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Vol. 42, Issue 39 • May 23, 2019 OPINION

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Arts Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 This Week . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Fine Arts listings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Nightlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Reel World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Chow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Arts DEVO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Brezsny’s Astrology . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

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SECOND & FLUME

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Faith community and Walmart: Please help Even the folks who are deeply involved in aiding the

local homeless community acknowledge that there is no panacea. One of the more promising efforts in Chico, however, is the Safe Space Winter Shelter’s proposed Orange Street Shelter. And right now, it’s at a critical juncture for support.

For the uninitiated, Safe Space has for several years operated a low-barrier facility providing overnight accommodations to people in the community who, for various reasons, can’t or won’t seek help from other organizations that provide shelter. In some cases, the homeless folks in question may have a pet. In other cases, it may be that they have sobriety or mental health issues. Some people simply are reclusive.

In any event, over the past five winters, Safe Space has run a successful operation that welcomes these difficult-to-shelter community members into an environment where they are served dinner and given a place to rest their heads overnight. Incredibly, the organization has accomplished this with a small army of volunteers.

But they couldn’t have done it without the help of a handful of partners in the faith community as well—the churches that have opened their doors and allowed Safe Space to use their kitchens to heat those meals and use their places of prayer as a communal bedroom.

On Tuesday (May 21), the Greater Chico Homeless Task Force voted to support Safe Space’s proposal for the Orange Street facility. Now, the organization needs additional leaders in the faith community to get their congregations on board. From our perspective, this involves houses of worship actually doing the work they regularly preach. You know, putting efforts behind such scripture as Proverbs 14:31: Whoever oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors God. More practically, Safe Space needs money. The CN&R learned on deadline that the North Valley Community Foundation had returned the Walmart Foundation’s $1 million donation—earmarked for expanded emergency shelter in the wake of the Camp Fire—to the giant retailer’s charitable arm.

The Orange Street Shelter project hinges on these funds. Walmart dedicated that money knowing that the disaster would greatly compound the local homeless population. We now urge the folks in Bentonville, Ark., home of Walmart’s headquarters, to work directly with Safe Space to help realize the nonprofit’s much-needed facility.

We could go on. The point is that talk is cheap. It’s time to walk the walk when it comes to helping the destitute among us. Ω

GUEST COMMENT

Always speak up against racism W racist remark or tell a racist joke? How do you deal with it when you see a racist meme in your hat do you do when you hear someone make a

email inbox? Or when someone posts something racist on his or your social media?

Do you say something like, “What you just said/sent/posted is vile, and I don’t support or tolerate it”? Do you email your correspondent back and say, “Hey, it’s not OK with me that you’re emailing this around”? Do by you message your social media Shannon Rooney friend and say, “I don’t approve The author, a Chico of what you posted on my/your resident, is a former social media”?

Butte College English If you don’t have any of these instructor. responses when people flagrantly pass on racist thinking, speech or material, why not? Are you remaining silent so you won’t rock the boat or make people mad? Do you want to keep people from feeling shame? Are

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you afraid of not fitting in? Do you just not want to stir things up with friends or family? Or are you apathetic and/or lazy? Are you a people-pleaser who wants everyone to like you?

There are no valid reasons or excuses for remaining silent. We all need to be hyper-vigilant against racism in any form, and when we hear or see it, we need to address and denounce it. We need to challenge it immediately and make clear we have zero tolerance for racism.

If we don’t intervene right when we hear or see racism in action, we’re contributing to the problem.

We’re helping perpetuate racism when we don’t have the guts to do what’s right. We’re being spineless and puny.

When teaching at Butte College, I talked with my students about a favorite quote often attributed to Abraham Lincoln: “To sin by silence when they should speak makes cowards of men.”

Don’t sin by silence when you know intolerance of any kind is being carried out. Don’t be a coward.

Speak up. Be a brave warrior and help make the world a kinder, more tolerant place. 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

Tit for tat Chico City Councilman Karl Ory and Mayor Randall Stone are in the unprecedented position—at least over the past couple of decades— of being the subjects of a recall effort.

Based on what I heard at Tuesday’s meeting (May 21), the overarching complaint articulated by one detractor is their “inability to uphold Chico’s mission”: to protect and enhance our community’s quality of life for present and future generations. In other words, Ory and Stone ostensibly are responsible for all of Chico’s ills of late.

I could go into how ridiculous that is, since they’ve been part of the majority for only five months, but I’m more interested in addressing some of the intricacies of the effort. To get a handle on the recall process, I spoke with Chico City Clerk Debbie Presson.

She gave clarity to the issue, although she has some digging to do. That’s because, during her 20-year tenure with the city, nobody has been served with a recall petition. She confirmed that it requires a signature-gathering process and an election. But there are differences from the typical referendum process.

The short version is that, in cities with more than 50,000 registered voters—as is the case in Chico, according to recent statistics—petitioners must gather signatures equivalent to 15 percent of that number. Based on my calculations, that’s 7,600 John Hancocks.

Presson says, based on that over-50,000 figure, recall folks will have 160 days to do so.

Due to other formalities, there’s no indication as to when an election would be held. What we do know is that, because the primary and general elections are relatively far off, it would involve a standalone election. That’s an expensive prospect: roughly $150,000, based on previous special elections, according to Presson.

Ory gave his detractors context while they served him outside of the City Council chambers by noting their effort would cost taxpayers the equivalent dollar amount spent annually on a Chico police officer. As the CN&R’s reporting has shown, when benefits are factored in, that’s close to the total compensation based on averages.

I’m not sure the folks behind the effort have thought the whole thing through. Stone and Ory were the top third and fourth votegetters, respectively, in the 2016 general election. And the margin between the first- and third-place finishers was less than a single percentage point. That means we’re talking about a couple of popular politicians. Also noteworthy is the fact that their terms end in 2020.

If the recall effort makes it to the ballot, voters will not only be asked whether they want to remove Ory and Stone (a simple majority vote is needed)—they also will be asked to pick their replacements. There would be an open nomination period for candidates.

The petitioners very well may spend a lot of time, energy and money on a failed initiative. Recall organizers also will have to deal with potential payback. On Tuesday evening, Chico politico Bob Mulholland emailed the press about his intention to go “tit for tat.” His target: “both Trump supporters and Republicans Kasey Reynolds and Sean Morgan.”

On the one hand, all of this seems silly. On the other, it’s democracy in action. Personally, I’m excited to watch it unfold.

Melissa Daugherty is editor of the CN&R

LETTERS

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Lies predate Trump

Bravo, CN&R

Re “Russia plunders while Trump babbles” (Guest comment, by Roger S. Beadle, May 16): William Binney, former director of the National Security Agency, said of the neocons in the U.S. State Department who got us into the Iraq War: “They’re a group of people who never had to make a thing work in their lives.” John Bolton was one of those neocons.

Neocon Victoria Nuland in Obama’s State Department orchestrated the 2014 bloody overthrow of Ukraine’s elected president.

Today, neocon Elliott Abrams, signatory to the infamous neocon Project for a New American Century—touting U.S. “exceptionalism”—is leading the attempted regime change in Venezuela.

Roger Beadle, open your eyes.

Lying, callow people were running things in Washington, D.C., a long time before Donald Trump came to town.

Re “Above and beyond” (Second & Flume, by Melissa Daugherty, May 9): The sacrifices made by journalists covering breaking stories, often in horrifically trying and stressful situations, is an invaluable form of heroism. The CN&R’s unwavering dedication to your craft connects us all and demonstrates the power of community awareness. Bravo to the entire staff of the CN&R.

Linda Furr Chico

Bill Mash Chico

Stumping for tax hike Re “Secondary effects” (Cover story, by CN&R staff, May 9): The article states that “based on year-over-year analysis, Chico had gained over 19,000 residents” after the Camp Fire.

This figure is based entirely on estimates, there are no “hard numbers,” as Mark Orme claims. I read the [California Department of Finance] press release. “Estimated

occupancy of housing units and the number of persons per household further determine population levels. Changes to the housing stock are used in the preparation of the annual city population estimates. Changes in city housing stock result from new construction, demolitions, housing unit conversions, and annexations.” So, they not only “estimate” the number of houses occupied, they also “estimate” how many are living in each house.

Furthermore, “These population estimates are produced annually by the Department of Finance for use by local areas to calculate their annual appropriations limit.”

There’s no science; they just make up numbers to get money from the state. City staff is also using these numbers to stump for a local sales tax increase, proposing to use the proceeds to finance bonds. They’re trying to play on our sympathies for the evacuees to get us to raise taxes, and the LETTERS c o n t i n u e d

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Juanita Sumner Chico

Editor’s note: In interviews with the CN&R, Chico City Manager Mark Orme has referred to Chico’s new population figure as an estimate. It was based on spikes in traffic and daily flows at the Chico Water Pollution Control Plant.

Speaking of taxes In 2016, two housing tax increases were passed. In 2017, a garbage tax was passed. Now the Chico City Council and CARD are paying a political consulting firm over $100,000 of our tax dollars to get more tax increases passed. The City Council’s tax increase alone is estimated to cost a family of four an additional $1,200 a year in taxes.

These taxes are regressive, meaning they hit the poor the hardest.

The reason for all the tax increases is because of unsustainable city employee compensation, especially pensions. City bureaucrats and other city employees have multimillion-dollar pensions. In a state that has among the highest living expenses and taxes in the nation, and in a county with a 21 percent poverty rate, instead of implementing pension reform our City Council intends to try to maintain this unconscionable status quo on the backs of poor people.

Our City Council members, including the so-called liberals, care far more about multimilliondollar pensions for city employees than they do about poor people.

In next year’s election, vote these politicians out of office and vote against their regressive tax increases.

Dave Howell Chico

Discussion on facts Re “Scoffing at committee” (Letters, by Loretta Ann Torres, May 16): Not sure which “climate hysterics” Ms. Torres was listening to in the 1970s, but it was pretty common knowledge that global warming is due to man’s influence.

Today it is unquestioned.

Earlier projections of impact were erroneous only in their estimates of the time it would take, most giving us until the last third of the 21st century to make some

drastic changes. They couldn’t envision that, per a recent report

by Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany, the CO2 levels in our atmosphere are at levels not seen in over 2.5 million years. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Russian President Vladimir Putin recently were salivating about the newly opened “Northern Suez Canal” for shipping and extraction of resources in the Arctic because our polar caps are disappearing.

Sorry, Ms. Torres, this is not a belief system. Those of us alive in the ’70s have no stake in this, except for our wishes for our children and grandchildren. By the time we die (I’m 74 looking toward 100), climate refugees from Florida and New York probably will need to be resettled, because people didn’t “believe” in climate science.

“All politics is local,” so I’m hoping to have a discussion about what to do, based on the facts.

Rich Meyers Oroville

Blame Gov. Brown Re “Three on PG&E” (Letters, by Walter Ballin and Bob Mulholland, May 16): Four days after Obama clinched the 2008 Democratic primary, his opponent Hillary Clinton endorsed him. Four weeks after Hillary defeated Bernie Sanders by more than 3 million votes in the 2016 Democratic primaries, Bernie sheepishly endorsed Hillary. Walter Ballin calls waiting four weeks to endorse a candidate “vigorous.”

That doesn’t meet the laugh test in my book.

According to a recent analysis, former UMass professor Brian Schaffner noted that about 12 percent of Bernie supporters from the 2016 Democratic primary crossed party lines and voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 general election. In Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan, the number of Sanders defectors was greater than comrade Trump’s margin of victory.

Speaking of Trump, I would support him before I’d ever support a PG&E CEO, Wall Street CEO, or any other so-called CEO, so let’s set the record straight. I asked Ballin to put his feet in the shoes of the operators at Table Mountain substation on the fateful night the Camp Fire broke out.

How does that equate to backing CEOs? Ballin’s consequential kook in the White House is sending battle ships to the Persian Gulf as we speak.

Ray Estes Redding

Mr. Mulholland, please forget having the PG&E board do a town hall with Camp Fire victims. While the board members might fake caring about Camp Fire victims, they mostly represent their PG&E stockholding hedge funds, and their concern is profit.

As you have some stature in the California Democratic Party, get former Gov. Jerry Brown and his friends at the California Public Utilities Commission to do the town hall with Camp Fire victims.

Only they have the clout to make change with PG&E. First, they could apologize for their lax oversight of PG&E, allowing PG&E to become so casual in regard to maintenance and safety, but laser-focused on their profit. Former Gov. Brown and the CPUC need to accept responsibility for their enabling of PG&E resulting in PG&E’s equipment being the cause of 17 of the 21 major wildfires in 2017, and now the Camp Fire.

Providing safe power to fireprone areas is not going to be cheap. Real change would require restructuring to remove the profit motive. Strong, creative and strategic action is needed, now!

Brown, show that you care. Do something to make up for the pain and the colossal carbon footprint of the fires you enabled.

Lucy Cooke Butte Valley

Support the shelter If you are a part of “not in my backyard,” that is the No. 1 reason why you should be supporting [the Orange Street Shelter].

Our local homeless community often stays in Depot Park. Our local homeless community often stays in the City Plaza. You don’t like to see them outside. You don’t like when homeless folks urinate and defecate outside in public.

If you agree with the statements above, please take a moment to realize how backward your logic is when opposing the shelter.

Offering [homeless people] shelter

will keep them out of sight, off of the streets, and give them a place to sleep and use the restroom. It also will help them regain stability in their lives.

This is not in question; this has been proven time and time again.

Do your research. Providing a place for them to rest safely, practice proper hygiene, and improve their mental health is the best chance they have at re-entering society. It must be at this central location, making it accessible.

Depot Park is already a popular location for our friends without homes. You will not notice a difference, except for the fact that you will not be able to see them anymore.

Allison Keck Chico

Tackle real issues I recently read an article about increased THC in the regulated, “recreational” cannabis on sale today. This article was from NPR Radio via the web, a most respected news outlet today. I respect their coverage.

Maybe, just maybe, we should find the priorities to research and address issues in our society like cellphone use on the roads, streets, highway, endangering the public every day in our world. Maybe strive to eradicate infectious diseases such as measles (again), sexually transmitted diseases, overprescribed medications by unethical doctors. Maybe more education, mandated in global, let alone “national,” media.

Most importantly, more help at the city, county, state and federal levels to address homeless people in our backyards, streets and creekbeds. These are public health and real social issues in almost all of our lives today. Thank god for THC. Thank god or goodness or whatever for public radio, TV, for following these stories, but is anybody paying attention?

Brian Johnson Orland

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I’m going home to study since it’s “dead week,” and I’m dying.

