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YEAR 55, NO. 42 OCTOBER 18-24, 2017

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This week, a letter-writer gives Marin Theatre Company’s production of ‘Thomas and Sally’ a rave review.

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I had the most exhilarating frontrow center experience at the world premiere of the play Thomas and Sally at Mill Valley’s Marin Theatre Company. It is an explosive, gritty presentation about Founding Father Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, the enslaved woman who mothered six of his children. As per usual, the director, the cast and all involved in such cuttingedge new plays had the entire room on their feet cheering. It does not take a theatre critic to recognize the level of thought-provoking art in this masterpiece. Especially in these wacky, polarized times when we thought racial inequality was a thing of the past. The discussion afterwards with the playwright and his fellow African-Americans, an associate professor and author and a prominent journalist with a law degree from Harvard, was equally both artistically fulfilling and culturally significant. Proud to be a resident of what may be the most wonderfully liberal region of the United States—The Bay Area. —Dennis Kostecki

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By Howard Rachelson

1 Historically, California’s most devastating fires have mostly erupted in what month?

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2 What planet in our solar system is not named for a person, real or mythological? 3 A camel with only one hump

has what nine-letter name, and is best at what skill?

4 The food flavoring, vanilla, is a climbing vine of what type of plant?

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European countries have the largest land areas?

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more than 40 outlets worldwide, was inspired by the 1994 film Forrest Gump?

7 The controversial social experiment known as affirmative action was created in 1965 during the term of what U.S. president? 8 Founded in 1979, the Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network, today accessed by millions of regular TV viewers, is more commonly called what?

9 During the age of too much steroid use, what three Major League Baseball players, between 1998-2001, hit more home runs in a season than Babe Ruth (60), or Roger Maris (61)?

10 Name a four-letter word related to all the following: Hoover, straw, to fail royally. BONUS QUESTION: All were born from 1954 through 1958; arrange these celebrities in order, oldest first: Tom Hanks, Oprah Winfrey and Michael Jackson.

▲ Alice Lucas was having a difficult day. The lifelong Marin resident needed help to transfer her husband’s ashes into the urns that she had purchased online. Brian Hood, funeral director at Monte’s Chapel of the Hills in San Anselmo came to her rescue. After he filled the urns, he carried them out to Alice’s car and noticed that she had a flat tire. She phoned AAA and he went back to his office. When he came out later to check on her, he was surprised that she was still on hold. Though he was wearing a white shirt, nice slacks and dress shoes, he rolled up his sleeves and changed the tire. Alice said that Monte’s Chapel of the Hills and Brian Hood provided the best service she’s ever received.

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▼ A pickup truck struck and seriously injured four bicyclists on Point Reyes-Petaluma Road in West Marin last Saturday afternoon, and the driver fled the scene. Worse yet, witnesses stated that it was no accident. It appeared that the blue Dodge Ram pickup approached the cyclists, who were participating in a charity cycling event, and intentionally swerved to the right to hit them. A motorcyclist traveling in the opposite direction caught the entire incident on a GoPro camera mounted on his helmet. Police quickly shared screen shots of the truck with the public and soon the suspect was identified as Aaron Paff, 21, of Novato. Paff was arrested shortly before midnight and charged with a felony hit-andrun causing injury. The truck was found with damage to the right side.—Nikki Silverstein

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Upfront Stett Holbrook

Northern California’s 15 concurrent fires have scorched 220,000 acres, burned an estimated 5,700 structures and caused at least 40 deaths.

New Normal

We’re living in a new climate with terrifying dangers By Stett Holbrook

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s I walked among the embers of what was Santa Rosa’s Coffey Park neighborhood Monday morning, my eyes burned from the smoke, and weeping residents gazed at where their homes once stood. I was shocked not only by the devastation, but by the fact that a wildfire could reach so far into the city. I thought wildfires were supposed to stay in wild lands, not move into

subdivisions with busy intersections, schools and restaurants. Of course, fires don’t follow any such rules, but if this working-class neighborhood could fall victim to a wildfire raging down the hills like a flood, what neighborhood is safe? Indeed, Coffey Park was outside of the city’s “very severe” hazard zone. As the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday, that meant homes were exempt from regulations to make them more fire-resistant. It’s not

clear how such precautions would have protected the neighborhood from the recent early-morning firestorm. More than 1,200 homes were incinerated in a matter of minutes. I don’t see this as city or state negligence, but chilling testament that we live in a different era of fire danger. The climate has changed and so have the risks. This is the terrifying new normal. Sparking PG&E power lines may

have pulled the trigger on last week’s catastrophic fires, but evidence shows that climate change built the weapon and aimed it right at the North Bay. And we remain under the gun. From the most destructive hurricane season on record to the devastating fires still burning in the North Bay, the reality is becoming devastatingly clear: The climate has changed and the conditions for fires like the ones burning in the North Bay will intensify. It was just two years ago that the Valley fire exploded in the parched hills of Lake, Napa and northern Sonoma counties, burning 76,000 acres and 1,350 homes and killing three. Northern California’s 15 concurrent fires have scorched 220,000 acres, burned an estimated 5,700 structures and caused at least 40 deaths, making them the deadliest and most destructive wildfires in California history. “That’s the way it is with a warming climate, dry weather and reduced moisture,” said Gov. Jerry Brown in a press conference last week. “These kinds of catastrophes have happened, and they are going to continue to happen.” Wildfires in California are a fact of life. Fire plays an important ecological role in the chaparral and conifer forest ecosystems of the North Bay. Problems arise when people choose to live in those fire-prone environments. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and local fire departments mandate that property owners carve out a ring of defensible space to help defend against wildfires. But there was little chance of fending off wind-whipped fires of such intensity and speed. “We know that Northern California’s climate has changed,” says Noah Diffenbaugh, a professor at Stanford University who studies the climate system, “and we’re in a climate that’s different than when a lot of what we have on the landscape was designed and built.” Climate plays an important role in wildfire risk, but it’s not the only influence, says Diffenbaugh. Human elements such as ignition, forest management and where and how we build also play a role, he says. Of course, climate change is the biggest human element of all. “Climate sets the stage, and we have strong evidence that the global warming that’s already happened has increased wildfire risk in the western United States through the


to be published in the London Review of Books, Mike Davis, author of Ecology of Fear: Los Angeles and the Imagination of Disaster, admits he’s “an elderly prophet of doom” as he laments “the hopelessness of rational planning in a society based on real estate capitalism.” “We’ll continue to send sprawl into our fire-dependent ecosystems with the expectation that firefighters will risk their lives to defend each new McMansion,” he writes, “and an insurance system that spreads costs across all homeowners will promptly replace whatever is lost.” Santa Rosa Mayor Chris Coursey says he’s thought about how the city might rebuild to be more resilient, but with the fire still blazing and people’s lives at risk, now is not the time for that. “I’m not there yet,” he told me after a press briefing at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds. Ann Hancock, executive director of Santa Rosa’s Center for Climate Protection, says that when the time is right, she hopes the conversation centers on reducing the impacts of climate change. “It’s not too early to start thinking about that, so long as the people who are suffering are taken care of,” she says. As a trained public health professional, Hancock is a strong advocate for prevention. “Prevention is where we have the best opportunity for impact with the lowest cost.” Local measures such as better forest management and more defensible space are worthy, but her organization is focusing on bringing down the greenhouse gas emissions that helped get us into this crisis. “It’s a wholesale systemic change and that’s overwhelming for most people to think about, and yet we have to.” When the North Bay rebuilds, Heinberg calls for building great resiliency into local infrastructure— redundant electric and water systems, larger inventories of food and supplies—that can better withstand future disasters. Knowing that climate change is exacerbating the risks, he says the region should deepen its investment in mass transit, zeroenergy buildings and clean energy. “Ultimately though, what all this suggests is we need to build differently, change our patterns of living and build a lot more resilience into our whole society, because we unquestionably have more disasters on the way of different kinds, not just wildfires,” he says. “We in California have the opportunity to see the handwriting on the wall and make some changes.”Y

