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An end to prohibition Readers who have been with us for a long time know that, from

the CN&R’s inception in 1977, we have decried the modern prohibition against marijuana and argued for the its legalization. We’ve consistently asked: What is worse, smoking pot or getting busted, thrown in jail and saddled with a criminal record for doing so? The answer seems obvious, and yet in 2012 more than 658,000 people were arrested nationwide for marijuana possession. In the 37 years of the CN&R’s existence, we’ve watched as state after state has come to the realization that pot is simply not harmful enough to warrant turning people over to the criminal-justice system, with all that entails. That’s why nearly three-quarters of the states have legalized medical marijuana, decriminalized pot or legalized it for recreational use. In all of those states, however, marijuana users still must contend with a federal law, the Controlled Substances Act, which classifies marijuana as a Schedule 1 narcotic and mandates harsh penalties for its use, sale or cultivation. The Obama administration has said it will respect state laws as long as certain conditions are met, but who’s to say it won’t change its mind— as happened here in California three years ago, when several U.S. attorneys unilaterally decided to get tough on medical-marijuana dispensaries that were legal under California law? When three-quarters of the states are in open rebellion against a federal law, it’s time to reconsider that law. Thus we were pleased to see that The New York Times finally has agreed, in a July 27 editorial titled “Repeal Prohibition, Again,” that the federal law should be repealed and that marijuana regulation should be left up to the states. If you agree, please contact your representatives in Congress and let them know you favor an end to prohibition. History is on your side. Ω

City should welcome unifying message A Whether it’s Iraq, Syria, Nigeria, Bosnia, Israel or Palestine, people are being killed in the name of religion or reli-

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Here in Chico, the City Council has appeared to seek sectarian balance by inviting a Hindu (Rajan Zed), who lives more than 150 miles away in Reno, Nev., to perform an invocation prior to a council meeting. The 2010 U.S. Census does not register a Hindu population here in Chico, yet a Pew Research Center study in 2012 clearly identifies 20 percent of the U.S. population as living secular lives. For Chico, that’s over 16,000 people! The U.S. Supreme Court decision of Greece v. Galloway makes it unlikely that prayers before a government meeting will cease any time soon. The ruling specifically includes equal access to the invocation as part of its justification for allowing the prayers to continue. It reads in part, “The town at no point excluded or denied an opportunity to a would-be prayer giver. Its leaders maintained that a minister or layperson of any persuasion, including an atheist, could give the invocation.” Last year, prior to Greece v. Galloway, the Atheists of Butte County

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asked the city of Chico to halt all sectarian invocations held before council meetings. In a certified letter to the mayor, the Atheists of Butte County now modifies last year’s campaign and seeks inclusion for that 20 percent of the local population who identify themselves as “nones,” or none of the above, regarding their religion. American democratic systems have flourished over the past 100 years in a predominately neutral and nonsectarian environment. Societies across the globe are learning that when reason, logic and justice prevail, so too does democracy. The mayor has yet to respond to our repeated requests to be included in the invocation rotation so we can remind people that what makes our government blossom is our ability to negotiate and discuss practical and societal issues in an open environment free of religious doctrine. If our local elected officials wish to continue praying before meetings, we expect them to abide by the law as defined by the Supreme Court and provide the Atheists of Butte County an opportunity to deliver a nontheist unifying message that embraces all citizens as equal participants in the process of local government. Ω

An option worth exploring Last week, we reported how city of Oroville leaders are

looking into the possibility of contracting out for police and fire services (see “Cost of safety, critiqued,” Newslines, by Howard Hardee). Some would say it’s a bold move. Others would say it’s a move of desperation. Perhaps it’s both. But at the root of the decision to explore this arrangement is a desire to keep the city solvent. Last year, a multimillion-dollar budget deficit led to 40 layoffs as well as a reduction in city services. Oroville officials say it may take months to know whether contracting with such agencies as Cal Fire and the Butte County Sheriff’s Office would result in significant efficiencies. If the same levels of service can be provided at a cost savings, such an arrangement is a no-brainer. Here in Chico, we’ll be watching the situation closely. We’re not ready to say city leaders should contract out these services, though the public is increasingly supportive of such action. But City Council members and top administrators would be wise to keep an eye on Oroville, too, and at least consider exploring the viability of a similar arrangement. After all, the city spends about 82 percent of its operating budget on public safety. The fact is current salaries and benefits packages for the police and fire departments are not sustainable. The benefits in particular have soared to levels more than double the state average for public employees. Chico’s current top managers are not at fault for this. However, it is incumbent upon them to ensure that the city is able to provide the public with city services, including adequate public safety. If that takes exploring other options to make that happen, so be it. Ω

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Snippets Each week, I toil over what to write about in this space. Invariably, I have to leave out news I’d like to share. So, this week, I’m writing snippets of a few things. I don’t have enough space in these 500 words to flesh everything out, but at least you’ll get the gist. Election update. I was disappointed this week to hear that former City Council candidate Dave Kelley won’t give it another go this November (see Letters, page 6). Kelley’s a moderate who spent eight years on the Planning Commission. He had more civic experience than the three newcomers who gained seats in 2012—Randall Stone, Sean Morgan and Tami Ritter. But, in Chico, it’s tough to get elected to the “nonpartisan” council without falling into either a progressive or conservative camp. Speaking of candidates, a woman named Forough Molina has pulled papers. According to City Clerk Debbie Presson, Molina is a teacher in Oroville who’s on the board of directors of Chico Velo. Death by cop. The other day I watched that video of New York City cops choking—and ultimately killing—a man for illegally selling individual cigarettes. That man, 43-yearold Eric Garner, was dismissive of the officers who confronted him. But he definitely wasn’t violent. As he’s put in a chokehold and his face pushed into a sidewalk, Garner cries out that he cannot breathe. He wasn’t lying. His death leaves six children fatherless. Closer to home, an Orland man died last Sunday (July 27)—a week after an altercation with Redding police officers. Details on 33-year-old Matthew Robinson’s death are sketchy right now. What we know is that he was a mental health patient being transported from Chico to a psychiatric facility in Redding. Something happened en route, Redding police were called, and Robinson ended up in critical condition at Mercy Medical Center, where he later died. Given the circumstances, we also know that Robinson most certainly was unarmed and needed help. It’s unclear if he was put in a chokehold, but photos of Robinson in a hospital bed reveal trauma to his face. Robinson’s online profiles show that he graduated from Chico State a decade ago with an economics degree. On Facebook, he’s pictured smiling in cap and gown, and playing his guitar. According to LinkedIn, he was most recently unemployed and volunteered at an Orlandbased animal shelter walking dogs and socializing cats. One of his interests noted on the site includes civil rights. I’m wondering if his were violated. Rock ’n’ roll. On a much lighter note, my Ryan Adams Google Alert has been blowing up lately, since news broke that my favorite singer-songwriter is back on tour in support of an eponymous new record. Yes, I’ve had that Google Alert set up for eight or so years, along with a few others. Adams is playing in Portland and Santa Barbara in early October, and there happen to be three days between those gigs. Fingers crossed he plays a show in the Bay Area or Sacramento. If only we could get him to Chico—best show of the year, guaranteed. Local bookers, are you listening?

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It takes commitment Re “Pet tales” (Cover feature, by CN&R staff, July 24): I enjoyed your coverage of “man’s best friend.” Humans genetically engineered dogs to embody the best in ourselves: loyalty, empathy, sensitivity, affection and courage. We owe them understanding and respect. Dogs are social/pack animals and mostly hate being alone. They are naturally active and suffer when constrained. They bond with companions and grieve when separated. They desire to live, as all beings do—and suffer when discarded, as any of us would. Before getting a dog, ask yourself if you can provide an adequate social life—a dog left alone in a yard all day is a lonely dog. Can you walk the dog at least once every day? Can you bond with the dog for its lifetime—average 13 years—and spare it the trauma of losing its friends and family? Would you be happy with a rescue dog? If not, you are likely supporting puppy mills that produce an over-supply, ensuring that millions of “surplus” dogs are interminably impounded or destroyed every year. Caring for a dog means taking on a lifestyle—it’s not something that can be put on a shelf or dropped on a whim. At least not if we aspire to be half as decent as these creatures we “possess.”

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Letter was revealing Re “Check out the perks” (Letters, by Stephanie L. Taber, July 24): I was appalled reading Stephanie Taber’s letter regarding the excessive salaries and benefits Chico police officers receive. The Chico police, of course, defend these exorbitant perks and salaries by saying they put their lives on the line protecting the public. However, I assume police officers in cities of approximate size to Chico risk their lives as well, and do not get paid near the salaries, benefits and perks. Beverly Hills police officers do not get paid as much, nor do they receive the generous perks Chico police officers do. Growing up, I dreamed of someday being a United States senator, but from a financial standpoint, I might have been better off dreaming of becoming a Chico police officer. AARON MEYERS Corning

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TV’s one-sided reporting A local news channel in Chico did a brief report, with a video of an Israeli woman amid her home demolished by a “rocket.” Her home was near Ben Gurion airport and some flights had been canceled. What would a viewer take from that report? A rocket hit an Israeli home near Israel’s airport; meaning that Israelis are “being attacked.” Yes. And, what was not reported, nor shown, was the mass destruction of Gaza, with over 1,000 dead (80 percent civilians), thousands wounded, with hospitals ill-equipped to handle the crisis. If people want to actually know what’s happening, they would need to look at other channels, stations and websites for a few different perspectives—of which there are many. And then, there is history, written by various sides/factions. Why do we care? For one thing, we’re paying $3.5 billion per year to “support” Israel. They use our tax dollars to harass people whose families have lived in Palestine for generations. Israelis are building illegal settlements on the Palestinian land, taking their water and demolishing Palestinian homes and orchards. It is against international law, but Israelis disregard the law, knowing they have friends in the U.S. ANDREA BOWMAN Chico

What about the flowers? Re “Monumental myth” (Cover feature, by Allan Stellar, July 17): Thanks for publishing Allan Stellar’s enjoyable article about hiking the Siskiyou Crest. The story is accompanied by nine photographs. Five depict humans or human-made artifacts; these all have captions. Four depict native plants; these are untitled. The plants’ images are beautiful, and for many people, their beauty alone will be reason enough to care about them. To be sure, we need not know an organism’s name in order to protect it. In fact, the greatest argument for wilderness conservation may be the millions of species out there that haven’t even gotten a name yet, much less had a shot at, say, curing cancer. We can still enjoy a flower’s beauty in ignorance. But, at its best, “environmentalism” is about much more than that. The spirit of conservation affirms that every creature has a unique life story, has a purpose, has its own needs and gifts to offer. (That’s why we can’t simply do without some species. 6

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We need them all.) In short, every creature has an identity. So, not only humans deserve captions. WOLFGANG ROUGLE Cottonwood

He’s not running The reason I ran for City Council in 2012 was to be a voice for moderation. During my eight years on the Chico Planning Commission, I experienced a lot of polarity within the commission, between applicants and their foes, and more than enough polarity on the council. That needed to change. The polarity has not gone away. Compromise is scarce. Moderation is missing. Too many issues are still “resolved” along party lines with predictable partisan block voting. Running as a moderate presented a formidable challenge. There were five progressives to my left and five conservatives to my right. Donations were tight. Endorsements were rare. Mailing slick, full-color postcards was impossible. Being an alternative political choice carries its own baggage. Unfortunately, I did not win. Taking the loss was much deeper, and harder, than I had imagined. Now in hindsight, I appreciate the experience gained, the effort spent, the people I met, and the simple satisfaction of having tried. I have decided to not run in 2014. Hopefully another candidate will rise up and be the third political choice. Be the voice for moderation. Be the voice for every person in Chico. To each of the 7,178 voters who supported me in 2012, I say thank you. DAVE KELLEY Chico

Editor’s note: For more on the City Council election, see Second & Flume, page 5.

Who’s policing police? Why isn’t there a zero-tolerance policy for excessive police force, with the exception of being fired upon or unavoidably threatened by an actual armed assailant? And I don’t mean some guy with a kitchen knife, 20 feet away who allegedly “lunged” at them, so they had to shoot him, and typically from a distance that is farther away than effective “lunging” could take place. The fact that the word “lunged” is always used when they describe what happened just seems a bit odd, too. It strikes me as a scripted word. It also seems peculiar that we commonly see officers crank someone’s arm back until the joint can’t go

any further (because it’s on the verge of dislocation) and will then start yelling “Stop resisting! Stop resisting!” This seems like another scripted phrase that is used in order to create the appearance of resistance for an audio or video recording, and allow the officers to continue with excessive force. Here’s a fact: When someone is on their belly with three officers’ knees in their back, and another officer pressing the person’s face into the pavement with both hands (using most of their body weight to do so), and while having both arms cranked up to the limits (or more) of their natural moveable range, that is not resisting, no matter what is being shouted by the police! AARON PICO Chico

Editor’s note: For more on this subject,see Second & Flume,page 5.

National Guard can help I favor the use of U.S. National Guard units being used to assist our Border Patrol in defending our southern borders. However, I’m vehemently against actions requested by Texas Gov. Rick Perry—“arrest powers to support Border Patrol operations until sufficient Border Patrol resources can be hired, trained and deployed to the border.” Military personnel are trained to provide logistical support, including but not limited to the securing of temporary holding facilities, paperwork and the humanitarian efforts of feeding and caring for children and their families. Providing this kind of assistance would be a welcome change to the tedium soldiers associate with their obligations. Shawn Moran, vice president of the National Border Patrol Council, recently expressed a concern that active-duty Border Patrol agents are absorbing the additional tasks of “… processing and babysitting.” Time and again, our American citizenry has witnessed the United States Armed Forces as capable and willing to assist others in need. This is such a time. Let’s place our young men and women on the front line; they now stand ready to assist with spoons and blankets. We can do both well, I assure you. MARK THORP Chico

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A federal jury has convicted the final remaining defendant in a mortgage fraud scheme that ran from 2006 to 2008 and was initially uncovered by the Butte County District Attorney’s Office. Leonard E. Williams was the last of 14 defendants convicted in a scam that involved getting loans for new home purchases by using “straw buyers” and false information about employment, income, assets and intent to occupy the homes as a primary residence. The multimillion-dollar scam involved the illicit sale of 70 houses in Chico. Others convicted and sentenced include Chicoans William E. Baker (18 months), Tony Symmes (35 months, plus $4 million in restitution), Niche Fortune (4 years, 9 months), along with scheme leader Garret Gililland of Paradise (7 years, 10 months), and Shane Burreson of Orland (23 months). Williams faces up to 20 years in prison when sentenced Oct. 27.

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A Chico State student was indicted in federal court last Thursday (July 24) for importing and selling drugs. According to a press release from the Butte Interagency Narcotics Task Force (BINTF), Ross Christopher Sullivan was originally arrested back in mid-May for allegedly selling Xanax and ecstasy. He was taken into custody at his off-campus apartment, where BINTF agents found a loaded AR-15 as well as a loaded .45-caliber handgun. Sullivan pleaded not guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District in Sacramento. According to the Chico EnterpriseRecord, he also pleaded not guilty in Butte County Superior Court to charges related to possession and sales, as well as possession while armed with loaded firearms. Homeland Security Investigations and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service aided BINTF in the investigation.

