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POTUS’ pointless musical chairs all carried water for a reprehensible president. The Donald Trump loves being No. 1, and ordinarily we “Trump administration” encompasses them, plus all wouldn’t indulge his proclivity, but even we have their past and future colleagues. to admit he’s achieved something unprecedented in We’re simply pointing out that as his second year presidential history. gives way to his third, POTUS grows no closer to White House churn. stabilizing the upper echelons of his branch of federal In two years, he’s had no fewer than three dozen government. The exit door surely high-profile members of his administration isn’t closed, with Education Secretary depart. Some Trump fired, of course— POTUS grows Betsy DeVos continually criticized that’s his thing. Many quit, in disgust or no closer to and two others in the cabinet, disgrace.

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen The outbound train for 2018 includes a stabilizing Nielsen and Commerce Secretary secretary of state (Rex Tillerson), attorney his branch of Wilbur Ross, reportedly in Trump’s general (Jeff Sessions), national security crosshairs. adviser (H.R. McMaster), U.N. ambassador federal The president campaigned on a (Nikki Haley), EPA administrator (Scott government. promise he’d have “the best and the Pruitt), veterans affairs secretary (David brightest” people working for him, Shulkin) … and that doesn’t include holifor us. When does that start, exactly? day traffic. Since Thanksgiving, he’s gotten If his first hires were “the best and the brightest” out resignation letters from Chief of Staff John Kelly, there, who are we getting now?

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and Defense Secretary Turnover is common after midterm elections. We know Jim Mattis—the latter’s written with a poison pen. the history. This amount of turnover, both before and after Understand, we don’t view any of these exiles the midterms, is historic. And not in a good way. Ω as heroic, or less complicit than others. They’ve

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remembering Jasper in five years. He said that he wanted to be a private Iinvestigator with his own office on Nord Avenue, and

once asked Jasper what he wanted his life to be like

his name would be written in big, gold letters on the front door. He said he wanted to help people by cracking codes and solving crimes. He also said that he was afraid of being lonely. He was like most of us in that way—or like me, at least. In his adult life, Jasper Townsend became a well-known homeless man, a Chico local whom many had known since he was a small child. After nearly a year of living by in his own apartment, at 39 years Siana Sonoquie old, the irreplaceable and foreverThe author is loved Jasper passed away. a community Above all, Jasper will be rememconsultant who bered for being kind. He wore his focuses her efforts on the housing crisis. heart on his sleeve and inspired the same in those who knew him. I don’t even remember meeting him for the first time. He was just there, an enormous shining light, trying his best to decode mysteries during the day and staying up late into the night reading Goosebumps at the shelter, making friends and opening the hearts of even the toughest of people, and trying not to be lonely while

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sleeping here and there along Park Avenue.

Jasper was child-like, in both challenging and beautiful ways. He loved anime, puzzles and games, and he hated taking showers, though, admittedly, that is tough to do while homeless. He lit up the often tough and sometimes dark world of homeless services—on one particularly dark day, a passerby threw a small explosive at Jasper while he was sitting on the sidewalk, hitting his hand and creating a blister the size of a softball. Even as the world was cruel to him, this new wound brought about the most beautiful work between him and a resource manager at the Jesus Center. Each day, she would help him with his injury and they would share in kind, loving engagement—something that, as humans, we all need.

Jasper taught us to be creative with our work—to fit programs to people, instead of relying only on policy to drive the way we care for people. His loyal and tireless advocate, Will, took him under his wing, offering the friendship that Jasper wanted and so badly needed. I remember hearing the story of Will taking him to the fair, where Jasper had a blast playing games. With Jasper, it was plain to see how any kindness could make him happy. He was so ready to connect and be included, so willing to share in the joy. That is something that he taught me, and I learned how to give better by knowing him. His heart, wide open and so loving, opened mine, too. Ω

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

break time When the CN&R’s staff sat down after our last deadline to prepare for this week’s paper, our annual year-in-review issue, we chatted briefly about what to put on the cover. Art Director Tina Flynn had a couple of creative ideas up her sleeve, including the one that ended up gracing that page. It’s pretty adorable, wouldn’t you say?

Those of us on the words side of the paper (read: the cynical scribes) had other ideas. One of them: a locomotive crashing. That was my idea to symbolize how 2018 was pretty much a train wreck.

Indeed, it’s hard to look back at the year without thinking about the Camp Fire. Except for perhaps the most hermetic among us, the natural disaster is impossible to escape.

I really want to be a glass-half-full kind of gal, but I’m struggling to feel that way. Even with all of the heartwarming stories of generosity and selflessness that have followed the blaze, it’s difficult to get back to the place where I feel positive. Hell, I’m still wrapping my head around it all. And I’m not even directly affected. I live in Chico.

But the fire is on my mind every day, and I suspect it’s on pretty much everyone else’s, too, especially those who’ve lost their homes, places of employment and, tragically, friends and loved ones who perished in the firestorm. If you’re one of those people, you have my deepest condolences.

What I can tell you is that we’ll continue writing about the catastrophe. We care about the affected communities and want to help inform readers, give depth to the conversations and keep people engaged in the long recovery ahead. We’ve published seven issues since the Camp Fire and about 60 stories related to it. The articles are all archived on our website—now in a curated location. You can find them by clicking on the link that reads Camp Fire Reports under the banner of Local Stories.

NOw fOr A liTTle bUSiNeSS We’re on an accelerated production cycle because of the back-to-back holidays. That means if you send in letters to the editor for the issue of Jan. 3, I’ll need them by the morning of Dec. 28. I’m planning on taking a couple of days off after Christmas, so keep that in mind if you contact me and don’t hear back.

My plan is to attempt to (mostly) steer clear of my office, email and voicemails for three full days. I may end up heading down to Second and Flume streets to tidy my space a bit. My office is never exactly neat—I’ve accumulated way too much paperwork working here over the past nearly dozen years.

As I warned a friend who dropped by last Friday, it looks like a bomb has gone off. Fortunately, the friend is a former journalist who was neither surprised nor repulsed by the messy environment. It’s typical in this line of work, but I’m sick of it, so it’s time for a major purge.

As for my days off, I’m looking forward to hanging out with my husband and snuggling on the couch with my kid, maybe staying in my pajamas for an entire day watching movies. That sounds just about right.

This is definitely the season for holding our loved ones tight.

Melissa Daugherty is editor of the CN&R

LETTERS

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GOP’s new slogan In a video of a Trump rally, I saw a T-shirt that stated, “I’d rather be a Russian than a Democrat.”

Could this be the new slogan of the Republican Party? Their refusal to take any action against the Russians’ continued interference in our electoral process demonstrates that it just might be. Why is that?

According to the Federal Election Commission, Donald Trump and the political action committees of several elected Republicans—Sens. John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Marco Rubio and Lindsey Graham, and Govs. Scott Walker and John Kasich—accepted $7.35 million in contributions from Ukrainian-born oligarch Leonard “Len” Blavatnik’s holding companies. Through business connections, Blavatnik has close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

During the 2015-16 election season, the top recipients from this foreign slush fund were McConnell, who raked in $2.5 million, followed

by Rubio’s $1.5 million, Walker’s $1.1 million and Graham’s $800,000.

It was just a short 30 years ago that the Republican Party promoted itself as the “national security party,” its members beating their chests with the American flag.

Folklore has it that legendary delta blues guitarist Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil to play the blues. Evidently the Republicans have sold theirs to stay in power.

Roger S. Beadle Chico

Note to fascists In my letter dated Nov. 22, I made mention of at least two retired U.S. military generals—Gen. John Kelley, who referred to President Trump as “an idiot,” and Gen. James Mattis, who said “Trump has the intellect of a fifth- or sixthgrader.” Fast-forward one month, and both aforementioned former generals are now (or soon will be) former Trump cabinet members,

both basically resigning in protest of the chaotic Trump.

Would your fascist letter writers suggest that these two former war heroes should “just leave the country, and go somewhere that they like” just because they “hate America/Trump simply for disagreeing with his ridiculous, depression causing policies?”

At his victory rally in Las Vegas during the 2016 primaries, Trump stood on the stage and said, “I love the poorly educated.” I’ve often wondered how many of the Chico News & Review letter writers were in attendance at the rally? Reading some of their right-wing posts/ Trump tweets leaves room for a great deal of suspicion.

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This is the same guy who rode his horse to 45’s inauguration.

His insensitivity to the Native American people, whose ancestral lands formed much of the treasures of which he was in charge, was obvious in the name he chose to give his horse: Tonto. Tonto, for crying out loud, was a Native American, albeit fictional, and the partner of the Lone Ranger. Why didn’t this idiot name his horse Scout, which was the name of Tonto’s horse? His wanton ignorance of the value of our national monuments and parks was further made evident in his unceasing efforts to remove federal protection from them. His ideas about preserving them were incompatible with the reasons for their founding, of course.

Good riddance, I say! And good on all the Friends of the Earth who helped get him out of office!

Miles Jordan Chico

Let’s talk climate Christmas came early this year, in the form of a bill introduced in Congress. It’s the very first for climate action with sponsors from both political parties in over a decade. It has a very real chance of passing (EnergyInnovationAct.org) with House introduction Nov. 28, Senate introduction Dec. 19. Wow! It’s easy to think our nation is too divided for both conservatives and progressives to work together to stop further climate change.

This is simply not true. Please tell everyone you know over the holidays. “Polite” silence just means we don’t find out about common ground.

Just last holiday season, looking down at my plate, I admitted my volunteer life with Chico Citizens Climate Lobby.

I expected to be shot down or politely dismissed by my conservative relations. Shockingly, they were not only not hostile, but rather were appreciative of my work. What a surprise. I could have fallen off my chair.

The 2018 Yale Opinion Climate Survey now shows more than 70 percent of the country, including 72 percent of Butte County, believes climate change is happening. Who knew?

Julie Heath Chico

Melania’s merry X-mas First Lady Melania Trump summed up her husband’s presidency, soul and their residency in the White House by using solid-red trees to drench the White House in a full coat of Satanic or Russian red.

Maybe she was trying to be the Queen of Hearts from Alice in Wonderland, as she and her husband cut off their “unloyal” employees’ and cabinet members’ dignity, careers and futures. The lobby looks like Melania took decorating advice from the Whore of Babylon, celebrating the spirit of evil in our most precious White House. Or maybe she is symbolizing the upcoming massacre of all who serve the devil Trump.

Hopefully, all involved will be celebrating next Christmas in orange jumpsuits, behind prison bars. Either way, it is completely inappropriate for the people’s home to reflect the bloody murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, which none of the Trumps cared about. Trump taking blood money from Saudi Arabia, instead of taking a moral stand against bloodthirsty Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman and his gang of murderers, is a perfect example of how immoral and low Trump will go for money.

volunteers were displaced by the Camp Fire. Many of our 250 Chico volunteers lived in Paradise. We are working to reconnect kids with their solid ground and now have a shortage of tutors.

As you consider what you can do, think about donating one hour a week to help a child find his or her footing. You can be a struggling child’s safe harbor.

Contact readingpalschico.org or call 588-0119.

Rory Rottschalk Chico

Rule of law?

There has been no rule of law since Gerald Ford pardoned Richard Nixon. Ronald Reagan traded arms with Iran to fund illegal wars and created al-Qaida with his policy in Afghanistan. Bill Clinton traded money for access and set the stage for the private prison “industry.”

George W. Bush lied us into war, creating ISIS-sponsored torture and spied on American citizens. Barack Obama gave trillions to bankers in return for financial support. Now Donald Trump has allied with Turkey, Russia and Saudi Arabia to enrich himself while conspiring with his minions to violate U.S. asylum laws.

Let the show trials begin!

Pat Johnston Red Bluff

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Corrections

A second- or third-grader’s life should have a certain solid feel to it—something to push off from to try new things. It is true for all of us, and especially our children, that life constantly challenges our sense of well-being and safety.

Fortunately, the human spirit is incredibly resilient. A small piece of “solid ground” in the face of incredible turmoil is often sufficient. That solid ground comes more from someone than something. Our Reading Pals volunteers are that “someone” for a child who has slipped academically behind.

Consistent one-on-one attention communicates, “You have what it takes.”

The Camp Fire has heightened our awareness, and we are all searching for ways to help.

Beautiful stories of the noble and resilient abound. Sixty Reading Pals kids and 60 Reading Pals

A story in Newslines about the retirement of Chico EnterpriseRecord Editor David Little (see “Stepping down,” by Ashiah Scharaga, Dec. 20) incorrectly reported the location of the E-R’s old building as well as the time frame that the newspaper moved to its new digs on East Park Avenue.

The old office was at Seventh and Broadway. It moved there in 1987. The story has been amended online. —ed.

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Pharmacists such as Ahmed Mamane of Chico’s KindCare Pharmacy feel pressured over prescription painkillers. photo by evan tuchinsky

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breadth of fresh care Top health stories from 2018 center on availability

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Atheme for health care in the North State, the Golden State and the United States.

ccess. In 2018, that proved the overarching

Republicans who failed to erase the Affordable Care Act in Congress took strides to erode the law that’s brought coverage to millions through executive orders from the White House and legislation removing some of the ACA’s underpinnings (such as the individual mandate that keeps public insurance exchanges viable). A federal judge in Texas declared the ACA unconstitutional this month, though that ruling—under appeal—is expected to be overturned.

Amid the uncertainty and attacks, enrollment has fluctuated; most strikingly, coverage among children has dropped dramatically, impeding access to care. That’s especially significant in rural, medically underserved communities such as Butte County, where government-funded and -subsidized insur-

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ance comprises the bulk of coverage.

The Camp Fire provided another blow.

Butte County lost its third-largest hospital, serving its second-largest community, for at least a year—and all the providers surrounding Adventist Health Feather River found themselves without facilities in one day.

Displaced patients sought prescriptions and physicians; everyone in the region sought relief from smoke, scrambling for masks with the right filtration if not seeking refuge outside the soot zone.

In myriad ways, access indeed defined Adventist Health Feather River staff raced flames to evacuate patients as the Camp Fire reached their hospital. photo by mereDith J. cooper

2018. Here are 10 top issues of the year locally, each with that connection.

1. Medi-Cal for whom?

Persistent threats to the ACA prompted fewer people to sign up for insurance through Covered California, the state marketplace that includes expanded Med-Cal plans. The number of uninsured children rose for the first time in a decade.

Covered California enrollment for 2019 suddenly surged in mid-December, prompting the exchange to extend its deadline a week.

However, the state—which partially matches federal Medicaid dollars to fund Medi-Cal— made relatively modest allocations to expand coverage in the 2018-19 budget.

2. Opioid crisis hits home With a death rate nearly three times higher than the state average, Butte County has a problem with opioid overdoses. Public Health Officer Andy Miller advocated for community-set guidelines for narcotic prescriptions

with the goal of a 65 percent reduction in total dosage; physicians in primary care and emergency medicine adopted the guidelines in January, amid increased pressure on doctors and pharmacists from regulatory agencies.

Patients, particularly those with chronic conditions, found themselves caught in the middle. A national advocacy group with local members called Don’t Punish Pain rallied for relief in Sacramento and other capitols.

3. Fire afflictions The Camp Fire may have devastated Paradise in a day, but its toll on health may yet remain unaccounted. Microscopic particles in the smoke—reaching concentrations twice as bad as the worst-polluted cities on Earth—irritated eyes, noses, throats and lungs. More seriously, doctors say, the particles penetrated tissues and reached the bloodstream, inflaming blood vessels, thereby increasing the risk for heart attack and stroke among cardiac patients.

Medical professionals also expect to see cases of chronic breathing conditions as well as health issues among children and seniors.

They’ve already treated diseases common in shelters, such as colds, flus and stomach viruses. Psychological effects, notably posttraumatic stress, could require help for years.

4. Feather River’s future In the immediate aftermath of the Camp Fire, Adventist Health’s corporate leadership declined to commit firmly to reopening Feather River Hospital. The facilities on Pentz Road suffered significant damage; many buildings remained standing.

Executives praised employees for safely evacuating all 69 patients but made no guarantees on the 101-bed hospital’s future.

A month later, Adventist Health had expanded its footprint in Chico, readied its Skyway medical building to reopen as soon as possible—last week (Dec. 20)—and announced plans to reopen the hospital, as early as 2020.

