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More than an art gallery The closure of the 1078 Gallery’s Broadway location at the end of

May—the result of issues with the building’s owner over live music performances—is not just a blow to Chico’s art scene but to the entire community.

In addition to having provided an all-ages venue (a rarity in Chico) for art exhibits and performances that would otherwise not make it to Chico, the gallery is also a space for other community-minded groups to hold events. This is evident in its impressive programming during April, which included a half-dozen musical performances ranging from metal to hip-hop to classical guitar; a stand-up comedy show featuring local and touring performers; and a panel conversation about “fake news” with local media professionals hosted by Slow Theatre. The latter group regularly held theatrical readings and other events in the space, and the gallery also hosted events for Stonewall Alliance and Inspire School of Arts and Sciences, among other organizations, in 2017.

The arts are important to the vitality of the city for numerous reasons, including its economy and marketability (Chico still basks in its designation as a top-10 arts town in the country). The local arts scene, of which the gallery is a pillar, has proven to be a boon to the local economy—to the tune of $17.7 million a year, according to a study presented to the city in 2015 by the advocacy group Americans for the Arts. Despite the disappearance of city funding in recent years, local arts groups—thanks in large part to volunteers—continue to thrive.

As 1078 scrambles to find a new home, it undoubtedly will need community support. The time to help is now. There’s one final art show—a reception for Alma Mudder, a collection of recent works by former Chico State ceramics students, set for Friday (May 5)—and a couple of concerts left before the doors close. We encourage everyone who has enjoyed the 1078 Gallery’s contributions to Chico to go say goodbye to the space and give a little back so that its mission may continue. □

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Privacy and the price of liberty ICongress gotten in the “land of the free,” Republicans in recently passed legislation eliminating

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Internet privacy protections. This happened around the same time that an investigation by the Senate Intelligence Committee revealed the Russian government had engaged in a massive campaign of information warfare against ordinary Americans via social media and other outlets. This is akin to finding out there’s a crime ring burglarizing homes all over town, by just as your landlord is granted Corey Finnegan the right to sell photos of inside The author, is a writer your living room (and, quite and comedian who possibly, your bedroom). “wrote this on a The bill, which Trump signed, hopelessly outdated gives cable and wireless providcomputer.” ers the right to sell your personal info, such as browser history, location history, etc., while preventing the FCC from re-establishing the privacy protections that are now being spiked. The phone company shouldn’t be able to share whom you call and what you say over the

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phone, and the same principle should apply to all communication networks. And yet, as former FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler points out, “When you make a voice call on your smartphone, the information [about whom you are calling] is protected … But if the same device and the same network are used to [make] contact … through the Internet, that information … can be captured and sold by the network.”

It should be noted that it’s taken many years for privacy advocates to win this argument; the consumer protections that Congress has undone were set to take effect later this year. Nevertheless, the Russian campaign to sway our election and undermine democracy makes the need to safeguard Internet privacy a matter of utmost urgency.

If you’re still not concerned, consider that Trump’s FCC also halted another Obama-era policy mandating stricter rules (“reasonable measures”) to protect customer data. More companies having access to your personal information, combined with looser standards of protection, means more chances for that info to be stolen, a fact illustrated by dozens of mass hacks (Target, Home Depot, Anthem, eBay, et al) in just the last few years. This famous quote has never been truer: “Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.” □

The heart of the aCa Jimmy Kimmel’s recent emotionally charged monologue on his late-night

show amplifies the calls for the GOP to halt efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, the landmark law that has allowed more than 20 million previously uninsured Americans to obtain such vital protections.

In case you missed it, Kimmel spoke about his infant son, who was born last week with life-threatening heart defects, one of which required emergency surgery. In the 13-minute segment, the comedian repeatedly choked up as he recalled a nurse noticing something was wrong with the baby, at first detecting a heart murmur, and then the escalation of doctors attending to the hours-old Billy. The defects had not been detected in utero.

Kimmel informed his audience ahead of time that the story had a happy ending: A renowned pediatric heart surgeon fixed the more serious of the defects. Another surgery will come later.

After sharing the frightening details of the ordeal, Kimmel launched into a poignant speech about the state of health care in the United States, taking aim at President Trump’s recent proposal to cut $6 billion in funding to the National Institutes of Health. He applauded Congress for subsequently canning that plan and went on to champion the Affordable Care Act, noting that the law ensures people like his son, those with pre-existing conditions, have access to health insurance. “If your baby is going to die and it doesn’t have to, it shouldn’t matter how much money you make,” Kimmel said.

Republicans recently revived plans for an overhaul of the federal health care law after defeat on that front in March. The GOP’s new plan is similarly unpopular with a majority of Americans, in part due to it stripping protections for those with pre-existing conditions.

Kimmel got to the heart of the matter in relating his personal story to the importance of the existing law. We hope the White House and the GOP get the message. □

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cn&R updates: First, I’ve been meaning to mention our building’s makeover. If you haven’t rolled by Second and Flume streets in a while, check it out. The faded blueish-gray exterior is gone, replaced a few months ago by an earthy tan with maroon and green trim. I was skeptical of the new color palette when the painters began the job, but it ended up looking great. Tina Flynn, CN&R’s art director, has an eye for these things. She picked the colors. I shouldn’t have doubted her.

In other news, you’ll notice some rearrangement in editorial staffing on the contents page. For starters, Howard Hardee has returned to his old part-time job editing CN&R’s calendar so that he can work on other projects.

And late last week, Evan Tuchinsky, a former CN&R editor and longtime contributor, came back aboard as contributing editor to help us get through a period when we’re short-handed. You can welcome him back officially at evant@newsreview.com.

Re “The bike issue” (Cover story, by CN&R staff, April 27): When I first moved to Chico, I was disappointed by its road infrastructure for bikes. Perhaps my expectations were too high due to Chico’s reputation as a great place to ride. Perhaps it was having lived in Berkeley for 20 years.

Chico has a long way to go to live up to its bike-friendly reputation.

I’ve tried to bike here, but don’t feel safe enough on the streets to continue doing so. Drivers kill too many bikers while drunk or due to reckless driving.

There are too many streets where biking is simply unsafe, even with dedicated bike lanes (e.g., East First Avenue).

Chico needs more bike lanes and its existing lanes need to be modernized to make them more visible to cars: separated from driving lanes, painted green and clearly marked with dashed lines. Chico needs to do more to make biking safer. Only then will it truly become a bike-friendly city.

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Through the winter and into this spring, I’ve heard a lot of complaints about the rain. Call me an outlier, but I could have lived with a few more months of gray skies. Don’t get me wrong, I love sunshine.

I’m a native Californian, after all. But I dread the heat—in my nearly 20 years living in this area, I’ve never gotten used to it. Doubt I ever will.

We seem to be heading back into a sweet spot: mostly in the 70to 80-degree range. I’m going to soak it up so that I don’t complain too much when those triple digits arrive. With this mild weather and ample rain, my yard is the greenest it’s been since I bought my house six years ago. I’m ready for barbecues and digging in the dirt.

Speaking of get-togethers, last Friday I got to meet several of my neighbors at a potluck-style gathering in a frontyard down the street.

My husband, 5-year-old son and I are already friendly with the people who live on either side of us. In fact, one of the households is like family. Over the years, we’ve met a few other nearby residents during walks around the neighborhood. We wave and say hello to them when we cross paths, sometimes chitchatting for a few minutes, but we don’t know them per se. I wouldn’t ask to borrow a cup of sugar or anything.

A couple with four young children several houses down on the opposite side of our long street hosted the recent meet-and-greet.

As far as I can tell, they’d invited everyone on that part of the block.

The turnout seemed high, especially considering we don’t live in a court and our somewhat busy street wasn’t cordoned off.

We were happy to get the invitation, but the cynic in me (can’t help it, I’m a journalist) wondered if we were going to get a sales pitch. That didn’t happen. I had a previous engagement later in the evening, so my time mingling was limited, but it was a lot of fun getting to know my little part of Chico better. I was reminded that I live not only in a city but also in a community.

My husband and I had talked about hosting something similar over the years, but we never got around to it. I’m glad someone else took that step. Kudos to the folks down the street.

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Beg to differ Re “Move with the music” (Newslines, by Ken Smith, April 27): Dorna Andersen, 1078 Gallery’s landlord, stated, “They don’t follow the rules of their lease,” and claimed that the gallery is operating as a “nightclub.” These statements are inaccurate. Our most recent lease (which ended in May 2009—we’ve been month-to-month since) states the space may be used as a “gallery, showroom, arts venue” (emphasis mine). Nowhere does it say that we may not have music events, and code enforcement recently confirmed that we’re within city of Chico guidelines in doing so.

Additionally, although having amplified music and being an “alcoholic beverage establishment” are factors in the city’s definition of “nightclub,” we don’t fit any of the other criteria, and we make only around 20 percent of our total revenue from beer sales at our events. Ms. LETTERS c o n t i n u e d

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LETTERS c o n t i n u e d f r o m pa g e 5 Andersen has every right to choose a different tenant for her property, but we respectfully disagree with her characterization of the situation.

Erin Wade Chico

Editor’s note: Ms. Wade is president of 1078 Gallery’s board of directors.

‘Revealing’ Re “Building solidarity” (Letters,

by Patrick Newman, April 27): Patrick Newman’s letters have always been mean-spirited, angry and critical. Why? His recent letter to the CN&R praised Saul Alinsky, so admired

by Obama, and his methods using the polarization of our citizens as a pathway to organizing them to change our government with protestation and anger. Mr. Newman revealed how little he respects or admires our country and its citizens.

I see, Mr. Newman, you believe our country’s filled with selfish, greedy people bent on destroying all the weak and underprivileged to get ahead.

No, it isn’t. Our country’s full of hard-working citizens just wanting to use their freedoms to benefit their families. In doing so, they’re paying taxes to support a government whose main function is to keep peace domestically and protect them from all other nations.

Our country’s a model for all the planet on how the pursuit of freedom can and should work. Is it perfect? Of course not! It’s made up of flawed human beings. But, it’s the best this planet has to offer.

No wonder those who follow your thinking yell and boo when the Pledge of Allegiance is recited.

Preaching anarchy and chaos will destroy this great country.

Loretta Ann Torres Chico

Burning the Berners Re “Don’t blame Berners” (Letters,

by Tom Reed, April 27): Tom Reed should Google and read the Time.com article “And the 2016 Ralph Nader Award Goes to ... Bernie Sanders” by Gil Troy, McGill University professor and author of The Age of Clinton. I could be accused of plagiarizing Troy had I read the article prior to writing my April 20 letter. Troy 6

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asserts that Sanders’ insurgency pushed Hillary “too far to the left.”

I couldn’t agree more.

Tom Reed selectively chose to ignore Gary Johnson, Russian meddling, Wikileaks and poorly educated white dudes mentioned in my letter that contributed to Hillary’s downfall. Sometimers? It took arm-twisting from President Obama for Bernie to sheepishly pretend to campaign for Hillary.

Perhaps Reed can explain why Trump and Rush Limbaugh condoned Bernie’s “mischief.” I’m sure that, unlike Tom Reed and friends, there were scores of Bernie backers who stayed home on Nov. 8, or, in other words, voted Trump.

Ray Estes Chico

In North Korea’s defense Re “What’s the solution?” (Letters,

by Dean Carrier, April 27): The Allies dropped more bombs on Korea than on the Pacific theater in World War II, including 32,357 tons of napalm. In 1951, Gen. Douglas MacArthur testified to Congress that the war in Korea had already almost destroyed the country of 20 million people and that he had never seen such devastation. By fall 1952, all towns and cities were scorched earth, and then the dams were bombed. The fighting ended in July 1953, when an armistice was signed, but with no peace treaty, the two Koreas are technically still at war.

To understand why the North Koreans detest the U.S., Google: MacArthur “biblical devastation resulted.”

I wonder how warm and fuzzy the USA would be if North Korea had, 60-plus years ago, devastated our population with the bloodlust described by MacArthur, yet still had 50,000 troops stationed all along the Mexican border.

Kim Jong Un is smart. He knows that unless North Korea has nuclear weapons, he and his country could meet the same fate as Saddam Hussein in Iraq, Muammar Gaddafi in Libya, and whatever the U.S. intends for Bashar al-Assad in Syria.

A peace treaty that recognizes the North Korean regime and normalization of relations between the U.S. and North Korea is mandatory.

Lucy Cooke Butte Valley

I wonder how warm and fuzzy the USA would be if North Korea had, 60-plus years ago, devastated our population with the bloodlust described by MacArthur, yet still had 50,000 troops stationed all along the Mexican border.

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Live on this, Congress In my opinion, the members of the United States Congress should be required to be paid minimum wage, and since they “work” part time, they may have to consider finding a second or even third job to cover living expenses. At that rate of pay, they may not be able to get those ends close enough to meet.

J. Troy Chambers Live Oak

Hot seat on health care Californians came a step closer to getting comprehensive health insurance coverage for everyone when a [state] Senate bill to establish Medicare for All cleared its first major hurdle on April 26.

The Healthy California Act, SB 562, passed out of committee 5-2, with one of the dissenting votes by, guess who, our district’s senator, Jim Nielsen.

Many believe that California needs its own public health insurance, structured like Medicare, but expanded to include dental, vision care and mental health. Healthy California will be administered by a single public trust, lowering overhead costs because it takes the administration of claims and payments to providers out of the hands of insurance companies.

(Medicare has operated for 40 years on low overhead of 4 percent or below.) Let Sen. Nielsen (530-879-7424) know you are watching his vote on SB 562 when the bill reaches the Senate floor.

The U.S. Congress is still trying to privatize Medicare and cut Medicaid (Medi-Cal) against massive public opposition. House Speaker Paul Ryan and his cohorts haven’t succeeded in repealing the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare),

and they don’t actually have a replacement plan, so we still don’t know what the outcome will be. It is time to get public health insurance in place for Californians, no matter what happens at the national level.

Carolyn Dorn Chico

Tubers, beware The advent of warm weather is likely going to mean tubers on Butte Creek. As a longtime whitewater boater who has run the creek hundreds of times, I have a couple of small words of advice and one huge warning.

First, Butte Creek is cold and takes longer than you might think to float. You’re going to be in that water for two to three hours minimum. The people who live along the creek aren’t thrilled about you trespassing on their property to bail out halfway down. Don’t start too late in the day, and consider your abilities and tolerance carefully.

