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On Oct. 14, Senator Boxer compared conservative House GOP members to those who commit domestic abuse. She is referring to the action by those conservatives to warn America that implementing Obamacare will massively increase our public debt. What Boxer is hiding from us is that an increase in debt load creates an erosion of confidence in United States Treasury bills. This has a negative impact on the long-term solvency of the United States of America. People in positions of power in China and Japan are now questioning why our government leadership refuses to reduce our out-of-control spending. We cannot kick the can down the road any longer.

On this 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Boxer doesn’t mention the 54 million abortions conducted in this country nor show remorse for this disrespect for human life. Murder of the unborn is the ultimate act of domestic abuse. Speeches at every Democratic National Convention reference abortion or a pro-choice platform to huge cheers from the rabid convention hall audience.

Mother Teresa identified the greatest destroyer of peace today as abortion because it is a war against children, a direct killing of the innocent child, murder by the mother herself. If a mother can kill her own child and then tell young people not to kill

one another, it is the ultimate hypocrisy in the eyes of the young.

Senator Boxer and her cohorts must realize that labeling conservatives as domestic abusers will not create a stronger dollar.

Instead the dollar will get weaker resulting in a financial panic that will severely impact our youth, middle class and retirees.

Robert Dahlquist, Marin

Boxer fails to understand the sticks-and-stones-maybreak-my-bones economic policy of the GOP.

‘It was the end of innocence’

Where I was when I heard that Kennedy was killed: I was in our apartment on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, getting ready to go pick up my son Anthony, who was in morning kindergarten at school three blocks from our house. Our sitter had taken [daughter] Marina to the park. I was totally alone. I thought my heart had stopped.

I wondered whether I could walk, and how I could explain my tears to a 5-yearold, as I took the elevator downstairs. On the street, people looked shocked and stunned and I remember it all in slow motion—sounds seemed muffled, it was a gray November day.

The neighborhood we lived in was racially mixed and mostly African-American and Hispanic kids went to the local public school. When I came to the large walkway in front of the brick building, I lost it. Black women were hugging each other and crying and I was crying and nobody was talking.

What could we possibly say?

The bell rang, little children piled up outside the kindergarten door, waiting for us to collect them.

I remember holding Anthony’s hand so tight, as I tried to answer his questions about what was wrong. I think I said something like, “President Kennedy has gone away.”

The rest of that weekend is a blur of television, people gathering in our living room, my talking to my husband, Paul, long distance because he was off on [a photography] assignment, and a lot of Scotch and cigarettes. I watched friends—photographers—as they covered the news across the country. It was the end of innocence.

I had cast my vote for JFK ... I became eligible just in time.

created at the time of hire and over the employee’s term of service to the employer.

People may argue that the pensions paid were/are too generous. But apparently at the time that the pensions were considered appropriate—otherwise where was the public outcry at the beginning of those employees’ employment? People can complain that so-and-so is grossly overpaid or compensated, but the time to take action was back THEN rather than NOW. “Now” seems more like “Woe is me!” whining and buyer’s remorse 20 years too late.

As for the “1 of every 4 taxpayer dollars,” why is that a surprise? Pensions are/have been paid for all of the retired San Rafael public servants for the last 20-plus years.

Just how many fire fighters, police officers, EMTs, clerks, managers, secretaries, etc., do you think have retired during that time?

1,000? 5,000? 10,000? I really don’t know what the number is, but I’m certain it’s A LOT. (Blame it on better medical resources and improved diet. People in general—retirees along with everyone else—are living significantly longer than they did 20 years ago.) Probably a lot more than most people realize, but if you think about it, 1-in-4 shouldn’t come as that big of a shock.

Whatever the total is, it still boils down to, “A promise made is a debt unpaid.”

Marcus Mulkins, San Rafael

Pat Fusco, ‘Pacific Sun’ writer, San Anselmo

I’ll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today...

“One out of every 4 taxpayer dollars goes to San Rafael pensions.” That’s what a campaign handbill reads for a candidate for the City Council. My initial reaction was, “So?” followed by “Why is this a campaign issue?”

Yes, money is tight, everywhere, for practically everyone that isn’t in the fortunate top 1 percent. Does that fact excuse people from fulfilling their financial obligations and commitments?

Do you, dear readers, feel that NO ONE is entitled to a pension, or that current pensioners should have their pensions curtailed? In the private sector pensions are (or were) an element of an employee’s pay package. All things considered, if pensions were removed from the equation, then it stood to reason the employee would be paid a significantly higher wage. To employers, the choice was, “Pay them now, or pay them later.” The pensions were also a contractual obligation by the employer that is owed to the employee. “Sorry, we can’t afford to give you your pension after all,” isn’t (or shouldn’t be) a valid excuse for reneging on the employment contract.

I’m pretty sure EVERYONE that built up a pension over the years is of the opinion that their pensions should be sacrosanct.

So what makes public employee pensions different from private sector pensions? At its foundation, a public employee pension is no different than a private sector pension: They’re both contractual obligations

Now this is the kind of pension reform we can understand!

Or, perhaps they’ve loved too much...

I have noticed recently that San Rafael Police cars have on their flanks painted purple ribbons with the phrase “love shouldn’t hurt” on them. Obviously, whoever wrote that has never been in love.

Craig Whatley, San Rafael

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If there’s one thing we’ve learned about Marinites—it’s that they like their minestrone. And they love Pacific Sun food writer Pat Fusco. Which is why the calls are still coming in about Pat’s Oct. 18 minestrone soup recipe, which directed epicureans to “add tomatoes,” but didn’t specify how much. One can, or 14-and-a-half ounces, says Pat. Bon appétit.

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Today Marin Clean Energy, tomorrow the world!

By adding neighboring towns, is MCE becoming a ‘mega agency’?

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t’s not Marin Clean Energy any longer. It’s MCE Clean Energy.

The name change reflects a Marin Energy Authority move to expand its service area beyond the boundaries of Marin County.

“We did it in the spirit of inclusivity,” says Jamie Tuckey, communications director at the Energy Authority, the joint-powers agency that administers MCE. “We didn’t want to seem exclusive to Marin any more.”

After starting to deliver power in May 2010, MCE focused on spreading its offering of renewable power at competitive rates to communities across Marin. Several towns that had been reluctant to become members of the Energy Authority eventually signed on to the program and joined, which allowed their residents to receive power from MCE. PG&E still sends out electricity bills and retains responsibility for maintaining the transmission system, but MCE holds all the cards when it comes to buying power for its customers.

The growth of MCE within Marin ran contrary to accusations from critics who said the public-power agency didn’t stand a chance in the rough-and-tumble power-procurement marketplace. Accepting the city of Richmond as a new member in the Energy Authority signaled a new phase.

During its nascent phase, proponents of MCE favored taking an incremental approach to rolling out what was a brand new concept in California: A public-power agency that set it sights on delivering as much renewable clean power as possible at rates competitive

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with the existing utility, PG&E. Late Supervisor Charles McGlashan was a strong supporter of the “walk before you run” concept. MCE finished learning to walk this past summer when Richmond was folded into the Energy Authority without much of a hiccup.

MCE now delivers power to about 125,000 customers in two categories: light green and deep green. The light-green category provides 50-percent renewable power at about 7.4 cents per kilowatt hour. PG&E, whose renewable portfolio accounts for about 19 percent of its power, charges about 7.9 cents per kilowatt hour. Electricity charges fluctuate, but the comparison between PG&E and MCE shows that MCE is well within that original goal of staying competitive with PG&E, say its proponents. The MCE deep-green product offers a 100-percent renewable electricity generated from wind production. The deep-green offering costs about 8.4 cents per kilowatt hour.

Looked at another way, deep-green customers pay about $5 more a month for a fully renewable energy supply.

Following the smooth rollout in Richmond in July, the Energy Authority board held a retreat in September. One of the items the board discussed was continuing a policy of incremental expansion into neighboring communities. Richmond, which approached MCE with an interest in joining Marin’s power agency, was just one of a growing number of communities interested in giving their own residents an opportunity to cut the power cord previously controlled 8>

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Marin ‘Heroes’ honored Local theater matron Ann Brebner imagined a scenario in which everyone in the world had vanished—save for the 100-plus attendees at the Pacific Sun’s Nov. 14 Heroes of Marin banquet.

“Even if that were to happen,” she said, scanning the faces at the Key Room event space in Novato. “I think we’d be just fine.”

The room erupted with applause and laughter, and Brebner eventually left the podium to a standing ovation. And so went the celebration of the 2013 Heroes of Marin, the Pacific Sun’s program, now in its third year—and first in partnership with Redwood Credit Union—which recognizes county residents whose dedication to craft, community and the environment helps make Marin a unique and special place to live.

Among the honorees at the event was Phyllis Faber, whose dedication to land conservation over the decades earned her a “lifetime achievement” tribute. Faber cited three key moments in county environmentalism that were closest to her heart: the protection of the Corte Madera marshlands, the establishment of the California Coastal Commission, and the founding of the Marin Agricultural Land Trust—the groundbreaking land-conservation organization she and Ellen Straus founded in 1980 which became a model for other land trusts throughout the country.

“If only we could get rid of the Tea Party,” Faber concluded, amidst another round of audience applause, “we could get a lot more things done.”

The event took place at Homeward Bound’s Key Room in the Hamilton neighborhood of Novato; the dinner was provided by the Fresh Starts Cooking School, a program honored as a Hero of Marin in 2011.

This year’s honorees were officially announced Nov. 1. After fielding nominations earlier this autumn from Pacific Sun readers. Our panel of “hero” judges bestowed awards in eight separate categories—and from Nov. 29 to Dec. 20, we’ll feature stories about two “heroes” per week in each issue of the Pacific Sun. Our 2013 Heroes include: Ann Brebner, who receives our Art and Culture award for her decades-long work in the local theater and film communities.

Bill Hamm, this year’s Community Spirit honoree for his group Warm Wishes and its wintertime “street packs” for the needy.

John Reynolds, our Courage award winner for helping veterans find employment through his Veterans2Work program.

Dietrich Stroeh, for Environmental Stewardship and his longstanding guidance in Marin water policy.

Don Carney, recognized for Innovation through the Marin Youth Court, which has raised the bar on helping troubled kids.

Cecilia Zamora is our Role Model for her dedication to the Latino Council of Marin and her tireless volunteerism throughout the county.

From the Bay to the Balkans is an effort by San Domenico students to bridge cultural divides in Bosnia-Herzegovina; led by program founders Jill Hoefgen and Ian Sethre, FBB is this year’s Rising Stars award recipient.

And finally, Phyllis Faber, who co-founded the groundbreaking Marin Agricultural 9> Land Trust more than 30 years ago, is this year’s honoree for Lifetime Achievement.

Mercury in them thar hills!

Here’s one gold rush legacy that’s definitely hard to swallow ...

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Don’t worry, says the Western Mining Alliance, ‘mercury is not an issue in gold country.’

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1. This narrow building, 25’ wide by 125’ long, was once home to a movie theater in downtown San Rafael. In fact, if you look closely at the long crack along its side brick wall, you can see the remains of its sloping floor level. Now it’s the home of what popular cafe?

2. What is the official currency of the Vatican City State?

3. Which of these beverages did the Pilgrims consume at their first Thanksgiving meal in 1621: coffee, tea, beer or wine?

4. The larva of a butterfly or moth is known by what name?

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5. What brand name product was advertised in the 1950s with the slogan: “Takes a licking and keeps on ticking”?

6. June 18, 2001, Chelsea Clinton graduated from what university?

7. The best poker hand is the royal flush.

What are the next three in order?

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8. Identify two popular movies from 1993, whose one-word titles were cities in Pennsylvania.

9. Newton’s third law of motion states: “For every action... “ 10. On November 13, 2009, scientists proudly announced that they had discovered a ‘significant’ amount of water, where in the world?

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BONUS QUEStiON: Alexander Hamilton, Early American patriot, declared, “No Citizen should refrain from ... what? ... on Thanksgiving Day”?

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▲ The monetary cost of juvenile crime and incarceration in California is estimated to be in the billions. The emotional cost to the children and their families is immeasurable. Studies conclude that parenting programs designed to reduce juvenile delinquency are indeed effective. We salute the San Rafael Police Department for the return of The Parent Project, a 10-week training course for parents raising difficult adolescents.

Program topics include strategies for family arguing, poor school performance, truancy, media influences, early teen sexuality, drug use, youth gangs, violence and bullying, and runaways. Instructors address critical issues parents face and offer no-nonsense solutions.

Sessions begin in January and early registration is recommended. For more information, contact Officer David Casalnuovo at 415/4585319 or visit ParentProject.com.

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▼ Goodness gracious, we doubt that even a Mini could fit in that space. Why do the drivers of oversized, gas guzzling, naturalresource-draining vehicles believe they’re entitled to park in compact spots? Because they’re Zeros.

Though these poor parkers were in the lot of the office building at 1401 Los Gamos Drive in San Rafael, we see this selfish behavior all over Marin.

— Nikki Silverstein

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“Our findings suggest dangerous synergies between shifts in climate and contamination risks to lowland ecosystems and human populations,” the study concludes. he legacy of California’s gold rush is Once it enters the water table, mercury everywhere—immortalized in story works its way up the food chain, from fish and song, embedded in the history to birds and larger predators and, eventuof our towns and ally, humans. If cities. We even consumed, it can named a football damage the brain, team after it. Yet kidney and lungs those original and can cause forty-niners left reproductive harm. something more Experts and envisinister behind: a ronmental groups powerful poison have been warning that, say scienabout the dangers tists, could wreak of mercury—which havoc on our wais also a byproduct ter supply. of coal-fired power As 19th-cenplants—for years. tury prospectors Not everyone raced to the Siagrees. On its weberra, deep in the site, the Western throes of gold feMining Alliance And this is BEFORE he drank the water...! ver, environmen(the modern incartalism was the last thing on their mind. nation of those 19th century gold-seekers) They wanted to get the gold, and get it fast. points to figures from the state Water A favored technique was “hydraulic min- Board that found most fish coming in uning” (the granddaddy of fracking)—blast- der EPA-mandated mercury levels. “Deing a hillside with high-pressure hoses and spite the rhetoric of environmental groups adding quicksilver (aka mercury) to sepa- claiming a toxic legacy from mining, there rate the precious metal from the muck. is no argument about the science,” WMA Some of the mercury washed away, but President Craig Lindsay said in May. “The some remains. data clearly shows mercury is not an issue According to a study published recently in gold country.” in the Proceedings of the National AcadeOf course there is an argument, and the my of Sciences, gold rush-era mercury has issue is clear as hydraulic sludge. (Lindsay already contaminated the San Francisco and WMA did not respond to a request Bay Delta and its 75,000 square-mile for comment.) One thing’s certain: a watershed—and things could get a lot century after the last pickaxe swung, the worse. Increased flooding, one of the legacy of the gold rush—for better or predicted effects of climate change, could worse—lives on. Y compound the problem, unleashing more Mine Jacob’s thoughts at jacobsjottings@gmail.com. mercury and spreading it further.

