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pot bans buoy black market Considering that a solid majority of Chicoans (61 percent) voted in favor

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of Proposition 64, the California law legalizing the recreational use of marijuana, you’d think our municipal leaders would at least seek input from constituents about how the city should move forward with policies related to the sale of weed.

Not so. Last month, without substantive discussion by the public, Chico’s mayor, Sean Morgan, backed by his conservative colleagues, ordered the city attorney to craft an ordinance banning all commercial activity involving cannabis. We’re talking about a pot-sales prohibition.

That proposed law is expected to end up on a City Council agenda in May. There are many issues with that approach, including, as we recently noted, the loss of potential sales tax revenue for a city struggling to make ends meet (see “Rush job,” Editorial, March 9). As governments in other states with legalized marijuana have shown, storefront sales have significantly buoyed local coffers.

The bigger picture, however, is that prohibition serves only to prop up the black market. We have a long-running picture of the consequences.

Think of the cartel grows in our forests, perils to wildlife and violent crime (see “Out of the dark,” Newslines, page 10).

From our perspective, one of the best ways to mitigate problems associated with cannabis is to bring sales into the light, and that’s what Prop. 64 will accomplish in 2018, when the state begins issuing licenses for retailers and other cannabis-related businesses.

For Chico, it’s a no-brainer: Pot shops make sense not only in terms of the profit they could generate for the city but also in the safe access they would provide for consumers. As we learned years ago during discussions on proposed medical marijuana dispensaries, the city can limit the number of such outlets through land-use criteria and zoning restrictions.

In short, Morgan’s effort will only enrich the existing black market. If he and the conservative City Council majority move forward with such a plan, that’s an outcome they will have to own. If you think that’s a bad move for Chico, make your voice heard. □

Idayningofwheels when I was 5 years old. That first pedaling around an empty school parking

business in one loop from home to appointments and back again in a single trip. I rarely get in an auto unless I have business outside of town.

Spring and autumn, morning and evening, riding lot is one of my clearest early memories. Now, at is heavenly. It’s even doable to ride in the more 66, when I mount one of my intense weather. During the summer, a wet longbikes for a trip downtown, I still sleeve cotton shirt acts as a wearable air conditioner get a solid hit of euphoria. Ah! that evaporates during my 5-mile ride downtown.

The open sky, the sounds of the For winter, rainsuits come in many styles; a bright planet, the neighborly greetings color is advisable. and the aerobic A bike that can carry rush as my breath Chico ... is the perfect deepens and heart environment for a life- what’s needed for the day makes daily bike commutpumps strong. style that uses pedal ing practical. A backpack Unfortunately, power for personal turns any bike into a cargo colleges and by transportation. bike, but there are other high schools Jim Brobeck accessories to make it even The author is a water build massive easier.

A box mounted on the rear rack of a bike, for automobile parking facilities for policy analyst for example, or a trailer to carry the groceries, toddler AquAlliance. their students. Easy parking has normalized the habitual daily use or guitar/drum/saxophone. Longtail retrofits and front-loading box bikes are not just practical—they of motor vehicles—generators are also fun to ride, like longboard surfing! of pollution and expense—and We are fortunate to live in a city that allows reduced the amount of exercise in our daily lives. citizens to create routines that reduce the temptation Chico, a level town with a 7-mile radius, is the of an addiction to a daily motor vehicle habit. A perfect environment for a lifestyle that uses pedal healthy body and a healthy planet is realistic via power for personal transportation. bike commuting! □ I organize my schedule to accomplish my learned the magic skill of balancing on two spin-

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Riding a bike in Chico is easier than in many other communities. That’s

because, in addition to being a fairly flat city, cycling advocates and city and county administrators have made bicycle lanes and safety priorities over the years. As you’ll see in our feature package this week, which is all about those two-wheeled contraptions, that work is paying off. In fact, Chico recently received the designation of Gold Bicycle Friendly Community by the League of American Bicyclists. Woohoo!

Let’s keep it up, Chico. As you may know, May is Bike Month. A national campaign spearheaded by the League of American Bicyclists, this is an opportunity to bring the community together to enjoy life on two wheels. Then there’s the National Bike Challenge, which encourages individuals and organizations to log their miles pedaled between May and September. The CN&R has participated in the past and found it to be a fun exercise in … ahem … getting outdoor exercise.

So, come on, Chicoans—let’s get out there and ride. Create a profile at www.nationalbikechallenge.org and start logging your miles. And check in on Chico Velo Cycling Club for events happening throughout May to celebrate cycling. Let’s show the world why we deserve the Gold. □

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I’ve always loved riding a bicycle, but I’ve never considered myself a bike person. You know, the kind of folks who spend as much money on their pedal-powered ride as they would on, say, a used car? Still, I own three bicycles.

I bought the first one—a turquoise blue, antique Western Flyer—about a decade ago at a garage sale. It’s cute, but the thing is a tough ride—heavy and only a single speed. It’s now in a storage unit. After the birth of my son a little over five years ago, I realized I needed something more practical. My husband did, too, and not knowing much about bicycles and on impulse while out shopping, we bought two familiar-brand bikes from a big-box store.

These days, I know better. That’s because I have a new ride—and it’s awesome.

What sealed the deal for me getting a legit bike was a visit from one of my best friends, a native Chicoan who lives in San Francisco.

She brought hers to town and rode with such ease. She invited me to try it out, and I was sold.

I bought a similar model by the same maker from a downtown shop about six months ago, and I still marvel at how much more enjoyable it is to ride. Sure, it cost twice as much as the big-box bicycle. But it was worth it. For starters, it’s quiet. Instead of hearing a bunch of squeaking and creaking, the only sounds come from the world around me. It’s also lighter and smoother—overall, much easier to ride. Think about going from an old clunker car to buying a brand-new hybrid. It’s kind of like that.

It also fits me. The employees at the bike shop didn’t try to pressure me into what they had in stock. They adjusted the seat on the model I was interested in so I could take it out for a spin. But they didn’t bat an eye when I wanted to order one in powder blue—not the red I’d tested. When I went back to pick it up, it was already built and they readjusted things for me on the spot.

Speaking of life on two wheels, this week is CN&R’s ninth annual Bike Issue. And this year, we have some pretty exciting news to share on Chico’s expanding bike-friendly infrastructure and its standing as a bikeable community (see page 20). Hint: We’re inching closer to Davis—aka Bike City USA. In reality, we have a long way to go to truly compete with that valley town, but anything to improve biking locally is a good thing.

The Bike Issue is one of the special issues I dreamed up back when I was the paper’s special projects editor, and I’m happy that it’s kept rolling all these years. As you’ll see from reading the issue, we’re not lacking for subject matter.

I don’t want to jinx anything, but this week looks like spectacular biking weather—mid-70s to low 80s. That’s about perfect for the participants of this year’s Wildflower Century rides put on by Chico Velo. And thanks to the ample rain Mother Nature has given us this year, after so many seasons of drought, riders are likely to actually see a big showing of the plants for which the ride is named. Ride on!

Melissa Daugherty is editor of the CN&R

More conversation needed Re “The people versus Doug LaMalfa” (Newslines, by Ken Smith, April 20): Inequality has become a defining feature of our times, evident everywhere and tragically so in the disproportionate rates with which people of color are incarcerated or killed by police while unarmed.

The expanding extremity of inequality inhibits peace, social justice and sustainability because egalitarian cultures don’t pollute and exhaust their own resources, they don’t lock up large segments of the population for victimless crimes, and they don’t send their children off to die or be dismembered in avoidable wars.

Rep. Doug LaMalfa’s recent town hall response about equality sounded like the practiced answer of a seasoned politician adept at dodging challenging questions, but after further reflection, it’s not impossible that a certain progressive predisposition and that howling crowd of allies rattled my objectivity some. Let’s invite further conversation about the issue among our communities and especially with our congressman.

The congressman claimed support for equality of opportunity and not for equality of outcome, but he must agree that both are exceedingly rare anymore. Inequality has advanced unhindered so long that it plunges us now into an impoverished future.

I support Rep. LaMalfa striving for greater equality of opportunity everywhere, especially in areas most impacted by its absence.

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Building solidarity Re “The people versus Doug LaMalfa” and “Science affair” (Greenways, by Meredith J. Cooper, April 20): It’s good to see the masses stirring, both at the Rep. LaMalfa town hall events and the Earth Day March for Science.

I’ve heard griping about the lack of civility at the LaMalfa gatherings.

I applaud this lack of civility. It tells me there’s less settling for business as usual. The point of going to hear Doug is not so much to hear Doug.

We know Doug is dug-in deep— Denial is his middle name. The point in going is to see who else is yelling!

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As to science: I’m reminded that Germany was the most scientifically focused country in the 1930s. I saw a sign at the Chico march: “Science Made America Great.” Firstly, America is not great. Secondly, science, in its own right, never made anything great.

Science is a tool. It can be used to design gas chambers or measure greenhouse gasses. What can be made great can only be made great through sacrifice and moral progress. Moral progress—as measured in the liberation of humans and other creatures—arrives on the wings of heresy; often in the most uncivil of forms.

Patrick Newman Chico

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Re “The long battle ahead” (Editorial, April 20): What makes you think this con man fraud will last four years?

Trump is in his last year in office.

As such, he should also have been denied a SCOTUS pick. If Doug LaMalfa wants to back this incredibly unpopular president, he does so at his own political peril.

Tim Webster Orland

Don’t blame Berners Re “Bernie = Nader” (Letters, by Ray Estes, April 20): Ray Estes first attacks Ralph Nader for having run as an independent candidate for president in 2000. During that campaign, Nader was regularly criticized for running as an independent and, presumably, drawing votes away from Al Gore. We were told that he should instead have run in the Democratic presidential primaries, where he wouldn’t have negatively impacted Gore’s campaign.

Now along comes Estes, who suggests that the Democratic Party should not have allowed Sanders to run in the Democratic primaries, and that he should instead have run as an independent. So which is it? Should insurgent politicians run in major party primaries or as independents? Or should they (and their supporters) just shut up and go away?

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and might plausibly be accused of having contributed to her loss.

Instead, he endorsed her and campaigned for her.

I am a left-wing Democrat. I was an avid Sanders supporter, as were most of my family and friends. We all voted for Clinton in November and, after she had secured the nomination, many of us worked in her campaign.

We can discuss the reasons for Clinton’s loss and reasonable people might disagree. However, neither Sanders nor his supporters are to blame.

Tom Reed Chico

‘Stop being spineless’ Nor Cal liberals are so up in arms about Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office. Even though they can’t come up with intelligent reasons why they hate him, they just do. Words like Nazi, racist—all liberal jargon for their anti-Trump agenda.

Trump in 100 days has given this country backbone, as well as strength and respect from our enemies.

Spineless, nonconfrontational liberals are not worthy of leadership, just like their hero Barack Obama wasn’t worthy of leading this great nation. North Korea, Iran, Syria and the rest of the terrorist dictatorships never respected liberals like Obama and his pacifist garbage.

Those countries looked at the U.S. as a doormat for the last eight years and now we have someone with some backbone who will actually defend our interests in the world. Hey, liberals! Spoons don’t make people fat and guns don’t shoot people.

You want to make a difference in the world? Then stop being spineless and stand behind a real leader with resolve. Stand behind your president, Donald Trump!

Other leaders in this world don’t respect liberal apologists. They never did and they never will.

Brad Pankratz Orland

What’s the solution?

On your walk to work each morning, you pass a vicious puppy tied in a yard by a rope. It races toward you, snapping and biting, but the rope holds and you ignore it. As months pass, the puppy grows

into an adult dog but never ceases to race at you, teeth bared and snarling, hitting the end of its rope.

However, as time goes on, you not only note the dog continues to gain strength but also that the rope is beginning to look frayed. You pray it continues to hold.

At some point, you realize the size and strength of the dog and the weakening of the rope will result in the dog breaking free and attacking you. What to do?

You can sneak in while the dog is asleep and replace the rope with a chain, but it is likely you will wake it. You can remove the dog’s food dish in hopes its owners won’t notice so it will starve and grow weaker. You can shoot the dog before it attacks, but you may only wound it and stimulate it to break free and attack. What is a logical solution? I can’t think of one, can you?

BTW, the dog’s name is Kim Jong Un. Dean Carrier Paradise

As a member of a family that has contributed to the establishment of the Museum of Northern California Art, I think we can all be extremely proud of the incredible job that the volunteers who put this project together have done for our community. While the museum remains a work in progress, a major portion of the facility was presented to the public this past weekend and we saw what a gorgeous piece of work the Monca crew has pulled off.

A fine museum is a monument to the art that it houses and my late wife, Maria Phillips, would have believed that that is what Monca board of directors President Pat Macias, major art donor Reed Applegate, and a host of financial donors have given to us all. A beautiful job. What a gift. I also thank the CN&R’s Robert Speer for the fine pieces he’s written about our new museum.

