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bridging the gap It’s long been proven that male employees earn more than female employees
in the American job force. That is certainly true in California, where in 2013, women made 84 cents for every dollar a man in a comparable position took home. Finally, we’re doing something about it. On Tuesday (Oct. 6), Gov. Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 358, requiring that businesses in this state pay equal rates to men and women who perform essentially the same job. The biggest change this makes in current law, which already requires workers in the same job at the same company to take home the same pay, is that now employees in “substantially similar” positions must be valued the same. So, that may apply to a busboy and a female dishwasher working at a downtown restaurant or a female grocery clerk at Raley’s on the Skyway and a male clerk with similar experience at the Raley’s on East Avenue. So long as the two employees do roughly the same amount of work and the job requires about the same credentials, they should be treated the same, SB 358 says. It also bans retaliation against employees for talking about how much they earn. This is a coup for California, which now claims the strongest wage equality law in the country, according to Brown. Naysayers argue that it will push businesses out of the state and that it will trigger a slew of lawsuits. We say bring on the lawsuits. Those with merit will prevail; the frivolous ones will fail. If businesses are so threatened by the new requirement of making women equal in the workplace, they probably don’t belong in California in the first place. It’s about time we took steps to stop the prejudice among American businesses to pay men more than women for doing the same work. Kudos, California. □
‘Quit pandering to the NrA’ proof our country desperately needs stricter Tgunislaws. It’s time for Congressman Doug
Republican Congressman Steve Stockman, of Texas, said a few years ago that “The very purpose of the Second Amendment is to stop the government from disallowing people the means to defend LaMalfa and his right-wing, 18th-century-minded themselves against tyranny.” I’m sure Congressman supporters, both in Congress Stockman believes our current government is and in our community, to quit “tyrannical,” so why haven’t he and his constituents pandering to the NRA. Even if marched on one of the 15 military bases in Texas? the misguided concept that the Of course, this doesn’t even touch upon the Second Amendment did—at the issue of who gets to decide time—permit us to have Do we have to whether the government guns so as to protect the is tyrannical. Is this also wait until this citizenry from a “tyrannical” government (which it happens at Chico Congressman LaMalfa’s responsibility? Can his didn’t), those days are long State or Butte Army of Northern California past. by College or one of march on Washington? Dean Carrier The NRA’s concept our local public So, once again, we are the author, a Paradise that a rebellion of a citizen schools before we going to sit back and say, resident, is a retired “militia” armed with small get angry? wildlife biologist with arms would be capable “Gosh, ain’t it awful,” 50 years of field and pretend the smartest of defeating our federal experience. people in our country are Hank Williams Jr. and armed forces is akin to pulling Ted Nugent. Do we have to wait until this happens the biggest 13 workers off a at Chico State or Butte College or one of our local construction site, handing them public schools before we get angry? We need to join a football and expecting them to defeat the Green Bay Packers. If those workers were the ranks of all the world’s civilized countries and impose stricter regulations on gun sales, ownership carrying guns, the most logical outcome would be and access. □ that they’d end up shooting each other. he mass shooting at Oregon’s Umpqua College
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A voice on climate Of all of the crises underway at any place in the world today, the single
most disastrous one is the rise in CO2 emissions at levels that jeopardize the planet’s ability to sustain us and future generations. Simply put, climate change is the No. 1 issue facing mankind. Yet, we remain complacent. We do not address it adequately because we’re constantly in search of the path of least resistance. We do not address it adequately because we are driven by our need to consume. We do not address it because the answers are complex and will require the collaboration of not only our allies, but also our enemies. Next month and into December, world leaders will meet for the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris. It’s an annual affair, but they have yet to sign a legally binding agreement that will mitigate greenhouse-gas emissions and steer the planet away from calamitous scenarios, such as further increases in temperature and drought, sea-level rises and famine. This is an issue for every man, woman and child on Earth and for generations to come. But only those of us here today have a voice for what happens tomorrow. We urge everyone to use theirs to join the News & Review and such environmental luminaries as Michael Pollan and Bill McKibben, among others—farmers, scientists, parents, authors, politicians— in a letter-writing campaign that sends a clear message to world leaders. Melinda Welsh, the Sacramento News & Review’s editor-at-large, is spearheading a national campaign in which the public is invited to pen letters to future generations of their own family that predict the outcome of the climate talks. Late next month, on the run-up to the conference in Paris, some of the letters will be chosen for inclusion in this and other newspapers around the country. To learn more, visit www.LettersToTheFuture.org. □
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Virginia and brittany Next month will be 20 years since my paternal grandmother, Virginia, succumbed to a brain tumor called glioblastoma. If that type of cancer sounds familiar today, it’s probably because it’s the same one that led 29-year-old Brittany Maynard to take her own life with a fatal dose of prescription sleeping pills last November. Maynard became the central figure for advocates of California’s right-to-die bill last year, when she shared her story about having to move out of state to seek the aid of medical professionals to die on her own terms, peacefully. The prognosis for glioblastoma is grim. Maynard was diagnosed with its precursor form in January 2014. She died that fall. The scenario for my grandmother was similar. The doctors gave her six months to live and that prediction was spot-on. I took care of her the summer before she passed, and watched her go from healthy and independent to a state of semi-paralysis and depression. Like Maynard, my grandmother underwent surgery to remove the tumor. Unfortunately, the surgeon cut into a part of the brain responsible for gross motor control and she lost most of the mobility on one side of her body. The matriarch of my huge family then needed round-the-clock care. It was devastating for her. At the end of summer, I was encouraged to return to my studies at a college several hours away. My grandmother and I were very close. Going back to school is the biggest regret of my life. I visited on the weekends and was shocked each trip at the cancer’s progression. She spent the last few weeks of her life in a Chico rehabilitation facility—and died while I was en route to see her one last time. I’m thankful that she was surrounded by other family members, but I know that she wanted to die at home, and I wish that I would have helped make that happen. My grandmother was a beautiful and deeply religious woman and I have a feeling she would not have chosen to end her own life through prescribed meds. But she ought to have had that option. Brittany Maynard did only because she moved to Oregon. That state’s aid-in-dying law is called the Death with Dignity Act, and for anyone who’s had to watch the unrelenting brutality of cancer, that title makes perfect sense. Maynard’s husband recently described how she drifted off to sleep after taking the life-ending medication. She controlled how she left this world, just liked she’d wanted. And thanks to her advocacy, others will be able to do the same. Earlier this week, Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law the End of Life Option Act, which will allow doctors to prescribe to qualified patients—those with fewer than six months to live who are deemed mentally competent—a lethal dose of medication. That news comes as a great relief to countless residents living with cancer, especially those with a terminal diagnosis. It means they don’t have to flee their homes to seek a humane and dignified end to their lives. Many people who will succumb to cancer likely will not take advantage of the law, but they’ll have the comfort of knowing that they could.
Melissa Daugherty is editor of the CN&R
It’s also about fairness Re “Beyond the banner” (Editorial, Oct. 1): Chico Military Heroes’ banner proposal is not only a huge moral issue, but also one of fairness and precedent; what do you do when Chico Sports Heroes wants to hang mugs of Aaron Rodgers or Jeff Stover, or Chico Firefighters Heroes has their banners, or Chico Reality Show Heroes, or Chico Porn Stars? Roland McNutt Chico
Answering the question Re Arts Devo, by Jason Cassidy, Oct. 1: Thank you for letting people know about 1078 Gallery’s “If It’s Broke, Fix It!” fundraising campaign. You asked a good question: If we are so strapped for cash, why would we let an art installation take over the gallery for the month of September, preventing us from having any (income-generating) music shows this month? There are two reasons: First, we schedule our art shows months in advance, and did not know we’d be in our current situation when this exhibition was scheduled. Second, we don’t select our shows based solely on sales potential. It’s wonderful when artists can sell their work, but some of the most interesting contemporary artwork isn’t concerned with commerce, and since our mission is to bring exciting and compelling exhibitions to Chico, it’s important for us to have a show like this from time to time. We do look forward to returning to music programming in October, though! Erin Wade, president, 1078 Gallery board of directors Chico
Round up these folks, too Re “Rookie moves” (Second & Flume, by Melissa Daugherty, Sept. 24): Why don’t Mark Sorensen, Andrew Coolidge, Reanette Fillmer, Sean Morgan, Randall Stone and Ann Schwab travel to Middletown and have all of the homeless fire victims arrested? Karen Ogle Chico
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Of Trump and Hitler Re “Trumpeting Trump” (Letters, by Nathan Esplanade, Oct. 1): Last week the CN&R changed the wording of my letter to indicate that instead of supporting Donald Trump’s position on Mexican immigration, that I was isolating myself from it. I originally wrote, “Trump is like Hitler in recognizing that a race of people are selfishly and aggressively displacing a native population’s own race, culture, values and control of the country.” I’m not anti-Semitic or anti-Mexican. If a member of these or any other minority was lawfully born here, is willing to learn and speak English, and is willing to accept and comply with our culture, laws and social norms without attempting to isolate themselves from them or devise ways to get around them, I’m OK with their being here. Unfortunately, the attitude of many Jews and Mexicans is not this. Rather, it’s to push as brazenly and as hard as they can to take all they can until someone legally or physically stops them. The problem with Americans is, if a bomb’s not blowing up in our faces right now, we don’t see problems. We’re grasshoppers— too busy hopping around playing the fiddle to realize winter’s on its way. Nathan Esplanade Corning
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Re “Quite a suggestion” (Letters, by Maurice Picard, Oct. 1): Maurice Picard suggests I invite the homeless to camp at my house, thus exhibiting a failure to grasp a central purpose of the “commons”—which have forever been available to the dispossessed. Societies with any shred of decency leave public space for human beings, regardless of circumstance. (And, totalitarian states are the first to impound the people of the streets.) In claiming that Reaganomics has nothing to with dysfunction in America today, Picard demonstrates a tragically limited understanding of military spending, accelerating wealth inequality and
Societies with any shred of decency leave public space for human beings, regardless of circumstance. (And, totalitarian states are the first to impound the people of the streets.) —patrick newman
an array of problems precipitated by the chronic underfunding of social welfare programs. (This rich-on-poor class warfare is again on display in Congressman LaMalfa’s medieval/sadistic position on Planned Parenthood.) Picard says he knows of homeless with credit cards and cellphones. What joy—another version of the fatuous “Cadillac welfare queen” story. While saying nothing about returning our homegrown homeless back to Chico, Picard generously offers to provide bus tickets for sending people back “to wherever they came from.” Well, Mr. Picard, you might read Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. If only the people who once lived on this land had had the luxury of putting John Bidwell on a Greyhound. Patrick Newman Chico
‘How terribly sad’ Re “Ever been in a fight?” (Streetalk, Oct. 1): One woman’s response was “Definitely, I’ve been in fights with my ex-husband. Those were the worst. One time it was a bloody battle. I’ve also been in female fights, and I usually win.” How terribly sad. Chuck Carter Chico
More ideas, fewer rants Re “Grow up, CN&R!” (Letters, by Rick Clements, Sept. 24): Each time I see a Rick Clements rant in letters to the editor, I think, “What a pitiful waste of perfectly good print space.” His immature, vitriolic rants do absolutely nothing to further intelligent public discourse.
How about a few more ideas and a lot less name calling. Charles W. Bird Chico
End the pot prohibition I greatly grate under the fact that cannabis is considered a nuisance in Butte County. There is no more reason to persecute cannabis consumers than there was to burn witches, gas Jews or lynch blacks. The foundations of this drug war are set in the quicksand of racism and xenophobia—not the sturdiest of footings. This drug war doesn’t fight crime; it fuels it by making flowers into gold. It is doublethink beyond Orwellian to hold the concepts of cannabis prohibition and legal alcohol in one’s head at the same time, and have it make sense. Americans have been doing this for many decades now. It is time to end the prohibition. It will help the national psyche by allowing us to live with one less lie. Jay Bergstrom Forest Ranch
Editor’s note In response to a guest commentary on portable classrooms at local schools (see “Cleaner air for kids,” by Robert Speer, Aug. 27), the CN&R received seven letters to the editor. After they were printed, it came to our attention that some of the letters may have been penned by a single person under a pseudonym. Multiple attempts have been made to confirm the authenticity of the letters in question. As a result, five of the letters could not be validated. Those letters have been deleted from CN&R’s website. We apologize for any confusion. —ed.
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Districts for Chico, the nonpartisan organization pushing to change the way members of Chico City Council are elected, was shot down Tuesday, Oct. 6, during the council’s regular meeting. Seeking to set up a public hearing for a future meeting, Robert Speer (pictured), Districts for Chico co-director, summarized the goals of placing two measures on the November 2016 ballot—one separating Chico into six voting districts represented by one council member each, and another mandating that the mayor be elected at large. The council rejected the request in a 4-3 vote. “It puzzles me,” Speer said later by phone. “It was an opportunity to engage the public in an important issue that isn’t going away.” Speer said the group likely will begin gathering signatures for a referendum initiative. 10
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plans to expand its Forest Avenue store were denied. The ultiby mate decision, reached by Meredith J. a liberal-majority council, Cooper was that the environmenm e re d i t h c @ tal impacts outweighed n ew srev i ew. c o m any potential benefits of the project. The company was told it must wait at least a year before bringing the idea back to the city. Now, six years later, the plan to expand Chico’s Walmart is back on the table. It appears it’s not the only one, either. Plans for a new 197,000-square-foot Supercenter in Oroville that were first submitted in 2006 are finally making headway. That project could break ground by the end of 2015. And there are rumblings of progress on plans for building a Walmart in Paradise—those also had their beginnings in the middle of the 2000s. “It’s a new project, but it looks a lot the same,” Chico Associate Planner Mike Sawley said of the proposed Forest Avenue expansion. “We went back and forth [with Walmart] the past couple months. Now they’ve submitted complete applications. We understand what they want to do and are starting the process of
environmental review.” Current plans call for a 64,386-squarefoot expansion of the existing store (about 20,000 square feet less than previously proposed), which would require merging with the large, empty swath of land between Walmart and Wittmeier Auto Center. That would bring the store to 190,275 square feet and would include the addition of a grocery entrance as well as increased grocery and general merchandise inside. A gas station is planned for the southeast corner of the now-empty lot—similar to the one at Costco, Sawley explained—and the store is proposing the addition of a drive-through pharmacy and merchandise pick-up window. “The interior and exterior of the store will undergo a complete renovation, including parking lot lighting and signage, and landscaping,” reads a Walmart press release. “The proposed project will maintain solar panels that currently exist Weigh in on the EIR:
there will be a scoping meeting regarding the proposed Walmart expansion next thursday (Oct. 15) at 5:30 p.m. in the city council chambers (421 Main st.). In addition, written comments may be submitted by nov. 6 to Mike sawley, associate Planner, city of chico, 411 Main st., second Floor, chico, ca 95926. email comments may be sent to mike.sawley@chicoca.gov.
