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As we know, people all over the world, and perhaps especially in California, care about animals. In 2018, the citizens of this state overwhelmingly voted, for the second time, to protect animals raised for food. Numerous pieces of legislation have been passed at both the state and local level to protect companion animals. And the state is now moving quickly to ban the sale of fur. In just the last couple of years, Berkeley, San Francisco and Los Angeles have passed measures banning its sale . Currently, San Diego residents are working on passing their own fur ban. I am writing to urge everyone to contact their state representatives and support AB 44, the bill to ban the sale of fur in California. The fur industry is extremely
cruel to animals. Minks, who are wild animals, who love to roam great distances and who were designed by nature to swim, are housed in tiny filthy cages. They are commonly driven insane by the misery and will even chew off their own limbs or kill their babies. The slaughtering process is gruesome, with animals either orally or anally electrocuted. Sometimes they are suffocated or, in China, beaten to death or even skinned alive. There are no federal regulations to protect animals raised for fur in the United States. China, where a lot of fur comes from, does nothing to regulate its industry. Please join us in the fight to legitimize and normalize compassion for all animals, including those raised for their fur, and support AB 44. Doug Moeller Santa Rosa
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Heroes &Zeroes By Nikki Silverstein
A wacko wino swiped six bottles of swanky wine from the Good Earth in Tam Valley and fled on foot last Monday. With a price tag of about $100 per bottle, a store manager became determined to return the high-end grape juice to its rightful rack and gave chase.
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North Bay fire victims are feeling burned all over again.
Dirty Business Two disaster-services firms under fire in North Bay as local ‘privatepublic’ wildfire-recovery plan takes shape By Will Carruthers
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wo contracting companies that cleared fire debris in the North Bay last year have been defrauding the federal government on contracts across the country since at least 2015, a lawsuit filed in January alleges. AshBritt Environmental, one of the two companies named in the suit, recently hired local media magnate Darius Anderson to lobby for its interests in Sacramento. Sonoma County recently hired a former employee of the other company, Tetra Tech, to oversee the county’s emergency-management services. Disaster-recovery players such as Anderson have highlighted, in
public statements, the necessity of public-private partnerships to fully recover from the 2017 wildfires. The emphasis on public-private schemes is demonstrable when it comes to Tetra Tech and AshBritt. Both firms have contracts and ongoing business in Sonoma and Marin counties. The new Sonoma emergency-services director, Christopher Godley, held similar posts in Marin County and in San Jose—and, according to his LinkedIn account, still works for Tetra Tech, at a post he’s held since 2014. Setting that apparent revolvingdoor riddle aside for the moment, the class-action lawsuit, filed by San Francisco’s Arns Law Firm on behalf
of North Bay residents impacted by the companies’ work after the fires, claims the firms intentionally overbilled the federal government on contracts. During the North Bay cleanup, the companies allegedly removed far more soil than necessary and told government agencies that burnt parcels were fully cleared of ash and other toxic materials when they were not. “The fundamental goal of the enterprise was to maximize the profits of AshBritt and Tetra Tech by over-excavating on subject properties and unnecessarily removing nondebris material without testing for contamination,” the lawsuit states.
Previous Criticisms AshBritt and the other federal contractors were criticized by local officials and residents for their role in the cleanup last year. The federal government’s 2017 North Bay cleanup cost an average of $280,000 per house compared with $77,000 during the state-managed 2015 Valley fire cleanup, according to an analysis by KQED. AshBritt invoiced the Army Corps for $320 million for its work in California from October 2017 through June of 2018, according to federal records. “There’s no doubt that this company was following the money,” Sonoma County Supervisor Shirlee Zane said of the company, noting that AshBritt was among other contractors who had re-traumatized fire victims with their on-the-ground activities. AshBritt invested in California politics late last year in an apparent effort to win more work following the 2018 fire season. It also hired a firm controlled by Anderson, Platinum Advisors, to lobby for its interests in Sacramento. Anderson is the founder of the Rebuild NorthBay Foundation, which has placed itself squarely between the public and the private when it comes to new North Bay disaster-services partnerships.
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As it turns out, AshBritt was not among the companies selected to work on the Camp fire in Butte County or the Woolsey dire in Southern California. The company responded to the denial of its proposal by filing complaints that contested both contract awards. AshBritt’s Camp fire complaint was dismissed on March 1, and the Woolsey fire complaint is still under consideration, according to a spokesperson for CalRecycle, the agency managing the debris-removal process. Tetra Tech, a Pasadena-based consulting and engineering-services company with hundreds of offices around the United States, is a less familiar presence in the North Bay, but its environmental testing subsidiary, Tetra Tech EC, has become known in San Francisco because of allegations of malfeasance during the company’s work at Hunters Point Shipyard, a former Navy base slated for housing development. Whistleblowers from the company claim the company faked tests of the contaminated soil since the early aughts. Two employees of the company who worked at Hunters Point pled guilty to swapping contaminated dirt for clean dirt and allegedly falsifying test results in 2017. Both men were sentenced to eight months in jail. On Jan. 14, the DOJ filed a complaint alleging that Tetra Tech submitted at least $58.5 million in false invoices while working at Hunters Point. In response to a San Francisco Chronicle article about the Department of Justice claims, Singer, Tetra Tech’s spokesperson, said that the misconduct at Hunters Point was isolated to a small number of rogue employees. “Tetra Tech EC will vigorously defend its record and is confident it will prevail following an impartial and transparent legal and scientific review of the facts,” Singer told the Chronicle. On Jan. 11, a few days before the Department of Justice’s complaint was filed, Tetra Tech was awarded a $250 million contract for work in Butte County.
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The class action lawsuit states that victims of the alleged scheme are “presumed to be in the thousands.” Sam Singer, a spokesperson for Tetra Tech, recently told the San Francisco Examiner that the lawsuit “has no merit whatsoever.” A recent press release from AshBritt states that the company only performed work for one of the three North Bay residents named in the lawsuit. ECC Constructors, another debris-removal company working in the area, performed the work on the properties of the other two named North Bay residents, according to the statement. “This suit is parallel to an earlier, currently active lawsuit in federal court brought by the same law firm and making the same allegations against ECC Constructors and Tetra Tech for the cleanup work in Napa County. AshBritt has already been dismissed from that suit,” the press release states. In another lawsuit filed in Sonoma County Superior Court last year, the Arns Law Firm alleges that AshBritt and one of its subcontractors committed a number of labor and wage violations during its time working in the North Bay.
Toxic Cloud In the North Bay, Tetra Tech was hired by the county to oversee AshBritt’s work during the environmental cleanup process after the 2017 wildfires, according to the lawsuit. The suit alleges that the companies marked toxic sites safe prematurely and removed far more soil than »6 was necessary—sometimes
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Tetra Tech «5 digging six-foot deep holes on burned properties—in an effort to increase their profits, the suit charges. The California Office of Emergency Services (OES) later discovered the mistake, according to a letter the agency’s director, Mark Ghilarducci, sent to the Army Corps of Engineers in August 2018. After reviewing the work of Army contractors, the OES identified 282 over-excavated properties eligible for backfilling in 2018, according to numbers confirmed by the county Office of Recovery and Resiliency. “After extensive on-site inspections, the issues we have discovered thus far include, but are not limited to, obvious overscraping of properties, severe damage to driveway and sidewalks, and damage to wells and septic tanks,” the OES letter states. “Additionally, more than a dozen sites that were deemed cleared by the Army Corps of Engineers have recently been discovered to contain contaminated ash and fire debris.” In March of 2018, the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors awarded Tetra Tech a contract. Under the agreement, Christopher Godley, Tetra Tech’s director of emergency services, was expected to help “assess and redefine the county's emergency management program” in his role as the county’s interim emergency service manager. Other Tetra Tech employees would help as needed, according to the contract. The contract cost the county $9,560 per week. In December 2018, the supervisors then hired Godley as the county’s on-staff emergency services manager. Godley previously worked in Marin County in a similar role, and in San Jose. Marin and San Jose have both utilized Tetra Tech services in the past. Marin County’s Department of Public Works signed a $46,767 contract with Tetra Tech in 2016, according to county records. According to a county-by-county 2015 review of Bay Area emergencypreparedness services by the Bay Area Urban Areas Security Initiative, Marin’s emergency services offices have prepositioned emergencyservices contracts in place to utilize AshBritt in the event of a local disaster in Marin. According to his LinkedIn profile, Godley is still employed at Tetra Tech in addition to his job in Sonoma County. But according to County
spokeswoman Jennifer Larocque, Godley “is no longer under contract at Tetra Tech,” and adds that when he was employed there, he didn’t work in the company’s debris-removal division. Godley is also a former U.S. Army Major with the Army Corps of Engineers, according to his LinkedIn profile. He did a previous turn as a deputy emergency manager in Sonoma from 1995-2001, when he left for Marin County and became its emergency services manager for about 10 years. “His 25 years of residence in Sonoma County and prior emergencymanagement experience make him a valuable asset to our emergency management team,” says Larocque. Tetra Tech did not respond to requests for comment for this story. Anderson did not respond to an email sent via Platinum Associates, his lobbying firm.
Treasure Island In addition to working on Hunters Point, Tetra Tech EC also tested for radiation on Treasure Island, another former naval base, according to a February report by the San Francisco Chronicle. Three Tetra Tech EC managers named in the Department of Justice’s fraud accusation about the company’s work on Hunters Point also worked on Treasure Island, according to the Chronicle. Singer told the paper that the Department of Justice’s January filing does not mention Treasure Island. Anderson has connections to Treasure Island that date back 20 years. Anderson’s development company, Kenwood Investments, has partnered with housingdevelopment giant Lennar Corporation to complete the $5 billion development. In a statement provided to to the Chronicle, the Treasure Island Development Group (the partnership Anderson is part of) said the group “relies on the public agencies responsible for the cleanup of Treasure Island—including state and federal environmental regulators and the U.S. Navy. Tetra Tech’s work at Treasure Island has been thoroughly reviewed by multiple public agencies and our own experts,” the development group stated. “No corners are being cut at Treasure Island.” Tom Gogola contributed reporting to this article.