Bob Klang Chico

Editor’s note: For more on Monca, see “Art finally blooms,”

by Carey Wilson, page 26.

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NEWSLINES DOWNSTROKE Erin Wade, Rami Rodriguez and Sesar Sanchez, of the 1078 Gallery’s music booking collective, meet to discuss the gallery’s final days in its current location.

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On Monday (April 24), the state’s Department of Water Resources released previously withheld documents related to proposed plans to repair the Oroville Dam spillways following February’s disaster.

The documents, which the DWR initially kept under wraps citing Homeland Security concerns, are three memoranda prepared in March by an independent board of consultants. Such boards are required by DWR and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission whenever changes are made to a dam’s design. In the memos, the board states the main spillway should be usable by November, but that the emergency spillway requires extensive redesign that likely will take two years.

In other dam news, the DWR awarded the contract for spillway repairs to Kiewit Infrastructure West Co., an Omaha-based firm with offices in Fairfield and Oakland. Kiewit’s bid of $275,443,850 was the lowest of three submitted for the job. The highest was $344.1 million.

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Fire stations in Stirling City, Jarbo Gap and Berry Creek will remain open this winter, but the fate of another station is dependent on the city of Chico’s willingness to pay for it.

That was the decision made by the Butte County Board of Supervisors at its regular meeting Tuesday (April 25). The Matrix Consulting Group, which analyzed issues with fire funding for the county, recommended all of the stations in question close for the winter.

Matrix also reported roughly 80 percent of calls answered by Cal Fire-Butte County Station 42—which is located in north Chico— are for service within city limits.

The county is asking Chico to fund Station 42. The city, however, has its own fire woes, and in March cut Chico Fire Department staffing from 17 to 14, and closed two stations.

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Liberty Cab co-owner Gianni Caponera sent word earlier this week that, after 12 years serving the community, his fleet of more than 20 vehicles will no longer be seen on the streets of Chico starting May 1.

“Support from our passengers has been great, but we are no longer able to find enough qualified applicants interested in driving taxi cabs,” Caponera said in a press release.

The company, which has won Best Cab Company in CN&R’s annual reader’s poll seven times, has long included charity fundraising as part of its mission. Earlier this month, it held a 24-hour Ride for Life event in which 17 drivers donated their fares in hour-long blocks. That event raised $1,442—with Liberty matching drivers’ contributions—to support the American Cancer Society and Relay for Life.

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move with the music 1078 Gallery looks for new home following eviction over issues with live performances

‘IsayI itthink we should just go ahead and out loud all together, just once,”

don’t want to focus on the negative, but

said Ignacio Ysern, speaking to fellow members of the 1078 Gallery’s music booking collective who gathered there Monday evening (April 24). He paused a moment before continuing, in exaggerated story and photo by exasperation, “This Ken Smith suuuuuucks.” kens @ After a few seconds n ew srev i ew. c o m of laughter and commiseration, the group got down to the task at hand—discussing an impending move from the Broadway storefront that’s served as headquarters for the 1078 Gallery for more than a decade.

Gallery volunteers and the building’s owner, Dorna Anderson, confirmed the move order stems from long-running disagreements over live music at the gallery, but members of the arts group said a 30-day eviction notice delivered April 15 still came as a shock. Though able to negotiate a short extension until the end of May to accommodate its last scheduled exhibit, the gallery is now tasked with finding a new home to carry out its mission.

“We knew [the landlord] wasn’t too

thrilled with our music programming,” said Erin Wade, president of the 1078 Gallery’s board of directors. “It’s been an ongoing issue we’ve been trying to work through, but obviously we weren’t able to do so to their satisfaction.”

The gallery’s mission, as stated on its

website, is “to offer exciting exhibitions of contemporary and experimental artworks in visual, musical, literary, film, and performance mediums.” In addition to music being one of its primary objectives, the chronically underfunded, all-volunteer group relies on concerts to help cover operating costs.

The nonprofit historically received somewhere in the range of $10,000 annually from the city of Chico, but that stopped when the state eliminated redevelopment funding in 2012. Since 2013, the gallery has competed with other arts and community service groups for a much smaller share of funds through the city’s Community Grant Program.

Organizations must apply and those accepted raise money through the month of August, and the city divides a percentage of the set amount of money—$100,000 for the each of the last two years—among them based on their own fundraising. Last

year, none of the 17 groups selected were arts-focused, and 1078 hasn’t received any city funding since 2013.

The nonprofit hosts groups playing a wide range of musical genres, including regular punk and heavy metal shows that Wade said she believes some neighbors take issue with: “Nobody complains about the Classical Guitar Project, but not everybody likes some of the louder things.”

Anderson said noise—as well as vandalism and litter she blamed on concert attendees—led to her decision to kick the collective to the curb.

“They don’t follow the rules of their lease,” Anderson said by phone. “They seem to think they’re above the rest of the tenants, and that they can do whatever they want. When we leased the building to them, we leased it as an art gallery, but now it’s become a nightclub.”

Peter Path, who owns a furniture store next door to the gallery called Acapillow and manages the building for Anderson, said the conflict over concerts came to a head over the last six weeks. He said gallery staff was repeatedly asked to not allow sound checks before 6 p.m., while Acapillow and the gallery’s other neighbor, Dimensions Salon, were open. He said an agreement on that matter was reached

Zeroing in on the problem during a recent meeting, but the afternoon noise started again shortly thereafter.

After criticizing the gallery, Anderson softened some: “It was a hard decision,” she said. “I don’t dislike the gallery or anybody there, and I love art and music. But it’s just gotten to a point it doesn’t fit well with the rest of the tenants, and they need to find someplace else.”

The current site of the 1078 Gallery is

its third location, and it takes its name from its original address on Humboldt Avenue. The 1078 Gallery formed into a nonprofit organization in 1986, and for several years operated at another site in the south campus neighborhood before moving to Broadway in the summer of 2006. In March, the gallery celebrated its 36th birthday.

“I think it’s really important for our community,” Wade said, noting 1078 is the oldest independent art gallery in town and one of the few all-ages music venues. The gallery is also regularly used by other community groups.

“Chico isn’t a big city, but this is a place people can come to see the kind of music and art you might see in San Francisco or Los Angeles or New York,” Wade continued. “We think it’s important to have a place like that here, especially for students and young people.”

Wade said that, rather than point fingers or lament the situation, the board of directors and all of the volunteers at 1078 Gallery are focusing on the future.

“We’re disappointed, but we don’t want to dwell on it,” she said. “We’re looking forward and taking this as an opportunity to reassess, reorganize and hopefully find a place that’s even better for what we want to do.”

Wade said 1078 volunteers are looking at new prospective homes and considering fundraising options to help facilitate the move. She also said it’s unlikely the gallery will find a suitable space before the deadline, so it may remain homeless for a time.

“It’s worth it to wait until we find the right spot,” she said. “We’re totally committed to keeping music as part of our programming because it’s an important part of our mission, and it’s worth it for us to wait to find a landlord who will support that mission.” □

BIKE ISSUE ★ 2017

Local cops say heroin addiction is fueling underground bike theft economy in Chico here’s an underground economy in Chico fueled by cash, stolen bikes and heroin Taddiction.

That’s according to University

Police Chief John Feeney, who’s seen evidence of it firsthand.

Bike thefts are nothing new in Chico, and in fact constitute the No. 1 crime affecting students. But in recent months, Feeney and other local law enforcement officials have caught wind of some intricacies in the illegal trade, in which people sell stolen bikes, in many cases in exchange for heroin to sustain their opioid addictions.

“Unfortunately, bikes are the currency in this marketplace,” Feeney said.

To fulfill custom orders, thieves may be using so-called “wish lists” of high-end bikes, he said. No physical list has been found, although multiple people who’ve been stopped on bikes attest to their existence, he said.

“I would love to come across a list sometime, but we never have,” he explained.

In addition to bike theft, Feeney said UPD has noticed an uptick in illegal drug use on and around campus. He said offenders are often nonstudents—either transients or other Chico residents—and rather than abusing meth, as was most often seen in the past, many of them now use heroin.

The issue of bike theft, infused with heroin abuse and sales, requires a “more collaborative response” between the UPD, the Chico Police Department and the campus community as a whole, he said. “This is not

just a Chico State problem.”

He took it a step further, saying bike thefts have risen above just random crimes.

“I’m going to stop short of calling it organized crime,” he said, “but when you’re going to specialize in stealing bikes and you’re paying people to steal bikes, it’s a form of organized crime.”

The rest of the city seems to be seeing a similar trend. Ed Nelson, crime prevention officer for the Chico Police Department, says bike theft is “clearly on the rise.” And while he hasn’t heard of a bike wish list, he said, “I can certainly believe it.”

Nelson agreed that illegal drugs and bike theft go hand-in-hand.

“Bike theft is often fueled by drug abuse,” he said. “They use the stolen bikes to get around town … they steal bikes to trade them for drugs.”

In efforts to curb incidents of bike theft, the CPD has issued public service announcements about best locking practices and deployed its “bait bike” program, but the frequency of theft has actually increased, Nelson said. He added that he hopes the recent change to the city’s bike registration process—it’s now free instead of costing $12—will help.

SIFT ER City of bikes Any doubts about Chico’s rep as a bike-friendly city are put to rest by the 2014 American Community Survey by the League of American Bicyclists.

Based on U.S. Census Bureau stats on bike commuting in cities with populations over 65,000, Chico places 14th in a list of the top 20 cities in the nation with the highest share of bicyclists. Shown here is the list of cities that edged out our fair town.

1. Davis, Calif.

2. Berkeley, Calif.

3. Boulder, Colo.

4. Somerville, Mass.

5. Cambridge, Mass.

6. Palo Alto, Calif.

7. Portland, Ore. 8. Eugene, Ore. 9. Fort Collins, Colo.

10. Santa Barbara, Calif.

11. Madison, Wis. 12. Flagstaff, Ariz.

13. Ann Arbor, Mich.

Ed Nelson, crime prevention officer for the Chico Police Department, says despite efforts to curb bike theft, it’s “clearly on the rise.” photo by GAbriel SAndovAl

UPD has a similar registration program and encourages all students to lock their bikes—and to not bring terribly expensive rides to campus.

According to UPD records, since 2015, high-end bike brands reported stolen include Kona, Fuji, Trek, Giant, Scott and Cannondale. Each of the reports classified the crimes as grand thefts because the value of the bikes exceeded $950, Feeney said.

The vast majority of reported bike and bikepart thefts overall—117 in 2015, 129 in 2016 and 15 in 2017, as of mid-April—are considered petty thefts, because their value is lower.

There were four bike-related grand thefts reported to UPD in 2015, eight in 2016 and two in 2017 so far.

Looking to the future, Feeney said there will be more areas for secure bike parking on campus soon. While Chico State already has well-lit bike rack areas, strategically placed surveillance cameras and a staff of UPD and community service officers who are aware of the issue, the university is planning to install caged bike parking areas in places where thefts occur often. The cages, Feeney said, may soon be installed near student housing units for starters.

Another possible deterrent in the “targetrich environment,” Feeney said, is empowering students, helping them take a more active role in each other’s safety. To that end, the university is planning to start a program in the fall called Wildcat Watch, which will provide paid positions for students to assist police.

“They’re not going to be junior cops who are going to take action and arrest people,” Feeney said. “They’re eyes and ears.”

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Out of the dark Can California’s legal marijuana industry help stop black market growers from decimating public lands? ohn Nores hunched over his partner, who had just been shot Jthrough both legs with an assault

rifle. A few feet away, a marijuana grower linked to organized crime lay dead in the bushes. Another grower who’d leveled a gun at Nores was now bolting away from the drifting smoke.

Waiting to see if a helicopter would arrive before his partner bled out, Nores, a state game warden, mentally inventoried his surroundings: Just ahead, 23,000 marijuana plants cut a swath through the Sierra Azul Preserve, a rolling hideaway above Los Gatos swept in old coast oaks, high, glistening brome and pools of wood mint and elks clover. Much of that beauty had been razed to make way for endless rows of pale green stalks.

It was August 2005. Scenes like this one were beginning to play out across California’s public lands: The mass clear-cutting of trees, the full-scale terracing of hillsides, herbicides and rodenticides seeping into groundwater, makeshift landfills torn through the soil, and shell casings and empty propane tanks littering the habitat. And then there were the poisoned animals, the ones that gradually died as their organs burned from within.

As California’s marijuana black

market surged to billion-dollar profits, it left behind dead bodies and deep scars in the landscape.

For Nores, who still works for the since-renamed California Department of Fish and Wildlife, the fact that his partner lived didn’t change the reality: Flying bullets meant the game was changing.

“Our wardens have been in four more gunfights with cartel members in grows since that shootout,” Nores said in a recent interview.

