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Open letter to chico city council opportunity with enormous upside potential. Recent Ievents in the Middle East have caused some of Syria’s write today to alert the council to an emerging

most capable, effective and valuable human capital to become available at a substantial discount to the market.

These are Syria’s best and brightest: educators, executives, professionals. These are the kind of people our best companies are looking for. These are people with something to lose, something to gain, and the willingness to take extraordinary risks to achieve it.

They share the attributes of the by pioneers who founded this nation, Alan Chamberlain opened up the West, and settled this valley. They are of our tribe.

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wind. The fairest breeze can begin as the flutter of a butterfly’s wing, halfway around the world. This is top-shelf, investment-grade human capital. At these prices, how can we pass it up?

Let’s invite them. Let’s cherry-pick their LinkedIn profiles for the specific skills and experience our best performing companies are having the hardest time attracting. Let’s fill the gaps in our skilled and managerial workforces. And let’s tell the world why we’re doing it. In addition to raising our profile as intrepidly competitive, we might also help reframe the global deliberation. There are few better attributes to associate with our reputation than prescient insight and principled leadership.

Someone will do this. While strategic benefits will accrue to any community pursuing this strategy, brand awareness benefits will adhere solely to the first mover. The shortest distance between two points is a resolution extending an invitation to the Syrian refugee professional community to consider Chico first. No resources need be programmed. The nonprofit economic development community will do the heavy lifting. There is top-grade talent to be had for the asking.

Let’s ask. □

Thomas by Paradise Police Officer Patrick Feaster teaches us, it’s that transparency is key. The fact that video and audio from the scene has been made available to the media and public is a step in the right direction. But we need more.

This paper has in the past called for outside review of officer-involved shootings to eliminate the chances of bias. But we’d like that idea to be taken a step further by including citizens in the process.

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, communities across the nation have adopted such citizen review boards, with varying degrees of responsibility and reach. In Chico, for example, the Police Community Advisory Board exists to bridge a gap between police and the community and has the ability to make recommendations to the chief. Other models range from review power over law enforcement’s internal investigations to investigative power, with the ability to conduct independent investigations.

Considering the high cost of hiring investigators, we suggest a county citizen review board, which would have the authority to review investigations into law enforcement misconduct in the county and cities it envelops.

A DOJ report on such boards found that: “Many individuals and groups believe that citizen oversight, despite its serious limitations, can have important benefits.” Among them? Feeling validated. Satisfaction at being heard and contributing to holding officers accountable. Improving the relationship between the community and law enforcement. And better internal investigations by police departments.

In this time of distrust of police officers across the country, citizens need to be heard. In this county, nearly every police shooting we’ve seen in the past 10 years has been deemed “justified,” despite some seriously questionable circumstances and no outside review. Transparency must rule.

So, Butte County supervisors and citizens, we call on you to form a review board. It’s time to get involved. □

Sustain the nature center The Chico Creek Nature Center in Bidwell Park is a valuable resource to

the community, so we’re glad to see that its board of directors, which will become an advisory board in January, has developed a partnership with the Chico Area Recreation and Park District (CARD) with the goal of making the struggling center sustainable for the foreseeable future (see “A new deal,” by Evan Tuchinsky, page 8).

The nature center’s solvency has long been an issue. It has struggled to repay the city the loan it took out in 2008 to build the excellent exhibit hall and classroom facility that, due to a dearth of funding, has not been used to its potential. Money issues have plagued the organization for years, as city funding allocated to it has dried up in response to the Great Recession and the city’s ever-expanding payroll expenses, especially for public safety personnel.

Under ordinary circumstances, this newspaper would advocate for the city to forgive the $185,000 loan the nonprofit took out to build the exhibit hall. After all, the loan is for a building that the city owns (the CCNC leases it back). But the city simply cannot afford to do so at this time, so the recent agreement seems like the next best plan.

But that’s not where this story ends. In order for the center to maintain its viability, the public must continue to support it. Residents can do that by signing up for its programs—camps, classes, tours, etc. Those offerings will soon be found in a CARD catalog. Ultimately, it’s participation by the public that will buoy this resource highlighting the jewel of Chico—beautiful Bidwell Park. □

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the Force Seeing Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, the first film in that original series, is one of my first memories. I was 2 years old and lived in San Jose. My parents had actually taken me to see Pete’s Dragon, but that children’s movie was sold out. So they opted for the space epic. What I remember specifically is being in awe of Darth Vader. And so began a life-long appreciation of the Star Wars franchise.

I can’t count the number of times I’ve seen those films over the years. I watched them all in the theater and later the VHS versions were a staple in my house, after-school entertainment on many days for me, a latch-key kid. I know most of the dialogue by heart, especially that of the first two films. The Empire Strikes Back is my favorite, but I enjoyed the Ewoks in Return of the Jedi.

I was 8, after all, when that one hit the big screen.

In 1999, some friends and I lined up all day for the first showing of the first film of the prequels, The Phantom Menace. By then I lived in Chico, but I traveled to Roseville for the occasion. There may have been Princess Leia buns involved in that affair. Fortunately, cellphones with cameras weren’t a thing back then. In 2002, I was at the first showing of the second film in that trilogy, this time right here at Chico’s Cinemark 14.

I had a good time, but the films didn’t capture my imagination like the first series did, so I gave up on them by the time the last one premiered in 2005. By then I was a seasoned reporter.

Instead of heading to the theater to watch the film, I convinced my editors that Star Wars was enough of a cultural phenomenon to warrant a story. I interviewed the die-hard fans who, like me years earlier, had been there all day to get the best seats in the house.

If you’ve never gone to the opening day of a big film (Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, etc.), I highly recommend it. There’s something magical about sharing the experience with a bunch of strangers who are likewise excited and spent way too much time waiting in line. I’m too busy being a working mom these days to plan such an excursion.

But the stars, ahem, aligned for me last Thursday. I lucked into a pair of opening-night tickets for the newest film in the franchise, The Force Awakens. My husband got them from a colleague who couldn’t make it. Turns out they were tickets to the first local showing.

We had another event to attend that evening, so we got to the theater just in time. The only downside was getting stuck in the third row. It didn’t matter. We both loved the movie. I especially liked that the protagonist is a strong and resourceful woman.

The entire audience cheered several times during pivotal plot points, and also at the beginning, during the moment John Williams’ iconic musical score rang out as the intro scrolled up the screen. Tingles.

Melissa Daugherty is editor of the CN&R

Stop the criminalization Re “The final kindness” (Cover story,

by Ken Smith, Dec. 17): In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal loaves of bread. —Anatole France.

As an attorney-volunteer for the San Francisco Homeless Advocacy Project in the 1990s, I saw first-hand that criminalizing homelessness doesn’t work. It merely ties up the homeless in endless legal battles fighting tickets, misdemeanors and felonies. It consumes their time and scarce resources, preventing them from breaking the cycle of homelessness.

The homeless are not some “other.”

They are us, since so many Americans are only one paycheck away from the streets. One solution that works is Salt Lake City’s, which is to give the chronic homeless housing. The city found it cheaper to provide homes than to criminalize homelessness. SLC was spending $20,000 per year per homeless person, but found it could house them for only $7,800 per year. Chronic homelessness dropped 72 percent.

I urge the Chico City Council to reconsider its ordinances criminalizing homelessness.

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The paper also published a propaganda piece by Kara Baker with spelling mistakes not marked by (sic) as is the paper’s habit when printing writings by people they have a beef with. Where was full disclosure? Where was journalistic integrity? Crews rails against the old-boys network all the time, but cannot be forthright about his own entanglements?

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Confidence shaken Re “Not justified, not criminal” (Newsline, by Meredith J. Cooper, Dec. 17): I was not at the site of this accident in Paradise, so I can’t pretend to know exactly what happened, but neither was [District Attorney] Mike Ramsey at the scene, and he is pretending to know what happened.

This is why we have jury trials.

Let a jury of reasonable people examine the evidence. Ramsey can make his case, and Officer Feaster may still be found not guilty, but Ramsey should not have the power to unilaterally make this decision.

The circumstances are far too questionable. We’ve all looked at the same video and apparently most people aren’t seeing what Ramsey claims to be seeing.

We need to have faith in our law enforcement officers if they are going to ably serve and protect the community, and that means when officers make terrible mistakes or behave improperly, those officers need to be held to account, as any of us private citizens would be held accountable in a similar situation.

Right now my confidence in the system is severely shaken. It feels

like Mike Ramsey is not wielding the power he holds with the responsibility I would expect from a man in his position.

Bob Howard Los Molinos

Editor’s note: For an update on this story, see page 9.

We need to have faith in our law enforcement officers if they are going to ably serve and protect the community.

—bob Howard

Serviceman speaks out

‘What’s the … plan?’

For nearly 2 1/2 centuries America has attempted Manifest Destiny by slaughtering untold millions of humans in the name of national security and democracy. This country, which I served honorably for six years, is saturated with murder, rape, abuse, corruption and shame.

Our neighborhoods, workplaces, schools and countrysides are in a state of undeclared war and in all wars everyone involved is terrorized. Yet it is only labeled “terrorism” when it is Muslim.

Americans refuse to look in the mirror. Most often the “enemy” is us. You are being whitewashed into the darkness of militaristic policies that will only perpetuate increased misery in the world. All we learned from Iraq was the repulsive notion we should have stayed longer, and how to organize, train, then declare war on an organization like ISIS—perhaps manufactured in Langley, Va. Maybe the U.S. deserves delirious Donald. His atrocious mindset represents most ignorant Americans. Won’t be the first time he moved an Afro-American family out of their home. Please march to the rhythm of your own heart and not to the savage war drum thumping ever so viciously in Washington.

Re “Outside the Man Box” (Healthlines, by Mark Greene, Dec. 17): In this story, we have this oftrecycled thesis: Men are locked into being tough and dominant.

The poor bastards, being too ignorant to see how stuck they are, remain mired in “damaging” male behavior patterns. I’ve heard this for 50 years. (Notably, this anti-toughness view exists within a popular culture fixated on promoting ever tougher female role models. Heard anyone say tough women are wreaking havoc on their health and relationships?)

But, suppose we were to embrace men as men and celebrate what makes them different, instead of shaming them? What if their toughness was seen as a valuable characteristic by progressives?

What if male energy was channeled in a direction that actually mattered, with more young men becoming warriors for the planet, animals and the poorest people?

Are right-wing nut-jobs entitled to a monopoly on toughness, while progressives abandon the Man Box? Instead of men trying to be the best women they can be, how about men acting like men? Cancel the Super Bowl party and watch Cowspiracy, Earthlings, Blackfish and The Salt of the Earth. Get

Kenneth B. Keith Los Molinos

angry! The team we call “life” is losing and we’re in the fourth quarter. What’s the new game plan?

Patrick Newman Chico

Ask the rich A result of our representative’s budget betrayal will be an increased pressure to have Bakken crude come down the Feather River Canyon rails. Sometime back, I wrote a guest commentary warning of the danger of using this route for this highly flammable fracked oil. At that same time, I emailed Warren Buffet via the Gates Foundation asking him to consider California agriculture and not have his rail company use this dangerous route to transport oil, which is upriver from Oroville Dam and the California Aqueduct.

He did not respond to me personally, but this year the Sac Bee reported that this liquid carbon is not coming to the Bay Area via the Feather River Canyon (Butte County has other southerly routes). In light of the lifting of Jimmy Carter’s ban on unrefined oil exports, I have written Mr. Buffet again and I suggest you also ask him and BNSF to not use the Feather River Canyon to transport oil. Let’s face it, our elected officials do not represent us, but rather their biggest

campaign fund donors.

