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Marin is one of state’s healthiest counties, but there’s some catching up to do in improving our mental health

By Rebecca Maxwell (pictured on left), LCSW, Director Behavioral Health, Marin General Hospital Heather Carlberg, MD (pictured on right), Chief Medical Director, Department of Psychiatry

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arin County’s natural beauty and general quality of life goes a long way to differentiate it from most other counties in California. It turns out we have another distinction as well. In a recent report Marin County ranked number one in overall health outcomes among California’s 58 counties. In addition, we ranked in the top three for quality of life; length of life; health behaviors; clinical care; and social and economic factors.

Another study, however, indicates that in the area of mental health, we still have a lot of work to do. According to our county’s most recent Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA), suicide rates, higher usage of medication for mental health issues and higher rates of substance abuse treatment, among other issues, occur at a higher percentage in Marin County than in California in general. For example: • The suicide rate per capita in California is 9.8; in Marin County the rate is 15.6.

• The percentage of adults in California taking daily medication for mental health issues is 11%; in Marin County it’s 15%.

• The rate per capita of teens reporting binge drinking is 5.8 in California; in Marin County the rate is 16.2, The per capital rate of teens who have been high from drug use in California: is 38.3; in Marin County the rate is 48.7.

• Alcohol related arrests per capital in California: 1203; in Marin County: 1501.

State and federal regulations require nonprofit hospitals to conduct a CHNA at least once every three years to identify and prioritize health needs in Marin County. The study is conducted by the Healthy Marin Partnership with participation by the acute care hospitals in Marin County as well as county-wide community health providers and business partners.

Marin County is affected by factors that all counties share in some measure which may have contributed to these higher than average rates: high housing costs and the associated impact on our health from the burden of those costs; diverse populations and the disparities in access to employment, housing, education and healthcare. Although the stigma of mental illness can have an impact on some people getting the treatment they need, so does the lack of resources, especially in outpatient psychiatry and behavioral health services, for individuals in the “middle” – those who don’t qualify for MediCal or low income support and those who can’t afford the high out-of-pocket cost of private care. More resources are also needed for children and adolescents as well as treatment of depression and behavioral issues with the elderly.

The Behavioral Health Program at Marin General Hospital is actively helping to address this problem here in Marin County. In addition to crisis intervention and emergency psychiatric evaluation available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, the fully accredited program offers intensive outpatient programs and a partial hospitalization program for adults; inpatient and outpatient electro convulsive therapy (ECT); integrated behavioral health care in two primary care locations; as well as a 17-bed adult inpatient unit, the only secured mental health facility in Marin County.

The recent reporting makes it clear that there is an unmet need for mental care in Marin County, especially in expanded access to care. For its own part, the Behavioral Health Program at Marin General Hospital is planning to add new services including expanding integrated behavioral health services in primary care practices; developing a community based center to give residents easier access to therapy and medication management services; expanding treatments for depression such as transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS);

offering early intervention programs for adolescents and young adults; using telemedicine to provide remote care when needed.

Studies such as the recent CHNA are vitally important. They help us not only to assess the health of our community but also to find ways work together to meet those needs and solve issues in areas that may be lacking. We must vigilant. Marin County residents deserve the best care possible for all their health needs, including mental illness.

If you are experiencing a mental health problem or feel you are in crisis, do not hesitate to ask for help from one of the many mental health resources available to all residents of Marin County.

For emergencies, call 911 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-8255 National Alliance on Mental Illness, Marin County 1-415-444-0480

Marin General Hospital Department of Behavioral Health 1-415-925-8808 Marin County Crisis Stabilization Unit 1-415-473-6666 Marin County Mobile Crisis Response Team 1-415-473-6392

Marin County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services Access Line 1-888-818-1115

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I want to compliment writer James Knight on the Life of Brine article ( June 12) and his writing. It was informative and I’ll try the pickled stuff, but mostly it was a treat to read. Some of the turns of phrases are so clever and funny that it kept me happily reading in anticipation of the next ones. Thank you!

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I call on the United States government to cancel its perilous plans for war strikes on Iran. The U.S. is already close to war with Russia. And the world is filled with many other areas of escalating conflicts and deadly violence. And the plain truth is that military confrontation with Iran will bring only more death and destruction to humanity thus making world

peace more impossible than ever before. It will only bring the entire world closer to the abyss from which stopping global warming and ending the frightening nuclear arms race may no longer be attainable.

Going to war with Iran is continuing on the mad path that can only lead to humankind's eventual suicide in a final World War III. So it is up to us, the ordinary people of the world, to assert our right to continue to exist on this miraculous planet Earth. It is our responsibility to prevent our own self-destruction by demanding that our politicians cancel their preparations for yet another pointless war.

The United States should restore the "nuclear deal" with Iran, end its sanctions against them and plan for a future of genuine human fulfillment and joyous living.

Rama Kumar Fairfax

State transportation planners envision a future where all forms of transportation—trucks, cargo ship, planes and trains—will be replaced by zero-emission electric vehicles.

The E-Truckin’ Era The electrified cargo era is here By Julie Cart

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CALmatters

ork used to be simple for the California Department of Transportation: widen highways, fill potholes, build new freeways.

Alas, those quaint days are gone.

To get an idea of what planners must prepare for, state officials recently hosted a demonstration of a drone air taxi that will require devising a “highway above the

ground,” said Reza Navai, a Caltrans transportation planner. “If you think transportation on the ground is complex.…”

Such sci-fi-like transit is one of many high-tech changes coming as California implements its planned electrification of transportation to radically reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. The path to “zero,” as in zero-emission vehicles, extends well beyond flying taxis and the

5 million electric cars the state hopes will drive its roads by 2030.

Everything—everything—will be replaced with an electric analog: from boats, planes and trains to delivery vans to farm tractors and even forklifts. The to-do list stretches as long as California’s seemingly endless blacktop, with freight as a major challenge.

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By Nikki Silverstein

This week, we present a courageous hero and a frightening zero in the same item.

Last Saturday evening, according to the San Rafael Police Department, Thomas Louis Pratt Jr., of San Rafael, went into Walgreen’s on Third Street in San Rafael. He attempted to buy items with a credit card that was declined.

OK, that’s embarrassing, but just hold your head high and go on home.

Pratt, 42, had something different in mind.

Indeed, he left, but he allegedly returned right away with a loaded revolver, which he pointed it at the clerk as he pulled back the hammer, police said. Police said he then demanded the items that he had tried to buy. Pretty extreme behavior for some merch from the five and dime.

The clerk told the gunman that he couldn’t help him and requested that he leave. Pratt put the gun in his pocket and proceeded to walk around the store, allegedly stealing stuff, police said. That’s when the clerk, our humble hero who doesn’t want his name used, made his move. He called the police, gave a description of the situation and quickly ushered customers and employees out of the store to safety.

San Rafael police responded within a minute, as they were about a block away, and caught Pratt as he exited the store. They reportedly verified the clerk’s report with the store’s video surveillance.

Pratt was booked into the Marin County lockup and faces a host of charges, including armed robbery, assault with a deadly weapon/firearm, convicted felon in possession of a firearm, convicted felon in possession of ammunition, possession of a stolen firearm and felony violation of probation.

Our clerk remained cool with a loaded gun aimed at him and helped the other folks in the store stay out of harm’s way. That’s the kind of guy you want with you in an emergency.

Well done, sir.

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California’s transportation agency, which updates its master plan every five years, is currently preparing a look at 2050. While officials cannot predict each new technological wrinkle, Navai said, “we must be able to consider all possibilities.”

To achieve a carbon-free transportation future, California will need to cover a lot more ground in a short time frame.

“If California’s trying to be a leader, we have to go as fast as possible,” said Lew Fulton, who studies sustainable transportation at UC Davis’ Institute of Transportation Studies. “Policies are critical to try to speed this up and try to push the envelope, and get all the manufacturers scared enough that they start producing what we need. Carrots and sticks. Carrots being pricing and incentives, sticks being regulatory.”

The state has spent more than $1 billion in the last five years to encourage research, subsidize the exchange of internal combustion vehicles for zero-emission options, formulate cleaner fuels and expand vital charging infrastructure.

It’s working with technology firms to clean up heavily polluting marine fuels belching from container ships at California ports, and state funds are helping Central Valley farmers, who are on a waiting list to replace their aging farm equipment with fuel-efficient models and to receive rebates.

Such projects may get a boost from California’s Tesla-owning governor, Gavin Newsom, as budget negotiations wrap up this month. His proposed spending plan includes nearly $24 billion for all aspects of transportation, a 6 percent increase.

Few transportation modes have clean-engine options as advanced as those for passenger cars. Buses are the exception. The Chinese company BYD, manufacturing

electric buses in Lancaster, is the largest in North America and has produced more than 300 buses, including nearly half of the Antelope Valley Transit Authority’s pool.

The city of Los Angeles has pledged to convert its bus fleet— second-largest in the country—to electric by 2030, though mechanical and performance problems plagued the rollout of its BYD vehicles.

Many other transit districts have similar goals that include school buses. The financial burden of those commitments is softened by state vouchers for up to $200,000 toward the purchase of each zeroemission bus.

The availability of some electric all-terrain recreational vehicles, farm machinery and specialty equipment such as cherry-pickers and front-end loaders has produced niche markets. Generally, though, the readily available transportation technology stops where the road ends: Electrification of trains, planes and ships is less advanced.

A state analysis found that oceangoing vessels still depend on heavilypolluting marine fuels and, aside from nuclear-powered engines for military use, zero- and near-zero technologies are not currently available. Among smaller vessels, San Francisco Bay’s famed Red and White fleet added a new hybridelectric ferry this week.

Ships docking in California’s ports frequently forgo using diesel generators to operate and instead plug into shore-side electric power.

But even when stationary, big vessels have a massive appetite: A nine-cylinder ship engine—fivestories tall and weighing 1,500 tons—can produce enough power to run 30,000 homes for a year.

