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denial. And it’s also tricky because our federal government has been found to sometimes tell the truth but frequently to lie to us. The most effective antidote to these difficulties is to try obtaining as much independent information as possible—sometimes itself an arduous task because solid independent science and reliable independent media are in such short supply. The alternatives—allowing corporate and governmental propaganda to mollify and manipulate us using denials (“move along, nothing to see here”) and (in the case of government) secrecy and false flag operations (possible case in point: 9/11), or tuning out
in cynical disgust, as so many of our citizens have already done—are ultimately far more dangerous than the risk of coming to believe something that may not finally prove to be accurate. Since those pulling many of the strings in our society use ridicule as another way of keeping the public in line, it’s unfortunate that Mr. Heilig has himself done so—lumping together everything that makes him personally roll his eyes into an unfunny public “spoof.” I find it more helpful to instead remember another formulation: First they ignore us, then they laugh at us, then they fight us, then [at least sometimes] we win.
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hen members of the Larkspur City Council met a few weeks ago to discuss a plan that laid out alternatives for housing and commercial development in the area of the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) station in Larkspur, they put a spike through the plan. The action, coming after the defeat of Susan Adams for re-election to her seat on the county Board of Supervisors, was another sign that times have changed in Marin. The ascendant forces of anti-development have gained a political prowess that’s making itself felt in a big way. The Larkspur council members took the opportunity at the workshop in June to vote unanimously to drop the SMART station plan for the Larkspur Landing area. An audience numbering in the hundreds attended. Opponents of the station plan who attended sported shirts declaring, “Marin Against Density.” They were the latest evidence of a new coordination of what looks like a populist movement in the county. The group Citizen Marin is part of that movement. It calls for elected representatives to “represent their constituency, not regional agencies or consultants,” according to a letter Citizen Marin co-founder Susan Kirsch wrote to the Independent Journal. Determining the points of view of a community is complicated. The Adams defeat occurred during an election with a remarkably low voter turnout. That means a majority of a minority of registered voters voted their opposition to Adams. Whatever the numbers were in the supervisorial election, the numbers in Larkspur were clear: When organizations and committed residents can mobilize to the extent that hundreds of people show up for a workshop or a planning commission meeting or a city council session, it has an effect. Members of the Larkspur City Council said the number of people opposing the station plan who attended the workshop, and the hundreds of people who submitted comments about the plan were not the determining factor in the decision to vote against continuing the planning process. Although the turnout and strong opposition may have played a part, problems with the environmental assessments in the planning report posed real problems for the council. That’s certainly a legitimate position—one worthy of debate. But the opposition to the Larkspur plan has been marked by less rational opposition, just as debate about other development proposals in Marin and about Plan Bay Area have been marked by misinformation, invective, innuendo and personal 6 PACIFIC SUN JULY 4 - JULY 10, 2014
attacks. That kind of opposition is meant to stifle debate rather than foster it. That kind of debate is aimed at preventing citizens who have opposing points of view from speaking. In discussing the Larkspur plan, in talking about proposed projects in Strawberry, in Southern Marin, in Marinwood and elsewhere in the county, some opponents have used language that has a familiar ring to it. It’s a language meant not to inform but to attack, to mount visceral opposition that negates the positions of those who hold views counter to those of the attacker. The strategy may be effective from a political standpoint, but it lessens the quality of the discussion. Marin residents should be able to stand in open forum and exchange ideas without a descent into the visceral. The county deserves it. Some opponents of the Larkspur planning area proposal—which was just a plan, not a mandate—said proponents of the plan favored “urbanization.” The facile term, meant to be derogative, is being used as an invective to slant the debate over whether the county should concentrate potential development along city-centered corridors. Some opponents also charge that Plan Bay Area and development proposals