“Not all that tempts your wandering eyes, and heedless hearts, is lawful prize–nor all that glisters gold.”—Thomas Gray

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< 6 Today Marin Clean Energy, tomorrow the world! by large monopoly utilities such as PG&E. Even communities from other states wanted to know about the experience in Marin. That kind of interest had begun from the first steps McGlashan and other supporters took in Marin as they fashioned a community choice energy program based on a state law that allowed communities to choose their own power-procurement destinies.

AB 117, which became law in 2002, is a California bill that grants municipalities the power to choose their energy suppliers. That opportunity allows â&#x20AC;&#x153;community choice aggregators,â&#x20AC;? whether they are a single municipality or group of municipalities (as is the case with MCE), to buy power based on their own criteria. The MCE model calls for as much green power and local generation as possible with reasonable rates, along with strategies that stimulate the local economy. Shedding the need to make a profit and provide dividends for investors can prove a big benefit. In Marin, the commitment to clean renewable energy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions ranked high on the scale of intentions.

At the September retreat, the Energy Authority board approved a policy that moves MCE beyond its nascent stages, even beyond its first expansion into the East Bay. The board approved creating an affiliate membership category in the Energy Authority for communities with a customer base of 40,000 or less located within 30 miles of MCEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s existing jurisdiction. Potential new affiliate members must fund a feasibility study that outlines financial implications on the current customer base. The study also determines what effect a potential new member would have on the renewable portfolio MCE delivers. The California Public Utilities Commission has the ultimate authority to approve new members. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When the board took action on expansion and set the process for affiliate membership, it sparked a lot of follow-up from smaller communities close by that would fit into the affiliate membership category,â&#x20AC;? says Dawn Weisz, executive officer at the Energy Authority. One of those communities, the County of Napa, has submitted a letter to the Energy Authority requesting membership.

Napaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s request will be discussed at the boardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dec. 5 meeting. In addition to Napa, the city of Albany is considering whether to submit a request from membership, as are â&#x20AC;&#x153;a couple of other communities in the East Bay who have reached out and may submit a letter of interest,â&#x20AC;? according to Weisz.

The move into Richmond could be a key to the agency expanding beyond that city into the East Bay. The affiliate policy stipulates that MCE will consider members in smaller communities within a 30-mile radius of MCE jurisdiction; adding Richmond means that the radius moves outward from Richmond. And adding other communities within a 30-mile radius of Richmond means the jurisdiction moves that much farther. An expansion to the north is unlikely because Sonoma County is about to start its own community-choice clean-power agency. Marin Clean Energy helped Sonoma by offering ideas from the

Marin experience. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a role MCE has fulfilled for other communities contemplating a community-choice agency.

Paul Fenn sees the MCE role as something much different than offering a helping hand.

Fenn, is the founder and president of Local Power Inc. He provided consulting work to San Francisco, which has been working to start its own public-power clean-energy utility He also worked with Sonoma County on its startup. And he wrote and was a main force behind AB 117, the California law that started the community-choice snowball.

When Marin first contemplated using AB 117 to start a public-power agency, McGlashan came out early in favor of a go-slow approach that was contradictory to the approach that Fenn favoredâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and still favors.

The concept behind Marin Clean Energy was to start slow, buy renewable power from as stable a supplier as possible. Fenn favored using bonds to build local-power generation in a plan that would create a large-scale effect on the power supply picture. McGlashan believed that Marin lacked the political will to get behind a bond-centered plan and it would doom the young agency. Walk before you run was the motto, and it still is, although with the recent expansion into Richmond and the policy to expand beyond, MCE now is walking much faster. (Weisz says the Energy Authority probably will use bonds to raise funds in the future.)

But not fast enough to meet the vision that Fenn still holds. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the force behind the approval in San Francisco for what are called H bonds. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a funding mechanism to create a true large-scale local-power grid with solar installations on the rooftops of buildings in the city. The plan, if enacted, calls for $1 billion in revenue from bonds over seven years. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s billion, with a â&#x20AC;&#x153;b.â&#x20AC;? Although there have been stumbles on the way to producing Fennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vision, the idea of H bonds and local large-scale generation in San Francisco isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t on life support as some reports have suggested, according to Fenn. And Sonoma County plans to use bonds to produce a local-power plan not far off from Fennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vision. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not surprising because he helped Sonoma craft its local-power path.

Fenn says Marinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hesitance to go full-tilt for building a local clean-power system is â&#x20AC;&#x153;timid.â&#x20AC;? He says that instead of expanding, MCE should concentrate on producing more local generation. He has harsh words for the MCE expansion policy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Marin is actively selling memberships statewide. They are aggressively marketing [MCE]. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re spreading an inadequate business model and distorting the discussion which should be focused on community choice in each community.â&#x20AC;?

Fennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s charge that MCE wants to become â&#x20AC;&#x153;a mega-agencyâ&#x20AC;? rests on an objection that communities that join must accept the power portfolio MCE delivers rather than craft their own localized products in a more pure form of community choice.

The possibility of MCE expansion got a tweak recently when an article in the San Francisco Chronicle stated that if negotiations

to observers fluent in the original intent of Marin Clean Energy founders, who said the goal of a Marin local-power agency should focus on reducing greenhouse gases and stimulating renewable power. “If we were just one tiny community, we would not have as big of an impact on the environment and getting renewables on the grid,” says Weisz. “Those are the reasons for wanting to make sure that choice is offered in other communities.”

In adding members to the MCE family, the agency can expand its offerings, which could benefit the rest of the agency’s members. In Richmond, for example, MCE saw a need for a solar-rebate program offered “in addition to any other rebates from PG&E or any other organization,” says Tuckey. “We put a priority for low-income households.” In the first several months of the program, the rebates will be available to only low-income households.

“That’s really a direct result of the expansion into Richmond and identifying with the needs of our entire customer base.”

As new communities join the Energy Authority and receive power from MCE, the communities offer additional opportunities to site power-production projects. In Richmond, for example, the agency is building a solar project at the Port of Richmond. (MCE also is looking at a few potential Golden Gate Transit sites tin Marin to install solar generation projects.)

They’re not on the scale that Fenn envisions for local generation, but they do create additional local supply in the Energy Authority’s “walk before you run” strategy. Y Contact the writer at Peter@pseidman.com

< 6 Newsgrams San Rafael parking meters to raise rates, take credit... Visitors to downtown San Rafael won’t need to fumble around for spare parking-meter change next year when new credit-card-friendly meters are installed—which is good because they’d need a few more quarters to pay the raised rates. The city is planning to replace about 1,000 of the old coinop-only posts with new, solar-powered meters that accept both coins and credit cards. Plans are also to raise the hourly rate from $1 to $1.50 for on-street meters.City councilmembers approved of the $750,000 parking project in a 4-1 vote; Councilwoman Kate Colin dissented, saying the 75 cent-per-hour side-street meters shouldn’t jump to $1.50 as the plan entails.

The new meters operate via sensors that can reset the meter as soon as a vehicle leaves a space; the technology can also show, via the internet, which parking spots are available.

City staff reports that other municipalities that have switched to similar meters have shown a decrease in the issuance of parking tickets, which are currently $35.

Term limit initiative in the works... Are Marin County supervisors too cozy in their incumbencies? That’s what the Marin Republican Central Committee is suggesting—the group filed notice this week to seek signatures to put a measure on next year’s ballot that would limit the Marin supes to 12 years in office, and would be effective retroactively.

If the initiative makes it to the November ballot and passes with a majority vote, longtime supervisors Steve Kinsey and Susan Adams would be unable to run for another term.

Currently all five supervisors are Democrats, though the Board of Supervisors, like all county posts, is a nonpartisan body.

County attorneys have until Dec. 2 to review the filing and, assuming it clears any unforeseen legal hurdles, petitioners would have 180 days to gather signatures from 11,418 registered voters to get the measure on the ballot.

In their filing statement, petitioners assert, “It is time to provide other members of our community an opportunity to exercise their civic duty and represent their district constituents over the moneyed interests whose advantages become embedded over a long period of time.”They say the initiative would “nurture a strong county government” by increasing diversity on the board, improving competition, prevent the “establishment of entrenched incumbency” and limit the power of campaign contributors.

“If a member of the Board of Supervisors cannot accomplish their goals in 12 years,” says the petition, “they will not accomplish them in 30.”

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fail to get a renewable power plan enacted in the city, San Francisco could join the Marin Energy Authority. Proponents of local power in the city want the program there to offer a more robust local-generation component than currently on the table. That robust component is one that Fenn worked to create.

The Energy Authority would have to enact an additional policy to entertain the idea that San Francisco could join MCE. At the September retreat, the Energy Authority board approved “a special-consideration membership” for communities greater than 40,000 and farther than 30 miles from MCE jurisdiction.

But the Energy Authority board would have to take up the possibility of particular specialconsideration memberships before anything could move forward.

Weisz and Tuckey say the suggestion that the Energy Authority is moving aggressively to proselytize and entice new members is wrong. Current possible new members expressed interest without the Energy Authority’s prodding, they say. San Francisco approached the Energy Authority after the Local Agency Formation Commission in the city directed city staff to reach out about possible routes to local power. “We received a call and said we would be happy to work with them,” says Weisz. The Energy Authority has pledged to help communities set up their own localpower agencies. Weisz says that in the context of performing that task, the Energy Authority will explain the possibilities of joining MCE, but it’s not the road to mega-agency status that Fenn says it is.

Expanding the boundaries of MCE jurisdiction shouldn’t come as a surprise

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The future is unwritten ‘When the legend becomes fact, print the legend’— valuable journalism advice from ‘The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance’

race of alien Sasquatches dwell in underground caves beneath Mt. Tam. When I was hired as editor of the Sun in 2006, I’d come from six years of daily newspaper grind at the Marin IJ, where great writing was secondary to he mythos of Marin has been as much fact as it has been legend inverse-pyramid story structure, and the fate of stories was in the hands of since the Pacific Sun began covering this enigmatic SF bedroom the all-powerful (and oft-maligned) “copy desk”—in which a reporter’s carecommunity in 1963. And, no doubt, myths and legends have been fully thought out prose was churned out to read like a replica of every other woven into the fabric of the community as far back as the Legend of story churned out that week. the Sleeping Lady—an alleged Miwok tale about how Mt. Tam formed But the Sun had a legacy of letting its writers be smart, lively, provocaout of the grief of a lovelorn maiden, that was in reality an invention of tive—and funny. Have a point of view was the credo—but don’t let it get in 19th-century settlers who romanticized the land via rehashed German the way of relaying the facts. Or telling a good story. fairytales. Soon, there were no Miwoks around to set the record straight A certain degree of change has been constant at the paper since its incepand the story settled into the community consciousness. Legend, fact ... tion (see longtime publisher Steve McNamara’s essay below for a glimpse Marin. at the evolution of the alt-weekly industry over the past couple of decades).

The Pacific Sun emerged on the scene just as the legends and facts And with the advent of digital and web technology—and changes in the way about the county were about explode on the national stage—as ’60s people today seek and find information—the biggest challenge for newsmovies like Petulia, Play It Again, Sam and Magnum Force provided papers has been finding inventive ways to keep their headlines before the glimpses into this suburban land of hot tubs and the Trident, while in readers. (That recession didn’t help, either.) the 1970s The Serial novel and an NBC News expose, I Want It All Now, But one thing that hasn’t changed—not when Steve sold the paper in 2004 blurred the lines between Marin’s fiction and reality to millions of to Embarcadero Media, nor when it came under new and local ownereyes across America. Hippy hedonism ... Me Decade selfship last year with Bob Heinen—is the paper’s commitment to indulgence ... peacock feather massages ... entitled wannaquality journalism, provocative prose, daring headlines, inforR S E A V RY I be-hipster environmentalists with more cash than sense. mative captions, eye-catching visuals, the occasional F-word I NN None of it was really true—and yet there was an element and, sorry folks, the more-than-occasional pun. of truth in all of it. And it certainly provided fertile jourWe hope this is more fact than legend, but that’s for nalistic territory for an alternative weekly as interested readers to decide—as they’ve been doing for the past 50 in in-depth coverage of the Board of Supervisors as it years. Here’s to more facts, legends and Marin in the Pacific was in-depth coverage of the Fairfax guy who believes a Sun for another 50. —Jason Walsh, editor

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Times they were a-changing—as was Marin and its weekly newspaper

by Steve M c N am ara Editor’s note: Steve McNamara was the Sun’s publisher from 1966 to 2004. Steve wrote a 50th anniversary overview in June, which covered the Sun’s infancy in the 1960s and early ‘70s. For this second part of the story, Steve will look at the changing face of the county and the Sun as they walked hand-in-hand into a new century.

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fter its birth in 1963 the Pacific Sun spent a good many years dealing with craziness in Marin. Some of the craziness the Sun helped stop; some of it the Sun celebrated.

What stopped were nut-case projects that now sound too bad to be true (but were true). Such as a city of 30,000 on the Marin Headlands overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge, 100,000 people replacing the cows in West Marin, glitzy marinas taking over Richardson Bay and Bolinas Lagoon, freeways rammed through the Ross Valley and, craziest of all, a nuclear power plant atop the San Andreas Fault on Bodega Bay. All are now just crazy memories.

What the Sun celebrated were things that the pre-’60s establishment saw as crazy and threatening: a free-flowing spirit of exploration, passion for the environment, long hair on guys, a bit of dope smoking, lots

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of music, movements for civil rights, against wars and for women, and the Democratic Party. Crazy stuff like that.

As time passed a transition took hold. The thousands of new people who had crossed the Golden Gate Bridge (over 150,000 in 30 years) settled down to run the place. Ideas the old-timers had thought crazy became the new normal. Pitched fights shrank in number and decibel levels. But there was one epic battle left, one that the ascending folks barely lost. It concerned the future of Hamilton Field.

In 1974 the base was decommissioned as an active facility and the 1,271 acres declared surplus property by the federal government. The county Board of Supervisors promptly applied to develop the site as a commercial airport, despite protests from Novato residents and elsewhere that this was a terrible idea. The idea burbled along until 1978 when Gail Wilhelm of Novato was elected to the board, thus creating a majority that opposed the idea—Wilhelm, Barbara Boxer and Denis Rice. They voted, 3-2, to withdraw the county’s airport application.

