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time to talk district elections During this election season, we want to encourage the candidates for Chico

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Act in good faith on scrap yard PStreet of the Chico Scrap Metal yard on East 20th has tended toward the emotional: “Pity the revious dialogue generated by the presence

poor school children breathing polluted air” and “Pity the poor business owner harassed by both neighbors and the city.”

Much of this rhetoric is pure exaggeration, which overwhelms the real concerns of a beleaguered Chapman neighborhood.

Among these concerns: Chico Scrap Metal (CSM) should never have been relocated to by East 20th Street adjacent to Ronald Angle Chapman Elementary School; the author and his the ambiance of East 20th family have been Street has changed dramatiresidents of cally over the years, especially the Chapman with the presence of the Sierra neighborhood since Nevada Brewing Co.; and with 1990. the creation of the ChapmanMulberry Neighborhood Plan, the neighbors had an expectation of CSM being relocated and its site being redeveloped.

Unfortunately, when the neighborhood plan was

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created, there was a much more level playing field.

Now, CSM has its own representative sitting on the Chico City Council and the conservative, probusiness sector has a majority on the council.

It is time to accept hard realities if all parties continue to remain at an impasse. One is that the conservatives have been on the short end of many council decisions in recent years. Now it is time for payback. And the irony of this is that the Chapman residents who are getting tossed aside cannot even vote for City Council members (we still reside in the county).

Another reality is that much of the scrap that comes in the front door of CSM comes from our own neighborhood. We have an ongoing problem with all things metal being stolen from our yards and outbuildings.

There is one win-win solution. The city of Chico must offer whatever is fair and necessary to relocate Chico Scrap Metal. And the Chapman-Mulberry Neighborhood Plan must be honored and considered binding. The plan was created in good faith. CSM agreed to relocate within a preset time frame. The current City Council must act now in good faith, no matter how painful it may be from an ideological perspective. □

City Council to discuss a local nonpartisan group’s push for districting.

For the uninitiated, there is a proposal calling for the city to be carved into seven districts, each with its own council seat (much like the Board of Supervisors).

The group, Districts for Chico, notes that the current citywide elections are prohibitively expensive for many candidates. They are also extremely partisan. As a result, there’s a lack of diversity and moderate representation on the panel. That’s because the only viable candidates are those who identify as either conservative (the majority for the past two years) or progressive. Being branded a right-winger or a leftie is the only way to fundraise adequately.

Case in point: Two years ago, newcomer Reanette Fillmer handily beat better qualified challengers. She did so by aligning herself with the conservative community and raising more than any other candidate, a whopping $47,000.

This year, the four incumbents are way ahead of the game when it comes to fundraising. Vice Mayor Sean Morgan, a conservative, has already taken in upward of $24,000, according to campaign disclosure statements filed with the City Clerk’s Office. He’s been building his war chest for more than a year, kicking things off with his so-called “Re-Election Round-Up” last July (see “Buzz-cut barbecue,” Second & Flume, July 30, 2015). Meanwhile, the coffers of the remaining three incumbents, all leftleaning, are somewhere in the $5,000 to $6,000 range.

For those just jumping into the race, that’s a lot of ground to make up (see Howard Hardee’s report on page 10). In fact, for those who aren’t well-connected, it’s an insurmountable obstacle. Districts would level the playing field as candidates would have to campaign only within their own boundaries. There are a number of other reasons to switch to this election process, and they are worth talking about.

The City Council had a chance to agendize discussion on the subject last fall. However, a majority shot down that idea. To her credit, Fillmer was in favor of learning more about the proposal. Out of the four members whose seats are up for grabs in November, only Tami Ritter voted to place it on the agenda. Heading into the general election, we cannot think of a better time to revisit this issue and put it up for substantive debate. □

Inspired In our environmental section this week, CN&R staffer Daniel Taylor writes

about a local almond farmer, Bill Graves, and the nonprofit he started, Green Planet Plastics (see “Ag gets greener,” Greenways, page 16).

Several years ago, confronted with a load of empty fertilizer containers and nowhere to put them but the landfill, Graves came up with a solution: Recycle them.

But it wasn’t that easy. That solution required research, planning, proposing his idea to the Butte County Board of Supervisors, and, ultimately, implementation. It’s safe to say all that hard work has paid off. In the six years since Green Planet Plastics began its recycling program at the Neal Road Recycling and Waste Facility, it’s diverted 600,000 pounds of plastic containers from the landfill. Moreover, local farmers can now unload those containers free of charge, rather than paying a dumping fee.

That’s most certainly a win-win.

The world is a little bit cleaner thanks to Graves. He cared enough to do something about the problem he faced—now, that’s inspiring. □

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by Melissa Daugherty m e l i s s a d @ n e w s r e v i e w. c o m

Much too far I just don’t get it when it comes to Donald Trump. I don’t see the appeal. I mean, that stuff about him being a straight shooter, a tellit-like-it-is realist—I don’t think so. What I see is demagoguery, and he’s gone too far yet again.

It was sickening the other night watching conservative commentators, especially journalistic embarrassment Sean Hannity, falling all over themselves to explain away Trump’s comments about gun owners snuffing out Hillary Clinton. Spinning Trump’s words to make them benign is the job of his handlers, not the media. Then again, Fox News is The Donald’s de facto campaign staff.

In case you’ve been living under a rock, Trump was talking about how Clinton is a threat to the Second Amendment. These are the words that actually came from his ugly pursed lips immediately thereafter: “By the way, and if she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks. Although the Second Amendment people—maybe there is, I don’t know.”

Was Trump encouraging gun owners to assassinate Clinton?

Probably not. Was what he said a joke? Probably. Was it reckless, irresponsible and sick? Absolutely.

Of course, despite the clear context of his comments, Trump has come up with an entirely implausible explanation—that he was referring to gun owners’ power as a voting bloc to defeat Clinton in the general election. “Give me a break,” he responded to questions about his intent.

Give him a break? Is he serious? Anyone who backs Trump on this is being intellectually dishonest. I mean, come on, this is his modus operandi. The man cannot contain his sociopathic rhetoric. He has no filter. And he’s delusional if he thinks a majority of Americans are stupid enough to buy his version of what those words meant.

Speaking of dishonesty, Trump’s once again playing up his narrative about the “dishonest media” being out to get him. What a tired trope. At this point, though, I cannot imagine anyone is going to fall for that. Truth is, Trump is his own worst enemy.

In the days to come, Clinton and her Green and Libertarian rivals are sure to peel off more prominent Republicans. The fallout is just beginning.

House Speaker Paul Ryan called Trump’s comments a joke gone bad. But perhaps the biggest indicator of Trump the liar comes from his own running mate, Mike Pence. When asked by a reporter whether he believed Trump was inferring violence toward Clinton, Pence stumbled. “Of course,” he said. He then corrected himself: “Of course not ...” Freudian slip. The vice-presidential candidate went on to parrot Trump’s stance.

While replaying his response over and over, it struck me. There’s the face of a man who’s lost all self-respect.

We need to start thinking about how we got to this place—how a reality-TV star is a major-party nominee. Trump’s rise to prominence, I believe, stems from the anti-intellectual philosophies adopted not only by the Republican Party but also now by many regular folk. He is the standard bearer for the movement, and the thought of him leading our country is terrifying. His latest comments only reinforce what Americans must do (that which the GOP refuses): Reject Trump and his culture of ignorance before it’s too late.

Melissa Daugherty is editor of the CN&R

Three on The Donald Re “Time to cut bait on Trump” (Editorial, Aug. 4): I completely agree with the editorial on Donald Trump, but I would like to say a word on his behalf.

Donald makes me laugh! I see him as a big buffoon, a cartoon character who never would have gotten this far if the media hadn’t helped him because his ridiculous antics are such profitable “entertainment.”

He is so good at being so bad that he has become the target of millions of people’s fears and anger. I think we need to see Donald differently— namely, as someone who needs our compassion because he is so mentally demented and deficient. In the teaching “A Course in Miracles,” it says that “attack begets attack,” so the more we vilify Donald, the worse he gets.

As the editorial stated, we do need to “disavow” him. But we should do so with mercy, not malice. I think we need to lighten up and pray for Donald.

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Your informative editorial put the finger on the terrible truth about Donald Trump. To paraphrase another journalist’s words, “He’s the pie that only our country could bake.”

I don’t think that Hillary Clinton, though, is the answer to that mess.

In fact, I sometimes think the Trump mess was deliberately fostered by right-wing conservative elements (who own most U.S. news outlets) to make sure Clinton would be the “last man standing.” It surely goes along with the neo-conservatives’ “winning through chaos” doctrine in their “Project for a New American Century.” And as secretary of state, Clinton certainly delivered on their regime-change mantras to attempt dominance, tragically bloody as it was, over the Middle East.

I think the political revolution we need now is to strengthen parties in opposition to the Republican/ Democratic “unfettered capitalism” monolith causing so much misery in the world today. The Green Party is where I’m going. The Libertarian Party is where a lot of good people I know are going.

We have options. We should take them.

Linda Furr Chico

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Questions on cameras Re “Coffee with the chief” (Second & Flume, by Melissa Daugherty, July 28): Part of the conversation CN&R Editor Melissa Daugherty had with Chico Police Chief Mike O’Brien was about cops with cameras and transparency. Generally speaking, police departments avoid transparency and accountability.

To the chief’s credit, he has always been open and receptive to meet with me and my cohorts.

If we are going to embrace community-oriented policing, we need and deserve a communitywide meeting on the police lapel cameras. Nothing but a full-blown discussion about cops, cameras, transparency and accountability will be acceptable.

There are many questions that need to be answered. We need to know exactly what the situation is going to look like—which type of cameras are going to be used.

Are they going to have visual and audio capabilities? Are all cops going to be required to use them?

Who decides when the cameras come on? If a cop approaches, can I demand the camera be turned on?

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A nation of immigrants Re “‘Oblivious to reality’” (Letters, Aug. 4): Mr. Esplanade, I believe it is you who are “oblivious to reality.”

I’m a 54-year-old white male, single parent of a 15-year-old.

His mother was Mexican. My grandparents came directly from Sweden, Denmark and Holland, and my paternal Grandma was half-Japanese, half-Luxembourger.

We are a nation of immigrants.

“Cultural erosion.” Really? Really?

Do you think crime, debt, inflation, overpopulation and “other” problems are caused by immigrants?

Are all the homeless people you see immigrants?

Donald Trump inherited his fortune and has been bankrupt numerous times, and he is the one “oblivious to reality.” So, Mr. Esplanade, please explain what “cultural erosion” means to me and my half-Mexican, half-white-Europart-Asian son. Where did your family come from? Unless you are Native American, they emigrated from somewhere. Does not matter when, either.

William Strom Chico

Go away, already Re “Familiar tunes” (Newslines,

by Howard Hardee, July 28): What a waste of time and resources! Just two months ago the voters of Butte County said “no” to more marijuana (measures G & H).

On Nov. 8, we will be voting on the Medical Cannabis Cultivation

Mike Stewart Bangor

Rebuttal time Re “Commentary comments” (Letters, by Sherri Quammen Aug. 4): Sherri Quammen sees environmental armageddon as a brutish beast with many testicles. Men are destroying the planet and women always wanted it some other way.

I agree. I’ve never met a woman who wanted roads, hot water heaters, automobiles, smartphones, cruise ships, air travel, bathrooms, kitchens, microwave ovens, schools, hospitals, diamonds, televisions, bridges, deodorant, air conditioning and a secure nest box (2,000 to 5,000 square feet) in which to hatch her eggs. If you meet such a woman, do let me know.

Conversely—and I put in my time working around earth-moving equipment—every man I met was excited as hell about destroying the planet. To a man, they insisted on having every material thing imaginable and complained that their saintly-stubborn, Luddite wives had to be forced into living the carbon-spewing American

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The president of the group backing this measure stated “we want to change the mindset away from eradication to regulation.”

To regulate this measure would be a monumental task. Enforcement would be impossible, a fact the backers are well aware of.

The members of the Butte County Board of Supervisors have to be sick of dealing with this issue. I’m sure they would like it to go away. However, they are just men, not wizards. It will be up to the voters to say “no.”

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I’m glad Quammen is on the case. Perhaps she’ll summon some goddess-like extraterrestrials that can make Jimmy Choo handbags and sneakers appear, with a magical absence of environmental impact—the way the mystical, ancient, all-seeing matriarchs said it should be done.

Patrick Newman Chico

Here’s a fix If our political systems cease to serve us properly and our religions become misinterpreted, don’t we have a patriotic and moral responsibility to fix them?

Capitalism without a conscience (Republican Party) or a socialist agenda (Democratic Party) does not represent what the founding of this country was based on.

If history repeats itself, the economies would have already collapsed and the war would be done. We would have started over by now. We are living on borrowed time instead.

Wouldn’t it make more sense that instead of paying taxes, we follow the golden rule and voluntarily give? We could use the Internet, newspapers, word of mouth to identify specific needs.

Then, without the need for leaders, we could use the concept of organized voluntarism to solve and provide for each legitimate need that arises.

No more bureaucracy, no more waste. Fulfilling the prophecies of the world’s great religions.

Nobody for president!

Cannabis exhibit Oakland Museum’s marijuana exhibit is worth visiting.

In the center section, a large glass case encloses mature marijuana plants. On the side of the case, different strains are mounted beneath magnifying glasses. Materials made of hemp are displayed: rope, cloth, edible, cooking oil, etc. An illustration depicts the mechanism by which cannabinoids affect the body. Cubicles surround the centerpiece. In one there is video of politicians condemning marijuana. Opposite the video are posted photographs and quotations from famous personalities praising or denouncing marijuana.

