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Ban Fur As we know, people all over the world, and perhaps especially in California, care about animals. In 2018, the citizens of this state overwhelmingly voted, for the second time, to protect animals raised for food. Numerous pieces of legislation have been passed at both the state and local level to protect companion animals.

And the state is now moving quickly to ban the sale of fur. In just the last couple of years, Berkeley, San Francisco and Los Angeles have passed measures banning its sale. Currently, San Diego residents are working on passing their own fur ban. I am writing to urge everyone to contact their state representatives and support AB 44, the bill to ban the sale of fur in California.

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They are commonly driven insane by the misery and will even chew off their own limbs or kill their babies. The slaughtering process is gruesome, with animals either orally or anally electrocuted. Sometimes they are suffocated or, in China, beaten to death or even skinned alive.

There are no federal regulations to protect animals raised for fur in the United States. Please join us in the fight to legitimize and normalize compassion for all animals, including those raised for their fur, and support AB 44.

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If Nancy Pelosi believes climate change is a real threat, why would she create such a weak committee?

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ared Huffman, the member of Congress who represents most of the North Bay, says that climate change is “the greatest moral, economic and environmental imperative of our time.” That’s the kind of language we use when we feel compelled to take bold action because what we want to achieve is critically important.

What bold action, then, should we expect Rep. Huffman to take?

Huffman laudibly signed on to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s far-reaching Green New Deal resolution. But then he accepted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s appointment to the new House Select Committee on Climate Crisis—which she has rendered virtually toothless.

Pelosi, who recently referred to the Green New Deal as “the green dream, or whatever they call it,” hamstrung the committee by depriving it of the powers routinely given to congressional committees: the power to issue subpoenas and write legislation.

Without subpoena power, the committee can’t force cabinet members or agency heads appointed by the Trump administration to testify on economic and environmental issues. Nor can it compel fossil-fuel industry officials to provide documents or testify at hearings.

The first obvious question is, if Pelosi believes climate change is a real threat, why would she create such a weak committee? The next question is, if we are truly facing “the greatest moral, economic and environmental imperative of our time”—and we certainly are—why hasn’t Huffman spoken up about the powerlessness of this committee?

Huffman’s appointment to the select committee would have been a perfect opportunity for him to challenge those severe restrictions that make it more of a façade than a functional legislative panel.

Under the circumstances, Huffman’s silence on this crucial matter has been deafening, and deeply disappointing. Why hasn’t he publicly and emphatically asserted that the Select Committee on Climate Crisis should have real teeth—including subpoena and bill-drafting powers— so that it can actually make a difference as we all face this greatest moral, economic and environmental imperative of our time?

Is staying in Speaker Pelosi’s good graces more “imperative” than really fighting for a Green New Deal to address the climate crisis?

Alice Chan is the 10th Assembly District Delegate to the California Democratic Party.

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Disaster-services firms under fire as ‘private-public’ wildfire-recovery plan takes shape BY WILL CARRUTHERS

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wo contracting companies that cleared fire debris in the North Bay last year have been defrauding the federal government on contracts across the country since at least 2015, a lawsuit filed last week alleges.

AshBritt Environmental, one of the two companies named in the suit, recently hired local media magnate Darius Anderson to lobby for its interests in Sacramento. Sonoma County recently hired a former

employee of the other company, Tetra Tech, to oversee the county’s emergency-management response.

Disaster-recovery players such as Anderson have highlighted, in public statements, the necessity of public-private partnerships to fully recover from the 2017 wildfires. The emphasis on publicprivate schemes is demonstrable when it comes to Tetra Tech and AshBritt. Both firms have contracts and ongoing business in Sonoma and Marin counties. The new Sonoma emergency-services director, Christopher Godley, held similar posts in Marin County and

in San Jose—and, according to his LinkedIn account, still works for Tetra Tech, at a post he’s held since 2014.

Setting that apparent revolvingdoor riddle aside for the moment, the class-action lawsuit, filed by San Francisco’s Arns Law Firm on behalf of North Bay residents impacted by the companies’ work after the fires, claims the firms intentionally overbilled the federal government on contracts.

During the North Bay cleanup, the companies allegedly removed far more soil than necessary and told government agencies that burnt

parcels were fully cleared of ash and other toxic materials when they were not.

“The fundamental goal of the enterprise was to maximize the profits of AshBritt and Tetra Tech by over-excavating on subject properties and unnecessarily removing non-debris material without testing for contamination,” the lawsuit states.

The class action lawsuit states that victims of the alleged scheme are “presumed to be in the thousands.”

Sam Singer, a spokesperson for Tetra Tech, told the San Francisco Examiner last week that the lawsuit “has no merit whatsoever.”

A recent press release from AshBritt states that the company only performed work for one of the three North Bay residents named in the lawsuit. ECC Constructors, another debris-removal company working in the area, performed the work on the properties of the other two named North Bay residents, according to the statement.

“This suit is parallel to an earlier, currently active lawsuit in federal court brought by the same law firm and making the same allegations against ECC Constructors and Tetra Tech for the cleanup work in Napa County. AshBritt has already been dismissed from that suit,” the press release states.

In another lawsuit filed in Sonoma County Superior Court last year, the Arns Law Firm alleges that AshBritt and one of its subcontractors committed a number of labor and wage violations during its time working in the North Bay.

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AshBritt and the other federal contractors were criticized by local officials and residents for their role in the cleanup last year.

The federal government’s 2017 North Bay cleanup cost an average of $280,000 per house compared with $77,000 during the state-managed 2015 Valley fire cleanup, according to an analysis by KQED. AshBritt invoiced the Army Corps for $320 million for its work in California from October 2017 through June of 2018, according to federal records. )8 “There’s no doubt

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that this company was following the money,” Sonoma County Supervisor Shirlee Zane said of the company in an interview with the Bohemian, noting that AshBritt was among other contractors who had re-traumatized fire victims with their on-the-ground activities.

As criticism of AshBritt hit a critical mass, and as the Bohemian reported last month, AshBritt invested in California politics late last year in an apparent effort to win more work following the 2018 fire season (see “Cleanup Crew,” Feb. 12). It also hired a firm controlled by Anderson, Platinum Advisors, to lobby for its interests in Sacramento. Anderson is the managing partner of Sonoma Media Investments, which owns the Press Democrat and numerous North Bay newspapers. He’s also the founder of the Rebuild North Bay Foundation, which has placed itself squarely between the public and the private when it comes to new North Bay disaster-services partnerships.

As it turns out, AshBritt was not among the companies selected to work on the Camp fire in Butte County or the Woolsey dire in Southern California. The company responded to the denial of its proposal by filing complaints that contested both contract awards.

AshBritt’s Camp fire complaint was dismissed on March 1, and the Woolsey fire complaint is still under consideration, according to a spokesperson for CalRecycle, the agency managing the debrisremoval process.

Tetra Tech, a Pasadena-based consulting and engineeringservices company with hundreds of offices around the United States, is a less familiar presence in the North Bay, but its environmental testing subsidiary, Tetra Tech EC, has become known in San Francisco because of allegations of fraud during the company’s work at Hunters Point Shipyard, a former Navy base slated for housing development.

Whistleblowers from the company have claimed that the company faked tests of the contaminated soil since the early aughts. Two employees of the company who worked at Hunters

Point pled guilty to swapping contaminated—irradiated—dirt for clean dirt and allegedly falsifying test results in 2017.

