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Trees vs. Trump I am relieved to see Will Parrish addressing the logging issue again in California (“Downstream,” Feb. 15).

Increased logging will be a disaster given the flooding we are experiencing.

We are afraid that Northern California will be highly susceptible to Trump’s aggressive, industrial-era backward steps toward what he calls economic revitalization. Luckily, I think the antagonistic, independent-minded

Gov. Brown is on our side in this fight.

Trump will do nothing but recreate the timber wars that pitted citizen against citizen, just as he is doing on an international and national scale. Trump hates California, but knows that we have the sixth largest economy in the world and he will do everything he can to get a piece of it for himself. Good luck and thank you, Mr. Parrish.

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Don’t Trust Them The passage of Measure A will result in more pot being grown in the county on ever-larger factory farms, more exposure of our children to this dangerous drug and more crime in the county as most pot growers are forced deeper underground. It will weaken the local economy, send our money to out-ofstate corporate interests, and make CBD, the only effective epilepsy medicine, harder to get.

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Passage of Measure A will give the empire-building county more of our money to rescue their pensions, pay for more bureaucratic bloat and more law enforcement to fight an increase in prohibition-driven crime (as opposed to pot-driven crime), and spend on anything else they want.

Voters rightly rejected other general fund tax measures like the so-called road-repair tax in 2015. The county is up to the same misleading tricks again— rushing into spending $400,000 on a no-opposition-statement election designed to circumvent the two-thirdsmajority rule. Has anything changed so we can now trust them to spend those “tax revenues” the way they promise?

Nothing I can see. Make sure you vote, and make sure you vote no.

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The Truth Since Donald Trump hates the media so much, I suggest he create his own Trumpian newspaper to be modeled after Pravda, the official publication of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, which translates as “the Truth.” Then he can rail against the press all he wants, and force government employees and members of the armed services to subscribe to his own personal propaganda. Perhaps he can encourage Brietbart news to support this venture.

The media is called the fourth branch of government for a reason. It is part of ensuring that we can maintain a democracy, since it deals in offering facts and analysis to the citizenry so they can come to their own conclusions.

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Dam It The preventable Oroville Dam disaster BY CHRIS WILDER

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he Oroville Dam mess is going to be a gully washer for the poor folks in the Central Valley and possibly as far south as L.A., when the agricultural and water-consumption consequences are factored in. How did we get into this situation?

The state and dam authorities were warned about maintenance issues with the Oroville Dam in 2005. One report stated that “[t]he Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014 set aside $395 million for flood management, but to date has not allocated any of it to actual repairs or projects, raising questions about where the money currently sits and what it has been used for since 2014.”

A little more history: Gov. Jerry Brown’s father, Edmund, sold bonds for the dam to the California people in 1959 saying that the Oroville Dam could be built for $1.5 billion. It ultimately cost $3 billion—$20 billion in today’s inflated dollars. And now this is California’s part of the deteriorating U.S. infrastructure the people get stuck with.

Let us now contrast that lack of funding for crumbling infrastructure to the abundance of funding for the U.S. military. Is everyone feeling safer by spending $1 trillion–plus per year on the military? I have to ask, when America’s military budget exceeds all other countries on the planet combined. Just asking. Here’s a link to a visual of what $1 trillion looks like (preview hint: a stack of $100 bills worth $1 million can fit into a paper grocery bag): www.globalresearch.ca/what-does-one-trillion-dollars-looklike/12754.

When I worked at one of the national Department of Energy labs in the 1980s (I worked at all four in the Bay Area for over 10 years), I became aware that the budget for the Department of Defense at that time was about $300 billion a year. I took out my handy-dandy calculator, and it worked out to spending $10,000 per second. And that was neglecting the budget of the DOE under which the National Labs are paid and the so-called black budgets. So I’ve had to update my calculations to the current $1 trillion–plus per year and it now works out to $30,000 per second.

As I left my musical friends last night, Lenny left me with the verse, “And who’s going to fix the goddamn dam?” Doo da.

Chris Wilder lives in Cloverdale and is a former contractor at Bay Area U.S. Department of Energy labs. He currently works as a tutor.

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DOGS’ LIFE Marin Countyites hope to reclaim the Golden Gate National Recreation Area for their four-legged friends.

Romping Rights Canine advocates halt National Park’s restrictive dog management plan BY NIKKI SILVERSTEIN

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ith only a few hours to spare, two determined Marin County women helped stop the National Park Service from severely curtailing dog walking in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.

The very day that the National Park Service (NPS) was scheduled to finalize a restrictive dog management plan, it capitulated and halted the plan until further notice, in part due to the work of Laura Pandapas and Cassandra Fimrite, who simply wanted to keep walking their dogs.

Neither activists nor rabble-

rousers, Pandapas, an artist from Muir Beach, and Fimrite, a Tam Valley mom of two teenagers and one black lab, took a stand against the NPS and its plan, which would have slashed off-leash dog walking by 90 percent and onleash dog walking by 50 percent.

The NPS cited various reasons for the sweeping changes,

including the protection of wildlife and newly planted native species, yet it provided no site-specific data to back up its claims. The women, who have been fighting the NPS for years, sought to ensure that it ran a fair planning process and complied with the law. They lobbied lawmakers, requested NPS documents, hired a lawyer and filed a lawsuit. For now at least, they have won.

“It’s the birthright of everyone here to use the public lands of the [Golden Gate National Recreation Area] in the way that Congress intended,” Pandapas says.

Congress established the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) in 1972. The land was designated a recreation area rather than a national park, because the open space was much needed in an urban setting like the Bay Area. A pet policy followed in 1979 that allowed dog walking on select portions of the GGNRA, which amounted to less than 1 percent of the land.

The idea of further restricting dog walking has been bandied about by the NPS for 15 years.

In 2005, an attempt was aborted by the court for lack of proper public notice. The NPS began the necessary public process the following year. Meetings were held and public comment periods ensued, but dog devotees who attended the meetings cried foul.

They became convinced that the NPS was not providing the public with adequate scientific studies to demonstrate the need for a change, and it seemed the government agency had a heavy bias against dog walking. The NPS decision, they said, was a fait accompli.

“There are tried-and-true conservation methods, such as a land buffer, seasonal buffers and time-of-use restrictions,” says Pandapas. “The NPS could have given the public a buy-in, but they didn’t. Instead, the only tool they employed was the removal of dogs.”

The park service presented a draft plan with extensive changes in the dog rules last February. It banned all off-leash dog walking on the fire roads and trails in

GGNRA officials and staff. They posted more than 40 damning documents on a website they called WoofieLeaks.

The documents that came to light on WoofieLeaks spurred the decision by the NPS to halt the signing of the plan and conduct an internal investigation.

In one instance, former GGNRA director of communications and partnerships Howard Levitt, who retired last October, used his personal email account to conduct business regarding the dog management plan. And for good reason. The decisionmaking process was required to be unbiased, but Levitt had reportedly worked with several private organizations to stack the deck against dog walking.

Levitt also directed staff to destroy emails and discuss aspects of the plan offline.

“Everyone: Please delete this and the previous message,” Levitt wrote in a September 2013 email.

“These conversations are best done by phone.”

A GGNRA wildlife ecologist urged staff in a 2006 email to leave out data from the dog management plan environmental impact statement, because it did not jibe with the desired outcome—specifically, to virtually eliminate dogs in the GGNRA. It also seemed that Levitt had a personal bone to pick with dogs. In April 2014, he wrote

to Kimberly Kiefer of the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department about his broken finger: “Ironically, it’s my middle finger . . . probably broke it expressing my opinion of out of control off-leash dog visitors.”

“The level of hubris and arrogance contained in these documents is unfathomable,” Carr says. “This is evidence of bad faith on the part of the government.

The park service was bound and determined to get the result they wanted.”

The documents that came to light on WoofieLeaks spurred the decision by the NPS to halt the signing of the plan and conduct an internal investigation.

According to the NPS press release, “The decision comes in response to requests from members of Congress to extend the waiting period for the final environmental impact statement.

This pause will also allow the National Park Service to conduct a review of certain records being released in response to an ongoing Freedom of Information Act request related to the park’s Dog Management Plan and rule.”

Congresswoman Jackie Speier believes that doesn’t go far enough and has called for a “truly independent inquiry into whether NPS employees acted improperly with regards to their work on the GGNRA Dog Management Plan.”

The NPS refused comment for this story and instead referred to two press releases that stated it would be investigating the documents.

“The records belong to us, the people,” Carr says. For that reason, Carr and his clients will move ahead with the Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the NPS. Fimrite considers the emails as proof that the entire plan must be thrown out.

“Someone has to address what happened in the GGNRA,” Pandapas says. “The NPS can’t seem to engage in an honorable process.

What’s happening in the Bay Area is nothing to be proud of.”

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Marin, and left only Rodeo Beach for dogs to play off-leash.

Concerned that the plan was too restrictive and did not address the impact on Marin County open space and local parks, the Marin County Board of Supervisors, the Mill Valley City Council, the Muir Beach Community Services District and the Marin Humane Society opposed the plan.

Congressman Jared Huffman suggested off-leash access in some areas before 10am, as well as other compromises, but the NPS refused to budge.

The final dog management plan rolled out last month and was almost identical to the draft. Onleash trails in Marin had been cut from 24 miles to just eight miles.

Then, on Jan. 10, when the NPS was to sign the Record of Decision and publish the final rule for dog management at GGNRA, it issued a press release stating that it was halting the plan until further notice.

Why the unexpected change on the part of the NPS? “We showed that the NPS had a systemic pattern of bias and inappropriate relations with external groups,” Fimrite says.

When the NPS initially provided its draft plan, a coalition of dog and recreation advocate groups, including Marin County DOG (Dog Owners Group), an organization founded by Pandapas and Fimrite, requested public records from the NPS. The NPS refused to comply.