Visitors’ opinions are posted as well.

In an adjoining cubicle graphs and tables dramatically illustrate disproportionate incarceration of blacks and Hispanics, this despite the fact that many more whites use marijuana. A complementary exhibit contrasts states’ shockingly disparate penalties for convictions.

Next is a section documenting rigorous experimental research on purported therapeutic effects.

Visitor testimonials are also posted.

Hanging in another cubicle are sheets of plastic of different shapes and colors. By looking at and through these sheets one experiences visual effects similar to those resulting from ingestion of high concentrations of THC. The bookstore sells an excellent selection of books on marijuana. On Fridays, the museum stays open longer, affording opportunity to visit other exhibits as well.

William Todd-Mancillas Chico

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NEWSLINES DOWNSTROKE BLOOMIN’ ALGAE

A bloom of blue-green algae in Lake Oroville is nontoxic but should be avoided, according to the California Department of Water Resources (DWR).

Blue-green algae occurs naturally in the lake, said Eric See, an Oroville-based biologist with DWR. When it blooms in high concentration, it can produce a toxin that makes people sick. Recent testing shows that this bloom, in a remote section of the middle fork of the Feather River, isn’t currently dangerous.

“Nonetheless, people do boat in that area,” See said, “and we’re telling them to stay away from it—do not contact the green water.”

The bloom likely will dissipate in a few weeks. Meanwhile, DWR has posted cautionary signs at boat ramps and the Lake Oroville Marina. Similar warnings are posted at Lake Shasta, where testing revealed low concentrations of the dangerous neurotoxin anatoxin-a.

GOTHIC FUTURE

Plans to restore a 133-year-old historic Chico home will proceed despite the City Council’s refusal to waive any of nearly $22,000 in development fees, according to a contractor in charge of the restoration.

The building, currently located on West Fifth Street, was slated to be demolished until brothers Scott and Josh Hubbard agreed to move it to their property on Humboldt Avenue. The house is the last example of Gothic revival architecture left standing in Chico.

The Hubbards found impact fees would amount to about $22,000 rather than the $4,799 they were originally quoted. They appeared before the council last week requesting all but $5,000 of the fees be waived before development (i.e., demolition of the house) begins this month, but the council balked.

Contractor Joe Card confirmed this week that the Hubbards will move forward with the restoration.

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A Forbestown man who claimed to have been stabbed during a home invasion last weekend was actually attacked by his girlfriend, according to the Butte County Sheriff’s Office.

The stabbing victim told responding officers that four men entered his home early Sunday morning looking for “the stuff” before one of the men stabbed him. After the victim was taken to the hospital, an investigation by deputies revealed there was no attempted robbery and that his girlfriend, 36-year-old Grace Ball (pictured), allegedly stabbed him in the torso during an argument.

Ball was booked into Butte County Jail for assault with a deadly weapon, domestic violence, possession of a controlled substance and paraphernalia, and a misdemeanor warrant.

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Janet Goodson is a member of several grassroots community groups and co-founded Southside Vanguard, which facilitates quarterly meetings with community members and public officials.

A place on the dais Oroville City Council candidate wants to be first to represent newly annexed Southside Oroville City Council this November Tis just gearing up, but candidate Janet he race to fill three openings on the

Goodson already made history when she registered to run in April. Goodson became story and the first resident of photo by Oroville’s recently Ken Smith annexed Southside to kens @ seek a seat on the panel. n ew srev i ew. c o m After decades of discussion and many unsuccessful attempts, stewardship of the formerly unincorporated and long-impoverished area south of Wyandotte Avenue was transferred from Butte County to the city of Oroville last year in two separate parcels, granting area residents the right to vote in city elections and run for City Council. The newly incorporated area is home to about 3,000 residents and is notable for its diversity.

“This has been an underserved, disadvantaged community for quite some time,” said Goodson, a community organizer who works as a behavioral health counselor for Youth for Change. “There’s quite a large disparity between this neighborhood and the rest of the city.”

Goodson was quick to note her primary job would be to represent the city as a whole, but she said the recent annexation

makes the upcoming election a “historic opportunity” for Southside, where she has lived and worked with numerous grassroots organizations since moving to Oroville from Sacramento in 2010.

“With annexation came the right to vote, but now we need representation; we need to take the next step forward so that our community can be recognized and that disparity can be minimized,” she said.

To accomplish that goal, Goodson said she’ll focus her campaign on public safety issues, including new sidewalks, curbs, road improvements, proper drainage and proper lighting. Crime is also a concern, she said, with long response times in an area where “we hear gunfire on a weekly, and sometimes daily, basis.”

Law enforcement in South Oroville was a primary concern while the city and county hammered out the details of annexation.

Officials at both levels worked out timelines for the transfer of various services, with policing responsibilities changing hands from the Butte County Sheriff’s Office to Oroville Police Department over a four-year period.

Goodson praised the efforts of Oroville Police Chief Bill LaGrone to initiate new policing policies, such as the creation of a Municipal Law Enforcement Services unit that allows OPD’s fully sworn officers

more time to dedicate toward investigations, felonies and violent crimes. To date, the department has hired nine municipal officers whose duties include code enforcement, community service calls, park and trail patrols, responding to misdemeanor property crimes and serving as dispatchers. Municipal officers do not carry service weapons and are not expected to make arrests.

Other problems Goodson hopes to address include high water rates and bolstering the city’s overall economy and employment.

“We need to support local business and grow local business,” she said. “The financial health and stability of our city affects everybody, and we need to keep the local tax dollars local.”

Goodson is one of at least eight candidates

looking to fill three seats on the council.

Incumbents Al “J.R.” Simpson, David Pittman and Thil Chan-Wilcox (currently serving as vice mayor) are all running for re-election. In addition to Goodson, the other challengers are Barbara Cheri Bunker, Linda Draper, Clay Hemstalk, Mark Grover and Scott Thomson. An application from Alfred Jones III (also from Southside) was not qualified as of press time, according to Jamie Hayes, an

elections official with Oroville’s City Clerk’s Office.

Oroville’s current mayor, Linda Dahlmeier, said the annexation of Southside has been relatively smoothgoing and that residents of the area have already reaped some benefits in resources formerly unavailable to them, like small business loans and first-time home-buyer programs. When asked Tuesday (Aug. 9) what major issues the next City Council will face, crime and economics topped her list.

“The city has a $1.8 million deficit, which is obviously a huge problem,” Dahlmeier said. “There just isn’t any money to move around to close up holes in the city budget. And the tax rate in the city is 7.5 percent compared to a state average of 8.5 percent. Our community deserves better than below average.”

Dahlmeier, who supported Southside’s annexation, said that city officials have been “really thinking outside of the box” in order to deal with shortcomings in services and finding new solutions. She held up the city’s partnership with The Hope Center—a faith-based, nonprofit community service organization in Southside dedicated to helping the homeless—as an example of the type of effort she said has a big impact on the community.

“Homelessness and its related issues can wear heavily on a city because of the need for repeated contact with law enforcement and other services,” she said, “but The Hope Center has helped by getting a lot of people off the street and reunited with their families.”

Annexation was an issue close to the heart of Butte County Supervisor Bill Connelly, who grew up in South Oroville and even did a little dance on the dais when the Board of Supervisors approved it in late 2014 (see “Annexation, at long last,” Newslines, Oct. 23, 2014).

“I worked hard on it for eight years because it was the right thing to do and long overdue,” he said this week. “It’s working OK so far, and the sky hasn’t fallen like some people predicted.”

As for the impact Southside’s inclusion in city politics will have on the next City Council, Connelly said it’s up to the neighborhood’s residents.

“I don’t think it can change the face of the council too drastically, because there’s only a few thousand people there, but they’ll finally have some representation,” he said. “It’s incumbent on them to get out and vote now that they have that right.” □

Eye on small business Local programs focus on growing, maintaining local companies

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hen Carlos and Christina Menchaca decided to turn Carlos’ homemade tortillas into a small business, they had no clue what they were doing. Navigating the permitting process, coming up with a company name—Sofia’s Tortillas, named after their 2-year-old—packaging and pricing was all new to them, and the enormity of it was intimidating.

“It was really hard because I didn’t know where to start,” Christina said recently from her home in Gridley. So she and her husband sought help through the Butte County Business Incubator Program. As a “microbusiness”—one with five or fewer employees—located in the small community of Gridley, Sofia’s Tortillas qualified for one-on-one consulting through BCBIP. Specifically, Christina said, they needed help with packaging design.

“I wouldn’t have had the money to pay someone to design the label,” she said. “The picture of the child that you see is actually our daughter. I was extremely happy with the outcome.”

Sofia’s Tortillas is one of 10 small businesses currently enrolled in BCBIP, according to Jennifer Macarthy, the county’s economic and community development mamager. During the Board of Supervisors’ regular meeting Tuesday (Aug. 9), Macarthy presented the company’s label design as an

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example of the help BCBIP offers. She was giving a status report on the county’s regional economic development strategy, which has been so far successful, she said.

“Butte County is really known for some of those small businesses that grew up here and have continued to grow and expand,” she said by phone after the meeting. “They have a lot of potential, and we want to retain them and help them grow.”

To date, since BCBIP’s implementation in 2002, it’s helped more than 50 local businesses. It’s funded through a state community development block grant, so businesses must apply and qualify but pay no fees for the services. Macarthy pointed to a recent success story in Brannen Gourmet, a small company in the unincorporated area near Paradise that specializes in sauces.

“We offered them a variety of services including branding, marketing and social media,” Macarthy said. “And they were able to get their product into local Safeway stores. That’s an example of our consultants

Sofia’s Tortillas is named after Carlos and Christina Menchaca’s 2-year-old daughter whose picture was incorporated into their packaging design.

working with them to help them break into the local market. We also provided some cobranding opportunities with Sierra Nevada— they make a barbecue sauce co-branded with Sierra Nevada. That relationship was implemented through that program.”

BCBIP is just one element of the county’s economic development strategy.

Macarthy’s presentation to the supervisors also included a rundown of workshops for local businesses that were well-attended.

One targeted to crafters offered tips for running successful Etsy shops. “We have a huge artisan community here,” Macarthy said.

“We filled all spaces [for that workshop], plus there was a waiting list.”

Another notable program the county offers local businesses is the Alliance for Workforce Development, which provided services—including staffing and employee training—to 979 local businesses between July 2015 and June 2016, Macarthy said.

Looking to the future, she said, the county has met with and continues to meet with businesses considering relocating to the area. One big development on the horizon, Macarthy said, is the Whisper Ridge Golf Resort, which is expected to break ground this month near Lake Oroville.

“That’s a really exciting project for the county,” she said by phone. “It has the potential to change the face of the economy in the greater Oroville area.”

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Winning campaigns for Chico City Council dauntingly expensive for challengers ovanni Tricerri figures that a lot goes into running a successful Jcampaign for a seat on the Chico City Council. As a first-time challenger, he’ll need name recognition, a solid platform for people to jump on and—more than ever— money.

“You have to put in a lot of hard work and sell yourself,” he said, speaking on the phone from his office at the North Valley Community Foundation. “You have to resonate with the voters, and when you resonate, you raise money.”

He’s just not sure how much will be enough. The 2014 election cycle saw City Council candidates raise unprecedented amounts, according to documents posted online by the City Clerk’s Office.

First-time candidate Reanette Fillmer raised a total of $46,900, and right behind her was Andrew Coolidge, whose campaign contributions also exceeded $40,000 (he lost his bid for a seat in 2012).

Both were elected alongside

incumbent and current Mayor Mark Sorensen, who raised a relatively modest $26,940.

This time around, four seats are up for grabs, and Tricerri doesn’t expect them to come cheap.

“It is daunting for anyone who is considering running for City Council to think about mounting a hurdle that high,” he said, “and it keeps on getting higher.”

His strategy, therefore, is efficiency. Ahead of the Nov. 8 election, Tricerri will put out his message touting public safety and local business—he claims no party affiliation—with mailers and lawn signs, but he’s on the fence about radio spots; it may be more costeffective to hit social media, he mused. Either way, Tricerri also intends to mount a shoe-leather campaign.

“Most of my time is going to be walking precincts, just going house-to-house and event-to-event, meeting as many voters as I can,” he said. Not only is that a way to establish connections with poten-

tial constituents, it’s inexpensive, too.

“When you see the record [campaign contributions] up around $50,000, I’m not interested in pushing those limits,” Tricerri said. “I’m not looking to break any records; I’m just looking to win.”

It’s a crowded field. As of the

CN&R’s deadline, there was a pool of 10 potential candidates, including incumbents Sean Morgan, Tami Ritter, Ann Schwab and Randall Stone; and challengers Joel Castle, Lisa Duarte, Mercedes Macias, Jon Scott, Loretta Ann Torres and Tricerri.

The deadline to file candidacy paperwork is Friday (Aug. 12).

The most recent campaign contribution reports cover the period from Jan. 1 to June 30, and they show that incumbent council Jovanni Tricerri, pictured in June 2014 after pitching a plan to fully staff the Chico Police Department to the Chico City Council.

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members have gotten a head start on the challengers.

Easily leading the pack is Morgan, Chico’s conservative vice mayor, who has raised nearly $24,000 dating back to last year.

The three liberal council members trail well behind: Ritter has raised $5,252, including a $1,735 loan to herself; Schwab has raised $5,580, including a $1,000 loan to herself; and Stone has raised nearly $6,000, according to finance disclosures.

Of the challengers, only Torres, the first outside candidate to emerge, has filed campaign contributions. Between Jan. 1 and June 30, she raised $5,333.