merely are a ruse to line the pockets of developers. The subtext is that anyone who supports increasing housing density along the city corridors is a shill for developers. Some opponents also say that the idea of concentrating potential development along Highway 101 and its arteries, as well as participating in Plan Bay Area, is capitulating to big-government alphabet agencies that want to destroy the American Dream, the single-family home paradigm. Some opponents also say that Marin is the victim of what amounts to outside agitators in the form of the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC). Those are the two regional agencies that translate state objectives for housing and development to local plans. The facts belie the charge that the alphabet agencies are forcing development down the throat of Marin. To a large extent, opponents of regional planning and of development proposals that call for higher densities along the city-centered corridors are responsible for the ousting of Susan Adams. Their power also is in evidence in Larkspur and elsewhere. They have succeeded in knocking back development proposals in Southern Marin and now Larkspur. They are expressing the will of a significant portion of the Marin demographic. Whether it’s a majority of residents is another question. The supervisorial election and the vote at
US Supreme Court refuses to hear appeal in Drakes Bay Oyster case “Is it true that you’re taking your case to the Hague?” The question came
from the crowd that had gathered around Drakes Bay Oyster Company Owner Kevin Lunny, his wife and lawyer at a Monday, June 30, press conference in San Francisco, held to announce the news that the U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal from the Point Reyes oyster farm that faces closure by the federal government. The room erupted in laughter, but for Lunny, who initially laughed along with the rest, the matter was no joke. “We do plan to continue to fight for what’s right here,” he said, referring to a federal court ruling upholding the Interior Department’s unwillingness to renew the lease of the cannery his family has operated since 2004. To many, the Supreme Court was seen as the last hope for the company to remain operational in a long, drawn-out case that has divided environmentalists and leaders of the sustainable food movement. Drakes Bay Oyster Company is included in 2,500 acres of land set aside by a 1976 law as a wilderness area free of commercial activity after the expiration (in 2012) of a 40-year lease in federal waters. In 2009, Congress authorized the Interior Department to extend the lease by 10 years. But in November of 2012, then-Interior Secretary Ken Salazar abstained from granting a renewal once the lease expired, arguing that the oyster harvesting—which Lunny claimed was environmentally friendly and important to the local economy—didn’t honor the plan for a protected wilderness area. The company remained open while it appealed the rulings, and attorneys for Drakes Bay contended that the 2009 law was intended to extend the lease, not give the government unlimited authority over it. But the company’s petition to the Supreme Court was “a desperate move, full of desperate arguments,” according to Amy Trainer, executive director of the Environmental Action Committee of West Marin. In an April opinion piece for the East Bay Express, Trainer calls Drakes Bay Oyster Company “one of the worst offenders” in the history of the California Coastal Act for its “egregious eight-years-and-counting violations.” “The case isn’t over,” Lunny’s lawyer said at Monday’s press conference, emphasizing the fact that the case will go back to district court, where claims will be evaluated in the weeks ahead. In the meantime, the oyster farm will remain open. Lunny, sitting in front of a “Save our Drakes Bay Oyster Farm” sign, said that he and his company believe that they are standing up for all of the right reasons. “We feel this is an important fight to continue, not just for a third of the state’s oysters, not just for 30 workers who stand to lose their jobs and their homes and not just for our Bay Area food supply,” he said, his wife rubbing his back in support. “But this affects the ranchers within the Point Reyes National Seashore ... their future. If this sort of treatment goes allowed, we feel it could empower those that are looking to remove agriculture from not only the Point Reyes National Seashore, but perhaps federal lands across the nation.”—Molly Oleson