The groups filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit to obtain the information, and a federal court recently ordered the NPS to produce the documents.

More than 260,000 heavily redacted pages trickled in and were methodically combed through by the four plaintiff groups: Marin County DOG, Save Our Recreation, SFDOG and Coastside DOG of San Mateo County, and their attorney Chris Carr, of Mill Valley, a partner with Morrison & Foerster.

On Jan. 4, less than a week before the final plan would be signed into the official record, the plaintiffs revealed examples of unethical and perhaps illegal conduct on the part of senior

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Mac the Life Classic downtown Santa Rosa deli is one for the ages BY TOM GOGOLA

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he turkey club sandwich is one of the world’s greatest, simplest sandwich inventions, but it’s greatness is only manifested if one key, critical condition is honored—fresh-roasted turkey only, please, and make sure the bacon is extra crispy.

Don’t worry if it’s too dry for most—I like it dry, just like Elwood

Blues. I’ll apply the mayonnaise myself, thanks—you just make sure the cole slaw is fresh and light and not too creamy, and that the attendant pickle spear is crisp and cool.

That sandwich, and everything else about the place, scores big at the go-to downtown breakfastand-lunch joint, Mac’s Kosher Style Deli & Cafe, the Fourth Street institution in Santa Rosa whose legendary and beloved owner, Iraj Soltani, died in

January, to much sadness and remembrances from customers.

The deli-cafe has been in business since 1952 and is open every day but Sunday, with a warm and inviting bustle that never gets tired or nerve-jangling, even when you have to wait for a table—and you never have to wait too long. There’s always a pile of reading material.

The menu is long but not ridiculous in its reach. Mac’s is not a standard-issue diner, but

an authentic old-timey deli, so there are no obligatory attempts at globe-trotting dishes for all palates or high-end offerings like big fancy chunks of steak for $26 and your choice of a potato or fries. There are no fragrant pasta dishes or gyros—just a big list of sandwiches, a heaping of standard salads, and offerings that run the gamut from simple burgers to a mother of all kosher-style sandies, corned beef, tongue, chopped chicken liver and onions. You want an avocado on that burger?

Of course you can get it.

I like to go to Mac’s toward the end of the lunch rush when there’s still a bustle but usually not a wait, grab a booth if one’s available and fly solo in style, slumped down in the booth with the paper and a cuppa coffee. I’ll scan the menu a while and then order one of five things, regardless of how long the scanning goes on. For me, it begins and ends at Mac’s with a burger, a patty melt, a pastrami sandwich, the turkey club or some bacon and eggs. The verdict: solid; awesome; perfect; decadent; no frills, but it comes with toast and home fries.

The other day I ordered that turkey club with a side of cole slaw, a huge heaping mound of the stuff. The turkey is indeed fresh-roasted, and the brown and leathery wings and legs wind up in a big bowl in the front counter.

I sat at the last seat at the counter elbow-to-elbow with other diners, with a view straight into the kitchen, and we massed diners of the simple and the solid fare peered at headlines in the Chronicle or Press Democrat, or made strange grunting sounds hovered over the latest Bohemian.

The sandwich arrived—but weirdly, it was only half a sandwich. The waitress promised, with apologies, that the other half was coming right up. Another waitress filled my water glass.

Another asked how I was doing today. Pretty good. The second half of the sandwich arrived and I almost cracked a tooth on the extra-crisp bacon—just the way I like it.

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It is not a revelatory aromatic experience I’m having with some smoky new hop variety, but the fact that smoke from slow-cooked pork on the patio out back has seeped into the cavernous tap room.

All but hidden in a corner of a battleship-gray strip mall, Grav South only recently won approval for signage out front, I’m told at the bar, and while it’s well that last call is called after the tactical paintball shop next door has closed, the city has enjoined them to shutter at 9pm, reportedly to avoid “the crawl.” News to me that there’s active bar crawl in this sector, until I remember that I’m not in Rohnert Park, but in Cotati.

Again, is it the beer?

Good thing they’ve got a kitchen, albeit no deep fryer, ergo no fries. Smoked pork adds smoky meatiness to nachos ($8) and pork sliders ($10). Sandwiches, chili and cheesy rollups round out the menu, with vegan-option guacamole and chips, which I would have done well to have ordered, because even a sampler ($7) is having that winter warmer effect.

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Director of Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review and Outreach marks one year BY TOM GOGOLA

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erry Threet’s desk is overflowing with papers and files, and right on the top of the inbox is a print-out of a story from the Washington Examiner that ran a couple of weeks ago. The article told of how Sonoma County sheriff Steve Freitas was one of six California sheriffs who attended a recent meeting in Washington, D.C., with United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions, no friend of undocumented immigrants.

The story raised eyebrows and questions around the county, with its outsized population of the undocumented and Trump’s big deportation push right out of the gate. At the center of it all in Sonoma County is Threet, who’s just about to finish his first

year as director of the county’s new Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review and Outreach (IOLERO), created in the aftermath of the 2013 shooting of teenager Andy Lopez by a sheriff’s deputy.

We met recently at his office

on County Center Drive on two separate occasions, and I asked Threet, a former San Francisco city attorney, to talk about his first year on the job—the biggest challenges and surprises and impressions he has of policing in Sonoma County, what works, what doesn’t and what’s he doing about it. Questions and answers have been edited for clarity.

BOHEMIAN: What are the basic functions of your job, and how do you respond to a criticism or a perception that’s been leveled at the IOLERO that its biases are with the community over the sheriff’s department?

Are there particular challenges for Sonoma County, given its size, the various communities that SCSO is responsible for, and any particulars of staffing at the sheriff’s department?

There’s undeniably a problem around that, and the issue there is staffing. If you look at the staffing of the county for the deputies on each shift, it requires that there be one deputy per car, and usually that’s the only deputy that’s going to respond to a call for service; particularly ) 14

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Rory McNamara

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JERRY THREET: We do work with the sheriff’s office, and we have to. It’s part of the charge of the office to bridge the gaps that people perceive between certain communities and the sheriff, but primarily we’re here to serve the community. If folks have complaints about deputies, we’re there as an extra set of eyes, independent of the sheriff’s office, to give the community assurances that these investigations are being done appropriately. We also take complaints here.

We know people feel uncomfortable, for a lot of reasons, and some of that has to do with this immigration order that we’re looking at now, if they come here now. You can file a complaint here, and I think that provides a level of comfort, and also helps with the process, helps to get everything that’s relevant in the complaint. And that function has to be a neutral function—the obligation there is to the truth of what happened, not to the deputies, not to the community, but to the truth. And I think that’s really where you get the confidence—sometimes maybe you’re saying that this [arrest] wasn’t done correctly, and we disagree with the sheriff’s conclusions, and sometimes you say, “Well, yeah, they did do it correctly, and the complainant is not correct on the facts,” and that’s not a surprising thing because if you think about these encounters, they are really stressful encounters. And the memory that folks have of stressful encounters is not really great in recall.

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14 Threet ( 13 in some of the districts, the calls for service can be a wide distance from each other. So even getting to a call for service can take a really long time, and that deputy is out there on [his] own, [he] can’t really expect backup for a long time if something goes wrong. It makes it difficult to get to know community members when they are living in a rural setting on large parcels of land far apart from each other, and there’s less of a central community, a center where people gather and interact with one another—those are all challenges for the sheriff’s department.

What are the ways that you work with these realities and seek to improve policing in the county?

I do think that a greater community-oriented focus would be helpful for the sheriff’s department, and for communities in particular in those unincorporated parts of the county that are more dense.

One of those is the MoorlandRoseland area, and the other is the Springs. Those also happen to be the areas where there are significant Latino and immigrant communities, which have their own unique challenges for the department. So I think it would make sense to put in place, and I’m advocating for, pilot programs in community policing for those two areas. There are some grant opportunities coming up in a two-year cycle, that come from the state in 2018, and I’m trying to put together a team to put together a package for that. That’s something that would require partnering with community groups in those areas, which I think would be a win-win all the way around.

There was an incident at a home in Boyes Hot Springs last year involving a Deputy Scott Thorne and two other officers. What might have been done differently to avoid this outcome: a domestic-abuse call from a neighbor that ended with a guy getting Tased in his

bed by Thorne, who then left the force and was charged with felony assault. As I understand it, the officer didn’t have any civil-service protections. Do you see any way that community policing or some other sheriff’s office policy might have prevented this outcome?

I don’t know enough about all the details of what unfolded to know whether if they had more knowledge of who they were— even with community oriented policing, where you have pretty robust staffing, you’re going to have lots of encounters where you are going to have no idea who these people are or how they got there. So it’s pretty speculative whether that could have changed something.

Certainly you’re correct that that deputy, as I understand it, did not have civil-service protections yet, and certainly, without those protections, it’s easy for someone to be let go. I don’t know that he was let go. He could have resigned. All I know is that he is no longer working for the sheriff’s department at this point.

I actually credit the way that they handled that situation. I just don’t know, for example, whether he was told that you’re dismissed or was told that we’re investigating this and you have an opportunity to resign, and perhaps he resigned. Things can happen different ways.

This is coming to me after the investigation is complete, after they’ve done the review. So I haven’t seen the videos, I haven’t seen the investigation released.

What I do know about it is what has been reported to the press.

I will know more details when I review it myself—then I can make a call about it.

to criminal investigation, the reasons for him being criminally investigated and the referral can be talked about, in that context.

[But] within the context of an administrative investigation, they can’t talk about it. So you still have an investigation ongoing criminally, as I understand it, by the DA of the other two officers. Presumably, she will make a determination soon about that. The administrative investigation is still going on as far as I understand it, and when they reach a conclusion, I’ll get that and I’ll have an opportunity to look at it carefully. And it is three officers, and they are somehow each involved in the incident and each one of them will have their own analysis.

