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Y R A M I R P R E M PRI Three supervisors races, local tax measure top election ballot

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Vol. 43, Issue 25 • February 13, 2020 OPINION

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endorsements The CN&R makes endorsements selectively, meaning we may not weigh in on everything on the ballot. We do so for the contests and measures we’ve researched sufficiently and deem prominent enough, so consider this caveat well ahead of the March 3 election.

As always, in addition to considering our recommendations, we urge voters to do their own homework, beginning with their official Voter Information Guide. Additionally helpful: the stories in this special election issue (see page 16) and our coverage of the recent forums put on by the League of Women Voters (LWV) of Butte County (see “A closer look,” Newslines, Jan. 23, and “The run-up,” Newslines, Feb. 6).

Two more resources to bookmark are the LWV and county Clerk-Recorder’s websites at lwvbuttecounty.org and clerk-recorder.buttecounty.net, respectively. For the state races and the school bond measure not covered here, check out the statewide league’s website, votersedge.org.

Finally, we’d like to thank all the local candidates— including those we did not endorse. We enjoyed interviewing them and believe they want what’s best for the North State, and we respect their willingness to serve.

Federal offices U.S. President

Democrat: Elizabeth Warren is our choice for the highest office in the land. She is a second-term senator whose bona fides rise to the top in the crowded field of Democrats. Warren earned a juris doctor from Rutgers and spent decades teaching law, beginning her career at the University of Houston and eventually taking a job at Harvard. An Oklahoma native and former Republican, she is among the nation’s foremost experts in bankruptcy law.

Following the global economic crisis wrought by Wall Street in 2008, Warren was tapped by President Obama with the creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a federal financial watchdog agency. She is a compassionate champion for the poor and middle class, and she is capable of working across party lines to stanch the corruption that serves as the hallmark of the current administration.

Republican: No endorsement. No GOP challenger stands a chance against the current POTUS. Here’s our message: Donald Trump has been and will continue to be disastrous on virtually all fronts for our nation: environmental (rollbacks to protections of waterways, air, endangered species); economic (historic national debt due to tax cuts for the wealthiest to the detriment of the poor and middle class); and the social safety net (food stamp cuts and the recent proposal to slash Social Security benefits and Medicaid). Moreover, he’s emboldened further since being acquitted by the spineless members of his own party during the impeachment trial.

U.S. Congress

Choosing Audrey Denney was an easy consensus.

She is whip-smart and passionate about the well-being of the North State’s residents, and she’s not beholden to special interests. Incumbent Doug LaMalfa is a career politician who has fed at the public trough for too long. He’s 4

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known for his family farm being the beneficiary of more than $5 million in federal subsidies while cutting safety nets such a food stamps. He’s also a Trump toady who degraded himself further by participating in an embarrassing stunt at the nation’s Capitol during depositions related to the House impeachment inquiry.

Local offices, measure

Butte County Supervisorial District 1: No endorsement. Incumbent Bill Connelly is running for his fifth term as the county’s representative in the Oroville area. We’ve endorsed him in the past, but chose not to this year due to his eleventh-hour responses to our electionrelated queries. His challenger is Ian Greene, an In-Home Supportive Services worker.

Butte County Supervisorial District 4: Our pick is Sue Hilderbrand, a longtime political science instructor at Chico State and Butte College. We like challenger Tod Kimmelshue, a Durham-based retired banker who to his credit has amassed broad support and a record war chest.

However, we believe Hilderbrand’s background in disaster recovery and expertise in public policy make her best equipped for the job. Chief things that won our support: her pledges to preserve natural resources such as water, address the myriad complex post-Camp Fire issues through research and planning, and do outreach in communities long ignored by previous representatives of the district.

Butte County Supervisorial District 5: This is the CN&R’s third time endorsing incumbent Doug Teeter, a pragmatic and knowledgeable representative of the Ridge communities. He’s the person we believe is best prepared to lead the region through the difficult post-fire landscape.

Challenger Henry Schleiger, a wildfire mapping technician, has interesting ideas on rebuilding in the burn scar and appears passionate about public service. We look forward to hearing more from him as he continues his term on the County Planning Commission.

Measure A: We do not support the Chico Area Recreation and Park District’s local parcel tax to buoy its programs, address deferred maintenance and build a massive aquatics center in north Chico. There are numerous reasons, including it being regressive (it’s the same fee regardless of property size and income level). Other gripes: The tax is permanent and saddled with an annual adjustment based on the consumer price index during a time when our national economy teeters on the verge of recession.

We love Chico’s parks and believe many are long overdue for upgrades and repairs, but the public should note that not all of them are under CARD’s jurisdiction.

Therefore, this money will not address much of the crumbling infrastructure in parts of Bidwell Park. Further, we haven’t been impressed with CARD’s marketing on this issue, especially the not-so-subtle pitch that the money will fix the issues stemming from homeless people’s presence in the public sphere and that it will magically improve the lives of the propertied class.

That said, we’d gladly rethink our support in the future should the measure fail and the aforementioned issues be Ω addressed. Until then, it’s a no from us.

Duty bound A week after the primary ballots ostensibly were mailed out, I called the Butte County Clerk-Recorder’s Office to report that mine hadn’t arrived. As of this newspaper’s press time, I’m still waiting.

I’m one of those voters with “no party preference” (aka “decline to state”). As such, I’d get a nonpartisan ballot, meaning it wouldn’t include those running for president. However, certain parties, including the Democratic Party, allow folks like me to request a ballot with their candidates. And that’s exactly what I did on Jan. 12, the day I dropped off a postcard addressed to the Butte County Elections Office.

I know the precise date because I snapped a picture of the card just before dropping it into the mail slot at the post office on Vallombrosa Avenue. Over my many years of working for newspapers, when it comes to the government, I’ve learned to document even the most mundane of things.

So, what’s the problem?

That’s what I inquired about when I rang the county. The person who answered my call was polite, but didn’t exactly illuminate a detailed explanation of how to proceed. In short, I was told to sit tight because I’m one of the county’s more than 100,000 intended recipients of a primary ballot. I should be concerned if it doesn’t come by next Monday, I was told. However, I was then reminded that that day is a holiday, Presidents’ Day, so I wouldn’t be able to inquire further until Tuesday.

Speaking of Tuesday (Feb. 18), that’s 15 days prior to the election—the last day to register to vote in it. In other words, stragglers still have time. Luckily, it’s as easy as filling out a short form at registertovote.ca.gov. The county’s website erroneously says the deadline is Monday. Whoops. I’m guessing the folks there were thrown off by it being a leap year.

I’ll probably keep you posted on my ballot status, whether you like it or not. In any event, the lag gives me a chance to gripe about this year’s transition to an all-mail system. As you’ll read about in this week’s special election issue, one of the reasons behind moving to such elections is that they increase voter participation. That’s a good thing, but I’ll be the first to acknowledge I wasn’t crazy about the idea.

Then again, my beef is purely sentimental. I’ve always enjoyed the ritual of going to my local polling place. For the past decade, it was a church auditorium about three blocks from my house. What can I say? There’s just something about the process—the energy of joining my neighbors, irrespective of their political leanings, and completing our civic duty. The thought of seeking help at one of the new so-called Voter Assistance Centers doesn’t have the same appeal.

Indeed, it just won’t be the same sitting at the kitchen table, or on the couch in my pajamas, or wherever else I settle down to make my picks. You know, once my ballot actually arrives. On the bright side, I hear we still get that beloved “I voted” sticker. So, at least some things are sacred.

Melissa Daugherty is editor of the CN&R

LETTERS

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About that protest Re “Political theater” (Newslines, by Ashiah Scharaga, Feb. 6): Hate, hate, hate. What a group of compassionate people. Not. The syringe program keeps the drug user alive and offers more chances of stopping an overdose.

I have never seen such hateful creatures so united. The United States is a S-hole country because of the lack of love, compassion, peace, kindness and caring for others.

The people of these United States bask in selfishness, greed, evil, indifference and hate. And, the corporate media is another avenue that propagates these same sentiments.

Let’s see what “they” are going to do when their turns come.

Sonia Noemi Cross Paradise

During the City Council meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 4, rush-hour drivers found themselves in a Main Street melee of blaring truck horns, exhaust, blocked lanes and intersections, and shouting “protesters.”

I’m an 87-year-old relying on a cane on an errand of care for a family member who is recovering from surgery at Enloe Medical Center 10 blocks away. Surely the event had to do with Trump’s acquittal or his State of the Union speech.

It could easily have devolved into a catastrophe that would put Chico on the map again for disastrous events.

I learned from our local newspaper this was engineered by the campaign to retain the criminalization of the impoverished and unsheltered people of Chico. Stranger yet, I see no awareness anywhere of the extreme danger. All for the sake of removing the last vestiges of human and humane rights of the weakest members of our community.

Mary Nelson Chico

Hysteria on both sides Re “Under the spell of dangerous propaganda” (Guest comment, by Jim Elfers, Feb. 6): If Fox News and Rush Limbaugh

have infected their viewers with Trumpism, Rachel Maddow has turned once-sane Democrats into hysterically anti-Russia Trumphating zombies.

When the Democrats chose to blame Hillary’s loss on the Russians, Maddow’s voice was the loudest drum roll of anti-Russia and impeachment hysteria. This hysteria heavily promoted since the moment of Trump’s election, in all establishment media, has caused as much damage as Trump’s presidency.

A year ago I subscribed to The New York Times, curious to see the role America’s “paper of record” played in influencing its many readers. I was shocked at its propagandistic style in reporting political and world news.

Like other establishment media, including Maddow, it rarely lies. It most often omits inconvenient facts, or context that doesn’t advance the establishment’s chosen narrative.

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If the Measure A parcel tax passes, CARD will take on more debt costing us $2 million a year to service.

What a waste of money!

Indexed to the CPI, the tax goes up every year, so we don’t know how much we will be paying for it in 10 years. Even without a return to high inflation (and there’s no guarantee of that), the compounding effect over time will be significant.

Those on fixed incomes such as seniors and others whose incomes do not keep pace with inflation will be especially hurt. And the tax is regressive: those in hovels pay the same as those in mansions.

Money that should have been spent for park maintenance, new facilities and programs has been spent on unrealistic and unsustainable pension and other employee benefits.

These benefits have also resulted in unsustainable unfunded liabilities.

A new tax and more debt will only postpone the problem a few election cycles when more taxes and fees will be demanded. The answer is to reform the unsustainable liabilities, but the special interests will not tolerate this, which is why they have raised more than $60,000 to pass the tax.

For more information on Measure A, go to chicotaxes.home.blog.

Dave Howell Chico

It is not the responsibility of today’s voters to decide what is best for future generations, which is why I am voting no on Measure A. It is not because I do not like parks and recreational facilities; I do. However, this proposition has no end date. It lasts forever. That’s wrong. We should not give CARD a never-ending source of taxpayer money without the opportunity to re-evaluate how well they are using the $3 million they will receive every year if the measure passes.

Plus, the amount of money they

get from taxpayers will increase every single year—forever. Vote no on Measure A. Tell CARD to put in a sunset clause, which would give future Chico voters the opportunity to decide whether they want to continue to fund CARD based on the situation with parks and recreation at that time.

Jann Reed Chico

I met Tod Kimmelshue in the 1990s when he joined the team raising funds to build the Torres Community Shelter. He was effective in galvanizing support from across the community from a variety of broad-based constituency groups.

I recall a conversation I had with Tod where he shared his belief that the depth of a community’s concern for each other is measured by how we serve those most in need of compassion. Twenty-five years later, I recall how touched I was by Tod’s sentiment and his commitment to all of the people who call Chico home.

As a former member of the City Council, from 2006-2014, the most robust conversations and thoughtful decisions took place when the council was made up of people from diverse backgrounds. I welcomed being challenged by my peers and appreciated hearing my council colleagues’ perspectives as we worked together to achieve the best possible outcomes for the community. I believe Tod will bring a similar style to the dais as a member of the Butte County Board of Supervisors.

Tod is well-respected across the political spectrum in Butte County, and I believe he’ll contribute a valuable voice and bold leadership to the Board of Supervisors.

Mary Flynn Chico

At the recent League of Women Voters debate for county Board of Supervisors, candidates were asked their opinion on the Schools and Communities First initiative, proposed for the November 2020 ballot. Sue Hilderbrand supported while Tod Kimmelshue opposed.

The Schools and Communities First Initiative corrects a major defect in the 1978 Prop. 13, which allows sellers of large commercial properties to create complex schemes of partial ownerships for the express purpose of avoiding paying the true market value of a property.

The School and Communities First Initiative does not make it harder for your granny to stay in her home.

It does require CVS, Chevron and Bank of America to pay their fair share of property taxes. This initiative requires that large commercial and industrial real properties be taxed based on current market value.

All residential and agricultural properties, plus small businesses worth under $3 million, are exempted.

Tod Kimmelshue has stated that he would protect the defective Prop.

13, while Sue Hilderbrand’s support is joined by community, labor, housing, health, small business and faith-based organizations. For more information, go to schoolsandcommunitiesfirst.org.

Vote for Sue Hilderbrand for county Board of Supervisors, District 4.

Norma Wilcox Chico

The crisis facing Democrats this year is choosing a presidential candidate who has the experience, temperament and leadership qualities needed to attract huge numbers of votes across regions and from among competing political philosophies.

The successful nominee will need to have strong presence of mind and a level of forcefulness that can deflect and neutralize the bombardment of insult and abuse that surely will be forthcoming from the current occupant of the White House. I believe the only Democratic candidate capable of meeting this test is Michael Bloomberg.

With the failure of the impeachment process, and the shameful lack of any challenge to Trump from within his own party, it is left up to Democrats to restore respectability to the office of the president and to redeem our nation’s reputation on the world stage. Now is not the time to quibble over ideological purity or promote over-reaching agendas.

We’ll have plenty of time for that once the crisis has passed.

In the meantime, let’s put up the biggest tent we can; big enough for all American voters who have had enough, and who yearn to restore decency, intelligence, maturity and common sense to the highest office in the land. I believe that Mike Bloomberg is the one person who can make that happen.

Carl R. Ochsner Chico More letters online:

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CITY OF CHICO PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE PROPOSED COMMERCIAL CANNABIS ORDINANCE AMENDING CHICO MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 19.75 REGARDING CANNABIS REGULATIONS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Chico Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on Thursday, February 20, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers located at 421 Main Street, regarding the following: Proposed Commercial Cannabis Ordinance Amending CMC Chapter 19.75, Cannabis Regulations - On February 5, 2019, the City Council approved the creation of a Commercial Cannabis Citizen’s Advisory Committee (CCCAC) to evaluate various aspects of commercial cannabis. The CCCAC conducted ten meetings between May 22, 2019 and August 14, 2019. On September 9, 2019, a proposal for allowing commercial cannabis in the City of Chico was presented to the City Council Internal Affairs Committee, which resulted in a recommendation to the City Council. Over the past several months, Council has consider draft ordinances establishing a Commercial Cannabis Permit, a codified resolution to implement the permitting/application process and operations of the Commercial Cannabis Permit system, and text amendments to the City’s Zoning Code to establish operational guidelines and locations where cannabis uses would be allowed.

