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California Dreamin’

What a fantastic idea (“Tow Hold,” March 20)! Now I can finally realize my dream of living in the most affluent neighborhoods of California.

I’ll just ditch my house, buy a beat up RV and park in Beverly Hills, Atherton, Kentfield and Pacific Heights. Wait, I have an even better idea! Why don’t we establish free parking zones around the residences of our elected officials including Mr Chiu. Why we could even park outside of Gov. Newsom’s new gated (or should I say walled) home in Fair Oaks. Let’s hope AB 516 sails through our thoughtful legislative process.

Mike S. Marin County

Di Fi

Responding to your article ”Di Hard” (March 5), our senator’s treatment of the young petitioners

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for the Green New Deal is certainly not what I would want from her.

This reminds me of a letter I sent to her four years ago citing my difficulty in reaching her by phone and the lack of response to my letters. I ended it with a request for a response to the situation. No response was ever received.

Meredith Grey Mill Valley

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We’d love our city council to allow for a widened street corner at our Depot Bookstore & Cafe and welcome our friendliest restauranteur, Paul Lazzareschi of Vasco, to run it. Then Mill Valley will have a winner: an improved historic train station where everyone meets.

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Artist and educator Sirima Sataman works in traditional printmaking and sculpture from her home in Bolinas and her studio and shop Ink.Paper.

Plate in Point Reyes Station. Her art often depicts vintage cultural artifacts and sprawling landscapes that question what we embrace and what we leave behind as we progress into a digital society. We love Sirima!

Run, rabbit, run

Bunny Tale Levine wants to exempt rabbits from proposed state fur ban By Will Carruthers

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alifornia’s hot on the trail of Hawaii for bragging rights over which state will be the first to enact a ban on fur sales and manufacturing—but there’s a potential catch in Sacramento when it comes to rabbits.

Assemblywoman Laura Friedman (D, Glendale) sponsored AB 44 this year and calls fur production “completely out of line with our state’s values.”

The sentiment is largely shared by her colleagues, as AB 44 has sailed through two committee votes in Sacramento. But citing

concerns about the impact on Northern California’s rabbit farmers, Assemblyman Marc Levine (D, San Rafael) has proposed an amendment that would exclude from the ban rabbits grown for their meat.

There’s a small but sturdy rabbit farming industry in the North Bay that mostly provides meat to regional restaurants. Animal-rights advocates say Levine’s proposal would defeat the purpose of the proposed ban on the sale of fur in California—and offer the state’s rabbit industry a monopoly on legal fur production in the state.

Friedman says she’s talking to the

rabbit industry about a way to exempt “animals that are clearly and demonstrably raised as food,” but so far, Levine’s amendment has not been attached to the bill.

“This is not a de facto ban on eating rabbits and I totally agree that if you’re killing the animal for food, that you should use every single bit of that animal,” Friedman told fellow lawmakers at a recent meeting of the body’s Water, Parks and Wildlife committee “The flipside is that we don’t want to encourage killing animals just for their fur because that’s wasteful and not sustainable. We are afraid the »6

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The descendants of Camillo Ynitia (the last chief of the Southern Marin Coast Miwok), are working to keep the tribe’s memory alive, as distinct tribes of indigenous people are blurred into generic tribal groupings. Let’s help them honor their ancestors, who lived on this land for thousands of years, with a striking bronze sculpture created by celebrated Bay Area sculptor Will Pettee. Fundraising efforts are underway to produce a highly-detailed maquette (a small model) statue of a Miwok family, which will be used to promote the creation of the life-size bronze monument. Be a hero and donate at gofundme.com. Search for Coast Miwok monument.

A duo of brainless bandits took a right turn into the Panda Express drive-thru and found a shortcut to the slammer. It all began when San Francisco police phoned the Marin County Sheriff ’s Office to report a tracking device from a stolen U-Haul was pinging near the Target in Marin City last Wednesday morning.

Deputies discovered the unoccupied van backed into a space in front of the store. To prevent the suspects from escaping in the vehicle, the deputies placed spike strips in front of its tires.

While keeping the van under surveillance, they contacted Target and learned that security was watching two men in the store who were acting suspiciously. About an hour later, the pair skedaddled from the store, hopped in the van and drove away. So much for the spike strips. Deputies pursued them across the shopping center parking lot to the Panda Express drive-thru, and then observed the Mensa members drive over a berm and into a fence. After a short foot chase, both subjects were arrested. Stolen merchandise from Target was later found in the van.

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Levine proposed his amendment at a March 12 meeting of the Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee.

Levine spokesperson Terry Schanz notes via email that “Assemblymember Levine supports maintaining the highest ethical standards for the production of legal animal products in California.” Schanz says that “AB 44 currently exempts most commercially produced fur and hide products including cowhides, lambskin, sheepskin, or the skin or hide of any lawfully taken game mammal. Including the skin or hide of an animal that is raised for food production in AB 44’s exemption is consistent with ethical farming standards, reduces waste and maximizes limited resources.”

His office also notes that Levine has a 100 percent voting record with PawPAC for his work on animal-rights issues. PawPAC’s 2018 voter’s guide confirms this, but gives Levine an A- grade because he hasn’t written any animal-rights bills.

“I support the goal that you are trying to seek,” Levine told Friedman during the March 12 hearing. “You have a number of carve-outs about the use of the whole animal. There are a number of [rabbit] farms in Northern California that do use the pelts and I’d like you to incorporate amendments that allow for that use.”

The proposed bill already has a number of exemptions, including wool, cowhide, and religious uses, but some rabbit advocates say Levine’s proposal would gut the broader ban if it exempted rabbit fur. The prohibition on fur would apply to the sale and manufacture of clothing, handbags, shoes, slippers, hats or keychains that contain fur, according to the text of the bill.

While beef is equally if not more popular than leather, rabbit meat is significantly less popular (and valuable) than rabbit-fur products, says Noah Smith, a volunteer with SaveABunny, a Mill Valley nonprofit that focuses on rabbit adoptions.

Marcy Schaaf, the executive director at SaveABunny, a rabbit advocacy group. says that if Levine’s amendment is included, the fur ban “has the potential to set rabbit advocacy back to the Dark Ages.”

San Francisco implemented a fur ban in 2018, joining Los Angeles and a couple other cities around the state that have banned fur. The local

ordinance in San Francisco doesn’t have a carve-out for rabbit fur, even if its high-end restaurant customers have a taste for the meat. While rabbit meat is not generally popular with the general public, the rabbit fur industry has continued to grow across the nation. And as the politics around claims of animal cruelty associated with fur farming or trapping has intensified in recent years, clothing brands such as Versace and Gucci stopped using furs in clothing and accessories. Meanwhile, rabbit fur sales increased by more than 50 percent in the U.S. between 1993 and 2015, according to a report on AB 44 compiled by assembly staff.

Locally, there doesn’t appear to be much of an appetite for rabbit meat on the supermarket shelf.

In September 2015, Whole Foods announced the end of the sale of rabbit meat in its Northern California stores, officially ending a short-lived experiment to test the market.

A company employee leaked sales figures to NBC Bay Area showing that Whole Foods was selling one to three rabbits in each store per day.

Still, a smaller and largely highend market is still alive and kicking.

Mark Pasternak, owner of Devil’s Gulch Ranch, a diversified family farm in West Marin, says he primarily sells rabbit meat to restaurants. He also sold a trio of breeder rabbits to Split Grove Family Farms in Penngrove farms several years ago as they were building their rabbit business. Split Grove now sells rabbit meat to regional restaurants for $8 a pound.

Old World Rabbitry in Sebastopol is engaged in similar business.

Business is hopping, he says.

“I’m almost always sold out,” says Pasternak. He supports the intention of Friedman’s fur ban to discourage farming animals just for their fur, but says the ban would force him to throw away rabbit pelts or sell them out of state. He’d be affected, he says, but wouldn’t go “completely out of business,” because of AB44, he says.

Pasternak and his wife sell a variety of rabbit products online and at local farmers markets, including rabbit-foot keychains, rabbit fur and rabbit-based cat toys. He dismisses the argument that Levine’s proposal would incentivize the production of rabbits for their fur within the state.

“You can always do an end run around regulations,” Pasternak said.

“You can do that in any case. It

wouldn’t act as an incentive [to raise rabbits for their fur].”

The religious exemption in the bill applies to federally recognized Native American tribes and other religious uses of fur. But the bill also singles out key-chains containing fur, which are, in many cases, made from rabbits’ feet and are considered a lucky charm. According to Wikipedia, “the rabbit-foot charm in North American

culture” stems from its use in West African hoodoo rituals.

Friedman’s still in discussion with industry representatives as her bill makes its way to the Appropriations Committee later in April.

“My biggest concern is that they’re going to exempt rabbits to get the bill passed,” says Schaaf. “It’s either a ban or it’s not. I’d rather have no ban than a compromise.” Y

Flashback Hey folks, the Flashbacks were dropped last week so we’re running a special double-length column this week! Enjoy.

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20 Years Ago “. . . Politicians love to win, so sooner or later the Republican Party has to come to its senses and boot the right wing out of the party or it will fade into irrelevancy and eventual extinction.”

“America's corporate executives and pop culture moguls seem to know something the rest of us don't. While Congress debates spending a few million more dollars on a civil defense program against nuclear attack, the likes of Mobil Oil, IBM, Bank of America and even Rolling Stone magazine are busily stashing their most precious documents in nuclear-proof vaults deep in the bowels of the earth. . . .‘The threat of enemy aggression grows with each passing year,’ warns a sales brochure from Western States Atomic Vaults, Inc. (WSAV), a 25-year-old veteran of the Cold War. WSAV and similar companies are making sure that when the time comes, or passes, the documents that made America great will still be around for future generations, if there are any.”

