID, the largest Sacramento Valley district, was forced by the courts to install fish screens in 1992.

It now claims to be the friend of salmon while populations collapse and GCID extends water transfers to more districts north and south of the Delta.

The result: a 2014 die-off of over 95 percent with more predicted in 2015.

GCID claims that their “[10] wells would be for local supply when our surface supply is shorted and diversions are limited in order to protect fish and the environment.” Really?

GCID’s grants/ plans may say that, but reality is found in the Sacramento River and the Delta: salmon runs and other fish are on the brink of extinction.

GCID’s actual purpose is best expressed using their own words: “… improve Central Valley system-wide water supply reliability through participation in the emerging water transfer markets … [that would] … integrate the Lower Tuscan Formation into the local water supply system and into the Central Valley wide water supply system;…” Translation: exports to desert agriculture using groundwater.

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LETTERS c o n t i n u e d f r o m pa g e 5 least negligent discharge of a firearm. Seriously, do we as citizens of Butte County want an officer on the job who gets startled and fires his weapon when someone exits a wrecked vehicle? This decision is ludicrous! Officer Feaster should be fired immediately and an unbiased third party should conduct an investigation to determine what criminal charges should be filed against him.

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Re “Confidence wavers” (Newslines, by Howard Hardee, Dec. 10): Considering the recent no-confidence vote, Chico State’s failures as an academic institution become noticeable. The university has more part-time “freeway professors” than full-time profs, which makes it easy for the administration to politically dominate the school.

It can take five to six years to get a four-year degree because staff can’t schedule classes sufficiently even with the modern miracle of the computer.

The campus is woefully mired in cultural Marxism—our students are supposed to be educated, not brainwashed. The university can’t budget. They can’t even field a football team.

I’ve talked to Associated Students presidents about all this and they reply that Chico State students are politically apathetic.

I went to UC Berkeley in the 1960s and we’d go on strike, all 30,000 of us, and shut that university down. We effected change through social reconstructivism, and this is what Chico State students are going to have to do if they’re going to improve their university—they’re going to have to take charge of their own education. If you don’t think for yourself, other people will do your thinking for you.

Mike Peters Chico

Paris reality check At unfccc.int/resource/docs/2015/ cop21/eng/l09.pdf one may find the text of the COP21 Paris Agreement. I recommend

reading it with the same trepidation reserved for driving a nail into one’s cranium. The agreement is a tour de farce of redundancy, political correctness, vacuity and evasiveness. I approached it with the bar set low and found I was digging a root cellar.

The word “forest” actually appeared, once or twice, lost in a tangle of verbiage like “Capacity-building Initiative for Transparency.” I never saw the words “population limits” or “reduced consumption” or “sacrifice” or “carbon tax” or “plant-based diet” or one specific reference to what real humans might agree to do differently in their daily lives. It would have been far better for one country to agree to one specific limitation on human recklessness, than 195 agreeing to float the future of the world on this nonbinding, snakeoil slick of good intentions.

James Hansen—deservedly known as “the father of climate change awareness”—has called Paris a “fraud.” It’s worse than a fraud. It’s a fraud possibly resulting in the incineration of a planet—I don’t think we have a word for that.

Patrick Newman Chico

Bernie is looking out Something needs to be done about the high price of prescription medications in the United States.

Our prices are twice as high as the average for major industrialized countries. And, tragically, in 2014, 1 in 5 Americans did not fill a prescription because they could not afford it.

Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Elijah Cummings have introduced the Prescription Drug Affordability Act of 2015. If enacted, this law would do the following: require Medicare to negotiate prices with the drug companies (currently banned by law); allow importation of drugs from Canada, where prices are 40 percent lower; close the Medicare Part D doughnut hole by 2017; and outlaw various anticompetitive practices by the pharmaceutical companies.

In this and many other areas, Bernie Sanders is leading efforts on behalf of the average person rather than the big corporations.

David Potter Chico

The university has more part-time “freeway professors” than full-time profs, which makes it easy for the administration to politically dominate the school.

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And then there’s Hillary Recent letters mention Hillary Clinton, so here are my thoughts.

I met Bill Clinton for the first time in 1978 and Hillary in the 1980s.

Hillary has devoted her whole life to the public cause, starting with the Children’s Defense Fund, then as first lady of Arkansas, then first lady of our country. Then she was elected as U.S. senator in New York in 2000 and after a competitive presidential election in 2008, with Barack Obama being elected.

Then President Obama selected Hillary to be his secretary of state.

Hillary has been in many countries in all her public roles urging countries to change their culture/policies and let women and girls have access to education, job opportunities and civil rights.

Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan was almost killed for doing the same.

She survived and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

I am a big admirer of both.

There are powerful interests in our country who will do everything to prevent Hillary from becoming the first woman president, because a President Hillary will push for equal pay for equal work, paid family leave and move the student loan interest rate down, as well as being commander-in-chief!

Bob Mulholland Chico

Help the planet On Saturday, I went to Chico’s climate change rally, High Noon for the Planet, which happened as tens of thousands of people in Paris rallied at the same time.

I am a seventh-grade kid from Wildflower Open Classroom who thinks that that the climate rally helps people understand what is happening in the world and what needs to be done to stop climate change from happening. It is important that kids get involved with climate change because it puts them on a path to help stop it.

At the rally the people could make personal goals to help with

stopping climate change. I think that if everyone made a personal goal to help stop climate change we would be closer to stopping it.

With this rally I believe that we can make a difference with the importance of collective action and coming together to push our leaders into acting. Even when people say that it is too late to save the planet from climate change, we can still make a difference if everyone participates. Kids and adults should get more involved to make sure we have a healthy and safe future for the generations to come.

Johnna Louie Chico

Fed up with dark streets The poor street lighting in downtown Chico has been an issue for some time and has resulted in many car accidents and crime.

Residents face a recurring obstacle walking through sketchy streets with poor lighting, clutching their belongings in hopes of not making the next news cycle as a sexualassault case, theft or hit-and-run victim.

It sounds extreme, but these accidents have occurred one too many times. People have a right to be concerned. It’s clear that better lighting would reduce crime and make our streets safer for residents.

I understand that more street lights have not been installed in these areas largely due to the cost.

City Council has addressed the issue many times, yet I have seen nothing done. As a Chico State student and member of this community I feel it’s time for action. We as a community have to work together to bring more attention to the issue and take it upon ourselves to raise money to bring better lighting to our city.

Katharine Reed Chico More letters online:

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TAKING SHOTS

A large party on Cedar Street turned violent last weekend when a 25-year-old Chicoan, whose identity has been withheld, was shot following a “conflict between partygoers.”

In the early morning on Sunday (Dec. 13), police began receiving reports of a shooting in the parking lot at 1205 N. Cedar St., according to a Chico Police Department press release. On the scene, police found one gunshot victim. The wound was “initially lifethreatening,” but the victim’s condition was stabilized “because of prompt and effective medical treatment.”

The victim was taken to Enloe Medical Center.

More than a dozen shots were fired, the release notes, striking multiple vehicles and surrounding buildings. An investigation into the shooting is ongoing; anyone with information is encouraged to call 897-4900.

CITY OFFERS SAND

As the community prepares for a wet winter, predicted as part of the strong El Niño hitting the West Coast in January, the city of Chico is helping residents shore up their homes by offering free sand.

Residents who bring their own bags can fill them with sand located at the city’s parking lot at 901 Fir St., just south of Highway 32, according a press release. The city is also asking for the public’s help in preventing localized flooding by removing piles of leaves and other debris from curbs and storm drains.

For more information on how to prepare for this winter’s rains, call the Public Works Department at 894-4200 or email rightofway maintenance@chicoca.gov.

NATURE CENTER’S NEW DEAL

“We’re going from a bad deal to a much better deal,” Chris Constantin, assistant city manager, said at the Chico City Council meeting Tuesday (Dec. 15).

Constantin (pictured) was referring to a new deal between the city and the Chico Creek Nature Center on a $185,000 city loan used to construct a new exhibit hall and classroom completed in 2008.

The new agreement significantly reduces CCNC’s quarterly payments for five years but also ties those payments to the lease agreement for use of the property and buildings, giving the city the power to break the lease if CCNC defaults.

The agreement also allows CCNC to partner with the Chico Area Recreation and Park District and discuss CARD taking over management of the nature center.

The council approved the deal 6-0, with Councilwoman Reanette Fillmer absent.

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Biker backlash Sacramento Valley Mirror defends decision to run photo of accident victim, despite threats pulled punches and half-truths when it Tcomes to reporting the news. He disdains im Crews believes there’s no room for

media outlets that soften content to avoid offending readers, and his own dogged devostory and tion to journalistic photo by principles has earned Ken Smith him and the twicekens @ weekly newspaper he new srev i ew. c o m edits and publishes— the Willows-based Sacramento Valley Mirror—national attention and renown.

That same commitment has also garnered ire over the years, with some locals nicknaming the paper “The Valley Smearer” due to its penchant for publishing unfiltered, sometimes unflattering information about Glenn County residents.

Crews and company are in the midst of such a situation now, and say they’ve been threatened with boycotts and bodily harm since running a story about a fatal motorcycle crash on the front page of the Mirror’s Nov. 18 issue.

The report included an above-the-fold photo of three first responders at the crash site, pulling back a tarp and revealing the face of the victim, 20-year-old Bailey vonBargen of Orland. It relates how vonBar-

gen was killed the night of Nov. 16 after losing control of his speeding motorcycle at the intersection of Roads 27 and QQ in Artois, and describes the high-speed chase of a motorcyclist by Orland police earlier that evening. Orland Police Chief J.C. Tolle is paraphrased, saying he is “confident that Mr. vonBargen was the individual officers were chasing earlier.”

The Mirror was inundated with angry feed-

back following the article’s publication, with most of the rancor surfacing on—as Crews calls it—“antisocial media.” The paper has very little Web presence; it doesn’t maintain a website and, prior to Nov. 18, its Facebook page was a virtual ghost town. Since then, it has received dozens of comments and reviews from supporters and detractors, the latter of which include several people professing to be friends and family of vonBargen.

Among the most prolific critics is Kayla Wills, vonBargen’s sister. On Dec. 12, she posted that the paper “stat[ed] as fact that Bailey died after fleeing from police” and refutes that vonBargen was the biker involved in the earlier chase. She and others were also offended by the picture.

In a separate comment that day, Wills, who did not respond to messages

requesting an interview, wrote: “I want to give you the opportunity to make this right before I make the biggest boycott this small county has ever seen. ... All I am asking is for an apology for Bailey’s friends and family. A story that honors my brother’s short life and that the photographer be fired. You can still write stories and take pictures of death and crime without hurting your own small community. I will give you my parents’ information so you may apologize, I will give you information and photos of the ride in Bailey’s honor, and the scholarship donated to Orland High School in Bailey’s name. I will meet you in person, I will forgive you and stop the boycott, for God’s sake just apologize.”

Crews said other comments he interprets as physical threats are more concerning, and that they aren’t limited to the Internet. Larry Judkins, who wrote the article and took the photo, reported receiving a phone call from an irate reader on Nov. 20. The man complained about the paper’s reportage of a bar fight he’d been involved in last year and claimed to be a friend of vonBargen’s.

“He said he was fed up with the Valley Mirror and was going to ‘straighten this out once and for all,’” Judkins said during

Not justified, not criminal an interview at the paper’s office on Monday (Dec. 14). “I tried to get him to say exactly what he meant by that, so he said he’d come down to the office and show me. He didn’t come right out and say it, but it was fairly obvious he was intending violence.”

“We asked him when we could expect him,” Crews piped in. “He never showed up.”

The phone call and online threats have

been reported to police.

“In the past when we’ve ignored stuff like this, bad shit happened, and I’m not going to put up with it,” Crews said. He elaborated on the “bad shit,” saying he’s endured documented attempts on his life and damage to property in the form of cut brake lines on one vehicle, a bullet hole in another and a nearby arson fire he believes was an attempt to burn down his office.

Newspapers have long grappled with the question of whether to show pictures of the dead or not. Most papers tend to not show them out of respect for surviving family, with the exception of photos determined to be exceptionally newsworthy by a paper’s editorial board.

An editorial explaining the Valley Mirror’s stance was published Dec. 11, and Crews stands by the article.

“It’s a solid story,” he said. “I made the decision about which photo to use, and I would make the same decision today because I don’t think it’s our business to be hiding things from people. Our theory is, and I think it’s very much old-fashioned, that by showing the brutal truth you may very well prevent something like this from happening again.”

Crews said he has no qualms alleging the deceased man was the same motorcyclist who led police on a chase, noting it was highly unlikely two motorcyclists were speeding around the same rural area. He also noted that a 536-foot-long skid mark on the roadway indicates vonBargen was riding dangerously fast at the time of the accident.

He also said the paper has published postmortem photos on several occasions—including those from the April 2014 collision of a bus and a FedEx truck on Interstate 5 in Orland that killed 10 and injured 39 people—and will continue to do so when newsworthy.

“It’s consistent with our usual practice,” he said. “We deal with what is.

We deal with the truth.” □

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n SUV, no lights on, speeds down the Skyway out of the Canteena parking lot and hangs a wide left. As we follow, its lights turn on but its speed—50 to 60 mph— does not diminish. Up and down, that RAV4 follows the small hills of Paradise’s Pearson Road. Then, without warning, smash! It hits a median at Black Olive Road and flips onto the driver’s side. A hole in the windshield, covered in blood, indicates that yes, that dark shape in the road next to the SUV is a person, clearly critically injured.

The scene described above, shocking enough as it is, is only the beginning of a Paradise Police dashcam video released last week as part of the Butte County Officer Involved Shooting/Critical Incident Protocol Team’s report on Officer Patrick Feaster’s actions while responding to this incident. It’s his dashcam.

When the police car stops, we clearly see a man jump up through the passenger-side window and prop himself on top. The dashcam has no sound, so it’s unknown what, if anything, was said. Feaster comes into view and, as the man—now known to be Andrew Thomas—pulls himself up, Feaster unholsters his gun, raises it and pulls the trigger.

Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey and Paradise Police Chief Gabriela Tazzari-Dineen outline the facts of what happened on the night a Paradise officer shot Andrew Thomas, who had been in a vehicle crash with Darien Ehorn.

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Thomas immediately slumps back into the SUV, which is still running.

That weapon discharge is what prompted the protocol team to investigate the Nov. 25 incident. Feaster maintains he didn’t believe his gun went off, though he did tell investigators that, after the shot, he approached the vehicle and ordered Thomas out. Thomas allegedly replied, “I can’t, you shot me!” but the sarcastic tone of his voice led Feaster to believe he was lying, explained Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey, who delivered the team’s findings.

“We’re not calling this particular shooting justified,” Ramsey said. “It’s not justified, but it’s not criminal.”

He went on to explain that, had Thomas succumbed to his wound—he was shot in the neck and likely will be paraplegic—it would be a homicide case. Because he is still alive and the investigators found that Feaster, a five-year veteran of the Paradise force, did not “willfully” pull the trigger, there is no charge in the Penal Code applicable to this case. Currently, Feaster is on administrative leave pending an internal investigation. The results of that will be confidential, explained Paradise Police Chief Gabriela TazzariDineen.

“He has clearly been very affected by this incident,” she said of Feaster.

“Accidents are part of life,” Ramsey said.

“We have officers that are human. They

make mistakes. And they should be treated fairly under the law.”

The lack of criminal charges doesn’t seem fair, however, to many in the public, including a large group of people who gathered to protest last weekend and plan to do so again on Saturday (Dec. 19) at Paradise Community Park (search “Justice for Andrew Thomas” on Facebook for more info). Efforts to contact those leading the charge were unfruitful.

The video has gone viral and online comments have pointed to Feaster’s actions following the discharge as being peculiar at best. The footage shows that after his gun goes off, he immediately holsters it and approaches the vehicle, not appearing to even take notice of Ehorn, who is lying face-down but still alive on the pavement next to him. He has still not activated his body camera, which Ramsey said protocol requires to be turned on “as soon as practical.” Soon after, two other officers arrive on the scene. Feaster appears to give a rundown of events, but does not mention discharging his weapon or fearing that he has done so.

