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put safety first The interesting thing about the opposition to the construction of round-

abouts on The Esplanade is that none of the elected leaders who oppose them—and few members of the public—have done so out of concern for public safety. Rather, there is an irrational fear that making changes to the corridor will diminish its historical significance. Never mind that the roadway has already gone through several iterations in its lifespan.

For our part, we’re actually pleased that approval of the roundabouts has been reconsidered. That’s because we don’t believe they are a safe option for the boulevard (for more on that, see “Rescinded,” Second & Flume, April 21).

And let’s not forget that safety is the end goal here. No one should be more cognizant of that than our elected leaders. After all, public safety is their No. 1 priority. Yet, based on what we’ve heard from the dais, our concern is that that fact has been lost in the hysteria.

When the council members return to discussions of The Esplanade next Tuesday, May 3, they ought not throw the baby out with the bathwater. The panel adopted with little controversy some sound traffic features, including new signalization and a two-way bicycle path on the old railroad rightof-way. Those features will make the boulevard a safer place to travel for pedestrians, motorists and cyclists alike.

However, that doesn’t mean what has been approved is a cure-all for the roadway. City staff, the council and the community must continue to look for solutions to mitigate the safety issues surrounding Chico High School and the two most problematic intersections—First Avenue and Memorial Way. The bottom line here is that the council shouldn’t give in to the provincial outcries that most assuredly will surface. Making changes to The Esplanade may not be the most popular decision, but it is in the best interest of the public. □

Our world in chaos patting sessions of the Paris Climate Summit, the Nworld’s citizens face the daily news (often even in ow that the dust has settled from the rah-rah, back-

the mainstream media now) that things are shifting quickly—much faster than previously expected. The predicament formerly known as “global warming” or “climate change” is now called “abrupt climate disruption” or “climate chaos.”

Many conservative projections show drastic changes occurring by 2100; however, if things are happening faster than by expected, then those changes Peter Melton could happen much sooner.

The author, a partScientists crowned 2015 as the time Chico resident, hottest year on record, and now is an author, pro2016 is likely to take that crown. moter, spiritual coach We’re already seeing big and “climate chaos changes: oceans acidifying, coral messenger.” reefs dying, Arctic ice melting.

We have unprecedented fires and floods, climate refugees, extreme weather events— and this is just the beginning.

Not long ago, I came across a report by James

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The mess on East 20th Hansen, former head of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, who concluded again that anthropogenic (human-caused) activity is raising the global average temperature faster than extrapolations and even faster than during previous global extinctions.

This is not good news for any species, including ours.

In Chico, I helped start a “Daring to Discuss” conversation group that meets on the first Thursday of the month at the Chico Peace and Justice Center, providing participants the opportunity to converse about the deep-reaching implications and diverse feelings that come with our changing climate and changing times.

Guy McPherson, renowned scientist and University of Arizona professor emeritus, predicts dire consequences for our planet in the near-term, even if actions are taken, which doesn’t look likely.

McPherson has given talks in Chico over the past 18 months (see “Bad-news bearer,” Greenways, Nov. 13, 2014), and he is returning to town for two speaking engagements.

If you’re concerned about abrupt climate disruption and want to connect and learn and share more about our changing planetary climate, please come see McPherson at the Pageant Theatre on May 3 at 7 p.m. and the Chico Peace and Justice Center on May 5 at 6:30 p.m. (donations accepted). □

Chico Scrap Metal has not been a good neighbor. The business has polluted

its East 20th Street property, and its owners have been obstinate in virtually every way, from balking on orders from the state Department of Toxic Substances Control to clean up the site to ignoring city amortization orders.

Next Tuesday, May 3, during the City Council’s regular meeting, the panel will consider whether to allow CSM to stay put. We believe the conservative members will vote in favor of the recycler, despite the business being given many years to find a new location. Additionally, we believe one council member, Andrew Coolidge, will continue to take part in discussions when the right thing to do would be to recuse himself due to his ties to CSM’s owners, the Scott family (Coolidge worked for them and took campaign contributions from them).

Allowing CSM to stay in its current location is a bad move. Having said that, there’s something that smacks of unfairness when it comes to forcing the business to shut down operations there. That’s because it would be the second time the city gives the business the boot (CSM was forced to move from its original location back in the 1980s).

Unfortunately, we can’t come up with a win-win scenario here.

If, by some miracle, CSM is shot down, the Scott family likely will sue the city. If the council allows the business to stay, opponents likely will organize a referendum to overturn that decision. It’s going to be an uphill battle for them considering the fact that the residents most affected by CSM—those in unincorporated Chapmantown—do not count as a signatories for the measure.

In hindsight, approval of the business’ move to its current location, next to an existing neighborhood, was a huge mistake. Either way it goes on Tuesday, we envision many more years of controversy and legal wrangling. □

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Editor’s note: The author is a medical doctor.

Calm down, bleeding hearts Re “Rebuttal times three” (Letters,

by Patrick Newman, Christia Funkhouser-Ruckel and Robyn Alana Engel, April 21): My critics have several things in common: no sense of humor; the use of stupid pseudo-intellectual clichés, which they copy from each other; and an inability to distinguish between real compassion and their own abject, self-serving pity.

These folks babble about “systemic injustice,” “fascism,” “criminalization,” etc., but they’re all talk. They want you to think they’re smart. They are not that smart, and they’re not too honest, either. Where in my letters did I ever advocate being unkind or inhumane? Where did I suggest “criminalizing” poverty?

I said homeless people need help getting off the streets, not being made comfortable there, but that sounds mean to them. Yet, what is meaner than this phony Christian charity that perpetuates people’s suffering?

Bleeding hearts never solve anything, as I learned from 20 years of social work. Your pity only strokes your own ego. It makes people dependent and increases their problems, and therefore the community’s problems.

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More election fun. Check out our Newslines section for Staff Writer Ken Smith’s report on the upcoming local Democratic caucuses. Yes, that happens here. And yes, you can partake in the action.

Re “Boon for birth control” (Editorials, April 14): I would urge caution in response to the law allowing pharmacists to dispense hormonal oral contraceptive pills without a prescription.

Presumably the pharmacists are going to ask all women they give these to whether they have a personal or family history of blood-clotting disorders, smoke, are hypertensive, have any hormonal disorders and check their blood pressure. Pharmacists and their employers will also be the ones facing the malpractice lawyer when inevitably there is a mishap and all the precautions are not properly documented. Universal access to a wellqualified prescribing doctor is better than potentially dangerous shortcuts to access care.

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You’ll notice that we’ve expanded the space for letters to the editor this week in an attempt to accommodate the many we received. Despite our efforts, we couldn’t fit all of them into the paper’s print version. You’ll have to go our website (www.news review.com/chico) and click on “Letters” to read the remaining few. I expect that each week from here until the primary election we’ll have a similar problem.

In case you’re wondering, I’ve given priority to the letters written in response to stories printed in these pages, followed by timeliness of the issue. (For example, letters on Chico Scrap Metal and roundabouts take precedence over those on Measure E, since discussions on CSM and The Esplanade are coming before the City Council next week, while the primary is more than a month away).

That’s going to irk some of the folks who wrote in to sound off on this or that candidate or this and that measure, but it’s the best I can do. If we have extra space in our next issue, I will print the letters (as many as will fit the space) that ran solely online.

Speaking of elections, Assistant City Clerk Dani Rogers confirmed this week that Chico City Councilwomen Ann Schwab and Tami Ritter have turned in candidate intention statements in recent weeks for the November general election. Another candidate, Lisa Duarte, has surfaced as well. She filed the paperwork this week. If her name rings a bell, it’s because she ran for a seat back in 2012. She came in last in a crowded field of 11 candidates, which isn’t surprising since, as Duarte told this newspaper at the time, she had no intention of raising money to fund her campaign.

Considering some candidates during the 2014 race raised upward of $50,000, Duarte would be wise to rethink that tactic.

Of course, Schwab, Ritter and Duarte are just the latest community members to show interest in running for the four open seats next fall. Councilmen Sean Morgan and Randall Stone and community member Loretta Torres turned in their forms some months ago.

Rogers reminded me that filing the intention forms doesn’t guarantee a spot on the ballot. In fact, the period to submit candidate nomination forms—the required paperwork—doesn’t open up until mid-July (it goes through mid-August). Still, since it’s early, we now have a pretty good indication that this year’s council race will be competitive.

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LETTERS c o n t i n u e d f r o m pa g e 5 In response to the camp of people that seems to think that the city’s latent homelessness is solely the fault of extenuating circumstances, let me offer a different perspective.

First of all, I myself have been homeless; a homeless heroin and meth addict. To hear homelessness advocated as some sort of viable alternative lifestyle strikes me as ignorant in the extreme. Even more so is the criticism of the various nonprofits and other outreach groups that are helping homeless people.

I myself was homeless due to the consequences of my addiction.

It took a “nudge from the judge” to get me started on the long road of reintegration into society. It has been a lot of work. The attitude I see among homeless people is that they want help but are unwilling to put forth the effort to obtain it.

Starting at the bottom with nothing is not easy. But with a “hand up,” it’s possible.

In closing, I’d like to add that there is no singular solution to the homeless “problem.” But the harder it is to survive on the street, the more people seek the path to getting off the street.

John Matlin Chico

‘A deadly intersection’ Re “Rescinded” (Second & Flume,

by Melissa Daugherty, April 21): I want to express my disappointment in Randall Stone’s lack of leadership as a public servant. I am a longtime resident and home owner on West First Avenue. First Avenue and The Esplanade is a deadly intersection.

The Esplanade as it stands now is not original. Stop lights and left-turn lanes were added by Fred Davis. Historically, in Bidwell’s time, the boulevard serviced horses, Model T Fords, wagons, trolleys, bikes and people as a dirt road.

The consultant did a pretty good job with taxpayer money, emphasizing the need to comply with state and federal mandates for bike and pedestrian safety as well as the Americans with Disabilities Act. The Esplanade is public space and needs to meet the needs of all people, not just those driving cars. And it needs to serve the public in the safest and most 6

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accommodating way it can via change, as it always has.

Mr. Stone, backtracking on a vote for a comprehensive plan for public safety and usability sends a message to the public that you are a politician, not a public servant.

Your job as a public servant is not to get re-elected but to make wellinformed, educated decisions that promote public good—even when it is unpopular.

Molly Amick Chico

More on roundabouts Re “Hot dogs and pie charts” (Newslines, by Howard Hardee, April 21): Picture this: You’re driving south on The Esplanade at 7:45 a.m. Both lanes are bumperto-bumper. Approaching Third Avenue, you realize every car is merging into the right lane. The Esplanade is backing up while the left lane becomes empty. Why? Yes, the First Avenue roundabout was designed with two lanes, but only the roundabout’s outside lane allows traffic to exit. Drivers quickly learned that entering from the left (inside) lane dooms them to driving in circles. Another problem: East First Avenue traffic is also bumper-to-bumper, and when that traffic enters the roundabout it has priority over southbound Esplanade traffic. Esplanade traffic must stop and wait until a safe opening presents itself.

Here’s my point: When The Esplanade and First Avenue traffic are at their busiest, this roundabout will demand that all three lanes of bumper-to-bumper traffic merge down to just one useable lane. This is a recipe for gridlock far worse than anything The Esplanade currently faces.

And, if you forgot, student pedestrians and bicyclists in a rush to get to school will also be trying to navigate this roundabout at the same time.

Improved safety? I think not.

Efficient traffic flow? Absolutely not.

Bob and Mary Evans Chico

There is no place on The Esplanade for roundabouts. Truck and other traffic will immediately self-detour to Nord Avenue and Mangrove Avenue and add to the

congestion already found on those streets. Then we will want roundabouts on Nord and Mangrove.

The whole issue needs much more public and professional input.

As a county resident living in the (not offshore) Chapman Islands, I believe that the entire Chico City Council is behaving like a bunch of children battling in an ideological sandbox standoff.

They are doing a disservice to the community. They are also an embarrassment.

Unless they can learn the word compromise, the whole bunch—all seven—should be voted out of office.

It is time to increase the effort to create council election districts.

City Council members are chosen in nonpartisan elections. They should make their decisions in a nonpartisan process.

Ronald Angle Chico

Scrap talk Chico Scrap Metal must be moved from its current location. Having lived in Chapmantown for 44 of my 47 years, I’ve been across the street from Chico Scrap Metals’ ugly fence bordering 16th Street since 2005. All the previous efforts made “to improve aesthetics and neighborhood compatibility” by the owners were on 20th Street, and those were a joke!

Monday through Saturday, the racket from Chico Scrap Metal starts at 8 a.m., so I sleep with a white noise machine and am forced to turn it up loud when the giant industrial machinery begins and continues until 4 p.m. I feel sorry for people around here who work the late shift. A lot of dust/ dirt comes in my house loaded with contaminants (and bad odors sometimes). Then there is the rat population living in the junk to contend with and the stray cats who hunt them.

The families and agencies involved in building the Habitat for Humanity homes nearby did so based on the junkyard (oops, Chico Scrap Metal) being moved.

The house next door has been up for sale for four months. Lots of people looking, then they see the junkyard. Their look of disgust says it all.

Brenda Harlan Chico

For 16 years now the owners of Chico Scrap Metal (CSM) have known their 20th Street location would be out of compliance with both the Chapman-Mulberry Neighborhood Plan and general plan. While the other displaced businesses all relocated dutifully, CSM has sought, and received, extensions to every previous deadline until council finally resolved that no more extensions were allowable.

CSM was undaunted by this resolution and their delay tactics might finally bear fruit. Mayor Mark Sorensen voted to move CSM in 2011, but now joins junkyard advocate and City Councilman Andrew Coolidge and conservative Councilmembers Reanette Fillmer and Sean Morgan to consider tossing out years of hard and thoughtful work by previous city councils and staff who determined the industrial activities of CSM are not suitable for residential neighborhoods and the health hazards related to that activity could not be left threatening the largely poor and minority residents of Chapmantown.

It’s especially galling that those exposed to toxins at the CSM site reside mostly in an unannexed neighborhood and therefore lack representation at the city level.

Sounds like yet another example of disenfranchised people being denied justice by policy makers subject more to the whims of the powerful than to the well-being of all those affected by their official decisions.

Dan Everhart Chico

If you or I were required to move, we would sell our current home and use the equity to buy a new house. The owners of Chico Scrap Metal have said they want $1.5 million to move their 20th Street junkyard! Yet they own the 2 acres across the street from Chico’s No. 1 tourist attraction, Sierra Nevada Brewery. CSM bought the property decades ago— with city money. If the junkyard wants a city handout (again!), what equity do they have?

Their bad practices got them a fine of hundreds of thousands of dollars a couple years ago—too bad! That money would have made a nice down payment.

The junkyard has been an

illegal use since its last extension ran out 16 months ago. The cost of the business’ required move has been amortized over 12 years, as they have gotten two extensions.

If, at its May 3 meeting, the City Council gives them a rezone and other protections, the junkyard will never move, at least not for less than the $1.5 million they demand.

If we fail to move the junkyard now, we will fail the children of the Chapman neighborhood forever.

Karl Ory Chico

Editor’s note: The author is a former Chico mayor.

Where’s Doug?

Has anyone seen Doug LaMalfa?

The man who claimed to be “one of us” is among the missing. He is seldom seen around the district, and now it appears that he is afraid to participate in the upcoming debate sponsored by the nonpartisan League of Women Voters.

LaMalfa has mastered the practice of feeding at the public trough.

While in state office, he exploited loopholes in the law to maximize his take in farm subsidies and sponsored special legislation to benefit his fat-cat cronies.

Upon entering Congress, he happily began doing the bidding of John Boehner and the other establishment politicians.

Instead of fighting for the hardworking taxpayers of the North State, LaMalfa has sold out voting to fund corporate welfare including such boondoggles as $7 billion for Amtrak subsidies, $30 billion in highway bailout and failing to protect our most precious resource, North State water, scoring him lots of campaign contributions from outside the district.