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NEWSLINES DOWNSTROKE ENLOE, ADVENTIST HEALTH PARTNER

Two of the region’s main health care providers have partnered to focus on a post-Camp Fire health care plan.

Adventist Health and Enloe Medical Center have entered a one-year agreement and will focus on access to health care, community prevention and wellness initiatives throughout the county, according to a press release.

More specifically, Enloe CEO Mike Wiltermood said they anticipate discussing how emergency services might be provided in Paradise, among other topics.

“While a great deal of important health services were either destroyed or displaced by the fire, many health service organizations and individuals have already increased capacity to compensate,” he told the CN&R. “It is important that we carefully consider the present and future health care needs of our area and plan accordingly.”

DA CONTINUES PG&E PROBE

Following Cal Fire’s announcement last Wednesday (May 15) that PG&E’s equipment caused the Camp Fire, Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey told the CN&R his criminal investigation into the utility remained ongoing.

“It was fairly apparent from the beginning that the cause and origin of the fire was the transmission line from the Pulga area,” Ramsey said.

He added that the District Attorney’s Office—with assistance from Cal Fire, the state Attorney General’s Office and other law enforcement agencies—will continue its investigation to determine whether PG&E and/or any individuals should face criminal charges.

O-TOWN COUNCILWOMEN SUE

Oroville Councilwomen Janet Goodson and Linda Draper are suing the Oroville City Council, alleging that Mayor Chuck Reynolds violated the Brown Act and city charter in March when he removed them from the committees on which they served.

They aim to reverse the decision and have the topic aired publicly. In a letter to the council, attorney Deborah B. Caplan writes that the mayor is not granted such appointment authority under the city charter. She adds that the decision appears discriminatory—Draper and Goodson (pictured) are the only women and liberals on the council, and Goodson is the only black council member.

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Grand ideas Downtown convention center and hotel among university’s master plan revision

MGuzzi, campus into a new era. a retired Navy civil engineer and

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the university’s associate vice president of facilities and capital projects, has been tasked story and photo by with updating the instiAndre Byik tution’s master plan. The document’s last major and re b @ n ew srev i ew. c o m revision came in 2005 and is intended to guide Speak up: the school’s building projects over the next Visit tinyurl.com/ ChicoStatePlan for 10 to 30 years, reshappublic comment ing the campus in the information. process.

Starting more than a year ago, Guzzi and his team have developed an “aggressive” plan that he said is meant to serve as a checklist of projects to complete, not a wish list of desires. Included among nearly two-dozen new construction projects are a 4,000-seat sports and events arena and a parking structure off Warner Street; several on-campus student housing buildings; and a conceptual plan that could bring a hotel and convention center near downtown’s Lost Park, replacing the two University Foundation buildings adjacent to Big Chico Creek at 25 and 35 Main St.

None of these projects is funded or expected to start construction in the next several years. In fact, the updated master plan likely won’t be approved by the California State University board of trustees until at least May 2020. But Guzzi’s proposed plan is about to undergo an environmental review, and the school will accept public comments on the plan through Tuesday (May 28), ahead of the preparation of an environmental impact report.

To that end, residents in the Avenues already have identified a potential bottleneck.

John Whitehead, president of the Chico Avenues Neighborhood Association, said he and others who live nearby are concerned about potential traffic impacts from the proposed arena and 900-space parking structure.

Specifically, Whitehead explained in an email, the projects could result in an increased number of motorists using West Sacramento Avenue and West Second Street to access the arena and parking structure on Warner Street, “without any infrastructure improvements delineated.”

Further, he said he also objects to the proposed arena and parking project “in principle” because the “increased traffic funneled into the city core … runs counter to the objectives of prior [university] trans-

portation studies/plans.”

Guzzi said he understands those specific concerns.

“I hear them,” he said. “Ingress/egress is something we need to look at, and the environmental impact report will analyze that and it will tell us, ‘OK, hey, if you’re going to put this thing there, here’s what you need to do to make it so people can get in and out.’”

A draft environmental impact report for the proposed master plan is expected to be completed by fall. It will then go through a round of public review and comments.

The university’s updated master plan, Guzzi said, is being developed to support the school’s “strategic plan,” which also is undergoing revision and includes values such as sustainability and student success.

Included in the plan are several student housing buildings that would add an additional 1,400 beds to the campus. Guzzi said officials have observed that students succeed when they spend their first year on campus, integrating with their learning environments. Officials also envision creating classrooms that offer more “collaborative” learning spaces, with more square feet assigned per student and a departure from more traditional lecture halls.

Mike Guzzi, Chico State’s associate vice president of facilities and capital projects, has created an “aggressive” building plan for the university.

“We are pushing the CSU system to update their standards to allow us to build more spacious learning facilities,” Guzzi said.

But while the updated master plan identifies at least 22 new construction projects, including replacing Glenn and Modoc halls, Guzzi said the document is intended to be a road map for construction over the next several decades. Any school in the CSU’s 23-campus system that builds five buildings in a 10-year period would be “kicking butt.”

Chico State’s building projects over the next several years, he said, have already been identified. They include the new science building that is under construction where Siskiyou Hall once stood, the renovation of the old Physical Science Building, to be completed in 2021, and then a $90 million renovation of Butte Hall, to be completed in 2023.

These are all projects that were identified in the 2005 master plan.

To potentially expedite future projects, Guzzi said he’s been directed to explore alternative funding sources, such as partnerships, sponsorships and donations. Guzzi noted a possible collaboration between the university and the city—which owns the parking lot along Big Chico Creek adjacent to the school’s foundation buildings—to better use the Lost Park area. The proposed master plan envisions a hotel and convention center there, with an additional parking structure, plus retail and office space.

“It’s just a wasted space that needs to be better utilized,” Guzzi said. “The city recognizes that. So do we. And, frankly, these two [foundation] buildings that we’re occupying right now ... they are backlogged in deferred maintenance.”

(Across campus, Guzzi said, the school has a backlog of building and utilities infrastructure renewal projects totaling $345 million.)

Chico City Manager Mark Orme said the city has been in ongoing talks with the university regarding the growth of the school and the city. The best-case scenario for the municipality, he said, would be a long-term lease of the parking lot property it owns there while ensuring parking availability. Orme said university officials are scheduled to present their updated master plan to the City Council Sept. 3.

“We’re being open-minded,” Orme said, adding that any potential projects in the Lost Park area likely would be realized years down the line. Ω

Civil discourse Council discusses respect in chambers; recall effort initiated for Mayor Stone, Ory

The City Council could stand some improvement

when it comes to exhibiting respect and civility.

That was the general consensus at Tuesday’s (May 21) meeting, during which there was much discussion about the panel’s members needing to model better behavior toward one another and the general public.

Setting the backdrop for this discussion was an effort to recall Mayor Randall Stone and Councilman Karl Ory that was launched that evening by members of citizens group One Chico, who argue that the councilmen have misrepresented, disregarded and disrespected citizens.

Notably, when discussing management of public responses, members of the council, including former Mayors Sean Morgan and Ann Schwab, didn’t have a clear grasp of the sanctity of First Amendment rights. The panel was reminded repeatedly by Assistant City Attorney Andrew Jared that censorship of public commentary is legally dicey unless that speech is disruptive or includes threats or fighting words.

The most shocking exchange came when Morgan brought up a previous meeting during which a member of the public called Police Chief Mike O’Brien a white supremacist. He argued that was riot-inciting behavior and “there’s a point where a personal attack becomes so egregious someone should get punched in the mouth.”

Vice Mayor Alex Brown replied incredulously, but calmly: “You just made a comment about

SIFT ER Camp Fire snapshot Last Thursday (May 16), the California Office of Emergency Services released the latest data related to the Camp Fire recovery efforts.

Here are some of the estimates of the work done to date.

inciting riot behavior by being insulted by being called a white supremacist, and you said somebody deserved to be punched in the mouth?”

“If you call me a white supremacist, then yes,” Morgan replied.

Ultimately, the council came to a general consensus to be more respectful toward one another, but side-stepped any policy changes regarding public speech for the time being. Stone stood firm on his position, saying that it’s part of the job to hear all comments, no matter how “ridiculous” or untrue.

“I’m not going to shut off the mic on a person, because I can’t. It’s their First Amendment right,” he said. “I’m not going to restrict anything here … just because I’m uncomfortable with what they have to say.”

Jared did make it clear that the council

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Councilman Karl Ory, left, and Mayor Randall Stone were served on Tuesday (May 21) with notices indicating a citizen effort to recall them from their seats on the Chico City Council.

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could prohibit finger snapping (done frequently by attendees rather than clapping to show support) by arguing that it is disruptive and intimidating.

During a broader discussion on council meeting procedures, the panel decided to make two key changes come July in an effort to allow for more public comment and to end meetings earlier: Business from the floor will be shifted to the beginning of the meeting, just after the consent agenda, and the council will move up the start time by half an hour, to 5:30 p.m. The vote fell 4-2 regarding business from the floor: Brown argued that it would delay policy decisions, and Stone said it could encourage filibustering. All except Huber supported starting earlier. Ory, who left the meeting early due to illness, was absent.

Later in the meeting, during business from the floor—currently at the end of the agenda—the theme of civility emerged again, with the recall effort taking up the bulk of the discussion. Speakers were roughly split for and against.

Nichole Nava shared a statement from the group behind the recall, saying it is not because of political party or views, but “because both of the council members have summarily dismissed the repeatedly voiced concerns of citizens,” among other allegations, including fostering “public acrimony.”

While some speakers said it was myriad things that led them to this point, Nava specifically cited the handling of the city’s move to reject its inclusion in Assembly Bill 430 (the Camp Fire Housing Assistance Act), which exempts development from state environmenNEWSLINES C O N T I N U E D M AY 2 3 , 2 0 1 9

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In contrast, Jessica Giannola defended the councilmen, arguing that projects they’ve supported are intended to improve the city.

“The integrity of the city is threatened when we have groups that feel their voice is the only one that counts,” she said. “I feel that this attempt to recall intelligent and compassionate people is just another bullying tactic used to silence your voice.”

Ory told the CN&R he is “looking forward to serving my full term as I was elected to do” and that he’s “very disappointed in this distraction.”

Tuesday also marked the final round

of budget presentations from city departments. Public Works shared a similar story to last year—an overworked staff deferring maintenance and projects due to lack of funding.

For example, Erik Gustafson, director of operations and maintenance, said the city fleet needs approximately $3 million worth of repairs, including the replacement of two fire engines. He was able to budget $600,000 for vehicle repairs citywide, which isn’t enough for even one of those engines. Two of the city’s fire stations need to be remodeled, which staff will begin in phases this year. Gustafson also plans to add four positions: a wastewater treatment plant office assistant and operator, a traffic signal technician, and a maintenance aid for the tree crew, the latter made possible by decreasing funds paid to outside contractors.

“Some of it is new money, absolutely,” he told the CN&R later.

“But otherwise we’re doing everything we possibly can creatively to find funding.”

Also of note when it came to the budget: Staff is recommending shifting $350,000 per year from waste-hauling fees ($800,000) to the Police Department to fund a street crimes unit. In September 2017, the previous City Council voted to reserve those fees to repair the city’s roadways. Then, last October, the panel expressed an intention to fund the street crimes unit, floating the idea of drawing from the fees but ultimately postponing the decision until this year’s budget cycle.

—ASHIAH SCHARAGA ashiahs@ n ewsr ev i ew. com

Talking procedure Supervisors challenge how county expresses priorities in Sacramento and Washington, D.C. Last month, when local jurisdictions began talk-

ing about Assembly Bill 430, Butte County Supervisor Tami Ritter’s interest was piqued.

She began asking about the county’s stance, and she was told the county didn’t have one, nor had any of her fellow supervisors suggested discussing the measure, which would temporarily remove environmental regulations to spur housing development in Camp Fire-adjacent communities.

So she was surprised—and upset—when she received a copy of a letter written “on behalf of the Butte County Board of Supervisors” expressing support for AB 430. It was addressed to Assemblyman James Gallagher, co-author of the bill, and signed by board Chair Steve Lambert. A second letter came across her desk in the same manner last week. It opposes AB 1356, which relates to cannabis sales.

“We should do the public’s work in the public eye,” she told the CN&R. Bruce Alpert, county counsel, apparently agrees. He told the board as much at its meeting Tuesday (May 21): “We’re on the verge of [committing] Brown Act violations. If the board is sending a letter, it needs to come before the board, in open session. That’s a little more structured than we’ve been in the past, but it’s prudent for us to do that.” He elaborated that, should there be a need to act swiftly— because of last-minute amendments and the like—that county Chief Administrative Officer

Shari McCracken could pen a letter and sign it herself, but not on behalf of the board.

Tuesday’s discussion on the topic came in the context of the county’s legislative platform, a set of documents outlining priorities and stances on topics ranging from agriculture to cannabis meant to steer lobbying efforts in Sacramento and Washington, D.C. The platform typically is discussed in the fall, before the legislative session begins, but the Camp Fire pushed that discussion back. An outline was prepared in December and the panel approved the documents in February, though newbie Supervisors Ritter and Debra Lucero expressed frustration at the process, which they argued lacks breadth and transparency.

“This process has not been clear. When we went through this in February, it was kind of like, ‘This is what we have, let’s stamp it,’” Ritter said at the meeting. “It would be helpful to have more detail and to know specifically what I’m supporting—so if there are things in the platform that I don’t support, I know what they are so I can speak on those things. It’s not OK to not know what the county is saying on the county’s behalf. As a commitment to transparency, we need to know.”

Speaking after the meeting, Ritter elaborated that the answers she’s gotten to a lot of procedural questions have been, “This is the way it’s always been done,” and this was no different.

She hopes to challenge that mentality.

Paul Yoder, a lobbyist hired by the county to represent its interests at the state Capitol, expressed openness to the idea. Having worked in other counties, including San Diego, he said there’s no one single template for legislative platforms.

“I want to underscore that this is your document. It’s not my document, it’s not Shari’s document,” he explained. “There are a lot of different forms or formats for legislative platforms. Some are so big that they’re actually bound.”

That seemed to strike a nerve with Supervisor Doug Teeter, who expressed several times during the meeting his confidence in the process as it is.

“To me, the legislative platform is what we can generally agree on,” he said. “If it’s something that we don’t like, it’s not something staff is going to write a letter about. I want us to do what we do best and not go overly deep in our legislative platform.”

Lucero snapped back: “It’s not about the end product, it’s about the process and strategizing about what we’re going to do as a county. … I feel like I’m speaking a different language here.

Perhaps this county isn’t ready for that kind of strategy and planning.”

McCracken said she’ll look into procedural options before bringing the platform back to the board in the fall.