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5. Anthem versus Enloe

6. Single-payer rising?

Democrats love single-payer health care—aka Medicare for all. Yet, with the chance to pioneer a plan, Democratic legislators balked; California Senate Bill 562 died in the Assembly last summer, pulled by the speaker before any deliberation.

It’s regained steam since the November election, however: Gov.Elect Gavin Newsom avidly supports single-payer, and a federal bill

by Sen. Bernie Sanders has sign-on from, among many, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif).

7. Places to go

8. Mental health response People battling mental illness can hit a crisis point at any time; Butte County Behavioral Health officials heard that message as they collected feedback for programs funded under the Mental Health Services Act (or MHSA). The department this year added a mobile crisis unit to accompany Chico police officers to incidents, but staffed the unit

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only 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Behavioral Health did expand mobile crisis response to the Ridge and Oroville in the fall.

9. Care for kids With a rush of retirements over the past year—notably Drs. Pat Tedford, John Asarian and James Wood— Chico’s shortage of pediatricians loomed large. However, a new wave has arrived to stanch the riptide.

Northern Valley Indian Health, which moved its Children’s Health Center to a larger building, nearly doubled its number of providers (from six to 10); though he closed his office, Tedford sees patients there, too. Meanwhile, Chico Pediatrics (Asarian’s old practice) brought in Drs. Evbu Ogbeide and Anna Robertson, who also work hospital shifts at Enloe.

10. Good screens, bad screens Local hospitals embraced technology to expand patients’ access to specialists. Enloe launched a regular series of Facebook Live webcasts in which practitioners, such as bariatric surgeon Erik Simchuk, address medical issues. Oroville Hospital started utilizing telemedicine in its emergency room through the mobile interactive unit RED (remote examination device)— allowing local doctors to connect with large medical centers where experts actually can see the patient.

Not all screen news was good, though: Studies came out linking smartphone use to feelings of depression and social disconnection, while pediatricians renewed their push for parental limits on screen time. Ω

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Restrooms aren’t just a convenience, they’re a necessity. Without proper sanitation, public waterways grow polluted and disease spreads.

Californians got a reminder when Hepatitis A spread among people exposed to human waste in San Diego, Los Angeles, Monterey and Santa Cruz.

Among the discussions of homelessness, public restrooms in Chico received scrutiny. The city closed, temporarily reopened, then closed again municipal bathrooms overnight. Butte County Public Health considers 24-hour restrooms with running water and soap to be important preventative measures for disease.

Pediatricians Evbu Ogbeide, left, and Anna Robertson have moved in to fill a gap in Chico.

This guy saves you money.

After failing to agree on rates after six months, Enloe Medical Center and Anthem Blue Cross cut ties Nov. 1. That put Enloe “out of network” for Anthem subscribers, who’d have to pay a larger share of costs than when Enloe was “in network” or find another hospital.

Enloe said Anthem pays 40 percent less than Blue Shield, another private insurer, and hadn’t increased reimbursements in eight of 12 years.

After the Camp Fire, the sides agreed to restore their contract through Dec. 31, 2018.

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Burning reminders

Smoke remained dense in Butte Creek Canyon (viewed at Lookout Point) the day after the Camp Fire ravaged the Ridge.

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3. President Gas Though President Trump lost his top ecohatchetmen with the resignations of EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, their rollbacks of environmental protections continue to ripple.

The administration sought to expand petroleum production by opening public lands and coasts to drilling; hit the brakes on fuel efficiency for cars and light trucks; dropped safeguards for development near wetlands; and attempted to reverse regulations on emissions.

States such as California have challenged the White House in court, often winning.

4. State in flames

Climate change impacts, denials connect year’s top eco stories by

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Iexpressed in 2018, surely it matched what the CN&R in our Nov. 29 editorial. f Mother Nature sent a sentient message

“How many hurricanes, floods and— yes—wildfires do [myopes] need to see for reality to set in? To paraphrase a saying, it’s climate change, stupid.”

Just as scientists predicted for over a decade, changing climatic conditions due to man-made impacts have intensified environmental disasters. We’ve experienced greater extremes in weather. We’ve paid a greater toll in lives and property.

This fall, two new reports came out—one international, one domestic—with forecasts even darker. Yet, the current occupant of

Grazing on overgrowth—as did goats brought to Bidwell Park in November—represents one way to reduce wildfire fuels.

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the White House continues to deny science and take actions with dire consequences.

Fortunately, local and state officials haven’t abdicated their ecological responsibilities.

Sustainably speaking, here are 10 of the top issues affecting North State residents this past year.

1. Vulnerable spots As part of state-mandated climate action planning, both Chico and Butte County honed climate vulnerability assessments to address how changes will impact people, places and the environment, plus strategies to adapt and mitigate. The reports, utilizing government modeling software, describe higher temperatures overall with increased heat waves and wildfires; more rainfall via brief storms that cause flooding, and melting snowpack.

Effects include less water for surface storage and aquifer recharge, public health issues, pollution from fires and endangerment of native species.

2. Forecasts grow grimmer Scientists continue to reach consensus on climate change, and in quadrennial reports released a month apart, that common ground looked bleaker. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (or IPCC) determined that the risk of fires, droughts, floods and poverty around the world will skyrocket if global temperatures rise more than 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2030—the most ambitious mark in the Paris Climate Agreement, a landmark commitment from nearly 200 countries to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. The National Climate Assessment, meanwhile, calculated that the cost to the country from rising sea levels, heat-related deaths and infrastructure damage will reach up to $500 billion a year.

Wildfires raged across California due to a tragic convergence of conditions. The Golden State got just over half its normal snowpack

by April compared to 160 percent the previous winter; then hot, dry summer days persisted through the fall, prolonging and exacerbating fire season. Adding fuel: parched overgrowth from plants that thrived in wet times.

5. Preventative measures Prescribed burning, a wildfire-prevention strategy that traces to indigenous tribes yet fell out of favor for a half-century, returned to Cal Fire’s toolbox with the approval of state officials. Chico State professor Don Hankins has been at the forefront of this movement; for a decade, he’s conducted trainings and controlled fires on the university’s ecological reserves. Other efforts to reduce fuels include introducing grazing animals to areas with dense brush.

6. Ridge’s recovery The Camp Fire caused ecological damage beyond burnt trees. Because it also ignited synthetic substances, the blaze unleashed a cocktail of chemicals into the air and soil—spread farther by wind and rain flow. Scientists from Chico State and UC Davis anticipate eventual regrowth of native flora and, correspondingly, a return of associated bird and insect species. Runoff raises concerns for water quality in creeks and the Feather River.

7. Water power As outgoing Gov. Jerry Brown attempted to seal his legacy with the so-called twin tunnels diversion project in the Delta, Chico-based AquAlliance won a lawsuit against the state and the federal government asserting that a 10-year program to transfer water from the Sacramento Valley had inadequate environmental review. A district court judge halted the transfers. In Butte County, water agencies and county officials agreed on how to organize under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (or SGMA), which in 2022 will turn

As Jennifer Arbuckle of Northern Recycling and Waste Services showed in July, single-bin recycling can cause contamination.

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oversight of underground water to local jurisdictions. A recent high-tech scan of the aquifer will aid planning.

8. Recycling backs up Independent of trade wars with Trump, China imposed stricter standards on the recycled materials it imports for remanufacturing. This policy, named the National Sword, requires paper and cardboard in particular to be virtually spotless—a challenge for waste haulers, such as those in the North State, that rely on Chinese industry and have a single stream of recyclables. Lacking infrastructure to handle the change, California found itself awash in repurposable trash.

9. Straws—so yesterday The plastic drinking straw may seem insignificant, but with 500 million used in the U.S. each day, that adds up to a lot of disposable waste: 2.4 million tons per year. This mass sparked multiple measures, here and in Sacramento, to cut down on usage. A Chico-based campaign, the Strawless Challenge, formed to urge local businesses and residents to forgo straws. Chico State’s Associated Students stopped providing straws at its eateries.

Statewide, starting Jan. 1 under a bill signed by Brown, full-service restaurants will offer straws only by request.

10. Rising up Sept. 8, just ahead of Brown’s global summit on climate change in San Francisco, a busload of 50 Chicoans joined a group of 30,000 there for the environmental action Rise for Climate, Jobs and Justice. Along with a march, participants painted murals on streets outside the summit site, including artwork designed by Ali Meders-Knight of Chico’s Mechoopda Indian tribe. The San Francisco event coincided with more than 900 held simultaneously in 95 countries to call for ending dependence on fossil fuels and promote economic equality. Ω

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Hello, goodbye

Leaving with love When Lori Powers decided to open a business in Chico 26 years ago, she couldn’t have predicted the role she would play in the community, in the fabric of downtown, and in the individual lives of so many people. She and her business partner, Becky Shadd, opened The Upper Crust Bakery & Cafe and ran it together until six years ago, when Shadd retired and Powers took the reins. Over the years, they established the business into a downtown staple, a longtime local favorite for pastries, coffee, fresh sandwiches and salads, its famous black bean chili and, of course, custom cakes. This year, it’s Powers’ turn to step away. She’ll be retiring Dec. 31, handing over the keys to longtime employees Jeff and Shelby Plummer. Stop in at 130 Main St. and wish her well.

What got you into this business?

It started with a conversation with Becky Shadd, who had a business downtown already.

And this place came up for sale a short time afterward, and I always had an interest in working with food. I had no formal training, but I was always interested, and I just thought that we could make a go of it. Be careful the conversations you have, because you never know where they’re

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going to lead—to wonderful, wonderful adventures.

What prompted you to decide to leave?

A combination of things. One is that I have loved coming to work these 26 years. Even when I know I’m in for a rough day, I love coming to work. I always wanted to leave feeling that way about the business I have so loved. I’ve witnessed others in my life who maybe overstayed their best time, and I want to leave and have that feeling of missing it because it was fun. Also, I feel really thrilled about the succession of the business because Jeff and Shelby Plummer, who have been working here for the last few years, have wanted the business, and it’s the perfect time for them. It’s their time to make a good run at it.

What will you miss most?

The people. And the adrenaline rush. There’s something about when this place is busy and it’s a little chaotic—it’s one of those

environments that’s terrible for some people and for those of us who thrive on that kind of energy, it’s the bee’s knees. I have run into wonderful people—who I’ve worked with, and who have come in as customers. I’ve always believed that the reason we’re in business is for the customers.

I’ve had such wonderful conversations over the years. I’ve made lifelong friends—how lucky is that?

What’s next?

Just to enjoy where I live at a different pace sounds pretty divine right now. I want to have adventures, road trips, openended across the States, and to visit other locales on our planet.

I think about volunteering. I’ve been able to give to the community through the business, but I haven’t always been available to be there in person. I look forward to being a better participant in that way.

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As is tradition this last week of the old year, I take some time to look back and try to encapsulate the biggest moments. What milestones did we reach? What new businesses opened up, and which ones shut down? Obviously, the Camp Fire has made waves, but I’ll touch on those in the new year.

But before we say sayonara to 2018, let’s take a quick look back at what it meant to the local business landscape.

HELLO: The Lab Bar and Grill opened where The End Zone used to be, and the Beverage District (or whatever we’re calling it these days) added to its ranks: The Commons and Nor Cal Brewing. In other bar-related news, Bill’s Towne Lounge opened up on Main Street. Owner Will Brady tells me he plans to put a pool table on the patio—some of the best news I’ve heard this month! Also, Casino Chico opened inside Quackers Fire Grill and Bar. In caffeinated news, Chico Coffee Co. launched downtown, as did Tender Loving Coffee. Brave Coffee opened on Mangrove Avenue, a few blocks down from Bottoms Up Espresso. In sweets land, La Flor de Michoacan Paletería y Nevería opened a third store and Shubert’s Ice Cream & Candy opened a second space in the Chico Mall. We had a poke explosion, with two new spots—I Fish Poke Bar Thai Kitchen and LemonShark Poke.

Hempful Farms opened, the first hemp and CBD store in town.

Nord Avenue experienced a fun flurry of new businesses, all food-related, (almost) all international: Taj Indian Restaurant, I Fish, Chicago’s Pizza With a Twist, Coco’s Ramen, Taste of Hmong and Midnite Munchies.

GOODBYE: Toys ‘R Us was probably the biggest loss of 2018, but there were others, including Aaron Brothers Art & Framing. Herreid Music closed its Chico location in January. The silver lining here is that it opened the door to the Winchester Goose getting a bigger space. It plans to move—all the way across the street—in 2019. In Durham, the iconic Empire Club closed, with no sign of reopening anytime soon.

REOPENED/ADAPTED: The El Rey Theater reopened with a bang and kept making

wonderful noise all year. The Fork in the Road food truck rally moved to DeGarmo Park after getting a rent increase at Manzanita Place. OM Foods moved from the Safeway shack to Broadway. Nearby, LaSalles reopened after 2 1/2 years of remodeling. Two Twenty closed and quickly reopened as Diamond Steakhouse, with new owners and a new chef. Lulus opened up The Outlet store on Broadway, selling clothes at a deep discount. The Watchman moved out of the mall and into downtown. Christian & Johnson Flowers and Gifts moved from its longtime digs on Big Chico Creek to East First Avenue.

Other news: Local retailers teamed up with the Chico Chamber of Commerce and the Chico Police Department to fight the growing problem of shoplifting. The effort seems to be making a difference. La Hacienda celebrated its 70th birthday this year as the oldest restaurant in Chico. La Comida celebrated 50 years here and, shortly thereafter, closed its Paradise location.

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ince Nov. 8, the CN&R has been consumed with coverage of the Camp Fire.

As you’ll see in our annual year-in-review package, the firestorm bleeds into several categories of the biggest local stories, including homelessness and the housing crisis.

The devastation wrought by the fire—the deadliest and most destructive in California history—is the No. 1 story of 2018. After all, it’s why the president of the United States dropped into Butte County, first to Chico and then to Pleasure— ahem, Paradise—to survey the damage. It’s also likely to be a top story for years to come, as the communities scorched by the flames make strides on the difficult and complex rebuilding and healing processes.

Still, there were many other noteworthy headlines over the past year. Familiar themes rose to the surface: officer-involved shootings, Chico Scrap Metal and cannabis, among others.

As always, in addition to the top 10 stories of the year, we’ve also compiled a list of other notable stories and our popular “What were they thinking?” picks.

Happy reading!

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The charred husks of cars along the Skyway in Paradise.

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The biggest story of 2018 came toward the end of the year and should be no surprise to anyone around these parts: the Camp Fire. Indeed, every other news story pales in comparison to the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California history.

It’s difficult to impart the depth of the disastrous firestorm, since the ramifications continue to surface as evacuees return to what is left of the scorched region. But a starting point is the loss of life attributed to the fire.

As of this newspaper’s deadline, 86 people were confirmed to have perished and three others were listed as missing.

Of the fatalities, 61 people had been identified, mainly through DNA analysis. Most of the victims were residents of Paradise, although several people in the surrounding environs, mainly Concow and Magalia, died as well. The median age in the town of Paradise was 50 and many of the victims were elderly and infirm.

The fire started near Camp Creek Road in Pulga, a rural part of Butte County, on the morning of Nov. 8. The cause is still under investigation, but one of the primary theories is that an

issue with a nearby high-voltage power line sparked the fire. A PG&E worker spotted the blaze at around 6:30 a.m. in a difficultto-access region near the Poe Dam. Within an hour, the Butte County Sheriff’s Office began evacuation orders, beginning with Pulga. The fire roared west, making it to Concow prior to warnings, and it entered the Paradise ridge by 8 a.m.

The blaze was driven by the perfect storm of conditions—wind gusts of up to 50 mph and low humidity in a region that hadn’t had a decent rain since April. The combination pushed the fire west at breakneck speed—it spread at an estimated 80 football fields per minute.

As video footage shows, the scene was chaotic, especially on the Ridge. Fleeing residents got stuck in gridlock traffic on the few escape routes.

At least eight of those who perished were in vehicles. The remains of the others were found both outside and inside of residences.

Literally thousands of firefighters from multiple agencies in many states worked to contain the Camp Fire. The end came more than two weeks later, on Nov. 25. All told, the blaze consumed approximately 150,000 acres.

