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Vol. 41, Issue 36 • May 3, 2018 OPINION

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EDITORIAL

Council votes on faith Will the Jesus Center’s proposed “consolidation of services” in the south

portion of town help local homeless folks in a substantive way? Or will the organization’s move result in a duplication of services and “homeless ghettoization,” as critics charge?

We have no idea, because the City Council didn’t adequately vet the project, which ended up on the agenda of a regular meeting, despite it being one of the most complex issues in Chico’s modern history. Indeed, whatever happened to the charrettes—aka open workshops—that the city and other entities organized to get the community’s input on controversial projects? Neighborhood planning, downtown parking, Enloe Medical Center’s expansion: charrette, charrette, charrette.

What we saw on Tuesday evening (May 1) was a surface-level showcase of the Jesus Center’s proposal to create a one-stop shop for the indigent.

Case in point: Notably absent during public comment on the item were the nonprofit’s ostensible partners—local medical professionals and behavioral health officials, for example.

Before casting the swing vote to sell the city-owned property on which the new facility will be constructed, Councilman Randall Stone noted that his hesitation with moving forward had been a lack of transparency.

Apparently, he thought this meeting put it all in the open.

We disagree. Many questions remain unanswered, but he and the conservatives on the panel evidently are taking it on faith. That’s a poor way to run the city, to say the least. Ω

Murkier than ever

GUEST COMMENT

A year ago, a few months into President Trump’s tenure in the White

Wake up and smell the disaster W I see the cover of the very first issue of the CN&R, dated Aug. 30, 1977. It was framed and given hen I look up from my desk in my home office,

to me as a gift several years ago at the party occasioned by my retirement as editor of the paper.

The dominant photograph on the page is of burnt forest trees silhouetted against clouds of smoke. The headline reads: “Why are our forests burning up?”

Even then, 40 years ago, the CN&R was asking the kinds of questions Julie Cart asks in by Robert Speer her well-researched story in the April 18 issue, “Environmental The author is a former editor-incatastrophe.” Even then, as chief of the CN&R. we pointed out and Cart again reports, experts knew that forest fuels were accumulating to an unsustainable degree.

The question we didn’t ask, or didn’t know to ask, was: How does the fact that 1977 was a drought year factor in? And, was the drought merely cyclical, or did

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it point to greater problems?

The question we must ask today is this: Why aren’t we doing more to protect ourselves and our forests from the effects of climate change?

We know the climate is changing in dramatic and dangerous ways. Highly flammable forests are only one of the consequences of this change. Indeed, on the very day Cart’s article hit the stands locally, The Washington Post carried a story about newly reported studies indicating that the Atlantic Ocean’s circulation, which carries warm water from the tropics into the Northern Hemisphere, has declined by 15 percent in recent years.

This current, called the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC), is the reason why Europe, most of which is at the same latitude as Alaska, enjoys a temperate climate hospitable to farming. But that climate is changing: Winters are becoming more severe, summers so hot people are dying because of it.

Here in the U.S., we’ve seen the results of extreme weather brought on by climate change. And yet many of us refuse to recognize that we’re facing the great existential challenge of our time. What is it going to take to wake us up? □

House, members of his cabinet signaled to the American people that the administration planned to take an ax to government aid, such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (aka food stamps).

Back then, during an interview on a radio program, newly minted Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson, a retired neurosurgeon and failed 2016 presidential candidate, said that “poverty to a large extent is also a state of mind.” Carson stood by his comment, despite being widely rebuked for it, though he later clarified that “a part of poverty can be the state of mind.”

Fast-forward to 2018, though, and it appears he meant it as anti-poverty experts and advocates feared. Indeed, last week, Carson unveiled a proposal to establish work mandates for those in public housing and scale back the agency’s budget for such assistance—including for elderly and disabled individuals. The result: Some of the poorest people would see their rents triple.

The potential consequences? Further housing insecurity for folks who already live on the margins. It is not hyperbolic to say the plan will be devastating to those who rely on it to make ends meet.

What’s perhaps most outrageous is that the plan comes from a man with no experience in the social services realm and who recently attempted to spend more than $30,000 of taxpayer money on a dining room set for his office (he canceled the order after the press revealed it existed). Keep in mind that Carson’s not the only entitled Trump cabinet member burning through federal dollars for personal gain. Recall, if you will, EPA Chief Scott Pruitt’s $100,000 trip to Morocco, or Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s million-dollar travel via private jet, including to vacation destinations.

Carson’s plan is just one example of this administration’s efforts to further enrich the wealthy at the expense of the poor: recall the Tax and Jobs Act, or the cuts to the U.S. Affordable Care Act. These plans will hurt many Americans, including untold numbers of Trump supporters who bought into his promises to drain the swamp. In reality, the swamp is deeper and murkier than ever. Ω

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candidates and bike lanes The political season is now in full swing. A sure sign was the Butte County League of Women Voters’ first candidates forum of 2018, on Monday evening at Chico State, held in partnership with the university’s Associated Students and the Office of Civic Engagement.

There, the folks challenging incumbent Rep. Doug LaMalfa for the District 1 seat weighed in on issues ranging from America’s health care crisis to the executive branch’s use of force sans congressional approval.

We’re fortunate to have such an active local chapter of the national bipartisan League of Women Voters. The group is unmatched locally when it comes to organizing events that give voters a read on prospective lawmakers and other elected officials—judges, the sheriff, etc.

The CN&R’s presence was twofold at the event: Managing Editor Meredith J. Cooper was there to cover it (see “Half a dozen hopefuls,” page 8) and reporter Ashiah Scharaga sat on a panel of local journalists asking questions of the candidates. She and I spent the better part of Monday afternoon coming up with them and then culling the list to the best 14. Unfortunately, due to time constraints since there are six candidates challenging LaMalfa (the incumbent was a no-show), Scharaga was able to ask only one of them. Having been in her position several times over the years, I warned her in advance she’d likely get in just a few. Still, we both agreed that it’s better to be over-prepared than underprepared.

The league’s next forum is for the Butte County Board of Supervisors’ two seats, both of which represent Chico: District 2, in which incumbent Larry Wahl faces a single challenger, Debra Lucero; and retiring Maureen Kirk’s District 3 post, which is being sought by Bob Evans, Tami Ritter and Norm Rosene. Afterward, County Assessor Diane Brown and challenger Randall Stone will face off. It takes place at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 9, at Marsh Junior High School.

If you can’t make it, don’t fret. BCAC TV (Comcast channel 11) is filming the forum and you can watch it—and the congressional forum—at lwvbuttecounty.org.

Speaking of politics, with just about a month to go before the June primary, it’s time for this newspaper to mention this caveat: Starting with our next issue and until the election, we will publish only a single political-themed letter per author. So, make it a good one.

Also, stayed tuned for more election-related coverage.

in other news, it’s now officially National Bike Month. Hot on the heels of the CN&R’s annual Bike Issue, May is filled with several local activities to celebrate life on two wheels. For a list, head to Chico Velo’s calendar of events at chicovelo.org/calendar.

I’ve been on my bike a lot more lately, but I’m kicking myself for not trying out the city of Chico’s temporary bike lanes on Third and Fourth streets, between Flume and Salem. I did go out of my way to drive in those spots, though, and I liked the feel. It forced me to slow down, although it was confusing when other vehicles ignored the markings and drove right over the bike lane. The city center badly needs more bike-friendly routes, so I’m looking forward to hearing the city’s assessment of the experiment.

Until next time, happy riding!

Melissa Daugherty is editor of the CN&R

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While this issue is debated, perhaps the CN&R could, for once, put its money where its mouth is, and open your offices to the homeless for relief. Located downtown in the direct stream of the “unfortunate,” your office restrooms would be a convenient and welcome opportunity for the homeless to wander in and to take care of business. Of course, you liberal elitists will never allow such a thing; far be it from you to mix with the downtrodden in your own selfmade white ivory tower.

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More on restrooms Re “Council discussion needed” (Letters, April 26): Good to see letters of support for 24-hour public restrooms. Nevertheless, in the bigger picture, the city of Chico is now implementing a “consolidation” plan with the intent of excluding the homeless from public spaces. Hence, no need for restrooms, as Mayor Sean Morgan has clearly stated.

Consolidation, in a high-density facility, is to be accomplished through coercion: we make food and other necessities available in only one location—the proposed intake facility adjacent to the Silver Dollar Speedway. Ending downtown food distribution, especially at the Jesus Center on Park Avenue, is an integral part of this plan.

Also, with our ongoing “qualityof-life crime” prosecutions and the proposed community-homeless court, the homeless can be legally shunted into a human warehouse. (All with no real chance of producing the 3,000 affordable housing units now needed in Butte County.)

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Patrick Newman Chico

Ultra-militaristic I was one of the friendly people handing out fliers by the post offices on a recent Tuesday, Tax Day 2018. Most people took the flier to read how their tax dollars are distributed for the management of our nation. Most know that a large chunk of their earnings goes to military expenditures. But the point of giving the information is to help people be aware that the federal budget is dedicated to military support.

No other country in the world spends nearly as much on military enhancement: 47 percent [of discretionary spending] is disproportionate and inappropriate for the well-being of the people and structures of this country.

Militarism has full-blown primacy in our culture and society.

Solutions to conflict in any country are viewed as military necessities; military threats and one-upmanship are common; military recruiters are normal in our high schools; any soldier is automatically a “hero”; expositions of military technology, weaponry and strategic prowess abound throughout the country; California alone has 30 military bases; U.S. military bases in other countries number 800 (there are no foreign military bases here); and on and on.

Do Americans really want to be defined as militaristic? I don’t.

Cathy Webster Chico

Some witch hunt Just heard from the fake news I was watching that a list of four dozen questions for Igor, oops, I mean President Trump, was just released. The source was “someone outside of Trump’s legal team.”

Well, the former head of Trump’s team focusing on “this whole Russia thing” was John Dowd.

While still Trump’s attorney back in early March of this year, Dowd apparently was negotiating with Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team about a potential face-to-face between Mueller and Trump, and

Dowd was provided with a list of questions Mueller wanted to ask.

Meanwhile, Dowd had been advising Igor, I mean Trump, not to meet with the special counsel. On March 22, Dowd quit as counsel to Trump.

Mueller was born into a welloff family and went to private schools and then to university. The war in Vietnam was going on and, instead of using his family’s influence to avoid service with “bone spurs,” he enlisted in the U.S. Marines. He received a Bronze Star for bravery and then went to law school. A life-long Republican, he has devoted his entire adult life to public service. Witch hunt, indeed.

Looks like stormy days ahead for Trump.

Ed Pitman Chico

Support for tiny houses In recognition that homelessness and the preservation of our creeks, waterways and parks are tied together, and in an effort to help preserve the natural habitat of all of these aforementioned, the Yahi Group, the local chapter of the Sierra Club, is donating $500 toward the establishment of Simplicity Village.

Simplicity Village is planned to be a community of tiny houses for the homeless. This housing will be transitional, as it will feature a communal kitchen and communal bathrooms. But this housing will give the homeless an address; a place where they can acquire social services and vocational help toward obtaining employment.

When employment is obtained, they can transition out to permanent housing and other people will be able to move into Simplicity Village and go through the same process. Marysville, Portland, Medford and Eugene are all successful examples of providing this type of program.

Our club would like to encourage others (organizations or individuals) to donate to the building of Simplicity Village. Donations can be made to Chico Housing Action Team.

Laurel Heath Chico

‘Personal political gain’ County Assessor Diane Brown has displayed a lack of ethics by using

the office she holds for personal political gain. Ms. Brown used her office and its resources as her campaign center for re-election.

She used Butte County employees and county phones for political gain.

Ms. Brown, a seasoned campaigner, should have known better. Indeed, she did. The county and state both provided advisories to her office, but they were evidently ignored.

Friends, if our public servants are so detached from ethical awareness that they enmesh public employees in a campaign for political benefit, then we have a problem.

Fortunately, we have a solution.

His name is Randall Stone. Mr. Stone possesses the knowledge and experience to run this office efficiently and in a way that benefits our county. Mr. Stone is also aboveboard in all of his dealings.

As a Chico City Council member in his second term, his honesty and forthright nature are well-known.

I support Randall Stone for Butte County assessor. I ask everyone who seeks better government to do the same.

Dennis Duncan Magalia

Friend to LGBTQ folks To my gay friends and allies: Gavin Newsom is not the only gubernatorial candidate who is a strong, fierce friend of the LGBTQ community. Check out Delaine Eastin for governor.

The Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, as well as iconic gay rights activist and former SF Supervisor Harry Britt, author of the domestic partner legislation, endorse Delaine.

Delaine has always been a fierce defender of LGBTQ rights.

As California’s only female state superintendent of public instruction, she formed the Department of Education’s first LGBTQ Task Force. They developed a curriculum to provide guidance and education to teachers for these important and often ignored students.

Delaine always worked hard to end bullying for all students. Also, she was a deciding vote on the board of regents when Gov. Pete Wilson tried to keep the UC system from extending spousal benefits to same-sex partners. And, she was the first state superintendent to

march in a Gay Pride parade.

Before casting your vote June 5, take a look at Delaine’s website and her record. See for yourself the progressive issues she will stand up for if elected California’s next (and first woman) governor. Let’s do this!

Robin Keehn Chico

Thanks from Forest Ranch On April 28, over 100 residents in Forest Ranch participated in a drill to practice evacuating our community in case of emergency.

We gathered at the Forest Ranch Charter School to rehearse our disaster preparedness.

Agency support included: Butte County Sheriff’s Office and the Sheriff’s STAR Volunteers, Cal Fire, Butte County Public Works and Forest Ranch Volunteer Fire Department 24. The Forest Ranch Fire Safe Council (FRFSC) took the lead; Butte County Fire Safe Council and the Sacramento River Watershed Program supported program planning, coordination and logistics. The North Valley Animal Disaster Group taught all how to prepare pets and livestock for emergencies.

The Chico State Geography Department produced evacuation maps. FRFSC volunteers gave time for three months inviting community participation and helped the day of the event.

Businesses that donated emergency supply items included, from Chico: Gates Resale, Mountain Sports, Northern Star Mills and Safeway on Mangrove Avenue; and from Forest Ranch, the American Veterans’ Store and The Forest Ranch Post and the Community Association. RPM Rake donated the door prize—one of their amazing pine needle rakes, which makes clearing property so much easier. All deserve limitless thanks for making this event a success!

Marlene Fune Forest Ranch

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A woman was shot and killed by Butte County Sheriff’s Office deputies after allegedly trespassing and trying to run one of them over, according to a press release.

Myra Lisa Micalizio, 56, of Palermo, reportedly refused to leave a property on the 2100 block of Stanley Drive in Palermo around 6:30 p.m. on Saturday (April 26), threatening to shoot residents.

When deputies Charles Lair and Mary Barker arrived, they say Micalizio refused to stop and show her hands, then got into her car and quickly reversed toward Lair, who fired seven shots, while Barker fired six shots.

Micalizio died at the scene.

The deputies did not turn on their body cameras due to “how rapidly the situation evolved.” The Butte County Officer Involved Shooting and Critical Incident Protocol Team is investigating the incident.

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Students at Gridley’s Manzanita Elementary School have been exposed to contaminated water, according to a Butte County Public Health press release. The small public water system tested positive for elevated levels of the chemical 1,2,3-Trichloropropane, aka TCP. The human-made chemical, historically used as a pesticide and herbicide additive, is listed as a carcinogen under California’s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act, and was banned in the 1990s. California began testing for TCP in December 2017.

The school was immediately provided access to safe drinking water, the release states, and is protected from further exposure. The state Water Resource Control Board and county Environmental Health Department will work with the school to figure out whether to install a new well or treatment system.

BARRED FROM DOWNTOWN

Jason Lisle, a longtime local homeless man who is well-known to those who frequent or work in the downtown area, was recently sentenced to 300 days in jail and issued a restraining order barring him from coming within 500 yards of Third and Broadway streets (effectively keeping him out of the city center).

The sentence stems from an incident in June 2017 when Lisle (pictured) approached a downtown business employee and asked for money, according to a press release from the Butte County District Attorney’s Office.

When he was denied, he pulled down his pants and waved his genitals at her before urinating on the ground.

Lisle, a registered sex offender, was found guilty of misdemeanor indecent exposure and failure to appear in court. He was also ordered to undergo sex offender therapy.

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Half a dozen hopefuls Congressional candidates tackle big issues during local forum

‘W LaMalfa,” David Peterson said to a brief round of applause. He was onstage e’re all here in collusion to replace

Monday night (April 30) in Chico State’s Harlan Adams Theatre alongside the five other story and photo by candidates vying for Meredith J. Rep. Doug LaMalfa’s Cooper seat in Congress. m e re d i t h c @ The panel convened n ew srev i ew. c o m as part of the League of Women Voters of Butte County’s first forum See for yourself: The next League of ahead of the June priWomen Voters forums mary, co-hosted by the will be Wednesday, university’s Associated May 9, at Marsh Junior Students and the Office High. At 6:30 p.m., candidates for Butte of Civic Engagement.

County supervisor Each candidate—only will take the stage, LaMalfa declined the followed at 8 p.m. by opportunity, citing a those running for Butte scheduling conflict—had County assessor. a chance to answer questions posed by members of the league, the public and local media.