Both men were sentenced to eight months in jail. On Jan. 14, the Department of Justice filed a complaint alleging that Tetra Tech submitted at least $58.5 million in false invoices while working at Hunters Point.

In response to a San Francisco Chronicle article about the Department of Justice claims, Singer, Tetra Tech’s spokesperson, said that the misconduct at Hunters Point was isolated to a small number of rogue employees.

“Tetra Tech EC will vigorously defend its record and is confident it will prevail following an impartial and transparent legal and scientific review of the facts,” Singer told the Chronicle.

On Jan. 11, a few days before the Department of Justice’s complaint was filed, Tetra Tech was awarded a $250 million contract for work in Butte County.

Toxic Cloud In the North Bay, Tetra Tech was hired by the county to oversee AshBritt’s work during the environmental cleanup process after the 2017 wildfires, according to the lawsuit.

The suit alleges that the companies marked toxic sites safe prematurely and removed far more soil than was necessary—sometimes digging six-foot deep holes on burned properties—in an effort to increase their profits, the suit charges.

The California Office of Emergency Services (OES) later discovered the mistake, according to a letter the agency’s director, Mark Ghilarducci, sent to the Army Corps of Engineers in August 2018. After reviewing the work of Army contractors, the OES identified 282 over-excavated properties eligible for backfilling in 2018, according to numbers provided to the Bohemian by Shirlee Zane and confirmed by the county Office of Recovery and Resiliency.

“After extensive on-site inspections, the issues we have

left for Marin County and became its emergency services manager for about 10 years.

“His 25 years of residence in Sonoma County and prior emergency-management experience make him a valuable asset to our emergency management team,” says Larocque.

Tetra Tech did not respond to requests for original comment for this story. Anderson did not respond to an email sent via Platinum Associates, his lobbying firm. As the Bohemian reported last month, Anderson’s Sacramento lobbying firm, Platinum Advisors, has been representing AshBritt in Sacramento since October of 2018.

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Three Tetra Tech EC managers named in the Department of Justice’s fraud accusation about the company’s work on Hunters Point also worked on Treasure Island, according to the Chronicle. Singer told the paper that the Department of Justice’s January filing does not mention Treasure Island.

Anderson has connections to Treasure Island that date back 20 years. Anderson’s development company, Kenwood Investments, has partnered with housing-development giant Lennar Corporation and Wilson Meany Sullivan to complete the $5 billion development.

In a statement to the Chronicle, the Treasure Island Development Group, the partnership Anderson is part of, said the group “relies on the public agencies responsible for the cleanup of Treasure Island—including state and federal environmental regulators and the U.S. Navy.

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“Additionally, more than a dozen sites that were deemed cleared by the Army Corps of Engineers have recently been discovered to contain contaminated ash and fire debris.”

In March of 2018, the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors awarded Tetra Tech a contract.

Under the agreement, Christopher Godley, Tetra Tech director of emergency services, was expected to help “assess and redefine the county's emergency management program” in his role as the county’s interim emergency service manager.

Other Tetra Tech employees would help as needed, according to the contract. The contract cost the county $9,560 per week.

In December 2018, the supervisors then hired Godley as the county’s permanent emergency services manager. Godley previously worked in Marin County in a similar role, and in San Jose. Marin and Santa Clara counties have both utilized Tetra Tech services. Marin County’s Department of Public Works signed a $46,767 contract with Tetra Tech in 2016, according to county records.

According to a county-by-county 2015 review of Bay Area emergencypreparedness services by the Bay Area Urban Areas Security Initiative, Marin’s emergency services offices have prepositioned emergencyservices contracts in place to utilize AshBritt in the event of a local disaster in Marin.

According to his LinkedIn profile, Godley is still employed at Tetra Tech in addition to his sixfigure job in Sonoma County. But according to County spokeswoman Jennifer Larocque, Godley “is no longer under contract at Tetra Tech,” and adds that when he was employed there, he didn’t work in the company’s debris-removal division. Godley is also a former U.S. Army Major with the Army Corps of Engineers, according to his LinkedIn profile. He did a previous turn as a deputy emergency manager in Sonoma from 1995-2001, when he

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prouting up like mushrooms after rain, frozen yogurt shops seem to have taken over every shopping mall nook and retail strip cranny in 21st-century America, including a quiet little corner on the western edge of Sebastopol, Calif.

So it is a morsel of tasty, and, indeed, somewhat more savory,

irony to learn that a failed fro-yo shop has been improbably replaced with a mushroom shop.

Or is that “mushroom shoppe”?

The unfortunate venture might have done better than to open in November, speculates Wyatt Bryson, co-proprietor of Jewels of the Forest, the mushroom shop that popped up in its place. But it was fine timing for a business whose principal product crops out of the ground after a late fall rain.

The tiny retail space, which seems to have an air of things

fungal about it—in a good, antiquarian sort of way—is dedicated to all things mycological, albeit in a limited and eclectic selection. Here are books, T-shirts, shroom-related baubles, edible items and even some disarmingly Old World–style hats and handbags that are hand-made from a kind of velvety-smooth mushroom by a craftsman in Romania, and wouldn’t look out of place on Radagast the Brown. Wyatt swears the hat won’t melt, like a mushroom, under the next rain it meets.

Pointing to a colorful sign at the back of the shop, Wyatt explains that the Jewels of the Forest logo—a grayscale assembly of a mushroom with a forested background—was adapted from the sign for a video store his father operated in Occidental, where the family has a multigenerational history.

But is there more to it than a quirky little homespun mushroom shoppe? Back to those edible options mentioned above: the real business of Jewels of the Forest happens beyond the swinging doors to the commercial kitchen where, thanks in part to the yogurt setup (plus $50,000 in extra renovations), Wyatt’s brother, Hunter, is cooking up a new batch of mushroom jerky, and Wyatt starts talking about the hard-nosed world of snack-food entrepreneurship.

These are hard times no more for vegans who love the taste of jerky but cannot abide texturized soy protein versions of meatless pretenders to the cured-meat category. Mushroom jerky is trending lately, as are all things mycelial, according to Wyatt.

He got bit by the shroom bug eight years back while working in shipping logistics in Hawaii (he retains a habit of greeting emails with “aloha”), when he bought some used lab equipment off craigslist and began growing oyster mushrooms.

I’d never heard of this fashion of toadstool treat until I happened upon a booth they’d set up on a quiet backwater of last year’s Taste of Sonoma wine event at the Green Music Center. I was skeptical, maybe because of the bad reputation of the kind of dried mushrooms that are endured with a hearty slug of red wine, as a foul tasting means to a mind-altering end—or so I’ve been told.

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After the mushroom pieces are rehydrated, washed, cut and sorted by Hunter, who has worked for Stark’s restaurants for eight years, they are freshlooking enough, shining with juicy vitality. The mushrooms are cooked, principally for food safety and because raw mushrooms contain a hard-to-digest substance called chitin; treated to sesame or sweet chili seasoning (they make a black pepper version exclusively for HenHouse Brewing’s taproom) with tamari sauce and organic cane sugar; and then put in the dehydrator.