But trucking is the major freight challenge for California. More than 97 percent of the state’s big rigs operate on diesel fuel, which is highly polluting and a significant contributor to detrimental health effects on those residing near transit corridors. Currently only a handful of electric or hybrid heavy-duty truck options exists, mostly prototypes.

“I see 100 percent electrification as being far off; there just aren’t any of those trucks on the road,” said Brandon Taylor, director of transportation for GSC Logistics, a

freight company operating at the Port of Oakland.

Freight represents a transportation problem somewhat of our own making: We desire— and order online—more and more products for delivery right now.

With each mouse click, delivery vans and trucks flood the state’s highways and neighborhood streets, dispatched to cover what supply-chain planners call “the last mile” of residential delivery.

About 20 percent of trips in the United States are, in fact, less than a mile. But it’s too late to shut off the merchandise-delivery tap, and freight accounts for about a third of the California Gross Domestic Product.

The influx of these trucks and vans runs counter to one of California’s bottom-line goals: to reduce not just the number of vehicles on roads but also, and more critically, the miles they travel. The mid-sized delivery vans taking the package handoff from heavy-duty trucks are turning over odometers at a dizzying rate; in Southern California, an estimated 85 percent of truck traffic is dedicated to local deliveries and short hops.

The future is likely to include on-demand trucking. Predictably, there’s an app for that, Uber Freight, which launched in California in 2017. It’s one of a handful of load-matching apps that connect shippers with smaller, more nimble trucks plying local routes. The system is intended to increase efficiency and decrease total miles driven. Additionally, electric trucks can return to a home base at night to be recharged.

Big rigs in California aren’t subject to the smog inspections that have applied to cars since 1982, partly due to early pushback from trucking companies and insurmountable complexities involved in regulating out-of-state vehicles. But that could change: A bill advancing in the Legislature would create smog checks for big diesel trucks.

The state will need to retrofit highways to allow charging of electric freight trucks, which some experts say may still be a decade away. Planners are examining exactly what an electric-truck stop would require: Big trucks need big batteries and very large charging infrastructure.

Utility companies in California, Oregon and Washington are underwriting a study that will examine how to provide electric charging and hydrogen fueling along the entirety of Interstate 5, with bays for next-generation semi-trucks running on batteries or hydrogen gas.

State regulators recognize that innovation doesn’t always align with government goals and deadlines and are planning for clean technology where feasible. Like everything else, it’s not going to be cheap.

The cost of an electric semitractor trailer, $300,000 or more, is more than twice that of a traditional diesel truck. That can be a burden on mom and pop companies, 90 percent of whose fleets contain six or fewer trucks and who operate on relatively tight margins.

“It’s going to be tough,” even with state subsidies, said Chris Shimoda, lobbyist for the California Trucking Association.

Shimoda said his members don’t care what type of fuel the state requires. “Everybody knows this is the direction California is going,” he said. “It’s easy to say we have a goal of eliminating fossil fuels, but as I think everyone would admit, the details of how to get there are important.”

At the Port of Oakland, with freight-train horns blaring in the background, Taylor said by phone that it’s eerie to see—but not hear— his company’s electric big-rig pull into one of the loading bays. “It kind of sneaks up on you,” he said.

The company’s been testing the truck for more than a year, underwritten partly by a state grant, and expects delivery of two more in the fall. Taylor uses the truck to move containers around the port but has yet to put it on the road, echoing the “range anxiety” associated with electric cars. His truck’s battery runs out and needs recharging after 120 miles.

“I guess it can only get better with electrics,” he said. “I’m not sure how it’s all going to work, but it’s happening.”

CALmatters is a nonpartisan, nonprofit journalism venture committed to explaining how California’s state Capitol works and why it matters.

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Masked Men Rolling Thunder Revue as Trickster Manifesto for our Apocalyptic Times By Tom Gogola

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he mood was hot and apocalyptic in line at the Smith Rafael Film Center on a recent Tuesday as patrons waited for the doors to open to Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story, Martin Scorsese’s Netflix documentary about the mid-’70s Dylan tour of the same name. Or, should we say, part-mockumentary?

The much-anticipated film debuted last week and the movie played at select theaters around the country for one-night stands. It’s an enjoyable romp through a shaggy, barrelhouse Dylan of the macrame mid-’70s. True to the Dylan mythos, the film is larded

with entertaining reams of pure malarkey. We’ll get to that in a minute.

That night, tickets sold out and the line extended down the block as a trio of moviegoers lamented the scorching heat next to where I stood, waiting.

To get with the spirit of the thing, it’s worth noting that you didn’t need a weatherman to know which way the hot winds were blowing. I tuned an ear as one of the moviegoers waved his arms into the hot air and declared, “And this will be considered a cool day 30 years from now.”

He was late middle-aged, and his comrades nodded in sad agreement at the moviegoer’s climate change–driven

prognostication. The conversation continued into greater depths of endtimes despair, peppered with resilience, if not defiance, in the face of what’s now being promoted as imminent global catastrophe. That was the bad news.

The good news was that the theater offered the promise of air conditioning, popcorn and the Desire-era music of Bob Dylan on the big screen.

As the trio continued with their end-times lament I couldn’t help but think, Generation X outcast that I am, “You Baby Boomers should have done more about global climate change when you had the chance.” I immediately felt horribly guilty for the

thought, and chalked it up to the heat, which was making everyone cranky.

At last the doors opened and everyone took their seats. The film was introduced by a Film Center staffer who noted, almost apologetically, that the movie everyone paid $13 to see would be on Netflix the next day—but we’d get the benefit of the big screen and Dolby sound, he said quickly. Did anyone feel scammed? Not by that.

The emcee asked the crowd whether anyone had been on the Rolling Thunder tour and hands shot up from every corner of the theater. Well, who wasn’t?

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The movie is an account of the first, East Coast leg of Dylan’s U.S. tour that year and 1976 and was pegged around the release his album Desire—and after the Band had danced its last waltz for legions of fans in large stadiums the year before.

Rolling Thunder was a famously unprofitable tour, with Dylan himself driving the bus to small venues in small towns around the country, playing to nothing but the cheap seats. The tour was conceived, as Rolling Stone reported in 1975, as a sort of thank-you dished by Dylan to some of the folkies and poets who’d come up with him out of the New York folk music scene. The ground zero for that scene was a neighborhood bar in Greenwich Village called the Kettle of Fish that’s still around. The tour would continue through spring of 1976 and yielded a live album that was panned at the time by snoot-crits Robert Christgau and Janet Maslin. Like the sixties itself, they inevitably wrote, the saggy back-end of Dylan’s tour bore no resemblance to its high energy kick-off a year before. Whatevs. It’s high praise, if you ask me, to be panned by Robert Christgau.

And, it’s high praise indeed that Scorsese continued with Dylan’s penchant for larding his music and books with cheeky or cryptical gestures and tricks. If you’ve been keeping up, there’s a growing “scandal” over the amount of B.S. that’s layered into Rolling Thunder, which reminds me of a joke about academia that goes along the lines of: “Why are debates in academia so fraught and riven with anger and passion?” Punch line: “Because the stakes are so low.”

I knew there was something weird about this movie from the opening credits on, and it wasn’t just the sight of Mick Ronson onstage in his Ziggy Stardust attire, looking like the future had come to tweak the past as it gave way to disco. That was pretty funny, seeing Ronson windmilling on stage with a bunch of shaggy hippies.

Ronson wasn’t some CGI phantom shoved into film—he really did tour with Dylan. As did Marin’s own Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, the recipient of some clever shade offered from Dylan regarding the formerly seafaring Elliott’s singing voice. “He should stick to making knots,” was the gist of Dylan’s crack about Elliott, who sings about knots in a few of his songs. What

are you really saying, Bob? Well, the Marin crowd cheered at the mention of our local folk legend.

As I was driving back to West Marin after the screening, it was late and I started to reflect on Scorsese’s entertaining romp—and chuckled at how it was that several images, which had nothing to do with Dylan, were sort of seared into my mind.

One was of a photo of Gene Simmons that appears in the film.

Why? Well, Dylan’s violinist, Scarlet Rivera, was then reportedly dating the co-founder of Kiss. That may or may not be true. What is true is that Simmons looks downright creepy. I also couldn’t stop reflecting on how Allen Ginsberg kept scratching at his sock whenever a beachside clip of him dispensing poetic ruminations came on-screen. Ginsberg was signed on to the tour at its outset but his planned poetic interludes were scrapped, due to risk of the shows going on forever.

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I’m back in line outside the theater, and the man is despairing about climate change. He expresses despair over the dried-up lava tubes of Mt. Shasta that once coursed with mountain water, and everyone shakes their heads at the answer to the question, “Well, what are they going to do about the renaming of Glacier Park.” Write a song about it?

A woman chimes in with defiance that amid fears of global catastrophe, apocalyptic doom and a generalized sense that everything’s gone to hell with Trump in the White House, that she’d spent her life working in nonprofits, trying to do the right thing in the face of why bother. It’s all making sense now.

Joan Baez features heavily in the film and I’ve always loved her maxim that “action is the antidote to despair.”

Later, I thought about how Baez and Dylan had come up in a world that had walked to the brink of nuclear war during the Cuban missile crisis, only to be saved from armageddon by a president, John F. Kennedy, who would himself be assassinated.

When Dylan sings of that “hard rain that’s gonna fall,” he wasn’t talking about Superstorm Sandy, but he might as well have been. I listened as the trio wondered what was in store for this planet in 12 years, as climate change–scientists have denoted that time frame as when humanity will start to reckon with global warming

on a globally scary scale. The mood in line reminded me of how we’re all accountable to the mundane even as it’s falling apart all around us, and perhaps spectacularly so.

So, the temptation is to describe Rolling Thunder as patient zero to highlight a post-sixties counterculture that had become insular, shabby, indulgent, paranoid and wasted— and had abandoned social justice for it’s time to get mine. There’s an even greater temptation, which I’ve been resisting mightily, to say that Rolling Thunder is a great music documentary, except for the music.

