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Editor’s Note

Last week, we launched Heroes of Marin, our annual recognition of those who shine throughout the county—and beyond—in eight different categories: Arts and Culture, Community Spirit, Courage, Environmental Stewardship, Innovation, Rising Star, Role Model and Lifetime Achievement.

Up until November 29, 2017, you can nominate the people you admire, who you feel are true heroes for what they do.

Following the nomination process, a committee of community members will select the winners.

And on December 20, we’ll publish a commemorative Heroes of Marin issue that celebrates the heroes and their work.

Visit pacificsun.com to find the nomination form and tell us more

about who you think is a hero and why. We look forward to crowning our Heroes of Marin in December.

‘Stop Whining’

Don’t worry about National Park Service dog regulations at Stinson Beach National Seashore [Hero & Zero, Nov. 1]. Bring your dog anytime to annoy sunbathers, picknickers and fishermen on this otherwise pristine stretch of sand, as the no pets rule is NEVER enforced. So stop whining about how the park service is playing Hitler to your pets and just bring your dog to Stinson Beach. Oh, and you don’t even have to pretend you didn’t see your dog take a dump on the sand because some little kid will be making a turd castle out of it while it is still steaming.

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By Howard Rachelson

1 Which has a larger population: Canada or California?

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erage sake is made from what fermented plant?

3 What must a Las

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4 Arizona and Hawaii are the only two states that do not observe what?

5 Which does the United States have more of: Public libraries, or outlets of McDonald’s?

6 The first Winter Olympics were held in 1924, in the mountainous regions of

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7 Between 1986 and 1993, filmmaker Oliver Stone made three movies with the Vietnam War theme. Give their titles. Which one is shown here?

8 A careless error, a small piece of paper and an undergarment have what four-letter word in common?

9 Within about two weeks this September, what three hurricanes devastated Houston, Florida and Puerto Rico?

10a. Who was the youngest person to serve as U.S. president, and how old

was he?

b. Who was the youngest person elected president, and at what age?

BONUS QUESTION: Bull, Sitting Bull and Little Bull sold at auction in November, 2009; Bull, the largest, sold for $700,000. What were these rather large physical objects formerly owned by Bernard Madoff ?

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Howard Rachelson invites you to his next Trivia Café team contest on Tuesday, November 28 at Restaurant Taste, inside Copperfield’s Books on Fourth Street in San Rafael; 6pm; free, with prizes. Contact Howard at howard1@triviacafe.com, and visit triviacafe.com.

▲ Tam Valley homeowner Scott Snyder had a bird in hand.

Or, more specifically, a bird with a wide wingspan in the midsection of his chimney. The feathered fellow had been stuck there for at least 24 hours. Snyder had contacted local animal rescue organizations, but none were able to remove the bird. Even a chimney company couldn’t help. At the suggestion of a neighbor, Snyder called the Southern Marin Fire Protection District. Who knew that our heroes, the same men and women who battled the deadly North Bay fires and respond first to our medical emergencies, would work to free a bird in distress? That’s exactly what they did. The firefighters climbed onto the steep roof, removed the smokestack and dropped a rope down to

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give the bird something to grip onto. The bird scaled up the rope until it had enough room to spread its wings and then it flew away. Kudos to Snyder for his perseverance and to the Southern Marin Fire Protection District for everything they do to save the lives of man and beast. —Nikki Silverstein

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Upfront

Davey Tree Expert Company is under contract with PG&E to provide tree-trimming services in Marin, Sonoma and Napa counties.

The Long Branch

Regional tree trimmer faces questions over accountability in North Bay fires By Tom Gogola

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t was an interesting, observable irony: As the North Bay fires burned, tree trimmers under contract with PG&E were noticeably active around the region.

In late October, trucks from the Davey Tree Expert Company (Davey) were spotted hard at work around West Marin and in places

like far-flung and fire-sensitive Bolinas, cutting branches away from power lines, while smoke from Sonoma County still lingered in Hicks Valley.

The flurry of tree-trimming activity late in fire season was undertaken while firefighters from as far away as Australia battled the blazes, while no firefighters drove

north from Bolinas to pitch in, given what one firefighter described recently (before the rains arrived) as “the tinderbox conditions” locally.

So, shouldn’t the trees be trimmed before fire season, and not while fires are actually burning?

State law requires that PG&E, an investor-owned company and the largest utility company in the state,

maintain a buffer zone of 18 inches to 8 feet between tree branches and its power lines (the buffer space depends on the voltage of the power lines). The company does this through its Vegetation Management Program. Yet it appeared that the company had some catching up to do on that front in late October, at least in West Marin. Davey provides tree-trimming services in Marin, Sonoma and Napa counties under its contract with PG&E. Davey, an employee-owned company based in Kent, Ohio, with business throughout the United States, says the regional tree-trimming work is on schedule under the terms of its four-year contract with PG&E, which runs through December 2019.

“Routine work schedules for 2017 are proceeding as planned with the assigned local crews,” says Davey spokeswoman Jennifer Lennox in response to an inquiry about the apparent recent uptick in tree-trimming activities in West Marin. “Davey has provided additional resources from outside of the Marin/Sonoma/Napa operations,” she adds, “to assist in power restoration in the fire areas.”

If, as Joe Biden likes to say, the past is indeed prologue, then tree-trimming activities in the North Bay will likely come into sharper focus in coming months as questions about accountability are sorted out by Cal Fire investigators, plaintiff ’s lawyers and civil juries.

PG&E-contracted tree trimmers, including Davey, have been roped in on previous lawsuits centered on wildfires and power lines as recently as 2015.

A lawsuit filed on behalf of victims of the 2015 Butte fire in Amador County against PG&E and Trees Inc. claims the utility and its contractor were negligent in treetrimming activities, and that the fire started when power lines came into contact with a tree.

Davey has been caught up in at least one fire-related lawsuit brought against the utility. The U.S. Forest Service sued PG&E and Davey for their role in the 2008 Whiskey fire in Mendocino National Forest, when branches from a gray pine tree that were 2 feet from power lines ignited and burned some 5,000 acres at a cost of $5 million, according to Forest Service documents.

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ordered to pay $5.5 million, split among the parties, all of whom denied any liability for the fire even as they agreed to the settlement.

As for the recent fires, which dwarf the Whiskey and Butte fires in their scale and damage, PG&E has already been sued in state superior court by dozens of burned-out residents for its alleged role in the fires. But Davey is so far not a part of the public chain of accountability stemming from the North Bay fires—even as local radio stations are heavy with advertising from plaintiff ’s law firms who say inadequate attention to tree trimming played a role in the historic October fires.

Lennox confirms that the company “does provide vegetation services in the Marin, Sonoma and Napa areas and has supported PG&E with maintaining tree clearances in accordance with California law and [California Public Utility Commission] regulations.”

Is it possible that the brutal and drought-busting winter of 2016–17 had any impact on Davey’s treetrimming activities this summer and fall? “Any impacts to the routine schedule were minimal as a result of the 2017 storms,” says Lennox, “and did not impact treetrimming activities.”

As the fires raged, PG&E immediately emerged as the leading contender in the blame game, driven by deeply reported articles on the utility giant from the Los Angeles Times and the Bay Area News Group. The sum of the reporting is that high winds combined with inadequate, underregulated PG&E infrastructure and a California Public Utilities Commission stacked with Gov. Jerry Brown appointees eager to bend to the will of the utility when it comes to costly fire-hazard regulations and designations, led to the fire.

If—as those leading California news organizations have been strongly implying for a month— PG&E is found liable in any way for the fires, what would that mean for its regional go-to tree trimmer?

That remains to be seen, but for the time being, Lennox stresses that “Davey has received no claims to date, and we understand Cal Fire is investigating the origins and causes of the fires.”Y To read this story in its entirety, visit pacificsun.com.

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Stett Holbrook: What struck you most about Northern California’s fires?

Stephen J. Pyne, one of America’s foremost experts on fire and fire history, offers advice on preventing disasters similar to the recent North Bay fires.

Trial by Fire

A Q & A with fire expert Stephen J. Pyne about the Northern California fires and how to prepare for the next ones By Stett Holbrook

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tephen J. Pyne is a regents professor in the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University, and one of America’s foremost experts on fire and fire history. He is the author of more than 30 books, including Between Two Fires: A Fire History of Contemporary America and Fire in America: A Cultural History of Wildland and Rural Fire, which won

the Forest History Society’s Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Book Award. He has twice been awarded National Endowment for the Humanities fellowships, twice been a fellow at the National Humanities Center and received a MacArthur fellowship. Before his academic career, Pyne worked for the forest fire crew on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon for 15 seasons.

I spoke to him on October 27 about the lessons of Northern California’s fires and the opportunities that lie ahead. We have to act quickly, he says.

“There is a political ecology to fires, and it’s the same as slash-andburn agriculture,” he told me. “That is to say, you can plant successfully in the ash, but if you wait a year, you probably can’t. And if you

Stephen J. Pyne: There were three things that really caught my interest. One, of course, is the scale of damage. This is double the housing loss from the Oakland fire [of 1991], which most people had considered the upper limit of what was possible. And the loss of life— we haven’t seen this scale of loss of life for more than a century.

The second thing is what we might call the collateral damage of fire: Smoke. Smoke has been of growing interest internationally for many years. And for the last couple of years, it’s really gotten around in the fire community that smoke is more than just an inevitable side effect; it’s a public health issue. It’s more than just a seasonal nuisance.

It’s not something that just affects rural or semi-rural communities. It really is a major issue.

The third is the likely cause, which seems to be power lines.

When I first heard of this whole bust of fires, I thought, “This is the signature of an electrical storm. This is what you have with lightning storms.” It’s not confirmed, but it’s looking like this was an electrical storm—but one of our own making, with power lines. Power line fires are becoming a major threat. They have been an issue in Southern California for a long time and in other places. We are starting to see power lines failing, sparking, trees falling on them. It’s really insidious because the fires start under the absolute worst conditions: High, dry winds. The liability issues are just going to go through the roof here.

Have we entered a new era of fire in California?