Torres is a self-employed farmer, conservative letter-writer and fixture at meetings of local government. She also ran for council in 2014, but withdrew from the race after just a few days due to a logjam of conservative candidates, including Fillmer—whom she considered more qualified, Torres previously told the CN&R. During a recent phone interview, Torres outlined a platform based mostly on fiscal conservatism, and said she applies the same principles to her run for office.

“It’s going to be a bare-bones campaign,” she said. “I don’t believe in spending money I don’t have.” She intends to raise a total of $12,000, which she’ll use on mailers and local newspaper ads.

“Spending money on radio time is money I just don’t have.”

Given recent history, having plenty of money looks like a prerequisite for the job. Tricerri isn’t discouraged, however.

“I’m not an incumbent, so I recognize that I might need to spend more money to get my name recognized,” he said. “But I believe we need more voices in our political system, and I have to concentrate on raising the funds necessary to have a voice.”

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HEALTHLINES An artist’s rendering of what a room in Enloe’s future Cardiovascular Care Center might look like.

PHOTO COURTESY OF ENLOE MEDICAL CENTER

and understand that we’re a standalone facility,” said Jolene Francis, Enloe’s director of advancement and communications, who oversees the foundation. “We’re not part of a large corporate structure to support every need that we have.”

Similarly, standalone Oroville Hospital just announced its own expansion. It’s planning a five-story building next to the current hospital, which will get upgraded.

That project, set for completion in fall 2018, has a $100 million price tag. Oroville Hospital’s marketing and media relations department declined to provide information beyond what’s included in a news release posted on the hospital’s website.

That release quotes Robert Wentz, president and CEO, as saying: “Oroville is a growing community. Each year more and more patients are treated in our medical facilities. This new medical tower enables us to expand and improve services….”

The new building will add 14 intensive care rooms, for a total of 24, plus nine maternity rooms and 70 other patient rooms.

Room to grow

Enloe’s Cardiovascular Care Center will

Enloe to expand space for cardiovascular care

encompass approximately 14,000 square feet, compared with the 3,900 currently devoted to those services. The expansion HEALTHLINES C O N T I N U E D

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for 28 years. He’s seen the city DandintheChico North State grow during that time,

r. Peter Magnusson has been a cardiologist

and the increased population has increased demand for health care.

At 73, Magnusson knows he’s in his final few years of active practice. He’s among the cadre of septuagenarian physicians who remain the lifeblood of the local medical community. Veteran cardiologists, such as he and Dr. Peter Wolk, try to stay on the leading edge of their field—a specialty in which technology progresses ever more rapidly and conditions are ever more rampant.

Cardiovascular disease is this country’s leading cause of death, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, taking 610,000 lives a year. Put another way: 1 in 4 Americans dies from a heart/circulatory condition.

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Chico has eight cardiologists with hospital affiliation. Optimally, Magnusson said, there would be 12. Yet, understaffed as the city may be, the place they work—the inpatient facility for cardiovascular diagnostics and procedures at Enloe Medical Center—is too small.

“The hospital cardiology services have not grown in the past 20 years, whereas the hospital has grown,” Magnusson said, noting the Century Project expansion highlighted

by Enloe’s five-story tower.

“The community population has grown; the hospital has become incredibly successful being a regional referral center for the North State [treating complex cases from other hospitals]; the technology for providing cardiac treatments has improved. We need to expand our capability to accommodate this increasing volume of patients with cardiac illness and bring the technology up to 21st century standards.”

The two procedure rooms are cramped, and aren’t enough for the number of patients: 18,000 last year; 22,000 this year, per the hospital’s projections. And Enloe also does not have all the high-tech equipment with which the newest doctors train to perform the latest procedures, such as mini-

mally invasive replacement of heart valves (as opposed to open-heart surgery).

“Young physicians want to have the capability of having the tools they’ve been trained with,” Magnusson said, “and they want to be in a community to be comfortable in and raise their family. That sort of environment we can provide, but only if we update our facility.”

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The nexus of needs—space to accommodate

patients, plus the doctors to continue to care for them—motivated Enloe to greenlight a new expansion project: the Cardiovascular Care Center.

Unlike the Century Project, this expansion will occur within an existing building.

Enloe has purchased land on East Avenue, so the medical center does have plans for physical growth—just not on its Esplanade campus. Cardiology will mushroom at its current location within the hospital.

This project will cost $17 million, of which the Enloe Foundation has pledged to raise $5 million through a campaign cochaired by Magnusson. Since launching in January, the drive has secured $1.6 million.

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HEALTHLINES includes four procedure rooms, a pre-/post-procedure patient area, a family lounge and consultation rooms.

Magnusson described it as “essentially a one-stop, patientcentered cardiac diagnostic facility.”

Enloe just submitted its plans for state approval; that process can take eight to 10 months. Next will come what Francis calls “cascading movements”: the relocation of departments to open up the area earmarked for expansion.

Construction should begin in 2018, with an anticipated completion period of 12 to 18 months.

That window—2019 or 2020— dovetails with the fundraising schedule.

Francis said “physicians who are retiring”—Magnusson and others who won’t spend much time in the Cardiovascular Care Center, but are championing it nonetheless—are giving “a legacy gift to our community.”

In the meantime, Chico’s cardiologists will try to keep up with the pace.

“The next three years are going to be a challenge,” Magnusson said. “We’re still growing; there’s increasing need. We’re going to be spending late hours here [at the

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For additional details on Enloe’s Cardiovascular Care Center, visit www.enloe.org (search “CCCC”).

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hospital] to get all the work done.”

Magnusson estimates his patient load has grown 5 percent annually. With just two rooms for diagnostic procedures as well as emergency treatments, delays have become inevitable.

Obviously, increasing the number of rooms will impact capacity, but the equation doesn’t work without more practitioners.

“In a way, this is part of the succession plan,” Magnusson said.

“The world of medicine, and the world of cardiology in particular, [is] evolving toward less invasive procedures … larger rooms will allow us to accommodate those technologies as they become more applicable to us. Those are technologies that will be used by the younger physicians who we will recruit to the new facility, which becomes another attraction.

“As we develop this cardiac care center, we’re going to be able to attract such individuals.” □

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GREEN Bill Graves started Green Planet Plastics, a local nonprofit, in order to recycle ag containers like these.

Ag gets greener Local almond grower creates a way for fellow farmers to recycle ag containers—for free story and photo by

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ill Graves doesn’t fit the profile of a typi-

cal recycling advocate. Inspecting the soon-to-be-harvested crop in the almond orchards surrounding his home just a few miles south of Chico with his hired help for the day—his grandson Kaleb—Graves instead cuts the figure of the quintessential Butte County farmer.

But along with producing an annual harvest of nuts and teaching agriculture classes at Butte College, Graves has more recently played an integral role in reducing the amount of plastic ag waste filling up the local landfill and being burned, buried or dumped in Butte and Glenn counties. As executive director of Green Planet Plastics, Graves has implemented a program that allows local farmers and individuals to have plastic containers for pesticides, fertilizers and other agricultural products recycled conveniently and free of charge.

Graves’ interest in retrieving and reusing plastic containers used in agriculture originally sprang from his personal experience as an almond grower. The fertilizers and other products Graves used for his relatively small operation created a pile of plastic waste that Graves wasn’t entirely sure what to do with.

“I called the ag commissioner and he just said, ‘Well, we just crush them and put them in the landfill,’” Graves said. The commissioner encouraged Graves to come up with a program for recycling the containers, and Graves took the challenge seriously. He came up with an idea of putting on a plastic container recycling program at the Neal Road Recycling and Waste Facility near Chico and brought it to the Butte County Board of Supervisors in 2009.

“At first they were reluctant to do so, because they were thinking, ‘Wow, this guy’s got chemical containers and plastics

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and that doesn’t sound like something we want at the landfill,’” Graves said. “But the problem was, they were already ending up in the landfill. This way they’d be out of the landfill. So they finally got on board.”

After making contact with a plastic granula-

tor service, which shreds the waste plastic into tiny pieces, Graves learned that there was a national program in place for the recovery of these plastics, funded in large part by the companies making the products stored in the containers. The Ag Container Recycling Council (ACRC) is a nonprofit organization that facilitates the collection and recycling of ag containers into new products by providing financial assistance for outreach and education for programs like the ones Graves was looking to start.

In 2010, Graves formed Green Planet Plastics as a nonprofit organization. To date, it has collected more than 600,000 pounds of plastic containers at recycling events at the Neal Road facility and the Glenn Growers learn more:

For information on recycling events and other news from green Planet Plastics, visit www.greenplanet plastics.org.

rice drying facility near Princeton.

According to Bill Mannel, solid waste manager for Butte County Public Works, Graves’ recycling efforts filled a gap in existing services.

“Its a good program, because it’s a recycling program for nonfood plastic containers, which seem to be the focus for most recycling programs in California,” Mannel said.

“We see a lot of material come to the landfill that doesn’t have a program to be recycled.”

Fittingly, the plastic collected at these events often remains in the agriculture industry. Among the products made by ACRC-approved manufacturers are field drain pipes, industrial pallets for ag product packaging and fence posts. The recycled plastic is not, however, used for any type of food container or other products used in the food industry.

Green Planet Plastics is subject to strict EPA regulations for the collection and handling of containers, Graves said. Containers that arrive to be recycled must have the caps and labels removed and be triple-rinsed. But according to Graves, ag producers, even those who may be apathetic when it comes to environmental concerns, have ample incentive to take part in the program.

“Here’s the thing,” Graves said.

“Normally, if you take a load of stuff to the dump, they’re gonna charge you $100 or $150 depending on the weight. If you use my program, it’s free. You go into the dump and you don’t even go across the scale. Nobody asks you where you’re from; we don’t care what county you’re from. The material goes to the right place and they don’t have to pay.

That takes away a lot of the resistance.”

Graves cites the example of a farmer in a neighboring county who was recently fined $60,000 for burning plastic chemical containers as being additional motivation for farmers to take part in the program.

“They’re going, ‘Wait a minute, if I burn them and throw them away, I could get fined.

If I take them to the landfill, it’s still legal but I gotta pay. If I get involved in this program, it’s free,’” Graves said. “That’s the beauty of it: I don’t charge the farmers a thing.”

Graves understands that, for many people concerned about the impact of agriculture on the environment, the use of chemicals themselves may pose more of a problem than the disposal of the containers in which they are stored. But he sees Green Planet Plastics and other organizations as being a pragmatic solution to an existing problem. And he challenges those who are passionate about the issue to turn their words into action.

“You wanna complain? Do something about it, that’s my theory,” Graves said.

“And that’s exactly what I did.” □

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A wAlk in The (volcAnic) pArk lassen volcanic national park is one of the North State’s most compelling destinations. Even those who’ve explored the area extensively are likely to see or learn something new on a lassen park Field Trip hosted by the Mount lassen chapter of the california native plant Society on Sunday, Aug. 14. The trip includes a hike from Hat Lake to Paradise Meadow, and interested parties are encouraged to meet at chico park & ride (at Highways 32 and 99) at 8:30 a.m. with sturdy shoes, lunch, water and money for ride share. Call 588-2555 for more information.

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all about the pie record revival Growing up in Fresno, Matthew Garcia remembers visiting flea markets with his father and brother, and always going to that one guy who sold records.

Garcia’s house was always blasting classic rock, and he loved cycling through his dad’s record collection. Now a Chico resident, Garcia, along with his wife, Melissa, started Outpatient Records, a pop-up record shop, two years ago. A clinical social worker for Butte County Behavioral Health, Garcia said opening a record shop was a dream he and his brother concocted years ago.

The original plan was for the two to have a record shop that doubled as a therapy practice— his brother is a family therapist. Though that dream was never realized, Garcia kept the name and started Outpatient Records to meet new people, listen to cool music and fund his record collection. You can find Outpatient Records at The Winchester Goose from 7:3010 p.m. every Monday this month. Garcia says he’s not a fan of social media or technol-

ogy—“I still listen to records, man”—but you can follow the shop on Instagram.

Where do you keep the records when you are not selling them?

My wife and I have a twobedroom apartment, and I have completely dominated our extra bedroom to where it’s probably unsafe to be in there. We have, currently, 1,000 records on hand.

I personally have 1,000 records.

We need to move into a bigger place.

Any odd requests from customers?

I recently had someone inquire about us popping up at their wedding. We have never done a pop up at a wedding before. I told them it’s not something we have done before, but if it would please the bridal party, we are all about it.

What are people in Chico listening to and buying?

Chico people want Bob Marley, Bob Dylan or The Grateful Dead.

But I have a lot of people asking lately about metal. I want people to fill in with the classics. I want

people to have a T-Rex record, I want people to have all the Pink Floyd records. I want people to get exposed to jazz. You’ll see I have an abundance of soul and jazz music, some funk. I think everybody should own one funkadelic record.

What is it like having to haul all of the records from place to place?

My back is killing me. It’s the worst possible thing to haul. Why did I pick something so heavy?

But, it’s just fun. I love holding onto records. It’s my safe place.

It’s how I get centered. My wife knows I’m having a bad day if I’m in our spare bedroom going through all the records.

Think you’ll remain a pop-up shop?

I’m really happy to see there’s been a resurgence of vinyl, but as far as a brick-and-mortar, hopefully in the future. As long as it remains fun and I keep meeting people and hanging out with people and getting exposed to new things all the time, I’m happy to do it.

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For my 10th birthday, my dad took me on a father-daughter long-weekend trip to Chicago. He worked a lot, so the time alone with him was special. He and my mom had lived in Chi-town as newlyweds, and he had many a landmark—both universal and personal—to show me. One of those places was Giordano’s Pizzeria, an acclaimed spot in the city (and now a franchise) for deep-dish pizza.