But I happen to be a big fan of Desire, with its swooning dirges and gypsy feel driven by Rivera’s sinewy violin playing. Here’s Dylan drinking “One More Cup of Coffee,” and here he is again writing about the framing of boxer Rubin Carter for murder. He’s got a dirgey blues about mobster Joey Gallo, and a song called “Isis” that isn’t about the beheading terrorists but rather the goddess of the same name.

Still, I left the theater with a funny feeling. Something didn’t add up about the movie. A few things, actually. Turns out I was on to something.

Let’s start with this: Scorsese leans on interviews with Sharon Stone, who recalls her time on the tour after she and her mother met Dylan. The connective tissue that weaves the web together is a Kiss shirt that Stone was allegedly wearing when Dylan met her and her mom. Turns out none of that’s true.

It goes on from there: The bitchy filmmaker identified as Stefan Van Dorp, is actually Bette Midler’s husband. U.S. Rep. Jack Tanner makes an appearance, a tip-off that something is not quite what it seems.

Tanner was a fictional creation of HBO in 1988. And, did Scarlet Rivera really date Gene Simmons and did Dylan really go see Kiss in Queens with her, as he claims? Probably not.

I got home after midnight and Rolling Thunder was already up on Netflix, but I didn’t feel like I’d been scammed into buying a ticket, especially since someone else bought it for me. Cool, I thought, I’ll take another spin over the weekend while I’m writing and maybe I’ll have something interesting to add to the discussion. Then the stories started to pop on Variety and other entertainment hot-sheets. Stone was never on the Rolling Thunder tour. Von Dorp, who claims to have

shot most of the footage that would ultimately comprise Rolling Thunder, was an actor who never shot anything.

All told, it’s now been reported that Scorsese included about 10 minutes of pure trickster fun in Rolling Thunder, much to the indignant chagrin of film critics like Owen Gleiberman over at Variety who felt betrayed, lied to, and embarrassed for falling for the Scorsese-Dylan ruse.

Dylan’s legendary for his trickster posturing. In the very short time he appears onscreen as a 77-year-old, he props up the Scorsese pranks by failing to shoot them down, and for offering a key aphorism about how nobody tells the truth unless they’re wearing a mask. Stone relates to the interviewer that Dylan told her that he wrote “Just Like A Woman,” in her adolescent honor—with its “breaks just like a little girl” lyric. Stone believed him until someone pointed out to her, she claims, that Dylan had written the song 10 years earlier. Stone’s retelling of Dylan’s lie is so convincing, you’d never stop to think whether the source of the lie was itself, a lie. Which it was.

The built-in pranks raise their own question: What is the suppressed history, that the bullshit should arise?

More to the point, why make up a story about Stone when you could talk about folk-singer Phil Ochs?

Ochs was a traveler in New York’s coffeehouse folk scene that gave the world Dylan. Known for his humor, political activism and prolific output as a rousing singer-songwriter of the era, Ochs was also a deeply troubled man who struggled with addiction and depression. I read somewhere that Ochs cooked up the gypsy-carnival conceit of the Rolling Thunder tour with Dylan a couple of years before it launched, but wasn’t invited to the tour.

In the oft-repeated retelling, Ochs was so depressed at the slight that he killed himself. And it’s true that Ochs committed suicide, in April 1976. Some have laid his death at Dylan’s breast— all he would have had to do was bring him on the tour!—but that’s a simplistic, if convenient rewrite.

Ochs’ struggles are vaguely alluded to in an expansive Rolling Stone piece written by Ratso Sloman as the tour kicked off. I’d have liked to see Dylan say something about Ochs—but, really what’s left to say? There’s nothing left from this tour, no legacy, no afterglow—nothing to grab hold on to. That’s not me talking, that’s Bob. There’s nothing left, Dylan croaks at the end of the movie, but dust. Y

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THE WEEK’S EVENTS: A SELECTIVE GUIDE

FAIRFAX Love Notes

Scott Stabile is a writer, speaker, and workshop wizard whose inspirational posts and videos have been shared tens of millions of times across social media. He’s best known as the author of Big Love: The Power of Living with a Wide-Open Heart, and this week he’s in Marin for A Night of Big Love with a reading and discussion centered on how to employ love to transform the world through kindness, compassion, forgiveness and authenticity. Bring a notebook and get ready to feel the love on Thursday, Jun 20, at the Indie Alley, 69 Bolinas Rd, Fairfax. 7pm. $25. theindiealley.com.

MILL VALLEY Djam On

The iconic Belgian-born Gypsy jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt is the namesake behind this weekend’s 15th annual DjangoFest Mill Valley, a blowout of concerts, workshops and, yes, “djam” sessions that honor his spirit and inimitable sound.

The fest opens with the Brazilian-based Bina Coquet Trio and renowned Dutch bassist Simon Planting. Other performers include Netherlands’ Gypsy Jazz musician Paulus Schäfer and Boston outfit the Jason Anick Acoustic Trio. Get Gypsy Jazzed up Friday through Sunday, Jun 21-23, at Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. Times vary. Individual concerts, $35 and up; festival pass, $120. 415.383.9600.

SAN RAFAEL Belle of the Ball

California natives-turned-Austin mainstays The Belle Sounds have made a name for themselves with seductive folk-pop soundscapes that boast heartfelt harmonies and emotional lyricism. The band has undergone different iterations with various musicians sitting in, recording and performing, but the core of the group remains front woman Noëlle Hampton and her husband—musical counterpart and electric guitarist André Moran. The duo performs off their most recent LP, “The Sea Within,” when they appear back in their old home state on Friday, Jun 21, at Fenix, 919 Fourth St, San Rafael. 8pm $12-$15. 415.813.5600.

NOVATO Doors of Perception

Take a trip into the mind at the exhibition “Altered States,” in which Bay Area artists dive into the subconscious and examine its influence on the creative process. The artists in the show are Bedelgeuse, aka artist Travis Bedel, who creates anatomical collage art; David Choong Lee, who combines graffiti, graphic design and realism; Janey Fritsche, who is inspired by the sea; and Tobias Tovera, who explores alchemy in his paintings and sculpture. The exhibit opens with a reception on Wednesday, Jun 26, at Marin Community Foundation, 5 Hamilton Landing, Ste 200, Novato. 5:30pm. Free. 415.464.2500.

—Charlie Swanson

Jessie McCall

Sibling sisters Shook Twins headline the Sirens of Summer Festival on Sunday, Jun 23, at Terrapin Crossroads in San Rafael. See Clubs & Venues, pg 28.

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Seager/Gray Gallery owners and curators Suzanne Gray(L) and Donna Seager assemble an ambitious collection of art for this year’s MarinScapes.

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Imagine That Popular art fundraiser MarinScapes gets fresh look By Charlie Swanson

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arinScapes has been a popular summer tradition in Marin for 31 years, though it’s never looked quite like this. The annual art exhibition and sale that returns to Escalle Winery in Larkspur on June 20-23 and supports the work of Buckelew Programs is being dubbed MarinScapes Reimagined 2019, featuring guest curators Donna

Seager and Suzanne Gray of Mill Valley’s Seager/Gray Gallery and boasting a new twist on the pleinair landscape paintings that usually adorn the event.

“MarinScapes is so beloved by the community, and we have a wonderful group of artists that return every year,” says Buckelew Programs Director of Development Katrin Ciaffa. “This year, we wanted to look at a new perspective, to

reinvent ourselves a little bit.”

To that end, Buckelew invited Seager and Gray to act as a new set of eyes for the fundraiser, and they developed the concept of “The Invented Landscape,” displaying abstract and other interpretations of landscape paintings in addition to the traditional Marin County landscape art and photography that event goers are used to.

“I think it fits really well with

what Buckelew Programs does,” says Ciaffa. “Because we provide mental health and addiction services, and recovery is all about reimagining your life, imagining that things are going to be different.”

Founded in 1970, Buckelew Programs provides a wide range of services for nearly 10,000 adults and children throughout the North Bayincluding outpatient counseling programs, a regional suicide prevention hotline and outreach program and supportive housing and employment services.

“Because mental health really affects the whole community, not just the person diagnosed with an illness, but their family and friends, we try to provide services that help everybody,” says Ciaffa.

For their part, Seager and Gray were elated to curate this year’s event. “It’s a time-honored tradition,” says Seager. “I’ve always loved MarinScapes and those pleinair paintings they show.”

In reimagining the event, Seager says they decided to go big, noting that several pieces in the show are large-scale art installations.

Exhibiting artists who put the abstract spin on the show include Kim Ford Kitz, who Seager says gets the bones of a landscape down on canvas before she plays with paint; Carole Pierce, whose paintings Seager describes as “the feeling of light filtered through trees”; and Sanjay Vora, whose works Seager compares to a visualized memory with a gauze-like texture overlaying the landscape.

Other local artists displaying during MarinScapes includes Kathleen Lipinski, Tom Killion and Susan Schneider Williams.

Advance tickets to MarinScapes are recommended, as Thursday’s opening gala is already sold-out.

Friday night features an artist reception, and Saturday and Sunday both begin with art talks by Seager and Killion, respectively.

MarinScapes also takes advantage of its location within Escalle Winery, in the hills of Larkspur and usually closed to the public. “It’s a bucolic property,” says Ciaffa. “People are always stunned by the beauty of the location and the art.”

MarinScapes Reimagined 2019 takes place Jun 20-23, at Escalle Winery, 771 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur. Thursday, Sold-Out; Friday, 5:30pm, $25. Sat-Sun, noon, $20. Saturday’s art talk begins at 11am prior to opening. Tickets and information at buckelew.org.

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It may not have much going for it, but ‘The Dead Don’t Die’ does have Tom Waits in full hermit-mode.