Second, save the alcohol for after you get off the river. There are some genuine dangers out there and you need all your wits about you.

And that brings me to the warning: The very high flows of this past winter have brought down some large trees. There are a number of obstacles in the channel, including some that have caused trouble for skilled paddlers.

Look ahead and, if you don’t see an obvious clear channel, get out and take a closer look and consider walking around a short section.

Flowing water is amazingly powerful and a body pinned by the current against a root ball or complex branching tree probably won’t come out alive.

David Welch Chico

Never welcomed I have been attending Bidwell Presbyterian Church for several years (over seven years). I regularly attended Sunday services and Wednesday evening dinners.

In all that time, I have never felt welcomed by the pastors or other parishioners. No one sits next to me or has tried to befriend me there. I am low-income but help out wherever I can. I am a Vietnam vet, wounded twice in Vietnam. I am also a cancer survivor.

Recently, I was in a bad car accident and spent two weeks in the hospital. Even though the church was informed of the accident and my injuries, no one from the church visited me or even called to see how I was doing. I think all church-going so-called Christians should look around at the members of your congregation and see if there are people who are being ignored and made to feel unwelcome and decide if that’s the church you want to be a part of.

“Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sister of mine, you did for me.”

—Matthew 25:40 Tony Nicosia Chico

Corrections Due to an editing error, an employee of the University Police Department, Curtis Pahlka, was misidentified in a caption in last week’s story about bike thefts (see “Zeroing in on the problem,” by Gabriel Sandoval).

In the same issue, the last name of the owner of the building that long housed the 1078 Gallery was misspelled (see “Move with the music,” by Ken Smith).

We apologize for the errors, which have been corrected online.

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NEWSLINES DOWNSTROKE HaHn Heading out

The man most responsible for the day-to-day operations of all Butte County departments and personnel is stepping down in October.

Chief Administrative Officer Paul Hahn (pictured) is retiring from his position, the county announced via press release on April 27.

Hahn has held the job since 2010 and been involved in county government for 29 years, with the bulk of that time spent in Sacramento.

“He has steered the county through some difficult times and kept us afloat,” Supervisor Bill Connelly said in the press release. “Whoever follows him will have some big shoes to fill.

He has been a steady influence and he will be missed. We wish him well in his retirement.”

The county has yet to begin recruiting for the opening, Butte County spokeswoman Casey Hatcher said Wednesday (May 3).

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Azad’s Martial Arts Center recently earned national attention and scored big bucks for the Torres Community Shelter—not for fighting prowess, but for a philanthropic effort.

The Chico dojo collected shoes to donate to McManus Elementary School and the shelter for last year’s Make a Difference Day—an annual community service event held on the fourth Saturday of October. The effort, dubbed “Gimme Some Sole,” was selected by national organizers as one of 14 projects from across the country to receive a $10,000 grant for a charity of the winner’s choice.

More information—and a short video of martial arts Grandmaster Farshad Azad surprising the shelter’s director, Brad Montgomery, with an oversized check—can be found at makeadifferenceday.com.

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A man accused of kicking Chico’s statue of Gen. Vang Pao on camera last month has been charged with felony vandalism.

Luis Rojas Jr. (pictured) was arrested last week (April 26) by the

Chico Police Department Target Team, according to a CPD

press release. Police publicly shared video recorded by city security cameras on March 19 that showed a man kicking the statue and riding away on a red bicycle. A citizen recognized the bike from the video and identified Rojas—who police believe is the man in the video—as its owner. The crime is a felony because damage is estimated at more than $400.

Gen. Vang Pao is revered in the Hmong community, and the Butte County Hmong Association raised $40,000 to install the statue in 2012. It was previously vandalized in 2014 and repaired.

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crumbling away No help for disintegrating streets in city’s proposed 2017-18 budget

Iwhat Council was told on Tuesday (May 2) motorists, cyclists and pedestrians n no uncertain terms, the Chico City

already know: The city’s streets are falling apart.

As part of the story and council’s ongoing photo by discussions of the Howard Hardee city’s proposed 2017h owa rd h @ 18 budget, the Public n ew srev i ew. c o m Works Department’s management duo—Erik Gustafson (operations and maintenance) and Brendan Ottoboni (engineering)—painted a troubling picture of Chico’s infrastructure. Overall, the quality of street surfaces here grade poorly, according to a city-contracted survey of streets called the Pavement Management Plan. The survey rates streets on a scale of 0 to 100, with “0” being a dirt road and “100” being a brand-new paved one, Gustafson said. Chico’s average score is 60; the state’s is 66.

Roadways will get much worse—and more expensive to fix—if the council does not change its budget priorities in coming years, he added: “The longer we put things off, the more costly they become.”

It would take $7 million annually to maintain the current condition of the city’s streets and an additional $3 million a year to make significant improvements, Gustafson said. But the 2017-18 budget earmarks $1 million for road maintenance, a total that includes engineering, street sweeping and sidewalk repair. About $100,000 is devoted to laying down new asphalt.

One positive takeaway, Gustafson said, is the city’s new waste-hauling franchise agreement. In open-market competition for years, Recology and Waste Management collected trash along many of the same routes, but the new deal stands to reduce wear and tear on streets from heavy trucks

by splitting up the companies’ areas of operation. It also would direct some $600,000 in fees to the city’s general fund—money that could offset the cost of street repairs if the City Council sets such a policy.

While public safety (read: hiring cops) has been the panel’s No. 1 priority in recent years, all infrastructure—streets, bridges, sewers, storm drains, rightsof-way, bike paths, landscaping, parks and street trees—has fallen by the wayside. “Barely maintaining” everything would cost about $16.2 million annually, Ottoboni said, and the city has set aside a total of $6.6 million for infrastructure improvements in 2017-18.

“There’s a big discrepancy there,” Ottoboni said.

On a positive note, he added, the engineering division has secured $34 million in state and federal grants since May 2015 to fund a host of future projects, including revamping The Esplanade; widening Bruce Road to four lanes and adding a buffered bike lane; completing Bikeway 99, the

arterial north-to-south path paralleling Highway 99; modernizing bridges crossing Little Chico Creek; remodeling the Highway 99 off-ramp at Eaton Road; and adding a bike lane on Ivy Street.

It’s a monumental workload for a barebones staff. One development engineer is handling about 180 projects, Ottoboni said.

As such, Public Works is requesting to add an associate engineer position.

“Our ability to jump on certain priority projects is sometimes limited,” Ottoboni said.

Public Works sorely needs six workers for tree and park maintenance as well, Gustafson said. Given the council’s financial constraints, he did not request to fill those positions in the 2017-18 budget.

Jason Anderson, an operations and maintenance worker for the city, made his case for greater investment in Public Works. “We’re probably the only department in the city that can say 99 percent of the citizens use our products,” he said.

“The things we maintain, they touch and drive on. They get a tangible result for

Cracked pavement at the corner of Fourth and Chestnut streets.

their dollar.”

The budget is scheduled to be finalized June 6.

In other council news:

• At Councilman Andrew Coolidge’s request, the panel waived permit fees for business owners whose storefronts have been vandalized.

Coolidge brought the issue forward during the council’s April 4 meeting after hearing from business owners victimized by a recent uptick in vandalism.

The city required business owners to pay a $145 permit fee to repair windows or awnings—even those damaged by vandalism—to cover an inspection of the replacement. The fee added insult to injury, business owners argued.

Councilman Mark Sorensen made a motion to waive the fee and place the liability on business owners, but Leo DePaola, the city’s building official, cautioned against doing away with inspections entirely.

“We inspect for the public’s safety,” he said. “I feel like the inspection portion of this is a critical thing.”

Nevertheless, the council voted 6-1, with Ann Schwab dissenting, in favor of Sorensen’s motion.

• The council shot down a project it approved last September: a parkletstyle feature outside of Starbucks on Broadway. Mayor Sean Morgan, who had voted in favor of the concept, recently reconsidered.

“For a variety of reasons, my opinion changed—not least of which, what’s happened with the public bathrooms in City Plaza,” he said. “My concern became that the Starbucks manager and our own police officers may not be able to enforce some of the transient issues if that parklet got built.”

The council voted 5-1 to reverse its previous decision. (Schwab recused herself due to owning a business within 500 feet of Starbucks.) Councilman Karl Ory cast the lone nay vote, explaining that he believed backtracking on an approved project would send a negative message to business owners and developers.

• The council voted unanimously to hold a future discussion of Coolidge’s proposal for a volunteer-based tree-planting program at One-Mile Recreation Area in Lower Bidwell Park. Over the past several years, he said, storms and high winds have knocked down “dozens, if not hundreds of trees.” □

Classroom controversy University investigates student complaint that a professor’s comments were racist this semester, professor Richard Rose was giving a lecture to his statistics class Eat arlier Chico State. As a way to help the students

and replaced with another professor. Rose, who has taught at Chico State since 1970, still teaches other classes.

Rick Ford, chair of the Math Department, visualize the problem at hand, he asked them declined to offer the university’s rationale for to imagine that he was an evil slave master ousting Rose, saying in an email: “My only trying to find people dumb enough to trick direct knowledge concerns personnel actions into becoming slaves. that I’m not permitted to discuss.”

The example was supposed to help stuIn his Holt Hall office, Rose told the dents understand standard normal distribuCN&R he wasn’t trying to be hurtful when tion, a foundational statistics theory. But a he approached the student’s desk, questioned black student in the class took issue with her about the example and proceeded to it. After a short confrontation with Rose, explain that his she left the class ancestors consisted and ultimately filed “When you’re in a of slaves as well as a complaint against position of privilege, slave owners. He him, alleging racial said he often uses harassment and disit’s hard for you to see absurd examples in crimination. how other people feel class and the last The incident demonstrates how and think about things.” time he revealed his ancestry to “a comments made dur—Tray Robinson fine black man,” ing a lecture or class, it led to a “very whether intentionally pleasant conversation.” But, he admitted, that offensive or not, can have a powerful effect wasn’t the case this time. on students—particularly minorities. “I think The student, a freshman from Oakland, sometimes people make an assumption that told CN&R that she felt Rose had deliberately just because you’re a professional, you know disrespected and embarrassed her in front of everything; just because you’re a faculty the class, and she wrote that in her complaint member, you know everything about how to to the university. Rose offended her by bringteach inclusivity—but you don’t,” said Tray ing up slavery—which “really had nothing to Robinson, director of Chico State’s Office of do with the content of the class”—and sinDiversity and Inclusion.

University officials confirmed that they’d gling her out in a room with only a few black students, she said, prompting her to walk investigated the student’s complaint, but out and call her parents. On the phone, she wouldn’t comment on its outcome. Rose was recalled, “I cried because I was so angry.” removed from teaching the course, however,

SIFT ER Coeds divided A recent study of U.S. college freshmen by UCLA’s Higher Education Research Institute found that students are more divided politically than they’ve been in the last 50 years.

The study, which began in 1966, found that 42.3 percent of first-year students described their political leanings as “middle of the road,” as opposed to 35.5 percent who say they’re liberal or far left, and 22.2 percent conservative or far right. Among other key findings was that men and women differed in their leanings more than in previous years, with 41.1 percent of women identifying as liberal or far left, compared to 28.9 percent of men, and 75.4 percent of women saying they support stricter gun control laws, versus 58.8 percent of men.

“You don’t have to be a racist,” the student, whose name is being withheld for privacy reasons, recalled telling Rose.

Robinson was one of the first university

representatives to speak with the student after the incident. Every semester his office hears from students who feel discriminated against on campus, he said. Chico State aims to provide a safe, enjoyable experience for all students, but some faculty struggle with diversity and inclusion, he said.

“When you’re in a position of privilege, it’s hard for you to see how other people feel and think about things,” he explained. “If you’ve never been poor, if you haven’t been homeless, if you haven’t been on welfare, you’re not going to know what that’s like,” he added, noting reasons why people might feel marginalized during lectures.

Robinson said people “deliver some very intentional acts” meant to agitate, but he thinks most people just don’t realize their comments can be upsetting.

Cody Borrero, a sophomore who was present during Rose’s lecture, described the professor’s sense of humor as exaggerated and said he often made controversial comments in class.

For Rose’s part, he told the CN&R that he was “flabbergasted” when he heard about the student’s complaint. After Student Judicial Affairs called him to talk about the incident, he sent her an email, which he shared with the CN&R. “Still, I have no certainty of what triggered your pain,” he wrote. “Whatever exactly it was that hurt you, I do very deeply apologize… If you could bring yourself to tell me precisely what I did, I could try to avoid that particular word, or action, again.”

Calls to Rose and the student to determine if a resolution was reached were not returned as of press time, and university officials confirmed that the investigation was recently closed but wouldn’t comment on its outcome. Rose said he doesn’t know if he’ll teach next semester, citing his age as one of several reasons to retire. He turns 70 in September.

As of now, Robinson said, Chico State offers a number of opportunities for campus community members to learn about diversity and inclusion, including a training exercise open to faculty, staff and students for confronting one’s own biases. But some students think such education should be expanded, he said, so university officials are exploring the possibility of requiring diversity training for everyone on campus.

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‘Populist’ candidate gets a head start on 2018 rivals with campaign stop in Chico Holcombe didn’t know much about Delaine Eastin Awhenndy he arrived at the Chico

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branch of the Butte County Library on Saturday (April 29) to see the gubernatorial candidate speak.

“I knew she worked in public education in California, but I wasn’t even sure when,” he admitted afterward.

Eastin served two terms as state superintendent of public instruction, from 1995-2003—leaving the year before Holcombe got elected to the Chico City Council.

Eastin’s appearance, just over 13 months ahead of the June 2018 primary, is a rarity for Chico, oft bypassed by candidates for major office. That’s why it was candidate site: so significant visit www.delainefor when presigovernor.com for more dential nomion delaine eastin. nee Bernie Sanders held a rally at Chico State last June.

“Chico is often a backwater when it comes to national politics for sure, and even state politics,” said Holcombe. “It feels early for me [to campaign for governor], but that’s probably what it takes today to get the word out when in some ways you don’t have recognition as a politician.”

