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When I was little, I idolized my doctor. (No pediatrician in those days, just the family doc.) I used to watch “Dr. Kildaire” and “Ben Casey” on TV, religiously. From the age of 7 or 8, I dreamed of becoming a medical doctor. Just as I was beginning my college pre-med studies, I hurt my back lifting a patient. (I was working as a hospital orderly.) I went to the orthopedist, who diagnosed “spondylolisthesis.” Not one, not two, but three of my lumbar (low back) vertebrae were each in two pieces instead of one. VERY UNSTABLE. I was prescribed Darvon 65 Compound, the Oxycontin of that day, and told that I would be back for a total lumbar fusion by the time I was 30 or 40, presumably to be “cured.” I finished college pre-med and went on to medical school. Home from the second year, it all HIT THE FAN! I wasn’t 30 or 40. I was only 23. Horrible back pain, bent over, pain going down both legs, losing control of my bladder. Then a friend told me to go to a different kind of doctor, a chiropractor. I said: “What are you kidding? I’m a medical student. Those guys are quacks.” But, I got to wondering who were the real quacks. Finally, with a whole lot of doubt and fear, I went to this chiropractor. He gave me THE most thorough exam I ever had in my life, X-rayed my spine, and explained everything. I got my first adjustment. I got up from the table, straight and painfree, for the first time in many, many months. I quit med school and enrolled in chiropractic college. My son, Abraham (the little guy in the pack) was very lucky. I checked him for interference to his nervous system five minutes or so after birth, and gave him his first, very gentle chiropractic adjustment. He smiled. When Abraham was in school with kids his age, and everyone was getting sick, he didn’t. Abraham dropped out of the sixth grade, and began College of Marin at the age of 11. Went on to Cal Tech in Pasadena, where he graduated, with honors, at 17. Ph.D. in theoretical physics at 22. He spent some years at the Albert Einstein Institute in Germany, and he’s currently a professor in Dublin (Ireland, not the one in the East Bay).* HOW DOES IT WORK? You’ve probably been to one or more chiropractors who don’t understand what you are already beginning to understand. So, they throw all kinds of gimmicks at you…electrical stimulation, cold laser, those crazy-expensive disk decompression treatments, while they work under the very medical guidelines of the insurance companies. OK, I never cured anyone, but people come to me, and they get well. Sure, people come with sciaticas, regular back pain and stiff necks. But they come also with the more serious issues: neuropathy, stenosis, herniated disks, spinal arthritis, even with damage from spinal surgeries. And they come with issues outside

the spine, including “bone-on-bone” hips and knees, plantar fasciitis, rotator cuff, carpal tunnel, and TMJ problems. And they come with non-musculoskeletal issues…urinary frequency and control, insomnia, IBS, poorly controlled diabetes or blood pressure, thyroid issues, anxiety, vertigo, heart and circulatory conditions, migraines, chronic fatigue, just to name a few.

have not regretted it. I’ve experienced more relief over the last 9 months than I thought possible. It’s not just the sciatica that is a lot more bearable. The neck pain and agonizing back pain are more manageable, sleep is better. Quality of life is much better overall.” – Michael Deutch, Belvedere And here’s someone who’s COMING BACK: “I’m in the process of working out moving back to Marin, for at least six months, just so I can be adjusted. I have not, in my adult life, felt as unencumbered as when I was seeing Dr. Harte, after only 3 weeks. His adjustments are not like adjustments I have experienced from any other chiropractor in gentleness or effectiveness. I’m moving over 2,000 miles just so I can have him finish what he started before I had to relocate in the interest of my career.” – Travis Fleener, Michigan, formerly Marin

Your body is self-regulating and selfhealing. Every part… every cell, tissue, organ and system… is controlled and coordinated by your brain and nervous system. It is a complicated and delicate system. When vertebrae in the spine become misaligned, whether there is pain or not, whether it happened last week or 50 years ago, that control and coordination is compromised… interfered with. No drug will ever fix this interference. (Spinal surgery will make the interference far worse, and permanent.) Gentle, specific chiropractic adjustment (NOT crude manipulation) will correct it, allowing your body to heal, naturally. It’s as simple as that! So, who am I? I am Dr. Harte (D.C.). I’ve been serving Marin and the entire Bay Area since 1981. I was honored as “Chiropractor of the Year” by the World Chiropractic Alliance in 2006 (for my activism in the defense of free speech). I served on their board, as well as the board of the Council on Chiropractic Practice. I’ve had articles published in the Chiropractic Journal, the Journal of the California Chiropractic Association, OMNI Magazine, North Bay Biz, Marin IJ and the SF Chronicle. Here’s what some of your neighbors say: “I’ve had multiple back surgeries, the last one two years ago which included fusion at L5/S1. Around last October, the sciatica the ortho said would be fixed was worse than before the surgery. I’d seen Dr Harte’s ads in the IJ many times, I’ve lived in Marin county for almost 20 years, but always figured chiropractic could not help people who have had fusion. But this time the ad was different or at least different from what I remembered. This time it said to not give up on chiropractic just because we’ve had surgery. I called and

My AMAZING OFFER: (I do mean “Amazing.” The regular fee, $770, is crazy-cheap for the value you’ll receive.) Call me by Tuesday, Sept. 24th, and you’ll get my examination, three (3) neurological scans, X-rays, and Report of Findings, for only $170. 415/460-6527. You get to save $600!

I am at 21 Tamal Vista in Corte Madera, down the street from the DMV. My office is warm and friendly. I’m open most evenings until 10. And you can call me with any questions. 460-6527. “I will help you.” PS: HARDER AND HARDER TO STAND AND WALK, WITHOUT FALLING? You know that all you M.D. has for this is…a walker. I work on liberating your brain and nervous system, which is responsible for balance and coordination, allowing you to heal. Who are you gonna call? * It seems that there are “comedians” on staff at the chiropractic board, who think that you will think that, if you bring your child here, he or she will be guaranteed to get a Ph.D. by 22. I am supposed to tell you not to expect that.

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“The doctor who never cured anyone?”

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Letters

Brick-a-Bake

As an inspiration for her sandwiches, I hope Ms. Underwood looks to the pre–made mini–baguettes at the Rustic Bakery in Novato (“Rising Loafer,” Sept. 4). Not only are they less expensive than sandwiches made–to–order, their presence serves to move the line at Rustic quickly. Rustic’s open–face, Scandinavian– style sandwiches can serve as an inspiration, too, especially for people who don’t want so much bread, but want it to be superb—as Brickmaiden certainly is. Sarah Cameron Lerer, via Pacificsun.com

Pre-made baguettes at Rustic Bakery get a shout-out in this week’s Letters.

Brickmaiden is a treat every person in Marin should enjoy, often. Eric Eides, via Facebook.com

Springs,” Aug. 14). Great to see you there every year! The Desert Yeti, via Pacificsun.com

SpringTo It

To Die For

As a fellow resident of Uranium Springs and member of a Gang Called Turbulence, I couldn’t agree more (“I Left My Heart in Uranium

Wow, she’s so beautiful (“A Guide to ‘Dying Well,’” Sept. 4). AlejandroMS, via Pacificsun.com

Correction: Longtime Pac Sun reader Skip Lacaze sent us a friendly note that the nude beach in Stinson is called Red Rock Beach, not Red Rocks Beach (“Stinson Beach Ahoy,” Sept. 4). Thanks, Skip!

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INTRODUCING

MarinHealth

Changing the nature of healthcare in the North Bay The beautiful North Bay, with its mountains, beaches, vineyards, and valleys, has always attracted those who value health and wellness. Now, with the launch of MarinHealth, our community has access to healthcare resources that support that ideal more than ever before. MarinHealth is your gateway to collaborative, comprehensive medical services, from wellness and prevention to diagnosis to advanced therapies and beyond. MarinHealth Medical Center – Formerly Marin General Hospital, this trusted community hospital offers innovative treatments and technologies. MarinHealth Medical Network – Formerly Prima Medical Foundation, this network represents expert primary and specialty care providers who previously practiced under Prima Medical Foundation and Marin Healthcare District Health Centers. Now, under the MarinHealth banner, they continue to practice in their same convenient locations. MarinHealth Foundation – Formerly Marin General Hospital Foundation, this fundraising organization supports the operation and expansion of our healthcare resources.

Together, we’re thrilled to provide our community with a one-of-a-kind Healing Place.

Learn more at www.MyMarinHealth.org

“MarinHealth” and the MarinHealth logo are servicemarks of Marin General Hospital and used by its afﬁliates pursuant to licensing arrangements.

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Heroes &Zeroes By Nikki Silverstein

Fur trapping in California is dead. Gone are the cruel steel–jawed leghold traps, padded–jaw leghold traps, conibear traps and snares. The Wildlife Protection Act of 2019, which bans all fur trapping for animal pelts, was signed into law last week. Bravo to Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers for making California the first state in the country to prohibit commercial or recreational trapping on both public and private lands. Trapping and the fur trade were once a lucrative part of the state’s economy. About a century ago there were 5,000 trappers and they helped decimate the wolf and wolverine population in the state, and we can blame them for the decline of sea otters, fishers, martens and beaver, too. (You don’t want to know how they killed them.) However, the number of trappers and fur dealers has decreased significantly over the years. Last week’s anti-trapping law put about 68 trappers out of business in California. The new law spares the lives of mink, grey fox, coyote, beaver, badger and other fur–bearing animals whose pelts often end up in foreign markets. State legislators are now considering prohibiting the sale of all fur products, including fur coats. Long live the furry animals! A fast–moving bank robber on a bicycle escaped the clutches of police last Saturday morning. At about 10am the suspect entered the Wells Fargo on Miller Avenue in Mill Valley and handed a teller a note demanding money, while assuring the teller no one would be hurt. Law enforcement arrived within two minutes of the robbery-in-progress call, but the swift cyclist had pedaled away without delay. Police searched the area, but the bandi vanished. Be on the lookout for an Asian male last seen wearing a black San Francisco Giants hat, a black windbreaker jacket and black sunglasses. His escape vehicle is a red mountain bike lacking markings. If you have info on the case, call 415.389.4100. Got a Hero or a Zero? Please send submissions to nikki_silverstein@yahoo.com. Toss roses, hurl stones with more Heroes and Zeros at ›› pacificsun.com

Upfront Is your iPhone giving you insomnia, cancer and a general case of the willies?