The main issues of the evening were both national and local in scope—Oroville Dam, health care, drug policy, mass shootings, Congress’ role in military attacks,

homelessness and undocumented individuals. With four Democrats, one Republican and one Green Party candidate, their positions predictably varied, though all agreed that Congress—not the president—should have the authority to declare war, and all agreed something must be done to ensure better access to health care.

First up, the Democrats:

Jessica Holcombe, an attorney from Auburn, identified personally with a number of issues discussed during the forum.

She was homeless for a time while growing up, she said, and she recalled when her sister got an ear infection and the doctor’s office refused treatment because they didn’t have insurance. She lost her hearing in that ear, Holcombe said. That’s one reason she’s a proponent for Medicare for all. Holcombe relied on financial aid to get through college and law school, and advocates for free public universities.

When it comes to drug policy, Holcombe is for taking marijuana off the federal Schedule I narcotics list. She also supports affordable rehab facilities, saying she had a niece who was able to kick her heroin addiction, but spent over $50,000.

As for undocumented individuals, Holcombe said she supports a path to citizenship for rural farm workers.

Marty Walters is an environmental scientist from Quincy who’s a big proponent for sustainable forestry as well as bringing sustainability-focused jobs to this rural region of the state. She took a pragmatic approach to many of the issues. For instance, she said undocumented individuals are here as a product of our economy and our desire to create low-wage jobs.

She supports policy to bring people into full residency and added that work needs to be done to better understand the American labor market.

When it comes to responding to mass shootings, Walters said the first step should be to “fix the background check system and really make it work.” Like several of her fellow candidates, Walters supports legalizing marijuana federally. She said that, if elected, she would introduce the Rebuild America Act, which would bring $13 million to maintaining infrastructure.

Peterson, a small-business owner and self-described “extreme progressive” who ran against LaMalfa in 2016, said he aims to take money out of politics. He believes

From left to right: Jessica Holcombe, Marty Walters, Gregory Cheadle, David Peterson, Lewis Elbinger and Audrey Denney.

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Congress should be required to act immediately on military actions. His idea for solving the problem with undocumented workers is to require wages of $20 per hour, with a 20 percent tax to be sent to their home country for infrastructure maintenance.

Chico native Audrey Denney, a farmer/educator, spoke to many of the issues, including Oroville Dam—for which she said she’d demand “reparations for the people of Oroville”—and undocumented workers, who she said are the victims of raids that put local families in fear of their loved ones being deported at any time.

When it comes to drug policy, Denney pointed to the fact that drug overdoses are lowering the American life expectancy. To curb that, she suggested holistic, community-based, locally controlled programs.

Green Party and the GOP:

Lewis Elbinger, a retired diplomatic officer from Mount Shasta and the only Green Party member on the ticket, touted many of the talking points highlighted

by Bernie Sanders. Similar to Denney, he shared several personal stories that informed his position on different matters. For instance, as a reporter in Vietnam during the war, he saw the conflict first-hand. He proposes more proactive work to build peace.

When it comes to drug policy, Elbinger said his experience working at a methadone clinic convinced him that the war on drugs “needs to be ended.” A “conscious activist,” he supports legalizing marijuana federally and taking money out of the defense budget to support Medicare for all.

In stark contrast to Denney, he believes that Americans’ right to education doesn’t extend to college.

Gregory Cheadle, the lone Republican on the stage and an “1856 Republican” at that, is a real estate broker in Redding.

Many of Cheadle’s answers took on a somewhat confrontational tone centered on race. When asked about mass shootings, for instance, Cheadle, who is black, balked, saying the question ignores the issue of black victims of gun violence in inner cities.

When it came to health care, he said entirely too much is spent on drug overdoses and people need to take more personal responsibility. He also linked an increase in vaccines to the increase in autism, saying that will add to the health care problems in the country. Ω

Bipartisan shutdown Lawmakers balk at housing bill, but similar efforts likely to resurface The most controversial state housing bill in recent memory died with a pretty

resounding thud.

In April, Senate Bill 827, which would have forced cities to allow taller, denser development around public transit, got only four votes on the 13-member Senate Committee on Transportation and Housing. Both Democrat and Republican lawmakers voted against the bill.

Authored by state Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat from San Francisco, the bill would have allowed developers to build five-story apartment buildings near major public transit stops, including neighborhoods previously zoned for single-family homes. The bill received a ton of media attention, including a fairly flattering writeup on the front page of The New York Times.

Urbanist “Yes In My Backyard” (YIMBY) groups mourned the bill’s death as yet another roadblock to building the new housing the state so desperately needs. Cities and anti-gentrification groups cheered the About this story: demise of what they viewed as an unprecedented inroad on local It was produced by CALmatters.org, an control. independent public What to make of all the hubub? Some key takeaways: journalism venture It’s tough for anyone to take on cities and counties, who wield covering California enormous power in Sacramento and to whom state legislators state politics and government. often give considerable deference. It’s tough for anyone to take on the construction trades’ union, a major source of campaign contributions for Democratic lawmakers. It’s tough for anyone to take on equity and social justice groups, who bend the ear of progressive legislators.

But it’s really tough to take on all three at the same time.

That likely wasn’t Wiener’s strategy when he introduced SB 827, but that’s ultimately what helped doom the bill. The support of real estate agents, developers, YIMBYs and a handful of affordable housing advocates couldn’t muster the votes he needed.

Supporters of the bill arguably made a misstep in not courting social justice groups early enough. A flurry of amendments to protect renters from being displaced and to force developers to include units reserved for lower-income tenants failed to calm their concerns.

Last year, Wiener was able to push through a bill that stripped local control over some housing developments by getting labor and affordability advocates on his

SIFT ER Bearing arms Americans want stricter laws when it comes to gun sales. Just take a look at two recent Gallup polls: the desire reaches across party lines.

Since November 2016, Democrats, Republicans and independents have shown increased support for a tightening of laws surrounding the sale of firearms. In fact, this desire, in the wake of the Las Vegas and Parkland, Fla., shootings, is the highest it has been since December 1993, with 67 percent of Americans in favor. Compare that to 28 percent who say gun laws should stay as is, and 4 percent who say they should be loosened. Support for stricter laws is highest among Democrats, at 90 percent, compared to 65 percent of independents and 41 percent of Republicans. However, only a slim majority of Republicans, 52 percent, said they’d like to keep gun laws as they are now. Gun control remains one of Americans’ highest-ranked issues, Gallup found, following dissatisfaction with the government, immigration and race relations.

side. That bill was also part of a larger package of housing legislation that had something for everyone, including a new revenue source. Gov. Jerry Brown was a driving force behind that package.

None of that that happened this time.

What Wiener was attempting was truly revolutionary. You can debate how dramatically the character of a city would change by building a five-story apartment building next to a singlefamily home. But taking away the power of local governments to block those types of developments was a pretty radical step—a step that a growing number of Californians think is necessary.

The bill made headlines in California and nationally. It garnered support from prominent urban planners, environmentalists and civil rights advocates. It’s both cliché and premature to say it shifted the needle on the housing debate. But it certainly framed the conversation squarely around the state’s role in compelling cities to build.

Expect something like this to come back soon.

Nearly all Democratic legislators who voted against SB 827 caveated their opposition by praising the bill’s vision and audacity. Sen. Jim Beall, Democrat from San Jose and chair of the housing committee, said at the hearing that while he couldn’t support the bill in its current form, he was eager to work on something like it in the months ahead.

Could SB 827 ever rise from the dead? Well, for his part, Wiener has vowed to reintroduce something like it in the future. Combining his push for density around transit stations with a broader mix of tenant protections and new funding for affordable housing could make it more palatable to the interest groups Wiener needs to succeed.

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Off the market Council moves forward on sale of city land to Jesus Center Shortly before casting a dissenting

vote, Councilwoman Ann Schwab told a packed City Council chambers that the Jesus Center’s proposed move to city-owned property in south Chico is not a partisan issue, noting that everyone on the panel has been supportive of the concept.

But the devil is in the details, as the saying goes, and Schwab and Councilman Karl Ory weren’t satisfied that questions about the endeavor have been sufficiently put to rest, especially as it relates to selling the property, rather than entering into a lease agreement with the organization.

Leasing 3.5 acres on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway near the Torres Community Shelter and Valley View Apartments (both of which have long-term leases with the city) would allow the city to still have “skin in the game,” Schwab argued during the council’s regular meeting on Tuesday (May 1). “We would have a vested interest in that property being maintained to the standards that we want,” said Schwab, adding that leadership of nonprofits always ebbs and flows.

The city needs to perform its due diligence, Ory said, asking for a 30- to 40-year proforma and have a private finance committee look at audits of the organization.

But those arguments didn’t sway Councilman Randall Stone, who joined the conservatives on moving forward with a sale. Schwab and Ory cast the two dissenting votes on a motion to direct the city attorney and city manager to determine the terms of a sale to the nonprofit, which aims to relocate, expand and work with other service providers on consolidating services.

Those in favor argued that the project will make providing services in the city more effective and efficient. Mayor Sean Morgan said what Chico is doing currently isn’t working, and that consolidating services will help because people will have one place to go to if they want help.

“What’s the big risk in letting this happen?” he asked.

This discussion was brought before the public after a closed session stalemate at the last council

meeting April 17, when Schwab, Ory and Stone walked out in what appeared to be a protest to keeping negotiations of a sale or lease under wraps. Since the council needed five members to move forward, property negotiations were moved to open session.

The topic stirred passionate public

interest, as well, evident in the 27 people who approached the dais.

The turnout included future and current neighbors of the Jesus Center, as well as service providers and business owners. There was some back and forth when it came to prevailing-wage requirements for the project, with some insisting the expansion would never break ground if prevailing wage was required, while others urged the city to support prevailing wage because of the standards and quality of work it produces.

Jesus Center Executive Director Laura Coostona said the nonprofit is “spilling out” of its current building on Park Avenue, which offers no area for respite or space for homeless folks to spread out, particularly outside. In addition, the facility is always at capacity and has issues with its crumbling showers and walls, she said.

Cootsona said the center plans on seeking private donations for the estimated $12-$18 million buildout, and has argued that prevailing wage is “simply unaffordable” to private,

Jesus Center Executive Director Laura Cootsona addresses the Chico City Council.

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nonprofit enterprises in small markets like Chico.

There was also a lot of debate around the organization vacating its central location. Some argued that consolidating services would effectively warehouse or segregate homeless folks from the rest of the community. Others argued in support, saying they were excited to see what could be accomplished in the new location, which, according to Cootsona, could include mental health services, a low-barrier shelter and potential for more transitional housing.

Chico resident Linda Furr said that

the solution is housing, not consolidated services. The city should consider letting the Chico Housing Action Team lease the land there to build Simplicity Village, its tiny homes concept that was approved for exploration on the same night as the Jesus Center’s concept.

“Unfortunately, the Jesus Center plan would duplicate a number of existing services in Chico and won’t produce one house,” Furr said. “We’ve just got to get the unhoused people into houses.”

Future neighbors made arguments that the relocation will overburden the area and cause more problems, not fewer, while current neighbors shared different perspec-

tives. East 12th Street resident Jim McCall said he wants the Jesus Center to move as quickly as possible, as he’s tired of seeing “platoons” of homeless folks walking back and forth for services, along with “the drugs and constant drinking” that “have caused people to pass out on the sidewalk.”

In contrast, neighbor Sandra O’Neill said she wants the nonprofit to stay put, noting that she doesn’t want to force homeless folks to live in one area to receive services.

“We need more than one location in this town to feed and clothe people who need it,” she said.

Stone said that while he understands the concerns about warehousing, the project isn’t attempting to expand “to a grotesque level in a specific spot.” What he was most concerned with was public input and the city having a discussion “behind closed doors” in closed session.

The evening also included a few spats between the public and council members.

If the city sticks with the status quo, Cootsona said, it’ll only lead to disappointment. “Those of us on the left will wonder what happened to our compassionate, caring community. Those of us on the right, we will wonder what happened to our quality of life,” she said. “If so, neither we, nor our neighbors in need, will have taken a significant step forward.”

Schwab said she was “concerned” when Cootsona said the “left” and “right” were going to feel certain ways about the issue, arguing that it undercuts the collaboration on the project. “I think we can get along much better if we don’t think about this as a yes or no or we versus them.”

Ory and Downtown Chico Business Association Executive Director Melanie Bassett also sparred over the DCBA’s reason to unanimously support city sale of the property to the Jesus Center. Ory pressed Bassett as to why the vote was unanimous, to which Bassett replied that it was based on the Jesus Center’s plan and that leasing would make project highly unlikely.

Ory asked her, “Do you have information that we don’t have?” to which Bassett replied a curt “maybe” and returned to her seat.

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HEALTHLINES Holli Drobny, Mental Health Services Act coordinator for Butte County, interacted with more than 100 residents and service providers over the course of 12 informational sessions.

CN&R that he appreciates the program. He just sees room for improvement.

“I think it actually would save the county and the city money to have more behavioral intervention with the police at those [night] hours,” he said, “and reduce the amount of incarceration and bigger problems.”

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LBurfeind health services in Butte County, Jim found he had something to say.

istening to a presentation about mental

The talk—put on by the county’s Department of Behavioral Health, drawing 14 to the Chico branch of the Butte County Library last Thursday (April 26)—had just shifted from background information to “notable changes” made by the county affecting its plan for programs under the state Mental Health Services Act. That legislation, stemming from Proposition 64 in 2004, constitutes roughly a third of the department’s $60 million budget.

The change that moved Burfeind, and others, to speak was the mobile crisis unit.

A Behavioral Health counselor responds with Chico police officers to calls in which

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a person with mental illness is suspected to be involved. (See “Mobile crisis team introduced,” Downstroke, March 29.) Between the two counselors, whose salaries are grantfunded, at least one is available every day.

Day being the operative word: The mobile crisis unit shifts go 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.

MHSA Administrative Analyst Celeste Cramer explained that data tracking of calls to the department and hospital-based clinicians influenced the hours, and that nighttime incidents often require law-enforcement intervention due to drugs and alcohol.

Burfeind noted that, because Behavioral Health’s business hours fall during the day, the agency would receive more calls during the day. The data, thus, is “self-fulfilling … probably skewed.” A retired teacher who belongs to the support and advocacy group NAMI Butte County—a local chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness—he added that he speaks with a lot of families who experience difficulties at all times.

“This really needs to be 24 hours,” he said

of the mobile crisis unit. If that’s not possible due to funding limitations, “it’s almost better to start at 6:30 [p.m.] and end at 8 in the morning.”

Others concurred, including NAMI board member Colleen Phipps—known for championing Laura’s Law, which lays out a program for treating mentally ill individuals posing a threat to themselves or others. (See “Help in crisis,” Newslines, March 1.)

“The mobile crisis team, they don’t even have to do it during the day, in my opinion,” she told the CN&R afterward. “[They’d] get better response, because they’d help more people that way…. Over the years, 90 percent of the people [in crisis] I’ve encountered, it’s been after 6 at night.”

After the meeting, Burfeind stressed to the

the input may prompt a change. After all, the mobile crisis unit owes its existence to feedback from sessions such as this.

State law requires counties to craft threeyear plans for MHSA-funded programs, then issue annual updates. Butte County’s current plan runs 2017-20. The process includes public comment, which Behavioral Health gathers from surveys and direct feedback.

Holli Drobny, the department’s community service program manager, organized 12 gatherings in a 29-day span, capped by last Thursday’s meeting in Chico. She conducted six at county library branches, six at service sites such as the Stonewall Alliance Center and Iverson Wellness & Recovery Center.

Total attendance surpassed 100.

“The idea behind going out into the community is that community collaboration is a big part of the Mental Health Services Act,” Drobny told the CN&R. Across the meetings, “the main consensus I’m finding is that people are really shocked when they’re finding out all the different programs that are funded through MHSA and Behavioral Health. We do a lot of work on these plans, planning out these programs, so to be able to inform the public is really awesome, really gratifying.”

Nearly two-dozen programs across a dozen facilities fall under the MHSA umbrella. They include the Crisis Stabilization Unit and Iris House, the neighboring crisis residential facility; “wraparound” support services HEALTHLINES C O N T I N U E D

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Along with the mobile crisis unit, Behavioral Health this year launched Strengthening Families, a 14-week course (starting in the spring and the fall) to bolster parentchild bonds.

Drobny, whose responsibilities include serving as the county MHSA coordinator, explained during the meeting that the county will receive nearly $11.8 million in MHSA money this fiscal year. Add in funding brought in as a result of these programs, most notably MediCal health insurance payments, and the sum reaches $20 million.

Drobny and Cramer, the MHSA analyst, had another colleague at the meeting: Assistant Director Joel Chain. No question, Behavioral Health heard the feedback about the mobile crisis unit. The department will collate all public responses for the next iteration of the plan update, which Drobny said should be available for public review by early June.

“It will definitely be something that’s reviewed by the leadership team,” Droby said after the meeting.

“I can’t say what decisions will be

Missed the meetings?

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made because of it, but hearing the community voice advocate for it will be an important part.”

The suggestion came up previously, she said.

“Unfortunately, it does come down to resources.”