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effects of temperature drying the landscape,” he says. “For this particular event, we can really see the impacts of heat. We had record hot conditions during the drought. We had record high temperatures that coincided with record low precipitation that created the most severe drought on record that killed tens of millions of trees. Those record drought conditions were followed by extremely wet conditions this winter that were again followed by record hot conditions.” In short, climate change primed the landscape for a vicious wildfire. Rising temperatures also lead to less snowfall in the Sierras and earlier melting of that snow, he says, meaning that there is less runoff available during the hot, dry days of fall. In California, Diffenbaugh says, low precipitation levels are twice as likely to produce drought if they coincide with warm conditions. “Overall, we’ve seen a doubling in frequency of drought in California in recent decades.” The east-to-west Diablo Winds that fanned the flames, reaching hurricane strength at higher elevations, may also be pegged to climate change, Diffenbaugh says. Richard Heinberg, a fellow at the Post Carbon Institute, a nonprofit think tank focused on climate change and sustainability issues, lives in Santa Rosa and was evacuated the first night of the fire. His house was spared. While the links between climate change and wildfires can be indirect, he says the impacts of a warming climate on California are clear. Heinberg says research shows that increased CO2 in the atmosphere leads to rapid but less viable plant growth. More fuel for fire. “It’s almost like we’re growing junk food with more CO2 in the atmosphere,” he says. On a larger scale, he says data shows that California is moving into a hotter and drier climate. “The 20th century was a wet spell for California,” he says. City officials say that Santa Rosa will rebuild and will be “better than before.” But better in what way? Better prepared for future wildfires? Better built to reduce the CO2 emissions that contributed to the perilous state we’re in? Or will better just mean bigger? While Gov. Brown admirably sounds the climate change alarm, it’s not keeping pace with the explosive conditions on the ground. In an essay on the North Bay fires called “The Devil in Wine Country”


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Tom Gogola

Santa Rosa’s Coffey Park neighborhood no longer existed after fires that ravaged the area in the early morning hours on October 9 left thousands without a home.

So it Goes

Coffey Park: A survivor’s story, by way of Dresden By Thomas Broderick

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n an overcast day in October 2016, I walked behind my guide as we traveled along the soggy bank of the Elbe River. Beside me was a young English lad right out of university. Our shared love of literature and history had brought us together for the afternoon. “You know,” our guide said. Despite a heavy accent, his English was excellent. “Today the city is Disneyland—everything for the tourists. You can’t even imagine what happened here anymore.” He didn’t bother to turn around as he spoke. We arrived at our destination. The group of buildings on our right was worn by time, so different than everything else in the city center a mile away. On the entrance, just above a mural of farmers herding cattle, was the address: Schlachthof

5 (Slaughterhouse 5). “Over there,” the guide said, pointing back towards the river. There was only an unassuming hill. “There is the city you came to see. That is what is left of Dresden.” Beneath the thin layer of grass was a mound of 70-year old rubble, one of three that contains the remains of Dresden that existed from the 16th century until February 13, 1945, when tens of thousands of people died during an Allied bombing campaign. That pile of rubble contained the city my grandmother had visited in August 1937 as part of a tour group that included her cousin and two best friends. Thousands of miles away, in my home in the Coffey Park neighborhood of Santa Rosa, were framed hotel luggage stickers she had collected during her three-month

trip. Many of those stickers were from cities destroyed in the Second World War: Bremen, Berlin, Mainz, and Dresden. Since my childhood, I had wondered what she had thought during the war years, learning that all those places she had written about so lovingly in her travel journal had been reduced to rubble. I never got to ask her, as she died of breast cancer at the age of 33. It is a year later, and those luggage stickers, and just about everything I owned (minus the computer I’m writing this on) shares the fate of those European cities. I no longer have to wonder what my grandmother thought, or what Kurt Vonnegut saw as he climbed out of that meat locker the morning after the bombing. My story mirrors that of thousands of other Santa Rosa

residents who had to flee in the early morning hours of Oct. 9, 2017. At about 12:30am, I woke up with indigestion. (I don’t know whether to laugh or cry at the fact that a tummy ache helped save my life.) Downing some TUMS and water, I picked up my phone and checked Twitter. There I read that people were complaining about falling ash in San Francisco. In the living room, I turned on the news. It looked pretty bad, but the flames were 40 miles away in Napa, and only on 200 acres. Ash was gently falling outside. It reminded me of the snow flurries I would see growing up in Middle Tennessee. Sticking my head out the front door, the air smelled like a bonfire. I turned off the TV and got back into bed. My electric fan pulsed as the power surged. Outside I could


news: Our house was gone. The Coffey Park neighborhood, with thousands of homes, had ceased to exist. My uncle and I decided that we had to see it for ourselves. My aunt driving and my cousin Ben coming along for support, we drove up the freeway and took side streets to avoid the police blockades. We had to park a mile away from the house and walked. For the first half, everything looked fine, besides the power being out and the sky heavy with smoke. The sun was a hazy orange, like a Beijing winter day. All of a sudden, normal became oblivion: Husks of cars and houses reduced to their brick chimneys. Water trickled from charred garden spouts. Natural gas lines were still ablaze. The air smelled foul, but not of death. We approached the neighborhood, and there was nothing there. Only the mailbox and street marking indicated where we had lived. Mask covering my face, I walked around the property. It was still too dangerous to step inside the ash. At first, the only discernible items were the chimney, fridge, washer and dryer. The trees that my grandmother (not the one who had visited Dresden) had planted when my cousins and I were born were still standing, but burnt to death. I looked into what was once my room. All I could make out were my bedsprings, the warped back panel of my television and the stillstanding frame of my ironing board. We left soon after, and down the road, gave our masks to people approaching the area. On the ride back, I was so numb that all I could do was laugh at the situation. I told my cousin that I had just bought a Nintendo Switch and had organized my now non-existent closet. That day was long: Twenty hours awake after only three of sleep. Even so, late Monday night I could not fall asleep in my aunt’s guestroom. My clothes still smelled of smoke, and I was afraid that the fires would reach Petaluma. Tuesday was another day of being numb. My uncle and I poked through department stores, buying essentials. My aunt drove us around. The smoke in Petaluma was so heavy that just about everyone inside and out had their faces covered. Our throats hurt after only a few minutes of being outside. Afterwards, we all ate a late lunch at Applebee’s. I had a hamburger, onion rings and two beers. I think

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The author compares his experience from the fire that destroyed his Santa Rosa neighborhood to his grandmother’s experience of losing a place, Dresden, that she had visited and which was destroyed in the Second World War.