One officer looks in on Thomas; the other tends to Ehorn, Thomas’ estranged wife who died at the scene. All the while, Feaster paces the scene with his flashlight trained on the ground.

“He was looking for a shell casing,” Ramsey said. “In his statement, he said he was trying to confirm in his mind that he had shot his weapon.”

According to Ramsey, it wasn’t until medics arrived and were able to extract Thomas from the vehicle that they noticed the vast amount of blood—much more than at a typical accident scene. That’s when they realized Thomas had been shot. One of the other officers “was ready to go to the Canteena to see if he’d been shot there,” Ramsey said. “That’s when Feaster said, ‘I may have shot him.’”

In a “lay person’s” description of the investigation, Ramsey writes, “The lack of immediate notification greatly troubled all the team investigators, as it did me. The officer explained it as a result of his shock and confusion of the entire event— and the unreasonable hope and belief that maybe his gun really did not go off and injure the driver.”

Thomas is still at Enloe Medical Center. He is facing vehicular manslaughter charges as well as DUI charges (he blew a 0.15).

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too often they are byproducts of the party scene in student neighborhoods.

Then there are the parties themselves, which sometimes grow so big they’re out of control, creating chaotic events that “suck up 100 percent of police resources” on some weekends, as Mayor Mark Sorensen said during the regular City Council meeting Tuesday (Dec. 15).

As part of the city’s ongoing effort to better control the situation, the council made a significant change to the city’s noise ordinance and also tossed out its previous Disorderly Events Ordinance and replaced it with a new Unruly Gatherings Ordinance.

Both changes made at Tuesday’s meeting give police more authority to act when they see illegal behavior. They also establish more significant penalties meant to discourage such behavior in the first place.

The update to the noise ordinance means that henceforth police officers who encounter noise at “unreasonable levels” will be able to act immediately, without having to wait for a complaint to be made.

In addition, police will now be able to treat repeated noise violations (two in 30 days) as a misdemeanor, rather than a citation.

Property owners who don’t live in the house that is the source of the noise will only be issued cita-

tions, however.

Nearly 20 people addressed the council on the matter. Some, like former Mayor Dan Herbert, representing the Student Affairs Office at Chico State, said it would add a useful tool to police tool boxes.

Many speakers were concerned, however, that the ordinance placed too much subjective authority in police hands and could be used to stifle the artistic expression of local musicians and harm their livelihoods. “Where do we draw the line here?” asked William Capet. “Why not focus on the real [criminal] issues?”

Police Lt. Rob Merrifield said officers “wouldn’t be going around town with their windows rolled down listening for parties.”

The amendment passed 4-2, with Councilmembers Tami Ritter and Randall Stone opposed.

Councilwoman Reanette Fillmer was absent.

Live music was also a concern during

discussion of the Unruly Gatherings Ordinance.

The ordinance defines an unruly gathering as one with 20 or more people that has become “too disruptive or threatens the health and safety of those in attendance, responding officers or neighbors.”

Possible characteristics of such a gathering include “excessive noise, public drunkenness, serving alcohol to minors, fighting, urinating in public, hanging out on rooftops, vandalism and crowds overflowing

into yards, sidewalks or streets,” according to the staff report.

The problem with the existing Disorderly Events Ordinance, Merrifield told the council, is that it doesn’t hold anyone accountable. “We could go back the next night, and there would be another big party,” he said. “There was no deterrence.”

As with the noise-ordinance amendment, this ordinance gives greater subjective authority to police officers to decide when a gathering has become unruly. If they see any of the behaviors listed above, or get three or more complaints, they can intervene to disband the gathering and issue citations to or arrest offenders.

A second unruly gathering at the same location within 14 days would result in misdemeanor charges.

Nonresident property owners would be subject to citation if, after being notified of the problem, they failed to stop further misbehavior.

Some were concerned that a reference to “amplified music and DJs” as elements of unruliness could lead to police infringement on musicians’ artistic expression and livelihoods.

Once that provision had been deleted from the proposed ordinance, and another was added stating that it wasn’t the city’s intention to apply it to peaceful gatherings, the ordinance passed 4-2, again with Stone and Ritter dissenting.

During a break, Stone said he voted nay because he thought the ordinance gave police too much discretion. “It’s an overreach,” he said.

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SIFT ER State of politics A recent poll by NBC News and the Wall Street Journal took the pulse of America just before the end of 2015. Among the findings, the survey revealed that the No. 1 issue citizens hope the federal government If the Democratic primary were held today, for whom would you vote? will tackle is national security Hillary Clinton 56% Bernie Sanders 37% and terrorism. Following that If the Republican primary were held today, for whom would you vote? is job creation, then the defiDonald Trump 27% Ted Cruz 22% cit. Only 20 percent say the Marco Rubio 15% Ben Carson 11% country is headed in the right direction, compared with If the presidential election were held today between Clinton and Trump, for whom would you vote?

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issues at Chico State have finally boiled over.

LLastong-simmering week, the university’s

Academic Senate delivered a vote of no confidence in President Paul Zingg and a couple of his top executives.

Throughout the fall semester’s turbulent final weeks, Zingg has characterized the allegations against his leadership team as vague and lacking in evidence, and didn’t waver on that point during the senate’s regular meeting on Thursday (Dec. 10) in Colusa Hall.

“If, in fact, the Academic Senate is a jury and my colleagues and I are defendants, it’s not simply a case of courtesy; it is a case of due process that both the jury and defendants understand the meaning of the assertions and accusations,” Zingg said.

Zingg and company—specifically, his second-in-command, Interim Provost Susan Elrod; and Lorraine Hoffman, vice president for business and finance—weren’t literally on trial, but it often felt that way during the meeting. For nearly four hours, members of the panel and the general audience debated the ramifications of approving a resolution to deliver the vote of no confidence.

The resolution, introduced at the senate’s meeting on Dec. 3, was prompted by recent uncertainty

regarding the Academic Affairs budget (see “Confidence wavers,” Newslines, Dec. 10) but cites a host of longstanding grievances. It reads: “The failure of senior executives to make timely decisions and maintain working relationships has resulted in uncertainty and unpredictability; faculty, staff, and student stress; increased workload; deterioration of morale; loss of jobs; and very high turnover rates in administrative positions campus-wide.”

Not everyone agreed with that assessment. Members of Hoffman’s management team in the Division of Business and Finance praised her leadership and dedication to constructing new, state-of-the-art buildings on campus, and argued that a vote of no confidence would be detrimental to the university’s image and search for a new president.

From a fundraising perspective, it may also discourage benefactors from donating to the university, added Joe Wills, the university’s director of public affairs.

The vote nearly wasn’t taken.

Separate motions to postpone the discussion until next semester; remove Elrod and Hoffman from the document and target only Zingg; and table the resolution entirely were all defeated.

Ultimately, the resolution, which needed a two-thirds majority to pass, was approved by a 24-8 vote.

something unprecedented: Never before has a Chico State president—let alone three of the university’s top executives—received a vote of no confidence, longtime senate member Joe Crotts told the CN&R. But what does it mean? At the meeting on Dec. 10, Susan Roll, an associate professor in the school of social work, acknowledged a vote of no confidence is a mostly symbolic gesture, though it does have “some important ideological consequences.” For one, it communicates to the CSU Office of the Chancellor that transparency, shared decision-making and trust in administration have eroded on campus, Roll said.

“It sends a strong message to the next president that the conditions on our campus are in dire need of repair and restoration,” she said, “and that we want someone who is committed to work with us to make that happen—someone who sees this as an opportunity for change.”

In an email to the CN&R, Zingg, who’s set to retire at the end of the spring semester, insisted that he’s unconcerned with his legacy. Still, he’d like to better understand what his administration has done wrong.

“I am still waiting for someone to explain the desired outcomes of such a resolution,” he wrote.

“It has been characterized as ‘symbolic.’ Symbolic of what?”

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RALLY FOR THE PLANET

Chico 350 estimates upward of 1,000 people came down to City Plaza on Saturday, Dec. 12, during the High Noon for the Planet rally it organized in collaboration with the Butte Environmental Council.

The event featured speeches, live music, interactive games, booths with representatives from various eco-friendly companies and information on how people can reduce their carbon footprint and help mitigate global warming. To that end, attendees were asked to set their own goals—like going solar, reducing meat consumption and using alternative transportation.

The rally marked the conclusion of the 2015 U.N. climate talks in Paris, which refocused international efforts to battle climate change.

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“real man” in America are breaking down. Economic upheaval has shifted wage earning from men to their wives or partners. The rise of men as primary caregivers of their children is challenging our most fundamental assumptions about gender.

The gay rights and trans rights movements are creating expansive new definitions of masculinity. Millennials are leading a much broader acceptance of diversity.

This generation is witness to a collision between traditional masculinity and a new wave, one that values intimacy, caregiving and nurturing. But many of us have spent our lives under immense pressure to stifle emotional expression of any kind. And we’re learning there’s a cost: Men suffer higher rates of life-threatening disease,

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Can we cure the toxicity of male trauma and the illnesses it creates?

depression and death. Simply put, the suppression of emotional expression in men is damaging their health and well-being.

If you’ve grown up in the United States, then you’re familiar with the Man Box, the longstanding rules of how to walk, talk, and sound like a man in America: 1. Real men don’t express a wide range of emotions. They limit themselves to expressing anger or excitement.

2. Real men are breadwinners, not caregivers.

3. Real men are “alphas” and natural leaders.

4. Real men are authoritative and make all final decisions.

5. Real men are physically tough and sexually dominant.

These rules take hold early in our lives.

Boys 4 and 5 years old are told to shake it off, man up, don’t be a crybaby, and, worst of all, don’t be a girl. This is because the Man Box devalues any form of emotional expression traditionally deemed to be feminine. A devastating result of this antifeminine bias is that women, gays and trans

people face epidemic levels of bullying, rape, misogyny, homophobia and violence.

The Man Box robs our sons of a lifetime of opportunities to develop their emotional capacities. Instead, they grow into emotionally isolated men who wall themselves off from the social connectivity central to healing and creating community.

One in three men aged 45 or older reported himself to be lonely or socially isolated, according to a 2010 survey conducted by AARP. The consequences of that social isolation can be fatal. Between 1999 and 2010, suicide among men aged 35-64 rose by nearly 30 percent, as reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Although rates have been rising for both sexes, the study found that middle-aged men are three times likelier than women to end their own lives—27.3 deaths versus 8.1 (per 100,000).

But the risks of social isolation are not just

psychological; the absence of robust social relationships has a direct measurable impact on men’s physical health. A 2004 medical study based in Sweden showed that for

middle-aged men, having a strong social network and sense of belonging lowered their risk of heart attack and fatal coronary heart disease; inversely, low social support predicted a risk.

The study further confirms that the risk of mortality for poor relationships is comparable to risk factors like smoking and alcohol consumption, writes Niobe Way, author of Deep Secrets and professor of applied psychology at New York University. “This point underscores the fact that friendships are not simply a feel-good issue—they are a life-or-death issue.”

Add to this epidemic of emotional isolation the physical impact of unresolved trauma in men’s lives, and the combined effects are devastating. In The Body Keeps the Score, psychiatrist and PTSD researcher Bessel van der Kolk explores his decadeslong work treating victims of catastrophic trauma. In 1978, he joined the Boston Veterans Administration Clinic as a staff psychiatrist. There, working with veterans of the Vietnam War, van der Kolk began to see the patterns that mark our modern-day understanding of trauma.

He learned that the human body, when confronted with trauma, can etch horrific memories in the brain, literally reorganizing our perceptions and imagination. The most harmless sounds can trigger flashbacks. One veteran, upon hearing a baby crying, “found himself suddenly flooded with unbearable images of dying children in Vietnam.” He was stuck, in effect, in a terrible loop, revisiting the events over and over again.

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Attendees will learn how to maintain the vision they have, as well as possible means of improvement. The meeting is free. Call Shell Morley at 872-3344 for more information.

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One of the many physiological responses to trauma can be seen in a region of the brain called Broca’s Area, which freezes up during flashbacks. This region of the brain is where we construct language to define and interpret our experience of the world. Is it any wonder people find it deeply challenging to put their experiences of trauma into words? Our own physiology is telling us it’s better to remain silent, making trauma all the harder to share or process.

And what exactly qualifies as trauma? Is it only present after catastrophic events or can it also take hold in the smaller brutalities of daily life, on playgrounds or in locker rooms? How much unresolved trauma do men carry after decades of emotional suppression?

Trauma and the Man Box are mutually reinforcing. If, as men, we do not share our feelings, we will accrue decades of painful hidden stories, some of which will play over and over, triggering depression, fear, and unresolved anger toward ourselves and those we love.

Van der Kolk writes, “Everything about us—our brains, minds, and our bodies—is geared toward collaboration in social systems. This is our most powerful survival strategy, the key to our success as a species, and it is precisely this that breaks down in most forms of mental suffering.”

About this story:

This article was originally published online by Yes! Magazine.

If we are to empower our sons and improve men’s lives—and their health—we must tear down the walls of the Man Box, encouraging boys and men to express their full emotional range. The path forward begins in our homes. In small, ongoing daily conversations, we can encourage our sons to explore their internal emotional landscapes, sharing those profound discoveries of life. The result will be countless authentic human moments, strung out across decades, each one growing the rich tapestry of human connection and capacity.

The cost of failing to do so is incalculable. Without the robust social networks that emotional expression creates, men will continue to suffer social isolation and shorter, sicker lives.

Van der Kolk defines humans as powerfully resilient and resourceful creatures, able to move beyond the challenging events of our lives and heal. But to do so, men must collaborate, connect, and share our stories, no matter how difficult they may be to tell.

And everyone else? They need to listen. □

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Adding to the body of research suggesting that very moderate alcohol consumption may positively affect health, researchers at the University of Southern Denmark recently tied moderate drinking to a decreased risk of death for people with early Alzheimer’s disease. In a study published in the medical journal BMJ Open, the researchers analyzed data on 321 Danish people with mild forms of the cognitive disease, finding that, over a three-year period, having about two to three drinks per day—no matter the type of alcohol—reduced risk of death by 77 percent, compared with people who had one drink or fewer.

Noting that more research on potential causes is required, Frans Boch Waldorff, the paper’s senior author, speculated that the greater chance of longevity is explained by some drinkers having strong social connections or generally high quality of life, not by alcohol itself.

Source: Time Magazine

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‘Zero waste’ in jeopardy Less composting on Chico State campus means more trash in the landfill

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hico State prides itself on being one of

the greenest campuses in the nation.

Last year alone, it collected 412,000 pounds’ worth of compost—a mix between plant-based paper and food products such as plates, cups and food scraps—the Associated Students’ largest step toward zero waste on campus. But due to recent changes, the campus is moving backward in its sustainability efforts.

“We’ve been forced to reduce our composting, which means so much more waste is now going to the landfill and it’s not by our choice,” said Courtney Silver, assistant sustainability coordinator for the Associated Students.

So, here’s what happened: A.S. Recycling contracts with Recology for compost pickup.

It’s done so since 2010, when it expanded its composting program to include plates, cups and silverware. And until this past August, Recology picked up that compost, plates and all, and delivered it to Feather River Organics in Marysville. Then, in an effort to retain competitive rates, the refuse hauler switched partners and now works with North State Rendering in Oroville, said Recology General Manager Sal Coniglio. North State Rendering uses a wet digester, which cannot process these items.

That change is a loss to the campus in several ways, Silver said. First, it means more items will find their way to the landfill. Second, it took time to train Chico State students how to separate their trash from compostable items after finishing a meal on campus. Now they have to be retrained in order to avoid paper items

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going into food scrap bins.

“We’re trying to find alternative options,” Silver said. “Or figuring out if there’s another place to go, but there really isn’t. The closest place would be in the Bay Area, and the negative effects of shipping everything down there doesn’t exactly outweigh [the positive].”

One of the ways the sustainability program is combating the change is by placing interns near trash bins in the Marketplace during peak hours. These so-called “trash talkers” diligently watch students clean off their trays and let them know about the new process. Signs have been placed in these areas, but students continue to mix both, Silver said. The trash talkers hope to educate enough students about the change until a new solution is found.