When asked about his dismal record, LeMalfa replied, “You have no idea the pressure that I am under.” Well, as the saying goes, “If you can’t stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen.”

There is a viable, well-qualified alternative in Joe Montes.

Jim Ledgerwood Chico

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Chico senior planner Bob Summerville, shown at Burgers and Brew, says patios have added a new dimension to downtown’s streetscape.

FEASTER CASE MOVES FORWARD

Patrick Feaster, the former Paradise police officer who shot and killed a man after a short vehicle chase on the eve of Thanksgiving last year, waived his right to a preliminary hearing on Friday (April 22) and will face arraignment May 11. He’s been charged with involuntary manslaughter.

Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey and Feaster’s attorney, Paul Goyette, agreed to a stipulation regarding a firearm enhancement: The gun in question was Feaster’s service weapon, which he was carrying as part of his professional duties.

On Nov. 25, Feaster followed an SUV being driven erratically by Andrew Thomas. During the pursuit, the SUV hit a median and flipped, ejecting Thomas’ passenger, Darien Ehorn, who later died from her injuries. While Thomas was attempting to exit the vehicle, Feaster shot his weapon, hitting Thomas in the neck and ultimately killing him.

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A potentially deadly home invasion in an apartment on Amanda Way early Saturday evening (April 23) ended with the arrest of 49-year-old Darin Petty.

Jessie Phillips, 39, called 911 and reported that a man had broken into his apartment and was armed with a knife, according to a Chico Police Department press release. When officers arrived, Phillips and Petty were reportedly fighting on the floor. Petty allegedly struggled with officers, too, but they managed to disarm him.

Phillips was stabbed once in his side, but was treated at Enloe Medical Center and released. Petty was booked into Butte County Jail on charges of attempted murder, burglary and vandalism.

FILLING THE CHAMBER

The Chico Chamber of Commerce recently announced hiring longtime member Kelsey Torres to fill the newly created position of associate vice president.

In that role, Torres (pictured) will work closely with President and CEO Katie Simmons to implement the organization’s recently released 10-year Community Vision, which outlines expectations for various aspects of the community, including public safety, according to a Chico Chamber press release. Torres distinguished herself during the interview process with her years of experience with nonprofit organizations and familiarity with the community.

“This, in many ways, feels like the opportunity of a lifetime because of my deep appreciation for Chico and my dedication to our community,” Torres said in the statement.

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Proliferation of streetside patios at downtown restaurants surprisingly noncontroversial in 1998 to open his eponymous eatery, W Christian Michaels, he had no idea he was hen Christian Steinbach came to Chico

a dozen years ahead of his time.

He envisioned a downtown establishment much like he’d seen where he was from, story and the Bay Area. Patrons, photo by many with shopping Evan Tuchinsky bags in hand, would approach and see a evan t u c h i ns k y @ n ew srev i ew. c o m choice of seating: restaurant, bar or patio.

Christian Michaels Patio inventory: has had the first two, but Here are downtown’s bulb-out seating areas, not the third—Steinbach present and planned: said officials at City Hall and Butte County Public Open Health at the time nixed Burgers and Brew Celestino’s the notion of serving outMom’s doors. So he’s operated Tres Hombres without a patio, his restaurant instead becoming Coming soon Crepeville a more subtle landmark Jamba Juice/Tellers on the Wall Street entryLaSalles way to downtown.

Outside seating for On the horizon diners, he says, “shows a Christian Michaels lively downtown. It makes Considering people want to come Rawbar downtown. That’s the Starbucks one thing Walnut Creek Woodstock’s

proved—downtown Walnut Creek, they call it ‘the Little City’ now [because] owners of restaurants from San Francisco now have restaurants in Walnut Creek [after] the city put in the fencing, put in the plants, watered the plants and did all the work.

“It revitalized their downtown, and they have an epic downtown.”

Dual-environment dining finally took root in Chico when Tres Hombres—at the campus-side gateway—unveiled downtown’s first bulb-out corner patio in 2010.

Since then, several more have opened, and a flurry of others are underway (see info box).

One will be at Christian Michaels: Steinbach, whose middle name is Michael, said he hopes to have a patio built this year. He’d commissioned schematics in 2013, when the city planned to help with a bulb-out at his corner, but shelved the project when budget cuts included staff contraction in the Planning Department.

“It’s something I want,” he said, even though it’s a $100,000 upgrade to a building he doesn’t own.

Patios have made a significant mark on

downtown, yet—apart from construction noise—the change has come silently.

Planning officials say groups such as the Downtown Chico Business Association and Parking Access Resource Commission

hear in advance about potential projects; no surprises, no objections.

The proliferation this year raises a fresh question: Can there be too much of a good thing? Or, as the CN&R queried: Could Chico reach “peak patio”?

The Chico Municipal Code lists no limit, so the answer depends on whom you ask.

“I imagine there could be,” senior planner Bob Summerville said. “As planners, we really welcome them, because the downtown element of our general plan encourages them. I think the parking issue is really the only problem; otherwise, the nightlife, the positive streetscape influence, the positive pedestrian influence—it’s great.”

Steinbach agrees: Apart from possibly impacting parking or impeding traffic flow, he sees only positives in adding outdoor seating.

Street issues have not arisen, perhaps because the ordinance permitting patios has specific restrictions.

First, bulb-out patios are supposed to be on corners, not mid-block. LaSalles is located next to a driveway; otherwise, every other project that’s received approval is at an intersection.

“I could see a problem with traffic flow,” Summerville said. “When you have an obstruction into a drive lane, even for the

bicyclists who may have to swerve out, I guess that could be a physical problem.”

Woodstock’s Pizza, located on Second Street between Main and Wall, had its plans kicked back by city planners—but for a different reason, and regulation.

“You can’t take away diagonal parking,” said Brendan Ottoboni, the city’s director of public works-engineering.

“What we’ve worked out is a way for them to bulb out and create a compact stall and still be able to achieve enough ADA clearance for [pedestrians with disabilities on] the sidewalk.”

The corner bulb-outs can replace two spaces, as long as the spaces haven’t been reserved for disabled drivers.

Restaurants must reimburse the city for lost parking-meter income, currently around $600 per year per space. The lost parking itself is a miniscule proportion of spaces.

“There are bigger concerns [about] parking downtown than just taking away a couple stalls here or there,” Ottoboni said.

The city handles permits for patios administratively. The approval process includes just one panel: the Architectural Review and Historic Preservation Board. The Planning Commission is never involved. The avenue for appeal leads straight to the City Council.

Aaron Smith, general manager at Mom’s

Restaurant the past year and a half, inherited an established patio especially popular on temperate weekend mornings.

“A lot of patio people are a different kind of customer: They’re not in a hurry, they want to go out and relax, enjoy the weather and have a nice meal,” he said.

Steinbach of Christian Michaels said patios add to the aesthetic of downtown.

Even on a hot summer day, when no one wants to eat outside, exterior seating designs catch the eye of passersby.

“I’d love to see Rawbar have it,” he said. “What a great opportunity: You could have an Asian bistro patio lunch one day; a couple days later, if you’re coming downtown with a couple friends, you could have some Mexican food [at Tres]; and then we have our small plates and the fine dining side, if it’s a nice evening and you want a meal in the open air.”

From the City Hall point of view, peak patio would be “a good problem to have, obviously, from the economic development perspective,” Ottoboni said. “In theory, yeah, there could be too much. What that threshhold is, not too sure.” □

to house a predator

District Attorney’s Office petitioned the local court to deem Smith a sexually violent predator.

When a violent sex offender intended to move to Butte To be designated an “SVP,” one must County, residents balked—but where should he go? meet two criteria: 1. He (it’s generally a male) has been convicted of at least one violent sexual offense, and 2. He has a mental He was met with the same resistance in t appears that Fraisure Earl Smith, the illness that contributes to his being a risk Contra Costa County.

Then they turned their 52-year-old convicted rapist and diagnosed to society. A jury in 2010 determined that focus on Butte. “sexually violent predator” slated to move Smith met that criteria, so he was committed “How they got to Butte County is a to Chico, won’t be headed our way. That’s to Coalinga State Hospital. His release was because, after public outcry across all media, bit of a mystery,” Ramsey said. “Liberty ordered in 2013, but “conditionally,” meanHealthcare hasn’t been particularly forthfrom newspapers to Twitter to word of ing his SVP status remains. coming on how they found Butte County.” mouth, the homeowner on Bell Road who There are currently 14 SVPs out on conRepresentatives from Liberty did not return a had agreed to rent to Smith rescinded his ditional release and 564 housed in Coalinga, phone call from the CN&R. offer. according to the Ken August, assistant direcIn any case, Smith won’t be coming here.

“This was a very dangerous man,” tor of the Office of Communications at the Not now, anyway. said Butte County District Attorney Mike California Department of State Hospitals.

Ramsey. “‘Sexually violent predator’ is not put as a label on someone without that perSmith committed his first sex crime in 1988 in Since 1996, the year the SVP conditional son earning that label. Not inappropriately, Alameda County. He went to prison for three release program started, 36 patients have been conditionally released. Of those, people are concerned for their safety with a years for felony forcible rape of a homeless August said, 12 successfully completed the person with that sort of diagnosis and record woman. In 1993 in Solano County, he was being put in their neighborhood.” arrested and charged with committing a lewd program and were found to no longer be a threat to society. Eight were sent back to But, where will he go? Where should he and lascivious act with a child aged 14/15, a state hospital for not following terms of go? If you’re like Ramsey or Butte County but he plea bargained that charge down to their release and one for possessing child Sheriff Kory Honea, you probably think he misdemeanor failure to register as a sex pornography. One died. The rest are still on belongs back in Coalinga State Hospital, offender. Two years later, he was convicted conditional release. where he was committed for five years of felony statutory But, what if no combefore being conditionally released last fall. rape and failure to munity will accept these “‘Sexually violent “It is a problem right now, statewide, as to register, and he spent sexually violent predators? predator’ is not put where we can house sexually violent predathe next four years St. Martin, an tors outside the hospital system in this age in prison. In 2003, as a label on someone Michael SVP currently commitof social media,” Ramsey said. “It’s not like he was found guilty without that person ted to Coalinga, foresees you can hide these folks.” of felony sexual batearning that label.” a dilemma. St. Martin, Butte County wasn’t the first community tery after attacking a from San Diego, has —Butte county district Attorney Mike ramsey to reject Smith. His release actually was 17-year-old girl on been locked up for 24 approved in 2013, but Liberty Healthcare, her way to the public years for child molestawhich is responsible for his housing and library. That conviction, “10 years for the crimes I committed, monitoring, hasn’t been able to find a place tion was overturned, but two years later he and 14 years for a crime I might commit in that will accept him. First, he was ordered was convicted of felony assault to commit the future.” He writes for a website called to be released in Solano County, where he is rape for the same case and was sentenced to Defense for SVP. from and where he has family. Public outcry five years in state prison. When he was eli“Public outcry is such that no community made it impossible to find him a landlord. gible for parole in 2010, the Solano County wants to house these people,” he said by phone. “Why would I try to better myself if there’s no outcome for release? I’ve been an advocate for years within the system, and what I’m trying to do is get public awareness of the amount of work that’s gone into getting these people into the community. It’s not like getting out of prison—here, if they get out, it’s this massive amount of supervision.”

For Ramsey, that wasn’t enough. “In tryCentury of suicide ing to determine from Liberty Healthcare The suicide rate in America recently hit a what sort of ongoing counseling [Smith] 30-year high and is still climbing, according would have, where would he go, who would to data released this month by the National he see, we got no answers,” he said. “That Center for Health Statistics. Suicides were caused a great deal of frustration on our in decline from 1986 to 1998, but have risen part. With some reasonableness, the NIMBY 24 percent between 1999 and 2014, from 10.5 mentality does reign—appropriately, I to 13 victims per 100,000 population. The largest increases were among females think—supreme.” ages 10 to 14 and males between 45 and 64. The most frequent method for suicide

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The road to Philadelphia Caucuses to elect local delegates to the Democratic National Convention set for this weekend ntil late last year, Patrick and Pamela Stowe didn’t consider Uthemselves political people. Both

voted regularly, but they never felt compelled to campaign for a politician until they found themselves in the same room with Bernie Sanders.

The Stowes are both nurses at Enloe Medical Center and members of the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United. During a recent visit to their Chico home, they explained that the union went through an extensive process before endorsing Sanders, questioning the entire field of candidates on issues important to health care workers and asking members to vote for their preference. Sanders himself spoke at a union event in Oakland last August to accept the endorsement, and the Stowes were in the audience.

“I have never met or heard anyone who is more genuine in what they say,” Pamela said. She cited Sanders’ stance on equal health care for all as a big attraction.

“Every other politician I’ve ever heard is more interested in pushing their own agenda rather than doing what’s best for the people, but not Bernie. He cares for the country the way a parent cares for their child.”

The Stowes immediately began campaigning for Sanders in earnest; they’ve attended rallies throughout the state, and Patrick went door-to-door in Las Vegas earlier this month canvassing for the Nevada primary. Locally, the couple have been manning a booth at the Thursday Night Market and urging anyone who’ll listen to consider their candidate. They’ve also become candidates themselves, in hopes of representing Sanders this July as local delegates to the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.

There are several subtypes among

the 548 delegates California will send to the convention, including those elected at the congressional district level (like the Stowes hope to be) and superdelegates. Each of the state’s 53 congressional districts elects between five and nine of a total of 317 district-level delegates, who will be chosen at caucuses held statewide this Sunday Cast your vote:

Caucuses for Clinton delegates will be held at Arc Pavilion (2030 Park Ave.) and Sanders delegates at the Chico Grange Hall (2775 Nord Ave.) on Sunday (May 1) at 2 p.m.

(May 1). District-level delegates’ votes are pledged to their candidate, while superdelegates can vote for whomever they choose.

Butte County is part of the expansive 1st Congressional District, which includes much of northeastern California and is allotted six delegates. Caucuses are held for each candidate, and Chico will host two—one for Hillary Clinton at the ARC Pavilion and another for Sanders at the Chico Grange Hall.

District 1 caucuses will also take place in Nevada City (Sanders) and Colfax (Clinton). All of the caucuses statewide will start at 2 p.m.

All registered Democrats can vote in the caucuses, and the top three male and top three female vote-getters will be potential delegates. The delegates are then divvied up according to the percentage of votes the candidates receive in the June 7 primary. For example, if the candidates split the district’s popular vote evenly, the top three Clinton and top three Sanders delegates will be headed to the convention.

Confused yet? You can blame Chico’s Bob Mulholland, a longtime member of the Democratic National Committee, who claims

credit for writing the current caucus rules about 25 years ago.

Mulholland, himself a superdelegate, said the rules are designed to ensure access and participation at a grassroots level.

“All the average person really needs to know is to show up at the right caucus, get a ballot, circle the candidates you like and put it in the box,” he said. Voters can also register on-site.

Mulholland described the caucuses as lively events where would-be delegates sometimes hand out leaflets, meet voters and give short speeches. He said 2008 saw record turnouts to the caucuses, and he expects this year’s scorching Sanders-Clinton showdown to bring comparable crowds. He noted the number of candidates vying for local delegate spots is particularly large, with 19 candidates for Clinton and 51 for Sanders. Statewide, there are more than 4,700 hopefuls looking to fill 317 openings.

Mulholland said the contests serve more purpose than just choosing delegates. “It’s not a beauty contest,” he said. “It shows the party which individuals have the ability to get out into the community and organize and campaign.

“For many people, it’s the beginning of their political lives.”

Once elected, delegates are expected to continue campaign efforts and raise the necessary funds to attend the convention.

As a veteran of 10 conventions, Mulholland said those who make the cut are in for the experience of a lifetime, noting that candidates and other high-profile Dems often visit delegate breakfasts held each morning, and delegates can spend their days attending forums on a variety of issues.