“In terms of the threat to public lands, at this point there are 3,000 to 4,000 clandestine cartel grows in California in any given year. …

Right now we’re able to clean up and restore about 44 percent of the grows we go into.”

Yet the cartels’ commerce is about to compete head-on with the Golden State’s new legal, licensed and regulated cannabis industry.

According to some experts, mainstream marijuana could help provide the revenue streams to take California’s public lands back for the public—but only if the new presidential administration doesn’t overrule the state.

For Stephen Frick, assistant spe-

cial agent in charge of U.S. Forest Service Law Enforcement & Investigations, a macabre picture

helps sum up what his teams continue to find in California’s pristine landscapes: It’s the recent image of a federal biologist standing over the carcasses of a gray fox and turkey vulture. The fox died first, from direct poisoning, before the vulture collapsed while picking off its remains. As the biologist looked down, he noticed flies were dying once they crawled on the fox’s putrid flesh.

“That’s how toxic the blood poisoning was,” Frick said.

Among the liquid nightmares Frick’s enforcement officers keep discovering is Carbofuran, an agent so noxious it’s been banned by the Environmental Protection Agency since 2010. But outlaw growers from Mexico still have access to Carbofuran and use it often for their megacrops. Frick said that a quarter of a teaspoon can kill a 300-pound black bear.

That’s why his special agents can now scroll through a carousel of snuff images on their cellphones: poisoned bears, poisoned mountain lions, poisoned mule deer and poisoned foxes—all stiff and strewn across the beauty of the national forests. The Pacific fisher, a whiskered, cub-faced member of the weasel family, is one of the threatened species increasingly being

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many of the more than 1,200 people who participated in the march for Science on Saturday (april 22) in chico got creative with signs. held in conjunction with a main event in Washington, D.c., the local event—starting on the chico State campus and ending with a march through downtown—was among the 500-plus other satellite events all over the country and the world. its purpose was to remind people of the importance of science in our everyday lives and in affecting policy. photo by chArles finlAy

killed by Carbofuran.

“Five years ago, we started seeing a whole lot of dead animals at these sites,” Frick recalled.

Nores confirmed California’s game wardens are documenting the same toll in state parks and other protected ecosystems.

Even more costly is trying to reverse the direct devastation to habitat. Reforesting stripped lands and cleaning contaminated soil results in huge price tags. Given that some cartel grows contain not only armed guards, but also covered traps that include spike-laden punji pits, keeping hikers, campers and anglers safe remains the priority. Frick said it’s hard enough for federal authorities to reclaim areas with their limited funds, let alone engage in large-scale restoration.

In fact, last year, that challenge only intensified.

“In 2016, we saw a 50 percent increase in the number of plants on public lands from the year before, and 75 percent of those had dangerous pesticides,” Frick observed.

“We give the problem all the attention we can, but like every agency in the U.S., we’re short-handed.”

Department of Fish & Wildlife war-

dens reported locating roughly half a million marijuana plants on the state’s public lands last year. The U.S. Forest Service documented 1.4 million plants in the same window. Yet, as bad as that year was, both agencies have reason to hope 2018 may see gradual improvement.

That’s when California’s legal marijuana growers indirectly join the battle against illegal ones by paying hundreds of millions of dollars, by most estimates, into the state’s coffers thanks to Proposition 64. Some 20 percent of the state’s new marijuana cultivation and excise tax is slated for environmental protection.

California’s DFW and state park officials will control how the funds are deployed.

So far, only a handful of local governments are sanctioning, regulating and taxing marijuana cultivation—though the ones that are

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have new local-level firepower for code and law enforcement operations. Among them is Mendocino County. Case logs from the U.S. Attorney’s Office show that illicit grows inflicted major environmental damage in the Mendocino National Forest over the last three years. With county officials now collecting fees and a tax, Mendocino has made safeguarding its habitats one of four priorities for spending the new money.

“Now the sheriff’s office should be having more time to actually work on those big trespass grows,” said Mendocino County CEO Carmel Angelo.

But there remains a glaring threat to such state and local plans.

In February, newly confirmed U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a warning of unspecified nature regarding those states allowing recreational marijuana use. Local and state officials who are deep in the fight for environmental protection are still hoping California’s sovereignty wins out.

That said, some working in the emerging marijuana industry recognize the new tax streams alone may not be enough to return public lands to their natural states.

Knowing the scope of the problem, a group of cannabis business owners have formed Restore California, an organization seeking nonprofit status to work on environmental protection.

Restore California plans on hosting ongoing fundraisers within the industry to raise money for DFW’s Marijuana Enforcement Team. Restore’s president, Melissa Sanchez, is an attorney who’s worked with medical marijuana growers since 2009. Sanchez told the News & Review that the group’s mission is to give legal growers an easy way to prove their commitment to conservation.

“This allows people in the regulated industry to separate themselves as legitimate growers from people who are criminals growing on public and private lands,” Sanchez stressed. “What better way to do that than by taking a stand for the environment?”

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accepts applications and interviews prospective participants.

“Sometimes we’ll do a second round of interviews—we take it very seriously,” Egan said.

Participants become employees of Caminar. They are required to arrive promptly, in uniform, and conduct themselves positively.

“This is a safe place for everyone,” Walker said. “We realize that everyone goes through things, so it’s very important that employees who come here feel safe and comfortable and enjoy themselves—and also learn the skills they’re learning.”

That’s not to say every moment is harmonious. Walker and other Caminar staff receive regular training for proficiency in crisis intervention and de-escalation, plus HIPAA (health care privacy) regulations.

Participants may live at Avenida Apartments while in the program, something unique to Butte County’s Caminar.

The pet-friendly complex has singleoccupancy units, so it’s not suitable for everyone, and others (such as Talbot) have housing elsewhere. Some, such as current participant Siena Kelly, commute on bikes they’ve refurbished themselves.

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Before moving to Butte County a year and Ja half ago, Talbot worked in the construcesse Talbot knows the value of a good job.

tion and wine-making industries in Sonoma County—“a lot of hard labor,” he said.

He’s long had a knack for fixing things; he started tinkering with bicycles when he was in elementary school. Now 21, he arrived in Chico with thoughts of becoming an auto mechanic but also anxiety and depression.

Talbot received assistance with housing from the Youth for Change organization and, through government social services, a referral to a nonprofit skills agency, Caminar for Mental Health. Serving five counties that dot Northern California, Caminar supports individuals with developmental disabilities and behavioral health issues so they can live independently and self-sufficiently.

Each regional bureau tailors programs to its community. In Butte County, Caminar operates a residential facility, Avenida Apartments; a social recreation program, Friendship Circle; and workforce training.

Talbot came to Caminar for the latter.

Six months ago, he got a spot at Sensible Cyclery, where participants refurbish donated bicycles that they sell to the public. Along with workplace-related skills, participants develop ways to deal with psychological challenges. (Those who aren’t mechanically inclined work in the other “social enterprise” program, Pro-Touch, a janitorial and landscaping service. Both

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have 90-day periods.)

Talbot flourished at Sensible Cyclery. He augmented his talent with tools by gaining a better handle on his personal issues. He impressed Program Director Scott Walker so much that Caminar offered him a full-time job as shop supervisor.

“What really strung my heartstrings was seeing people who had difficulties—depression, anxieties—have it hard to cope with those things,” Talbot said. “I have anxiety and sometimes depression myself; I think that’s somewhat natural in life. To help others understand what it takes to be successful in the job field and to teach them new job skills, that’s something that really hit my heart.

“You’re doing more than teaching; you’re working with them, you’re developing friendship levels. I like to see people succeed, and that’s something that really pushed me to want to stay here.

“It was a really big surprise [to get the job offer]. It meant a lot to me. It still does.”

Talbot is just one of many success stories.

Caminar’s contract with Butte County Behavioral Health requires the agency to accept 30 participants annually into the social enterprise program (Sensible Cyclery and Pro-Touch combined). Of those, 15 must graduate, then secure employment in the community and keep that job at least 90 days. In 2015-16, the last full contract year, 17 achieved that milestone.

“The whole point is not to produce bike mechanics or janitors or landscapers,” Caminar Regional Director Calleene Egan said. “It’s really to teach those hard and soft skills to make sure that these people will be successful in the community, be independent and be able to keep a job.”

Injected Walker: “It’s a warm-up for community employment.”

Caminar gets all its clients via referral from social service offices, notably the California Department of Rehabilitation branch in Chico. When slots open in ProTouch and Sensible Cyclery, Caminar

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Passages Caregiver Resource Center is excited to have John O’Leary present in Chico. His story will motivate and empower you.

In 1987, John O’Leary was a curious nine-year-old boy. Playing with fire and gasoline, John created a massive explosion in his home and was burned on 100% of his body. He was given 1% chance to live.

This epic story of survival was first showcased in his parents’ book, Overwhelming Odds, in 2006. Originally printing 200 copies for friends and family, his parents have sold 60,000+ copies, most in back-of-room sales at John’s speaking events. It was this book that first invited John to embrace his miraculous recovery and share it with the world.

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“They just bring so much support and love into everything they do.

“You don’t go into this job because you want to make a bunch of money—you want to better the world around you. That brings a lot of hope to my heart, and I really appreciate that.”

Graduates of the 90-day training

can continue to receive support through Jobs Plus, a program for Department of Rehabilitation clients designed to assist both the new employee and his or her employer. On-site coaches help the participant learn the job responsibilities and respond to concerns at the business, which can avail itself of training, too.

Jobs Plus is not unique to Butte County, but Friendship Circle is.

Caminar puts on the program in conjunction with Far Northern

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Regional Center, which serves individuals with developmental disabilities. Each Friendship Circle is an interest group that convenes for a social activity, ranging from bowling to knitting to day trips.

“From our Jobs Plus program, we’ve hired facilitators to host Friendship Circles,” Egan said, “so it comes full circle.”

Walker can vouch for the benefit of Sensible Cyclery, which he sees each day when Talbot passes along what he’s learned to the next wave of participants.

Noted Walker: “To see the confidence level raise so high over a short period of time, it’s such a great thing to be a part of.” □

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BIKE ISSUE ★ 2017

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passion for pedaling With 28 years in business, Chicoan Paul Price has made a name for himself as a bicycle innovator story and photo by

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THetosayshearthings a man speak of his true passion. like, “I’ve long believed that o hear Paul Price talk about bicycling is

bikes could save the world.”

If that’s the case, then Price is doing his part on behalf of the planet. As a designer and manufacturer of bicycle parts, his goal is to harness the potential of each piece of equipment. To do that takes a lot of fieldwork.

“At any one time, I have about 20 bikes I’m riding,” he said while providing a tour of his facility on the Midway. In the rafters hang bicycles. Lots of them. Below them are all manner of machines, which turn long sheets of aluminum into smaller pieces and, ultimately, parts for bicycles. Paul Component Engineering, launched in 1989 out of Price’s garage, makes many different parts. Price says he generally concentrates on “tiny details” that make a bike perform better, whether it be in terms of strength, control or comfort.

“I’m always riding,” Price said. “I’ll be out on a bike in Bidwell Park and all of a sudden my mind will start going—‛What if I did this?’”

Much of what Paul Component makes are brake parts—from housing mounts to levers to the brakes themselves. But Price doesn’t stop there. He also designs cranksets, gear shifters, quick-release seat-post collars and mounting adapters.

Price comes up with the idea for a part and sketches it, often by hand. He then turns

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over his sketch to be digitized in order to tell one of the many machines in the shop how to create it.

During the tour, Price stopped to demonstrate the process. Inside a glass case, machine arms switched out tools and quickly went to work drilling into the aluminum that had been set inside. In another room, finished parts tumbled in a large vibrating bowl full of rocks to smooth the metal edges.

Having grown up in Danville, in the Bay Area,

and earned a degree in mechanical engineering at Sacramento State University, Price got his first taste of Chico while helping a friend move stuff from a storage unit here. He was immediately attracted to the area. Then he got a “real job” in the East Bay for a while, but after going through a breakup with a girlfriend, decided to drop that job, move to Chico and do what he really wanted to do.

That was working with bikes. He bought the cheapest house he could find in town with a garage—for less than $50,000— and started working for the now-defunct Mountain Goat Cycles, which made mountain bikes at a time when the sport was beginning to boom. In Chico, that seemed natural with Bidwell Park offering a whole world of terrain.

Price worked there while starting his business, at first just him in his garage, then growing to four employees in his cramped house. He’s moved a few times, finally set-

Paul Price holds a bicycle hub (the central part of the wheel) and stem (which secures the handlebars) in his shop on the Midway in Chico.

tling about a decade ago in a former Texaco petroleum distribution center along the Midway. Out back, he pointed beyond the rear fence. “The train used to come through here for the petroleum,” he said. Now, quite fittingly, there’s a bike path.

“A lot of us bike to work, so it’s really convenient,” Price said. These days, Paul Component employs 15 people, several of whom have been with the company for many years. “The crew I have is spectacular,” Price said. “We’re in a really good spot.”