In fact, that’s precisely Eastin’s thought process. She’s been crisscrossing the state, speaking at various types of gatherings. Following her town-hall-style event in Chico, which filled the library’s meeting room with 60 attendees Saturday afternoon, she headed to Red Bluff for the Tehama County Democratic Central Committee’s annual dinner to deliver the keynote speech.

“When I was superintendent, I went to all 58 counties; I visited schools in Chico more than once,” Eastin told the CN&R. “I’m a big believer that people shouldn’t just come to you, and you shouldn’t just talk to them in 30-second Delaine Eastin, after her town-hall-style event at the Chico library, compared her grassroots campaigning to the Democratic presidential candidate who spoke at Chico State last year, saying: “I think I was Bernie before Bernie.” photo by evan tuchinsky

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sound bites. You should go listen to them, hear what their concerns are, hear what their thoughts and ideas are. For me, it’s not all about hiring some speechwriters and buying some television ads.”

Eastin made a stump speech, but

that took only about a third of the time. For the next hour she fielded questions and comments from the audience. Topics included free college tuition, single-payer health coverage, vocational education and affordable housing—all of which she supports, under the rubric of “budgets are statements of our values.”

A self-described Sanders supporter asked how she would differentiate herself from Gavin Newsom, the lieutenant governor, who is among the half-dozen other prominent Democrats already in the mix to try to replace termedout Gov. Jerry Brown. (They include California Treasurer John Chiang and former LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.)

Eastin responded that “there are lots of ways that we agree on public policy,” but that voters should look at her record, watch debates and decide “who gets the job done, who moves the needle?” She cites accomplishments as an assemblywoman on transportation and consumer protection committees, along with education.

Her candidacy for governor

matches in some respects her earlier runs for office. Eastin told the CN&R that she had the same campaign treasurer as Phil Angelides, the state treasurer who lost the 2006 governor’s race to Arnold Schwarzenegger. That campaign treasurer laughingly told her, “I should be charging you twice what I’m charging Phil,” because even though Angelides raised twice as much money, she attracted twice as many donors.

“I think I was Bernie before Bernie,” Eastin said, referencing Sanders’ grassroots appeal and small-amount contributors in 2016.

“I’ve always been a populist candidate, and I always will be.”

Robin Keehn agrees. She invited Eastin to Chico after hearing her speak and organized the event on her own initiative.

So, what impression did Eastin

leave on others? As they left, multiple attendees said she’d won them over. That includes Holcombe.

“I’m very encouraged by Delaine Eastin and what she had to say,” he said, adding: “I probably came in as a default Gavin Newsom supporter … and I think I’m teetering on being an ardent Delaine Eastin supporter now.”

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ension between the United States and North Korea is a thread that runs throughout the narrative of mid-April through early May. In this installment of Eye on 45, a snapshot of the last few weeks, we pick up on the day North Korea continues its efforts to possess a nuclear warhead.

April 15: The New York Times reports that North Korea launched another test missile. Meanwhile, Chinese officials warn the U.S. that the situation could, as the Times put it, “spin out of control.”

Kim Jong Un However, the projectile in PHOTO BY PETER SNOOPY VIA FLICKR question explodes after launch, racking up yet another failure for the country’s leader, Kim Jong Un, who is determined to possess an arsenal of long-range ballistic missiles.

The same day, the Washington Post reports that Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt told Fox & Friends that the United States should pull out of the Paris climate agreement, a deal among nearly 200 countries to commit to curbing greenhouse gas emissions.

April 16: The Trump administration warns North Korea that it will face repercussions from the United States should it continue its nuclear tests, reports the Los Angeles Times. That warning came from H.R. McMaster, Trump’s recently installed national security adviser. McMaster replaced embattled retired Gen. Michael Flynn, who was forced to resign when it was revealed that he’d met in private with the Russian ambassador to the United States, Sergey Kislyak, and lied to Vice President Mike Pence about it.

April 17: Pence puts pressure on North Korea during a trip to South Korea. At a press conference in Seoul, Pence says, “Since 1992, the United States and our allies have stood together for a denuclearized Korean peninsula. We hope to achieve this objective through peaceable means. But all options are on the table.”

April 18: The New York Times reports that, despite what the Trump administration said in early April about having sent an American aircraft carrier to the Sea of Japan in a show of force to North Korea, the ship at that time was actually on its way to Australia. The newspaper also reports that the ship had switched direction and was now headed north toward the Korean peninsula.

April 19: Despite reports of election irregularities in Turkey, Trump calls that country’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, to congratulate the controversial politician on a referendum that will give him sweeping powers, including the ability to select judges.

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April 20: POTUS gets called out for comments in which he conflated the late Kim Jong Il, former leader of North Korea, with his son and successor, Kim Jong Un. Trump charged that the younger Kim, who has held power in North Korea only since 2012, had been in power for a long time and that Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama had been ineffective in dealing with him.

April 21: Anticipating the benchmark of Trump’s first 100 days in office, the president sets his sights once again on repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act, reports Politico.

April 23: Attorney General Jeff Sessions says the government has the right to deport Dreamers.

Meanwhile, Trump says going after those particular undocumented immigrants isn’t a priority.

The threat of a government shutdown lingers, as Trump and the GOP push for border wall funding in the pending budget.

April 24: Trump’s administration prepares to brief all U.S. senators on the flare-up with North Korea.

April 25: Flynn, Trump’s former national security adviser, did not follow the law related to disclosure of payments from foreign governments, say members of the House Oversight Committee.

Meanwhile, Trump relents on his demand that the pending federal budget contain money to pay for construction of the border wall.

ABC News, in conjunction with The Washington Post, reveals a poll in which 61 percent of respondents want the ACA to stay put and be improved.

April 26: Reuters reports that China is upset about the installation of a U.S. missile defense system in South Korea.

Trump threatens to pull out of the North American Free Trade Agreement and the White House drafts a plan to do so.

April 27: Trump tweets that he’s willing to work with leaders in Canada and Mexico on NAFTA, and, in fact, he reveals that he has no plans “at this time” to withdraw from the agreement.

April 28: Congress avoids a government shutdown by passing a short-term (week-long) budget deal.

April 29: Trump hits 100 days in office.

May 1: Trump calls North Korea’s leader a “pretty smart cookie” and says he’d be “honored” to meet with him “under the right circumstances.”

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HEALTHLINES Dina Zaphiris works with Enloe, the puppy sponsored by Enloe Medical Center, on the apparatus she uses at the In Situ Foundation for training dogs to detect cancer in breath and fluid samples.

back, at the potential that this could have for the future ... with the early detection of cancer. So it’s not specific to Enloe, but any[one].”

Zaphiris started the In Situ Foundation as a

tribute to her mother, who succumbed to breast cancer after initially receiving a less serious diagnosis, ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). “In situ” means contained in place (or site); according to the informational nonprofit Breastcancer.org, DCIS is the most common noninvasive breast cancer.

An alumna of Chico High, Zaphiris studied at UC Davis and worked in Los Angeles before returning in May 2015 to train cancer-detecting dogs for UC Davis.

Enloe CEO Mike Wiltermood learned about her from a CN&R article that June (“Dogs and diagnosis,” Healthlines); he set up a meeting and initiated support.

First, Enloe fixed up a building on Hickory Street that Zaphiris could use as a training center. The layout suited her well, but the interior temperature grew hot in late summer days, so Zaphiris moved In Situ to its current location on Alamo Avenue.

The sponsorship followed. She’s utilized the financial infusion to establish a program training other trainers in her protocols: not only to teach dogs to detect cancer, but also to conduct consistent, scientifically valid research. So far she’s held three sessions that attracted a total of 34 participants:

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Temployer, dog into her family when she heard her Enloe Medical Center, was seekraci Hunt wasn’t looking to bring another

ing a household for a puppy.

This would be no ordinary adoption.

The Labrador retriever, to be named Enloe, would live with his owners but spend many hours on many days at the In Situ Foundation facility in Chico learning to sniff out cancer.

Dina Zaphiris, the trainer who founded In Situ, has dedicated the past dozen years to teaching dogs to detect cancer in samples of breath and bodily fluids col-

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lected from patients. She’s participated in medical research with UC Davis and Duke University, demonstrating the animals’ ability to identify cancers by scent.

Multiple studies have found differences in detectable chemicals given off by healthy versus cancerous cells—but as of now the federal government does not recognize dogs as valid testers.

“What we are doing is going to transform medicine,” Zaphiris said. “It already has: [Researchers] are already looking into volatile organic compounds and odors for disease detection. That happened because of dogs.”

Last year, Enloe contributed $46,700 to In Situ and pledged to put a puppy through the program. The hospital sought an adoptive family and chose Hunt’s. She’s director of the Enloe Regional Cancer Center and a breast cancer survivor; husband Jeff survived cancer as well, but she lost two aunts

to lung cancer and both grandmothers to breast cancer.

The Hunts already had a dog, Bella, a rottweiler/shepherd mix they rescued as an 8-week-old—the same age as Enloe when they got him home April 3. The couple live in Durham with sons Carson, 21, and Garrett, 17. Bella joined their family just over five years ago, roughly around the time of Jeff’s diagnosis and three years following Traci’s.

“I was one [who’d felt] no dogs in the house; always outside,” she said. “Bella just bonded with the whole family, was so wellbehaved; it changed my whole thought ….

“So when we had the opportunity for [the puppy], I thought, ‘OK, I’ll do it—but this is the last one!’ No more dogs in the house!”

Enloe Medical Center is not expecting, nor will it receive, its own cancer detector.

Rather, Traci Hunt explained, “the organization is looking, and wants to be able to give

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Visit www.dogsdetectcancer.org to learn more about the In Situ Foundation’s work and www.enloe.org/enloethedog for a blog on the puppy and his training.

nized agency that certifies the dogs because we all did it this [same] way. It has to be like that.”

Enloe the puppy began his train-

ing at the In Situ facility last Wednesday (April 26). Jeff Hunt brings him most mornings, though Traci joined them last Thursday.

The key element is a floor rack designed to hold samples. For now, Zaphiris places a cup of food in a holder-lined rail that slides under 10 holes, then instructs the pup to hunt with his nose. By the time the training ends, in 12 to 18 months, he should be able to point out samples from cancer patients by sitting in front of the rack and indicating the specific slot.

Traci Hunt, who’s reading the book A Dog’s Purpose in light of her new pet, says she appreciates “knowing he’s special, that he’s going to have a purpose.”

Added Jeff: “Everything happens for a reason. Had we not had cancer, we wouldn’t be in this position that we’re in today. This may just be a step in the reason everything has happened the way it has.” □

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physicians, researchers and dog trainers from across the country and even overseas (Argentina and Finland).

“The most important thing is we show that it works not just here, not just with me, but everywhere,” Zaphiris said.

Her work echoes the early days of training drug-sniffing dogs.

Pioneers in that field knew their animals could detect smuggled narcotics, even when sealed in luggage or vehicles, but legal authorities required convincing. Now, police dogs routinely find contraband that’s admissible as evidence in court.

When will cancer-sniffing dogs gain similar standing?

Zaphiris is unsure, because it’s unclear whether the government agency that oversees medical treatments, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), could even regulate animals.

“Dogs are not machinery, dogs are not drugs and dogs are not equipment,” she said. “So there may have to be another agency that maybe we can provide or maybe we can help the government [identify].”

Zaphiris created two manuals of procedures that form the backbone of her program.

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GREENWAYS Jackie Coats and Jesse Simpson work each day in the Chico Unified School District bakery, handcrafting everything from pizza dough and sauce to students’ favorite chocolate chip muffins.

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CDistrict. least not within the Chico Unified School The stereotypical image of the sourafeteria food isn’t what it used to be. At

puss of a lunch lady slopping a ladle full of unidentifiable meat and gravy—and then smashing her finger into your biscuit—can be forgotten. So, too, can the syrupy fruit cocktail, the canned carrots and the cardboard that somehow passed for pizza.

No, at Chico public schools, the kids eat well.

Take it from Jesse Simpson, bakery manager for the school district. His title is more than fancy words—it carries with it a wealth of experience, from running baking departments inside Raley’s and Whole Foods supermarkets to rolling dough at Bouchon, one of the Bay Area’s most renowned bakeries.

In Chico, his wife’s hometown, he’s tasked with overseeing much of the food that makes its way onto school breakfast and lunch trays each day. The grains part of it, anyway.

“We’re always trying to evolve,” he said from inside the 2,500-square-foot bakery on district property near Cal Skate.

This past school year, for instance, the bakery started making more savory baked goods—bagel dogs, calzones, pot pies—in addition to breakfast staples such as bagels and muffins. Aside from providing healthy, sustainable meals, part of that is in an effort to encourage more kids to buy lunches, Simpson said; the more meals kids purchase, the more money the district can devote to buying the ingredients, equipment and other supplies.

Getting the kids is one thing; getting the parents is another.

As part of the newly formed Chico Bread Guild, Simpson took the opportunity to participate in the Chico Bread Festival on April 23 as a way to get the word out about CUSD’s in-house bakery.

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Unified students who had no clue we had our own bakery,” Simpson said of the festival. “And, after talking with them, they said, ‘Now that we know the food’s made from scratch, we’ll buy it [for our kids] more.’”

The bakery isn’t new; it started at Chico

Country Day School at least 15 years ago, according to Vince Enserro, Nutrition Services director for CUSD. Eight or nine years ago, it moved into its current facility and since then has slowly acquired its cache of industrial-quality equipment.

The oven, for instance, is big enough to literally walk into. To create 3,000 muffins a day, the bakers pour their hand-made batter into portioning machines that ensure each one comes out the same size.

Despite the district’s best efforts to get the word out, some parents just don’t seem to be able to shake the image—or, the memories, perhaps—of unappealing, processed meals in school cafeterias. To many people, Enserro estimated, just because the district has its own bakery doesn’t mean it’s not making muffins from mixes and pizzas out of boxes.

“Parents would have a much different opinion on school food if they knew what we did,” he said. “We roast pork and turkey that goes into entrees. We make 200 to 300 gallons of fresh pizza sauce every week.

That’s pretty elaborate for a school district.”

That’s not to say nothing comes premade, he added, such as the Chinese orange chicken entree (for which Enserro’s staff prepares, from scratch, brown rice with fresh

vegetables). Nutrition Services also ensures quality—only 100 percent beef hamburger patties, for instance, and whole-piece chicken nuggets.