and incorporate sustainability features in building and site design with the goal of reaching a building efficiency rating that is greater than the Title 24 requirement.” The release goes on to note that in 2014, the local store donated $13,000 to Chico nonprofits. “The store will be part of a local solution to create new jobs and economic opportunities, and bring about 85 new job opportunities to the community, plus construction jobs,” it continues. Proponents of Walmart in the past have touted the expansion’s potential for increased sales tax revenue, as well as added discount merchandise and more local jobs. Opponents point to increased traffic—plus related greenhouse gas emissions—and the potential for urban blight as main reasons to deny an expansion. “As an organization, we feel there are many aspects of a super Walmart that conflict with the goals of protecting the environment and supporting local economies, overall, in a broad sense,” said Robyn DiFalco, executive director of local eco-advocacy group Butte Environmental Council, adding that the group had not yet taken a position on the expansion. Walmart has submitted several applications
to the city related to the expansion project, Sawley said. They include altering the
Ready to shred parcel map to allow the store to build on the lots north of Wittmeier; two use permits—one for the gas station, the other for the drive-through; and a planned development permit to allow more signage than what it’s zoned for. Sawley explained that in that location, Chico allows up to 850 square feet of signage; the Walmart project calls for “two- to three times that amount.” Before permits are issued, the project must go through the environmental review process. The city has hired an outside firm, First Carbon Solutions, to conduct the review. It will then go back and forth between Sawley, who’s overseeing the project on the city’s end, and the firm until Sawley is satisfied with its comprehensiveness. Last time around, the EIR got contentious, Sawley said. He didn’t oversee it that time, but said, “It incurred delays because it didn’t reflect our existing policies and rules quite right. I know for a fact we had to go back and have them redo the traffic section. We basically said, ‘Get it right.’” Using last time as an example, traffic and urban decay likely will be the big issues for the project, Sawley said. The previous EIR found that one or more retail grocers in the area likely would close due to Walmart’s expansion. (There are already a Winco, FoodMaxx and Costco in the area selling discount groceries.) “I don’t know who might close down, but there is some possibility— there was last time—that if you approve a Walmart expansion, some other square footage could go out of business,” Sawley said. Sawley said the city has many requirements in place for a project such as this. The environmental review process will consider each attribute of the project and its possible impacts, as well as mitigation measures that could be taken to minimize the affects. A scoping meeting will be held on Oct. 15, during which time city officials and members of the public can weigh in on which issues the firm should look at when considering the environmental impacts of the Walmart project. “There should definitely be a number of environmental provisions included in the permitting process, such as fulfilling city goals, for example, of 50 percent tree coverage in commercial parking lots,” DiFalco said. “Those kinds of policies often do not get fulfilled in small projects, but in big projects like that they need to be.” □
New pump track for mountain bikers set for grand opening yle Warner makes laps around Chico’s new pump track look as easy as, well, Kriding a bike. He hardly pedals, maintaining
momentum throughout the dirt circuit with a pumping motion that transfers his weight around banked turns and over rollers. Warner should be so smooth. The Chico native is a professional mountain bike racer fresh off winning the North American Enduro Tour for the second year in a row. Even so, there’s sweat on his brow after several runs through the course, and he’s a little short of breath when he pauses on a berm. “That’s a workout,” he says, leaning over his handlebars. Set for its grand opening on Saturday, Get pumped: Oct. 10, the pump track The pump track’s grand is positioned in the opening is set for Oct. 10 northernmost corner from 10 a.m. to noon. Kyle Warner and friends will of Wildwood Park, at offer lessons, and bicycle the doorstep of Upper companies Cannondale and Bidwell Park and its vast Marin will raffle and demo system of trails. Warner mountain bikes. envisions it as a hub Track hours: sunrise to for the mountain bike sunset, weather-allowing. community—a place Closed Wednesday afternoons for maintenance. for friends to meet for a day’s ride, kids to learn basic skills and parents to rediscover their love of riding bikes. There hasn’t been such a place for mountain and BMX riders in Chico before now. “It’s not like the city is adding another baseball field or basketball court,” Warner said. “This is for a whole new sport.”
SIFT ER Stats on suds While craft brewers are still very much underdogs in the national beer industry, they do inject serious money into state economies—especially here in California. According to the Brewers Association, not only does California have the most craft breweries (431) of any state, the total $6.9 billion impact on California’s economy is tops in the nation, as well. In terms of sheer brew produced, the Golden State cranks out 3.4 million barrels a year. That’s 3.9 gallons for every adult of drinking age in the state.
Professional mountain bike racer Kyle Warner gets air at Chico’s new pump track at Wildwood Park. PHOTO BY HOWARD HARDEE
Bikes aren’t allowed at the skate park at Humboldt Community Park (though BMX riders often can be found there anyway), and while there are races at the Silver Dollar BMX track, many kids don’t thrive in that competitive environment, Warner says. That’s why he set about spearheading construction of the pump track last year, receiving final approval from the Chico Area Recreation and Park District (CARD) in November. Originally set for completion in the spring, the project hit a snag after former CARD General Manager Jerry Haynes resigned from his position in February and oversight fell on park supervisor Randy Will. Now the track is rideable and ready for public use, though the project isn’t quite finished. The base dirt still needs to harden—that takes time and lots of riding, Warner says—and trees, benches, irrigation and drainage systems and possibly a shaded structure are still forthcoming. “It’s all going to be organic, how it
grows,” he said. “There are also going to be skills features, little 1- or 2-foot drops, and wooden structures for kids to work on balance.” The 240-by-180-foot pump track is made up
of two separate courses, one for beginners and another for more advanced riders. It was built by local Robert Kennedy, who spent hundreds of hours on his tractor shaping 520 cubic yards of dirt into the jumps and turns. Kennedy has maintained the Silver Dollar track for many years, and has extensive experience building pump tracks— including one in his own backyard. “He’s a perfectionist,” Will said. “He took pride in the job and really spent a lot of time out here.” In all, the project cost about $19,000. A Main Hobbies donated $3,000 for the track’s design, while another $3,200 was raised during a screening of the film The Rise of Enduro, featuring Warner, at Sierra Nevada’s Big Room last winter, Will said. The rest was budgeted by the CARD board of directors. The track’s maintenance will be a communal effort involving Kennedy, CARD staff and volunteers through Chico Velo Cycling Club. CARD also will host instructional programs for children starting next spring. “They’ll offer courses on how to ride and be safe, so I think kids will get into it,” Warner said. “I’m excited to get out there and help teach clinics and show kids what’s up.” Warner says his next step is approaching local high schools about possibly starting a mountain bike league. “The sport is growing so fast—if kids got into it now, it’s the perfect time.” —HOWARD HARDEE h owa rd h @ newsr ev iew.c o m
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hico has officially adopted a new law targeting nuisances in parks and degradation of waterways, and now a push to extend it citywide has the support of at least one local service provider for homeless people. Michael Madieros, the executive director of Stairways Empowered Living, said as much during the Chico City Council’s regular meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 6. He says his outreach and housing efforts would be hindered if the law varies by location. “We have to stop and unify what we’re doing here,” he said. “Let’s have a city ordinance everybody understands. When I go out to do outreach, when the officers are out there doing their thing, it’s a lot easier—we don’t have to look at, ‘What street am I on? Is this the tactic I’m going to use to help this individual because I’m on this corner?’” At its last meeting on Sept. 15, the council approved the Offenses Against Waterways and Public Property ordinance on a 6-to-1 vote, with Councilwoman Tami Ritter dissenting. It prohibits the storage of personal property on public land; establishes City Hall and the surrounding area as a “Civic Center” with an exhaustive list of prohibitions; extends the city’s existing civil-sidewalks ordinance (also known as the sit/lie law) to building entrances; and allows police officers to more easily cite homeless people for camping along Chico’s creeks and tributaries. On Tuesday, the law came back to the council for its final reading before going into effect at the beginning of November. Councilwoman Reanette Fillmer pulled the item for discussion, arguing that the law doesn’t go far enough. Pushing homeless people out of the creeks and the Civic Center will be a detriment to home and business owners in other areas of the city, she said. Fillmer then asked Police Chief Mike O’Brien whether expanding the ordinance citywide would be helpful from an enforcement perspective. “Having additional tools to deal with these sorts of issues is always helpful, particularly in this current climate,” O’Brien responded. He added that the law could be extended to all public property throughout the city, if the council desired, though that would require a comprehensive review of the ordinance’s language. After the council officially adopted the ordinance by a 6-to-1 vote—Ritter again the lone dissenter—Mayor Mark Sorensen motioned to revisit the possibility of expanding the law throughout Chico in three months. That motion passed
Vice Mayor Sean Morgan and Councilwoman Reanette Fillmer during the Chico City Council meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 6. PHOtO bY HOWArD HArDee
5-2, with Ritter and Councilwoman Ann Schwab casting the nay votes. The council also considered another familiar issue that
has long stymied business owners: the issuance of alcohol licenses. After a string of alcohol-related student deaths and Chico State’s Call for Community Action in 2013, the council got tough on businesses applying for alcohol licenses, particularly within census tracts with an “undue concentration of alcohol licenses” as defined by the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. As a result, many businesspeople—such as the owner of the Mangrove Mini Mart, the Winchester Goose, Enjoy Teriyaki and B Street Public House— had difficulty receiving council approval to sell alcohol despite being heavily invested in their business plans. The council often sent mixed messages, such as denying Mangrove Mini Mart’s application just months after approving one for retail giant BevMo. A draft policy for reviewing requests for alcohol licenses came before the council on Tuesday. Community Development Director Mark Wolfe said that the policy requires all applications in areas oversaturated with alcohol licenses to come before the council for a determination of public convenience or necessity. The policy is flexible, Wolfe said, and emphasizes that not all establishments that sell alcohol are equally troublesome. “For example, a sandwich shop that sells beer is not the same as a straight-up bar,” he said. “So, there is a clarification in the policy that those establishments that are more likely to cause problems will be looked at a little more closely.” The council voted 6-1 to approve the policy, with Councilman Andrew Coolidge dissenting. —Howard Hardee h owa rd h @ newsr ev iew.c o m
The longest day Chico State computer animators compete in 24-hour contest around 4 p.m. Saturday 3), Todd Olson and a Asmallt(Oct. team of fellow Chico State
students took a collective sigh of relief. They’d spent the last 23 hours finishing a 30-second animation, their submission to an annual test of endurance and animation acumen called the 24-Hour Animation Contest, and with their project completed believed the worst part to be over. “There’s plenty of stress during that 24 hours, especially near the end,” said Olson, a senior studying computer animation and game design. “We finished with an hour to spare, but our video wouldn’t export correctly and we had to figure out what was wrong. We finally got it done and uploaded to YouTube, just 15 minutes before deadline.” The 24-Hour Animation Contest was created by CSU Long Beach professor Aubry Mintz, and this year marked the competition’s eighth and largest year. All told, 525 students on 105 four- to six-person teams from 24 schools in the United States, Canada and Australia participated last weekend. Chico State was represented by 35 students on seven teams. The students’ work is evaluated and scored by industry professionals, with this year’s judges including staff from film giant DreamWorks and video game standout Rockstar Games, and the winners were announced Tuesday (Oct. 6). Prizes include CSU Summer Arts
scholarships and animation-centric computer hardware and software. Each year, the students are given a prompt to base their animation on. This year’s theme was “Imagine if technology was introduced at the dawn of humankind.” The students’ marathon session was overseen by instructor John Pozzi, who teaches computer animation and game design. Pozzi was allowed to observe the students, but couldn’t offer direct help other than making runs to keep the creative binge fueled with pizza, snacks and energy drinks. Pozzi explained that producing a polished 30-second animation can normally take three to six months. Describing the students’ accelerated process, he said they began by brainstorming—verbally and through sketches—how to represent the concept in a narrative form. Then came storyboarding, 3-D modeling and texturing characters and environments, animation, sound and lighting production, editing and finally uploading the video to YouTube. “The process to make something like this is usually a lot more separated,” Pozzi said. “They really had to plow through multiple sections of the pipeline at once just to keep the train running. It’s quite an undertaking.” Last weekend was Chico State’s second time participating in the competition, and Olson was one of the veterans. In 2014, only two teams from Chico competed, and
Olson’s team placed third in that competition. This year, Olson and his four teammates—collectively known as the Ornery Okapis—created an untitled, darkly humorous piece centered around modern technology’s applications during the assassination of Julius Caesar, beheading of Marie Antoinette, sinking of the Titanic and a present-day nuclear holocaust. None of the teams placed in the top 10, though one—Ancient Maya (a reference to computer animation software)—finished 12th with Eden Mingle, the students’ take on Internet dating in the Biblical garden. “All seven teams finished, though, and that is a huge accomplishment,” Olson said. “Just being involved and working with such a tight deadline is really good practice for working in the professional world.” Pozzi concurred: “It’s a chance for them to to get their work out there immediately and in front of some really big industry professionals, which is an enormous opportunity for them,” he said. “It’s also good for Chico State,” he continued. “For a while, our program was a kind of a diamond in the rough, because distancewise we’re so far disengaged from where the industry is. It took everybody a while to find us on the map, but now we’re really starting to get our students out there and their work known.” □
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The effort to overturn Senate Bill 277, which will require nearly all of California’s schoolchildren to receive vaccinations before attending school, appears to be falling short. SB 277, which is set to go into effect Jan. 1, eliminates California’s personal belief exemption, thereby allowing only children who have received vaccinations for 10 diseases including whooping cough and measles—or those with medical exemptions—to enroll in public or private schools. Though the tally isn’t final, a referendum to overturn the bill has gathered about 200,000 signatures, well short of the 365,880 required to bring the initiative to voters, according to The Sacramento Bee. State Sen. Richard Pan (D-Sacramento), author of SB 277, released a statement saying that the referendum’s apparent failure is “good news for public health and particularly California’s children.”
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COUNTRY’S CARE LAGS
By a broad range of indicators, U.S. health care is on the upswing but remains behind other wealthy countries, a Kaiser Family Foundation report finds. In the U.S., mortality rates, teen pregnancy, hospital-acquired conditions and the number of unvaccinated children are all declining. However, health-related quality of life and obesity have worsened. On average, comparable countries such as Switzerland, the Netherlands, Austria, Belgium, Germany, France, Canada and the U.K. fared better on 14 indicators, even though “the U.S. spends far more on health care than any other country per person and as a share of the economy,” the report reads. Those countries had longer life expectancies, lower mortality rates, fewer cost-related access barriers, shorter wait times for primary care doctors’ visits and less use of emergency rooms for nonemergencies.
