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Prayer isn’t enough On Monday, the day after the deadliest mass shooting in modern American

Remembering The Greatest Ali. IMuhammad I’d been invited to his Los Angeles mansion by

performed for many of his visitors. For five minutes, I was Ali’s audience as he performed his magic. Later in the year, Ali did attend the boxing card Thad Spencer, a former heavyweight contender who in Bakersfield. His presence brought out a large crowd, and he stepped into the ring to shadowbox was trying to start a career as a with Spencer, who, two decades earlier, was in line fight promoter in Bakersfield, for a title fight that never came. where I worked. He’d Before the fight, he came to the hoped to convince Ali He spoke of KGET-TV studios where I was the to attend the boxing sports director. We spoke on live his youth and card to increase ticket television for about five minutes. sales. displayed the At 43, four years after his final Ali was wearing great humility fight with Trevor Berbick, Ali’s white pajamas when that made speech was beginning to slur. he opened his front him such a by During that interview, he spoke of door. For about Jerry Olenyn respected man. his youth and displayed the great 15 minutes, I sat The author is an humility that made him such a next to the champ award-winning news in a study off the respected man. “When I was a kid, and sports journalist foyer. At one point, he gave I wanted to see Joe Louis or Rocky Marciano, or who works at KRCR any great champion,” he said. “And I always said, if me some pamphlets on Islam. I news Channel 7. I ever made it, I would do what I could to meet the told him I was a Christian and kids.” suggested, perhaps naively, that My career took me to Las Vegas and beyond he should consider converting to covering many of boxing’s finest champions, Christianity. He smiled, tapped me on the knee and but nothing matched experiencing the gentlesaid, “We believe Jesus was a great prophet.” ness, graciousness and genuine kindness of The He gently took the pamphlets back and brought Greatest. □ out some magic tricks, which I later learned he was a 25-years-old sportscaster when I first met

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history, District 1 Congressman Doug LaMalfa took to the lectern on the floor of the House chamber at the nation’s Capitol and spoke passionately in defense of a Tehama County farmer who is accused of destroying wetlands. Just over 24 hours after the massacre in Orlando that ended the lives of 49 innocent people, LaMalfa was back to business as usual. Unbelievable. Congratulations, North State voters, this is the person you chose to move on to the general election and potentially represent our region on the national stage for at least the next two years. LaMalfa famously claims to be “one of us,” but that slogan can be in reference only to the most callous individuals in our community. That’s the logical conclusion given the topic he brought before the House during this immensely difficult time for our country, especially its LGBT community, which is reeling from the shooting at the gay nightclub in Florida. But LaMalfa isn’t an outlier in his party. His Republican colleagues also were mum on the killings and the policy changes that the public says are necessary to reduce the chance of another similar act of violence. Fact is, a majority of Americans favor stricter gun laws. In October, a Gallup poll pegged the number at 55 percent of the populace. Many congressional Democrats are listening to their constituents. During that same House session, one after the other came to bear witness to the tragedy and the importance of our nation’s leaders in addressing it. In fact, LaMalfa’s underwhelming one-minute speech followed Los Angeles Democrat Maxine Waters’ fiery oration on the killings. Waters rightly pointed out that holding a moment of silence was a hollow gesture. That’s because it’s done each time the nation grapples with a large-scale shooting—she pointed to Sandy Hook (26 victims, including 20 children), Charleston, S.C. (nine gunned down at church), San Bernardino (14 killed at a regional center) and Aurora, Colo. (12 shot to death in a movie theater). “This Republican leadership is pitiful. It is disgusting that they don’t have the guts or the commitment to call it like it is and bring a bill upon this floor to get rid of assault weapons,” she said. Waters appeared stunned by the gall of her Republican colleagues to ignore the elephant in the room and talk about matters that seemed trivial at that moment. She went on to call them “spineless” and “gutless.” From our perspective, those are accurate descriptors. We’ll add “tactless” and “irresponsible” to that list. Never mind a sweeping ban on so-called assault weapons, Congress has failed in the wake of each massive shooting to enact common-sense laws. The one that stands out post Orlando is a proposal to ban people on a federal terrorism watch list from buying guns. Shooter Omar Mateen had been on that list a few years ago, but was able to lawfully purchase a handgun and rifle days before he gunned down his victims. Such a law may not prevent a similar scenario from playing out in the United States, but it certainly would put up a roadblock. As we weep for the lives taken in this latest round of gun violence, Americans should be incensed at the fact that our leaders in Washington are numb to it. If they didn’t act after a mentally ill man murdered 20 elementary school students—6- and 7-year-olds in Newtown, Conn.—there’s little hope they will act now. As for their moment of silence and so-called prayers, LaMalfa and company can keep them. Florida Democrat Corrine Brown’s district includes Orlando. Perhaps she said it best when she shouted at her colleagues on the House floor minutes before LaMalfa’s insensitive appearance. “How much longer are we going to rise for a moment of silent prayer—prayer without work is in vain.” Hear, hear. □

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trump news, good news CN&R Managing Editor Meredith J. Cooper texted me while she was up in Redding reporting on Donald Trump’s recent rally. One of her messages included a photo of her crouched next to a stage, the only place she could find shade during the 100-plus-degree day. “Hiding … but losing shade!” she lamented. As she noted in her first-person story on what it’s like covering Trump (see “Trump on the tarmac,” Newslines, June 9), the presumptive Republican nominee despises the media. Several times during his short visit to the North State he called journalists dishonest. He also called them sleazy. I guess it shouldn’t have come as a surprise, then, that Cooper wasn’t allowed to take much of anything into the event. No water, no sunscreen. Nor was she provided with such provisions. Even in the sweltering heat on the tarmac of the Redding Municipal Airport. How ludicrous. How petty. How quintessentially Trump. And we’re not the only ones who noticed the lack of hospitality the press received that day. On Saturday, June 4, the jump page of an A1 New York Times story headlined “Trump declarations seen as threat to rule of law” includes an accompanying photo of the fairskinned Cooper taking refuge again—this time underneath a table in front of the press pen set up by the Trump campaign. Cooper and the other reporters were not allowed to leave that designated area. Not to interview attendees. Not even to use the restroom. They were escorted out of the area, but only after Trump’s supporters left the event. As an editor, it’s the kind of treatment that smacks of disregard for freedom of the press. As a human being, it’s just plain cruel. Trump’s actions should send chills up the spine of every working journalist in America. As Ilya Somin, a law professor at George Mason University, put it in that Times article, “He poses a serious threat to the press and the First Amendment.” But enough about Trump. At least for now. Time for some good news. I think we could all use a little of that right about now. Last week, we reported that the Chico Area Recreation and Park District (CARD) and other sponsors of the annual Independence Day celebration had pulled their support for the event at One-Mile Recreation Area in Bidwell Park. That’s true, but there’s more to the story. According to Chico City Councilman Randall Stone, the bulk of the celebration will continue this year. What’s new is that the Chico Running Club is stepping up to make sure that that happens. The nonprofit group, for which Stone is a spokesman, will again put on its 5K run/fun walk starting first thing (7 a.m.) on Monday, July 4, in Lower Park. It’s partnering with the Butte County Sheriff’s Captain Bob Pancake Wagon—a longtime participant—to provide flapjacks for eventgoers. They’ll also be available for purchase by the general public. In addition, Stone reported, the running club is working on getting live musical entertainment. For more information, including registering for the run/walk, go to www.chico runningclub.org. So there you have it. Independence Day at the park is a go.

Melissa Daugherty is editor of the CN&R

Enough already As a mother of a gay man, I am devastated about the pain families are going through. How many of you can relate to that? When does this hate stop? Not only for gays, but also for all groups targeted by hate—whether Mexican, Muslim, LGBTQ or whoever the group of the moment is. Back in the day, it was Irish, Italians, Jews, blacks—whoever was not the majority. When do we say enough to guns meant to kill as many people as possible? Because of gun laws, or a lack thereof, America makes it easy for ISIS sympathizers to carry out sick attacks on innocent people. So many Americans have lost loved ones through gun violence. Think Sandy Hook, Virginia Tech, the list goes on. Why don’t we rise up and say enough? Why is the NRA so powerful that assault weapons are legal? How many deer can we kill at one time? How many people? I am angry because people I love are targeted by people who hate. How many have to die? When is it enough?

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Re “Free speech and teeth-gritting” (Guest comment, by Michael Mulcahy, June 9): I enjoyed Mr. Mulcahy’s comments on the Middle East. He said, “Israel is an island of sanity, a liberal Western democracy surrounded by tribalism and terror.” He went on to mention the many tribes/states in the region causing terror. He forgot to mention the tribe of Israel, which is as capable of terror as its fellow tribes. Just ask the Palestinians. And as far as the “fruits of Israeli technology,” they were all funded by the U.S. taxpayers. Terror comes in many forms, ask the survivors of the USS Liberty. While flying the American flag, they were continually attacked by the Israelis on June 8, 1967. Thirty-four sailors died. I respect Israel and the Jewish people and wish them, and all other Middle Eastern tribes, peace, love and freedom of speech.

If Democrats want a unified party behind Hillary Clinton, she, with her famous determination, and the party will have to look hard into the policies Clinton’s carried out as a Democratic secretary of state and what she’s rolled along with as long as she’s been in politics. The “democratic wing” of the Democratic Party doesn’t honor endless war, regime change and assassination as legitimate foreign policy. It honors the diplomacy of international law, i.e., the United Nations and Geneva Accords. Historically, most Democrats want cooperation among nations, not willful alliances to intimidate or punish countries that don’t bow to our “exceptionalism.” And, at home, Democrats have never liked huge campaign donations from few people inevitably coloring electoral dynamics. If Democrats want a unified party behind their presidential candidate, they had better use some of her “Hillary grit” to ponder the values they’ve adopted in recent decades.

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Bereft over Bernie Re “Mourning time” (Second & Flume, by Melissa Daugherty, June 9): As was previously pointed out in the CN&R, the superdelegates of the Democratic Party hold the power, not the voters. It’s not just the young mourning Bernie Sanders’ loss; as senior citizens,

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I have many women heroes— those with great accomplishments in medicine, science, literature, union organizing and let’s not forget womanhood. I respect women, especially the one I have been with for the last 57 years. Lately, there has been much

talk about breaking the glass ceiling in politics. In 1920, the 19th Amendment was ratified, giving women the right to vote. Women have come a long way and deserve a candidate of high standards, honor, integrity, good judgment and honesty. Imagine such a woman president—one all Americans could be proud of. Such is not the case with Hillary Clinton—a corrupt, dark angel of deception, who has been bought off by Wall Street and foreign governments and simply doesn’t know how to tell the truth. Women, don’t let Clinton cheat you of this moment; you deserve much better, and time is on your side. It has taken 96 years of suffrage. Your first woman president must be one who makes you proud, one who brings peace to our nation, one who brings you respect, one who goes down in history as the greatest president ever. It may be a long time before you get another “first chance.” Be wise and beware of intentional blindness. Augie Velasquez Durham

One on Trump Regulatory reviews, security filings and court documents reveal Donald Trump’s repeated failures with financial ventures, and how they began long before Atlantic City was in financial turmoil. Today, the bankrupted Trump Plaza Casino and Hotel in Jersey sits rotting in the salty morning breeze. The trashy tycoon has remarked that what mattered about his time in Atlantic City was that he “made a lot of money.” Not even Nixon was this repugnant of a subhuman. According to The New York

It’s not just the young mourning Bernie Sanders’ loss; as senior citizens, we joined his rally and, along with our grandchildren who are old enough to vote, are mourning along with you.

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Times, Trump constructed his casino empire by borrowing at high interest rates while promising regulators just the opposite. This proved to be an impossible business model. The guy never attracted enough gamblers to reimburse his extreme debts. Yet, he can convince enough spineless creatures to march in step like battle ants while threatening our country and the entire known world! The horror of Orlando will be politicized and exploited for some time to come. Is there a possibility this massacre was not inspired from those living in a distant land? Maybe it was just one of hundreds of millions of home-brewed American citizens suffering from hatred, prejudice and other mental illnesses, similar to the ruthless capitalist bully who might soon run America. Kenneth B. Keith Los Molinos

An important story Dusti Byers is 20 years old has been sentenced to a 23-year term for killing her father and sister (the same bullet passed through her father’s head and struck her sister). Owing to her horrific life

experiences, intentionality and mental state, Tim Crews, editor of Sacramento Valley Mirror, questions whether justice has been served in meting out so harsh a sentence. Crews is an old-fashioned, dogged investigative journalist (see “Oversight,” Second & Flume, May 7, 2015). Thus far, he has written in several weekly columns a comprehensive analysis of this case. Among his findings: Dusti Byers was sexually abused since age 12 (her “services” exchanged for drugs); repeated pleas to child protective services, all resulting in one-time visits with no subsequent investigation; mental illness (she previously ran naked through Paradise while being “chased by demons”); extensive self-cutting; constant badgering by her father and sister; attempted suicide; police interrogation while still under the influence of anesthesia. This story is unfolding in Glenn County but should be of interest to Butte County as well. Our local papers should cover it, as it is not often that we are able to witness contemporaneously, in vitro, persistent, conscientious investigative journalism. William Todd-Mancillas Chico

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A local homeless man was arrested in Chico on Saturday (June 11) after allegedly stabbing another man in broad daylight and then taking off on a bicycle. Police responded to the incident just after noon near the bike path that intersects Alba Avenue and found a man, whose name has been withheld, suffering from a single knife wound, according to a press release from the Chico Police Department. Witnesses said his attacker had ridden a bicycle southbound on the path; officers then found Joshua Pennock, 28, who met the attacker’s description, near the intersection of Parmac Road and Rio Lindo Avenue. The victim was treated at Enloe Medical Center and released. Pennock was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon and booked into Butte County Jail. Court records show he has a history of drug-related crimes.