While elementary, junior and high schools have different menus, every elementary school kitchen, for example, will get the same products on any given day. At the high schools, students get 11 menu options, and the menus change every three months. In the interim, Simpson and his crew get to try out new entrees.

“We try to offer more variety, to expand what we do here. We see what the kids like, and then we work with the ingredients to make sure they fit within the guidelines,” Simpson said.

By guidelines he means nutritional recommendations, as set forth by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Those recommendations are then taken into consideration by the district’s Nutrition Services Department, headed by Enserro, who is also a trained chef. For instance, each meal should include 2 ounces of protein and each bread product should use at least 51 percent wheat flour.

Fruits are served fresh and whole and are sourced locally. Sodium is limited, as is sugar.

Jackie Coats, who’s worked as a cafeteria assistant at Chico Unified for over 30 years, offered a concrete example. Inside the bakery’s spacious walk-in freezer—lined with racks of muffins and bagels and the like, ready to be shipped to school sites and baked fresh the next day—she picked up a cheese pizza.

“If this pizza is cut into eight slices, each

slice has 2 ounces of cheese—or protein,” she said.

Simpson described Coats as the MacGyver of the CUSD bakery team, which includes three other bakers. In addition to making all the pizzas—including dough and sauce from scratch—she handles special orders, such as preparing lunches for Saturday schools and making other sauces as cafeteria needs arise.

“There are quite a few of our students who may go home and not get a meal,” Enserro said. “We are that bridge, or that gap, every single day. And we’re fortunate enough that everyone who works in our department is super-committed to that: to having the freshest fruits and vegetables and the best ingredients we can find.” □

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Lucy Parks has one goal in mind with her animal shelter, Wags and Whiskers Pet Rescue: to save as many lives as she can.

Parks, originally from Orange County, came to Chico in 2013 after a near-death experience that made her realize that she wanted to do more for the world. A lifelong animal lover, Parks began volunteering and working locally with pets and shelters, and in July 2015, she started her nonprofit rescue organization. Wags and Whiskers is also an adoption agency for the dogs and cats that it takes in. The CN&R sat down with Parks to talk about how she, along with staff members and volunteers, are able to help animals in need. There is a three-day adoption event this weekend, Friday and Saturday at PetSmart (2019 Forest Ave.), 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Saturday at the North Valley Plaza, noon-4 p.m.; and Sunday at PetSmart, noon4 p.m. For more info, go to www.wagsandwhiskerspet rescue.com.

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

Chico has only no-kill shelters, because the city mandates that they not euthanize [adoptable] animals. Which means, it’s pretty much a closed shelter.

They don’t have to kill any animals, but they also are limited on taking new animals based on how much space they have. Most of the time, in Chico, you have

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to get on a waiting list if you want to surrender a dog. Other counties that don’t have those mandates can take any animal at any time.

How is your rescue different from others?

Most places pick and choose which dogs they want. Not me.

I’ll take any dog. Even if it’s sick, we’ll take it and pay for the medical bills. We invite nearby counties’ shelters to use our service to help bring down their kill rates. And, we have a lot of communication with people who want to adopt one of our dogs.

How do you care for your animals?

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the dogs. They aren’t crated at all; instead they live in communal rooms. The only time we crate them is when we feed them.

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

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When was the last time you had a deep-fried Twinkie? I can’t remember the last time I had a Twinkie period. Before the deep-fried one I tried earlier this week, that is. It wouldn’t have been so bad—while being so, so good—if I hadn’t also decided to order the deep-fried Oreos. At least I shared one of those.

Where, oh where, did I find such delectable treats? No, the fair isn’t in town. I just popped on over to Wingman Chico, the newest eatery to open up in the Safeway shopping center on Nord Avenue.

Of course, you can guess by the name that deep-fried is not the restaurant’s specialty. The wings are the real stars here. And the play on words is a clever one—each flavor is named after a different duo (pop-culture wingmen, if you will). The menu includes wet sauces and dry rubs, with packages ranging from three ($6.85) to 16 ($34.60). I opted for three Milli Vanillis (super cheesy, get it?).

They were extremely messy—to be expected—but good. And a good size, too.

Three wings was more than enough for me. (Well, plus a Twinkie and an Oreo ….)

My only complaint: My to-go order came with no napkins!

The mastermind mixing the wing sauce when I visited was Sonny Lee, brother of Jimmy Lee, sushi chef and owner of Aonami Sustainable Sushi. This all comes together because Wingman Chico took over the spot left vacant when Aonami moved downtown last month. I stuck my head in the new Second Street eatery the other day—formerly Monks Wine Bistro—and it was hopping. Best of luck to the Lee brothers.

Get Crafty As part of a new recycling initiative, the Chico Mall is offering an incentive to those with some woodworking skills. Between now and May 14, stop by the mall between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. and pick up pallets for free. Then take them home and do something cool with them (I personally like the dog bed idea on the mall’s Facebook page) and post photos to Instagram (#chicomallpallets). A randomly selected winner will receive a $100 gift card.

Beautify ChiCo The coolest thing I’ve seen just appear overnight in this town is the rad mural that spans 110 feet down the length of the Lulus.com building, where it faces Park Avenue at the corner of Humboldt. This thing makes me happy. I contacted the local online clothing store to find out who the artist behind the mural is and was informed that his name is Jedrek Speer. I wasn’t able to get hold of Speer, but according to social media, he’s a Pleasant Valley High School alum who runs Seizer-One Designs. Two words for ya, Jedrek: Love it!

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hen the skeletal remains of Army 101st Airborne Pfc. Shadow McClaine were found in late January, it ended a months-long search of the rugged Tennessee-Kentucky mountains for the Yuba City native. The discovery also ended the hope of family members who had joined the effort to locate the missing 25-yearold in the area surrounding Fort Campbell, where she’d been stationed.

A little over a week later, loved ones were joined by military and law enforcement personnel in uniform to greet her flag-draped casket in the darkness of a winter morning at the Sacramento International Airport.

The respect she was shown in death was ironic in a way, said McClaine’s mother, London Wegrzyn, speaking at the airport to local news stations. “[T]hem finally giving her the respect she deserves, it’s just a little too late, but I love it,” she said.

Wegrzyn is convinced McClaine was killed by her ex-husband, Sgt. Jamal Williams-McCray, and Spc. Charles Robinson, an accomplice. Military prosecutors believe this as well, though a cause of death has not yet been determined. Nearly two months after McClaine went missing, the Army’s main investigative body, the Criminal Investigation Command, arrested both men. They’ve since been charged under the Uniform Code of Shadow McClaine’s family is determined to see that her death wasn’t in vain.

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Military Justice with kidnapping, conspiracy and premeditated murder. Williams-McCray later was also charged with rape, aggravated assault and obstruction of justice.

McClaine’s death underscores concerns about the U.S. military’s commitment to protecting female soldiers from their male counterparts and the epidemic of military sexual trauma, or MST. That’s the term used by the U.S. Department of

Veterans Affairs to describe psychological trauma that “resulted from a physical assault of a sexual nature, battery of a sexual nature, or sexual harassment which occurred while the veteran was serving on active duty or active duty for training.”

Wegrzyn, who lives in Yuba City, said the Army and personnel at Fort Campbell, which straddles the Tennessee-Kentucky border, failed to protect her daughter, and she and other relatives lay much of the blame for her death on McClaine’s commanding officers. Just over a year before she went missing, McClaine had accused WilliamsMcCray of rape, and while she was in desperate need of their help, insists the family, those officers turned their backs on her.

Wegrzyn is now determined to “go after the Army” because she believes leadership at Fort Campbell—from McClaine’s commanding officers all the way to the base’s generals—could have prevented her daughter’s death.

“Several people from her command knew the dynamics of her relationship with her exhusband—yet none helped her,” she said. “She told them she was in fear for her life. They instead told her she wasn’t fit to be in the Army. She will get justice, and I will not stop until this never happens again.”

Preliminary hearings for both suspects

were held in military court in April. According to a press release from the 101st Airborne Division, prosecutor Maj. Rebecca Farrell argued WilliamsMcCray was physically violent and sexually assaulted McClaine during their marriage. She charged that Williams-McCray killed McClaine because he wanted to take a military assignment in South Korea but couldn’t because the sexual assault allegation remained unresolved.

Thus far, evidence in the case is circumstantial.

The prosecutor said Robinson’s wife told investigators she overheard her husband and Williams-McCray talking about the highway exit in Tennessee near where McClaine’s body was discovered. She also said her husband washed

“There is a reality that it doesn’t go well for everybody, and that doesn’t excuse what goes on in the military by a long shot,” she continued. “My point is, as an advocate PHOTO COURTESY OF LONDON WEGRZYN and a service provider at a state agency, [my job is] to balance the fact that we want to see women serving in the military, because that’s truly how we change an organization for the better, while also recognizing the military is not in any way perfect, and in fact criminal activities can happen within it.”

Sin’s office has researched MST by surveying California veterans, resulting in an outreach and lobbying effort to raise awareness and pass veteran-friendly legislation, such as Assembly Bill 1509, a 2014 law that developed a program assisting vets, including those who have suffered from MST, with the transition to civilian life.

“Many women I speak to don’t regret their military service,” she said. “They are devastated and profoundly affected, unfortunately, by something such as an assault that may have happened to them, but they still, for the most part, are very proud to have served in the military.”

Shadow McClaine and her mother, London Wegrzyn (right). Wegrzyn blames the Army for not protecting her daughter.

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his truck—including its bed, with bleach—not long after McClaine went missing. DNA tests on hair and blood reportedly found in the vehicle are pending.

Military defense attorneys for the suspects argued that the investigation is not complete and there isn’t enough evidence for the case to go to a court-martial—the military court where service members are tried. Both suspects are being held at a local jail and could face the death penalty.

McClaine’s parents and other family members were present at the hearings and remain convinced the Army failed her after she’d reported the alleged assault. Wegrzyn says her daughter told commanding officers multiple times that she feared for her life and wanted to be transferred off base but that those pleas went unanswered as both she and Williams-McCray remained stationed at Fort Campbell. It was revealed during the preliminary hearings that McClaine had at one point recanted the rape accusation, but that she’d subsequently told her commanding officers she’d done so because Williams-McCray had intimidated her.

According to online posts by McClaine, the intimidation escalated. She wrote on Facebook that she was “always looking over [her] shoulder,” alleging her brake lines had been cut. Wegrzyn said when her daughter told her about the incident, she urged her to again ask for a transfer off the base. But McClaine’s request was again refused.

“Commanding officers took the ex-husband’s side,” Wegrzyn told CN&R. “She was viewed as the aggressor because of her ex-husband’s narcissistic ways of trying to destroy her life. The Army looked the other way, and he succeeded.”

McClaine entered the service when she was barely

out of her teens. The draw for women her age includes the steady pay, college tuition assistance programs, and the opportunity to learn valuable skills. But the military is far different from any entry-level civilian job or college.

with the release of a Pentagon study—based on a confidential survey of 108,000 active-duty service members. The study estimated that 26,000 military personnel had been sexually assaulted the previous year—although only 3,374 were reported.

In response to the revelation, then-President Barack Obama called for the military to take a zero-tolerance stance: “If we find out somebody’s engaging in this stuff, they’ve got to be Enlisted women often become the center of attention held accountable, prosecuted, stripped of their positions, courtof their male counterparts, who outnumber them 10 to 1. martialed, fired, dishonorably discharged. Period.”

According to a 2014 RAND Corp. study, roughly a third of In 2014, a study released by the Pentagon revealed just women in military service experience some gender-based over 5,000 cases of sexual assault were reported in 2013, discrimination and harassment.

50 percent more than in the previous year. That increase was But, unlike in the civilattributed to improved reporting ian workplace, there’s no civil protocols. Meanwhile, according to a recourse.

CalVet study also released in 2014, Lindsey Sin, deputy secretary 73 percent of respondents had experifor Women Veterans Affairs at enced sexual harassment and the California Department of 40 percent said they’d been victims Veterans Affairs (CalVet) in of sexual assault while on active Sacramento, promotes military duty. service while also supporting and Pentagon officials attribute the experienced serving California’s women veterdiscrepancy between the estimated ans, the second largest population number of assaults and the number of sexual harassment in the nation, behind Texas. Some those reported to a fear of retaliation. are MST survivors suffering from Indeed, those who do file a report post-traumatic stress disorder. may face what many MST victims had been Sin says her time in the Navy refer to as “the second assault.” was a “fantastic experience” Bullying, demotions and ostracization victims of that launched her career serving were well-documented by Human veterans. She faced challenges, Rights Watch in a series of studies sexual assault while on which she wouldn’t elaborate on, released in 2015 and 2016, including but she wants to make it clear she one titled “Embattled: Retaliation active duty does “not want to mischaracterAgainst Sexual Assault Survivors in Source: California Department of Veterans Affairs ize that every woman [who] goes the U.S. Military.” CalVet reports into the military experiences a that 60 percent of its veterans who huge amount of harassment and had reported sexual assault or harassassault.” ment also reported retaliation.

Sin’s job requires a balancing act.

MST victims and advocates say a more telling statistic “We walk a fine line between encouraging women to from the Pentagon regarding MST is this: In 2015, the military serve in the military and highlighting that military service received more than 6,000 reports of sexual assault. But only is something very positive, and also understanding that sys250 of these reports (4 percent) led to a conviction. temic change or cultural change also has to happen in the military,” Sin told CN&R. SOLDIER C O N T I N U E D O N PA G E 2 0

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Further controversy surrounding MST relates to the fact that, under military law, the commanding officer decides whether an alleged assailant is charged. Moreover, that superior has the authority to overturn a military jury’s verdict.

In the male-dominated service, female MST victims say, the military’s unwritten code of “brotherhood” exerts heavy influence on whether the accused will ever face judgment.

Members of Congress have tried to move decisions on sexual-assault prosecution to experienced military prosecutors, but the Senate voted down bipartisan legislation on that front in 2014.

McClaine, who served in Afghanistan and

South Korea and at the time of her death worked as an air traffic controller at Fort Campbell, went missing in her fourth year of enlistment. She was last heard from when she texted her mother on Sept. 2, a Friday and the start of Labor Day weekend.

She failed to report for duty the following Monday morning. Eleven days later, her abandoned car was found in a parking lot in Nashville, about 70 miles from the base.