That’s the part that takes “some finesse,” says Wyatt, to get just the right texture—Shroom Snack mushroom jerky is gummy, and sticks to the teeth like very moist beef jerky, but the seasoning doesn’t stick to the fingers.

The snack was a hit at its debut a few years ago at a West County ethnobotany festival, selling out within an hour or so. “That was really our proof of concept and validating moment,” says Wyatt. To prepare for their next move, they’ve already attended a New York scale-up accelerator workshop, had “speed dating”

sessions with venture capitalists, and are talking level one (or is it round two?) financing—it’s all a fast-moving blur in the reporter’s notebook.

They’re also a few steps ahead on that old homemade logo: soon, new packaging will emphasize the spinoff-savvy Shroom Snack brand, and shrink the Jewels of the Forest logo, which they hope to keep after any potential multimillion dollar sellout, for their mycological education efforts. The Bryson brothers present beginner courses on growing mushrooms several times a year at Santa Rosa’s Finley Center. Participants get to bring home a bag of sawdust medium that will grow oyster mushrooms.

The brothers have also worked with landscapers to create mushroom landscape designs.

Alas, there is no sweet scoops of frozen mushroom dessert in the pipeline yet, but who knows what will trend next: fro-oy?

Jewels of the Forest, 175 Pleasant Hill Ave. N., Sebastopol. 707.326.6308.

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ou’ve heard the one about the little retirement project that got out of hand, and somehow became a big cult Cabernet winery. And by the one, I mean the dozens of the same story, up and down wine country. But these kids in the craft spirits game, they don’t have time to wait around for all that. They jump ship young, and fire up that still yonder.

Hence the name, explains Josh Opatz, a Healdsburg native who co-founded Young & Yonder Spirits with his wife, Sarah. The pair met in San Francisco, where Josh was working in banking policy, Sarah in

graphic design. But they packed up early in their careers to play around with distilling in Cloverdale in 2013. Moving to Healdsburg four years later helped with the walk-in traffic, Opatz says, even if they’re tucked away in an industrial zone. Without direct sales at the tasting room, it’d be tough to break even in the cruel world of liquor distribution, where it’s hard for a small brand to get noticed.

One way local craft distillers get noticed is by touting their “grain to glass” process, in contrast to outsourcing the base spirit. But bringing in grainneutral spirit helps a business get up and running with less overhead, Opatz explains. Young & Yonder plays it both ways, bringing in booze for their vodka ($30) and redistilling it six times, but making small batches of bourbon ($45) from their own mash bill.

In the capacious tasting room, good tunes play to movies set on silent and black-and-white. It’s weird how the Big Lebowski, in certain stretches, just looks like a closed circuit of a guy wandering around in his bathrobe. No White Russians here, but they mix up a menu of seasonal cocktails ($10) at the bar.

The lime vodka ($32) has a fine aroma of fresh Persian limes that banishes ethanol overtones—good choice for a vodka tonic or a Bloody Mary with subtle saucing. The H.O.B.S. gin ($35) is cardamomforward and earthy, with juniper and citrus juicing the spicy finish.

Unusual in the North Bay craft spirits scene, the Fellows and Foragers absinthe ($50) is a naturally light green-hued spirit distilled with wormwood and anise, among other herbs. Absinthe originally gained popularity, then infamy, as the tipple of bohemians and louche café society in 19thcentury France.

Fun fact: when water is poured into the spirit from the absinthe fountain, it is said to “louche,” turning cloudy. One more shot of this, and you might find yourself dreaming of a new career— impressionist artist, for one.

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Flood of 2019 offered novel recreational opportunities.

Sonoma Swamped La Vie la Rose I spent last Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at the Hotel La Rose in Santa Rosa, since I could not get home to Guerneville through the flood waters. I had been in Pennsylvania talking to young writers at Bloomsburg University, and did not realize how isolated my home had become while I was away.

I love the La Rose, having rented a room from them once so I could finish a manuscript

and needed a room where I could spread chapters all over the floor.

They were happy to give me just that, and this time they welcomed me with a warm, dry room and a short walk to the nearby thrift stores where I bought a clean T-shirt for pajamas and a bathing suit just in case. Didn't need the bathing suit but the T-shirt lasted for two nights, and I am going to keep it as a memento of the great flood of 2019.—Dorothy Allison, author of ‘Bastard Out of Carolina’

Making a Stand in Guerneville Tom Lynch had four feet of water in his Guerneville house after the rains and flooding along the Russian River. His wife and his 15-year-old daughter got out of Guerneville and went to somewhat higher ground in Sebastopol. Tom and his motherin-law stayed at home to brave the extreme weather in a town that was all but cut off for days

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because of the flooding. While the downstairs of his home was wet, upstairs was dry.

A colorful candidate for county supervisor a few years ago, Lynch has lived in Guerneville since 1980.

“I’ve seen floods before,” he says, sounding not one bit intimidated by the Great Flood of 2019. Indeed, it would take a flood of Biblical proportions to dislodge tom Tom Lynch from his Guerneville ) 14 niche.—Jonah Raskin

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Going with the Flow in Forestville I’m on River Drive in Forestville.

We left on Tuesday evening, Feb. 26, in anticipation of the rising water. We knew we would get hit, and prepared by removing everything from the basement, which we had made into a living space for two teens. I assumed we would get four to four-and-a-halffeet of water. I was wrong. The silt line on the house is at about seven and a half feet.

Coming home to River Drive was surreal: A neighbor’s car was turned over, and was washed into the middle of the street by the current. I lost parts of all four sides of fencing, and my yard is full of oddities: a wooden duck, a garden bench that doesn’t belong to me, a brown tattered suitcase, which happens to be partially unzipped and full of clothes. And mud. Slimy stinky mud.

The mess and repair is daunting, but I have a charming river home and I love it. Living on the river is not for everyone, but there’s a state of being that happens out here when the river reminds us that we aren’t in control—a muddy acceptance of our connection to the river and a kinship with neighbors that reminds us we are in this together. River rats in California hillbilly country. I love it.—Angelina Hovan

The Literary View from Monte Rio Poet Pat Nolan has lived in Monte Rio along the Russian River since 1973. “Right now it’s not a pretty picture here,” he says. Nolan had four feet of water in his studio, where he makes block prints. He knew the flood was coming—he listened to the National Weather Service— and so he and his wife moved everything they could to prevent severe damage. They even took up the carpet.

“Old-timers survive floods better than newcomers,” says the old-timer Nolan. “After the flood of 1995, we had our house raised above the floodplain, so we were

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in relatively good shape this time.

Not so our neighbors. They got seven feet of water in their place.”

The Russian River is now down from what it was, but in Monte Rio, the flooding made a mess. “There’s a lot of mud and silt,” Nolan says.

“It covers everything.” When the river peaked and the creek backed up, he and his wife couldn’t leave.

Now, they can come and go and reflect on the Great Flood of 2019.—Jonah Raskin

Split Scene in Sebastopol I heard the rain pouring all night and morning in my Sebastopol neighborhood. When I got up, I was surprised how little standing water there was in my backyard.

Love the sandy-loam soil.

Gratefully, we were high and dry.

It wasn’t until I saw a Facebook post of someone paddling past the Highway 12 Chevron later that morning that I knew things were not going so well across town.

I took my kids down to the Barlow because I knew it was flood-prone. And flood it did.