Over the years, Paul Component has made a name for itself in the bicycling community. Just this past December, Price was named by Bicycling magazine as one of “11 innovators making cycling more awesome for everyone.” While the company does enjoy some local business, Price said his biggest markets are throughout the United States, Europe and Japan, with Europe booming at the moment.

“We’re definitely going through a growth spurt right now,” he said. The spurt has been significant enough—40 percent over last year—that Price is considering another addition to his building.

A lot has changed in the 28 years since Price set up shop out of his garage. One thing, however, has remained the same—his

love of being on a bicycle. That very day, he said, he’d already spent time trekking through Bidwell Park. It was clear in the way Price said it that it was no mere road test or assignment for work: “Bidwell Park is the best place in the world.” □

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How did you start growing bonsai?

When I was dating my wife back in the ’70s, her mom had a Sunset Magazine booklet on bonsai and a few trees. Whenever we went out for a date, I’d always have to wait for her, so I’d go out into the backyard and look around. I got fascinated by the trees, and that’s how I got the bug.

Which tree here is the oldest?

I’m not really sure, because it’s not about actual age, but how old it looks. That’s the whole point of bonsai, taking a plant and putting style to it to make it a scale model of a mature tree out in the woods. That’s the art of it … it’s easy to explain, but hard to get there.

What are some of the challenges?

The biggest thing for beginners is developing patience … learning to let things grow before you start whacking away at them. You should take time to learn about what the plant likes and accommodate those things. It may take years, but part of the appreciation is being able to look at your bonsai and see the plan and where it’s going.

What’s a good way to get started?

We will also have some demonstrations at the show, which is basically a Q&A session while someone is working on a plant. Sometimes [the sessions] get a bit off-track, but that’s OK, because people want to know stuff and we want to provide them with the information.

Is there a lot of trading and sharing within the club?

Absolutely. We’ll also have a plant table sale at the show. The club gets a cut of the sale, so it helps out revenue flow a little, and [members] get a little something back for the time and effort they put into it.

What do you get out of it, personally?

I’m retired, so it gives me something creative to do and helps me stay busy, from day-to-day and season-to-season. It’s very satisfying when you get something that works.

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The Chico Bonsai Society has been helping foster an appreciation for the ancient Japanese horticultural art form—and teaching the skills necessary for locals to grow their own bonsai— since 1976. The group’s president, Chuck Coate (pictured on right), and treasurer, Leo Martinez, recently gave a peek at what to expect this weekend at the club’s Spring Bonsai Show during a tour of Coate’s personal collection—a veritable tiny forest of some 200 bonsai of various species in various states of growth. The show takes place 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m.-5 a.m. Sunday (April 29-30) at the Chico Area Recreation District Center (540 Valambrosa Ave.). Regular club meetings are held the second Sunday of each month at the Butte County Library, Chico branch (1108 Sherman Ave.). For more information, go to chicobonsaisociety.com.

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I can’t remember the last time I rode a bike. It was probably at least a year ago. That seems kind of sad to me, actually, as it’s a pastime I’ve long enjoyed.

As a kid, it gave me freedom. I still remember an ill-advised ride my little sister and I took one afternoon to the St. Louis Galleria, one of the largest malls in our hometown. It was only 5.7 miles, but along busy streets and with little legs that could pedal only so fast. When we called our mom from a payphone at the mall and excitedly told her where we were, she was shocked and, I think, a little scared. She arrived soon enough to pick us up.

Then there’s the feel of the wind in my hair. Of that burst of joyful adrenaline when uphill becomes down. I might need to start bicycle shopping ….

Speaking of, several of Chico’s bike shops are experiencing a simultaneous shifting of gears, with two of them turning their focus onto more of the lifestyle of biking than just selling the gear. The biggest move/expansion on the horizon seems to be that of CycleSport, which has occupied its spot at the corner of Second and Main streets for the better part of a decade. This summer, and potentially as soon as the end of May, it’ll occupy some all-new digs under an all-new name.

The new shop, dubbed AMain Performance Cycling—which acknowledges parent company AMain Performance Sports & Hobbies—will take over the spot left vacant by Hollywood Video several years ago on East 20th Street, according to AMain VP of operations Brandon Steinle. (What a relief—those darn boxes seem to be merely magnets for Halloween shops!) What’s more exciting, though, than the larger footprint the store will fill, is that it is working with The Handle Bar, a bicycle-themed pub that shares the building. The bar, according to owners Brian and Carolyn Kanabrocki, will be expanding and there will be a common entrance shared with the bike shop. Sounds pretty rad!

More still Another recent vacancy, that of Three-Sixty Ecotique just south on Main between Fifth and Sixth streets, is making way for the expansion of Greenline Cycles. It’s sort of perfect timing with the 25th anniversary of the store, which started in Oroville, this summer. The massive expansion will provide more space for social events, says salesman Dain Melton. “We don’t want to be that shop that sells you a bike and shoves you out the door,” he told me. “We want to be like family.” Stay tuned for more info as it’s divulged. other bike news CycleSport and Greenline aren’t the only downtown shops going through some changes. Campus Bicycles is preparing to move out of its spot on Main Street between Third and Fourth streets and up a block to the northeast corner of Main and Third, where Red Umbrella used to be. The reasoning, according to a Campus clerk, is that their current landlord wants to change the configuration of that building, meaning it’s time to find a new location. They expect to be moved in by May 1.

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CN&R’s annual look at life on two wheels

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ere at CN&R, we know we’re not the only Chicoans who love bicycles.

Whether valued as transportation, sport or hobby, bikes in these parts are a big deal. That’s why we created our annual Bike Issue—to give readers the scoop on life on two wheels.

This year, we have news related to the city’s growing bike infrastructure—specifically, progress on the Highway 99 Bikeway, along with another big development that will up Chico’s reputation as a bike-friendly community.

Plus, you’ll meet a couple of youth BMX racers; get an update on changes at local bike shops; learn about a program that helps people get job skills working with bikes; and much, much more.

Enjoy the ride!

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C One of Tyler Bodnar’s first bike projects as a civil engineer for the city of Chico was the tunnel connecting Annie’s Glenn and Lower Bidwell Park. photo by howArd hArdee

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hico has a reputation as a great place to ride a bike and it’s only going to grow now that the League of American Bicyclists recognizes the city as a Gold Bicycle Friendly Community—up a notch from its previous designation of silver. According to the league’s scorecard, Chico earned points for its mainstream bike culture and robust cycling safety and education outreach efforts by community groups, and also ranked well in terms of its engineering and network of bike routes.

However, Chico’s bicycle infrastructure has plenty of room for improvement, said Janine Rood, executive director of Chico Velo Cycling Club. All over town, there are examples of disconnected paths that leave bicyclists wondering, “Where do I go from here?”

The bike-town reputation may actually have been detrimental to progress in recent years, Rood said. “I think the city and cyclists had both gotten kind of complacent and said, ‘It’s so great to ride a bicycle in Chico; what more could you need?’”

Quite a lot, actually: Chico Velo has identified 175 potential projects to boost bicycling infrastructure. Working with city staff,

Far left: A bicyclist rides along one of downtown Chico’s green bike lanes on West Second Street.

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Proposed bridge would complete Bikeway 99, boost city’s cycling infrastructure the group has narrowed that down to eight “super projects” where upgrades are most needed. One ambitious idea is turning Lindo Channel into a greenway complete with a multimodal path.

“It would be Chico’s premier east-towest bicycle corridor,” Rood said.

Another “super project” is already underway—Bikeway 99. Originally envisioned as an arterial, north-to-south route following the Highway 99 corridor from Eaton Road to Skyway, progress paused after the bridge crossing Little Chico Creek by Teichert Ponds was completed in 2012. Currently, the path spits southbound cyclists into the parking lot of Chico Mall, and from there it can be difficult to navigate the con-

gested traffic of East 20th Street.

Now the city is floating a concept that would allow pedestrians, disabled people and cyclists to avoid that mess altogether.

It’s a solution that city officials say could become Chico’s signature piece of bicycle infrastructure—a bridge over East 20th Street.

The city’s general plan calls for multi-

modal transportation elements and “complete streets,” says Brendan Ottoboni, the city’s director of public works-engineering. For instance, the design for the Esplanade Corridor Improvement Plan includes a separated bike lane, ADAcompliant crosswalks and push-button signals. And there’s a big push from the state for municipalities to invest in socalled “active transportation.”

“The whole theory is that by having good, safe bike and pedestrian facilities,

View the plan:

For updates on the East 20th Street Overcrossing Feasibility Study and dates for upcoming public workshops, go to www.bikeway99.com.

you’re taking people out of cars and getting them walking or riding bikes,” he said. “By nature of having functional facilities, people use them more. … We have a good backbone of infrastructure, and we’re looking to expand on that and complete the network. We want there to be good connectivity so people can ride all over town without impeding vehicular traffic.”

Bikeway 99 is integral to that vision.

Funding for the project dried up following the Great Recession, but more money has been trickling down from the state over the last couple of years. Last week, a new link was added with the completion of the crosswalk at Highway 32 and East Eighth Street. And the city has already secured funding for the southernmost section of the bike path, from East 20th Street to the Skyway.

But the biggest obstacle remains. During recent public workshops to solicit input on the crossing at East 20th Street, the city’s Public Works Department has introduced several design options, some more elaborate than others, said Tyler Bodnar, the city’s leading engineer on

the project. “We want to bring lots of alternatives to the table, right? Some of it almost looks a little bit crazy.”

That includes building a tunnel underneath the roadway, but most people favor something more open and visible. The least expensive option would be adding a functional crosswalk at East 20th Street and Business Lane (where Red Lobster, Olive Garden, etc., reside), but thus far, public feedback has been that cyclists and pedestrians don’t feel safe crossing the roadway at all. “The public is saying, ‘We don’t see how putting in a signal and crosswalk would be any different,’” Bodnar said.

People seem to want a bridge. The city has contracted with Donald MacDonald, a San Franciscobased architect who helped design the new Bay Bridge, and he has illustrated several concepts, including one that incorporates elements that look like bike spokes. Bodnar says public works will narrow the potential designs down during a third and final public workshop this summer and then seek approval from the Chico City Council.

The city has secured funding for the preliminary engineering through the federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program, as well as California’s Active Transportation Program. Bodnar estimated that the total cost will run between $3 million and $8 million.

“That’s not an absurd amount of money for a project like this,” he said. “Some of these numbers sound alarming, but it’s a massive piece of infrastructure.” He emphasized that the project would be paid for with grants, not the city’s general fund dollars that could go toward, say, fixing potholes.

Ottoboni says Bikeway 99 is a prime candidate for further grant funding because the bridge would close a gap, linking more than 4 miles of an arterial bike path. And granting organizations have been encouraging Chico to shoot for the stars, Bodnar said.

“They would love to see a signature project in Chico,” he said. “They recognize us as a bicycling community. They see us going after three, four, five projects a year when this grant funding is available.

And they are literally telling us to go bigger—that if we have the ridership, give this community something it would appreciate.” Ω

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very time 15-year-old Trevor Shields pushes the front wheel of his BMX bike against a hydraulicpowered starting gate to race, he takes a moment to visualize himself navigating every burm, bump, jump and curve on the track.

“I know that I can win, and I think about how I’m going to do that,” Trevor said during a break from warming up prior to last Thursday’s races at Chico’s Silver Dollar BMX track. “Like, I know some people might be faster than me on the first straight, so I picture myself riding behind them until the corner, then diving under them. Then I don’t think about anything at all, look up at the light and go.”

In addition to the athleticism and skills he’s developed in a decade of BMX racing—having started at the local track when he was just 5 years old—Trevor said he believes his mental game has helped to distinguish him in the sport. He’s currently ranked fifth in his age group on the national circuit, and spends much of his time traveling the United States and Canada to compete.

Trevor’s racing schedule has been even more hectic than usual lately as he hones his skills for the sport’s preeminent event, the 2017 BMX World Championships in Rock Hill, S.C. He’s already qualified for the race, and said he’s been trying to do two to three national events monthly. In the last few weeks, Trevor has traveled to the East Coast and Oregon to race, as well as hitting the local track as often as possible when he’s not on the road. He is sponsored by and rides for the Elite Vendetta BMX team (Factory

Trevor Shields started racing BMX at Silver Dollar when he was 5 years old. Now 15, he is ranked fifth in the country in his age group. He also helps coach younger riders. photo by Ken Smith

Vendetta is a Sacramento-based bicycle manufacturer), and hopes to someday make the U.S. Olympic team.

“I never expected him to go as far as he has,” said Trevor’s biggest fan, his mother, Traci. “A neighbor of ours was the person who suggested he try it, because Trevor was always on his bike and he’s always been kind of a little daredevil. He and his brother both took first the first time we came out, and he’s been hooked ever since.”