Divisive Data? As North Bay prepares for new tech, health risks associated with 5G linked to Russian shenanigans. By Chris Rooney

he timing couldn’t be any better for 5G technology to appear on the scene. Not because the fifth generation (hence, 5G) of mobile networking will connect people with each other—and all of their gizmos and gadgets— faster and better than ever before. That’s certainly cool, even for the multitude of us who will never understand how it all works. No, the beauty in 5G’s timing is that it’s

scary. It’s a Shiny New Thing for our already–-frightening times. Let me explain. Joe McCarthy’s Red Scare educated a nation in paranoia. Watergate taught Americans that even our highest– ranking leaders couldn’t be trusted. And now, we live in a golden age of not being able to trust anyone or anything. Electronic devices eagerly divulge our personal info to the likes of Amazon, Facebook and Russian hackers. In–home devices

with sultry voices (Alexa and Siri) listen to our personal conversations and pass the gory details along to who-knows-where. Beyond data breaches and techno-spying, though, are growing fears that tech advances come with big health risks. In the era of “fake news”—borne of a Sharpieclutching president who thrives on conspiracy theories—public trust in supposedly trustworthy sources is at an all-time low, and public

dismissed the concerns and called it dumb science, which is another way of saying “fake news.” With that in mind: Are there genuine health risks associated with 5G? The Russians want you to think so. Tom Wheeler, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission from 2013 to 2017, recently presented a paper on the topic. Wheeler’s with the Brookings Institute these days and his paper lays down the history of litigation around claims of health risks that have been a part of the cell–phone revolution since the outset. Lawsuits alleging adverse health effects from mobile phone exposure have been rejected by the courts under the so-called “junk science” standard. The Food and Drug Administration’s analysis of the debate echoes the conclusions reached by numerous courts that have adjudicated the matter: “The majority of studies published have failed to show an association between exposure to radiofrequency from a cell phone and health problems.” According to a well-traveled New York Times story from last year that’s cited by Wheeler in his Brookings blog, the Russians are now trying to confuse matters: “Now, the Russian disinformation campaign has embraced this as a means of further sowing dissent in our nation.” Wheeler argues that “RT America—the Kremlin’s principal propaganda outlet in this country—has been describing 5G as a Dangerous Experiment on Humanity and warning of adverse health consequences. RT America has been alarming its viewers with warnings of “it might kill you.” Wheeler was unavailable for further comment, says a Brookings spokesperson. While the Russians reportedly spread fear, American scientists struggle to dispel falsehoods about 5G—or at least conduct research that puts health risk into context without being charged with being a shill for the Telecom industry. Dr. Steven Novella is founder and executive director of the Science-Based Medicine blog. He’s an academic clinical neurologist at the Yale University School of Medicine, an author and host of The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe podcast.

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Novella highlights the promise of 5G—faster communication, decreased lagtimes—as he argues that the health-impact controversy over 5G’s risks are a question of context.

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The professor recently offered an online explainer on 5G’s potential versus its threats. He did not respond to requests for further comment. “Imagine if a new technology was being proposed that would provide a substantial convenience, to the point that most people would use it in one form or another, and our economic infrastructure would be reshaped around this new technology. However, the technology involves some risk and scientists estimate that 50,000 people in the U.S. would die each year as a consequence of its widespread use. There is even risk to people who do not use the technology. With optimized safety measures and regulations we could get this number down to 35,000 or so. Would the new technology be worth the risk?” Novella wasn’t talking about 5G. He was talking about cars. “In 2017 in the U.S. 37,000 people were killed in automobile accidents. The point is that we accept some risk along with the convenience of some modern technologies. This context is important as we consider adopting new technologies. Nothing is without risk, and the best we can do is minimize risk, and consider the overall risk–to–benefit ratio of any new technology. Demanding zero risk, however, is unrealistic and will likely cause more harm than it prevents,” he writes. Novella highlights the promise of 5G—faster communication, decreased lagtimes—as he argues that the health–impact controversy over 5G’s risks are a question of context. “There is some controversy about the science itself,” he writes,

“but mainly opinions vary in terms of how to interpret the implications of that risk.” He calls for further research into the issue of EMF exposure, given that “the only proven biological effect of exposure to EMF, even at 5G frequencies, is slight tissue heating. There are many other effects hinted at in the research, but none have been reliably replicated and therefore are not established. Further, many of the biological effects are simply looking at changes in markers of biological activity.” Novell’s point is that anti-5G research efforts to date “don’t show actual hazard, just the potential for hazard if we make a chain of assumptions about what the markers mean.” He’s calling for more research even as he drills down on the “speculative hazards” associated with the 5G rollout. “The majority of scientists, including organizations and regulatory bodies like the National Cancer Institute, the FDA, and the EPA, look at this research and conclude that the hazard is minimal and the current safety limits are adequate. But some scientists have looked at this same data and come to a different conclusion, emphasizing extreme caution. The bottom line is that the consensus is that there isn’t much potential hazard from 5G, but there is a lot of speculative hazard that is driving a lot of the media concern. We do need to continue to do research, as the technology changes, so this will be an evolving area that does need monitoring. “But at present there does not appear to be a reason to ban the technology.” Y

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paranoia on a range of hot-button issues (vaccinations, for example) is the order of the day. Pythagoras and Aristotle must be spinning in their graves—or at least texting about reports of Russian hackers ginning up health risks of 5G to further divide Americans. A quick spin through the history of 5G: It’s the fifth generation of mobile networks—1G gave you analog voice service via old–timey cell phones; 2G upped the ante to digital service, making it fancier and more reliable; 3G allowed for access to mobile data (streaming, email); while 4G provides for a portable internet to accompany cell service. Provided it bypasses growing opposition to purported health risks (see Feature, pg 9), 5G will provide new levels of performance and efficiency to all mobile broadband services—and supposedly for cheaper rates (we’ll see about that). Proponents and lobbyists compare the advent of 5G to innovations like the automobile and electricity. The same people also say once 5G is embraced globally (by 2035) it will potentially produce up to $12 trillion worth of goods and services and create some 20 million jobs. That’s the job of proponents and lobbyists— someone probably said similar things about 8–track players back in the day. It doesn’t help that we live in strange times, or that President Donald Trump attempts to turn back every Obama-created plan to protect Americans from dirty water and air. Trump lifts bans on menacing chemicals. He champions asbestos. He rejected climate change as a hoax, and coddled the coal industry. The list is sort of endless, and 5G naysayers make at least one credible point: The government surely isn’t going to look out for their health and safety. Not this government, anyway. Government brush-offs of health concerns are nothing new. Pacific Gas & Electric’s (PG&E) SmartMeters were supposed to improve the utilities’ ability to collect data, but some Californians complained of headaches and other maladies when meters were installed. The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), historically a rubber-stamp for PG&E interests in Sacramento, negated those complaints as delicately as a bulldozer. They

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Flashback 50 Years Ago THIS

On the muggy days of last weekend, the most sensible course was to take your clothes off. At least that is how several dozen people near Muir Beach, Stinson Beach and the Kent Lake spillway viewed WEEK the situation. The law thought otherwise and 26 of the nudes were busted. There has been skinny-dipping and nude sunbathing at all these spots throughout the summer. But last weekend sheriff's deputies decided things were getting out of hand. —Newsgram, 9/10/69

40Years Ago THIS

Behind the bearded face of Francis Coppola was a man weary of five years of struggling to get the epic $31 million movie, Apocalypse Now, to the screen. As he began answering questions from the part of the WEEK press corps that as recently as May he called “the most decadent, lying, deceitful, corrupt press in the world,” his uneasiness might have been attributed to the fact that these same journalists would soon be judging his film and, in a sense, the five years of his life it took to make it. Coppola had already weathered a typhoon in the Philippines; the heart attack of one star, the firing of another; unwarranted blasts from the media whom he accused in his vitriolic attack of reviewing the picture without seeing it completed; and a very frank recently published journal by his wife, Eleanor, detailing the shoot and including an accusation that he had at one point “become Kurtz” (played by Marlon Brando in the film), the obsessed Green Beret colonel who created his own kingdom in the jungle. When I ventured to ask Coppola, “How did the making of Apocalypse change you as an artist and a person?” he was uncharacteristically flip. “It changed me in that now I'm done with easy, predictable projects and I'll look forward to some really difficult stuff,” he cracked. —Mal Karman, 9/7/79

30 Years Ago THIS WEEK

Of course, the really important question for those of us without car phones is: are we going to be rear-ended by some button-down twit who's wheeling and dealing instead of driving?

Possibly. According to the California Highway Patrol, since February Marin has been the scene of two rear-enders in which the offending driver was known to be talking on a car phone. Obviously the same thing can happen when a driver is attaching false eyelashes, changing tapes or eating cereal—to name but a few of the more common driver distractions. In defense of cellular phones, CHP officer Don Gappa of the San Francisco office says mobile phone users are good about reporting crashes—not necessarily their own—which expedites the process of getting help to accident victims. —Joy Zimmerman, 9/8/89

20 Years Ago THIS

The other day Steve Jobs announced that the latest Mac computer, the G4, will be almost three times faster than the fastest Pentium WEEK computer currently on the market; and it will be capable of making an astounding 4 billion calculations per second. I'm all for progress, but the way I see it, any neighbor of mine who needs 4 billion calculations per second to keep his or her life running smoothly is up to no good…. If you think I'm exaggerating about possible dangers, consider this: Apple has been contacted by federal authorities who want to ban the G4's export to "many sensitive countries" because of its supercomputer level of performance, which is normally reserved for industries like the ones that conduct national defense and global weather forecasting. If these supercomputers are too dangerous to be sold to half the world, do we really want them in the hands of alienated 14-year-olds and people who think Jessie Ventura should be president? —Stan Sinberg, 9/8/99

—Compiled by Alex T. Randolph

North Bay activists warn of serious health impacts associated with 5G devices By Stephanie Hiller Opponents of the technology believe 5G can mess with your DNA—or worse.

he radio antennas poised to spring up on poles around the North Bay may look innocuous, but are they really? A debate over the fifth generation of wireless cellular technology—known as 5G—ensues while deployment begins across the region. As residents and elected officials ask questions about the potential health impacts the wireless transmitter proliferation brings with it, some localities debate bans on the new hardware. However, recent FCC rulings designed to ease the way for 5G (under the rubric of National Security) give municipal governments little ability to restrict the new–and–controversial additions to the physical landscape.

