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The threat to medicare Among the many lies Donald Trump told on his way to the White House,

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call and have placed their hope your leadership. For those of us who thought voting for Trump was But write it, I must. a bad choice, we now need to work with him to prove This election has been, to put it mildly, very diviourselves wrong. I’m not saying we write Trump a sive. Personality attacks hit an all-time high for our blank check. Indeed, we need to keep him in check. 240-year-old democracy. Issues But the divisiveness must end. If it doesn’t, it were not discussed in depth. There will be our undoing. was little attempt It’s true that candidate Trump to persuade swing The divisiveness did not treat opponents with respect voters, because must end. If it for the last 18 months. (Indeed, a there were hardly any swing voters. doesn’t, it will be Republican Congress has not treated President Obama with respect for The camps were our undoing. the last eight years.) But we need entrenched almost to rise above that and, despite these from day one. failings, we need to give Trump the benefit of the But now we must all come by doubt as he starts his administration. We need to do together. Chris Verrill better. When they go low, we go high. We need to For those of us who did not The author, former set an example for how democracy is done. vote for Donald Trump, it’s time development director I strongly supported Bernie Sanders. When he for us to do our best to work at KIXe-Tv, is the executive director lost the primary, I reluctantly but resolutely got on together with him. To do our best of beijing Playhouse, board with Clinton to work to help our country. I do to help him succeed. To do our China’s english that again today. I’m on board with helping Trump best help him in his work to lead broadway Theatre. have a successful administration. our country. We owe this to our country. We owe this to My congratulations to ourselves. At the end of the day, we’re all on the President-elect Trump and his supporters. You same team. □ fought to victory. The American people heard your

illary Clinton’s loss still stings while I write this.

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none was more blatant than his oft-repeated promise not to cut Medicare and Social Security. Seems he’s changed his tune. The president-elect’s transition website now promises “reforms” to both programs, including “modernizing” Medicare. If this sounds vague, that’s because it is. And its vagueness plays right into the hands of House Speaker Paul Ryan, who long has wanted to privatize Medicare by killing it and replacing it with vouchers that can be used to purchase health insurance from private companies. With Republicans in control of both houses of Congress, the White House and, before long, the Supreme Court, now’s his chance. Ryan will argue that Medicare is going broke, that along with Obamacare it is driving up health care costs, that repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act must also entail “reforming” Medicare. None of this is true. As Ryan’s own Congressional Budget Office has pointed out, the cost-savings measures in the ACA have been quite successful in reining in Medicare expenses, holding them to just 1.4 percent annually, less than inflation. Long-term budget projections have improved dramatically. Remember, Medicare is inexpensive to administer. The program doesn’t have to make a profit, and it isn’t driven by the pressures of the stock market. In the long run, the people who will be hurt most by privatizing Medicare—those who will absorb the increased cost of insurance when the government pulls back—are elderly white people, folks who by and large voted for Trump. If they don’t stand up against Ryan’s plan, they will suffer the consequences of their voting choice. □

Take time to give back One of the great things about Chico is that it is home to an embarrass-

ment of excellent organizations with the goal of bettering the community. If you think about a cause, there likely is a nonprofit working on it. So, during this season of giving, think about what you’re most passionate about and consider making a donation to an organization that falls in line with your values. There are literally hundreds of charities from which to choose, from youth education and pet welfare groups to food pantries and environmental causes. CN&R is impressed with the work of the charitable groups in our midst, and we are especially inspired by the folks who volunteer for them. Every year, we use the issue of Thanksgiving week as a way to highlight some of the good work by a handful of folks in our community (see “Local Heroes 2016,” page 24). We also know that budgets are tight, and for some folks, making a monetary contribution is not feasible. But giving back can come in other forms. One of the biggest requests we hear about from local groups is the need for additional volunteers. The opportunities abound, and they can range from a one-time effort to lending a regular helping hand. Perhaps this last part sounds a little selfish, but volunteering also feels good. Indeed, there is a sense of satisfaction in helping your fellow man. Another perk is getting to meet like-minded folks, some of whom could become lifelong friends. In all our years of reporting on the efforts of local nonprofit groups, we’ve never heard any volunteers say they regretted helping others. So, why not give back? What do you have to lose? □

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

Staying thankful If you’re a regular reader of my weekly column, you know I’m having a hard time coming to terms with the election of Donald Trump. I’m at the same time anxious, depressed, fearful (for others mostly) and just downright angry. It’s a particular type of outrage that’s difficult to explain in words not of the four-letter variety. But I can’t focus on the president-elect around the clock. And this week, I’m thinking about some of the many things I’m grateful for. I don’t have enough space here to denote everything. Here are a few highlights: I’m thankful for my family and friends, who love me despite my many flaws. A special shout out to my husband, who doesn’t mind being married to a woman with the nickname Maddog. As a working mother, I’m thankful that my child is surrounded during the day by caring teachers and teachers’ aides. I’m thankful for dedicated colleagues (my CN&R family) who put a lot of time and effort into fulfilling this newspaper’s mission of, among other things, bettering our community. This includes former Editors Robert Speer and Evan Tuchinsky, both of whom know what it’s like to sit in the hot seat in the corner office at Second and Flume streets. I’m thankful for the folks behind the bylines at newspapers throughout the nation who have devoted their lives to comforting the afflicted and afflicting the comfortable. I’m thankful for the little notes of encouragement from readers that buoyed my spirits during the long and punishing election cycle. I’m thankful for the folks whose donations to the CN&R foundation, the local investigative reporting fund, will result in in-depth stories that will shed light on important subjects. I’m thankful, in the face of great uncertainty from our nation’s capital, that I live in an overall fantastic community where strangers say hello to each other and smile. I’m thankful for the artists who give Chico its identity as a creative—and wonderfully weird— place to live. I’m thankful for the many people in our region who spend their lives working to better the lives of others. Speaking of which, this week, in our annual Local Heroes Issue, we’ve profiled seven people who go above and beyond through their volunteer efforts (see page 24), just a sampling of the excellent nominations we received this year. For the package of stories, I sat down with a local couple who run a nonprofit gardening program that’s so varied and impressive that it could have been the subject of a cover story. The short write-up is just a glimpse into the work they do running a community garden, showing families how to stretch their food budget and, perhaps most significant, helping people heal emotionally and physically and grow life skills such as independence. This time of year, as the temperatures drop, remember that many people in our community lack adequate housing. There are excellent nonprofit service organizations here to help, but they need community support to sustain their work. Please consider making a contribution. Also, CN&R is collecting unused toiletries at our office at 353 E. Second St., as we have in past years, to deliver to local service providers. Thanks, in advance of your donations. Happy Thanksgiving!

Melissa Daugherty is editor of the CN&R

Lifestyle deniers complicit Re “State of denial” (Cover story, by Alastair Bland, Nov. 17): According to the story’s subheadline: “Climate change science is in, but efforts to curb it are out with Donald Trump in office.” I have news: “efforts to curb” environmental impacts have always been “out.” I recently read that one flight from New York to London melts a square meter of Arctic sea ice. American families destroy 200 square meters every year; this is 10 times the impact of a family in India, Africa or South America. How? We eat meat (generating somewhere around 20 percent of greenhouse gasses); we heat and cool ever larger houses (more than twice the size, per capita, since the 1950s); we make flying routine—when we should stop altogether; we are insanely dependent on automobiles and we consume mountains of products we don’t need. Is Donald Trump making us do any of this? No. Would a few more Clinton-brand windmills and solar panels reverse the damage? No. Slow it down? Not by much. For every science denier, there’s a lifestyle denier. The lifestyle deniers talk about their most recent trips to Italy or Hawaii, while enjoying a steak dinner—and then complain about Trump’s environmental policies for dessert. Trump didn’t create this monster, monster though he may be. Patrick Newman Chico

‘Let the people decide’ Re “The next chapter (Newslines, by Ken Smith, Nov. 10): The Move the Junkyard referendum intends to keep the door open for negotiations between the city and Chico Scrap Metal’s owners. All the referendum does is put the issue on the ballot in 2018. It allows hope that the scrap metal yard will move, so that the people nearby will not to be further put at risk from waste-stream toxins. The people of Chapmantown are disenfranchised and couldn’t vote for the City Council that made the callous decision for the junkyard to stay. If LETTERS c o n t i n u e d

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Well-articulated comment Re “Then and now” (Guest comment, by Dean Carrier, Nov. 17): Thank you, Dean, for articulating so well an explanation for the recent election. Your comparison is enlightening. Be well and stay safe. Bradley Sager Chico

An unchecked Trump You need to understand the danger we are in. President Obama bombed seven countries without a congressional declaration of war and ordered the nonjudicial execution of many, including a U.S. citizen, during his administration. He was able to do this because the Patriot Act has suspended much of the USA’s Constitution. Obama’s had the most power of any presidency to date. Donald Trump will inherit that power. Will he be benign or will he keep his promises and plunge us into even greater violations of human rights, including our right to a healthy environment? It seems the Patriot

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Act gives him the power to do as he pleases. The definition of fascism (coined by Benito Mussolini) is big-business-run government. Trump has promised to run this country like a business, putting profit above all the liberties we hold dear. This is the unlearned lesson of pre-WWII Germany; not only should there be a separation of church and state, but there should also be a separation of business and state. We need to prepare for the worst. We need to expect this man to be the worst thing that has ever happened to Earth and its inhabitants. To do otherwise is naive. R. Sterling Ogden Chico

Thesaurus eaters I am completely flabbergasted. How can people be so ignorant? Don’t they realize that the media’s unfair, underhanded, biased coverage of the election only fueled the Trump fire? I believe it jacked up his number of supporters by 25 percent, or more! No one likes to hear and see someone being ganged up on. I’m afraid that Clinton supporters and the media will soon be eating their thesaurus! A large part of the media has shown what they are made of. I am ashamed that they were part of our election process. The world was and is watching! Calvin Simpson Stonyford

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a Million Activists march at Chico’s City Plaza. (I modified the Washington, D.C., Million Women title to include men.) I invite you to join in organizing the event on Norcal Progressives on Facebook. To focus on solutions and information, who would you add to this list of invited speakers? Planned Parenthood, Women’s Health Specialists, ACLU, Stonewall. Ideas for an expert on immigration and on discrimination against Muslims? Climate change? Gayle Kimball Chico

Regarding that reply Re “Electoral College must go” (Letters, by Maurice Picard, Nov. 17): I am responding to Maurice Picard’s reply to my original comments concerning the popular vote. Nowhere in my comments did I reference the Florida vote. Al Gore won the national vote by 540,000 during the 2000 election. The people in all 50 states voted for Al Gore for president, which is why the Electoral College should be abolished. This year, Hillary Clinton won by over 1 million in the popular vote but

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Thanks, supporters The Museum of Northern California Art (monca) would like to thank the many donors who have supported us during not only the 2016 Annie B’s Campaign through North Valley Community Foundation but also over the past four years of the organization’s existence. We are ever grateful to you for helping us raise the funds needed to renovate the beautiful Veterans Memorial Building, transforming it into an art museum and community space for the entire North State. The concept begun by NVCF and its first donor five years ago has allowed many organizations to become more visible to the community. The museum shared in this effort and can only say “thank you” to those who gave and continue to help us reach our goal of opening the doors. Due to setbacks in our renovation plan, we are now ready to begin

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‘Electrosmog’ all around Your cellphones are not good for you. For a variety of reasons, I’ve become hypersensitive to electromagnetic fields (EMFs). I’m electrohypersensitive. That means I cannot be around cellphones, WiFi, computers, TV, etc., for very long. It’s a nightmare, to say the least. Please, opt out of your Smart Meters, disconnect WiFi and use Ethernet cables instead, and limit your cellphone use. If you’d like a book recommendation, Zapped, by Ann Louise Gittleman, is a good one. Please, wake up and see what’s going on all around us—electrosmog. Elly Jodari Chico

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Oscar Rodriguez shares his experiences as a homeless and foster youth at a recent candlelight vigil held in honor of National Homeless and Runaway Youth Month.

Street Sweeper crime Spree

A Chico man was arrested by California Highway Patrol officers Nov. 16 after allegedly engaging in a bizarre crime spree that included crashing a stolen street sweeper on Highway 99. Patrick Crick, 30, was arrested at around 10 p.m. on Nov. 15 in Chico for trespassing. After being released from Butte County Jail in Oroville later that night, Crick allegedly stole a street sweeper from the parking lot at Home Depot, across the street from the jail, and headed toward Chico, but crashed the vehicle near Eaton Road at about 1:30 a.m. The driver was not present when CHP officers arrived at the crash scene, but Crick was arrested in the parking lot of Action News Now on Silverbell Road shortly after. The news station reported Crick was trying to enter the building at the time of his arrest.

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The Butte County Sheriff’s Office has been busy recently investigating three separate suspicious deaths in the foothills. The first call, on Nov. 9, was from a Berry Creek woman who reported she’d found her roommate, Robert Roberts, 59, dead on the floor. He’d suffered a head injury, but an autopsy is pending. No suspects have been identified, according to a BCSO press release. Then, on Nov. 14, a citizen discovered the body of Kenneth Tam in a car in Bangor. His death was initially considered suspicious, but investigators later determined that the 55-year-old from the Sacramento area died of natural causes. On Nov. 10, a utility worker found a decomposed body on Middle Honcut Road south of Oroville, later identified as Travis Gunnells, 44, of Texas. An autopsy is pending. Anyone with information regarding the deaths of Roberts or Gunnells should call the BCSO Investigations Unit at 538-7671.

