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Over the past few years the most popular baby name for boys, in a number of U.S. states including California, has been what biblical first name?

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Partiers throng New York’s Times Square on New Years Eve, anticipating the slow descent of a geodesic sphere, 12 feet in diameter, weighing 12,000 pounds. In London, England, revelers greet the arrival of midnight by the sounds of what?

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According to legend, around 9pm on Oct. 8, 1871, Mrs. O’Leary’s cow kicked over a lantern in the barn, causing a two-day fire that decimated what major American city?

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This American sitcom was extremely popular on ABC TV from 1988 to 1997. It was revived in 2018, with enormous ratings from March until its cancellation in May, after its lead star posted a racist tweet. What show was this?

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Give the two-word name and city location of this 605-foot-tall tower built for the 1962 World’s Fair.

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Donald’s best friends: authoritative world leaders. Name their countries: (a) Vladimir Putin ; (b) Kim Jong-un; (c) Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud; (d) Rodrigo Duterte

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If, over a long road trip, a car averages 40 miles per hour, the car’s fuel consumption is 25 miles per gallon, and gas costs $3 per gallon, then how many hours can the car drive on $36 of fuel?

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Identify these movies containing city locations in the title, and starring: (a) Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman (1942); (b) Cameron Diaz, Leonardo DiCaprio and Daniel Day-Lewis (2002); (c) Scarlett Johannson, Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz (2008)

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Beto, We Hardly Know Ya

by Norman Solomon

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ews media tell us that Beto O’Rourke has reached the top tier of potential contenders for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. CNN polls now rank him in third place— behind only Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders—among likely Iowa caucusgoers as well as among Democrats nationwide.

Progressives are apt to be enthusiastic about O’Rourke—if they don’t know much about his record—and inclinations to hop on the Beto bandwagon are understandable. O’Rourke was inspiring this year as he fought to unseat Sen. Ted Cruz with a campaign that built a broad coalition of Texans, while gaining huge small-dollar support from across the country. In late summer, many were thrilled by a video of Beto’s response to a question about NFL players kneeling in protest during the national anthem; his ringing defense of dissent in the context of civil rights history was excellent.

Cruz had to sweat it out on election night and won by only 2.6 percent, a slim margin in such a conservative state. Since then, publicity about Beto O’Rourke potentially running for president has mushroomed, with corporate news outlets portraying him as a progressive.

Released a week ago, the muchpublicized results of a poll that MoveOn conducted of people on its email list found O’Rourke in first place, neck and neck with Biden and Sanders. Media spin intensified, portraying Beto as a challenge to Bernie. The New York Times speculated that “Mr. Sanders’ hold on the party’s progressive base may be slipping as a new generation of Democrats like Representative Beto O’Rourke demonstrate early strength in polls and straw polls, such as the one conducted this week by the liberal group MoveOn.” Beto O’Rourke’s political record deserves scrutiny, and it’s not what

progressives might expect from the overheated adulation that has sent his presidential balloon aloft. Some pointed reporting and critiques this month may have begun a process of bringing Beto fantasies down to earth. For instance: Texas progressive columnist Elizabeth Bruenig looked ahead to the upcoming presidential race: “I think the times both call for and allow for a left-populist candidate with uncompromising progressive principles. I don’t see that in O’Rourke.” She noted that “O’Rourke’s statements on energy have been surprisingly thin”—and that “he has called the decision between oil and gas and renewable energy sources ‘a false choice.’”

Meanwhile, an in-depth article by political journalist Zaid Jilani indicates that O’Rourke doesn’t stand for much that progressives should embrace. During his six years in the House, O’Rourke has been politically close to inert. “While the Democratic base is coalescing around single-payer health care and free college, O’Rourke sponsored neither House bill. During his time in Congress, he never joined the Congressional Progressive Caucus.

He has been, however, a member of the New Democratic Caucus, the group organized to carry on the ideas of Clintonite policies. During the 2016 presidential primary, he stayed on the sidelines.”

As candidates and in office, the last two Democratic presidents have been young, dynamic and often progressive-sounding—while largely serving the interests of Wall Street, big banks, military contractors and the like. Do we need to make it three in a row?

Norman Solomon is co-founder and national coordinator of RootsAction. org. He is the author of a dozen books including ‘War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death.’ He lives in Inverness.

Heroes & Zeroes

By Nikki Silverstein

We usually wake up in the morning, take a nice hot shower and start our day clean and refreshed.

Unfortunately, most homeless people don’t have access to this basic need we take for granted. The Showers program, a new service run by Marin Mobile Care, is working to change that. They bring shower facilities to those in need, with two mobile shower and restroom trailers that travel to different locations throughout the county. Clients of the free service receive shampoo, conditioner, body wash and clean, fresh towels. Good hygiene is the critical first step in finding and keeping a job and place to live, not to mention rediscovering dignity, according to Marin Mobile Care. “It makes me feel re-energized and puts me in a good mood,” said a first-time client.

The Showers launched in San Rafael and Novato earlier this year and now operates a pilot program in Sausalito.

To schedule a shower, call 415.497.1318.

The creativity of scammers never ceases to amaze us. Of course, their incessant phone calls annoy us, but now a new con actually brings us face to face with them in parking lots. A Mill Valley woman left Trader Joe’s in Greenbrae and entered her car. A man approached her in a shiny blue truck and explained that her vehicle had body damage. Sure enough, she found damage that wasn’t there earlier in the day. Of course, this chivalrous chap, in an imposing manner, offered to fix it on the spot with his mobile body shop.

She hired him to repair it right there in the parking lot. In the moment, it was easy to fall prey to the swindle, but later she realized he caused the damage to begin with. Though she contacted the police with his description, she didn’t have his license plate number. If this charlatan tries to separate you from your money, get as much information as possible and call the authorities. Let’s lock him up.

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2018: The Year the President Broke County news, national news, world news—and news from whatever nutty planet that guy in the White House lives on By Tom Gogola

Panda preggers? Didn’t happen. Sad.

JANUARY News of the World On Jan. 31, reported the BBC, a woman tried to bring her “emotional support peacock” onto a United Airlines flight. “The airline could not accept the animal due to its weight and size.” She had better luck with a dodo bird, according to the fake news National Enquirer.

Closer to Home Jan 13: Town of Ross bans the use of e-cigs in public spaces, “and smoking in common areas at multifamily residences,” reports the Marin Independent Journal. The real estate industry, meanwhile, frets over

impact of Trump tax cuts on local housing market.

Meanwhile, in Trumplandia On Jan. 1, Trump gets the year off with a bang when he tweets, per Kim Jong-un: “Will someone from his depleted and food starved regime please inform him that I too have a Nuclear Button, but it is a much bigger & more powerful one than his, and my Button works!” On Jan. 12, the Wall Street Journal reports that Michael Cohen paid Stormy Daniels $130,000 in hush money.

FEBRUARY News of the World Bitcoin bit the

cryptocurrency dust in February after a attaining a 2017 peak value of $20,000.

“Common sense and a realization that, well, you can’t really use Bitcoin in a lot of places,” dropped its value to around $5,900, according to CNET. Closer to Home Voting closed for 2018 Pacific Sun Best of Marin Readers’ Poll, our biggest and baddest-ass Best Of issue ever!