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Irony: sweet spots like Richard Reuther’s Routes Gallery (see p10) just might curb your longing to hop off the wheel of death and rebirth.
Quaint Marin town blows mind of our Brautigan-reading correspondent By Aiyana ‘Indiana’ Moya
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grew up in Sebastopol, and until recently barely had a sense of where San Anselmo was, much less what it had to offer. A quick Google search offered little information, with the most prominent news popping up concerning the flooding of the creek cutting alongside the downtown of San Anselmo. The search gave me a little PTSD from the Barlow floods earlier in the week. Rather than rely on some Google algorithm, I decided to resort to
my sleuthing skills as I made my way to this Marin county town. Sleuthing? Well, OK, I decided to wander around town until I found something (or someone) interesting. It did not take long.
Shakshuka and a Lucky Table I was optimistic about finding a breakfast place just by driving down San Anselmo’s main street, but my
hunger had taken over decisionmaking by this point, so I pulled over in front of the first bustling restaurant I saw, a bakery and restaurant meld called M.H. Bread and Butter. It was already crowded at 9:30 in the morning, with people resorting to sitting at the wooden tables outside, even with the cold weather and the intermittent drizzling. I went up to the cashier to place my order, and asked for his favorite item on the menu. “Well, how hungry are you?”
he asked. Always one for theatrics when food is involved, I replied breathily as if I had just ran there instead of sitting in the car for an hour: “I’m, like, starving!” “OK, you should get the shshski,” he answered confidently. I simply nodded, trusting him like I had never trusted any waiter’s recommendation before, without a clue to the word he had just muttered. Just then out of the corner of my eye I spotted a couple »8 getting up from their table,
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such a name. It is, almost equally as cool, an unlikely pairing of heroes situated on either side of a fountain: George Lucas’s Indiana Jones and Yoda. (Lucas is a local, don’t you know.) Yoda looks serenely off into the distance while Indiana looks as swoon-worthy as ever, shirt slightly unbuttoned to reveal those steely chest muscles. Pro tip: if you lean in too far while throwing a penny into the fountain and almost trip in it, play it off by pretending to studiously examine the skull embedded between Indiana’s shoes.
Tibet by Way of San Anselmo Richard Reuther and his Balinese wife have owned the popular Routes Gallery for 15 years, offering sculptural artifacts from Asia as they also support local artists and craftspeople. For more on Richard, see sidebar.
So you might get a little messy chowing down Creekside Pizza & Taproom’s burrata plate, big whoop.
and like a crazy person, I spedwalked over to the table they were about to abandon, barely signing my name and adding a coffee to my order. With a sigh of relief at not having, God forbid, to sit outside in the cold, drizzling rain, I examined the menu to decipher what exactly I had gotten for breakfast. The cashier had actually said shakshuka, a Middle Eastern dish of eggs (I ordered mine poached) over a sauce of tomatoes ($13, plus $5 with the chicken apple sausage). It was amazing. The sauce tasted like a hearty tomato vegetable soup, and the eggs on top were a delicious addition. The coffee was strong, the meal was filling, and I was ready to give up my table to the people in line eyeing my progress. I was about to leave when the elderly man next to me, maybe in his 80s, complimented the Richard Brautigan book I was reading. “I can always come back to his books,” he said, smiling. Recognizing an opportunity when it falls in my lap, I asked if he was a local and had any suggestions for my day. “Well, when I was younger I would run up to the Seminary school on the hill.” I left
the table to the next customers and headed outside.
The San Francisco Theological Seminary The Seminary school he was referring to is a castle-like Presbyterian graduate school located on a hill in the middle of San Anselmo, built in the 1890s. To me, the architecture resembles a style much older than the 1890s, and with all the barren trees it looked almost a little Gothic. Since it was a Sunday, the grounds were completely deserted, giving the school a haunted-mansion atmosphere. Since the school’s on a hill, you have a striking view of San Anselmo, with the Marin Headlands in the distance. There are multiple picnic tables and places to sit scattered around the campus, so after exploring the buildings that were open (the university has a much more beautiful exterior than interior), I sat for a while watching the fog sink between the trees in the distance.
The drizzling had stopped, and if I hadn’t just eaten, this would have been the perfect lunch spot for a picnic. I could have sat there for a few hours, reading among the rainsparkling greenery, but I was on a mission!
Jonesin’ San Anselmo Avenue is a great street for lazy meandering on a Sunday afternoon, if only to gaze at all the upscale-oriented clothes and cool home decorations. And for lovers of the printed word, Whyte’s Booksmith sells new and used books at affordable prices in a cozy store that has been open for almost four decades. The inside is decorated with chandeliers and string lights offering a warm and quirky atmosphere, and the titles range from the popular to the obscure. Just down the street from Whyte’s is a spot I have to credit to the Google search, and that’s the Imagination Park situated downtown. Before you let your imagination run wild, this is not a theme park filled with all things fantastical and crafting materials, as perhaps one might think with
Why Did I Come on a Sunday? The hunger now at bay from a filling and wholesome breakfast, I parked downtown and walked to Robson-Harrington House Park. This park was one of my favorite places in San Anselmo. It used to be an estate owned successively by two wealthy families from the 1860s up until 1968, when it was bequeathed to the town of San Anselmo. Now it’s open to the public, and also offers a community garden farmed exclusively through organic methods. Brick walls decorate the paths, and a large deck with a picnic table overlooks the park from the top of a small hill. There are multiple benches, often situated beneath sweet smelling apple blossoms. The house at the top of the park is generally open for the public, but not on Sundays. I helped myself to an orange from a tree in the garden, and realized I was beginning to get hungry again, so I walked back into town.
Happy Hour Richard had recommended Creekside Pizza & Taproom for, well, pizza and beer. American staples! I walked over for a late lunch. Creekside was fairly empty in the late afternoon. The waitress
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Always Prepared Last on my list was a small hike on a trail leading to the top of the San Anselmo hills. This was the perfect length of a hike for me, one-third of a mile each way, my Goldilocks distance: not too short that I felt like I got no exercise and not so long I started to question the appeal of hiking. I had even brought my boots, anticipating muddy paths after being doused in rain. I am so prepared, I thought as I looked in the back seat for the boots. Then underneath the seats to see if they had fallen. Then in my trunk to see if they were hiding there. Then returned to scour the backseats once more. The trail was beautiful, with tall eucalyptus trees lining the path and wild daffodils sprouting up amid the very, very plentiful, very slippery mud. I had foolishly saved this trail for last, scoffing at a hike that was under a mile taking more than a 30 minutes, and while I reached the top of the hill in time to see some pink wisps decorating the sky above the ocean, the walk back down was quickly becoming more treacherous with the fading daylight. So much for being prepared.
Dinner Time I arrived for dinner around 7:30 at Cucina, and was seated immediately (eating out solo really does have its perks). The hostess led me to a small room with a long L-shaped couch
where I nestled in among the almost overwhelming number of cushions. I had worked up an appetite after that grueling two-thirds of a mile hike, so I naturally ordered way more than I could have eaten: arancini risotto cheese balls with prosciutto ($13), butternut squash ravioli with sage and butter ($18), and the special of the night, salmon with vegetables ($26). Everything was delicious, rich and tasted great as leftovers for lunch the next day, as I savored my San Anselmo visit and sat down to write about it. I thought about how nice it can be to experience a town from local recommendations, rather than formulating an itinerary from Google searches. If I’d relied solely on Google, I probably would have skipped over this small town prone to flooding. There’s a lot we can lose when we have all the information presented as condensed facts: the kindness of strangers, a small beautiful park . . . Shoot, did I miss the 116 exit back to Sebastopol? Siri, can you reroute me home? Y
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San Francisco Theological Seminary 105 Seminary Road
Robson-Harrington House 237 Crescent Road, 415.453.1602
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informed me happy hour was from 4pm to 5pm, with all beer and wine priced at $4 and appetizers getting a few bucks shaved off, so I waited 15 minutes before ordering an East Brother Red IPA and the burrata ($13 happy hour price). The burrata was a delicious mess, served with toast to help scoop up the cheesy goo, with uncured salami and a light salad on the side to help me feel I wasn’t just eating a big glob of cheese for a meal. The waitress was very friendly, offering samples of each of the four IPAs she recommended, and even bringing over a sample when I mentioned I like stouts as well. While I am not the best critic on beer, I can confidently say, given my limited beer knowledge, the Red IPA tasted like a good Red IPA. The taproom does offer 40 beers on tap, with over 30 from craft breweries, so there is a broad selection to choose from for all the beer fanatics out there.