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The city Airport Commission is set to confirm the appointment of a new manager of Chico Municipal Airport during a special meeting on Friday (June 17) at 6 p.m. in the City Council chambers. The role hasn’t been filled since 2005. Sherry Miller, currently the manager of the Lake Tahoe Airport, brings 30 years of aviation experience to the position, according to City Manager Mark Orme. In addition to implementing safety regulations, Miller will work to return commercial service to the airport (SkyWest abandoned airline service out of Chico in 2014). She’ll take over in mid-July and earn an annual salary of about $98,000. “Being that it’s an enterprise that needs a sincere focus given to it, it’ll be nice to have someone with specific experience to help make it the best airport it can be,” Orme said.

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An alleged bike thief was arrested on Tuesday (June 14) after police found a particularly valuable mountain bike at his home. Officers with Chico Police Department’s Target Team visited Jonathan Oshea, 45, at his home on West 16th Street while investigating tips from locals, according to a CPD press release. Police saw several bicycles, but a search of serial numbers showed that none had been reported stolen. After seeing a local bike store’s sticker on one of the bikes, however, police called the shop and found out it had been stolen from a home in north Chico in May. It was a mountain bicycle valued at $1,100. Police also reportedly found about 2 1/2 grams of methamphetamine. Oshea (pictured) was arrested for possession of stolen property in excess of $950, possession of narcotics and violation of felony probation. 8

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Primary election exposes rifts in the local and statewide GOP of the Butte County Republican Party M for the past four years. That role has taken

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him to state GOP conventions, where he has aligned the Butte story and GOP with hard conserphoto by vative counties. Evan Tuchinsky Public voting decides eva nt u c h i ns k y @ who sits on parties’ n ew srev i ew. c o m central committees, and Zuccolillo, a Paradisebased real estate agent and former planning commissioner, faced Election winners Butte County re-election in the June 7 Republican Central primary. District 5— Committee seats go to: matching the county District 2 (Chico)— supervisorial district on Laura Page, Loretta and around the Ridge— Torres, Laurie Maloney had five seats up District 4 (south for grabs. District 2 county)—Sherry (Chico, three seats) and Smith, Barbara Rice, District 4 (south county, Joan Townsend, Jacqueline Lincoln four) also had central District 5 (Ridge)— committee votes. Normally these Steve Crowder, Dan Wentland, Darrel down-ticket races are Wilson, Barbara low-profile. This was no Coffman, Mike Zuccolillo ordinary election. The campaign of (Listed in finish order) Congressman Doug LaMalfa, amid a hardscrabble fight with Chico challenger Joe Montes, waded into the county party challenge. So did Spirit of Democracy

California, the political action committee chaired by Palo Alto multimillionaire Charles Munger Jr. The super PAC sent out a District 5 voter guide aiming to “rebuild the GOP” without the current county chair. One Munger mailer fused both elements by featuring LaMalfa’s photo and a quote attributed to LaMalfa endorsing the District 5 slate. “It took me for a shocker that it went to that extent; to see people campaigning for central committee,” Zuccolillo said Monday (June 13) at his realty office. “We’re usually begging for people to be on there. It’s all volunteers; nobody gets paid. People are there because they believe in the cause. “Why make an issue out of it?” Zuccolillo happened to be at the epicenter of two rifts: LaMalfa’s camp versus Montes’, and the statewide ideological battle amplified by Munger’s investment in local elections. He did not campaign and just managed to retain his seat, finishing fifth by fewer than 200 votes. He edged out Ron Jones, husband of Paradise Mayor Jody Jones, and one of the voter guide selections. Meanwhile, Steve Thompson, a former county GOP chairman who worked on Montes’ campaign, lost his seat in District 4. Zuccolillo acknowledged division among local Republicans in the wake of the election. “This happened before: When I became chair, this whole group of people who

never attended a central committee meeting came in trying to take things over,” Zuccolillo said. “They came for a couple meetings, and they left. “I hope there’s harmony and we’ll unite. This election got uglier than most. I guess time will tell.” LaMalfa, speaking by phone from Washington, also recognized the postprimary divide but expressed confidence in his home-county party. “Locally, this is nothing new—you have some campaigns that have a higher level of strife than others,” LaMalfa said. “What I’m more concerned about is the larger unity we need as a party for the presidential [election]; we need to get people on board and be strong in what we need to do this fall. “This race was not atypical; it probably was milder than some I’ve been through in the past.” The local Republicans’ split, simmering since

winter, became public last month with a series of campaign ads—not as much those from Munger’s super PAC, but rather from the LaMalfa campaign and the Montes effort, which also included a super PAC. As covered in the CN&R (“Shots fired,” May 26, Newslines), Montes went after LaMalfa’s record; LaMalfa, feeling his challenger mischaracterized his voting record, struck back with an attack on Montes’ personal and professional history.

Encampment is nothing new. Chico Republicans had their loyalties tested when LaMalfa and former Mayor Rick Keene, both state assemblymen, squared off in the 2010 primary for state senator. “This is a little different: a candidate coming out of nowhere to try and knock me off, coming right out of the chute with negative campaigning from almost the day he announced,” LaMalfa said of Montes. “It put a different kind of twist on this one….” The undercurrent trickled into the county GOP’s annual Lincoln Reagan Dinner, Feb. 19, for which both LaMalfa and Montes received invitations to address the crowd. Zuccolillo said he got blowback from the congressman’s campaign. “Every year we let candidates speak,” he said, “and traditionally it’s everyone from assembly level up. It’s never been a problem before.” LaMalfa said the concern was tone: the prospect that he’d talk, then get bashed by both Montes and radio personality Lars Larson, the event’s special guest, who’d endorsed Montes—the only challenger who got to speak. “Typically at these dinners, you have the elected Republicans who do the speaking,” LaMalfa added. “If you wanted to start a candidate forum, you wouldn’t have much of an orderly dinner. Mr. Zuccolillo’s neutrality in this is highly in question, because ... he endorsed the other gentleman and gave him the maximum amount of money [$2,700].” The central committee did not issue endorsements, but Zuccolillo posted his own “Butte County Republican Party Chairman’s Voter Guide”—which included Montes—on the Butte GOP’s Facebook page. As for the central committee, LaMalfa said his campaign got involved because “changes need to be made to have this be a more vibrant county party and more attractive to people. Some people who have wished to become involved come to a meeting or two are sometimes are turned off by the [intra] party squabbling.” Zuccolillo says the county party has been effective, pointing to the conservative shift of the Chico City Council as a prime example. In any case, he expects divorced Republicans to reconcile within a few months, after primary wounds heal. On that, he and LaMalfa concur. “Regular voters don’t really care [about internal workings],” LaMalfa said. “They just want an effective party and candidates they can get behind.” □

Pot for sale? New county initiative poised for November ballot outlines sales of medical marijuana

he day before the primary election, on June 6, representatives from the Inland Cannabis Farmers’ Association dropped off a special delivery at the Butte County Clerk-Recorder’s Office. Inside more than half a dozen boxes were thousands of signatures from Butte County voters, potentially enough to get a new initiative—the Medical Cannabis Cultivation and Commerce measure (aka MC3)— on the November ballot. “The big picture is that we need to stop the tactical skirmishes,” said Jessica MacKenzie, ICFA president. “We looked at what makes sense—from the time a plant goes into ground to the time a patient picks it up as medicine in the dispensary?” Yes, she said “dispensary.” MC3 calls for legalizing them. And, going off the state laws passed last year and known collectively as MMRSA (the Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act), it outlines a system for medical marijuana sales, from seed to patient. As MacKenzie describes MMRSA, “It creates a structure for the professional, commercial cultivation of marijuana for medical purposes, and it stretches it out like a product cycle—like any other product that a person would buy at a store.” In that way, MMRSA set up systems for permitting as well as environmental review and taxation. But it also offers local jurisdictions power to regulate, should they choose to, many of the specifics. In reaction to the passage of MMRSA, for example, many cities and counties across the state—including several within Butte County— moved to pass laws, some of them outright bans, on growing and dispensing cannabis. If passed in Butte County, MC3 would replace Measure A, the law regulating cultivation. It also would remove the current prohibition on dispensaries. “If we just regulate cultivation, what happens afterward?” MacKenzie asked. “The cartels do not care about our property or the environment. Rogue growers who come in do not care what they leave behind, or about being good neighbors. “The guy on the corner does not care how old your kids are,” she continued. “But dispensaries will card your children. A regulatory market beats a black market any day of the week.” According to the initiative summary, MC3 “would generally regulate the cultivation, manufacturing, testing, distribution, transporta-

SIFT ER No faith in print The percentage of Americans who have high confidence in printed news as a U.S. institution hit an alltime low in a Gallup survey taken earlier this month. Of 1,027 adults who participated in the telephone poll, only 20 percent said they had “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in newspapers. Faith in print has been dwindling since 2000, when 37 percent of Americans had high confidence in the medium, and now the percentage with “very little” or “none” is at an all-time high—36 percent. Gallup notes that printed news is likely suffering not only from the rise of digital information, but also America’s growing distrust of the media in general.

The Inland Cannabis Farmers’ Association dropped off more than 10,000 signatures last week (June 6) on an initiative that would allow medical marijuana sales in Butte County. Photo courtesy of Jessica MacKenzie

tion and storage of medical cannabis within the county.” It points to existing law—including MMRSA—to aid in many of the specifics. For example, MMRSA outlines how to permit grow sites and makes it legal to sell—and therefore tax—cannabis. Locally, zoning laws will be the most helpful tool for figuring out where different steps in the process would best fit. Butte County Counsel Bruce Alpert announced during Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting that there were over 10,000 signatures on the initiative, but that they had not yet been verified because of the primary election. He could not be reached for comment following the meeting, but he did say the matter would be coming before the board soon. “One of the things people keep saying is, ‘Why not wait till after November?’” MacKenzie said of opponents. In November, California voters could be asked to legalize pot for recreational use. If they do so, however, it could take another couple of years to get all those regulations in place. ICFA would rather jump into the game early to ensure local growers aren’t edged out by Big Pharma and Big Tobacco, she said. “We want time to allow people who have been fighting for this to have a chance to get their business models in place, these small cottage farms in place,” she said. “That way they can build their brands and demand for their brands. If we wait until 2018 to start and compete with Philip Morris, other counties will be ahead of us.” —Meredith J. CooPer me r e d i th c @ newsr ev iew.c o m

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Guillon Inc. and four other local construction companies—Bill Webb Construction, Epick Homes, Shastan Homes and Discovery Builders—took legal action. In March, they sued the county and its municipalities, arguing that the cost of the jail should be borne by the whole community rather than a small segment of it. Further, the lawsuit says the county failed to demonstrate a link between new homes and increased crime. “There is absolutely no connection,” Guillon said. “It’s unfair on the face of it.” County officials contest those points. Still, rather than fight the lawsuit, they recently agreed to a tentative settlement under which each municipality must stop collecting the fees and return money to homeowners who’ve been charged. The Chico City Council voted to rescind its agreement with the county during its meeting on June 7. By doing so, the council in effect canceled the cooperative

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then remained through a battery of tests. Campbell spent six hours with the patient, which Enloe volunteer coordinator Amy Alvarez calls “so far above and beyond” the call of duty. That’s not all. The patient was admitted to the hospital—doctors later determined she’d had a stroke—and Campbell stopped by her room regularly. She offered encouragement. She brought pajamas. She made sure the woman got food she could keep down despite feeling nauseated by medication. Then, after the woman went home, Campbell helped coordinate doctors appointments, physical therapy, transportation and more. “It’s just amazing that she [Campbell] was able to do that for her,” Alvarez said. “She just went so far out of her way to make sure this patient was well on her way to healing.” This is merely one story from Campbell’s 16 years of volunteerism at Enloe, and it goes a long way toward explaining why she recently received national recognition from Points of Light, the largest organization recognizing public service. Roseanna Galindo-

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that day. “The community has made it very clear to the council that public safety is the first priority. So a lot of funding has gone to police and fire to get them fully staffed. Just moving on into the future, we are hoping to get some more park staff.” Three years ago, on the heels of the Great Recession, the city was so financially strapped that it laid off dozens of employees and cut budgets for most departments. That included the Parks Department and the workers responsible for caring for the 3,670acre Bidwell Park. Currently, the department’s small staff devotes most of its time to keeping the park running, rather than on regular maintenance. There currently is no plan to increase staff or budget for the park, the city confirmed. Walker said he understood that the city is understaffed and underfunded. Using Monkey Face as an example, he explained that lack of funding, education and signage over the years has led to wandering hikers decimating the hillside with rogue trails, which exacerbate erosion and kill plant life. When Walker and his wife, Jenna, first

moved to Chico in 2013, they went out in search of a mountain-biking or trail-advocacy group but found none. Both are outdoor enthusiasts—Walker works as a cycling coach and Jenna is coordinator for Chico State’s Adventure Outings program—and they recognized that Bidwell Park was spe-

cial. They wanted to take advantage of its beauty and unique terrain while still protecting its natural resources, so Walker started Chico Velo Trailworks. “To have trail access this close to the community, to have this many trails and the type of trails we have, is really incredible,” he said. Having volunteers work together with the park staff will accomplish more, he said, than trying to demand more money from the Chico City Council to care for the park. “It would be great, and the park definitely needs resources, but there are so many things in our community that do,” Walker said. “We are just trying to leverage the community aspect of it, give back and create opportunity.” The plan is to put in additional signage and increase community involvement to help keep hikers on the beaten path. If community members become a part of maintaining the park, Walker said, they will be more likely to speak up if they see others wandering off the path. “It’s not always the user’s fault, because there are things that are not well-marked,” he said. “That is purely a function of [the Get involved:

chico Velo trailworks plans to hold more park cleanups. to get updates, send an email to trailworks@chicovelo.org.