We watched in amazement as kayakers stroked down McKinley Street to the water’s end at Taylor Lane. A Circle of Hands, my daughter’s favorite toy store, was an island. Although it was near noon, Community Market workers appeared to be just erecting their flood barriers in face of the rising tide of flood waters.

“Put down your cell phones and help,” called out one of them to disaster gawkers like me.

It’s bizarre how there can be devastation on one block and normalcy the next block over.

It’s like toggling between two worlds. The morning of the flood in Sebastopol had that feeling.

People rode bicycles on closed streets, friends chatted with coffee in hand and kids out of school wandered about—while a few feet away businesses and dreams lay under three feet of brown water.—Stett ‘Sebastopol Strong’ Holbrook

DRONE’S EYE VIEW Major bummer at the Barlow.

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It wasn’t raining, pouring or storming, but U.S. Congressman Jared Huffman barnstormed across swaths of Sonoma County that were hardest hit by February’s floods. According to the most recent tally, 2,600 properties were either partially or totally flooded, though no one knows for sure the full extent of the damage or the dollar amount it will take to make the necessary repairs.

At the battered Barlow in Sebastopol, Huffman stopped to chat with John Stewart, who owns and operates Zazu with his wife, Duskie Estes; they’ve made their restaurant a destination for foodies from here and around the country. Zazu is now closed with no opening date on the calendar.

“It’s sad to see the flood damage when you could be serving delicious food,” Huffman said to Stewart, who was helping to clean up the mess. Huffman added, “We’re taking stock and we’re trying to get people help.

I’m so sorry.” His words sounded heartfelt.

Stewart explains that it rained so heavily and the floodwaters rose so quickly that nothing could

have prevented the damage to his restaurant, not even sandbags.

The Congressman’s day began in Guerneville, where floods are a way of life. Then he was off to Forestville, where he rendezvoused with local residents and with Sonoma County Fifth District Supervisor Lynda Hopkins. Sebastopol was up next.

Flood damage was extensive.

The raging waters not only hit the Barlow, but also Park Village, formerly the Mobile Home Park on Highway 12, as well as the Community Center on High Street, which wasn’t high enough to escape the raging waters.

Newly appointed Sebastopol Mayor Neysa Hinton toured the Barlow with Huffman. A thirdgeneration Sonoma County resident, she grew up and came of age with floods.

“We need FEMA funds,” Hinton said. “We’ll have to see if we qualify.” She adds that Huffman’s first-hand experience will enable him to go back to Washington, D.C., and lobby for help.

“We want President Trump to act,” Hinton said. “We hope he’ll act.”

Recognizing the urgency, on Feb. 28, Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency for all of Sonoma County after

Lookout from the Laguna In the four years that Kevin Munroe has been in Sonoma County, the executive director for the Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation has seen the region’s 254-square-mile watershed fill, but never quite like last week’s flooding.

“My understanding is the last time the waters of the Laguna flooded to this level was, I think, 2005,” he says. “And my understanding is the rain we

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received in that 24-hour period between Tuesday and Wednesday [Feb. 26–27] was the most rain that had fallen in this area in a 24hour period in a hundred years.”

In fact, according to National Weather Service data going back to 1902, it was the rainiest day in Santa Rosa’s history. Without the Laguna’s wetland complex, the water would have risen even higher.

“A large wetland like the Laguna can benefit downstream communities,” says Munroe. “The Laguna can grow to 30,000 acres of wetlands. Think of all that water being slowed down and held before it goes downstream.”

While the flooding in Sebastopol, Monte Rio, Forestville and Guerneville was severe in places, it would have been several times worse if it were not for the Laguna.

Munroe also points out the importance of the annual cycle of flooding for the wetlands.

“It’s understandable to think of flooding as an emergency and a crisis, and of course for us living near the river it can be, but from an ecological standpoint, flooding is so important. It recharges the water table and creates habitat for wetland creatures.”

For their part, the foundation’s staff was out in kayaks the day after the heavy rains to monitor the situation in real time, posting photos and videos on social media for the public to see. “We tried to be a source of information and education,” says Munroe.

As the water levels go down, Munroe adds that there are three simple things that individuals can do throughout the year and during floods to help the wetlands, including picking up trash before it flows downstream, staying conscious about any chemicals or fertilizers being used on personal property and using native plants in gardening.

“Those native plants will do a better job of providing wildlife habitat and holding the soil than invasive exotic plants,” says Munroe. “The more native plants you have on your property or in your neighborhood, that’s going to help wildlife recover from a flood.”—Charlie Swanson

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the days of heavy rain led to mudslides and flooding along the Russian River and in low-lying areas close to the Laguna de Santa Rosa, the county’s largest watershed and wetland and home to all sorts of flora and fauna.

Hinton has called for a community meeting in Sebastopol on March 13 at 4pm, with the location still to be determined.

At the Community Center, the removable floor was saved, but floodwaters damaged the electrical system and the siding. The building is closed for social gatherings until further notice.

Huffman, a Democrat who represents the fourth Congressional district, knows all about the “national emergency” orchestrated by President Trump.

Huffman has repeatedly called it a “sham national emergency.” He knows that there’s nothing sham about the emergency here. The congressman is no stranger to Sonoma County’s wild weather.

In January 2017, he chose to avoid Trump’s inauguration in Washington, D.C. Instead, he trekked to Guerneville to support the Russian River cleanup efforts after the flooding at the start of the year. Some things don't change.

Now, citizens hardest hit by the storms are worried about the cost of repairs and about weather reports that predict more rain in March. But in Forestville, Guerneville and Sebastopol citizens are relieved that Huffman saw the worst of the damage. Will his presence here today bring help from the federal government? There’s hope.—Jonah Raskin

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Attendees can bring their own guitars and attend the festival’s workshops or join in impromptu jam sessions.

The fun begins on Sunday, March 9, at Sebastopol Community Center, 390 Morris St., Sebastopol. 1pm. $35–$40. socofoso.com.

Stage Presents The Mystic Theatre plays host to three eclectic acts this week, when Napa Valley experimental psycherock group Samvega take the stage with Down Dirty Shake and Midnight Transit. Fronted by artistic siblings Melissa and Mercedes Baker, Samvega’s otherworldly rhythms pulse with help from jazz drummer Pat Feistel and suspected time traveler Ricky Woulfe. Support act Down Dirty Shake blends ’60s rock and ’70s soul, and Midnight Transit opens the night with a high-energy sound. See all three in one riotous night on Friday, March 8, at the Mystic Theatre, 23 Petaluma Blvd. N., Petaluma.

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Fit to Print her life and work with excitement, humor and pathos. The three plays, titled Love, Anarchy and Other Affairs, The Snake and the Falcon and Nobody Is Sleeping, will be presented together in a special event that Litwak is calling Emma Goldman Day. See eight actors give staged readings of the plays, with discussions and shared meals provided in between each work on Saturday, March 9, at the Arlene Francis Center, 99 Sixth St., Santa Rosa. 2pm. $25.

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After Santa Rosa cartoonist Brian Fies and his wife, Karen, lost their home to the Tubbs fire in 2017, Fies was compelled to document the disaster, and his online graphic novel, ‘A Fire Story,’ went viral.

Praised for its poignant and accurate account of the event, Fies’ comic is now getting the print treatment with a release party on Saturday, March 9, at the Schulz Museum (2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa.