Behavioral Health will expand its mobile crisis footprint, however.

Drobny told the assemblage that the county received a grant for a second pilot program, in which counselors and part-time peer advocates will accompany sheriff’s deputies in Oroville and Paradise. That will launch sometime this fall, pending hiring and other logistics. □

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These tips can help you assist another person suffering an attack: • Remain calm and quiet in the face of chaos. Telling a victim that the attack is in his or her head is not helpful.

• Hold the person’s hand or put your hand on his or her shoulder to signal your presence.

• Stay there until the attack subsides.

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GREENWAYS A group of young nature lovers takes a hike focused on bugs during the Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve open house on April 21.

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Isixth nities in the latter half of the 20th century, grade had one major allure: heading

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for a week to a camp in the Sierra Nevada foothills to study science under the pines through the Woodleaf program. Escaping the four walls of the classroom, students learned hands-on about flora and fauna, identifying trees and plants and examining bear and deer tracks and scat along hiking trails.

In this century, you don’t have to be in sixth grade—just head east on Highway 32 to discover the largest outdoor science classroom in the Sierra Nevada. And it’s just 17 miles from Chico.

Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve and Butte Creek Ecological Preserve combine as the CSU, Chico Ecological Reserves to offer 4,053 acres to the public and students of all ages. The BCCER starts where Upper Bidwell Park leaves off, and it alone is larger than its neighbor, continuing along a 4.5mile stretch of Big Chico Creek. The 93-acre preserve along the middle section of Butte Creek contains a vital spawning habitat for the threatened Central Valley spring-run chinook salmon. With an elevation ranging from 700 to 2,044 feet, the reserves offer oak woods, pine forest and rock cliffs, with riparian areas and springs to support hundreds of wildlife species and help reveal the local watershed connection.

“Our mission is to be where education meets the land and to support natural ecosystems,” noted Eli Goodsell, who holds the title of reserves manager after a multiyear internship. “The restoration and ongoing maintenance of these lands plays a critical role connecting current and future generations to the natural environment.”

It was a beautiful afternoon on April 21, when the BCCER held its first open house celebrating its natural habitat. About 240 visitors braved the narrow dirt road to take advantage of the short strolls, talks and displays focused on indigenous fire-

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making materials, saw whet owl banding, bat research tools and bug identification.

There’s no signage welcoming visitors to the reserves, just a green paddle marker 3521 along Highway 32 that leads down a rough dirt road to a clearing where a huge barn, a few other buildings and a weather station poke out of the wild landscape. Most intriguing is a hubo, a cedar bark dwelling typical of the Mechoopda Maidu, the indigenous tribe of the area. Behind the barn, looking like an oversized birdhouse on stilts, is a slick, tile-roof condo that can house up to 2,500 bats.

Under the ownership and direction of the CSUC Research Foundation, the reserves have merged land and habitat management with research, education and conservation, utilizing student and citizen science, while returning the land to its original habitat.

Chico State recreation and biology classes come to this outdoor laboratory to conduct bug surveys; map trails; and study fox, owl, skunk, deer and mountain lion populations.

Programs correlate with California elementary science curriculum standards, a winwin for teachers and students alike.

“Last year we had 1,300 K-12 students for

Visit the reserve:

Call 898-5010 or visit the BCCER website at csuchico. edu/bccer for more information. The BCCER’s physical address is 3521 14 Mile House Road. Open for visitors on foot only; call the reservation line at 342-1371 for group trips or special requests.

this outdoor education. It’s free to schools.

We teach them about the Mechoopda who lived here and how this once was beach-front property,” said Goodsell, pointing to a fossilized shell.

The only established hiking path, the 0.7mile Loop Meadow trail, begins near a field of native grass. “This used to be all star thistle,” Goodsell said with a sweep of his hand. “The land was grazed for 100 years by the Lucas family. Star thistle is not native—we eradicated the thistle and Scotch broom,” he said.

BCCER grew from the 1999 purchase of the Simmons Ranch to the 2001 acquisition of the Henning Ranch. (Jack Henning was president and CEO of Sunset magazine in the 1980s.) Now the only nonnative plants on the reserve are fig and olive trees planted by previous owners. And something’s enjoying those olives.

“Bear scat turns black from eating olives,” said Jon Aull, education and research coordinator for the reserves. Pointing at a tall pole on a fence, he continued: “The bears have fun here. We have 10-15 cameras on the property with night vision. That’s how we know the bears come and use the water trough as a swimming pool.”

There is a synergy at the reserves with other agencies like the California Indian Water Commission, California Deer Association, Bureau of Land Management and Cal Fire.

Don Hankins, BCCER field director, oversees project planning and has run the prescribed burning program since 2007.

“Fire is a good tool to enhance the environment with oak and grassland management,” he said. “Here, students see how fire is needed to maintain the native species.”

The reserves are dependent on interns, students and volunteers, some of them regular visitors who participate through citizen science. “We have anglers who do podcasts,” Goodsell explained. “It’s citizen science to have hunters help collect data. Their help is important to land management decisions.”

Other citizen scientists do butterfly counts, monitor bird songs, identify mushrooms and conduct oak tree studies.

Kohner Vugrenes, a Chico State environmental studies graduate, wears the hat of the steward field coordinator at the reserves and considers his work to be like that of a restoration farmer of native species.

“There are lots of projects and challenges. But it’s like farming,” said Vugrenes, who hails from an almond- and walnutfarming family. “I love this community involvement that brings positive changes for the environment. It’s rewarding working with student interns to show them how natural landscape should look using natural ways to cultivate.” Ω

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VANISHED INTO FIN AIR Learn about threatened and endangered species living in your own backyard this Saturday, May 5, from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. at Butte Environmental Council’s 39th annual Endangered Species Faire. Encounter live exotic animals, watch the endangered species puppet parade and enjoy live music, local food and an eco-scavenger hunt at Cedar Grove in Bidwell Park. New to the event this year, the Chico Creek Nature Center, home to the living animal museum, will be open to all attendees. This year’s theme is Finned Migration, highlighting overlooked aquatic species and the connection between oceans and our inland waterways.

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For love of sourdough

Filling niches

Kala Riddle came to Chico to study nutrition six years ago and today she is the owner of Untamed Bakeshop, a successful cottage business, baking unique whole grain products in her home. A member of the Chico Bread Guild, Riddle started out with Bread by Kala and two years ago opened Untamed. She’s a farmers’ market staple on Saturdays in Red Bluff and Wednesdays at the North Valley Plaza in Chico, selling sourdough bread, tortillas, granola and cookies. She is proud to offer wholesome and delicious baked goods made with only whole-grain flour and natural, local, organic ingredients. According to her website (untamedbakeshop.com), she’ll even trade for a loaf—make her an offer! Riddle loves what she does, and it shows in her nontraditional and fun creations. She also teaches workshops out of her bakeshop/home in Paradise and has one scheduled for May 11.

What do you teach in your workshops?

For now I am focusing on sourdough classes. My whole idea with it was that sourdough is really something that you need to get to know and it takes a lot of practice and trial and error. With this workshop, I wanted to give people a little package that could launch them past those years of figuring it out. Sourdough is a living, breathing organism; it changes with the seasons, the humidity in the air, there are lots of factors.

What kinds of cookies do you make?

Oh, I get creative with cookies—it’s fun! I did a triple ginger cookie around Christmas time. I’ve done lemon rosemary cookies. I made lilac sugar cookies that I had at the market this morning, just a total experiment. I just have fun with the flavors that I add and also the flour that I use. I don’t use white flour at all. I only use whole grain flour, and I use a variety of different whole grains because each one has a different flavor and a different texture and just different components. They’re really fun to

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Just when you start to think the worst, things get better. At least, that seems to be the case with local retail at the moment. On the heels of the closure of Sears and Herreid Music in Chico, two local businesses are poised to take their places.

Last weekend, Hudson’s Appliance Center celebrated the grand opening of its second location, in Chico. The store, originally opened in Paradise over a halfcentury ago, specializes in American-made home appliances, from Traeger grills to indoor brands like Amana, Maytag and Whirlpool. Plus, they price-match!

The family business is also a proud veteran-owned one, with Vince Clarkson, who served in the U.S. Marine Corps, running the show with his wife, Kristina.

Check out the new showroom at 2525 Dominic Drive, Ste. D, and keep in mind the Chico store is not open on weekends (the Paradise shop, on Pearson Road, is open on Saturdays). Call 877-6312 or visit hudsonsappliance.com for more info.

another expansion Apollo Piano, opened in 2011 by husband-wife duo Vincent Cham-

play with and combine in different ways.

How do you come up with your flavor pairings?

I have an idea of what I like, and that’s been through years of being interested in food and where my food comes from, and experimenting.

“Interesting” has always attracted me more than “classic.” I mean, take a chocolate chip cookie—I make a mint chocolate chip cookie where I take mint from my garden and infuse the butter with mint and it’s so much more interesting. It’s like a spearmint instead of peppermint and, to me, that’s always been like, “Oh, that’s fun!” and way more than just a chocolate chip cookie.

Do you have long-range plans to open a formal shop?

I’m just leaving the doors open and seeing where things take me. It’s been really great. Since I opened the door for just bread, I’ve had all these other doors open up that I wouldn’t even have expected, so I’m kind of like, “OK, let’s see what presents itself.”

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bers and Nerissa Prieto, is expanding its scope and rebranding itself Apollo Academy of Music. Instead of focusing exclusively on pianos, the business now offers a wide variety of instruments and lessons, from guitar and ukulele to flute, saxophone and drums. For those whose instrument of choice is their own voice, there are lessons for that, too.

Apollo has moved its operations from Highway 32 to 936 Mangrove Ave. (next to La Comida). Find the store’s Facebook page for contests and website (apollo academy.net) for information on lessons and instruments for rent or purchase.

Food truck rally #2 As I’ve reported in this space before, the popular Fork in the Road food truck rally has moved, both physically (from Manzanita Place to DeGarmo Park) and temporally (from first Wednesdays to third Fridays). Apparently people want more. So, there’s a new rally taking over the place and time left vacant by FITR. It has yet to be named. The first incarnation was scheduled for after the CN&R’s deadline, 5:30-8 p.m. Wednesday (May 2).

Beware scaMMers I recently sat down with John Geiger, who runs Inday’s Filipino

Restaurant and mobile kitchen with his wife, Inday. Turns out they were recently the target of a strange scam. Someone posing as a customer hoping to hire Inday’s to cater an event for 70 people apparently had ill intentions.

All seemed on the up-and-up (except for the bad sentence structure via text message) until the strange request—could Geiger accept payment in advance via credit card, plus $3,000 for an unnamed cake maker, then deposit the $3,000, in cash, for said cake maker? In an attempt to verify this was a scam, Geiger asked for a photo of his California ID and it came through as I was reading the text conversation on his phone. Geiger tracked down the victim, who lives in L.A. and had no clue what was going on. He immediately canceled his credit cards. So, beware this strange scam, everyone. And guard your cards.

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ere’s the good news: America, overall, is a much less violent place than it used to be. Our reported violent-crime rate is almost half what it was in 1991. But here’s the bad: Mass shootings haven’t decreased. In fact, they’ve become even deadlier.

In 2010, the World Health Organization found that the United States’ gun-homicide rates were more than 25 times higher than in any other high-income country. And that was before Las Vegas. And before Parkland, Fla. We’ve witnessed 19 of the 30 deadliest mass shootings in modern U.S. history during the past decade.

It isn’t just about murders. The suicide rate has been skyrocketing as well, reaching a 30-year high in 2016. More than half were with firearms.

Today, high school and middle school students have risen up in protests and marches after the Parkland shooting, demanding that something be done.

But what?

We looked at ideas to reduce gun violence, weighing the results of academic research and the analysis of experts. Here are the proposals likely to reduce gun violence and save lives:

1. Plug the holes

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Gaps in the federal background check system (the National Instant Criminal Background Check System) allow domestic abusers, convicted felons and people with mental illness to purchase guns.

Roughly 20 percent of Americans purchase guns without a background check. A 2013 survey of prisoners locked up for gun violence found that more than 96 percent of offenders, who were

legally prohibited from owning guns, had purchased them without a background check.

Experts point to three major holes: 1. In most states, gun buyers are able to purchase firearms from unlicensed dealers who aren’t required to run a background check at all. After Missouri stopped requiring background checks for all firearm purchases, researchers found a 25 percent increase in firearm homicides.

2. If the FBI doesn’t complete a background check in three business days, licensed dealers are free to sell the gun anyway. This is how the man who killed nine parishioners inside a church in Charleston, S.C., bought a gun.

3. The federal definition of “domestic abuser” doesn’t include unmarried or childless couples. Many states, including

Lawful Commerce in Arms Act made gun manufacturers and dealers essentially legally bulletproof.

A victim can still sue if a gun, for example, malfunctions and explodes— but not if a teenager uses it to kill 14 of his classmates. Guns are meant to kill, the Republican argument went, so why should people be able to sue when the gun has done what it was built to do?

Remove the shield, a recent op-ed in The New York Times pointed out, and that means gun manufacturers suddenly would have a financial incentive, like every other industry, to make their products safer—likely preventing more accidental shootings.

3. Lift the research ban

Oregon this year, have closed the so-called “Boyfriend Loophole.”

Strengthening the federal backgroundcheck system is one of the most feasible and most effective measures to reduce gun violence. States that require universal background checks have lower gun-death rates, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention statistics show. Surveys show overwhelming public support.

2. Let people sue gun makers (again)

It’s the American way: If a product is killing an unbelievable number of people, the proper remedy is to sue the hell out of whoever made that product. This, after all, was the plot of the 2003 John Grisham movie adaptation Runaway Jury.

But since 2005, the Protection of

From 2004 to 2014, gun violence killed about as many people as the lifethreatening health complication known as sepsis, but funding for gun violence research was only about 0.7 percent of the amount spent to study sepsis, according to a 2017 research letter in the Journal of the American Medical Association. In fact, the researchers found that gun violence was the least researched cause of death, in relation to mortality rate, and only research into deaths by falling are funded less.

The nonpartisan RAND Corp. looked at thousands of U.S. gun-regulation studies and found that, in many areas, there just wasn’t enough research to definitively show effects one way or another. The lack of research in certain areas muddles debates over policies, like some listed in this story.

Part of what has stymied gun research in the U.S. is the 1996 “Dickey Amendment,” which prevents the CDC from spending money on activities that “advocate or promote gun control.”

Former Arkansas Rep. Jay Dickey, a Republican and the amendment’s namesake, told NPR he never intended for the

25 ideas to reduce gun violence in the era of mass shootings amendment to cut off federal gun research altogether, only gun-regulation advocacy, and regrets that the effect was to essentially halt research in the area.

This March, President Donald Trump signed a spending bill that left the Dickey Amendment in place but clarifies that the CDC can research the causes of gun violence. It’s not clear yet if federal research will increase, though, as no funding for gunviolence research was included.

4. Copy the Aussies

Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have both pointed to Australia as a model of how dramatic gun regulation can make a nation safer. It’s also about as close to “taking your guns” as the mainstream gun-control movement gets.

Here are the facts: There were 13 mass shootings in 18 years before Australia’s sweeping National Firearms Agreement in 1997. In the 20 years after, there’s been one.

While skeptics quibble with whether the law can be entirely credited, the country’s already-low firearm homicide rate fell further—and suicides plunged.

The flashiest piece of the program featured a mandatory buyback program that gathered around 650,000 firearms—a full fifth of the country’s arsenal. However, today Australia has about as many guns as before the buyback.

Instead, the key, as the Science Vs. podcast explains, seemed to be the thicket of other laws that came with it, including a ban on semi-automatic and pump-action rifles and shotguns. You have to show a good reason to own a gun—and self-defense doesn’t count.

You can sell only through a licensed dealer.

You have to register your gun and report if it’s stolen.

Much of the Australia program would also almost certainly be struck down by the Supreme Court—and the cultural and physical geography of the United States would create serious regulatory challenges. But even some pieces of Australia’s gun-regulation program, when combined, could seriously reduce deaths.

5. Track ’em

One of the most effective parts of Australia’s strategy was simply creating a gun registry—and then enforcing it.

The potential benefits are clear, particularly when combined with a requirement

that lost or stolen guns are reported: It’s a way to close the loophole of “straw purchasers”—where a person illegally buys a gun for somebody else ineligible to purchase one. It hands law enforcement officers the ability to actually identify which guns are stolen—cracking down on both illicit arms traders and allowing cops to get convictions for thieves. And it encourages gun owners to do a better job of safely securing their weapons.

A 2002 report from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives concluded that about 85 percent of criminal gun owners weren’t the original purchaser of their gun.

6. Background checks and tracking ammo

Only a handful of states currently have laws regulating the purchase of ammunition.

Federal law does not currently require ammo purchasers to submit to a background check.

This year, congressional Democrats introduced a bill that would establish a federal background check system for ammo. U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Florida), one of the sponsors of the bill, has said it would plug an “absurd loophole” that allows people to “amass hundreds of rounds of ammunition without so much as sharing their first name with a gun store clerk.”

Starting in 2019, California will require ammo vendors to report bullet sales to the state’s Department of Justice and conduct background checks on ammunition sales.