Volunteers from the California Conservation Corps and other groups help clearly define paths in Upper Bidwell Park to protect the rest from further erosion. PhOtO cOurtesy Of Keith crawfOrd

park] not having the proper signage out. That’s one of the things we are working on.” By bringing the community into the fray, Walker hopes people will see the park more as their own, work to preserve it and ease the workload on city staff. “Our group is about partnering—partnering with the city, and other community groups,” Walker said. “We are definitely the new kids on the block when it comes to groups, and we have so many groups in Chico that have a strong legacy of advocacy.” Bidwell Park is a Chico staple, Romain added, and people travel from far and wide to hike its trails. He said the recent event proved the community knows and appreciates that, too. “We have thousands of visitors come here every year,” he said. “A lot of times this is the first introduction to Chico for freshmen going to Chico State or graduates wanting to show their family a neat feature of Upper Bidwell Park. “It’s one of our namesake landmarks. And for the community to come out and get together and take ownership of it and take part of the rehabilitation is a wonderful thing.” □

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Until this spring, Julie Bullock worked full time in Redding as a software quality-assurance tester. Then she decided to quit her job and pursue her dream of becoming an artist. In March, she started DB Designs—short for Doodle Bug Designs. Now, Bullock travels to fairs and markets all over the North State, and she runs a regular booth at Chico’s Thursday Night Market, where she sells abstract artwork and alcohol ink on glass. She also hosts parties to teach others how to paint and makes commissioned pieces for customers. The CN&R sat down with Bullock, who talked about making alcohol ink, as well as her optimistic approach to painting and life. Follow DB Designs on Facebook—www.facebook.com/ DoodleBugDesigns17—to see her artwork, or visit her booth at the Thursday Night Market in downtown Chico.

What does your art say about you? I am a very intuitive painter. I don’t have a preconceived notion of what I am going to paint; I just grab the colors I like at the time. My work is all about letting the paint do what it is going to do and being happy with the result.

How do you make your paint? I don’t make all my paint, but it’s really easy to do. I researched for a while before switching to alcohol ink, and I learned you could make it

with Sharpies. Basically, you take a Sharpie pen apart; soak the ink in rubbing alcohol, and voilà! You have paint! The alcohol ink works really well for nonporous surfaces, and there are a lot of nonporous surfaces that are dying to be painted.

What objects do you paint? I like to make art out of things that are already created. I buy picture frames, paint the glass, and then have a frame for my work. Or, I paint candle holders, cups, ceramic tiles or even light switch covers. I experiment with painting between two pieces of glass in a frame, and I currently have an idea of painting the globes around ceiling lights.

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How do people react to your abstract work? It’s been amazing. My first time at a fair was on Mother’s Day, and I was scared that people wouldn’t like my work. Instead, I didn’t hear a single negative thing, and they loved all the colors. People’s reaction to the glass has been positive and really uplifting. Feedback like that makes the 10 or so pieces I make every day worth it and easy to do. It makes me feel like if you believe in your dream, you can do it. My saying has been, “Keep a smile in your heart and color in your soul,” and I think my art helps maintain that. —WHItNEy GARCIA

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Downtown Oroville isn’t having much luck hosting farmers’ markets this year. But don’t take that to mean the area is in trouble—it’s actually quite the opposite. The last time I was in downtown O-town, a month or so ago, I noticed a lot of cool new businesses had recently popped up. Apparently it’s happening on a larger scale than I realized. I reported earlier this spring that the city’s Saturday market, hosted by the Chico Certified Farmers’ Market, relocated from its home downtown to Riverbend Park. That’s because the parking lot where it had been held is being poised for cleanup by PG&E. Then, I got word earlier this week that the Wednesday market, a popular evening gathering à la the Thursday Night Market in Chico, has been canceled. But that’s for a whole different reason. I called over to Alan Jones, president of the Oroville Downtown Business Association, which sponsors the event, and he explained what happened. First of all, he said, they just launched the market last summer. It started up again for the season this past March. It was successful, he said, but the organization recognized that it could benefit from better advertising, finding outside sponsors, working more with downtown businesses to stay open during market hours. “We’re taking cues from the Saturday market,” he said. But the bigger problem for the Wednesday night market was all the construction that’s going on. “Downtown Oroville is just about ready to blow up,” Jones said. “It’s going to be awesome, you can just feel the synergy. The buildings—they’re filling up almost as fast as they’re opening up.” He’s particularly excited about the Oroville Inn, which could open up its residential wing to over 100 students from the Northwest Lineman College as soon as November. That, plus a number of restaurants, a wine bar and other shops are all in the works. As for the future of the market, Jones said the plan is to come back next year bigger than ever, with a better marketing plan and a revitalized downtown core.

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Local hobbyists connect, express themselves through a shared love of Lego

One Saturday in late April, the East

Avenue Church’s basketball gym was filled with the stuff of childhood dreams and nostalgic fits, with table after table laden with pop culture trinkets, toys and treasures during the Chico Collectors Show. There were comic books, Hot Wheels, signed sports memorabilia, and dolls and action figures depicting characters ranging from The Simpsons to wrestling superstars. But in a room filled with curiosities, one display gathered by far the most attention. Filling an entire corner of the gym was a sprawling Lego exhibit spread across several tables, a miniature world unto itself built from tens of thousands of the multicolored bricks and pieces filling an estimated 65 feet of table space. Trains, a sky tram and other vehicles whirred and whistled around magnificent city centers filled with towering, multistoried buildings, amusement parks with working rides, waterways dotted with boats of varying sizes, a construction site and much more. Closer inspection revealed a population of hundreds of 1 1/2-inch-tall figurines (known as minifigs in Lego lingo; devotees also avoid

pluralizing the brand name Lego, referring to individual blocks as “bricks” or “pieces”) engaged in all manner of mundane and mischievous activities: Lonely Star Wars bounty hunter Boba Fett rode a swan boat solo through the Tunnel of Love; a stormtrooper dropped a coin into a parking meter to avoid a ticket on his speeder bike; and a battalion of bumbling firemen battled a trash can blaze. Anyone who has fumbled through building the simplest of Lego sets, even with directions, might have a hint at the time and patience it takes to assemble—let alone design, engineer and transport—such an exhibit. The display represented the collective labor, imagination, amassed collections and intensive planning of the Chico Lego Users Group (ChicoLUG), a local group of adult Lego fanatics. ChicoLUG comprises a membership of about a dozen unique individuals who come together over a shared, admittedly offbeat, passion. The group includes parents and working professionals, and was brought together partly by an epiphany experienced by one Lego-loving lawman.

Like many kids growing up

in the 1970s and after, Bryan Marshall played with Lego bricks

Visitors of all ages were amazed by the Chico Lego User Group’s 65-foot-long display at the Chico Collectors Show on April 30 at the East Avenue Church. PHOTO COURTESY OF GREG REEVES

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Members of ChicoLUG are fond of hiding funny scenes in their builds, like this cadre of stormtroopers enjoying treats from an ice cream truck. PHOTO COURTESY OF GREG REEVES

as a child. And, like most of us, he eventually put his toys away. Then he had kids of his own. Watching Natalie and Cody play with their collections renewed Marshall’s interest in the Danishmade building blocks, and he found himself feeling confused and conflicted when they set their bricks aside to pursue more mature interests. His childhood bricks, combined with those of his children, formed quite a collection, and he couldn’t bring himself to let go of it. “I was feeling kind of weird about it,” Marshall recently said of his peculiar predilection. “I didn’t really tell a lot of people that I had a whole bedroom just for my Lego collection.” Marshall was especially reluctant to discuss his hobby with his co-workers, as he was—and still is—a sergeant and civil division supervisor at the Butte County Sheriff’s Office. Then, one fateful day in 2010, a report on a Sunday morning news magazine show brought him to terms with his offbeat hobby. “They did a profile on AFOLs—Adult Fans of Lego,” Marshall said. “I realized this wasn’t just something I should just be doing privately and inwardly; that there are other adults who play with these toys. I recognized that I was an AFOL, and that I wanted to be

Detail from Greg Reeves’ “city,” measuring 40-by-90 inches total. PHOTO BY GREG REEVES

a part of this culture.” Marshall immediately began amassing a collection that today numbers an estimated half-million pieces. Along the way he also began selling Lego sets and pieces on Craigslist, eBay, and at conventions where AFOLs gathered, such as the Bricks by the Bay and Bricks Cascade (sponsored by the Bay Area Lego Users Group, or BayLUG, and the Portland Lego Users Group, or PortLUG, respectively). Two years ago, Marshall started a proper online Lego store called Bryan’s Bricks, and last November opened a storefront with the same name at Redwood Towers on West Eighth Avenue. The physical store is open only on weekends or by appointment until Marshall retires from the BCSO in December. “My goal has always been to make enough money to open a brick-and-mortar store … pun intended,” Marshall said. “The mail-order business reached the point that there was Lego product in the living room, the bedroom, the kitchen, everywhere. My wife, Rana, has always been supportive, but she got tired of having them all over the house and underfoot, and said it was time for

Bryan Marshall plans to devote more time to his Lego store, Bryan’s Bricks, when he retires from the Butte County Sheriff’s Office in December. PHOTO BY JOHN DOMOGMA

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me to rent a space.” Marshall said Bryan’s Bricks is doing brisk business, split roughly even between online and in-store sales. The space also serves as the de facto headquarters of ChicoLUG, which meets there monthly. He’s also had some unexpected customers, like several mechanical engineering students from Chico State. “They were given a small Lego motor and assigned to build a working model of a mineshaft recovery vehicle that would travel down a shaft, deliver a payload and then return to the surface, and it had to be built entirely out of Lego pieces,” he said. The students came in with prototypes made on a 3-D printer and asked him to help match Lego pieces to their design, and invited him to sit in on class when they debuted their vehicles. “It was fun to watch,” he said. “I saw everything from a speedy, successful recovery to one that fell straight down the shaft and shattered to pieces.

As Marshall embraced his AFOL status, grew his collection

and started slinging bricks to other fanatics, he also began meeting like-minded locals who would form ChicoLUG. In 2011, he went to a yard sale to buy five storage bins filled with Lego pieces, and there he met Jayson Denman, a science teacher at Sycamore Middle School in Gridley who not only collects Lego pieces, but also incorporates them into his curriculum. The pair ended up splitting the bins and became fast friends. Soon after, at a Lego convention in San Jose, the pair met James Smith. Together, the three would found ChicoLUG. Smith is the most veteran AFOL in the group, having emerged from his “Dark Ages” (a term used to describe the period of time when a person packs away his or her Lego pieces in favor of other pursuits) in 2001, when he Get connected: Bryan’s Bricks is located at bought the Hogwarts Express train, 932 W. eighth ave., Ste. g. from the Harry Potter series, to run 521-2938. around the family Christmas tree. Bricks 4 Kidz is located at Smith is a computer programmer 1141 forest ave., Ste. 40. whose Lego specialty is using the 332-9172. company’s Mindstorm system of for more information motors and microcomputers to make on the chico Lego users his creations move. A former member group, search chicoLug on facebook.

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of BayLUG, Smith has won several awards at Lego conventions for his “Goofy Trains”—locomotives that don’t just move around a track but also have moving pistons, propellers, whirligigs and other machinery built into each car. Marshall also discovered a fellow Lego lover closer than he expected. Sgt. Greg Reeves has been with the BCSO for 21 years and not only works in the civil division alongside Marshall, but also will fill Marshall’s shoes as supervisor when he retires. Reeves said he started collecting Lego about eight years ago to build cities to fly his radio-controlled helicopter through: “The helicopter crashed and broke into a million pieces, but I kept up with the Lego.” Marshall explained that, for the time being, ChicoLUG is not recognized by The Lego Group, as “official” LUGs must have at least 20 members and host at least three public events a year. Recognized LUGs receive support from the company in the form of promotions and free products. The Chico Lego scene also got a boost with the 2014 opening of Bricks 4 Kidz, a Lego-centric daycare, kids’ camp and play space that recently moved to Forest Avenue from Walnut Street. Bricks 4 Kidz owners Dave and Linda Phelps invited the growing ChicoLUG group to meet at their original storefront, and remain involved. Bricks 4 Kidz sponsored a Brick Builderz Festival at the Boys and Girls Club in Chico in May 2015, which gave kids a chance to show off their creations and also served as ChicoLUG’s coming-out party, as the group assembled a 30-foot display for the occasion. Smith noted the event helped attract several new members. Both new and old members were eager to participate in another public display, which led club member Nick Rosemann—a self-proclaimed lover of “all things nerdy” and a Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. delivery driver—to arrange the Chico Collectors Show in April. With a $1 admission fee, the event raised about $800 for Chico youth rugby.