At issue are the small devices affixed to light poles or other vertical spots surrounding homes, offices and public spaces. Champions stress the benefits a speedier backbone for data-enabled objects will bring. Everything from color–shifting light bulbs and eco–friendly thermostats to card swipers used by yoga instructors and dog walkers will perform with less digital lagtime. Critics decry small–cell ubiquity as a bath of invisible, cancer-causing radio waves penetrating soft human tissues—and decry the absence of local control over the 5G juggernaut now afoot. Resistance to the small–cell rollout is growing. In early 2018, Santa Rosa was forced to walk back a 2017 agreement that would have

allowed Verizon to improve its network by installing 72 antennas on wooden power poles and streetlights around the city. City councils in San Anselmo, Mill Valley, Ross, San Rafael, Petaluma, Sebastopol and the City of Sonoma all tried to get in front of the issue with ordinances limiting where the devices could be placed. Last September the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted new regulations to remove barriers to 5G deployment, exempting installation from environmental review, a move that prompted the backlash. The city of Fairfax and the County of Marin joined more than 25 West Coast cities in legal actions to challenge the FCC’s preemption. The court challenges bore some fruit.

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Sleeper Cells

Last month, Oklahoma’s United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians won an order overruling the FCC’s attempt to prevent local environmental and historical reviews. Members of the Sebastopol-based EMF Safety Network, founded by Sebastopol artist Sandi Maurer, recently marched through downtown San Rafael to bring visibility to the issue. There’s a robust and regional grassroots letter–writing campaign to put the kibosh on 5G, and numerous local governments have weighed in with hearings and ordinances pegged at the health concerns. The drive by “Big Telecom” to expand its wireless data capacity is not going as smoothly as it may have hoped in the communities north of the Golden Gate. 5G is quite different than the generations that preceded it. It uses a different type of microwave, with a much higher frequency that enables faster transmission of information and optimizes new autonomous gadgets that talk to one another. The connective infrastructure of the so-called Internet of Things that raised concerns across the North Bay centers largely on the antennae that need to be deployed by the thousands for 5G to work. Owing to 5G’s wavelength, which is shorter and more powerful than its predecessors, the network requires that many radio broadcasting devices be installed—and that they’re located close to one another. Epidemiologist Devra Davis is the director of the environmental think tank Environmental Health Trust. She’s written that 5G tech has the power to disrupt the flight patterns of bees and birds, and could also disrupt aircraft navigation. CBS news reported last May that the tech could interfere with weather forecasting. 5G is not simply a new generation of cell technology. It employs a powerful wavelength in the radio spectrum—higher frequency non– ionizing microwaves—to transmit the ever–growing volumes of data received and generated on smart devices. Promoted by the industry as being a hundred times faster than 4G, it will allow, for example, videos to be downloaded in seconds. These so called “millimeter waves” are more powerful and shorter in length than current cell technology. The 5G system planned for the region requires many more cell towers closer together, including in residential areas. Some 13 million towers would be needed nationwide, according to a recent report done by Google for the »10 Department of Defense. “Ten

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cities are now online,” says Verizon spokeswoman Heidi Flato. “We hope to have 30 by the end of the year.” There’s lots of competition for the 5G business, she adds, with companies such as T-Mobile and AT&T pushing 5G plans of their own. “There's definitely a race to 5G,” Flato says. “Verizon is ahead of its competitors and eager to deploy this technology.” Small–cell towers are showing up cities and towns that are not yet “live.” North Bay residents concerned about what they describe as negative health impacts of the new technology have pushed back against the proposed rollout. Some 40 people showed up at the Sonoma City Planning Commission meeting on July 11 to oppose Verizon’s proposed installation of three towers in the city’s commercial hub. Many, but not all, say they suffer from Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity (EHS). For them, health is the primary concern. The Planning Commissioners says their hands are tied because of FCC regulations, dating back to 1996, that deny municipalities jurisdiction over the towers. Cities can only make decisions regarding the design of the cell towers, nothing more. “There is no doubt that 5G will affect health,” says Dafna Tachover, citing the results of a $25 million study undertaken by the National Toxicology Program in 2017, which found a link between cumulative exposure to electromagnetic radiation and two rare types of brain cancer and DNA breaks. Tachover was the Director of Information Technology for the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) when she says she developed symptoms of electromagnetic sensitivity. This month she delivered her three–hour lecture in Sonoma, Napa and Santa Rosa, explaining the research that continues to implicate wireless as the cause of her illness. Her City of Sonoma talk took place in a classroom at Vintage Senior Center with the fluorescent lights turned off, where she reeled off references to numerous scientific studies claiming 5G has significant health effects. A study published two decades ago by the National Toxicology Program (NPT) found that the effects of radiation exposure are cumulative. Researchers at NPT found long–time wireless users may develop headaches, fatigue, anxiety, insomnia and brain

cancer when exposed to wireless vibrations. EHS is now established as a disability by the nonprofit American Association of People with Disabilities. In Santa Rosa, installation of the new towers was already in process before residents took note. Like other municipalities around the North Bay, city officials’ hands are tied when it comes to the FCC’s recent rulings. Gabe Osburn, the deputy director of development services for Santa Rosa, explains that the city only has jurisdiction over poles in the public right of way—namely, streetlights. “The council gave us the authority to approve installation on a pole–by–pole basis,” he says. But the wooden poles are not in their jurisdiction. Verizon proposed 72 poles for Santa Rosa. It contracted with the owners of the wooden poles, PG&E, and began installing cell towers in residential areas around town. The city held two public meetings and halted streetlight deployment while officials figure out their next step. Other North Bay cities have taken action in an effort to assuage residents’ concerns. Mill Valley, Belvedere, Sonoma, Sebastopol, Petaluma, San Rafael, San Anselmo, and Fairfax have revised their telecommunications ordinances in an attempt to regulate the placement of the new towers, as did the Marin Board of Supervisors. These ordinances mainly regulate where cell towers may be installed and how close to one another they can be placed. Petaluma’s ordinance is the strongest in the North Bay. It prohibits small–cell installation on city–owned poles, allows towers on electrical utility poles only in mixed–use commercial zones, (not in residential areas) and decrees a 1,500foot setback from any two towers. Assistant city attorney Lisa Tannenbaum says Petaluma sought to incorporate citizens’ concerns within the recently amended guidelines set by the FCC last spring. “The industry claims that the guidelines give them more freedom,” she says, “but a suit in the 9th Circuit Court claims that the location of poles is beyond the jurisdiction of FCC. The FCC is responsible for regulating communications.” Resolution of this suit is expected by the end of the year. San Jose and New York have sued the FCC to demand the amended guidelines be repealed. “But even if those contested guidelines go into effect as written,” says Tannenbaum, “we believe we are still compliant.”

Appeals acknowledges the FCC does not control local infrastructure, that could support the fight for local control. In the meantime, the FCC’s attempt to usurp local control prompted legislation to restore municipal authority by Sen. Diane Feinstein (S. 2012) and U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo (HR. 530). North Coast Congressman Jared Huffman is a co-signer on Eshoo's bill. He says that while he’s “agnostic” on 5G and purported health issues associated with it, his emphasis is on localism and over-reach by the federal government on this issue. “I don't like the idea of the federal government— and especially this administration, which consistently shills for big business— running roughshod over our communities. I trust my local government to do its job.” Verizon hasn’t begun the big push for 5G antenna in the North Bay—at least not yet, says company spokeswoman Heidi Flato, “We have not announced 5G launch for the North Bay yet,” she says. The small cells installed so far aren’t a signal that 5G has arrived, only that it will: They “pave the pathway for 5G,” she says. Verizon’s working now to densify its 4G LTE network, she adds. “There's been a dramatic increase in data usage. If you think of cell network as a highway, commuter lanes jam up at certain times of the day.” Small cells add more capacity, she says, as if you were adding more lanes to a highway. “People are using data–rich applications such as video streaming. Small cells will allow more people to do more things.” Flato didn’t address health concerns raised by activists about 5G, and directed inquiries on that subject to the Wireless Industry Association website https://www. wirelesshealthfacts.com/ Activists vow to keep up the fight. Anti–5G Novato attorney Harry Lehman notes, “If cities have the courage, they can stop this.” “It's now established that this radiation is carcinogenic and harmful to health,” he says. “Cities that go along with the industry people are in direct conflict with their civic responsibilities.” Stephanie Hiller has written on 5G health issues in her capacity as a columnist for the Sonoma County Gazette. Pacific Sun editors contributed to this article.

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In California, Hillsborough, Piedmont and Danville banned 5G. They’re being sued by Verizon. In Sebastopol, Verizon yielded to citizen pressure and withdrew its applications for two new towers, thanks in part to the actions of the EMF Safety Network, a local nonprofit. EMF Safety Network director Sandi Maurer says she began experiencing EHS symptoms in 2006. Finding no explanation for her discomfort, she called on Michael Neuwert, a local electrician who started researching the health effects of electromagnetism exposure in the 1980s. He came to her house to examine the wiring. “When he shut off the breakers, I immediately began to feel better.” Maurer set out to learn all she could about the effects of EMF. In 2007, the Sebastopol City Council took up a popular proposal to provide free WiFi. Maurer began going to meetings. Despite her opposition, the council unanimously approved contracts to provide free WiFi but flip-flopped two months later and rescinded the contracts. Maurer was more successful in her fight for an opt-out from smart meter installation, which also uses a pulsed–wireless technology. Now her organization is petitioning the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors to block 5G. Sebastopol activist Rebecca Godbe-Tipp reports the supervisors “told us no one has complained about the cell towers.” There are no applications in the unincorporated areas yet. “People say nothing can be done at the local level, but people really do have power. The science is already there, and we have a right to a safe community,” Maurer says. In last year’s updated guidelines, the FCC ruled 5G towers would not be subject to two kinds of previously required review under the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) and environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). No public hearings were required. In April, the California Court of Appeal cited the section of the 1996 law prohibiting towers in the public right of way if they “incommode” public use. The towers may be disallowed if they “generate noise, cause negative health consequences or create safety concerns. All these impacts could disturb public road use, or disturb quiet enjoyment.” If the Ninth Circuit Court of

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THE WEEK’S EVENTS: A SELECTIVE GUIDE

FAIRFAX Pedal Legends

The upcoming Mountain Bike Hall of Fame Induction Weekend welcomes new Hall of Fame inductees into the rank of bicycling’s best. This year’s four inductees are Marin–native and downhill mountain biking superstar Myles Rockwell, off–road champion Rebecca Rusch, free–ride mountain bike pioneer Derek Westerlund and mountain bike designer Tim Neenan. The weekend includes a Friday night reception, a Saturday morning ride around Mt. Tam and Saturday evening ceremony. Sept. 13–14, at the Marin Museum of Bicycling, 1966 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Fairfax. Fri, 6:30pm; Sat, 9am and 5:30pm. $40–$125. 415.450.8000.