“The world is changing, and not just because of the Camp Fire,” she said. “Maybe we do it in a workshop and then follow up. That’s one step more than we’ve done in the past.”

—MEREDITH J. COOPER me r e d i th c @ newsr ev iew.c o m

Rally for reproductive rights Ali Meders-Knight, of Tribal Ecological Knowledge (TEK), leads a group of about 50 people who congregated Tuesday (May 21) at the Chico City Plaza to rally against limiting women’s access to health care. They were part of a national protest as some states begin to dismantle reproductive rights— abortion in particular.

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APPOINTMENT Denise Peterson—at ease in the Iversen Wellness & Recovery Center’s activity room—has received counseling from, and works as, a peer provider.

Peer support Legislators advance bill to boost mental health, addiction services story and photo by

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W was like 10 years ago, the contrast between then and now couldn’t be more strikhen Denise Peterson describes what she

ing.

In 2009, as a 34-year-old married mother of three, she suffered depression that often proved all-consuming. “At that time, my 9-year-old child was raising their younger brother and sister, who were 1 and 3 roughly—while I was on the couch trying to exist,” Peterson recalled. She also struggled with the eating disorder anorexia.

Looking back, Peterson said she’d been suffering from depression for 25 years.

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“I remember thinking, There has got to be something better than all of this,” she told the CN&R. Peterson got an indication of what that might be after she “demanded” a divorce: “Amazingly enough, I got my appetite back that very day, and for the first time in months I could eat without being nauseous.” More signs came when the therapist seeing one of her children started counseling Peterson as well.

When she began confiding in peers— including a therapist who’d survived a bad marriage—Peterson experienced significant changes.

“There’s just this understanding that somebody has from walking a very similar path,” she said. With the first therapist, Peterson would try to explain her circumstances but, not having a comparable experience, “she just wouldn’t get it.” With a peer, “I barely had to

explain anything, because she got it.”

Peterson received free counseling at two Cut a rug local agencies specializing in trauma that utilize peers as providers. She joined a group supporting families and friends of alcoholics.

Dancing is a great way to get your body Then, around seven years ago, Peterson went moving and have some fun, and there to the Iversen Wellness & Recovery Center, a are plenty of opportunities in town to peer-led facility for adults with chronic menlearn some moves. Chico World Dancers tal illness and substance abuse issues, where offers free classes through the CARD she soon became a group facilitator. center every Thursday, and the Chico Peterson now works full-time at the Women’s Club hosts Afro-Caribbean dance Iversen Center as outreach coordinator for and line-dancing classes every Tuesday. peer support services. Her degree from Chico And there’s line-dancing Tuesdays at the Tackle Box, too. If ballroom is your thing, State is in English; however, in working for both the Chico Guild Hall and the Chico Northern Valley Catholic Social Service Sports Club provide everything from the (which operates Iversen) and the Butte tango to the jitterbug. Whether you want County Department of Behavioral Health, to own the dance floor or be able to roshe’s received extensive training to conduct mance your partner with a dip and twirl, peer counseling. there is a class just for you.

She appreciates helping others the way she’s been helped. Particularly satisfying are moments when someone shares a troubling previous attempt, SB 614, in 2015, got tabled experience she understands and is able to in the Assembly after passing the Senate. assure them “it makes total sense you would With a new governor—Gavin Newsom, be feeling this way ... responding this way. who has made public promises and budgetary “Just the sigh of relief [that] somebody commitments to support mental health—peer gets it, it’s palpable.” advocates feel more confident about SB 10.

California has thousands of peer pro“It has had nothing viders like but support from the Peterson—6,000 “There’s just this mental health comat last count, in munity and friends,” 2016. Considering understanding that Nancy Zinman, the shortage of somebody has from executive director of professionals for CAMHPRO, said by mental health and walking a very phone. The California addiction recovery, similar path.”

Association of Mental particularly in rural —Denise Peterson Health Peer-Run areas such as the Health Organizations, North State, they’re based in the Bay Area, champions provider filling a gap that 48 states recognize by certigroups across the state. fying peer providers and drawing on federal “It’s defining the role, having standardized Medicaid funds for their work. training, valuing what people are doing,” she The exceptions: California and South added, “which is so important.”

Dakota. But California may join the rest if The previous attempts received unanimous legislation that’s stalled twice finally becomes support from legislators. SB 906 passed every law. committee and floor vote in both houses of Senate Bill 10 would create statewide certifica- the Legislature without a no vote; Brown’s veto statement asserted that “peer support tion for “peer support specialists” by July specialists are used as providers in Medi-Cal 1, 2020, and establish billing for services without a state certificate” and the “costly through Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid pronew program” would exclude some providgram. The Senate Appropriations Committee ers. Peterson said some agencies and counties considered the bill last Thursday (May 16) do bill Medi-Cal, but standardization would and advanced it to the Senate floor for a full enable every organization and provider to vote. participate, should they meet the standards Sen. Jim Nielsen, a Republican whose established. district includes Butte County, co-authored In 2015, backers ultimately abandoned SB 10. The principal author, Sen. Jim Beall SB 614 when the state Department of Health (D-San Jose), wrote a similar bill that thenGov. Jerry Brown vetoed last year, SB 906. A Care Services pushed amendments that

altered the core concept of peer providers. That’s according to Adrienne Shilton of the Steinberg Institute, a nonprofit founded

by Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg (a former state legislator) that advocates for public policies to improve mental health. The institute co-sponsored SB 10, which so far has passed through committees without dissent.

“From both a policy and fiscal perspective, it just makes sense,” Shilton said by phone. “Peer providers are part of our workforce now but aren’t utilized to their maximum capacity. The training programs vary widely across the counties and the nonprofits that train them—there really isn’t a standard, core set of skills that peers have.

So there’s an issue to bring parity across the state, and there’s the fiscal issue … that we’re actually leaving federal money on the table by not billing for these services.”

Proponents say this could ease the burden on a mental health system that’s already overwhelmed.

Said Peterson: “In all reality, I’m surprised the bill hasn’t passed

Track the bill:

Visit tinyurl.com/SB10status to follow the progress of Senate Bill 10.

before.”

A spokesman from the Department of Health Care Services told the CN&R by email that it’s “still analyzing SB 10 and does not currently have a position on the bill.” He did not comment on the earlier legislation.

Zinman, from CAMHPRO, said SB 10 has provisions that account for current providers’ experience when they seek certification. She cited as a benefit “portability”— having a license recognized beyond where the provider received training. Peterson agreed, mentioning the U.S. Veterans’ Administration, in which peer providers can transfer nationwide.

Moreover, Peterson added, SB 10 “invites Californians to continue discussion if the certification process is working and what changes need to be done—allows it to grow and evolve as our understanding of peer services evolve.” □

WEEKLY DOSE

Sunscreen gets burned It’s the season for restocking the sunscreen supply, but which brand can you trust to do the job? The Environmental Working Group analyzes more than 1,300 products with SPF each year, and the early numbers for its annual report aren’t looking too good—nearly two-thirds of the sunscreens evaluated would not pass U.S. Food and Drug Administration safety tests. It wasn’t until recently that sunscreen ingredients were regulated, but in February the FDA called for additional testing of a dozen common ingredients after finding that some of them can enter and remain in a person’s bloodstream for at least 24 hours. Oxybenzone, for one, has been linked to low testosterone levels and damaged coral reefs. And, as for those sunscreens with an SPF in the triple digits, the FDA is looking to put a cap at 60, since there is no data to prove that anything higher increases protection. Check ewg.org/sunscreen for the updated list.

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GREEN GREENWAYS The Sacramento River is home to an array of wildlife.

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Eye of the storm AquAlliance, allies prepare for next wave of water fights

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Bgroup tive director of the Chico-based advocacy AquAlliance wears a steely expres-

arbara Vlamis is smiling. Often, the execu-

sion, as her work involves David-versusGoliath battles against powerful interests— namely, government agencies and water brokers. Now, she’s satisfied, even a bit celebratory.

Last spring, Vlamis and groups allied to AquAlliance notched a legal victory regarding environmental impacts of transferring water from the northern Sacramento Valley into the Delta for 10 years. (See “Marching on,” Newslines, March 28, 2018.)

The past few weeks have brought more good news—and grins. “[For] different reasons,” Vlamis said gleefully.

First, she and colleagues in two partner groups, the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance and the California Water Impact Network (CWIN), met with officials in the administration of the new governor, Gavin Newsom. They left feeling heard and, as validation, found issues they discussed in an executive order issued by Newsom 11 days later.

That decree, signed April 29, directed four state departments to “develop a water resilience portfolio”—in other words, a sustainable plan factoring in climate change—“that meets the needs of California’s communities, economy and environment through the 21st century.”

The first action Newsom ordered echoed a point in the aforementioned meeting: assess supply versus demand. CWIN has conducted this analysis, as has UC Davis, but the

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state government has not. Carolee Krieger, executive director of CWIN, said both studies determined that legal rights to northern Sacramento Valley water exceed the amount available by 550 percent. The water advocates shared this data with the governor’s officials.

“We’re very pleased we’re being accepted as valuable people to talk to,” Vlamis said.

Days later, Newsom really pleased the alliance. May 2, he confirmed a policy shift announced in February by officially abandoning the twin tunnels his predecessor, Jerry Brown, had championed for the Delta.

That project, formally known as California WaterFix, would have taken Sacramento River water south through two massive diversion tunnels. The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California pledged to defray much of the $19 billion construction cost.

“We’re being accepted as valuable people to talk to.”

—Barbara Vlamis

Newsom withdrew permit applications and instead called for officials to evaluate the feasibility of one tunnel, which Vlamis said the L.A. water district “has always claimed was not viable.” May 7, the state Department of Water Resources (DWR) further sealed the twin tunnels’ fate by rescinding bonds to finance the project.

These actions rendered moot three lawsuits AquAlliance and its partners had pending.

“That’s another victory, waiting out Gov. Brown essentially,” Vlamis said. “We have to see what they come back with, what their

analysis is, but it’s certainly a step in the right direction.”

Krieger also is bullish about the latest developments. Speaking by phone from Santa Barbara, where CWIN is based, she voiced even more enthusiasm than Vlamis.

She, Vlamis and Bill Jennings of the fishing association met with two top officials at the California Natural Resources Agency: then-Undersecretary Thomas Gibson (now deputy secretary and special counsel for water) and Deputy Secretary for Communications Lisa Lien-Mager.

“I was absolutely elated by the end of the conversation,” Krieger said, “because I felt like they actually listened to what we were saying, heard what we were saying and took us seriously. [It’s the] first time that I’ve had that experience with anyone in government, and I’ve been doing this [advocacy work] for 30 years.”

The water accounting work conducted

by CWIN found an average of 29 million acre-feet flowing unimpaired through the watershed and 153.7 million acre-feet worth of claims—“5 1/2 times more claims than water [that] exists,” Krieger said. “Of course, when they can’t get it out of the rivers, they’re going to try to get it out of the ground” through pumping aquifers.

“That’s why what Barbara is doing with AquAlliance is so critical. Even the state agencies that we’ve talked to don’t quite understand how the contractors south of the Delta are gaming the system with water claims because they haven’t done the quantification work to show it’s so oversubscribed.”

Vlamis said the Natural Resources Agency officials got a clear picture of the water transfers already taking place and existing groundwater conditions in the north valley.

“It’s awfully nice to have an administration

interested in listening to engaged voices that have not been welcome in the past,” she added.

The possibility of a Delta diversion, via a single tunnel, seems remote because both Krieger and Vlamis estimate a feasibility study taking several years to complete.

That doesn’t mean their fights are over.

After winning in court last year over the 10-year water transfers, the state unexpectedly restarted the process by releasing an environmental report for public comment Feb. 1. Vlamis had comparable concerns with the new plan—namely, how it addresses impacts associated with pumping water from underground during dry years. AquAlliance submitted its comments during the 45-day period and awaits the state’s response, prepared to sue if necessary.

“What Barbara has done is put [officials] on notice that they can’t just suck the Tuscan aquifer dry like what’s happened in the San Joaquin, the Kern and the Tulare basins,” Krieger said. “We can see the results, the subsidence, where that has happened.”

Meanwhile, in November, they expect another suit against the state to have its hearing. AquAlliance and its partners have challenged the California State Water Resources Control Board on its practice of granting waivers of environmental rules to allow for more water during drought years. Ω

ECO EVENT Gardening for good

The Veterans Garden Project is a local nonprofit dedicated to providing veterans and their families hands-on gardening experience and access to a healthy, sustainable food while creating connections with other veterans and the community. Home base is the Humboldt Community Garden, where veterans grow vegetables and flowers of many kinds. The group’s eighth annual Free Plant Giveaway is Saturday (May 25), from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Chico Eagles Hall (1940 Mulberry St.), where more than 1,000 vegetable and flower starts will be distributed to veterans and their families. Coffee and snacks will be provided and all are welcome to attend to celebrate local service members.

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Passion for fashion

Taking control of sewer destiny

As long as she can remember, Cindy Williams has helped friends and colleagues dress to impress, picking out flattering outfits that fit their lifestyles.

Upon retiring from her career in human resources for the county of Sonoma and moving to Chico two years ago, she found herself “floundering on what to do with the second half of my life.” So, on the advice of a local life coach, she decided to turn that knack for fashion into a full-time gig.

With a master’s in public administration to guide her business-wise, she got certified as a consultant/stylist through the Fashion Stylist Institute.

Then, earlier this month, she unveiled Cinfully Chic Fashionista and her new role as a professional personal stylist and image consultant. She recently took time to share her passion with the CN&R. Find out more at cinfullychicfashionista.com.

If anything good emerges from the ashes of the Camp Fire, I believe it will be a better-planned community. I’ve written in the past about Paradise’s need for a sewer system to support businesses and, finally, it looks like that might come to pass.

Last Tuesday (May 14), the Town Council voted unanimously to move forward with plans for a local wastewater treatment facility. That was not the consensus the last time the conversation came up—in late 2017—after a consultant looked over the options and reported that the local project would cost just slightly less than one that would hook Paradise in to Chico’s system. Over time, the local option would cost more, the report showed. Plus, the town would need land on which to build said facility—and the money to see either plan through.

Post-Camp Fire, everything has changed. Land is now available, and so is money. Then there are the jerks in Chico treating fire survivors like vermin.

Former Paradise Councilman Steve Culleton said, in addressing the council as a current “Chico-dise” resident, “Right now, Chico is not nice to us, so I don’t want to put everything in that bank. We need to control our own destiny.”

As Mayor Jody Jones and Councilman Steve Crowder said during the meeting, now is the time. (The vote was 3-0, with Vice Mayor Greg Bolin and Councilman Mike Zuccolillo recusing themselves.)

