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Don’t tread on us Considering how brazenly Donald Trump declared open season on the media

during his presidential campaign, then grew more combative in the White House, it was only a matter of time before someone answered his challenge.

That man now has a place in the U.S. House of Representatives.

On the eve of the congressional special election in Montana last week (May 25), Republican Greg Gianforte was charged with misdemeanor assault for allegedly body-slamming a journalist who asked a question he didn’t like. Gianforte was captured on an audio recording but won the seat anyway, replacing Ryan Zinke, Trump’s pick for secretary of the interior.

His acceptance speech included an apology to Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs, though people in the crowd laughed when Gianforte said, “I made a mistake.” Someone yelled back: “Not in our minds!”

The next day, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott made sport about shooting journalists. Toting a paper target as a demonstration of his marksmanship, Abbott pointed to the holes and joked (purportedly) that “I’m going to carry this around in case I see any reporters.” He was at a shooting range after signing a bill that slashes the state fee for a handgun license; a reporter, naturally, witnessed and tweeted the remark.

Obviously, as a media organization, the CN&R worries about attacks on the profession and fellow professionals, whatever level of intensity.

You—reader, citizen, human—should worry, too.

Knowledge is power. That’s why authoritarian regimes replace independent media with propagandists. Marginalizing journalists, branding legitimate newspapers and broadcasters as purveyors of “fake news”—that stigmatizing is the first step toward clamping off those who could uncover uncomfortable truths.

“A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but most certainly without freedom the press will never be anything but bad.” Albert Camus’ words are especially important as we find the First Amendment challenged by a president with seemingly too much to hide and too many followers willing to feed off his frenzy. □

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extremism and America’s oil addiction with its medieval religious and political systems Istrangely juxtaposed with modern technology.

magine that the Holy Roman Empire still existed,

Imagine this empire’s laws and social norms were based on a fiercely intolerant religious doctrine that subjugated women and left no room for dissent. Now imagine that, despite their rejection of modernity or virtually any outside influences, the rulers of this empire thrived due to their control of a vital natural by resource: oil.

Cory Finnegan Unfortunately, such a mediThe author, an eval society in the modern world Oroville resident, is a is no fantasy. Its name is Saudi writer and comedian Arabia. who “thinks religion When President Trump made should help people his first trip abroad, Saudi Arabia become happy was his first stop, a clear sign of and whole.” respect and acknowledgment of the Saudis as a key U.S. ally. He then implicitly recognized Saudi Arabia as the “heart of the Muslim world” in a speech to an assembly of Muslim representatives from around the world. As

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the home of the two holiest sites in Islam, Mecca and Medina, Saudi Arabia understandably views itself as the guardian of the true faith. Unfortunately, there are few societies more opposed to freedom and human rights.

In this severely oppressive theocracy, ordinary people are strictly controlled, and religious extremism is fostered and funded by the authorities.

Thanks to their oil wealth, the Saudis propagate their brutally repressive version of Islam (Wahhabism) throughout the Islamic world, from Africa to Indonesia to Europe. And while most Wahhabi Muslims aren’t terrorists, Saudi “charities” have for years funded al-Qaida and similar terrorist networks around the world.

Because the fight against Islamic terrorism is above all a contest of ideas within the Muslim world, President Obama understood the need to stop helping the Saudis spread their fanaticism by weening us off our need for Saudi oil (a major factor in his support for fracking). Sadly, his reasoned approach to fighting extremism didn’t last. Under Trump, we’re still tight with the patrons of an Islamic sect that is dangerously hostile to our core values and way of life—as long as they keep feeding our addiction to oil. □

A community crisis In this week’s cover story, CN&R Staff Writer Ken Smith takes a close look

at the shooting death of 25-year-old Desmond Phillips by police officers while he was experiencing a mental health breakdown (see “A deadly mix,” page 18), analyzing the incident in the context of other fatal encounters involving law enforcement.

What he found is that, of the dozens of police killings attributed to gunfire (and in one instance a Taser) in Butte County over the past 20 years, more than half involved mental illness. That’s double the national average. And we know that only now because the statistics have just begun to be tracked. A comprehensive database tracking the number of civilians killed annually by law enforcement simply didn’t exist before 2014, the year an officer killed Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. Thanks to fatalencounters.org, the project of former Reno News & Review Editor D. Brian Burghart, and a similar database later launched by The Washington Post, we’re getting a clearer picture of the scope.

Desmond’s story is a devastating illustration that the system—or systems—are broken. He clearly needed help—he’d visited the Behavioral Health Department two weeks before his death complaining of being in a hyper-vigilant state and fearing becoming violent. As Smith reports, at least one other victim of police gunfire, Robert Battaglia, had a similar story.

Stakeholders from around the county—including law enforcement, mental health professionals and patient advocates—must summon the will to take on this community crisis. We must not let the deaths of these young men, or any of the other mentally ill victims of police shootings, be in vain. Ω

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

Forever loved Among my favorite children’s books is one called Love You Forever,

by Robert N. Munsch. I wish I could remember who gave it to me back when I was expecting, but a lot of things during that time are a blur. I do recall reading it for the first time and thinking it was silly.

It starts out with a mother rocking her new baby, and singing to him a little lullaby: I’ll love you forever / I’ll like you for always / As long as I’m living / My baby you’ll be. The book follows along as the child grows. And in each stage, his mother sneaks into his room at night and rocks him in his sleep to her song. I won’t spoil the ending, but I’ll say that there’s a part when the mother, now an old woman, drives across town in the middle of the night, creeps into her adult son’s house, cradles him in her arms, and sings to him as he sleeps.

Kind of weird, I initially thought.

After I had my son, though, I got it. Right now, Henry’s a little guy, which means he still likes to jump into bed with me and my husband on weekend mornings. He’s still snugly in the evenings before he goes down for the night. He’s officially starting elementary school next year, so I realize that type of affection may soon start to wane.

Until then, I’m soaking it up.

Like the woman in the story, in my heart, he will always be my baby.

It’s through that lens that I find myself looking at the death of Desmond Phillips back in March. Desmond suffered from mental illness. He didn’t get the help he needed from medical professionals and, tragically, was shot and killed by Chico police officers during a mental health crisis. He was in the prime of his life—25 years old.

The complex circumstances surrounding his death have spurred important conversations in the community. That includes questions about local law enforcement’s competency in responding to emergency calls that involve mentally unstable citizens; the lack of resources for such members of our community; and, as the CN&R’s cover story points out, the disproportionate number of fatal encounters between those sworn to protect and serve and those with mental illness, as compared with national figures (see “A deadly mix,” by Ken Smith, page 18).

Difficult discussions on these subjects must continue if our community is to be better equipped in the future to address the needs of those with mental health issues and avoid the kind of scenarios that led to Desmond’s death. Of course, there also has to be buy-in from stakeholders—from each of our law enforcement agencies and the District Attorney’s Office to public and private health professionals, among others.

How to get it? For starters, we should try to put ourselves in the shoes of Desmond’s family members. Think about their grief, frustration and anger, and what it would be like to lose a loved one under similar circumstances.

On the 911 recording, moments after Chico police officers shoot Desmond, his father, David, is heard crying out, “You just killed my baby.” For anyone with kids, those words are visceral. That Desmond was a grown man will not diminish his parents’ profound sorrow. Like their love for him, it will last forever.

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Secondly, I am a recent transplant from the Bay Area as of one year ago.

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by Melissa Daugherty, May 25): Did Brendan Ottoboni mention the roundabouts on West Eighth Avenue?

Those were completed years ago and look like garbage. The three of them look like they are waiting to be finished!

That street is a major thoroughfare and was just left incomplete. Instead of having nice-size sidewalks, they put in those flower beds with trees! The sidewalks barely fit two adults and a stroller, and not with a dog being walked, too. I think, at the most, a handful have been planted. The rest of Eighth Avenue is lined in weed beds.

You cannot assume property owners will care for beds. Put in stamped concrete. This needs to be addressed as well.

Also, Mr. Ottoboni and crew would have been better off on putting in less cement and weed strips and having an extra block of perpendicular parking adjacent to the parking lot at Second and Flume streets.

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First of all, you claim to personally know of fake stories and misinformation—to name a few things that the liberal media are doing against “our duly elected president.” Question: When you say “duly,” does that mean winning an election with the help of a foreign government? That government, by the way, is an adversary of the United States. Please post the misinformation and fake stories you claim you know about.

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Garry Cooper usually rants about public sector unions and their perceived influence on politics in California. Now he’s turned his attention to all things “liberal” and the dreaded “liberal media,” which, according to his latest rant, are “subversives to democracy.”

What a crock. Our media, the Propaganda Ministry I call it, is owned and controlled by the oligarchy (see Princeton Study 2014) that controls our country.

A perfect example of that was the stenographer-like reporting of New York Times reporters Michael R. Gordon and Judith Miller of the lies of the Bush administration on weapons of mass destruction (WMDs).

The Times, the supposed bastion of the mythical liberal media, reported these lies as fact, helping create the narrative that was repeated until people believed it. A simple search of the news wires or the Internet would have led to articles in foreign news or blogs, which accurately reported that the weapons inspectors really

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Addressing the crisis Re “One-sided slam” (Letters, by Tom Short, May 25): Tom Short says the Jesus Center has done a lot of good and I agree. I hope it will continue.

We have a shelter emergency throughout California and according to the latest survey, the number of homeless in Butte County has doubled in two years. Despite the enactment of unconstitutional laws criminalizing homelessness in 2015, the number of homeless in Chico has also doubled—to about 1,000.

In this crisis, the Jesus Center should respond with ramped-up efforts to meet the need for food and clothing—not morph into a job training program for a small percentage of “worthy poor.” The Free Store, which is threatened with closure and is the only reliable source of clothing for people on the streets, must remain open.

(The store is not being closed for financial reasons, nor are there duplicate services.)

Mr. Short, please join me in supporting the Free Store. Contact Jesus Center Director Laura Cootsona and let her know you support the Free Store: laura@ jesuscenter.org. If we can keep it open, many people will have shoes

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Hold the line Re “Council talks campaign cash” (Downstroke, May 18): Chico Mayor Sean Morgan wants the City Council to consider abolishing limits on the amount that can be contributed directly to a candidate for the council. This proposal puts Morgan far outside the mainstream of judicial and legislative decisions that govern our campaign finance system, and its adoption would remove an important means for combating corruption in our local politics.

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Contribution limits thus encourage lawmakers to be responsive to their constituents rather than to their financial backers.

Let’s not undermine our system of reasonable campaign finance regulation. The City Council should retain the current $500 contribution limit and consider indexing the limit to inflation to keep pace with the rising costs of communicating with voters. I also encourage our state lawmakers to support Assembly Bill 1089 to establish contribution limits for all local elections in California.

Diana Dwyre Chico

Ideology over safety Re “Council OKs downtown district” (Newslines, by Meredith J. Cooper, May 18): I share Councilman Randall Stone’s concerns regarding the safety risk inherent in allowing only indoor growing of marijuana.

Because of Proposition 64 (supported by 61 percent of Chico voters and now state law), anyone in Chico may grow up to six plants.

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I shudder at the idea of thousands of rental households, often in older homes, setting up a grow lamp in a closet or back porch. The city intends to permit and inspect indoor grows, but I doubt a young renter is going to seek landlord approval for a permit.

The Republican-majority council is putting their personal view over public safety. We do need to mitigate problems with outdoor growing, but if we don’t [allow growing outdoors], what we may smell are burning homes.

Karl Ory Chico

Editor’s note: Mr. Ory is a Chico City Council member.

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Correction In last week’s Streetalk (“Should Chico’s park rangers carry guns?”), we used the incorrect photo with Anthony Passarelli’s response (Passarelli’s photo was omitted).

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NEWSLINES DOWNSTROKE homeless by the numbers

At first glance, the results of Butte County’s 2017 Homeless Point-in-Time Survey released last week (May 25) show that the local homeless population has grown by 76 percent since 2015, the last time the count was conducted. Upon further reading, however, it becomes clear that number isn’t a true representation of facts, as in 2015, there was no coordinator for the survey. So the 2017 report provides a more accurate picture of who is living without housing in Butte County.

Volunteers and service providers organized by the Butte Countywide Homeless Continuum of Care contacted 1,983 people experiencing homelessness and willing to participate in the survey during a 24-hour period in January. The majority of them— 1,096 to be precise—reside in Chico, with 713 in Oroville, 120 in Paradise and the rest in smaller communities.

About half (49 percent) of participants qualify as chronically homeless and 555 people said they became homeless for the first time in 2016. The survey concluded that the No. 1 reason for homelessness is lack of affordable housing.

The survey also sought to determine the effectiveness of local ordinances that “focus on life-sustaining actions (sitting, lying down) of residents without homes.” Overall, it found that 478 individuals had received warnings for violating a local ordinance, 181 had been ticketed and 80 had been arrested.

Countywide, 46 percent of survey respondents said that they “no longer sit, lie down, sleep or keep property in certain places because of these laws.” And a full 83 percent said that sit/lie ordinances would not lead them to leave a community.

heat is on

If the season opener is any indication, the Chico Heat will put on quite a show while defending the inaugural Golden Baseball League title. The Heat rallied from an early four-run deficit to beat the Portland Pickles, 6-4, in front of 2,195 spectators at Nettleton Stadium on Tuesday, May 30.

GBL Manager of the Year Fred Ludwig returns for the Heat, whose roster includes Andrew Schantz (pictured), a pitcher who just completed his junior season for conferencechampion Chico State.

Jake Rotteveel—an outfielder from Schantz’s previous school, Folsom Lake College—drove in the go-ahead run in the sixth inning.

The season continues through Aug. 5. The AllStar Game will be held July 24 in Chico. Visit www.chicoheat.com for more info.

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recovering their lives In a nontraditional courtroom ceremony, addicts celebrate sobriety

ASuperior Court last Wednesday afternoon (May 24), she found herself experis Rebecca Loughlin sat in Butte County

encing strong sensations of déjà vu.

Courtroom 3 was holding commencement story and photo by proceedings for Butte Evan Tuchinsky County Drug Court, through which defeneva nt @ n ew srev i ew. c o m dants battling substance abuse may receive lighter sentences—including an early end to probation—contingent on completion of a comprehensive treatment program.

Loughlin had experienced this working as a drug and alcohol counselor for the county, for Drug Court, a decade earlier.

Seated in the jury box she saw former coworkers as well as program partners from the Probation Department; at the defense table, public defender Steven Trenholme, who’s represented participants almost since the program’s inception in 1994.

“I always wanted to approach the bench,” Loughlin told Judge Robert Glusman, drawing chuckles.

She got her chance.