“One day I asked [Marshall’s] daughter what her dad was up to, and she said, ‘I don’t know, probably home playing with his Legos.’” Rosell was ecstatic; he said he’d recently asked his son, “You done with your Legos? OK, they’re mine now,” and was looking for someone to play with. The assembled members offered insight into what ChicoLUG does. Of course, there’s club business to attend to, and members sometimes bring in builds-in-progress to show off and/or get tips. They also play Lego-centric games, like “Lego No Lego,” in which one member reveals a building block and the members have to guess if it is a true Lego piece or a knockoff, like those made by Mega Bloks. The ChicoLUG members do not like Lego knockoffs and went on a tangent about how they should be disposed of—filling potholes with them was one suggestion.

’’I’ve been playing with Legos my

whole life,” mechanic and ChicoLUG member Scott Wenberg declared recently at Bryan’s Bricks, where several members of the group met to discuss their love of Lego. “I have a very large collection and a very understanding wife.” The other members present, including Marshall, Reeves, Rosemann and Smith, laughed and began razzing Wenberg about putting an “S” at the end of Lego. Some AFOL’s also avoid the word “play” when describing what they do with the bricks, favoring more mature-sounding verbiage like “build” or “engineer.” But the ChicoLUG group is not as dogmatic and more focused on fun, the members said. “I’m going to be 36 next month, and I still play with my Legos,” Wenberg said. “I have no shame in getting down on the floor, pushing cars around and making motor sounds with my mouth.” Wenberg was introduced to the group through Rosemann, whom he bought 80 pounds of bricks from off Craigslist. Also present at Bryan’s Bricks was George Rosell, who explained he and Marshall were acquaintances—their wives were good friends—before they discovered their shared interest in Lego.

(Above) Scott Wenberg’s Lego collection fills two rooms of his home. “ChicoLUG isn’t competitive at all,” he said, before adding in a hushed voice, “but mine’s probably the biggest.” photo By John domogma

(Right) ChicoLUG displays feature many moving parts, such as trains, other vehicles and carnival rides. photo courteSy of greg reeveS

“Sometimes the 12-year-old parts of our brains will come up with an idea, like, ‘Hey guys, how about train jousting?’” Smith said. “Then we’ll do it … build trains ridden by minifigs with weapons and then crash them into each other until they break into pieces.” Another time, the group raced motorized AT-AT Star Wars vehicles across the room. As charming as a bunch of adults, and particularly middle-aged men, getting on the ground to play with toys together is, ChicoLUG really shines at public showings, which offer a rare opportunity to showcase their collections and creativity.

Putting together massive Lego dioramas

like the one at the Chico Collectors Show is far from child’s play, the members explained. “I don’t even know how to estimate the amount of time that went into the whole thing,” Wenberg said of the display. “My part was roughly 8-by-12 feet, and a lot of the elements have been sitting on display in my Lego room for years ... it takes a lot to take multiple sets that look cool sitting on a shelf, like a car and a building, then tie them together somehow. Then you’re also taking things Lego designed and putting it together with things you design yourself.” Wenberg noted some individual creations evolve and develop over time. Smith, for example, has been perfecting and updating his Goofy Trains for 15 years. Big layouts are generally built at home over the course of weeks or months, and then there’s the problem of transporting the fragile creations (hardcore Lego fans never use glue to hold pieces together). To accomplish this, the builders take photos of their creations from different angles and create a “plate map” (plates are the large flat pieces that serve as foundations for Lego creations) before breaking them into smaller components. Once transported to the site, it’s time for reassembly. “At the April show, we had six hours to set up and most of us were still adding final touches when the doors opened,” Wenberg said. “I was still building really late, so I just threw a tub of minifigs at George and Greg and said, ‘Go to town.’” (Left) Nick Rosemann, Bryan Marshall, Greg Reeves and Scott Wenberg share a laugh during a ChicoLUG meeting. Photo by John Domogma

The placement of minifigs is very important. Many adult Lego users are fond of hiding “Easter eggs” throughout their dioramas—funny little scenarios, some of which are specifically directed at adults. Reeves, as a sheriff, is fond of putting firemen in foolish situations. A campground area of the April display featured a Bigfoot minifig hiding behind a tree and taking a picture of a hiker. The list goes on and on. The group is currently getting ready for its next show, to be held in December. The whole display is based on a Winter Wonderland theme, which has members scrambling online and in Marshall’s store to find the proper pieces. “I’m kind of like the mercantile owner during the Gold Rush, because I’m the only one who makes any money from all these guys’ Lego obsessions,” Marshall quipped.

Several of the ChicoLUG

members half-jokingly said that being part of a club helps legitimize their obsession to loved ones (called NLSOs, or non Lego significant others, by some AFOLs). They also said the revelation that they collect and build with Lego bricks is generally well-received. “When I say I play with Lego, most people just kind of say, ‘That’s awesome,’” Rosell said. “I think a whole lot of adults want to play with them. Some people use their kids as an excuse.” All of the members spoke of Lego as a shared childhood and cultural experience that most Americans today can relate

Scott Wenberg made this model of fellow ChicoLUG member Greg Reeves, one of two BCSO deputies involved in the group of adult Lego fans. Photo courtesy of greg reeves

to. The bricks are nothing short of iconic, perhaps now more than ever with the popularity of The Lego Movie and several new Lego-brand video games (there have actually been 64 released since 1997). Each of the ChicoLUG members also noted the therapeutic value of the toys, with many saying they turn to the bricks to destress. Rosell said he finds the act of sorting bricks while watching TV meditative, while others build when they need a pick-me-up. Marshall said Lego has helped him through his long career at the sheriff’s office, which has included stints on the SWAT Team and as a sexual assault/child abuse detective. “In a job where you rarely see the outcome, it is nice to have a hobby that allows me to be constructive and see the end product and the joy it brings to a wide spectrum of people,” he said. Most of the ChicoLUG members agreed that joy is the greatest payoff, and that there’s nothing like watching the faces of children and adults as they take in the displays. Wenberg was the only one to disagree on that point. “Doing the show was a lot of fun, and it was really surprising and satisfying to watch the kids’ reactions,” he said, “but I really do it for me. “I have this strong personal connection, like Legos have always been a part of my life,” he said, stumbling over his words before finding the best way to explain himself. He stopped speaking, stuck his arm into a 6-inch-deep mass of bricks piled on his sorting table and moved his arm through it, creating a whooshing sound most people would find instantly recognizable, even if they haven’t touched a Lego in 20 years. “That sound, man … there’s just nothing like it.” Ω

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Reviewing a fresh batch of albums by Chico artists Part One – Sex Hogs II “Rock ’n’ roll is dead” is a popular slogan these days, typically used by outof-touch windbags who don’t know how to use Google. Imagine presenting one of these boobs with the new cassette release from Chico duo Sex Hogs II. Sure, there might be some initial confusion over the album’s title, Part One, but once the guitar fuzz, tambourine clang and sax skronk of opener “Surfin’ the Lake” hit their ears, they’d have no choice but to eat their words with a side of crow, followed by a slice of humble pie. The album is filled with rip-roaring rock ’n’ roll numbers like the Mudhoney stomp of “Kissing” and “Blood in the Dirt” and the Detroit R&B of “Pigtails,” which includes another sexy sax solo. Except for when Sax Hog makes a guest appearance, Sex Hogs II make a big racket with only Guitar Hog (Johnny Meehan of Michelin Embers) and Drum Hog (Nate Daly, previously of Albuquerque garage rockers The Scrams). This is rock ’n’ roll. And it’s alive and well. Available at sexhogs.bandcamp.com

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Stronger than the Earth – Max Minardi On his first full-length studio album, Stronger than the Earth, Chico musician Max Minardi adds to his reputation for singing dreamy cover tunes in local bars and cafes by crafting 11 original and mostly acoustic songs full of sweet melodies. There are some classic uptempo Americana tunes with lyrics that explore love and heartbreak—“Spring and Tangerines” (“The devil said, ‘Son, I could give you peace/You’ll find love when you fall asleep,’” and “Growing Old” (“When my open arms are empty at the end of every day/I’ll take love where I can find it, I’ll do it anyway”)—each driven by a shuffling country-ish rhythm. And two of the more distinct songs on the album take that diverse musicality even further: “Doing Wrong” blends deep drum beats with a throwback countryguitar twang, and the classic-sounding love song “Give All You’ve Got” makes its point with the addition of piano and beautiful violins. One of the more enjoyable surprises on the album is a duet featuring Minardi and fellow local musician Pat Hull on the poppy, toe-tapping “Seasons.” All together, a well-produced showcase of Minardi’s songwriting chops. Available at cdbaby.com/cd/ maxminardi5

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San Francisco – Kyle Williams With a little coloring outside the lines on his latest release, San Francisco, the anonymity of Kyle Williams ought to soon become a thing of the past. The Chico troubadour has teamed up with local musician Chris Keene (Surrogate) in the producer/engineer/collaborator seat, with Keene playing most every instrument that’s not acoustic guitar or ukulele. Hallmarks of Keene’s production techniques pock the sonic real estate of San Francisco, most immediately on “I Can’t Wait,” with its plodding keys, layers of fuzzy bass and dynamic shifts in tone. These accoutrements in tow, Williams’ typically strong songwriting is given an extra push, enhancing the nuances of his craft in strokes of avantgarde pop to go along with his folk roots. “Last Time” revels in a radio-ready miasma, Williams’ sunbaked tenor cooing in just the right timbre for a hot summer party, no matter what your mood. The partnership forged between Williams and Keene here is about as mutually beneficial as it gets. Available at cdbaby.com/ cd/kylewilliams14

—Ryan J. Prado

the day of the year on which the action in James Joyce’s Ulysses takes place. With food, Guinness on tap, readings, dramatic performances and music by the Celtic Knights of the Sea. Th, 6/16, 7:30pm. $20. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St., (530) 895-3749, www.blueroomtheatre.com.

PARTY IN THE PARK: Weekly outdoor concert with live music, vendors, dance acts and more. This week’s band: Stillwater Savage. Th through 8/25. Paradise Community Park, Black Olive Drive in Paradise, (530) 872-6291.

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

Music JAMES MCMURTRY: KZFR presents Americana/folk artist James McMurtry and his band for an outdoor show celebrating his new album, Celebrated Game. Food and drinks for sale. Bring blankets or lawn chairs. Max Gomez opens. Th, 6/16, 7pm. $25 (Chico Paper Company, www.brownpapertickets.com). End of Normal, 2500 Estes Road, (530) 895-0706.

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themed movie. Pillows/bean bag chairs encouraged but not required. Third F of every month, 6:30pm. $10/first child, $6/additional children (same family). Butte Humane Society Education Center, 2156 Pillsbury Road Ste. 160, (530) 343-7917.

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

FRIDAY NIGHT CONCERTS: Weekly, outdoor concerts at City Plaza. This week: The Fritz (Salsa/Latin/rock). F, 6-7:30pm through 9/9. Free. Chico City Plaza, downtown Chico.

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

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THE DROWSY CHAPERONE: This musical comedy

POETRY READING: Shared words and refresh-

tells the story of pampered Broadway starlet and her fiance. Th-Sa, 7:30pm & Su, 2pm through 6/26. $16-$22. Chico Theater Company, 166-F Eaton Road, (530) 894-3282, www.chicotheatercompany.com.

RAPTURE, BLISTER, BURN: After grad school, Gwen built a family, Catherine a career. Twenty years later, each thinks the other chose a better life. Feminism takes a sharp look at itself in this comedic play. Th-Sa, 7:30pm & Su, 2pm through 6/26. $12-$18. Theatre on the Ridge Playhouse, 3735 Neal Road in Paradise, (530) 877-5760, www.totr.org.

ments. Third Th of every month, 6:30pm. Free. The Bookstore, 118 Main St.

FRI

Special Events COMEDIAN KEITH LOWELL JENSEN: It’s comedy happy hour with Sac-based comedian Keith Lowell Jensen. F, 6/17, 6-8pm. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave., (530) 343-4915.

HAPPY TAILS MOVIE NIGHT: Drop the kids off for a

MUSICAL CHAIRS Saturday, June 18 ARC Pavilion

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couple hours of fun, pizza and an animal

RAPTURE, BLISTER, BURN: See Thursday. Theatre on the Ridge Playhouse, 3735 Neal Road in Paradise, (530) 877-5760, www.totr.org.

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Special Events CAR SHOW & FOOD-TRUCK RALLY: An open-house party at MACE Performance, with cars on show and food-trucks serving grub. Sa, 6/18, 10am-2pm. Free ($15-$20 to show car). MACE Performance Inc, 345 Huss Drive, (530) 5400414.

DRAGOPOLIS: “The future of drag” show hosted by Claudette de Versailles. All entertainers welcome to perform. Third Sa of every month, 10pm. $3. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave., (530) 343-4915.

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THE DROWSY CHAPERONE: See Thursday. Chico

SLOW THEATRE READING: Slow Theatre reads

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

from Sam Holcrofts script, Rules for Iving. M,

6/20, 7-8:30pm. The Bookstore, 118 Main St.

RAPTURE, BLISTER, BURN: See Thursday. Theatre on the Ridge Playhouse, 3735 Neal Road in Paradise, (530) 877-5760, www.totr.org.

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Special Events BREAKFAST & BAKE SALE: Oroville’s Fraternal Order of Eagles hosts a country breakfast and bake sale. Su, 6/19, 7:30-11am. $6.50. Eagles Hall, 2010 Montgomery St. in Oroville, (530) 403-0859, www.orovillefoe.com.