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The man accused of starting the Bully Fire in Shasta County was charged with involuntary manslaughter July 22. Freddie Alexander Smoke III (pictured) was arrested by Cal Fire law enforcement officers at the origin of the Bully Fire on July 11, according to a Cal Fire press release. The exhaust system of the rental truck Smoke drove through dry vegetation while delivering soil amendments to an illegal marijuana garden allegedly started the fire. Smoke was arrested on felony counts of recklessly causing a fire and marijuana cultivation. On July 16, after Smoke posted bail, authorities discovered the body of a man who apparently attempted to flee the fire. The Shasta County District Attorney’s Office filed additional charges, including involuntary manslaughter, on July 22. As of this paper’s deadline, law enforcement officers were “actively pursuing leads regarding Smoke’s whereabouts,” the release said. The Bully Fire burned 12,661 acres and destroyed 20 structures. 8

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T question. And it still is. After a more than two-hour meeting on the subject Tuesday (July

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29), the Butte County Board of Supervisors voted to not place an initiative on the November general elecstory and photos by tion ballot that would ban Tom Gascoyne hydraulic fracturing—the extraction of natural gas and oil tomg@ newsreview.com via the application of high-pressure, chemically treated water to break underground shale layers and set the sought-after commodities free. The initiative did not get the nod, even though it had enough valid voter signatures to qualify. Instead, the board voted to call for a 30-day study by county staff to see if the initiative might result in litigation, harm property values, negatively impact existing businesses or not outlaw some other nefarious use of underground wells. There is also some question as to how the ordinance will conform with the recently passed state law regulating fracking. County Counsel Bruce Alpert told the board he found the ordiAbout the nance as drafted “troublesome.” opposition: “It is not my purview to tell Learn more you how to vote,” he said, “but I about Frack Free Butte County at see trouble ahead with how it www.frackfree was drafted.” buttecounty.org Back in April, the board voted

to have county counsel look into drawing up an ordinance to ban fracking. Alpert said that his office had studied similar laws proposed in other counties including Santa Barbara, which has an 18-page ordinance Alpert said has much more detail than the Butte County ballot initiative. “It’s important for me to give you this information,” he said. “This does not mean I’m pro or con [on fracking].” The board had three choices: Adopt the ordinance without making changes; submit it to the voters at the next statewide election; or study it for 30 days to look for potential problems. That 30day period excludes it from the Nov. 4 election because state law says the next election must take place more than 88 days after the board’s decision. (In other words, the 30-day study and a board decision would have to be completed by Aug. 8, which is just a week away.) County Clerk-Recorder Candace Grubbs told the board that her staff had stayed in the office until 7 p.m. the night before verifying the signatures, of which 7,605 valid ones—or 10 percent of the number of registered voters in the Butte County 2010 General Election—were needed. They counted 7,975. The next eligible election for the ordinance is June 2016, and barring the supervisors’ decision to adopt it on their own, that is when it will take place. All of this doesn’t come without

some controversy. The signatures for the

initiative were handed in on June 5, but on June 16 Grubbs told the ban’s backers that the petition was invalid because it didn’t meet certain formatting requirements. Those imperfections were brought to her attention by a Sacramento law firm representing a pro-fracking organization called Californians for a Safe, Secure Energy Future. The matter went to court on July 23, and Butte County Superior Court Judge Robert Glusman ruled the initiative was legal and that the clerk’s office should move ahead with it. More than 30 members of the audience addressed the board Tuesday, with about half urging that the matter be placed on the ballot as a way to protect the county’s underground water supply and the other half calling for the 30-day study and warning of property rights intrusions, loss of jobs and a drop in property values. A man named John Busch, a Biggs councilman who said he was not speaking as an elected official, said he didn’t know enough about fracking to comment, but believes “in going forward with things that might supply us with cheaper energy.” He said he thought the board had been “bombarded endlessly” by the anti-frackers and called for the 30 days of study. The next speaker was James Smith, a walnut grower and general contractor who said he worked in Texas oil fields in 1980 and 1981, participating in both

drilling and fracking. “It’s a normal procedure,” he said. “Every well in Texas has been fracked. Why all this hysteria now?” A woman named Jenny Smith said there is no fracking currently going on in Butte County and questioned the need for the ordinance. She also asked if she would be reimbursed should the government takes away her property rights. Dave Garcia, a spokesman for the fracking ban, told the board it was needed to protect the county’s water supply and that studies show the practice leads to earthquakes. He also said a facility in south Butte County called the Wild Goose Storage Inc. practiced fracking. The project is an underground natural gas storage facility that works with Pacific Gas & Electric. Brian Hamman, who said he is Butte County-born and reared, is an attorney for the company and denied the accusations. He said the facility does not practice fracking and is simply a storage facility for natural gas. He said it does use gravel to free up underground gas reserves and filter the associated sand from rising with the gas, but does not use chemicals. Supervisor Doug Teeter also noted that Wild Goose was one of the county’s top property-tax payees. He said if the ban precluded Wild Goose from operating and it up and moved, the county would take a significant hit in property taxes revenue. John Scott, a member of the Butte County Water Commission, read a report that said on July 7 state officials ordered the shutdown of “11 oil and gas waste injection sites and a review of more than 100 others in the state’s drought-wracked Central Valley out of fear that companies may have been pumping fracking fluids and other toxic waste into drinking aquifers there.” Scott told the board that banning fracking “is not a rush to judgment.” Joni Stellar, organizer of Frack Free Butte County, noted that the court case had delayed the process and that outside interests were trying to derail the effort. “A 30-day study would make no difference,” she said. “We’ve already given you the information. Allow the voters to look into it.” Stellar said she could rebut every opposing view voiced at the meeting and that the study will not uncover any information that is not already known. In the end, the board voted 4-1 to complete the study, with Supervisor Maureen Kirk as the lone dissenter. She said she just wanted to see the matter go to the voters. County counsel will continue to work on an ordinance as the board instructed back in April. Chief Administrative Officer Paul Hahn said staff will reach out to Chico State professors to try to gain “nonpartisan experts” to provide unbiased information on fracking. Ω

Highway for fish Prime migratory fish habitat in Battle Creek a little closer to restoration plan aimed at restoring migratory fish habitat in Atriclong-term Battle Creek inched forward July 26 as Pacific Gas & ElecCo. released a draft of the project’s final phase for stake-

holder review. Battle Creek flows in two forks, north and south, originating near Mount Lassen and connecting to the Sacramento River about halfway between Red Bluff and Redding. Fed by cold springs year-round, the waterway is less susceptible to drought conditions than most, and the shelter provided by the steep, remote canyons it runs through makes Review the plan: Battle Creek and its tributaries ideal spawnFor a detailed ing grounds for migratory steelhead and status update on salmon species. the Battle Creek Or, at least, they would be, if not for a Salmon and Steelhead series of PG&E hydroelectric diversion Restoration dams that have long prevented migratory Project, go to fish from making their way upstream and www.usbr.gov/mp/ into the pristine tributaries beyond. As a battlecreek/status. html. result, the majority of those fish currently found in the creek are spawned at the Coleman National Fish Hatchery, located just 3 miles east of where Battle Creek meets the Sacramento River. In 1999, under pressure from coastal salmon-fishing groups, stakeholders including PG&E, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, and private landowners signed a memorandum of understanding committing each party to the Battle Creek Salmon and Steelhead Restoration Project. The plan outlined the removal of five diversion dams, the installation of new screens and fish ladders at three other dams, and increased stream flows in both forks of Battle Creek. The overarching goal was to restore 42 miles of Battle Creek spawning habitat, as well as 6 miles of habitat in its tributary streams. It would be nearly a decade before the project began in earnest. In 2008, the stakeholders announced a funding transfer of $100 million, about a third of which was provided by Proposition 50, an initiative passed in 2002 to improve water sources. Construction got underway in 2009. To PG&E’s credit, the utility giant willingly sacrificed power production for the cause. Paul Moreno, a local PG&E spokesman, said

SIFT|ER Forever 21 Public opinion on the legal drinking age in the U.S. hasn’t changed much since 1984, when Ronald Reagan, in an effort to reduce drunken-driving fatalities, signed the bill that would withhold 10 percent of federal highway funding from states that didn’t raise the minimum age to 21. Back then, 79 percent of Americans supported raising the drinking age. Today, despite many experts suggesting that lowering the age to 18 and teaching responsible drinking would help reduce the allure created by forbidding alcohol, opposition to lowering the age remains strong. Should we lower the drinking age in the U.S. to 18? 2001 2007 2014

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The Coleman Diversion Dam is among four set for removal in the final phase of the project. PHOTO COURTESY OF USFWS

that once the project is completed, the utility’s capacity to generate energy from its hydroelectric systems on Battle Creek will be reduced by about a third. “The environmental benefits of this project are clear,” Moreno said, “and we can maintain viable hydroelectric facilities that coexist with native fish species and habitat.” During the first phase of the project, most construction

work has been limited to areas upstream of the diversion dams, Moreno said, providing a buffer zone between fish and construction activities. When the project is completed sometime in 2019, most of Battle Creek will be opened for migratory fish all at once. One area is an exception. The Wildcat Diversion Dam was removed in 2010, opening up about 15 miles of previously unreachable habitat. Already, natural spring-run chinook salmon have returned to the area. The very survival of winter-run chinook may hinge on the restoration effort. Loredana Potter, a spokeswoman at the Bureau of Reclamation, said in an email that the species is currently found in only one place in California—on the Sacramento River downstream from Redding. “Battle Creek, with its stable base flow and cold water, may be the only habitat capable of supporting a second population of winter-run chinook salmon,” she said. “A second population could be valuable if conditions in the Sacramento River decline due to drought, climate change, water contamination or other unforeseen factors.” The final phase of the project, set to begin in 2017, includes removing the final four diversion dams, the installation of a fish ladder at Inskip Diversion Dam—which will remain intact—and numerous additional measures to ensure clear passageways for fish. After stakeholders review PG&E’s draft application for the final phase of the restoration plan, the application will be submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in October. —HOWARD HARDEE howardh@newsreview.com

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Homeless help recognized Downtown programs for down-and-out celebrated hile the issue of homelessness in downtown Chico W often fosters negative sentiments, two programs— the Downtown Ambassadors and the Jesus Center

Cleanup Brigade—are bringing distinctly friendlier vibes to the city’s core. “I’ve seen the brigade change workers,” said William John Reick, volunteer coordinator for the Downtown Ambassadors. “The homeless brigade members shine and get purpose reinstalled into their lives.” Several have used it as a springboard to employment, he said. The programs marked their six-month anniversaries under the supervision of the Downtown Chico Business Association’s Clean & Safe Chico campaign at an open house Tuesday morning (July 29) on the ground floor of the downtown parking garage between Fourth and Fifth streets. “We just wanted to make sure to mark this day, because it’s been six months since the DCBA sort of took these programs under our wing,” said DCBA Executive Director Melanie Bassett in addressing an audience of about 30 people. She drew applause as she announced that the programs have raised $25,000. The Downtown Ambassadors’ goal is to make downtown more welcoming through outreach efforts. Ambassadors are highly recognizable in their yellow T-shirts as they provide homeless people with advice and information on social services. They also provide friendly directions and information to anyone else— visitors and locals alike. Bassett praised Reick for tripling the number of ambassadors over the past six months and for establishing credibility with the homeless population. The goal of the Cleanup Brigade, on the other hand, is to give homeless individuals work cleaning downtown’s sidewalks and alcoves. The program employs current or former Jesus Center clients, some of whom are paid. They work two-hour shifts six days a week and can be seen in the mornings in fluorescent orange vests picking up litter from the sidewalks and gutters.

Melanie Bassett, executive director of the Downtown Chico Business Association, addresses a gathering of volunteers who work for the Downtown Ambassadors and the Jesus Center’s Cleanup Brigade. PHOTO BY VIC CANTU

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behavior in which some homeless people engage, Reick said. “If you’re doing drugs in the [City] Plaza,” he said, “we will approach you and ask if we can find you a service that can help get you off of [drugs].” Ambassadors also attempt to steer street dwellers toward housing programs. Reick recalled one 18-year-old woman with mental health issues who became homeless in January after dealing with a turbulent life at home. Her mother asked the ambassadors to keep an eye out for her; when they found her, they directed her to the 6th Street Center for Youth, where she received counseling and was provided housing. She recently earned her high school diploma. That’s just one example of how the ambassadors are able to make a Donate to difference, Reick said. the cause: Richard Elsom, project manager for To donate to both programs, also lauded the ambas- the Downtown Ambassadors sadors. program or the “The Downtown Ambassadors Jesus Center want to make sure one group is not Cleanup taking away from another group’s Brigade, go to use,” he said. “We’re not yelling at the www.downtown homeless. Many just want someone to chico.net, call 345-6500, or walk look them in the eye and treat them in at 330 Salem St. like a human being.” He said he wants to enlist more college students in the ambassador program this year. “Last year it was hard because it was tied up with the armed guards of the R-Town Downtown Coalition,” Elsom said, referring to the private, armed security force that patrolled downtown in late 2013 to regulate homeless behavior. Bassett individually thanked about a dozen of the program’s principals, volunteers and donors in the audience, which included City Councilwomen Ann Schwab and Mary Goloff. She also introduced a new fundraising plan: selling T-shirts featuring a bicycle graphic by popular local artist Jake Early. The shirts are $20—$15 of which goes directly to the programs—and are available at the Thursday Night Market, through the DCBA and various downtown businesses. Nearly 100 have sold since going on sale last week. —VIC CANTU

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et again, comments from higher-ups about the current drought are simultaneously alarming and ho-hum. “We’re entering new territory in terms of low groundwater levels, leaving more people without water in their wells than ever before, but because we’ve done such a great job at conservation, let’s just keep doing what we’re doing and see what happens,” they seem to say. “People need to look within themselves and create their own comparisons—am I doing the best I can?” said Paul Gosselin, director of Butte County’s Department of Water and Resource Conservation, at Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting. His comments took place as the Web Fire raged to the east outside of Forest Ranch and after he informed the board that “probably over a fifth of our wells have hit historic lows. It does raise an alarm because we are … in new territory.” The drought report came on the heels of a State Water Resources Control Board decision to give water service organizations and law enforcement the power to fine people up to $500 a day for wasting water, restricting activities like washing cars with hoses that have no shut-off valve, over-watering lawns and washing sidewalks. Cal Water acting District Manager Pete Bonacich already told the CN&R that his company is not planning to implement fines in our area. Gosselin said the county’s Drought Task Force will meet on Monday (Aug. 4) to discuss the matter, but hinted that they would recommend the same. “Most agencies are looking at education to get the word out,” Gosselin said. “We’re trying to ramp up our education through outreach to get the word out about using water judiciously. Just to get people to say, ‘Look, the drought is serious, and we may have this continue.’” Previous forecasts of a super El Niño this winter—and the heavy rains it promised— have since been retracted, according to The

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Weather Network. Butte County, while having reached the state goal of reducing usage by 20 percent, is still suffering from depleted groundwater. Well levels are a good indication of that. “Looking at changes from spring to July, it doesn’t seem like it’s hugely different from last year’s,” said Christina Buck, water resources scientist with the county Water and Resources Conservation Department. “But the fact that we started 5 to 10 feet lower this spring, we’re now again at new historical lows.” Buck said the county had received numerous calls about receding well levels, most prominently in the Durham-Dayton area as well as the valley south of Chico. In the foothills, the water table is unpredictable because of the fractured-rock landscape. Buck said there had been complaints of water theft—people pumping from the creeks or lakes—in the foothills. She urged anyone who came across such activity to notify the State Water Resources Control Board. The drought has had an impact on

more than just water supplies. The longer stretches of dry weather have extended the fire season and made conditions ripe for wildfires. According to Cal Fire, for the period between Jan. 1-July 26, the average number of fires statewide is 2,495. This year, that number has increased to 3,616. Last year was also high, at 3,035. In the past week alone, there were 216 new fires. To put it into perspective: “We usually hire our seasonal firefighters at the end of May, beginning of June. This year, we started hiring in January,” said Scott McLean, public information officer for Cal Fire’s northern region. “In the 17 years I’ve been with Cal Fire, I’ve never seen us do that before.” The reason, he said, is that last year the fire season reached into November. And as early as January 2014, there were significant fires that had no problem burning because of the dry conditions. “Our fuels—grass, brush and trees—are so dry they’re very easy to ignite,” he said.

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THE LANGUAGE OF PRESCRIPTIONS

A push to require pharmacists in California to provide translated written directions for prescriptions is meeting resistance—from pharmacists. Patients’ advocates have asserted that providing translated directions for medication would reduce the risk of harm to patients who don’t read English, according to California Healthline. But many pharmacists, including the California Pharmacist Association, argue the opposite: that forcing them to distribute prescription instructions in languages they don’t understand would be a huge liability. Stakeholders will meet to discuss the issue during a California Board of Pharmacy meeting today (July 31) in Sacramento. About 44 percent of Californians speak a language other than English, and more than half of those residents speak limited or no English. Further, about one-third of the 3 million people in California who recently gained access to health coverage through the Affordable Care Act are not fluent English-speakers.

IN NEED, NOT SEEKING TREATMENT

Though about 300,000 children in California between ages 4 and 11 have mental health needs, roughly 70 percent of them never receive treatment. Researchers from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research looked at data from the 2007 and 2009 California Health Interview Survey, finding that of those children with mental health needs, 95 percent were covered by health insurance and 96 percent had a regular health care provider, according to California Healthline. Imelda Padilla-Frausto, lead author of the study, said, “The fact that they aren’t getting mental health treatment suggests there are other barriers besides health insurance.” Possible explanations include language barriers creating difficulties navigating the health care system and stigma.