‘I do think that a greater communityoriented focus would be helpful for the sheriff’s department.’

One thing that is interesting about it—when the case goes over

Is anything happening at the federal level under Trump that is giving pause, worry— and how are you addressing the whole threat of renewed ICE crackdowns?

Our Community Advisory Committee made a couple of recommendations. One, the county board should push legislators to support SB 54, the statewide sanctuary bill. And the sheriff’s office should change its policies to only cooperate in any way with ICE when it involves an immigrant involved in a serious and violent felony.

Even if the state declares itself a sanctuary, there’s still federal immigration law and local law enforcement with questions about how to work within that framework.

I think that’s one reason SB 54 is interesting: it takes the conflict out of the hands of the sheriff and supervisors, and makes the decision for everyone. And there’s some real tension around that issue, you know, in every county.

My own personal view of it is the

government code does give the board of supervisors supervisorial authority over sheriffs, and that it’s rarely exercised.

Is the problem for local law enforcement one of, how do you create carve-outs for particular crimes committed by immigrants so they don’t get deported for stealing a pack of gum?

Nobody is saying that the sheriff’s department or law enforcement shouldn’t enforce the criminal laws; the question is whether they should be assisting in civil immigration laws. That’s a different question. And if you look at the Trump order that came out, the criteria for enforcement practically covers everything at this point. It’s not about crime.

The [federal] enforcement priorities have nothing to do with crime. They include crime and they also include whether a single immigration officer thinks, if you are a risk to the country, they get to summarily deport you, put you over the border. I think all those priorities are totally within [Trump’s] purview to set up. There are other areas that are unconstitutional. And he doesn’t have the right to force localities to do it for him.

Some commenters on the Press Democrat’s story about the Freitas visit with Sessions really seem to have it in for you—I was kind of surprised at the onesided comment stream that was almost entirely pro-Freitas. The gist of the comments is: you have a bias, this is a waste of taxpayer money, why do we need this.

And there are those who point out that this office and your job here in Sonoma County only came about as the result of a single incident, the Andy Lopez shooting.

I don’t spend a lot of time reading those comments because, as far as I’m concerned, those are people who are too cowardly to come out to a public meeting and make their comments in public, so the public can see who they are and what they represent. That being said, the way I tried to set up our Community Advisory Council,

How would you characterize your relationship with Sheriff Freitas?

I feel like we have a pretty good relationship, actually. I don’t see it as adversarial in nature. I think that sometimes, given that part of my charge is to look at policies and see if they might better serve the community, I think that’s part of the sheriff’s charge too, to serve the community. But probably the area where there is some tension is something like our Community Advisory Council, which is more oriented toward the community than they are toward the public safety mission of the sheriff’s office. Community members may be less oriented to the public safety model. And, frankly,

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there are just some folks in the community who don’t think there should be a policing function in our county or our society, and there is one. I don’t happen to share that perspective. I think there is a place for policing, and the way I see this, I’m trying to work with everybody and trying to make recommendations that would improve that model.

How about interactions with rank-and-file deputies? Any characterizing encounters?

I have regular interactions with certain members of the staff, and I have great relations with those folks. On a more limited basis, I’ve had interactions with the linestaff deputies. I’ve been through multiple trainings where I sit with the deputies and have the same training that they have. I’d say that as a general matter—and I’ve shared these conversations with other folks who have the same kind of job I have—there’s probably a look askance, skepticism about who is this guy, why is he here, probably some suspicion that we might be critical or out to get a deputy or something like that. And part of my job is to try and calm those types of fears and concerns, because I’m not out to “get” any deputy—that’s not what this job is about. It’s about providing some kind of confidence to the public, who sometimes have the same skepticism the deputies have—that things are being done in a way that’s transparent and appropriate.

You’ve been on this job for about a year. Is there anything where, “I thought this going in—and now I think this,” any surprises?

I’m not going to say this is a surprise, but my experience going out and talking to folks in the immigrant community has given me a much, much fuller understanding of the layers of alienation of that community, from the general community of Sonoma County and the district that they bring to interacting on many different levels with government here, including law enforcement. When I’ve heard stories from 15, 20 years ago of how they experienced local

ACCOUNTABILITY Jerry Threet was hired to audit the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Department after a deputy killed Andy Lopez.

law enforcement—those are pretty negative stories that they tell, and those are still with the families. So that’s a real kind of a family-system barrier or cultural barrier that’s there that I hadn’t fully grappled with or thought through before really going out and talking with people. And knowing it’s there and knowing where it comes from, it’s not that long ago and I think it’s understandable that they have a certain skepticism today.

And you really have to kind of address it where it is. That did happen, and things are changing.

And I think it’s also important for law enforcement to understand that, because if you’re facing that in a community and you have one incident or something goes wrong, that just freshens up those experiences all over again and kind of confirms those things for those folks, so you have to be even more proactive if something goes wrong, reach out even more, knowing that this is the history that people are bringing.

That’s kind of a familiar theme in vulnerable communities: how many generations does it take to

undo damage and mistrust that goes back decades?

We [recently] had 50 immigrant parents who showed up in Springs, and deputies were able to sit down in circles with these folks, talk about how they do their job. There was a palpable feeling that people were eager to talk to law enforcement. One of the questions was, “Why did you come here?” One fellow said, “I’ve been here 30 years and it’s always been out there that there’s some possibility that I could get deported, but it was a remote possibility. It doesn’t feel remote anymore; they’re going after everybody for any reason.”

And he said, “I’m terrified about ICE coming.” But he also said, “You’re local law enforcement, you’re there to protect me, I want to get to know you, I want you to know who I am.” That’s the kind of interactions that were happening. And the deputies were really welcoming and open to that conversation and trying to reassure folks that they are not here to pick them up or take them to ICE or anything like that.

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and the way I handle these things, is I go out to meetings of every group that likes to hear about what we do. I went out to the [Sonoma County] Taxpayers Association. They are not a liberal sort of huggy group. They were pretty skeptical about the reasons for our office. And I go out there and I answer the questions, and I try to actually get some more information out there about what we are doing and why.

With the CAC, I have made every effort to have that group represent the broad spectrum of the county, including ideologies that nobody would say are “progressive” or “lefty” or “out to get the police.” It is the nature of something like this, that people who have more concerns in this area are going to be the people who are more likely to apply for those positions, so I do agree that it is somewhat skewed as far as its perspective, and I’ve tried really hard to get some people that have more of a sympathetic viewpoint to law enforcement on that body, and I would welcome folks to apply to that. I welcome that perspective.

There’s just an inability or unwillingness to grapple with a person who has a different point of view than you do, it’s characteristic of leftward leaning people, it’s on both sides of the issue, and I think that’s why we have some much division in this country. Politics has become a blood sport.

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It’s fair to say that bassist, songwriter and bandleader Mike Watt put the Los Angeles neighborhood of San Pedro on the punk-rock map when he co-formed early ’80s outfit Minutemen with guitarist D Boon. In their brief time, Minutemen eschewed commercialism while also pioneering an eclectic style of punk. After Boon’s death in 1985, Watt carried the torch with bands like fIREHOSE and, most recently, Mike Watt & the Missingmen, who headline a blistering bill of rock and roll that also includes longtime L.A. pop-punks Toys That Kill and hometown heavyweights Decent Criminal on Thursday, Feb. 23, at the Arlene Francis Center, 99 Sixth St., Santa Rosa. 7pm. $10. 707.528.3009.

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Arc of Community

Founded in 2001, the Community Land Trust Association of West Marin (CLAM) works to maintain diverse communities through creating and sustaining affordable homes. In that vein, CLAM hosts a special screening of the film ‘Arc of Justice,’ which follows the path of the original community land trust, New Communities, in Georgia. Formed in the wake of the Civil Rights movement, the group’s mission is to help secure economic independence for African-American families. The filmmakers behind Arc of Justice, Helen Cohen and Mark Lipman, will be on hand for a discussion relating the film to Marin’s own situation on Friday, Feb. 24, at Dance Palace, 503 B St., Point Reyes Station, 6pm. Free. 415.663.1075.

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After collaborating on conceptual art projects like Stairwell Video and Le Drama Club, Daedalus Howell and Karen Hell team up for their most political statement yet. ‘Airport Bar’ invites the public to “acknowledge what it means to be trapped in the bureaucratic purgatory of international travel in the only place where humanity still feels as one when traveling,” with drinks and whimsical fun. At the event, pre-printed letters to Rep. Jared Huffman will be available to sign and send, and luggage tags and visas will be handed out on Friday, Feb. 24, at La Dolce Vita Wine Lounge, 151 Petaluma Blvd. S., Petaluma. 7pm. Free. RSVP at storydept.co/airportbar.

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Picking out your favorite chili bowl is almost as important as picking out your favorite chili.

Do both this weekend, when Sonoma Ceramics hosts the Chili Bowl Express, the group’s largest fundraiser of the year. Over 700 handmade bowls will be available to fill with your choice of meat or vegan chili, provided by restaurants like the Girl & the Fig. Wash down the chili with beer or wine, and then work off the meal by dancing to live music, taking a studio tour and participating in silent auctions and raffles. Lunch and dinner seatings let you choose your time for chili on Saturday, Feb. 25, at Sonoma Community Center, 276 E. Napa St., Sonoma. 11:30am, 1:30 pm and 5pm. $30. 707.938.4626.

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BEYOND THE SPOTLIGHT Dweezil Zappa shares stories about growing up with father Frank and his own lifetime of music on Sunday, Feb. 26, at Silo’s Napa. See Concerts, p20.