However, the idea was still beloved by powerful business interests.

As the old saying goes, “You can’t beat something with nothing.” The airport foes needed an alternate plan. Enter Marin Solar Village.

In 1978 Sim Van der Ryn retired as state architect after three years

This feature on sustainable communities led to a countywide referendum on the future of Hamilton Field.

Intrepid reporter Joanne Williams landed this exclusive 1980 interview with the movie mogul essentially by going to his San Anselmo editing studio and not leaving until he agreed to a Q&A. Covering the ‘News’ in more ways than one, 1980.

The Dead have graced multiple covers of the ‘Sun’ over the years; this one on the eve of the release of 1981’s ‘Dead Set.’

on the job in Sacramento. In a Pacific Sun interview with Joanne Williams he spoke of his vision for sustainable communities. I read the interview, drove out to Sim’s house in Inverness and after several drinks we had an idea: Why not turn the Hamilton land into a sustainable community integrating renewable energy technology? We could join the people in Novato, who wanted no part of an airport, with the environmental community throughout Marin, who saw a fantastic opportunity to manage growth in a sensible way.

Sim and his architectural firm produced a long, beautifully illustrated article for the Sun proposing Marin Solar Village. To our delight there was a huge outpouring of support. A nonprofit was formed (which actually still exists) with Sim as the chief expert and myself as president. Joining the effort were Friends of Solar Village, a notable group of more than 1,000 that featured: Alf Heller, co-founder of California Tomorrow, Louis Lundborg, chairman emeritus of the Bank of America, former state Senator Peter Behr, Stewart Brand, founder of the Whole Earth Catalog, Belinda Taylor, editor of the Novato Advance, Constance Carroll, president of Indian Valley College, Phelps Dewey, assistant to the publisher of the San Francisco

Chronicle and Michael Murphy, founder of Esalen Institute.

Not surprisingly, the Sun was a fervent supporter. But we weren’t out on a limb by ourselves. The Examiner and Chronicle gave the plan a big boost, especially the Chronicle’s Pulitzer Prize-winning architectural critic, Alan Temko. Good words were logged by many other Bay Area newspapers. The IJ? Not so much.

The airport faction dug in. Over the next two years the question—Marin Solar Village vs. commercial airport—was bitterly fought in three separate countywide referendums.

By close margins the airport was turned down every time, but so was Solar Village.

There was still hope. The Carter White House had blessed the idea. The Department of Energy had funded several elaborate plans. Senator Alan Cranston was on board.

Governor Jerry Brown was a supporter and his technology chief, Bill Press (another Inverness resident), was a huge backer. A majority of the Marin Board of Supervisors was with us. A major developer had been lined up.

So what was the problem? Ah, yes.

Hamilton was and is within the city limits of Novato. So the Novato City Council needed to bless the idea, because without “local

approval” the political entities up the line didn’t want to stick their necks out. And with the airport now a dead duck politically, the Novato council members already had the result that the city had mainly wanted. But this Solar Village idea? Might that be a little too adventurous for Novato?

There was a climactic event at the Civic Center, a combined meeting of the supervisors and Novato council members. Moving forward required not just a majority of those present, but also a majority of each group: the supervisors and the council members.

During the vote the supervisors backed Solar Village. But the third Novato council member needed for a majority of that group wasn’t there. There had been a “conflict” that prevented their attendance.

Thus, no majority support from the Novato council and no Marin Solar Village. The old airfield is now a development of offices and homes. Not too bad, but not exceptional, either. There had been a chance for that.

Of course that wasn’t all that was happening with the Sun. There was the matter of suing the Chronicle and Examiner in federal court. The suit alleged price-fixing and other misbehavior stemming from the days we published a San Francisco edition. The first trial ended with a hung jury, which scared the

city papers into going all-out for the retrial.

They parted company with their lead trial lawyer, who wasn’t so sharp after his customary liquid lunch, spent a ton of money on a new legal strategy ... and won.

Also during this time the structure and finances of the Sun changed dramatically, in two different ways. First was the switch from paid to free distribution. Most newspapers, then and now, charge money for the paper.

Money in the bank? Not a lot. What’s little known outside the industry is that paid circulation is often a break-even proposition. The money received is largely offset by the high cost of collecting the money from vendors and news racks plus the even greater cost of enlisting new subscribers to offset the “churn”—the constant loss of current subscribers that can run, on average, about 30 percent per year. You can’t just wait for new subscribers to sign up to replace those who moved or lost interest. You have to hire a crew to stand outside supermarkets with sample papers or cold call residents and offer a set of steak knives or another inducement.

That’s expensive.

What several alternative papers, chiefly the Chicago Reader, discovered is that you can skip that whole paid-circulation struggle 12> by placing free copies of the paper

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The advent of the personals... a boon to alt weeklies for years to come.

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at high-traffic locations. If your publication is worthwhile, your readers will grab it, thus turning themselves into most of your circulation department. So the Sun made the switch, going from about 12,000 paid readers to more than 35,000 who picked it up free.

This approach isn’t that of the old “shoppers” that hired people to toss the paper into front yards, whether or not the paper was wanted.

We let readers pick it up if they wanted it.

Plenty did. And since the whole economic point of circulation is to connect readers with advertisers, the system was a great success.

The other big financial development was personals ads. In the late ’70s each issue would have 25 or 30 personals, mostly innocuous, such as an appeal to find fellow victims of an unscrupulous tow truck operator or an offer to help write term papers. But as the ’80s unfolded the number of ads began to grow and the main subject matter changed.

Now there were scores of ads such as these: “I am looking for a special man who has a spacious home to share w/a young woman roommate” and “Tall handsome well-built Male recently separated would like to meet a foxy lady 25 to 45 who enjoys swinging good times in some of the better places in S.F.” Instead of just a dribble, the personals were now half a page of the five-page classified sec-

tion. We charged for them just as we charged for an ad to sell your car: $1.50 per printed line, with the ad written on a form in the paper and mailed to the Sun office. Respondents wrote back to a post office box.

Then came the personals revolution.

A Boston alternative weekly, the Phoenix, joined forces with a software firm to develop telephone personals. A print ad still ran in the paper, but now it was free. Revenue was generated when respondents called a special phone line, punched a code number attached to the ad that attracted them and chatted with the person who had placed the ad. The call was billed at $1.99 a minute, with most of that coming to the newspaper that ran the service. The Sun jumped at the chance, as did most of the nation’s alternative papers and quite a few dailies. The ads and the money rolled in. By 1995 each week the Sun carried 11 pages of personals ads, in tiny type, that far outpaced another six pages of general classifieds, which has been demoted to a section of their own. Of the 11 pages of personals, five-and-a-half were men seeking women, four were women seeking men and one-and-a-half were “other.”

Helping propel the system were personals parties, an idea dreamed up by the alternative weekly in San Diego. Once a month 14>

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A former ‘Pacific Sun’ reporter makes good, 1992.

The legendary Mrs. T, who taught a generation of Marin kids to love and protect nature’s wonders.

The radio host’s empathy with writers was certainly an angle the ‘Sun’ appreciated in 1985.

or more singles (real or bogus) gathered at a nice local restaurant or bar to check out the action. The host venue usually provided snacks while the partygoers paid for drinks.

The admission fee was a written personals ad.

Which was then published in the newspaper.

Which prompted the phone calls. Which generated the money that the paper took to the bank.

If this sounds familiar, it should. The idea was snatched up by Match.com, OkCupid and a long list of online imitators who did a better job, notably with the addition of photos. Telephone personals in newspapers were doomed. By 2003 the Sun had only three pages of personals and by 2007 it had less than half a page.

That was a fascinating interlude, but it shouldn’t steer us away from the core attraction of the Pacific Sun, before and after the personals bonanza. That was one thing: the writing.

Most newspaper writing then (and some still) was dreary. It was called pyramid style, wherein the basics of the whole story were supposed to be squashed into the first paragraph, and then gradually amplified as the story played out. It was as though Shakespeare told you in the first scene of Hamlet who would be dead by the end of the play.

That might work if you were counting corpses, which is how most newspapers tailored their stories, but if you wanted insight into life’s events and the human condition, car-crash journalism wasn’t the ticket. Better writing was our plan from the very beginning, and it worked.

It started in 1967 when I wrote a magazine-style account of the hearing where the Nicasio school board fired its beloved principal, Garnet Brennan, for attesting in a legal case that she had smoked pot for years.

The long atmospheric story in the tiny, new Pacific Sun contrasted dramatically with the slam-bang TV and daily newspaper accounts of the event. The story won first place in the annual S.F. Press Club competition and prompted considerable head scratching at the IJ. It was just the beginning. Over the years a deep lineup of great writers—underpaid but free to pursue their passions—turned out memorable stories presented in bold layouts, often with great, large photos. Unlike the situation at a daily paper, Sun writers were free to decline an assignment. We figured that if the subject didn’t interest the writer, how could we expect them to get the readers interested? The results spoke for themselves: in some years we dominated the annual news-

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The cover of our first-ever ‘Death issue’ in 2006—a Halloween-week concept now copied by other alt weeklies in the Bay Area.

paper awards ceremonies. In 1984 the Sun won first place for General Excellence among all California weeklies and also first place for Best Writing and Best Local Advertising and second place for In-Depth Reporting. In the 1989 competition of the San Francisco Press Club, Joy Zimmerman won both first and second prizes for non-daily news story, adding to a list of her prizes that grew every year.

In 1997 Jill Kramer won three feature-writing awards from the Peninsula Press Club, competing against both dailies and weeklies. She topped that in 2004, winning first and second place for Serious Features, first place for Special Features and second place for Light Features.

Kramer, a stalwart for years, describes her run: There’s a parade of unforgettable images that flash through my mind when I think about the fascinating people I interviewed: Astronaut Rusty Schweickart, describing what it was like to float in space, watching the earth spin 118 miles below his feet ... Don Novello leaving me breathless with laughter as he riffed about the Catholic Church ... animal communicator Penelope Smith, talking my cat out of his habit of sticking his claws in my lap.

There were the charmers: an old cowboy; an incorrigible desert rat—and the heartbreakers:

the young disabled Gulf War veteran, poisoned by toxic exposure; the pregnant girl living under the freeway in San Rafael who kept a shard of mirror and a lipstick at her encampment.

What a privilege it was to hear all their stories, to catch a glimpse of their lives, to be permitted into worlds I never could have otherwise entered!

Of course, there were times when I had to take on a subject that struck me initially as less than scintillating. But more often than not, I’d be surprised to discover something new and wonderful. It was like viewing a flat, featureless landscape from afar. The closer you get, the more color and variation emerge. Hold up a microscope to the soil and another universe reveals itself.

My years at the Pacific Sun were a succession of leaps into one alternate universe after another. It was a great adventure.

It wasn’t all serious stuff. Before the 1974 election for governor Sun staff writer Barbara Boxer dreamed up a Used Car Poll. We collected small photos of the primary candidates and she interviewed random shoppers at Northgate, asking them from which of these unidentified guys they would buy a used car.

The poll picked the winners in both the primary and the general election: Jerry Brown.

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That obscure objectivity of desire Newspaper readers sometimes yell at their paper for its “lack of objectivity.” What they usually mean is that the paper’s point of view is different than the one they hold. That’s a fair complaint. But “lack of objectivity”? That makes no sense, because objectivity isn’t possible. The Pacific Sun never claimed to climb that impossible mountain, as I explained in a column in the 1980s. — Steve McNamara Roy Barron, the editor of the IJ, is a friendly chap out from Kankakee, Ill., with a nice sense of humor that seldom filters through to the pages of his paper ... He also seems to have an occasional problem in grasping the obvious.

[Recently] we were both speaking to the monthly gathering of the Marin Council of Mayors and Councilmen. During the question period Jim Reed of San Anselmo asked whether the Sun was “objective” in its coverage. I replied that no newspaper, including the Sun, could be objective because there is no such thing as objectivity and I then explained why.

Barron’s attention appears to have wandered, causing him to miss the point.

Because a few days later he thundered into print on the IJ editorial page with a forthright denunciation of the non-objective Sun and a pledge to his IJ readers to be true-blue. So for those who didn’t hear for one reason or another, I’ll again explain the desirability of journalistic fairness and the impossibility of objectivity.

First, there is the over-riding matter of objective reality. There isn’t any. Any physicist will tell you that there is no such thing as phenomena apart from observation. Not only is everything perceived differently by different people, but the very act of perception changes the phenomena.

That’s a mind-boggling fact, but a fact nonetheless. So much for theoretical objectivity.

Now about newspapers.

On the top of page 3 of the Saturday IJ in which Barron issued his pledge, there was a 12-inch story with a large headline about the rebirth of the Sampson family’s Posse of Petaluma [precursors to the Tea Party; the Over the years, the ‘Sun’ has held a rather nonobjective Sampsons founded the anti-government “posse view over the constitutionality of Prop. 8. comitatus” and went around disrupting city council meetings, getting arrested for arson and, in the words of the Chronicle, creating “terror in Petaluma”].

Somebody at the IJ had to decide whether that story was worth covering at all, who would cover it (which gave an idea of its implied importance), how long the resulting story should be, whether or not it should be accompanied by a photo, whether it should be on page 3 or page 27, at the top of the page or the bottom, and on and on.

All of these decisions were subjective. And who knows, they might even have been affected by the fact that the IJ had offered a $1,500 reward for information in a recent Petaluma fire-bombing. The IJ had decided to come out strongly against violence in Petaluma. An admirable stance, and a subjective one.

So please spare us these pious pronouncements about objectivity. It doesn’t exist in the universe and it sure as hell doesn’t exist on newspapers, where each day hundreds of subjective decisions are made on the importance and treatment of events. Fairness is the best a newspaper can strive for, and we all have our hands full doing that.

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Our quarterly Going Green issues were a big draw in the post-’An Inconvenient Truth’ years.

This feature marked the impending demise of the print personal ads in the age of online dating.

This cover from 2007 was met with no small amount of controversy—most notably from the ‘Sun’ sales department.

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ernor Brown before the primary and asked who he thought his Republican opponent would be. He said, “I’m not sure. I’m waiting for the results of your Used Car Poll.”

Lorna Cunkle not only produced a vivid interview with Buckminster Fuller, here to speak at College of Marin, she arranged to have him fitted for his first-ever contact lenses. He had second thoughts about them; unlike his spectacles the contacts revealed the pouches under his eyes. He worried that he “looked like an old rouè.” But he did like Marin, where his niece and grandson both lived: “If I had to pick a place in the United States where I’d think there would be an intelligent group which might take action, it would be Marin County.”