As Ralph Nader said in the title of his book, Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us! R. Sterling Ogden Chico

It’s a revolution This letter is a call, especially to those who have given up on voting because they have lost faith in the system. Bernie Sanders is truly promoting a political revolution! We can count on Sanders’ policy of integrity, supporting the interests of the people instead of mega-corporations, Wall Street and the military-industrial complex.

Sanders is not corrupt and he can’t be bought.

Hillary Clinton has already sold out to Zionist extremists and would sacrifice Palestinian rights in support of Israel expanding its oppressive, apartheid regime. She is a hawk who would continue our country’s policy of bombing innocent civilians, sending more Middle Eastern young people into the arms of ISIS, and more thousands of refugees fleeing violence.

She would continue shipping U.S.-made arms to violent dictatorships such as Saudi Arabia, who are bombing innocent people just struggling to live their lives in the midst of violent political upheaval.

Hillary is an apologist for Wall Street and would not support regulations that would truly rein them in. For all her rhetoric, she does not adhere to the principles of the Democratic Party. As president, Bernie Sanders will stand true to his principles. Join the political revolution—support Bernie Sanders for president!

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Firefighters discovered a honey oil lab in a trailer home within a block of Bidwell Junior High when they responded to a fire early on the morning of Dec. 20.

The owner of the home on Geneva Lane, 44-year-old Alan Moon, allegedly admitted to making butane honey oil, a potent form of hash that’s extracted from marijuana by using butane. Firefighters determined that the fire was started by a “candle Moon lit inside the trailer, and not the lab itself,” according to a Chico Police Department press release.

Police and agents from the Butte County Interagency Narcotics Task Force collected evidence and released Moon at the scene, pending charges requested by Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey.

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Sheriff’s detectives recently arrested two homeless people suspected in the killing of Angela Marie Murray, a homeless woman who lived in Oroville. The suspects, William Henry Smith Jr., 46, and Julie Lynn Moss, 54, were arrested in Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., on Sunday (Dec. 20).

Murray was found dead on the 600 block of Dunstone Drive near Oroville on Nov. 14, according to a Butte County Sheriff’s Office press release. Detectives received information that pointed them to Smith and Moss in connection with Murray’s death, then learned that the pair had left the area shortly after Murray was last seen alive.

Before facing charges in California, Smith and Moss are being held without bail awaiting an extradition hearing in Wisconsin.

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The town of Paradise will soon consider banning the cultivation and delivery of medical marijuana within town limits. The Planning Commission voted 3-2 in favor of a proposed ordinance that would do just that during a special public meeting on Monday (Dec. 21).

Community Development Director Craig Baker said by phone that the impetus for the ordinance comes from recently passed state legislation that establishes licensing regulations for medical marijuana dispensaries and delivery services. “We have a lot of enforcement problems [already],” Baker said, adding that town staff and legal counsel agreed that prohibiting cultivation and delivery altogether would be easier than enforcing medi-pot laws. “The majority of the Planning Commission agrees.”

From here, the draft ordinance is set for discussion during the Paradise Town Council’s regular meeting on Jan. 12 at 6 p.m. at the Town Council Chambers (5550 Skyway).

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A new deal

Caitlin Reilly is executive director of the Chico Creek Nature Center, which has struggled in recent years to pay back a city loan.

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CARD, city and Chico Creek Nature Center agree on plan to make the park facility solvent

director of the Chico Creek Nature W Center in 2013, her organization was like hen Caitlin Reilly became executive

an orphan out of Oliver Twist.

For years, its by main sustenance had Evan Tuchinsky been Community eva nt u c h i ns k y @ Development Block n ew srev i ew. c o m Grant funding. When the city, which administered the federal money, changed the degree to which it supported Visit CCNC: community groups, The Chico Creek going from $200,000 to Nature Center is at 1968 E. Eighth St., in $25,000 the next year, Lower Bidwell Park. CCNC experienced seriVisit bidwellpark.org or ous hunger pangs. call 891-4671 for more “The city had tried information. its best to warn the organization that this was not going to be a long-term source of funding,” she said, “but it had fallen on deaf ears because there was so much transition, so much going on within the organization ….

“What I was facing was too much dependency on one source of funding; that was not a long-term solution to our problem.”

The center not only had ongoing expenses but also payments on a $185,000 city loan, made in 2008 to help with construction of an exhibit hall and classroom.

Repayment had been sporadic.

Hands outstretched, pleading for some more, CCNC asked the city for additional

funding and loan concessions while holding a series of “emergency fundraisers.”

“The community responded in a really fantastic way,” Reilly said. But she knew that wasn’t a sustainable way to make ends meet. “You can’t continuously say, ‘Help save us!’”

The city did not increase funding, nor did it remove the burden of the loan.

But now that the Chico City Council and Chico Area Recreation and Park District have signed off on separate but interrelated agreements, the nature center finally can see some relief.

At its Dec. 15 meeting, the City Council unanimously approved a revised lease and loan-repayment pact with CCNC, which stemmed from six months of negotiations that also included CARD working out terms to manage the center’s operation. CARD’s board of directors unanimously approved that agreement at a Dec. 17 meeting.

“It’s really a wonderful end to a difficult chapter and a beginning of a whole new set of opportunities for the center and for the community,” Reilly said. “We are ready to move into this whole new chapter.”

CCNC’s board must ratify the set of arrangements, but Reilly says this is a formality because board members participated in the negotiations and voted in advance to authorize Bill Beckett, their acting president, to sign the contracts barring any unexpected clauses.

CARD General Manager Ann Willmann is proceeding as if the deal is

done, noting that the CCNC board has been “involved through the whole process” and “supportive of … what the other two governing bodies have agreed to.”

The city restructured its CCNC loan and

modified its lease to fit requirements recently adopted by the City Council for municipal properties rented below market rate. Those requirements include assessments of the lessee’s financial performance and viability. Thus, the CARD agreement represented a crucial piece of the city lease.

CARD agreed to assume operational control of the nature center effective Jan. 4. All staff, including Reilly, will become CARD employees. The CCNC board will remain intact but take on an advisory role, along with fundraising.

CARD will handle maintenance and cash flow, with the center expected to cover its expenses through programming revenue.

“With the day-to-day operations being taken care of, I think that [the CCNC staff’s] opportunity for programming and being creative just gets much easier,” Willmann said. “While they will absolutely be responsible for meeting the revenue marks that we’ve established, the ebbs and flows are not nearly as big of an impact because there’s a larger organization supporting [CCNC].”

Reilly—whose title will become nature center director with Willmann as her supervisor—says CCNC brought in approximately $120,000 from program-

ming during the last fiscal year. When she took the job in 2013, program income was a third of that. Budget figures for the next six months are approximately $100,000, and for the next fiscal year CCNC has a $205,000 budget.

CARD has no plans to eliminate any offerings, Willmann says; rather, all eyes are set on expanding what’s being done. The CARD spring guide will include a nature center section with additional classes and camps.

The Chico Creek Nature Center is not

the CARD Nature Center. Its lease and loan remain with CCNC. Willmann said her board did not want to take on the debt—still over $180,000, even after restructuring—so CARD was amenable only to an operating agreement.

Assistant City Manager Chris Constantin mentioned the idea of CARD involvement at a city-CCNC discussion last year, after the specter of default prompted the City Council to consider several courses of action (see “Money matters,” Newslines, May 22, 2014).

The council declined to forgive or forbear the loan. New negotiations commenced in June 2015.

The loan is interest-free for five years, then has a 5.24 percent rate, with quarterly payments. The lease, replacing an understanding that would have run though 2027, has a five-year term with extensions. The deals are linked; specifically, a missed loan payment would trigger default clauses in both the lease and loan contracts.

Constantin says the lease represents the first under new regulations passed Oct. 6 by the City Council, so there was “no template” to work off—even if this were a more conventional venture, not involving an added party.

“It was absolutely a three-legged stool,” Willmann said, “with all working together to work out what would be best for all organizations and for the community as a whole.”

The Nature Center, whose history dates to the 1970s, offers a range of programs: tours, classes, camps. It also rents out its facility, located in Lower Bidwell Park.

With CCNC run as what Reilly calls a “nonprofit business entity,” now backed by CARD, prospects seem stronger.

“CARD is a long-term solution to this problem,” she said. “They see the strides that we’ve made and see the opportunity to partner with us to get us to that next level that we need to get to in order to be long-term selfsustaining.” □

Death and justice Shooting victim dies, prompts renewed calls for charges against officer ndrew Thomas died on Saturday (Dec. 19), almost a month after he was shot in the neck by Paradise Police Officer Patrick AFeaster while trying to exit an SUV that had crashed and flipped

onto its side. The 26-year-old’s death has widespread implications because it opens Feaster up to being charged with involuntary manslaughter.

“We see Andrew’s death, as unfortunate as it is, as a chance to make an example out of Feaster and show police officers and the whole nation that, in America, there is accountability for “... everyone—even the police,” Joshua Turner, a friend of Thomas’, wrote in a message to this reporter. “And hopefully, police in the future will think twice about pulling their gun in a situation where they aren’t at great risk because they know there will be consequences.”

Turner has been organizing protests at Paradise Community Park, located at the corner where Thomas was shot. Saturdays have brought out huge crowds. On a recent Tuesday, a few supporters, including Cynthia Binyon, continued the cause.

“This whole thing has gone nationwide,” Binyon said amid honks of support as cars drove by. “A lot of people here are very upset.”

Before Thomas’ death, the rally cry was to fire Feaster. Now, protesters are calling for the district attorney to charge him criminally.

Many, like Binyon, are pushing for outside review of the incident.

“Everyone would feel a lot better if people outside this county investigated this,” she said.

Turner agreed. He’s posted links to a petition on the Facebook Sign the petition: To learn more about the petition event page he started called calling for outside review of this case, “Justice for Andrew Thomas go to tinyurl.com/q5wyg6f. #FireFeaster,” calling for just that.

“Our petition is about getting the attorney general to take over the investigation,” he said. “We feel it is ludicrous that a former PPD employee is conducting the internal investigation as well. We definitely want someone from outside Butte County to review this case.”

Former Paradise Police Chief Chris Buzzard has been temporarily

SIFT ER New Year’s resolve?

Each year, Americans promise to make positive changes in their lives in the new year, yet despite their best intentions only about 8 percent are successful. It should be noted that those who make resolutions are 10 times more likely to attain their goals than those who don’t, however. Below are Americans’ top 10 resolutions from 2015: 1. Lose weight 2. Get organized 3. Spend less; save more 4. Enjoy life to the fullest 5. Stay fit, healthy 6. Learn something exciting 7. Quit smoking 8. Help others with their dreams 9. Fall in love 10. Spend more time with family

Cynthia Binyon and Sarah Baker make their feelings about the recent shooting by cop of Andrew Thomas known to passersby at the intersection of Pearson Road and Black Olive Drive.

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rehired to conduct an internal affairs investigation into the incident, which will determine what disciplinary actions Feaster might face within the department.

“I don’t think I shot him. I wasn’t even pointing it at him. But the gun

did go off.”

Those words, caught on a body camera worn by Paradise Police Officer Manuel Ayala, were spoken by Feaster. They not only admitted an accidental discharge of his service weapon, but they also came a full 11 minutes after backup arrived on the scene of the rollover crash on Pearson Road that left Darien Ehorn dead and Thomas paralyzed. The response of the commanding officer that night, John Alvies, is unmistakeable: “Oh my fucking god, are you serious?”

