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each candidate’s supporters have of the other.”
Two of the leading Democrats in the presidential
This isn’t a time for division or divisiveness.
primary, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, have
With the president impeached by House Democrats
gotten a lot of media coverage the past few weeks
but likely to be acquitted by Republicans in his
for a remark Sanders allegedly made to Warren in the
Senate trial, like-minded people need to band
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aftermath of the 2018 midterm elections about the
together. We’ve already seen what happens
prospects of a woman running for president. We don’t
otherwise.
see any good from this publicity.
Hillary Clinton—counterargument No. 1 to any
Set aside the question about whether or not
publicity is good publicity—won the popular vote
Sanders said a woman couldn’t beat Donald Trump.
convincingly but lost electorally pivotal states by thin
The problem, in our opinion, is not a memory match
margins. Sanders, runner-up for the nomination, had
between two senators. Rather, it’s the return of wedge
urged his backers to vote for her, and made dozens
politics from 2016—the cannibalism that helped
of campaign speeches on her behalf. Yet, a segment
Trump reach the White House.
of them refused. It was Bernie or bust; Hillary was
Monday (Jan. 20), as the candidates locked arms
tainted.
on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Politico published
Speaking of Clinton, her recent incendiary
an article about the mood in Iowa ahead of the
comments about Sanders—that he’s a career politi-
caucuses on Feb. 3, exactly a month before the
cian whom nobody likes and wants to work with,
California primary.
among other things—certainly aren’t helping the
“Interviews with more than two-dozen voters ...
situation.
made clear that the hard feelings between the two
But back to the 2020 primary and the new rift. Did
progressive icons have extended to their support-
Warren create it for political gain? Did she do so for a
ers,” the report said. “Despite Warren and Sanders’
greater good of exposing hypocrisy? That’s a matter for
attempts to move on … the interviews show that the
debate. What’s undeniable is whoever wins this skirmish
collision has at least temporarily colored the opinions
will have a tougher battle with the real enemy.
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By that I mean I sit down and try to describe it, or draw
B!Climate change. War. Political divide. I read what it looks or feels like, or write about it, like I’m
recently that even people pleased with President doing here.
Trump are filled with a terrible dread of what might It changes a hidden thing to bring it into view. On
happen if he loses re-election.the one hand, it seems less scary, not buried away in
I’m in the same boat. When I your gut or your mind. But it also is treating it with
smell smoke in the air, I often feel respect, like the old phrase, give the devil his due. And
a little wave of panic hit me, the in so doing, you are treating yourself with respect.
residue of losing a home to the I know there is a counter view to handling awful
Camp Fire. I could scarcely wait for emotions like dread—why feed a fire, give it air? To
the rains to come this winter, check-which I would say, if you can distract yourself from it,
ing the weather forecasts, reading turn away from it, let go of it, rejoice. Do what works
the wind levels with a knot in my for you. If there was one sure road to contentment, we
stomach.would all know it by now.
I wish I knew a way to get rid What we do know is that we can’t as individuals
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of dread—I would happily see my remove all sources of dread—fix the climate, end war,
therapy practice dwindle and read end strife. We can, however, give voice to our hope,
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the newspaper without a clenched speak of injustice, come alive, each of us. Strangely,
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exhausted and happier to the most recent Job Openings and
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with myself and those Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS), job
Re “Self-care
around me—more than openings in November dropped by a
basics” (Cover story,
I have been in years. massive 561,000, the biggest annual
Healthlines, etc., by
Reading this issue was drop since the financial crisis!
CN&R staff, Jan. 16):
cathartic!The Trump tax cuts have been
I have an affinity
used by corporate America to set
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for “Self Care 101,”
four consecutive quarterly records
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for stock buybacks, inflating the
editor’s Crohn’s disease flare-up
stock market. Commercial and
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consumer debt have increased and
31), mindfulness (I practice with
Re “But … the economy” (Letters,
the government has set peacetime
varying degrees of diligence), diet
by John Blenkush, Jan. 16):
deficit spending records, soon to
(I fast 12 hours a day), exercise
There is a major problem with
reach $1 trillion.
(I walk or bike daily), and sleep
John Blenkush’s recent letter on the
You would have to be dreaming or
(always a strength of mine).
Trump economy. It doesn’t appear
not paying attention to believe what
And although I’m not in
to be true. The real unemployment
our government tells you about our
therapy, I meet a dear friend with a
numbers are nearly double the
economic situation. Blenkush is right
doctorate in the behavioral health
published number. Since the Clinton
about one thing: We’re “uninformed.”
field once a month for lunch. I also
administration, the U.S. Bureau of
No honest news from the Corporate
practice all the “Taking extra care”
Labor Statistics has used the U-3 rate
Propaganda Ministry, our media.
recommendations, most of them
to calculate unemployment instead of
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with vigor.
the historic U-6 rate. The U-3 doesn’t
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count the “underemployed,” people
been more 201 than 101 the past
who work part-time and desire
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12 months, with some hiccups. I
full-time jobs or are employed below
started feeling whole a month ago
their education level. Re “Poor get poorer in Trump’s
when I gave up self-medicating
Also not counted are “discour-economy” (Guest comment, by
with adrenaline via video games.
aged workers,” people who are no
Today, I’m less irritable, less
longer seeking work. Also, according
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Roger S. Beadle, Jan. 9):For these reasons and many growth, not outsiders who want to
Fixed Right,
others, Sue Hilderbrand deserves make a buck.
Dear Mr. Beadle: I just read
your piece in the guest comment your vote.We have known Sue since we
Right Now!
and about lost it. You claim the moved to Butte County. We’ve
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economy is not good; I’m not sure Dijdp seen her bring together diverse
you would have a clue when it is groups of people to work on a
common cause. One of the things
good. You claim that people are I’m observing something very inter-
having to work more than one job esting in the District 4 supervisor’s we appreciate about Sue is that she
listens to people. We need someone
to make ends meet. I’m not really race. I see a few liberal Democrats
sure how that is Trump’s fault? endorsing Tod Kimmelshue in that with her energy and commitment
We raised the minimum wage in race. They say he’s a nice fellow to bring people together to solve
this state and it keeps going up, but and a reasonable moderate and they problems.
all that will happen is businesses appear to believe he would enact Sue Hilderbrand will listen to
regular folk and take their issues
will go out of business due to not their vision of what is best for Butte
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being able to pay people that much County.seriously. We need her as a Butte
money. No business owner would Then I see him getting enthusi-County supervisor.
stand for such nonsense. You do astic support from some far-right
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too, so when the value meal is no obviously believe he’s one of them
longer a value it hurts them worse. and will enact their vision of what
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The unemployment rate is the is best for Butte County—a very
Jan. 30 is the 101st birthday of
lowest it’s ever been, the economy different vision from the other
Fred T. Korematsu, a California
is red hot as jobs are everywhere. group.
state holiday. Korematsu was an
Please give credit where it is
Then he’s getting quite a lot
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American civil rights activist who
due, and the fact that companies of financial support from outside
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refused to go to this country’s
love less regulation is showing in business interests who don’t care a
incarceration camps for families
this booming economy.lick what’s good for Butte County,
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of Japanese descent during World
but must believe he will be good
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War II. After conviction and
for their business. And, for some of
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appeals, the Supreme Court ruled
them, their business appears to be
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that incarceration was justified
exporting water from Butte County
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and promoting sprawl development.
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I’m excited about Sue Court Justice Frank Murphy
My conclusion? All these
Hilderbrand’s candidacy for dissented in the case declaring,
people can’t be right. Somebody
“I dissent from this legalization
Butte County supervisor. I first
is getting fooled. That’s why I’m
heard about Sue while I was of racism,” making it the first
supporting Sue Hilderbrand—the
employed at Chico State. Students Supreme Court opinion ever to use
candidate who is beholden only
commented to me how much they the word “racism.”
to the regular working people of
enjoyed political science classes Recently, I and others from Butte
Butte County.
she taught. Since then, I’ve had County joined Tsuru for Solidarity
This time in our county’s
occasion to work with Sue on for a protest at the ICE detention
history is too important to take a
projects with a local nonprofit center at the Yuba County Jail in
chance.
organization. I’m very impressed Marysville.
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by her organized, collaborative Tsuru for Solidarity is a group of
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approach to problem-solving and survivors now in their 80s and 90s
We are writing to support Sue
getting things done.who were children in the U.S. incar-
Hilderbrand for county supervisor
ceration camps. Their website reads:
Because I was raised in Butte
of District 4.
County, and worked on the almond “Americans turned their backs on us
As owners of a small farm in
harvest as a young person, I know as we disappeared but we will not
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Butte County, TurkeyTail Farm, we
first-hand how important agricul-do the same to the asylum-seekers
worry about water. We have experi-
ture is to our economy. This is now crossing our border.”
Daphne is a siren who lures
enced our well going dry in August.
especially true for District 4, which Korematsu would agree that
you in to the garden
We know there is increasing
includes farming communities such history is repeating itself and that
with her sweetly
pressure on our aquifer in Northern
as Richvale and Durham, as well we must close all migrant detention
California. Sue Hilderbrand will
as parts of south Chico. Sue has camps. He urged us to speak up
perfumed fragrance.
stand up for the preservation of
demonstrated strong understanding when you see injustice. We must
That her clusters of barely
water for our community. Moreover,
and respect for agriculture.reunify children with their families.
blush pink blooms appear in
she will ensure a transparent
Water issues are vital to Butte Fund humanitarian aid and solu-
January and February, when
process.
tions. Never again is now.
County, especially policies related
As Camp Fire victims, we
to water sales. Sue has a solid grasp
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on these issues and will fight to be Dijdp
adds to her appeal.
given to those who have lost so
sure our water doesn’t get shipped
much. She also understands that
south, which would hurt small
the county is facing development
farmers and residents dependent on
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wells. As a supervisor, I’m confi-
development moving into our area
dent Sue will keep all stakeholders
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and creating increasing pressures on
in mind to protect our precious
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our infrastructure. Sue wants smart
water resources.