New York and New Jersey have similar laws.

While the NRA has opposed such proposals, a 2013 Fox News poll found 80 percent of respondents were in favor of ammunition background checks.

And a study in the journal Injury Prevention analyzing school shootings between 2013 and 2015 found that states with ammunition background checks (along with other factors) have lower rates of school shooting incidents.

7. Ban high-capacity magazines

To trained hands, reloading a weapon is second nature, like wiping your brow or cracking your knuckles. The rounds run out, the bolt slams forward, the magazine drops with a simple push of a finger and a new magazine is inserted. It takes a few seconds.

But in a mass shooting, those seconds can buy people time to get to safety—or disarm the shooter. At Seattle Pacific University in 2014, an unarmed student used pepper spray to subdue a shooter while he was reloading.

And as advocates of high-capacity magazine bans point out, you wouldn’t need more than 10 rounds before reloading to kill a deer.

High-capacity magazines and the weapons capable of bearing them, including handguns, were disproportionately recovered by police in connection with violent crimes in Baltimore, Minneapolis and Richmond. These same types of magazines were used in the 2017 Las Vegas shooting. Ultimately, reducing the number of rounds that can be shot from any weapon will reduce its lethality.

8. Lock ’em up

An eighth-grade school shooter in Townville, S.C., The Washington Post reported, thought he’d be able to kill at least 50 of his classmates—150 if he got lucky.

But he couldn’t get into the gun safe where he thought his dad kept the powerful Ruger Mini-14 semi-automatic rifle. Instead, he settled for a pistol he found in his dad’s dresser—a pistol that jammed after he shot several elementary school students. He didn’t notice that the rifle hadn’t actually been locked up either.

More than two-thirds of school shooters got their guns from their own homes or homes of relatives.

Massachusetts legally requires guns to be either kept in locked containers or protected with a trigger lock that prevents them from being fired. Gun-rights advocates strenuously objected, arguing that locking up their firearms made it nearly impossible to ward off a home invader.

But a 2015 Harvard University analysis found that victims using guns to ward off criminals were more likely to be injured than people who just tried to run away. By contrast, other studies have found that safe storage practices significantly reduce the risk of suicide and accidental gun deaths. Not only that, it makes it harder for thieves to steal them during a burglary.

9. Doctors and gun talk The American Medical Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend doctors discuss guns with their patients to prevent accidental shootings and suicides. So far, the research on the effectiveness of doctors talking with patients about guns is limited and mixed, but it does seem to improve patients’ use of safe storage devices, especially when doctors actually give out the devices.

Not only that, but one 2000 American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry study found that after counseling from a psychiatrist, a third of the parents of suicidal teens removed firearms from their homes. With suicide, by far, the leading cause of deaths from firearms—that’s a big deal.

10. Ban bump stocks

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was able to fire nine rounds per second. That’s all thanks to a rifle modification called a bump stock, which harnesses the recoil of a weapon to allow a shooter to fire at speeds comparable to already-illegal automatic weapons.

After Las Vegas, banning bump stocks has become a rare measure even Republicans in Congress say they support—though, as of yet, not enough to actually pass federal legislation to ban them.

But the impact likely would be small.

While fewer people may have died in Las Vegas if bump stocks were banned, the devices have rarely, if ever, been used in prior shootings.

11. Raise the age

Check out this absurdity: You can’t buy a handgun from a licensed dealer if you’re under 21. But if you’re 18, you can still buy an AR-15.

While Republicans like Washington state’s Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers argue that those old enough to join the Army should be able to privately own semi-automatic rifles, after the Parkland shooting, even gun-rightsloving Florida passed a bill that hiked the age to 21.

The reform is unlikely to have a dramatic impact on mass shootings, however: Out of the 156 mass shootings since 2009, a Vox piece explained, only one was committed by a gunman under 21 with a legally purchased semi-automatic rifle. So, gun-control advocates suggest going further: Raise the legal age for unlicensed dealers as well, barring informal gun-sellers—dealers at gun shows, for instance—and online stores from selling handguns and rifles. Heck, raise it to 25.

Treat guns

as seriously as rental cars. FBI data shows that more than half of firearm-homicide offenders from 2005 to 2015 were under 25.

12. Respond to red flags

The horror of the Parkland shooting was compounded by the fact that so many people knew that the shooter was a danger. Why didn’t anyone take away his weapons? They legally couldn’t. All the red flags in the world can’t do much if the cops don’t have a legal right to act on them.

It’s caused a number of states to enact “red flag” laws, giving cops the power to ask a court for a warrant to temporarily remove a person’s access to firearms if they’re an imminent danger to themselves or others.

In the 14 years after Connecticut implemented such a law in 1999, police temporarily removed an average of seven firearms from each at-risk gun owner across 762 firearmremoval cases, one study found. Often, those gun owners were connected with mental health treatment they wouldn’t have received otherwise. Ultimately, more than 100 suicides may have been prevented, the study estimated.

13. Empower family

members

The profile of mass shooters can vary radically, but a few things keep popping up: They’re almost always men. And they very often have a history of domestic violence. In fact, more than half of the shootings from 2009 to 2016 tallied by Everytown for Gun Safety involved domestic or family violence.

It’s scary as hell to be a woman trapped in a violent relationship— it’s even scarier if he can kill you with the click of a trigger. It’s why some states have adopted the use of Gun Violence Restraining Orders.

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Red-flag laws in states like California and Washington let family members, friends and employers—not just a police officer—ask a court to temporarily take away a person’s firearm access.

14. Alert the cops

Here’s a policy both Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio and his counterpart Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson support: It requires federal officials to notify local authorities within 24 hours whenever someone tries to buy a gun but fails the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.

15. Share records with the feds

Technically, federal law already prohibits people with a history of some mental health conditions from possessing guns. But the FBI’s federal background check system relies on states voluntarily reporting that information, and participation is spotty. A New York Times report in 2016 found that Pennsylvania had entered over 718,000 mental records into the federal background check system, for example, while Montana had entered in a grand total of four.

There are legitimate debates about which mental health conditions should exclude a person from gun ownership; the vast majority of people with mental health conditions, after all, are not violent. But as it stands, some states failing to share their information or properly enforce the law has allowed dangerous individuals like the Virginia Tech shooter to gain access to guns. Recent bipartisan legislation has directed grant money to help states better share that information.

16. Surrender their

weapons

This legislative session, Washington state passed a first-of-its-kind law intended to prevent suicides. Citizens can now voluntarily waive their rights to own a gun by having their name added to a list of prohibited purchasers in the national background check database.

The new law outlines a process to make sure identities aren’t falsely added to the prohibited list, and also includes a way for people to restore their gun rights later.

Making it harder to access guns can stop suicides: About half of people who survived suicide attempts and were interviewed for studies said just a few minutes to half an hour passed between when they felt suicidal and

Republican Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers opposes efforts to raise the age for buying rifles to 21.

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when they attempted. Guns are more lethal than other suicide methods, leading to death more than 80 percent of the time.

Other means of voluntary gun surrender vary. Most law enforcement agencies and gun sellers are willing to temporarily store guns for people who are concerned their loved one is suicidal or worried about their gun being safely stored while they are away from home or have visitors over, according to a study published in the American Journal of Public Health in October 2017. About 75 percent of the 448 law enforcement agencies in the eight states surveyed in the study already provided some form of temporary storage.

17. Require a police interview

In 1911, New York passed the Sullivan Act. In an interview on Slate’s podcast The Gist, Richard Aborn, president of the Citizens Crime Commission of New York City, calls the act “possibly the most effective guncontrol law in the history of the country.”

In New York, it generally takes about six months to get a gun after the applications, background check, safety training and an interview with a uniformed NYPD officer, Aborn says. New York also requires safe storage and reporting if a gun is lost or stolen and bans large-capacity magazines and assaultstyle weapons.

“The goal is not to prevent law-abiding citizens from getting guns,” Aborn says on the podcast, “but rather to make sure criminals didn’t get a gun. And guess what? It works!”

Firearm death rates in New York are consistently among the lowest in the entire country. In 2016, CDC data shows a rate of 4.2 firearm deaths per 100,000 people, compared to say, Alaska’s 23.3 or Idaho’s 14.6.

18. Mandatory

gun-safety classes In some countries, the checklist of what people need in order to buy a gun includes a requirement to take a gun-safety course and pass a test, demonstrate gun knowledge or get a membership at a shooting club or range.

In the United States, about 61 percent of gun owners have gotten some type of training, which typically included information about safe handling, storage and preventing accidents, according to a 2015 University of Washington study. But the study identified gaps in training: Only 15 percent of owners said they were trained about suicide prevention, and only 14 percent of those who lived with gun owners had received any safety training.

In countries that require some type of safety course (often coupled with other strict rules around gun ownership) such as Japan, the U.K. and India, the rate of gun deaths are significantly lower than those in the U.S.

19. Manufacture and

sell smart guns

A 2-year-old shot and killed his mother inside a Hayden, Idaho, Walmart in 2014.

From the shopping cart, the toddler had reached inside the 29-year-old mother’s purse, where she kept a concealed pistol. When we talk about smart guns, advocates often point to this example for support.

Smart guns are designed to restrict who can fire them. Some require an authorized fingerprint, others use a radio-controlled watch or other device that must be within a certain distance of the gun in order to fire. There are also trigger guards that require a fingerprint to unlock.

A small 2003 study of 117 unintentional and undetermined firearm-related deaths found that personalized firearms technology was among the most effective at reducing accidental deaths.

While the National Institute of Justice issued baseline requirements for smart guns at Obama’s direction, so far, a relative lack of funding along with backlash from gun-rights proponents, including the NRA, has stifled smart guns’ popularity.

20. Harness corporate

power

One sign the response to the Parkland shootings has been different? Corporations started speaking out: Walmart, Dick’s Sporting Goods and Kroger raised restrictions on the minimum age required to buy firearms.

CitiGroup banned their business partners from selling firearms to those under 21—and from

selling high-capacity magazines or bump stocks at all.

Companies like Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Symantec, Metlife, Delta and United all announced they’d be ending their discount programs for NRA members.

Some pundits urge corporations to go even further: The New York Times’ Andrew Ross Sorkin argues Visa and MasterCard could follow the example of PayPal and Square, by refusing to allow their products to be used to purchase guns.

It’s uncertain whether many companies will be willing to infuriate major chunks of their customers by championing regulation of their gun rights. But we’ve already seen what sort of massive power corporations wield when they get into politics. As an example, look at how they beat back trans-bathroom bills in Texas and North Carolina.

21. Ban ‘assault-style’ weapons

In 1994, the United States banned the manufacture and sale of certain semi-automatic weapons with military-style features and largecapacity magazines. The idea was to limit the number of crimes committed using weapons that could fire a large number of bullets rapidly.

In several of the highest-casualty mass shootings in modern U.S. history, the shooters used semi-automatic weapons.

The ban was lifted in 2004. A 2018 Quinnipiac poll found that 67 percent of Americans support the ban returning.

A federally funded study found the effect on overall violence to be minimal, in part because assault weapons are used in so few incidents (though high-capacity magazines were more common), and in part because the ban’s narrow definition of “assault weapon”

hinges on military-style features such as a pistol grip or a folding stock.

“We cannot clearly credit the ban with any of the nation’s recent drop in gun violence,” the authors wrote in the federal study. “Should it be renewed, the ban’s effects on gun violence are likely to be small at best and perhaps too small for reliable measurement.”

Although semi-automatic rifles are rarely used to commit crimes, when they are, the potential devastation is terrifying. The purpose of the ban in 1994 was to reduce the lethality of mass shootings: Mass shootings have become much more lethal since the ban expired.

22. Repeal right-to-

carry laws

In 1996, University of Chicago researchers studied the link between a citizen’s right to carry a concealed handgun and the violent crime rate. John Lott and David Mustard concluded that “allowing citizens to carry concealed weapons deters violent crimes and it appears to produce no increase in accidental deaths.” Further, they predicted that states without concealed carry laws could have avoided a total of 1,570 murders, 4,177 rapes and more than 60,000 assaults.

At the time, the research was used to support right-to-carry laws, which allow people to carry concealed firearms. All states now allow concealed carry in some form. The NRA has pushed for permitless concealed carry laws, which already exist in some states.

In the two decades since Lott and Mustard’s study, academics have debunked their research, concluding that right-to-carry laws actually lead to higher rates of violent crime.

Efforts to eliminate or restrict concealed carry are sure to be (and have been) met with legal challenges. Appeals courts are mixed, and the U.S. Supreme Court has recently declined to weigh in on the issue.

23. Make buyers wait

The idea is to require a gun buyer to wait some period of time between the purchase and when he or she actually takes possession of the gun. Waiting periods would give authorities more time to complete background checks, advocates say. Research strongly suggests waiting periods can create a “cooling off” period and reduce impulsive violence and suicides.

The American Medical Association has voiced support of waiting periods, and a Quinnipiac University poll found 79 percent of voters support such a mandate.

At least nine states and the District of

Columbia have some sort of waiting period (typically between two and seven days), according to the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence. There is no federally mandated waiting period to purchase firearms.

A 2017 study in the National Academy of Sciences journal using data on waiting period laws from 1970 to 2014 found that the laws are associated with a 17 percent reduction in gun homicides and a 7 percent to 11 percent reduction in gun-related suicides.

24. More counseling in schools

Mental health counselors in schools can play a critical role in identifying at-risk students and referring them to appropriate treatment. That can prevent students, including would-be school shooters, from harming themselves or others.

Nearly 87 percent of shooters leave behind evidence that they were victims of severe bullying that resulted in thoughts of suicide or revenge, studies have shown. Though most bullied children do not decide to open fire on fellow students as revenge, providing resources to these students could prevent harm. While schools typically lack the number of school psychologists recommended by the National Association of School Psychologists, school leadership has in recent years been more open to adding mental health resources and threat assessment teams in schools.

25. Name shooters less

After each mass shooting, experts call for the media not to name the shooter, arguing that glorifying and obsessing over shooters only gives them infamy and creates copycats. And after each shooting, while some members of the media comply, most news organizations publish the shooter’s name and details.

Many school shooters say they studied those before them to learn how to make their shooting more memorable. And research shows there is some contagion effect—a 2015 study by an Arizona State University researcher found that mass shootings are often inspired by other shootings weeks earlier.

The problem with never naming a shooter is the public will find out anyway. Plus, naming a shooter can prevent misinformation, like the wrong person being blamed for a shooting, says Kelly McBride, vice president of the Poynter Institute for Media Studies. Details of a shooter—their motivation, access to weapons, clues that were missed—can give information that may help prevent future tragedies.

Journalists shouldn’t vow not to name a shooter, she says, but instead name shooters only when pertinent. And they should always tell victims’ stories completely. Ω

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Arts &Culture “Homage to Vincent,” by David Scott, U.S. Navy, 1966-1970.

Art in the vets hall MONCA pays homage to museum’s former

Tgallery that greets visitors as they enter the main for the MONCA Honors Our here’s a familiar yet unexpected face

Veterans exhibit … Vincent Van Gogh.

From across the room, the artist’s distinctive face and story and style are instantly recogphoto by nizable in David Scott’s Carey “Homage to Vincent,” a Wilson mixed-media portrait in a rustic, painted wooden Review: frame. But on closer MONCA Honors Our viewing, his rendering of Veterans, showing the self-portrait reveals through May 27. techniques that layer Museum of technology with paintNorthern erly skill, fusing digitally California Art altered images with brush900 Esplanade strokes and filters that 487-7272 monca.org evoke Van Gogh’s style.

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Like many of the pieces by veterans in this exhibit, Scott’s art does not directly address his military service (he was in the Navy between 1966 and 1970), but it does reflect his many years of experience as an art director, graphic designer and computer artist.

Across the foyer from the main space, in the smaller Maria A. Phillips Gallery, papermaker Drew Cameron—who served in the Army from 2000 to 2006, including a tour of duty in Iraq in 2003—is showing work that does descend directly from the military experience. Cameron is co-founder of an organization called Combat Paper, which travels the world giving workshops and collecting military uniforms that are made into paper that is then transformed into art, books, journals, etc. The workshops provide “a space in which individuals

can share their perspectives on war with those who have not experienced it firsthand. ... [Thus] giving veterans a chance to reflect on and connect with others about their experiences.”

One simple but striking example on display in the Combat Paper portion of the exhibit is an undecorated rectangle of gray paper made with fibers from the uniform of David J. Drakulich, who was killed while on duty in Afghanistan in 2008.

Also displayed in the Phillips gallery is the ceramic work of W.A. Ehren Tool, who served in the Marines from 1989 to 1994. His four tightly spaced shelves hold 56 hand-thrown cups, each emblazoned with an image or phrase, many showing weapons of war or statements for peace. According to his artist statement, the cups “are part of more than 20,000 cups I have given away since 2001. … [Some] reflect my time in the Marine Corps. As I continue to make cups, they have overlap with new wars and old wars.”

On the day I visited the exhibit, a boisterous group of grammar school students from Corning were touring the museum and being exposed to the veterans’ art. Back in the main gallery, Japanesevettenants American eran David Isamu Tamori’s “May you live in interesting times” provided them a family history lesson in the form of a four-panel photo collage depicting the artist’s family—including his father, who served in the U.S. Army during World War II, and his grandparents, who were simultaneously imprisoned by the U.S. government in an internment camp in Arizona.