Also there was Dag’s Bag, the blatantly sexist, hilarious cartoon by Chas Fleischman.

One week a raunchy panel was pulled from the paper by the all-female composing room crew on deadline after I had gone home. I blew a fuse, readers marched in protest in front of the Sun office and Dag was restored.

Once again he was banished and this time Chas said he was tired of the struggle. Dag was gone, to the eternal sorrow of many.

For more than two decades the Sun’s great writing had one thing in common: It was nurtured by Linda Xiques. Linda joined the

Sun as a member of the volunteer task force assembled by Managing Editor Don Stanley to develop long, penetrating articles on subjects such as religion in Marin, our water supply, quake preparedness and the housing crisis.

Before too long Linda was managing editor herself and a long line of fine writers credit her with their development.

As is evident from the names listed above, the Sun was a hotbed of talented women. From my mother I had picked up the idea that women were not equal to men, they were superior. That thought was underscored by my experience with my wife, Kay. Whenever a department head left the Sun, she was asked to pitch in. Office manager, production manager, classifieds manager, circulation manger, display ad director ... at one time or another she did them all and saved our bacon. Finally, she said enough, got her second master’s degree and embarked on the career she had wanted all along as a marriage and family therapist.

With Kay gone I began to consider my own situation. In 2004 the last of our college-age kids graduated, I turned 70 and

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a trusted friend, Bill Johnson of the Palo Alto Weekly, was willing to buy the Sun. So Kay and I sold it.

But I found I couldn’t quit newspapers entirely. For the past five and a half years I have advised the revived San Quentin News,

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AHO team spent a year creating a mural and engaging 30 schools and more than 1,200 youth to participate in this project to answer the driving question: “What kind of world do YOU want to live in?” The completed mural has traveled to San Marin High School, Thoreau Center for Sustainability in SF, 2012 and 2013 Bioneers Conference at Marin Civic Center, the Marin County Fair, Artworks Downtown and will be exhibited at the Corte Madera Recreation Center through November.

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What should the Marin community know about AHO? Since 2005, AHO has successfully provided a safety net of housing, employment, scholarships for college, doctors and dentists, work wardrobes, legal aide, peer mentors, adult ally coaches and more to over 1,050 youth ages 16 to 25 without families or resources in Marin. These youth are now in stable housing, working one to three jobs, taking up to 17 units in college and giving back for the help AHO has provided through the AHO Youth Task Force Team youth-led projects.

If someone wants to help AHO, what can they do?

Become a AHO host family and offer a room in your home for one of our youth for a few months until they can be connected with housing, employment and scholarships for college—medical help, etc.

What’s next for AHO? In January 2014, AHO will launch a new homeless street youth outreach program in San Rafael. This program has been designed by the homeless youth we serve and will be staffed by youth from our Youth Task Force Team as outreach liaisons and peer mentors. We project this program will reach an additional 200 youth per year who would not know about AHO any other way. [www. Ahoproject.org] What’s a common misconception about homeless youth?

That homeless youth do not exist in Marin even though 10 percent of Marin’s youth ages 16 to 25 are at-risk of being homeless or homeless in our county—the wealthiest in the state. Yes, this is a fact. Why do we not see them? Homeless youth are not visible like the adult homeless or the urban homeless but they do exist. Marin is a wealthy county and all young people want to fit in and to not be stigmatized or labeled. Teens and young adults without family support and who are homeless do everything to hide the situation they are in—sleeping under bridges, in marshes, parks, abandoned cars, COM buildings and abandoned buildings, when they can no longer couch surf at friends’ homes.

AHO does not receive any county, state or federal funding or grants from the Marin Community Foundation. To achieve our mission we depend on generosity of individuals, businesses, faith communities and small foundations to provide a comprehensive safety net of support for these young people to become contributing adults so they do not end up dependents of the system, chronically homeless, incarcerated or worse because they did not receive the help they needed at this critical transition. Y

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Take a look at these recipes and see if something might tickle your fancy. It’s a colorful group of vegetable dishes that include in the ingredient list at least one thing produced in Marin. This makes them novel, sustainable to a certain extent, and undeniably fresh.

Creamed onions is a recipe harkening back to the late 1800s, when coming up with creative ways to use root vegetables in the long, dark winter was imperative. Mostly, the dish was held together with a white sauce, made with flour, butter and milk or cream. In this version, things are modernized by the addition of crème fraîche from Cowgirl Creamery, chives and a dusting of Nicasio Valley Cheese Company’s cheese to make the top golden when cooked. The onions get an initial sauté in McEvoy Ranch’s Marin-produced olive oil.

Sautéed red cabbage with apples is a dish with its history rooted in southern Germany.

Traditionally, the cabbage is braised with vinegar and spices, but in this recipe, apple juice adds a tang, shredded beets contribute a deep jewel-red and apples add a sweet note.

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Sweet potatoes invariably figure into any Thanksgiving menu, but the super-sweet, marshmallow-encrusted variety is too much for many of us. I’ve lightened things up in my version, making a crumble of sorts with butternut squash, the sweet potatoes, fresh cranberries and dried apricots. A pecan topping adds crunch and Straus Family Creamery’s

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Finally, a harbinger of autumn is chanterelle mushrooms. The price tag makes them a luxury, but a quarter pound is all you need to add that buttery fungi to green beans. The dish is rounded out with garlic and crispy pancetta. A swirl of that Straus butter during the final toss brings everything together.

To keep your Thanksgiving table even more local, shop for all the ingredients for these recipes at the local farmers market. The only things you might have trouble finding are the fresh cranberries, pancetta, spices and the frozen pearl onions, but all the other ingredients can be had at one of the markets around Marin.

Happy Thanksgiving! * * * * * Creamed Onions Serves 6-8 2 tablespoons McEvoy olive oil 1 16-ounce bag frozen pearl onions 1/4 cup white wine Salt and pepper, to taste 1/4 cup snipped chives 1 8-ounce tub Cowgirl Creamery crème fraîche 1/2 cup Nicasio Valley’s Nicasio Reserve, grated

Heat oil in a 10-inch skillet over medium heat, until simmering. Add the onions and sauté until browned and tender, seasoning with salt and pepper and swirling the pan occasionally, about 12-15 minutes. Transfer onions to a medium gratin dish. Deglaze the pan with the wine and boil, reducing by half.

Add the onions, along with the chives and crème fraîche. Stir to incorporate, then top with the cheese. Can be prepared up to this point in advance, then heated while the turkey is resting. Bake in a 350-degree oven for 15-20 minutes, until bubbly and cheese is melted.

Run under the broiler for a minute or two to brown the top.

* * * * * Red Cabbage with Beets and Apples Serves 6-8 2 tablespoons McEvoy olive oil 4 cups finely shredded cabbage 1 cup shredded beets (use the food processor for this task if you have one) 1 large Fuji or Honeycrisp apple, peeled, cored and cut in thin matchsticks 1/4 cup apple juice 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves 1/2 teaspoon salt, freshly ground pepper 1/2 cup pomegranate seeds

Heat the olive oil in a 12-inch skillet over medium heat until simmering. Add the cabbage and beets, and cook until wilted. Add the apples, juice and seasonings, stirring well to incorporate. Lower heat, cover and cook until tender, about 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the pomegranate seeds and serve. * * * * * Sweet Potato and Butternut Squash Crumble Serves 6-8 2-1/2 cups each butternut squash and sweet potatoes, peeled and cut in 1-inch pieces 1 cup orange juice 1/4 cup each fresh cranberries and dried apricots, cut in quarters Crumble: 1/2 cup each flour, brown sugar, oats and chopped pecans 1/4 teaspoon salt 5 tablespoons Straus European-style butter, cold, cut in pieces

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine squash, potatoes, juice, cranberries and apri-

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Serves 6-8 1/4 cup pancetta, diced 1/4 pound chanterelles, rinsed, trimmed and sliced if large, or quartered if small 1 pound green beans Salt and pepper, to taste 1 clove garlic, minced 1/2 tablespoon Straus European-style butter

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he French, who probably more than however, except for occasional community any other people on the planet spe- theater revivals the play has gradually slipped cialize in earnest discussions of eso- out of public consciousness, becoming anteric subjects, have a useful way of dealing other relic of shifting taste. with evidence of beliefs The reasons for this and behavior in a bygone downward trend are easily NOW PLaYING era that today are hard to seen in RVP’s version. Harfathom. vey’s plot revolves around harvey runs through Sunday, Dec. 15, at the Ross Valley First comes the iconic middle-aged Elwood P. Players’ Barn Theatre, Marin Art Gallic shrug, then a murDowd (Steve Price), who and Garden Center. 30 Sir mured autres temps, autres claims to have an invisible Francis Drake Blvd., Ross. moeurs—in the current 6-and-3-inch tall white Information: 415/456-9555, or vernacular “that was then, rabbit as a friend and conwww.rossvalleyplayers.com. this is now—get over it!” stant companion. That, Minus the shrug, that combined with his absent charitable response might mindedness and exaggerbe a tempting way to apated amiability distresses proach the production history of Mary his sister Veta Louise (Pamela Ciochetti), Chase’s Harvey, currently on stage in the Ross who fears that such eccentric behavior will Valley Players’ Barn Theatre. The comedy was interfere with her daughter Myrtle Mae’s a smash hit when it debuted on Broadway in (Robin Grahn) chances of finding a suitable 1944, chalking up a very impressive 1,755 husband. In desperation, she persuades famperformances during a four-and-a-half-year ily friend Judge Omar Gaffney (Wood Lockrun. A year later it was awarded the Pulitzer hart) to have him committed to a sanitarium Prize and the 1950 film version starring Jim- for the mentally ill run by the noted psychiamy Stewart was a notable success. Since then, trist Dr. William Chumley (Norman Hall) for

treatment. When Veta visits the clinic to make sure her brother is safely put away, the comedy turns totally farcical as Chumley and his assistant, Dr. Sanderson (Philip Goleman), mistakenly conclude that she is the person requiring treatment.

While the absurd situation and stereotypic characters may have elicited roars of laughter back in the ’40s and ’50s, today they seem dated, perhaps Nurse Kelly, Dr. Chumley, Elwood and Veta ponder life’s greater questions in RVP’s even distasteful. One won- production of ‘Harvey.’ ders why her protagonist is ly makes the whole enterprise seem sillier having hallucinations and behaving eccentri- than it ought to be. Tellingly, those who show cally? Is he actually mentally ill? Is it a sympthe most restraint—Lockhart’s judge, Stephatom of alcoholism—a substitute for the old “seeing pink elephants” euphemism that used nie Ahlberg as Dr. Chumley’s wife Betty, Lydia to be associated with drunkenness? In either Singleton as the doctor’s nurse, James Dunn in case, for the contemporary viewer it’s not an the cameo role of a chauffeur and, most noapt subject for ridicule. Nor is the dismissal tably, Steve Price as Elwood P. Dowd—are the of psychiatry as a kind of voodoo science very most effective in grounding the play in a kind funny, especially when set against the impli- of alternate, whimsical reality. cation that we’d all be better off if we allowed Chase has said she wrote Harvey in the ourselves the freedom to commune with our hope that it would help relieve the stress and own imaginary white rabbits. pessimism associated with the Second World Possibly sensing that Chase’s script needed War. Could it be that, for all its defects, this some comic “juicing,” RVP director Robert Wilson keeps the action moving at a break- gentle comedy will do the same for Marin auneck pace and encourages his cast to give their diences at a time when the world seems just characters the broadest possible interpreta- as chaotic? Y tion. Sometimes it works, sometimes it mere- Charles can be reached at cbrousse@att.net.

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The Obamacare groove Rollout’s been a mess, but musicians could give ACA a standing ovation...

by G re g Cahill

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onservatives call it a prescription for disaster. And there’s no question that the rollout of the Affordable Care Act has been plagued with ills.

But administrators of so-called Obamacare have a clear message for musicians: You’ve got a friend.

Indeed, despite its many flaws, Obamacare can provide a crucial social safety net for musicians. Here’s how: In 2012, as reported in the Sun, the Elephant Listening Project—a North Bay supergroup composed of members of Montrose, Chrome Johnson, the Mo’Fessionals and Hangman’s Daughter, among other acts—were riding high on their win at the Haight Street Fair Battle of the Bands when tragedy struck.

Driving home, southbound on Highway 101, from a gig shortly after midnight on Aug. 18, ELP vocalist and guitarist Erik Smyth, 42, and guitarist Danny “Uzi” Uzilevsky, 43, were basking in the glow of the show when the headlights of a wrong-way, drunken driver suddenly

appeared over the crest of a hill.

Both vehicles were traveling at 65mph when Smyth’s 1995 Nissan Pathfinder hit head-on with the drunken driver.

Paramedics rushed the musicians to a local hospital.

Uzilevsky, who had been trapped beneath the band’s smashed gear, sustained serious injuries and required several surgeries.

He was uninsured.

Smyth and Uzilevsky and countless other musicians are among the millions of uninsured freelancers in America.

And while friends, family and fans often rally to aid musicians facing catastrophic medical bills, and such national organizations as Sweet Relief have taken up their cause, Obamacare may prove to be the best friend musicians ever had in a pinch, if state and federal regulators can fix it.

Around the country, state agencies are working with the music community to get the word out on affordable insur-

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Car-accident injuries sustained last year by members of the Elephant Listening Project could be viewed as a primer as to how the Affordable Care Act could help uninsured musicians.

ance.

In Orange County, the French Cormany Insurance Service used social media this month to launch the Obamacare World Tour, an informational campaign designed to help musicians navigate the law.

In Madison, Wis., musicians gathered to record “Sing Forward,” a guerilla-marketing jingle that local media described as "We Are the World-meetsObamacare." The resulting public-service announcement was funded through a $4,750 public grant as well as money from a startup business called Ninjas for Health.

In Oregon, state health officials identified underserved musicians as a key market in the state’s effort to sign up the uninsured to healthcare exchanges through Covered Oregon. One beneficiary is 30-something musician Jeremy Wilson, a veteran of the Portland-based bands the Pilots and Dharma Bums.

Wilson, who has a congenital-heart condition, was nearly forced to sell his recording studio to pay for surgeries.

According to USA Today, Oregon has started a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign that not only hit the airwaves, but also social media sites, with a Long Live Oregonians message designed to appeal to the young and healthy. “Our job was to come out and celebrate this opportunity for Oregon and what better way to do that than with music, which is a universally relatable language?” Jordan Delapoer, director of brand strategy at North, a Portland advertising agency hired by the state, told the newspaper.

The ad agency has a $9.9 million contract with Covered Oregon through this year.