for the rest of my life, it will be the best meal I’ve ever eaten. For the rest of the day Tuesday we watched TV, and I washed my new clothes. In bed that night, I couldn’t fall asleep. I mourned all my little treasures that were lost. In addition to my grandmother’s luggage stickers was the Zeiss Ikon camera she had bought for her future husband, the man whose name I inherited. The only thing that I expect survived was the little piece of the Great Wall of China that I picked up off a ruined watchtower in the summer of 2013. I'll be digging for it whenever the evacuation order lifts. I imagine when all is said and done, Santa Rosa will have a pile of rubble that within a few years will sprout grass and flowers. But we will rebuild, and if you think it won’t happen, let me tell you one final story about my grandmother’s (and my) trip to Dresden. On her first and only morning in the city, my grandmother’s guide, “a blustering little German named Hugo,” took her and her companions to the Frauenkirche. For over 200 years, the Lutheran church had towered over the city. Within was its lead organ, one that Johann Sebastian Bach had personally tuned in 1736. That

morning they heard three selections, one of which was Praeludium und Fuge in C major (BWV 547—listen to it on YouTube. It’s beautiful). The church exploded on Feb. 15, 1945, as the firebombing had caused the internal temperature and air pressure to resemble that of the surface of Venus. For 45 years it was left as a pile of rubble. Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, conservationists cataloged the remaining bricks and incorporated them in the rebuilt structure, open since 2006. It was this cathedral I sat in during my visit to Dresden and listened to the new organ’s beautiful music. The fire of war destroyed the church, but the old bricks carry on the legacy of the past. Cancer killed my grandmother, but I carry her genes and memories. To everyone who lost something, everything, or heaven forbid, someone in the fire, we will pick up the pieces, things that we will incorporate into our new lives. In a few years, northern Santa Rosa will again have parks and homes instead of ash and fire. We must remember this even though all seems lost. As for me, this week I remember the words of Kurt Vonnegut: “So it goes.” You were right, Kurt, but I wish all of this didn’t have to happen for me to realize it.Y

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hear the wind blow. There was the occasional bang as a trash can blew over; Monday was garbage day. Hearing the noise, I picked up my phone again. An evacuation order had been issued for Fountaingrove, a neighborhood just on the other side of the freeway. As the power flickered on and off, I woke up my uncle, Jim, before packing essentials into a backpack: Some random clothes, a jacket, my computer, a small treasure box, a messenger bag, keys to my safety deposit box, and a Seiko wristwatch my parents had given me for Christmas a few years ago. With this bag and a folder of my important documents, I went outside at 2:30am. My eyes stung with ash as I walked the 15 feet to my car. Small embers were flying through the air as the wind gusted up to 50 mph. Jim was going to stay, he said, and I told him not to wait too long. Cars and trucks were already leaving our Coffey Park neighborhood, blaring their horns to warn others. I slowly drove from Crestview Drive and onto Hopper Avenue. The intersection at Hopper and Coffey Lane was full of cars, but everyone had their lights on and were moving slowly. Heading south on Coffey, two trucks passed me at high speed and ignored the stop signs. Fortunately, I didn't see any accidents. What I did see was more ash in the air, and blaring fire engines and police cars racing from where I had come. By the time I turned onto Piner Road, Jim had received a large bang on the front door. It was the fire department, telling him that he had to evacuate immediately. He only had his computer and camera equipment as the police escorted him through the dense smoke to the freeway. He later reported to me that all the trees lining Hopper were ablaze and that lit embers the size of silver dollars were flying through the air. I made it down to my aunt’s house in Petaluma at about 3:15am and called my parents. I also talked to my cousin, whose husband is a firefighter. It was around that time that Jim arrived unharmed. We spent the rest of the night and early morning checking our computers and watching television. Other cousins living in Santa Rosa came down to the house, and we had breakfast together: Bacon and pancakes. My stomach in knots, I didn’t eat much. Just after noon, we learned the


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FOOD & DRINK

Fire Relief Dining for a cause By Tanya Henry

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ith the outpouring of food, clothes and monetary donations from around the Bay Area, our wine country neighbors are feeling the love after the recent fires. But with so much still ahead, it’s been recommended (by the authorities) that those who give “pace themselves,” as this tragedy is far from over. Below are a few options right here in Marin that can help. And looking ahead, when our neighbors begin to rebuild, perhaps the best thing to do is to visit wine country with our friends and families. With the holidays almost upon us, let’s be sure to support our neighbors by including food and wine produced in Sonoma and Napa counties on our tables this season. Nugget Markets in Tiburon, Corte Madera and Novato have launched a matching-fund drive at their check stands—they will match up to $10,000 for a donation to the American Red Cross; nuggetmarket.com. Join the folks at Open Secret Bookstore/Key Teahouse for North Bay Resiliency: A Fire Benefit Show & Silent Auction on

Punk band Decent Criminal announces a new compilation, featuring local bands and groups from across the country, that will benefit victims of the recent North Bay fires.

Wednesday, October 18 from 7pm10pm. The stage will be open to community members who want to express themselves around the themes of fire, loss and resiliency. Donations between $15-$45 are requested and will be given to fire and rescue organizations in the North Bay; keyteahouse.com. Displaced folks are invited to camp at Slide Ranch’s meadow that overlooks the ocean. They can host up to 20 families, and will provide tents (families can also bring their own), and they are also accepting a limited number of farm animals including sheep, goats, cows and chickens. Contact them in advance to check on availability; slideranch.org. The Lark Theater in Larkspur invites all fire evacuees and their Marin host families to come to the Lark for free movies (any movie on the schedule) and popcorn through Sunday, Oct. 22; larktheater.net. At Mill Valley’s Piazza D’Angelo, 5 percent of sales from Oct. 16-19 will be donated to the American Red Cross in support of “vendors, friends and neighbors” affected by the fires; piazzadangelo.com.Y

Punk Pledge Local bands contribute to benefit compilation By Charlie Swanson

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f all had gone according to plan, fun-loving punk band and Santa Rosa natives Decent Criminal would be celebrating the October 13 release of their excellent new LP, Bloom, with a free show at the Last Record Store this weekend. Those plans changed last week when fires swept through the region. “It’s bittersweet to be releasing an album this week,” says Tristan Martinez, frontman of Decent Criminal. “It was like, how could we put out a record and be excited when all our friends and families have lost their homes? It’s insane.” Though Martinez currently lives in Long Beach, his heart is still in Santa Rosa, and he has agonized over the last week while watching the disaster unfold from afar. “We’ve been waiting for updates online, talking with my parents, trying to find out everything we can,” says Martinez, whose parents live near Piner and Fulton roads in Santa Rosa, and were evacuated on Oct. 9. On Oct. 10, the band met to discuss their plan to play in Santa

Rosa on Saturday, Oct. 21, which they ultimately cancelled. Then they came upon an idea to give back. “We felt like we wanted to do what we could as a band to raise funds and benefit victims,” says Martinez. The band spoke with their Milwaukee-based record label, Dodgeball Records, and offered the idea of a benefit compilation album. Dodgeball Records owner Chris Messer immediately agreed. The album, For Santa Rosa, is online now and all proceeds will go to relief for victims of the Tubbs fire. Many of the tracks on the album are unreleased or yet-to-be-released, including Decent Criminal’s track, “Rocks,” which was recorded during the Bloom sessions. Incidentally, many of the tracks on Bloom were written at Manzanita Studios near Coffey Park in Santa Rosa. “A lot of us grew up in that neighborhood,” Martinez says. “It’s crazy to think that all the memories there are now just that—memories. It’s so sad.”Y Learn more at dodgeballrecords. bandcamp.com/music.

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The cast and crew of ‘Torch’ celebrate being together in Marin for their film that takes place in Belize.