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Safe Space Winter Shelter—the low-barrier, seasonal shelter that’s served Chico’s homeless population since 2013—is set to open on Dec. 4, and organizers are asking the community for help. The shelter needs 22 volunteers each night to staff both the shelter, housed at rotating locations, and a separate intake site. Organizers are also asking for financial support, either through direct donations or attending upcoming benefit events. Safe Space is sponsored by the Chico Homeless Action Team (CHAT). The shelter plans to provide food and housing for 50 people every night through Feb. 26. For more information about volunteering, attend a workshop Monday (Nov. 28) at 6:30 p.m. at First Christian Church (295 E. Washington Ave.). 8

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a light in the dark Vigil focuses on importance of education for homeless youth City Council chambers on Nov. O16 Chico in front of a crowd of about two dozen

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people, all holding candles. There, he shared stories about his formative years spent in story and photo by group homes and on the Ken Smith streets of San Diego and Los Angeles. The young kens @ n ew srev i ew. c o m man’s voice remained unwavering as he spoke about his past difficulties, only cracking with emotion when he recalled the names of mentors and teachers who helped him get his life on track. “My own life had struggles that may have seemed insurmountable without having the people who stood by my side for years,” he said at the candlelight vigil observing November as National Homeless and Runaway Youth Month. “I started from meager beginnings, struggling for food and shelter,” Rodriguez recounted. “Stability was fragile in my life, and going to school didn’t seem like a priority. Taking care of my family, especially my mother, seemed more worthy, but as the years went on I could no longer shoulder the weight of the responsibilities.”

Rodriguez said a handful of educators inspired him “through the moments I couldn’t see clearly through the darkness, and gave me the passion, the inspiration and some light to guide myself by.” He eventually made it through community college and currently works as a tutor for the Butte County Office of Education’s School Ties Program. He’s also attending Chico State through the Promoting Achievement Through Hope (PATH) Scholars Program, which provides support and resources for current or former foster youth seeking higher education. “Each child out there who sleeps in foster or group homes or in distress needs that light to be given to them, the hope needed to shine brightly and have the opportunity to truly be part of this greater society,” he said. “We cannot close our eyes to these issues, even though they’re hard to bear.” The event was organized and emceed by

Josh Indar, a tutoring coordinator for School Ties who also works with advocacy organization Youth for Change. Also present were representatives from the Chico City Council and police department, service providers from the 6th Street

Center for Youth and Chico State, as well as several young people who have been homeless or are currently experiencing homelessness. One of the event’s goals was to spread awareness about the prevalence of homelessness among youth, locally and beyond. The BCOE estimates there are currently between 800 and 1,200 homeless youth in Butte County schools, accounting for those who live on the streets without adult supervision—known as “unaccompanied youth”—and those who live in shared or otherwise unstable housing. The 6th Street Center for Youth has reported assisting more than 250 homeless or marginally housed young people between the ages of 14 and 25 annually for the last several years. At the vigil, Indar reported that the latest estimates place California’s homeless youth population at about 200,000, and more than 2 million in the United States and Canada. The National Coalition for the Homeless reports that families have overtaken single men as the fastest-growing segment of the homeless population. Other events focused on homeless youth in November included a storytelling event (Chico Tellebration!, on Nov. 13), a choral

Stony resolve concert (Nov. 18) and official proclamations in observation of National Homeless and Runaway Youth Month issued by the cities of Chico, Paradise and Oroville. “They’re our kids, they’re your grandkids, they’re your kids’ friends and classmates,” Indar told the crowd at the vigil. “We want to take care of them, we want to make sure that they’re OK, and we want to make sure they have the same opportunities as everyone else who happens to have a home.” Indar and other speakers at the vigil emphasized the importance of education in overcoming youth homelessness. PATH Scholars Program Coordinator Marina Fox also spoke, and focused on resources available for college students such as financial aid, housing, social support and “caring staff and faculty that want to see students succeed.” She urged those younger than college age to stay in school and contact School Ties or other programs to help them make it through. “While you’re going through some extremely tough challenges to meet your basic needs, remember the stability that education can offer, in the present and in the future,” Fox said. The final address of the evening was by

Chico City Councilman Randall Stone. Stone mentioned recent numbers provided by the Torres Community Shelter (which the CN&R confirmed with the shelter’s executive director, Brad Montgomery) indicating the facility served 123 children from 70 families in the fiscal year that ended in September, compared to 87 children in 54 families the year before. Stone also spoke about education in a different sense—the need to educate policy makers at local, state and national levels about the problem and possible solutions. Pointing toward City Hall, he said, “The people that work in here, myself included, need to understand how pervasive this problem is and how much it continues to grow. “I’m not picking on my city or fellow council members or the nature of the political environment nationally, but the fact of the matter is … people don’t understand what solutions are available and they don’t fully understand or appreciate how to get the job done. “Look out for each other,” Stone said in conclusion. “If you know homeless youth or are a homeless youth, reach out. There shouldn’t be anyone living on the street in this country, and especially not kids.” □

Local group works to protect historic rock walls any decades ago under the valley sun, workers used horsepower and force of M will to haul and arrange heavy boulders

across miles of uneven landscape. That’s always fascinated Jeramie Sabelman. Using Google Earth, he recently mapped about 50 miles of stone walls that rise from the grassy foothills east of Chico. He’s traced most of the structures in the area and elsewhere in the North State, including a stony perimeter around the Sutter Buttes mountain range. Sabelman is a member of a local group called Respect the Walls, which is working to protect the structures as new development encroaches eastward. The group presented “The Story of Chico’s Rock Walls” on Saturday (Nov. 19) as part of Chico Museum’s ongoing speaker series. “I want to preserve the walls for future generations who don’t have a say in it,” Sabelman told the CN&R. The walls in Chico were built between 1870 and 1910 and stretch through the wideopen spaces from Neal Road to the Chico Municipal Airport. They are disappearing because people are taking the rocks home, presumably using them for private landscaping. The structures aren’t recognized historical sites, so they aren’t protected by law. The cumulative result is noticeable. Some sections of a rock wall that parallels Humboldt Road are rubble; others are missing entirely. At the request of Respect the Walls, Michael

Magliari, a Chico State history professor, launched a new investigation that sheds light

on why the walls were built and are worth preserving. For starters, they represent an important shift in the history of California, he said during the presentation at Chico Museum. “In 1870, the California Legislature changed the fence laws in the state and brought to an end the open-range cattle industry,” he said. “After 1871, the farmers gained the upper hand in California politics and the onus to contain livestock was put on the cattlemen. They had to start building fences of some kind.” In addition to keeping livestock away from homesteads and agricultural areas, the walls marked the property boundaries of pioneering families. As for who physically built the walls, Magliari found it difficult to separate facts from legend. Apparently, when they were constructed, no one anticipated that they’d become historically interesting. “In their own day, they were considered so mundane, so ordinary, that nobody bothered to write anything about them,” Magliari said.

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According to local lore, the walls were built by Chinese laborers, and there’s truth in that, he said. Some of the workers who built the walls also were of Portuguese and Basque descent, and others relocated from the Azores, off the coast of Portugal. In terms of construction, they’re not merely haphazard piles of stones, Magliari said. “On the contrary, they are intricate and complex constructions of carefully laid rocks, each requiring deliberate positioning by a skilled and experienced craftsman.” Magliari argued for preserving the walls as “beautiful and important examples of rural vernacular architecture and immigrant peasant dry stone masonry construction.” Respect the Walls wants the city of Chico

to add the stone structures to its Historic Resources Inventory, which would provide some protection by triggering a review process if a developer proposed demolishing them. With his mapping project mostly complete, Sabelman says he will submit an application to the city’s Public Works Department within the next few weeks; such a designation would need approval from the Chico City Council. Moving forward, Sabelman hopes the city will balance the demands of the area’s growing population with the historical value of the walls. He points to California Park, where an old wall was left standing amid a modern housing development. Sableman prefers that approach—building around rather than tearing down. “Do I wish we could keep all of the walls? Of course,” he said, “but that’s just not realistic.” —HOWARD HARDEE h owa rd h @ newsr ev iew.c o m

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bly the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act of 2014 (SGMA) that soon will govern subterranean lakes and rivers. Residents of dammed or diverted river regions—including the Owens Valley—shared their stories. During the two days, common conclusions emerged: • Water is a holistic resource that policymakers approach piecemeal. • “Battle lines” are not just Northern California versus Southern California or agriculture versus urban use, but also public versus private. • Climate change should be, but isn’t always, a consideration in water plans. • The past is indeed prologue. Bruce Herbold, a biologist with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, tied the latter two threads together when he pointed to the state’s history of multicentury droughts, as recorded geologically. “Going back before 1900 is terrifying,” he said. “Climate change is something to worry about, but just being in California is scary enough.”

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connected; however, government officials and the public have overlooked many of those connections, such as the relationship between surface water and groundwater. Surface water comprises lakes, rivers and streams; groundwater flows beneath the surface. Depleting groundwater stores can cause a corresponding drain on surface water, drawn downward to replenish aquifers. Moreover, rain and snowfall contribute to both levels. “All groundwater comes from surface water—we don’t precipitate from the center of the earth,” noted Kit Custis, a hydrogeologist. Scientists have come to recognize this link, but legislators treat the sources separately. Until recently, California had myriad, complex regulations for surface water yet virtually none for groundwater. SGMA established a framework for local control of underground basins, with policies to be adopted by 2022. The Paso Robles plan materialized in the wake of SGMA. Adam Keats, a Bay Area water rights attorney, detailed how private interests—notably Harvard University’s endowment and several large ag businesses—bought up land holdings over that groundwater basin where it intersects the State Water Project (the system

including Oroville Dam). They then attempted to form a water district, which would have had legal standing to control storage, pumping and sale of water under SGMA. However, in a March 2016 special election, voters defeated the effort by a 3-to-1 margin. “It wasn’t paranoid hyperbole to think there was interest to create a privatized water bank,” Keats said, adding that the risk still exists wherever there’s a convergence of geology, the SWP and the right economic factors. “What other aquifers are in the same situation?”

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ment the urgent public threat posed by endocrine disrupting chemicals.” Published last month in The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology journal, the study was co-authored by Pete Myers— founder of Environmental Health Sciences, publisher of Environmental Health News and The Daily Climate. Costs were estimated by looking at exposures, then projecting 15 medical conditions linked to the chemicals and the associated health costs and lost wages. The findings are built upon calculations made by the Endocrine Society, the World Health Organization and the United Nations Environment Program. A similar study conducted in Europe found about $217 billion in annual costs due to exposure to these compounds. The much higher cost in the U.S. “is due to a major difference in policy and regula-

tion,” said Dr. Leonardo Trasande, an associate professor and researcher at the NYU School of Medicine and senior author of the study. The U.S. public has greater exposure to flame-retardant chemicals, due in part to stringent fire-safety rules. These compounds are added to furniture foam and electronics to slow the spread of flames. In Europe, pesticides are the main cost driver. Both flame retardants and certain pesticides can impact brain development when unborn babies are exposed. Trasande noted the U.S. Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 requires consideration of children’s safety before a pesticide is approved for use in farming. No such policy exists in Europe. Conversely, Europe has been much more proactive in tackling a particularly concerning group of flameretardant chemicals called polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs). PBDEs are the worst offenders in the U.S., accounting for nearly two-thirds of the estimated health problems, including annually causing about 11 million lost IQ points and 43,000 additional cases of intellectual disability, all to the tune of $268 billion. Pesticide exposure—the second most costly chemical group in the U.S.—causes an estimated 1.8 million lost IQ points and another 7,500 intellectual disability cases

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grants from entering the country. It will stop drugs from entering the country. It will be 50 feet tall. It will be nearly a thousand miles long. And it will cut the traditional lands of the Tohono O’odham Nation of Arizona in half. The Tohono O’odham reservation is one of the largest in the nation, and occupies area that includes 76 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border. However, the tribe’s traditional lands extend deep into Mexico, and tribal members live on both sides of the border: With tribal identification, they cross regularly to visit family, receive medical services, and participate in ceremonial or religious services. The prospect of slicing their homelands in two? Not welcome. “Over my dead body will a wall be built,” says Verlon Jose, vice chairman of the Tohono O’odham Nation. “If he decides to build a wall, he’s going to need to come talk to us, unless he wants to see another Standing Rock.” In other words, to build the wall, Trump will have to fight for every single mile of Tohono O’odham land—legally, and possibly even physically. And they’re not the only tribal nation that would be impacted by the wall. Robert Holden, deputy director of the National Congress of American Indians, points to the Ysleta Del Sur in Texas and tribes in California, such as the Kumeyaay,

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who have relatives in Mexico. “There’s significant tribal sovereignty at stake here,” Holden says. Currently, a vehicle barrier on Tohono O’odham land separates Mexico from the United States. It’s stopped cars and trucks from crashing across the border but hasn’t significantly curbed illegal activities in the area. The nation sits inside what the Department of Homeland Security calls the Tucson Sector—262 miles of border stretching from New Mexico almost entirely across Arizona, and one of the busiest areas for illegal border activity in the U.S. In 2015, more than 60,000 pounds of marijuana, cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin were seized by Tucson Border Patrol. According to officials, that same year, Border Patrol handled more than 2,100 drug cases, and some 680 smuggling cases were prosecuted out of the Tucson Sector. But despite the statistics, the Tohono O’odham have resisted more intrusive physical barriers within their territory. “The people of the Tohono O’odham Nation have always been against a wall,” says Jose. In the 1990s, he adds, federal agencies discussed a wall or some other additional security barrier, but the tribe resisted, and the plan was dropped. In order to deal with criminal activities in the area, the nation has opted to work with About this story:

Tristan Ahtone wrote this article for YES! Magazine. Tristan is a journalist and member of the Kiowa tribe of Oklahoma. His work has appeared on and in PBS NewsHour, National Native News, Frontline, Wyoming Public Radio, Vice, Fronteras Desk, NPR, and Al Jazeera America.

the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, as well as Border Patrol. For instance, the Shadow Wolves—a Tohono O’odham tactical patrol unit—have worked with DHS since the early 2000s and are responsible for seizing thousands of pounds of illegal drugs and hundreds of arrests on the reservation. And tribal law enforcement has worked closely with federal authorities as well as tribal communities to maintain a semblance of safety and order. This doesn’t mean things are peachy down

on the Tohono O’odham reservation, though: Tribal members say they are routinely harassed by Border Patrol; cultural and religious items are frequently confiscated; and detentions and deportations of tribal citizens are not uncommon. In 2014, two tribal members were hospitalized after being shot by a Border Patrol agent. The situation has often been compared to a Berlin Walllike scenario, but the tribe has fought for and maintained the ability to enjoy its traditional homelands—at least more than if a wall were running through the middle of them. “Let me come into your home and build a wall directly in the middle of your house and tell me what impacts that would have on you?” says Jose. “This land is our grocery store; this land is our medical facility, where we get our medicinal remedies from; this land is our college and university. Our sacred sites are in Mexico; our ceremonies are in what is now Mexico. The border is an imaginary line to us.” Border Patrol officials declined to comment on the proposed wall or how the agency has worked with the Tohono

O’odham in the past. “Beyond the practical difficulties of building and maintaining such a wall, it really would undermine a lot of cooperative agreements that law enforcement rely on to police that border,” says Melissa Tatum, a law professor at the University of Arizona. “If they’re not cooperating with the Tohono O’odham that help to secure the border, it creates incentives to have more resistance.” In the short term, when it comes to securing the border, there are no easy answers or solutions. But when it comes to working with tribal nations on the issue, in the eyes of the Tohono O’odham, Trump’s proposed wall represents either gross ignorance or blatant disregard for tribal sovereignty. And if construction begins, it could signal the winding back of clocks on U.S.-tribal relations on the border. “I can’t even imagine how far it would set us back,” says Tatum. “More than a hundred years.” □

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Market Bucks are the perfect gift for anyone At the farmers market you can shop with over 100 local businesses. The Chico Certified Farmers Market has everything you need to make your holidays special from the meal to the plates; there isn’t anything you can’t find. Market Bucks can be used at any Chico Certified Farmers Market with any vendor. Two Year Round Markets in Chico, Rain or Shine Wednesday, North Valley Plaza parking lot on Pillsbury Rd, 7:30 am to 1:00 pm Saturday, Downtown 2nd & Wall St, 7:30 am to 1:00 pm

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Travel to Tuscany with Mooney Farms The beautiful Tuscan style company store is open Monday through Friday from 10am-4pm. Discover all of the Bella Sun Luci Italian favorites including their award-winning Bella Sun Luci Arbequina Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Sun Dried Tomato line, in addition to other local gourmet food products from the area. Gift baskets are available to purchase or create your own unique design. Shipping is available.

