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CHRISTMAS TREE RECYCLING 2017 - 2018 CURBSIDE COLLECTION
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Marin Sanitary Service: Larkspur, Greenbrae, Kentfield, Las Gallinas Valley, Ross, San Anselmo, San Rafael, Fairfax and Ross Valley (Sleepy Hollow and Oak Manor); trees will be collected at the curb on your regular yard waste pickup day from January 2nd through January 12th. If trees are greater than 6 feet in length, please cut them in half. Remove all metal stands, plastic tree bags, and ornaments. Flocked trees will not be accepted. Residential customers are encouraged to set trees out on their regular service day beginning January 2nd until January 15th. After this date, trees will not be collected curbside but can be dropped off at the Marin Resource Recovery Center.
Kentfield: January 2nd through 12th, Trees greater than 6’ in length must be cut in half. • College of Marin, Parking Lot #12 (south of gym).
Remove all trim, ornaments, lights, tinsel and tree stands.
Mill Valley Refuse: Almonte, Alto, Belvedere, Corte Madera, Mill Valley, Homestead, Strawberry & Tiburon put trees out on the curb on any regular green-waste collection day, starting the week after Christmas. Trees taller than 5 feet in length must be cut in half. Remove metal stands (wooden stands are OK) and all tinsel and ornaments. Flocked trees will not be accepted. All apartment building tenants should contact their manager. They will set up one day for all Christmas tree collection. Novato Disposal: During the week of January 2nd – January 6th customers may place Christmas trees that are cut in half at the curb the night before their regular collection day. Additionally, trees may be cut to fit inside your yard waste container for collection on your regular service day. Lids must be able to close. Remove all lights, tinsel, ornaments and stands. Flocked trees will not be collected. Redwood Empire Disposal: Bolinas, Forrest Knolls, Inverness, Marshall, Muir Beach, Nicasio, Olema, Point Reyes Station, San Geronimo, Stinson Beach, West Marin and Woodacre need to cut trees to fit inside your yard waste container. Lids must be able to close. Remove all lights, tinsel ornaments and stands. Flocked trees will not be collected. Bay Cities Refuse: Bay Cities Refuse customers in Sausalito and Marin City can place trees at the curb or in the green cart on your weekly green-waste pick up day. A debris box will be set out at MLK property until mid-January for tree drop off. No metal stands or flocked trees accepted and remove all ornaments. Tamalpais CSD: Curbside pickup week of January 8th, $30 charge for pickup before January 8th or after January 12th, residents can also bring their trees down to the Community Center parking lot before January 14th. Please make sure to remove all tree stands (wood, metal, or plastic), tinsel, ornaments, etc. Trees can also be cut into pieces no longer than 2 feet long and placed in your green cart. The lid must be closed completely. Flocked trees will not be accepted.
Remove all ornaments, lights, tinsel and tree stands. Flocked trees not accepted.
Larkspur: January 2nd through 12th, Trees greater than 6’ in length must be cut in half. • Piper Park, 250 Doherty Dr. • Niven Park (Across the street from Fire Station #16), 13 Barry Way and Drakes Landing Rd., Greenbrae Marinwood: January 2nd through 12th, Trees greater than 6’ in length must be cut in half. • Marinwood Community Center, (next to Fire Station #58), 77 Miller Creek Rd. Point Reyes: December 26th through January 15th, 8:00am-5:00pm. Flocked Trees and trees with stands will not be accepted. All trees need to be cut in half to help fit in the recycle box. • Point Reyes Fire Station; 4th & B Streets Ross: January 2nd through 12th, Trees greater than 6’ in length must be cut in half. • Marin Art & Garden Center; 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd. (across from fire station) Please DO NOT drop trees at the Fire Station. San Rafael: January 2rd through 12th. Trees greater than 6’ in length must be cut in half. • Pickleweed Park & Albert J Boro Community Center; 50 Canal St. • Fire Station #55: 955 Point San Pedro Rd. (Glenwood/Peacock Gap Area) • Scotty’s Market Parking Lot, Manuel T. Freitas Parkway & Del Ganado • Marin Resource Recovery Center, 565 Jacoby St., during the month of January, trees accepted free of charge. (There will be a charge for flocked trees). Stinson/Bolinas: Monday through Saturday 9:00am-5:00pm. No flocked trees, tinsel, ornaments or stands will be accepted. • Bolinas-Stinson Resource Recovery Park; 25 Olema Bolinas Rd. Tam Valley: Tamalpais Valley Community Center parking lot next to the mulch piles no later than January 14th. Tomales: December 26th through January 15th, 8:00am-5:00pm. No Flocked trees or wooden stands. • Tomales Fire station; 599 Dillon Beach Rd. Woodacre: December 26th through January 15th, 8:00am-5:00pm. Flocked Trees and trees with wooden stands in place will not be accepted. • Woodacre Fire Station; 33 Castle Rock Rd.
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This week, a letter-writer reminds us of the syllables and letters that make up local names.
Word Game
Let me get this straight. Our Commander in Chief is the laughingstock of the known universe(s), the largest wildfire in California history is still burning, we’re headed into a nasty flu season and a couple of Sun readers are upset because Tom Gogola condensed Sir Francis Drake Boulevard down to Drake [‘Ugliness,’ ‘Odd,’ Dec. 20]. Consider this. If you lived in Berkeley, would you say Martin Luther King, Jr. Way (eight syllables and 21 letters) or MLK (three syllables, three letters)? Do you drive into San Francisco (four syllables and 12 letters) or The City (three syllables and seven letters)? Sir Francis Drake Boulevard has seven syllables and 24 letters. If Drake is too concise for you, how about FranDraB? —Celeste Wigglebottom
Turn the Page
Kudos to Rama Kumar for his letter addressing the bitter attacks on the male gender, and calling for a return to the spontaneity of childhood [‘Misguided,’ Dec. 27]. It needed to be said. The prominent voices of modern feminism that come to mind are, among others, Betty Friedan, Simone de Beauvoir, Gloria Steinem and Germaine Greer. With the
megaphone of the 1970s feminist movement at their disposal, these women invited us young and impressionable ladies to indulge in an irrational hatred of the male gender. And people still read books by these ladies—even today! It is one thing to proclaim oneself a victim of abuse by a man at some point in the past; what woman in this country has escaped this experience? It is quite another to broadly condemn all members of an entire gender. That is what makes modern feminism so incredibly poisonous and tiresome; after all, when I think of all of the men who haven’t sexually harassed me, I have to admit—there are quite a few! The more men are chastised in the press for their sexual sins, the more honorable and decent men are overlooked and rendered invisible. Perhaps it is time we enter a new chapter in the relations between the sexes. Time to turn the page. The late Phyllis Schlafly, who founded the right-wing Eagle Forum, and fought hard against the Equal Rights Amendment during the 1970s, also is no role model for women. Our culture is currently frozen by sterile and outmoded clashing philosophies on both the left and right. One way to escape the sterility of both feminism (and counter-feminism) is, as Mr. Kumar hinted at, to look at the world as if seeing it for the first time. —Nadia Silvershine
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By Howard Rachelson
1 Five years before releasing his first Star Wars film, George Lucas directed (and Francis Ford Coppola produced) what movie that was filmed, in the summer of 1972, in downtown San Rafael, Mill Valley, Berkeley and Sonoma?
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2 No peeking: Whose portrait is shown on the front face of the nickel (U.S. 5-cent coin)? 3 Give a two-word Turkish name for the spicy Mid-
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dle-Eastern dish of marinated meat roasted on skewers.