How do you start with a new client?

The first thing I like to start with is a body shape analysis. I go to their house, or they come to my house. I take body measurements and ... I get to know their lifestyle. Then I take that information and create a portfolio for them. I offer tips and tricks for their particular body shape, examples for clothing for their body shape. For some, that’s [all they need]—for others, I’ll go on a personal shopping trip for them.

I understand that. I was a single mom for many years when I was younger, and I bought all my suits at Goodwill. There’s this misconception that “I need to have a lot of money to look good”—you really don’t. Chico also has a lot of boutiques I really like, like Fifth Street [Clothing Co.] and For Elyse.

What does that entail?

Any success stories?

I go to the store first, I pick out items for them, and I set them up in a fitting room. As they try things on, I ask, “What do you like about this?”

“What does or doesn’t work?” I also do closet organizing and editing. I have them go through and take out what they haven’t worn in a long time and organize it so they can go in in the morning and not [have to wonder], “What do I wear to work?”

How do you choose what stores you go to?

One example was a woman who worked with me at the county of Sonoma. She couldn’t figure out why she wasn’t getting promoted. I was brutally honest and I said, “You kind of dress like my grandma.” She laughed. Then we went out shopping and she spent about $1,000. She lit up—her confidence was so boosted. And she’s been promoted three times since then. When you put on something that fits well, and is the right color for you, it makes such a difference.

Based on the client and their budget. Some people don’t have that much money to shop with—and

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WORKIN’ IT Chico Mall announced last month its plans for a portion of the former Sears building—a Planet Fitness. At first, I was skeptical about bringing yet another gym to town, but upon further investigation, PF does seem pretty cool—and different from other models already here. It’s focused on the occasional user more than hardcore bodybuilders, calling its workout spaces the “Judgment Free Zone.” It also seems super affordable—prices online range from $10 to $22.50 a month, with the latter including things like tanning, massage chairs and half-off cooler drinks.

YA HEARD? Chico Hearing Aid Center is celebrating its 70th anniversary this month with a number of cool promotions. First, it’s holding a drawing for free hearing aids—the winner will be announced at the end of the month—and second, anyone who buys hearing aids this month gets a $70 gift card. So, if you’re thinking about upgrading your aural senses, now is the time. Check ’em out at 1600 Mangrove Ave., Ste. 100, call 342-8132 or go to chicohearingaidcenter.com for more info.

FOOD GAME GROWS Rolling Hills Casino in Corning is upping the ante when it comes to dining options. This summer, it’ll break ground on two new eateries—L.A.based chain Fatburger, and Rock and Brews. KISS fans should be well aware of the latter, which was founded by Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley. Both eateries focus on American comfort food—and both are known for their burgers, which seems a bit redundant—with Rock and Brews adding craft beers to the mix. All in all, sounds like a fun expansion. Construction is expected to take 18 months.

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bunch of films are coming out this summer movie season, and it’s my honor and job and legal obligation to let you in on some of the scuttlebutt surrounding them in a preview sort of way.

Here is a sample of what’s in theaters now and what’s coming over the next couple of months. The following thoughts on these movies are based on what I’ve read about them in advance, preview trailers and voodoo.

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Now playing Avengers: Endgame: Did you cry when Peter Parker begged for his life in the last Avengers movie? Fear not, for Spider-Man has his own movie later this summer (see below) and the superhero team probably has something up its sleeve to bring back the likes of Spidey and Black Panther after they perished in the Thanos finger snap.

I imagine this might be the end for the likes of Chris Evans (Captain America) and Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), as far as Marvel movies are concerned. They must be phased out before their testosterone levels start dropping mercilessly.

Long Shot: Your requisite romantic comedy for May has Charlize Theron and Seth Rogen making out. I’m guessing there also will be weed smoking.

UglyDolls: What? Are people just going to garage sales, spotting past toy fads and making movies about them? When am I getting my Furby movie? Oh, wait, they made one 14 years ago. How about a Paddle Ball movie? Paddle Ball made a great cameo in Blazing Saddles. It deserves its own feature!

The Intruder: You know your career is in its death rattle when you find yourself starring as the psycho guy who still lives in the house a married couple just moved into. Dennis Quaid, he of the recent car insurance commercials, gets to go nasty and perform unauthorized lawn mowing in what surely will be one of his last starring roles to show up on the big screen.

Pokemon Detective Pikachu: Look, kids! You had to wait only a week for the next toy movie cash-in!

The Hustle: A loose remake of the Steve Martin comedy Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, which was a remake of Marlon Brando’s Bedtime Story, so this is a double remake.

Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson star, with Hathaway sporting a British accent that will have audiences pouring cement into their ear canals.

POMS: Some women at a retirement home form a cheerleading squad and enter a competition. When I first read about this movie, I thought to myself, I don’t want to see this movie. I don’t want to see this movie so, so much. But then I saw the cast features Diane Keaton, and I’m mellowing on it a bit. Even though the majority of her movies these days suck, you always have to give the great Keaton a shot.

Tolkien: This biopic about the author of The Lord of the Rings seems to propose the idea that J.R.R. Tolkien (Nicholas Hoult) and his buddies palled around like a bunch of hobbits at college—a “fellowship,” if you will.

The Dead Don’t Die (June 14)

He also, apparently, got his inspiration for Shelob the giant spider when a pet tarantula crawled onto his face during a collegiate pizza party and beer blast.

movie. Disney plans something in the neighborhood of 4,002 live-action remakes of their animated classics. This isn’t even the last one being released this summer.

John Wick: Chapter 3—Parabellum: This is not the Keanu Reeves sequel that has me most jazzed. They have finally announced a 2020 release date for the next Bill & Ted movie, so, actually, any movie that has Reeves in it until then will just piss me off because it represents something that kept the Bill & Ted sequel out of theaters longer. Also, I don’t think a movie title should ever contain the word “Parabellum.”

Ad Astra (May 24): Brad Pitt gets to play an astronaut, following in fellow stud muffin Ryan Gosling’s footsteps.

The Sun Is Also a Star: Gee, I didn’t know this.

Thanks. I was really struggling with that one.

A Dog’s Journey: Aw, look. Just two weeks after his prior movie, and my sinister jabs at the career of Dennis Quaid, here he is again in a potentially sweet movie about dogs and their spirits traveling from canine to canine in our lives. OK, maybe he has a post-60 career after all. Sorry, Dennis!

Opening this week Aladdin (May 24): The Jungle Book was cool, and I was OK with the Beauty and the Beast live-action redo. Dumbo was awful, and judging by the previews, this looks like a complete waste of time. Will Smith looks creepy blue, as would anybody with a blueberry complexion outside of an animated

Brightburn (May 24): James Gunn, the newly reinstated man behind the Guardians of the Galaxy movies, produces a superhero horror story that asks the question, What if a Superman-type kid getting bullied as he grows up goes bad instead of good … like, really, really bad? Like, eat-your-face bad.

I’m not sure if the little boy with superpowers actually eats somebody’s face, but that would be badass.

Booksmart (May 24): Olivia Wilde’s directorial debut looks like a profane blast.

Godzilla: King of Monsters (May 31): The previews for this have me drooling. We didn’t get enough Godzilla in the first movie. This time out, it looks like there will be a lot more monster action, along with Millie Bobbie Brown doing her quiet-but-angry shtick. I just want to see monsters punching each other this summer. The IMAX preview that played before Shazam! has me thinking this might possibly be one of the greatest monster movies ever made.

Rocketman (May 31): Bohemian Rhapsody is one of the most overrated movies I’ve ever seen. Let’s see if Elton John gets better treatment than Freddie Mercury. Taron Egerton

does his own singing in this biopic, and he sounds pretty damn good, so I’m encouraged.

June: The season hits its stride Dark Phoenix (June 7): From a marketing standpoint, it shocks me that Fox isn’t using “X-Men” in the title and promotional pieces.

It’s also stupid that I find myself focusing on the inefficiencies of an upcoming movie’s marketing plan. I need to get out more.

The Secret Life of Pets 2 (June 7): Upon the revelation that comedian Louis C.K. had a thing for masturbating in front of women in questionable circumstances, makers of this animated movie got to thinking, Say, maybe the lead dog in our cute movie about what happens with pets behind the scenes shouldn’t feature the voice of a standup comedian recently revealed to have had a thing for jacking off in front of women in questionable circumstances. Patton Oswalt steps in as his replacement, and I think most of the kids won’t notice, unless those kids are TMZ junkies.

Men in Black: International (June 14): Will Smith will not return because he was busy being blue for Aladdin and shooting the Bad Boys sequel. Hello, Tessa Thompson.

Tommy Lee Jones won’t be returning because he is a cranky coot and nobody wants to hang out with him. Hello, Chris Hemsworth. Rip Torn will not be returning MOVIES C O N T I N U E D M AY 2 3 , 2 0 1 9

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because he is passed out drunk in a lake of his own urine smack dab in the middle of a bank lobby somewhere.

Shaft (June 14): In this reboot, Samuel L. Jackson actually returns as Shaft, who he played in one film. This one has multigenerational Shafts, including Richard Roundtree as Shaft’s dad and Jessie T. Usher as his son.

The Dead Don’t Die (June 14): Does anything look more glorious than this? Jim Jarmusch does zombies while assembling a cast that includes Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Iggy Pop, Chloë Sevigny and Steve Buscemi.

Toy Story 4 (June 21): They said it would never happen. But then somebody at Pixar saw one of those new Teslas and said, “I need a down payment! Let’s get Hanks and Allen into a sound booth!”

Child’s Play (June 21): Mark Hamill replaces Brad Dourif as the voice of Chucky. (Dourif will possibly voice the psycho doll in a proposed TV series.)

Annabelle Comes Home (June 28): I wasn’t aware that Annabelle had left home. She’s a doll. She just sort of sits around. I mean, she comes alive to kill and freak people out, but she doesn’t cover a lot of ground when she does it. Maybe a hallway or the distance from a closet to a bed. I don’t picture her Uber-ing out of town and catching Southwest to Orlando for some vacation killings. She’s … a … stupid … doll. She’s always home.

Yesterday (June 28): After a bicycle mishap, a wannabe musician wakes up into a world where the Beatles never existed, but in his former parallel life, they did. So, he remembers their songs, starts claiming them as his own, and becomes a star. Where it leads Blinded By the Light (Aug. 16)

from there, I don’t know, but I have to imagine there’s some sort of moral core about the perils of plagiarism in this thing. Paul McCartney more than likely sues somebody.

He’s always suing somebody.

Spider-Man: Far From Home (July 5)

The Other Side of Heaven 2: Fire of Faith (June 28): Listen, I practice an agnostic leaning toward straight atheistic dogma with a little bit of Satan, Buddha, Pete Townshend and Thom Yorke worship mixed in. That said, I have no problem with a good “Jesus Is Awesome!” movie, like The Last Temptation of Christ, The Passion of the Christ or Monty Python’s Life of Brian. As for these “faith-based” movies that are suddenly getting a lot of green lights, they feel like nothing more than a Jesus cash-in, like those Apocalyptic Food Drums preacher Jim Bakker hawks on TV, or anything associated with that bastard Pat Robertson’s The 700 Club.

July: Surprisingly light on releases Midsommar (July 3): Did you like Hereditary?

I liked Hereditary. Therefore, I like the prospects of this here movie, written and directed

by Ari Aster, the man who brought you Hereditary. Bring it.

Spider-Man: Far From Home (July 5): This one looks to be a lighthearted antidote to the heaviness currently going on in the Marvel universe. One can assume that Peter Parker has survived Endgame, or we are seeing something in a parallel universe, or SpiderMan cloned himself in the science lab before the finger snap.

The Lion King (July 19): So, after releasing this, yet another live-action remake of a Disney animated movie, Disney has some interesting plans. It’s going to make an animated version of its 1967 beloved classic The Gnome Mobile, and then promptly release a live-

action remake of the animated remake five weeks later. You heard it here first, folks.

David Crosby: Remember My Name (July 19): I hate Crosby, Stills & Nash almost as much as I hate Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, which means I have to hate David Crosby by default.

Once Upon a Time In Hollywood (July 26): Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt headline the ninth film by Quentin Tarantino, this one dealing with 1960s Hollywood and somehow involving the Manson clan and Sharon Tate (played by Margot Robbie). Tarantino has said he’s quitting after his 10th film. He’s too young and too cool to stop at one more movie. Keep going.

August: Running out of steam Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (Aug. 2): I’m not a huge fan of the Furious movies, mainly because the sight and sounds of Vin Diesel make me want to run my head over with a Dodge Charger. This one, focusing on the characters portrayed by Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham, doesn’t involve Diesel, so it could be a fun, wacky piece of escapist fare. Or, it could really be stupid.

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The New Mutants (Aug. 2): I think this movie was supposed to be released in the 1990s. It’s been shelved and postponed many times.

Dora and the Lost City of Gold (Aug. 2): Isabel Moner was awesome in Instant Family. (If you haven’t seen that movie, rent it. It’s really good.) She stars here as the title character.

Artemis Fowl (August 9): This science fiction film from director Kenneth Branagh has a trailer set to a Radiohead tune, so I want to see it. Hey, I’m easily hooked.

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (Aug. 9): This is perhaps the summer’s finest guarantee if your goal is to shit your pants in a movie theater.

The trailer for this scares me so much. Bring it on!

The Angry Birds Movie 2 (Aug. 16): If you are like me, you probably just can’t figure how your life could logically proceed without a sequel to the Angry Birds animated movie.

Well, the gods have smiled upon us, and here it is, a sequel to a movie you probably didn’t see, a movie that gave you something to dump the kids off for a matinee while you went and drank lattes or beers. As for the apps these crap movies are based on, I admit, I used to play them a lot. Now, the apps just languish on my iPhone, only to be opened in the event my nephew hijacks it.

Live Your Dream!

47 Meters Down: Uncaged (Aug. 16): This is a sequel to that shark movie that starred Mandy Moore. This one doesn’t have Moore, but it does contain sharks. And I apologize for the comments about those last two movies above.

I have a sore throat, and I’m cranky. I thank you for your patience and understanding.

Namaste.

September: Summer’s last gasp It: Chapter Two (Sept. 6): Jessica Chastain, Bill Hader and James McAvoy play adult versions of the Losers Club in the conclusion of Stephen King’s horror story.

Downton Abbey (Sept. 20): Making a movie off of this TV show is like making a movie off of a potato chip sandwich. Hey … it’s getting close to the end of this article, and I’m running out of wiseass asides.

Good Boys (Aug. 16): Jacob Trembley plays a kid who curses a lot. This looks cool!