One can surmise that Alvies was in such shock at Feaster’s admission because within a minute of his and Ayala’s arrival on the scene, Alvies can be heard questioning Thomas, who was later shown sitting limply inside the vehicle. Thomas’ response is too faint to make out.

“What do you mean you got shot? Did you get shot at the Canteena?” Alvies asked. Thomas and his estranged wife, Ehorn, had been leaving the Canteena bar when Feaster began to follow them, suspecting a DUI. After the SUV hit a median, Ehorn was ejected from the vehicle and later died at the scene. “Who shot you?”

Alvies continued. “The cop did not shoot you.”

But, in fact, Feaster had shot him. He can be clearly seen pulling out his gun and shooting Thomas on the video taken by his dashcam.

At the time, Feaster had just gotten out of his patrol car, and Thomas was attempting to pull himself out of the SUV, which was lying on its side. Originally, only the dashcam video was released. It has no audio, but it still caused an uproar. At the request of this reporter, Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey released the body camera videos as well.

Two weeks ago, on Dec. 10, Ramsey delivered

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the trigger, Ramsey said, and because Thomas had survived the incident, it wasn’t a homicide and therefore there were no criminal charges to be filed.

All that changed last weekend, however, when Thomas, who already was paralyzed, died of multiple organ failure. “Now we can consider involuntary manslaughter, which allows a theory of negligence to be considered where it was not able to be considered when [Thomas] was alive,” Ramsey explained by phone.

“The caveat being that it has to be criminal negligence.”

To be found criminally negligent, one must meet two criteria: “He or she acts in a reckless way that creates a high risk of death or great bodily injury” and “A reasonable person would have known that acting in that way would create such a risk.”

Ramsey’s office will be looking at two theories, he said.

The first is the discharge of the weapon, which required a finger on the trigger that is against police protocol unless the officer intends to shoot. “The other is more of a stretch,” he said. “We’ll have to look at the medical part of this: Did any delay in the notification contribute substantially to Mr. Thomas’ death?”

Even that second theory includes theories, such as whether the delay in notifying a superior officer of the gunshot affected Thomas’ initial medical care.

Also, Ramsey said they will need to confirm that Thomas actually died because of the gunshot—“I believe his lungs and his kidneys shut down,” he said. “We can certainly surmise that that’s probably a result of the gunshot wound, but I need actual medical confirmation.”

The results of the autopsy and a medical review are pending and likely won’t be finalized before the holidays.

Turner is hopeful that Feaster will be charged.

“As you know, these situations are happening all over the country, and we actually have a chance to convict a police officer for firing his weapon and killing an unarmed citizen,” he said. “The whole country wants that justice.”

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hen Bill Hack becomes interim chief of the Chico Fire Department on New Year’s Day, he’ll be the first Chico firefighter to rise through the ranks internally and get promoted to chief since Elmer Brouillard was appointed in 1953.

It’s not where Hack expected his career would lead. For a long time, he just wanted to be a firefighter.

“I liked going out on emergency calls,” he said. “But as you grow and develop, opportunities come up, and I found that my skill set was best fit to move up in management.”

Through Dec. 31, Hack is still a division chief. Then he’ll replace outbound Fire Chief Shane Lauderdale, who announced his resignation in early December.

Lauderdale is taking a position with the North County Fire Authority in San Mateo County.

During a recent interview at Fire Station 1 on Salem Street, Hack discussed his career, keeping the department fully staffed and the importance of stable leadership.

“I wasn’t one of those kids who grew up wanting to be a firefighter,” he said. After graduating from UC Davis in 1992 with a degree in policy analysis and planning, Hack worked as a hazardous materials consultant in the Bay Area. But as a lifelong athlete who had played football in college, solitary work didn’t suit him.

“I was doing my own thing; a lone fish swimming upstream,” he said. “I missed the camaraderie of a team.”

He gravitated to fire service and completed the Butte College Fire Academy about 20 years ago. In 1995, he was hired by the Chico Fire Department.

period of sorts during which City Manager Mark Orme may appoint Hack as the permanent chief or open an outside search. Hack expects to be evaluated based on his leadership abilities, communication with the city’s executives and approach to challenges ahead.

The first order of business is seeking an extension for the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant awarded to the city back in April 2014. The $5.29 million federal grant, which created 15 new positions for the department, is set to expire this spring. An extension would help fund the positions for another six to seven months, Hack said, and he’ll pursue a second SAFER grant that would provide two more years of funding and allow him to hire four new firefighters.

Day-to-day operations won’t change much, he said. Hack intends to build on the work of Lauderdale, who often was praised by members of the Chico City Council for implementing a proactive fire protection model, reducing the department’s expenditure on overtime hours and creating

a Community Risk Reduction Division. Hack called Lauderdale’s tenure “transformational” and wants to continue making Chico safer.

Of chief concern are old Victorian-style homes in the south campus neighborhood and the closely adjoining buildings in Chico’s downtown core, where flames could easily leap structureto-structure. Within the next couple of years, Hack said, he’ll introduce an ordinance that would require old buildings to be retrofitted with up-to-date sprinkler systems during remodeling.

“Over time, that will make it a safer community,” Hack said, “and you’ll have a smaller standing firefighter force.”

As for the high turnover rate among chiefs in recent years, Hack recognizes the benefit of long-term leadership. He hopes that his relatively young management team—Hack is 46 years old, and the department’s four division chiefs are all in their 40s—will provide stability at the top “for the next decade.”

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HEALTHLINES After 15 years of responding to emergencies, Aaron Mathrole with Butte County EMS is now following up with patients after they’re released from Enloe Medical Center.

“and also stem this tide of health care out of control.”

Noting that “emergency departments are the most expensive health care in the world,” particularly in California, and serve as a safety net “for people who have nowhere else to go,” Cline said that community paramedicine offers alleviation for ERs overflowing with patients who don’t truly have emergency medical needs.

Since July, Butte County EMS has served about 225 patients through the project. Readmissions to Enloe within 30 days—for any reason—have decreased dramatically compared with last year: 24 percent for heart attack patients, 60 percent for heart failure.

“We’re exceeding our goals on those,” Cline said.

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AMathrole has saved countless lives with rapid interventions and speedy transport to s a paramedic for about 15 years, Aaron

the hospital. Even amid the rush, he can get a sense of the patient’s surrounding circumstances.

The elderly man with chest pain, halfway off the recliner in a cramped den/ kitchenette. The young woman twisting with spasms beneath a tree at City Plaza.

There’s surely more behind their diagnoses than why somebody called 911, but since ambulances are emergency response vehicles and their crews are first responders, that’s where Mathrole has always focused.

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Butte County EMS who have been trained in community paramedicine. When he’s not assigned to 911 response, he provides nonemergency care to patients across the county recently discharged from Enloe Medical Center following treatment for congestive heart failure or heart attack.

This supplemental care is part of a statewide pilot program from the California Emergency Medical Services Authority and the California HealthCare Foundation.

Eleven other EMS providers are participating—some also targeting cardiac care, others focusing on areas such as tuberculosis and mental health. The program launched in July and will run for two years, at which point an independent research team from UC San Francisco will evaluate the efficacy.

The goal: to convince state officials to allow California to join Colorado, Maine, Minnesota, North Carolina and Texas in implementing community paramedicine.

“The idea behind growing it is to provide better care as an EMS system,” said

Mathrole. “We already drive ‘code 3’ to a patient and help them in their time of need.

Now we’re trying to help them on the back side; keep them out of the hospital, make them feel more comfortable at home, be able to fix their minor ailments at their house without them having to go to the hospital.”

Currently, state law—specifically, California Code of Regulations Title 22— allows EMS providers to bill only for transportation services and doesn’t permit paramedics to deliver in-home care. Community paramedicine would revise this legislative and financial model. For now, the services Mathrole and others provide through the pilot project go unpaid to Butte County EMS. Neal Cline, the program’s local leader, sees both medical and fiscal rationale that should appeal to governmental decisionmakers. Cline is a flight nurse who works jointly for Butte County EMS and Enloe.

“The reasons we’re doing this are to bring access to people who don’t have it,” he said,

Mathrole follows up with his patients by phone and makes home visits when he determines in-person contact would prove beneficial.

He adds three to five new patients a week. Meanwhile, others roll off his list because the project parameters stipulate that community paramedics interact with each patient in a 30-day window, the idea being that the medic will fill the gap between hospital discharge and the start of in-home health.

Butte County EMS as a whole adds three to five patients a day.

Mathrole’s initial call, made two days after the patient leaves the hospital, acts as an introduction as well as a check-in. How are you feeling? Do you have all prescribed medications and equipment? Have all doctor’s appointments been scheduled and transportation arranged? Do you need any other help or questions answered?

When visiting, Mathrole will make sure the home is safe, ensuring that everyone has free movement throughout the residence and that the patient has ready access to medicine. He’ll also check prescriptions for potentially harmful pharmaceutical interactions.

For the next 18 months, Mathrole and his Butte County EMS colleagues have a limited scope, but already he sees potential

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beyond heart patients.

“The way health care is changing, the community paramedic is becoming more and more of a necessity,” he said. “Hopefully, after this two-year pilot program is over, we’ll be able to figure out how to expand it.”

Mental health represents a vital frontier. Currently, patients placed under a 5150 hold—i.e., involuntary confinement—require a medical evaluation that often precedes the psychiatric or psychological evaluation. Moreover, ambulances can transport a patient only to a hospital ER to receive payment.

By allowing paramedics more latitude in assessment and transportation, Mathrole and Cline explained, lawmakers can alleviate a big burden on emergency facilities.

Award-winning venture:

Neal Cline and the 11 other leaders of the community paramedicine pilot project were honored at the 2015 California EMS Awards Program, held Dec. 2 in San Francisco.

This and the other elements of community medicine constitute a challenge that paramedics are eager to embrace.

“We always wish we are able to do more,” Mathrole said. “I think we recognized the need for this, but we didn’t really realize [before the project] exactly what that need was. Once we got the training, we looked back and went, ‘Wow, I could have been doing all this stuff for so long, and it would have been so helpful.’” □

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L19-year-old mating herself to life on two wheels. The Chico native is preparing herself izi Urbanowicz has recently been accli

for a 4,000-mile journey—by bicycle— across the United States next summer. The plan: to help build affordable housing along the way.

From mid-June to early September, Urbanowicz, along with about 30 other young volunteers, will be bicycling from Portland, Maine, to Santa Barbara with Bike and Build, a nonprofit that organizes crosscountry cycling trips for youth ages 18 to 26, to support affordable housing. Stopping at roughly 15 work sites across the country, riders temporarily trade in their bikes for a paint brush or hammer, lending a hand in the building process before heading back onto the open road and onto the next site.

It was Urbanowicz’s involvement last year with service program AmeriCorps and working for Habitat for Humanity in San Antonio, Texas, that first piqued her interest in the affordable-housing cause.

“I never really realized the impact [these programs] have on families,” she said.

“There are so many families who just can’t afford housing; it’s a big issue.”

According to the National Low Income Housing Coalition, 10.3 million people fall into ELI, the extremely low income bracket, making it especially hard to rent or own homes, and that’s where affordable housing programs come in.

“Affordable housing is defined as not having to spend more than 30 percent of your income on housing, but a lot of houses cost 50 percent or more of a family’s income. Keeping the cost low to focus on other expenses, like education, is really important,” Urbanowicz said.