STRESS EARLY, DISEASE LATER
Emotional stress such as the loss of a loved one, chronic financial insecurity and traumatic social interactions can increase the risk of heart disease and diabetes later in life, even in the relative absence of stress in adult years, a new study finds. The researchers, whose findings were published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, analyzed a British study that tracked the diets, habits and emotional health of thousands of children beginning in 1958 and put participants through a biomedical assessment when they turned 45, according to NPR.org. Those with the most persistent stress both as children and adults were at the highest risk, the researchers found. But early life experiences were a surprisingly important factor in lifelong health—though that relationship isn’t fully understood, the authors noted. Send your health-related news tips to Howard Hardee at howardh@newsreview.com.
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Nathan Vail and his wife, Emily, run Home Instead Senior Care, which offers Alzheimer’s Friendly Business Training. PHOTO BY HOWARD HARDEE
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W Logan, Utah, he spent a summer living with his great aunt. This extended hen Nathan Vail was in high school in
sleepover wasn’t especially fun: Aunt Mary, his grandfather’s sister, had dementia. “The family was working hard to keep her out of a nursing home,” Vail said, “and back then—this would be in the early ’90s—they didn’t really have home care like we do now.” With her memory faded, Aunt Mary often would mistake Vail for an intruder. She’d strike him with her cane. She’d call the police. She’d sit by the front bay window, banging on the glass and yelling for passersby to save her from the stranger in her house. “It was challenging, but it was worth it, because she got to remain there in her home,” Vail said. By contrast, Aunt
Mary’s two siblings in the nursing home down the street lived out their final years sedated and secluded, he said. Flash forward two decades. Vail and his wife, Emily, a Paradise native, operate the Butte County franchise of Home Instead Senior Care, a business providing in-home services to families with ailing elders. They’ve just launched a program that will help dementia-stricken seniors and their caregivers get out of the house for pleasant ventures. Alzheimer’s Friendly Business Training helps local businesses cater to this specific clientele. Vail, using curriculum from Home Instead, instructs employees on the particulars of Alzheimer’s and recommends ways that their business can meet the needs of both patients and companions. “Just like I was living with my great aunt in Logan, most of these people [with Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia] have either a caregiver or a spouse who’s with them all the time, and that person is also isolated,” Vail said. “That person also needs to get their hair cut, go to the bank,
go shopping—but, as you can imagine, if your spouse has Alzheimer’s, they can do things in public that are inappropriate. You’re afraid to take them out, and you can’t leave them alone, so … “We’d like to help businesses understand what Alzheimer’s is and how they can create an environment that can accommodate people with Alzheimer’s.” Vail will conduct the free sessions, which run 30 to 60 minutes, either at the place of business or at the Home Instead office in Chico. Businesses that complete the training for at least 10 percent of the staff receive “Alzheimer’s Friendly Business” certification, with window stickers to advertise the status. “Really it takes just a little bit of understanding,” Vail said. For instance, a salon can build flexibility into appointments scheduled for Alzheimer’s clients, who may stand up in the middle of a haircut or styling and demand to leave. Attempts by the stylist or HEALTHLINES C O N T I N U E D
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HEALTHLINES companion to talk the client back into the chair can be counterproductive; understanding that this is a symptom of the condition, a better course of action may be to let the client leave and return later. “If you know anybody who has cancer, you would never try to talk them out of having cancer because it’s a disease—they don’t have any control over the fact that they have cancer,” Vail said. “That’s what most people don’t understand about Alzheimer’s: It’s a disease; you can’t be talked out of it.” Kimberly Andrews, a caregiver at
Home Instead, understands the dimensions of Alzheimer’s both professionally and personally. Formerly a paralegal, she’s worked for the Vails for more than two years. Around 18 months ago, she found out that her elderly father has Alzheimer’s. “He was an aeronautical engineer and had been a very intelligent person his whole entire life,” Andrews said. “Seeing him not be able to figure out things, simple things, it was very heartbreaking.” Her dad, Lyle Davis, is now 87. He lives in Arizona with Andrews’ mom and a middle-aged niece. Andrews spent this summer with them, and she said she noticed his decline “in big steps—it was not subtle.” Her home-care training came into play. “Personal is different than professional; it tugs on two different emotions within yourself,” she said. “[But] caregiving has helped quite a bit. I was used to dealing with clients with dementia and Alzheimer’s, and I was able to translate that over to the personal realm.”
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Before coming back to Chico, she left a regimen in the Arizona household—mainly a set of jobs to help her dad feel useful. Andrews has a Butte County client with Alzheimer’s who’s “not able to function out in public.” However, she’s starting to find businesses that accommodate seniors with memory issues. Banks may have policies for elder patrons who forget their account numbers or identification; restaurants might encourage servers to be patient with older diners who struggle with menu decisions. “I’ve been seeing a change in commercial industry where they are starting to accommodate the clients with dementia and Alzheimer’s,” she said. That said, there’s room for improvement, particularly amid what Vail calls “the tidal wave that is Alzheimer’s”—part of the “silver tsunami” of aging adults, with the U.S. Census Bureau anticipating national growth of 18 percent in the next five years. “The businesses where I see the differences are the larger corporations,” Andrews said. “Hopefully the smaller businesses will come around now and see the difference. People are living longer; Alzheimer’s and dementia are a big issue … it’s going to start affecting more people as time goes by.” □
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GREEN Members of the GRUB Cooperative over the years gathered one last time for a group photo on the steps of the large Victorian where they lived.
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ICooperative on Dayton Road. VisitorsGRUBstreamed t seemed like a typical Sunday at the
onto the sprawling property, making their way past the large Victorian house, several outbuildings, and the adjoining Heartseed Farm. They ate handpicked grapes and took turns participating in an open mic beneath GRUB’s signature walnut tree. The distant mountains rose behind acres of orchards on three sides, while roosters crowed and trains rumbled by. If it weren’t for the nearby dusty remains of the cooperative’s massive estate sale—bookshelves, a couch, lamps, fabric remnants—a visitor would be hard-pressed to notice that the alternative living and sustainability institution was coming to a close at the end of the week, after seven years. The cooperative’s members—several of whom co-founded GRUB in October 2008—had declared an all-day, all-night open community party, to “close the circle” on the living and farming experiment. “Our mission was to strengthen the local foodshed, to give people access [to learn] how to grow food,” explained Max Kee, co-founder of the cooperative and a farmer at Heartseed, the CSA farm that shared the GRUB Cooperative’s land, and which also declared an end last week. “How many people are there who have lived here, and are now active in farming, either in this community or elsewhere? I say we’ve been very successful.” Many organizations that share roots in GRUB—several bearing the cooperative’s name—will continue on, including GRUB Grown Nursery, which operated on the cooperative’s premises. The nursery is moving to Riparia, another farming community in south Chico. The GRUB CSA Farm, which moved away from the cooperative land in 2012 in anticipation of exactly such a lease-related eventual-
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ity, remains unaffected and continues at its location on West Sacramento Avenue. The GRUB Education Program, which provides community and school garden support, will continue as well. The cooperative and farm’s woes surfaced
in January, when the property owner indicated to several members that he was seeking buyers for the farm. The cooperative responded with a public campaign to find potential buyers amenable to letting them stay. In early summer, the property was passed to the owner’s former wife. In late August, the new owner had announced her intention to not renew the lease, which ended on Oct. 1, say cooperative members. “I feel a little naive now, but I was hopeful the lease would be renewed,” said Susie McAllister, cooperative member and Heartseed farmer. Despite a strong aversion to the industrial farming techniques in the neighboring almond and walnut orchards—often the farmers would break to close their windows, to ensure dust and chemicals didn’t enter their living space, McAllister said—she was “enthusiastic to continue for another year.” The realities of living amid the almond orchards had already driven co-founders Stephanie and Tim Elliott and their children to move to Sonoma County in June. Kee, Karisha Langaker, and their daughter also had resolved to leave the valley, before the loss of the lease: “Our family had decided in February that we love this way of living, but we don’t know if this is where we want to live.” The impact of industrial agriculture made their small-
farm way of life untenable, Kee explained. At that final party Sept. 27, cooperative
members fought back tears; many expressed gratitude for the years they tended the land. Several, including Kee and McAllister, saw the new ownership as an opportunity for the land’s renewal, as the buildings and infrastructure are “falling apart,” Kee said. As the blood moon rose, some attended a grieving session; others began a latenight dance party in the Big Room, the community living room in the Victorian house and frequent setting for house parties or concerts for visiting musicians. Chicoan Karen Laslo, who photographed the GRUB Cooperative family throughout its seven years, took a final photo on the front steps. “I don’t like that they’re leaving. I’m concerned of a ‘brain drain,’” Laslo said, noting that this cooperative was not like the communes of her days. “These people are wellinformed—they’re mostly well-educated college graduates [pursuing their ideals in sustainable agriculture].” Geoff Hall, the newest cooperative member, moved in just days before getting the news it would not get a new lease. “My Chico experience has been framed by GRUB,” he said. He got married in the Big Room and had worked on the GRUB CSA Farm before moving to the property in August. He had intended on staying longer-term with the cooperative while finishing his degree at Butte College. Now he has had to pick up work and leave school to afford a new living space. He no longer envisions himself
staying in Chico. “I think I’m leaving California for good. This place, it was my heart connection to Chico.” Community members in attendance expressed appreciation for the space to grieve and to say their own farewells. “This has been a community project,” Kee stated. “We couldn’t go out without a gathering.” □
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A SUPER-SIZED DOSE OF FIBER Humans have used natural animal and plant fibers throughout history for various purposes, including weaving, spinning, lace-making, knitting , dyeing, art quilting, and much more. The Mount Lassen Fiber Guild has planned a whole weekend to celebrate fiber at the Patrick Ranch Museum on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 10-11, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fiber Fusion will feature fleece and fiber vendors, demonstrations and workshops, fiber animals (including a yak!), sheep dog trials and much more. For more information, go to mtlassenfiber guild.org.
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New horizons on tap An eighth-grade science teacher by day, Brad Liapis is a home brewer by night. And he’s pretty into it—he has between seven and nine of his own beers and ciders on tap at any given time. Not one to bogart all the brew, Liapis intends to soon open Zythos Brewing Co., a new brewery in Chico that will offer alternatives in what he considers a limited local scene. The Chico State graduate has been brewing since 2005, when he lived in San Diego. A little more than a year ago, he helped open California Brewing Co. in Palo Cedro, outside of Redding. He and business partner Chris Chandler are only waiting on “like-minded investors” to open Zythos, he said, because opening up your own brewery is “insanely expensive.” Follow Liapis’ progress on Facebook.
Why ‘Zythos’? I’m Greek. I’m not really one for nationalism, but it’s the Greek word for beer. It’s also pretty catchy and sounds cool, so there you go.
Do you think the beer scene in Chico could use more variety? You look at a place like Redding,
and you’d like to think we’re a little more progressive and beer-loving than the general demographic of Redding. But they’ve got California Brewing, Woody’s [Brewing Co.], Wildcard [Brewing Co.] and Fall River Brewery. It’s like, “Jeez, Redding has four breweries, and Chico only has one?” A lot of people here love beer, but there’s only one brewery and two good beer bars, and that’s it. So, there’s a void. I think Chico wants something different; there’s a big opportunity. Sierra Nevada makes the classics— it would be hard to beat them at that game—but they don’t branch out a whole lot.
Was the beer culture in San Diego your inspiration? That’s where I got started, so I have to say that was a large part of it. There’s so much great stuff coming out of there. The culture of craft beer was part of it, too. Most brewers are real laid-back
and friendly. But it was kind of a challenge to myself, to see if I could make beer on par with the worldclass stuff coming out of the San Diego area. And, of course, having gone to school here, there was Sierra Nevada, as well. So, setting my sights high and trying to make something as good or better than that was my inspiration.
So, is your beer on par with the big boys’? Some of the stuff I’m making is as good or better than a lot of the beer you find on shelves. I have a black IPA I think is world-class; I’ve got a session IPA that I think is better than almost anything out there. I do a lot of Belgians that are pretty awesome. It would be a little arrogant to say they’re as good as [beer from] world-class breweries, but it’s definitely in that neighborhood. —HOWARD HARDEE h owa rd h @new srev i ew. c o m
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Meredith J. Cooper meredithc@newsreview.com
When it comes to choosing an alcoholic beverage of choice, I’ve always been partial to beer (though there were a few years there when I drank wine almost exclusively). Having grown up in St. Louis, my go-to at the bar is usually Bud Light, especially if I don’t want to get too tipsy. I realize it’s no connoisseur’s brand, but it’s super drinkable and it sort of tastes like home. That said, I have gone through my craft-beer phases, tasting my fair share of IPAs (my personal fave), porters (not so much) and Belgian wheats. During my short stint living in Boulder County, Colo., I was astounded by the number of craft breweries there were nearby (enough to visit a different one every week for six months!). That included heavy hitters like New Belgium and Oskar Blues, but also a whole lot of no-names (at least around here) with some seriously individual flavors. How has Chico not cultivated a more robust craft-beer scene? Look at the beer bars—there are plenty with tons of taps and bottles of various brews. It’s strange, I tell you. Maybe the local craft-beer scene is dominated by do-it-yourselfers. We certainly do have a large number of locals who enjoy creating their own beers. That’s evidenced by the 60-strong member Chico Home Brew Club, of which Alex Lucero is president. “I always liked to cook, and I really like good beer. It was a natural progression for me,” Lucero told me of his intro to brewing. “I had a lot of weird ideas for beers, and when I couldn’t find one, it left me with no other option than to try to make one of my own.” That’s the sign of a true innovator, and probably what gets a lot of people into the beermaking business to begin with. For Lucero and his fellow club members, though, brewing is more of a personal passion than it is a business venture. (But, who knows? Maybe a year from now we’ll see Lucero’s rootbeer porter or lime IPA on local store shelves.) They regularly get together and try each other’s latest beers, discuss methods and ingredients and share successes and failures. From what Lucero says, it’s relatively inexpensive to begin brewing your own beer, too. His first kit, plus ingredients, set him back about $150 and it was “totally worth it.” And then you build from there. His advice to those looking to start out: “Just do it. Read a lot and learn as much as you can about it. There are several little tricks you can learn from experience, but you can also avoid mishaps by doing your research first. And once you get into it, get into kegging as quickly as possible. Bottling sucks.” Find the Chico Home Brew Club on Facebook or log onto chicohome brewclub.com.
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Beyond the IPA
Challenging the mighty hop for your beer’s flavor by
Alastair Bland
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he average supermarket beer aisle has never been more colorful. Two new breweries are opening every week in California, now home to nearly 600 brewing companies. On retail shelves, bottles with colorful labels vie for attention, often by advertising unusual fruit ingredients, high alcohol content, or—and probably most of all—hops.