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protects certain species.”he and his opponent, Henry Schleiger, will
attend the next event, which is scheduled for
Hilderbrand, a Chico State political sci-
U elicited a back-and-forth discussion
ence lecturer, said she supports the BRCP in Feb. 1 at Chico High School.
between District 4 supervisorial candidates
part because it streamlines development.In District 4, Hilderbrand and Kimmel-
Sue Hilderbrand and Tod Kimmelshue:
“We’re going to see a lot of develop-shue are running for the seat being vacated
What do you think
ment in the next 10 years,” she said. “We by current board Chairman Steve Lambert.
about the Butte
Hilderbrand said while she previously did
need housing and we need to do it in a way
Regional Conservation
that preserves what makes Butte County so not aspire to be an elected official, her skills
Plan (BRCP)?
are needed in a post-Camp Fire landscape.
beautiful.”
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Board of Supervisors
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ticipation is voluntary and lamented the disaster relief in New Orleans following
hopefuls were fac-
Butte County Farm Bureau’s opposition. Hurricane Katrina, Hilderbrand said she
ing off at a candidates
Kimmelshue, a past president of the bureau, witnessed how special interest groups took
forum held Jan. 15
advantage of a community struck by disas-
said the opposition stems from long-term
at Butte College, and
conservation easements that would become ter, rebuilding the city in a way that suited
Kimmelshue, a retired
a cloud on a title, leaving in place land them, not the locals.
agriculture finance
restrictions that future owners would be “We are a community in crisis, and we
adviser, said he opposed
required to abide by.are not organized enough to counter those
the BRCP, which has
outside special interests,” she said. “I know
“And the next owner understands
been billed as a way to
the restrictions on the title,” Hilderbrand how to do this. It’s what I’ve always done.
streamline environmen-
… I do have a background in public policy,
responded.
tal permitting processes
The forum, which was hosted by the and I have a lot of experience in strategic
for development.
League of Women Voters of Butte County, planning.”
“It affects agriculture in a poor way,” he
was the first of two events the league has Kimmelshue said he is seeking office
said, noting that he believes the agricultural
planned ahead of the March 3 primary elec-because being an elected leader is about
landscape will undergo a transformation
community service. He noted that the posi-
tion. In addition to featuring candidates for
over the next four to five decades. “The
District 4 (south county), those vying for tions he’s held at the Farm Bureau, the
plan says that if you decide to put your land
District 1 (Oroville area) were on hand. The Butte County Water Commission and Chico
into the conservation program, then you
league said Doug Teeter, who is seeking a State Enterprises exemplify the seriousness
have to do with that land what they tell you.
third term in District 5 (on and around the with which he commits to service.
In other words, if I have a piece of rice land
“I’m running to make sure that this
Ridge), had a scheduling conflict but that
… all I could do is grow rice because rice
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many, many future generations to come,”
Kimmelshue said. “And so when I decid-
ed to run for office, I was overwhelmed
at the support that I have been given.”
Kimmelshue said public safety ranks
Chico Police Mike O’Brien told the CN&R he
at the top of the list of priorities facing
had been mulling over a lucrative job opportunity
the district, noting his campaign has the
several months ago. His r ésumé and application
backing of Sheriff Kory Honea and law
were ready for submission. But after counseling
enforcement groups. He said he would
with his family, O’Brien shifted course.
work to ensure funding for public safety
The new gig would have come about six
programs.
months following the Camp Fire, which reshaped
“I’ve knocked on 5,000 doors
the city, expanding the population by about 20,000
throughout the district,” he said, “and that
people.
is the No. 1 issue that I come across.”
“We thought, You know, it’s not all right,” the
Hilderbrand, a former director of the
police chief said. “You can’t do that. … We need
Chico Peace and Justice Center who is
time to allow others that you have prepared
to stick this out for another year.”
backed by first-term Supervisors Debra
At a news conference last Thursday (Jan. 16), to take the reins.”
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Lucero and Tami Ritter, offered that the
O’Brien announced his intention to retire from the The hiring of a new police chief will
concept of public safety must include
fall on the shoulders of City Manager Mark
police department effective June 5, a move that
panel he will assemble.
issues such as economic stability and
has launched a search for his successor.Orme, who told the CN&R he intends to
To that end, Emily Alma, coordinator for
mental health. She added that the most
recruit nationally for candidates, akin to the
At 58, O’Brien will have served 31 years in
Concerned Citizens for Justice, a local group
pressing issues in the district also may
law enforcement at the time of his retirement, with city’s search for a fire chief in 2017. Steve
formed following the fatal police shooting
depend on which community is being
28 in Chico and the last five as chief of police. His Standridge was hired out of Colorado for that
of Desmond Phillips in 2017, said while the
referenced.
post.
tenure as the top cop is among the longest in recent
police department has made progress—such
When talking about the Hispanic
city history, and he said he would not be stepping As for O’Brien’s endorsement, Orme said
as instituting a mobile crisis response unit—
population in Gridley, for example, there
he did not doubt Madden’s skills or compe-
down if he was not confident in the leadership of
there is a need for more improvements.
are concerns about unemployment. In
the department. O’Brien personally endorsed his tency and did not rule out an internal hire.
A new police chief, Alma said, should
Thermalito, she said, speeding and flood-
deputy chief, Matt Madden, for his job.The city manager expects tough competition
review the department’s use-of-force policies,
ing rank highly. And in Chico, homeless-
“It’s been my distinct privilege to serve in this for the role, which he said requires a person
ensure compliance with state legislation that
ness and mental illness top the list.
capacity, but we have navigated several crises that who will serve in the public’s interest, garner
gives the public the right to access certain
the respect of police officers and work col-
have happened in the city and I think as a leader—
police misconduct and use-of-force records,
as a chief—you only have so much of those in laboratively with other city departments.
and implement ongoing officer training in
seeking a fifth term against challenger
Public input will be sought through City
you to navigate,” O’Brien said. “I think there are
implicit bias and de-escalation techniques.
Ian Greene.
times where you have to realize that it may be Council members, Orme said, as well as a
Finally, Alma said, a new chief must
The incumbent supervisor said public
engender trust between residents and law
safety is his No. 1 issue. On that front,
enforcement through a comprehensive com-
he said, the Butte County Jail, which is
munity policing plan, which should include
undergoing an expansion, is ill-suited to
the restructuring of the Police Community
address the county’s needs because of
Advisory Board to foster more engagement
state legislation addressing prison over-
and “give and take” between citizens and law
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crowding. He also criticized the condi-
enforcement.
tion of the facility, noting the women’s
During O’Brien’s time as chief, city
section “is terrible.”
police have fatally shot three men: Eddie
Greene, a care provider, focused on
Sanchez Jr., Phillips and Tyler Rushing.
wresting control of utilities from private
Work has been done to mend community
corporations, saying local control could
relations and “heal those wounds,” the police
help prevent disasters like the Camp
chief said, adding that those efforts continue.
Fire.
“It’s not something that you just fix in a
While Connelly chided PG&E’s
short period of time,” he said. “It’s an ongo-
management of its infrastructure and
ing relationship that you must have, and it
criticized the California Public Utilities
involves transparency. It involves good pol-
Commission’s oversight of the utility, he
icy. It involves having good people in your
cautioned that any plans for a takeover
employ, and we have that.”
may leave customers worse off.
“It’s OK to have a corporation in
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in a way that protects the safety of the
people you’re serving.”
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THE MAZE OF MAPSBUILD A LEGO BIRD
Location: Chico Masonic Family CenterLocation: Chico Masonic Family Center
This year we will feature an eclectic assortment of interesting maps from around the North
Valley and beyond. Get the bird’s eye view of our local landscape features. Stroll through maps
Live Music
in the CMFC hallway and let your curiosity take you on a tour.
instructors Amber Drake and Matthew Greening will assist kids with designing, building, and
EXHIBITS & VENDORS GALORE
and build with our massive LEGO collection and develop skills and inspiration that they can
Location: Chico Masonic Family Center
apply to building at home. Youth ages 6-12 welcome, but you must arrive by 1:00 pm to
participate. (LEGO is a registered trademark of the LEGO Group)
binoculars to bird books.
BATS EAT THE BUGS THAT BUG US NEW
FEDERAL JUNIOR DUCK STAMP DISPLAY
This program begins by meeting a live insect eating bat, native to Chico. Then learn about bats,
Location: Chico Masonic Family Center
All 100 California winners from nearly 2,000 entries will be on display. Don’t forget to see the
Chico winners.
and short videos. Finally three species of native bats are displayed, one at a time, using a movie
MEET SMOKEY BEAR AND THE BLUE GOOSE
USING YOUR SMARTPHONE FOR WILDLIFE PHOTOS NEW
Location: Chico Masonic Family Center
Smokey Bear and the National Wildlife Refuge’s Blue Goose will be visiting at various times
Location: Chico Masonic Family Center
courtesy of the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge. Also be sure to visit the US Fish & Wildlife
We will spend an hour learning how to use your smartphone and your own optics to capture
remarkable telephoto quality photos and even videos which you can share with friends.
JUNIOR NATURALIST ACTIVITIES
Location: Chico Masonic Family Center
SUNDAY ONLY
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ALL ABOUT BATS!
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designed just for children. There will be nature crafts, opportunities to build bird feeders, make
Location: Chico Masonic Family Center
a bird call and much, much more!
!
BIRD OLYMPICS NEW
about the habits, habitats, and species of bats that reside within the unique ecosystems of
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Location: Chico Masonic Family Center
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BIRDS IN SACRAMENTO VALLEY’S WINTER WETLANDS
Sun. 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Nature Center
Location: Chico Masonic Family Center
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the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge, the Llano Seco Wildlife Refuge, and the wetlands
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Location: Chico Masonic Family Center
gives viewers a close-up look at many of the migratory birds that come from as far away as
What do owls get up to at night? Learn a lot about what they eat by dissecting a little owl
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Siberia and the Arctic Circle to make their homes in the Sacramento Valley’s wetlands each
Nature Center
SKINS & SKULLS
Perfect for
RAPTOR FORCE ASSEMBLY
Sun. 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Location: Chico Masonic Family Center
Large Parties!
West Coast Falconry is coming to the Snow Goose Festival! Falconers have played a pivotal
new educational set of over 20 demonstration skulls and pelts. Gently feel the sharp teeth of a
role in raptor conservation, captive breeding techniques, and educating the public on seeing
large predator, the tip of an eagle’s beak, a beaver’s buck tooth, or a deer’s grinding molars.
the world through the eyes of nature’s elite predators. Get an up-close look at hawks, falcons,
Skulls are beautiful in form and function. Each skull is full of clues as to what the animal eats
and how it makes its living. Our high quality animal pelts include the thick fur of river otter and
birds during the presentation.