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unch and Judy, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, Trekkie Monster (along with other foul-mouthed, porn-surfing residents of Avenue Q), and those randy marionettes from Team America: to this list of celebrated, envelopepushing puppets, add Tyrone, the hilariously demonic sock puppet who rules over Robert Askins’ remarkable stage play Hand to God (Berkeley Repertory Theatre).

Blending arch one-liners, expert slapstick and shocking (but funny) acts of violence with outrageously pointed observations about faith, guilt, parenthood and the notions of good and evil, Hand to God is not the first show to feature puppets saying and doing bad things. But as written by Askins, this hard-to-describe comedy-

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drama—a 2015 Tony nominee for best new play—always feels fresh and inventive, even a bit transgressive in its willingness to go places very few puppet-shows have ever dared to go.

Directed with spot-on precision

by David Ivers, Hand to God is set in a small-town Texas church, where a troubled, sweet-spirited teenager named Jason (brilliantly played by Michael Doherty) attends a youth ministry club—that focuses on puppets—run by his recently widowed mother, Margery (Laura Odeh, perfection). Also in the club are the gentle but resourceful Jessica (Carolina Sanchez, wonderful) and Timothy (an excellent Michael McIntire), a confrontational teen punk with a serious case of the hots for Jason’s mom.

Hoping that a church project might help snap Margery out of her grief, pastor Greg (a first-rate David Kelly) has basically forced the puppet club on her. All hell breaks loose, literally, when Jason’s puppet, Tyrone, begins exhibiting strong antisocial behavior, dropping f-bombs and brutally escalating observations about Jason, his mother, and the other basement-dwelling “Christ-keteers.”

These outbursts begin gradually, with Tyrone tagging inappropriately sexual comments onto a performance of the famous “Who’s on first?” routine, occasionally reciting vaguely threatening facts: “The smallest of cuts to the Achilles tendon will cripple a man for life!” Before long, though, Jason has to accept the fact that his id-driven puppet just might be Lucifer himself.

As Jason/Tyrone, Doherty is a marvel, pivoting between characters with breathtaking speed and precision. The play goes to some dark places, but the brilliant script and cast never lose their sense of humor and heart, or the story’s commitment to the idea that the things we loathe and fear the most might be closer to home than we prefer to imagine.

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This weekend, Catching the Sun screens as part of the Social Action Goes to the Movies series at Congregation Shomrei Torah in Santa Rosa. The annual series is co-sponsored by 20 local synagogues, churches and community groups, and the theme this year is “Sparks of Hope.”

Following a cast of characters in Richmond, as well as other sites in the United States and China, Catching the Sun is a story of environmental and economic hope. With the cost of producing solar panels down some 80 percent in the last five years, solar power has a great opportunity to grow, and there are those who believe it will be the dominant power source within 25 years.

The film introduces us to a Chinese solar entrepreneur, a Southern Tea Party solar advocate and Oakland activist Van Jones, whose 2008 book, The Green Collar Economy, details how this new industry provides an opportunity to solve socioeconomic issues like unemployment. These individuals have different motives, yet they all agree on one thing: solar power is the answer.

Local groups working on solar power will be on hand before and after the film to offer information. A panel discussion will also follow the film, featuring Geoffrey D. Smith, coordinator at Solar Sonoma County, a program of the Center for Climate Protection; Laura Goldman, educator, consultant and VP of Solar Works; Tor Allen, executive director at research and educational organization the Rahus Institute; and Alana Macken from the Center for Climate Protection’s youth advisory board.

‘Catching the Sun’ screens on Saturday, Feb. 25, at Congregation Shomrei Torah, 2600 Bennett Valley Road, Santa Rosa. 7pm. Free, donations accepted. 707.578.5519.

PRESS TO PLAY Casey Colby (second from right) says tapes are DIY necessities.

Get Down Talking cassette culture with the Down House

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hings have never been better for Santa Rosa indie band the Down House. Especially considering the band’s illfated first gig.

Guitarist and vocalist Casey Colby formed the darkly new wave–inspired post-punk band with his partner, guitarist Sarah Davis, in 2013. “We booked our first show before we wrote any songs or anything,” Colby laughs.

Undaunted, the pair scraped together a set that covered musical influences like Echo & the Bunnymen. “All our amps fell apart, it was terrible,” he says. “But you knew it could only get better.”

Things did get better. Over the last four years, the Down House have caught a lot of attention for their addictively rhythmic rock and roll singles and 7-inch splits with other bands, culminating

The Down House play a cassetterelease show with Streetbreaker and Katey on Saturday, Feb. 25, at the Last Record Store, 1899-A Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa. 3pm. Free. 707.525.1963.

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in this weekend’s unveiling of the band’s first proper fulllength album, Our Mess, via San Francisco label Broke Hatrè.

If you want to hear it, though, you’ll need your trusty tape player, as Our Mess is being released on cassette only.

“As much as I love vinyl, I have more fun when I can go about things a little faster,” says Colby.

The problem with the recent resurgence of vinyl records in the last decade is that they take time to press. In addition, major label acts like Taylor Swift want to release vinyl to their masses, meaning independent bands like the Down House are left on the waiting list as the too-few pressing plants get more and more backlogged.

The good news is that you can still get a good, working tape player at Goodwill for about 5 bucks. “Tapes are really inexpensive. Our tapes took less than three weeks to make, packaging included, which is awesome,” says Colby. “I think [tapes] are definitely a DIY necessity.”

Colby also acknowledges the novelty aspect of cassette tapes is stronger than ever for the generation who grew up buying them at Sam Goody stores. “We come from the dark era of vinyl— like, I never wanted Blink-182 on vinyl,” he laughs.

The band’s current lineup includes drummer Connor Alfaro (OVVN), keyboardist Anthony Killian (Spirits of Leo), guitarist Derek Nielsen (the Illumignarly) and bassist James Ryall (Brown Bags) backing Colby and Davis.

Our Mess sees the band adding several layers of atmospheric guitars and mixing up their dark and droning punk sounds with psychedelic splashes and new instruments, such as tambourine and trumpets. Still, the band keeps the heaviness intact. Our Mess is the Down House’s biggest, most emotionally charged and most electrifying record yet.

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Musician and progeny of Frank Zappa appears as part of the “Stories Beyond the Spotlight” series. Feb 26, 7pm. $65-$70.

Silo’s, 530 Main St, Napa.

707.251.5833.

Clubs & Venues

The Spirit of Us

A’Roma Roasters

Musical presentation celebrates Black History Month with a selection of music rooted in the African-American experience. Feb 26, 2pm. $30$40. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.546.3600.

San Pedro punk pioneer, who formed the Minutemen and played with the reunited Stooges, performs with his new band the Missingmen. LA punks Toys That Kill and local rockers Decent Criminal also play. Feb 23, 7pm. $10. Arlene Francis Center, 99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa. 707.528.3009.

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Frontman of Poison performs as part of a current solo tour before his forthcoming album is released this summer. Feb 24, 7:30pm. $99. Rock Star University House of Rock, 3410 Industrial Dr, Santa Rosa.

Mike Watt

Lunch & Dinner Sat & Sun Brunch

an international lineup, including Katéa (Finland), Ben Hazlewood (New Zealand) and Speaker First (Indonesia).

Proceeds benefit Arts Council Napa Valley’s education alliance. Feb 28, 6pm. $25$150. Blue Note Napa, 1030 Main St, Napa. 707.603.1258.

El Radio Fantastique

West Marin’s cabaret rock band welcomes back founding members JohnnyDi Morente and June McCrory for a special show. Feb 24, 7pm. $10-$15. ink.paper.plate studio and shop, 11401 State Route 1, Point Reyes Station. 415.873.6008.

The Grateful Ball

Travelin’ McCourys and Jeff Austin Band each performs a set of Grateful Dead classics.

Feb 25, 9pm. $35-$40.

Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley.

415.388.3850.

SONOMA COUNTY Feb 25, Blue Groove. 95 Fifth St, Santa Rosa. 707.576.7765.

Annie O’s Music Hall Feb 25, Joose cover band.

120 Fifth St, Santa Rosa.

707.542.1455.

Aqus Cafe

Feb 22, bluegrass and old time music jam. Feb 24, Noah Tretter.

Feb 25, Ring of Truth. Feb 26, 2pm, Kenneth Roy Berry. Feb 28, flamenco jam with Mark Berry. 189 H St, Petaluma.

707.778.6060.

Barley & Hops Tavern

Feb 23, Josoph Clopton. Feb 24, the Bohemian Highway. Feb 25, Earstu. 3688 Bohemian Hwy, Occidental. 707.874.9037.

The Big Easy

Feb 22, Wednesday Night Big Band. Feb 23, Feinstein & Lipp.

Feb 24, Foxes in the Henhouse.

Feb 25, Frobeck with Ryan Tatarian. Feb 28, 5:30pm, Mardi Gras street parade and party with Rhythmtown Jive.

128 American Alley, Petaluma.

707.776.4631.

Brew

Feb 24, MedicineBow. 555 Healdsburg Ave, Santa Rosa.

707.303.7372.

Brixx Pizzeria

Feb 25, Third Rail Band.

16 Kentucky St, Petaluma.

707.766.8162.

Coffee Catz

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Tues, 12pm, Jerry Green’s Peaceful Piano Hour. 6761 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol.

707.829.6600.

Corkscrew Wine Bar Feb 28, songwriter’s lounge with Lauralee Brown. 100 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma.

707.789.0505.

Geyserville Gun Club Bar & Lounge Feb 25, Slim & the Sizzlers.

21025 Geyserville Ave, Geyserville. 707.814.0036.

Green Music Center

Feb 24, Zuckerman Trio. 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

Green Music Center

Feb 22, 1pm, SSU Jazz Forum with George Young. Mar 1, 1pm, SSU Jazz Forum with Ben Allison & Think Free. SSU, 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park.