The hop-heavy India pale ale has been the most popular beer style in America for years. Virtually no emerging craft brewery dares enter the marketplace armed with anything but an IPA as its flagship beer, and the style dominates most beer bar tap lines and retail refrigerators. The hop also has generated interest as a handy marketing tool easily incorporated into puns for beer names like Bitter End, Count Hopula, Tricerahops, Hoptical Illusion and countless others. “IPAs are still all the rage,” said Steve Dresler, head brewer at Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. “If you sit in a bar, people just talk hop-hop-hop.” Dresler says the use of new hop varieties, with unique aromas and bittering qualities, have kept the IPA category interesting for brewers. He says he’s excited about a new variety that Sierra Nevada is using called the Comet hop. The brewery also has experimented recently with a new method of extracting aroma and flavor from hops by steaming the flowers in the field immediately after harvest, then distilling the resulting liquid. The water blows off as vapor, leaving behind a powerfully aromatic oil, as showcased in the brewery’s first beer to benefit from the process, Hop Hunter IPA.
But now, some brewers are exploring smells and tastes
beyond the uniquely aromatic Humulus lupulus flower (the common hop). Brian Hunt, for one, thinks the focus on hops has made the craft beer world extraordinarily homogenous. “Some people say, ‘Wow, the world of beer is more diverse than it’s ever been,” said Hunt, owner and brewer at Moonlight Brewing Co., located in the woods outside of Santa Rosa. But Hunt believes brewers have actually nosed themselves into a corner, becoming less versatile and imaginative while they come to depend more and more on a single flavoring ingredient. Hunt points out that it wasn’t always this way. Long before hops became ubiquitous, plants of all other sorts were used to flavor beer. Hunt honors these traditions by using ingredients such as green redwood tips, incense cedar, bee balm, Labrador tea, yarrow, bay leaves and mugwort. Other brewers are also exploring beer styles that rely less on the hop, getting different flavors by barrel aging or using souring microbes. Stouts, especially, have become a medium for experimentation.
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“As a brewer, you can do a whole lot with a stout,” said Kevin Jaradah, owner of Spike’s Bottle Shop, home to hundreds of bottles of craft beer. The stout is hardly anything new. The black and foamy brew, made famous first by Guinness, has been consumed for centuries in Europe. But now, stouts have begun to assume a new identity. Most of the more remarkable renditions of the iconic dark beer are imperial stouts, distinguished as a style by their high alcohol levels—often 10 percent or 12 percent alcohol by volume. And the sturdy body and backbone of an imperial stout can withstand heavy creative touches. “It’s such a complex beer and it can stand up to so many flavors,” Jaradah said. “You’ve got coffee stouts, oatmeal stouts, gingerbread stouts.” There are also peanut butter stouts, white chocolate stouts and raspberry stouts. Stone Brewing Co. recently introduced a chaispiced imperial stout, and many breweries age their stouts in bourbon barrels to lace the beer with almost irresistible vanilla and coconut flavors. Dresler agrees that while hops tend to stir the most excitement in beer drinkers, some consumers are developing a particular taste for the qualities of malt, the grain-based sugar that forms the alcohol and structural properties of a beer. “You’re seeing malt-heads now,” he said. Sour beers are another category that is encroaching, if just barely, on the popularity of the IPA. Sour beers very rarely feature a heavy hop profile. That’s because bitterness and sourness tend to clash in an unfavorable way (although “bitter sours” have been brewed). In fact, some brewers of sours use almost no hops at all and only make small additions during brewing so that the brews can still be categorized as beers.
Sour beer drinkers get their kicks from face-twisting, mouth-puckering acidity. “Up until recently, people didn’t talk about acidity as a flavor component of beer,” said Ben Edmunds, the brewmaster at Breakside Brewery, in Portland. “It was all about malt and hops and yeast profiles and alcohol.” By introducing Lactobacillus bacteria—the same critter that makes yogurt—to their beer, brewers are able to create sourness. Souring is usually done in barrels after fermentation. Since alcohol slows the activity of Lactobacillus, which creates lactic acid, barrel-souring takes months or years—corresponding to very expensive beers. Lately, however, a new method of souring beer prior to fermentation has been innovated. Called kettle souring, this method of adding souring bacteria to the brew kettle is much faster, turning an unfermented beer tart and tangy in just a day or two. As a result, sour beers are becoming
See this issue’s special pull-out calendar of Beer Week events.
more affordable to brew and buy. Track 7 Brewing Co., in Sacramento, is using kettle souring. So are Anderson Valley Brewing Co. and Sierra Nevada. Around the country there are now
about 3,500 breweries and counting— the happy fallout of an incredible economic boom that seems only to be accelerating. Craft breweries are, in fact, stealing sales from once dominant global beer companies, which are scrambling to maintain relevance. Nationally, craft beer now represents roughly 12 percent of the beer market—and in California, 25 percent, according to Tom McCormick, executive director of the California Craft Brewers Association. Bigname brands are reacting by brewing “crafty” knockoffs like Shock Top, from Anheuser-Busch InBev, and Blue Moon, from Coors. The craft beer renaissance is beginning to spawn new struggles within the craft beer community, too, where fierce competition for ingredients and shelf space has the potential to disrupt the fraternal brewers’ community as the fight for shelf space has become as competitive as the real estate market. Even Raley’s Supermarket, of which some locations carry 200 beers, doesn’t have enough room to carry all the new brands on the market. “We get 50 calls a week from new breweries,” said Curtis Mann, Raley’s senior business manager for wine, beer and spirits. “It’s really a challenge. We only have a limited amount of space.” To make room for as many craft beers as possible while maintaining a presence of the big brands, Raley’s has done away with many of the packaging forms that giant lager brands have marketed as a way of claiming shelf space. “We want to make space for all the other more interesting stuff coming in,” Mann said. Ω m O R E BEER C O n T i n u E d O n pa g E 2 2
This page, clockwise from top: Moonlight Brewing Co. owner/ brewer Brian Hunt uses more than just hops to spice his beers, adding everything from redwood tips to mugwort. phOTO By miChaEl B. WOOlSy (COuRTESy Of madE lOCal magazinE)
Barrel-aging beer can bring about many desirable changes as new flavors develop from the extended fermentation as well as from the absorption of the inherent characteristics of the wood and the remnants of what was previously contained in the vessel (whiskey, brandy, wine, etc.). phOTO By didRikS (via fliCkR)
The spotlight remains bright on beer’s most celebrated ingredient: humulus lupulus. phOTO By mElaniE maCTaviSh
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Concept to concoction The pilot brewery at Sierra Nevada brings new beers to life story and photos by
Howard Hardee
Abe Kabakoff has served as head pilot brewer for Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. since October 2012.
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“I
wasn’t into brewing a pink beer,” Abe Kabakoff said, sipping the beer in question—Sierra Nevada’s Ovila Abbey Golden Ale with pomegranate. Had he added the pomegranate too early, he explained, the fruity flavor would be lost. Too late, and the beer would assume a pinkish hue. And Kabakoff wasn’t having that. As demonstrated by the Golden Ale, a fully realized beer requires a delicate balance of ingredients and precise timing, and finding that sweet spot is Kabakoff’s specialty. He’s head of Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.’s pilot brewery, a relatively small facility behind the Chico brewery’s main brewhouse where new beers go from concept to concoction. During a recent tour of the pilot brewery, Kabakoff discussed some of his finer accomplishments, one memorable failure, and what it takes for an experimental beer to hit grocery store shelves. Despite the fact that he’s overseen the creation of some of the country’s most beloved craft beers, Kabakoff has an air of humility and seems to approach his work with the mindset of a homebrewer who really enjoys exploring new flavors. He first got into brewing at a pub in Germany 12 years ago, then completed a five-month program in brewing science at UC Davis and started at Sierra Nevada nine years ago working as a cellarman. He assumed the top spot at the pilot brewery when his predecessor, Scott Jennings, left in October 2012 to become head brewer at Sierra Nevada’s brewery in Mills River, N.C. The pilot brewery is a narrow three stories of gleaming steel storage tanks, centrifuges, piping and other equipment.
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It includes a research and development lab where “real science happens,” Kabakoff quipped, complete with bubbling beakers, scales and ventilation hoods; a mill room for grinding grain; and a fully automated control room on the third floor. It’s also in close proximity to a cavernous freezer where the brewery stores—literally—a million pounds of hops. The aroma is almost overwhelming. Some of the pilot brewery’s experiments have gone on to become some of Sierra Nevada’s most highly recognizable brews, such as Torpedo, Oktoberfest, Nooner and Hop Hunter IPA. Others don’t find a home, Kabakoff says, while others still find a niche even if they aren’t sold in stores. For instance, a pet project of Kabakoff’s, a salted-caramel butterscotch ale, was selected
Hops by the shovel-full.
to be stored long-term by the brewery’s barrel-aging program but likely won’t be released outside of the Taproom. Which beers do hit shelves is determined mostly by the marketing department, Kabakoff said. If the pilot brewery produces a masterpiece beer, it usually isn’t released immediately. Rather, they’ll keep recipes on file and when marketing comes around saying something like, “We’re releasing a new pilsner and it’s going to be called Nooner,” Kabakoff said, they’ve probably already created a beer that fits the bill, or they can make slight changes to accommodate the goal. And even after a beer is released, the recipe and brewing process is ever-changing. “Torpedo tastes way different now than it did in 2007, when it came out,” Kabakoff
said by way of example. “The flavor of Torpedo has improved along with the production process.” The pilot brewery’s only true failure, as far as Kabakoff could recall, was a Belgian ale with a stiff 15 percent alcohol content that inexplicably stopped fermenting about two-thirds of the way through the process. With a marketing deadline looming, Kabakoff had to entirely abandon the idea. The pilot brewery’s greatest achievement under Kabakoff was probably this year’s widely acclaimed Oktoberfest, he says. It was a collaboration with Brauhaus Riegele, an independent German brewery that has been brewing since the 14th century. “Men’s Journal called it the best Oktoberfest in the world, which I take with a grain of salt,” he said. “But it was still a great compliment.” Another recent success is the deliciously oily Hop Hunter IPA, of which Kabakoff is clearly proud. “It’s not one of those IPAs that leaves a taste in your mouth all day,” he said. In the day-to-day reality of going to work, Kabakoff says he often loses sight of the scale of Sierra Nevada’s operations—that the pilot brewery’s creations will be sipped and critiqued by beer lovers around the world. “Every once in a while it hits you that, ‘Oh, yeah, we make a lot of beer,’” he said. “It makes you realize where you actually work. … Sometimes I get a little stressed out because the goal is that all our beers are world-class, which is hard to define. But it’s something to live up to.” □ MORE
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A shared obsession Chico Beer Enthusiasts: a community of serious beer geeks by
Jason Cassidy jason c@ n ew sr ev i ew. com
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he details of how I ended up in fantasy beerland don’t matter. I received a text, and before I knew it I was at a semisecret location at a nice home in the suburbs of north Chico with a very happy group of revelers. They were members of the Chico Beer Enthusiasts Facebook group, and they were gathered around a glowing treasure chest of amazing, exotic-looking beers, many not available around these parts. There was the Cherry Raz Bu, a Berliner weisse-style ale from de Garde Brewing (Tillamook, Ore.); the Freakcake BarrelAged Oud Bruin, a Flanders-style old brown ale from Crux Fermentation Project (Bend, Ore.); and a big bottle of gueuze from Cantillon—a small, well-regarded, familyrun Belgian brewery—for which one group An especially bountiful buffet of great beer during a recent local beer share. PHOTO BY DAVE STEPHENS
member had shelled out nearly $100. Those and another 70-plus unique beers! I was definitely not in Kansas anymore. The CBE group was founded at the beginning of summer by Spike’s Bottle Shop owner Kevin Jaradah and fellow beer geeks Chris Gomez, Mike Olmos and Keith Mitten (host of that fateful night’s bottle share) as a way for like-minded beer fans to be able to connect with one another. As Jaradah put it, there were two goals: “Share knowledge. Build friendships.” The private group (anyone who agrees to be nice and to post often is welcome) functions as a local beer-geek bulletin board, with group members sharing beer news, sightings of special-release beers on local shelves, and even postings by local beer bars about special releases and special events—delivering information directly to their most devoted customers. But mostly it’s a whole lot of beer sharing/reviewing, with members art-
fully presenting “now drinking” photos of their discoveries and offering analysis of every new beer. Though it’s been up for less than four months, the group—now with nearly 500 members—has been more successful than the founders would’ve guessed, as the concentration of group knowledge has raised everyone’s awareness of what’s out there. “Now the quality has changed significantly,” said Mitten about how the range of beers being discussed on the forum has expanded greatly, to which Gomez added: “Now it’s really crazy.” I got a taste of how crazy their version of craft-beer fanaticism has gotten during our interview, which turned into a mini bottle share between Jaradah, Gomez, Mitten and his wife, Andrea, in the couple’s kitchen. The first offering from Mitten was Sip of Sunshine IPA from Vermont’s Lawson’s Finest Liquids, which he said was “very difficult to get” out West. When I got home and looked up the beer, I quickly discovered just how difficult. The beer is distributed only in the brewery’s home state of Vermont, it sells out almost immediately after being stocked, and it’s one of the most highly regarded and sought-after beers on Earth. Which explains why the guys were so delighted and why it was one of the most delicious things to ever hit my taste buds. Of course, the Enthusiasts aren’t
the only beer geeks in town. In fact, there’s an actual Chico Beer Geeks group on Facebook as well, which has been around longer and has about 300 more members
Chico Beer Enthusiasts founders talkin’ beers in the kitchen. From left: Keith Mitten, Kevin Jaradah and Chris Gomez (not pictured, fellow founder Mike Olmos). PHOTO BY JASON CASSIDY
(many of whom are in both groups) but isn’t nearly as active as the CBE page. And there is an especially committed CBE faction—about 100 or so, Jaradah guesses—that are very serious (they are the same ones who meet up for epic bottle shares). They plan their vacations around beer destinations. They wait in line for special beers. They trade for hard-to-get bottles online at sites like thebeerexchange.io or the trading forums at beeradvocate.com (Mitten received his bottle of Sunshine as part of a box of goodies in a trade with a fellow enthusiast in Chicago). And if they take a road trip to, say, Russian River Brewery in Santa Rosa (which many CBE members do on a regular basis), they’ll post on the board and take orders, bringing goodies back to Chico. And every experience is posted. Even though many of the board members have accumulated impressive stashes of sought-after beers (Gomez estimates he has about 150 bottles cellared), the intention isn’t to horde, but rather to share. All three agreed that, if they get their hands on something special that their beer buddies haven’t tried, they’ll hold off on drinking it until they’re all together. The shared experience comes first. “If I’m getting rare bottles, I want to share them with someone,” said Gomez. “I’d feel bad if I opened [it] up and there’s no one to share it with.” □
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Arts&Culture “Cheeky,” by Alicia L. Parsons
Coming out this weekend
THIS WEEK
Annual Stonewall art party celebrates courage and community
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Special Events ALLEGORY TRIBAL BELLY DANCE: Tribal belly dancing, with dancers rolling the dice leaving to fate which songs they dance to. Th, 10/8, 8pm. $5. Duffy’s Tavern, 337 Main St., (530) 343-7718.