I don’t think we’ve entered a new era. In some ways it’s the same era. The “California style” of fire escalated after the World War II housing boom. This is more of the same. What we’re seeing is a ratcheting up of the damages.

Climate change is probably contributing here, but we can’t just lay all of this on climate change.

That’s just a way of evading all the social decisions we’ve made about how we live and where we build.

Fire integrates all these things. It’s

What are the lessons from the Oakland fire?

That was a real stunner. The United States had not had an urban conflagration since it happened across the bay in 1906. These things don’t happen anymore, and so why was it happening here? A lot of the attention went to Oakland as a kind of troubled municipality. In many ways, that was just a manifestation of its various pathologies, and it doesn’t really generalize [to other fires]. This was not the advent of something new. It’s just a peculiar thing. It was a horrific event.

Startling. But for most people, it did not generalize.

But I think with what we’re seeing now maybe with Santa Rosa, I think it will [generalize], particularly if you pair it with Gatlinburg, Tennessee, or the big fires in Texas in 2011 and others.

These fires were for a long time a California quirk, something only happening on the Left Coast. And it really didn’t have anything to do with the rest of the county. And that’s not true now. It’s becoming a national narrative. It’s all over the West. I think what we’re seeing now is the fires are going where the houses are. At that point, it’s a national story.

How did the Oakland fire change fire policy—or not?

There were some lessons from not just Oakland but the growing number of these fires in Southern California and elsewhere. The state had moved to map high-risk areas and put in some general zoning and coding requirements, but clearly they were inadequate. The problem is people really hate to be told what they can and can’t do on their property or with their house.

They want to build what they want to build the way they want to build it. But fire is a contagion phenomenon. Your neighbor’s house is a threat to you. Fire is not libertarian; it’s communal. It integrates its surroundings. We can’t all go off on our own.

I don’t know if many changes were made, and even if they were, they only apply to new construction. What about 40 or 50 years of bad construction? You’re

talking about a trillion-dollar retrofit. That’s not going to happen.

It’s a social problem, but at some point, you may just have to crack the whip. Not doing these things is like not vaccinating anymore.

How has Cal Fire’s role changed in California?

Cal Fire was originally a board of forestry. And then it was a department of forestry. And then it was a division of forestry and fire protection. And now it’s just Cal Fire.

It’s a suppression organization, it’s an urban firefighting service in the woods. They’re really good at doing that. But the way you controlled fires historically in cities was not just by having more hydrants and fire engines; it was building codes and by zoning and building fire protection into the cityscape.

And when you convert what are basically land-management agencies or fire agencies that had responsibility for managing that larger land, when you turn them into only a firefighting system, you lose control over the countryside.

And that’s where fire derives its power. The power of fire comes from the power to spread. And the power to spread resides in the countryside. The way you control is to take away some of the power so it doesn’t blow up on you.

So every time we have one of these big fires, the natural response is we’ve got to protect our people, and we’ve got to protect these houses from being burnt. And we do, absolutely. But that tends to come at the expense of everything else. What about the other sides of this?

What is the best defense against fire in a place like Santa Rosa?

There has been a national effort mandated by an act of Congress in 2009 called the FLAME Act that aimed to fix fire funding at the federal level. It didn’t work because Congress never put in the money the act required. It did require fire agencies to create something called [the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy]. There’s no money behind this, but they came up with a three-part strategy and it’s pretty sound.

You need to adapt it locally, but one part was to build “fireadapted communities.” Many, many of our communities outside of New England are in fire-prone areas and can burn, and we need to accept that fact and build our

cities and build our suburbs with that expectation in mind. This is a chance to rethink what fire means in those communities and to accept that urban conflagrations are now back. It’s like measles or polio coming back. We thought we’d fixed that. But they’re back, and we’ve got to start to do the things that took the plague out of these places in the past. We need to harden our cities and redesign them.

The second part was “fire-resilient landscapes” and to think about ways of putting these landscapes into forms that can burn without doing the kinds of damage that we see, and to burn in ways where we have a possibility of containing them and allowing these ecosystems to survive fire, because they are getting fires that are outside their evolutionary experience.

The third part is to build your capability. That’s your workforce, your equipment and all the stuff you need to apply it. That’s what generally gets the attention. “We’ll get more engines. We make more air tankers. We want to see those helicopters up there.” If you don’t do the other stuff, you’re in fire’s cycle.

You’re just playing whack-a-mole.

It’s just coming back at you.

What eco-friendly measure can be undertaken to prevent fire in wildlands?

There are a whole lot of things we can do in wildlands, short of paving it or clear-cutting or just nuking the place. We don’t have to. You can let it burn. You don’t have to keep fire out.

You just don’t want fires of the sort that are really going to be beyond our control and a threat. Places that used to have surface fires are now overgrown with woody shrubs and young trees, and fires are responding and behaving differently. We can thin those out. It’s a kind of woody weeding. It’s not logging. Logging is not a surrogate for fire. When you log, you take the big stuff and leave the little. Fire burns the little stuff and leaves the big.

There may be a place for some prescribed grazing, say, after really heavy rains when you’ve got extra grass, maybe you bring in some grazing animals and let them knock that down. Mowing is an option.

Greenbelts would be a great option as a way of stepping down from a wildland setting. And burning, prescribed fire. You can substitute your fires for wildfires. You have fires of choice rather than fires of chance.

There are lots of things to do. It really

varies by site, but you don’t have to strip it raw or pave it over.

What kind of political will is necessary to undertake this kind of nuanced approach?

The problem will be defined as a matter of public safety—it is a matter of public safety. A lot of lives were lost, property burned up. Lives were disrupted. I imagine you’ve got an internal refugee problem.

Where are these people going to go? What do they do? That is going to dominate the discussion, as it should up front.

But we should have this second discussion that goes back and echoes the National Cohesive Strategy and do the fundamentals and recognize cities can burn in ways we had not imagined. Have that discussion, and now you’re getting something, now the different pieces are interacting in a positive way. Otherwise you just build up the suppression and you’re going to have another blowup like this.

Even if your firefighting force had been doubled, would that have made a difference in those first few hours? No. You’d have to have the fire equivalent of a police state. That can’t solve it.

What opportunities do the fires present?

California is specially placed to make a difference. The National Cohesive Strategy is worth taking as a frame and then operating within it. The state of Utah enacted that into law.

I would have never predicted Utah of all places to do that. They have accepted we need to do all of it. If California were to do that in a serious way, it doesn’t necessarily mean tons of money; it means modifying the state fire plan so everything is not stripped to fight a fire in Southern California when they need to be doing burning in Northern California. It means reassessing what you can realistically do and getting a better balance between them. If California were to do that, it would affect the whole country. California is a huge presence nationwide in fire.

That would be the hope.

There really is an opportunity to step back and not overturn the system, but move the parts and give better balance so that we can really turn this into a virtuous cycle. Right now, we’re in a vicious cycle. We build up more suppression and the fires get worse, the damages increase.

Nothing is going to change that if we keep doing the same stuff.Y

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What to Know if You’re Thinking of Choosing a Midwife for Your Baby’s Birth

By Sheri Matteo, CNM, Director of Midwifery Services, Marin General

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or more than six years, Marin General Hospital has offered expectant women midwifery as a birthing option. As one of the only hospitals in both Marin and San Francisco counties to offer this service onsite 24/7, we want women to feel empowered to choose the type of delivery they prefer.

Our team of 10 Certified Nurse Midwives are supported by 20 collaborating Board Certified Obstetricians who are immediately available should an emergency develop.

Midwives have become a popular birthing option at Marin General Hospital, with midwives attending most vaginal deliveries. Normal, low-risk births have been shown to have equally good outcomes for both mother and baby whether attended by a midwife or an OB/GYN. Most expectant parents have specific ideas about the birthing experience when it comes time to deliver, preferring either traditional medicine or an alternative approach.

With the midwife program at Marin General Hospital, women have the best of both worlds.

Because there are many myths and misconceptions surrounding midwifery, we wanted you to get the facts before deciding whether or not to choose a midwife for your baby’s birth.

Myth: Midwives don’t have the training that OB/GYNs do to deliver babies.

Certified Nurse Midwives (CNMs), such as those on the team at Marin General Hospital, are medical professionals. They are licensed registered nurses, trained at accredited nursing schools who also have a both a

bachelor’s and master’s degree in nursing. In addition, all of our midwives are certified by the American College of Nurse Midwives, an organization that oversees certification of nurse midwives throughout the country. This certification must be renewed every five years.

Myth: A midwife and a doula ar the same.

CNMs are medical professionals, trained to deliver babies. Doulas are non-medical professionals who provide physical and emotional support to laboring women but who do not play a clinical role. Our midwives welcome doulas, family members, or other support people whose presence at the birth has been requested by the mother.

Myth: A midwife means having natural childbirth with little or no access to pain medication.

Midwives are a good choice for women who prefer a natural labor and who believe allowing birth to happen in the most natural way is best for both moms and babies and for the future health of both. However, both the midwives and physicians work with each woman individually to honor her preferences regarding pain relief. Epidurals and other forms of pain relief, including nitrous oxide are available.

Myth: Midwives are typically only for home births.

Midwives are trained to assist with births in a home or hospital. Our midwives deliver at the Family Birth Center at Marin General Hospital and collaborate with the physicians, nurses, and other clinicians there.

Myth: If anything goes wrong, there won’t be a doctor around.

The Family Birth Center follows specific guidelines regarding when a midwife

needs to consult, collaborate and/or co-manage, or transfer care to a physician. Both CNMs and OB/GYNs are available around-the-clock. In the event of a complication, CNMs are trained to help with medical decisions and work closely with a physician. If an emergency C-section is necessary, midwives are trained to assist the operating physician in the OR and typically stay involved with the mother’s care.

Myth: A vaginal birth after C-section is too complex for a midwife Midwives at Marin General Hospital regularly assist with vaginal births after previous C-sections (VBAC). The team’s success rate for VBACs is three times higher than the national average.

A C-section is often a lifesaving intervention for both the mother and the baby, but should not be the norm for low-risk pregnant women. After concerns about the rising C-section rate in the country, the physician community is advocating that as much as possible should be done to let labor proceed without intervention. Studies show that women who use midwives are less likely to receive medical intervention.