BLACK DEATH IN CHINA

A hospital and more than 100 Chinese were under quarantine after a man died of bubonic plague on July 16. State officials said the 38-year-old man, who died in Yumen City in China’s Gasnu province, is believed to have come into contact with a dead marmot (pictured), which he fed to his dog, according to BBC News. In response, a total of 151 people who had been in contact with the man were placed under observation until the quarantine was lifted on July 24; none showed signs of infection. Recent outbreaks of bubonic plague—which, of course, was responsible for one of the largest pandemics in human history, killing an estimated 75 million to 200 million people in medieval Europe—have demonstrated that it can reappear in areas that have long been free of the disease. For instance, Yumen hadn’t recorded a case of bubonic plague since 1977. Send your health-related news tips to Howard Hardee at howardh@newsreview.com.

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Pervasive pain Local physicians discuss No. 1 patient complaint— lower-back pain

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rent to that, obesity and smoking accelerate that degeneration.” The job of the physician—primary care or specialist—is, in Whitlatch’s words, “sorting out what’s actually causing the problem—the ‘pain-generator.’” The first step is actually a process of elimination, ruling out what Westcott referred to as “red flag symptoms” such as cancer, infection or fracture. “That’s a very small percentage,” he said, “but that’s very important to check.” Once the physician rules out a major condition, the next step—surprisingly—is to take a step back. “Most acute back pain is going to go away in four to six weeks whether you do anything or not,” Westcott said. In fact, he added, often lower-back patients won’t

O ailments that primary care physicians encounter, lower-back f all the illnesses and

pain ranks among the most common reasons people seek medical care. That may seem like a very specific, localized concern, but according to the National Center for Health Statistics, more adults point to discomfort in the lower back than any other place on the body. “It’s a quite common complaint that brings patients in,” said Dr. James Westcott, a family practice physician at Mission Ranch Primary Care in Chico. “I see it every week, for sure—quite frequently.” Typically, the doctor and patient identify a cause of the lower-back pain that’s physical: a specific injury that arose during an athletic activity or from a jarring, wrenching accident. However, there’s also a possible overarching cause that’s physiological. “My theory is, evolutionarily speaking, we’re not really meant to live past 30 or 40 years with a lot of stress on the lower back,” said Dr. Bill Whitlatch, a neurosurgeon at Enloe Neurosurgery & Spine, a specialty practice in Chico. “If you look at a lot of socalled normal people, with no back pain, when we do MRIs on their backs, over [age] 30 there’s almost always an abnormality, even if they’re not symptomatic…. “You just don’t see this much back pain in quadrupeds as you do in bipeds, bearing all that weight all those years on those discs. Certainly accidents, trauma, poor nutrition, poor conditioning and, concur-

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return to the office after the first week because their symptoms have abated. During this restorative period, they aren’t idle: “Most patients do better if they have a plan rather than waiting,” Westcott said. “We follow evidence-based care and encourage them to be as active as possible. People seem to do better if they move around more, so we tell them they’re not fragile and try to get them back to work as soon as possible.” If pain persists, Westcott may order an X-ray, MRI and/or blood test, and perhaps recommend medication, physical therapy or chiropractic care. After that, it may be time to consult a specialist—namely, a neurosurgeon. Ironically, though “surgeon” is

in their job title, many neurosurgeons view surgery as the treatment of last resort. “We’re really trained in the surgical treatment of back and neck problems, as well as brain and peripheral nerve, but we’ve had to learn conservative treatments from other specialties,” Whitlatch said. “Most of the

time, surgery is not indicated, but the patient still hurts, and that’s the real conundrum: You want to help the patient, but you don’t want to put them through unnecessary surgery. A lot of times there’s a gray area.” Whitlatch has three criteria for surgery: A clear target directly matching up with the symptoms, a progressive neurological deficit such as increasing paralysis, and it being the final option. “In my mind,” he said, “not only is surgery the last resort, but the ethical thing to do is make it the last resort.” Surgery may be indicated for a deformity, such as the spinal curvature known as scoliosis, which can throw body posture out of alignment. On the other hand, some patients “just learn to live with it.” Two joints in the lower back commonly cause pain. The facet joint can cause an ache, accompanied by a popping or clicking sound, which grows worse with use or in cold weather. The sacroiliac (or SI) joint, which causes up to 20 percent of back pain, tends to spark pain when a person is upright.

A neurosurgeon may fuse the joint, though in the case of the SI joint, Whitlatch says the procedure is controversial and not performed in his group. He likely will refer a facet or SI joint patient to a pain specialist. In the case of spondylolisthesis, a condition in which two bones slide over each other, surgery tends to alleviate the pain in up to 90 percent of patients. Other causes of lower-back pain seen by specialists include complications from previous surgeries, inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia, and osteoporosis. Back pain isn’t wholly avoidable, but adults can reduce their odds with lifestyle choices such as exercise, good nutrition and quitting smoking. “The most important thing is to be in good condition,” Westcott said. “Strengthen your core muscles, strengthen your back, and learn proper lifting techniques…. “People who are in poor health are at much higher risk for back pain problems, so if you are in good health, you should be avoiding that by staying in good shape.” Ω

WEEKLY DOSE Shin splints vs. fractures Distance runners are particularly prone to pain in the shins, and there are two likely causes—shin splints or stress fractures. Shin splints, or medial tibial stress syndrome, is a condition in which the soft tissue surrounding the tibia bone becomes inflamed, often due to runners changing their routine. In this case, a regimen of rest, icing and anti-inflammatory medication can help alleviate the symptoms, though it can take months to heal in severe cases. Stress fractures, on the other hand, are generally limited to one leg. If the pain is intense and highly localized, a doctor’s visit likely is in order.

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Heart Heartofofhenna henna ForFor local artist Kristy McCurry, thethe local artist Kristy McCurry, beauty of henna lieslies notnot only within beauty of henna only within thethe intricate, temporary patterns it it intricate, temporary patterns leaves on on thethe skin, butbut also within leaves skin, also within thethe connections it fosters with connections it fosters with clients. McCurry hashas practiced clients. McCurry practiced doing natural henna forfor nine years doing natural henna nine years (which includes hand-mixing herher (which includes hand-mixing own paste, free of additives and own paste, free of additives and chemicals) forfor brides, expectant chemicals) brides, expectant mothers and those just seeking a a mothers and those just seeking new way to adorn themselves. new way to adorn themselves. McCurry hashas lived in Northern CaliMcCurry lived in Northern California forfor more than 25 25 years and fornia more than years and hashas runrun a professional henna busia professional henna business forfor sixsix years. Our Folk Life, ness years. Our Folk Life, formerly called Henna Trails, offers formerly called Henna Trails, offers McCurry’s henna services and herher McCurry’s henna services and other personally designed products, other personally designed products, such as as hand-painted furniture and such hand-painted furniture and canvases, clothing, jewelry and canvases, clothing, jewelry and wooden plank art. More information wooden plank art. More information about McCurry’s business cancan be be about McCurry’s business found at www.ourfolklife.com. found at www.ourfolklife.com. McCurry also offers herher services at at McCurry also offers services thethe Thursday Night Market. Thursday Night Market.

henna artists in the States and henna artists in the States and overseas, sharing photos and overseas, sharing photos and information. That was really a a information. That was really huge part of my education and mymy huge part of my education and training. [Then] I met a local training. [Then] I met a local woman named Fatima [of[of Fatima’s woman named Fatima Fatima’s Jeweled Henna]. WeWe connected as as Jeweled Henna]. connected friends, and sheshe called meme oneone day friends, and called day and said: ‘I’d‘I’d really likelike to to do do thethe and said: really HowHow diddid youyou getget intointo thethe henna henna Thursday Night Market. Would youyou Thursday Night Market. Would business? business? want to to joinjoin meme there?’ So So I did, want there?’ I did, I wanted to to wear henna and it was that was sixsix years ago. I wanted wear henna and it was and and that was years ago. really hard to to find. So So I bought really hard find. I bought What is one of the most memorable What is one of the most memorable some books [on[on henna]. I got some books henna]. I got in your career as as a henna moments in your career a henna myself some henna powder and I I moments myself some henna powder and artist? artist? started mixing and using it on started mixing and using it on myself and mymy family and mymy I actually really enjoy doing baby myself and family and I actually really enjoy doing baby friends. And it was atrocious. I I bellies forfor women, because it’sit’s friends. And it was atrocious. bellies women, because was frustrated. I had all all these been such a sweet environment was frustrated. I had these been such a sweet environment images in my head, what I wanted thethe mom and there’s often images in my head, what I wanted with with mom and there’s often it to look like, and it just wasn’t family around. I’ll I’ll decorate herher it to look like, and it just wasn’t family around. decorate coming outout of my hand. I spent, belly with henna designs and coming of my hand. I spent, belly with henna designs and like, two years trying to to getget some a really heartfelt thing. like, two years trying some that’s that’s a really heartfelt thing. muscle memory and learn some Usually herher family is there and it’sit’s muscle memory and learn some Usually family is there and patterns. In 2008, I connected to to just a really neat experience forfor patterns. In 2008, I connected just a really neat experience thethe Internet thethe first time, and them. When she’s done, then they Internet first time, and them. When she’s done, then they that was when mymy world blew getget a little piece on on them that conthat was when world blew a little piece them that conopen. I connected with so so many nects to to thethe design on on herher belly. open. I connected with many nects design belly.

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What do do youyou lovelove about henna? What about henna? Even though it’sit’s a centuries-old Even though a centuries-old tradition, it continues to to evolve tradition, it continues evolve and grow. It’sIt’s interesting to to seesee and grow. interesting how even on on an an international how even international basis, because of the prevalence basis, because of the prevalence of photo sharing, that we’re all all of photo sharing, that we’re becoming more exposed to to oneone becoming more exposed another. Every year I add someanother. Every year I add something new to to mymy repertoire. thing new repertoire. There’s always something new; I’mI’m There’s always something new; always growing new designs. always growing new designs.

What do do youyou enjoy about your What enjoy about your business? business? It’sIt’s so so fulfilling. It’sIt’s notnot just about fulfilling. just about mymy business. I love connecting business. I love connecting with people. Even if we just have with people. Even if we just have 10 minutes together or or an an extend10 minutes together extended ed period of time, it’sit’s just a really period of time, just a really great way to to connect. They’re great way connect. They’re allowing themselves to to be be allowing themselves adorned, and I think that’s really adorned, and I think that’s really great; that they’re taking some great; that they’re taking some time to to beautify themselves in ain a time beautify themselves completely different way than completely different way than they’re used to.to. they’re used —ASHIAH SCHARAGA —ASHIAH SCHARAGA ashiahs@newsreview.com ashiahs@newsreview.com

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I was shopping at Safeway thethe other dayday when a bright yellow sign in the I was shopping at Safeway other when a bright yellow sign in the meat department caught mymy eye: “Local,” it read. Below that sign was a a meat department caught eye: “Local,” it read. Below that sign was large display case of Foster Farms chicken breasts and thighs. Hmmph ,I ,I large display case of Foster Farms chicken breasts and thighs. Hmmph thought— why is there a “Local” sign here? So,So, I walked up up to the butcher thought— why is there a “Local” sign here? I walked to the butcher and asked. and asked. “Safeway considers anything grown in California to be local,” he he “Safeway considers anything grown in California to be local,” explained. “And Foster Farms hashas a plant south of Sacramento, so so it’sit’s explained. “And Foster Farms a plant south of Sacramento, actually pretty close.” actually pretty close.” Hmmph , again. Hmmph , again. I stopped buying Foster Farms products after watching thethe documenI stopped buying Foster Farms products after watching documentary Food Inc.Inc. about fivefive years ago. Prior to that, chicken was chicken, tary Food about years ago. Prior to that, chicken was chicken, and Foster Farms was usually cheaper than thethe rest (and therefore mymy and Foster Farms was usually cheaper than rest (and therefore default choice). Organic—and, better yet, actually local—chicken is more default choice). Organic—and, better yet, actually local—chicken is more expensive, butbut mymy personal ethics these days regarding where I want to to expensive, personal ethics these days regarding where I want spend mymy money make it worth it. Maybe I just eateat less chicken. spend money make it worth it. Maybe I just less chicken. So,So, seeing thethe “Local” sign attached to Foster Farms was alarming to to seeing “Local” sign attached to Foster Farms was alarming meme forfor more reasons than one. First, I felt liedlied to.to. Despite federal rules more reasons than one. First, I felt Despite federal rules saying “local” means within a state, forfor most people it means right here saying “local” means within a state, most people it means right here in Chico, Butte County, or or at the very least in the in Chico, Butte County, at the very least in the North State. And second, attaching a bright North State. And second, attaching a bright yellow “Local” sign to a factory farming yellow “Local” sign tohuge a huge factory farming operation is manipulative, going against just operation is manipulative, going against just about everything thethe Buy Local movement about everything Buy Local movement stands for,for, which is supporting Mom and PopPop stands which is supporting Mom and Farmer as as well as as thethe local economy (and is is Farmer well local economy (and also more sustainable), notnot salmonellaalso more sustainable), salmonelladistributing, chicken-torturing Foster Farms. distributing, chicken-torturing Foster Farms. I try to be a savvy consumer, to take I try to be a savvy consumer, to take responsibility forfor where mymy money goes, and, responsibility where money goes, and, as as a result, what I put in my body and mymy a result, what I put in my body and home. ButBut I—like most Americans, I think— home. I—like most Americans, I think— don’t want to spend all all of my time researchdon’t want to spend of my time researchinging every brand and every ingredient. And wewe every brand and every ingredient. And should be be able to trust labeling and signage to to WTF? WTF? should able to trust labeling and signage help inform ourour decisions. ButBut apparently help inform decisions. apparently that’s notnot good enough—people who haven’t seen Food Inc.Inc. (or(or picked up up that’s good enough—people who haven’t seen Food picked a paper in the last month to see all all thethe salmonella-laced headlines) might a paper in the last month to see salmonella-laced headlines) might well be be fooled by by Safeway’s labeling of Foster Farms as as a “local” company. well fooled Safeway’s labeling of Foster Farms a “local” company. A lot of good willwill hashas been stacked up up behind thethe Buy Local movement, A lot of good been stacked behind Buy Local movement, and Safeway, Foster Farms and other corporations would appear to be and Safeway, Foster Farms and other corporations would appear to be taking that good willwill and manipulating it to more sales. If we choose taking that good and manipulating it make to make more sales. If we choose to buy “local” Foster Farms chicken, what happens to the nice folks from to buy “local” Foster Farms chicken, what happens to the nice folks from Chico’s Wookey Ranch, who sellsell free-range, hormone-free chicken at our Chico’s Wookey Ranch, who free-range, hormone-free chicken at our very own farmers’ markets? very own farmers’ markets? Vote with your wallets, people. And don’t be be afraid to question thethe Vote with your wallets, people. And don’t afraid to question facts as as presented, because notnot every sign speaks thethe truth. facts presented, because every sign speaks truth.

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GREENWAYS Left: London-based BrightFarms is leading a rooftop-greenhouse revolution. PHOTO COURTESY OF BRIGHTFARMS

Right: Beyond Meat offers vegetarian products that look and taste just like meat.

Michigan State University is breeding hundreds of turkey chicks under heat lamps in the hopes of singling out the genes that could help the animals endure hotter environments.

The future of food Five ways climate change could change what’s on the menu by

Lorena Galliot

“W a complicated question. The world’s population is projected to top hat’s for dinner?” is becoming

9 billion by 2050, a 28 percent leap that will greatly increase the demand for food just as climate change is altering rainfall patterns and causing more frequent and widespread droughts. The colliding trends have serious implications for agriculture and food security. Food producers are finding surprising ways to adapt—and while some sound cool, others are on the creepy side. These are a few of the things that could end up on our dinner plates, courtesy of climate change.