—Mark Schapiro, March 31, 1969 “Three men from Mill Valley can't find any sane reason for marijuana being illegal and they are doing their best to help repeal the 1937 state law against marijuana and hashish. The three are Stephen Samuels, Richard Moon and Paul Years Ehrlich. They're spearheading the northern California campaign to circulate enough petitions to qualify for the June 1980 ballot.

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Just think of what the tax-poor cities and the county of Marin could do with the cannabis sales tax, folks. Our worries would be over.

But what bothers the proponents of the initiative even more is that it costs $600 million tax dollars a year to enforce outdated marijuana laws. ‘It's a $48 billion industry gone underground, untaxed,’ said Samuels this week as he distributed quantities of petitions around the county.” —Joanne Williams, March 30, 1979 —Letter to the Editor, George Fulford of Mill Valley

“A bit of confusion enveloped a natural gas fire that burned for nearly six hours at a construction site in the Brete Harte Heights area of San Rafael. A tractor "blew up" and the county fire department fought the blaze for three hours. Finally, realizing that 60 gallons of diesel couldn't burn THAT long, the firemen called PG&E. After another long delay, the utility crew found and shut off a gas line which had been ruptured by the tractor.”

“—Newsgram, April 3, 1969 The county's intrepid dope squad came up with two intriguing, if not particularly weighty, raids. Nailed were a cleaning place in Larkspur where LSD was allegedly being dispensed, and a birthday party in San Rafael where the cook had purportedly improved on Alice B. Toklas and her marijuana brownies by putting grass in the birthday cake. However, out in West Marin the raiders drew a complete blank. A ten-man swoop on a ranch house provided not so much as a single marijuana seed.”

—Newsgram, April 3, 1969 Compiled by Alex T. Randolph

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School House Rocks When he’s not out there defending North Bay rabbit farmers, Marc Levine is also mightily tuned-in to the region’s affordable housing crunch.

The San Rafael state assemblyman introduced AB 1648 last week in an effort to streamline the statemandated environmental review for affordable housing that’s built on local school district surplus properties.

The idea, of course, is to bring teachers, and perhaps parents, closer to the schools they work at or send their kids to. The bill would give authority to school districts to provide housing preference for teachers, who often cannot afford to live where they work in pricey Marin. Levine’s bill takes aim at the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) by requiring approvals of affordable housing projects on school district-owned properties within seven months of the filing of a certified record of the CEQA proceedings with a court. That’s a long way of saying that his bill would limit or eliminate costly lawsuits from neighbors who may disapprove of the affordable housing plan.

In a statement, Levine notes that the same CEQA rule applies to the building of sports stadiums and called on lawmakers to expedite the process for affordable housing, too.

Marin Superintendent of Schools Mary Jane Burke’s in favor of the local pols’ latest legislative push as she notes that having affordablehousing options for teachers and

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staff “will enable our schools to attract and retain a quality workforce,” she says. ”Our students deserve the very best educational opportunities and retaining qualified staff is paramount to making this happen.”

Premium Plan State Senator Bill Dodd’s got a pretty good idea, too, that’s now making its way through Sacramento’s committee process. SB 290 would, for the first time, allow California to take out an insurance policy on itself in the (pretty likely) event of future wildfires or other disasters.

“Why doesn’t the state have disaster insurance to reduce its financial exposure,” he asks, non-rhetorically.

Dodd’s bill is co-sponsored by Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and state Treasurer Fiona Ma. The bill authorizes their agencies, and the governor’s office, to “enter into an insurance policy that pays out when California has unexpected disaster costs.” It would basically work like a home insurance policy.

Dodd notes in a statement that this is how they do it in Oregon, not to mention at the World Bank.

They’ve both used insurance policies to protect taxpayers from financial exposure after a disaster. In the last 12 years, California has experienced 11 of the 20 most destructive fires in its history, the senator observes, including last year’s Paradise Fire, which was the most destructive fire in state history and has a $8 billion price tag for Californians to chew on.

Dodd’s bill is parked in the Senate Committee on Appropriations, awaiting its next vote.

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Western Swing Zen and the Art of Pt. Reyes Station

By Thomas Broderick

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f there is a place that better blends agricultural heritage with a literate, urbane sensibility than Point Reyes Station and environs, then I haven’t found it.

First stop? Philip K. Dick’s former house, a kind of pilgrimage for me, as Dick’s one of my favorite writers. The science-fiction legend famously lived in town for a few years in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Typing away in his kitchen, he wrote numerous short stories and his novel, The Man in the High Castle, winner of the Hugo Award

in 1963 and subject of a recent Amazon series. I stood in front of the house awhile. The “Face of God” that Phil claimed to see in his Pt. Reyes backyard was nowhere to be found—I checked—but the longawaited pilgrimage to his iconic house was complete. I headed over to Ink.Paper.Plate for a chat with Sirima Sataman.

The Artist At Work Sataman’s had a lot going on over the past couple of years. She’s had a show at the Bolinas Museum. And the

Saltwater Oyster Depot in Inverness displays her prints, which brings more visitors to the multi-functional workspace, teaching space, retail outlet and community gathering space that is Ink.Paper.Plate.

Sataman’s story has many twists and turns. She studied printing, weaving, and sculpture in college, but a more “serious” career got its hooks in her after graduation and she spent years working an office job. “The universe kicked me out of my old career,” she says. Her son was fully grown by then and she was debt-free, so Sataman decided to

roll the proverbial dice and become a full-time artist. She found the storefront that would become Ink. Paper.Plate and took up residence in Bolinas.

The largest pieces on the walls are all Sataman’s, but the workshop also displays prints by other artists and students. One wall features more than a dozen small posters for West Marin bands like The Haggards— all produced by local musicians who learned the craft from her.

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Oysters with a view are the specialty at the Marshall Store

an image on a thin piece of wood before carefully carving out the areas that won’t transfer ink to paper. Then she slathers the wood with black ink before subjecting wood and paper to extreme pressure to produce the image.

Print runs can end suddenly when the wood plates shatter during the transfer. The paper, too, must be especially thick to survive the process.

Sataman had two plates on display at different stages. The first was a sketch of the Point Reyes Lighthouse with some carving already completed. Like the real lighthouse undergoing restoration and closed to the public, it’s a work in progress. The second was a wellused plate—the picture was of a local church— covered in dry ink.

Although the plate looked worn, it still had some life in it for more prints. (Her art adorns the cover of the Pacific Sun this week.)

I left Sataman’s studio for some refreshment at the Old Western Saloon where the only customers on a Sunday afternoon are locals and motorcyclists Irishing up their coffee. The place smells of cigarette smoke, and the liquor bottles sport a thin layer of dust. Perfect.

Enjoying a beer as you admire the photographs of Prince Charles’ 2005 visit hanging above the bar.

Preserved in a glass case are his and Duchess Camilla’s pint glasses.

Rainy Day Ramblin’ The rain was coming down hard the next day and my car made the “smart” decision to take me from Petaluma to Pt. Reyes on the Petaluma-Marshall road.

After 15 miles of impenetrable fog, wet asphalt, and one logging truck, I arrived at Highway 1 and

the Marshall Store. I ordered a cup of clam chowder and six raw oysters. The oysters were cold, the chowder was boiling. I doused the soup with black pepper as I took in the iconic view of Tomales Bay. I considered my scalded gums and white knuckles, and got back on the road for the short hop to Pt. Reyes.

The town has a number of “It’s the only town in West Marin with a . . . “ features. It’s the only town in West Marin with a pharmacy— West Marin Pharmacy. It’s also the only town in West Marin with auto-service stations (Cheda’s and Greenridge Gas and Auto) and it’s the only town in West Marin with a radio station, the great KWMR. It’s not the only place in West Marin where you can buy a gallon of gas, unless you want to drop nearly $6 for a gallon at Bo-Gas down the road (it’s for a good cause— affordable housing—but still).

Like most of West Marin County

on a Monday, it’s pretty quiet in Pt. Reyes as the work week gets going.

Locals know this is the day to go grocery shopping, after the touristintense weekend has ended. I went to the Palace Market for a Marin Kombucha, oak-aged and flavored with apple and juniper. It tasted just like slightly sweet tea and I loved the brown-glass bottle, something straight out of an 1890’s snake oil salesman’s kit. Are you lacking vigor, young man? Then step right up!

After the oysters, the chowder, and the kombucha bacteria, I was still hungry. I ducked into the Station House Café and splurged on an order of fries and a cocktail.

Around me were plenty of families with young children taking lunch. I marveled as the wait-staff managed the cacophony and chaos with friendly attentiveness. The Station House recently celebrated its 45th year in business and here’s to many more. It’s an institution.

The rain subsided in the afternoon and I walked down Main Street to Point Reyes Books, found the perfect book for a rainy day and headed for the recently rebranded and upgraded Olema House, whose location at the corner of Highway 1 and the Sir Francis Drake Boulevard makes the hotel the living gateway into Pt. Reyes National Seashore, with all its trails and hiking opportunities. There’s lots going on out here in coming weeks as spring gets rolling. The 10th annual Point Reyes Birding & Nature Festival takes flight on April 27, on the lawn adjacent to Cowgirl Creamery. Festivalgoers can meet a local owl and a local hawk. The bird event also features all sorts of family-friendly activities—coloring, face painting, and a youth bird walk. The Point Reyes Station Library is loaning bird backpacks to attendees that include binoculars, a bird diagram-book, and a local bird chart. Lucky kids. Then in June, the Pt. Reyes Farmer’s Market will be up and running in and around Toby’s Feed Barn on Saturdays through the summer. It’s said to be the first organic farmers’ market in the greater Bay Area—and was visited by Prince Charles and Lady Camilla back in 2005.