For Silver, the biggest impact this change is represented by paper towels. All A.S.owned buildings—like the Bell Memorial Union and Wildcat Recreation Center—have their towels composted in order to reduce waste, she said. Now that paper cannot be placed in those bins, all those towels are being sent to the landfill and creating more waste. What’s more, the university reached its goal of zero waste—specified as 90 percent or higher diversion rate—in fall 2014, reaching 92 percent diversion. This could well set it back under 90 percent.

“We pride ourselves on our sustainable reputation and this takes us down a notch,” Silver said. “It’s embarrassing and painful.”

But Vic Trujillo, A.S. recycling coordinator, sees the change as an opportunity for improvement. Although there will be an impact regarding how much more waste the campus produces, Trujillo would like to find a way to lessen that impact by lowering waste in general. If paper towels are not being composted anymore, maybe it’s time to implement new ways of reducing the amount of towels being used in the first

Courtney Silver, assistant sustainability coordinator for the Associated Students, is saddened by a change in composting rules that was beyond her control.

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place, he said.

“It’s opened up that opportunity for us to explore every and all assets to potentially consume less,” he said. “This has opened up the rhetoric for the university and the A.S. to [collaboratively] figure out, ‘Are our programs truly sustainable and if so, how is that?’” □

ECO EVENT Not juSt foR dRiNkiNg Water is not just essential to human survival, it is central to humanity’s spiritual beliefs, from the Christian tradition of baptism to the belief that being born under a water sign can affect one’s personality and fate.

Water’s physical and metaphysical importance will be discussed at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, dec. 19, at the Yoga Center of Chico. through god’s Eyes—one Water Story, Every Water Story, will feature presentations by environmental experts from AquAllliance and Butte Environmental Council as well as art, poetry, conversations and stories about water and a musical performance by Sarah Nutting of MaMuse.

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Shop Inside the “Jewelry Box” today for One of a Kind Gifts

by Local Artisans

Rodeo snowboard bindings by Ride Rodeo snowboard bindings by Ride are the perfect gift for the freestyle snowboarder in your life. All components of the Rodeo bindings give ultimate flexibility, enjoyment, and comfort. Equipped with the Infinity Chassis System, Rodeo bindings are lightweight and flexible and can be fine tuned for the perfect fit. The Wedgie foot beds are also ultralight and align the ankles and knees in a natural, comfortable position. The Freestyle Asym Ankle Straps are pre-curved with multi-density padding, allowing for even pressure distribution giving total control and comfort.

• Gold jewelry celebrating natural texture.

• Silver adorned with Gems.

• Pearls for every Season.

• Art Glass to decorate your holiday home.

• S elect a perfect handcrafted gift for each special person on your list.

AicoraGems“Jewelry Box” Gallery 1334 Mangrove Ave. • Chico (530) 809-1034 • www.chicojewelrybox.com Open Tues-Sat 11am to 6pm

Hughes Ski Hut 13600 Hwy. 99, Chico (530) 891-4032 www.HughesSkiHut.com

Holiday Gifts & Decor to Treasure!

Christian & Johnson Floral and Gifts is celebrating over a century of gorgeous Holidays! Stop by and browse through their winter wonderland of unique gifts, lovely seasonal décor, fresh flowers and plants. Don’t forget the complimentary gift wrapping. Friendly and experienced designers will be happy to help make your gift-giving beautiful, and your Season memorable! Since 1907, C&J has been making the Holidays bright in Chico!

CHRISTIAN & JOHNSON 250 Vallombrosa • Chico (530) 891-1881 www.christianandjohnson.com

Tons of New Items in Stock This Year Chico’s downtown Chinatown has tons of great gift ideas for friends, family and loved ones. Why not give your teacher, mom, dad and best friend a fun and decorative coffee mug this year? House of Rice has over a 100 different designs to choose from! Visit House of Rice today for a great selection of unique gifts at affordable prices.

Give the gift everyone will Love...

A gift certificate from Tres Hombres.

Choose any denomination, get a gift card, and your holiday shopping for friends & co-workers is complete. Try the “The BEST Margaritas in Chico” as voted by CN&R readers. Or skip the filler and try a shot of over 125 premium tequilas. Fiesta Hour Appetizers & Cocktails Daily 4-6. $4.00 La Casa Margs & $4.00 Draft Beer. Next time you’re making plans to gather just say...“Meet me at Tres.”

TRES HOMBRES 100 Broadway • Chico (530) 342–0425 • www.TresHombresChico.com

House of Rice Oriental Imports & Gifts 338 Broadway Downtown Chico (530) 893–1794

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GIVE THE GIFT OF GOLF! California Sunshine in a Bottle Share the rich, golden elegance of the AWARD WINNING Butte View olive oils. Pure, light and delicate – experience the wonderful aromas and distinctive accents that make each hand crafted oil truly unique and excellent.

250ml/500ml.

Available in Chico at Maisie Jane’s, Made in Chico, S&S Produce, in Oroville at Collins & Denny Market & Wagon Wheel Market and in Paradise at Noble Orchard.

This Christmas, give the ones you love a gift certificate to Bidwell Park Golf course. Located in picturesque Upper Bidwell Park, Bidwell Park Golf Course offers 18 holes of beautiful scenery, well maintained greens, and a friendly and helpful staff. A gift certificate to Bidwell Park Golf Course can be used to book tee times and can also be used in the pro shop and in the Bidwell Bar and Grill.

Bidwell Park Golf Course 3199 Golf Course Rd. Chico (530) 891-8417 www.GolfBidwellPark.com

Butte View Olive Company 2950 Louis Ave. • Oroville 530.534.8320 • www.ButteView.com

Enjoy a True Chico Tradition Shubert’s Homemade Ice Cream & Candy has been a Chico tradition for over 75 years! Homemade Boxed Chocolates, Peanut Brittle, English Toffee and Divinity are just a few treats our families have come to look forward to during the holidays. Pre-order Snowballs now! The perfect holiday dessert!

Don’t forget your Shubert’s Mints this season! No holiday celebration would be complete without them!

Give the perfect gift from 2015 Best Of Chico’s Day Spa. Sweetwater Gift Cards - Beautifully Boxed and Wrapped. Or Sweetwater’s Customer Favorite: The Holiday Face & Body Package for only $109! Includes Signature spa facial and Relaxation massage.

Purchase now through December 31.

sweetwater day spa 1031 Village Lane Chico (530) 894–7722 www.SweetwaterChico.com

Shubert’s Ice Cream & Candy 178 East 7th Street • Chico (530) 342-7163 www.shuberts.com

Crafty, aren’t we Give the gift of style!

The Dressing Room women’s clothing boutique specializing in casual wear, special occasion, and professional attire for the modern woman. Celebrate the season in this stunning dress from Joseph Ribkoff, just the right amount of sparkle to let you truly shine!

From clothing & accessories to gift certificates we are here to help you find that perfect gift of style!

The Dressing Room 530 Broadway – Chico (530) 566-9394 Mon- Sat 10a-6p

At Ray’s liquor you’ll find the finest craft brews in the US. What’s better is they’re bringing in more every week. Ray’s wants to be your first choice when selecting new craft beers to try.

Whether you’re buying as a gift or just filling your beer fridge stop by Ray’s and check out the selection. It’s quite impressive!

Ray’s Liquor has made some noticeable changes in the past few months. It’s cleaner. It’s Easier to find what you’re looking for. They Brought in Top Shelf Liquors. Their wine and craft beer selection is growing and features well known brands...and they’ve only started to make it better. Probably the most important change is how your treated when you walk in the door...as a friend, greeted with a smile and a kind word. Ray’s is the place, come in and find out why.

Ray’s Liquor • 207 Walnut St. Chico • (530) 343-3249 Instagram: chicorays • Facebook: ray’s liquor chico

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Trying to find that “wow” gift?

We at Gaumer’s can help you. From classic to unique, we have an extensive inventory of gold and silver jewelry. Or let our jewelers create a timepiece specifically for you, using your gems or ours.

We also have a fabulous selection of fossils, minerals, and polished stones. Come see what you can find. Gaumer’s Jewelry has been happily serving our community for 48 years.

Gaumer’s Jewelry 78 Belle Mill Road • Red Bluff, CA 96080 530-527-6166 • Follow Us on Facebook

Get the perfect gift for every food lover on your list California Olive Ranch makes certified extra virgin olive oils, 100% grown and crafted in California.

While olives have grown in California for hundreds of years, 1we’ve pioneered ways of cultivating olives in order to make our extra virgin olive oil premium and affordable. We believe that taking care of the Earth’s resources is the right thing to do – and leads to better olive oil.

California Olive Ranch Shop.CaliforniaOliveRanch.com Local retailer CaliforniaOliveRanch.com/Store-Locator/

The Naked Lounge Bringing in 2016 by offering some sweet deals as we celebrate 15 years of serving our community. We’ve got locally roasted coffee, organic tea, mugs, hats and t-shirts!

5 OFFERINGS for $10 each!

Happy Holidays and THANK YOU for keeping one of Chico’s favorite local traditions alive!

The Naked Lounge 118 W. 2nd Street · Downtown Chico Open 6:30AM-8PM

Bringing you local products from local businesses.

At Red Mountain Green Cycle you will find more than electric bicycles. You’ll find locally crafted goods from Klean Kanteen, Incrediwear, and Chico Bag. These items make perfect stocking stuffers. You’ll also find a complete line of bicycle accessories. Visit the RMGC website and shop local for the holidays.

Red Mountain Green Cycle LLC 455 E. 20th St. Suite #30 (20th & Mulberry) Chico (530) 899-7270 RedMountainGreenCycle.com

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Fresh. Delicious. Affordable.

This Christmas, give the gift of La Comida. Starting December 3rd through December 24th, get a FREE $5 gift card with any $25 gift card purchase! Since 1968, La Comida has been serving fresh, fast and affordable Mexican food in an always family friendly environment.

All menu items are made from scratch. At La Comida you will always find the perfect meal to fit any appetite and budget!

La Comida 954 Mangrove Ave. Chico (530) 345-2254 6155 Skyway. Paradise (530) 577-5246 LaComidaRestaurants.com

Hot Holiday Accessories Anika Burke Eclectic Boutique enjoys providing Chico with the essence of California’s casual lifestyle. This ever–popular shop is chock-full of modern and classy women’s & men’s clothing and accessories. Dress with ease and rock every piece you wear! This week’s special offer: Fleece–lined leggings, four for $20 or $7.50 each. Available in 11 colors.

Anika Burke Eclectic Boutique 211 Main St • Chico (530) 918–8850 www.AnikaBurke.com

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Brew Your Own Right At Home The Chico Home Brew Shop is the place to go for all of your brewing and winemaking needs. We carry beer and wine makers equipment, ingredients, books, soda extract, cheese making ingredients, bottles, caps, corks, spouts, growlers, cider kits and much more. We are happy to answer any questions you may have too! Come by today! Open Tuesday-Saturday 10am-5pm. Friday until 6pm.

The Chico Home Brew Shop 1570 Nord Ave, Chico 530.342.3768 HomeBruShop@yahoo.com

What’s the BUZZ all about?

Beautiful gifts from Needham Stained Glass Studio of course. This awesome “BEE” stained glass is just $125. You’ll find many other stunning pieces in stock and ready to wrap. Needham also has in stock stained glass logos of the Giants, Dodgers, Warriors, A’s and Grateful Dead. They can replicate almost any logo in beautiful stained glass...and you’ll be surprised at how inexpensive they can be. Stop in today and place your order, or choose from the many pieces of art they have on display.

For over 45 years Mick Needham has been producing award winning stained glass art including the work at Sierra Nevada Brewery and Burgers & Brews. Needham Studio does not do “production” stained glass work, they do “made to match” pieces that highlight the nuances of its intended space.

Needham stained glass Studios 237 Broadway- Downtown Chico (530) 345-4718 www.NeedhamStudios.com

Dive in to these great gift ideas!

Looking for ideas and inspiration for Holiday gifts? Scuba Hut has a wide range of equipment, accessories, oceanic themed jewelry, and much more for the outdoors and water sports community. Take advantage of our gift card special - receive 10% back on any gift card purchase over $25. Stop by our boutique style showroom for those last minute stocking stuffers.

Scuba Hut Open Mon, Tue, Th, Fri 12-6 and Sat 12-5 2540 Esplanade #14 (next to Hula’s) (530) 636-2644 • www.scubahut.org

ONLY A ROD, LINE & FLY That’s Tenkara. A fly-fishing method from Japan that has created a revolution for anyone in search of angling simplicity. Tenkara USA rods and accessories available exclusively at Mountain Sports.

Mountain Sports 176 E. 3rd Street Downtown Chico (530) 345–5011 • Open Daily www.ChicoMountainSports.com

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Jewelry is always a good gift Chico Antique Center is bursting with experienced jewelry with a lot of stories to tell. Just put it on.

They made some beautiful, lasting jewelry 30-40 years ago. Not like today’s costume jewelry, made in China. Wear it once and it falls apart. Not nearly long enough to become experienced.

Chico Antique Center is where you will find treasures from bygone era’s. Recycle, Reuse, and Repurpose...it’s good for our economy and the environment!

Before you pay for imported junk at a big box store, stop by Chico Antique Center to step back to a time when things were designed and built to last a lifetime.

Chico Antique Center 1900 Park Ave. Chico (530) 893-5536

Flavorful Holiday gifts Want to share 5th Street Steakhouse with a friend or family member? Gift cards make it simple.

Great for the holidays, birthdays, anniversaries and company parties. 5th Street Steakhouse food tastes great on any occasion!

5th Street Steakhouse 345 West 5th St. (530) 891-6328 5thStreetSteakhouse.com

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Keep your receipt...

Because these socks are guaranteed for life! Made in the US from Merino wool, arguably the best wool in the world. Ask for Darn Tough socks.

That’s what they are, Darn Tough.

For all your last minute shopping you can’t go wrong at Chico Sports LTD. You’ll find many gifts under $20.

You’ll find stocking stuffers, clothing, bikes, yoga, shoes, and much more.

If you can’t decide what to get, a gift certificate is always appreciated. Everyone loves gifts from Sports LTD. Sports LTD where you’ll find “Only the Good Stuff!”

Chico Sports LTD 698 Mangrove Ave. • Chico • Safeway Shopping Center • (530) 894.1110

Chico’s Own Locally Grown Wines The Perfect Holiday Gift Bertagna Son Kissed Vineyards grows only the highest-quality, organic grapes. Meticulous farming in the field and high attention to detail in the winery produces a higher quality product. Find our wines at Chico Natural Foods, S&S Produce, Chico Costco, Raley’s, Safeway, BevMo, Maisie Jane’s, The Olive Pit, Wagon Wheel Market, Tops Market and SaveMart to list a few. Please see our website for a complete listing. Taste Bertagna wines at the NEW Almendra Winery & Distillery opening soon in Durham.

Ask for a bottle at your favorite restaurant!

Bertagna son kissed vineyards 3363 Hegan Lane • Chico (530) 343-8014 www.BertagnaWine.com

UGGS – Popular Gift for Everyone!

XMAS SPECIAL Come check out our new storefront! Pick up an Upper Park hoody and a beanie for just $50! More great gift ideas and stocking stuffers in store. Mention this ad for our Xmas Special.

UPPER PARK CLOTHING 808 Cherry St. Suite 120 530-774-2492 • www.UpperParkClothing.com info@upperparkclothing.com

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Chicoans love Chico. Get more for your holiday dollars when you save up to 90% on gift certificates to local businesses. Or show your appreciation for local Chico events with limited edition T-shirts.

Buy online anytime with a credit card or in person with cash, check or credit card Monday through Friday 9am – 5pm.

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Diamond W…a lot more than Western Wear At Diamond W, you’ll find the largest selection of genuine UGGS for Ladies, Men, and Kids! We offer full line of genuine UGGS, as well as the care-products, and can even special order your favorite pair, just in time for Christmas! Diamond W also offers Northern California’s largest selection of BOOTS for the entire family. Our friendly and knowledgeable staff will take the time to size you correctly and assure your 100% satisfaction. Visit us today and experience Full Service with the “Lowest Prices Guaranteed”. Locally Owned for 37 Years.