Left to right: Debra Lucero, Audrey Denney and Tami Ritter.

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Post-fire recovery

Once the flames were doused, the damage assessments and recovery process began.

The toll on property was great: Nearly 19,000 buildings, including about 14,000 homes, were wiped out. Also damaged or destroyed—much of the infrastructure, such as utility lines, both for telephones and electricity.

The efforts to clear the area of hazards began almost immediately. In fact, the day after the fire began, PG&E crews started taking down miles of damaged power poles and lines. On Dec. 19, the company announced that it had restored power to nearly all of the standing properties that were capable of

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receiving services.

The Paradise Irrigation District is also hard at work on the Ridge’s water supply— service is restored to much of the region, but the water is not yet potable.

While a few areas of Paradise were reopened in early December, the bulk of the town remained under a mandatory evacuation order until Dec. 15, when residents were let back in with proof of address. The next day, the region was opened to the general public. Last week, several businesses reopened their doors.

An estimated 52,000 people were initially displaced by the Camp Fire. While many were able to return to their residences, tens of thousands lost their homes and the majority have sought housing in nearby communities. Chico alone has grown by an estimated 10,000 to 20,000 residents—evacuees have purchased homes, found rent-

als or have bunked with family, friends and strangers. Others are living in RVs throughout the region or even in tents. An estimated 700 people were still being housed at the Red Cross emergency shelter at the Silver Dollar Fairgrounds last week.

One of the most significant problems post-Camp Fire is the demand for housing. In mid-December, a local developer backed out of negotiations with the Federal Emergency Management Agency on a plan to house 250 trailers at his north Chico property. One bright spot: Gridley is in discussions with state and federal officials about a similar plan to house hundreds of trailers.

Meanwhile, a proposal by federal and state officials to use the old Diamond Match property as a temporary debris-sorting station also was scrapped. The plan would have resulted in hundreds of trucks rolling in and out of the historic Barber neighborhood six days a week for a year. A smaller-scale plan to set up a nonhazardous waste-sorting facility in Oroville was announced last week, with a meeting set for tonight (Dec. 27).

Yes, she can

The results of the midterm elections made 2018 a historic year for women in politics, dubbed the “Year of the Woman,” thanks to the unprecedented number of women who were elected to office.

Some are referring to 2018 as the “Year of the Badass Woman,” a move to differentiate it from 1992, the original “Year of the Woman.” Records were broken then as well (four women were elected to the Senate back then, including newly re-elected Sen. Dianne Feinstein; 24 to the House of Representatives).

Today, it’s taken place within the context of the MeToo movement; then, sexual misconduct was also front-and-center.

All told, 126 women will hold seats in the 116th Congress when it convenes in January.

There’s still progress to be made: Women will make up only 23.6 percent of Congress.

This is up from 20 percent last year.

The women-empowered theme was felt on a local level as well.

During the primary, Chicoans Tami Ritter and Debra Lucero were elected to the Butte County Board of Supervisors—they will be sworn in in January. They’re replacing retiring Maureen Kirk and unseated Larry Wahl, respectively.

In the November midterm election, Alex Brown and Kasey Reynolds, both running their first campaigns for Chico City Council, were the top vote-getters in the race.

Meanwhile, Jody Jones was re-elected to the Paradise Town Council and reappointed as mayor. In Biggs, Councilwoman Angela Thompson was the top vote-earner.

Though Audrey Denney was ultimately unsuccessful in her quest to unseat Rep. Doug LaMalfa, she garnered an unprecedented level of support for a Democrat in District 1, beating LaMalfa by 7 percentage points in Butte County. (LaMalfa won with 54.9 percent of the vote; Denney took 45.1 percent).

Homeless help

There were some hiccups in 2018 when it came to the local efforts to address homelessness, but policy makers and advocates also paved the way for significant changes, especially toward the end of the year.

It started back in May, when the Chico City Council voted in favor of selling a 3.56acre city-owned piece of property on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway to the Jesus Center. The nonprofit has big plans for the space, including building a shelter, transitional housing, permanent housing, a day center and offering other services at the location.

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result, local service providers in these jurisdictions were able to apply for a portion of the $4.9 million in state funding available through the Homeless Emergency Aid Program (HEAP). That same month, the Oroville City Council approved $175,000 in bond money for Haven of Hope on Wheels, a newly established nonprofit planning to launch a mobile hygiene unit that will travel across the county, with showers and laundry services for homeless people.

In October, Stairways Programming, a low-barrier transitional housing program that served 30 people, announced it would be closing its doors at the end of 2018. Its executive director, Michael Madieros, told the CN&R part of the decision was personal; he’d suffered a heart attack. He’d also begun planning for a remodel of the place and the cost to fix existing problems or rebuild were prohibitive, he said.

In December, after more than four years of advocacy and planning, the Chico Housing Action Team’s tiny home project, Simplicity Village, was given the green light by the Chico City Council—the new configuration with its liberal majority—to move forward with its project on private property on Notre Dame Boulevard. It’ll be the first of its kind in Chico, and provide housing to 46 seniors.

Meanwhile, the council directed city staff to help a trio of local homeless service providers to find a location for a low-barrier, year-round shelter. The move comes after the Walmart Foundation committed $1 million in seed money. Partnering on the effort are the Safe Space Winter Shelter, Jesus Center and the Torres Community Shelter.

Oroville takes lead on cannabis

On Jan. 1, it became legal to sell cannabis to recreational users in the state of California.

And while most jurisdictions within Butte County—including the county itself—banned all commercial aspects of marijuana last year, Oroville decided to start 2018 by broaching the topic.

After two lengthy and heated City Council meetings, which made it clear that Mayor Linda Dahlmeier and Councilman Scott Thomson were fighting an uphill battle against cannabis, a majority of the panel voted in favor of allowing commercial cannabis and directed staff to begin the process.

In the months that followed, the city hired a consultant to advise officials on best practices and research the area.

Over the summer, after SCI Consulting Group, the firm the city hired, held several public information sessions on the topic, the council voted to place a cannabis sales tax measure on the November ballot. SCI esti-

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mated that if it passed, Oroville could expect to see $300,000-$600,000 a year from it. It did pass, handily, with 59 percent of the vote.

That seemed to be a clear message from the public, one that negated the message repeated by Dahlmeier, Thomson and others against legalization. They charged that while a majority of Orovillians had supported Proposition 64, most of them had done so because of the language allowing cities and counties to ban cannabis.

With the new tax on the books, the City Council reconvened after the election and voted to move forward with crafting a commercial cannabis ordinance that would regulate the industry, “from seed to sale.”

We can expect to see much more discussion on the topic in 2019, as Oroville writes its ordinance and Chico begins to talk about it—during the Chico City Council’s last meeting, Dec. 18, newbie council member and Vice Mayor Alex Brown requested discussion of commercial cannabis be agendized.

At last, a casino

After a grueling legal battle that spanned 16 years and cost Butte County taxpayers upward of $850,000, Chico’s Mechoopda Indian Tribe finally got the green light to build a casino at the crossroads of Highways 99 and 149.

“I was in my late 40s when we started this,” Arlene Ward, former tribal chairman, told the Board of Supervisors after they unanimously voted to send a letter of support for the casino to Gov. Jerry Brown. “I’m 69 today. This is monumental for me.”

Mechoopda Tribal Chairman Dennis Ramirez.

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That was in August. A few months earlier, a federal judge denied the last of several appeals in a lawsuit filed by the county challenging the tribe’s legal right to the land in question.

Over the years, the Mechoopda have fought long and hard to get land put into trust for them. Decades ago, the federal government stripped the Mechoopda—and dozens of other California tribes—of their recognition. Without recognition, they lost their right to their ancestral land, much of which is now occupied by Chico State and student housing.

After regaining recognition in the late-’90s, the Mechoopda started plans for a casino.

The county wouldn’t have it. At its worst,

a decade ago, the county hired a consultant who argued that the Mechoopda weren’t a tribe at all, that they were people from several different tribes who therefore have no right to that land. Well, several federal judges and the Bureau of Indian Affairs disagreed and, finally, the county gave up the fight.

The Mechoopda are now looking for a new gaming company to partner with and draw up new plans for a casino.

“We want to create jobs out there for our tribal members—and the people of Butte County—and we still believe in our selfsufficiency and should be able to take care of our members,” Tribal Chairman Dennis Ramirez told the CN&R in August.

Chico Scrap Metal

At the Chico City Council’s last meeting of 2018, one of the owners of Chico Scrap Metal, Kim Scott, addressed the members of the panel, asking them to look for solutions.

The problem: The business’ future is uncertain in the face of an amortization plan that calls for its operations to cease at its home on East 20th Street.

Some background: When the city of Chico and Butte County signed off on the Chapman-Mulberry Neighborhood Plan in 2004, the goal was to make the neighbor-

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Desmond Phillips’ father, David, leads a protest.

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hood more residential in nature. Several industrial businesses along East 20th Street were designated nonconforming uses and told to move—an order of a liberal-majority City Council. All did so, with one exception: Chico Scrap Metal.

The Scott family was granted several extensions until, in 2016, a conservative majority City Council created an ordinance that effectively would have allowed CSM to remain at its current site in perpetuity. In response, a group called Move the Junkyard gathered signatures for a referendum calling on the council to rescind the ordinance or put it on the ballot. The conservatives chose to sue Move the Junkyard, claiming that the referendum was invalid. It also sued Councilman Karl Ory, who led the referendum effort prior to his election.

So, what happened in 2018?

In January, based on a third lawsuit, Bob Mulholland vs. City of Chico, a Butte County Superior Court judge ruled that the referendum was valid. Six months later, she issued a writ of mandate commanding that the council either repeal the ordinance or put it on the November ballot. In a 4-to-3 vote, with Vice Mayor Reanette Fillmer and Councilmen Mark Sorensen and Randall Stone saying nay (forcing Mayor Sean Morgan to begrudgingly vote yes), the panel chose to rescind it. But then, in closed session, the conservatives turned around and voted 3-2 to appeal. That appeal was denied Nov. 1.

A separate issue surrounds the question of who is going to foot the bill for the three related lawsuits. The judge awarded attorneys’ fees to Move the Junkyard, Ory and Mulholland, arguing that the cases represent a win for democracy, as it protects the people’s right to petition.

Morgan and Sorensen had both maintained publicly that an indemnity clause within the

development agreement between Chico Scrap Metal and the city requires the recycler to pay litigation costs. However, an attorney representing Ory and Mulholland argued that that clause was never valid because the referendum put a hold on the ordinance, negating the development agreement.

Moreover, the Scotts have said publicly that they aren’t paying. In fact, on Dec. 3, they filed a fourth lawsuit, this one against the city, basically saying it had acted in bad faith by rescinding the ordinance, making CSM an illegal business while not helping find alternative options. The suit includes a request for attorneys’ fees as well as personal damages.

the deputies. They shot and killed her. Ramsey has yet to release an official report on the incident.

Micalizio’s case harkens to another, older one. In 2013, 19-year-old Breanne Sharpe, who also struggled with mental illness, fled from police. They cornered her and, as she put her car in reverse, Chico Police officers opened fire, shooting 19 bullets at her. While the courts initially sided with Ramsey in determining her death was justified, this past August, a panel of judges granted an appeal, saying the city and the officer who fired the fatal shot—then-Sgt. Scott Zuschin—should stand trial.

Cops on trial

This past year was a big one when it came to lawsuits against local law enforcement over officer-involved shootings. The two most visible cases involved young men experiencing mental health crises who were shot and killed in 2017; the other two bore similarities as well, in that both victims were in their vehicles when they died.

Desmond Phillips’ name has been indelibly marked in Chico’s history books, as his killing, on St. Patrick’s Day 2017, sparked local conversations about several important issues: police body cameras, bias against people of color and crisis-intervention training of law enforcement personnel. Those conversations rose louder in 2018, as the Justice for Desmond movement evolved into Concerned Citizens for Justice.

Amid that group’s efforts, family members of four local victims of officer-involved shootings focused on holding local officials accountable for their loved ones’ deaths.

In August, the Phillips case took a blow when the state Attorney General’s Office announced it would not overturn Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey’s finding that Phillips’ killing was justified.

In June, the family of Tyler Rushing, who’d been killed in summer 2017 after breaking into a Chico title company during a mental health crisis, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Chico, then-Sgt. Scott Ruppel, Armed Guard Private Protection and a security guard also involved in Rushing’s killing. That case is still pending.

A month later, the family of Myra Micalizio sued the Butte County Sheriff’s Office for her shooting death in April. She had mental health issues and deputies had been called because she was bothering some neighbors. Instead of raising her hands as ordered, she got into her car and allegedly sped toward

Barren market

Even before the Camp Fire, Butte County was in a housing crisis. Now, it’s in the grips of what some have dubbed a housing catastrophe.

Nearly 14,000 homes were destroyed in the fire, rendering tens of thousands homeless.

A look at real estate listings in late December showed 102 single-family homes available in Chico, about a third of the typical number of units.

Because of this, bidding wars have become commonplace, further driving up prices.

Before the fire, the median list price of a Chico home was $345,000. Now, it has risen to $400,000, and buyers are offering an average of 20 percent to 30 percent above that.

The uptick has spread to neighboring communities as well.

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erty; others have kicked renters out to cash in on the rise in home values. And with little to nothing available on the rental market, those who are priced out have been forced to leave the community.

It goes without saying that the lack of housing has also created a significant barrier for those already experiencing homelessness.

Even if they are ready to move on from the streets or the shelter, there is simply nowhere for them to go.

In response to the crisis as a whole, Butte County and Chico have relaxed zoning regulations to provide for temporary housing projects, such as RV parks.

Another significant effort that impacts the housing market came over the summer.

After more than two years of wrangling with developers and spending $500,000 on a consultant, the Chico City Council updated development impact fees for the first time in more than a decade.

Months later, in October, the council revisited those fees, deciding to lower the cost for smaller units to incentivize a variety of housing sizes. It also reduced impact fees for accessory dwelling units by 50 percent and started discussions about further reducing them in the wake of the Camp Fire.

Chambers in chaos

Chico’s City Council chambers have long been a place for passionate debate, but the contentiousness was taken to new heights in 2018 as local activists showed up in force on several hot-button issues, especially homelessness.

Under the leadership of Sean Morgan and Reanette Fillmer, then the mayor and vice mayor, respectively, the meetings often

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devolved into name-calling and finger-wagging from the dais and shouting and clapping from the gallery.

In May, things came to a head when the panel was considering discussing a laundry list of items homeless-advocacy watchdogs say are discriminatory. Specifically, earlier closing times for city parks, renewing the sit/lie ordinance and creating penalties for wayward shopping carts.

During public comment, former Bidwell Park and Playground Commissioner Mark Herrera read a satirical speech that called an unspecified leader of the Chico First group a “human paraquat”—an expression from The Big Lebowski that essentially translates to “buzzkill.” Morgan charged that the term rose to the level of a personal attack and ordered police to eject him. Herrera was handcuffed and subsequently arrested. After agreeing to take a breathalyzer test that found him to be over twice the legal limit for DUI, he was held overnight at the Butte County Jail. In October, he filed a civil lawsuit against the city in the U.S. Eastern District Court.

Also in October, activist Patrick Newman was escorted out of the chambers—again on Morgan’s order. Newman—an advocate for the homeless and founder of Chico Friends on the Street—criticized sit/lie during public comment. Near the end of his speaking limit, he began to read an excerpt from Martin v.

City of Boise, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision that has come to define the legality of sit/lie laws, acknowledging that he would continue “until this meeting is adjourned or I am removed from this building.”

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Disappearing debt

Just before Christmas 2017, Butte County staff revealed shocking news that, due to a significant clerical error, local municipalities needed to repay $2.3 million to the state of California.

An audit revealed that Butte County over-disbursed more than $6.4 million in vehicle licensing fees since 2008, leaving local cities on the hook to repay a portion of the debt over the next few years.

Naturally, local government employees were taken aback, as they were already trying to figure out how to plan for skyrocketing pension costs and other budget shortfalls.

The city of Chico alone had planned to pay back $400,000 this year, and then in September, California Controller Betty Yee delivered some unexpected, but not unwelcome, news: they’d been granted a reprieve, canceling the debt.