Meanwhile, in Trumplandia On Feb. 5, Trump says Democrats committed treason by not applauding his speech at the State of the Union. White House official Rob Porter resigns two days later, after it’s revealed that he beat his

wife. On Feb. 19, Trump Tweets, “Without more Republicans in Congress, we were forced to increase spending on things we do not like or want in order to finally, after many years of depletion, take care of our Military. Sadly, we needed some Dem votes for passage. Must elect more Republicans in 2018 Election!”

MARCH News of the World Amid a year of senseless gun violence in schools and elsewhere, CNN reports on March 13 that a California teacher “accidentally fired off his gun, injuring one student” during a gun-

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Pentagon flunks first ever audit. Losers!

safety demonstration. The injuries were minor, but the irony was not.

Closer to Home State fish bureaucrats issue warning about paralytic toxicity of shellfish harvested in Marin County—mussels, scallops and clams—and says ingesting the bivalves could lead to death.

Meanwhile, in Trumplandia On March 3, Trump says he wishes the United States were more like China, where Xi Jinping is president for life. “Maybe we’ll have to give that a shot some day.” On March 11, he declares that arming teachers is best way to stop mass shootings at schools. Two days later, he fires Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State. Tillerson later recollects his interactions with Trump, which generally arced along these lines: “Mr. President, I understand what you want to do, but you can’t do it that way. It violates the law.” On March 20, Trump meets with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the White House, and two days after that, H. R. McMasters resigns as National Security Advisor.

APRIL News of the World Residents of Flint, Mich., were quite skeptical

when elected leaders assured them that the water was safe to drink again, “and therefore the free bottled water program will end,” reported CNN. Closer to Home Dingus the dog is stolen from his heartbroken owner in Bolinas, on Friday, April 13. From the Department of Holiday Miracles for the Ages—the dog is located at a party in San Diego more than six months later, on Thanksgiving, and returned to his owners.

Meanwhile, in Trumplandia Trump sends the National Guard to the Mexico border on April 4, and a few days later does his “Maybe I’ll fire Mueller, maybe I won’t” routine.

On April 13, he pardons Bushera felon Scooter Libby, and calls former FBI director James Comey a slimeball who belongs in jail.

MAY News of the World CNN reports that on May 12, Delaware “became the first U.S. state to fully ban child marriage,” as it banned any nuptials of under-18 lovebirds, even if the parents are cool with it.

Closer to Home A 58-foot fin whale

washes up on a West Marin beach, as local news outlets report it’s the third such wash-up in a week.

Meanwhile, in Trumplandia On May 8, the White House denies a New York Times report that claims Trump is pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal. That say day, Trump says in a speech that the U.S. is pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal.

JUNE News of the World Reuters reports on June 25 that giant panda Mei Xiang “may be pregnant.” The Smithsonian Institution’s National Zoo was hoping for a bun in the bear oven, but alas, it was not to be. CNN reports on California wingnuts’ latest attempt to divide the state into three. The ballot measure is thrown out before the November midterms.

Closer to Home Battle over fate of San Geronimo golf course heats up as judge moves to block sale to Marin County, which sought to turn the course into public parkland.

Meanwhile, in Trumplandia Trump declares that it’s time for a MAGA rally! He says some ridiculous things, and people cheer wildly.

JULY News of the World As Trump’s immigration policies tear children from their parents, CNN reports on a July 4 moment of glory when a woman “climbed the base of the Statue of Liberty” to protest the family separation policy. And in Texas, a shark is stolen from an aquarium, but Miss Helen (that’s the shark) is soon reunited with her fellow dead-eyed demons of the high seas, reports the BBC. Closer to Home Marin City’s Rosie the Riveter, Annie Smalls, dies at age 99, reports the Marin IJ, along with numerous national news outlets. She was a legend.

Meanwhile, in Trumplandia Corrupt EPA administrator Scott Pruitt resigns on July 5, and a few days later, Trump nominates blackout college rapist Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. On July 13, Robert Mueller indicts a dozen Russian spooks over 2016 election-interference inquiry, and two days later Trump tweets, “Congratulations to President Putin and Russia for putting on a truly great World Cup Tournament—one of the best ever!” Next day, Trump is blasted for kissing Putin’s ass at the Helsinki summit. Former CIA »8

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director John Brennan: “Nothing short of treasonous.” Later in the month, Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani claims Cohen tapes actually exonerate Trump, Mueller subpoenas Roger Stone, Trump calls “this whole Russia thing” a hoax, and says he’ll shut down the government if he doesn’t get his wall. Paul Manafort trial begins on July 31, while Trump defends voter ID laws, given that Americans have to show an ID to buy groceries.

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News of the World Reuters reports that an 11-year-old boy was able to hack into a replica of Florida’s voting website, in 10 minutes. “Once in, he was able to change the tallies and the names.” Officials were . . . concerned . . . about the possibility of hacking “during nationwide elections.” In November, voter suppression efforts in the Sunshine State throw the governor’s election to the Republican, while a 10-yearold American president cheers.

Closer to Home Bridge fire scorches

Black Mountain, as 45 acres go up in smoke. By December, the firezone is almost unrecognizable and covered in a fresh patch of sweet, green grass.

Meanwhile, in Trumplandia On Aug. 2, press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders doesn’t disavow Trump’s claim that the press is the enemy of the people. Not long after, Trump calls Omarosa Manigault a dog, and revokes John Brennan’s security clearance. On Aug. 19, Giuliani declares that “truth isn’t truth,” while fake news pioneer David Pecker is granted immunity in porn-payoff plot on Aug. 23.

SEPTEMBER News of the World CNN reports that a Philadelphia museum “announced that someone had stolen thousands of live spiders, scorpions and other exotic insects.”

Inside job, reports the network.

Closer to Home Irving fire breaks »12 out in Lagunitas, forcing

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hat makes Marin County one of the best places in the world to be? Let us count the ways. Let us count the ways.

More accurately, let us count your votes. Our annual Best of Marin readers’ poll is here, with 47 new categories, and we couldn’t be more excited to turn to you, our loyal readers, to tell us exactly what you love most about Marin. We tally your votes - in categories that include: Arts & Culture, Fitness & Recreation, Food & Drink, Home

Arts & Culture Best Art Festival Best Art Gallery Best Art Studio Best Ballet Company Best Band Best Charity Event Best Cover Band Best Dance Studio Best Festival Best Film Festival Best Indie Filmmaker Best LGBTQ Event Best Media Personality: TV, Radio, Print Best Movie Theater Best Museum Best Music Festival Best Music Venue Best Outdoor Art Event Best Outdoor Music Festival Best Outdoor Music Venue Best Performing Arts Company Best Performing Dance Company Best Place to Dance Best Theater Company Best Videographer

Fitness & Recreation Best Beach Best Bike Route/Trail

Best Bike Shop Best Boating Company Best Cycling Event Best Gym Best Health Club Best Hiking Trail Best Horseback Riding Company Best Martial Arts School Best Outdoor Adventure Tour Best Park/Open Space Best Personal Trainer Best Pilates Studio Best Skate Shop Best Snow Sports Shop Best Sports Fishing Charter Company Best Surf Shop Best Swimming Pool Best Tai Chi ⁄ Qigong Instructor Best Tennis Club Best Water Sports Company Best Yoga Studio

Food & Drink Best Art Inspired Tasting Room Best Bakery/Cafe Best Bar Best Bartender Best BBQ Best Beach Restaurant Best Beer Label Best Breakfast

Improvement, Family, Cannabis, Everyday, Beauty, Health & Wellness and Romance - to determine the winners, and then put together our biggest issue of the year, published on April 24 to celebrate them.