Also very striking are Ron Schwager’s large-format sheet photography prints, “Engineer’s Room,” and “Kilns, Gladding McBean.” Each large black-and-white print offers a wonderful depth of detail of its title subject, and the photographer’s eye for composition brings them into the realm of fine art.

There is too little space here to do justice to this very large and eclectic collection, which is most definitely worth a visit. Ω

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Special Events KEEP CHICO CREATIVE: SOTA Productions presents the fifth annual music and arts festival showcasing local talent. Listen to live music from MAWD, Lo & Behold, the Scarlet Pumps and the North State Symphony, plus a dance performance from Lumininjas. Thu, 5/3, 6pm-9pm. City Plaza.

#OUT4MENTALHEALTH CHICO ROUND TABLE: An opportunity for the LGBTQ community to share experiences and offer insight into their needs, families and communities. Thu, 5/3, 6pm. Free.

Chico Guild Hall, 2775 Nord Ave.

Music JAZZ AT THE MUSEUM: Accordionist Rob Reich and clarinetist Ben Goldberg perform Parisian-influenced jazz that will transport you to the banks of the Seine. They’ll be accompanied by Chico’s Ethen Swett on guitar and Madison DeSantis on drums for this monca fundraiser. Thu, 5/3, 7:30pm. $5-$25. Museum of Northern California Art, 900 Esplanade.

WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED: Music and spoken word with Allie Battaglia, David Zink, Himp C and many more honoring working people for International Workers Day. Thu, 5/3, 7:30pm. $15.

Chico Women’s Club, 592 E. Third St. kzfr.org

Theater AVENUE Q: Chico State’s School of the Arts presents the hilarious Tony-winning musical (Best Musical, Best Score and Best Book). Featuring a puppet and human cast, and songs like “The Internet Is for Porn” and “Everyone’s a Little Bit Racist,” the musical puts a decidedly adult spin on kids’ TV shows like Sesame Street. Thu, 5/3, 7:30pm. $10-$20. Laxson Auditorium, Chico State. 530-898-5739. csuchico.edu

GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS: A group of cutthroat real estate salesman will go to any lengths to unload parcels of land on unsuspecting buyers in David Mamet’s crackling satire. Director Amber Miller leads an excellent cast through this brutal laceration of the American Dream, which won the 1984 Pulitzer Prize for drama. Thu, 5/3, 7:30pm. $15. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St. blueroomtheatre.com

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BIDWELL BARK Saturday, May 5 Bidwell Park

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FREE LISTINGS!

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FREE COMIC BOOK DAY: Pick up some free comics and check out the latest releases. Sat 5/5, 12pm. Free. BaT Comics & Games, 218 Broadway St. 530-898-0550.

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GARDEN TOUR: Self-guided tour of four exquisite gardens, plus a catered lunch, raffle and boutique plant sale. Sat 5/5, 11am. $30. St. John’s Episcopal Church, 2341 Floral Ave.

GIRLS ON THE RUN 5K: Open to all walkers and runners, the course meanders through the picturesque campus. Sat 5/5, 7:30am. $10$30. Butte College, 3536 Butte Campus Drive, Oroville. 530.636.0786. gotr northstate.org

LORD’S GYM MUD RUN: Five grueling miles and more than 20 obstacles stand in your path to glory. The course is open to kids on Sunday, May 6. Sat 5/5, 12pm. $65. Feather Falls Casino & Lodge, 3 Alverda Drive, Oroville.

MARGARITA MIX-OFF: Beer, food, live music and

Learn more about new projects and engage with editors and other readers. Proceeds will support the nonprofit news organization. Fri, 5/4, 7pm. $20. Chico Peace & Justice Center, 526 Broadway St. chicosol.org

DINNER FOR DESMOND: Bring your favorite dish to share during this potluck to remember Desmond Phillips and discuss responsible crisis intervention. Fri, 5/4, 6pm. Bethel AME Church, 821 Linden St.

LYMEAID: Join the Lyme Center of Chico for the fifth annual event featuring live music from Stevie Cook & Diane Garner and Joe Hammons, a silent auction and raffle, and information about Lyme disease. Proceeds go toward promoting awareness, education and advocacy about Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses. Fri, 5/4, 6pm. $5-$10.

Chico Women’s Club, 592 E. Third St. 530-321-7828. thelymecenter.org

NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: Kids mystery tour at the lost lab of a time-traveling scientist to crack the code of ancient mysteries and save the

museum exhibit collection. Spots for children 6-12 are limited and must be reserved in advance. Fri, 5/4, 6pm. $25. Valene L. Smith Museum of Anthropology, Chico State.

530-898-5397.

WILLY WONKA: The candy shop unveils a giant wood carving of Willy Wonka for customer appreciation day. Fri, 5/4, 12:30pm. Joy Lyn’s Candies, 1183 Bille Road, Paradise.

SEE THURSDAY-SATURDAY, THEATER

BIDWELL BAR DAY: Try your luck at gold pan-

FRIDAY NIGHT CONCERTS: Latin, funk and salsa band The Fritz kick off the Friday Night Concert series. Fri, 5/4. Free. City Plaza.

BIDWELL BARK: The largest pet-friendly com-

Music

Theater AVENUE Q: See Thursday. Fri, 5/4, 7:30pm. $10-$20. Laxson Auditorium, Chico State.

530-898-5739. csuchico.edu

GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS: See Thursday. Fri, 5/4, 7:30pm. $15. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING: What happens when

Through May 19 Blue Room Theatre

Special Events ning, tin art, candlemaking, weaving and more. Live entertainment from the Old Time Fiddlers, the Great Zambini Magician and Buckwheat Bob. Food and drinks for sale. Sat 5/5, 12pm. Free. Bidwell Canyon Recreation Area, Arroyo Drive & Bidwell Canyon Road, Oroville. 530-538-2219.

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Vietnam soldiers visit a hippie retreat looking for love? Butte College’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s OG rom-com intends to find out. Fri, 5/4, 7:30pm. $10-$15. Butte College Black Box Theatre, 3536 Campus Drive, ARTS Building, Oroville. butte.edu

munity event held in Chico with a fun run/ walk followed by a day of food trucks, kids carnival games, vendors, dog fun zone, Disc Dogs demonstrations, contests and more.

Fundraiser for Butte Humane Society. Sat 5/5, 8am. Sycamore Field, Lower Bidwell Park. bidwellbark.com

the 12th annual margarita competition hosted by the Active 20-30 Club of Chico.

Event benefits underprivilidged youth.

Sat 5/5, 6pm. $50. Silver Dollar Fairgrounds, 2357 Fair St.

PARKING LOT PARTY: Celebrate the six-month anniversary of the brewery with live music, games, food trucks and merchandise specials. Parking is limited at the familyfriendly event and bike valet is available.

Sat 5/5. Secret Trail Brewing Co., 132 Meyers St., Ste. 120.

PETE EARLEY: Pulitzer finalist gives a presentation on care for the mentally ill, based on his bestselling book Crazy: A Father’s Search Through America’s Mental Health System. Refreshments, resources and a raffle. $25 suggested donation. Sat 5/5, 1pm. Sierra Nevada Big Room, 1075 E. 20th St. 530-343-7775.

RELAY FOR LIFE OF BUTTE COUNTY: Cancer never sleeps. Teams run or walk throughout the day and night to bring awareness and raise funds for cancer research. Sat 5/5, 10am. Pleasant Valley High School, 1475 East Ave.

SILK CARAVAN: Bellydancing showcase featuring world-renowned performer Jill Parker and local troupes. Sat 5/5, 7:30pm. $5-$15. Chico Theater Company, 166 Eaton Road, Suite F. 530-570-4645. easternstarbellydance.com

SPEECH & HEARING FAIR: What? WHAT? Free speech, language and hearing screenings from graduate students. Sat 5/5, 10am2pm. Free. Chico State.

TALK DERBY TO ME: Wear your fanciest derby hat and enjoy lunch and mint juleps at this fashion show fundraiser for local scholarships. Sat 5/5, 11am-3pm. $10 advance; $15 at the door. Chico Eagles Hall, 1940 Mulberry St. (530) 893-4951. www.foe.com

Theater AVENUE Q: See Thursday. Sat, 5/5, 7:30pm. $10$20. Laxson Auditorium, Chico State.

530-898-5739. csuchico.edu

GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS: See Thursday. Sat, 5/5, 7:30pm. $15. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St. blueroomtheatre.com

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING: See Friday. Sat, 5/5, 7:30pm. Butte College Black Box Theatre, 3536 Campus Drive, ARTS Building, Oroville. butte.edu

PIONEER DAY: Celebrate what makes Chico special with a parade, followed by lunch, a craft fair and live music in the plaza. Sat 5/5,

10am. Free. Downtown Chico.

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CHILI COOK-OFF: Taste and judge the Best Chili on the Ridge, plus games, cotton candy and pony rides. Sat 5/5, 12pm. $15. White Water Saloon, 5571 Clark Road, Paradise.

530-877-7100.

CRAFTWERK: Get your craft on! Bring your sewing, drawing, knitting, crochet, embroidery or whatever project you’re working on and share skills, pass advice and get crafty.

Kid-friendly event. Sat 5/5, 12pm. Blackbird, 1431 Park Ave.

DAVE BRADWAY JR. MEMORIAL RACE: California’s top open-wheel racers battle it out on Chico’s high-banked quarter-mile oval. Sat 5/5, 7pm. $6-$22. Silver Dollar Speedway, 2343 Fair St.

ENDANGERED SPECIES FAIRE: Now in its 39th year, the festival has partnered with the Chico Creek Nature Center and features environmental education, music, a puppet parade, food vendors and a rescued animal show.

Free and fun! Sat 5/5. Cedar Grove, Bidwell Park. becnet.org

FAMILY FARM DAY: Vintage tractor and buggies on display, pony wagon rides, kids’ activities and a tractor pull, plus food and drink available for purchase. Sat 5/5. $2-$5. Patrick Ranch Museum, 10381 Midway, Durham. patrickranchmuseum.org

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16 STRINGS OF FURY Praised by The Los Angeles Times for its “dramatic fire ... and rock ’n’ roll energy,” the St. Lawrence String Quartet serves up a program of dramatic works at Zingg Recital Hall during this Sunday, May 6, matinee. Founded in Toronto in 1989, the quartet now leads the chamber music program at Stanford and is known for the intensity and electricity it brings to the stage. Violinists Geoff Nuttall and Owen Dalby, violist Lesley Robertson and cellist Christopher Costanza are bringing the classic quartet into the future, breathing life into the chamber repertory and forging new paths with modern composers.

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Special Events ARTISAN FAIRE: Clothing, jewelry, plants, pottery and art available for sale, plus craft workshops. Sun, 5/6. Norton Buffalo Hall, 5704 Chapel Drive, Paradise.

CELEBRATION OF LIFE FUN RUN: This 5k run/walk benefits and raises awareness for hospice and palliative care. Sun, 5/6, 8:30pm. $25$35. One Mile Recreational Area, 300 South Park Drive. celebrationoflife5k.com

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POPS & LIGHT CLASSICS: The Paradise

ST. LAWRENCE STRING QUARTET: One of the fore-

decked out in your classic suits and light spring dresses for this well-heeled casual ride to Five Mile. Bring a picnic basket (wicker, natch) and earn 15 bonus fop points if you roll up on a penny-farthing. Sun, 5/6,

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and Big Mo & the Full Moon Band perform on the deck to raise funds to help elect Debra Lucero to the Butte County Board of Supervisors. Scotty’s will also donate a portion of the proceeds raised to Butte County schools. Sun, 5/6. $20. Scotty’s Landing, 12609 River Road.

MAGGIE & MARSHA AWARDS CEREMONY: Celebrate

SEERSUCKER RIDE: Calling all dandies! Get

Featuring Specialty Coffees Pastries Breakfast & Lunch Local Wines and Craft Beers

must in this fun murder mystery theater thriller hosted by the Malteazers. You’ll be assigned a character when you arrive and then directed through the interactive play by members of the burlesque troupe.

Murderous cocktails available. Sun, 5/6, 6:30pm. $15. Birdcage Theatre, 1740 Bird St., Oroville.

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING: See Friday. Sun, 5/6, 2pm. $10-$15. Butte College Black Box Theatre, 3536 Campus Drive, ARTS Building, Oroville. butte.edu

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most interpreters of Haydn’s quartets infuses energy and passion into all of its performances. Sun, 5/6, 2pm. $10-$36. Zingg Recital Hall, Chico State, ARTS 279. 530-8986333. csuchico.edu

Music HOT BUTTERED RUM: Progressive bluegrass outfit reimagine Appalachian string-band music from the vantage point of the High Sierra. The wildly popular group epitomizes California acoustic. Wed, 5/9, 7:30pm. $15.

Sierra Nevada Big Room, 1075 E. 20th St. sierranevada.com

Theater AVENUE Q: See Thursday. Sun, 5/6, 2pm. $10-$20.

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BODIES IN MOTION Shows May 4-31 Chico Art Center

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We are there for you!

KILLER CABARET: Audience participation is a

DEBRA LUCERO BENEFIT: John Seid, Sunday Iris

omelets, fresh baked goods, fruit and champagne brunch to raise funds for local nonprofit groups. Sun, 5/6. $8-$15.

Manzanita Place, 1705 Manzanita Ave. chicorotary.com social justice and community activism in Chico. Sun, 5/6. Chico Women’s Club, 592 E. Third St.

Laxson Auditorium, Chico State.

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Symphony Orchestra performs popular favorites. The concert will also feature performances from winners of their Young Artist Competition. Sun, 5/6, 7pm. $15-$20. Paradise Performing Arts Center, 777 Nunneley Road, Paradise. paradisesymphony.org

CHAMPAGNE OMELET BRUNCH: Made-to-order

Your Neighborhood Place for Coffee, Food & More

10am. Free. Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park, 525 Esplanade.

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Art A BEAUTIFUL LIFE FURNISHINGS: Lori Stevens & Leslie Mahon-Russo, joint show with thought-provoking paintings. Reception on Thursday, May 3 from 5-8pm. 205 E. First St., 530-487-7229.

B-SO GALLERY: Use Your Words, BFA student Tatiana Stevens’ culminating exhibition.

Through 5/11. Chico State, Ayres Hall, Room 105.

CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING, PARADISE: Jim Lawrence, abstract art on display in the Social Hall. Exhibit covers over 20 years of Lawrence’s work. Through 5/31. Free. 789 Bille Road, Paradise, 530-877-5673.

CHICO ART CENTER: Bodies in Motion, juried exhibition challenges the way we look at dance traditions by highlighting diverse forms of movement, cultural fusion and trends around the world. Friday, May 4, reception at 5pm. Through 5/25. 450 Orange St. chicoartcenter.com

JACKI HEADLEY UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY: Juried Student Exhibition, the 63rd annual student exhibit features a diverse group of artwork from Chico State artists. Through 5/12. Free. Chico State, 530-898-5864.

JANET TURNER PRINT MUSEUM: Ink & Clay, juried student print exhibition showcases outstanding student work in printmaking, complemented by corresponding works of excellence in ceramics. Through 5/19.

Free. Chico State, 530-898-4476.

MUSEUM OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ART: MONCA Honors Our Veterans, the museum welcomes 25+ vets to share paintings, ceramics, drawings, sculpture and more.

Check the MONCA website for special events including films, panels and workshops. Through 5/27. $5. 900 Esplanade. monca.org

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and Alyson Mucci display their diverse works. Through 5/19. 732 Fourth St., Orland.

PARADISE ART CENTER: Wild. Wilderness. Wild nights. Wild in the streets. Multi-format show brings wild perspectives into the gallery. Through 5/26. 5564 Almond St., Paradise.

SATORI HAIR SALON: Faded Glory Photographs of Havana, Michael Goloff’s photographs of Cuban buildings and street scenes. Through 5/31. Free. 627 Broadway, Suite 120, 530-5146264. michaelgoloffphotography.com

Museums BOLT’S ANTIQUE TOOL MUSEUM: Rotating displays of more than 12,000 kinds of tools.

Through 6/2. $3. 1650 Broderick St., Oroville, 530-538-2528. 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.

CHICO CREEK NATURE CENTER: Permanent Exhibits, including the The Janeece Webb

Living Animal Museum and the Nature Play Room. Through 12/15. 1968 E. Eighth St. ccnaturecenter.org

GATEWAY SCIENCE MUSEUM: Brain–The World Inside Your Head, an exhibit exploring the inner workings of the brain–neurons and synapses, electricity and chemistry. Through 5/6. $5-$7. 625 Esplanade. csuchico.edu

VALENE L. SMITH MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY: Imprisoned at Home, excellent and enlightening exhibit on Japanese Americans held at the Tule Lake Incarceration Camp during WWII. Through 5/18. Also, Sacred Splendor, exhibit chronicles the history and influence of Christian colonization, underscoring the faith’s movement across the globe from Indo-Portuguese carvings to a William Morris cartoon.

From the collection of Judith E. Hilburg.