Old-fashioned Americana star Margo Cilker performs on Friday Sept. 13, at Papermill Creek Saloon in Forest Knolls. See clubs & venues, pg 20.

SAUSALITO We All Float

After a one–year hiatus, the Sausalito Floating Homes Tour and open house is back to give visitors the opportunity to peek inside the on–the–water community on the Bay. The self–paced tour features 15 floating homes ranging in styles, with the homeowners on hand to show groups around. The day also includes a lively picnic featuring exhibits by local artists, free live music and food and drinks for purchase. Pre-paid registration is required for the tour, which takes place Saturday, Sept. 14, at Kappas Marina Green, Gate 6 Rd, Sausalito. 11am to 4pm. $50. Floatinghomes.org.

SAUSALITO Picture This

Marin County landscape painters Chris Adessa and Thomas Wood often use their work to support nature–conservation organizations, including the Point Reyes National Parks Association and the Marin Agricultural Land Trust. The artists display their large–scale paintings, depicting the Marin County Parks and Open Space Preserves that inspire them, in the exhibit, “The Bigger Picture: A Brush with Nature.” The show, which benefits the Open Space and Parks Fund of the Marin Community Foundation, gets an artist reception on Saturday, Sept. 14, at Bay Model Exhibition Hall, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 1pm to 3pm. Free. thebiggerpictureartshow.org.

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The Marin Symphony’s 68th season offers an expanded Pops concert programming under new principal Pops conductor Stuart Chafetz, a long–time orchestral timpanist and conductor who lives in Marin and works across the country. Chafetz takes the podium for the Marin Symphony Pops season opener “Cirque de la Symphonie,” in which a selection of classical works are paired with aerialists and acrobats who tumble and dance the night away for a dazzling performance on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 14 and 15, at Marin Center Veteran’s Auditorium, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael. Sat, 7pm; Sun, 3pm. $20–$85. marinsymphony.org. Tamsin Avra

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ARTS

Fall Into Art Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival offers timely exhibits, traditional fun By Charlie Swanson

or over 60 years, Marin art lovers have welcomed autumn with the Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival, recently named “Best Festival” by readers of the Pacific Sun, and returning to the redwood groves of Old Mill Park Sept. 14–15, with over 100 artists on hand and entertainment for all ages. “It’s unprecedented to have an

art festival in a redwood grove,” says Erma Murphy, artist liaison for the festival. “It has a magical feel to it.” In addition to time-honored art and community engagement, this year’s festival centers around a special presentation, “Green Change: Artists Consider Our Climate Crisis,” which features works from contemporary artists in collaboration with Green Change, a

grassroots environmental network founded by Marin-based artist and innovator Fabrice Florin. “Up until three years ago, we didn’t have a special presentation⁠—it was something we wanted to do, to highlight different people in the community we’d like to expose to a large audience,” says Murphy, who approached Florin and Green Change about this year’s special show. Florin

The Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival takes place Saturday and Sunday, Sep 14–15, at Old Mill Park, downtown Mill Valley. 10am to 5pm both days, $8–$12; free for students and teachers. mvfaf.org.

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Artistic wonders of all kinds are on display among the redwoods of Old Mill Park this weekend.

opted to collaborate with other environmentally astute artists for an interactive display of work. “Seeing as it’s a very timely subject, and we are on the cusp of needing to make a change, it was good timing,” Murphy says. Florin tapped fellow Marin artist Al Grumet to curate the presentation, and in addition to eye-opening exhibits such as Tess Felix’s portraits assembled from plastic debris and Ann Dodge’s sculpted figures made from post-consumer waste, Green Change activities include making seed balls with wildflower seeds and soil, making origami houses with LED light fixtures and other interactive games and art projects. “We want to teach, through art, what people can do to help the environment,” Murphy says. In conjunction with focusing on climate art, the festival is decreasing its own carbon footprint, offering discount ticket prices for attendees who ride their bikes to Old Mill Park and providing shuttles for others. “We want to encourage people to get to the festival in more sustainable ways,” Murphy says. For the first time in its long history, the festival now also offers free tickets to students and teachers with IDs. “We want to make the festival accessible to as many people as possible,” Murphy says. The two-day art affair features more than 100 exhibiting art booths, though Murphy points out competition to get into the fest is fierce. “Every year we get about 400 applications from all over the country and the world,” she says. The weekend also includes live music from the likes of the Reed Fromer Band and Lorin Rowan, children’s entertainment such as puppeteers and storytellers, food booths sponsored by local nonprofits and more. “It’s the inauguration of the fall season and it feels like a reunion when you see people you haven’t seen in a while,” Murphy says. “The feeling of community that happens under the redwoods is iconic.”

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North Bay country band Well Known Strangers tell all in ‘TMI.’

MUSIC

Strangers No More Well Known Strangers get personal on new album By Charlie Swanson

orth Bay bluegrass music fans likely know the name Hellman. It was Warren Hellman who founded the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in San Francisco, and his son Mick Hellman and the family who continue to run it. In addition, the Hellman musical family boasts bands and artists like Mick’s daughter Avery Hellman (Ismay) and the group the Well Known Strangers, formed by Mick and his other daughter Olivia Hellman. “The original idea was to back up my daughters and help them spread their wings musically,” says Mick Hellman. The Well Known Strangers first started as a barroom-ready country

rock band. “Our favorite thing was playing these kind of rowdy songs,” says Hellman, who plays drums in the group. “We had a term for this, which was brutal country.” After releasing a self-titled EP of mostly covers, the Strangers broadened their scope, both musically and thematically, for their upcoming LP, TMI, which gets a record release party on Sunday, Sep 15, at Sweetwater Music Hall in Mill Valley. The album features an array of Americana tunes, largely written by Olivia and the band, that gets personal quickly. The title track, a stomping blues-tinged number, is Olivia’s response to all the things men tell her when they’re drunk. The song “Look Me in the Eye” is a

Generation X-inspired dirge about political disenfranchisement and frustration, and the album’s final track, “A Song For My Daughter,” is a letter from Mick penned to Olivia in the wake of a family tragedy. Despite the heavy theme, TMI is still a raucous and exuberant album that keeps a rough-around-theedges vibe while also offering robust harmonies and a newly developed tenderness in the music. Shortly after recording the album, Olivia moved to Nashville to further pursue her career, and Amber Morris, who appears on TMI as a guest vocalist, now fronts the band when they play live. Even without his daughter, Hellman says the group is staying together

because the group’s chemistry and camaraderie is strong. “What we are talking about at the album-release party is honoring the discontinuity that happened between losing Olivia and gaining Amber, to put the album in the context of the changes that are being made,” says Hellman. “And to celebrate the new material we are working on with Amber, where the focus instead of the brutal country vibe is more country soul.” Well Known Strangers perform on Sunday Sep 15, at Sweetwater Music Hall (19 Corte Madera Ave., Mill Valley. 6pm. Free. 415.388.3850) and Sunday, Oct 20, at Twin Oaks Roadhouse (5745 Old Redwood Hwy, Penngrove. 3pm. $10-$25. 707.795.5118).

FILM

Clowning Around Old horrors resurface in ‘It: Chapter Two’ By Richard von Busack

tephen King once described the film version of Cujo (1981) as “a big, dumb Sonny Liston of a movie.” He was referring to a mid-20th century boxer: disreputable, graceless, but an unstoppable puncher. To which boxer would one compare It: Chapter 2? Some middle-weight who lands the occasional powerful sucker punch, but who mostly just sways around the ring until the bell is rung. Andy Muschietti’s It: Chapter 2 is a textbook “getting the band back together” movie. Twenty-seven years

later, we re-meet the Loser’s Club, that group of small-town rejects who sent Pennywise the Dancing Clown back to hell in 1989. As children, they swore a blood oath to return if the monster ever revived. Now, the six are recalled to action by Mike (Isaiah Mustafa). Mike stayed put at the hellmouth in Derry, Maine, living above the public library and studying the multi-formed horror (Bill Skarsgard). The grown-up Losers all have serious worldly success. Derry, Maine, gives them a recovered-memory effect. Like the town where you went to college,

the farther you get away from it, the more you forget why you left it in the first place. But what should arrive as slowly gathering evil instead arrives with the inevitability of a mandatory sequel. In the first It, Pennywise was more than just a bad clown; like Moby Dick, he was a mask some unknowable, pure evil glared through. And now we know what’s behind the mask, and the explanation is dissatisfying. Some of it works. The creatures are fun, thrust rapidly into the camera and shaken like the props in a carnival’s dark ride. Someone will, and maybe

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The Loser’s Club, who defeated Pennywise in the first ‘It,’ are all grown up for the sequel.

should, pick apart the Jade of the Orient restaurant scene as a racist joke about the weirdness of Asian food. But there’s something to be said for the shock of all that blazing-green neon, and the way a banquet turns into a Hieronymus Bosch painting. Far better is Joan Gregson as Mrs. Kersh, a longtime resident of Derry whom Jessica Chastain’s Beverly interrogates. Gregson is the best part of the movie. An old lady with a rictus of a smile and a peekaboo of ulcerated skin visible through a gap in her house dress, it’s easy to see why she dominated It: Chapter 2’s previews. She torments the molested Bev with loaded words: “I was always Daddy’s little girl”—it’s almost scarier than the yelp-inducing punchline. In a later scene, a leper-beast in a basement looks like Iggy Pop with a giant, prosthetic tongue. Less effective is a severed head that sprouts jointed crab legs and walks off—more horrifying in John Carpenter's The Thing (1982), maybe this monster appears here as a reference to the underwhelming origin story of the killer clown. There’s an anecdote about Greta Garbo being disappointed by the ending of Beauty and the Beast (1946) and saying, “Give me back my beast.” One wants the Losers back. The kids grew up into successes, the opposite of the way it usually works after childhood trauma. Ben, the fat kid (Jeremy Ray Taylor), grew up to be muscular, and now apparently owns a yacht. Yesterday’s wiseass Richie (Finn Wolfhard), now played by Bill Hader, is an immediately recognizable TV comedian—unhappy, but successful. James McAvoy’s Bill is horror-novelwriter surrogate for Stephen King. The distracted Chastain doesn’t seem at all reminiscent of who Sophia Lillis’ teenage Bev would grow up to be. In flashbacks, Lillis is very touching, and few things in It: Chapter 2 bear as much horror as the scene where Bev’s father perfumes her with an atomizer before doing whatever it is he does next. The scene has a Blue Velvet vibe. Give It: Chapter 2 credit for suggesting the monster rejoices at anti-gay violence; bad enough that it bites the heads off children, it is also a homophobe. Still, this script needed the attention of someone funny. It’s padded with rock climbing, swampswimming and hand-holding. This creature is not just one of sudden violence, but of blocked drains, sewers and puke-fountains. It: Chapter 2 illustrates a King technique; if it can’t work the levers of terror or horror, it goes for the gross-out. Y