The Republicans have their own delegate caucuses and set of rules.

People interested in becoming a GOP delegate can apply straight through their candidate of choice’s office until May 8.

Whether or not they win positions as delegates, the Stowes say they plan to keep stumping for Bernie through November, and that they’re enjoying their newfound political awareness.

“Before we got involved in this, I never thought of delegates as actual people, just numbers,” Patrick said.

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HEALTHLINES Dr. Shawn Furst, a local interventional pain specialist, prescribes opioid painkillers sparingly.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported in May that the amount of prescription opioids sold in the U.S. has nearly quadrupled since 1999 without an overall change in the amount of pain reported by patients. Also spiking in the same proportion: the number of overdose deaths involving opioids.

“On one hand, we’re always trained to help people; we like to offer as much help as we can to patients, so it was thought if they had a lot of pain and tried a lot of other things, opioids would be a good choice,” Furst said. “Now, we’re much more conservative, and feel we should prescribe them much more sparingly, particularly on a long-term basis.”

Furst has taken a particularly conservative stance by limiting his prescribing to buprenorphine and two more mild opioids, codeine and tramadol. Buprenorphine, too, is a lower-tier painkiller, but it has enough potency that Furst also uses it to “convert” patients from other opioids.

Dr. Bill Whitlatch understands Furst’s position. As a neurosurgeon, he needs to prescribe medication to alleviate postoperative pain. He, like most doctors, takes greater care with how he prescribes, but doesn’t go as far as Furst—nor, Whitlatch said, do all pain specialists.

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Yet there’s a whole branch of pain medicine that does not involve a patient taking a pill. It’s called interventional pain management. This area within the specialty involves procedures (i.e., interventions) directed at the nerves themselves.

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muscle spasms or deliver numbing solution directly to flaring nerves. Other procedures involve the spine: adjusting vertebrae to alleviate pressure on the spinal cord, desensitizing nerves with heat, implanting electrodes leading to the equivalent of a pacemaker that overrides pain signals.

Dr. Shawn Furst, an interventional pain management specialist in Chico, advocates a multidisciplinary approach because it’s difficult to predict what will work for each patient. “Multiple treatment modalities are sometimes required for optimal treatment of pain,” he said.

Indeed, interventional pain management provides alternatives, and the opportunities for this care are increasing across Butte County.

Oroville Hospital recently hired a new specialist, Dr. Nick Brar, for its Comprehensive Pain and Spine Center.

Feather River Hospital in Paradise offers pain procedures through its Medical Imaging department, performed by interventional

radiologists. In Chico, Furst is one of a half-dozen pain management doctors, three of whom are affiliated with Enloe Medical Center.

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“As a lot of people are aware of now, there is a big crisis in this country with opioid abuse and dependency and accidental death,” he said. “In the 1990s, a lot of doctors and experts felt a lot of opioids were fairly low-risk to prescribe, and so a lot of patients were put on escalating doses … a lot of people who take opioids develop a tolerance, and they find they need a higher and higher dose to treat the same amount of pain.”

That notion took off in the 2000s. The

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Dr. Shawn Furst’s office is at 340 W. East Ave., Chico, 332-3277.

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“It is certainly understandable that people are anxious about needles and they’d rather take a pill,” Furst said. “What I tell everyone is that as long as the doctor has good training and experience in whatever procedure they’re doing, [these interventions are] very low risk….

“I thoroughly explain the benefits versus risks to patients, and I certainly don’t force anything on them.”

Injections—cortisone, steroids, lidocaine—sometimes can be administered in a regular exam room, but other times require imaging equipment to guide the doctor’s needle placement.

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“It’s a pretty good option for treating pain that nothing else works for,” Whitlatch said, “especially legs.”

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• Stay on trails: Avoid tall grass, weeds and heavy underbrush.

• Look ahead: Keep your eyes on the trail.

• Watch where you step: Don’t put your feet or hands in places you can’t see. Step carefully on logs and rocks before stepping over them.

• Bring a friend: Always hike with someone who can help in case of emergency.

• Let dead snakes lie: A recently deceased rattlesnake can still inject venom.

If you are bitten by a rattlesnake, call 911 and seek attention immediately. Call the city Park Division at 896-7800 for more information.

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“I really like these old trees,” Robert Crane, co-manager of Lucero Olive Oil Mill, says of the company’s century-old Sevillano grove.

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from as far away as San Francisco Oandpeople Redding gathered at the Lucero Olive n a recent Saturday, about a dozen

Oil Mill and Tasting Room in Corning for an opportunity to see the olive trees in full bloom for the first time this season. Many waited inside the tasting room, a modern, open space with a tasting bar and walls filled with dozens of varieties of olive oils. Others stood in the gravel parking lot chatting with Robert Crane and Liz Tagami, co-manager and general manager, respectively, and the group’s tour guides for the day.

After boarding a bus that would take the group to two of Lucero’s orchards, the guides informed us that Lucero Olive Oil is one of the biggest family-owned olive oil companies in Tehama County. It produces 16 olive varieties from more than 500 acres.

The first stop was the Love Orchard, named after the original family who owned it. Crane could’ve led this part of the tour with his eyes closed, he said, as he shared vivid memories of running around and working the 10-acre Sevillano orchard as a 12-year-old in the early 1960s, when his family purchased it. Crane is also an owner of Crane Mills, which owns Lucero.

“I really like these old trees,” he said, admiring the 100-year-old beauties. “I mean, I still have memories working here as a boy. At the time, I’m sure I didn’t think it was even fun. It was a different world back then—almost every kid in a town like this worked.”

Crane, who has undergraduate degrees in biology and forestry—from Chico State and Oregon State, respectively—described many of the technical aspects of managing an olive oil orchard as a way to show people the

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beginning of the process, while also describing their lifespan and maintenance.

“I enjoy relating to the people who are interested and giving them some understanding as to what the experience is like,” he said. “I still find these trees fascinating; you can see anything you want in these trees. It’s nice to give people a chance to see this stuff, especially people from urban areas who’ve never experienced it. It’s one thing driving by, but another thing to actually get in here.”

Corning calls itself The Olive City, and it’s

easy to see why, as it is home to numerous olive-growing farms, mills and processors, including Bell Carter Olive Co., the United States’ largest olive processor. As the olive oil industry has grown in popularity, companies have begun to offer tastings and tours of their orchards. Tagami attributes this to people’s growing interest and taste for artisinal foods.

Tagami is an industry expert and a trained taster who has taken classes all over the world and judged olive oil competitions in Napa, Tokyo and Jerusalem.

Northern California, specifically Tehama and Butte counties, are in a pristine location in the world for olives because of the Mediterranean climate—cool winter nights and warm summer days, she said.

Olive trees do well in low-water and drought conditions, because they don’t

Taste for yourself:

The lucero tasting room is open seven days a week, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., at 2120 loleta Ave. in Corning. Visit www.lucerooliveoil.com for more information, including online ordering.

require a lot of water to survive. That’s why so many local olive oil companies—including Lucero, Corning Olive Oil Co. and The Olive Pit in Corning and Lodestar Farms, Butte View Olive Oil, Berkeley Olive Grove 1913 and others in Oroville—continue to find so much success, even winning international awards. In the late 1800s, when farmers discovered that the local climate was great for olives, they made a commitment and planted many of the orchards still used today, Tagami said. Now, outside investors and business people are looking to this part of the state to invest in olive orchards for those same reasons.

“Globally, there are only a few places in the world where olives will grow like this,” she said. “We have an olive culture here that you don’t see in America. You see it in Europe, you see it in the Middle East, but here it exists in a deeper way. People have olive trees in their yards; it’s a part of everyday life. As someone who travels and sees other cultures, seeing that gives me extra excitement. Here, it’s not just a commodity, it’s a way of life.”

After a small walk, visitors gathered around

Tagami at a table in the middle of the orchard to taste some of the Lucero oils.

Offering guided tastings is a way to expose people in a no-pressure, nonjudgmental way to different and more intricate flavors and varieties of olive oil, she said. Of the four oils on hand that day, three were single-olive varieties including the Sevillano, a smallbatch oil with strong aromas; the Taggiasca, a floral and herby oil; and the Ascolano, which was sweet and more mellow than the others. The fourth was Lucero’s Woodson

blend, which was made from a combination of robust and fruity oils.

“It goes back to discovery,” Tagami said.

“It’s very easy in specialty food to have people feel like they don’t belong or that it’s not accessible to them. So in a small group, it’s nice to know everyone’s name and speak to their specific interests. We eat olive oil not because it’s a medicine and healthy— even though it is—we eat olive oil because it transforms food, it enhances things, it makes life taste better.” □

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Many local gardeners have taken up this task, and more than a dozen of them will serve as hosts for the water-wise and Habitat-Friendly Spring Garden Tour scheduled for Sunday, May 1. The first leg starts at 9 a.m. and the second at noon. The tour is free, though donations are accepted, and starts from the Alice Hecker native Plant Garden at the Chico Creek nature Center (1968 E. Eighth St.).

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For love of animals Lucy Parks has one goal in mind with her animal shelter, Wags and Whiskers Pet Rescue: to save as many lives as she can. Parks, originally from Orange County, came to Chico in 2013 after a near-death experience that made her realize that she wanted to do more for the world. A lifelong animal lover, Parks began volunteering and working locally with pets and shelters, and in July 2015, she started her nonprofit rescue organization. Wags and Whiskers is also an adoption agency for the dogs and cats that it takes in. The CN&R sat down with Parks to talk about how she, along with staff members and volunteers, are able to help animals in need. There are weekly adoption events in the North Valley Plaza on Saturdays. For more info, go to www.wagsandwhiskers petrescue.com.

What is the difference between a kill shelter and a no-kill shelter?

Chico has only no-kill shelters, because the city mandates that they not euthanize [adoptable] animals. Which means, it’s pretty much a closed shelter. They don’t have to kill any animals, but they also are limited on taking new animals based on how much space they have. Most of the time, in Chico, you have to get on a waiting list if you want to surrender a dog. Other counties that don’t have

those mandates can take any animal at any time.

How is your rescue different from others?

Most places pick and choose which dogs they want. Not me. I’ll take any dog. Even if it’s sick, we’ll take it and pay for the medical bills.

We invite nearby counties’ shelters to use our service to help bring down their kill rates. And, we have a lot of communication with people who want to adopt one of our dogs.

How do you care for your animals?

Our animals are all well taken care of. We have a vacant space in the shopping center my husband and I own [North Valley Plaza], and that’s where we keep the dogs.

They aren’t crated at all; instead

they live in communal rooms. The only time we crate them is when we feed them. They are walked three times a day by paid staff members, and in the evenings, volunteers can help walk them, too. Volunteers also come around often to help socialize the dogs. If a dog is particularly antisocial, I will take them home with me and work with them there.

What does the rescue need to help more animals?

We always need more fosters for the animals, and volunteers!

Donations are gladly accepted, like leashes, bowls, beds and things like that. And if anyone wants to adopt one of our animals, we would love that!

—WHitney GARCiA

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There was a time, several years ago, when I was particularly crafty. I made scrapbooks, I sewed, I learned to fuze glass and I screen-printed my own T-shirts. It was a lot of fun, but that creative itch, I fear, has been scratched. That said, I have a particular affinity—and appreciation—for handmade things. So, I love discovering new local creators and creator spaces. This week I found Artisans Galleria—what a gem!

I stepped inside the Mangrove Avenue shop (next door to O’Reilly Auto Parts) and was immediately greeted by owner Carol O’Donnell. “Is this your first time in?” she asked from one corner of a large room filled with beads, pendants and other jewelry-making supplies. She explained that beyond the crafting room were displays for a dozen or so local sellers. Intrigued, I made my way through the quaint, comfortable space to peruse the various goodies.

Artisans Galleria is chock-full of some seriously cool stuff. Some of it I’ve seen elsewhere—Chico Soap Co., for example—but others were new finds for me. Some of my favorites: the art glass clocks and cheeseboard-knife sets from WindRock Creations, a husband-wife venture run by Barry and Cyndi Duensing; the gorgeous stone beadwork (especially the turquoise!) of Boho Beads, by Susy Meyer; the festively hand-painted wine glasses by AB Glass Designs; and the beautifully decorated gourds of all sizes by Janis Martinez.

I chatted a bit with O’Donnell after my lap around the store. The jewelry sells best, she said, and some of it is handmade while others are vintage. I really liked the pieces made by GlAmmo Banging Jewelry, which incorporates spent bullet casings and other used hardware—loved the keyholes!—into some very cool pendants and earrings.

The weekend classes are very popular, O’Donnell says, and they cover everything from jewelry and beads to soaps and gourd art—you can guess that last one is taught by the aforementioned Martinez. For more info on the shop and upcoming classes, go to www.artisansgalleriachico.com or find it on Facebook.

SportS buzz I love hearing about businesses giving back to the community.

And it’s a nice reminder when that philanthropy comes from a national company that many of our chain stores are, in fact, locally owned. So, this Friday (April 29), I encourage all you coffee drinkers out there to head over to a local Dutch Bros. for your morning buzz. That day, Dan and Michal Richardson, who own the three Chico locations, will be donating $1 of every drink sold to local high school sports booster clubs. Sales from the Esplanade location will go to Chico High, the Cohasset Road shop will donate to Pleasant Valley and the Park Avenue stand will be giving to Durham High.

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he discussion started with a casual Facebook post by CN&R Arts Editor Jason Cassidy: “What’s your favorite song ever by a Chico band?” (See Arts DEVO, p. 36.) After getting 500-plus replies in just 24 hours, it was apparent that we’d struck a chord within the local music and music-loving community, and so we decided to keep asking. We reached out to all the youngsters and oldsters, and all the hippies, punks, indie-rockers and just-plain-rockers we know in order to track down Chico’s best songs. We weren’t looking for personal favorites; we were looking for those quintessential songs that best represent a wide variety of artists from our storied and eclectic music scene over the past few decades.

With this “top 10”—plus the 40 more in the accompanying playlist (see “Plus 40 more,” page 21)—we are not trying to present a definitive list of the “50 best Chico songs.” Rather, we hope to offer a sampling of some of the greatest songs written right here, songs that deserve a spot on the local soundtrack. Enjoy.

Note: Song dates are for earliest known recording.

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Ten great homegrown songs that Pages Turn (1985) 28th Day

On their self-titled—and only— album, the members of mid-1980s “college rock” trio 28th Day captured a singular brand of jangly garage-pop that was at turns sunny, dark, energetic and chaotic, and preserved what turned out to be a brief yet very special time in Chico’s music history.

The big argument for the best of the album’s seven songs is between the two most poppy numbers, “Pages Turn” and “25 Pills,” sung by bassist Barbara Manning (who would go on to enjoy an internationally acclaimed solo career) and guitarist Cole Marquis (who would start Chico supergroup The Downsiders), respectively. But the ridiculously infectious melodies and Manning’s soaring vocals on “Pages Turn” make it impossible to resist.

“I distinctly remember 28th Day playing that song and all of us collectively realizing we were causing a crowd reaction for the first time as a band.” That’s 28th Day drummer Mike Cloward, and it’s a testament to the song’s immediate likeability, from the moment Marquis rings out the first reverb-y notes of the main riff and Cloward taps the song in before locking into his signature head-nodding surfrock beat. But the stars are the melodies—the main guitar riff, Marquis’ solo and Manning’s confident yet relaxed vocals, especially on the chorus, where the song’s title is repeated four times in four different melodies.

Not only could this be the best Chico song ever, but for a “split second,” as Pitchfork critic Philip Welsh noted in 2004, it’s possible that 28th Day was “the best band in the world.”

—JASON CASSIDY 28th Day

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Hey Emilie (1993) The Mother Hips

Like a train clickity-clacking down wooden tracks unaware of its upcoming derailment, The Mother Hips’ classic tune “Hey Emilie” starts picking up steam around the 2:12 mark—the boilers, loaded to the hilt with coal, cause the engine to combust and the tune takes a radical turn, becoming something else entirely, a down and dirty grunge.