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

RAPTURE, BLISTER, BURN: See Thursday. Theatre on the Ridge Playhouse, 3735 Neal Road in Paradise, (530) 877-5760, www.totr.org.

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Special Events YOUR M.O.M. COMEDY NIGHT: Weekly open-mic comedy with 20 open slots. Sign-ups start at 8pm. M, 9pm through 8/29. No cover. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave., (530) 3434915.

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Special Events GLEANING SUMMER FRUIT: Fruit will be shared with GRUB gleaning team and distributed to local food pantries. Meet at parking lot at One-Mile pool, south side. Contact GRUB at 342-1995 for more info. Tu, 6/21, 9am-noon. One Mile Recreation Area, Bidwell Park.

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Special Events STAND-UP COMEDY SHOWCASE: The area’s top stand-up comics perform alongside those trying their hand at comedy for the first time. Sign-ups begin at 8pm. Hosted by Jason Allen. W, 9pm. Free. Studio Inn Cocktail Lounge, 2582 Esplanade, (530) 343-0662.

Music CAROLYN WONDERLAND: The dance floor will definitely be open in the Big Room when the Houston-based blues singer and her band hit the stage. W, 6/22, 7:30pm. $20. Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., 1075 E. 20th St., (530) 892-4647, www.sierranevada.com.

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HOW BIG IS OUR SOLAR SYSTEM?: Explore the size and scale of our solar system as we learn about planets and their position in relation to one another. Sa, 6/18, 1-3pm. Free (with museum admission). Gateway Science Museum, 625 Esplanade, www.csuchico.edu /gateway.

MOONLIGHT FLOAT WITH KZFR: A three-hour paddle/fundraiser on Lake Oroville with KZFR programmers and listeners. Kayaks, canoes, stand-up paddle boards available for rent. BYO food/beverage. Sa, 6/18, 6pm. $25/per person (includes equipment), $20 (if you bring your own). North Forebay Aquatic Center, Garden Drive in Oroville, (530) 538-2200.

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IN BLOOM The tradition continues as the Blue Room Theatre celebrates Bloomsday, the day of the year on which Leopold Bloom’s odyssey takes place in James Joyce’s magnum opus Ulysses. As always there will be great food, Guinness on tap, readings from the novel, dramatic performances, and music by the Celtic Knights of the Sea. Tonight, June 16 (of course).

MUSICAL CHAIRS: And auction of locally created chairs-as-art that benefits the North State Symphony. Dinner, no-host bar and live entertainment. Sa, 6/18, 7-10pm. $25 (Zucchini & Vine, www.northstatesymphony.org). Arc Pavilion, 2040 Park Ave., (530) 898-5984, www.northstatesymphony.org.

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Photographs by Tom Hedge, original photographs capturing the wonder of nature nd architecture by local artist Tom Hedge are on display in the Social Hall. Through 6/30, 10am4pm. 789 Bille Road in Paradise, (530) 877-5673.

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Frighten Me, Boz Schurr explores her personal paths taken in the past 10 years in this new mural installation. Through 6/25. 820 Broadway St., (530) 343-1973.

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North State artists present watercolor works. Through 7/1. 450 Orange St., (530) 895-8726, www.chicoartcenter.com.

ELLIS ART & ENGINEERING SUPPLIES: Broken

Color, paintings by Jon Shult. Through 6/30. 122 Broadway St., (530) 891-0335, www.ellis hasit.com.

GREAT NORTHERN COFFEE: Saints of the Sea, Muir Hughes’ new acrylic works exploring mythic aspects of the sea. Through 6/30. 434 Orange St., (530) 895-8726.

HEALING ART GALLERY: Works by Susan Caron Proctor. The Healing Art Gallery features Northern California artists touched by cancer. Through 7/15. 265 Cohasset Road inside Enloe Cancer Center, (530) 332-3856.

JAMES SNIDLE FINE ARTS & APPRAISALS:

Summer Show, the collages of Michael Mew. Through 8/17. 254 E. Fourth St., (530) 343-2930, www.jamessnidlefinearts.com.

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Through 10/31. 1250 Esplanade, (530) 894-3463, www.redtavern.com.

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SALLY DIMAS ART GALLERY: Summer Color, new watercolor and pastel work by by Sally Dimas and clay creations by Retta Wilmarth. Through 6/28. 493 East Ave., (530) 345-3063.

today for information on registering for this fall’s Open Studios Art Tour. Chico Art Center, 450 Orange St., (530) 895-8726, www.chicoartcenter.com.

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

CHICO CREEK NATURE CENTER: Banding by Day

and Night, a close look at birds in hand with incredible detail. 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.

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

VALENE L. SMITH MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY:

Fired Earth: Beauty and Tradition in Asian Ceramics, 2,000 years of Far Eastern creativity and ingenuity will be showcased through ceramic art. Through 7/31. Meriam Library Complex Chico State.

MUSIC

IN THE MIX Ragin’ in Paradise with Rhonda Vincent and crew. PHOTO BY DALE PRICE

Will Julianna Barwick Dead Oceans We’re without a doubt in a time of instant gratification, with little patience for much beyond immediate pop hooks. It’s a shame, because there’s so much to be found in music that grows, like the songs of Julianna Barwick, which by their synth/vocal-looping definition are consistently growing melodically and texturally to great ethereal heights. With heavy reverb and vocals that often reflect mood more than lyrical message, Barwick’s songs can feel as though they’re rising from the deepest bed of the ocean. Her newest, Will, delves deeper into those dark turfs; distinct piano bass lines and synth (“See, Know” and “Nebula”) rise with Barwick’s falsetto rounds, like iridescent breaking waves. Songs like “Someway” seem to expand rather than build, feeling like they might rest in ambient territory all while subtly taking on a realized shape. Do yourself a favor and put in some time.

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Rave-up on the Ridge

—Robin Bacior

A night of world-class bluegrass of Bluegrass” and Dhertheband“Queen in Paradise last Saturday riving up the Skyway to see

(June 11), I couldn’t help but anticipate a fantastic display of by musicianship Carey Wilson and vocal talent. But I also wondered how the ensemble’s Review: acoustic music Rhonda Vincent & would sound in The Rage, Saturday, June 11, Paradise a big hall driven Performing Arts through a PA Center. system. I needn’t have worried about sound quality. Although traditional bluegrass is intricate acoustic music, ideally suited to intimate settings that don’t require electric amplification, the designers of the Paradise Performing Arts Center created a space that can accommodate 762 people and make it seem as cozy as a large living room, with a sound system that gives every note of every instrument and voice a crystalline clarity that eases rather than assaults the ears. In other words, it was an ideal setting for Rhonda Vincent & The Rage to present their brand of modern bluegrass, which incorporates bluegrass arrangements of popular country hits, gospel songs and original compositions. Starting off with the high-energy rush of “Bluegrass Express,” the

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sextet (supplemented at times by Vincent’s daughter Sally Berry on acoustic guitar) immediately established its prowess at interweaving instrumental and vocal harmonies. Vincent, who does most lead vocals and plays mandolin, possesses a clear, strong voice that rides and glides above the swirling mix of Brent Burke’s dobro, Hunter Berry’s fiddle, Mickey Harris’ upright bass, Aaron McDaris’ banjo and Josh Williams’ acoustic guitar. Vincent is justifiably proud of her band, saying between songs that she’s “so honored to get to play with these world-class musicians.” And she lets them prove it by featuring individual band members on songs of their own. Guitarist Williams’ lead vocal on “Prodigal Son” conveyed a Southern mountain music vibe perfectly complemented by Vincent and the other band members’ harmony vocals, and enhanced by the melancholy chiming of McDaris’ banjo. Another highlight was Sally Berry’s rendition of Merle Haggard’s classic country lament “I’m a Lonesome Fugitive,” played at a lively tempo with husband Hunter’s fiddle riding the melody, counterpointed by Burke and McDaris’ telepathic interplay of dobro and banjo. That interplay also transformed Van Morrison’s “Crazy Love” from its original

slow testimonial to a sprightly number that brought out the mix of joy and melancholy embodied in its lyrics. Staying in 1970s mode, Vincent sang Randy VanWarmer’s 1979 country-pop hit “Just When I Needed You Most,” featuring a melody that allowed her to beautifully demonstrate the high end of her vocal range. The evening wouldn’t have been complete without a fiddle breakdown, and Berry’s solo turn, “Son Drop In,” gave the audience a foot-stomping, hand-clapping, whoop-inducing few minutes of down-home fun. Likewise, vocal harmonies also required a featured moment and the a cappella gospel number “Promised Land,” with Vincent on lead vocal and the rest of the band supporting her with layered harmonies over a dynamic range of volume and melody. Staying well within tradition, Vincent sang Ernest Tubb’s hardcore lover’s (and drinker’s) lament “Nails in My Coffin,” with conviction: “I’m just drivin’ nails in my coffin every time I drink a bottle of booze/I’m just drivin’ nails in my coffin, drivin’ nails over you.” And the band’s musical fire on the number seemed to inspire and infuse another instrumental highlight, McDaris’ featured song, “All About the Banjo,” which filled the arts center with energy and embodied everything a bluegrass rave-up requires. □

Former Chico MC Doc Prop has teamed up with New York-born producer Kazma Attack to form Project Grizzly. And the L.A. duo’s first collaboration, Project Grizzly EP, is a six-track sonic experiment matching Doc Prop’s up-tempo rhyme style and doubled-up vocals against the sometimes grimy, always haunting beats that Kazma Attack provides. Doc Prop’s rhyme patterns and quick, complex delivery (most evident on “Grizzle”) are a respectful nod to Nor Cal pioneers like E-40 and Brotha Lynch Hung. The haunting backdrop of “Oasis” sounds like the soundtrack to a scary movie, bringing to mind a scene with a character standing alone in a forest at night—at once serene/safe and vulnerable/scary. On the hectic album closer, “Lab Rats,” Kazma Attack provides a dirty EDMesque beat layered with staccato hi-hats and oozing with distorted washes of noise (sounding like a fuzzed-out accordion in places). The driving, frantic beat provides great nervous energy for Doc Prop’s manic lyrics: “Running around in a maze/Running around in a maze of insanity.” Bananas!

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—Mazi Noble

I Hear You Arbor Labor Union Sub Pop Seattle’s venerated Sup Pop Records’ latest signing, Georgia sonic mudslingers Arbor Labor Union, is a throwback to the heady period in the late-1980s that birthed the genre of grunge. Think Southern Rock that doesn’t suck (sorry, Allman Brothers)—by way of cheap beer, lava lamps, claustrophobic humidity and isolated dirt roads to nowhere—and you’ll be halfway to grasping what Arbor Labor Union is all about. The other half is, of course, loud guitars, thundering and rumbling over one another, with riffs grinding and tearing at the belly of the beast. All songs on I Hear You are mid-tempo with plenty of room for the guitars to stretch out. Album highlight “Radiant Mountain Road” takes tight, brawny chords driven by a gunshot snare down a hypnotic expressway to your skull.

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Celebrated Game. Food and drinks for sale. Bring blankets or lawn chairs. Max Gomez opens. Th, 6/16, 7pm. $25 (Chico Paper Company, www.brown papertickets.com). End of Normal, 2500 Estes Road, (530) 895-0706.

DEVOLL, SWAY, SOCORRO: An all-localrock triple bill for Friday night summer fun. F, 6/17, 9pm. $7. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave., (530) 343-4915.

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

FOREIGNER UNAUTHORIZED: Cover band. F, 6/17, 9:30pm. $5. Feather Falls Casino Brewing Co., 3 Alverda Drive in Oroville, (530) 533-3885, www.feather fallscasino.com/brewing-co.

ROBERT KARCH AND LARRY LAMBERT DUO: Jazz and pop selections on the

patio. Th, 6/16, 6:30-9:30pm. No Cover. Grana, 198 E. Second St., (530) 8092304, www.granachico.com.

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.

Cyborg Octopus made even more huge with the addition of locals Burial Grounds, Surrounded by Giants and The Deprived. Th, 6/16, 7pm. $7. 1078 Gallery, 820 Broadway St., (530) 343-1973.

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AARON RICH & FRIENDS: Country music round-robin. First and Third Th of every month, 9pm. Free. Crazy Horse

Saloon, 303 Main St., (530) 894-5408, www.facebook.com/crazyhorsesaloon.

Collective-produced live-music video series continues with an intimate performance with the local pop-rockers. Th, 6/16, 7:30pm. $7. Energy Plant Arts, 2961 Hwy. 32 #57 Warehouse in Gasoline Alley, (530) 570-0320.

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

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JAMES MCMURTRY: KZFR presents

FRIDAY NIGHT CONCERTS: Weekly, outdoor concerts at City Plaza. This week: The Fritz (Salsa/Latin/rock). F, 6-7:30pm through 9/9. Free. Chico City Plaza, downtown Chico.

BASSMINT: A weekly bass music party with a rotating cast of local and regional producers and DJs. Check with venue for details. F, 9:30pm. Peking Chinese Restaurant, 243 W. Second St., (530) 895-3888.