Pat’s Shoe & Boot Repair E181 E 2nd Street • Downtown Chico • Open Every Day • (530) 891-1650

Gift Cards Available Great food, great atmosphere! New, Tasty Entrees! Appetizers & Salads, Focaccia Sandwiches and Pizza, Lunch & Dinner Entrees, Desserts, Beer/Wine, Offering a full range of on-site and off-site catering OPEN Monday - Thursday 11:00 am - 8:30 pm Friday - Saturday 11:00 am - 9:00 pm Sunday 11:00 am - 5:00 pm Call For Pick-Up

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Sweet smiles Christy Haskell has more on her plate than a few cookies. Since she started her at-home baking business, The Sugar’d Gnome, she’s been a full-time homemaker and part-time baker. Haskell, also a prenursing student, came up with the idea of starting her own baking business as a way to contribute to her family financially. Once her husband and three children were on board, Haskell hired a local marketing firm to create her website and help increase sales and visibility. At the beginning of October, Haskell began baking for profit and has seen her business grow in that short time. She offers pick-ups and deliveries, and custom orders are welcomed. Haskell recently took the time to sit down with the CN&R to discuss how her Scandinavian heritage and ageold recipes make her sweets the sweetest. You can find The Sugar’d Gnome on Facebook, Instagram or at thesugaredgnome.com.

What is a sugared gnome?

It’s like the garden gnome. They originate from northern Europe and they are usually the guardians of the home. He lives in either the barn or the homestead and protects the people who live there. When I started thinking about names, I wanted something to do with baking and my ancestors in Scandinavia. So I came up with “gnome,” and I say that the garden gnome protects the people, and the sugared gnome protects the sweet tooth.

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Where do you get your recipes?

Most of them are passed down in my family, from my grandmother back in the early 1900s. My mother’s side of the family was full of great bakers. All my life, I have been baking. Now, even though I’ve got the tried-and-true recipes, I can still be extremely creative and add my own touch to everything. I hope that my recipes help me stand out amongst the other talented bakers here.

What gave you the idea for starting your business?

A friend of mine had asked me to make their wedding cake a few years ago. That was the first big thing that I did. Soon, friends came to me asking for different things, and I started realizing that I could

do this! Now, I’m getting orders all the time, and I’ve recently gotten the opportunity to bake for the Wings of Eagles fundraiser. I’m making jars full of dry ingredients for cookies and all you have to add is butter and egg. It’s very fun and exciting, and I love it!

Have you always been this excited about baking?

Oh, yes. Ever since I was a kid, I bake when I’m happy, I bake as a stress reliever, I bake whenever I can! Whenever I get to bake now, I love how happy it makes the customers when they receive their goodies. It makes me feel great to be doing what I’m doing, and that is the best.

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The past few years, I’ve scheduled an out-of-town trip to try to get the majority of my holiday shopping list checked off and then shopped in town to fill in the gaps. Last year, as I was loading up my car 120 miles from home, I just felt crummy about it. I was exhausted from the parking nightmares and had a pile of presents with no deeper meaning or thought. I felt downright Grinchy! So, this year I’ve committed to shopping locally in hopes of better supporting Chico and restoring my Christmas cheer.

My husband and I headed downtown a few weekends ago and my favorite find by far was Zucchini and Vine’s Christmas Olive Oil. The festive bottle is a deep forest green with a red wax top, wrapped in red-and-white baker’s twine. The oil is pressed here in Northern California, the label is by Chico’s own Wild Ink Press and it’s priced at an affordable $20. The best part is that $5 of every bottle purchased is donated to The Jesus Center.

We carried three bottles up to the counter and I got that first little glimmer of Christmas joy thinking about the personal stories I will get to share with each recipient about that one small bottle of olive oil.

I’ll tell my in-laws about the local olive oil orchards that I’ve had the chance to visit and my time spent watching olive harvest a few seasons back.

I’ll tell my husband’s grandmother, whose late husband spent a career as a newspaper press operator, about Wild Ink Press and a recent evening spent with owners Matt and Rebekah Tennis hearing the whirring of an old Heidelberg press—the same type of press that her husband worked on.

I’ll talk about the Jesus Center Community Farm and my time spent in the middle of a garden with Donnie Barrow, a man my own age who had long struggled with homelessness, but at long last found his passion growing lettuce for others.

I’ll share that Carl Lindahl beautifully gift-wrapped the olive oil as his wife and store owner, Nancy Lindahl, offered us some bread and olive oil as their little dog, Georgie, sat at our feet.

And I’ll have the chance to say that the bottle of olive oil is an incarnation of everything I love about Chico and that by shopping locally, I found the one gift I was looking for: joy in this season and in the people and businesses that make this such a special place throughout the year.

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olma Roy Youpee was born April 20, 1956, on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in northeastern Montana, homeland of the Assiniboine and Sioux tribes.

But on the streets of Chico, where Youpee spent the last several years of his life, the squat, dark-skinned man who sometimes liked to dress in women’s clothing preferred the name Lily. He also regularly used another handle, which he’d sometimes repeat hundreds of times daily while panhandling downtown.

“Hi, I’m Dakota from Montana,” ran his signature greeting, always delivered with a deep-set grin and preceding a request for money to get a cup of coffee, a bite to eat, or a few beers. His friend Jeffrey Gerlach was usually just yards away, and the duo exuded a combined charisma so disarming that many passersby couldn’t help but smile as they were relieved of their pocket change.

The pair went their separate ways the chilly morning of Wednesday, Nov. 4, with plans to meet up that afternoon where they’d been camping, at the back of the parking lot on the northwest corner of Eighth and Main streets. When Gerlach returned to see two policemen standing over Youpee as he lay bundled in his sleeping bag, he assumed they were hassling his friend and kept walking, returning about an hour later.

How Butte County handles the passing of its poorest residents, in light of three homeless people recently found dead on Chico’s streets

“I was walking by Chico Natural and a few of the people that work there came out and said they saw the coroner, and asked if it was Dakota,” Gerlach recalled during a recent interview. “I thought he’d just got up and left somewhere for a while.

“Well, apparently, he did,” Gerlach continued, his tone dropping. “He got up and went to the spirit world.”

Youpee, 59, was one of three homeless people to die on the streets of Chico during the first several days of November. On Nov. 2, Edward Louis Doran, 42, was found dead at Depot Park. On Nov. 10, a security guard discovered the body of Sharon Ann Gray, 59, near Evans Furniture and Highway 99.

The deaths coincided with a cold snap that began Nov. 1, with temperatures dropping from daytime highs near 90 to nighttime lows in the 30s in just a few days.

The deaths went mostly unnoticed by all but members of the local homeless population and their advocates, and came at a time when the majority of those parties also felt a figurative chill in the local climate. In September, the Chico City Council passed the Offenses Against Waterways and Public Property initiative by a 6-to-1 vote, which critics say is designed to make life harder for the homeless.

America’s struggle with homelessness and its root cause, poverty, is a complex one, involving social, economic, political, even religious, concerns. The deaths of three people in eight days on the streets of Chico prompts many questions.

Who were these poor souls? If a society is measured by how it treats its weakest members, what do the deaths say about our own community? Who ensures the indigent, or very poor, who pass away in Butte County—homeless and otherwise—receive the dignity in death they were often deprived of in life?

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Jeffrey Gerlach and Colma Youpee met in Chico. This picture was taken less than two months before Youpee, who went by the nicknames Dakota and Lily, was found dead on Main Street on Nov. 4.

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collected in scattered newspaper articles and public records: a 2007 obituary for his nephew, Geoffrey Red Eagle of Poplar, Mont., suggests he was known by another nickname on the reservation—PeeWee; he married in 1978 in Washington, was arrested at least twice in Sonora, in Mariposa County, for writing bad checks and public intoxication. Butte County

“He liked to drink, and I like to drink, and together we’d usually make enough to survive every day, get something to eat and maybe a few beers.”

—Jeffrey Gerlach

Superior Court records list more than 20 separate citations dating back to 2011, including several for public intoxication, illegal camping, one for violating Chico’s sit/ lie ordinance, and one for being at City Plaza when it was “closed.”

Youpee also logged many failures to appear in court and failures to pay fines, with several resulting in arrest warrants.

Gerlach painted a clearer picture of the man he said “was a very kind, generous and helpful person” and “the best road dog I ever had.”

He recalled meeting Youpee the first night he himself arrived in Chico, about four years ago.

“I was sitting on a bridge over the creek, and he comes up with his cousin,” he recalled. “They had some drinks with ’em, and I already had mine, so we started talking and we became friends.

We’ve been palling around ever since, y’know, just living the street life.

“He liked to drink, and I like to drink, and together we’d usually make enough to survive every day, get something to eat and maybe a few beers,” Gerlach continued, noting Youpee might spring for a bottle of his favorite liquor, vodka, on particularly bounteous days.

“It’s a simple type of living, but not really that simple ’cause there’s a lot you have to deal with.”

When asked if Youpee’s crossdressing was an issue for him, Gerlach replied, “Nah ... nobody else gave him a hard time about it.

Everybody that knew him loved him. They’d all just say, ‘Ah, Lily, yeah he’s cool … he’d give you the shirt right off his back.’”

Gerlach said Youpee had family

in the area, and every so often he’d clean himself up to go visit them for a few days. He said Youpee also claimed to have eight daughters from eight separate wives, including one daughter who’d died in a car accident. “I think that’s when he just ran away,” Gerlach said. “It was too much; he told his family to keep all the money and he’d go to the street. He couldn’t stay cooped up.”

Earlier this year, Youpee and Gerlach hatched a plan to head to Santa Cruz, where Youpee said he knew some counselors and social workers who he believed could help them get sober and off the streets. Gerlach said he could see his friend’s health declining as the whites in his eyes yellowed during his last few months.

“A lot of other people noticed it, too, and kept telling him to get to the hospital,” Gerlach said. “He

said, ‘I did; they won’t do nothing for me.’ So maybe [the doctors] already knew there’s only so much you can do past a certain point.”

According to the Butte County Coroner’s Office, Youpee’s official cause of death was “acute subdural hematoma due to complications of cirrhosis.” On the night of the day he passed, Gerlach said he found some of his and Youpee’s mutual friends, had some drinks, and they all toasted their fallen comrade.

“Hopefully he’s in a better place. A lot of people miss him.”

A glimpse into the life of Doran,

the man whose body was found in Depot Park, can be found in an article in the Chico Enterprise-Record from Oct. 24, 2013. Reporter Almendra Carpizo accompanied a park ranger and a pair of state park officers as they cleared Little Chico Creek of illegal campers, and described the officers’ encounter with Doran and his dog, Biscuit, who they found camped beneath the railroad tracks.

Doran told the officers he’d left his job and home in Oregon to live with a local woman, but had been sleeping in the creek since she’d thrown him out a month earlier. He said he’d stayed in Chico because he had a court date for shoplifting, and began to tear up as the officers spoke to him about the missed

court date and his illegal camp.

When told he wouldn’t be arrested but needed to leave the area, he said he’d comply, but didn’t know where he’d go. When Doran’s body was found two years later, it was just a quarter-mile from where he’d spoken those words.

In addition to the petty theft charge alluded to in the E-R article, Doran had multiple illegal camping charges, and a citation for possession of a controlled substance. His official cause of death was acute methamphetamine poisoning.

Little information is available about Gray, the woman found near Highway 99, other than that her last address was in Yuba City. Her lack of identification and local law enforcement contact made it more difficult for death investigators to figure out who she was. Her official cause of death is still pending autopsy results.

In Butte County, the sheriff’s and

coroner’s offices are a combined entity, both overseen by the elected sheriff-coroner, Kory Honea. But most of the day-to-day operations of the latter department are supervised by Lt. Dennis Cooley, chief deputy coroner and a 25-year law enforcement veteran.

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Chief Deputy Coroner Lt. Dennis Cooley said the deaths of three homeless people in a span of eight days last month is out of the ordinary.

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olma Roy Youpee was born April 20, 1956, on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in northeastern Montana, homeland of the Assiniboine and Sioux tribes.

But on the streets of Chico, where Youpee spent the last several years of his life, the squat, dark-skinned man who sometimes liked to dress in women’s clothing preferred the name Lily. He also regularly used another handle, which he’d sometimes repeat hundreds of times daily while panhandling downtown.

“Hi, I’m Dakota from Montana,” ran his signature greeting, always delivered with a deep-set grin and preceding a request for money to get a cup of coffee, a bite to eat, or a few beers. His friend Jeffrey Gerlach was usually just yards away, and the duo exuded a combined charisma so disarming that many passersby couldn’t help but smile as they were relieved of their pocket change.

The pair went their separate ways the chilly morning of Wednesday, Nov. 4, with plans to meet up that afternoon where they’d been camping, at the back of the parking lot on the northwest corner of Eighth and Main streets. When Gerlach returned to see two policemen standing over Youpee as he lay bundled in his sleeping bag, he assumed they were hassling his friend and kept walking, returning about an hour later.

How Butte County handles the passing of its poorest residents, in light of three homeless people recently found dead on Chico’s streets

“I was walking by Chico Natural and a few of the people that work there came out and said they saw the coroner, and asked if it was Dakota,” Gerlach recalled during a recent interview. “I thought he’d just got up and left somewhere for a while.

“Well, apparently, he did,” Gerlach continued, his tone dropping. “He got up and went to the spirit world.”

Youpee, 59, was one of three homeless people to die on the streets of Chico during the first several days of November. On Nov. 2, Edward Louis Doran, 42, was found dead at Depot Park. On Nov. 10, a security guard discovered the body of Sharon Ann Gray, 59, near Evans Furniture and Highway 99.

The deaths coincided with a cold snap that began Nov. 1, with temperatures dropping from daytime highs near 90 to nighttime lows in the 30s in just a few days.

The deaths went mostly unnoticed by all but members of the local homeless population and their advocates, and came at a time when the majority of those parties also felt a figurative chill in the local climate. In September, the Chico City Council passed the Offenses Against Waterways and Public Property initiative by a 6-to-1 vote, which critics say is designed to make life harder for the homeless.

America’s struggle with homelessness and its root cause, poverty, is a complex one, involving social, economic, political, even religious, concerns. The deaths of three people in eight days on the streets of Chico prompts many questions.

Who were these poor souls? If a society is measured by how it treats its weakest members, what do the deaths say about our own community? Who ensures the indigent, or very poor, who pass away in Butte County—homeless and otherwise—receive the dignity in death they were often deprived of in life?

Small details of Youpee’s life are

Jeffrey Gerlach and Colma Youpee met in Chico. This picture was taken less than two months before Youpee, who went by the nicknames Dakota and Lily, was found dead on Main Street on Nov. 4.

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collected in scattered newspaper articles and public records: a 2007 obituary for his nephew, Geoffrey Red Eagle of Poplar, Mont., suggests he was known by another nickname on the reservation—PeeWee; he married in 1978 in Washington, was arrested at least twice in Sonora, in Mariposa County, for writing bad checks and public intoxication. Butte County

“He liked to drink, and I like to drink, and together we’d usually make enough to survive every day, get something to eat and maybe a few beers.”

—Jeffrey Gerlach

Superior Court records list more than 20 separate citations dating back to 2011, including several for public intoxication, illegal camping, one for violating Chico’s sit/ lie ordinance, and one for being at City Plaza when it was “closed.”

Youpee also logged many failures to appear in court and failures to pay fines, with several resulting in arrest warrants.

Gerlach painted a clearer picture of the man he said “was a very kind, generous and helpful person” and “the best road dog I ever had.”

He recalled meeting Youpee the first night he himself arrived in Chico, about four years ago.

“I was sitting on a bridge over the creek, and he comes up with his cousin,” he recalled. “They had some drinks with ’em, and I already had mine, so we started talking and we became friends.

We’ve been palling around ever since, y’know, just living the street life.

“He liked to drink, and I like to drink, and together we’d usually make enough to survive every day, get something to eat and maybe a few beers,” Gerlach continued, noting Youpee might spring for a bottle of his favorite liquor, vodka, on particularly bounteous days.

“It’s a simple type of living, but not really that simple ’cause there’s a lot you have to deal with.”

When asked if Youpee’s crossdressing was an issue for him, Gerlach replied, “Nah ... nobody else gave him a hard time about it.