A BETTER LIFE SCREENING: See the film exploring a life without God and
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ith an eclectic mix of visual and live
artists exhibiting/performing their work, and musicians Max Minardi, Ryan Mattel and more supplying tunes, the annual Coming Out for by Art exhibition, party and Carey Wilson benefit promises to be one of the more lively PREVIEW: and diverse events of the Coming Out for Art fall. The free event (with 2015 , Saturday, Oct. 10, 6 p.m., at no-host bar and appetizHabitat Lab. ers) is the Stonewall Alliance’s annual celeHabitat Lab 199 E. 13th St. bration of National www.facebook.com Coming Out Day /habitatlab (Oct. 11), which “brings attention to and honors the courageous people who come forth and say the words, ‘I’m gay,’” said Nicholle Lewis, local activist and organizer of this year’s event. Lewis has been working with San Francisco photographer Rob Lebow, who said, “My hope is that people will get to take away what a true sense of community feels like.” Lebow is the co-curator of Gorgeous (2014), a book featuring iconic images and personal stories from some of the world’s most visible LGBT advocates. “Coming Out for Art is a celebration of community,” he added. “LGBTs continue to face discrimination and injustice today based on gender and sexuality, so art 24
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advocacy is a cool way to empower, educate and, most importantly, have some fun supporting artists.” Photographer Alicia L. Parsons, one of the participating artists, said she came out to her family and friends eight years ago, when “we didn’t even have a local Gay Pride day. This event is about everyone coming together … to celebrate all types of art.” Parsons will be displaying nearly lifesize, tiled, photo-negative prints of organizer Lewis. “She has a beautiful back tattoo that is nearly a full-body tattoo. I was very interested to see how the film negative of the photographs turned out.” A bit more overt in its sexual content are the self-styled “smut” photos of Isabel Dresler. “My own local community is always the most important place for me,” she said when talking about the nature of the COFA exhibit. “It’s exciting to celebrate not just my own creative labors, but the labors of newer artists who are trying to find their place in the local art community, which isn’t always a very welcoming or friendly place if you’re—you know— ‘different.’” For this show, Dresler will be showing works from a new series in which she pairs her “sexy Polaroids” with text cut out from vintage erotica books. “I hope that my work will inspire people to feel more comfortable with who they are and what they like, and stop
falling prey to the shame and sexual stigma that smaller towns like ours tend to be notorious for.” Sharon Nilsson, proprietor of Pepper Grand Coulee’s Funky Trunk, has created outfits that will be shown on live models. “‘Space Cowboys’ will have two male models wearing cut-off coveralls covered in glitter paint,” she said. “They will have clear tubing filled with green fluid surrounding their heads and neck, with an aluminum dryer hose connecting the two models. “Another exhibit will consist of two models—one steampunk, and the other more saloon girl—wearing bustiers and custom bustles. They will have several wires and cords coming out of their hair and attaching to a TNT box between them. I call that one ‘Va-Voom Ba-Boom.’” Portrait painter Heather Bennett, whose multimedia pieces include such materials as wine, coffee, hair dye, stage blood, tea, grape juice and “always” eye shadow, she said, will be showing a couple of mixedmedia portraits she made of attendees at this year’s Chico Pride festivities. “I met them and took their pictures, then worked from my photos to create the actual paintings,” Bennett said. “As a bisexual and gender-fluid person myself, I adore all that Stonewall provides for the LGBT community. They are an amazing group of individuals and I’m proud to represent for them whenever I can” Ω
meet the author. Th, 10/8, 6pm. Ayres 106, Chico State, (530) 899-7921.
BREWFORK: A CRAFT BEER & FOOD TRUCK RALLY: For the Chico Beer Week kickoff, the Chico News & Review is teaming up craft brewers and the monthly Fork in the Road food-truck rally. Representatives from seven Nor-Cal craft breweries (Sierra Nevada, Track 7, Wildcard, Etna, Eckert, Feather River, and Feather Falls) will be pouring alongside 16 local food trucks. Plus, live music by the Michelin Embers! For more info on this and other Beer Week events, see special supplement in this week’s paper or visit www.chicobeerweek.net. Th, 10/8, 5:30-8:30pm. Manzanita Place, 1705 Manzanita Ave., (530) 894-2300 ext. 2242.
Music DELHI 2 DUBLIN: Vancouver-based party band blends world-music
sounds with electronica. Th, 10/8, 7:30pm. $20. Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., 1075 E. 20th St., (530) 892-4647, www.sierranevada.com.
Art Receptions WE MAKE MONSTERS: Reception for a collection of work by Mike Hendrix and Brian McNamara. Th, 10/8, 5pm. Laxson Fine Art Gallery, 400 W. First St. CSU Chico, Laxson Audtorium.
YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN Opens Friday, Oct. 9 Center for the Arts
SEE FRIDAY-SUNDAY, THEATER
ALLEGORY TRIBAL BELLY DANCE ROULETTE SHOW Thursday, Oct. 8 Duffy’s Tavern
SEE THURSDAY, SPECIAL EVENTS
DJ MIXING MIXER: A gathering of local DJs focusing on collaboration. Sa, 10/10, 4pm. $5. Idea Fabrication Labs, 603 Orange St., (530) 5920609.
HARVEST SIDEWALK SALE: See Friday. 10/9-10/10, 9am-5pm. Downtown Chico.
THE HISTORY AND VALUE OF NATURAL FIBER:
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Queer Week. F, 10/9, 7pm. Free. El Rey Theatre, 230 W. Second St., (530) 342-2727.
HARVEST SIDEWALK SALE: Downtown shops bring their goods outside for a harvest-themed party. 10/9-10/10, 9am-5pm. Downtown Chico.
Theater YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN: It’s a Peanuts musical and a fundraiser for the CUSD Center for the Arts. F-Sa, 7:30pm & Su, 2pm, through 10/18. $15.50-20. Center for the Arts, 1475 East Ave., (530) 899-2692.
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SEE SATURDAY-SUNDAY, SPECIAL EVENTS
Art Receptions ARTOBER ARTSTRAVAGANZA SALON FUNDRAISER SALE: Gallery sale featuring local artists selling sculpture, ceramics, prints, drawings and more. F, 10/9, 6-9pm. 1078 Gallery, 820 Broadway, (530) 343-1973, www.1078gallery.org.
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Special Events BARK AND WINE ADOPTION EVENT: Butte Humane
Society adoption event at Odyssey Winery. Sa, 10/10, 10am-5pm. Odyssey Winery and Vineyards, 6237 Cohasset Rd., (530) 343-7917 ext. 133.
CHICO REPTILE SHOW: Exotic reptiles, educational programs and vendors. Sa, 10/10, 10am-5pm. $4-7. Silver Dollar Fairgrounds, 2357 Fair St., (530) 895-4666.
Celebration of all things fiber featuring vendors, yarn competitions, animal fibers on display, free workshops and more. Sa, 10/10, 10am-5pm, Su, 10/11, 10am-4pm. Free. Patrick Ranch Museum, 10381 Midway, (530) 520-4768, www.mtlassenfiberguild.org/fiber-fusion.
FAMILY RESOURCE FAIR: Food, games, a bounce house, dancers, children’s activities and information about local community activities. Sa, 10/10, 10am-2pm. Free. Paradise Masonic Lodge, 5934 Clark Rd. in Paradise, www.paradisemasonicfamily.org.
OUT OF THE DARKNESS: Suicide-prevention event featuring inspiring speeches, a one-mile walk, live entertainment, a resource fair and a raffle. Sa, 10/10, 9am-12:30pm. Free. Chico City Plaza, Downtown Chico, www.afsp.org.
ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW PARTY: A showing of the cult classic plus singing, dancing and costumes. Sa, 10/10, 10pm. $3. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave., (530) 343-4915.
SIERRA ORO FARM TRAIL PASSPORT WEEKEND: Annual tasting tour celebrating more than 30 local farms and wineries. See website for more details on locations and times. Sa, Su through 10/11. Opens 10/10. $25-30. (530) 8915556. www.sierraoro.org
Music DANIEL HIESTAND MEMORIAL CONCERT: Chico State Wind Ensemble and the Alumni Band will perform in honor of the late Daniel Hiestand and support the scholarship in his name. Sa, 10/10, 7:30pm. Free, donations accepted. Laxson Auditorium, Chico State, (530) 8986333.
Theater FUNNY GIRL: The classic musical chronicling the
FINE ARTS JESSE SMITH ART SHOW: Opening reception for a month-long showing of Jesse Smith’s sketches of historical Chico and California landmarks and buildings. Sa, 10/10, 4-6pm. Great Northern Coffee, 434 Orange St., (530) 8958726.
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Music POLYRHYTHMICS: Hard-driving, modern Afrobeat with horn-driven funk. M, 10/12, 7:30pm. $17.50. Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., 1075 E. 20th St., (530) 892-4647, www.sierranevada.com.
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THE HISTORY AND VALUE OF NATURAL FIBER: See Saturday. Patrick Ranch Museum, 10381 Midway, (530) 520-4768, www.mtlassenfiber guild.org/fiber-fusion.
SIERRA ORO FARM TRAIL PASSPORT WEEKEND: See Saturday. Sa, Su through 10/11. Opens 10/10. $25-30. (530) 891-5556. www.sierra oro.org
Music 15 YEARS OF PERFECT HARMONY: FEELING GOOD: Children’s Choir of Chico opens its 15th concert season. Su, 10/11, 3pm. $7-10. Faith Lutheran Church, 667 E. First Ave., (530) 8953754, http://flchico.org.
Theater FUNNY GIRL: See Saturday. Su, 2pm through 11/1. Opens 10/11. $15-20. Chico Theater Company,
UNIVERSITY FILM SERIES: A weekly presentation of international and domestic films. This week: Vanya on 42nd Street (US, 1994). Tu, 7:30pm. $3 donation. Ayres 106, Chico State, (530) 8997921.
Music PARADISE BANDSTAND: A performance of silly
one-hit wonders. Tu, 10/13, 3:30pm. Atria Paradise, 1007 Buschmann Rd. Off Clark Rd in Paradise, (530) 872-3344.
Theater THE ROVER: A modern retelling of the restoration-era comedy exploring issues of forced marriage, fidelity, power, and passion. Tu-Sa, 7:30pm; Su, 2pm, through 10/18. $6-$15. Harlen Adams Theatre, Chico State, (530) 898-6333, www.schoolofthearts-csuchico.com/ calendar/index15-16x.shtml.
166-F Eaton Rd., (530) 894-3282, www.chico theatercompany.com.
YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN: See Friday. Center for the Arts, 1475 East Ave., (530) 8992692.
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Special Events JOANNA DUNLAP COWDEN MEMORIAL LECTURE: Professor James Oakes will discuss emancipation in the American Civil War. M, 10/12, 7:30pm. Free and open to the public. Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall, Chico State.
YOUR M.O.M. COMEDY NIGHT: Weekly open mic comedy with 20 open slots. Sign-ups at 8pm. M, 9pm through 8/29. No cover. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave., (530) 343-4915.
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Special Events MUSEUM WITHOUT WALLS: Special lectures series. This week: “Mountain Lions & Bears in Your Backyard.” W through 10/28. Opens 10/7. $3. Gateway Science Museum, 625 Esplanade, www.csuchico.edu/gateway.
Theater THE ROVER: See Tuesday. Harlen Adams Theatre, Chico State, (530) 898-6333, www.schoolof thearts-csuchico.com/calendar/ index15-16x.shtml.
F O R M O R E M U S I C , SEE
life of Fanny Brice. Opens 10/11. Shows Sa,
7:30pm & Su, 2pm through 11/1 (no Su show this week). $15-20. Chico Theater Company, 166-F
Center for the Arts, 1475 East Ave., (530) 8992692.
Art Receptions COMING OUT FOR ART: Fundraiser art show for Stonewall Alliance Chico featuring live art, photography, spoken word, live music, drinks, food. Sa, 10/10, 6pm. Free. Habitat Lab, 199 E. 13th St.
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YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN: See Friday.
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REPTILE INVASION On Saturday, Oct. 10, the Silver Dollar Fairgrounds will be overtaken by giant snakes, lizards and all manner of scaly, slithering things for the Chico Reptile Show. The show will feature exhibits and vendors offering “thousands of exotic pets not seen in stores,” as well as educational programs by Chico Creek Nature Center and the Butte County Chapter of the California Turtle and Tortoise Club. If reptiles don’t shake your rattle, there’s likely to be plenty of other creepy, crawly things to see as well. O C TO B E R 8 , 2 0 1 5
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black and white photographs by Jason Tannen, inspired by the dark world of film noir. Through 10/22, 4-6pm. 3536 Butte Campus Dr. in Oroville, (530) 895-2208.
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ored pencil works by Northern California Artist, Barbara Anne Ramsey. The Healing Art Gallery features Northern California artists touched by cancer. Through 10/14. 265 Cohasset Rd. inside Enloe Cancer Center, (530) 332-3856.
JANET TURNER PRINT MUSEUM: Containing Spirit: The Vessel, prints from the Turner Collection accompanied by pottery work by the late Jack Windsor. Through 10/24. Chico State, (530) 898-4476, www.theturner.org.
LAXSON FINE ART GALLERY: We Make Monsters, collection of work by Mike Hendrix and Brian McNamara. Th, 10/8, 5pm. 400 W. First St. CSU Chico, Laxson Audtorium.
SALLY DIMAS ART GALLERY: Hanging Out, Betty Benson’s birds and K.W. Moore Sr.’s bridges. Ongoing. 493 East Ave., (530) 345-3063.
UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY: Total Wreck, featuring New Jersey-bred/San Francisco-based artist Patrick Hillman’s manipulations of common household materials and forms. Through 10/9. Trinity Hall Chico State, (530) 898-5864.
Museums CHICO CREEK NATURE CENTER: Banding by Day
and Night, a close look at birds in hand with incredible detail. Ongoing. $2-$4. 1968 E. Eighth St., (530) 891-4671, www.bidwellpark.org.
CHICO MUSEUM: Mik cupu Dy: This is Our Home,
Here We Remain, presented from the perspective of the Mechoopda people, focusing on the tribe’s heritage and history and using the four seasons to delineate periods of happiness, success and tragedy. Ongoing. 141 Salem St., (530) 891-4336, www.chicomuseum.org.
GATEWAY SCIENCE MUSEUM: Modern Farming -
Land, Water, People, and Science, explore North State agriculture. Patterns of The Land, a display of quiet and pastoral agriculture images of the Sacramento Valley. Masters of the Night, Hands-on exhibit exploring bats through photos, models and interactive pieces. 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) 877-1919.
VALENE L. SMITH MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY:
From Chico to China: The Life and Travels of Valene Smith, explore Valene Smith’s journeys around the world through photos, videos and her collected artifacts. Through 10/10. Free. Meriam Library Complex Chico State.