4 At the 1998 Academy Awards, two actresses were nominated for playing the same character in the same 1998 film, one as a teenager, one in old age. What actresses, in what watery film? 5 There are five pairs of U.S. presidents who share the same last name (whether related or not). Two pairs are the Roosevelts and the Bushes. Can you name the other three?
6 Possibly the most prolific artist ever, in his 75-year career until 1973, he pro-
duced more than 13,000 paintings and designs, 100,000 prints and engravings, 34,000 illustrations and 300 sculptures and ceramics. Who was he?
7a. What form of yoga is performed in a room of high temperature and humidity? b. What temperature is most common? c. The exercise features how many postures ... and is known by what Sanskrit
name?
8 Can you name four countries of North or South America that begin with A, B or C, that provide legal protection to same-sex couples?
9 He’s possibly the NBA’s next superstar; this 6’11” African-Greek on the Mil-
waukee Bucks is a leader in points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks. Nobody can pronounce his name. Who is this basketball star?
10 At 2,870 square miles, the city of Sitka, Alaska ranks No. 1 on what U.S. listing? BONUS QUESTION: About a month ago, the city of Osaka, Japan severed its 60-year ties with its sister city, San Francisco, after a statue was erected in Chinatown, of what?
▲ The account of the Corte Madera Swim Club, which shuttered its doors on December 31 after 50 years, has us celebrating the woman who managed the club and decrying the company that destroyed it. The fancy name, the Corte Madera Swim Club, denoted people paying an affordable fee for the privilege of using the 75-foot heated pool at the Best Western Corte Madera Inn. Over the years, hundreds of local children learned to swim there, families spent summers together and seniors swam laps or simply treaded water to stay active. Fond memories exist of mustering up the courage to jump off the high dive that once stood over the pool, and meeting movie stars who stayed at the hotel while filming on location in Marin.
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▼ Nancy DuBois served as the club manager for the past 30 years and retired last week when the club shuttered its doors. Members will miss her professionalism, enthusiasm and beautiful smile. Joe Meylan of Corte Madera, a longtime member, calls Nancy the “de facto mayor,” and we call her a hero for her decades of devoted service. On the flip side, the Best Western Corte Madera Inn terminated the swim club with little notice and no explanation. Some suspect that the abrupt closure stemmed from the ownership’s ire over their failure to obtain Corte Madera’s blanket approval on proposed hotel renovations. Retaliation or not, the hotel could have handled the club’s end more considerately and shown care for the seniors who relied on the pool.—Nikki Silverstein
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Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, a frontrunner in the 2018 California governor’s race, has big ideas about how to make housing affordable.
Many Mansions
Antonio Villaraigosa makes his housing-first case to be California’s next governor By Jacob Pierce
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tanding in front of a tall Christmas tree, former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa recently laid out a vision for housing and redevelopment in California,
surrounded by a living-room crowd of mayors, councilmembers, county supervisors, former politicians and Democratic heavyweights. Villaraigosa, a frontrunner in the 2018 California governor’s race, came to the Bay Area for a meet-
and-greet at the home of former Santa Cruz County Treasurer Fred Keeley, a friend of Villaraigosa going back to their days in the state assembly together. In his talk, Villaraigosa preached an “all of the above strategy” to bring down
housing costs in the state. “If you don’t have a strategy of all of the above, we’re really not going to deal with this crisis,” says Villaraigosa in a brief interview following the event. “Everybody talks about homelessness,
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Put together a housing trust fund. Create a statewide revenue source to fund affordable projects.
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Bring back redevelopment in what Villaraigosa calls “Redevelopment 2.0.” Even though the original decision to ax redevelopment programs was a controversial one, Villaraigosa knows that bringing it back won’t be easy because legislators have already gotten used to having the nearly $2 billion a year that came from local property tax increments. Still, he hopes to restore those tax increments— some of which used to go to affordable housing—to local governments. If elected, Villaraigosa hopes to restore the program, with the support of mayors from around the state, while eliminating the excesses that Lt. Gov. Jerry Brown had criticized while unveiling a plan to gut the redevelopment in 2011.
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Encourage cities to plan “smart growth” housing construction. Cities that want to access state money would need a plan for affordable housing. That would include building for a variety of lower incomes, adding density and building along major transportation corridors. “Every mayor here, every councilmember here knows part of why we have a crisis,” Villaraigosa said. “Because the
more affluent communities, with single-family dwellings, constantly complain about the lack of housing, homelessness, and then push back every time you try to build. And the fact of the matter is you’ve gotta build.” •
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Introduce regulatory reform. Require that local governments quicken permitting for proposed projects. Villaraigosa said the state also needs to look at reforming the California Environmental Quality Act, without weakening environmental requirements. Make everyone pitch in. Under his plan, Villaraigosa said he would not give a pass to the affluent communities that don’t engage in “smart growth” and affordable housing. They will “have to put money in a kitty for the region so they can build that housing.”
Just hours earlier that same day, the Los Angeles City Council approved a linkage fee for new development that will charge developers between $1 and $15 per square foot, depending on the type of project and location. Villaraigosa supports that approach and says these tools are important, even though they could get in the way of housing construction if they’re too cumbersome. “You gotta find the balance,” he says. “Obviously, if it’s overly bureaucratic—that’s the argument that a lot of developers make. New York has inclusionary zoning. Probably a hundred cities in the state have inclusionary zoning. Let’s look at the best practices, let’s look at the places that are doing it well. I agree there is no question that some of these things could have the effect of delaying and raising the cost of housing. But in a crisis like this, we can’t let the perfect get in the way of the good.” Newsom has also called for a housing boom. He’s the only candidate leading Villaraigosa in the polls and says California needs to nearly quadruple its housing construction to meet the demand. The governor’s race also features California State Treasurer John Chiang, former state schools chief Delaine Eastin, attorney John Cox and State Assemblyman Travis Allen. Y
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everybody talks about the housing crisis, and we’re not treating it like it is a crisis, like it’s an emergency.” Villaraigosa is hitting the campaign trail in advance of a June 5 primary election. If no candidate receives more than 50 percent of the vote, the top two candidates will go to a runoff in November. If the election were held today, it would be Villaraigosa squaring off against Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom. Villaraigosa, 65, says he remembers buying his first home in a far different housing market at age 24, just by saving up— something he knows is impossible for most young people in 2018. He has big ideas for how to make housing affordable once again. Some are hotly contested topics, like increased housing density and building along major transit corridors. He broke that plan into five bullet-point steps:
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Harmonia, a members club that offers music, happy hours, massage, yoga and more, occupies the old Sausalito Record Plant space.