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Routes Gallery Richard Reuther’s Buddha nature revealed
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tepping inside this (deceptively) small shop, I immediately recognize the smell of burning sage as wind chimes sing in the breeze: these are smells and sounds of my childhood. Statues of Buddhas and Hindu sculptures crowd the room, with fountains murmuring in the background. A small cat lazily raises his head, eyes me momentarily, and lowers back onto the chair. The owner of the gallery, Richard Reuther, greets me and offers a warm cup of tea. The concept of Routes Gallery came together following Reuther’s travels around Asia—the more he traveled, the more he became invested in Hinduism and Buddhism. “I was interested in Asian religion and culture before,” he says, “but when I traveled to Asia, you know, seeing all of the temples and doing some meditation over there myself, affected me in a way that only those kind of experiences can.” He started bringing some of the sculptures home with him. Reuther travels to Asia every year, sometimes three or more times. He’s developed personal relationships with the far-off artisans he buys from, and sees his gallery not only as a way to do something he loves, but also as a way to help support local craftspeople. “Part of my mission is to help continue these traditions, because some of these artists who can’t find someone to support their work financially will often be obligated to turn to another profession,” Reuther says. His connection with the artists and artisans inspired the name of his shop. “I got the name from anthropologist James Clifford’s book Routes: Travel & Translation in the Late Twentieth Century. It’s meant to be about the trade routes the goods travel, but also
about the roots of where the goods are from.” Reuther opened the gallery in 2001 after moving to San Anselmo because of the town’s long and rich interactions with art, he says. American impressionist Childe Hassan painted here, as did the so-called Painter of San Francisco, Rinaldo Cuneo. “I just love the history of the area, you know? I fell in love with the area and wanted to make it my home,” Reuther says, “and I thought the community might be receptive to my store.” It was receptive—and then some. “All the time, I get people who randomly send letters, saying we appreciate seeing the Buddhas every day. We even have locals who come and bring offerings to the Buddhas. I think people are very open to wanting to understand and learn about different cultures,” Reuther says. The layout of the Routes Gallery is like a Russian doll, each room opening up to reveal yet another one, except instead of getting smaller the rooms grow and eventually open to a backyard. “The design of the place is sort of a labyrinth; I wanted to make it a park-like experience,” Reuther says. It is also meant to be representative of the sacred space a temple offers—a “meditation oasis for people to check in with themselves,” as Reuther puts it, while playing a Tibetan singing bowl. “The peaceful nature of this art reflects the beauty in balance, and I try to create a whole experience when people visit here.” Tibetan prayer flags decorate the deck in the backyard, and bamboo lines the perimeter of the yard, while the sound of huge fountains play surprisingly loudly in the background . . . oh wait, that’s actually the thunderous and very full San Anselmo creek that runs by the store. Enlightenment!—Aiyana Moya
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THE WEEK’S EVENTS: A SELECTIVE GUIDE
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Spanning from Muir Woods, to Point Bonita, and over to Fort Baker, the Golden Gate National Recreation Area’s Southern Marin section is a massive plot of culturally and historically rich land, meaning that the region’s natural beauty is also a source of hidden stories. This week, peer into the region’s past when National Parks Service photographer and Mill Valley historian Ted Barones presents a talk, ‘Ghosts of the Golden Gate: Then and Now,’ that delves into the topic with plenty of visuals to take you back in time on Thursday, March 7, at Larkspur Library, 400 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur. 7pm. Free. 415.927.5005.
Anchoring the monthly Second Friday Art Walks that occur in San Rafael, the collective of galleries that make up ArtWorks Downtown opens several new shows this week with receptions. In the 1337 Gallery, “Ordinary” features eight women artists who highlight everyday materials and subjects in their art. In the Underground Gallery, “Transitions and Transformations” features local student work in several mediums. In the Founders’ Gallery, “Open Space” exhibits four Marin County artists, and in the Donors’ Gallery, artist Lily Pachas displays new work. The shared receptions happen on Friday, March 8, at 1337 Fourth St., San Rafael. 5pm. Free. 415.451.8119.
After Santa Rosa cartoonist Brian Fies and his wife, Karen, lost their home to the Tubbs fire in 2017, Fies was compelled to document the disaster, and his online graphic novel, ‘A Fire Story,’ went viral. Praised for its accurate account of the event as well as its poignant personal story of loss and recovery, Fies’ comic is now getting the print treatment and Fies reads from the new hardcover edition of A Fire Story on Sunday, March 10, at Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 1pm. Free. 415.927.0960.
With St. Patrick’s Day countdowns commencing at pubs and bars throughout the world, Marin gets an early taste of Irish humor when The Real Irish Comedy Fest comes into town. Red-hair and accents will abound at this showcase of standup, featuring Longford, Ireland–born and New York City–based comedian Sean Finnerty, Dublin star Ger Staunton, former San Francisco Comedy Competition winner Dave Nihill and others performing on Tuesday, March 12, at Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 8pm. $17–$27. 415.383.9600. —Charlie Swanson
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Soul singer Arleigh Kincheloe fronts acclaimed collective Sister Sparrow & the Dirty Birds, performing on Sunday, March 10, at Sweetwater Music Hall in Mill Valley. See Concerts, p19.
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Calistoga Motor Lodge is one spot where you can get in on the latest North Bay craze.
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Telling Tubbies Wine country, take me awaaaaaaay By Flora Tsapovsky
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ine country tourism has “relaxing” in its mission statement, and the latest addition to the leaveyour-troubles-behind premise is apparently a bathtub. But unlike the spontaneous soak you might enjoy in the home, recreational bathing is a carefully planned affair, and part of a nationwide soaking craze.
Urban bathhouses have been popping up this year in cities like Chicago, New York and Seattle. The format is a twist on the traditional Scandinavian, Turkish and Russian baths, with upgraded amenities and a better design. In Calistoga, Indian Springs Resort has been offerings soaking experiences since its inception in 1910, and this year, two new
options have joined the bathing movement. They couldn’t be more different. The Calistoga Motor Lodge is a decidedly retro establishment, with rooms lining the parking lot. The property’s MoonAcre Spa is reminiscent of films like The Road to Wellville, with a tile-covered room full of tubs and outdoor showers for mud treatments.
On the spa menu, you’ll find mud baths and salt-infused soaking tub treatments for $70. “Baths and soaks are a throwback to an earlier era of spa treatments, and nostalgia seems to be in vogue,” says Chris Hilburn, MoonAcre’s spa director, though bathhouses of the past “tended to be quite public, meaning you enjoyed your bath in full view of others.” Hilburn describes the spa experience as “unfussy, friendly and whimsical,” perfect for younger audiences, though the spa enjoys a mix of age groups. Speaking of Millenials is unavoidable. “Millennials tend to prefer experiences,” Hilburn says. “They desire not just any experience, but something distinctive and separate from the mainstream.” In Glen Ellen, the historic Gaige House + Ryokan underwent a refurbishment process in 2006, adding nine Zen Suites to the property. In those, granite Japanese soaking tubs were recently installed, outfitted with hinoki stools and ladles for cleansing before getting in. “Completely immersing yourself in these super-deep tubs is a tremendously relaxing experience,” says Sharon Rooney, director of PR for Four Sisters Inn, a group of historic inns, including the Gaige House, located in Northern and Southern California. In addition to actual bathing, included in the price of the Zen Suite (starting at $438), Gaige offers forest bathing, a guided experience focused on immersing oneself in nature, at nearby Sugarloaf Ridge State Park. While soaking is on its way to becoming a nationwide trend, Rooney sees Sonoma County as its natural home. “We find that many visitors choose Sonoma Valley precisely for the low-key vibe,” she says, “and it’s also presented in a relaxed way—no stuffy attitude, no need to pack stiletto heels.” Soaking in a tub is a great stress reliever, but it’s worth noting another factor that may have contributed to the rise of modern bathing culture: while wet and soaking, it’s really hard to get a hold of your smartphone. What could be more relaxing than that? Calistoga Motor Lodge, 1880 Lincoln Ave., Calistoga. 707.942.0991. calistogamotorlodgeandspa.com. Gaige House + Ryokan, 13540 Arnold Drive, Glen Ellen. 707.935.0237. thegaigehouse.com.
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They don’t look tough, but you don’t want to mess with Kevin Russell (right) and his Dangerous Friends.
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y older brother was the only white kid in an all-Filipino gang in Vallejo,” says Kevin Russell, in one of the most unexpected openings to an interview about music ever. Yet, Russell explains, in addition to cruising the streets of the East Bay in the ’60s, his brother and the gang would come over and play music in the Russells’ living room, rocking the hits from Elvis and Johnny Cash in spirited jam sessions. Attracted to his brother’s guitar at a young age, Russell had to wait his turn. “There was only room for one guitar player in the house,” he says. So he took up drums first. By the time he left home, Russell finally got his hands on a guitar and started playing traditional bluegrass, folk, country, rock ’n’ roll, and everything in between. The rest is history. For over 30
years, Russell has played in groups like the soulful country band Modern Hicks, blues-rock outfit the Rhythm Rangers and Americana act Laughing Gravy, as well as fronting his own ensembles, the bluegrasscentric Kevin Russell & His So Called Friends and his current country and rockabilly band, Kevin Russell & Some Dangerous Friends, who play the Rancho Nicasio on March 10 in a release show for the group’s new live album. Featuring 12 tracks recorded at the spur of the moment last November while the band played a set at Lagunitas Tap Room in Petaluma, the live album features cuts from country’s biggest stars as played by the six-piece band. In addition to Russell’s guitars and laid-back vocals, the group features guitarist Sean Allen (the Jones Gang), singer Maria Nguyen (Twang Ditty), longtime Nashville-based
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vocalist and bassist Markie Sanders, drummer and educator Rick Cutler and multi-instrumentalist Steve Della Maggiora. “The trick is to surround yourself with extremely talented musicians,” says Russell. “These guys are so good that they make me sound great.” Whether they’re swaying to Loretta Lynn’s “Blue Kentucky Girl,” harmonizing on Merle Haggard’s “Running Kind” or shaking things up on Carl Perkins’ “Restless,” the band’s live shows always end up with audiences dancing along, and that energy is perfectly captured on the live album. “I just want to surround myself with music as much as possible,” says Russell. “That’s what it’s all about.” Kevin Russell & Some Dangerous Friends play on Sunday, March 10, at Rancho Nicasio, 1 Old Rancheria Road, Nicasio. 5pm. No Cover. 415.662.2219.