“Hey Emilie” is not bound and constricted by time; it is as lively and devastatingly original in the 21st century as it was in 1993 when it was released on the band’s debut album, Back to the Grotto.

Song craftsman Tim Bluhm reveals that, “Emilie was an old woman who had written into Dear Abby. She was complaining about hearing the sound of bacon sizzling and the sound of freight trains in her head.” An even deeper look into the real-life Emilie reveals that she was afraid that she was going mad. Anyone who attended a Hips show in ’93 in Chico knows that with the exquisite beer, psychedelics and music, sanity was at a premium.

More so, the triptych that “Hey Emilie” takes us on, off

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the cliff and back to the groove, weighs in at 4 minutes and 45 seconds. And that, folks, has always been the power of The Hips; the ability to take us on a fantastic journey and land us home safely, under 5.

All My Friends Are Fish/ Pony Made of Ice (1988) The Downsiders

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Blank Page (2013) Surrogate

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Surrogate

Surrogate is a full band, but it is frontman Chris Keene’s brainchild, brought up in the indie-rock paradigm of the late aughts that was exemplified by the likes of Death Cab for Cutie. “Blank Page,” the lead song on the band’s latest album, 2013’s PostHeroic, best embodies everything great about Keene’s songwriting and Surrogate’s sound. Keene has an impressive résumé, and arguments could be made for many of his songs being “the best”: Post-Heroic’s “Lovers” is a moving pop-rock snapshot of married life, and “Whiskey (Vomiting Words)” off 2009’s Popular Mechanics is pretty much demanded during the band’s barroom gigs.

Listen to “Blank Page,” though, and try to argue that it’s not a masterstroke. Note the impeccable production quality when the drums kick in; the intelligent dynamics in the addition and subtraction of guitar, bass and synthesizer; the tightness of the band as a whole; Keene’s delicate vocal timbre and uncanny sense of melody; and the bittersweet lyricism common to Surrogate’s music.

It’s a song about writing songs, and much more. Keene sings: “I’m afraid of a blank page/sitting quiet and desperate/Creation’s a slow fade/to exhaustion and old age.” But the main sell here is that it rocks, with a bridge filled with gargantuan, wide-open guitar noise and crashing cymbals, perfectly contrasting the catchy, head-nodding verses. So much yes.

The Downsiders, a supergroup of sorts that ruled over Chico in the late 1980s/early 1990s, comprised both sides of Chico’s musical personality: the noisy and the stoney. Like the punk-rockers, they weren’t shy about getting loud and dirty, and like crews in the jam scene, they were open to exploring.

But when The Downsiders jammed, they borrowed way more from the open-tuned weirdness of Sonic Youth than the groovy noodling of The Dead.

The two-song suite “All My Friends Are Fish/Pony Made of Ice” from the group’s second album, All My Friends Are Fish, was The Downsiders’ 11-plus-minute magnum opus, on which all their sonic powers were brought to bear.

The “Fish” half is the heavy side, a hectic, driving psychedelic jam with guitarists Cole Marquis and Jeff Tracy dueling with fuzzy, chiming guitars during an extended intro before things calm down enough for Marquis’ vocals to float in. Then, for the “Pony” half, the fish grows feet and hits the ground, languidly trying to get its legs as the guitars float in the distance and the band delivers a series of dynamic lulls that burst into a gallop every time Marquis shouts out, “So, I took a ride!” And we come back and reset during each break and anticipate bouncing back in when the bright swirling melody calls.

—JASON CASSIDY

The Downsiders

Shut Down (1996) Deathstar

Deathstar bridged the gap in Chico between the epic sonic sprawl of bands like The Downsiders and what would become the more abbreviated, punchy and Deathstar-influenced indie-rock of Chico in the late-’90s (see Either, Micro-Magnesia, etc.).

What makes “Shut Down”—the first song on the band’s Strikes the Earth EP—so profound is its immense mapping within a 3:32 time frame, burgeoning with enough ideas for 20 songs by a lesser band, yet still delivering with melodic post-punk immediacy.

Deathstar was a band whose three parts drew attention to their individual movements—never predictable, but always coalescing in blasts of unadulterated adrenaline. Guitarist/vocalist Kelly Bauman dabbled in alttunings, making one guitar roar like three. This allowed bassist Ken Lovgren to create fluid, always morphing bass lines that veered from the chords’ root note in search of other dynamic touchstones, while the canvas was stretched tight and held firm by the inventive drumming of Jim Rizzuto. There are some traditional markers—repeated verses, anthemic riffs—but as transcendent as these pieces are, it’s the song’s breakdown at the 2:02 mark that builds to nonpareil climactic sendoff where all three players push and pull its breathless boundaries, working together in an ecstatic tangle of noise and precision.

—CONRAD NYSTROM

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Listen to Chico:

Tune in to The Random Pick with Jeff Howse today (April 28), 12:30-3 p.m., on KZFR 90.1 FM, to hear the local music from this issue. And visit the Best Chico Songs channel on YouTube (www.goo.gl/xH1LVn) to stream all the songs online.

Looking Glass (1984) Spark ’N Cinder

Spark ’N Cinder fans have danced to drummer/singer/songwriter Jimmy Fay’s song “Looking Glass” for four decades.

One newer band member first heard it as his mother twirled with him in an infant backpack at one of the longest-running (40 years!) Chico band’s shows.

An intuitive chord progression and melody as sophisticated as any Lennon and McCartney composition, “Looking Glass” seduces the listener with a melancholy minor mood and hints of Irish and Gypsy music, resolving on a major chord just when the ear expects the opposite.

(Bang. Hook!) It’s a deceptively simple love song, with the memorable line, “You don’t need a looking glass/I’ve got a mirror for you.” However, few knew Fay was singing about cocaine addiction. The subtle reference to mirrors for snorting powder (carried in any college girl’s purse in the 1980s, according to Fay) is a pithy comment on the strung-out.

Imagine an African band from Mali playing reggae; that’s the groove Fay was channeling. When sax player Phil O’Neill sang the high harmony, the Jersey-style Frankie Valli doo-wop influence emerged. Like all great songwriters, the more you dig down, the more you discover.

Treasure hunters: vinyl version, Fay on vocals (1984) and CD version with Fay on mandolin, Gina Tropea on vocals (2001).

The Yule Logs formed in earnest 11 years ago, dubbing themselves “the hardest working band in snow business.” And they still are. But The Yule Logs are also one of the best rock bands in Chico—period— be it on Dec. 25 or a hellacious, fiery hot Fourth of July afternoon.

It took a few years for The Logs to finally make a record, and the quartet’s 2009 self-titled debut delivered some outstanding British Invasion-inspired nuggets with a nod to kids and a wink to their holidaysapped parents. From it came the band’s first single, “Christmastime Is Here (Again!),” a jangly jingle that would have been a sock-hop and jukebox staple in 1965. Fortified by an airtight rhythm section, the song kicks off with surf guitar before vocalist Marty Parker imparts allusions to Nat King Cole, eggnog and festive sweaters with nary a drop of irony (thanks, maybe, to Grandpa Joe’s “flask of Jack”). It’s a great rock song regardless of the subject matter.

The Yule Logs are now one of the longest-running bands in Chico, having logged plenty of great originals and choice covers in the process.

“Christmastime Is Here (Again!)” probably exemplifies the band best: Fun, funny, but also dead serious when it comes to the holidays and rock ’n’ roll’s heyday.

Vomit Launch

Hence the Box (1992) Spewing out four albums and a smattering of cassettes and 7-inch singles between 1985 and 1992, Vomit Launch arrived with a proto-indie-pop style all its own and kept refining it through seven years of steady gigging, touring the Western U.S. and recording.

For a band with great moments that were so disparate— from the gorgeously melodic “Pretty Paper” to the hilariously selfdeprecating punk-anthemic “Theme Song” (“I threw up in a cat box/I woke up in a rat box”)—it’s difficult to pick a quintessential “greatest” song from among the dozens of jangly guitared, wandering-bass, drum-driven tunes that provided the infrastructure over which vocalist Trish Howard

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Christmastime Is Here (Again!) (2009) The Yule Logs

—PETER BERKOW

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(née Roland) floated and occasionally shouted fragmentation-bomb lyrics.

That said, “Hence the Box,” the lead cut on the band’s final, excellent album, Dogeared, strikes a perfect balance. The 3-minute cardio workout blasts off with Lindsey Thrasher’s chiming guitar and Larry Crane’s bass chords before kicking into a propulsively unified blend of treble-y strumming, hyperkinetic bass and drummer Steve Bragg’s locomotive percussive power. And Howard’s voice delivers a peculiarly melodic blend of languid yet vehement emotion in her declaration of stalker-like devotion to the person she tells, “You think you do me favors to let me play in your yard/ You keep your toys stacked neatly and hence the box.”

—CAREY WILSON

—MARK LORE

High Sierra (1981) Moriss Taylor

Moriss Taylor

One casualty of the digital revolution is locally produced television. Sure, there’s still local news and cable access, but there was a time when limited network programming created shared community experiences and made regional celebrities of late-night horror hosts and other colorful characters.

In the North State, we had The Moriss Taylor Show, which featured musical performances of standards and songs penned by its host. From 1956 to 1995, it aired every Sunday on KHSL, and for most of that time was filmed in a studio at Fourth and Wall streets in downtown Chico. Taylor also hosted a weekly radio

show from the 1940s until his retirement— from The Blaze 103.5 FM—in 2013.

Longtime locals might remember Taylor’s one-liners and the cowboy costumes worn by him and his rotating backup players, which included local legends such as Charlie Robinson and the occasional moonlighting local ringer. The show’s most memorable recurring moment was its closing tune, Taylor’s “High Sierra,” with its syrupy-sweet steel guitar poured over a trotting clip and centered around Taylor’s silky-smooth voice as he sang, “High Sierra, skies of blue/ Whispering pines, remind me of you.” The song can easily pass for a Gene Autry or Roy Rogers hit and remains a timeless tune that’s carried generations of Chicoans away to the green meadows and sparkling streams of our nearby mountain range.

—KEN SMITH

MaMuse

Glorious (2009) MaMuse

“Glorious,” from the band’s debut CD, All the Way, is the quintessential MaMuse song, featuring two singer/songwriters at their buoyant best. Delivered by Sarah Nutting on lightly strummed mandolin and Karisha Longaker on grooving stand-up bass, with back-and-forth harmonic vocals by both, the song evokes a beautiful and clear-eyed appreciation of the goodness in life and the natural world, offered with an essence of universal spirituality: “I’ve got good friends to the left of me and good friends to my right/Got the open sky above me and the earth beneath my feet … Oh, what a day! Glorious!”

It’s a sentiment that threads its way through the songs on all four MaMuse albums, from the similarly themed “Hallelujah”

(which the group performed live on NPR’s Prairie Home Companion in 2012) to “Natural Order” from 2010’s Strange & Wonderful.

MaMuse’s music is some of the most original and captivating in the history of Chico’s scene. The stripped-down, emo-

• “Miner Forty-Niner,” Pitchfork

Tuning (1994): Alt-rock with California soul from Chico’s quintessential college-rock band.

• “I Am The Carcass,” Abominable

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Rounding out a playlist of great Chico songs • “Hill of Beans,” THE iMPS (1998): Sad songs are for rockin’ the eff out.

• “Eugene, Oregon,” Mid-Fi (1994):

Chico smart asses return from Oregon road trip with a snotty punk anthem.

• “Stranger in the Burrito Truck,”

• “7th Grade Booty Party,”

Brutilicus Maximus (1990): Crashing the junior high disco.

• “Surf’s Up,” The Funnels

(1985): A beach bonfire with Chico’s No. 1 party band.

Danny West & The Lonesome Cowboys (1995): Ska dance party at the taco wagon with the Blue Kahuna.

• “Feel Your Soul,” Puddle Junction

• “Plus Minus Plus,” French Reform (2013): Fuzzy guitars, fuzzy synths and the perfect pop riff.

Debauchery (2007): A girl’s pretty song about sex for a pretty sexy boy who’s not even there.

• “Judas,” The Shimmies (2010):

• “Satan Rocks,” Matt Hogan

• “Meth ’til Death,” MC Oroville (2001): “I beat you with my crack pipe/steal all your fuckin’ yellow bikes.”

Band of brothers channels Band of Horses.

• “Yushchenko,” Lott Lyzzyrd

• “Bad Reaction/Unseen Action,”

(2006): Smart guys mix dioxin and dirty riffs in the garage.

Royal Crown (2003): Dark pianopop for the modern world.

• “The Booze,” Lish Bills (2011):

• “Cocaine Keeps Me Regular,”

The quintessential drinking song for this drinking town.

Asskickers (2002): Country music with a message.

• “Action – Reaction,” Bear Hunter

• “California Games,” The Americas

(2007): Electro pop and indie rock meet the Flaming Lips in the studio.

Iron Sloth (2002): The voices in Godzilla’s head are set free.

(2010): Sonic plate-spinning with dizzying noise-rock duo.

(1996): Jam Band 101, with professor Doug Stein.

• “Love Song For No One,” Aubrey

& The Incredible Diamonds (unknown date): Chico’s oldest teenager plays the devil’s music better than most.

tionally evocative brand of soulful folk could even be heard as a kind of guiding soundtrack for much of Chico’s new generation of bike-happy, eco-conscious and music-loving progressives.

Friends (1977): Jazz-prog brothers of invention make a pop(ish) song—bona fide local-radio hit.

• “Land of Poverty,” Nogoodnix

(2000): Many of this story's contributors sang the praises of the "best frontman in Chico." Here's Jimmy Lo doing his typically smart, passionate take on punk rock.

• “Diggin’ On,” Michelin Embers

(2014): Uke, gut-bucket, lap steel, and Johnny Shanker. Giddy-up!

• “Can’t Live With ’Em,” Clouds on Strings (2010): Genre hopping with Zappa at the circus.

• “The Human Is,” Land of the Wee Beasties (1997): That time mathrock met power pop.

• “Fire Breathing Damsel Devourer,”

The Makai (2007): Dudes in black shirts sweating heavy at the stake.

• “Some Dark Morning,” Bunnymilk

• “The Starting Line,” Number One Gun (2003): Power pop for stadiums.

• “Wrecking Ball,” West By Swan

• “Greenhouse,” The Vertels (1990): Dude, tone. Plus, a muscular riff and monster solo that Dick Dale would approve of.

(2016): Perfect pop melody from Helltown.

(2013): Drunken songbirds are up early.

(2006): One-song gateway drug for the mind-altering sonic dope of Chico’s noise-rock giants.

• “Repetition,” Solar Estates

• “Jocks on Wheels,” Gruk (2001):

• “Chico Women,” Sundance (1971): Dudes from the 1970s want in Chico’s pants.

• “Burger Love,” Peter Berkow &

(2010): Emo sad song is sad.

• “God Damn,” Dick & Jane (2008): A meet cute on the street with the cutest ukelele duo.

• “Ranting in the Street,” Danny

The punks wanna know who gave that jock a skateboard!

• “While the Fire Was Out,” Brighten

• “Shooting Star,” Dylan’s Dharma

(2014): In the laboratory with the synthesizers inventing the pop song of the future.

Cohen (1999): Twisted lounge music on The Ridge.

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• “For Goodness Sakes,” Furlough

Fridays (2014): Road trip powerpop anthem.

• “United We Fall,” P.A.W.N.S.

(1999): Chico’s original politicalpunkers foretell our demise.

• “Whitewash,” Trench (1994): This is the moment Chico got heavy.

• “Change the World,” Mandalyn

May & Electric Canyon Convergence (2013): Ukulele-led supergroups make the world a better place.

