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Two of a kind Most Americans agree that North Korea’s Kim Jong Un is irrational,

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Don’t be fooled by the distractor-in-chief W

ithout Borders: Behind the Beauty Lurks the Threat, the title of a Ted Turner documentary on dangers that threaten the environment, could well be the description of the witnessed pandemonium known as the Oval Office, where Trump’s bombastic behavior dominates social media, thereby distracting the American people. Meanwhile, administrator Scott Pruitt and his cronies are quietly assaulting the integrity and fortitude of the Environmental Protection Agency. by As attorney general of Roger S. Beadle Oklahoma, Pruitt repeatedly The author, a called for the elimination of Chico State alum the EPA and sued the agency and former small14 times. In 13 of these cases, business owner, he partnered with companies spent 30 years as or trade associations that were an executive in the u.S. travel industry. financial contributors to his political causes. It’s no accident that Trump selected Pruitt to head up the one agency focused on protecting the Earth and the health of its inhabitants. His actions appease and protect the GOP donors from the fossil fuel industry as well as

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other corporate charlatans who disdain decent business practices while disregarding the welfare of the American people. So far during Pruitt’s tenure at the EPA, 52 climate rules are on their way out, with 25 already rescinded, 19 rollbacks in progress, and eight rollbacks currently in limbo, including overturning methane emission limits at new oil and gas wells, mercury emission limits for power plants and hazardous chemical facility regulations. But that matters not to an administration that scrubs qualified scientists from serving on advisory committees, and supports the appointment of a chemical industry insider to help shape EPA policy. One of those policies is to discard a proposed ban on the potentially harmful insecticide chlorpyrifos, produced by Dow Agrosciences, rejecting research that found the compound posed a risk to fetal brain and nervous system development. Another policy advanced to rewrite a rule that will make it harder to track the health consequences of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), a chemical linked to kidney cancer, birth defects and immune disorders. These are but a few examples of the destructive policies being advanced by the Trump administration. Hindsight is 20/20; use it in the 2020 election. You owe it to future generations. □

bombastic and narcissistic. He is given to fits of propagandist rage wherein he brags about his nation’s nuclear prowess—and more specifically, the ability of those weapons to reach the United States. In short, he is a dangerous man. Thing is, he is not unlike the president of the United States. Indeed, we’ve seen time and again that he and Donald Trump are cut from the same cloth. To wit: Trump has repeatedly participated in a war of words with Kim, calling him, among other things, “rocket man” and “short and fat.” The latter was in response to Kim calling Trump a “mentally deranged dotard” (a senile old man). Trump is easily provoked and he demonstrated as much again this week with more fourth-grade antics. After North Korea’s leader asserted—during his annual New Year’s Day speech—that the “nuclear button is always on the desk of my office,” Trump responded in a tweet that he has a “bigger” and “more powerful” button that “works!” To be clear, the president of the United States—in cringe-inducing innuendo—just dared a seemingly unstable foreign leader to take nuclear action. It’s a virtually unprecedented move for a U.S. president and an unwise one, as it not only stands to strain relations with North Korea’s most powerful allies, China and Russia, but it also threatens ties with U.S. allies who are increasing wary of Trump’s rhetoric. The president’s juvenile and knee-jerk response also comes at a particularly bad time—literally the day after Kim expressed his wish for “peaceful resolution with our southern border” and interest in sending a delegation to South Korea for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, a potential olive branch and path to easing political tensions between the North and South. Trump has been roundly criticized for his lack of diplomatic acumen. Many have pointed to Theodore Roosevelt’s famous quote—“to talk softly and carry a big stick”—as a style for the president to emulate. But the president won’t adhere to that. He’s incapable of restraint. He’s mentally unstable. In fact, he’s proven himself to be just as dangerous as his North Korean nemesis. □

Thank you for stopping The Butte County Sheriff’s Office started the year off with a high-speed

chase—not uncommon in this area—but deputies called off the pursuit after just a mile and a half in the interest of public safety. Can we just say: Amen to that! First the facts: At about 4:30 p.m. on New Year’s Day, deputies closed in on Ryan Scott Rash, 30, outside a home on Jasper Way in Chico. There was a felony warrant out for his arrest for failure to complete the Sheriff’s Work Alternative Program, according to a press release. When deputies contacted him, however, he allegedly took off—first on food, then by car. He was pursued, but because of the amount of traffic in the area and the high rate of speed, the chase was called off. The CN&R has long advocated for improved safety protocols when it comes to law enforcement pursuits. A local nonprofit, PursuitSAFETY, was started after a teenage girl was killed as a result of a police chase that did not involve her. That incident happened in 2002; others have followed. Just a year ago, the CN&R noted a string of high-speed pursuits in Butte County that involved drivers reaching unsafe speeds or putting others in harm’s way. We advocated then for the early termination of such chases. Finally, it seems, someone is listening. We hope that innocent bystanders continue to be at the forefront of officers’ minds when seeking an arrest, particularly for nonviolent offenses. □

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

Back to work No vacation time goes unpunished. That’s what I kept thinking as my days out of the office started winding down. Indeed, the thought of all of the emails and other tasks piling up gave me an uneasy feeling at least two days prior to returning to Second and Flume streets. But I can’t complain too much. I was able hang out with my 6-year-old—mostly just the two of us. A lot of that precious time was spent snuggled on the couch together, reading Pete the Cat books and watching movies. I’m generally not one for New Year’s resolutions, but I’ve made a few for 2018. Among the biggies: savoring the moment. More accurately: being present in it. Oftentimes at home, I find my mind wandering to work. But back to newspapering. You’ll see this first week of the new year is our annual Whom to Watch issue, in which we highlight a handful of folks we believe will make headlines in 2018. As per usual, there’s a lot to keep tabs on. In addition, I’m looking forward to seeing what happens with some of the more hot-button issues—think Chico Scrap Metal, the Jesus Center’s proposed move, and, of course, the Chico City Council race. Speaking of which, that forthcoming contest is the subject of one of the write-ups in this week’s cover package (starting on page 16). I’ve been trying to get a handle on the possible campaigners. One of the folks who wasn’t mentioned in the story—because he either hasn’t filed the paperwork or the city hasn’t updated its list—is Scott Huber, a longtime local real estate agent who, according to an online profile, now works in the solar industry. Recently, as I was driving down Main Street, I saw Huber at City Plaza surrounded by a bunch of people, including a man taking photos of him. I actually didn’t realize it was him, though he briefly worked in the CN&R’s advertising department many years ago. It was only when I saw a Facebook post about that photo shoot—one for his purported run at a council seat—that I recognized him. I’m curious to see the final cast of candidates, though it’s going to be quite a while until it’s solidified. In the meantime, I’m all ears for those who’d like to tip me off to likely contenders (melissad@ newsreview.com).

other news Savvy readers may have noticed a lack of bylines

attributed to Kevin Fuller, who came to the CN&R by way of New York back in September. Well, Fuller, whom we got along with famously, longed for the East Coast, so he headed to North Carolina, where he’s previously lived. The good news is Ashiah Scharaga joined the CN&R team this week. Scharaga, who interned with us when she was studying journalism at Chico State, graduated in 2015 and spent a summer as an intern at The Sacramento Bee. From there she went straight to the Chico Enterprise-Record, where she’s spent the past couple of years as a city beat reporter. You can welcome her at ashiahs@newsreview.com. Speaking of email, as you may have surmised, I have literally hundreds of messages to try to get to after this week’s deadline. So, if you’ve written to me and haven’t heard back yet, now you know why.

Melissa Daugherty is editor of the CN&R

Two views on comment Re “Life in Fantasyland” (Guest comment, by Dean Carrier, Dec. 28): Again, whiny liberals can’t seem to stop complaining about miniscule issues that seem to be insignificant to most but the end of the world for them. President Trump has given tax relief to millions of Americans, and all I hear from the left is something about churches and political affiliation? People in this country are tired of putting America second and the world first. We finally get a president who makes pro-American policy and liberals have a meltdown because it benefits our own country? Give us some real pro-American policy, Democrats, or just keep shoving your tax-and-spend garbage you have for years. Your anti-business, antiprosperity policies are old and tired. Give us a break, liberals, you’ve had plenty of chances.

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Since the apotheosis of a cartoonish clown from reality television to the highest office of our government, some of the collateral damage has included a frontal assault on scientific reality. As Dean Carrier so elegantly pointed out in last week’s guest commentary, misconceptions of reality are becoming acceptable substitutes for evidence-based scientific inquiry. Scientifically illiterate and innumerate people are contradicting well-documented scientific evidence and getting away with it! Into what kind of nightmarish world have we descended? Last Friday in Xian, China, where I have family, the particulate level for air pollution topped out somewhere around 500 on a scale where 150 is considered unhealthy for all people and 300 is considered hazardous. Burning coal does matter, and despite what politicians may say about the hoax of human-caused climate change, mere words do not alter scientific reality. Roland Lamarine Chico

Hear, hear! Re “Yes, every vote counts” (Editorial, Dec. 21): Yes to this editorial! The good work of community organizations makes a big difference in our lives. LETTERS c o n t i n u e d

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LETTERS c o n t i n u e d f r o m pa g e 5 But, our elected officials make decisions and set parameters. The 2018 elections can change the course of discourse and action taken by our government. To these important races, I’d add governor of California. We’re said to be the sixth largest economy in the world. Whom we elect as our next governor is huge. Do we want a “go-along” or a “stand-up” leader? Do we want a governor who takes money from special interests, beholden to them for their next campaign? Gubernatorial candidate Delaine Eastin, the only woman state superintendent of public instruction, says, “Budgets are a statement of values.” California’s built more prisons than colleges. We haven’t had a water plan for 50 years. Affordable housing, college tuition, infrastructure, the list of things “California can do better” goes on. People say Delaine can’t win. Well she, and many woman, have heard that all their lives. Delaine has run in 14 elections and never lost. She’s in this race against the “big” boys and their money to win! Delaine is speaking at the Paradise library on Jan. 10 at 7 p.m. Robin Keehn Chico

Trial by press release Re “Tried as an adult” (Downstroke, Dec. 21): District Attorney Mike Ramsey’s press release proved Juan Ortega Morales is guilty beyond any doubt for the gruesome murder of Howard Brimm. When the defense attorney asks a prospective juror in Butte County if Mr. Morales starts off with a presumption of innocence, your readers cannot truly answer yes. Ralph Slater Chico

About that village Re “Tiny houses, big potential” (Cover story, by Meredith J. Cooper, Dec. 14): Readers should be aware that the Chico Housing Action Team (CHAT) and its tiny house housing effort are powered by regular citizens, all of them volunteering skills, time and virtually total energies to being there for their neighbors, their fellow humans 6

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(and their family pets). These are people who have jobs, are retired, are disabled, are recovering themselves, are students. These are folks who have done the legwork, the research, the outreach. These folks, time and again for years, have petitioned the city and county representatives and agencies to help provide a reasonable, economically efficient and compassionate local solution to the “problem of the homeless.” Yet the City Council puzzles and delays over what to do. What to do is to provide property for establishing a tiny house village locally convenient; to provide expertise for the bureaucratic necessities, to engage the police in the compassionate work ethic. Isn’t the purpose and mission of government to manage the common good of all its residents within its sphere of influence? If the city can give the Jesus Center property to expand, why not CHAT? Cathy Webster Chico

“Simplicity Village (SV)— won’t that just attract more homeless people to Chico?” No, because: 1) CHAT’s years of local experience, the application, the interviews and background check process will be so revealing that it will allow CHAT to effectively select locals. CHAT’s goal is to create a process to house local citizens who are willing to commit to a program that moves them toward independence and self-sufficiency, and to reduce the number of homeless people downtown and in our parks; 2) SV will fill up quickly because we’re receiving urgent applications for housing continuously. There won’t be time for some homeless person in Sacramento to hear about SV and get here and go through the application and interview process before SV is full; 3) A homeless person can move into Marysville’s 14Forward village for no charge. Hope Village in Medford, Ore., charges $60 per month. SV is going to charge $165 per month in rent. If you’re a transient homeless person looking for a deal, SV will be the least attractive; and 4) SV will not serve transient homeless. No unauthorized visitors allowed. SV is designed as a private community. Therefore, SV will not be a magnet for homeless

people passing through, looking for shelter. Charles Withuhn Chico

Editor’s note: The author is a board member of CHAT and one of the primary advocates of Simplicity Village.