Myth: Midwives are only needed if you are pregnant Midwives do provide all prenatal care for a pregnant woman, but are also trained to care for her through her reproductive life and beyond. Midwives can prescribe certain medications including contraception, hormone replacement therapy, and antibiotics.

The Midwives of Marin who practice at Marin General Hospital are available through the Prima Medical Foundation.

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Pumpkin spices have been used together for centuries, but lately, they’ve become a major food trend.

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Spice It Up It’s pumpkin spice latte time By Ari LeVaux

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ntil about 14 years ago, the pumpkin spices stayed in familiar culinary territory, adding their aromatic flavors to pies, cookies and the occasional glass of holiday eggnog. It was an open secret among adventurous chefs that the spices could be applied elsewhere, but doing so was rarely the selling point that it is today.

The pumpkin spice latte was introduced by Starbucks in 2003.

Since then, more than 200 million of them have been sold, and the pumpkin spice umbrella has grown far beyond the coffee chain.

Pumpkin spices have become a major food trend, anointing about $500 million worth of food (and candle, soap and swag) products annually. A batch of pumpkin spices is typically about half cinnamon, followed by smaller amounts of ginger, nutmeg, allspice and clove. I followed the guidance of an enthusiastic YouTuber, TalkBeckyTalk, and learned her method for a homemade pumpkin spice latte from scratch. Her spice

mix is nutmeg-heavy and clove-free, with added black pepper. Enjoy.

TalkBeckyTalk’s Recipe

Start with a pie pumpkin or any other squash that’s good for baking, like acorn, kabocha or blue hubbard, to name a few. Peel it with a sturdy, sharp knife, clean out the seeds and innards and cut up the meat into oneinch chunks. Arrange a pound of the pumpkin/squash chunks in a baking pan, and sprinkle with 1/2 teaspoon allspice, a heaping teaspoon cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger, a pinch of black pepper and one whole freshlyground nutmeg. Add a tablespoon of vanilla extract, three ounces soft brown sugar, and four tablespoons maple syrup. Add 1/3 cup water, stir it up really well with a spatula, cover in foil and bake at 350 for 50 minutes, until the pumpkin is nice and soft.

Allow it to cool to room temperature.

Put the remains in a saucepan, boil for 10 minutes, and allow to cool. Add water (I used almond milk) to dilute if it’s too thick, and blend until it is smooth and silky. Pour into a sealable glass jar. Y

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Misner & Smith created their new album ‘headwaters’ to pay tribute to artists who have influenced them, like Gram Parsons, Neil Young and Patty Griffin.

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Happy Flow Misner & Smith revels in inspiration on new album By Charlie Swanson

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ongtime collaborators Sam Misner and Megan Smith have shared stages since meeting at a Shakespeare festival in 2002, and for the past decade, they’ve made a name, or names, for themselves with a rich, resonant Americana sound under the moniker Misner & Smith.

Last month, the duo released their fifth full-length album, headwaters, which travels back to the source of their musical yearnings with eight illuminating acoustic covers of classic and contemporary tunes that all had a part in their songwriting sojourn.

Misner & Smith will showcase these songs in an afternoon album release show at Rancho Nicasio on Sunday, November 19.

Misner & Smith’s previous four albums were comprised of original compositions full of compelling storytelling and evocative harmonies. “We wanted to show

The three old Marines in Richard Linklater’s ‘Last Flag Flying’ are bachelor, widower and married man—bringing a kind of symmetry during a series of misadventures.

the range of stuff that’s influenced us,” Misner says of the new album.

“We don’t linger in any one genre in our original music, which can be tricky sometimes for marketing.

But we pride ourselves on that diversity of music.”

The duo also chose a covers album as a way to inspire themselves after emptying the well of creativity on their last album, 2013’s Seven Hour Storm. “We threw everything we had at that album,” Smith says. “Which was fun because we made our dream album, but when we were finished with it, we were exhausted. Doing this album has kickstarted a lot of that inspiration again by revisiting stuff we love so much. Now, we have a whole handful of new songs, and we are feeling full.”Y Misner & Smith performs with a full band on Nov. 19 at Rancho Nicasio, 1 Old Rancheria Rd., Nicasio; 4pm; free; RSVP recommended; 415/662-2219.

Hellions Old friends hit the road in ‘Last Flag Flying’ By Richard von Busack

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ast Flag Flying is the unauthorized sort-of sequel to cinema’s first great f-bomb: Richard Linklater’s serial-numbers-filed-off follow-up to 1973’s The Last Detail takes the renamed, rejiggered characters up to the early Gulf War, in the winter of 2003. Robert Towne/ Hal Ashby’s adaptation of the Darryl Ponicsan novel had two swabbies ( Jack Nicholson and Otis Young) escorting a naval prisoner to the stockade in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Their prisoner is a backward kid (Randy Quaid) who impulsively stole some loose money from a charity dish. He got 12 years for a stolen $40. The two sailors felt for the kid and decided to turn the journey into a moveable feast.

Nicholson’s Billy “Badass” Buddusky’s character is here called Sal Nealon, an old Marine. He’s out of the service with a steel plate in his head, a sodden, amiable owner/operator of a bar and grill where the grill

doesn’t work. He gets an unexpected visit from his old service buddy ‘Doc,’ the ex-prisoner (Steve Carell). The man needs some help: His only son, killed in Iraq, is going to be buried in Arlington, and he wants a friend by his side.

Their fellow hellion from the ’Nam days, Reverend Richard Mueller (Laurence Fishburne), is now standing in a Baptist church pulpit. He’s opposed to joining the two friends, but the pastor is shamed into the journey by his wife. The three are escorted by Washington (J. Quinton Johnson), an Iraq vet; they have a change of plans and decide to take the deceased son north to the cemetery at Doc’s small town.

Linklater honors an experience that cannot be understood by the civilian, and he hasn’t gone around and around the contradiction of an anti-war movie that’s proud of the troops, like a man trying to find a corner in a round room.

Last Flag Flying sums up the fragility, the fun and the absolute mess that all who are born male end up in together.Y

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Friday. November 17 - Thursday. November 23 • A Bad Moms Christmas (1:41) The malcontented matriarchs are back and crankier than ever as they navigate the highexpectation, low-return Yuletide season; Kathryn Hahn stars.

• Blade Runner 2049 (1:57) Harrison Ford is back, resurfacing after 30 years’ AWOL to help midcentury L.A. from devolving into chaos; Ryan Gosling co-stars.

• Bolshoi Ballet: The Taming of the Shrew (2:05) The Bolshoi brings Shakespeare’s rollicking comedy of raucous courtship to terpsichorean life; choreography by Jean-Christophe Maillot.

• Coco (1:49) Colorful Disney/Pixar cartoon about a Mexican musician’s adventures in the Land of the Dead; Gael Garcia Bernal, Benjamin Bratt and Edward James Olmos lend voice.

• Daddy’s Home 2 (1:38) Devoted brodads Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell try to give their kids the perfect Xmas despite the meddlings of alpha grandpa Mel Gibson and beta grandpa John Lithgow.

• Faces Places (1:29) Documentary follows legendary filmmaker Agnès Varda and acclaimed muralist JR as they travel the French countryside, creating enormous portraits of the locals and posting them on barns and factories.

• Fate/Stay Night (2:00) Tomonori Sudo anime about a boy, a girl, a magus, a holy grail and the war that consumes them all.

• Geostorm (1:49) It’s all about the VFX in this Gerard Butler fantasy flick about rogue satellites and the destruction of the world. directed from New York’s Studio 54.

• Jane (1:30) Documentary examines the life and work of legendary anthropologistenvironmentalist Jane Goodall through never-before-seen National Geographic footage; music by Philip Glass.

• Justice League (1:50) Wonder Woman, Aquaman and The Flash join Batman to take on yet another threat of catastrophic proportions; Amy Adams is Lois Lane.

• The Killing of a Sacred Deer (1:59) Creepy teen Barry Keoghan insinuates himself into the idyllic suburbia of Nicole Kidman, Colin Farrell and their two perfect children; enigmatic suspense ensues.

• Lady Bird (1:33) Greta Gerwig’s breakout comedy stars Laurie Metcalf and Saoirse Ronan as a blue-collar mother and daughter bonding in circa-2002 Sacramento.

• Last Flag Flying (2:04) Bittersweet Richard Linklater dramedy stars Steve Carell as a Vietnam vet escorting his son’s casket through New England with buddies Laurence Fishburne and Bryan Cranston.

• The LEGO Ninjago Movie (1:30) A troupe of modern-day ninjas band together to take down an evil warlord; Jackie Chan lends voice and gravitas.

• Loving Vincent (1:35) Groundbreaking animated film employs Van Gogh’s artworks to explore the artist’s tormented life and death; Jerome Flynn enters the picture as Dr. Gachet.

• Lucky (1:28) The late Harry Dean Stanton stars as a fiercely independent 90-year-old atheist who finds himself on an unexpected spiritual journey.

• Marshall (1:36) Chadwick Boseman stars as future Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, taking on a racially charged rape case early in his career.

• The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel (2:52) Luis Buñuel’s surrealist classic about a dinner party gone (very) awry gets the operatic treatment from composer Thomas Adès.

• Murder on the Orient Express (1:54) Kenneth Branagh directs and stars as Agatha Christie’s detective extraordinaire Hercule Poirot, divining whodunit on a snowbound luxury railcar; Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Judi Dench and Michelle Pfeiffer are among the suspects.

• Novitiate (2:03) Soul-searching drama about a decade in the life of a young nun from early-1950s postulant to Vatican II novitiate; Margaret Qualley and Melissa Leo star.

• Only the Brave (2:14) True story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, a group of Arizona firefighters with the right stuff; Jeff Bridges and Josh Brolin star.

• Rudy (1:54) True tale of Rudy Ruttinger, an undersized, less-than-talented student athlete who dreamed of playing on Notre Dame’s football team; Sean Astin stars.

• The Square (2:25) Cannes prizewinner about a Swedish art curator whose dedication to social altruism flies out the window when his smartphone is stolen.