OPTICS DEMO
SATURDAY ONLY
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LIVE RAPTOR EXPERIENCE
Location: Chico Masonic Family Center
Learn the basics about Binoculars and Spotting Scopes for bird watching! What do the numbers
Location: Chico Masonic Family Center
Come see the Center for Reconnecting with Nature’s display of raptors and falcons. Live birds
of prey will be present and the Center will be sharing about their mission, which focuses on
needs and budget. Sample optics will be available from numerous manufacturers to illustrate.
10am to noon and 1pm to 3pm.
See complete list on our website:
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the homeless?
This item related to provid-
UNTIL JANUARY 31
ing public restrooms in city parks.
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The Bidwell Park and Playground
Commission (BPPC), spurred by a
proposal submitted last August by
modified version of an original map Councilman Sean Morgan imme-
Commissioner Scott Grist, began
diately made a substitute motion,
election districts at Tuesday’s (plan Purple ; see map details at
examining adding restrooms to
tinyurl.com/ChicoDistricts). advocating for odd-numbered dis-
(Jan. 21) City Council meeting, the
solve sanitation and environmental
tricts to go on the ballot. This would
For the modifications, which
pleas of the public from across the
health concerns caused by human
were specifically requested by the implement one change: swapping his
political spectrum seemed to fall on
SCIENCE
waste left in riparian areas.
council, Wagaman slightly shifted district for Brown’s.
deaf ears.
The council approved of most
the boundary lines of one district, After the progressives shot that
That night, citizens clamored for
of the BPPC’s recommendations,
which resulted in Councilmembers down, Morgan pressed for the rea-
one of three maps drawn by local
adding 24-hour portable restrooms
soning. Ory said his intent was to
planner Bryce Goldstein (also a Ann Schwab and Karl Ory ending
to the Humboldt (or Windchime)
up in the same one (both of their include districts that have the high-
Chico planning commissioner). Two
Park, Comanche Creek Greenway,
terms end in 2020, but Ory has est non-white populations in order
dozen people spoke, with the major-
Parking Lot 1 (where the Saturday
decided not to run). to increase representation.
ity advocating for her proposals to
morning farmers’ market is held)
The map wasn’t the contro-Morgan argued that it was clear-
be considered. Among their reasons:
THEATER
and the bridge over Lindo Channel
ly to shut him out of the running for
The maps preserved important Chico versial decision for the council,
at The Esplanade. For the latter,
however—Councilman Scott Huber 2020 (at this time, he has not sub-
neighborhoods and their boundaries
staff will look into placing the por-
mitted his intent to run).
was the only nay. When it came
were based on natural environs and
table north of the channel, given the
to choosing which districts would The vote on Ory’s motion
not to preserve incumbency.
proximity to Chico Nut Co.
be up for grabs in the 2020 general passed narrowly, with Morgan and
Several speakers advocated for
The panel approved $83,500 for
election, that’s when things got Councilwomen Kasey Reynolds and
her maps because of the representa-
the project—staff will recommend
sticky. Schwab against.
tion they would offer historically
where those funds will come from
The audience’s response: a
disenfranchised neighborhoods. Ory suggested that districts
ENGINEERING
at a future meeting.
in south and west Chico be in resounding “boo.”
“We need to prioritize that they
While the majority of public
the running. These include ones Since Brown’s term runs
have a voice,” Chaz Kelley said.
speakers supported adding rest-
that represent the south campus through 2022, she will serve until
Others said they felt the maps
rooms, some voiced concerns over
neighborhood, downtown Chico, then, regardless. But she can choose
were bipartisan, as evidenced by
proximity to their homes, arguing
to run this year, in order to secure
the broad public support: “For me and the Barber and Chapman/
that they could encourage people
Mulberry neighborhoods. They’re an additional two years, since her
to agree with a socialist is kind of
to camp or congregate and pose a
district is on a 2020-24 cycle (if she
the proposed districts where Mayor
crazy, but I am tonight,” said Jynaia
safety risk.
Randall Stone, Vice Mayor Alex loses, however, her successor would
Badie.
ARTS
Reynolds said she worried
Brown, and Ory and Schwab reside. serve the two years from 2022-24).
Instead, the panel opted for a
the city was taking a piecemeal
(The south Chico district encom-
map (plan Lavender) by demogra-
approach—perhaps the council
passing the Barber and Chapman/
pher Michael Wagaman. This was
could consider a trial period, or put
mentioned by a few speakers as Mulberry neighborhoods has no argued topic re-emerged: Is it
the $80,000 toward sheltering.
incumbent).
their preferred option. It’s a slightly enabling to provide services to
Several council members and
public speakers noted the impor-
tance of access for moral reasons as
DANCE
well as health and sanitation. Patrick
Newman, of Chico Friends on the
Tuition-Free Charter
Street, called 24-hour access to rest-
rooms a “fundamental human right.”
High School
Brown, who chairs the Greater
Small Learning
Chico Homeless Task Force, said
expanding 24-hour restroom access
Environment
throughout the city is one of the
Over 70 Specialized
group’s policy recommendations to
Elective Choices
the council. Indeed, 51 percent of
those surveyed in the 2019 home-
College-Prep
less census said they did not have
Curriculum
access to a restroom on a daily basis
(44 percent day and night, 7 percent
21 Clubs
only at night).
Schwab added: “As our popula-
ISPE (Independent
tion grows, there is a need for more
Study PE)
restrooms, and if people don’t have
those facilities or can’t get back to
their own home, then that is neces-
sary for us to go forward.”
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viding services on the Ridge across mul-
tiple locations, said Scott Kennelly, interim
director of Behavioral Health. Now, they
are housed in the same building, with
DESS on one side and Behavioral Health
on the other. The county is leasing the
building from Youth for Change, he added,
which used to use it for office space.
Behavioral Health is providing adult
and youth counseling services, Kennelly
said, and will add psychiatric telemedicine
next month. Kennelly added that he’s inter-
ested in reopening The Hub Wellness and
Recovery Center there, but that will depend
on staffing. The Hub, which was destroyed
in the fire, offered critical wellness services,
he said, such as peer-led recovery-oriented
support groups (e.g., tobacco cessation, sub-
stance abuse) as well as yoga, Tai Chi and
art classes.
On the DESS side of things, eligibility
workers help clients sign up for Medi-Cal
and programs such as CalFresh, said Shelby
Boston, the department’s director. On open-
ing day, she led the CN&R on a tour while
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ers. Boston was enthusiastic about putting
the finishing touches on the building’s
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resource area, where clients are free to use
computers to refine résumés and search for
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work.
It’s not just county departments that
have a presence at the Community Services
Center; there’s also office space for local
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health providers, her team scattered after the And county officials believe that demand
Social Services is offering disaster case
will grow. There are approximately 3,700
disaster—she moved to the county’s com-
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management, and Catalyst Domestic
munity counseling center in Chico; others active clients who still show a Ridge address
Violence Services, which lost its Paradise
ended up at facilities in Gridley or Oroville. on file.
location in the fire, is seeing clients there
Early this month, however, Gilligan
and providing restraining order services.
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officially joined the staff of a new office
Crisis outreach volunteers with California
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clinician with Butte County Behavioral
in Paradise shared by Behavioral Health
HOPE, which had been headquartered in
Health, has had to meet her clients in a vari-and the Department of Employment and
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Oroville, also are there now, making it easi-
ety of unconventional places: RVs, churches,
Social Services (DESS): the Butte County
er for them to reach rural Ridge areas.
park benches, schools. Community Services Center.
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This has presented new challenges to pro-
On the center’s first day (Jan. 6), the
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viding care. For example, it’s been difficult excitement was palpable for Gilligan and
clients when it comes to accessing care,
to create a comfortable space for kids to talk, her colleagues, who were working together
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several county employees told the CN&R.
Gilligan told the CN&R. “They’re not going
again for the first time since Nov. 8, 2018,
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Many families have had to make tough
to fully open up and trust the process if half the day the fire torched the Ridge. It’s the
calls, like paying for diapers or the gas to
their mind is wondering, Who’s listening
county’s hope that this facility, located on
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drive to an appointment outside of town,
through the wall?” or what someone nearby the Skyway, will make life easier for survi-
said Gilligan, the Behavioral Health youth
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could overhear, she said. vors by creating a local one-stop shop for
clinician.
Gilligan used to see her clients at the
important services.
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Youth counselor Cheryl Oberg,
Paradise Community Counseling Center. People already are showing interest—
Gilligan’s co-worker, added that the Ridge
She’d been there for three years before the
the center has either seen or re-opened the
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financial relief but also emo-
tional relief—while the county
provided some services on the
Ridge, a lot of people had to work and conversations with sur-
vivors that there was definitely a
make trips to Chico or Oroville
since the fire, and it was a real large enough population in need
hardship. of help to warrant re-establishing
“It’s really important for us to a location on the Ridge, Kennelly
have a presence here,” she said. said.
“As soon as we realized we
“A lot of times people \[have said\],
‘I just can’t get there.’” had enough people that were
The Paradise center likely will interested and available … we
improve staff efficiency as well, started looking for locations,” he
employees told the CN&R. added, and pursuing grant fund-
ing.
Since the fire, the county
has had workers reaching out The county received a one-
time $100,000 grant from
to survivors across the Ridge,
Kennelly said. Like Gilligan, they the North Valley Community
traveled to various locations to Foundation to help open the
provide care. In the meantime, center. But it’s Kennelly and
the county did a lot of assess-Boston’s hope that it will grow
and become an integral part of the
ing before deciding whether to
open a physical location again. recovery on the Ridge.
For example, it had to determine “There are people here and
how many children would return they already have so many bar-
to Ridge schools, and how many riers and challenges to their
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people would choose to stay in
the region. a place they can come and get
whatever service they need.”
It became clear through its
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friends who share her passion for the environ-the global and national issues presented at the
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ment and proactive solutions: Judy Fox and conference.”
T Mexico to Chico when she happened on a
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broadcast that made a big impression.
Fox and Quinn began attending Bioneers
The public radio show, “Sounds True,” spoke
conferences—and became convinced the ing Bioneers screenings after the organization Garcia and Naima Penniman), plus Brown and
about an environmental conference that—like
Bioneers experience should come to Chico. Ory. “Youth and Indigenous Voices” (Feb. 6)
began streaming conference speakers online.
she was doing—had relocated from Santa Fe
So, five years later, they inaugurated events “I thought, ‘Why do we need to do this features 350.org’s May Boeve and forest biol-
to Northern California. Wooldridge, a poet and
at the Women’s Club at which they’d replay if people can listen to this in their living ogy professor Robin Kimmerer, along with
author, stopped her vehicle to take notes.
videos of conference speakers.rooms?’” Fox explained. “But I’ve since Meders-Knight and student Meleiza Figueroa.