With new awareness of the housing issues in America, Urbanowicz was immediately drawn to Bike and Build’s program.

“It combines taking a cool trip with a service aspect. I’ve always wanted to do a long bike trip, but not unless there was a compelling reason behind it.”

Recently accepted into the program,

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Urbanowicz has quite a bit of work ahead of her before June. Besides meeting a 500-mile bicycle training requirement, riders are asked to extensively research Chico native Lizi Urbanowicz is joining Bike affordable housand Build, an organization that sends young ing curriculum people on cross-country bike rides to build and raise at least affordable housing. $4,500 before the trip. And if it’s not all raised by the first day of orientaother community organizations, where riders tion? “Then you can’t ride, no exceptions,” will give presentations using the knowledge Urbanowicz said. “They want you to be they’ve acquired about affordable housing pretty committed.” issues. A van will accompany the team, carThe first thousand of those dollars rying gear, scouting lunch spots and lugging goes toward a “sweet road bike,” which around any temporarily wounded soldiers.

Urbanowicz is especially looking forward While Urbanowicz’s route is taking her to. The rest is for trip funds such as food and toward Santa Barbara, there are over half a shelter, but the majority of the money goes dozen other Bike and Build trips, all east to to the various affordable housing programs west, starting from different states and all that Bike and Build partners with. making their way to the Pacific Ocean.

“It’s great because it’s a grassroots orgaWhile fundraising and training efforts are nization, but it’s also dealing with wealth a huge part of the preparation, Urbanowicz redistribution. The money I’m raising from notes that pre-existing construction skills the Chico area is going across the country to aren’t as crucial for the work sites. “On the the organizations we build with and research job, you have people of every skill level, with. It’s not just Bike and Build getting and there are always a few team leaders who government grants,” she said. But more than can do the more difficult tasks. A lot of the that, riders get to help decide exactly where stuff volunteers do doesn’t take much traintheir money goes. “We get a say in deciding ing, maybe 15 minutes of instruction, but it’s which affordable housing programs we want fairly easy to catch on.” to award grants to, so we get to be a part of With the trip starting in June, the process,” she added.

Urbanowicz has a few more months to get Once the trip starts, Urbanowicz can everything prepared for the adventure. So expect to bike about 70 miles a day, on far, she’s raised about one-fourth of her funaverage, starting at 6 or 7 a.m. By night, the draising goal. team finds various forms of accommodation, “I’ve never done something like this from camping to staying with churches or before. I’ll probably send some letters and make a video. It’ll definitely stretch my abilities.” As far as training goes, she’s a little more confident. “I’m not too intimidated help the cause: by the training … yet.” The UCLA student, To learn more about bike and build and help Lizi Urbanowicz reach her fundraising goal, who’s trained for half marathons before, is visit classic.bikeandbuild.org/rider/8612. no stranger to the bicycle either. “Growing

up, I never had a car; I went everywhere by bike, and I love biking. I think after this trip and all my experience, I’ll be even more likely to do so.” □

ECO EVENT ChRistmas tReeCyling The trees that bring us so much joy during the Christmas holiday can continue to serve a greater purpose into the future through recycling. Locally, that duty is handled by Boy scouts troop 2. The Chico troop is already booking its pickups this year, and locals can get on the list by filling out a form at www.troop2chico.com/ christmas-tree-pickup. Last year, they collected 1,500 trees, with this year’s goal being 1,600. The trees are bundled and placed in Lake Oroville to serve as fish habitats.

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You can mail your request to 135 Mission Ranch Blvd, Chico, CA 95926. Have trees on curb by 8am. * Drop-off locations January 9th: – Hooker Oak Park – Oakway Park – Butte Bible Fellowship Church Parking lot *co-sponsored by Recology Butte Colusa Counties City of Chico Compost Facility Drop off: Free drop off at facility December 26th – January 9th. Hours 8am-4pm. Closed Sundays and Mondays. Remove all tinsel & ornaments.

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THE GOODS Photo by rAchel bush

15 MINUTES

HOMEGROWN

ugly sweater paradise It’s hard to predict what fashion trends will come or go, but it seems clear that the ugly sweater is here to stay. The gaudy, oversized tops, first popularized by grandmothers, have become a holiday staple for parties, right alongside eggnog and mistletoe.

Chicoan Tanya Schuttenberg knows this, and every holiday season she transforms her secondhand store, The Thrift Queen, into an ugly sweater haven, where the walls and racks are filled with an endless supply of extravagant, festive clothing. Hand-decorated by Schuttenberg, the holiday apparel often features extensive 3-D accessories, from stuffed animals to plastic candy canes and shiny tinsel, a perfect conversation piece for the annual Christmas party. While the thrift store, which Schuttenberg has owned for 15 years, offers other costumes, plus used and vintage clothing yearround, it’s the ugly sweater season that keeps her particularly busy.

When do you transform your store into the ugly sweater wonderland?

It takes me the whole month of November to change the store to the theme, and then each week more people will come in. Each week, I’ll put up another hundred to keep the store stocked up. Got to have a big variety, something for everyone.

How many ugly sweaters do you have in the store?

I did a hand-count and I’ve got over

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a thousand of them.

Can you explain the process of collecting and decorating the sweaters?

I bought all the sweaters and washed and decorated them. I travel all over Northern California to find things for the store. I go to yard sales, flea markets … I have my favorites, out of town. I’ve been decorating for over 10 years because I don’t want to run out, and everyone wants a great one.

I use ornaments, tinsel, stockings and sometimes stuffed animals.

Mine are crazy and over-the-top, or they’re beautiful ugly sweaters. Girls say they want an ugly sweater, but they still want it to be cute. They kind of become beautiful sweater parties, in a way.

Do you work on the sweaters all year?

Whenever I’m in the mood. Once I start a project, I’ve got to finish it!

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It’s just like the store; I don’t want to give it up. I like my store and I like my customers. And with the sweaters, you get better at making them as time goes on. I like to put a lot of things on them, so they’re a good value. But it does add up. You just have to try to make a profit and keep the ball rolling. I want people to appreciate my work, and it makes me happy to do things for other people—that’s my job.

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There’s no time quite like the holidays to take in all the amazing creations our local artists are making. All of the many holiday craft fairs highlighted their work, much of it perfect for gifting. But there are a few places in town that show off local handmade creations year-round.

One of those places is the Chico Art Center, which has a gift shop filled with members’ work. During the holiday season, however, they open up a larger shopping area with everything from paintings and pottery to jewelry and scarves. I stopped by recently to check out what they have on offer and was impressed by how many talented artists our fair town boasts.

Nothing shows off art as well as a photograph, so I decided to dedicate this column to pictures of some of my favorite things at the Winter Art and Gift Extravaganza, which runs through Jan. 8 at the Chico Art Center (450 Orange St.).

Charlene Abinante has a number of neat foodsafe pottery pieces on offer in the winter sale.

I particularly liked the olive oil dipping dishes, which Abinante—an accomplished local artist— says show off their embossed designs when you add balsamic vinegar. Cool!

Besides ugly sweaters, what are other big sellers in the store?

Halloween’s a popular time. And when the students come back to town after summer, they start having all their themed parties. All the vintage stuff is back in style and right now it’s the ’90s … I have ’90s overalls, jackets, sweaters. I try to have what they’re looking for.

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Vicki Lea Eggen’s paintings greeted me with a bang. Full of color, they are both sharp and striking at the same time.

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Blue Christmas HOLIDAY FICTION BY ZU VINCENT

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ayla and me left California in the middle of the night, days before Christmas. Mice had taken over the trailer like flies on stink, running up the bedcovers, shoveling in our cereal box, nesting in Layla’s 7-Eleven work-shirt pockets. That trailer was singing with mice. “Why pay rent when it should be condemned?” Layla said. So we’d packed the Fiesta and headed north, singing to Christmas songs on the radio. We’ll drive until our gas runs low, was Layla’s idea. The Fiesta was full.

Layla was teaching me to carry a tune until “Blue Christmas” came on. It was my favorite Christmas song, but Layla had vowed to never sing it again since it reminded us of my dad, and she snapped the radio off. “Too sentimental.” She gave me a look.

“Santa Says told me we’d find a oneroom house at the end of our journey,” I said. I figured it was good to get her talking about other things. But she glared at me.

“And Layla says, ‘No more Internet!

Don’t you dare message him again, Sage.

Anybody calling himself Santa Says so he can chat with kids has got himself a problem. The guy’s probably off his nut. And nuts get lonely at Christmastime.’”

Layla didn’t trust people as a rule. Me, I trusted them until they proved me wrong, which Layla said was only because I was ten and didn’t know better yet. But weren’t the two of us lonely at Christmastime ourselves?

She promised me a motel room in the little town we stopped in, but she hadn’t counted on the price being so high even in the off season. The woman behind the desk was built like a top, wide shoulders spinning down to skinny legs. What about my girl here, Layla wheedled. Don’t you know Christmas is coming?

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the woman said.

Layla needed a beer. We found a café called Cliffside with a bar attached so I could sit at a table and look at the ocean far below. I kept my eye on the door, my slice of Layla sitting in the bar. Long dark wood and clonking pool balls and Layla in her one good glittery blouse blowing smoke. She liked to say nobody could get drunk on beer.

“More soup, Honey?” The waitress had tiny Christmas tree lights for earrings, running clear up the inside of both ears. My table was next to a rattling window and outside the window a snaking shoreline rammed by waves. The window glass whomped and shuddered and made me sure it was about to break.

“Ain’t nothin’, Honey,” the waitress said. “Wait until our next storm and it really blows.”

“Can I use your computer?”

“Geez.” She frowned. “You geeks are getting younger every day.”

“It’s just we can’t afford a cellphone. And

I got someone I need to keep in touch with.”

“You’re not from around here.” She had way curly chocolate-colored hair. She set her coffee pot down and I read her name tag.

Rachel.

“California,” I said. “It’s urgent. I’m writing to Santa Says.”

“Never heard of it. Besides, aren’t you a little old for Santa?”

Which is what adults always say. Once they convince you the old man comes down the chimney and leaves you presents, they admit it was all lies and they can’t afford the stuff you’re asking for this year.

Rachel laughed when I told her my theory and let me in the office. “This place belongs to my brother and me. Rick is the cranky one, so don’t let him catch you in here,” she warned. “You sure you got your own account?”

I typed it in to show her and she left to pour more coffee.

I was at the table when Layla came back, slanty lipped and cheeks like peach blush. Her eyes were cheery with beer and news.

“Barman says try a yurt.”

“What’s a yurt?”

“A tent with heat, smarty.

And it’s on the beach. Cheap.”

Can you believe I was ten years old and had never been on a real beach before? This one was flat and forever. Wind like a boxer’s punch. Sand dunes whipped into a frenzied dance

and away they went, blasting off. I tried flying the kite Layla bought me at the Dollar Store. The blow shredded it to bits and carried off the bits.

The sea lion caves and the aquarium were closed. We drove up a winding road so steep the Fiesta coughed and threatened to die, so we crabbed on foot along a leaf-molded slippery trail for the view.

Up there we could see everything. Ocean pouring over the curve of the earth and far below us rocks like resting elephant rumps.

Right that minute I fell in love.

“Can we stay here? Please?” I begged.

Which was the wrong thing to say to Layla.

“Sun’s leaving,” Layla said. “Better find our yurt.”

The yurt was tucked in some trees, and

made of canvas over a frame. A tall ranger in a wide-brimmed hat walked us up the wooden porch steps and gave us a key.