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Movies

• New Movies This Week • By Matthew Stafford

Friday September 13-Thursday September 19 Ad Astra (2:04) Pensive sci-fi flick stars Brad Pitt as an astronaut searching the solar system for his missing father. Angel Has Fallen (1:54) Rogue secret service agent Gerard Butler dodges feds and fiends to stop a presidential assassination; Morgan Freeman is POTUS. Becoming Nobody (1:21) Documentary tribute to counterculture wit/therapist/ spirit guide Ram Dass features illuminating clips and insightful interviews with the man himself. Blinded by the Light (1:54) A down-andout Pakistani teen gets a new lease on life when he discovers the inspirational workingclass poetry of Bruce Springsteen. Chhichhore (2:23) Comedy-dramedy about a troupe of fun-loving hostel-jumping college kids who reunite as wistful grownups. Concerto: A Beethoven Journey (1:33) Documentary focuses on acclaimed pianist Leif Ove Andsnes as he explores Ludwig’s life and work and takes on his five piano concertos. Downton Abbey (1:30) The veddy British cult TV series hits the big screen with the household in a dither over an upcoming visit by King George and Queen Mary their bloomin’ selves! An Elephant Standing Still (3:50) Acclaimed drama about a disparate trio of social outcasts who head to Manchuria in search of oblivion. A Faithful Man (1:15) French romantic comedy about a ménage à trois of escalating proportions; Louis Garrel writes, directs and stars. The Farewell (1:38) Acclaimed comedydrama about an impromptu Chinese wedding staged so its far-flung family can gather around their dying grandmother one last time. Fiddlin’ (1:36) Foot-stompin’ documentary visits the world’s oldest fiddlers’ convention deep in the Appalachian Mountains; luthier extraordinaire Wayne Henderson stars. Free Trip to Egypt (1:38) Documentary follows a Muslim entrepreneur as he crosses the U.S. in search of Islamic-fearing Americans he can break bread with on a free trip to the old country. The Game Changers (1:24) Documentary looks at the physical and sexual benefits of a plant-based diet with insights from Olympian Kendrick James Farris, surfer Tia Blanco and Mr. Arnold Schwarzenegger. The Goldfinch (2:29) Movie version of Donna Tartt’s bestselling novel stars Ansel Elgort as a teen grappling with his mother’s death with the help of a treasured painting. Heat and Sunlight (1:37) Raw, vivid Rob Nilsson drama about a photojournalist’s fraught relationship with his dancer girlfriend. Honeyland (1:25) Award-winning documentary focuses on the last of the Macedonian wild beekeepers. Hustlers (1:50) True tale of a troupe of strippers who took on Wall Street sleazoids; Jennifer Lopez and Constance Wu star. It: Chapter Two (2:49) Pennywise the clown is back and badder than ever, terrorizing the

town of Derry despite the best efforts of… Bill Hader? Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice (1:35) Documentary focuses on the überpopular songstress. Luce (1:49) Sundance fave about an AfricanAmerican honors student whose disquieting essay on political violence raises all sorts of sociopolitical issues. Measure for Measure (2:17) The Royal Shakespeare Company presents the Bard’s edgy dramedy of misplaced virtue, sexual politics and social justice. Northern Lights (1:30) Strikingly evocative look at the nascent U.S. labor movement in WWI-era North Dakota; Rob Nilsson and John Hanson direct. Official Secrets (1:52) True tale of a British intelligence agent who leaked politically incendiary information on the eve of the Iraq invasion; Keira Knightley stars. The Peanut Butter Falcon (1:36) Heartwarming tale of a fugitive from justice and a runaway with Down syndrome who elude the law on a ramble through Georgia’s delta country. Promare (2:00) Hiroyuki Imaishi anime about the epic battle between heroic firefighters and flame-wielding mutants. Rambo: Last Blood (1:29) John Rambo is back and more pissed off than ever, exacting vengeance with his customary panache; Sly Stallone stars, of course. Ready or Not (1:35) A newlywed learns more than she wants to about her new inlaws and their particularly horrific version of hide and seek. Rezo (1:03) Fond tribute to screenwriter/ puppeteer/painter/sculptor Rezo Gabriadze, who overcame Soviet-era censorship to become an international icon; Rezo’s son Leo directs. Rob Zombie’s 3 from Hell (1:20) The scary cineaste presents a blood-soaked three-part horror crime saga replete with sex, violence and naughty language. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (2:16) The first Star Trek movie finds Kirk, Uhura and the rest of the crew grappling with intergalactic flotsam and beholding the cosmos in general. Tintoretto: A Rebel in Venice (1:35) Immersive documentary celebrates the life and work of the great Renaissance painter with stops at the Doge’s Palace, St. Mark’s Square and other evocative landmarks. Unsettled: Seeking Refuge in America (1:21) Documentary follows four LGBTQ refugees from oppressive regimes starting a new life in not-necessarily-friendly San Francisco. Uta-no Prince-sama: Maji Love Kingdom (1:34) The visual-novel anime game-pop superstars hit the big screen for a UtaPri concert love-in! Where’d You Go, Bernadette (1:49) The Maria Semple bestseller hits the big screen with Cate Blanchett as a self-sacrificing mother determined to reclaim her identity; Richard Linklater directs.

Ad Astra (PG-13) Angel Has Fallen (R)

Northgate: Thu 7, 10:05 Rowland: Thu 7, 10:10 Northgate: Fri-Wed 10:35, 1:30, 4:25, 7:30, 10:25 Rowland: FriWed 11:05, 1:55, 4:50, 7:40, 10:35 Rafael: Fri-Sun 4:30; Mon, Wed, Thu 8:15; Tue 6 • Becoming Nobody (NR) Blinded by the Light (PG-13) Regency: Fri-Sat 10:35, 1:25, 4:15, 7:15, 10:05; Sun, Thu 10:35, 1:25, 4:15, 7:15; Mon-Wed 10:35, 1:25, 4:10 Regency: Fri-Sat 11:15, 1:50, 4:25, 7, 9:35; Sun-Thu 11:15, • Brittany Runs a Marathon (R) 1:50, 4:25, 7 Northgate: Fri-Wed 3:30, 9:55 (in Hindi with English subtitles) • Chhichhore (NR) • Concerto: A Beethoven Journey (NR) Lark: Thu 6:30 Dora and the Lost City of Gold (PG) Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:15, 1:50, 4:35, 7:10, 9:50 Downton Abbey (PG) Fairfax: Thu 7 Northgate: Thu 7, 10:10 Playhouse: Thu 7 Regency: Thu 7 Rowland: Thu 7, 9:55 Sequoia: Thu 7 Lark: Sun 3:30; Mon 6:30 • An Elephant Standing Still (NR) Rafael: Fri-Sun 4:15, 6:30; Mon-Thu 6:30 • A Faithful Man (NR) The Farewell (PG) Lark: Fri 10; Mon 4; Tue noon; Wed 8:30 Regency: Fri-Sat 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15; Sun-Wed 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45; Thu 12:15, 2:45 Lark: Fri 2; Sun 10; Tue 8:40 • Fiddlin’ (NR) Lark: Fri noon; Wed 10; Thu 4 • Free Trip to Egypt (NR) Northgate: Mon 10 • The Game Changers (NR) Fairfax: Fri-Sat 11:30, 3, 6:30, 9:40; Sun-Thu 11:30, 3, 6:30 • The Goldfinch (R) Playhouse: Fri 3:30, 6:30, 9:30; Sat 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30; Sun 12:30, 3:30, 6:30; Mon-Thu 3:30, 6:30 Regency: Fri-Sat 12:05, 3:25, 6:45, 10:05; Sun-Thu 12:05, 3:25, 6:45 Rafael: Wed 9 (double bill with Northern Lights; director Rob • Heat and Sunlight (R) Nilsson in person) Honeyland (NR) Rafael: Fri 6, 8; Sat-Sun 2:15, 6, 8; Tue 8 Hustlers (R) Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 7, 9:40; Sat-Sun 11:20, 2, 4:40, 7:20, 10 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:30, 2:15, 5, 7:45, 10:30 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11, 1:40, 4:20, 7, 9:40; Thu 11, 1:40, 4:20, 7:20, 10 It: Chapter Two (R) Northgate: Fri-Wed 10:15, 11:35, 12:50, 2:10, 3:25, 4:30, 5:55, 7:15, 8:30, 9:40 Rowland: Fri-Sun 10:55, 12:30, 2:40, 4:10, 5:20, 6:20, 7:50, 9, 10:10; Mon-Wed 10:55, 12:30, 2:40, 4:10, 6:20, 7:50, 10:10 Sequoia: Fri 3:25, 7, 9:45; Sat 1:20, 3:25, 7, 9:45; Sun 1:20, 3:25, 7; Mon-Wed 3:25, 7; Thu 3:25 Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice (NR) Rafael: Fri 4, 6:15, 8:30; Sat-Sun 1:45, 4, 6:15, 8:30; Mon-Thu 6:15, 8:30 Lark: Fri 9:30; Wed noon; Thu 8:40 • Luce (NR) Maiden (NR) Rafael: Fri, Tue 8:15; Sat-Sun 2:30, 8:15 Margaret Atwood (NR) Lark: Sun 1 Rafael: Mon 7 • Measure for Measure (NR) National Theatre London: Fleabag (PG-13) Lark: Sat 1; Wed 6:30