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The surprising and the surprised Exploring the downtown Window Art Walk
LwithI ventured into downtown Chico a friend to take in some art ast Thursday evening (Oct. 1),
as 25 local businesses were holding simultanestory and ous receptions photos by for the annual Carey Wilson Window Art Walk. Formerly organized by Window Art Walk the city’s Arts Pick up art-walk programs at Kirk’s Commission, Jewelry (246 W. Third this 21st edition St.) or other partici- of the fall art/ pating businesses. business collaboration is a co-presentation of the Downtown Chico Business Association and Ninth Avenue Gallery. Our first stop was Chico Paper Co., that beacon of art on the corner of Fourth Street and Broadway. Owner Eric Metcalf and his young daughter Kili (pronounced “Kylie”) greeted us at the door and handed us an art-walk program with a map of the event, and invited us to wander through the store looking at the diverse display of cards, frames, prints, and of course original artwork. I was particularly taken by Halina Domanski’s colorful multimedia piece “Kansas City,” just inside the front entrance. (Note: In the case of venues on the map that regularly showcase art,
works aren’t limited to storefront windows.) After enjoying a few nibbles from the reception spread and a bit of a chat with Kili, who informed us she “might be running [the place] someday,” we eased out the shop door and into the pleasant early fall evening. In the nearby Birkenstock store, we enjoyed talking shoe sizes with the owner and viewing Cooie Grey-Lavin’s intricate, mosaic works before moving on to Bootleg, Susan Reed’s vintage clothing and footwear shop on Second Street, to take in the witty tile creations of artist and Rebel Tiles founder Robin Indar. Around the block, Bookstore co-owner Josh Mills showed us his own good-humored photo series, “Kids and Garbage,” depicting his children standing in front of assorted public trash receptacles. While there we enjoyed a glass of red wine, some potato chips, and chatting with Mills’ partner, Muir Hughes, former Chico Arts Commission head and maker of brilliant, hand-sewn fabric dolls inspired by her children’s art. Hughes suggested we visit the “Poet & Journalkeeping” exhibit at Magna Carta and we’re glad she did. Susan Wooldridge, poet, journal-keeper and archivist of tiny found images was a
delight to talk with about the creative process and the value of the spontaneous discovery of images and thoughts. There were a few glitches in the program provided, as evidenced by Reed’s puzzlement over Bootleg’s inclusion on the map (“Really?”), and there being no reception and no Mike Halldorson prints as listed at the Upper Crust Bakery & Eatery (the counter worker hadn’t been informed about the art walk). But there were still some wonderful discoveries to be made, including the mixed-media paintings and assemblages by Cathy Eide that were up at the Upper Crust, and the interesting range of student works at the Arts for All group show in the vacant space at 215 Main St. We finished our tour at the student exhibit, much of which addressed issues of social ills such as the obsession with self-image (see Pleasant Valley High School senior Rhiannon Miller’s evocative acrylic of two feet on a scale with measurements of “gross,” “okay,” “beautiful”), but also featured a healthy streak of youthful dark humor running through it. The downtown “window art” will be up throughout October, and guides can be picked up at participating businesses. □
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THURSDAY 10/8—WEDNESDAY 10/14 FRIDAY MORNING JAZZ: A weekly morning jazz appointment with experimental local troupe Bogg. F, 11am. Free. Café Coda, 265 Humboldt Ave., (530) 5669476, www.cafecoda.com.
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tion: Friday night happy hour with traditional Irish music by the Pub Scouts. F, 4pm. $1. Duffy’s Tavern, 337 Main St., (530) 343-7718.
OPEN MIC: Singers, poets and musicians welcome. Th, 7-10pm. Has Beans Internet Cafe & Galleria, 501 Main St., (530) 894-3033, www.hasbeans.com.
band blends world-music sounds with electronica. Th, 10/8, 7:30pm. $20. Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., 1075 E. 20th St., (530) 892-4647, www.sierra nevada.com.
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BOND & BENTLEY: Baltimore-based soul/funk. Plus, Family 4 the Night (alternative) and Chris Schadt Band (funk/rock). Th, 10/8, 8pm. The Tackle Box Bar & Grill, 379 East Park Ave., (530) 345-7499, www.tacklebox chico.com.
CHICO JAZZ COLLECTIVE: Thursday jazz.
JOHN SEID, LARRY PETERSON, STEVE COOK: Live, eclectic set of tunes. Th,
10/8, 6-9pm. Grana, 198 E. Second St.,
(530) 809-2304.
ME AND JULIO: Weekly live salsa, calypso,
Th, 8-11pm. Free. The DownLo, 319 Main St., (530) 892-2473.
DELHI 2 DUBLIN: Vancouver-based party
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Hawaiian, Afro-Cuban music. Th, 6:30pm. Farm Star Pizza, 2359 Esplanade, (530) 343-2056, www.farm starpizza.com.
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JOHN SEID, LARRY PETERSON, BOB LITTELL: Playing great tunes in a great atmosphere. F, 10/9, 7-10pm. TwoTwenty Restaurant/Lounge, 220 W. Fourth St., (530) 895-1515, http://twotwentyrestaurant.com.
LAFA TAYLOR: Oakland-based hip-hop,
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BASSMINT: A weekly electronic 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.
BILLY SHADDOX: Colorado-based folk/rock. Plus, Max Minardi (folk) and 3House (rock). F, 10/9, 9pm. $7. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave., (530) 343-4915.
FLUMSHEE: An eclectic lineup from Esquire Ali: college party band Flumshee (formerly Mother Funkers) and Fox E. Jeff. F, 10/9, 7pm. Free. The DownLo, 319 Main St., (530) 892-2473.
R&B and electronic singer/rapper/ producer is joined by AABO, FreakBeatz (house) and Boostive (hiphop). F, 10/9, 9pm. Lost On Main, 319 Main St., (530) 891-1853.
DIFFERENT FOLKS
There are a lot of different ways to interpret the term “folk music,” as evidenced by two local shows happening this week. First, clean-cut Canadian crooner David Myles and comDavid Myles pany dress in snazzy suits to deliver their polished take on the genre on Wednesday, Oct. 14, in the Oroville State Theatre lobby. Then there are locals C.A.F. and Fistful of Pennies, presenting a grittier, punk-infused take on the genre on Saturday, Oct. 10, at 1078 Gallery.
OLD SPICE: 1950s-’60s rock, country, folk
and blues. F, 10/9, 7:30pm. Shenanigan’s Bar & Grill, 3312 Esplanade Corner of Esplanade and Tonea Way, (530) 8091088.
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DANIEL HIESTAND MEMORIAL CONCERT: Chico State Wind Ensemble and the Alumni Band will perform in honor of
the late Daniel Hiestand and support the scholarship in his name. Sa, 10/10, 7:30pm. Free, donations accepted. Laxson Auditorium, Chico State, (530) 898-6333.
BOB KIRKLAND TRIO: Mandolin jazz with Chris Wenger, Mark Springer and special guest Percy Furgason. Sa, 10/10, 7-9pm. Wine Time, 26 Lost Dutchman
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C.A.F.: Chico/Jamestown folk-punk. Plus, Boom City (punk), Intelligent Elephant (alternative rock), Fistful of Pennies (folk punk) and Fight Music (totally punk). Sa, 10/10, 7:30pm. $7. 1078 Gallery, 820 Broadway, (530) 343-1973, www.1078gallery.org.
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THIS WEEK: FIND MORE ENTERTAINMENT AND SPECIAL EVENTS ON PAGE 24 RUINS: Germany-based hardcore. Plus, San Diego-based Age of Collapse (hardcore) and locals Cold Blue Mountain (heavy) and Icko Sicko (hardcore). Sa, 10/10, 8pm. $7. Monstros Pizza & Subs, 628 W. Sacramento Ave., (530) 345-7672.
TOUGH LOVE: Country/classic rock. Sa, 10/10, 8:30pm. Free. Feather Falls
Casino Brewing Co., 3 Alverda Dr. in Oroville, (530) 533-3885, www.feather fallscasino.com/brewing-co.
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Every Tuesday The Italian Garden, Paradise SEE TUESDAY
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POLYRHYTHMICS: Hard-driving, modern Afrobeat with horn-driven funk. M, 10/12, 7:30pm. $17.50. Sierra Nevada
Brewing Co., 1075 E. 20th St., (530) 8924647, www.sierranevada.com.
CHERRY ROAD GANG: Country. Sa, 10/10, 9pm. Free. Rolling Hills Casino, 2655 Barham Ave. in Corning, (530) 5283500, www.rollinghillscasino.com.
DJ MIXING MIXER: A gathering of local
DJs focusing on collaboration. Sa, 10/10, 4pm. $5. Idea Fabrication Labs, 603 Orange St., (530) 592-0609.
ESOTERIC: Local metal-reggae group reunite. Plus, The Maker’s Mile (hip-hop/ rock), Scattered Bones (rock) and Two Door Rev (punk). Sa, 10/10, 9pm. Lost On Main, 319 Main St., (530) 891-1853. 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.
YOUR M.O.M. COMEDY NIGHT: Weekly open mic comedy with 20 open slots. Signups at 8pm. M, 9pm through 8/29. No cover. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave., (530) 343-4915.
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BLUES NIGHT: Live weekly blues music
from local musicians. Tu. Italian Garden, 6929 Skyway in Paradise, (530) 876-9988, www.myspace.com/ theitaliangarden.
ISENORDAL: Metal from from Seattle. Plus, more heavy, black and doom metal from Addura and VÖYUER. Tu, 10/13, 7:30pm. 1078 Gallery, 820 Broadway, (530) 343-1973, www.1078gallery.org.
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BOGG: Live jazz. W, 10/14, 6:30pm. Free.
Red Tavern, 1250 Esplanade, (530) 8943463, www.redtavern.com.
DAVID MYLES: Modern and vintage pop,
folk and soul music. W, 10/14, 7:30pm. $25. Oroville State Theatre lobby, 1489 Myers St. in Oroville, (530) 533-4140.
PIANO NIGHT: Live piano music. W. Italian Garden, 6929 Skyway in Paradise, (530) 876-9988, www.myspace.com/ theitaliangarden.
WEEKLY JAZZ: Carey Robinson and friends play an eclectic mix of jazz standards. W, 6:30-8:30pm. Farm Star Pizza, 2359 Esplanade, (530) 343-2056, www.farmstarpizza.com.
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If you’re one of the many fans of popular local country-rock crew Northern Traditionz, you might be surprised to know that some of its members used to inspire more head-bangin’ than bootEsoteric scootin’ in their former metal/ reggae band Esoteric. The self-proclaimed “ganga-core” crew, known for encouraging fans to “light up a spliff and burn down the system,” reunites to play Lost On Main on Saturday, Oct. 10. Also playing are The Maker’s Mile, Scattered Bones and Two Door Rev. Party like it’s 2009!
319 Main St. • Downtown Chico (530) 892–2445 October 8 The Sawyer Family October 9 Lafa Taylor, BoostLive, FreakBeatz October 10 Esoteric October 14 Weird Wednesday, $1 Drink Specials October 15 Jah Fire Warriors w/ Rocker T October 16 Freakbeat’s Nebula October 21 Weird Wednesday October 21 Tubaluba @ Downlo October 21 The Stone Foxes October 25 Bandmaster Ruckus, Joan and The Rivers, I am the Albatross, Failure Machine
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But no little green men in Ridley Scott’s thrilling space epic The Martian JScott’s That may sound like a spoiler, but it’s not. Ridley spectacular new sci-fi/space-travel epic has ust to be clear—there is no Martian in
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plenty in the way of surprises and over-the-top story twists as it is, and the film “explains” the title’s significance only indirectly, by as part of the interplanetary banter Juan-Carlos Selznick streaming from its lost-in-space protagonist (Matt Damon). Botanist/astronaut Mark Watney (Damon) is stranded on Mars after a hurricane of space debris forces his fellow crew members, who believe The Martian he’s been killed, to return to Earth Starring Matt Damon, without him. That sets up a kind of Jessica Chastain, space-age Robinson Crusoe story for Chiwetel Ejiofor and Watney, who must find ways to surJeff Daniels. Directed by Ridley Scott. vive in a place where nothing grows, Cinemark 14, Feather while also trying to cobble together River Cinemas and the means of communication and Paradise Cinema 7. travel from the scavenged remnants Rated PG-13. of technology. And the realization that Watney is still alive pushes Mission Control (and, eventually, the crew on the ship headed back to Earth) into some rapidly evolving scenarios of high-pressure risk-taking in science and technology. If that sounds overly technical, rest assured that The Martian (adapted by Drew Goddard from Andy Weir’s novel) frequently pairs its scientific seriousness with the rambunctiousness of some of its characters. The stranded Watney’s early declaration—“I’m gonna science the shit out of this!”—is emblematic
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of the film and its determination to put an audiencefriendly spin on its science and its fiction. The ultimate instance of this off-the-wall approach to science and heroism comes via a solitary and otherwise oblivious math whiz (played deadpan by Donald Glover) who tosses off the mathematical miracle that will save the day. Apart from Damon and (more briefly) Jessica Chastain, the large and impressive cast has little to do apart from playing to type. (For the record, Chastain is commander of the expedition crew that includes Michael Peña and Kate Mara, while Jeff Daniels, Kristen Wiig, Sean Bean and Chiwetel Ejiofor are at Mission Control.) But no matter—the action is spectacular throughout. □
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For much of its two-hour running time, Sicario looks like
one of the very best films of the year. The subject matter (the interagency “war on drugs” in Juárez/El Paso) is topical and grim, but director Denis Villeneuve (Incendies, Prisoners) and first-time screenwriter Taylor Sheridan give an account of it that is uncommonly rich in character and ferociously alert to moral complexities. Emily Blunt plays a tightly wound FBI agent who is enlisted to work with a task force led by an amiably gonzo government “contractor” (Josh Brolin, in full picaresque mode). That puts her alongside the shady-looking Alejandro (Benicio Del Toro), a taskforce participant whose motives and allegiances are
one of the story’s more convoluted puzzles. Ace cinematographer Roger Deakins does great work with the story’s terrain, the desert topography as well as the social landscape. And Jóhann Johannsson’s growling electronic score is integral at every
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Opening this week Apu Trilogy: Pather Pangali (1955)
The Pageant is kicking off its new Cinematheque Presents repertory film series with a showing of the Apu Trilogy, three landmark works of Indian cinema that will be shown over the next three weekends. First up: Pather Pangali. Pageant Theatre. Not rated.
The Exorcist (1973)
For October, the Pageant’s Late Show series will feature a different classic horror flick every week, along with classic horror trailers and a bar catered by KZFR. This week, Saturday, Oct. 10, at 10 p.m. (film starts at 11 p.m.): The Exorcist. Rated R. Pageant Theatre.
Goodnight Mommy
An Austrian horror/thriller about a fastidious woman in a woodsy retreat recovering from plastic surgery with her two twin boys who become increasingly worried that all might not be as it seems as their mother’s bizarre behavior starts to escalate. Pageant Theatre. Rated R.