The Junket I arrived at Olema House for a press junket and was warmly welcomed

If there is a place that better blends agricultural heritage with a literate, urbane sensibility than Point Reyes Station?

by hostess Jan Vanderley at the front desk. She handed me a hot towel, which was welcome relief after all that cold wind and rain. She gave me a tour of the impeccable hotel, which features two dozen rooms, all with a unique theme, and all designed to denote a sense of luxury amid the rugged Point Reyes wilderness. I was in Room 16. The theme there was oyster shells and redwood accents to go along with a page of Kerouac’s On the Road hanging in the bathroom. I unslung my pack and settled in.

The air smelled heavily of cedar, here, a product of both the wood rails and daily fire in the lounge’s stone fireplace. As spring becomes summer, weddings and receptions come through here at a steady clip—2019’s pretty much all booked up—and even during the rainy season the hotel hosts a few corporate events every month.

The rain gave way as I looked out the window and then checked out Room 16’s third-floor balcony. I lit a fire (Olema House provides two Duraflame logs for visitors) and wrote for a few hours before dinner.

Due West is ext door to the hotel and I spent a while there sipping a martini and snacking on roasted almonds while listening to diners’ conversations. I ordered a tomato bisque paired with a light Chardonnay. The bisque was delicious and delicately sweetened with an undercurrent of carrot. I cursed myself for eating all those fries earlier in the day. I could have had a chocolate torte for dessert.

Instead I settled into one of the softest beds I’ve ever slept on and broke open Ursula K. Le Guin’s Always Coming Home.

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and Due West will expand their culinary offerings with a new spring menu, and a newly renovated deli on the premises—Due West Market—that offer guests picnic baskets full of cheese, bread, wine, and other North Bay delicacies.

No Rush to Go Home I awoke long before the alarm went off and stayed in bed through the morning and listened to the birds and occasional car driving by on Highway 1. Even out here, civilization makes itself known.

The complimentary breakfast in the lobby featured smoked salmon, sliced tomatoes, and cucumber. It reminded me of European hotel breakfasts, the effect enhanced by sitting near a young German couple.

Outside, the fog was lifting. Near the rushing Bear Creek, a little girl played with her dog—the hotel Olema House can also provide bedding, food, and other amenities for guests’ four-legged friends, within reason. Leave the pet emu at home.

I lingered right until checkout time and then set out for the Great Beach, which spans 11 miles along Point Reyes’ western edge. Some sand between my toes would be the perfect way to end the trip . . .

But the road was flooded. I didn’t walk on sand, but the ride home was a delight. Black Mountain, the local massif and spirit guide, glowed emerald green, and guided me back to Petaluma. I might have even seen the face of God. Tom Gogola went along for part of the ride.

OSHER MARIN JCC Fri 4⁄5 • Doors 8pm ⁄ $22–24 • 21+

Pink Talking Fish

A Fusion of Pink Floyd, Talking Heads and Phish Sun 4⁄7 • Doors 3pm ⁄ $28–32 • All Ages The Hill Benders present...

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The Who's TOMMY: A Bluegrass Opry (seated show) Mon 4⁄8 • Doors 5pm • FREE • All Ages

NCAA Basketball Championship FREE on Big Screen Tue 4⁄9 • Doors 7pm ⁄ $10–15 • All Ages Koolerator feat Barry Sless Thu 4⁄11 • Doors 7:30pm ⁄ $22–27 • All Ages

BLAME SALLY

Timeless music mash of Americana/ Celtic/folk-rock with brilliant harmonies

Literary Café Presents: Restaurant Critics

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Shannon McNally & Brett Hughes

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Fri 4⁄12 & Sun 4⁄13 • Doors 8pm • $27–32 • 21+ Petty Theft Tom Petty Tribute Thu 4⁄18 • Doors 7pm ⁄ $25–30 • All Ages

John Simon Book Release & Concert

A Grand Piano, A Living Legend, and Stories From Producer for The Band ("Music from Big Pink", "The Band," "The Last Waltz") Big Brother feat Janis Joplin ("Cheap Thrills"), Leonard Cohen ("Songs of Leonard Cohen") and many more Fri 4⁄19 • Doors 8pm ⁄ $19–22 • All Ages Orgone with Ideateam Sat 4⁄20 • Doors 8pm ⁄ $20–25 • 21+

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TOMALES Bites by the Bay

Anyone who’s spent time in Tomales Bay knows it’s a magical place, not just for the scenic beauty, but also for its delicious, locally sourced food and great eateries. Six such restaurants are on board for this weekend’s annual Taste of Tomales Bay, where a passport ticket gets you bites and beverages prepared

by West Marin chefs at Tony’s Seafood, Nick’s Cove, the William Tell House and other sought-after spots. Celebrates Tomales Bay’s flavors Friday to Sunday, April 5-7, at several venues. Information and tickets are available at tasteoftomales.com.

SAN RAFAEL Over the Moon

Hailing from the northern China region of Ningxia, the celebrated Yinchuan Art Theater Company performs “Moon Over the Helan Mountain”, the story of a young merchant on the ancient Silk Road who ventures into foreign lands to win over his love. The astonishing theatrical show from the dazzling dance troupe comes to the United States for limited engagements, including two performances on Saturday, April 6, at Marin Center’s veteran Memorial Auditorium, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael. 2:30pm, 7pm. $20-$50.

415.473.6800.

POINT REYES STATION Go with the Flow

Coincidence is a concept that philosophers and scientists have pondered for centuries. Is it all just chance? Or is something else at work? Theoretical physicist, author and musician Sky Nelson-Issacs takes on the subject in his new book, Living in Flow: The Science of Synchronicity and How Your Choices Shape Your World, in which he presents a way to tap into a state of optimal functioning, creative thinking and seemingly effortless productivity. NelsonIsaacs discusses his book on Sunday, April 7, at the Dance Palace, 503 B St, Point Reyes Station. 4pm. Donations welcome. 415.663.1075.

MILL VALLEY Noir Arts

An exhibit that’s perfect for movie buffs, “The World of Film According to ’L’” showcases portraits of largely film-noir actors and directors created by a local self-taught artist who goes by the name of “L.” Challenged by a multitude of mental disorders, “L” hopes to not only display their brilliantly realized portraits, but to help raise public awareness and support for people, especially artists, dealing with mental illness of varying kinds and degrees. The exhibit opens with a reception on Tuesday, April 9, at Bank of Marin, 19 Sunnyside Ave, Mill Valley. 6pm. Free. Touchofclassfineart.com.

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Grammy-winning vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant performs with friends at the “Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour” concert on Thursday, April 4, at Green Music Center in Rohnert Park. See clubs & venues, pg. 19.

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the birth of an elephant with freakishly big ears who can fly. The wondrous beast attracts the attention of a tycoon (Michael Keaton) who owns a Coney Island-style park. He brings with him the French aerialist Collette (Eva Green), who is by a mile Dumbo’s most redeeming quality. Green excels at the New Vaudeville look, leggy, glittery costumes, with bobbed hair and a ceramic-hard mask of charm: the chosen face of a performer meant to be seen from 50 feet away. The soaring pachyderm does not intimidate her: “I know how to fly, ever since my childhood.” It was an inspiration to give Dumbo a partner, someone to calm the creature. A satisfying moment after a tumble from the heights into the net: the elephant and the lady bounce into a cozy position, like a couple greeting guests from a couch.

Disney’s Dumbo is a three-ring circus that needs ring mastering; Burton’s preference for atmosphere over lucid storytelling means that it’s hectic; the circus folk given a quick display and then the plot mislays them. Disney’s Dumbo isn’t Burton’s worst—that’s Dark Shadows—but it plays more like Spielberg doing kid-fodder with the help of Burton as production designer.

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Director Tim Burton’s new live action version is, by contrast, cluttered and starchy and not about to make risky jokes about drunken animals. In 1919, the trick rider Holt Farrier (Colin Farrell, appealing) comes back from WW1 missing an arm. He returns to the battered circus run by Max Medici (Danny DeVito). His late wife left behind their two kids: young Joe (Finley Hobbins) and Millie (Nico Parker, Thandie Newton’s daughter).

Parker does her lines in a clipped, precocious Wednesday Addams diction—she’s a science geek with little interest in circuses. They are there to be kids in a family movie that doesn’t have a lot of interest in the kids’ characters.

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Easter at the Bay View Sunday, April 21, 2019

Served 10:30am - 7:00pm • Complimentary Mimosa Cocktail FIRST COURSE DUNGENESS CRAB COCKTAIL ~ $19 • TRADITIONAL CAESAR SALAD ~ $9 PORCINI RAVIOLI ~ $15 • ASPARAGUS SOUP ~ $10

MAIN COURSE

Egg dishes served until 3pm ~ Children under 12 half price

BAY VIEW EGGS BENEDICT ~ $19 • FRITTATA ~ $16 CRAB CAKE BENEDICT ~ $26 • STEAK & EGGS ~ $24 • BRANZINO AL FORNO ~ $28 FETTUCCINE WITH SEARED SCALLOPS ~ $26 • GRILLED LAMB CHOPS ~ $36 GRILLED FILET MIGNON ~ $38 • BAKED CHICKEN BAY VIEW ~ $26

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GIANDUJA MOUSSE TOWER ~ $10 • MEYER LEMON TART ~ $10 VERBENA STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE ~ $10

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HillBenders turn rock opera into opry in Mill Valley By Charlie Swanson

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ommy; the name is synonymous with the rock opera concept ever since the Who released their doublealbum Tommy in 1969. Featuring classic rock songs that tell the story of a "deaf, dumb and blind kid” who played a mean game of pinball, Tommy has been made into a movie, a Broadway stage production, and, of course, its own pinball machine.

Now, fans can hear it in a new light, as a bluegrass opry courtesy of the HillBenders, who perform on Sunday, April 7, at Sweetwater Music Hall.

Formed in Missouri 10 years back, the HillBenders wear a variety of influences, making them popular with all kinds of audiences. One of their biggest fans was SXSW co-founder Louis Jay Meyers, a former Folk Alliance director and longtime musician and producer who first conceived of

transposing Tommy into a bluegrass sound almost two decades ago.