Couplet (finally) completed

In September, the city of Chico closed the book on the final stage of construction on the First and Second Street Couplet project. The capstone: stacked red-brick retaining walls complete with two pillars and attractive wrought-iron

fencing, including a giant decorative oak leaf, in the roundabout just outside the CN&R’s front doors.

The price tag: $378,000—from monies earmarked specifically for transportation projects.

Recall that construction began way back in 2012. The main work was to transform First Street and a portion of Second Street into one-way corridors, running west and east, respectively. The goal: enhancing traffic flow and pedestrian and bicycle travel, and making both safer.

But work abruptly stopped the next summer, leaving the corner of Second and Flume streets with a barren dirt roundabout. Also devoid of landscaping were the city-owned strips of land surrounding it. And that’s what those of us at the CN&R looked upon for five full years.

Needless to say, we’re happy the project is finished.

New fire chief: ‘understaffed’

At the end of January, Chico hired its fifth fire chief since 2008: Steve Standridge, who hailed from Colorado, where he served for 23 years with the South Metro Fire Rescue Authority outside of Denver. Immediately, he saw a department in peril. After having lost a grant that funded 15 firefighters, his predecessor had been forced to lay off employees and close two stations.

The city’s emphasis on law enforcement has resulted in significant funding for the police force, and Standridge was able to convince the City Council to boost his budget a bit this past year. His goals, as he related them to the CN&R a few months into his tenure, are to increase the Chico Fire Department staffing to a minimum of 17 firefighters on duty per day—the current minimum is 14. In the days following the deadly Camp Fire, he began to beat his drum louder.

“This is not just unsustainable, it is unsafe, inefficient, and a liability for the city,” he tweeted Nov. 29, after noting that his firefighters were fatigued and overworked and that his department was “dangerously understaffed.”

Counselors hit the streets

Welcome to the roundabout.

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In February, the Chico City Council approved a memorandum of understanding between the Police Department and Butte County Behavioral Health to establish a two-person mobile crisis unit to respond to calls that involve mental illness.

While this was considered a coup for crisis intervention advocates, it also drew criticism, mainly for the fact that the unit is available only during the day—8 a.m.-6:30 p.m.

Critics charged that the team was most needed at night, when Behavioral Health staff is not available to respond to incidents.

In September, Chico Police Chief Mike O’Brien reported that the collaboration had been very successful thus far, having responded to 194 incidents. This contributed to the county’s decision to implement its own mobile crisis team in the fall to work with the Sheriff’s Office in southern Butte County.

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Coming to terms

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Chico City Councilman Mark Sorensen prompted a major change in the city charter during his last year in office.

Early in the year, the two-term councilman made the pitch to limit members of the panel to three consecutive terms—12 years.

Those on the right side of the dais (read: the three other conservatives) took his lead and put that question to voters during the general election via Measure S. Both Chico newspapers—this one and the Chico Enterprise-Record—urged readers to vote no for obvious reasons. First off, there’s already an established way for the body republic to enact term limits: via the ballot box. And second, we appreciate it when candidates are experienced.

Perhaps representative of the country’s political repulsion, locals voted in favor of the measure, 69.17 percent. The fine print: It’s not retroactive.

Chico History Museum board (from left): Debbie Ricci, Amy Kao and Randy Taylor.

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Unsustainable

Sustainability programs at both Chico State and Butte College took hits this year, with the dissolution of the Institute for Sustainable Development and the Sustainability Resource Center, respectively. The former lost its longtime director, Jim Pushnik, to retirement, and the latter’s leader, Yvette Zunigh, resigned and was not replaced. Both had been around since 2007.

Funding was the cited reason for both campuses’ decisions: Enrollment at Butte College has been dropping, and so has its Associated Students funding, and Chico State cited concerns about its budget.

Both colleges reaffirmed a commitment to sustainability in different ways—at Butte College, officials said they will spread their focus on sustainability across departments, and at Chico State, institute staff members were transferred to Facilities Management and Services or the Regenerative Agriculture Initiative (and only some chose to stay).

The latter department will now direct Chico State’s annual This Way to Sustainability conference.

No, really, it’s free

It was a good year to pursue a college education.

Recognizing the significant barriers students face when it comes to paying for higher education, Butte College set out to grant two semesters of free tuition and fees for firsttime, full-time students starting this past fall, through its Butte College Promise Program.

To kick-start the effort, Ken Grossman, founder of Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., and his wife, Katie Gonser—both alums of Butte College—contributed $1 million, the larg-

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est donation in the community college’s history. Better yet, the donation founded the Grossman Family Promise Scholarship Endowment, which will continue to fund the effort.

Can’t keep a good gallery down

By spring 2017, the 1078 Gallery had gone through three homes and survived as an art space in Chico for 36 years. When it was booted from its expansive digs at 820 Broadway due to disagreements with the owner over its live-music programming, it was just another obstacle for the enduring nonprofit to overcome. The gallery was homeless for about a year as it searched for a

Butte College President Samia Yaqub, left, and Vice President Allen Renville.

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new building. In the interim, the organization put on pop-up shows around town until it finally opened its fourth location at 1710 Park Ave. The August debut started with a soft-opening performance of Slow Theatre’s production of The Wolves, followed by a celebratory edition of its annual 1078 Gallery Members Show.

Now 37, the gallery is back and as committed as ever to its mission of offering “exciting exhibitions of contemporary and experimental artworks in visual, musical, literary, film, and performance mediums.”

It was more than a year ago that the Chico Museum mysteriously closed it doors. When it reopened a few months later, the museum had a new name, new mission and new leadership. Following a split from Far West Heritage Association—the organization that also managed the Patrick Ranch Museum in Durham—board President Amy Kao formally signed documents in April, establishing the newly independent Chico History Museum.

The new entity is a volunteer-run nonprofit that focuses solely on exhibits on Chico’s history, including its permanent Chico Through Time and reconstructed Chinese Temple displays, in addition to rotating exhibits curated by board members Randy Taylor and Dave Nopel.

The museum has a five-year, dollar-a-year lease with the city of Chico for the historic Carnegie Library building at Second and Salem streets, and in addition to continuing to raise money and attract volunteers, the board has the long-term goal of reconfiguring the building’s main room and basement to increase its usable space.

Park talk?

In a move that some characterized as discriminatory against the homeless population, the Bidwell Park and Playground Commission (BPPC) and Chico City Council voted in in favor of changing park closure times to a uniform 11 p.m., even for City Plaza, which used to be “open” until 2 a.m., when downtown bars close.

Chico Police Sgt. Mike Williams on the Pleasant Valley High School campus.

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Cops on campus

Fall 2018 marked the return of police officers to Chico Unified School District campuses after a six-year hiatus. This was made possible because CUSD received a substantial grant from the Department of Justice—$1.5 million, specifically for tobacco-related education and enforcement.

By next school year, there will be five officers across CUSD campuses: one based at the elementary sites, another at the middle schools and one for each high school.

The return of the officers garnered criticism at Chico City Council meetings, where speakers charged that policing on campuses does more harm than good, and questioned the district’s use of health-related funding (from a tax on tobacco users) to bring armed officers back on campus.

Others expressed excitement at the opportunity to take a proactive, preventative approach to issues on local campuses.

The grant also funded a CUSD intervention specialist and new smoke/vapor detectors for high school restrooms.

For Upper Bidwell Park, the BPPC voted in early November to recommend a $2 daily parking fee and a $25 annual parking pass, with reduced or waived fees for certain groups such as disabled people and groups that lease park facilities. The fees would go to maintenance of Upper Park Road, including additional staffing, should it be reopened.

The City Council might have discussed the issue in November, but the Camp Fire hit and priorities shifted. Look out for it in early 2019.

Bigger room

This past year, Bob Littell passed the torch of the Sierra Nevada Nevada Big Room to 34-year-old Mahina Gannet. Littell, who retired in March, had been the venue’s only booker since it opened in 2000. During his tenure as manager, the Big Room gained a reputation as one of the premier places on the West Coast to see great Americana, bluegrass and blues shows in a warm and fairly intimate setting.

With the change in management came a shift in focus. Gannet added to the schedule of its traditional music fare (now promoted under the banner of the “Heritage Series”) an ambitious roster of shows that has brought in a wide range of styles, from rock and indie to rap and even experimental. Recent sold-out shows featuring the likes of indie/Americana

Chico property owner William Sheridan discusses issues he’s had since the city’s wastehauling agreement took effect in October 2017.

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“Aftermath” ceramic sculpture by Carol McClendon at 1078 Gallery’s first Member Showcase in its new digs.

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Philadelphia indie-rockers Hop Along on the Sierra Nevada Big Room stage in August 2018.

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singer-songwriter Neko Case and mathy indie-pop act Pinback are a promising sign for both the brewery and the community.

Waste woes

While the city raked in its first $800,000 annual infusion from a waste-hauling franchise agreement with Recology and Waste Management in 2017, the reverberations of the transition weren’t felt until this year.

Waste Management took over all residential accounts, and commercial customers were split into two districts, one for Recology and one for Waste Management, eliminating the competitive market.

Many customers (primarily business owners) were up in arms over what they saw as a degradation of service and significant fee increases, some to the tune of thousands of dollars per year. Critics argued that the city was benefiting while customers had to bear

the burden.

One of the main arguments in favor of the franchise agreement was that it would lessen the impact on city roadways, which are estimated to cost $7 million to maintain.

Last year, city officials voted to direct all proceeds to road maintenance.

But already, this past Oct. 2, Chico Police Chief Mike O’Brien requested that $350,000 in waste-hauling fees be redirected to a permanent street crimes unit, a proposal backed by former City Councilman Andrew Coolidge. This despite the fact that, two months earlier, the city was granted $1.5 million in state tobacco tax grant funding, negating the need for approved city funding for two school resource officers. The council nixed the request, and reaffirmed its position that the waste-hauling fees go to local roads.

Wait, we got funding for art?

After years of little to no funding, 2018 marked a shift in priorities, with money coming from two different directions.

First, in March, the City Council directed $10,000 annually toward the maintenance and repair of public art. Then, in May, the council reinstated the allocation of transient occupancy tax (TOT) funds to support arts and culture organizations. Annually, 1 percent of the TOT revenue will be dedicated to the arts. For 2017-18, that amounted to $25,056, which was spread out among 11 recipients— from the Blue Room Theatre to the Stonewall Alliance Center, with the recipients chosen by the Chico Arts Commission. Ω YEAR IN REVIEW C O N T I N U E D

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Bad news board

For five years, Thomas Kelem led the Stonewall Alliance Center. He was a wellliked leader known for helping the nonprofit expand its scope of services and programs for the LGBTQ community.

In May, however, Stonewall’s board of directors dismissed Kelem from his post as executive director, shocking the Stonewall family. The decision to fire him, over a “confidential personnel matter,” came just five months before his planned retirement.

For 10 days after that move, the board was silent about its decision, sowing mistrust and anger among Stonewall’s members, who showed up in force at a community forum to criticize the organization for lack of communication, representation and transparency.

Stonewall eventually righted its ship: Most of the board resigned. The two remaining members, with the help of longtime volunteers, established a new board, brought in a clinical counseling services director and center coordinator, and managed to pull off Stonewall’s annual Chico Pride celebration.

Former Stonewell Alliance Center Executive Director Thomas Kelem.

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Retroactive revolt

Cities have been grappling with how to regulate vacation rentals since the explosion of services like Airbnb and VRBO about 10 years ago.

In 2017, the city of Chico cited a couple for such a rental, saying they weren’t allowed. After the homeowners sued and a judge ruled that the city had erred, officials changed course. In 2018, they amended city code to include the aforementioned type of properties in the section calling for the collection of transient occupancy taxes (TOT)—a fee historically paid by hotel, motel and bed and breakfast operators. Here in Chico, that tax amounts to 10 percent.

That about-face took place last spring and, with about 200 vacation rentals operating in Chico, the city was poised to bring in an additional $140,000 to $160,000 in TOT funds per year.

Vacation rental owners soon found out, however, that the city intended to retroactively tax them for the past year of business, many receiving notices in the mail with hundreds to upward of thousands of dollars owed.

After the CN&R covered the issue— including in an editorial calling the retroactive grab a “shakedown”—the City Council directed City Manager Mark Orme to facilitate an appeals process, with the intent to work with folks to waive fees prior to Sept. 1.

Toadies together

District 1 Rep. Doug LaMalfa has no shame when it comes to supporting President Trump. But one particular event that stuck out in 2018 was when LaMalfa brought Rep. Devin Nunes of Tulare to town as a featured speaker at his high-dollar re-election campaign fundraiser.

Here’s a reminder of who he is for those of you thinking, Devin who?

Nunes is the Trump sycophant who is infamous for having met secretly on the White House grounds with members of POTUS’ team to view documents allegedly confirming the president’s claim he’d been wiretapped by the Obama administration during the presidential campaign—a conspiracy theory debunked

by U.S. intelligence officials.

Nunes, one-time chair of the House Intelligence Committee, is accused of repeatedly taking steps to shield the president from the investigation into Russian meddling during the 2016 general election. Even Republican Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham called on him to recuse himself from the matter.

That LaMalfa would bring him to town speaks volumes.

Wisdom of the mayor

Last spring, Sean Morgan, who was Chico’s mayor at the time, appeared on local TV news lambasting the efforts of a group that spends each Sunday afternoon at City Plaza, providing food for and fellowship with homeless people.

“They don’t have the moral high ground,” Morgan told a reporter. “They’re hurting these people by empowering them.”

It’s likely Morgan’s statement was a sort of trial balloon—to test the waters on how it would go over if he and the other conservatives put forward policy prohibiting food

distribution at the site. Based on further comments by the mayor in that interview, in which he mimicked some of the pushback from the community, he knew his comments would offend people.

“Oh, you’re outlawing homelessness. Oh, you rotten person. Oh, we’re just trying to feed people. We’re just trying to do the right thing,” Morgan whined.

Well put, we say.

Bikini baristas

In August, local coffee drinkers learned they’d soon be able to get a show with their blended mocha. That’s because the Java Detour signage at the drive-thru stand at East First and Mangrove avenues had been replaced with the promise of something much more risqué: Bottoms Up Espresso, featuring bikini-clad baristas.

Local parents and prudes immediately took to social media to condemn the place before it even opened. Their efforts appear to have, at least in part, worked—while the Bottoms Up Espresso PHOTO BY MEREDITH J. COOPER

Doin’ the paw-scootin’ boogie in a screenshot from Butte County Sheriff’s lip-sync challenge video.

coffee stand is still in business (somehow—it always seems slow), Bottoms Up’s Chico location has neither a Yelp nor a Facebook page, and the franchise owner has avoided being named in the news. While the proprietors seem to have thin skin, the young women working for them are still showing plenty of theirs.

Drive-thru snafu

Back in July, a handful of business owners appealed a use permit approved by the city zoning administrator for a Subway drivethru in a retail strip on Nord Avenue across from Safeway (and the existing Subway sandwich shop, which wanted to move).

The logistics were problematic, to say the least. Creating a drive-thru would eliminate parking spaces and prevent delivery trucks from accessing existing businesses. Plus, cars would have to loop in front of a heavily trafficked pedestrian route for students who live in the apartments behind the businesses. Not to mention the fact that the intersection closest to the proposed drive-thru is already so congested it’s slated to become a roundabout.

The Chico City Council saw the light and nixed the use permit. (Then-Councilman Mark Sorensen and Vice Mayor Reanette Fillmer apparently thought the Subway plan was solid, however, and voted to let it move forward. What were they thinking?)

Double trouble

Former Vice Mayor Reanette Fillmer spent four years as a representative of our fair city— and each year she’s made the CN&R’s “What were they thinking?” compilation.

While there are many memorable gaffes from which to choose, a couple stood out in 2018, the second and last year of her term as vice mayor.

First: Fillmer’s decision to appear in a

worthy to ignore.

This past summer, the Butte County Sheriff’s Office answered the lip-sync challenge, a public-relations stunt that lawenforcement all over the country took part in. In a video posted to YouTube, personnel from the sheriff’s dispatch, K-9, marine, corrections and air units put Butte County’s most redneck foot forward by singing and (kind of) dancing along to Brooks and Dunn’s “Boot Scootin’ Boogie.” Cheesiness and embarrassing representation aside, the allocation of so many resources (including a boat and helicopter!) in an effort to polish the image of law enforcement tarnished by widespread discrimination in its ranks was a pretty tonedeaf move.

campaign ad for Rep. Doug LaMalfa in which she besmirched one of her own constituents—congressional candidate Audrey Denney. Not a smart move. It even led to her losing her job at a local agricultural lending company.