“I decided to go,” she recalled last week.
That tradition resumes tonight (Jan. 23), found out from people who used to go how “As hard as any of us work in any particu-
“And I dragged my poor son. He was 21—he
after a 10-year hiatus, with a new element: lar trench, you get \[from these talks\] the big
much they miss seeing it and hearing it
didn’t want to go.”
live presentations. The organizers have invited together as a community.”picture that everybody is working as hard in
The organization that captured her atten-
local speakers to augment the conference
Moreover, Wooldridge added, “Chico is other fields as you are in yours, that there are
tion back then, in 1999—and holds it to
talks. Those include Chico Vice Mayor Alex central right now; I feel the whole world is these other worlds you know so little about,”
this day—is the Bioneers. Marking its 30th
Brown and City Councilman Karl Ory— focusing on Paradise and the Camp Fire.”Quinn said. “Somebody brings you up close
anniversary this year, the nonprofit group
co-authors of the Chico Green New Deal—Bioneers focuses on proactivity, answers and personal.”
describes itself on its website (bioneers.org)
and Mechoopda ecological educator and artist and positive outlooks, Wooldridge explained. What would the organizers like partici-
as a “hub of social and scientific innovators
Ali Meders-Knight.pants to glean from the Bioneers events?
A presenter examining, for instance, grid-
with practical and visionary solutions for the
The Bioneers series will run three consecu-locked traffic may discuss how to repurpose “I would like each and every person, in his
world’s most pressing environmental and
tive weeks (see infobox).highways once new modes of transportation or her way, to value the rights of nature over
social challenges.”
“The buzz \[conference-goers felt\] in the replace cars.corporations,” Fox said.
Its annual conferences, held since 1993 in
audience was important to me,” Fox said. “I “The reason it’s struck me as so important “For me,” Wooldridge said, “I would like
the Bay Area (San Rafael specifically since
want Chico to get together to create its own people to take away that there’s a really large
is it’s unbelievably dedicated to solutions,
1999), draw acclaimed experts such as envi-
buzz, a local buzz, and in creating the pro-not problems,” she said. “And \[in localized network coming together to solve things—a
ronmentalist Bill McKibben, activist-author
gram for this month it was important that we
efforts\] we keep reinventing the wheel; the loving network—and there is hope.”
Naomi Klein and civil rights attorney Valarie
have local speakers on local issues as well as Bioneers is worldwide … there’s such a Quinn pointed to the Bioneers’ slogan,
Kaur.
larger vision to connect to.”“Revolution from the heart of nature,” and
“After listening to a few talks, my son,
typography emphasizing the word “love”
The local Bioneers series comprises three
who’s very shy—in this giant auditorium of
topics, with talks culled from three years’ con-within it.
men and women, no young people—stood up
“It must be done with our hearts,” she said.
ferences. “News From the Front Lines” tonight
and yelled, ‘Bill McKibben for president!’”
features Klein, McKibben and Kaur. “Solutions” “Anger can be fuel; the urgency \[of the climate
Wooldridge said. “He got very excited.”
(Jan. 30) features Bioneers co-founder Kenny crisis\] can be fuel. But we must be together
As did Wooldridge. After settling into
Ausubel, environmentalist Paul Hawken and doing everything, from the heart—and there’s
her new home, she got involved with the
the activists known as Climbing PoeTree (Alixa
Chico Women’s Club. There she made two
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he last light of the year is rising as trucks exit
the gates of Nevada Irrigation District in Grass
Valley, turning toward a sharp, lavender lining
U ablaze under the morning’s flatiron clouds. The
vehicles roll through a dim neighborhood of sleepy
houses until they reach West Main Street and crest a
hill overlooking its patchwork of Victorian and art deco buildings.
Within seconds, they’re descending through a ramshackle corridor
UBLJOH!CBDL of Gold Rush survivors that mark the city once called the “Quartz
Queen of the West.”
Just like every morning, these Nevada Irrigation District techni-
cians make their way by rows of standing history—the shadowed
balcony of the Holbrooke Hotel, where Mark Twain stayed when
he captivated Grass Valley with one of his early comedy show-
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cases; the crimson, light-studded bricks of the Alpha Building,
where a European countess with a pet grizzly bear once titillated
miners while performing her famous “spider dance”; and a bend of
buildings once called “the Waterfront” for the number of whiskey-
soaked saloons.
Today’s Grass Valley is a working-class mosaic of ranchers,
farmers, merchants and artists of every background. Unlike the
many frontier towns that later returned to dust, Grass Valley’s
longevity was ensured when its scattershot of gold-sluicing camps
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was swept away by powerful mining monopolies. Big investors
brought lasting infrastructure, rooted families and generations of
job security.
But lately, residents fear a different monopoly is dooming their
way of life—and they’re thinking about doing something about it.
Last fall, the city, along with surrounding communities in
Nevada County, experienced four widespread, extended black-
outs over the course of five weeks. Each event was triggered by
PG&E’s new Public Safety Power Shutoff program, which the util-
ity created in the midst of being sued for causing catastrophic loss
of life and property in wildfires in 2017 and 2018.
PG&E’s records indicate that few regions were hit harder by
its safety outages than Nevada County. One area that that did fare
worse included Butte County, where people are still recovering
from the Camp Fire; PG&E severed power in various regions there
seven times between June 8 and Nov. 21.
In Nevada County, PG&E was planning a fifth shut-off just
days before Thanksgiving, calling it off only hours before when an
unexpected rainstorm arrived.
For Grass Valley, the blackouts shuttered small businesses for
days, leaving owners without revenue and employees with dimin-
ished paychecks. Thousands of residents also lost water, while
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business owners about revenue that wasn’t
made, and that they might not be able to pay
their employees what they were planning
for—employees who were then going to have
trouble paying their own rent and bills,” said
Marni Marshall, executive director of the
Grass Valley Downtown Association. “It’s
this huge trickle effect …. A lot of business
here operate month by month, just like a lot
of people who work here are living paycheck
to paycheck. We knew this could be a tipping
point for some people.”
Even PG&E’s planned November blackout
that was canceled for Nevada County had an
impact, curbing tourism in the area, a corner-
stone of the local economy.
Marshall says that when business own-
ers eventually gathered together to lick
their wounds, news that Nevada Irrigation
District might be able to help caught every-
one’s attention.
The publicly owned district was formed in
Grass Valley in 1921, when the city’s Empire
Mine was still in its gold-producing prime.
The special district provides municipal, resi-
dential and agricultural water across 287,000
acres in Nevada and Placer counties and also
produces clean, hydroelectric energy from
the power plants it owns on local waterways,
enough energy
to power some
even more saw their internet and cellphone It’s Rutherford’s turn to man the Rainbow
60,000 homes.
coverage evaporate. This communication col-Market, the small grocery store he owns on the
On Nov. 6,
lapse only made things worse as people scram-outskirts of Nevada City. The place is a lifeline
about a week after
bled to take care of isolated seniors and the for those who live in this backcountry of quiet
the last blackout
sick and disabled who rely on power for their ridges and alpine meadows. There’s nothing
that crippled its
medical equipment. Some schools in the county out this way but his market and the Willow, a
customers, the
reportedly lost nine days of class time.Western-style saloon that cooks steaks on an
district’s board of
When PG&E CEO Bill Johnson told the indoor fire pit between its time-worn bar and
directors told staff
California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) rustic dining room. Together, the Rainbow and
to explore whether
on Oct. 18 that places like Grass Valley can the Willow mark a last stop on this north stretch
it could manage
expect ongoing power shut-offs for at least the of Highway 49 before the upper foothills give
a takeover—or
next 10 years, residents and business owners way to the isolation of the High Sierra.
“take-back,” as
alike began wondering if their community—Both businesses went dark during the
some locals say—
indeed if any rural community under PG&E’s blackouts.
of the region’s
dominion—can sustain itself.“All our perishables went bad, and I had
entire power grid.
So, many in Grass Valley are turning to throw them out, and then buy them again,
District manag-
and then throw them out again,” Rutherford
their hopes to the men and women of Nevada
ers were directed
Irrigation District—and those big white utility recalled. “I didn’t really think \[PG&E\] would
to negotiate with
trucks that roll through the city each morning. do it. I thought there were just too many people
PG&E for the pur-
The district has a plan that could allow Nevada who’d be affected, too much life disruption.”
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chase of its assets and operations in the north
County to wrestle control of its power grid Even when Rutherford finally got his
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Gold Country before the corporate giant met
from PG&E.market operating in a bare-bones manner by
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its bankruptcy court deadline on Nov. 20.
At the same time, leaders in Butte and Yolo generator, he couldn’t use its popular propane-
On Dec. 11, Assistant General Manager
counties are joining a larger movement to use filling station, which is hard-wired to the power
The numbers back Rutherford up. During
Greg Jones showed the board a plan that
political muscle to force a public takeover of grid. That was not just a sales loss for him, it
the most widespread blackout in early October,
involves providing energy to some 87,000
PG&E altogether.was also a major frustration for his customers,
virtually all of Nevada County went dark
customers in Nevada and Placer counties. The
many of whom were trying to keep their own
for four days. The Grass Valley Downtown
proposal—which has an initial $300 million
propane-fueled generators running.
Association and Nevada City Chamber of
Ebwje!boe!Hpmjbui price tag and calls for $550 million in revenue
“There was a huge demand for propane,
Commerce conducted a joint economic impact
bonds—would also result in local ratepayers
Jeff Rutherford drops a small propane tank
not just for generators that were down, but for
survey with local businesses. While only a frac-
receiving smaller bills than they currently
onto a tree stump and fixes a nozzle to it as the
those whose heaters were down and were try-
tion of them responded—69 between the two
have under PG&E, while flowing as much as
day’s long winter shadow falls. Two men wear-
ing to use makeshift propane heat,” Rutherford
cities—the results were jarring. Those business-
$150 million annually into the local economy.
ing flannels stand between Rutherford and their
said. “It just seems like everybody I talked to
es estimated they collectively lost $1.3 million
pickup trucks, holding more chipped and faded
got hurt. I can’t think of anybody I know that
just between Oct. 9 and 12.
propane tanks to be filled.
didn’t suffer financial loss.”