I’d never had anything like that pizza, basically a whole meal in one “slice.”

Having grown up in St. Louis, where pizza has a thin crust and is cut into squares, this was a whole new world. The crust wrapped around the outside, like a quiche, and remained crisp. The middle was filled with sauce, lots of cheese, and don’t ask me to remember the other ingredients (in a true deep-dish, they cannot be called “toppings”).

I hadn’t had a deep-dish pizza since that night. Then, last weekend, I was driving by Star Liquors on Nord Avenue and saw a sign for Chicago Deep Dish Pizza Co. I decided to check it out. Turns out the company recently opened in Chico, and in addition to its own storefront open on weekends (Thursday-Sunday for lunch and dinner), it’s now selling its pies at Star (959 Nord Ave.).

Chicago Deep Dish Pizza’s pies are take-n-bake, which isn’t ideal for the summer heat, and boy are they cheesy—not necessarily a bad thing, but consider yourself warned. The selection at Star was limited, so I chose the pepperoni mushroom (I was hoping for a veggie) and I’m pretty sure I didn’t bake it long enough, because the bottom turned out a bit soggy. But the edges were divine. If you’re craving that true deep-dish Chicago-style pizza, this is your place. Chicago Deep Dish Pizza Co. is located at 179 E. 13th St., or go to www.godeepdish.com.

another slice If the deep-dish variety doesn’t get you going, maybe a personalized, super-fast, thin-crust pizza will do the trick. Another sign went up recently, this one for MOD Pizza next to the brand-new Starbucks near Cinemark 14. It’s kind of fitting, as MOD (short for “made on demand”) also is based in Seattle.

This place could very well change the face of pizza parlors in Chico. MOD basically lets customers create their own pies, Subway-style, and they all cost the same regardless of toppings. Sounds genius!

The local franchise’s Facebook page is already up and running, advertising plans to give back to community organizations (one of the brand’s principles) at its grand opening, which could be as early as the end of September. They’re seeking nominations, so find them on FB to vote for your favorite organization. smiles for vets I got a call the other day from Angela Vanella over at Kremer Dental Care. She’s hoping to get the word out that the Chico office is offering free dentistry to veterans, their spouses and children on Sept. 8 in honor of Freedom Day. Sounds like a great cause to me. Call Kremer at 892-1234 for more info.

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controversial history of California’s Bear Flag and the revolt that led to its creation by

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arly on the morning of June 14, 1846, Gen. Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo rose to the rudest of awakenings. A small group of armed Americans clad in rags and buckskins—filthy, red-eyed, saddle-worn and sleepdeprived from a marathon ride through the valleys and mountains of Alta California—pounded on the door of the Mexican military officer’s Sonoma home, demanding his surrender. Not far away, more men slipped into the barracks adjacent to the town plaza, capturing the presidio’s small garrison without firing a single shot.

Vallejo was a man of Old World sensibilities, and though resigned to be taken prisoner, he was shocked by the state of his usurpers. Robert Semple, who rode with the raiders, admits in his first-hand account that his companions were “as rough a looking set of men as one could imagine.”

Leading them was the unlikely duo of Ezekiel Merritt and William B. Ide. Merritt was a rough-hewn, hard-drinking mountain man with a tobacco-stained beard. His manner of speech earned him the nickname “Stuttering Zeke.” Ide was a well-read, teetotaling Mormon with a proclivity for long orations. Vallejo made the men wait while he donned his full military

The original Bear Flag flew for only a few weeks before being replaced with the American flag; it was lost in the San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906.

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regalia, then invited his conquerors in to negotiate the terms of his custody over copious glasses of wine and brandy, as the sun rose on a unique chapter in California’s history.

Thus began the Bear Flag Revolt—so

named for the flag flown over Sonoma after its capture—and the state’s short and unrecognized tenure as an independent nation known as the California Republic.

This year marks the 170th anniversary of the little-known event, though memory of it lives on through the state’s official flag, which is based on the original Bear Flag and its depiction of the grizzly bear, still a ubiquitous symbol of regional pride.

The list of men involved with the revolt constitutes a veritable who’s who of early Northern California history: The Bear Flaggers, as they became known, included Ide, Peter Lassen and Chico’s own founder, John Bidwell, while other big names of the American West like John Sutter, Capt.

John Frémont and Christopher Houston “Kit” Carson played pivotal roles in the Bear Flag saga.

The finer details of the Bear Flag Revolt have been disputed since the motley crew of insurgents ran its homemade standard up Sonoma’s flagstaff.

As California historian George Tays wrote in his biography of Gen. Vallejo, “The description of the men, their actions just prior and subsequent to the taking of Sonoma, are as varied as the number of authors. No two accounts agree, and it is impossible to determine the truth of their statements.”

The Bear Flag Revolt also remains a source of controversy, with some historians questioning the insurgents’ true motives and criticizing their actions: Were the Bear Flaggers freedom fighters or merely freebooters? Was the coup driven by real threats to their A monument to the Bear Flag Revolt stands at the spot in Sonoma Plaza where the flag was raised on June 14, 1846.

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property and personal liberty, or rather a simple might-makes-right land-grab by entitled immigrants? These questions extend to modern use of the Bear Flag, a beloved symbol by many, but one that critics say commemorates a dark history.

Alex Abella is one such critic. He is an author and journalist whose research on California’s rancho era—the time between Mexican independence from Spain in 1821 and the Unites States’ annexation of California in 1848—was spurred by his yet-to-be published novel, Under the Burning Sunset. In an op-ed piece published in the Los Angeles Times last year, Abella labeled the Bear Flaggers as “slave owners, murderers, thieves, drunks and squatters,” and called the Bear Flag we fly today “a symbol of blatant illegality and racial prejudice.”

Abella’s negative characterizations of some of the Bear Flaggers are a matter of historical record, and even the most generous first-person accounts of their character and actions are not always flattering. In a recent phone interview about his Times piece, Abella mentioned that William Todd, who created the Bear Flag, came from a slave-owning Kentucky family.

Abella said Merritt was “basically a drunk and a thief,” and nearly every historical account of the man does mention liquor, with a few alluding to his cheating a business partner.

Abella names brothers Ben and Sam

Ide Adobe Moon House

Fremont Camp

Sonoma Gen. Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo was taken prisoner by the Bear Flaggers and held at Sutter’s Fort.

Ironically, he supported the United States’ annexation of Alta California, and later served on the state Senate.

Sutter’s Fort

Battle of Olumpali Yerba Buena

Monterey Kelsey—for whom Kelseyville is named—as some of the most egregious criminals; their treatment of Native Americans in the Clear Lake area, including participating in largescale massacres and “shooting Indians just to watch them jump,” is well-documented.

“There were so many abuses during that time,” Abella said. “You start bringing them up and people say, ‘How dare you take away this false, glorified image we have of the past!’ But the past isn’t all that pretty at all.”

The following is a look at the roots of the Bear Flag and the circumstances that caused its creation. It’s a gritty tale of the true West—gathered here from modern and historical accounts as well as interviews with Abella and Bear Flag history expert Dave Freeman—in which a Mormon-led militia of mountain men sprung from the fields and five days later “conquered” California.

In 1846, the modern-day North State was

the northwest corner of Alta California, a territory of Mexico that then included presentday California, Nevada, Utah and parts of Arizona, Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico. Though part of Mexico, the farflung frontier had only weak ties to the capital in Mexico City when the country gained independence from Spain in 1821, and the connection wore thinner in the ensuing quarter-century. A good example of this disconnect is the fact that Mexico had cut most of its military support for Alta California, so the soldiers manning Sonoma were paid from Vallejo’s own pocket.

Most Alta California residents of Spanish descent—only a few thousand people— were born in the region and identified as Californios rather than Mexican nationals.

Some intrepid American, French and Russian

adventurers had made their way West earlier, but larger numbers of white settlers began trickling in by wagon train in 1841, with the arrival of the Bidwell-Bartleson party. By 1846, the American emigrants still numbered fewer than a thousand. An estimated 150,000 Native Americans made up the largest population in the area; some had integrated into Californio society, but most maintained their distance.

The Mexican government initially encouraged American settlers to populate the land and process its plentiful resources.

Newcomers could receive Mexican land grants if they became naturalized citizens, were baptized Catholic and married Californios, though the rules were loosely enforced. Some settlers, including Bidwell, relinquished their American citizenship while retaining their religious and marital

status. Others, such as Ide, Merritt and many other Bear Flaggers-to-be, just moved in and settled. Most of the settlers were left to their own devices until 1845, when tensions between Californios and Americans began to rise.

The American annexation of Texas that year, despite the fact that Mexico still considered Texas its territory, perpetuated rumors of an impending war bound to spread West. The Mexican government sent an order to Alta California’s former governor, Commandante General José Antonio Castro, saying the rules for land ownership by Americans in the territory would be strictly enforced, and declared its right to seize those properties as seen fit. Castro told the immigrants he wouldn’t enforce the order as long as the settlers obeyed local laws and

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In early 1846, a company of American Army soldiers under Lt. John Frémont arrived in Alta California, permitted by Mexico to enter under the auspices they were on an exploratory mission. But Frémont and his surprisingly well-armed group of mapmakers had several antagonistic encounters with Californios that led Castro to order them to leave in March. Frémont did, and had just reached Oregon when a U.S. Marine carrying an urgent message and some letters from Washington, D.C., caught up to him.

The actual content of the message remains a mystery, but Frémont clearly took it as encouragement to start picking a fight in earnest. In his memoir, published 40 years later, he wrote, “There appeared but one way open to me. War with Mexico seemed inevitable, and a grand opportunity might now present itself to realize in their fullest extent the far-sighted views of Senator Benton [Frémont’s father-in-law and a dedicated expansionist] and make the Pacific Ocean the western boundary of the United States.

These considerations decided my course. I determined to act on my own responsibility and return forthwith to California.” Frémont struck south and set up camp at the base of the Sutter Buttes.

By June 1846, paranoia had reached a

fever pitch in Alta California. Mexican Lt. Francisco Arce was sent north from the Alta California capital of Monterey on a mission to gather horses from the Sacramento Valley and take them south of the San Francisco (then known as Yerba Buena) Bay. Crossing the Sacramento River at Knights Landing, Arce reportedly bragged to settler William Knight that the animals would be used to drive the settlers out. Knight set out immediately to spread the word to other settlers.

On June 8, Ide received an unsigned note at his home near present-day Red Bluff that read, “Notice is hereby given, that a large body of armed Spaniards on horseback, amounting to 250 men, has been seen on

their way to the Sacramento Valley, destroying crops, burning the houses, and driving off the cattle. Capt. Frémont invites every freeman in the valley to come to his camp at the Buttes, immediately; and he hopes to stay the enemy and put a stop to his …” From there the note was damaged and illegible.

Ide and several of his neighbors gathered that night at the home of William Moon.

Moon, like Merritt, was a hunter, trapper and mountain man who lived along the Sacramento River near present-day Corning.

His home, known as the Moon House, was a gathering point for settlers in the North State, and also served as a hotel, bar and post office. Believing their lives and property were at stake, and possibly after imbibing a fair bit of liquid courage, the frenzied men decided to depart posthaste to meet with Frémont, as suggested in the note Ide received.

Historian Freeman marks the meeting at the Moon House as the true beginning of the Bear Flag Revolt. Freeman is an Artoisbased historian specializing in Ide and his contemporaries. Among his favorite topics is the Bear Flag Revolt, and he even participates—with his trained pack mules—in annual reenactments of the event at Sonoma State Historic Park. Freeman uses geographic information systems (GIS) technology in conjunction with old maps and first-hand historic accounts to find long-lost sites.

During a recent interview to discuss the Bear Flaggers, he boasted he’s found “three Gold Rush cities and two riverboats” previously lost to history.

The men arrived in Frémont’s camp at the Sutter Buttes the next day, June 9. As a U.S. Army officer, Frémont risked court martial or trial for war crimes if his forces engaged the Californios, so he walked a thin line in encouraging the volunteers to begin waging guerrilla warfare against the Mexican army and offered only vague promises of support. Merritt took to Frémont’s suggestions with gusto and led his fellow mountain men forward immediately to catch up with Arce, while Ide stayed at the camp. Merritt and crew sneaked into Arce’s camp at dawn on June 10, taking the Mexican force by surprise and without violence.

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Dave Freeman is a historian who’s done extensive research into the Bear Flag Revolt. photo by Ken smith

Below: This photo is widely circulated as being of William Ide, but Freeman believes it is not, in fact, him.

“Arce was indignant,” Freeman said. “He was another old-school military man, and he told Merritt the outcome would have been different if the Americans had fought fair instead of creeping in like thieves. This gives us a good indication of Merritt’s personality type, because he told Arce, ‘Fine, we’ll give you all a chance to get ready and be right back in 15 minutes.’ Arce declined the offer, and handed over the horses.”

Merritt and company arrived back at Frémont’s camp early on June 11 and, again without rest, resolved to head straight to Sonoma and take it over. Ide rejoined them.

A total of 13 men left Frémont’s camp that morning. They took circuitous routes and traveled at night, avoiding Mexican forces and the brutal North State summer heat.

They picked up more recruits along the way, and numbered about 30 men by the time they slipped into Sonoma.

After five straight days of riding and raiding

and a night of aguardiente-fueled negotiation and celebration, the Bear Flaggers came to some sobering realizations on June 14.

They hadn’t planned beyond the taking of

Sonoma and lacked significant forces to hold the fort should the Mexican army attempt to take it back. They also realized that if other American settlers and the U.S. Army didn’t declare support for their actions, they were little more than robbers and thieves.