Playmobil: The Movie (Aug. 16): It’s another toy movie. I’ve lost count. Toy movies can go straight to hell!

Blinded by the Light (Aug. 16): This is a movie about a teenager in Britain who is a super fan of Bruce Springsteen. Movies about British teens who are Bruce Springsteen super fans can go to hell!

It: Chapter Two (Sept. 6)

Rambo V: Last Blood (Sept. 20): I wasn’t a huge fan of Rambo 4 after enjoying the first three chapters. (First Blood remains one of my alltime favorite movies.) I thought the call to keep Rambo long-haired with his headband looked a little goofy, and it distracted me from the story, which wasn’t a very original one at that. I have hope for this differentlooking take, which starts with Rambo back in America and eventually leads to an alleged battle with a Mexican cartel. Rambo looks like a cowboy now, and I like the change.

I just read a note from Stallone to the press about his elation during the editing process.

So, yeah, I’m excited for this one. I am, and will always be, a sequel junkie.

And with one last bellowing, awesomely crooked-mouthed scream from John Rambo, the summer shall end. Ω

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Jess Mercer with one of her artist clients at Gold Nugget Days.

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JESS MERCER MAKES HEALING ART WITH CAMP FIRE KIDS

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Phoenix Club—a new addition to the Chico location of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the North Valley—artist Jess Mercer sat patiently as several giggling students used eyeliner pencils and makeup brushes to turn her into a tiger with four eyebrows, rosy cheeks and a mustache.

Mercer explained that this was their reward for being so dedicated during the creation of the mural now hanging on the wall, a product of a program she launched this by year.

Ashiah Scharaga “This was probashiahs@ ably one of the best new srev iew.c om experiences of my life,” announced KEEP ART MOVIN’: student Kaitlyn Visit tinyurl.com/ Wood before runBCAWdonations or find ning to Mercer Butte County Art on Wheels on Facebook. and embracing her warmly, a smile on her face.

Since late February, Mercer has driven her mobile studio, Butte County Art on Wheels, to schools with students who were displaced by the Camp Fire. There, she encourages the kids to tap into their creativity, process their emotions and connect with one another by designing and painting a massive colorful mural.

So far, she estimates working with more than 1,500 kids across nine campuses, plus the Phoenix Club, which recently opened on Wall Street to help serve children of the Ridge after the Camp Fire. Mercer told the CN&R she feels honored to have collaborated with so many “brilliant … creative and

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honest” student artists. She plans to visit three more campuses before the end of this school year.

Given all that, it might come as a surprise that she only recently started considering herself an artist—her background is in youth counseling. In January 2017, she suffered a stroke and then many intermittent seizures.

For nearly two years, she was unable to work and spent all her time either in the hospital or undergoing physical therapy, learning how to reuse the left side of her body. That’s when she began drawing abstract portraits of her nurses.

Once Mercer recovered, she began working in her father’s art studio in Paradise, her hometown. Two months later, the studio and her parents’ home were in ashes.

That didn’t stop Mercer from creating. She immediately began collecting house and car keys for the Key Project Tribute, a phoenix sculpture she is creating and will donate to Paradise. And, starting in January, she began signing schools up for mural-making.

When Mercer arrives at a new site, she brings fresh water, wood to paint on (the murals are movable) and art supplies into the makeshift classrooms in warehouses and portables, and even one campus that survived the fire, Pine Ridge School in Magalia.

The students then begin designing, drawing and painting—the sky’s the limit. Mercer is there to encourage, support and guide, leaving the creative

process up to the kids.

The projects have provoked plenty of upbeat moments as well as many emotional responses. At Achieve Charter, for example, the sixth- through ninthgraders and staff members created a puzzle-piece mosaic. There are bright, colorful patterns along with smoky, fiery ones; a path leading through empty hills; and new growth emerging from the ashes.

“When it was finally finished and we set it up,” art teacher Susan Gasaway told the CN&R, “I started reminding them how cool this was, that even though the high school is going to be closing, that they have a permanent mark to show their experience at Achieve.

“We were in tears. … I’m so thankful to Jess that she reached out to us.”

The work thus far has largely been funded by two grants totaling $22,500 from the North Valley Community Foundation and Golden Valley Bank Community Foundation.

This summer, Mercer says she will teach art classes at the Phoenix Club and plans to bring her mobile studio to Art in the Park at the City Plaza during the Friday Night Concert series.

Mercer said she truly loves this work and is determined to create a sustainable program that is “a resource for repair.”

“My soul is full, and I feel so close to my community since November,” she said. “Being able to showcase that art is healing is a beautiful thing.” Ω

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Special Events SILENT FILM WITH LIVE SCORE: American horror film classic Phantom of the Opera accompanied by a live score and sound effects by Austin, Texas, band The Invincible Czars. Advance tickets at Blackbird (1431 Park Ave.). Thu, 5/23, 7pm. $10.

Pageant Theatre, 351 E. Sixth St.

SILVER DOLLAR FAIR: Rides, games, fried food, cute farm animals and tons of free live music. Five days—5/23-5/27. See website for pricing and events details. Thu, 5/23, 4pm. Silver Dollar Fairgrounds, 2357 Fair St. silverdollarfair.org

THURSDAY NIGHT MARKET: Local produce, fresh flowers, music, arts and crafts, and food trucks. Thu, 5/23, 6pm. Downtown Chico. 345-6500. downtownchico.com

Music SPRING CONCERT: Annual spring concert at Blue Oak School, grades 3-8 perform. Thu, 5/23, 6pm. Blue Oak School, 450 W. East Ave.

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Special Events BILL ENGVALL: Famous “blue-collar comedian” in the vein of Jeff Foxworthy and Larry the Cable Guy. Two sets. Fri, 5/24, 7pm and 9:30pm. $45-$85. Gold Country Casino & Hotel, 4020 Olive Highway, Oroville.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT COMEDY SHOW Wednesday, May 29 1078 Gallery

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SPRING BOOK GIVEAWAY: Opportunity for those affected by the Camp Fire to get some books. ID or proof of residency within the area that was effected by the fire will be required. Sun, 5/26, 11am. Pleasant Valley Recreation Center, 2320 North Ave.

Music EASTON CORBIN: Country music star performs at the fair, free with admission, VIP tickets available. Chad Bushnell opens. Sun, 5/26, 8pm. Silver Dollar Fairgrounds, 2357 Fair St. silverdollarfair.org

SUSAN SCHRADER AND JAZZ SATIE: Eclectic mix of jazz, blues, and retro pop for vegan brunch. Sun, 5/26, 11am. Tender Loving Coffee, 365 E. Sixth St.

POTLUCK, OPEN MIC AND JAM: Bring a dish to share, an acoustic instrument, your voice, a song or your favorite joke. Small donation requested. Fri, 5/24, 5pm. Feather River Senior Center, 1335 Meyers St., Oroville.

SILVER DOLLAR FAIR: See Thursday. Fri, 5/24, 4pm. Silver Dollar Fairgrounds, 2357 Fair St. silverdollarfair.org

Music BILLY RAY CYRUS: Achy-breaky country-rock star with the best hair performs at the fair.

Buck Ford opens. Free with fair admission, VIP tickets available. Fri, 5/24, 6:30pm. Silver Dollar Fairgrounds, 2357 Fair St. silver dollarfair.org

FRIDAY NIGHT CONCERT: Five-piece Journey cover band, Journey’s Edge, plays the classics. Fri, 5/24, 7pm. City Plaza, downtown Chico.

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FREE PLANT GIVEAWAY: The Veterans Garden Project will be giving away more than 1000 vegetable and flower starts to veterans and their families. Coffee and snacks will be provided. Sat 5/25, 9am. Chico Eagles Hall, 1940 Mulberry St.

FEATHER RIVER CANYON FIELD TRIP: Mount Lassen Chapter of the California Plant Society hosts a free outing to enjoy the nature of the

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MEMORIAL DAY CELEBRATION: There will be

SILVER DOLLAR FAIR: See Thursday. Sat 5/25, 11am. Silver Dollar Fairgrounds, 2357 Fair St.

SILVER DOLLAR FAIR: See Thursday. Mon, 5/27, 11am. Silver Dollar Fairgrounds, 2357 Fair St.

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season. Call leader Marjorie McNairn at 3432397 with questions. Sat 5/25, 9am. Chico Park & Ride, west lot, Highway 99/32.

5/27, 9:30am. Chico Cemetery, 881 Mangrove Ave. 345-7243

presentations of military honors, guest speakers, the symbolic laying of wreaths and music by the Chico Community Band.

Festivities begin at the cemetery and move to Glen Oaks Memorial Park at 2pm. Mon,

Anthony K headlines stand-up night with locals Nick Stiles, Jordan Riggins and more.

Bob Backstrom hosts. Wed, 5/29, 8pm. $10.

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STORYTAIL TUTORS: Reluctant, struggling, and beginning readers can read to a therapy dog, For children of all ages. Sat 5/25, 2pm. Butte County Library, 1108 Sherman Ave. buttecounty.net

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TEEN IMPROV SHOW: CLIC’s first all-teen improv troupe Unexpectedly Here makes it’s debut. Sat 5/25, 2pm. $5. Chico Live Improv Comedy, 561 E. Lindo Ave.

Music TANNER RICHARDSON: Local singer/songwriter plays for brunch. Sat, 5/25, 11am. La Salles, 229 Broadway St. lasalleschico.com

Theater TIME WARP: End of the year student musicaltheater showcase. Sat, 5/25, 7pm. $7-$12.

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MUSEUM OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ART: Tend, Chikoko presents an exploratory multimedia exhibit that utilizes found, broken, burnt and re-purposed items with a focus on textiles to examine the meaning of home. Also, Trapeze Acrobats, featuring paintings of acrobats, divers, gymnasts and dancers by Clay Vorhes. Closing event Saturday, May 25, 6-8pm. Through 5/26. Plus, new show, World of Color, featured artists: Evan Warzybok, Owen Smith, David McMillan and Naomi Griffith. Through 6/7. 900 Esplanade. monca.org

ORLAND ART CENTER: Witty and Wild and Whimsical, featuring the works of Gary Baugh, Marilynn Jennings, and Paula Busch showcasing a range of techniques.

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UPPER CRUST BAKERY: Beth Bjorklund, local artists work showcasing fruits and vegetables. Through 5/31. 130 Main St.

Museums BOLT’S ANTIQUE TOOL MUSEUM: This fascinating, unique museum has over 12,000 hand tools on display, charting cataloging the evolution and history of tools. Closed Sundays. Through 6/15. $3. 1650 Broderick St., Oroville.

CHICO CHILDREN’S MUSEUM: Featuring tons of cool stuff for kids to explore including a miniature city, complete with a junior vet clinic, dentist, cafe and farmer’s market, a giant fish tank, multi-sensory room, imagination playground and much more.

Check the website for hours and admission information. Through 8/3. $7-$9. 325 Main St. chicochildrensmuseum.org

CHICO CREEK NATURE CENTER: Living Animal Museum & Nature Play Room, learn all about local critters, plants and wildlife.

Through 5/25. $2-$4. 1968 E. Eighth St. chicorec.com

PATRICK RANCH MUSEUM: Working farm and museum with rotating exhibits open every Saturday and Sunday from 11am to 3pm.

Through 5/26. 10381 Midway, Durham. patrickranchmuseum.org

VALENE L. SMITH MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY: Remarkable Lives, exploring the intertwined worlds of birds and humans, in partnership with the Altacal Audubon Society and Snow Goose Festival. Exhibits include bird songs and behaviors, local photography and a robotic recreation of the late Jurassic Archaeopteryx. Through 7/31. 400 W. First St.

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She can laugh about her inexperience now that her film, American Totem, is playing to appreciative audiences, as it did last Sunday (May 19) to a sold-out Pageant Theatre. “I went to film school making this film,” she said, chuckling.

American Totem is not the film she set out to make. Her initial goal was to add to the push for meaningful gun control, especially of the assault rifles often used in mass

shootings. As the movie’s website states, however, “What she found was not what she expected.”

We usually think of the gun problem as a binary clash between pro-gun and anti-gun groups, but, as Hilderbrand discovered, it’s not that simple. Gradually, as she and her team traveled the country and talked with people who represented a wide range of attitudes toward guns, she came to realize that “both sides made sense.” Focusing on guns was a distraction, she realized. The real issue wasn’t guns, but rather the underlying forces fostering the gun culture.

She learned that, in a society in which feelings of community have weakened, guns offer a substitute community. One such group is the A Girl & A Gun Women’s Shooting League in Austin, Texas.

For these women, target shooting is a fun sport, and learning how to shoot is empowering. They identify as a sisterhood of adept gun lovers.

After shooting together, they like to retire to a local restaurant for margaritas.

At the other end of the guncommunity spectrum is the Huey P. Newton Gun Club in Dallas.

Named after the founder of the Black Panther Party for SelfDefense in Oakland, these are black men who arm themselves and their neighborhoods for protection from police violence, much as the Black Panthers did in the 1960s and ’70s.

These groups are different from each other, but they have something important in common: a desire for community and comraderie. They’re not finding it in the larger society, so they’re creating their own societies built around shooting guns.

The greatest problem, the film suggests, is the sheer quantity of handguns. Death by assault rifle is rare; death by handgun is comparatively common. This is especially true when it comes to suicide.

Nearly three-fourths of handgun deaths are suicides.

Another common cause of handgun deaths is domestic violence— spouses killing spouses, parents killing children, often under the influence of alcohol.

In addition to providing an excellent data-driven analysis of gun violence in the United States, American Totem also offers a visually rich look at the ways Hollywood and the gun industry have inculcated a narrative that romanticizes gun use and killing by the “good guys” (the Lone Ranger, etc.).

This is a movie that deserves a wider audience, if only because it is so thought provoking without being biased. Right now Hilderbrand is offering it to anyone who wants to organize a screening and is trying to enter it into film competitions. Let’s hope she succeeds. Ω

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THURSDay 5/23—WEDNESDay 5/29 WOODEN INDIAN BURIAL GROUND: Portland psych-rock band makes noise with Chico favorites XDS and Sex Hogs II. Thu, 5/23, 7pm. $7. 1078 Gallery, 1710 Park Ave. 1078gallery. org

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Friday in the BassMint. This week: Hullabaloo, R3M, ALO. Fri, 5/24, 9:30pm. $5. BassMint, 243 W. Second St.

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THE BIDWELLS: TLC Thursdays pres-

ents local indie folk duo. Thu, 5/23, 6pm. Tender Loving Coffee, 365 E. Sixth St., 433-0414.