Wednesday, Loughlin came to Drug Court not in a professional capacity, but a personal one. She, along with three other women and one man, appeared before Glusman as defendants. Part ceremonial, part judicial, this commencement marked the culmination of their 18- to 30-month journeys through the program.

In 23 years, 840 people have successfully completed Drug Court. Butte County was among the nation’s early adopters, taking an idea that began in Florida’s

Miami-Dade County in 1989. According to national statistics provided by the Butte County Probation Department, 3 of 4 drug court graduates do not get rearrested, and such programs save up to $13,000 per individual served.

During and after commencement, Loughlin expressed gratitude for Drug Court. She delineated multiple issues that might have precluded her participation, notably her high-profile arrest for felony child endangerment.

In March 2013, her Chico house caught fire with her daughters, then ages 8 and 9, on the property. Firefighters were unable to locate Loughlin; she did not return home until six hours later. Loughlin told the CN&R that the incident, for which she was convicted, occurred while she was addicted to methamphetamine.

“The reality of this disease is it’s stronger than motherhood, it’s stronger than fatherhood, stronger than brotherhood, friendship—it’s stronger than all of that,” she said. “When we know the consequences and continue to use, we’re in our addiction. It’s not a moral deficiency, it’s a sickness.”

Jail time did not halt her substance abuse nor salve underlying problems.

Using, in what she described as a “toxic relationship,” Loughlin wound up in custody again for violating her probation. She begged for a chance to participate in Drug Court, knowing from the other side what the program could mean for her.

In July 2015, she started the program— comprising treatment, drug testing and close supervision by probation officers,

counselors and court officials. “I would walk past my old office,” she said, “and then I would sit in the room that I used to do treatment in, as the counselor, but becoming the client.”

In July 2016, she met her wife, who has three teenage sons. Loughlin said being raised in Colusa, where she felt she could not acknowledge her sexuality, contributed to her alcoholism and drug abuse.

Now that she’s completed Drug Court, she’s looking to restart her career as a drug and alcohol counselor.

“I’m more qualified than I ever was before,” she said. “I have a heart for people, and this disease, and what it does to people.”

The four other commencement partici-

pants had equally moving accounts, which Trenholme and Glusman asked them to share with the county staff and loved ones who packed the courtroom for support.

Kristy Verney, once homeless and estranged from family, now is a stay-athome mom who’s healed her relationships with her sisters. Andee Burniston also is a stay-at-home mom of a 2-year-old daughter—grateful for the hospital nurse who, during her pregnancy, recognized the signs of addiction and “saved my life.” Jorden Miller completed the program in the minimum of 18 months, fixated on reuniting with his son, and is a working father. Tisha Shoemaker is engaged, working in home care and says that “my worst day today is still better than my best day then.”

These are the success stories that sustain the program’s momentum—and

Public defender Steven Trenholme asks Kristy Verney, one of five commencement participants last Wednesday (May 24), to explain to Judge Robert Glusman’s courtroom how Drug Court has changed her life.

money. May marked National Drug Court Month, coordinated by the National Association of Drug Court Professionals, which lobbies Congress and state legislatures for continued funding.

Glusman praised the Drug Court paradigm and stated his appreciation for the county professionals’ collaboration.

The program involves probation officers,

drug and psychological counselors, lawyers from the district attorney’s and public defender’s offices and the judge assigned to Drug Court—this year, Glusman. The intensive intervention takes a lot of effort for all concerned (most significantly the participants), but pays dividends.

“It’s extremely rewarding,” Trenholme said. “Also, I read a statistic from a recent study that 170 people per day in America are dying of drug use— more people will die in America from using drugs than where they’re shooting each other today.

“Well, drug court stops that for clients we get in…. The vast majority of people committing crimes have drug or alcohol problems.”

Glusman stressed to the CN&R the importance of funding for drug courts, which he sees in jeopardy amid tight government finances hitting entities at all levels. Debra Hoffman, supervising probation officer with Butte County, and Jennifer Hard, program manager for collaborative courts with county probation, said this Drug Court is secure because of its proven, data-supported track record.

Trenholme began working with Drug Court in 1999 and estimates he’s represented upward of 95 percent of the participants.

“It doesn’t work for any one reason by itself,” he said, citing the multidepartmental approach.

“The thing about drug courts is the behavioral health component,” added Hoffman, who previously worked as a Drug Court probation officer for five years. She said addiction-treatment facilities can provide recovery skills, “but they don’t necessarily address the issues that cause the addiction to begin with—so they address their substance abuse, but they’re still going to have their underlying issues they may not address. Those issues will come to the surface eventually.” □

Park watch plus City pitches ranger reserve program, compromise on park policing

hen Daniel Hiemstra turns in his Chico park ranger badge at the end of June, W he’ll be walking away from what he calls his

“dream job.”

Hiemstra outlined the path he took to become a ranger—and why he’s decided to doors, education and stewardship. I’m not a leave—during an interview Tuesday law enforcement officer, and never intended (May 30) at Bidwell Park’s Cedar Grove. to be.”

A native Southern Californian, he studied recreation management with an emphasis on The plan to transition the city’s three parks and natural resources management at rangers—whose areas of responsibility Chico State, interned at Whiskeytown Lake, include the city’s 3,600-acre Bidwell Park, and has been working in downtown’s City Plaza his current position for and other parks and green “I’m not a two years. He decided to came up resign the day he heard law enforcement spaces—first during a budget pitch by the proposal to transiofficer, and Chico Police Chief Mike tion Chico’s rangers into at the April 18 armed, fully sworn peace never intended O’Brien City Council meeting. officers operating under to be.”

O’Brien cited increased the management of the —daniel hiemstra crime in the park as a reaChico Police Department. son to make the change.

“It’s not really an issue The idea was kicked of the gun for me, it’s the down to the Bidwell Park and Playground focus,” Hiemstra said. “As a park ranger, my focus is environmental interpretation, the out- Commission for discussion and to make a

SIFT ER Origin stories Some 38 percent of Americans subscribe to the strict creationist view that God made humans sometime during the last 10,000 years, according to a recent Gallup poll. However, that’s the lowest percentage since the pollster started asking the question in 1982. Interestingly, the idea that a divine hand guided the evolutionary process is now tied with creationism as the most popular explanation for the origins of humanity. Meanwhile, about 57 percent believe in some form of evolution, though about three-quarters of respondents still believe that God played some role in our existance (creationism or evolution).

“This has been a dream job most of my adult life, and I’ll be sad to walk away,” Daniel Hiemstra says of his decision to resign as a Chico park ranger.

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recommendation, but the decision ultimately lies in the hands of the City Council. The BPPC first discussed the idea at its April 24 meeting, where nearly two dozen citizens voiced their disapproval of the idea of rangers carrying guns and being diverted from other duties. That conversation carried over into the BPPC’s meeting Tuesday (May 30).

A third meeting devoted to the issue will be held June 26.

On Tuesday, Assistant City Manager Chris Constantin presented the commissioners with three options: a full conversion of the three ranger positions to fully sworn status by July 1, 2018; no change at all; or a hybrid plan in which two ranger positions would transfer to the police department and the remaining ranger would be retained by the city’s Public Works Department and oversee a reserve ranger program.

Constantin elaborated on that plan, saying his takeaway from the last meeting was that citizens want more, not less, of the interpretive, environmental and community engagement services that rangers offer. He said the city has been unable to provide proper resources to the park since city services and staffing were gutted in 2013. The hybrid program, Constantin said, could be a winwin, as two rangers would fill some lawenforcement need while the reserve ranger program would expand services beyond current levels.

The reserve program would include 20 to 25 volunteers, Constantin said, and the city would look into creating a partnership with Chico State to provide them with natural NEWSLINES c o n t i n u e d June 1, 2017

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“We currently have Park Watch,” he said, referring to the volunteer park ambassador program. “This would be ‘Park Watch plus,’ in terms of the baseline training we provide to them, and as far as what we would expect.”

During the meeting, Commissioners Jeffrey Glatz and Valerie Reddemann characterized the park as unsafe for families and expressed more support for more law enforcement. Others— notably Aaron Haar and Elaina McReynolds—expressed misgivings. Overall, the commissioners and citizens who spoke during public comment expressed more support for the hybrid option.

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Hiemstra emphasized the importance of traditional ranger services—particularly now, as the park has aging, outdated signage and other infrastructure sorely in need of attention. He said such services are integral to the park’s posterity.

“When we talk about interpretation, we’re talking about connecting the outdoors and the park to people in a way that inspires them to take ownership and get involved,” he said. “That’s what makes people take care of this place, and secures the sustainability of the park so that it stays here forever.”

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he ninth installment of Eye on 45 begins on the day Rod Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general of the United States, reveals who he’s chosen to lead an investigation into the ties between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials.

Rosenstein’s announcement is an answer to calls from members of both major parties for an independent investigation into the matter. While Democrats had long asked for such action, many prominent Republicans joined the chorus when Trump abruptly fired James Comey, the FBI director who had been at the helm of that agency’s Russia probe.

May 17: Rosenstein announces that former FBI Director Robert Mueller will lead the Russia investigation. Mueller led the FBI from 2001 to 2013, working during the administrations of Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama.

The same day, The Hill reports that a few House Republicans, in response to news that Trump had pressured Comey for his loyalty, started speaking publicly about impeachment should those Robert S. Mueller reports ring true.

PHOTO BY MEDILL DC VIA FLICKR May 18: President Trump, vexed by the previous day’s news, tweets: “With all of the illegal acts that took place in the Clinton campaign & Obama Administration, there was never a special counsel appointed!”

May 19: The Washington Post reports that one of the president’s senior advisers is a person of interest in the investigation into the Trump campaign’s potential coordination with Russian officials to manipulate the results of the general election in Trump’s favor.

Meanwhile, The New York Times reports that, during his meeting with Russian officials at the White House on May 10, the president besmirched Comey and spoke about cutting him loose. “I just fired the head of the FBI. He was crazy, a real nut job,” Trump reportedly said. “I faced great pressure because of Russia. That’s taken off.”

Another bombshell that day: Comey agrees to testify during a public hearing of the House Oversight Committee about the circumstances surrounding his firing.

Meanwhile, Trump begins his maiden trip abroad as president of the United States. His first stop: Saudi Arabia.

May 21: Michael Flynn, Trump’s embattled former national security adviser, lied to Pentagon investigators about taking money from Russian companies, reports The New York Times. In addition, he lied about his communications with Russian officials, according to the newspaper.

Flynn, a retired U.S. general, resigned less

than a month into his White House job after it was revealed he’d met in private with the Russian ambassador to the United States, Sergey Kislyak, and lied to Vice President Mike Pence about that.

Later, it was revealed that Flynn did not follow federal laws related to disclosure of payments from foreign governments—in his case, Russia and Turkey.

May 22: Flynn will invoke his Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination in response to a subpoena from the Senate Intelligence Committee, reports Politico.

The Washington Post reports that the president asked a couple of top intelligence officials to tamp down an investigation of potential collusion between his campaign and Russia. Trump’s alleged request occurred after Comey, the now-fired FBI chief, acknowledged the existence of said investigation.

Reuters reports that Comey decided to postpone his testimony before the House Oversight Committee until he has a chance to speak with Mueller, the head of the independent Russian probe.

May 23: The Washington Post reports that Trump’s proposed budget includes an estimated $800 billion reduction to Medicaid over the next decade. That reduced level of funding will result in the loss of benefits for an estimated 10 million people, according to the Congressional Budget Office.

The Senate Intelligence Committee issues two new subpoenas as part of the panel’s investigation into Flynn, this time focusing on the former national security adviser’s businesses, reports Politico.

May 24: During Trump’s visit to Vatican City, Pope Francis gives him a copy of “Laudato Si,” his treatise on the global community’s obligation to curb climate change. The gift comes as POTUS is deliberating on pulling the United States out of the landmark Paris Climate Agreement.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions faces renewed criticism following revelations he did not disclose his contacts with Russian officials during a screening for security clearance. A spokesman for the Justice Department, the agency Sessions leads, told The New York Times that Sessions omitted the meetings based on direction from advisers and an FBI investigator, and because such contacts were “connected with his Senate activities.”

May 26: The president’s son-in-law and top adviser, Jared Kushner, is a focus of the investigation into the Trump campaign’s potential collusion with Russia, reports The Washington Post.

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HEALTHLINES Hospital physicians commonly ask for diagnostic testing such as a CT scan (pictured), and insurers have raised questions about this practice.

Put to the test Do doctors order too many scans and screenings? by

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Ipatients, Center emergency room: Amid a crush of arriving in various conditions with t’s a familiar scene in the Enloe Medical

various ailments, an on-duty physician enters an exam room to find someone wholly new to the hospital.

There’s no medical record to reference nor personal history with the patient upon which to draw. If the symptoms don’t suggest a textbook diagnosis, what’s the doctor to do?

Order tests.

The battery is almost routine. Depending on the circumstances, the physician may rattle off orders for a CT scan, MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), blood-chemistry panel, EKG (electrocardiogram) …

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the kitchen sink at them,” said Mike Wiltermood, Enloe’s CEO, describing the situation. “Emergency rooms are zoos; the doctors are trying to see as many people as they can during certain times of the day, especially, and certain days of the week.

“You’re greeted by an emergency room physician who really doesn’t have your history and then [for hospitalization] you’re admitted by a hospitalist who doesn’t have your history—so, in my mind, it’s just a recipe for ordering more tests than might be required for somebody’s care when you don’t have that information.”

Enloe is by no means unique in facing such challenges and liberally performing labs.

Doctors routinely order tests on hospital patients that are excessive—ones that reviews have deemed unnecessary, even wasteful. The Lown Institute, a nonprofit promoting change in the health system, estimates at least $200 billion gets wasted annually in the U.S. on excessive testing and treatment. This overly aggressive care also

can harm patients, generating mistakes and injuries believed to cause 30,000 deaths per year, according to a report in the BMJ (formerly the British Medical Journal).

There are plenty of opportunities to trim waste in America’s $3.4 trillion health care system—but it’s often not as simple as it seems.

Sutter Health thought it had found a simple solution: The Sacramento-based health system deleted the button physicians used to order daily blood tests.

“We took it out and couldn’t wait to see the data,” said Ann Marie Giusto, a Sutter Health executive.

The number of orders hardly changed.

That’s because the hospital’s medical-records software “has this cool ability to let you save your favorites,” Giusto said at a recent presentation to other hospital executives and physicians. “It had become a habit.”

Hospitals are feeling pressure to change.