Help the animals In February 2013 the city of Chico Animal Shelter stopped taking healthy stray/feral cats as many were being euthanized as “unadoptable.” This saved the lives of many cats by facilitating the formation of Neighborhood Cat Advocates (NCA), a trap-neuterreturn group to address Chico’s stray feral cat population. Since NCA’s inception in January 2013, the group has altered over 7,000 cats as well as rehomed thousands of socialized cats/kittens, greatly reducing Chico’s stray population. Companion Animal Welfare Alliance (CAWA) was also formed at this time to provide vouchers to alter owned cats and dogs for lowincome and homeless pet owners, and to provide medical care to pets in need. In 2017 alone, NCA/ CAWA has altered 330 owned dogs, 642 owned cats and 1,107 unowned cats and rehomed 400 cats/kittens. Unfortunately, the demand for our services has outstripped funding and we had to suspend efforts in October. I am writing this appeal to pet lovers to support NCA/ CAWA to continue our mission by volunteering/donating at PawPrints Thrift Boutique. The groups are 100 percent volunteer-run and all donations go for care of animals—victims of human irresponsibility. Spaying and neutering is the most humane choice to reduce unwanted pet populations. Please make a donation. Kitten season is just around the corner. Dave Wallace Chico

More about pets The city of Chico is currently considering privatizing animal shelter services. The last time shelter services were privatized, Butte Humane Society provided animal services to the city for 25 years. In 2011, BHS’s 25th year of

providing these services to the city, BHS euthanized 18 percent of dogs that came in to its shelter, and 48 percent of cats: 1,740 animals in all. By contrast, in 2016, the Chico Animal Shelter (the city-run shelter) euthanized 7 percent of dogs that came in to the shelter, and 21 percent of cats: 190 animals total. Please, City Council, do the right thing for the animals of Chico and keep the animal shelter running as it is now. Shelly Rogers Chico

Thanks, community The people of Butte County are incredible. We are thankful for much; the many of Chico State supporting our VITA services to bring needed tax return funds to many; the agriculture community that supports our North State Food Bank to ease food insecurity; the home improvement community that supports our Energy & Environmental Services to make homes safer and more efficient; the growing number of partners, businesses and individuals who support our Esplanade House program to reduce family homelessness. Through these efforts we help people and change lives. But even with all that we do working with so many other great organizations, the fact is: more is needed. The poverty rate in our communities is too high. There isn’t enough safe and affordable housing or shelter. Too many of our elderly, children and families are hungry. Strategies for improvement are never easy. But working together has always produced the best results. From all of the volunteers, children, families, board and staff of Community Action Agency, thank you for 50 years of support and results. We look forward to doing more with you in 2018. To learn more go to www.buttecaa.com or visit us on Facebook. Thomas Tenorio Chico

Editor’s note: The author is CEO of the Community Action Agency of Butte County.

Cause for concern Mainstream media like NPR have reported on climate engineering as

a “last ditch” way to lower CO2 in the atmosphere before the methane clathrates in polar regions melt and push Earth’s temperature so high that probably only single-celled organisms could survive. Big Oil is willing to bet on a type of climate engineering called Stratospheric Aerosol Injection (SAI), which would spray aluminum nanoparticles high above, even though it doesn’t reduce atmospheric CO2, only temporarily slows rising temperatures, and might cause droughts or floods for 2 billion people, which wrecks food production. Then there is the toxicity of the falling particles to all life forms. But SAI seems on track to happen because it would allow Big Oil to continue using its $80 trillion of infrastructure and assets—even though that overshoots international limits on emissions. Another SAI booster is the Pentagon, which has long wanted to militarize the climate. No one seems concerned that SAI violates UN treaties and would encourage postponing real solutions for the CO2 problem. Blithely ignoring all these problems, David Keith of Harvard and his team will soon begin to test SAI in Arizona. Lauren Ayers Chico

Let POTUS play National security is assured by directing the president to the golf course every moment possible. Kenneth B. Keith Los Molinos

Correction Last week’s Greenways story (see “Enduring legacy,” by Evan Tuchinsky) incorrectly stated that Jane Dolan was elected to an all-male Butte County Board of Supervisors back in 1978. In fact, the panel already had a woman supervisor and another woman was elected at the same time as Dolan, making the board female majority for the first time. The mistake has been fixed online. —ed.

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Chico City Councilman Karl Ory and his Move the Junkyard cohorts will appear in court Friday (Jan. 5) to defend their attempts to move Chico Scrap Metal from its East 20th Street location. The city of Chico filed a lawsuit against Ory and the environmental group last January to challenge a referendum effort aimed at reversing 2016 City Council actions taken to let the long-embattled recycler stay put. The recycling center was originally supposed to move by 2011. CSM joined the city as a complainant against Ory and company in August. Move the Junkyard’s Facebook page notes the proceeding is public and invites supporters to attend the 9 a.m. pretrial hearing at the North Butte County Courthouse (1775 Concord Ave., in Chico).

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A film depicting the journey of 28 members of the Winnemem Wintu tribe, of the Lake Shasta area, to New Zealand to visit descendents of the chinook salmon that once thrived in the North State, will be screened at 1 p.m. on Saturday (Jan. 6) at the Pageant Theatre. After discovering that salmon from the Baird Hatchery on the McCloud River, which dispersed eggs around the world before Shasta Dam flooded it during World War II, were thriving on the Rakaia River in New Zealand, the tribe traveled there to reunite with the fish. That journey is chronicled in Dancing Salmon Home. Chief Caleen Sisk will be available for questions afterward, as will Jim Brobeck of nonprofit water watchdog group AquAlliance. The suggested donation is $5-$10, with funds going to an effort to transport some of the chinook back to the McCloud River.

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Two separate shootings over the holidays left one dead and one hospitalized in Butte County, and law enforcement officials are continuing searches for suspects. Police are seeking suspect Alexanne Danis, 18, after a 29-year-old woman was shot in a Chico alley between West First and Second avenues on Christmas Eve. The victim, whom police have not identified, was in stable condition at Enloe Medical Center as of Dec. 26. Danis (pictured) is 5-feet-6 inches, 150 pounds and has brown hair and hazel eyes. Those with information on her whereabouts should call Chico Police at 897-4910. On Christmas day, 26-year-old Salvador Fuentes, of Oroville, was found dead with multiple gunshot wounds outside a residence at Foothill Mobile Home Park. According to the Butte County Sheriff’s Office, it appears the victim and shooter knew each other, though no suspect has been identified. 8

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a tale of two bookworms Married couple eye retirement after a lifetime working Chico’s libraries work, will turn to his wife, Brenda, EandJoesay,Crotts “No ‘L’ word today, OK?” very now and then after a long day at

Otherwise, as he explained with a chuckle during a recent interview in their charming story and home near Bidwell photo by Park, they will talk Robert Speer about libraries till the r ob e r t s pe e r@ cows come home. n ew srev i ew. c o m If there’s such a thing as a power couple Honoree: among librarians, Joe brenda crotts will and Brenda Crotts fit be recognized by the the bill. Both have been butte county board of supervisors for her in library leadership 40-plus years of roles for more than service during the 40 years, she at the panel’s Feb. 13 Butte County Library, meeting. he at Chico State’s Meriam Library. Between them, they probably know more about running libraries than anyone in the North State. She’s now the manager of the Chico

branch library, and he’s head of Meriam’s Access Services (which includes circulation, interlibrary loans, government documents and bibliography in several areas of science and mathematics). They’ve also been married during those 40-plus years, having met at Louisiana State University when they were students. Joe grew up in North Carolina and still has a honey-flavored drawl. Brenda is originally from New York state, but her family moved to the South when she was 10. They came to Chico in early November 1974, when Joe accepted a job at Chico State as its maps librarian. Brenda came with him and shortly afterward got a job with the Butte County Library as a parttime reference librarian. Her career took off from there and eventually included being manager of both the Oroville and Paradise branches (simultaneously!) before taking the helm in Chico in 2015. Now they are about to retire—on the same day, Jan. 31. “We both turned 70 recently,” Joe said, “and it seemed like a

good time to go.” They will be taking with them vast amounts of institutional knowledge. Computers and other technologies have changed library science in myriad ways, and Joe and Brenda have been instrumental in implementing those changes in Chico’s libraries. Remember card catalogues? Those massive wooden filing cabinets filled with 3-by-5 cards? When the Crottses began their careers, Brenda said, 60 percent of library staffs’ work was typing up the cards for newly arrived books. “It was terribly tedious,” she said. Beginning in the late 1980s, librarians began using computers to catalogue materials, and with the advent of search capabilities the process became infinitely easier for librarians and patrons alike. The most recent innovation at the Chico library is a new system for checking books out and in. All the materials in the library are now equipped with radio frequency identification codes, a feature that allows

Joe and Brenda Crotts don’t look like your stereotypical librarians. They also love the outdoors (in addition to books).

patrons to check them out simply by placing them on an electronic wireless reader. Returning them is just as easy: The patron places them one by one on a conveyor belt in one of two receiving windows (one inside the library, the other outside). After they are checked in, they are automatically diverted into one of five bins organized by type of book (adult fiction, adult nonfiction, kids, etc.) for ease of reshelving. The new system saves even more of the staffs’ time, Brenda said, time that is now available for managing the library’s many programs—the list is now up to about 30, including classes in computer coding and video recording, after-school tutoring in the STEM subjects, and of course the many popular children’s programs such as Storytime. If your mental image of a librarian is

of a stodgy, sun-deprived geek, you haven’t met the Crottses. Not only are they lovers of the outdoors who often can be found hiking in Upper Park, they are colorful, even eccentric style mavens. Joe is known for his humorous outfits and, especially, his large collection of goofy and/or dramatic eyeglasses. The day of our interview, he was wearing a pair that resembled tiny portholes. Not to be outdone, Brenda wore a pair of cat-eye glasses. So far they have made no specific plans for retirement. “We’ve got to get ourselves retired first,” Joe explained. They’ll have more time to tend to their backyard, which is huge—“like a park,” Brenda said—and travel to Sacramento to visit the Crocker Art Museum, where they are members. They also hope to see more theater, to hear more speakers, and generally to enjoy lives that aren’t constrained by work demands. Brenda has run 31 marathons and is contemplating running one more, “to make it an even number,” she said. It seems unlikely, however, that they will avoid libraries entirely. One suspects that now and then they will field questions from their former colleagues—not enough to trigger a “no ‘L’ word” day, perhaps, but, well, they just know so much about Chico’s libraries. □

Up and over Council greenlights bicyclist, pedestrian crossing over East 20th Street Rood recently stepped down as executive director of Chico Velo Cycling JClub,anine a role in which she advocated for local

bike safety and infrastructure for more than five years. It’s telling, then, that she doesn’t personally bike to south Chico’s retail district. “I don’t ride to the mall, ever,” she told the Chico City Council on Tuesday (Jan. 2). “It’s just too dangerous.” It’s not Rood’s imagination: The city recognizes the area along East 20th Street as a safety hazard for bicyclists, pedestrians and motorists alike. According to traffic data, the intersection near the northbound off-ramp to Highway 99 is one of the most accidentprone in the city. The roadway is a major obstacle as city officials look to bridge the final gap in Bikeway 99—Chico’s arterial, north-to-south route following the Highway 99 corridor from Eaton Road to Skyway. The city started construction of Bikeway 99 Learn more: back in 2009, For updates on the East 20th but funding Street Pedestrian/Bicycle Overcrossing Feasibility Study, dried up after go to www.bikeway99.com. the bridge crossing Little Chico Creek by Teichert Ponds was completed in 2012. Now the incomplete path spits southbound cyclists into the parking lot of the Chico Mall, and from there traffic congestion on East 20th Street effectively acts as a barrier discouraging bicyclists and pedestrians from proceeding south to Skyway and beyond.