BUNGO SINGLE RELEASE PARTY: Local costumed glory-rockers celebrate release of first single. Thu, 5/23, 8pm. $5. Argus Bar + Patio, 212 W. Second St.

FREE BEER: It’s a band, not beer. Come for the blues and jams. Thu, 5/23, 6pm. La Salles, 229 Broadway St.

comedian in the vein of Jeff Foxworthy and Larry the Cable Guy. Two sets. Fri, 5/24, 7pm and 9:30pm. $45-$85. Gold Country Casino & Hotel, 4020 Olive Highway, Oroville.

JOHN SEID AND LARRY PETERSON: Soulful songs and tasty tunes for dinnertime. Thu, 5/23, 6pm. Grana, 198 E. Second St.

SILENT FILM WITH LIVE SCORE:

American horror classic Phantom of the Opera accompanied by a live score and sound effects courtesy of Austin, Texas, band The Invincible Czars. Advance tickets at Blackbird (1431 Park Ave.). Thu, 5/23, 7pm. $10.

Pageant Theatre, 351 E. Sixth St.

SOULMOTION: All-vinyl vintage soul

sounds from DJ Byrdie. Thu, 5/23, 8pm. Bill’s Towne Lounge, 135 Main St.

BILLY RAY CYRUS: Achy Breaky country rock star with the best hair performs at the fair. Buck Ford opens.

Free with fair admission, VIP tickets available. Fri, 5/24, 6:30pm. Silver Dollar Fairgrounds, 2357 Fair St. silverdollarfair.org

THE DAMAGED GOODS: Alternative rock trio blending genres of rock, funk, country, bluegrass and jazz. Fri, 5/24, 8:30pm. Feather Falls Casino & Lodge, 3 Alverda Drive, Oroville. featherfallscasino.com

DJ COOTDOG: Spinning tunes for late happy hour. Fri, 5/24,

RaISE THE DEaD

Portland psych-rock quartet Wooden Indian Burial Ground (pictured) hits the 1078 Gallery tonight (May 23) to shake the windows with what NPR music critic Bob Boilen described as “the rare breed of psychedelic garage music that rises above the mediocrity of most bands making this sort of music these days.” Local fun-makers XDS and Sex Hogs II join the party, making for a blistering night of sweaty dancing you can’t miss.

10pm. La Salles, 229 Broadway St. lasalleschico.com

FRIDAY NIGHT CONCERT: Five-piece Journey cover band, Journey’s Edge, plays the classics. Fri, 5/24, 7pm. City Plaza, downtown Chico.

THE HOUSE CATS: Local band plays

hits from all genres. Fri, 5/24, 6pm. Almendra Winery & Distillery, 9275 Midway Road, Durham.

JARROD MULLAN: Live music for happy hour. Fri, 5/24, 4pm. La Salles, 229 Broadway St.

JAYSON ANGOVE: Live local music.

Fri, 5/24, 7pm. The Exchange,

1975 Montgomery St., Oroville. theexchangeoroville.com

JOHN SEID, LARRY PETERSON, CHRIS WENGER: Soulful songs and tasty

tunes for dinnertime. Fri, 5/24, 6pm. Diamond Steakhouse, 220 W. Fourth St.

JOSH BUDRO BAND: Country cover

Drive, Oroville. featherfallscasino. com

band playing hits from yesterday and today. Fri, 5/24, 9pm. $5. Tackle Box, 379 E. Park Ave.

OPEN MIC: Bring an instrument.

KYLE WILLIAMS: Music in the Hop Yard

Acoustic/electric guitar and drum set available to use. Sign up at 7:30pm. All ages welcome until 10pm. Fri, 5/24, 8pm. $1. Down Lo, 319 Main St., 966-8342.

with local singer/songwriter. Fri, 5/24, 4:30pm. Hop Yard at Sierra

Nevada Brewing Co., 1075 E 20th St. sierranevada.com

PUB SCOUTS: Traditional Irish music

LOSE YOUR ILLUSION: Guns ’N’ Roses

for happy hour. Fri, 5/24, 4pm. $1.

Duffy’s Tavern, 337 Main St.

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SMOKEY THE GROOVE ALBUM-RELEASE PARTY: Chico’s favorite party band celebrates its new album with Sactown’s Control Z. Fri, 5/24, 9pm. $10-$13. Lost on Main, 319 Main St., 892-2445.

TOUCH FUZZY GET DIZZY: Old-school Chico heavy-makers reassemble to rock with their friends in noise-goth quartet Black Magnet. Fri, 5/24, 9pm. $7. The Maltese, 1600 Park Ave.

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the bill. Sat, 5/25, 8:30pm. $7. The Maltese, 1600 Park Ave.

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ALEX VINCENT: Live music from singer/ songwriter. Sat, 5/25, 7pm. The Exchange, 1975 Montgomery St., Oroville. theexchangeoroville.com

THE DAMAGED GOODS: See Friday. Sat, 5/25, 8:30pm. Feather Falls Casino

& Lodge, 3 Alverda Drive, Oroville. featherfallscasino.com

FORTUNATE SON: Creedence Clearwater Revival tribute band comin’ round the bend. Sat, 5/25, 9:30pm. $5.

Feather Falls Casino & Lodge, 3 Alverda Drive, Oroville. feather fallscasino.com

GENEVIEVE & HEMMY: Indie roots-rock

performs arena rock from Zeppelin, the Stones and more. Sat, 5/25, 9pm. $5. Tackle Box, 379 E. Park Ave.

HOT POTATO!: Local gypsy swing jazz

trio performs vintage tunes. Sat, 5/25, 6pm. Wine Time, 26 Lost Dutchman Drive, 899-9250.

JOHN SEID, LARRY PETERSON, CHRIS WENGER: See Friday. Sat, 5/25,

6pm. Diamond Steakhouse, 220 W. Fourth St.

THE LAST SEASON: Grass Valley punk rockers featuring members of ’90s bands Loadstar, Watch It Burn, and Lonely Kings. Chico’s Furlough Fridays and Kairomone fill

JOHN SEID AND LARRY PETERSON: Relaxing tunes from local favorites. Sun, 5/26, 6pm. 5th Street Steakhouse, 345 W. Fifth St.

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band from New Jersey performs with local folk duo Travis & Glisel and Chico rockers Bogart The Monster. Sat, 5/25, 8pm. $5. Naked Lounge, 118 W. Second St.

Fair St. silverdollarfair.org

MAX MINARDI: Talented indie-folk singer/songwriter plays latenight happy hour. Sat, 5/25, 10pm. La Salles, 229 Broadway St. lasalleschico.com

VIRGINIA MARLO: Piano and heartfelt vocals on pop, alternative, and hiphop tunes. Sat, 5/25, 6pm. Almendra Winery, 9275 Midway, Durham. almendrawinery.com

a bit? See if it’s a hit or heckleworthy, and enjoy cheap beer specials. Sign ups start at 8pm. Sun, 5/26, 9pm. The Maltese, 1600 Park Ave. maltesebarchico.com

OPEN MIC COMEDY: Your weekly Wednesday dose of free comedy with experienced and first-time comedians. Sign ups start at

8pm. Wed, 5/29, 9pm. Studio Inn Lounge, 2582 Esplanade.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT COMEDY SHOW: Modesto’s Anthony K headlines stand-up night with locals Nick Stiles, Jordan Riggins and more.

Bob Backstrom hosts. Wed, 5/29, 8pm. $10. 1078 Gallery, 1710 Park Ave. 1078gallery.org

SMASHED SPELLING BEE: Monthly adult spelling bee drinking game with cash prize and a medal. Sun, 5/26, 7pm. The Maltese, 1600 Park Ave.

WAVELENGTH: Marvelous night for a moondance with this Van Morrison tribute band on the patio. Sun, 5/26, 6pm. La Salles, 229 Broadway St.

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TRIVIA WITH JOCALI: Teams, questions, beer. Sign up at 6:30pm, starts at 7pm. Tue, 5/28, 6:30pm. Chico Taproom, 2201 Pillsbury Road, Ste. 114. thechicotaproom.com

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EASTON CORBIN: Country music star performs at the fair, free with admission, VIP tickets available.

Chad Bushnell opens. Sun, 5/26,

Giesecke and Stephen Chollet for a night of tricks and mind-reading.

Comedy-magician Dean Waters hosts. Wed, 5/29, 7pm. $15. Unwined Kitchen & Bar, 980 Mangrove Ave.

OLD-SCHOOL COOL

All-vinyl DJ collective the Barber Baldies sling the best vintage grooves in town, with a range of reggae, soul, funk, punk and hardcore jams that will get you on your feet. The dance party continues at Bill’s Towne Lounge tonight (May 23) with SoulMotion and DJ Byrdie spinning all styles. Drape yourself in nostalgia, pretend to be cool, and go shine that dance floor.

AN EVENING OF WONDER: Chico Magical Arts presents performers Ron

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

Opening this week Aladdin

Guy Ritchie (Sherlock Holmes, Snatch) wrote and directed this live-action adaptation of the classic Middle Eastern folk tale starring Naomi Scott as Princess Jasmine, Mena Massoud as impoverished thief Aladdin, and Will Smith as the genie who can make wishes come true. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas. Rated PG.

Booksmart

Actress Olivia Wilde makes her directorial debut with this comedy about a couple of teen girls who try to make up for a high school career focused solely on studying with one night of partying. Cinemark 14. Rated R.

Brightburn

A couple unable to have children seemingly have their prayers answered when a meteorite containing a baby crashes to Earth. Once the boy reaches adolescence, however, he discovers he possesses superpowers and begins to use them in not-so-heroic ways. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas. Rated R.

Lens on history Hungarian director’s mysterious journey through early 20th century Europe

Bshop.young woman, is trying on hats in a posh millinery Somewhat belatedly, she mentions that she’s

udapest, 1913. Írisz Leiter (Juli Jakab), a well-dressed

come to apply for a job and, later still, that she’s the daughter of the prestigious store’s now-deceased founders. Her arrival is greeted with several varieties of alarm, amazement, sober concern and half-crazed mystery. The store’s current owner refuses to hire her, but he and several other folks she encounters try variously to keep by her around, send her away, protect Juan-Carlos Selznick her, misguide her, etc.

That’s just the first 15 minutes or so of this long (nearly 2 1/2 hours) and remarkable Hungarian film. And while all that may sound like the setup for a quasi-Dickensian melodrama and period piece, Sunset it also turns out to be the entryOpens Friday, May 24.

Starring Juli Jakab. way into what seems to be both a Directed by László nightmarish journey into early 20th Nemes. Pageant century (and pre-World War I) Theatre. Rated R. Europe and a wildly expanding set of mysteries about Írisz’s family history and Írisz herself.

Those mysteries get no complete and final resolution in Sunset, but that frustration of conventional narrative expectations is pretty much inseparable from the richly atmospheric fascination that prevails amid the film’s mysteries and ambiguities. As in his Oscar-winning Son of Saul (2015), filmmaker László Nemes builds much of this film’s dramatic power via lengthy camera movements fea-

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turing closeup views of the central character as she moves through moments of socio-political upheaval and turmoil. The historical moment in this case is the decline of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and Írisz is its witness—and our perhaps unwitting (but also deeply embedded) guide.

Maybe the real guide here, however, is the camera and those mercurial blends of closeups and tracking shots. We follow Írisz through moments of several kinds of history, but with Nemes’ methodology it’s always history caught on the fly, in bits and pieces, before it’s been categorized, summarized, or “fully understood.” In a way, Nemes is a sort of reverse documentarian, bringing a cinéma vérité kind of immediacy to the spectacle of historical drama. Írisz, on the other hand, is also a figure out of fiction, poetry and myth. Nemes and cinematographer Mátyás Erdély let us see her as an innocent unprotected and as a shadowy “dark lady” and assorted archetypes in between. As a quietly relentless explorer of the male-centered power structures in the home town from which she has been absent since age 2, she might well be the protagonist in a stylized adventure fantasy. In visiting hazy streets and dark corridors where shadowy strangers greet (or accost) her as if they recognized her from some other time or place, she looks as if she might be entering little worlds of ghosts and avatars. Ω

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Sydney Pollack’s lost documentary on the recording of Aretha Franklin’s 1972 live album, Amazing Grace, finally sees the screen. Pageant Theatre. Rated G.

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Avengers: Endgame

There are tons of questions this movie needed to answer: Is everybody really dead? Where’s Thanos (Josh Brolin)?

Where’s Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner)? Is Tony Stark/Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) doomed in space? Does Star-Lord (Chris Pratt) still have his Walkman in the great beyond? And, how can I really talk about anything specific in this film without becoming the Spoiler King? I can say that the movie answers many of the questions everyone’s been asking, and more, thanks to another well-balanced screenplay and a crack directorial job from the team of Anthony and Joe Russo. I can also tell you that the movie borrows a lot from Back to the Future Part II, and that the Hulk undergoes a fantastic wardrobe change. Despite a three-hour running time, all of this zips by in spectacularly entertaining fashion

and very rarely misses the mark. And in the midst of all the action, Downey Jr. delivers another soulful, endearing performance, well beyond anything you would’ve expected from a Marvel movie before he started showing up in them. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas. Rated PG-13 —B.G.

A Dog’s Journey

Like the persistent soul that lived in the succession of dogs from the 2017 film A Dog’s Purpose, the premise is reincarnated in the form of this tear-jerking/feel-good sequel about more dogs and their unified spirit teaching us about the meaning of it all. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas.

Rated PG.

The Hustle

A female-centered remake of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels with Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson taking over the roles of the high-rent/low-rent scam artists out to get revenge on the “dirty rotten” men who’ve wronged them. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas. Rated PG-13.

John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum

In part three of the film series, “retired” super-assassin John Wick (Keanu Reeves) is in big trouble as a guild of elite killers hunts him down to claim the $14 million price placed on his head. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas. Rated R.

Long Shot

Seth Rogen stars as an unemployed journalist who gets hired as a speechwriter by his first crush (Charlize Theron)—who is now U.S. secretary of state and a presidential candidate—sparking an unexpected romance. Cinemark 14. Rated R.

Pokémon Detective Pikachu

A part real-life/part animated fantasy flick set in a world where people collect Pokémon to do battle against each other, with Ryan Reynolds starring as the voice of Pikachu, a Pokémon and budding detective who helps a human track down a missing person. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas. Rated PG.

The Sun Is Also a Star

A teen love story based on Nicola Yoon’s 2016 bestselling book of the same name about a young man who falls for an undocumented Jamaican immigrant teen whose family is being deported. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas. Rated PG.