1. Infrared-peeled tomatoes (and apples and pears) Peeling fruit destined for canning—like tomatoes, apples and pears—takes a surprising amount of water: A 28-ounce can of tomatoes, for instance, needs 27 ounces of water to remove the peels. But California, the nation’s fruit and vegetable basket, is facing its worst drought in more than 100 years. Helpfully, researchers at UC Davis have developed a way to blanch and peel fruit that eliminates water and saves energy. The trick? Blast ’em with infrared rays. The technology, straight off of a Star Trek

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set, shuttles tomatoes on a conveyer belt through an electric infrared heater to soften the peels, then into a vacuum chamber to suck the peels up. Switching California’s processed tomato industry to infrared peeling would save more than 660 million gallons of water and $31 million per year, said Zhongli Pan, the U.S. Department of Agriculture researcher who’s leading the team. 2. Produce grown in saltwater greenhouses … Before tomatoes can be processed, they need to be grown. Produce grown in greenhouses tends to have more negative environmental impacts than open-field crops, mainly because greenhouses use more energy and water. But who doesn’t enjoy a hot-house tomato in early March? A London-operated startup called Sundrop Farms has a solution. Its commercial greenhouse in the desert near the Australian city of Port Augusta uses solar power to desalinate seawater for irrigation and provide energy for heating or cooling when necessary. That’s good news for Gulf countries like Dubai or Abu Dhabi, whose arid climate makes them ill-equipped to meet the food needs of their growing populations. 3. ... or on your supermarket roof A New York-based startup called BrightFarms is surfing the locavore wave, building hyper-local, hyper-efficient aquaponic farms and greenhouses in urban settings. The company has partnered with more than a dozen major retailers in the Northeast and Midwest to sell produce grown within a 20-mile radius—with an eye on building greenhouses on the supermarkets’ own roofs.

The result? Fresher, better-tasting fruits and vegetables and little to no transportrelated emissions. The problem, of course, is that the math won’t pencil out for BrightFarms as a largescale solution. Consider the numbers: If you add up all of the cropland and pasture on the planet, you get 40 percent of the ice-free Earth—the size of Africa and Latin America combined. Urban areas, on the other hand, cover just 7 percent of the Earth’s surface. “Even if you put a greenhouse on every roof in every city in the world, it would still be too small a surface to feed the planet,” said Paul West, a researcher in food security and sustainability at the University of Minnesota. Factor in population growth, and we need to double crop output by 2050, he added. 4. Your heat-resistant, drought-tolerant Thanksgiving dinner Faced with that reality—and an ever drier and hotter climate—scientists are looking for solutions in the controversial world of GMOs (genetically modified organisms). Some, for example, are working to create GMO strains of staples like corn, rice and wheat that can withstand prolonged periods without watering. The goal is to help them resist temporary periods of drought, or allow them to be irrigated less frequently, explained Eduardo Blumwald, a plant scientist at UC Davis. He and his team are also test-growing plants watered with a mix of up to 25 percent seawater—a must as diminishing aquifers turn brackish. Researchers are not just manipulating crops. Turns out turkeys are vulnerable to a sudden illness caused by heat waves, which turns their meat limp and insipid. A team at

5. Meatless meat Heat-resistant or not, most food experts agree that the single biggest thing the meat industry can do to adapt to climate change is … produce less meat. “There’s a huge opportunity to reduce world hunger and increase sustainability just by changing how we use existing crops—if less of them were used to produce meat,” said West, the University of Minnesota food researcher. Nearly a third of all calories grown each year in the world are used as animal feed, enough to feed an additional billion people. If Bill Gates has his way, you won’t have to give up burgers. The Microsoft founder is funding a start-up, Beyond Meat, that uses pea protein to create chicken and beef substitutes that taste and feel exactly like the real thing. Even foodies are duped: New York Times food columnist Mark Bittman wrote about fake chicken so convincing it fooled him twice during a blind fajita tasting. Still, many consumers balk at substitute meat products. What would win their hearts and minds? “It may take them not knowing it,” said Arlin Wasserman, a partner at food sustainability consulting firm Changing Tastes. He points to a study conducted by the Culinary Institute of America and UC Davis showing that blind tasters preferred taco blends that were a mix of beef and mushroom over 100 percent beef ones. Ω

ECO EVENT A REAL HOOT The night time is the right time for scoping out birds of prey, including the nocturnal owl. Those interested in seeing some of the creatures we have living among us in Bidwell Park, head over to the Chico Creek Nature Center (1968 E. Eighth St.) on Saturday (Aug. 2) for the Summer Owl Prowl. Also meet the nature center’s western screech owl. Admission is $10 for adults, $5 for children. Go to www.bidwell park.org for more info.

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n e r s e s d l i W dventures A Five awesome getaways within reach

o, you’re itching to get outside and away from civilization. If you live in the North State, you don’t need to go far. For the following package of stories, News & Review writers from Chico, Sacramento and Reno explored the not-so-distant reaches of California, but areas that are all distinctly beyond city life. Included are the Sierra Buttes, Richardson Grove State Park, Mono Hot Springs, Desolation Wilderness and Calaveras Big Trees State Park (and their surrounding environs). Don’t be intimidated by these destinations. We provide “pro tips” direct from nonprofessional outdoor enthusiasts. So, get out there and start exploring the wildernesses in your backyard. ILLUSTRATIONS BY HAYLEY DOSHAY & BRIAN BRENEMAN

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He likes big buttes The thing about the Sierra Buttes is that it’s hard to walk up them—even when you drive more than two-thirds of the way to the summit. But if you sweat through both the one-hour hike— and the sketchy staircase leading up to the lookout fire station on the uppermost peak—you’ll be granted a stunning, 360-degree view from atop the High Sierra. In June, a group of friends and I used a cabin a few miles outside of Sierra City as a base camp of sorts. Four of us set out on a Friday afternoon from Chico and followed Highway 70 and the Feather River into Plumas County. A little more than two hours into the drive, we came upon a dramatic scene: the Sierra Buttes, jagged and looming over the Tahoe National Forest, ice clinging to crags well into summer. That night we drank beer and played cards as we waited for the rest of our friends to arrive. When we bunked down, the collective energy in place (or, maybe, the beer) ended up keeping everyone awake too late. The next day, with our full team of nine assembled, we backtracked along the Gold Lake Highway and picked a random trailhead. We chose well, as the Silver Lake Trail happens to pass a half-dozen crystal-clear mountain lakes, and for those looking to hike, the Pacific Crest Trail is easily accessible as it follows the ridgeline above the lake basin. We kept a steady pace but made intermittent stops to climb rocks and take in the scenery—a mix of forest meadows, rugged geological formations and water, varying from turquoise to deep blue. The PCT was only about an hour and a half from the parking lot, but the intense sun and thin air—not to mention the adult refreshments enjoyed the night before—had taken it out of us, so we stopped at a rock face to snack, and then turned back. The last day of the trip, the five of us who remained set out to ascend the Sierra Buttes Fire Lookout. We drove up the backside of the buttes, parked once we deemed the dirt road impassable and set out on foot. Our pace was slow as we climbed through subalpine forest, occasionally moving aside for descending mountain bikers and pausing to identify the “braaap” of ATVs in the distance. There was one series of switchbacks along the trail; the rest was straight uphill. Even so, it wasn’t long before the treeline was behind us, and it was another 10 minutes from that point before the lookout, precariously perched high on a rocky outcropping, came into view. Next to the station’s staircase was a sign that read: “Sierra Buttes—Elevation 8,587.” The sign also informed us we were standing on “metamorphosed rock called quartz porphyry which was exploded from undersea volcanoes about 350 million years ago,” which made someone say, “Whoa.” The staircase leading to the lookout is steep but short, making the difficulty-to-reward ratio quite favorable. We could see not only for dozens of miles in all directions—to the north, the peaks of Mount Lassen and

Below: CN&R Assistant News Editor Howard Hardee ascends the staircase leading to the Sierra Buttes Fire Lookout. Right: Friend Nick Bootman hops rocks on the Silver Lake Trail. PHOTOS COURTESY OF HOWARD HARDEE

Mount Shasta were just visible— but also through the platform’s grating to the lakes thousands of feet below. Most notable was the lack of humans. Save for the colorful rafts and tubes bobbing in the water and the haze hanging over the Sacramento Valley, we couldn’t discern any signs of people— which was exactly why we were there. —Howard Hardee howardh@newsreview.com

Where: The Sierra Buttes are two hours east of Chico. What’s the cost: It’s not a wilderness area, so no permit required. Nearby campgrounds have fees. Restrooms, or dig a hole: No need for a shovel. Pro tips: Take the Silver Lake Trail. Call the Yuba River Ranger District, Tahoe National Forest at 288-3231 or 478-6253 for more information.

Don’t forget the spatula We wanted to feel insignificant. And few things dwarf us mere humans like the redwoods. The towering trees—as tall as a 35-story building—exist all over California. But Humboldt County is known for holding the grandest and oldest. Humboldt also feels really far away, so we reserved campgrounds at Richardson Grove State Park, the southernmost option still technically within the county. Disclaimer: I’m not much of a camper. My parents weren’t very outdoorsy. My

friends in college weren’t, either. My proud Eagle Scout of a camping partner chose the campsite, but I don’t think either of us expected such luxury. Running water, sure. But such impeccably clean bathrooms? With intense diagrams explaining how to flush the not-complicated toilet? And recycling? Showers? Sure enough, the other campers seemed keen on the luxury. There were enormous, multiroom tents and elaborate stoves everywhere. And children. I overheard one adorable little boy tell his mom, “I think that tree is old.” We thought we were getting crazy by bringing a large cooler with beer and cheese and stuff. Alas, we forgot a spatula. Our burgers

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A detour from a camping trip at Richardson Grove State Park leads to the lagoon-like waters of the Mendocino Coast. PHOTO BY MELISSA DAUGHERTY

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A wild dime Ten additional don’t-miss camping recommendations. Plan ahead, do your homework and see ‘The Internet’ for more details: Yuba River: The South Yuba Trail campground boasts less than two dozen spots, but they have frills (fire pits, picnic tables, pit toilets, water) and the nearby, 15-mile Yuba Trail is great for weekend adventure. Plus, rock-jumping on the Yuba is legendary. Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park: This old ghost town is probably the only reason to head out of Reno into central Nevada. Named after sea-monster fossils, the camping is cheap and it’s open year-round. Salt Point State Park: This busy car-camping destination, about 95 miles north of San Francisco, is great for families and folks longing for a little bit of nature and a dose of the Pacific Ocean. You can sleep amid the trees, then trek along the coast during the day. Big Basin Redwoods State Park: Just north of Santa Cruz, this don’t-miss spot is a great weekend getaway with coastal day-trip options. Waterfalls, some of the world’s tallest trees, creeks and shade—this is a good family spot as well. Grouse Ridge Trail: If long hikes and lake-hopping are your pastimes of choice, this Tahoe National Forest, high-altitude getaway is the ultimate. This is back-country camping, so bring your pack—and pack it light. Union Reservoir: Sneak away to this secluded water spot, about three hours south of Lake Tahoe. Campgrounds are barren—no toilets, etc.—but it’s free, and the lake has good islandhopping. Ruck-A-Chucky Campground: If sitting around on a summer day, sipping beer and watching rafters navigate the gnarliest whitewater rapid in Northern California is your idea of fun, then Ruck-A-Chucky is your spot (Google it for videos). Loon Lake: This spot is a secret little getaway that I like to call “Tahoe Junior.” Located off Ice House Road about an hour from South Lake, it’s so hush-hush, in fact, that I won’t divulge how to get to my favorite camping spot. OK, a one-word hint: canoe. Rob Hill Campground: This is the only (legal) place to camp within the city of San Francisco. Atop a hill in the Presidio near the Golden Gate, it’s cheaper than a hotel or Air BnB—but there’s a curfew. Not for party animals. Point Reyes: Camping here, just north of San Francisco on the coast, is like snagging good seats to see the Giants-Dodgers in AT&T Park: You’re going to have to pay and plan ahead with a reservation. But it’s worth it—just be certain to get one of the coastal campgrounds, such as Sky. —Nick Miller nickam@newsreview.com

ADVENTURES continued from page 17 fell into the fire and our calzones escaped their foil encasings. Luckily, the Eagle Scout was prepared with a backup supply of salami. Four meals later, I have zero interest in eating salami for the foreseeable future. The mosquitoes devoured me each night. We saw a rattlesnake. As we tried to fall asleep at 9:30 p.m.—don’t judge—we could hear what must have been a rave at a neighboring campsite. I felt old, lame. Another neighbor gave us a half-bottle of port that read “Dumpster Diver 2013.” It was sweet, syrupy and delicious. Wine aside, hiking through those glorious, 1,000-year-old Sequoia sempervirens easily saved the weekend from failure. The park’s visitor center sits in the middle of a cathedral-like grove of redwoods. Their stark uniformity gave them an air of nobility, with the late afternoon light creating lovely refractions in between. A 4-mile hike brought us through two more impressive groves and up an ear-popping 1,000 feet. I sweated disgusting amounts, but I don’t exactly hit the gym. I think most physically fit people would call it “moderate.” What was most astounding about that hike, and subsequent hikes, was the complete silence and emptiness. We came across one other couple on the trails over the course of the entire weekend. Later, we realized that the hundreds of campers were at the swimming hole on the Eel River. In this drought, it was more like a dipping hole, but still entirely pleasant in the heat. Though without children—or floaties—we quickly felt out of place. By day three, we were ready for a change of scenery. Since we were already so far north, an extra

hour to loop around the coast felt more than worthwhile. Highway 1 wound through forests, rugged cliffs and 200-person towns. Cars frequently stopped to admire the impossibly blue ocean and mysterious North Coast fog. We ended our detour in Fort Bragg, at the Glass Beach. Legend has it that residents would dump bags of household garbage onto the beach in the early 20th century. After decades of waves crashing onto shore, the trash has broken down into sea glass. Lots of people come and collect the prettiest, brightly colored pieces of glass, to the point that white and brown dominate the current landscape. Still, that mandatory long walk on the beach feels way more epic when said beach is made of glass.

A trip to Desolation Wilderness makes you question whether you’re still on Earth. PHOTO BY NICK MILLER

—Janelle Bitker janelleb@newsreview.com

Where: Northern California in Humboldt County, just south of Garberville, about a four-hour drive from Chico. What’s the cost: Reservations recommended, $35 a day. Restrooms, or dig a hole: Showers and toilets! Pro tips: Of the 170 campsites, Oak Flat is the farthest from the highway and Madrone sits in the middle of a redwood grove. Trails and swimming holes abound. And, while it’s a family-friendly park, it is also bear and rattlesnake country, so take proper precautions. Added bonus: Nearby coastal escapes on Highway 1. Find out more at www.parks.ca.gov.

Five men and a bathtub There are a lot of great reasons to go camping, but one of the best is male bonding. Not like bondage, in a sexual sense, but in the sense of a bunch of dudes getting together in the wilderness, drinking too much, stripping down, piling into

a dirty wet hole in the ground, and talking about their feelings. I went camping recently with a group of friends I don’t get to see that often. We eventually settled on renting a cabin at Mono Hot Springs, deep in the Sierra Nevada, about 85 miles east of Fresno. The first night, the six of us hung out around the fire for a bit, imbibing, before trekking out on foot to find some of the natural hot springs. We crossed over a little river and followed a path over rough and wet terrain. After a bit of hunting, we found a pool large enough to accommodate the six of us. Just before stripping down and climbing in, my friend Mike stumbled and fell fully clothed into a nearby stream of very muddy water. He fell in head-first with the frightened, panicked yelp of a cow about to stampede. The pool was more like a comfortable bathtub than the sulfurous scald some hotspring enthusiasts might crave. But it was large enough for all of us to stand comfortably with the water up to our necks as we stared up at the stars, undiminished by light pollution. When it was time to go, Mike ran out and grabbed what he assumed was his muddy clothes, and then he started running back to our cabin, buck naked, carrying a pile of random clothes, including, as it turned out, my pants. So I walked back to the cabin like a Left: Mono Creek at Mono Hot Springs. PHOTO BY VLAD BUTSKY VIA FLICKR

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proper shirtcocker, balls gently caressed by the summer breeze. The next morning, I checked out the place a little more, and learned it’s an actual resort. There were several cabins like ours, as well as tent camping, a small general store and restaurant, and a spa building. There were a lot of people around, including families with younger kids. I was surprised to find so many signs of civilization considering how remote and treacherous the road in had seemed. The surrounding area was impressive. Between the John Muir and Ansel Adams wilderness areas, it’s the kind of scenic High Sierra beauty that stirs the frontiersman spirit within even the most hardened urbanite. We checked out more of the dozen or so hot springs in the area. None of them were mindblowing in temperature or water quality, but they were all decent. That night, we hung out around our fire. At one point, in the middle of discussion, I noticed somebody at a nearby cabin shining their flashlight in our general direction, a friendly shut-the-hell-up. It reminded me that although it felt like we were out in the wild, bonding with our cavemen ancestors and staring down the fire, we were actually surrounded by people, most of whom were trying to sleep. So, yeah, not necessarily the best place for drunken male bonding. We had a great time, but we might have traumatized some innocent bystanders by walking around with no pants. —Brad Bynum bradb@newsreview.com

Where: Mono Hot Springs is just over six hours southeast of Chico, just south of Yosemite. What’s the cost: Depending on the campsite, $19-$39 a night. Restrooms, or dig a hole: No drinking water, vault toilets. Campsites have picnic tables, grills and bear lockers. Pro tips: Not optimal for drunken male bonding. Visit www.monohotsprings.com or www.fs.usda.gov for more info.