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

COMEDIAN KEITH LOWELL JENSEN: It’s comedy happy hour with Sac-based comedian Keith Lowell Jensen. F, 6/17, 6-8pm. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave., (530) 343-4915. invades Monstros from all directions—the north (Dark/Light), the south (Cruz Radical), and from within

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Former Chico pop-rock crew Hot Mess left town to make a name for itself in Nashville. While there, the band changed its name to Stereosparks, and the principal players—Storey and Marcus Anderson—are back in town, backed by members of Bogg, and back on local stages for the first time in five years for two shows in two nights: Tonight, June 16, at Energy Plant Studios for a live filming of the latest installment of the Energy Plant Sessions, and Friday, June 17, for a grand production at the Chico Women’s Club with comedian John Ross opening.

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BLUES NIGHT: Live weekly blues music from local musicians. Tu. Italian Garden, 6929 Skyway in Paradise, (530) 876-9988.

LAZERWOLF, TEAM SKINS, & FRIENDS:

(HED)P.E. & THE VEER UNION: G-funk hiphop meets metal with So-Cal’s (Hed)p.e. on tour with Vancouver, Canada, alt-rockers The Veer Union. First Decree, Esoteric and Death Rattle open. Sa, 6/18, 7pm. $12. Lost on Main, 319 Main St., (530) 693-0864.

LEGAL ADDICTION: Classic rock, R&B, and country favorites. Sa, 6/18, 8:30pm. no cover. Feather Falls Casino - Bow & Arrow Lounge, 3 Alverda Drive in Oroville, (530) 533-3885, www.feather fallscasino.com.

SEMI-ACOUSTIC MUSIC SHOWCASE: A benefit for Chico schools, hosted by Keith Kendall & Friends. Sa, 5-9pm. Free. Scotty’s Landing, 12609 River Road, (530) 710-2020.

SPAZMATICS: Eighties new-wave show. Sa, 6/18, 9:30pm. $5. Feather Falls

Things are going to get hectic as local progressive crews Lazerwolf and Team Skins welcome like-minded dudes from S.F., Roland. Tu, 6/21, 8pm. $7. 1078 Gallery, 820 Broadway St., (530) 343-1973.

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

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BLUES JAM AT RAMADA: Amps and drums provided. Please bring your instruments or drums sticks. W, 6/22, 6-10pm. No cover. Ramada Plaza Hotel, 685 Manzanita Ct., (530) 345-2491, www.morasounds.com.

CAROLYN WONDERLAND: W, 6/22, 7:30pm. $20. Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., 1075 E. 20th St., (530) 892-4647, www.sierra nevada.com.

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favorites. W, 6:30-9:30pm through 8/31. Italian Garden, 6929 Skyway in Paradise, (530) 876-9988.

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by Carey Robinson and friends. W. Farm Star Pizza, 2359 Esplanade, (530) 343-2056, www.farmstarpizza.com.

OPEN MIC MUSIC NIGHTS: Local musicians 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.

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The latest musical comedy/drama by Irish director/screenwriter John Carney (Once) tells the story of a 14-year-old boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s who tries to impress a girl by inviting her to be in his band’s music video, which means he has to start an actual band. Pageant Theatre. Rated PG-13.

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Tit doesn’t on the edges of A Bigger Splash, but really take shape until the

here’s a kind of murder mystery lurking

later portions of the film, by which time it’s become evident that this film’s most by compelling mysterJuan-Carlos ies have to do with Selznick quandaries of human character, especially as revealed in the four volatile, attractive, erratic people who are the story’s chief figures. A Bigger Splash The murder mysends tonight, june 16. Starring Tilda Swinton, tery, such as it is, only Ralph Fiennes, Dakota flirts with a convenjohnson and Matthias tional resolution, and Schoenaerts. Directed concentrates instead by Luca Guadagnino. Pageant Theatre. on the motives, reacRated R. tions and deceptions

of the main four, each of whom is arguably an instigator and a not entirely innocent bystander as well. In the meantime, Luca Guadagnino’s film takes equally formidable shape as an exquisitely atmospheric summertime movie. The Sicilian settings, the sun-splashed cinematography, and the leisurely pacing cast a languorous spell, but there’s nothing lazy about A Bigger Splash. The film’s pleasures (and those of its characters) never really get to rest easy once the central four are in each other’s agitated company. The four in question include a pop singer named Marianne (mercurial Tilda Swinton, who also starred in Guadagnino’s superb I Am Love) and a documentary filmmaker named Paul (Matthias Schoenaerts), who are more or less in hiding at a remote seaside house. He is a recovering alcoholic and she is

recuperating from throat surgery, and both of them carry signs of other wounds, emotional and physical. Their uneasy seaside idyll is unsettled by the sudden arrival of the manic Harry Hawkes (Ralph Fiennes), Marianne’s ex-husband and friend to Paul. Hawkes is both unwelcome and unavoidable, and his fawning attention to Penelope (Dakota Johnson), a near-adult daughter whom he has only recently met, further complicates the foursome’s half-acknowledged crossfire of emotions. Guadagnino gets good multifaceted performances from all four of the principal players. Swinton in particular adds to her extraordinary gallery of unique characterizations. And Fiennes is brilliant with the obnoxious amiability of Hawkes, a frantic and desperate manipulator who seems to be both unbearable and irresistible in almost equal portions. □

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The Conjuring 2

The paranormal-investigating couple (Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson) are now on the scene of an evil presence haunting a single mom and her four kids in their London home. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R.

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Maggie’s Plan

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Warcraft

David Bowie’s son Duncan Jones (Moon) co-wrote and directed this fantasy/action film adaptation of the wildly popular video game series about the ongoing battles between humans and orcs. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

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For a while, it looks as though the most appealing character in

The Lobster might be a dog named Bob. Plus, the most suspenseful element might be mostly a matter of wondering when a top-billed Rachel Weisz will finally appear onscreen. And then there’s the matter of Colin Farrell, also top-billed, looking dimwitted and paunchy, and not at all buff and heroic. But none of these rather conventional worries should be a reason for avoiding this dry-humored dystopian satire with its resolutely unconventional take on love, marriage, romance and comic entertainment. Bob, for instance, seems “human” in ways that most of the movie’s humans do not. And Weisz is present right from the start, as a narrating voice, but we won’t really 30

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appreciate that until her character’s arrival as an onscreen force in the story. Most important, perhaps, Farrell’s heroically unheroic portrayal of a divorced plodder named Dave is right at the heart of whatever romance is left in the world of this drolly anti-romantic picture. And in its moody way, it just might be one of the best performances this actor has given in movies so far. Writer-director Yorgos Lanthimos and co-writer Efthymis Filippou build their satire on the idea of a couples-only world in which unmarried adults are required to find a partner of the opposite sex or suffer the penalty of being transformed into the animal of their choice. Dave’s choice, for odd reasons that are probably to his credit, is a lobster (hence the film’s title). But before any of that can happen, he discovers the Short Sighted Woman (Weisz) among the Loners, the militant solitaries who do armed battle with the couples-only forces seeking to hunt them down. Farrell’s Dave and the Weisz character cross battle lines to make common cause. Peculiar satirical complications ensue. □

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early. The wine—dry, rosy-hued, and made with zinfandel grapes most years (the current release is made with cabernet sauvignon grapes)—has sold well, for pink wines have caught on among American wine drinkers. Perhaps it’s inevitable that the odds would be stacked against a wine colored like cotton candy. Resembling white zinfandel hasn’t helped rosés, either. While white zins are the third most popular wine in America (after chardonnay and merlot), they are also soda-sweet and reviled by most of the winedrinking elite and not-quite-elite, and thus have had a dampening effect on dry pink wines. Rosés have been enjoyed in Europe, however, for at least 2,000 years, since the style first appeared in the scrubby oak-andolive hills of southern France. The traditional French rosé is dry and crisp, with aromatic suggestions of strawberry, watermelon and cream. Popular Provencal examples include the Domaine Tempier Bandol and the Pomponette Rosé Aix en Provence. For those wanting to buy closer to home, many California rosés capture this style, including Sonoma’s Bedrock Wine Co.’s Ode to Lulu California rosé, the backbone of which is the Mourvedre grape; the light Summer Water rosé out of Napa (made in partnership with Yes Way Rosé, the Instagram and e-commerce brainchild of a couple of rosé-championing women from New York); and the local rosés of LaRocca and Bertagna Son Kissed Vineyards, both of which have adhered to French styles using alternative choices of grapes. And in Vina, the New Clairvaux Vineyard now produces a syrah rosé. For a slightly different take, Mumm Napa has infused Champagne-style bubbles into pink wine for their brut rosé, a popular choice for using in summer cocktails. □

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months will be a favorable time to boost your skills as a cagey warrior. I don’t mean you should push people around and get into lots of fights. Rather, the goal is for you to harness your aggressiveness constructively and to wield your willpower with maximum grace. In the face of fear, you will not just be brave, but brave and crafty. You’ll refrain from forcing storylines to unfold before they’re ready, and you’ll rely on strategy and good timing instead of brute strength and the decree “Because I said so.” Now study this counsel from the ancient Chinese statesman Zhuge Liang, also known as Crouching Dragon: “The wise win before they fight, while the ignorant fight to win.”

TAURUS (April 20-May 20):

Everything you do in the coming days should be imbued with the intention of enhancing the Flow. It’s high time to identify where the energy is stuck, and then get it unstuck. You have a sacred mandate to relieve the congestion … to relax the tweaks … to unravel the snarls if you can, or simply cut through them if necessary. You don’t need to tell anyone about your secret agenda. Just go about your business with zealous diligence and unflagging purpose. If it takes more effort than you wished, so be it. If your progress seems maddeningly gradual, keep the faith.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): My

long-term predictions for the next 15 months are a blend of hopeful optimism and a reasonable interpretation of the astrological omens. Here we go: (1) You will have an excellent chance to smooth and soothe the rough spots in your romantic karma. (2) You will outgrow any addiction you might have to frustrating connections. (3) Unrequited love will either be requited, or else you’ll become bored with the futile chase and move on. (4) You’ll be challenged to either refresh and reinvent an existing intimacy, or else get shrewd enough not to repeat past mistakes in a new intimacy. (5) You will have an abundance of good ideas about how to install the theme of smart fun at the heart of your strongest alliances.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Author

Courttia Newland quotes the preSocratic philosopher Meno: “How will you go about finding the thing the nature of which is totally unknown to you?” In response to this riddle, Newland riffs on what it means to him: “Even more important than the journey itself, is the venture into the unknowable. The ability to find comfort moving forwards without quite knowing where you are going.” I nominate these to be your words to live by in the coming days, Cancerian. Have open-hearted fun as you go in search of mysterious and impossible secrets! I’m confident you will track them down— especially if you’re willing to be lost.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Your homework

is to write a story about the life you’re going to live between now and next April. The length of this predictive tale should be at least three pages, although it’s fine if you produce more. Here are some meditations to lubricate the flow of your imagination. (1) What three questions would you love to have answered during the next 42 weeks? (2) Of the numerous adventures that might be fun to explore, which are the two that would be most consistently energizing? (3) What is the one thing you’d most like to change about your attitude or revamp about your life? (4) What new privilege will you have earned by April 2017?

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): According

to an old Chinese proverb, if you want to get rich, you must have a nickname. My meditations on your future suggest that this curious formula may have some validity. The next 15 months will be a favorable time to attend to the groundwork that will ultimately increase your wealth. And your luck in doing this work is likely to be oddly good if you add a frisky tweak to your identity—such as a zesty new

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): During

the next 15 months, you will have an unprecedented chance to materialize a fantasy you’ve harbored for years. Essential to your efforts will be a capacity to summon more ambition than you ever have before. I’m not talking about the grubby self-promotion that typically passes for ambition, however. Arrogant self-importance and selfish posturing will not be part of your winning formula. Rather, the kind of ambition I’m referring to is a soaring aspiration that seeks the best and highest not just for yourself but for everyone whose life you touch. I mean the holy hunger that drives you to express impeccable integrity as you seek to master the tasks you came to Earth to accomplish. Get started!

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21): Have you ever made a fool of yourself while trying to fulfill your deepest yearnings? I hope so. If you haven’t, your yearnings probably aren’t deep enough. Most of us, on multiple occasions, have pursued our longings for connection with such unruly intensity that we have made foggy decisions and engaged in questionable behavior. That’s the weird news. The good news is that now and then, the impulse to leave our safety zone in a quest to quench our deepest yearnings can actually make us smarter and more effective. I believe this is one of those times for you.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):

During the next 13 months, what can you do to enhance your ability to be the boss of yourself? What practices can you engage in on a daily basis that will build your potency and authority and clout? How can you gain access to more of the helpers and resources you need to carry out your life’s master plan? These are excellent questions to ask yourself every day between now and July 2017. It’s time to find or create your ultimate power spot.

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The English

word “catharsis” is derived from the ancient Greek katharsis, which was a technical medical term that meant “purgation” or “purification,” as in flushing out the bowels. Aristotle converted katharsis into a metaphor that described how a drama performed in the theater could “clean out” the emotions of spectators. These days, catharsis may refer to any event that precipitates a psycho-spiritual renewal by building up and then releasing tension. I foresee at least one of these strenuous blessings in your immediate future.