National Theatre London: The Lehman Trilogy (PG-13) Lark: Sat 3:15 Rafael: Wed 7 (double bill with Heat and Sunlight; director • Northern Lights (PG) Rob Nilsson in person) Regency: Fri-Sat 11:15, 2, 4:45, 7:30, 10:15; Sun-Thu 11:15, • Official Secrets (R) 2, 4:45, 7:30 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 6:30, 9; Sat-Sun 11:30, 3, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood (R) 6:30, 9:10 Northgate: Fri-Wed 10:30, 2:05, 5:45, 9:20 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 7:15, 9:50; Sat-Sun 11:50, The Peanut Butter Falcon (PG-13) 2:20, 4:50, 7:25, 9:55 Regency: Fri-Sat 12:30, 3, 5:30, 8, 10:30; Sun-Thu 12:30, 3, 5:30, 8 Sequoia: Fri 4:55, 7:20, 10:35; Sat 1, 4:55, 7:20, 10:35; Sun 1, 4:55, 7:20; Mon-Wed 4:55, 7:20; Thu 4:20 Northgate: Tue 7 (dubbed in English); Thu 7 (in Japanese Promare (PG-13) with English subtitles) Northgate: Thu 7, 9:35 Rowland: Thu 7, 9:25 • Rambo: Last Blood (R) Northgate: Fri-Wed Fri-Sat 11:55, 2:20, 4:50, 7:20, 9:45; Sun Ready or Not (R) 7:20, 9:45; Mon 11:55, 2:20, 4:50; Tue 11:55, 2:20, 9:45; Wed 11:55, 2:20 Rowland: Fri-Sun 12:10, 2:50; Mon-Wed 11:30, 2:05, 4:30, 7:10, 9:35 Lark: Fri 4; Tue 10; Thu 2 • Rezo (NR) Regency: Mon (Part 1) 7; Tue (Part 2) 7; Wed (Part 3) 7 • Rob Zombie’s 3 from Hell (R) Northgate: Sun 1, 4; Wed 7 • Star Trek: The Motion Picture (G) Lark: Tue 6:30 • Tintoretto: A Rebel in Venice (NR) Northgate: Fri-Wed 11, 1:55, 4:45, 7:35, 10:25 (in Spanish Tod@s Caen (NR) with English subtitles) Rafael: Mon noon (free admission; director Tom Shepard • Unsettled (NR) in person) Lark: Sat 7:30 • Uta-no Prince-sama: Maji Love Kingdom (NR) Lark: Sat 10; Mon 1:50; Tue 4; Wed 2:10 Where’d You Go, Bernadette (PG-13) We have omitted some of the movie summaries and times for those that have been playing for multiple weeks.

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

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Humans Being Novato Theater Company Goes Family Style in Season Opener By Nicole Singley

family teeters on the brink of financial, emotional and physical collapse over Thanksgiving dinner in The Humans, at Novato Theater Company through Sept. 29. Stephen Karam’s Tony Award–winning script is a grueling exercise in uncomfortable realism, offering an unsettling glimpse into the lives of recognizable characters with acutely relatable problems. The Blakes are an average family grappling with the horrors of being human in modern–day America. Matriarch Deidre (Laura J. Davies) has devoted decades to a thankless, underpaying job. She struggles with her weight and feels slighted by her daughters. Husband Erik

(David Francis Perry) has bizarre nightmares and seems elusively preoccupied with worry. They both tend to his ailing mother “Momo” (Marilyn Hughes) as her dementia worsens, unable to afford help with her care. Oldest daughter Aimee (Alicia Kraft) suffers from chronic disease, a devastating break-up and bad news at work. Younger sister Brigid (Olivia Brown) is strapped with student debt and tends bar to survive in New York City. She just moved into a dreary Chinatown duplex with boyfriend Richard (Ron Chapman). It’s a two-story unit on the ground and basement levels of an old building with thin walls, complete with neighbors who make startling banging noises throughout

the night. The group converges in the dark, bare apartment to eat turkey at a makeshift table set with paper plates. Cue the family drama. Director Patrick Nims struggles with pacing, but gets solid performances from a talented cast, all excellent in challenging roles. Chapman brings a welcome, calming presence. Hughes is haunting, and utterly believable, as Momo. Her agitated outbursts and vacant expressions will be painfully familiar to anyone who’s watched a loved one succumb to Alzheimer’s. Kraft evokes compassion as Aimee, who, despite her hardships, remains the sanest one in the bunch. The mother-daughter and sisterly dynamics are spot-on, with moments both cringeworthy and endearing.

At 90 minutes with no intermission, the one-act show proceeds in real time but manages to feel a good deal longer, thanks to an overstuffed script where nothing much actually happens. It’s a rather gloomy and protracted affair helped along by a few laughs and heartwarming moments, building slowly to an anticlimactic and confounding finish. But the meditation is clear. It’s a scary and unpredictable world where one mistake or twist of fate can sink us. Give thanks for the love that helps us through. ‘The Humans’ runs Fri–Sun through Sept. 29 at Novato Theater Company, 5420 Nave Dr., Novato. Times vary. $15–$27. 415.883.4498.

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Ron Chapman as Richard and Olivia Brown as Brigid square up for family drama in ‘The Humans.’

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For the week of September 11

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Hi, I'm your sales representative for UnTherapy, a free program designed to provide healing strategies for people who are trying too hard. Forgive me for being blunt, but I think you could benefit from our services. I don't have space here to reveal all the secrets of UnTherapy, but here's an essential hint: Every now and then the smartest way to outwit a problem is to stop worrying, let it alone and allow it to solve itself.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): People in

Northeast India weave long, strong suspension bridges out of the living roots of fig trees. The structures can measure up to 150 feet and bear the weight of hundreds of people. In accordance with astrological omens, let's make these marvels your metaphors of power for the coming weeks. To stimulate your meditations, ask yourself the following questions: 1. How can you harness nature to help you get where you need to go? 2. How might you transform instinctual energy so it better serves your practical needs? 3. How could you channel wildness so it becomes eminently useful to you?

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): If you climb to the top of Mt. Everest, you're standing on land that was once on the floor of a shallow, tropical sea. Four-hundred-million-year-old fossils of marine life still abide there in the rock. Over the course of eons, through the magic of plate tectonics, that low flatland got folded and pushed upwards more than five miles. I suspect you Geminis will have the power to accomplish a less spectacular—but still amazing—transformation during the next ten months. To get started, identify what you would like that transformation to be. CANCER (June 21-July 22): In 1996, when Gary Kasparov was rated the world's best chess player, he engaged in a series of matches with a chess-playing computer named Deep Blue. Early on in the first game, Deep Blue tried a move that confused Kasparov. Rattled, he began to wonder if the machine was smarter than him. Ultimately, his play suffered and he lost the game. Later it was revealed that Deep Blue's puzzling move was the result of a bug in its code. I'll encourage you to cultivate a benevolent bug in your own code during the coming weeks, Cancerian. I bet it will be the key to you scoring a tricky victory. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): American hero Harriet

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Tubman escaped slavery as a young woman. She ran away from the wealthy "master" who claimed to "own" her, and reached sanctuary. But rather than simply enjoy her freedom, she dedicated herself to liberating other slaves. Nineteen times she returned to enemy territory and risked her life, ultimately leading 300 people out of hellish captivity. Later she served as a scout, spy and nurse in the Union Army during the Civil War, where her actions saved another 700 people. In 1874, the U.S. Congress considered, but then ultimately rejected, a bill to pay her $2,000 for her numerous courageous acts. Don't you dare be like Congress in the coming weeks, Leo. It's crucial that you give tangible acknowledgment and practical rewards to those who have helped, guided and supported you.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Though patched

together and incomplete, the 2,200-year-old marble sculpture known as the Winged Victory of Samothrace is prominently displayed at Paris' Louvre Museum. It's a glorious depiction of Nike, the winged goddess of victory, and is regarded as one of ancient Greece's great masterpieces. For hundreds of years it was missing. Then, in 1863, an archaeologist discovered it, although it was broken into more than a hundred pieces. Eventually, it was rebuilt, and much of its beauty was resurrected. I see the coming weeks as a time when you, too, could recover the fragments of an old treasure and begin reassembling it to make a pretty good restoration.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): "I've learned that I must find positive outlets for anger or it will destroy me," said actor Sidney Poitier. That can be a dynamic meditation for you during the next three weeks. I think you will derive substantial power from putting it into action. If you're ingenious and diligent about finding those positive outlets, your anger will generate constructive and transformative results. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In 1905, at

the age of 30, Lucy Maud Montgomery wrote the novel Anne of Green Gables. It was a tale about an orphan girl growing up on Prince Edward Island. She sent the manuscript to several publishers, all of whom rejected it. Discouraged, she put it away in a hatbox and stored it in a closet. But two years later, her ambitions reignited when she re-read the story. Again she mailed it to prospective publishers, and this time one liked it enough to turn it into a book. It soon became a bestseller. Since then it has sold over 50 million copies and been translated into 36 languages. I figure you Capricorns are at a point in your own unfolding that's equivalent to where Anne was shortly before she rediscovered the manuscript she'd put away in the hatbox.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The Toxorhynchites are species of large mosquitoes that don't buzz around our heads while we're trying to sleep and will never bite our skin or suck our blood. In fact, they're our benefactors. Their larvae feast on the larvae of the mosquitoes that are bothersome to us. In accordance with astrological omens, I propose you be alert for a metaphorically comparable influence in your own life: a helper or ally that might be in disguise or may just superficially seem to be like an adversary. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Audre Lorde

Stegner wrote, "Some are born in their place, some find it, some realize after long searching that the place they left is the one they have been searching for." I hope that in the last nine months, Virgo, you have resolved which of those three options is true for you. I also trust that you have been taking the necessary actions to claim and own that special place—to acknowledge it and treasure it as the power spot where you feel most at home in the world. If you have not yet fully finished what I'm describing here, do it now.

identified herself as a black writer, lesbian, librarian, mother, feminist, civil rights activist and many other descriptors. But as ardent as she was in working for the political causes she was passionate about, she didn't want to be pigeonholed into a single identity. One of her central teachings was to celebrate all the different parts of herself. "Only by learning to live in harmony with your contradictions can you keep it all afloat," she testified. These approaches should be especially fun and extra meaningful for you in the coming weeks, Pisces. I encourage you to throw a big Unity Party for all the different people you are.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Earth's species are going extinct at a rate unmatched since the dinosaurs died out 65 million years ago. Among the creatures on the verge of being lost forever are birds like the Cryptic treehunter and Spix's macaw, as well as

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the northern white rhino and the vaquita, a type of porpoise. So why don't we clone the last few individuals of those beleaguered species? Here are the answers: 1. Cloned animals typically aren't healthy. 2. A species needs a sizable population to retain genetic diversity; a few individuals aren't sufficient. 3. Humans have decimated the homes of the threatened species, making it hard for them to thrive. Conclusion: Cloning is an inadequate stopgap action. Is there a better way to address the problem? Yes; by preserving the habitats of wild creatures. Inspired by this principle, Libra, I ask you to avoid trying halfway fixes for the dilemmas in your personal sphere. Summon full measures that really work.