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Ike’s Place gift certificates make great holiday gifts and are redeemable at any Ike’s location. When you come to Ike’s Place it is their goal to make you feel like the unique individual that you are. If that isn’t enough to set them apart, did we mention that the bread is baked fresh to order? And their Ike’s Dirty Secret Sauce is spread on every sandwich and baked right in the bread. Mmmmm…are you hungry yet? Ike’s Place offers a variety of mouth watering sandwich options, including vegan and vegetarian options.

Join us at ABC Books, where you will find not only a huge selection of quality used books, but also a great selection of local artisan’s creations to satisfy all of your holiday gift giving needs. This month’s featured local photographer is Brooke Parks, whose beautiful nature scenes are sure to brighten anyone’s wall. Other local creations include hand turned wooden bowls, custom made gourds, hand woven pine needle baskets, and so much more! ABC Books is also proud to carry a large selection of new books by local authors. Come in today and support your local artists and authors!

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Good, Clean FUN & exercise In January 1863, James Plimpton patented a four-wheeled roller skate that was capable of turning. Ever since that day children the world over have gathered to enjoy the social interaction of others in a fun and energetic atmosphere. You can’t go wrong bringing children up in this safe environment. Now Funland wants to make it affordable to get your kids into skating. Buy a pair of skates and you will get 100% of your purchase cost back on a Funland admission card. $100 in skates = $100 in admission. 150% on Black Friday. Get your kids started today!

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Give the gift everyone will love... a gift certificate from Tres Hombres. Choose any denomination , get a gift card, and your holiday shopping for friends, family and co-workers is complete. Try the “Best Margarita in Chico” as voted by CN&R readers for the last 12 years. Make your choice from over 125 premium Blue Agave tequilas.” Fiesta Hour Appetizers & Cocktails are served Daily 4-6. La Casa margs Draft Beer just $4. Next time you’re making plans to gather just say “Meet Me At Tres!”

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

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

TEPPAN-YAKI & SUSHI HAI! An Ojiya gift card is perfect for the holidays! Now thru Jan 7, 1017, buy a $50 gift card and receive an additional $10 or purchase a $100 card and receive an additional $20. Enjoy Hibachi and Sushi with us, as they possess all the qualities of a perfect dining experience. Enjoy the finest in steak & seafood skillfully prepared & presented with flair by Master teppan-yaki chefs on your table top grill or sushi skillfully prepared & presented at your table or at the sushi bar. The speed & dexterity of our chefs will dazzle you & the exotic, elegant atmosphere will delight you. OJIYA JAPANESE STEAKHOUSE & SUSHI BAR Full Bar | Open Daily | Now Accepting Reservations For The Holidays! Sun-Thur 11AM-9:30PM | Fri - Sat 11AM-10PM 2477 Forest Ave. # 100 | 530.899.1199 (530) 899-1199 november 23, 2016

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Choose a Sweetwater Gift Card- beautifully wrapped, or Sweetwater’s customer favoriteThe Holiday Face & Body Package for only $129! Includes a signature spa facial and a relaxation massage. Purchase now through December 31

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Butte Creek Bikes is a full service bicycle shop, specializing in electric bicycles. Whether you are looking to modify an existing bike or design one from the ground up, Butte Creek Bikes has you covered. They offer a wide selection of electric bikes, electric scooters, electric bike motors and replacement parts and they also offer service and repair. This week’s featured bike is a folding tricycle, perfect for those with limited storage space. It can hold up to 320lbs, reach speeds of 20MPH, and can go around 30 miles before needing to be recharged.

Shubert’s Homemade Ice Cream & Candy has been a Chico tradition for over 75 years! Homemade Boxed Chocolates, Peanut Brittle, English Toffee and Divinity are just a few treats our families have come to look forward to during the holidays. Pre-order Snowballs now! The perfect holiday dessert! Don’t forget your Shubert’s Mints this season! No holiday celebration would be complete without them!

Butte Creek Bikes 7 Three Sevens Lane • Chico (530) 591-3081 ButteCreekBikes.com

Shubert’s Ice Cream & Candy 178 E. Seventh St., Chico (530) 342–7163 www.Shuberts.com

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Find that Special Something for your Special Someone

Anika Burke Eclectic Boutique enjoys providing Chico with the essence of California’s casual lifestyle. This ever popular shop is chock-full of modern and eclectic women’s clothing, accessories & gifts. Dress with ease and rock every piece you wear!

ARTISTS, ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, ARTISTS and CRAFTERS will be pleased with an adjustable TABLE and CHAIR. Many styles available at Special Christmas Pricing. FILE CABINETS, LIGHT TABLES, STOOLS and LAMPS, as well as, TECHNICAL DRAWING TOOLS ready to be wrapped. We can also wrap up a Gift Certificate.

Looking for the perfect gift? This week’s special: $6 Light Weight Scarf (Limit 5 per person)

Ellis Art • Downtown Chico 122 Broadway • Chico (530) 891-0335

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Christian & Johnson has been making the Holidays bright for over a century! Featured here are examples of our ‘Alpine Woodland’ line; unique wooden advent calendars and scenes that illuminate, play music, and delight the young and the young-at-heart... pieces that create memories and will be cherished for years to come. Lovely decor, beautiful gifts, complimentary gift wrapping, fresh flowers and plants - stop in and see!

My Fencing Center is the longest running continuous fencing club in Chico. My Fencing Center offers fencing instruction for beginners to advanced. Kids as young as 7 up to adults of any age! They offer state of the art equipment and flooring. Fencers enjoy recreational fencing up to National levels. This holiday season, give the ones you love the gift of fencing with a membership to My Fencing Center. For a limited time, buy one month and get the second month free! Equipment provided (exclusions apply).

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

My Fencing Center 2290 Ivy St, STE 180. Chico (530) 828-1718 myfencingcenter.org

Flavorful Holiday gifts

GIVE THE GIFT OF NOODLE + BAO

Want to share 5th Street Steakhouse with a friend or family member? Gift cards make it simple. Great for the holidays, birthdays, anniversaries and company parties. 5th Street Steakhouse food tastes great on any occasion!

Momona Noodle + Bao offers gift certificates in any denomination for the ramen and bao lover in your family! Momona serves Japanese and Hawaiian influenced food and drinks, including Japanese-style ramen, bao (aka steamed buns) and Hawaiian-style poke. Momona also offers one of the best sake selections in Chico. Join us for Pau Hana Hour for cheap bao, cocktails, beer and wine during the first and last hour of dinner service, Monday - Saturday.

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Chikoko presents the 11th Annual Bizarre Bazzar Come to Chico’s Alternative Craft Fair on Saturday Dec. 10th (10-6) and Sunday Dec. 11th (10-5) at the Chico Women’s Club. Over 25 local artists will be selling innovative wares, unique art and offering a truly local experience. Plus, start the weekend off with a bang, come to the Voom Voom Variety Show on Friday Dec. 9th for local performances and an amazing raffle of surprises. Doors open at 6pm, $5, Chico Women’s Club.

Chico Women’s Club 592 east 3rd St. Chico www.chikoko.com

Momona 230 W. 3rd Street Downtown Chico (530) 487-7488 • momonachico.com #momonachico Hours: Mon - Thurs 11-4, 5-9, Fri-Sat 11-4, 5-10 UGGS – Popular Gift for Everyone! Diamond W…a lot more than Western Wear At Diamond W, you’ll find the largest selection of genuine UGGS for Ladies, Men, and Kids! We offer full line of genuine UGGS, as well as the care-products, and can even special order your favorite pair, just in time for Christmas! Diamond W also offers Northern California’s largest selection of BOOTS for the entire family. Our friendly and knowledgeable staff will take the time to size you correctly and assure your 100% satisfaction. Visit us today and experience Full Service with the “Lowest Prices Guaranteed.” Locally Owned for 38 Years.

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Give the Gift of Food and Knowledge! A Rawbar gift card is the perfect gift for the holidays. Buy two $50 gift cards for only $90! The Rawbar serves more than just great sushi including appetizers, rice bowls, ribs and tempura. Much of the menu is also available for catering and that holiday party you’re hosting or attending. Cooking classes are also offered for DIY sushi and Thai and are a fun gift that keeps on giving. For Happy Hour, Mon-Sat 3pm-5pm, the line-up is changed regularly. You’ll find Spicy Edamame, Oyster Hot Shots, Korean Tacos w/Kalbi Short Rib, Cabbage & Kimchi Sauce and so much more. Gift cards are offered in many denominations, so stop in today, have lunch, dinner or enjoy Happy Hour and cross off a few names on your list!

RAWBAR Restaurant and Sushi 346 Broadway • Chico (530) 897-0626 • www.rawbarchico.com Open Daily • Join us for Happy Hour; Mon-Sat 3pm-5pm

Hand Crafted Heavenly Candy Joy Lyn’s Candies in Paradise has been making premium chocolates since 1969. Only the best and freshest ingredients are carefully cooked into each batch of candy. A sweet treat to please anyone on your gift giving list. Joy Lyn’s will do the shipping for you. Call or stop by with your order and the friendly folks at Joy Lyn’s are happy to ship your order anywhere in the U.S.

Joy Lyn’s Candies 1183 Bille Rd. Paradise (530) 872-9167 www.joylynscandies.com

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Women loooove clothes! You can’t go wrong with a gift of quality, beautiful and functional clothing. You’ll find a huge selection of Yoga, Work-out, Casual, Skiing and Seasonal outerwear. Brand names like Prana, KUHL, Marmot, Northface, Columbia and more. These top name brands offer the best quality on the market today. What you buy her will last and never go out of style. For a great selection of gifts, many under $20, think Chico Sports LTD. You’ll find stocking stuffers, clothing, bikes, yoga, shoes, and much more. Gift certificates available. Sports LTD where you’ll find “Only the Good Stuff!”

Share the rich, golden elegance of the AWARD WINNING Butte View olive oils. Pure, light and delicate – experience the wonderful aromas and distinctive accents that make each hand crafted oil truly unique and excellent. 250ml/500ml. Available in Chico at Maisie Jane’s, Made in Chico, S&S Produce, in Oroville at Collins & Denny Market & Wagon Wheel Market and in Paradise at Noble Orchard.

Butte View Olive Company 2950 Louis Ave. • Oroville (530) 534-8320 • www.ButteView.com

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Introducing Chico Life Calendar. Give the gift of Chico to that special someone that gives all year around. Every Month includes a Photo of an Iconic location in the Chico area by a local photographer. A contest was held in August to find the best photos by local artists. We were blown away by the quality and talent that Chico photographers are blessed to have. Each calendar is also a 2017 Chico Life Calendar generous giving donation to a non-profit of your choice by returning the included postcard and includes free shipping anywhere in the US to your loved ones who would enjoy seeing Chico at it’s best for the Holidays. You can make a purchase at ChicoLifeCalendar.com or you can purchase one in your downtown retailers like Made in Chico or Bird in Hand.

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Career reboot After 20 years as a utility craftsman, and four years as a mechanical supervisor at an agricultural processing plant, Chris Thomas is starting a new career, with gusto. In August, with no special computer knowledge, he opened a franchise of Experimac, an Apple-based buy, sell, trade and repair store at 1354 East Ave., Ste. S. Thomas, 46, hopes Experimac provides a vital tech service to Chico. Find him on Facebook (search “Mac Chico”), online at experimac. com/chico-ca or call him at 809-4088.

What inspired you to change your career? Well, I’m still a plant mechanical supervisor, but I wanted to fill what I saw as a great need in our community. My kids and I had bought computer products online from places like Craigslist, eBay and OfferUp, but never knew if they were stolen. There was never any warranty on them and my kids got burned, so I was fed up.

What does Experimac offer? We buy, sell, repair or trade mostly Apple products. If they’re not in working order, we refurbish them. We are iFixit-certified and give a standard 90-day warranty, which can be extended up to five years.

Were you a big techie before you started Experimac? No, just a regular owner of an Apple smartphone and a Mac

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who found the Experimac chain online and saw it as a great way to bring Apple devices to our community.

the store showing us the ropes. Afterward, I felt confident in my knowledge.