So, too, have Traci and her husband, Tim, who— like other local BMX racing parents—can be found at the track as often as five nights a week. She doesn’t mind a bit, saying the collective dedication of riders, families and track staff has led to the formation of a tight-knit community.

“The thing I love about BMX is it’s a big family,” she said. “We’ve made a lot of friends and formed lasting relationships with people. We all miss each other when we don’t see each other and do whatever we can to help each other out.”

Trevor is one of many homegrown riders who’ve cut

their teeth at Silver Dollar BMX and gone on to compete at higher levels. The track, which sits somewhat hidden off of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway, is

Timmie Kennedy is track manager at Silver Dollar BMX and a professional BMX racer.

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run by a nonprofit organization; board members, operators and workers are unpaid volunteers dedicated to promoting the sport of BMX. There are nominal fees to compete in regular races—held each Thursday night and Sunday morning—but spectators attend free.

Another young rider making his mark at Silver Dollar and beyond is 12-year-old Evan Enserro, who rides for Team Kuwahara. Evan, a student at Bidwell Junior High, wasn’t at last Thursday’s races because he was in Austin, Texas, for a big race called the Lonestar Nationals. He is currently ranked No. 8 in the country for his age group and has also already qualified for the World Championships in South Carolina.

“We’ve been a baseball family forever, but Evan isn’t much of a baseball player,” Evan’s father, Vince, said by phone Friday from Austin. “So when we went to the track for the first time four years ago, we had no idea if he’d like it. He got out and rode the track, and when he was done, he had the biggest smile on his face and said, ‘I want to come back.’”

The elder Enserro said his son’s racing habit has lead to a unique social life for the road-wise preteen: “One of the coolest things is that most of his friends are [riders] from other places, so he gets to see them every few months when they meet up somewhere.

He keeps in touch and talks to them all the time on the

Snapchat or whatever it is that they do.” “[Traveling] is pretty fun because you get to go to new places and try a lot of new things,” Evan said. “Also, we get to skip school, even though we have to make the work up.”

Elder racer Trevor, a Pleasant Valley High student, also said he likes that particular perk.

“People at school are always like, ‘Ah, you’re so lucky, you’re always traveling and get to miss school.’ So I say, ‘Oh, yeah, I’m very lucky.’”

Track manager Timmie Kennedy noted it’s not just young men who’ve fallen in love with BMX racing at Silver Dollar, noting that boys and girls as young as 2 years old take to the track on “Striders”—push-bikes designed to help toddlers and youngsters learn balance and coordination before they start pedaling. There also are adult riders— Kennedy himself races on the professional circuit and started his own team, TK Racing, of which his daughter Johanna is a member. He noted that Carl Profit— who serves as vice president of the Silver Dollar BMX organization—is over 50 and will also be competing in this year’s world championship.

All of the parents, riders and track staff interviewed touted BMX as a family-friendly, physical activity that helps teach discipline, confidence and a strong work ethic. But it was the young Trevor who best vocalized his love of the sport.

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Carey The 90-year-old Wilson former Veterans Memorial Hall on The Esplanade has Review: been partially renoMuseum of northern vated, with 4,000 of California art (Monca) grand opening, the large building’s sunday, april 23. 17,000 square feet transformed in this Monca first stage of Monca, a 900 esplanade 891-4304 museum dedicated to www.monca.org the preservation and exhibition of fine art created in California’s northern region. The gorgeous neoclassical exterior invites visitors up sweeping brick-red steps and through columned arches to the spacious foyer, where graceful Tuscan columns create a grand yet airy atmosphere. Four high-ceilinged, naturally lit galleries welcomed a large crowd during the opening, and a celebratory sense of community contrasted with the quiet personal focus of visitors appreciating the individual pieces of what proved to be an impressive and varied exhibit.

In the small Dr. Lowell and Claudia Steel Gallery, Claudia Steel’s 1968 etching, “The Barbecue,” caught my eye with its sketched black figures highlighted with bold green, red and blue accents that made the expressionistic images pop from the composition. Equally striking,

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The life-size piece depicts a sculptural fabric-draped figure; each crease, shadow and highlight rendered in near photographic detail using a subtle palette of bronze tones.

I particularly enjoyed the pieces in The Headley Gallery, which had the theme “The Humor in Art.” The exhibit includes Lars Rasmussen’s small, black-and-white scratchboard drawing, “Walking Out the Door,” depicting the cartoonish figures of a topsy-turvy man and cat tumbling down a set of stairs before a background of stylized clouds, ocean, architecture and what might be a cannon firing trees or weather. The late Chico master printmaker and graphic humorist Paul Feldhaus is represented by a linoleum-cut print from his trademark warthog series, titled “You Have to Keep Your Feet Up When the Warthogs Go Marching By.” And adding a very colorful, 3-D presence in opposite corners of the room are two found-object sculptures

by Paul DiPasqua. On one side is a silvery warrior with the title “It’s My Way or the Highway,” and on the other was my favorite in the exhibit, “Moo-ssalini,”

a cow-headed, high-heel-clad figure atop a rather despondent- and overburdenedlooking purple rhinoceros.

In calm contrast to the exuberance of the Headley room, the smaller Ginochio Gallery presents “A Sense of Place,” where Ann Pierce’s 1991 watercolor “Sea Pool, Penzance” conveys a placid serenity composed of orange deck chairs and round, white tables casting shadows on a brick floor, and a soft-blue sky and gently rippling pool divided by a deep-blue ocean and sand-colored wall.

My only minor quibble with the museum is that it took a bit of figuring to ascertain that the artist and title information in the printed guides corresponded to a sequential clockwise viewing around the walls of each exhibit. Perhaps adding tiny numbered labels near the pieces and on the list would alleviate the need for visitors to have to backtrack to get information for a particular piece.

But this was a soft opening, after all, just an introduction to what the museum will have to offer. Monca will remain closed until the construction of ramps at the front of the building is complete, and during that time they’ll likely be finetuning things in preparation for what’s hoped to be a May opening for this grand new space. □

GOLD NUGGET DAYS: The Ridge community’s annual weekend-long celebration of the discovery of a 54-pound gold nugget in 1859.

Includes crowning of the Gold Nugget Queen, a parade and a host of events all the way up to Old Magalia. Thu-Sun, 4/230. Gold Nugget Museum, 502 Pearson Road, Paradise. www.goldnuggetmuseum.com

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CHILDREN’S FAIRE: Hosted by Valley Oak WORDSPRING READING: A reading by Jael Richardson, the author of The Stone Thrower: A Daughter’s Lesson, a Father’s Life, and Andrew Lam, a senior editor at New America Media. Fri, 4/28, 7:30pm. Free.

Root’s Catering and Restaurant, 3221 Esplande, 530-895-2935.

Music CARLOS REYES AND FRIENDS: For Gold Nugget

INJUSTICE AGAINST HUMANITY: AN ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVE: Faiyaz Jaffer of the Islamic Center at New York University discusses the rise in hate crimes against the Muslim community. Thu, 4/27, 6pm. Free. Arts and Humanities Building, room 111, Chico State.

530-591-3846.

TAKE BACK THE NIGHT: KEYNOTE & MARCH: An evening of Take Back the Night events including an address from keynote speaker Ekere Tallie, plus survivors of sexual assault speakouts, a consent workshop, an open mic and candlelit march through downtown Chico. Thu, 4/27, 6pm. Free. Bell Memorial Union, Chico State. 530-898-5724.

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THURSDAY NIGHT MARKET: Downtown streets are closed to traffic each Thursday night for a community event featuring local produce and products, live music, food trucks and more. Thu, 4/27, 6pm. Free. Downtown Chico, Broadway. 530-345-6500. www.down townchico.com

WINE TASTING: Wines of Italy to benefit Sons of Italy. Thu, 4/27, 5pm. $7. Bidwell Park Golf Course, 3199 Golf Course Road.

Theater THE FAITH HEALER: Joe Hilsee directs this dark Irish mystery (by Brian Friel) presented in four soliloquies. Thu, 4/27, 7:30pm. $15. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St. www.blue roomtheatre.com

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JUNIOR LEADERS GALA: A spring gala including dinner, a raffle, silent auction, live music and more. Proceeds help local youth achieve personal, educational and community membership goals. Fri, 4/28, 5:30pm. $52.50.

CARD Center, 545 Vallombrosa Ave. www.eventbrite.com

Days, a performance by world-renowned harpist and violinist Carlos Reyes. Fri, 4/28, 7pm. $25-$30. Paradise Performing Arts Center, 777 Nunneley Road, Paradise. www. eventbrite.com

Theater THE FAITH HEALER: See Thursday Fri, 4/28, 7:30pm. $15. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St. www.blueroomtheatre.com

THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE: Gilbert and Sullivan’s timeless light opera follows the pirate Frederic who plans to break free from the Pirate King on his 21st birthday, but encounters a series of comedic twists and turns.

Fri, 4/28, 7:30pm. $16-$22. Chico Theater Company, 166 Eaton Road, Ste. F. 530-8943282. www.chicotheatercompany.com

Children’s Services, an organization that empowers and advocates for children, families, and child care providers. Sat, 4/29, 10am. Free. City Plaza, W. Fourth St. 530-895-3572.

FAIRY DOOR DISCOVERY ADVENTURE: Pick up your poster and map and find the artistic “fairy doors” located throughout Chico. Sat, 4/29, 10am. $1. Chico Art Center, 450 Orange St. 530-895-8726.

GOLD NUGGET DAYS: See Thursday. Sat, 4/29. Gold Nugget Museum, 502 Pearson Road, Paradise. www.goldnuggetmuseum. com

FAMILY FARM DAY: A day of farm-related activities, including pony-cart rides, house tours and local farmers competing in various tractor pulls and games. Sat, 4/29, 11am. $2-$4. Patrick Ranch Museum, 10381 Midway, Durham. 530-342-4359. www.patrickranchmuseum.org

WALK FOR LIFE: A fundraising walk to benefit the Women’s Resource Clinic, a medically licensed Christian ministry. Sat, 4/29, 9:30am. One-Mile Recreation Area, Lower Bidwell Park. 530-897-6101, www.womensresourceclinic.org

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SOlID GOlD The largest true nugget of gold (all gold, no quartz) ever unearthed in California is believed to be the 54-pound Dogtown Nugget discovered in Dogtown—now Magalia—in 1859. That record-setter was worth $10,690, but would rake in millions today. The Ridge’s annual Gold Nugget Days celebration honors its prospecting roots and features a range of community events April 27-30 including the Gold Nugget Queen pageant, live music and a Saturday parade.

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Music AROUND THE WORLD IN SONG: The Department of Music and Theatre presents folk songs from around the world performed by the A Cappella Choir, University Chorus and Chamber Singers. Sat, 4/29, 7:30pm. $15. Harlen Adams Theatre, Chico State. 530-898-6333.

JOLLY BEGGARS: The Jolly Beggars perform traditional Scottish tunes as part of Gold Nugget Days. Sat, 4/29, 1pm. Free.

Paradise Community Park, 5582 Black Olive Drive, Paradise.

Theater THE FAITH HEALER: See Thursday. Sat, 4/29, 7:30pm. $15. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St. www.blueroomtheatre.com

THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE: See Friday. Sat, 4/29, 7:30pm. $16-$22. Chico Theater Company, 166 Eaton Road, Ste. F. 530894-3282. www.chicotheater company.com

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DIVERSE MINDS FILM FESTIVAL: Movies and discussion shining a light on individuals living with and in recovery from mental illness. Featuring live music by the Symptomatics. Sun, 4/30, 12pm. Free.

CUSD Center for the Arts, 1475 East Ave. www.nvcss.dmff

GARDEN TOUR: A tour of Chico gardens that showcase native plants, landscapes for conserving water and methods of lawn replacement. Sun, 4/30, 9am. $6-$10.

Chico Creek Nature Center, 1968 E. Eighth St. 530-521-4402. www.mount lassen.cnps.org

GOLD NUGGET DAYS: See Thursday. Sun, 4/30, 6pm. Gold Nugget Museum, 502 Pearson Road, Paradise. www.goldnugget museum.com

WALK MS: A walk to fund critical services and research and move closer to a world free of multiple sclerosis. Sun, 4/30, 9am. One-Mile Recreation Area, Lower Bidwell Park. www.main.national mssociety.org

Music NOR CAL JAZZ FESTIVAL: The Chico installment of the annual celebration of jazz features evening of music ranging from blues legend Lazy Lester to Bay Area jazz bassist Kurt Ribak. Sun, 4/30, 7:30pm. Big Room, 1075 E. 20th St. www.sierranevada.com

THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE: See Friday. Sun, 4/30, 2pm. $16-$22. Chico Theater Company, 166 Eaton Road, Ste. F. 530894-3282. chicotheatercompany.com

TOSCA: Chico Performances presents the San Francisco Opera’s adaptation of Giacomo Puccini’s melodrama in which an idealistic artist, a celebrated singer and a corrupt police chief engage in a fierce battle of wills. Sun, 4/30, 2pm. $18.