“Reaching a younger demographic will be an important part of making the health insurance exchange work financially,” USA Today concluded. In 2011, the highest uninsured rate in Oregon—26.4 percent—was among people 19 to 27 years old, according to the Oregon Health Authority. The campaign’s goal is to get 217,400 Oregonians to enroll in commercial health insurance before March.

For Marin musicians Smyth and Uzilevsky, the more than $100,000 in medical expenses weren’t the only costs incurred from the accident: The musicians lost all of their gear and living expenses piled up during their recovery.

To help, friends set up an online crowdsourcing fund and raised more than $15,000, much of it from appreciative fans rallying around the musicians. One donor, identifying himself only as Fireman Jim, donated $250 and posted: “A while ago, I was in a dark place and your music helped pull me out of it. I hope all the love and vibes you are getting from all your friends pulls you out of this awful place. Stay strong.”

That kind of support is priceless, but even the best intentions can be stretched thin by medical costs—the week that friends held a benefit concert for Smyth and Uzilevsky, four other similar concerts took place in the North Bay for other musicians also in need. One of those was former Cotati music-store owner Frank Hayhurst, whose nonprofit Musicians Helping Musicians had helped dozens of artists with medical expenses, but who suddenly found himself ill, uninsured, and in dire straits. Y Whistle a tune to Greg at gcahill51@gmail.com.

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life thus far is fathering over 500 children through anonymous donations to a fertility clinic. When a lawsuit is filed against him to reveal his identity, he’s left with the decision to come forward or not.

l Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor in 3D (1:30) Sci-Fi fans everywhere rejoice

Sophie Nélisse endures pre-ebook 1939 Germany in ‘The Book Thief,’ opening Friday at the Regency. l About Time (2:04) A time-traveling doofus Londoner tries to use his unique gift to plan, program and preordain his love life. l All Is Lost (1:45) Robert Redford in a one-man tour de force about a mariner guiding his damaged yacht though the stormy, shark-infested Indian Ocean with only a map and a sextant. l The Armstrong Lie (2:03) Alex Gibney’s documentary tracks the rise and fall of seven-time Tour de France-winning cyclist (and chronic drug-user) Lance Armstrong. l Bad Grandpa (1:32) Senior citizen Johnny Knoxville and his young grandson head out on a cross-country journey rife with strippers, bikers and other all-American types. l The Best Man Holiday (2:09) A Christmastime reunion of college buddies turns into a comedy of long-simmering rivalries and romantic alliances; Taye Diggs and Sanaa Lathan star. l Blue Is the Warmest Color (2:59) Controversial Cannes-winner about the brief yet intoxicating lesbian love affair between a 15-year-old girl and a worldly art student. l The Book Thief (2:11) Newcomer Sophie Nélisse stars as Liesel, surrounded by the horrors of WWII and with a new adopted family, which includes Geoffrey Rush.

Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing with others. l The Broken Circle Breakdown (1:50) She owns a tattoo shop and he plays the banjo—what could test this match made in heaven? Passion flickers with news of the illness of their child and an emotional trail unwinds in Belgium’s film entry for the Academy Awards. l Dallas Buyers Club (1:57) Biopic of Ron Woodroof, the HIV-positive Texas cowboy who established a clearing house for legal and illegal alternative AIDS treatments from around the world. l Delivery Man (1:43) Vince Vaughn stars in the role of a lifetime as a consistent underachiever who’s greatest milestone in

with the celebration of Doctor Who, the world’s longest-running Sci-Fi series, with a 50th Anniversary Special: The Day of the Doctor. l Ender’s Game (1:54) A geeky Earthling takes on an invading force of aliens with a little help from mentor Ben Kingsley; Harrison Ford costars. l Elf (1:37) Will Ferrell and James Caan star as an adorably odd father-son duo that is guaranteed to get your holiday fuzzy feelings flowing. l Free Birds (1:31) Two terrified turkeys travel back in time to change the course of history and banish their fellow fowl from the holiday table forever. l Frozen (1:42) The kingdom of Arendelle is trapped in an eternal winter! Anna sets off to find her sister Elsa, who has isolated herself to protect her family and kingdom from her frosty powers. Kristen Bell and Josh Gad vocalize. l Gravity (1:31) Venice Film Fest phenom about two astronauts who struggle to survive after they’re cast adrift in outer space; George Clooney and Sandra Bullock star. l The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2:26) Jennifer Lawrence is back as Games top dawg Katniss Everdeen, whose victory lap is met with angry, violent rebellion; Lenny Kravitz costars. l JFK (3:09) Oliver Stone’s epic, historically suspect look at the Kennedy assassination stars Kevin Costner, Ed Asner, Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Sissy Spacek, Joe Pesci, Tommy Lee Jones, John Candy, Donald Sutherland and a host of others. l JFK: A President Betrayed (1:31) Documentary employs newly recovered evidence and interviews to demonstrate John F. Kennedy’s attempts to get out of Vietnam and make peace with Castro and Khrushchev despite his government’s best efforts. l Last Vegas (1:45) When dedicated bachelor Michael Douglas finally gets hitched, pals Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman and Kevin Kline whisk him to Vegas for one last wingding...but whither the Rat Pack days of yore? l The Singularity (1:16) Remember iRobot? Did it scare you as much as it scared us? Bay Area filmmaker Doug Wolens examines what happens when computers intelligence supercedes that of the human being. l Thor: The Dark World (1:51) When Natalie Portman discovers an ancient Norse god weapon, it’s up to Chris Hemsworth to prevent an evil elf from using it to destroy Earth, or something. l 12 Years a Slave (2:14) Steve McQueen directs the true story of Solomon Northup, a free black New Yorker who was abducted and sold into slavery in the pre-Civil War South; Chiwetel Ejiofor stars.

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About Time (R)

Larkspur Landing: Fri 7:15, 10 Sat-Sun 1:35, 4:25, 7:15, 10 Mon-Tue 6:30, 9:20 Wed 7:15, 10 Thu 1:35, 4:25, 7:15, 10 All Is Lost (PG-13) Playhouse: Fri 3:50, 6:50, 9:20 Sat 1:10, 3:50, 6:50, 9:20 Sun 1:10, 3:50, 6:50 Mon 3:50, 6:50 Tue 3:50, 6:50, 9:20 Regency: Fri-Sat 11:30, 2:15, 4:50, 7:35, 10:10 Mon-Tue 11:30, 2:15, 4:50, 7:35 The Armstrong Lie (NR) Rafael: Fri 4:15, 6:45, 9:15 Sat-Sun 1:15, 4:15, 6:45, 9:15 Mon 9:15 TueThu 6:45, 9:15 Bad Grandpa (R) Northgate: Fri-Sun 12:10, 2:35, 5:05, 7:35, 10:10 The Best Man Holiday (R) Northgate: Fri-Sun 10:45, 1:40, 4:35, 7:30, 10:25 Rowland: Fri-Tue 11:10, 2, 4:55, 7:45, 10:35 Blue Is the Warmest Color (NC-17) Rafael: Fri 4:30, 8 Sat 1, 4:30, 8 Sun 1:30, 4, 6:30, 9 Mon-Thu 7:15 *The Book Thief (PG-13) Regency: Fri-Sat 11:10, 12:40, 2:10, 3:50, 5:25, 7, 8:35, 10:05 Mon-Tue 11:10, 12:40, 2:10, 3:50, 5:25, 7 *The Broken Circle Breakdown (NR) Rafael: Fri 4, 6:30, 9 Sat-Sun 1:30, 4, 6:30, 9 Mon-Thu 6:30, 9 Dallas Buyers Club (R) Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 9:40 Sun-Mon 12:50, 3:50, 6:50 Tue 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 9:40 Regency: Fri-Sat 11:50, 1:20, 2:50, 4:20, 5:50, 7:20, 8:50, 10:20 Mon-Tue 11:50, 1:20, 2:50, 4:20, 5:50, 7:20 Sequoia: Fri 4:30, 7:30, 10:15 Sat 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:15 Mon-Tue 4:30, 7:30 Wed 2, 4:45, 7:45 *Delivery Man (PG-13) Larkspur Landing: Fri 5:20, 8, 10:30 Sat-Sun 12:20, 2:50, 5:20, 8, 10:30 Mon-Tue 6:45, 9:15 Wed 5:20, 8, 10:30 Thu 12:20, 2:50, 5:20, 8, 10:30 Rowland: Fri-Tue 11:35, 2:15, 5, 7:35, 10:05 Northgate: Fri-Sun 11:40, 2:20, 4:55, 7:40, 10:20 *Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor (PG) Northgate: Mon 7:30, 10 Marin: Mon 7:30 *Elf (PG) Regency: Sun 2 Wed 2, 7 Sequoia: Sun 2 Wed 2, 7 Ender’s Game (PG-13) Northgate: Fri-Sun 10:40, 1:30, 4:20, 7:15, 10:05 Free Birds (PG) Lark: Fri 4 Sat 1:45, 4 Sun 12:45, 3 Mon-Thu 5:15 Northgate: Fri-Sun 10:20, 12:50, 3:20, 5:45, 8:20; 3D showtimes at 11:35, 2:10, 4:40, 7:20, 9:40 Rowland: Fri-Tue 11:45, 4:25, 9:20; 3D showtime at 2:05, 7 *Frozen (PG) Northgate: Wed-Thu 11:40, 2:25, 5:10, 7:55, 10:30; 3D showtimes WedThu 10:45, 1:30, 4:15, 7, 9:40 Larkspur Landing: Fri 5:25; 3D showtime at 7:45, 10:10 Sat-Sun 12:40; 3D Gravity (PG-13) showtimes at 3, 5:25, 7:45, 10:10 Mon-Tue 7:15; 3D showtime at 9:35 Wed 5:25; 3D showtime at 7:45, 10:10 Thu 12:40; 3D showtime at 3, 5:25, 7:45, 10:10 Northgate: Fri-Sun 11:55, 4:50, 9:30; 3D showtimes at 2:25, 7:05 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (PG-13) Cinema: Fri-Thu 12, 3:30, 7, 10:20 Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12, 1, 2, 3:15, 4:15, 5:15, 6:30, 7:30, 8:30, 9:45 Sun-Mon 12, 1, 2, 3:15, 4:15, 5:15, 6:30, 7:30 Tue 12, 1, 2, 3:15, 4:15, 5:15, 6:30, 7:30, 8:30, 9:45 Marin: Fri-Sat 12:30, 3:45, 7, 10:15 Sun 12:30, 3:45, 7 Mon-Tue 3:45, 7 Wed-Thu 12:30, 3:45, 7, 10:15 Northgate: Fri-Sun 10:15, 10:55, 11:45, 12:35, 1:25, 2:15, 3:05, 3:55, 4:45, 5:35, 6:25, 7:15, 8:05, 8:55, 9:45, 10:30 Mon-Thu 12:35, 3:55, 7:15, 10:30 Playhouse: Fri 3:30, 4:15, 6:40, 7:30, 9:45 Sat 12:15, 1, 3:30, 4:15, 6:40, 7:30, 9:45 Sun 12:15, 1, 3:30, 4:15, 6:40, 7:30 Mon 3:30, 4:15, 6:40, 7:30 Tue 3:30, 4:15, 6:40, 7:30, 9:45 Rowland: Fri-Tue 10:35, 11:40, 12:45, 1:50, 2:55, 4:00, 5:05, 6:10, 7:15, 8:20, 9:25, 10:30 Wed 12:45, 4, 7:15, 10:30 JFK: A President Betrayed (NR) Rafael: Sun 4:30 Mon 7 Last Vegas (PG-13) Northgate: Fri-Sun 12:05, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15 Lark: Fri-Sat 6:15, 8:30 Sun 5:15, 7:30 Mon-Thu 7:30 *The Singularity (NR) Rafael: Sun 7 Thor: The Dark World (PG-13) Fairfax: Fri-Sat 1:15, 4:05, 7, 9:50 Sun-Mon 1:15, 4:05, 7 Tue 1:15, 4:05, 7, 9:50 Larkspur Landing: Fri 10:20; 3D showtime at 5, 7:40 Sat-Sun 11:40, 10:20; 3D showtime at 2:20, 5, 7:40 Mon-Tue 9:40; 3D showtime at 7 Wed 10:20; 3D showtime at 5, 7:40 Thu 11:40, 10:20; 3D showtime at 2:20, 5, 7:40 Northgate: Fri-Sun 10:30, 11, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10; 3D showtimes FriSun at 12, 1, 3, 6, 7, 9 Rowland: Fri-Tue 3D showtimes at 11:30, 2:10, 4:50, 7:30, 10:10 12 Years a Slave (R) Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:40, 3:40, 6:40, 9:35 Sun-Mon 12:40, 3:40, 6:40 Tue 12:40, 3:40 Regency: Fri-Sat 12:30, 3:45, 7:10, 10:15 Mon-Tue 12:30, 3:45, 7:10 Sequoia: Fri 4:30, 7, 10 Sat 1, 4, 7, 10 Mon-Tue 4, 7

Buddy starts the day with a bit o’ sugar before taking on Manhattan; ‘Elf’ plays at the Regency and Sequoia on Sunday.

Showtimes can change after we go to press. Please call theater to confirm schedules.

CinéArts at Marin 101 Caledonia St., Sausalito • 331-0255 | CinéArts at Sequoia 25 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley • 388-4862 | Cinema 41 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera • 924-6505 | Fairfax 9 Broadway, Fairfax • 453-5444 Lark 549 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur • 924-5111 | Larkspur Landing 500 Larkspur Landing Cir., Larkspur • 461-4849 Northgate 7000 Northgate Dr., San Rafael • 800-326-3264 | Playhouse 40 Main St., Tiburon • 435-1234 Rafael Film Center 1118 Fourth St., San Rafael • 454-1222 | Regency 80 Smith Ranch Rd., Terra Linda • 479-5050 Rowland 44 Rowland Way, Novato • 800-326-3264

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Highlights from our online community calendar— great things to do this week in Marin

Check out our Online Community Calendar for more listings, spanning more weeks, with more event information »pacificsun.com/sundial

Live music 11/22: Andi White and Six Hits Later Rock 9:30pm. No cover. The Sleeping Lady, 23, Fairfax. 464-7420. sleepingladyfairfax.com.

11/22: Beso Negro, This Old Earthquake Gypsy Swing. 9pm. $20-22. Sweetwater Music Hall , 19 Corte Madera, Mill Valley. 388-3850. swmh.com.

11/22: Biambu’s Slow Burn Original soul, rock. 9pm. $8. Peri’s Bar, 29 Broadway, Fairfax.

459-9910. perisbar.com.