“About five years ago, our friend Louis Meyers hit us with this idea,” says HillBenders guitarist Jim Rea. “We were at a fork in the road as a band and I loved the Tommy record. So I just ran through some of these tunes, and he was right. It was a great idea.”

Rea took on the project as musical director and charted the album into bluegrass form. In 2015, the HillBenders released an album, Tommy: A Bluegrass Opry, that featured their rendition of every track on the original double-album, and they turned the opry into a 75-minute live show that they’ve toured with around the world.

“It can be a head-scratcher,” says Rea of turning classic rock songs into bluegrass. “But you can fool with the rhythms to give it an uptempo bluegrass feel and almost all

the songs seemed to fit into that.”

While the band’s instrumentation remains traditionally bluegrass, they achieve a percussive beat in their acoustic music. “We’ve got the Keith Moon of the dobro,” says Rea of band mate Chad "Gravy Boat" Graves, who slaps the resonating stringed instruments like a drum. The band also holds strong on the harmonies and they lead audiences through the story of Tommy through dialogue and banter at their live shows.

“We wanted to stay true to the original stuff,” says Rea. “The biggest compliment we get from the Who fans who see us is that we are honoring the music.”

The HillBenders present ‘The Who's TOMMY: A Bluegrass Opry’ on Sunday, April 7, at Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley.

7pm. $28-$32. 415.388.3850.

The Aftermath (R)

By Matthew Stafford

Friday, April 5–Thursday, April 11 The Aftermath (1:48) Retrograde soap opera stars Keira Knightley and Alexander Skarsgård as strangers thrown together in the rubble of post-WWII Hamburg.

Apollo 11 (1:33) Enthralling documentary beholds the landing on the moon through never-before-seen 70mm footage; Neil Armstrong stars.

The Beach Bum (1:35) Latter-day Spicoli Matthew McConaughey and fellow Miami Beach misfits Snoop Dogg, Isla Fisher and Jimmy Buffett chase the dream: pervasive drug and alcohol use and strong sexual content.

The Best of Enemies (2:13) Taraji P. Henson and Sam Rockwell star in the true story of a civil rights activist and a North Carolina Klansman who battled over school desegregation during the incendiary summer of ’71.

Blood Road (1:36) Documentary follows endurance bikers Rebecca Rusch and Huyen Nguyen as they cycle along the Ho Chi Minh Trail to the final resting place of Rusch’s father, a USAF pilot.

Bolshoi Ballet: The Golden Age (2:20) Shostakovich’s steamy tale of sex, murder and jazz in a 1920s cabaret is brought to life by the Bolshoi’s talented terpsichoreans.

The Brink (1:31) Documentary tracks former Trump strategist Steve Bannon as he pursues his post-Oval Office mission to spread far-right nationalism around the world.

Captain Marvel (2:08) Brie Larson stars as Marvel Comics’ latest cinematic superhero, a Clinton-era fighter-pilot-turned-überempowered defender of humankind; Samuel L. Jackson co-stars.

Coriolanus (2:50) The Stratford Festival’s edgy modern restaging of Shakespeare’s tragedy about a legendary general’s rise and fall is presented in glorious big-screen high definition.

Dumbo (2:10) Tim Burton’s live-action reboot of the Disney classic about a flying elephant and his circus sidekicks; Alan Arkin, Michael Keaton and Eva Green star.

Everybody Knows (2:12) Asghar Farhadi thriller stars Penelope Cruz as a vacationing wife with a missing daughter, an amorous ex and family secrets aplenty.

Exhibition Onscreen: Rembrandt (1:30) Visit London’s National Gallery and Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum for an unprecedented look at the great painter’s defining works.

Fighting With My Family (1:48) Offbeat indie biopic of Raya Knight, aka Superstar Paige, and her tight-knit professionalwrestler family; Stephen Merchant, of all people, directs.

Five Feet Apart (2:00) Wistful romance about the restrictive and non-tactile flirtation between two teenage cystic fibrosis patients.

Gloria Bell (1:42) Julianne Moore triumphs as a 50-something cubicle drone who spends her nights clubbing and making time with John Turturro.

Hellboy (2:01) The half-demonic superhero is back, prowling the English countryside and battling a saucy sorceress out for blood;

Milla Jovovich and David Harbour star.

Hotel Mumbai (2:05) Unrelentingly tense thriller about the 2008 siege of India’s Taj Hotel by a group of terrorists; Dev Patel and Armie Hammer star.

Howl’s Moving Castle (2:15) Hayao Miyazaki anime about a teenage girl, a wicked curse, a wonderful wizard and a magical castle; Christian Bale, Jean Simmons, Lauren Bacall and Billy Crystal vocalize.

The Invisibles (1:50) Docudrama about four of the 7,000 Jews who lived secretly in Berlin during WWII is enhanced with present-day interviews with the actual survivors.

Little (1:48) Big takes a backflip as a high-powered executive vacays from the pressures of adulthood when she reverts to her happier, tinier younger self.

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2:12) Terry Gilliam’s trippy decades-in-the-making passion project about a cynical Mad Man and a delusional shoemaker who thinks he’s Cervantes’ quixotic hero.

Missing Link (1:35) Cartoon comedy about an explorer, an adventuress and a 630-lb. sasquatch who head to Tibet in search of the big guy’s Yeti cousins; Zoe Saldana and Hugh Jackman lend voice.

More than Funny (1:30) Rising comic Michael Jr. stars in a movie that’s part autobiography and part stand-up routine.

The Mustang (1:36) A Nevada convict gets a new lease on life when he joins his prison’s wild horse training program; Bruce Dern plays the regulation old-coot trainer.

No Manches Frida 2 (1:42) The gang from Frida High are back and beach-bound for a sunny afternoon of rambunctious horseplay.

National Theatre London: All About Eve (2:10) Ivo van Hove brings Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s movie classic to the West End with Gillian Anderson as aging diva Margo Channing and Lily James as her dimplechecked Iago.

On Golden Pond (1:49) Henry Fonda and Katharine Hepburn star as an old married couple grappling with mortality and family dynamics—in the form of Hank’s daughter Jane.

Pet Sematary (1:41) Stephen King’s horror novel hits the big screen with Jason Clarke as a Boston doctor who makes the mistake of moving himself and his family to quiet, woodsy Maine.

Safety Last! (1:30) Silent comedy classic stars Harold Lloyd as a bumpkin making his name in the big city by scaling a skyscraper; gags and thrills in breathtaking profusion.

Shazam! (2:10) Big/Superman mashup in which a luckless 14-year-old blossoms into a grown-up superhero with totally dope superpowers; Zachary Levi stars.

Sunset (2:22) Atmo-rich period piece about a young woman’s search for her longlost brother through darkling Budapest on the eve of WWI. Zen for Nothing (1:40) Documentary follows a young novice as she learns the Zen lifestyle over the course of a year at a remote Japanese monastery.

Apollo 11 (G) The Beach Bum (R) The Best of Enemies (PG-13)

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Blood Road (NR) Bolshoi Ballet: The Golden Age (NR) The Brink (NR) Captain Marvel (PG-13) Coriolanus (PG-13) Dumbo (PG)

Everybody Knows (R) Exhibition Onscreen: Rembrandt (NR) Fighting With My Family (PG-13)

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Five Feet Apart (PG-13) Gloria Bell (R)

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Hellboy (R) Hotel Mumbai (R)

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Howl’s Moving Castle (PG) How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (PG) The Invisibles (NR) • Little (PG-13) The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (NR) • Missing Link (PG) The Mustang (R)

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National Theatre London: All About Eve (PG-13) No Manches Frida 2 (R)

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On Golden Pond (PG) Pet Sematary (R)

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Safety Last! (G) Shazam! (PG-13)

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Sunset (NR) They Shall Not Grow Old (R)

Transit (NR) Us (R)

Wonder Park (PG)