• The Star (1:26) Holiday cartoon about a troupe of donkeys, sheep, camels and other critters who take part in the first Christmas; Christopher Plummer, Oprah Winfrey, Ving Rhames and Patricia Heaton lend voice.

• Surviving Skokie (1:05) Documentary focuses on the day in 1978 when neo-Nazis planned to march through the Chicago suburb, a community of Holocaust survivors.

• Thank You for Your Service (1:49) A group of U.S. soldiers return home from Iraq and struggle with civilian life and posttraumatic stress disorder; Amy Schumer stars.

• Thor: Ragnarok (2:10) The Nordic übermensch is having a rough day: Stuck on the other side of the universe without his mighty hammer, and having to go all gladiator on the Incredible Hulk!

• Victoria & Abdul (1:52) Fanciful look at the unlikely friendship between an Indian clerk and Queen Victoria herself (Judi Dench, natch).

• Wait for Your Laugh (1:25) Affectionate documentary tribute to showbiz legend Rose Marie from childhood vaudeville superstardom through Vegas, video and Broadway; Carl Reiner, Dick Van Dyke and other luminaries offer insights.

• Wonder (1:53) A brave youngster with a disfigured face inspires compassion and acceptance when he enters public school for the first time.

Blade Runner 2049 (R) • The Bolshoi Ballet: The Taming of the Shrew (Not Rated) • Coco (PG) Daddy’s Home 2 (PG-13) Faces Places (Not Rated) Fate/Stay Night (Not Rated) Geostorm (PG-13) Jane (Not Rated) Justice League (PG-13)

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The Killing of a Sacred Deer (R) • Lady Bird (R)

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Last Flag Flying (R)

The LEGO Ninjago Movie (PG) Loving Vincent (PG-13) Lucky (Not Rated) Marshall (PG-13) • The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel (Not Rated) Murder on the Orient Express (PG-13)

Novitiate (R) Only the Brave (PG-13) Rudy (PG) The Square (Not Rated) • The Star (PG)

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Surviving Skokie (Not Rated)

Thank You for Your Service (R) Thor: Ragnarok (PG-13)

Victoria & Abdul (PG-13) Wait for Your Laugh (Not Rated) Wonder (PG)

Northgate: Fri-Mon 11:35, 2:15, 5, 7:50, 10:20 Rowland: FriMon 12, 2:40, 5:10, 7:45, 10:20; Tue 12, 2, 4:30 Northgate: Fri-Mon 10:05pm Lark: Sun 12:55; Tue 7:30 Regency: Sun 12:55 Fairfax: Tue 7 Northgate: Tue 7, 10, 3D showtime at 9; Wed 1, 4, 7, 10, 3D showtimes at 12, 3, 6, 9 Rowland: Tue 7, 3D showtime at 10; Wed-Thu 9:45, 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:45 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon 7:15, 9:40; Sat-Sun 12, 2:25, 4:50, 7:15, 9:40 Northgate: Fri-Mon 11:50, 1:10, 2:30, 3:45, 5:05, 6:25, 7:45, 9:05, 10:25 Rowland: Fri-Tue 10:30, 1:15, 3:45, 6:40, 9:30 Rafael: Fri, Sun-Thu 6:30; Sat 2:30, 6:30 Lark: Sat 4 Northgate: Fri-Mon 2, 7:20 Rafael: Fri 4, 6, 8; Sat 2, 4, 6, 8; Sun 2, 6:15, 8:15; Mon-Thu 6, 8 Cinema: Fri-Wed 1, 4, 10; 3D showtime at 7 Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:50, 3:45, 6:40, 9:35, 3D showtimes at 12, 2:55, 5:50, 8:45; Sun-Thu 12:50, 3:45, 6:40, 3D showtimes at 12, 2:55, 5:50 Northgate: Fri-Mon 12, 1:30, 3, 4:30, 7:30, 9, 10:30; 3D showtimes at 11:15, 2:15, 5:15, 8:15 Playhouse: Fri 3:45, 7, 9:45; Sat 12:45, 3:45, 7, 9:45; Sun 12:45, 3:45, 7; Mon-Tue 3:45, 7 Rowland: Fri-Tue 10, 1, 3:55, 7, 10; 3D showtimes at 11:40, 2:30, 5:20, 8:10 Northgate: Fri-Mon 1:35, 4:35, 7:25, 10:25 Regency: Fri-Sat 10:40, 11:50, 1:05, 2:20, 3:35, 4:50, 6:05, 7:15, 8:35, 9:45; Sun-Tue 10:40, 11:50, 1:05, 2:20, 3:35, 4:50, 6:05, 7:15 Regency: Fri-Sat 10:25, 1:25, 4:25, 7:25, 10:20; Sun-Tue 10:25, 1:25, 4:25, 7:25 Northgate: Fri-Mon 11:40, 2:20, 4:50, 7:35 Sequoia: Fri-Sat 1:50, 4:40, 7:25, 9:50; Sun 1:50, 4:40, 7:25; Mon-Tue 4:40, 7:25 Rafael: Fri-Sat 4:30, 8:30; Sun-Thu 8:30 Northgate: Fri-Mon 11:25, 2:10, 4:55, 7:40, 10:30 Lark: Sat 9:55am; Wed 6:30 Regency: Sat 9:55am Sequoia: Sat 9:55am Playhouse: Fri 3:30, 6:30, 9:15; Sat 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:15; Sun 12:30, 3:30, 6:30; Mon-Tue 3:30, 6:30 Regency: Fri-Sat 10:55, 12:05, 1:40, 2:50, 4:40, 5:45, 7:40, 8:30, 10:25; Sun 10:55, 1:40, 3:55, 4:40, 6:45, 7:40; Mon-Tue 10:55, 12:05, 1:40, 2:50, 4:40, 5:45, 7:40 Rowland: Fri-Tue 10:45, 1:30, 4:35, 7:20, 10:10 Sequoia: Fri 1:20, 4:10, 7, 9:40; Sat 10:40, 1:20, 4:10, 7, 9:40; Sun 1:20, 4:10, 7; Mon-Tue 4:10, 7 Regency: Fri 10:30, 1:20, 4:10, 7:05, 10:10; Sat 4:10, 7:05, 10:10; Sun 10:30, 7:05; Mon-Tue 10:30, 1:20, 4:10, 7:05 Northgate: Fri-Mon 12:45, 4, 7:10, 10:10 Regency: Sun 2; Wed 2, 7 Rafael: Fri-Sun 4:30, 7:30; Mon-Thu 7:30 Northgate: Fri-Mon 12:10, 2:25, 4:45, 7:05, 9:20 Rowland: FriTue 11:15, 1:50, 4:15, 6:50, 9:15 Rafael: Sun 4:15 (filmmakers Eli Adler and Blair Gershkow in person) Northgate: Fri-Mon 11:20, 4:40, 10 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Tue 6:30, 3D showtime at 9:30; Sat-Sun 12:30, 6:30, 9:30, 3D showtime at 3:30 Northgate: Fri-Mon 11:30, 2:35, 5:30, 8:30; 3D showtimes at 12:20, 3:25, 7 Playhouse: Fri 3:45, 7, 9:45; Sat 12:45, 3:45, 7, 9:45; Sun 12:45, 3:45, 7; Mon 3:45, 7; Tue 3:45 Rowland: Fri-Tue 9:45, 4:05, 7:30, 10:30; 3D showtime at 12:45 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon 6:45, 9:20; Sat-Sun 1:30, 4:15, 6:45, 9:20 Rafael: Sat-Sun 2:15; Mon-Thu 5:30 Fairfax: Fri-Sat 1:25, 4:10, 6:55, 9:40; Sun-Tue 1:25, 4:10, 6:55 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon 7, 9:45; Sat-Sun 1, 4, 7, 9:45 Northgate: Fri-Mon 11, 1:45, 4:25, 7:15, 9:55 Rowland: Fri-Tue 11, 1:40, 4:25, 7:10, 9:50

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CinéArts at Marin 101 Caledonia St., Sausalito, 331-0255 CinéArts at Sequoia 25 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley, 388-4862 Cinema 41 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, 924-6505 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, 800-326-3264 Playhouse 40 Main St., Tiburon, 435-1234 Rafael Film Center 1118 Fourth St., San Rafael, 454-1222 Regency 80 Smith Ranch Rd., Terra Linda, 479-5050 Rowland 44 Rowland Way, Novato, 800-326-3264

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Concerts MARIN COUNTY Felix Kellaway British classical guitarist performs in a benefit for Landmarks and TiburonBelvedere Rotary Club. Nov 19, 2pm. $15-$25.

Old St Hilary’s Landmark, 201 Esperanza, Tiburon. 415.435.1853.

Misner & Smith Harmonic folk duo celebrates the release of their new album, “headwaters,” with a party in Marin. Nov 19, 4pm. Free. Rancho Nicasio, 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio. 415.662.2219.

Rebirth Brass Band Grammy Award-winning band has been a New Orleans institution for over 30 years.

Nov 17, 7 and 10pm. $32-$37. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley.

415.388.3850.

SONOMA COUNTY Counting Crows Platinum-selling alternative rock band performs a “For the Love of Sonoma” firerelief benefit concert, hosted by BottleRock.

Nov 18, 7pm. $50-$250. Green Music Center Weill Hall, 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park. 866.955.6040.

Guitars with Heart Benefit concert for victims of the Sonoma County wildfires features Mark Goldenberg, guitarist for Jackson Browne and others, with Stevie Coyle, Teja Gerken, Mark Taylor and Scott Nygaard. Nov 19, 7:30pm. $35 and up.

Healdsburg Shed, 25 North St, Healdsburg.

707.431.7433.

Kojiki & the Universe Renowned New Age artist Kitaro merges music with space-age images for a uniquely visual concert. Nov 19, 7:30pm. $59 and up.

Raven Theater, 115 North St, Healdsburg.

707.433.3145.

Sonoma County Philharmonic Norman Gamboa leads the philharmonic in a program, “Fanfare & Concerto,” that benefits the Sonoma County Resilience Fund. Nov 18, 7:30pm and Nov 19, 2pm. $15.

SRHS Performing Arts Auditorium, 1235 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa. socophil.org.