Then: As if that wasn’t bad enough, Fillmer decided to sue her workplace and publicize the whole drama in a story in Redding’s daily paper.

As we reported, her lawsuit likely is meritless. So, what did she accomplish?

Infuriating a large portion of Chico, losing employment and putting up red flags to prospective employers.

Meanwhile, out here in the boondocks

It may seem cynical to fault anyone for dancing and singing with their friends and co-workers, but dang … this is too cringe-

on the agenda, it violated the Brown Act. So, the five called two emergency meetings (one of them in closed session) and ultimately rescinded the censure and then voted to reinstate it.

Then, in October, District Attorney Mike Ramsey addressed the Oroville council and accused the same five of violating the Brown Act in a separate incident. Each could be charged with a misdemeanor, he said.

Do you know the way to the exit?

An audience member inside the Paradise Performing Arts Center captured on video the moment Former Chico Police Sgt. Scott Ruppel. when legendary American PHOTO BY KEN SMITH singer Dionne Warwick walked onto the stage in street clothes and announced that she would not be performing the show scheduled for that night, March 29. With North Valley Productions owner/promoter Steve Schuman standing at her side, she told A few months ago, the CN&R covered the story of her good friend Sammy Davis the trial of former Chico Police Sgt. Scott Jr. giving her the advice to always give Ruppel over an incident in which he choked your all in a performance, even if there’s an a man in custody named William Michael audience of only one but always get paid Rowley. first. Warwick said she had not been paid The incident was discovered and charges as promised, and so, for the first time in her against Ruppel filed after investigators with career, would not go on. the Butte County District Attorney’s Office Schuman then announced to the sparse viewed the video footage captured by anothcrowd—the low attendance was presumably er officer’s lapel camera to bolster their case the reason he didn’t pay Warwick—that against Rowley. they’d be refunded the cost of their tickets.

The video shows Ruppel—a veteran Ouch. officer—grabbing Rowley by the throat and thrusting him back with great force. The footage is damning, but further bolstering the case against the cop was a fellow CPD officer who testified that the maneuver can If Chicoans thought their City Council was fractured, they only needed to look south inflict serious harm and is not approved by or taught within the department. to Oroville for a more volatile panel. In July, But this is a two-fold example of “What things came to a head when five members, were they thinking?” including Vice Mayor Janet Goodson, passed Not only does it apply to Ruppel, it also a resolution to censure the mayor, Linda should be asked of the DA’s office. The Dahlmeier. They argued she’d violated the DA-approved jury included a criminal juscity’s ethics code with her conduct toward tice student who said he wants to pursue a employees and the council; specifically, that career in law enforcement, a former officer she “disrespected” staff, “created a hostile of 25 years, and a man who stated he was work environment” and “falsely accused individual council members in open meetings acquaintances with several Chico police officers. of conspiracy and collusion against her.”

The end result: Ruppel was found not Dahlmeier, who denied the allegations, Ω fired back that, because the resolution wasn’t guilty.

Not guilty? Seriously?

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Arts &Culture From left: Isle of Dogs, Sorry to Bother You, Faces Places and Black Panther.

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Special Events CAMP CHICO IMAGINATION: Join them for science, nature education and day camp fun. Half-day, full-day and weekly spots available. Through 1/4. Chico Creek Nature Center, 1968 E. Eighth St. 891-4671. chicorec.com

GATEWAY SCIENCE MUSEUM - FREE ADMISSION: Get your science on!

Free admission at the museum through 1/6. Gateway Science Museum, 625 Esplanade. 898-4121.

Iing,evenit’swithalready more high points in the offclear that there has been t’s mid-December as I write this, but

quite a lot to like about the movies in 2018. So much, in by fact, that the customJuan-Carlos ary “Top Ten” list Selznick won’t do really do it justice.

A “Top Forty” might be closer to what’s needed. (See, for example, Richard Brody’s The Best Movies of 2018 list in the online version of The New Yorker: it has several dozen films on it, and he opines that there are many more standouts that he just hasn’t been able to see as yet.)

How good a movie year was it? Well, let me count the ways: It was the year of Black Panther, Isle of Dogs, Roma, The Rider, Crazy Rich Asians, BlacKkKlansman, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, an unexpectedly intriguing remake of A Star Is Born, and Morgan Neville’s astonishing documentary portrait of Mr. Fred Rogers, Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

There was a whole array of outstanding films directed by women: Chloé Zhao’s The Rider, Debra Granik’s Leave No Trace, Lynne Ramsay’s

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You Were Never Really Here, Susanna White’s Woman Walks Ahead, Agnès Varda’s Faces Places (France), Claire Denis’ Let the Sun Shine In (France), Alice Rohrwacher’s Happy as Lazzaro (Italy), Mouly Surya’s Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts (Indonesia), Valeska Grisebach’s Western (GermanyBulgaria), Lucretia Martel’s Zama (Argentina).

It was a very good (and unexpectedly trenchant) year for westerns: The Sisters Brothers, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Woman Walks Ahead, Hostiles, The Ballad of Lefty Brown, The Rider, plus several masterful foreign variations: Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts, Western and the Australian Sweet Country. Also a pair of anarchic parodies: Damsel and Paradox.

Three of the very best foreign films of the year turned up locally: Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Loveless (Russia), Sebastián Lelio’s A Fantastic Woman (Chile), and Michael Haneke’s Happy End (France). But there was an even better yield of foreign gems via streaming services: Roma, Happy as Lazzaro, Let the Sun Shine In, Faces Places, A Ciambra (Italy), Arnaud Desplechin’s Ismael’s Ghosts (France), Hong Sang-

soo’s Claire’s Camera (South Korea/ France) and Xavier Beauvois’ The Guardians (France).

There were charmingly regional pleasures to be had in lively films that were Oakland-centric (Blindspotting, Sorry to Bother You) and Portland-centric (Leave No Trace, Lean on Pete and Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot).

Joaquin Phoenix scored a low-key trifecta of sublime weirdness: The Sisters Brothers, You Were Never There, and Don’t Worry, He won’t Get Far on Foot.

It was a movie year that had room for some distinctly small movies, which were perfectly content in their smallness and unexpectedly eloquent in their respective offbeat ways: Alan Rudolph’s Ray Meets Helen; Ethan Hawke’s Blaze; and Robert Redford’s The Old Man & the Gun. Paradox (written/directed by Daryl Hannah and starring Neil Young): a western in (video) sketch form, 60-plus minutes of guitar chords and countercultural goofing, homegrown in every way, endlessly watchable (because listenably laid-back?). Doesn’t belong on anybody’s Ten Best list, including mine. But, for a cock-eyed moment or two, it almost makes sense to consider it the film of the year. Ω

PARADISE ICE RINK: Welcome news from the Ridge! The rink has opened with open skate sessions, stroller skating, adult Coffee Club skating, lessons and other fun, themed events. Through 1/13, 12pm-6pm. Terry Ashe Recreation Center, 6626 Skyway, Paradise. paradiseprpd.com

PRESCHOOL STORY TIME: Stories, songs and activities for children 5 and younger. Thu, 12/27, 10am. Durham Branch Library, 2545 Durham Dayton Highway, Durham. buttecounty.net

TODDLER STORYTIME: Toddlers and families will love this interactive storytime featuring stories, songs and movement. Thu, 12/27, 10am. Chico Branch Library, 1108 Sherman Ave.

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CAMP FIRE RELIEF TELETHON Saturday, Dec. 29 Chico Women’s Club SEE SATURDAY, MUSIC

LEFTOVER SALMON Saturday, Dec. 29 Sierra Nevada Big Room SEE SUNDAY, MUSIC

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NYE @ MONCA: Northern California has seen a year with many challenges but also an unbounding flow of love and support from neighbors and friends, both near and far.

Come together and usher in a new year of promise and hope. Ticket includes food, champagne, games, dancing, art-making and music by Susan Schrader, Jazz Satie and Bogg. Mon, 12/31, 8:30pm. $35. Museum of Northern California Art, 900 Esplanade.

NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY: Rock out all night with BILINGUAL STORY GARDEN: Wonderful, weekly bilingual storytime with songs, stories and fun for kids. Fri, 12/28, 10am. Chico Branch Library, 1108 Sherman Ave. buttecounty.net

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Special Events CFOL BOOK SALE: Chico Friends of the Library weekly book sale. Sat 12/29, 9am. Chico Branch Library, 1108 Sherman Ave. buttecounty.net

FIREWORKS IN A JAR: Investigation station looks at the science behind fireworks. Fireworks are used around the world to celebrate special occasions including New Year’s Eve. Come by as we explore the history of New Year’s Eve and create your own fireworks show in a jar. Sat 12/29, 1pm. Gateway Science Museum, 625 Esplanade. csuchico.edu

LEGO CLUB: All-day Lego fun for the whole family. Bring your imaginations, the library provides the Legos. Sat 12/29, 10am. Oroville Branch Library, 1820 Mitchell Av.e, Oroville. buttecounty.net

Music ERIC PETERS & LEANNE COOLEY: Brunch tunes to get your Saturday moving. Sat, 12/29, 11am. La Salles, 229 Broadway St. lasalleschico.com

CAMP FIRE RELIEF TELETHON: An all-day, in-person & online, livestreaming event for those displaced by the Camp Fire. Live music from Lillie Lemon, Big Mo, Black Fong, Ruckatash

and many more. Sat, 12/29, 2pm. $10. Chico Women’s Club, 592 E. Third St.

LEFTOVER SALMON: From the mountains of Colorado, jamgrass pioneers mixup Americana, rock, Cajun, soul, zydeco, jazz and blues, defying categorization. The legendary group has been kicking it for nearly 30 years, with no sign of slowing down. Sat, 12/29, 7pm. $35. Sierra Nevada Big Room, 1075 E. 20th St. sierranevada.com

VIRGINIA MARLO: Wine tasting, pizza and a beautiful blend of blend of pop, alternative and hip-hop on the piano. Sat, 12/29, 1pm. Almendra Winery & Distillery, 9275 Midway Road, Durham.

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1920s NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY: Dinner and dancing with a Roaring Twenties theme and live swing music from the James Zeller Trio.

A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Butte Humane Society. Mon, 12/31, 8pm. $65.

La Salles, 229 Broadway St. lasalleschico. com

NATIONAL BULLRIDING CHAMPIONSHIP: Terrified cows try to throw cowboys on the ground.

Arena dance follows the spectacle featuring the Jeff Pershing Band. Mon, 12/31, 7pm. $30-$35. Pauline Davis Pavilion, Tehama District Fairgrounds, 650 Antelope Blvd., Red Bluff. dpshows.com

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the WhiteWater band. Special party packages include champagne, party favors and 1:30am breakfast buffet! Mon, 12/31, 9pm. $10-$40. Berry Patch Restaurant, 900 Newville Road, Orland.

NEW YEAR’S EVE WITH DECADES: One of Butte County’s best cover bands rings in the

New Year. This show is sold out! Mon, 12/31, 9:30pm. Feather Falls Casino & Lodge, 3 Alverda Drive, Oroville. featherfallscasino.com

NEW YORK NEW YEAR’S EVE: Chico and Oroville Optimists sponsor an early evening party with New York steak dinner (plus New York cheesecake dessert), dance and raffle.

Fundraiser for both Friend to Youth program and Camp Fire disaster relief. Sat 1/5, 9am. $45/person (eventbrite.com). Feather Falls Casino, 2 Alverda Drive, Oroville. Info: 530-533-1413.

PUTTIN’ ON THE GLITZ: Live music, food, drinks, games, dancing and much more. Benefits support the YMCA. Mon, 12/31, 8:30pm. $50.

Oroville Inn, 2066 Bird St., Oroville.

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Special Events Celebrate what would have been Desmond Phillips’ 27th birthday with a candlelight vigil in the plaza. Mental illness is not a crime. Tue, 1/1, 6pm. Chico Downtown Plaza, 132 W. Fourth St.

NEW YEARS DAY 5K: Ain’t no better cure for that champagne hangover than to jog a few Ks. Tue, 1/1, 9am. Free. Caper Acres Playground, Bidwell Park.

POLAR BEAR PLUNGE: Swim across Sycamore Pool with a bunch of other tough studs. Tue, 1/1, 1pm. One Mile Recreation Area, Bidwell Park.

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Special Events ADULT CRAFT CLUB: Bring your latest project and connect with other crafters. Wed, 1/2, 10am. Butte County Library, 1820 Mitchell Ave, Oroville. buttecounty.net

This past year sucked for Butte County. An arbitrary date change doesn’t fix our problems, but we can still party, prepare and ponder the future as we look toward 2019. If you’re still searching for a rad New Year’s Eve event, here are a few suggestions: Decades (pictured) plays at Feather Falls Casino & Lodge, Smokey the Groove and The Gold Souls blow it out at Lost on Main, the Defcats perform at Sol Mexican Grill, Zion Roots Sound spins an irie evening at Seeva’s Pub, the Maltese hosts the Glitter Gala drag show and Off the Record plays ’80s faves at the Tackle Box. Happy New Year!

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Art BLACKBIRD: Tiny Shiv & Ashley Penning, illustrations on display. Through 12/31.

Followed by oni e dakni, surreal mixed media paintings. Through 1/31. 1431 Park Ave.

CHICO ART CENTER: The Gift Show, more than 20 artists curate booths and sell handmade goods and artwork for the holiday season. Through 12/28. Next up: Member Showcase, annual show featuring the artwork of CAC members. Through 2/1. CAC classrooms are also open and available to artists displaced by the fire every Sunday from 10am - 4pm, and is accepting supply donations. 450 Orange St. chicoartcenter.com

JAMES SNIDLE FINE ARTS GALLERY: Stan Sours & Avery Palmer, final week of the gallery’s last exhibit ever, featuring Sours’ sculptures and Palmer’s paintings.

Through 12/28. Free. 254 E. Fourth St., 343-2930.

MUSEUM OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ART: FOR MORE MUSIC, SEE NIGHTLIFE ON PAGE 28

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Collectors A Fresh Take, a collaborative exhibit looks at art from the youthful eye of students to the experienced eye of the collectors, curated by art and art history students from Chico State and Butte College, and collectors Bob Klang, Reed Applegate, Pat and Richard Macias, Idie Adams, Alan Carrier and Nathan Heyman. Through 1/20. $5. 900 Esplanade. monca.org

NAKED LOUNGE: Euphoria, pop surrealist dystopic vibes collide with a pastel paradise. Ethereal maidens and astrobabes can be found in strange situations floating in space in Absolute Ama’s dreamy work. Through 12/31. Free. 118 W 2nd St., 591-7080.

ORLAND ART CENTER: Celebrating the Season, works by Denise Granger Kerbs, plus Magalia watercolorist Lynn Miller, acrylics by Sandy Obester from Douglas City and Sacramento artist Linda Clark Johnson’s cyanotype and collage images.

Through 1/24. 732 Fourth St., Orland. orlandartcenter.com

SALLY DIMAS ART GALLERY: Ann Pierce & Betty Polivka, estate sale, plus new works by by C. Preble Miles and Sally Dimas.

Through 12/31. 493 East Ave., Suite 1. sallydimasartgallery.com

UPPER CRUST: Candy Matthews, paintings and mixed medium works by the artist.

Through 12/31. 130 Main St.

Museums GATEWAY SCIENCE MUSEUM: Zoom Into Nano, hands-on exhibition demonstrates how scientists observe and make things that are too small to see. Find out how nanotechnology affects our lives through a number of awesome interactive exhibits.

Through 1/6. Free. 625 Esplanade.

PATRICK RANCH MUSEUM: Patrick Ranch Museum, working farm and museum with rotating exhibits open every Saturday and Sunday from 11am to 3pm.

Through 12/30. 10381 Midway, Durham.