SPOTLIGHT ON SAUSALITO
In Harmonia
Former Sausalito music studio now rocks the relaxation By Flora Tsapovsky
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here was a time when the legendary Sausalito Record Plant hosted stars the caliber of Stevie Wonder and Sly Stone, both of whom recorded some of their harmonious hits in the now-defunct studio. The historic building now offers a different kind of harmony, involving mellow and healthy activities that inspire relaxation, rejuvenation and wellness. Harmonia, which has been occupying the Record Plant space since 2011—and introduced music and events in 2013—is a spa-meetscoworking-space which calls itself a “members club.” But the place has only recently
started to pop on locals’ radar for its non-musical offerings. The slow roll was intentional—founder and managing partner Jennifer Adler kept her new business low key as she slowly fleshed out her offerings after taking over the elaborate labyrinth of rooms and hallways. The recording studio itself closed in 2008. After taking over the space, Adler built a small massage studio which offers relaxing Esalen and Thai massage treatments. That was followed by a renovated yoga space, where Aerial Play and Bhakti Flow classes now take place, as well as upbeat jazz-driven dance workouts, Pilates and candlelight yoga. Next, the coworking space came together—it’s still coming
together in anticipation of a February debut—a warm mix of rugs, ottomans and tables, and with it, a lineup of events: Mindfulness workshops, kirtan gatherings, classes on the history and philosophy of yoga and more. Adler sees the coworking space as an equivalent to the famous Soho House in New York City, part members club, and part international hotel chain. Unlike the Soho House, no overnight accommodations are offered at Harmonia, but the vibe and abundance of amenities is meant to envelop members in a welcoming (if exclusive), environment. Adler grew up in Mill Valley and
now lives in San Anselmo with her family. She worked for 10 years as a trend forecaster in New York, and previous to opening Harmonia, she was the Bay Area vice president of marketing for the German-based beauty brand Amea. Adler says she spent a lot of time in “amazing spaces and clubs” in New York, where she discovered and was inspired by the Soho House’s living room area, typically filled with people working in a collaborative environment. Her own coworking program at Harmonia will mix business and pleasure in one location, in hopes of attracting city executives for corporate retreats and off-site meetings.
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Harmonia, 2200 Marinship Way, Sausalito, 415/332-1432; harmoniamarin.com.
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Alex Frankel, the man behind the ‘Keep Sausalito Salty’ brand, hopes to celebrate Sausalito’s ‘unpolished glory.’
Essence of Town Keeping Sausalito salty By Flora Tsapovsky
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e’ve all heard about “Keep Portland Weird,” the unofficial, yet very effective, slogan of Portland, Oregon. Weirdness and Portland, at least in the early hipster days, went hand-in-hand, and the slogan served as an instruction to visitors, who flocked to sample organic foods and sip craft brews, as well as a reminder to locals, who kept the town weird by hopping on bikes, participating in fringe film festivals and celebrating random holidays. But “Keep Sausalito Salty?” What might that mean? Alex Frankel, the man behind the saying and the graphic T-shirts and hoodies
adorned with it, thinks that the half-joking request is the essence of the town, and also a reminder of sorts. On the brand’s website, Frankel explains that while Sausalito is just across the bay from glossy San Francisco, its rugged, oceaninspired, fishing-fueled charm shouldn’t be forgotten. Celebrating the Sausalito of houseboats and rolling hills “in its unpolished glory,” Frankel pairs the slogan with an amusing illustration by artist Nat Russell, featuring a bearded, smoking pipe-clad fisherman. Russell himself is no stranger to humor—his murals and exhibitions have, in the past, featured long-
haired mermaid types, fake ‘vintage’ books and more. “We noticed that the best parts of Sausalito are under threat of being waxed, polished, fixed, and otherwise tweaked,” writes Frankel on the website. “By buying the shirt you hold in your hands, you can help keep your favorite Bay Area town just the way it is.” He notifies shoppers that 10 percent of each sale supports a public information outreach effort to keep Sausalito citizens informed about local developments. And as for keeping it salty? Everyone can interpret it to their own liking.Y keepsausalitosalty.com.
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Contemporary wellness studios typically feature clean, bright colors, yet the Record Plant’s deep brown hues stand out in their own right and contribute to the serene atmosphere. The secluded location and the discrete exterior (there’s just a small sign announcing Harmonia), add to the mysterious charm of the place. Adler wouldn’t have it any other way. “The building has [a] very unique design thanks to its musical history,” she says. “The thick, soundproof doors are perfect for off-site meetings, massage or loud parties and gatherings. Concerts and sound healings also sound amazing in our space.” To play up the building’s heritage, Adler commissioned large-scale portraits of Prince, Jimi Hendrix and other musical legends, which welcome guests to the lounge and a skylight-lit, yurt-like reception area (Prince recorded his first album at the Sausalito Record Plant in 1977). To further ramp up the the relaxation quotient, Adler installed a dry cedar sauna and a fire pit in an on-site garden. “I opened the space because I wanted to do something meaningful and powerful that wasn’t just skin deep,” she says. “Every day I like to think we’re changing people’s lives and giving them a moment of creative brainstorming, relaxation, healing and sense of belonging to a community.” Community is meant in an expanded sense: The Sausalito location is frequented by Marin clients, but the proximity to San Francisco is a bonus, which she hopes to continue to draw on. “We are located in a super-private location,” she says, “which is 15 minutes from the city.” Harmonia will roll out more offerings in the new year— additional educational classes, bigger parties—and expanded happy hours. The latter is one of Adler’s proudest additions to Harmonia’s roster of activities. “Our members can’t stop raving about them,” she says.Y
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The menu at Sausalito’s new Sartaj India Café by Lotus features Indian naan that comes in eight flavors, including basic, garlic and pesto.
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New Indian joint in Sausalito is naan pareil By Tanya Henry
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artaj India Café by Lotus in Sausalito is the newest addition to Surinder Sroa’s collection of North Bay restaurants. After spending more than a year making multiple improvements to the space, Sroa has reopened the longtime Sartaj India Café on Caledonia Street with a pared-down menu of North Indian favorites. Sroa spends most of his time at his flagship restaurant, Lotus Cuisine on Fourth Street in San Rafael, which he opened in 1998. Family members help out at the other outposts and as Sroa has gotten older, he has shifted his menus to a leaner model. “I’m going in the direction of reducing the size of my menus and offering more seasonal specials,” Sroa says. He’s committed, he says, to incorporating as much organic meat and vegetables as possible into his carefully sourced menus. Much like the Sroa-owned Café Lotus in Fairfax, Sartaj focuses on curries—chicken, seafood, lamb and vegetable versions all show up
on the menu. The chicken tikka masala is a favorite, as is the saag paneer made with organic spinach. Tandoori or sizzling grilled kebabs are also available, and naan is offered in eight flavors (several are gluten-free). The bright reds and greens that adorn the exterior at Sartaj extend to the interior, which can host nearly 39 diners at a time. A few tables spill out to the sidewalk, and soon (they are waiting for the liquor license), beer and wine will be available in addition to the yogurt lassi and chai currently offered. Sausalito residents can once again enjoy the satisfying flavors of cardamom, curry, cilantro and more, rendered locally. For travelers to Sausalito’s Caledonia Street, with its upscale corner market and high-caliber restaurants, it shouldn’t take much arm-twisting to coax a visit to this new Indian eatery.Y Sartaj India Café by Lotus, 43 Caledonia St., Sausalito; 415/3327103; sartajindiacafe.com.
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The 13 new songs on John McCutcheon’s new recording, ‘Ghost Light,’ are some of his most revealing and heart-wrenching tales yet.