He Named Me Malala
A documentary on the events leading up to the Taliban’s attack on teenage Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai, who would, at the age of 17, go on to become the youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13.
Pan
A British/American fantasy/adventure flick that tells the origin story of young Peter Pan and Captain Hook. Starring Hugh Jackman, Garrett Hedlund, Rooney Mara and young Levi Miller as Pan. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG.
The Walk
Robert Zemeckis (Cast Away, Forrest Gump) directs this biopic of Philippe Petit’s quest to walk a high-wire between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in 1974. Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG.
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Johnny Depp plays the notorious gangster James “Whitey” Bulger and he’s superb. His character dominates and he performs accordingly, but the film’s multicharacter mixture of crime story and morality play is strongest in its portrayal of John Connolly (Joel Edgerton), an ambitious FBI agent with lifelong ties to south Boston and the Irish neighborhood they both grew up in. Connolly’s moral wager—that he can be loyal to both the FBI and Whitey—is the centerpiece in the film’s gallery of morally compromised warrior types. Cops and robbers alike charge boldly through their respective confusions of high-minded aspirations and lowlife brutalities. Bold, quick-witted decision-making blends more and more into devastating self-deceptions. Director Scott
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A 3-D disaster flick based on the real-life 1993 blizzard that slammed two expeditions on Mount Everest. Featuring a star-studded cast including Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin, Emily Watson and Jake Gyllenhaal. Cinemark 14 and Feather River Cinemas. Rated PG-13.
Grandma
Lily Tomlin stars as a woman who embarks on an adventure with her 18-year-old granddaughter (Julia Garner), who has dropped by out of the blue because she desperately needs $600 by the end of the day. Pageant Theatre. Rated R.
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See review this issue. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R —J.C.S.
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See review this issue. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R —J.C.S.
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M. Night Shyamalan’s “comeback” is mainly brisk, generic entertainment—a comic horror film that’s smartly conventional, amusingly silly and generally mild-mannered. The story premise has a single mom, long alienated from her parents, sending her children off for a first-ever visit with their grandparents but refusing to go with them herself. The grandparents look “normal” enough at first, but hints of family secrets and other worrisome stuff start edging into view almost immediately. The characters, of course, are little more than pawns in the games that this kind of story tends to play, but you could also say that they are pawns in the games that Shyamalan is playing with those stories here. There are touches of parody and satire in some of it, and the outlandish plotting indulges the wishful thinking of movie audiences while remaining mostly indifferent to murders that, outside the artificial safety of a genre movie, would have left some very large emotional scars. Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13 —J.C.S.
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Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG.
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Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG.
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Here’s to adding pumpkin ale to your holiday recipes lous. The calendar hadn’t “H even flipped to fall this year
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and the words “pumpkin spice” started showing up everywhere— on coffee menus, vodka labels, story and Pringles cans and photos by Jason Cassidy on many, many bottles of beer. j aso nc @ As much as I new srev i ew. c o m like beer, I’m not a fan of pumpkin ales. I’m not a pumpkin-spice hater or anything; I like pumpkin pie and other desserts incorporating its key ingredients—pumpkin, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves. But I’d prefer to keep the source dessert and the beer separate and enjoy them side-by-side in a complementary pairing: say a slice of maple pumpkin pie with a nice brown ale or maybe a barrelaged stout. With that said, I’ve found a use for the very popular seasonal beer: as an ingredient in holiday food. A couple of years ago, I received a copy of Beer Advocate magazine that featured a recipe for bacon, pork and beer stuffing (you had me at “bacon, pork and beer”) cooked in a pumpkin and using pumpkin ale as a key ingredient. I made it for a Thanksgiving dinner with family, and the bubbling meat oozing from the top of the pumpkin made for an impressive presentation, while the beer (I used Dogfish Head’s Punkin’ Ale) added a deep richness to the decadent stuffing.
This year, I want to add a beerbased dessert to the spread, so I experimented with a recipe I found on the beer-food blog at www.brook lynbrewshop.com for pumpkin-beer cupcakes with stout frosting. I used Coronado Brewing Co.’s Punk’in Drublic imperial pumpkin ale and the cupcakes came out amazingly moist with the perfect balance of spices. For the frosting, I added a reduced Ninkasi Vanilla Oatis, an oatmeal stout with vanilla, and though it is an amazing malty, toasty complement to the cupcake, there is a little residual bitterness from the concentration of toasted malts after reduction. I enjoyed the bitter quality, but it can easily be avoided by switching out the reduction for some brewer’s malt extract (available locally, in dry or syrup form, at the Home Brew Shop, 1570 Nord Ave.). For the ideal pairing with these cupcakes, I’d seek out a gigantic bourbon-barrel-aged stout (Sierra Nevada’s Narwhal comes to mind), and for the rich stuffing (recipe included with online version of this story at www.newsreview.com/ chico), maybe something bright and light like Victory Beer Co.’s Prima Pils. Pumpkin beer cupcakes (adapted from Brooklynbrewshop.com) Cupcake ingredients: 2 cups all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon ground cloves 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg 2 large eggs 2 cups canned pumpkin puree 4 tablespoons butter, melted 1 cup pumpkin beer 1 cup sugar 1 cup brown sugar, packed Frosting ingredients: 1 1/2 cup stout beer, reduced to syrup (or replace with 1/4 cup brewer’s malt extract, dry or syrup) 2 cups confectioner’s sugar 3/4 cup salted butter
Start stout reduction for your frosting. Pour stout beer into saucepan. Cook over medium heat until reduced to syrup. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350 and line cupcake trays (makes 24). Sift together all dry ingredients except for the sugars, set aside. In another bowl beat together wet ingredients with the brown and white sugars. Mix dry and wet mixtures until well combined. Spoon batter into cupcake trays (nearly to the top of each). Bake 25 minutes. Beat together cooled stoutbeer reduction (or brewer’s malt extract) with butter and powdered sugar. Frost cooled cupcakes. Cheers! □
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Untouchable Speakeasy Ales & Lagers IPA To stand out from the IPA crowd, brewers are increasingly looking to different hop varieties and combinations to bring new flavors to the hop-forward ale. Many breweries now produce a few different takes on the style. The Speakasy Untouchable IPA is one of four beers currently part of the San Francisco brewery’s Limited Series of small-batch releases, and one of at least six IPAs in its portfolio. “Armed with a heavy dose of Nelson sauvin and centennial hops,” this is one bold yet well-balanced IPA that really does stand out. The overall character is not quite as juicy as one might expect from something starring the normally tropical-tasting Nelson hops (grown in New Zealand), but there is a bit of a white-wine fruitiness in the mix. There’s also a some grapefruit and, for me, an unexpected spicy bite that provides a pleasing contrast to the somewhat sticky sweetness of the copper-colored brew. Untouchable is a very unique and well-executed beer, with a full body, big flavors and a clean finish. Not your average IPA. —Jason Cassidy
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ART OF BEER I think we’ve pretty well covered everything beer that’s hap-
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• Author reading: Chico/San Francisco sculptor/writer Jerry Harris will be signing and reading from his novel, Mad Black Men and Swedes, this Sunday, Oct. 11, 11:30 a.m.-3p.m., at the Wildcat Store on the Chico State campus. • Your art in public: Chico Paper Co. is holding a contest to decide on a new piece of art to be on permanent display on the Fourth Street side of its building. Finished works must be 48-by-48 inches. Send 7-by-7-inch, 72dpi proposals to cpcartists@gmail.com. Include name, contact info and details about your medium. Deadline: Oct. 15. • Build a ghost ship! There’s going to be a Haunted Regatta in Oroville! Make your kayak or canoe super rad and scary and ride down the river, starting at Riverbend Park, on Oct. 25, at 7 p.m. (load-in at 5 p.m.), and help raise money for Santa’s Li’l Helpers (a charity that gives Christmas gifts to needy kids). Entry is $20 for regatta and after party ($10 for just after party). Get tickets at River Reflections RV or A-1 Appliance in Oroville. Ghost ship!
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For the week oF october 8, 2015 ARIES (March 21-April 19): If I warned
you not to trust anyone, I hope you would reject my simplistic fear-mongering. If I suggested that you trust everyone unconditionally, I hope you would dismiss my delusional naiveté. But it’s important to acknowledge that the smart approach is far more difficult than those two extremes. You’ve got to evaluate each person and even each situation on a caseby-case basis. There may be unpredictable folks who are trustworthy some of the time, but not always. Can you be both affably open-hearted and slyly discerning? It’s especially important that you do so in the next 16 days.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): As I meditated on your astrological aspects, I had an intuition that I should go to a gem fair I’d heard about. It was at an event center near my home. When I arrived, I was dazzled to find a vast spread of minerals, fossils, gemstones and beads. Within a few minutes, two stones had commanded my attention, as if they’d reached out to me telepathically: chrysoprase, a green gemstone, and petrified wood, a mineralized fossil streaked with earth tones. The explanatory note next to the chrysoprase said that if you keep this gem close to you, it “helps make conscious what has been unconscious.” Ownership of the petrified wood was described as conferring “the power to remove obstacles.” I knew these were the exact oracles you needed. I bought both stones, took them home and put them on an altar dedicated to your success in the coming weeks.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): George R.
R. Martin has written a series of fantasy novels collectively called A Song of Ice and Fire. They have sold 60 million copies and been adapted for the TV series Game of Thrones. Martin says the inspiration for his master work originated with the pet turtles he owned as a kid. The creatures lived in a toy castle in his bedroom, and he pretended they were knights and kings and other royal characters. “I made up stories about how they killed each other and betrayed each other and fought for the kingdom,” he has testified. I think the next seven months will be a perfect time for you to make a comparable leap, Gemini. What’s your version of Martin’s turtles? And what valuable asset can you turn it into?
CANCER (June 21-July 22): The editors
of the Urban Dictionary provide a unique definition of the word “outside.” They say it’s a vast, uncomfortable place that surrounds your home. It has no ceiling or walls or carpets, and contains annoying insects and random loud noises. There’s a big yellow ball in the sky that’s always moving around and changing the temperature in inconvenient ways. Even worse, the “outside” is filled with strange people that are constantly doing deranged and confusing things. Does this description match your current sense of what “outside” means, Cancerian? If so, that’s OK. For now, enjoy the hell out of being inside.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): We all go through
phases when we are tempted to believe in the factuality of every hostile, judgmental and random thought that our monkey mind generates. I am not predicting that this is such a time for you. But I do want to ask you to be extra-skeptical toward your monkey mind’s fabrications. Right now it’s especially important that you think as coolly and objectively as possible. You can’t afford to be duped by anyone’s crazy talk, including your own. Be extravigilant in your quest for the raw truth.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Do you know
about the ancient Greek general Pyrrhus? At the Battle of Asculum in 279 B.C., his army technically defeated Roman forces, but his casualties were so substantial that he ultimately lost the war. You can and you must avoid a comparable scenario. Fighting for your cause is good only if it doesn’t wreak turmoil and bewilderment. If you want to avoid an outcome in which both sides lose, you’ve got to engineer a result in which both sides win. Be a cagey compromiser.
by rob brezsny LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): If I could give
you a birthday present, it would be a map to your future treasure. Do you know which treasure I’m referring to? Think about it as you fall asleep on the next eight nights. I’m sorry I can’t simply provide you with the instructions you’d need to locate it. The cosmic powers tell me you have not yet earned that right. The second-best gift I can offer, then, will be clues about how to earn it. Clue No. 1: Meditate on the differences between what your ego wants and what your soul needs. No. 2: Ask yourself, “What is the most unripe part of me?”, and then devise a plan to ripen it. No. 3: Invite your deep mind to give you insights you haven’t been brave enough to work with until now. No. 4: Take one medium-sized bold action every day.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Galway
Kinnell’s poem “Middle of the Way” is about his solo trek through the snow on Oregon’s Mount Gauldy. As he wanders in the wilderness, he remembers an important truth about himself: “I love the day / The sun … But I know [that] half my life belongs to the wild darkness.” According to my reading of the astrological omens, Scorpio, now is a good time for you, too, to refresh your awe and reverence for the wild darkness—and to recall that half your life belongs to it. Doing so will bring you another experience Kinnell describes: “an inexplicable sense of joy, as if some happy news had been transmitted to me directly, by-passing the brain.”
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):
The last time I walked into a McDonald’s and ordered a meal was 1984. Nothing that the restaurant chain serves up is appealing to my taste or morality. I do admire its adaptability, however. In cow-loving India, McDonald’s only serves vegetarian fare that includes deep-fried cheese and potato patties. In Israel, kosher McFalafels are available. Mexicans order their McMuffins with refried beans and pico de gallo. At a McDonald’s in Singapore, you can order McRice burgers. This is the type of approach I advise for you right now, Sagittarius. Adjust your offerings for your audience.
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You have been flirting with your “alone at the top” reveries. I won’t be surprised if one night you have a dream of riding on a Ferris wheel that malfunctions, leaving you stranded at the highest point. What’s going on? Here’s what I suspect: In one sense you are zesty and farseeing. Your competence and confidence are waxing. At the same time, you may be out of touch with what’s going on at ground level. Your connection to the depths is not as intimate as your relationship with the heights. The moral of the story might be to get in closer contact with your roots. Or be more attentive to your support system. Or buy new shoes and underwear.