Prior to joining the Army, McClaine was a happy and loving young adult, her family insists. Pictures of her as a vibrant child, teen and twentysomething fill a Facebook page titled “Justice for Shadow McClaine.”

The Yuba City native had a passion for photography and wanted to return home to California when her service ended. She was scheduled to leave the military last October.

After McClaine’s disappearance, her family held two candlelight vigils near Fort Campbell. They say they were shocked when they recognized no one from her

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chain of command at either.

Officials there have been tight-lipped about McClaine’s killing. In response to inquiries for this story, Lt. Col. Chevelle Thomas, from the 101st Airborne’s Division of Public Affairs at the base, issued this statement to CN&R: “The circumstances leading up to and surrounding Private McClaine’s death remain part of an active and ongoing investigation and no final actions have been taken.”

Thomas noted that McClaine’s commanding officers, following her accusation of rape against Williams-McCray, did contact a Fort Campbell sexual-assault response coordinator, which led to an investigation.

However, Williams-McCray wasn’t charged with rape until after McClaine’s body was discovered.

Despite the military’s culture of mascu-

linity and ultra-discipline, some women seek a sense of belonging from male soldiers.

McClaine’s family says she wed WilliamsMcCray on impulse. The couple’s marriage did not last a year. They remained in close proximity following their separation in 2015.

Seeing each other on a daily basis reportedly resulted in a fallout of jealousy and revenge. Both of them filed protective orders against each other as their loathing played out on controversial websites such as Shesahomewrecker.com and Liarscheatersrus. com.

Army investigators and local law enforcement outside the base say that McClaine made up multiple fake identities to get back at her ex-husband for his alleged infidelities. In fact, military and local police were so convinced her harassment had crossed a line that McClaine was arrested last summer for stalking, criminal impersonation and contempt of court. She was scheduled to appear in court on Sept. 6, according to court documents. But

“She told them she was in fear for her life.

They instead told her she wasn’t fit to be in the Army. She will get justice, and I will not stop until this never happens again.”

—London Wegrzyn

she never showed. She’d gone missing days earlier and initially was considered AWOL, as publicly stated at the time by Master Sgt. Kevin Doheny, spokesman for the 101st Airborne Division.

McClaine’s family says designating her AWOL didn’t afford her a massive search by the Army. However, Lt. Col. Thomas says McClaine’s chain of command, based on the information known at the time, were correct when they reported her as AWOL. “The AWOL designation did not interfere with conducting a thorough search,” Thomas insisted. “The command, however, cannot take steps to protect AWOL soldiers because their location is not known.”

The family questions how thorough a search was actually conducted. It wasn’t until a month later, on Oct. 8, that uniformed Army soldiers told them the Army had changed McClaine’s status from AWOL to missing.

Why and when exactly her chain of command decided she was possibly in trouble and not AWOL may or may not come out during a murder trial.

The family thinks Fort Campbell officials assumed McClaine went AWOL based on her recent arrest. After all, there were rumors on base suggesting she’d fabricated the story about her severed brakes, which she had posted about on her Facebook page complete with pictures.

Thomas says the Army investigated McClaine’s report that someone had tampered with her vehicle. She was never charged with filing a false police report.

McClaine’s loved ones fume at the accusations that she was a liar and a stalker. They allege her ex-husband and his friends, through fake online profiles, deliberately created the appearance that she was stalking him and other women near Fort Campbell. They also believe his strategy was an attempt to cast doubt on her allegation of rape. Police wrongly arrested McClaine, says the family.

Her own words back this up.

“I got arrested for allegedly ‘stalking’ a woman I have never met in person,” McClaine wrote online just before she reported her brake lines had been cut. “I have only had very brief email correspondence with the alleged victim, and two weeks prior, she called my work to complain that I was going to her work and threatening her. I have not been to that restaurant in over a year and have spent every moment of my time the last two months with my [new] boyfriend. They are trying to make me out to be a crazy stalker when I am not.”

After repeated unanswered texts to

her daughter during Labor Day weekend, Wegrzyn knew something was terribly wrong.

She flew to Kentucky, where she urged her daughter’s commanding officers at Fort Campbell to determine that she was missing.

“I went there to find my daughter and get answers by being in the Army’s face,” Wegrzyn said.

But she couldn’t convince McClaine’s chain of command her daughter was in trouble. So, she turned to Army Criminal Investigation Command (CID) investigators stationed at Fort Campbell. In many ways, CID is the FBI of the Army. Its mission is to investigate all serious felony crimes committed by Army personnel.

Wegrzyn, who had access to her daughter’s bank and phone records, says when she showed CID investigators there had been no activity for either, they took McClaine’s disappearance far more seriously than her chain of command had.

“CID has been the only ones [in the Army] that helped us,” she said.

Outside of the Army, the National Veteran Search and Recovery Program, a nonprofit made up of veteran, first responder and enlisted volunteers, organized a search for McClaine and issued a “Missing Warrior Alert,” which the group says is akin to an Amber Alert.

One of McClaine’s biggest champions outside of her loved ones is MST survivor Colleen Bushnell, a retired Air Force veteran and noncommissioned officer who worked closely with McClaine’s family during the months she was missing.

Bushnell does not get paid for her activism, but in the MST survivor community she’s a firebrand. Raped twice by commanding officers in two consecutive years over a decade ago, Bushnell sought justice but faced the “second assault” of retaliation. When her enlistment ended, she suffered from PTSD, became homeless, and lost custody of her children.

Bushnell, who now lives in Phoenix, has become an advocate for female soldiers and their families when they are victimized. She rallied McClaine’s family and demanded Fort Campbell list the young woman as missing

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Bushnell’s own time in the Air Force in many ways mirrored McClaine’s in the Army. Bushnell was an ry. And all of a sudden she’s a stalking, manipulating, early twentysomething when she enlisted. She met a brake-cutting histrionic problem?” fellow airman and married in a hurry, and then she In one of her unanswered letters to Fort Campbell, endured a messy divorce.

Bushnell asked officials to provide a victim’s counsel “I trusted and trusted this man,” said Bushnell, who to the family, independent of the military. That didn’t also, incidentally, shares a birthday with McClaine. happen. Bushnell’s personal goal is for the military “I did what McClaine did, very similar. I was very to someday establish an independent special-victims naïve, and that trusting nature inspired me to serve my entity at all major U.S. military installations. McClaine country. It drove me to serve. Had I known what the was assigned a special victim’s counsel after the military was truly like, I wouldn’t have. alleged rape, but her attorneys were military personnel.

“My instinct about McClaine is that she was a good “If there was a special-victims unit on base, an girl, a bookworm. She barely dated in high school. independent one, McClaine and her mom could have ... She decided in her early 20s to strike out on her turned to them for help,” Bushnell said. “McClaine’s own and joined the military on a whim. She was not case is precisely why we need to take the reporting, prepared to meet a guy who investigation, adjudicahad street smarts and was not tion, prosecution and senpure of heart. This guy didn’t tencing of criminals out mean his vows. He was out for of the hands of the local “McClaine’s case is precisely himself. He wanted sex and fun. unit commanders and But with her trusting nature, into the hands of trained why we need to take the he thought he could have both law enforcement and worlds.” legal professionals. This reporting, investigation, Bushnell thinks McClaine is a prime example of a felt so strongly about her vows situation where her death adjudication, prosecution and that she fought back. could have been prevent“She started trying to track ed had outside experts sentencing of criminals out of down what he had really done taken over the situation.” to her,” she said. “Would I Perhaps it is McClaine, the hands of the local unit track down the woman my in another online post, husband cheated with? No. But who said it best about commanders and into the she was only 25 years old, and her predicament within these kids are different with the the military—a place and hands of trained law enforceInternet. The mistake I think a culture she seemingly McClaine made was not realizcould not escape. ment and legal professionals.” ing the danger she put herself in “I really wish the legal —Colleen Bushnell, U.S. Air Force, retired by fighting back so openly. system would actually “But this girl had no psychiwork like it is supposed atric history, no criminal histoto.” Ω

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Arts &Culture Trimpin with his “Coloninpurple” installation.

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‘sound of invention’ Trimpin and art of making music from everything

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Aing that he was allergic to playbrass instruments. He wasn’t

s a young boy, Trimpin discovered

just trying to get out of rehearsing, though—he really did have an allergy by Jason to the metal mouthCassidy pieces, and he was forced to quit. j asonc @ newsrev iew.c om But instead of abandoning music, Trimpin (born Gerhard Preview: Trimpin, he has long New musical gone by only his last Resources: exploring acoustic/ name) would invent kinetic objects, a ways in which he presentation by could physically Trimpin, wednesday, detach himself from may 10, 7:30 p.m., in Rowland-Taylor. free instruments while still and open to the public. being able to compose.

This took the GermanRowland-Taylor born artist down a road Recital Hall PaC 134, Chico state of musical discovery www.csuchico.edu/ that would eventually humanitiescenter lead him to relocate to Seattle in 1979 on his way to becoming a world-renowned sound artist, one who could replace his touch with preprogrammed machines attached to electronic triggers that played the instruments. Sometimes the instruments are traditional (take the tornado of guitars in his soundsculpture installation “IF VI WAS IX” that self-play—and self-tune—for visitors) and sometimes they’re far from normal (imagine a clown figurine on a unicycle riding back and forth on a wire recording).

He’s also collaborated with other great artists, such as the Kronos Quartet, been the recipient of prestigous awards (Guggenheim Fellowship, MacArthur Genius grant), been the subject of a documentary (Trimpin: The Sound of Invention) and has installed pieces all over the world. Currently, he’s work22

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ing on two commissioned works, one in a wine cellar in Germany and one at the entrance to a new museum at the University of Washington in Pullman.

Trimpin spoke with the CN&R by phone from his Seattle studio in advance of his upcoming visit to Chico State’s Sound Art class and his public talk on Wednesday (May 10).

What do you have planned for your talk at Chico State?

The presentation is kind of a survey about my work so far, and also, of course, talking to the students. I hope that they have questions where I can have a dialogue. But it’s mainly to talk about the perception of the visual and the aural experience.

Will you be performing?

No, I don’t think so. My installations— you cannot just put them in a suitcase.

When you receive a commisssion, to what degree does the site dictate what you create?

It’s always first the site itself. I have to visit first. Then the inspirations are coming. For example, for the museum in Pullman, it’s more long, sustained sounds, which are created with airflow, like natural sounds. But in the wine cellar, it’s more percussive, almost like wooden xylophone sounds, and I’m actually using barrel staves to create this instrument.

Do you have have any interest in digital sounds?

Not really, because there’s so much still to investigate—what you can do with natural sounds. I’m still focusing

on using the acoustical environment and using real acoustical sounds to have a sound environment for the audience to experience what’s going on with their perception.

Do you ever watch people interact with your pieces?

A couple years ago, [I] did an outdoor kind of a playground installation for children. You can learn from this experience, just to watch them. I noticed once … when you have black and white keys like a piano keyboard, then children would go immediately and play the keys. But adult people, they are afraid to touch the black and white keys because they think you have to be a pianist. [In later pieces], I didn’t use any black and white keys; I used other kinds of interactive devices where you don’t think it’s a musical instrument.

Heard any new, interesting sounds lately?

I was just in Germany going to a bank and somebody was throwing a lot of coins—each bank over there has a coin-counting machine—and it almost had, like, a groove rhythm going on.

With the one euros, the two euros, or 50 cents, or 20 cents, each coin made a different sound when this machine was counting and sorting out the coins and immediately had really a groove going on. And I told the bank teller, “Wow, that’s nice to stand nearby and listen to this groove.”

So, almost every day you are exposed to another interesting sound that comes from whatever. And for me, the eyes and the ears are always listening. □

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Special Events 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,

5/4, 6pm. Free. Downtown Chico. 530-345-6500.

Music KEEP CHICO CREATIVE: Chico State’s SOTA Productions takes over the plaza during Thursday Night Market with live musical performances by KLEZ, MAWD, Velvet Starlings and Justin Kolas and C.B. Kwento. Also: a dance performance by the Lumininjas. Thu, 5/4, 6pm. Free. City Plaza, downtown Chico.

Theater THE FAITH HEALER: Joe Hilsee directs Brian Friel’s dark Irish mystery presented in four soliloquies Thu, 5/4, 7:30pm. $15. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St.

HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING: The Department of Music and Theatre’s spring musical lampoons life on the corporate ladder. Thu, 5/4, 7:30pm. $6-$15. Laxson Auditorium, Chico State. (530) 898-6333. www.csuchico.edu/ boxoffice

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SPECIAL EVENTS CHEECH & CHONG: The stoner comedy duo’s

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. Thu, 5/4, 7:30pm. $16-$22. Chico Theater Company, 166 Eaton Road, Ste. F. 530-894-3282. www.chicotheater company.com

THE STINKY CHEESE MAN AND OTHER FAIRLY STUPID TALES: This one-act children’s play based on the book by Jon Scieszka derails many fairytale favorites. Directed by Loki Miller. Thu, 5/4, 7pm. $6-$10. Theatre on the Ridge, 3735 Neal Road, Paradise. www.totr.org

TWILIGHT ZONE LIVE: The spooky late-night series returns with “The Lonely” and “Nothing in the Dark” episodes, directed by Stephanie Ditty and Flannery LaGrave. Thu, 5/4, 10:30pm. $8. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St.

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Special Events ALMA MUDDER RECEPTION: The kick-off for an exhibition featuring 11 ceramic artists who studied at Chico State over the last decade. Fri, 5/5, 6pm. Free. 1078 Gallery, 820 Broadway St.

CONFLUENCE RECEPTION: A reception for the exhibition of digital media art and design of students from Chico State and Butte College. Fri, 5/5, 10am. Free. Chico Art Center, 450 Orange St. 530-895-8726.

EXPRESSIONS: The Chico State Dance Team’s spring showcase performance. Fri, 5/5, 7pm. $3-$7. Bell Memorial Union Auditorium, Chico State.

Music FRIDAY NIGHT CONCERT: The summer concert series kicks off with a Cinco de Mayo celebration featuring the NorCal Latin Groove Allstars. Fri, 5/5, 7pm. Free. City Plaza, downtown Chico.

Theater THE FAITH HEALER: See Thursday. Fri, 5/5, 7:30pm. $15. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St.

HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING: See Thursday. Fri, 5/5, 7:30pm. $6-$15. Laxson Auditorium, Chico State. 530-898-6333. www.csuchico.edu/ boxoffice

THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE: See Thursday. Fri, 5/5, 7:30pm. $16 - $22. Chico Theater Company, 166 Eaton Road, Ste. F. 530-894-3282. www.chicotheatercompany.com

THE STINKY CHEESE MAN AND OTHER FAIRLY STUPID TALES: See Thursday. Fri, 5/4, 7pm. $6-$10.

ENDANGERED SpECIES FAIRE Saturday, May 6 One-Mile, Bidwell Park

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Theatre on the Ridge, 3735 Neal Road, Paradise. www.totr.org

TWILIGHT ZONE LIVE: See Thursday. Fri, 5/5, 10:30pm. $8. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St.

Light Up America Tour rolls through. Get it?

Rolls. Sat, 5/6, 8pm. Sold out. Gold Country Casino & Hotel, 4020 Olive Hwy., Oroville. www.goldcountrycasino.com

CHICO PIONEER DAY PARADE: The 100th annual edition of the parade celebrating Pioneer Day cuts a route through downtown Chico and concludes with a community barbecue, live music and speeches from community leaders in the plaza. This year’s theme: The Enchanting World of Children. Sat, 5/6, 11am. Free. City Plaza, downtown Chico. 530680-8060. www.chicopioneerdayparade.com

ENDANGERED SPECIES FAIRE: Butte Environmental Council hosts this all-ages event dedicated to educating people of all ages about critically threatened animals. Festivities include music, eco-entertainment, a rescued animal show and an exotic animal puppet parade.

This year’s theme: urban habitats. Sat, 5/6, 11am. Free. One-Mile Recreation Area, Lower Bidwell Park. 530-891-6424.

AN EVENING WITH CATALYST: The 40th annual gala to raise funds for Catalyst Domestic Violence Services includes dinner, live and silent auctions, dessert and live music from the Holly Taylor Trio. Sat, 5/6, 6pm. $100.

Sierra Nevada Big Room, 1075 E. 20th St. www.catalystdvservices.org

EXPRESSIONS: The Chico State Dance Team’s spring showcase. Sat, 5/6, 5pm. $3 - $7.

BMU Auditorium, Chico State.

MARGARITA MIX-OFF: Margarita tastings, beer and taco bars, photo booths, live music

by Decades and, of course, a competition to crown the “best margarita in Chico.”

Proceeds benefit children with special needs. Sat, 5/6, 6pm. $50. Silver Dollar Fairgrounds, 2357 Fair St. www.chico2030.org

Theater THE FAITH HEALER: See Thursday. Sat, 5/6, 7:30pm. $15. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St.

HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING: See Thursday. Sat, 5/6, 7:30pm. $6-$15. Laxson Auditorium, Chico State. 530-898-6333. www.csuchico.edu/ boxoffice

THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE: See Thursday. Sat, 5/6, 7:30pm. $16-$22. Chico Theater Company, 166 Eaton Road, Ste. F. (530) 8943282. www.chicotheatercompany.com

Theater THE STINKY CHEESE MAN AND OTHER FAIRLY STUPID TALES: See Thursday. Sat, 5/6, 7pm. $6-$10.

Theatre on the Ridge, 3735 Neal Road, Paradise. www.totr.org

TWILIGHT ZONE LIVE: See Thursday. Sat, 5/6, 10:30pm. $8. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St.

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Special Events CELEBRATION OF LIFE 5K: A run to benefit and raise awareness for hospice and palliative care in Butte County. Sun, 5/7, 9am. $25-$35.

One-Mile Recreation Area, Lower Bidwell Park. www.celebrationoflife5k.com

CHICO SEERSUCKER RIDE: Bust out your classic bicycles and threads for this casual ride through Lower Bidwell Park, followed by a picnic. Participants are encouraged to wear “light spring attire.” Sun, 5/7, 10am. Free.

Start at City Plaza, downtown Chico.

Music SPLENDID SOUNDS OF SPRING: The Paradise Symphony Orchestra performs Haydn, Rogers, Brahms and more. Sun, 5/7, 7pm. $15-$20. Paradise Performing Arts Center, 777 Nunneley Road, Paradise. www.paradiseperformingarts.com

WRIGHT KEYS RECITAL: Featuring the academy’s vocal and piano students. Sun, 5/7, 2:30pm. Free. Trinity United Methodist

HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING: See Thursday. Sun, 5/7, 2pm. $6-$15.

Laxson Auditorium, Chico State. 530-8986333. www.csuchico.edu/boxoffice

THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE: See Thursday. Sun, 5/7, 2pm. $16 - $22. Chico Theater Company, 166 Eaton Road, Ste. F. (530) 894-3282. www.chicotheatercompany.com

TWILIGHT ZONE LIVE: See Thursday. Sun, 5/7, 2pm. $8. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St.

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Music WINTERREISE: Tenor singer Jacques Williams performs the classic Schubert song cycle with local pianist Robert Bowman. Tue, 5/9, 7:30pm. $15 suggested donation. St. John’s Episcopal Church, 2341 Floral Ave.

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Music POPS CONCERT: The Oroville Community Concert Band plays Broadway show tunes, Hollywood favorites, swing music and more. Wed, 5/10, 7:30pm. Free. Oroville State Theatre, 1489 Meyers St., Oroville.

Church, 285 E. Fifth St.

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EDITOR’S PICK

LIGHTIN’ Up Who says decades of smoking weed is bad for your professional aspirations? Well, it probably is—unless you’re the ultra-stoney comedy duo Cheech & Chong. They have made long careers out of being really blazed (and hilarious) on stage and in movies, including the cult classic Up in Smoke. On the road together for the first time in 25 years, the comedians’ Light Up America Tour rolls through Gold Country Casino on Saturday, May 6. Let’s hope they aren’t driving the van.

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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: Annual 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-csu chico.com

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

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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. Through 6/30. $2-$4.

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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. 5570 Black Olive Drive, Paradise, 530-872-8722.

VALENE L. SMITH MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY: Stories of Our Own, displaying Hmong culture, identity and history. Through 7/27.

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Sing a song of success Musical comedy about corporate America is a welcome throwback

W regression to a mind-warping miasma of 1950s high-minded perith the apparent Trump-era

sonal morality and amoral business ethics, it’s nice to be reminded story and photo by that there were Carey Wilson also smart, funny people during that era who saw— and mocked— Review: the hypocrisy How to Succeed in Business Without inherent in that Really Trying shows juxtaposition of May 4-6, 7:30 p.m., values. Shepherd and May 7, 2 p.m., at Mead’s 1952 Laxson Auditorium.

Tickets: $10-$20 satirical selfhelp guide, How Laxson Auditorium to Succeed in Chico State Business Without 898-6333 www.csuchico.edu/ Really Trying, boxoffice is based on his real-life rise from mail-room clerk to vice president of an advertising firm. It was adapted for the musical stage and hit the Broadway boards in 1961, winning seven Tony Awards and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

For its spring musical, the Chico State Department of Music and Theatre is producing a lavishly staged version of the show in Laxson Auditorium, one that’s worthy of its lineage. The show is directed by assistant professor Matthew Miller, and during a recent dress rehearsal, his produc-

tion, with intricate stagecraft combined with beguiling student talent, brought the story to life.

The axis of the play is J. Pierrepont Finch (played by Mickey Layson), whose meteoric rise from window washer to chairman of the board of World Wide Wickets is fueled by his adhesion to the advice he gains from reading the eponymous book. Layson inhabits the young up-and-comer with exuberant energy and good humor, making Finch’s seemingly paradoxical blend of shrewdness and naivete believable, exasperating and funny as he manipulates events for his own benefit.

Finch’s foil is Bud Frump (Bryan Eid), the conniving nephew of the company’s bombastic owner, J. B. Biggley (Louis Fuentes); and his often-thwarted romantic interest is a cagey but pure-hearted young secretary, Rosemary Pilkington (Hannah Naiditch), who somewhat inexplicably falls in love with Finch at first sight. The shenanigans of this trio involve everyone in the corporate structure and allow the musical to playfully explore all manner of office politics, as well as poignantly—with good humor— examine romantic allegiances, longings and coercions.

In the coercion department, Hedy LaRue (Lacy Stephens) takes the cake. A stereotypical blonde beauty installed as a secretary by

sugardaddy Biggley, Hedy is the embodiment of the amoral golddigger. She “innocently” reduces every male in the office to a state of drooling but guiltily repressed lust, as expressed in the song, “A Secretary Is Not a Toy.” Counterbalancing Hedy’s raw sex appeal, Rosemary illustrates the 1950s-era conundrum of prewomen’s liberation courtship strategies. Naiditch gives the role a full-voiced commitment, balancing romantic longing and realistic foreboding in the song “Happy to Keep His Dinner Warm.”

Rosemary’s pal and matchmaking collaborator, Smitty (Brittney Nusbaum), adds down-to-earth humor to the goings-on, and Nusbaum is perfectly cast as the sidekick who might steal a scene or two.

And speaking of scene-stealers, Eids’ Bud is a caustic blast of physical gesticulation and vocal inflection worthy of the role.

The intricate set—consisting of sliding panels that transform from office to elevator bank to secretarial pool thanks to cunning shifts in lighting—is impressive. Add to that costumes that capture the ’50s vibe with colorful women’s dresses and drab charcoal suits for the men, exuberant young players and a spot-on live orchestra, and the musical looks to be a rousing success. □

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DRIVER: Rock ’n’ roll covers. Fri, 5/5,

CONGO SaNCHEZ

8pm. Free. Piggs Club, 3070 Myers St., Oroville.

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Scouts take a break from the weekly happy hour and give over the stage to a reunion show of Chico old-schoolers singing the doowop and pop of the 1950s. Fri, 5/5, 5pm. $1. Duffy’s Tavern, 317 Main St.

Check website for details. Fri, 5/5, 9:30pm. $5. Peking Chinese Restaurant, 243 W. Second St.

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KEEP CHICO CREATIVE: Chico State’s

SOTA Productions takes over the plaza with live musical performances by KLEZ, MAWD, Velvet Starlings and Justin Kolas and C.B. Kwento. Also: a dance performance by the Lumininjas. Thu, 5/4, 6pm. Free. City Plaza, downtown Chico.

MICHELIN EMBERS: Local twangy Western skiffle. San Diego honkytonk-punk-rockers Screamin’ Yeehaws and newcomers Splatter Party open. Thu, 5/4, 8pm. $7.

Monstros Pizza, 628 W. Sacramento Ave.

music and an open mic to honor Haile Selassie’s vision of human liberation. Fri, 5/5, 5pm. Free. Sipho’s Restaurant & Cafe, 1228 Dayton Road.

THE REGGAE REVIVAL: A monthly reggae showcase featuring rotating artists. Thu, 5/4, 9pm. Free. The Tackle Box, 379 E. Park Ave.

SNEAKY PETE AND THE SECRET WEAPONS: Never-ending funky grooves from Wyoming. Conscious Dave opens. Thu, 5/4, 9pm. $7. Lost on Main, 319 Main St.

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party with a rotating cast of local and visiting producers and DJs.

CINCO DE RaSTa

CINCO DE MAYO DANCE: An adults-only dance hosted by Do-It Leisure. Fri, 5/5, 7pm. $6-$10. CARD Center, 545 Vallombrosa Ave., 530-343-6055.

CONGO SANCHEZ: The funky ensemble featuring Jeff Franca of Thievery Corporation lays down the grooves for Cinco de Mayo. Royal Jelly opens. Fri, 5/5, 9pm. Lost on Main, 319 Main St.

FRIDAY NIGHT CONCERT: The Friday Night Concert season kicks off with a Cinco de Mayo celebration featuring the NorCal Latin Groove Allstars. Fri, 5/5, 7pm. Free. City Plaza, downtown Chico.

based songwriter performs with Zuri Osterholt and Bird and Wag. Fri, 5/5, 8pm. $10. Midtown Local, 365 E. Sixth St.

LISTEN UP SERIES: Uncle Dad’s Art Collective presents an evening of nuanced musical performance with local jazz vocalists Matilda Krulder and Kelly Houston. Fri, 5/5, 7:30pm. $10. The Naked Lounge Tea and Coffeehouse, 118 W. Second St.

STRAIT COUNTRY: Covering the honkytonk, swing and bar-room ballads of George Strait. Fri, 5/5, 9:30pm. $5.

Feather Falls Casino & Lodge, 3 Alverda Drive, Oroville.

THE VESUVIANS EP RELEASE: The local twisted-rock crew releases new EP, I Need Space. Panther Surprise opens. Fri, 5/5, 9pm. $7. The Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave.

Quick history lesson: Jamaica’s Rastafari movement considers the late Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie (18921975) as a Messianic figure—that God’s spirit manifested in the African ruler’s physical form.

What does this mean for your Cinco de Mayo plans?

Well, the Rastafarians at Siphos Restaurant and Café are celebrating May 5—the day in 1941 Selassie returned to the Ethiopian capital following Italy’s occupation—with art, music and an open mic starting at 5 p.m.

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ACOUSTIC JAM: A monthly jam with the Butte Folk Music Society. Sat, 5/6, 4pm. Free. Upper Crust Bakery & Eatery, 130 Main St.

BRAD PETERSEN AND FRIENDS: Country at its finest from the host of KZFR’s Studio 416. Sat, 5/6, 5pm. Free. Rock House, 11865 Hwy 70, Yankee Hill, 530-532-1889.

CHEECH & CHONG: The stoner comedy duo’s Light Up America Tour rolls

through. Get it? Rolls. Sat, 5/6, 8pm. Sold out. Gold Country Casino & Hotel, 4020 Olive Hwy., Oroville. www.goldcountrycasino.com

COME WHAT MAY: A burlesque show featuring house troupe The Malteazers. Sat, 5/6, 10pm. $7.

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THE UNAUTHORIZED ROLLING STONES: You guessed it—Rolling Stones covers. Sat, 5/6, 9:30pm. $5. Feather Falls Casino & Lodge, 3 Alverda Drive, Oroville. www.featherfalls casino.com

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night with the Mexican group. Sat, 5/6, 9pm. Lost on Main, 319 Main St.