The Planning Commission will consider a draft ordinance to amend Chico Municipal Code Chapter 19.75 (Cannabis Regulations) to allow for five commercial cannabis uses, including: 1) Retailer – Storefront, 2) Retail – Delivery Only, 3) Testing Laboratory, 4) Manufacturer, and 5) Distributor. At the meeting, the Planning Commission will hold a public hearing regarding the proposed Code amendments, and provide a recommendation to the City Council regarding the proposed amendments that will be considered at a future City Council meeting.

The proposed code amendments would not result in an increase in development beyond that which was analyzed in the Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) prepared and certified for the Chico 2030 General Plan update (State Clearinghouse #2008122038). The proposed amendments represent a refinement of the General Plan adoption process, and in accordance with California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines Section 15162 are within the scope of the EIR. Any person may appear and be heard at the public hearing. The Planning Commission may not have sufficient time to fully review materials presented at the public hearing. Interested parties are encouraged to provide written materials at least 8 days prior to the public hearing to allow distribution with the Planning Commission’s agenda packet and thus, adequate time for the Planning Commission to review. All written materials submitted in advance of the public hearing must be submitted to the City of Chico Community Development Department, 411 Main Street, Second Floor, or mailed to P.O. Box 3420, Chico, CA 95927. Written materials should refer to the specific public hearing item listed above. Questions regarding this project may be directed to Community Development Director Brendan Vieg at (530) 879-6806 or brendan.vieg@chicoca.gov.

In accordance with Government Code Section 65009, if any person(s) challenges the action of the Planning Commission in court, said person(s) may be limited to raising only those issues that were raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Planning Commission at, or prior to, the public hearing.

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NEWSLINES DOWNSTROKE DEATH ON THE STREET

A Chico man was found dead Sunday afternoon (Feb. 9) at the bus stop near the Chico Cemetery on Mangrove Avenue, according to the Chico Police Department.

Firefighters responded at about 1 p.m. to a report of a possible medical issue at that location, where they found the body of 54-year-old Bruce Bewley, according to a news release. Police said Bewley appeared to have died from natural causes, and there were no signs of criminal activity.

Bewley was homeless, according to recent court records. His address was listed as “transient” earlier this month.

Police said they issued a notice about Bewley’s death in response to a request to inform media about deaths occurring in public rights-of-way.

DISTRICT ELECTIONS A GO

On Monday (Feb. 10), the Chico City Council held a standalone meeting specifically to vote on an ordinance that establishes district-based elections in compliance with the California Voting Rights Act, which sets a strict timeline for jurisdictions making the switch from at-large elections. That vote was taken on the deadline to have the law in place and therefore avoid a lawsuit.

The panel voted 6-1, with Mayor Randall Stone dissenting, to waive the second reading of the ordinance, which will go into effect 30 days from Monday.

Its approval ended a contentious months-long process that included citizens criticizing the council for considering incumbency as a factor in determining the boundaries of the districts.

Go to tinyurl.com/ChicoDistricts to view the final map.

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CHIEF APPOINTED

On Tuesday (Feb. 11), the Butte County Board of Supervisors appointed Scott Kennelly as the county’s director of behavioral health.

Kennelly (pictured) had been serving as interim director for the past eight months, and he has worked for the department for 20 years. His salary was set at $150,000.

“California counties are currently facing an era of unknowns in the mental health system, where much of what we do and how we do it is undergoing significant reform at a state and federal level,” Kennelly said in a news release. “Our agency will be poised to take advantage of opportunities that arise, be wary of pitfalls ahead, and be at the forefront of changes while advocating for meaningful reform.”

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Water woes Supervisors examine historical flooding north of Chico

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One after another, residents in the floodprone neighborhoods just north of Chico’s by city limits addressed Andre Byik the panel, lamenting longtime inaction to and re b @ n ew srev i ew. c o m mitigate the flood risk in the unincorporated region, pleading for the supervisors to place a moratorium on new development in the Rock Creek and Keefer Slough drainage basin, and raising concerns of elevated nitrate levels in well water.

The residents expressed their complaints against the backdrop of storms in February 2019 that flooded properties, threatened others and led to an evacuation warning for the community of Nord. Homeowners have been anticipating similar flooding going forward and say the problem goes back decades. So far, solutions have proved elusive.

Steve Schuster, who has lived in the Rock Creek and Keefer Slough area for about 25 years and developed the Sierra Moon subdivision, told the board that a lack of maintenance—regularly clearing out the channels of vegetation and debris—has led to rising levels in the slough over the last 20 years.

The main problem, he said, is the bifurcation of local channels, Rock Creek and Keefer Slough west of where Keefer Road meets Cohasset Road. Schuster said he owned the property at that diversion point between 1991-2002. Traditionally, he said, 70 percent of water flows down the creek, while 30 percent flows down the slough.

During the storms last February, Schuster estimated that 90 percent of the water was diverted into the slough, an unsustainable amount that led to overflow, flooding homes, roadways and orchards.

That led to the county proclaiming a local emergency.

Schuster noted that after a major storm in the late 1990s, he allowed county workers on his property to clear out the channel and restore historical creek and slough levels.

“As far as I know, they’ve never been back—until last year when everything went to hell,” Schuster said. “So, it’s crisis management in that creek, and that’s what’s causing the problem.”

Paul Behr, chairman of the Rock Creek Reclamation District, a flood management and groundwater sustainability district, told the panel the district has spent more than $100,000 clearing Rock Creek over the years, and work continues to help keep it flowing unencumbered. He noted, however, that the creek can handle only so much

water before levees are breached. Such a scenario threatened to play out in the ’90s, when water overflowed and evacuees in the Nord community escaped with children on their shoulders.

“The problem is, we’ve got 2 gallons of water going into a 1 gallon jug,” Behr said.

“It ain’t gonna work.”

The Butte County Public Works Department

identified multiple challenges in addressing flood risk in the Rock Creek and Keefer Slough drainage basin, which spans from Highway 99 east to the foothills, reaching up to 3,800 feet of elevation.

The area where water flow splits between the creek and slough sits on privately owned property and does not have controls to ensure an even split, according to Public Works Director Dennis Schmidt.

Most of Keefer Slough also is privately owned and maintained sporadically. Further, neither Rock Creek nor Keefer Slough has sufficient room to contain a 100-year storm.

It’s also likely, according to Schmidt, that housing developments in the area have added additional stress to the drainage system. To that end, he said, staff can modify standards already in place to require new developments to capture more storm water, but more comprehensive—and more expensive—projects likely will need to be considered long-term.

Flooding in the Rock Creek and Keefer Slough drainage basin north of Chico has spurred the county to explore flood risk mitigation measures.

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Disaster response continues Council votes on issues related to post-Camp Fire housing insecurity

“We can come back with a set of design criteria that will not make the problem any worse,” Schmidt told the board. “I don’t know if we can correct anything there. As a matter of fact, I can tell you we can’t correct it on the backs of the developers building detention, but we can get to the point where we’re not making it any worse.”

Supervisor Tami Ritter jumped in.

“That’s a low bar there, Dennis,” she said.

“We have a very impacted … drainage basin,” he replied. “It’s very difficult to make that better short of hard-dollar improvements into that channel.”

Meanwhile, development has continued in the drainage basin. About 80 potential new residential lots are in the application process with the county, according to staff, and an additional 100 lots are in the preliminary phases.

A motion for a 45-day moratorium on building permits was supported by Supervisors Debra Lucero and Ritter but ultimately failed. It was noted that parcel and subdivision maps already in the application process would not be required to comply with any possible future stormwater retention standards.

Nevertheless, Lucero, seizing on concerns raised by residents of rising nitrate levels in their drinking water, said a moratorium could be seen as a good-faith gesture showing the county has heard their concerns and will examine the issues further.

Ultimately, the board directed county staff to pursue a slew of flood risk reduction measures, including increasing required stormwater detention volumes, updating building requirements, supporting more channel maintenance, exploring designs to stabilize the bifurcation, and developing a project following a flood risk reduction study. The timeline for completing those items was staggered over two years, with project development possibly arriving in 2022.

Meanwhile, Butte County Public Health was tasked with giving a presentation in early March on the nature of nitrates and finding outside agencies that could help identify any possible source for increased levels in the drainage basin. Ω

It has been 15 months since the Camp Fire, but

the magnitude of the disaster has necessitated that the city of Chico continue considering ways to respond, including by facilitating an increase in housing.

This was a major theme of Tuesday’s (Feb. 11) City Council meeting, which started with the council vetting a project proposed by resident Linda Myers, who planned to temporarily house survivors of the Camp Fire. She was seeking to place four RVs on her 2-acre property on Godman Avenue in northeast Chico for a period of three years, with the possibility for extensions.

City staff approved the project under the city’s disaster recovery ordinance, which allows for such temporary dwellings in certain zoning districts until April 16, 2024. However, it was appealed by Myers’ neighbors John and Sheryl Russell.

The couple and a few other neighbors shared concerns regarding noise, traffic, unsightliness and the potential for a permanent development.

Several asked the city to add a stipulation that assures only survivors can live there.

Part of the debate centered on Myers’ character and management capabilities. The appellants’ attorney, Paul Minasian, alleged that the project was not for humanitarian reasons, but to create a “derelict RV lot” development under the guise of disaster relief. “How are we going

SIFT ER Americans see Dems as divided Amid a contentious primary season, a majority of Americans perceive the Democratic Party as divided rather than united. That’s according to a new Gallup poll conducted between Jan. 16-29.

Sixty-five percent of Americans say the Democratic Party is divided, while only 43 percent say the Republican Party is divided. A rosier picture for both parties is painted when viewing the numbers by affiliation.

Fifty-one percent of Democrats say their party is united, and 76 percent of Republicans view their

to make sure that this really works for people that are victimized by the fire and no one else?” he asked the council.

Myers replied by saying that her vision for the project, which she charges will cost her thousands of dollars to set up, is to help her friends.

“If I was going to do a development, I would do a subdivision, not four RVs that will most likely belong to friends of mine that need places to stay while their houses are getting rebuilt,” she said.

City code enforcement is complaint driven, but would respond (and, if necessary, levy fines) if the RVs are not removed when the ordinance sunsets, said Tony Lindsey, community development director of building and code enforcement. As for proof of Ridge residency, city staff said that is difficult to verify, and the ordinance was put in place to help house renters throughout the region who were

party as united. Both groups also are satisfied with the selection of candidates running for their respective party’s nominations.

Seventy-four percent of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents are generally pleased with the field. That figure is 78 percent on the Republican side, reflecting positive feelings toward President Trump.

Ninety-two percent of Republicans approve of the job Trump is doing as president. In contrast, 8 percent of Democrats approve of POTUS. Trump’s overall job approval was 49 percent.

City park reservation fees—for events like the Chico Bicycle Music Festival in Cedar Grove—are slated to increase significantly for the first time in 27 years.

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displaced in the aftermath of the fire as well.

The conversation was reminiscent of one that occurred back in April, when another Chico resident fought to allow up to four RVs at her property on Royce Lane after neighbors appealed the project, and she received the support of the council. At the time, it was the second of such permits to be pulled—Myers’ is the 14th.

Ultimately, the council approved her application 5-0. (Councilwoman Kasey Reynolds, who arrived late, abstained, and Councilman Sean Morgan was absent.)

Mayor Randall Stone commented afterward that these kinds of situations are tough, “and the neighborhood trauma is absolutely difficult.”

He concluded: “If we can get housing for people, that’s a significant drive for a project like that.”

That night, the council also voted on another

item related to the Camp Fire, endorsing a letter calling for $1 billion in disaster housing relief and recovery from the state. The letter has support from many housing agencies, including the Community Housing Improvement Program, and municipalities such as the city of Oroville.

The letter asks for one-time funding for rehousing and rebuilding, and minimizing future natural disasters in California, given the “unprecedented and catastrophic” wildfires of 2017-18, which wiped out 28,000 homes across 11 counties, causing a halftrillion dollars in economic losses.

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to the city’s homeless population.

Safe Space Winter Shelter had to close mid-season this month, and may be forced to close early due to a lack of facilities in which to serve its approximately 60 nightly guests, including disabled and elderly folks with health issues (see “Closure imminent,” Newslines, Jan. 30).

Stone, a board member of the nonprofit seasonal shelter, proposed that the council discuss a game plan for “how we might be able to bridge that gap” during times of crisis for any organization, not just Safe Space. The panel voted unanimously (sans Morgan) to have a future discussion.

In other news, city park reservation fees are slated to increase significantly for the first time in 27 years, starting this July. Per the recommendation of the Bidwell Park and Playground Commission, the council also approved moving forward on some policy updates, distinguishing reservations (i.e., gatherings with less than 150 people) from special events (i.e., 150-plus guests, or special activities, such as weddings and walks/runs).

Key changes include: eliminating the $19 application processing fee for reservations, refunding all fees due to inclement weather, creating a free special use permit for research projects and docent-led walks/bike rides, creating a permit and fee for commercial filming in city parks, and establishing a nonrefundable $40 permit fee for special events (but eliminating the $40 insurance review fee).

Staff will bring back an ordinance and city fee schedule amendment for council approval.

Also on Tuesday, the council approved a salary increase. Airport Manager Sherry Miller is retiring, effective May 1. In the meantime, the city is searching for her replacement. Erik Gustafson, public works director of operations and maintenance, told the CN&R that Miller has done an excellent job—the city is seizing this opportunity to flesh out economic development as a key focus of the position, including encouraging economic growth at the airport’s industrial park and pursuing commercial air service. The salary range is $79,000-$109,000, an 8.5 percent increase.

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Long Beach resident Jennifer Jennings is among the 20 Californians who have given most frequently to 2020 presidential contenders.

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Small donations, major support Presidential candidates rely on repeat contributions, often of a few bucks Jennifer Jennings dons a veritable uniform these days.

Whether she’s picking up groceries, cruising through a fast-food drive-thru or headed to a car wash, she’s always sporting Bernie-merch—sweatshirts, T-shirts, whatever.

But she doesn’t just wear her support on her sleeves.

She’s also been making small online donations—hundreds of them—to the campaign of Bernie Sanders, the progressive senator from Vermont who continually assails the “billionaire class.”

“It has just become part of my life now. It’s a dollar a day,” said Jennings, a safety manager at the Port of Long Beach. “I live paycheck to paycheck, and somehow I’m contributing this money because I’m making that choice, y’know? I’m making minimum credit card payments by their due date and that’s all I’m willing to do,” she said. But when it comes to supporting Sanders, “I want to do About this story: my part. I want to participate.”

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“In January, our campaign raised an incredible $25 million from more than 648,000 people,” Sanders’ campaign tweeted Feb. 6. “Our average donation: just $18.”

The donations the Federal Election Commission reports are “itemized” contributions that add up to more than $200 a year. Small donors who give less than $200 a year aren’t listed in the data.