Regency: Fri-Sat 11:30, 2:20, 4:55, 7:40, 10:15; Sun-Thu 11:30, 2:20, 4:55, 7:40 Regency: Fri-Sat 11, 1:30, 4:10, 6:50, 9:20; Sun-Tue, Thu 11, 1:30, 4:10, 6:50; Wed 1:30, 4:10, 6:50 Northgate: Fri-Wed 12:05, 2:35, 5:10, 7:40, 10:05 Fairfax: Fri-Tue 1:15, 4, 7, 9:50; Wed-Thu 1:15, 4, 9:50 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 6:30, 9:35; Sat-Sun 12:10, 3:15, 6:30, 9:35 Regency: 10:30, 1:35, 4:35, 7:35 daily Rowland: Fri-Sun 10:20, 1:20, 4:30, 7:40, 11 Lark: Mon 6:30 Lark: Sun 1 Regency: Sun 12:55 Rafael: Fri 4, 6, 8; Sat-Sun 12:30, 4, 6, 8; Mon-Thu 6, 8 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 6:45, 9:40; Sat-Sun 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:40 Northgate: Fri-Sun 9:55, 12:50, 3:50, 6:55, 10; Mon-Wed 12:50, 3:50, 6:55, 10 Rowland: Fri-Sun 9:30, 12:40, 3:50, 6:50, 9:50 Lark: Sat 6 Fairfax: Fri-Tue 12:30, 3:30, 6:45, 9:30; Wed-Thu 12:30, 3:30, 9:30 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 7, 9:45; Sat-Sun 10:45, 1:30, 4:15, 7, 9:45 Northgate: Fri-Sun 9:40, 11, 12:25, 1:55, 4:40, 6:10, 7:30, 9, 10:20, 3D showtime at 3:15; Mon-Wed 11, 12:25, 1:55, 4:40, 6:10, 7:30, 9, 10:20, 3D showtime at 3:15 Playhouse: Fri 3:15, 6:05, 9; Sat 12, 3:15, 6:05, 9; Sun-Wed 12, 3:15, 6:05 Rowland: Fri-Sun 10:10, 10:40, 12:50, 3:30, 4:10, 6:10, 9, 10; 3D showtimes at 1:30, 7 Rafael: Sat-Sun 1:15 Lark: Wed 6:30 Northgate: Fri, Sat, Tue, Thu 10:40, 1:40, 4:20, 7:05, 9:45; Sun 4:20, 7:05, 9:45; Mon, Wed 10:40, 1:40, 4:20, 9:45 Northgate: Fri-Wed 10:50, 1:45, 4:50, 7:45, 10:35 Regency: Fri-Sat 11:40, 2:10, 4:40, 7:10, 9:55; Sun 4:40, 7:10; Mon-Tue, Thu 11:40, 2:10, 4:40, 7:10; Wed 2:10, 4:40, 7:10 Northgate: Thu 7, 10:05 Rowland: Thu 7, 10 Fairfax: Fri-Thu 12:15, 3:20, 9:35 Regency: Fri-Sat 10:35, 1:25, 4:25, 7:20, 10:10; Sun-Thu 10:35, 1:25, 4:25, 7:20 Northgate: Sun 12:55; Mon 7 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:30, 2:15, 4:55, 7:35, 10:10 Rafael: Fri, Mon-Thu 8:15; Sat 1, 8:15; Sun 7 Northgate: Thu 7, 9:50 Fairfax: Wed 7 Northgate: Wed 7 Northgate: Thu 4, 6:45, 9:20 Regency: Fri-Sat 11:20, 1:50, 4:20, 7, 9:30; Sun-Thu 11:20, 1:50, 4:20, 7 Lark: Thu 6:30 Northgate: Fri-Sun 11:55, 2:30, 5:15, 7:50, 10:45; Mon-Wed 11:55, 2:30, 5:15, 7:50 Lark: Sun 3:45 Northgate: Fri-Sat 10, 12, 12:40, 2:40, 3:20, 5:20, 6, 8, 8:45, 10:40, 11:15; Sun 10, 12, 12:40, 2:40, 3:20, 5:20, 6, 8, 8:45, 10:40, 11:15; Mon-Wed 12, 12:40, 2:40, 3:20, 5:20, 6, 8, 8:45, 10:40 Rowland: Fri-Sun 9:50, 12:20, 2:50, 5:20, 7:50, 10:20 Lark: Fri 7 (with live piano accompaniment by Frederick Hodges) Fairfax: Fri-Wed 12, 12:45, 3:05, 3:50, 6:10, 6:50, 9:10, 9:45; Wed-Thu 12, 12:45, 3:05, 3:50, 9:10, 9:45 Northgate: Fri-Sat 9:30, 12:45, 1:50, 4, 5:05, 7:15, 10:30, 11:25, 3D showtimes at 10:35, 8:20; Sun 9:30, 12:45, 1:50, 4, 5:05, 7:15, 10:30, 3D showtimes at 10:35, 8:20; Mon-Wed 12:45, 1:50, 4, 5:05, 7:15, 10:30, 3D showtimes at 10:35, 8:20 Playhouse: Fri 3:30, 4, 6:45, 7:15, 9:40, 9:55; Sat 12:30, 1, 3:30, 4, 6:45, 7:15, 9:40, 9:55; Sun-Wed 12:30, 1, 3:30, 4, 6:45, 7:15 Thu 12:30, 3:30, 6:45 Rowland: Fri-Sun 10, 1:10, 2:20, 5:30, 7:30, 8:30, 10:40, 11:30; 3D showtime at 4:20 Rafael: Fri, Mon-Thu 5:30, 8:30; Sat-Sun 2:30, 5:30, 8:30 Northgate: Fri-Sun 9:45, 12:55, 4:05, 7:10, 10:15; Mon-Wed 12:55, 4:05, 7:10, 10:15

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his winery has been in business for 50 years, but they just opened up.

Opened up the back wall, that is, to a sweeping view of the Napa Valley.

Last week, ZD Wines celebrated their founding 50 years ago and the completion of a new look for their tasting room. The only thing I remembered about the last time I stopped in was the cavernous, gloomy tasting room, so I hadn’t been back in 10 years.

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Glass of 50th Anniversary Cuvée sparkling wine ($75) in hand, I am drawn to what looks like a real, roaring fire. Yes it is, winery CEO and director of winemaking Robert deLeuze tells me. But it was there before the remodel, which split the space and brightened it up.

And this isn’t even the real tasting room yet, says deLeuze, who left UC Davis in the middle of his studies in 1983 to help his father build the first incarnation of this winery on Silverado Trail. Soon we’re joined by his son, Brandon deLeuze, whose title is winemaker, although they’ve still got senior winemaker Chris Pisani, who’s been on the payroll here for 23 years. I think that’s all the winemakers, but there are more deLeuzes working here to be sure, and they seem like good folks to work for. They’re the “D” part of the equation. Back in 1969, Norman deLeuze and fellow engineer Gino Zepponi thought it would be fun to make two wines, calling their effort “ZD” for one obvious reason and one nerdy reason: “zero defects” in engineer jargon. And here we are.

And here’s that 1969 Pinot Noir, which the family is sharing thanks to some collectors with deep cellars.

Sourced from Rene diRosa’s Winery Lake vineyard, it has the bouquet of dried orange blossoms pressed in an old book for a long time, and lingers not a moment on the tongue before it’s gone.

Sticking around a bit longer is the earthy, meaty 2017 Founder’s Reserve Pinot Noir ($90), from ZD’s certified organic estate vineyard in Carneros. And although the winery’s bread and butter is a lean and lemony style of California appellation Chardonnay, barrel fermented in American oak but without malolactic secondary fermentation—so, more bread than butter—the winery is upvalley, after all, so they make a 2015 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon ($230) that’s big on juicy licorice flavor but soft on tannin. The remodel on the upstairs tasting room must also have been expensive, but the sweeping Napa Valley view is worth it—zero gloom.

That other wine made by Zepponi and deLeuze back in the day? Riesling, but alas, they haven’t had that spirit here since, well, a while.

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Calendar MARIN James McMurtry Grammy-nominated folk singer and songwriter performs a solo show in the Grate Room. Apr 5, 7:30pm. $35. Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael, 415.524.2773.

Jeffrey Halford & the Healers Chart-topping Americana artist and his band perform a collection of original songs from their forthcoming album “West Towards South.” Apr 6, 8pm. Free admission.

Rancho Nicasio, 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio, 415.662.2219.

Meat Puppets Phoenix legends, originally formed in the ‘80s and reunited in 2006, blend punk with country and psychedelic rock and welcome standup satirist Neil Hamburger to open.

Apr 4, 7pm. $29. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.3850.

SONOMA Shoreline Mafia Hip-hop ensemble leads a new wave of rap music with sold-out tours and sought-after mixtapes. Apr 5, 8pm. $27.50. The Phoenix Theater, 201 Washington St, Petaluma, 707.762.3565.

Sonoma County Philharmonic Conductor Norma Gamboa leads the group in a program, “Free Spirit,” at their new venue. Apr 6, 7:30pm and Apr 7, 2pm. $15; students are free. Jackson Theater, Sonoma Country Day School, 4400 Day School Place, Santa Rosa, 707.284.3200.

Vasen Swedish folk trio marks three decades together and tours with new album, “Rule of 3,” that celebrates their history.

Apr 6, 8pm. $25. Sebastopol Community Church, 1000 Gravenstein Hwy N, Sebastopol, seb.org.

NAPA All-4-One R&B and pop group, known for love songs like “I Swear,” perform five intimate sets over three nights. Apr 4-6. $45 and up. Blue Note Napa, 1030 Main St, Napa, 707.880.2300.

It’s a Grand Night for Singers Music Director Richard B Evans accompanies singers from all over the Bay Area in classical and musical theater selections. Apr 6, 7pm. $20.

Jarvis Conservatory, 1711 Main St, Napa, 707.255.5445.

Steven Curtis Chapman The most awarded artist in Christian music history performs a solo show. Apr 6, 8pm. $36 and up. Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third St, Napa, 707.259.0123.

Clubs & Venues MARIN HopMonk Novato Apr 4, the Eleventh Hour Band and the New Hip Replacements. Apr 5, the Unauthorized Rolling Stones and the Atomic Beatles.

Apr 6, When Doves Cry. Apr 7, Graham Parker. Sold-out. 224 Vintage Way, Novato, 415.892.6200.

L’Appart Resto Apr 4, the Blue Rooster Combo. 636 San Anselmo Ave, San Anselmo, 415.256.9884.

Marin Country Mart Apr 5, 6pm, Friday Night Jazz with Pamela Rose. Apr 7, 12:30pm, Folkish Festival with Misner & Smith. 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur, 415.461.5700.

19 Broadway Nightclub Apr 3, Blackcat Zydeco. Apr 4, Paisley Project.

Apr 5, First Friday Reggae Night. Apr 6, Walk Talk with Love Jet. Apr 7, Elvis Johnson’s Fairfax Blues Jam. 17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax, 415.459.1091.

Osher Marin JCC Apr 6, Blame Sally. 200 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael, 415.444.8000.

Papermill Creek Saloon Apr 4, Freeway Frank Bohan and friends.

Apr 5, John Courage with Darren Nelson.

Apr 7, 6:30pm, Blue Sky Band. 1 Castro, Forest Knolls, 415.488.9235.

Misbehavin’. 1026 Machin Ave, Novato, 415.899.9883.

SONOMA Green Music Center Weill Hall Apr 4, Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour. Apr 5, the Tallis Scholars. 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.

HopMonk Sebastopol Apr 5, Dash and Marshall House Project.

Apr 6, La Gente. Apr 10, “Over the Rainbow” with Joshua Bluegreen and friends. 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol, 707.829.7300.