Everybody that knew him loved him. They’d all just say, ‘Ah, Lily, yeah he’s cool … he’d give you the shirt right off his back.’”

Gerlach said Youpee had family

in the area, and every so often he’d clean himself up to go visit them for a few days. He said Youpee also claimed to have eight daughters from eight separate wives, including one daughter who’d died in a car accident. “I think that’s when he just ran away,” Gerlach said. “It was too much; he told his family to keep all the money and he’d go to the street. He couldn’t stay cooped up.”

Earlier this year, Youpee and Gerlach hatched a plan to head to Santa Cruz, where Youpee said he knew some counselors and social workers who he believed could help them get sober and off the streets. Gerlach said he could see his friend’s health declining as the whites in his eyes yellowed during his last few months.

“A lot of other people noticed it, too, and kept telling him to get to the hospital,” Gerlach said. “He

said, ‘I did; they won’t do nothing for me.’ So maybe [the doctors] already knew there’s only so much you can do past a certain point.”

According to the Butte County Coroner’s Office, Youpee’s official cause of death was “acute subdural hematoma due to complications of cirrhosis.” On the night of the day he passed, Gerlach said he found some of his and Youpee’s mutual friends, had some drinks, and they all toasted their fallen comrade.

“Hopefully he’s in a better place. A lot of people miss him.”

A glimpse into the life of Doran,

the man whose body was found in Depot Park, can be found in an article in the Chico Enterprise-Record from Oct. 24, 2013. Reporter Almendra Carpizo accompanied a park ranger and a pair of state park officers as they cleared Little Chico Creek of illegal campers, and described the officers’ encounter with Doran and his dog, Biscuit, who they found camped beneath the railroad tracks.

Doran told the officers he’d left his job and home in Oregon to live with a local woman, but had been sleeping in the creek since she’d thrown him out a month earlier. He said he’d stayed in Chico because he had a court date for shoplifting, and began to tear up as the officers spoke to him about the missed

court date and his illegal camp.

When told he wouldn’t be arrested but needed to leave the area, he said he’d comply, but didn’t know where he’d go. When Doran’s body was found two years later, it was just a quarter-mile from where he’d spoken those words.

In addition to the petty theft charge alluded to in the E-R article, Doran had multiple illegal camping charges, and a citation for possession of a controlled substance. His official cause of death was acute methamphetamine poisoning.

Little information is available about Gray, the woman found near Highway 99, other than that her last address was in Yuba City. Her lack of identification and local law enforcement contact made it more difficult for death investigators to figure out who she was. Her official cause of death is still pending autopsy results.

In Butte County, the sheriff’s and

coroner’s offices are a combined entity, both overseen by the elected sheriff-coroner, Kory Honea. But most of the day-to-day operations of the latter department are supervised by Lt. Dennis Cooley, chief deputy coroner and a 25-year law enforcement veteran.

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Chief Deputy Coroner Lt. Dennis Cooley said the deaths of three homeless people in a span of eight days last month is out of the ordinary.

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two hats, and oversees investigations as a sheriff’s lieutenant. He explained that all officers in the department are both deputy sheriffs (law enforcement) and deputy coroners (death investigators). Cooley noted that this arrangement is typical in smaller California counties.

Butte County lacks a central facility for processing the deceased and storing bodies, and contracts with local funeral homes to perform those services. Autopsies are also performed at these mortuaries by a certified forensic pathologist.

The coroner’s office handles the deaths of a handful of homeless people each year, Cooley said, though it doesn’t keep official statistics about a decedent’s housing status. He also said three in such a short time span was out of the ordinary.

“I think it’s maybe because of the time of the year,” he said. “It gets cold, and most [homeless people] are probably ill to begin with, and their bodies just can’t withstand the change in temperature.”

Cooley gave a rundown of how business is done at the coroner’s office, and began by holding up a copy of his daily report on deaths in the county. Two people had died in Butte County the previous day (Nov. 23). “[The daily number] really varies,” he said. “I can come in, not

have any and say, ‘Hey, it’s a good day; no one died!’ But the busiest I think we had was 16 deaths over the course of a weekend; then they all hit us on a Monday. It’s completely unpredictable.”

Cooley explained most deaths in the county are of natural causes, attended by doctors and next of kin, and don’t require a coroner’s case or death investigation, leaving his office to focus on murders, suicides, accidents, suspicious and unattended deaths. Most cases involving homeless people fall under the last category.

The coroner’s first order of business is identifying the deceased and locating his or her next of kin. That search usually begins with local criminal records, and sometimes involves searching jail visitation logs to identify survivors.

Investigators also sift through personal effects and try to gather information from known acquaintances.

Further research is done using a comprehensive database called The Last One, or TLO. Sometimes, as in Gray’s case, the typical tools fall short: “We had no idea who she was, no clue. So we got fingerprints and took them to the [Department of Justice] in Sacramento to see if they hopefully had her in the database, and they did, so we were able to find out who she is. Once we found that

out, we were able to find her next of kin.”

Youpee’s and Doran’s families were also located and contacted.

Marc Brusie has been in the family

business—Brusie Funeral Homes and Cemeteries—since 1992, and serves as a funeral director at the downtown business his grandfather

opened in 1942. He also works at Bidwell Chapel, which was the mortuary-in-rotation (Chico’s four funeral facilities take turns working with the county coroner on deaths in or around the city) when the three November deaths occurred.

He personally oversaw after-life care for all three, and picked up two of the bodies from the scene.

Despite having attended to thousands of decedents in his 20-plus years, Brusie found himself uncharacteristically affected when called to pick up Youpee: “I may not have known him personally, but I work downtown and had seen him hundreds of times, almost always smiling and palling around with his friend. When you get a call and you find it’s someone you’re familiar with, you feel bad.”

Butte County has an indigent burial program, as mandated by the California Health and Safety Code, which subsidizes end-of-life care for the extremely poor, homeless and otherwise. If no family is found, an application for the program is filed by the funeral director. Otherwise, all surviving

The Butte County Cemetery served as the local “potter’s field”—where the destitute and unknown were traditionally laid to rest—for about a century, but is no longer in use. photo by Ken Smith

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Funeral director Marc Brusie stands next to The Fountain of Tranquility, beneath which the unclaimed ashes of Butte County’s indigent—homeless and otherwise—are scattered. photo by Ken Smith

immediate family members living in the state of California must provide proof that funeral costs are too heavy of a financial burden.

The applications are reviewed by the county public administrator’s office.

Families can’t choose to simply

ignore funeral expenses, and doing so is a misdemeanor punishable by up to $10,000 in fines and up to one year in jail. Cooley said that most shirkers usually step up to the plate when presented with the penalties.

Cremations, by comparison, generally cost between $500 and $1,000.

Shelby Boston, assistant director of the Butte County Department of Employment and Social Services, explained the public administrator conducts a thorough investigation to ensure the deceased and their families can’t pay: “This is intended to be the absolute last resort,” she said. “It’s paid with county dollars, so it’s very important we ensure that families meet the criteria.”

If the deceased has money or other assets totaling more than $600, Boston said the public administrator

can use those funds for end-of-life care in lieu of approving an indigent burial application.

Boston also provided some numbers. In the 2012-13 fiscal year, the county indigent burial program received 182 applications, 163 of which were approved, and the county spent $144,394. The following year, 173 applications were submitted. Of those, 142 were approved, and $140,180 was spent.

In 2015, 144 total referrals resulted in 123 approvals, and $145,510 in expenditures. Boston said some of the increased expenditures per burial are due to a recent change in policy; the county once contracted with select funeral homes, but now allows every licensed facility in the county to participate.

The program ultimately covers only cremation and to have the ashes scattered. Cremains are held at the funeral home for 30 days, and by the county for one year to allow claimants to step forward. If no one does, the ashes are moved one last time.

From the late 1800s through the

1980s, the ultimate destination for

Many of those buried at the Butte County Cemetery could not be identified at the time of their deaths.

Photo by Ken Smith

the local indigent and unknown was the Butte County Cemetery, a 2.5-acre swath of lawn located a stone’s throw from the courthouse and county government buildings in Oroville. The cemetery is a classic example of what was once widely known as a potter’s field, where the indigent and unknown were laid low.

The graveyard is marked by a large sign on County Center Drive, but it’s easy to pass by without realizing it since there are no marble monuments typical in most cemeteries. The lawn holds roughly 2,000 flat, concrete headstones worn low into the grass, invisible from more than a few feet away. Many of the inscriptions are illegible, and contain only the information available at the time of interment. There are graves with just first or last names (sometimes misspelled), burial dates, or literal descriptions (i.e., “Nelson Baby”).

Many read “Unknown” or “John

“I dunno where they took Dakota, or what they’ll do with him … I don’t really know how Native Americans handle that sort of thing.”

—Jeffrey Gerlach

Doe.” Some lack inscriptions at all, and local legend maintains the close-set graves were dug by inmates from the nearby jail.

Since 2005, unclaimed ashes are deposited into an ossuary—a vault designed to hold human remains, and in this case cremains—at Glen Oaks Memorial Park in Chico, which is also owned by the family of Marc Brusie.

The ossuary itself is underground, and lies beneath a beautiful rock structure known as the Fountain of Tranquility. It contains not only ashes of the indigent, but also those of clients whose survivors pay for them to be interred there. Prior to placing the ashes, cemetery staff double-checks with the public administrator’s office, which makes a final attempt to find someone to claim the cremains.

Glen Oaks Manager Claudia Bartlett said the ashes of 166 indigent people have been scattered in the ossuary since it was built in September 2005, at a rate of about 15 per year.

“As far as interments for the poor, the county could do a worse job than this,” Brusie said during a recent visit, as the late afternoon sun fell on the fountain.

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On a recent rainy afternoon,

Gerlach and two other homeless men sat on the grass adjacent to the Chico Skate Park, offering kind words for Youpee. Gerlach said he’s “been trying to drink less and eat more” since the death of his comrade, and he hasn’t camped in the parking lot on Main Street since Youpee took his last breath there.

He wondered aloud about Youpee’s final resting place and contemplated his own mortality.

“I dunno where they took Dakota, or what they’ll do with him … I don’t really know how Native Americans handle that sort of thing,” he said.

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by Claudette de Versailles. All entertainers welcome to perform. Third Sa of every month, 10pm. $3. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave., (530) 343-4915.

HOLIDAY CONTAINER PLANTING CLASS: Learn how to make poetry and planters. Class is free, supplies for sale. Sa, 12/19, 1pm. Magnolia Gift & Garden, 1367 East Ave., (530) 894-5410, www.magnoliagardening.com.

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SEE FRIDAY, SPECIAL EVENTS

MOVIE NIGHT: Community movie night at Chico Nut as part of their annual light and music show. Sa, 12/19, 6pm. Chico Nut Company, 2020 Esplanade.

THE NUTCRACKER: See Friday. Paradise Performing Arts Center, 777 Nunneley Rd. in Paradise, (530) 872-8454, www.paradise performingarts.com.

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Special Events BIDWELL MANSION HOLIDAY EVENING TOUR: Special evening tours of all three floors of Bidwell Mansion. The mansion will be decorated in Victorian holiday style. F, 12/18, 6:30-8pm. $4-10. Bidwell Mansion, 525 Esplanade, (530) 895-6144, http://bidwell mansionpark.com.

COMMUNITY NIGHT WITH SANTA CLAUS: A visit from Santa Claus during the annual light and music show. F, 12/18, 5:30-9:30pm. Chico Nut Company, 2020 Esplanade.

Theater OTHER DESERT CITIES: Brooke Wyeth returns home to Palm Springs after a six-year absence to celebrate Christmas with her family with news about publishing a memoir featuring tragic events in the family’s history.

F, Sa, 7:30pm & Su, 2pm through 12/20. $11-$14.

Birdcage Theatre, 1740 Bird St. in Oroville, (530) 533-2473, www.birdcagetheatre.net.

THE OTHER PLACE: See Thursday. Th-Sa, 7:30pm

through 12/19. $15-18. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St., (530) 895-3749, www.blueroom theatre.com.

water lead by representatives from Walking Water, the Butte Environmental Council, Aqualliance and more. Featuring music from Sarah Nutting of MaMuse and poetry and photos by Jasmine Amara. Sa, 12/19, 6:30pm.

Yoga Center of Chico, 250 Vallombrosa Ave., Suite 150, (530) 342-0100.

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NORTH STATE SYMPHONY HOLIDAY CONCERT:

OTHER DESERT CITIES: See Friday. Birdcage

Featuring baroque chamber music, a carol sing-along and more. Sa, 12/19, 7:30pm. $12-30.

St. John’s Episcopal Church, 2341 Floral Ave., (530) 894-1971.

Theater OTHER DESERT CITIES: See Friday. Birdcage Theatre, 1740 Bird St. in Oroville, (530) 5332473, www.birdcagetheatre.net.

THE OTHER PLACE: See Thursday. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St., (530) 895-3749, www.blueroomtheatre.com.

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Special Events BEER RELEASE PARTY: Release party for Sierra Nevada’s new session ale, Otra Vez. Featuring live music and food. Su, 12/20, 6pm. $5. Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., 1075 E. 20th St., (530) 8924647, www.sierranevada.com.

THE NUTCRACKER: See Friday. Paradise Performing Arts Center, 777 Nunneley Rd. in Paradise, (530) 872-8454, www.paradise performingarts.com.

Music HANDEL’S MESSIAH: North Valley Chamber

Theatre, 1740 Bird St. in Oroville, (530) 5332473, www.birdcagetheatre.net.

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Special Events YOUR M.O.M. COMEDY NIGHT: Weekly open mic comedy with 20 open slots. Sign-ups at 8pm.

M, 9pm through 8/29. No cover. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave., (530) 343-4915.

Music THE CALIFORNIA HONEYDROPS: New Orleans-style soul and blues from the East Bay. M, 12/21, 7:30pm. $25. Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., 1075 E. 20th St., (530) 892-4647, www.sierra nevada.com.

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Special Events STANDUP COMEDY SHOWCASE: The area’s top stand-up comics perform as well as those trying their hand at comedy for the first time.

Signups begin at 8pm. Hosted by Jason Allen.

Free. Studio Inn Cocktail Lounge, 2582 Esplanade, (530) 343-0662.

Chorale, under the direction of Dr. David

Scholz, will perform the holiday classic. Su, 12/20, 2pm. $10-28. Laxson Auditorium, Chico

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presents the holiday classic. F-Sa, 12/18-19, 7:15pm, Su, 12/19-20, 2:15pm. $12-15. Paradise Performing Arts Center, 777 Nunneley Rd. in Paradise, (530) 872-8454, www.paradise performingarts.com.

SHOP, DINE AND SAVE FRIDAY IN DOWNTOWN: Every Friday during holidays downtown Chico is offering free parking, shops and restaurants are open late, roaming greeters are handing out commemorative buttons, stickers, candy canes, maps and more, and entertainment and other festivities are happening inside stores and on sidewalks. F, 10am-8pm through 12/18. Downtown Chico, (530) 345-6500, www.downtownchico.com.

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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SOUNDS OF THE SEASON By this late date in December, many people have grown tired of the handful of Christmas songs that become ubiquitous the moment Thanksgiving is over. But there’s more to holiday music than Gene Autry crooning about a reindeer, and lovers of more-refined Christmas jams have a few opportunities to get their annual fix this week. On Saturday, Dec. 19, the North State Symphony Holiday Concert, featuring a program of baroque chamber music and Christmas carols, will take place at St. John’s Episcopal Church. And on Sunday, Dec. 20, Chico Performances presents the North Valley Chamber Chorale’s performance of Handel’s Messiah at Laxson Auditorium.

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3RD FLOOR ART GALLERY: Under Pressure, group show featuring works from the relief-printmaking class. Through 12/18. 24/7 French Lessons, scenery of the Dordogne Valley in France and moments of daily French life.

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HEALING ART GALLERY: Fused glass by Northern California artist, Dia Kimm. The Healing Art Gallery features Northern California artists touched by cancer. Through 12/31. 265 Cohasset Rd. inside Enloe Cancer Center, (530) 332-3856.