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a theme like “dreams,” “math” or “nonsense” Eonposts a group Facebook page. On Saturday, his inbox fills very other week, late on Friday night, Michael Bone

up with songs—all composed and recorded by local musicians to fit the theme—and he arranges them in a semi-cohesive order. Bone or by his wife, Ginger, creates cover artwork Howard Hardee and he posts the album to the club’s howardh@ Bandcamp page by midnight. newsrev iew.com The project is called 1 Day Song Club. Since launching it about a year ago, Bone hasn’t missed a beat, managing to get it done while on tour Preview: and even the day before his wedding 1 Day Song Club 1 Year Party, featuring last October. In total, he’s curated 25 16-plus local song- albums, each with around 10 to 15 writers performing songs. During a recent interview, he estimated together as part of that about 50 artists have participated. the CAMMIES Festival.

“Some Saturdays, I’m really feeling it,” he Friday, April 29, 7:30 p.m., at the said. “I’m recording and writing with my whole Naked Lounge. heart and head, and some Saturdays I don’t have Cost: $7 that much time. It’s just a fun project, trying to make as much local art as possible.”

Naked Lounge Originally from Shingle Springs, Bone is 118 W. Second St. www.1daysongclub. a Chico State music grad who earns his living bandcamp.com in gigging bands and as a music instructor for adults with disabilities.

The 1 Day Song Club collections are all over the place, varying wildly in audio quality and style. Some musicians go into professional studios, while others record tracks on cheap microphones. Then it’s all strung together—punk bands, electronic musicians, rock groups and solo singer-songwriters—to disorienting effect. Since it’s a oneday project, musicians tend to go crazy, and many of the songs could be classified as avant-garde. Strange music doesn’t have much of a place in live settings, Bone said, but it does in the 1 Day Song Club.

“Maybe a full-band song is followed by somebody singing over their washing machine, and then the next song is electronic,” he said. “If everybody came over and I recorded them, it wouldn’t be as chaotic and cool.”

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Special Events BEER RELEASE PARTY: Release party for the brewery’s Doppel

Down Doppelbock. Th, 4/28, 6pm. Feather Falls Casino Brewing Co., 3 Alverda Drive in Oroville, (530) 533-3885, www.feather fallscasino.com/brewing-co.

CHICO DEMOCRATS DINNER: California State Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de Leon will be the keynote speaker at this local democratic party dinner. Th, 4/28, 6pm. $25. Arc Pavilion, 2040 Park Ave., (530) 891-5865.

THURSDAY NIGHT MARKET: Weekly market featuring local growers and produce, plus vendors, food and live entertainment. Th, 6-9pm through 9/29. Downtown Chico.

Art Receptions ist/guitarist for the classic prog-rock group Clouds on Strings and drummer in Bogg, the popular local jazz troupe that plays a wide range of local venues, from bars and recital halls to restaurants like Café Coda. The band has a longstanding gig there during brunch on Fridays.

Bone is the only artist to contribute songs to all 25 albums, although a few other local musicians—Alex Montes de Oca, Bran Crown, Josh Hegg, Matt Weiner and Madison DeSantis—feature regularly. He won’t quit the project anytime soon, despite being plenty busy with overseeing the musical arrangements for the elaborate productions put on by Uncle Dad’s Art Collective (including Queen: A Night at the Opera at Laxson Auditorium a couple of months ago), and being newly involved with the North State Symphony. Not to mention, he’s currently working on a solo album for which he’s recruiting friends from out of town to lay down instrumentation on recordings he emails them.

“It’s all these different musicians I’ll probably never play live with,” he explained. “We’re putting it together slowly, and I don’t know when it’s going to be done, but it’s sounding so good. I can’t imagine recording it by myself and having it sound this fun.”

That’s kind of the way it goes now. With a full-time job, wife and baby girl due in June, Bone often turns to the Internet to collaborate with other musicians.

“The technology and bandwidth is here now, when it wasn’t just five or 10 years ago,” he said. “It’s cool that we’re using technology to get people creative, rather than the other things WHFKQRORJ\ GRHV ³ Ɛ

STUDENT ART SHOWS: Awards ceremony followed by receptions at campus galleries (University Art Gallery, Turner Print Museum, Third Floor Gallery). Th, 4/28, 5-6:30pm. Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall, Chico State, (530) 898-5864.

Theater IN THE NEXT ROOM OR THE VIBRATOR PLAY: A comedy about marriage, intimacy and electricity set in the 1880s. Th-Sa, 7:30pm through 5/7. $15. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St., (530) 8953749, www.blueroomtheatre.com.

THE LITTLE MERMAID: Local adaptation of the classic Disney

Broadway show. Th-Sa, 7:30pm & Su, 2pm through 5/8. $16-$22.

Chico Theater Company, 166-F Eaton Road, (530) 894-3282, www.chicotheatercompany.com.

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KETTIL’S KEEP INFINITY LEAGUE: Kick-off for a

two-month Infinity League with prizes. Su, 5/1, noon. Kettil’s Keep Table Top Games, 984 East Ave. B, (530) 343-7414.

MIKE MARTIN ARCHERY TOURNAMENT: A 42 target CHICO COLLECTORS SHOW: Show for collectors to buy, sell or trade collectible toys, vehicles, figurines, games and comics. Proceeds benefit Chico Youth Rugby. Sa, 4/30, 11am-5pm. $1, children under 10 free. East Avenue Community Church, 1184 East Ave., (530) 8934901.

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BARNES & NOBLE BOOKFAIR: A portion of your

themed dance with prizes for best Back to the Future costume. F, 4/29, 8pm. $7-$10. Chico Grange, 2775 Nord Ave., (530) 895-1976.

CELEBRATING AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A YOGI: Enjoy live music, talks, and movies. Browse books and special information tables, and meet and greet members. Presented by members of Ananda Village. F, 4/29, 7-9pm; Sa, 4/30, 1:30-4:30 & 7-9pm. Free; donations accepted.

Manzanita Place, 1705 Manzanita Ave., (530) 343-5617.

Music IAMSU: East Bay rapper/producer known for his singles “Only That Real” and “I Love My Squad” comes to town. Plus, Show Banga and Skipper.

F, 4/29, 8:30pm. $22.50. Senator Theatre, 517 Main St., (530) 898-1497, www.jmaxproduc tions.net.

Theater BEAUTY AND THE BEAST: Adaptation of the classic Broadway production. F-Sa, 7:30pm & Su, 2pm through 5/8. $20. Center for the Arts, 1475 East Ave., (530) 899-2692.

purchase will benefit the North State Symphony. Sa, 4/30, 9am-10pm. Barnes & Noble, 2031 Martin Luther King Jr. Pkwy., (530) 898-5984, www.northstatesymphony.org.

BBQ RIB COOK-OFF: Oroville Aerie 196’s annual rib contest, with wine and beer garden. Proceeds benefit local charities. Sa, 4/30, 2pm. Eagles Hall, 2010 Montgomery St. in Oroville, www.orovillefoe.com.

BENEFIT FOR MADE IN PARADISE: Benefit featuring live music, food, drinks and raffles. Made In Paradise is a affiliate of the Work Training Center, a nonprofit organization serving adults with disabilities. Sa, 4/30, 11am-3pm.

Free. Creative Learning Center, 1080 Ewald Court in Paradise, (530) 877-1366.

BIDWELL BAR DAY: Celebrating the pioneer history of Oroville with gold panning, pioneer crafts, period characters and music by the Old Time Fiddlers. At the Bidwell Canyon Recreation Area. Sa, 4/30, 12-4pm. Free admission. Lake Oroville State Recreation Area, Oroville, (530) 538-2219.

CELEBRATING AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A YOGI: See Friday. Manzanita Place, 1705 Manzanita Ave., (530) 343-5617.

IN THE NEXT ROOM OR THE VIBRATOR PLAY: See Thursday. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St., (530) 895-3749, www.blueroomtheatre.com.

THE LITTLE MERMAID: See Thursday. Chico Theater Company, 166-F Eaton Road, (530) 894-3282, www.chicotheatercompany.com.

CHICO STATE STUDENT ART AWARDS (& RECEPTIONS) Tonight, April 28 Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall (& various galleries)

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Cinemark 14, 801 East Ave., (530) 879-0143.

THE WRIGHT KEYS: SPRING FACULTY RECITAL: Faculty recital benefitting the academy’s scholarship program. Sa, 4/30, 7:30pm. $5-$25.

New Vision Church, 1600 Mangrove Ave., (530) 342-4913.

Theater BEAUTY AND THE BEAST: See Friday. Center for the Arts, 1475 East Ave., (530) 899-2692.

IN THE NEXT ROOM OR THE VIBRATOR PLAY: See Thursday. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St., (530) 895-3749, www.blueroomtheatre.com.

THE LITTLE MERMAID: See Thursday. Chico Theater Company, 166-F Eaton Road, (530) 894-3282, www.chicotheatercompany.com.

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Cost: $25, with discounts for NFAA members, seniors and children. Paradise Bowhunters Archery Range, Merchants Bar Rd. off Coutolenc Road in Paradise, (530) 327-7800.

Music CAMMIES FINALE/AWARDS SHOW: An all-day, free music festival featuring two stages of live local music, plus food-truck food (Black Kettle, Inday’s, Chicobi) and beverages (including beer) for purchase, and the presentation of the CAMMIES awards. Performers include Black Fong, Bogg, The Vesuvians, Alli Battaglia & The Musical Brewing Co., Sons of Jefferson, Lisa Valentine & Dave Elke, Michael Bone, Cell Block, Bran Crown, Big Mable & The Portholes, Eastwind Bellydance and Odd Little Egret. Su, 5/1, 2-7pm. Free. Patrick Ranch, 10381 Midway in Durham, cnrcammies@gmail.com.

Theater BEAUTY AND THE BEAST: See Friday. Center for the Arts, 1475 East Ave., (530) 899-2692.

THE LITTLE MERMAID: See Thursday. Chico Theater Company, 166-F Eaton Road, (530) 894-3282, www.chicotheatercompany.com.

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Music POKEY LAFARGE: Pokey LaFarge and special guests The Cactus Blossoms bring their blend of jazz, country and Western swing to the Big Room. M, 5/2, 7:30pm. $20. Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., 1075 E. 20th St., (530) 892-4647, www.sierranevada.com.

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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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Special Events ANTIQUE APPRAISAL: Antiques and collectibles including fine art, china, furniture, photos, jewelry, quilts and more can be appraised by nine experts. Su, 5/1, 11am-3pm. $8 per item.

Chico Museum, 141 Salem St., (530) 891-4336, www.chicomuseum.org.

BACON FESTIVAL: Two Twenty hosts guest chef Jason Azevedo, grand champion of the Sacramento Bacon Festvival, for a bacon demo/tasting in the bar (3-5pm) followed by a bacon-themed dinner in the restaurant (6pm, $60/person). 3pm & 6pm. Two-Twenty Restaurant/Lounge, 220 W. Fourth St., (530) 895-1515, www.twotwentyrestaurant.com.

CELEBRATION OF LIFE 5K: Supporting hospice and palliative care programs in Butte County. Visit www.intrepidadventuresevents.com for registration info. Su, 5/1, 9am. Celebration of Life 5k, One-Mile, Bidwell Park.

EDITOR’S PICK

TREASURE HUNTING According to recent news reports, a French couple may have located a painting worth $136 million—Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio’s long lost “Judith Beheading Holofernes”—in their leaky attic. Locals in search of their own rare and valuable finds should check out the Chico Collector’s Show on Saturday, April 30, at East Avenue Community Church. Then, you can take your finds from that event, or other acquired oddities and inherited antiques, to the Antique Appraisal at the Chico Museum on Sunday, May 1.

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NEW VISION: Behind Bars, artistic commentary on our prison system via experimental printmaking techniques. Through 4/28. 1600 Mangrove, Ste. 177, (530) 342-4913.

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TIN ROOF BAKERY & CAFÉ: Landscape photography, large and small landscape prints on canvas and metal. Ongoing. 627 Broadway St., (530) 345-1362.

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Show, featuring new work in many mediums submitted by Chico State art students.

Through 5/13, 9am-5pm. Free. Trinity Hall Chico State, (530) 898-5864.

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

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

CHICO MUSEUM: Chico Through Time, a new permanent exhibit, featuring a variety of displays depicting Chico’s history—from John Bidwell and the Mechoopda Indians to Robin Hood and remains of an old Chinese temple. Ongoing. 141 Salem St., (530) 891-4336, www.chico museum.org.

GATEWAY SCIENCE MUSEUM: Grossology, an exhibit based on science teacher Sylvia Branzei’s best-selling Grossology. Explore how and why your body produces mushy, oozy, crusty, scaly and stinky gunk in this colorful exhibit with more than 20 interactive displays.

Through 5/8. Members & children under 3: free, Non-members: $4-$7. 625 Esplanade, www.csuchico.edu/gateway.

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

POP-UP: Monca Pop-up Museum, the last of The Museum of Northern California Art (monca) pop-up museum before it moves to its permanent home. Through 4/30, 11am-5pm. 215 Broadway between 2nd and 3rd Streets, (530) 304-6680.

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by Hilary Tellesen and Leesa Carey Wilson Palmer, this production—which opened last Thursday, April 21, at the Blue Room Theatre—uses a fantastic cast to bring every element of Review: In the Next Room, Ruhl’s brilliantly witty and insightor The Vibrator Play ful script to life on stage. shows ThursdayWe are first introduced to young Saturday, 7:30 p.m., mother Catherine Givings (Jami through May 7, at the Witt), amusedly demonstrating to Blue Room.

Tickets: $15-$18 her baby the novelty of turning on (Thursdays, pay- and off a newly installed electrical what-you-can). lamp in the nicely appointed parlor of her Victorian home. Her husband, Dr. Givings (Chad Lewis), wordlessly passes through the room on his way to his “operating theater,” which, with its black and white tiled floor and stirrup-equipped examination couch, is the coldly clinical polar opposite of the scarlet-brocade-wallpapered and Persian-carpeted parlor. The two halves of the set, designed by Amber Miller, like the personalities of the couple who inhabit them, give a split-screen effect to the actions and characters.

The doctor’s practice specializes in the treatment of feminine “hysteria,” a condition characterized by hypersensitivity to external stimulation as well as depression. Or, in the case of his new patient, Sabrina Daldry (Erin DeSeure), “weeping at odd moments during the day, muttering about green curtains or some such nonsense,” as Mr. Daldry, her patronizing and condescending husband (Kyle Horst), describes it to the doctor.

Convinced that Mrs. Daldry is indeed suffering from hysteria, the doctor ushers the husband from

the operating theater and his patient sheds her outer garments with the aid of his assistant, Annie (Delisa Freistadt). He then administers the prescribed treatment, applying the newly invented electrical vibrator to her affected area in order to, as the doctor tells her, “produce in you what is called a paroxysm. The congestion in your womb is causing your hysterical symptoms and if we can release some of that congestion and invite the juices downward, your health will be restored.”

The onset of Mrs. Daldry’s first paroxysm—which climaxes with her exhortation of “Oh, God in His heaven!”—produced a well-earned paroxysm of laughter in the audience. As did the doctor’s seeming obliviousness as he recounted an anecdote about Benjamin Franklin while providing the necessary stimulation.

It’s this disconnect between the physical and the intellectual needs and experiences of its characters that drives both the play’s humor and compassion.

The doctor’s wife’s craving for affection, pleasure and companionship is captured vividly by Witt’s portrayal of Mrs. Givings as an eager-to-please-and-be-pleased woman whose repressed passions manifest in seemingly scatterbrained attempts at conversation.

The secondary characters add depth (and humor) to the story. Frustrated artist Leo Irving (Sean Constantine), a male patient who undergoes prostate stimulation to relieve his very rare case of masculine hysteria, provides a sometimes-hilarious counterpoint to the doctor’s clinical obliviousness to passion. As he tells Mrs. Givings, “I have loved enough women to know how to paint. If I had loved fewer, I would be an illustrator; if I had loved more, I would be a poet.”