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Isabelle Huppert plays a widow with something to hide in ‘Greta.’
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ew in New York, poor, callow Frances (Chloë Grace Moretz) is just out of Smith College and devastated by her mother’s untimely death, when she finds a green leather purse on the MTA. Her idle-rich housemate (Maika Monroe) chides her for retrieving it when it could have been a bomb, but inside there’s identification. The purse’s owner, Greta, lives deep in Brooklyn in a strange, forlorn brick house, enclosed from the street; the lady is a lonely woman who loves playing the piano. Frances befriends Greta, but during a candlelight dinner at her place, discovers something that points to Greta’s unstable mental state. The young girl tries her best to drop her new friend, but Greta won’t go. She fills Frances’ cell phone with messages and shows up at the pretentious uptown restaurant where the younger girl works as a waitress. You’ll be flabbergasted to learn that the police can do nothing. Like the Chopin and Liszt
performed during the course of Greta, the film is well-played, invigorating, full of sentimental associations and a bit overfamiliar. When the end game arrives, it’s a satisfactory homage to a more genteel age of thrills. Greta is a civilized tale except for one ludicrously shocking scene, made to be greeted with a little pleasurable retching. Pushing 70, Neil Jordan (Interview with a Vampire and the perhaps even better vampire flick Byzantium) knows all the moves. This is doubly true for his diabolical star Isabelle Huppert, once again playing an obsessed, homicidal woman fit for Poe. Now in her mid-60s, Huppert is not a tall or a strong woman. The physical menace has long fled, so we take it on faith that Huppert’s Greta has the strength to take down her prey and do all the good serial-killer stuff. What’s inarguable is the intensity of her gaze: a radiance of hypnotic evil that age sharpens rather than weakens. It’s a matter of intent and conviction. Huppert is quite convincing in the moment where she loses her temper,
tosses a glass of wine and then charges at the girl who betrayed her. Greta is not as rich in detail as it is in some of the classic gaslighters. A frowsy private detective in a sharkskin coat (the great Stephen Rea) could have added a little color and funk. The quarrel between Frances and her wealthy father could have been deepened, to explain Frances’ unusual callowness, the fissure in her that allows the needy Greta to get a handhold. While the dream sequences have their customary scares—Jordan’s an expert at them—you’ll wait in vain for a final marvellous twist. Truth be told, we should have been by Greta’s side from the beginning, just as we were in many other previous stories of Huppert as avenger. When Greta goes absolutely dancing mad, capering as she triumphs over a victim, it seems we should have been able to share this twirl with her from the beginning. ‘Greta’ is playing at select theaters in the North Bay
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Friday, March 8–Thursday, March 14 Alita: Battle Angel (2:02) Robert Rodriguez’s FX-heavy sci-fi thriller about a kickass cyborg amnesiac stars Christoph Waltz, Jennifer Connelly and Mahershala Ali. Apollo 11 (1:33) Enthralling documentary beholds the landing on the moon through never-before-seen 70mm footage; Neil Armstrong stars. Bisbee ’17 (1:52) Eye-opening documentary captures the 100th anniversary re-creation of Bisbee, Ariz.’s darkest day, when townspeople herded striking miners into the desert and left them there to die. Bolshoi Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty (2:50) The classic fairy tale about a slumbering princess is brought to dazzling life through Tchaikovsky’s music, Grigorovich’s choreography and the Bolshoi’s talented terpsichoreans. Caravaggio: The Soul and the Blood (1:30) Enter the mind and spirit of the great Italian painter in art expert Roberto Longhi’s immersive, evocative documentary. Cat Video Fest 2019 (1:20) Festival features home movies, music videos and Internet downloads of kitties, pussies, tabbies and tomcats in all their feline glory. Captain Marvel (2:08) Brie Larson stars as Marvel Comics’ latest cinematic superhero, a Clinton-era fighter-pilot-turned-überempowered defender of humankind; Samuel L. Jackson costars. Chasing the Thunder (1:38) Documentary tribute to the Sea Shepherds, ecocrusaders who target pirates fishing for the endangered Antarctic toothfish. Cold War (1:29) Cannes-winning Polish drama about a hopeless Iron Curtain– cleaved love affair in post-WWII Europe; Pawel Pawlikowski directs. Everybody Knows (2:12) Asghar Farhadi thriller stars Penelope Cruz as a vacationing wife with a missing daughter, an amorous ex and family secrets aplenty. Fighting With My Family (1:48) Offbeat indie biopic of Raya Knight, aka Superstar Paige, and her tight-knit professionalwrestler family; Stephen Merchant, of all people, directs. Five Feet Apart (2:00) Wistful romance about the restrictive and non-tactile flirtation between two teenage cystic fibrosis patients. Green Book (2:10) An African-American classical pianist embarks on a dangerous concert tour through the Kennedy-era South with a bouncer from the Bronx as his chauffeur; Mahershala Ali and Viggo Mortensen star. Greta (1:38) Neil Jordan thriller stars Isabelle Huppert as a seemingly sweettempered widow with an (ahem) eccentric streak. How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (1:50) Hiccup and Astrid are back and on a mission to save their village from an evil something-or-other; F. Murray Abraham, Cate Blanchett and Gerard Butler vocalize. Hale County This Morning, This Evening (1:16) Prize-winning documentary follows
two young African-American men from the rural South over the course of five years, divergent paths, births, deaths and everyday existence. Jimi Hendrix: Electric Church (1:30) Newly restored concert film features the rock guitar icon’s legendary 1970 appearance at the Atlanta Pop Festival. The Kid (1:40) Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid are back and more ornery than ever in the form of Ethan Hawke and Dane DeHaan; Vincent D’Onofrio directs. Manry at Sea (1:34) Documentary follows amateur sailor Robert Manry on his legendary 1965 gizmo-free transatlantic voyage through newsreels, home movies and other vintage footage. The Mask You Live In (1:30) Documentary looks at how our skewed concept of masculinity has had a negative impact on men, boys and society as a whole; Jennifer Siebel Newsom directs. Minding the Gap (1:33) Documentary fashions 12 years of footage into an incisive look at three Illinois buddies as they navigate the shoals from boyhood to adulthood. More than Funny (1:30) Rising comic Michael Jr. stars in a movie that’s part autobiography and part stand-up routine. Never Look Away (3:09) Florian Henckel Von Donnersmarck’s intimate epic examines German history from the fascist ’30s to the Marxist ’60s through the eyes of a conflicted artist. No Manches Frida 2 (1:42) The gang from Frida High are back and beach-bound for a sunny afternoon of rambunctious horseplay. Patterns of Evidence: The Moses Controversy (2:20) Faith-based look at Moses, the Israelites’ exodus from Egypt and maybe even the world’s first alphabet. Salvador Dali: In Search of Immortality (1:50) Documentary explores the legacy of the surrealist painter and the influential works that have endured beyond his flamboyant persona. To Dust (1:32) Macabre absurdist comedytragedy about a grieving cantor, an absent-minded professor and the bond they forge as they seek hands-on answers to the question of human decomposition. The Tragedy of King Richard the Second (2:30) Direct from London’s Almeida Theatre, it’s Simon Russell Beale as Shakespeare’s vain, foolish, irresponsible regent. The Wedding Guest (1:34) Travelogue of a thriller about a kidnapping plot gone awry in photogenic New Delhi; Dev Patel stars. Woman at War (1:40) Comic Icelandic fable about a choir director with a secret identity: an eco-saboteur adept with bow, arrow and other Viking-type weapons. Wonder Park (1:25) Family-friendly cartoon about a little girl’s adventures at a magical amusement park; Jennifer Garner and Jeffrey Tambor lend voice.