Through 5/11. Also, Night at the Museum, Kids mystery tour at the lost lab of a time-traveling scientist to crack the code of ancient mysteries and save the museum exhibit collection. Spots for children 6-12 are limited and must be reserved in advance. Through 5/4. $25.

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no other four-legged creature is held in such high esteem as an By 18-year-old jenny Ken Smith named Poppy.

Poppy’s popularity isn’t just based on numerous appearances in the annual Gold Nugget Days’ Donkey Derby— where she clinched her third straight victory last Saturday (April 28)—but also for her legendary valor.

“Is this the donkey that fought off a cougar?” a star-struck, gray-haired man asked Poppy’s drover, Henry Schleiger, as the duo enjoyed a post-victory lap around the perimeter of the derby’s terminus, an obstacle course set up on a gravel lot outside of the Magalia Community Church.

“This donkey fought off a cougar that had gripped its goat friend by the head!” The man gushed, relating the story after Shleiger confirmed that Poppy was indeed the donkey in question. “It was by a pond, out in the mud and stuff, and [she] kicked him over 30 times … was hee-hawing in [the cougar’s] face … and the cougar ran off! A horse would just depart, but this donkey withstood a mountain lion!”

Shleiger downplayed details about how many times the cougar was kicked, but confirmed the tale was otherwise true. “It’s pretty well-known around these parts,” he said, as Poppy soaked in the adoration of her human admirers.

As sensational as Poppy’s heroic tale is, it’s not surprising given the history of a mule race that is—by design—steeped in ridiculousness.

This year marked the 60th anniversary of the Donkey Derby and Gold Nugget Days, the annual series of community events aimed at celebrating Paradise and The Ridge’s Gold Rush history. For roughly 50 of those years, the derby has been overseen by E Clampus Vitus (ECV), a pseudo-secret fraternal society devoted to booze, history and absurdity whose members are known as Clampers.

The derby commemorates the discovery of the 54-pound Dogtown Nugget, discovered nearby in April 1859 and carried up from the Feather River Canyon by a donkey. Drover-and-donkey teams (there were four this year) travel a 3-mile route that starts at Whiskey Flat and winds around other colorfully named landmarks like “Separation Stretch” and “Point of No Return.” Each donkey is laden with 54 pounds of sand in its saddle-packs to symbolize the nugget.

The obstacle course, where a few hundred people gathered Saturday to witness the finale, consists of car tires, a tunnel and a pool of water the teams must navigate.

Josiah Sandstrom, vice humbug of ECV’s Pair ‘O’ Dice Chapter 7-11, explained the teams often have a much harder time with the obstacles than the long, uphill trek.

He was proven correct: 35-year derby veteran Charlie Ryon and his partner, Other Brother Darryl, arrived several minutes before Shleiger and Poppy, but were overtaken by the winners as the donkey fought the drover through each obstacle.

They were also passed by Dave Greslie—who was competing in the event for his 45th year—and his donkey, Bentley, who like Greslie was dressed in blue jeans. Ryon’s 20-year-old grandson failed to finish after his donkey, Darryl, balked at the tires and instead sat down directly on top of his drover. Still, all four competitors got plaques for placing first through third and dead last.

The first three places also won cash prizes, paid out in gunny sacks filled with silver coins.

“That’s what happens,” Ryon said with a shrug after the race, adding there is no fool-proof way to teach a donkey to step through rubber tires or walk through a tunnel. “They either do, or they don’t.” □ M AY 3 , 2 0 1 8

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showcasing local talent.

Listen to live music from MAWD, Lo & Behold, the Scarlet Pumps and the North State Symphony, plus a dance performance from Lumininjas. Thu, 5/3, 6pm-9pm. City Plaza.

JAZZ AT THE MUSEUM: Accordionist Rob Reich and clarinetist Ben Goldberg perform Parisianinfluenced jazz that will transport you to the banks of the Seine. Thu, 5/3, 7:30pm. $5-$25. Museum of Northern California Art, 900 Esplanade.

JAZZ NIGHT: The Chico Jazz Collective

gets down. Thu, 5/3, 7pm. Down Lo, 319 Main St.

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KELLY TWINS ACOUSTIC: Jon and Chris dust off some old favorites with an acoustic evening of “living room” music. Thu, 5/3, 6pm. Two Twenty Restaurant, 220 W. Fourth St.

MILES CORBIN & ROBERT KARCH: Original surf music on the patio. Thu, 5/3, 6pm. Grana, 198 E. Second St.

SONGWRITERS IN THE ROUND: Musicians trade songs and stories. Featuring Sunday Iris, Lish Bills and Garrett James Gray Thu, 5/3, 7pm. $5.

Unwined Kitchen & Bar, 980 Mangrove Ave., 530-321-3571.

duo from Sacramento, plus locals Down the Well and SPUN. Fri, 5/4, 8pm. $7. The Maltese, 1600 Park Ave., 916-233-6631. maltesebarchico.com

psychedelic-soul septet features a ripping horn section and powerful, political songs to get you moving.

Local songwriter extraordinaire Pat Hull opens the show. Fri, 5/4, 9pm. $13. Lost on Main, 319 Main St.

DESCENDENTS: Pop-punk innovators come to town. Garage-punk trio Radkey and energetic melodic rockers Audio Karate open the show. Fri, 5/4, 8pm. $28.50. Senator Theatre, 517 Main St. jmaxproductions.net

ERIN HALEY & FIREFLY: Gifted storyteller sings originals and covers in the vein of Emmylou Harris and Sheryl Crow. Fri, 5/4, 8pm. Unwined Kitchen & Bar, 980 Mangrove Ave.

HEROES OF ROCK ’N’ ROLL: Enjoy a slice of Vegas when this tribute act covers songs from the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s in the lounge. Fri, 5/4, 8:30pm.

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

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NEF THE PHARAOH: Frequent E-40 collaborator and 2014’s “Bay Area Freshman of the Year” (Thizzler. com) performs with Show Banga and OMB Peezy. Fri, 5/4, 8pm. $25$35. El Rey Theatre, 230 W. Second St.

OH MY MAWD!: Chico State alum Madeleine Mathews (MAWD) returns to town with a set of indie-retro rock, plus sets from Sarah Scharf (Feisties), Trevor Wolf’s new project Meurals and Lo & Behold. Fri, 5/4, 7:30pm. Naked Lounge, 118 W. Second St.

1977! This band has been around since 1977! The dudes in The Descendents (pictured) are old! This editor learned to play drums to ALL in the ’90s! Exclamations aside, the band’s blazing, heartfelt songs remain super relevant and just as fun as back in the day. Their 2016 album Hypercaffium Spazzinate sits right next to their early pop-punk masterpieces when they damn near invented the genre, and singer Milo Aukerman’s lyrics stand as spitting societal indictments from 1982’s “Suburban Home” to last year’s Trump lamentation “Who We Are.” Radkey and Audio Karate open the show at the Senator Theatre on Friday, May 4.

OPEN MIC: Tito hosts music, comedy,

poetry and more. Fri, 5/4, 6pm. Lost on Main, 319 Main St. lostonmainchico.com

ROCKOLOGY: Classic rock covers in

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5/4. Free. City Plaza.

UNAUTHORIZED ROLLING STONES: All the swagger and strut of Mick and the boys without the $300 ticket price. Fri, 5/4, 9:30pm. $5. Feather Falls Casino & Lodge, 3 Alverda Drive, Oroville. featherfallscasino.com

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Con Brio Aldean and Chesney. Sat, 5/5, 9pm.

Tackle Box, 379 E. Park Ave.

CINCO DE WINO: Glasses of wine for $5 all day and music from Off the Record at 8pm. Sat, 5/5. Unwined Kitchen & Bar, 980 Mangrove Ave.

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Mayo. Sat, 5/5, 9pm. White Water Saloon, 5571 Clark Road, Paradise, 530-877-7100.

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Duffy’s Tavern, 337 Main St.

DRIVER: Paradise rock ’n’ roll trio. Sat, 5/5, 9pm. Studio Inn Lounge, 2582 Esplanade, 530-403-6604.

FOREVERLAND: A 14-piece (whoa) band pays tribute to the King of Pop from the Jackson 5 era to Invincible. Sat, 5/5, 9:30pm. $5. Feather Falls Casino & Lodge, 3 Alverda Drive, Oroville.

HEAVY AF: Atmospheric sludge metal five-piece Sól visits from Portland, plus sprawling rock odysseys from Shadow Limb and noise rockers West by Swan featuring 2018 CAMMIES bassist of the year Greg Hopkins. Sat, 5/5, 8pm. $7. Naked

KLAMATH: Everything from bluegrass

to rock ‘n’ roll. Sat, 5/5, 5pm. Rock House Dining & Espresso, 11865 Highway 70, Yankee Hill.

PROF, MAC IRV & CASHINOVA: Midwest rappers hit the stage. Rhymesayers artist Prof headlines the concert with crowd-pleasing jams from his latest album, Pookie Baby. Sat, 5/5, 8:30pm. $15. Lost on Main, 319 Main St. lostonmainchico.com

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8:30pm. Gold Country Casino & Hotel, 4020 Olive Highway, Oroville.

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MOUNTaIN SONGS

Bridging the narrow gap between stoner and sludge metal, Portland’s Sól (pictured) performs heavy, somber music that reflects the rugged terrain and expanse of the Pacific Northwest.

The band’s songs tend to be a slow burn, gradually building and stretching beyond the 10-minute mark. Patience pays off and listeners are rewarded with blisteringly hot finales showcasing the band’s power and finesse. They play the Naked Lounge on Saturday, May 5, with local sluggers West by Swan and Shadow Limb.

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Joe has multiple brief encounters with several more or less generic dispensers of violence and evil, but the only other characters who matter to him (and hence to us) are his mother (an excellent Judith Roberts) and the politician’s daughter Nina (Ekaterina Samsonov). With his mother, he shares a relationship that is at once warm, tender and distinctly troubled. With the mildly enigmatic Nina, he finds an eerie sort of kindred spirit (via memories of his own brutalized childhood, in part) and a brief chance to try his hand at being a father figure—albeit amid the damage and wreckage attributed to several of the story’s failed fathers.

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particularly with its ostensibly “topical” aspects. But what really carries the film, for me, are its exceptional achievements in creating and evoking the sustained disturbances of that “psychic weather.” Weird pacing and multi-leveled editing accomplish part of that, but there’s a very special brilliance in the metallic clamor, percussive rhythms, clashing levels, and dead stops of this film’s soundtracks (designed by Paul Davies, with eclectic musical contributions by Jonny Greenwood).

At the finish, the more conventional bits of the film may not add up to much. But the enigmatic experience it embodies may give us an extraordinarily clear taste of what life feels like in our current and frantic historical moment, or would were we not so routinely benumbed by it.

In 1964, an American writer named James Lord spent an

unexpectedly long time (over two weeks) posing for a portrait by the revered painter and sculptor Alberto Giacometti. Lord wrote a booklength memoir about that peculiarly convoluted episode in the life of a great artist who was also a dear friend. And now, with Final Portrait, Stanley Tucci has written and directed a film adaptation of Lord’s book, with Armie Hammer playing Lord and Geoffrey Rush doing a semi-photographic impersonation of Giacometti.

Tucci’s film gives a day-by-day account of Lord’s sessions at Giacometti’s Paris studio, with particular attention to the eccentricities and semi-farcical contradictions in the great artist’s way of working. That aspect of the film veers toward stereotypical caricature.

But there’s greater interest in the rambunctious comedy of manners that emerges from scenes celebrating the rollicking bohemianism of the artist and his cohort.

Rush and Hammer are especially good in their scenes together. As Giacometti’s brother Diego, Tony Shalhoub is a deadpan balancing force, and a bridge of emotional calm, between the two main characters.

Clémence Poésy has several piquantly giddy moments as Caroline, the young prostitute who for a while takes up more of Giacometti’s time and attention (and money) than does the woman who actually lives with him (Annette Arm, played by a fiercely stoical Sylvie Testud). Ω

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Opening this week Bad Samaritan

A horror/thriller about a young valet who takes the cars he’s entrusted with to the owners’ residences to steal from them … that is, until the night he finds something horrifying inside one of the homes. Cinemark 14. Rated R.

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

Overboard

The male and female roles that Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell made famous in the 1987 version of this comedy are flipped with Eugenio Derbez playing the rich jerk with amnesia and Anna Faris as the blue-collar worker with life lessons to impart. Cinemark 14, Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

Tully

The Juno writer-director team (Diablo Cody and Jason Reitman) collaborate once again for this story about an overwhelmed mother of three (Charlize Theron) who is gifted a “night nanny” (Mackenzie Davis) with whom she develops a rich friendship. Cinemark 14. Rated R.

Now playing Avengers: Infinity War

The Avengers, the Guardians of the Galaxy, and Black Panther and his Wakandan army join forces to try and defeat Thanos before he destroys the universe. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas, Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

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With its black superhero and predominantly black cast, and its special mixture of action fantasy and social history, Black Panther is a monumental cultural event. And a key part of its specialness is that it’s also a richly entertaining movie.

Writer-director Ryan Coogler and co-writer Joe Robert Cole have produced a very engaging mixture of action movie and epic/utopian allegory. It’s an impressively mounted production throughout, and even with elements that are routine or generic, it makes fine use of a large and appealing cast.

Chadwick Boseman has the title role. He is T’Challa, the newly coronated king of the fictional African nation of Wakanda. His Black Panther-infused superpowers derive from vibranium, the super-strong metal that is the basis of Wakanda’s radically advanced technology. A key premise of the tale is that Wakanda has heretofore kept its highly developed civilization hidden from the rest of the world. Eventually, the new king will move to change all that, and Boseman proves to be well attuned to both the warrior and the statesman in the character. Cinemark 14.

Rated PG-13 —J.C.S.

I Feel Pretty

Amy Schumer plays a young woman struggling with insecurity who, after hitting her head, starts believing she’s extremely capable and beautiful. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas, Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

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Isle of Dogs is another of Wes Anderson’s feature-length ventures into animation and epic cartoon yarn-spinning,

and watching it waa, for me, a joy. The main characters are dogs, mostly, and the plot involves the battle of a small boy (Koyu Rankin) and some outcast dogs against a cat-loving tyrant who means to eliminate all the canines in his realm. There’s an obvious hint of allegory with dark echoes of modern history running through that, but Isle of Dogs is more of a mock epic in a rowdy and whimsically comical mode. A scruffy joyousness comes by way of the playful and nonchalant pacing, the amusingly antic (and quasiJapanese) visuals, and the frisky and varied personalities of nearly a dozen dog characters. There’s also an impressive cast on hand (Bryan Cranston, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Scarlett Johansson, among others) to provide the dog voices, but rambunctious storytelling and wise-acre character touches are the main founts of serious fun here. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas, Paradise Cinema 7.

Rated PG-13 —J.C.S.

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John Krasinski directed, co-wrote and stars—he’s Lee, a father trying to protect his family in a post-apocalyptic world besieged by horrific aliens who will tear you apart if you make so much as a peep.

The aliens don’t respond to regular ambient sounds—a river running, birds chirping—but rather sounds that are more interruptive, like fireworks or a person screaming after stepping on a nail. The gimmick lends itself to some faulty logic at times, but it does provide an overall interesting premise. Playing Lee’s wife Evelyn, Emily Blunt gives a standout performance as somebody forced to keep quiet in especially difficult circumstances— e.g., after a painful injury, or giving birth in a bathtub while an alien clicks and claws nearby.

And Krasinski complements his impressive directing chops with a fine performance as a guy doing everything to keep his sanity and protect his family, including a young deaf daughter (played by the superb Millicent Simmonds, who is actually deaf) and son (Noah Jupe). Both of the kids are terrific here.

Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas, Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13 —B.G.

Rampage

A government experiment results in dangerous animals growing to Hulk proportions, and it’s up to a primatologist played by The Rock and his now super-sized albino gorilla buddy named George to put a stop to the rampaging monsters. Cinemark 13, Feather River Cinemas, Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

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Steven Spielberg directs this sci-fi adventure about a virtual-reality world to which people of a desolate future Earth escape for fun and work, and in which its creator has planted an Easter egg that promises control of the whole digital reality to whomever finds it. Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13.

The Broken Lizard comedy crew returns to its roots, bringing the cast of the 2001 original film back for a sequel that finds the Vermont state troopers tasked with overseeing a disputed territory on the border of Canada and America. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas.

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Truth or Dare

In this game, if you tell a lie or dare not to take a dare, you lose your life. Feather River Cinemas. Rated PG-13.

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Bring on the tempeh OM Foods brings an expanded menu of fresh, organic fare downtown delicious veggie burger …

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meat lover, I have a hard time understanding meat substitutes. So, my first two visits to OM Foods (OM stands for story and “Organic Mama” and refers to owner photo by Meredith J. Amanda Bosschart) reflected this Cooper attitude. Meaning, I ordered items that included the only meat on their m e re d i t h c @ new srev i ew. c o m menu: fish. I’d heard great things— raves, even—about OM’s fish tacos.

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Open MondayI opted for the traditional ($6), Saturday, which comes with chipotle sauce, 11 a.m.-7 p.m., purple cabbage slaw, cilantro sauce, green onion and cilantro. Perhaps too much purple slaw for me—it was falling out the side, occupying much more space within the corn tortilla than the fish. The sauces added great flavor.