When he left, Layla sighed. “I do like a man who wears a hat.” She looked wistful and sat down on a bunk. There were two bunks with beds top and bottom. A plastic window in the door. The heater ticked and groaned and blasted lukewarm against the roaring gale stirred up outside. “So this is a yurt.” She didn’t seem wistful now.

“It’s just like Santa Says.” I threw Layla a hug. “A one-room house at the end of our journey!”

“Sure could use another beer,” was all she said.

Layla didn’t believe there was good in the world, like maybe Santa Says had a true heart and was just trying to help out with

A young girl searches for a place to call home Layla was teaching me to carry a tune until “Blue Christmas” came on. It was my favorite Christmas song, but Layla had vowed to never sing it again since it reminded us of my dad. advice and predictions. I did. Look how she’d kept me after Dad left. She didn’t have to. She was only his girlfriend. She could have put me in foster care. Not that she didn’t threaten sometimes, but I knew she wouldn’t really do it. She didn’t want to be lonesome any more than I did.

Layla didn’t understand the Internet. She couldn’t even type. I learned to type in fourth grade at Dovetail Elementary, where I went for an entire half year before Layla moved us again. That was the longest I’d been in any school. I hated always moving but it helped having the Internet.

You could connect to kids all over the world online. “Like you used to have pen pals when you were little,” I told Layla.

“I never had no pen pal,” Layla said.

“Well, you’re a singer. Supposing you wanted to talk to other singers, maybe share about music and stuff?”

“Other singers are just competition. Why would I want to share with them?” Layla claimed she’d be famous if it weren’t for all the backbiting musicians in her life who walked across her to get where they are now. “Freddy Love, for example,” she said. “He’s all the time on the radio. Freddy says let’s cut a deal and he pays me squat for my songs, then goes out and makes himself a mint off

them. Nothing I could do. It’s in the contract; I signed it. Like a dummy.”

“Santa Says wouldn’t betray me,” I told Layla. “He—he’s magical.”

“Magical? Girl, just because somebody calls themselves Santa doesn’t mean they are.”

There was no use trying to convince Layla. But that didn’t mean I was going to give up Santa Says.

Tradition, Santa Says believed, is what turned your house into a home at Christmastime. And he had suggestions, like making homemade gifts instead of buying things, and having friends over for a party.

Thinking about his advice gave me

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Layla took me back to the Cliffside for

Tradition . . . is what turned your house into a home at Christmastime.

If we had a party, the yurt would feel homier, and that might make Layla want to stay here. an idea. If we had a party, the yurt would feel homier, and that might make Layla want to stay here. I begged her to take me back to the Dollar Store so we could pick something for each other for Christmas.

“That’s what you want?” She lifted the string of lights from the cart.

“I’m going to hang them around the yurt.”

“Why don’t you get something to do.

Like crosswords.”

“This is something to do. I’m going to have a party.”

“You got a guest list?” She squinted at me like we’d just met. “You need guests to have a party.”

“I know people.”

“Like who? We’ve been here all of fifteen minutes.”

“Like that park ranger.” I figured Layla would like that. “And Rachel, at the café.”

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Layla just shook her head. “Don’t get your hopes up, Sage,” she said.

But I couldn’t help it. I was in love with this

beach. I woke early the next morning, left a note for the park ranger about the party, and went to see what it looked like when the tide was out. Gulls scooted the wind, their wings flapping crazily above the crashing waves. Where the waves shrank back sun gleamed in wet sand.

I walked until the sand ran into rocks and climbed over the rocks. That’s when I found the balancing rocks. A whole bunch of them rising up around a tide pool, like statues. You wouldn’t think anything could balance like that, much less a stack of big fat stones, pointy stones, flat stones and odd-shaped stones piled one on top of the other. Precarious but solid, too, not even the wind made them teeter. I walked all around them, staring.

Then I saw an old man setting a large, pointy stone on top of a round one on one of the stacks. He kept his hands light around the stone. He didn’t seem to mind the heaviness of the rock or the wind slashing or that I was standing there. He just kept holding the stone so its very tip rested against the rock below it. I didn’t see how he was going to get that rock to stay there. Or keep the rest of them from falling down. After the longest time, he lifted his hands away. I held my breath. The rock was balanced.

“Say, would you like to come to my party?” I asked when he turned to me and smiled.

breakfast. When she went to the ladies, I asked Rachel if she’d like to come to the party, too. “It’s in our yurt. On the beach,” I added, when she looked doubtful.

“Tomorrow night.”

“That’s Christmas Eve. It’s our one busy night. I have to work.”

“You could come before work.”

“You don’t give up, do you?” she laughed.

“And bring a friend,” I added. “As many as you want.”

“Okay, Honey. If I come, I’ll bring a friend.”

Things were looking up!

“One more thing,” I said.

Rachel’s pencil paused over her order pad. “Do you need a singer in the bar?”

“I heard that.” Layla was back. Plunking into our booth looking sour. “What are you now, my manager?”

She frowned at me.

Rachel stuffed her pad with our order back in her pocket. “It’s okay,” she said. “My brother handles that end of things. If you want to give him a try, come back tomorrow. I’ll introduce you.”

I grinned at Layla, trying not to look too eager.

“Okay,” Layla said slowly.

“What time?”

On Christmas Eve, Layla put

on her one good glittery blouse and went to apply for the singing job. “I guess it would be better than 7-Eleven,” she admitted.

“Just don’t get your hopes up, though,” she warned.

“Don’t forget the pie,” was all I said, since Rachel had promised me a day-old pie for the party. I crossed my fingers and wished to Santa Says that Layla would sing “Blue Christmas” for Rachel’s brother. I knew she’d get the job if she sang that. Dad always said she belted it out with tears in her voice, and made grown men cry.

While Layla was gone I strung the Christmas lights, popped popcorn on the yurt’s porch barbecue, and heated up apple cider from the Dollar Store. Then, I waited.

Layla took forever. Dusk fell and the sky clouded up. I stood outside admiring the lights, strung up and glowing. The campground was deserted. It was so quiet I heard a chipmunk rustling in the dead leaves. I realized the wind had stopped, and even the waves seemed to pause, like the whole world held its breath.

Finally, the Fiesta limped back into camp and Layla got out.

“Did you sing for him? Do you have the job?” I met her in front of the yurt.

I was in love with this beach.

I walked until the sand ran into rocks and climbed over the rocks. That’s when I found the balancing rocks.

She shook her head. “He isn’t hiring.”

“But—what about ‘Blue Christmas?’” I couldn’t stop myself. “Did you sing that?”

“It wouldn’t matter if I did.”

I was sorely disappointed but only for a minute, because the ranger’s truck drove up just then.

“He came!” I said, relieved. “He came to the party.” Things were looking up again.

Even Layla looked surprised.

When the ranger unfolded from his truck I ran to meet him. “Thank you for coming,” I said politely.

“Actually,” he smiled at Layla and settled his hat brim, “I have bad news. I’m closing the campground. We’re in for some high wind and the yurt isn’t safe.”

I thought he was joking. “It’s been windy the whole time,” I argued. “We’re fine.” But just then the wind kicked up hard, careening into the yurt. It billowed the canvas like a sail and danced the lights.

That made Layla jump into action.

“That’s it. Sage, throw your stuff in the car.

We’re hitting the road.”

“What about our party—” I shot the ranger a pleading look.

“Sage,” Layla warned.

“Stop by the Cliffside before you travel,” the ranger said kindly. “There’s been some road closures and you’ll need to get the best route to take.”

But that meant another town. Another night without a place to sleep. “I don’t want the best route!” I cried. Layla was giving me looks but I couldn’t stand it. I’d rather be blown away with the yurt. I backed away from her and took off running down the dark beach.

“Sage!” she called. But the wind snatched her words and sent them flying.

I ran until my legs burned and my breath caught sharp. My heart felt black as the waves, the low clouds like soot inside me.

I sniffled and shivered, feeling as stupid for believing in Santa Says as I did for being a

baby when things didn’t work out. When I dried my eyes, there was Layla, a shadow coming after me.

At the Cliffside café, cars

were parked every which way.

The wind was screaming and we were nearly shredded like my kite getting out of the Fiesta. Inside was so full of people you could hardly talk.

Christmas carols played on a speaker and a tree rotated in the corner. But Rachel said the crowd wasn’t just for Christmas Eve. A cypress was down across the road up north and people had been turned back on their way home.

“Guess we’re the only game in town,” she added. “Sorry about your party, Honey.” She smiled at me. “You want to help me light some candles on the tables?

I’m afraid this wind will take the power out.” I helped her light the candles while Layla went off to see if we could still drive south. I spotted the old man who stacked the stones at one of the tables and went over and asked him what would happen to his statues now.

“They’ll probably fall down,” he said.

“But they’ll be ruined!”

“Yes. Then I’ll set them up again.” He shrugged.

That was lousy. As lousy as us having to leave again. I was telling him this when we heard a big boom and crackle and the lights blinked out. The music died. Everyone’s faces grew long with candlelight.

A big groan went up and two guys started arguing at another table. One guy shouted and the other guy jumped up, sending his chair backward. “Fight!” somebody yelled.

“Jesus, here we go.” Rachel appeared next to me just as Layla got back with a road map.

A brimmed hat filled the doorway before wind slammed it shut. Maybe this was a good sign and maybe it wasn’t.

Maybe the ranger would fall in love with Layla.

“You still want that singing job?”

Rachel touched Layla’s arm.

Layla looked down at the map and back at me. “Your brother said—” “I don’t care what he said. You keep this crowd from going crazy tonight, you’re hired. The stage is over there.”

Layla hesitated. “What does my manager say?” She looked at me.

I just shrugged, like I was the man who stacked the stones. Layla sighed, shoved the map at me and climbed the stage. She tapped a spoon to a glass to get people’s attention and the guys who wanted to fight stopped and stared. She sang the songs Freddy Love had stolen from her. I thought

she looked pretty up there, her one good glittery blouse twinkling small stars. But not everybody was paying attention, and it was hard to hear even her loud voice over the crowd.

I slumped against a wall and waited for what would happen next. Layla had stopped singing.

“Sage?” she called. “Where are you?

Everybody, that’s my girl there,” she pointed when I raised my hand. “She wanted to have a party tonight and ended up in this place instead. With you all.” Some people laughed. One guy called for quiet. “She knows there’s a song I’ll never sing since it makes me too sentimental. But she loves this song so I’m going to sing it for her.

Which doesn’t mean I’m going to get sentimental.” She shot me a look. “It’s called ‘Blue Christmas.’” Then she belted it out in that way she has that makes grown men cry.

The whole room was listening now. The only other sound the outside door yanking open. A brimmed hat filled the doorway before wind slammed it shut. Maybe this was a good sign and maybe it wasn’t.

Maybe the ranger would fall in love with Layla the way Dad did, and we’d end up staying here for good. I couldn’t ask Santa Says for advice with the Internet down, so I figured it out for myself. People will always fight and sing and stack up stones that might be toppled. It was just up to some of us to remain hopeful. Ω

About the author:

Zu Vincent, author of the novel The Lucky Place and numerous short stories for CN&R, among others, holds an MFA in writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts.

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Layla took me back to the Cliffside for

Tradition . . . is what turned your house into a home at Christmastime.

If we had a party, the yurt would feel homier, and that might make Layla want to stay here. an idea. If we had a party, the yurt would feel homier, and that might make Layla want to stay here. I begged her to take me back to the Dollar Store so we could pick something for each other for Christmas.

“That’s what you want?” She lifted the string of lights from the cart.