707.664.2122.

Green Music Center Schroeder Hall

Feb 23, Jonathan Dimmock and friends. Feb 25, “Bach & the North Germans” organ recital with Rodney Gehrke. Feb 26, 3pm, Yu-Chien (Benny) Tseng.

1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

Gundlach Bundschu Winery Feb 24, 6pm, Vetiver with Alex Bleeker and friends.

2000 Denmark St, Sonoma.

707.938.5277.

HopMonk Sebastopol

Feb 23, Alejandro Escovedo with Jesse Malin. Feb 24, Marshall House Project and Soluzion. Feb 27, Monday Night Edutainment with Jah Yzer. Mar 1, Dirtwire. 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol. 707.829.7300.

HopMonk Sonoma

Feb 24, Matt Bolton. Feb 25, Ten Foot Tone. Feb 26, Tim Flannery & the Lunatic Fringe.

691 Broadway, Sonoma.

707.935.9100.

Hotel Healdsburg

Feb 25, Myron Cohen Trio. 25 Matheson St, Healdsburg.

707.431.2800.

Jamison’s Roaring Donkey

Feb 24, Oddjob Ensemble.

146 Kentucky St, Petaluma.

707.772.5478.

Jasper O’Farrell’s

Feb 25, For My People and Liquid Love Drops. 6957 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol.

707.829.2062.

Lagunitas Tap Room

Feb 22, French Oak. Feb 23, Muncie. Feb 24, the Royal Deuces. Feb 25, McHugh and Devine. Feb 26, David Correa Trio. Feb 28, 5:30pm, Petaluma Music Festival Mardi Gras party

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Feb 25, 3pm, the Down House with Streetbreaker and Katey.

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Luther Burbank Center for the Arts Feb 23, Experience Hendrix. 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.546.3600.

Feb 24, Pine Street Ramblers.

464 First St E, Sonoma.

707.935.0660.

Feb 24, Eric Johnson. Feb 25, Moon Hooch with Jackson Whalan. 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. 707.765.2121.

Phoenix Theater

Feb 24, the Ghost Next Door with Cursed and Bill Decker Band. Feb 25, Off the Wall and Judas Thieves. Feb 26, Otep with the Convalescence and One Day Waiting. 201 Washington St, Petaluma.

707.762.3565.

Redwood Cafe

Feb 23, Addis Pablo. Feb 24, Hour of Tower. Feb 25, 3pm, Gold Coast Jazz Band. Feb 25, 8:30pm, Dream Farmers. Feb 26, 3pm, Old Time Music Fiddle Jam. Feb 26, 6pm, Irish jam session. Feb 27, Open Mic with DJ Loisaida. Feb 28, Irish set dancing. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati. 707.795.7868.

Resurrection Parish

Feb 26, 3:30pm, Creative Arts Series with Cantiamo Sonoma.

303 Stony Point Rd, Santa Rosa, creativeartsseries.com.

Rio Nido Roadhouse

Feb 25, Mardi Gras dance party with the THUGZ. Feb 28, French Oak gypsy band. 14540 Canyon 2 Rd, Rio Nido. 707.869.0821.

Rock Star University House of Rock

Feb 25, the Mother Hips. 3410 Industrial Dr, Santa Rosa.

Ruth McGowan’s Brewpub

Feb 25, Kevin Russell and friends. 131 E First St, Cloverdale. 707.894.9610.

Legacy in Song Musical showcase honors Black History Month Based in Santa Rosa, Heiress Productions keeps the stories of the African slave experience alive, and honors the descendants of that dark period of American history through performances and services that promote healing, empowerment and solidarity.

In honor of Black History Month, Heiress’ popular show, The Spirit of Us, returns for another year of emotionally charged music and expressive performance on Sunday, Feb. 26, at Luther Burbank Center for the Arts.

Written and directed by North Bay theologian, author, playwright and songwriter Jacqueline Lawrence, The Spirit of Us features the Heiress Choral Group capturing the African-American experience through a wide range of music, including spirituals, gospel, blues, jazz, folk and hip-hop.

Throughout, the showcase pulsates with a rhythmic energy that speaks to both the sorrows of the enslaved and to the hope for redemption by those who carry that legacy in their hearts and minds today.

The Spirit of Us is performed on Sunday, Feb. 26, in the east auditorium at the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa.

2pm; pre-show reception at 1pm. $30 general admission; $40 VIP. 707.546.3600.

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Feb 28, Frankie Bourne. 452 First St E, Ste G, Sonoma.

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Feb 24, DJ OnQue. Feb 25, StevieBoy Muziq. 527 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. 707.636.0240.

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Twin Oaks Roadhouse Feb 24, Stagefrite. Feb 25, the Fabulous BioTones. Feb 27, the Blues Defenders pro jam.

Feb 28, open mic night with RoJo. 5745 Old Redwood Hwy, Penngrove. 707.795.5118.

Whiskey Tip

Feb 25, Used Goods. 1910 Sebastopol Rd, Santa Rosa.

707.843.5535.

MARIN COUNTY Benissimo Ristorante & Bar

Feb 23, the Manifesto Duo. 18 Tamalpais Dr, Corte Madera.

415.927.2316.

Fenix

Feb 23, Derick Hughes Superband with Karl Perazzo.

Feb 24, Freddy Clarke & Wobbly World. Feb 25, Masterpiece. Feb 26, 11:30am, Sunday Brunch with Audrey Shimkas. Feb 26, 6:30pm, Mardi Gras celebration with Second Line. Feb 28, Marin School of the Arts Spring Showcase. 919 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.813.5600.

George’s Nightclub Feb 24, Banda Pacifica.

842 Fourth St, San Rafael.

415.226.0262.

HopMonk Novato

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Feb 23, Deadphish Orchestra.

Feb 24, Lef Deppard. Feb 25, the Brian Travis Band.

224 Vintage Way, Novato.

415.892.6200.

Iron Springs Pub & Brewery Labor Action by Jack Jones, 2013, Oil on Canvas

456 Tenth St, Santa Rosa • Tue–Sat 11–5 707.781.7070 • calabigallery.com

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Feb 22, Rowan Brothers. Mar 1, Lorin Rowan’s deep blue jam. 765 Center Blvd, Fairfax.

415.485.1005.

Mt Tamalpais United Methodist Church

Feb 26, 5pm, Daedalus Quartet.

410 Sycamore Ave, Mill Valley.

415.381.4453.

19 Broadway Club

Feb 22, Shortwave. Feb 24, 5:30pm, Danny Uzi. Feb 24, 9pm, Tomas D and the Sundown Gang. Feb 25, 5:30pm, Damir & Derek. Feb 25, 9pm, Monroe Grisman’s 50th Birthday JAM-Boree.

Feb 26, 5:30pm, Connie Ducey and friends. Feb 27, open mic.

17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax.

415.459.1091.

No Name Bar

Feb 22, Marshall Rhodes and friends. Feb 23, Home. Feb 24,

Michael Aragon Quartet. Feb 25, KC Filson Band. Feb 26, Timothy O & Co. Feb 27, Kimrea & the Dreamdogs. Feb 28, open mic. 757 Bridgeway, Sausalito.

415.332.1392.

Osteria Divino

Feb 22, Cosmo Alleycats. Feb 23, Passion Habanera. Feb 24, Smith Dobson Trio. Feb 25, Ken Cook Trio. Feb 26, J Kevin Durkin with Grant Levin. Feb 28, Adam Shulman.

37 Caledonia St, Sausalito.

415.331.9355.

Panama Hotel Restaurant

Taste of Rome

Feb 24, the 7th Sons. 1000 Bridgeway, Sausalito.

415.332.7660.

Terrapin Crossroads

Feb 22, Danny Click & the Others. Feb 23, Ross James’ Cosmic Thursday. Feb 24, Top 40 Friday dance party. 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael.

415.524.2773.

Travis Marina

Feb 24, the Beer Scouts. Feb 25, Lucky Drive. Fort Baker, Sausalito.

Trek Winery

Feb 22, Todos Santos. Feb 23, C-JAM with Connie Ducey. Feb 28, Lorin Rowan. Mar 1, the Jazz Roots Band. 4 Bayview St, San Rafael. 415.457.3993.

Feb 25, Domestic Harmony.

1026 Machin Ave, Novato.

415.899.9883.

Peri’s Silver Dollar

Blue Note Napa

Feb 22, the New Sneakers. Feb 23, Mark’s Jam Sammich. Feb 24, the Sam Chase. Feb 25, the Receders. Feb 27, Billy D’s open mic. Feb 28, Sheet Metal. Mar 1, the Weissmen. 29 Broadway, Fairfax. 415.459.9910.

Rancho Nicasio

Feb 24, the LoWatters. Feb 25, Lee Presson & the Nails. Feb 26, 4pm, the Stadler-Gibbons Band. 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio. 415.662.2219.

Rickey’s

Feb 24, Joan Getz. Feb 25, Kimrea & the Dreamdogs.

250 Entrada Dr, Novato.

415.883.9477.

San Rafael Copperfield’s Books

Feb 24, 6pm, Harvey Wainapel and the Noel Jewkes Quartet.

850 Fourth St, San Rafael.

415.524.2800.

Sausalito Seahorse

Feb 23, French Oak. Feb 24, Joe Tate & the Hippie Voices.

Feb 25, City Swing Band. Feb 26, 5pm, Rumbache. Feb 28, Noel Jewkes and friends. 305 Harbor View Dr, Sausalito.

415.331.2899.

Smiley’s Schooner Saloon

Feb 24-25, Royal Jelly Jive with Matt Jaffe & the Distractions.

Feb 26, Andrew Taetz and Jackie Myers. 41 Wharf Rd, Bolinas. 415.868.1311.