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Born in 1782, only six years after the U.S. Declaration of Independence from the British Empire, he was the first president born in the United States, elected in 1836.

What two country names can be spelled using five of the letters in the word “spinach?”

According to the NCAA’s latest measures of graduation success rates, what percent of all college athletes graduate (gain a college degree)?

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Indian, who was born around 1780 on the Black River in the northwestern part of the county.

9 Beekeepers will tell you that the most common race of bees kept in

managed hives, those calm bees that create large populations and produce very good honey, are known as Apis mellifera ligustica, and are named after what European country?

10 What wise thinker, in 1789, wrote: Nothing is certain, except death and taxes?

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Calendar Concerts Funky Feat Members of Little Feat perform a cookout concert with opener Daniel Rodriguez of Elephant Revival. Sep 15, 5pm. $35-$40. HopMonk Novato, 224 Vintage Way, Novato, 415.892.6200. Marin Symphony Fall Pops Concert New program, “Cirque de la Symphonie,” combines classical music and spectacular aerials and acrobatics. Sep 14, 7pm and Sep 15, 3pm. $25-$85. Marin Center’s Veterans Memorial Auditorium, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael, marinsymphony.org. Paquito & Sandro Lorier French father-son duo of virtuoso guitarists perform. Sep 13, 8pm. $16. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600.

Clubs & Venues Dance Palace Sep 14, 7pm, Yerba Buena Orchestra and Dead Again. 503 B St, Pt Reyes Station, 415.663.1075. HopMonk Novato Sep 14, Benefit for Marin CASA with Amy Wigton and friends. 224 Vintage Way, Novato, 415.892.6200.

Sweetwater Music Hall Sep 12, Eric Hutchinson uncorked. Sep 13, the Stone Foxes. Sep 15, 6pm, the Well Known Strangers album-release show. Sep 18, Adrian Belew and Saul Zonana. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.3850. The Tavern on Fourth Sep 13, Blue Radio. Sep 14, Sonamo. 711 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.454.4044. Terrapin Crossroads Sep 13, New Orleans Suspects featuring Erica Falls. Sep 15, OMEN with Scott Law. Sep 16, Grateful Monday. Sep 17, Stu Allen and Friends. Sep 18, Electric Tumbleweed. 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael, 415.524.2773.

Art Opening Bay Model Visitor Center Sep 11-Oct 5, “The Bigger Picture: A Brush with Nature,” Chris Adessa and Thomas Wood display large Marin County landscape paintings. Reception, Sep 14 at 1pm. 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 415.332.3871. George Lawson Gallery Sep 12-Oct 13, “Multiverse,” inaugural exhibit at the gallery’s new location gives a nod to its past and welcomes the future. Reception, Sep 12 at 5:30pm. 18 E Blithedale Ave #12, Mill Valley. georgelawsongallery.com. Mantra Wines Sep 15-Oct 27, “Mindscapes,” paintings by Lorraine Almeida touch on several themes. Reception, Sep 15 at 3pm. 881 Grant Ave, Novato. 415.892.5151.

Iron Springs Public House Sep 12, Michael LaMacchia Band. 901 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.457.6258.

Marin Society of Artists Sep 12-Oct 5, “From Sea to Shining Sea,” juried exhibit explores what connects us. Reception, Sep 13 at 5pm. 1515 Third St, San Rafael. 415.464.9561.

19 Broadway Nightclub Sep 12, Rhythms & Rhymes. Sep 13, the Wild Kindness with Nyles Lannon. Sep 14, Sticky’s Backyard. Sep 17, Lol Goodman Band. 17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax, 415.459.1091.

Tiburon Town Hall Sep 15-Oct 31, “Closet,” exhibition features artists who have been hiding their creative talents, until now. Reception, Sep 15 at 2pm. 1505 Tiburon Blvd, Tiburon. 415.435.7373.

No Name Bar Sep 12, Chloe Jean and Friends. Sep 13, Michael Aragon Quartet. Sep 14, Michael LaMacchia Band. Sep 15, Super High Right Now. Sep 16, Kimrea & the Dreamdogs. 757 Bridgeway, Sausalito, 415.332.1392.

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Osteria Divino Sep 12, Ana Mandara Duo. Sep 13, Parker Grant Trio. Sep 14, Joe Kelner Trio. Sep 15, Rhonda Bradetich. Sep 17, Ken Cook. Sep 18, Jonathan Poretz. 37 Caledonia St, Sausalito, 415.331.9355. Papermill Creek Saloon Sep 12, OMEN. Sep 13, Margo Cilker. Sep 14, Shambollix. 1 Castro, Forest Knolls, 415.488.9235. Peri’s Silver Dollar Sep 12, Mark’s Jam Sammich. Sep 13, Barrio Manouche. Sep 14, Noelle Glory & the Guarantees. Sep 15, West Grand Brass Band. 29 Broadway, Fairfax, 415.459.9910. Sausalito Seahorse Sep 12, Carol Luckenbach. Sep 13, TDK. Sep 14, Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers. Sep 15, 4pm, Louie Romero and Mazacote. 305 Harbor View Dr, Sausalito, 415.331.2899.

Dr Gonzo Veteran comedian who’s been seen on Showtime, Comedy Central and MTV, headlines with special guest Larry “Bubbles” Brown. Sep 13, 8pm. $20-$25. Trek Winery, 1026 Machin Ave, Novato, 415.899.9883. San Francisco Standup Comedy Competition See a preliminary round show for the 44th annual event. Sep 14, 8pm. $30. Marin Center Showcase Theatre, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael, 415.499.6800.

Dance Bel Marin Keys Community Center Sep 16, 6:30pm, Swing & Nightclub 2-Step Class, four-week class is for beginning and intermediate dancers. 4 Montego Key, Bel Marin Keys. 415.827.6646. Inner Rhythm Sep 14, 10am, Bellydance for Women Over 50. Sep 15, 9am, Bellydance Church, 518 Tamalpais Dr # D, Corte Madera. sherrybrier.com.

Knights of Columbus Hall Sep 12, 10:45am, Flamenco Dance Classes with Andrea La Canela. $15, 167 Tunstead Ave, San Anselmo. 805.708.2621. Margaret Todd Senior Center Sep 12, 6:30pm, Waltz & Salsa Class, fiveweek class is for beginners. 1560 Hill Rd, Novato. 415.827.6646.

Events Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival Experience art and crafts from local and national artists plus live music, children’s entertainment and more. Sep 14-15, 10am. $8-$12; students and teachers are free. Old Mill Park, Throckmorton and Cascade, Mill Valley, mvfaf.org. Mountain Bike Hall of Fame Induction Weekend Ceremonies include a Friday night reception and Saturday morning ride and evening induction dinner. Sep 13-14. $40-$125. Marin Museum of Bicycling, 1966 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Fairfax, 415.450.8000. Native American Trade Feast Event features Native American arts and crafts, Aztec dancers, children’s activities and more. Sep 14, 11am. Free. Museum of the American Indian, 2200 Novato Blvd, Novato, 415.897.4064. Sausalito Floating Homes Tour View some of the world’s most unique and beautiful homes and talk with homeowners about their waterfront lifestyle. Sep 14, 11am. $50. Kappas Marina, Gate 6 Rd, Sausalito, floatinghomes.org. Thrive Alive Program for men and women over 50 improves brain health and increases longevity using music, movement and relaxation. Sep 17, 1pm. $20. Inner Rhythm, 518 Tamalpais Dr # D, Corte Madera, 415.927.5072. Under the Stars Outdoor evening of art, live music, performance, storytelling, cinema and hot cocoa. Sep 14, 7:30pm. $15. Headlands Center for the Arts, 944 Fort Barry, Sausalito, 415.331.2787.

Food & Drink Chaga Tea Party MycoMarin hosts a celebration of Chaga mushrooms with Gavin Escobar, founder of the Chaga Company. Sep 12, 6:30pm. $75. Green Jeans Garden Supply, 690 Redwood Hwy, Mill Valley, mycomarin.org. Fearless Fermentation Karen Diggs of Kraut Source shares the art and science of vegetable preservation with good bacteria. Sep 14, 9am. $55. Fairfax Backyard Farmer, 135 Bolinas Rd, Fairfax, 415.342.5092.

Lectures Diabetes Fall Fest Hear about innovations in technology for diabetes management. RSVP requested. Sep 12, 4:30pm. Marin Art & Garden Center, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross, 888.996.9644.

Extraordinary Dreams & How to Work with Them Dream specialist Stanley Krippner shares authoritative information.Sep 13,7pm.$10.Unity in Marin,600 Palm Dr,Novato,415.475.5000. Fall Garden Workshop Learn how to start a seasonal vegetable garden with master gardener Avis Licht. Sep 15, 9am. $65. Fairfax Backyard Farmer, 135 Bolinas Rd, Fairfax, 415.342.5092. Photography Basics Develop a passion for photography and take control of the camera in this fun and informative six-week workshop. Sep 12, 4:30pm. $325. The Image Flow, 401 Miller Ave, Ste A, Mill Valley, 415.388.3569. Sufi Women’s Organization Luncheon Native American mental health activist Janet King speaks. Pre-registration required. Sep 14, 11:30am. $35. The Club at McInnis Park, 350 Smith Ranch Rd, San Rafael, 415.492.1800.

Readings Book Passage Sep 12, 7pm, “The Last Train To London” with Meg White Clayton. Sep 14, 7pm, “KOBB” with William Goodson. Sep 15, 7pm, “Bob Honey Sings Jimmy Crack Corn” with Sean Penn. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera 415.927.0960. Dance Palace Sep 13, 7pm, “Transforming Stories” with Dr Sharon Blackie. 503 B St, Pt Reyes Station 415.663.1075. The Indie Alley Sep 18, 6:30pm, “Mostly White” with Alison Hart. 69 Bolinas Rd, Fairfax theindiealley.com. Sausalito Library Sep 13, 7pm, “The Art of Dying Well” with Katy Butler. 420 Litho St, Sausalito 415.289.4121. Studio 333 Sep 12, 7pm, WTAW Press books release celebration. 333 Caledonia St, Sausalito 415.331.8272.

Theater The Humans A family copes with aging, illness and a changing economy in this Tony Awardwinning play. Through Sep 29. $15-$27. Novato Theater Company, 5240 Nave Dr, Novato, 415.883.4498. The Mousetrap Ross Valley Players opens their 90th season with the classic mystery written by Agatha Christie. Sep 13-Oct 13. $17-$29. Barn Theatre, Marin Art and Garden Center, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross, 415.456.9555.