6pm. Free. 707.579.4452). Fies also reads from the book on Tuesday, March 12, at the Napa Library (580 Coombs St., Napa.

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n Dec. 4, 1956, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley held a once-in-a-lifetime jam session at rock ’n’ roll pioneer Sam Phillips’ legendary Sun Records studio. They were labeled the “Million Dollar Quartet” by a local journalist, and that moniker was affixed to the recordings of the session released decades later.

In 2006, Colin Escott and Floyd Mutrux unleashed a highly fictionalized and time-compressed theatrical version of the event, also titled Million Dollar Quartet.

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musical with a production running now through March 24.

Jukebox musicals usually comprise a couple dozen wellknown songs connected by expository material, and Million Dollar Quartet is no different. Sam Phillips (Benjamin Stowe) narrates the tale of the event, filling in the backstory and presenting the dramatic conflict around which the music swirls—will Johnny Cash sign a contract extension or fly the coop?

At a recording session for Carl Perkins (Jake Turner) with Jerry Lee Lewis (Nick Kenrick, also music director) on piano, who should happen to drop by but Elvis Presley (Daniel Durston) and his girlfriend (Samantha Arden) and Johnny Cash (Steve Lasiter)! In no time, there’ll be a whole lotta shakin goin’ on, as we’re treated to “Blue Suede Shoes,” “Folsom Prison Blues,” “That’s All Right,” “Great Balls of Fire” and 20 other classics.

Director Michael Ray Wisely—who has played Phillips and directed this piece before—had the benefit of 6th Street expending significant coin on this production, beginning with an impressive set (Conor Woods adapted Kelly James Tighe’s original scenic design) and imported talent.

It’s not an easy show to cast, as each performer must be a “triple threat”: actor, singer and musician.

Kenrick reprises his Theatre Bay Area Award-winning performance as Jerry Lee Lewis and steals the show with his kinetic piano playing and entertaining characterization.

Local performer Turner manages to hold his own as Carl Perkins, and Durston and Lasiter do fine in capturing the essence of their characters while avoiding simple caricatures. They receive good musical support by locals Nick Ambrosino on drums and bassist Shovanny Delgado Carillo.

Ignore the shaky musical history and often pedestrian exposition, and you’ll find yourself enjoying a well-performed staged concert of some of rock ’n’ roll’s greatest hits.

Rating (out of 5): ‘Million Dollar Quartet’ runs Thursday– Sunday through March 24 at 6th Street Playhouse, 52 W. Sixth St., Santa Rosa.

Thursday–Saturday, 7:30pm; Saturday– Sunday, 2pm. $35–$48. 707.523.4185.

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MARCH 27

Celebrating The Band with Dustbowl Revival & Hot Club of Cowtown

MARCH 28

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New North Bay band puts a contemporary spin on ’90s alternative BY CHARLIE SWANSON

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ew on the Bay Area scene, the hardhitting and socially conscious rock band Modern Monsters take their primary inspiration from the 1990s era of alternative and experimental rock, hip-hop, soul and grunge, a time when the members were all coming of age.

Formed in San Rafael by Marinbased bassist Brody Bass and also featuring Marin vocalist Chari Glogovac-Smith, East Bay–based guitarist Rich Wells, and Sonoma County drummer Keenan Tuohy and guitarist Wyatt Lennon, the group is less than two years old but has already evolved a self-assured sound.

Local audiences can catch the band in action this week, when Modern Monsters take over the Whiskey Tip in Santa Rosa on March 8.

With Bass and Wells splitting cowriting duty, Modern Monsters have gelled in the last six months after several lineup and name changes.

“Brody and I are both very down-to earth people, and don’t let things get under our skin,” says Wells. “And if things do get under our skin, we both have music as a release for that. Whatever emotions are trapped inside us, whenever we write a song, we just let it all out.”

The band is midway through recording their debut EP, having laid down several tracks with Grammy-winning producer and engineer Michael Rosen (Rancid, Santana), and they’ve started an online fundraiser on IndieGoGo to help complete the project.

Campaign perks include a chance to smash a guitar onstage with the band and a private concert.

The group is also gearing up to play an unofficial showcase in Austin during the annual South

by Southwest music conference and festival. That showcase will be hosted by Balanced Breakfast, who organize music-industry meetups in cities throughout the country, including Santa Rosa.

More than just a party band, Modern Monsters carry messages of social positivity and tap into an uplifting collective energy at live shows.

“What we do as a band is try to get conversations started, bring down the walls between people,” says Wells. “We appreciate the community and whatever brings it together—we want to be a part of that.”

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Calendar Concerts SONOMA Black Uhuru

Prolific veteran reggae band plays an album-release show for their new LP, “As the World Turns.”

Mar 11, 10pm. $10.

HopMonk Sebastopol, 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol. 707.829.7300.

Sonoma County Bluegrass & Folk Festival

Annual festival features Jerry Wicentowski & the Wiseman Institute, Duo Quartet, Plaid Strangers and others, with jam sessions and workshops. Mar 9, 1pm. $35$40. Sebastopol Community Center, 390 Morris St, Sebastopol. socofoso.com.

The Wood Brothers

Nashville-based country and folk trio play off their new album, “One Drop of Truth,” with opener Carsie Blanton.

Mar 7, 8pm. $29-$49. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.546.3600.

MARIN Jim Kweskin

Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley.

415.388.3850.

NAPA Ladysmith Black Mambazo

South Africa ensemble’s harmonies, first discovered

by Western audiences on Paul Simon’s “Graceland,” pay respect to their cultural and personal history.

Mar 8, 7:30pm. $37 and up. JaM Cellars Ballroom at the Margrit Mondavi Theatre, 1030 Main St, Napa.

707.880.2300.

The Marshall Tucker Band

Southern-rock pioneers are still led by vocalist Doug Gray and still rock like it’s 1973. Mar 8, 8pm. $35-$50.

Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third St, Napa. 707.259.0123.

Clubs & Venues SONOMA 3 Disciples Brewing Taproom

Mar 9, the Stomp Kings.

501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.978.2459.

Acoustic folk and jug band legend performs a seated show with vocalist and multiinstrumentalist Meredith Axelrod and violinist Suzy Thompson. Mar 8, 8:30pm. $20-$25. HopMonk Novato, 224 Vintage Way, Novato.

415.892.6200.

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Marin Symphony

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Marin Symphony Chorus and mezzo-soprano Ashley Dixon are featured in the latest “Masterworks” performance.

Mar 9, 8pm and Mar 10, 3pm. $20-$25 and up. Marin Center’s Veterans Memorial Auditorium, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael.

415.473.6800.

Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds

Fronted by singer Arleigh Kincheloe, the acclaimed soul collective plays off new record, “Gold,” with opening set from funk duo Angelex.

Mar 10, 8pm. $22-$25.

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Mar 7, jazz night with Michael Price & Co. Mar 8, Samba Nova. Mar 9, DJ Timoteo Gigante. Mar 10, Late for the Train. Mar 11, Samuel Gray Edmondson. 6780 Depot St, Suite 120, Sebastopol.

707.861.9603.

Mar 8, Stereo Bounce. Mar 9, Julius Melendez & His Salsa All Stars. 2777 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. 707.545.8530.

Green Music Center Weill Hall

Mar 9, 3pm, Santa Rosa Symphony Youth Orchestra.