Three of the state’s biggest health care purchasers have banded together to

promote care that’s safer and more costeffective. The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS), the Covered California insurance exchange and the state’s Medicaid program, known as MediCal—which collectively serve more than 15 million patients—are leading the initiative, dubbed Smart Care California.

That dovetails with the Choosing Wisely campaign, a national effort launched in 2012 by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Foundation. The group asked medical societies to identify at least five common tests or procedures that often provide little benefit.

The ABIM campaign, also backed by Consumer Reports, encourages medical providers to hand out wallet-size cards to patients with questions they should ask to determine whether they truly need a procedure.

Daniel Wolfson, chief operating officer at the ABIM Foundation, said the Choosing Wisely campaign has been successful at starting a national conversation about unwarranted care.

“I think we need massive change and that takes 15 years,” Wolfson said.

In California, at least, frustration hovers.

“The changes that need to be made don’t appear unrealistic, yet they seem to take an awful lot of time,” said Dr. Jeff Rideout, chief executive of the Integrated Healthcare Association, an Oakland nonprofit group that promotes quality improvement. “We’ve been patient for too long.”

Progress may be slow, but there have been

some encouraging signs. In San Diego, for instance, the Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group said it cut unnecessary lab tests by more than 10 percent by educating both doctors and patients about overuse. A large public hospital, Los Angeles CountyUniversity of Southern California Medical Center, eliminated preoperative testing deemed superfluous before routine cataract surgery; as a result, patients on average received the surgery six months sooner.

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Since the start of 2016, the hospital has performed 21 percent fewer CT scans of the cervical spine and 56 percent fewer CT scans of the lumbar spine—the latter especially significant since each lumbar CT exposes the patient to radiation equal to 66 X-rays. Enloe also has decreased the amount of inpatient lab tests by 40 percent over that period.

“It’s an example of what we can do when we get together and agree on a protocol—and physicians lead that,” Wiltermood said.

“Nobody has to feel like they’re shortchanging their patients; they’re providing the care that’s reasonable and safe, and they’re being responsible with respect to the resources.”

Sutter has incorporated more than 130 Choosing Wisely recommendations as part of a broader effort to reduce variation in care.

In all, Sutter said, it has saved about $66 million since 2011.

That’s a significant sum.

However, during the same period, Sutter reported $2.7 billion in profits. Last year alone, it posted an operating profit of $554 million on revenue of nearly $12 billion.

Giusto said her team of employees tasked with changing physician behavior and eliminating these variations is separate from administrators who are focused on

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maximizing reimbursement. She said there can be conflicting forces within a hospital.

“We get real excited about a project with [emergency department] doctors on reducing CT scans for abdominal pain,” said Giusto, director of Sutter’s office of patient experience. “Then I can hear the administration say that was a fee-for-service patient; I just lost money, right?”

Enloe, like the other hospitals in Butte County, predominantly treats patients on public insurance.

That is a different payment model entirely. Medicare, for instance, pays a flat fee for a patient’s hospitalization, Wiltermood explained, which gives hospitals a disincentive to provide more services. Plus, laws prevent doctors from receiving pay linked to ordering tests, prescribing drugs, etc.

“Regardless of the payer mix, hospitals and physicians have every incentive to just do the right thing for their patients,” Wiltermood said. “Maybe we’ve got some habits that have to be rethought.” □

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GREENWAYS The wet winter and spring may have given the appearance of a water bounty in the North State, but conditions above ground do not necessarily indicate volume in aquifers.

Cup half full Groundwater tells different story than reservoirs, rivers story and photo by

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The drought has ended.

Californians got that news from no less an authority figure than Gov. Jerry Brown when he lifted the state of emergency he declared three years ago when reservoirs dipped low and snowpacks grew scarce.

Brown started rolling back water restrictions early this year and, stating in April that “this drought emergency is over,” formally acknowledged the record rainfall that North State residents observed since winter.

Lake Oroville and Shasta Lake have filled—at times near to overflowing. Runoff from snow melt from the Sierra Nevadas promises to keep rivers and creeks flowing at healthy levels at least through the early part of summer.

So, along with the drought, our water worries have ended?

Not so fast—Brown ended his pronouncement with a caveat: “...but the next drought could be around the corner.

Conservation must remain a way of life.”

Plus, there’s a piece of the water picture that isn’t as conspicuous as dams or peaks, nor as lush as what’s been painted.

Rivers and reservoirs constitute surface water; underneath the earth, through basins and aquifers, moves groundwater. It’s hard to measure, work to locate, interrelated with but separated from water above ground.

Christina Buck from Butte County’s Department of Water Resources and Conservation told the CN&R that people should not assume supplies have returned to normal just because they’ve seen more surface water.

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rain—but it doesn’t make up for the cumulative effects of multiple dry years.”

Buck referenced not just the preceding four-year stretch but also the 2007-09 drought as periods when pumping without comparable replenishment diminished aquifer stores.

“We had a nice bump,” she continued, referring to this year’s recharge, “but it’s not a full recovery [to] where we need to be.”

Buck presented spring levels at the

May 15 meeting of the Groundwater Pumpers Advisory Committee, or GPAC—a county panel formed by the Board of Supervisors for well-users in “the white areas,” not served by water districts.

California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, SGMA, places control of underground basins in the hands of local governments and water agencies; the GPAC accords representation in the rules-setting procedure to rural landowners and environmental groups. (See “Asking for influence,” Newslines, Sept. 15.)

Buck told the seven of nine GPAC members present, plus a dozen other attendees, that statewide surface water conditions went well above average—snowfall 160 percent, precipitation 170 percent, runoff 240 percent—and rainfall in the North Sierra hit a record 93.1 inches. Meanwhile, Butte County groundwater levels—measured via Learn more:

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116 wells—rose an average of 4.8 feet, compared with 1.5 feet the previous year following a drop of 4 feet the year before.

Interestingly, groundwater rose to a greater extent farther away from the Sacramento River, the region’s largest conduit of surface water. Perhaps the cause is geological (the distinct characteristics of underground formations, east versus west); perhaps it’s usage (where more pumpers draw). In any case, this underscores the complex intermix of the two water sources.

Groundwater replenishes through “in-lieu recharge”—using more surface water than groundwater in wet years, thereby reducing the drain on aquifers—and directly by precipitation percolating through soil layers.

Buck said SGMA could impact the latter process, “but that has logistical needs, infrastructure needs and legal needs.” Water rights originally got drafted for surface water. Enter groundwater, which not only is trickier to quantify but also flows in cavities that rarely coincide with overland jurisdictions.

SGMA divides authority by underground

storage zone, or subbasin. Butte County overlaps four subbasins, so the water department has been working on four governance plans in conjunction with two dozen total agencies. The city of Chico is one such Groundwater Sustainability Agency.

The state set a deadline of June 30 to make sure all the subbasins are covered.

Paul Gosselin, Butte County’s water director, said that’s already been met. What looms is a 2022 deadline for completing each Groundwater Sustainability Plan.

“There’s a whole large number of issues

we’ve got to sort through,” Gosselin said.

The GPAC will play its part. Said Les Heringer, the committee chair: “We’re the ones who are going to be impacted by whatever plan the county comes up with, so that’s why it’s really important that we’re at the table.”

Eight members, including Heringer from M&T Ranch, are groundwater users—two from each of the subbasins. The ninth, Susan Strachan, represents environmental interests countywide. She’s a former county water commissioner and board member of the Big Chico Creek Watershed Alliance.

Strachan does not feel eclipsed: “A number of them, maybe all of them, are also concerned about overall groundwater conditions and maintaining those, so I don’t know that I see myself as in opposition to anyone on the committee. I think we’re all working for the same thing … there may be differences of opinion about how you get there, but we all have the same goal.” □

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John Ralston likes practical jokes, and often waits behind the door to spook his husband, Ryan Poirier, when he gets home. That helps explain the name of the couple’s business, The Joker’s Bakery, which offers 22 flavors of cheesecake, from eggnog to peanut butter and jelly. The 22nd flavor is wild—any variety customers think up, Ralston will whip up.

He’s been baking experimental cheesecakes as a hobby for more than 20 years, since attending the Culinary Institute of America in New York. He met Poirier a few years ago while living in Washington, D.C., and the partners, who married last September, decided to move closer to Ralston’s hometown of Corning. They opened The Joker’s Bakery last year and business has been good—they intend eventually to open a brick-and-mortar shop, but for now find their cakes at farmers’ markets as well as Almendra Winery, Bidwell Perk, The Handle Bar, Leon Bistro, The Lost Dutchman Taproom, Sweet Chico Confections and The Olive Pit in Corning. Go to www.the jokersbakery.com or call (917) 885-8014 to place an order.

Why jokers?

Ralston: It’s mostly about my mom. She passed away about six years ago. We would play cards all the time, just nonstop. I have a fascination with cards, and I like the jokers the best.

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Poirier: He also likes to play jokes. Not only does it fit John’s passion and interest in cards, it’s also part of his personality.

What’s special about your cheesecake?

Ralston: A New York-style cheesecake is very dense and heavy. When you have a piece, you can really feel it in your stomach. Mine is lighter, fluffier, creamier. And I like to play with new flavors. I used to have 32 flavors, almost like BaskinRobbins, you know? But I’ve cut it down. The one that’s really surprised me with its popularity is the peanut butter and jelly.

I use a blackberry jelly and it’s been a big hit. Also, the flavors are very subtle and wellbalanced. They’re very artisanal.

Poirier: White chocolate and lavender is another unique flavor—the lavender is sourced

from the Bayliss Lavender Ranch in Biggs.

What will your shop be like?

Ralston: My vision is a place that is part coffee shop and serves dessert wine that pairs well with cheesecake or coffee. And there are going to be framed joker cards covering the walls all over.

How’s the first year in business been?

Poirier: It has truly been an incredible year! Chico and the surrounding area has opened its arms to The Joker’s Bakery and to both of us as well. We’ve developed amazing relationships with a number of local establishments who have started selling our mini cheesecakes. You can find our cheesecakes in about six different places in town.

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I drive by the empty shell of The Graduate every day on my way home from work.

When the spacious, family-friendly bar closed last year, I remember feeling bummed out. I rarely went there, so the bummer certainly wasn’t personal. But I empathize with others’ loss—in this case, for some it was a business, for others a job, and others still a beloved hangout.

So is the natural way of things, though. As one door closes, another opens, right? For Robert Mowry, a door opened. If you’ve cruised by the corner of Second and Wall streets in the past few months, you may have noticed work being done on Mowry’s University Bar. I don’t go there very often either—though I certainly frequented it when I first moved to Chico. Hey, it had pool tables! And cheap beer!

All that is about to change. Well, sort of. I called up Mowry earlier this week to get the scoop on the newly branded University Sports Bar, which is holding its grand-opening today (June 1). He explained that, while the U Bar was wildly popular when it first opened in 1997, it had frankly seen better days. And with the closure of The Graduate, he saw an opportunity to cater to sports fans who’d lost their cheering ground.

Here’s what we can expect: A refinished bar. Twelve televisions, including a 65-incher. New ceilings, as the old ones had been poked more than a few times with pool cues. The Buzztime sports trivia game. And, probably starting in July, an appetizer menu. Mowry also expects to change the hours to be open during most of the day, but in the next few weeks while finishing touches are tended to, expect the bar to be closed Sunday-Tuesday. What won’t change: There will still be pool tables and other games, along with 23 taps. Gone, however, will be the constant drink specials. “It’s going to be a change for the better,” Mowry says.

Wait, there’s more Mowry also happens to own Quackers Fire Grill & Bar on East Avenue, which opened a pool room last year. Things haven’t quieted down there quite yet, though.

Jon Scott, who owned and ran Casino Chico in the 1990s, held onto his card room permit and will be opening up shop inside Quackers. Mowry anticipates construction to begin next month.

The card room will be situated where Edwards used to be, with its entrance from the pool room, as pool and cards seem to fit well together. Mowry expects table games will be up and running by the end of August.

In the meantime, he’s enlisted the expertise of a structural engineer to design a rooftop patio for Quackers. Stay tuned for more on those plans as they progress. one more thinG “Any other news I should know?” I asked Mowry before saying goodbye. Sure is. He has plans to add outdoor seating in front of Panama Bar and Cafe—you know, where the teas are poured stiff. He’s expecting an engineering report today (June 1), which he’ll bring to the city for review. He hopes to break ground on that by fall.

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avid Phillips is tormented by visions of his son falling to the ground, his body riddled with bullets fired by Chico police officers who came to his West Fourth Avenue apartment after he’d asked for medical aid for 25-year-old Desmond, who was in the midst of a mental health crisis.

“They murdered my child, and I saw them do it,” Phillips said during a recent interview at his home, where Desmond was killed March 17. A bullet hole scars the living room wall just a few feet from the television set, pictures of the victim’s face stare back from scattered stacks of glossy handbills reading “Justice for Desmond,” and it’s impossible to enter the home without walking directly over the spot where Desmond took his last breath.

“I watched them empty their guns on him,” Phillips continued, his voice wavering between grief and anger. “I knew he was dead before he hit the ground.”

Desmond’s shooting, by officers Jeremy Gagnebin and Alex Fliehr, was declared justified on April 13 by District Attorney Mike Ramsey, based on the results of an investigation by the Butte County Officer Involved Shooting/Critical Incident Protocol Team. However, a chorus of questions about Desmond’s death remains.

The Phillips family and supporters take issue with many of the details of the shooting and results of the investigation. The incident has also sparked unprecedented local discourse about the interactions between law enforcement and those afflicted with mental illness, including concerns about the competency of local agencies and their employees and the adequacy of their training. Compounding the issue is a dearth of resources for mentally ill members of the community and their family members.

It’s proven to be a deadly combination of factors.

At the press conference where he declared the shooting justified, District Attorney Mike Ramsey explains how the Taser wasn’t 100 percent effective because only one of two probes punctured Phillips’ skin.

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Locally, the percentage of fatal encounters involving mentally ill people and law enforcement is more than double the national average, according to the CN&R’s analysis of civilian deaths at the hands of police over the last 20 years. That research indicates 16 of the 28—or 57 percent—killed suffered from mental illness (see sidebar page 21).

Nationally, according to reports by The Washington Post and The Guardian, both of which maintain databases on police shootings, mental illness played a role in roughly one-quarter of all shooting deaths by police in the United States in 2015. A report that same year by nonprofit organization Treatment Advocacy Center, in conjunction with the National Sheriffs’ Association, titled “Overlooked in the Undercounted,” cites that percentage and also reports that people with mental illness are 16 times more likely than those without to die during encounters with law enforcement.

The stats are particularly striking considering research by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reported at MentalHealth.gov: “Most people with mental illness are not violent and only 3 [percent] to 5 percent of violent acts can be attributed to individuals living with a serious mental illness. In fact, people with severe mental illnesses are over 10 times more likely to be victims of violent crime than the general population.”