NAPA COUNTY Greyhounds Soulful Texas duo plays two sets of funky, blues-infused rock ‘n’ roll off their latest album, “Change of Pace.” Nov 18, 7:30 and

9:30pm. $10-$30. Blue Note Napa, 1030 Main St, Napa. 707.603.1258.

Michael Franti & Spearhead Beloved Bay Area star and his upbeat band perform a “For the Love of Napa” fire-relief benefit concert, hosted by BottleRock.

Nov 18, 1:30pm. $50-$150. Robert Mondavi Winery, 7801 St Helena Hwy, Oakville.

707.968.2203.

Clubs & Venues MARIN The Belrose Thurs, open mic night. 1415 Fifth Ave, San Rafael. 415.454.6422.

Corte Madera Library Nov 18, 3pm, Honey B & the Pollinators.

707 Meadowsweet Dr, Corte Madera.

707.924.6444.

Diesel Bookstore Nov 19, 2pm, Holiday Nutcracker event with the Marin Ballet. 2419 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur. 415.785.8177.

Fenix Nov 17, Dance to the Music tribute to Sly & the Family Stone. Nov 18, the Best Intentions. Nov 19, B & the Hive. 919 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.813.5600.

George’s Nightclub Nov 16, Sabor Dominicano. Nov 17, Women in Rock. Nov 18, DJ party. Nov 19, Banda Night. 842 Fourth St, San Rafael.

415.226.0262.

HopMonk Novato Nov 17, Ann Halen and Aerocksmith. Nov 18, Train Wreck Junction. 224 Vintage Way, Novato. 415.892.6200.

Iron Springs Pub & Brewery Nov 15, Funky Little Shack. Nov 22, Matt Jaffe & the Distractions. 765 Center Blvd, Fairfax. 415.485.1005.

Marin Center Showcase Theatre Nov 19, 2pm, Marin Barbershop Chorus.

10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael.

415.499.6800.

Marin Country Mart Nov 17, 5:30pm, Friday Night Jazz with Mason Razavi. Nov 19, 12:30pm, Folkish Festival with Blithedale Canyon. 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur. 415.461.5700.

Mt Tamalpais United Methodist Church Nov 15, 7:30pm and Nov 18, 4pm,

“There Is a Season” with Mill Valley Philharmonic. 410 Sycamore Ave, Mill Valley. millvalleyphilharmonic.org.

19 Broadway Club Nov 15, songwriters in the round with Danny Uzi. Nov 16, Koolwhip. Nov 17, Breakin’ Bread. Nov 18, 4:30pm, Crossroads music school concert. Nov 19, 4pm, Dale Alstrom’s Jazz Society. Nov 20, open mic. Nov 22, IrieFuse with Conscious Cru. 17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 415.459.1091.

No Name Bar Nov 15, Fly by Train. Nov 16, Michael LaMacchia Band. Nov 17, Michael Aragon Quartet. Nov 18, Chris Saunders Band. Nov 19, Migrant Pickers and friends. Nov 20, Kimrea. Nov 21, open mic. Nov 22, Wabi Sabi and friends. 757 Bridgeway, Sausalito.

415.332.1392.

Osher Marin JCC Nov 18, Sing the Beatles with the Quarry Persons. Nov 19, 2pm, “There Is a Season” with Mill Valley Philharmonic. 200 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael. 415.444.8000.

Osteria Divino Nov 15, Joan Getz. Nov 16, Noah Frank Trio. Nov 17, Barrio Manouche. Nov 18, James Henry & Company. Nov 19, Dan Zemelman Trio. Nov 21, Ken Cook. Nov 22, Jonathan Poretz. 37 Caledonia St, Sausalito.

415.331.9355.

Panama Hotel Restaurant Nov 15, Katy O’Leary. Nov 16, Deborah Winters. Nov 21, Wanda Stafford. Nov 22, Charlie Docherty. 4 Bayview St, San Rafael.

415.457.3993.

Peri’s Silver Dollar Nov 15, the Elvis Johnson Soul Revue. Nov 16, Down Dirty Shake. Nov 17, San Geronimo.

Nov 18, PSDSP. Nov 19, Grateful Sunday. Nov 20, open mic. Nov 21, the Bad Hombres. Nov 22, the New Sneakers. 29 Broadway, Fairfax.

415.459.9910.

Rancho Nicasio Nov 17, Honeysuckle Rogues. Nov 18, Lavay Smith’s 1940s Supper Club show. 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio. 415.662.2219.

Rickey’s Restaurant & Bar Nov 17, Phillip Percy Pack. Nov 18, Tracy Rose Trio. Nov 19, Chime Travelers. 250 Entrada Dr, Novato. 415.883.9477.

Sausalito Seahorse Wed, Milonga with Marcelo Puig and Seth Asarnow. Nov 16, Toque Tercero flamenco night. Nov 17, Reed Fromer Band. Nov 18, Andre Thierry. Nov 19, 5pm, Mazacote. Nov 21, Noel Jewkes and friends. 305 Harbor View Dr, Sausalito. 415.331.2899.

Smiley’s Schooner Saloon Nov 16, Fly by Train. Nov 17, Joe and Vicki Price. Nov 18, Essence. 41 Wharf Rd, Bolinas.

415.868.1311.

St Raphael’s Catholic Church Nov 17, 8pm, Dominican Chorale Fall Performance. 1004 Fifth Ave, San Rafael.

415.482.3579.

Sweetwater Music Hall Nov 16, the Crooked Jades and Rainy Eyes.

Nov 18, Making Movies and Suena Tron.

Nov 19, the Garcia Project. Nov 20, the Meditations with Stymie & the Pimp Jones Love Orchestra. Nov 21, Music Healds International Benefit. Sold-out. Nov 22, Vinyl. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley.

415.388.3850.

Terrapin Crossroads Nov 15, Twang is Dead. Nov 16, Andy Coe Band. Nov 17, Andy Cabic and Eric D Johnson. Nov 18, Scott Law and friends. Nov 19, Elliott Peck and friends. Nov 20, Grateful Monday. Nov 21, JGB night with Stu Allen and Scott Law. Nov 22, the Casual Coalition.

100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael. 415.524.2773.

Throckmorton Theatre Nov 15, noon, Berkeley Choro Ensemble.

Nov 15, 7:30pm, StoryNights. Nov 18, Ben de la Cour. Nov 22, noon, José López and Heidi Wilcox. 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley.

415.383.9600.

SONOMA Green Music Center Schroeder Hall Nov 18, Sonoma Bach Choir’s Major Works Series. Nov 19, 2pm, Wind Power Faculty Recital. 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park.

866.955.6040.

Green Music Center Weill Hall Nov 17, SSU Symphony & Concert Choir.

Nov 19, 3pm, Santa Rosa Symphony Youth Orchestra. Nov 20, Santa Rosa Symphony fire relief benefit concert. 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park. 866.955.6040.

Lagunitas Tap Room Nov 15, Joe and Vicki Price. Nov 16, California Sons. Nov 17, the Melt. Nov 18, the Patrick Ford Band. Nov 19, Van Goat. Nov 22, Flowtilla. 707.778.8776 Luther Burbank Center for the Arts Nov 19, So You Think You Can Dance.

50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa.

707.546.3600.

Mystic Theatre & Music Hall Nov 15, Marcia Ball. Nov 16, Keznamdi. Nov 17-18, Y&T. 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma.

707.775.6048.

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Blue Note Napa Nov 15, the Dixie Giants. Nov 16, Niki J Crawford. Nov 17, the John Brothers Piano Company. Nov 21, Jealous Zelig. Nov 22, Jelly Bread. 1030 Main St, Napa. 707.603.1258.

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MARIN Art Works Downtown Nov 17-Dec 23, “Small Works Exhibition,” annual show offers affordable, quality artwork for the holiday gift-giving season.

Reception, Dec 8 at 5pm. 1337 Fourth St, San Rafael. Tues-Sat, 10 to 5. 415.451.8119.

Rebound Bookstore Nov 17-Jan 1, “Steven Hurst: Treasures from My Dreams,” artist retrospective show includes paintings, illustrations, sculpture and surreal clocks. Reception, Nov 17, 7pm.

1611 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.482.0550.

SONOMA Art Museum of Sonoma County Nov 17-Jan 7, “Artistry in Wood,” annual exhibit is presented by the Sonoma County Woodworkers Association. Reception, Nov 17 at 6pm. 425 Seventh St, Santa Rosa. TuesSun, 11 to 5. 707.579.1500.

Fulton Crossing Nov 15-Dec 31, “Mark Lifvendahl: Making a Splash,” Sonoma County artist displays his latest colorful, large-scale paintings.

Reception, Nov 17 at 5pm. 1200 River Rd, Fulton. Sat-Sun, noon to 5. 707.536.3305.

Gallery 32 Nov 15-Dec 3, “Ana Maria Pacheco Print Show,” original works by the internationally acclaimed, award-winning Brazilian born sculptor, painter and printmaker. Reception, Nov 16 at 5pm. 16190 Main St, Guerneville.

Fri-Sun, noon to 6. 707.239.0518.

IceHouse Gallery Nov 17-Jan 7, “Vita Collage,” artists and designers from the Pt Reyes studio shop present jewelry, textiles, glasswork and more.

Reception, Nov 18 at 4pm. 405 East D St, Petaluma. 707.778.2238.

THU 11/30 $10 7PM DOORS / 7:30PM SHOW ALL AGES

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Get into the holiday spirit and ice skate at Marin on Ice at Oaktree Plaza, behind Northgate Mall in San Rafael, now through Jan. 7.

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Events

Roy Zimmerman: ReZist Comedian employs satire for peace and justice. Nov 16, 8pm. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600.

Community Blood Drive Be a hero and donate blood. Nov 15, 11am.

Outdoor Art Club, 1 W Blithedale Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.2582.

Trevor Noah South African comedian and host of “The Daily Show” takes the stage with his acclaimed standup. Nov 22, 7:30pm. $55-$95. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa.

707.546.3600.

Tuesday Night Live See standup comedians Chris Martin, Claude Stuart, Bob Rubin, Sam Meeker, Jesse Hett and others. Nov 21, 8pm. $17-$27. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley.