From it’s lively arts and culture events, to its eclectic food scene to its aweinspiring landscapes, Marin certainly spoils all who spend time here. We look forward to seeing which people, places and things have captured your hearts.

Happy voting!

Best Brew Pub Best Brunch Best Burger Best Burrito Best Business Lunch Best Butcher Shop Best Cafe/Coffeehouse Best Caterer Best Cheese Shop Best Chef Best Chinese Best Chocolatier Best Cocktails Best Craft Beer Selection In-House Best Craft Beer Selection To-Go Best Craft Brew Event Best Craft Canned Beer Best CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) Best Deli (must specify town) Best Diner Best Dining after 10pm Best Dive Bar Best Eco-Friendly Winery Best Farmers’ Market (specify location) Best Food Truck Best French Best Fried Chicken Best Frozen Yogurt Best Gluten-Free Menu Options Best Happy Hour Best Ice Cream

Best Indian (must specify town & complete biz name) Best Italian Best Japanese/Sushi Best Latin American Best Local Coffee Roaster Best Mediterranean (must specify town & complete biz name) Best Mexican (must specify town & complete biz name) Best Micro-brew Best Natural/Sustainable Restaurant Best New Restaurant (opened in 2018) Best New Winery (less than one year) Best Outdoor Dining Best Pet-Friendly Restaurant Best Pizza Best Place for Oysters Best Ramen Best Restaurant Best Restaurant with a View Best Sandwich Shop (must specify town) Best Seafood Best Server (specify restaurant) Best Sommelier Best Sports Bar Best Spot to Dine Solo Best Tea Shop/Cafe Best Thai (must specify town & complete biz name)

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Best Vegan Menu Best Vegetarian Best Vietnamese Best Waterfront Restaurant Best Wine Best Wine & Food Experience Best Wine Bar Best Wine Event Best Wine Label Best Wine List Best Wine Tasting Room

Family Best Animal Adoption Center Best Animal Hospital Best Baby Gift Store Best Child Care Center Best Child-Friendly Restaurant Best Children’s Camp Best Children’s Clothing Store Best Children’s Consignment Store Best Children’s Educational Center Best Children’s Indoor Sports Center Best Children’s Museum Best College Best Dog Obedience School Best Dog Park Best Hobby Shop

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Best Holistic Veterinary Best Kennel Best Organic Pet Products Best Pet Boutique Best Pet Day Care Best Pet/Feed Store Best Pet Groomer Best Place for a Children’s Party Best Preschool Best Private School (K-12) Best Public School (K-12) Best Toy Store Best Veterinary Services

Home Improvement Best Appliance Repair Best Architect Best Brokerage Best Carpet Cleaning Best Carpeting/Flooring Best Cleaning Service Best Computer Repair Service Best Contractor (commercial) Best Contractor (residential) Best Deck & Fencing Best Demolition Firm Best Electrician Best Green Builder Best Hauling Best Home Furnishings Best Home Improvement Store

» Keep your votes to locally owned and operated businesses » Pacific Sun staff members, contributors, advertisers and their families may vote » Deadline for online ballots is February 8 at 5pm

Best Home Organizer Best Interior Designer Best Kitchen/Bath Remodeler Best Landscape Design Company Best Landscape Supplier Best Landscaper Best Locksmith Best Moving & Storage Best Painting Contractor Best Paint Supplier Best Plumber Best Real Estate Broker Best Real Estate Brokerage Best Realtor Best Roofer Best Self-Storage Best Solar Supplier Best Tree Service Best Window Cleaners

Romance Best Boutique Hotel Best Couples Counseling Best Erotica Store Best Lingerie Shop Best Place for Singles to Meet Best Romantic Dinner Best Sex Therapist Best Staycation Best Wedding Event Planner Best Wedding Photographer Best Wedding Reception Venue

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Beauty, Health & Wellness Best Acupuncturist Best Allergist Best Assisted Living Facility Best Beauty Supply Store Best Chiropractor Best Dentist Best Dermatologist Best Ear, Nose & Throat Physician Best Endodontist Best ER Doctor Best Esthetic Dentist Best Esthetician (individual/business) Best Eye Lash Extensions and/or Brow Enhancements Best Facial Best Family Practitioner Best Full-Service Beauty Salon Best Funeral Home Best General Practice Physician Best Hair Salon Best Heart Surgeon Best Holistic Health Center Best Holistic Herbal Shop Best Holistic Practitioner Best Home Health Care Provider Best Internal Medicine Physician Best Laser Surgery Center

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Best Lasik Eye Surgery Best Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) Best Local Hospital Best Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT) Best Massage Services Best Midwife Best Nail Services Best Nutritionist Best OB⁄GYN Best Oncologist Best Ophthalmologist Best Oral Surgeon Best Orthodontist Best Orthopedic Surgeon Best Pediatrician Best Pharmacy Best Physical Therapist Best Plastic Surgeon Best Psychiatrist Best Psychologist Best Rehabilitation Center Best Retreat Center Best Spa Best Spa/Hot Tub Store Best Specialized Mobility Equipment Best Sports Medicine Best Spray Tan

Best Urgent Care Center Best Waxing Studio

Cannabis Best Attorney—Cannabis Best Cannabis Body Care Best Cannabis Event Best Cannabis Label Best CBD Product Best Edibles Best Mobile Delivery Best Pipe Shop Best Therapeutic Product

Everyday Best Accountant Best Antique Shop Best Art Supply Store Best Attorney Best Auto Body Repair Best Auto Dealer (new) Best Auto Dealer (used) Best Auto Detailing Best Auto Repair Best Barber Best Body Art Place (tattoo, piercing, etc.)

Best Bookstore (new) Best Bookstore (used)

Best Business Bank Best Camera/Photography Store Best Car Audio Best Chamber of Commerce Best Clothing Alterations Best Clothing Store – Men’s Best Clothing Store – Women’s Best Co-Working Office Space Best Consignment – Clothing Best Consignment – Home Best Consumer Bank Best Costume/Festival Apparel Shop Best Credit Union Best Culinary Store Best Digital Creative Services Best Dry Cleaner Best Eco-Conscious Business Best Ethnic Market Best Event Production Services Company Best Fashion Jewelry Store Best Financial Advisor Best Fine Jewelry Store Best Florist Best Framing Shop Best Furniture/Home Furnishings Best Gift Shop Best Grocery Store Best Home Audio Best Hotel/Resort

Best Hydroponic Supply Store Best Insurance Agent Best Judge Best Law Firm Best Local Food Product Best Locally Made Retail Product Best Motorcycle/Scooter Shop Best Musical Instruments Store Best Natural Foods Store Best New Retail Business (opened in 2018) Best Nonprofit Best Optical Store Best Phone Repair Best Pipe Shop Best Psychic/Medium Best Record/CD Store Best Recycling Center Best Senior Living Facility Best Senior Services Best Shoe Store Best Tire Shop Best Tow Service Best Town Other than Your Own Best Transportation Best Travel Agency Best Valet Best Vape Shop Best Vintage Clothing Store

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Meanwhile, in Trumplandia On Sept. 11, Trump tweets: “Rudy Giuliani did a GREAT job as Mayor of NYC during the period of September 11th. His leadership, bravery and skill must never be forgotten. Rudy is a TRUE WARRIOR!”