Sweetwater Music Hall

Feb 22, Mardi Gras Mambofest.

Feb 23, Go by Ocean and San Geronimo. Feb 24, Super Diamond. Feb 26, Cody Canada and the Departed. Feb 27, open mic with Austin DeLone. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley.

415.388.3850.

NAPA COUNTY Feb 22, 6:30 and 9pm, Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers. Feb 24, 7 and 9:30pm, Dirty Cello. Feb 25, 7 and 9:30pm, Alvon Johnson. Feb 26, 7 and 9:30pm, Latin Jazz Sunday with Lisa Andrea.

Mar 1, 6:30 and 9pm, Steffen Kuehn. 1030 Main St, Napa.

707.603.1258.

Ca’ Momi Osteria

Feb 24, Jealous Zelig.

Feb 25, Sean Carscadden.

1141 First St, Napa.

707.224.6664.

Deco Lounge at Capp Heritage Vineyards

Feb 25, John Brazell. 1245 First St, Napa. 707.254.1922.

Grgich Hills Estate

Feb 26, 12:30pm, Les Violettes and Ensemble Vermillian. 1829 St Helena Hwy, Rutherford.

707.963.2784.

RaeSet

Feb 22, Howell Mountain Boys. Feb 24, Friday Night Blues with Gretschkat. Feb 25, open mic with Randy. Feb 27, jazz lab with Jeff Johnson.

Feb 28, Mardi Gras with New Era Marching Ensemble.

3150 B Jefferson St, Napa.

707.666.9028.

Silo’s

Feb 22, Scott Starr. Feb 23, John Lennon tribute with Drew Harrison. Feb 24, Luvplanet.

Feb 25, Groove Dragon. Mar 1, Syria T Berry. 530 Main St, Napa. 707.251.5833.

Uva Trattoria

Feb 22, Tom Duarte. Feb 23, Gentlemen of Jazz. Feb 24, Tony Macaroni Trio. Feb 25, Party of Three. Feb 26, Trio Solea.

1040 Clinton St, Napa.

707.255.6646.

Arts Events RECEPTIONS Feb 24

Healdsburg Center for the Arts, “Young Artists Show,” annual exhibit features works by students from Sonoma County elementary schools. 4pm. 130 Plaza St, Healdsburg.

707.431.1970.

Feb 25

Atlas Coffee Company, “Bud Snow Solo Show,” the Oakland mural artist displays his colorful new works. 7pm. 300 South A St, Santa Rosa.

707.526.1085.

Feb 26

Gallery One, “Future Masters,” featuring new works by promising art students. 4pm. 209 Western Ave, Petaluma.

707.778.8277.

in this show featuring works

by Dianne Neuman and Douglas DeVivo. 16359 Main St, Guerveville. 707.865.9878.

City Hall Council Chambers

Through Mar 9, “Hreint,” the Icelandic word for “pure” centers Santa Rosa photographer Collin Morrow’s new collection of photos from a summer tour of Iceland. 100 Santa Rosa Ave, Ste 10, Santa Rosa. 707.543.3010.

Erickson Fine Art Gallery

Through Mar 2, “CANTOS: Songs for the New Year,” abstract paintings in the search for celebratory moments by artist Carol Setterlund. 324 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg. Thurs-Tues, 11 to 6. 707.431.7073.

Finley Community Center

Through Mar 2, “Ed Dechant: Art Through 70 Years,” the Bay Area artist shows off a lifetime of passion and pleasure. 2060 W College Ave, Santa Rosa.

Mon-Fri, 8 to 6; Sat, 9 to 11am.

707.543.3737.

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SONOMA COUNTY The Art Wall at Shige Sushi Through Feb 26, “Sami Lange: Paintings & Drawings,” Lange’s works on paper, created by stitching together detailed drawings, give the appearance of intricate paper quilts. 8235 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati.

Hours vary. 707.795.9753.

Arts Guild of Sonoma Through Feb 27, “Romance Month,” features the artisan jewelry of Nancy Martin. 140 E Napa St, Sonoma. Wed-Thurs and Sun-Mon, 11 to 5; Fri-Sat, 11 to 8. 707.996.3115.

BackStreet Gallery Through Mar 3, “The Art of Resistance,” pop-up show includes powerful new work by 30 local artists, curated by Suzanne Edminster and Adrian Mendoza. behind 312 South A St, Santa Rosa. open by appointment. 707.568.4204.

Blue Door Gallery Through Feb 26, “Let’s Make Some Love,” hearts abound

Through Feb 28, “February Art Show,” featuring works

by Richard Peden and Chelley Bondurant. 1200 River Rd, Fulton. Sat-Sun, noon to 5pm 707.536.3305.

Graton Gallery

Through Mar 5, “Small Works Show,” sixth annual group show keeps it tiny. 9048 Graton Rd, Graton. Tues-Sat, 10:30 to 6; Sun, 10:30 to 4. 707.829.8912.

Laguna de Santa Rosa Environmental Center

Through Feb 28, “Birds of the Laguna,” exhibit features local artist Diana Majumdar’s mixed media and encaustic paintings of birds and landscapes of the Laguna de Santa Rosa.

900 Sanford Rd, Santa Rosa.

707.527.9277.

Peace & Justice Center Through Feb 26, “Katie Ketchum Solo Show,” Sebastopol artist and songwriter is featured.

467 Sebastopol Ave, Santa Rosa. Mon-Fri, 1 to 4pm.

707.575.8902.

Riverfront Art Gallery

Through Mar 5, “Photoshopped

or Not?” Riverfront Gallery co-owner and photographer Lance Kuehne shows new work that concentrates on magnificent and vibrant local landscapes. 132 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. Wed, Thurs and Sun, 11 to 6. Fri-Sat, 11 to 8.

707.775.4ART.

The Spinster Sisters Restaurant

Through Mar 5, “Clark Swarthout Drawings,” Santa Rosa artist presents an exhibit of intricate and imaginative pen and ink drawings. 401 South A St, Santa Rosa.

707.528.7100.

West County Museum

Through Mar 5, “The Hippies,” memorabilia recreates the environment of rebellion against consumerism and conformity built in the forests of Graton and Occidental in the 1960s and ‘70s. 261 S Main St, Sebastopol. Thurs-Sun, 1 to 4.

707.829.6711.

MARIN COUNTY Art Works Downtown

Through Mar 4, “Iceland: Blue,” Barbara Bryn Klare’s recent works on paper, inspired by the colors and textures of Iceland, show in the Underground Gallery, while Nathan Durfee’s whimsical pixelated art shows in the Founders’ Gallery. 1337 Fourth St, San Rafael. Tues-Sat, 10 to 5. 415.451.8119.

Bay Model Visitor Center Through Feb 25, “Fixed Landscapes,” sculptor Brian Andrews works with wood, employing traditional techniques to explore contemporary cultural issues.

2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito.

415.332.3871.

Falkirk Cultural Center Through Feb 25, “High School Arts Mashup,” local high school student poetry and art coordinated through the Arts Mashup exchange program.

1408 Mission Ave, San Rafael.

415.485.3438.

Marin Society of Artists Through Mar 4, “Two of a Kind,” members show explores artistic visions where two works are more than the sum of their parts. 1515 Third St, San Rafael. Wed-Sun, Noon to 4pm.

415.464.9561.

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O’Hanlon Center for the Arts

Through Feb 23, “Red,” group show features art centered around the striking color. 616 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley.

Tues-Sat, 10 to 2; also by appointment. 415.388.4331.

Comedy Laugh Your Bingo Off!

Play one of America’s all-time favorite games in a wine cave, have some good laughs and win prizes. Feb 24, 7pm. $20.

Deerfield Ranch Winery, 10200 Sonoma Hwy, Kenwood. www. crushersofcomedy.com.

Novato Comedy Festival

Tons of standups and improvisers get together for five shows over three nights, benefiting Novato Theater Company. Feb 24-26. $25.

Novato Theater Playhouse, 5420 Nave Dr, Novato.

415.883.4498.

Oscars Laughter Party

Night of improvised comedy takes on cinematic proportions.

Feb 25, 8pm. $10. Arlene Francis Center, 99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa. 707.528.3009.

128 American Alley, Petaluma.

707.776.4631.

Events Black History Program Educational entertainment with participants from many cultures throughout Sonoma County features former 49er Bubba Paris. Feb 24, 7:30pm. Petaluma Community Center, 320 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma.

Broadway Bash

Benefit party for Cinnabar Theater’s Young Rep program includes cocktails, auctions and exciting performances.

Feb 25, 6pm. $50. Carole L Ellis Auditorium, 680 Sonoma Mountain Pkwy, Petaluma.

415.392.5225.

Chili Bowl Express

Fundraiser for Sonoma Ceramics includes hundreds of artfully crafted bowls, lunch and dinner chili meals, studio tours and live music. Feb 25. $30. Sonoma Community Center, 276 E Napa St, Sonoma.

707.938.4626.

Come Together

The standup performs as part of the Headline Comedy Series.

Feb 25, 8pm. Sally Tomatoes, 1100 Valley House Dr, Rohnert Park. 707.665.0260.

Fundraiser for the Petaluma High music program features live music by the Dictator Tots and the Petaluma High Jazz Combo, with dining, drinks and silent auction. Feb 25, 6pm.

Hotel Petaluma, 205 Kentucky St, Petaluma. 707.559.3393.

Sonoma Laughfest

Democracy Cafe

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The same funny folks behind the annual fest appear for a special dinner show. Feb 26, 8pm. $15-$17. The Big Easy,

Explore contemporary social and political issues using the framework of Socratic inquiry.

Feb 23, 7:30pm. $5. Many

Rivers Books & Tea, 130 S Main St, Sebastopol.