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The Walking Meh Jim Jarmusch finds little to say in latest turn towards horror By Richard von Busack

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ike the zombies it depicts, Jim Jarmusch’s The Dead Don’t Die is dead on its feet and ambles toward no clear destination. The existential nonchalance of Jarmusch’s many films (Down By Law, Only Lovers Left Alive, Patterson) harmonizes well with love stories of bemused, alienated characters. But, it doesn’t quite work with horror-show material, which seems to interest him in only a phantom limb sort of way, as in the tingle of remembering the thrill of late night movies decades ago.

“Centerville, Population 738: A real nice place”, reads the welcome sign. Fans of Zappa’s 200 Motels— this one’s for you. When Chief

Cliff Robertson (Bill Murray) and officer Ronnie (Adam Driver) investigate a chicken theft, the mildmannered pair are easily run off by the accused thief, Hermit Bob (Tom Waits), who’s living in the bushes. As they head back to the cop shop, the policemen worry about the unnatural amount of daylight and televised reports that polar fracking may knock the globe off its magnetic axis. “This isn’t going to end well,” says Ronnie.

Other signs and wonders mirror troubling disturbances in the small town, untilChief Robertson stumbles into a hole in the cemetery and discovers the dead gophering their way out of their graves.

For unknown reasons, the ensuing zombie attacks make the two cops more laconic than they already are.

Officer Mindy (Chloe Sevigny), the other member of the three-cop police force, is the only one who actually expresses emotions, and she alone faces the hordes of walking dead with some degree of hysteria.

By the time the fourth wall is broken—a tacit admission that the film isn’t working—The Dead Don’t Die has regressed from puzzling, to just plain dull. Though zombies have served as a parody of hypnotized consumers for 40 years now—ever since the first Dawn of the Dead—Jarmusch can’t find new flavor in this long-standing cliche..

While the film makes some passing

jokes about Trumpism, The Dead Don’t Die avoidsparodying good old American xenophobia.

The tone is like a New Yorker cartoon mocking a particularly bloody Goya painting; it’s too cozy to be grisly. Jarmusch tries his usual method of directing warm, humane actors as they negotiate a zone of vagueness and disconnectedness. It doesn’t work here, even with celebrity zombies including Selena Gomez, Carol Kane and Iggy Pop. From foreshadowing to end-game turkey shoot, it’s an exhausting movie.

‘The Dead Don’t Die” is playing in limited release.

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Movies

• New Movies This Week

By Matthew Stafford

Friday Jun 21-Thursday Jun 27 American Woman (1:51) A decade in the life of a blue-collar Pennsylvania woman struggling to raise her granddaughter on her own; Sienna Miller stars.

Anna (1:58) Luc Besson action thriller stars Sasha Luss as a gorgeous, highly skilled government assassin; Helen Mirren and Cillian Murphy look on.

Annabelle Comes Home (1:46) Yet another creepy doll wreaks havoc on yet another suburban family despite the best efforts of a demonologist, a priest and something called “sacred glass.”

Be Natural (1:43) Overdue documentary tribute to Alice Guy-Blaché, filmdom’s first female filmmaker, who made a thousand movies between 1896 and WWI; Jodie Foster narrates.

The Biggest Little Farm (1:31) Documentary follows an LA couple as they reinvent their lives by creating a 200-acre utopia of orchards, animals and over 200 crops.

Booksmart (1:45) Coming-of-age comedy about two high school brainiacs who make up for lost time (not to mention drinking, drug use and strong sexual content) the night before graduation.

The Chaplin Phenomenon (2:00) Comic Dan Kamin demonstrates the artistry of the first global superstar through clips, music and a screening of Charlie’s WWI satire Shoulder Arms.

Child’s Play (1:30) Reboot of the 1988 horror flick about a mother, her son and the creepiest doll since Talking Tina.

The Dead Don’t Die (1:43) Jim Jarmusch’s hipster political horror comedy stars Tom Waits, Carol Kane, Steve Buscemi and Bill Murray as a troupe of deadpan zombie fighters.

The Fall of the American Empire (2:08) Highfalutin comedy thriller about a French philosophy major/deliveryman caught up in a vexing yet potentially lucrative moral dilemma.

Forrest Gump (2:20) Ponderous portrait of an everyman’s life and times won the Best Picture Oscar in 1995; Tom Hanks stars.

42nd Street (2:35) Direct from London’s Theatre Royal it’s the classic Warren-Dubin musical about a down-on-his-heels producer struggling to put on a show in the depths of the Great Depression.

Framing John DeLorean (1:49) Documentary recounts the rise and fall of the disgraced GM mastermind through interviews, archival footage and dramatic reenactments.

Kinky Boots: The Musical (2:15) Catch the London stage production of the Cyndi Lauper-Harvey Fierstein musical about a failing shoe factory saved from receivership by a flamboyant transvestite cabaret star.

The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2:01) Wistful, poetic drama about a Fillmore native struggling to remain in his rapidly gentrifying home town.

Late Night (1:42) TV talk show superstar Emma Thompson gets a dynamic dose of sisterhood when she hires Mindy Kaling as her first female staff writer.

Made in Abyss (2:02) Orphan Riko and her robot pal Reg are back and getting to the bottom of the deep, dark abyss with its supernatural creatures and spooky secrets.

Men in Black: International (2:00) People in black Tessa Thompson, Emma Thompson, Liam Neeson and Chris Hemsworth are back and battling a turncoat as well as the usual array of Martians.

The Metropolitan Opera: La Bohème (2:21) Kristine Opolais stars as sweet, doomed Mimi in Franco Zeffirelli’s production of Puccini's torrid, tragic Left Bank opus.

National Theatre London: Small Island (3:20) Direct from the National Theatre stage it’s Andrea Levy’s dovetailing saga of colonial Jamaica during WWII. Non-Fiction (1:48) Wry erotic comedy about a Paris bohemian’s indiscreet new novel about his and his friends’ love lives; Juliette Binoche stars.

Nureyev (1:48) Documentary tribute to the ballet superstar features seldom-seen footage and newly choreographed works from Russell Maliphant.

Pavarotti (1:55) Ron Howard’s tribute to the opera superstar features insightful interviews, seldom-seen footage and dazzling performances newly restored in Dolby Atmos.

The Proposal (1:23) Acclaimed documentary follows filmmaker Jill Magid on her daring quest to unleash the longimprisoned artistic legacy of architect Luis Barragán.

The Public (1:59) Social drama about a homeless sit-in at a public library during a bitterly cold ice storm; Emilio Estevez writes, directs and stars.

The Quiet One (1:48) Documentary focuses on bass player Bill Wyman, the one and only humble and reclusive Rolling Stone.

The Secret Life of Pets 2 (1:26) Yet more insights into what your pooches and pussycats do when you’re out of the house; Dana Carvey and Tiffany Haddish lend voice.

Shower (1:32) Chinese comedy about a Beijing bathhouse and the paterfamilias who serves as its social director, marriage counselor and all-around wise man.

The Spy Behind Home Plate (1:38) Documentary portrait of Moe Berg, the brainy multilingual major league catcher who spent WWII as an OSS agent undermining the Nazis’ A-bomb project.

Toy Story 4 (1:30) Woody and the gang are back and grappling with the concept of what it means to be a toy; Tom Hanks, Tim Allen and the late Don Rickles vocalize.

Yesterday (1:52) When mass amnesia envelops the globe, the only person who remembers the Beatles plagiarizes his way to fame and fortune; Danny Boyle directs.

All Is True (PG-13) American Woman (R)

Lark: Fri 2:10; Sun 6:20; Mon 8:30; Thu 4 Regency: Fri-Sat 11, 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 10; Sun-Mon 11, 1:45, 4:30, 7:15 Northgate: Fri-Mon 10:40, 1:35, 4:25, 7:20, 10:15 • Anna (R) Northgate: Tue 5, 7:45, 10:35; Wed-Thu 11:30, 2:15, 5, 7:45, 10:35 • Annabelle Comes Home (R) Avengers: Endgame (PG-13) Northgate: Fri-Mon 11, 3, 6:55 Be Natural (NR) Rafael: Tue-Wed 6:30 The Biggest Little Farm (NR) Rafael: Fri 4:15, 6:15, 8:15; Sat 12:15, 2:15, 4:15, 6:15, 8:15; Sun 2:15, 4:15, 6:15, 8:15; Mon-Tue 6:15, 8:15; Wed-Thu 4:15, 6:15, 8:15; Booksmart (R) Northgate: Fri-Mon 11:35, 2:15, 5, 7:45, 10:30 Rafael: Thu 7 • The Chaplin Phenomenon (NR) Child’s Play (R) Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 7, 9:20; Sat-Sun 12:15, 2:40, 5, 7:30, 10 Northgate: Fri, Sun-Wed 10, 12:25, 2:55, 5:25, 8, 10:30; Sat 12:25, 2:55, 5:25, 8, 10:30 The Dead Don’t Die (R) Northgate: Fri-Mon 11:40, 2:20, 5:05, 7:40, 10:20 Echo in the Canyon (NR) Rafael: Fri 4:30, 6:30, 8:30; Sat-Sun 2:30, 4:30, 6:30, 8:30; Mon 6:30, 8:30; Tue 8:40; Wed 4:30, 8:40; Thu 4:30, 6:30, 8:30 • The Fall of the American Empire (R) Regency: Fri-Sat 10:45, 1:40, 4:45, 7:45, 10:45; Sun-Mon 10:45, 1:40, 4:45, 7:45 Northgate: Sun 3; Tue 7 • Forrest Gump (PG-13) 42nd Street (PG) Lark: Sat 1 Framing John DeLorean (NR) Rafael: Fri, Tue 8; Sat 1, 8; Sunday noon Regency: Tue 7 • Kinky Boots: The Musical (PG) The Last Black Man in San Francisco (R) Regency: Fri-Sat 10:35, 12:15, 1:25, 3:05, 4:25, 5:55, 7:25, 8:55, 10:25; Sun-Mon 10:35, 12:15, 1:25, 3:05, 4:25, 5:55, 7:25 Late Night (R) Northgate: Fri-Mon 11:45, 2:25, 5:15, 7:50, 10:25 Sequoia: FriSat 1:55, 4:40, 7:25, 9:55; Sun-Tue 1:55, 4:40, 7:25; Wed 4:25; Thu 1:55, 4:40 • Made in Abyss: Wandering Twilight (NR) Lark: Sat 4:15 (subtitled); Sun 10 (dubbed) Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 6:40, 9:40; Sat-Sun 12:45, • Men in Black: International (PG-13) 3:45, 6:45, 9:45 Northgate: Fri-Sat 10:15, 11:30, 1, 2:30, 4, 5:30, 7, 8:30, 10, 11; Sun-Mon 10:15, 11:30, 1, 4, 7, 8:30, 10 Rowland: Fri-Tue 10:30, 1:30, 4:20, 7:10, 9:55 • The Metropolitan Opera: La Bohème (NR) Lark: Wed 6:30 Regency: Wed 7 Sequoia: Wed 1, 7 • National Theatre London: Small Island (PG-13) Lark: Thu 6:30 Non-Fiction (R) Lark: Fri 4:15; Sun 8:30; Wed 4 Lark: Tue 6:30 • Nureyev (NR) Pavarotti (PG-13) Regency: Fri-Sat 11, 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 10; Sun-Mon 11, 1:45, 4:30, 7:15 Sequoia: Fri-Sat 1:30, 4:15, 7, 9:45; Sun-Wed 1:30, 4:15, 7; Thu 1:30, 4:15 Lark: Fri 12:25, 9; Sat 7; Mon 4 • The Proposal (NR) Lark: Fri 10, 6:30; Sat 8:50; Mon 6 • The Public (PG-13)