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Mike + Ruthy Band Joe Craven & The Sometimers Gene Parsons and David Hayes Blame Sally Las Cafeteras Eilen Jewell Linda Tillery & The Cultural Heritage Choir The Brothers Comatose Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore Achilles Wheel Poor Man’s Whiskey Danny Click & the Hell Yeahs! Jack Tempchin Carolyn Wonderland + more

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Tuesday, May 3 Senator Theatre

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

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with venue for details. F, 9:30pm.

Peking Chinese Restaurant, 243 W. Second St., (530) 895-3888.

EIDOLA: Salt Lake City experimental

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DJ JOE NICE: Dubstep DJ. Th, 4/28, 9:30pm. $10. Peking Chinese

Restaurant, 243 W Second St Chico, (925) 451-5035, www.facebook.com/ events/1773379402890235/178342003521 9505.

LEFTY’S BLUES JAM: All performers welcome, drum kit and bass amp provided. Th, 4/28, 7pm. The Tackle Box Bar & Grill, 379 E. Park Ave., (530) 3457499, www.tackleboxchico.com.

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

post-hardcore band. Plus, Tree Village (nu rock), Oranges (progressive), VIS (prog rock), Where, With All (indie) and The Buried Heart (punk). F, 4/29, 7pm. $10-$12. 1078 Gallery, 820 Broadway St., (530) 343-1973.

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FLUX CAPACITORS: Back to the Futurethemed ’80s tribute band. F, 4/29, 9:30pm. $5. Feather Falls Casino

1-DAY SONG CLUB ONE-YEAR PARTY: Celebrating a year of bi-weekly songclub albums with live performances by more than 15 local singer/songwriters.

Part of the CAMMIES Festival. F, 4/29, 7:30pm. $7. Naked Lounge Tea & Coffeehouse, 118 W. Second St., (530) 895-0676.

Brewing Co., 3 Alverda Drive in Oroville, (530) 533-3885, www.feather fallscasino.com/brewing-co.

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

BACK TO THE FUTURE DANCE: Back to the Future-themed dance with prizes for best Back to the Future costume. F, 4/29, 8pm. $7-$10. Chico Grange, 2775 Nord Ave., (530) 895-1976.

IAMSU: East Bay rapper/producer known

BASSMINT: A weekly bass-music party with a rotating cast of local and regional producers and DJs. Check

THE GRAND FINALE

for his singles “Only That Real” and “I Love My Squad” comes to town. Plus, Show Banga and Skipper. F, 4/29, 8:30pm. $22.50. Senator Theatre, 517 Main St., (530) 898-1497, www.jmax productions.net.

JEFF PERSHING BAND & LOOKING 4 ELEVEN: Chico world-beat/funk/jam

Winners of this year’s CAMMIES awards will be announced at the CAMMIES Finale & Awards Show, an all-day festival featuring live music, libations, food trucks and more at Patrick Ranch on Sunday, May 1. Featured acts include Black Fong, Bogg, The Vesuvians, Alli Battaglia & The Musical Brewing Co., Sons of Jefferson and many more. For CAMMIES events leading up to the finale, see blue-shaded listings.

faves the Jeff Pershing Band are joined by classic-rock cover band Looking 4 Eleven. F, 4/29, 8pm. $5.

The Tackle Box Bar & Grill, 379 E. Park Ave., (530) 345-7499, www.tacklebox chico.com.

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MALTESE CAMMIES BLOWOUT PART 2: Part two of the Maltese’s CAMMIES blowout includes: Jeff Coleman of Sons of Jefferson, Lisa Valentine, Bird & Wag = Tricia & Peter Berkow, The Empty Gate and The LoLos. F, 4/29, 8pm. $7. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave., (530) 343-4915.

OPEN MIC: Happy hour and music.

Hosted by singer/songwriter Jeb Draper. F, 5-8pm. No cover. Rock House Restaurant, 11865 State Hwy. 70 in Oroville, (530) 532-1889, www.RockHouseHwy70.com.

RETROTONES: Classic rock/country. F, 4/29, 7pm. Shenanigan’s, 3212 Esplanade, (530) 809-1088.

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CHORAL CONCERT: WITH A VOICE OF SINGING: A full night of singing by the

AUTISM FUNDRAISER WITH RATTLESNAKES: Local cover band performs a benefit in honor of Autism Awareness Month. Wear blue to get a drink discount, with difference going to The Yellow Door Foundation. Sa, 4/30, 8pm.

The Tackle Box Bar & Grill, 379 E. Park Ave., (530) 345-7499, www.tacklebox chico.com.

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Sa, 4/30, 7:30pm. $6-$15. Harlen Adams Theatre, Chico State, (530) 898-6333.

DINNER JAZZ: Live dinner music with piano/stand-up bass duo, The Poseys.

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POKEY LAFARGE AND THE CACTUS BLOSSOMS Monday, May 2 Sierra Nevada Big Room

Keith Kendall & Friends. Sa, 5-9pm.

Free. Scotty’s Landing, 12609 River Road, (530) 710-2020.

THE WRIGHT KEYS: SPRING FACULTY RECITAL: Faculty recital benefitting the Church, 1600 Mangrove Ave. 177/180, (530) 342-4913.

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Sa, 4/30, 9pm. $3. Studio Inn Cocktail Lounge, 2582 Esplanade, (530) 3430662.

ELECTRIC UNDERGROUND: Electronic/DJ show featuring Cherney, Grensta, Confido, BESTSIDE and Hound Beats.

Sa, 4/30, 9pm-2am. $5-$10. Lost on Main, 319 Main St., (530) 891-1853.

FLAT BUSTED: Live country music. Sa,

4/30, 9pm. Rolling Hills Casino, 2655 Barham Ave. in Corning, (530) 5283500, www.rollinghillscasino.com.

THE HOUSE CATS: Classic jazz favorites.

Sa, 6:30-10:30pm through 6/4. Smokie Mountain Steakhouse and Lounge, 7039 Skyway in Paradise, (530) 872-3323.

LIFE IN THE FAST LANE: Eagles cover

band. Sa, 4/30, 9pm. Feather Falls Casino Brewing Co., 3 Alverda Drive in Oroville, (530) 533-3885, www.feather fallscasino.com/brewing-co.

MALTESE CAMMIES BLOWOUT PART 3: Part three of the Maltese’s CAMMIES blowout includes Brady Shaw, AfterThot, The Breaks, DeVoll, and Billy the Robot (DJ). Sa, 4/30, 7pm-2am. $5.

Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave., (530) 343-4915.

RED MOON BAND: Blues music. Sa, 4/30,

8:30pm. Feather Falls Casino Brewing Co., 3 Alverda Drive in Oroville, (530) 533-3885, www.featherfallscasino.com/ brewing-co.

SEMI-ACOUSTIC MUSIC SHOWCASE: A benefit for Chico schools, hosted by

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CAMMIES FINALE/AWARDS SHOW: An allday, free music festival featuring two stages of live local music, plus foodtruck food (Black Kettle, Inday’s, Chicobi) and beverages (including beer) for purchase, and the presentation CAMMIES awards. Performers include Black Fong, Bogg, The Vesuvians, Alli Battaglia & The Musical Brewing Co., Sons of Jefferson, Lisa Valentine & Dave Elke, Michael Bone, Cell Block, Bran Crown, Big Mable & The Portholes, Eastwind Bellydance and Odd Little Egret. Su, 5/1, 2-7pm.

Free. Patrick Ranch, 10381 Midway in Durham, cnrcammies@gmail.com.

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POKEY LAFARGE: Pokey LaFarge and spe-

LIVE JAZZ: Eat and enjoy live jazz music performed by Carey Robinson and friends. W. Farm Star Pizza, 2359 Esplanade, (530) 343-2056, www.farm starpizza.com.

OPEN MIC MUSIC NIGHTS: Local musi-

academy’s scholarship program. Sa,

4/30, 7:30pm. $5-$25. New Vision

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DRIVER: Live music by the Paradise guys

their blend of jazz, country and Western swing to the Big Room. M, 5/2, 7:30pm. $20. Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., 1075 E. 20th St., (530) 892-4647, www.sierranevada.com.

core/emo band. Plus, nu-metal band Islander and heavy metal crews Sworn In and Blood Cabana. Tu, 5/3, 7pm. $20.

Senator Theatre, 517 Main St., (530) 898-1497, www.jmaxproductions.net.

STRINGFEVER: Four world-class musicians playing five- and six-stringed electric violins, viola and cello. Tu, 5/3, 7:30pm. State Theatre, 1489 Myers St. in Oroville, (530) 538-2470.

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cians Jeff Coleman and Jimmy Reno hosts this open mic night. Bring your instrument of choice. W, 6-10pm.

Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave., (530) 343-4915.

SATCHMO DINNER SHOW: Louis Armstrong tribute show and dinner. W, 5/4, 6-8pm. $10-$40. Feather Falls Casino Brewing Co., 3 Alverda Drive in Oroville, (530) 533-3885, www.feather fallscasino.com/brewing-co.

TORCHE: Heavy music from the Eastern seaboard. Plus, Wild Throne (heavy metal) and Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy (heavy melodic). W, 5/4, 8pm. $15-$20.

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

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OK, this is just plain uncanny. Not only is there a Back to the Future-themed dance happening at the Chico Grange on Friday, April 29 (See Special Events), but a tribute band dedicated to the movie—The Flux Capacitors (pictured)— is also playing Feather Falls Brewing Co. the same night.

Unless they’re lucky enough to have a sweet, time-traveling DeLorean or Doc Brown on speed dial, super fans will unfortunately have to choose one event or the other.

DATSIK: Canadian producer/DJ. Plus, Bay Area-based beats by Antiserum. W, 5/4, 8pm. $25. Senator Theatre, 517 Main St., (530) 898-1497, www.jmax productions.net.

THE HOUSE CATS: Live jazz/swing

favorites. W, 6-9pm through 8/31.

Italian Garden, 6929 Skyway in Paradise, (530) 876-9988.

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charisma, and Cheadle the director has mounted an artfully interwoven account of key fragments from the life and career by of the legendary jazz musician and Juan-Carlos Selznick composer.

Cheadle and co-writer Steven Baigelman situate Miles Ahead in the period, circa 1970, when Davis was staying clear of the public eye, ignoring his record label’s pleas for new material, and working in secret on his experimental “social music.” An Miles Ahead amiably aggressive music journalist Starring Don Cheadle named Dave Brill (Ewan McGregor) And Ewan McGregor.

Directed by Don barges in on Davis in hopes of scorCheadle. pageant ing a rare in-depth interview, and Theatre. rated r. promptly gets very caught up in the turmoil and risk-taking that marked that stage of Davis’ life and legend.

The Cheadle-Baigelman script, which credits Davis biographers Stephen J. Rivele and Christopher Wilkinson as sources, uses the mostly fictional Davis-Brill episodes both as a central narrative thread and as a springboard for flashbacks and visual allusions to other dramatic developments in the musician’s story.

Film editors John Axelrad and Kayla Emter do a brilliant job of interweaving bits of separate episodes into the flow of the action, and doing it in ways that simultaneously complicate and clarify. Plus, that complex flow is aided and abetted by Robert Glasper’s

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extensively arranged musical soundtrack, itself an interweaving of Davis-related music and Glasper’s own creations.

Cheadle’s kinetic incarnation of Davis, complete with a voice that is sometimes no more than a gravelly whisper, is thorough and precise. The intensity and conviction of the ways he talks and walks make the impersonation thoroughly credible (and renders the less than perfect facial match a nonissue).

McGregor’s madcap journalist comes across as a genuinely lived-in caricature of a freelance writer/ music fan. And there’s something just right about having this eager-beaver, wanna-be hipster play the flummoxed sidekick to a hipster rascal who sometimes behaves like the no-name gunfighter in a spaghetti western, albeit one with no horses.

Emayatzy Corinealdi is very good as Davis’ first wife, the dancer Frances Taylor, who is seen here as a study in lucid passion and rugged integrity. Michael Stuhlbarg is excellent (and virtually unrecognizable) as a record exec who is both a villain in the story and yet another of its ruthlessly intelligent rascals. □

Reviewers: Bob Grimm and Juan-Carlos Selznick.

Opening this week A Hologram for the King

Tom Hanks stars in this adaptation of David Eggers’ 2012 novel about a desperate American salesman (Hanks) who loses everything during the Great Recession and moves to Saudi Arabia to try and pitch a technology product to a rich monarch. Cinemark 14.

Rated R.

Keanu

Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele (of the TV comedy Key & Peele) star in this actioncomedy, posing as drug dealers in order to infiltrate a gang that has stolen Peele’s kitten Keanu. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R.

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Krisha

Writer-director Trey Edward Shults has enlisted a dozen or so of his own relatives to play the main roles in this DIY psychodrama, which scored a top prize at this year’s SXSW festival. The title character (played by Krisha Fairchild) is an aging wild child and recovering addict who provokes a multifaceted family crisis when she shows up unexpectedly for Thanksgiving at the house of one of her sisters (Robyn Fairchild).

The raw intensity of the Fairchild sisters’ performances is impressive, but the drama itself is grueling, even when delivered in small bursts. Krisha’s conversations with the floridly loquacious Doyle (Bill Wise) give the film its best moments of comical irony.

Shults, who also plays the role of Krisha’s embittered nephew, directs transitional shots and dialogue-free group portraits, with a special panache. Pageant Theatre.

Rated R —J.C.S.

Mother’s Day

Another dose of holiday-themed fluff from Garry Marshall (Valentine’s Day, New Year’s Eve), this one a comedy about a seemingly unconnected group of people coming to terms with their relationships with their mothers. Starring Julia Roberts, Jennifer Aniston, Kate Hudson and Jason Sudeikis.

Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

Purple Rain (1984)

In the wake of the recent death of Prince, Cinemark is bringing his classic rock musical back to the big screen. Cinemark 14. Rated R.

Ratchet & Clank

A 3-D animated film version of the video game revolving around the characters of the anthropomorphic Ratchet and the robot Clank, and their efforts to save their galaxy from bad guys. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG.

Salam Neighbor

A documentary on the Syrian refugee crisis that takes place in Jordan’s Zaatari refugee camp, where filmmakers embed themselves seven miles from the war. Presented by students of Chico State’s Department of Communication Design. One showing: April 28, 5:30 p.m. Tickets available at www.tugg.com/events/95353. Pageant Theatre. Not rated.

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Now playing Barbershop: The Next Cut

The fourth film in the Barber Shop/Beauty Shop franchise has the principals (played

by Ice Cube and Cedric the Entertainer) cracking jokes in the shop while simultaneously trying to protect the neighborhood from gangs. Cinemark 14 and Feather River Cinemas. Rated PG-13.

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The second installment in the new Superman franchise follows the events in 2013’s Man of Steel, with Superman (Henry Cavill) and Batman (Ben Affleck) squaring off as Lex Luther (Jesse Eisenberg) introduces a new threat to the world. Cinemark 14 and Feather River Cinemas. Rated PG-13.

The Boss

A comedy starring Melissa McCarthy as a rich, successful businesswoman who loses everything and has to rebuild her empire after going to prison for insider trading.

Cinemark 14 and Feather River Cinemas.

Rated R.

Criminal

When a talented CIA agent (Ryan Reynolds) dies, his “memories, secrets and skills” are implanted in the brain of a dangerous criminal (Kevin Costner) by the government in an effort to see the agent’s mission through.

Cinemark 14. Rated R.

Hello, My Name Is Doris

Sally Field stars as a socially awkward 60-something woman who, after attending a self-help seminar, gets up the courage to romantically pursue her much younger coworker (Max Greenfield). Paradise Cinema 7.

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The Jungle Book

Blending live-action and meticulous, very realistic CGI, this update of Rudyard Kipling’s classic anthropomorphic fables looks to be a visually stunning big-screen offering.

Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG.