707.829.8871.

Dying to Celebrate

Fundraising party for local nonprofit Final Passages includes humorous death education films, silent auction, dancing and music. Feb 26, 6pm. $10-$20. Sebastopol Grange Hall, 6000 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol.

Hearts for Justice Gala

Legal Aid’s annual fundraiser features Sen Mike McGuire as master of ceremonies, catering by John Ash & Co and entertainment by the Dick Bright Orchestra. Feb 25, 6pm.

Vintners Inn Event Center, 4350 Barnes Rd, Santa Rosa, info@ legalaidsc.com.

Mardi Gras Party

Get down on Fat Tuesday with a cajun buffet dinner, authentic Hurricane cocktails and live music by the Rotten Tomatoes.

Feb 28, 5pm. Sally Tomatoes, 1100 Valley House Dr, Rohnert Park. 707.665.0260.

Mr Healdsburg Pageant

Local lads vie for the crown in this fundraiser for the Raven.

Feb 25, 7:30pm. Raven Theater, 115 North St, Healdsburg.

707.433.3145.

Song for All Beings

Communal celebration of gratitude and one-world activism is a seamless collaboration woven by scores of musicians, dancers and storytellers. Feb 25, 7:30pm and Feb 26, 1:30pm. $49 and up. Marin Center’s Veterans Memorial Auditorium, 10 )

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Tattoos & Blues

Exhibits, tattoos, piercings, live music, food, booths, art, contests and prizes. Feb 24-26. $10-$35. Flamingo Lounge, 2777 Fourth St, Santa Rosa.

707.545.8530.

Young Artist Showcase

The first in a series of shows features visual art, spoken word, hip-hop and rap by local artists of color in celebration of Black History Month. Feb 25, 7pm. $8. Gaia’s Garden, 1899 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa.

707.544.2491.

A celebration of African American music from Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Mahalia Jackson to Abbey Lincoln, Nina Simone, Curtis Mayfield, and Marvin Gaye.

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Feb 26, 4pm. $80-$85. Lark Theater, 549 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur. 415.924.5111.

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Filmmakers Helen S Cohen and Mark Lipman present their film about the struggle for racial justice and economic empowerment among African American communities. Feb 24, 6pm. Free. Dance Palace, 503 B St, Pt Reyes Station.

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Awards Night at Smith Rafael Film Center Watch the Oscars in a fun, casual setting and enjoy Champagne, games, prizes and popcorn. Feb 26, 3:30pm. $25$40. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael.

415.454.1222.

Cameo Oscar Party

Watch the Oscars on the big screen, bring appetizers to share, enjoy selected wines and bubbly, and win prizes for your Awards IQ. Feb 26, 3:30pm. $25. Cameo Cinema, 1340 Main St, St Helena.

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Catching the Sun

Second film of the “Social Action Goes to the Movies” documentary film series focuses on solar power and how it can fight climate change and create jobs.

Followed by panel discussion.

Feb 25, 7pm. by donation.

Congregation Shomrei Torah, 2600 Bennett Valley Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.578.5519.

Cinema & Psyche

Watch and discuss eight masterful movies with folklore and fairy-tale motifs in this ongoing series. Mon, 2pm. through Apr 24. $165. Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 240 Channing Way, San Rafael, cinemaandpsyche.com.

Deconstructing Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band Composer, musician and expert Scott Freiman looks at the classic Beatles album from multiple angles, exploring the history behind the music. Sat, Feb 25, 1pm and Wed, Mar 1, 6:30pm. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.454.1222.

Disturbing the Peace

Documentary captures the human potential that happens when someone is willing to disturb the status quo and stand for the dream of a free and secure world. Feb 23, 1 and 7pm. Rialto Cinemas, 6868 McKinley St, Sebastopol.

707.525.4840.

The Envelope Please

Watch the Academy Awards on the big screen while enjoying bubbly, bites, raffles and door prizes galore. Feb 26, 4pm. $60.

Mystic Theatre, 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. 707.773.3190.

Red Carpet Gala

Alexander Valley Film Society’s annual fundraising gala features a red carpet experience, local wines, silent auction and the Oscars live on the big screen. Feb 26, 4pm. $200. Clover Theater, 121 East First St, Cloverdale.

707.894.6347.

Robeson: Songs of Freedom

Entertainer, athlete and activist Paul Robeson’s fight against facism is featured in this film.

Feb 23, 7pm. Peace & Justice Center, 467 Sebastopol Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.575.8902.

The Salesman

Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Film is the story of a couple whose relationship

begins to turn sour during their performance of Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman.”

Feb 25, 4 and 7pm. $10. Jarvis Conservatory, 1711 Main St, Napa. 707.255.5445.

Small, Beautifully Moving Parts

Science on Screen series presents the film about a technophile who relates to machines more than people, with mechanical engineer Evan Atherton presenting his comical short film “Artoo in Love.” Feb 23, 7pm. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.454.1222.

You’re Killing Me, Susana

Director Roberto Sneider appears and presents his recent fish-out-of-water romance. Feb 25, 4pm. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.454.1222.

Food & Drink Crab Feed

All you can eat crab, pasta, salad, bread and dessert, with live music, silent auctions, raffle prizes and more. Feb 25, 5pm. $60. Friedman Event Center, 4676 Mayette Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.360.3021.

Eighth Street Wineries Annual Open House Stroll through the cellars of some of Sonoma Counties premier local artisan wineries.

Feb 25, 12pm. $40-$45. Eighth Street Wineries, 21481 Eighth St E, Sonoma. 707.939.3930.

Guess the Grape

Blind tasting of five wines challenges your palate. Feb 23, 5pm. $10. Back Room Wines, 1000 Main St, Napa.

707.226.1378.

Jazz on the Menu

Various restaurants in Healdsburg feature a signature dish and live music, to support Healdsburg Jazz Festival. After party and dessert bar held at Costeaux Bakery. Feb 23.

Costeaux French Bakery, 417 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg, healdsburgjazzfestival.org.

The Journey of Chocolate Hear how chocolate has gone from guilty pleasure to healthy treat. Feb 23, 6pm.

Free. Petaluma Seed Bank, 199 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma.

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A Taste of Russia

Katia of Katia’s Russian Tea Room in San Francisco shares her knowledge of Russian cuisine and provides a sampling of sweets and savories. Registration required.

Feb 27, 7pm. Free. Marin City Library, 164 Donahue St, Marin City. 415.332.6157.

For Kids Kid’s Night at the Museum

Kids have the museum to themselves for pizza dinner, games, art, crafts and cartooning. Feb 25, 5pm. $25-$32. Charles M. Schulz Museum, 2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa. 707.579.4452.

Sonoma State Symphony Orchestra

Family concert features Bay Area marionette performance group Fratello Marionettes, followed by an instrument petting zoo for kids. Feb 26, 2pm. $8. Green Music Center, 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

Story Pirates

Kids love the hilarious sketch comedy musical performed by professional improvisers and musicians. Feb 26, 3pm. $15. Napa Valley Performing Arts Center at Lincoln Theater, 100 California Dr, Yountville.

707.944.9900.

Lectures African Americans in Higher Education

As part of Black History Month, this panel discussion features personal stories and perspectives. Feb 23, 12pm.

Bertolini Student Center, SRJC, 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.527.4011.

Monet: The Early Years An illustrated lecture by museum docent Alfred Escoffier. Feb 28, 7pm. Free.

Corte Madera Library. 707 Meadowsweet Dr, Corte Madera. 707.924.6444.

Nonviolence in the Holy Land

Talk by Palestinian activist Ali Abu Awwad. Feb 22, 7pm. $25.

Congregation Ner Shalom, 85 La Plaza, Cotati. 707.664.8622.

Readings Book Passage

Feb 22, 7pm, “The Weight of Him” with Ethel Rohan. Feb 23, 5pm, “Garden of Lamentations” with Deborah Crombie. Feb 23, 7pm, “Brat Pack America” with Kevin Smokler. Feb 24, 7pm, “Clownfish Blues” with Tim Dorsey. Feb 25, 1pm, “Amazing Women” with Sigrid Carter.

Feb 25, 4pm, “Setting Free the Kites” with Alex George. Feb 26, 1pm, “The Girl Behind the Door” with John Brooks. Feb 28, 7pm, “Make Your Kid a Money Genius” with Beth Kobliner.

Mar 1, 7pm, “Wonderland” with Steve Johnson. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera 415.927.0960.

Book Passage By-the-Bay

Feb 25, 1pm, “San Quentin Quail” with Margery McAleer.

100 Bay St, Sausalito.

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Feb 24, 7pm, “Garden of Lamentations” with Deborah Crombie. 999 Grant Ave, Novato 415.763.3052.

Petaluma Copperfield’s Books

Feb 23, 4pm, “Hilo #3: The Great Big Boom” with Judd Winick. Feb 24, 7pm, “Pachinko” with Min Jin Lee. 140 Kentucky St, Petaluma 707.762.0563.

Santa Rosa Copperfield’s Books

Feb 23, 7pm, “Creating Peace” with SRJC students. Feb 25, 7pm, “Clownfish Blues” with Tim Dorsey. Feb 28, 6pm, “What They Don’t Know” with Jo-

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Feb 25, 7pm, “Girls Gone Astray” with Susan Isa Efros.

138 N Main St, Sebastopol 707.823.2618.

Spreckels Theatre Company presents this Tony Awardwinning musical that brings history to life as it recalls America’s contentious Founding Fathers. Through Feb 26. $16-$26. Spreckels Performing Arts Center, 5409 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park.

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Get a Clue Productions presents an interactive murder-mystery dinner theater show set in the Roaring Twenties. Fri, Feb 24, 7pm. $68.

Charlie’s Restaurant, Windsor Golf Club, 1320 19th Hole Dr, Windsor, getaclueproductions. com.