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The Quiet One (NR)

The Secret Life of Pets 2 (PG-13)

Shower (PG-13) The Spy Behind Home Plate (NR) Toy Story 4 (G)

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Yesterday (PG-13)

Rafael: Fri-Sat 3:30, 5:45; Sun 7:15; Mon 8:20; Tue 5:45; Wed 4:45; Thu 4 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 6:50, 9:10; Sat-Sun 12, 2:20, 4:40, 7, 9:30 Northgate: Fri-Sun 9:35, 12:15, 2:45, 5:10, 7:30, 9:50; Mon 12:15, 2:45, 5:10, 7:30, 9:50 Rowland: Fri-Tue 9:05, 11:20, 1:35, 3:50, 6:05 8:25, 10:45 Rafael: Sun 4:15 Rafael: Sat-Sun 12:15 Cinema: Fri-Wed 11, 1:40, 7, 9:40; 3D showtime at 4:20 Fairfax: 12, 1, 2:30, 3:45, 5, 6:45, 7:20, 9, 9:45 daily Northgate: Fri-Sat 9:15, 10:35, 11:15, 11:55, 1:15, 1:55, 2:35, 3:55, 4:35, 5:20, 6:35, 7:15, 7:55, 9:15, 9:55, 10:35, 11:15, 3D showtimes at 9:55, 12:35, 3:15, 5:55, 8:35; Sun 9:15, 10:35, 11:15, 11:55, 1:15, 1:55, 2:35, 3:55, 4:35, 5:20, 6:35, 7:15, 7:55, 9:15, 9:55, 10:35, 3D showtimes at 9:55, 12:35, 3:15, 5:55, 8:35; MonWed 10:35, 11:15, 11:55, 1:15, 1:55, 2:35, 3:55, 4:35, 5:20, 6:35, 7:15, 7:55, 9:15, 9:55, 10:35, 3D showtimes at 9:55, 12:35, 3:15, 5:55, 8:35 Playhouse: Fri-Sat 12, 12:45, 2:30, 3:15, 5, 6:30, 7:15, 9, 9:35; Sun-Thu 12, 12:45, 2:30, 3:15, 5, 6:30, 7:15 Rowland: Fri 9, 9:25, 10:40, 11:30, 12:20, 1:10, 2, 3:40, 4:30, 5:20, 6:10, 7, 8:40, 9:30, 10:20, 11:10, midnight, 3D showtimes at 9:50, 2:50, 7:50; Sat 9, 9:25, 10:40, 11:30, 12:20, 1:10, 2, 3:40, 4:30, 5:20, 6:10, 7, 8:40, 9:30, 10:20, 11:10, 3D showtimes at 9:50, 2:50, 7:50; Sun-Tue 9, 9:25, 10:40, 11:30, 12:20, 1:10, 2, 3:40, 4:30, 5:20, 6:10, 7, 8:40, 9:30, 10:20, 3D showtimes at 9:50, 2:50, 7:50; Wed 9, 11:30, 12:20, 2, 4:30, 5:20, 7, 9:30, 10:20, 3D showtimes at 9:50, 2:50, 7:50 Fairfax: Thu 7, 9:45 Northgate: Thu 7, 10 Rowland: Thu 7, 9:50

We have omitted some of the movie summaries and times for those that have been playing for multiple weeks.

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

CinéArts Sequoia 25 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley, 388-1190 Century Cinema 41 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, 924-6506 Fairfax 9 Broadway, Fairfax, 453-5444 Lark 549 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur, 924-5111 Larkspur Landing 500 Larkspur Landing Cir., Larkspur, 461-4849 Northgate 7000 Northgate Dr., San Rafael, 491-1314 Playhouse 40 Main St., Tiburon, 435-1251 Rafael Film Center 1118 Fourth St., San Rafael, 454-1222 Regency 80 Smith Ranch Rd., Terra Linda, 479-6496 Rowland 44 Rowland Way, Novato, 898-3385

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Jesse Ray Smith returns to his roots when he plays at Peri’s in Fairfax this weekend.

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Stomping Ground Marin native Jesse Ray Smith wears his heartland on his sleeve By Charlie Swanson

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aised in several suburbs of Marin, singer-songwriter Jesse Ray Smith grew up in the shadow of San Francisco’s hippie movement, the rise of Deadheads and the Bay Area-wide musical omnipresence of Bill Graham.

So it’s little surprise that a love of songwriting quickly impressed itself upon him.

As early as 10, Smith desired to follow in the footsteps of musical heroes, and after completing college in 2011, Smith took his first major foray into the musical world with the Fairfax-based rock band The Bad Jones, which he formed with guitarist Tommy Odetto, bassist Tim Baker and keyboardist John Varn.

“That band went strong for five years,” says Smith. “Then I had a few opportunities come up and change the course musically for me.”

In 2016, Jones moved to Southern California to take his career to the next level. “It opened my eyes to what I wanted,” he says. “The whole big rock and roll thing wasn’t really my thing anymore.”

Instead, Smith focused on the Americana roots of his childhood favorites, with blues and Grateful Dead-esque flourishes of reverb.

Last year, Smith released his debut solo album, Yolanda Station, which he plays from when he returns to Marin for a concert on Saturday, June 22, at Peri’s Silver Dollar in Fairfax.

Possessing a sandy, plaintive voice akin to Bob Seger and leading a full band, Smith’s sound bleeds through generations of Americana, feeling at once classic and contemporary in its melodies and arrangements.

It’s also an emotional open book lyrically, with Smith describing himself as feeling like a prisoner in his own skin at the start of the album’s lead single, “Easy on Me” and digging into old memories on the album’s title track, named for an abandoned train station in San Anselmo.

“I was interested in parts of Marin that I hadn’t ever questioned,” says Smith. “Like, why are there all these abandoned train stations around here?”

The short story is that before the Golden Gate Bridge, trains were the main way folks traveled to Marin from the city.

“It was harkening back to my roots, growing up and hanging out around those stations,” says Smith.

“The song wrote itself.”

Though he lives in San Diego currently, Smith maintains ties with the Bay Area, and he‘s looking forward to seeing old friends in Fairfax this weekend when he plays.

“It will be like a family party,” he says. “A hometown hoedown.”

Jesse Ray Smith Band performs on Saturday, Jun 22, at Peri’s Silver Dollar, 29 Broadway Blvd., Fairfax.

9pm. $10. jesseraysmith.com.

2019

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Voting bohemian.com

June 19–July 19

VOTE NOW! VOTE BIG! YOU'RE INVITED!

Norbays 2019 Winners Party Wed, Aug 7, 6–8pm Bear Republic Lakeside— outdoor patio 5000 Roberts Lake Road Rohnert Park

CATCH THE FEVER!

Live music, drink special and the Who's Who of local music

Sonoma Distilling Co. founder Adam Spiegel celebrates his grand reopening.

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Reflux Redux New still, same great whiskey at reopened Sonoma Distilling Company

By James Knight

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hiskey fans have even more reason to celebrate the arrival of summer on June 21, when Sonoma Distilling Company officially reopens for tours and tastings.

The first time I visited the distillery’s new digs in Rohnert Park, founder Adam Spiegel stood in a then-empty corner of the warehouse, below a large overhead crane, and promised there’d be a bar and tasting

room there the next time I stopped in. A month later, there’s a bar in the corner alright, but the crane’s still suspended above it, a leftover from the previous tenant, a machine shop.

And it’s still a warehouse, not the expensively styled artisanal whiskey lounge I’d pictured.

That’s the right style for Spiegel.

It’s bare-bones, it’s industrial, it’s authentic, says the whiskeymaker, who’s rebranded Sonoma Distilling Co. (formerly Sonoma County Distilling Co.) yet again, this time with a simple, somewhat retro label.

The new and shiny piece luxury is around the corner—it’s a 3,000 gallon copper still, a one-of-a-kind gleaming behemoth designed

by Spiegel and made for him by Forsyths in Scotland. Then, he had to wait a few years—the customer in line before him was Macallan.

The body of the still is based on those used in the Highlands distillery, Glenfarclas, while the top mimics the 250-gallon traditional alembic stills which now handle the secondary distillation, Spiegel explains on a tour of the facility. But with increased volume, he’s actually brought prices down.