The GOP has set its sights on small donations, too.

President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign raked in more than $12 million in itemized donations in 2019—more than any other candidate.

The most frequent Trump small donor—Gary Schneider of Mountain View—didn’t respond to messages seeking comment. Schneider, a Lyft driver who has given more than 200 donations to the president’s campaign, made some of them through the platform WinRed. WinRed on the right, and ActBlue on the left, have sprung up as ways to streamline the process, making it more convenient and appealing to frequent small donors.

WinRed says it raised more than $100 million in its first 190 days last year.

ActBlue, a platform used by nearly every Democratic presidential candidate, reported breaking records on New Year’s Eve by receiving more than half a million contributions and raising more than $20 million in a single day. Overall, donors made 35 million contributions through ActBlue last year, according to the organization, which says it processed over $1 billion in donations.

Some donors give sporadically, whenever the spirit or

the campaigns move them.

When Sacramento teacher Mariah Martin, 37, sees a Sanders email about his stance on education policies or another issue she’s passionate about, she donates online.

“I give pretty much whenever I am inspired by something that Bernie says or there’s something else happening where I feel like, ‘because of this, I should just go donate to Bernie,’ and that will make me feel better about whatever is happening in the news,” she said.

For many of these donors, a small contribution can be a big sacrifice. Barbara Whipperman, an 83-year-old retiree living in Richmond, splits her donations between Sanders and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren. Her donations, she says, are around $5 each.

“Well, I don’t have a lot of money,” she said. “I worry a little about my own long-term income.”

Whipperman, a retired administrative assistant for UC Berkeley, has taken a reverse mortgage on her house and typically spaces out her donations around her pension and Social Security checks. The in-home care she needs is a financial worry for her, and she says her checks don’t really cover the expense.

Bob Bogardus, a 64-year-old self-proclaimed “geeky IT guy” in Carmel, has made more than 400 contributions to Sanders. He says he doesn’t want to volunteer at a phone bank or knock on doors.

Instead he set up a daily donation of $2.70—because $27 was the average nationwide donation to Sanders in his 2016 presidential campaign.

“We have resources and it’s fun,” he said. “We love Bernie and he makes everything fun, and we’re really proud to participate in that way.”

—ELIZABETH CASTILLO

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Chico Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing on Thursday, February 20, 2020, at 6:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, located at 421 Main Street, regarding the following project: Accessory Dwelling Units - Code Amendments for Consistency with State Housing Laws: In the 2019 legislative season, six bills addressing the California housing crisis went into effect on January 1, 2020, affecting the development regulations for Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) and Junior Accessory Dwelling Units (JADUs): AB 68, AB 881, SB 13, AB 587, AB 671 and AB 670.

Signed in succession, these bills limit the ability of local jurisdictions to issue discretionary approvals, increase allowances and define standards for ADUs and JADUs. Local ordinances that do not conform to the new State laws shall be declared null and void. While the City currently has regulations in place to allow for Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs), further amendments to these regulations are required for consistency with recent State housing laws.

The majority of the ADU code amendments are to Section 19.76.130 Accessory Dwelling Units (formerly Second Dwelling Units), of Title 19 of the Chico Municipal Code (Land Use and Development Regulations). These amendments are also intended to advance and implement several important General Plan Housing Element Goals, Policies, and Actions that promote the development and affordability of housing. Staff is recommending that the Planning Commission conduct a public hearing to consider ordinance amendments to the Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) provisions in Chapter 19.19 and Section 19.76.130 (Accessory Dwelling Units) in Title 19 of the Chico Municipal Code (Land Use and Development Regulations) and forward a recommendation to the City Council.

The proposed amendments to Title 19 of the Municipal Code are statutorily exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21080.17 (adoption of an ordinance by a city to implement the provisions of Section 65852.1 or Section 65852.2 of the Government Code).

Any person may appear and be heard at the public hearing. The Planning Commission may not have sufficient time to fully review materials presented at the public hearing. Interested parties are encouraged to provide written materials at least 8 days prior to the public hearing to allow distribution with the Planning Commission’s agenda and thus, adequate time for the Planning Commission to review. All written materials submitted in advance of the public hearing must be submitted to the City of Chico Community Development Department, 411 Main Street, Second Floor, or mailed to P.O. Box 3420, Chico, CA 95927. Written materials should refer to the specific public hearing item listed above. Questions regarding this project may be directed to Principal Planner Bruce Ambo at (530) 879-6801 or bruce.ambo@chicoca.gov.

In accordance with Government Code Section 65009, if any person(s) challenges the action of the Planning Commission in court, said person(s) may be limited to raising only those issues that were raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Planning Commission at, or prior to, the public hearing.

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HEALTHLINES at UCLA, is among the experts endorsing calm. The new coronavirus appears to be spreading through respiratory droplets, expelled by a sneeze or cough, that do not remain airborne for long and would require close contact for transmission, Kim-Farley said. Given that, he said, publishing a list of locations infected patients had visited would unnecessarily stigmatize businesses and public places.

“There’s no reason to stigmatize a place if there’s no public health action to be taken,” he said.

But he also noted that public health officials could quickly shift strategies pending key developments; for example, if they find the viral particles can remain airborne for long periods, similar to the highly contagious measles virus.

Not everyone agrees with this approach. Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, said that if public health officials have found that patients were in public spaces, they should make that information public. “There is every reason to inform people if they were exposed.”

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from China—including the first confirmed cases of the virus passing from person to person in this country—is fueling public concerns about how easily the deadly virus can spread.

It is also raising pointed questions about why authorities aren’t disclosing more information about the risk of exposure.

The first person-to-person coronavirus case, announced two weeks ago, involves a man in his 60s with underlying health issues who is married to a Chicago-area woman who contracted the virus while traveling in Wuhan, China, and was

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diagnosed upon her return. During a news briefing, state and federal health officials said they believe the threat from the virus remains low within the United States.

Public health departments are not sharing precise timelines of people’s activities and locations in the days before they were diagnosed, as they had during measles outbreaks. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said that while there’s a risk for everyone who comes in contact with a person with the virus, it appears minimal for those with only casual contact, such as being in the same grocery store or movie theater.

Health officials declined to name the hospital where the infected couple are being treated, saying the patients are isolated and the risk to others in the hospital remains low. Health care workers who are caring for them and at a higher risk of contracting the

virus are being monitored. Jennifer Layden, an epidemiologist with the state of Illinois, told reporters that the wife is doing well and the husband’s condition is stable.

In Orange County, where a traveler from Wuhan was confirmed on Jan. 25 to have the virus, Health Care Agency officials said they have received questions from concerned community members about why the agency has not released a precise timeline with the patient’s whereabouts. Jessica Good, spokeswoman for the agency, said given what public health officials understand at this point about how the virus spreads, no additional precautions are recommended for the public.

“Our residents should go about their daily lives with no changes to planned activities,” Good said.

Dr. Robert Kim-Farley, an epidemiology professor with the Fielding School of Public Health

Most of the people confirmed to have

caught the coronavirus outside of China are believed to have had prolonged contact with people who picked it up in China. But the medical community’s understanding of the virus is still evolving, and the CDC emphasized its recommendations may change.

The Chinese National Health Commission minister has reported that the virus appears capable of being transmitted by an infected person without symptoms. A few

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weeks ago, German researchers documented such a case involving German workers who contracted the virus while attending a workshop with a female colleague who had recently been in China, according to news reports.

Meanwhile, citing the new research and expanded outbreak in China, the CDC took the rare step of ordering a two-week quarantine for 195 Americans flown back to the U.S. from Wuhan by the State Department. The federal government later expanded that quarantine to all Americans who have been in Hubei Province, where Wuhan is located, during the last 14 days.

Additionally, all foreign nationals who have traveled in China in the past 14 days will temporarily be prevented from entering the U.S., with the exception of immediate family members of U.S. citizens and permanent residents.

While the CDC has cautioned against panic in the U.S., it has expressed concern about the situation in China, where the vast majority of the more than 43,000 cases worldwide have been confirmed. More than 1,100 people had died from the disease, as of deadline. Most people infected are experiencing mild cases of illness that resemble the flu or a bad cold, but more serious cases can result in pneumonia and respiratory failure.

Despite unprecedented travel restrictions in China, which have prevented the movement of tens of millions of people, the virus has spread to every major city, and the number of cases is sure to grow substantially.

The risk that large outbreaks could spring up in other countries,

Intro to chill Stress kills, so anything you can do calm the mind and relax the body can help you live longer. If you get some inner peace and develop a greater capacity for empathy, all the better! Chico-based Sky Creek Dharma Center is “a place to meditate,” where groups based in various Buddhist traditions—zen, vipassana, etc.—gather to practice, and once a month they offer a free intro to meditation class. The next one is on Sunday (Feb. 16), 3-4 p.m. No need to register. Just show up at 120 Three Oaks Court.

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Local health departments also are monitoring close contacts of people who have tested positive for the virus, and sometimes running diagnostic tests even when they have no symptoms.

Despite these assurances, rumors are circulating broadly via text and social media, particularly in Chinese immigrant communities, about people who recently traveled to China and might be infected.

Los Angeles resident Rachel Lee Morales, who was born in China, is anxious because her young daughter is in China with her grandparents to celebrate the new year. Morales is closely following news on the epidemic and has seen messages on social media making unverified claims about people who have recently traveled to Wuhan, including sharing their address and where their children attend school.

“Information gets spread so widely these days, and it could seriously hurt people’s lives,” Morales said. “I don’t want anyone to get into trouble because of this.” □

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including the U.S., is also real. The World Health Organization has declared the virus a global health emergency, precisely because of that risk, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said during a news conference. There likely will be more cases confirmed in the U.S., and it is likely that people in close contact with those patients could contract the disease, said Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the CDC. Still, the risk to the American public remains low, officials stressed. That’s partly because public health departments around the country are preparing for additional cases.

“We have a really good public health system that’s really good at detecting disease,” said Anne Rimoin, an epidemiologist and director of UCLA’s Center for Global and Immigrant Health.

“We’ve been preparing for this kind of a thing.”

The CDC is reminding the public to take the usual precautions during flu season: Wash hands regularly; cover your mouth when you cough; avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth with unwashed hands; and avoid contact with people who are sick.

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According to the Mayo Clinic, focused breathing can help release tension and manage stress when the mind is overloaded and anxiety sets in. The key is focusing on diaphragmatic breathing (using the diaphragm muscle) over chest breathing (using upper-chest muscles), and there are several techniques that will sharpen your abilities and allow you to calm down. One of the most popular is the box breathing used by Navy Seals: inhale through the nose (four count); hold (four count); exhale through the nose (four count); hold (four count); and repeat for five minutes (or less for beginners). There’s also the 4-7-8 technique championed by alternative-medicine guru Dr. Andrew Weil: inhale through nose (four count); hold (seven count); exhale through mouth (eight count). Start with four reps per session and increase to eight as you acclimate; repeat as needed. The Mayo clinic suggests placing one hand on your abdomen (below navel), then inhaling and exhaling through your nose in long, slow, deep breaths, feeling your abdomen (not chest) rise and fall as it fills and empties. Continue until you’ve chilled.

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Public playground State Parks, once mired in controversy, eyes purchase of expansive ranch by

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Gin atodecade, create California’s first new state park a proposal that was greeted with ov. Gavin Newsom has budgeted $20 million

bipartisan support. But with the park system facing a billion-dollar maintenance backlog, how can the state ensure that the beaches are clean, the toilets flush and some two million archaeological specimens are in safe hands?

It’s a fair question, with a long backstory.

The governor’s proposal is more than just a line item: It is a vote of confidence that an agency embroiled in controversy eight years ago is capable of running the state’s 280 parks. It’s been a long road back from when the Department of Parks and Recreation was under fire for mismanagement and faulty accounting.

“We needed to earn back the trust of the public, of decision-makers within the administration and of our own staff,” said Parks Director Lisa Mangat. “It’s been a hard lift.”

Land acquisition has been on the decline, and conservationists say the timing to add a new park is perfect: State officials say they are ready to take on the task of transforming a bucolic landscape into a historical tableau that tells a story of California’s past.

While state officials are mum about specifics of the land under consideration for the new park, speculation has centered on the 50,000-acre N3 Ranch, a parcel of undulating oak woodlands draped across four counties, fanning out in the hills above Livermore.

“It’s a pristine property for wildlife and recreation within a few bus stops of millions of people,” said Sen. Steve Glazer, an Orinda Democrat. “This is a target of opportunity that may never come again in our lifetime.”

Conservation groups are raising millions to help the state purchase the ranch, which is on the market for more than $70 million. At

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some point, the Legislature might be asked to allocate more money to acquire the land. The condition of the land is unknown.

“It’s the beginning of the budget dance,” said Guillermo Rodriguez, state director of the nonprofit Trust for Public Land, which has raised money for the project. “State Parks has done a tremendous job of turning around their operation. They are in a good position to get back into the acquisition program.

Californians are demanding more parks access.”

The state would be taking on additional costs when it already has $1.1 billion in maintenance projects deferred due to lack of funding. California’s expansive park system includes beaches, lighthouses, lakes, monuments, archaeological sites, museums and ghost towns.

The parks department has a to-do list of nearly 4,000 projects, some familiar to homeowners: painting, plumbing, weed control and roof repair. Other jobs are unique, such as $10 million to replace lifeguard towers, $24 million to shore up a road at Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park, and $16 million to repair and replace coastal access stairways at Carlsbad State Beach.

Mangat said the department keeps chipping away at the backlog. Of the 400 new employee positions the parks department was

About this story:

It is an abridged version of the original produced by CalMatters.org, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining California policies and politics. Reporters Felicia Mello and Judy Lin contributed to this report.

recently awarded, “the largest numbers went to maintenance,” Mangat said.

She noted that deferred maintenance funds are one-time appropriations. The 201617 budget included $60 million to address the parks’ maintenance backlog. This year, the proposed budget allocates none, she said.

Newsom proposed $65 million for parks, including $4.6 million to buy private land within park borders. Another $8.7 would expand access to urban parks and $20 million would fund a grant program that helps people in underserved areas gain access to educational programs in state parks.

Two recent governors have felt the lash of public opinion when attempting to limit access to state parks. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, facing a $15 billion budget deficit, proposed closing more than 200 parks, an idea he dropped after his office was deluged with calls and letters.

A few years later, Gov. Jerry Brown, in the midst of his own budget shortfall in 2011, called for as many as 70 parks to be closed.

Again, the public outcry was fierce.

But that was nothing compared to the public anger when it was discovered that, during a time of draconian budget cuts, the state agency had squirreled away $54 million that it neglected to report to state officials.

That accounting discrepancy shone a light on the park system’s broken bureaucratic systems: poor accounting and budgeting, indifferent bill collecting and restrictions on who could rise to leadership positions within the organization.

California’s government leaned in with a series of humbling moves, passing a “Parks

Mt. Diablo and Livermore valley as seen from wilderness trail next to the N3 Ranch.