UglyDolls

A superstar cast—including Kelly Clarkson, Nick Jonas, Janelle Monáe and Pitbull—provides the voices for this computer-animated musical based on the UglyDolls line of plush toys. Cinemark 14. Rated PG.

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Many might romanticize the idea of mushroom hunting—skipping through the woods with a cute basket among the birds and flowers—but when it comes to tracking the prized morel, foraging is hard, cutthroat work, involving long drives on dusty mountain roads and avoidance techniques to guard prime habitat.

“Our western black morel hunting takes place in steep, rugged, mountainous terrain that previously burned in a wildfire,” Lomeli wrote in an email prior to the forage date. “This is an athletic event that will make your legs burn. On a scale of one to 10, I would put morel hunting up around an eight.”

Morels grow throughout the world, their spores carried by the wind, and with the ability to remain dormant for more than 100 years. After a fire and under the perfect growing conditions, morels explode through the soil. Avid foragers take note of fire reports throughout the year and will travel hours to burn zones.

In the wake of last year’s wildfires, Butte County mountainsides are popping off, and Lomeli expects this year’s season to last through mid-June. Next year, there will be less than a quarter of this year’s morel growth, making it an opportunistic activity. (Note: Lomeli’s trips take place on public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management or U.S. Forest Service; foragers should avoid private property.)

When a morel hunter comes across certain indicators—soft burn zones with plants in the right growth stage and soil with specific moisture content—they’ll bail out of the vehicle, clamoring over charred trees and through burnt underbrush to search for the delicacy. It’s hard, dirty work for a monumental reward. A true wild mushroom, morels cannot be grown commercially and fetch up to $45 a pound.

“Morels are unique in that they’re the one mushroom that comes up in the spring,” Lomeli said. During the hike, he was a fountain of information, delivered through stream of consciousness as he tromped through the woods. Spending a day with Lomeli, one leaves with the knowledge and skills needed to hunt morels without a guide. “That’s where the reward is, when you put it together yourself,” he said.

After the outing, we returned to Lomeli’s house to enjoy a glass of Aimée Bollicine Brut while we created a magnificent soup featuring morels, plus black trumpet and hedgehog mushrooms previously collected in the Mendocino area. The recipe below can be prepared with any mushroom type, but the exquisite nutty, woody taste of morels makes everything magical.

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Add 1 quart chicken stock, 1 cup heavy cream, 1 teaspoon soy sauce, a quarter cup cream sherry, a few dashes of Tabasco, white pepper and salt to taste, a chiffonade of 5 fresh basil leaves and 1/8 teaspoon of nutmeg. Add 3 cups of wild mushrooms and simmer for 30 minutes. Pair with pinot noir. □

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Memorial Day weekend, Arts DEVO celebrates the brave local musicians who sacrificed so many tight grooves and fiery licks so that the college students might freely shake the junk inside their trunks. Join me now, all townies! Let us parade on bikes through these now-empty streets to all the backyard parties, patio sessions and barroom jams and howl our appreciation!

This week, two heroic hometown crews Smokey the Groove, Ontogeny that are playing live also will be bringing some tasty new jams to their gigs: Tonight (May 23), under the umbrella of the themes of “confused wizard and two legged spider” (those who dress accordingly will win “absolutely no prizes”), local glory rockers Bungo will unveil a new single under the stars at Argus Bar + Patio. And Friday (May 24), super-sized party band Smokey the Groove will blow the funky horns for its second recording, Ontogeny, during an album-release party at Lost on Main. The high-energy crazy-maker “Lobster Bee” is the first song on the album to win me over, while “M’Kay Ultra” wins based on its hilarious title alone.

SONGS FOR GRIEVING A few months ago, I shared the story of the incredible song “Refugees,” which was written in response to the Camp Fire by Paradise musician JohnMichael Sun, who lost his home to the flames.

As much as that song got under my skin and deserves/needs to be heard, I’ve been remiss in not sharing other musical responses to the wildfire tragedy.

One of the most widely publicized was “One of These Days,” by Nate Smith and Miykael Goodwin, a somber-yet-hopeful song originally released via Facebook video that’s since been professionally recorded and released under Jason Beltz the new band name Cold Weather Sons. In the same slow-country-song vein is “My Hometown (Campfire),” by one-time Paradise resident and current Nashville musician Tim Thurman.

Others include “Paradise Is Strong” (written by Jason and Lindsay Beltz), Skip Culton’s “Another Prayer for Paradise,” “I Choose” by Joanna Carlson and Mark McKinnon’s moving “Just Breathe.”

I’ve started a YouTube playlist (tinyurl.com/songsforcamp) to collect them all in one place (“Just Breathe” is only available via Soundcloud at this time: tinyurl.com/McKinnonBreathe), but I know there must be others.

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Chico

$699,000

3/2

SQ. FT. 2921

1107 Elmer St

Chico

$330,000

4/2

1561

6 Baja Ct

Chico

$690,000

3/2

2559

1256 E 8th St

Chico

$325,000

3/2

1174

156 Remington Dr

Chico

$325,000

4/3

1661

144 Sterling Oaks Dr

Chico

$665,000

3/3

2049

13819 Comice Ct

Chico

$665,000

4/3

2839

450 Madrone Ave

Chico

$650,000

3/2

1961

3035 Clarence Ct

Chico

$565,000

4/4

3277

660 Vallombrosa Ln

Chico

$550,000

3/2

1779

4322 Keith Ln

Chico

$550,000

4/3

1812

718 Woodbridge Dr

Chico

$542,500

4/3

2394

384 E 3rd Ave

Chico

$446,500

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178 Terrace Dr

Chico

$319,000

3/1

1166

1912 Palm Ave

Chico

$305,000

2/1

833

1004 Southampton Dr

Chico

$300,000

2/2

966

3934 Ord Ferry Rd

Chico

$285,000

3/2

1706 1249

294 Saint Michael Ct A

Chico

$259,000

3/2

2515

1070 E 9th St

Chico

$234,000

2/1

720

1244 Magnolia Ave #10

Chico

$210,000

3/2

960

1261 Whitewood Way

Chico

$443,000

3/2

1761

4 Brittany Ln

Chico

$430,000

3/2

1568

141 W Lassen Ave #11

Chico

$162,000

2/1

766

251 E 7th Ave

Chico

$425,000

5/2

2058

1487 Heritage Oak Dr

Chico

$150,500

4/3

1656

529 W 11th St

Chico

$121,000

3/3

1527

182 E 4th Ave

Chico

$56,000

2/1

1186

302 Vinton Gulch

Oroville

$580,000

3/2

2527

60 Candy Dr

Oroville

$489,000

3/3

1960

5259 Laguna Ct

Paradise

$595,000

3/3

3050

1702 Lawler St

Chico

$415,000

5/3

1628

309 Mission Serra Ter

Chico

$397,000

3/3

1803

76 River Wood Loop

Chico

$385,000

3/2

1546

25 Turnbridge Welles

Chico

$362,000

3/2

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1510 La Linda Ln

Chico

$360,000

4/2

1590

1 Discovery Way

Chico

$350,500

3/2

1208

1080 Rey Cir

Chico

$350,000

4/3

1258

5316 Harrison Rd

Paradise

$460,000

3/3

2085

6285 Pentz Rd

Paradise

$430,000

3/2

1332

132 Echo Peak Ter

Chico

$347,500

2/2

1661

2193 Huntington Dr

Chico

$333,000

3/2

1215

271 Pinewood Dr

Paradise

$415,000

3/3

2129

26 Redding Ct

Chico

$331,000

3/1

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3981 Skyview Dr

Paradise

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Talk to your partners with increased boldness and clarity. While meditating, search for clues in the depths.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): If there

were a Hall of Fame for writers, Shakespeare might have been voted in first.

His work is regarded as a pinnacle of intellectual brilliance. And yet here’s a fun fact: The Bard quoted well over a thousand passages from the Bible. Can you imagine a modern author being taken seriously by the literati if he or she frequently invoked such a fundamental religious text? I bring this to your attention so as to encourage you to be Shakespeare-like in the coming weeks. That is, be willing to draw equally from both intellectual and spiritual sources; be a deep thinker who communes with sacred truths; synergize the functions of your discerning mind and your devotional heart.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): “People will

choose unhappiness over uncertainty,” writes Cancerian author and entrepreneur Timothy Ferriss. He doesn’t do that himself, but rather is quite eager to harvest the perks of dwelling in uncertainty. I presume this aptitude has played a role in his huge success; his books have appeared on bestseller lists and his podcasts have been downloaded more than 300 million times. In telling you this, I’m not encouraging you to embrace the fertile power of uncertainty 24 hours a day and 365 days of every year.

But I am urging you to do just that for the next three weeks. There’ll be big payoffs if you do, including rich teachings on the art of happiness.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Many 18th-century

pirates were committed to democracy and equality among their ranks. The camaraderie and fairness and mutual respect that prevailed on pirate ships were markedly different from the oppressive conditions faced by sailors who worked for the navies of sovereign nations. The latter were often pressed into service against their will and had to struggle to collect meager salaries.

Tyrannical captains controlled all phases of their lives. I bring this to your attention, Leo, with the hope that it will inspire you to seek out alternative approaches to rigid and hierarchical systems. Gravitate toward generous organizations that offer you ample freedom and rich alliances. The time is right to ally yourself with emancipatory influences.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Don’t wait

around for fate to decide which decisions you should make and what directions you should go. Formulate those decisions yourself, with your willpower fully engaged.

Never say, “If it’s meant to be, it will happen.” Rather, resolve to create the outcomes you strongly desire to happen.

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You shouldn’t allow anyone else to frame your important questions and define the nature of your problems; you’ve got to do the framing and defining yourself. One

by rob brezsny more thing: Don’t fantasize about the arrival of the “perfect moment.” The perfect moment is whenever you decree it is.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In the coming

weeks, I hope you’ll regularly give yourself to generous, expansive experiences. I hope you’ll think big, funny thoughts and feel spacious, experimental emotions. I hope you’ll get luxurious glimpses of the promise your future holds, and I hope you’ll visualize yourself embarking on adventures and projects you’ve been too timid or worried to consider before now. For best results, be eager to utter the word “MORE!” as you meditate on the French phrase “joie de vivre” and the phrase “a delight in being alive.”

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): According to Popular Mechanics magazine, over 3 million sunken ships are lying on the bottoms of the world’s oceans. Some of them contain billions of dollars’ worth of precious metals and jewels. Others are crammed with artifacts that would be of great value to historians and archaeologists. And here’s a crazy fact: Fewer than 1% of all those potential treasures have been investigated by divers. I bring this to your attention, Scorpio, because I hope it might inspire you to explore your inner world’s equivalent of lost or unknown riches. The astrological omens suggest that the coming weeks will be an excellent time to go searching for them.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

“Some days you need god’s grace,” writes poet Scherezade Siobhan. “On other days: the feral tongue of vintage whiskey and a mouth kissed by fire.” I’m guessing, Sagittarius, that these days you might be inclined to prefer the feral tongue of vintage whiskey and a mouth kissed by fire.

But according to my astrological analysis, those flashy phenomena would not motivate you to take the corrective and adaptive measures you actually need. The grace of God—or whatever passes for the grace of God in your world—is the influence that will best help you accomplish what’s necessary. Fortunately, I suspect you know how to call on and make full use of that grace.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):

Capricorn poet William Stafford articulated some advice that I think you need to hear right now. Please hold it close to your awareness for the next 21 days. “Saying things you do not have to say weakens your talk,” he wrote. “Hearing things you do not need to hear dulls your hearing.”

By practicing those protective measures, Capricorn, you will foster and safeguard your mental health. Now here’s another gift from Stafford: “Things you know before you hear them—those are you, those are why you are in the world.”

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “Love

is an immoderate thing / And can never be content,” declared poet W. B. Yeats. To provide you with an accurate horoscope, I’ll have to argue with that idea a bit. From what I can determine, love will indeed be immoderate in your vicinity during the coming weeks. On the other hand, it’s likely to bring you a high degree of contentment—as long as you’re willing to play along with its immoderateness. Here’s another fun prediction: I suspect that love’s immoderateness, even as it brings you satisfaction, will also inspire you to ask for more from love and expand your capacity for love. And that could lead to even further immoderate and interesting experiments.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You will

know you are in sweet alignment with cosmic forces if you have an impulse to try a rash adventure, but decide instead to work on fixing a misunderstanding with an ally. You can be sure you’re acting in accordance with your true intuition if you feel an itch to break stuff, but instead channel your fierce energy into improving conditions at your job. You will be in tune with your soul’s code if you start fantasizing about quitting what you’ve been working on so hard, but instead sit down and give yourself a pep talk to reinvigorate your devotion and commitment.

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JODY LYNN CORNILSEN 15317 Forest Ranch Way Forest Ranch, CA 95942.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: JODY L. CORNILSEN Dated: April 10, 2019 FBN Number: 2019-0000460 Published: May 2,9,16,23, 2019

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as ALLIANCE APIARIES at 1009 Raven Lane Chico, CA 95926.

TIMOTHY DANIEL HILL 1009 Raven Lane Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: TIMOTHY HILL Dated: April 18, 2019 FBN Number: 2019-0000508 Published: May 2,9,16,23, 2019

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME - STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT The following persons have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name NORTH STATE NATIONALS at 14 Westerdahl Ct Chico, CA 95973.

CLAUDIA VALLE 14 Westerdahl Ct Chico, CA 95973.

CODY HOISER 2431 El Paso Way Chico, CA 95926.

ANGELA PEACOCK 3441 Hackamore Ln Chico, CA 95973.

This business was conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: CLAUDIA VALLE Dated: April 5, 2019 FBN Number: 2018-0000983 Published: May 2,9,16,23, 2019

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as ELIJO’AN PUBLISHING, NORTH STATE EDITING, TE CHING at 466 Panama Avenue Chico, CA 95973.

LYNN MARIE TOSELLO 466 Panama Avenue Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: LYNN MARIE TOSELLO Dated: April 17, 2019 FBN Number: 2019-0000502 this Legal Notice continues

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as LIVING LIGHT MICRO FARM at 1387 Hawthorne Ave Chico, CA 95926.

CRAIG ALAN PERRY 1387 Hawthorne Ave Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: CRAIG PERRY Dated: April 26, 2019 FBN Number: 2019-0000541 Published: May 2,9,16,23, 2019

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as THE CREATIVE COYOTE at 5250 Mallard Estates Road Chico, CA 95973.

LYNETTE CORNING 5250 Mallard Estates Road Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: LYNETTE CORNING Dated: April 19, 2019 FBN Number: 2019-0000516 Published: May 2,9,16,23, 2019

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATMENT The following persons are doing business as THE WATCHMAN at 130 W. 3rd St. Chico, CA 95928.