What do people like most about your business?

Yes, I’ve been the Pleasant Valley High linebackers and running backs coach for the freshmen for two years. I’ve been a coach for 20 years altogether, and have always had a passion for training, coaching and watching the kids grow in confidence. I’ve played football and softball, but really love football.

Our prices and the fact that they can buy “refreshed” Apple products with a warranty from a trusted, local business. You don’t have to meet some seller in a dark alley, or anonymously online. Our hottest seller is the iMac desktop with a big, 27-inch monitor. But most of our business comes from repairing iPhones.

How did you attain the necessary skills? I went to the two-week Experimac training in Florida with my manager. It was like going to college for eight hours a day, five days a week, with homework. Then an Experimac trainer spent two weeks here in

You’re also a football coach?

Why should people buy from you versus getting it new? Apple products are not cheap, and people save an average of 60 percent buying refreshed devices versus new. We’re the next best thing to an Apple store. If you don’t want to drive to Roseville, which has the nearest one, come here. —VIC CANTu

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At long last, the Oroville Inn opened to students this week. Seems an odd time for move-in, what with Thanksgiving on Thursday, but I don’t make the schedule over at the Northwest Lineman College. What I do know is that the new accommodations in downtown Oroville—slated to house at least 80 linemen this semester—are a far cry from the dilapidated state they were in over a year ago, the last time I stepped foot inside the inn. On Friday, developer Bud Tracy and his daughter, Arwen Funk, led tours through the restored Oroville Inn. It’s not all finished yet—the ballroom and front retail spaces are still in the works—but the residential wing was complete and ready for move-in day. The historic aspects of the locale make for unique qualities around every corner—including original bathtubs! Early on in the tour, as the group stood on the second floor balcony overlooking the grand foyer, Tracy recalled history: The Oroville Inn was partially finished when the stock market crashed—leading to the Great Depression. But local businesspeople stepped up, ponying up the money to finish the inn, and garnering the attention of then-President Herbert Hoover. “He stood there,” Tracy said, pointing to the speaker’s platform, “and said, ‘This is what America is all about.’” Pretty inspiring!

Chow down Across the street from the Oroville Inn sits a month-old restaurant, Nori. I decided to try it, and I’m glad I did. The “Asian kitchen + grill” offers an impressive variety of rice, pho and salad entrees, in addition to a good selection of small plates—from Sticky Ribs to Stuffed Dynamite Mussels. It was a chilly day, so when my friendly server told me the pho was the most popular thing on the menu, I rolled with it and ordered the house combo for $11.95 (with brisket, rare steak, Vietnamese beef meatballs, chicken and shrimp). It came out super fast and not only was it artfully prepared, it was also delicious (the brisket especially so). Check ’em out the next time you’re in town. wine down After lunch, I popped over to Long Creek Winery because I’d heard they’d just finished a remodel. Remodel, indeed. The tasting room was always quaint and rustic, but … wow. The walls have gone from nondescript to a mixture of deep red and black-and-white damask. And plush sofas add an element of naughtiness that the place was clearly missing. The result is pure mid-century-modern chic. But that’s not even the half of it. Winery spokeswoman Erica Smith, who gave me the short tour, displayed the pièce de resistance: the barrel room. It used to be filled with barrels, she explained, but when Almendra Winery & Distillery opened in Durham a year ago, Berton and Carol Bertagna (who own both) were able to move some inventory to make way for a lounge area. Couches, benches, deer antlers, check. Plus, a cold case filled with meats and cheeses. Sounds like some afternoon fun. Check www.longcreekwinery.com for tasting and event info. Insider tip: Smith says the winery is phasing out its Vaquero Brand wines. So, if you’re a fan, stock up now!

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very year, Chico News & Review devotes its Thanksgiving issue to Local Heroes, people who go above and beyond as volunteers

for the causes that help our community. This year, we shine the spotlight on seven locals donating their time to teach at-risk communities how to grow their own food; counsel the dying and grieving; glean unused produce for the hungry; smooth over barriers to services for people on the street; preserve our historic places; and teach art to children in low-income families. Thank you and cheers to them all, and happy Thanksgiving to all of our readers.

In times of trauma Loretta Steinke

Loretta Steinke’s referrals usually involve serious trauma or death, and due to health privacy laws, she says, the staff at Enloe Medical Center provide only a short description of a patient’s condition, such as, “he was in a car accident.” “I knock on the door, introduce myself as a spiritual support provider and we just go from there,” she said. “I always offer them prayer. I would say that probably 97 percent are willing to accept prayer, even if they’re not religious. I always tell them, ‘I’ve never known a prayer to hurt anyone.’” A 79-year-old great-grandmother, Steinke is retired and donates time to a variety of causes about three days a week, though sometimes she’s on call 24 hours a day for Enloe. She’s motivated by the sense of purpose she finds as a chaplain, spiritual support provider and regular volunteer at Butte Home Health & Hospice. In some cases, she comforts patients with advanced terminal conditions. In others, she helps families cope if a loved one has been admitted to the intensive care unit. She’ll make upward of seven visits during a three-hour shift.

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Outside of the medical setting, Steinke volunteers for the Downtown Chico Business Association’s outreach program, the Downtown Ambassadors. She walks the streets with a partner to give information to tourists, visit merchants and direct homeless people to local service providers. “I try to let them know that we think they’re people—human beings,” she said of her interactions with impoverished members of the community. In the winter, she also volunteers for Safe Space, Chico’s seasonal, cold-weather homeless shelter hosted at rotating locations. In 2009, Steinke’s 99-year-old mother died at Butte Hospice. She started volunteering there the next year. Later, she was inspired to become a chaplain after visiting two terminally ill women from her synagogue, Congregation Beth Israel. “I went to my rabbi and said, ‘If I do this, I really need some kind of training—this is hard,’” she said. “I thought she would send me to a semi-

nar or something, but she pointed me to clinical pastoral education.” She entered training at Sutter Medical Center in Sacramento. Normally, completing the course takes two years, but she wasn’t looking for a paid job. “So, I did 11 weeks of training, came back to Chico and became the chaplain of my synagogue,” she said. From there, she got involved with Enloe’s spiritual support volunteer program. End-oflife visits, especially, take an emotional toll on Steinke. “Sometimes, when you leave the hospital, you want to crawl on your hands and knees,” she said. “Other times, you wonder, ‘Why did I go? I didn’t accomplish anything.’ And then others, you just float out of there. You wouldn’t do it if you didn’t have compassion, and because you have compassion, you can be reached by grief, sadness, joy and indifference.” —HOWARD HARDEE h owa rd h @ newsr ev iew.c o m

More than gardeners Jenny Lowrey and Bruce Matthews

Jenny Lowrey spent decades in corporate America, traveling the country for her highstress job in the chemical industry. That changed when her health declined, big time. She suffered from multiple heart attacks, strokes and other serious ailments, and when her doctor had “given up” on her, it was a wake-up call. To take control of her life, Lowrey started gardening and learning to eat healthfully. She lost 150 pounds in the process and, as a result, gained a desire to share her success with others. “I feel like I’ve been given a second chance,” she said. Lowrey shared her story during a recent interview at Kentfield Gardens, a community garden tucked into a nice neighborhood near In Motion Fitness. It’s a spot where Lowrey, executive director of From the Ground Up Farms (fromthegroundupfarms.org), a gardening education program, spends much of her time. She and her boyfriend, Bruce Matthews, co-founder of the nonprofit, stumbled upon the site in a kismet sort of way. In 2012, they lost their house in Concow to a fire and moved to Chico, a stone’s throw from the quarter-acre lot owned by Todd Hall that had long served as a community garden. At that point an avid gardener, Lowrey had big ideas for the space and convinced Hall to lend it to them. From the Ground Up Farms sprouted in 2013. At first, Lowrey and Matthews grew

produce and made weekly deliveries to the Torres Community Shelter. Later, they started holding workshops and eventually put in a series of raised beds at the facility, whose clients wanted their own garden. Their efforts have since blossomed throughout the greater community. The nonprofit’s specialty these days, the couple explained, is establishing gardens at facilities with high-risk populations. With the aid of grant funding and volunteers, they have put in 15 gardens at a range of locations, from low-income apartments to a daycare center. For many people, the growing spaces are transformative. “It’s their garden, and it’s their food, and it’s their yard—and it changes everything, everything. They become nurturing and self-reliant,” Lowrey said. “It’s so therapeutic,” added Matthews, a retired truck driver who keeps the organization’s equipment in tip-top shape. The nonprofit has no office (“coordinating by cellphone and at coffee tables,” as Lowrey put it) and relies on a dedicated group of about a dozen volunteers. Everyone affiliated with the operation, including Lowrey and Matthews, is unpaid. Moreover, Hall, a local hero in his own right, pays Kentfield Gardens’ water bill. Both say they would love to see other nonprofit groups mirror their model and get more folks interested in gardening. “We want to fan the flames. You can do this yourself. This is easy to do,” Matthews said. “Grow your own food, and you’ll think better and feel better, your health will improve.” —MELISSA DAUGHERTY melissad@newsreview.com

‘Waste not Meg Bogue

Meg Bogue hates wastefulness and loves sharing food, two principles she credits to growing up in a big family and a small farming community. Those values also inform her efforts with Share Your Harvest, which Bogue founded in 2010 and describes as a “wee band of gatherers” who glean produce from North State farmers and gardeners to help feed the hungry. “Our family was nuts about cooking and canning and eating good food together,” Bogue said during a recent interview. “We used what we could and shared the rest, so waste just drives me crazy.” Bogue, who lives in north Chico and is an avid gardener, was first moved to start the group by the bounty in her own backyard. A personal vegetable garden or a single fruit tree will commonly generate far more produce than one family can possibly use, which spurred her and a few friends to start planting two extra rows to donate food to local agencies that feed the hungry, such as the Esplanade House, the Jesus Center and Salvation Army’s George Walker Center. She also aimed to harness some of the tremendous amount of waste produced by larger growers in the North State. She and her husband, Terry, regularly travel the region in the course of running their business, Interquest Detection Canines of North Valley CA, which trains narcotic and other detection dogs for clients from Sacramento to the Oregon border. “We see apples on the ground and all kinds of fruit not being

picked everywhere,” she said. “For example, we live behind the largest kiwi farm in Butte County, and a large percentage of those kiwis are never harvested because they don’t meet [commercial] size and shape requirements.” Several local farms now inform Share Your Harvest when they have excess food: “I have a whole cadre of [growers] who call every year and say, ‘OK, come and get the persimmons, or apples, or oranges,’ and we go rushing out to pick them,” she said. At the time of this interview, Bogue’s minivan was filled with kiwis—as was her garage, she reported. Bogue said the group collected and distributed a total of 21,000 pounds of food in its first four years. That number has dropped recently, which she attributes to home gardens and small farmers planting less due to drought. “I realize I was lucky to grow up in a family that had access to all that wonderful food, and it makes me think about all the people who don’t have that access,” Bogue said, adding Share Your Harvest is always looking for more sources of produce, volunteers and agencies to give to. “I hate to think there’s good, healthy food rotting away while children in Butte County go to school hungry.” Those interested in helping Share Your Harvest can contact Bogue at 899-8797 or megbogue@aol.com. —KEN SMITH kens@ newsr ev iew.c o m

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‘ The voice of Oroville’ Jim Moll

When Jim Moll moved to Oroville 42 years ago to take a job as news director at AM radio station KORV, he couldn’t have predicted how far his voice would project, or the impact it might have. Heck, he didn’t even expect to stay in Oroville that long. But he met his future wife, Claudia, at the station, and the rest, well ... “I expected I’d move back to the Bay Area eventually,” said Moll, now vice president of investments at Stifel Nicolaus in downtown Oroville. “I’m glad I stayed right here.” It wasn’t long after he got that first radio gig that he started getting tapped to emcee local events. After all, he does have the voice for it. “And it’s not something a lot of people feel comfortable doing,” he said. He

started announcing at Feather Fiesta Days, various parades and regional high school band competitions. He’s been doing it ever since. He earned his nickname—“the voice of Oroville”—thanks to a 1994 promo video the city of Oroville produced. The voice-over actor they’d hired kept calling it “Orville,” he recalled, and at the last minute, they handed the script to Moll, who nailed it. But Moll does more than donate his vocal chords. His current passion is the historic Oroville State Theatre. Two years ago, the city of Oroville, which owns the Myers Street building, agreed to turn over day-to-day running of the theater to the nonprofit STAGE (State Theatre Arts Guild), of which Moll is board president. “We’re so thankful they decided to turn it over to us, to keep it open, rather than just shut it down,” Moll said. Through donations and member dues, STAGE was able to fund a restoration project over the summer and recently purchased an organ. The theater, which has “fantastic acoustics,” was designed to accommodate an organ, Moll explained. That’s because it was built for silent movies—in 1928, a year before talkies came out. Installing the organ is STAGE’s next big project, and he expects it will take time. Before joining STAGE about eight years ago, Moll was a guiding force for the Northwest SPCA, of which he served as board president for many years. When he first joined, he said, “we had the most embarrassing shelter, with the most dedicated staff.” During his tenure, the Oroville nonprofit was able to secure grant funding to build a brand new shelter. Just the mention of it brought a big smile to his face. Moll has also been an active member of the Oroville Hospital corporate board of directors for about a decade. In that role, he’s able to use his voice in another way: to represent the community and ensure residents have a healthy hospital. He’s enthusiastic about its well-being, too, and he’s looking forward to the impending expansion, which he sees as a big need as the community ages. —MEREDITH J. COOPER m e re d i t h c @new srev i ew. c o m

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Ear to the streets Siana Sonoquie