Stewardship Act” and convening a panel of national experts to scrape off the State Parks’ calcified practices and suggest how the system might reinvent itself. The commission’s report promised no less than a top-down “transformation” of the department.

Now, after eight years of self-review, the system is blemished but resilient, experts say.

State Parks is hiring employees to be deployed to parks bulging with 80 million annual visitors but thin on rangers or staff.

Two years ago taxpayers made clear their interest in making parks more accessible, passing a $4.1 billion parks proposition.

“Look at who’s near a state park: 60 percent of Californians who live near state parks are from severely disadvantaged families.

A million are living in poverty,” said Holly Martinez, Director of programs and advocacy for the nonprofit State Parks Foundation.

The foundation’s Pathway to Parks has a high-level booster—first-partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom. The program focuses on making parks and recreation areas more accessible, citing the physical and mental health benefits.

Martinez, who lobbies in Sacramento, said “there is strong political will in the Legislature to make access a priority.”

She knew things had changed when Newsom’s budget was published. “Last year’s budget I didn’t even see parks having a headline. In this year’s executive summary, Parks for All is a header,” she said. Ω

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15 MINUTES

THE GOODS

‘Something different’

Farmstead farewell

After being in the trucking business for nearly two decades, Michelle and Martin Van Gundy were ready to get off the road and into a more settled lifestyle, so they opened Needful Things—an antique store in Paradise (8247 Skyway)—in the summer of 2018. After being open for just a few months, the Camp Fire hit, forcing the couple to take stock of their business.

Last month marked a year since they expanded the operation by opening a spot in Durham.

It was there they decided to grow their inventory, buying an 8,000-square-foot space where they now sell new furniture and kitchen appliances, as well as antiques and miscellaneous goods. Visit the Durham location at 9371 Midway. It’s open daily, from 9 a.m.-6 p.m.

What made you interested in switching careers?

Martin: We wanted to retire from the road, and I had a life’s collection of antiques, so we put that towards a new business.

Did you lose your business and home in the fire?

Michelle: No, the business didn’t burn. We had some stuff in mini storages that we lost, but the main loss was the people; they’ve scattered. Paradise was known for its antiques, and we were starting to gain a good reputation, but all of that was gone after the fire. We weren’t actually displaced at our home,

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but we lost a property, and that breaks my heart, because that’s where I raised my kids.

Martin: Our Paradise shop is still open, and my brother Michael runs that.

Where do you get your merchandise?

Michelle: We sell a lot of items that have been returned from department stores. We also get things from estate sales; we work with Judy Bristow from Pro. Sales by Judy. Our stock is always changing. Our regular customers like seeing that every time they come in there’s something different.

Do you have a favorite type of product you sell?

Michelle: I love the antiques, but the money is in the newer merchandise. I also love our collection of books. We have many more that aren’t out yet, and we’re going to add them to our

collection and bring them out periodically. I have good deals on the books because I think they’re important.

Was there a learning curve in starting a new profession/opening a business?

Michelle: Oh, yeah. There’s been a lot of experimenting on what we buy and we’re learning what people want.

Do you have any customers who know you from your Paradise shop?

Michelle: We do. When we first started doing this, we were meeting people from Paradise who were restarting, and we outfitted a few of them with furniture for their new homes.

We try to help out when we can, especially if it was someone who rented in Paradise, because their stuff wasn’t covered by insurance. I love Paradise.

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A year and a half ago or so, I had the opportunity to get a private tour of Orland Farmstead Creamery. Anyone who knows me knows I love cheese, so getting an inside look at the process, from cow to the table, was both fascinating and fun. I knew there was a science behind it all, but seeing how much work really goes into each batch—not only making the end product taste good and reach the proper temperatures for safe serving, but also maintaining consistency—gave me a new appreciation for the craft.

While on the farm, my tour guide led me out to one of the pastures where the cows were grazing. It was a hot day, I remember, and as we made our way back toward the barn, we saw a half dozen piglets running around inside one of the pens that lines the entry to the milking room. They were ridiculously cute. We bottle-fed a young calf. And I met Paul Schmidt, one of the creamery’s founders, hard at work tending to the farm’s daily chores.

Schmidt was a third-generation dairyman who bought the property in Orland in 1977. He teamed up with Valerie Miller in 2012 and they formed the creamery.

Their cheeses, all soft, are both unique and delicious. The ricottage—a cross between ricotta and cottage cheese—is divine. I eat it plain, but it adds an unexpected yet perfect finishing touch to dishes like Crush’s bolognese (plus, insider tip: Order it on the side at Grana anytime).

Sadly, Schmidt died suddenly this past weekend. Miller posted a message on social media saying, among other things, that “I believe he died doing what he loved—caring for his dairy cattle.” She says the future of the creamery is unknown at this time, but to stay tuned for updates as well as memorial details. I think I speak for many local cheese lovers when I say that Schmidt will be missed, as he has played a part in many a delicious meal, and that I wish Miller and the rest of the farm the best.

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The event was started in 2014 by Bryce Velasco, then an eighth-grader at Marsh Junior High. Seeing young people start things that grow real legs is awesome. It’s now sponsored by Friends of the Chico Animal Shelter, Canine Connection and the North Valley Community Foundation and, with final numbers tallied, it raised $20,000 for the two shelters. Way to go!

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Primary primer The March 3 election is a biggie, especially because this is a presidential election year and voters will choose the candidate they believe is best suited to take on President Trump.

But for the CN&R’s primary issue, our focus is on what’s happening in our backyard: You’ll be introduced to the six candidates vying for three open Board of Supervisors seats, get a look at a special district’s proposed parcel tax to improve community parks and recreation, and learn how and why Butte County’s clerkrecorder transitioned to an all-mail election.

Our hope is that the stories therein help you understand what’s on the ballot, so that you will make informed decisions. For certain races and measures, you’ll also find the CN&R’s endorsements on the Opinion page.

Tom Lando, board chairman of the Chico Area Recreation and Park District, says Measure A, a proposed parcel tax, is “critical to moving Chico in a positive direction” by providing more recreation opportunities.

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ate last week, caution signs were neatly lined up across the wide expanse of soccer fields at DeGarmo Park in north Chico.

Tom Lando—board chairman of the Chico Area Recreation and Park District, the special district that owns and manages the park—explained why: Every winter, storms flood the field, making them unusable for play.

But it didn’t stop the green space from being exceptionally busy for a weekday morning. Several parents looked on as their kids clambered about the playground. An elderly couple walked hand-in-hand along a trail and two women in athletic gear chatted in the parking lot.

CARD has big things in store for DeGarmo, which opened about 12 years ago. Part of the plans involve upgrading the soccer fields to synthetic turf and repurposing them as multiuse fields. But at the park’s entrance, on The Esplanade just past Eaton Road, there’s a much grander addition in store: a 20,000-square-foot community center and gymnasium with two to four courts, and an aquatics facility across another 1.3 acres. Right now, that’s all undeveloped terrain.

There’s a catch, however. According to Lando, the district doesn’t have the funds to cover such additions and upgrades. That’s why the board has turned to the voters this year, placing Measure A on the March 3 primary ballot. It asks Chicoans to consider approving an $85 parcel tax that would increase each year based on average annual percentage changes in the consumer price index, and be in effect in perpetuity (unless the voters decide to organize an effort to terminate it).

The measure has to earn a yes from twothirds of voters to pass, and would generate approximately $3 million per year for the agency’s coffers. CARD would place the money into a separate fund, and go out for a roughly $36 million bond to pay for those new projects and upgrades, according to General Manager Ann Willmann. Nearly $2 million would go toward debt service each year, with the remaining $1 million going toward security, maintenance and operations. As a trade-off, CARD’s current assessment districts would dissolve.

While proponents argue that the tax is necessary to maintain and improve parks and public safety, detractors point to CARD’s debts, insisting that its $2 million unfunded pension liability is what’s driving the ballot measure. CARD should have employees pick up more of their pension costs, not ask the voters to shell out more money, they say.

CARD has an approximately $9 million annual

budget—roughly half of its income comes from property taxes that include redevelopment monies. The rest primarily comes from program fees and facility rentals. The district manages 12 parks across Chico, including Community Park, Hooker Oak Park, Wildwood Park and Sycamore

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Measure A supporters, detractors sound off about proposed parcel tax to support CARD facilities Field, and provides recreational programs at six additional locations, including the Dorothy F. Johnson Center, Chico Creek Nature Center and Humboldt Avenue Skate Park.

If Measure A is approved, CARD has assembled quite the list of priorities for the additional revenue. This includes park expansions and completions; bathroom, field and playground repairs and upgrades; accessibility improvements, per the Americans with Disabilities Act; and added security, lighting and parking.

“To me, the measure is critical to moving Chico in a positive direction,” Lando said. “Without the measure, we have enough to operate CARD, we have our normal programs, but we can’t really build facilities.”

According to the ballot language, CARD’s allotment of county property tax has not kept up with inflation rates. This, coupled with the support it receives from user fees, grants and donations, has not generated enough revenue to improve and maintain district facilities and build new projects.

Lando argues that, in particular, Chico is “woefully inadequate” when it comes to providing enough swim and gymnasium space. Local schools cannot hold swim meets in Chico because its current pools aren’t up to standards and are in need of substantial work. And recently, the board was approached by local pickleball enthusiasts in search of places to practice and play.

“I think we’re way behind on our ability to recreate and relax in this community,” Lando said.

For Juanita Sumner—who runs a blog

called Chico Taxpayers Association that focuses on halting “excessive taxation by incompetent government”—a tax isn’t the panacea for CARD’s problems. It’s a way for the board to free up money to pay down its pension obligations, she insists.

She understands the importance of recreation: During summers in the early 1990s, Sumner used to bike to Pleasant Valley Pool almost every day with her family, she said. Her sons were avid swimmers, and

they loved that neighborhood pool.

But what Sumner has seen since, she said, is CARD facilities degrade or get shut down (e.g., Shapiro Pool, which was closed in 2016 due to significant renovation costs) at the same time that the district approved higher salaries and benefits.

That’s one of the reasons she’s against Measure A. Willmann said CARD employees have picked up more pension costs every year since her appointment in 2015, and that is something the district will continue to push for moving forward. Last year, CARD made a roughly $740,000 payment toward its pension debt, put $700,000 into a pension reserve, and adopted a plan increasing its annual payments.

“We recognize that that is what we need to do in order to be fiscally responsible,” Willmann said. “With or without this revenue measure, we will continue in that vein and we have a plan to pay our pension liability.”

Sumner said that while CARD employees are paying more now, “it’s such a tiny amount,” and “really the lion’s share [of costs are] the pensions and the salaries.”

CARD has maintained that the tax will go into a separate fund and be managed by an oversight committee, with annual reports on projects and expenses. According to the measure’s text, the district “intends to use funds collected … to help fund and finance all of the projects listed above, unless the Board determines in any given year that changes in state or federal funding make doing so infeasible or inadvisable.”

To Sumner, “that sounds like an out.”

Lando, however, was adamant that the funds will be spent as promised.

“None of this money, none of this money will go to pay for those pensions. It’s going to go for these facilities,” he said. “I believe CARD’s done a wonderful job and served the community well. We haven’t kept up.

The community’s grown. … I just hope the community can appreciate the need. Yes, it is a tax, but it’s well worth it.”

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Sign, seal, deliver All-mailed ballot system put to countywide test

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utte county election officials have been taking hundreds of calls from voters during the run-up to the March 3 primary election. Many requests, clerk-recorder candace grubbs said, have been to check addresses against official records. other voters who received nonpartisan A ballot drop box stands inside chico’s city hall at 411 Main st. ballots have asked for new ones because they pHoto by andre byik want to vote in a party’s election.

“We’re always glad to respond,” grubbs told the camp Fire have moved out of the county comthe cn&r. “We do have a lot of seasonal help in the pletely? and so won’t be coming back?” grubbs office, but if they don’t know the answer they will said. “We’ll probably have a better look at that send it up the chain of command.” after the primary.” butte county is one of 15 counties that have early numbers show a decline. the number of opted into an all-mailed ballot system through the registered voters in the county currently stands california Voter’s choice act—legislation passed at 114,000, which is down from 124,000 before the in 2016 that was billed as modernizing the state’s fire, grubbs said. Staffers have continually updated elections. ballots complete with pre-paid postage voter files as new information comes in, and were on their way to all the county’s regisgrubbs said she imagines things will tered voters earlier this month. shake out a bit more come november. gone are precinct-specific polling about 70 percent of the county’s places. Voters are now required to send voters already had been casting their their ballots through the mail, drop ballots by mail before the shift. them in a designated county drop Voters who received their ballots at PostAge-PAid mAil box or submit them at a full-service home also were voting at a higher vote center, where voters can percentage than “polling place votreceive disability and language assistance, ers,” grubbs said. With a 100 percent as well as registration and ballot help. mail-in system, turnout is expected to the preferred method of voting can be higher, she added. vary from household to household, nevertheless, grubbs said she grubbs said, adding some may take Butte county BAllot droP Box advises people to not procrastiinto account the security of their nate. ballots must be postmarked own mailboxes. by election day. Voters also can refer to the decision to shift to an all-mailed voter information booklets and the system came after the camp Fire, county’s elections website for more which displaced thousands of residents, information, including locations and grubbs said, adding that the timing hours for drop boxes and vote made sense. Fire survivors who Any Voter AssistAnce center centers. claim a permanent address in the if all goes according to expecburn scar but are temporarily living tations, a higher percentage of results should elsewhere will still be able to vote on local issues be counted by election night, she said. Voters can pertaining to them. they’ll receive local ballots at check the status of their vote-by-mail ballot at their current, temporary mailing address, regardvoterstatus.sos.ca.gov, which shows when a ballot less of location. Some ballots are being mailed to was mailed and received by their county governsurvivors who have fanned out across the country. ment. it has, however, turned into one of the biggest —Andre Byik hurdles election officials have had to clear. a nd r e b @ newsr ev iew.c o m “How many of the people that were part of

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Three head-to-head contests A Q&A with the folks seeking a Board of Supervisors seat

Climate change generally isn’t in the supervisor’s purview. This is being addressed or a least reacted to on a state level. New construction is under new codes to slow climate change. Many codes are helping cut A/C costs. That’s good, but sometimes in frivolous ways. Example: putting tin foil on the bottom of roofing plywood will cut down cooling bills a tiny amount while reflecting heat through your roof, ruining the felt and shingles.

The Greenline is fine as it is. Boundaries for development are necessary. Growing food needs to be considered just as important as housing, and there are lots of other areas in Butte County that aren’t as agriculturally rich.

Tiny houses seem to be the homelessness panacea of the past few years. Whenever the homeless question pops up, just say the magic words and people think that the candidate has a solid plan. Tiny houses are good and all, but they aren’t addressing the issues that cause homelessness. We need longterm behavioral health facilities, low-cost/affordable housing and living-wage jobs that provide health care in this county.