No. 2 on the moon Is this what a lunar landing feels like? Only wearing a 40-pound camping pack with a pint of whiskey in it instead of an astronaut suit? I sometimes ask that when I arrive at one of Desolation Wilderness’ many alpine lakes. Such is the case with Lake Aloha, just southwest of South Lake Tahoe—there aren’t any trees near the water, just massive, monochromatic granite expanses, which give off a serious moon vibe. Aloha is one of Desolation’s bigger lakes, and it’s a perfect entry-level camp spot for a debut foray into the 60,000-plus-acre region, which is located at the base of the Sierra Nevada. From the lake, you can hike for days, hopping through the wild and diving off jumping rocks. Part of the fun of visiting Desolation each summer is figuring out which water spot is your favorite. Is it the sleek rock jumping at

Fontanilis? Or venturing off-trail to the secluded Lower Velma, what with its Lord of the Rings cliff drops? Unfortunately, this is the outdoors, so there are rules. Desolation is not car camping. You will need to dig a hole to shit. Then, you will wipe your ass with BYO toilet paper and haul it out in a Ziploc bag. Bear canisters and water-purifying pumps are more important than your iPod. And forget about that campfire: It’s a $300-plus fine. But let’s focus on the positive. Every summer, my crew of friends enters Desolation for a handful of nights. Last year, three of us gatewayed near the more touristy Emerald Bay entrance, via the Maggie’s Peak trail. The switchbacks out the gate are enough to send you back to your car’s A/C, but the route is generally less strenuous than the bay’s other entrance at Eagle Lake. If you don’t want to have knee surgery at 50, this is a good thing. Echo Lake is less busy and, if you’re a baby, you can take a boat cab to cut off 2 miles of the jaunt. Wright’s Lake is a shorter daytrip. And, if you really want to crisscross the entire Desolation expanse, consider entering through north Loon Lake—which is not part of the wilderness area—then head toward Spider Lake to enter the valley. Bonus points for anyone who knocks out that multiday trip; I hope to do it one day. My favorite memories of Desolation are the alpine lakes. That snowmelt water, those pop-

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A trip to Desolation Wilderness makes you question whether you’re still on Earth. PHOTO BY NICK MILLER

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ADVENTURES continued from page 19 up granite islands—swim out to one, take a nap, get lost in the silence. Isolation has its place, but I do recommend Desolation in a group, especially for your first time. On a recent visit, we hiked the easy trail along Echo toward Aloha. After a few hours of midday sun face-melt, the trail gives way to cooler forest cover before descending onto Aloha. Jumping into this lake after a killer hike is like diving into one of those freezers at Costco. But don’t stay at Aloha too long; keep on the trail for another 45 minutes—it has to be like trekking on the moon!—then tiptoe along the cliffs near Heather Lake and chill in the shade surrounding Susie Lake. If you’re bold, or unemployed or whatever, keep climbing to Gilmore Lake, and Dicks. Then keep going. And forever. —Nick Miller nickam@newsreview.com

Where: Desolation Wilderness is about 3 1/2 hours southeast of Chico. What’s the cost: Permits required and prices vary. Restrooms, or dig a hole: Bring a shovel and bury all human and canine waste at least 6 inches underground. Pro tips: This is not car camping. Bring all the essentials—a first-aid kit, water-pump, etc.—and go with a veteran camper.

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Like fungus, but taller The trees in Calaveras Big Trees State Park are the largest living beings on Earth. At least they were—until scientists discovered a fungal colony in Oregon that technically is larger. Those scientists are still debating whether acres of mushrooms actually form one distinct organism. Meanwhile, the majestic 250-foot giant sequoias continue to stretch their branches toward the heavens, just as they had for centuries before humanity even invented the scientific method. Walking the park’s shady North Grove Trail encourages mental time travel. You can’t help but imagine the Mesozoic era, when giant sequoia forests covered parts of North America and Asia. The towering trees were a fitting landscape for Jurassic beasts. A single giant sequoia can live for thousands of years. What was happening on Earth when their tiny seeds, the size of an oatmeal flake, first settled into the dirt of the Calaveras area? How many generations of Native Americans lived peacefully

among the trees, before a white settler named Augustus T. Dowd “discovered” the giant sequoias in 1852? And how long did it take after Dowd’s report for the trees to fall prey to capitalists

Left: Giant sequoias, like this one at Calaveras Big Trees State Park, dwarf just about everything, and especially people. PHOTO BY JOHN J. O’BRIEN VIA WIKIPEDIA

debarking them for exhibits and building saloons on their stumps? The 1,244-year-old tree Dowd first spotted in 1852 was sawed down by 1853. A year later, enterprising men skinned the giant sequoia called the Mother of the Forest so they could build a hollow replica to trot out to tourists in New York and London. The Mother’s shriveled, decaying core still stands in the North Grove as a monument to humanity’s environmental carelessness. As does the Pioneer Cabin Tree, which had a tunnel cut through its trunk in the 1880s to attract more tourists, and clings to life by only one green branch. Fortunately, the big trees are forgiving. One doesn’t live for millennia without learning patience. The trees don’t mind if you step off the trail and hug their massive trunks. (Try it. It feels warm and barky.) During the warmer months, you’ll likely see rings of schoolchildren holding hands and trying to circumscribe their girth. For a quieter view, detour to the Grove Overlook Trail and wind your way through the treetops. Even at their very tips, the sequoias are wider than the trunks of most other tree species in the forest. To commune with the redbarked giants far away from tourist foot traffic, pack some water and snacks and set out on the more strenuous South Grove Trail. The South Grove contains 1,000 giant sequoias, including the park’s two largest trees, the Agassiz Tree and the Palace Hotel Tree. These groves are nature conservation on the grandest scale, at least until Oregon designates a Giant Fungal Colony State Park. —Becca Costello beccac@newsreview.com

Where: Calaveras Big Trees State Park in Arnold is about 3 1/2 hours southeast of Chico. What’s the cost: Prices vary. Restrooms, or dig a hole: Good amenities at 129 campsites. Pro tips: The North Grove Trail is wide, flat and “stroller friendly.” The Three Senses Trail, a rope-guided route, offers Braille signs and tactile nature encounters for the visually impaired. More advanced hiking is available on the Lava Flows and River Canyon trails. The park’s new visitor center opened in May and features nature exhibits, a cozy fireplace lounge, a theater inside a faux tree stump, and a well-stocked gift shop. The little warming hut off the North Grove Trail is where the Calaveras Big Trees Association sells snacks to raise money for the park. There’s no cell service in the park. Find out more at www.parks.ca.gov.

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Arts & Culture Brothers in dirt: (from left) Dave Hordienko, Nick Rahming, Ed Vance and Jake Hollingsworth.

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Hollingsworth wasn’t whining about his rural life on the Ridge. Rather, as he and his by Jason Cassidy bandmates sat around the Paradise living jasonc@ room of drummer Dave newsreview.com Hordienko to talk about their new five-song EP, Dust, and the upcoming CD-release show at the 1078 Gallery (Aug. 7), he was pointing out Preview: how the common Aberrance small-town frustration EP-release party, Thursday, Aug. 7, is the motivation 8 p.m., at behind why he and his 1078 Gallery. young friends have Every Hand come together to make Betrayed, Ion, huge of amounts of Exhausted Prayer exciting noise. and Waves of Before they played Leviathan open. Cost: $5 in Aberrance, when they were still in high 1078 Gallery school, the guys were 820 Broadway rabid followers of all of 343-1973 www.1078 the local metal crews— gallery.org both on the Ridge and in Chico. “We were kind of the groupies to the dudes in Helm of Cerberus—followed them around and went to their shows,” Hollingsworth said. Wanting to join the fledgling Paradise/Magalia scene at the time—which also featured seminal bands Writ, Iron Fish and From This Ground—childhood friends Hollingsworth and Nick Rahming got together with Hordienko and the band’s first vocalist, Charlie Murphy, and started practicing in 2008. They played their first show a year later. (“Michael Jackson died the day before our first

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show,” Hollingsworth recalled. “[He] passed the torch,” joked Hordienko.) With an intention to emulate the hugeness of some of their favorite death metal bands—Cannibal Corpse, and especially Gojira—but with a drummer who dabbled in proggier realms as well, Aberrance ended up creating a sort of groovemetal sound. It’s always heavy, but the speedy blast-beats are broken up with occasional groovy breakdowns. After an early album and EP and replacing their original vocalist with the young Ed Vance in 2012, Aberrance has kept the grooviness but picked up the speed even more, capturing their rampedup hectic sound on the new five-song EP recorded over the course of the past year with local engineer Matt Franklin. “It’s a lot better than anything we’ve ever done,” Hollingsworth said. Aberrance is now an integral

part of the Ridge metal scene—which currently also includes Astronaut and Epitaph of Atlas, plus Aberrance offshoot bands Chemical Burn (Rahming), and Smak City (Hollingsworth, Vance)— which has been doing its work for the past several years under the umbrella of the loosely organized Red Dirt Collective. “It’s just a name for all the bands up here,” Hollingsworth said. “[It’s] no-coast dirtcore,” Vance added. The guys in the band pointed to their friend, Paradise multi-instrumentalist and metal instigator known simply as “Sebass” (pronounced “sea bass”), as the person who has most energetically fostered the Red Dirt/dirtcore aesthetic. Sebass currently plays drums in deathmetal crew Chemical Burn as well as Chico punks Badger, and when asked about the genesis of Red Dirt (named for

the reddish-brown soil of the ParadiseMagalia Ridge), he said that the aim was to bring together the area’s “outcasts and music obsessionists” who were into “brutal or kick-ass music” and form a lowbudget musical equipment collective. In addition to being young and needing to pool their resources, the Red Dirt crew also had a shared love for music that wasn’t overproduced. (As Vance put it, just take whatever style of metal you want, and “throw some dirt on it!”) It’s part inside joke and part point of pride in their particular corner of the greater Nor Cal metal scene—where they strive to be a more raw alternative to “cleaner” Chico as well as the often overpolished world of metal in general. But the Red Dirt bands are no longer the upstarts. Over the last five-plus years, they’ve fully integrated into to the area scene, in Chico and beyond. After their CD-release, Aberrance will join S.F.’s Ion for a couple of shows in Washington before returning to Chico to open for oldschool Cleveland heavyweights Chimaira at LaSalles (Aug. 18), Even though they have cemented their place on stage now, the Aberrance dudes are still regulars at most local shows. But they say there is a fresh crop of Ridge youngsters who have taken their place whipping their heads up front. At every show there is the same trio of Paradisearea high-schoolers, Hollingsworth said. Even if it’s just a house party, with no one else there, Vance added that he’ll look out and see “these three kids just rocking the fuck out—and it’s badass!” Those kids are already in their own band now, a “funk-metal” trio called Ununoctium. And reading their selfdescription, they seem ready to represent: “We are a metal band born in the depths of the Dirts.” Ω

Special Events THURSDAY NIGHT MARKET: The market is back with fresh produce, local food, arts and crafts, plus live entertainment. This Week: Western African dance and drums with Gorgorlu, and acoustic folk rock from Max Minardi. Th, 6-9pm. Opens 7/31. Free. Chico City Plaza, downtown Chico.

Music BEER RELEASE PARTY: Pay homage to the pollinators with the release of the Sticky Bee Honey Wheat Ale, and enjoy a souvenier glass with your first pint purchase. Th, 7/31, 6pm. $2. Feather Falls Casino Brewing Co., 3 Alverda Dr. in Oroville, (530) 533-3885, www.featherfallscasino.com/brewing-co.

Theater SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN: Stage version of the classic, light-hearted

movie musical about Hollywood in the 1920s. Th-Sa, 7:30pm; Su, 2pm through 8/17. $12-$20. Chico Theater Company, 166-F Eaton Rd., (530) 894-3282, www.chicotheatercompany.com.

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FINE ARTS Art AVENUE 9 GALLERY: Historic Heart and

Arteries, Chico Icons group exhibition showcases mixed-media works from over 30 local artists. Through 8/30. 180 E. Ninth Ave., (530) 879-1821, www.avenue9 gallery.com.

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CHICO ART CENTER: Discovery Series II, an opportunity for new and up-and-coming artists to display their work and to meet the community. Three artists will be featured: Jann Jones, Penny Terstegge and Nickolai Larsen. Through 8/8. 450 Orange St., (530) 895-8726, www.chicoartcenter.com.

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Early’s latest series. Through 8/30. New Works, copper, a palette of greens, blues and browns, plus Chico’s own Sierra Nevada Brewery hop fields are inspiration for Jake Early’s new work. Through 9/30, 10am-6pm. 345 Broadway, (530) 891-0900, www.chicopapercompany.com.

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New Clairvaux Abbey and Vineyard for the annual Blessing of the Grapes ceremony. This centuries-old tradition features a blessing of the vineyards and workers to ensure a robust harvest season, followed by complimentary wine tasting and light appetizers. Vineyard tours will also be available. F, 8/1, 5:30-8pm. Free. New Clairvaux Vineyard, 26240 Seventh St. in Vina, (530) 839-2200.

FIRST FRIDAY FESTIVAL: Every first Friday of the month, enjoy the Edible Pedal bike kitchen, learn how to grow your own food, plus kids activities, entertainment and food. First F of every month, 2-5:30pm. Chapman Mulberry Community Center, 1010 Cleveland Ave., (530) 624-8844.

FRIDAY NIGHT CONCERT: Downtown Chico’s summer music series continues with music from Dacades. F, 8/1, 7-8:30pm. Chico City Plaza, downtown Chico.

fit for the Cohasset Community Association with food and drinks, craft vendors, raffles, beer and wine and live music from Hot Flash, The Alice Peake Experience, and Red Dirt Bullies. Sa, 8/2, 9:30am-7pm. $5. Cohasset Community Association, 11 Maple Creek Ranch Rd., past chico airport in Cohasset, (530) 8988197.

HOOT-N-DANNY: Celebrate the life of the one and only Dan Tomassini with live music, theater, spoken word, tributes to the local musician plus food and drinks. Donations accepted and all proceeds benefit the Blue Room Theatre. Sa, 8/2, 4pm-midnight. Chico Women’s Club, 592 E. Third St., (530) 894-1978.

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Special Events FORK IN THE ROAD: Join Chico’s food trucks in one great location with beer and margaritas, lots of shade, plus live music by The Mondegreens. W, 8/6, 5:30-8:30pm. Free. Manzanita Place, 1705 Manzanita Ave., (530) 343-5617.

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With Me, new acrylic and mixed media paitnings from Diane Siguenza. 8/1-8/31. 501 Main St., (530) 894-3033, www.has beans.com.

JAMES SNIDLE FINE ARTS & APPRAISALS:

Recent paintings by Betty O’Hare. Betty’s haiku tells the story of her current exhibit: Bidwell’s vines and leaves print with imagination matrix, brush, pen, love. Reception Thurs. Aug. 7, 5-8pm. 254 E. Fourth St., (530) 343-2930.

SALLY DIMAS ART GALLERY: New Works, American and western scenes in oil from K.W. Moore Sr. Ongoing.Aqua Vita Water of Life, A mixed-media group art show featuring new works from local artists. 8/5-9/2. 493 East Ave., (530) 345-3063.

TIN ROOF BAKERY & CAFÉ: New Works, local artist Jain Zimmerman showcases new photographic works. Through 7/31. 627 Broadway St. 170, (530) 345-1362.

UPPER CRUST BAKERY & EATERY: Broken

WINCHESTER GOOSE: Meow Meow, a summer showcase featuring watercolors from local artist Sea Monster. Ongoing. 800 Broadway St., (530) 715-0099, www.thewinchester goose.com.

Call for Artists ALL-MEDIA ART SHOW: The Chico Art Center hosts its annual national all-media juried art competition. See website for details. Ongoing. Chico Art Center, 450 Orange St., (530) 895-8726, www.chicoartcenter.com.

DIRTY LAUNDRY: An open-entry call for artists featuring discarded clothing re-purposed into innovative art. Deadline August 10. Through 8/10. $10. 1078 Gallery, 820 Broadway, (530) 343-1973, www.1078 gallery.org.