“It’s the pedestrian and bicycle equivalent of a clogged toilet,” said Councilman Randall Stone. Early last year, city engineers floated a grand solution that would close the gap in Bikeway 99, complete nearly 7 miles of bike path and become a showcase piece of cycling infrastructure—a bridge over East 20th Street. The 20th Street Pedestrian/Bicycle Over-

crossing Feasibility Study came before the City Council Tuesday following a series of public workshops and outreach efforts at events such as farmers’ markets to gather the community’s input. Members of the public looked at several alternative solutions, including building a tunnel underneath the roadway and improving the at-grade crosswalk, but most favored a bridge that would let people avoid that mess altogether. Based on the feedback, the community also wants to go big. The city contracted with Donald MacDonald—a San Francisco-based architect who helped design the new Bay Bridge—and he illustrated several concepts for the public to choose from. The most popular design, called “City of Trees,” incorporates elements that look similar to tree branches or bike spokes, depending on your

SIFT ER Random stats for a new year The site YouGov tracks statistics that are fit for a long inning of a low-scoring baseball game. In a series of recent polls focused on 2018 and the holiday season, the pollster, which prides itself on taking the pulse of America with over 1 million online respondents, came up with a variety of interesting stats. Among them: • 2 in 5 adults say they always stay up until midnight on New Year’s Eve. • People who enjoy New Year’s Eve tend to be older, conservative men who like roasted potatoes, pork chops and listening to Coldplay. • 42 percent of women said they intend to save money in 2018 (versus 31 percent of men). • 32 percent of respondents said they don’t plan to make any New Year’s resolutions for 2018. • 13 percent said they did not keep any of their resolutions for 2017, while the same percentage said they kept several. • One-third of men say they never, ever dance, versus 21 percent of women. Meanwhile, about half of those who consider themselves bad or horrible dancers enjoy it anyway. • 13 percent of Americans would rather achieve great things than be happy; 87 percent say leading an average life is OK.

City officials say this conceptual design of a “City of Trees” bridge over East 20th Street could become Chico’s signature piece of bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure. IMAGE COURTESY OF THE CITY OF CHICO

perspective. That option also was recommended by city staff. Of course, money is the biggest obstacle to actually building the bridge. The project’s total estimated cost of $14.7 million remains unfunded for now, but city staff plans on pursuing grant funding through CalTrans’ Cycle 4 Active Transportation Program (ATP). The grant would cover about $13 million of the cost, according to Brendan Ottoboni, the city’s director of public works-engineering. The rest would come from a combination of development impact fees earmarked for bikeways and grant funding through the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program. None of the money would come from the city’s general fund, he emphasized. Chico is in a good position to land the grant, Ottoboni said, because the overcrossing project falls in line with the state’s push for “complete streets,” or those that are friendly not only to motorists, but also to bicyclists, pedestrians and disabled people of all ages. It also supports active transportation—basically, getting people to walk or ride bikes instead of driving. City Manager Mark Orme added that, if the grant application isn’t accepted, the project will come back before the City Council for reconsideration. The council approved the project with two votes. (Mayor Sean Morgan was on vacation, leaving Vice Mayor Reanette Fillmer to lead the meeting.) Councilman Mark Sorensen made a motion to accept the feasibility study’s findings—including the recommendation to pursue the “City of Trees” design. His motion passed unanimously. Separately, Councilwoman Ann Schwab made a motion to allow city staff to pursue the ATP grant, which also passed without dissent. The project’s completion is still a long way off. City staff will apply for the grant this spring, but construction likely wouldn’t begin until spring 2022. —HOWARD HARDEE h owa rd h @ newsr ev iew.c o m

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Gone to collections: The following are the amounts that Butte County overpaid entities in vehicle licensing fees, and how much the state of California is asking in repayment. These numbers were provided by Butte County Auditor-Controller David Houser. Total overpayments (from 2008/09-2016/17)

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most of that money to municipalities. At the county level, some funding goes toward health and welfare programs; the city’s share is discretionary money and goes into the general fund. The amount each city receives is based on property tax evaluations calculated by the county’s auditor-controller office. The problem in Butte County, Houser said, is that—since the 2008-09 fiscal year—members of his staff included properties in recently annexed areas in those calculations. Those numbers shouldn’t have been

included until the following year. “Our staff deals with some very complex property tax calculations and it’s sometimes easy to not see a small thing when you’re dealing with assessments that result in $80 million in taxes,” Houser said, referring to the total amount of property taxes collected countywide. “The most important part is it was caught and fixed.” Houser said the audit took place early last year, and that such audits occur regularly every few years. Another such audit conducted in 2014 failed to detect the problem.

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Taking the plunge Hundreds gathered at Sycamore Pool in Chico on New Year’s Day for the annual Polar Bear Plunge. With outside temps hovering around 60 degrees, the weather was unseasonably warm—the water, however, provided a refreshing jolt at a cool 39 degrees. PHOTO COURTESY OF JUAN CORTEZ

He said his office was informed there was a miscalculation in June, and it took until December for his staff to figure out how much had been overpaid and to inform the municipalities. The city of Chico was by far the most affected (see chart). Though he acknowledged the mistake, Houser said that the state agreeing to recollect only funds overpaid since 2013-14 ultimately benefits municipalities here, as the city of Chico—which Houser noted has been cash-strapped for years and appeared on the state auditor’s list of six California cities at risk of financial insolvency in 2015—received nearly $3.6 million the state will not recollect. “There were players that benefited on this, and the state was the one that got hit on the seven years [Chico] doesn’t have to pay back.” Dowell said the city of Chico cer-

tainly doesn’t feel like it’s benefiting, and that staff is still reeling from the revelation. “It’s a significant amount of money and we’re taking it very seriously,” he said. “This is all still very fresh. From the city standpoint, we are still researching the situation, getting verification of those amounts and trying to negotiate the repayment. “[The state] originally wanted the money paid back in two years, but has already agreed to allow three years for repayment. We’re hoping they’ll agree to give us five years.” To put the importance of vehicle licensing fees in perspective— and show how much of a burden repayment is—Dowell explained the city plans to receive $7.3 million into its general fund from the fees next year. The county intends to recollect the state’s money by withholding annual disbursements for the next few years. With a three-year repayment plan, that would mean the city would receive about $665,000 less each year in vehicle licensing fees through 2020. Dowell said it likely will be several weeks before the final amounts and terms of repayment are settled.

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HEALTHLINES Phil Volker on his pilgrimage. Photo courtesy of PhilscaMino.coM

While making the film, which came out in March 2016, she also completed her first book, Everyday Camino With Annie. Volker played a part in that work as well, reviewing her final chapters and inspiring the ending. “Phil jokes [that] I made the textbook and he made the lab,” O’Neil said, speaking from New York the day before a screening. “I think of him as my muse, but instead of my muse being this lovely woman in this diaphanous gown, I’ve got this crusty old Marine walking in the mud.” When O’Neil brings Phil’s Camino to town, it

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wished to undertake a 500-mile pilgrimage along a Catholic holy route from France into Spain called El Camino de Santiago. His dream derailed when, in his mid-60s, he was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. Stage 4 is the most advanced, with the lowest chance of successful treatment. He required chemotherapy weekly, which ruled out an expedition—European or otherwise. It didn’t rule out him creating his own Camino, though. Volker charted a halfmile path through the woods and pasture on his 10-acre property. After each lap, he recorded his progress on a map of an actual Camino trek, marking virtual progress

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toward the ultimate destination: the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia. Annie O’Neil, who’d appeared in a documentary about the Camino and was writing a book stemming from her journey, connected with Volker via social media. She thought his story would make for a powerful film. “He thought I was nuts,” O’Neil said by phone recently. “He kept on saying, ‘I’m just a guy walking in the mud; there is no story here.’ I kept going, ‘No, I think you’ve got something good going there, Phil; I think we really could share something with people.’… “He didn’t see how extraordinary he was. I saw it.” Now, thousands of others have, too—and more will get a chance to this weekend, when O’Neil brings her documentary, Phil’s Camino, to Chico for two screenings. Friday afternoon at the Enloe Conference Center, she’ll show the short film that has screened at 25 festivals and participate in a Q&A hosted by Dr. Joseph Matthews, the local colorectal surgeon who sparked the invitation. Saturday morning at Our Divine

Savior Catholic Church, O’Neil will premiere a longer, unfinished version of Phil’s Camino. The new cut runs 54 minutes—the time allotted for an hour-long program on international television—and includes scenes O’Neil said she regretted losing in the initial edit.

“Everybody who walks this trail walks their own Camino. Everybody is different—they walk it for different reasons, they have different stories and they have amazing adventures.” —Dr. joseph Matthews

will be the first time Matthews will have seen it. He asked Enloe to host a screening based on the story alone. Matthews has experienced the Camino firsthand. He and his wife walked 150 miles of it over 10 days in 2016, then doubled that distance over another stretch last year. He just retired from practice, and in April they plan to cover the remaining span. Pilgrims choose from several routes; some forgo the part through France. The original path heads from Paris to the Pyrenees into Basque country and ends in northern Spain. “It’s an amazing trip,” Matthews said. “Everybody who walks this trail walks their own Camino. Everybody is different—they walk it for different reasons, they have different stories and they have amazing adventures.” He belongs to the Chico chapter of American Pilgrims on the Camino, an organization with 45 groups nationwide. Local pilgrims, as well as those from Sacramento, have RSVP’d for the Chico screenings. Matthews saw a different Camino documentary—I’ll Push You, about two best friends, one wheelchair-bound—at Tinseltown last year. “Very dramatic movie,” he said. He saw the same prospect with Phil’s Camino. “This gentleman with colon cancer started off with stage 2 disease, which is curable, and then ended up with stage 4 colon cancer, which most likely is not going to be curable,” Matthews said. “His whole philosophy was [that] he knew he wouldn’t be cured but that he would be healed.” Indeed, O’Neil said, as Volker walked his path, his condition improved.

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Added Matthews: “It’s a very fascinating story … a story not so much of being cured by doctors but being healed by the experience.”

Friday: 3 p.m., Enloe Conference Center (1528 Esplanade) Saturday: 10 a.m., Our Divine Savior Catholic Church (566 E. Lassen ave.) also, Friday at 5 p.m., director/producer annie O’neil will have a book- and DVD signing at Starbucks (1910 Esplanade).

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of Phil’s Camino here because of a longstanding positive relationship with the region. She’s never been to Chico, but she was embraced warmly by Sacramentans while helping promote Walking the Camino: Six Ways to Santiago. That 2013 documentary feature chronicled her pilgrimage and that of several others. It also led her to Volker. A Facebook post of O’Neil’s about the film caught the attention of Volker’s wife, Rebecca. She wrote to O’Neil about her husband, the women became Facebook friends, and Volker sent a message to O’Neil that ended: “Come walk with me. Love, Phil.” Coincidentally—serendipitously—O’Neil already had a plane ticket to Seattle for a trip two weeks later. She walked with him. And the film was born. “I do hope that the audience is

Almighty D It may be tempting to Netflix and chill your way through these cold, dark winter months, but that probably wouldn’t be good for that skeletal system of yours. Because, look: Your body needs vitamin D. It’s essential for bone health, plus it can boost the immune system as well as help fight depression—and it’s made in our skin when exposed to sunlight. So, it’s important to either get outside or find other sources of vitamin D, such as: • Fatty fish, such as tuna, trout and salmon. A 3 oz. portion will give you most of the recommended daily dose.

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as taken with Phil as I am,” O’Neil said. “In the face of all that [he endures] he decides he’s going to have what he wants—which is to walk the Camino—it’s just he’s going to let it look different than he thought it was going to look like, and by doing that he gets so much more. “I think that’s a great lesson for all of us.” It doesn’t spoil the ending of Phil’s Camino to say he turned 70 last month—nor to note that more than 300 people, inspired by his story, have traveled to his home to walk with him. “Most people who walk the Camino don’t have 300 people come walk with them; they don’t have the world show up at their door,” O’Neil said. “But he has.” □

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GREENWAYS Stephen Feher sees untapped potential to reduce greenhouse gases in overgrown forests at risk for fire.

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relative dearth of back-country fires over previous decades—huge areas of mountain acreage sit littered with twigs and dry husks, tinderboxes ready to spark. That message was delivered at the latest Butte County Forest Advisory Committee meeting, held Dec. 18 in Paradise. Stephen Feher has a solution. Feher champions biochar production: the making of soil-enriching charcoal through low-emission burning. A retired aerospace engineer who teaches at Butte College and heads a sustainability group, Feher sees biochar production not only as a means to reduce wildfire fuels but also to reduce greenhouse-gas discharge. At the invitation of Peggy Moak, the county treasurer-tax collector who’s part of the Forest Advisory Committee, Feher made a half-hour presentation on the practice. He explained the science, processes he’s developed with his students and broader applications of biochar. Moak, who’d seen him speak to the Yankee Hill Fire Safe Council, said she felt “it would be a worthwhile presentation for our board to hear.”