IDEA FABRICATION LABS: SENTIENCE, new work by Ty Andre Mendoza featuring laser-cutting and unique geometric creations. Sa, 12/19, 6pm2am. $10. 603 Orange St., (530) 592-0609.

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James Snidle Fine Arts with Francis Miller’s watercolors, David Hoppe’s fantastic monoprints and paintings and Stan Sours’ ceramics, wood sculptures and paper trophy heads. 254 E. Fourth St., (530) 343-2930.

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Museums THE CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING, PARADISE:

Magic, Wonder & Peace, work by Amaji Fox, including a combination of oil paintings, watercolors, mixed media, and a limited selection of prints. Through 12/31. 789 Bille Rd. in Paradise, (530) 877-5673.

CHICO AIR MUSEUM: an ongoing display highlighting local aviation history. 165 Ryan Ave., (530) 345-6468.

CHICO CREEK NATURE CENTER: Banding by Day

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

CHICO MUSEUM: Mik cupu Dy: This is Our Home,

Here We Remain, presented from the perspective of the Mechoopda people, focusing on the tribe’s heritage and history and using the four seasons to delineate periods of happiness, success and tragedy. Ongoing. 141 Salem St., (530) 891-4336, www.chicomuseum.org.

GATEWAY SCIENCE MUSEUM: Masters of the

Night, hands-on exhibit exploring bats through photos, models and interactive pieces. 625 Esplanade, www.csuchico.edu/gateway.

PARADISE DEPOT MUSEUM: A railroad and logging museum in Paradise. Ongoing, 7-9pm. 5570 Black Olive Dr., (530) 877-1919.

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Our critic/fanboy revisits his Star Wars past Awakens, I recently had a IStarof TheWarsForce marathon and rewatched the n preparation for this week’s release

six films—in episode order (not order of release), I-VI, starting by with Menace and ending Bob Grimm with Jedi. (And I held my Darth Vader Deluxe sixthbobg@ scale figure the whole newsrev iew.c om time.) As part of the exercise, I also rerated each film and included the new scores alongside my original ratings. I’ve also ranked them from best to worst.

As you’ll see, I was a little too enthusiastic with my original reviews of the prequels.

It must’ve been the psychedelic mushroom and bourbon cocktails I took before the showings.

1. Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980): Yes, the cliffhanger ending traumatized me as a kid, but given that I have Jedi now, I can watch comfortably as an adult, knowing that the next chapter is just a button push away. I submit that this is the greatest sequel in movie history.

Original rating: 5/5; 2015 rating: 5/5 2. Episode IV: A New Hope (1977): While it is the second-best film in the franchise structurally, technically and performancewise, it remains my sentimental favorite. It’s a timeless creation that performed major film miracles on a meager budget. However, the special edition, something I originally had an OK time with, is now quite awful to watch.

Original rating: 5/5; 2015 rating: 5/5 (Take a half point off for the special edition.)

3. Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005): George Lucas deserves a lot of credit for this one. It’s a solid movie in the classic range of the original trilogy, and it’s a nice link up to Episode IV. Watching Sith into A New Hope is actually a nice, clean transition, impressive for a film produced 30 years after the sequel. Sure, it’s weird that ObiWan doesn’t know who R2-D2 is, but we’ll chalk that up to his getting on in years. And hey, Darth Vader is born in this movie. That makes it quite the big deal, even if he does do that stupid “Nooooooo!!!” scream after the Emperor punks him with the whole “You killed Padmé!” thing.

Original rating: 4.75/5, 2015 rating: 4.25/5 4. Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983): It’s still a little soul-crushing that the original Star Wars saga ended with Ewoks defeating Stormtroopers with big rocks. Each time I watch it as an adult, it loses some of its luster. Still, it’s often-breathtaking entertainment, and that final showdown with the Emperor is a franchise highlight.

There was an overall goofiness to this one, but it is admittedly funny when it tries (Salacious Crumb, the droid torture chamber, the rancor keeper crying). The musical number added for the special edition is a discordant, grating touch in retrospect.

Original rating: 4.75/5; 2015 rating 4/5 (Take an additional half point off for the special edition.)

5. Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999): There’s no getting around it; Jar Jar Binks is one of the very worst things about the

Star Wars universe. He’s worse than Greedo shooting first, worse than midi-chlorians, worse than the Ewoks. Even so, he still isn’t the worst thing in the Star Wars films.

I’ll point that out in a later paragraph. The movie has gotten a bad rap over the years, but it’s not the unforgivable misstep many fans have called it. It’s just somewhat less than great, which is a major sin to Star Wars buffs. Mind you, the 3-D release a few years back was so terrible it derailed plans to do the same for the rest of the films.

One more weird observation from recent viewing: When Anakin says to Padmé, “When the storm is over, I’ll show you my racer!” it sounds like a thinly veiled dick reference.

Original rating: 4/5; 2015 rating: 2.75/5

6. Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002): While not a total embarrassment, this one has a strong, solid standing as the worst in the series. The Hayden Christensen-Natalie Portman love scenes are painful, painful, satanic stuff. Christensen’s “You aren’t like sand … you are everything soft and smooth” speech, along with that levitating pear, are cringe-worthy. They are easily the worst moments in this series. Yes, worse than Jar Jar. Still, the movie does contain that great moment where Yoda goes all crazy samurai, and that coliseum scene still stands as a decent sequence. I like the movie, but I hate things about it.

Original rating: 4/5, 2015 rating: 2.5/5. □

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THE CALIFORNIA HONEYDROPS Monday, Dec. 21 Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. SEE MONDAY

(singer/songwriter) and Bran Crown (folk punk). F, 12/18, 9pm. $8. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave., (530) 343-4915.

THE MONDEGREENS HOLIDAY SHOW: Chico ex-pats bring their California soul back to town for the holidays. Plus, Garrett Gray & The Reincarnated (folk/rock). F, 12/18, 9pm. $8. Lost On Main, 319 Main St., (530) 891-1853.

PUNK IN YOUR HOLIDAYS: A night of local HURRIKANE: Scorpions tribute band. F,

12/18, 9:30pm. $5. Feather Falls Casino

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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.

JOHN SEID, LARRY PETERSON, ERIC PETER: An eclectic mix of live music. Th, 12/17, 6-9pm. Grana, 198 E. Second St., (530) 809-2304.

MONOPHONICS: The S.F. psychedelic funksters heat up the dance floor for the holidays. Portland’s Indubious opens. Th, 12/17, 8pm. 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.

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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.

FRIDAY MORNING JAZZ: A weekly morning jazz appointment with experimental local troupe Bogg. F, 11am. Free. Café Coda, 265 Humboldt Ave., (530) 5669476, www.cafecoda.com.

Brewing Co., 3 Alverda Dr. in Oroville, (530) 533-3885, www.featherfalls casino.com/brewing-co.

IRISH-MUSIC HAPPY HOUR: A Chico tradition: Friday night happy hour with traditional Irish music by the Pub Scouts. F, 4pm. $1. Duffy’s Tavern, 337 Main St., (530) 343-7718.

punk and garage rock with The Miscreants, The Empty Gate (goth punk), John Holmes and The Primers. F, 12/18, 10pm. Monstros Pizza & Subs, 628 W. Sacramento Ave., (530) 3457672.

RADIO RELAPSE & BLACKOUT BETTY: Alternative pop/rock covers and hardrock covers, respectively. F, 12/18, 8:30pm. The Tackle Box Bar & Grill, 379 East Park Ave., (530) 345-7499, tackle boxchico.com.

GIVE A LITTLE, GET A LOT

A pair of shows this week grant big-hearted rockers the opportunity to see live music while supporting good work being done in the community. Proceeds from the Maltese Holiday Show on Friday, Dec. 18—featuring Firefly, Max Minardi and Bran Crown—will benefit the Torres Community Shelter.

Then, more than a dozen local acts will converge at Café Coda on Saturday, Dec. 19, for a Weezer Cover Show that will raise funds for the 6th Street Center for Youth.

JOHN SEID, LARRY PETERSON: Live music.

F, 12/18, 6-9pm. Two-Twenty

Restaurant/Lounge, 220 W. Fourth St., (530) 895-1515, twotwentyrestaur ant.com.

KZFR HOLIDAY SHOW FEATURING BAHAPKI: Live music, potluck, no-host bar. F, 12/18, 7pm. Free. Chico Women’s Club, 592 E. Third St., (530) 894-1978.

MALTESE HOLIDAY SHOW: Benefit for the Torres Community Shelter featuring Firefly with Erin Haley, Max Minardi

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CHAD BUSHNELL: Live country. Sa, 12/19,

9pm. Rolling Hills Casino, 2655 Barham

Ave. in Corning, (530) 528-3500, www.rollinghillscasino.com.

DETROIT LEGENDS!: Tribute show to Michael Jackson and the Jackson Five, Stevie Wonder, Tina Turner, Gladys

Knight and Aretha Franklin. Sa, 12/19, 9:30pm. $5. Feather Falls Casino Brewing Co., 3 Alverda Dr. in Oroville, (530) 533-3885, www.featherfalls casino.com/brewing-co.

JOSH BUDRO BAND: Classic country. Sa,

12/19, 9pm. The Tackle Box Bar & Grill,

379 East Park Ave., (530) 345-7499, tackleboxchico.com.

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.

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NORTH STATE SYMPHONY HOLIDAY CONCERT: Featuring baroque chamber music, a carol sing-along and more.

Sa, 12/19, 7:30pm. $12-30. St. John’s Episcopal Church, 2341 Floral Ave., (530) 894-1971.

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Chamber Chorale, under the direction of Dr. David Scholz, will perform the holiday classic. Su, 12/20, 2pm. $10-28.

Laxson Auditorium, Chico State, (530) 898-6333, www.chicoperform ances.com.

WEEZER COVER SHOW: A benefit for the 6th Street Center fot Youth featuring a couple dozen local bands covering old Weezer tunes. Sa, 12/19, 8pm. $7-10.

Café Coda, 265 Humboldt Ave., (530) 566-9476, www.cafecoda.com.

THE YULE LOGS: Annual season-closing

WHITEWATER: Covers of classic country,

oldies and R&B. Sa, 12/19, 8:30pm.

Feather Falls Casino Brewing Co., 3 Alverda Dr. in Oroville, (530) 533-3885, www.featherfallscasino.com/ brewing-co.

show of the hardest working band in snow business. Su, 12/20, 7pm. Chico Women’s Club, 592 E. Third St., (530) 894-1978.

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heavy night with Stockton hardcore metal-punks Bloodpig and San Jose’s Lizard Kingdom (art metal) coming to town to join locals Aberrance and TriLateral Dirts Commission. W, 12/23, 7pm. $7. 1078 Gallery, 820 Broadway, (530) 343-1973, www.1078gallery.org.

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

Orleans-style soul and blues from the East Bay. M, 12/21, 7:30pm. $25. Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., 1075 E. 20th St., (530) 892-4647, www.sierra nevada.com.

BEST OF THE NEW

As the year winds down, it’s time to reflect on some of the new bands to make a splash in 2015. Three such bands—The Empty Gate, John Holmes and The Miscreants—will share a bill at Monstros Pizza & Subs on Friday, Dec. 18.

All three include familiar faces from the local music scene, a short list of whose collected past projects include Vomit Launch, Gruk and The Shankers.

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BLUES NIGHT: Live weekly blues music

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MIDWEEK EARLY-EVENING OPEN MIC: Two hours of local talent at Gogi’s Café.

Sign up starting at 5pm. Music, poetry and spoken word welcome. Tu, 6-8pm through 12/20. Free. Gogi’s Café, 230 Salem St. Next to transit center, (530) 891-3570, www.gogiscafe.com.

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The contentious relationship between lordly Captain George Pollard (Benjamin Walker) and the ambitious first mate, Owen Chase (Chris Hemsworth), is little more than a sketchy, unconvincing preachment on class resentments and codes of professional conduct.

Chase’s renewed relationship with a crew member, the ramshackle Matthew Joy (an excellent Cillian Murphy), has a kind of “Secret Sharer” vibe to it, but that’s more the result of Murphy’s performance than of anything in the script. Chase’s brusque “mentoring” of the youthful Nickerson is also noteworthy for the way it resonates with the confession of Nickerson’s older self. But that too seems almost an afterthought within a tale dominated by furious seafaring action.

The screenplay, credited to Leavitt and three others, also gives nods to environmental themes and makes glancing references to evolution and social Darwinism.

But the production as a whole gets stranded somewhere between its sub-Melvillean echoes and its effort to give a full report of a piece of history that was mostly suppressed in Melville’s own time.

The kicker here is that cannibalism is part of the Essex story, and while Melville left that out of Moby Dick, Howard and company are more or less obliged to include it here. It’s the deepest and darkest of Nickerson’s secrets, and it can make you wonder if the great white whale is anything more than an oversized sideshow in the tale of his journey into and back out of the heart of darkness.

Postscript: I should add that I watched this film in the 2-D version, which creates lots of three-dimensional effects in the same way that John Ford westerns and Roadrunner cartoons mastered many years ago. And there were several times in the 2-D version when obvious made-for-3-D stunts not only made me want to duck, but also made me glad I had avoided the distracting ordeal of 3-D. □ FILM SHORTS o n

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Opening this week Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip Installment No. 4 in the animated-film franchise finds the chipmunk trio on a hijinksfilled road trip to Miami to try and stop their mentor, Dave, from getting engaged.

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Laurie Anderson’s remarkable little film has been short-listed for the Oscar in documentaries, but Heart of a Dog is much more than that. It’s a movie-essay, a meditation on time and death and memory, a loving tribute to Archie (her recently deceased rat terrier) and to terriers in general, a cellphone video with music and spoken word

by Anderson at her most hypnotic, a film to be seen and heard and pondered and, ultimately, perhaps, lived with. In a way, the final word goes to her husband, the late Lou Reed, and his song, “Turning Time Around.”

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Maud’s circuitous route toward radicalization puts her in the vicinity, however briefly, of some historical figures, including the soon-to-be-martyred Emily Wilding Davison (Natalie Press) and the great suffragette figurehead, Emmeline Pankhurst (Meryl Streep). Pageant Theatre. Not rated —J.C.S.

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Written by Abi Morgan (The Iron Lady, The Invisible Woman) and directed by Sarah Gavron, Suffragette dramatizes women’s struggle for voting rights in Great Britain circa 1912. Morgan’s script incorporates some historical figures, but the main emphasis is on fictional composites of working-class women who were drawn into the most militant aspects of the campaign.

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scale from 5 stars (“exceptionally great”) to 0 stars (“bad; pour it out immediately”), and for the holidays, the CN&R is sharing its top-rated selections (with a focus on the ones currently available at finer beer shops in Chico).

Holiday beers are, by design, no one style, but they offer individual breweries a chance to let their imaginations run wild. During the holidays, when people stop their busy lives and share some precious time with family and friends, the beers they choose should be as special as the time they’re sharing. So a holiday beer should be made to impress, to wow its audience, to stand out.

That’s the only criterion that should be met by one of these beers.

Five stars:

Brown Shugga’, Lagunitas Brewing, Petaluma and Chicago Bright, clear, orange-amber color with a fresh, rich hop nose and aromas of citrus, fruit and green onions. Chewy, rich malt and a zesty hop bite. Lemon and citrus notes, along with great balance and complexity.

Double Red IPA, AleSmith Brewing, San Diego Bright, deep amber color with a citrus hop nose and aromas of fruit and bready malt. Chewy and creamy, with a big hop bite, a solid malt base, spicy tartness and great balance. Great hops all the way through, down to a long, lingering, bitter finish.

Fireside Chat, 21st Amendment Brewery, San Francisco Dark cola color with a dark fruit nose and aromas of vanilla, pumpkin spice and rum. Sweet roasted malt flavors, along with complex spicing, some warming heat and light pepper notes. A holiday spice bomb with a long, rich finish.

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Clear, dark amber with a spicy nose of floral, tropical and multigrain aromas. Big hop bite with syrupy sweet malt balance. This beer starts sweet and innocent but is visited by spicy hops midpalate, and they hang on through the long, lingering, tart, hot finish.

Jubel 2015, Deschutes Brewery, Bend, Ore. Dark cola color with rich malt nose and aromas of stone fruit, dates and figs. Big, rich, roasted malt flavors with warming heat and notes of dates and figs throughout. Nicely complex, with great balance and a lingering, sweet finish.