POSTER CONTEST: Submit drawings and designs for the upcoming season of show posters at Theatre on The Ridge. See website for more details. Ongoing. Theatre on the Ridge Playhouse, 3735 Neal Rd. in Paradise, (530) 877-5760, www.totr.org.

Museums CHICO CREEK NATURE CENTER: Banding by Day and Night, a close look at birds in hand with incredible detail. Ongoing. 1968 E. Eighth St., (530) 891-4671, www.bidwellpark.org.

GATEWAY SCIENCE MUSEUM: Explore Evolution, investigate evolutionary principles in organisms ranging from smallest to the largest with interactive exhibits. Ongoing. Changing California, journey through geological and ecological transformations in Northern California. Ongoing. $3-$6. 625 Esplanade, www.csuchico.edu/ gateway.

PARADISE DEPOT MUSEUM: A railroad and logging museum in Paradise. Ongoing, 7-9pm. 5570 Black Olive Dr. in Paradise, (530) 8771919.

Color, oil paintings, prints and illustrations from artist Jon Shult. Through 8/3. 130 Main St., (530) 895-3866.

SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN: See Thursday. Chico Theater Company, 166-F Eaton Rd., (530) 8943282, www.chicotheatercompany.com.

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Music BIG MO & THE FULL MOON BAND: Local Paradise boys play soulful southern rock and blues. F, 8/1, 9:30pm. $5. Feather Falls Casino Brewing Co., 3 Alverda Dr. in Oroville, (530) 533-3885, www.featherfallscasino.com/brewing-co.

Theater SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN: See Thursday. Chico Theater Company, 166-F Eaton Rd., (530) 8943282, www.chicotheatercompany.com.

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The monks of the Abbey of New Clairvaux will bless the crops and the workers in advance of the grape harvest and then they’ll party! Join the Blessing of the Grapes ceremony, which will include complimentary EDITOR’S PICK tastings of appetizers and New Clairvaux wines at the monastery, vineyard and winery in Vina on Friday, Aug. 1.

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T weather, figs are ripening throughout California at record early rates this summer. Growers in Southern hanks to unusually dry and warm

California harvested their first figs on April 22, the earliest that the first of the year’s two fig crops has ever arrived. by Now, the second fig crop—the Alastair bigger one—is in full throttle at a Bland time when, in most years, the first fruits are not even showing signs of drooping and growing soft. At S&S Produce, the figs arrived this week—harvested on a local farm that usually isn’t producing figs until mid-August. At Chico Natural Foods, figs were on shelves last week. Not only is the summer fig crop earlier than almost anyone can remember it arriving in the past, the crop is going to be a bumper, too. “My trees have twice the fruit on them this year as they did last year,” said Ed George, a fig farmer near Davis who grows more than a dozen varieties of the fruit. Figs are a species native to the warm and dry Middle East, and hot weather—like that of this spring and summer—suits the trees well. George says the early season will mean an early end for most varieties, though some—like the striped panache fig and the Sierra fig—will continue producing fruit until the first frosts of winter put the trees into dormancy. Karla Stockli, CEO of the California Fresh Fig Growers Association, says trees in the San Joaquin Valley—home to 7,000 acres of figs and one of the largest centers of production in the world, after Turkey, Greece, Iran and the coastal nations of northern Africa—should be producing figs into October. She says the trees also are loaded with fruit. “After the last two years of low production, the industry really needs this, especially since demand is up,” Stockli said. However, shoppers eager to get their fig kick on should be wary of figs in the market that aren’t fully ripe. Early in the season, when figs draw the most money, farmers vie to produce the first fruits. They

may harvest their figs before they are fully ripe, and to bring out the dark color of some varieties, they place a swab of olive oil on the underside of the fruits—a trick used quietly within the California fig industry to give a fig the appearance of being ready to eat. This practice is perfectly legal, though only some farmers employ it. A properly ripened fig has wrinkled skin, often with splits down the side, and may be dripping sap from the hole on its underside. It will be soft and heavy, like a glob of jam. However, markets in the height of fig season often are full of unripe figs that are hard and chewy and which would bounce if dropped on a hardwood floor. Figs, unlike avocados, bananas and stone fruits, won’t ripen off the branch. To avoid prematurely picked figs, ask your local vendor to sell figs by the pound, rather than in pre-packed baskets or plastic clamshells, which may contain one fully ripe fig for every three that were picked too soon. This will allow you to individually select each fruit. The four main commercially grown varieties of figs are Calimyrna, brown Turkey, black mission and Kadota. Stockli says the black mission, probably the most popular, is grown across 3,000 acres of land (though her statistics don’t include many smaller, independent growers). The beautiful Panache fig, with its vertical green and white stripes and the market name of “tiger fig,” is gaining popularity for its stunning good looks and the raspberry red flesh inside. While the Calimyrna fig has been an industry staple since it was imported from Turkey in the late 1800s, this fig, which requires pollination by a unique type of wasp if the fruits are to ripen, is difficult to grow and slowly is being replaced with two similar-looking varieties, called the Sierra and Tena figs, according to Stockli. George, the farmer near Davis, says this year’s figs have come so unusually early that it’s taken his customers—including restaurant chefs and retailers—by surprise. “It’s going to be a few days still until all the chefs realize that it’s on,” he said. Ω

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As The Great Society begins, Johnson is working to regain that trust by pushing the Voting Rights Act of 1965 through Congress. He’s also set to launch his historic “War on Poverty” by creating a variety of federal programs, from early education to medical care for the elderly (Medicare). It’s remarkable that Johnson, the ultimate political animal, was such an idealist at heart. He truly wanted to make the country better, and he was willing to do what it took—“It’s not personal,” he famously said, “it’s just politics”—to reach his goals. All the while, though, the conflict in Vietnam is costing more and more in lives and treasure and polarizing the nation, even as it torments LBJ (“Hey, hey, LBJ, how many kids did you kill today?”). Blinded by ego, however, Johnson refuses to become the president who “lost Vietnam to the communists.” As it turns out, LBJ can’t have both “guns and butter,” and his social programs are killed to finance the war. In the end, reviled on all sides, he chooses not to run for re-election in 1968, setting the stage for Richard Nixon. Schenkkan sees LBJ as a Shakespearean figure: “The size, the ambition, the appetite, the hunger, the physical size—there’s something almost Falstaffian about him,” he told The Austin Chronicle. Jack Willis, who returns to the role after playing LBJ in the OSF’s All the Way, doesn’t have his physical size. Few men do. But, like LBJ, he grew up in rural Texas, so he has a feel for the man and an ear for his twang. It doesn’t take long for Willis to dominate the stage much as LBJ dominated those around him. Willis is backed up by 16 excellent actors who play a total of 37 roles, from Lady Bird Johnson (Terri McMahon) and Hubert Humphrey (Peter Frechette) to Coretta Scott King (Bakesta King). History moves fast when it’s condensed, and this play covers four years that included assassinations, urban riots and a war that grew like a cancer. There are times when it seems too abrupt, but it never fails to be a fascinating time-capsule trip to one of the most painful but important—and dramatic—periods Ω in American history.

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Mandatory Fun might be Weird Al Yankovic’s final traditional album release and if that’s the case, we can safely say Weird Al has never made a bad album (though Even Worse certainly resembled a Bad album). Things kick into overdrive with “Foil,” a parody of Lorde’s “Royals,” which is hilarious in Al’s vocal delivery alone. The strong parodies continue with “Tacky” (Pharrell’s “Happy”) as well as the Crosby, Stills & Nash–esque “Mission Statement,” overflowing with enough nonsensical corporate buzzwords to bury any cubical monkey in PTSD. However, it’s the inevitably viral “Word Crimes” (Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines”), deliciously skewering poor MUSIC grammar in the Internet age, that epitomizes Weird Al’s approach of mixing social commentary with good-natured, but spot-on, humor. The surprise star is a Weird Al original, “Sports Song,” which recalls the comedy styling of Monty Python and Mel Brooks in its catchy, satirical dissection of sports fanaticism. While the growing ubiquity of the Internet, YouTube and digital distribution now plays a part in how Weird Al releases his music, it certainly doesn’t spell the end of Weird Al. If anything, the wealth of parodies found online have strengthened Weird Al’s craft, raising a bar for him to, once again, effortlessly clear. —Matthew Craggs

The New Yorker Free online—summer 2014 www.newyorker.com If ever there was a time to do your summer reading on a digital format vs. print, it is right now. As a way of introducing their handsomely remodeled website, the people at The New Yorker are temporarily offering free access to their online archives (which go back to 2007) as well as a series of “Collections” of popular and obscure articles culled from the more than 4,000 issues from the magazine’s 90-year history. Once fall comes, the paywall goes back up, and only magazine subscribers will have full access. So, stash that summer paperback and dig into some of the best writing in the English-speaking world. But where to begin? I’m starting by gorging on film reviews by David Denby and Anthony Lane. Search online to find many commentators offering advice on must-reads. Slate.com’s staff has compiled a respectable and varied list of recommended entry points—including the riveting “Apostate,” Lawrence Wright’s 2011 story on the Church of Scientology. There are also the curated collections (new lists posted every Monday), with two featured so far: “profiles” and “love stories.” And still to come are hand-picked favorites of the magazine’s well-known writers. —Jason Cassidy

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You Asked For It … Live! Rick Estrin and the Nightcats Alligator Records Recorded last October at San Francisco’s Biscuits & Blues club, this 13-song disc features a great mix of material from Estrin’s 30-year association with Little Charlie Baty (e.g., “Don’t Do It,” “Clothes Line”) and some new songs—one of them the 7-minute “You Gonna Lie,” which is really a feature for Chris “Kid” Andersen (who absolutely shreds his guitar), bassist Lorenzo Farrell and drummer J. Hansen. Things get underway in a hurry with their uptempo rendition of “Handle With Care” (“I love to nibble but baby please don’t bite”)—a real tour de force, with Estrin’s chromatic harmonica leading into an organ solo by Farrell that’s capped off by another of Andersen’s driving solos. Love problems are a significant source of the blues and Estrin explores this theme on songs like “Never Trust a Woman” (co-written with Dave Alvin), “New Old Lady” and “My Next Ex-Wife.” This being a live recording we get to hear a fan shout out a request for “Dump That Chump” and the eager audience joining in on the refrain. The disc closes with an Estrin and bassist Farrell duet of Sonny Boy Williamson’s “Too Close Together.”

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Get on Up

Tate Taylor (The Help) directs this biopic of the Godfather of Soul, with Chadwick Boseman in the role of James Brown. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

Guardians of the Galaxy

An ensemble cast—Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Bradley Cooper, Vin Diesel, and tons more— powers the latest comic-to-film adaptation, this one following the exploits of a mismatched band of travelers on the run from a cosmic baddie as they try to save the universe. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

A Most Wanted Man

Anton Corbijn (The American) directs this adaptation of the novel by British espionage master John le Carré starring Philip Seymour Hoffman as a hard-drinking leader of an undercover anti-terrorism team working in Germany. Cinemark 14. Rated R

Fun is in the fragments in Crash director’s latest multistory narrative

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me!” is the first thing we hear at the start and the last thing we hear at the finish in the entertainingly labyrinthian new narrative puzzle from writer-director Paul Haggis (Crash). In between those two moments, both by of which involve a novelist played by Juan-Carlos Liam Neeson, we get the variously Selznick engaging bits and pieces of three loosely intertwined stories. Each of the three tales edges toward a turbulent sort of romantic drama involving separate couples in three separate cities. In New York, a painter (James FranThird Person co) struggles with his ex-wife (an out-ofEnds tonight, work actress played by Mila Kunis) and July 31. Starring tries to restart some semblance of family Liam Neeson, life with his new girlfriend (Loan ChaOlivia Wilde, banol). In Rome and vicinity, a highAdrien Brody, Moran Atias, stakes grifter from America (Adrien Mila Kunis and Brody) gets deeply involved with a James Franco. young Roma woman (Moran Atias) who Directed by claims she needs money for the ransom Paul Haggis. of her young daughter. In Paris, Neeson’s Pageant Theatre. Rated R. novelist is indulging in a bizarre affair with a younger writer (Olivia Wilde) while taking long-distance calls from his estranged wife (Kim Basinger) and struggling to finish his latest book. While each of the stories develops its own dramatic interest, the tangled, piecemeal presentation of fragments from each gradually begins to reveal assorted similarities among them all. It’s not that there’s any direct connection between the characters in one story and those in the others. Rather it’s a matter of situations and details and bits of mystery that recur, intermittently and somewhat serendipitously, in all three. There are several broad hints that all of this is a matter of stuff that Neeson’s beleaguered writer is trying to

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whip into satisfactory shape for the quasiautobiographical novel he’s struggling to complete. That in itself is one of the film’s most intriguing mysteries, but Third Person is at its best when it’s heeding that offscreen voice and giving us fascinating stuff to ponder and observe. Ω

Where is her mind? Lucy

Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R.

by Juan-Carlos Selznick One way to watch this film is as the

third section of an unofficial but weirdly beguiling Scarlett Johansson trilogy. She was the seductive voice of an operating system in Her and the fatally attractive human body assumed by a homicidal alien in Under the Skin. And now she’s a mind-blowing super-powered warrior woman in Luc Besson’s latest action fantasy. Besson’s script has Johansson’s Lucy as the unwitting recipient of an experimental drug that endows her with unimagined mental powers. She becomes the radically dynamic embodiment of the theories of a scientist (Morgan Freeman) who speculates authoritatively about what would happen should human beings start activating more than 10 percent of their brains’ capacity. In Besson’s hands, this becomes a flamboyantly pulpy mixture of trippy special effects, sub-Asian gunplay farce, and some facetiously cinematic pantheism. Oddball humor, some reflections on the future of human emotion, and Johansson’s vivid deadpan performance help ensure some lively entertainment amid the obvious silliness. Ω

A Rob Reiner-directed rom-com about a self-absorbed realtor (Michael Douglas) who turns to his neighbor (Diane Keaton) in desperation to seek her help in taking care of the 9-year-old granddaughter his estranged son just dropped off at his house. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

Begin Again

John Carney (Once) wrote and directed this musical drama about a collaboration formed in the wake of a chance encounter between a frustrated young singer-songwriter (Keira Knightley) and a washed-up music exec (Mark Ruffalo). Pageant Theatre. Rated R.

Chef

There’s much else on his film’s menu, but writer/director/star John Favreau is unmistakably the presiding spirit at the heart of this rollicking crowd-pleaser. Favreau plays Carl Casper, a Florida-based chef and gourmand given to robust tastes and adventurous cuisine. He’s also trying to be more of a father to young Percy (Emjay Anthony), who lives mostly with Carl’s exwife, Inez (Sofía Vergara). Renewed attention to family responsibilities becomes even more complicated when Carl has a falling out with the restaurant owner (Dustin Hoffman) who bankrolls his culinary endeavors. With a little help from a friendly assortment of old pals and former associates, Carl rebounds from these setbacks by setting up business in a refurbished food truck and taking it on the road, heading west from Florida, with Percy and longtime sidekick Martin (John Leguizamo) on board as his crew. There’s an amiable sort of predictability to most of this, and it may be only the prevailing spirit of rambunctious camaraderie that holds the story and its characters together. Pageant Theatre. Rated R —J.C.S.

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

The latest Planet of the Apes picture is a surprisingly lively combination of actionmovie blockbuster and dystopian allegory. The action is spectacular and smartly orchestrated, and the allegorical elements, mostly obvious but not without an unpredictable edge, retain a modest but real contemporary sting. The film’s juxtapositions— the humanity of some of the apes and the brutality of some of the humans—further complicate the question of audience identification throughout the story. The allegorical elements focus in particular on war, the destruction of nature, the politics of fear, the toxicity of several kinds of power, guns and the propensity to violence, etc. The most crucially heroic figure in all this is

Caesar (Andy Serkis), the wisest and most charismatic of the apes. His closest human counterpart is the scientist/adventurer Malcolm (Jason Clarke). Both have their respective imposing shadow figures—the vindictive ape Koba (Toby Kebbell) and human Dreyfus (Gary Oldman), the apostle of total war. The oppositions of those four figures (and of their respective groups of supporters) are part of the film’s pointedly unfinished allegory as well. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13 —J.C.S.

Hercules

The second Hercules flick to be released this year, this one starring The Rock as the buff Greek demigod, hired to lead a battle against a warlord. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

Lucy

See review this issue. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R —J.C.S.

Planes: Fire & Rescue

Dusty Crophopper (voiced by Dane Cook) is back in this sequel to Planes, and this time the plucky crop-duster teams up with a firefighting helicopter to try and put out a wildfire. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinema and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG.