As some of the men prepared to abandon the enterprise and leave Sonoma, Ide stepped forward and gave a rousing speech: “Saddle no horse for me,” he reportedly said. “I will lay my bones here before I will take upon myself the ignominy of commencing an honorable work, and then flee like cowards, like thieves, when no enemy is in sight. In vain will you say you had honorable motives! Who will believe it? Flee this day, and the longest life cannot wear off your disgrace! Choose ye! Choose ye this day, what you will be! We are robbers, or we must be conquerors!”

Whether driven by an earnest plan to start a new government or seeking an insurance policy against certain hanging, the men agreed then to declare their own republic. Ide was elected president on the spot and took to writing idealistic, long-winded declarations that he’d rework and repost daily in the plaza, in Spanish and English versions.

It was also decided that, like any sovereign state, this one needed a flag.

A Californio woman gave the men an unbleached piece of light brown cloth with which she’d planned to make a new petticoat. William Todd, the nephew of future First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln, was tapped to do the artwork, which he accomplished using blackberry juice to dye the flag’s details—a star in homage to Texas, which was similarly under disputed control; the words California Republic; and a grizzly bear. The origin of the grizzly bear has

been disputed, but Freeman believes it was at least partly inspired by Merritt, a famed bear hunter. A piece of red flannel—allegedly spared the fate of becoming a mountain man’s underwear—provided a red stripe at the bottom of the banner.

Todd’s rough bear illustration is said by some to have more resembled a pig. When the banner was first raised over Sonoma, some of the Californios allegedly shouted in Spanish, “The pig! The pig!” From that point forward, the men who took Sonoma— and the roughly 400 more who would gather there over the next 22 days—were known as Bear Flaggers, or “Osos,” the Spanish word for “bears.”

Freeman offered a lot more details about the Bear Flag Revolt than the version included in most high school history books.

For example, it wasn’t entirely bloodless.

Bear Flaggers killed a Mexican soldier and suffered wounds in a skirmish known as the Battle of Olúmpali, near Petaluma; and two Bear Flaggers dispatched to find gunpowder for the understocked armory at Sonoma were captured, tortured and killed

by Mexican forces near Santa Rosa.

On July 7, American warships overtook Monterey, and soldiers brought that news— as well as word from Washington, D.C., that Mexico and the U.S. had officially been at war since May 13—to Sonoma on July 9. The Bear Flaggers gladly dissolved their republic and the Bear Flag was replaced by the Stars and Stripes. Frémont persuaded most of the Bear Flaggers to form the California Battalion, a volunteer militia that continued

to fight down the coast of California until it helped overtake Los Angeles. The unit was disbanded in 1847.

The original Bear Flag was destroyed during

the San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906. Historian Freeman and Bear Flag detractor Abella both pointed out that there were several other attempts by Californios and American settlers to liberate Alta California from Mexican rule before the Bear Flag Revolt, some of them arguably more historically significant than the occupation of Sonoma. Many historians believe the event would be altogether forgotten if the Bear Flag hadn’t been adopted as the state flag in 1911.

Abella contends the state’s adoption was “concomitant with a real racist and nativist movement that was happening in California at the time,” referring to the fact that some politicians who supported the Bear Flag also backed the California Alien Land Law of 1913, which barred Chinese, Indian, Japanese and Korean immigrants from owning or long-term leasing agricultural land. Even earlier than that, during the Civil War, the Bear Flag was co-opted by Southern sympathizing Californians.

Going back to the 1840s, Abella said other Californios supported an independent nation that was more inclusive of all races, noting the United States’ genocide of Native Americans before and after California’s annexation. He suggested the flag flown

by Juan Alvarado—a Californio politician who advocated a more populist plan for the region’s autonomy from Mexico in 1836— would be a more appropriate symbol.

Abella’s piece in the Times garnered thousands of online comments, some to counter his argument, but more just expressing a love for the bear as a symbol of California.

“One thing I didn’t realize before I wrote that article is how much people love that bear,” he said with a laugh. “They are really in love with that bear, even though, of course, the bears were exterminated and hunted to extinction.”

“There’s always been tension in California between liberality and bigotry, acceptance and refusal, racism and equality,” Abella said in summary. “It’s a constant struggle, but that’s our history and we have to recognize it for what it is, make amends and live with it. And we can work toward making it better and not repeating past mistakes.”

With that, he paused a moment, and then continued: “I want that because I love California, and I wouldn’t want to live anywhere else.” Ω

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Artist examines the dominance of digital technology gives for the title of this exhibit, O“Flimflam,” is “a piece of nonsense.”

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by Jessica Eastburn, another, all of them through Aug. 27. rendered with exacting technical skill. At first 1078 Gallery glance, they look like 820 Broadway, www.1078gallery.org sophisticated computergenerated doodles, and it’s hard to believe Eastburn actually painted them.

But she did—every line, every coloration, every image. It was amusing to watch attendees at her opening reception at Chico’s 1078 Gallery last Thursday (Aug. 4) as it dawned on them that these were actually meticulously drawn and colored paintings. “Wow!” and “Amazing!” were typical responses.

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is in her 30s and lives and works in Oakland. In an interview, she said she began her career doing large abstract pieces that were about “composition, color and shape, and that was about it.”

Eventually, she downsized and began using figurative images that she culled from various media, especially the Internet.

As she explains in her artist’s statement, her works contain “swatches and snippets of patterns and motifs, and layers of pop culture iconography, that all overlap and overshadow one another to create a pastiche of ephemeral media flotsam.”

Cartoon and comic-book images proliferate, as do scenes from old movies and TV shows, old newspaper photos, postcards—you name it. There’s no order to the images, no sense that they are connected in a theme. Eastburn starts each piece with one image, adds another, then another, according to whatever strikes her fancy.

She makes no plans, draws no thumbnails. “The more it doesn’t fit together, the better,” she said. “The imagery is secondary to the composition.”

Eastburn lived for a while in Silicon Valley, and to the extent that her paintings are about anything, they are about the dominance of digital technology in

our lives and the often overwhelming amount of media we must deal with.

The advent of digital technology “has inundated people with information, most of it unimportant, trivial or outright useless,” she writes in her statement. Her work, she continues, “mimics this digital overload by illustrating liminal, arbitrary, and incongruous information.”

Although she uses a computer to collect images from the Internet, her works are “the antithesis of ‘drag and drop’ digital technology,” she writes. She uses “antiquated technology” to sketch out her works, then finishes them using an opaque watercolor called gouache, cel vinyl for inking cartoons and an airbrush and spray paint for coloring.

There’s a curious tension in these pieces, between their technical exactitude and their jumbled contents, that forces the viewer to think about the role of narrative in art. If these were completely abstract works, such questions wouldn’t arise, but Eastburn’s use of figures confuses the issue in a way that is both provocative and unsettling.

This exhibit may be “a piece of nonsense,” but it’s also one of the most interesting and challenging shows I’ve seen in a long time. I highly recommend it. Ɛ

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

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fund-raising campaign featuring art-making activities, art installations, music and refreshments. F, 8/12, 6-8pm. Monca, 900 Esplanade.

Music FOR THE FUNK OF IT FESTIVAL: Three days and nights of funk in the Feather River Canyon featuring Orgone, Object Heavy with Fred Wesley, Swamp Zen, Black Fong and many more. 8/128/14. $55-$140. Belden Town Resort and Lodge, 14785 Belden Town Road in Belden, (530) 2839662 www.ftffest.com.

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: soul, blues, and rock from Sapphire Soul. F, 6-7:30pm through 9/9. Free. Chico City Plaza, downtown Chico.

chili cook-off returns. With live music (Musical Fruit, The Stuff That Leaks Out, Pink Bandana), butter-eating contest, and the crowning of King of the Trailer Park in the men’s underwear competition. Proceeds to benefit ISCCD. More info at: 345-1415. Sa, 8/13, 3-8pm. $10-$15 (avail. at Ultra Beautician). Eagles Hall, 1940 Mulberry St.

BERRY CREEK FESTIVAL: Local artisans, food vendors, kids’ zone with bounce house, games, snow cones and homemade berry pies. Music

by Old Time Fiddlers, Heartland Fever with Kuty Ryan, Strung Nugget Gang and more. Sa, 8/13, 10am-4pm. Free. Berry Creek Grange, 1477 Bald Rock Road.

Music FOR THE FUNK OF IT FESTIVAL: See Friday. Belden Town Resort and Lodge, 14785 Belden Town Road in Belden, (530) 283-9662 www.ftffest.com.

JACKIE GREENE: One of the Big Room’s most pop-

ALTACAL AUDUBON SOCIETY BUTTE MEADOWS HIKE: Explore the areas around Butte Meadows for various mountain birds. Meet at Chico Park & Ride on Highway 32 with a packed lunch. Su, 8/14, 8am-3pm. Contact for info. (619) 347-2269.

LASSEN PARK FIELD TRIP: The Mount Lassen Chapter of the California Native Plant Society will be hosting this hike from Hat Lake to Paradise Meadow in Lassen Volcanic National Park. Meet at Chico Park & Ride with sturdy shoes, lunch, water and money for ride share.

Su, 8/14, 8:30am. Contact for info. (530) 5882555, www.mountlassen.cnps.org.

Music FOR THE FUNK OF IT FESTIVAL: See Friday. Belden Town Resort and Lodge, 14785 Belden Town Road in Belden, (530) 283-9662 www.ftffest.com.

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Summer is the season for small-town celebrations, and Berry Creek has a humdinger of a party planned for its annual Berry Festival. In addition to live music by Old Time Fiddlers, the Strung Nugget Gang and more, the event—Saturday, Aug. 13, at the Berry Creek Grange Hall— features arts and crafts, a bounce house and lots of berry pies.

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STAND-UP COMEDY SHOWCASE: The area’s top

comedy with 20 open slots. Sign-ups start at 8pm. M, 9pm. No cover. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave., (530) 343-4915.

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.

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CHICO ART CENTER: National Juried All

Media Exhibition, juried by Stanford Art Spaces curator and art critic at large DeWitt Cheng. Through 9/2, 12-4pm. Free.

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CHICO MUNICIPAL BUILDING: Public Art

Tours, led on a bi-monthly by Chico Arts and Culture Foundation. Meet at Our Hands sculpture. Second and Fourth Sa of every month, 10-11:15am through 8/27.

Free (donations accepted). 411 Main St., (530) 896-7214.

HEALING ART GALLERY: Northern California Artists team up. Paintings, photographs, and poetry by: Joan Goodreau, Patricia Wellingham Jones, Caroline Burkett, Barbara Luzzadder and Reta Rickmers.

The Healing Art Gallery features Northern California artists touched by cancer. Through 10/14. 265 Cohasset Road inside Enloe Cancer Center, (530) 3323856.

JAMES SNIDLE FINE ARTS & APPRAISALS:

Summer Show, the collages of Michael Mew. Through 8/17.Paintings by Brian De Nova, large-canvas acrylic paintings.

Through 8/27. 254 E. Fourth St., (530) 3432930, www.jamessnidlefinearts.com.

NINTH AVENUE GALLERY & STUDIO: Water

Paper Stone, watercolor paintings of Nicolai Larsen. Through 8/12. 180 E. Ninth Ave.

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RED TAVERN: Artwork of Amber Palmer, watercolor work by the local artist.

Through 10/31. 1250 Esplanade, (530) 8943463, www.redtavern.com.

SALLY DIMAS ART GALLERY: Favorite

Vacations, new show with new works at the gallery. Through 8/13. Rotating exhibits featuring local artists. Ongoing.

493 East Ave., (530) 345-3063.

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 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.chicomuseum.org.

GATEWAY SCIENCE MUSEUM: Rotating special exhibits, plus a range of permanent displays on local farming, water, famous regional oak trees and a couple of iceage skeletons. Check site for current special exhibition. Ongoing. 625 Esplanade, www.csuchico.edu/gateway.

PARADISE DEPOT MUSEUM: A railroad and

logging museum in Paradise. Ongoing, 7-9pm. 5570 Black Olive Drive in Paradise, (530) 877-1919.

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afternoon—with mild temperatures riding on a gentle Delta breeze— eased its way by Carey Wilson toward dusk as the community gathered around the fountainReview: cooled, concreteSmokey the Groove and-grass mosaic Friday, Aug. 5 and neoclassical Chico City Plaza stage of the City Plaza for the week’s Friday Night Concert.

The acoustics and space in the plaza offer a range of experiences, from full sonic immersion and free-form dancing at stage front to enjoyable picnic-nibbling and conversation-level volume on the peripheral grassy beds and benches. A perfect setting, in other words, to spend 90 minutes being swept away by the new kids on the local dance-band scene—octet Smokey the Groove—as they laid down their spectacular, hornfueled, violin-spiced brand of feelgood jams and intricate ensemble arrangements.

Bassist/keyboardist Austin Farwell and percussionists Kevin Valentino and Jeffrey Gibsorb provided a solid but fluid rhythmic foundation for the horn sec-

tion—Kevin Killion (sax), Miles Van Housen (trumpet) and Dean Simcox (trombone)—to build upon. And guitarist Eric Jones’ playing underpinned and accented the rhythms while violinist Gabriel Fairchild embellished the melodies with subtle dynamism. Songs such as “Funkaholics Anonymous” invite and inspire dancing, and a large contingent of the audience enthusiastically accepted that invitation, including a group of fans in colorful papier-mâché animal masks who writhed and cavorted to the amusement of children and bemusement of more sedate audience members.