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Cheers! Mill Valley Film Fest comes to a close By Mal Karman

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he 40th annual Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF) sure knows how to pick ’em. This year, with fires raging through wine country, the brass just happened to schedule the documentary, Andre: The Voice of Wine, about a Russian aristocrat who turned Napa and Sonoma winemakers into true competition for the French. Mark Tchelistcheff spent 10 years fashioning the story of how a Russian aristocrat, the director’s great uncle, ends up in Northern California and rescues its wine industry. “I dedicated the premiere to all those impacted by the fires,” Tchelistcheff says. “I called the

festival organizers and I was able to push them to donate a portion of the proceeds of the screenings to help those in need.” This year’s coveted Audience Award went to Mudbound, Dee Rees’ tale of one white family and one black family during the Jim Crow era. “Even if you are doing a period piece,” Rees said, “art reflects what’s going on contemporarily.” She took the stage to a standing ovation and received the Mill Valley Film Festival Award from MVFF Founder/Director Mark Fishkin. Based on the novel by Hillary Jordan, Rees’ film “took the original material and deepened it by making it about two families [instead of

one].” Look for Mudbound, which stars Carey Mulligan and Jason Clarke, to be around on Oscar night. Just as Rees claimed that a period piece mirrors what is going on in society (her Jim Crow story equals racism in 2017 America), MVFF Director of Programming Zoe Elton pointed to 9/11. “The films that year had to do with extreme circumstances and compassion,” she said. “It gave us a way to articulate our feelings.” Jason Clarke also took the lead in Chappaquiddick, a grim retelling of the tragedy that impacted Ted Kennedy’s political career and cost a 29-year-old campaign staffer her life. We had a lengthy one-on-one

chat with Clarke about political expediency versus political veracity, and about the incident in which Kennedy accidentally drove his car off a bridge after a party, resulting in the drowning of Mary Jo Kopechne. Asked how he snatched such a juicy role, he said simply, “Big stars did not want to do it.” “I, myself, was struck by the impact this had on his whole life,” Clarke said. “I couldn’t get it out of my head. He was essentially noble, but he had this fatal flaw. He wasn’t fully formed to inherit the Kennedy mantle. We are the sum of all our actions and Ted’s flaw was he walked away from this tragedy for nine hours.”


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The Closing Night party in Mill Valley, featuring Green Chile Kitchen, Big Jim’s BBQ, An Affair to Remember and Fiorello’s Artisan Gelato, among others, clearly outdid Opening Night’s celebration in Larkspur. Kristin Scott Thomas came out for her tribute and a standing ovation sporting an orange dress and short cropped hair. She co-stars with Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill’s wife Clementine in Darkest Hour. “I got inspiration from Clementine’s ankles,” she claimed, while denying that she was joking. “They were delicate, beautiful, strong, [and it showed] her strength of character. Language comes from the body.” It took Scott Thomas awhile to learn that. “I was 18 at drama school in London and having a bit of a hard time,” she said. “I thought it was far better to be an acting teacher than an actor. I tried to move my courses but my dreams got shattered. So I went to France, although I didn’t speak French. But things come out never the way you think.” She ended up getting mostly modest work until The English Patient came along. She met

producer Saul Zaentz but felt, “we had a terrible lunch, so I told him it would be a horrible idea to hire me.” That is precisely the strategy that Jessica Chastain spurned. Recalled writer-and-first-time director Aaron Sorkin, “Jessica walked into the meeting and she said, ‘You know, you should just give me the part.’ And I got scared and said, ‘OK.’” Sorkin’s Molly’s Game is another one likely to be vying for gold statuettes come Oscar time. The story of a Hollywood poker princess is gripping as Sorkin told it. “I’m saying the dialogue out loud when I’m writing,” he explained. “I’m hearing the dialogue and I want it to be musical.” Director Todd Haynes could not agree more. “Music became the foundation for which my entire film [Wonderstruck] is based,” he said, “particularly in the long blackand-white section and particularly since my character is deaf. Rose is deaf and had never acted before. I got amazing tapes from deaf kids all over the country. She was exactly what I was looking for. Looks, touches, gestures—all of that spoke more than the trusted text.”

We ran into Berkeley filmmaker Santiago Rizzo at the Marin Country Mart on Opening Night. His film, Quest, follows a troubled and abused middle school graffiti delinquent. Rizzo told us, “The character and the incidents in my film are based a lot on things that happened to me. I stayed out late at night to avoid my stepdad, who had spent 17 years in prison. We are living in a tough world. There are a lot of dark shadows out there. My job now is to help kids who are being abused and to spread humility.” Long-legged actress and filmmaker Greta Gerwig rolled out her Closing Night coming-of-age film, Lady Bird, that she describes as “a love letter to a city [Sacramento], though it’s very tough for a 10-year-old to say, ‘I really love my home.’” The film stars the talented Saoirse Ronan. Over 40 years, the Mill Valley Film Festival has arguably become the signature festival in Northern California, admired and respected by both audiences and the industry. Each year, it has drawn topdrawer actors, actresses, directors, producers and writers. And there is always something that portends what is coming next—right here in our own backyard.Y

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• New Movies This Week American Made (R)

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The Battle of the Sexes (PG-13)

Friday October 20 - Thursday October 26 • Blade Runner 2049 (1:57) Harrison Ford is back, resurfacing after 30 years’ AWOL to help midcentury L.A. from devolving into chaos; Ryan Gosling co-stars. • Bolshoi Ballet: Le Corsaire (3:35) Lavish production packs Byron’s classic tale with pirates, pashas, shipwrecks, odalisques and dazzling choreography. • Breathe (1:57) True tale of Robin Cavendish, a young polio victim who embraced life against all odds; Andrew Garfield stars. • California Typewriter (1:43) Documentary tribute to the terrifically tactile writer’s tool and what its demise says about the increasingly sterile and impersonal digital age. • Dina (1:41) Engaging documentary follows the courtship, wedding and honeymoon of Dina and Scott, two Philadelphians on the autism spectrum. • Discover Arts: Raphael (1:30) Explore the life and art of Renaissance master Raphael Sanzio through his paintings and places of inspiration. • The Fencer (1:38) Finnish drama about a haunted WWII vet who confronts his demons as a fencing instructor in a Sovietheld Estonian village. • The Florida Project (1:55) Acclaimed drama juxtaposes the fanciful fantasy world of children against the harsh reality of being a disenfranchised adult in blue-collar America. • The Foreigner (1:52) A somber Jackie Chan takes on killers, terrorists and Pierce Brosnan as he searches for his kidnapped daughter; Martin Campbell directs. • Geostorm (1:49) It’s all about the FX in this Gerard Butler fantasy flick about rogue satellites and the destruction of the world. • Happy Death Day (1:36) Horror variation on Groundhog Day in which a college girl relives the day of her murder until she figures out whodunit. • Human Flow (220) Dissident artistactivist Ai Weiwei searches 23 countries for humanitarian answers to today’s refugee crisis. • Jigsaw (1:31) Could all those gruesome murders have been committed by Jigsaw, a serial killer who’s been dead since the Bush administration? • Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2:21) The elite British intelligence agency is back, teaming up with Statesman (its U.S. counterpart) to foil one fiendish plot or another; Elton John stars! • Love Live! Sunshine! (4:00) Highdefinition broadcast of Aqours’ second “School Idol” Happy Party Train concert at Japan’s Yokohama Arena; in Japanese without English subtitles. • Loving Vincent (1:35) Groundbreaking animated film employs Van Gogh’s artworks to explore the artist’s tormented life and death; Jerome Flynn enters the picture as Dr. Gachet. • Lucky (1:28) The late Harry Dean Stanton stars as a fiercely independent 90-year-old atheist who finds himself on an unexpected spiritual journey.