Zingg Recital Hall, Chico State. www.chicoperformances.com

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Art B-SO SPACE: BFA Culminating Exhibition,

featuring the works of Chelsea Lakis (4/27 – 4/28) and Darcy Paly (5/1-5/5). Ayres Hall, Chico State.

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BUTTE COLLEGE ART GALLERY: Juried Student Art Show, judged by Oakland-based ceramic artist Kristin Landowski. Through 5/11. 3536 Butte Campus Drive, Oroville.

CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING, PARADISE: Monsters, papier-mâché monster sculptures by Mark Palmer. Through 5/31. 789 Bille Road, Paradise, 530-877-5673.

CHICO ART CENTER: Creative Fusion, the annual student-art exhibit featuring works by middle- and high-school artists. Through 4/28. 450 Orange St., 530-895-8726.

CHICO ART CENTER: Fairy Gardens, the whimsical world of fairy doors and gardens on display. Through 4/30. Free. 450 Orange St., 530-895-8726.

CHICO MALL: CUSD Art Display, work from students in the Chico Unified School District on display near Dick’s Sporting Goods.

Through 5/8. 1950 E. 20th St.

HEALING ART GALLERY: Art by Ann Pierce, watercolor paintings by Northern California artist Ann Pierce. The Healing Art Gallery of Enloe Cancer Center features Northern California artists whose lives have been touched by cancer.

Through 7/13. 265 Cohasset Road (inside Enloe Cancer Center), 530-332-3856.

JACKI HEADLEY UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY: Juried Student Exhibition, featuring works submitted by art students and selected by a guest juror. The exhibition includes ceramics, painting, printmaking, photography, sculpture and digital media. Through 5/13.

Arts & Humanities Building, Chico State.

JANET TURNER PRINT MUSEUM: Student Ink/Clay Exhibition, the annual showcase of student work in printmaking, complemented by

corresponding works in ceramics. Through 5/13. Arts & Humanities Building, Chico State. www.schoolofthearts-csuchico.com

SALLY DIMAS ART GALLERY: Ongoing Exhibit, rotating exhibits featuring local artists.

Through 9/16. 493 East Ave., 530-345-3063.

Museums BOLT’S ANTIQUE TOOL MUSEUM: Branding Irons, a display of more than 200 branding irons.

1650 Broderick St., Oroville.

CHICO CREEK NATURE CENTER: Banding by Day and Night, a close look at birds in hand with incredible detail. $2-$4. 1968 E. Eighth St.

CHICO MUSEUM: Chico Through Time, ongoing exhibit featuring Chico timeline, historic artifacts and photos, plus a preserved Chinese temple and a new exhibit on Hmong life in Chico. 141 Salem St.

COLMAN COMMUNITY MUSEUM: Cultural artifacts from Butte Creek Canyon, from Native American pre-history to the early 20th century. 13548 Centerville Road.

GATEWAY SCIENCE MUSEUM: Ongoing Exhibits, 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. 625 Esplanade.

PARADISE DEPOT MUSEUM: Railroads and Logging, the refurbished Paradise Depot serves as a museum with a working model train. Free. 5570 Black Olive Drive, Paradise, 530-872-8722.

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“I really like by the Irish dramas, Jason Cassidy obviously,” he said. And, it turns j aso nc @ new srev i ew. c o m out, so do local theatergoers.

“Northern Preview: California audiThe Faith Healer shows at the blue ences seem to room Thursday- really respond saturday, 7:30 p.m., to them,” he through May 13. said. “They are Tickets: $15/advance; $18/door; pay-what- all loaded with you-can Thursdays humor, yet have ($5 minimum) this underlying dark tone.”

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895-3749 dramatic tradiwww.blueroom tion that made theatre.com Hilsee want to direct The Faith Healer, a dark drama by late Irish playwright Brian Friel that Hilsee was reminded of a couple of years ago while in a bar discussing Irish drama (naturally).

“There’s a lot of humor in the play, and there’s a lot of tears in the soul,” he said. “It’s a beautiful play, wonderfully written.”

Friel, who died in 2015 after a 50-year career in theater, is a predecessor of contemporary playwrights

McDonagh and McPherson, and The Faith Healer is one of his signature works. Published in 1971, the play is presented in four monologues by three different characters: Frank the faith healer; his wife, Grace; and his manager, Teddy.

Each gets a turn at telling the story of traveling around Scotland putting on their show. “Imagine something like the [Chico] Grange Hall,” Hilsee explained. “They rent out these little halls and do their faith-healing bit.”

The mystery in the play comes from the fact that each of the three characters shares different versions of the same story (with the faith healer both starting and capping it off with a second soliloquy). The thread running through all their stories is the nature of the faith healer’s powers. And discerning what’s real and what’s a put-on is not only a puzzle for the audience but also the central concern for the characters trying to make sense of the tragic events in their lives.

“They all have their own view of what their reality is,” Hilsee said, adding that the audience likely will leave the theater kind of stunned and asking questions of what actually transpired (“Who planted the cross in the cow field?”) and who was telling the truth. “Everybody’s a little untrust-

worthy in their own way,” he said.

Playing the trio are three veteran Chico actors—William Johnson (Frank), Jerry Miller (Teddy) and Teresa Hurley (Grace). And Hilsee explained that the play’s format— wherein each player takes the stage solo—allowed him to reach out to high-caliber players who otherwise might’ve been too busy to commit to a traditional rehearsal schedule. His pitch was that they could rehearse on their own whenever they wanted. So, while the three have been meeting individually with Hilsee and rehearsing for the past four months, they got together as a group only two weeks ago.

The individual prep work has really paid off, Hilsee said, as repeated readings have provided deeper insight into Friel’s artistry. “The more we work on it, we realize how intricate this play is. ... What he’s saying about art, about humanity.”

Hilsee said that, though he’d read The Faith Healer in college, he’d forgotten about it until that barroom discussion, and reading it after having lived some life made him come to appreciate it more.

“After 30 years of life, reading something when you’re 50 instead of 22, is different. … It kind of struck me,” he said. “It’s about all of us. It’s about the state of us being a human being.” □

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with a rotating cast of local and visiting producers and DJs. Fri, 4/28, 9:30pm. $5. Peking Chinese Restaurant, 243 W. Second St.

CARLOS REYES AND FRIENDS: As part

A caravan of heavy riffers from the Ridge will descend on Monstros Pizza Friday, April 28, to celebrate the release of Hymns From the Nether, the new album from Aberrance (pictured). The death-metal jokers will play with fellow red-dirt heshers Tri-Lateral Dirts Commission and The Deprived, as well as Mt. Shasta’s Disymbolic.

of Gold Nugget Days, a performance by world-renowned harpist and violinist Carlos Reyes. Fri, 4/28, 7pm. $25-$30. Paradise Performing Arts Center, 777 Nunneley Road, Paradise. www.eventbrite.com

PATO BANTON & DILLGIN: A night of reggae with British reggae star Pato Banton & the New Generation, plus singer/DJ Dillgin, celebrating the release of a new CD. Fri, 4/28, 9pm. $20. Lost on Main, 319 Main St.

METAL MANIA: High-energy hard rock with Blackout Betty, From Ashes to Empires and Mad Chemist. Fri, 4/28, 8pm. $5. The Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave.

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acoustic music, storytelling and laughs. Thu, 4/27, 7pm. Free. Calvary Chapel Chico, 1888 Springfield Drive.

ROBERT KARCH AND FRIENDS: Jazz, Latin and blues with guitarist Robert Karch, pianist Shigemi

Minetaka, bassist Ethan Swett and drummer Zach Cowan. Thu, 4/27, 6pm. Free. Farm Star Pizza, 2359 Esplanade, 530-343-2056.

SLUMS DAY 2K17: A birthday celebration for Bay Area MC Slumgod with performances from Forza, Munky Do, Igloomane, Khaos, Uncle Pill and more. Thu, 4/27, 7pm. $5. Naked Lounge, 118 W. Second St.

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local death metal outfit releases its new album, Hymns From the Nether. Disymbolic, Tri-Lateral Dirts Commission and The Deprived open. Fri, 4/28, 8pm. $7. Monstros Pizza, 628 W. Sacramento Ave.

MIRAGE: Fleetwood Mac tribute. Fri, 4/28, 9:30pm. $5. Feather Falls

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SUNDAY IRIS: Local duo featuring Dave Elke and Lisa Valentine play an acoustic set. Fri, 4/28, 7:30pm.

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AROUND THE WORLD IN SONG: The Chico State Department of Music and Theatre presents folk songs from around the world as performed

by the A Cappella Choir, University Chorus and Chamber Singers. Sat, 4/29, 7:30pm. $15. Harlen Adams Theatre, Chico State, 530-898-6333.

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Scotty’s Boat Landing, 12609 River Road, 530-710-2020.

CarlOS rEYES & FriENDS Friday, April 28 Paradise Performing Arts Center

TAINTED LOVE: Covers of hits from the 1980s. Sat, 4/29, 8:30pm. $10. Gold Country Casino & Hotel, 4020 Olive Hwy., Oroville.

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The Nor Cal Jazz Festival is living up to its name, with performances planned in cities all over the North State—Redding, Dunsmuir, Chico and more. Chico’s big night is this Sunday, April 30, at the Sierra Nevada Big Room, and the featured performers include both a jazz heavy-hitter and a blues legend. From Berkeley, it’s bassist Kurt Ribak and his quartet, and from Paradise, Blues Hall of Famer Lazy Lester (pictured) will join the jazz folks to sing, play guitar and blow his harp.

HANK DUKE’S GOOD TIME TRIVIA HOUR: Teams of five players try and outsmart The Duke. Hosted by Jason Allen. Sun, 4/30, 8pm. Free. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave., 530-519-5673.

MAGIC & HYPNOSIS: An evening with magician Carlos Sawyer and hypnotist Brian Srota. Sat, 4/29, 9pm. $5-$10. The Tackle Box, 379 E. Park Ave.

JOLLY BEGGARS: Traditional Scottish tunes performed as part of Gold Nugget Days. Sat, 4/29, 1pm. Free.

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PINTS FOR PUPPERS: Help animals by drinking beer. For every pint of Berryessa you buy, the Winchester Goose and Berryessa Brewing Co. will each donate $1 to the Butte Humane Society. Sat, 4/29, 12pm11pm. The Winchester Goose, 800 Broadway St.

NOR CAL JAZZ FESTIVAL: The Chico installment of the annual celebration of jazz features an evening of music ranging from blues legend Lazy Lester to Bay Area jazz bassist Kurt Ribak. Sun, 4/30, 7:30pm. Big Room, 1075 E. 20th St. www.sierra nevada.com

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Nope. Tempers begin to flare when two people from opposing parties turn out to have a history. A tussle ensues, and escalates, then a gun comes out. As it turns out, nobody is going anywhere because this is a shootout movie that takes place basically on one set.

Wheatley’s staging of the elongated shootout is reminiscent of Reservoir Dogs and some of the great scenes in Heat. Everybody takes a bullet—or bullets— in the battle, but death never comes easy. As somebody who gets shot in the head remarks, “I’m not dead … I’m just regrouping.”

A lot of credit goes to the audio department for the sounds of bullets traveling through the air and hitting their targets. I don’t think I’ve heard bullets whistle like they do in this movie. It’s a new sound, at least to me.

Hammer is an underrated actor who has a knack for playing bad guys who are charming, a power he turns on full throttle for Free Fire, along with his comic timing. He gets laughs when he and the characters around him are all bleeding to death—no small accomplishment.

Larson is the lone woman in this mass testosterone flare-up, and while she is among a group of jerks, she might be the biggest asshole of the bunch. Copley gets his best role in years as the fast-talking jackass who causes trouble just by walking into a room.

There’s some mystery involved in the payoff, but it’s secondary to the action, which is appropriately disorienting at times. Throw in an extremely well-placed John Denver song and you have what amounts to a solid, eccentric step in the evolution of a white-hot director who is just getting started. □

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Going in Style

A total disaster remake of a bleak “old guys rob a bank wearing rubber noses” comedy from back in 1979 that starred George Burns and Art Carney. The update loses all the charm of that fun and slightly dark Burns vehicle, is super heavy on schmaltz, and asks a strong cast to basically embarrass themselves for 90-plus minutes.

Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman and Alan Arkin replace Burns, Carney and Lee Strasberg in this version, and that setup probably looked pretty good on paper. Unfortunately, they handed the film to Zach Braff, the guy from Scrubs, to direct. Braff does so with all the subtlety and nuance of an M-80 going off in a candlelight yoga class. The comedic moments demand that you laugh, and you don’t.

The touching moments grab you by the collar and scream “Cry for me!” and you don’t.