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as MODERN BUILDING, INC. at 3083 Southgate Lane Chico, CA 95928. MODERN BUILDING, INC. 3038 Southgate Lane Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by a Corporation. Signed: GARY FOWLER, VP Dated: August 26, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001073 Published: September 17,24, October 1,8, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as THE EDITORS’ CONSORTIUM, LLC at 527 Rio Lindo Ave Suite 104E Chico, CA 95926. THE EDITORS’ CONSORTIUM, LLC 3637 Bridle Lane Chico, CA 95973. PETER WILLINGHAM 3637 Bridle Lane Chico, CA 95973. MARGARET J ZOOK 3637 Bridle Lane Chico, CA 95973. This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company. Signed: PETER M WILLINGHAM, COO Dated: August 28, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001086 Published: September 17,24, October 1,8, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as RUMI MARIE’S at 1324 Mangrove Avenue Chico, CA 95926. GINA MARIE MUNOZ 9 Hillsboro Circle Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: GINA MUNOZ Dated: September 4, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001120 Published: September 17,24, October 1,8, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as GRIFFIN INDUSTRIES at 7 Three Sevens Lane Chico, CA 95973. KRIS W GANNON 976 Honey Run Road Chico, CA 95928. JASON JOSEPH PETERS 976 Honey Run Road Chico, CA 95928. ROBERT PETERS 1010 Honey Run Road Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by a General Partnership. Signed: ROBERT PETERS Dated: September 10, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001136 Publsihed: September 17,24, October 1,8, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as FEATSTER, SKYWAY ADVENTURES at 4425 Willow Springs Road Chico, CA 95928. PAUL GAMACHE 4425 Willow Springs Road Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: PAUL GAMACHE Dated: September 10, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001141 Published: September 17,24, October 1,8, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as DISCOUNT CIGARETTES at 1124 Oro Dam Blvd #J Oroville, CA 95965. MAZEN HANOUN 14 Nicole Ln Chico, CA 95926. TONY NAOUM JARJOUR 2995 Lower Wyandotte Ave #4 Oroville, CA 95966. This business is conducted by a General Partnership. Signed: MAZEN HANOUN Dated: August 26, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001075 Published: September 17,24, October 1,8, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as PAGURO CONSULTING at 1107 Chestnut Street Chico, CA 95928. LUCA PADELLA 1107 Chestnut Street Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: LUCA PADELLA Dated: August 25, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001058 Published: September 17,24, October 1,8, 2015
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FICTIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as CALIFORNIA ORGANIC FLOWERS LLC at 2044 Oakway Chico, CA 95973. CALIFORNIA ORGANIC FLOWERS LLC 2044 Oakway Chico, CA 95973. This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company. Signed: MARC A KESSLER, OWNER Dated: August 26, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001076 Published: September 24, October 1,8,15, 2015
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as SIMHA YOGA at 175 Falcons Pointe Dr Chico, CA 95928. JULIA KASZA 175 Falcons Pointe Dr Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: JULIA KASZA Dated: August 28, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001091 Published: September 24, October 1,8,15, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as TACOS CORTES at 1530 Park Ave Chico, CA 95928. ROBBIN MAREE PARKS 3261 Nord Ave Chico, CA 95973. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: ROBBIN M PARKS Dated: September 2, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001106 Published: September 24, October 1,8,15, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as CHICO PHOTOGRAPHY at 225 Main Street Ste B Chico, CA 95928. SEAN Y CHEN 1583 Borman Way Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: SEAN Y. CHEN Dated: August 28, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001092 Published: September 24, October 1,8,15, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as ADDISON MOUNTAIN PRODUCTS at 18056 Deer Creek Highway Forest Ranch, CA 95942. KURTIS LON SALVAGNO 18171 Deer Creek Highway Forest Ranch, CA 95942. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: KURTIS SALVAGNO Dated: August 27, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001083 Published: September 24, October 1,8,15, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as FINNEGAN’S JUG at 1084 E. 1st Ave Chico, CA 95926. FADI ABDULMASIH 424 Windhim Way Chico, CA 95973. RITA ABDULMASIH 424 Windhim Way Chico, CA 95973. This business is conducted by a Married Couple. Signed: FRANK Dated: September 10, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001137 Published: October 1,8,15,22, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as GNARLY DELI at 2 Hunter Ct. Chico, CA 95928. NICKLAS STILES 2 Hunter Ct. Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: NICK STILES Dated: September 10, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001138 Published: October 1,8,15,22, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as SERENE PROFESSIONAL CLEANING SERVICES at 287 E 12th Street Chico, CA 95928. ALEXIS MARIE GARRETT 287 E 12th Street Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: ALEXIS GARRETT Dated: September 18, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001177 Published: October 1,8,15,22, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as GAMER 2 GAMER at 930 Ivy Street Chico, CA 95928. WHITMAN R.A.D. BURKE 930 Ivy Street Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: WHITMAN BURKE Dated: September 10, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001139 Published: October 1,8,15,22, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as AMERICAN BUSINESS SERVICE at 83 Artesia Drive Chico, CA 95973-5611 LINDA L STARK, TRUSTEE OF THE STARK FAMILY TRUST 17 La Bella Court Chico, CA 95973. RANDALL C. STARK, TRUSTEE OF THE STARK FAMILY TRUST 17 La Bella Court Chico, CA 95973-8222 This business is conducted by a Trust Signed: RANDALL C. STARK Dated: September 18, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001175 Published: October 1,8,15,22, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as TABLE GAME SOLUTIONS at 3975 Hildale Avenue, Oroville, CA 95966. KEVIN FEUERSTEIN 3975 Hildale Avenue, Oroville, CA 95966. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: KEVIN FEUERSTEIN Dated: September 14, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001155 Published: October 1,8,15,22, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as TINA’S MINI MART at 1350 Longfellow Ave Chico, CA 95926. TINAPREET OIL INC 905 Plumas Ave Plumes Lake, CA 95961. This business is conducted by a Corporation.
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as HANDYMAN JACK’S at 1955 Modoc Drive Chico, CA 95928. JOHN RAY MEAD 1955 Modoc Drive Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: JOHN MEAD Dated: September 18, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001172 Published: October 1,8,15,22, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as AB FLOOR SERVICES at 48 Quista Dr Chico, CA 95926. AMY BRECHEISEN 48 Quista Dr Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: AMY BRECHEISEN Dated: October 2, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001239 Published: October 8,15,22,29, 2015
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as HASHI ASIAN TO GO at 1600 Mangrove #175 Chico, CA 95926. FORCELLA ITALIAN BISTRO INC 26 Porchlight Chico, CA 95973. AARON JOHNSON 26 Porchlight Chico, CA 95973. JON MEYER 23 Highland Cir Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by a Corporation. Signed: JON MEYER, OWNER Dated: September 29, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001219 Published: October 8,15,22,29, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as HAPPY GARDEN RESTAURANT at 7188 Skyway Paradise, CA 95969. CHUN SHENG CHU 7188 Skyway Paradise, CA 95969. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: CHU CHUN SHENG Dated: September 22, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001189 Published: October 8,15,22,29, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as MTL CONTRACTING at 3557 Bridle Lane Chico, CA 95973. STEVE BLADORN 3557 Bridle Ln Chico, CA 95973. JAMIE TURNER 9137 Midway Durham, CA 95938. This business is conducted by a General Partnership. Signed: JAMIE TURNER Dated: September 3, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001110 Published: October 8,15,22,29, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as BLUE OAK LIVESCAN AND NOTARY at 2279 Fern Ave Chico, CA 95926. KATIE LYN CARMICHAEL-BUELL 2279 Fern Ave Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: KATE CARMICHAEL-BUELL Dated: September 28, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001214 Published: October 8,15,22,29, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as GOLDEN FEATHER MARKETPLACE at 751 W Oro Dam Blvd Oroville, CA 95965. RIVER MARKETPLACE, LLC 8924 E Pinnacle Peak Rd G5-670 Scottsdale, AZ 85255. This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company. Signed: CHERYL L. MENDEZ, MANAGER Dated: August 27, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001078 Published: October 8,15,22,29, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as THE MONOGRAM SHOPPE, UNIFORMS-TUXEDOS AND MORE, INC. at 189 E 9th Ave Chico, CA 95926. UNIFORMS, TUXEDOS AND MORE, INC. 189 E 9th Ave Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by a Corporation. Signed: THOMAS DELOREY Dated: September 23, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001193 Published: October 8,15,22,29, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as EARTHSHED SOLUTIONS at 283 Kelly Ridge Road Orovill, CA. EARTHSHED SOLUTIONS INC 283 Kelly Ridge Road. This business is conducted by a Corporation. Signed: HEATHER GRAY, SECRETARY Dated: September 25, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001208 Published: October 8,15,22,29, 2015
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236 Estate Drive Chico, CA 95928. ISAAC J SCHAEFFER 236 Estates Drive Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: ISAAC J. SCHAEFFER Dated: August 28, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001093 Published: October 8,15,22,29, 2015
NOTICES NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE RICHARD A. BAKER aka RICHARD ALLEN BAKER To all heirs and beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: RICHARD A. BAKER aka RICHARD ALLEN BAKER A Petition for Probate has been filed by: MARLYN J. BAKER in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte. The Petition for Probate requests that: MARLYN J. BAKER be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. The Petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: October 13, 2015 Time: 9:00a.m. Dept: C-18 Address of the court: Superior Court of California County of Butte 1775 Concord Ave. Chico, CA 95926. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal repre- sentative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or per- sonal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and le- gal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a
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Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: RAUL J. LECLERC P.O. Drawer 111 Oroville, CA 95965 (530) 533-5661 Case Number: PR41599 Dated: September 17, 2015 Published: September 24, October 1,8, 2015
NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE JANICE M. KENT aka JANICE MELVA KENT To all heirs and beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: JANICE M. KENT aka JANICE MELVA KENT A Petition for Probate has been filed by: BEVERLY J. WALKER in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte. The Petition for Probate requests that: BEVERLY J. WALKER be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The Petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: October 13, 2015 Time: 9:00a.m. Dept: C-18 Address of the court: Superior Court of California County of Butte 1775 Concord Ave. Chico, CA 95926. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal repre- sentative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or per- sonal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and le- gal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in
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Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: RAUL J. LECLERC P.O. Drawer 111 Oroville, CA 95965 (530) 533-5661 Case Number: PR41600 Dated: September 17, 2015 Published: September 24, October 1,8, 2015
NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE AARON G. ISBELL, aka AARON ISBELL, aka AARON GENE ISBELL To all heirs and beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: AARON G. ISBELL, aka AARON ISBELL, aka AARON GENE ISBELL A Petition for Probate has been filed by: HEIDI E. ISBELL in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte. The Petition for Probate requests that: HEIDI E. ISBELL be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The Petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: October 20, 2015 Time: 9:00a.m. Dept: C-18 Address of the court: Superior Court of California County of Butte 1775 Concord Ave. Chico, CA 95926. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal repre- sentative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or per- sonal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and le- gal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court
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clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: RAUL J. LECLERC P.O. Drawer 111 Oroville, CA 95965 (530) 533-5661 Case Number: PR41609 Dated: September 23, 2015 Published: October 1,8,15, 2015
NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE DARLENE G. BACON aka DARLENE GAIL BACON To all heirs and beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: DARLENE G. BACON aka DARLENE GAIL BACON A Petition for Probate has been filed by: MICHAEL T. BACON in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte. The Petition for Probate requests that: MICHAEL T. BACON be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The Petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: November 3, 2015 Time: 9:00a.m. Dept: Probate Address of the court: Superior Court of California County of Butte 1775 Concord Ave. Chico, CA 95926. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal repre- sentative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or per- sonal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and le- gal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: NICOLE R. PLOTTEL 3120 Cohasset Rd., Ste 10 Chico, CA 95973
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(530) 893-2882 Case Number: PR41623 Dated: September 30, 2015 Published: October 8,15,22, 2015
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner BRIAN STRACNER filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: BRIAN NEAL JEREMIAH STRACNER Proposed name: BRIAN NEIL JEREMIAH SROTANANDA THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: October 30, 2015 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: STEPHEN E. BENSON Dated: September 08, 2015 Case Number: 164921 Published: September 17,24, October 1,8, 2015
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner BAO YANG filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: BAO YANG Proposed name: KARI BAO YANG THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: November 13, 2015 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: STEPHEN E. BENSON Dated: September 25, 2015 Case Number: 164638 Published: October 1,8,15,22, 2015
THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: November 20, 2015 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: MICHAEL P. CANDELA Dated: September 29, 2015 Case Number: 164944 Published: October 8,15,22,29, 2015
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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner NORMA ARACELI RAMIREZ filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: NORMA ARACELI RAMIREZ Proposed name: NORMA ARACELI SANTAROSA
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TOWN
PRICE
BR/BA
SQ. FT.
ADDRESS
TOWN
PRICE
BR/BA
SQ. FT.
498 Mill Creek Dr
Chico
$410,000.00
4/ 3
2151
4291 Keith Ln
Chico
$293,000.00
3/ 2
1776
234 W 4th Ave
Chico
$360,000.00
3/ 3
1753
5 Parktree Ct
Chico
$284,000.00
3/ 2
1558
1457 Sale Ave
Chico
$354,000.00
3/ 2
1724
6 Vermillion Cir
Chico
$282,500.00
3/ 1.5
1460
331 Southbury Ln
Chico
$340,000.00
3/ 2
1544
2530 Valhalla Pl
Chico
$277,500.00
3/ 2
1502
1175 Hobart St
Chico
$332,500.00
5/ 2
1960
109 Winchester Ct
Chico
$265,000.00
3/ 2
1215
1678 Park View Ln
Chico
$330,000.00
3/ 2
1843
31 Kobe Loop
Chico
$259,000.00
3/ 2
1402
22 River Wood Loop
Chico
$327,000.00
3/ 2
1663
29 San Ramon Dr
Chico
$249,000.00
4/ 2.5
1523
1910 Potter Rd
Chico
$315,000.00
3/ 2
1815
28 Alameda Park Cir
Chico
$245,000.00
2/ 2.5
1566
323 Mission Serra Ter
Chico
$309,000.00
3/ 2.5
1797
1911 Mars Way
Chico
$240,000.00
3/ 1
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Sat. 11-1 206 Windrose (X St: Eaton) 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 1,621 Sq. Ft. $319,000 Brandon Siewert 828-4597
Sat. 2-4 1539 W. 5th Ave (X St: Pomona Ave) 2 Bd / 2 Ba, 1,123 Sq.Ft. $250,000 Steve Kasprzyk 518-4850
Sat. 11-4 448 Juniper Street (X St: Vallombrosa) 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 1,413 Sq. Ft. $315,000 Paul Champlin 828-2902
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The following houses were sold in Butte County by real estate agents or private parties during the week of September 21, 2015 – September 25, 2015. 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
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BR/BA
SQ. FT.
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PRICE
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SQ. FT.
20 Pebblewood Pines Dr
Chico
$240,000.00
3/ 1.5
1487
20 Linda Loma Dr
Oroville
$272,000.00
3/ 2.5
1960
1172 Lupin Ave
Chico
$232,000.00
3/ 2
1228
7 Palm Vista Ln
Oroville
$240,000.00
3/ 2
2544
11 Alameda Park Cir
Chico
$224,000.00
2/ 2
1452
2 Casa Loma Way
Oroville
$204,000.00
3/ 2
1328
9 Glenshire Ln
Chico
$221,500.00
3/ 2
1231
2 Wildflower Ter
Oroville
$199,000.00
3/ 2
1640
471 E 3rd St
Chico
$205,000.00
1/ 1
1057
15 Acacia Ave
Oroville
$185,000.00
2/ 1.5
1409
1359 E 10th St
Chico
$180,000.00
2/ 1
796
24 Rosita Way
Oroville
$165,000.00
3/ 2
1556
2055 Amanda Way 4
Chico
$163,000.00
3/ 2
1244
39 La Cresenta Dr
Oroville
$155,000.00
3/ 2.5
1864
1865 Snow Goose Ct
Gridley
$255,000.00
4/ 2
2478
31 Linda Dr
Oroville
$148,000.00
3/ 1.5
1246
1036 Sage St
Gridley
$155,000.00
4/ 2
1654
3571 Morningside Dr
Oroville
$136,000.00
2/ 1
1080
1425 Indiana St
Gridley
$142,000.00
3/ 1.5
1080
2407 Oro Quincy Hwy
Oroville
$118,000.00
2/ 1
1116
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