• Ludwig (3:58) Luchino Visconti’s 1973 biopic has been restored to its epic fourhour opulence; Helmut Berger stars as the omnisexual Bavarian monarch. • Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House (1:42) Liam Neeson stars as the one and only Deep Throat, the top FBI official who cold-cocked the Nixon administration with a little help from Woodward and Bernstein. • Marshall (1:36) Chadwick Boseman stars as future Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, taking on a racially charged rape case early in his career. • The Mountain Between Us (1:52) Kate Winslet and Idris Elba star as the sole survivors of a mountain plane crash who bond on their perilous cross-country trek back to civilization. • My Little Pony: The Movie (1:39) The Mane 8 use the power of friendship to protect Ponyville from harm; Zoe Saldana, Taye Diggs, Liev Schreiber and Kristin Chenoweth provide the voices. • A Nightmare on Elm Street (1:31) Surreal, id-pricking Wes Craven horror flick stars Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger, an evil spirit who terrorizes teens by invading their dreams. • Only the Brave (2:14) True story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, a group of Arizona firefighters with the right stuff; Jeff Bridges and Josh Brolin star. • Royal Opera: The Magic Flute (3:10) Eye-filling version of Mozart’s enchanting work explodes with flying machines, dancing animals, dazzling sets and marvelous music. • Serenade for Haiti (1:10) Inspiring documentary traces seven years in the life of Port-au-Prince’s Sainte Trinité Music School through strife, poverty and the devastating 2010 earthquake. • She Loves Me (2:13) Direct from Broadway it’s the Bock-Harnick musical version of Lubitsch’s Shop Around the Corner about two passionate pen pals who don’t know they’re also mutually detested coworkers. • A Silent Voice (2:10) Naoko Yamada anime about the pain and struggle of adolescent bullying and the possibility of redemption. • The Snowman (1:59) Grizzled cop Michael Fassbender and rookie Rebecca Ferguson team up to take down a wintercentric serial killer; J.K. Simmons co-stars. • Take Every Wave (1:58) Documentary tribute to Laird Hamilton, the charismatic bigwave tow-in surfer who revolutionized the sport. • The Trip to Spain (1:51) Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon head off on another repartee-rich gastronomical road trip, this one through the land of tapas, pintxos and paella. • Tyler Perry’s Boo 2! A Medea Halloween (1:40) Madea, Bam and Hattie are back and getting themselves chased around a haunted campground by monsters, goblins and bogeymen! • Viceroy’s House (1:47) Sumptuous period piece about India’s 1947 transition from British rule to independence; Tanveer Ghani and Hugh Bonneville are Nehru and Mountbatten.

Blade Runner 2049 (R)

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Bolshoi Ballet: Le Corsaire (Not Rated) Breathe (PG-13)

California Typewriter (Not Rated) • Dina (Not Rated)

Discover Arts: Raphael (Not Rated) Dunkirk (PG-13) The Fencer (Not Rated) • The Florida Project (R) The Foreigner (R) • Geostorm (PG-13) Happy Death Day (PG-13) • Human Flow (PG-13) IT (R) • Jigsaw (R) Kingsman: The Golden Circle (R) Leap! (PG) The LEGO Ninjago Movie (PG)

Love Live! Sunshine! (Not Rated) Loving Vincent (PG-13)

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Lucky (Not Rated) Ludwig (PG) Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House (PG-13) Marshall (PG-13) The Mountain Between Us (PG-13)

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

A Nightmare on Elm Street (R) Only the Brave (PG-13) Professor Marston & The Wonder Women (R) Northgate: Fri-Wed 7:25, 10:10 • Royal Opera: The Magic Flute (Not Rated) Rafael: Sun noon Rafael: Thu 7:15 (filmmakers Owsley Brown, Christy McGill and • Serenade for Haiti (Not Rated) Anne Flatte in person) She Loves Me (Not Rated) Lark: Sat 1 Lark: Fri 8:30; Sun 5; Thu 5:30 Northgate: Mon 7 • A Silent Voice (PG-13) Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:25, 2:15, 5, 7:45, 10:35 • The Snowman (R) Take Every Wave (Not Rated) Rafael: Fri-Sun 4 The Trip to Spain (Not Rated) Lark: Fri 4; Sat 10:30; Mon 1:45; Wed 8:40 • Tyler Perry’s Boo! 2 A Madea Halloween (PG-13) Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:30, 2, 4:45, 7:30, 10 Viceroy’s House (Not Rated) Lark: Fri 6:20; Sun 7:45; Mon 11:30; Tue 12:50; Wed 4

Showtimes can change after we go to press. Please call theater to confirm. CinéArts at Marin 101 Caledonia St., Sausalito, 331-0255 CinéArts at Sequoia 25 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley, 388-4862 Cinema 41 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, 924-6505 Fairfax 9 Broadway, Fairfax, 453-5444 Lark 549 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur, 924-5111 Larkspur Landing 500 Larkspur Landing Cir., Larkspur, 461-4849 Northgate 7000 Northgate Dr., San Rafael, 800-326-3264 Playhouse 40 Main St., Tiburon, 435-1234 Rafael Film Center 1118 Fourth St., San Rafael, 454-1222 Regency 80 Smith Ranch Rd., Terra Linda, 479-5050 Rowland 44 Rowland Way, Novato, 800-326-3264


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Note: Due to fires, listings may change. Please check venues for updated information.

Concerts

College of Marin, Kentfield Campus Oct 19, 7:30pm, Golden Gate Brass Band. 835 College Ave, Kentfield. 415.485.9576.

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Fairfax Library Oct 18, 7pm, songs of Scotland & Ireland with Margaret Miles. 2097 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Fairfax. 415.453.8092.

Antibalas Brooklyn-based collective has perfected an expressive Afrobeat sound over its nearly two decades of touring. Oct 25, 8pm. $25-$30. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.3850. Fairfax Irish Festival Seventh annual music fest features nearly 30 artists and bands at venues throughout the area all weekend Oct 20-22. 19 Broadway Club, 17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. fairfaxirishfestival.com. North Mississippi Allstars Siblings Luther and Cody Dickinson lead the longtime Southern blues-rock outfit for a rollicking night of jams. Oct 19, 8pm. $22. Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael. 415.524.2773.

SONOMA COUNTY City of Caterpillar Virginia punk legends hit the stage with newly reformed Santa Rosa band Litany for the Whale, local favorites Sabertooth Zombie and brand new girl group Holy Wood. Oct 21, 7pm. $15. Arlene Francis Center, 99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa. 707.528.3009. Mike Love Reggae’s rising star makes music full of healing and inspiration. Oct 19, 8:30pm. $17. Mystic Theatre & Music Hall, 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. 707.775.6048. Peter Serkin Distinguished pianist’s performances and recordings have been lauded worldwide for decades. Oct 20, 7:30pm. $35 and up. Green Music Center, Weill Hall, 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park. 866.955.6040.

NAPA COUNTY Boz Scaggs The acclaimed songwriter performs the hits and fan favorites from his many classic albums over two nights. Oct 19-20, 8pm. $65 and up. Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third St, Napa. 707.259.0123.

Clubs & Venues MARIN

Fenix Oct 20, Miles Schon Band. Oct 21, the Tazmanian Devils. 919 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.813.5600. HopMonk Novato Oct 20, Pp Rocks and Haulin Oats. Oct 22, 5pm, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott and Jeffrey Martin. 224 Vintage Way, Novato. 415.892.6200. Iron Springs Pub & Brewery Oct 18, Matt Herrero and friends. Oct 25, Danny Uzi and Darren Nelson. 765 Center Blvd, Fairfax. 415.485.1005. 19 Broadway Club Oct 18, songwriters in the round with Danny Uzi. Oct 19, Koolwhip. Oct 20, 5:30pm, Todos Santos. Oct 20, 9pm, Damn Near Halloween festival with DAGO Muzik. Oct 22, Christopher Hawley. Oct 23, open mic. Oct 24, Eddie Neon blues jam. Oct 25, Void Where Prohibited. 17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 415.459.1091. No Name Bar Oct 18, Robert Elmond Stone and friends. Oct 19, Michael LaMacchia Band. Oct 20, Michael Aragon Quartet. Oct 21, Michael LaMacchia Band. Oct 22, Naughty Field Mice. Oct 23, Kimrea & the Dreamdogs. Oct 24, open mic. Oct 25, singer songwriter showcase. 757 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 415.332.1392. Osteria Divino Oct 18, J Kevin Durkin. Oct 19, Ian McArdle Trio. Oct 20, Barrio Manouche. Oct 21, James Henry & Company. Oct 22, Pedro Rosales y Con Quimba. Oct 24, Michael Fecskes. Oct 25, Sebastian Monreal Trio. 37 Caledonia St, Sausalito. 415.331.9355. Panama Hotel Restaurant Oct 18, Relatively Dead. Oct 19, Deborah Winters. Oct 24, Panama Jazz Trio. Oct 25, Lorin Rowan. 4 Bayview St, San Rafael. 415.457.3993. Peri’s Silver Dollar Oct 18, the Elvis Johnson Soul Revue. Oct 19, Modern Monsters. Oct 20, Sucker MCs. Oct 21, Culann’s Hounds. Oct 22, Liquid Green. Oct 23, Billy D’s open mic. Oct 24, Fresh Baked Blues. Oct 25, the New Sneakers. 29 Broadway, Fairfax. 415.459.9910.