On my second visit, I invited my pescatarian friend Mikey to join me. He’s an OM regular, having tried almost everything on the menu at the small stand where the restaurant started out—in the parking lot of Safeway on Nord Avenue. He’d yet to check out the new, bigger operation downtown, which features an expanded menu of tacos, nachos, salads, acai bowls, burgers, dogs and wraps.

The new space is super comfortable—I’ll call it modern hippie chic. The colors are warm and inviting and everything from the wood floor emblazoned with OM’s logo to the countertops to the restrooms was

The slaw-chos (left) and kale Caesar salad with mahi mahi at OM Foods.

decorated with care and attention to detail. Reggae on the stereo system set a decidedly chill mood.

Mikey was excited to try the new “slaw-chos”— nachos with slaw in addition to brown rice, pinto beans, salsa, avocado, cashew cheese and cilantro and chipotle sauces ($12). I opted for the kale Caesar salad with mahi mahi ($11.25) and a lemonade ($3.50, organic and fresh). By accident, we also were served a vegan sweet potato taco ($4.75, though we weren’t charged).

The slaw-chos were definitely the star of the meal.

So many flavors, textures and colors made for a visually pleasant dish as well as a tasty one. A notable plus: The yellow corn chips remained crisp to the very last bite. My kale salad was, by contrast, a bit too much of one note: kale. Sure, there was the fish, purple slaw and the remarkably creamy vegan Caesar dressing, accented by “rawmesean.” But there was just too much kale for me, and the slaw offered color contrast but little in the way of texture to the dish. The surprise taco was surprisingly tasty and super filling.

I couldn’t justify writing about OM without going all in and trying one of their many vegan options.

So, I returned to try the mushroom onion tempeh burger ($13). Mikey had attested to the tastiness of the tempeh—and he was right. (Tempeh, by the way, is deep-fried fermented soybeans.) Piled high with sauteed mushrooms and onions, lettuce, tomato, cashew cheese, “veganaise” and mustard, this sandwich was no joke.

My biggest, most unexpected observation: The tempeh “burger” didn’t taste like “fake meat” or like it was missing something. It was flavorful, had a good chew, and ultimately was very satisfying. I want to note, too, that the green salad I ordered alongside it was near perfection, with the shredded carrots and beets and pumpkin and sunflower seeds offering great crunch. Plus, like all the sauces seem to be, the dill dressing was good enough to eat by itself. □

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A year after the passing of legendary German musician Holger Czukay (co-founder of krautrock pioneers Can), Grönland celebrates his 80th birthday with Cinema, an expansive five-disc box set with a 36-page booklet spanning his prolific life of experimentation. From track to track, the retrospective jumps all over the place, from light, jazzy breaths on opener “Konfigurationen” to deep dives into sound exploration on the 20-minute “Canaxis.” The better-known “Full Circle R.P.S. (No. 7)” shifts from razor-sharp flurrying horns to a meandering guitar lead, with rhythmic blips and vocals never quite rising to the surface, and a nonchalant snare cyclically shuffling throughout.

Czukay’s overarching curiosity and humor pull the pieces of the aural collage together effortlessly. Even opposites like the buoyant “Hey Baba Reebop” and the more industrial and sparse “Breath Taking” feel connected by his penchant for exploration. To top it off, much of his work manages to also be catchy, especially the dark, loungey and lo-fi “La Premiere.”

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Layers of Us Mimicking Birds Glacial Pace Recordings Portland’s Mimicking Birds occupy the lush sonic terrain of the likes of Sigur Ros and Elbow, artists with much broader commercial reach. The band has flown under the radar for the most part, and if there is any justice, the undeniable beauty of this third studio effort, Layers of Us, will change all that. The subtleties in melodic interplay apparent on “Another Time” hint at deep recesses of intellectual and cosmic wonderment, with vocalist Nate Lacy’s floating voice adding to the song’s shoe-gazy lushness. The band’s experimental bent is put to work mostly via warbly synths and heavy guitar effects, whether supporting peppy tracks like “Sunlight Daze” and “A Part” or more cerebral downers like “Belongings.” This is a perfectly balanced and fully realized record destined for melancholy late-night playlists and ambient movie soundtracks.

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Quit the Curse Anna Burch Polyvinyl After years of playing in bands (Frontier Ruckus, Failed Flowers), Detroit’s Anna Burch has gone solo with her debut album, Quiet the Curse. It’s a creatively strong collection of even-keeled pop tunes coated in a thin layer of grit. Burch’s straightforward approach suits the sentiments at the heart of the songs, like the subdued, reverb-drenched “Belle Isle,” a lovelorn tune in which she laments: “We danced to that song twice in a row/and I can’t let go all that easy.” The songs aren’t that punchy, rather they get to their point in understated ways, allowing the words to pull the listener in, as on “What I Want,” in which she sets a thoughtful scene (“at the bar/I was sulking and regretting going out”), and over the course of loping progression arrives at a chorus and a realization: “I won’t play the victim/just because I can’t get what I want.”

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The heaT Makes Things happen No matter how high temperatures might get, May is still spring. But we can see summer from here, and in anticipation of longer days and a calendar that’s not so packed, arts dEVo is looking forward to some serious woodshedding. It’s about time for me to get out to that aluminum warehouse by the airport on the edge of the city—where all the punk rockers, motorcycle mechanics and private dancers go to do their dirty business—and crank up the 160 watt Peavey Mace and bash out some new noise for my soul.

And while my crew and I wail against the machine, maybe you should, too? There are many opportunities in the coming months to share art as well as Woodshredding pick up some new skills for creatively exploring your own human condition. sing: If you already have a song, you still have time to submit it to Uncle dad’s art Collective’s annual small Town, Big sound production, “where 15 songs are sourced from the community and then arranged for the Uncle Dad Orchestra.” Songwriters are invited to perform with the orchestra, too, on the stage of the sierra nevada Big Room in September. Up to three submissions per person. Visit uncledad. co/submit by May 7.

Paint: The Chico art Center has resurrected the classic Puzzle show fundraiser started a couple decades ago at the long-defunct drive-By Gallery.

Local artists Titus Woods and david and Jeb sisk are each taking a wall and creating wood sculptures that are cut up into puzzle pieces. The 300 pieces will Collaborative puzzle art be randomly sold to local artists ($20 donation each—with proceeds going to the gallery), who will transform them in their own style and return them to the Chico Art Center, where they will rejoin the other pieces to create new community-made works for a show opening June 15. Pick up your puzzle piece(s) at the gallery (450 Orange St.) starting May 4. act: On May 19, at 3:30 p.m., the Blue Room is holding auditions (cold reading and improv—no monologues) for its all-female production of Lord of the Flies. They need roughly a dozen young women, and high school and junior high students are welcome to try out.

Get skills: If you want to learn how to draw, this is an opportunity that is Draw me. too good to pass up. dick Kennedy is a retired graphic designer and illustrator who has previously taught classes at Chico Art Center and currently shares his skills with students of the osher Lifelong Learning institute (OLLI) at Chico State. He wants to teach you drawing for free! Kennedy sent me a note asking to get the word out to anyone interested that he’ll meet you at a coffee shop, or wherever else, and help you learn how to draw stuff! Contact him at dkartguy@yahoo.com.

FREE WILL ASTROLOGY For the week oF May 3, 2018 ARIES (March 21-April 19): I hate

rampant consumerism almost as much as I hate hatred, so I don’t offer the following advice lightly: Buy an experience that could help liberate you from the suffering you’ve had trouble outgrowing. Or buy a toy that can thaw the frozen joy that’s trapped within your out-of-date sadness.

Or buy a connection that might inspire you to express a desire you need help in expressing. Or buy an influence that will motivate you to shed a belief or theory that has been cramping your lust for life.

Or all of the above! (And if buying these things isn’t possible, consider renting.)

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): These

days you have an enhanced ability to arouse the appreciation and generosity of your allies, friends, and loved ones. The magnetic influence you’re emanating could even start to evoke the interest and inquiries of mere acquaintances and random strangers. Be discerning about how you wield that potent stuff! On the other hand, don’t be shy about using it to attract all the benefits it can bring you. It’s OK to be a bit greedier for goodies than usual as long as you’re also a bit more compassionate than usual.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): I bet that

a healing influence will arrive from an unexpected direction and begin to work its subtle but intense magic before anyone realizes what’s happening. I predict that the bridge you’re building will lead to a place that’s less flashy but more useful than you imagined. And I’m guessing that although you may initially feel jumbled by unforeseen outcomes, those outcomes will ultimately be redemptive. Hooray for lucky flukes and weird switcheroos!

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Born under

the astrological sign of Cancer, Franz Kafka is regarded as one of the twentieth century’s major literary talents. Alas, he made little money from his writing. Among the day jobs he did to earn a living were stints as a bureaucrat at insurance companies.

His superiors there praised his efforts.

“Superb administrative talent,” they said about him. Let’s use this as a take-off point to meditate on your destiny, Cancerian.

Are you good at skills you’re not passionate about? Are you admired and acknowledged for having qualities that aren’t of central importance to you? If so, the coming weeks and months will be a favorable time to explore this apparent discrepancy. I believe you will have the power to get closer to doing more of what you love to do.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): If you really wanted

to, you could probably break the world’s record for most words typed per minute with the nose (103 characters in 47 seconds). I bet you could also shatter a host of other marks, as well, like eating the most hot chiles in two minutes, or weaving the biggest garland using defunct iPhones, or dancing the longest on a tabletop while listening to a continuous loop of Nirvana’s song “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” But I hope you won’t waste your soaring capacity for excellence on meaningless stunts like those. I’d rather see you break your own personal records for accomplishments like effective communications, high-quality community-building, and smart career moves.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Isaac Newton

(1643-1727) was among history’s three most influential scientists. Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) has been described as the central figure in modern philosophy. Henry James (1843-1916) is regarded as one of the greatest novelists in English literature.

John Ruskin (1819-1900) was a prominent art critic and social thinker. What did these four men have in common? They never had sex with anyone. They were virgins when they died. I view this fact with alarm. What does it mean that Western culture is so influenced by the ideas of men who lacked this fundamental initiation? With that as our context, I make this assertion: If you hope to make good decisions in the coming weeks, you must draw on the wisdom you have gained from being sexually entwined with other humans.

by rob brezsny LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “Every so

often, a painter has to destroy painting,” said twentieth-century abstract expressionist painter Willem de Kooning.

“Cézanne did it. Picasso did it with Cubism.

Then Pollock did it. He busted our idea of a picture all to hell.” In de Kooning’s view, these “destructive” artists performed a noble service. They demolished entrenched ideas about the nature of painting, thus liberating their colleagues and descendants from stale constraints.

Judging from the current astrological omens, Libra, I surmise the near future will be a good time for you to wreak creative destruction in your own field or sphere. What progress and breakthroughs might be possible when you dismantle comfortable limitations?

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

are aquatic insects with short life spans.

Many species live less than 24 hours, even though the eggs they lay may take three years to hatch. I suspect this may be somewhat of an apt metaphor for your future, Scorpio. A transitory or short-duration experience could leave a legacy that will ripen for a long time before it hatches. But that’s where the metaphor breaks down.

When your legacy has fully ripened—when it becomes available as a living presence —I bet it will last a long time.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

When a critic at Rolling Stone magazine reviewed the Beatles’ Abbey Road in 1969, he said some of the songs were “so heavily overproduced that they are hard to listen to.” He added, “Surely they must have enough talent and intelligence to do better than this.” Years later, however, Rolling Stone altered its opinion, naming Abbey Road the fourteenth best album of all time. I suspect, Sagittarius, that you’re in a phase with metaphorical resemblances to the earlier assessment. But I’m reasonably sure that this will ultimately evolve into being more like the later valuation— and it won’t take years.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “Life

never gives you anything that’s all bad or all good.” So proclaimed the smartest Aquarian six-year-old girl I know as we kicked a big orange ball around a playground. I agreed with her! “Twenty years from now,” I told her, “I’m going to remind you that you told me this heartful truth.”

I didn’t tell her the corollary that I’d add to her axiom, but I’ll share it with you: If anything or anyone or seems to be all bad or all good, you’re probably not seeing the big picture. There are exceptions, however! For example, I bet you will soon experience or are already experiencing a graceful stroke of fate that’s very close to being all good.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “Enoda-

tion” is an old, nearly obsolete English word that refers to the act of untying a knot or solving a knotty problem. “Enodous” means “free of knots.” Let’s make these your celebratory words of power for the month of May, Pisces. Speak them out loud every now and then. Invoke them as holy chants and potent prayers leading you to discover the precise magic that will untangle the kinks and snarls you most need to untangle.

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BONNIE JOHNSTON 1988 Poppy View Terrace Chico, CA 95928.

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Signed: BONNIE JOHNSTON Dated: March 12, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000334 Published: April 12,19,26, May 3, 2018

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cording to my analysis of the astrological omens, love should be in full bloom. You should be awash in worthy influences that animate your beautiful passion. So how about it? Are you swooning and twirling and uncoiling? Are you overflowing with a lush longing to celebrate the miracle of being alive? If your answer is yes, congratulations. May your natural intoxication levels continue to rise. But if my description doesn’t match your current experience, you may be out of sync with cosmic rhythms. And if that’s the case, please take emergency measures. Escape to a sanctuary where you can shed your worries and inhibitions and maybe even your clothes. Get drunk on undulating music as you dance yourself into a dreamy love revelry.

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JODI DAVIS 4918 Maplespring Rd Yankee Hill, CA 95965.

TIMOTHY NEBEL 4918 Maplespring Rd Yankee Hill, CA 95965.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as HAPPY CAMPERS RV RENTALS at 1675 Carol Ave Chico, CA 95928.

MATHEW DUNCKEL 1675 Carol Ave Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: MATT DUNCKEL Dated: April 3, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000448 Published: April 12,19,26, May 3, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as AIC ELECTRIC at 3804 Hicks Lane Chico, CA 95973.

AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL ELECTRIC, INC. 3804 Hicks Lane Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: KRISTIN FLOCK, OFFICE MANAGER Dated: March 27, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000421 Published: April 12,19,26, May 3, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME - STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT The following persons have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name AIC ELECTRIC at 3080 Thorntree Drive Suite #85 Chico, CA 95973.

GARY R AKE 286 White Ave Chico, CA 95926.

WILLIAM T WILLIAMS 6567 Oak Park Drive Magalia, CA 95954.

This business was conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: KRISTIN FLOCK, OFFICE MANAGER Dated: March 27, 2018 FBN Number: 2008-0000267 Published: April 12,19,26, May 3, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as KSARTA SQUARE at 360 Starlight Ct Paradise, CA 95967.

ANTHONY ROACH 360 Starlight Ct Paradise, CA 95967.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: ANTHONY ROACH Dated: April 4, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000461 Published: April 12,19,26, May 3, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as THE CITRINE FOREST at 100 Risa Way Apt 229 Chico, CA 95973.

SARAH R TORKELSON 100 Risa Way Apt 229 Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: SARAH TORKELSON Dated: April 3, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000447 Published: April 12,19,26, May 3, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as IRONGATE GARDEN INN at 4673 Nord Highway Chico, CA 95928.

ROBERT GROVE ESTATE AND VALUATION SERVICES, INC 3151 Canyon Oaks Terrace Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: KRISTA GROVE, SECRETARY Dated: March 23, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000400 Published: April 12,19,26, May 3, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as CREED STRENGTH AND FITNESS at 1607 Ridgebrook Way Chico, CA 95928.

TAYLOR CREED CATRETT 1607 Ridgebrook Way Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: TAYLOR C. CATRETT Dated: March 22, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000394 Published: April 12,19,26, May 3, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as COACH WORKS at 2844 A Northgate Dr Chico, CA 95973.

SALVADOR VILLEGAS 13043 Orchard Blossom Lane Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: SALVADOR VILLEGAS Dated: April 6, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000482 Published: April 12,19,26, May 3, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as GEOLOGY ROCKS AND MINERALS, KCV CONSULTING at 835 Main St Chico, CA 95928.

GEOLOGY ROCKS! AND MINERALS LLC 835 Main St Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company.

Signed: KASEY VALLE, PRESIDENT Dated: April 4, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000465 Published: April 19,26, May 3,10, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as AFFORDABLE AUTO GLASS at 6 Geneva Lane Chico, CA 95928.

ALAN JAMES MOON 6 Geneva Lane Chico, CA

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Signed: ALAN MOON Dated: April 5, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000477 Published: April 19,26, May 3,10, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as CRYSTAL TREASURES at 5455 Platt Mountain Road 839 Forest Ranch, CA 95942.

PATRICIA CROWNOVER 5455 Platt Mountain Road 839 Forest Ranch, CA 95942.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: PATRICIA CROWNOVER Dated: April 2, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000444 Published: April 19,26, May 3,10, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as BLACK BART BIKES at 1346 Myers St Oroville, CA 95956.

CURTIS ALLEN ELWELL 4760 Seacrest Dr Oroville, CA 95966.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: CURTIS ELWELL Dated: April 10, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000501 Published: April 19,26, May 3,10, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as SCC CONCRETE at 325 Crater Lake Dr Chico, CA 95973.

