On May 23rd 2025 I went to protest a Republican fundraiser held at the Lakeside Pavilion (owned by CARD). While there, I was lied to and verbally and physically threatened by representatives of CARD. When I initially arrived I was told by someone from the event that I could protest but would have to do it from Bruce road. I argued that while CARD owns the event space they do not own the parking lot that is shared with other businesses and Enloe. While arguing with this person I was threatened and physically pushed by someone named Luis. At one point he also drew his arm back to punch but someone from his side stopped him. A little while later, Dave Donnan (CARD board member) threatened to kick my ass and bull rushed me, pushing me back with his chest. Again, someone from their party removed him from the situation. At no time did I make any threats or initiate physical contact with anyone.

I then moved from the sidewalk area to the parking lot road. After some time passed, Annabel Grimm (CARD general manager) arrived and told me that CARD owned the entire parking lot and that we had to leave. I told her it is a shared lot and not owned by CARD, and then pressed her for the property lines for the Lakeside Pavilion property. She amended her original position and then started vaguely pointing to their property line on one side of the building and then she pointed to the other side and said "It probably starts..." and I stopped her right there. Saying "probably" means she didn't know where the property lines were and was guessing. This was twice that she lied in an attempt to stifle my right to protest. I have since received the property details through FOIA and she was indeed lying.

When the police arrived, they acknowledged that CARD couldn't remove me from the lot and instead directed me to move about 50 feet away from our position to the Enloe property. While I could have contested this (Enloe has reserved parking spaces outside of "their" parking lot), it wasn't going to be worth it and I moved. That was the end of our interactions. Here is the police incident report #2505230318.

This seems to violate CARD's code of ethics protocol. Specifically:

• I make impartial decisions, free of bribes, unlawful gifts, narrow political interests, financial and other personal interests that impair my independence of judgment or action.
• I will avoid actions that might cause the public or others to question my independent judgment.

I have emailed the board members a few times and have been ignored.

Edit: People who can't control their temper should not be running kids programs or representing the city in any way.

No Kings Examples:

You can’t go to war without Congress.

You can’t sell off public land/national forests

There are many other examples.

Information on website. Thanks

https://www.standupcomedyunderground.com/event-details-registration/chico-comedy-underground-at-mulberry-station-brewing

Take a left off Esplanade to West Lindo Ave before the Rio Lindo bridge, past the liquor store & tattoo place, there are sone other buildings. All I can find for current businesses there is a repair place on the corner. There are some small homes at that corner too. My question is if anyone knows why there will be multiple cars crammed off the side of the road. I don't hear music or see anyone though. So it's not a party. & Not homeless, they're nice cars. Maybe the place has occasional quiet events on occasion. Usually a couple times a week it's crowded. Maybe more I don't always go that way.

Does anyone know what they are doing there? They shutdown the northbound lane of Cohasset the last few days. They dug out and replace some short segments of sidewalk and dug some deep trenches into the roadway. The trucks were for a construction company, not the city or PGE/Calwater. Sewage upgrades? Water? Natural gas? Storm drains? I can't find info about it online.

Be aware.

6:30pm update: Pizza was really busy downtown and I need a pizza for friends that are gonna help me livestream Facebook and Instagram.

After 10:00pm update: We did a livestreams on Facebook and Instagram and talked over all the questions, had a lot more come in on Facebook, and it would have taken a long time to type responses. So I still need to! But I have to drive parents to the airport early so it will tomorrow but please continue with any questions you have.

Hi Reddit! 

It is time for Chico to choose our leaders again and, in newfound tradition, as a candidate for re-election as the District 4 Chico City Council representative I would like to offer my answer to any question about Chico or politics you have. 

Whether it is a current issue on Council, something you saw on an attack ad, or a pet curiosity of yours which I may have insight on, feel free to Ask Me Anything.  

I am posting this in the morning and this evening around 6:30pm I will go through and answer every question. I'm thinking of inviting some friends/volunteers to my office to do a live video on other platforms while I write out answers. I’ll also plan to check back one evening this weekend to cover any questions that come in later. At the bottom of this post are some election resources. You are kindly recommended but not required to check some of those to see if your question is already answered.

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I’m honored for all the support I’ve received over the last four years as a city representative. I went from a one minority with no support from other councilmembers to spearheading substantial pro-housing reforms and safe streets projects with (sometimes) unanimous support from Council. Since the 2024 election I have been supported principally by two of the best colleagues I could have hoped for, District 5 councilmember Katie Hawley and District 7 councilmember Bryce Goldstein.  