1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

HopMonk Sebastopol

Mar 8, One Grass, Two Grass.

Mar 9, Diggin Dirt. Mar 13, Le Hot Jazz. 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol. 707.829.7300.

HopMonk Sonoma Mar 8, Columbia Jones.

Mar 9, Dan Martin.

691 Broadway, Sonoma.

707.935.9100.

Lagunitas Tap Room

Mar 6, JimBo Trout. Mar 7, Nate Lopez. Mar 8, Rose Valley Thorns. Mar 9, Mike Saliani Band. Mar 10, Pacific Vibrations. 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma. 707.778.8776.

Main Street Bistro

Mar 7, Willie Perez. Mar 8, Elena Welch. Mar 9, Fog Holler. Mar 10, Mac & Potter.

16280 Main St, Guerneville.

707.869.0501.

Mystic Theatre & Music Hall

Mar 8, SamVega with Down Dirty Shake and Midnight Transit. Mar 9, TWRP with Planet Booty. Mar 10, Ripe with the Brook & the Bluff. 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. 707.775.6048.

Occidental Center for the Arts

Mar 8, Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands. 3850 Doris Murphy Ct, Occidental.

707.874.9392.

The Phoenix Theater

Mar 8, Secura and Stryk9. 201 Washington St, Petaluma.

707.762.3565.

Red Brick

Mar 8, French Oak. Mar 9, Acrosonics. Mar 10, 12pm, John Kalleen Group.

101 Second St, Petaluma.

707.765.4567.

Redwood Cafe

Mar 7, Song Girls: Four Women in Musical Conversation. Mar 8, Stephanie Teel Band. Mar 9, THUGZ and the Alligators.

Mar 10, 5pm, Gold Coast Jazz Band. Mar 11, the Blues Defenders pro jam. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati.

707.795.7868.

Rio Nido Roadhouse

Mar 8, the Alligators. Mar 9, the King Street Giants.

14540 Canyon 2 Rd, Rio Nido.

707.869.0821.

Stout Brothers Irish Pub

Mar 6, Blues Defenders.

Mar 13, Rhythm Drivers.

527 Fourth St, Santa Rosa.

707.636.0240.

Whiskey Tip

Mar 7, Edgy Open Mic with Star Blue. Mar 8, Modern Monsters and Refract. Mar 9, Lee Vandeveer Band. 1910 Sebastopol Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.843.5535.

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Mar 9, the Tazmanian Devils

with Lorin Rowan & Kirk Casey’s Deep Blue Jam. 224 Vintage Way, Novato.

415.892.6200.

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Mar 7, Tie Dye Blues Band. Mar 8, Pardon the Interruption. Mar 9, Mark’s Jam Sammich. Mar 10, 4pm, Westside Jazz Club.

17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax.

415.459.1091.

Sweetwater Music Hall Mar 7, Greg Loiacono Band.

Mar 8-9, Jorma Kaukonen.

Mar 11, Donavon Frankenreiter with Matt Grundy. Mar 12, Marc Cohn.

Mar 13, Rhett Miller with Jenny O. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.3850.

NAPA Blue Note Napa

Mar 6, Silvestre Martinez Latin Jazz Quintet. Mar 7, Masters of Hawaiian Music with George Kahumoku, Nathan Aweau and David Kahiapo. Mar 9, the John Brothers Piano Company. Mar 10, 11am, Sunday Brunch with Mike Greensill. Mar 12, Jealous Zelig. Mar 13, the Smooth Jazz Alley with Joel Del Rosario. 1030 Main St, Napa. 707.880.2300.

Downtown Joe’s Brewery & Restaurant Mar 8, Levi Lloyd & the 501 Band. Mar 9, Jinx Jones & the KingTones. Mar 10, DJ Aurelio. 902 Main St, Napa.

707.258.2337.

Art Openings SONOMA Riverfront Art Gallery

Solo Exhibit,” local artist displays his dynamic works.

Reception, Mar 7 at 5:30pm.

452 First St E, Ste A, Sonoma.

Daily, 10 to 6 707.938.2200.

NAPA di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art

Mar 9-Dec 29, “Building a Different Model: Selections from the di Rosa Collection,”work by 40 artists offerers visions of transformation and repair through social and physical relationships. Reception, Mar 9 at 4pm. 5200 Sonoma Hwy, Napa.

Wed-Sun, 10 to 6. 707.226.5991.

Comedy Herstory in the Making

Evening of music, theater and fun features award-winning actress Sherry Glaser. Mar 9, 7pm. $20. Graton Community Club, 8996 Graton Rd, Graton.

Events Deed Day

Gun Bun marks 161 years since Jacob Gundlach signed the deed to Rhinefarm with a day of live music, food trucks and more. Mar 9, 11am.

Gundlach Bundschu Winery, 2000 Denmark St, Sonoma.

707.938.5277.

Emma Goldman Day

Infamous anarchist is remembered with staged readings, discussions, meals and drinks. Mar 9, 2pm. $10$25. Arlene Francis Center, 99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa.

707.528.3009.

An Evening with Tyler Henry the Hollywood Medium

Mar 6-May 5, “Early Spring Show,” fine artists Christine Kierstead and Isabelle Truchon feature their dynamic works.

Reception, Mar 9 at 5pm.

132 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma.

Wed, Thurs and Sun, 11 to 6.

Fri-Sat, 11 to 8. 707.775.4ART.

TV star shares new live show called “Life Lessons I’ve Learned from the Departed.”

Mar 10, 7:30pm. $59 and up.

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

Sonoma Community Center

St Helena Historical Society hosts a night of new and original art, live music, arisan bites, local wines and fundraising auction. Mar 9, 1pm. $100. The Gallery at Brasswood, 3111 St Helena Hwy North, St. Helena.

707.967.5502.

Mar 7-30, “Nest: Leather + Fiber,” exhibit features handwoven pieces of leather, wool and plant materials by Keyaira Terry. Reception, Mar 7 at 5:30pm. 276 E Napa St, Sonoma. Daily, 7:30am to 11pm. 707.938.4626.

Terra Firma Gallery Mar 7-31, “Robert Charles

History Becomes Art

Loco-Motion

Napa Valley Vine Trail Coalition benefit dinner

includes raffle, games and live music. Mar 9, 5:30pm. $250. CIA at Copia, 500 First St, Napa. 707.967.2530.

Own Your Magnificence

International Women’s Day event aims to empower and support women as successful leaders in business and life.

Mar 7, 6pm. $25. Foxtail Golf Club, 100 Golf Course Dr, Rohnert Park. 707.584.7766.

Women inPower Napa Valley International Women’s Day Celebration

Keynote speakers, panel discussions, film screening and other inspiring festivities.

Mar 10, 10am. $20-$85. CIA at Copia, 500 First St, Napa.

707.967.2530.

Field Trips Arbor Day Tree Planting Party

Bring your family for a community tree-planting party and park beautification event. Mar 9, 9am. Free.

Northwest Community Park, 2880 West Steele Lane, Santa Rosa. 707.543.3770.

Film CULT Film Series

Series pays tribute to late character actor Dick Miller with a double-bill featuring “Gremlins 2” and “The Howling.” Mar 7, 7pm. $10.

Roxy Stadium 14 Cinemas, 85 Santa Rosa Ave, Santa Rosa.