Rancho Nicasio Oct 20, Stompy Jones. Oct 21, Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys. Oct 22, Commander Cody. 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio. 415.662.2219. Sausalito Seahorse Wed, Milonga with Marcelo Puig and Seth Asarnow. Oct 19, Toque Tercero flamenco night. Oct 20, the 7th Sons. Oct 21, 12:30pm, Lau and friends. Oct 21, 8pm, Rolando Morales and Carlos Reyes. Oct 22, 5pm, Candela with Edgardo Cambon. Oct 24, Noel Jewkes and friends. 305 Harbor View Dr, Sausalito. 415.331.2899. Sweetwater Music Hall Oct 19, Tim Flannery & the Lunatic Fringe. Oct 23, Skyway Man with Dan Juan and Big Kitty. Oct 24, Bread & Roses benefit with Matthew Curry, the Steepwater Band and Birdseed. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.3850. Terrapin Crossroads Oct 18, Phil Lesh & the Terrapin Family Band with Luther and Cody Dickinson. Oct 19, Ross James’ Cosmic Thursday. Oct 20, Top 40 Friday with Achilles Wheel. Oct 22, 12:30pm, Scott Law’s Bluegrass Dimension. Oct 22, 7:30pm, the Casual Coalition. Oct 25, Danny Click & the Hell Yeahs. 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael. 415.524.2773. Throckmorton Theatre Oct 21, Tommy Igoe Groove Conspiracy. Oct 22, 5pm, Sunday Sessions featuring Kimrea’s Pro Showcase. Oct 25, noon concert with MUSA. 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600. Trek Winery Oct 20, Ain’t Misbehavin. Oct 21, Amy Wigton. 1026 Machin Ave, Novato. 415.899.9883.

SONOMA Green Music Center, Schroeder Hall Oct 19, Cantor Roslyn Barak. Oct 20, Music, Theatre Arts & Dance Showcase. Oct 22, 2pm, Navarro Trio. 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park. 866.955.6040. Green Music Center, Weill Hall Oct 18, 2pm, Vocal Repertory Recital. Oct 22, HUDSON. 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park. 866.955.6040. Lagunitas Tap Room Oct 18, Royal Deuces. Oct 19, Whitherward. Oct 20, Dodgy Mountain Men. Oct 22, the Shots. Oct 25, Sista Otis. 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma. 707.778.8776. Mystic Theatre & Music Hall Oct 20, Red Fang with Once and Future Band. Oct 21, Petty Theft with the Kenneth

Brian Band. 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. 707.775.6048.

Art OPENING MARIN Claudia Chapline Gallery Oct 20-31, “Halloween Display,” celebrate the season with a spooky showing. 3445 Shoreline Hwy, Stinson Beach. Sat-Sun, noon to 5, and by appointment. 415.868.2308. Marin Society of Artists Oct 19-Nov 4, “Poetry & Music,” member art show celebrates the link between the visual and verbal with poems accompanied by artworks. Reception, Oct 29 at 2pm. 1515 Third St, San Rafael. Wed-Sun, Noon to 4. 415.464.9561.

CONTINUING THIS WEEK MARIN Art Works Downtown Through Nov 10, “Migration,” group show exploring the theme of movement displays in 1337 Gallery. 1337 Fourth St, San Rafael. Tues-Sat, 10 to 5. 415.451.8119. Bay Model Visitor Center Through Nov 11, “Perspectives,” Andres Faulkner’s paintings are heavily influenced by Northern California locales. 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 415.332.3871. Book Passage Through Oct 31, “Altered Book Sculptures,” Emily Marks’ contemporary art based on classic literature displays in the gallery. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. Daily, 9 to 9. 415.927.0960. Cavallo Point Lodge Through Oct 30, “Wonder & Awe,” renowned artist and award-winning filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg shows his 2D and 3D moving images, created as fine art for digital screens. 601 Murray Circle, Sausalito. 415.339.4700. Community Media Center of Marin Through Nov 30, “TRANSFRONTERIZA,” photographer John Pike offers a glimpse into the city of Tijuana as guided by members of the transgender community. 819 A St, San Rafael. 415.721.0636.

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Gallery Route One Through Nov 5, “Hungry Ghost,” group show tells stories of longing and resilience, with Linda MacDonald’s paintings of giant redwoods and Steven Hurwitz’s new photographs also on display. 11101 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station. Wed-Mon, 11 to 5. 415.663.1347. The Image Flow Through Nov 22, “Alternative Process Photography Exhibition,” juried exhibition feature 40 artists working with a wide variety of historical and analog photographic printing processes. 401 Miller Ave, Ste A, Mill Valley. 415.388.3569. Marin Community Foundation Through Jan 12, “Hypercosmos des Songes (Supercosmos of Dreams),” the first major exhibition in the United States for Frenchborn and Marin-based artist Jean-Marc Brugeilles includes over 80 artworks. 5 Hamilton Landing, Ste 200, Novato. Open Mon-Fri, 9 to 5. MarinMOCA Through Nov 19, “AbstrAction,” juried exhibit pushes the boundaries of abstract art. 500 Palm Dr, Novato. Wed-Fri, 11 to 4; SatSun, 11 to 5. 415.506.0137. O’Hanlon Center for the Arts Through Oct 26, Essence of Water,” juried by Kay Carlson and Stephen Ehret, the show features several artists diving into the watery subject. 616 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. Tues-Sat, 10 to 2; also by appointment. 415.388.4331. Robert Allen Fine Art Through Nov 30, “Under, Over & Out,” new works on canvas by Victoria Ryan. 301 Caledonia St, Sausalito. Mon-Fri, 10 to 5. 415.331.2800. Tiburon Town Hall Through Oct 31, “Patricia Leeds: Parallel Thoughts,” Marin artist shows works that explore the creative process in encaustic on paper and digital painting. 1505 Tiburon Blvd, Tiburon.

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Comedy

The 7th annual Fairfax Irish Festival, this year a benefit for Napa and Sonoma wildfire victims, will feature many performers at several locations; Oct. 20-22. Tuesday Night Live See standup comedians Carrie Snow, Paul Morrissey, Julie Scotti, Nato Green and others. Oct 24, 8pm. $17-$27. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600.

Events Center for Domestic Peace 40th Anniversary Celebration Includes a short program, great food, live entertainment by Mitch Stein and his AllStar Band, festive conversation and dancing. Oct 21, 6pm. $100-$140. Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael, 415.524.2773. Guided Meditation Teaching & Practice All levels welcome, hosted by Pristine Mind Foundation and led by Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche. Oct 22, 10am. St Vincent's School, 1 St Vincent Dr, San Rafael, 415.526.3778. Ocean Conservation Research 10-Year Anniversary Conservation group marks a decade with fundraising dinner. Oct 18, 6:30pm. $75. Saltwater Oyster Depot, 12781 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Inverness, 415.299.3736.