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The Forest Advisory Council reports both to the Board of Supervisors and the Federal/State Land Use Coordinating Committee; Moak sits on the latter and serves as liaison between the two committees. She sees Feher’s idea as “still in some of the infancy stages” but ripe for further consideration by the county’s Tree Mortality Task Force. “They’re looking for ways to utilize the trees and the woody debris that we have in the county, related to the bug-kill problem and the drought,” Moak said. “So there may be some way that his project could be utilized effectively.” In a presentation separate from and preceding Feher’s, the region’s forest and fire adviser out of UC Davis documented forest overgrowth. Dr. Kate Wilkin showed photos of an Upper Ridge ranger station shot nearly a century apart; the thicker concentration of large pines in modern times was glaring. She also showed photos of woodlands naturally contoured by lightning-strike fires and those laden with vegetation and deadwood. Responding to the forest crisis, Gov. Jerry Brown authorized increased logging, targeting the timber for biomass fuel; and Cal Fire this year increased its use of controlled burns. Feher sees his form of controlled burns as a more efficient, more ecological answer. Why send logs to mills—via dieselpowered trucks—for biomass instead of creating biochar on the spot? “It’s hopeless to remove all that wood from the forest,” he told the committee. While the U.S. Forest Service currently has machines to reduce the emissions of combustion, the most mobile units cost $50,000 each and the largest, three times that much.

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top-down burning. Instead of placing the kindling and ignition source at the bottom of the pile, as most people do when lighting a fire, Feher’s flames start at the apex. The result is a fire with less smoke and carbon dioxide, plus residue richer in carbon and soil amendments. How does this work? The scientific term is pyrolosis. As the flames move down and the ashes collapse upon the unburnt wood, the fire becomes starved of oxygen. It’s still burning hot, around 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit, so it doesn’t extinguish. “Most of the heat of the fire breaks up the carbohydrates of the wood and burns off more easily as flammable hydrogen,” he explained. Hydrogen and oxygen combine to form H20 (water). Top-down fires tend to emit more water vapor—and the smoke they do give off has a characteristic blue tinge—and less carbon dioxide than other fires. Feher and students at Butte College have experimented with top-down burning in ricecookers from Asia, in metal dumpsters and on the ground. They validated the process while finding they produce a yield of biochar ranging between 25 percent and 30 percent of the preburn mass. Since 2011, Feher has received two grants from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for the work at Butte College. He’s pursuing another. Feher also travels internationally with his wife, Elisabeth, for the work they do through the nonprofit they run out of their Paradise home, the Sustainable Community Development Institute. Feher became interested in biochar as

an offshoot of an earlier fascination: disposing of agricultural field matter in an eco-friendly way. (In fact, his tests with top-down fires in cookers used rice hulls.) He’d moved to Paradise in 2001 after marrying Elisabeth, a fellow native of Hungary, following an extensive engineering career that took him to Seattle, San Diego and points overseas. With his “retirement project”—biochar production—he told the CN&R that his “primary intent is to spread the word that we need to take care of the forest waste, the biomass that is accumulating alarmingly in the underbrush in the forest; and the best way I see, just like with agricultural waste, is to turn it into biochar by some economically viable means, which means without big machines and transportation.” After speaking to the Forest Advisory Committee, he said he felt “encouraged that there’s some movement going on that will eventually help the situation.” □

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Carl Sommer, owner of In Motion Fitness, has always maintained an active lifestyle. Growing up in upstate New York, Sommer played football and was a member of the wrestling team in high school. He also participated in track and tennis. By the age of 19, he had a business management degree from the State University of New York at Cobleskill—where he continued to stay active in wrestling. Even at such a young age, Sommer already had big visions of opening his own health club. Soon after, he moved to the West Coast and studied exercise physiology at Cal State Long Beach for two years before transferring to Chico State to finish his degree in 1982. Sommer worked as a personal trainer and owned another fitness club in Chico—The Body Shop—before opening In Motion Fitness in 1992. Since then, the facility has expanded, from 19,000 square feet to nearly 125,000 square feet, with plans for even more soon. Check out In Motion Fitness at 1293 E. First Ave., or call 3435678 for more information.

What changes has the gym seen recently? Within the last year we opened up the new Sky Room, which is a second-story functional fitness space with state-of-the-art cardio equipment that overlooks the pools. All of he art has murals of tropical ocean scenes, palm trees and kind of a Hollywood

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vibe. The [outdoor] track opened in late November. It’s an 880-foot loop—one-sixth of a mile—with a Mediterranean art motif, and murals on either side by local artists. We’ve also opened the new 2,500-square-foot Kids in Motion play structure—it’s two-stories, with tire climbs and slides, a zip-line, a cargo net, rock climbing—and the kids are loving it!

What’s your favorite part of your job? The creative side of it, where you get to dream up the next new project and then go build it. I [also] love just working with the incredible team that I have.

Any plans for the future? We plan to add 18 different outside exercise stations placed on either side of the track, with weight equipment, cardio equipment, parkour equipment—like warp walls and traverse walls and quad steps, vault walls—and then regular stations for push-

ups and sit-ups and monkey bars. They should be rolling out in the next few months and will actually continue past the track and go around the pools and eventually to the new Sky Room. So, as you’re working out in the club, you can go full circle indoor, outdoor; upstairs, downstairs. Do your abs in the southside building; do your back out on the track. Do your shoulders over by the pool, and hit the Sky Room for your cooldown. And then our next big project is we’re looking at having a solar system put in, with carports and on the roof … it will be enough to cover 100 percent of the electricity. It should hopefully start in the next couple months.

Tips for New Year’s resolutioners? Prioritize frequency and make it a habit. Start with even just 15-minute workouts and choose a club you will like going to. —JosH CoziNE

I don’t think I’m alone in saying “Good riddance to 2017!” Sure, there were some good things that happened last year. But overall it felt like kind of a dud. A story I heard a few weeks before the ball drop sealed the deal. I’ll share some of it here. Mike Jaradah has been in the convenience business in Chico for 30 years. He started out as a clerk at Likker Locker—the little shop next to the also gone but not forgotten Last Call Lounge that moved up the hill when New Earth Market moved into the shopping center. Then, after years of saving, he bought Spike’s Bottle Shop, which is now run by his son, Kevin. I stopped by to see him at the Kwikee Food Mart on The Esplanade north of town a few weeks ago. He bought that business 15 years ago and was in the process of selling it, he says, when his lease came up and he was told he had to get out. The bustling gas station and convenience store is bustling no more. Patrons who used to drive all the way from Redding and Red Bluff for Mary’s tamales and fried chicken might as well stay home. While most of the employees were absorbed by Spike’s, Jaradah said the lack of a kitchen there means Mary—who preferred not to give her last name—is out of a job. She’s been there for 17 years, since before Jaradah bought the place. He’s not sure what prompted the eviction, Jaradah told me, but the reason he was given was that the owner—a fellow native of Syria who lives in Southern California—had been told that Jaradah had trashed the place. It didn’t look trashed to me, but I’m no building inspector. As Kevin told me, his father had hoped to sell the business—for $350,000—to finance his retirement. He also lost about $50,000 in inventory, though some of it was returned and others of it transported to Spike’s. So, I think it’s safe to say the Jaradahs are hopeful for a better year in 2018.

a few Things To look forward To Looking back at 2017 got me wondering about what the year ahead will bring. Here are a few things I’m looking forward to—I’d love to hear your thoughts, too. Shoot me an email at meredithc@newsreview.com. • Mamma Celeste’s big return. My favorite Chico pizza joint is gearing up for a reopening in 2018 on the Skyway in Paradise. Renamed Mamma Celeste’s Gastropub & Pizzeria, word has it that it’s applied for a full liquor license, meaning cool cocktails to go along with that unbeatable cornmeal-dusted cracker crust. • Hibachi Grill Buffet. I’m not really much of a buffet person—I tend to prefer to eat smaller meals throughout the day rather than one really big one—but I am intrigued by the new sign that’s gone up where Hometown Buffet used to be. Anything has to be better than Hometown.

Closing Time A few weeks ago, I wrote about Herreid Music planning to move—not to close—in the near future. Turns out I was given bad info and the store is indeed planning to close. A post on Facebook the day after Christmas confirmed its last day will be Jan. 6, but that the Redding store will remain open.

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Whom to watch in 2018 A new year and new hope for the community

Jason Cassidy, Meredith J. Cooper, Melissa Daugherty, Ken Smith, Evan Tuchinsky

Do we here at the CN&R think 2018 will be as tumultuous and stressful as 2017? How about instead of answering that depressing question, we instead just commit to doing good work and trying to make our community better? We’ll start by highlighting some of the people we will be watching in the new year, those who likely will have an impact on the lives of Butte County residents. They include a new director of Chico’s homeless shelter, a vice mayor in Oroville, an administrator for a new charter school, a savior of a cherished local institution, and a look ahead at the Chico City Council race.

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Sheltering bodies, comforting souls

Joy Amaro Joy Amaro shouldered open the front door of the Torres Community Shelter just past 8 a.m. one recent Monday, her arms too full to use the handle. In one hand she carried a bundle of paperwork, and in the other a pet crate occupied by a black-and-white cat named Sheba. “My baaaaaaaaaby,” a shelter guest named Kathryn exclaimed, rushing to take the pet carrier from Amaro, who became the shelter’s executive director in August. Kathryn made kissy-faces at her beloved pet, who reciprocated by nudging her nose against the kennel’s wire door. “I missed you so much,” Kathryn continued, beaming at the cat, then at Amaro. “Thanks for bringing her in today!” Minutes later, in Amaro’s office, she explained the joyful reunion. Kathryn was one of 11 people displaced when a fire ripped through their shared living facility in November. All formerly were—and are again—homeless, and the Torres Shelter was among several service providers that scrambled to respond. “I was there assessing who we could take in and helping them gather what belongings they had left,” Amaro said. “They didn’t know what to do with their cat, so I took her home and have been fostering her since. I bring her in as often as I can, but some days are crazier than others.” That trial by fire came shortly after Amaro assumed her new position, and she’s already endured other diffi-

culties. In addition to the weight of her job duties—which include meeting the nightly needs of an ever-expanding guest population, and overseeing staffing, fundraising and the implementation of programming—she soon learned about the political perils related to her position. At a Nov. 7 Chico City Council meeting, Amaro raised questions about the Jesus Center’s plan to move a stone’s throw away from the Torres Shelter. She said then—and reiterated to the CN&R—that she isn’t decidedly against the move, but believes the process needs to happen with as much communication and transparency as possible. Last January, the CN&R reported the shelter had to buy more beds to accommodate what was then its largest number of guests, 149. When former Executive Director Brad Montgomery left in July, he said the shelter’s nightly population lingered around 135; just four months later, Amaro said the shelter is regularly filled to capacity with 160 guests. A full 25 percent of those guests—roughly 40 people on any given night—are children, “from just-born to 18 years old,” said Amaro, who holds a degree in child development from Chico State. Prior to taking the job at the shelter, she was executive director for the Glenn County Children and Families Commission (aka First 5 Glenn County), and said her career has long been geared toward providing services for low-income families on the cusp of—or experiencing—homelessness. That background, and the fact that her first day of

work at Torres aligned with Chico Unified School District’s first day of the school year, dictated that one of her first goals was shoring up the shelter’s collaborative efforts with the district and other agencies to help young guests overcome barriers to obtaining an education— from transportation needs to tutoring. “My core focus is building partnerships to enhance all of our services,” she said. Amaro anticipates a big year in 2018, with the proposed Jesus Center move and myriad other issues surrounding the hot-button topic of homelessness heating up. “I can see how this job can eat you alive,” she said. “But if you’re working for an unhealthy organization, that can be worse. There’s a really positive infusion of new energy happening here right now.” —Ken Smith ken s @ n ew sr ev i ew. com

Madame mayor?