In July 2015, Siana Sonoquie was in an intensive care unit for severe head trauma after being attacked on the street by unknown assailants. Despite bleeding on the brain, she survived—though she’s still dealing with the effects of post-concussion syndrome—and two months later decided to make a drastic change in her life. She quit her job of 11 years and began to devote her time to volunteering to help improve the lives of people living on the streets. “I feel like it was the universe telling me, ‘Siana, you are meant for something else,’” she said during a recent interview. Sonoquie is one of the many people in Chico who are helping those living on the streets overcome barriers. In just over a year, she’s already fully immersed herself in the community, volunteering time to the Stairways housing program and the Jesus Center as well as the Greater Chico Homeless Task Force and, most recently, the Safe Space winter shelter program. “She does what it takes to help people,” said Michael Madieros, executive director of Stairways. “She’ll pick you up at 3 in the morning to take you the airport. She’s that person. She does whatever she needs to do.” Sonoquie, 38, says she tries to meet people where they are in order to find out what their particular needs are. “If you can find an access point— it can be a cup of coffee—that can open a bunch of doors,” she said. “If someone has a bunch of barriers to getting them [what they need]— whether a driver’s license or going to court,” he or she can end up getting stuck in details that are frustrating to anyone but are all but insurmountable to those with little to no means. In addition to helping with Stairways’ outreach, Sonoquie handles the program’s marketing, and at the Jesus Center she volunteers at the front desk, welcoming guests and directing them to services, answering phones and handling mail. Sonoquie grew up in Westwood, near Lake Almanor, and moved to Chico in 2002. A single mom living in poverty at the time, she enrolled

in the Welfare to Work program and got a position as an art assistant at Fifth Sun Apparel. She worked her way up in the local company’s creative department and eventually found herself making pitches at corporate offices of companies like Walmart and Target. Madieros said Sonoquie’s experience at Fifth Sun combined with having lived in poverty herself make her uniquely qualified for the work she does now. “She has both of those skill sets. It’s very, very useful,” he said. “It’s really important that we listen to people,” Sonoquie said, adding that reaching out beyond our comfort zones and modern distractions and seeing the humans around us is crucial to improving everyone’s lives. “Just a little bit of dignity and respect is a gift for us both.” —JASON CASSIDY jason c@ n ew sr ev i ew. com

Grandmother to many Joy Murphy

Joy Murphy has six grandchildren, but they’re not the only kids who call her grandma. So do the children of Rancho de Soto Apartments in Orland, where she teaches art classes every Thursday evening. “Being my age and not a [certified] teacher, I thought it would be nice to make things homey and comfortable, so I told the kids it’s OK to call me ‘Grandma Joy,’” Murphy said during a recent interview. “At first, they were bashful about it, but not anymore. It’s really helped us form a bond.” The Rancho de Soto complex provides housing for agricultural workers and their families, most of whom are Hispanic. It is one of several rentals throughout the North State built and managed by the Community Housing Improvement Program (CHIP), a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing

housing for low-income or otherwise disadvantaged rural residents. Murphy’s late husband, William, helped found CHIP in 1973. Murphy was born and raised in Orland and, after meeting William, who was serving in the Air Force at the time, the couple moved around the country before returning to the North State so William could attend what was then Chico State College. Over the years, he worked at the school as well as an assistant to former Chico City Manager Fred Davis, and as the city manager in Anderson. During that time, Joy focused on raising the couple’s two children and volunteered as an art teacher. When William passed away in 2003, Jim Jessee—another of CHIP’s founders—asked her to join the organization’s board of directors, where she still holds a seat and serves as chair of the group’s fundraising committee. She’s also active in Orland city politics as an advocate for affordable housing. A 2015 grant from Umpqua Bank made it possible for CHIP to buy materials for the art classes—and provide healthy snacks and a meal for attendees—and Murphy volunteers her time. “We try to make it not just a color and paint and paste class, but to do more educational projects,” Murphy said of the classes, which are usually attended by 10 to 15 children ages 3 to 13. She offered examples like making rainbows in jars to teach children about the density of different liquids, and doing “art with the masters” activities to teach the children art history and fundamentals. The class recently celebrated its one-year anniversary with project presentations, snacks and an art exhibit. “Orland is a very small community,” Murphy said. “A lot of people work very hard on farms, [at] other businesses or commute to Chico, so I understand it can be hard to get people involved. But it’s so important and rewarding that I try to encourage everyone to help however they can.”

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cat ate my face?” This is Aesop Rock, his words blistering over an eerie, atonal guitar riff on “Dorks,” a cut by off his seventh studio Howard album, The Impossible Hardee Kid. It’s an unsettling sum of elements. If the howardh@ newsrev iew.com record were a house, it’d be haunted—piano disturbs dust in the Preview: JMax Productions attic, chopped-up presents Aesop Rock guitars lurch around Friday, Dec. 2, the garage, something 8:30 p.m., at the heavy bumps in the Senator Theatre. Rob Sonic & DJ Zone and basement, and spooky Homeboy Sandman UFO-synthesizers hover open. outside the bedroom Tickets: $18 window. Lyrically, Aesop Senator Theatre 517 Main St. Rock isn’t just macabre, www.jmax he’s a virtuoso with a productions.net lickety-split delivery and one of the broadest vocabularies of any rapper alive. In 2014, data scientist Matt Daniels analyzed the lyrics of 85 popular rappers and found that, not only does Aesop Rock use more unique words than his contemporaries, but his songs also display a greater lexicon than Shakespeare plays and Herman

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Melville’s Moby Dick. He doesn’t necessarily sit down and study a dictionary, but Aesop says he does try to expand his knowledge of the English language. “If I hear a word I don’t know and it sounds interesting, I wanna know about it,” he said. “Especially as a rapper, so much of what I’m doing is finding the right words to bounce off each other.” The 40-year-old MC’s real name is Ian Bavitz, and he got his start as an underground rapper in New York in the 1990s. He’s since developed a cult following, joined vaunted indie-rap label Rhymesayers Entertainment and relocated to Portland, Ore., where he remains obscure from the mainstream. He talked shop with the CN&R via email ahead of his show at the Senator Theatre in Chico on Dec. 2. “As my taste and interests evolve, so does my music,” he wrote. “I just make what comes natural. I don’t think about how it’s gonna be received—to be honest, I don’t even realize it’s gonna be out there when I’m doing it. I don’t wanna be thinking about the latest trend, or if I’m too old, or if this song is the ‘one.’ I just wanna go.” Most of the songs on The Impossible Kid are certifiable bangers. As a producer, Aesop achieves a great range of tone and plays with all sorts of funny noises. Some of the beats are simple and hit hard, like one on “Shrunk” that conjures an image of monsters crushing cities. Others are

dark swirls of bouncing Jell-O effects and abstract samples (“Kirby” and “Supercell”). All of the sounds are crisp and fluid. “‘Dorks’ and a lot of my stuff is built from a combination of sources,” he said. “The main guitar riff was played by my friend Wes, but it was a ... different tempo, pitch, etc. I have a couple friends who will let me sample them knowing full well that it’s not gonna sound like it did. The way my brain works, I’d much rather sample it and change the pitch and chop it up and make it different.” It’s a frenetic approach to production that matches his lyrical style. The concepts in “Dorks” are fractured and seemingly unrelated until it’s suddenly, clearly about chest-thumping rappers: “I view the rattling of sabers like a show to expose/ Insecurities exploding in emotional code/ When braggadocio to go from mostly jokey to gross/Corrode a homie ’til his probity is notably ghost.” The dictionary defines “probity” as “uprightness; honesty,” which suggests he doesn’t think much of his flashy peers. Aesop explained: “It’s just about watching [rappers] take the playful and beautiful and sarcastic and rich braggadocio that comes with a lot of rap music and letting it seep into their being until they’ve bought into every comical exaggeration they ever imagined for themselves. “People take themselves too serious. 6KLW LV VLOO\ ³ Ɛ

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FUNKSGIVING: A benefit for Safe Space Winter Shelter and an antiBlack Friday event with live music from Black Fong and Smokey the Groove as well as funk jams from DJ Thrasher Thrasher and DJ Sample Lady. F, 11/25, 8pm. $7-$10. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave., (530) 343-4915.

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Music KYLE GASS BAND: Tenacious D’s Kyle Gass brings his solo project back to Chico. Locals Northern Traditionz open the show. Tu, 11/29, 9pm. $12. Lost On Main, 319 Main St., (530) 891-1853.

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Music POLYRHYTHMICS: Eight-piece Seattle funk band with a hard-driving, modern afro-psychobeat sound composed of relentless rhythm, intricate guitar phrasings, avalanches of keyboard colors, melodic hooks and soaring horn solos. W, 11/30, 7:30pm. $20. Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. Big Room, 1075 E. 20th St., (530) 892-4647, www.sierranevada.com.

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Special Events FOOD SAFETY: Explore food preparation by learning about food safety. Includes an upclose look at kitchen infestations and how contaminants can get into our food. Sa, 11/26, 1-3pm. Free with museum admission. Gateway Science Museum, 625 Esplanade, (530) 8984121, www.csuchico.edu/gateway.

PARROTT FAMILY CHRISTMAS: Annual Christmas program featuring secular and spiritual Christmas music and variety acts for a funfilled evening appropriate for all ages. Sa, 11/26

Shows at 2:30pm and 7pm. $1-$10. Paradise Performing Arts Center, 777 Nunneley Road in Paradise, (530) 872-8454, www.paradise performingarts.com.

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Special Events LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR: The second showing in Chico Performances’ San Francisco Grand Opera Cinema Series. This recorded version of the opera’s 2008 performance will be sung in Italian with English supertitles. Su, 11/27, 2pm. $10-$18. Zingg Recital Hall, 400 W. First St., (530) 898-6333, www.csuchico.edu/upe.

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Special Events JOURNEY TO THE WEST: 2014 French-Taiwanese film directed by Tsai Ming-Liang, introduced by Heather Altfeld from the English and Honors Program. Tu, 11/29, 7:30-9:30pm. $3 suggested donation. Ayres 106, Chico State, (530) 8986341, www.csuchico.edu/humanitiescenter.

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Writer’s Voice literary arts reading series presents Robert Krut, author of This is the Ocean (Bona Fide Books, Winner of the 2012 Melissa Lanitis Gregory Poetry Prize) as well as The Spider Sermons (BlazeVox, 2009), whose poems have appeared in numerous journals, including The Cimarron Review, Gulf Coast, Blackbird, Passages North and more. Tu, 11/29, 7:30pm. Free. Colusa Hall, Room 100, Chico State.

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TIME TO GIVE A FUNK Black Friday is an annual day of consumer excess, but for those who want to buck the trend on Friday, Nov. 25, and give their bucks to those in need, The Maltese Bar & Tap Room is hosting Funksgiving, a benefit for the Safe Space winter shelter. Safe Space is an ongoing community project providing a meal and a place to sleep for those in need during the cold months. The group also collects and distributes warm clothes and other goods. Two of Chico’s funkiest bands, Black Fong and Smokey the Groove, will be providing the tunes. Come on out and dance for a good cause.

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Art 1078 GALLERY: A Collecting Place, new works by Susanna Crum, using printmaking processes such as lithography, silkscreen, and cyanotype as tools to combine and overlay the past and present of a specific camera obscura attraction located in Edinburgh, Scotland. Through 11/26. 820 Broadway St., (530) 343-1973, www.1078gallery.org.

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B-SO SPACE: Striving Hopeless Haunts, BFA Culminating exhibition for Jenna Leonetti featuring a series of acrylic paintings pertaining to a theme of figurative neo-expressionistic narratives. 11/28-12/9. Ayres 107, Chico State, (530) 898-5331.

BEATNIKS COFFEE HOUSE & BREAKFAST JOINT:

Karma Boyer Photography, an exhibition of canvas and framed print photography celebrating travel and landscapes. Through 11/30. 1387 E. Eighth St., (530) 894-2800, www.chicobeatniks.com.

BUTTE COLLEGE ART GALLERY: New Works, North

Carolina sculptor Nicole Uzzell. Through 12/8. 3536 Butte Campus Drive in Oroville, (530) 8952208.

THE CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING, PARADISE:

Dia de los Muertos, Dennis Wickes’ photos from Dia de los Muertos in San Miguel, Mexico, 2015. Through 11/30. 789 Bille Road in Paradise, (530) 877-5673.

JAMES SNIDLE FINE ARTS: Paintings by Martha

Witte, colorful landscape and still life paintings from the late, German-born artist, including many recognizably from the time she was living in California. Through 12/31. 254 E. Fourth St., (530) 343-2930.

JANET TURNER PRINT MUSEUM: Wide Open

Spaces, featuring large-scale Janet Turner prints with photos of the Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve by advanced photographystudents showing the spaces featured in the prints as they exist today. Through 12/10. Chico State, (530) 898-4476, www.the turner.org.

SALLY DIMAS ART GALLERY: New Works, watercolor paitings by Joyce Quitman and new works by Marilyn Walsh and Tim Swain.

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THE VAGABOND ROSE GALLERY & FRAMING: Three North Valley Women, mixed media work by Carla Greslie, Thelma Safarik and Charlotte Sweetland. Through 11/26. 236 Main St., (530) 343-1110.

Call for Artists HOLIDAY SPACE FOR ART SALES: Artists are invited to set up shop for the holidays with wall space and floor space available to exhibit their works for sale during the holiday season. Artists control how their works are displayed within their space and spaces range in price from $100-$200. Call for details. M, 11/28. Chico Art Center, 450 Orange St., (530) 895-8726, www.chicoartcenter.com.