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the past year that had been running through my head are lost in the smoke that began shrouding Butte County on Nov. 8. And even though the Camp Fire has been extinguished and most of the ashes washed away, in many ways, the smoke lingers. I have a feeling that, for by the people of Jason Butte County, Cassidy the damage will be permanent; j aso nc@ newsrev i ew.c om the smell will never completely fade. The survivors from those devastated places—Butte Valley, Centerville, Concow, Magalia, Paradise, Pulga—who lost loved ones, homes, businesses and entire communities, will have before- and after-2018 lives. And for the rest of us, the year will be a signpost on our personal timelines much like other traumatic and/or momentous years (9/11, 1969, etc.) that we use to navigate our histories.

So, even though 2018 was filled with a greater volume of noteworthy arts activity than I’ve seen in probably any of the other 14 years of my time at this arts-watching desk, that picture is fuzzy. In the foreground now are the sharp images of loss—all the art, music equipment, studios, classrooms, arts/musicrelated businesses and inventory and concert halls that were destroyed.

Thankfully, however, nearly as in focus, standing arm-in-arm with those who were most impacted by the fire, I can also make out the delicate features of hope.

There’s the picture of Christina Seashore, one-quarter of the popular Chikoko arts/design collective, who lost her life’s work and all her art-making equipment and supplies when the home she shared with husband/musician Paul Wright and their two kids was lost. And next to that image is the immediate response of the community of loved ones and fellow artists who collectively donated nearly $10,000 to a GoFundMe campaign for the family while the fire was still burning.

And the brutal portrait featuring the members of the death-metal band Aberrance—in which the four friends not only lost the home they shared (aka the Fortress of Duditude), but also nearly every piece of their formidable arsenal of noise-making gear. That sits side by side with the flier for the Tame the Flame benefit organized by the Nor Cal metal community last Saturday (Dec. 22) at Lost on Main, a benefit for Aberrance and other “extreme musicians” impacted by the fire.

And then there’s the devastation of longtime Chico guitarist Bruce MacMillan and his wife, Sally, owners of the Music Connection stores in Chico and Redding. The MacMillans lost their home and many irreplaceable instruments to the fire, and in the aftermath, not only kept their stores open, but also have helped lead efforts to assist

Andrew Littlefield’s prints of the Paradise sign on recycled/repurposed wood are being sold at Cafe Coda (265 Humboldt Ave.) to benefit the Paradise Unified School District as well as the family of William Dane Walston, who designed the image, and who also lost his home in the Camp Fire.

musicians who lost gear.

The Chico store is operating as a place of comfort for fire victims, where they can come to stay connected to the music community as well as get 15 percent off purchases. The MacMillans are also accepting donated musical instruments and handing them out to those impacted by the fire, and the Music Connection has partnered with KZFR community radio, the California Bluegrass Association and promoters/musicians of the Chico open-mic scene to establish and administer the Music Around the Camp Fire Fund with the aim of replacing all of the instruments lost to the flames (visit kzfr.org/ donate to contribute).

That is one especially vibrant, visceral image added to the growing collage of empathy, hope and resilience that this damaged community is in the process of creating. It’s something to behold, and something to look back at and hold onto as Butte County continues to recover. It’s also something to remember next time you’re deciding where to shop for musical instruments. #buttestrong Ω

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THUrSDAY 12/27—WeDNeSDAY 01/02 BIG MO & THE FULL MOON BAND: Butte County favorites hit the stage as a quartet. Plus, opening act Fred Zeppelin. Fri, 12/28, 9pm. $5. The Maltese, 1600 Park Ave.

COMEDY NIGHT: Becky Lynn hosts with Johnny Taylor Jr. and featured comic Alfonso Portela. Plus, sets from Wendy Lewis, Kelley Nicole, Dillon Collins and Bob Backstrom. Fri, 12/28, 8:30pm. $5.

Duffy’s Tavern, 337 Main St.

INSIDE STRAIT: Country and classic

rock in the lounge. Fri, 12/28, 8:30pm. Gold Country Casino & Hotel, 4020 Olive Highway, Oroville.

JOHN SEID & FRIENDS: An eclectic set of

cOmeDY NIGHT WITH becKY LYNN Friday, Dec. 28 Duffy’s Tavern

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for happy hour. Fri, 12/28, 4pm. $1.

Duffy’s Tavern, 337 Main St.

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AMANDA GRAY: Talented and pro-

lific singer/songwriter performs country, Americana and more. Fri, 12/28, 7pm. The Exchange, 1975 Montgomery St., Oroville.

BALD ROCK BOYS: Get your kicks, plus enjoy Gen. Jim’s for dinner. Fri, 12/28, 6:30pm. Purple Line Urban Winery, 760 Safford St., Oroville.

of the 1970s, from Tom Petty and the Rolling Stones to Pink Floyd, Fleetwood Mac and Blondie. Fri, 12/28, 9:30pm. $5. Feather Falls Casino & Lodge, 3 Alverda Drive, Oroville. featherfallscasino.com

SOUL POSSE: Fun dance music, wine

and pizza to close out the year. Fri,

12/28, 6pm. Almendra Winery

& Distillery, 9275 Midway Road, Durham, 828-8040.

12/28, 4pm. La Salles, 229 Broadway

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ALEX VINCENT: Live music from singer/ songwriter. Sat, 12/29, 7pm. The Exchange, 1975 Montgomery St., Oroville. theexchangeoroville.com

Cap off your year with a packed bill of fast, loud and angry music at Naked Lounge on Saturday, Dec. 29. Three local acts host San Luis Obispo’s Disgusted Geist, a five-piece outfit that blends pulverizing death metal with overtones of brooding doom and black metal. You’ll also see death metal masters Aberrance and Voyeur, plus hardcore punk band D-FY. All-ages, all the time. Respect the space.

HELLA METAL: Evil deathy sludge metal from San Luis Obispo’s Disgusted Geist, plus Aberrance (death metal), Voyeur (also death metal) and D-FY (not death metal). Rad show! Sat, 12/29, 8pm. $7. Naked Lounge, 118 W. Second St.

INSIDE STRAIT: See Friday. Sat, 12/29,

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

JOHN SEID & FRIENDS: See Friday. Sat,

12/29, 6:30pm. Diamond Steakhouse, 220 W. Fourth St.

LEFTOVER SALMON: From the mountains of Colorado, jamgrass pioneers mix up Americana, rock, Cajun, soul, zydeco, jazz and blues, defying categorization. The legendary group has been kicking it for nearly 30 years, with no sign of slowing down. Sat, 12/29, 7pm. $35.

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

NORTHERN TRADITIONZ: Country band plays classic hits, modern favorites and original tunes. Sat, 12/29,

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Farm Star Pizza, 2359 Esplanade, 343-2056.

PUB SCOUTS: Traditional Irish music

REUNION: Big ol’ tribute to the hits

ELECTRIC THURSDAYS: EDM and

bass beats with $lendah, Hrna, Jake Ryan, Dub Heezy and WiggyBeats. Thu, 12/27, 9:30pm. $2.

The Lab Bar & Grill, 250 Cohasset Road, Ste. 11.

music for your dining pleasure. Fri, 12/28, 6:30pm. Diamond Steakhouse, 220 W. Fourth St.

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THE RUN UP: Energetic young trio with an extensive catalog of covers ranging from 1960s rock to modern pop. Sat, 12/29, 8:30pm. Feather Falls Casino & Lodge, 3 Alverda Drive, Oroville.

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JOHN SEID, LARRY PETERSON & STEVE COOK: Goodbye, 2018! Ring in the new year with a tasteful mix of tunes. Mon, 12/31, 9:30pm. Diamond Steakhouse, 220 W. Fourth St.

THE KOOL SHIFTERS: Ring in 2019 with class rock, 1960s hits, country and blues. Mon, 12/31, 8:30pm. Feather Falls Casino & Lodge, 3 Alverda Drive, Oroville. featherfallscasino.com

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JOHN SEID & LARRY PETERSON:

An eclectic mix of music for dinner. Sun, 12/30. 5th Street Steakhouse, 345 W. Fifth St.

THE RUN UP: See Saturday. Sun, 12/30, 8:30pm. Feather Falls Casino & Lodge, 3 Alverda Drive, Oroville. featherfallscasino.com

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DEFCATS NEW YEAR’S EVE: Enjoy a

Mexican dinner buffet, dancing to the Defcats and a champagne toast at midnight, plus craft cocktails by Paul. Mon, 12/31, 7:30pm. $30. Sol Mexican Grill, 3269 Esplanade.

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GLITTER GALA: It’s a drag New Year’s Eve extravaganza with dancing, drinks, a sexy show, party favors, a balloon drop and champagne. Bring it! Mon, 12/31, 9pm. $10-$15. The Maltese, 1600 Park Ave.

HOT FLASH: Rock in the New Year with Chico favorites as they play a wide variety of cover tunes for your dancing pleasure. Mon, 12/31, 9pm. Unwined Kitchen & Bar, 980 Mangrove Ave.

together and usher in a new year of promise and hope with food, champagne, a no-host bar, games, dancing, art-making and music by Susan Schrader & Jazz Satie followed by Bogg. Mon, 12/31, 8:30pm. $35. Museum of Northern California Art, 900 Esplanade. monca.org

and dancing with a Roaring Twenties theme and live swing music from the James Zeller Trio. Mon, 12/31, 8pm. $65. La Salles, 229 Broadway St. lasalleschico.com

NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY: Rock out all night with the WhiteWater band. Special party packages include champagne, party favors and 1:30am breakfast buffet! Mon, 12/31, 9pm. $10-$40.

Berry Patch Restaurant, 900 Newville Road, Orland.

NEW YEAR’S EVE WITH DECADES: One of Butte County’s best cover bands rings in the New Year. This show is sold out! Mon, 12/31, 9:30pm. Feather Falls Casino & Lodge, 3 Alverda Drive, Oroville. featherfallscasino.com

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try music to ring in 2019. Mon, 12/31, 9pm. Free. Rolling Hills Casino, 2655 Everett Freeman Way, Corning.

OFF THE RECORD: All your ’80s favorites from the King of Pop to GN’R. Cash balloon drop at midnight. Mon, 12/31, 9pm. $10. Tackle Box, 379 E. Park Ave. tackleboxchico.com

PUTTIN’ ON THE GLITZ: Live music,

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food, drinks, games, dancing and much more. Benefits support the YMCA. Mon, 12/31, 8:30pm. $50.

Oroville Inn, 2066 Bird St., Oroville.

RED DRESS GALA: New Year’s Eve gala donates a portion of the proceeds to Camp Fire survivors. Dress to impress! Mon, 12/31. $10-$25. The

Olive Highway, Oroville. goldcountrycasino.com

Beach, 191 E. Second St.

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SMOKEY THE GROOVE: Ring in the new

with Selekta Zion of Zion Roots Sound spinning the best of reggae, dubplates and dancehall along with special guest DJs Mon, 12/31, 9pm. $5-$10. Seeva’s Pub, Oroville.

ROCK-IN’ 2019 NEW YEAR’S EVE: Music and fun all night long with Eagles tribute Desperado and DJ Coot Dog, DJ Mack Morris spinning dance music and party band Brickhouse. Mon, 12/31, 8:30pm. $30.

Gold Country Casino & Hotel, 4020

year with a stage full of horns funky rhythms. Sacramento party band The Gold Souls opens the show.

Champagne toast, balloon drop and special decorations for 2019. Mon, 12/31, 8:30pm. $15. Lost On Main, 319 Main St.

TYLER DEVOLL: Singer/songwriter

breaks out the pop hooks. Mon, 12/31, 9pm. The Exchange, 1975 Montgomery St., Oroville.

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Big Mo & the Full Moon Band pares down for this Friday, Dec. 28, gig at the Maltese.

Performing as a fourpiece, the band—led by local musical legend and Paradise stalwart Maurice Huffman—will play a mix of blues, funk and jam tunes sure to get you moving. Fred Zeppelin also performs, playing instrumental interpretations of LZ’s vast catalog.

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detailed set of personal, social and national dramas.

It’s a kind of personal memoir based on Cuarón’s own famby ily history, but also a sidelong Juan-Carlos Selznick slice of life devoted to fraught moments in recent Mexican history as witnessed from various vantage points within the Cuarón household—the future filmmaker, his parents and three siblings, but also the maids, nannies and other Roma household help.

The setting is the early 1970s, Starring Yalitza and Cuarón would be about 10 Aparicio and marina de Tavira. Directed or 11 years old. Paco (Carlos

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Peralta), the middle brother among Netflix. rated r. the four kids in the movie version, seems to be the Alfonso figure here. But a key element in the film’s power and appeal comes of its treating the autobiographical elements somewhat indirectly while also foregrounding the perspectives of Cleo (Yalitza Aparicio), the family’s beloved live-in maid, nanny and unofficial mother figure.

The family in this case is very well-to-do, with both parents being well-educated professionals.

The action of the film is often a matter of routine events in the characters’ everyday lives, but in elaborately composed sequences in which discord and disruptions, large and small, insinuate themselves into the settings and the social scenes arising within them.

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A government massacre of student protesters, for example, is witnessed by family members from the upper story windows of a posh furniture store where they’re shopping. Age-old peddlers and vendors ply their trade on the same narrow, old-world streets that the wealthy parents attempt to traverse in their barge-like sedans. On an attempted fun night out, the family tries to console itself with ice cream. Off to the side, a wedding party poses for photographs. Meanwhile, a huge, theme park-style, metal crab hovers over all of it. And so on.

Cleo has an ill-starred romance with Fermín (Jorge Antonio Guerrero), a young worker who gets her pregnant and then leaves to join a cultish paramilitary group. The kids’ parents try, without much luck, to hide the collapse of their marriage.

Cleo and the kids rate as the story’s protagonists, but the film makes an intriguingly offbeat case for their mother, Sofia (Marina de Tavira), as well. Cleo and Sofia are the film’s most intricately developed characters, and by the final stages of the drama, it’s evident that they’re being presented as sharply contrasting (but also inseparable) examples of what a mother might be.

Aparicio is wonderful as Cleo, and she’s the star of this remarkable multicharacter show. But de Tavira is also very good with the mixed motives and contradictory emotions of Sofia. Ω

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Due to holiday deadlines, film listings might not be current. Please check with theaters for up-to-date information.

Opening this week Holmes & Watson

Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly star as the title characters in this comedic take on the famous crime-solving duo. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas. Rated PG-13.

They Shall Not Grow Old

This documentary by Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson was created using archival footage of British servicemen during World War I and applying color and 3-D, as well as sound effects and voice overs to create a more immersive experience. Two showings today, Dec. 27, 1 p.m. and 4 p.m.

Cinemark 14. Rated R.

Vice

The latest from writer/director Adam McKay (The Big Short, Anchorman, Step Brothers) takes on the larger-than-life character of Dick Cheney (played by Christian Bale), who, during his tenure as vice president to George W. Bush (Sam Rockwell), reshaped the office into one with unprecedented power. Also starring Amy Adams, Steve Carell and Tyler Perry. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas. Rated R.

Nowp laying Aquaman

Jason Momoa takes his superhuman physique from Game of Thrones to the title character in this film adaptation of DC Comics’ half-human/half-Atlantean heir to the underwater kingdom of Atlantis. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas. Rated PG-13.

Bumblebee

The sixth film in the Transformers film series revolves around the bot Bumblebee and the teen girl who becomes its partner in defending Earth from the Decepticons. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas. Rated PG-13.

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

Film two in the planned five-film series written by J.K. Rowling returns us to the Wizarding World and the further adventures of magizooligist Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) and his nemesis, dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald (Johnny Depp). Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13.

The Favourite

Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos (The Lobster) is at the helm of this story of a sexually charged power struggle in the court of Queen Anne in early 18th-century. Starring Rachel Weiz, Emma Stone, Olivia Colman and Nicolas Hoult. Cinemark 14. Rated R.

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Green Book

Mahershala Ali and Viggo Mortensen start in this feel-good movie about race relations in America that goes light on the grit and heavy on the sentiment. Based on a true story, it starts off with Tony Lip (Mortensen), an Italian-American bouncer who gets a gig as a driver and bodyguard for Dr. Don Shirley (Ali), a black classical pianist who is touring the Deep South. It’s a road movie, with Tony driving and Don sitting in the back seat. The two use the book of the movie’s title—a guide offering a listing of safe havens for black travelers in segregated Southern states—to find places where Don can find shelter and eat. Things get ugly when Don tries to do such mundane things as buy a suit or eat in a restaurant where he’s been hired to play. Tony steps in for his boss during these racially charged episodes, and occasionally cracks a few skulls. As his eyes are opened to the realities of life for Dr. Don, Tony learns lessons about loving people no matter the color of their skin and perhaps about how to drop fewer racial slurs before the credits roll. Cinemark 14. Rated R —B.G.