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Fourteen years later, the cast is back for an even bigger, fatter, Greeker … you get the point. Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13.

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In the 3-D computer-animated animal world of Zootopia, a bunny rabbit cop (voiced by Ginnifer Goodwin) teams ups with a small-time con-artist fox (Jason Bateman) to solve a mystery. Cinemark 14.

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What were you looking to add when you filled the guitar slot that had been vacant for years in Torche?

Well, as a fan who joined, I really just didn’t wanna fuck anything up. Also, I can sing, so I was super ready to sing the harmonies live that were on the records but never, ever, done live. I love a good harmony. But yeah, it wasn’t like I joined going, “I must bring my own style to this band!” It’s a thing that just happens when any individual joins a band.

You guys are spread out a bit geographically; does that make it challenging to keep focus on the band? What do your current environments bring to the music, if anything?

You know, there are pluses and minuses to us living all over the place. Maybe we’d be more lazy if we were all in the same town. It’d definitely be cheaper

to get together! But nah, we get in time where we can, and we make time as much as possible. As to current environment, I cannot overstate how much I love Atlanta. For me, no city compares. Reminds me of the Midwest in the ’90s. Lots to be inspired by.

Which bands do you and Steve share a love for, specifically when it comes to guitar?

All the obvious ones: Van Halen, Sabbath, RATT, Judas Priest—mainly Van Halen.

Are good riffs still pretty easy to come by?

Of course. You just have to sort of clear your head while simultaneously challenging yourself. Not to be a dick, but we see a lot of paint-by-numbers kind of stoner/riff rock out there all the time. Commonality is nothing new, and it ain’t like we’re reinventing the wheel, but goddamn, there’s so much music to be heard and to be inspired by. Branch out! There are no guilty pleasures, only pleasures.

As songwriters, what is your primary directive?

Please ourselves.

How has being in a working band changed for you over the past 15-20 years?

Holy hell, it’d be impossible to list all that’s changed.

I travel very easily—nowhere really feels like home anymore—but on the plus side, you definitely feel more comfortable wherever you are. On the band side, you really have to learn to be honest with yourself, honest with those around you, and be comfortable with it all.

Do you think there’s a shortage of theatrics and stage presence in rock today?

Ugh, so close to home. Yes, I do. The hard part is doing it or finding it delivered in an awesome and authentic fashion that isn’t complete bullshit. It can sorta scare you into complacency and doing “enough,” because no one wants to take the risk of looking foolish. But yeah, where is David Lee Roth when you need him? □

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Elsewhere, “I’m a Dirty Attic” finds Le Bon at her most diabolical, pleading in her own unaffected timbre the caveats of her personality, alternately sunny and stormy, reflecting the mood of her largely endearing musical soundscape. Hers is an addictive pseudoscience best heard in moments of extreme bliss or extreme depression. It’s magically unambitious, and it sounds great.

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In addition to television and film projects, new Star Wars comics from Marvel—also a Mouseketeer—are reshaping and expanding the galaxy far, far away. With numerous comic series featuring main characters such as Luke, Leia, Han and Vader, the surprise hit is Lando Calrissian’s story. Taking place prior to Lando’s Cloud City appearance in The Empire Strikes Back, the roguish gambler gets in over his head when he hijacks an unknowingly important Imperial shuttle. While the other series balance expanding main characters’ stories with maintaining the sanctity of the original trilogy, Star Wars: Lando has more wiggle room in exploring a fan favorite. Through Lando’s relationship with an inspired take on his Cloud City cyborg sidekick, Lobot, we see how risks, payoffs and losing everything can impede a human but not a gambler. Excellent minor characters and artist Alex Maleev’s use of sweeping colors to suggest mood and atmosphere make this series a stellar example of an interstellar soap opera.

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that arts dEVo is a local-music junkie. I’ve been paying attention to Chico’s music scene since before I moved here in 1989. So, naturally, I was stoked about this whole discussion of the best local songs that started on my Facebook page and spilled over into the CN&R. A big part of the discussion has been a shared nostalgia, which has made me feel grateful for having lived through so much great local music. I mean, I count many Chico songs (see the complete catalogs of West by swan, deathstar, downsiders, etc.) as some of my favorite music of all time—local or otherwise. And for me, the best part is that, from the start, that music has inspired me to put hand to guitar and create a bunch of poppy and/or noisy jams of my own. A few of those ditties even made it onto the master list of local faves, which was very nice. However, as editor of the story, I decided it wasn’t fair to include any of those in this issue (and I am in very good company—many worthy songs aren’t included). But, I do realize that it is fair to note, for historical accuracy, that my co-conspirators (in Pep Rally, Cowboy and The Party) and I played a few notes in the local soundtrack as well.

I also was pleased that not all of the dicussion was focused on the good ol’ days.

There is a lot of great music Deathstar at Juanita’s back in the day. being made in Chico right now—by the likes of Chris Keene (solo and with his band surrogate), Bunnymilk, Michelin Embers, MaMuse, solar Estates, Pat Hull, Bran Crown—that’s as good as anything to have come before.

Don’t believe me? Come see for yourself this weekend at the CaMMiEs Finale & awards show, Sunday, May 1, 2-7 p.m., at Patrick Ranch, as we cap off 10 days of celebrating local music. It’s a free show, it’s going to be a sunny day in the Durham orchards (bring your chairs, blankets, sunscreen and mosquito repellent—but not your dogs or smokes), and 13 bands will perform on two stages. Plus, inday’s, Chicobi and Black Kettle will be selling food, the Cn&R Foundation will be selling beer and we’ll also be handing out some awards—including the readers’ choice award for Best Local act. (See page 22 for more details.)

rip prinCe My entire body is covered in goosebumps at the memory of

sprinting to the dance floor inside the Buckeye Junior High cafeteria/basketball gym as the introductory keyboard splashes of “1999” kicked in. For a white, pudgy-faced, 13-year-old boy living in Redding in 1983, there was nothing as exciting as Prince. MTV was by far my most influential teacher at the time, and that song/video was my music, sex and dance education all rolled into one (though I was a long, long ways away from putting any knowledge I may have acquired to use).

In eighth grade, I really wanted to be like Michael Jackson. Prince as an entity was, and in some ways still is, beyond my comprehension. But Prince’s music has had the greater impact and has much better withstood the test of time. Today, I’d take both Purple Rain and 1999 over Thriller.

Among the news of musical greats who’ve recently passed away, Prince’s death at the age of just 57 is especially sad. I think he had more to get out of life, and he surely had more great music in him. Though he died too young, he left behind many lives’ worth of great art, and as with Bowie, Lemmy and The Hag, the art he created is still here and will continue to add color to our lives.

(And speaking of art, check out the sweet Prince drawing/painting that Chico artist Melissa Paddock did last weekend and sent to the CN&R!) “Prince,” by Melissa Paddock

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For the week oF april 28, 2016 ARIES (March 21-April 19): The oracle

I’m about to present may be controversial. It contains advice that most astrologers would never dare to offer an Aries. But I believe you are more receptive than usual to this challenge, and I am also convinced that you especially need it right now. Are you ready to be pushed further than I have ever pushed you? Study this quote from novelist Mark Z. Danielewski: “Passion has little to do with euphoria and everything to do with patience. It is not about feeling good. It is about endurance.

Like patience, passion comes from the same Latin root: pati.”

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You’re

in a phase of your cycle when you’ll be rewarded for your freshness and originality. The more you cultivate a “beginner’s mind,” the smarter you will be. What you want will become more possible to the degree that you shed everything you think you know about what you want. As the artist Henri Matisse said, if a truly creative painter hopes to paint a rose, he or she “first has to forget all the roses that were ever painted.” What would be the equivalent type of forgetting in your own life?

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “Am I still

a hero if the only person I save is myself?” asks poet B. Damani. If you posed that question to me right now, I would reply, “Yes, Gemini. You are still a hero if the only person you save is yourself.” If you asked me to elaborate, I’d say, “In fact, saving yourself is the only way you can be a hero right now. You can’t rescue or fix or rehabilitate anyone else unless and until you can rescue and fix and rehabilitate yourself.” If you pushed me to provide you with a hint about how you should approach this challenge, I’d be bold and finish with a flourish: “Now I dare you to be the kind of hero you have always feared was beyond your capacity.”

CANCER (June 21-July 22): “We need

people in our lives with whom we can be as open as possible,” declares psychotherapist Thomas Moore. I agree. Our mental health thrives when we can have candid conversations with free spirits who don’t censor themselves and don’t expect us to water down what we say. This is always true, of course, but it will be an absolute necessity for you in the coming weeks. So I suggest that you do everything you can to put yourself in the company of curious minds that love to hear and tell the truth.

Look for opportunities to express yourself with extra clarity and depth. “To have real conversations with people may seem like such a simple, obvious suggestion,” says Moore, “but it involves courage and risk.”

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): I watched a video

of a helicopter pilot as he descended from the sky and tried to land his vehicle on the small deck of a Danish ship patrolling the North Sea. The weather was blustery and the seas were choppy. The task looked at best strenuous, at worst impossible. The pilot hovered patiently as the ship pitched wildly. Finally there was a brief calm, and he seized on that moment to settle down safely. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you may have a metaphorically similar challenge in the coming days. To be successful, all you have to do is be alert for the brief calm, and then act with swift, relaxed decisiveness.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “Show me a

man who isn’t a slave,” wrote the Roman philosopher Seneca. “One is a slave to sex, another to money, another to ambition; all are slaves to hope or fear.” Commenting on Seneca’s thought, blogger Ryan Holiday says, “I’m disappointed in my enslavement to self-doubt, to my resentment towards those that I dislike, to the power that the favor and approval of certain people hold over me.” What about you, Virgo? Are there any emotional states or bedeviling thoughts or addictive desires that you’re a slave to? The coming weeks will be a favorable time to emancipate yourself. As you do, remember this: There’s a difference between being compulsively driven by a delusion and lovingly devoted to a worthy goal.

by rob brezsny LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “Everyone

who has ever built a new heaven first found the power to do so in his own hell.”

That noble truth was uttered by Libran philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, and I bet it will be especially meaningful for most of you during the rest of 2016. The bad news is that in the past few months you’ve had to reconnoiter your own hell a little more than you would have liked, even if it has been pretty damn interesting.

The good news is that these explorations will soon be winding down. The fantastic news is that you are already getting glimpses of how to use what you’ve been learning. You’ll be well-prepared when the time comes to start constructing a new heaven.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Zugz-

wang” is a German-derived word used in chess and other games. It refers to a predicament in which a player cannot possibly make a good move. Every available option will weaken his or her position.

I propose that we coin a new word that means the opposite of zugzwang: “zugfrei,” which shall hereafter signify a situation in which every choice you have in front of you is a positive or constructive one; you cannot make a wrong move.

I think this captures the essence of the coming days for you, Scorpio.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

“We have to learn how to live with our frailties,” poet Stanley Kunitz told the Paris Review. “The best people I know are inadequate and unashamed.” That’s the keynote I hope you will adopt in the coming weeks. No matter how strong and capable you are, no matter how hard you try to be your best, there are ways you fall short of perfection. And now is a special phase of your astrological cycle when you can learn a lot about how to feel at peace with that fact.

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do plants reproduce? They generate seeds that are designed to travel. Dandelion and orchid seeds are so light they can drift long distances through the air. Milkweed seeds are a bit heavier, but are easily carried by the wind. Foxglove and sycamore seeds are so buoyant they can float on flowing water. Birds and other animals serve as transportation for burdock seeds, which hook onto feather and fur.

Fruit seeds may be eaten by animals and later excreted, fully intact, far from their original homes. I hope this meditation stimulates you to think creatively about dispersing your own metaphorical seeds, Capricorn. It’s time for you to vividly express your essence, make your mark, spread your influence.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “It is a

fault to wish to be understood before we have made ourselves clear to ourselves,” said philosopher Simone Weil. I hope that prod makes you feel a bit uncomfortable, Aquarius. I hope it motivates you to get busy investigating some of your vague ideas and fuzzy self-images and confused intentions. It will soon be high time for you to ask for more empathy and acknowledgment from those whose opinions matter to you. You’re overdue to be more appreciated, to be seen for who you really are. But before any of that good stuff can happen, you will have to engage in a flurry of introspection. You’ve got to clarify and deepen your relationship with yourself.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “I have

never let my schooling interfere with my education,” said writer Mark Twain. That’s excellent advice for you to apply and explore in the coming weeks. Much of the time, the knowledge you have accumulated and the skills you have developed are supreme assets. But for the immediate future, they could obstruct you from learning the lessons you need most. For instance, they might trick you into thinking you are smarter than you really are.

Or they could cause you to miss simple and seemingly obvious truths that your sophisticated perspective is too proud to notice. Be a humble student, my dear.

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JOSHUA EDWARD GILL 745 W 1st St Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: JOSHUA E. GILL Dated: April 12, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0000483 Published: April 21,28, May 5,12, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as INNOVATIVE INTERIOR FINISH at

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2535 Kennedy Ave Chico, CA 95973.

BILL NORTON 2535 Kennedy Ave Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: BILL NORTON Dated: March 11, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0000344 Published: April 21,28, May 5,12, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as GO DRY CARPET CLEANING at 1 Princess TJ Court Chico, CA 95928.

LARRY ARMSTRONG 1 Princess TJ Court Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: LARRY D. ARMSTRONG Dated: April 12, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0000482 Published: April 21,28, May 5,12, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as MID VALLEY LATH AND PLASTER at 2109 Huntington Dr Chico, CA 95928.

LONNIE EUGENE JOYNER 2109 Huntington Dr Chico, CA 95928.

LONNIE ROBERT JOYNER 981 Liberty Ln Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: LONNIE R. JOYNER Dated: April 21, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0000544 Published: April 28, May 5,12,19, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as NORTH POINT FINANCIAL at 4137 Willow Landing Rd Chico, CA 95928.

CLIFF JOHNSEN 4139 Willow Landing Rd, Chico CA. This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: CLIFF JOHNSEN Dated: April 19, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0000531 Published: April 28, May 5,12,19, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as CANYON OAKS COUNTRY CLUB at 999 Yosemite Drive Chico, CA 95928.

AMERICAN GOLF CORPORATION 6080 Center Drive Ste 500 Los Angeles, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: RICK ROSEN, CFO Dated: March 21, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0000379 Published: April 28, May 5,12,19, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as PHOENIX AGENCY INTERNATIONAL, PHOENIX IPA BAIL BONDS at 2055 Forest Ave #7 Chico, CA 95928.

STEPHEN PAUL LORIMOR 4440 Marvin Lane Corning, CA 96021.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: STEPHEN P. LORIMOR

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Dated: April 22, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0000554 Published: April 28, May 5,12,19, 2016

Dated: April 18, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0000518 Published: April 28, May 5,12,19, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as NELSEN FAMILY DENTISTRY at 1307 Esplanade Suite 4 Chico, CA 95926.

JOHN AND MELISSA NELSEN DDS, INC. 1307 Esplanade Suite 4 Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: JOHN NELSEN, PRESIDENT Dated: April 18, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0000496 Published: April 28, May 5,12,19, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as WALNUT TREE LANE HOMEOWNERS at 1752 Walnut Tree Lane Chico, CA 95928.

JOHN LINHARES 1752 Walnut Tree Lane Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: JOHN LINHARES Dated: April 19, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0000530 Published: April 28, May 5,12,19, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as 2GO MOBILE NOTARY, AGENT 80 REAL ESTATE at 1855 Jeni Ann Ct Durham, CA 95938.

AGENT 80-CHICO LIFESTYLE REAL ESTATE INC. 1855 Jeni Ann Ct Durham, CA 95938.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: ADRIANNE GONZALES, PRES. Dated: April 22, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0000553 Published: April 28, May 5,12,19, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as TOWANI, TOWANI ORGANIC FARM, TRUCKEE CERTIFIED FARMERS MARKET, TRUCKEE FARMERS MARKET at 2085 Pleasant Grove Lane Bangor, CA 95914.