MARGARITA MIX-OFF: A fundraiser organized by the Chico Active 20-30 Club with margarita tastings, beer and taco bars, photo booths, live music by Decades and, of course, a competition to crown “the best margarita in Chico.” Proceeds benefit children with special needs. Sat, 5/6, 6pm. $50. Silver Dollar Fairgrounds, 2357 Fair St. www.chico2030.org

MAWD EP RELEASE: The Chico State music grad releases her self-titled debut EP—a collection of heartfelt indie-folk songs. Local mainstays Kyle Williams and Bogg open. Sat,

5/6, 7:30pm. $5. 1078 Gallery, 820 Broadway St.

SEMI-ACOUSTIC MUSIC SHOWCASE: A weekly showcase and benefit for Chico schools. Hosted by Keith Kendall and friends. Sat, 5/6, 5pm. Scotty’s Boat Landing, 12609 River Road, 530-710-2020.

SOUTH 65: Country and rock

covers. Sat, 5/6, 8:30pm. Free.

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SUNDAY IRIS: Local songwriters Lisa Valentine and David Elke play an acoustic set. The Golden Cadillacs open. Sat, 5/6, 8pm. $7. Duffy’s Tavern, 337 Main St.

HANK DUKE’S GOOD TIME TRIVIA HOUR: Teams of five players try

to outsmart The Duke. Hosted by Jason Allen. Sun, 5/7, 8pm. Free.

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SPLENDID SOUNDS OF SPRING: The Paradise Symphony Orchestra performs Haydn, Rogers, Brahms and more. Sun, 5/7, 7pm. $15-$20.

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LIVE MUSIC OPEN MIC: Early evening open mic. Bring guitars, fiddles or other instruments you like to play and share some tunes. Wed, 5/10, 5:30pm. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave., 530-343-4915.

LOCALS ONLY: An all-local band bonanza with Post Consumer Products, Sid’s a Dick, Rooster Jr. and Nolan Ford. Wed, 5/10, 9pm. $5.

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OPEN MIC COMEDY: Experienced and first-time comics work out their material in front of a live audience. Wed, 5/10, 9pm. Free. Studio Inn Lounge, 2582 Esplanade.

POPS CONCERT: The Oroville Community Concert Band plays Broadway show tunes, Hollywood favorites, swing music and more. Wed, 5/10, 7:30pm. Free. Oroville State Theatre, 1489 Meyers St., Oroville.

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

Born in China

Opening this week David Lynch: The Art Life

A documentary on the artistic routines and ideas behind the films, paintings and music of offbeat director David Lynch. Two showings: tonight, May 4, 7 and 9 p.m. Pageant Theatre. Not Rated.

Film Noir Double Feature

One night, two noir classics: The HitchHiker (1953) and The Big Combo (1955), Sunday, May 7, 6 and 7:30 p.m. Pageant Theatre. Not Rated.

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AGermany, with the parents of her deceased fiancé, Frantz (Anton von Lucke), who died in battle during nna (Paula Beer) lives in the town of Quedlinburg,

the final months of World War I. She makes regular visits to his grave site at the local cemetery, and one day she sees a haunted-looking stranger making repeated visits to that same site.

She soon speaks to the stranger, and learns that he is a Frenchman named Adrien Rivoire (Pierre Niney). Moreover, he claims to have formed a very strong friendship with Frantz durby ing the latter’s sojourn in Paris.

Juan-Carlos Their shared grief makes for a Selznick strong bond between Adrien and Anna, even as the local town fathers—including Frantz’s father, Doktor Hans Hoffmeister (Ernst Stötzner)—remain hostile to anyone and anything French.

Frantz Those early events seem to Opens Friday, May 5. set Frantz up as a kind of parable Starring Pierre Niney, about tolerance, forgiveness and Paula Beer and anton von Lucke. Directed by recovery from the calamities of Francois Ozon. war. In the hands of writer-director Pageant Theatre.

Francois Ozon (Swimming Pool, Rated PG-13.

8 Women, etc.) it’s all of that and a good deal more. The intimations of an offbeat romantic triangle spin off in unexpected directions, and Anna and Adrien both find themselves variously caught up in an elaborate tangle of secrets and lies, especially those that seem to arise from good intentions and the impulse to heal.

Niney is an extraordinarily haunting presence in the role of Adrien, but Beer’s quietly robust amiability in the Anna role seems closer to being the film’s signature image. Marie Gruber (as Frantz’s mother), and Cyrielle Clair and Alice de Lencquesaing (as major figures in Adrien’s life in France) make important contributions to the film’s emotional intricacies.

Much of Frantz is filmed in a lush black and white, which seems right for the period and the subjects being

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Spirits in the material world

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Personal Shopper Ends tonight, May 4. Pageant Theatre. Rated R.

by Juan-Carlos Selznick

Maureen (Kristen Stewart), the title character in

Olivier Assayas’ intriguingly haunting new film, is a personal shopper for an ambitious young celebrity (Nora von Waldstätten). She’s also a kind of freelance medium who, at film’s start, is hoping to contact the spirit of her recently deceased twin brother, for reasons of her own but also on behalf of the latter’s grieving fiancée, Lara (Sigrid Bouaziz).

The potential outlandishness of that premise is soon compounded by Maureen’s discovery that someone unknown and unseen is stalking her by way of alarmingly intimate text messages. All that might have sunk a lesser film right from the start, but Assayas’ deadpan approach to pacing and performance and Stewart’s nervy, feet-on-the-ground performance give it momentum and credibility as a tale of uncanny intrigue.

A big part of what emerges is a distinctively modern ghost story, with lively connections between its roots in the dark romances of the 19th century and the ghosts in the social machinery of the 21st. There’s also a bizarre, half-lit murder mystery that slides sidelong into the proceedings.

The film riffs throughout on blurred identities and ghostly pairs of twins, and in one of the more compelling of its several identities, Personal Shopper is simply a film about Kristen Stewart, a tale made for and around the fascinations of her emerging movie persona. □

See review this issue. Pageant Theatre. Rated PG-13 —J.C.S.

Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2

Peter Quill/Star-Lord (Chris Pratt) and the rest of his supergang get tangled up in more dangerous space adventures as they close in on the mystery of his true parentage. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

The Lost City of Z

A biopic chronicling the adventures of British explorer Percival Fawcett (played by Charlie Hunnam), who disappeared in 1925 while searching for a fabled lost city in the Amazon. Also starring Robert Pattinson and Sienna Miller. Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13.

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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. The biggest problem is that 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. Cinemark 14 and Feather River Cinemas. Rated PG-13 –B.G.

How to Be a Latin Lover

Things escalate dramatically for a young vegetarian (Garance Marillier) who, after being forced to eat raw meat during a hazing ritual, discovers a deeply hidden taste for blood. Pageant Theatre. Rated R.

Eugenio Derbez stars as a man who specializes in seducing older women. After his octogenarian wife of 25 years leaves him, he moves in with his sister (Salma Hayek) and sets his sights on a new sugar mama (Raquel Welch). Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13.

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See review this issue. Ends tonight, May 4. Pageant Theatre. Rated R —J.C.S.

Beauty and the Beast

Disney’s wonderful 1991 animated musical adaptation of the classic French fairy tale has become the latest film on Disney’s Live Redo of a Beloved Animated Movie assembly line. This one is a big-budget effort starring Emma Watson as the iconic Belle and Ewan McGregor as a CGI candelabra. Is it an enjoyable distraction? Yes, even if it is completely unnecessary. Hermione makes for a strong Belle, and Watson’s performance is what makes the film worthwhile.

As the Prince/Beast, Dan Stevens gives a decent enough performance via motion capture, and the CGI creation blends in nicely with his totally human, organic cast member. The cast and crew labor to make musical numbers like “Gaston” and “Be Our Guest” pop with the creative energy of the animated version, but they don’t quite reach those heights. They are nicely rendered, for sure, but not on the masterpiece level of the original. Beauty and the Beast tastes good, yet is ultimately empty fluff.

Cinemark 14. Rated PG —B.G.

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Rated PG.

Gifted

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Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13 —B.G.

Kong: Skull Island

Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13.

Smurfs: The Lost Village Cinemark 14. Rated PG.

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Cinemark 14. Rated R.

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Emma Watson plays a tech worker at a giant Internet corporation who finds out the company’s plans come at the expense of the privacy and personal freedoms of its customers. Adapted from Dave Eggers’ book of the same name. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

Fate of the Furious

Set during WWII, this historical drama features a British screenwriter (Gemma Arterton) who works with the Ministry of Information to make a morale-boosting film about the Dunkirk evacuation. Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R.

Loss and love in post-WWI Germany

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A Chinese/American documentary filmed in the Chinese wilderness and focused on the lives of pandas, golden monkeys and snow leopards. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated G.

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Salmon, sprouts, simple A great dinner doesn’t have to take all night I have leaned on a lot of standbys for dinner: pasta, Stacos, stirfries—things that are quick and easy and still ince we had a kid a couple years ago, my wife and

somewhat good for you. But those have slowly worn out their welcome, and we’re on the lookout for new ideas that still story and fit with our schedules and budget. photo by Who said having children wasn’t a Mark Lore goddamn kick in the pants?!

We also try to incorporate fish mark l@ newsrev iew.c om into our diet—typically salmon— although it usually depends on the season and the cost. When we do, I’ve found I can knock out a meal in about 20 minutes. Recently, I’ve just been lightly seasoning a couple fillets and searing them in a pan, and usually serving them with roasted Brussels sprouts and mashed potatoes. Potatoes add a little extra time, so I kept it to salmon and sprouts on this particular night.

Speaking of Brussels sprouts, roasting them is the way to go. If you’re not preparing them this way, just go ahead and toss them in the trash or compost.

Roasting sprouts makes them slightly crisp on the outside and tender on the inside, and the red pepper flakes give them a nice little bite. Just don’t overcook them or they’ll get too dry.

When it comes to the salmon, wild Alaskan sockeye salmon is usually what I look for—it has a high oil content, and I prefer the flavor and the firmness of it. And I always add a little red wine to the meal, to do my ticker a big favor. At least that’s what I tell myself.

The moral of this story: You can knock out a pretty kick-ass, nutritious meal in about 20 minutes. (Though sometimes it takes me longer than that to get the bottle of wine open.)

Roasted Brussels sprouts Ingredients: 1 lb. Brussels sprouts 3 tablespoons olive oil salt pepper red pepper flakes

Directions: Heat oven to 425 degrees. Halve sprouts and place in a large bowl. Add olive oil, salt, pepper and red pepper flakes and stir with hands till fully coated. Place sprouts on a sheet pan and place in oven for 15 minutes.

Pan-seared salmon Ingredients: 2 salmon fillets 3-4 tablespoons olive oil salt ground pepper dry basil cayenne pepper 1 lemon

Directions: While sprouts are roasting, bring a stainless steel pan to medium heat and add olive oil.

Season nonskin sides of salmon with a couple pinches of salt, a generous dusting of ground pepper and ground basil, and a very light and even sprinkle of the cayenne. Once oil is hot, add fillets skin-side down and cook for five or six minutes. Be patient and don’t touch until color of fillet has lightened about three-quarters of the way up. Flip fillets and cook another minute, or until sides show they’re cooked through. Squeeze half a lemon on each, and serve immediately. □ M ay 4 , 2 0 1 7

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IN THE MIX Duration Donald Beaman

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Self-produced The first moments of Duration, with the initial sigh of pedal steel, color the importance of subtle choices that nurture and build the album’s quiet country brilliance. Local musician Donald Beaman may be the voice and songwriter leading his backup band, The Spirit Molecules, but it is the contributions and instincts of his fellow players—guitarist Ken Lovgren, bassist Kirt Lind, drummer Michael Nolin and guest pedal-steel player Dane Horne—that give Duration its loose, elastic identity, an almost jazz-like feel. The shape, lyrics and verse are not without boundaries, but its languid, almost liquid flow is an insistent, many-hued bloom of patience and precision. “The Smoke Rolled Through the Branches” charms, with its gentle currents finding Beaman and band at their most melodic, stumbling downward into disintegrating waltz. “Metal Mirror” is the boldest move beyond their usual pace, propelled forward into a hypnotic chant-like chorus. In the end, Duration trusts that perhaps it’s the quietest voice at the back of the room, away from the light, that has the most to share.

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Live at the Kessler Jim Suhler & Monkey Beat Underworld Records Ask any musician and they’ll tell you that live recordings are better than those made in the studio, as the feedback they get from the audience impels them to play with greater fervor. That’s the prime reason that Dallas guitarist Jim Suhler took his band into his hometown Kessler Theater a couple of years ago to make this CD. “It’s the best listening room in the north Texas area. I knew we’d have a happy, appreciative crowd … which we did!” Suhler said in the Live at the Kessler press materials. Eleven of the 13 songs here come from four of the band’s albums, with the thumping, slide-infused blues tunes “Devil in Me” and “Po’ Lightning”—his homage to bluesman Lightnin’ Hopkins—from 2009’s provocatively illustrated Tijuana Bible. Since 1999, Suhler’s worked with George Thorogood and his blues/ rock credentials are impeccable as he shows us over and over, especially when his rousing slide guitar is featured on “Doin’ the Best I Can.” Lively band, lotta fun.

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Early bird gEts thE bEst art The annual art at the Matador fair is one

of arts dEVo’s favorite regular Chico events. Tons of local artists selling local art on an early spring weekend on the grounds of a weird mission-style motel where margaritas are being sold. Perfect! Over the course of the two-day event, the Matador Motel’s rooms are reserved for artists who turn them into individual galleries. And the palm tree-dotted courtyard is packed with booths as well as food trucks and a stage Art at the Matador is coming. for live music. This year’s featured performers include the Lumininjas fire dance troupe, plus musical guests Red dirt Bullies, susan schrader Quartet and more.

And since spring is as full as ever with community events, I’m reminding you about this one a week in advance so that you can plan accordingly. Mark your calendars: May 12, 4-9 p.m. and May 13, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.

ChiCo arEa MusiC ContinuEs It’s a testament to the fertility of the local

music scene that in this issue we have a review of donald Beaman’s excellent new album, Duration (see In the Mix, page 30), plus mention of another new local release by one of the musicians from Beaman’s backing band, The spirit Molecules (see the following sentence). Spirit Molecules bassist Kirt Lind has just dropped his latest electronic-flavored pop album, invisible ocean, and it’s super strange and super good. There are detours everywhere—from the thrilling, noisy interruptions throughout opener “Hollow” to the bizarre vocal manipulations of “Impossible”—but synth-rocker “Paralyzed” hits the reverb-y, Cure-ish sweet spot. Hear/download at kirtlind.bandcamp.com.