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

CHICO CREEK NATURE CENTER: Banding by Day

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

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

GATEWAY SCIENCE MUSEUM: Chico’s science museum features rotating special exhibits, plus a range of permanent displays on local farming, water, famous regional oak trees and a couple of ice-age 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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Trainwreck, which put out a handful of albums and EPs that were dripping in satire and yanked riffs and licks from some of the great classic rock bands of the past three decades. That project dissolved in 2011, and Gass and guitarist John Konesky formed the Kyle Gass Band that same year. KGB released its second album, Thundering Herd, earlier this year. It’s another collection of rockers filled with smirking inside jokes. Gass says his non-D projects are more group-driven, taking some of the pressure off of him as the main guitarist. “In this band we all bring stuff in,” said Gass, who’d just woken up before our 9 a.m. interview. “With The D, it’s really gotta be just me and Jack in the room. Jack’s a fountain; he’s always spitting stuff out. We always have to be recording.” Black and Gass met doing theater—it was comedy and acting more than music that forged their friendship. Gass says it became more about hanging out and making the other laugh than any pento-paper jokes. The D got their own HBO show in 1997, following the David Cross and Bob Odenkirk cult classic Mr. Show, and a self-

titled debut album came four years later. The band still draws a cult following, but its minimal activity in recent years gives Gass a chance to keep his comedic and musical chops sharp with the KGB. And he’s made a pretty good living doing it over the years, keeping up the tradition of some of comedy’s best rock practitioners. “I’ve always loved comedy, and always thought I was more of a humorous person,” said Gass. “When I saw This Is Spinal Tap, it was a bombshell in my brain. It’s so good—it’s intimidating, but also inspirational.” Making people laugh is the driving force behind Gass’ projects, but he’s been playing guitar since he was a kid growing up in the Bay Area and reared on ’70s FM rock. The pomp of classic rock creeps into his music, too, and in some cases, is the butt of the joke. And Gass says he’s never been worried about scaring rock fans off with humor. “I think lyrics are a way to get people to listen to the music,” he said. “I don’t think comedy and music are mutually exclusive—you can have chocolate and peanut butter.” In other words, come for the jokes, stay for the rock. □

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COMMUNITY EVENTS

Christmas with the Bidwells

Dec. 9, 6-8 p.m. Meet John and Annie Bidwell in their home. Historical vignettes, Christmas music in the parlor, and appetizers and wine-tasting in the Visitor’s Center. $30/members, $35/guests (includes one-year membership). Bidwell Mansion, 525 Esplanade. 895-6144.

Paradise Ice Rink

Nov. 23-Jan. 8, Mon.-Thurs., 2:30-8 p.m.; Fri., 2:30-10 p.m.; Sat., 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sun., 11 a.m.-8 p.m. An outdoor ice rink for the holiday season. $10 day pass. Terry Ashe Recreation Center, 6626 Skyway. 872-6393.

Chico Museum Family Holiday Festival

Dec. 10, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Holiday crafts and activities including face painting, Chinese New Year drum making, winter-themed scavenger hunt and more. $5 suggested donation for adults, $3 for children/students/seniors. Chico Museum, 141 Salem St. 891-4336.

Music & Tree Lighting

Nov. 29, 5:30 p.m. Enloe’s tree lighting with music, hot beverages and holiday sweets. Free. Enloe Medical Center, 1531 Esplanade. 332-7300.

Chico Community Tree Lighting

Dec. 2, 6 p.m. Listen to a musical program, meet Santa and count down with the community as the tree at Chico City Plaza is lit up. Free. 345-6500.

The Christmas Faire

Dec. 2-4, Fri., noon-7 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sun., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. A three-day fair featuring crafts, art, food, music and entertainment. Free admission and parking. Silver Dollar Fairgrounds, 2357 Fair St.

Live Walk-Through Nativity

Dec. 2-3, 6-8 p.m. Annual event featuring live animals in a nativity scene, Christmas caroling and more. Oroville Seventh-day Adventist Church, 1180 Robinson St., Oroville. 712-5388.

Stansbury House: A Very Chico Nutcracker Christmas

Dec. 2-4, Fri., 6-9 p.m.; Sat., noon-6 p.m.; Sun., 1-4 p.m. Santa, entertainment, spiced cider, homemade cookies, holiday raffle and Victorian decorations. Donations: $2-$6. Stansbury House, 207 W. Fifth St. 895-3848.

Winter Gift Show

Dec. 2-28, 12-4 p.m. Local artists set up shop to sell one-of-a-kind handcrafted goods such as pottery, jewelry, paintings, prints and more. Chico Art Center, 450 Orange St. 895-8726.

Breakfast with Santa

Dec. 3, 8 a.m.-noon. Four pancake/photo sessions with Santa: 8, 9, 10 and 11 a.m. Sessions are currently sold out, but you can call to be placed on the waiting list. $10. CARD Community Center, 545 Vallombrosa Ave. 895-4711.

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Breakfast with Santa—Oroville

Dec. 3, 8-11 a.m. Join Santa for breakfast, photos and craft time. Preregistration required. $7. Feather River Recreation and Park District. 1875 Feather River Blvd., Oroville. 533-2011. www.frrpd.com

Butte County Toy Run

Dec. 3, 9:30 a.m-2:30 p.m. All motorcyclists welcome for annual Christmas toy drive/run. Call for info. Start location: 2357 Fair St., Chico. End: Calvary Chapel, 14388 Dogtown Road, Paradise. 893-1918.

Frontier Christmas—Oroville

Dec. 3, noon-4 p.m. A Gold Rush-era holiday celebration with pioneer crafts, live music and activities including panning for gold and pictures with Santa. Call for info. Lake Oroville Visitor Center, 917 Kelly Ridge Road, above Oroville Dam. 538-2219.

Santa’s Arrival at Paradise on Ice

Dec. 3, 4-6 p.m. Song, dance and seasonal cheer welcome Santa to the Paradise Ice Rink; followed by the lighted truck parade. Terry Ashe Park, 6626 Skyway, Paradise, 872-6393.

Christmas Lighted Truck Parade

Dec. 3, 6 p.m. Parade of lights through Paradise, starting at Ace Hardware (5720 Clark Road) and following Pearson up Skyway to the Holiday Shopping Center and back.

Chico Community Tree Lighting

Dec. 10, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Handmade gifts, decorations, ladies apparel from local crafters and artisans, and much more. Eagles Hall, 2010 Montgomery St., Oroville. Info: 990-6716.

Patrick Ranch Museum Holiday Tea & Fashion Show

Dec. 10. Holiday music, fashion show, tea and food, plus arts and crafts, the museum gift shop, and tours of historic Glenwood Farm House. Call for times and cost. Patrick Ranch Museum, 10381 Midway, between Chico and Durham. 342-4359.

Parade of Lights—Oroville

Dec. 10, 6 p.m. A hometown Christmas in historic downtown Oroville with floats, vehicles, horses, music and Santa riding a fire truck. Free. Montgomery St., Oroville.

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Santa at the Museum

Dec. 10, noon-4 p.m. Santa Claus brings his bag of treats to the museum. Free. Gold Nugget Museum 502 Pearson Road, Paradise, 872-8722.

Holiday Open House at the Ehmann Home

Dec. 10. Open house with decorations, quilt drawing and light refreshments. Coincides with Parade of Lights. Call for more details. Ehmann Home, 1480 Lincoln St., Oroville, 533-5316.

Santa Shuffle

Dec. 10, 8:30 a.m. Inaugural 5K and 1-mile fun run/ walk to raise money for the Salvation Army. Lower Bidwell Park. Register online at www.runsignup.com.

Winter Bizarre Bazaar

Dec. 10-11, Sat, 10 a.m.-6 p.m; Sun., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. The Chikoko design/artist collective hosts its annual alternative holiday craft faire, featuring the handmade clothing, jewelry and utilitarian art of local artists. Chico Women’s Club, 592 E. Third St.

Holiday Bazaar

Dec. 14-15, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Shop a selection fair trade gifts from across the globe and tour the museum’s new exhibit while enjoying complimentary cookies and cider. Free. Valene L. Smith Museum of Anthropology, 400 W. First St. 898-5397. 32

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Bidwell Mansion Evening Tours

Dec. 16-17, 6:30-8 p.m. Tours of the historic home decorated for the holidays, with live music played on Annie Bidwell’s piano. Tickets: $10 adults/$4 children. Bidwell Mansion, 525 Esplanade. 895-6144.

Idea Fab Labs Holiday Maker Market

Dec. 17, noon-6 p.m. A full gallery of community submitted art, various exposés, demonstrations, workshops, and vendor booths featuring the work of local makers. Free. Idea Fab Labs, 603 Orange St. 592-0609.

Community Hanukkah Party

Dec. 23, 5:30 p.m. Traditional dinner for the community, featuring music, menorah lighting, dancing, games and more. Call for details. Congregation Beth Israel, 1336 Hemlock St. 342-6146.

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Dec. 3, 7:30 p.m. The annual Christmas concert presented by the Oroville Community Chorus and Concert Band. $10. Oroville State Theatre, 1489 Myers St. 538-2470.

What’s That Sound? Rockin’ Acapella

Dec. 4, 7 p.m. Doin’ It Justice Chorus presents an evening of song and peace from back in the day. A benefit for Safe Space winter shelter. $10-$20 suggested donation. Chico Women’s Club, 592 E. Third St. 894-1978.

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The Yule Logs

Nov. 26, 2:30 & 7 p.m. The members of the Parrott family present spiritual and secular holiday tunes. Two performances. $1/general; $10/ reserved. Paradise Performing Arts Center, 777 Nunneley Road, Paradise, 872-8454.

Dec. 8-16. The hardest working band in snow-biz is back for another run of rockin’ holiday parties. Local shows include: Chico Public Library (Dec. 8, 3:30 p.m.); Duffy’s Tavern (Dec. 10, 5:30 p.m.); and The Blue Room (Dec. 16, 6:45 p.m.). Go to www. facebook.com/theyulelogs for more info.

A Very Chico Nutcracker

Voom Voom Variety Show

Dec. 1-4, Thurs.-Fri., 7:30 p.m.; Sat, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.; Sun, 2 p.m. Chico Community Ballet and Chico Performances present a take on the classic Christmas tale inspired by Stansbury House namesake Dr. Oscar Stansbury and his daughter Angeline. $10-$29. Laxson Auditorium, Chico State. 898-6333.

A Christmas Carol

Dec. 1-15, Thu.-Sat., 7:30 p.m. The classic tale of redemption, told in a theatrical fashion and interwoven with haunting choral numbers and some laughs. $14.99. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St. 895-3749.

Glorious Sounds of the Season

Dec. 2-4, Fri.-Sat., 7:30 p.m.; Sun., 2 p.m. A Chico holiday tradition featuring music and drama for the season performed by Chico State faculty and students and raising money for Department of Music and Theatre student scholarships. Harlen Adams Theatre, Chico State. $20. University Box Office: 899-6333.

Once Upon a Christmas

Dec. 3-4, Sat., 7 p.m.; Sun., 3 p.m. Paradise Community Chorus and Paradise High School Chorus present a Christmas music program. Plus, Santa (one hour before each performance). Adults $10 (children 12 and under free). Paradise Performing Arts Center, 777 Nunneley Road, Paradise, 872-8454.

Dec. 9, 6:30 p.m. A variety show of local artists, musicians, dancers and more to kick off Chikoko’s Bizarre Bazaar. Find “Chikoko” on Facebook for more info. Chico Women’s Club, 592 E. Third St. www.chikoko.com

Blue Stories: Holidays

Dec. 10, 10 p.m. Holiday-themed installment of the Blue Room’s storytelling series featuring locals telling their personal tales. $5. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St. 895-3749.

Chico Community Concert Band Holiday Concert

Dec. 11, 3 p.m. Annual concert and sing-along featuring contemporary holiday music along with a traditional collection of Christmas carols. Free. St. John’s Episcopal Church, 2341 Floral Ave.

Holiday Burlesque and Vaudeville Comedy Show

Dec. 14, 8 p.m. The popular and risqué annual theatrical holiday variety show. $15 Feather Falls Casino, 3 Alverda Drive, Oroville. 533-3885.

The Nutcracker in Paradise

Dec. 16-18, Fri., 7:15 p.m.; Sat, 2:15 & 7:15 p.m.; Sun, 2:15 p.m. Northern California Ballet hosts its rendition of the Christmas classic. $12-$20. Paradise Performing Arts Center, 777 Nunneley Road. 872-1719.

North State Symphony: Holiday Concert

Dec. 17, 7:30 p.m. Festive performances of a variety of sacred and popular Christmas music. $15-$30. St. John’s Episcopal Church, 2341 Floral Ave. University Box Office: 898-6333.

The Mondegreens Annual Holiday Show

Dec. 23, 9 p.m. Longtime Chico favorites return from Seattle for their annual holiday hometown show with guests Marty O’Reilly and The Old Soul Orchestra. $12 in advance/$15 at the door. Lost on Main, 319 Main St. 892-2445.

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Jesus Center needs food and clothing donations along with volunteers. Call 345-2640 for info. Pet photos with Santa. Support Butte Humane Society with photos of you and your pet with the jolly one. Dec. 3, noon-5 p.m. BHS Education Center, 2156 Pillsbury Road. 343-7917. Salvation Army Angel Trees and red donation kettles are popping up around Chico. Salvation Army community center, 567 E. 16th St. Info: 342-2199. Sixth Street Center for Youth needs donations of personal-care items, undergarments, coats, backpacks, sleeping bags, blankets and more. Donations accepted Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. 130 W. Sixth St. 894-8008. Stairways Programming Donations of hand warmers, jackets, blankets and food needed. Visit www. stairwaysprogramming.com or call 809-2322. Torres Community Shelter needs food and clothing donations along with volunteers. Torres Community Shelter, 101 Silver Dollar Way. Info: 891-9048. Toys for Tots. Visit www.chico-ca.toysfortots.org to find drop-off locations. Info: 897-6236.

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DANGER DAVE’S TRIVIA NIGHT: Free weekly trivia event with prizes for top scores. Th, 9:30pm through 11/30. Free. Studio Inn Cocktail Lounge, 2582 Esplanade, (530) 343-0662.

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

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

CHICO JAZZ COLLECTIVE: Thursday night jazz featuring local musicians. Th, 811pm. Free. The DownLo, 319 Main St., (530) 892-2473.

TAINTED LOVE: Everyone’s favorite 1980s cover band returns for a night of drinks and dancing. Tickets must be purchased in advance. W, 11/23, 8pm. $10. Gold Country Casino Showroom, 4020 Olive Hwy in Oroville, (530) 5382542.

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BASH BLACK FRIDAY BASH: Live music from the Butte Area Cypher Crew, Hap Hathaway, Channel 66 and Sofa King with food and drinks from Slyderz Grill food truck for sale and community volunteer information from local nonprofit organizations. F, 11/25, 8pmmidnight. $5. Chico Women’s Club, 592 E. Third St., (530) 893-9078, www.chicopeace.org.