Playing mostly instrumental music without vocals, Smokey the Groove interacted with the audience between songs, with introductions mostly delivered by Killion, a charismatic figure whose feathered Mardi Gras mask has become an iconic part of the band’s stage presence. His introduction to “Pirate Party” included encouraging audience participation on the “Yarrrgh!” refrain—which was embraced enthusiastically—and emphasized the band’s image as a marauding collective of musical brigands that began its performance career, as Farwell said, “renegading for friends at events and the music festivals that we attend.”

With a palpable mutual joy in creating fun dance music and an

obvious group camaraderie—the original core of the group started playing bluegrass music together in high school—Smokey the Groove is a constantly evolving group of dedicated musicians. The band’s Facebook page (accurately) describes its sound as “jam band\ funk\Eastern\psychedelic\electronic,” and that translates on stage— via soul-stirring rhythms—as a general celebration of the universal human desire to simultaneously dance and smile.

In addition to mostly original music, Smokey the Groove provided touchstones to the roots of its inspiration during the plaza show, closing out its well-received set with versions of classics from the golden days of soul music and pure funk: Sam and Dave’s immortal 1966 hit “Hold On, I’m Comin’” and Parliament’s 1978 funk masterpiece, “Flash Light.”

It was a finale that made one anticipate much more from this young band (which will play on Aug. 14 as part of the For the Funk of It festival), and also to look forward to five more weeks of bands scheduled to fill the plaza stage, from the gospel/blues of Sapphire Soul this Friday (Aug. 12) to the jam/world beat of the Jeff Pershing Band for the final show of the season on Sept. 9. □

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THURSDAY 8/11—WEDNESDAY 8/17 OPEN MIC: Singers, poets and musicians welcome. Th, 7-10pm. Has Beans Cafe, 501 Main St., (530) 894-3033, www.hasbeans.com.

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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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CHICO JAZZ COLLECTIVE: Thursday jazz.

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

CONCERT IN THE PARK: Weekly concert series featuring local bands in Oroville’s scenic Riverbend Park. This week: Gypsy swing jazz from The Feather River Gypsies Th, 6:30pm through 8/18. Free. Riverbend Park, 1 Salmon Run Road in Oroville, (530) 533-2011.

DECADES IN, WITH WOLVES: The “Back at It Again with the White Vans Tour” featuring up-and-coming metal bands Decades In and With Wolves joins forces with local heavy hitters

DOUG C AND THE BLACKLISTED Wednesday, Aug. 17 Maltese Bar & Tap Room SEE WEDNESDAY

Gigantes and Lightfinder, and Reno’s Twelve Gauge Facelift. Th, 8/11, 7pm. $8.

1078 Gallery, 820 Broadway St., (530) 343-1973.

JOHN SEID AND FRIENDS: John Seid, Bob Littel and Larry Peterson playing an eclectic mix of great tunes for dining.

Th, 6:30-9:30pm through 8/25. No cover.

Grana, 198 E. Second St., (530) 8092304.

FOR THE FUNK OF IT FESTIVAL: Three days and nights of funk in the Feather River Canyon featuring Orgone, Object Heavy with Fred Wesley, Swamp Zen, Black Fong and many more. 8/12-8/14. $55-$140. Belden Town Resort and Lodge, 14785 Belden Town Road in Belden, (530) 283-9662, www.ftffest.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.

FRIDAY NIGHT CONCERTS: Weekly outdoor concerts at City Plaza. This week: soul,

blues, and rock from Sapphire Soul. F, 6-7:30pm through 9/9. Free. Chico City Plaza, downtown Chico.

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GALLERY FUNDRAISER: Locals Teams Skins, Sunny Acres, Surrounded by Giants and Tionesta join Santa Rosa’s Hizi for this benefit show with all proceeds benefiting 1078 Gallery. F, 8/12, 7pm. $3-$10. 1078 Gallery, 820 Broadway St., (530) 343-1973.

Once again the tiny, usually quiet mountain village of Belden Town will be overrun by a whole bunch of funkers from Friday to Sunday, Aug. 12-14, for the For the Funk of It Festival.

More than 30 local and nationally touring bands, including Orgone, Object Heavy with Fred Wesley, Swamp Zen and Black Fong, are scheduled to perform. Funk yeah!

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.

JACKIE GREENE: One of the Big Room’s most popular performers returns for an epic night with his old backing band.

F, 8/12, 7:30pm. SOLD OUT. Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., 1075 E. 20th St., (530) 892-4647, www.sierranevada.com.

JOHN SEID AND FRIENDS: John Seid and Larry Peterson play a delicious

assortment of dinner music. F, 5-9pm through 8/26. No cover. Two-Twenty Restaurant/Lounge, 220 W. Fourth St., (530) 895-1515, www.twotwenty restaurant.com.

NORTHERN HEAT: Classic rock and coun-

try all night long. F, 8/12, 9pm. The Tackle Box Bar & Grill, 379 E. Park Ave., (530) 345-7499, www.tacklebox chico.com.

QUEEN NATION: Tribute band paying homage to British rock band Queen.

F, 8/12, 9:30pm. $5. Feather Falls Casino Brewing Co., 3 Alverda Drive in Oroville, (530) 533-3885, www.feather fallscasino.com/brewing-co.

THE TWO TENS: Los Angeles garage punk duo The Two Tens returns to Chico with local duo The Muddy Sours opening and psych rockers The Vesuvians closing things out. F, 8/12, 9pm. $7.

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

UNPLUGGED OPEN MIC/JAM: Hosted by

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Belden Town Resort and Lodge, 14785 Belden Town Road in Belden, (530) 2839662, www.ftffest.com.

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FOR THE FUNK OF IT: See Friday. Belden Town Resort and Lodge, 14785 Belden Town Road in Belden, (530) 283-9662, www.ftffest.com.

LIVE MUSIC ON THE PATIO: Every Saturday afternoon/evening, come out for live music in a relaxed environment. Sa through 9/18. Rock House Restaurant, 11865 State Hwy. 70 in Oroville, (530) 532-1889, www.RockHouseHwy70.com.

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YOUR M.O.M. COMEDY NIGHT: Weekly

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.

THE GET BUCK TOUR: Southern California deathcore bands Endings and Messenger of the Covenant come through with special guests Apothus and locals Aberrance and The Deprived for a night of heaviness. Sa, 8/13, 7pm. $10. 1078 Gallery, 820 Broadway St., (530) 343-1973.

QUASIMOFOS, MOTOWN FILTHY: Two local

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) 343-4915.

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from local musicians. Tu. Italian Garden, 6929 Skyway in Paradise, (530) 876-9988.

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FULL HOUSE BLUES JAM: Bring an instrument and sign up to sit in with house band The Growlers or just come check out some quality blues. W, 8/17, 7:30pm. $5. Feather Falls Casino Brewing Co., 3 Alverda Drive in Oroville, (530) 5333885, www.featherfallscasino.com/ brewing-co.

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With city funding for the arts mostly long gone, local art and music space the 1078 Gallery is more reliant than ever on community support to keep its doors open. Local bands Team Skins, Sunny Acres, Surrounded by Giants and Tionesta are teaming up with Santa Rosa’s Hizi for the 1078’s Gallery Fundraiser on Friday, Aug. 12. All proceeds go toward the gallery.

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Opening this week Florence Foster Jenkins

Meryl Streep teams up with director Stephen Frears (The Queen) in this story based on the real life New York socialite who, in the early/mid-20th century, pursued her lifelong dream of being an opera singer despite not having a voice that could remotely meet the demands of the music. Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13.

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superdad A heroic fight for wild souls in a tame world character is a man of exceptional abilities who Ctriestitleto instill a kind of heroic vision in his own life aptain Fantastic is not about a superhero, but its

and in those of his six children as well.

Ben (Viggo Mortensen) and his by children are first seen looking like Juan-Carlos primitive warriors, stalking a deer Selznick somewhere in a mountainous forest.

We soon learn that this is a family taking part in an ancient coming-ofage ceremony, with the elder brother, a teenager named Bodevan (George MacKay), making the kill and accepting the ritual ministrations of the long-haired, Captain Fantastic nearly naked guide who is their father.

Ends tonight, Ben and his wife, Leslie (Trin Aug. 11. starring Viggo Mortensen, Miller), have stepped away from consamantha Isler, Frank ventional society and are raising their Langella, Annalise children in the wilderness and outside Basso and george “the system.” The kids are all homeMacKay. Directed by Matt Ross. Pageant schooled, which in this case means a theatre. Rated R. powerful mixture of survivalist training and accelerated courses in serious reading (with Vladimir Nabokov, Noam Chomsky and The Joy of Sex all getting prominent mention).

What sparks the main drama here, however, is the death of Leslie. She is not present for the ritual in the forest, and when Ben and the kids return to their home territory, they learn she has died in the hospital to which she’d been sent. That can’t help but provoke a set of emotional crises for Ben and the youngsters, but

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it also leads to a clash between Ben and Leslie’s relatives, including especially her well-to-do parents.

Leslie’s imperious father, Jack (Frank Langella), is at complete loggerheads with Ben, and he forbids him to appear at the conventional Christian funeral he has arranged for Leslie. Armed with a last will and testament in which Leslie affirmed her commitment to Buddhism and asks to be cremated, Ben remains defiant and resolves to honor her wishes, whatever the cost.

For a time, Captain Fantastic looks as if it might boil itself down to a battle of cultural caricatures—the visionary hippie rebel vs. the staid, devout authoritarian. Indeed, some of the film’s best scenes have sharp semi-satirical takes on aspects of recent “culture wars” in contemporary America. But the tendency toward simplistic pot-shots gives way to a more incisive and nuanced sense of the characters’ respective pros and cons.

Writer-director Matt Ross plays a little fast and loose with the process by which these families move beyond their seemingly irreconcilable differences. But excellent work from the actors, young and old alike, creates some powerful and gritty sympathies in dramatic developments that might otherwise have seemed facile and sentimental.

Mortensen brings a low-key brilliance to every aspect of the unexpectedly complex title role. Kathryn Hahn and Steve Zahn do some very nice work as inlaws with whom Ben and the kids have an intricately fraught visit (probably the best chunk of comic drama in the entire film). Ann Dowd has a couple of good grandmotherly moments as Leslie’s mom. □

Love & Friendship wears its Jane Austen pedigree in very sprightly fashion.

Adapted by Whit Stillman from an early Austen novella, it has a strong family resemblance to the major Austen movies that have preceded it, and yet in its most distinctive elements, it’s not quite like any of them. A key part of what’s special about the film resides in the breezily alluring performance of Kate Beckinsale in the story’s central role. Lady Susan, the title character of the original novella, is a shrewd, seductive, effortlessly charming manipulator, and Beckinsale navigates the role with a deadpan panache, sailing through the character’s contradictions and duplicities as if nothing could be more natural, and maybe even rather charming to boot. Stillman and company keep things moving very quickly in what becomes a kind of screwball comedy of manners involving a small (and, at times, bewildering) multitude of well-to-do characters. Pageant Theatre.

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An R-rated animated comedy from Seth Rogen and friends about a hotdog named Frank (voiced by Rogen) who discovers the horrible truth about what happens to groceries when humans take them home from the market. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R.

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Bourne’s chief nemesis and mortal enemy, and he’s terminally pissed off that the agency’s rebellious, custom-made, stateof-the-art assassin has gone rogue and keeps resurfacing. He seems tired of it all right from the start, and he’s not the only one. When he finally does have a face-toface showdown with Matt Damon’s Bourne, writer-director Paul Greengrass has them both looking like gargoyles of the sort you might expect to find at the gates of some action-movie hell. It’s almost as if this resurrected franchise, with its endlessly renewable superhero, has an increasingly noticeable death wish but just can’t stop itself from charging onward. Not yet, anyway. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13 —J.C.S.

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Nearly all of the plot and suspense of Lights Out arise from early moments of weird, scary occurrences that happen in the dark. What makes it unusually interesting, however, is the skill with which anxious states of mind and emotion are made pervasive among the various characters, and fleetingly palpable in the film’s action.

The demons in this film are real, but also elusive and very nearly illusory as well.

Director David F. Sandberg and company achieve this partly through a set of psychologically fraught characterizations. Maria Bello’s character is the most conspicuously disturbed of the film’s characters, with her daughter Rebecca (played by Teresa Palmer, who at times might be her double) a not too distant second. But the psychological twists in those two act as a kind of emotional virus for everyone else in the film, including even little son/ brother Martin Gabriel Bateman). Plus, there’s the demon in the story, a character called Diana (Alicia Vela-Bailey) who can be glimpsed only in darkness (hence the film’s title) but who can make a fearsome impact on the physical world and the people in it.

As a result, the battle of darkness and light is both literal and symbolic for the film and its characters. Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13 —J.C.S.

Suicide Squad

A film adaptation of the DC Comics antihero team, a group of supervillains released from prison on the condition of carrying out dangerous missions for the government. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

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Bad Moms

Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, the writer/ director duo behind The Hangover, turn the comedy reins over to the women (Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Kathryn Hahn, Jada Pinkett Smith and Christina Applegate) in this story about a group of “overworked and underappreciated” moms who ditch their responsibilities for a prolonged jag of wild living. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R.

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Ice Age: Collision Course Cinemark 14. Rated PG.

Nerve

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Ends tonight, Aug. 11. See review this issue. Pageant Theatre. Rated R —J.C.S.

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

The Secret Life of Pets Cinemark 14. Rated PG.