HaHaHalloween Treat yourself to a spooktacular night of standup, improv and sketch comedy that benefits victims and first responders of fires in Sonoma and Napa Counties. Oct 22, 7:30pm. $10. Arlene Francis Center, 99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa, $10-$20.

Field Trips

Howie Mandel Veteran standup comedian and television personality takes the stage. Oct 21, 8pm. $60$80. Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third St, Napa, 707.259.0123.

Grass Be Gone! Help restore the habitat by removing invasive grasses. Oct 21, 9am. Marin Stables, 139 Wood Ln, Fairfax.

Rush Hicks The imperial clown comic gives his fool’s perspective on politics, circus, religion, burlesque, love and life. Oct 22, 8:30pm. $15. Mystic Theatre & Music Hall, 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, 707.775.6048.

Sunset & Bay Cruises Pack a picnic dinner and bring the whole family for a summer evening on the waters of the bay. Fri-Sat, 6:30pm. Through Oct 28. Angel Island Tiburon Ferry, 21 Main St, Tiburon, 415.435.2131.

Food & Drink Backyard Honey Bees Workshop Led by Bonnie and Gary Morse of Bonnie Bee & Company. Sat, Oct 21, 9am. $50. The Fairfax Backyard Farmer, 135 Bolinas Rd, Fairfax, 415.342.5092. Lagunitas Beer Circus Two stages of big-top entertainment, costume contests, midway games and, of course, tons of beer to taste benefits the Phoenix Theater. Oct 21, noon. $40. SonomaMarin Fairgrounds, 175 Fairgrounds Dr, Petaluma, 707.763.8920.

For Kids Teddy Bear Picnic Make a cushion for your favorite teddy and enjoy picnic delights. Oct 22, 2pm. $20. Marin Country Mart, 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur, 415.461.5700.

Lectures Amy Tan Bestselling author speaks at the Institute for Leadership Studies’ fall leadership lecture series in partnership with Book Passage. Oct 23, 7pm. $40. Angelico Hall, Dominican University, 50 Acacia Ave, San Rafael, 415.457.4440. Backyard Honey Bee Apitherapy Led by herbal expert and bee lover Tamara Wolfson. Oct 25, 7pm. $55. The Fairfax Backyard Farmer, 135 Bolinas Rd, Fairfax, 415.342.5092. Biomimicry Showcase Live pitch event and nature-inspired solution showcase Oct 20, 6pm. $30. Autodesk, 111 McInnis Pkwy, San Rafael, 415.507.5000.


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Chair Yoga Learn to keep your body and mind healthy as you age with gentle chair yoga that is suitable for all ages and abilities. Oct 23, 10:30am. Corte Madera Library, 707 Meadowsweet Dr, Corte Madera, 707.924.6444.

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Antibalas with Here Lies Man

Thu 10/26 • Doors 7pm ⁄ $12-$15 • All Ages

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Bestselling author Amy Tan will speak at Dominican University in San Rafael, as part of a leadership lecture series, on Oct. 23.

When Plots Collide Writing workshop with John Byrne Barry shows you how to create page-turners by weaving together several storylines, Oct 22, 2pm. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera, 415.927.0960.

Van Jones CNN commentator opens the 14th season of the Institute for Leadership Studies’ fall leadership lecture series in partnership with Book Passage. Oct 22, 4pm. $40. Angelico Hall, Dominican University, 50 Acacia Ave, San Rafael, 415.457.4440.

12–- $14 • All Ages

featuring Matthew Curry, The Steepwater Band, and Birdseed

Insider Job Search Tips Retired corporate recruiter Bill Lee provides insight on the qualities that impress recruiters and hiring managers most. Oct 19, 7pm. Free. Civic Center Library, 3501 Civic Center Dr, San Rafael, 415.473.6058.

Sunlight Chair Yoga Learn yoga at all ages and levels of health and mobility. Wed, 12:15pm. BodyVibe Studio, 999 Anderson Dr, Ste 170, San Rafael, 415.689.6428.

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Bread & Roses Fall Benefit

View Into Vocalizations Biologist and ecologist Maren Anderson explores the social interactions of migrating humpback whales. Oct 24, 7pm. $5. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito, 415.332.3871.

Spiritual Healing Weekly meeting covers various topics, with meditation and individual healing treatment. Fri, 7pm. Spiritist Society Towards the Light, 1 Simms St, San Rafael, 707.225.5762.

Mon 10/23 • Doors 7pm ⁄

Dan Juan, Big Kitty Tue 10/24 • Doors 7:30pm ⁄ $52–-$127 • All Ages

Henna for Adults Henna artist Rachel-Anne Palacios returns to offer this extremely popular program for adults. Space is limited. Oct 21, 2pm. Fairfax Library, 2097 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Fairfax, 415.453.8092.

Speed Learn Conversational Spanish Carol Costa and Joseph Cillo host a mix of beginning and intermediate Spanish lessons. Drop-ins welcome. Mon, 1pm. Through Oct 23. San Rafael Library, 1100 E St, San Rafael, 415.485.3323.

35– $40 • All Ages

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Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous Twelve-step recovery program for anyone suffering from food obsession, overeating, undereating or bulimia. Sat, 8am. All Saints Lutheran Church, 2 San Marin Dr, Novato, 781.932.6300.

Race Matters Dialogue & Educational Series Several presenters speak on jobs and economics. Oct 18, 8:30am. Free. Marin Community Foundation, 5 Hamilton Landing, Ste 200, Novato, unitedmarinrising.org.

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CO$T Taxpayer Forum California taxpayer advocate Jon Coupal speaks on recent legislation that could skyrocket taxes and fees on essential services in Marin. Oct 19, 7pm. $15 donation. Corte Madera Community Center, 498 Tamalpais Dr, Corte Madera.

Gardening With California Natives Learn to build a beautiful and sustainable landscape with less water and fewer chemicals. Oct 21, 10:30am. Free. Point Reyes Station Library, 11435 CA Route 1, Point Reyes Station.

Thu 10/19 • Doors 7pm ⁄

Readings Book Passage Oct 18, 7pm, “Not Quite a Genius” with Nate Dern. Oct 20, 7pm, “The Cherry Pickers” with Gregory C Randall. Oct 21, 1pm, “Becoming Myself ” with Irvin Yalom. Oct 21, 4pm, “Wonder Girls” with Paola Gianturco. Oct 21, 7pm, “Shards of a Broken Mystery” with Shira Marin. Oct 22, 1pm, David St John and Susan Terris in conversation. Oct 23, 7pm, “Before You Know It” with John Bargh. Oct 24, 4pm, “The Wolf, the Duck & the Moose” with Mac Barnett. Oct 24, 7pm, “Mercy For Animals” with Nathan Runkle. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 415.927.0960. Book Passage By-the-Bay Oct 21, 4pm, Meditation on the theme of water with Teri Glass and others. Oct 24, 6pm, “Natural Feasts” with Ella Mills. 100 Bay St, Sausalito. 415.339.1300. College of Marin Library Oct 24, 7pm, “Censored 2018” with Susan Rahman and Project Censored. 835 College Ave, Kentfield. 415.485.9475. Falkirk Cultural Center Oct 19, 7:30pm, Marin Poetry Center’s Third Thursdays with author Thomas Centolella. 1408 Mission Ave, San Rafael. 415.485.3438.

Left Bank Brasserie Oct 20, 12:30pm, “A Grandfather’s Lessons” with Jacques Pépin. $145. 507 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur. 415.927.3331. WildCare Oct 19, 5:30pm, “Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel” with Carl Safina. 76 Albert Park Ln, San Rafael. 415.453.1000.