So, how about that whiskey? Hang on. Tours, and the transparency of the operation to consumers, are important to Spiegel, who says he’ll be jumping in now and then to relieve his tasting room manager, and lead groups of up to 12 visitors himself. He’s sure to point out that the new fermenting tanks, constructed in Healdsburg, capture ambient yeast from the Rohnert Park air, and is sure to note that leftover water is used by a local farmer.

Got it. Now, the whiskey? Sonoma Distilling’s signature spirit is the allrye Sonoma Rye Whiskey ($39.99), made with 20 percent malted rye. It’s a dry, minty rye with the structure for cocktails, but a vanilla cream soda note to please the neat sipper. The Sonoma Bourbon ($39.99) is only on the slightly sweeter side, and the Cherrywood Rye ($49.99) is made with malted barley that’s smoked onsite with California cherry wood, to evoke a Manhattan cocktail or a slightly smoky Scotch—just the right style for me.

Sonoma Distilling Co., 5535 State Farm Dr., Rohnert Park. By appointment at 11am, 2pm and 4pm, Friday–Sunday. $15. Schedule a tour and tasting at sonomadistillingcompany.com or call 707.583.7753.

The Divine Does the Yoga

By Howard Rachelson

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Stories and Testimonies of Spiritual Initiation & Practice

Friday, June 28 at 7pm

Finley Community Center

2060 West College Ave, Santa Rosa

1

A Presentation by Spiritually-Initiated Devotees of His Divine Presence,

3

What large water reservoir in Yosemite Park serves much of California’s water needs?

Avatar Adi Da Samraj

2

What can travel about 300 million meters every second?

Bill Somers and Lisa Lurie, practitioners in the Way of Adidam, will speak about their experience of growing spiritually in the devotional relationship with Avatar Adi Da Samraj, and how that process continues, even after His passing. This relationship is based on the tacit heart-recognition of His Divinely Illumined State.

3

The world’s largest film-producing regions are Hollywood (Los Angeles), Bollywood (Bombay), and Nollywood (where?)

In the Reality-Way of Adidam, spiritual practice is not a matter of self-effort, but a spontaneous process initiated by the Grace of Avatar Adi Da Samraj’s Transcendental Spiritual Transmission

Bonus

4

What name is given to those few colors that cannot be created by mixing together other colors?

Outdoor Dining Sat & Sun Brunch 11–3

5

In 1998, U.S. Department of Transportation told all commercial airplane passengers that they could no longer do what?

Lunch & Dinner 7 Days a Week

Din ner & A Show

Loralee Christensen & Jun 21 Paul Olguin 8:00 ⁄ No Cover Fri

6 The New York Mets baseball team colors are blue and orange, for what

specific reason?

7 Starting with Julius, twelve consecutive rulers of Rome were named what?

8 Sing the lines of the 1969 Paul McCarney song that follow ...

Scott Guberman Jun 22 American Keyboardist/ Singer Sat

8:00 ⁄ No Cover

Paul Thorn Band Jun 28 Dinner Show 8:00 Fri

Drew Harrison of the Jul 12 Sun Kings Fri

Acoustics on the Lawn 7:30

BBQs on the LAWN 2019

’Jojo was a man who thought he was a loner,

Our First “All Irish” BBQ Jun 23 Shana Morrison and Sun

Jerry Hannan with

But he knew it wouldn’t last...’

9 Back in July, 2015, the Swiss town of Zermatt celebrated the 150th

The Mad Hannans

Sun

Jun

anniversary of what amazing nearby achievement?

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Although having different meaning and pronunciation, what sevenletter word is synonymous with all of the following: Current, gift, existing?

Thu

Jul Fri

BONUS QUESTION: According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Herbert and Zelmyra Fisher from James City, N.C. hold the world record for the longest recorded marriage of one living couple. How many years were they married?

Jul

Sun

Jul

30 Our Annual Beatle Q with

The Sun Kings

H 4th of July Weekend H

4 The Zydeco Flames

Rowan 5 Peter Annual Bluegrass Birthday Bash 7 Paul Thorn Band

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Jul 14 Tainted Love Best of the ‘80s Jul 21 Petty Theft Sun

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On the Town Square, Nicasio www.ranchonicasio.com

Thu 6⁄20 • Doors 7pm ⁄ $19–21 • All Ages

Ghost Of Paul Revere + John Courage

Fri 6⁄21 • Doors 8pm ⁄ $22–24 • All Ages

Wild Child

A Live Re-Creation of a 1960s Doors Concert Sun 6⁄23 • Doors 7pm ⁄ $17–20 • All Ages

Shinyribs

+ Electric Tumbleweed Wed 6⁄26 • Doors 6pm ⁄ FREE • All Ages

Mad Mama & the Bonafide Few + Moonshine Maybelline

Thu 6⁄27 • Doors 7pm ⁄ $15–18 • All Ages

La Leche and Honey

feat Lech Wierzynsk i Fri 6⁄28 • Doors 7pm ⁄ $17–20 • All Ages

A Celebration of Dr. John & New Orleans Music feat 10 piece

R&B production w/ Rhythmtown-Jive & the K-Girls (from Big Bang Beat), plus Mark Karan Sat 6⁄29 • Doors 8pm ⁄ $20–25 • All Ages

Forejour

Tribute to Foreigner & Journey Sun 6⁄30 • Doors 7pm ⁄ $17–20 • All Ages

Dan Bern + Moshe Vilozny

Sat 7⁄6 • Doors 8pm ⁄ $17–20 • All Ages

Toubab Krewe

www.sweetwatermusichall.com 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley Café 388-1700 | Box Office 388-3850

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Calendar Concerts “All Irish” BBQ on the Lawn Summertime series features performances

by Shana Morrison and Jerry Hannan & the Mad Hannans Jun 23, 4pm. $20.

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

DjangoFest Mill Valley Popular Gypsy-jazz weekend features concerts and workshops with Paulus Schäfer, Bina Coquet Trio, and others. Jun 21-23. $35 and up. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600.

Clubs & Venues Fenix Jun 20, Contemporary Opera Marin. Jun 21, the Belle Sounds. Jun 22, Teena Marie tribute with Carmen Jones. Jun 23, Alpha Rhythm Kings. 919 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.813.5600.

HopMonk Novato Jun 20, Willie Watson. Jun 21, Wonder Bread 5. Jun 23, an evening with Nellie McKay. 224 Vintage Way, Novato, 415.892.6200.

Mantra Wines Jun 22, Black Cat Bone. 881 Grant Ave, Novato, 415.892.5151.

Marin Art & Garden Center Jun 20, 5pm, the Big Fit. 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross, 415.455.5260.

Marin Country Mart Jun 21, 6pm, Friday Night Jazz with Mads Tolling. Jun 23, 12:30pm, Folkish Festival with Hobo Paradise. 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur, 415.461.5700.

Menke Park Jun 23, 5pm, Corte Madera Town Band.

Redwood and Corte Madera avenues, Corte Madera, 415.302.1160.

19 Broadway Nightclub Jun 20, Frankie Bourne & the Wildcards.

Jun 21, Summer Solstice concert with Spiral Lights of Venus. Jun 22, When Doves Cry. Jun 23, 5:30pm, Connie Ducey and friends.

Jun 25, Eddie Neon blues jam. Jun 26, Sezu.

17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax, 415.459.1091.

No Name Bar Jun 20, Michael LaMacchia Band. Jun 21, Michael Aragon Quartet. Jun 22, Pardon the Interruption. Jun 23, Nother Mother Brothers. Jun 24, Kimrea & the Dreamdogs.

757 Bridgeway, Sausalito, 415.332.1392.

Old St Hilary’s Landmark Jun 23, 4pm, Folias Duo. 201 Esperanza, Tiburon, 415.435.1853.

Osteria Divino Jun 20, Passion Habanera. Jun 21, Ian McArdle Trio. Jun 22, Ken Cook Trio. Jun 23, Barrio Manouche. Jun 25, Brian Moran Duo. 37 Caledonia St, Sausalito, 415.331.9355.

Panama Hotel Restaurant Jun 20, Deborah Winters. Jun 25, Ricki Rush.

Jun 26, Michelle Lambert. 4 Bayview St, San Rafael, 415.457.3993.

Rancho Nicasio Jun 21, Loralee Christensen and Paul Olguin.

Jun 22, Scott Guberman. 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio, 415.662.2219.

Sausalito Seahorse Jun 21, Pilar’s Band. Jun 22, Brigham’s Brothers. Jun 23, 4pm, Candela. 305 Harbor View Dr, Sausalito, 415.331.2899.

Sweetwater Music Hall Jun 20, Ghost of Paul Revere with John Courage. Jun 21, Wild Child. Jun 23, Shinyribs and Electric Tumbleweed. Jun 24-25, 5pm, Crossroads Music School. Jun 26, 6:30pm, Mad Mama & the Bona Fide Few. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.3850.

The Tavern on Fourth Jun 21, Stone People’s Medicine. Jun 22, Sonamo. 711 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.454.4044.

Tennessee Valley Cabin Jun 21, 6:30pm, Marble Party. 60 Tennessee Valley Rd, Mill Valley, 415.388.6393.

Terrapin Crossroads Jun 20, Magic in the Other. Jun 21, Piet Dalmolen and friends. Jun 22, David Nelson Band. Jun 23, 2pm, Sirens of Summer Festival with Shook Twins. Jun 24, Bill Frisell Trio. Jun 25, Day Trippers. Jun 26, Darren Nelson & the 421’s. 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael, 415.524.2773.

Vladimir’s Czech Restaurant Jun 22, 6pm, Paul Schneider Trio with Fred Lamberson. 12785 Sir Francis Drake, Inverness, 415.669.1021.

William Tell House Jun 21, Hear & Now. 26955 Hwy 1, Tomales, 707.878.2403.

Art Opening Gallery Route One Jun 21-Jul 28, “All In,” GRO’s annual artist member exhibit. Reception, Jun 22 at 3pm.

11101 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station. Wed-Mon, 11 to 5. 415.663.1347.