415.383.9600.

Will Durst Popular comedian returns to Sonoma. Nov 16, 7pm. $20. Sebastiani Theatre, 476 First St E, Sonoma. 707.996.9756.

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Marin On Ice Enjoy holiday skating (and skate rentals) on a 6,400 square-foot ice rink. Through Jan 7. Monday through Friday, 2-9pm, Sat-Sun, 11am to 10pm. $15. Oaktree Plaza, 5800 Northgate Mall, San Rafael. onicerinks.com/ marin-on-ice.

Novato Warehouse Fall Sale Get ready for the holidays with great prices on many favorite household and gift items. Nov 16-18. Bel Marin Keys Boulevard Warehouses, 359 Bel Marin Keys Blvd, Novato. 415.747.7999.

PATH Holiday Fundraising Event Find great art, products and services from local merchants, with raff le, live music and kid friendly fun. Nov 16, 5:30pm. Free. Mill Valley Community Center, 180 Camino Alto, Mill Valley. prisonartstouchinghearts.org.

Journey Center Nov 17-Dec 15, “Wonderful Gifts in Small Packages,” annual holiday art show and fundraiser features small works of art by local artists. Reception, Nov 17 at 5pm. 1601 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. Mon-Fri, 9 to 5; weekend hours by appointment. 707.578.2121.

Dance Alma del Tango Studio Tuesdays, Lindy Hop & East Coast Swing Dance. Wednesdays, Tango 1 & 2. 167 Tunstead Ave, San Anselmo. 415.459.8966.

Redwood Quest Weekender Retreat Deepen your connection to nature and yourself in a weekend retreat, meals and lodging included. Nov 17-19. $450 and up. Guerneville Lodge, 15905 River Rd, Guerneville. 844.783.7801.

Petaluma Historical Library & Museum Nov 16-Dec 17, “Petaluma Arts Association Exhibit,” the group celebrates 60 years with paintings, sculpture and ceramics by over 30 association artists. 20 Fourth St, Petaluma. Wed-Sat, 10 to 4; Sun, noon to 3; tours by appointment on Mon-Tues.

707.778.4398.

Marin Center Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium Nov 19, 2pm, Just Dance Academy Winter Performance, family event features an abbreviated production of “The Nutcracker” ballet and more. $22$27. 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael.

415.473.6800.

Southern Marin Toastmasters Open House Visitors have a chance to observe a meeting, hear a speaker and learn how Toastmasters helps members overcome their fear of public speaking. Nov 15, 6:45pm. Free. Larkspur Recreation, 240 Doherty Dr, Larkspur. eloquent.toastmastersclubs.org.

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TUE 12/6 @ 7:30pm Photographer BOB MINKIN and PAUL LIBERATORE Interview • Exibit • Book Sales/Signing

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The Phoenix Theater Nov 17, Short Fuse with Decayed Existence and Meat Slab. 201 Washington St, Petaluma. 707.762.3565.

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16 Thu 11⁄16 • Doors 7pm ⁄ $17–-$20 • All Ages The Crooked Jades + Rainy Eyes Benefit For North Bay Fire Relief Fri 11⁄17 • 2 Shows • Doors 6:30 & 9:30 $ 32–$37 • All Ages Grammy Award Winning

Rebirth Brass Band

Sat 11⁄18 • Doors 8pm ⁄ $12–-$14 • All Ages Making Movies + Suena Tron Sun 11⁄19 • Doors 7pm ⁄ $20–-$25 • All Ages

The Garcia Project

Mon 11⁄20 • Doors 8pm ⁄ $20–$25 • All Ages

The Meditations

Stymie & the Pimp Jones Love Orchestra Wed 11⁄22 • Doors 8pm ⁄ $22–$24 • 21+

Vinyl Black Wednesday Party Fri 11⁄24 • Doors 8pm ⁄ $27–$32 • 21+

Wonder Bread 5

Sat 11⁄25 • Doors 8pm ⁄ $30–$34 • 21+

The Purple Ones

Insatiable Tribute to Prince Sun 11⁄26 • Doors 8pm ⁄ $32–$34 • All Ages Israel Vibration + SOUL SKA Tue 11⁄28 • Doors 8pm ⁄ $100–$200 • 21+

Send It Foundation Super Jam

with

Eddie Roberts & Friends (New Mastersounds), Reed Mathis (Electric Beethoven), Wally Ingram, Eric McFadden, Mike Olmos and Joe Cohen (New Mastersounds)

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

Lunch & Dinner Sat & Sun Brunch

Fireside Dining 7 Days a Week

Din ner & A Show

Honeysuckle Rogues

Fri

Nov 17 Classic Country 8:00 / No Cover

Smith’s Nov 18 Lavay “Speakeasy Supper Club” Featuring Sat

the Music of Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Count Basie 8:30 ease Sun Misner & Smith CDPRaelrty!

19 Nov Poetic Songwriting, Fine Harmonies 4:00 / No Cover

Annual

THANKSGIVING DINNER Thursday, November 23

Fri

Nov 24 Sat

12:00–7:00 6th Annual Leftover’s Party

The Jerry Hannan Band 8:00

13th Anniversary Holiday Party Nov 25

Bud E Luv

8:30

Bishop’s Big Fun Trio Dec 2 Elvin with Bob Welch and Willy Jordan 8:30 Sat Sat

Dec 9 Sat

Danny Click’s Birthday Party with The Hell Yeahs! 8:30

North Bay Fire Relief Fundraiser Dec 16 M.C. Bill Bowker & KRSH Radio present

The Angela Strehli Band with Mighty Mike Schermer

8:30

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On the Town Square, Nicasio www.ranchonicasio.com

Winterblast Parades of whimsically decorated and illuminated sofas, live music, giant puppets, costumed performers and surprise carnival acts. Nov 18, 5pm. Free. SOFA Arts District, 312 South A St, Santa Rosa.

Comedy

Field Trips Pug Sundays A gathering of pugs, pug owners and pug lovers. Third Sun of every month, 9am.

Mill Valley Dog Park, Bayfront Park, Mill Valley.

Film Surviving Skokie Filmmakers Eli Adler and Blair Gershkow present and discuss the powerful documentary on Jack Adler, Eli’s father, a Polish immigrant and concentration camp survivor who built a life for his family in Skokie, Illinois. Nov 19, 4:15pm. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.454.1222.

Warren Miller’s Line of Descent Annual globe-trotting ski film series this year features a visit to the French Alps with professional skier and Tahoe local, Amie Engerbretson and more. Nov 18, 8pm. $22. Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael.

415.473.6800.

Food & Drink Beaujolais Nouveau Celebrate the first wine of the harvest all day with special menu items and pairings. Nov 16. Left Bank Brasserie, 507 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur. 415.927.3331.

Mole Tasting Dinner Latina cooks from various states in Mexico serve their home mole recipes in conjunction with Gallery Route One’s Latino Photography Project. Nov 18, 6pm. $10-$30.

Dance Palace, 503 B St, Pt Reyes Station.

415.663.1075.

For Kids Zanies Mark Day School students leap into slapstick comedy with three madcap sketches inspired by the 500-year-old tradition of commedia d’elle arte. Nov 15-18. $13 and up. Marin Center Showcase Theatre, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael. 415.499.6800.

Lectures Speed Learn Conversational Spanish Ongoing class offers the basics to help you learn the language. Mon, 1pm. Through Dec 18. Free. San Rafael Library, 1100 E St, San Rafael. 415.485.3323.

Spiritual Healing Weekly meeting covers various topics, with meditation and individual healing treatment.

Fri, 7pm. Spiritist Society Towards the Light, 1 Simms St, San Rafael. 707.225.5762.

South African comedian Trevor Noah of ‘The Daily Show’ brings his brand of humor to the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts in Santa Rosa on Nov. 22.

Sunlight Chair Yoga Learn yoga at all ages and levels of health and mobility. Wed, 12:15pm. BodyVibe Studio, 999 Anderson Dr, Ste 170, San Rafael.

415.689.6428.

Readings Book Passage Nov 15, 4pm, “Bizzy Mizz Lizzie” with David Shannon. Nov 15, 7pm, “Real American” with Julie Lythcott-Haims. Nov 16, 7pm, “Slow Medicine” with Victoria Sweet. Nov 17, 7pm, “Smitten Kitchen Every Day” with Deb Perelman.Nov 18,4pm,“Living a Spiritual Life in a Material World” with Anna Gatmon. Nov 21, 7pm,“A Fierce Heart” with Spring Washam. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 415.927.0960.

Book Passage By-the-Bay Nov 15, 6pm,“Eden” with Jeanne Blasberg. Nov 16, 6pm,“The Art of Misdiagnosis” and “I’m the One Who Got Away” with Gayle Brandeis and Andrea Jarrell.100 Bay St,Sausalito.415.339.1300.

Diesel Bookstore Nov 18, 11am, “Marielle in Paris” with Maxine Rose Schur and Jeanne de Sainte Marie. 2419 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur. 415.785.8177.

Novato Copperfield’s Books Nov 18, 2pm, “Mossby’s Magic Carpet Handbook” with Ilona Bray. 999 Grant Ave, Novato 415.763.3052.

Point Reyes Presbyterian Church Nov 19, 1pm, “The Evolving Elder” with David “Lucky” Goff. 11445 Shoreline Hwy, Point Reyes Station 415.663.1349.

Rebound Bookstore Nov 18, 4pm, Spillway Magazine with Susan Terris and various writers, a going away party for Terris. Free. 1611 Fourth St, San Rafael 415.482.0550.

Theater Annie The talented Throckmorton Youth Performers bring the iconic characters to life. Through Nov 19. $15-$35. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600.

Pinky Marin Onstage presents playwright David Templeton’s comedy about a nerdy teenager pursuing the girl of his dreams. Nov. 17 and 18. The Belrose Theatre, 1415 Fifth Ave, San Rafael. 415.290.1433.

Tamalko: A California Story Playwright Gina Cloud gives us a glimpse into the native people of Marin and southern Sonoma counties, the Tamalko, or Coast Miwok.