Sleigh’r Dark Doüble Alt Ale, Ninkasi Brewing, Eugene, Ore. Dark ruby-brown color with complex nose of dark fruit, cola nuts, spicy hops and sweet malt.

Roasted malt flavors and tart hop character, some warming heat, and nutty and toffee undertones.

Complex and layered, with a lingering, bitter finish.

Winter Cheers, Victory Brewing, Downingtown, Pa. Hazy light-gold color. Soft, herbal hop nose with citrus and spice aromas. Creamy and rich, with light spicing. Refreshing wheat character and good balance.

A bubbly, effervescent mouthfeel and a long, rich, exotic finish.

Four stars:

Celebration Fresh Hop IPA, Sierra Nevada Brewing, Chico Bright golden-amber color with

a citrus lemon-lime nose, loads of hops and a touch of spiciness.

Tart and hoppy, with a big hop presence, but nicely balanced with notes of mint, citrus fruit and rich malt. The finish is long and equally tart and bitter.

Delirium Noël, Brouwerij Huyghe, Melle, Belgium Clear orange-amber color with a spicy hop nose and herbal, tropical and citrus notes. Sweet and spicy flavors, very complex, with creamy malt. Belgian yeast and candied sugar notes throughout, followed by a hot, cloyingly sweet finish.

Hanukkah, Chanukah: Pass the Beer, Shmaltz Brewing, Clifton Park, N.Y. Dark brown color and a sweet nose of toffee, caramel and dark fruit. Malty sweet flavors with a big hop bite. Notes of dates, figs and stone fruit, along with some light spicing. The finish lingers, with warming heat and sharp bitterness.

Our Special Ale (aka Christmas Ale), Anchor Brewing, San Francisco Clear brown color with spicy, herbal nose with candied sweetness and toasted malt aromas. Roasty, toasted malt with some tart hop character and notes of fruit and light spices, followed by a slightly bitter, tart finish.

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IN THE MIX Up All Night The Yule Logs Self-released As The Yule Logs enter their 11th season, I once again make my annual grievance—why aren’t these guys bigger than Jesus? Not that there’s anything wrong with being Chico’s hometown treasure, but seriously—no one does Christmas better. I don’t even like Christmas music all that much. But I like The Yule Logs. Their fifth album, Up All Night, is another good-timin’ pop record, and it’s also the band’s most varied collection. The classic Logs power pop is still strong on the jangly title track, but “Ain’t Got Nothing (On Christmas Day)” has the Motown sound and horns blazing. Slide guitar turns “(I Saw Mommy Kiss Santa) Last Night” into country waltz, and surf’s up on “Story of Hanukkah.” Of course, all 11 songs are danceable, and The Yule Logs add just the right dashes of schmaltz for the kiddies and a little rock ’n’ roll ’tude for us grownups.

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There have been many superb books set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War, but none as extraordinary and unique as The Sympathizer, written by a man born in Vietnam but raised in America. His unnamed narrator, the son of a French priest and a Vietnamese peasant woman, is a Vietnamese army captain serving as aide to a Vietnamese general. He is also a communist spy. The story begins in 1975, with the chaotic last-minute escape from Saigon, during which the narrator arranges to accompany the general to Los Angeles. There he continues to spy on the Vietnamese exile community, even as he becomes a consultant on an Apocalypse Now-type movie and falls in love with the general’s daughter. When he comes under suspicion, he is forced to commit murder to protect his secrecy, and eventually ends up back in Vietnam as a prisoner of his erstwhile associates, the communists. A plot synopsis, however, hardly does justice to this complex and beautifully written novel, an instant American classic.

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Anyone who’s seen Deerhoof live at pretty much any point throughout their two-decade run knows that it’s about as organic a performance as can be coaxed out of the standard rock-instrument formula. Somehow, the S.F.-based quartet had never released a live record until this year’s Fever 121614, recorded during an intimate set at a Tokyo club. The product is as intoxicating as you might expect, with the playfulness of Satomi Matsuzaki’s frontwomanisms offering a cheeky yin to the yang of the John Dieterich-Ed Rodríguez-Greg Saunier triptych of minimalist avant-garde rock. “Let’s Dance the Jet,” from 2011’s Deerhoof vs. Evil, is raw and lithe, explosive and unpredictable, with Saunier’s typically manic drumming occupying new weird realms of form and rhythm. It’s a relatively diverse spectrum of the Deerhoof catalog featured here, with “Twin Killers” from 2005’s The Runners Four putting its writhing pop imprint on the bizarre yet on-point setlist. Still, there’s nothing quite like Deerhoof live, and the band plays out a lot. So go experience that as soon as possible, too.

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No love from GuiNNess arts dEVo got word from the Chico Breaks the

Record folks saying that they’ve been told by Guinness World Records that last April’s 34-day effort at Chico’s Tackle Box Bar & Grill to double the world record for longest concert by multiple artists will not be officially recognized.

Organizers Julian Ruck and Emily Rose posted a video to the CBTR Facebook page on Sunday and expressed their frustrations while sharing details of the communication with Guinness.

Included with the post are two links, one to Guinness’ guidelines for the specific record and one to what the CBTR organizers say is the most recent correspondence between them and Guinness. In the latter document Guinness states: “Unfortunately at this time we do not feel confident enough in your evidence to accept your attempt as a world record.”

Ruck and Rose say that Guinness’ problems with the evidence are based on stipulations that are being added—after the fact—to the guidelines that were established for the attempt. And after reading the guidelines and Guinness’ comments, I’m frustrated, too. The main points of contention have to do with issues surrounding how the official witnesses recorded that guidelines had been met—the timing of songs (at least two minutes) and breaks between songs (less than 30 seconds), and the number of attendees (at least 10), plus the manner in which the official witness statements were organized.

Mind you, the guidelines don’t specify how to record that the requirements were met, just that witnesses provide written statement to the fact that they were. For example, CBTR had Ruck and Rose delivering evidence two witnesses, with timers in hand, confirming to Guinness in June. that songs ran at least two minutes and breaks were shorter than 30 seconds, and then checking off when the requirements were met. Guinness’ responded that beginning times for songs had to be written down (which they were) as well as end times (which were not).

But this direction isn’t in the guidelines that were provided. And the fact remains that there were always two witnesses independently confirming and recording that the time requirements were met (a fact backed up by video evidence, also provided to Guinness).

In a phone conversation, Ruck said that they are still in communication with Guinness with hopes that they can work through the issues, but that they don’t want to get into a prolonged battle that could take away from what he, Rose and many in the local music community (this writer included) already see as a record achievement. “We want Chico Breaks the Record to remain a beautiful experience,” he said. I second that .

No more GraD burGers?! Dang! First Lasalles, now the Grad. The Graduate, a Chico staple for great burgers and cheap sierra nevada beers for four decades, is no more. As of Tuesday (Dec. 15) night’s kill-the-kegs send-off, the restaurant closed its doors for good. According to Norma Jarvis, senior executive director of Graduate Restaurants Inc. (based in San Luis Obispo), owner William S. Everett decided to close the Chico restaurant “because it has not been a profitable business for several years.” The restaurant’s 36 employees were notified Sunday, Dec. 13, of the closure.

Personally, I never did enjoy watching sports on its big, somewhat janky screens, but I loved Grad burgers and having a big place with big tables for meeting large groups for beers. Another Chico icon down. Time for something new!

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CLASSIFIEDS For the week oF december 17, 2015 ARIES (March 21-April 19): The Nean-

derthals were a different human species that coexisted with our ancestors, Homo sapiens, for at least 5,000 years. But they eventually died out while our people thrived. Why? One reason, says science writer Marcus Chown, is that we alone invented sewing needles. Our newborn babies had well-made clothes to keep them warm and healthy through frigid winters.

Neanderthal infants, covered with illfitting animal skins, had a lower survival rate. Chown suggests that although this provided us with a mere 1 percent survival advantage, that turned out to be significant. I think you’re ready to find and use a small yet ultimately crucial edge like that over your competitors, Aries.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Artist

Robert Barry created “30 Pieces,” an installation that consisted of pieces of paper on which he had typed the following statement: “Something which is very near in place and time, but not yet known to me.”

According to my reading of the astrological omens, this theme captures the spirit of the phase you’re now entering. But I think it will evolve in the coming weeks.

First it’ll be “Something which is very near in place and time, and is becoming known to me.” By mid-January it could turn into “Something which is very near and dear, and has become known to me.”

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “There is

in every one of us, even those who seem to be most moderate, a type of desire that is uncanny, wild and lawless.” Greek philosopher Plato wrote that in his book The Republic, and I’m bringing it to your attention just in time for your Season of Awakening and Deepening Desire. The coming days will be a time when you can, if you choose, more fully tune in to the uncanny, wild and lawless aspects of your primal yearnings. But wait a minute! I’m not suggesting you should immediately take action to gratify them. For now, just feel them and observe them. Find out what they have to teach you. Wait until the new year before you consider the possibility of expressing them.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Congratu-

lations! You have broken all your previous records for doing boring tasks that are good for you. On the behalf of the other 11 signs, I thank you for your heroic, if unexciting, campaign of self-improvement.

You have not only purified your emotional resources and cleared out some breathing room for yourself, but you have also made it easier for people to help you and feel close to you. Your duty has not yet been completed, however. There are a few more details to take care of before the gods of healthy tedium will be finished with you. But start looking for signs of your big chance to make a break for freedom.

They’ll arrive soon.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The English word

“fluke” means “lucky stroke.” It was originally used in the game of billiards when a player made a good shot that he or she wasn’t even trying to accomplish. Later, its definition expanded to include any fortuitous event that happens by chance rather than because of skill: good fortune generated accidentally. I suspect that you are about to be the beneficiary of what may seem to be a series of flukes, Leo. In at least one case, though, your lucky break will have been earned by the steady work you’ve done without any fanfare.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You may not

have to use a literal crowbar in the coming weeks, but this rough tool will serve you well as a metaphor. Wherever you go, imagine that you’ve got one with you. Why? It’s time to jimmy open glued-shut portals … to pry loose mental blocks … to coax unyielding influences to budge … to nudge intransigent people free of their fixations.

Anything that is stuck or jammed needs to get unstuck or unjammed through the power of your willful intervention.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The coming

weeks will be a favorable time for you to consort with hidden depths and unknown

by rob brezsny riches. In every way you can imagine, I urge you to go deeper down and further in. Cultivate a more conscious connection with the core resources you sometimes take for granted. This is one time when delving into the darkness can lead you to pleasure and treasure. As you explore, keep in mind this advice from author T. Harv Eker: “In every forest, on every farm, in every orchard on earth, what’s under the ground creates what’s above the ground. That’s why placing your attention on the fruits you have already grown is futile. You can’t change the fruits that are already hanging on the tree. But you can change tomorrow’s fruits. To do so, you will have to dig below the ground and strengthen the roots.”

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In the

coming weeks, the pursuit of pleasure could drain your creative powers, diminish your collaborative possibilities and wear you out. But it’s also possible that the pursuit of pleasure will enhance your creative powers, synergize your alliances and lead you to new opportunities. Which way will you go? It all depends on the kinds of pleasures you pursue. The dumb, numbing, mediocre type will shrink your soul. The smart, intriguing, invigorating variety will expand your mind. Got all that? Say “hell, no” to trivializing decadence so you can say “wow, yes” to uplifting bliss.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

Garnets are considered less valuable than diamonds. But out in the wild, there’s an intimate connection between these two gemstones. Wherever you find garnets near the surface of the earth, you can be reasonably sure that diamonds are buried deeper down in the same location. Let’s use this relationship as a metaphor for your life, Sagittarius. I suspect you have recently chanced upon a metaphorical version of garnets, or will do so soon.

Maybe you should make plans to search for the bigger treasure toward which they point the way.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):

Ready for the Cool Anger Contest? You can earn maximum points by expressing your dissatisfaction in ways that generate the most constructive transformations.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as CASA RAMOS MEXICAN RESTAURANT at 216 W East Avenue #C Chico, CA 95926.

RAMOS AND LECONA LLC 1285 S Main St Yreka, CA 96097.

This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company.

Signed: RAUL LECONA, MEMBER Dated: November 4, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001371 Published: November 25, December 3,10,17, 2015

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as BLUE BOX BAKERY, CONSCIOUSNESS KEY at 466 Panama Ave Chico, CA 95973.

LYNN MARIE TOSELLO 466 Panama Ave Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: LYNN M. TOSELLO Dated: November 2, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001364 Published: November 25, December 3,10,17, 2015

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as CORNUCOPIA RESTAURANT at 515 Montomgery St Oroville, CA 95966.

GAIL BARNES 4395 Via Hermosa Red Bluff, CA 96080.

TODD BARNES 9 Woodcrest Drive Oroville, CA 95966.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: GAIL BARNES Dated: November 9, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001395 Published: November 25, December 3,10,17, 2015

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as GOLD CITY GRILL at 935 Oro Dam Blvd Oroville, CA 95966 GAIL BARNES 4395 Via Hermosa Red Bluff, CA 95966.

TODD BARNES 9 Woodcrest Drive Oroville, CA 95966.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as L G JUGUM RANCH, MOUNTAIN VIEW APARTMENTS at 9648 Jones Avenue Durham, CA 95938.

DEBORAH A BAGNATO 1180 Riverberry Drive Reno, CA 89509.

HELEN MARIA DENTON 9648 Jones Avenue Durham, CA 95938.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: HELEN MARIA DENTON Dated: November 9, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001399 Published: November 25, December 3,10,17, 2015

FICTITIOUS BUNSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as EUROPEAN WAX CENTER at 728 B Mangrove Ave Chico, CA 95926.

CHICO EWC INC 2219 O’Keefe Pl Davis, CA 95618.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: TRACY DUNNE, PRESIDENT Dated: November 9, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001397 Published: November 25, December 3,10,17, 2015

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as DULCINEA IMPORTS at 2704 Hegan Ln #142 Chico, CA 95928.

RABBIT HOLE HAY INCORPORATED 680 Rio Lindo Ave #40 Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: JASON KRUEGER, COO Dated: November 16, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001408 Published: November 25, December 3,10,17, 2015

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as SLEEP BETTER NORTHSTATE at 555 Salem St Chico, CA 95928.

ROBERT NORUS RYAN, DDS 1419 Rim Rock Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: ROBERT NORUS RYAN, DDS Dated: October 29, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001344 Published: November 25, December 3,10,17, 2015

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as AT TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT at 5803 Pinewood Ct Paradise, CA 95969.

CHRISTY HANOSH 5803 Pinewood Ct Paradise, CA 95969.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: CHRISTY HANOSH Dated: October 30, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001354 Published: November 25,

December 3,10,17, 2015

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as GREEN HERON HOMES at 9 Trieste Way Chico, CA 95926.

PAUL A KAYSON 9 Trieste Way Chico, CA 95926.

SUSAN KAYSON 9 Trieste Way Chico, CA 95926.

This buesiness is conducted by a Married Couple.

Signed: PAUL A. KAYSON Dated: November 18, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001434 Published: November 25, December 3,10,17, 2015

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as SUBURBAN RENEWAL at 22 Nicole Lane Chico, CA 95926.

WILLIAM FUNKE 22 Nicole Lane Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: WILLIAM FUNKE Dated: November 3, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001367 Published: December 3,10,17,24, 2015

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as CHICO COFFEE COMPANY at 107 Parmac Rd Ste 180 Chico, CA 95926.

SHAWN ODELL HAMILTON 6 Highland Circle Chico, CA 95926.

JENNIFER LYNN SILVA 6 Highland Circle Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: JENNIFER SILVA Dated: November 23, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001460 Published: December 3,10,17,24, 2015

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as PAPACITOS MEXICAN GRILL AND CANTINA at 1751 Oro Dam Blvd. #14 Oroville, CA 95966.

DIY ENTERPRISES INC 1368 Myers St Oroville, CA 95965.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: CONNIE PARKS, CEO Dated: November 18, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001433 Published: December 3,10,17,24, 2015

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as HOMETOWN CLINIC AND HOUSE CALLS at 912 Hazel Street Gridley, CA 95948.