The heist itself insists that it is clever while being rather rote and mundane. The movie is a real bummer … a blue paint bomb in a bag full of hundreds and fifties. Cinemark 14 and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13 —B.G.

Fate of the Furious

Somewhere along the way, the Furious franchise went completely bonkers and became less about cars racing around and more about dudes who think hair on the top of their heads is total bullshit and that upper arms should be the size of a bull’s torso. It also went off on some sort of international spy team tangent—something that actually worked to a hilarious degree in Furious 7. But with The Fate of the Furious, the franchise trajectory becomes ridiculous without much fun. It’s just dumb and plodding. The big thing here is that Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) has gone rogue and turned on his family, which has something to do with a cyber villain named Cipher (Charlize Theron) and her crazy dreadlock extensions. Things are taken a little too seriously this time out. Heavy doses of drama are ladled into a mix that includes Diesel having his “Denzel Washington in Glory Tear” moment wherein a single solitary tear rolls down the cheek while the actor does his best to remain stone-faced.

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And then cAme the sheepsfoot The walls were shaking, the dog was quaking, and we were awaken as you shook me all night long, Franklin Construction. arts dEVo lives on Ninth Street, aka Highway 32, and my side of the road is getting prepped for sidewalks. And since it’s a state highway, Caltrans has scheduled the work to happen throughout the night. It was cool at first, when the backhoes and dump trucks came through on Tuesday, chopping up blacktop and dirt clods and carting it all away as the poodle and I, and neighbor Fera, watched from the lawn.

But then came the sheepsfoot roller, only a quarter of the size of the backhoe, yet way more metal. It ironed the exposed earth into submission and its vibrating felt like hundreds of tiny earthquakes, rattling the pictures on the wall and the plates in the cupboard well into early Wednesday morning.

Sleep deprivation aside, I’m grateful for the project. The other side of the road has already been completed and it looks pretty good. Plus, it’s going to make the road much safer for pedestrians, which was the whole point.

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• “Julie’s Place” - Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, a perfect (perfect!) hyperactive toe-tapping slice of noise-pop.

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• “The Bus song” - Jay som, lush dream-pop from Oakland.

• “Metal Mirror” - donald Beaman & The spirit Molecules, the Chico four-piece has a fantastic new album out (Duration) and the twangy, weird “Metal Mirror” is ready for its lead-off spot on your next headphones mix. www. donaldbeaman.bandcamp.com

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY For the week oF april 27, 2017 ARIES (March 21-April 19): I have

misgivings when I witness bears riding bicycles or tigers dancing on their hind legs or Aries people wielding diplomatic phrases and making careful compromises at committee meetings. While I am impressed by the disciplined expression of primal power, I worry for the soul of the creature that is behaving with such civilized restraint.

So here’s my advice for you in the coming weeks: Take advantage of opportunities to make deals and forge win-win situations.

But also keep a part of your fiery heart untamed. Don’t let people think they’ve got you all figured out.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “One

of the advantages of being disorderly,” said author A. A. Milne, “is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.” I wouldn’t normally offer this idea as advice to a methodical dynamo like you. But my interpretation of the astrological omens compels me to override my personal theories about what you need. I must suggest that you consider experimenting with jaunty, rambunctious behavior in the coming days, even if it generates some disorder. The potential reward? Exciting discoveries, of course.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): According

to my reading of the astrological omens, it’s time for you to take a break from the magic you have been weaving since your birthday in 2016. That’s why I’m suggesting that you go on a brief sabbatical.

Allow your deep mind to fully integrate the lessons you’ve been learning and the transformations you have undergone over the past 11 months. In a few weeks, you’ll be ready to resume where you left off. For now, though, you require breathing room.

Your spiritual batteries need time to recharge. The hard work you’ve done should be balanced by an extended regimen of relaxed playtime.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Apparently, a lot of kids in the United Kingdom don’t like to eat vegetables. In response, food researchers in that country marketed a variety of exotic variations designed to appeal to their palate. The new dishes included chocolate-flavored carrots, pizzaflavored corn and cheese-and-onionflavored cauliflower. I don’t recommend that you get quite so extreme in trying to broaden your own appeal, Cancerian. But see if you can at least reach out to your potential constituency with a new wrinkle or fresh twist. Be imaginative as you expand the range of what your colleagues and clientele have to choose from.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In speaking about

the arduous quest to become one’s authentic self, writer Thomas Merton used the example of poets who aspire to be original but end up being imitative. “Many poets never succeed in being themselves,” he said. “They never get around to being the particular poet they are intended to be by God. They never become the person or artist who is called for by all of the circumstances of their individual lives.

They waste their years in vain efforts to be some other poet. They wear out their minds and bodies in a hopeless endeavor to have somebody else’s experiences or write somebody else’s poems.” I happen to believe that this is a problem for nonpoets, as well. Many of us never succeed in becoming ourselves. Luckily for you, Leo, in the coming weeks and months you will have an unprecedented chance to become more of who you really are. To expedite the process, work on dissolving any attraction you might have to acting like someone other than yourself.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): On numerous

occasions, French acrobat Charles Blondin walked across a tightrope that spanned the gorge near Niagara Falls. His cable was three and a quarter inches in diameter, 1,100 feet long, and 160 feet above the Niagara River. Once he made the entire crossing by doing back flips and somersaults. Another time he carried a small stove on his back, stopped midway to cook an omelet, and ate the meal before finishing. Now would be an excellent time for you to carry out your personal equivalent of

by rob brezsny his feats, Virgo. What daring actions have you never tried before even though you’ve been sufficiently trained or educated to perform them well?

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Ready for

some subterranean journeys? They may not involve literal explorations of deep caverns and ancient tunnels and underground streams. You may not stumble upon lost treasure and forgotten artifacts and valuable ruins. But then again, you might.

At the very least, you will encounter metaphorical versions of some of the above.

What mysteries would you love to solve?

What secrets would be fun to uncover?

What shadows would you be excited to illuminate?

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Why would you guzzle mind-clouding moonshine when you will eventually get a chance to sip a heart-reviving tonic? Why spoil your appetite by loading up on non-nutritious hors d’oeuvres when a healthy feast will be available sooner than you imagine? I advise you to suppress your compulsion for immediate gratification. It may seem impossible for you to summon such heroic patience, but I know you can. And in the long run, you’ll be happy if you do.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

“You’ll always be my favorite what-if.”

Many years ago, I heard that phrase whispered in my ear. It came from the mouth of a wonderful-but-impossible woman.

We had just decided that it was not a good plan, as we had previously fantasized, to run away and get married at Angkor Wat in Cambodia and then spend the next decade being tour guides who led travelers on exotic getaways to the world’s sacred sites. “You’ll always be my favorite whatif” was a poignant but liberating moment.

It allowed us to move on with our lives and pursue other dreams that were more realistic and productive. I invite you to consider triggering a liberation like that sometime soon.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I’d

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS fiCtitiOus BusiNess NaMe stateMeNt The following persons are doing business as OLLI’S PRESSURE WASHING, INC. at 28 Jordans Place #100 Chico, CA 95973.

OLLI’S PRESSURE WASHING, INC. 28 Jordans Place #100 Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by A Corporation.

Signed: OLLI AUVINEN, OWNER Dated: March 27, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000444 Published: April 6,13,20,27, 2017

fiCtitiOus BusiNess NaMe stateMeNt The following persons are doing business as MANZANITA CREEK PHOTOGRAPHY at 2606 Burnap Ave Apt 2 Chico, CA 95973.

LORRAINE JOHNSON 2606 Burnap Ave Apt 2 Chico, CA 95973.

MATTHEW JOHNSON 2606 Burnap Ave Apt 2 Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by A Married Couple.

Signed: MATTHEW JOHNSON Dated: March 27, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000448 Published: April 6,13,20,27, 2017

fiCtitiOus BusiNess NaMe stateMeNt The following persons are doing business as 99 PLUMBING at 772 Cessna Ave Chico, CA 95928.

JOSHUA LOGAN MILLER 75 Harvest Park Ct #215 Chico, CA 95926.

DALE JEAN OLSON 1575 Oleander Ave Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by Copartners.

Signed: JOSHUA MILLER Dated: April 3, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000472 Published: April 13,20,27, May 4, 2017 fiCtitiOus BusiNess NaMe stateMeNt The following persons are doing business as 1 800 RADIATOR AND AC, DEL CARLO RADIATOR at 2910 Hwy 32 Suites 1900 and 2000 Chico, CA 95928.

JAMEE R VARIZ 7034 Cerro Ct Anderson, CA 96007.

TIM A VARIZ 7034 Cerro Ct Anderson, CA 96007.

This business is conducted by A Married Couple.

Signed: TIM VARIZ Dated: April 4, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000475 Published: April 13,20,27, May 4, 2017 fiCtitiOus BusiNess NaMe stateMeNt The following person is doing business as PLATINUM SALON at 407 Walnut St Suite C Chico, CA 95926.

ABBY COLABOVE 235 Idyllwild Circle Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: ABBY COLABOVE Dated: March 22, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000418 Published: April 13,20,27, May 4, 2017

fiCtitiOus BusiNess NaMe stateMeNt The following person is doing business as PARAMEX SCREENING SERVICES at 1450 Sherman Ave Chico, CA 95926.

THOMAS S GOODMAN 1448 Sherman Ave Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: THOMAS S. GOODMAN Dated: March 20, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000407 Published: April 6,13,20,27, 2017 fiCtitiOus BusiNess NaMe stateMeNt The following persons are doing business as BEETSTECH, COMMAND MAC PARTS at 434 Southgate Ct Chico, CA 95928.

ODYSON LLC 434 Southgate Ct Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company.

Signed: ASHLEY SIMPTON, SENIOR PRODUCT SPECIALIST Dated: March 10, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000355 Published: April 6,13,20,27, 2017 fiCtitiOus BusiNess NaMe stateMeNt The following person is doing business as INTEGRATIVE COUNSELING AND TRAUMA RECOVERY CENTER at 48 Hanover Lane St. #2 Chico, CA 95973.

KRISTIN BROOKE FREE 83 Cottage Ave Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: KRISTIN FREE Dated: March 29, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000462 Published: April 6,13,20,27, 2017

fiCtitiOus BusiNess NaMe stateMeNt The following person is doing business as CHALET REAL ESTATE, CHATEAU PROPERTIES REAL ESTATE at 1805 Citrus Avenue Chico, CA 95926.

CHRISTELLE GRILLET-AUBERT 1805 Citrus Avenue Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: CHRISTELLE GRILLET-AUBERT Dated: April 14, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000537 Published: April 20,27, May 4,11, 2017 fiCtitiOus BusiNess NaMe stateMeNt The following persons are doing business as AN HONEST SMOG at 2270 Montgomery St Oroville, CA 95965.

CASIMIR ENTERPRISES INCORPORATED 18 Harmony Dr Oroville, CA 95966.

This business is conducted by A Corporation.

Signed: TONY CASIMIR, PRESIDENT Dated: April 14, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000534 Published: April 20,27, May 4,11, 2017 fiCtitiOus BusiNess NaMe stateMeNt The following persons are doing business as CANNI HAVE SOME at 5785 Fickett Ln #B Paradise, CA 95969.

ANDREW CLINKSCALES 5785 Fickett Ln #B Paradise, CA 95969.

ANDREA LASHAWN JOHNSON 5785 Fickett Ln #B Paradise, CA 95969.

This business is conducted by Copartners.

Signed: ANDREA JOHNSON Dated: April 6, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000492 Published: April 20,27, May 4,11, 2017

fiCtitiOus BusiNess NaMe stateMeNt The following persons are doing business as GREENLINE GRIND, UNION SQUARE MARKET at 2053 Montgomery St Oroville, CA 95965.

PARKERVORT FARMS, INC. 2053 Montgomery St Oroville, CA 95965.

This business is conducted by A Corporation.

Signed: CONNIE PARKS, CFO Dated: March 30, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000469 Published: April 6,13,20,27, 2017 fiCtitiOus BusiNess NaMe - stateMeNt Of aBaNDONMeNt The following persons have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name NORTH STATE BARBELL CLUB at 636 Nord Avenue Suite C Chico, CA 95976.

MICHAEL HEADLEY 804 Alan Lane Chico, CA 95926.

MIRTHA DELATORRE 804 Alan Lane Chico, CA 95926.

This business was conducted

by A Married Couple.

Signed: MIRTHA DELATORRE

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Dated: March 27, 2017 FBN Number: 2016-0001297 Published: April 13,20,27, May 4, 2017

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fiCtitiOus BusiNess NaMe stateMeNt The following person is doing business as NATURALLY ADDIS at 6276 Berkshire Ave Paradise, CA 95969.