THE WATCHMAN THE ORIGINAL LLC 130 W. 3rd St. Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company.

Signed: KIM JAMISON, OWNER Dated: March 25, 2019 FBN Number: 2019-0000386 Published: May 9,16,23,30, 2019

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as C AND C UTILITY, INC at 632 Entler Avenue Chico, CA 95928.

C & C UTILITY, INC. 632 Entler Avenue Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: KIMBERLY CABRAL, CEO Dated: April 30, 2019 FBN Number: 2019-0000549 Published: May 9,16,23,30, 2019

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATMENT The following person is doing business as ATLAS ENGRAVING at 432 Nord Avenue Chico, CA 95926.

JACOB CURTIS OLSEN 432 Nord Avenue Chico, CA 95926.

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Signed: JACOB OLSEN Dated: May 2, 2019 FBN Number: 2019-0000558 Published: May 9,16,23,30, 2019

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as WOFCHUCK FAMILY FARM at 1725 Dayton Road Chico, CA 95928.

COLLEEN BRIDGET WOFCHUCK 1725 Dayton Road Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: COLLEEN WOFCHUCK Dated: April 30, 2019 FBN Number: 2019-0000551 Published: May 9,16,23,30, 2019

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as IN AND OUTBOARDS at 864 Inyo Street Chico, CA 95928.

MICHAEL NEVENS 864 Inyo Street Chico, CA 95928.

NICHOLAS ANTHONY TOGNERI 857 Inyo Street Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: NICHOLAS TOGNERI Dated: May 2, 2019 FBN Number: 2019-0000559 Published: May 9,16,23,30, 2019

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as THE LOTUS CENTER at 6268 Skyway Paradise, CA 95969.

WILLAIM RAY POE 6499 Toadtown Way Magalia, CA 95954.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: WILLIAM POE Dated: April 30, 2019 FBN Number: 2019-0000550 Published: May 9,16,23,30, 2019

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as D & E AUTO CORPORATION at 3328 Esplanade, Suite D Chico, CA 95973.

D & E AUTO CORPORATION 3328 Esplanade, Suite D Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: AARON WEBER, CEO Dated: April 25, 2019 FBN Number: 2019-0000535 Published: May 16,23,30, June 6, 2019

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as CHICO FACE PAINTING at 314 West 16th Street #A Chico, CA 95928.

NORA MACHADO 314 West 16th Street #A Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: NORA MACHADO Dated: May 7, 2019 FBN Number: 2019-0000574 Published: May 16,23,30, June 6, 2019

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as RPM MARINE at 5656 Pentz Rd Paradise, CA 95969.

MICHAEL THEADORE OMARY 5656 Pentz Rd Paradise, CA 95969.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: MICHAEL T O’MARY Dated: May 8, 2019 FBN Number: 2019-0000583 Published: May 16,23,30, June 6, 2019

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME - STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT The following persons have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name RPM MARINE at 5656 Pentz Road Paradise, CA 95969.

LOGAN JEFFREY CUSEO 15192 Coutolenc Road Magalia, CA 95954.

MICHAEL THEADORE OMARY 5656 Pentz Road Paradise, CA 95969.

This business was conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: MICHAEL T O’MARY Dated: May 8, 2019 FBN Number: 2019-0000377 Published: May 16,23,30, June 6, 2019

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as ARTISANS FAIRE, BAH HUMBUG FESTIVAL OF CRAFTS, CHRISTMAS FAIRE, CYRCLE PRODUCTIONS, ROONEY ENTERPRISES at 1429 W 7th Street Chico, CA 95928.

STEPHEN M ROONEY 1429 W 7th Street Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: STEPHEN ROONEY Dated: April 16, 2019 FBN Number: 2019-0000485 Published: May 16,23,30, June 6, 2019

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing this Legal Notice continues

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business as CHICO YARD GAMES at 739 Dias Dr Chico, CA 95926.

SEAN PATRICK CASTLEMAN 739 Dias Dr Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: SEAN CASTLEMAN Dated: May 8, 2019 FBN Number: 2019-0000577 Published: May 16,23,30, June 6, 2019

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as BILLY GOAT BRAND at 1178 Filbert Ave Chico, CA 95926.

TAYLOR AYOSE ANDERSON-NILSSON 1178 Filbert Ave Chico, CA 95926.

SHAUN ERIC BOYER 866 Vallombrosa Ave Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: SHAUN BOYER Dated: May 10, 2019 FBN Number: 2019-0000594 Published: May 16,23,30, June 6, 2019

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as STELLER BLIND REPAIR at 1068 Lupin Ave Chico, CA 95973.

KEVIN HIROSHI STELLER 1068 Lupin Ave Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: KEVIN STELLER Dated: May 10, 2019 FBN Number: 2019-0000591 Published: May 16,23,30, June 6, 2019

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as BCCAC, BUTTE COUNTY CANNABIS ART CLUB at 1618 Nord Avenue, #11 Chico, CA 95926.

CHRISTOPHER PATRICK HOWELL 3341 Neal Road Paradise, CA 95969.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: CHRIS HOWELL Dated: May 10, 2019 FBN Number: 2019-0000590 Published: May 16,23,30, June 6, 2019

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as KBIZ, RHEMA WORD OF FAITH, VINCE HAYNIE ENTERPRISES, VINCE HAYNIE MINISTRIES at 574 East 12th Street Chico, CA 95926.

VINCENT HAYNIE this Legal Notice continues

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PO Obx 7508 Chico, CA 95927.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: VINCENT HAYNIE Dated: May 13, 2019 FBN Number: 2019-0000605 Published: May 23,30, June 6,13, 2019

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as MAKABE MUSIC at 1558 Bridge Street #8 Oroville, CA 95965.

HARDLEY W BOGLE 1558 Bridge Street #8 Oroville, CA 95965.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: HARDLEY BOGLE Dated: April 30, 2019 FBN Number: 2019-0000555 Published: May 23,30, June 6,13, 2019

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as THE WORM FARM at 9050 Lassell Lane Durham, CA 95938.

DURHAM WORM FARM INC 9033 Esquon Rd Durham, CA 95938.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: JOHN STEWART, PRESIDENT Dated: April 29, 2019 FBN Number: 2019-0000543 Published: May 23,30, June 6,13, 2019

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as POMONA APARTMENTS at 813 Nord Avenue Chico, CA 95926.

SNET 3 LLC 4324 Orange Grove Avenue Sacramento, CA 95841.

This business is conducted by a Limited Liabiliity Company.

Signed: WILLIAM SHERIDAN, MANAGER Dated: May 15, 2019 FBN Number: 2019-0000607 Published: May 23,30, June 6,13, 2019

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as PANINI MACHINI, SHORTCYCLE at 3002 Clark Road Butte Valley, CA 95965.

JOEL DAVID MATZINGER 3002 Clark Road Butte Valley, CA 95965.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: JOEL MATZINGER Dated: May 15, 2019 FBN Number: 2019-0000617 Published: May 23,30, June 6,13, 2019

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as PAINT PARTIES BY DAWN at 14380 Madonna Court this Legal Notice continues

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DAWN ELISE HICKEY 14380 Madonna Court Magalia, CA 95954.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: DAWN HICKEY Dated: May 17, 2019 FBN Number: 2019-0000625 Published: May 23,30, June 6,13, 2019

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as DWYER LOGGING at 331 Black Bart Road Oroville, CA 95966.

DOMINIC DWYER 331 Black Bart Road Oroville, CA 95966.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: DOMINIC DWYER Dated: May 17, 2019 FBN Number: 2019-0000624 Published: May 23,30, June 6,13, 2019

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME - STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT The following persons have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name DWYER LOGGING at 331 Black Bart Rd Oroville, CA 95966.

DOMINIC SILAS DWYER 331 Black Bart Rd Oroville, CA 95966.

DAKONA LEE DWYER 331 Black Bart Rd Oroville, CA 95966.

This business was conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: DOMINIC DWYER Dated: May 17, 2019 FBN Number: 2018-0000176 Published: May 23,30, June 6,13, 2019

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as BEST USE, SMART ASSET MANAGEMENT at 259 E 9th St Chico, CA 95928.

ERIK KENT HINESLEY 271 E 9th St Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: ERIK HINESLEY Dated: May 9, 2019 FBN Number: 2019-0000586 Published: May 23,30, June 6,13, 2019

NOTICES NOTICE OF LIEN SALE Pursuant to CA. Business Code 21700, in lieu of rents due, the following units contain boxes, personal items, tools, household items, furniture, & miscellaneous.

Unit 103 & Unit 104 CYNTHIA PETERSON Personal items, boxes, household items.

Contents to be sold to the highest bidder on Saturday June 01, 2019 beginning at 10 am. this Legal Notice continues

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Sale to be held at: South Chico Mini Storage 426 Southgate Ct Chico CA 95928 530-891-5258.

Published: May 16,23, 2019

NOTICE OF LIEN SALE Notice is hereby given pursuant to the California Self-Storage Self-Service Act, Section 21700-21716 of the Business & Professions Code, the undersigned intends to sell the personal property described below to enforce a lien imposed on said stored property. The undersigned will sell at public sale by competitive bidding at the location where the said property has been stored.

GRIDLEY SELF STORAGE 1264 Highway 99 Gridley, CA 95948 Butte County, State of California Unit No. #A006 ZACHERY EVENSON Items: Miscellaneous household items, Furniture, Unit No. #D046 ANTONIO LUIS VALENCIA Items: Miscellaneous household items, furniture Lien Sale will be held: Date: Saturday, June 8, 2019 Time: 10:00am Location: 1264 Highway 99 Gridley, CA 94958 530-846-3768 Successful bidders must present a valid form of identification and be prepared to pay cash for purchased items. All items are sold “as is” and must be removed at the time of sale. Sale is subject to cancellation in the event that a settlement is reached between the owner and tenant.

Published: May 23,30, 2019

NOTICE OF LIEN SALE Notice is hereby given pursuant to the California Self-Storage Self-Service Act, Section 21700-21716 of the Business & Professions Code, the undersigned intends to sell the personal property described below to enforce a lien imposed on said stored property. The undersigned will sell at public sale by competitive bidding at the location where the said property has been stored.

DISCOUNT STORAGE 5100 Clark Road Paradise, CA 95969 Butte County, State of California Unit No. #C-15 JASON EDWARDS Items: Miscellaneous household items, furniture Lien Sale will be held: Date: Saturday, June 8, 2019 Time: 10:00am Location: 5100 Clark Road Paradise, CA 94969 530-872-9999 Successful bidders must present a valid form of identification and be prepared to pay cash for purchased this Legal Notice continues

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items. All items are sold “as is” and must be removed at the time of sale. Sale is subject to cancellation in the event that a settlement is reached between the owner and tenant.

Published: May 23,30, 2019

NOTICE OF LIEN SALE Pursuant to CA. Business Code 21700, in lieu of rents due, the following units contain tools, electronics, furniture, clothes, furniture, boxes, personal items, recreation equipment and tools.

Unit 8 DAVID GUTERREZ personal items, furniture, boxes etc.

Unit 23 SUSAN JOHNSON personal items, boxes, furniture etc.

Unit 24 SUSAN JOHNSON personal items, boxes, furniture etc.

Unit 31 NICHOLAS CORTEZ personal items, boxes electronics etc.

Unit 32 DUSTIN BARNEWOLT personal items, boxes, tools etc.

Contents to be sold to the highest bidder on: Saturday June 08, 2019.

Beginning at 9:00 A.M. Sale to be held at: George’s Mini Storage 2801 Burnap Avenue Chico CA. 95973.

(530) 965-6010 Published: May 23,30, 2019

NOTICE OF LIEN SALE Pursuant to CA. Business Code 21700, in lieu of rents due, the following units contain tools, electronics, furniture, clothes, furniture, boxes, personal items, recreation equipment and tools.

Unit A8 DAVID BRAZIL personal items, furniture, boxes etc.

Unit A10 JENNIFER MAYNARD personal items, boxes, tools, bikes etc.

Unit A11 LORRANIE ROSSON personal items, boxes, home furnishings etc.

Unit A18 VANESSA WADE personal items, boxes etc.

Unit B6 TIFFANY BARNES personal items, boxes electronics etc.

Unit D4 JUSTIN STRAEDE personal items, boxes, home furnishings etc.

Unit D6 RICK MESA Unit E7 TRINA WASHBURN personal items, boxes electronics etc.

Unit F5 ARAUJO ALEXANDER TRINA WASHBURN personal items, boxes etc.

Unit F11 TAMBRA HEIDRICH personal items, boxes etc.

Contents to be sold to the highest bidder on: Saturday June 08, 2019.

Beginning at 10:30 A.M. Sale to be held at: George’s Mini Storage 2701 Burnap Avenue Chico CA. 95973.

(530) 965-6010 Published: May 23,30, 2019

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE LUELLA ESTHER BITSIE aka LUELLA E. BITSIE aka LUELLA BITSIE aka L. ESTHER BITSIET To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: LUELLA ESTHER BITSIE aka LUELLA E. BITSIE aka LUELLA BITSIE aka L. ESTHER BITSIE a petition for Probate has been filed by: GREGORY L. BITSIE in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte.

The Petition for Probate requests that: GREGORY L. BITSIE be appointed as personal representative to administer the this Legal Notice continues

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE CHRIS J. IRWIN To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: CHRIS J. IRWIN, also known as CHRIS JAMES IRWIN A Petition for Probate has been filed by: BRIAN C. IRWIN in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte.

The Petition for Probate requests that: BRIAN C. IRWIN be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

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

The petition requests authority to administer 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: June 18, 2019 Time: 9:00 a.m.

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

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

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in this Legal Notice continues

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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: KELLY ALBRECHT, ESQ. 1440 Lincoln Street Oroville, CA 95965 (530) 534-9900 Dated: May 14, 2019 Case Number: 19PR00232 Published: May 23,30, June 6, 2019

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

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

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: June 26, 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: ROBERT A. GLUSMAN Dated: May 9, 2019 Case Number: 19CV01343 Published: May 23,30, June 6,13, 2019

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: June 18, 2019 Time: 9:00 a.m.

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

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

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of 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: DANA L. CAMPBELL Tyree & Campbell, LLP 1600 Humboldt Road, Suite 4 Chico, CA 95928.

(530) 894-2100 Case Number: 19PR00215

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

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

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: June 26, 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: ROBERT A. GLUSMAN Dated: May 8, 2019 Case Number: 19CV01319 Published: May 16,23,30, June 6, 2019

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

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

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: June 5, 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: April 12, 2019 Case Number: 19CV01144 Published: May 2,9,16,23, 2019

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