Sheriff nabs stolen-bike fence in Kentfield The wheels of justice were turning this week in the Ross Valley, when Sheriff’s deputies arrested a woman alleged to be part of a major bike-theft ring in Marin. Rebecca Hammett, 50, was arrested and booked in the Marin County Jail on June 24, after a search of her residence on the 1100 block of Sir Francis Drake Boulevard in Kentfield, as well as a storage facility on Industrial Way in Greenbrae and a motor home in Corte Madera turned up more than 130 bicycles and bicycle frames. The Sheriff’s Office alleges the velo vixen “had been buying suspected stolen bicycles from various bicycle thieves.” Dozens of those recovered from the alleged penny-farthing fence were high-end mountain and road bikes, according to the Marin County Sheriff’s Office. One bicycle, which was confirmed stolen from a student from the Sir Francis Drake High School earlier this month was recovered, as the victim had provided law enforcement with the bicycle’s serial number. The Sheriff’s Office says it will soon be posting photographs of each bicycle online, for victims to possibly identify their stolen goods. Anyone with any information about bike theft in Marin should call the Sheriff’s Office at 415-479-2311.—Jason Walsh
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the Larkspur City Council workshop reflect the displeasure of a significant number of residents. But the success of the opposition in putting a spike in the Larkspur plan and in the ousting of Adams is a testament to their success, not victimhood. It’s hard to look at Marin as a victim when the opponents have racked one success after another. What those successes will mean in the long run is the question, now that the opponents have asserted their political power. Simply opposing proposed plans does little to build a road to the future. At least the Larkspur plan tried to lay a foundation. ABAG and MTC awarded Larkspur a $408,000 planning grant in 2011. The city and local agencies, including the Transportation Authority of Marin (TAM) contributed $120,000 in matching funds to support creation of a comprehensive plan for the SMART station area. As delineated in the report for the plan, the goals of the station planning grant were aimed at boosting transit ridership and reducing vehicle miles traveled; increasing walking and bicycling, carpooling and local transit options; increasing jobs and improving access to jobs near the SMART station; and locating key services and retail opportunities near the SMART station. Hardly subversive objectives aimed at destroying life as we know it. The plan that the Larkspur City Council spiked suggested three alternatives for the SMART station area. The first alternative called for up to 920 housing units, 77,500 square feet of retail space, 60,000 square feet of hotel area and 39,500 square feet of office space. A second alternative called for not developing the Larkspur Ferry Terminal portion of the area, which would excise 300 housing units and 2,500 square feet of retail space. A third alternative excised 2,500 square feet of retail space and 360 housing units. Suggestions for designing buildings in the proposal included varying heights to “provide visual interest and variety to avoid a blocky, uniform appearance.” In other words, the buildings would be nothing like the vision that some opponents offer in their charge that development proposals call for “stack
and pack” buildings. That’s another term opponents have used in a kind of litany of talking points designed to denigrate. Other building guidelines in the proposal called for measures that would be sensitive to the area and in keeping with the design aesthetic of the county. The plan included a set of guidelines developed after receiving community feedback. A citizens advisory committee, which participated in the process, agreed on a set of “shared principles.” Among those principles was an understanding that Larkspur “supports efforts to enhance non-auto transportation options.” The principles also included a commitment to encouraging future development within the station area to “appropriately capitalize on the wealth of transit services that exist.” The station area, according to the plan, “is envisioned as a Larkspur neighborhood that would support a diversity of population, employment and retail services and that would encourage walking, bicycling and transit-use as preferred modes of daily travel.” Some opponents of the plan said it would accomplish virtually none of the goals mentioned in the principles. No matter what the plan would produce, they said, people wouldn’t increase their use of public transit. But there’s a glitch in the basis of that charge. Some opponents continue to say that Marin residents just aren’t amenable to public transit—that even according to SMART figures, not many people will board SMART trains. But the potential flaw in that line of attack is that it’s based on what exists rather than what is possible. Simply because something isn’t happening today doesn’t mean it won’t happen tomorrow, especially given enough support. At one time, people said investing public funds in pedestrian walkways and bike paths was a waste of taxpayer dollars, and humanpowered transportation could never be a practical part of a transportation mix. The highly successful Marin pilot project to promote walking and bicycling showed the flaw in that logic. Biking and walking have seen an exponential increase in Marin, and that 10 >