Northgate: Fri-Wed 9:40, 12:35, 6:55; 3D showtimes at 3:40, 9:50 Rowland: Fri 1:20, 7:20, 3D showtimes at 10:20, 4:20, 10:20; Sat 12:30, 6:10, 11:50, 3D showtimes at 9:40, 3:20, 9; Sun 1:10, 710, 3D showtimes at 9:50, 4:10, 10; Mon-Wed 1:50, 7:40, 3D showtimes at 11, 4:50, 10:30 Regency: Fri-Sat 11:30, 1:55, 4:30, 7:10, 9:30; Sun-Thu 11:30, • Apollo 11 (G) 1:55, 4:30, 7:10 Lark: Thu 6:30 • Bisbee ’17 (NR) • The Bolshoi Ballet: Sleeping Beauty (NR) Lark: Sun 1 Regency: Sun 12:55 Captain Marvel (PG-13) Cinema: Fri-Wed 9:10, 12:25, 3:40, 10:20; 3D showtime at 7 Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12, 1, 3, 4, 5:50, 6:05, 7, 8:45, 9, 9:25, 9:50; Sun-Wed 12, 1, 3, 4, 5:50, 6:05, 7; Thu 12, 1, 6:05 Northgate: Fri 9:40, 11:40, 12:45, 2:55, 4, 6:10, 7:15, 9:25, 10:30, 11:20, 12:05, 3D showtimes at 10:35, 1:50, 5:05, 8:20; Sat 9:40, 11:40, 12:45, 2:55, 4, 6:10, 7:15, 9:25, 10:30, 11:30, 3D showtimes at 10:35, 1:50, 5:05, 8:20; Sun-Wed 9:40, 11:40, 12:45, 2:55, 4, 6:10, 7:15, 9:25, 10:30, 3D showtimes at 10:35, 1:50, 5:05, 8:20 Playhouse: Fri 3:15, 3:45, 6:15, 6:45, 9:15, 9:40; Sat 12:15, 12:45, 3:15, 3:45, 6:15, 6:45, 9:15, 9:40; Sun 12:15, 12:45, 3:15, 3:45, 6:15, 6:45; Mon-Thu 3:15, 3:45, 6:15, 6:45 Rowland: Fri 10, 10:30, 11, 12, 1, 2, 4:30, 5, 6, 7, 7:30, 8, 8:30, 9, 10, 11, 11:30, midnight, 3D showtimes at 1:30, 4, 7:15, 10:30; Sat 9, 9:30, 10, 10:30, 12, 12:30, 1, 1:30, 3:30, 4:30, 6, 6:30, 7, 7:30, 8:30, 9, 10, 11, 11:30, midnight, 3D showtimes at 4, 7:15, 10:30; Sun 9, 9:30, 10, 10:30, 11:30, 12, 12:30, 1, 1:30, 2:30, 3, 3:30, 4:30, 6, 7, 7:30, 9:30, 10, 3D showtimes at 4, 6:30, 10:30; Mon-Wed 10, 10:30, 1, 1:30, 4:30, 7, 7:30, 10, 3D showtimes at 4, 10:30 • Caravaggio: The Soul and the Blood (NR) Lark: Wed 6:30 Rafael: Sun 2, 4, 6 • Cat Video Fest 2019 (NR) Rafael: Sat 7 • Chasing the Thunder (NR) Cold War (NR) Rafael: Sat 3:45; Sun noon; Mon 7; Tue 4:30; Wed-Thu 5 Everybody Knows (R) Rafael: Fri, Mon-Thu 5:45, 8:30; Sat 12:15, 3, 5:45, 8:30; Sun 12:15, 5:45, 8:30 Fighting With My Family (PG-13) Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:10, 1:55, 4:40, 7:20, 10:10 Rowland: Fri-Sat 3, 5:40; Sun 3:50, 6:40; Mon-Wed 10:40, 1:20, 4:20, 7:10, 9:50 Northgate: Thu 7, 9:45 • Five Feet Apart (PG-13) Green Book (PG-13) Fairfax: Fri-Wed 12:30, 3:15, 6:15; Thu 12:30 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 6:45, 9:45; Sat-Sun 12:30, 3:30, 6:45, 9:45 Regency: Fri-Sat 12:50, 4, 7, 9:55; Sun-Wed 12:50, 4, 7; Thu 12:50, 4 Greta (R) Fairfax: Fri-Sat 6:30, 9:30; Sun-Wed 6:30 Northgate: Fri-Wed 6:35, 9:20 Rowland: Fri-Sat 11:30, 2, 4:30; Sun 10:10, 12:50, 9:40; Mon-Wed 11:10, 2, 5, 7:50, 10:20 Hale County This Morning, This Evening (NR) Lark: Sat 1 How to Train Your Dragon (PG) Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:10, 12:40, 2:30, 3:15, 4:50, 7:15, 9:30; SunWed 12:10, 12:40, 2:30, 3:15, 4:50, 7:15; Thu 12:40 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 7:30, 10:05; Sat-Sun 11:15, 2, 4:35, 7:30, 10:05 Northgate: Fri-Wed 10:25, 11:15, 1:10, 2, 3:45, 4:45, 7:30, 10:15 Playhouse: Fri 3:30, 6:30, 9:05; Sat 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:05; Sun 12:30, 3:30, 6:30; Mon-Wed 3:30, 6:30 Rowland: Fri 10:15, 12:50, 3:30, 6:10, 8:45, 11:20; Sat 9:10, 11:45, 2:20, 5, 7:40, 10:20; Sun 9:20, 12:10, 2:40, 5:10, 7:40, 10:20; Mon-Wed 10:50, 1:40, 4:40, 7:20, 10:10 Rafael: Thu 7 • Jimi Hendrix: Electric Church (NR) Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:35, 2:20, 4:55, 7:40, 10:10 • The Kid (R) Rafael: Fri 4 • Manry at Sea (NR) Rafael: Tue 6:30 • The Mask You Live In (NR) Minding the Gap (NR) Lark: Sat 2:45 Never Look Away (R) Rafael: Fri 7:15; Sat noon; Sun 7:30 Northgate: Thu 7, 9:35 • No Manches Frida 2 (NR) • Patterns of Evidence: The Moses Controversy (NR) Regency: Thu 6:30 • Salvador Dali: In Search of Immortality (NR) Lark: Sun 4:20 To Dust (R) Regency: Fri-Sat 11:50, 2:20, 4:50, 7:30, 10; Sun 4:50, 7:30; Mon-Wed 11:50, 2:20, 4:50, 7:30; Thu 11:50, 2:20 Regency: Fri-Sat 11:40, 2:10, 4:40, 7:20, 9:45; Sun-Thu 11:40, • The Wedding Guest (R) 2:10, 4:40, 7:20 Woman at War (NR) Rafael: Fri, Mon-Thu 6, 8:15; Sat-Sun 1:30, 6, 8:15 Northgate: Thu 4, 6:10, 8:20, 10:30 Playhouse: Thu 4, 6:30 • Wonder Park (PG) 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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Marin Musical Theatre Company proves that teenagers haven’t changed much since the 1800s in ‘Spring Awakening.’
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‘Spring Awakening’ is not your grandma’s teen musical By Harry Duke
‘T
otally fucked.” That, dear readers, sums up the teen angst expressed via song in Spring Awakening, Marin Musical Theatre Company’s latest offering. It runs at the NTC Playhouse in Novato through March 16. Based on German playwright Frank Wedekind’s controversial 1891 play that dealt frankly with teenage sexuality, playwright Steven Sater and musician Duncan Sheik collaborated on a musical adaptation in 2006 that took Broadway by storm and received eight Tony Awards including Best Musical. It’s 1891 and the young citizens of a provincial German town are dealing with oblivious and abusive parents and cruel schoolmasters. Wendla (Claudia Shapiro) can’t get her mother to explain the facts of life. Moritz (Tyler Gable), an intense young man stressed out by scholastic pressures, has been having strange dreams and seeks counsel
from his thoughtful friend Melchior (Ryan Hook). Melchior shares the knowledge of human sexuality he’s gleaned from books, but Moritz stops him, asking him to write the information down—complete with illustrations. The contents of that pamphlet lead to tragedy for Moritz, Melchior and Wendla. Wedekind’s treatise against repression wasn’t performed until 15 years after it was written, and then heavily censored when not outright banned. The powers that be weren’t ready for a play that had explicit scenes involving masturbation (lots of masturbation), child abuse, sado-masochism, suicide and sex of a questionably consensual nature. Director Jenny Boynton has assembled an excellent cast. Hook is outstanding as the inquisitive and rebellious Melchior. Gable is a bit overthe-top as Moritz, but really scores in the character’s quieter, more reflective moments. A health issue led Claudia Shapiro to leave the role of Wendla at
intermission on opening night and was replaced by Emily Dwyer. Both were impressive. Music director Jake Gale and a sixpiece band provide excellent support for the vocal work in songs such as “The Bitch of Living,” “My Junk,” “The Word of Your Body” and the aforementioned “Totally Fucked.” There’s some interesting dance work by Daniela Myers and Jennifer Daine, choreographed by Katie Wickes. MMTC’s Spring Awakening is a terrific production designed to connect with younger, contemporary audiences on their terms, and succeeds, gloriously. Theater-goers expecting a teen musical along the lines of Bye Bye Birdie will be aghast. Marin Musical Theatre Company’s ‘Spring Awakening’ runs through March 16 at the Novato Theater Company Playhouse, 5420 Nave Drive, Ste. C, Novato. Dates and times vary. $27–$50. 800.838.3006. marinmusicals.org.
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Family Jewels Pair of West County brothers head the vanguard of alt-snacks By James Knight
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prouting up like mushrooms after rain, frozen yogurt shops seem to have taken over every shopping mall nook and retail strip cranny in 21stcentury America, including a quiet little corner on the western edge of sodden Sebastopol. So it is a morsel of tasty, and, indeed, somewhat more savory, irony to learn that a failed fro-yo shop has been improbably replaced with a mushroom shop. Or is that “mushroom shoppe”? The unfortunate venture might have done better than to open in November, speculates Wyatt Bryson, co-proprietor of Jewels of the Forest, the mushroom shop that popped up in its place. But it was
fine timing for a business whose principal product crops out of the ground after a late fall rain. The tiny retail space is dedicated to all things mycological, albeit in a limited and eclectic selection. Here are books, T-shirts, shroom-related baubles, edible items and even some disarmingly Old World–style hats and handbags that are hand-made from a kind of velvety-smooth mushroom by a craftsman in Romania, and wouldn’t look out of place on Radagast the Brown. Wyatt swears the hat won’t melt, like a mushroom, under the next rain it meets. Back to those edible options: the real business of Jewels of the Forest happens beyond the swinging doors to the commercial kitchen where, thanks
in part to the yogurt setup (plus $50,000 in extra renovations), Wyatt’s brother, Hunter, is cooking up a new batch of mushroom jerky, and Wyatt starts talking about the hard-nosed world of snack-food entrepreneurship. These are hard times no more for vegans who love the taste of jerky but cannot abide texturized soy protein versions of meatless pretenders to the cured-meat category. Mushroom jerky is trending lately, as are all things mycelial, according to Wyatt. He got bit by the shroom bug eight years back while working in shipping logistics in Hawaii (he retains a habit of greeting emails with “aloha”), when he bought some used lab equipment off craigslist and began growing oyster mushrooms.
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Wyatt, left, and Hunter Bryson have a gift from heaven for vegans who pine for that meaty texture.