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More important, Jones said the district
would have the technology for smaller, more
targeted shut-offs during red flag warnings for
wildfires. In theory, the days of virtually every
business and house in Nevada County going
dark due to wind would be over.
But by the time Jones made his presenta-
tion, PG&E had announced it had a plan
to re-emerge from bankruptcy. Rather than
requesting that the Nevada County Local
Agency Formation Commission study its plan,
the board voted to delay any action until it had
more knowledge of how PG&E’s bankruptcy
story would end. The board also wanted more
data on how the district would handle its own
liability risk from fires.
Two days later, on Dec. 13, Gov. Gavin
Newsom announced he was rejecting PG&E’s
bankruptcy plan, calling it a lackluster attempt
to reform the failing and controversial util-
ity. Despite the news, Jones says the district
remains interested in moving forward.
“Our notice of intent to purchase PG&E’s
assets is still on the table,” he said. “It’s still
valid and we’re not rescinding it.”
Emphasizing the district’s relationship with
the community, Jones added, “We’re a public
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entity that’s right here. If a customer has any
in Nevada County is still fresh in everyone’s by the looming, charred gray-and-red spur of
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issue with their service, they’re able to walk
minds.Sawmill Peak. She crosses by a wide emer-
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right into our board meeting in Grass Valley
“This was an eye-opener for everyone, gency tent recently brought down by snow-
and raise their hand up.”
really, in terms of realizing how fragile we
fall, then stops at the modest memorial that
Elected officials in Placer County’s sub-
are,” she said. “When you don’t have electric-looks out on sweeping views of bald hilltops blackest kind of sheer blindness descends over
urban cities of Rocklin and Lincoln also have
ity, running water or communication, things
to the south.the fire-scarred region.
begun exploring whether they can cut the
can start getting squirrelly really fast. There’s This understated monument was built Abernathy had just moved into the RV at
cord from PG&E for good in favor of a local
a lot of things that can go wrong here.”entirely with bricks from houses that burned the relief center in early October when the
alternative.
safety shut-offs started. She watched the cen-
in the Camp Fire. Abernathy is looking down
Residents and business owners in those
at a brick from her own house that went to ter’s workers and volunteers scramble to try to
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areas are waiting to see if they’ll have that
ashes. It bears the address she once lived at in save thousands of dollars of frozen meat.
ability when the most intense wildfire threat
Ria Abernathy walks from the door of
Paradise, 6265 Fern, and it also has her name “I was frustrated, stressed out and just
returns in summer and fall. Marshall points
her RV onto the grounds of the Magalia
and the name of her teenage grandson who in disbelief,” Abernathy said. “If you went
out the collective dread around the outages
Community Church’s relief center, passing
lives with her in the 24-foot RV. through what we went through, you’re think-
ing, ‘Why are you doing this now, instead of
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living in more than a dozen RVs on the just another slap in the face.”
grounds of the church. For the last day Doreen Fogle, a volunteer at the relief cen-
ter, said PG&E shut-offs forced the operation
they’ve all been listening to news about the
wildfires in Australia, contemplating the to close for five days that it would have been
open in September and October.
images of people running for their lives, of
animals burning in droves, of endless skies “That means all of the people who come
the color of a biblical nightmare. For the here for food, which is 200 to 300 on any
displaced refugees of this little makeshift given day we’re open, weren’t able to get
community, the news is triggering tearful the necessities they needed to sustain them-
selves,” Fogle said.
memories of watching their own world burn
14 months ago.Adding insult to injury, the church’s five-
Yet as difficult as this winter has been for unit HVAC system went out this month.
Magalia, the storms and frigid temperatures Church officials were told by an electrician
have at least brought an end to the town’s that the damage is the result of a “power
surge,” perhaps due to the shut-offs, they say.
relief center having its power cut by PG&E.
Residents of the Ridge say the outages don’t They’ve since set up a “Warm the Hall!” fun-
draising campaign on gofundme.com.
just cause what people think of as a normal
nighttime darkness. Rather, they say, the Like many rural areas in California, Butte
County doesn’t have a local agency vying
to take control of its power grid. While local
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control of energy purchases, the grid’s infrastruc-Lee also believes that PG&E’s long history
of negligence—it’s already under federal crimi-
ture will remain in the hands of PG&E.
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That’s one reason Chico Mayor Randall Stone nal probation for the 2010 San Bruno gas pipe-
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line explosion that killed eight people—means
recently signed a letter that was sent to the CPUC
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“Not every public entity is transparent, or
letter urges a complete public takeover. Stone says
a few of Chico’s newer housing developments works in the best interest of the community they
serve, but more often than not, compared to a pri-
were repeatedly hit by the blackouts, along with
neighborhoods in nearby unincorporated areas, vate entity, they respond to the public more,” Lee
said. “In our own backyard we have Sacramento
while PG&E vaguely suggested the city’s down-
Municipal Utility District, and there’s no weird
town might go dark.
“You’re looking at the volatility that’s injected scandals with them …. PG&E is accountable to
their investors, by law. That’s their master.”
into the community whenever there’s a proposal
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to shut off power, just from the anxiety it causes As PG&E’s bankruptcy case hangs in legal
limbo, leaders including Lee, Saylor and Stone are
alone,” Stone said. “This is a community that’s
already suffering terribly from the kind of chaos waiting to see if the governor and CPUC will start
moving toward ending corporate ownership.
that PG&E’s infrastructure causes. The outages
Yet at Magalia’s relief center, many survivors
just make that pain even more acute.”
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Stone, a longtime financial planner, says he find the idea of PG&E facing a true reckoning
difficult to imagine. They also have more imme-
also signed the letter with his fellow mayors and
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go this way.”
Yolo County Supervisor Don
Saylor agrees and signed on to the
letter. While his constituents are
largely supplied by Valley Clean
Energy, all of their power runs
through PG&E’s transmission lines
and infrastructure and is thus subject
to the blackouts. Last June, the small
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city of Winters in Yolo County was
the first area to be hit by an inten-
tional PG&E shut-off. Records indi-
cate that Winters has been covered
by every single shut-off since.
“We’ve been concerned about
the captive market for some time,”
Saylor said of PG&E. “When we
see dividends paid year after year to
stockholders, and massive bonuses
given to executives, it creates
uneasiness because they’re not making the right
investments in the infrastructure, and they’re not
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bringing lines underground. We think the money
has been misspent and mismanaged, and there seen their friend or family networks vanish, lost to
probably needs to be a fundamental restructuring.”death or displacement.
For Davis Mayor Brett Lee, signing the letter Abernathy was just assigned a disaster case
manager after waiting for more than a year, but
urging a public takeover was imperative for the
future of the state’s economy. Though Davis has says it’s not clear what that person can really
largely been spared from the blackouts, Lee says provide.
Northern California can’t remain a leading hub of “And we keep seeing more of the trees finally
innovation with the world constantly seeing news dying,” she reflected, pointing out to the seared,
half-lunar landscape spanning the Ridge. “A lot
stories about power being shut off from the Silicon
Valley to the suburbs of the state capital.of us loved living out here because we were sur-
rounded by the trees. With every day, you see
“We’re supposed to be the high-tech capital of
the world, and there’s no electricity for a week?” another tree die, and another little piece of your-
Lee said.self dies with it.”
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While he’s dabbled in nearly every “He’s had his art displayed at the
B Plant considers himself lucky to
medium, he’s most well-known for his Chico Art Center, the Chico State
have grown up in Daly City, located
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whimsical, folk art style of printmak-Diversity show, Old City Hall Arts
just a stone’s throw from San Francisco.
ing, where the likes of armadillos and Center in Redding, and he has a perma-
As a young artist, he was able to
bushy-tailed foxes live in harmony, nent display at Far Northern Regional
immerse himself in the eclectic art hub
surrounded by wooded forest scenes. Center. And he’ll be vending at Chico
of the West Coast, frequenting muse-
Walks For Autism this Spring,”
Working in his garage/makeshift stu-
ums such as the San Francisco Museum
dio, he carves his ideas onto linoleum Churchill explained. “David is one of
of Modern Art, de Young Museum and
blocks, before adding ink and then our most prolific artists.”
Legion of Honor.
transferring the results to paper.“It all comes out of my head, and
During one par-
With the help of business mentor there’s always a new idea,” explained
ticular trip to the de
Plant, who added that he rarely strug-
Doug Churchill (of the local We Care
Young, he spotted
A Lot Foundation), Plant has sold and gles with creative blocks. His home
a painting of a train
exhibited many of his prints around the is decorated with countless figurines,
rolling along the
drawings and prints (many of which are
countryside, made
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his own). First-place ribbons from vari-
by famed folk artist
ous arts and crafts fairs punctuate many
Grandma Moses. “I
of his works, including a large maroon
loved it,” said Plant
dollhouse filled with tiny windows, pas-
during a recent inter-
sageways and depictions of domestic
view. “I really like her stuff because it’s
life. “It’s neat, huh?”
folk art, which is what I like to do, too.”
Plant’s infectious enthusiasm has
Her personal journey held extra signifi-
led him to myriad other creative proj-
cance for Plant. As a self-taught painter
ects over the years, including a recur-
who first started her craft around age
ring stint as Santa Claus at Macy’s in
80, Moses came to symbolize tenacity
San Bruno (“the best job I ever had,’’
and following one’s dreams, regardless
he said). Currently, he’s illustrating a
of age or other circumstances.
children’s book, and works two days
But Plant’s art pursuits started while
a week for Little Red Hen’s Tools &
he was much younger. “I was born
Trade Program, making goods that are
in ’57, and I’ve been making art my
sold in the organization’s stores.
whole life, so that’s a long time,’’ he
With a long history of artistic
explained. In the late-1970s, he received
endeavors behind him, Plant continues
his associate of arts degree from Skyline
to expand his list of creative goals. “I
College in San Bruno, and used the
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want to exhibit my art at MONCA, that
knowledge from his classes, along with
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his own curiosity, to continue fueling
stuff donated to a museum. And I’d like
his creativity.
to teach kids with learning disabilities
Work oozed out of Plant in the form
about printmaking. I want to share my
of ceramics, wood carvings, intricate
talents with other people; I don’t want
ink and pen drawings, and jewelry (he
donned his own hand-crafted silver
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baby with the bathwater. Sometimes art really does get
Smithsonian American Art Museum in March
to the true creamy middle of what we’re all about.
