CALIFORNIA IN BRIEF : CHICO : Rioting Cost City $80,000

Rioting during the Rancho Chico Days weekend this month cost the city about $80,000 in directly related expenses, officials estimate. The Chico City Council was advised of the sum this week during a hearing on whether to continue the annual spring celebration or to scrap it because of heavy drinking and disturbances. Rioting during the May 4-6 weekend resulted in 93 arrests of young people, many of them students at Cal State Chico. Sixteen others were arrested later, Police Chief John Bullerjahn told the council. He also said an internal investigation of eight complaints of police brutality could lead to charges against an unnamed officer by the district attorney.