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New Light John McCutcheon returns to the North Bay with forthcoming album By Charlie Swanson
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olk songwriter and multiinstrumentalist John McCutcheon cannot keep himself from singing. Since 1975, McCutcheon has written, produced and put out a staggering 39 albums, with his latest LP, Ghost Light, slated for release in early February. “I had not planned on making an album this year,” says McCutcheon, whose last album, Trolling for Dreams, was released in early 2017. That album garnered some of McCutcheon’s best reviews, and his thought-provoking and socially conscious approach to storytelling music continues with Ghost Light, written last spring after McCutcheon led a songwriting camp. “In the closing of camp, people wanted to know how do we keep this up,” says McCutcheon, referring to the inspiration to write music, such as in the camp’s setting. In response, McCutcheon shared ć known the story of Vedran Smailovic, as the “Cellist of Sarajevo,” who in 1992 performed a piece of music every day for 22 days in a bombedout downtown Sarajevo marketplace
after a mortar round killed 22 people there during the Bosnian War. “It was a vigil, it was a defiant thumb in the eye of the violence surrounding him,” says McCutcheon. “This is what musicians can do, and must do, in fact. So, if you want an exercise, honor that. Sit down and make music every day.” McCutcheon took his own advice, and on May 27 last year, the 25th anniversary of that bombing, he began a daily songwriting exercise, and Ghost Light is the result of that. Financially, McCutcheon calls himself an anachronism for his prolific output, but he has no plans of slowing down any time soon. “In this world where people don’t buy CDs anymore, I’m putting out these things still believing in the power of a group of songs telling a story that’s greater than the sum of its parts.” Y John McCutcheon performs on Friday, Jan. 5 at Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse, 2020 Addison St., Berkeley, 8pm, $28-$32, 510/644-2020 and on Monday, Jan. 8 at Sebastiani Theatre, 476 First St. E, Sonoma, 7:30pm, $25, 707/996-9756.
Steven Spielberg’s film ‘The Post’ is first-rate newspaper porn.
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ttempting to start with a grabber, Steven Spielberg’s The Post commences in Vietnam in 1966, whereby a typewriter-bearing Daniel Ellsberg (Matthew Rhys) has come to observe the troops. The trip to ’Nam shows us the cost of the war, bringing context to The Post’s centerpiece—the New York Times and the Washington Post’s revelation in 1971 of the leaked Pentagon Papers. Ellsberg risked jail to unleash a decades-long secret history of deception, ass-covering and refusal to read the writing on the wall. One can argue the worthiness of the war in Vietnam. What’s inarguable are the thousands of Pentagon documents demonstrating that the public was kept in the dark by the U.S. Department of Defense. The Post studies the conflict between the gruff editor Ben Bradlee (Tom Hanks) and the Post’s publisher Katharine Graham (Meryl Streep)—a patrician Washington widow who had the paper as her family business. The relatively small and “barely solvent” Post is about to be taken public on Wall Street.
Moreover, Graham is good friends with the people she needs to expose. Streep can’t make Graham’s personal heartbreak and portfolio problems as interesting as the story of how the news got out, how the Post was scooped by the New York Times on their own turf and how the revelations were almost blocked by President Nixon and the courts. The invaluable information in the film is covered in more depth in Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith’s 2010 documentary, titled in honor of Henry Kissinger’s description of Ellsberg: The Most Dangerous Man in America. It tells of Ellsberg’s decision to leak the documents and how this leak begat Nixon’s counter-intelligence team, who inaugurated the Watergate affair. In 2010, I wrote “A feature film would have handled this ending on a note of triumph: The full story is sadder.” Informed that the war had been conducted under false pretenses, the public didn’t care. They returned Nixon to office in a landslide. Exult at the end of The Post at the press’s triumph over the sinister Nixon.Y
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Due to limited space this week, most Sonoma and Napa listings have been cut from the calendar. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Concerts MARIN COUNTY Housequake DJ Carlos spins a selection of Prince and other dance music from the ‘80s and ‘90s. Jan 6, 9pm. $5-$10. 19 Broadway Club, 17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 415.459.1091. Soul Hammer Subvers!ve Music Foundation hosts a benefit with new supergroup featuring members of Monophonics, Vinyl, Soul Ska and more to help underprivileged youth. Jan 7, 7:30pm. $77 and up. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.3850.
SONOMA COUNTY John McCutcheon Prolific folk songwriter makes his annual trek to Sonoma and plays off his forthcoming album, “Ghost Light.” Jan 8, 7:30pm. $25. Sebastiani Theatre, 476 First St E, Sonoma. 707.996.9756.
Clubs & Venues MARIN Fenix Jan 6, Stephanie Teel Band. Jan 7, AZA. 919 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.813.5600. Iron Springs Pub & Brewery Jan 10, Hopsauce. 765 Center Blvd, Fairfax. 415.485.1005. 19 Broadway Club Jan 3, Damon LeGall Band. Jan 5, 5:30pm, Danny Montana and friends. Jan 5, 9pm, First Fridays Reggae Night with Broken Silence Sound System. Jan 6, 5:30pm, Michael Brown and friends. Jan 7, 6pm, 19 Broadway Good Time Band. Jan 7, 9pm, Elvis Johnson’s blues jam. Jan 8, open mic. Jan 9, 6pm, Jeb Brady Band. Jan 9, 8:30pm, Guy and friends. Jan 10, Book of Birds. 17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 415.459.1091. Panama Hotel Restaurant Jan 3, Bryan Gould Trio. Jan 4, Rivertown Trio. Jan 9, Panama Jazz Trio. Jan 10, Ricky Ray. 4 Bayview St, San Rafael. 415.457.3993. Papermill Creek Saloon Jan 5, OMEN with Michael Mark Bello. Jan 6, 5pm, Mike McShea & Sweetie Pie. Jan 6, 9pm, Just Friends. Jan 7, 5pm, Papermill Gang. Jan 9, Agents of Change. 1 Castro,
Forest Knolls. 415.488.9235. Peri’s Silver Dollar Jan 3, the Weissmen. Jan 4, Bobby Love & Sugar Sweet. Jan 5, PSDSP and Modern Monsters. Jan 6, Liquid Green. Jan 7, Matt Bolton. Jan 8, open mic. 29 Broadway, Fairfax. 415.459.9910. Rancho Nicasio Jan 5, Gary Vogensen & the Ramble Band with Rusty Gauthier. Jan 7, 4pm, Todos Santos. 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio. 415.662.2219. Sausalito Seahorse Wed, Milonga with Marcelo Puig and Seth Asarnow. Jan 4, Latin Jazz. Jan 5, DJ Black Cat. Jan 6, Freddy Clarke & Wobbly World. Jan 9, Noel Jewkes and friends. 305 Harbor View Dr, Sausalito. 415.331.2899. Smiley’s Schooner Saloon Jan 4, Jon Emery Dodds. Jan 5, Honey B & the Cultivation. Jan 6, Marshall House Project. 41 Wharf Rd, Bolinas. 415.868.1311. Sweetwater Music Hall Jan 4, the Hidalgos and Sasha Dobson. Jan 5, Mustache Harbor. Jan 6, Steelin’ Dan. Jan 8, the Sound Field album release show. Jan 9, California Kind. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.3850.
Art OPENING MARIN O’Hanlon Center for the Arts Jan 9-Feb 1, “Annual O’Hanlon Members’ Show 2018,” see and purchase works from many of the 250 O’Hanlon Center members. Reception, Jan 9 at 5:30pm. 616 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. Tues-Sat, 10 to 2; also by appointment. 415.388.4331. Throckmorton Theatre Jan 9-31, “Katy Kuhn and Diana Bradley,” the two artists show in the main gallery and Crescendo gallery respectively. Reception, Jan 9 at 5pm. 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600.