The family of Robert Battaglia, who was killed by

Butte County Sheriff’s Office deputies in Paradise on Dec. 29, 2014, can relate to the Phillips family. Sister Alli Battaglia and mother Alynn Brutsman, who spoke to CN&R by phone recently, are still searching for answers in Robert’s death. Both described him as a gentle soul, the youngest of six siblings in a musical family.

Battaglia said her brother started having problems after using “a lot of LSD.” He was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia in 2007. His illness was managed by medication, but he’d stopped taking it in the weeks leading up to his death.

Two weeks before the fatal encounter, Brutsman called 911 to report her son needed help, and she said responding deputies took no action other than to suggest she kick him out of the house. When she called again on Christmas Day, Robert was taken to the emergency room to determine if he met criteria for 5150, law enforcement code for a 72-hour mental health hold.

Brutsman was told by clinicians that he didn’t need hospitalization. “Part of our frustration was not being able to get him help when we knew he needed it,” she said. “That was four days before he was shot.”

Brutsman called 911 again the day Robert died after she noticed he had broken a window in her home.

“They showed up Rambo-style with their bullet-proof vests and guns,” she said of responding deputies Hugh Hooks and William Brewton.

Brutsman said she stood outside the doorway as the officers entered the house to find Robert at the opposite end of a long hallway. “He told them he didn’t want to talk to them, he wanted to talk to his mother, at which point they could have just said, ‘She’s right here, step outside,’ but they didn’t.”

According to the CN&R’s coverage of that investigation, that’s when Robert stepped into the kitchen, retrieved a knife and charged at deputies. In the ensuing struggle, Brewton suffered a 3-inch-long cut on his throat and Robert was shot dead. Brutsman said her view of the melee was blocked by a closed door, but that she heard the gunshot within seconds of the deputies entering the home. She said the family wanted to legally challenge Ramsey’s conclusion the shooting was justified, but that they couldn’t find a lawyer willing to represent them.

“People in the medical profession handle things like this all the time without shooting anybody,” Brutsman said.

“Our biggest concern now is to stop this from happening in the future,” Battaglia added. “Why is it there’s nobody else you can call? Why aren’t these officers better trained? What happened to my brother did not need to happen. Robert did not have to die.”

The same sentiment has been repeated countless

times by the Phillips family and their advocates. They also had sought help for Desmond, resulting in multiple contacts with mental health and law enforcement personnel since he’d come to live with his father in Chico last year.

Desmond reportedly showed no signs of mental illness before a violent altercation with Sacramento police last June. Ramsey’s report, based on his communications with the Sacramento Police Department about that encounter, said Desmond was found lying across railroad tracks and that he’d struggled with officers who tried to move him.

The Phillips family claims he sustained a brain injury and suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder as a

Above: David Phillips (center) leads a protest at Chico City Plaza following a memorial for his son at Bethel AME Church March 29.

Left: Family members say Desmond Phillips loved God, music and video games.

result of that incident (though the investigation report notes “no gross evidence of a traumatic brain injury was found” during an autopsy by the Butte County Coroner’s Office). The altercation landed Phillips in the intensive care unit of Sutter Hospital with multiple injuries; he was reportedly suffering from acute psychosis and a possible case of rhabdomyolysis—inflammation from muscle damage that can lead to kidney failure. He was charged with felony assault on an officer. His family says it was his first and only contact with police prior to medical responses in Chico, and the final investigation report likewise indicates no further criminal record.

Ramsey’s report does detail a voluntary visit to Butte County Behavioral Health’s Crisis Center in Chico on March 1, during which Desmond told a clinician he was “lost in thought; thinking about violence; worried about acting on it; feeling like I’m a threat to others, but also feel like others are a threat to me.” He also complained he’d been stuck in a hyper-vigilant state and suffered seizures since the Sacramento incident. After an evaluation determined he didn’t need hospitalization, he was sent away with a “safety plan” that recommended he follow up with an outpatient screening. He had no further reported contact with Behavioral Health before his death.

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to inconsistencies in the official narrative to back his claims.

Accounts from the officers on the scene when Desmond was killed vary. Fliehr told investigators he saw a knife in each of his hands as he rose and charged officers after being hit by a Taser; Gagnebin, the other shooter, reported seeing him pick up a sharpened stick with a shiny metal point; and Officer Jarrod Cumber, who fired the Taser, reported Desmond was wielding a knife. The object found in Desmond’s right hand after his death was a wood-and-metal piece of door jamb broken off when officers kicked in the apartment’s front door.

During public forums in which the Phillips family countered the district attorney’s narrative of the incident, Ramsey repeatedly rejected David Phillips’ assertion he saw his son get shot, saying the father was locked in a room when shots were fired. But crime lab analysis of the 911 calls included in the final report revealed David had indeed opened the door before the shooting.

“The sight of the officer shooting an already falling Desmond would have naturally inflamed and upset the father,” Ramsey wrote in his report, explaining that shots fired after a threat has been stopped demonstrate a phenomenon sometimes called the OODA loop (short for observe, orient, decide and act). Ramsey claims this phenomenon explains the shots Phillips witnessed, as it takes “reasonable reaction time” to stop shooting in the face of a threat.

Phillips doesn’t buy it. “I saw Desmond’s body locked from the Taser,” he wrote in an account of the shooting released May 22 as part of the Justice for Desmond effort. “As my baby was falling, they were shooting him … he was no threat to them.”

Regardless of Ramsey’s findings, the loudest

outcry over the shooting has centered around one indisputable fact: Phillips had summoned medical help during his son’s mental health crisis, and 21 minutes later, Desmond lay dead, with 10 of the 16 bullets fired at him having met their target.

Since the shooting, Chico Police Chief Mike O’Brien has also been vocal about the confluence of mental health and law enforcement issues. In press conferences and community forums regarding the incident, he’s repeatedly said Butte County is experiencing a mental health emergency of epidemic proportions, and that systemic changes need to happen to better care for those afflicted.

At a Police Community Advisory Board meeting dedicated to mental health issues on May 17, O’Brien presented some numbers supporting that assertion. Between May Desmond Phillips’ father, David, and nephew Chad Ingram stand outside the apartment where Phillips was killed.

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2012 and April 2013, CPD received 773 calls for service regarding mental health issues; in that same period in 2016-17, the department received 1,004 calls. O’Brien said he was particularly concerned about the number of suicides CPD sees—12 in 2012-13, 18 in 2016-17, and 29 in the time between those periods.

At the advisory board meeting and in separate interviews in recent weeks, O’Brien and Dorian Kittrell, director of the county’s Behavioral Health Department, outlined some possible causes for the increased prevalence of mental illness.

Kittrell pointed to Butte County’s 21.8 percent poverty rate, which is 1.5 times higher than the national average, explaining that childhood poverty can have lasting traumatic effects that manifest as mental disorders, and low-income families have fewer health care options. Both men cited the opioid epidemic and other drug issues as a contributing factor. Addiction and mental illness are often co-occurring disorders, and overdose or prolonged substance use can alter healthy brain chemistry or trigger a latent predisposition to mental illness, Kittrell said.

A few of the factors contributing to

increased reports of mental illness are actually positive, according to Kittrell. They include a willingness to seek help—an indicator that stigma regarding mental health issues is on the decline. Additionally, the Affordable Care Act has increased access and helped fund better outreach and treatment. Kittrell said with certainty that repeal of the federal health care law will make the epidemic much worse.

Kittrell posited that part of the problem is life in modern times: “We’re constantly bombarded by all of the problems in the world, and there’s a lot of trauma and trouble and uncertainty,” he said. “I think that can have very negative effects on people who are susceptible to depression, anxiety and psychosis.”

The Behavioral Health website touts a

Mobile Crisis Unit operating in Butte County, but Kittrell acknowledges that calling it a mobile crisis unit, in its current form, “is something of a misnomer.” Here it refers to professionals embedded in or dispatched to emergency rooms and other facilities to evaluate people in crisis, while in other communities it refers to a team dispatched into the field.

In the mobile crisis model, qualified mental health professionals act as first responders to emergency calls involving psychiatric crises, just as EMTs are sent to handle physical injuries. Depending on the individual program and nature of the call, they are often dispatched alongside or in lieu of law enforcement. Kittrell himself worked on a mobile crisis team in Berkeley Locally, Kittrell said funding and staffing are the biggest challenges to starting new services, but he noted his department has established a Crisis Stabilization Unit that provides 24-hour service for those who have sought it in recent years, relieving strain

on the county’s 16-bed Psychiatric Health Facility (PHF, known colloquially as “The Puff”).

O’Brien and Kittrell said progress is being made toward forming a mobile response team pilot program, and that Behavioral Health has recently begun providing a half-time mental health clinician to work with the Chico Police Department’s Target Team—a neighborhood policing unit that deals with “quality of life issues” like homelessness—one day a week.

Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea also reported some progress on the mental health front during a recent interview, noting Behavioral Health provides a clinician embedded at the county jail. Inmates with mental illness now leave the facility with medication refills and a follow-up plan.

Honea said that the BCSO is dedicated to improving how it perceives and reacts to mental health crises, and cited his department’s record of attending Tac Com (deescalation) classes and a 40-hour Crisis Intervention Training (CIT) academy at Butte College.

CIT has become a hot-button topic fol-

lowing Desmond’s death. The 40-hour program was developed in 1988 following outcry from the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) over a shooting death in Memphis. CIT was developed

by NAMI and Maj. Sam Cochran of the Memphis Police Department, and has been implemented by an increasing number of law enforcement agencies around the world. During training, officers learn about disorders, medications and communication strategies; hear first-hand experiences; and visit local mental health facilities.

Until recently, the local CIT academy was overseen by BCSO Capt. Andy Duch.

In the online journal Chico Sol the month after Desmond’s death, Duch criticized O’Brien for saying his department has proper CIT and for CPD’s infrequent involvement in the local program since it started in 2010.

“I recognize the importance of CIT, and I think we knew as a department that it was critically important to get people through that training as soon as possible,” O’Brien told the CN&R in response to Duch’s criticism. “The 40-hour course is extremely valuable, but it’s difficult to send more than a few people to something like that each year. You’re talking about a whole week, and I have to have people to run this police department and keep this community safe.”

O’Brien said he hired a qualified trainer to conduct a day-long, in-house training in December 2015, and that she will return for two more sessions later this year.

Duch repeated his criticism in an interview with the CN&R just days before his

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“How do you get to the point where you’re so short-sighted about what your job is that you don’t even realize that public safety and public service are above law enforcement,” Duch said.

“We go because everybody deserves to be safe, even the guy who’s trying to kill himself.”

Duch spoke to larger issues he said cause problems with all police interactions and are exacerbated when mental illness is involved—officer tactics, training and what he called “cop culture.”

“We’re trained according to an officer-survivor, officer-safety model,” he said. “The potential pitfall with that system is it’s based on fear instead of competence. You tend to predict negative outcomes when you approach things like that. It’s this whole mysterious way we think, this hyper-vigilant mindset.”

Duch said police training focuses on officer control rather than letting people in crisis work things out through their own coping mechanisms.

“Maybe the reason some guy isn’t attacking me is because he’s smoking and pacing, so I should just let him,” he said. “If there’s no violence or anger, why not keep it that way and just talk to the person like a normal human being and not a criminal?”

Duch said he’d ask officers in his classes to consider the tens of thousands of contacts made during their careers and consider how many people actually tried to kill them. Veteran officers might name one to three instances, at most. He

Chico Police Chief Mike O’Brien and Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey speak at a heated NAACP meeting in Oroville days after the Phillips shooting.

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would also share numbers proving that more officers die by suicide in a single year than are shot by criminals or killed in car accidents—the Officer Down Memorial Page notes 108 suicides in 2016, compared to 97 officers killed by gunfire or vehicles in the same period.

“You’re so worried about being murdered by somebody else when the bottom line is you’re far more likely to murder yourself,” Duch said. “[But that] doesn’t fit the cop narrative of, ‘Everyone’s out to get us.’

“Nobody is trying to murder you, and if someone tries to kick your ass, it’s probably because the last cop [he encountered] was such a dick, got away with it, and guess what you inherited?

The anger he deserved. If police want to be safe, they need to quit paying forward pissed-off people.”

A press conference was held by the

Phillips family and organizations involved in the Justice for Desmond effort last week (May 23) at Bethel AME Church. There, David Phillips gave his account of his son’s death and announced the family was working with Bay Area-based civil rights attorney John Burris to call for an independent investigation and pursue other legal avenues.

(In an earlier interview, Ramsey said such legal challenges are not uncommon, but that his investigations have thus far withstood scrutiny; he noted cases brought by the families of Breanne Sharpe and Cory Bush were recently dismissed by federal courts).

Representatives from other organizations—Standing Up for Racial Justice, the Chico Peace and Justice Center and more—also spoke at the church to voice their support for the Phillips family and to demand more vigorous training for police to deal with mentally ill citizens.

In the meantime, the specter of Desmond’s tragic death hangs heavy over the Phillips family’s Chico home.

“They killed my baby, and I see it every time I close my eyes,” David said. “I’ve got to live with that every day until my son gets justice. I won’t stop trying if it takes the rest of my life.” Ω

Tragic history

Two decades of fatal encounters with local law enforcement, in brief

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he following list includes all citizens killed by Butte County-based law enforcement agents in the past 20 years, with details collected from news reports, online police shooting databases, final reports from the Butte County Officer Involved Shooting/Critical Incident Protocol Team and an extensive interview with District Attorney Mike Ramsey and his office’s lead investigator, Richard West.

An asterisk (*) indicates the victim suffered from mental illness. The term welfare check indicates authorities were called for medical/mental health reasons.

Those whose deaths were reported as “suicide by cop” are counted among those who suffered from mental illness, as suicidal thoughts are part of the criteria mental health workers and law enforcement officers use to determine if someone is afflicted with mental illness.

With the exception of Daniel Quick, whose heart failed after he was shot with a Taser, all of the decedents listed here were killed by gunfire.

Incidents are arranged chronologically and each includes the date, victim’s name, age, agency involved and location.

5-21-97: Pao Xiong, 34, BCSO, Thermalito Domestic violence call escalated into gun battle between Xiong and BCSO Deputy Randal Jennings. Both died. *6-30-98: Jose Antonio Zuniga Reyes, 27, BCSO, Chico Suicide by cop. History of mental illness, hospitalization and a previous suicide attempt. *7-26-01: Richard Bracklow, 46, BCSO, Inskip (near Stirling City) BCSO deputies Lt. Larry estes and Dep. William Hunter were killed in a shootout with Bracklow, a survivalist with a history of mental illness.