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someone at the end of life. Another said, “I came to see if there would be anything useful for me. There was lots of death early in my family. It affected my ability to make friends.” “My husband had two near-death experiences and always came back. I came here because I think there will be another such episode and I might get some strength from this conversation about others’ experiences,” said one woman in her 70s. “I came because my husband is afraid of death. He wouldn’t come,” a woman in her 50s said. “I hope I can help him. I think we’re on this earth to learn. Otherwise, why?” Y Y Y Y Y When a loved one dies—not to put too morose a spin on it—numerous details appear to which attention must be paid and, thanks to Death Cafes, discussed: death certificate, obituary, burial and changes to a will. My husband died unexpectedly in January from Parkinson’s disease, and while I am consoling myself with peanut butter cups and pinot noir, I am trying to handle legal matters. Friends and family assure me “it was the right time, no need to suffer.” Where I live there are noticeably more residents talking about death and how to achieve it when heart and mind shred. Overdose? Prescription meds? A friendly doc? Understanding relative? To Mexico for Seconol? “Demerol,” one friend remarked. “It’s divine.” Morphine has been mentioned. No easy way out, legally or otherwise, presents itself. Rather than try to stash lethal drugs, my Midwestern persona is trying to organize for life as it has become—call the lawyer to amend the will; contact Social Security and apply for survivor benefits. So much stuff to handle, and so much time now to do it. There’s also the obituary to write. I discovered that publishing an obit costs real money. For guidelines and fees, call your local newspaper or look online. At the moment of death the practical matter is to arrange a disposition of the body. A phone call to the Neptune Society in San Francisco was our (my son and I) go-to solution (www.neptune-society. com), with offices in Northern California, including San Francisco and Novato. We chose San Francisco, with its lovely columbarium and respectful staff. Neptune
offers a range of services from cremation learning to pay bills online is a time- and to funerals at what I thought reasonable energy-saver. But now what? charges. I selected a beautiful onyx box, After the customary “Celebration of copper-colored laced with pale green. It Life,” the new normal begins. Death of a could hold cosmetics for a Phoenician beloved becomes exile—you leave behind princess. forever the life you had, expelled from Getting back to stuff: If you are a recent the familiar and comfortable to a strange senior survivor, you know the drill. You country. It’s how I imagine homelessness— need several copies of the original death a floundering swimmer in deep water certificate (at $21 each at the County of reaching for purpose. Marin), you need your Social Security Maybe I’ll become a cougar—“Old and card and your partner’s to claim survivor Single in the Suburbs.” benefits. You can make a phone appointI don’t want to not be part of a couple, ment with Social Security to claim survito dine alone or sleep alone. I want my vor benefits. life partner of 55 years back. I love where It’s a good idea to have your Medicare we lived—the old friends, familiar card (and the survivor’s) markets, beckonwhere you can find it, or ing tennis courts apply for a new one (for and travel broNOW SERVING COFFEE AND CAKE guidance go online: www. chures. To sign up for a Death Cafe meeting, ssa.gov/medicare). Call Instead I turn visit www.deathcafe.com. To find out about the next meeting in Marin visit all banks, savings, loans up the volume on Rhine’s website at www.nancyrhine.com. and brokerage institutions Credence Clearwhere you have accounts water Revival and to change the beneficiary. The Moody Blues, In some cases you will gaze at the photos need to appear in person and provide an of our younger selves in Paris, Istanbul, original death certificate that the instituBeijing, Rome, Zihuantanejo—our robust tion will copy and retain before they make years with all our healthy lives ahead of us. the change of beneficiary. It goes without Find solace in the mournful Spanish guitar saying that you need a revocable trust to concertos that bring memories of Granada avoid probate. Do not delay this proceand Barcelona. dure—after a family member’s death it is All the changes aren’t difficult. Unstructoo late. tured hours mean I can read until 4 in the Alert the DMV that your partner is no morning, skip breakfast, exercise to my longer alive; ditto the auto insurance, life own biorhythm and reboot to the overinsurance, HMO or medical provider, used “New Normal.” To paraphrase The doctors and relatives who live far away. If Moody Blues, I know it’s out there someyour partner was active in social media, where. And it’s worth talking about. Y remove that name from the account. Ditto with email and bank accounts. I found that E-mail Joanne at letters@pacificsun.com.