MATT SADLER 325 Crater Lake Dr Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: MATT SADLER Dated: April 10, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000499 Published: April 19,26, May 3,10, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as GETHSEMANE RANCH at 3825 Silvera Ct Paradise, CA 95969.

JAMES D HOEPPNER 3825 Silvera Ct Paradise, CA 95969.

NATALIE E HOEPPNER 3825 Silvera Ct Paradise, CA 95969.

This business is conducted by A Married Couple.

Signed: NATALIE E HOEPPNER Dated: April 6, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000483 Published: April 19,26, May 3,10, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as PAINT PARTIES BY DAWN at 5660 Skyway Suite C Paradise, CA 95969.

DAWN HICKEY 13771 Sugar Pine Drive Magalia, CA 95954.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as MAKE CHICO, WPINONECLICK at 2559 New Heather Way Chico, CA 95973.

JEFFREY SAMORANO 2559 New Heather Way Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: JEFFREY SAMORANO Dated: April 9, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000484 Published: April 19,26, May 3,10, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as EAGLE PLUMBING at 1560 East Avenue Chico, CA 95926.

ROBERT RINEHART 1560 East Avenue Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: ROBERT RINEHART Dated: March 14, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000357 Published: April 19,26, May 3,10, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as VIRTUAL IMAGE SOLUTIONS at 1585 Filbert Ave Chico, CA 95926.

JOESHAK ENTERPRISES INC 1585 Filbert Ave Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: JOE KOSHAK, CEO Dated: March 21, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000388 Published: April 19,26, May 3,10, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as F.E.W. PRODUCTS at 5050 Cohasset Rd. Unit 50 Chico, CA 95973.

LANCE A WALDSMITH 14064 Limousin Dr Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: LANCE WALDSMITH Dated: March 27, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000418 Published: April 26, May 3,10,17, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as ELEVATE at 180 Erma Ct, Suite #130 Chico, CA 95926.

ROBERT L NORMAN 2780 Pillsbury Rd 202 Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: ROBERT L. NORMAN JR. Dated: April 18, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000541 Published: April 26, May 3,10,17, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as GREEN BELT MANUFACTURING at 21 Valley Ct Chico, CA 95973.

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Signed: TIMOTHY VANDERHEIDEN Dated: April 10, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000498 Published: April 26, May 3,10,17, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as BEYOND FITNESS at 7224 Skyway Paradise, CA 95969.

BEYOND FITNESS CLUB, LLC 7224 Skyway Paradise, CA 95969.

This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company.

Signed: STEVE GIBSON, MANAGING PARTNER Dated: April 10, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000500 Published: April 26, May 3,10,17, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as 3 DOWNTOWN BARS, 3-DB at 175 E. 2nd St. Chico, CA 95928.

3 DOWNTOWN BARS, INC. 177 E. 2nd St. Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: JOSHUA COKER, CFO Dated: April 5, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000474 Published: April 26, May 3,10,17, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as CHICO EVENT CENTER at 191 E. 2nd St. Suite 3 Chico, CA 95928.

ROBERT MOWRY 3 Crusader Ct Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: JOSHUA COKER Dated: April 5, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000473 Published: April 26, May 3,10,17, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as UNIVERSITY BAR at 200 Wall St. Chico, CA 95928.

ROBERT MOWRY 3 Crusader Ct Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: JOSHUA COKER Dated: April 5, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000471 Published: April 26, May 3,10,17, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as THE BEACH, THE BEACH IN CHICO at 191 E. 2nd St. Chico, CA 95928.

ROBERT MOWRY 3 Crusader Ct Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: JOSHUA COKER Dated: April 5, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000472 Published: April 26, May 3,10,17, 2018

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ROBERT MOWRY 3 Crusader Ct Chico, CA 95973.

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Signed: JOSHUA COKER Dated: April 5, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000470 Published: April 26, May 3,10,17, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as JP CONSTRUCTION at 6603 Woodward Dr Magalia, CA 95954.

JOEL PRENTISS 6603 Woodward Dr Magalia, CA 95954.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: JOEL PRENTISS Dated: April 13, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000515 Published: April 26, May 3,10,17, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as TWIN DRAGON SERVICES at 999 East Ave Apt C Chico, CA 95926.

VICTOR SCOTT RUTTMAN 999 East Ave Apt C Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: VICTOR RUTTMAN Dated: April 17, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000535 Published: April 26, May 3,10,17, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME - STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT The following person has abandoned the use of the fictitious business name SALON CONCEPTS at 6607 Skyway Paradise, CA 95969.

BARBARA J RYAN 4333 Pentz Rd 4B Paradise, CA 95969.

This business was conducted by an Individual.

Signed: BARBARA RYAN Dated: April 20, 2018 FBN Number: 2016-0001236 Published: April 26, May 3,10,17, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as WOOD, WATER AND STONE at 6408 Crossroads Rd Magalia, CA 95954.

BRIAN TIMOTHY MARSHALL 6408 Crossroads Rd Magalia, CA 95954.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: BRIAN T. MARSHALL Dated: April 9, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000494 Published: April 26, May 3,10,17, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as ELITE EXPOSITIONS, EXOTIC BIRD AND ANIMAL MART at 1045 Hazel St Gridley, CA 95948.

VAN THI THU NGUYEN 1045 Hazel St Gridley, CA 95948.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: VAN NGUYEN Dated: March 5, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000312 Published: April 26, May 3,10,17, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as JP ROOFING at 4 Woodrose Ln Chico, CA 95973.

JEREMY ALAN PETTERSEN 4 Woodrose Ln Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: JEREMY PETTERSEN Dated: March 28, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000432 Published: May 3,10,17,24, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as J & S OFFICE MAINTENANCE at 2817 Dolphin Bend Chico, CA 95973.

JAMES PATRICK RICHARDS 2817 Dolphin Bend Chico, CA 95973.

SHAWNA RICHARDS 2817 Dolphin Bend Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by A Married Couple.

Signed: JIM RICHARDS Dated: April 9, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000490 Published: May 3,10,17,24, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as BAJA BONSAI at 443 Stilson Canyon Road Chico, CA 95928.

JOHN E. MCDONALD 443 Stilson Canyon Road Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: JOHN MCDONALD Dated: April 30, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000597 Published: May 3,10,17,24, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as AFFORDABLE DRONE SERVICES at PO Box 2896 Paradise, CA 95967.

SCOTT S PETERSEN 4842 Media Way Paradise, CA 95969.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: SCOTT PETERSEN Dated: April 30, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000595 Published: May 3,10,17,24, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as ANDERSON TILE at 165 Mission Olive Rd Oroville, CA 95966.

MATTHEW DAVID ANDERSON 165 Mission Olive Rd Oroville, CA 95966.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: MATT ANDERSON Dated: April 24, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000574 Published: May 3,10,17,24, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as AMERICAN TOTEM, THE REAL ISSUE PRODUCTIONS at 2314 Estes Road Chico, CA 95928.

SUZANNE HILDERBRAND 2314 Estes Road Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

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Signed: SUE HILDERBRAND Dated: April 3, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000457 Published: May 3,10,17,24, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as ADRIANE ESTHETICS at 568 Manzanita Ave Suite 9 Chico, CA 95926.

ADRIANE WESTERDAHL 1648 Normal Ave Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: ADRIANE WESTERDAHL Dated: April 24, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000568 Published: May 3,10,17,24, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as GRIDLEY TRAILER PARK at 260 Ohio Street Gridley, CA 95948.

JANICE SALL 2195 Robailey Drive Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: JANICE SALL Dated: April 24, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000565 Published: May 3,10,17,24, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as TRYON VANCOTT AND ASSOCIATES at 257 Tranquil Drive Paradise, CA 95969.

ROSE MARIE TRYON 257 Tranquil Drive Paradise, CA 95969.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: ROSE M. TRYON Dated: April 19, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000548 Published: May 3,10,17,24, 2018

NOTICES CITATION TO APPEAR The People of the State of California: TO: RIGO ROBERTO PRADO-GARIBAY By order of this court, you are hereby cited and required to appear before the above-entitled court located at 1775 Concord Ave, Chico, California 95966, on May 16, 2018 at 1:30 p.m., then and there to show cause, if you have any, why BENJAMIN LOUIS PRADO, MAXWELL BRADLEY PRADO, and HUDSON LEE PRADO, all minors, should not be declared free from your parental control according to the Petition on file herein to free the minors for adoption.

The address of the court is 1775 Concord Ave, Chico CA 95928.

For a failure without reasonable cause to appear and abide by the order of the court, you will be deemed guilty of a contempt of court.

The following information concerns rights and procedure which relate to this proceeding for the termination of custody and control of BENJAMIN LOUIS PRADO, MAXWELL BRADLEY PRADO, and HUDSON LEE PRADO as set forth in Sections 7860-7864 of the Family Code.

(1) At the beginning of the proceeding, the court will

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consider whether or not the interest of BENJAMIN LOUIS PRADO, MAXWELL BRADLEY PRADO, and HUDSON LEE PRADO required the appointment of counsel. If the court finds that the interest of BENJAMIN LOUIS PRADO, MAXWELL BRADLEY PRADO, and HUDSON LEE PRADO do require such protection, the court will appoint counsel to represent them, whether or not they are able to afford counsel.

BENJAMIN LOUIS PRADO, MAXWELL BRADLEY PRADO, and HUDSON LEE PRADO will not be present in court, unless they so request, or the court so orders.

(2) If a parent of BENJAMIN LOUIS PRADO, MAXWELL BRADLEY PRADO, and HUDSON LEE PRADO appears without counsel, and is unable to afford counsel, the court must appoint counsel for the parent, unless the parent knowingly and intelligently, waivers the right to be represented by counsel. The court will not appoint the same counsel to represent both BENJAMIN LOUIS PRADO, MAXWELL BRADLEY PRADO, and HUDSON LEE PRADO and their parent.

(3) The court may appoint either the public defender or private counsel. If private counsel is appointed, he or she will receive a reasonable sum of compensation and expenses, the amount of which will be terminated by the court. The amount must be paid by the real parties in interest, but not by the minor, in such proportions as the court believes to be just. If, however, the court finds that any of the real parties in interest cannot afford counsel, the amount will be paid by the county.

(4) The court may continue the proceeding for not more than 30-days as necessary to appoint counsel and to enable counsel to become acquainted with the case.

Case No: 18AB00025 KATIE WARNER-MEYERS 2021 Cox Lane Oroville CA 9596 In Pro Per Signed: KIMBERLY FLENER Dated: March 29, 2018 Published: April 19,26, May 3,10, 2018

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

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

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: May 18, 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: TAMARA L.

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MOSBARGER Dated: March 27, 2018 Case Number: 18CV00852 Published: April 12,19,26, May 3, 2018

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

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

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: May 11, 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: TAMARA L. MOSBARGER Dated: March 12, 2018 Case Number: 18CV00771 Published: April 19,26, May 3,10, 2018

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

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

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: May 25, 2018 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA Room: The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: TAMARA L. MOSBARGER Dated: April 11, 2018 Case Number: 18CV01042 Published: April 19,26, May 3,10, 2018

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

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Present name: SARAH LAUREN COX Proposed name: CALI LECHUGA DEVINNEY THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

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

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: June 8, 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: TAMARA L. MOSBARGER Dated: April 11, 2018 Case Number: 18CV01051 Published: April 19,26, May 3,10, 2018

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

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

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: June 8, 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: TAMARA L. MOSBARGER Dated: April 11, 2018 Case Number: 18CV00946 Published: April 26, May 3,10,17, 2018

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

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

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: June 15, 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: TAMARA L. MOSBARGER Dated: April 17, 2018 Case Number: 18CV01152 Published: May 3,10,17,24, 2018

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PETITION NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE ROXANNA M. SKAGGS, AKA ROXANNA MARY SKAGGS To all heirs and beneficiaries, creditors contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: ROXANNA M. SKAGGS, AKA ROXANNA MARY SKAGGS A Petition for Probate has been filed by: DANIELLE LECLERC-KLEIN in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte.

The Petition for Probate requests that: DANIELLE LECLERC-KLEIN be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

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

The petition requests authority to administer estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or 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: MAY 8, 2018 Time: 9:00 a.m.

Dept: C-18 Room: 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.

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

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

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

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

Attorney for Petitioner: RAOUL J. LECLERC P.O. Drawer 111 Oroville, CA 95965 (530) 533-5661 Case Number: 18PR00153 Dated: April 11, 2018 Published: April 19,26, May 3, 2018

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

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

The petition requests authority to administer estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or 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: MAY 29, 2018 Time: 9:00 a.m.

Dept: TBA 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

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the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

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

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

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

Attorney for Petitioner: SCOTT A. LEWIS, ESQ. 500 Main Street Vacaville, CA 95688 (707) 451-4502 Case Number: 18PR00146 Published: April 19,26, May 3, 2018

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE SUZANNE S. WINNIE, AKA SUZANNE WINNIE To all heirs and beneficiaries, creditors contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: SUZANNE S. WINNIE, AKA SUZANNE WINNIE A Petition for Probate has been filed by: CAROLYN FEJES in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte.

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

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

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

The petition requests authority to administer estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or 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 the authority.

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: MAY 22, 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

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

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

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

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

Attorney for Petitioner: REBECCA YUHASZ McKernan, Lanam, Bakke & Williams LLP 732 Fir Street Paradise, CA 95969 (530) 877-4961 Case Number: 18PR00165 Dated: April 20, 2018 Published: April 26, May 3,10, 2018

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

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

The petition requests authority to administer estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or 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 the authority.

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: June 5, 2018 Time: 9:00 a.m.

Dept: TBA Room: 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

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either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

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

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

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

Attorney for Petitioner: ROBERT L. HEWITT 3044 Olive Hwy Oroville, CA 95966 (530) 534-8393 Case Number: 18PR00177 Dated: April 30, 2018 Published: May 3,10,17, 2018

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SUMMONS NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: CHELSEA M HENDRELL YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: BUTTE COUNTY CREDIT BUREAU A CORP NOTICE! You have been sued.

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

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

SUMMONS NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: JESUS ESPINOSA, AN INDIVIDUAL; AND DOES 1-100, INCLUSIVE YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: PERSOLVE, LLC, A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY NOTICE! You have been sued.

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

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

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

may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association.

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

The name and address of the court is: Chico Courthouse 1775 Concord Avenue Chico CA 95928.

The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: MICHAEL H. RAICHELSON/SBN 174607 Persolve Legal Group, LLP (818) 534-3100 9301 Corbin Ave Ste 1600 Northridge CA 91324.

Dated: August 31, 2017 Signed: KIMBERLY FLENER Case Number: 17CV02537 Published: May 3,10,17,24, 2018

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SUMMONS NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: AUSTIN D GIANECCHINNI YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: BUTTE COUNTY CREDIT BUREAU A CORP NOTICE! You have been sued.

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

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

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

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

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

(530) 366-4290 Dated: July 24, 2017 Signed: KIMBERLY FLENER Case Number: 17CV02180 Published: April 12,19,26, May 3, 2018

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

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

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

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

(530) 366-4290 Dated: October 27, 2017 Signed: KIMBERLY FLENER Case Number: 17CV03287 Published: April 19,26, May 3,10, 2018

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SUMMONS NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: RACHEL ANNE SANDOVAL YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: BUTTE COUNTY CREDIT BUREAU A CORP NOTICE! You have been sued.

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

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

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

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

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

(530) 366-4290 Dated: October 2, 2017 Signed: KIMBERLY FLENER

Case Number: 17CV02839 Published: April 12,19,26, May 3, 2018

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ADDRESS

TOWN

PRICE

BR/BA

ADDRESS

TOWN

PRICE

BR/BA

2311 Ceanothus Ave

Chico

$280,000

3/2

SQ. FT. 1639

1948 Wisteria Ln

Chico

$162,273

3/2

SQ. FT. 1862

274 Pinyon Hills Dr #3961

Chico

$280,000

4/2

1803

1246 Guill St

Chico

$150,000

3/2

1233

3337 Wedgewood Ln

2244 Moyer Way

Chico

$275,000

4/2

1649

Chico

$85,000

3/2

1179

1769 Modoc Dr

Chico

$260,000

3/1

898

2409 Villa Vista Dr

Oroville

$589,000

4/3

3210

1664 Hooker Oak Ave

Chico

$260,000

2/1

914

69 Gunderson Rd

Oroville

$380,000

3/2

1470

3 Comstock Rd

Chico

$250,000

3/2

1352

12239 Andy Mountain Rd

Oroville

$337,000

2/1

720

150 Artesia Dr

Chico

$250,000

4/2

1328

32 Las Flores Dr

Oroville

$297,500

1/1

1280

4274 Kathy Ln

Chico

$250,000

2/1

1042

5383 Royal Oaks Dr

Oroville

$285,000

2/2

1670

1412 Laurel St

Chico

$240,000

3/1

1172

480 Kelly Ridge Rd

Oroville

$275,000

3/2

2304

3106 Johnny Ln

Chico

$220,000

2/2

1447

5313 Harrison Rd

Paradise

$435,000

4/3

2373

1546 Bidwell Ave

Chico

$170,000

3/2

1210

6388 Harvey Rd

Paradise

$275,000

2/2

1272

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