Lagunitas Tap Room Apr 4, Stan Erhart Band. Apr 5, Fly by Train.

Apr 6, Chasing Anthems. Apr 7, August Sun. Apr 10, Ragtag Sullivan. 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma, 707.778.8776.

Mystic Theatre & Music Hall Apr 4, the King Street Giants with the Crux and Alison Harris. Apr 5, Low Cut Connie with Hose Rips. 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, 707.775.6048.

Twin Oaks Roadhouse Apr 4, Country Line Dancing. Apr 5, Roadhouse Rumble with Bloomfield Bluegrass Boys. Apr 6, Electric Tumbleweed.

5745 Old Redwood Hwy, Penngrove, 707.795.5118.

NAPA Blue Note Napa Apr 3, The Billie Holiday Project. Apr 9, Tommy Odetto. Apr 10, Sal’s Greenhouse.

1030 Main St, Napa, 707.880.2300.

Peri’s Silver Dollar Apr 4, Kim Helmuth and N+4. Apr 5, Swamp Thang. Apr 6, Talley Up. Apr 7, Blue Runners Trio. 29 Broadway, Fairfax, 415.459.9910.

The Saint Apr 5, JourneyDay Rhorer. Apr 6, Shelby Lanterman. 1351 Main St, St Helena, 707.302.5130.

Rancho Nicasio Apr 5, the Ed Early Band. Apr 7, 5pm, Loralee Christensen and Paul Olguin. 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio, 415.662.2219.

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Sausalito Seahorse Apr 5, Fire Wheel. Apr 6, Generation Esmeralda. Apr 7, 4pm, Julio Bravo y su Orquestra Salsabor. 305 Harbor View Dr, Sausalito, 415.331.2899.

Smiley’s Schooner Saloon Apr 4, Caitlin Jemma and Lauren Barth.

Apr 5, September. Apr 6, RKS. 41 Wharf Rd, Bolinas, 415.868.1311.

Station House Cafe Apr 7, 5pm, the LoWatters. 11180 State Route 1, Pt Reyes Station, 415.663.1515.

Sweetwater Music Hall Apr 5, Pink Talking Fish. Apr 7, “The Who’s TOMMY: a Bluegrass Opry” with the Hillbenders. $32. Apr 9, Koolerator with Barry Sless. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.3850.

The Tavern on Fourth Apr 5, Smiling at Strangers. Apr 6, ColdSol. 711 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.454.4044.

Trek Winery Apr 5, Country Dance Night. Apr 6, Ain’t

Bank of Marin Apr 8-May 31, “The World of Film According to L,” exhibit hosted by A Touch of Class Fine Art features paintings pertaining to film both classic and contemporary. Reception, April 9 at 6pm. 19 Sunnyside Ave, Mill Valley.

Mon-Fri, 10am to 6pm 415.380.4665.

Bay Model Visitor Center Apr 6-Jun 1, Beauty & the Beast,” awardwinning photographers Rob Badger and Nita Winter capture California’s wildflowers while bringing awareness to the dangers of climate change. Reception, Apr 6 at 1pm.

2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 415.332.3871.

Comedy Don Friesen The only two-time winner of the San Francisco International Comedy Competition takes the stage. Apr 5, 8pm. $30.

Marin Center Showcase Theatre, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael, 415.499.6800.

MarINSANITY Be a member of a studio audience for the taping of the standup comedy show.

Space is limited. Apr 8, 6:30pm. Free admission. Community Media Center of Marin, 819 A St, San Rafael, cmcm.tv/ marinsanity.

Tuesday Night Live See standup comedians at the top of their game. Apr 9, 8pm. $17-$27. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600.

Dance Knights of Columbus Hall Apr 4, 5pm, Beginning Swing Dance Series, no partner or experience needed. 167 Tunstead Ave, San Anselmo 415.215.8571.

Marin Center’s Veterans Memorial Auditorium Apr 6, 2:30 and 7pm, Moon Over the Helan Mountain, Yinchan Art Theater Company reaches back to the history of the Silk Road through vibrant costumes, music and dance. $20-$50. 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael 415.473.6800.

Sebastopol Center for the Arts Apr 6, 7:30pm, Viva Espana, the passion of Spain comes to the stage with Sol Flamenco combining dance and music. $20. 282 S High St, Sebastopol 707.829.4797.

Events Community Open Studios at di Rosa Visitors can drop-in and explore the studio stations arranged in di Rosa’s gallery, with staff and volunteers on hand, followed by artist conversation. Apr 6, 11am. Free. di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, 5200 Sonoma Hwy, Napa, 707.226.5991.

Gravel Less Traveled Join an evening of adventure, inspiration and great conversation with athletes Rebecca Rusch and Yuri Hauswald. Apr 9, 7pm. Marin Museum of Bicycling, 1966 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Fairfax, 415.450.8000.

Corte Madera Library Apr 6-May 17, “Heavenly Words,” Islamic art exhibit features work based on verses of the Quran. 707 Meadowsweet Dr, Corte Madera.

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Joy: Sunday Salon Themed-based performance and sharingcommunity event includes singers, dancers, poets and others. Apr 7, 5pm. O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, 616 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.4331.

Robert Allen Fine Art Apr 4-May 31, “Presence,” new works on canvas by John Maxon. Reception, Apr 4 at 5:30pm. 301 Caledonia St, Sausalito. Mon-Fri, 10 to 5. 415.331.2800.

Sarafornia: ENGAGE Calistoga Art in April’s signature event gathers some of the Bay Area’s best artists, craftspeople and performers to meet, create and engage with the public. Apr 4-7. Napa

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Stevie Nicks: In Your Dreams Documentarian David Stewart and Nicks set up shop in her home studio and reveal their collaborative creative process in this 2013 film. Apr 4, 7pm. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.454.1222.

Food & Drink Farm-To-Table Experience at Slide Ranch Enjoy a delicious meal featuring local and organic ingredients prepared by chef Gabriel Powers. Fri, Apr 5, 5pm. $85. Slide Ranch, 2025 Shoreline Hwy, Muir Beach, 415.381.6155.

Field to Glass Wine Dinner Series showcases winemakers and other wine professionals. Apr 4, 6pm. Left Bank Brasserie, 507 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur, 415.927.3331.

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.

Tartan Day Whisky Tasting Napa Valley Museum hosts a Scottish holiday tasting with whiskey expert James Forbes. Apr 6, 6pm. $75. CIA at Copia, 500 First St, Napa, 707.967.2530.

Taste of Tomales Bay Explore local ingredients with six coastal restaurants participating in tastings and more. Apr 5-7. $120. William Tell House, 26955 Hwy 1, Tomales, tasteoftomales.com.

For Kids Family Farm Day Enjoy a variety of crafts and activities related to the day’s theme of farm animals. Apr 6. $35; kids under 3 are free. Slide Ranch, 2025 Shoreline Hwy, Muir Beach, 415.381.6155.

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Field Trips Bee Experienced Don beekeeping suits and head out to the apiary for a hands-on inspection of working hives. Apr 7, 1pm. Heidrun Meadery, 11925 State Route 1, Point Reyes Station, 415.663.9122.

Headlands History Hike Learn about the plants, animals, minerals and people that have inhabited this national park. Apr 6, 10am. Point

Bonita YMCA, 981 Fort Barry, Sausalito, 415.331.9622.

Sunrise Tour of Muir Woods See majestic trees and hear the story of the forest. Reservations required. Apr 7, 6:30am.

Free. Muir Woods Visitor Center, 1 Muir Woods Rd, Mill Valley, 415.388.2596.

Film Safety Last!

Harold Lloyd’s timeless silent comedy screens with live piano accompaniment. Apr 5, 7pm. $8-$14. Lark Theater, 549 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur, 415.924.5111.

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Prolific author Dave Eggers reads from his latest novel on Friday, April 5, at Book Passage in Corte Madera. See Readings, this page.

Stinky Tales Doug Zesiger and his puppet friends bring big laughs while teaching empathy and confidence to 3-6 year olds. Apr 7, 10:30am. $12-$20. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.3850.

Lectures The California Supreme Court: Inside and Out Ross resident and retired California Supreme Court Justice Kathryn Mickle Werdega talks about her experiences. Apr 5, 11am. Marin Art & Garden Center, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross, 415.455.5260.

Chair Yoga for Seniors Safely improve strength, flexibility and more with weekly class. Wed, 11am. $8. First Presbyterian Church of San Rafael, 1510 Fifth St, San Rafael, 415.456.6760.

Crime & Puzzlement Panel discussion featuring local mystery writers explores suspense fiction. Apr 8, 10:30am. Corte Madera Library, 707 Meadowsweet Dr, Corte Madera, 415.924.3515.

Readings Book Passage Apr 3, 7pm, “My Lovely Wife” with Samantha Downing. Apr 4, 1pm, “The Editor” with Steven Rowley. Apr 4, 7pm, “A Thousand Kisses” with John Weiser.

Apr 5, 7pm, “the Parade” with Dave Eggers.

Apr 6, 1pm, “The Penalty For Success” with Josephine Bolling McCall. Apr 6, 4pm, “The Book of Help” with Megan Griswold. Apr 7, 1pm, “It’s Not Your Money” with Tosha Silver. Apr 9, 12pm, “The Island of Sea Women” with Lisa See, literary luncheon includes meal and signed book. $55. Apr 9, 7pm, “The Old Drift” with Namwali Serpell.

Apr 10, 7pm, “Wild Mercy” with Mirabai Starr. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera 415.927.0960.

College of Marin Library Apr 9, 7pm, “Judgment Day: Poems” with Sandra Gilbert. 835 College Ave, Kentfield 415.485.9475.

Dance Palace Apr 7, 4pm, “Living in Flow” with Sky Nelson-Isaacs. 503 B St, Pt Reyes Station 415.663.1075.