“I’m going to hang them around the yurt.”

“Why don’t you get something to do.

Like crosswords.”

“This is something to do. I’m going to have a party.”

“You got a guest list?” She squinted at me like we’d just met. “You need guests to have a party.”

“I know people.”

“Like who? We’ve been here all of fifteen minutes.”

“Like that park ranger.” I figured Layla would like that. “And Rachel, at the café.”

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Layla just shook her head. “Don’t get your hopes up, Sage,” she said.

But I couldn’t help it. I was in love with this

beach. I woke early the next morning, left a note for the park ranger about the party, and went to see what it looked like when the tide was out. Gulls scooted the wind, their wings flapping crazily above the crashing waves. Where the waves shrank back sun gleamed in wet sand.

I walked until the sand ran into rocks and climbed over the rocks. That’s when I found the balancing rocks. A whole bunch of them rising up around a tide pool, like statues. You wouldn’t think anything could balance like that, much less a stack of big fat stones, pointy stones, flat stones and odd-shaped stones piled one on top of the other. Precarious but solid, too, not even the wind made them teeter. I walked all around them, staring.

Then I saw an old man setting a large, pointy stone on top of a round one on one of the stacks. He kept his hands light around the stone. He didn’t seem to mind the heaviness of the rock or the wind slashing or that I was standing there. He just kept holding the stone so its very tip rested against the rock below it. I didn’t see how he was going to get that rock to stay there. Or keep the rest of them from falling down. After the longest time, he lifted his hands away. I held my breath. The rock was balanced.

“Say, would you like to come to my party?” I asked when he turned to me and smiled.

breakfast. When she went to the ladies, I asked Rachel if she’d like to come to the party, too. “It’s in our yurt. On the beach,” I added, when she looked doubtful.

“Tomorrow night.”

“That’s Christmas Eve. It’s our one busy night. I have to work.”

“You could come before work.”

“You don’t give up, do you?” she laughed.

“And bring a friend,” I added. “As many as you want.”

“Okay, Honey. If I come, I’ll bring a friend.”

Things were looking up!

“One more thing,” I said.

Rachel’s pencil paused over her order pad. “Do you need a singer in the bar?”

“I heard that.” Layla was back. Plunking into our booth looking sour. “What are you now, my manager?”

She frowned at me.

Rachel stuffed her pad with our order back in her pocket. “It’s okay,” she said. “My brother handles that end of things. If you want to give him a try, come back tomorrow. I’ll introduce you.”

I grinned at Layla, trying not to look too eager.

“Okay,” Layla said slowly.

“What time?”

On Christmas Eve, Layla put

on her one good glittery blouse and went to apply for the singing job. “I guess it would be better than 7-Eleven,” she admitted.

“Just don’t get your hopes up, though,” she warned.

“Don’t forget the pie,” was all I said, since Rachel had promised me a day-old pie for the party. I crossed my fingers and wished to Santa Says that Layla would sing “Blue Christmas” for Rachel’s brother. I knew she’d get the job if she sang that. Dad always said she belted it out with tears in her voice, and made grown men cry.

While Layla was gone I strung the Christmas lights, popped popcorn on the yurt’s porch barbecue, and heated up apple cider from the Dollar Store. Then, I waited.

Layla took forever. Dusk fell and the sky clouded up. I stood outside admiring the lights, strung up and glowing. The campground was deserted. It was so quiet I heard a chipmunk rustling in the dead leaves. I realized the wind had stopped, and even the waves seemed to pause, like the whole world held its breath.

Finally, the Fiesta limped back into camp and Layla got out.

“Did you sing for him? Do you have the job?” I met her in front of the yurt.

I was in love with this beach.

I walked until the sand ran into rocks and climbed over the rocks. That’s when I found the balancing rocks.

She shook her head. “He isn’t hiring.”

“But—what about ‘Blue Christmas?’” I couldn’t stop myself. “Did you sing that?”

“It wouldn’t matter if I did.”

I was sorely disappointed but only for a minute, because the ranger’s truck drove up just then.

“He came!” I said, relieved. “He came to the party.” Things were looking up again.

Even Layla looked surprised.

When the ranger unfolded from his truck I ran to meet him. “Thank you for coming,” I said politely.

“Actually,” he smiled at Layla and settled his hat brim, “I have bad news. I’m closing the campground. We’re in for some high wind and the yurt isn’t safe.”

I thought he was joking. “It’s been windy the whole time,” I argued. “We’re fine.” But just then the wind kicked up hard, careening into the yurt. It billowed the canvas like a sail and danced the lights.

That made Layla jump into action.

“That’s it. Sage, throw your stuff in the car.

We’re hitting the road.”

“What about our party—” I shot the ranger a pleading look.

“Sage,” Layla warned.

“Stop by the Cliffside before you travel,” the ranger said kindly. “There’s been some road closures and you’ll need to get the best route to take.”

But that meant another town. Another night without a place to sleep. “I don’t want the best route!” I cried. Layla was giving me looks but I couldn’t stand it. I’d rather be blown away with the yurt. I backed away from her and took off running down the dark beach.

“Sage!” she called. But the wind snatched her words and sent them flying.

I ran until my legs burned and my breath caught sharp. My heart felt black as the waves, the low clouds like soot inside me.

I sniffled and shivered, feeling as stupid for believing in Santa Says as I did for being a

baby when things didn’t work out. When I dried my eyes, there was Layla, a shadow coming after me.

At the Cliffside café, cars

were parked every which way.

The wind was screaming and we were nearly shredded like my kite getting out of the Fiesta. Inside was so full of people you could hardly talk.

Christmas carols played on a speaker and a tree rotated in the corner. But Rachel said the crowd wasn’t just for Christmas Eve. A cypress was down across the road up north and people had been turned back on their way home.

“Guess we’re the only game in town,” she added. “Sorry about your party, Honey.” She smiled at me. “You want to help me light some candles on the tables?

I’m afraid this wind will take the power out.” I helped her light the candles while Layla went off to see if we could still drive south. I spotted the old man who stacked the stones at one of the tables and went over and asked him what would happen to his statues now.

“They’ll probably fall down,” he said.

“But they’ll be ruined!”

“Yes. Then I’ll set them up again.” He shrugged.

That was lousy. As lousy as us having to leave again. I was telling him this when we heard a big boom and crackle and the lights blinked out. The music died. Everyone’s faces grew long with candlelight.

A big groan went up and two guys started arguing at another table. One guy shouted and the other guy jumped up, sending his chair backward. “Fight!” somebody yelled.

“Jesus, here we go.” Rachel appeared next to me just as Layla got back with a road map.

A brimmed hat filled the doorway before wind slammed it shut. Maybe this was a good sign and maybe it wasn’t.

Maybe the ranger would fall in love with Layla.

“You still want that singing job?”

Rachel touched Layla’s arm.

Layla looked down at the map and back at me. “Your brother said—” “I don’t care what he said. You keep this crowd from going crazy tonight, you’re hired. The stage is over there.”

Layla hesitated. “What does my manager say?” She looked at me.

I just shrugged, like I was the man who stacked the stones. Layla sighed, shoved the map at me and climbed the stage. She tapped a spoon to a glass to get people’s attention and the guys who wanted to fight stopped and stared. She sang the songs Freddy Love had stolen from her. I thought

she looked pretty up there, her one good glittery blouse twinkling small stars. But not everybody was paying attention, and it was hard to hear even her loud voice over the crowd.

I slumped against a wall and waited for what would happen next. Layla had stopped singing.

“Sage?” she called. “Where are you?

Everybody, that’s my girl there,” she pointed when I raised my hand. “She wanted to have a party tonight and ended up in this place instead. With you all.” Some people laughed. One guy called for quiet. “She knows there’s a song I’ll never sing since it makes me too sentimental. But she loves this song so I’m going to sing it for her.

Which doesn’t mean I’m going to get sentimental.” She shot me a look. “It’s called ‘Blue Christmas.’” Then she belted it out in that way she has that makes grown men cry.

The whole room was listening now. The only other sound the outside door yanking open. A brimmed hat filled the doorway before wind slammed it shut. Maybe this was a good sign and maybe it wasn’t.

Maybe the ranger would fall in love with Layla the way Dad did, and we’d end up staying here for good. I couldn’t ask Santa Says for advice with the Internet down, so I figured it out for myself. People will always fight and sing and stack up stones that might be toppled. It was just up to some of us to remain hopeful. Ω

About the author:

Zu Vincent, author of the novel The Lucky Place and numerous short stories for CN&R, among others, holds an MFA in writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts.

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Arts &Culture Banner year on the boards

Brandon Hilty as frustrated playwright Con in the Blue Room’s September production of Stupid Fucking Bird.

PHOTO BY JOE HILSEE

CN&R critic looks back at local theater in 2015 a great year of stage productions— Tranging from classics of modern dramatheater lovers in Butte County enjoyed

ic theater to revivals of musical classics and to original artistic pieces. Local producby Carey tion companies, theater Wilson troupes and Chico State and Butte College’s drama departments kept stages lit up and filled with grand, crafty and, at times, challenging entertainment. What follows are highlights of what this reviewer enjoyed in 2015—offered with the hope that readers will be inspired to explore more local theater in coming year.

After some transitioning years of at times irregular programming at the Blue Room Theatre, Chico’s signature black box theater, filled 2015 with a nicely curated and varied schedule of wellstaged productions—from an update of Chekov’s The Seagull (Stupid Fucking Bird) to The Elephant Man. In February, Joyce Henderson directed Sam Shepard’s True West, giving us a jagged—and occasionally hilarious—slice-of-life glimpse into the conflicted existences of two long-estranged brothers who unexpectedly reunite in their mother’s cozy suburban home when she is off on a sightseeing trip in Alaska. Joe Hilsee starred as semi-successful, typewriter-tapping screenwriter and family man Austin, and Fred Stuart played his older brother Lee, a manic desert rat, home burglar and Pabst-swilling drunkard.

With its brilliant script, extraordinary fourcharacter cast and masterful direction, this

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was community theater at its best.

In March, the Blue Room presented another challenging modern classic, Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, directed by Matt Hammons. Barbed quips flew like darts and barbed-wire statements entangled the four characters in the tragicomic camaraderie of educated after-hours drunks with nowhere better to go and nothing better to do, but with plenty to say about everything—especially if it hurt when delivered with a leer or smirk.

Meanwhile in Paradise, Jerry Miller—artistic director of Theatre on the Ridge—brought some less well-known, but equally brilliant, pieces to the stage.

In April’s production of Peter & Alice, playwright John Logan gave us a fictional glimpse into the lives and minds of the real people who inspired two of children’s literature’s most beloved characters—Alice of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan. With its very serious themes regarding the individual’s experience of age and memory, fantasy and reality, and its complex narrative blending and shifting between emotional realism and fantastic invention, Peter & Alice offered drama worthy of serious contemplation. But it was also very entertaining in the brilliance of its writing and the quality of its staging.

In a much less traditional theater setting, Samantha Shaner (née Perry)—a 25-year veteran of local theater—created the Triple Threat theater arts program

at Chico’s Boys & Girls Club. “Triple threat” is a theater colloquialism for a performer who can sing, dance and act, and Perry’s program is designed to reach young people at an age when they can develop the confidence and skills necessary to be proficient at all three.

This year’s children’s troupe’s presentation of The Princess Bride proved that Shaner’s program is working well as a confidence-boosting creative outlet.