Rumors

Neil Simon’s comic masterpiece is a tale of how a dinner party goes deliciously awry. Through Feb 26. $12-$22.

Cloverdale Performing Arts Center, 209 N Cloverdale Blvd, Cloverdale. 707.894.3222.

You Got Older

Left Edge Theatre performs the quirky, darkly comic new play about family and illness.

Through Feb 26. $25-$40.

Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.546.3600.

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Grateful Dead publicist Dennis McNally and backstage photographer Susana Millman talk about their years traveling with the band. Feb 25, 7pm. $20. Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 240 Channing Way, San Rafael. 415.479.4131.

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BY BEN ADAMS

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was horrified to see that there is no argument against Sonoma County’s proposed cannabis tax published in the voter pamphlet for the March 7 special election. I cannot believe that the cannabis industry was not organized enough to oppose such a harsh taxation measure.

Some form of tax is inevitable.

So why am I so adamant that this tax is the wrong approach at best and an industry killer at worst?

First, the county claims that this tax is for the industry to pay its “fair share.” Then why is the tax being framed as a general tax, which would put the revenue into the general fund where it could be used for any purpose? If the point is for the industry to pay its own way, then putting the cannabis tax money into the general fund defeats this purpose.

The reason is obvious. The county is trying to do an end run around the requirement that a special tax get two-thirds approval

from the voters. So if the county actually only used the money to enforce the new cannabis ordinance, that would be a special tax. If history is any guide, the money will go somewhere else.

Second, the tax will be a backbreaker. Have those who decided to remain silent even read the new ordinance? The requirements to get a county permit are onerous and expensive.

Shunting growers onto incredibly expensive land was bad enough.

But the county will require everything from carbon credits to ADA bathrooms to get a permit.

I estimate the cost of compliance will likely be hundreds of thousands of dollars. Now add this tax on top!

The county will be allowed to tax up to 10 percent of gross. For many businesses, that can easily be 50 percent of net. Yes, I am aware that the county, in its generosity, is only proposing 5 percent on manufacturers and up to $18.75 per square foot for growers right now. But if a grower has a 10,000-square-foot facility and is subject to the $18.75 rate, that will mean an extra $187,500 in taxes on top of the hundreds of thousands it took to get the permit. Who will pay this extra amount? Patients will only bear so much.

Prices for cannabis are coming down in states that have legalized.

Margins are getting thinner. Yet Sonoma County’s approach is to push everyone onto million dollar– plus properties, require hundreds of thousands of dollars to be spent on licensing and then skim any potential for profit off in taxes.

While the industry might be able to bear one of those, all three will be an industry killer.

I think the tax will pass. The result? The small (legal) cannabis industry will be owned by the very rich. Everyone else will have to quit, leave or go underground. It didn’t have to be this way.

Ben Adams is a local attorney who concentrates his practice on cannabis compliance and defense.

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Astrology For the week of February 22

BY ROB BREZSNY

ARIES (March 21–April 19) My astrological radar suggests there’s a space-time anomaly looming just ahead of you. Is it a fun and exotic limbo where the rules are flexible and everything’s an experiment?

That might be cool. Or is it more like an alien labyrinth where nothing is as it seems, you can hear howling in the distance and you barely recognize yourself?

That might be weird. What do you think? Is it worth the gamble? If so, full speed ahead. If not, I suggest a course correction.

would Confucius try to infuse new approaches and ideas into the status quo of his work environment?

Ruminate deeply on these matters, dear Libra. Your yearning to be more satisfyingly employed may soon be rewarded—especially if you infuse your ambitions with holy insight. How would Joan of Arc break through the glass ceiling? How would Harriet Tubman deal with the inefficiencies caused by excess testosterone? How would Hildegard of Bingen seek more emotional richness on the job?

TAURUS (April 20–May 20)

Someone on Reddit. com asked readers to respond to the question, “What is the most liberating thought you’ve ever had?” Among the replies were the following six: 1. “If new evidence presents itself, it’s OK to change my beliefs.” 2. “I get to choose who’s in my life and who isn’t.” 3. “I am not my history.” 4. “You can’t change something that has already happened, so stop worrying about it.” 5. “I am not, nor will I ever be, conventionally beautiful.”

6. “I don’t have to respond to people when they say stupid s--- to me.” I hope these testimonies inspire you to come up with several of your own, Taurus. It’s a perfect time to formulate liberating intentions.

SCORPIO (October 23–November 21)

GEMINI (May 21–June 20)

Soon I’ll be off on my first vacation in 18 months. At first glance it might seem odd for an astrologer like myself to have selected two Sagittarians to be my housesitters. Members of your sign are reputed to be among the least home-nurturing people in the zodiac.

But I’m confident that by the time I return, raccoons won’t be living in my kitchen, nor will my plants be dead or my mail stolen or my TV broken. The current astrological omens suggest that most of you Centaurs, at least for the foreseeable future, will display an uncommon aptitude for the domestic arts.

It has been a while since I told you that I love you. So I’m doing it now.

I LOVE YOU. More than you could ever imagine. And that’s why I continue to offer these horoscopes to you free of charge, with no strings attached. That’s why I work so hard to be a playful therapist and an edgy mentor for you. That’s why I am so tenacious in my efforts to serve you as a feminist father figure and a kindly devil’s advocate and a sacred cheerleader. Again, I don’t expect anything in return from you. But if you would like to express your appreciation, you could do so by offering a similar type of well-crafted care to people in your own sphere. Now would be an excellent time to give such gifts.

CANCER (June 21–July 22) “I like the word ‘bewilderment’ because it has both ‘be’ and ‘wild’ in it,” says poet Peter Gizzi. I propose that you go even further, Cancerian: express a fondness for the actual experience of bewilderment as well as the word. In fact, be willing to not just tolerate but actually embrace the fuzzy blessings of bewilderment. In the coming weeks, that’s your ticket to being wild in the healthiest (and wealthiest) ways. As you wander innocently through the perplexing mysteries that make themselves available, you’ll be inspired to escape formalities and needless rules that have kept you overly tame.

LEO (July 23–August 22)

Are you familiar with psychologist Carl Jung’s concept of the shadow? It’s the unflattering or uncomfortable part of you that you would prefer to ignore or suppress. It’s the source of behavior about which you later say, “I wasn’t acting like myself.” Jungians say that the shadow hounds you and wounds you to the degree that you refuse to deal with it. But if you negotiate with it, it leads you to beautiful surprises. It prods you to uncover riches you’ve hidden from yourself. I mention this, Leo, because any shadow work you do in the coming weeks could generate rather spectacular breakthroughs.

VIRGO (August 23–September 22) You could

make a vow like this: “Between now and April 15, I will be relentless in getting my needs met. I will harbor a steely resolve to call on every ploy necessary to ensure that my deepest requirements are not just gratified, but satiated to the max. I will be a dogged and ferocious seeker of absolute fulfillment.” If you want to swear an oath like that, Virgo, I understand. But I hope you will try a softer approach—more like the following: “Between now and April 15, I will be imaginative and ingenious in getting my needs met. I will have fun calling on every trick necessary to ensure that my deepest requirements are playfully addressed. I will be a sweet seeker of unpredictable fulfillment.”

LIBRA (September 23–October 22) How would Buddha ask for a raise or promotion? How would Jesus tinker with his career plans as he took into consideration large-scale shifts in the economy? How

I suspect you would benefit from acquiring a new bedroom name, my dear. But should I be the one to give it to you? I’m not sure. Maybe you could invite a practical dreamer you adore to provide you with this crazy sweet new moniker. If there is no such person to do the job (although given the current astrological omens, I bet there is), I’ll offer the following array of amorous aliases for you to choose from: Wild Face, Kiss Genius, Thrill Witch, Freaky Nectar, Boink Master, Lust Moxie, Pearly Thunder, Peach Licker, Painkiller, Silky Bliss, Slippery Diver, Swoon Craver.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22–December 21)

CAPRICORN (December 22–January 19) The near future will be mutable, whimsical and fluky. It’ll be serendipitous, mercurial and extemporaneous.

You should expect happy accidents and lucky breaks.

Your ability to improvise will be quite valuable. Do you believe in lucky numbers? Even if you don’t, yours will be 333. Your sacred password will be “quirky plucky.”

The cartoon characters with whom you will have most in common are Bugs Bunny and the Roadrunner. The place where you’re most likely to encounter a crucial teaching is a threshold or thrift shop. Your colors of destiny will be flecked and dappled. (P.S.: I suspect that an as-yet-undiscovered talisman of power is crammed in a drawer full of junk.)

AQUARIUS (January 20–February 18) Treat your body like a sublime temple, please. And regard your imagination as a treasured sanctuary. Be very choosy about what you allow to enter in to both of those holy places. This strategy is always a wise idea, of course, but it’s especially so now, when you are extra sensitive to the influences you absorb. It’s crucial that you express maximum discernment as you determine which foods, drinks, drugs, images, sounds and ideas are likely to foster your maximum wellbeing—and which aren’t. Be a masterful caretaker of your health and sanity.

PISCES (February 19–March 20)

What would your best mother do in a situation like this? Please note that I’m not asking, “What would your mother do?” I’m not suggesting you call on the counsel of your actual mother. When I use the term “your best mother,” I’m referring to the archetype of your perfect mother.

Imagine a wise older woman who understands you telepathically, loves you unconditionally, and wants you to live your life according to your own inner necessity, not hers or anyone else’s. Visualize her. Call on her.

Seek her blessings.

Go to REALASTROLOGY.COM to check out Rob Brezsny’s Expanded Weekly Audio Horoscopes and Daily Text Message Horoscopes. Audio horoscopes are also available by phone at 1.877.873.4888 or 1.900.950.7700.

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