Osher Marin JCC Apr 8, 7:30pm, “Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir” with Ruth Reichl. 200 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael 415.444.8000.

Outdoor Art Club Apr 4, 1pm, “The Penalty For Success” with Josephine Bolling McCall. Free. 1 W Blithedale Ave, Mill Valley 415.383.2582.

Papermill Creek Saloon Apr 7, 6pm, “The Origins of the Modern Tuning System” with Walter Dickson. 1 Castro, Forest Knolls 415.488.9235.

Theater The 24-Hour Musical Come for a crazy night of musical theater that was cast, staged, teched and rehearsed in one day. Apr 6, 7pm. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600.

A Night of Shakespeare Shorts Celebration of Shakespeare’s plays features competition in which participants perform scenes interspersed with music. Apr 6, 8pm. $20. The Phoenix Theater, 201 Washington St, Petaluma, petalumashakespeare.org.

A Perfect Ganesh The pilgrimage tradition is turned on its head when two middle-aged friends throw themselves into a rousing tour of India. Through Apr 14. $28-$30. Cinnabar Theater, 3333 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, 707.763.8920.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 146385. The following individual(s) are doing business: ALBA SALON, 621 DEL FANADO RD, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: ALBA SALON CORPORATION, 621 DEL FANADO RD, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. This business is being conducted

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The following individual(s) are doing business: INNOVATIVE RADIO SOLUTIONS, 15 SILK OAK CIRCLE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: DOGTREKKER, INC., 15 SILK OAK CIRCLE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901.

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The following individual(s) are doing business: KBM ENTERPRISES, 26 CHALDA COURT, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: KEVIN B. MCNEW, 26 CHALDA COURT, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on FEBRUARY 11, 2019.

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The following individual(s) are doing business: THE APPLICANT MANAGER, 361 3RD ST, SUITE F, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: THE HR MANAGER LLC, 361 3RD ST, SUITE F, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business

is being conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on FEBRUARY 27, 2019.

(Publication Dates: March 20, 27 April 3, and 10 of 2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2019146457.

The following individual(s) are doing business: ARCH STREET PROPERTIES, 40 WALNUT AVE, LARKSPUR, CA 94939: EQUITY FARM LLC, 40 WALNUT AVE, LARKSPUR, CA 94939. This business is being conducted

by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on MARCH 14, 2019. (Publication Dates: March 20, 27 April 3, and 10 of 2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2019-146303.

The following individual(s) are doing business: BRADLEY REAL ESTATE, 850 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: MELISSA BRADLEY, 22 WOODSIDE WAY #159, ROSS, CA 94957. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on FEBRUARY 22, 2019. (Publication Dates: April 3, 10, 17 and 24 of 2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2019146333. The following individual(s) are doing business: WM MEDICAL, 20 BURGESS CT, SAUSALITO, CA 94965: WILMA MARKS, 20 BURGESS

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 146434. The following individual(s) are doing business: ENGEL + VOELKERS FAIRFAX, 44 BOLINAS RD, FAIRFAX, CA 94930: SAN FRANCISCO REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS INC., 3636 E. COAST HIGHWAY, CORONA DEL MAR, CA 92625. This business is being conducted

by A CORPORATION. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on MARCH 12, 2019.

(Publication Dates: April 3, 10, 17 and 24 of 2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 146438. The following individual(s) are doing business: ENGEL + VOELKERS MILL VALLEY, 206 E. BLITHEDALE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: SAN FRANCISCO REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS INC., 3636 E. COAST HIGHWAY, CORONA DEL MAR, CA 92625. This business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on MARCH 12, 2019. (Publication Dates: April 3, 10, 17 and 24 of 2019)

OTHER NOTICES ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: CIV 1900931 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF MARIN TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS 1.

Petitioner (name of each): Nancy E Belza and Paul C Belza, has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: Ryan Harrison Belza to Proposed Name: Ryan Kensington Belza 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: 5/6/2019, Time: 9:00am, Dept: A Room: 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: MAR 11, 2019 Stephen Freccero Judge of the Superior Court James M Kim Court Executive Officer MARIN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT

By C. Lucchesi, Deputy (March 20, 27, April 3, 10 of 2019)

NOTICE TO PROPOSERS. Notice is hereby given that the Butte County Office of Education, (hereinafter “BCOE”) will receive proposals submit electronically in a single PDF to the BCOE by 3:00pm on Wednesday, April 17, 2019 to b2w@bcoe.org with the subject line reading: 2019 Back 2 Work Marin County RFP_Proposers Name. No separate emails with pieces of applications will be accepted. The single PDF of the full application must be emailed. Applications emailed to any address other than listed above will not be accepted. Proposals to administer TWO (2) Work Crews in Marin County for the Back 2 Work Program for the BCOE. After the scheduled closing time set for receipt of proposals, proposals may not then be withdrawn for a period of ninety (90) calendar days from and after said closing time, except as otherwise provided in the California Public Contract Code.Each proposal must conform to the requirements of the Request for Proposal (“RFP”) specifications and other documents comprising the contract documents, which may be examined online at https://www.bcoe. org/o/bcoe/browse/12974 and copies obtained at the office of Shelle Hord, Sr. Administrative Assistant, located at 2015 J Street; Suite 205, Sacramento, CA 95811, (530) 532-5686.No proposal will be considered unless it follows the instructions provided in the RFP. Each proposal must be submitted with a fully executed Non-Collusion Affidavit that complies with Public Contract Code Section 7106.All proposers shall be responsible for familiarizing themselves with the conditions and requirements of bidding prior to submitting a proposal. Within ten (10) calendar days after notification of the award of contract, the successful proposer will be required to submit a fully executed contract and furnish the certificates of insurance required by the contract.

Funds for this program are contingent upon a fully executed contract between Caltrans and BCOE. Funds will not be available and a contract will not be entered into with the successful proposer until these funds are made available from the State. This RFP shall not be construed to create an obligation on the part of BCOE to enter into a contract with any firm or individual. This request is an information solicitation of proposal only. BCOE reserves the right to reject any and all proposals and/or waive any irregularities or informalities in the RFP process. Mary Sakuma •Superintendent of the Butte County Office of Education. 1859 Bird Street, Oroville, CA 95965 (Publication dates: March 27, April 3, 10 of 2019)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: CIV 1901014 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF MARIN TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS 1. Petitioner (name of each): Cara Quibell Lembi, has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: Cara Quibell Lembi to Proposed Name: Cara Mia Martine Quibell Lembi 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: 5/9/2019, Time:

9:00am, Dept: B, Room: B. 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: March 15, 2018 James T. Chou Judge of the Superior Court James M Kim Court Executive Officer MARIN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT By C. Lucchesi, Deputy (March 27, April 3, 10, 17 of 2019)

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: ROBERT WILLIS MOREY, JR, aka ROBERT W. MOREY, JR. CASE NO.: PR 1901002 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: Robert Willis Morey, Jr., Robert W. Morey, Jr., Robert Willis Morey, Robert W. Morey, Robert Morey A Petition for~Probate~has been filed by: Janet L. Dobrovolny in the Superior Court of California, County of Marin. The Petition for~Probate~requests that: Janet L. Dobrovolny be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. 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: 4/15/2019, Time: 9:00AM, Dept.: J, 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. Petitioner: Janet L. Dobrovolny 2000 Powell Street, Suite 1605, Emeryville, CA 94608 510-6533878 FILED: MAR 7, 2019 James M. Kim Court Executive Officer MARIN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT By: E. CHAIS (March 27, April 4, April 10 of 2019)

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: SUSANNE MARION SCHNEIDER CASE NO.: PR 1901072 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may other-wise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: SUSANNE MARION SCHNEIDER A Petition for~Probate~has been filed by: VOLKMAR BÜSCHEL in the Superior Court of California, County of Marin. The Petition for~Probate~requests that: HOLGER SIEGWART 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 rep-resentative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The indepen-dent 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: 4/15/2019, Time: 9:00AM, Dept.: J, 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.

Petitioner: SIEGWART GERMAN AMERICAN LAW, INC. 1799 Bayshore Highway, Suite 150, Burlingame, CA 94010 650-259-9670 FILED: MAR 20, 2019 James M. Kim Court Executive Officer MARIN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT By: E. CHAIS (March 27, April 4, April 10 of 2019)

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:Dale R. Blanton CASE NO.: PR 1901117 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: Dale R. Blanton a.k.a. Rusty Blanton A Petition for~Probate~has been filed by: Kathryn M Parker and Harold Sawyer in the Superior Court of California, County of Marin. The Petition for~Probate~requests that: Kathryn M Parker and Harold Sawyer be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate.

The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the

court. 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: 4/29/2019, Time: 9:00AM, Dept.: J, 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: Samantha Murray Tighe, Attorney at Law, 1300 Grant Ave, Suite 203, Novato, CA 94945 415-986-5910 FILED: MAR 22, 2019 James M. Kim Court Executive Officer MARIN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT By: E. Anderson (April 4, 10, 17 of 2019)

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: ROBERT WILLIS MOREY, JR, aka ROBERT W. MOREY, JR. CASE NO.: PR 1901002 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: Robert Willis Morey, Jr., Robert W. Morey, Jr., Robert Willis Morey, Robert W. Morey, Robert Morey A Petition for~Probate~has been filed by: Janet L. Dobrovolny in the Superior Court of California, County of Marin. The Petition for~Probate~requests that: Janet L. Dobrovolny be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate.

The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. 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: 4/15/2019, Time: 9:00AM, Dept.: J, 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.