I’d never heard of this fashion of toadstool treat until I happened upon a booth they’d set up on a quiet backwater of last year’s Taste of Sonoma wine event at the Green Music Center. I was skeptical, maybe because of the bad reputation of the kind of dried mushrooms that are endured with a hearty slug of red wine, as a foul tasting means to a mindaltering end—or so I’ve been told. But Jewels of the Forest mushroom jerky, which the Bryson brothers have named “Shroom Snack” in hopes of adding products, is steeped with spice and savory flavors—even though the organically grown oyster mushrooms do arrive in dried condition, from suppliers in Asia. The retail price, $8.99 for a 2.5-ounce packet, would be twice that if they sourced locally grown mushrooms, according to Wyatt. After the mushroom pieces are rehydrated, washed, cut and sorted by Hunter, who has worked for Stark’s restaurants for eight years, they are fresh-looking enough, shining with juicy vitality. The mushrooms are cooked, principally for food safety and because raw mushrooms contain a hard-to-digest substance called chitin; treated to sesame or sweet chili seasoning with tamari sauce and organic cane sugar; and then put in the dehydrator. That’s the part that takes “some finesse,” says Wyatt, to get just the right texture—Shroom Snack mushroom jerky is gummy, and sticks to the teeth like very moist beef jerky, but the seasoning doesn’t stick to the fingers. The snack was a hit at its debut a few years ago at a West County ethnobotany festival, selling out within an hour or so. “That was really our proof of concept and validating moment,” says Wyatt. To prepare for their next move, they’ve already attended a New York scale-up accelerator workshop, had “speed dating” sessions with venture capitalists, and are talking level one (or is it round two?) financing— it’s all a fast-moving blur in the reporter’s notebook. The Bryson brothers also present beginner courses on growing mushrooms several times a year at Santa Rosa’s Finley Center. Participants get to bring home a bag of sawdust medium that will grow oyster mushrooms. Alas, there is no sweet scoops of frozen mushroom dessert in the pipeline yet, but who knows what will trend next: fro-oy?
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From 1935 to 1939, notorious gangster Al Capone lived where in the Bay Area?
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What is the world’s most common natural fiber cloth?
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Bodybuilders like to pump up what muscles in the front of the upper arm and back of the upper leg?
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Starting in 2012, Julia Louis-Dreyfus played Vice President Selina Meyer on what show?
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From 1999 to 2006, Martin Sheen portrayed U.S. President Jed Bartlet on what NBC series?
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In 2005–2006, Geena Davis played president Mackenzie Allen on what series?
5 Romans named the month of March after whom? 6 Major League spring training leagues in Arizona and Florida are known by
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Which South American ballroom dance became a worldwide sensation in the early 20th century?
8 Name the most populous cities in these states (they aren’t what you think): a. Florida (not Miami) b. Ohio (not Cleveland) c. Missouri (not St. Louis) 9 From 1347 to 1351, the Black Death decimated one-third of the human
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10 What three U.S. Presidents were the tallest (at least 6-foot-3-inches)?
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MARIN Jim Kweskin Acoustic folk and jug band legend performs a seated show with vocalist and multiinstrumentalist Meredith Axelrod and violinist Suzy Thompson. Mar 8, 8:30pm. $20-$25. HopMonk Novato, 224 Vintage Way, Novato. 415.892.6200. Marin Symphony Marin Symphony Chorus and mezzosoprano Ashley Dixon are featured in the latest “Masterworks” performance. Mar 9, 8pm and Mar 10, 3pm. $20-$25 and up. Marin Center’s Veterans Memorial Auditorium, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael. 415.473.6800. Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds Fronted by singer Arleigh Kincheloe, the acclaimed soul collective plays off new record, “Gold,” with opening set from funk duo Angelex. Mar 10, 8pm. $22-$25. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.3850.
SONOMA Black Uhuru Prolific veteran reggae band plays an album-release show for their new LP, “As the World Turns.” Mar 11, 10pm. $10. HopMonk Sebastopol, 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol. 707.829.7300. Sonoma County Bluegrass & Folk Festival Annual festival features Jerry Wicentowski & the Wiseman Institute, Duo Quartet, Plaid Strangers and others, with jam sessions and workshops. Mar 9, 1pm. $35-$40. Sebastopol Community Center, 390 Morris St, Sebastopol. socofoso.com. The Wood Brothers Nashville-based country and folk trio play off their new album, “One Drop of Truth,” with opener Carsie Blanton. Mar 7, 8pm. $29-$49. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa. 707.546.3600.
NAPA Ladysmith Black Mambazo South Africa ensemble’s harmonies, first discovered by Western audiences on Paul Simon’s “Graceland,” pay respect to their cultural and personal history. Mar 8, 7:30pm. $37 and up. JaM Cellars Ballroom at the Margrit Mondavi Theatre, 1030 Main St, Napa. 707.880.2300. The Marshall Tucker Band Southern-rock pioneers are still led by vocalist Doug Gray and still rock like it’s 1973. Mar 8, 8pm. $35-$50. Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third St, Napa. 707.259.0123.
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Clubs & Venues MARIN HopMonk Novato Mar 9, the Tazmanian Devils with Lorin Rowan & Kirk Casey’s Deep Blue Jam. 224 Vintage Way, Novato. 415.892.6200. 19 Broadway Nightclub Mar 7, Tie Dye Blues Band. Mar 8, Pardon the Interruption. Mar 9, Mark’s Jam Sammich. Mar 10, 4pm, Westside Jazz Club. 17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 415.459.1091. Peri’s Silver Dollar Mar 7, Smith & Tegio. Mar 8, the Happys and Band of Gringos. Mar 9, Poison Ivy variety show. Mar 10, Darren Nelson and friends. Mar 12, Wound Up Rooster. Mar 13, Liquid Green. 29 Broadway, Fairfax. 415.459.9910. Rancho Nicasio Mar 8, Spirit of Turpentine. Mar 9, the Jones Gang. Mar 10, 5pm, Kevin Russell & Some Dangerous Friends album-release show. 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio. 415.662.2219. Sweetwater Music Hall Mar 7, Greg Loiacono Band. Mar 8-9, Jorma Kaukonen. Mar 11, Donavon Frankenreiter with Matt Grundy. Mar 12, Marc Cohn. Mar 13, Rhett Miller with Jenny O. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.3850.
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Terrapin Crossroads Mar 7, San Geronimo. Mar 8, Guitarmageddon celebrates 50 years of Led Zeppelin. Mar 10, David Nelson Band. 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael. 415.524.2773.
SONOMA Mystic Theatre & Music Hall Mar 8, SamVega with Down Dirty Shake and Midnight Transit. Mar 9, TWRP with Planet Booty. Mar 10, Ripe with the Brook & the Bluff. 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. 707.775.6048. The Phoenix Theater Mar 8, Secura and Stryk9. 201 Washington St, Petaluma. 707.762.3565.
NAPA Blue Note Napa Mar 6, Silvestre Martinez Latin Jazz Quintet. Mar 7, Masters of Hawaiian Music with George Kahumoku, Nathan Aweau and David Kahiapo. Mar 9, the John Brothers Piano Company. Mar 10, 11am, Sunday Brunch with Mike Greensill. Mar 12, Jealous Zelig. Mar 13, the Smooth Jazz Alley with Joel Del Rosario. 1030 Main St, Napa. 707.880.2300.
VenturePad, Marin’s Premier Coworking, Meeting space, and Entrepreneurship Center • For solopreneurs, small teams, telecommuters, start-ups, work at home professionals • Open and dedicated desks, meeting rooms (4-30 capacity), phone booths, café • Over 300 members, 80 advisors and professional service experts on call • Book a tour, get a free day pass • Day pass, memberships, meeting rooms bookable online at venturepad.works Call Chris at 415-309-0331 for more info.
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Art Openings Art Works Downtown Mar 8-Apr 19, “Ordinary,” exhibition highlights the ordinary through subject matter and use of materials.
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Comedy The Real Irish Comedy Fest See the best blend of Irish comedic talent, accents included. Mar 12, 8pm. $17-$27. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600.
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Events Kate’s Story: From NorCal to World Champion Local mountain biker Kate Courtney, winner of the 2018 Elite XC World Championship, appears to help raise funds for the museum’s expansion project. Mar 7, 7pm. Marin Museum of Bicycling, 1966 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Fairfax. 415.450.8000.
Field Trips Kule Loklo Open House & Workday Visit a replica Coast Miwok village that offers a glimpse of life in pre-European California. Mar 9, 10am. Free. Kule Loklo, Pt Reyes National Seashore, Olema. 415.464.5137.
Watershed: Exploring a New Water Ethic for the New West Fairfax Open Space Council hosts a screening of the award-winning film, followed by panel discussion with experts. Mar 8, 7pm. $5 donation. Fairfax Women’s Club, 46 Park Rd, Fairfax. 415.453.1584.
Food & Drink Farmers Market Fresh A hands-on event gets you ready for Spring with chef Jennifer Luttrell and Colleen Richardson. Mar 8, 10am. $105. The Fork, 14700 Hwy 1, Point Reyes Station. 800.591.6878. Field to Glass Wine Dinner Series showcases winemakers and other wine professionals. Thurs, Mar 7, 6pm. $150. Left Bank Brasserie, 507 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur. 415.927.3331. MacRostie Winemaker Dinner Winemaker Heidi Bridenhagen from MacRostie Winery pairs Russian River and Sonoma Coast Chardonnay and Pinot Noir with a delicious menu. Mar 6, 5pm. Piazza D’Angelo, 22 Miller Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.2000. YES Foundation Give Back Tuesday Dine to support the advocates for highquality arts and educational programs for students of the Ross Valley School District. Tues, Mar 12. Iron Springs Pub & Brewery, 765 Center Blvd, Fairfax. 415.485.1005.