Janet Goodson Just one month after being sworn in for her first term on the Oroville City Council—as vice mayor—in 2017, Janet Goodson was faced with one of the most difficult situations any political leader may endure: a natural disaster. With the city’s mayor out of the state at the time of the Oroville Dam spillway failure and evacuation, Goodson was thrust into Oroville’s top spot, tasked with communicating with state officials and engineers all while maintaining a level of calm among the chaos. “You don’t have the luxury of reacting to

the situation with anxiety,” Goodson said during a recent interview at one of her favorite Oroville spots, The Patio. “You have to be in a state of readiness and find the most appropriate verbiage to connect with your constituents.” That experience reminded Goodson of why she ran for office in the first place—to give a voice to the people, particularly those who are traditionally underrepresented—and why she’s decided to take her role a step further in 2018 and pursue the position of mayor in the November election. “Right now, we’re in dire straits,” she said matter-of-factly, explaining that Oroville’s budget deficit is at $1.3 million. “The city is fiscally unsound and not healthy.” Goodson, who studied journalism and English at the University of Oregon and earned an associate’s degree in social studies and behavioral science from Butte College, works as a parent partner for Youth for Change, which provides services for families and at-risk youth. She considers herself to be a realist as well as someone who listens to all sides before coming to informed decisions. “People say, ‘We need to bring business in,’” Goodson said. But while attracting new business—especially small businesses, versus franchises that send much of their money out of the city and even the state, she said—it’s not that easy. “A business wants to come to a city that’s fiscally sound, that has law enforcement that’s working at optimum levels—in terms of personnel, equipment and response time. Can we provide that? No. We cannot say, ‘Rest assured.’” Finding new revenue sources, particularly

when it comes to funding the Oroville Police Department, is on the top of Goodson’s to-do list, and she says she already has ideas, though she wasn’t ready to divulge them. “We need to keep our OPD—I’m not in favor of outsourcing,” she said. As vice mayor, she’s already shown she’s a go-getter when it comes to identifying solutions to similar problems. A case in point: Her neighborhood of Southside Oroville, which was annexed into the city in 2016—allowing Goodson to run for office—struggles with blight. Through research, Goodson discovered a program for disposing of abandoned vehicles that also provides funding for code enforcement. The outcome was a win-win. She also sees opportunities to address the city’s homeless problem, much of which stems from a lack of affordable housing. One of the things that strikes her is the local mantra of sorts that “Oroville has

so much potential.” That’s not enough, Goodson says. Where others see potential, “I see the implementation,” she said. “I want to help make Oroville the vibrant city that we so richly deserve.” —meredith Cooper me r e d i th c @ newsr ev iew.c o m

Savior of the El Rey

Tyrone Galgano What a difference a year makes. At the beginning of 2016, the future of the El Rey Theatre was uncertain. Owner Eric Hart was looking to sell the historic downtown Chico building, and word spread that there were potential suitors with plans to cover up the iconic murals inside and transform the El Rey from a theater into a commercial/residential space. Those plans didn’t pan out. Hart did sell WHO c o n t i n u e d

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the El Rey last year, but the new owners are repairing it, not gutting it. “[We want to] restore the whole building, top to bottom,” said Tyrone Galgano, one of three investors who purchased the building in March 2017. “Our goal is to bring it back to the Majestic.” That would be the Majestic Theatre, the name given to the original vaudeville theater built on the spot in 1905. A fire in 1946 destroyed much of the building’s interior, and after a complete renovation in 1948— including the painting of the large, fantastical murals inside—it reopened as the El Rey. Since then, the theater has been a downtown social/cultural hub—for years as a movie theater and more recently as a live performance space managed by local concert promoter Jmax Productions. Galgano and his partners—San Luis Obispo restaurateurs/ brothers Kyle and Hal Billingsley—will continue to operate the El Rey as a live-events space. “We’re trying to be the premiere performance and event space in Chico,” said Galgano, who is managing operations. The 34-year-old has the experience. After graduating from Cal Poly—San Luis Obispo, Galgano opened his own concert production company, Collective Effort Events. He started putting on events in SLO, and expanded from there into producing a variety of EDM, hip-hop and rock shows all around California and Hawaii. Galgano and company have already started hosting events at the El Rey, during what he’s called a “soft opening” period, teaming up with the Nor Cal-based Epic Productions to put on a handful of EDM shows. But before they could start doing shows at the El Rey, the theater needed some major repairs. Time has not been kind to the old building, which is most evident in the extensive water damage to the murals due to leaks in the roof. Over the course of six months, the new owners invested in significant repairs and improvements. “We’ve worked in compliance with the city, fire and health inspectors to properly bring the building up to code and increased the overall safety by reinforcing the foundation and roof,” Galgano explained. During a recent interview, Galgano stood on a rebuilt and expanded stage in front of a newly exposed floor-to-ceiling brick wall that had been hiding behind the movie screen and the facade of the wall behind it. The partners also have installed new sound and lighting systems and torn out most of the seating in the lower section of the theater in order to level the floor and create an expanded dancing area, increasing the building’s capacity from 600 to nearly 1,000. Once renovations are complete (which Galgano predicts will be by the end of January), the El Rey will be opened up for additional types of events—anything from 18

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rock shows to film festivals—and for outside groups and promoters to rent. In the long term, Galgano says they want to continue to improve and upgrade. There are plans for a restaurant and lounge in the lobby (possibly making a two-level space with a terrace cafe) to remain open even when there are no shows. And, with help from the community—including the El Rey Theatre Alliance that formed in 2016 to advocate for saving the theater—there’s hope that the water-damaged murals will be restored. “We’ve received a lot of outreach from the community in how they can help,” Galgano said. “It’s my goal to keep El Rey a vibrant centerpiece for the community, and I know there are many others that share this sentiment with me.” —Jason CassiDy j aso nc @new srev i ew. c o m

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Giving kids a chance to succeed

Casey Taylor Casey Taylor knows what can happen if someone just gives you a chance. Raised in Paradise, as a teen she was rocked by the discovery that her father’s construction business had gone bankrupt as he battled drug addiction. The family lost its house her junior year of high school; Taylor and her sisters moved into other people’s homes, while her mom lived out of a garage. Her father, who “owed prominent community members all over town money,” would vanish and reappear, ultimately perishing when, “high on meth,” he wandered onto the Skyway and got hit by a car—driven by the father of the kids’ Little League coach, coming back from a birthday party. “Totally traumatic,” Taylor recalled. “It was all over the front page of the paper. …

“Trying to become a professional in a community where your family has got a pretty bad reputation was tricky,” she continued. “Except that my mother was an absolute saint, who everyone in this community adored, and she would constantly tell me and my sisters, ‘You’re amazing—you can do anything.’” Taylor went on to become principal, now superintendent, for Achieve Charter School of Paradise and a board member for the Rotary Club of Paradise, among other organizations. At Achieve, she’s spearheading an expansion, as the K-8 school will add a high school this fall, admitting ninth-graders. “The premise for this [original charter] school and our high school is getting kids into a small environment where they’re known, regardless of what their background is, and getting them to believe in themselves,” she told the CN&R during an interview at her office. “It’s amazing what people can do when someone tells them they can. “This town really took care of my sisters and [me], and I’m really committed to it and the kids who need a chance.” Achieve got its first opportunity in 2005 with its K-8 charter approved by the Paradise Unified School District. PUSD denied last year’s application for a high school charter, so Achieve petitioned the Butte County Office of Education, which authorized the high school. The K-8 campus, on Elliott Road behind St. Thomas More Catholic Church, cannot accommodate the high school; thus, Achieve will build a facility, able to accommodate up to 500 students, on 6 acres of Paradise Community Village property. The school is leasing the parcel, located on the south side of town off Clark Road. During construction, Achieve Charter High School will occupy the Calvary Baptist Church campus, which was renovated by former tenant Champion Christian School. The church has classrooms and a gym—the latter allowing Achieve to move forward with California Interscholastic Federationsanctioned athletics. “In our search for a temporary facility, it just fell out of the sky,” Taylor said. The high school will distinguish itself with curriculum focus. Achieve is creating two pathways: entrepreneurship or tech/information technology. “There are elements of both of those that all students will have that are integrated in all their subject areas,” Taylor explained. Along with development, Taylor has been hiring faculty and staff, plus meeting with prospective students and parents. The next information night is Jan. 18; open enrollment ends Jan. 31; the lottery, for 120 spots, is Feb. 1. “When people ask us to describe our organization in one word, we keep coming to ‘opportunity,’” Taylor said. “Starting a school from scratch is the biggest opportunity there could ever be.” —evan tuChinsky eva ntu c h insk y @ newsr ev iew.c o m

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Three council seats up for grabs In 2018, as far as Chico goes, the midterm election is kind of a big deal. That’s because three City Council seats are up for grabs, and all of them are held by conservatives: first-termers Andrew Coolidge and Reanette Fillmer and two-term Councilman Mark Sorensen, a former mayor. That’s notable because, though the sevenmember panel is technically nonpartisan, it currently comprises four politicians who lean right and three who lean left. Just one seat gained by the progressives would give that bloc the majority it lost in 2014 after a more than decade-long run. So, either way you slice it, a lot is at stake. When it comes to the whom-to-watch aspect, then, we’re talking about the candidates. Thus far, two of the three incumbents, Coolidge and Fillmer, have signaled they are seeking re-election. Coolidge said months ago that he intends to run, and he has already filed the forms that allow a candidate to start taking in campaign contributions. And Fillmer filed paperwork with the city indicating she intends to as well. Their challengers, based on who’s filed a candidate intention statement, include Matt Gallaway, an architect; Heather Minton, an administrative assistant at International Markets Group; Jeremy Markley, a former president of the Chico State Democratic Club; and Richard Ober, a former Bidwell Park and Playground Commission member and current

chair of the Torres Community Shelter board. But as Chico City Clerk Debbie Presson told the CN&R by phone recently, that doesn’t mean they are officially candidates. Technically, none of the would-be campaigners is until he or she is certified following a nomination period that typically takes place between mid-July and August. That happens after the Butte County Elections Office creates the election calendar—typically in late May or June. Presson has been with the city for about 18 years and has seen fluctuations in the number of candidates during each election cycle, ranging from a handful to as many as 14. This is the first year that she’s seen this amount of interest this far ahead of the election. “It’s way early,” she told the CN&R. The reason is fairly obvious—at least to those who’ve paid attention to the past couple of election cycles. Running for a council seat is more expensive than ever. Indeed, during his re-election bid in 2016, Sean Morgan, who’s now Chico’s mayor, raised more than $64,000. (That’s not including the tens of thousands of dollars a political action committee raised to help elect him.) So, people are getting a jump-start on the process by filing the documents that allow them to starting taking in contributions. Presson stressed, however, that only time will tell how the final cast of candidates will shake out. Behind the scenes, there are certainly others contemplating a run. “I know we’ve had people pick up paperwork, and we haven’t seen all of that back, so the numbers could grow, definitely,” she said. —Melissa Daugherty m e l i ss ad @new srev i ew. c o m

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Arts &Culture Radio Relapse (from left): Will Anderson, Matt Manfredi, Chase Reno, Matt Sutter, Mike Moran and Tom Prosser.

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Ais stoked cover band Radio Relapse, Matt Sutter to perform other artists’ music— s the animated frontman for local

especially when the songs are universally adored. He points out story and that pretty much everyphoto by one at a bar gets excited Howard when a ubiquitous Hardee 1990s hit such as “The h owardh@ Middle” by Jimmy Eat newsrev iew.c om World comes over the loudspeakers. Preview: “You’re taking radio relapse persomeone’s childhood forms Friday, Jan. 5, 8 p.m., at maltese bar and giving it back & Tap room. Quips to them,” Sutter said and chains opens. recently over drinks at cost: $5 Madison Bear Garden. Maltese Bar “Everything we play is & Tap Room something I listened to 1600 Park Ave. as a teenager, and when 343-4915 you’re a teenager you’re just discovering music and figuring out your taste. So, what we’re doing is reminding people of when they discovered Nirvana or Green Day or Weezer for the first time, and then we help them relive that.” Radio Relapse has a fun, goofy onstage aesthetic, with Sutter often donning a headband and track pants and each member rocking matching jerseys printed with nicknames like “Starkiller” (guitarist Matt Manfredi), “The Ace of Bass” (bass20

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ist Chase Reno) and “That Guy” (fretshredding lead guitarist Will Anderson). The group is perhaps best known for its full-album tribute shows, which have included playing Nirvana’s Nevermind and Blink 182’s Enema of the State from start to finish. There are downsides to playing strictly covers, though. Sutter recently became the last remaining founding member of Radio Relapse after longtime drummer Cody Johns left to make his own music. “Throughout the history of the band, people have left not because of drama or frustration or conflicts, but because they wanted to pursue originals, and you can’t stand in somebody’s way on that,” Sutter said. “I think most musicians dream of writing original music.” Radio Relapse launched about four years ago, originally sticking strictly to pop-punk covers, but having long since branched out to alternative radio hits of the 1990s, from Foo Fighters to RunDMC. Prior to co-founding Relapse, Sutter was in a Paradise-based barbershop quartet (along with current Relapse bandmate Tom Prosser), but then he became a father and didn’t have much time to sing. “After a few years of being away from music,” he recalled, “I made a lonely Facebook post where I was like, ‘Does anyone want to start a band?’ And a couple of friends responded.”