The story shows the effects of colonization, the gold rush, and more that led to the Miwok’s near extinction. Through Nov 19, 3pm. $25. Tomales Town Hall, 27150 Hwy 1, Tomales. 707.484.8863.

The Game's Afoot The danger and hilarity are non-stop in this glittering whodunit set during the Christmas holidays, presented by Ross Valley Players. Nov 16-Dec 10. $15-$27. Barn Theatre, Marin Art & Garden Center, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross.

415.456.9555.

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Seminars&Workshops To include your seminar or workshop, call 415.485.6700.

SINGLE MEN WANTED. SINGLES GROUP STARTS TUESDAY, 11/28/17!

Single & Dissatisfied? Tired of spending weekends and holidays alone? Join with other singles to explore what’s blocking you from fulfillment in your relationships. Advance sign-up required; space limited. Also offering: ongoing coed (emotional) INTIMACY GROUPS (married/partnered or single), WOMEN’S GROUP and INDIVIDUAL, FAMILY & COUPLES THERAPY. Central San Rafael. Possible financial assistance (health/flex savings accounts or insurance). Call (415) 453-8117 for more info. Renée Owen, LMFT#35255. www.therapists. psychologytoday.com/183422 GROUP FOR MOTHERLESS DAUGHTERS, women who have lost their mothers through death, illness, separation, or estrangement in childhood, adolescence or adulthood. Motivated women discuss and explore relevant issues in their lives, current or past, in a supportive group with opportunities for healing and change. Facilitated and developed since 1997 by COLLEEN RUSSELL, LMFT, CGP, with 25 years experience serving individuals, couples, families, groups. Kentfield. 415-785-3513; crussell@colleenrussellmft.com; www.colleenrussellmft.com Do you need help launching your struggling young adult into adulthood? Is your son or daughter age 18 to 30 having a difficult time finding their path in life and how to get there? LAUNCH™ can help. Our workshops and individual consultations have helped over 100 parents guide their young people to finish school, find meaningful work, and become independent adults. We can create a method that will lead to success for your young person and relieve you as well. Call or text us to set up an initial phone consultation: Mary Ann Maggiore (415) 577- 6627. See us at www.maryannmaggiore.com or www.launch.five4five.org.

Community Spanish Language Learning Center In Downtown San Rafael www.spanishindowntown sanrafael.com

Mind&Body HYPNOTHERAPY Thea Donnelly, M.A. Hypnosis, Counseling, All Issues. 25 yrs. experience.

415-459-0449.

SPIRITUAL COUNSELOR~~ Professional Psychic Pat, Licensed Minister, 30 years experience.~ www.divinehealingcenter. org/healings/private

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Will do Windows. O’felia 415-717-7157.

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Real Estate HOMES/CONDOS FOR SALE AFFORDABLE MARIN? I can show you 50 homes under $500,000. Call Cindy @ 415-902-2729.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT— File No: 2017-143170. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: WEST BAY TRUCKING, 108 JEFFERSON DRIVE, TIBURON, CA 94920: ALBERTO LEON, 108 JEFFERSON DRIVE, TIBURON, CA 94920. The 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 Oct 12, 2017.

(Publication Dates: Oct 25, Nov 01, Nov 08, Nov 15 of 2017) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT— File No: 2017-143199. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: SPRIGANDGLOW, SPRIG & GLOW, 300 BOLINAS AVE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: ALLISON QUISTGARD SCHERER, 300 BOLINAS AVE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960. The 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 Oct 18, 2017.

(Publication Dates: Oct 25, Nov 01, Nov 08, Nov 15 of 2017) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT— File No: 2017-143127. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: ELLIE FRITZ STUDIO, 2015 5TH AVENUE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: CUSTOM MEDIA SR INC, 2015 5TH AVENUE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. The 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 Oct 06, 2017.

(Publication Dates: Oct 25, Nov 01, Nov 08, Nov 15 of 2017) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT— File No: 2017-143111. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: J & L MOBILE MECHANIC, 915 EAST BLITHEDALE AVE #6, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: JARDEL MACEDO DINIZ, MARIA LUANA SILVA, 915 EAST BLITHEDALE AVE #6, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941.

The business is being conducted by A MARRIED

COUPLE. 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 Oct 04, 2017. (Publication Dates: Oct 25, Nov 01, Nov 08, Nov 15 of 2017) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT— File No: 2017-143178. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: RAGTIME CITY CLOTHES, 35 A CLORINDA AVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: LISA VANCOR, 35 A CLORINDA AVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. The 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 Oct 16, 2017.

(Publication Dates: Oct 25, Nov 01, Nov 08, Nov 15 of 2017) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2017-143203. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: MD CONSTRUCTION, 965 MAGNOLIA AVE SUITE 25, LARKSPUR, CA 94939: MARIUSZ DZIURZYNSKI, 965 MAGNOLIA AVE

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Roosevelt assumed the office of president after the 1901 assassination of William McKinley; he was 42

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120,000), compared to around 14,000 outlets of McDonald’s

6 France, in Chamonix 7 Platoon (1986); Born on the

Fourth of July (1989); (shown in

8 Slip 9 Harvey; Irma; Maria 10a. Vice President Theodore

b. John F. Kennedy was elected at age 43. Thanks for the question to Michael Vogel from Mill Valley.

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PublicNotices SUITE 25, LARKSPUR, CA 94939. The 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 ClerkRecorder of Marin County on Oct 19, 2017. (Publication Dates: Nov 01, Nov 08, Nov 15, Nov 22 of 2017) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT— File No: 2017-143243. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: GINI STUDIO, 1 LARK COURT, LARKSPUR, CA 94939: VIRGINIA WING LIN CHAN, 1 LARK COURT, LARKSPUR, CA 94939. The 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 Oct 25, 2017.

(Publication Dates: Nov 01, Nov 08, Nov 15, Nov 22 of 2017) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2017-143187. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: SUSAN’S SICK KIDS, 567 RIVIERA CIRLCE, LARKSPUR, CA 94939: SUSAN T SUTTON, 567 RIVIERA CIRLCE, LARKSPUR, CA 94939. The 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 Oct 16, 2017.

(Publication Dates: Nov 01, Nov 08, Nov 15, Nov 22 of 2017) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT— File No: 2017-143207. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: ARNOLD G. WERSCHKY II M.D., 279 MILLER AVE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: ARNOLD WERSCHKY TRUSTEE FOR ARNOLD GEORGE WERSCHKY & CAROL LYNN WERSCHKY

REVOCABLE TRUST, 279 MILLER AVE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941. The business is being conducted

by A TRUST. 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 Oct 19, 2017. (Publication Dates: Nov 01, Nov 08, Nov 15, Nov 22 of 2017) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2017-143249. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: MARIN PERINATAL THERAPY, 45 SAN CLEMENTE DRIVE, CORTE MADERA, CA 94925: MARGOT KIRSCHNER, 15 MADERA DEL PRESIDIO DR, CORTE MADERA, CA 94925, ALI VOGT, 45 BAYWOOD AVE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960, SHANNON MYERS, 711 D #201, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. The business is being conducted by A JOINT VENTURE. 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 Oct 26, 2017. (Publication Dates: Nov 08, Nov 15, Nov 22, Nov 29 of 2017) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT— File No: 2017-143180. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: DSP WAVE, 2409 5TH AVENUE SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: TIMOTHY BEYERS, 2409 5TH AVENUE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. The 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 Oct 16, 2017. (Publication Dates: Nov 08, Nov 15, Nov 22, Nov 29 of 2017) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2017-143250. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: SMUGGLING DONKEYS PRESS, 100

TOYON DRIVE, FAIRFAX, CA 94930: GEORGE M TAYLOR, 100 TOYON DRIVE, FAIRFAX, CA 94930.

The 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 ClerkRecorder of Marin County on Oct 26, 2017. (Publication Dates: Nov 08, Nov 15, Nov 22, Nov 29 of 2017) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2017-143202. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: SARTAJ INDIA CAFE, 43 CALEDONIA ST, SAUSALITO, CA 94965: JYOTI INC, 704 4RTH ST, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901.

The 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 Oct 18, 2017. (Publication Dates: Nov 08, Nov 15, Nov 22, Nov 29 of 2017) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2017-143252. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: AKESO HEALING ARTS, 1380 LINCOLN AVE, SUITE 6, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: DENISE DEIRO CHAGAS, 225 PALOMA AVE., 2015 5TH AVENUE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. The 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 Oct 26, 2017. (Publication Dates: Nov 01, Nov 08, Nov 15, Nov 22 of 2017) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2017-143203. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY, 902 GRANT AVE, NOVATO, CA 94945: JOSE R JUNEK, 308 MONTEGO KEY, NOVATO, CA 94949.

The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transact-

ing business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on Oct 20, 2017. (Publication Dates: Nov 15, Nov 22, Nov 29, Dec 06 of 2017) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2017-143298. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: 1) FESTIVAL INDEPENDENCIA SALVADORENA U.S.A., 2) FESTIVAL INDEPENDENCIA SALVADORENA S.F., 3) FIESTA CIVICA FESTIVAL INDEPENDENCIA SALVADORENA, 4) FESTIVAL DE LA INDEPENDENCIA SALVADORENA 5) FESTIVAL INDEPENDENCIA SALVADORENA DEL OREA DE LA BAHIA, 10 SAN PABLO AVE #3562, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: SERGIO CARRANZA FERRUFINO, 10 SAN PABLO AVE #3562, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. The 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 Nov 06, 2017.

Publication Dates: Nov 15, Nov 22, Nov 29, Dec 06 of 2017) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT— File No: 2017-143239. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: MI PUEBLO FOOD CENTER, MI PUEBLO MERCADO Y CARNICERIA, 330 BELLAM ROAD, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: MI PUEBLO NEWCO, LLC, 2501 E GUASTI ROAD, ONTARIO, CA 91761. The business is being conducted

by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. Registrant is renewing filing with changes and is transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Oct 25, 2017. (Publication Dates:

Nov 15, Nov 22, Nov 29, Dec 06 of 2017) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT— File No: 2017-143210. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: CNL NATIVE PLANT NURSERY, 736 ESTANCIA WAY, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: LISA VANCOR, 35 A CLORINDA AVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant is renewing filing with changes and is transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Oct 20, 2017.