CONTINUING THIS WEEK MARIN Book Passage Through Nov 30, “Tom Killion Residency,”
acclaimed Marin artist returns to Book Passage’s gallery for a year-long exhibition of his original prints and hand-crafted books. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. Daily, 9am to 9pm. 415.927.0960. Desta Art & Tea Gallery Through Jan 18, “Eclat de Couleur,” featuring paintings by Marius Bosc and sculpture by Dina Angel Wing. 417 San Anselmo Ave, San Anselmo. Mon-Sat, 10 to 6. 415.524.8932. Gallery Route One Through Jan 28, “Contemplating OTHER,” artists Alicia Escott, Linda Guneste and Brigitta Varadi examine how our relationship with animals has altered over time. 11101 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station. WedMon, 11 to 5. 415.663.1347. Marin Community Foundation Through Jan 12, “Hypercosmos des Songes (Supercosmos of Dreams),” the first major exhibition in the United States for Frenchborn and Marin-based artist Jean-Marc Brugeilles includes over 80 artworks. 5 Hamilton Landing, Ste 200, Novato. Open Mon-Fri, 9 to 5. MarinMOCA Through Jan 7, “Contemporary Landscape,” exhibit features works by artists from across the country, chosen by juror Chester Arnold while he was evacuated from his home during the recent North Bay fires. 500 Palm Dr, Novato. Wed-Fri, 11 to 4; Sat-Sun, 11 to 5. 415.506.0137. Robert Allen Fine Art Through Jan 31, “Nature Abstracted,” group show features works on canvas by Amy Donaldson, Beatrice Findlay and John Maxon. 301 Caledonia St, Sausalito. MonFri, 10 to 5. 415.331.2800. Stinson Beach Gallery Through Jan 13, “Collective Awakening,” featuring acrylic and pastel works by Jon Steven Walters and sculptural succulents by Jamie Johnson. 3445 Shoreline Hwy, Stinson Beach. Fri-Sun, Noon to 5 and by appointment. 415.729.4489.
Comedy K-Von Comedy Special Multicultural comedian performs a set of storytelling standup with impressionist and satirist Melissa Shoshahi. Jan 6, 8pm. $20-$35. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600. Novato Theater Company Comedy
Festival Theater’s third annual fest features diverse standup comedians all weekend, hosted by television and stage star Jason Kyle. Jan 5-6, 8pm. $20. Novato Theater Company, 5240 Nave Dr, Novato, 415.883.4498. Team Trivia Contest Jeopardy style questions, songs and visuals hosted by comedian Clark Peterson. Fri, Jan 5, 7pm. $3. The Club at McInnis Park, 350 Smith Ranch Rd, San Rafael, 415.492.1800.
Events Cosmic Gold UC Berkeley astronomer Eliot Quataert describes the remarkable new results coming out of using gravitational waves to study celestial objects like black holes and neutron stars. Jan 7, 7pm. Free. HopMonk Novato, 224 Vintage Way, Novato, 415.892.6200. Domestic Violence Advocate Training Become an advocate over five day-long sessions, and make a difference in your community. Jan 10. $300. Center for Domestic Peace, 734 A St, San Rafael, 415.457.2464. Marin Women at Work Networking Luncheon Like-minded women can come together for networking, with presentations on health and wellness and self-care. Jan 9, 11:30am. La Plaza Conference Room, 4340 Redwood Hwy, Ste F138, San Rafael, marinwomenatwork.com. Songs of the Klamath See a screening of Avery Hellman’s short film about music and nature, then enjoy an evening of music from Hellman’s project Ismay, with Eli West and Alex Bleeker. Jan 7, 6:30pm. ink.paper.plate studio and shop, 11401 State Route 1, Point Reyes Station, 415.873.6008.
Field Trips Rose Pruning Demonstration & Work Party Observe and practice correct winter pruning of roses and help with the task of pruning the roses in the the MAGC Rose Garden. Jan 9, 11am. $5. Marin Art & Garden Center, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross, 415.455.5260.
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David Hidalgo of Los Lobos with his sons David Hidalgo Jr. of Social Distortion on drums & Vincent Hidalgo on bass feat
Fri 1⁄5 • Doors 8pm ⁄ $22–$27 • 21+
Mustache Harbor
Sat 1⁄6 • Doors 7pm ⁄ $23–$25 • All Ages
Steelin' Dan
The Music of Steely Dan Mon 1⁄8 • Doors 6pm ⁄ $17–$19 • All Ages
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COSMIC GOLD: NEUTRON STAR MERGERS, GRAVITATIONAL WAVES, AND THE ORIGIN OF THE HEAVY ELEMENTS + DR. ELIOT QUATAERT, PROFESSOR OF ASTRONOMY, UC BERKELEY
The Sound Field CD Release Show
THU 1/11 $10 6PM DOORS / 6PM LESSON ALL AGES
Mark Karan + The Lauren Murphy Trio
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California Kind feat Barry Sless, John Molo, Rob Barraco, Pete Sears & Katie Skene
COUNTRY LINE DANCING EVERY 2ND & 4TH THURSDAY!
FRI 1/12 $1315 8PM DOORS / 9PM SHOW 21+
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Thu 1⁄11 • Doors 7pm ⁄ $17–$20 • All Ages Orgone + The Humidors Fri 1⁄12 • Doors 8pm ⁄ $15–$17 • All Ages
SAT 1/13 $1215 8PM DOORS / 9PM SHOW 21+
Suzanne Santo of HONEYHONEY + Mapache
SEVEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
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SUN 1/14 FREE 1PM DOORS / 1PM SHOW ALL AGES
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Vigor Rancho Jan 12 Hybrid David Gans, Debut! Terry Haggerty 8:00 Fri
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submissions from around the world. Jan 5-11. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.454.1222.
apply. Through Mar 1. Sausalito Woman’s Club, 120 Central Ave, Sausalito, swcsrf.org/ applications.
Book your next event with us. Up to 150ppl. Email kim@hopmonk.com
PGS Australian director Bill Bennett will present and discuss the first US screening of his latest film about intuition as the personal guidance system. Jan 10, 7:15pm. $9-$12. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.454.1222.
Southern Marin Toastmasters Improve your public speaking skills at the weekly meeting. Wed, 6:45pm. Free. Larkspur Recreation, 240 Doherty Dr, Larkspur, eloquent. toastmastersclubs.org.
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Keeping The Living Music Alive
Spectacular 2018 Concert Series! Jan 19 • Fri • 8pm • Throckmorton Theatre, Mill Valley
Todd Boston “ONE CD Release Concert” A Solo performance by multi-instrumental virtuoso Feb 16 • Fri • 8pm • Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
Jai Uttal “Special Valentine’s Day Concert”
World Music Pioneer Jai Uttal with José Neto, Prajna Vieira, Ben Leinbach, Michelle Goerlitz Mar 11 • Sun • 7pm • Unity in Marin, Novato
Jami Sieber & Kim Rosen “Only Breath” Merging Poetry and Stunning World-beat Music
Bros Trio Jan 14 Rowan Chris and Lorin Sun
Mar 25 • Sun • 7pm • Unity in Marin, Novato
Stellar Harmonies 4:00 / No Cover Rancho Fri Copasetics Debut! Jan 19 New Tim Eschliman, Dallis Craft,
Adey Bell “Silver Wheel CD Release Concert”
Dance Party 8:00 / No Cover
R. Carlos Nakai Quartet “Live in Concert”
Sean Allen
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The B Sharp Blues Band 8:00
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“West Marinicana” Jan 26 Lowatters Fri
High Lonesome Twang to Lowdown Roots 8:00 / No Cover
Annie Sampson Band Jan 27 The Rock, Blues, & R&B 8:00 / No Cover Sat
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Discover some of the mysteries of the universe when UC Berkeley astronomer Eliot Quataert speaks about gravitational waves, black holes and more on Jan. 7 at HopMonk Novato.
An intimate evening w/“Shadow Shaman” singersongwriter w/ soulful, angelic voice, unreal pianist!