2018, stopped at the Cincinnati Art Museum, and
Sources from Fox News to The New York Times
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is now at its only West Coast venue, the Oakland
to Web MD have proclaimed that modern humans are
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Bouispqpmphz in the midst of a loneliness epidemic that affects our
I approached the show with a burning question:
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psyches, our health and our communities in ways that
What does it mean to contextualize
we have no idea how to fix. In my mind, one part of
art that is inherently anti-institution-
the solution is to show each other our humanity, our
al—and often straight-up anarchic—
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dreams, our efforts, our accomplishments—and to
inside a museum?
somehow articulate all that clearly, both to our imme-
Museum art and Burning Man art
diate peers and to people outside our own respective
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exist in two separate worlds. One is
bubbles. But that’s hard to do after a long day’s work.
an arena of art schools, galleries, auc-
So, it helps to have some structures for it. Sports is one.
tions and sales. The other is a world
Church is one. Music is one. Art is another one. And
of DIY-ers, everyone from entry-level
Burner art can be a particularly effective one because
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engineers. These two worlds have
is to markets or institutions.
some crossover, but less than you
On the day I visited No Spectators in Oakland, the
might guess. They’re really playing
gallery was packed—mostly with well-dressed people
two different games on two differ-
in their 60s and 70s, a few Gen-Xers, and a handful
ent fields, with two different sets
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of kids and teens. I heard a quiet chorus of “ooh”s,
of rules. So, what business would the Smithsonian, a
“aah”s and “wow”s, and I saw, for the first time in
federal-government-run institution, have conferring its
my life, museum guards who did not look bored. A
approval on art made for a big party in the desert?
group of Chinese grandmas sat at a table to make ori-
Nora Atkinson, the Smithsonian curator who orga-
gami “gifts,” to be distributed to other museumgoers,
nized the show, became a Burner in recent years, and
who were lined up at the “Gift-o-Matic,” an oversized
if her social media pics are any indication, she seems
gumball machine that dispenses the handmade trinkets.
taken with the event’s magic. In work pictures, she
Boomers in clean Patagonia separates lay on cushions
looks like she descended from the Kennedys, all poise
on the floor to gaze up at “Nova,” a trippy, meditative
and pearls, and in her Burning Man pics she’s a tousled
light show on the ceiling. And people climbed aboard
blond in a sequined halter, ready to rave. She made
a steampunk/art deco bus-like vehicle called “Capitol
this point in a TED Talk: “When artists stop worrying
Theater,” to sit in rows of velvet seats and watch
about the critics and collectors and start making work
Chaplinesque silent comedies projected on a screen.
for themselves, these are the kinds of marvelous toys
These “marvelous toys” really do articulate that
they create.”
sense of intense wonder—and that sense of com-
As a Burner myself, I have quaffed a hearty slurp
munity—that people go to Burning Man for. And, in
of this cult’s Kool-Aid—though I acknowledge that the
my mind, the potentially fraught mark of institutional
event’s detractors make some sound points, like the dis-
approval worked out just fine. Atkinson distilled some
connect between Burning Man’s widely flaunted claim
of the most accessible, more socially practical parts of
of “radical inclusion” and the actual level of economic
Burning Man into an afternoon’s worth of substantial
exclusivity involved in the whole pricey affair.
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from Europe, accepts an arranged marriage to a well-
Festival, is a lushly impassioned drama from Brazil.
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tries to abandon it, but soon finds a home for the both
1950s—it mixes a dreamy sort of
of them with a big-hearted lady of the night named
melodrama with dashes of a rather
Filomena (Bárbara Santos).
raw realism.
Writer-director Karim Aïnouz scrambles the chro-
The sisters are Guida (Julia
nology at times and weaves back and forth almost
Stockler) and Eurídice (Carol
randomly between the separated sisters’ stories. That
Duarte), and they are devoted to
ostensibly freewheeling approach produces some
each other and look at times as
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if they might be twins. But they
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have contrasting temperaments and
women’s misfortunes mirror each other as well as ways
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Guida is something of party girl,
lives of their own in the shadows of crumbling patriar-
while the more reserved Eurídice
chy.
has ambitions of studying piano at
Stockler and Duarte both give strong, quietly
a Vienna conservatory.
offbeat performances, and Aïnouz excels in creating
Their seemingly idyllic rela-
characters and situations that resist easy categorization
tionship turns darkly dramatic
at the same time that they advance a complex set of
when Guida falls in love with
feminist themes in ways that are never merely didac-
a Greek sailor named Yorgos
tic. Santos glows with worldly calm in the role of
(Nikolas Antunes) and runs away
Filomena, and Duvivier’s feckless Antenor is a little
with him to be married in Europe. When she returns
masterpiece of clueless bourgeois arrogance.
home pregnant and still single, her sternly domineer-
The scene in which Guida and Eurídice visit the
ing father (António Fonseca) disowns her on the spot
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and forbids her sympathetic but docile mother (Flávia
other is a signature moment for the film as a whole
Gusmão) from intervening in any way.
and a worthy explication of its title. Aged Brazilian
When the departing Guida asks about her sister,
icon Fernanda Montenegro is superb in the film’s
her father tells her Eurídice has gone to the conser-
haunting final scene.
vatory in Vienna. With that turn of events, Invisible
Life—which is based on a 2016 novel by Martha
Batalha—becomes a strangely tangled and mysteri-
ous account of episodes in the separate lives of the
two sisters in the years immediately after Guida’s
return to Rio.
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without room to grow oversized
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names, these shrub roses are known
nearly 100 new varieties for 2020.
so have some vegetables. The most
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popular are itty-bitty pumpkins
filled bushes.
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taste great and flowers that smell
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Baker Creek’s 2020 Whole Seed
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roses, The Mill on the Floss is
you’re about to start.”
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George Eliot.
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1,200 varieties of heirloom seeds
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The following houses were sold in Butte County by real estate agents or private parties during the week of January 6 - 10, 2020
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.
166 Lazy S Ln Chico $880,000 4/3 30442096 Vallombrosa Ave Chico $345,000 3/3 2174
3925 Aruba Ct Chico $869,000 4/3 28135 Roxanne Ct Chico $344,500 3/2 1281
808 Arbutus Ave Chico $868,000 4/4 41791552 Arch Way Chico $333,000 3/2 1301
816 Whispering Winds Ln Chico $750,000 3/3 26121381 Lucy Way Chico $320,000 3/2 1126
5 Laguna Ct Chico $725,000 4/3 29341443 Heather Cir Chico $310,000 3/1 1125
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329 Denali Dr Chico $510,000 3/2 19661029 Windsor Way Chico $300,000 3/2 1233
356 Picholine Way Chico $505,000 3/3 21671646 Broadway St Chico $117,500 2/1 932
70 Cinder Cone Loop Chico $500,000 3/2 196011311 Winding Way Clipper Mills $198,000 4/2 1728
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3227 Grayeagle Ct Chico $465,000 3/2 1774248 E Evans Reimer Rd Gridley $300,000 4/2 1400
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1014 Lori Dr Chico $436,000 3/2 18284380 Tao Way Oroville $510,000 3/2 1465
3192 Sawyers Bar Ln Chico $420,000 4/3 25416347 Oro Bangor Hwy Oroville $450,000 3/3 1960
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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
Published: January 23,30,Signed: JEREMY F KEPLEYProposed name:without a hearing.
FOR CHANGE OF NAME
Dated: January 17, 2020AUTUMN LANAE TUCKERNOTICE OF HEARING
February 6,13, 2020
TO ALL INTERESTED
FBN Number: 2020-0000071THE COURT ORDERS that all Date: March 11, 2020
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Published: January 23,30,persons interested in this matter Time: 9:00 AM
PERSONS: Petitioner
February 6,13, 2020appear before this court at the Dept: TBA
filed a petition with this
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
hearing indicated below to Room: TBA
court for a decree changing
NAME STATEMENT
show cause, if any, why theThe address of the court is:
names as follows:
The following person is doing
petition for change of name Butte County Superior Court
Present name:
business as
should not be granted.1775 Concord Ave
LIGHTSPEED COURIER
ASHLEIGH TRICHELL MOORE
Any person objecting to the Chico, CA 95928
CHICO, QUICKSILVER
Proposed name:
name changes described Signed: ROBERT A. GLUSMAN
COURIER SERVICE at
ASHTON TRICHELL PEASE
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
above must file a writtenDated: January 15, 2020
2196 Ruskin St Unit 1 Chico,
THE COURT ORDERS that all
FOR CHANGE OF NAME
objection that includes theCase Number: 20CV00116
CA 95926.
persons interested in this matter
TO ALL INTERESTED
reasons for the objection at Published: January 23,30,
JORDAN MICHAEL ADAMS
PERSONS: Petitioner
appear before this court at the
least two court days before the February 6,13, 2020
2196 Ruskin St Unit 1 Chico,
LA NETTE CAROL THOMPSON
hearing indicated below to
matter is scheduled to be heard
CA 95926.
filed a petition with this
and must appear at the hearing
show cause, if any, why the
This business is conducted by
court for a decree changing
to show cause why the petition
petition for change of name
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
an Individual.
names as follows:
should not be granted. If no
should not be granted.
FOR CHANGE OF NAME
Signed: JORDAN M. ADAMS
Present name:
written objection is timely filed,
Any person objecting to the
TO ALL INTERESTED
Dated: December 26, 2019
LA NETTE CAROL THOMPSON
the court may grant the petition
PERSONS: Petitioner
name changes described
FBN Number: 2019-0001430
UBVSVT!
Proposed name:
without a hearing.
HAZEL HALBERT
Published: January 23,30,
above must file a written
LANETTE CAROL SIX
NOTICE OF HEARING
filed a petition with this
February 6,13, 2020
objection that includes the
THE COURT ORDERS that all
Date: February 19, 2020
court for a decree changing
reasons for the objection at
persons interested in this matter
Time: 9:00 AM
names as follows:
least two court days before the
appear before this court at the
Dept: TBA
TDPSQJP!
Present name:
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
matter is scheduled to be heard
hearing indicated below to
Room: TBA
CRUZ LAWRENCE MATZEN
NAME STATEMENT
show cause, if any, why the
and must appear at the hearing
The address of the court is:
JULZ EDEN MATZEN
The following person is doing
petition for change of name
to show cause why the petition
Butte County Superior Court
Proposed name:
business as
should not be granted.