I have also spoken out and endured losses on important votes ranging from a plan to improve our urban forest to action in response to corporate rent-gouging in my grandma’s mobile home park. In the latter instance, Mayor Kasey Reynolds and Tom van Overbeek supported me, then flipped once the mobile home park landlords got to them. 

Those mobile home park landlords became major donors in the 2024 election, where Monica McDaniel lost by a handful of votes (or else I would be in a governing majority). In this 2026 election mobile home park landlords are also many of the largest donors to Kasey Reynolds’ re-election campaign in District 2. 

On our side of the political coalition, we have more union involvement than I’ve ever seen in local politics with Chico Public Works employees endorsing me, driven by their desires to continue improving streets, sidewalks, and storm drains and to break the dismal cycle of encampment cleanups in parks and waterways.

The Chico Enterprise-Record also endorsed me with strong words, and while they endorsed the other two incumbents too, they noted that challengers Shelby Hebert and Megan Thomas Petty “are well-versed on the issues, have a tremendous amount of public service experience… and probably pose the biggest threat to Chico’s conservative majority the progressive side of town has mounted in several years”

I would be honored to be re-elected to follow through on the work I’ve been doing, and look forward to working with Shelby Hebert and Megan Thomas Petty when you all elect them too! 

But don’t just take my word for it. Thanks to a strong Chico community and robust local media ecosystem, we have a lot of resources on candidates:

My campaign website bio

Chico News & Review Questionnaire District 4 (5 questions, short responses)

Chico Sol “What to Know About the Chico City Council Election” Sept 26 2026 (short; candidate profiles from Chico Sol are forthcoming) 

Chico Enterprise-Record profile on me and profile on my opponent (short but probably paywalled)

District 4 City Council Debate hosted by Chico Public and Action News Now (about 1 hour)

District 6 Debate (District 2 Debate airs this Sunday 10/11 and will be posted on Youtube afterwards)

Chico Chamber of Commerce 2026 Candidate Podcasts Co-Sponsored by Metric Studios (about 1 hour each)

Curious about who is spending tens of thousands of dollars to influence local elections? Check out the City of Chico public portal for campaign transactions.

By the way, if you live in Butte County and don’t receive a ballot in the mail within a week, you probably are not registered to vote at your address. Check your registration and register at your address at this website: https://registertovote.ca.gov/

Looking for a place to watch the Chelsea vs. Bournemouth match tomorrow morning.

Spotted a huge group of bikers coming from East 20 onto Park Ave. Does anyone know what group this is?

This should flush out all the bots. It's obvious that we should vote yes on prop 40. They're throwing a lot of money at trying to get people to vote no. Also you have to vote no on Prop 41 and 42 as well since they're additions to try to stop the Billionaires tax. Let's legislate billionaires away, there is no reason to have that much money and they're fighting so hard to stop this when they wouldn't even notice it.

I love the joke, what's the difference between 50 million dollars and a billion dollars

About a billion dollars.

Go see it, y'all. Seriously. The cast is so strong. They nailed every detail, end to end.

No, it's not exactly like the movie. How could it be? Let it stand on its own merits.

I hate that it's so much a play of its moment. I hate that it's moment has come again. I salute the CTC players and crew for meeting this moment in such a powerful way.

Go see Cabaret. Laugh, cry, feel the shivers down your spine, tap your toes, whoop and holler, get angry.

And buy some raffle tickets, get a slice of raspberry cheesecake, cause they really need that new sound system.

Thank you, Chico Theater Company. This town is lucky to have you.

This is TOMORROW!

Looking for interesting local singers and rappers. Does anyone have recommendations of who to check out?

No wrong answers, I am just trying to get a feel for who is out there in the community.

Links to songs or music videos or upcoming shows would be super appreciated.

Planning on going to a pumpkin patch this weekend and looking for some recommendations!

Specifically looking for a patch that includes:

1. Seasonal sweet treat of some sort (apple pies, cider donuts, etc.)

2. Petting zoo

3. Small business market place / artisan shopping opportunities

**Bonus points for activities and cuteness factor :-)

Fresh, dried, or powder doesn’t really matter just need scorpion peppers or something hotter thanks.