Apr 8 • Sun • 7pm • Showcase Theater, Marin Center Global Ethnic Grooves w/ Native American flutes
Apr 14 • Sat • 8pm • Showcase Theater, Marin Center
Nina Wise and Vinny Ferraro “Wild Wisdom: SOUL-O”
Fresh Take on Universal Truths: Genius improvisation & Dharma Humor—unpredictable & moving May 12 • Sat • 7:30pm • Marin Center Auditorium
Deva Premal & Miten with Manose “Soul of Mantra Tour All Ages • 415.924.4848 • lloydbarde.com
Sundance Short Film Tour On the eve of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, see a program of seven shorts, including two award winners, from last year’s event. Jan 5-11. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.454.1222.
Lectures Carbon Farming in Marin County Learn how local agriculture is addressing climate change by improving the condition of our soils. Jan 4, 1pm. Free. Outdoor Art Club, 1 W Blithedale Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.2582. Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous Twelve-step recovery program for anyone suffering from food obsession, overeating, undereating or bulimia. Sat, 8am. All Saints Lutheran Church, 2 San Marin Dr, Novato, 781.932.6300. The Image of Woman in Western Art From antiquity to today, educator Kerrin Meis examines how (mostly) male artists defined the female form over three weeks. Jan 5, 1pm. $105. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera, 415.927.0960. Sausalito Woman’s Club Scholarship Recognition Fund Applications Permanent residents living in the Sausalito or Marin City School District planning to initiate or continue education at an accredited college, graduate school, vocational or art school are eligible to
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.
Readings Book Passage Jan 9, 1pm, “The Immortalists” with Chloe Benjamin. Jan 10, 7pm, “The Doha Experiment” with Gary Wasserman. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 415.927.0960. Book Passage By-the-Bay Jan 9, 6pm, “The Happiness Hack” with Ellen Petry Leanse. Jan 10, 6pm, “Nobody’s Boy” with Mike Denney. 100 Bay St, Sausalito. 415.339.1300.
Theater The Gumshoe Murders Get a Clue Productions presents a new murder-mystery dinner theater show about a 1940s detective caught in a web of deception. Reservations required. Fri, Jan 5, 7pm. $68. Charlie’s Restaurant, Windsor Golf Club, 1320 19th Hole Dr, Windsor, getaclueproductions. com. My Way Musical tribute to Frank Sinatra includes a New Year’s Eve party on Dec 31. Through Jan 14. $25-$45. Cinnabar Theater, 3333 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, 707.763.8920.
Seminars&Workshops To include your seminar or workshop, call 415.485.6700.
SINGLES WANTED! Single & Dissatisfied? Tired of spending weekends and holidays alone? Join with other singles to explore what’s blocking you from fulfillment in your relationships. NINE-WEEK SINGLE’S GROUP. Advance sign-up required; space limited. Groups starting 1/31/18. 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 information. Renée Owen, LMFT#35255. https://therapists.psychologytoday.com GROUP FOR FORMER MEMBERS OF HIGH DEMAND GROUPS OR “CULTS”, “spiritual,” “religious,” “philosophical,” “Eastern,” “Coaching/ Improvement,” etc. Safety and trust in discussing experiences and coercive influence in groups and families with leaders who claim special status and who use unethical, manipulative methods to recruit and indoctrinate with increasing demands on personal lives. Facilitated and developed by Colleen Russell, LMFT, CGP, since 2003. GROUP FOR MOTHERLESS DAUGHTERS, women who have lost their mothers through death, illness, separation, or estrangement in childhood, adolescence or adulthood. A safe place to grieve and to explore many influences of mother loss in relationships, parenting, individual goals, trust, etc. Facilitated and developed by Colleen Russell, LMFT, GCP, since 1997. Kentfield. Individual, Couple, Family & Group Therapy. 415-785-3513; crussell@colleenrussellmft.com, http://www.colleenrussellmft.com. New Year, New Job—We of LAUNCH have formed an Employment Agency especially designed for Millennial’s. If you or someone you know age 18 to 30 is struggling to get into, or to return to, the workforce, we can help. We have trained hundreds of clients to find work that is lucrative and rewarding. Workshops and private sessions available. Contact Program Director, Mary Ann Maggiore at maggiore@five4five.org for more information. Or text us at 415-577-6627.
Community Spanish Language Learning Center In Downtown San Rafael www.spanishindowntown sanrafael.com REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS Firehouse Community Park Agency calls for bids from qualified Skate park contractors to complete an existing skate park at Mesa Park in Bolinas, CA. Approximately $80,000 has been allocated for this project. For submittal instructions & requirements. Contact: mesaparkboard@gmail.com
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DE HERRERA, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: FRED G. HOWES, 54 CAMINO DE HERRERA, 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 Dec 06, 2017. (Publication Dates: Dec 13, Dec 20, Dec 27 of 2017 and Jan 03, 2018) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT— File No: 2017-143340. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: SOUL SISTER SINGS, 820 BEL MARIN KEYS BLVD, NOVATO, CA 94949: ELIZABETH ANNE PADILLA, 820 BEL MARIN KEYS BLVD, NOVATO, CA 94949. 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 14, 2017. (Publication Dates: Dec 13, Dec 20, Dec 27 of 2017 and Jan 03, 2018) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT— File No: 2017-143301. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: TIKAL CONSTRUCTION, 700 22ND ST, RICHMOND, CA 94801: VIDAL MORALES, 700 2ND ST, RICHMOND, CA 94801. 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 6, 2017. (Publication Dates: Dec
20, Dec 27 of 2017 and Jan 03, Jan 10, 2018) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT— File No: 2017-143498. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: SWEET COOKIE TRAVEL, 1038 REDWOOD HWY FRONTAGE RD, STE 1038, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: WILLIAM L GAMBLE, 1038 REDWOOD HWY FRONTAGE RD, STE 1038, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941 . 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 Dec 8, 2017. (Publication Dates: Dec 20, Dec 27 of 2017 and Jan 03, Jan 10, 2018)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT— File No: 2017-143418. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: ANCHORAGE 5 CONSULTING, 475 GATE 5 ROAD, SAUSALITO, CA 94965: GEORGE W. SCOTT, 103 DOWITCHER WAY, 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 Nov 29, 2017. (Publication Dates: Dec 13, Dec 20, Dec 27 of 2017 and Jan 03, 2018) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT— File No: 2017- 143482. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: HOWES & CO, 54 CAMINO
Trivia answers «5 1 American Graffiti 2 Thomas Jefferson 3 Shish kebab, from the Turkish
shish (sword or skewer) and kebab (roasted meat)
4 In Titanic (winner of 11 Oscars),
Kate Winslet played the young Rose, and Gloria Stuart the elderly
5 Adams (John and John
seat. Thanks for the question to Chantal Griffin from Mill Valley.
8 Argentina (legal in 2010);
Brazil (2013); Canada (2005); Colombia (2016)
9 Giannis Antetokounmpo (pronounced something like adeto kumbo)
10 Sitka is the largest city in the
6 Pablo Picasso, from Spain
U.S. by land area with 2,870 square miles (even larger than the states of Delaware and Rhode Island), although it has only around 10,000 residents. Thanks for the question to Tim Rogers from Mill Valley.