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News of the World Reuters reports that Pennsylvania was poised to make hazing a felony, after some dumb college kids killed Timothy Piazza at Penn State.

Closer to Home Irving fire extinguished, whew, and as the fire season cranks up and the Red Flags fly, PG&E helicopters spotted zipping around Marin, inspecting power lines in high-risk areas of the county.

Meanwhile, in Trumplandia On Oct. 4, Trump mocks Kavanaugh sexual-assault victim Christine Blasey Ford in Mississippi.

Kavanaugh is confirmed by the Senate a few days later, and a few days after that, U.N. Ambassador Nicki Haley resigns. Trump expresses “concern” over the murder and dismemberment of Washington Post writer Jamal Khashoggi on Oct. 11, but on Oct. 15, reassures his cult following via Twitter that he “Just spoke to the King of Saudi Arabia who denies any knowledge of whatever may have happened ‘to our Saudi Arabian citizen.’”

NOVEMBER News of the World Reuters reports on a Food and Drug Administration push to “curb the teenage vaping epidemic” by banning the sale of flavored vapes at convenience stores and gas stations. Also: the Pentagon is audited for the first time, and fails the audit. “The discrepancies could take years to resolve,” Reuters notes.

Closer to Home Gavin Newsom elected governor, as California’s GOP congressional delegation gets totally shellacked. Paradise fire breaks out on Nov. 8 and soon fills the county with smoke from the distant fire.

Meanwhile, in Trumplandia Republicans lose the House of

Representatives on Nov. 6. The next day, Jim Acosta of CNN is banned from the White House. Later in the week, Trump tweets, “There is no reason for these massive, deadly and costly forest fires in California except that forest management is so poor.

Billions of dollars are given each year, with so many lives lost, all because of gross mismanagement of the forests. Remedy now, or no more Fed payments!” He visits Paradise shortly thereafter and calls it Pleasure, and soon thereafter tweet-exonerates the Saudis from complicity in the Khashoggi murder. On Nov. 27, he declares that the “Fake News Media builds Bob Mueller up as a Saint, when in actuality he is the exact opposite. He is doing TREMENDOUS damage to our Criminal Justice System, where he is only looking at one side and not the other. Heroes will come of this, and it won’t be Mueller.” Two days later, Cohen pleads guilty for lying to Congress.

DECEMBER News of the World Grammywinning torch-song singer Nancy Wilson dies. Not that Nancy Wilson, the other Nancy Wilson.

Closer to Home Just in time for the “end” of the now endless fire season, monster waves batter the coast, thanks to a big storm out near the Aleutians.

Meanwhile, in Trumplandia On Dec. 6, the Senate rebukes Trump for lying to country about the Khashoggi murder. Mueller files court docs related to sentencing of former national security advisor Michael Flynn. Trump nominates Fox moron Heather Nauert as Ambassador to the U.N. on Dec. 7 and two days later declares that “The Trump Administration has accomplished more than any other U.S. Administration in its first two (not even) years of existence, & we are having a great time doing it! All of this despite the Fake News Media, which has gone totally out of its mind—truly the Enemy of the People!” On Dec. 18, Trump shuts down Trump Foundation as New York Attorney General reports of a “shocking pattering of illegality.” Y

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Though only a few get nominated, more than 87 films from around the world have been submitted this year to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to be considered for the Academy Award for Foreign Language Film. Marin movie lovers can see many of the entries in the annual For Your Consideration film series.

Opening with films like Panama’s Ruben Blades Is Not My Name (about the Latin American singer-songwriter) and Germany’s Never Look Away (a historyspanning drama), the series runs Friday, Jan. 4, through Jan. 10 at the Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael. Films and times at rafaelfilm. cafilm.org.

The magic of art lies in its subjectivity, and the artists involved in the upcoming exhibit, Open to Interpretation, know that art has the power to be wildly different for each viewer, depending on one’s background and life experience. They’ve layered the works in this show with meaning, offering visitors the chance to study and share their thoughts about artworks that span from figurative to conceptual.

The exhibit runs through Feb. 24 and opens with a reception on Saturday, Jan. 5, 500 Palm Drive, Novato. 4:30pm.

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Actor-comedian Robert Dubac’s newest Off-Broadway hit, The Book of Moron, lambasts the current state of affairs in our society that has people worshiping reality television and favoring selfies over self-reflection.

Armed with razor-sharp wit, this bizarre and hilarious critical-thinking exercise combines stand-up, satire and live theater with provocative and scathing absurdness. The Book of Moron comes to the North Bay on Saturday, Jan. 5, at Marin Center Showcase Theater, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael. 4pm and 8pm. $60.

415.499.6800.

Bay Area congresswoman Jackie Speier began her life in politics as a staffer for U.S. Rep. Leo Ryan. In late 1978, she and Ryan were in Guyana to investigate Jim Jones and his cult followers at Jonestown. It ended badly. Ryan was assassinated in the notorious mass murder-suicide; Speier survived five gunshot wounds. Not surprisingly, the event forever shaped Speier’s perspectives as she went on to persevere in the world of American politics. Speier shares all in her new memoir, Undaunted, which she’ll read from on Jan. 7, at Copperfield’s Books, 140 Kentucky St., Petaluma, 7pm. Free.

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t was quite a year. After a devastating end to 2017 in neighboring Sonoma and Napa counties, 2018 was a year of healing and rebuilding in the North Bay, and music and art played a vital part in keeping spirits high. Looking back on the concerts, album releases and other musical adventures in Marin, it’s clear that the scene is strong as ever and getting stronger. Here, we revisit some highlights of the year in music.

In the wake of 2017’s disaster, Mill Valley musician and producer Scott Mickelson was one of the first to spearhead a musical fire relief project; collaborating with Bay Area songwriters to record a benefit compilation album, After the Fire: Vol. 1.

“My wife and I have been enjoying Napa and Sonoma since 1987; that was always our go-to place. It hit me hard, the thought that it won’t ever be the same in our lifetime,” said Mickelson last March when

the album was released and raised thousands of dollars for relief. Last month, Mickelson started producing a new benefit compilation, this time for the Blanket the Homeless organization, that’s due to be completed by springtime.

Another major musical fundraiser in Marin last year was the annual Sound Summit festival, held atop Mount Tamalpais State Park by Roots & Branches Conservancy, who have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for Mount Tam conservation efforts. Last year’s Summit featured headliners like Herbie Hancock, Grace Potter and Bob Weir, who also headlined last September’s Sweetwater in the Sun Festival in Novato, a new showcase of the Mill Valley music hall’s roster of talent.

Joining Weir (co-owner of the Sweetwater Music Hall) onstage at Sweetwater in the Sun’s headlining jam session were longtime North Bay stars like guitarist Steve Kimock

(Zero), drummer Jay Lane and bassist Robin Sylvester (RatDog).