The Grinch

Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas gets the 3-D CGI treatment with Kenan

Thompson, Rashida Jones, Pharrell Williams and Benedict Cumberbatch (as the Grinch) voicing the characters. Cinemark 14. Rated PG.

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Mary Poppins Returns

Rob Marshall (Chicago, Into the Woods) takes on another movie musical, this one an update on the 1964 classic, set a couple of decades after the events in Mary Poppins, with Emily Blunt playing the title character. Also starring Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton), Colin Firth and Meryl Streep. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas. Rated PG.

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A British historical drama chronicling the 16th-century power struggle between Mary, Queen of Scotland (Saoirse Ronan) and her first cousin, England’s Queen Elizabeth I (Margot Robbie). Pageant Theatre. Rated R.

Mortal Engines

A big-screen adaptation of Philip Reeve’s fantasy novels about a steampunk vision of the London of the future. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas. Rated PG-13.

The Mule

Clint Eastwood directs and stars in this real-life story about a 90-year-old World War II veteran who was caught transporting cocaine for a drug cartel. Also starring Bradley Cooper, Diane Wiest, Michael Peña and Laurence Fishburne. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas. Rated R.

Ralph Breaks the Internet

In this sequel to the 2012 animated feature Wreck-It Ralph, the soft-hearted giant (voice of John C. Reilly) and the cast of video-game characters have broken free of their arcade machine and head for new adventures across the internet-gaming world. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas.

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Second Act

Jenny from the block tricks her way into a Madison Avenue gig and is forced to prove that “street smarts equal book smarts.”

Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13.

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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

No movie adaptation has captured the rush of reading an exciting comic book like this blast of energy from directors Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman.

They go for broke with a seamless mixture of visual styles—hand-drawn and computer animated—and the story is pretty great, to boot. Teenager Miles Morales (voiced by Shameik Moore) is bitten by a strange spider and then, with his new-found powers in effect, crosses paths with the original SpiderMan, Peter Parker (Chris Pine). Turns out a portal from a parallel universe has opened up, allowing a whole fleet of different SpiderVerse characters to come into his orbit—the older Peter B. Parker (the invaluable Jake Johnson), Gwen Stacy (Hailee Steinfeld), Spider-Ham (a mishmash of Spidey and Porky Pig voiced by John Mulaney), Peni Parker (Kimiko Glenn) and her robot and, best of all, Nicolas Cage as the black-andwhite Spider-Man Noir. So, Miles is one of many heroes with Spider powers tasked with battling bad dudes. Spider-Verse is surely one of the best movies of the year and the best Spider-Man movie to date. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas. Rated PG —B.G.

Welcome to Marwen

Robert Zemeckis (Back to the Future, The Polar Express) directed and co-wrote this dramedy inspired by the real-life story of Mark Hogancamp (played by Steve Carell), a man who, after getting severe brain damage following an attack by a group of men, seeks therapeutic refuge in the building of a onesixth scale World War II-era Belgian town in his back yard. Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13.

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Choose a warm pot of good luck for New Year’s

IJohns behind my traditional Hoppin’ New Year’s Day meal used to think the symbolism

went deep—beans (coins), pork (prosperity), greens (money), rice (abundance), cornbread (gold), plus a dime in the pot to be discovered for by extra luck. Then, Jason I read about Cassidy the history of Mexico’s tradij aso nc @ new srev i ew. c o m tional hominy stew: posole. …

Oh my.

In pre-colonial Mexico, hominy (corn) was sacred, and many also believed it was the stuff humans were made from, so of course those kernels of community were added to the pot. In addition, to really drive the metaphor home, they threw in some actual humans—no one important, just those whose hearts had already been sacrificed to the gods.

OK, you win, Aztecs.

Thankfully, for centuries now, like many other good-luck meals, the celebratory Mexican dish has stuck with pork as its symbolic meat. And when I found out my officemate, Calendar Editor Nate Daly, makes posole the centerpiece of his family’s New Year’s Day open house, I asked him to pass along his recipe so I could share two options for ringing in the new year with bowls of comfort.

Happy New Year!

Nate’s Posole (Adapted from Rancho de Chimayó restaurant in New Mexico) 2 cups dried hominy 1 pound pork shoulder, fat trimmed, cut into 1-inch chunks 4 celery stalks, finely chopped 1/2 cup yellow onion, finely chopped 6 cloves garlic, minced 5-6 dried red New Mexico chiles, stemmed, seeded and rinsed radishes and cabbage (for topping) chile sauce

The day before, soak the dried hominy in a bowl with water (cover by at least 2 inches) overnight.

After soaking, drain hominy and place in a large pot and cover with 8 cups water. With lid on, bring to a boil. Remove lid, reduce heat to medium-low, simmer for 2 hours. Add remaining ingredients and simmer for another 90-plus minutes. Stir occasionally and add more hot water as needed to keep posole covered. Cook until corn puffs up and pork is fork-tender.

Serve with chile sauce, sliced radishes and chopped cabbage.

Jason’s Hoppin’ Johns 4 slices bacon, chopped 2 ham hocks 1 cup onion, chopped 1/2 cup celery, chopped 1/2 cup red, yellow or orange bell pepper, chopped 1 tablespoon chopped garlic 1 pound black-eyed peas

1 quart chicken stock Bay leaf Black pepper, to taste Cayenne (optional), to taste 12 oz. ham, chopped 1 dime (cleaned) Salt, to taste Green onions (or chives), finely chopped Tapatio, or other hot sauce

The day before, soak the blackeyed peas in fridge with at least double their amount in water (8-12 hours). After soaking, drain and rinse the beans and set aside. Cook bacon in a large pot, then remove with slotted spoon and set aside.

Add onion, celery, bell pepper and garlic to the bacon drippings; cook until onions are clear. Add the black-eyed peas, stock, ham hocks, bay leaf, black pepper and, if desired, cayenne (but not the salt—it’ll make the beans mushy/ chalky if added beforehand). Bring to a boil, then reduce to mediumlow and simmer for 40 minutes.

Add ham, cooked bacon and dime, simmer for another 5 minutes, or until the peas are creamy and tender, stirring occasionally. When beans are done, remove bay leaf and add salt to taste.

Serve beans over white rice and greens (spinach, collards), garnish with green onions, add hot sauce if desired, and don’t eat the dime.

Cornbread is the traditional side, but cheesy cornbread muffins with green onions, corn and cheddar added to the batter are even better. Ω

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BEST LOCAL ART NEWS OF THE YEAR: 1078 Gallery is back!

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BEST ART: “Peace” mural. The giant piece (on the side of the Chico Peace & Justice Center) designed by world-class street artist Shepard Fairey = cred for days.

BEST MUSICAL INFECTION: Valley Fever. The two-day, threevenue, springtime garage-rock fest was a blast (highlights included sets by Playboy Manbaby, Kelley Stoltz and Chico’s own Sex Hogs II). Best of all, it’ll be back in 2019.

BEST MUSICAL INJECTION: All-age music venues. It’s spreading fast—a raw and beautiful outbreak of nondiscriminatory stages across Butte County: The Spirit Venue in Oroville, plus Ike’s Place, Tender Loving Coffee and the reopened 1078 Gallery in Chico.

SOUL OF THE CITY AWARD: Blackbird. Where activism, art, music, literature and community are welcomed with warmth and enthusiasm … and coffee.

BEST ART SHOW (TIE): What, Us Worry? (Feb. 1-March 31) and Beyond the Frame (July 19-Sept. 2), both at MONCA. The Museum of Northern California Art covered it all during its first calendar year. The first was a three-person group show highlighting three accomplished contemporary sculptors (Tony Natsoulas, Paul DiPasqua and Michael Stevens), and the second was a celebration of street art via an interactive community-driven exhibit with live art-making, hands-on activities and even a street party out front.

BEST ARTIST (TIE): Molly Amick and Hilary Tellesen. The former left this mortal coil on an arts-making tear, creating wild collages for a final exhibit at Beatniks Coffee House and Breakfast Joint in March that sold out of its 21 pieces; and the latter roared into her 40th year with a life-spanning examination of womanhood in her original wrestling-themed play, PUMA: Pussies Under Massive Attack, that sold out a three-show run at the Blue Room Theatre in September.

BEST LIVE THEATER/PERFORMANCE ART: The Blue Room Theatre always gets notice in these year-end awards for bringing new art to town, but even by its standards, this year’s programming at the downtown venue was exceptional. There was Joyce Henderson’s masterful performance as Amanda in The Glass Menagerie; a couple of challenging contemporary plays (The Village Bike, Bug); Erika Soerensen and Martin Chavira’s enthralling all-female adaptation of Lord of the Flies; and perhaps best of all, the star-studded and depressingly relevant showing of David Mamet’s classic Glengarry Glen Ross.

It was actually a banner local theater year all around, with other highlights including Slow Theatre’s intense yet tender Wolves at 1078 Gallery; Chico State’s excellent A Midsummer Night’s Dream; a wonderfully weird edition of the Butcher Shop theater fest; and an emotionally charged weekend of post-fire performances of TOTR’s High Noon on Wall Street, relocated from the evacuated Paradise theater to Chico Theater Company.

BEST LIVE MUSIC: Rebirth Brass Band and Rigmarole at Lost on Main (April 17); Valley Fever music festival (April 26-27); Mdou Moctar, XDS and Donald Beaman at Naked Lounge (May 23); Big Business at Chico Women’s Club (June 7); A Band Called Love, XDS and Night Heron at Duffy’s Tavern (June 17); Joan of Arc and The Americas at Duffy’s Tavern (July 14); Lou Barlow house show (Nov. 27); Pinback and Morricone Youth at the Sierra Nevada Big Room (Nov. 30); Neko Case and Destroyer at the Big Room (Dec. 4).

BEST LOCAL ALBUMS: Through Wyoming, West by Swan; Pariah Days, Severance Package; Devoured, Amarok; Hells, The Creator.

BEST LOCAL SONGS: “Last Night,” Mr. Malibu; “Green Rambler,” West by Swan; “Rain,” Surrogate.

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• Mike Murray, local bassist (Spy Picnic, WhiteWater).

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY For the week oF December 27, 2018 ARIES (March 21-April 19): I suspect

that in 2019 you’ll be able to blend a knack for creating more stability with an urge to explore and seek greater freedom.

How might this unusual confluence be expressed in practical ways? Maybe you’ll travel to reconnect with your ancestral roots. Or perhaps a faraway ally or influence will help you feel more at home in the world. It’s possible you’ll establish a stronger foundation, which will in turn bolster your courage and inspire you to break free of a limitation. What do you think?

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): On aver-

age, a total eclipse of the sun happens every 18 months. And how often is a total solar eclipse visible from a specific location on the planet? Typically, once every 375 years. In 2019, the magic moment will occur on July 2 for people living in Chile and Argentina. But I believe that throughout the coming year, Tauruses all over the world will experience other kinds of rare and wonderful events at a higher rate than usual. Not eclipses, but rather divine interventions, mysterious miracles, catalytic epiphanies, unexpected breakthroughs and amazing graces. Expect more of the marvelous than you’re accustomed to.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “The

world’s full of people who have stopped listening to themselves,” wrote mythologist Joseph Campbell. It’s imperative that you NOT be one of those folks. 2019 should be the Year of Listening Deeply to Yourself.

That means being on high alert for your inner inklings, your unconscious longings and the still, small voice at the heart of your destiny. If you do that, you’ll discover I’m right when I say that you’re smarter than you realize.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Jackson

Pollock is regarded as a pioneer in the technique of drip painting, which involves drizzling and splashing paint on canvases laying on the floor. It made him famous. But the truth is, Pollock got inspired to pursue what became known as his signature style only after he saw an exhibit by the artist Janet Sobel, who was the real pioneer. I bring this to your attention, because I see 2019 as a year when the Sobel-like aspects of your life will get their due. Overdue appreciation will arrive. Credit you have deserved but haven’t fully garnered will finally come your way. You’ll be acknowledged and recognized in surprising ways.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): As the crow flies,

Wyoming is almost 1,000 miles from the Pacific Ocean and more than 1,000 miles from the Gulf of Mexico, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean. Now here’s a surprise: In the northwest corner of Wyoming, the North Two Ocean Creek divides into two tributaries, one of which ultimately flows to the Pacific and one that reaches the Gulf. So an enterprising fish could conceivably swim from one ocean to the other via this waterway. I propose that we make North Two Ocean Creek your official metaphor for 2019. It will symbolize the turning point you’ll be at in your life; it will remind you that you’ll have the power to launch an epic journey in one of two directions.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I have come

to the conclusion that softening your relationship with perfectionism will be a key assignment in 2019. With this in mind, I offer you observations from wise people who have studied the subject. 1. “The perfect is the enemy of the good.” —Voltaire. 2. “Perfection is a stick with which to beat the possible.” —Rebecca Solnit. 3. Perfectionism is “the haute couture, high-end version of fear.” —Elizabeth Gilbert. 4. “Nothing is less efficient than perfectionism.” — Gilbert. 4. “It’s better to live your own life imperfectly than to imitate someone else’s perfectly.” —Gilbert.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In 1682, Peter

Alexeyevich became co-tsar of Russia. He was ten years old. His 24-year-old half-sister Sophia had a hole cut in the back of his side of the dual throne. That way she could sit behind him, out of sight, and whisper

by rob brezsny guidance as he discussed political matters with allies. I’d love it if you could wangle a comparable arrangement for yourself in 2019. Are there wise confidants or mentors or helpers from whom you could draw continuous counsel? Seek them out.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The body of the violin has two f-shaped holes on either side of the strings. They enable the sound that resonates inside the instrument to be projected outwardly. A thousand years ago, the earliest ancestor of the modern violin had round holes. Later they became half-moons, then c-shaped, and finally evolved into the f-shape. Why the change? Scientific analysis reveals that the modern form allows more air to be pushed out from inside the instrument, thereby producing a more powerful sound. My analysis of your life in 2019 suggests it will be a time to make an upgrade from your metaphorical equivalent of the c-shaped holes to the f-shaped holes. A small shift like that will enable you to generate more power and resonance.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

Sagittarian singer-songwriter Sia has achieved great success, garnering nine Grammy nominations and amassing a $20 million fortune. Among the superstars for whom she has composed hit tunes are Beyoncé, Rihanna and Flo Rida. But she has also had failures. Top recording artists including Adele and Shakira have commissioned her to write songs, only to turn down what she created. In 2016, Sia got sweet revenge. She released an album in which she herself sang many of those rejected songs. It has sold more than two million copies. Do you, too, know what it’s like to have your gifts and skills ignored or unused or rebuffed, Sagittarius? If so, the coming months will be an excellent time to express them for your own benefit, as Sia did.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): A

typical fluffy white cumulus cloud weighs 216,000 pounds. A dark cumulonimbus storm cloud is 106 million pounds, almost 490 times heavier. Why? Because it’s filled with far more water than the white cloud.

So which is better, the fluffy cumulus or the stormy cumulonimbus? Neither, of course.

We might sometimes prefer the former over the latter because it doesn’t darken the sky as much or cause the inconvenience of rain. But the truth is, the cumulonimbus is a blessing, a substantial source of moisture and a gift to growing things.

I mention this because I suspect that for you, 2019 will have more metaphorical resemblances to the cumulonimbus than the cumulus.

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

hundred years ago, most astronomers thought there was just one galaxy in the universe: our Milky Way. Other models for the structure of the universe were virtually heretical. But in the 1920s, astronomer Edwin Hubble produced research that proved the existence of many more galaxies. Today, the estimate is that there are at least 400 billion. I wonder what currently unimaginable possibilities will be obvious to our ancestors a hundred years from now.

Likewise, I wonder what currently unforeseen truths will be fully available to you by the end of 2019. My guess: more than in any other previous year of your life.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Author

Elizabeth Gilbert offers advice for those who long for a closer relationship with the Supreme Being: “Look for God like a man with his head on fire looks for water.”