1-16-03: Luis Diaz Jr., 24, CPD, Chico Gun battle resulted in Diaz’s death and the nonfatal wounding of a CPD officer.

9-19-03: Martin Cardenas Baez, 40, and Jose Guadalupe Castaneda-Castillas, 22, BCSO, Feather Falls Both men shot during a raid on a marijuana grow.

6-3-05: Lavell Proctor, 26, CPD, Chico Proctor, a robbery suspect and recent parolee, ran a stolen automobile into an occupied, unmarked police car before an officer opened fire. Some community members suggested racial motivation (he was black).

10-14-05: Nathan Butts, 20, CPD, Chico Shot while allegedly trying to run over officers and a bystander. *2-4-06: Chad Terrio, 22, BCSO, Bangor Wielding knife. Family called hours earlier to request hospitalization, were told he didn’t meet 5150 criteria. Officers deployed a K-9 unit and used a Taser multiple times to no effect.

*4-24-06: David Linn, 41, BCSO, Berry Creek History of mental illness, jail and multiple contacts with law enforcement. Armed and failed to drop weapon. *9-16-06: Eric Smith, 40, BCSO, Magalia Suicide by cop. Pointed gun at officers. Drinking heavily, girlfriend reported signs of mental illness. *12-30-06: Daniel Quick, 43, BCSO, Magalia History of mental illness, methamphetamine in system, heart failure after being shot with a Taser four times. *6-12-07: Rebecca Stebbins, 31, Gridley-Biggs PD, Gridley Chico woman reported she was suicidal, armed and bound for her estranged husband’s house. Aimed gun at officers.

10-8-07: Bartyn Pitts IV, 39, Dept. of Fish and Game, Jarbo Gap Caretaker of a legal medical marijuana grow confronted warden delivering warrant with shotgun. *2-17-08: Darlene Stace, 48, Paradise Police, Paradise Suicide by cop. History of mental illness, armed with pistol at Paradise Cemetery. *6-6-09: Stephen Bell, 58, CPD, Chico Suicide by cop. History of mental illness.

3-11-12: Christian Valdez, 18, CHP, Paradise Led CHP on high-speed chase, appeared to reach for a weapon. *9-11-12: Wayne Renner, 49, CPD, Chico History of mental illness, arrested and released twice in week before death for high-speed chases and weapons possession.

Killed in standoff with SWAT team. *12-20-12: Wayne Oxley, 50, BCSO, Magalia Suicide by cop. History of depression, attempted suicide.

Marine veteran.

7-2-13: Sengaroune Silaphanhdeth, 35, BCSO, Oroville Out-of-state fugitive, reached for handgun. *9-22-13: Breanne Sharpe, 19, CPD, Chico History of bipolar disorder, addiction, police contacts since age 13. After leading police on a chase, reversed car toward officer.

Police fired 19 bullets; two struck Sharpe. *4-28-14: Victor Coleman, OPD, Oroville Suicide by cop. Coleman had methamphetamine in system, allegedly rushed officers wielding a knife and a whiskey bottle during welfare check. *5-18-14: Cory Lee Bush, 24, BCSO, Oroville Aimed pellet rifle at deputies during welfare check. *12-29-14: Robert Battaglia, 28, BCSO, Paradise History of mental illness. Charged officers with knife during welfare check.

11-10-15: Eddie Sanchez, 34, CPD, Chico Armed robbery suspect, aimed gun at police.

11-26-15: Andrew Thomas, 26, Paradise Police, Paradise Drunken driver shot by former PPD Officer Patrick Feaster.

Only local officer charged with wrongdoing in a shooting death, convicted of involuntary manslaughter. Served 90 days of a 180-day sentence. *3-17-17: Desmond Phillips, 25, CPD, Chico History of mental illness.

—Ken Smith

Robert Battaglia was killed the day after his 28th birthday.

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Cool Ghouls: (from left) Ryan Wong, Pat McDonald, Pat Thomas and Ryan Fleshman.

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Hitting the hooks with S.F.’s Cool Ghouls

W zagged the country as often as San Francisco psych-garage foursome hen you’re in a band that has zig-

Cool Ghouls, you learn that one of the keys to keeping spirits up on the road is to make a point to stop by and smell the roses.

Ryan J. Prado “It’s really pretty over here,” guitarist Ryan Wong said Preview: during an interview Cool Ghouls perform from the road as the Friday, june 2, band toured along the 9:30 p.m., at East Coast toward duffy’s Tavern.

Wooden Indian burial Philadelphia. “It’s Ground and more of a vacation The She Things open. this time around.

Cost: $7 We’re being a little Duffy’s Tavern more wise with our 337 Main St. time, sight-seeing and 343-7718 stuff like that.” www.facebook.com/ Given how busy duffyschico they have been—not just on the road but also with writing and recording music as one of the younger acts in San Francisco’s cresting psych-rock revival—Cool Ghouls need to enjoy whatever down time they can get. Starting out,

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the Cool Ghouls took its time, booking no shows for a long period of time until they felt they were absolutely ready, Wong explained. But once they released their self-titled debut album in 2013, they were off and chasing after the hardworking torchbearers of the scene such as Ty Segall and Thee Oh Sees.

“Being surrounded by people and groups that are prolific, that were putting out two or three albums in a year, you get swept up in that mindset,” Wong said. “It’s less being hyper-busy, but kind of constantly creating and making music all the time.”

The most recent fruit of of the band’s labors is the 2016 full-length Animal Races and a just-released tour tape, Gord’s Horse. Holing up in the rehearsal space every day for the month prior to their current spring/summer tour, Cool Ghouls recorded the latter themselves, hoping to capture the band members’ disparate musical acumens and influences. That’s a strength that threads its way through the band’s entire catalog: having multiple songwriters—Wong, guitarist/ vocalist Pat McDonald, bassist/vocalist Pat Thomas—all contributing ideas to the kind of rock ’n’ roll best consumed

with an open third eye and a beer. The Cool Ghouls sound is as fluid as it is collaborative.

And on Gord’s Horse, the exercise resulted in something that comes across as a DJ playlist, with the band—also featuring drummer Alex Fleshman— employing expansive, looser modes of sound (including a few fun Easter eggs).

For evidence, “What It’s Like” finds a countrified groove in a song about the abandonment of machismo in order to find your feminine side, in what Wong described as “a Merle Haggard song that he would never sing.” A little earlier on the recording, a raga soundscape on “Legs in September” is nuanced by the addition of a distant broadcast from a Giants-Dodgers game, with the familiar banter of S.F. announcers Duane Kuiper and Mike Krukow ruminating on defensive strategies. For Wong, the playfulness of the recording was liberating.

“We’re going to record in the fall again, and I think a lot of these songs are precursors to what we’ll do then,” Wong said. “There was a lot less pressure and expectations [on] it, so we were able to do a lot of different things that wouldn’t normally be on something.” □

35th anniversaries of downtown businesses Bird in Hand and Made in Chico. Festivities include music by the Kelly Twins Dueling Pianos, plus a Hawaiian-style dinner, Shubert’s ice cream and a world-class yo-yo demonstration. Thu, 6/1, 5:30pm. $12-$40. Patrick Ranch Museum, 10381 Midway, Durham. www.chicochamber.com

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, 6/1, 6pm. Free. Downtown Chico. 530-345-6500. www.down townchico.com

ouTSIde MullInGar Thursday-Saturday, June 1-3 Theatre on the Ridge

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disabilities. Fri, 6/2, 5pm. Free. Chico Art Center, 450 Orange St. www.chicoart center.com

BARRELS, BITES & BOUNTY: The heart of downtown Oroville hosts a variety of food, beer and wine vendors, as well as live music from the Strung Nugget Gang in Union Square (outside of Miners Alley Brewing Co.).

Proceeds benefit Boys and Girls Clubs of the North Valley. Fri, 6/2, 5pm. $20-$30. www.bgcnv.org

Music FRIDAY NIGHT CONCERT: The summer concert series continues with Defcats, a classicrock cover band with four-way vocal harmonies. Fri, 6/2, 7pm. Free. City Plaza, downtown Chico. www.downtownchico.com

LAURIE LEWIS & THE RIGHT HANDS: The California Bluegrass Association presents Laurie Lewis and her band playing traditional American music with plenty of picking, fiddling and harmonizing. Fri, 6/2, 7pm. $10-$20.

Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Chico, 1289 Filbert Ave. 530-894-1449.

Theater FRESH INK: See Thursday. Fri, 6/2, 7:30pm. $10.

Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St. www.blueroomtheatre.com

OUTSIDE MULLINGAR: See Thursday. Fri, 6/2, 7:30pm. $10-$18. Theatre on the Ridge, 3735 Neal Road, Paradise. 530-877-5760. www.totr.org

Theater FRESH INK: The creative process is laid bare with this collection of four short plays written and rehearsed in the span of two weeks. Thu, 6/1, 7:30pm. $10. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St. www.blueroom theatre.com

OUTSIDE MULLINGAR: In this romantic comedy set in rural Ireland, two introverted misfits try to overcome a bitter land feud, familial rivalries and their own romantic fears to find happiness. Thu, 6/1, 7:30pm. $10-$18. Theatre on the Ridge, 3735 Neal Road, Paradise. 530877-5760. www.totr.org

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AWESOME BLOSSOM TOSS’EM: A disc golf tournament for kids 6-14 years old. Sat 6/3, 10am. Free. Sherwood Forest Disc Golf Course, Hooker Oak Park.

MICROBREW FESTIVAL: A fundraiser featuring

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more than 50 breweries offering a wide range of beers, ciders, and honey wine.

Includes live music by the Jeff Pershing Band. Proceeds benefit girls and women through Soroptimist programs. Sat 6/3, 2pm. $50. Manzanita Place, 1705 Manzanita Ave. www.sibidwellrancho.org

ORO-CON: Oroville’s Comic Con featuring local, regional and national comic book artists, vendor booths, a beer garden, prizes and more. Sat 6/3, 10am. Free. Feather Falls Casino & Lodge, 3 Alverda Drive, Oroville. www.featherfallscasino.com

PARADISE GARDEN TOUR: A self-guided tour of creative outdoor spaces created by local gardeners. Proceeds are donated to local beautification projects and scholarships. Sat 6/3, 10am. $20. Norton Buffalo Hall, 5704 Chapel Drive, Paradise. www.paradisegardenclub.org

RELAY FOR LIFE OF PARADISE: A community event celebrating cancer survivors, caregivers and loved ones lost to cancer. Join a team or visit for the food and music. Proceeds support the American Cancer Society. Sat 6/3, 10am. Terry Ashe Park, 6626 Skyway, Paradise. 530-567-5946. www.paradise chamber.com

WORK TRAINING CENTER POKER RUN: A motorcycle ride with stops at Work Training Center sites across Butte County. Ride is followed by a barbecue and live music by Get Foxy.

Proceeds support adults with developmental disabilities. Sat 6/3, 9am. $10-$30. Sierra Steel Harley-Davidson, 1501 Mangrove Ave. 530-343-7994. www.wtcinc.org

Music BACKYARD BBQ: An outdoor barbecue accompanied by music from up-and-coming country

musician Jackson Michelson. Sat 6/3, 6pm. $20-$35. Gold Country Casino & Hotel, 4020 Olive Highway, Oroville. www.gold countrycasino.com

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SUMMER LOVIN’: A 1950s-themed country supper featuring The Loki Miller Band playing 1950s music and a no-host bar with ’50s-inspired cocktails, beer and wine. Also, a classic motorcycle display. Proceeds benefit Chico Museum. Sun, 6/4, 5pm. $45. The Patrick Ranch, 10381 Midway, Durham. 530-891-4336. www.chicomuseum.org

CULTIVATING COMMUNITY CELEBRATION: A celebration of Chico State’s project to develop locally grown specialty crops and support school and community gardens. Includes food and drinks. Sun, 6/4, 1pm. Free. Chico Women’s Club, 592 E. Third St. 530-345-1995. www.cultivatingcommunitynv.org

PARADISE GARDEN TOUR: See Saturday. Sun, 6/4, 12pm. $20. Norton Buffalo Hall, 5704 Chapel Drive, Paradise. www.paradisegarden club.org

Theater FRESH INK: See Thursday. Sat, 6/3, 7:30pm. $10.

Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St. www.blueroomtheatre.com

OUTSIDE MULLINGAR: See Thurday. Sat, 6/3, 7:30pm. $10-$18. Theatre on the Ridge, 3735 Neal Road, Paradise. 530-877-5760. www.totr.org

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BeST OF O-TOWN If you haven’t visited downtown Oroville in a while, you might be surprised by the district’s ongoing revival. The heart of the City of Gold has a markedly different vibe since Miner’s Alley Brewing Co. opened along with Union Square a couple of years ago, and you can check out the whole scene on Friday, June 2, during Barrels, Bites and Bounty. Dozens of beer, wine and food vendors will give out samples on Montgomery Street, and downtown businesses will churn out an array of specials. Best part is, proceeds benefit the Boys and Girls Clubs of the North Valley. Cheers!

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benefit the Torres Community Shelter and camp scholarships offered through CBI. Sun, 6/4, 10am. $7-$18. Congregation Beth Israel, 1336 Hemlock St. 530-3426146. www.CBIchico.org

Art CHICO ART CENTER: Amazing Land, celebrating the visual talents of artists with developmental disabilities, this exhibition features works by artists from The Arc of Butte County, Short Center North, and Mains’l Services. 6/2-6/23. 450 Orange St., 530-895-8726. www.chicoartcenter.com

HEALING ART GALLERY: Art by Ann Pierce, watercolor paintings by Northern California artist Ann Pierce. The Healing Art Gallery of Enloe Cancer Center features artists whose lives have been touched by cancer. 6/1-7/13. 265 Cohasset Road, 530-332-3856.

JAMES SNIDLE FINE ARTS: Ceramics, new works by artist David Gilhooly. 6/1-7/31.

254 E. Fourth St. www.jamessnidle finearts.com

SALLY DIMAS ART GALLERY: Ongoing Exhibit, rotating exhibits featuring local artists. 6/1-9/16. 493 East Ave., 530-345-3063.

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

Plus, thousands of vintage tools of all types. 1650 Broderick St., Oroville.

CHICO CREEK NATURE CENTER: Banding by Day and Night, a close look at birds in hand with incredible detail. 6/1-6/30. $2-$4.

1968 E. Eighth St.

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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: Amusement Park Science, a family-friendly exploration of the physics behind amusement park rides. 6/1-9/3. Chico State.

PARADISE DEPOT MUSEUM: 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. 6/1-7/27.