7a.) Bikram yoga b.) Around 105 degrees c.) There are 26 asanas, or pos-
BONUS ANSWER: Four bronze “Comfort Women,” to honor the thousands of women recruited against their will from various Asian nations, and forced to work in Japan’s wartime military brothels
Quincy), Johnson (Andrew and Lyndon) and Harrison (William Henry and Benjamin)
(visual shown is Mother and Child, 1921)
tures, after the Sanskrit word for
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PublicNotices FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT— File No: 2017-143479. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: BRETANO HOUSE ONE TWO THREE, 675 ROSAL WAY, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: MARILYN FRIES, 613 VENDOLA DR, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. 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 Dec 5, 2017. (Publication Dates: Dec 20, Dec 27 of 2017 and Jan 03, Jan 10, 2018) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT— File No: 2017-143407. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: PLAYERS GUITARS, 840 B ST., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: JAMES CUCUZZELLA, 1540 3RD ST., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registration expired more than 40 days ago and is renewing under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Nov 27, 2017. (Publication Dates: Dec 20, Dec 27 of 2017 and Jan 03, Jan 10, 2018) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT— File No: 2017-143451. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: J2 INTERIORS, 425 WELLESLEY AVE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: JOHN JOHNSTON, 425 WELLESLEY AVE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941. 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
Dec 1, 2017. (Publication Dates: Dec 27 of 2017 and Jan 03, Jan 10, Jan 17, 2018) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT— File No: 2017-143502. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: BUILDING SOLUTIONS, 2171 FRANCISCO BLVD E, SUITE C, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901 : THE PERFECT BUILDER, INC., 2171 FRANCISCO BLVD E, SUITE C, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. The business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. 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 Dec 8, 2017. (Publication Dates: Jan 03, Jan 10, Jan 17, and Jan 24, 2018) OTHER NOTICES STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT FROM USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME. File No: 304800. 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 ClerkRecorder’s Office on August 31, 2015, under File No: 2017138048. Fictitious Business name(s) A FORCE OF NATURE, 111 C STREET, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: MYRA PANALIGAN, 111 C STREET, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This statement was filed with the County Clerk Recorder of Marin County on November 13, 2017. (Publication Dates: Dec 13, Dec 20, Dec 27 of 2017 and Jan 03, 2018) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No: CIV 1704675. TO
ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner SUMAN filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: ALEXIS SARA ROSENBLATT to ALEXIS SARA ROSE ANGELUCCI. 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: 02/23/2018 AT 09:00 AM, DEPT A. Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, 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: Dec 22, 2017 (Publication Dates: Jan 03, Jan 10, Jan 17, Jan 24 of 2018) SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT:THE TESTATE AND INTESTATE SUCCESSORS OF JOHN TREWAVAS, DECEASED; THE TESTATE AND INTESTATE SUCCESSORS OF RUTH S. TREWAVAS, DECEASED; and ALL PERSONS UNKNOWN, CLAIMING ANY LEGAL OR EQUITABLE RIGHT, TITLE, ESTATE, OR INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THE COMPLAINT
ADVERSE TO PLAINTIFFS’ TITLE, OR ANY CLOUD ON PLAINTIFFS’ TITLE TO THE PROPERTY sued herein as DOES 1 though 100, inclusive, Exhibit “A All that certain real property situated in the unincorporated area of the County of Marin, State of California and being more particularly described as follows: An unnamed lane 4 feet wide lying between lots 33 and 34 as shown on that certain map entitled, “Map of Camp Tamalpais Homestead Valley Calif. Being a subdivision of Block 12 of Tamalpais Land & Water Co’s Map No. 7” filed for record on November 17, 1908 in Book 3 of Maps at Page 2. A Portion of A.P.N. 047-082-23. YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DAMANDANTE): DENNIS SCOTT, an individual and AMY SCOTT, an individual. CASE NUMBER: CIV1704469. NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts. Online Self-Help Center ([ http://www. courtinfo.ca.gov/self help ]www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ self help), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and propertymay be taken without further warn-
ing from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www. lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ self help), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. jAV/501 Lo han demandado. Sf no responde dentro de 30 dlas, Ia corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su versi6n. Lea Ia informaci6n a cantinuaci6n. Tiene 30 DiAS DE CALENDAR/0 despues de que le entreguen esta citaci6n y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta par escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una capia a! demandante. Una carta a una 1/amada telef6nica nolo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en farmato legal correcto sf desea que procesen su caso en Ia corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de Ia corte y mas informaci6n en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California ([ http:// www.sucorte.ca.govJ ] www.sucorte.ca.govJ, en Ia biblioteca de !eyes de su condado a en Ia corte que le quede mas cerca. Sf no puede pagar Ia cuota de presentaci6n, pida af secretario de Ia corte que le de un formulario de exenci6n de pago de cuotas. Sino presenta su respuesta a
tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y Ia corte le podra quitar su suefdo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia. Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que f lame a un abogado inmediatamente. Sino conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un seNicio de remisi6n a abogados. Sf no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener se!Vicios legales gratuitos de un programa de seNicios legales sin fines de Iuera. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de Iuera en el sitio web de California Legal SeNices, (www. lawhelpcalifornia.orgJ, en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, {wNw.sucorte.ca.govJ o poniendose en contacto con Ia corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, Ia corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costas exentos por imponer un gravamen sabre cualquier recuperacf6n de $10,000 6 mas de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesi6n de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de Ia corte antes de que Ia corte pueda desechar el caso. The name and address of the court is: (EI nombre y direccion de Ia corte es): Marin County Superior Court 3501 Civic Center Drive, Room 113, San Rafael, CA 94913-4988. The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiffs attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: (EI nombre, Ia direcci6n y el numero de teletono del abogado del demandante. o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): Christopher A. Skelton CSB# 287823, Rif kind Law Group, 100 Drake’s Landing Road, Suite 260, 415.785.7988. Greenbrae, CA 94904. DATE: Dec-5, 2017. James M. Kim/Clerk C. Lucchese/Deputy (Pub Dates Jan 03, Jan 10, Jan 17, Jan 24 of 2018)
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Q:
I’m a 30-something woman, tall and thin, whom friends describe as beautiful. Perhaps for this reason, I’m often confronted with rude social assaults by people who assume things are handed to me on a silver platter. I am financially independent, have a full-time job and own a home and car. I dress and act modestly. Yet, I’m repeatedly insulted by people who suggest I got my job and other benefits because of my looks. What can I do to avoid or deflect these demeaning insinuations?—Not Just Skin Deep
A:
Inner beauty, unfortunately, only turns heads of people with X-ray vision: “Excuse me, miss, but has anyone ever told you that you have a very pretty appendix?” Sadly, complaints about the difficulty of being eye candy in a world of eye kale tend not to engender much sympathy, and researchers haven’t helped matters. There’s a considerable pile of research that has found a “beauty premium” (especially for women)—a bias toward hiring and promoting the hotties of the workforce and, depressingly, an “ugliness penalty” holding back the more Shrekalicious among us. But it turns out that the methodology behind this slew of findings was a bit overly broad. According to a 2017 paper by evolutionary psychologist Satoshi Kanazawa and sociologist Mary Still, once you drill down into the details— control for health, intelligence and personality characteristics—you see a more nuanced result: “It appears that more beautiful workers earn more, not because they are beautiful, but because they are healthier, more intelligent.” Sure, this probably sounds absurd—this association of good looks with intelligence, a winning personality and good health. However, take that last one. It turns out that beauty is more than nice human scenery; it’s also advertising for what’s on the inside. For example, consider the preference across cultures for faces with “bilateral symmetry.” “Facial bilateral symmetry” is anthropologist-ese for both sides of a person’s face being a strong match. Facial or bodily asymmetry is an indicator of the presence of parasites or disease, and we evolved to be drawn to healthy people, though we just think, “What a pretty face!” and not, “There’s someone who isn’t a foster home for tapeworms!” In another example, Kanazawa and Still speculate about the personality benefit associated with being pretty (referencing evolutionary psychologist Aaron Lukaszewski’s research): “Because physically attractive children are more likely to experience positive feedback from interpersonal interactions,” they’re more likely to develop an extroverted personality than less physically attractive children. Getting back to you, just as previous research on “the beauty premium” failed to zoom in on the details, there’s a good chance you’re seeing your problem a little too broadly. Research on sex differences in competition by psychologist Joyce Benenson suggests it’s probably women who are doing most or all of the sneering. Men—from childhood on—tend to be comfortable with hierarchy and openly duking it out for top spots in a way women are not. Women tend to engage in covert aggression—like with frosty treatment and undermining remarks—in hopes of making another woman dim her own shine and voluntarily relocate lower down the ladder. The best way to combat such sniping in the moment is to go placid pokerface, treating their comments like lint to brush off. In the long run, however, your best bet is being somebody who’s hard to hate. Research by behavioral economist Ernst Fehr suggests that it’s in our self-interest to be altruistic. This means, for example, developing a reputation as someone who’s always looking out for your colleagues’ interests—like by tipping off coworkers about opportunities and publicly cheering colleagues’ achievements. Finally, if I’m right that women are your main detractors, consider Benenson’s observation that women show each other they aren’t a threat through sharing vulnerabilities—revealing weaknesses and problems. Ideally, of course, these should be difficulties along the lines of, “Sorry I’m late. My car’s a useless piece of tin,” and not, “Sorry I’m late. ANOTHER guy drove into a pole looking at me, and I had to wait with him for the ambulance.”Y Worship the goddess—or sacrifice her at the altar at adviceamy@aol.com.