“We’re excited to showcase what we do inside our venue,” said Sweetwater Music Hall general manager and talent buyer Aaron Kayce in advance of last year’s festival, which celebrated Sweetwater’s long history in Marin’s music scene.

Last year was also a memorable one for Marin record stores, as San Rafael’s Red Devil Records turned 20 years old, and Mill Valley Music marked 10 years of business. With vinyl records sales numbers higher now than they’ve been in over 20 years, Red Devil Records owner Barry Lazarus summed up vinyl’s popularity in two ways: it sounds better and it looks better.

“Marin County has such a rich musical history, there are just endless record collectors [here],” Lazarus said last year. “The age range of customers in my store is from 10 to 80 years old, and the flow doesn’t stop.”

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Final Cut Looking back on the best films of last year By Richard Von Busack

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op ten films of 2018: Roma, Active Measures, Black KkKlansman, Black Panther, Cold War, First Reformed, The Other Side of the Wind, Sorry to Bother You, Support the Girls, Suspiria.

Runners up: Active Measures, Blindspotting, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Leave No Trace, Shirkers, Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, First Man. Snap your fingers, like Thanos, and half of all existing motion pictures turn into a shower of disintegrating pixels. Imposing scarcity is a tragic task, but it had to be done to make room for more tent poles. Just ask the FilmStruck proprietors, who made so much vanish so that deserving stockholders might affix ermine mud flaps to their Porsche Cayennes.

The process needs no empurpled Josh Brolin, though. The decay-prone

qualities of an all-digital media are bad enough—as opposed to 35mm, which can survive decades in a frozen dump.

Preserving all this digital cinema is going to be a technical challenge for anyone watching a hundred years from now. (Of course, you could be like that now-infamous professor who opined in the Washington Post that the loss of FilmStruck just cleared the deck of a lot of moldy old films enshrining racism and sexism, so why not dump it and make room for something new.)

But the contradiction of supposedly having everything at hand—we certainly don’t—is aggravating. So much of the lineup on streaming services is “for us to know and for you to find out,” a self-fulfilling forecast of “content” unwatched.

Happily, Roma, did create a buzz through the old way of word of

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Tessa Thompson and Lakeith Stanfield captivated audiences in ‘Sorry to Bother You,’ an outlandish satire on racism that’s one of 2018’s top films.

mouth. And all honor for exhibitors such as 3Below, taking a gamble that people would want to see a real movie in a real theater even while it played on Netflix.

Yet some of these names will be unfamiliar. The documentary Active Measures took the spot reserved for Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Tender and moving as that profile of Mr. Rogers was, you ought to give primacy to the kind of documentary filmmaking that could get a reporter killed. The analysis of Putin skullduggery was as menacing as supervillainy in any Marvel epic.

Black KkKlansman and Black Panther are forever linked by titles. The first is a New York film school-style attack on a wild tale, based on a true story the way a cube of bouillon is based on an ox. It’s a reminder of how much infuriating fun Spike Lee can be— there’s still a point on that Spike. And there isn’t a white American alive who should miss Harry Belafonte’s lecture on the weight of cinema. As for Black Panther, it just may be another Wizard of Oz someday.

Cold War opens in January, an ironical black and white romance of missed connections amid the Soviet days. It has the lyricism of the best of Nabokov.

First Reformed’s somber tone and the mussy ending is a challenge, but Paul Schrader’s mystical cinephilia deserves all the honors its getting.

Speaking of cinephilia, the completed Other Side of the Wind shows the limberness of late-period Orson Welles. What else might be resurrected?

In Sorry to Bother You, Boots Riley uses comedy to cut up racism, matching the vigor, ferment and outlandishness seen in last-century counterculture satire, from the Firesign Theater to Lindsay Anderson’s Candide story O Lucky Man! (1973).

Viva Support the Girls, one of the best yet least known on this list.

Andrew Bujalski’s study of a tittiesand-beer bar in suburban Texas honors the ingenuity of a sharp middle manager (an endearing Regina King) intervening between the friendly young imbeciles she employs and her swine of a boss.

Luca Guadagnino’s deeply frightening 1970s-set Suspiria remake is my idea of a solstice movie, since a season of darkness is perfect for tales of death and night and blood.

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Concerts

Station House Cafe Jan 6, 5pm, Paul Knight and friends. 11180 State Route 1, Pt Reyes Station. 415.663.1515.

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Throckmorton Theatre Jan 9, 12pm, the Ledge Trio. 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley.

415.383.9600.

Green Leaf Rustlers All-star country and folk outfit feature Marin icons Chris Robinson, Greg Loiacono, Barry Sless, John Molo and Pete Sears. Jan 4-5, 9pm. $45-$50. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.3850.

SONOMA Aenimus Progressive metal band out of San Francisco previews their forthcoming album, “Dreamcatcher,” with support from hardcore acts like Wastewalker and 4199. Jan 4, 7pm. $12. Arlene Francis Center, 99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa. 707.528.3009.

Clubs & Venues MARIN Fenix Jan 5, the Blues Mothers. Jan 6, 6:30pm, Jazz Jam with SF Jazz Quintet. 919 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.813.5600.

HopMonk Novato Jan 3, Blondiva. Jan 4, Jeffrey Foucault. Jan 5, Mustache Harbor. 224 Vintage Way, Novato.

415.892.6200.

Marin Country Mart Jan 4, 5:30pm, Friday Night Jazz with the Rob Hart Trio. Jan 6, 12:30pm, Folkish Festival with Ramshackle Palace. 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur.

415.461.5700.

19 Broadway Nightclub Jan 3, Eddie Neon Blues Jam. Jan 4, First Friday Reggae NIght. Jan 6, Elvis Johnson blues jam. Jan 8, Lucas, Bohan & Bristow. 17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax.

415.459.1091.

Papermill Creek Saloon Jan 4, Sky Blue Band. Jan 5, Just Friends.

Jan 6, 6:30pm, Papermill Gang. Jan 9, Judy Radiloff. 1 Castro, Forest Knolls. 415.488.9235.

Peri’s Silver Dollar Jan 3, Idle Joy. Jan 4, Sharkmouth. Jan 5, the Bad Thoughts. Jan 6, Omen. Jan 8, Alex Rasmussen. Jan 9, Liquid Green. 29 Broadway, Fairfax. 415.459.9910.

Rancho Nicasio Jan 4, Paul Olguin and Loralee Christensen.

Jan 6, 4pm, Todos Santos. 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio. 415.662.2219.

Sausalito Cruising Club Mon, Joe Tate & Blue Monday Band jam session. 300 Napa St, Sausalito. 415.332.9922.

Smiley’s Schooner Saloon Jan 3, Andrew Victor Folk. Jan 4, Catch Prichard. Jan 5, Kelly Peterson Band.

Jan 6, Joe Kelner. 41 Wharf Rd, Bolinas.

415.868.1311.

Trek Winery Jan 5, Todos Santos. 1026 Machin Ave, Novato. 415.899.9883.

SONOMA HopMonk Sebastopol Jan 5, Petty Theft. Jan 7, DJ Smoky. 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol. 707.829.7300.