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APavilion is designed to be a blank slate, a huge room to be s a rental hall, the Arc

decorated and transformed into something special for the weddings and other special events that take place there. On a recent weekday visit to the space, I witnessed a transformation of another kind, as students in Arc of Butte County’s art class were busy working on pieces for story and the upcoming photo by Amazing Land Carey exhibit openWilson ing at Chico Art Center (CAC) on Friday (June 2).

Preview: Rather than Amazing Land shows June 2-23 at Chico the usual celebraArt Center. Reception: tory vibe, there Friday, June 2, was an aura of 5-7 p.m. benevolence Chico Art Center in the hall as I 450 Orange St. was greeted by 895-8726 curious looks www.chicoart and friendly center.com greetings as the students engaged in various art-related activities.

I was there to meet with Alan Carrier, Arc’s art specialist and art class teacher, who is organizing Amazing Land with CAC gallery manager Cameron Kelly and John Stuart Berger of the Short Center North, a Sacramento/Stockton arts-based program that, like Butte County’s Arc, serves people with developmental disabilities.

Carrier, a local artist and Butte College instructor who also manages the community college’s Coyote Gallery, traded friendly gibes with the artists and paused

to offer quiet encouragement as we worked our way across the main room. He led me to a back room where some of the pieces for the upcoming exhibit were being stored and prepared, and seeing the amassed artwork stacked amid the hall’s tables and chairs, I realized students in the Arc’s art program are tremendously productive.

I saw only a small portion of the art going to the exhibit (works from Short Center North clients will be in the show as well) and was impressed by the level of creativity and enthusiastic selfexpression in the lively and inspired collection of works.

The pieces comprise a variety of media—from crayon and colored pencil to tempera and acrylic paintings to 3-D assemblages—and styles ranging from narrative pictorials to completely abstract explorations of color and line.

Christy Yoskowitz’s colored pencil composition of smiling, green-finned yellow and orange fish floating above a table top bedecked with a loaf a bread and a pink pitcher, with a row of semiabstract orange-beaked bird-heads peering up from below is a whimsically expressionistic work that Paul Klee would certainly approve of.

Lance Sakschewki’s apocalyptic untitled piece is a work of unfettered imagination. A smiling, red-lipped, purple-eyed, yellow

sun gazes across a pale blue sky to where black clouds pour ribbons of red, yellow and orange lightning between polka dot stripes of cobalt rain on a witch in purple pants dancing on a pale apricot beach above a school of toothy, bomb-shaped fish. “[It] took about two months to finish,” the artist explained, “Because there is a lot of details that I have to get in there.”

Also involving an incredible amount of detail and color is Allen Bunch’s large colored pencil drawing, “On an Island,” in which the artist depicts a sunset above a palm-tree-festooned island surrounded by a life-filled ocean.

Amazing lands, indeed.

Other treasures include Peter Wong’s colorfully abstract depiction of plant motifs; Laurie Vignani’s powerful, abstract, expressionistic black-line compositions; Becky Mains’ Gauguinesque portraiture; and Robbie Bigalow’s calming, detailed formulations of flowing lines of color.

Works from the ongoing art class are also sold in the Arc thrift stores, and according to the Arc website, students often take home prizes for their works at the Butte County Fair. Monies from the sale at the upcoming exhibit will go directly to the artists. And judging from my brief introduction, I’d have to say that Amazing Lands is well worth exploring. □

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Friday, June 2 Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Chico See FRIDAY

FRIDAY NIGHT CONCERT: The summer concert series continues with Defcats, a classic-rock cover band with four-way vocal harmonies. Fri, 6/2, 7pm. Free. City Plaza, downtown Chico. www.downtownchico.com

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The Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave.

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HUMAN OTTOMAN: A rhythmically

dynamic drums/cello/vibraphone power trio. Viking Skate Country and Michael Bone open. Thu, 6/1, 8pm. $7. Naked Lounge Tea & Coffeehouse, 118 W. Second St.

PISSCAT: Fast, dirty punk band from Sacramento is joined by Criminal Wave, The Vesuvians and The Polyorchids. Thu, 6/1, 8pm. $7.

Monstros Pizza, 624 W. Sacramento Ave.

THE ATOMIC PUNKS: A cover band playing the early hits of Van Halen. Fri, 6/2, 8:30pm. $5. Feather Falls Casino & Lodge, 3 Alverda Drive, Oroville.

JAMES SLACK: Danceable country

music. Fri, 6/2, 8:30pm. Free. Gold Country Casino & Hotel, 4020 Olive Highway, Oroville.

BASSMINT: A weekly bass music party with a rotating cast of local and visiting producers and DJs. Fri, 6/2, 9:30pm. Peking Chinese Restaurant, 243 W. Second St.

JAMS FOR JUSTIN: A concert to help pay the medical bills of Justin Casamajor, who was recently diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer. Featuring Electric Circus, Dylan’s Dharma, Gravybrain and Ancient Echos. Fri, 6/2, 6:30pm. $10.

Additional donations accepted.

Chico Women’s Club, 592 E. Third St.

COOL GHOULS: Trippy rock ’n’ roll from S.F. The She Things and Wooden Indian Burial Ground open. Fri, 6/2,

9:30pm. $7. Duffy’s Tavern, 337 Main St.

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LAURIE LEWIS & THE RIGHT HANDS: The California Bluegrass Association presents Laurie Lewis and her band playing traditional American music with plenty of picking, fiddling and harmonizing. Fri, 6/2, 7pm. $10-$20. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Chico, 1289 Filbert Ave., 530-894-1449.

LOCAL MUSIC NIGHT: Featuring three bands—Indigo Spaceband, The Stuff

That Leaks Out and Of the Grey. Fri, 6/2, 9pm. Free. White Water Saloon, 5771 Clark Road, Paradise.

LOKI MILLER: The one-man band

performs for happy hour. Fri, 6/2, 4pm. Free. New Earth Market, 864 East Ave.

OPEN MIC: An open mic hosted by Thunder Lump and Steve Givens.

Music only. Fri, 6/2, 7pm. Free.

DownLo, 319 Main St.

and Pantacosm open. Fri, 6/2, 7:30pm. $7. Cafe Coda, 265 Humboldt Ave.

PLATINUM: Pop, rock, funk, country

and jazz music in the lounge. Fri, 6/2, 8:30pm. Free. Feather Falls

TRAVIS ROWDY EP RELEASE: The poet/ musician releases his self-titled EP. Garret Gray opens. Fri, 6/2, 8pm. $7.

Naked Lounge Tea & Coffeehouse, 118 W. Second St.

Casino & Lodge, 3 Alverda Drive, Oroville.

RETROTONES: Classic rock covers. Fri,

ACOUSTIC JAM: A monthly jam with the Butte Folk Music Society. Sat, 6/3, 4pm. Free. Upper Crust Bakery & Eatery, 130 Main St.

BACKYARD BBQ: An outdoor barbecue

6/2, 11pm. Free. The Tackle Box, 379 E. Park Ave.

SHADOW LIMB EP RELEASE: The four remaining members of La Fin du Monde release their beastly new EP. Amarok, Swamp Devil

phase. Sat, 6/3, 9:30pm. $5. Feather Falls Casino & Lodge, 3 Alverda Drive, Oroville.

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SEMI-ACOUSTIC MUSIC SHOWCASE: A weekly showcase and benefit for Chico schools. Hosted by Keith Kendall and friends. Sat, 6/3, 5pm.

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

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HANK DUKE’S GOOD TIME TRIVIA HOUR: BREAKDANCE NIGHT: DJ J-Ho and Matt Loomis spin hip-hop and electro for the poppers and lockers. Sat, 6/3, 9:30pm. $2. Duffy’s Tavern, 337 Main St.

CIRQUE DU RISQUE: A burlesque show with the bar’s house troupe, The Malteazers. Sat, 6/3, 10pm. $7. The Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave.

KALEIDO: Detroit-based hard-rockers Kaleido come through Paradise in support of their new album, Experience. Local funk-rockers The Maker’s Mile open. Sat, 6/3, 9pm. $3. White Water Saloon, 5771 Clark Road, Paradise.

LOS CABALLITOS DE LA CANCION: The formerly Chico-based group regroups to play its repertoire of contemporary and traditional Latin music. Sat, 6/3, 7pm. Free. Wine Time, 26 Dutchman Drive, 530-8999250. www.winetimechico.com

MYSTIC ROOTS ALBUM RELEASE: The local reggae fusion band celebrates the release of their new CD, Change, which is currently the No. 1

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Sat, 6/3, 9pm. $10. The Tackle Box,

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Teams of five players try and outsmart The Duke. Hosted by Jason Allen. Sun, 6/4, 8pm. Free.

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

Everything, Everything

Opening this week Captain Underpants

The well-known children’s book series about two kids who turn their principal into Captain Underpants gets the 3-D, animated treatment. Cinemark 14 and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG.

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See review this issue. Pageant Theatre. Rated R —J.C.S.

A moment of boxing fame for a forgotten contender boxer from Bayonne, N.J., whose T15heavyweight minutes of national fame derived mostly from his he eponymous “Chuck” is one Charles Wepner, a

having more or less survived 14-plus rounds of punishment in a preposterously one-sided by championship bout with Muhammad Juan-Carlos Ali in 1975.

Selznick Philippe Falardeau’s feature film about Wepner revolves around that moment of fame. It’s a kind of a biopic, outlining the unlikely rise and ungainly fall from that one muchpublicized part of his life. But, lacking a fully realized life story, Chuck Chuck comes across as more character study Opens Friday, than biopic.

June 2. Starring Liev Schreiber’s doggedly brusque Liev Schreiber, elisabeth Moss, naomi performance in the lead role consisWatts and Michael tently lifts the film beyond the sketchRapaport. Directed iness of its script. An attractive and

by Philippe Falardeau.

Pageant Theatre. energetic supporting cast (Elisabeth Rated R. Moss, Naomi Watts, Ron Perlman, Jason Jones, Jim Gaffigan, Michael Rapaport, etc.) helps with that as well, but only up to a point.

The film’s Chuck Wepner is an amiable pug, a heroically energetic knucklehead, an impulsive and muscle-bound “good-time Charley” who is fun-loving to a fault, an indomitable brawler who is too actively good-natured to be written off as merely punch-drunk or masochistic. In more prosaic terms, he is either a self-promoting liquor salesman who moonlights as a low-rent professional boxer, or a local pugilistic legend (“the Bayonne Bleeder”) whose intermittent day

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job involves arranging liquor deliveries to an assortment of Jersey taverns. And while he is also a married man and the doting father of a small daughter, he still exhibits the wandering eye and easy enthusiasm for nightlife that would seem better suited to someone younger and more unattached.

It’s no surprise when Wepner’s marriage begins to crumble, but it is somewhat surprising (albeit in a not entirely good way) that the women he is most drawn to stay connected to him as long as they do. His wife, Phyllis (Moss), repeatedly catches him out in very dramatic terms and yet reconciles with him several times. And Linda (Watts), the foxy-smart bartender to whom he turns when things go bad at home, seems very well aware of his failings, yet her wariness never gets to the point of a full breakup with him but instead seems to morph into a growing commitment.

Falardeau and his four screenwriters steer clear of oversimplifying explanations with these key characterizations, but some of their looming emotional paradoxes make me wish the film hadn’t left us so much at the mercy of the star players’ intelligence and charm. That approach, however, is nicely suited to some of the smaller roles—a craggy boxing manager (Perlman), Chuck’s ominously quiet younger brother (Rapaport), the boxer’s star-struck sidekick/best friend (Gaffigan), etc.

Those vivid performances and Falardeau’s brisk direction ensure that Chuck is energetic and engaging throughout. But it’s most memorable when it’s letting Chuck be “Chuck”—a raucously discordant bundle of macho rambunctiousness, a half-cracked icon of American masculinity in a mid-20th century vintage. □

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.

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Chuck vs. The Greatest

A film adaptation of the young-adult novel of the same name about a teen girl sheltered from the world due to an autoimmune condition who falls for the boy next door. Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13.

A live-action adaptation of the iconic comic superhero (played by Gal Gadot), telling the origin story of the Amazonian princess— Diana of Themyscira—who leaves her homeland and discovers the extent of her powers and fights evil as Wonder Woman.

Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

Now playing Alien: Covenant

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.

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

Director Guy Ritchie gives King Arthur the Lock Stock/Sherlock Holmes treatment in this fantasy flick about the young king whose life is turned upside down after discovering the legendary Excalibur sword.

Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13.

Director Ridley Scott is at the helm of this new installment in the Aliens franchise that follows a crew of space colonists to an uncharted planet that’s home a deadly species hiding in the shadows. A prequel to Scott’s original 1979 sci-fi/horror classic.

Cinemark 14 and Feather River Cinemas.

Rated R.

Lowriders

Baywatch

It’s either the fifth or 105th installment in the Pirates franchise, with Johnny Depp still kicking around as pirate Jack Sparrow, on the run from an army of ghost ships in search of the Trident of Poseidon. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

A coming-of-age tale about a young street artist torn between his ex-con brother and his lowrider-obsessed father. Cinemark 14.

Rated PG-13.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

An R-rated update of the iconic TV series with a shirtless Rock looking huge as he takes over the David Hasselhoff role of head lifeguard Mitch Buchannon. Also starring Zac Efron and Alexandra Daddario, plus cameos by some of the original cast.

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

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Long Haul

The fourth film in the franchise based on Jeff Kinney’s popular children’s book series finds wimpy kid Greg and his brother Rodrick trying to steer the family road trip toward a video game convention. Cinemark 14 Rated PG.

Snatched

Goldie Hawn and Amy Schumer star as a mother and daughter on a comic misadventure in South America. Cinemark 14.

Rated R.

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tinguished career as a professor of French film and by literature at a small Henri Midwestern college, Bourride he retired and returned to France, where he planted some six acres of his favorite variety, the violet de Provence. He lived out the last years of his life as he probably should have lived the rest of it, as an artichoke farmer.

He died one April evening, after having spent the day harvesting in his beloved fields. Mother says he poured himself a tall glass of Bordeaux, put two artichokes on to steam and sat back to watch the evening news. Apparently, the hearts of his violets were healthier than his own. He never got back up.

Though I hadn’t seen him in nearly 20 years, and our relationship was, well, strained, I still miss him dearly and will always have him to thank for the path my life has taken.

If my father were alive today, I’d insist on a reunion. I’d invite him out to California, and together we’d drive down to Castroville, where we’d celebrate not only artichokes, but also the only thing we ever really had in common, our love of Marilyn Monroe, who, in 1948, was named the honorary Artichoke Queen at the first Castroville Artichoke Food & Wine Festival (which takes place

this weekend, June 3-4).