We need to follow in the footsteps of the counties that are successfully addressing climate change.

One-hundred percent renewable electricity at all county facilities is an attainable goal. Santa Clara County is almost there and they’ve made $3 million in renewable energy credits while getting to that point.

Ian Greene

DISTRICT 4 (SOUTH BUTTE COUNTY)

2. According to the biennial point-in-time survey, homelessness countywide has increased 16 percent.

What should the county do to better address this issue?

3. In terms of policy, what should the Board of Supervisors do to address climate change?

the county allow further development in Butte County’s eastern foothills where open space currently exists? If not, why? If so, what kind of development?

Homelessness is on the rise for many reasons, from losing a job to self-induced through drug use. The best use of funding would be to get the mentally ill off the street and into supervision. This may be impossible until the courts understand our personal and public safety is best served by forcing the mentally ill to take prescribed drugs and rehabilitate.

Laura’s Law is a start. Veterans with issues should be given priority.

Bill Connelly

1. Do you view the Greenline as a firm demarcation or flexible boundary—and why?

4. Given what happened during the Camp Fire, should

The Greenline was meant to be a demarcation to protect ag from development. It will continually be challenged as there is no perfect fix when great soil is being built over. So, in most cases, it will stay in place with my support.

Sue Hilderbrand

5. In terms of rebuilding on the Ridge, given the lack of evacuation routes, should the county incentivize a smaller population? If so, how could this be accomplished? If not, why?

The Greenline is and should remain a firm demarcation between development and farmlands. The development that is coming to Butte County must be well-planned so it doesn’t result in sprawl, costing the taxpayers more money to provide the services for these developments. There are many places in the county that would be more appropriate areas for development than our precious ag lands. We must protect the county’s small town feel and beautiful ag land.

The cities generally have the problem of homelessness, but the county provides mental health services, drug/alcohol addiction services, and low-income housing options. These services are overwhelmed since the Camp Fire. The county must collaborate more effectively with cities and neighboring counties to create more low-barrier shelters, and ultimately a regional mental health facility for the severely mentally ill. Collaboration creates opportunities and lightens the burden on each local government, while offering better solutions and funding.

While updating the county’s outdated general plan, we must incorporate strategies to address climate change. For example, housing development and community centers should include walkable, bikeable and public transportation options to reduce traffic and emissions, and incorporate energy efficiency into the planning such as solar and water-reducing landscapes. The county should also take advantage of all state and federal grant funding to upgrade equipment, including old heating systems, and install solar energy.

The Greenline is a firm demarcation. We must protect our agricultural lands and promote smart growth. I am honored to be endorsed by retired county Supervisor Jane Dolan, the biggest champion of the Greenline.

I believe the county should work more collaboratively with our cities in order to address the increase in homelessness. We need to ensure that state and federal dollars coming into the county are being appropriately allocated to housing and service programs that produce results.

The Board of Supervisors must continue to support agriculture. Why? Because local agriculture helps sequester carbon and improve the overall air quality in the region. Research proves that Butte County agriculture has been affected by climate change, but also that it can be part of the solution.

6. In the wake of the fire, California’s auditor criticized

Butte County (and other counties) for inadequate disaster planning and preparedness. Considering that the potential for disaster on the Ridge had long been feared (see the 1993 CN&R cover story “Inferno in Paradise,” reprinted on Jan. 10, 2019), what must be accomplished to avoid a similar scenario in the future?

Tod Kimmelshue

DISTRICT 5 (PARADISE RIDGE)

7. There is a proposal for water conveyance between

Paradise Irrigation District and Cal Water Co. in Chico.

The idea is that PID could sell surface water to Cal Water, and thus help sustain valley groundwater supplies.

Do you support such a plan? Why or why not?

8. The state of California recently granted a harm reduction group the authority to operate a needleaccess program in Chico. Among other things, the group gives away and collects needles and sharps containers.

Butte County’s Department of Public Health has come out in support of the program and presented the science to back up that stance. Do you support or oppose such programs—and why?

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It’s time to grow. This county cannot afford to drag its feet into the future any longer. But we must grow smart, and that can be done with a general plan that prioritizes urban growth, transportation efficiency, and housing for students, workers and those trying to get a fresh start. The other key piece is mental health. We have to figure out a way to create options to meet the diverse needs on the streets.

Reducing sprawl and the total number of miles traveled will always be critical, even if we widely adopt vehicle energy alternatives to fossil fuels. To this end, we must densify our cities, reduce housing costs there, reduce commute miles, and of course encourage mass transit, and bicycles and other humanpowered alternatives. I’d also like to see Highway 99 replace stoplights with proper interchanges, from Neal Road all the way to Esplanade.

I consider the Greenline a firm boundary. We should not build on prime ag lands. I have also supported the 300-foot setback of new developments to protect ag operations. Protecting ag land, farming and ranching has been a priority of mine and is why I am endorsed by the Butte County Farm Bureau and Butte County Cattlemen’s Association.

I support building accessory dwelling units (granny units), which would facilitate more affordable and smaller housing options. Plans could be preapproved, especially those able to use slab construction. New home construction should encourage a separate rentable unit. For those homeless with severe addictions and challenging mental health issues, we need state hospitals built to rehabilitate or house them. Meth and heroin dealers should be held strictly accountable for causing the destruction of lives.

The county is updating the Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment Action Plan; we will need to create attainable action items addressing the assessment’s findings in areas such as temperature change and shifting precipitation patterns. Continue investing in a county Water Department, providing scientific research in how our aquifers need to be sustainably managed. Support the creation of a local power purchasing agency with green energy choice, so folks can directly choose how their electricity is generated.

Henry Schleiger

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Where exactly the limit lies is flexible, but we need to have a long-term plan for any further development into unincorporated land. Using the incentive of developing large lot, high-end housing in the periphery—to leverage partnerships to help create urban renewal and low/middle income appropriate housing, within the city limits—has the potential to shape a future county that fills the needs of a growing economy, and is affordable for its workers.

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The first issue with rebuilding in the foothills is property rights. Someone owns the land and will be allowed to rebuild to newer, more fire-resistant standards. In some places it may be very hard to provide second exits, and that should fall on personal responsibility; the acceptance of the risk. The greatest threat to homes is the lack of proper forest management practices, something that has gone on far too long on both private and public lands.

as far as rebuilding on the ridge, that is a risk to be taken on by the residents that choose to live there. butte County shouldn’t tell Paradise what to do. In the county areas the rebuilding will be to a higher fire standard. evacuation routes are necessary but not the only consideration of where to grow in the foothills. Stay-in-place fire protection is becoming more common and is proven adequate with proper preparation.

California’s auditor is a typical bureaucrat that ought to stay in their area of expertise. The same type of person that knows how to manage our forests into becoming a burn pile for the next highwind electric storm. So I don’t really care what they have to say.

Paradise Irrigation District is in a dire financial position after the Camp Fire. a study to see if they may stay in place and keep their water rights is just a study. I fully support the use of butte County water in butte County. Now if the delivered water is treated water, then PID just gained some customers.

If that helps farmers, so be it; agriculture is the No. 1 industry in butte County.

Needle exchanges sound good, but are not a good fit in our county. Nobody is collecting one needle for another, so they end up on the streets, in the parks and on school grounds. The innocent, the children, should be protected over those who choose to shoot up. In the end that is their choice; nobody quit but of their own free will.

Given what happened during the Camp Fire, I believe that development is desperately needed! If by development you mean widening roads and clearing vegetation along escape routes. Or by development you mean making rebuilding possible for the fire survivors without them being nickled and dimed with inflated permit fees. Camping fees to live on their own land?! after an investor-owned utility company burned down their home?!

I’m not quite sure how a county would incentivize a smaller population. We have a moral obligation to ensure that there are adequate escape routes for the people who return and to the ones who are already there. any private development beyond that needs to coincide with escape route expansion and improvement.

We need a better alert system and improved escape routes. People need to be able to escape the next fire with their lives. That is our responsibility. If the county doesn’t have the necessary funding, then the board needs to bang on the governor’s and legislators’ doors until they fund a modern, cohesive, fire prevention/disaster plan. also, why is the company that caused all of this devastation still selling us our energy?

I am all for this plan with the stipulation that we replace “Cal Water” with butte Municipal utility District. With a municipal utility district we will be able to ensure that the water needs of every butte County resident will be met at a fraction of the cost.

as I said at the League of Women Voters forum, the ability to receive needles is state-mandated and I believe it should be up to each municipality, not the county, to decide how and where it is appropriate for needles to be distributed.

The county must begin updating the general plan to avoid a repeat of the Camp Fire. Fire experts and climatologists must be included in the planning process in order to advise stakeholders about best practices and the best science, and incorporate the most recent building practices. Through the process of updating the general plan, we can decide what is the best direction to take to restore the ridge in a responsible way.

The job of supervisor is to gather the best information and make decisions for what is good for the county. During a general planning process, fire and land-use experts should guide the rebuilding of the ridge. The area must be evaluated in terms of safety and carrying capacity. We must skillfully balance the desire for rebuilding quickly, and the need for rebuilding safely. remember: If this were easy, we would have done it already.

Planning, planning, planning. The entire region must be evaluated in terms of safety, particularly around escape routes. With 20 years of experience in longterm strategic planning and public policy, I know that the devil is always in the details. I also know that not including land-use planning experts, fire expertise, and public health experts in the process produces bad public policy. We must use the best research and hard sciences for a safer future.

The most important question facing butte County is about water , so all decisions must be made with complete transparency. For this proposal, we need more information, including: 1) Who will pay for the proposed pipeline, and will costs fall to taxpayers?

2) What are the legal repercussions of this deal, and are PID’s water rights at risk of being forever lost?

3) Is there a connection between this proposal and the proposed Tuscan Water District?

Good public policy is based on data, not ideology.

Policy formation considers all available data about the problem and chooses the appropriate course of action. County and state health experts support this program to reduce disease. The real problem that needs to be addressed is lack of proper disposal of dirty needles. We should not “throw the baby out with the bathwater” and instead focus on keeping needles out of our community spaces.

The short answer is: it depends. If you’re looking for a no-growth county supervisor, that’s not me. but that doesn’t mean I support irresponsible growth.

I currently serve as the president of the Northern California regional Land Trust, where I have served on the board since 2008. Since then, the Land Trust has conserved 17 easements totaling about 19,005 acres of prime agricultural lands, rangelands, open spaces and wildlife habitat.

No, I do not think the county should incentivize a smaller population returning to the ridge. The county and the town are in the process of making the ridge more resilient. The state and federal governments must also do their part to reduce risk, which in turn will also aid with greater insurance access and affordability.

We need better evacuation routes. We need better emergency technology. We need improved communication systems. We need a healthier forest.

We need advanced warning systems. We need more resilient water infrastructure for fighting fires. We need homeowners to manage their property more responsibly. We need our loved ones to have a better emergency action plan.

This project should be studied to figure out how much it would cost, how it could operate and how it could benefit the town, the residents of Chico, and the county’s groundwater basin. During this recovery period, I think it’s irresponsible not to at least look at potential solutions that could make our county more resilient.

I oppose free needle distribution programs. It was recently reported that officers with the Chico Police Department were called to a scene where they spent precious time collecting discarded needles. Our law enforcement officers are already stretched too thin.

They shouldn’t be taken off patrol to collect dirty needles around town. I have yet to see how this program is benefiting butte County.

I’ve heard the idea of instituting a redline, because of the inherent fire danger in the foothills; I’m not opposed to that idea. Much of this area has been annexed already, and so it’s up to the city to decide how far to grow in that area. but they should be using the same incentivization plans I mentioned earlier (in No. 1) to achieve goals in their core when greenfield development is proposed.

I’m not going to say that we need a smaller population, but we need to think more carefully about the way it’s distributed. I believe that the county should be buying lots in Magalia and Paradise, and using the opportunity created by having so many on the market, to undo some of the illegal/unwise creation of small lots that happened with the blind eye or rubber stamp of previous county government officials.

Not to mention “Time bomb,” april 12, 2018 (the publishing, and subsequent ignoring, of that story was one of my inspirations to run)! Structural changes like reducing sprawl into the wildland urban interface (WuI) will help in the long-term, but we also need to learn how to safely use prescribed fire in our neighborhoods, and to organize neighbors to prevent wildfire. We should also find a way to create value in the harvest of dangerous fuels, building the foothill economy.

The biggest problem with the plan is the timeline; by the time water is flowing through a Skyway pipe, the population of Paradise will begin to demand most of the water again. I think they should figure out a way to transfer PID and county water down butte Creek and sell it to local ag users, in lieu of their pumping the aquifer. We must maintain public control!

I respect the science and ethics behind harmreduction and housing-first policies generally. I believe that all of humanity (and especially governments) should operate within the confines of the Golden rule, in all matters, and that when you do, civilization is better for it. I understand that there is no “exchange requirement” at the needle program currently, but I do think they should somehow incentivize the return of used needles, to keep them off the street.

The 5th District already limits land subdivision in Magalia and butte Valley. County zoning limits other areas. I strongly supported the butte Creek Overlay, which does not permit clustered development. Clustering allows more houses when much of the land is unbuildable. However, I find it unsuitable when it would negatively impact existing evacuation routes. New developments and their homes designed and built for fire resistance and with sufficient evacuation routes should be considered and allowed.

I don’t believe it necessary if evacuation routes have sufficient clearance from trees and bushes so vehicles escaping and first responders entering won’t be subjected to life-threatening flames and heat. a bottleneck was traffic signals at the valley floor, which will be fixed. However, an incentive to reduce buildable lots could be a building density bonus to developers who buy ridge lots and build in other areas or reduced fees to those merging lots.

already homes built to current building codes have superior resistance to flying ember ignitions. I support banning flammable materials within the first 5 feet of a structure. Wood fences and flammable landscaping started many structure fires. The public will need to decide how serious we inspect and enforce defensible space. California needs to treat biomass energy as green energy, which would facilitate unmarketable tree and brush removal, permitting carbon sequestering versus uncontrolled wildfires’ massive CO2 emissions.

I support that the study be done and if feasible we build the project. PID won’t be able to use all of its water rights in the future due to increasing statemandated conservation measures. If we don’t use the water in county, unused water rights could be taken away by the state (given to others). It makes sense and is more cost effective to have a regional water treatment plant and use our water locally.

Outside our county, data supports the opioid crisis increased injection drug use and science exists that communicable diseases, such as HIV and hepatitis C, increase with injection drug use. Locally it is too early to tell if needle access will result in fewer infections. This program needs to prove that it does not attract out-of-area drug users, actually reduces needle litter and crime, and reduces infections. If it doesn’t, I would not support it.

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A re-creation of a portion of Sal Casa’s downtown Chico studio surrounded by his artwork, including the last portrait he painted (on desk).