The Phoenix Theater Jan 5, Stone Salad and Kurupi.

201 Washington St, Petaluma.

707.762.3565.

NAPA Blue Note Napa Jan 4, Stealing Shakespeare. Jan 5, Bands in the Bay with Risky Biscuits and Van Goat.

Jan 8, JourneyDay and Belle. 1030 Main St, Napa. 707.880.2300.

Tuesday Night Live See several standup comedians on stage.

Jan 8, 8pm. $17-$27. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley.

415.383.9600.

Events Best of the SF Solo Series Bay Area’s most critically-acclaimed, awardwinning on-person shows run in Marin, this week featuring Josh Kornbluth’s “Love & Taxes.” Sun, Jan 6, 7pm. $40. Marin Center Showcase Theatre, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael. 415.499.6800.

Field Trips SPAWN Creek Walk Join Salmon Protection and Watershed Network (SPAWN) for a guided tour through the Lagunitas Watershed to look for returning coho salmon. Pre-registration required. Sat, Jan 5, noon. $15. Samuel P Taylor State Park, Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Lagunitas. 415.488.9897.

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MarinMOCA Jan 5-Feb 24, “Open to Interpretation,” exhibit features works with layers of meaning which aim to start a dialog between artist and viewer. Reception, Jan 5 at 4:30pm. 500 Palm Dr, Novato. Wed-Fri, 11 to 4; Sat-Sun, 11 to 5. 415.506.0137.

Animal Film Festival Annual traveling event features awardwinning films. Jan 5, 7pm. Marin Humane, 171 Bel Marin Keys Blvd, Novato.

415.883.4621.

Comedy Big Fat Year-End Kiss Off Comedy Show Wrap up the year with a night of laughs featuring the Bay Area’s best comedians.

Jan 4, 8pm. $25. Sebastiani Theatre, 476 First St E, Sonoma. 707.996.9756.

Wrap up the year with a night of laughs featuring the Bay Area’s best comedians.

Jan 5, 8pm. $30-$40. Raven Theater, 115 North St, Healdsburg. 707.433.3145.

The Book of Moron Fast-paced, hilarious production helmed by actor, writer and director Robert Dubac combines satire and theater. Jan 5, 4 and 8pm. $60. Marin Center Showcase Theatre, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael.

415.499.6800.

Comedy Night at Griffo with Maronzio Vance Low-key comic has been seen on Comedy Central and “Lopez.” ALso appearing is Ed Greer, Emily Catalano and host Chad Opitz, with cocktails and spirits before the show. Jan 4, 7pm. $20. Griffo Distillery, 1320 Scott St, Petaluma. 707.879.8755.

Frank Olivier’s Tricks to Happiness Unique and very funny show explores happiness from the inside-out. Jan 5, 8pm. $20-$35. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley.

415.383.9600.

CULT Film Series Robert De Niro plays a pair of villains in CULT’s double feature screening of “Angel Heart” and “Cape Fear.” Jan 3, 7pm. $10.

Roxy Stadium 14 Cinemas, 85 Santa Rosa Ave, Santa Rosa. 707.525.8909.

Down In Front!

Several funny comedians talk over a screening of the ‘80s teen dance classic “Footloose.” Jan 7, 7pm. $10. Sebastiani Theatre, 476 First St E, Sonoma.

707.996.9756.

For Your Consideration See a selection of Academy Award submissions from around the world. Jan 4-10.

Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.454.1222.

Viva España!

Fim series focusing on artists and writers of Spain opens with the in-depth 2018 documentary “Salvador Dali: In Search of Immortality.” Tues, Jan 8, 6:30pm. $10-$15. Lark Theater, 549 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur. 415.924.5111.

Food & Drink Off the Grid Food Trucks Eat your way through the largest gathering of mobile food trucks in Marin, listen to live music and take in great views.

Sun, 11am. Marin Country Mart, 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur.

415.461.5700.

Point Reyes Community Lunch Break bread with friends and enjoy live music. Jan 4, 12pm. $3-$6. Dance Palace, 503 B St, Pt Reyes Station. 415.663.1075.

Lectures Contemporary Classics Pat Holt’s monthly book discussion group covers the novel “Winter” by Ali Smith. Jan 2, 6:30pm. $20. Point Reyes Books, 11315 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station. 415.663.1542.

Left Coast Writers “Hidden Compass” editors Sabine Bergman and Sivani Babu look ahead to 2019’s adventures. Jan 7, 7pm. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera.

415.927.0960.

Readings Book Passage Jan 8, 7pm, “Silicon City” with Cary McClelland. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 415.927.0960.

Marin City Library Jan 8, 7pm, “Atlanta Burning Sherman’s Shadows” Play Reading, a rehearsed reading of Lance Belville’s new play.

164 Donahue St, Marin City.

415.332.6157.

Novato Copperfield’s Books Jan 7, 3pm, Words Off Paper with various local authors. 999 Grant Ave, Novato.

415.763.3052.

Theater Love, Linda The songs of Cole Porter are interwoven with storytelling by his wife, Linda Lee. Through Jan 13. Cinnabar Theater, 3333 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma.

707.763.8920.

Spin Off Imaginists’ alternate universe finds the average American family navigating new episodes of wackiness, weekly. Through Jan 26. $5-$20. The Imaginists, 461 Sebastopol Ave, Santa Rosa.

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PublicNotices to get into my room. See, attached declarations. b. I am afraid that the person in 2. will abuse me in the future because: She has not only continued with the behavior that led to this restraining order, she has also tried to circumvent the order, by pretending to be my other daughter. See, attached declarations. I declare under penalty of pe1jury under the laws of the State of California that the information above is true and correct. Date: 11-15-18 Signed: Joan Headrick DV-710 Notice of Hearing to Renew Restraining Order Filed DEC 14 2018 JAMES M. KIM. Court Executive Officer MARIN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT By: C. Lucchesi, Deputy Superior Court of California, County of Marin 3501 Civic Center Drive P.O. Box 4988 San Rafael, CA 949134988 Case Number: FL 1504408 1. Name of Protected Person: Joan Headrick Your lawyer in this case (if you have one): Name: Matthew C. Mani State Bar No.: 172629 Firm Name: Mani Law Office Address (If you have a lawyer for this case, give your lawyer’s information. If you do not have a lawyer and want to keep your home address private, give a different mailing address instead. You do not have to give your telephone, fax, or e-mail.): Address: 24 Professional Center Parkway, Ste. 210 City: San Rafael State: CA Zip: 94903 Telephone: (415) 456-7800 Fax: (415) 456-7801 E-mail Address: mattmanilaw@ gmail.com 2. Name of Restrained Person: Julie Headrick Pizzo Description of restrained person: Sex: Female Height: 5’4” Weight: 130 Hair Color: Brwn Eye Color: Blue Race: Caucasian Age: 57 Date of Birth: 05/21/1961 Mailing Address (if known): 291 Sycamore Ave. City: Mill Valley State: CA Zip: 94941

Relationship to protected person: Daughter 3.

Court Hearing The judge has set a court hearing date. The Restraining Order After Hearing (Order of Protection) stays in effect until the expiration date on that order or the end of the hearing below, whichever is later. Hearing Date & Time Date: 1/23/2019 Time: 9:00AM To the person in®: At the hearing, the judge can renew the current restraining order for another five years or permanently.