A member of the sunflower family and native to the Mediterranean, the artichoke— al-khurshuf in Arabic—was popular in early Rome but then virtually disappeared until the mid1600s, when Catherine de Medici brought it from Italy to France, the home of her husband, Henry II. Recognizing the ideal, Mediterranean-like climate of the central California coast, Italian immigrants established the state’s first artichoke farm in the late-19th century near Half Moon Bay. Today, California produces nearly 100 percent of the country’s commercial artichoke crop, and in 2013 it was declared the state’s official vegetable.

The most common California artichoke is the green globe, recognizable by its thorny leaves and purple flowers. However, farmers and University of California scientists have been experimenting with other varieties, including the imperial star, which is not only thornless but matures sooner and produces a higher yield. Studies, however, have shown that consumers prefer the green globe for its meatier leaves and bigger heart.

Artichokes are cooked and eaten in a range of ways. Fresh, they’re stuffed, baked and braised, and of course year-round the marinated hearts are the perfect complements to bean-and-pasta salads and antipasto plates.

Additionally, modern chefs use them in a variety of salads— including artichokes browned in olive oil and served with fava beans and shallots, and sliced raw and tossed with arugula and fresh, grated Parmesan.

Still, the best way to enjoy an artichoke is in its pure form, steamed, one leaf at a time. My father loved them with bay shrimp and aioli. Here’s to you and me, mon père, a couple of misfits.

Artichokes with bay shrimp and aioli Ingredients: Four artichokes 1/2 lb. cooked bay shrimp 2 egg yolks 1 cup olive oil 4 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed Lemon juice Salt

With kitchen shears, trim sharp points from outer leaves of artichokes and cut stem to within a half-inch of the base. Steam upside down until stem is tender to a fork.

Allow to cool.

In medium-size mixing bowl, whisk the egg yolks and then gradually stir in the olive oil. Add the crushed garlic, and lemon juice and salt to taste. Add the bay shrimp.

Spoon out the inner leaves of the artichoke and fill each “bowl” with the shrimp-and-aioli mixture.

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The Thirst Jo Nesbo Alfred A. Knopf Publishing The greater world will discover Norway’s finest, yet flawed, detective, Harry Hole (pronounced Hu-La) when Tomas Alfredson’s The Snowman (starring Michael Fassbender) hits screens in the fall. Until then, for anyone with a fascination with Nordic noir, Jo Nesbo’s résumé is rife with profoundly engaging thrillers, with his best featuring Harry Hole. What makes the character worth caring about is that, like the rest of us, he is anything but perfect. It is his resilience, tenacity and loyalty to those he holds dear that render him noble in the face of his dark and overwhelming addictions.

At this juncture in the series, his alcoholism is under control yet still a threat in light of the pressures he puts upon himself to reach beyond his mortal limitations while trying to solve murders. Hole primarily faces serial killers, but where The Thirst increases the stakes is by bringing back one—with a deadly set of steel dentures and an insatiable craving for chaos and killing—who got away to taunt the “retired” detective into returning to action.

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Accompanied here by bassist Paul West and drummer Lewis Nash (both of whom also have worked with Gillespie), Longo interprets a tantalizing selection that includes two Gillespie compositions—a lively “Wheatleigh Hall” and the delightful “Just a Thought”—that the trumpeter composed as a piano feature but had never recorded. The highlight here is a beautiful, slowed-down version of Thelonious Monk’s “Brilliant Corners” that Monk played much faster on his 1956 recording. Another of this album’s treats is Oscar Pettiford’s bouncy “Bohemia After Dark.” The lovely waltzing title track—a real treat—is one of four Longo originals. A magnificently relaxed version of Eubie Blake’s “Memories of You” closes out this memorable CD.

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Deploy the parachute pants arts dEVo has worn a lot of hats in his day.

Long before I donned the Energy dome, back when I was a goofy 14-year-old meatsack filled with hormones and confusion, I was for a brief time a selfdescribed breakdancer. (Over the course of my freshman year in high school I desperately flailed all over the identity map, dabbling in metal, punk, new wave and hip-hop styles and scenes.) My cousin Mike and I even formed a short-lived breakdance crew. The name of our “dance” group escapes me, but I’ll never forget my breakdancer handle: skeeter.

Mike’s name was Nermal, named after the character from Garfield comics. That’s right, Skeeter and Nermal .…

We rolled hard.

As the breakdancing fad settled into my hometown of Redding, Mike and I put down some cardboard in my backBreakin’, too, at Duffy’s. yard and practiced popping, moonwalking and centipeding. And somehow, with very little fear, we even went public, testing our routines at Chuck E. Cheese dance nights and at Viking skate Country (where they’d open the center of the roller rink up to dancers … no skates or shoes allowed, though, so we had to breakdance in socks).

My dancing career was short-lived (though I did have a crowning moment at a contest in the hot parking lot of the Mt. Shasta Mall while sporting a mask of Calamine lotion hiding my outbreak of chicken pox), but sliding around in zipper pants did introduce me to the world of rap and hip-hop, which has paid much more lasting dividends.

All of that just to say: You should go to Breakdance night at duffy’s this Saturday, June 2, at 10 p.m. I’m retired from the b-boy game, but DJs J-Ho and Loomis will be spinning classics to which you can pop and/or lock.

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• shadow Limb tape release, Friday, June 2, 7:30 p.m.: Four of the five dudes Dwight Yoakam in Paradise! from longstanding local favorite La Fin du Monde have been doing their proggy experimental metal thing in on-again/off-again quartet Shadow Limb in recent years, and this week at Cafe Coda they’ll turn it back on and way up to host a party for Shadow Limb’s new release. Amarok (Chico doom), Swamp Devil (Portland stoner/doom) and Pantacosm (Nevada City) open.

• oro-Con 2, saturday, June 3: Feather Falls Casino is hosting the second annual version of its comic convention, featuring appearances by comic artists (Chris Marrinan, Wonder Woman, Doctor Strange), cosplay characters (Stormtroopers, Capt. Jack, Wonder Woman, etc.), costume contest, beer garden and more. Free admission and open to all ages.

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY For the week oF june 1, 2017 ARIES (March 21-April 19): Life is in the

mood to communicate with you rather lyrically. Here are just a few of the signs and portents you may encounter, along with theories about their meaning. If you overhear a lullaby, it’s time to seek the influence of a tender, nurturing source. If you see a type of fruit or flower you don’t recognize, it means you have a buried potential you don’t know much about, and you’re ready to explore it further. If you spy a playing card in an unexpected place, trust serendipity to bring you what you need. If a loud noise arrives near a moment of decision: Traditionally it signifies caution, but these days it suggests you should be bold.

by rob brezsny LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): From my

study of the lost prophecies of Nostradamus, the hidden chambers beneath the Great Pyramid of Cheops, and the current astrological omens, I have determined that now is a favorable time for you to sing liberation songs with cheeky authority … to kiss the sky and dance with the wind on a beach or hilltop … to gather your most imaginative allies and brainstorm about what you really want to do in the next five years. Do you dare to slip away from business-as-usual so you can play in the enchanted land of what-if? If you’re smart, you will escape the grind and grime of the daily rhythm so you can expand your mind to the next largest size.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Your body SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “On some is holy and magic and precious. I advise you not to sell it or rent it or compromise it in any way—especially now, when you have an opening to upgrade your relationship with it. Yes, Taurus, it’s time to attend to your sweet flesh and blood with consummate care. Find out exactly what your amazing organism needs to feel its best. Lavish it with pleasure and healing.

Treat it as you would a beloved child or animal. I also hope you will have intimate conversations with the cells that compose your body. Let them know you love and appreciate them. Tell them you’re ready to collaborate on a higher level.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “The most

intense moments the universe has ever known are the next 15 seconds,” said philosopher Terence McKenna. He was naming a central principle of reality: that every new NOW is a harvest of everything that has ever happened; every fresh moment is a blast of novelty that arises in response to the sum total of all history’s adventures. This is always true, of course.

But I suspect the phenomenon will be especially pronounced for you in the near future. More than usual, you may find that every day is packed with interesting feelings and poignant fun and epic realizations. This could be pleasurable, but also overwhelming. Luckily, you have the personal power necessary to make good use of the intensity.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Nobody

likes to be scrutinized or critiqued or judged. But we Crabs (yes, I’m one of you) are probably touchier about that treatment than any other sign of the zodiac.

(Hypersensitivity is a trait that many astrologers ascribe to Cancerians.) However, many of us do allow one particular faultfinder to deride us: the nagging voice in the back of our heads. Sometimes we even give free rein to its barbs. But I would like to propose a transformation of this situation. Maybe we could scold ourselves less, and be a bit more open to constructive feedback coming from other people.

Starting now.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The lion’s potency,

boldness and majesty are qualities you have a mandate to cultivate in the next three weeks. To get in the righteous mood, I suggest you gaze upon images and videos of lions. Come up with your own version of a lion’s roar—I mean actually make that sound—and unleash it regularly. You might also want to try the yoga posture known as the lion pose. If you’re unfamiliar with it, go here for tips: https://tinyurl.com/ lionpose. What else might help you invoke and express the unfettered leonine spirit?

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “What does it

matter how many lovers you have if none of them gives you the universe?” French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan posed that question. I invite you to put it at the top of your list of hot topics to meditate on.

In doing so, I trust you won’t use it as an excuse to disparage your companions for their inadequacies. Rather, I hope it will mobilize you to supercharge your intimate alliances; to deepen your awareness of the synergistic beauty you could create together; to heighten your ability to be given the universe by those whose fates are interwoven with yours.

hill of despair,” wrote poet Galway Kinnell, “the bonfire you kindle can light the great sky—though it’s true, of course, to make it burn you have to throw yourself in.” You may not exactly feel despair, Scorpio. But I suspect you are in the throes of an acute questioning that makes you feel close to the edge of forever. Please consider the possibility that it’s a favorable time to find out just how much light and heat are hidden inside you. Your ache for primal fun and your longing to accelerate your soul’s education are converging with your quest to summon a deeper, wilder brilliance.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

You’re in a phase when you have the power to find answers to questions that have stumped you for a while. Why? Because you’re more open-minded and curious than usual. You’re also ready to be brazenly honest with yourself. Congrats! In light of the fact that you’ll be lucky at solving riddles, I’ve got three good ones for you to wrestle with. (1) Which of your anxieties may actually be cover-ups for a lazy refusal to change a bad habit? (2) What resource will you use more efficiently when you stop trying to make it do things it’s not designed to do? (3) What blessing will you receive as soon as you give a clear signal that you are ready for it?

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):

A typical Capricorn cultivates fervent passions, even to the point of obsession.

Almost no one knows their magnitude, though, because the members of your tribe often pursue their fulfillment with methodical, businesslike focus. But I wonder if maybe it’s a good time to reveal more of the raw force of this driving energy than you usually do. It might humanize you in the eyes of potential helpers who see you as too strong to need help. And it could motivate your allies to provide the extra support and understanding you’ll need in the coming weeks.

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

accordance with the astrological omens, I invite you to carry out a flashy flirtation with the color red. I dare you to wear red clothes and red jewelry. Buy yourself red roses. Sip red wine and savor strawberries under red lights. Sing Elvis Costello’s “(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes” and Prince’s “Little Red Corvette.” Tell everyone why 2017 is a red-letter year for you. For extra credit, murmur the following motto whenever a splash of red teases and pleases your imagination: “My red-hot passion is my version of high fashion.”

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “If you

want a puppy, start by asking for a pony,” read the bumper sticker on the Lexus SUV I saw. That confused me. Would the owner of a Lexus SUV be the type of person who didn’t expect to get what she really wanted? In any case, Pisces, I’m conveying a version of this bumper-sticker wisdom to you. If you want your domestic scene to thrive even more than it already does, ask for a feng shui master to redesign your environment so it has a perfect flow of energy. If you want a community that activates the best in you, ask for a utopian village full of emotionally intelligent activists.

If you want to be animated by a focused goal that motivates you to wake up excited each morning, ask for a glorious assignment that will help save the world.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as SALT AND MOSS STUDIO at 1502 Bidwell Drive Chico, CA 95926.

MATTHEW MARES 1502 Bidwell Drive Chico, CA 95926.

DEANNA SANTILY 1502 Bidwell Drive Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by A General Partnership.

Signed: MATTHEW SETH MARES Dated: April 25, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000584 Published: May 11,18,25, June 1, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as DEER CREEEK CAFE at 15474 Forest Ranch Way Forest Ranch, CA 95942.

CHRISTY PITTS 12745 Nicolas Rd Forest Ranch, CA 95942.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: CHRISTY PITTS Dated: May 4, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000645 Published: May 11,18,25, June 1, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as CHICO MOBILE HEADLIGHT RESTORATION at 635 Pomona Ave Chico, CA 95928.

TYLER CLAY CHESTER 635 Pomona Ave Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: TYLER CHESTER Dated: May 1, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000618 Published: May 11,18,25, June 1, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as R AND S INSPECTIONS at 1731 Hyer Ct Durham, CA 95938.

STEPHEN C HOWARD 1731 Hyer Ct Durham, CA

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95938.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: STEPHEN C HOWARD Dated: May 3, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000629 Published: May 11,18,25, June 1, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as BLACKWHALE FITNESS at 1200 Sherman Ave Apt 20 Chico, CA 95926.

RICHARD WHALEN 1200 Sherman Ave Apt 20 Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: RICHARD WHALEN Dated: April 17, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000544 Published: May 11,18,25, June 1, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as STUDIO TESLA, TESLA NEON at 454 E 10th Ave Chico, CA 95926.

PATRICK COLLENTINE 454 E 10th Ave Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: PATRICK COLLENTINE Dated: April 6, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000490 Published: May 11,18,25, June 1, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as CHICO CARE HOME FOR THE ELDERLY LLC at 1596 La Linda Lane Chico, CA 95926.

LEGALINC CORPORATE SERVICES INCORPORATED 1596 La Linda Lane Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company.

Signed: WINZELL MAESTAS, OWNER Dated: April 12, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000519 Published: May 11,18,25, June 1, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as STAR TAXI at 1865 E 8th St Apt 128 Chico, CA 95928.

SHAWN HEATER 175 4th Ave Orland, CA 95963.

ERIK SCHMIDT 1865 E 8th St Apt 128 Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by Copartners.

Signed: ERIK SCHMIDT Dated: May 8, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000658 Published: May 11,18,25, June 1, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as NORTH COUNTIES REAL ESTATE at 1074 East Ave Ste B1 Chico, CA 95926.

GAIL M PROSISE 4723 County Rd E Orland, CA 95963.