1775 Concord Ave
should not be granted. If no
CRUZ MATZEN HALBERT
FOSTERS FREEZE at
Any person objecting to the
Chico, CA 95928
written objection is timely filed,
JULZ EDEN HALBERT
646 Pearson Rd. Paradise, CA
name changes described
Signed: ROBERT A. GLUSMAN
the court may grant the petition
THE COURT ORDERS that all
95969.
above must file a written
Dated: December 27, 2019
without a hearing.
persons interested in this matter
CHUL YOUNG KIM
objection that includes the
Case Number: 19CV03791
appear before this court at the
NOTICE OF HEARING
745 Paigewood Dr #34 Orland,
reasons for the objection at
Published: January 16,23,30,
hearing indicated below to
Date: March 4, 2020
CA 95963.
least two court days before the
February 6, 2020
show cause, if any, why the
Time: 9:00 AM
This business is conducted by
matter is scheduled to be heard
petition for change of name
Dept: TBA
an Individual.
and must appear at the hearing
should not be granted.
Room: TBA
Signed: CHUL Y KIM
to show cause why the petition
HFNJOJ!
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE Any person objecting to the
Dated: December 30, 2019
The address of the court is:
should not be granted. If no
FOR CHANGE OF NAME name changes described
FBN Number: 2019-0001442
written objection is timely filed,
Butte County Superior Court
TO ALL INTERESTEDabove must file a written
Published: January 23,30,
the court may grant the petition
TBHJUUBSJVT!
1775 Concord Ave
PERSONS: Petitionerobjection that includes the
February 6,13, 2020
without a hearing.
Chico, CA 95928
JESSICA VERA WOOLDRIDGEreasons for the objection at
NOTICE OF HEARING
Signed: TAMARA L.
filed a petition with thisleast two court days before the
Date: February 5, 2020
MOSBARGER
court for a decree changing matter is scheduled to be heard
Time: 9:00 AM
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
Dated: January 10, 2020
names as follows:and must appear at the hearing
Dept: TBA
NAME STATEMENT
Present name:to show cause why the petition
Case Number: 20CV00076
Room: TBA
The following person is doing
JESSICA VERA WOOLDRIDGEshould not be granted. If no
Published: January 23,30,
The address of the court is:
business as
Proposed name:written objection is timely filed,
February 6,13, 2020
Butte County Superior Court
LEVEL UP, NOR CAL YOGA at
JESSICA VERA MAINthe court may grant the petition
1775 Concord Ave
830 Broadway Chico, CA
THE COURT ORDERS that all without a hearing.
Chico, CA 95928
95928.
persons interested in this matter NOTICE OF HEARING
Signed: BARBARA L. ROBERTS
KAMELA LOESER
appear before this court at the Date: March 4, 2020
Dated: December 19, 2019
600 Parkwood Drive Chico, CA
hearing indicated below to Time: 9:00 AM
DBODFS!
Case Number: 19CV03765
95928.
show cause, if any, why theDept: TBA
Published: January 2,9,16,23,
This business is conducted by
petition for change of name Room: TBA
2020 SUMMONS
an Individual.
should not be granted.The address of the court is:
NOTICE TO DEFENDANT:
Signed: KAMELA LOESER
Any person objecting to the Butte County Superior Court
MONICA IBARRA AKA MONICA
Dated: January 10, 2020
name changes described 1775 Concord Ave
BONILLA
FBN Number: 2020-0000042
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
above must file a writtenChico, CA 95928
YOU ARE BEING SUED BY
Published: January 23,30,
FOR CHANGE OF NAME
objection that includes theSigned: TAMARA L.
PLAINTIFF:
DBQSJDPSO!
February 6,13, 2020
TO ALL INTERESTED
reasons for the objection at MOSBARGER
BUTTE COUNTY CREDIT
PERSONS: Petitioner
least two court days before the Dated: January 9, 2020
BUREAU A CORP
MARINA DAHLIA CALDERON
matter is scheduled to be heard Case Number: 20CV00045
NOTICE! You have been sued.
filed a petition with this
and must appear at the hearing Published: January 23,30,
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
The court may decide against
court for a decree changing
to show cause why the petition February 6,13, 2020
NAME STATEMENT
you without your being heard
names as follows:
should not be granted. If no
The following persons are
unless you respond within 30
Present name:
written objection is timely filed,
doing business as
days. Read the information
MARINA DAHLIA CALDERON
the court may grant the petition
ALLFIGHTSTICKS at
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
below.
Proposed name:
without a hearing.
2393 Durham Dayton Hwy
FOR CHANGE OF NAME
You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS
MARINA DAHLIA ESQUIVEL
NOTICE OF HEARING
Durham, CA 95938.
TO ALL INTERESTED
after this summons and legal
THE COURT ORDERS that all
Date: March 4, 2020
PCI COMPUTER SERVICES,
PERSONS: Petitionerpapers are served on you to file
persons interested in this matter
Time: 9:00 AM
INC
a written response at this court
JAY DEAN SMITH
appear before this court at the
Dept: TBA
225 Main St Suite R Chico, CA
MFP!
and have a copy served on the
filed a petition with this
hearing indicated below to
Room: TBA
95928.
plaintiff. A letter or phone call
court for a decree changing
show cause, if any, why the
The address of the court is:
This business is conducted by
will not protect you. Your written
names as follows:
petition for change of name
Butte County Superior Court
a Corporation.
response must be in proper
Present name:
should not be granted.
1775 Concord Ave
Signed: AARON HALL, CEO
legal form if you want the court
Any person objecting to the JAY DEAN SMITH
Chico, CA 95928
Dated: December 30, 2019
to hear your case. There may
name changes described
Proposed name:
Signed: TAMARA L.
FBN Number: 2019-0001443
be a court form that you can
above must file a written
JASON DEAN SMITH
MOSBARGER
Published: January 23,30,
use for your response. You can
objection that includes the
BRVBSJVT!
THE COURT ORDERS that all
Dated: January 3, 2020
February 6,13, 2020
find these court forms and more
reasons for the objection at
Case Number: 20CV00005persons interested in this matter
information at the California
least two court days before the
Published: January 16,23,30,
appear before this court at the
Courts Online Self-Help Center
matter is scheduled to be heard
February 6, 2020
hearing indicated below to
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
(www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp),
and must appear at the hearing
show cause, if any, why the
NAME STATEMENT
your county library, or the
to show cause why the petition
petition for change of name
The following person is doing
courthouse nearest you. If you
should not be granted. If no ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
should not be granted.
business as
cannot pay the filing fee, ask
written objection is timely filed, FOR CHANGE OF NAME
Any person objecting to the
PARADISE RISING BREAD
the court clerk for a fee waiver
the court may grant the petition TO ALL INTERESTED
name changes described
COMPANY at
form. If you do not file your
without a hearing.PERSONS: Petitioner
6165 Burke Lane Paradise, CA above must file a written
response on time, you may lose
NOTICE OF HEARINGDANNY LEE DELL
95969.
objection that includes the
the case by default, and your
Date: February 26, 2020filed a petition with this
JOLENE MARIE MOODY
reasons for the objection at wages, money and property
Time: 9:00 AMcourt for a decree changing
6165 Burke Lane Paradise, CA
WJSHP!
least two court days before the may be taken without further
Dept: TBAnames as follows:
95969.
warning from the court.
matter is scheduled to be heard
Room: TBAPresent name:
This business is conducted by
There are other legal
and must appear at the hearing
The address of the court is:DANNY LEE DELL
an Individual.
requirements. You may want to
to show cause why the petition
Butte County Superior CourtProposed name:
Signed: JOLENE MARIE
call an attorney right away. If
should not be granted. If no
1775 Concord AveDANNY LEE HOGAN
MOODY
you do not know an attorney,
Chico, CA 95928THE COURT ORDERS that all written objection is timely filed, QJTDFT!
Dated: December 31, 2019
you may want to call an
Signed: ROBERT A. GLUSMANpersons interested in this matter
the court may grant the petition
FBN Number: 2019-0001445
attorney referral service. If you
Dated: January 6, 2020appear before this court at the
without a hearing.
Published: January 23,30,
cannot afford an attorney, you
Case Number: 20CV00015hearing indicated below to
NOTICE OF HEARING
February 6,13, 2020
may be eligible for free legal
Published: January 16,23,30, show cause, if any, why the
Date: March 11, 2020
services from a nonprofit legal
February 6, 2020petition for change of name
Time: 9:00 AM
services program. You can
should not be granted.
Dept: TBA
locate these nonprofit groups at
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
Any person objecting to the
Room: TBA
the California Legal Services
NAME STATEMENT
name changes described
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE The address of the court is:
Web site
The following person is doing
above must file a written
FOR CHANGE OF NAME Butte County Superior Court
(www.lawhelpcalifornia.org),
business as
objection that includes the
TO ALL INTERESTED1775 Concord Ave
the California Courts Online
RIDGE LASERWORKS at
reasons for the objection at
PERSONS: PetitionerChico, CA 95928
Self-Help Center
137 1/2 W 21st Street Chico,
least two court days before the
JAMIE LEE TUCKERSigned: ROBERT A. GLUSMAN
CA 95928.
matter is scheduled to be heard
filed a petition with thisDated: January 13, 2020
JEREMY F KEPLEY
and must appear at the hearing
court for a decree changing Case Number: 20CV00066
137 1/2 W 21st Street Chico,
to show cause why the petition
names as follows:Published: January 23,30,
CA 95928.
should not be granted. If no
Present name:February 6,13, 2020
This business is conducted by
written objection is timely filed,
DPOUJOVFE!PO!41
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(www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), Other California statutes andyou may file with the court a(form DE-154) of the filing of an you may file with the court ayou may file with the court
aor account as provided in466 Vallombrosa Ave.
or by contacting your local
legal authority may affect your Request for Special Notice inventory and appraisal ofRequest for Special Notice Request for Special Notice Probate Code section 1250.Chico, CA 95926
court or county bar association.