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Tommy Lee Jones, I’m almost sorry to say, looks epically weary and worn out in Jason Bourne. In part, it’s built into his role here—he’s the CIA director who’s become

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Both open daily for In contrast with Amy, who lunch & dinner, 11:30 a.m.-10 p.m. relishes multi-ingredient rolls with sauces, I prefer the basics: dishes that harmonize the freshest fish with well-prepared rice. From that first visit, for a late lunch, through what’s likely my 50th, for a recent afternoon snack, Big Tuna always has delivered. The quality of fish, particularly the namesake variety, is exceptional, especially for the price compared with other Chico restaurants of this caliber.

The Tuna Plate—sashimi, cut roll, hand roll and nigiri sushi, with miso soup or salad—at $18.95 can be a meal in itself. The Nigiri Plate, a sampler of tuna, yellowtail and salmon, also with miso or salad, costs $12.95; the Bomber, a wide roll, cut in thin slices, combining tuna, albacore, yellowtail or salmon with cilantro, garlic, green onion and optional Serrano chile costs $7.50.

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(yellowtail, mango, avocado and tuna, with flying fish eggs as an accent) actually is a personal favorite, while a friend one lunch praised Big Tuna’s Dragon Roll (snow crab, cucumber and avocado, topped with seared eel and sauce) as the best she’d tasted.

The staff T-shirts boast the name of a second restaurant, Izakaya Ichiban, across town near the Chico Mall. Over the course of my Big Tuna visits, I heard enough raves that I decided to try it out, too.

Izakaya Ichiban opened on 11/11/11, almost exactly three years after Big Tuna. Owner Masayuki “Masa” Watanabe wanted to have a larger restaurant more conducive to professionals and their families, versus the vibe that draws younger customers—in droves, I’ve discovered—to Big Tuna.

Indeed, there’s a lot more room at Izakaya Ichiban, and it’s developed its own legion of fans. Watanabe expanded the space last year, plus incorporated live music on the patio as an added attraction.

My first visit, for a weeknight dinner, I sat at the sushi bar next to a middle-aged man who told me he lives three blocks from Big Tuna but frequents Izakaya Ichiban. I encountered similar loyalty on subsequent visits.

The base menu at both restaurants is the same, but Izakaya Ichiban has a greater variety of special items and fresh fish because of the number of customers served. Each offers cooked food; Izakaya Ichiban’s kitchen features three chefs, all Japanese (one in his 50s, one 60s, one 70s).

I have availed myself of the expanded offerings at the sushi bar, such as albacore from Oregon, anchovy and king mackerel.

In terms of sushi preparation, the biggest differences are slicing and saucing. Big Tuna chefs tend to serve thicker pieces that speak for themselves. Izakaya Ichiban chefs add flavored soy and other sauces, plus accents, to many of the pieces of nigiri sushi. While I’ve preferred the seared bonito at Izakaya Ichiban, on the whole I favor Big Tuna’s approach. □

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Brought to you By … The number 500: If you take the short-lived run of half-baked Local Bastard columns (37 of them) that I wrote way back in the day, add them to the 462 arts dEVos that followed, plus this most fresh installment in front of you, you have 500 arts/culture columns that I’ve written for the Chico news & Review. Thinking back to the previous 499 times I sat at this keyboard struggling to shove local arts topics and my random thoughts together into digestible thematic wads gives me heart palpitations. It’s a mild anxiety, but it’s enough that every week at this time I feel like I’m holding my breath for four hours as I try to bring it all together somewhere near deadline. If you’re seeing this right now, rest assured that I found my thread (thank you, cosmic forces of coincidental number alignment) and One ... ah ah ah ... have finally exhaled.

The number 100: This month marks not only the 100th birthday of Lassen Volcanic national Park (Aug. 9, happy belated!), but also the centennial of the entire national Park service. On Aug. 16, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed the National Park Service Organic Act, creating the agency that would manage Lassen, as well as Yellowstone, Yosemite and other already established national parks and monuments. The act was one of America’s smartest moves, with its mandate to “conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations.”

Mrs. DEVO and I certainly have enjoyed our time stomping around Lassen and Yosemite parks this summer, and we hope to do more exploring of unimpaired lands (now totaling more than 84 million acres over 410 sites) in the weeks to come. One particularly attractive possibility is this weekend’s dark sky Festival at Lassen Park, featuring a packed schedule of activities, Aug. 12-14, focused on the light-pollution-free skies above the park’s peaks.

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The number 25: On July 21, 1991, the stonewall alliance of Chico held its first Pride event, Freedom Fest, at Chico’s State. Now, 25 years later, Chico Pride is stronger and more popular than ever, and next week, Aug. 19-21, Stonewall’s packed a ton—a variety show, City Plaza fest, etc.—into one three-day weekend under the community-unifying theme of “Let’s Go Together.” Visit www.stonewallchicopride.com for more info.

The number 10: This year is the 10th edition of the annie B’s Community drive, the north Valley Community Foundation-administered fundraising campaign during which donations to more than 250 local nonprofits—from arts organizations to educational programs—are partially matched over an eightweek period. In nine years, more than $11 million has been raised for local charities through Annie B’s. The 2016 drive is already under way, and you have until Sept. 30 to visit www.anniebs.org to make your donation count. rIP Leatherman On Friday, Aug. 5, alan Meigs, local musician and owner of

iron Mountain Leather, was killed in an accident on Highway 32. He was 72. According to Facebook posts by family members and fellow musicians, he was on his way to Lake Almanor for a gig when a truck veered into his lane and crashed into his van head-on.

Meigs was the one-man show at his leather shop on Broadway, where he sold his custom-made creations for the past 46 years. And for just as long, he held down the beat as a drummer in local country and rock bands, from The allen Brothers and The Marauders to his most recent crews, The stillwater savage Band and The Retrotones.

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sors, snip off a strand of your hair. As you do, sing a beloved song with uplifting lyrics.

Seal the hair in an envelope on which you have written the following: “I am attracting divine prods and unpredictable nudges that will enlighten me about a personal puzzle that I am ready to solve.” On each of the next five nights, kiss this package five times and place it beneath your pillow as you sing a beloved song with uplifting lyrics. Then observe your dreams closely. Keep a pen and notebook or audio recorder near your bed to capture any clues that might arrive.

On the morning after the fifth night, go to your kitchen sink and burn the envelope and hair in the flame of a white candle. Chant the words of power: “Catalytic revelations and insights are arriving.” The magic you need will appear within 15 days.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): This

would be a good time to have a master craftsperson decorate your headquarters with stained glass windows that depict the creation stories of your favorite indigenous culture. You might also benefit from hiring a feng shui consultant to help you design a more harmonious home environment.

Here are some cheaper but equally effective ways to promote domestic bliss: Put images of your heroes on your walls. Throw out stuff that makes you feel cramped. Add new potted plants to calm your eyes and nurture your lungs. If you’re feeling especially experimental, build a shrine devoted to the Goddess of Ecstatic Nesting.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You Geminis

are as full of longings as any other sign, but you have a tendency to downplay their intensity. How often do you use your charm and wit to cloak your burning, churning yearnings? Please don’t misunderstand me: I appreciate your refined expressions of deep feelings—as long as that’s not a way to hide your deep feelings from yourself.

This will be an especially fun and useful issue for you to meditate on in the coming weeks. I advise you to be in very close touch with your primal urges.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Be vulner-

able and sensitive as well as insatiable and irreverent. Cultivate your rigorous skepticism, but expect the arrival of at least two freaking miracles. Be extra nurturing to allies who help you and sustain you, but also be alert for those moments when they may benefit from your rebellious provocations. Don’t take anything too personally or literally or seriously, even as you treat the world as a bountiful source of gifts and blessings. Be sure to regard love as your highest law, and laugh at fear at least three times every day.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Let’s assume, for

the sake of fun argument, that you do indeed have a guardian angel. Even if you have steadfastly ignored this divine helper in the past, I’m asking you to strike up a close alliance in the coming weeks. If you need to engage in an elaborate game of imaginative pretending to make it happen, so be it. Now let me offer a few tips about your guardian angel’s potential purposes in your life: providing sly guidance about how to take good care of yourself; quietly reminding you where your next liberation may lie; keeping you on track to consistently shed the past and head toward the future; and kicking your ass so as to steer you away from questionable influences.

OK? Now go claim your sublime assistance!

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Although you

may not yet be fully aware of your good fortune, your “rescue” is already underway.

Furthermore, the so-called hardship you’ve been lamenting will soon lead you to a trick you can use to overcome one of your limitations. Maybe best of all, Virgo, a painful memory you have coddled for a long time has so thoroughly decayed that there’s almost nothing left to cling to. Time to release it! So what comes next? Here’s what I recommend: Throw a going-away party for everything you no longer need. Give thanks to the secret intelligence within you that has guided you to this turning point.

by rob brezsny LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Here comes

a special occasion—a radical exemption that is so rare as to be almost impossible.

Are you ready to explore a blessing you have perhaps never experienced? For a brief grace period, you can be free from your pressing obsessions. Your habitual attachments and unquenchable desires will leave you in peace. You will be relieved of the drive to acquire more possessions or gather further proof of your attractiveness. You may even arrive at the relaxing realization that you don’t require as many props and accessories as you imagined you needed to be happy and whole. Is enlightenment nigh? At the very least, you will learn how to derive more joy out of what you already have.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In the coming weeks, I suspect that life will attempt to move you away from any influences that interfere with your ability to discern and express your soul’s code. You know what I’m talking about when I use that term “soul’s code,” right? It’s your sacred calling; the blueprint of your destiny; the mission you came to earth to fulfill. So what does it mean if higher powers and mysterious forces are clearing away obstacles that have been preventing you from a more complete embodiment of your soul’s code? Expect a breakthrough that initially resembles a breakdown.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

Maybe you know people who flee from the kind of big, bold blankness that’s visiting you, but I hope you won’t be tempted to do that. Here’s my counsel: Welcome your temporary engagement with emptiness.

Celebrate this opening into the unknown.

Ease into the absence. Commune with the vacuum. Ask the nothingness to be your teacher. What’s the payoff? This is an opportunity to access valuable secrets about the meaning of your life that aren’t available when you’re feeling full. Be gratefully receptive to what you don’t understand and can’t control.

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

placed a wager down at the astrology pool. I bet that sometime in the next three weeks, you Capricorns will shed at least some of the heavy emotional baggage that you’ve been lugging around; you will transition from ponderous plodding to curious-hearted sauntering. Why am I so sure this will occur? Because I have detected a shift in attitude by one of the most talkative little voices in your head. It seems ready to stop tormenting you with cranky reminders of all the chores you should be doing but aren’t—and start motivating you with sunny prompts about all the fun adventures you could be pursuing.

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

you are most afraid of right now could become what fuels you this fall. Please note that I used the word “could.” In the style of astrology I employ, there is no such thing as predestination. So if you prefer, you may refuse to access the rich fuel that’s available. You can keep your scary feelings tucked inside your secret hiding place, where they will continue to fester.

You are not obligated to deal with them squarely, let alone find a way to use them as motivation. But if you are intrigued by the possibility that those murky worries might become a source of inspiration, dive in and investigate.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Are you

ready for your midterm exam? Luckily, I’m here to help get you into the proper frame of mind to do well. Now study the following incitements with an air of amused rebelliousness: (1) You may have to act a bit wild or unruly in order to do the right thing.

(2) Loving your enemies could motivate your allies to give you more of what you need. (3) Are you sufficiently audacious to explore the quirky happiness that can come from cultivating intriguing problems?

(4) If you want people to change, try this: Change yourself in the precise way you want them to change.

www.RealAstrology.com for Rob Brezsny’s EXPANDED WEEKLY AUDIO HOROSCOPES and DAILY TEXT MESSAGE HOROSCOPES. The audio horoscopes are also available by phone at 1-877-873-4888.

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HANKINS GROUP, INC. P.O. Box 481 Chico, CA 95927.

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JAMES TRAN 2018 Huntington Dr Chico, CA 95928.

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NOTICES NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE PAULINE ROMANO, AKA PAULINE KRAM, MRS. MIKE KRAM, MRS. MICHAEL KRAM To all heirs and beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: PAULINE ROMANO, AKA PAULINE KRAM, MRS. MIKE KRAM, MRS. MICHAEL KRAM A Petition for Probate has been filed by: MICHAEL KRAM in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte.

The Petition for Probate requests that: MICHAEL KRAM be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

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

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: August 16, 2016 Time: 9:00a.m.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Petitioner: MICHAEL KRAM 4781 Tree Ridge Lane Poulsbo, WA 98370 Case Number: 16PR00206 Published: July 28, August 4,11, 2016

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

The Petition for Probate requests that: DEBORAH K. FILTER be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

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

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: August 16, 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

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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: 16PR00215 Published: July 28, August 4,11, 2016

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE RUTH ELAINE WEINREICH, also known as RUTH E. WEINREICH, also known as RUTH WEINREICH To all heirs and beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: RUTH ELAINE WEINREICH, also known as RUTH E. WEINREICH, also known as RUTH WEINREICH A Petition for Probate has been filed by: SUSAN WEINREICH BEST in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte.

The Petition for Probate requests that: SUSAN WEINREICH BEST be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: September 2, 2016 Time: 1:30 p.m.

Dept: TBD 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

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the California Probate Code.

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

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

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

Attorney for petitioner: JANE E. STANSELL 901 Bruce Rd, Suite 170 Chico, CA 95928 (530) 342-4524 Case Number: 16PR00220 Published: July 28, August 4,11, 2016

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE GAIL M. MILLER, aka GAIL KNIESE MILLER To all heirs and beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: GAIL M. MILLER, aka GAIL KNIESE MILLER A Petition for Probate has been filed by: CHRISTOPHER M. WILSON in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte.

The Petition for Probate requests that: CHRISTOPHER M. WILSON 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: August 23, 2016 Time: 9:00 a.m.