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For the week of January 3
ARIES (March 21-April 19): In 2018, your past will undergo transformation. Your memories will revise and rearrange themselves. Bygone events that seemed complete and definitive will shimmy and shift, requiring new interpretations. The stories you have always told about how you became who you are will have to be edited, perhaps even rewritten. While these overhauls may sometimes be disconcerting, they will ultimately be liberating. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In 2018, people
will be drawn to you even more than usual. Some will want you to be their rock—their steady, stable source of practical truth. Some will ask you to be their tonic—their regular, restorative dose of nononsense. And others will find in you a creative catalyst that helps them get out of their ruts and into their grooves. And what will you receive in return for providing such a stellar service? First, there’ll be many opportunities to deepen and refine your integrity. To wield that much influence means that you’ll have to consistently act with highminded motivations. And secondly, Taurus, you’ll get a steady supply of appreciation that will prove to be useful as well as gratifying.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Influences that oppose you will fade as 2018 unfolds. People who have been resistant and uncooperative will at least partially disengage. To expedite the diminishing effects of these influences and people, avoid struggling with them. Loosen the grip they have on your imagination. Any time they leak into your field of awareness, turn your attention instead to an influence or person that helps and supports you. Here’s another idea about how to collaborate with the cosmic rhythms to reduce the conflict in your life: Eliminate any unconscious need you might have for the perversely invigorating energy provided by adversaries and bugaboos. Find positive new ways to motivate yourself. CANCER (June 21-July 22): I predict that in
2018 you will figure out how to get your obsessions to consistently work for your greatest good. You will come to understand what you must do to ensure that they never drag you down into manic self-sabotage. The resolute ingenuity you summon to accomplish this heroic feat will change you forever. You will be reborn into a more vibrant version of your life. Passions that in the past have drained and confused you will become efficient sources of fuel for your worthiest dreams.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Just because you have
become accustomed to a certain trouble doesn’t mean that you should stop searching for relief from that trouble. Just because a certain pain no longer knocks you into a demoralized daze for days at a time doesn’t mean that it’s good for you. Now here’s the good news: In 2018, you can finally track down the practical magic necessary to accomplish a thorough healing of that trouble and pain. Make this the year you find a more ultimate cure.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Have you ever nursed a yearning to speak Swahili or Chinese or Russian? The coming months will be an excellent time to get that project underway. Do you fantasize about trying exotic cuisines and finding new favorite foods? I invite you to act on that fantasy in 2018. Is there a form of manual labor that would be tonic for your mental and physical health? Life is giving you a go-ahead to do more of it. Is there a handicraft or ball game you’d like to become more skilled at? Get started. Is there a new trick you’d like to learn to do with your mouth or hands? Now’s the time. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Before the 15th century, European nations confined their sailing to the Mediterranean Sea. The ocean was too rough for their fragile, unadaptable ships. But around 1450, the Portuguese developed a new kind of vessel, the caravel. It employed a triangular sail that enabled it to travel against the wind. Soon, exploratory missions ventured into the open sea and down along the coast of West Africa. Eventually, this new technology enabled long
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westward trips across the Atlantic. I propose that we make the caravel your symbol of power for 2018, Libra. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you will find or create a resource that enables you to do the metaphorical equivalent of effectively sailing into the wind.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The Aztecs were originally wanderers. They kept moving from place to place, settling temporarily in areas throughout the land we now call Mexico. An old prophecy told them that they would eventually find a permanent home at a site where they saw an eagle roosting on a cactus as it clutched a snake in its talons. There came a day in the 14th century when members of the tribe spied this very scene on an island in the middle of a lake. That’s where they began to build the city that in time was the center of their empire. I bring this to your attention, Scorpio, so it can serve as a metaphor to guide you in 2018. I suspect that you, too, will discover your future power spot—the heart of your domain for years to come.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Not every minute of every day, but when you have had the time, you’ve been searching for a certain treasure. With patience and persistence, you have narrowed down its whereabouts by collecting clues and following your intuition. Now, at last, you know its exact location. As you arrive, ready to claim it, you tremble with anticipation. But when you peel away the secrets in which it has been wrapped, you see that it’s not exactly what you expected. Your first response is disappointment. Nevertheless, you decide to abide in the presence of the confusing blessing and see what happens. Slowly, incrementally, you become aware of a new possibility: That you’re not quite ready to understand and use the treasure; that you’ll have to grow new capacities before you’ll be ready for it in its fullness. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Soulful beauty will be a major theme for you in 2018. Or at least it should be. But I suppose it’s possible that you’re not very interested in soulful beauty, perhaps even bored by it. Maybe you prefer skindeep beauty, expensive beauty or glamorous beauty. If you choose to follow predilections like those, you’ll lose out on tremendous opportunities to grow wilder and wiser. But let’s hope you make yourself available for a deeper, more provocative kind of beauty—a beauty that you could become more skilled at detecting as the year unfolds. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “Let your freak flag fly” was an expression that arose from the hippie culture of the 1960s and 1970s. It was a colorful way to say, “Be your most unique and eccentric self; show off your idiosyncrasies with uninhibited pride.” I propose that we revive it for your use in 2018. I suspect that the coming months will be a favorable time for you to cultivate your quirks and trust your unusual impulses. You should give yourself maximum freedom to explore pioneering ideas and maverick inclinations. Paradoxically, doing so will lead to stabilizing and enduring improvements in your life. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In accordance with the astrological omens, I suggest that you start compiling a list entitled, “People, Places, Ideas and Things I Didn’t Realize Until Now That I Could Fall in Love With.” And then keep adding more and more items to this tally during the next 10 months. To get the project underway in the proper spirit, you should wander freely and explore jauntily, giving yourself permission to instigate interesting mischief and brush up against deluxe temptations. For best results, open your heart and your eyes as wide as you can. One further clue: Act on the assumption that in 2018 you will be receptive to inspirational influences and life-transforming teachings that you have never before been aware of.Y Homework: I’d love to see your top five New Year’s resolutions. Share by going to RealAstrology.com and clicking on “Email Rob.”
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