(Publication Dates: Nov 15, Nov 22, Nov 29, Dec 06 of 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2017-143262. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: SÉANCE JEWELRY, 20 SPRUCE ROAD, FAIRFAX, CA 94930: SYLVIA SANTUCCI, 20 SPRUCE ROAD, FAIRFAX, CA 94930. The 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 Oct 27, 2017.

Publication Dates: Nov 15, Nov 22, Nov 29, Dec 06 of 2017)

OTHER NOTICES STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT FROM USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No: 304795. The following person(s) has/have abandoned the use of a fictitious business name(s).

The information given below is as it appeared on the fictitious business statement that was filed at the Marin County Clerk-Recorder’s Office on Sept 07, 2016, Under File No: 2016-140606.

Fictitious Business name(s) H.M. PROPERTIES, 88 BELVEDERE STREET

STE. 201, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: PEDRO I. HERNANDEZ M., 2825 CUTTING BLVD APT B, RICHMOND, CA 94804: SAMUEL HERNANDEZ, 47 WOODLAND AVE. APT #1, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This statement was filed with the County Clerk Recorder of Marin County on Oct 19, 2017.)

(Publication Dates: Oct 25, Nov 01, Nov 08, Nov 15 of 2017) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No: CIV 1704088.

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner CAROLINE HOLMES filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: CAROLINE HOLMES to CAROLINE HOLMES NATHAN. 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: 01/05/2018 AT 09:00 AM, DEPT: B, ROOM: B, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive Room 113, San Rafael, CA 94913. 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 following newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin: PACIFIC SUN. Date of filing: NOV 06, 2017.

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By Amy Alkon

Q:

I know humans are typically your subject, but this is a relationship question, so I hope you’ll consider answering it. I have a new puppy (an 8-pound terrier mutt). I eventually want her to sleep in bed with me.

However, she’s not toilet-trained yet, so I “crate” her at night in the laundry room (in a small dog cage). She cries all night. It’s heartbreaking. Please help!—Sleepless In Dogtown

A:

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

Crate training, recommended by vets, breeders and the American Kennel Club, involves confining a dog to a “den”—with her bed and her favorite toys to dismember.

However, the crate is not supposed to be used for punishment—but, say, for times you can’t watch her to keep her from using the $3,000 leather couch as a chew toy, or the antique Persian rug as an opulently colored hand-knotted toilet.

The problem you’re experiencing in crating your dog at night comes out of doggy-human coevolution. Anthrozoologist John W.S. Bradshaw explains that over generations, we humans bred dogs to be emotionally dependent on us.

Not surprisingly, dogs miss their owners, sometimes desperately, when they are separated from them—and other dogs don’t seem to fill the emotional void. In one of Bradshaw’s studies—of 40 Labrador retrievers and border collies—“well over 50 percent of the Labs and almost half of the collies showed some kind of separation distress” when left alone.

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

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

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

Q: A:

I keep seeing men pushing dogs in baby strollers and carrying dogs as women do. What's going on? An epidemic of sissified men? If I ever did this, I’d hope my family would have me committed.—Disturbed “Release the hounds!” loses some of its punch when followed by “ … as soon as you can unzip them from their polka-dot stroller.”

Thankfully, the Centers for Disease Control lists no reports of an outbreak of Pomeranians poking their little heads out of man purses. However, you’re right; dog strollers are increasingly becoming a thing. As for why this is, think Field of Dreams: “If you build it … ” and sell it at Petco, people will buy it so they won’t have to leave their old, tired and/or disabled doggy home alone.

As for what pushing a doggybuggy says about a man, anthropologists and zoologists would call this a “costly signal.” This is an extravagant or risky trait or behavior that comes with a substantial price—which suggests that the quality being displayed is for real. It takes a man with masculinity to burn to not fear putting off all those women who previously announced to their friends, “We want sensitive men!—though not, you know, ‘put-their-Shih-Tzu-in-a-babystroller’-sensitive.”Y

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Astrology

For the week of November 15

ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Many people go

fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after,” observed Henry David Thoreau.

The spirit of Thoreau’s observation is true about every one of us to some extent. From time-to-time, we all try to satisfy our desires in the wrong location, with the wrong tools and with the wrong people.

But I’m happy to announce that his epigram is less true for you now than it has ever been. In the coming months, you will have an unusually good chance to know exactly what you want, be in the right place at the right time to get it and still want it after you get it. And it all starts now.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): I predict that

during the next 10 months, you will generate personal power and good fortune as you ripen your skills at creating interesting forms of intimacy. Get started!

Here are some tips to keep in mind: 1. All relationships have problems. Every single one, no exceptions! So you should cultivate relationships that bring you useful and educational problems. 2. Be very clear about the qualities you do and don’t want at the core of your most important alliances. 3. Were there past events that still obstruct you from weaving the kind of togetherness that’s really good for you? Use your imagination to put those events behind you forever.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You may be entertaining an internal dialog that sounds something like this: “I need a clear yes or a definitive no … a tender revelation or a radical revolution … a lesson in love or a cleansing sex marathon—but I’m not sure which! Should I descend or ascend?

Plunge deeper down, all the way to the bottom? Or zip higher up, in a heedless flight into the wide open spaces? Would I be happier in the poignant embrace of an intense commitment or in the wild frontier where none of the old rules can follow me? I can’t decide! I don’t know which part of my mind I should trust!” If you do hear those thoughts in your brain, Gemini, here’s my advice: There’s no rush to decide.

What’s healthiest for your soul is to bask in the uncertainty for a while.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): According to storyteller Michael Meade, ancient Celtic culture believed that “a person was born through three forces: The coming together of the mother and father, an ancestral spirit’s wish to be reborn and the involvement of a god or goddess.” Even if you don’t think that’s literally true, the coming weeks will be a favorable time to have fun fantasizing it is. That’s because you’re in a phase when contemplating your origins can invigorate your spiritual health and attract good fortune into your life. So start with the Celtic theory, and go on from there. Which of your ancestors may have sought to live again through you? Which deity might have had a vested interest in you being born? What did you come to this earth to accomplish? Which of your innate potentials have you yet to fully develop, and what can you do to further develop them?

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): I predict that starting

today and during the next 10 months, you will learn more about treating yourself kindly and making yourself happier than you have in years. You will mostly steer clear of the mindset that regards life as a numbing struggle for mere survival. You will regularly dream up creative ideas about how to have more fun while attending to the mundane tasks in your daily rhythm. Here’s the question that I hope you will ask yourself every morning for the next 299 days: “How can I love myself with devotion and ingenuity?”

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): This may be the most miscellaneous horoscope I’ve ever created for you. That’s apropos, given the fact that you’re a multifaceted quick-change artist these days. Here’s your sweet mess of oracles: 1. If the triumph you seek isn’t humbling, it’s not the right triumph. 2. You may have an odd impulse to reclaim or recoup something that you have not in fact lost. 3. Before transmutation is possible, you must pay a debt. 4. Don’t be held captive by your beliefs. 5. If you’re given a choice between profane and sacred love, choose sacred.

By Rob Brezsny

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The next 10 months will be an ideal time to revise and revamp your approach to education. To take maximum advantage of the potentials, create a master plan to get the training and knowledge that you’ll need to thrive for years to come. At first, it may be a challenge to acknowledge that you have a lot more to learn. The comfort-loving part of your nature may be resistant to contemplating the hard work it will require to expand your worldview and enhance your skills. But once you get started, you’ll quickly find the process becoming easier and more pleasurable.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Everything

that can be invented has been invented.”—Charles H. Duell, director of the U.S. Patent Office, 1899. “Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible.”—Lord Kelvin, president, Royal Society, 1895. “All the music that can be written has already been written. We’re just repeating the past.”—19thcentury composer Tchaikovsky. “Video won’t be able to hold on to any market it captures after the first six months. People will soon get tired of staring at a box every night.”—filmmaker Darryl F. Zanuck, commenting on television in 1946. I hope I’ve provided enough evidence to convince you to be faithful to your innovative ideas, Scorpio. Don’t let skeptics or conventional thinkers waylay you.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Of all the signs in the zodiac, you Sagittarians are most likely to buy a lottery ticket that has the winning numbers. But you’re also more likely than everyone else to throw the ticket in a drawer and forget about it, or else leave it in your jeans when you do the laundry, rendering the ticket unreadable. Please don’t be like that in the coming weeks. Make sure you do what’s necessary to fully cash in on the good fortune that life will be making available.

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

the game of basketball, if a player is fouled by a member of the opposing team, he is given a “free throw.” While standing 15 feet away, he takes a leisurely shot at the basket without having to deal with any defenders. Studies show that a player is most likely to succeed at this task if he shoots the ball underhanded. Yet virtually no professionals ever do this. Why? Because it doesn’t look cool.

Everyone opts to shoot free throws overhand, even though it’s not as effective a technique. Weird!

Let’s invoke this as a metaphor for your life in the coming weeks, Capricorn. In my astrological opinion, you’ll be more likely to accomplish good and useful things if you’re willing to look uncool.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In 1991, Aquarius rock star Axl Rose recorded the song “November Rain” with his band Guns N’ Roses. It had taken him eight years to compose it. Before it was finally ready for prime time, he had to whittle it down from an 18-minute-long epic to a more succinct nine-minute ballad. I see the coming weeks as a time when you should strive to complete work on your personal equivalent of Axl’s opus.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Thomas Edison was a prolific inventor whose work led to the creation of electric lights, recorded music, movies and much more. When he was 49 years old, he met Henry Ford, a younger innovator who was at the beginning of his illustrious career. Ford told Edison about his hopes to develop and manufacture low-cost automobiles, and the older man responded with an emphatic endorsement. Ford later said this was the first time anyone had given him any encouragement. Edison’s approval “was worth worlds” to him. I predict, Pisces, that you will receive comparable inspiration from a mentor, guide or teacher in the next nine months. Be on the lookout for that person.Y Homework: Is there a belief that you know you should live without, but don’t yet have the courage to leave behind? Testify at FreeWillAstrology.com.

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