HANNA RHEE, MD INC. 912 Hazel Street Gridley, CA 95948.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: HANNA RHEE, MD Dated: September 23, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001195 Published: December 3,10,17,24, 2015

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The following persons are doing business as TEN BEAR BUILDERS at 1606 Laurel St Chico, CA 95928.

ANALIA CREASY 1606 Laurel St Chico, CA 95928.

DILLON CREASY 1606 Laurel St Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by a Married Couple.

Signed: DILLON CREASY Dated: November 12, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001405 Published: December 3,10,17,24, 2015

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as SPIN AGAIN RECORDS at 300 Broadway St Chico, CA 95928.

ALEX D’ANGELO 5785 Kenglo Dr Paradise, CA 95969.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: ALEX D’ANGELO Dated: November 24, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001463 Published: December 3,10,17,24, 2015

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as WOODEN ECLIPSE PRESS at 942 Downing Av Chico, CA 95926.

LUCAS SARCONA 942 Downing Av Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: LUCAS SARCONA Dated: November 23, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001461 Published: December 3,10,17,24, 2015

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as CHICO FARM AND ORCHARD INC at 9 Three Sevens Lane Chico, CA 95973.

CHICO FARM AND ORCHARD INC 9 Three Sevens Lane Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: KAYLEE DIXON, OFFICE MANAGER Dated: November 18, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001438 Published: December 3,10,17,24, 2015

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as HUNTERS MIGRATION OUTFITTERS AND TACKLE at 2920 Clark Road Spc. E3 Butte Valley, CA 95965.

BRADLEY NORMAN 2920 Clark Road Spc. E3 Butte Valley, CA 95965.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: BRADLEY NORMAN Dated: October 21, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001317 Published: December 3,10,17,24, 2015

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as BIG PICTURE LEARNING at 1752 Walnut Tree Lane Chico, CA 95928.

JOHN LINHARES 1752 Walnut Tree Lane Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: JOHN LINHARES

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Dated: December 2, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001487 Published: December 10,17,24,31, 2015

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as B AND B AUTO SALES at 2426 Park Avenue Chico, CA 95928.

BENJAMIN COBIAN LEPE, JR 307 Saint Michael Court Chico, CA 95973.

GREGORY PAUL NICHOLAS 2299 Blossom Lane Durham, CA 95938.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: BENJAMIN LEPE, JR Dated: November 25, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001472 Published: December 10,17,24,31, 2015

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as LOCAL MARKETING GROUP at 2405 Esplanade Chico, CA 95926.

DR. AUTO INC 2405 Esplanade Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: ROBERT LUGO, PRESIDENT Dated: December 1, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001480 Published: December 10,17,24,31, 2015

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as BURGUNDY AND BRUSHES LLC at 2265 Santa Clara Avenue Chico, CA 95928.

BURGUNDY AND BRUSHES LLC 2265 Santa Clara Avenue, Chico CA 95928 This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company.

Signed: CAIRA HART, CO-OWNER Dated: November 10, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001401 Published: December 10,17,24,31, 2015

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as FEATSTER, SKYWAY ADVENTURES at 728 Cherry St Chico, CA 95928.

PAUL GAMACHE 4425 Willow Springs Road Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: PAUL GAMACHE Dated: December 3, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001488 Published: December 10,17,24,31, 2015

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as KING TOWING at 2558 5th Ave Suite D Oroville, CA 96965.

CHRISTOPHER WEST 6971 Lincoln Blvd Oroville, CA 95966.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: CHRISTOPHER WEST Dated: December 11, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001509 Published: December 17,24,31, 2015, January 7, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing

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business as HARLEY’S SWAG, INTEGRITY MUSIC SUPPLY, OXFORD ST MARKET, PURE AMERICAN MUSCLE at 194 E Shasta Apt 3A Chico, CA 95973.

PAUL FOUNTAINE 194 E Shasta Apt 3A Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: PAUL FOUNTAINE Dated: November 25, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001466 Published: December 17,24,31, 2015, January 7, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as ECO BUILDING SUPPLY INC at 275 Sikorsky Ave Chico, CA 95973.

WESTERN WOODS, INC. 275 Sikorsky Ave Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: CHRISTOPHER RICHTER, PRESIDENT Dated: November 23, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001455 Published: December 17,24,31, 2015, January 7, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as WIXRR at 185 Sycamore Valley Rd Chico, CA 95973.

TRAVIS MARTIN 2780 Pillsbury Rd Apt 215 Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: TRAVIS MARTIN Dated: December 7, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001494 Published: December 17,24,31, 2015, January 7, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as NAYELLY PURSUIT at 1521 Nord Ave #87 Chico, CA 95926.

PRESTON LINDERMAN 1521 Nord Ave #58 Chico, CA 95926.

NAYELLY V MARTINEZ 1521 Nord Ave #87 Chico, CA 95926.

FRANCISCO VEGA 1521 Nord Ave #87 Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: NAYELLY MARTINEZ Dated: December 4, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001492 Published: December 17,24,31, 2015, January 7, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as ALL FIRED UP HEALTH COACHING at 4669 Angelena Way Chico, CA 95973.

JANICE K HOFMANN 4669 Angelena Way Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: JANICE HOFMANN Dated: November 30, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001477 Published: December 17,24,31, 2015 January 7, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as RED EYE SYSTEMS at 10294 Red Eye Rd Yankee Hill, CA 95965.

TIMOTEO MONTOYA II 10294 Red Eye Rd Yankee Hill, CA 95965.

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Signed: TIMOTEO MONTOYA Dated: November 19, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001439 Published: December 17,24,31, 2015, January 7, 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as WHACKER NATION OUTFITTERS at 2384 Sausalito St Chico, CA 95928.

ADAM FORREST THATCHER 2384 Sausalito St Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: ADAM THATCHER Dated: November 19, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001441 Published: December 17,24,31, 2015, January 7, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as RIDGE VIEW BUILDERS at 325 Crater Lake Dr Chico, CA 95973.

MATT SADLER 325 Crater Lake Dr Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: MATT SADLER Dated: December 3, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001489 Published: December 17,24,31, 2015, January 7, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME - STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT The following person has abandoned the use of the fictitious business name NEXTHOME COMMUNITY REALTY at 9383 Midway Durham, CA 95938.

LEONARD EUGENE STERLING 119 Fuller Ct. Licoln, CA 95648.

This business was conducted by an Individual.

Signed: LEONARD STERLING Dated: December 4, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0000934 Published: December 17,24,31, 2015, January 7, 2016

FICTITOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as ALL CUSTOM PAINTING at 5145 Pentz Rd Paradise, CA 95969.

TERESA CAROL BESNSON 5145 Pentz Rd Paradise CA 95969.

TERRY LYNN BENSON 5145 Pentz Rd Chico, CA 95969.

This business is conducted by A Married Couple.

Signed: TERESA BENSON Dated: November 17, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001416 Published: December 17,24,31, 2015, January 7, 2016

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: January 8, 2016 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: October 26, 2015 Case Number: 165204 Published: November 25, December 3,10,17, 2015

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner DESIRE DAVIS filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: DESIRE DAVIS Proposed name: DESIREE DAVIS 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: January 22, 2016 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: November 24, 2015 Case Number: 164100 Published: December 3,10,17,24, 2015

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner THERESA OLSON, WESLEY OLSON filed a petition with this

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court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: JASON ALAN GERMAN JR Proposed name: JASON ALAN OLSON 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: January 8, 2016 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: November 17, 2015 Case Number: 165297 Published: December 17,24,31, 2015, January 7, 2016

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

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

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: February 19, 2016 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: December 10, 2015 Case Number: 165410 Published: December 17,24,31, 2015, January 7, 2016

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

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

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: February 5, 2016 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: STEPEHEN E. BENSON Dated: December 8, 2015 Case Number: 165348 Published: December 17,24,31, 2015, January 7, 2016

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NOTICES ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner SARAH NIKOEL SWEET filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: SARAH NIKOEL SWEET Proposed name: SARAH NICHOLE MCCLURE THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to

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681 E 5th St 14 Sparrow Hawk Ln 3005 Surrey Ln 1740 Estates Way 830 Esplanade 2 Stoney Point Way 1202 Yosemite Dr 7 Creek Cir 2718 White Ave 939 Arbutus Ave 1814 Roth St

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$500,000.00 $460,000.00 $440,000.00 $435,000.00 $399,000.00 $380,500.00 $345,000.00 $335,000.00 $332,500.00 $330,000.00 $325,000.00

4/ 2 4/ 2.5 4/ 3 4/ 2.5 4/ 2 4/ 2 4/ 2 5/ 2.5 2/ 1 3/ 2.5 2/ 2

CN&R

d e c e m b e r 1 7, 2 0 1 5

$264K

Garrett French

SQ. FT. 2055 2476 2757 2523 2188 1803 2044 2400 3378 2258 1344

EmmEtt Jacobi

530.228.1305 • GarrettFrenchhomes.com

Specializing in residential & agriculture properties in chico, Orland, Willows.

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25 Pebblewood Pines ComPletely remodeled, 2 bed 2 bath 1559 sq’ home turn Key, just move in!

Forest Ranch 5 bed 3 bath price to sale

Cell 530.519.6333 • emmettjacobi.com

Sponsored by Century 21 Jeffries Lydon ADDRESS

TOWN

PRICE

BR/BA

1269 Whitewood Way 522 Mission Santa Fe Cir 21 Upper Lake Ct 1029 Salem St 2748 San Jose St 1411 Heather Cir 54 Satinwood Way 3086 Boulder Dr 14 Rainier Ln 1015 Poppy St 2099 Hartford Dr 24

Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico

$321,000.00 $310,000.00 $309,000.00 $290,000.00 $262,000.00 $245,000.00 $225,000.00 $220,000.00 $209,000.00 $208,000.00 $181,000.00

3/ 2 3/ 2 3/ 2 4/ 4 3/ 1.5 3/ 1 3/ 2 3/ 2 3/ 1.5 3/ 2 3/ 2

SQ. FT. 1636 1917 1648 2277 1020 1125 1374 1187 1119 1233 1375

Happy Holidays More Home for Your Money, on the Ridge in...

Heather Jay CalBRE# 00991783

Laura Burghardt

For all your Real Estate Needs call (530) 872-7653

Aaron Jay

www.CityofTrees.com | (530) 618-2687

THE MOST AFFORDABLE HOME IN TOWN!!! This

LOWER PINES BEAUTY

open house Century 21 Select – Paradise Sat. 10-3 & Sun. 11-1, 2-4 13988 Persimmon Lane (X St: Kiwi/Garner) 4 Bd / 3 Ba, 3,008 Sq. Ft. $699,950 Camdena Conner 518-1210 Becky Williams 636-0936

Teresa Larson (530)899-5925 www.ChicoListings.com chiconativ@aol.com

Sat. 2-4 & Sun. 11-1, 2-4 23 Herlax Circle (X St: 11th Avenue) 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 1,728 Sq. Ft. $319,000 Jeff Condon 592-6791 Kevin Schuller 518-9841

May Peace, Joy, Hope and Happiness be yours during this holiday season and throughout the New Year.

Sharon McKee - 530.864.1745

Sat. 11-1 & Sun. 11-1, 2-4 1504 La Linda Ln (X St: North Ave) 4 Bd / 2 Ba, 1705 Sq.Ft. $265,000 Jeff Condon 592-6791 Kevin Schuller 518-9841

Sun. 2-4 6173 Toms Trail (X St: Humbug), Magalia 3 Bd / 3 Ba, 4,250 Sq. Ft. $529,500 Katherine Osokine 591-3837

2bd/2ba has large living & dining areas open to the kitchen, indoor laundry, built-ins, large covered front deck, sizable rear deck, detached garage, RV parking, private low maintenance yard.

Cul-De-Sac location! $79,000 Ad# 804 Mike Metz 530-520-5858

1,583 Sq.Ft. with separate family and living rooms. Built in 1986.

Double Garage. Eating bar in kitchen. Has parking for R.V and large deck to enjoy trees and fields. $188,000 Ad# 786 Ray Vindhurst 530-521-4962

Sat. 2-4 1056 Windsor Way (X St: Greenwich) 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 1,407 Sq. Ft. $259,000 Norm Atkin 570-4079

Wishing you a joyful holy season, eyes to see the blessings of life, and a child’s sense of wonder and awe. May 2016 be a blessed year for you and yours.

Patty G. McKee - 530.518.5155 BRE# 01011224

5350 Skyway, Paradise | www.C21Skyway.com | Paradise@c21selectgroup.com

Custom 3 bed/den, 2 bth, 2,308 sq ft �������������������������������������������������������������������������� $379,900 4 bed/2 bth, 1,727 sq ft, new carpet! .................................................... $295,000 View! 3pe bed/den, 2 bth, g 2,531 sq ft ������������������������������������������������������������������������������ $435,000 ndin Durham schools, 3 bed/2 bth, 1,948 sq ft, 1-ac, ��������������������������������������������������������� $305,000 Forest Ranch, 3 bed/1 bth, 1,580 sq ft, ��������������������������������������������������������������������� $199,900 Rent to own/owc, new manufactured homes in 55 + required community styled Park $99,000-$105,000 Doe Mill, 2 bed/2 bth, 854 sq ft, 1-car garage ���������������������������������������������������������������� $189,500 In town, 1.21 acs, 3 bed/3 bth, 2,500 sq ft, 720 detached unit, shop ���������������������������������� $575,000

9508 Lott Rd in Durham 4 bed, 3 ½ bath, 1.13 acre $519,000

3/2, 1600 sq ft, new roof. $249,000 4/2 near CSUC! $329,000 3/2 move-in condition NW Chico $259,900 40ac, North Chico zoned AG/Res. $118,000 2ac building lots $57,500 Single suite office space. $265-$450 monthly 5 ac lot. Owner carry $49,000

3217 Hwy45 in Glenn 2 bed, 1 bath, ¾ acre $199,000 Traci cooper • 530.520.0227

www.tracicooper.com • CalBRE #01952704

mark reaman 530-228-2229

www.ChicoListings.com • chiconativ@aol.com www.ChicoListings.com • chiconativ@aol.com Mark.Reaman@c21jeffrieslydon.com

The following houses were sold in Butte County by real estate agents or private parties during the week of November 30, 2015 – December 4, 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

TOWN

PRICE

BR/BA

TOWN

PRICE

BR/BA

70 Oak Dr

Chico

$180,000.00

2/ 1

SQ. FT. 1144

2 Oak Ave

ADDRESS

Oroville

$163,000.00

3/ 3

1570

2820 Pennyroyal Dr

Chico

$145,000.00

2/ 1.5

904

2453 B St

Oroville

$135,000.00

3/ 2

1292

1125 Sheridan Ave 27

Chico

$127,000.00

1/ 1

577

16 Linda Dr

Oroville

$111,000.00

3/ 1

1273

14280 Wycliff Way

Magalia

$200,000.00

2/ 2.5

1677

1059 Sierra Ave

Oroville

$105,000.00

2/ 2

1124

13602 W Park Dr

Magalia

$200,000.00

3/ 2

1541

5402 Hickory Way

Paradise

$379,000.00

3/ 2.5

2480

15332 Northlake Rd

Magalia

$195,000.00

2/ 1

1132

8609 Stiras Way

Paradise

$299,000.00

3/ 2

2071

12 Shining Star Ct

Oroville

$285,000.00

3/ 2

1727

994 Saxberg Dr

Paradise

$292,500.00

3/ 2.5

2132

5404 Royal Oaks Dr

Oroville

$254,500.00

4/ 3

3029

1580 Wagstaff Rd

Paradise

$230,000.00

3/ 2

1755

6381 South Fork Ct

Oroville

$230,000.00

3/ 2

2025

5880 Fickett Ln

Paradise

$160,000.00

2/ 1

1002

5175 Miners Ranch Rd

Oroville

$199,000.00

2/ 2

1380

6560 Center Pine Dr

Paradise

$155,000.00

3/ 1.5

1350

37 La Mirada Ave

Oroville

$165,000.00

3/ 1

1302

6339 Lancaster Dr

Paradise

$145,000.00

3/ 3

1684

d e c e m b e r 1 7, 2 0 1 5

SQ. FT.

CN&R

47