11/22: The Fall Risk Jam, blues rock. 9pm. $12. Hopmonk, 224 Vintage Way, Novato.

892-6200. hopmonk.com/novato.

11/22: Friday Night Jazz: Dick Fregulia Quartet 6pm. Free. Marin Country Mart,

2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur.

346-7300. marincountrymart.com.

11/22: Moonalice With Pete Sears and Barry Sless. 9pm. $10-15. 19 Broadway Night Club, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 250-9756.

19broadway.com.

11/22: Rusty Evans and the Ring of Fire Winter Music Series. Music of Johnny Cash. RSVP needed. 8pm-1am. $8.San Rafael Elks Lodge, 1312 Mission Avenue, San Rafael. 272-8802. facebook.com/events/589949141053675.

11/22: 7th Sons Rock and Roll Dance Party RSVP required. 8pm. $10. Sausalito Cruising Club, 300 Napa St., Sausalito. 847-2670.

11/22: The String Rays Original Americana. 8pm. $10. Rancho Nicasio, 1 Old Rancheria Road, Nicasio. 662-2219. ranchonicasio.com

11/22: Tony Lindsay and Ray Obiedo Band

9pm. $20. George’s Night Club, 842 4th Street, San Rafael. 497-8690. acenterforinnerpeace.org.

11/23: Black Water Gold Afro-funk 9:30pm. $8. Peri’s Silver Dollar, 29 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 464-7420. perisbar.com.

11/23: Rahman D’Amato and Friends Local songwriter. 9:30pm. Free. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 464-7420. sleepingladyfairfax.com.

11/23: SpiritMoves: Evening of Improvisational Music Ambient, new age jazz, classical, world. 8pm. Open Secret Bookstore, 923 C St., San Rafael. 457-4191. opensecretbookstore.com.

11/23: The 7th Sons Rock & Roll Dance Party Classic rock and blues from the

’60s-’70s. 9:30pm. Free. Penngrove Pub, Main Street, Penngrove. 847-2670. The7thSons.com.

11/24: The Better Devils Rock 9:30pm.

Free. Peri’s Silver Dollar, 29 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 464-7420. perisbar.com.

11/24: Folkish Festival With the Easy Leaves 12:30pm. Free. Marin Country Mart, 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur.

346-7300. marincountrymart.com.

11/24: Live Music Brunch with Rusty String Express11am. No cover. Sweetwater Music Hall , 19 Corte Madera, Mill Valley.

388-3850. swmh.com.

11/24: Moonalice 2pm. No cover. Sweetwater Music Hall , 19 Corte Madera, Mill Valley.

388-3850. swmh.com.

11/24: Namely Us Jazz. 7:30pm. Free. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway Blvd., Fairfax.

464-7420. sleepingladyfairfax.com.

11/24: Natalie Cole 8pm. $45-85. Wells Fargo Center, 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa.

707-546-3600. wellsfargocenterarts.org 11/24: Ramblin’ Jack Elliot Original Americana. 7:30pm. $25. Hopmonk, 224 Vintage Way, Novato. 892-6200. hopmonk.com/novato.

11/24: The Rock Collection featuring Melvin Seals, Stu Allen, Mark Karan, Robin Sylvester, Greg Anton Rock. 8:30pm. $20-22. Sweetwater Music Hall , 19 Corte Madera, Mill Valley. 388-3850. swmh.com.

11/23: Cahalen Morrison and Eli West

11/24: Wendy Dewitt with Steve Lucky

Americana, roots. 8pm. $20-25. Schoenberg Guitars, 106 Main St., Tiburon. 789-0846. om28.com.

11/23: Cryptical With Grateful family special guest. Portion of proceeds benefit the Rex Foundation. 9pm. $15-20. 19 Broadway Night Club, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 250-9756.

19broadway.com.

11/25: Jazz at George’s with the Phillip Percy Pack Jazz, happy hour cocktails and appe-

11/23: Danny Click and the Hell Yeahs

Blues rock. 8:30pm. $15-20. Rancho Nicasio, 1 Old Rancheria Road, Nicasio. 662-2219. ranchonicasio.com 11/23: Foreverland Michael Jackson Tribute show. 9pm. $22. Sweetwater Music Hall , 19 Corte Madera, Mill Valley. 388-3850. swmh.com.

11/23: Lady D Dance Band Motown and other classics . Proceeds benefit Buckelew Programs. 7pm. $5- $10. Ghiringhelli Pizzeria Bar and Grill, 1535 Novato Blvd., Novato. 4972462. ghirpizza.com.

Boogie woogie piano party. 4pm. No cover.

Rancho Nicasio, 1 Old Rancheria Road, Nicasio. 662-2219. ranchonicasio.com

tizers. 6pm. No cover. George’s Nightclub, 842 4th St., San Rafael. 244-2665. Georgesnightclub.com.

11/25: Open Mic with Austin DeLone

7:30pm. All ages. No cover. Sweetwater Music Hall , 19 Corte Madera, Mill Valley. 388-3850. swmh.com.

11/25: Open Mic with Billy D 9:30pm. No cover. Peri’s, 29 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. perisbar.com 11/25: Open Mic with Derek Smith 9pm.

No cover. 19 Broadway, 17 Broadway, Fairfax.

459-1091. 19broadway.com

11/25: Opens Mic with Simon Costa

9:30pm, sign up begins at 8pm. All ages. No cover. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway, Fairfax. 485-1182. sleepingladyfairfax.com.

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‘2 Guns,’ no waiting...

If movies need to gross three times their budget to break even then 2 GUNS came up a little short, but it falls into the sweet spot wished for by distributors of sub-par theatrical blockbusters: It’ll do fine on video. Yes you’ll smirk at the Elmore Leonardesque dialogue, scoff at long-odds coincidences Relishing their chance to get dirty and a little less noble. that bring down torrents of bullets, copter-mounted rockets and grenades on our heroes but, still, you’ll have a ripping good time. That’s thanks mostly to Icelandic director Baltasar Kormákur, who uses the Tony Scott formula of placing top talent—Denzel and Wahlberg, Edward James Olmos and Paula Patton—into material stratospherically beneath themselves to get the fireworks flying. Fresh from a dodgy meeting with drug kingpin Papi Greco, knockover pros Bobby and Stig pull off the ultimate high-stakes bank robbery at the sleepy Tres Cruces S&L, one that accidentally turns into the haul of a lifetime: Why has an estimated $3 million heist turned into $43? The answer surely lies at cartel headquarters south of the border and, excitingly for this picture, in a couple of great Act II plot reveals that will truly surprise if you’re lucky enough not to know them already. Fine actors, especially ones like Olmos, Washington and Wahlberg who are stuck in the “nobility” trap, always relish the chance to get a little dirty—maybe that’s why this film is so much fun.—Richard Gould 11/26: Boogie Woogie Tuesday with Austin DeLone Piano. 8pm. No cover. 19 Broadway Night Club, 17 Broadway, Fairfax.

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11/27: Black Wednsday with Cambo and the Life/BoRat and People 9pm. No cover. 19 Broadway Night Club, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 250-9756. 19Broadway.com.

11/27: Open Mic with Dennis Haneda

8pm. No cover. Hopmonk, 224 Vintage Way, Novato. 892-6200. hopmonk.com/novato.

11/27: Savannah Blu Bluegrass, Americana.

8pm. No cover. Iron Springs Pub, 765 Center Blvd., Fairfax. 485-1005. ironspringspub.com 11/27: Songbook Night Sing along campfire style. 8pm. No cover. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 464-7420. sleepingladyfairfax.com.

11/27: The Soul Satellites Soul, motown, blues 9:30pm. Peri’s Silver Dollar, 29 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 464-7420. perisbar.com.

11/27: Vinyl Funk rock. 8pm. $22-24.

Sweetwater Music Hall , 19 Corte Madera, Mill Valley. 388-3850. swmh.com.

11/29: The 85s ’80s dance party with with Matt Jaffe and the Distractions. 8pm. $17-22.

Sweetwater Music Hall , 19 Corte Madera, Mill Valley. 388-3850. swmh.com.

11/29: The Cheesballs ’70s-’90s hits. 9pm. $10. George’s Night Club, 842 4th Street, San Rafael. 497-8690. acenterforinnerpeace.org.

11/29: Fenton Coolfoot and the Right Time Hiphop/reggae. 9:30pm. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway Blvd., Fairfax. 464-7420. sleepingladyfairfax.com.

11/29: Friday Night Jazz: Dave Getz Ensemble 6pm. No cover. Marin Country

Mart, 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur.

346-7300. marincountrymart.com.

11/29: Jerry Hannan Band Annual leftovers party. 8:30pm. $12-15. Rancho Nicasio, 1 Old Rancheria Road, Nicasio. 662-2219. ranchonicasio.com 11/29: Soul Mechanix Soul, jazz 9:30pm. $8. Peri’s Silver Dollar, 29 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 464-7420. perisbar.com.

11/29: Tom Finch Band, Lumanation Drake HS class of 2003 reunion in the Tiki lounge. 9pm. $10-15. 19 Broadway Night Club, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 250-9756. 19Broadway.com.

11/29: Yeah Sure Whatever Canadian pop.

8:30pm. $10. Hopmonk, 224 Vintage Way, Novato. 892-6200. hopmonk.com/novato.

11/30: Bud E Luv Annual holiday party.

8:30pm. $15. Rancho Nicasio, 1 Old Rancheria Road, Nicasio. 662-2219. ranchonicasio.com

Comedy 11/26: Mark Pitta and Friends Standup.

8pm. $16-26. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 383-9600.

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11/29: Paula Poundstone 8pm. $35-40.

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11/23-24: Fringe of Marin: Festival of New Bay Area One-Act Plays and Solos “The Gargoyle” by Suzanne Birrell. “End of Lying”

by Donna Bader. “In-the-Box” by James Metzger.

“Some of these Daze” by Vin Zappacosta and Douglass Christensen. “Unfinished Business” by Mary Spletter. 2 and 7:30pm Nov. 23. 2pm Nov. 24.

7:30pm. $5 - $15. Angelico Hall at Dominican University, 20 Olive Ave., San Rafael. 793-3329. fringeofmarin.com.

11/22-29: DuoProv Championship

Improv competition. 8pm. $17-20. Bayfront Theater , B350 Fort Mason Center, S.F. 474-6776. improv.org.

Through 12/15: Harvey 7:30pm Thurs.; 8pm Fri.-Sat.; 2pm Sun. 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Ross. 456-9555. rossvalleyplayers.com

Through12/22: Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol By Tom Mula. Jon Tracy directs.

8pm Tues., Thurs.-Sat.; 7pm Sun. 397 Miller Ave., Mill Valley. 388-5200. marintheatre.org.

Concerts 11/22-23: College of Marin Chamber Music Recitals COM chamber music students perform trio and quartets works. Lefort Recital Hall, PA 72, 835 College Ave., Kentfield Campus 7:30pm. $10. College of Marin Lefort Recital Hall, 835 College Ave., Kentfield. 485-9528. marin.edu/departments/performingarts/ music/current-season.html.

11/27: Wednesday Noon Concert Series: Jeff Ladeur Piano. Works Schumann, oth-

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Dance 11/23: Balè Folclórico da Bahia Brazilian dance and drumming. 8pm. $20-60. Marin Center Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium, 10 Ave. of the Flags, San Rafael. 473-6800. marincenter.org

11/24: Just Dance Academy Winter Performance 3pm. $20-22. Marin Center Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium, 10 Ave. of the Flags, San Rafael. 473-6800. marincenter.org

Art 11/23: New Landscapes in Oil by Guillermo Kelly New oil paintings of the North Bay by noted Marin artist. Opening reception 4pm Nov. 23. Free. The Painters Place Gallery, 1141 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur. 461-0351. thepaintersplace.com.

11/29-30: Art Fundraiser Paintings on canvas, board, glass and clothing.Tax deductible. Credit cards accepted.Proceeds support advocacy for a permanent homeless shelter in Marin. 10am. Free. Artist’s Studio, 70 Rafael Dr., San Rafael. 453-6221. joan-of-art.org.

Kids Events 11/23: Kids Mountainfilm Cinefest 11 short films with kids in mind. 11:30am. $7. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 383-9600. 142throckmortontheatre.org.

11/23: 14th Annual Lollypopalooza

Family concert with Tim Cain, Miss Kitty, Christopher Smith,and Cindy Cohen accompanied by Peter Penhallow and the Dream Circle Band. 9:30 and 11am. $8-10. Westminster Presbyterian Church, 240 Tiburon Blvd., Tiburon.

461-1066. music-makers.org.

11/23: Family Farm Day Celebrate food and where it comes from on this family day.

Journey through the full cycle of seed to meal and learn about food traditions from around the world. Fire up the cob oven and bake some bread to enjoy with homemade butter. 10am2pm. $30-95. Slide Ranch, 2025 Shoreline Hwy., Muir Beach. 381-6155. slideranch.org.

11/23: The Hipwaders 11am. $5-15. Bay Area Discovery Museum, 557 McReynolds, Sausalito. 339-3900. baykidsmuseum.org.

11/24: Festival of Lights Hanukah party with activities, latkes, bounce house, live music, more. 9:30am-2:30pm. Free. Osher Marin Jewish Community Center, 200 N. San Pedro Road, San Rafael, 444-8000. marinjcc.org.

11/24: How do Dinosaurs Say Happy Chanukah? Holiday story time. 11am. Free.

Barnes and Noble, 313 Corte Madera Center, Corta Madera. 927-9016. bn.com.

11/28: 13th Annual Marin Turkey Trot

Spend the morning burning off the calories you will replace later with pumpkin pie.Help the community with non-perishable food donations which will be donated to the S.F./ Marin Food Bank. Cross country courses are run through the beautiful IVC campus and along Ignacio Boulevard. Youth Gobbler 1 MileTurkey Trot 5KPilgrim 10KLil Gobbler Dashes 7am. Indian Valley Campus, 1800 Ignacio Blvd. , Novato. marinturkeytrot.com.

Through 11/24: The Wizard of Oz Broadway Bound Kids presents. 7:30pm Nov. 22-23.

2pm Nov. 23. 1 and 5pm Nov. 24. $14-16.

Marin Center Showcase Theater, 10 Ave. of the Flags, San Rafael. 473-6800. marincenter.org

Film 11/24: The Singularity Bay Area filmmaker Doug Wolens will present his new film, in which leading futurists, computer scientists, artificial intelligence experts and philosophers discuss the realities and ramifications of our brave new world. With Ray Kurzweil, Leon Panetta, Richard A. Clarke, Christine Peterson, Alison Gopnik and many others. Animation: Little Fluffy Clouds. Producer/director: Doug Wolens. (US 2013) 75 min. 7pm.