707.525.8909.

Indie Lens Pop-Up

Local series screens the documentary “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” about Mr Rogers. Mar 11, 1 and 7pm.

Free. Rialto Cinemas, 6868 McKinley St, Sebastopol.

707.525.4840.

Israeli Film Festival

JCC Sonoma County present two screenings of “Fractures,” about a woman whose husband is accused by a student of sexual coercion.

Mar 12, 1 and 7pm. $10$14. Rialto Cinemas, 6868 McKinley St, Sebastopol.

707.525.4840.

Kusama: Infinity

Documentary looks back on how top-selling female artist Yayoi Kusama fought racism and sexism in the industry.

Fri, Mar 8, 7pm and Sun, Mar 10, 4:30pm. Sonoma Film

Let’s Talk About Death

Art History Afternoons with Linda Loveland Reid

Final Passages screens the film “Sea of Trees,” and leads a discussion. Mar 13, 6:30pm.

Sebastopol Grange Hall, 6000 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol.

Petaluma Cinema Series Recent award-winning film “Gravity” screens with lecture by astronomy professor Laura Sparks and discussion.

Mar 13, 6pm. $6. Carole L Ellis Auditorium, SRJC Petaluma Campus, 680 Sonoma Mountain Pkwy, Petaluma. petalumafilmalliance.org.

Twelfth Night Napa Shakes hosts a screening of the production from London’s Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. Mar 10, 1pm. $25. Cameo Cinema, 1340 Main St, St Helena.

707.963.9779.

Young Picasso Art film thus explains how the young Pablo Picasso acquired his artistic craft.

Mar 9, 4 and 7pm. $10. Jarvis Conservatory, 1711 Main St, Napa. 707.255.5445.

Sonoma State University history professor offers a new art history topic each week. Wed, Mar 13, 1:30pm. $25/$65 for series. Sebastopol Center for the Arts, 282 S High St, Sebastopol. 707.829.4797.

Crazy Love: The Romances of the Great Composers

Historian and pianist Kayleen Asbo offers a series of lectures and recitals about some of the most passionate love affairs of the 19th century. Mon, 10:30am. Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 20 Fourth St, Petaluma. 707.778.4398.

Readings Charles M Schulz Museum

Mar 9, 6pm, “A Fire Story” with Brian Fies. 2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa 707.579.4452.

Finley Community Center

Food & Drink

Mar 7, 6pm, “Where the World Begins: Sonoma Mountain Stories & Images” with Arthur Dawson. 2060 W College Ave, Santa Rosa 707.543.3737.

Corned Beef & Cabbage Feed

Napa Main Library

Penngrove Social Firemen present the fundraising feast to help maintain the Penngrove Park. Mar 9, 4pm. $8-$15. Penngrove Community Clubhouse, 385 Woodward Ave, Penngrove.

Sonoma County Restaurant Week

Mar 12, 7pm, “A Fire Story” with Brian Fies. 580 Coombs St, Napa 707.253.4070.

Petaluma Copperfield’s Books

Mar 12, 4pm, “Ronan Boyle and the Bridge of Riddles” with Thomas Lennon. 140 Kentucky St, Petaluma 707.762.0563.

Annual celebration of dining features many restaurants offering fantastic food at reasonable prices. Through Mar 10. Participating Restaurants, various locations, Sonoma County. sonomacountyrestaurantweek.org.

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For Kids

Mar 8, 7pm, “The Impossible Climb” with Mark Synnott.

775 Village Court, Santa Rosa 707.578.8938.

Belle & Mrs Potts Etiquette Tea Enjoy an an afternoon of etiquette and fun.

Reservations required. Mar 10, 12pm. $50. Tudor Rose English Tea Room, 733 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. 707.535.2045.

Mar 7, 5:30pm, “Jazz in Available Light” with Veryl Oakland. Mar 13, 6:30pm, “The Gardener of Eden” with David Downie. 130 E Napa St, Sonoma 707.939.1779.

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Theater 13: The Musical!

Sonoma Arts Live presents the high-energy play that

distills early teenhood in a laugh-out-loud musical masterpiece. Mar 7-17. $15$22. Sonoma Community Center, 276 E Napa St, Sonoma. sonomaartslive.org.

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Through Mar 10. $5. Steele Lane Community Center.

415 Steele Lane, Santa Rosa.

707.483.5800.

FRIDAY, MARCH 8 • 7PM • $5

All the Great Books (Abridged)

ST. PATRICKS DAY PARTY

Play presents brief, comedic renditions of the works of great writers and thinkers such as Confucius and Thoreau. Mar 8-17. Director and playwright Reed Martin leads a roller-coaster ride through all the great books.

Mar 8-17. Newman Auditorium, SRJC, 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.527.4307.

Million Dollar Quartet Hit Broadway musical tells the story of when Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley came together in a jam session in 1956. Through Mar 24. $38-$48, $35 for ages under 30. 6th Street Playhouse, 52 W Sixth St, Santa Rosa. 707.523.4185.

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Sun 3⁄10 • Doors 7pm ⁄ $22–25 • All Ages

Sister Sparrow & the Dirty Birds with ANGELEX

SUNDAY, MARCH 10 • 12PM

JOHN KALLEEN GROUP FRIDAY, MARCH 15 • 7PM • $5

Mon 3⁄11 • Doors 7pm ⁄ $36–38 • 21+

JUNK PARLOR

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SATURDAY, MARCH 16 • 7PM • $5

with Matt Grundy Thu 3⁄13 • Doors 7pm ⁄ $25–30 • All Ages

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Only Kidding!

An over-the-hill standup and a young joke writer team up to break into showbiz in this funny dissection of comedy.

Through Mar 17. $12-$25.

Cloverdale Performing Arts Center, 209 N Cloverdale Blvd, Cloverdale. 707.829.2214.

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Left Edge Theatre presents the dramatic mystery thriller about a detective uncovering a disturbing brand of virtual reality entertainment.

Through Mar 24. $25-$40.

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Those same farmers are reluctant to speak out and thereby jeopardize negotiations with county officials.

One former cannabis-industry lobbyist who has worked closely with the county Permit and Resource Management Department (PRMD), agreed to speak to the Nugget on condition of confidentiality. Call him “Deep Toke.”

“There’s no back-room conspiracy on the part of PRMD and [PRMD director] Tennis Wick to stymie the process, but the outcome is the same as if they had actually conspired,” says Deep Toke. “Wick doesn’t tell his underlings what to do or not do, but he creates an atmosphere in which the message is, ‘Marijuana people aren’t welcome here.’”

Deep Toke adds that Press Democrat stories about cannabis violence, along with irate citizens who don’t want weed in their neighborhoods, have made elected officials afraid to lean on PRMD to expedite the permitting process.

“The supervisors don’t want to stick their necks out and risk losing popular support,” says Deep Toke, “and people like Wick don’t want to lose jobs, pensions and status in the community.”

Alexa Rae Wall, who serves on the Sonoma County Cannabis Advisory Board, says she can’t put her finger on any single reason behind the failed permitting process.

“It's a mix of everything,” she says, and adds that she’s flummoxed why the county has accepted millions of dollars for cannabis permits but has not issued a single one for outdoor cultivation.