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Arts community shows up for Sal Casa memorial exhibit

W age of 91, Cameron Kelly knew right away that she had to do something hen Sal Casa died, on Dec. 4, at the

to honor this iconic figure in Northern California art. by Kelly is director of Robert Speer the Chico Art Center, where Casa had taught Review: drawing classes for Sal Casa: Through many years, after the eyes of Friends, Collectors and retiring from teachStudents shows ing at Chico State. If through March 1. any organization was going to celebrate his Chico Art Center remarkable career, it 450 Orange St., Ste. 6 895-8726 had to be the CAC. chicoartcenter.com Short on both time and readily available works (Casa liked to sell his paintings as soon as he finished them), Kelly contacted people who knew Casa and his art well. One was Lorraine Slattery, who with her husband, Steve Johnson, had collected numerous Casa paintings over many years. Another was Gwen Curatilo, a fabled Chico singing teacher whose home showcases wall-to-wall works by local artists, including Casa.

The CAC had previously mounted (in 2014) a chronological retrospective of Casa’s 75-year career, which began when he was a teenager growing up in New York City. The retrospective was “before my time,” Kelly said during a recent interview. She wanted to do something different.

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loved, but Casa also was a nationally recognized master painter who won major awards in prestigious competitions and whose paintings have found permanent homes in galleries and museums across the country.

Kelly decided to invite a number of local collectors to lend their Casa paintings to the CAC and also to write something about the artist and what his friendship and artwork meant to them.

These often touching portraits add a profoundly personal dimension to this exhibit.

So does the nicely written biography penned by his daughter, Kate Casa, and included in the exhibit. In it she traces his life, beginning with his birth in 1927, in Brooklyn, as the “beloved only child” of Italian immigrants and describing his early fascination with the treasures in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It was clear early on that he was destined to become an artist. As Kate Casa writes, “To say he loved art would be to diminish art’s influence on the boy and later the man. Art was part of him, a way of being that informed everything he would become and every choice he would make.”

In 1957 Casa and his wife, Jane, longing for space and, as Casa put it,

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Special Events V-DAY: The Gender & Sexuality Equity Coalition presents two nights of empowerment with a production of Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues. A benefit for local nonprofits working to end violence against women and girls. Thu, 2/13, 7:30pm. $10 $20. BMU Auditorium, Chico State. (530) 898-5724.

Music ADAM DEGRAFF: Oroville Concert Association presents American

“a place to spit,” moved out West to live on a farm in Capay, from whence they eventually moved to Orland and, in 1968, Chico, where he began teaching at Chico State.

This exhibit, titled Sal Casa: Through the Eyes of Friends, Collectors and Students, does a superb job of illustrating Casa’s eventful life and career. In addition to the paintings, collectors’ statements and Kate Casa’s highly readable biography of her father, it includes a 15-minute video interview done by local collector Reed Applegate, a recreation of part of Casa’s downtown studio, examples of works in progress, and much more.

A video of the opening reception, held last Saturday (Feb. 8), is in the works. More than 300 people listened to the collectors’ often emotional descriptions of what Casa’s friendship and his paintings meant to them and to the people of Chico.

As his daughter writes, “He leaves a community that he loved; a community that loves him.

“His extraordinary body of work lives on.” Ω

violinist, composer, producer, educator and farmer. His new program, Rock Violin, combines popular music with a hint of classical performed using a high-tech programmable looping station. Thu, 2/13, 7:30pm. $30. Oroville State Theatre, 1489 Myers St., Oroville. orovillestatetheatre.com

DARK STAR ORCHESTRA: Legendary Grateful Dead tribute act out of Chicago recreates the live Dead experience. Thu, 2/13,

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Friday, Feb. 14 Gold Country Casino

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Robert Burns. Sat 2/15, 5:30pm. $45-$50.

Chico Masonic Family Center, 1110 W. East Ave.

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LINDSAY ELL: Canadian country singer/song-

BREAK BREAD WITH A FARMER: A benefit for Patrick Ranch, with live music, pie auction, barbecued tri-tip and chicken, tossed green salad, seasonal vegetables and dinner rolls. Sat 2/15, 6pm. $35-$275. Patrick Ranch Museum, 10381 Midway, Durham.

BRIAN REGAN: Chico Performances presents veteran stand-up comedian (Comedy Central, Netflix) famous for his observational, sarcastic and self-deprecating humor. Sat 2/15, 7:30pm. $20-$65. Laxson Auditorium, Chico State. 898-6333. chicoperformances.com

writer who has previously toured with Keith Urban, Gretchen Wilson, Luke Bryan and Buddy Guy. Sat, 2/15, 9pm. $17.50. Senator Theatre, 517 Main St. jmaxproductions.net

MOSSY CREEK: Chico Performances presents the local seven-member bluegrass crew performing original material and unique arrangements of traditional tunes. Sat, 2/15, 7:30pm. $15-$20. Harlen Adams Theatre, Chico State. 898-6333, chicoperformances. com

BURNS NIGHT SUPPER: Pipes, drums, whiskey

8pm. $27. Senator Theatre, 517 Main St. MARTY O’REILLY & THE OLD SOUL ORCHESTRA: Santa Cruz band presents a new take on traditional music, bringing indie-rock, psych and cinematic elements to Americana and Delta blues. Thu, 2/13, 6pm (doors); 6:30pm (dinner); 7:30pm (show). $20-$42. Sierra Nevada Big Room, 1075 E. 20th St. sierranevada.com

Theater FOOTLOOSE AUDITIONS: The last day of karaokestyle auditions for the upcoming June musical. Thu, 2/13, 6pm. Free. Birdcage Theatre, 1740 Bird St., Oroville.

FRESH INK 2020: Four writers each created a one-act play in which characters face a unique, important decision. Two endings were written per play, so it’s up to the

brIaN reGaN Saturday, Feb. 15 Laxson Auditorium

See SaTurDay, SPECIAL EVENTS

tasting, silent auction, live music and dancing in celebration of Scotland’s national poet, audience to vote on the outcome in “the hand of fate.” Thu, 2/13, 7:30pm. $12. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St. blueroomthe atre.com

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THE MUSIC MAN: A con man comes to River City, stirring hearts and stirring up trouble in this classic Broadway musical. Thu, 2/13, 7:30pm. $20-$24. Chico Theater Company, 166 Eaton Road, Ste. F. chicotheatercompany. com

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Special Events V-DAY: See Thursday. Fri, 2/14, 7:30pm. $10 - $20. BMU Auditorium, Chico State. (530) 898-5724.

WAYNE BRADY: Six-time Emmy Award-winning and Grammy-nominated actor, singer, dancer, improviser, songwriter and television personality puts on a Valentine’s Day performance. Fri, 2/14, 8pm. $45 - $70. Gold Country Casino & Hotel, 4020 Olive Highway, Oroville. goldcountrycasino.com

Theater FRESH INK 2020: See Thursday. Fri, 2/14, 7:30pm. $12. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St. blueroomtheatre.com

LITTLE WOMEN: Follow sisters Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy March through their experiences during the Civil War in the musical based on the life of American novelist Louisa May Alcott. Fri, 2/14, 7:30pm. $20-$30. CUSD Center for the Arts, 1475 East Ave. crtshows.com

THE MUSIC MAN: See Thursday. Fri, 2/14, 7:30pm. $20-$24. Chico Theater Company, 166 Eaton Road, Ste. F. chicotheatercompany. com

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VIOLIN MONSTer Adam DeGraff is not your typical concert violinist. The West Virginia-based composer, producer, educator and farmer has set out to push the boundaries of what’s expected from the small stringed instrument, tackling multiple styles of music on his violin and processing them through various effects to create a one-man band. He refers to his act as Rock Violin Neat (“No ice.

No water. Just everything I know how to do with a violin”), and for his show at the Oroville State Theatre, tonight (Feb. 13), he will record, loop and layer everything live without any pre-recorded backing tracks.

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Theater FRESH INK 2020: See Thursday. Sat, 2/15, 7:30pm. $12. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St. blueroomtheatre.net

LITTLE WOMEN: See Friday. Sat, 2/15, 2pm. $20$30. CUSD Center for the Arts, 1475 East Ave. crtshows.com

THE MUSIC MAN: See Thursday. Sat, 2/15, 7:30pm. $20-$24. Chico Theater Company, 166 Eaton Road, Ste. F. chicotheatercompany. com

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CRAFT THAT!: Drop-in crafting for all. Bring something you’re working on or join in making artist trading cards. Sun, 2/16, 11am. Free. Blackbird, 1431 Park Ave.

Shows through May 3 Gateway Science Museum

WHAT’S YOUR GARDEN PLAN?: Sherri Scott of GRUB

See MuSeuMS

Grown Nursery and Farm goes over what you can plant now, techniques to increase success and overall garden guidance. Sun, 2/16, 3pm. Free. Blackbird, 1431 Park Ave.

Music 3PINTS DOWN: Local cover band and brews. Sun, 2/16, 3pm. Free. Secret Trail Brewing Company, 132 Meyers St., Ste. 120,. 228-0846.

SUNDAYS AT TWO: Soprano Daun Weiss and pianist Kevin Anderson present If Music Be the Food of Love, Play On... Sun, 2/16, 2pm. Zingg Recital Hall, Chico State, ARTS 279.

SETH PRINZ: Live vocals and guitar over rhythm loops and a drum machine. Sun, 2/16, 11am. Free. Tender Loving Coffee, 365 E. Sixth St. 530-487-2636.

Theater FRESH INK 2020: See Thursday. Sun, 2/16, 2pm. $12. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St. blueroomtheatre.net

LITTLE WOMEN: See Friday. Sun, 2/16, 2pm. $20$30. CUSD Center for the Arts, 1475 East Ave. crtshows.com

THE MUSIC MAN: See Thursday. Sun, 2/16, 2pm. $20-$24. Chico Theater Company, 166 Eaton Road, Ste. F. chicotheatercompany. com

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Special Events CHICO LIVE IMPROV: The Chico Improv Comedy troupe hosts classes at the gallery every Monday Mon, 2/17, 7pm. $5. 1078 Gallery, 1710 Park Ave.

Music BROTHER ALI: The acclaimed independent hiphop artist and Rhymesayers affiliate is on tour in support of his new album Secrets and Escapes. Open Mike Eagle and DJ Last Word open. Wed, 2/19, 8:30pm. $20. Tackle Box, 379 E. Park Ave.

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Art BMU 3RD FLOOR GALLERY: Innocence’s Martyr, Chico State Painting and Drawing Club group exhibit. Through 2/13. Chico State.

CHICO ART CENTER: Sal Casa, commemorative exhibit featuring abstract and representational paintings and drawings the Chico icon created throughout his lifelong career. Through 3/1. 450 Orange St. chicoartcenter.com

GATEWAY SCIENCE MUSEUM: Mission Aerospace, build rockets and paper airplanes, test them for distance and air-dexterity and explore the history of flight, navigation and NASA’s vision for the future. Through 3/3. 625 Esplanade.

HEALING ART GALLERY: Paintings by Northern California artist and brain tumor survivor, Kimberly Rachelle Ranalla.

Through 4/17. Free. 265 Cohasset Road, 530-332-3856.

MUSEUM OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ART: Observe … The Creative Process, a unique exhibit where the process is the show, with Rachelle Montoya (mixed-media) and Ama Posey (painting) setting up studios and creating new works live. Through 3/8. $5.

900 Esplanade. monca.org

NAKED LOUNGE: Marisa Segovia, local artist showcase. Reception 2/28, 7 p.m. Through 2/29. Free. 118 W. Second St.

THE TURNER: Renaissanced, curated with history professor Jason Nice and students in Renaissance Civilization: 1300–1550.

Exhibition Talk Thurs, Feb. 13 5:30 p.m.

Zingg Recital Hall Reception to follow at The Turner Through 2/29. Free. 400 W 1st St., 530-898-4476.

Museums CHICO CHILDREN’S MUSEUM: Tons of cool stuff for kids to explore, including a miniature city, complete with a junior vet clinic, dentist, cafe and farmers’ market, a giant fish tank, multi-sensory room, imagination playground and much more. Check the website for hours and admission information Through 3/25. $7-$9. 325 Main St. chicochildrensmuseum.org

VALENE L. SMITH MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY: Fire and Water Elements of Change, this exhibit curated by Museum Studies students observes our changing planet from an anthropological perspective, through two major elements: fire and water. Also: Unbroken Traditions Basketweavers of the Meadows-Baker Families in Northern California. Through 5/15. Chico State.

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FILM SHORTS Reviewers: Meredith J. Cooper, Bob Grimm, Juan-Carlos Selznick and Neesa Sonoquie.

another family and yet another basement dwelling in this story and in the palatial “modernistic” house that is its main setting. Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13 —J.C.S.

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Clemency

This second feature film from writer/director Chinonye Chukwu—about a death row prison warden (played by Alfre Woodard) who is forced to face the personal demons stirred up by her work—won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance. Pageant Theatre.

Rated R.

The theme of the Pageant’s February Late Show series is Destroy All Movies: The Cinema of Punk. Each Friday and Saturday night at 10 p.m., a new punk-informed flick will be presented. This week (Feb. 14-15): D.O.A.: A Right of Passage, the rockumentary on the first wave of punk, with footage from the Sex Pistols’ infamous 1978 U.S. tour. Pageant Theatre. Rated R.

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Birds of Prey

Nicolas Cage stars in this terrifying adaptation of an H.P. Lovecraft short story about a family fighting mutant extraterrestrial organisms after a meteorite lands on their farm. One night only; two showings: tonight (Feb. 13), 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Pageant Theatre. Rated PG-13.

D.O.A.: A Right of Passage (1980)

Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Will Ferrell star in this comedy about a married couple whose relationship is thrown into turmoil during a ski trip with their kids. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas. Rated R.

Few scares in latest Brothers Grimm adaptation Gretel & Hansel, Itographed be shooting for the deliberately paced, lushly phoGothic horror style of director Robert n

director Osgood Perkins appears to

Eggers’ The Witch, but winds up creating a low-rate version of that 2015 masterpiece.

His film looks OK, but the script by Bob Grimm (by Rob Hayes) provides few chills. It’s all atmosphere with bg r i mm@ little substance. newsrev i ew.c om The familiar story takes place centuries ago. On the verge of starvation, 16-year-old Gretel (Sophia Lillis) and her 8-year-old brother, Hansel (Sammy Leakey), Gretel & Hansel are kicked out of their home. They Starring Sophia Lillis, alice Krige and Sammy head into the forest, where the only Leakey. Directed source of food they find is halluciby Osgood Perkins. nogenic mushrooms (yes, they trip Cinemark 14, Feather out), until they come upon a house river Cinemas. rated inhabited by a strange old lady PG-13. named Holda (Alice Krige).

Holda is all by herself without a market in sight, yet her table is full of freshly baked and roasted goodies. As the fairy tale goes, the hungry children settle in for some good country cooking.

Little do they know, the obviously evil Holda (look at her, she’s definitely a witch) has nefarious plans that involve a different kind of meal.

As the kids mull about the house and stuff their faces, Gretel has “visions” that suggest she could have witchcraft in her blood. So, while Holda encourages Gretel’s budding witchiness, Hansel moves closer to the roasting oven. Will his sister get ahold of herself before Hansel gets dressed in parsley, sage, rosemary

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and thyme? Trust me, you’ll be so bored you won’t care.