Marin Community Foundation Jun 26-Oct 18, "Altered States," features works that explore the idea of subconscious creative practices. Reception, Jun 26 at 5:30pm. 5 Hamilton Landing, Ste 200, Novato. 415.464.2500.

Events Goat Yoga at the Mart Stretch out and socialize with goats in this fun outing. No yoga experience required. Jun 21, 11am. Marin Country Mart, 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur, 415.461.5700.

Marin Pride Picnic The Spahr Center hosts a family-friendly gathering for LGBTQ community members with activities and raffle prizes. Jun 22, 12pm. Piper park, 250 Doherty Dr, Larkspur, thespahrcenter.org.

MarinScapes Reimagined 2019 Annual exhibition and art sale benefits Buckelew Programs’ mental health and addiction support services. Jun 20-23.

Escalle Winery, 771 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur, buckelew.org.

Side-by-Side Alternative Summer Camp Series features activities that grown-ups and their kids can do together, starting with a family disco party. Jun 21, 6pm. $5. The Indie Alley, 69 Bolinas Rd, Fairfax, theindiealley.com.

Thrive Alive Interactive program improves brain health and increases longevity. Wed, Jun 26, 1pm. $15-$30. St Columba’s Episcopal Church, 12835 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Inverness, 415.669.1039.

Welcome Summer Marin Singles Party Fun games, prizes and appetizers. Jun 23, 4pm. $10. Chalet Basque, 405 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael, 415.479.1070.

Field Trips Bee Experienced Don beekeeping suits and head out to the apiary for a hands-on inspection of working hives. Jun 23, 1pm. $90. Heidrun Meadery, 11925 State Route 1, Point Reyes Station, 415.663.9122.

Dragonflies & Damselflies Hike Guided hike explores the wonders of dragonflies, damselflies and butterflies from eggs to flight. Jun 22, 10am. Martin Griffin Preserve, 4900 Shoreline Hwy 1, Stinson Beach, 415.868.9244.

Summer Solstice Sunset Viewing Celebrate the longest day of the year and watch the sun set behind Mt Tamalpais. Jun 21, 7:30pm. Ring Mountain, Paradise Dr, Corte Madera, marincounty.org.

Comedy

Film

Tuesday Night Live See standup comedians Orlando Leyba, Donald Lacy, Pippi Lovestocking and others. Jun 25, 8pm. $17-$27. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600.

Cinema & Psyche Five-session film class looks at “Masters of Shadow & Light,” with essential noir films.

Jun 24, 2pm. $30; $125 full series. Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 240 Channing Way, San Rafael, cinemaandpsyche.com.

Dance

Lectures

Knights of Columbus Hall Jun 23, 5:30pm, Swing Dance party with Johnny Allair, includes introductory dance lessons. $15.

167 Tunstead Ave, San Anselmo 415.215.8571.

Dead Whales Do Tell Tales Moe Flannery shares stories uncovered during recent whale post-mortem exams along our local coastlines. Jun 25, 7pm.

$5-$10. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito, 415.332.3871.

Is There Life After Death?

Dianne Sherman speaks about a near-death experience and its effects on her life and consciousness. Jun 21, 7:30pm. $20-$25.

Unity in Marin, 600 Palm Dr, Novato, 415.475.5000.

A Night of Big Love Join author Scott Stabile for an evening designed to reconnect you with the transcendent power of love. Jun 20, 7pm.

The Indie Alley, 69 Bolinas Rd, Fairfax, theindiealley.com.

Sustainability & Climate Action Workshop Resilient Neighborhoods gets you prepared for emergencies and lowers your carbon footprint in a workshop. Jun 25, 7pm. Free.

San Rafael Community Center, 618 B St, San Rafael, 415.485.3333.

Readings Book Passage Jun 20, 7pm, “Emotional Advantage” with Randy Taran. Jun 21, 7pm, “Ohio” with Stephen Markley. Jun 22, 1pm, “Just Enough” with Gesshin Claire Greenwood. Jun 22, 4pm, “Out of the Bronx” with Irene Sardanis.

Jun 23, 4pm, “On the Line” with Gardner McFall. Jun 24, 7pm, “Shipwrecks of Marin” with Brian Crawford. Jun 25, 7pm, “Vote for US” with Josh Douglas. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera 415.927.0960.

Book Passage By-the-Bay Jun 22, 2pm, “Mrs. Everything” with Jennifer Weiner. 100 Bay St, Sausalito 415.339.1300.

Point Reyes Books Jun 24, 7pm, “Elderhood” with Louise Aronson. 11315 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station 415.663.1542.

Theater Brown vs Board of Education: The Case that Won Juneteenth Readers’ Theater present a thought-provoking production on the Supreme Court decision to end segregation.

Jun 23, 1pm. Unity in Marin, 600 Palm Dr, Novato, 415.475.5000.

Wink Dark comedy about the thin line between savagery and civilization is told through the perspective of a cat. Through Jul 7. $25-$60.

Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.5208.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

To include your seminar or workshop, call 415.485.6700

SINGLE MEN WANTED. Single & Dissatisfied? Tired of spending summer weekends and holidays alone? Join single women to explore what’s blocking you from fulfillment in your relationships. Nine-week Single’s Group STARTS June 25 (no mtgs 7/9, 8/6, 9/3). Advance sign-up required. Space limited. Also offering weekly, coed (emotional) Intimacy Groups or Women’s Group, all starting the week of June 24th, and Individual and/or Couples Sessions.

Office in Victorian in Central San Rafael. For more info, call Renee Owen, LMFT #35255 at 415-453-8117 or email at reneeowen@sbcglobal.net

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415-459-0449.

Home Services FURNITURE REPAIR FURNITURE DOCTOR Ph/Fax: 415-383-2697

Complete Yard Clean Up Fire Break Clearing Landscaping Free Estimates Call Pat Now 415-250-4787

Real Estate HOMES/CONDOS FOR SALE AFFORDABLE MARIN? I can show you 60 homes under $600,000. Call Cindy Halvorson 415-902-2729, BRE #01219375. Christine Champion, BRE# 00829362.

GARDENING/LANDSCAPING GARDEN MAINTENANCE OSCAR 415-505-3606

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT— File No: 146878. The following individual(s) are doing business: RICHARD A. RUBENSTEIN, MD, 110 BALTIMORE AVE, LARKSPUR, CA 94939: BALTIMORE MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC., 110 BALTIMORE AVE, LARKSPUR, CA 94939. 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 MAY 15, 2019. (Publication Dates: JUNE 12, 19, 26, JULY 3 of 2019) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT— File No: 146997. The following individual(s) are doing business: HILLHOUSE ELECTRICAL, 10 SPRING GROVE AVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: RONAN PATRICK WHELAN, 10 SPRING

GROVE AVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. 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 JUNE 3, 2019. (Publication Dates: JUNE 12, 19, 26, JULY 3 of 2019) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT— File No: 147002. The following individual(s) are doing business: NORTHGATE FLORIST, 4460 REDWOOD HWY #8, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: QUEEN OF ARTS AND FLOWERS, LLC, 216 LOS RANCHITOS RD, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903.

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 JUNE 4, 2019. (Publication Dates: JUNE 12, 19, 26, JULY 3 of 2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT— File No: 146817. The following individual(s) are doing business: MJC POOL & SPA SOLUTIONS, 95 PROFESSIONAL CENTER PARKWAY A 206, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: CARLOS R. RODRIGUEZ MEJIA, 95 PROFESSIONAL CENTER PARKWAY A 206, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903, MAYKO F. AGUIRRE GUTIERREZ, 95 PROFESSIONAL CENTER PARKWAY A 206, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. This business is being conducted by A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP. 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 MAY 6, 2019.

(Publication Dates: JUNE 12, 19, 26, JULY 3 of 2019) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT— File No: 2019146987.

The following individual(s) are doing business: UGEMS, 7 MT. LASSEN, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: WILLIAM FELDMAN AND COMPANY, 724

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PublicNotices LAS COLINDAS, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. 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 MAY 30, 2019. (Publication Dates: JUNE 19, 26, JULY 3, 10 of 2019) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT —File No: 2019146914.

The following individual(s) are doing business: RICHARDSON BAY TRADING COMPANY, 105 PEARL STREET, LOWER, SAUSALITO, CA 94965: WARREN A NOVAK, 105 PEARL STREET, LOWER, SAUSALITO, CA 94965.

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 MAY 20, 2019.

(Publication Dates: JUNE 19, 26, JULY 3, 10 of 2019) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT— File No: 147005.

The following individual(s) are doing business: MERIDIAN COMMERCIAL, 711 GRAND AVE, STE 290, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: MCII, INC., 711 GRAND AVE, STE 290, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. 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 JUNE 4, 2019. (Publication Dates: JUNE 19, 26, JULY 3, 10 of 2019)

OTHER NOTICES ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: CIV 1902155 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF MARIN TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS 1. Petitioner (name of each): Junko Shimizu King, has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: Junko Shimizu King to Proposed Name: Junko Shimizu 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: 8/6/2019, 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: June 4, 2019 James Chou Judge of the Superior Court James M Kim Court Executive Officer MARIN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT By E.