At the university’s Harlen Adams Theatre in October, Chico State’s Theatre Department put on a grand classic production in the form of Aphra Behn’s 1677 proto-feminist comedic romance, The Rover. Director Katie Whitlock filled the large stage with gorgeous costumes and witty characters.

The opening-night performance fairly sparkled with energy, and its themes of youthful rebellion, love, lust, courtship and marriage resonated with questions of gender roles and privilege that ring as true in this age as they did when it was written. Postscript: Director Whitlock, an associate professor in Chico State’s Theatre Department, died unexpectedly on Dec. 7, leaving a big hole in the heart of the local theater scene.

And on the north end of town, Chico Theater Company’s The King and I delivered all one could hope for in musical theater. The holiday-time production filled the stage with a sumptuously costumed cast of 24, exquisite choreography, beautiful songs, witty dialogue and SRLJQDQW URPDQFH Ɛ

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Santa will have gifts for the kids 12 years old and under, and we will have some clothing for the kids and adults. F, 12/25, 11am.

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HOLIDAY-SEASON CALENDAR Due to scheduling changes that may occur around the holidays, please confirm listed events, dates and times with venue.

FREE LISTINGS! Post your event for free online at www.newsreview.com/calendar, or email the CN&R calendar assistant at cnrcalendar@newsreview.com.

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1078 GALLERY: Stories Four, fourth annual exhibit featuring five artists with strong links to Chico. Featuring David Barta, Steve Miranda Byer, Sandi Escobar, Jeff Rindels and Erin Wade. Through 1/2. 820 Broadway St., (530) 343-1973.

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3RD FLOOR ART GALLERY: 24/7 French Lessons, scenery of the Dordogne Valley in France and moments of daily French life.

Through 12/27. BMU, third floor, Chico State, (530) 898-5489.

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.

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

MCM VINTAGE & WAX MUSEUM RECORDS: Avenue 9 Art Guild Reunion, work by a reunion of former Avenue 9 Art Guild members honoring the death anniversary of Maria Phillips, former owner. Artists include Claudia Schwartz, David Shimamoto, Candy Matthews, Dolores Mitchell, Sheryl Cummings, Jim Woronow, Delbert Rupp, Valerie Payne, Naty Osa and Waif Mullins. Through 1/4, 2016. 260 E. First St., (530) 899-8443.

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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.

W, 9pm through 8/10. Free. Studio Inn Cocktail Lounge, 2582 Esplanade, (530) 343-0662.

Call for artists KEEP CHICO WEIRD SUBMISSIONS: Chico News & Review presents the third annual Keep Chico Weird Talent Show (Saturday, Jan. 30, El Rey Theatre), and Art Show (Jan. 28-30, 1078 Gallery). Artists of every style of performing and visual arts are eligible to participate.

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Deadline: Jan. 1. (530) 894-2300.

Museums THE CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING, PARADISE: Magic, Wonder & Peace, oil paintings, watercolors, mixed media by Amaji Fox. 789 Bille Rd. in Paradise, (530) 877-5673.

CHICO AIR MUSEUM: An ongoing display highlighting local aviation history. Ongoing. 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. $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. 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.

Through 1/3. 625 Esplanade, www.csuchico.edu/gateway.

PARADISE DEPOT MUSEUM: A railroad and logging museum in

Paradise. Ongoing, 7-9pm. 5570 Black Olive Dr. in Paradise, (530) 8771919.

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Whether you have no family to spend Christmas with or too much family, the solution to your holiday blues is not as difficult as you might think. Get on down to The Maltese Bar & Tap Room for the Christmas Day Vinyl Social on Dec. 25. Everyone’s likely to be in a jolly mood at this exceptionally friendly watering hole, and if you fail to find human interaction, then your favorite records make great substitutes. Bring a few along and give ’em a spin.

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Over the last couple of years, an interesting trend has emerged within my various musical circles: We aren’t listening to the same stuff as often anymore. Even with those friends with whom my tastes have traditionally aligned, there has been less and less overlap in our music-listening habits. It’s a bittersweet development. I don’t get to enjoy that mutual excitement with my music pals as often, but I do get exposed to even more good music curated by people whose tastes I trust. The proof is in the 2015 Top 10 lists (featuring albums, songs, anything musical that moved us) below—the first by me and the others by three of my go-to music fanatics.

1. The Most Lamentable Tragedy, Titus Andronicus 2. Dancing at the Blue Lagoon, Cayucus 3. To Pimp a Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar 4. “Sunday Candy,” Donny Trumpet & The Social Experiment 5. Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit, Courtney Barnett 6. Kanye West’s three-song medley on Saturday Night Live’s 40th anniversary show (“Jesus Walks,” “Only One,” “Wolves”) 7. She Fetus, live at the 1078 Gallery July 23, 2015 8. Before the World Was Big, Girlpool 9. Teens of Style, Car Seat Headrest 10. Mt. Tallac, Harvester

1. Product 3, Beat Connection: Product 3 is an album I’m just always in the mood for. Danceable rhythms, unique samples and textures and hook after hook. It’s hard to believe that this is a four-piece rock band from Seattle. In a year that has given us an embarrassment of musical riches—greater than any I can remember—this is the one I kept coming back to.

2. If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late, Drake 3. Currents, Tame Impala 4. Viet Cong, Viet Cong 5. Headcase, Day Wave 6. Multi-Love, Unknown Mortal Orchestra 7. At.Long.Last.A$AP, A$AP Rocky 8. White Reaper Does It Again, White Reaper 9. Me, Empress Of 10. Death Magic, HEALTH

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9. Heaven Adores You (Blu-ray): Perhaps Elliott Smith’s greatest trick was that despite his remarkable soaring talent as a singer/songwriter he never pretended to be anyone other than one of us: an ecstatic fan of music. Director Nikolas Rossi manages Smith’s adopted hometown of Portland, Ore., as a character itself: encased in gorgeous green trees atop urban hills embraced by rain-stained asphalt streets held tight to the Willamette River’s magnetic sway—with Elliott’s hushed vocals hanging in the air.

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1. Aldafðr Ok Munka Dróttinn, Árstíðir Lífsins 2. JP Lohian & Klonen Klana, JP Lohian & Klonen Klana 3. Hole Below, Vastum 4. Odyssey, Horisont 5. The Epic, Kamasi Washington: I abandoned most styles and stuck close to metal this year, which in my mind is some of the most exciting music being made right now. But Washington is also doing some interesting things with an older form of music, and The Epic (a triple LP that’s true to its title) buzzes with the frenetic sound of John Coltrane and Art Blakey records and takes them into the future.

6. The Children of the Night, Tribulation 7. Anareta, Horrendous 8. Deeper Than Sky, VHÖL 9. Atom by Atom, Satan 10. Queen Crescent, Queen Crescent

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If you still haven’t had your fill from the last two months of constant Christmas music, then head on over to Rolling Hills Casino in Corning on Dec. 26 to check out Big D & the Semi-Tones. The band plays all the big Christmas jams with a twist—they do them 1950s-style.

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CHICO JAZZ COLLECTIVE: Thursday jazz.

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

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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CHRISTMAS DAY VINYL SOCIAL: Bring your records and spin your way through Christmas. F, 12/25, 9pm. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave., (530) 3434915.

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FESTIVUS FOR THE REST OF US: A night of stand-up comedy and music. With performances by Lisa Valentine featuring Dave Elke. Sa, 12/26, 8pm. $10-12. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St., (530) 895-3749, www.blueroomtheatre.com.

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

as well as those trying their hand at comedy for the first time. Sign-ups begin at 8pm. Hosted by Jason Allen. W, 9pm. Free. Studio Inn Cocktail Lounge, 2582 Esplanade, (530) 343-0662.

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MADISON HUDSON: Live country. Sa,

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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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LIVING THE DREAM

Like many an aspiring young country singer, Madison Hudson is a pretty girl with a big voice from a small town (Wheatland), who, with her band of young gunslingers, tours the North State’s honky-tonks and juke joints, chasing dreams and Hudson’s college tuition. A few live videos show something more, too, with the band unafraid to delve into indie rock territory and Hudson’s adding a little siren scream to her mostly classic take on the genre. Hudson and the boys play The Tackle Box Bar & Grill on Saturday, Dec. 26.

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its massive advance publicity campaign might have led you to expect, etc., etc. by It entertains. It’s a fast, funny, Juan-Carlos noisy super-spectacle. It’s an armSelznick chair version of a theme-park thrill ride that aims to excite and soothe at the same time.

Beyond that, let me offer some marginal notes on this latest installment in the motion picture branch of the Star Wars franchise: Star Wars: The key newcomers—Daisy Episode VII—The Force Awakens Ridley as Rey, Oscar Isaac as Poe Starring Daisy Ridley, Dameron, John Boyega as Finn, John Boyega, Oscar Adam Driver as Kylo Ren—all make Isaac and Adam strong impressions. Ridley has the Driver. Directed

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It’s no surprise, of course, that The Force Awakens has plenty of visual excitement—the light-show/lite special effects, the magical gadgets, the mildly bizarre costumes and settings, etc. But here again, it occurs to me that the Star Wars movies are above all about sound: the story provides a pretext for the spectacular visual displays, but the story and visuals get their main dramatic effects from the grand musical score and the orchestration of those larger-than-life sound effects.

John Williams’ score, by the way, seems crucial to the film’s sense of space. Take that music away and the film begins to lose its sense of vast expansiveness.

Even some of the interior scenes might begin to feel as enclosed and claustrophobic as anything from the cheapie sci-fi of the 1950s.

The other source of breathing room in this production is in its comedy. The antics of the androids and Chewbacca are part of that, and there’s a recurring comic streak in the fitful efforts of Ridley’s Rey and Boyega’s Finn to integrate themselves into the main narrative (and to find their respective life paths).

A beach-ball-size android called BB-8 provides the film with some of its very best comic moments. And since a sense of humor is a basic marker of humanity in this film, you might be able to make a case that BB-8 is the most human character in the film.

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Adam McKay (Anchorman) directs this story (based on Michael Lewis’ book of the same name) about a group of four men who predicted the credit and housing market collapses in the mid-2000s. Starring Steve Carell, Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling and Brad Pitt. Cinemark 14. Rated R.

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Will Smith stars as Bennet Omalu in this biopic about the forensic pathologist who fought against the NFL’s attempts to suppress his work that showed the connection between concussions and degenerative brain disease. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

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Will Ferrell plays a stepfather whose efforts to connect with his stepchildren are challenged when the kids’ birth father (Mark Wahlberg) returns to battle for their affections. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

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by Rosanna Pansino YouTube star Rosanna Pansino transitions her popular cooking show to a “dead” media form with the release of her first cookbook. With all the geeky goodness and impressive creations of her online show, Pansino’s emphasis is presentation—the working volcano cake and hard candy geodes will wow a birthday party for any age. The opening pages detail decorating techniques and by basic recipes—the easy marshmalMatthew low fondant may become a kitchen Craggs staple—all invaluable preparation for the advanced recipes that fill this book. Not all are challenging—Petri Dish Jellies and 20-Sided Dice Cookies are simple but creatively impressive—but many require a little more skill, patience and equipment than your standard chocolate chip cookie recipe. Pansino’s instructions and step-bystep photos make the precise piping seem approachable and fun; though one may still find practice makes perfect. The pop culture and STEM themes will delight the geekier chefs, and no foodie will deny the creativity of Pansino’s Zombie Brain Cake, Robot Brownie Pops, or her the impressive Earth Cake— which, when cut into, reveals the layers of our planet.