Petitioner: Janet L. Dobrovolny 2000 Powell Street, Suite 1605, Emeryville, CA 94608 510-653-3878 FILED: MAR 7, 2019 James M. Kim Court Executive Officer MARIN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT By: E. CHAIS (March 27, April 4, April 10 of 2019)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: CIV 1901123 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF MARIN TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS 1. Petitioner (name of each): Tay Franklin, has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: Miles Owings Franklin to Proposed Name: Milo Owings Franklin 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: 5/24/2019, Time: 9:00am, Dept: A, Room: 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: March 22, 2019 Stephen Frecerro Judge of the Superior Court James M Kim Court Executive Officer MARIN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT By C. Lucchesi, Deputy (April 3, 10, 17, 24 of 2019)

By Amy Alkon

Q:

I’m not the best housekeeper or the tidiest person. I’ve got papers everywhere, dishes in the sink, clothes on the floor, and an unmade bed. I have a very long-haired cat who leaves fur everywhere. I joke to men that “fighting entropy is a losing battle,” but it occurred to me that maybe men see my place and think either I’m lax in my own personal hygiene (I’m not) or I’d be a bad girlfriend/wife.—Sloberella

A:

When a guy you’re dating wants to buy you something, it shouldn’t be a vacuum.

That said, there’s being dirty (that is, unclean) and there’s being untidy, and they’re two different things. In research looking at relationship deal breakers by evolutionary psychologist Peter K. Jonason and his colleagues, 63 percent of men named a “disheveled or unclean appearance” as the single biggest turnoff in a potential partner.

However, it’s important to note that this measure was about personal hygiene, and you apparently don’t have mossy teeth or BO that sets off CDC scanners.

As for your apartment, the real problem comes if the place crosses over from cluttered to disgusting. To understand why, consider the apparent function of getting grossed out. Evolutionary psychologist Joshua Tybur explains that disgust seems to have evolved to help us avoid pathogens—and the providers of their ground and air transportation, like boogers, vomit, dead bodies, and co-workers who like to celebrate “take your flu to work!” day. In light of this, priority areas to address would be the bathroom (especially the throne) and the kitchen. Also important would be policing the cat hair and rounding up any encrusted plates or week-old chow mein containers still loitering on surfaces.

Regarding whether you should also be spending more time tidying up—that is, organizing mere clutter—living life can be seen as a series of decisions you need to make about trade-offs. Economists explain this in terms of “opportunity costs”— the benefits you have to sacrifice when you choose one option (one way to spend your time, energy, or money) over another.

To decide the level of cleaning and tidying you need to do, ask yourself how much of a luxury and how much of a necessity a boyfriend is to you. Depending on your answer—because even just clutter could put some guys off—you might decide that it’s worth it to you to begin a daily cleaning routine, simply by picking up or wiping up 10 things every morning before you start your workday.

This advice is inspired by psychologist Karl Weick’s insight into the motivational power of “small wins.” Consider that being faced with massive, seemingly insurmountable problems—like “end world hunger,” “get the Israelis to hug it out with the Palestinians,” and, in your case, “keep the apartment spotless”—breeds dread in us (“aversive feelings,” in psychologist-speak) and drains our motivation.

However, you could probably be kind of “yeah, okay” about doing 10 small tasks.

(Some of these might be as minor as “pick up the sock that’s spent the week vacationing on the living room floor.”) Recasting the need to clean as a small set of daily tasks would yank away its power for dread production. In fact, chances are, through the “small win” of completing your daily 10, you’d end up feeling you accomplished something—which other research finds seems to have motivating effects throughout the day.

Finally, there is another factor to consider: truth in cleanliness. If you’re likely to fall back into your old ways (at least somewhat), your home should not be so spotless and organized that you appeal to the wrong guy—the sort who measures so his decorative geode is in its rightful position on the coffee table. Should you attract a guy like that, it’d be best to confess to your sloberella-hood and give him time to see (and decide whether he can stomach) the real you. However, with guys with more moderate standards, by doing your daily 10, you should hit the mark— giving them the impression that you’re holding off on sex because you’re done with hookups, not because you probably haven’t washed your sheets since mid-2016.

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 April 3

ARIES (March 21-April 19): A mushroom

shaped like a horse's hoof grows on birch trees in parts of Europe and the U.S. If you strip off its outer layer, you get amadou, spongy stuff that's great for igniting fires. It's not used much anymore, but it was a crucial resource for some of our ancestors. As for the word "amadou," it's derived from an old French term that means "tinder, kindling, spunk."

The same word was formerly used to refer to a person who is quick to light up or to something that stimulates liveliness. In accordance with astrological omens, I'm making "Amadou" your nickname for the next four weeks.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): "Human beings

are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them," wrote novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez. "Life obliges them over and over to give birth to themselves." Here's what I'll add to that: As you mature, you do your best to give birth to ever-new selves that are in alignment with the idealistic visions you have of the person you want to become. Unfortunately, most of us aren't skilled at that task in adolescence and early adulthood, and so the selves we create may be inadequate or delusory or distorted. Fortunately, as we learn from our mistakes, we eventually learn to give birth to selves that are strong and righteous. The only problem is that the old false selves we generated along the way may persist as ghostly echoes in our psyche. And we have a sacred duty to banish those ghostly echoes. I tell you this, Taurus, because the coming months will be en excellent time to do that banishing. Ramp up your efforts NOW!

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): "When spring came, there were no problems except where to be happiest," wrote Ernest Hemingway in his memoir.

He quickly amended that statement, though, mourning, "The only thing that could spoil a day was people." Then he ventured even further, testifying, "People were always the limiters of happiness except for the very few that were as good as spring itself."

I bring these thoughts to your attention so as to prepare you for some good news. In the next three weeks, I suspect you will far exceed your quota for encounters with people who are not "limiters of happiness"—who are as good as spring itself.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): It's time to prove that Cancerians have more to offer than nurturing, empathizing, softening the edges, feeling deeply, getting comfortable, and being creative. Not that there's anything wrong with those talents. On the contrary! They're beautiful and necessary. It's just that for now you need to avoid being pigeonholed as a gentle, sensitive soul. To gather the goodies that are potentially available to you, you'll have to be more forthright and aggressive than usual. Is it possible for you to wield a commanding presence?

Can you add a big dose of willfulness and a pinch of ferocity to your self-presentation? Yes and yes!

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): General Motors

manufactured a car called the Pontiac Aztek from 2001 to 2005. It wasn't commercially successful.

One critic said it looked like "an angry kitchen appliance," and many others agreed it was exceptionally unstylish. But later the Aztek had an odd revival because of the popularity of the TV show *Breaking Bad*. The show's protagonist, Walter White, owned one, and that motivated some of his fans to emulate his taste in cars. In accordance with astrological omens, Leo, I suspect that something of yours may also enjoy a second life sometime soon. An offering that didn't get much appreciation the first time around may undergo a resurgence. Help it do so.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): "Of all the female sins, hunger is the least forgivable," laments feminist author Laurie Penny. She's referring to the hunger "for anything, for food, sex, power, education, even love." She continues: "If we have desires, we are expected to conceal them, to control them, to keep ourselves in check. We are supposed to be objects of desire, not desiring beings." I've quoted her because

By Rob Brezsny

I suspect it's crucial for you to not suppress or hide your longings in the coming weeks. That's triply true if you're a woman, but also important if you're a man or some other gender. You have a potential to heal deeply if you get very clear about what you hunger for and then express it frankly.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Only one of Nana

Mouskouris's vocal cords works, but over the course of an almost 60-year career, the Libran singer has sold over 30 million records in twelve different languages. Many critics speculate that her apparent disadvantage is key to her unique style. She's a coloratura mezzo, a rare category of chanteuse who sings ornate passages with exceptional agility and purity. In the coming weeks, I suspect that you will be like Mouskouris in your ability to capitalize on a seeming lack or deprivation.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Your tribe is

symbolized by three animals: the scorpion, the eagle, and the mythological phoenix. Some astrologers say that the scorpion is the ruling creature of "unevolved" or immature Scorpios, whereas the eagle and phoenix are associated with those of your tribe who express the riper, more enlightened qualities of your sign.

But I want to put in a plug for the scorpion as being worthy of all Scorpios. It is a hardy critter that rivals the cockroach in its ability to survive—and even thrive in—less than ideal conditions. For the next two weeks, I propose we make it your spirit creature.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Sagittarian novelist Gustave Flaubert declared that it's "our duty is to feel what is sublime and cherish what is beautiful." But that's a demanding task to pull off on an ongoing basis. Maybe the best we can hope for is to feel what's sublime and cherish what's beautiful for 30-35 days every year. Having said that, though, I'm happy to tell you that in 2019 you could get all the way up to 95-100 days of feeling what's sublime and cherishing what's beautiful. And as many as 15 to 17 of those days could come during the next 21.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):

Sommeliers are people trained to perceive the nuances of wine. By sampling a few sips, the best sommeliers can discern facts about the type of grapes that were used to make the wine and where on earth they were grown. I think that in the coming weeks you Capricorns should launch an effort to reach a comparable level of sensitivity and perceptivity about any subject you care about. It's a favorable time to become even more masterful about your specialties; to dive deeper into the areas of knowledge that captivate your imagination.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Every language is a work-in-progress. New words constantly insinuate themselves into common usage, while others fade away. If you traveled back in time to 1719 while remaining in your current location, you'd have trouble communicating with people of that era. And today linguistic evolution is even more rapid than in previous ages. The Oxford English Dictionary adds more than a thousand new words annually. In recognition of the extra verbal skill and inventiveness you now posses, Aquarius, I invite you to coin a slew of your own fresh terms. To get you warmed up, try this utterance I coined: vorizzimo! It's an exclamation that means "thrillingly beautiful and true."

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): One of history's

most audacious con men was George C. Parker, a Pisces. He made his living selling property that did not legally belong to him, like the Brooklyn Bridge, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Statue of Liberty. I suspect you could summon his level of salesmanship and persuasive skills in the coming weeks. But I hope you will use your nearly magical powers to make deals and perform feats that have maximum integrity. It's OK to be a teensy bit greedy, though.

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