Dept: 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

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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: Law Office of Margaret McNulty 1550 Humboldt Road, Suite 4, Chico, CA 95928 (530) 809-0675 Case Number: 16PR00221 Published: July 28, August 4,11, 2016

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE HOLLAND JONES aka HOLLAND MALLETT JONES aka HOLLAND M. JONES To all heirs and beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: HOLLAND JONES aka HOLLAND MALLETT JONES aka HOLLAND M. JONES A Petition for Probate has been filed by: ALEX CAMY in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte.

The Petition for Probate requests that: ALEX CAMY be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

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

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

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: September 20, 2016 Time: 9:00 a.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

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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: JOHN C. SCHALLER Law Office of John C. Schaller 1458 Esplanade, Chico, California 95926 (530) 893-8891 Case Number: 16PR00235 Published: August 11,18,25, 2016

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE DONNA RAE RONINGER To all heirs and beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: DONNA RAE RONINGER, DONNA R. RONINGER, DONNA RONINGER A Petition for Probate has been filed by: TERESA L. HILDINGER in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte.

The Petition for Probate requests that: TERESA L. HILDINGER be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The petition requests the decendent’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.

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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: August 30, 2016 Time: 9:00 a.m.

Dept: 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

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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: KIRSTEN M. KWASNESKI 2200 Range Ave., Ste 206 Santa Rosa, CA 95403 (707) 586-4180 Case Number: 16PR00228 Published: August 11,18,25, 2016

NOTICE OF LIEN SALE Pursuant to CA Business Code 21700, in lieu of rents due, the following units contain clothes, furniture, boxes, etc.

DOLORES DAVENPORT: #173ss (7x12) (Boxes, Books, Dresser, Cabinet) CANDACE CARBY: #219ss (6x15) (Snow Board, Tools, Clothes) STEVEN HAKALA: #236ss (6x10) (Boxes, Oil Heater, Camping Gear, Books) LAURIE HANDELMAN: #386cc1 (10x12) (Toys, Dresser, Bed Frame, Misc. Boxes, Table) ROCKNY BEASLEY: #011cc1 (4x5) (Beach cruiser, Chairs, Books, Clothes) KENNETH MASSINGALE: #086ac (10x12) (Clothes, Misc. items)

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(530) 893-2109 Published: August 11,18, 2016

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner JEANNE PROTEAU-SMITH filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: JEANNE PROTEAU-SMITH JEANNE HAVERTY JEANNE WEISBURD Proposed name: JEANNE PROTEAU JEANNE PROTEAU JEANNE PROTEAU 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: September 16, 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: July 21, 2016 Case Number: 16CV00057 Published: July 28, August 4,11,18, 2016

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner LINDA LUCY CRABTREE filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: LINDA LUCY CRABTREE Proposed name: LINDA LUCY LUCERO 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,

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NOTICE OF HEARING Date: September 30, 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: July 7, 2016 Case Number: 16CV00397 Published: July 28, August 4,11,18, 2016

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner JESSICA HAGGARD filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: AYDEN MADDOX BATES Proposed name: AYDEN MADDOX HAGGARD 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: September 9, 2016 Time: 9:00am Dept: The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: MICHAEL P. CANDELA Dated: July 26, 2016 Case Number: 16CV00491 Published: August 11,18,25, September 1, 2016

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner BRANDON & ALYSA WALLIS filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: RYAN JEFFREY VANCE Proposed name: RYAN JEFFREY WALLIS 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: September 23, 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: July 26, 2016 Case Number: 16CV01488 Published: August 11,18,25, September 1, 2016

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED

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PERSONS: Petitioner STACEY DELATORRES filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: JENESSA ELIZABETH HORN Proposed name: JENESSA ELIZABETH DELATORRES 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: September 23, 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: July 22, 2016 Case Number: 16CV01432 Published: August 11,18,25, September 1, 2016

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner CHRISTINA TREVINO filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: LUIS ROBERTO GUTHRIE CELINA CHRISTINE GUTHRIE Proposed name: LUIS ROBERTO TREVINO CELINA CHRISTINE TREVINO 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: September 16, 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: July 1, 2016 Case Number: 16CV00631 Published: August 11,18,25, September 1, 2016

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner ALEXANDRIA RHAYE KELM filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: ALEXANDRIA RHAYE KELM Proposed name: ALEXANDRIA RHAYE BATISTA 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.

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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: September 23, 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: July 22, 2016 Case Number: 16CV01299 Published: August 11,18,25, September 1, 2016

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner MATTHEW DAVID KELM filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: MATTHEW DAVID KELM Proposed name: MATTHEW DAVID BATISTA 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: September 23, 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: July 22, 2016 Case Number: 16CV01297 Published: August 11,18,25, September 1, 2016

PUBLIC NOTICE Anyone knowing the whereabouts of PATRICK GUENO please contact Attorney Alice Grooms at (504) 243-1135.

Published: August 11,18, 2016

SUMMONS RETRACTION We hereby retract the publication of the Summons published June 30, July 7, 14, 21, 2016 as to AIR-CON ENERGY, BOYD ELECTRIC INC., BUTTE DRYWALL; DURST INC., CUMBERLAND PLUMBING INC.; CORNING LUMBER COMPANY, INC.; DCJ VENTURES, INC.; GROENIGER & COMPANY; HARDESTY & SONS, INC., LIDDELL CONSTRUCTION SUPPLY, INC.; MESCHER DOOR CO.; MILLER GLASS, INC.; PRESLEY EXCAVATING, INC.; NORTHBROOK, INC., SORENSON CONCRETE, INC.; SOTO CONSTRUCTION; SHARON FURNITURE, INC., UPSTATE RAIN GUTTERS; CALDWELL ENTERPRISES,

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INC., CALDWELL’S CREATIVE LAMINATES; AND ROES 1 THROUGH 200, INCLUSIVE Case Number: 15CV01464 Published: August 11, 2016

SUMMONS NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: KELI LAYNNE HAMMON AKA KELI LAYNNE RANDOLPH 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: February 11, 2016 Signed: KIMBERLY FLENER Case Number: 165744 Published: August 11,18,25, September 1, 2016

SUMMONS NOTICE TO CROSS-DEFENDANT: SOTO CONSTRUCTION YOU ARE BEING SUED BY CROSS-COMPLAINANT: COMMUNITY HOUSING IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, INCORPORATED 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 cross-complainant. 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.

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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 awward 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: Glenn County Superior Court 526 W. Sycamore Street Willows, CA 95988 The name, address, and telephone number of cross-complainant’s attorney, or cross-complainant without an attorney, is: JEROME R. SATRAN/JASON A. ROSE SBN 188286/271139 Koeller, Nebeker, Carlson & Haluck, LLP, 1478 Stone Point Drive, Suite 400 Roseville, CA 95661 (916) 724-5700 Signed: KEVIN HARRIGAN Dated: April 12, 2016 Case Number: 15CV01464 Published: August 11,18,25, September 1, 2016

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54 Fairway Dr 36 Red Hawk Ln 114 Cornwall Pl 13278 Oak Ranch Ln 23 Blackstone Ct 398 E Washington Ave 2865 Beaumont Ave 3 Marvin Cir 3097 Hudson Ave 1567 Champlain Way 13 Goldeneye Ct

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1325 Orchard Way 1515 W 8Th Ave 2677 Ceres Ave 1294 Glenn Haven Dr 10 Kevin Ct 2202 Robailey Dr 3027 Rocky Mountain Way 961 Lupin Ave 1279 Dale Way 267 Cavalier Way 68 Satinwood Way

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the following houses were sold in Butte County by real estate agents or private parties during the week of July 25, 2016 – July 29, 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.

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TOWN

PRICE

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ADDRESS

TOWN

PRICE

BR/BA

SQ. FT.

40 Quadra Ct

Chico

$269,000

3/2

3,027

16 Camberwell Ct

Chico

$110,500

2/2

1,233

1113 Olive St

Chico

$260,000

3/2

1,535

6230 Jack Hill Dr

Oroville

$280,000

3/2

1,512

2613 Swallowtail Way

Chico

$257,000

4/2

1,126

14 Avery Ct

Oroville

$228,000

3/2

1,553

2251 Notre Dame Blvd

Chico

$255,000

3/2

1,502

4820 Pentz Rd

Paradise

$443,000

4/2

2,137

2169 Bar Triangle St

Chico

$236,272

2/3

1,215

5430 Harrison Rd

Paradise

$350,000

3/3

2,140

2220 Leinberger Ln

Chico

$234,000

3/2

1,546

8491 Skyway

Paradise

$325,000

4/3

2,216

1625 Chico River Rd

Chico

$210,000

2/1

1,120

920 Wagstaff Rd

Paradise

$310,000

3/2

1,346

18 Mill St

Chico

$205,000

3/2

822

224 Redbud Dr

Paradise

$243,000

3/2

1,744

17 Holt Ln

Chico

$190,000

2/1

1,316

6117 Oliver Rd

Paradise

$237,000

3/2

1,321

555 Vallombrosa Ave 17

Chico

$181,000

3/2

952

1484 Bille Rd

Paradise

$233,500

4/2

1,806

1211 Bruce St

Chico

$165,000

2/1

1,042

1635 Alexis Ln

Paradise

$220,000

3/2

2,977

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SERVING ALL OF BUTTE COUNTY PARADISE–MAGALIA CHICO ADDRESS

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PRICE

AGENT

PHONE

ADDRESS

CITY

6280 Pentz RD

PARA

2/1

800

$12,500

Christina Souther

520-1032

0 Cohasset RD

COHA

6189 Center ST

PARA

2/1

1,670

$104,600

Julie Rolls

872-5880

55 Grand AV

6418 Ventura DR

MAGA

2/2

1,440

$115,000

Rhonda Maehl

873-7640

1241 Wagstaff RD

PARA

3/3

1,380

$129,500

Annette Gale

6550 Lesley CT

MAGA

2/2

1,528

$129,900

5375 Pentz RD

PARA

2/2

1,040

15238 Rain Forest LN

MAGA

2/2

6198 West Wagstaff

PARA

6820 Leone WY

PRICE

AGENT

PHONE

LAND

$42,000

Blake Anderson

864-0151

OROV

LAND

$55,000

Steve Depa

896-9339

51 Lava Rock DR

CHIC

zLAND

$89,500

Bob Contreras

519-9801

872-5886

2934 Pennyroyal DR

CHICO

3/2

1,103

$170,000

Dan Bosch

896-9330

Rhonda Maehl

873-7640

13914 Cluster CT

MAGA

3/2

1,408

$209,900

Brandi Laffins

321-9562

$175,000

Julie Rolls

872-5880

372 Circlewood DR

PARA

3/2

1,239

$220,000

Tim Marble

864-5552

1,440

$179,000

Rhonda Maehl

873-7640

69 Jackie DR

CHIC

3/2

1,108

$239,500

Brian Voight

514-2901

3/2

1,530

$185,000

Shannan Turner

872-3822

7 Clara LN

CHIC

4/2

1,506

$282,500

Mark Chrisco

896-9345

PARA

2/2

1,539

$199,000

Jamie McDaniel

872-5891

1361 Greenwich DR

CHIC

3/3

1,447

$299,000

Dan Bosch

896-9330

438 Plantation DR

PARA

2/2

1,308

$219,000

Annette Gale

872-5886

10 Allie CT

CHIC

3/2

1,534

$313,000

Matt Depa

896-9340

5390 Filbert ST

PARA

2/2

1,132

$219,500

Brian Voigt

514-2901

2440 Guynn AV

CHIC

4/2

1,792

$319,000

Shane Collins

518-1413

6441 Rocky LN

PARA

2/2

1,129

$219,900

Brian Voigt

514-2901

1350 Salem ST

CHIC

4/2

1,973

$343,000

Shane Collins

518-1413

6622 Dolores DR

PARA

2/2

1,220

$220,000

Julie Rolls

872-5880

1771 Del Rita LN

DURH

3/3

2,292

$350,000

Brandi Laffins

321-9562

14712 Julliard CT

MAGA

3/2

1,680

$229,900

Kandice Rickson

872-5892

3 Sir Aaron CT

CHIC

4/3

2,163

$389,000

Brandi Laffins

321-9562

5349 Pentz RD

PARA

3/2

2,024

$232,000

Rhonda Maehl

873-7640

130 Secluded Oaks CT

CHIC

4/3

2,209

$425,000

Brandi Laffins

321-9562

453 Apple LN

PARA

3/2

1,653

$259,000

Brian Voigt

514-2901

3027 Saint Lawrence

CHIC

4/2

2,310

$485,000

Brandi Laffins

321-9562

1629 Diamond AV

CHIC

3/1

1,147

$269,000

Nikki Sanders

872-5889

40271 State Highway 172 MIllCREEK

COMM

$499,950

Carolyn Fejes

966-4457

96 Grinding Rock RD

PARA

3/3

1,766

$279,900

Susan Doyle

877-7733

920 Bruce LN

CHIC

4/2

2,072

$575,000

Brandi Laffins

321-9562

49 Lake Haven WY

OROV

2/2

1,564

$289,950

Jamie McDaniel

872-5891

1477 Flag Creek RD

OROV

3/2

1,250

$795,000

Steve Depa

896-9339

61 Sutter RD

PARA

3/3

2,344

$359,500

Brian Voigt

514-2901

374 Honey Run RD

CHIC

4/3

3,315

$1,050,000

Brandi Laffins

321-9562

1340 Sequoia CT

PARA

4/3

2,710

$399,999

Kandice Rickson

872-5892

0 Highway 70

OROV

LAND

$3,750,000

Steve Depa

896-9339

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