Before the hearing, you can file a response on Form DV -720. You must continue to obey the current restraining orders until the expiration date on the current orders or the hearing date, whichever is later. At the hearing, you can tell the judge why you agree or disagree with the request to renew the orders. If the restraining orders are renewed, you must obey the orders even if you do not attend the hearing. 4. Service and Response To the Person in 1 Someone 18 or overnot you or anyone else protected by the restraining order-must personally “serve” a copy of the following forms on the person in 2 at least days before the hearing. ï DV-700, Request to Renew Restraining Order (file stamped); ï DV-710, Notice of Hearing to Renew Restraining Order (this form); ï DV-720, Response to Request to Renew Restraining Order (blank copy); ï DV-130, the current Restraining Order After Hearing (Order of Protection) that you want to renew.

After the person in 2 has been served, file Form DV 200, Proof of Personal Service, with the court clerk. For help with service, read Form DV-200-INFO, What Is “Proof of Personal Service”? Bring a copy of Form DV -200, Proof of Personal Service, to the court hearing. To the Person in 2 If you want

to respond in writing to the request to renew the restraining order, fill out Form DV -720, Response to Request to Renew Restraining Order. File the original with the court, and have someone 18 or over -not you- mail a copy of it to the person in 1 before the hearing. Also file Form DV-250, Proof of Service by Mail, with the court before the hearing.

Bring a copy of Form DV-250, Proof of Service

by Mail, to the court hearing Date: 12/13/2018 Judicial Officer Beth S. Jordan. (December 19, 26 of 2018, January 2, 9 of 2019) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: CIV 1804320 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF MARIN TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS 1. Petitioner (name of each): Lorina Nympha Tomaneng Mendoza, has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: Lorina Nympha Tomaneng Mendoza to Proposed Name: Lorina Nympha Mendoza Manzanita 2.

THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. if no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING a. Date: 2/19/2018, Time: 9:00am, Dept: A. The address of the court is same as

noted above; 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903. 3.a. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the Pacific Sun, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin.

DATED: DEC 18, 2018 Andrew E. Sweet Judge of the Superior Court James M Kim Court Executive Officer MARIN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT By E. Chais, Deputy (December 26 of 2018, January 2, 9, 16 of 2019)

noted above; 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903. 3.a. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the Pacific Sun, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin.

DATED: DEC 3, 2018 Andrew E. Sweet Judge of the Superior Court James M Kim Court Executive Officer MARIN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT By E. Chais, Deputy (December 26 of 2018, January 2, 9, 16 of 2019)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: CIV 1804345 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF MARIN TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS 1. Petitioner (name of each): Yolanda Hernandez & Antonio Amador, has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: Nancy Amador Hernandez *Amador listed as Middle Name to Proposed Name: Nancy Amador Hernandez *Amador listed as last name with Hernandez 2.

THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. if no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING a. Date: 2/14/2018, Time: 9:00am, Dept: A. The address of the court is same as

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: JOSEPH PHILIP GIOVANINI CASE NO.: PR 1804476 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: JOSEPH PHILIP GIOVANINI A Petition for~Probate~has been filed by: ANGELA KATHERINE GIOVANINI in the Superior Court of California, County of Marin. The Petition for~Probate~requests that: ANGELA KATHERINE GIOVANINI be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on

the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: 2/4/2019, Time: 9:00AM, Dept.: J, Room: Address of court: 3501 Civic Center Drive, PO Box 4988, San Rafael, CA 94913-4988. If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California~Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California~Probate~Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in~Probate~Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: Law Offices of Connie Yi PC 323 Ray Street, Pleasanton, CA 94566 925-484-0888 FILED: DEC, 12 2018 James M. Kim Court Executive Officer MARIN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT By: E. CHAIS (December 26 2018, January 2, 9 of 2019)

By Amy Alkon

Q:

I know humans are typically your subject, but this is a relationship question, so I hope you’ll consider answering it. I have a new puppy (an eight-pound terrier mutt). I eventually want her to sleep in bed with me. However, she’s not toilet-trained yet, so I “crate” her at night in the laundry room (in a small dog cage). She cries all night. It’s heartbreaking. Please help!—Sleepless in Dogtown

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We call dogs “man’s best friend” and treat them just like our human best friends—if at 11pm you say to your BFF, “Wow, wouldja look at the time,” gently remove the beer from her hand, and usher her to her cage in your laundry room.

Crate training, recommended by vets, breeders, and the American Kennel Club, involves confining a dog to a “den”—a cage or gated-off area—with her bed and her favorite toys to dismember. However, the crate is not supposed to be used for punishment—as a sort of Doggy San Quentin—but, say, for times you can’t watch her to keep her from using the $3,000 leather couch as a chew toy or the antique Persian rug as an opulently colored hand-knotted toilet.

The problem you’re experiencing in crating your dog at night comes out of doggy-human coevolution. Anthrozoologist John W. S. Bradshaw explains that over generations, we humans bred dogs to be emotionally dependent on us. Not surprisingly, dogs miss their owners, sometimes desperately, when they are separated from them— and other dogs don’t seem to fill the emotional void. In one of Bradshaw’s studies—of 40 Labrador retrievers and border collies—“well over 50 percent of the Labs and almost half of the collies showed some kind of separation distress” when left alone.

Fortunately, puppies can be trained to understand that picking up your car keys isn’t human-ese for “Goodbye forever!” Bradshaw’s advice in Dog Sense: “Pick up keys, go to door, praise dog.” Next: Pick up keys. Go out door. Come right back in. Praise dog.Go out for increasingly longer intervals, and “go back a stage” if the dog shows anxiety.

And good news for you: You probably don’t have to spoon with your dog to keep her from feeling separation distress at night. My tiny Chinese crested now sleeps (uh, snores like a cirrhotic old wino) on my pillow, resting her tiny snout on my neck. However, back before she had her bathroom business under control, I went through the crying-at-night-in-the-crate thing (actually a gated alcove by my office).

I felt like the second coming of Cruella de Vil. Then I remembered something about dogs: they have a sense of smell on the level of superhero powers. Maybe my dog didn’t have to be in bed; maybe near bed would do. I snagged a big see-through plastic container (maybe four feet long and three feet high) that my neighbors were tossing out. At bedtime, I put it next to my bed and put my dog in it with her bed and a pee pad. She turned around three times, curled up and went to sleep—after giving me a look I’m pretty sure said, “Hey, next time you’re gonna throw me in ‘the hole,’ gimme some notice, and I’ll menace the mailman with a sharpened Nylabone.”

Q: A:

I keep seeing men pushing dogs in baby strollers and carrying dogs as women do. What's going on? An epidemic of sissified men? If I ever did this, I’d hope my family would have me committed.—Disturbed Thankfully, the Centers for Disease Control lists no reports of an outbreak of Pomeranians poking their little heads out of man purses. However, you’re right; dog strollers are increasingly becoming a thing. As for why this is, think Field of Dreams: “If you build it”—and sell it at Petco, people will buy it so they won’t have to leave their old, tired and/or disabled doggy home alone.