11/29: Village Music: The Last Of The Great Record Stores 2pm. Free. Sweetwater Music Hall , 19 Corte Madera, Mill Valley.

388-3850. swmh.com.

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Through 11/24: Throckmorton Mountainfilm Festival Screenings and events. Call or see website for schedule details. 8pm. $1626. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 383-9600. 142throckmortontheatre.org.

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Fri 11/22 • Doors 8pm • ADV $20 / DOS $22

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11/23: Fall Birding This Novato reservoir is a great place to see waterfowl, shorebirds, raptors. Bring binoculars, water, a snack, and wear sturdy shoes. Open to all ages and skill levels.

No animals (except service animals) please.

Rain will cancel this event. 9am. Free. Stafford Lake, 3549 Novato Blvd., Novato. 897-0618.

11/24: Acorn Preparation: Modern Methods for a Heritage Food Acorns are a

California superfood. Learn about simple acorn processing methods that do not require any specialized equipment or skill and about the ecology of our native oaks and how to identify local species found in Marin. Acorn cookies will be provided. 10am. Free. Olompali State Historic Park, 8901 Redwood Highway, Novato.

898-4362 x 204. parks.ca.gov/olompali.

11/24: Focus on Gulls Gulls are certainly challenging but with a few tricks and a little patience we’ll learn to differentiate between the species we regularly see here in winter and discuss identification, plumages. Carpool to several different locations in Pt. Reyes searching for the various gulls that frequent these areas. For ages 15 and up. No animals (except service animals) please. Heavy rain may cancel. If questionable weather, call 893-9527.

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Fri 11/29 • Doors 7pm • ADV $17 / DOS $22

The 85's Black Friday Bash: An 80's Dance Party Sat 11/30 • Doors 8pm • ADV $22 / DOS $27

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Turkeys aren’t the only birds or food on the mind this weekend; learn about California birds (like this acorn woodpecker) and taste an acorn cookie yourself this Saturday and Sunday in Novato.

Ranch Beach pullout, Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Olema. 893-9520. marincountyparks.org.

11/27: Nature for Kids: Indian Tree This is a Healthy Parks, Healthy People event. Head up the hill and visit several different forest habitats. No animals (except service animals) please. Heavy rain may cancel. David Herlocker will lead. 10am. Free. Indian Tree Open Space, Vineyard Road, Novato. 893-9508. marincountyparks.org.

of classical yoga. Experience your authentic voice for the very first time. 7pm. $25 Friday $250 Sat.-Sun. 110 Caledonia St, , Sausalito.

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Readings

11/23: Ferry Boats of the San Francisco Bay History Lecture by Paul Trimble.

11/22: Ann Kirschner “The Lady at the O.K. Corral: The True Story of Josephine Marcus Earp.”

7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com.

11/23: Ben Fong-Torres “Willin: The Story of Little Feat.” 1pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com.

11/23: Brian McCarty “War-Toys: Israel, West Bank, Gaza Strip.” 4pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com.

11/24: Barbara Swift Brauer and Kaitlyn Gallagher MINE gallery poetry and

prose reading series with Barbara Swift Brauer reading poetry from “At Ease in the Borrowed World” (Sixteen Rivers Press, 2013) and a selection of newer poetry. Kaitlyn Gallagher will be reading prose from her new work, “181.” 3pm. Free. MINE Gallery, Farifax. gallerymine.com.

11/24: David Kulczyk “California Fruits, Flakes, and Nuts: True Tales of California Crazies, Crackpots, and Creeps.” 1pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera.

927-0960. bookpassage.com.

11/24: Elisa Medhus “My Son and the Afterlife.” 4pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com.

11/24: Stuart Thornton “Moon: Coastal California.” 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com.

11/25: Bill Broder “Crimes of Innocence,” “Esau’s Mountain” and “What Rough Beast?”

7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com.

Community Events (Misc.)

11/22: Yoga Voice Join Mark Moliterno for a 3 day seminar exploring the eight fold path

11/23: Exploring the Sacred Secrets of Your Cells In this experiential afternoon

we will discover how sanctuary and being in the now are rooted in our cells. 1pm. $40-50.

Open Secret Bookstore, 923 C Street, San Rafael. sondrabarrett.com.

Historically, the railroads with rare exception connected with or owned the ferry boats which once served S.F. bay. Produced by Marin History Museum. 2:30pm. $5 donation. Elks Lodge, 1312 Mission Ave., San Rafael. 454-8538. marinhistory.org.

11/23: Insight Meditation Daylong This is a traditional Insight Meditation daylong that includes systematic instructions, silent sitting and walking meditation, and a dharma talk.

With Jack Kornfield. 9am. $55 - $108. Spirit Rock Meditation Center, 5000 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Woodacre. 488-0164. spiritrock.org.

11/23: Victoria Zackheim: Building Your Story One Block at a Time 10am.

$55. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com.

11/24: Benefit for Compassion Without Borders Live music with the Sam Chase,

Mary Jones’ Lights, Arthur Tea and the OMGs, and Joe Ledbetter. Raffle, auction. Proceeds benefit Compassion Without Borders. 6pm. $10.

The Phoenix Theater, 201 Washington St., Petaluma. 200-5961. thephoenixtheater.com 11/24: Embodying Joy Share practices and teachings from Buddhist and qigong traditions on how to uncover and reclaim natural inner joy.

Master Mingtong Gu will teach various qigong movements that awaken joy. He will also teach an ancient practice of sound healing. Accessible and beneficial to people of all ages. 9:30am. $50-108 sliding scale. Spirit Rock Meditation Center, 5000 Sir Francis Blvd., Woodacre. 488-0164. spiritrock.org.

11/26: Marin Orchid Society: Digital Show and Tell Member talk with photos of the

Galapagos Islands, Machu Pichu and Peru, Kew Gardens, and Hawaiian lei making. 6:30pm. Free.

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What's Your sign?

Week of November 22 – November 28, 2013

BY LEONA MOON

ARIES (March 21 - April 19) Thanksgiving madness proves no match for your positive disposition. Whether your travel time consists of a five-minute drive or a flight across the country—you’re certain to meet it with unexpected ease. Nov. 27 prepares you for a Thanksgiving spotlight—tell your relatives to shut up and listen, they will be glad you did.

TAURUS (April 20 - May 20) Are you wondering why reruns of Love Boat have got you tearing up? It’s happened—your thick skin has shed as your eighth house of intimacy and deep bonding reveals itself. Take time to plan a date with friends away from the crowds so you can let your unfamiliar vulnerability out comfortably—and keep an eye out for Kleenex coupons.

GEMINI (May 21 - June 20) You’ve been focused on projects and haven’t been able to shake work from your mind. Luckily, your house of one-on-one partnerships walks hand-in-hand this week with the Sagittarian sun. Listen to your gut! This week chat up that stranger in the coffee shop—you could find your complementary business partner.

CANCER (June 21 - July 22) OK, it’s entirely understandable that on Nov. 27—the day before Thanksgiving—your concentration may fixate solely on what dish Aunt Midge will bring to this year’s Thanksgiving table, but don’t let the calories deafen your ears to matters going on at work. Try to stay tuned in!

That’s the best day to sign a contract; then you can text Auntie Midge.

LEO (July 23 - Aug. 22) As if you didn’t already know, entertainment is your thing—especially this week. Focus on home and family has remained steady throughout the past weeks, but a foreseeable plan sets into place—allowing you to saunter back to the center of attention. Don’t bother slaving away in the kitchen this Thanksgiving—you’re best off charming a group of people at this week’s festivities.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 - Sept. 22) Clearly this is your month to travel, so keep your bags packed! You may feel an overwhelming desire to relax thanks to your fourth house of home. This need coupled with the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday was written in the stars for you, dear Virgo. Stock up on organic tea, grab a cozy blanket and prepare yourself to tell your most embarrassing stories to family—you’ve earned time off.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 - Oct. 22) It’s hard being popular isn’t it? It comes with no shock to the stars that your social calendar is about to fill up. The next few weeks will bring a flurry of outreach from friends old and new. If you’re not interested in getting coffee with your sixth-grade crush you might want to delete your phone number off Facebook, or change your ringtone to a song you like because it will be ringing.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21) No more messing around, you mean business this week! Your determination is a sight for sore eyes and a motivator for that lazy coworker in your office. Your mind is focused on the cha-ching and paired with your ambition your wallet is certain to feel the weight of your rewards.

Nov. 25 will challenge your patience—reservations could save a career move: Think before you speak.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 - Dec. 21) This week is all about the Archer—and no, not just because of the release of the latest Hunger Games. With the arrival of the sun moving into Sagittarius you’re ready for a new you. Nov. 25 brings heaviness to your usually optimistic persona; an uncomfortable tie will be severed. But don’t get down sunny one, Nov. 27 is the best day of the month for you—you’ve never felt freer!

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 - Jan. 19) You’re a hard worker Capricorn, a shining example for the less productive signs. But this week you’ll find yourself magnetized to your leopard-print Snuggie and Netflix queue. Your twelfth house of rest demands hibernation—and you deserve a little lazing around.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 - Feb. 18) You’ve been looking at your career path with serious intent. Although you may feel more comfortable with the element of surprise, a need to develop a long-term plan catches your attention. And it couldn’t come at a better time—Nov. 26 is your day for networking. Your friendliness never escapes you—you’ll be shocked what connections begin to line up.

PISCES (Feb. 19 - March 20) It’s about time you receive an award! OK, maybe you won’t add an Oscar to your mantle, but don’t let pessimism get the best of you. There’s a reason you’ve been working so hard, and it’s about to all pay off! Your tenth house of ambitions and goals is flying high this week and you are on an unstoppable rampage to hit your next big career milestone.

Recognition is on its way! Y november 22 - november 28, 2013 Pacific Sun 33

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Fictitious Name Statement

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 133267 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business TROUBLED ASSETS CONSULTING, TROUBLED ASSETS SPECIALIST, TROUBLED ASSETS RESOLUTIONS, 930 IRWIN STREET, # 222, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: RAYMOND PARIANI, , 930 IRWIN STREET, # 222, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on October 10, 2013. (Publication Dates: NOVEMBER 1, 8, 15, 22, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 133338 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as PERNILLA’S PANTRY, 10 ANTONETTE AVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: PERNILLASEDIVY-SUMNER, 10 ANTONETTE AVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted

by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on October 22, 2013. (Publication Dates NOVEMBER 1, 8, 15, 22, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2013-133337 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as ATTIC TO E-BAY, 1105 FIRST STREET, NOVATO, CA 94945: ARLENE KRAUSE, 1109 FIRST STREET SUITE D, NOVATO, CA 94945. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on June 13, 2013. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on October 22, 2013. (Publication Dates NOVEMBER 1, 8, 15, 22, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 133359 |The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as PRETTY BABY!, 9 BOLINAS STREET, FAIRFAX, CA 94930: KIERAN BRANDABUR LANGER, 444 REDWOOD ROAD, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein

and is applying for a renewal with changes. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on October 24, 2013. (Publication Dates NOVEMBER 1, 8, 15, 22, 2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 133378 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as NARMAN TRAFFIC SCHOOL, 1925 FRANCISCO BLVD. EAST, SUITE 12, UNIT N, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: NALA AMMED RUSSLAN, 79 CORTE MESA, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on November 12, 2013. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on October 28, 2013.

(Publication Dates NOVEMBER 1, 8, 15, 22, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 133187 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as DANCING COYOTE BEACH, 12794 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE, INVERNESS, CA 94937: RACHEL HAMILTON, 22 BERNARD STREET, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on September 16, 2013. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on October 01, 2013.

(Publication Dates NOVEMBER 1, 8, 15, 22, 2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 133357 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business GRACEFUL OPTIONS FOR LIVING, 1131 4TH STREET, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: AREF S. AHMADIA, 131 4TH STREET, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901 This business is being conducted by CO-PARTNERS. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on October 24, 2013. (Publication Dates: NOVEMBER 8, 15, 22, 29, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2013133371 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business KEFALI PROPERTIES, KEFALI PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, KEFALI PROPERTY & ASSET MANAGEMENT, 34 SHANNON LANE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: GEORGE BALLAS, 34 SHANNON LANE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business

is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on November 7, 2013. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on October 25, 2013. (Publication Dates: NOVEMBER 8, 15, 22, 29, 2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2013133363 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as CREATIVE INTELLIGENCE, 338 BOLINAS ROAD, FAIRFAX, CA 94930: MICHEAL S. LEAHEY, 338 BOLINAS ROAD, FAIRFAX, CA 94930. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on October 1, 2013. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on October 23, 2013. (Publication Dates NOVEMBER 8, 15, 22, 29, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2013133374 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as TRAVEL ITALY A LA CARTE, 137 REDWOOD AVE, UNIT 2, CORTE MADERA, CA 94925: CHRISTINA TERESA PARISI, 137 REDWOOD AVE, UNIT 2, CORTE MADERA, CA 94925. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on October 1, 2013. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on October 25, 2013. (Publication Dates NOVEMBER 8, 15, 22, 29, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2013133389 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as GRANDES PLACES SELECTIONS, GPS, 410B JOHNSON STREET, SAUSALITO, CA 94965: J. REISS WINES, LLC, 410B JOHNSON STREET, SAUSALITO, CA 94965. This business is being conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on May 8, 2013. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on October 29, 2013. (Publication Dates NOVEMBER 8, 15, 22, 29, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2013-133392 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as SYNERGY HOMEOPATHIC, 11 COMMERCIAL BLVD, SUITE 1, NOVATO, CA 94949: SYNERGY HOMEOPATHIC, 11

COMMERCIAL BLVD, SUITE 1, NOVATO, CA 94949. This business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. . Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on October 29, 2013. (Publication Dates NOVEMBER 8, 15, 22, 29, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2013133407 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business PICK ME UP JAM, PICK ME UP CHOCOLATE, NANCI STARR CHOCOLATIER, 5 LIBERTY DOCK, SAUSALITO, CA 94965: NANCI STARR, 5 LIBERTY DOCK, SAUSALITO, CA 94965.

This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on October 31, 2013. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on October 31, 2013. (Publication Dates: NOVEMBER 8, 15, 22, 29, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 133409 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business FIORI APARTMENTS, 102-110 MARRYDALE ROAD, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: MARCELLO FONIO TRUSTEE OF FONIO FAMILY REVOCABLE TRUST, 1600 LINCOLN AVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901.