rights as a creditor. You may (form DE-154) of the filing of an estate assets or of any petition (form DE-154) of the filing of an (form DE-154) of the filing of an A Request for
Special Notice (530) 893-2882
NOTE: The court has a statutory
want to consult an attorney inventory and appraisal ofor account as provided ininventory and appraisal ofinventory and appraisal ofform is available from the court Dated: January 15,
2020
lien for waived fees and costs
knowledgeable in California estate assets or of any petition Probate Code section 1250.estate assets or of any petition estate assets or of any petition clerk.Case Number: 20PR00018
on any settlement or arbitration
law.or account as provided inA Request for Special Notice or account as provided inor account as provided inAttorney for petitioner:Published: January 23,30,
award of $10,000 or more in a
YOU MAY EXAMINE the file Probate Code section 1250.form is available from the court Probate Code section 1250.Probate Code section 1250.RAOUL J. LECLERCFebruary 6, 2020
civil case. The Court’s lien must
kept by the court. If you are a A Request for Special Notice clerk.A Request for Special Notice A Request for Special Notice P.O. Drawer 111
be paid before the court will
person interested in the estate, form is available from the court Petitioner:form is available from the court form is available from the court Oroville, CA 95965
dismiss the case.
you may file with the court aclerk.TIMOTHY JOHNSTONclerk.clerk.(530) 533-5661
NOTICE OF PETITION
The name and address of the
Request for Special Notice Petitioner:29288 Gateway DrAttorney for petitioner:Petitioner:Dated: January 13, 2020 TO ADMINISTER
court is: Superior Court of
ESTATE
(form DE-154) of the filing of an CHRISTOPHER SANDOVAL, Lake Elsinore, CA 92530JOHN C. SCHALLERJONATHAN SHANERCase Number: 20PR00015
California County of Butte
SUE ELLEN CLEMENTS, aka
1775 Concord Avenueinventory and appraisal ofMARY “LUCY” SANDOVALDated: November 14, 20191458 Esplanade266 E 7th AvePublished: January 23,30,
SUE E. CLEMENTS, aka SUE
Chico, CA 95928
estate assets or of any petition P.O. Box 584Case Number: 19PR00518Chico, CA 95926Chico, CA 95926February 6, 2020
CLEMENTS
LIMITED CIVIL CASE
or account as provided inGridley, CA 95948Published: January 16,23,30, (530) 893-8891Case Number: 20PR00013
To all heirs, beneficiaries,
The name, address and
Probate Code section 1250.Dated: January 6, 20202020Dated: January 8, 2020Published: January 16,23,30,
creditors contingent creditors,
telephone number of plaintiff’s
A Request for Special Notice Case Number: 19PR00574Case Number: 20PR000032020
NOTICE OF PETITION
and persons who may
attorney is:
form is available from the court Published: January 9,16,23, Published: January 16,23,30, TO ADMINISTER
otherwise be interested in the
JOSEPH L SELBY (#249546)
ESTATE
clerk.20202020
NOTICE OF PETITION
will or estate, or both, of:
Law Office of Ferris & Selby
GEORGE H. POPE, also known
Attorney for petitioner:
TO ADMINISTER ESTATENOTICE OF PETITION
SUE ELLEN CLEMENTS, aka
2607 Forest Avenue Ste 130
as GEORGE HENRY POPE,
NICOLE R. PLOTTEL
SUE E. CLEMENTS, aka SUE
PATRICK M. FLYNN aka TO ADMINISTER ESTATE
Chico, CA 95928.
GEORGE POPE
466 Vallombrosa Ave.
CLEMENTS
NOTICE OF PETITION PATRICK FLYNN NOTICE OF PETITION LOIS A. SCHMIDT
(530) 366-4290
To all heirs, beneficiaries,
Chico, CA 95926A Petition for Probate
Dated: May 22, 2019 TO ADMINISTER ESTATE To all heirs, beneficiaries,TO ADMINISTER To all heirs, beneficiaries,
creditors contingent creditors,
has been filed by:
(530) 893-2882
Signed: KIMBERLY FLENER
TITUS F JOHNSTONcreditors contingent creditors, ESTATE creditors contingent creditors,
and persons who may
JONATHON PHILLIPS
Case Number: 19CV01561Dated: December 30, 2019
To all heirs, beneficiaries,and persons who mayWALTER SHANER, akaand persons who may
otherwise be interested in the
in the Superior Court of
Published: January 23,30,
Case Number: 19PR00570
creditors contingent creditors, otherwise be interested in the WALTER L. SHANER, akaotherwise be interested in the
will or estate, or both, of:
California, County of Butte.
February 6,13, 2020
Published: January 9,16,23,
and persons who maywill or estate, or both, of:LARRY SHANERwill or estate, or both, of:
GEORGE H. POPE, also known
The Petition for Probate
2020
otherwise be interested in the PATRICK M. FLYNN akaTo all heirs, beneficiaries,LOIS A. SCHMIDTas GEORGE HENRY POPE,
requests that: JONATHON
GEORGE POPE
will or estate, or both, of:PATRICK FLYNNcreditors contingent creditors, A Petition for Probate
PHILLIPS
A Petition for Probate
TITUS F JOHNSTONA Petition for Probateand persons who mayhas been filed by:
be appointed as personal
has been filed by:
NOTICE OF PETITION
A Petition for Probatehas been filed by:otherwise be interested in the LINDA R. THOMPSON
representative to administer the
RICHARD HOWARD
TO ADMINISTER
has been filed by:DIANNE JOAQUINwill or estate, or both, of:in the Superior Court of
estate of the decedent.
in the Superior Court of
ESTATE
The petition requests authority
TIMOTHY JOHNSTONin the Superior Court ofWALTER SHANER, akaCalifornia, County of Butte.
NOTICE OF PETITION
California, County of Butte.
ALICE L. SANDOVAL
to administer the estate under
TO ADMINISTER ESTATE in the Superior Court ofCalifornia, County of Butte.WALTER L. SHANER, akaThe Petition for Probate
The Petition for Probate
To all heirs, beneficiaries,
the Independent Administration
ADELAIDE M. HARDT, also
California, County of Butte.The Petition for ProbateLARRY SHANER, deceasedrequests that: LINDA R.
requests that: RICHARD
creditors contingent creditors,
of Estates Act. (This authority
known as ADELAIDE MONA
The Petition for Probaterequests that: DIANNEA Petition for ProbateTHOMPSON
HOWARD
and persons who may
will allow the personal
HARDT, ADELAIDE HARDT
requests that: TIMOTHYJOAQUINhas been filed by:be appointed as personal
be appointed as personal
otherwise be interested in the
representative to take many
To all heirs, beneficiaries,
JOHNSTONbe appointed as personalEstate of JONATHAN SHANERrepresentative to administer the
representative to administer the
will or estate, or both, of:
actions without obtaining court
creditors contingent creditors,
be appointed as personalrepresentative to administer thein the Superior Court ofestate of the decedent.
estate of the decedent.
CHRISTOPHER SANDOVAL
approval. Before taking certain
and persons who may
representative to administer theestate of the decedent.California, County of Butte.The petition requests theThe petition requests authority
AND MARY “LUCY” SANDOVAL
very important actions,
otherwise be interested in the
to administer the estate under
estate of the decedent.The petition requests theThe Petition for Probatedecedent’s will and codicils, if
A Petition for Probate
however, the personal
will or estate, or both, of:
the Independent Administration
has been filed by:The petition requests thedecedent’s will and codicils, if requests that: JOHNATHAN any, be admitted to probate.
representative will be required
ADELAIDE M. HARDT,
of Estates Act. (This authority
Estate of ALICE L. SANDOVAL
decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. SHANERThe will and any codicils are
to give notice to interested
ADELAIDE MONA HARDT,
will allow the personal
in the Superior Court of
any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are be appointed as personalavailable for examination in the
persons unless they have
ADELAIDE HARDT
representative to take many
California, County of Butte.
waived notice or consented to
The will and any codicils are available for examination in the representative to administer thefile kept by the court.
A Petition for Probate
actions without obtaining court
The Petition for Probate
the proposed action.) The
has been filed by:available for examination in the file kept by the court.estate of the decedent.The petition requests authority
approval. Before taking certain
requests that: CHRISTOPHER
independent administration
DANNY HARDT
file kept by the court.The petition requests authority The petition requests authority to administer the estate under
very important actions,
SANDOVAL, MARY “LUCY”
authority will be granted unless
in the Superior Court of
The petition requests authority to administer the estate under to administer the estate under the Independent Administration
however, the personal
SANDOVAL
an interested person files an
California, County of Butte.
to administer the estate under the Independent Administration the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority
representative will be required
be appointed as personal
objection to the petition and
The Petition for Probate
the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal
to give notice to interested
representative to administer the
shows good cause why the
requests that: DANNY HARDT
of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personalwill allow the personalrepresentative to take many
persons unless they have
estate of the decedent.
court should not grant the
be appointed as personal
will allow the personalrepresentative to take manyrepresentative to take manyactions without obtaining court waived notice or consented to
The petition requests authority
authority.
representative to administer the
the proposed action.) The
representative to take manyactions without obtaining court actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain
to administer the estate under
A hearing on the petition will be
estate of the decedent.
independent administration
the Independent Administration actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain approval. Before taking certain very important actions,
held in this court as follows:
The petition requests the
authority will be granted unless
of Estates Act. (This authority
approval. Before taking certain very important actions,very important actions,however, the personal
Date: February 11, 2020
decedent’s will and codicils, if
an interested person files an
will allow the personal
very important actions,however, the personalhowever, the personalrepresentative will be required
Time: 9:00 a.m.
any, be admitted to probate.
objection to the petition and
representative to take many
Dept: Probate
however, the personalrepresentative will be required representative will be required to give notice to interested
The will and any codicils are
shows good cause why the
actions without obtaining court
Room: TBA
available for examination in the representative will be required to give notice to interestedto give notice to interestedpersons unless they have
court should not grant the
approval. Before taking certain
Address of the court:
file kept by the court.
to give notice to interestedpersons unless they have persons unless they have waived notice or consented to
authority.
very important actions,
Superior Court of California
The petition requests authority
persons unless they have waived notice or consented to waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The
A hearing on the petition will be
however, the personal
County of Butte
to administer the estate under
waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) Thethe proposed action.) Theindependent administration
held in this court as follows:
representative will be required
1775 Concord Ave.
the Independent Administration
the proposed action.) Theindependent administrationindependent administrationauthority will be granted unless
Date: February 11, 2020
to give notice to interested
Chico, CA 95926.
of Estates Act. (This authority
independent administrationauthority will be granted unless authority will be granted unless an interested person files an
Time: 9:00 a.m.
persons unless they have
IF YOU OBJECT to the granting
will allow the personal
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objection to the petition and held in this court as follows:
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shows good cause why the Date: February 11, 2020
attorney.
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IF YOU OBJECT to the granting
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IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or
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of the petition, you should
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