For Kids The Banana Slug String Band Duet Concert of award-winning fun and interactive nature-themed songs. Mar 10, 11am. Osher Marin JCC, 200 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael. 415.444.8000.
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Hummingbirds Nests Puppet Show Join an enchanting morning with stories and puppets from Hummingbirds Nest Collaborative. Mar 9, 11am. Novato Copperfield’s Books, 999 Grant Ave, Novato. 415.763.3052.
GTFO Film pries open the video game world to explore an industry riddled with discrimination and misogyny. Mar 13, 6:30pm. San Rafael Library, 1100 E St, San Rafael. 415.485.3323.
Toddler Day at Slide Ranch Families with young children can meet farm animals and take part in simple, hands-on cooking and crafting. Mar 9, 9:30am. $30; kids under two are free. Slide Ranch, 2025 Shoreline Hwy, Muir Beach. 415.381.6155.
International Ocean Film Festival Sixteenth annual fest screens two films on exploration and conservation in Marin, “Manry at Sea” and “Chasing the Thunder,” respectively. Mar 8, 4pm and Mar 9, 7pm. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.454.1222.
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The Mask You Live In Teen Wellness Film Series presents the film about young men and cultural attitudes towards masculinity. Mar 12, 6:30pm. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.454.1222.
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Drawdown: Marin Learn about the county-wide campaign to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Mar 7, 1pm. Outdoor Art Club, 1 W Blithedale Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.2582. Ghosts of the Golden Gate: Then & Now Ted Barone, photographer with the National Park Service, reveals the hidden history of familiar locations. Mar 7, 7pm. Larkspur
Kentfield native and mountain bike champion Kate Courtney shares her story in a fundraising event at Marin Museum of Bicycling in Fairfax on Thursday, March 7.
Library, 400 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur. 415.927.5005.
Night” with Sunita Puri. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 415.927.0960.
Here’s Looking at You, Morocco Diana Saint James, owner of Dimensions in Travel in Novato, presents an illustrated travel talk. Mar 11, 10:30am. Corte Madera Library. 707 Meadowsweet Dr, Corte Madera. 707.924.6444.
Commonweal Mar 13, 3pm, “That Good Night” with Sunita Puri. 451 Mesa Rd, Bolinas. 415.868.0970.
Monet: The Late Years Illustrated talk looks at Monet’s final career phases. Mar 12, 12pm. San Anselmo Library, 110 Tunstead Ave, San Anselmo. 415.258.4656. Welcome Home George Washington Illustrated presentation by horticulturalist Dean Norton an informative yet entertaining look at the gardening world of George Washington. Mar 6, 6pm. $15. Marin Art & Garden Center, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross. 415.455.5260.
Readings Book Passage Mar 6, 7pm, “Jessie” with Regina S Kutchins. Mar 7, 7pm, “Beshert” with Erin Gordon. Mar 8, 7pm, “Sacred Voices” with Mariam Baker. Mar 9, 1pm, “Drop Dead” with Joe Behm. Mar 9, 4pm, “The Gardener of Eden” with David Downie. Mar 9, 7pm, “The Sky Turned Green and the Grass Turned Blue” with Diana Kelley. Mar 10, 1pm, “A Fire Story” with Brian Fies. Mar 10, 4pm, “My Whirling Twirling Motor” with Merriam Saunders. Mar 11, 7pm, “Lost Connections” with Johann Hari. Mar 12, 7pm, “The Woman in Black” with Erik Tarloff. Mar 13, 7pm, “That Good
Theater Chicago A cast of teen performers present the Broadway musical classic. Mar 8-17. $15-$35. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600. The Skin of Our Teeth The College of Marin drama program presents Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prizewinning play that’s an adventurous ride through time. Through Mar 17. $10-$20. College of Marin James Dunn Theatre, 835 College Ave, Kentfield. 415.485.9385. Spring Awakening Marin Musical Theatre Company presents the rock-and-roll play about sexual awakening, youth revolt and selfdiscovery. Through Mar 16. $27-$50. Novato Theater Company, 5240 Nave Dr, Novato. 415.883.4498.
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The Belrose Mar 8, 7:30pm, Sol Flamenco, featuring dancers Joelle Gonçalves and Kerensa DeMars, flamenco guitarist Mark Taylor and singer Azriel “El Moreno.” 1415 Fifth Ave, San Rafael 415.454.6422.
Viva España! Series on artists and writers of Spain screens the documentary “Salvador Dali: In Search of Immortality.” Mar 10, 1pm. $10-$15. Lark Theater, 549 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur. 415.924.5111.
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County on JANUARY 25, 2019. (Publication Dates: February 20, 27, March 6, 13 of 2019)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2019146201. The following individual(s) are doing business: EXPLORA CONMIGO, 352 MEADOW WAY, SAN GERONIMO, CA 94963: CECILIA C FIGUEROA, 352 MEADOW WAY, SAN GERONIMO, CA 94963. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on FEBRUARY 5, 2019. (Publication Dates: February 20, 27, March 6, 13 of 2019)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 146110. The following individual(s) are doing business: AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER, 196 MARKET ST., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER, INC., 196 MARKET ST., 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 ClerkRecorder of Marin County on JANUARY 23, 2019. (Publication Dates: February 20, 27, March 6, 13 of 2019)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 146158. The following individual(s) are doing business: TAQUERIA BAHIA, 1013 B ST., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: ELENA F ALVAREZ, 327 PARIS ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94112. 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 JANUARY 29, 2019. (Publication Dates: February 20, 27, March 6, 13 of 2019)
CORRECTION: FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2019146048. The following individual(s) are doing business: MUDDY BOOTS CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, 41 DEL ORO LAGOON, NOVATO, CA 94949: LISA G DAVIS, 41 DEL ORO LAGOON, NOVATO, CA 94949. 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 JANUARY 11, 2019. (Publication Dates: January 16, 23, 30 and February 6 of 2019, CORRECTION REPUBLISHED: February 20, 27, and March 6, 13 of 2019)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 146185. The following individual(s) are doing business: VITALITY BOWLS, 765 E. BLITHEDALE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: KIMMCO LLC, 765 E. BLITHEDALE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941. This business is being conducted by A LIMITED 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 FEBRUARY 04, 2019. (Publication Dates: February 27, March 6, 13, 20 of 2019)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 146186. The following individual(s) are doing business: VITALITY BOWLS, 100 DONAHUE ST. SUITE 160F, SAUSALITO, CA 94965: KIMMCO LLC, 765 E. BLITHEDALE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941. This business is being conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on FEBRUARY 04, 2019. (Publication Dates: February 27, March 6, 13, 20 of 2019)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 146187. The following individual(s) are doing business: VITALITY BOWLS, 765 E. BLITHEDALE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: KIMMCO LLC, 765 E. BLITHEDALE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941. This business is being conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on FEBRUARY 04, 2019. (Publication Dates: February 27, March 6, 13, 20 of 2019)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 146238. The following individual(s) are
doing business: EUROPEAN AUTO REPAIR, 114 MILL STREET, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: KEVIN H. REIER, 442 VIA HERBOSA, NOVATO, CA 94949. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on FEBRUARY 04, 2019. (Publication Dates: February 27, March 6, 13, 20 of 2019)
OTHER NOTICES ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: CIV 1900484 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF MARIN TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS 1. Petitioner (name of each): Roxanna I. Cieplinska, has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: Rosanna Izabella Cieplinksa to Proposed Name: Rosanna Izabella Plinsky 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: 3/14/2019, Time: 9:00am, Dept: E. 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: FEB 5, 2019 Andrew E. Sweet Judge of the Superior Court James M Kim Court Executive Officer MARIN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT By C. Lucchesi, Deputy (February 20, 27, March 6, 13 of 2019)
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: CIV 1900534 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF MARIN TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS 1. Petitioner (name of
each): Maria Carmen Jacini, has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: Maria Carmen Jacini to Proposed Name: Maria Carmen Carrillo 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: 4/8/2019, 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: FEB 7, 2019 Andrew E. Sweet Judge of the Superior Court James M Kim Court Executive Officer MARIN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT By C. Lucchesi, Deputy (February 20, 27, March 6, 13 of 2019)
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: CIV 1900797 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF MARIN TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS 1. Petitioner (name of each): Robert Fong, Monica Barker, has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: Ever Gray Fong to Proposed Name: Rocky Ever Fong 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: 4/16/2019, Time: 9:00am, Dept: E. 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: FEB 28, 2019 Andrew E. Sweet Judge of the Superior Court James M Kim Court Executive Officer MARIN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT By E. Chais (March 6, 13, 20, 27 of 2019)
CORRECTION: ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: CIV 1900535 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF MARIN TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS 1. Petitioner (name of each): Cassandra Mary Helen Christiansen and Leif Marius Christiansen, has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: Isis Mae Christiansen to Proposed Name: Iris Mae Christiansen 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: 4/5/2019, 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: FEB 7, 2019 James T Chou Judge of the Superior Court James M Kim Court Executive Officer MARIN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT By C. Lucchesi, Deputy (February 20, 27, March 6, 13 of 2019) Correction dates (March 6, 13, 20, 27 of 2019)
By Amy Alkon
Q:
I’m a 34-year-old struggling comic. My girlfriend is a 29-year-old children’s therapist. We’ve been together for a year. She wants to move in with me, wants me to meet her parents—adult relationship stuff that I don’t feel ready for now. I love her, but I live in a studio without a kitchen. I don’t even have a car. As a man, I want to be a “provider” for the woman in my life. She doesn’t want to wait.—Don’t Wanna Lose Her
A:
On the upside, you aren’t without savings—there’s that jar with all the change that you take to the Coinstar twice a year. Your reluctance to be all “let’s move in together and start a life over my hot plate” probably comes out of how (according to cross-cultural research by David Buss and other evolutionary psychologists) women seem to have evolved to seek men with the ability to acquire resources—that is, to “provide.” Men co-evolved to expect this—and feel they need to rise to the occasion in order to get the ladies. In other words, you, as a man, are psychologically driven to feel unsettled when, in terms of sheer earning power, you’re just this side of living in your car. This might lead you to wonder why, if you’re so wigged out about being broke, your girlfriend’s evolved psychology seems to be all “yeah, whatever.” Well, there was no such thing as “wealth” in ancestral times, so cues to the ability to acquire resources seem to point to mate quality. As I’ve written before, a woman’s seeing ambition, entrepreneurial thinking and high intelligence in a guy who isn’t exactly raking in the bucks may ring enough of her psychological bells to make him a choice. A woman who isn’t yet in “let’s make babies!” mode might also be more openminded than realistic. Think about the life you want, and ask your girlfriend to think about the future she wants, and then put your wants together and see how well they fit. Sure, comedy is a career that can eventually pay off, but for many, it never goes beyond driving around to do $50 sets in suburban Yuk-Yuk Huts. If it’s “babies or bust!” for her, consider how willing you’d be to trade your comedy dream for a dad job—the boringly stable kind with a reasonable weekly paycheck.