Staying true to their barbershop background, Sutter and Prosser share vocal duties. Prosser is also in charge of keeping the energy level high as the group’s hype man. The dual vocalist thing works particularly well on rock/ hip-hop crossover tracks like the Beastie Boys’ “Sabotage,” “It’s Tricky” by RunDMC and pretty much anything by Rage Against the Machine. “Before we even started [Relapse], we knew how to play off each other’s voices,” Sutter said of his back-and-forth with Prosser. “It’s neat to have a friend that old in the band, and we just have fun—that’s the most important thing. I mean, we all have day jobs, for the most part.” (That is, with the exception of new drummer and overall solid dude Mike Moran, who supports himself entirely by gigging in various bands.) This year, they have plans for a Rage Against the Machine show, where they’ll play tracks off each of the band’s albums, and will keep hitting the road hard, hoping to build more of a following outside of Chico. Ideally, Sutter said, Radio Relapse will break onto the casino circuit and play some of the bigger stages in the North State—but only if it stays fun. “I’m a husband, father and teacher; that’s what I really am, underneath it all,” he said. “I love music and it’s bigger than a hobby, but it’s not a profession.” □

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TUNE IN, CHICO As you can see, dearest reader, we’ve got some big-name musicians swinging through town this week in Kris Kristofferson and John McCutcheon, but beyond those two shows, there isn’t much of anything happening in Chico in week one of 2018. Whatever should you do? Maybe get outside? Read a book, perhaps? Engage with the in-laws? Scratch that. Write the next great American novel? Shoot, just make it something other than sitting on your couch watching Netflix or staring in horrified fascination at the cable news cycle, and drooling. That can wait until next week.

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Music DANCING SALMON HOME: Winner of the American Indian Film Festival best documentary award, this film tells the story of a journey of loss and reunification, across generations and oceans, as the Winnemem Wintu tribe of Northern California travels to New Zealand to meet the Chinook salmon that have been missing from their McCloud River homeland for 65 years. A benefit for Winnemaem Wintu Tribe. Suggested donation: $5-$10. Sat, 1/6, 1pm. Pageant Theatre, 351 E. Sixth St.

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Special Events BENEFIT FASHION SHOW: The Paradise American Association of University Women presents a fashion show and light afternoon tea to help send local girls to a science camp. Sun, 1/7, 3pm. $15-$18. Chico Women’s Club, 592 E. Third St. 530-872-2612.

Music JOHN MCCUTCHEON: The prolific folk songwriter, storyteller and multi-instrumentalist returns to the Big Room. Sun, 1/7, 7:30pm. $20. Sierra Nevada Big Room, 1075 E. 20th St. www.sierranevada.com

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Special Events WINTER BEER PAIRING DINNER: A five-course feast of seasonal dishes paired with craft beer samples and hosted by brewmaster Roland Allen. Includes live music by Jonathan Arthur. Mon, 1/8, 6pm. Feather Falls Casino Brewing Co., 3 Alverda Drive, Oroville. www.featherfallscasino.com

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CHICO ART CENTER: Member Showcase,

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an annual non-juried exhibition to showcase the work of the center’s members. Through 2/2. 450 Orange St.

HEALING ART GALLERY - ENLOE CANCER CENTER: Works by Jenny C. Marr, watercolor paintings, soapstone sculptures and pine needle baskets by the Northern California artist. The Healing Art Gallery of features artists whose lives have been touched by cancer. Through 1/19. 265 Cohasset Road, 530-332-3856.

JAMES SNIDLE FINE ARTS: Paintings, by local artist Jerry Frost. Through 2/28. 254 E. Fourth St. www.jamessnidlefine arts.com

PARADISE ART CENTER: Monochromatic, a display of works created using only dark and light values of one color. Through 1/30. 5564 Almond St. www.paradise-art-center.com

rotating displays of more than 12,000 kinds of tools. Through 6/2. $3. 1650 Broderick St., Oroville., 530-538-2528. www.boltsantiquetools.com

BUTTE COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM: WWI Exhibition, recently renovated exhibits demonstrating the profound changes in American society caused by The Great War. Through 7/29. 1749 Spencer Ave.

GATEWAY SCIENCE MUSEUM: Illusions, Illusions - Investigation Station, an exploration of optical illusions and learn how and why our brains perceive them. 1/6, 1-3pm. Zoo in You The Human Microbiome, exploring the vibrant world of our inner microorganisms through engaging, interactive and bilingual exhibits. Also on display: Journey to Africa: Elephants and Tiger, Tiger! Through 1/7. $5-$7. 625 Esplanade, 530-898-4121. www.csuchico.edu/gateway

GOLD NUGGET MUSEUM: Permanent exhibits, including a collection of Maidu Indian artifacts, blacksmith and print shops, gold sluices, a miner’s cabin, a schoolhouse and a covered bridge that spans the width of a rushing creek. Outdoor Life on the Ridge - Then & Now, presenting a local perspective on the great outdoors and activities such as fishing, hunting, camping, horseback riding, swimming and winter sports. Through 2/25.Free. 502 Pearson Road, Paradise, 530-8728722. www.goldnuggetmuseum.com

PARADISE DEPOT MUSEUM: Celebrating rail history in the North State. 5570 Black Olive Drive, Paradise, 530-877-1919.

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comedy classic from the 1980s features the songs of Dolly Parton. A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Chico State (March 8-15), Wismer Theatre. The university’s Department of Music and Theatre assembles the dukes and queens and fairies and sprites for a production of Shakespeare’s popular comedy. The Village Bike, Blue Room Theatre (March 8-24). British playwright Penelope Skinner’s contemporary story of an ignored and bored pregnant school teacher who becomes obsessed with sex. The Wizard of Oz, California Regional Theatre (March 30-April 8), at CUSD Center for the Arts. The much-loved musical version of the classic 1939 film. Brighton Beach Memoirs, Theatre on the Ridge (April 5-22). Community theater fare doesn’t get more classic than a Neil Simon comedy, and this coming-ofage story about baseball-crazy teen Eugene Morris growing up in Depression-era Brooklyn is one of his best. A Grand Night for Singing, Chico State (April 6-7), Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall. The university music-theater ensemble The Off-Broadway presents a program of updated versions of Rodgers and Hammerstein songs, featuring both classic and innovative approaches to songs from Oklahoma, Carousel, South Pacific and more. Noises Off, Chico Theater Company (April 13-29). One of the best slapstick farces ever. Much Ado About Nothing, Butte College (April 27-May 6). More love shenanigans from Shakespeare in this second comedy from the master to play locally this season. Avenue Q, Chico State (May 2-6), Laxson Auditorium. If you grew up knowing how to get to Sesame Street, then you’ve likely also made your way to Avenue Q, where the grown up muppets and puppets reside in this Broadway musical and coming-ofage story for those reared on Elmo and Kermit. Glengarry Glen Ross, Blue Room Theatre (May 3-19). Fresh Ink, Blue Room Theatre (May 30-June 3). The theater’s annual festival of original one-acts. □

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the 1970s to the 2000s. Fri, 1/5, 8:30pm. Unwined Kitchen & Bar, 980 Mangrove Ave.

JOHN SEID & LARRY PETERSON: Playing an eclectic song list for listening and dining pleasure. Fri, 1/5, 6:30pm. Two Twenty Restaurant, 220 W. Fourth St.

pop-rock cover band returns with an updated lineup. Also rocking: Quips and Chains. Fri, 1/5, 8pm. $5. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave.

ROCK MOSAIC: Classic rock and country hits. Fri, 1/5, 9pm. Tackle Box, 379 E. Park Ave.

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THE DEPRIVED CD RELEASE: The gnarly local metal band celebrates the release of its new LP. Support from metal cohorts Aberrance, Civil Outrage and Waves of Leviathan. Sat, 1/6, 8pm. $7. Naked Lounge, 118 W. Second St.

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WINTER BEER PAIRING DINNER: A fivecourse feast of seasonal dishes paired with craft beer samples and hosted by brewmaster Roland Allen. Includes live music by Jonathan Arthur. Mon, 1/8, 6pm. Feather Falls Casino & Lodge, 3 Alverda Drive, Oroville. www.featherfallscasino. com

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Hellboy and Pan’s Labyrinth has been merely getting by with his last couple of big-screen offerings—the gorgeous but shallow by Bob Grimm Crimson Peak and the goofy but good-looking Pacific Rim. bg ri m m @ The Shape of Water, for which new srev i ew. c o m he also co-wrote the screenplay (with Vanessa Taylor), reminds us that this guy is a genius. He’s a sick and twisted genius, but a genius nonetheless. The story, set in the 1960s, is in The Shape of Water some strange way del Toro’s verStarring sion of a Disney flick. In addition Sally Hawkins, to violence, nudity, interspecies Octavia Spencer, sex and cuss words, the film has a richard jenkins, sweetness to it. Michael Shannon and Doug jones. Directed Sally Hawkins—in an awesome by Guillermo del Toro. performance that ranks as her secCinemark 14. rated r. ond best of the past year (she was far more powerful in the grossly overlooked Maudie)—plays Elisa Esposito. Elisa is a cleaning woman alongside Zelda Fuller (Octavia Spencer, reminding us that she’s simply one of the best). Elisa is also mute. She lives in an old movie theater next to eccentric artist Giles (Richard Jenkins), and mostly keeps to herself. Elisa and Zelda clean for a freaky research facility that gets a new arrival: an Amphibian Man (Doug Jones, wonderfully obscured in practical and CGI makeup) to be housed in a water tank. The Amphibian Man, who looks an awful lot like the Gill-man from Creature From the Black Lagoon, is accompanied by its keeper, Richard Strickland (Michael Shannon), a

menacing man brandishing a cattle prod. Not long after their arrival, Elisa hears the creature’s tortured screams from the lab in which it’s imprisoned. A mishap leads to Richard losing a couple of fingers, and Elisa then gets some alone time with the Amphibian Man. She gives him some hard-boiled eggs and plays music for him in what eventually become lunch dates, which leads to the two gradually falling in love (yep!), and an escape from the lab. The Amphibian Man itself is a wonder of filmmaking, perhaps del Toro’s greatest visual accomplishment. Equally beautiful and fierce, not a second goes by when it isn’t one of the best things put on a screen this past year. The fairytale quality of the film is further fueled by an authentic 1960s feel, with much of it looking like something you would see on a dark Disneyland ride. The artist neighbor’s work has a Norman Rockwell quality, and his obsession with old-timey movies completes the film’s period spell. Shannon, representing all that was evil in man during the sixties, lets it all hang out for a bravura performance. But it’s Jenkins with his soft and funny performance that has garnered award considerations, including a supporting actor Golden Globe nomination, one of seven total for the movie, including best film, director and screenplay, and best actress and supporting actress for Hawkins and Spencer. It all amounts to a return-to-form triumph for del Toro, who allows his dark side to really come out and hold hands with the beautiful things. The Shape of Water is unlike anything that has come before it (well, there are hints of Starman and Splash, but neither of those offer the visual splendor of Shape). Its success will probably garner del Toro enough juice to get even weirder in the future. That’s something to be excited about. □

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A documentary following members of the Nor Cal Winnemem Wintu tribe who traveled to a river in New Zealand to visit descendents of salmon from the McCloud River that were transplanted and have been thriving in the Rakaia River. One showing: Saturday, Jan. 6, 1 p.m. $5-$10 donation. Q&A with Chief Caleen Sisk. Pageant Theatre. Not rated.

Insidious: The Last Key

The fourth installment in the Insidious horror series finds the resident parapsychologist investigating a haunting in her own home. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas, Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

Loving Vincent

An animated biopic on the life of Vincent Van Gogh in which every one of the 65,000 frames is an individual oil painting in his signature post-impressionistic style made by a team of 125 painters. Pageant Theatre. Rated PG-13.

Molly’s Game

Jessica Chastain stars as Molly Bloom in this biopic about the world-class skier who was also the mastermind behind one of the world’s most exclusive high-stakes poker games. Cinemark 14. Rated R.

The Room (2003)

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rapidly disintegrates into utter boredom and nonsense. I do believe Payne could’ve found a way to connect Paul’s tribulations with worldly issues—the damage selfish humans inflict upon their environment and themselves—in a meaningful way, but the touchy-feely route he’s followed is heavy handed and predictable, trashing any of his good intentions. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas, Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R —B.G.

Father Figures

Upon receiving news from their mom (Glenn Close) that their dad isn’t who she said he was, a pair of fraternal twin brothers (Ed Helms and Owen Wilson) embark on an adventure through their mother’s sexual history to find their real father. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas. Rated R.

Ferdinand

Actor/wrestler John Cena stars as the voice of Ferdinand, a peace-loving bull who, upon being captured and delivered into the world of bullfighting, is joined by a misfit team of animals for a daring adventure. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas, Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG.