I’ll expand that approach so it applies to you when you’re in quest of any crucial life-enhancing experience. If you genuinely believe that a particular adventure or relationship or transformation is key to your central purpose, it’s not enough to be mildly enthusiastic about it. You really do need to seek your heart’s desire in the way people with their heads on fire look for water. 2019 will be prime time for you to embody this understanding.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME - STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT The following person has abandoned the the use of the fictitious business name DROP IN THE BUCKET at 1938 Oak Park Avenue Chico, CA 95928.

ROSEANNE LUCY NELSON 1938 Oak Park Avenue Chico, CA 95928.

This business was conducted by an Individual.

Signed: ROSE NELSON Dated: November 6, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000712 Published: December 6,13,20,27, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as CHICO CONCRETE COMPANY at 5 Aldrin Ct Chico, CA 95926.

JONATHAN JAMES HALL 5 Aldrin Ct Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: JONATHAN HALL Dated: December 3, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0001463 Published: December 13,20,27, 2018, January 3, 2019

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as B STREET PUBLIC HOUSE at 117 Broadway St Chico, CA 95928.

WILLIAM CORBETT BRADY 612 Parkwood Dr Chico, CA 95928.

ADAM EDWARD SAMORANO 1056 San Ramon Dr Chico, CA 95973.

SEBASTIEN TAMARELLE 3046 Paso Grande Ct Chico, CA 95973.

XIBANYA INC 134 W 2nd St Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: SEBASTIEN TAMARELLE, SECRETARY Dated: December 3, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0001464 Published: December 13,20,27, 2018, January 3, 2019

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as FOOTHILL PROPERTIES at 1834 Mangrove Ave Chico, CA 95926.

BLAKE ANDERSON 1834 Mangrove Ave Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: BLAKE ANDERSON Dated: November 27, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0001434 Published: December 13,20,27, 2018, January 3, 2019

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as TIPTON ENTERPRISES, TIPTON PROPERTIES at 7 Laguna Point Road Chico, CA 95928.

GAIL NOTTINGHAM 7 Laguna Point Road Chico, CA 95928.

MARGARET TIPTON 13 Dana Point Road Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: GAIL NOTTINGHAM Dated: October 18, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0001329 Published: December 13,20,27, 2018, January 3, 2019

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as G AND G ENTERPRISES, G AND G PROPERTIES at 7 Laguna Point Road Chico, CA 95928.

GAIL NOTTINGHAM 7 Laguna Point Road Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: GAIL NOTTINGHAM Dated: October 15, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0001313 Published: December 13,20,27, 2018, January 3, 2019

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME - STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT The following person has abandoned the use of the fictitious business names CUSTOM SEWN ACCESSORIES, CSA at 3415 Silverbell Rd Suite 3 Chico, CA 95973.

CONSUELO RAMIREZ 916 Winterpine Dr Orland, CA 95963.

This business was conducted by an Individual.

Signed: CONSUELO RAMIREZ Dated: November 8, 2018 FBN Number: 2011-0000263 Published: December 13,20,27, 2018, Januray 3, 2019

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as KERSHAW COOK AND TALLEY, PC at 341 Broadway Street Ste 209 Chico, CA 95928.

KERSHAW COOK TALLEY PC 401 Watt Ave Ste 1 Sacramento, CA 95864.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: K. BROADWELL, ADMINISTRATOR Dated: December 4, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0001471 Published: December 20,27, 2018, January 3,10, 2019

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as FIVE STAR PAINTING at 2070 Sunrise Ct Chico, CA 95928.

RANDY KEITH RAMIREZ 2070 Sunrise Ct Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: RANDY RAMIREZ Dated: December 10, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0001483 Published: December 13,20,27, 2018, January 3, 2019

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as NORTH VALLEY PAYEE SERVICES INC at 1692 Mangrove Ave. No. 213 Chico, CA 95926.

NORTH VALLEY PAYEE SERVICES INC 1712 Pioneer Ave Suite 100 Cheyenne, WY 82001 This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: PHILLIP KUEHNE, RECORDS KEEPER Dated: November 30, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0001454 Published: December 20,27, 2018, January 3,10, 2019

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME - STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT The following person has abandoned the use of the fictitious business name SYCAMORE MEDICAL GROUP CHICO at 1025 Village Lane Chico, CA 95926.

STEVEN DANIEL WAGNER 640 Coyote Way Chico, CA 95928.

This business was conducted by an Individual.

Signed: STEVEN DANIEL WAGNER Dated: November 26, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0000850 Published: December 20,27, 2018, January 3,10, 2019

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as MULBERRY STATION BREWING COMPANY at 175 E. 20th Street Chico, CA 95928.

WORTH BROTHERS LLC 285 Appaloosa Circle Reno, NV 89508.

This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company.

Signed: ROLAND ALLEN, MANAGING MEMBER Dated: November 20, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0001424 Published: December 27, 2018, January 3,10,17, 2019

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as PRANA ENDURA at 40 Constitution Drive Suite E Chico, CA 95973.

JENNIFER L MILLER CMT 2114 Kennedy Avenue Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: JENNIFER L MILLER Dated: November 26, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0001428 Published: December 27, 2018, January 3,10,17, 2019

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as FREDOT 5 at 9616 Lott Rd Durham, CA 95938.

BRUCE F MILLER, TRUSTEE OF THE BRUCE F AND SUSAN R MILLER REVOCABLE TRUST 9451 Jones Ave Durham, CA 95938.

SUSAN R MILLER, TRUSTEE OF THE BRUCE F AND SUSAN R MILLER REVOCABLE TRUST 9451 Jones Ave Durham, CA 95938.

BARBARA RABO 2120 Oro-Chico Hwy Durham, CA 95938.

FREDERICK N RABO 2120 Oro-Chico Hwy Durham, CA 95938.

MICHAEL S RABO, TRUSTEE OF THE MICHAEL S AND JANE S RABO 2003 TRUST 9535 Jones Ave Durham, CA 95938.

RONALD P RABO, TRUSTEE OF THE RON AND SHIRLEY RABO FAMILY TRUST 9616 Lott Rd Durham, CA 95938.

SHIRLEY E RABO, TRUSTEE OF THE RON AND SHIRLEY RABO FAMILY TRUST 9616 Lott Rd Durham, CA 95938.

JOHN SCHWEIGER, TRUSTEE OF THE SCHWEIGER FAMILY TRUST 1767 Brinson Lane Durham, CA 95938.

MARY ANN SCHWEIGER, TRUSTEE OF THE SCHWEIGER FAMILY TRUST 1767 Brinson Lane Durham, CA 95938.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: RONALD P. RABO Dated: December 6, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0001473 Published: December 27, 2018, January 3,10,17, 2019

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as THE HIGNELL COMPANIES at 1750 Humboldt Rd Chico, CA 95928.

HIGNELL, INCORPORATED 1750 Humboldt Rd Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: PHILIP LARIOS, PRESIDENT Dated: December 13, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0001508 Published: December 27, 2018, January 3,10,17, 2019

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as JCO ENGINEERING at 748 Santiago Ct. Chico, CA 95973.

JAIME COCHRAN 748 Santiago Ct. Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: JAIME COCHRAN

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Dated: November 27, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0001433 Published: December 27, 2018, January 3,10,17, 2019

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as INTERCHANGE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, IPM, IPM CHICO at 125 W 3rd Street, Suite 200 Chico, CA 95928.

DAREC INC 125 W 3rd Street, Suite 200 Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: DAN ANDERSON, PRESIDENT Dated: November 14, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0001410 Published: December 27, 2018, January 3,10,17, 2019

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME - STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT The following person has abandoned the use of the fictitious business name QUICKLY PHO KING BEST at 1124 Oro Dam Blvd E Suite F Oroville, CA 95965.

KOY H CHAO 1920 48th Ave #A Oakland, CA 94601.

This business was conducted by an Individual.

Signed: KOY HIN CHAO Dated: December 20, 2018 FBN Number: 2017-0001424 Published: December 27, 2018, January 3,10,17, 2019

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as QUICKLY PHO at 1124 Oro Dam Blvd E Suite F Oroville, CA 95965.

CHIAD IAN TERN 52 Coarse Gold Road Oroville, CA 95965.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: CHIAD TERN Dated; December 20, 2018 FBN Number: 2018-0001539 Published: December 27, 2018, January 3,10,17, 2019

NOTICES ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner KALIAHNA DAWN BAXTER filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: KALIAHNA DAWN BAXTER Proposed name: KALIAHNA DAWN TRIPP 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: December 28, 2018 Time: 9:00 AM Dept: TBA Room: 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: October 31, 2018 Case Number: 18CV03501 Published: December 6,13,20,27, 2018

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner JOSHUA DANIEL COLEMAN filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: JOSHUA DANIEL COLEMAN Proposed name: JOSHUA DANIEL TRIPP 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: December 28, 2018 Time: 9:00 AM Dept: TBA Room: The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: MICHAEL P. CANDELA Dated: October 30, 2018 Case Number: 18CV03502 Published: December 6,13,20,27, 2018

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

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

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: February 13, 2019 Time: 9:00 AM 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: December 3, 2018 Case Number: 18CV03853 Published: December 27, 2018, January 3,10,17, 2019

SUMMONS SUMMONS NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: JENNIFER LEE STIDHAM YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: BUTTE COUNTY CREDIT

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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: May 11, 2018 Signed: KIMBERLY FLENER Case Number: 18CV01544 Published: December 6,13,20,27, 2018

SUMMONS NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: JOSUE S PALOMAR 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

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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: February 16, 2018 Signed: KIMBERLY FLENER Case Number: 18CV00606 Published: December 6,13,20,27, 2018

PETITION NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE BRENDA D. PRYOR aka BRENDA PRYOR To all heirs and beneficiaries, creditors contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: BRENDA D. PRYOR aka BRENDA PRYOR A Petition for Probate has been filed by: JOSHUA E. MCCLAIN in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte.

The Petition for Probate requests that: JOSHUA E. MCCLAIN be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless 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: January 8, 2019 Time: 9:00 a.m.

Dept: 8 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

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

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

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

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

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

Attorney for Petitioner: RAOUL J. LECLERC P.O. Drawer 111 Oroville, CA 95965 (530) 533-5661 Case Number: 18PR00528 Published: December 20,27, 2018, January 3, 2019

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

The Petition for Probate requests that: JANE ROACH VAN LAAN be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal

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Chico, CA 95926.

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

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

Other California statutes and

representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless 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: January 29, 2019 Time: 9:00 a.m.

Dept: Probate Room: TBA Address of the court: Superior Court of California County of Butte 1775 Concord Ave.

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

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

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

Attorney for Petitioner: CLAYTON B. ANDERSON 20 Independence Circle Chico, CA 95973 (530) 342-6144 Case Number: 18PR00542 Published: December 27, 2018, January 3,10, 2019

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Magalia 2/2 on 3.01 acres | 1344 sF 1980 | $265,000

This lovely homes sits on 3.01 acres offering plenty of room for all your toys, animals and projects.

There is a a covered front porch for your enjoyment. Home offers open floor plan with spacious living room with beamed and vaulted ceiling, dining room, family room with wood stove open to light and bright kitchen and two nice sized bedrooms, laundry room guest bathroom and master bedroom plus additional bonus room. The master bathroom offers vanity, walk in shower and separate soaking tub.

The home has ceiling fans, built in dish cabinet and desk area.

The property has circular drive, sheds, and amazing shop.

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530.345.6618 New Listing!

New 2100+ home, 3 car garage $479,000 Lot in Butte Meadows $76,900 20 acres with views $145,000

200 Crater Lake Drive $459,000

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Homes Sold Last Week ADDRESS

TOWN

PRICE

BR/BA

107 Eagle Nest Dr 1676 Vallombrosa Ave 45 Quadra Ct 1698 Filbert Ave 10 Marlin Ct 444 Weymouth Way 477 Southbury Ln 3029 Calistoga Dr 4305 Rancho Rd 401 Windham Way 1997 Poppy View Ter

Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico

$857,000 $779,000 $667,500 $650,000 $595,000 $591,000 $585,000 $579,273 $551,000 $550,000 $550,000

2/3 4/3 2/2 4/3 4/3 4/3 4/3 4/3 3/2 4/3 3/2

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Kim Jacobi (530)518–8453 calbRE#01963545

Jennifer Parks | 530.864.0336 BRE# 01269667

Sponsored by Century 21 Select Real Estate, Inc. SQ. FT. 3529 3467 3336 2950 2554 2723 2678 2104 1740 2723 1892

ADDRESS

TOWN

PRICE

BR/BA

2 Pistachio Dr 3178 Wood Creek Dr 13532 Garner Ln 24 Sparrow Hawk Ln 1621 Neal Dow Ave 208 Denali Dr 2389 Bloomington Ave 2265 River Bend Ln 1898 Hooker Oak Ave 153 Emerald Lake Ct 3609 Bridle Ln

Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico

$550,000 $548,000 $545,000 $539,000 $525,000 $515,000 $500,000 $500,000 $469,000 $450,000 $450,000

3/3 3/2 4/3 3/3 5/3 4/3 3/2 4/3 3/2 3/2 3/3

SQ. FT. 2628 2018 2092 2341 3370 2104 1803 2612 1672 1838 2152

How Much is Your Home Worth Today?

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530.345.6618 | www.C21SelectGroup.com G N D I NL 1017PRaven REaven Lane LD a Ouce SRuce 1115 SpR SpRuce Sp ave OLD 1701 Magn MagnOLia MagnOL M Sagn 1540 eSpLanade fOR LeaSe

LiSTingS Teresa Larson (530) 514-5925

BUTTE VALLEY 2 custom homes, private setting on 235 acs, horse or cattle................$1,650,000 GArdEn ToUr dELiGhT! Pool, shops, garden beds, RV parking, outbuildings, bocce ball court, stunning 3 bed/2 bth, 2,299 sq foot updated home!...............................

PEN DING $675,000

DRE #01177950 chiconativ@aol.com

6ac Creekside on Butte Creek $249,000 3.4 ac, well, septic and power in place $115,000 5 ac lot. Owner carry $29,500 LD S Oremodeled Campus condo tastefully $159,000 26.6 ac walnuts with 5800 sq ft home SOLD $1,455,000

CalDRE #02056059

Olivia Larrabee l (530) 520-3169 Olivia.Larrabee@c21selectgroup.com

Mark Reaman l (530) 228-2229 Lic# 01265853

Mark.Reaman@c21jeffrieslydon.com

The following houses were sold in Butte County by real estate agents or private parties during the week of December 10 - December 15, 2018 The housing prices are based on the stated documentary transfer tax of the parcel and may not necessarily reflect the actual sale price of the home.

ADDRESS

TOWN

PRICE

BR/BA

2420 Alamo Ave 2855 Bancroft Dr 3 Chesapeake Ct 13 Parliament Ct 1254 Orchard Way 220 Mission Serra Ter 20 Kestrel Ct 264 Pinyon Hills Dr 271 E 5th Ave 121 W 1st Ave 522 Burnt Ranch Way

Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico

$435,000 $430,000 $421,000 $410,000 $405,000 $401,000 $399,000 $392,000 $386,000 $385,000 $374,000

3/3 4/3 3/2 3/2 3/1 3/2 3/2 4/2 2/1 5/2 4/3

SQ. FT. 1862 1751 1830 1869 1248 1447 2004 1803 1094 1910 2541

ADDRESS

TOWN

PRICE

BR/BA

5 Chesapeake Ct 11 Kevin Ct 840 Sheridan Ave 747 Picaso Ln 433 W 12th Ave 1441 Radcliff Ln 1235 Oleander Ave 26 Redding Ct 10 Sunflower Ct 42 Quista Dr 1 Auburn Crest Ct

Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico

$368,000 $360,000 $350,000 $350,000 $350,000 $347,000 $345,000 $345,000 $335,000 $335,000 $334,545

3/2 3/2 3/1 3/2 3/2 3/2 2/1 3/1 3/3 3/2 4/3 d e c e m b e r 2 7, 2 0 1 8

SQ. FT. 1487 1776 1650 1641 1622 1928 952 1050 1417 1536 3073

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