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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FUNKSGIVING: A benefit for Safe Space winter shelter and an anti-Black Friday event with live music from Black Fong and Smokey the Groove as well as funk jams from DJ Thrasher Thrasher and DJ Sample Lady. F, 11/25, 8pm. $7-$10. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave., (530) 343-4915.

One of the best deals you’ll find this Black Friday is the Bash Black Friday Bash, a benefit for the Chico Peace and Justice Center on Friday, Nov. 25, at the Chico Women’s Club. A $5 donation gets you in for music from Butte Area Cypher Crew, Hap Hathaway, Sofa King and Channel 66. Slyderz Grill food truck will also be on hand selling food and drinks, and will be donating a portion of sales to the cause as well.

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.

JAMES SLACK: Local classic rock and

country band. F, 11/25, 8:30pm, Sa, 11/26, 8:30pm. No cover. Gold Country Casino, 4020 Olive Hwy in Oroville, (530) 534-9892, www.goldcountry casino.com.

JOHN SEID AND FRIENDS: John Seid and Larry Peterson provide live music in the lounge. F, 11/25, 6-9pm. No cover. Two-Twenty Restaurant/Lounge, 220 W. Fourth St., (530) 895-1515, www.twotwentyrestaurant.com.

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LOOKING 4 ELEVEN: A mix of great classic rock songs from ’60s psychedelic rock to ’80s hair metal and beyond. F, 11/25, 9:30pm. $5. Feather Falls Casino Brewing Co., 3 Alverda Drive in Oroville, (530) 533-3885, www.feather fallscasino.com/brewing-co.

OPEN MIC: All-ages open mic hosted by Jodi Foster, Julie Bos and Chris Henderson. F, 7pm. The DownLo, 319 Main St., (530) 892-2473.

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11/26, 9:30pm. $5. Feather Falls Casino Brewing Co., 3 Alverda Drive in Oroville, (530) 533-3885, www.feather fallscasino.com/brewing-co.

DECADES: Annual Thanksgiving break show featuring hits from the ’40s and ’50s through today. Sa, 11/26, 9pm. $10. The Tackle Box Bar & Grill, 379 East Park Ave., (530) 345-7499, www.tackle boxchico.com.

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playing a wide assortment of swing, jazz and blues. Every other Su, 4:306:30pm through 1/1. Farm Star Pizza, 2359 Esplanade, (530) 343-2056, www.farmstarpizza.com.

SWAMP JAM: Bring an instrument and enjoy swamp-themed food and drinks available for purchase. Last Su of every month, 7-11pm. The Tackle Box Bar & Grill, 379 East Park Ave., (530) 345-7499, www.tackleboxchico.com.

heartfelt originals inspired by contemporary acts like the Avett Brothers and Mumford and Sons but also classic folk rock like America and Simon and Garfunkel. Sa, 11/26, 8:30pm. No cover. Feather Falls Casino - Bow & Arrow Lounge, 3 Alverda Drive in Oroville, (530) 533-3885, www.feather fallscasino.com.

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Classic jazz favorites. Sa, 6:30-9:30pm through 9/24. Smokie Mountain Steakhouse and Lounge, 7039 Skyway in Paradise, (530) 872-3323.

LIVE MUSIC: Live music in a relaxed environment. Sa, 5-8pm through 12/18. Rock House, 11865 Highway 70 in Yankee Hill, (530) 532-1889.

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

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KYLE GASS BAND: Tenacious D’s Kyle Gass brings his solo project back to Chico. Locals Northern Traditionz open. Tu, 11/29, 9pm. $12. Lost on Main, 319 Main St., (530) 891-1853.

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

MAX MINARDI: Acoustic singer-songwriter playing folk covers and originals. W, 11/30, 6-8pm. No cover. Bidwell Perk, 664 E. First Ave., (530) 899-1500.

OPEN MIC MUSIC NIGHTS: Local musicians Jeff Coleman and Jimmy Reno host this open mic night. Bring your instrument of choice. W, 6-10pm. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave., (530) 343-4915.

One of Seattle’s hottest new musical exports is something a little different for The Emerald City. The Polyrhythmics are an eight-piece band redefining the funk genre with a combination of relentless Afrobeat rhythms and complex, horndriven instrumentation. The band has made a name for itself at festivals and clubs across the country with a stellar live show, and it will bring its unique take on modern funk to the Sierra Nevada Big Room on Wednesday, Nov. 30.

POLYRHYTHMICS: Eight-piece Seattle funk band with a hard-driving, modern afro-psycho-beat sound composed of relentless rhythm, intricate guitar phrasings, avalanches of keyboard colors, melodic hooks and soaring horn solos. W, 11/30, 7:30pm. $20. Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. Big Room, 1075 E. 20th St., (530) 892-4647, www.sierranevada.com.

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

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up seeming an inspired bit of casting. And there are many instances of what also looks like inspired direction of the actors. Steve Martin, Chris Tucker, Kristen Stewart and Vin Diesel are not unknowns, but Lee has each of them doing fine work in character roles that, especially with the three men, stand a bit apart from the most familiar of their respective screen personae. And Tim Blake Nelson, no stranger to rough-edged hillbilly roles, has a superb cameo as a cowboy entrepreneur trying to drum up financial interest in a fracking scheme he’s pitching. Garrett Hedlund is quietly effective as the tightly wound “Dime,” the Bravo group’s ranking officer and the most fiercely attentive of Billy’s comrades. Makenzie Leigh makes a somewhat confounding impression as Faison, the weirdly dreamy Dallas Cowboy cheerleader who takes a special liking to Billy. Even real-life NFL players Richard Sherman and J.J. Watt do solid work as a couple of pro footballers who show real interest in Billy’s exploits in combat. The central structure of the story focuses on the experiences of Billy and his comrades before, during and after halftime at a Dallas Cowboys-Washington Redskins game on Thanksgiving Day, and juxtaposes them with the realities of the war in Iraq, mostly as evoked in Billy’s flashback memories of what he and Bravo company have gone through. That disconnect between the glitzy patriotism on the home front and the convoluted motives and emotions of the young guys who are doing the actual fighting is plainly a central theme here. But there’s also an even more pungent protest in the growing sense that everyday life in the USA has become analogous to several sorts of battlefield. □

FILM SHORTS Reviewers: Bob Grimm and Juan-Carlos Selznick.

Opening this week Allied

The latest from director Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump, Contact) is a romantic thriller set during WWII that follows the story of the relationship of a Canadian intelligence officer (Brad Pitt) and French resistance fighter (Marion Cotillard) and a question of allegiances that puts their love and lives in danger. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R.

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Laura Dern, Kristen Stewart and Michelle Williams star as three women striving for their dreams in small-town America whose lives intersect in subtle but meaningful ways. Written and directed by Kelly Reichardt (Wendy and Lucy, Meek’s Cutoff). Pageant Theatre. Rated R.

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A Disney animated feature about Moana (voiced by Auli’i Cravalho), a strong-willed teen daughter of a Polynesian chief who embarks on an ocean quest—teaming up with the demigod Maui (Dwayne Johnson) along the way—in order to save her people. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG.

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Warren Beatty wrote, directed and stars as eccentric businessman Howard Hughes in this rom-com set in 1958 Hollywood about two young aspiring actors whose romance is complicated by the fact that their boss (Mr. Hughes) forbids dating among his employees. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13. A special showing of the newly restored version of Philip Kaufman’s classic comingof-age tale about the titular ItalianAmerican gang in the Bronx, with an amazing soundtrack of early 1960s pop hits. Three nights: Nov. 25-27. Pageant Theatre. Rated R.

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J.K. Rowling wrote the screenplay for this epic fantasy, a spin-off from her Harry Potter series, about the adventures of a young British wizard named Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) who has inadvertently let loose fantastical creatures in prohibitionera New York City. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

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The Accountant

Ben Affleck stars as a math whiz who cooks the books for criminal organizations, and when a treasury agent (J.K. Simmons) starts sniffing around, people start to die. Cinemark 14. Rated R.

Almost Christmas

A widower (Danny Glover) tries to bring together his dysfunctional family—four adult children and their spouses and kids—for their first holiday function since his wife died. Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13.

Arrival

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in this case). And, I’ll give you this version of a bare-bones synopsis: In Arrival, the government calls a linguist (Amy Adams) into service as an interpreter, in hopes that she can decipher the messages emerging from the outer-space creatures that have just landed their massive spacecraft in Montana and nearly a dozen other locations around the world. Louise Banks (Adams) and a physicist named Ian Donnelly (Jeremy Renner) plunge into their task with far more zeal and passion than their military minders have bargained for. The imponderables and uncertainties are part of what works best. Louise’s linguistics and Ian’s physics are more a part of the film’s aura of otherworldly dimensions than of its central structures. And the film’s venture into those other dimensions eventually spirals toward an exploration of “inner,” rather than outer, space. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13 —J.C.S.

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Continuing a tradition he established 25 years ago, Alligator Records boss Bruce Iglauer has again assembled an outstanding collection of his label’s music. Chosen from nearly 300 albums he’s recorded since 1971, this 45th Anniversary Collection is a two-CD package featuring 37 artists whose releases on the label reflect, as Iglauer writes in the liner notes, his focus on the catalog’s “extraordinary past, history-in-the-making present and a future filled with more ‘Genuine Houserocking Music.’” That’s the label’s motto, which gives props to his first record by Hound Dog Taylor’s trio, which is featured here in all its ragged splendor on “Take Five,” a storming original. Among the label’s stalwarts here are selections by Marcia Ball, Son Seals, Albert Collins, Tommy Castro, Joe Louis Walker, Charlie Musselwhite, James Cotton, Johnny Winter and Koko Taylor. Newer releases by Jarekus Singleton, Anders Osborne, Toronzo Cannon and Moreland & Arbuckle are signs of the label’s focus on the future of the blues. This is a great way to discover an artist whose CD might entice you.

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people are at greater risk,” said psychiatrist R. D. Laing, “just as one who climbs a mountain is more at risk than one who walks along a village lane.” I bring this to your attention, Aries, because in the coming weeks you will have the potential to be abundantly creative, as well as extra imaginative, ingenious and innovative. But I should also let you know that if you want to fulfill this potential, you must be willing to work with the extra tests and challenges that life throws your way. For example, you could be asked to drop a pose, renounce lame excuses or reclaim powers that you gave away once upon a time.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Taurus

musician Brian Eno has been successful as a composer, producer, singer and visual artist. Among his many collaborators have been David Byrne, David Bowie, U2, Coldplay, Laurie Anderson, Grace Jones and James Blake. Eno’s biographer David Sheppard testified that capturing his essence in a book was “like packing a skyscraper into a suitcase.” I suspect that description may fit you during the next four weeks, Taurus. You’re gearing up for some high-intensity living. But please don’t be nervous about it. Although you may be led into intimate contact with unfamiliar themes and mysterious passions, the story you actualize should feel quite natural.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You are

free! Or almost free! Or let me put it this way: You could become significantly freer if you choose to be—if you exert your willpower to snatch the liberating experiences that are available. For example, you could be free from a slippery obligation that has driven you to say things you don’t mean. You could be free from the temptation to distort your soul in service to your ego. You might even be free to go after what you really want rather than indulging in lazy lust for a gaggle of mediocre thrills. Be brave, Gemini. Define your top three emancipating possibilities, and pursue them with vigor and rigor.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Have you

been feeling twinges of perplexity? Do you find yourself immersed in meandering meditations that make you doubt your commitments? Are you entertaining weird fantasies that give you odd little shivers and quivers? I hope so! As an analyzer of cycles, I suspect that now is an excellent time to question everything. You could have a lot of fun playing with riddles and wrestling with enigmas. Please note, however, that I’m not advising you to abandon what you’ve been working on and run away. Now is a time for fertile inquiry, not for rash actions. It’s healthy to contemplate adjustments, but not to initiate massive overhauls.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “Everybody is dealing with how much of their own aliveness they can bear and how much they need to anesthetize themselves,” writes psychoanalytic writer Adam Phillips. Where do you fit on this scale, Leo? Whatever your usual place might be, I’m guessing that in the coming weeks you will approach record-breaking levels in your ability to handle your own aliveness. You may even summon and celebrate massive amounts of aliveness that you had previously suppressed. In fact, I’ll recklessly speculate that your need to numb yourself will be closer to zero than it has been since you were 5 years old. (I could be exaggerating a bit; but maybe not!)

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

periodically turn the volume down on your mind’s endless chatter and tune into the still, small voice within you? Have you developed reliable techniques for escaping the daily frenzy so as to make yourself available for the Wild Silence that restores and revitalizes? If so, now would be a good time to make aggressive use of those capacities. And if you haven’t attended well to these rituals of self-care, please remedy the situation. Claim more power to commune with your depths. In the coming weeks, most of your best information will flow from the sweet darkness.

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vices could at least temporarily act as a virtue. In an odd twist, one of your virtues may also briefly function like a vice. And there’s more to this mysterious turn of events. A so-called liability could be useful in your efforts to solve a dilemma, while a reliable asset might cloud your discernment or cause a miscalculation. I’m riffing here, Libra, in the hopes of stimulating your imagination as you work your way through the paradoxical days ahead. Consider this intriguing possibility: An influence that you like and value may hold you back, even as something or someone you’ve previously been almost allergic to could be quite helpful.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Between

now and the solstice on December 21, you will have extraordinary power to transform into a more practical, wellgrounded version of yourself. You may surprise yourself with how naturally you can shed beliefs and habits that no longer serve you. Now try saying the following affirmations and see how they feel coming out of your mouth: “I am an earthy realist. I am a fact-lover and an illusion-buster. I love actions that actually work more than I like theories that I wish would work. I’d rather create constructive change than be renowned for my clever dreams.”

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21): Despite your sign’s reputation, you Sagittarians don’t always require vast expanses to roam in. You aren’t ceaselessly restless, on an inexhaustible quest for unexpected experiences and fresh teachings. And no, you are not forever consumed with the primal roar of raw life, obsessed with the naked truth and fiercely devoted to exploration for its own sake. But having said that, I suspect that you may at least be flirting with these extreme states in the coming weeks. Your keynote, lifted from Virginia Woolf’s diary: “I need space. I need air. I need the empty fields round me; and my legs pounding along roads; and sleep; and animal existence.”