You also won’t be scared. There’s the potential for frights in a foreboding shot of a witch standing in a pink-tinged forest, and one involving entrails that transform into baked goods, but that’s it. The film mostly revolves around the kids talking to each other about scary things, and walking around the forest and Holda’s house where things should get scary but don’t.

Lillis also starred in It (which was a hard-R, and frightening), and she is good here, even though her role is almost a complete copy of Anya Taylor-Joy’s Thomasin in The Witch. Krige has the makings of an evil witch, but she’s required to do little more than sit at a table and speak ominously.

As for taking a classic fairy tale and turning it into something more dark and terrifying, that mission has failed. You would think that kids being roasted and eaten in an old lady’s oven would be fright city, but nope. This film is about as scary as a jar of pitted olives.

On the bright side, it’s much better than what will perhaps always stand as the worst adaptation of the story, the Jeremy Renner vehicle Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters.

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Sam Mendes’ sprawlingly detailed war film intrigues, above all, as a relatively simple and intimate tale told in spectacularly large-scale terms. Its plotline has two youthful British soldiers carrying a crucial set of orders through the labyrinthian trenches of a World War I “no man’s land” in hopes of preventing the likely massacre of two battalions. Lance Corporal Blake (Dean-Charles Chapman) and Lance Corporal Schofield (George MacKay) are longtime pals who follow orders with increasing fervor, even or maybe especially with the mounting indications that they and all their comrades are in way over their heads. The film’s main claims to some kind of greatness have to do with the ways in which the story of the pair’s battlefield journey is mounted. Mendes and ace cinematographer Roger Deakins keep their camera in close proximity to the two principles, and in the process create the impression of one long continuous take as Blake and Schofield trek through terrain that is by turns gruesomely confining and desolatingly expansive.

Cinemark 14. Rated R —J.C.S.

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A horror rendition of the 1970s/80s TV series where guests’ fantasies turn into real-life nightmares. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas. Rated PG-13.

The Photograph

A love story about a journalist (LaKeith Stanfield) who who falls for the daughter (Issa Rae) of the famous photographer about whom he’s writing a posthumous feature. Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13.

Sonic the Hedgehog

James Marsden and Jim Carrey star in this live-action/animated adaptation of the famous video game, with Ben Schwartz (Parks and Recreation) voicing the title character. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas. Rated PG-13.

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The latest film from South Korean auteur Bong Joon-ho (which just won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay) is a savagely farcical comedy/ drama with a whiplash streak of social commentary and a few stinging touches of horror film and theater of the absurd running through it. Its central story concerns the mutual misadventures of two families, one poor and the other wealthy. The downat-the-heels members of the Kim family live in a squalid basement apartment and are mostly unemployed. They’re indifferently educated, lacking in marketable skills, and not particularly attentive to ambition or any other bourgeois values. But they do have a certain roguish flair for forgery and the role-playing of con artists, and that’s what soon brings them all into the lives of the very well-heeled Park family. An air of rowdy comedy prevails through most of this, but the harsh contrasts between poverty and wealth bode ill right from the start, and the signs that all this probably won’t end well really start to kick in when we (and the Kims) discover that there’s yet

Unhinged badass Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie) teams up with a new crew, an all-female band of superheroes trying to rescue a young girl from the Black Mask (Ewan McGregor). Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas. Rated R.

Dolittle

Screenwriter (Traffic) and director Stephen Gaghan has crafted this vehicle for Robert Downey Jr. to play the famous doctor who could talk to animals. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas. Rated PG.

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Guy Ritchie is back in his wheelhouse—gangster comedy—and for his new film, he’s assembled and excellent roster led by an intense Matthew McConaughey and an extremely amusing Hugh Grant, plus Colin Farrell, Charlie Hunnam, Michelle Dockery and Eddie Marsan. The Gentlemen feels a lot like the style of Ritchie’s other films in this genre (see Snatch and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels), in that it has zippy dialogue and a fairly routine mystery at its core. But it’s a lot of fun, from start to finish, and you will forgive the familiarities and foibles. McConaughey is at his best as Mickey Pearson, an American pot gangster who has built a large illegal weed empire in England. He’s toying with getting out of the business, and offers his empire to another American, Matthew (Jeremy Strong), for a tidy, yet semireasonable sum. Bodies start piling up, Mickey’s hidden farms get compromised, and somebody in the cast is responsible for the chaos. Cinemark 14. Rated R —B.G.

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See review this issue. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas. Rated PG-13 —B.G.

Still here Bad Boys for Life

Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas.

Rated R.

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Jumanji: The Next Level

Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas.

Rated PG-13 —M.J.C.

Knives Out

Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13.

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THURSDAY 2/13—WEDNESDAY 2/19 DARK STAR ORCHESTRA: Legendary Grateful Dead tribute act out of Chicago recreates the live Dead experience. Thu, 2/13, 8pm. $27.

Senator Theatre, 517 Main St. jmax productions.net

LEANN COOLEY: Local songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, featuring Jeff Obser. Thu, 2/13, 6pm. Free. Tender Loving Coffee, 365 E. Sixth St.

MARTY O’REILLY & THE OLD SOUL ORCHESTRA: Santa Cruz band presents a new take on traditional music, bringing indie-rock, psych and cinematic elements to Americana and Delta blues. Thu,

2/13, 6pm (doors); 6:30pm (dinner); 7:30pm (show). $20-$42. Sierra

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and dance alone in a room full of people. Switch between three channels—hip-hop, EDM and open format. Thu, 2/13, 8pm. $7-$15. El Rey Theater, 230 W. Second St.

CAMERON FORD: Local singer/ songwriter with food from Truckaroni. Thu, 2/13, 7pm. The Commons Social Empourium, 2412 Park Ave.

ADAM DEGRAFF: Oroville Concert

Association presents American violinist, composer, producer, educator and farmer. His program, Rock Violin, combines popular music with a hint of classical performed using a high-tech programmable looping station. Thu, 2/13, 7:30pm. $30.

Oroville State Theatre, 1489 Myers St., Oroville. orovillestatetheatre. com

C.W. STONEKING: Aussie blues artist and captivating storyteller visits.

Local support from WRVNG. Thu, 2/13, 8pm. $10. Argus Bar + Patio, 212 W. Second St.

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ALEX VINCENT: Live music. Fri,

2/14, 8pm. The Exchange, 1975 Montgomery St., Oroville. theexchangeoroville.com

CHAD BUSHNELL: Red Bluff country singer throws EP-release party. Fri, 2/14, 9pm. $10. Tackle Box, 379 E. Park Ave.

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DUETS/DUETTI: Norton Buffalo Hall presents an Italian Valentine’s dinner concert featuring duets

by Peter & Tricia Berkow, Gordy Ohliger & Pam Kather, David Bilinski & Dana Hanson and more. Fri, 2/14, 6pm. $20-$30. Chico Guild Hall, 2775 Nord Ave., 530-762-1490.

An album called Dongs in the Key of Lyfe selling for $6.66 (cassette) and $4.20 (digital download)? What are these guys, like, some kind of satanic heavy metal Cheech & Chong? Kind of. This Valentine’s Day (Feb. 14), at The Maltese, local metal yuksters Lyfecoach drop their first recording at a release party with local buddies Black Magnet and No Lights from S.F.

GREG LOIACONO BAND: Mother Hips co-founder with his band for an

intimate performance. Fri, 2/14, 6:30pm. $15. Chico Women’s Club, 592 E. Third St. brownpapertickets.com

HIRIE: Pop-reggae singer returns to town. Nattali Rize and Jason Jay open. Fri, 2/14, 7pm. $20. The Senator Theatre, 517 Main Street., 831-324-4981. jmaxproductions.net

NO LIGHTS, LYFECOACH: San Francisco post-punk dudes join local Bidenmetal crew Lyfecoach—releasing its new tape, Dongs in the Key of Life— and noisemakers Black Magnet Fri, 2/14, 8:30pm. $7. The Maltese, 1600 Park Ave.

OPEN MIC: Open mic hosted by Jeff

Pershing. Fri, 2/14, 7pm. $1. Down Lo, 319 Main St., 530-966-8342.

PIANOMAN: The Canadian keyboard wizard’s show has no orchestra, backup singers or pyrotechnics.

Just one man playing timeless hits on the piano. Fri, 2/14, 9:30pm. $5.

Feather Falls Casino & Lodge, 3 Alverda Drive, Oroville. featherfalls casino.com

ROBERT HOME & THE NIGHT TRAIN:

Blues from Reno in the lounge. Fri,

2/14, 8:30pm. Feather Falls Casino & Lodge, 3 Alverda Drive, Oroville.

SAD LITTLE SONGS: DJ Byrdie spins oldies on vinyl with special guest Abrilita and Sultana. Soul music for lovers, loners and everyone in between. Fri, 2/14, 9:30pm. Duffy’s

Tavern, 337 Main St.

SUNDAY IRIS: Local folk duo, food,

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MOSSy CreeK Saturday, Feb. 15 Harlen Adams Theatre See SaTurDay

and Chico expats return with an allrequest sing-along show. Sat, 2/15, 8pm. $10. Argus Bar + Patio, 212 W. Second St.

LINDSAY ELL: Canadian country singer/ songwriter who has previously toured with Keith Urban, Gretchen Wilson, Luke Bryan and Buddy Guy. Sat, 2/15, 9pm. $17.50. Senator Theatre, 517 Main St. jmaxproduc tions.net

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DRAG SHOW: Drag, drinks and dancing featuring crowd favorites and new performers every third Saturday of the month. Sat, 2/15, 10pm. $8. The Maltese, 1600 Park Ave.

DRIVER: Classic rock tribute from

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EVENING LOVE FEST: Chico Ecstatic Dance Collective hosts a dance in the name of love with music by DJ J Brave. Sat, 2/15, 7pm. $10-$15.

MOSSY CREEK: Chico Performances Dorothy F. Johnson Center, 775 E. 16th St.

GOOD OL’ BOYZ: Placerville outlaw

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Tackle Box, 379 E. Park Ave.

GUERRA DE BANDAS: Actuaciones de Los Grandes De La Banda, Banda Estrellas De La Bahia, Banda Del Pacific. Intermedios por DJ Lil 50. Sat, 2/15, 8pm. $30-$35. El Rey Theater, 230 W. Second St. elreychico.com

THE KELLY TWINS DUELING PIANOS: Santa Cruz dueling pianists, twins,

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SOUL POSSE: Local cover band. Sat,

2/15, 6:30pm. Free. Farm Star Pizza, 2359 Esplanade, 530-828-8040.

XPRESSION ART GALA: Just Unity Sistas presents a gala that encourages local black creatives to connect and will feature art, poetry and music.

Everyone is welcome. Sat, 2/15, 8pm. $10. 1078 Gallery, 1710 Park Ave.

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The Commons Social Empourium, 2412 Park Ave.

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BROTHER ALI: The acclaimed independent hip-hop artist and Rhymesayers affiliate is on tour in support of his new album, Secrets and Escapes. Plus, Open Mike Eagle and DJ Last Word. Wed, 2/19, 8:30pm. $20. Tackle Box, 379 E. Park Ave.

DANCE NIGHT: Four lady DJs with large vinyl collections select a fresh slice

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Duffy’s Tavern, 337 Main St.

OPEN MIC: Presenters share everything from poetry and memoir to folk songs and instrumental guitar pieces. Call Katy at 434-3794 with questions. Wed, 2/19, 7pm. Free.

Butte County Library, Chico branch, 1108 Sherman Ave., 538-6296.

MICHAEL NAU: Guitarist/vocalist of

Maryland indie folk band Cotton Jones. Local singer/songwriter Pat Hull opens. Mon, 2/17, 8pm. $10.

Argus Bar + Patio, 212 W. Second St.

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But how do you tell when to pick those oranges, lemons and other juicy fruit?

When it comes to citrus, color is not enough. by You need to take a taste test. It helps if they first Debbie Arrington got a “kiss of cold.”

We’re having a good citrus season, with local trees heavy with fruit. Citrus fruits in the North State ripen slowly, often taking nine months or more to reach their peak of flavor. They also can hang on the tree for months after maturity.

Adding to the puzzle: Citrus will look ripe long before they are ripe. That leads many gardeners to despair that they planted a “bad” orange or grapefruit variety that will never produce “good” fruit.

Right now, navel oranges are reaching full ripeness while Valencias are still a month or more away. Grapefruit, too, need more time.

Weather, climate and growing conditions all factor into the citrus calendar. Grapefruit grown in Nor Cal can take 12 to 18 months to reach full ripeness, twice as long as the same grapefruit varieties grown in Coachella. The more summer heat, the faster citrus develops.

Once picked, citrus won’t get sweeter or juicier. Bitter or dry oranges often were just picked too early. In addition, oranges benefit from chilly overnight temperatures in the 30s to bring out their natural sugars.

In January, our oranges finally got that “kiss of cold,” and taste much sweeter for it.

According to local citrus experts, ripe citrus looks bright and full colored. But it also feels heavy for its size and firm when squeezed. A fully ripe orange or lemon will slip easily off its stem without tugging. To pick, gently twist and pull at the same time.

The best way to judge ripeness is by tasting. Pick fruit from opposite sides of the tree and sample. Fruit growing on the outside of the tree tends to ripen faster than fruit that grows closer to the trunk. If the trial oranges taste sweet, the tree is ready to pick. If not, wait a week, then sample again.

The best place to store ripe citrus? Leave it on the tree. Unless there’s a bad frost, it will stay fresh and firm until ready for use— or until the tree drops the fruit to make room for more. Ω

If life gives you citrus, make sorbet In desserts, citrus is often brought in to help balance things out or bring out other flavors. Add some lemon zest to baked goods to cut the sweetness; put orange next to chocolate for a perfect marriage of contrasts. But when you want it to be the star of your sweet treat, it’s best to leave citrus as unencumbered as possible, and few desserts are as simple—and elegant—as sorbet. All you really need is orange (or lemon, or grapefruit) juice and sugar. The ratio can vary—from 1/4 cup to 1/2 cup sugar for every cup of liquid—depending how sweet you want it, but the more sugar, the more silky and less slushy your final product will be.

Simple sorbet 3 cups citrus juice (if using lemons, mix 3/4 cup juice with 2 1/4 cups water) Between 3/4 cup and 1 1/2 cups sugar (based on personal preference) Pour one cup of juice (or water/ lemon mixture) into saucepan with sugar. Cook over med-high and whisk until sugar has dissolved. Remove from heat, stir in remaining liquid. If you have an ice-cream maker, pour in and churn until ready. If not, pour into a freezer-proof dish and place in freezer.

Whisk every hour until firm.

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OverflOw thread: warm-winter versiOn It’s three in the afternoon

Ceramic garden

on a Tuesday in the middle of February and the temperature is 73 degrees.