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Twilight Zone, “The Lonely” • david Lynch: The art Life: Readers of this column have probably guessed that I’m tingly all over about the Pageant Theatre screening the new documentary about my greatest arts hero, David Lynch. It shows twice tonight, May 4, at 7 and 9 p.m. I feel almost as tingly as I do about the return of Twin Peaks in just 2 1/2 weeks. Here’s another blast from the past:

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Took her deeper and deeper into the blackest nightmare. Every time it got harder to go back up to the light.

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Beware of trusting coyotes that act like sheep and sheep that act like coyotes.

Beware of nibbling food from jars whose contents are different from what their labels suggest. But wait! “Beware” is not my only message for you. I have these additional announcements: Welcome interlopers if they’re humble and look you in the eyes. Learn all you can from predators and pretenders without imitating them. Take advantage of any change that’s set in motion by agitators who shake up the status quo, even if you don’t like them.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): When poet

Wislawa Szymborska delivered her speech for winning the Nobel Prize, she said that “whatever else we might think of this world—it is astonishing.” She added that for a poet, there really is no such thing as the “ordinary world,” “ordinary life” and “the ordinary course of events.” In fact, “nothing is usual or normal. Not a single stone and not a single cloud above it. Not a single day and not a single night after it.

And above all, not a single existence, not anyone’s existence in this world.” I offer you her thoughts, Taurus, because I believe that in the next two weeks you will have an extraordinary potential to feel and act on these truths. You are hereby granted a license to be astonished on a regular basis.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Would you

consider enrolling in my Self-Pity Seminar?

If so, you would learn that obsessing on self-pity is a means to an end, not a morass to get lost in. You would feel sorry for yourself for brief, intense periods so that you could feel proud and brave the rest of the time. For a given period—let’s say three days—you would indulge and indulge and indulge in self-pity until you entirely exhausted that emotion. Then you’d be free to engage in an orgy of self-healing, selfnurturing and self-celebration. Ready to get started? Ruminate about the ways that people don’t fully appreciate you.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): In a typical

conversation, most of us utter too many “uhs,” “likes,” “I means” and “you knows.”

I mean, I’m sure that … uh … you’ll agree that, like, what’s the purpose of, you know, all that pointless noise? But I have some good news to deliver about your personal use of language in the coming weeks, Cancerian. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you’ll have the potential to dramatically lower your reliance on needless filler. But wait, there’s more: Clear thinking and precise speech just might be your superpowers. As a result, your powers of persuasion should intensify. Your ability to advocate for your favorite causes may zoom.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In 1668, England

named John Dryden its first poet laureate.

His literary influence was so monumental that the era in which he published was known as the Age of Dryden. Twentiethcentury poetry great T. S. Eliot said he was “the ancestor of nearly all that is best in the poetry of the 18th century.” Curiously, Dryden had a low opinion of Shakespeare.

“Scarcely intelligible,” he called the Bard, adding, “His whole style is so pestered with figurative expressions that it is as affected as it is coarse.” I foresee a comparable clash of titans in your sphere, Leo. Two major influences may fight it out for supremacy. One embodiment of beauty may be in competition with another. One powerful and persuasive force could oppose another. What will your role be? Mediator?

Judge? Neutral observer? Whatever it is, be cagey.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Just this once,

and for a limited time only, you have cosmic clearance to load up on sugary treats, leave an empty beer can in the woods, watch stupid TV shows and act uncool in front of the Beautiful People. Why? Because being totally well-behaved and perfectly composed and strictly pure would compromise your mental health more than being naughty. Besides, if you want to figure out what you are on the road to becoming, you will need to know more about what you’re not.

by rob brezsny LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In addition

to fashion tips, advice for the brokenhearted, midlife-crisis support, and career counseling, I sometimes provide you with more mystical help. Like now. So if you need nuts-and-bolts guidance, I hope you’ll have the sense to read a more down-to-earth horoscope. What I want to tell you is that the metaphor of resurrection is your featured theme. You should assume that it’s somehow the answer to every question. Rejoice in the knowledge that although a part of you has died, it will be reborn in a fresh guise.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Are you

ready for the genie’s favors? Don’t rub the magic lamp unless you are.” That’s the message I saw on an Instagram meme. I immediately thought of you. The truth is that up until recently, you have not been fully prepared for the useful but demanding gifts the genie could offer you. You haven’t had the self-mastery necessary to use the gifts as they’re meant to be used, and therefore they were a bit dangerous to you. But that situation has changed.

Although you may still not be fully primed, you’re as ready as you can be. That’s why I say: Rub the magic lamp!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.

21): You may have heard the exhortation “Follow your bliss!”, which was popularized by mythologist Joseph Campbell. After studying the archetypal stories of many cultures throughout history, he concluded that it was the most important principle driving the success of most heroes. Here’s another way to say it: Identify the job or activity that deeply excites you, and find a way to make it the center of your life. In his later years, Campbell worried that too many people had misinterpreted “Follow your bliss” to mean “Do what comes easily.” That’s all wrong, he said. Anything worth doing takes work and struggle.

“Maybe I should have said, ‘Follow your blisters,’” he laughed. I bring this up, Sagittarius, because you are now in an intense “Follow your blisters” phase of following your bliss.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):

The versatile artist Melvin Van Peebles has enjoyed working as a filmmaker, screenwriter, actor, composer and novelist. One of his more recent efforts was a collaboration with the experimental band The Heliocentrics. Together they created a science-fiction-themed spoken-word poetry album titled The Last Transmission.

Peebles told NPR, “I haven’t had so much fun with clothes on in years.” If I’m reading the planetary omens correctly Capricorn, you’re either experiencing that level of fun, or will soon be doing so.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In what

ways do you most resemble your mother?

Now is a good time to take inventory. Once you identify any momlike qualities that tend to limit your freedom or lead you away from your dreams, devise a plan to transform them. You may never be able to defuse them entirely, but there’s a lot you can do to minimize the mischief they cause. Be calm but calculating in setting your intention, Aquarius! P.S. In the course of your inventory, you may also find there are ways you are like your mother that are of great value to you. Is there anything you could do to more fully develop their potential?

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “We are

what we imagine,” writes Piscean author N. Scott Momaday. “Our very existence consists in our imagination of ourselves.

Our best destiny is to imagine who and what we are. The greatest tragedy that can befall us is to go unimagined.”

Let’s make this passage your inspirational keynote for the coming weeks. It’s a perfect time to realize how much power you have to create yourself through the intelligent and purposeful use of your vivid imagination. (P.S. Here’s a further tip, this time from Cher: “All of us invent ourselves.

Some of us just have more imagination than others.”)

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS 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.

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

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.

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

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as BEACHHUT DELI CHICO at 146 W 2nd Street Chico, CA 95993.

JASDEEP BAINS 1712 Regency Way Yuba City, CA 95993.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

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Signed: JASDEEP BAINS Dated: March 27, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000449 Published: May 4,11,18,25, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as RESOLVE FACILITATION AND MEDIATION at 550 Salem Street Suite 3 Chico, CA 95928.

MATTHEW C WATKINS 795 Eastwood Avenue Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: MATTHEW WATKINS Dated: April 18, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000554 Published: May 4,11,18,25, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as BUTTE VALLEY PUMP, INC. at 125 W. 3rd. St. Suite 200 Chico, CA 95928.

BUTTE VALLEY PUMP AND ELECTRIC, INC. 125 W. 3rd. St. Suite 200 Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by A Corporation.

Signed: ALEX HOAG, VICE PRESIDENT Dated: April 5, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000481 Published: May 4,11,18,25, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as ADVANCED EYE SURGERY CENTER at 627 W. East Ave Chico, CA 95926.

ADVANCED EYE SURGERY CENTER LLC 627 W. East Ave Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company.

Signed: AMY FOX, DIRECTOR Dated: March 22, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000425 Published: May 4,11,18,25, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as T AND G FLOORING at 664 E 19th St Chico, CA 95928.

ELIZABETH IMLACH 664 E 19th St Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: ELIZABETH IMLACH Dated: April 21, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000569 Published: May 4,11,18,25, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as THE ARCH at 250 Vallombrosa, Suite 125 Chico, CA 95926.

AUDREY MARIE LUSK 950 W East Avenue Apt #1 Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: AUDREY LUSK Dated: April 12, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000528 Published: May 4,11,18,25, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as TWIN PILLARS PRESS at 1590 Elliott Rd Paradise, CA 95969.

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MICHAEL DAVID CHRISTIAN 1590 Elliot Rd Paradise, CA 95969.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: MICHAEL CHRISTIAN Dated: April 24, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000576 Published: May 4,11,18,25, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as MORRISON AND COMPANY, MORRISON AND COMPANY INC at 10 Landing Circle, #5 Chico, CA 95973.

MORRISON AND COMPANY CONSULTING, INC 10 Landing Circle, #5 Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by A Corporation.

Signed: GEOFF CHINNOCK, PRINCIPAL Dated: April 11, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000512 Published: May 4,11,18,25, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as DOMENIC’S SEPTIC SERVICE INC. at 12360 Meridian Road Chico, CA 95973.

DOMENIC’S SEPTIC SERVICE, INC. 12360 Meridian Road Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by A Corporation.

Signed: ROBERT PERKINS, PRESIDENT Dated: April 7, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000497 Published: May 4,11,18,25, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as GROUNDSCORES ROCKS AND GEMS at 337 Dakota Ave Biggs, CA 95917.

JUSTIN KIPLINGER 337 Dakkota Ave Biggs, CA 95917.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: JUSTIN KIPLINGER Dated: April 13, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000531 Published: May 4,11,18,25, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as THE TREAT TRIKE at 1565 N Cherry St, Apt 19 Chico, CA 95926.

GREGORY WILLIAM BASKIN 1565 N Cherry St, Apt 19 Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: GREGORY BASKIN Dated: April 19, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000559 Published: May 4,11,18,25, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as BOUNCE IT UP at 852 Lorinda Lane Chico, CA 95973.

DARYEL RICHARD POTTER 852 Lorinda Lane Chico, CA 95973.

LAURA ANNE POTTER 852 Lorinda Lane Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by A Married Couple.

Signed: DARYEL POTTER Dated: April 21, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000570 Published: May 4,11,18,25, 2017

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as DAB CAB, UNCLE SAM’S TRADING COMPANY at 1917 1/2 Normal Ave Chico, CA 95928.

SHANNON HELENA CHAVEZ 1917 1/2 Normal Ave Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: SHANNON CHAVEZ Dated: April 25, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000594 Published: May 4,11,18,25, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as SPEEDY BADGE at 7002 Mangrove Ave, Suite 175 Chico, CA 95926.

ASHLEY DELONE ARNOLD 2144 Durham Dayton Hwy Durham, CA 95938.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: ASHLEY ARNOLD Dated: April 17, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000545 Published: May 4,11,18,25, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as CHICO PETROLEUM at 1013 West First Street Chico, CA 95928.

KULWINDER KAUR 3954 Spyglass Road Chico, CA 95973.

SOHAN SINGH 3954 Spyglass Road Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by A Married Couple.

Signed: SOHAN SINGH Dated: April 25, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000590 Published: May 4,11,18,25, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as HEART IN HAND at 1825 Salem St Chico, CA 95928.

WEEZIE CAMPBELL 1825 Salem St Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: WEEZIE CAMPBELL Dated: April 5, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000483 Published: May 4,11,18,25, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as EVERGREEN INTEGRATIVE NUTRITION at 344 W. 4th Avenue Chico, CA 95926.

BRIAN JOHNSON 344 W. 4th Avenue Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: BRIAN JOHNSON Dated: April 26, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000601 Published: May 4,11,18,25, 2017

NOTICES 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

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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 least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition

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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

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

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

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner NOEL MARIA OLIVIA CALDERWOOD-HOWELL filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: NOEL MARIA OLIVIA CALDERWOOD-HOWELL Proposed name: NOEL CALDERWOOD 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

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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 9, 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: 17CV00634 Published: May 4,11,18,25, 2017

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner RYAN J. WARNOCK filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: RYAN JAMES WARNOCK Proposed name: RYAN JAMES WALKER 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: 17CV00551 Published: May 4,11,18,25, 2017

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner MOSES LOPEZ filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: MOSES MIRANDA LOPEZ Proposed name: ELIAS MIRANDA LOPEZ 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 23, 2017 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA

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The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: STEPHEN E. BENSON Dated: April 21, 2017 Case Number: 17CV01039 Published: May 4,11,18,25, 2017

PETITION 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,

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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: 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.

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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 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

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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 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 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

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

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BR/BA

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PRICE

BR/BA

590 Desiree Ln 4 Keystone Ct 21 Lower Lake Ct 1531 Sheridan Ave 2915 Nord Ave 1256 Glenshire Ln 2907 Ceanothus Ave 2401 Cactus Ave 1000 Windsor Way 1431 Trenta Dr 266 E 6th Ave

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The housing prices are based on the stated documentary transfer tax of the parcel and may not necessarily reflect the actual sale price of the home.

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Chico

$184,000

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555 Vallombrosa Ave #24

Chico

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Chico

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Oroville

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683

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Oroville

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902

3536 Glen Ave

Oroville

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Oroville

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Oroville

$119,000

3/1

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1456

Chico

$139,000

2/1

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1120 Van Demark Ct

Gridley

$252,000

3/2

1518

6372 Steiffer Rd

Magalia

$235,000

3/3

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1760 Elgin St

Oroville

$65,000

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13629 W Park Dr

Magalia

$186,000

2/2

1417

265 Roe Rd

Paradise

$285,000

3/3

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1480 Mount Ida Rd

Oroville

$310,000

3/2

1830

5712 Bonnie Ln

Paradise

$230,000

3/3

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Oroville

$255,000

2/2

1680

574 Rustic Ln

Paradise

$195,000

2/1

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6901 Lower Wyandotte Rd

Oroville

$250,000

3/3

2092

6346 Pentz Rd

Paradise

$190,000

3/1

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1524 Oneal Rd

Oroville

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Paradise

$128,000

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