Anderson, Deputy (June 12, 19, 26, July 3 of 2019)

Anderson, Deputy (June 12, 19, 26, July 3 of 2019)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: CIV 1902166 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF MARIN TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS 1. Petitioner (name of each): Gwendolyn J. Sereno, has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: Gwendolyn J. Sereno to Proposed Name: Prartho M Sereno 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: 8/5/2019, 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: June 4, 2019 Andrew E Sweet Judge of the Superior Court James M Kim Court Executive Officer MARIN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT By E.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: CIV 1902157 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF MARIN TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS 1. Petitioner (name of each): Edy Ermidio Rodas Diaz & Ansley Sumy de Leon Hernandez, has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: Ainsley Edy Rodas de Leon to Proposed Name: Ansley Edy Rodas de Leon 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: 8/5/2019, 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: June 4, 2019 Stephen P Freccero Judge of the Superior Court James

M Kim Court Executive Officer MARIN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT By Q. Roary, Deputy (June 19, 26, JULY 3, 10) NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: KEVIN A. SHANNON CASE NO.: PR 1902158 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: KEVIN A. SHANNON A Petition for~Probate~has been filed by: JILL THORPE. in the Superior Court of California, County of Marin. The Petition for~Probate~requests that: JILL THORPE 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: 7/8/2019, 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: ANDREA DITULLIO, 300 MONTGOMERY STREET, SUITE 1050, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94104 FILED: MAY 29, 2019 James M. Kim Court Executive Officer MARIN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT By: E. Anderson (JUNE 12, 26, JULY 3)

By Amy Alkon

Q:

I’ve heard that we’re romantically attracted to people who look like us. Is that true? I don’t think any of my boyfriends have looked anything like me, but I’ve seen couples who look so similar they could be related.—Wondering A: There is this notion that opposites attract. Actually, the opposite often seems to be the case. According to research on “assortative mating,” people tend to pair up with partners who are physically similar to them—creating a matchy-matchy assortment— more often than would be expected through random chance.

To explore how much matchiness is appealing to us, social-personality psychologists R. Chris Fraley and Michael J. Marks used a computer to blend each research participant’s face into the face of a stranger of the opposite sex. They did this to increasing degrees, morphing in 0 percent, 22 percent, 32 percent, 39 percent, and 45 percent of the research participants’ features. Their research participants rated the strangers’ faces most sexually appealing with the 22 percent blend.

In another morphing study, neuropsychologist Bruno Laeng and his colleagues mixed each participant’s face with that of their romantic partner—with 11 percent, 22 percent, and 33 percent blending. And again, 22 percent was picked consistently—suggesting that people find their romantic partners more attractive when they look just a bit like them.

Granted, it could be a coincidence that the exact same percentage—only 22 percent morphed—popped up in both studies. However, what’s noteworthy is that more resemblance didn’t lead to more attraction. This jibes with how some degree of similarity is genetically beneficial, increasing the likelihood of desirable traits showing up in partners’ children. (Tall plus tall equals tall.)

However, evolution seems to have installed a psychological mechanism to keep us from lusting after extremely similar partners, such as siblings and first cousins. Such close relatives are more likely to have the same rare recessive genes for a disease. A recessive gene when paired with a dominant gene (say, from a genetically very different partner) doesn’t express—that is, the person doesn’t develop the disease. But when two recessive genes get together...PARTAAAY! This isn’t to say everyone’s going to resemble their romantic partner, but we seem subconsciously drawn to people who share our features to some extent.

Q:

I’ve been with my wife for 23 years. I know sex is important, but sometimes we’re tired or not in the mood. I want to keep our intimacy alive. What are some things we can do to stay connected physically?—Embarrassed Having To Ask

A:

Many couples do eventually need help from a professional to connect physically—whether it’s an advice columnist, a sex therapist, or a bank robber who leaves them duct-taped together in the vault.

It turns out the answer isn’t all that complicated: Basically, you just need to bring in some of the G-rated part of foreplay and afterplay (without the sex in between).

Psychologist Debby Herbenick and her colleagues note that researchers have found three things—kissing, cuddling, and massage—to be “important aspects of sexual intimacy ... associated with relationship and sexual satisfaction.”

Helpfully, the Herbenick team chiseled apart what they call the “KCM composite”— the way kissing, cuddling, and massage get mushed together in studies. They felt that this blending might obscure “important differences” in the effect of each. In fact, they found that cuddling seems to be uniquely powerful, increasing emotional intimacy (as well as sexual pleasure) in a way kissing and massage do not.

Though you’re seeking a solution for when you’re too zonked for sex, it’s important to make sure that cuddling is often an end in itself. This, paradoxically, should help keep your sex life alive: Your wife will see your cuddles as an expression of your love rather than a sign that you just want something out of the sexual vending machine.

Ultimately, cuddling for cuddling’s sake is probably the best way to keep from getting to the point where “taking care of her in bed” involves holding a mirror under her nose to see if she’s still breathing.

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 July 19

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Orfield Laboratories is an architectural company that designs rooms for ultimate comfort. They sculpt the acoustic environment so that sounds are soft, clear, and pleasant to the human ear. They ensure that the temperature is just right and the air quality is always fresh. At night the artificial light is gentle on the eyes, and by day the sunlight is rejuvenating. In the coming weeks, I'd love for you to be in places like this on a regular basis. According to my analysis of the astrological rhythms, it's recharging time for you. You need and deserve an abundance of cozy relaxation.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): I hope that,

during the next four weeks, you’ll make plans to expedite and deepen your education. You'll be able to make dramatic progress in figuring out what will be most important for you to learn in the next three years. We all have pockets of ignorance about how we understand reality, and now is an excellent time for you to identify what your pockets are and to begin illuminating them. Every one of us lacks some key training or knowledge that could help us fulfill our noblest dreams, and now’s a favorable time for you to address that issue.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In the next four weeks, you're not likely to win the biggest prize or tame the fiercest monster or wield the greatest power. However, you could very well earn a second- or third-best honor. I won't be surprised if you claim a decent prize or outsmart a somewhat menacing dragon or gain an interesting new kind of clout. Oddly enough, this less-than-supreme accomplishment may be exactly right for you. The lower levels of pressure and responsibility will keep you sane and healthy. The stress of your moderate success will be very manageable. So give thanks for this just-right blessing!

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Some traditional astrologers believe solar eclipses are sour omens. They theorize that when the Moon perfectly covers the Sun, as it will on July 2, a metaphorical shadow will pass across some part of our lives, perhaps triggering crises. I don't agree with that gloomy assessment.

I consider a solar eclipse to be a harbinger of grace and slack and freedom. In my view, the time before and after this cosmic event might resemble what the workplace is like when the boss is out of town. Or it may be a sign that your inner critic is going to shut up and leave you alone for a while. Or you could suddenly find that you can access the willpower and ingenuity you need so as to change something about your life that you've been wanting to change. So I advise you to start planning now to take advantage of the upcoming blessings of the eclipse.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): What are you doing with

the fertility and creativity that have been sweeping through your life during the first six months of 2019? Are you witheringly idealistic, caught up in perfectionistic detail as you cautiously follow outmoded rules about how to make best use of that fertility and creativity? Or are you being expansively pragmatic, wielding your lively imagination to harness that fertility and creativity to generate transformations that will improve your life forever?

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Mythologist Joseph

Campbell said that heroes are those who give their lives to something bigger than themselves. That's never an easy assignment for anyone, but right now it's less difficult for you than ever before. As you prepare for the joyous ordeal, I urge you to shed the expectation that it will require you to make a burdensome sacrifice.

Instead, picture the process as involving the loss of a small pleasure that paves the way for a greater pleasure.

Imagine you will finally be able to give a giant gift you've been bursting to express.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In 1903, the Wright Brothers put wings on a heavy machine and got the contraption to fly up off the ground for 59 seconds. No one had ever done such a thing. Sixtysix years later, American astronauts succeeded at an equally momentous feat. They piloted a craft that

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departed from the Earth and landed on the surface of the moon. The first motorcycle was another quantum leap in humans' ability to travel. Two German inventors created the first one in 1885. But it took 120 years before any person did a back-flip while riding a motorcycle. If I had to compare your next potential breakthrough to one or the other of these marvelous accomplishments, I'd say it'll be more metaphorically similar to a motorcycle flip than the moon landing. It may not be crucial to the evolution of the human race, but it'll be impressive—and a testament to your hard work.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In the year

37 AD, Saul of Tarsus was traveling by foot from Jerusalem to Damascus, Syria. He was on a mission to find and arrest devotees of Jesus, then bring them back to Jerusalem to be punished. Saul's plans got waylaid, however—or so the story goes. A "light from heaven" knocked him down, turned him blind, and spoke to him in the voice of Jesus. Three days later, Saul's blindness was healed and he pledged himself to forevermore be one of those devotees of Jesus he had previously persecuted. I don't expect a transformation quite so spectacular for you in the coming weeks, Scorpio.

But I do suspect you will change your mind about an important issue, and consider making a fundamental edit of your belief system.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You could be a disorienting or even disruptive influence to some people. You may also have healing and inspirational effects. And yes, both of those statements are true. You should probably warn your allies that you might become almost unbearably interesting.

Let them know you could change their minds and disprove their theories. But also tell them that if they remain open to your rowdy grace and boisterous poise, you might provide them with curative stimulation they didn't even know they needed.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Some

children are repelled by the taste of broccoli. Food researchers at the McDonald's restaurant chain decided to address the problem. In an effort to render this ultra-healthy vegetable more palatable, they concocted a version that tasted like bubble gum. Kids didn't like it, though. It confused them.

But you have to give credit to the food researchers for thinking inventively. I encourage you to get equally creative, even a bit wacky or odd, in your efforts to solve a knotty dilemma. Allow your brainstorms to be playful and experimental.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Spank yourself for me, please. Ten sound swats ought to do it.

According to my astrological assessments, that will be sufficient to rein yourself in from the possibility of committing excesses and extravagance. By enacting this humorous yet serious ritual, you will set in motion corrective forces that tweak your unconscious mind in just the right way so as to prevent you from getting too much of a good thing; you will avoid asking for too much or venturing too far. Instead, you will be content with, and grateful for, the exact bounty you’ve gathered in recent weeks.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Your inspiration for the coming weeks is a poem by Piscean poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. It begins like this: "The holiest of all holidays are those / Kept by ourselves in silence and apart; / The secret anniversaries of the heart, / When the full river of feeling overflows." In accordance with astrological omens, Pisces, I invite you to create your own secret holiday of the heart, which you will celebrate at this time of year for the rest of your long life. Be imaginative and full of deep feelings as you dream up the marvelous reasons why you will observe this sacred anniversary.

Design special rituals you will perform to rouse your gratitude for the miracle of your destiny.

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

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