ROBERT L PROSISE 4723 County Rd E Orland, CA 95963.

This business is conducted by A Married Couple.

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Signed: ROBERT L. PROSISE Dated: April 18, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000553 Published: May 18,25, June 1,8, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as NORTHSTATE BULLETLINER AND TRUCK ACCESSORIES at 6281 Broyles Road Chico, CA 95973.

JOSEPH RAY DUGAN 6281 Broyles Road Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: JOSEPH DUGAN Dated: April 24, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000583 Published: May 18,25, June 1,8, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as PARADISE PINES TRAILS FUND at 14600 Colter Way Magalia, CA 95954.

NICK CHARLES COLLINS 14600 Colter Way Magalia, CA 95954.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: NICK COLLINS Dated: May 9, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000660 Published: May 18,25, June 1,8, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as BARK AVENUE at 2045 Park Ave Oroville, CA 95966.

CHRISTINE ROGAN 4880 Foothill Blvd Oroville, CA 95966.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: CHRISTINE ROGAN Dated: May 2, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000626 Published: May 18,25, June 1,8, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as CASCADIA INSTRUMENTS at 70 Vincent Lane Chico, CA 95973.

CAMERON SCOTT 70 Vincent Lane Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: CAMERON SCOTT Dated: May 9, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000661 Published: May 18,25, June 1,8, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following perons are doing business as GLYN PYE VENDING at 945 W 2nd Street Chico, CA 95928.

WESERV INC 945 W 2nd Street Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by A Corporation.

Signed: STEPHANIE ALHOURANI, OFFICE MANAGER Dated: April 24, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000581 Published: May 18,25, June 1,8, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

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The following person is doing business as ALPHA DRYWALL at 13653 West Park Dr Magalia, CA 95954.

DONALD LARRY HUNT 13653 West Park Dr Magalia, CA 95954.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: DONNY HUNT Dated: April 24, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000574 Published: May 18,25, June 1,8, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as KREATIONS at 130 West 3rd Street Chico, CA 95928.

ANNEMARIE PETERS 970 E. 7th Street Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: ANNEMARIE PARRELLI PETERS Dated: May 15, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000690 Published: May 25, June 1,8,15, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as 15TH STREET CAFE at 1414 15th Street, Suite 120 Chico, CA 95928.

MARK ROBERT MCGINNIS 555 Vallombrosa Ave, #59 Chico, CA 95926.

MICHAEL DEAN MCGINNIS 555 Vallombrosa Ave, #59 Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by A General Partnership.

Signed: MICHAEL DEAN MCGINNIS Dated: May 1, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000611 Published: May 25, June 1,8,15, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as TOPWATER REACTION BAITS at 197 Brookdale Court Oroville, CA 95966.

LAWRENCE FRANK MCFALL 197 Brookdale Court Oroville, CA 95966.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: LAWRENCE F MCFALL Dated: April 24, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000575 Published: May 25, June 1,8,15, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as LA MIRADA VILLA at 197 La Mirada Ave Oroville, CA 95966.

VERONICA CORPUZ ALMOCERA 235 La Mirada Ave Oroville, CA 95966.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: VERONICA ALMOCERA Dated: May 16, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000692 Published: May 25, June 1,8,15, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as QUICK STOP #11 at

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JASVIR SINGH 2269 Nord Ave Chico, CA 95926.

MOHAN SINGH 25 Ewing Drive Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by A General Partnership.

Signed: JASVIR SINGH Dated: May 8, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000657 Published: May 25, June 1,8,15, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as THUMBWORKS SPORTS MASSAGE at 1661 Forrest Ave #35 Chico, CA 95928.

TANYA CROOKS 1661 Forrest Ave #35 Chico, CA 95928.

RYAN KEEP 1661 Forrest Ave #35 Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by A General Partnership.

Signed: TANYA CROOKS Dated: May 22, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000726 Published: May 25, June 1,8,15, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as 4RENTCHICO.COM, CHICO APARTMENT PROPERTIES at 11110 Arcadian Avenue Suite 1 Chico, CA 95926.

MARY KRAUSE 1469 Oak Ridge Drive Chico, CA 95928.

PAUL KRAUSE 1469 Oak Ridge Drive Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by A Married Couple.

Signed: PAUL KRAUSE Dated: May 15, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000688 Published: May 25, June 1,8,15, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as DIMENSION THREE INDUSTRIES at 13302 Cabin Hoolow Ct, Suite 110 Chico, CA 95973.

JOSHUA LANE PHILLIPSON 8233 Streng Ave Citrus Heights, CA 95610.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: JOSH PHILLIPSON Dated: May 9, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000663 Published: May 25, June 1,8,15, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as PARADISE GARDENS II at 1060 Buschmann Rd Paradise, CA 95969.

KIMBERLY L WEST 15032 Little Ron Rd Chico, CA 95973.

MARK PAUL WEST 15032 Little Ron Rd Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by A Married Couple.

Signed: KIMBERLY L WEST Dated: May 2, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000624 Published: May 25, June 1,8,15, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as INK DROP PRESS at 833 W. 1st Ave Unit F Chico, CA 95926.

NICHOLAS JUSTIN HANSON

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833 W. 1st Ave Unit F Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: NICHOLAS HANSON Dated: May 19, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000723 Published: June 1,8,15,22, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as STOGAN CAPITAL, STOGAN REAL ESTATE, SURMOUNT CONSULTING, SURMOUNT FOUNDATION at 40 Philadelphia Dr Suite 207 Chico, CA 95973.

THE STOGAN GROUP INCORPORATED 40 Philadelphia Dr Suite 207 Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by A Corporation.

Signed: LOGAN WILSON, PRESIDENT Dated: May 25, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0000748 Published: June 1,8,15,22, 2017

NOTICES ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner SHEENA & ZACH HOBBS filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: PAYTON PHOENIX BERRY-HOBBS LEILA FAITH BERRY-HOBBS BRADY MOON BERRY-HOBBS Proposed name: PAYTON PHOENIX HOBBS LEILA FAITH HOBBS BRADY MOON HOBBS 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 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: 17CV00599 Published: May 11,18,25, June 1, 2017

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

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

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: July 14, 2017 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA Room: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: MICHAEL P. CANDELA Dated: May 17, 2017 Case Number: 17CV01045 Published: May 25, June 1,8,15, 2017

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

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

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: July 14, 2017 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA Room: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: MICHAEL P. CANDELA Dated: May 23, 2017 Case Number: 17CV00866 Published: June 1,8,15,22, 2017

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner SEE VANG & ZELEE LOR filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: LOR LOR Proposed name: LORD 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: July 7, 2017 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA Room: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928

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Signed: MICHAEL P. CANDELA Dated: May 19, 2017 Case Number: 17CV00916 Published: June 1,8,15,22, 2017

SUMMONS SERVICE BY PUBLICATION ERIC BERG, Plaintiff vs.

BROOK MORIN, and all person’s unknown, claiming any legal or equitable right, title, estate, lien, or interest in the property adverse to plaintiff’s title to the property, and does 1 through 100, Defendants Hearing Date: June 30, 2017 Time: 10:30 AM Judge: Honorable Judge Candela 1. The real property (Property) that is the subject of this action is located in Butte County, California, is commonly known as 126 Dream Lane, Chico, CA 95973.

2. It is more particularly described as The East 1/3 of the South half of the North half of the Southeast quarter and the East 1/3 of the North quarter of the South half of the South-east quarter of Section 14, Township 24 North, Range 2 East, M.D.B.&M. It is located in the unincorporated area of the city of Cohasset, State of California, in the county of Butte.

3. APN Number of parcel is: 056-100-012 4. This publication is intended to give notice, to all persons unknown, claiming any legal or equitable right, title, estate, lien, or interest in the property adverse to plaintiff’s title to the property of the impending quite title action Attorneys for Eric Berg: Michael M. Rooney, SBN 190346 Michael A. Holtz, SBN 302713 Rooney Law Firm 1361 Esplanade Chico, California 95926-3330 Telephone: (530) 343-5297 Facsimile: (530) 897-0985 Case No. 16CV00008 Published: May 25, June 1,8,15, 2017

SUMMONS NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: JOSHUA LANE JORDAN YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: BUTTE COUNTY CREDIT BUREAU A CORP NOTICE! You have been sued.

The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an

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attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association.

NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The Court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case.

The name and address of the court is: Superior Court of California, County of Butte 1775 Concord Avenue Chico, CA 95928 LIMITED CIVIL CASE The name, address and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney is: JOSEPH L SELBY (#249546) Law Office of Ferris & Selby 2607 Forest Avenue Ste 130 Chico, CA 95928.

(530) 343-0100 Dated: December 16, 2016 Signed: KIMBERLY FLENER Case Number: 16CV03070 Published: May 25, June 1,8,15, 2017

SUMMONS NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: LIBERTY LOPEZ and DOES 1 through 20, inclusive YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: CLEANRITE, INC., A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION, DBA BUILDRITE CONSTRUCTION & RESTORATION NOTICE! You have been sued.

The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association.

NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case.

The name and address of the court is:

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Superior Court of California County of Butte 1775 Concord Ave. Chico, CA 95928 The name, address and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: TIMOTHY D. FERRIS FERRIS & SELBY 2607 Forest Avenue, Suite 130 Chico, CA 95928 (530) 343-0100 Dated: January 5, 2017 Signed: KIMBERLY FLENER Case Number: 17CV00044 Published: May 25, June 1,8,15, 2017

SUMMONS NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: RALPH CASEY and SHIRLEY CASEY, Trustees of the Casey Living Trust Dated February 13, 1998; RALPH CASEY, an Individual; SHIRLEY CASEY, an Individual; BANK OF AMERICA INTEGRATED LOAN SERVICE; and THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: MID VALLEY TITLE AND ESCROW COMPANY, a California Corporation NOTICE! You have been sued.

The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can

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find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association.

NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case.

The name and address of the court is: Superior Court of California County of Butte 1775 Concord Ave. Chico, CA 95928 The name, address and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: JOSEPH L. SELBY 249546 FERRIS & SELBY 2607 Forest Avenue, Suite 130 Chico, CA 95928

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(530) 343-0100 Dated: April 26, 2017 Signed: KIMBERLY FLENER Case Number: 16CV02269 Published: June 1,8,15,22 2017

SUMMONS NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: BROOK ELIZABETH MORIN, AND ALL PERSON’S UNKNOWN, CLAIMING ANY LEGAL OR EQUITABLE RIGHT, TITLE, ESTATE, LIEN, OR INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY ADVERSE TO PLAINTIFF’S TITLE TO THE PROPERTY, AND DOES 1 THROUGH 100.

YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: ERIC LYTELL BERG NOTICE! You have been sued.

The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

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There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting you local court or county bar association.

NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case.

The name and address of the court is: Superior Court of California, County of Butte 1775 Concord Avenue Chico, CA 95926 The name, address, and telephone number of the plaintiff’s attorney is: MICHAEL M. ROONEY/ MICHAEL HOLT ROONEY LAW FIRM 1361 Esplanade Chico, California 95926-4900 Dated: April 4, 2016 Signed: Kimberly Flener Case Number: 16CV00008 Published: May 25, June 1,8,15, 2017

PETITION NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE

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DONNA ELIZABETH EAKIN To all heirs and beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: DONNA ELIZABETH MANGUS, DONNA HOESSLER Petition for Probate has been filed by: MATTHEW EAKIN, ELIZABETH MANGUS in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte.

The Petition for Probate requests that: MATTHEW EAKIN AND ELIZABETH MANGUS 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.

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: July 11, 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

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letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

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

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

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

Petitioner: MATTHEW EAKIN & ELIZABETH MANGUS 1201 Swedes Flat Rd, Oroville, CA 95966 Case Number: 17PR00159 Dated: May 12, 2017 Published: May 18,25, June 1, 2017

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE BESSIE M. BAKER AKA BESSIE MAE BAKER AKA BESSIE BAKER To all heirs and beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: BESSIE M. BAKER AKA BESSIE MAE BAKER AKA BESSIE BAKER Petition for Probate has been filed by: STEVEN T. BAKER

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in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte.

The Petition for Probate requests that: STEVEN T. BAKER 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 conseted to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant authority.

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: June 20, 2017 Time: 9:00 a.m.

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

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

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or

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

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

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

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

Attorney for Petitioner: RAOUL J. LECLERC P.O. drawer 111 Oroville, CA 95965.

(530) 533-5661 Case Number: PR-41582 Dated: May 22, 2017 Published: May 25, June 1,8, 2017

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE REBECCA L. SANGER, AKA REBECCA LEE SANGER To all heirs and beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the

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will or estate, or both, of: REBECCA L. SANGER, AKA REBECCA LEE SANGER Petition for Probate has been filed by: WILLIAM J. SANGER in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte.

The Petition for Probate requests that: WILLIAM J. SANGER 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 conseted to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant authority.

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: June 20, 2017 Time: 9:00 a.m.

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

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state

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your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

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

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

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

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

Attorney for Petitioner: MARGARET M. MCNULTY Law Office of Margaret McNulty 1550 Humboldt Road, Suite 4, Chico, CA 95928 (530) 809-0675 Case Number: 17PR00179 Dated: May 22, 2017 Published: May 25, June 1,8, 2017

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$320,000 $307,000 $300,000 $300,000 $295,000 $293,000 $287,500 $286,500 $285,000 $278,000 $275,000

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The following houses were sold in Butte County by real estate agents or private parties during the week of May 15, 2017 – May 19, 2017.

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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2577 Pillsbury Rd

Chico

$257,727

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5126 Country Club Dr

Paradise

$549,999

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2675 Ceanothus Ave

Chico

$252,000

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8372 Montna Dr

Paradise

$504,999

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2797 Ceres Ave

Chico

$250,000

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Paradise

$394,500

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Chico

$240,000

3/2

1256

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Paradise

$390,000

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Chico

$138,000

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Paradise

$354,000

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1415 Sheridan Ave #21

Chico

$130,000

1/1

714

903 Central Park Dr

Paradise

$278,500

2/2

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1115 Broadway St

Chico

$114,000

2/1

912

6110 Vista Knolls Dr

Paradise

$275,000

3/2

1534

3934 Circle J Rd

Oroville

$574,999

4/3

2291

5684 Little Grand Canyon Dr

Paradise

$252,500

1/3

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2763 Bohemia Ave

Oroville

$393,000

3/2

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5939 Del Mar Ave

Paradise

$240,000

3/2

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Oroville

$272,500

3/2

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5249 Rosehill Rd

Paradise

$219,000

2/2

1094

5482 Royal Oaks Dr

Oroville

$255,000

3/2

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Paradise

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