The Purge: Anarchy

While the first Purge gave us Ethan Hawke and his family moping around inside their house as the annual blood fest took place out of doors, this one takes the action outside and into the streets. In one plot thread we get a mysterious Sergeant gathering up some heavy artillery and taking to the streets on Purge night, looking for some revenge. In another, we get a mother and daughter who must leave their apartment after they are attacked. Sergeant interrupts his vengeful mission and lends the ladies a hand. After another scampering couple joins these strays, the band of strangers faces off against gangs of masked marauders and, eventually, agents of the very strange government. While the first Purge had far too little going on, this one suffers a bit from overkill. Some of the characters and their boring problems get a little too much screen time, and the film offers little in the way of genuine surprises or scares. Granted, the action on a larger scale is welcome, but there’s something very flat about the look of this movie. Cinemark 14 and Feather River Cinemas. Rated R —B.G.

Sex Tape

In an alternate universe where this premise is plausible, a couple (played by Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel) film an epic homemade sex tape that goes into the Cloud and then gets stuck there, or something. Or maybe it rains down from the Cloud into other people’s computers? And the couple are somehow going to go and find it and, like, take it out of the Cloud? Whatever, dudes. Cinemark 14. Rated R.

Third Person

Ends tonight, July 31. See review this issue. Pageant Theatre. Rated R —J.C.S.

Wish I Was Here

Zach Braff (Garden State) is back, starring in, directing and co-writing with his brother Adam this story about a 35-year-old husband/father/struggling actor at a crossroads in his life who learns something about himself after starting to home-school his two kids. Cinemark 14. Rated R.

Still here How to Train Your Dragon 2 Cinemark 14. Rated PG.

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Transformers: Age of Extinction Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13. —B.G.

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OPEN MIC: Singers, poets and musicians welcome. Th, 7-10pm. Has Beans Internet Cafe & Galleria, 501 Main St., (530) 894-3033, www.hasbeans.com.

ELECTRIFIED REDEMPTION PROJECT: Dead covers. F, 8/1, 7pm. The DownLo, 319 Main St., (530) 892-2473.

OTR ROCKS THE FARMER’S MARKET: Rock out with Off The Record on the patio.

FRIDAY MORNING JAZZ: A weekly morning

Th, 7/31, 6-9pm. No Cover. LaSalles, 229 Broadway, (530) 893-1891, www.lasallesbar.com.

jazz appointment with experimental local troupe Bogg. This week: A tribute to video games. F, 11am. Free. Café Coda, 265 Humboldt Ave., (530) 5669476, www.cafecoda.com.

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pollinators with the release of the Sticky Bee Honey Wheat Ale, and enjoy a souvenier glass with your first pint purchase. Th, 7/31, 6pm. $2. Feather Falls Casino Brewing Co., 3 Alverda Dr. in Oroville, (530) 533-3885, www.feath erfallscasino.com/brewing-co.

CHICO JAZZ COLLECTIVE: Thursday jazz.

Th, 8-11pm. Free. The DownLo, 319 Main St., (530) 892-2473.

DRIVER: The Paradise guys rock out at the Party in the Park Music & Marketplace. Th, 7/31, 5:30pm. Free.

nia from Oakland, moody theatrical beauty from King Woman (Bay Area), plus local folk duo Bunnymilk and local noisy rock from West By Swan. Th, 7/31, 7pm. $5. Orange Street Studio, 601 Orange St., (530) 243-4755.

Saturday, Aug. 2 Feather Falls Casino Brewing Co.

BEER RELEASE PARTY: Pay homage to the

Icarus the Owl roll through Chico with tour mates Idle Hands, plus local prog/metal from Sorin, and Redding’s Monk Warrior. F, 8/1, 8pm. $10. 1078 Gallery, 820 Broadway, (530) 343-1973, www.1078gallery.org.

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BASSMINT: A (mostly) weekly electronic

Paradise Community Park, Black Olive Dr. in Paradise, (530) 872-6291.

JOHN SEID AND LARRY PETERSON: Join the duo as they play and eclectic mix of The Beatles, blues and standards. Th, 7/31, 6-9pm, Th, 8/7, 6-9pm. Grana, 198 E. Second St., (530) 809-2304.

welcome. No partner needed. F, 8pm. $2. Chico Creek Dance Centre, 1144 W. First St., (530) 345-8134.

dance party with a rotating cast of local and regional DJs. Check with venue for details. F, 9:30pm. Peking Chinese Restaurant, 243 W. Second St., (530) 895-3888.

MONKEY MUSIC SHOWCASE: Spotlighting local acoustic singer/songwriters and musicians. First F of every month, 7:30pm. 100th Monkey Café & Books, 642 W. Fifth St.

BIG MO & THE FULL MOON BAND: Local Paradise boys play soulful southern rock and blues. F, 8/1, 9:30pm. $5. Feather Falls Casino Brewing Co., 3 Alverda Dr. in Oroville, (530) 533-3885,

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Spindrift has brought its “psychedelic western cinematic rock ’n’ roll” to Chico several times over the years, but when they return to the Maltese Bar & Tap Room this week, they’ll also be bringing some psychedelic, rock ’n’ roll western cinema with them. A couple years ago, the group took director Burke Roberts along during at tour of western ghost towns and the result is the film Spindrift: Ghost of the West, “full of hauntingly gorgeous landscapes set to a soundtrack of trippy, reverb-soaked tracks.” See the band and the film Friday, Aug. 1.

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5TUESDAY OPEN MIC: An all-ages open mic for musicians, poets, comedians, storytellers and dancers. Tu, 7pm. Free. 100th Monkey Café & Books, 642 W. Fifth St.

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SPINDRIFT: F, 8/1, 9pm. $5. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave., (530) 3434915.

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singer/songwriters The Mondgreens with Americana folk from Mandalyn May, plus Seamus Turner. Sa, 8/2, 8pm. $5. 1078 Gallery, 820 Broadway, (530) 343-1973, www.1078gallery.org.

’80S NIGHT: Wear your best ’80s attire

and dance the night away. Sa, 8pm. LaSalles, 229 Broadway, (530) 893-1891, www.lasallesbar.com.

Butte Folk Music Society and led by local musician Steve Johnson. First Sa of every month, 2-5pm. Free. Upper Crust Bakery & Eatery, 130 Main St., (530) 345-4128.

Traditional music from Ireland. Su, 8/3, 4-7pm. Duffy’s Tavern, 337 Main St., (530) 343-7718.

JOHN SEID AND LARRY PETERSON: Join the duo as they play and eclectic mix of The Beatles, blues and standards. Su, 8/3, 6-9pm. 5th Street Steakhouse,

MUSIC SHOWCASE: An open mic hosted by local country musicians Rich and Kendall. Sa, 5-9pm. Free. Scotty’s Landing, 12609 River Rd., (530) 7102020.

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HAPPY HOUR: Madhouse BBQ and Big Red Holler. Sa, 8/2. LaSalles, 229 Broadway, (530) 893-1891, www.lasallesbar.com.

rock and blues. Sa, 8/2, 9:30pm. $5. Feather Falls Casino Brewing Co., 3 Alverda Dr. in Oroville, (530) 533-3885, www.featherfallscasino.com/ brewing-co.

Johnson, John Sied and Bob Kirkland. W, 8/6, 6:30-8:30pm. Red Tavern, 1250 Esplanade, (530) 894-3463, www.redtavern.com.

MEMORIES OF ELVIS: Chris MacDonald commemorates the King of rock and roll. W, 8/6, 6:30pm. Sold Out. Feather Falls Casino Brewing Co., 3 Alverda Dr. in Oroville, (530) 533-3885, www.featherfallscasino.com/brewing-co.

SUMMER SINGER/SONGWRITER SAGA: Contestants each perform two original songs during the three week contest showcasing the best Chico’s music scene has to offer. W, 8/6, 9pm. $5. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave., (530) 343-4915.

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THE YEAR WAS 1989 This Friday, Aug. 1, will mark 25 years since I moved to Chico. I was reminded of this by a phone call I received from Duffy’s Tavern co-owner Doug Roberts this week to tell me about the bar’s 25th anniversary coming up (Sept. 27), and I remembered that Duffy’s and I have parallel histories in this town. For the week leading up to bar’s anniversary, Roberts said they are planning multiple events, including a resurrected version of the famed Duffy’s Gong Show on the actual anniversary date. And they need contestants! If you have an entertaining act, or just some completely messed-up talent, stop by and let ’em know you’re interested, or call 343-7718. Also, anyone who has any old stories, pictures or videos related to the colorful history of Duffy’s (the more incriminating the better, I say) is encouraged to drop a line to duffysmemories@gmail.com. (Hell, send ’em my way, too: jasonc@newsreview.com). I have a lot of memories connected to the place—two of the biggest being that my old band Pinecone opened for Pavement in the bar’s old Whispering Clam Room side room (where Melody Records is now), and the fact that my wife, Connie, worked there as a bartender for the first couple years of our marriage. As I’ve reflected and cyber-reminisced on my own 25 years here this week, I came across the column I wrote in this space on the occasion of my 20th anniversary in Chico. Even though a lot has happened in my life during the five years since—buying my first home, hitting my 10th CN&R anniversary, meeting hundreds of CAMMIES bands, and making many new friends—I was glad to see that the reasons I gave for living here haven’t changed. So here it is again. Same as it ever was:

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makes this the place that I’ve decided to call home? The park, the trees, the taco trucks, the flatness, the Sierra Nevada Brewery … sure, those are the givens. This is also where I met my wife and it’s where she was born and raised—that all matters. I also like the heat. I really do. It slows life down and gets me outside at night, and it feels like the whole city is in it together. The heat also reminds me of one of the things I loved about my hometown … I mean, where I grew up … Redding. But it really does come back to the music. There were those first Wall Street Center for the Arts shows, then great shows at the Burro Room, Juanita’s and Blue Room. Later yet, I rocked out at Chico’s constantly replenishing succession of quasi-DIY venues—from Moxie’s to the Maltese Bar & Tap Room. But even more than the regular and inspiring consumption of the noise made by visiting bands, the consistent, and No. 1, selling point for me personally in Chico has been that I, too, have been able to take part in the show, along with most of the friends I’ve made along the way. Most every friend I’ve made and every wild character I’ve encountered has come from the constantly shifting but always interconnected network of music types, and by extension the rest of Chico’s artistic freaks—from poets and painters to thespians and hippies. But this look back isn’t meant to just be a rumination on the supposed good ol’ days. As great as the memories are, the advantage this combo rural/college town affords remains: I can still do anything I want. Chico is small and laid-back enough that no matter what your artistic aspirations are, there are always open doors (however small) for energetic art makers, and the college brings enough outside cultural influence to ensure that there will always be something new and always be a handful of people around to witness your art. While I still have my gripes about living on this island and feeling so far away from everything, that’s what makes me love living in Chico. That, and the heat.

FOR THE WEEK OF JULY 31, 2014

ARIES (March 21-April 19): If a farmer

plants the same crop in the same field year after year, the earth’s nutrients get exhausted. For instance, lettuce sucks up a lot of nitrogen. It’s better to plant beans or peas in that location the next season, since they add nitrogen back into the soil. Meanwhile, lettuce will do well in the field where the beans or peas grew last time. This strategy is called crop rotation. I nominate it as your operative metaphor for the next 10 months, Aries. Your creative output will be abundant if you keep sowing each new “crop” in a fertile situation where it is most likely to thrive.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Maybe

your grandparents are dead, or maybe they’re still alive. Whatever the case may be, do you have a meaningful or interesting connection with them? Is there anything about their souls or destinies that inspires you as you face your own challenges? Or is your link with them based more on sentimentality and nostalgia? In the near future, I urge you to dig deeper in search of the power they might have to offer you. Proceed on the hypothesis that you have not yet deciphered some of the useful messages you can derive from how they lived their lives. Explore the possibility that their mysteries are relevant to yours.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The prolific American author James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) wrote 32 novels. In those pages, he crammed in almost 1,100 quotations from Shakespeare. What motivated such extreme homage? I suspect he regarded Shakespeare as a mentor and wanted to blend the Bard’s intelligence with his own. I invite you to do something similar, Gemini. What heroes have moved you the most? What teachers have stirred you the deepest? It’s a perfect time to pay tribute in a way that feels self-empowering. I suspect you will benefit from revivifying their influence on you.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Was

there an actual poet named Homer who wrote the ancient Greek epics The Iliad and The Odyssey? Or was “Homer” a fictitious name given to several authors who created those two master works? Whatever the case may be, we know that Homer plagiarized himself. The opening line of Book V in The Iliad is identical to the opening line of Book V in the Odyssey: “Now Dawn arose from her couch beside the lordly Tithonos, to bear light to the immortals and to mortal men.” So, should we be critical of Homer? Nah. Nor will I hold it against you if, in the coming days, you imitate some fine action or brilliant move you did in the past. It was great the first time. I’m sure it will be nearly as great this time, but in a different way.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The Earth has

been around for almost 4.6 billion years. But according to scientists who study the fossil records, fire didn’t make its first appearance on our planet until 470 million years ago. Only then were there enough land-based plants and oxygen to allow the possibility of fires arising naturally. Do the math and you will see that for 90 percent of the Earth’s history, fire was absent. In evolutionary terms, it’s a newcomer. As I study your astrological omens for the next 10 months, I foresee the arrival of an almost equally monumental addition to your life, Leo. You can’t imagine what it is yet, but by this time next year, you won’t fathom how you could have lived without it for so long.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In the nights

to come, I expect you will dream of creatures like fiery monsters, robot warriors, extraterrestrial ghosts and zombie vampires. But here’s the weird twist: They will be your helpers and friends. They will protect you and fight on your behalf as you defeat your real enemies, who are smiling pretenders wearing white hats. Dreams like this will prepare you well for events in your waking life, where you will get the chance to gain an advantage over fake nice guys who have hurt you or thwarted you.

BY ROB BREzSNY

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): It’s fine if you want to turn the volume all the way up on your charisma and socialize like a party animal. I won’t protest if you gleefully blend business and pleasure as you nurture your web of human connections. But I hope you will also find time to commune with the earth and sky and rivers and winds. Why? You are scheduled to take a big, fun spiritual test in the not-too-distant future. An excellent way to prepare for this rite of passage will be to deepen your relationship with Mother Nature.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You are

hereby excused from doing household chores and busywork, Scorpio. Feel free to cancel boring appointments. Avoid tasks that are not sufficiently epic, majestic and fantastic to engage your heroic imagination. As I see it, this is your time to think really big. You have cosmic authorization to give your full intensity to exploring the amazing maze where the treasure is hidden. I urge you to pay attention to your dreams for clues. I encourage you to ignore all fears except the one that evokes your most brilliant courage. Abandon all trivial worries, you curious warrior, as you go in quest of your equivalent of the holy grail.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

Broadway is one of New York City’s main streets. It runs the length of the island of Manhattan. But hundreds of years ago, it was known by the indigenous Lenape people as the Wickquasgeck Trail. It was a passageway that cut through stands of chestnut, poplar and pine trees. Strawberries grew wild in fields along the route. Is there a metaphorical equivalent in your own life, Sagittarius? I think there is: a modest, natural path that you will ultimately build into a major thoroughfare buzzing with activity. Part of you will feel sad at the loss of innocence that results. But mostly you’ll be proud of the visionary strength you will have summoned to create such an important conduit.

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

heavenly body known as (6178) 1986 DA is a near-Earth asteroid that’s 1.4 miles in diameter. It’s packed with 10,000 tons of gold and 100,000 tons of platinum, meaning it’s worth more than $5 trillion. Can we humans get to it and mine its riches? Not yet. That project is beyond our current technology. But one day, I’m sure we will find a way. I’m thinking there’s a smaller-scale version of this scenario in your life, Capricorn. You know about or will soon find out about a source of wealth that’s beyond your grasp. But I’m betting that in the next 10 months you will figure out a way to tap into it and begin the process.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “‘I

just sort of drifted into it.’” According to author Gore Vidal, “That’s almost always the explanation for everything.” But I hope this won’t be true for you anytime soon, Aquarius. You can’t afford to be unconscious or lazy or careless about what you’re getting yourself into. You must formulate a clear, strong intention and stick to it. I don’t mean that you should be overly cautious or ultra-skeptical. To make the correct decisions, all you have to do is be wide awake and stay in intimate touch with what’s best for you.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Members

of the industrial band Skinny Puppy are upset with the U.S. military. They discovered that an interrogation team at America’s Guantanamo Bay detention camp tortured prisoners by playing their music at deafening volumes for extended periods. That’s why they sent an invoice to the U.S. Department of Defense for $666,000 and are threatening to sue. Now would be a good time for you to take comparable action, Pisces. Are others distorting your creations or misrepresenting your meaning? Could your reputation benefit from repair? Is there anything you can do to correct people’s misunderstandings about who you are and what you stand for?