Dennis Rosatti, a public affairs consultant who works with cannabis cultivators—and who served as the executive director of Sonoma County Conservation Action—says he has clients who were given a stamp of approval, only to be arbitrarily denied.

“The country has changed the rules repeatedly,” says Rosatti. “It’s not surprising that growers have moved away and that most of the cannabis for sale in dispensaries here isn’t grown here.”

Mike McGuire’s Senate Bill 67 calls for extensions on the permitting process, but even if it passes it won’t remedy the situation. Marijuana Business Daily’s John Schroyer has already reported that thousands of cannabis companies will lose income, face product shortages, and be forced to shut down.

Two years ago, local growers predicted the current fiasco. Now, many remain in the black market.

Deep Toke adds, “Everyone is scrambling to get big so that when the feds legalize, they’ll be bought up, not forced out.”

Jonah Raskin is the author of ‘Marijuanaland: Dispatches from an American War.’

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ARIES (March 21–April 19) Genius inventor Thomas Edison rebelled against sleep, which he regarded as wasteful. He tried to limit his time in bed to four hours per night so he would have more time to work during his waking hours. Genius scientist Albert Einstein had a different approach. He preferred 10 hours of sleep per night, and liked to steal naps during the day, too. In my astrological opinion, Aries, you’re in a phase when it makes more sense to imitate Einstein than Edison. Important learning and transformation are happening in your dreams. Give your nightly adventures maximum opportunity to work their magic in your behalf.

TAURUS (April 20–May 20) The Danish flag has a red background emblazoned with an asymmetrical white cross. It was a national symbol of power as early as the 14th century, and may have first emerged during a critical military struggle that established the Danish empire in 1219. No other country in the world has a flag with such an ancient origin. But if Denmark’s Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen, who’s a Taurus, came to me and asked me for advice, I would urge him to break with custom and design a new flag—maybe something with a spiral rainbow or a psychedelic tree.

I’ll suggest an even more expansive idea to you, Taurus: create fresh traditions in every area of your life!

GEMINI (May 21–June 20) On June 7, 1988, Gemini musician Bob Dylan launched what has come to be known as the Never Ending Tour. It’s still going.

In the past 30+ years, he has performed almost 3,000 shows on every continent except Antarctica.

In 2018 alone, at the age of 77, he did 84 gigs. He’s living proof that not every Gemini is flaky and averse to commitment. Even if you yourself have flirted with flightiness in the past, I doubt you will do so in the next five weeks. On the contrary. I expect you’ll be a paragon of persistence, doggedness and stamina.

CANCER (June 21–July 22) The otters at a marine park in Miura City, Japan, are friendly to human visitors. There are holes in the glass walls of their enclosures through which they reach out to shake people’s hands with their webbed paws. I think you need experiences akin to that in the coming weeks.

Your mental and spiritual health will thrive to the degree that you seek closer contact with animals. It’s a favorable time to nurture your instinctual intelligence and absorb influences from the natural world. For extra credit, tune in to and celebrate your own animal qualities.

LEO (July 23–August 22) Between 1977 and 1992, civil war raged in Mozambique. Combatants planted thousands of land mines that have remained dangerous long after the conflict ended. In recent years, a new ally has emerged in the quest to address the problem: rats that are trained to find the hidden explosives so that human colleagues can defuse them.

The expert sniffers don’t weigh enough to detonate the mines, so they’re ideal to play the role of saviors.

I foresee a metaphorically comparable development in your future, Leo. You’ll get help and support from a surprising or seemingly unlikely source.

VIRGO (August 23–September 22) Imagine a stairway that leads nowhere; as you ascend, you realize that at the top is not a door or a hallway, but a wall. I suspect that lately you may have been dealing with a metaphorical version of an anomaly like this. But I also predict that in the coming weeks some magic will transpire that will change everything. It’s like you’ll find a button on the wall that when pushed opens a previously imperceptible door. Somehow, you’ll gain entrance through an apparent obstruction.

LIBRA (September 23–October 22) Not all of the classic works of great literature are entertaining.

According to one survey of editors, writers and librarians, Goethe’s Faust, Melville’s Moby Dick and Cervantes’ Don Quixote are among the most boring masterpieces ever written. But most experts agree that they’re still valuable to read. In that spirit, and in accordance with astrological omens, I urge you to commune with other dull but meaningful things.

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SCORPIO (October 23–November 21)

Many of you Scorpios regard secrecy as a skill worth cultivating.

It serves your urge to gather and manage power.

You’re aware that information is a valuable commodity, so you guard it carefully and share it sparingly. This predilection sometimes makes you seem understated, even shy. Your hesitancy to express too much of your knowledge and feelings may influence people to underestimate the intensity that seethes within you. Having said all that, I’ll now predict that you’ll show the world who you are with more dazzle and flamboyance in the coming weeks. It’ll be interesting to see how you do that as you also try to heed your rule that information is power.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22–December 21)

Sagittarian actress and producer Deborra-Lee Furness has been married to megastar actor Hugh Jackman for 23 years. Their wedding rings are inscribed with a motto that blends Sanskrit and English, “Om paramar to the mainamar.” Hugh and Deborah-Lee say it means “We dedicate our union to a greater source.” In resonance with current astrological omens, I invite you to engage in a similar gesture with an important person in your life. Now is a marvelous time to deepen and sanctify your relationship by pledging yourselves to a higher purpose or beautiful collaboration or sublime mutual quest.

CAPRICORN (December 22–January 19) In 1997, a supercomputer named Deep Blue won six chess matches against Chess Grand Master Gary Kasparov. In 2016, an artificial intelligence called AlphaGo squared off against human champion Lee Sodol in a best-offive series of the Chinese board game Go. AlphaGo crushed Sodol, four games to one. But there is at least one cerebral game in which human intelligence still reigns supreme: the card game known as bridge. No AI has as yet beat the best bridge players. I bring this to your attention, Capricorn, because I am sure that in the coming weeks, no AI could out-think and outstrategize you as you navigate your way through life’s tests and challenges. You’ll be smarter than ever. P.S.: I’m guessing your acumen will be extra soulful, as well.

AQUARIUS (January 20–February 18) At regular intervals, a hot stream of boiling water shoots up out of the earth and into the sky in Wyoming’s Yellowstone National Park. It’s a geyser called Old Faithful. The steamy surge can reach a height of 185 feet and last for five minutes. When white settlers first discovered this natural phenomenon in the 19th century, some of them used it as a laundry. Between blasts, they’d place their dirty clothes in Old Faithful’s aperture. When the scalding flare erupted, it provided all the necessary cleansing. I’d love to see you attempt a metaphorically similar feat, Aquarius: harness a natural force for a practical purpose, or a primal power for an earthy task.

PISCES (February 19–March 20)

Who was the model for Leonardo da Vinci’s iconic painting Mona Lisa? Many scholars think it was Italian noblewoman Lisa del Giocondo. Leonardo wanted her to feel comfortable during the long hours she sat for him, so he hired musicians to play for her and people with mellifluous voices to read her stories. He built a musical fountain for her to gaze upon and a white Persian cat to cuddle. If it were within my power, I would arrange something similar for you in the coming weeks. Why? Because I’d love to see you be calmed and soothed for a concentrated period of time; to feel perfectly at ease, at home in the world, surrounded by beautiful influences you love. In my opinion, you need and deserve such a break from the everyday frenzy.

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