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

A fantasy-adventure flick about four teens who, after being transported into the action of a video game, inhabit four characters (played by The Rock, Kevin Hart, Jack Black and Karen Gillan) as they battle to beat the game and return to the real world. A sequel to the 1995 film Jumanji, which was based on Chris Van Allsburg’s celebrated children’s book. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas, Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

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All the Money in the World

Ridley Scott (The Martian, Gladiator) directs this biographical crime drama about the 1973 kidnapping and subsequent negotiations for the release of then-16-year-old John Paul Getty III, grandson of the billionaire industrialist of the same name. Starring Michelle Williams, Christopher Plummer and Mark Wahlberg. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas. Rated R.

Coco

A 3-D animated feature rooted in the Day of the Dead aesthetic that follows the story of a boy named Miguel who goes on an adventure fueled by his desire to play music. Cinemark 14. Rated PG.

Downsizing

This unbalanced film starts as brilliant satire mixed with science fiction. Scientists have discovered a way to reduce energy and resource consumption on our planet by shrinking people and putting them into miniature utopian communities. Matt Damon plays Paul, an occupational therapist living a humdrum life from paycheck to paycheck. He and his wife, Audrey (Kristen Wiig) decide to take the plunge, and get small. Things don’t go exactly as planned, but up until this point, the film is everything you want out of this kind of movie. It’s clever, with Damon tapping into his laid-back comic charms and delivering on a screenplay (written by director Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor) that’s full of interesting insights. Visually, it can even be called a triumph. Then … it takes an epic dump. Downsizing

In The Last Jedi, we get our older Luke and Leia movie. Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher get to do what Harrison Ford did in The Force Awakens by having a little more time in their iconic roles. When this film focuses on the saga of Luke and the young scavengerturned-warrior Rey (Daisy Ridley), it is nothing short of epic. When the camera is fixed on the late Fisher, it’s heartwarming and, yes, sad. When writer-director Rian Johnson takes the action to the characters of Poe (Oscar Isaac), Finn (John Boyega) and a new character named Rose (Kelly Marie Tran), the film falters. Poe, the X-wing pilot who was so engaging in The Force Awakens, seems underdeveloped here. While the Resistance fights an oddly prolonged and bizarre space battle against the First Order, Poe just whines a lot, to the point where you are actually happy when Leia smacks him across his face. I’m recommending it for its best parts, including Ridley’s continued greatness as Rey and some inspired moments of fun and humor. But, be forewarned, it does goes into “Jar Jar bad” territory at times. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas, Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13 —B.G.

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Beyond spaghetti and meatballs (part two) Further musings on a culinary tour through northern Italy

IandItalians graze, unlike in France Spain, where food tends to be n Italy, food is everywhere.

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because nothing is free. It costs to sit down or to order water unless you specify acqua del rubinetto (tap water). Ketchup for the fries is extra, and you get charged if you say “yes” when you’re asked if you want Parmesan on your pasta. The three things northern Italy does splendidly are olive oil, cheese and cured meat, which Italians call salumi (salami is a specific kind of salumi). In every case, the good stuff doesn’t leave the country—doesn’t even leave the region—so you have to go to it. That’s where the joy is. Every village alimentari will stock the local olive oil and upward of 30 kinds of salumi and 60 kinds of cheese, mostly tipico (“local”), much of it unknown to you unless you’ve been there before, all of it wonderful. The cheese is all hard, so don’t look for spreadable cheeses like brie, or even something as soft as Edam. The salumi is predominantly fatty and salty, so be prepared to sacrifice your cholesterol level or look for cotto (“cooked,” not cured) meat. Surprisingly, Italian bread is mostly poor. Yes, sourdough “French” bread was invented by Italian bakers out of San Francisco, but sourdough is not so prevalent in Italy. Most of the bread there

is bland, airy white bread with a barely perceptible crust. But great, robust bread can be found. Seek out bread marked al legno (woodfired) or the wonderfully named ossi croccanti (“crunchy bones”). English use runs the gamut, from waiters who speak to you only in English however fluent in Italian you are to those who speak no English at all. Menus are typically bilingual. You could get by with English and pantomime, but that’s no fun—an hour’s practice would give you the four or five phrases that will turn you from an Ugly American into an amico: “il conto, per favore” (“The bill, please”), “siamo tre” (“There are three of us”), and a few others. In southern Europe the bill never comes until you ask for it, by the way. The only drawback to the food of the Veneto is the drawback to many ethnic cuisines the world over: it’s all the same. There is one kind of pizza, one kind of pasta, one kind of pasta sauce, one kind of salad. After three weeks on the diet, I got back to the U.S. and went on an eating spree: burritos, pot pies, crêpes, pot stickers, pancakes, smoothies, empanadas, barbecue, carrot cake, falafel, jerk chicken, pitas, guacamole! It’s good to be home. □

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a View from The room Last week, arts dEVo received an invitation from 1078 Gallery board President Erin Wade to a screening at Cinemark 14 of The Room, the so-bad-it’s-still-unfathomably-awful 2003 film that’s at the center of the recent James Franco project, The disaster artist. In the description, she mentioned that Chico actor Greg Ellery would be on hand for a Q&A after the showing, and I was all, “But wait … Why would Greg … ? He’s not …?” Holy cow, Ellery was in The Room! I feel like I’m sitting on an atomic bomb waiting for it to go off! That last sentence was one of the film’s lines written for the character of Peter, but instead delivered by the character of Steven, who was created by The Room writer/director/star Tommy Wiseau after the actor playing Peter (Kyle Vogt) left halfway through filming and Ellery was brought on to play Steven and was given the Peter character’s lines with no explanation. Got it? Ellery is an old-school Chico theater dude and super sweet guy who did all the Butcher shop and Blue Room stuff back in the 1990s, left town in 1998 and went on to places like New York and Los Angeles to pursue acting in films. You can see Ellery in the recently released mini-mockumentary The Room actors: Where are They now? On Funny or die (www.goo.gl/rDfiwk), and also see a montage of Steven’s lines from The Room on YouTube (www.goo.gl/hXe9yq). Ellery, who recently moved back to Chico, will indeed be on hand for The Room screening on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 8 p.m., at Cinemark 14. I got a head start on the Q&A via phone: How did The Room role come about? Every week, I’d walk down to the newsstand and pick up a Backstage West [entertainment-industry magazine], and it was in there. So, I went to an audition. I was like, “Hey, this is cool, it’s a feature film. This is gonna rock.” What did you make of the way your character was shoehorned into the film? I didn’t really understand exactly what was going on there. I mean, no one was ever allowed to see a full script. [Wiseau] said something about, “You know, this guy quit, so you are Steven now. So, OK, go be Steven.” He didn’t exactly tell me that he’d given [Peter’s] lines to another character. Which is insane. Did you have fun? It was OK. He had us on the set a lot, and he paid us for that time, so I couldn’t really bitch about that. I had a good time, but I hung out there a lot on the set. People spent a lot of their time on that set. It was kind of creepy because he was filming everything all the time. He was filming us and recording us. It was very Eastern Bloc. Did you have a sense during filming of what the finished product was going to be like? Yeah, I knew it was going to be terrible. We all kind of figured Steven and Lisa in The Room. it was going to be terrible because we’d seen the acting. What local-theater stuff are you working on now? A lot of my theater energy here is going to be for Slow Theatre. We’re putting together a big season this year—Shakespeare in the Park, a production called The Wolves, which is going to involve some ladies who are graduating from Inspire this year. I am going right now to a rehearsal at the Blue Room for Bug. And you’ll be on hand at the Cine-mark screening next week? I’ll make it by the end. I’ll rush over and do a little Q&A. … I have rehearsal for Bug, so I won’t make the actual screening, but I’m OK with that.

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he pre-dawn quiet at Golden Health and Wellness was noticeable. One customer, a security guard and a FOX40 news van were the only things in the parking lot at 6:57 a.m. on New Year’s Day. After a few minutes, Michael Lynch walked inside and became the first person to purchase recreational cannabis in Sacramento. ”Well, I was in the area,” Lynch said when asked why he drove down to stand in the dark. “I’m going for a walk with a friend later, and thought I’d stop in.” Golden Health and Wellness was among the first seven Sacramento dispensaries with the city and state permits to allow sales on opening day. “We just got our paperwork back last night,” said manager Trevor Mitzel. Once inside, a TV cameraman angled for better shots while Lynch spoke with a budtender, then purchased $40 worth of flower strains. What did the 52-yearold Lincoln resident think of the legal experience? “I always knew it was going to happen,” said Lynch. “When it did, I thought I might as well be part of history.” By 8:50 a.m. over at River City Phoenix, there were as many reporters as customers. With no dispensaries to cover in San Francisco, Ed Murrieta of the San Francisco Chronicle’s GreenState.com sought quotes among the four people in line. “It’s the

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your past will undergo transformation. Your memories will revise and rearrange themselves. Bygone events that seemed complete and definitive will shimmy and shift, requiring new interpretations. The stories you have always told about how you became who you are will have to be edited, perhaps even rewritten. While these overhauls may sometimes be disconcerting, they will ultimately be liberating.

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people will be drawn to you even more than usual. Some will want you to be their rock—their steady, stable source of practical truth. Some will ask you to be their tonic—their regular, restorative dose of no-nonsense. And others will find in you a creative catalyst that helps them get out of their ruts and into their grooves. And what will you receive in return for providing such a stellar service? First, there’ll be many opportunities to deepen and refine your integrity. To wield that much influence means you’ll have to consistently act with high-minded motivations. And secondly, Taurus, you’ll get a steady supply of appreciation that will prove to be useful as well as gratifying.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Influences

that oppose you will fade as 2018 unfolds. People who have been resistant and uncooperative will at least partially disengage. To expedite the diminishing effects of these influences and people, avoid struggling with them. Loosen the grip they have on your imagination. Any time they leak into your field of awareness, turn your attention instead to an influence or person that helps and supports you. Here’s another idea about how to collaborate with the cosmic rhythms to reduce the conflict in your life: Eliminate any unconscious need you might have for the perversely invigorating energy provided by adversaries and bugaboos. Find positive new ways to motivate yourself.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): I predict

that in 2018 you will figure out how to get your obsessions to consistently work for your greatest good. You will come to understand what you must do to ensure they never drag you down into manic self-sabotage. The resolute ingenuity you summon to accomplish this heroic feat will change you forever. You will be reborn into a more vibrant version of your life. Passions that in the past have drained and confused you will become efficient sources of fuel for your worthiest dreams.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Just because you

have become accustomed to a certain trouble doesn’t mean you should stop searching for relief from that trouble. Just because a certain pain no longer knocks you into a demoralized daze for days at a time doesn’t mean it’s good for you. Now here’s the good news: In 2018, you can finally track down the practical magic necessary to accomplish a thorough healing of that trouble and pain. Make this the year you find a more ultimate cure.