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as THE CALIFORNIA CONVICTED FELONZ’ ASSOCIATION at 21 Indigo Lane Chico, CA 95973. PENNINAH RUTH SARTAIN GILBERT 567 E Lassen Ave #103 Chico, CA 95973. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: PENNINAH RUTH SARTAIN GILBERT Dated: June 10, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000833 Published: July 10,17,24,31, 2014

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME - STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT The following persons have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name PLANNED PARENTHOOD SHASTA PACIFIC at 3100 Cohasset Rd Chico, CA 95973. PLANNED PARENTHOOD: SHASTA DIABLO INC 2185 Pacheco Street Concord, CA 94520. This business was conducted by a Corporation. Signed: DEBORAH SORONDO, CFO Dated: June 11, 2014 FBN Number: 2010-0001426 Published: July 10,17,24,31, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as EAT A DOG at 805 Sheridan Avenue Chico, CA 95926. HARRY A WILBURN 805 Sheridan Avenue Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: HARRY A. WILBURN Dated: July 2, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000919 Published: July 10,17,24,31, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as YAN MASSAGE at 1430 East Ave #4B Chico, CA 95926. CHONGKUN GUAN 116 W. Shasta Ave #4 Chico, CA 95973. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: CHONGKUN GUAN Dated: July 7, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000924 Published: July 10,17,24,31, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as SNOOP SISTERS ESTATE SALES at 480 Pearson Road Paradise, CA 95969. BAMBI LYNN HESS 110 Honey Run Road Chico, CA 95928. MARY ELLEN MORRISETTE 5255 Country Club Drive Paradise, CA 95969. RITA ANNE SCOTT 5081 Wilderness Wat Spc 7C Paradise, CA 95969. THERESA C IMAN 14790 Carnegie Road Magalia, CA 95954. This business is conducted by a General Partnership. Signed: MARY MORRISETTE Dated: June 24, 2014 FBN NUmber: 2014-0000890 Published: July 10,17,24,31, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as CHICO CHOCOLATE CHICO CHOCOLATE COMPA- NY at 742 Willow St Chico, CA 95928 AMY HANFORD 742 Willow St Chico, CA 95928. DAVID MONCADA 742 Willow St Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by a General Partnership. Signed: AMY HANFORD Dated: July 7,2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000934 Published: July 17,24,31, August 7, 2014

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as HUMBLE HOUSE at 1551 Palm Ave Chico, CA 95926. CHAD CLAUSEN 14800 Crescent Dr. Magalia, CA 95954. KRISTINA CLAUSEN 14800 Crescent Dr Magalia, CA 95954. BRIAN HIGHBARGER 15933 La Ronda Cir Hacienda Heights, CA 91745. LUCY HIGHBARGER 15933 La Ronda Cir Hacienda Heights, CA 91745. This buinsess is conducted by a General Partnership. Signed: CHAD CLAUSEN Dated: June 19, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000876 Published: July 17,24,31, August 7, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as WOOD-N-TREASURES at 475 Glen Dr Oroville, CA 95966. ROBERT RAY HARRIS SR 475 Glen Dr Oroville, CA 95966. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: ROBERT R HARRIS SR. Dated: June 27, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000909 Published: July 17,24,31, August 7, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as HARD WROUGHT CROSSFIT at 1020 East 20th Street Chico, CA 95928. TRUVINE LLC 1020 East 20th Street Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company. Signed: JEFFREY M HALL, SOLE MEMBER Dated: July 10, 2014 FBN NUmber: 2014-0000949 Published: July 17,24,31, August 7,2014

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME - STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT The following person has abandoned the use of the fictitious business names RAINCLOUD PRESS, POETRY DIVINE at 807 Moss Ave Chico, CA 95926. ERIKA LUNDER 807 Moss Ave Chico, CA 95926. This business was conducted by an Individual. Signed: ERIKA LUNDER Dated: July 21, 2014 FBN Number: 2013-0001629 Published: July 31, August 7,14,21, 2014

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Ken DuVall, local real estate icon, loved laughing, and knew more jokes than all of us. He also knew more about real estate. KDV was teacher and mentor, guide and guru. He said, “Follow me, and then rise to your own level of incompetence.” KDV passed away two years ago July 22. His friends quote him and talk about him a lot, but this time of year, memories of him come around a lot more. Memories like KDV smoking one of his hand-rolled specialty-tobacco cigarettes and blowing the smoke out the skylight of his car; lecturing a roomful of people who are doubled-up laughing as he fires off a string of jokes; waving a real estate contract in the air, saying, “You gotta love the details and technicalities in this business, babe, but above all, you gotta love people. Every client deserves a fair shake, no matter who they are. No greed! No bitterness!”

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KDV was also known as “Hollywood.” He grew up in the Hollywood Hills and was an actor and stuntman. He flipped motorcycles, jumped from moving cars and fell from great heights. He was a gladiator in Spartacus, a bad-boy in Hot Rod Girl, and a jailbird with Elvis in Jail House Rock. KDV was a weekend motorcycle racer. He rode desert endurance races through the Southern California desert and paved-track races on the speedway.

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KDV’s day job was sales, old-school, door-to-door sales. He sold aluminum siding with his dad when he was 15 years old. He moved on to steampresses, coffee-makers and intercom systems. “I’ve spent more time in other people’s living rooms than my own,” he said. He got his real estate license in 1963, and it was love at first sale. When he managed lot sales in the Paradise Pines project, he fell in love with our area, and moved from L.A. to Chico. “I felt like I moved into a Norman Rockwell painting,” he said. From 1977 until 2012, KDV sold North Valley Real Estate. It was worth stopping by his office and suffering an assault of rapid-fire jokes to hear his advice and wisdom. “Remember,” he said, “youth and skill is always overcome by age and treachery.” And: “Experience is important, but luck is essential.” He also said, “Live with no regrets. And laugh, my friend, laugh.” Hollywood Ken DuVall: Gone but not forgotten. RIP KDV. Got a question or comment? I’d like to hear from you. Email escrowgo@aol.com or call 530-680-0817. Doug Love is Sales Manager at Century 21 Jeffries Lydon.

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Homes Sold Last Week ADDRESS

TOWN

PRICE

BR/BA

Bangor

$335,000.00

3/ 1.5

2170

Berry Creek

$130,000.00

2/ 1

864

1268 Vallombrosa Ave

Chico

$530,000.00

4/ 2.5

17 Dana Point Rd

Chico

$450,000.00

16 Marlin Ct

Chico

1325 Kentfield Rd

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TOWN

PRICE

BR/BA

1959 Modoc Dr

Chico

$272,500.00

3/ 1.5

1589

3362 Hackamore Ln

Chico

$255,000.00

3/ 2

1520

3252

930 Mathews Dr

Chico

$250,000.00

3/ 2

1488

4/ 3

2259

2569 White Ave

Chico

$244,000.00

3/ 2

1463

$430,000.00

4/ 3

2584

321 Westin Ln

Chico

$242,000.00

2/ 2

1346

Chico

$416,000.00

3/ 3

2522

11 Hillary Ln

Chico

$235,000.00

3/ 1.5

1238

317 Mesa Verdi Ct

Chico

$380,000.00

3/ 2

1966

7 Casa Del Lago

Chico

$229,000.00

2/ 2

1300

352 St Augustine Dr

Chico

$312,000.00

3/ 2

1782

212 W 1st Ave

Chico

$221,500.00

3/ 2

1650

39 Moraga Dr

Chico

$306,000.00

3/ 2.5

2147

1405 Arbutus Ave

Chico

$218,000.00

3/ 2

1385

18 Sunland Dr

Chico

$299,500.00

3/ 2

1760

1154 Olive St

Chico

$198,000.00

3/ 2

1237

4 Highland Cir

Chico

$287,000.00

3/ 2

1756

1773 E 8th St

Chico

$193,000.00

3/ 1

898

67 Nugget Ranch Rd 41 Forest Inn Dr

SQ. FT.

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The following houses were sold in Butte County by real estate agents or private parties during the week of July 14, 2014 – July 18, 2014. The housing prices are based on the stated documentary transfer tax of the parcel and may not necessarily reflect the actual sale price of the home. ADDRESS

TOWN

PRICE

BR/BA

TOWN

PRICE

BR/BA

84 Via Morro Ct

Chico

$191,000.00

3/ 2.5

2556

300 Red Tape Rd

Oroville

$122,000.00

2/ 1

702

4145 Nord Hwy

Chico

$175,000.00

2/ 2

1594

266 White Ave

Chico

$162,500.00

3/ 1.5

1648

5265 Parkdale Ave

Oroville

$110,000.00

4/ 2

1179

574 East Ave

Chico

$110,000.00

3/ 2

1402

839 Deer Haven Ct

Paradise

$400,000.00

3/ 3

2406

2387 Faber St

Durham

$302,000.00

3/ 2

2151

1500 Country Oak Dr

Paradise

$365,000.00

3/ 2.5

2020

16168 Forest Ranch Rd

SQ. FT.

ADDRESS

SQ. FT.

Forest Ranch

$425,000.00

3/ 2

2354

1094 Fairview Dr

Paradise

$225,500.00

4/ 3

2145

1222 Losser Ave

Gridley

$185,000.00

3/ 1.5

1831

14160 Citadel Way

Magalia

$120,000.00

3/ 2

1382

5726 Sawmill Rd

Paradise

$200,000.00

3/ 1

1704

337 Red Tape Rd

Oroville

$309,000.00

3/ 2.5

2240

6156 Fern Ln

Paradise

$194,000.00

2/ 1.5

1508

269 Canyon Highlands Dr

Oroville

$185,000.00

3/ 1

1336

1936 Crandall Way

Paradise

$189,000.00

3/ 2

1346

2151 Oro Bangor Hwy

Oroville

$130,000.00

2/ 1

912

6238 Pentz Rd

Paradise

$179,000.00

3/ 2

1208

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Sun. 1-3

Sat. 2-4 & Sun. 2-4

5515 Scottwood Rd (X St: Buschmann), Paradise 5 Bd / 4 Ba, 5000 Sq.Ft. $599,000 Frank “Speedy” Condon 864-7726

Sun. 11-2

6173 Toms Trail (X St: Humbug). Magalia 3 Bd / 3 Ba, 4,250Sq. Ft. $587,000 Katherine Ossokine 591-3837

Sat. 2-4

3583 Shadowtree (X St: Whispering Winds) 4 Bd / 3 Ba, 3569 Sq.Ft. $569,300 Alice Zeissler 518-1872

Sat. 2-4

6404 County Road 18, Orland 4 Bd / 3 Ba, 3,800 Sq. Ft. $468,500 Katherine Ossokine 591-3837

Sun.1-3

5530 Scottwood Rd ( X St; Buschmann), Paradise 4 Bed, 4 Ba, 4500 Sq.Ft. $575,000 Frank “Speedy” Condon 864-7726

Sat. 11-1, 2-4 & Sun. 11-1, 2-4 5 Avocet Ct (X St: Wisteria Ln) 5 Bd / 3.5 Ba, 3107 Sq.Ft. $563,000 Brandi Laffins 321-9562

Sun. 2-4

4111 Goldfinch (X St: Garner) 4 Bd / 3 Ba, 3,053 Sq. Ft. $525,000 Sherry Landis 514-4855

Sat. 11-1, 2-4 & Sun. 11-1, 2-4

2074 Bidwell Ave (X St: W. Sacramento) 3 Bd / 2.5 Ba, 2045 Sq.Ft. + additional 712 Sq.Ft, 1 Bd Unit $495,000 Sandy Stoner 514-5555 Tracy Simmons 925-348-2069 Shane Collins 518-1418

791 Westmont Ct (X St: W. Sacramento) 4 Bd / 3 Ba, 3352 Sq.Ft. $469,000 Kimberley Tonge 518-5508 2711 Escallonia Way (Marigold Ave) 4 Bd / 2.5 Ba, 2324 Sq.Ft. $459,900 John Wallace 514-2405 Paul Champlin 828-2902

Sat. 11-1, 2-4

767 Westmont Ct (X St: W. Sacramento) 4 Bd / 3 Ba, 3,515 Sq.Ft. $459,000 Sherry Landis 514-4855

Sat. 11-1, 2-4

5471 Alpine Ct (X St: Sterns) 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 2892 Sq.Ft. $427,900 Patty Davis Rough 864-4329

Sat. 11-1, 2-4

1350 Salem St ( X St: W. 13th St) 4 Bd / 2 Ba, 1973 Sq.Ft. $364,500 Amy Bean 805-248-3903

Sat. 11-1, 2-4

887 Westgate Ct (X St: W. Sacramento) 4 Bd / 2 Ba, 2285 Sq.Ft $385,000 Debbie Brodie 519-5524

Sat. 11-1

2615 Lakewest Drive (X St: Bruce) 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 2,452Sq. Ft. $379,000 Morgan Berry 774-7745

Sun. 11-1

788 Silverado Estates Dr (X St: Alamo Ave) 4 Bd / 2 Ba, 2146 Sq.Ft. $360,000 Becky Williams 636-0936

Sun. 11-1

3291 Carlsbad (X St: Yellowstone) 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 1774 Sq.Ft. $359,000 Shane Collins 518-1413

Sat. 11-1 & Sun. 1-3

2636 Lakewest Dr (X St: Bruce Rd) 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 1893 Sq.Ft. $339,000 Alice Zeissler 518-1872 Patty Davis Rough 864-4329

Sat. 11-3 & Sun. 11-1, 2-4 1946 Preservation Oak Dr (X St: E. 20th St) 3 Bd / 3 Ba, 2034 Sq.Ft. $386,000 Frank “Speedy” Condon 864-7726 Debbie Brodie 519-5524

Sat. 11-1, 2-4

1191 Peninsula Dr (X St: Idyllwild) 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 1507 Sq.Ft. $319,000 Ronnie Owen 518-0911

Sun. 11-1, 2-4

303 Legacy Ln (X St: Sierra Springs) 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 1684 Sq.Ft. $297,000 Amy Bean 805-248-3903

Sat. 11-1

12 Coleman St (X St: East Ave) 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 1368 Sq.Ft. $287,500 Mark Reaman 228-2229

Sun. 11-1

879 Lorinda Lane (X St: Cohasset) 3 Bd / 1 Ba, 1,134 Sq. Ft. $250,000 Alice Zeissler 518-1872

Sat. 11-3 & Sun. 12-3 1567 Hawthorne Avenue (X St: Douglas) 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 1,278 Sq. Ft. $253,900 Ian Anderson 952-567-1418

Sat. 11-1, 2-4

1019 Sheridan Ave (X St: Palmetto) 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 1166 Sq.Ft. $239,000 Tracy Simmons 925-348-2069

Sun. 2-4

2655 Waverly Court (X St: Cussick) 3 Bd / 2.5 Ba, 1,728 Sq. Ft. $219,500 Alice Zeissler 518-1872

Sat. 11-1

2863 Godman Ave (X St: E. Lassen Ave) 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 1368 Sq.Ft. $219,000 Garrett French 228-1305

Sat. 11-1

Sat. 11-1, 2-4 & Sun. 11-1, 2-4

811 Greenwich (X St: N Cherry) 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 1,632 Sq. Ft. $279,000 Carolyn Fejes 966-4457

6246 Ponderosa Way (X St: Skyway), Magalia 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 1605 Sq.Ft. $165,000 Dan Thorup 566-3474

Sat. 2-4 & Sun. 2-4

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1574 Borman Way (X St: Hawthorne) 3 Bd / 2.5 Ba, 1742 Sq.Ft. $275,000 Steve Kasprzyk 518-4850

Sat. 2-4

29 Ceres Cir (X St: Ceres Ave) 4 Bd / 2 Ba, 1995 Sq.Ft. $275,000 Kimberley Tonge 518-5508

Sat. 2-4

20 Jasper (X St: Notre Dame) 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 1654 Sq.Ft. $265,000 Mark Reaman 228-2229

Sat. 11-2

15 Premier Ct. 4 Bd/2 ¾ Ba $326,500 Donna Padula 517-0513

Sat. 11-2

17 Premier Ct. 3Bd/2 Ba, 2,163 Sq. Ft. $378,000 Hunter Hampton 343-5068

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