As for what pushing a doggybuggy says about a man, anthropologists and zoologists would call this a “costly signal.” This is an extravagant or risky trait or behavior that comes with a substantial price—which suggests that the quality being displayed is for real. An example of this is conspicuous waste—signaling vast wealth by using $100 bills as birdcage liners. Accordingly, it takes a man with masculinity to burn to not fear putting off all those women who previously announced to their friends, “We want sensitive men!—though not, you know, ‘put their Shih Tzu in a baby stroller’ sensitive.”

Got a problem? Write Amy Alkon at 171 Pier Ave. #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405, or email adviceamy@aol.com. @amyalkon on Twitter. Weekly radio show, blogtalkradio.com/amyalkon

Astrology

For the week of Date 00

ARIES (March 21–April 19) No one has resisted

the force of gravity with more focus than businessman Roger Babson (1875–1967). He wrote an essay entitled “Gravity: Our Enemy Number One,” and sought to develop anti-gravity technology. His Gravity Research Foundation gave awards to authentic scientists who advanced the understanding of gravity. If that organization still existed and offered prizes, I’m sure that researchers of the Aries persuasion would win them all in 2019. For your tribe, the coming months should feature lots of escapes from heaviness, including soaring flights and playful levity and lofty epiphanies.

TAURUS (April 20–May 20) The night

parrots of Australia are so elusive that there was a nearly six-decade stretch when no human saw a single member of the species. But in 2013, after searching for 15 years, photographer John Young spotted one and recorded a 17-second video. Since then, more sightings have occurred. According to my astrological vision, your life in 2019 will feature experiences akin to the story of the night parrot’s reappearance. A major riddle will be at least partially solved. Hidden beauty will materialize.

Long-secret phenomena will no longer be secret. A missing link will re-emerge.

GEMINI (May 21–June 20) Millions of years ago, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, Antarctica and North and South America were smooshed together.

Earth had a single land mass, the supercontinent Pangea. Stretching across its breadth was a colossal feature, the Central Pangean Mountains. Eventually, though, Europe and America split apart, making room for the Atlantic Ocean and dividing the Central Pangean range. Today, the Scottish Highlands and the Appalachian Mountains are thousands of miles apart, but once upon a time they were joined. In 2019, Gemini, I propose that you look for metaphorical equivalents in your own life. What disparate parts of your world had the same origin? What elements that are now divided used to be together? Reestablish their connection. Get them back in touch with each other.

Be a specialist in cultivating unity.

CANCER (June 21–July 22) Twenty nineteen will be an excellent time to swim in unpolluted rivers, utter sacred oaths near beautiful fountains and enjoy leisurely saunas that help purify your mind and body. You are also likely to attract cosmic favor if you cry more than usual, seek experiences that enhance your emotional intelligence and ensure that your head respectfully consults with your heart before making decisions. Here’s another way to get on life’s good side: cultivate duties that consistently encourage you to act out of love and joy rather than out of guilt and obligation.

LEO (July 23–August 22) Here are four key

questions I hope you’ll meditate on throughout 2019: 1. What is love? 2. What kind of love do you want to receive? 3. What kind of love do you want to give? 4.

How could you transform yourself in order to give and receive more of the love you value most? To spur your efforts, I offer you these thoughts from teacher David R. Hawkins: “Love is misunderstood to be an emotion; actually, it is a state of awareness, a way of being in the world, a way of seeing oneself and others.”

VIRGO (August 23–September 22) “Most living things begin in the absence of light,” writes Virgo author Nancy Holder. “The vine is rooted in the earth; the fawn takes form in the womb of the doe.” I’ll remind you that your original gestation also took place in the dark. And I foresee a metaphorically comparable process unfolding for you in 2019. You’ll undergo an incubation period that may feel cloaked and mysterious. That’s just as it should be: the best possible circumstances for the vital new part of your life that will be growing. So be patient. You’ll see the tangible results in 2020.

LIBRA (September 23–October 22) Many plants that modern Americans regard as weeds were regarded as tasty food by Native Americans. A prime example is the cattail, which grows wild in wetlands.

Indigenous people ate the rootstock, stem, leaves and

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flower spike. I propose that we use this scenario to serve as a metaphor for some of your potential opportunities in 2019. Things you’ve regarded as useless or irrelevant or inconvenient could be revealed as assets. Be alert for the possibility of such shifts. Here’s advice from Ralph Waldo Emerson: “What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.”

SCORPIO (October 23–November 21) The

slow, gradual, incremental approach will be your magic strategy in 2019. Being persistent and thorough as you take one step at a time will provide you with the power to accomplish wonders. Now and then, you may be tempted to seek dramatic breakthroughs or flashy leaps of faith; and there may indeed be one or two such events mixed in with your steady rhythms.

But for the most part, your glory will come through tenacity. Now study this advice from mystic Meister Eckhart: “Wisdom consists in doing the next thing you have to do, doing it with your whole heart, and finding delight in doing it.”

SAGITTARIUS (November 22– December 21) Sagittarian polymath Piet Hein wrote a poem in which he named the central riddle of his existence. “A bit beyond perception’s reach, / I sometimes believe I see / That life is two locked boxes / Each containing the other’s key.” I propose that we adopt this scenario to symbolize one of the central riddles of your existence. I’ll go further and speculate that in 2019 one of those boxes will open as if through a magical fluke, without a need for the key.

This mysterious blessing won’t really be a magical fluke, but rather a stroke of well-deserved and hardearned luck that is the result of the work you’ve been doing to transform and improve yourself.

CAPRICORN (December 22–January 19)

What themes and instruments do people least want to hear in a piece of music? Composer Dave Solder determined that the worst song ever made would contain bagpipes, cowboy music, tubas, advertising jingles, operatic rapping and children crooning about holidays. Then he collaborated with other musicians to record such a song. I suspect that as you head into 2019, it’ll be helpful to imagine a metaphorically comparable monstrosity: a fantastic mess that sums up all the influences you’d like to avoid. With that as a vivid symbol, you’ll hopefully be inspired to avoid allowing any of it to sneak into your life in the coming months.

AQUARIUS (January 20–February 18) In Canada, it’s illegal to pretend to practice witchcraft.

It’s fine to actually do witchcraft, however. With that as our inspiration, I advise you to be rigorous about embodying your authentic self in 2019. Make sure you never lapse into merely imitating who you are or who you used to be. Don’t fall into the trap of caring more about your image than about your actual output. Focus on standing up for what you really mean rather than what you imagine people expect from you. The coming months will be a time when you can summon pure and authoritative expressions of your kaleidoscopic soul.

PISCES (February 19–March 20) In the 18th

century, Benjamin Franklin was a Founding Father who played a key role in getting the United States up and running. He wasn’t happy that the fledgling nation chose the bald eagle as its animal symbol. The supposedly majestic raptor is lazy, he wrote. It doesn’t hunt for its own food, but steals grub obtained by smaller birds of prey. Furthermore, bald eagles are cowardly, Franklin believed. Even sparrows may intimidate them. With that as our theme, Pisces, I invite you to select a proper creature to be your symbolic ally in 2019. Since you will be building a new system and establishing a fresh power base, you shouldn’t pick a critter that’s merely glamorous. Choose one that excites your ambition and animates your willpower.

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 1.800.350.7700.

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