No wind, no clouds, nothing but intensely blue skies in all directions outside arts dEVo’s office. As I sit here with my nose smushed against the screen of an open window, I ache for speech-recognition software that would allow me to hastily shout a rambling column at my computer so I could jump out that window and make a run for a boulder upon which I can bask in the light of this fake spring weather.

No such luck. I have no choice but to type the following local rundown with my own two hands like a chump:

Chinese mythology and fruit imagery in new university exhibit

Scollection rent exhibit, Foreign Bodies—a of ceramic and mixed-

an Francisco artist Cathy Lu’s cur-

media works at the Jacki Headley University Art by Gallery—offers Carey Wilson a lot of food for thought.

Her cast and Review: glazed ceramic Cathy Lu’s Foreign fruit and vegBodies shows through etables display March 14. her mastery of Jacki Headley technique, a fine University Art eye for threeGallery dimensional Arts & Humanities Building assemblage, and Chico State a subtle sense of headleygallery humor balanced csuchico.com with commentary on cross-cultural expressions of “art.”

The first of the 12 pieces encountered is the paradoxically named “(Untitled) Fruit Net,” an imposing (12-by-9 feet) composition of ceramic fruit strung on a network of steel cable suspended from the ceiling. Lit from above, the intricately textured, sized and shaped cabbages, apples, bananas, eggplants, Durian fruit, etc. are glazed with nearly metallic sheens of gold, silver, green, pink and yellow. The “net” of fruity objects provides a fragmented, filtered view of the rest of the exhibit.

Next up on the suggested counterclockwise route around the space

is “Pile,” which delivers the opposite effect of the carefully composed “Fruit Net.” It consists of a literal pile of “discarded bricks” that looks like it could have been dumped on the floor out of a wheel barrow. On closer examination, however, the piece also reveals an assortment of cast ginger root, bananas and other brick-sized food elements in muted, unnatural mattefinished colors mixed in randomly with the broken bricks.

Enigmatic as “Pile” is, the four numbered pieces titled “Security Fence” were, to this viewer, the most mysterious and least cohesive of the exhibit. The incongruity of these stark white, cast porcelain barriers held up by sandbags separate the other pieces like paragraph returns.

Segregated from the rest of the exhibit, “Peach Garden” is set within a framework of PVC pipe draped with clear plastic sheeting held in place with jumper cable clamps.

Inside the enclosure, the “peaches” are super-sized sculptures set on coiled pedestals of unglazed red clay. In Chinese mythology, peaches represent immortality, and Lu’s counterpart to the garden of Eden is filled with beautiful, multicolored and intricately textured abstractions of the fruit accented by smaller rounded unglazed cones emitting wisps of steam. Standing in their midst, I couldn’t help but think of

Cathy Lu’s “Pile” (detail) PHOTO BY JASON CASSIDY

the pods from the Alien movies.

As Lu explained in an interview on the Asia Society website: “I love when people see my pieces from far away and are just drawn to the ‘nice’ colors, but then they get closer and are really disturbed by the violent or sexual imagery, and then they begin to question why.”

This piece certainly succeeds in that regard.

The other major, or at least biggest, piece in the exhibition is “Tree,” a plastic net of produce bags, bamboo poles and zip-ties.

The multicolored produce bags are suspended from the A-frame lattice work of bamboo, which is held together with multiple wraps of black plastic zip-ties. As in all of the pieces, the cast fruit is not of its natural color, in this case being presented in drab matte tones that complement the shiny plastic nets that hold them.

The final piece on the circuit is “Nuwa Hands,” a pair of forearms projecting from the wall with goldtipped, plant-like fingertips. Nuwa is a mother goddess in Chinese mythology connected to creation myths, and in the context of the exhibit, she is still at work through the artist who created an intriguing world of “foreign bodies.” Ω

v-mOnth The V-day season is here, and the international activist movement to end violence against women and girls is represented locally by two events.

Today (Feb. 13) and Friday (Feb. 14), at 7:30 p.m., Chico state’s Gender and Sexuality Equity Coalition presents two showings of Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues at the BMU auditorium. And next week, up at the Blue Room Theatre, local singer/actress amy Brown directs another of Ensler’s plays, The Good Body. This one-woman show (starring Jodi Rives) “beautifully addresses two significant body-related issues: societal values and acceptance.”

Four performances: Feb 20-22, 7:30 p.m. and Feb. 23, 2 p.m. wOrks Of artist The new exhibit open-

ing at the Museum of northern California art today (Feb. 13) is a living, breathing, painting installation featuring two local artists—Rachelle Montoya and ama Posey—using the galleries as

active studio spaces. Come by and watch art in action, and step into the creation yourself in the “Visitor’s Studio.” observe … the Creative Process shows through March 8.

that COttOn JOnes dude Michael nau’s solo work is intriguingly difficult

to pin down to a style. As with his band, Cotton Jones, the Maryland musician’s recent songs are still kind of rooted in the Americana/ folk rock tradition. But on his latest album, Less Ready To Go, the musical accompaniment is more ornate, resulting in a vaguely psychedelic, always chill, and sometimes twisted take on 1970s R&B/pop/soft rock.

Check it out and decide for yourself when Nau performs Monday, Feb. 17, 8 p.m., at argus Bar + Grill. Pat Hull opens.

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For the week oF February 13, 2020 ARIES (March 21-April 19): Now that

she’s in her late forties, Aries comedian and actress Tig Notaro is wiser about love. Her increased capacity for romantic happiness has developed in part because she’s been willing to change her attitudes. She says, “Instead of being someone who expects people to have all the strengths I think I need them to have, I resolved to try to become someone who focuses on the strengths they do have.”

In accordance with this Valentine’s season’s astrological omens, I invite you to meditate on how you might cultivate more of that aptitude yourself.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Taurus

artist Joan Miró loved to daub colored paint on canvases. He said he approached his work in the same way he made love—“a total embrace, without caution, prudence thrown to the winds, nothing held back.” In accordance with astrological omens, I invite you to invoke a similar attitude with all the important things you do in the coming weeks. Summon the ardor and artistry of a creative lover for all-purpose use.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In 1910,

Gemini businessman Irving Seery was 20 years old. One evening he traveled to the Metropolitan Opera in New York City to see an opera starring the gorgeous and electrifying soprano Maria Jeritza. He fell in love instantly. For the next 38 years, he remained a bachelor as he nursed his desire to marry her. His devotion finally paid off. Jeritza married Seery in 1948. In 2020, I think you will be capable of a heroic feat of love that resembles Seery’s.

Which of your yearnings might evoke such intensely passionate dedication?

CANCER (June 21-July 22): I’ve been

married twice, both times to the same woman. Our first time around, we were less than perfectly wise in the arts of relationship. After our divorce and during the few years we weren’t together, we each ripened into more graceful versions of ourselves and we developed greater intimacy skills. Our second marriage has been far more successful. Is there a comparable possibility in your life? A chance to enhance your ability to build satisfying togetherness? An opening to learn practical lessons from past romantic mistakes? Now is a favorable time to capitalize.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In 1911, the

famous Russian poet Anna Akhmatova and the famous Italian painter Amedeo Modigliani were in love with each other.

Both were quite poor, though. They didn’t have much to spend on luxuries. In her memoir, Akhmatova recalled the time they went on a date in the rain at the Luxembourg Gardens in Paris. Barely protected under a rickety umbrella, they amused each other by reciting the verse of Paul Verlaine, a poet they both loved.

Isn’t that romantic? In the coming weeks, I recommend you experiment with comparable approaches to cultivating love.

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there’s someone in your life to whom you can give a note like the one I’ll offer at the end of this oracle. If there’s not, I trust you will locate that person in the next six months. Feel free to alter the note as you see fit. Here it is. “When you and I are together, it’s as if we have been reborn into luckier lives; as if we can breathe deeper breaths that fill our bodies with richer sunlight; as if we see all of the world’s beauty that alone we were blind to; as if the secrets of our souls’ codes are no longer secret.”

of your life, how many people and animals have truly loved you? Three? Seven?

More? I invite you to try this Valentine experiment: Write down their names on

by rob brezsny a piece of paper. Spend a few minutes visualizing the specific qualities in you that they cherished, and how they expressed their love, and how you felt as you received their caring attention. Then send out a beam of gratitude to each of them.

Honor them with sublime appreciation for having treasured your unique beauty.

Amazingly enough, doing this exercise will magnetize you to further outpourings of love in the coming weeks.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): I invite

you to copy the following passage and offer it to a person who is receptive to deepening their connection with you.

“Your healing eyes bless the winter jasmine flowers that the breeze blew into the misty creek. Your welcoming prayers celebrate the rhythmic light of the mud-loving cypress trees. Your fresh dreams replenish the eternal salt that nourishes our beloved song of songs.

With your melodic breath, you pour all these not-yet-remembered joys into my body.” (This lyrical message is a blend of my words with those of Scorpio poet Odysseus Elytis.)

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

The poet Virgil, a renowned author in ancient Rome, wrote three epic poems that are still in print today. His second was a masterpiece called the Georgics.

It took him seven years to write, even though it was only 2,740 lines long. So on average he wrote a little over one line per day. I hope you’ll use him as inspiration as you toil over your own labors of love in the coming weeks and months. There’ll be no need to rush. In fact, the final outcomes will be better if you do them slowly. Be especially diligent and deliberate in all matters involving intimacy and collaboration and togetherness.

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

invite you to copy the following passage and offer it to a person who is ready to explore a more deeply lyrical connection with you. “I yearn to earn the right to your whispered laugh, your confident caress, your inscrutable dance. Amused and curious, I wander where moon meets dawn, inhaling the sweet mist in quest of your questions. I study the joy that my imagination of you has awakened.

All the maps are useless, and I like them that way. I’m guided by my nervous excitement to know you deeper. Onward toward the ever-fresh truth of your mysterious rhythms!”

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Aquarian author Derek Walcott had a perspective on love that I suspect might come in handy for you during this Valentine season. “Break a vase,” he wrote, “and the love that reassembles the fragments is stronger than that love which took its symmetry for granted when it was whole.” I urge you to meditate on how you could apply his counsel to your own love story. How might you remake your closest alliances into even better and brighter versions of themselves?

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Piscean

poet Saul Williams wrote a meditation I hope you’ll consider experimenting with this Valentine season. It involves transforming mere kisses into sublime kisses. If you choose to be inspired by his thoughts, you’ll explore new sensations and meanings available through the act of joining your mouth to another’s.

Ready? “Have you ever lost yourself in a kiss? I mean pure psychedelic inebriation.

Not just lustful petting, but transcendental metamorphosis, when you became aware that the greatness of this other being is breathing into you. Licking your mouth, like sealing a thousand fleshy envelopes filled with the essence of your passionate being, and then opened by the same mouth and delivered back to you, over and over again—the first kiss of the rest of your life.”

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JORDAN MICHAEL ADAMS 2196 Ruskin St Unit 1 Chico, CA 95926.

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CHUL YOUNG KIM 745 Paigewood Dr #34 Orland, CA 95963.

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KAMELA LOESER 600 Parkwood Drive Chico, CA 95928.

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PCI COMPUTER SERVICES, INC 225 Main St Suite R Chico, CA 95928.

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JOLENE MARIE MOODY 6165 Burke Lane Paradise, CA 95969.

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JEREMY F KEPLEY 137 1/2 W 21st Street Chico, CA 95928.

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PROAQUACULTURE INC 559 Cimarron Dr Chico, CA 95973.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as DETAIL AND SELL at 1049 Cherry St Chico, CA 95928.

ROBERT SPENCE BUSICK 741 W 10th St Chico, CA 95928.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as ACCURATE PAYROLL AND ACCOUNTING SERVICES at 2720 Cohasset Rd, Suite E Chico, CA 95973.

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TRACE WOODWARD 655 Coyote Way Chico, CA 95928.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as HEALTHY LIVING ACUPUNCTURE at 360 East First Street Chico, CA 95928.

KATRINA CARNEY 1578 Lazy Trail Dr Chico, CA 95926.

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner HAZEL HALBERT filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: CRUZ LAWRENCE MATZEN JULZ EDEN MATZEN Proposed name: CRUZ MATZEN HALBERT JULZ EDEN HALBERT 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.

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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.

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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: ASHLEIGH TRICHELL MOORE Proposed name: ASHTON TRICHELL PEASE 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: March 4, 2020 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: January 10, 2020 Case Number: 20CV00076 Published: January 23,30, February 6,13, 2020

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: GINA LYNN HIDAHL Proposed name: GINA MEADOWS 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: March 18, 2020 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: January 24, 2020 Case Number: 20CV00192 Published: February 6,13,20,27, 2020

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner LORD LEE filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: LORD LEE Proposed name: CHAENGKHIONGCI TZE LEE THE COURT ORDERS that all this Legal Notice continues

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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: March 25, 2020 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: January 27, 2020 Case Number: 20CV00225 Published: February 6,13,20,27, 2020

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner VIVIAN FAHLGREN GARABEDIAN filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: VIVIAN FAHLGREN GARABEDIAN Proposed name: VIVIAN BRANNVALL FAHLGREN 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: March 25, 2020 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: January 29, 2020 Case Number: 20CV00263 Published: February 6,13,20,27, 2020

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner SIERRA MARIE WATSON filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: SIERRA MARIE WATSON Proposed name: VICTORIA ROSE LANES 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 this Legal Notice continues

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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: March 11, 2020 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: January 15, 2020 Case Number: 20CV00093 Published: February 13,20,27, March 5,2020

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

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

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: March 18, 2020 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: January 27, 2020 Case Number: 20CV00208 Published: February 13,20,27, March 5,2020

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner TRACY NICOLE HOLCOMB filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: TRACY NICOLE HOLCOMB Proposed name: TRACY NICOLE THOMAS 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 this Legal Notice continues

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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: March 25, 2020 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: January 31, 2020 Case Number: 20CV00292 Published: February 13,20,27, March 5,2020

SUMMONS SUMMONS NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: MONICA IBARRA AKA MONICA BONILLA YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: BUTTE COUNTY CREDIT BUREAU A CORP NOTICE! You have been sued.

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

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

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

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

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

(530) 366-4290 Dated: May 22, 2019 Signed: KIMBERLY FLENER Case Number: 19CV01561 Published: January 23,30, February 6,13, 2020 this Legal Notice continues

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

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

The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: February 25, 2020 Time: 9:00 a.m.

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

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

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by 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: DESIREE J. VANCE 1440 Lincoln St Oroville, CA 95965 (530) 534-9900 Dated: January 21, 2020 Case Number: 20PR00024 Published: January 30, February 6,13, 2020

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE CATHLEEN VINCENT To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: CATHLEEN LAWSON, CATHLEEN AYERS, and CATHLEEN VINCENT A Petition for Probate has been filed by: SHANN PUSTEJOVSKY in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte.

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

The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: March 10, 2020 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.

Petitioner: 7 Mary Jo Place Oroville, CA 95965 Case Number: 20PR00047 Published: February 13,20,27, 2020

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