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

ever nursed a yearning to speak Swahili or Chinese or Russian? The coming months will be an excellent time to get that project underway. Do you fantasize about trying exotic cuisines and finding new favorite foods? I invite you to act on that fantasy in 2018. Is there a form of manual labor that would be tonic for your mental and physical health? Life is giving you a go-ahead to do more of it. Is there a handicraft or ball game you’d like to become more skilled at? Get started. Is there a new trick you’d like to learn to do with your mouth or hands? Now’s the time.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Before the fif-

teenth century, European nations confined their sailing to the Mediterranean Sea. The ocean was too rough for their fragile, unadaptable ships. But around 1450, the Portuguese developed a new kind of vessel, the caravel. It employed a triangular sail that enabled it to travel against the wind. Soon, exploratory missions ventured

by rob brezsny into the open sea and down along the coast of West Africa. Eventually, this new technology enabled long westward trips across the Atlantic. I propose that we make the caravel your symbol of power for 2018, Libra. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you will find or create a resource that enables you to do the metaphorical equivalent of effectively sailing into the wind.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The Aztecs

were originally wanderers. They kept moving from place to place, settling temporarily in areas throughout the land we now call Mexico. An old prophecy told them that they would eventually find a permanent home at a site where they saw an eagle roosting on a cactus as it clutched a snake in its talons. There came a day in the fourteenth century when members of the tribe spied this very scene on an island in the middle of a lake. That’s where they began to build the city that in time was the center of their empire. I bring this to your attention, Scorpio, so it can serve as a metaphor to guide you in 2018. I suspect that you, too, will discover your future power spot—the heart of your domain for years to come.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

Not every minute of every day, but when you have had the time, you’ve been searching for a certain treasure. With patience and persistence, you have narrowed down its whereabouts by collecting clues and following your intuition. Now, at last, you know its exact location. As you arrive, ready to claim it, you tremble with anticipation. But when you peel away the secrets in which it has been wrapped, you see that it’s not exactly what you expected. Your first response is disappointment. Nevertheless, you decide to abide in the presence of the confusing blessing and see what happens. Slowly, incrementally, you become aware of a new possibility: that you’re not quite ready to understand and use the treasure; that you’ll have to grow new capacities before you’ll be ready for it in its fullness.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):

Soulful beauty will be a major theme for you in 2018. Or at least it should be. But I suppose it’s possible you’re not very interested in soulful beauty, perhaps even bored by it. Maybe you prefer skin-deep beauty or expensive beauty or glamorous beauty. If you choose to follow predilections like those, you’ll lose out on tremendous opportunities to grow wilder and wiser. But let’s hope you make yourself available for a deeper, more provocative kind of beauty—a beauty that you could become more skilled at detecting as the year unfolds.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as ZEBLEY AND ASSOCIATES, ZEBLEY PROPERTY MANAGEMENT at 114 Secluded Oaks Ct Chico, CA 95928. FRANKLIN HERBERT ZEBLEY 114 Secluded Oak Court Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: FRANKLIN HERBERT ZEBLEY Dated: November 29, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001555 Published: December 14,21,28, 2017, January 4, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as WAYNE GUITARS at 6469 CLark Rd #583 Paradise, CA 95969. MICHAEL LUIS CHARVEL 1318 Pearson Paradise, CA 95969. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: MICHAEL CHARVEL Dated: December 8, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001608 Published: December 14,21,28, 2017, January 4, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as THE CHEROKEE CHASER at 51 Red Tape Road Oroville, CA 95965. STEPHEN C LINGER 51 Red Tape Rd Oroville, CA 95965. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: STEPHEN C LINGER Dated: December 8, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001613 Published: December 21,28, 2017, January 4,11, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as THRIVE MASSAGE AND YOGA at 392 Connors Court Suite C Chico, CA 95926. BUFFY FRANCO 466 E 5th Avenue Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: BUFFY FRANCO Dated: December 11, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001624 Published: December 21,28, 2017, January 4,11, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as SHORT N SWEET BAKERY at 1715 Diamond Ave Chico, CA 95928. CAMERON MARTINEZ 1715 Diamond Ave Chico, CA 95928. TASHIA MARTINEZ 1715 Diamond Ave Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by A Married Couple. Signed: TASHIA MARTINEZ Dated: December 8, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001612 Published: December 21,28, 2017, January 4,11, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as D. N. QUEEN CHICO NAILS at 801 East Ave Ste 112 Chico, CA 95926. DOANH VIET LE 400 Mission Ranch Blvd Apt 73 Chico, CA 95926. THANH NHAN NGUYEN 400 Mission Ranch Blvd Apt 73 Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by A Married Couple. Signed: THANH NHAN NGUYEN Dated: December 11, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001628 Published: December 21,28, 2017, January 4,11, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME - STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT The following person has abandoned the use of the fictitious business name HL QUEEN CHICO NAILS at 801 East Ave Suite 112 Chico, CA 95926. HARRY LE 400 Mission Ranch Apt 41 Chico, CA 95926. This business was conducted by an Individual. Signed: HARRY LE Dated: December 11, 2017 FBN Number: 2015-0000503 Published: December 21,28, 2017, January 4,11, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as BEBER at 1729 Oakdale St Apt 3 Chico, CA 95928. ARIELLE REBECCA HILTON DANAN 1729 Oakdale St Apt 3 Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: ARIELLE DANAN Dated: December 15, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001651 Published: December 21,28, 2017, January 4,11, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as PROFESSIONAL PROPERTY MANAGMENT, SIMPLISTIC REALTY, SKYWAY MINI STORAGE at 6400 Skyway Paradise, CA 95969. MICHAEL ZUCCOLILLO 6400 Skyway Paradise, CA 95969. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: MICHAEL ZUCCOLILLO Dated: December 7, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001603 Published: December 21,28, 2017, January 4,11, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as LE BEAU VISAGE PERMANENT COSMETICS, NORTH STATE SCALP CENTER at 1163 East Avenue Ste 104 Chico, CA 95926. ADVANCED COSMETIC AESTHETICS, LLC 1163 East Avenue Ste 104 Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company. Signed: MICHELLE L. THAU, MANAGER

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner SARA HEIM filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: ETHAN MILLER Proposed name: ETHAN HEIM 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: February 23, 2018 Time: 9:00am

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE JOHN EDWIN MOREHEAD To all heirs and beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: JOHN EDWIN MOREHEAD A Petition for Probate has been filed by: JAN KNECHT in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte. The Petition for Probate requests that: JAN KNECHT 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: February 13, 2018 Time: 9:00 a.m. Dept: Probate Address of the court: Superior Court of California County of Butte 1775 Concord Ave. Chico, CA 95926. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE MARY P. MCMILLAN, AKA MARY MCMILLAN To all heirs and beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: MARY P. MCMILLAN, AKA MARY MCMILLAN A Petition for Probate has been filed by: SUSAN EIDSON AND AMY BAIRD in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte. The Petition for Probate requests that: SUSAN EIDSON AND AMY BAIRD 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: January 30, 2018 Time: 9:00 a.m. Dept: Probate Room: TBD Address of the court: Superior Court of California County of Butte 1775 Concord Ave. Chico, CA 95926. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as MULTIFAMILY ASSET ADVISORS at 123 W 6th Street Ste. 130

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner TIMOTHY B. VIERRA filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: TIMOTHY B. VIERRA Proposed name: TIMOTHY B. WILSON 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: February 16, 2018 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: December 12, 2017 Case Number: 17CV03484 Published: December 21,28, 2017, January 4,11, 2018

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE LELAND JOSEPH KUPCHO, AKA LELAND J. KUPCHO, AKA LELAND KUPCHO, AKA JOSEPH KUPCHO, AKA LEE JOSEPH KUPCHO, AKA LEE J. KUPCHO, AKA LEE KUPCHO To all heirs and beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: LELAND JOSEPH KUPCHO, AKA LELAND J. KUPCHO, AKA LELAND KUPCHO, AKA JOSEPH KUPCHO, AKA LEE JOSEPH KUPCHO, AKA LEE J. KUPCHO, AKA LEE KUPCHO A Petition for Probate has been filed by: HELEN L. WEST in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte. The Petition for Probate requests that: HELEN L. WEST 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: January 16, 2018 Time: 9:00 a.m. Dept: Probate Room: TBA Address of the court: Superior Court of California County of Butte 1775 Concord Ave. Chico, CA 95926. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and

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: REBECCA YUHASZ McKernan, Lanam, Bakke & Williams LLP 732 Fir Street Paradise, CA 95969 (530) 877-4961 Case Number: 17PR00473 Dated: December 21, 2017 Published: December 28, 2017, January 4,11, 2018

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as BENCHMARK BUILDING MAINTENANCE at 123 W 6th Street Ste 130 Chico, CA 95928. APARTMENT EQUITIES, INC 123 W 6th Street Ste 130 Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by A Corporation. Signed: WES HILL, PRESIDENT & CEO Dated: December 21, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001675 Published: January 4,11,18,25, 2018

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legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: RICHARD S. MATSON Richard S. Matson Law Office, Inc. 1342 The Esplanade, Suite A Chico, CA 95926 (530) 343-5373 Case Number: 17PR00472 Dated: December 21, 2017 Published: December 28, 2017, January 4,11, 2018

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as RHYTHMS HENNA AND THREADING LOUNGE at 118 W East Ave, Ste B Chico, CA 95926. GURBHEJ SINGH 3564 Bridger Drive Redding, CA 96002. NAVTEJ SINGH 3564 Bridger Drive Redding, CA 96002. This business is conducted by A General Partnership. Signed: NAVTEJ SINGH Dated: December 19, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001661 Published: December 28, 2017 January 4,11,18, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as X09A LEGACY at 116 Henshaw Avenue Chico, CA 95973. KATHLEEN M CARPENTER 1095 Sierra Vista Way Chico, CA 95926. BENJAMIN D KNIGHT 2606 Widgeon Lane Durham, CA 95938. This business is conducted by A General Partnership. Signed: KATHLEEN M CARPENTER Dated: December 26, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001688 Published: January 4,11,18,25, 2018

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legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: REBECCA YUHASZ McKernan, Lanam, Bakke & Williams LLP 732 Fir Street Paradise, CA 95969 (530) 877-4961 Case Number: 17PR00464 Dated: December 18, 2017 Published: December 21,28, 2017, January 4, 2018

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as BLACK KNIGHT TRUCKING at 1601 Cherry Street Chico, CA 95926. DABIN LAMBERT 1710 Spruce Ave Chico, CA 95926. THOMAS WILSON 1601 Cherry Street Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by A General Partnership. Signed: DABIN LAMBERT Dated: December 18, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001657 Published: December 21,28, 2017, January 4,11, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as FUNES ENTERPRISES LLC at 13371 Hog Ranch Road Oroville, CA 95965. FUNES ENTERPRISES LLC 13371 Hog Ranch Road Oroville, CA 95965. This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company. Signed: STACY FUNES, SECRETARY Dated: December 27, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001692 Published: January 4,11,18,25, 2018

Dept: TBA Room: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: STEPHEN E. BENSON Dated: December 20, 2017 Case Number: 17CV03583 Published: January 4,11,18,25, 2018

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as HEEL AND SOLE SHOES at 708 Mangrove Ave Chico, CA 95926. RICK NORMAN STUELPNAGEL 4730 Songbird Chico, CA 95973. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: RICK STUELPNAGEL Dated: December 6, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001588 Published: December 21,28, 2017, January 4,11, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as DAHLS MOTEL at 2010 Feather River Blvd Oroville, CA 95965. PHILLIP LEROY WILSON 878 Palermo Road Oroville, CA 95965. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: PHILLIP LEROY WILSON Dated: December 20, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001663 Published: December 28, 2017, January 4,11,18, 2018

Chico, CA 95928. APARTMENT EQUITIES INC 123 W 6th Street Ste 130 Chico, CA 95928. TIM EDWARDS 670 E 5th Street Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by A General Partnership. Signed: WES HILL Dated: December 21, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001688 Published: January 4,11,18,25, 2018

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as SOUPER SUBS at 1780 Oro Dam Blvd E Oroville, CA 95966. CHRIS LIGHTLE 35 Flying Cloud Dr Oroville, CA 95965. EDNA LIGHTLE 35 Flying Cloud Dr Oroville, CA 95965. This business is conducted by A General Partnership. Signed: CHRIS LIGHTLE Dated: December 4, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001573 Published: December 28, 2017, January 4,11,18, 2018

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1323 Yosemite Dr 65 Knightsbridge Ln 779 Skylark Dr 1473 Eaton Rd 4124 Nord Hwy 1066 East Ave 2422 El Paso Way 2115 Algonkin Ave 2855 Calecita Way 1420 Sherman Ave #27 428 W 16th St

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The following houses were sold in Butte County by real estate agents or private parties during the week of December 18, 2017 – December 22, 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. ADDRESS

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46 Rockridge Ct

Oroville

$194,000

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14989 Woodland Park Dr

Forest Ranch

$550,000

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2888

1950 Idora St

Oroville

$149,000

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1150

21720 Lucas Ranch Rd

Forest Ranch

$350,000

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2055 Clinton Ave

Oroville

$118,500

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13396 Adrian Dr

Magalia

$485,500

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5073 Lago Vista Way

Paradise

$350,000

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1882

13807 Andover Dr

Magalia

$267,000

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8609 Stiras Way

Paradise

$345,000

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2071

14209 Racine Cir

Magalia

$220,000

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1292

5202 Old Clark Rd

Paradise

$339,000

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2140

71 Serene Ln

Oroville

$525,000

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1841 Drendel Cir

Paradise

$293,500

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2054

66 Gaylor Ave

Oroville

$241,000

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1687

6122 Lois Dr

Paradise

$220,000

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1165

7 Linda Dr

Oroville

$235,000

3/2

1288

6680 Twin Oaks Dr

Paradise

$205,000

3/3

2081

3444 Charlene Ave

Oroville

$225,000

5/2

1998

558 Boquest Blvd

Paradise

$170,000

2/1

765

191 Weger Dr

Oroville

$200,000

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7785 Skyway

Paradise

$120,000

2/1

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