Mark Bittman’s Kitchen Matrix: More Than 700 Simple Recipes and Techniques to Mix and Match for Endless Possibilities, by Mark Bittman For a more impromptu style of cooking, New York Times Magazine columnist Mark Bittman believes the best meals are prepared with an understanding of the ingredient or dish’s core. While there are some traditionally formatted recipes, Kitchen Matrix focuses on branching out from a single item and arriving at diverse dishes. From hard-boiled eggs, Bittman branches out to pickled, deviled and simmered in tomato sauce, and then offers three flavor profiles for each—all on one page with brief, casual instructions.

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Brittany Waterstradt has been one of the CN&R’s busiest photographers over the past two years, and she perfectly captured these sweet oddballs for a feature on Chico band The Vesuvians.

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Chico artist Alicia L. Parsons created this nearly life-size, tiled photo collage for the Oct. 10 Coming Out for Art group exhibit at Habitat Lab. Photo by alicia l. Parsons

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For the week oF december 24, 2015 ARIES (March 21-April 19): The raw

materials you have at your disposal in 2016 may sometimes seem limited. You might not have access to all the tools you wish you did. You could be tempted to feel envy about the vaster resources other people can draw on. But I honestly don’t think these apparent inhibitions will put you at a disadvantage. Within your smaller range of options, there will be all the possibilities you need. In fact, the constraints could stimulate your creativity in ways that would have never occurred if you’d had more options.

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what physical hygiene is. But are you familiar with imaginal hygiene? Educator Morgan Brent defines it like this: “Imaginal hygiene is the inner art of self-managing the imagination, to defend it from forces that compromise, pollute, colonize, shrink and sterilize it, and to cultivate those that illuminate, expand and nourish it.” It’s always important for everyone to attend to this work, but it’s especially crucial for you to focus on it in 2016. You will be exceptionally creative, and therefore likely to generate long-lasting effects and influences out of the raw materials that occupy your imagination.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Your mind

sometimes works too hard and fast for your own good. But mostly it’s your best asset. Your versatility can sometimes be a curse, too, but far more often it’s a blessing. Your agile tongue and flexible agenda generate more fun than trouble, and so do your smooth maneuvers and skillful gamesmanship. As wonderful as all these qualities can be, however, I suggest that you work on expanding your scope in 2016. In my astrological opinion, it will be a good time for you to study and embody the magic that the water signs possess.

What would that mean exactly? Start this way: Give greater respect to your feelings.

Tune in to them more, encourage them to deepen and figure out how to trust them as sources of wisdom.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Swedish

movie director Ingmar Bergman won three Academy Awards and was nominated for eight others. Numerous filmmakers have cited him as an important influence on their work. His practical success was rooted in his devotion to the imagination.

“I am living permanently in my dream, from which I make brief forays into reality,” he said. Can you guess his astrological sign? Cancer the Crab, of course! No other tribe is better suited at moving back and forth between the two worlds. At least potentially, you are virtuosos at interweaving fantasy with earthy concerns. The coming year will afford you unprecedented opportunities to further develop and use this skill.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Avoid pain and

pursue pleasure. Be kind, not cruel.

Abstain from self-pity and ask for the help you need. Instead of complaining, express gratitude. Dodge time-wasting activities and do things that are meaningful to you.

Shun people who disrespect you and seek the company of those who enjoy you.

Don’t expose yourself to sickening, violent entertainment; fill your imagination up with uplifting stories. Does the advice I’m offering in this horoscope seem overly simple and obvious? That’s no accident.

In my opinion, what you need most in 2016 is to refresh your relationship with fundamental principles.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Many of the

atoms that compose your flesh and blood were not part of your body 12 months ago.

That’s because every year, 98 percent of you is replaced. Old cells are constantly dying, giving way to new cells that are made from the air, food, and water you ingest. This is true about everyone, of course. You’re not the only one whose physical form is regularly recycled. But here’s what will be unique about you in 2016: Your soul will match your body’s rapid transformations. In fact, the turnover is already underway. By your next birthday, you may be so new you’ll barely recognize yourself. I urge you to take full

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

word “ain’t” can mean “am not,” “is not,” “are not” or “have not.” But it ain’t recognized as a standard word in the language.

If you use it, you risk being thought vulgar and uneducated. And yet “ain’t” has been around since 1706, more than 300 years. Most words that are used for so long eventually become official. I see your journey in 2016 as having resemblances to the saga of “ain’t,” Libra. You will meet resistance as you seek greater acceptance of some nonstandard but regular part of your life. Here’s the good news: Your chances of ultimately succeeding are much better than ain’t’s.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): My old

friend John owns a 520-acre farm in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. Blueberries are among the crops he grows. If he arranges their growing season so that they ripen in July, he can sell them for $1.75 a pint. But if he designs them to be ready for harvest in late summer and early fall, the price he gets may go up to $4 a pint.

You can guess which schedule he prefers.

I urge you to employ a similar strategy as you plot your game plan for 2016, Scorpio.

Timing may not be everything, but it will count for a lot.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

In 1803, the U.S. government bought a huge chunk of North American land from the French government. At a price of three cents per acre, the new republic doubled its size, acquiring what’s now Louisiana and Montana and everything between. I don’t think you’ll add that much to your domain in 2016, Sagittarius, but it’s likely you will expand significantly. And although your new resources won’t be as cheap as the 1803 bargain, I suspect the cost, both in terms of actual cash and in emotional energy, will be manageable. There’s one way your acquisition will be better than that earlier one. The Americans bought and the French sold land they didn’t actually own—it belonged to the native people—whereas your moves will have full integrity.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):

The coming year will be a favorable time for you to nourish a deeper devotion to truth, beauty and goodness. Anything you do to make your morality more rigorous will generate benefits that ripple through your life for years to come. Curiously, you can add to the propitious effect by also cultivating a deeper devotion to fun, play and pleasure. There is a symbiotic connection between the part of you that wants to make the world a better place and the part of you that thrives on joy, freedom and wonder. Here’s the magic formula: Feed your lust for life by being intensely compassionate, and vice versa.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I pre-

dict that 2016 will be your Year of Fruitful Obsessions. In giving this positive spin to the cosmic tendencies, I’m hoping to steer you away from any behavior that might lead to 2016 being your Year of Fruitless Obsessions. One way or another, I think you’ll be driven to express your passions with single-minded intensity. Focused devotion—sometimes verging on compulsive preoccupation—is likely to be one of your signature qualities. That’s why it’s so important to avoid wasteful infatuations and confounding manias. Please choose fascinations that are really good for you.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Your

symbol of power in 2016 will be the equal sign: =. Visualize it in your mind’s eye every morning for 20 seconds. Tattoo it on your butt. Write it on an index card that you keep under your pillow or on your bathroom mirror. Gestures like these will deliver highly relevant messages to your subconscious mind, like “Create balance and cultivate harmony!” and “Coordinate opposing forces!” and “Wherever there is tension between two extremes, convert the tension into vital energy!” Here are your words of power in 2016: “symbiosis” and “synergy.”

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He was a lineman in North Dakota and put in a lot of hard time fighting snow and ice high up on the power poles and down in the trenches.

We found a house Joe liked and could afford on the south side of town. It was a small bungalow on the low end of the market, priced at $59,000.

“Man, everything is a lot more expensive out here in California,” said Joe. “This place would be about $20,000 back in North Dakota. But I guess if you’re moving to the land of milk and

honey, you gotta pay for it.” He laid his hand on the front porch rail. “Hope the wife likes it.”

Joe’s wife and kids were back in North Dakota and would be moving here sight unseen.

“If it all works out, we’ll be in by Christmas;” he said. “Can’t wait to leave all the white stuff behind.”

The family arrived Christmas Day, 1987, the snowiest year in the North Valley in memory.

Freak snowstorms had blanketed the Valley, and the mountains were almost impassable.

“Sorry,” I said upon Joe’s arrival, “I know you hate snow.”

“Yeah,” he said, “but I understand it never snows here.” That was a true statement for the most part.

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ADDRESS

TOWN

PRICE

BR/BA

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$875,000.00 $495,000.00 $430,000.00 $410,000.00 $398,000.00 $393,500.00 $385,000.00 $360,000.00 $346,000.00 $335,500.00 $320,000.00

3/ 2.5 4/ 2.5 4/ 3 3/ 3 3/ 1 3/ 2 4/ 3 3/ 2 4/ 3 4/ 1.5 3/ 2.5

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TOWN

PRICE

10261 Snoe Way 348 W Frances Willard Ave 29 Shari Ln 1096 Palmetto Ave 1080 Madrone Ave 980 E 8th St 1192 Ravenshoe Way 306 Henshaw Ave 1570 La Linda Ln 2 Courtland Cir 1056 Verde Dr

Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico

$300,000.00 $295,000.00 $292,500.00 $263,000.00 $259,000.00 $252,000.00 $250,000.00 $248,000.00 $245,000.00 $240,000.00 $240,000.00

BR/BA 3/ 2/ 3/ 3/ 4/ 2/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 4/ 3/

2 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2

SQ. FT. 2212 1212 1511 1914 1521 1528 1357 1408 1345 1372 1566

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$339,900

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4 bed/2 bth, 1,727 sq ft, new carpet! .................................................... $295,000 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 In town, 1.21 acs, 3 bed/3 bth, 2,500 sq ft, 720 detached unit, shop .................................. $575,000 Custompe 3 bed/den, ndin2gbth, 2,308 sq ft .......................................................................... $379,900 View! 3pe bed/den, 2 bth, g 2,531 sq ft .............................................................................. $435,000 ndin Doe Mill, 2nd bed/2in bth, g854 sq ft, 1-car garage ................................................................ $189,500

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The following houses were sold in Butte County by real estate agents or private parties during the week of December 7, 2015 – December 11, 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

3497 Hackamore Ln

Chico

$237,500.00

3/ 2

SQ. FT. 1332

4459 Casa Sierra Vis

ADDRESS

Paradise

$309,000.00

3/ 3.5

2450

287 Cavalier Way

Chico

$232,500.00

3/ 2

1186

1000 Pearson Rd

Paradise

$305,000.00

3/ 2

2063

2658 Waverly Ct

Chico

$210,000.00

3/ 2.5

1728

1030 Fairview Dr

Paradise

$304,000.00

4/ 2

1716

362 E 4th Ave

Chico

$189,000.00

2/ 1

1018

5783 Pentz Rd

Paradise

$279,000.00

3/ 2

1810

1703 Sunset Ave

Chico

$150,000.00

2/ 1

864

5811 Nielsen Dr

Paradise

$260,000.00

2/ 2

1628

84 Olive Tree Ln

Oroville

$325,000.00

2/ 2

2055

745 Spring Ln

Paradise

$250,000.00

3/ 2

1661

41 Butte Woods Dr

Oroville

$260,000.00

4/ 2.5

2468

1536 Judy Ln

Paradise

$230,000.00

3/ 2

1609

39 Butte Woods Dr

Oroville

$254,000.00

3/ 2

1667

559 Sunset Dr

Paradise

$201,500.00

3/ 2.5

2147

42 Coarse Gold Rd

Oroville

$170,000.00

3/ 2

1140

1504 Moon Way

Paradise

$196,500.00

4/ 2

1296

545 Hemen Way

Oroville

$160,000.00

3/ 2

1204

605 Swanee River Pl

Paradise

$167,000.00

2/ 1

1066

5948 Debbie Ln

Paradise

$349,500.00

3/ 2.5

2142

1086 Maple Park Dr

Paradise

$126,001.82

2/ 2

1175

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