This business is being conducted by A TRUST. Registrant is filing a renewal with changes. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on October 31, 2013. (Publication Dates: NOVEMBER 8, 15, 22, 29, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 133403 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business TASTE OF ROME, 1000 BRIDGEWAY, SAUSALITO, CA 94965: CAFE SAUSALITO INC, 1000 BRIDGEWAY, SAUSALITO, CA 94965. This business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on August 31, 2008. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on October 31, 2013. (Publication Dates: NOVEMBER 8, 15, 22, 29, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2013-133186 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business FISH WINDOW CLEANING, 80 MITCHELL BLVD, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: KUEGLE VISIONS INC, 168 PICNIC AVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on September 23, 2008.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on October 01, 2013. (Publication Dates: NOVEMBER 8, 15, 22, 29, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2013-133448 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business ALLEN & COMPANY CPA, 75 CORTE PATENCIO, GREENBRAE, CA 94904: DWIGHT ALLEN, 75 CORTE PATENCIO, GREENBRAE, CA 94904. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL Registrant is filing a renewal with changes. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on November 5, 2013.

(Publication Dates: NOVEMBER 15, 22, 29; December 6, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2013133431 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as BIG OAK FIREARMS, 5227 RED HILL ROAD, PETALUMA, CA 94952: RONALD L. POMI and MARK L. POMI, 5227 RED HILL ROAD, PETALUMA, CA 94952. This business is being conducted by CO-PARTNERS. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on October 24, 2013. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on November 5, 2013.

(Publication Dates NOVEMBER 15, 22, 29; December 6, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 133276 The following individual(s) is (are) doing

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business as ARMA ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES, 72 SURREY LANE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: JACEK MACHNOWSKI W., 72 SURREY LANE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903.

This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on November 30, 1992 and the fictitious business name has expired more than 40 days ago. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on October 11, 2013. (Publication Dates NOVEMBER 15, 22, 29; December 6, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 133277 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as SOL-SPANISH, SOL-SPANISH. COM, SOL SPANISH, 925 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BLVD, KENTFIELD, CA 94904: SOLVEIG MARIA FLORES and JACEK MACHNOWSKI W., 72 SURREY LANE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. This business is being conducted by A MARRIED COUPLE. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on January 09, 2009 and is filing a renewal with changes. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on October 11, 2013. (Publication Dates NOVEMBER 15, 22, 29; December 6, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2013133470 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as ACADEMIA EDUCATION, 200 MCNEAR DRIVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: LORI MORITZ, 200 MCNEAR DRIVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on November 08, 2013.

(Publication Dates NOVEMBER 15, 22, 29; December 6, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 133455 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as BIOPHILIA BOTANICALS, 683 DEL GANADO ROAD, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: ALICE DUVERNELL, 683 DEL GANADO ROAD, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903.

This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on November 6, 2013. (Publication Dates NOVEMBER 15, 22, 29; December 6, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 133426 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as 4 LESS SMOG CHECK, 630 BLITHEDALE AVE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: EVANGELINE RUALO, 7713 SOUTH COVE DRIVE, SACRAMENTO, CA 95831.

This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on November 4, 2013. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on November 4, 2013. (Publication Dates NOVEMBER 15, 22, 29; December 6, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 133429 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as EROTIC ART EVENTS, 660 SUNSET PARKWAY, NOVATO, CA 94947: PETER KERESZTURY, 660 SUNSET PARKWAY, NOVATO, CA 94947. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on November 4, 2013. (Publication Dates NOVEMBER 15, 22, 29; December 6, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 133414 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as ON PAR CONSULTING, 45 ALAMEDA DE LA LOMA, NOVATO, CA 94949: PHOEBE AMANDA ROSS, 45 ALAMEDA DE LA LOMA, NOVATO, CA 94949. This business is being conducted

by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on November 1, 2013. (Publication Dates NOVEMBER 15, 22, 29; December 6, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 133452 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as MARIN FIREWOOD, 6690 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BLVD, FOREST KNOLLS, CA 94933: RUSSEL MICHAEL WAGNER, 6690 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BLVD, FOREST KNOLLS, CA 94933. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on November 6, 2013.

(Publication Dates NOVEMBER 15, 22, 29; December 6, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 133401 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as WEST BAY URGENT CARE ASSOCIATES, 4000 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE, SUITE 206, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: WEST BAY URGENT CARE ASSOCIATES, INC, 4000 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE, SUITE 206, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. This business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on August 20, 2013. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on October 31, 2013. (Publication Dates NOVEMBER 15, 22, 29; December 6, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2013133472 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as LJW DIVINE SIGHT, 1716 5TH AVE, UNIT A, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: LISA J. WINSTON, 1716 5TH AVE, UNIT A, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on November 08, 2013.

(Publication Dates NOVEMBER 15, 22, 29; December 6, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2013-133482 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business NGUYEN’S HAULING, 9 CHARLOTTE DRIVE #1, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: HAI THANH NGUYEN, 9 CHARLOTTE DRIVE #1, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted

by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on November 12, 2013. (Publication Dates: NOVEMBER 22, 29; December 6, 13, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 133466 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business WASABIANCA WEB DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN, 302 STARLING ROAD, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: JANIS A. OBERMAN, 302 STARLING ROAD, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on November 7, 2013.

(Publication Dates: NOVEMBER 22, 29; December 6, 13, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2013133510 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business BEAUPRE COACHING, 800 VIA ESCONDIDA, NOVATO, CA 94949: PAT BEAUPRE BECKER, 800 VIA ESCONDIDA, NOVATO, CA 94949. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of

Marin County on November 14, 2013.

(Publication Dates: NOVEMBER 22, 29; December 6, 13, 2013)

Other Notices ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No. CIV 1304040. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioners GEO F. GROETHE filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: GEO F. GROETHE to GEO HART. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: DECEMBER 11, 2013 9:00 AM, DEPT. E, ROOM E, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin: PACIFIC SUN. Date: OCTOBER 23, 2013 /s/ PAUL M. HAAKENSON, JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT. (Publication Dates: NOVEMBER 1, 8, 15, 22, 2013)

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: JEAN ROSE DRAGO. Case No. PR- 1304374. To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of JEAN ROSE DRAGO, JEAN ROSE LEVEY, JEAN LEVEY. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: LINDA JEAN LEVEY in the Superior Court of California, County of Marin.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that LINDA JEAN LEVEY be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: December 12, 2013 at 9:00 AM in Dept. C, Room C, of the Superior Court of California, Marin County, located at Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your

objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of the notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE- 154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for petitioner: JOHN L. BOUDETT, 368 SAN ANSELMO AVE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960. (415) 454- 4020. (Publication Dates: November 8, 15, 22, 29, 2013) STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No. 304516 The following person(s) has/have abandoned the use of a fictitious business name(s). The information given below is as it appeared on the fictitious business statement that was filed at the Marin County Clerk-Recorder's Office.

Fictitious Business name(s): NGUYEN’S RECYCLING, 9 CHARLOTTE DRIVE #1, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. Filed in Marin County on: AUGUST 08, 2013. Under File No: 2013132806. Registrant’s Name(s): HAI THANH NGUYEN & PHA THI KIM NGUYEN, 9 CHARLOTTE DRIVE #1, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This statement was filed with the County Clerk Recorder of Marin County on November 12, 2013.

(Publication Dates: NOVEMBER 22, 29; December 6, 13, 2013) SUMMONS Family Law (CITACION Derecho Familiar): Case Number (Numero De Caso): FL 1304230. NOTICE TO RESPONDENT (Aviso Al Demandado): PIERRETTE WELLS: YOU ARE BEING SUED (LO ESTAN DEMANDANDO).

PETITIONER’S NAME IS (Nombre Del Demandante): VICTOR WELLS. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this SUMMONS and PETITION are served on you to file a RESPONSE (FL-120 OR FL-123) at the court and have a copy served on the petitioner. A letter or phone call will not protect you. If you do not file your RESPONSE on time, the court may make orders affecting your marriage or domestic partnership, your property, and custody of your children. You may be ordered to pay support and attorney fees and costs. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form. If you want legal advice, contact a lawyer immediately. You can get information about finding lawyers at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), at the California Legal Services web site (www. lawhelpcalifornia.org), or by contacting

your local county bar association. Tiene 30 días corridos después de haber recibido la entrega legal de esta Citación y Petición para presentar una Respuesta (formulario FL-120 ó FL-123) ante la corte y efectuar la entrega legal de una copia al demandante. Una carta o llamada telefónica no basta para protegerlo. Si no presenta su Respuesta a tiempo, la corte puede dar órdenes que afecten su matrimonio o pareja de hecho, sus bienes y la custodia de sus hijos. La corte también le puede ordenar que pague manutención, y honorarios y costos legales. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario un formulario de exención de cuotas. Si desea obtener asesoramiento legal, póngase en contacto de inmediato con un abogado. Puede obtener información para encontrar a un abogado en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte. ca.gov), en el sitio web de los Servicios Legales de California (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org) o poniéndose en contacto con el colegio de abogados de su condado. NOTICE: The restraining orders on page 2 are effective against both spouses or domestic partners until the petition is dismissed, a judgment is entered, or the court makes further orders. These orders are enforceable anywhere in California by any law enforcement officer who has received or seen a copy of them. (AVISO: Las órdenes de restricción que figuran en la página 2 valen para ambos cónyuges o pareja de hecho hasta que se despida la petición, se emita un fallo o la corte dé otras órdenes. Cualquier autoridad de la ley que haya recibido o visto una copia de estas órdenes puede hacerlas acatar en cualquier lugar de California.)

NOTE: If a judgment or support order is entered, the court may order you to pay all or part of the fees and costs that the court waived for yourself or for the other party. If this happens, the party ordered to pay fees shall be given notice and an opportunity to request a hearing to set aside the order to pay waived court fees. AVISO: Si se emite un fallo u orden de manutención, la corte puede ordenar que usted pague parte de, o todas las cuotas y costos de la corte previamente exentas a petición de usted o de la otra parte. Si esto ocurre, la parte ordenada a pagar estas cuotas debe recibir aviso y la oportunidad de solicitar una audiencia para anular la orden de pagar las cuotas exentas.

1. The name and address of the court are (El nombre y dirección de la corte son): SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF MARIN, 3501 Civic Center Drive, Post Office Box 4988, San Rafael, CA 94903. 2. The name, address, and telephone number of the petitioner’s attorney, or the petitioner without an attorney, are: (El nombre, dirección y número de teléfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante si no tiene abogado, son): VICTOR WELLS, 55 MITCHELL BLVD, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903, (224) 628-3109. Date (Fecha): OCTOBER 15, 2013. Clerk, by (Secretario, por) Kim Turner, E. CHAIS Deputy (Asistente).

NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served (AVISO A LA PERSONA QUE RECIBIÓ LA ENTREGA: Esta entrega se realiza) as an individual (a usted como individuo). (Pacific Sun: NOVEMBER 22, 29; DECEMBER 6, 13, 2013)

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Q:

Ten months ago, while studying abroad, I had one wonderful night with a girl. We kissed and danced the night away. She lives in Brazil, but we’ve communicated regularly via Skype and email. I’ve never felt such a strong connection.

Recently, I asked what she wanted, and she said to be together in the same country. We started imagining that, and she became extremely attached, wanting reassurance about our future that I couldn’t yet give. I confessed to feeling guilty about causing her emotional strain.

She flipped, seeming like a totally different person. She said it wasn’t the first time someone had worried about how attached she was and said she’d start being more distant with me. Angry, I briefly blocked her on my phone so I wouldn’t communicate anything rash. She later complained about her texts bouncing back, and I explained what I’d done and why. She lost it, saying she was “sick of this” and “done.” That was two weeks ago. Should I attempt reopening communication? I feel I’m missing the opportunity of a lifetime if I don’t. —International Love

A:

Here’s a woman who flips out when you worry aloud that you aren’t making her happy fast enough. The prospect of being with someone who does this is the “opportunity of a lifetime” the way Hurricane Sandy was the vacation opportunity of a lifetime, complete with the chance to swim in the Jersey shore’s finest restaurants and mingle with celebrities (well, wave to Sean Penn if a disaster recovery photo op took his rowboat past the roof of your motel).

A long-distance relationship is a relationship that’s miles from reality. Much of its power comes from what’s missing. For example, there are a lot of blanks left by “seeing” somebody by Skype and email. Nature (and human nature) abhors a vacuum, so you fill the blanks with your projections of who the person is, drawn from romantic memories and hopes of who you’d like them to be. The love you feel may, in part, be a love of how your conversations make you feel about you: that you’re witty, charming, and a great romancer. And of course, love that’s out of reach tends to have the strongest pull, a la Romeo and Juliet. Frankly, if their families hadn’t basically been the Crips and the Bloods with linguini and instead had been all “Hey, you crazy kids, be home by curfew,” it probably would have been a matter of weeks before Juliet was sneaking out behind the palazzo with Marcello and then Luigi.

You find out whether you can have a life with a woman by experiencing her day to day—seeing whether she chases you around with a cleaver when you forget to wash a glass or when you draw the line at picking up ladyproducts at the drugstore. You could propose living in the same place for a month—after getting in touch to tell her how wrong you were. (This is basically catnip for women, and whether you were actually wrong about anything is immaterial.) But consider all that goes into a relationship with someone from another country (travel expenses, residency permits and difficulty finding work and even getting a work permit). Maybe it makes sense to deem what you had as “one wonderful night with a girl”—before you get to Brazilian customs and find yourself answering “Do you have anything to declare?” with “Yes, I think I’m making a big mistake.”

Q:

I’ve been on two dates with a woman, and she’s agreed to a third. We kissed on the second date and have been talking every night, but she seems to be playing it a little cool (letting me do all the calling, etc.). Perhaps I should also play it cool, but I’m dying to tell her I like her. Is there a magic number of dates you have to go on before it’s OK to do that? —Bitten Tongue

A:

There are solutions that cause more problems than they solve, like giving your car a car bra, which traps moisture underneath and eventually leads to twotone paint. (And besides, what happens if your car doesn’t have a bra, someone sees its nipples and it gets embarrassed?) Announcing that you like someone you’ve gone out with twice is another one of these problem-causing solutions. If this woman is at all ambivalent (a healthy way to feel early on), telling her you like her wouldn’t make her like you, but it might make her uncomfortable enough to flee. So, go ahead and say those “three little words”—as long as they’re “You free Friday?” Rest assured; she knows you like her. Because you’re still around, because you’re calling every night, and because when you kissed her, you apparently didn’t spit afterward, wipe your hand across your mouth, and say “Eeeuw!” Y © Amy Alkon, all rights reserved. www.advicegoddess.com. Got a problem? Email AdviceAmy@aol.com or write to Amy Alkon, 171 Pier Ave. #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405.

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