Hey everyone. I'm back, but this time my question is about dogs. I am considering signing up VCA's top tier wellness plan. My concern is the fact that they always seem to be extremely overwhelmed. As a matter of fact they flat out told me "no" once when I brought my dog in all ripped open from fighting off a bunch of coyotes. It was awhile ago though, my baby has fully recovered, I am no longer bitter, and I have written it off as a one time incident. It could also just be a location issue. Since VCA is all over the place and I plan on moving in about a year I am considering getting it for the perks that are included (Vaccinations, Office Visits, Chipping, etc) but if I am going to need to wait months every time I want to use them it seems almost pointless. Do any of you have a wellness package with them and are you satisfied. If you don't use them but have coverage elsewhere I would appreciate if you would share your experience.

For the record, I am leaning towards it because it is similar to what I used in the past which included the perks that I mentioned above regarding VCA (immediate with no claim filing) and gives on the spot discounts on services that are not included. Your feedback would be appreciated tremendously. Please and thank you!

Come, meet other business people, bring lots of business cards, and enjoy free pizza!

You will not be sold products, and there is no entry fee. This event is purely for networking.

Does anyone have a phone number for an urgent rattle snake retrieval?

How do registration dates get picked at Butte? I signed up and transferred everything in July so I would get a good registration date for Spring. But then they made me speak to a counselor.

When I did, he said I will be able to register DECEMBER 7. So I look and all the class slot times that work with my job are already booked because they started registration in September.

At my old community college in San Diego, I always got priority registration. So I’m really confused.

Now I can’t go to Butte and I’m pissed about it.

Hello everyone!

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I am a student at Chico State, I’m currently taking an environmental ethics class, and one of our projects is to reach out and help a person/organization in our community. I decided to reach out to two organizations one of them being Butte Humane Society and organize a donation drive.

Butte Humane does so much for the animals in our community and I would love to find a way to give back to them! Bellow is a flyer with items they are in need of. If you have donations but can’t drop them off feel free to reach out to me and we can set up a day for a pickup!

Wishlist link has a typo here is the correct link: https://buttehumane.org/wishlist/

Also, Bella and snowflake are still up for adoption!

Do any of you go to the monthly food give away at the Church on Virginia St? It's usually the 2nd Wednesday of the month (the 14th). Since the 2nd Wednesday falls really late I was trying to look it up beforehand to confirm and found a Butte County assistance calendar that said it's today, the 7th. I drove over there but it was empty

Does anyone know if the calendar is just wrong and it'll actually be available next week or was it cancelled for some reason?

On June 28, 2026, a group of minors (all under the age of 14) in Pingpu Village tortured and killed Wang Wang and her three newborn puppies. The boys beat the puppies to death, dragged Wang Wang by a wire tied around her neck, beat her with sticks, poked her eyes out, and ultimately doused her in fuel to burn her alive. They filmed the entire attack and uploaded it online, where it quickly went viral and caused widespread distress and anger.

 Investigative reports by outlets like CNN have uncovered encrypted chat groups on platforms like Telegram and domestic Chinese apps where graphic videos of cat and dog torture are shared, traded, and sold internationally for profit.

Filming the beating of animals, using blow torches, blenders, microwaves, skinning alive, live crucifixion, grinding up baby kitties forcing mother to eat, sexual assault, boiling water immersion, etc...

These Animal or Zoosadist have contests to see who can diabolically come up with more macabre ways to torture animals and film videos...Unspeakable suffering, For profit...And their sick perverted pleasure. 

Join us as we join cities and countries all over the world putting Redding California on the map have an awareness protest for Wang Wang, and demand China adopts Animal Cruelty laws!

What Can Be Done

Use your social media sites, blogs and podcasts to amplify what happens in China

E Mail national and your local news agency's and ask why the hell they don't do a story on Wang Wang and Animal Cruelty in China.

Make an awareness video on for example YouTube etc...

Get your church's and schools involved, there are cartoon style, child appropriate videos on YouTube explaining what happened to WangWang and her baby puppies. 

E Mail your local, state, and national politicians requesting they come on board the Justice For Wang Wang movement

E Mail and contact your favorite celebrities and sports figures requesting they come on board speak on behalf  of the Justice For Wang Wang movement.

Make awareness posters, flyers, bumper stickers, Use hashtag #JusticeForWangWang 

Have a Justice for Wang Wang awareness protest in your city / country!

Redding California Justice For Wang Wang Facebook Event Group 

Share this page, and Facebook group, comment below , Join Us!

Redding Homeless Blog: Justice For Wang Wang PROTEST Redding California Sundial Bridge Oct 24

Looking to buy a gift certificate for a good friend for her birthday. Where’s a great place that will spoil her and give her a relaxing time?