GUY BENTON BALDWIN 2085 Pleasant Grove Lane Bangor, CA 95914.

SHARON LOUISE CASEY 2085 Pleasant Grove Lane Bangor, CA 95914.

This business is conducted by a Married Couple.

Signed: GUY BENTON BALDWIN Dated: March 22, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0000390 Published: April 28, May 5,12,19, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as IMAGINE PATH at 2645 Vistamont Way Chico, CA 95973.

ASHLEY MORSE 2645 Vistamont Way Chico, CA 95973.

BRETT MORSE 2645 Vistamont Way Chico, CA 95973.

MARK WEISS 2876 Eaton Way Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: ASHLEY MORSE Dated: April 18, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0000514 Published: April 28, May 5,12,19, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as A PLUS ROOFING at 1942 1/2 Arcadian Ave Chico, CA 95926.

MARK A SHERHAG 1942 1/2 Arcadian Ave Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: MARK A. SHERHAG

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as ESPLANADE EXPRESS LAUNDRY, WALNUT EXPRESS LAUNDRY at 1053 Palmetto Ave Chico, CA 95926.

NELVALA INC 1464 Arch Way Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: JOELLE NELSON, CEO Dated: March 29, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0000435 Published: April 28, May 5,12,19, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as MARISCOS LA COSTA MEXICAN SEAFOOD GRILL at 1141 Forest Ave Ste. 30 Chico, CA 95928.

JESUS SANDOVAL JR 8 Lido Island Ct Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: JESUS SANDOVAL JR Dated: March 25, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0000413 Published: April 28, May 5,12,19, 2016

NOTICES NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE KENNETH ALLEN PEARSON aka KEN PEARSON To all heirs and beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: KENNETH ALLEN PEARSON aka KEN PEARSON, DECEASED A Petition for Probate has been filed by: DOUGLAS E. HARELSON in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte.

The Petition for Probate requests that: DOUGLAS E. HARELSON be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate.

The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: May 10, 2016

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Dept: TBA Address of the court: Superior Court of California County of Butte 1775 Concord Ave. Chico, CA 95926.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250.

A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Petitioner: DOUGLAS E. HARELSON 147 Meadow View Rd. Orinda, CA 94563 Case Number: 16PR00078 Dated: April 13, 2016 Published: April 21,28, May 5, 2016

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE NICHOLAS JOHN BONACICH aka NICHOLAS J. BONACICH, NICHOLAS DOMINIC BONACICH To all heirs and beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: NICHOLAS JOHN BONACICH aka NICHOLAS J. BONACICH, NICHOLAS DOMINIC BONACICH A Petition for Probate has been filed by: PETER N. BONACICH in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte.

The Petition for Probate requests that: PETER N. BONACICH be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate.

The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: May 17, 2016 Time: 9:00a.m.

Dept: Probate Address of the court: Superior Court of California County of Butte 1775 Concord Ave. Chico, CA 95926.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or

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Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250.

A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for petitioner: NICOLE R. PLOTTEL 3120 Cohasset Rd., Ste. 10 Chico, CA 95973 (530) 893-2882 Case Number: 16PR00084 Dated: April 12, 2016 Published: April 21,28, May 5, 2016

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE THORSON WHALEY BAILEY, aka T.W. or TOM To all heirs and beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: THORSON WHALEY BAILEY, aka T.W. or TOM A Petition for Probate has been filed by: JON WARD BAILEY in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte.

The Petition for Probate requests that: JON WARD BAILEY be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate.

The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: May 10, 2016 Time: 9:00a.m.

Dept: TBA Address of the court: Superior Court of California County of Butte 1775 Concord Ave. Chico, CA 95926.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250.

A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Petitioner: JON WARD BAILEY 3800 Adell Lane Butte Valley, CA 95965 Case Number: 16PR00091 Published: April 21,28, May 5, 2016

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

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

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: May 6, 2016 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: STEPHEN E. BENSON Dated: March 15, 2016 Case Number: 16CV00176 Published: April 14,21,28, May 5, 2016

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

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

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: June 3, 2016 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: STEPHEN E. BENSON Dated: April 18, 2016 Case Number: 16CV00051 Published: April 28, May 5,12,19, 2016

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

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

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: June 10, 2016 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: STEPHEN E. BENSON Dated: March 30, 2016 Case Number: 16CV00100 Published: April 28, May 5,12,19, 2016

SUMMONS SUMMONS NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: FRANCISCO M LITTLE YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: BUTTE COUNTY CREDIT BUREAU A CORP NOTICE! You have been sued.

The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association.

NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The Court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case.

The name and address of the court is: Superior Court of California, County of Butte 1775 Concord Avenue Chico, CA 95928 LIMITED CIVIL CASE The name, address and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney is: JOSEPH L SELBY (#249546) Law Office of Ferris & Selby 2607 Forest Avenue Ste 130 Chico, CA 95928.

Dated: January 13, 2016 Signed: KIMBERLY FLENER Case Number: 165604 Published: April 28, May 5,12,19, 2016

SUMMONS NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: DANIEL C. BAUGH SEE ADDITIONA PARTIES ATTACHMENT YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: STEPHAN COMERFORD, aka STEPHEN COMERFORD; and NANCY COMERFORD NOTICE! You have been sued.

The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days.

Read the information below.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

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There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association.

NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case.

The name and address of the court is: Superior Court, Butte County 1775 Concord Avenue Chico, CA 95928 The name, address and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: JOSEPH L. SELBY 2607 Forest Ave. Suite 130, Chico, CA 95928 Dated: July 27, 2015 Signed: KIMBERLY FLENER Case Number: 164657 Published: April 28, May 5,12,19, 2016

SUMMONS NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: GIOVANNA MEZA, an individual; and DOES 1 THROUGH 10, INCLUSIVE YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: SCOTT SANDEMAN, an individual NOTICE! You have been sued.

The court may decide against you without you being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written respose at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose your case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association.

NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case.

The name and address of the court is: Superior Court of California, County of Butte 1775 Concord Avenue The name, address and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: JILLIAN L. FERRARIO, Jurewitz Law Group, 600 B Street, Suite 1550, San Diego, CA 92101, (619) 233-5020 Dated: June 29, 2015 Signed: KIMBERLY FLENER Case Number: 164560 Published: April 28, May 5,12,19, 2016

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Material Fact

The trickiest part of disclosure law in real estate is “material fact”. Not “material” as in wool or cotton or silk or any of that kind of material, which, by the way, can be tricky too, if you’re last-minute shopping for your wife for her birthday, and you settle on a scarf, and the salesperson asks you, “Well, does she like silky material like this nice rayon, which drapes very nicely? Or perhaps she’s more the cotton weave material type?” You figure you can’t go wrong with a silky material, so you buy it, but when you get home and show your daughter, she rolls her eyes and says, “No, Dad! Have you ever seen Mom wear material like that? Didn’t they have anything in a cotton weave?” See? Material is tricky stuff.

In the case of real estate, “material” means “significant” or “major” or “important” enough to affect the “value or desirability of the property” we are selling.

The tricky part is that the Realtor must judge whether something is significant, major or important enough to warrant disclosing.

For instance, if someone told a buyer the curtains were made of silk, and you the Realtor happened to find out they were actually a cotton weave, you should disclose to the buyer that material fact, no pun intended. Well, maybe somewhat intended.

A better example: One Sunday afternoon I was holding an open house at my listing on the west side of town. The rancher next door drove his tractor around the inside of his horse arena, about the size of a football field, leveling the surface of the ground, and spraying something in an apparent attempt to keep the dust down. Meanwhile, a cloud of dust and grit drifted over and settled on the house and yard of my open house.

As I was coughing and considering the possible disclosure implications the noise and dust presented, the farmer waved, stopped his tractor, and walked up to the other side of the fence, his head just above the fence line.

“Sorry about the dust and everything,” he said. “I gotta scrape ‘er down every now and then so the trainers and riders have a fair shot at staying in the saddle. Heh-heh. It’s normal and it’s just every now and then.”

Still smiling, he leaned up against the fence, looked around, and lowered his voice conspiratorially. “Nice new fence your seller built,” he said, “but just one problem.”

He grabbed the top of a fence board and wobbled the fence back and forth. “Your guy didn’t put concrete in the post holes. Oh, he threw a few spoonfuls of gravel down there, but like I told him, that won’t hold in this loam out here.”

One thing the legal world says about disclosure in real estate: “You don’t have to disclose hearsay.”

So I’m faced with post hole “hearsay” and dust clouds that are “normal” and “every now and then”.

Do these represent material facts that may affect the value or desirability of the property? Or would I be undermining my seller, unnecessarily de-valuing the property by making these disclosures?

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Material fact disclosure is at least as tricky as buying a scarf.

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191 Via Mission Dr 3058 Sweetwater Fls 118 Honey Run Rd 1320 Salem St 4 Renee Cir 1703 Sunset Ave 578 E 19th St 2616 Doral Way 1281 Palmetto Ave 1065 Holben Ave 1158 Viceroy Dr

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$314,000.00 $300,000.00 $300,000.00 $299,500.00 $283,000.00 $280,000.00 $275,000.00 $273,000.00 $266,000.00 $259,000.00 $257,500.00

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

SQ. FT. 1739 1543 1615 1724 1458 864 1446 1471 1773 1531 1187

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30 Yr fHA: 3.25% fiXed APr: 4.526% 15 Yr fHA: 2.750% fiXed APr:4.172% 30 Yr vA: 3.250% fiXed APr: 3.361% 15 Yr vA: 2.750% fiXed APr: 3.091%

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30 Yr COnv: 3.625% fiXed APr: 3.709% 15 Yr COnv: 2.75% fiXed APr: 2.913%

2167 Montgomery St. Suite A OrOville, CA | (530) 282-4708 All advertised fixed mortgage rates are based on loans with the following criteria: $200,000 loan amount. Borrower with good to excellent credit with minimum FICO score of 740, single family, owner occupied, one unit dwelling and 0-1 point. The LTV varies depending on the product advertised. Conventional loan: 80% LTV (or a 20% down payment), FHA loan: 96.5% LTV (or a 3.5% down payment) and VA loan: 100% LTV (or 0% down payment). The advertised rates/APRs and terms are examples of loan products available as of this date: 4/26/2016. Prices and guidelines are subject to change without notice. Not all applicants will qualify for financing, subject to review of credit and/or collateral. The actual rate/APR and terms you are offered, and all credit decisions, including loan approval will vary based on your specific loan request, your credit profile, other differences between your loan application and the above listed criteria used to derive the advertised rates. This is not a guarantee or commitment to lend. Elite Mortgage is a dba of Elite Norcal Corporation NMLS#338082/CA BRE#01525946.

One block from BIDWELL PARK, custom Michael Galli built home. Homes features 4 bd/2.5 ba, formal dining room all located on a lovely CUL-DE-SAC, 2209 sq ft, blt. in 2005, $415,000 Classic Chico Rancher, 3 bd/ 2 ba, 2 car garage + workshop area. Located 2 blocks from Bidwell Park, beautifully updated & remodeled, with inground pool $425,000 Amber Grove 3 bd/2 ba, 4 car garage plus workshop area 1859 sq ft $349,000 Beautifully updated home 1 block from Sierra View elementary & 3 blocks to Bidwell Park. Home has 3 bd/ 2 ba, family + living room, & lovely front covered porch. $349,000

KIMBERLEY TONGE | (530) 518-5508

$204,900

Alice Zeissler | 530.518.1872

0’NEAL RD. Almost 10 acres for that someone looking for seclusion and tall trees in the foothills above Paradise.

Ad #802 Sue M. 530-520-4094

REMODELED 2BD/2BA home on .79 acres. Includes a bonus room with ½ Bath behind the garage with a separate 1550 sq. ft. shop.

Ad #828 Donna Cass 530-520-8156

BRE# 01011224

Super charming close to Park

2/2 in Paradise PENDING $162,000

NEWLY PAINTED EXTERIOR. Pool w/new Gunite and decking.

3 car garage. RV parking. Large fenced backyard. Beautiful view.

Open kitchen w/new granite counter tops. Pantry. Formal dining room. Red oak floors.

Fireplace. Bonus room. Grand master bedroom. Ad#836 Amber Blood 530-570-4747

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

3/2 home with pool PENDING $299,500

3/2 Large yard on Highland PENDING $275,000

6311 SHELTON CT. Quality home on a level one acre lot. 3bd/2.5ba home. Spacious master bedroom w/walk-in closet.

Updated bathrooms. Light and bright kitchen. Raised concrete back patio. Storage sheds. Fully fenced private back yard.

Call today! Heather Harper @ 530-521-0944 Ad # 812

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

Durham schools, 3 bed/2 bth, 1,948 sq ft, 1-ac, ............................................................................. $299,900 Durham fenced 10 acres with cottage, shop, barn ................................................................................ $549,000 Butte Creek Country Club, Executive styled duplex, 5bed/6bth, 3,900 sqft, with huge Rv garage/shop .....$650,000 Estate 5 bed/5 bth, main home approx. 5,000 + sq ft + cottage, and separate rental house. Total 7,133 sq ft for all. 6.78 acres of glorious grounds. AG zoning, shop, pond, fully fenced. .................................................... $1,350,000.

POOL! Nice 4bed/2 bth, 1,498 sq ft on .29 of acre ....................................................................................... $320,000 INbth,G896 sq ft, detached garage + office, 2.56 acres fully fenced .......... $189,000 Forest Ranch, mobile onPE land,ND 2 bed/1 G + family room, large yard! cul de sac! .................................... $279,900 IN Super clean 3 bed/2 bath, 1,522 sq ft, formals ND PE Outstanding shop, 2,462 ft, 3 bed/3 bth, 1-acre ................................................................................ $476,500 ING PEsqND Beauty! 3 bed/2 bth with PE office,ND tile flooring, INGgreat room, newer 1,606 sq ft .......................................$329,000

The following houses were sold in Butte County by real estate agents or private parties during the week of april 11, 2016 – april 15, 2016.

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

12 New Dawn Cir

Chico

$248,000.00

3/ 2

1240

2126 Gray St

Oroville

$225,000.00

3/ 2

1080

2231 Hutchinson St

Chico

$230,000.00

3/ 2.5

1920

2515 Nevada Ave

Oroville

$225,000.00

2/ 1

1018

696 E 15th St

Chico

$205,000.00

3/ 1

1008

65 Inglewood Dr

Oroville

$200,000.00

3/ 2

1250

28 Glenshire Ln

Chico

$195,000.00

2/ 2

1040

3716 Oro Bangor Hwy

Oroville

$200,000.00

3/ 2

1604

199 E 19th St

Chico

$178,000.00

2/ 1

912

539 Sunset Dr

Paradise

$365,000.00

4/ 2.5

2625

2776 Ceres Ave

Chico

$164,500.00

2/ 1

1123

130 Jade Ln

Paradise

$280,000.00

3/ 2

1808

2942 Pennyroyal Dr

Chico

$157,000.00

2/ 1.5

904

2336 Stearns Rd

Paradise

$270,500.00

2/ 1.5

1338

1125 Sheridan Ave 63

Chico

$148,000.00

2/ 1.5

1009

1786 Drendel Cir

Paradise

$250,000.00

3/ 1.5

1576

369 E Lindo Ave

Chico

$140,000.00

3/ 1.5

1124

8424 Montna Dr

Paradise

$238,000.00

3/ 2

1426

2055 Amanda Way 25

Chico

$126,500.00

2/ 1

864

995 Saxberg Dr

Paradise

$220,000.00

3/ 2

1780

Oroville

$280,000.00

3/ 1.5

1774

119 Magnolia Dr

Paradise

$212,000.00

2/ 2

1560

134 Canyon Dr

SQ. FT.

ADDRESS

arpil 28, 2016

SQ. FT.

CN&R

43