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JOSEPH ANTHONY ALLEN 5 Moraga Dr Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: JOEY ALLEN Dated: May 13, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0000662 Published: May 26, June 2,9,16, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as STUDIO 641 H at 641 Nord Ave Ste H Chico, CA 95926. DANIEL LEE BEEBE 1468 Manzanita Ave Unit 1 Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: DANIEL BEEBE Dated: May 19, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0000676 Published: May 26, June 2,9,16, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as ECO TREE SERVICE at 107 Eden Canyon Rd Berry Creek, CA 95916. KLYDE WILLIAM CHIVRELL 582 Eden Canyon Rd Berry Creek, CA 95916. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: KLYDE CHIVRELL Dated: April 20, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0000543 Published: May 26, June 2,9,16, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as CHICO DRILLING at 35 Jessica Way Cohasset, CA 95973. CHICO CONSTRUCTION INC 35 Jessica Way Cohasset, CA 95973. This business is conducted by a Corporation. Signed: BOEGE LINGEMANN, PRESIDENT Dated: May 5, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0000622 Published: May 26, June 2,9.16. 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as ALL N 1 CELLULAR at 240 West East Avenue Suite B Chico, CA 95926. DAVID AFSHARZADEH 3027 Monticello Lane #C Chico, CA 95973. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: DAVID AFSHARZADEH Dated: May 23, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0000687 Published: May 26, June 2,9,16, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as MANUFACTURER CONTRACT BUYING, MCB at 6 Williamsburg Lane Chico, CA 95926. RESTAURANT BUYING GROUP 6 Williamsburg Lane Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by a Corporation. Signed: ANGELA MULLINS, SECRETARY Dated: May 12, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0000653 Published: June 2,9,16,23, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as HEROES CORNER at 1380 East Ave. #116 Chico, CA 95926. MAXFIELD CONNERLY BENTON 1301 Sheridan Ave. Apt. 87 Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: MAXFIELD BENTON Dated: May 11, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0000646 Published: June 2,9,16,23, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as THUNDER VOLLEYBALL CAMPS at 4 Chads Place Chico, CA 95928. CHARLES LEE ROY JOHNSON JR 4 Chads Place Chico, CA 95928. MOLLY CANE LEX 4 Chads Place Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by a Joint Venture. Signed: MOLLY LEX Dated: May 12, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0000650 Published: June 2,9,16,23, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as CHICO GARAGE DOORS at 1080 E Lassen Ave. Apt. 78 Chico, CA 95973. JACOB JOHN ARMINTROUT 1080 E Lassen Ave. Apt. 78 Chico, CA 95973. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: JACOB JOH ARMINTROUT Dated: May 26, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0000709 Published: June 2,9,16,23, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as EASY BREEZY PC REPAIR at 1850 Humboldt Rd #29 Chico, CA 95928. JACOB HOPKINS 1850 Humboldt Rd #29 Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: JACOB W HOPKINS Dated: May 25, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0000702 Published: June 9,16,23,30, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as EXPERTS IN YOUR HOME at 1750 Humboldt Road Chico, CA 95928. HIGNELL INCORPORATED 1750 Humboldt Road Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by a Corporation. Signed: PHILIP LARIOS, PRESIDENT Dated: May 19, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0000669 Published: June 9,16,23,30, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as BIDWELL H20, SACRAMENTO VALLEY BOTTLED WATER at 419 Ivy St Chico, CA 95928. ROBERT SMITH

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1256 Vallombrosa Ave Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: ROBERT SMITH Dated: May 25, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0000701 Published: June 9,16,23,30, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as OROVILLE BASSMASTERS at 853 E 7th St Chico, CA 95928. JAMES R SORENSEN 853 E 7th St Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: JAMES R SORENSEN Dated: May 27, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0000711 Published: June 9,16,23,30, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as EARTHLY GOOD, EARTHLY GOOD GRANOLA at 10 San Ramon Dr Chico, CA 95973. TINA MCDERMOTT 10 San Ramon Dr Chico, CA 95973. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: TINA MCDERMOTT Dated: May 27, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0000712 Published: June 9,16,23,30, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as RETIREMENT SOLUTIONS NETWORK, LLC at 2732 Pillsbury Rd Chico, CA 95973. RETIREMENT SOLUTIONS NETWORK, LLC 2732 Pillsbury Rd Chico, CA 95973. This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company. Signed: RICHARD MESA, MEMBER Dated: May 2, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0000601 Published: June 9,16,23,30, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as FIRST CALL TOWING AND RECOVERY at 3035 Cohasset Chico, CA 95973. HALEY BANNISTER 3035 Cohasset Chico, CA 95973. DALLAS KISER 3035 Cohasset Chico, CA 95973. This business is conducted by Copartners. Signed: DALLAS KISER Dated: May 25, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0000705 Published: June 9,16,23,30, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as HUDSON’S at 2760 Esplanade Chico, CA 95973. CHRISTIAN MICHAEL STEINBACH 437 Paseo Companerous St Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by an Individual.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as WILDFLOWER SALON at 2995 Esplanade Ste 101 Chico, CA 95973. BRIELYN LEDFORD 28 Lawnwood Drive Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: BRIELYN LEDFORD Dated: May 4, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0000616 Published: June 9,16,23,30, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as CSC PARTNERS at 619 W. East Avenue Chico, CA 95926. PHYLLIS CULLIN MD 1437 Kilauea Suite 103 Hilo, HI 96720. JANICE HAZELHURST 716 Serrano Court Chico, CA 95928. DANIEL THOMAS MD 260 Wild Rose Circle Chico, CA 95973. This business is conducted by a General Partnership. Signed: DANIEL THOMAS MD Dated: May 19, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0000680 Published: June 9,16,23,30, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as CARPORT WEATHER SHIELD at 3794 Keefer Rd Chico, CA 95973. BRENT LEE HEINZ 3794 Keefer Rd Chico, CA 95973. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: BRENT HEINZ Dated: June 10, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0000751 Published: June 16,23,30, July 7, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME - STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT The following persons have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name HEROES CORNER GAMES AND MERCHANDISE at 2055 Amanda Way Unit 1 Chico, CA 95928. ANTHONY TYRUS BENNETT 2055 Amanda Way Unit 1 Chico, CA 95928. CARLA MARIA BENNETT 2055 Amanda Way Unit 1 Chico, CA 95928. This business was conducted by a Married Couple. Signed: CARLA BENNETT Dated: May 11, 2016 FBN Number: 2013-0000065 Published: June 16,23,30, July 7, 2016

NOTICES NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE JAMES W. BAKER aka JAMES WILLIAM BAKER To all heirs and beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: JAMES W. BAKER aka JAMES WILLIAM BAKER A Petition for Probate

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has been filed by: WANDA N. HOISINGTON in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte. The Petition for Probate requests that: WANDA N. HOISINGTON 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: June 28, 2016 Time: 9:00a.m. Dept: C-18 Address of the court: Superior Court of California County of Butte 1775 Concord Ave. Chico, CA 95926. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for petitioner: RAOUL J. LECLERC P.O. Drawer 111, Oroville, CA 95965 (530) 533-5661 Case Number: 16PR00102 Published: June 9,16,23, 2016

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE ROSEMARY PORTER To all heirs and beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: ROSEMARY PORTER A Petition for Probate has been filed by: ALEXIS R. PORTER in the Superior Court of

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California, County of Butte. The Petition for Probate requests that: ALEXIS R. PORTER be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: July 12, 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 personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for petitioner: NICOLE R. PLOTTEL 3120 Cohasset Rd., Ste. 10 Chico, CA 95973 (530) 893-2882 Case Number: 16PR00152 Published: June 9,16,23, 2016

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF BULK SALE (Secs 6101-6107 U.C.C.) 1.Notice is hereby given to creditors of the within named seller(s) that a bulk sale is about to be made of the assets described below: 2.The name(s) and business address of the seller(s) are: THOMAS CLARK HOFFMAN AND KATHY JANTZ-HOFFMAN P.O. Box 626 Hamilton City, CA 95951. 3.The location in California of the chief executive office of the seller is (if “same as above” so state): 7544 Cutting Avenue, Orland, CA 95963 4.The name(s) and business address of the buyer(s) are:

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PERRY D. FOX AND MELISSA DUNCAN P.O. Box 6706 Chico, CA 9927. 5.The business name used by the seller(s) at said location is: CAPAY STORE aka CAPAY MARKET aka CAPAYS aka CAPAY’S RESTAURANT AND DELI Escrow Holder: BIDWELL TITLE & ESCROW CO. 500 Wall Street, Chico, CA 95928 ESCROW OFFICER: Becky Schroer Order No. 00254629-002 DATE OF ANTICIPATED SALE: July 1, 2016 LAST DAY TO FILE CLAIMS: June 30, 2016 Notice is hereby given that Transferor intends to make a BULK SALE of the assets of the above described Business to Transferee including all stock in trade, furniture and equipment used in the said Business, to be consummated at the office of Escrow Holder at the time of consummation or thereafter. Creditors of the Transferor may file claims with the Escrow Holder on or before the last day to file claims stated above. This sale is subject to Sec. 61066107 of the California Commercial Code. Transferor has used the following business names and addresses within last three years so far as known to Transferee: None Dated: June 10, 2016 Published: June 16, 2016

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner MARTH ELLEN REECE filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: MARTHA ELLEN REECE Proposed name: MOSS ELIN RHYS 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: July 15, 2016 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: MICHAEL P. CANDELA Dated: June 2, 2016 Case Number: 16CV00342 Published: June 16,23,30, July 7, 2016

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner SARA KRISTEN HAMMONS filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: SARA KRISTEN HAMMONS Proposed name: SARA KRISTEN SETZFANT 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

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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: July 15, 2016 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: MICHAEL P. CANDELA Dated: June 2, 2016 Case Number: 16CV00806 Published: June 16,23,30, July 7, 2016

SUMMONS SUMMONS NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: JASON L. WALLS; DOES 1-10 YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: KALI S. GRECH DBA GREEN STREET LAW GROUP 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. 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 Ave. Chico, CA 95928 The name, address and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: M. BROOKS HOUGHTON SBN 042050 JOSEPH L. SELBY - SBN 249546 2607 Forest Ave., Suite 130 Chico, CA 95928 (530) 343-0100 Dated: August 17, 2015 Signed: KIMBERLY FLENER Case Number: 164694 Published: June 2,9,16,23, 2016

SUMMONS NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: DANIEL C. BAUGH BAYLESS B. BAUGH; DENNIS A. JOHANSEN; T.E. MECHEN aka T. E. MECHEM; HELENE A. MECHEN aka HELENE A. MECHEM; LAWRENCE KENT BROWN, Surviving Trustee of the Kent King Brown Survivors Trust established under The Kent King Brown and Dorothy Jane Brown 1993 Trust:; MANUEL F. MATEUS; JUILETTE MATEUS, aka JULIETTE MATEUS; PHILIP R. PEARL; BONNIE P. PEARL; WILLIAM JENKINS; JAMES FOWLER; EVELYN C. FOWLER; ROBERT S. LEFFLER; RITA M. LEFFLER; MARY SIMMONS, CAROLE ALLISON STONE AND PATRICIA LOUISE VON FLOWTOW, Trustees of the Alfred J. Puetz Living Trust dated February 2, 1990; DANIEL C. BAUGH believed to be deceased, and the testate and intestate successors of DANIEL C. BAUGH and all persons claiming by, through or under such person; BAYLESS B. BAUGH believed to be deceased, and the testate and intestate successors of BAYLESS B. BAUGH all persons claiming by, through or under such person; T.E. MECHEN, aka T.E. MECHEM believed to be deceased, and the testate and intestate successors of T.E. MECHEN, aka T.E.MECHEM and all Persons claiming by, through or under such person; MANUEL F. MATEUS believed to be deceased, and the testate and intestate successors of MANUEL F. MATEUS and all persons claiming by, through or under such person; JAMES FOWLER believed to be deceased, and the testate and intestate successors of JAMES FOWLER and all persons claiming by, through or under such person ; EVELYN C. FOWLER believed to be deceased, and the testate and intestate successors of EVELYN C. FOWLER and all persons claiming by, through or under such person; ROBERT S. LEFFLER believed to be deceased, and the testate and intestate successors of ROBERT S. LEFFLER and all persons claiming by, through or under such person; and all persons unknown, cliaming any legal or equitable right, title, estate, lien, or interest in the property described in the Complaint adverse to plaintiff’s title, or any cloud on plaintiff’s title thereto, and DOES 1 THROUGH 10, INCLUSIVE 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

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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, 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 This action affects title to specific real property identified in the pleading as situated in the Unincorporated Area, County of Butte, California, and is more particularly described as: PARCEL ONE: THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 34 AND ALL THAT PORTION OF THE SOUTH HALF OF THE SOUTH HALF OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 35 LYING WEST OF THE WESTERLY LINE OF THAT PARCEL OF LAND DESCRIBED IN THAT CERTAIN DEED FROM JAMES G. NISBET, ET UX, TO GUY C. EARL, ET UX, DATED MAY 25, 1917 AND RECORDED MAY 29, 1917 IN BOOK 163 OF DEEDS, AT PAGE 241, RECORDS OF BUTTE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, ALL IN TOWNSHIP 21 NORTH, RANGE 4 EAST, M.D. B. & M. EXCEPTING THEREFROM ALL THAT PORTION LYING WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PARCEL OF LAND: A PORTION OF THE SOUTH HALF OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 35, TOWNSHIP 21 NORTH, RANGE 4 EAST, M.D.B. & M., SAID PORTION BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE SOUTH LINE OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 35, FROM WHICH POINT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID NORTHWEST QUARTER BEARS SOUTH 89˚04’32” WEST, 1411.96 FEET; THENCE FROM SAID APOINT OF BEGINNING, NORTH 07˚31’47” WEST, 175.72 FEET; THENCE NORTH 23˚34’49” WEST, 1220.98 FEET TO THE NORTH LINE OF THE SOUTH HALF OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 35; THENCE ALONG SAID NORTH LINE, NORTH 89˚38’17” EAST, 759.54 FEEET TO THE WESTERLY LINE OF THAT CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND DESCRIBED IN THE DEED FROM JAMES G. NISBET, ET UX, TO GUY C. EARL, ET UX, DATED MAY 25,

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1917 AND RECORDED MAY 29, 1917, IN BOOK 163 OF DEEDS, AT PAGE 241, RECORDS OF BUTTE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA; THENCE LEAVING SAID NORTH LINE, ALONG THE WESTERLY LINE OF LAND SO CONVEYED, SOUTH 13˚14’19” EAST, 1324.33 FEEET TO THE SOUTH LINE OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 35; THENCE ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE, SOUTH 89˚04’32” WEST, 551.41 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. AP NO’S. 041-370-045; 041-390-024 PARCEL TWO: THE SOUTH HALF OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER AND THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 34, TOWNSHIP 21 NORTH, RANGE 4 EAST, M.D.B. & M. APN NO’S. 041-370-044 Published: June 2,9,16,23, 2016 SUMMONS NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: JENNIFER E ANDERSON 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. (530) 343-0100 Dated: April 8, 2015 Signed: KIMBERLY FLENER Case Number: 164141 Published: June 9,16,23,30, 2016

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A guy walks into a bar and says, “I sold my house today. Gimme a beer, barkeep!” He downed the beer. “Another beer, barkeep,” said the guy. He exhaled and belched, and looked around the bar. His eyes settled unsteadily on my real estate mentor, KDV, and me seated in a booth a few feet away, engaged in a Friday happy-hour business meeting. “Congratulations, my friend,” said KDV. “You’ve accomplished a minor miracle.” “What’s that supposed to mean?” asked the guy. His faced darkened in apparent offense.