Q:
My guy friend said my problem with men is that I keep forgetting who I am. According to him, I’m smart, beautiful, accomplished, funny and super-cool, but the moment I like a guy, I act weirdly needy and turn guys off. How do I change this?—Clingy
A:
In presenting yourself to others, you’re like the world’s worst used-car salesman: “Fantastic deathtrap for the price! Just the thing to strand you on a desert highway and leave you crawling on your hands and knees over rocky, snake-infested terrain!” Unfortunately, self-loathing is only stylish for about 20 minutes—and only if you are a newly Goth 13-year-old. Also unfortunate is a big long-standing error in psychology, overvaluing talking and undervaluing action as the way to change our default behavior. Granted, recognizing where you’re going wrong and how you could behave less counterproductively isn’t unimportant or useless. But research by clinical psychologist Stefan G. Hofmann and his colleagues suggests that taking action alone—without talk therapy—leads to dramatic shifts in thinking, including significantly diminishing “negative self-perception” and other counterproductive beliefs. As for your tendency to go all needypants around a guy you like, ask yourself why you do this. Not the underlying reason, but why you let your emotions drive your behavior. People don’t think to ask themselves that, but as I write in Unf*ckology: A Field Guide to Living with Guts and Confidence—my science-based book on how action is the key to emotional and behavioral transformation—“your feelings are not the boss of you.” In short, it isn’t how you feel that matters; it’s what you do. When you’re around a guy you like, act in a way that serves your interests—like a person with self-respect, which is to say, one who has no problem walking away. (Be whiny to your friends, if necessary.) After all, deep down, you know you could get a man to stay with you forever—that’s what basement wall chains and bucket toilets are for. 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 March 6
ARIES (March 21–April 19) Genius inventor
Thomas Edison rebelled against sleep, which he regarded as wasteful. He tried to limit his time in bed to four hours per night so he would have more time to work during his waking hours. Genius scientist Albert Einstein had a different approach. He preferred 10 hours of sleep per night, and liked to steal naps during the day, too. In my astrological opinion, Aries, you’re in a phase when it makes more sense to imitate Einstein than Edison. Important learning and transformation are happening in your dreams. Give your nightly adventures maximum opportunity to work their magic in your behalf.
TAURUS (April 20–May 20) The Danish
flag has a red background emblazoned with an asymmetrical white cross. It was a national symbol of power as early as the 14th century, and may have first emerged during a critical military struggle that established the Danish empire in 1219. No other country in the world has a flag with such an ancient origin. But if Denmark’s Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen, who’s a Taurus, came to me and asked me for advice, I would urge him to break with custom and design a new flag—maybe something with a spiral rainbow or a psychedelic tree. I’ll suggest an even more expansive idea to you, Taurus: create fresh traditions in every area of your life!
GEMINI (May 21–June 20) On June 7, 1988, Gemini musician Bob Dylan launched what has come to be known as the Never Ending Tour. It’s still going. In the past 30+ years, he has performed almost 3,000 shows on every continent except Antarctica. In 2018 alone, at the age of 77, he did 84 gigs. He’s living proof that not every Gemini is flaky and averse to commitment. Even if you yourself have flirted with flightiness in the past, I doubt you will do so in the next five weeks. On the contrary. I expect you’ll be a paragon of persistence, doggedness and stamina. CANCER (June 21–July 22) The otters at a marine park in Miura City, Japan, are friendly to human visitors. There are holes in the glass walls of their enclosures through which they reach out to shake people’s hands with their webbed paws. I think you need experiences akin to that in the coming weeks. Your mental and spiritual health will thrive to the degree that you seek closer contact with animals. It’s a favorable time to nurture your instinctual intelligence and absorb influences from the natural world. For extra credit, tune in to and celebrate your own animal qualities. LEO (July 23–August 22) Between 1977 and
1992, civil war raged in Mozambique. Combatants planted thousands of land mines that have remained dangerous long after the conflict ended. In recent years, a new ally has emerged in the quest to address the problem: rats that are trained to find the hidden explosives so that human colleagues can defuse them. The expert sniffers don’t weigh enough to detonate the mines, so they’re ideal to play the role of saviors. I foresee a metaphorically comparable development in your future, Leo. You’ll get help and support from a surprising or seemingly unlikely source.
VIRGO (August 23–September 22) Imagine a
stairway that leads nowhere; as you ascend, you realize that at the top is not a door or a hallway, but a wall. I suspect that lately you may have been dealing with a metaphorical version of an anomaly like this. But I also predict that in the coming weeks some magic will transpire that will change everything. It’s like you’ll find a button on the wall that when pushed opens a previously imperceptible door. Somehow, you’ll gain entrance through an apparent obstruction.
LIBRA (September 23–October 22) Not all of the classic works of great literature are entertaining. According to one survey of editors, writers and librarians, Goethe’s Faust, Melville’s Moby Dick and Cervantes’ Don Quixote are among the most boring masterpieces ever written. But most experts agree that they’re still valuable to read. In that spirit, and in accordance with astrological omens, I urge you to commune with other dull but meaningful things.
By Rob Brezsny
Seek out low-key but rich offerings. Be aware that unexciting people and situations may offer clues and catalysts that you need.
SCORPIO (October 23–November 21) Many
of you Scorpios regard secrecy as a skill worth cultivating. It serves your urge to gather and manage power. You’re aware that information is a valuable commodity, so you guard it carefully and share it sparingly. This predilection sometimes makes you seem understated, even shy. Your hesitancy to express too much of your knowledge and feelings may influence people to underestimate the intensity that seethes within you. Having said all that, I’ll now predict that you’ll show the world who you are with more dazzle and flamboyance in the coming weeks. It’ll be interesting to see how you do that as you also try to heed your rule that information is power.
SAGITTARIUS (November 22–December 21) Sagittarian actress and producer Deborra-Lee Furness has been married to megastar actor Hugh Jackman for 23 years. Their wedding rings are inscribed with a motto that blends Sanskrit and English, “Om paramar to the mainamar.” Hugh and Deborah-Lee say it means “We dedicate our union to a greater source.” In resonance with current astrological omens, I invite you to engage in a similar gesture with an important person in your life. Now is a marvelous time to deepen and sanctify your relationship by pledging yourselves to a higher purpose or beautiful collaboration or sublime mutual quest. CAPRICORN (December 22–January 19) In
1997, a supercomputer named Deep Blue won six chess matches against Chess Grand Master Gary Kasparov. In 2016, an artificial intelligence called AlphaGo squared off against human champion Lee Sodol in a best-offive series of the Chinese board game Go. AlphaGo crushed Sodol, four games to one. But there is at least one cerebral game in which human intelligence still reigns supreme: the card game known as bridge. No AI has as yet beat the best bridge players. I bring this to your attention, Capricorn, because I am sure that in the coming weeks, no AI could out-think and out-strategize you as you navigate your way through life’s tests and challenges. You’ll be smarter than ever. P.S.: I’m guessing your acumen will be extra soulful, as well.
AQUARIUS (January 20–February 18) At regular intervals, a hot stream of boiling water shoots up out of the earth and into the sky in Wyoming’s Yellowstone National Park. It’s a geyser called Old Faithful. The steamy surge can reach a height of 185 feet and last for five minutes. When white settlers first discovered this natural phenomenon in the 19th century, some of them used it as a laundry. Between blasts, they’d place their dirty clothes in Old Faithful’s aperture. When the scalding flare erupted, it provided all the necessary cleansing. I’d love to see you attempt a metaphorically similar feat, Aquarius: harness a natural force for a practical purpose, or a primal power for an earthy task. PISCES (February 19–March 20) Who was
the model for Leonardo da Vinci’s iconic painting Mona Lisa? Many scholars think it was Italian noblewoman Lisa del Giocondo. Leonardo wanted her to feel comfortable during the long hours she sat for him, so he hired musicians to play for her and people with mellifluous voices to read her stories. He built a musical fountain for her to gaze upon and a white Persian cat to cuddle. If it were within my power, I would arrange something similar for you in the coming weeks. Why? Because I’d love to see you be calmed and soothed for a concentrated period of time; to feel perfectly at ease, at home in the world, surrounded by beautiful influences you love. In my opinion, you need and deserve such a break from the everyday frenzy.
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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