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “No

pain, no gain” is a modern expression of an old idea. In a second-century Jewish book of ethics, Rabbi Ben Hei Hei wrote, “According to the pain is the gain.” Eighteenth-century English poet Robert Herrick said, “If little labor, little are our gains: Man’s fate is according to his pains.” But I’m here to tell you, Aquarius, that I don’t think this prescription will apply to you in the coming weeks. From what I can surmise, your greatest gains will emerge from the absence of pain. You will learn and improve through release, relaxation, generosity, expansiveness and pleasure.

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egotistical you are, the more likely it is that you will attract what you really need. If you do nice things for people without expecting favors in return, your mental and physical health will improve. As you increase your mastery of the art of empathy, your creativity will also thrive. Everything I just said is always true, of course, but it will be intensely, emphatically true for you during the next four weeks. So I suggest you make it a top priority to explore the following cosmic riddle: Practicing unselfishness will serve your selfish goals.

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1107 Wendy Way Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by a General Partnership. Signed: NOLAN REICHERT Dated: October 14, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0001281 Published: November 3,10,17,23, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as HOMEBODY at 3549 Esplanade Ave #519 Chico, CA 95973. GINO MARIO POLI 3549 Esplanade Ave #519 Chico, CA 95973. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: GINO MARIO POLI Dated: October 21, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0001317 Published: November 3,10,17,24, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as FA TRANSPORT at 355 E. Lassen Ave #37 Chico, CA 95973. FAROOQ IQBAL 355 E. Lassen Ave #37 Chico, CA 95973. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: FAROOQ IQBAL Dated: October 28, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0001342 Published: November 3,10,17,23, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as CHICO POOLS AND SPAS at 1082 Filbert Ave Chico, CA 95926. CHRISTOPHER LEE REI 1082 Filbert Ave Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: CHRIS REI Dated: October 13, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0001278 Published: November 3,10,17,23, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as WOODEN ECLIPSE MUSIC at 942 Downing Ave Chico, CA 95926. LUCAS SARCONA 942 Downing Ave Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: LUCAS SARCONA Dated: October 28, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0001339 Published: November 3,10,17,23, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons is doing business as MOD PIZZA at 851 East Ave Suite 150 Chico, CA 95973. SFP DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LLC 516 Ojai Granite Bay, CA 95746. This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company. Signed: TREVOR SANDERS, MANAGING MEMBER Dated: October 18, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0001299 Published: Novemeber 3,10,17,23, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as NORCAL EVERGREEN at 2119 Moyer Way Chico, CA 95926. LORI ROEB 2119 Moyer Way Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by a Corporation. Signed: LORI ROEB, PRESIDENT, CEO Dated: October 19, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0001306 Published: November 3,10,17,23, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as CHICO BUILDING SURPLUS at 280 Boeing Ave. Chico, CA 95973. WESTERN WOODS INC. P.O. Box 4402 Chico, CA 95927. This business is conducted by a Corporation. Signed: CHRISTOPHER RICHTER, PRESIDENT Dated: October 24, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0001322 Published: November 10,17,23, December 1, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as ECOTOPIA LEARNING CENTER at 1295 Eaton Rd Chico, CA 95973. MARIA MADRUGA 1295 Eaton Rd Chico, CA 95973. SUSAN JANE TCHUDI 10846 Nelson Bar Rd Oroville, CA 95965. This business is conducted by a General Partnership. Signed: SUSAN JANE TCHUDI Dated: October 31, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0001350 Published: November 10,17,23, December 1, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as CALIFORNIA INSURANCE EXPERT at 2197 Honey Run Road Chico, CA 95928. RISKPRO INSURANCE SERVICES, INC. 2197 Honey Run Road Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by a Corporation. Signed: NEAL BORDENAVE, PRESIDENT/CEO Dated: October 27, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0001335 Published: November 10,17,23, December 1, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as HARMONIZING HEALTH at 1216 Sheridan Avenue Chico, CA 95926. DENISE MARIE CANGIANO 1216 Sheridan Avenue Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: DENISE CANGIANO Dated: November 1, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0001357 Published: November 17,23, December 1,8, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as

RESPYRE at 59 Satinwood Way Chico, CA 95973. CITRUS WELL LLC 59 Satinwood Way Chico, CA 95973. This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company. Signed: ANTHONY VITT, FOUNDER & CEO Dated: October 18, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0001294 Published: November 17,23, December 1,8, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as BON VOYAGE TRAVEL at 712 Silverado Est. Court Chico, CA 95973. LYNN M MORRIS 712 Silverado Est. Court Chico, CA 95973. WILLIAM MORRIS 712 Silverado Est. Court Chico, CA 95973. This business is conducted by A Married Couple. Signed: LYNN MORRIS Dated: September 26, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0001202 Published: November 17,23, December 1,8, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as STREAMING VISIONS at 5873 Copeland Rd Unit A Paradise, CA 95969. ROBERT H RENTZ 5873 Copeland Rd Unit A Paradise, CA 95969. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: ROBERT H. RENTZ Dated: November 4, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0001379 Published: November 17,23, December 1,8, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as STUDIO CAFE at 6 Greenwood Lane Chico, CA 95926. JONELLE R PENA 6 Greenwood Lane Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: JONELLE R. PENA Dated: October 25, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0001331 Published: November 17,23, December 1,8, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as FISCHER ENTERPRISES, STEVE’S SECURITY SLEEVES at 7974 Skyway Paradise, CA 95969. STEVEN WADE FISCHER 7974 Skyway Paradise, CA 95969. KIMBERLY SUZANNE PAKNEY 6236 Wall Lane Paradise, CA 95969. This business is conducted by A Joint Venture. Signed: STEVE FISCHER Dated: October 24, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0001319 Published: November 17,23, December 1,8, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as AARON’S YARD CARE at 1393 Orput Lane Paradise, CA

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95969. AARON SHEM HATTLEY 1393 Orput Lane Paradise, CA 95969. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: AARON HATTLEY Dated: November 1, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0001351 Published: November 17,23, December 1,8, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as DOJO BRAND USA at 1567 Rue Francais Chico, CA 95973. DELINA FUCHS 1567 Rue Francais Chico, CA 95973. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: DELINA FUCHS Dated: October 24, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0001323 Published: November 17,23, December 1,8, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as IT’S A GRIND at 6 W Eaton Rd Chico, CA 95973. NORMA LYNN FATCHEN 5291 Nord Hwy Chico, CA 95973. This business is conducted by a Corporation. Signed: NORMA L. FATCHEN, PRESIDENT/SECRETARY Dated: October 17, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0001288 Published: November 17,23, December 1,8, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as IZAKAYA ICHIBAN at 2000 Notre Dame Blvd #100 Chico, CA 95928. WATANABE HILLS INC 2000 Notre Dame Blvd #100 Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by a Corporation. Signed: REIKO WATANABE, PRESIDENT Dated: November 1, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0001363 Published: November 23, December 1,8,15, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as BAILEY PHOTO BOOTHS at 6427 Moss Ln. Paradise, CA 95969. REBEKAH MARTIN DODSON 6427 Moss Ln. Paradise, CA 95969. ASHLEY MARTIN 6427 Moss Ln. Paradise, CA 95969. This business is conducted by Copartners. Signed: REBEKAH MARTIN DODSON Dated: November 15, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0001407 Published: November 23, December 1,8,15, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as AMAZING SEWING AND ALTERATIONS at 6561 Rocky Lane Paradise, CA 95969. CONNIE C. VOSS 6561 Rocky Lane Paradise, CA 95969. ROBERT G. VOSS 6561 Rocky Lane Paradise, CA 95969. This business is conducted by A Married Couple. Signed: CONNIE VOSS Dated: October 25, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0001329 Published: November 23, December 1,8,15, 2016

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as MSP ALLIANCE at 2607 Forest Ave. Suite 100 Chico, CA 95928. IT ALLIANCE GROUP, INC. 1380 East Ave. Suite 124-376 Chico, CA 95973. This business is conducted by a Corporation. Signed: CHARLES R. WEAVER, CEO Dated: October 26, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0001334 Published: November 23, December 1,8,15, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as THE HORSE STORE AND MORE at 16221 Shoshannah Ln Forest Ranch, CA 95949. DONNIA MARIE MATHIS 16221 Shoshannah Ln Forest Ranch, CA 95942. MICHAEL L. MATHIS 16221 Shoshannah Ln Forest Ranch, CA 95942. This business is conducted by A Married Couple. Signed: DONNA MARIE MATHIS Dated: November 7, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0001388 Published: November 23, December 1,8,15, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as UBRAN NUTRACEUTICALS at 1380 Longfellow Ave Chico, CA 95926. D H AND T SERVICES INC. 3327 Zircon Drive Rocklin, CA 95677. This business is conducted by a Corporation. Signed: DEAN HEGARTY Dated: November 1, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0001353 Published: November 23, December 1,8,15, 2016

NOTICES ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner CHRISTINE MAGUIRE filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: NEVAEH MICHELLE KLIPP REBECKAH LYNN MARIE BEVERLY KLIPP CAYDEN MICHAEL ALEXZANDER KLIPP Proposed name: NEVAEH MICHELLE MAGUIRE REBECKAH LYNN MARIE BEVERLY MAGUIRE CAYDEN MICHAEL ALEXZANDER MAGUIRE 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: December 2, 2016 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA The address of the court is:

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Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: STEPHEN E. BENSON Dated: October 6, 2016 Case Number: 16CV02102 Published: November 3,10,17,23, 2016

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner EESHA RAVINDRA DAVE filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: EESHA RAVINDRA DAVE Proposed name: EESHA VEERAJ PATEL 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: December 23, 2016 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: STEPHEN E. BENSON Dated: October 21, 2016 Case Number: 16CV02419 Published: November 3,10,17,23, 2016

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner HARMONY LYNNE SALYERS filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: HARMONY LYNNE SALYERS Proposed name: HARMONY LYNNE BAKER 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: December 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: October 27, 2016 Case Number: 16CV02491 Published: November 10,17,23, December 1, 2016

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner DANIEL LUCIANO CARDENAS JR filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows:

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Present name: DANIEL LUCIANO CARDENAS JR Proposed name: DANIEL LUCIANO CHANDLER 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: December 2, 2016 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: STEPHEN E. BENSON Dated: October 06, 2016 Case Number: 16CV02123 Published: November 10,17,23, December 1, 2016

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner JUDY NGUYEN HOANG filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: JUDY NGUYEN THI HOANG Proposed name: VICTORIA THI BORDERS 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: December 30, 2016 Time: 9:30am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: STEPHEN E. BENSON Dated: October 31, 2016 Case Number: 16CV02507 Published: November 10,17,23, December 1, 2016

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner POLLY W ENYEART filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: POLLY W ENYEART Proposed name: POLLY W JOY 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

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and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: January 6, 2017 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: STEPHEN E. BENSON Dated: November 7, 2016 Case Number: 16CV02579 Published: November 17,23, December 1,8, 2016

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner MATTHEW JAMES TABER filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: MATTHEW JAMES TABER Proposed name: MATTHEW JAMES CROSS 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: December 23, 2016 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: STEPHEN E. BENSON Dated: October 27, 2016 Case Number: 16CV02381 Published: November 23, December 1,8,15, 2016

SUMMONS SUMMONS NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: KEVIN M HARPER 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

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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: March 11, 2016 Signed: KIMBERLY FLENER Case Number: 16CV00494 Published: November 3,10,17,23, 2016

PETITION NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE JOY PEARL MATHEWS To all heirs and beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: JOY PEARL MATHEWS A Petition for Probate has been filed by: STEPHEN CLANCY in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte. The Petition for Probate requests that: STEPHEN CLANCY 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: December 20, 2016 Time: 9:00 a.m. Dept: TBA Address of the court: Superior Court of California County of Butte 1775 Concord Ave. Chico, CA 95926. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and

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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: W.Z. JEFFERSON BROWN Attorney at Law 1 Governors Lane Chico, CA 95926 (530) 343-4412 Case Number: 16PR00389 Published: November 17,23, December 1, 2016

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE TIMOTHY WAYNE WAGONER, ALSO KNOWN AS TIM WAGONER To all heirs and beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: TIMOTHY WAYNE WAGONER, ALSO KNOWN AS TIM WAGONER A Petition for Probate has been filed by: TIMOTHY WAGONER, II in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte. The Petition for Probate requests that: TIMOHTY WAGONER, II 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 personal 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 as 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: December 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

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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: RICHARD S. MATSON, ESQ. Richard S. Matson Law Office, Inc. 1342 Esplanade, Suite A Chico, CA 95926. (530) 343-5373 Case Number: 16PR00397 Published: November 23, December 1,8, 2016

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California’s relatively stable housing market will continue through 2017, home sales will increase slightly and the median price will rise slightly, according to the forecast by the California Association of Realtors (C.A.R.). “Next year, California’s housing market will be driven by tight housing supplies and the lowest housing affordability in six years,” said C.A.R. President Pat “Ziggy” Zicarelli. “The market will experience regional differences, with more affordable areas ... outperforming the coastal areas.” The North Valley is considered one of the “more affordable areas.” “As a result,” said Zicarelli, “the Southern California and Central Valley regions will see moderate sales increases, while the San Francisco Bay Area will experience a decline.” Interest rates are forecast to rise in the coming year, but only slightly, to around the 4% level. Rates are still forecast to remain at historically low levels.

The median home price is forecast to increase just over 4% in 2017, down slightly from the 2016 increase of just over 6%, the smallest increase we’ve seen in six years. “With the California economy continuing to outperform the nation, the demand for housing will remain robust even with supply and affordability constraints still very much in evidence,” said C.A.R. Vice President and Chief Economist Leslie Appleton-Young. Appleton-Young said that the “underlying fundamentals continue to support overall home sales growth, but headwinds, such as global economic uncertainty and deteriorating housing affordability, will temper stronger sales activity.”

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