343 ROE ROAD An AMAZING PLACE TO CALL HOME! The large, in ground pool has newly Gunite surfacing and decking. 3 car garage. RV parking. Fenced backyard. Storage shed. Beautiful view across the valley. Lg. laundry room. Open kitchen. New granite counter tops. Sink skylights. Huge pantry. Formal dining room, red oak floors, cozy fireplace. Large bonus room downstairs w/ a half bath, a grand master bedroom.

“You have kissed all the frogs one must kiss to reach the finish line of the race we know as escrow.” The guy’s face relaxed a little. He brought his glass to our table, sat down and with a loopy grin, drank two more beers.

“I sure had some finicky buyers,” he slurred. “Good thing they didn’t find out about the rattlesnakes in the barn and under the sheds.” KDV and I exchanged a knowing look. The guy should have disclosed the rattlesnakes to his buyer. Ironically, we had attended a seminar earlier in the week entitled “Disclosure Dilemmas” on that very subject. “Sounds like you had a disclosure dilemma, my friend,” said KDV. “By the way, where is that house you sold?” When he blurted the location of his house we exchanged another knowing look. An agent in our office sold that place. Later, I said to KDV, “Now that we know about those snakes, do we have any responsibility to tell anyone?” “As they say,” said KDV, “we know too much. You and I, my brother, are on the horns of a dilemma.”

PRICE $ 445,000

Provided by doug Love, Sales Manager at Century 21 Jeffries Lydon. email escrowgo@aol.com, or call 530-680-0817.

Amber Blood @530-570-4747 | Ad#836 PA16064550

Open Houses & Listings are online at: www.century21JeffriesLydon.com 1/3 ACRE LOT WITH A VIEW

Super charming close to Park

Mountain Oaks Estates Lower Pentz Rd, Paradise

In-law unit, shop, barn updated home all on an acre park like setting.

$94,500

Lots for sale starting at

Kim Finlan (530) 518-8453 • CalBRE#01963545

New Orchard Listing!

SO $204,900

Great location in Orland with a large house with a pool, shop, and manzanilla olive orchard. 20 beautiful acres!

$599,000

GARRETT FRENCH

Alice Zeissler | 530.518.1872

TOWN

PRICE

BR/BA

Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico

$539,999 $487,000 $403,000 $375,000 $367,000 $350,500 $350,000 $350,000 $335,000 $320,000 $315,000

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

SQ. FT. 2,577 1,235 2,603 2,209 1,717 1,594 1,247 1,862 1,662 1,498 1,669

EMMETT JACOBI

530.228.1305 • GarrettFrenchHomes.com

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

Homes Sold Last Week ADDRESS

$255K

$679,000

$67,500

3 Catalina Point Rd 4959 Starflower Ln 1 Blanqueta Ct 1001 Carlos Pl 2371 England St 1175 East Ave 889 E 7Th St 3201 Carlsbad Ct 1568 Hawthorne Ave 2989 Sandi Dr 604 Brookwood Way

COMING SOON!

4 Bed, 2 Bath, 1550 sq’ Fresh paint inside and out. Priced to sell!

Cell 530.519.6333 • emmettjacobi.com

Sponsored by Century 21 Jeffries Lydon ADDRESS

TOWN

PRICE

BR/BA

SQ. FT.

184 E 2Nd Ave 2575 White Ave 6 Benton Ave 69 Lexington Dr 1279 Pennisue Way 2734 Duffy Dr 3776 Rodgers Ave 13657 Garner Ln 790 Eastwood Ave 11 Westminster Ct 1001 Windsor Way

Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico

$305,000 $282,500 $281,000 $281,000 $279,500 $275,000 $275,000 $274,500 $271,500 $267,500 $235,000

3/2 4/2 3/2 3/2 3/2 3/2 3/2 3/3 3/2 3/2 3/2

1,280 1,731 1,522 1,535 1,290 1,497 1,287 1,744 1,306 1,234 1,124

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30 Yr vA: 3.250% fiXed

GRANITE COUNTERS, laminate floor + new carpet, 2-car garage, fruit trees! 2 bed/2 bth, 953 sq ft ............. $239,000 POOL, 3 bed/2 bth, 1,346 sq ft newer home, open floor plan .......................................................................... $289,000 Large lot, end of a cul de sac, 3-car garage, plus 3 bed/3 bth, 2,119 sq ft nice home! .................................... $379,000 Durham schools, 3 bed/2 bth, 1,948 sq ft, 1-ac, ............................................................................. $279,900 Durham fenced 10 acres with cottage, shop, barn ................................................................................ $549,000 Ag zoning, 6.78 acs, vineyard, stunning home, 5,000 +, income producing, + shops too ...............................$1,295,000 Senior Mobile in Park, 2 bed/2 bth, 960 sq ft ....................................................................$18,900 DING Club, Executive styled duplex, 5bed/6bth, 3,900 sqft, with huge Rv garage/shop .....$650,000 Butte CreekPEN Country DING PENnear Adorable home Park, 3 bed/1 bth, 1,008 sq ft POOL! ......................................................................... $259,000 PENDING Senior Community, gorgeous kitchen + other amenities 3bed/2 bth, 1,424 sq ft ......................................... $304,500 DING PEN View! Gated, stunning 3 bed/2 bth, 2,724 sq ft. 1.8 acs ............................................................................. $599,000

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40ac, North Chico zoned AG/Res. $118,000 2ac building lots $57,500 1 bed 1 bath, 913 sqft. $135,000 5 ac lot. Owner carry $49,000

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The following houses were sold in Butte County by real estate agents or private parties during the week of May 30, 2016 – june 3, 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

555 Vallombrosa Ave 2

Chico

$185,000

2/1

909

TOWN

PRICE

BR/BA

SQ. FT.

6215 Salk Ct

Magalia

$214,000

3/2

116 Commonwealth Ct

Chico

$140,500

3/2

1,663

1,598

6132 Guilford Cir

Magalia

$124,727

2/2

988 E 16Th St

Chico

$120,000

1/1

913

1,105

78 Brookdale Ct

Oroville

$190,000

4/2

2176 Bidwell Ave

Chico

$110,000

3/2

1,400

1,836

6628 Lincoln Blvd

Oroville

$145,000

3/1

354 Sandy Cove Dr

Chico

$103,000

1,415

3/2

1,904

2024 Stanford Ave

Oroville

$135,000

3/1

1041 Cherry St 4

Chico

1,035

$90,000

2/1

805

4514 Sierra Del Sol

Paradise

$468,000

4/4

9390 Holland Ave

2,747

Durham

$320,000

4/3

2,210

1437 Country Oak Dr

Paradise

$320,000

3/2

1,882

1072 Sage St

Gridley

$172,000

3/1

1,152

8561 Skyway

Paradise

$265,000

3/2

1,626

381 Locust St

Gridley

$162,500

3/2

1,211

6327 Lucky John Rd

Paradise

$150,000

2/2

884

1431 Vermont St

Gridley

$160,000

2/1

1,103

5360 S Libby Rd

Paradise

$145,000

2/1

1,136

890 Idaho St

Gridley

$135,000

2/1

1,546

7500 Skyway

Paradise

$132,000

2/1

840

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SQ. FT.

ADDRESS

Of Paradise

Of Chico

1834 mangrove

6635 clark rD

530.896.9300

530.872.5880

serving all of butte county paraDise–magalia chico aDDress

city

bD/ba

sq. ft

price

agent/phone

aDDress

city

bD/ba

sq. ft

price

agent/phone

4409 Sierra Del Sol

PARA

Land

13,068

$49,000

Kandice Rickson/872-5892

6623 162 HY

WLLS

3/2

1,000

$115,000

Vickie Miller/809-4590

14278 Sinclair CR

MAGA

3/2

1,440

$119,000

Rhonda Maehl/873-7640

3 Hidden Grove CT

CHIC

4/3

2,326

$505,000

Lugar/Contreres/896-9333

13941 Cascade DR

MAGA

2/2

1,232

$125,200

Julie Rolls/872-5880

7 Hidden Grove CT

CHIC

4/3

2,308

$507,500

Lugar/Contreres/896-9333

3622 Connie CR #D

PARA

2/2

1,224

$144,000

Rhonda Maehl/873-7650

372 Circlewood DR

PARA

3/2

1,239

$228,000

Tim Marble/896-9350

1564 Hemlock LN

PARA

2/1

1,044

$149,000

Nikki Sanders/872-5889

1807 Wisteria LN

CHIC

3/2

1,808

$395,000

Laffins Team/809-4594

569 Rustic LN

PARA

2/1

840

$159,000

Heidi Wright/872-5890

109 Cedar Rdg Ct.

COHA

5/3

3,019

$349,800

Tim Marble/896-9350

6212 Kilgord CT

MAGA

3/2

1,920

$169,900

Rhonda Maehl/873-7640

1361 Greenwich Dr.

CHIC

3/3

1,447

$299,000

Dan Bosch/896-9330

14519 Carnegie RD

MAGA

2/2

1,257

$176,000

Jamie McDaniel/872-5891

374 Honey Run Rd.

CHIC

4/3

3,315

$1,150,000

Laffins Team/809-4594

1043 Central Park

PARA

3/1

1,413

$184,950

Brian Voigt/514-2901

1291 Glenshire Ln

CHIC

3/2

1,854

$269,000

Laffins Team/809-4594

1486 Terry LN

PARA

4/2

2,176

$185,000

Julie Rolls/872-5880

1174 E 7th ST

CHIC

3/4

2,525

$639,000

Depa Team/896-9339

5970 Sawmill

PARA

3/2

1,127

$209,000

Susan Doyle/877-7733

1362 Manzanita Av.

CHIC

3/1

1,118

$249,000

Depa Team/896-9339

5995 Peck LN

PARA

3/2

1,088

$212,500

Julie Rolls/872-5880

5900 Oakmore Dr.

PARA

2/2

1,715

$238,900

Tim Marble/896-9350

1630 Arcadian AV

CHIC

3/3

1,283

$214,900

Julie Rolls/872-5880

1215 Joy Way

WLLS

3/3

1,405

$349,000

Vickie Miller/809-4590

14712 Julliard CT

MAGA

3/2

1,680

$239,500

Kandice Rickson/872-5892

274 Tranquil Dr.

PARA

4/3

3,028

$375,950

Laffins Team/809-4594

718 Winding WY

PARA

3/2

1,577

$286,000

Christina Souther/520-1032

2155 Robailey Dr.

CHIC

3/2

1,475

$309,900

Debbie Ziemke/896-9353

1877 Norwood DR

PARA

3/2

2,328

$286,750

Brian Voigt/514-2901

1477 Flag Creek Rd.

OROV

3/2

1,250

$795,000

Depa Team/896-9339

1533 West DR

PARA

3/2

1,706

$389,900

Julie Rolls/872-5880

24865 Ellis St.

LMOL

3/2

1,624

$289,000

Vickie Miller/809-4590

4495 Sierra Del Sol

PARA

3/3

2,217

$399,000

Brian Voigt/514-2901

2332 Ritchie Cr

CHIC

4/3

1,959

$345,000

Mark Chrisco/896-9345

5061 Pentz RD

PARA

4/4

4,895

$415,000

Heidi Wright/872-5890

9937 Garden Creek

DURH

5/5

3,364

$675,000

Laffins Team/809-4594

5764 Hollis Hill DR

PARA

3/3

2,900

$464,000

Kandice Rickson/872-5892

2202 Robailey Dr.

CHIC

3/2

1,611

$304,500

Mark Chrisco/896-9345

13670 Bader Mine

PARA

4/4

4,800

$850,000

Brian Voigt/514-2901

1521 Sheridan Ave.

CHIC

3/2

999

$190,000

Depa Team/896-9339

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