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begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on AUGUST 21, 2019. (Publication Dates: AUGUST 28, SEPTEMBER 4, 11, 18 of 2019) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT— File No: 2019147379. The following individual(s) are doing business: MARIN BEAUTY ACADEMY, 854 FOURTH ST, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: MARIN BEAUTY ACADEMY LLC., 854 FOURTH ST, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on AUGUST 6, 2019. (Publication Dates: AUGUST 28, SEPTEMBER 4, 11, 18 of 2019) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT— File No: 2019147469. The following individual(s) are doing business: PRINCESS SATURDAY, 374 ELM AVE, LARKSPUR, CA 94939: PACHECO 1800 LLC, 374 ELM AVE, LARKSPUR, CA 94939. This business is being

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PublicNotices business: THE MEADOWS ASSOCIATES L.P., 555 SUMMIT AVENUE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: 514 LARK COURT LLC, 514 SUMMIT AVENUE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941. This business is being conducted by LIMITED PARTNERSHIP. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on AUGUST 29, 2019. (Publication Dates: SEPTEMBER 11, 18, 25, OCTOBER 2 of 2019) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT - File No: 2019147501. The following individual(s) are doing business: LEHMAN THERAPY, 1717 FIFTH AVE STE E, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: LEHMAN THERAPY: INDIVIDUAL, PARTNER, AND FAMILY COUNSELING, INC, 1717 FIFTH AVE STE E, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on AUGUST 27, 2019. (Publication Dates: SEPTEMBER 11, 18, 25, OCTOBER 2 of 2019) OTHER NOTICES ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: CIV 1903247 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF MARIN TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS 1. Petitioner (name of each): Vanessa Mary Seidler, has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: Vanessa Mary Seidler to Proposed Name: Vanessa Ester Mary Seidler 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show

cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the~name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. if no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING a. Date: 10/21/2019, Time: 9:00am, Dept: E, Room: E. The address of the court is same as noted above; 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903. 3.a. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the Pacific Sun, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin. DATED: August 26, 2019 Andrew E Sweet Judge of the Superior Court James M Kim Court Executive Officer MARIN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT By E. Anderson, Deputy (SEPTEMBER 4, 11, 18, 25 of 2019) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: CIV 11903225 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF MARIN TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS 1. Petitioner (name of each): Iuliia Popova, has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: Iuliia Popova to Proposed Name: Yulia Popova 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the~name changes described above must file a written objection

that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. if no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING a. Date: 10/18/2019, Time: 9:00am, Dept: A, Room: A. The address of the court is same as noted above; 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903. 3.a. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the Pacific Sun, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin. DATED: August 23, 2019 Andrew E Sweet Judge of the Superior Court James M Kim Court Executive Officer MARIN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT By E. Anderson, Deputy (SEPTEMBER 4, 11, 18, 25 of 2019) SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) Number: (Numero del Caso): CIV 1900513 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): JOHN OOSTERBAAN, an Individual; CLOSETS MINI STORAGE, an unknown entity; SPACE MINI-STORAGE, LLC, a California limited liability company; and DOES 1-20 YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): Hadar Hartshorn 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 servedon 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 (www. courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), 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 property may be taken without further warning 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 Court Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp), 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. AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 dias, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su version. Lea la information a continuacion. The name and address of the court is (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): Superior Court of California, County of Marin. 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903. The name, address and telephone number of plaintiff ’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is (El nombre, la dirección y el número de teléfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): Martin Zurada Venardi Zurada LLP, 1418 Lakeside Drive. Oakland, CA 94612. 510-832-

4295. DATE (Fecha): FEB 6 2019. JAMES M. KIM, Clerk By C. LUCCHESI, Deputy. SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF MARIN HADAR HARTSHORN, Plaintiff, vs. JOHN OOSTERBAAN, Defendant. Case No.: CIV1900513. STATEMENT OF DAMAGES. To Defendant JOHN OOSTERBAAN: Plaintiff, HADAR HARTSHORN seeks damages in this action as follows: GENERAL DAMAGES. Emotional distress: $250,000.00. SPECIAL DAMAGES Property damage: $100,000.00. PUNITIVE damages: Plaintiff reserves the right to seek punitive damages in the amount of $350,000.00 when pursuing a judgment in the suit filed against you. Dated: 08/15/19 By: _____/s/ ________________________ __ Martin Zurada. Attorney for Plaintiff. SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF MARIN HADAR HARTSHORN, Plaintiff, vs. JOHN OOSTERBAAN, Defendant. Case No.: CIV1900513 STATEMENT OF DAMAGES To Defendant CLOSETS MINI STORAGE: Plaintiff, HADAR HARTSHORN seeks damages in this action as follows: GENERAL DAMAGES Emotional distress: $250,000.00. SPECIAL DAMAGES. Property damage: $100,000.00 PUNITIVE damages: Plaintiff reserves the right to seek punitive damages in the amount of $350,000.00 when pursuing a judgment in the suit filed against you. Dated: 08/15/19 By: _____/s/_____ _____________________ Martin Zurada Attorney for Plaintiff. (Publication Dates: September 4, 11, 25, October 2 of 2019) NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: JAY LOREN KAHN CASE NO.: PR 1903129 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may

otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: Jay Loren Kahn. A Petition for Probate has been filed by: Randall S. Kahn, in the Superior Court of California, County of Marin. The Petition for Letters of Administration requests that: Randall S. Kahn, be appointed as executor of the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. Decedent died on 12-292018, a resident of Marin County, CA. Bond not to be required for the reasons stated in item 3e. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: 9/30/2019, Time: 9:00AM, Dept.: J, Address of court: 3501 Civic Center Drive, PO Box 4988, San Rafael, CA 94913-4988. If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issu-

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: CIV 1903290 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF MARIN TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS 1. Petitioner (name of each): Richard Wolford, Kaelan Wolford, has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: Kieran Makoa Blue Wolford to Proposed Name: Richard Makoa Blue Wolford 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that

includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. if no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING a. Date: 10/24/2019, Time: 9:00am, Dept: B, Room: B. The address of the court is same as noted above; 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903. 3.a. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the Pacific Sun, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin. DATED: August 29, 2019 Andrew E Sweet Judge of the Superior Court James M Kim Court Executive Officer MARIN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT By E. Anderson, Deputy (SEPTEMBER 11, 18, 25, OCTOBER 2 of 2019) Notice Content SUMMONS - FAMILY LAW CASE NUMBER: FL 1901651 NOTICE TO RESPONDENT: SANTIAGO MARTINEZ RODRIGUEZ You have been sued. PETITIONERíS NAME IS: DEYANNIRA OCHO GARCIA You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this Summons and Petition are served on you to file a Response (form FL-120) at the court and have a copy served on the petitioner. A letter, phone call or court appearance will not protect you. If you do not file your Response on time, the court may make orders affecting your marriage or domestic partnership, your property, and custody of your children. You may be ordered to pay support and attorney fees and costs. For legal advice, contact a lawyer immediately. Get help finding a lawyer at the

California Courts Online Self-Help Center ([ http:// www.courts.ca.gov/selfhelp ]www.courts.ca.gov/ selfhelp), at the California Legal Services website ([ http://www.lawhelpca.org/ ]www.lawhelpca.org), or by contacting your local county bar association. NOTICE--RESTRAINING ORDERS ARE ON PAGE 2: These restraining are effective against both spouses or domestic partners until the petition is dismissed, a judgment is entered, or the court makes further orders. They are enforceable anywhere in California by any law enforcement officer who has received or seen a copy of them. FEE WAIVER: If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form. The court may order you to pay back all or part of the fees and costs that the court waived for you or the other party. The name and address of the court are: MARIN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORINA, 3501 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE, P.O. BOX 4988, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. The name, address, and telephone number of the petitionerís attorney, or the petitioner without an attorney, are: DEYANNIRA OCHO GARCIA, 101 WOODLAND AVENUE, #1, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901.Tel:415-760-2575. Clerk, by /s/ JAMES M.KIM, Court Executive Officer, Marin County Superior Court, By K. Yarborough, Deputy. Date: April 29, 2019. STANDARD FAMILY LAW RESTRAINING ORDERS, Starting immediately, you and your spouse or domestic partner are restrained from: 1. removing the minor children of the parties from the state or applying for a new or replacement passport for those minor children without the prior written consent of the other party or an order of the court; 2. cashing, borrowing against, canceling, transferring, disposing of, or changing the beneficiaries of any insurance or other coverage, including life, health, automobile, and disability,

held for the benefit of the parties and their minor children; 3. transferring, encumbering, hypothecating, concealing, or in any way disposing of any property, real or personal, whether community, quasi-community, or separate, without the written consent of the other party or an order of the court, except in the usual course of business or for the necessities of life; and 4. creating a nonprobate transfer or modifying a nonprobate transfer in a manner that affects the disposition of property subject to the transfer, without the written consent of the other party or an order of the court. Before revocation of a nonprobate transfer can take effect or a right of survivorship to property can be eliminated, notice of the change must be files and served on the other party. You must notify each other of any proposed

extraordinary expenditures at least five business days prior to incurring these extraordinary expenditures and account to the court for all extraordinary expenditures made after these restraining orders are effective. However, you may use community property, quasi-community property, or your own separate property to pay an attorney to help you or to pay court costs. NOTICE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HEALTH INSURANCE: Do you or someone in your household need affordable health insurance? If so, you should apply for Covered California. Covered California can help reduce the cost you pay towards high quality affordable health care. For more information, visit [ http://www.coveredca. com/ ]www.coveredca.com. Or call Covered California at 1-800-300-1506. WARNING IMPORTANT

INFORMATION California law provides that, for purposes of division of property upon dissolution of a marriage or domestic partnership or upon legal separation, property acquired by the parties during marriage or domestic partnership in joint form is presumed to be community property. If either party to this action should die before the jointly held community property is divided, the language in the deed that characterizes how title is held (i.e., joint tenancy, tenants in common, or community property) will be controlling, and not the community property presumption. You should consult your attorney if you want the community property presumption to be written into the recorded title to the property. (Publication Dates: September 11, 18, 25, October 2 of 2019)

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ance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California~Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate~Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Petitioner: Randall S. Kahn, 166 Woodward Ave., Sausalito CA 94965 415-279-4444. FILED: August 16, 2019, James M. Kim, Court Executive Officer, MARIN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT By: K. Yarborough. Deputy. (Publication Dates: September 4, 11, 18 of 2019)

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