Theater Cabaret Ross Valley Players present the rollicking Broadway musical, directed by Mountain Play veteran James Dunn. Through Oct 22. $16-$32. Barn Theatre, Marin Art and Garden Center, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross, 415.456.9555. Chicago Broadway’s longest-running American musical comes to Novato. Oct 19-Nov 12. $12$27. Novato Theater Company, 5240 Nave Dr, Novato, 415.883.4498. Mary Shelley’s Body The famed author of “Frankenstein” explores her past and legacy in this one-woman play written by ‘Pacific Sun’ contributor David Templeton, making its world premiere. Through Oct 29. $15-$30. Main Stage West, 104 N Main St, Sebastopol, 707.823.0177. StoryNights Performers, actors, comics and writers take to the mic for a night of personal stories told live. Oct 18, 7:30pm. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600. Thomas & Sally Marin Theatre Company opens its season with Thomas Bradshaw’s drama about Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, the enslaved woman who mothered six of his children. Through Oct 29. Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.5208.

feat Dave Malone (The Radiators), Camile Baudoin (The Radiators), Mitch Stein (CRYPTICAL), Reggie Scanlan (The Radiators) & Eric Bolivar (Anders Osborne) + Special Guests Tue 10/31 • Doors 7pm ⁄ $30-$35 • 21+ Dumpstaphunk with Jazz Mafia Horns + The Crooked Stuff 2nd Annual Dumpstaween Celebration www.sweetwatermusichall.com 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley Café 388-1700 | Box Office 388-3850

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2017-143007. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: THE TRUST FACTORY, 14 TAMALPAIS AVENUE, LARKSPUR, CA 94939: AUTHENTIC COLLABORATION CONSULTING LLC, 14 TAMALPAIS AVENUE, LARKSPUR, CA 94939. The business is being conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Sept 18, 2017. (Publication Dates: Sept 27, Oct 04, Oct 11, Oct 18 of 2017) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2017-143018. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: SPOTLESS CAR WASH, 20 BELLAM BLVD., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94947: MIMI HO, PUU HO, 114 MICHELLE CIR, NOVATO, CA 94947. The business is being conducted by a general partnership. Registration expired more

than 40 days ago and is renewing under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Sept 19, 2017. (Publication Dates: Sept 27, Oct 04, Oct 11, Oct 18 of 2017) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT— File No: 2017-142977. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: H FIT, 80 SAN RAFAEL AVE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: JOSEPH JANKO, 80 SAN RAFAEL AVE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Sept 12, 2017. (Publication Dates: Sept 27, Oct 04, Oct 11, Oct 18 of 2017) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT— File No: 2017-143033. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: FULL STREAM GROUP, 329

BUTTERFIELD ROAD, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: DAWN PATROL INC., 329 BUTTERFIELD ROAD, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960. The business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Sept 20, 2017. (Publication Dates: Oct 04, Oct 11, Oct 18, Oct 25 of 2017) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT— File No: 2017-142991. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: VOYAGE SOCKS, 4306 REDWOOD HWY., SUITE 200, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: DANIEL WEIZMAN, 5 LILAC AVE., KENTFIELD, CA 94904. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Sept 13, 2017. (Publication Dates: Oct

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PublicNotices FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2017-142959. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: 01) THE ARTISAN’S REP, 2) MARIN WOMEN AT WORK, 91 GLENSIDE WAY, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: KAREN KILIAN, 649 1ST STREET WEST #18, SONOMA, CA 95476. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Sept 08, 2017. (Publication Dates: Oct 04, Oct 11, Oct 18, Oct 25 of 2017) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT— File No: 2017-143172. The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: WILLIS VENTURES INVESTMENT REAL ESTATE, 700 LARKSPUR LANDING CIRCLE, SUITE 150, LARKSPUR, CA 94939: DANIEL D. WILLIS, 22 SUMMERHILL WAY, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on Oct 13, 2017. (Publication Dates: OCT 18, OCT 25, NOV 01, NOV 08 of 2017) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT—File No: 2017-143174. The following individual(s) is (are) doing businessMJ4MEDS, MARY JANES MEDIBLES, 374 HOLLY DRIVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: BETH BUCKLEY, 374 HOLLY DRIVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. The business is being conducted by AN

INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Oct 13, 2017. (Publication Dates: OCT 18, OCT 25, NOV 01, NOV 08 of 2017)

OTHER NOTICES STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT FROM USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No: 304790. The following person(s) has/have abandoned the use of a fictitious business name(s). The information given below is as it appeared on the fictitious business statement that was filed at the Marin County Clerk-Recorder’s Office on MARCH 16, 2016, Under File No: 2016-139431. Fictitious Business name(s) MARIN 24/7 LIMOUSINE SERVICE, 8 MIWOK WAY, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: SALIM SURTI, 39 SAN CLEMENTE DRIVE #1094, CORTE MADERA, CA 94925, OGYEN THRINLAY, 8 MIWOK WAY, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941. This statement was filed with the County Clerk Recorder of Marin County on SEPT 26, 2017. (Publication Dates: Oct 04, Oct 11, Oct 18, Oct 25 of 2017) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No: CIV 1703494. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner ANDREW ELLOWAY AND JAMIE SALVO filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: MICHAEL BRANDON SALVO to MICHAEL BRANDON SALVO ELLOWAY. 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: 11/08/2017 AT 09:00 AM, DEPT: E, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94913. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin: PACIFIC SUN. Date of filing: SEPT 21, 2017. (Publication Dates: Oct 04, Oct 11, Oct 18, Oct 25 of 2017) NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: JOHN C. WALLACE; Case No. PR-1703633 filed on OCTOBER 02, 2017. To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of JOHN WALLACE, JOHN C. WALLACE. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed in the Superior Court of California, County of MARIN by ISABELLA WONG. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that ISABELLA WONG be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils

are available for examination in the file kept by the court. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action). The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: NOVEMBER 13, 2017 at 9:00 am. In Dept. J, Superior Court of California, Marin County, located at Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94913. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or A CONTINGENT CREDITOR OF THE DECEDENT, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under Section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California Statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER: ROBERT I. SIMON, 45 BELDEN PLACE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA~ 94104. Telephone: 415-4343608. (Publication Dates: October 11, October 18, October 25 of 2017) STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT FROM USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME| File No: 304787. The following person(s) has/have abandoned the use of a fictitious business name(s). The information given below is as it appeared on the fictitious business statement that was filed at the Marin County Clerk-Recorder’s Office on APRIL 12, 2017, Under File No: 2017-141994. Fictitious Business name(s) V & C CLEANING, 768 DIABLO AVE, NOVATO, CA 94947: CAROL MOCK, 768 DIABLO AVE, NOVATO, CA 94947: VICTOR CASTANEDA, 35 A OLIVA DRIVE NOVATO, CA 94947. This statement was filed with the County Clerk Recorder of Marin County on SEPT 13, 2017.) (Publication Dates: Oct 11, OCT 18, OCT 25, NOV 01 of 2017). ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: SUPERIOR

COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No: CIV 1703634. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner TIELI ZHANG GOTHELT filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: TIELI ZHANG GOTHELT to CAROL Z GOTHELT, RUOSI LIU TO AUSTIN GOTHELT. 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: 12/04/2017 AT 09:00 AM, DEPT: B, ROOM: B, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive Room 113, San Rafael, CA 94913. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin: PACIFIC SUN. Date of filing: Oct 02, 2017. (Publication Dates: OCT 18, OCT 25, NOV 01, NOV 08 of 2017 of 2017)

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