NICOLE MARIE COONS 6276 Berkshire Ave Paradise, CA 95969.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: NICOLE COONS Dated: March 30, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000466 Published: April 20,27, May 4,11, 2017

The assets to be sold are described in general as: Equipment, furniture, inventory, and other tangible assets and are located at: 3880 Esplanade, Chico, CA 95973 The business names used by the seller at that location is: NORTH VALLEY TREE SERVICE The anticipated date of the bulk sale is May 12, 2017 at the office of OLD REPUBLIC TITLE COMPANY. This bulk sale is subject to California Uniform Commercial Code Section 6106.2. The name and address of the person with whom claims may be filed is: OLD REPUBLIC TITLE COMPANY ATTN: LESLYE ROSSITER 855 Harter Parkway, Suite 130 Yuba City, CA 95993, and the last date for filing claims shall be May 11, 2017 which is the business day before the sale date specified above.

Dated: April 19, 2017 Signed: TOM BETTENCOURT, PRESIDENT JAMES WILLS, BOARD CHAIR Escrow NO. 4211011944 Published: April 27, 2017

fiCtitiOus BusiNess NaMe stateMeNt The following person is doing business as BUDGET BANKRUPTCY PRO, DUE PROCESS COURT SERVICES at 36 Rhodes Terrace Chico, CA 95928.

CHARLES ELLIS ALFORD 36 Rhodes Terrace Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: CHARLES ELLIS ALFORD Dated: March 22, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000421 Published: April 20,27, May 4,11, 2017 fiCtitiOus BusiNess NaMe stateMeNt The following person is doing business as KITTY BOON BOON at 1479 Filbert Ave Chico, CA 95926.

APRIL MARIE BOONE 1479 Filbert Ave Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: APRIL M. BOONE Dated: April 11, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000518 Published: April 20,27, May 4,11, 2017 fiCtitiOus BusiNess NaMe stateMeNt The following person is doing business as WHITMIRE AG AND LANDSCAPING at 2524 Navarro Dr Chico, CA 95973.

BRENTON TOLLISON WHITMIRE 2524 Navarro Dr Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: BRENTON T. WHITMIRE Dated: April 11, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000506 Published: April 20,27, May 4,11, 2017 fiCtitiOus BusiNess NaMe stateMeNt The following persons are doing business as NU WEST LANDSCAPING AND DEVELOPMENT at 2837 Neal Road Paradise, CA 95969.

SAL M. MOLINA 2837 Neal Road Paradise, CA 95969.

TERESA THORP 6252 Atoll Ave. Van Nuys, CA 91401.

This business is conducted by Copartners.

Signed: SAL M. MOLINA Dated: April 14, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000541 Published: April 20,27, May 4,11, 2017 fiCtitiOus BusiNess NaMe stateMeNt The following persons are doing business as M AND A PRODUCTS at 14136 Norwich Circle Magalia, CA 95954.

ANITA VAIRO 14136 Norwich Circle Magalia, CA 95954.

MICHAEL VAIRO 14136 Norwich Circle Magalia, CA 95954.

This business is conducted by A Married Couple.

Signed: MICHAEL P. VAIRO Dated: March 30, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000467 Published: April 20,27, May 4,11, 2017 fiCtitiOus BusiNess NaMe stateMeNt The following person is doing business as INK MAJOR’S BODY ART AND DESIGN at 6276 Skyway Paradise, CA 95967.

NATHAN HOWARD BRAVO 1290 Notre Dame Blvd 77 Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: NATHAN H. BRAVO Dated: March 28, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000455 Published: April 20,27, May 4,11, 2017

NOTICES NOtiCe tO CReDitORs Of BulK sale (Secs. 6104-6105 U.C.C.) Notice is hereby given to creditors of the within named seller that a bulk sale is about to be made of the assets described below.

The names and business address(es) of the seller are: NORTH VALLEY TREE SERVICE, INC. 3880 Esplanade Chico, CA 95973 As listed by the seller, all other business names and addresses used by the seller within three years before the date such list was sent or delivered to the buyer are: NONE The names and business addresses of the buyer are: FIRESTORM WILDLAND FIRE SUPPRESSION, INC. 3880 Esplanade Chico, CA 95973

fiCtitiOus BusiNess NaMe stateMeNt The following persons are doing business as PILLSBURY SQUARE, L.P. at 1750 Humboldt Road Chico, CA 95928.

HIGNELL, INCORPORATED 1750 Humboldt Road Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted as A Limited Partnership.

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Signed: PHILIP LARIOS Dated: March 24, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000437 Published: April 20,27, May 4,11, 2017

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ORDeR tO sHOW Cause fOR CHaNge Of NaMe TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner EDNA MARCIA WARREN filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: EDNA MARCIA WARREN Proposed name: EDNA MARCIA CLARK-GIORDANO THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

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

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: May 26, 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: March 28, 2017 Case Number: 17CV00495 Published: April 13,20,27, May 4, 2017 ORDeR tO sHOW Cause fOR CHaNge Of NaMe TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner DANIEL HUDSPETH filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: DANIEL ALLEN HUDSPETH Proposed name: DANIEL ALLEN SOUSA THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

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

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: June 2, 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: April 11, 2017 Case Number: 17CV00734 Published: April 20,27, May 4,11, 2017 ORDeR tO sHOW Cause fOR CHaNge Of NaMe TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner RONALD JASON RIX filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: RONALD JASON RIX Proposed name: JASON RIX 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

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least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: May 26, 2017 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: March 30, 2017 Case Number: 17CV00356 Published: April 20,27, May 4,11, 2017 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner ZOE STEPP filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: WILLIAM BRYAN CAFFEY Proposed name: LIAM BRYAN STEPP THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

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

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: May 19, 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: April 10, 2017 Case Number: 17CV00481 Published: April 20,27, May 4,11, 2017

MAI HUA LOR filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: MAI HUA LOR Proposed name: MAI LEE THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

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

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: June 2, 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: April 10, 2017 Case Number: 17CV00733 Published: April 27, May 4,11,18, 2017

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

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

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

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

The petition requests authority to administer 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: May 2, 2017 Time: 9:00 a.m.

Dept: C-18 Address of the court: Superior Court of California County of Butte 1775 Concord Ave. Chico, CA 95926.

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

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

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

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

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

Attorney for Petitioner: RAOUL J. LECLERC P.O. Drawer 111 Oroville, CA 95965 (530) 533-5661 Case Number: 17PR00114 Dated: April 4, 2017 Published: April 13,20,27, 2017

and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: JONATHAN TWISLETON, AKA JONATHAN D. TWISLETON, AKA JOHNATHAN TWISLETON, AKA JOHNATHAN D. TWISLETON A Petition for Probate has been filed by: RHONDA KAY KINNEY in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte.

The Petition for Probate requests that: RHONDA KAY KINNEY be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any,be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

The petition requests authority to administer 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: May 2, 2017 Time: 9:00 a.m.

Dept: C-18 Address of the court: Superior Court of California County of Butte 1775 Concord Ave. Chico, CA 95926.

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

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

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

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

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

Attorney for Petitioner: RAOUL J. LECLERC P.O. Drawer 111 Oroville, CA 95965 (530) 533-5661 Case Number: 17PR00061 Dated: April 3, 2017 Published: April 13,20,27, 2017

Date: May 2, 2017 Time: 9:00 a.m.

Dept: C-18 Address of the court: Superior Court of California County of Butte 1775 Concord Ave. Chico, CA 95926.

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

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

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

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

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

Attorney for Petitioner: RAOUL J. LECLERC P.O. Drawer 111 Oroville, CA 95965 (530)533-5661 Case Number: 17PR00106 Dated: April 3, 2017 Published: April 13,20,27, 2017

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE JONATHAN TWISLETON, AKA JONATHAN D. TWISLETON, AKA JOHNATHAN TWISLETON, AKA JOHNATHAN D. TWISLETON To all heirs and beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors,

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE LARRY D. RICHTER AKA LARRY RICHTER, AKA LARRY DONALD RICHTER To all heirs and beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: LARRY D. RICHTER AKA LARRY RICHTER AKA LARRY DONALD RICHTER A Petition for Probate has been filed by: CATHRYN L. RICHTER in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte.

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

The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any,be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

The petition requests authority to administer 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:

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE GARY R. CROWE, ALSO KNOWN AS GARY ROGER CROWE To all heirs and beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: GARY R. CROWE, GARY ROGER CROWE A Petition for Probate has been filed by: SUSAN L. SANDERS AND DAVID R. CROWE in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte.

The Petition for Probate requests that: SUSAN L. SANDERS AND DAVID R. CROWE be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any,be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

The petition requests authority to administer 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: May 16, 2017 Time: 9:00 a.m.

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

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

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

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

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

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

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: May 19, 2017 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: March 24, 2017 Case Number: 17CV00482 Published: April 20,27, May 4,11, 2017 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner JOCELYN PETTIT filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: JOCELYN BLISS PETTIT Proposed name: JOCELYN BLISS STRAUSS THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

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

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: May 26, 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: April 10, 2017 Case Number: 17CV00490 Published: April 27, May 4,11,18, 2017

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Probate Code section 1250.

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

Attorney for Petitioner: NICOLE R. PLOTTEL 466 Vallombrosa Ave. Chico, CA 95926 (530) 893-2882 Case Number: 17PR00127 Dated: April 11, 2017 Published: April 20,27, May 4, 2017 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE JOANN ROSE WOOLEVER, ALSO KNOWN AS JOANN R. WOOLEVER To all heirs and beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: JOANN ROSE WOOLEVER, JOANN R. WOOLEVER A Petition for Probate has been filed by: ANNAMARIE GRAY in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte.

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

The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any,be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

The petition requests authority to administer 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: May 16, 2017 Time: 9:00 a.m.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Attorney for Petitioner: NICOLE R. PLOTTEL 466 Vallombrosa Ave. Chico, CA 95926 (530) 893-2882 Case Number: 17PR00126 Dated: April 11, 2017 Published: April 20,27, May 4, 2017 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE STEVEN JOHN MULLINS To all heirs and beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: STEVEN JOHN MULLINS A Petition for Probate has been filed by: WILLIAM CHASE MULLINS in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte.

The Petition for Probate requests that: WILLIAM CHASE MULLINS be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The petition requests authority to administer 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

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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: May 16, 2017 Time: 9:00 a.m.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Attorney for Petitioner: VANESSA J. SUNDIN, SUNDIN LAW OFFICE 341 Broadway Street, Suite 302 Chico, CA 95298 (530) 342-2452 Case Number: 17PR00123 Dated: April 7, 2017 Published: April 20,27, May 4, 2017 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE HARRY SPERLING, JR. To all heirs and beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may

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otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: HARRY SPERLING, JR. A Petition for Probate has been filed by: NOREEN INNES in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte.

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

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

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

The petition requests authority to administer 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: May 9, 2017 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 legal authority may affect your

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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: MICHAEL ROONEY/ RONALD MARQUEZ ROONEY LAW FIRM 1361 Esplanade Chico, CA 95926-4900 (530) 345-5678 Case Number: 17PR00117 Dated: April 5, 2017 Published: April 20,27, May 4, 2017

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28 Alameda Park Cir

Chico

$272,499.73

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857 Mount Ida Rd

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Oroville

$348,999.65

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2,428

26 Alameda Park Cir

Chico

$262,499.74

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31 Whispering Oak Rd

Oroville

$303,999.70

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2,587

6 Roxanne Ct

Chico

$254,999.75

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1,305

116 Lemon Hill Dr

Oroville

$272,999.73

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1,765

1164 Metalmark Way

Chico

$254,999.75

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1,126

2531 Foothill Blvd

Oroville

$251,999.75

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1,353

116 Benson Ter

Chico

$249,999.75

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1,661

504 Silver Leaf Dr

Oroville

$229,999.77

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1619 Chico River Rd

Chico

$232,999.77

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1,104

4484 Calernbar Rd

Paradise

$1,374,998.63

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5,718

1362 Manzanita Ave

Chico

$209,999.79

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1,118

1618 Merrill Rd

Paradise

$300,499.70

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1,860

5548 E Commercial St

Chico

$204,999.80

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6670 Evergreen Ln

Paradise

$299,999.70

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2,250

2740 North Ave

Chico

$199,999.80

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1819 Greenway Ln

Paradise

$299,999.70

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Chico

$174,999.83

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Paradise

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Chico

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321-8330

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CORN

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MAGA

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CHIC

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DURH

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574 Castle DR

PARA

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1624

$249,900

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CHIC

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$285,000

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MAGA

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2503

$266,500

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CHIC

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2,890

$374,500

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321-8330

6727 Chapman LN

PARA

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1828

$329,000

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520-1032

720 W 8th Av

CHIC

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3,032

$319,000

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PARA

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2289

$434,000

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OROV

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1,250

$550,000

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PARA

4/3

2809

$549,000

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872-5892

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WILL

LAND

0.412(A)

$70,000

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864-1199

5830 Acorn Ridge DR

PARA

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2700

$599,000

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514-2901

514 2nd Av

WILL

LAND

1.14(A)

$90,000

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PARA

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4800

$749,900

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