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in San Rafael. The space is smaller, but the MAKING MOVES AND PIZZA Buck menu is the same—and each server/food Minitch seems intent on bringing fun, food handler still writes a personal thank you and music to downtown San Anselmo. In with a heartfelt message on to-go containers. November he took over the space of the longtime LoCoco’s. Pizza is still on the menu Yes—I will be going there before and after my yoga classes as much as possible. Cafe del at True North, but Minitch has added live Soul is located at 247 Shoreline Highway and music six nights a week, is planning a beer at 1408 Fourth St., San Rafael. garden, and after-hours, the back room of www.cafedelsoul.net. the restaurant transforms into a speakeasy, DAS SUMMER Nature Friends Tourist where 58 craft beers are offered on tap. Club’s Sommerfest is truly an only-in-Marin Minitch came to Marin from South experience. The club has just three festival/ Carolina in 2005 and was part of the team fundraisers a year that the public is invited that opened the short-lived Plate Shop in Sausalito. Since moving west, the former ma- to attend, and this one is coming up on Sunday, July 20, from 12-6pm. Music, beer rine and firefighter is taking his new career seriously—he says his next project is to bring and German/Austrian food are all on the menu at this quirky lodge tucked away in the Texas and Louisiana-style barbecue to the redwoods near Mount Tam. The best way long-shuttered Debbie Does Dessert space. to get there is via the Dipsea Trail from Mill If all goes according to plan, he will offer a Valley. Kids are welcome and Lederhosen buffet-style BBQ to include mac ’n’ cheese are recommended attire. You can find more and all the fixin’s. To say Minitch is mixing information at www.touristclubsf.org. Y things up in this sleepy little town is an understatement, but maybe southern barbecue, Share your hunger pains with Tanya at thenry@pacificsun.com. artisan pizza and beer is just what the town needs. True North Pizza, 638 San Anselmo Ave., San Anselmo. www.truenorthpizza.com. COMFORT FOOD TO GO Café del Soul allows me to celebrate my hippie roots like nowhere else! Their bowls of organic brown rice and veggies, colorful smoothies and uber-friendly vibe have caused me to veer off the freeway more than once for a dose of my favorite comfort food at their Tam Junction storefront. Lucky for me, and you, they now have a second location on Fourth Street The Lederhosen at Sommerfest might be a bit distracting ... luckily there’s beer.
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Cassaday adds that Cyber-Seniors initially content. It’s all being produced by younger [manifests] for older people,” Cassaday says. focused on seniors in their 70s to 90s, many of generations.” “And I think technology is just one of the whom had never even turned on a comIncreased curiosity with and concern ways.” puter prior to their Cyber-Seniors about the aging population isn’t an According to studies by the Pew Research sessions. isolated concern and has certainly Center, “Internet-use remains strongly corby “There’s a huge aging populapermeated Marin’s county lines. related with age, educational attainment and S t e p h a n i e The Marin County Grand Jury tion and we all know people in household income.” A 2014 Pew Internet Powell this age group,” Cassaday says. released a report in June titled, Research Project report titled, “Older Adults “They are really the last generation “Aging in Marin: What’s the Plan?” and Technology Use,” found that 59 percent to not be online. I think the major Five generations—the Silent Genof seniors report they go online, and 47 reason is they weren’t in the workeration (1925-1941), Baby Boompercent say they have a high-speed broadband force when computers were [introduced].” ers (1942-1964), Generation X (1965-1981), connection at home. Today our culture has a strong digital Millennials/Generation Y (1982-2000) and The numbers are up from last year. But divide—a gap that separates two sets of Generation Z (2000-today)—are living and, despite the gains, seniors continue to lag people: those who readily have access to well, communicating co-currently. According behind. Nearly two in five seniors report that communication technology and the skills to to the report, one in four residents in Marin they have a “physical or health condition that make use of it, and those who do not. Factors is 60 years or older and by 2030, one in three makes reading difficult or challenging” or that contribute to that divide and its affected residents will be a senior. The need to address a disability or chronic disease that prevents demographics range from income disparity isolation and inclusion within the increasthem from participating in many common to social inequality or, in many cases, age and ing demographic continues to grow ever so daily actives. Skeptical attitudes about the familiarity. Attempting to bridge the digital potent. benefits of technology also prove to be a roaddivide between different generations, Cyber“There are many ways social isolation block. About 53 percent of the non-Internet Seniors’ pairing of senior citizens with teen mentors resulted in a symbiotic relationship, and left many teens surprised by the mutual benefits. “[The teens] learned to be more patient,” Cassaday says with a laugh. “They learned to speak clearly, stop looking at their phone while they talk and to stop mumbling. You have to put the phone down and make eye contact. And I think they learned that they like being around older people. Many of the teens thought, ‘Oh my God, what am I going to talk to this person about?’ But we saw this great deal of mutual respect. “For senior citizens, their main source of communication is phone; for the Millennials, they don’t talk on the phone—it’s text messaging, Facebook or Snapchat,” Cassaday says. “Something I found interesting is that The virtual high-five—another advantage of a good Skype session. senior citizens don’t contribute to online web
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users disagree with the statement that “people gap between generations, Correa says that one of two things will happen: either it will lacking internet access are at a real disadvantage because of all the information they might naturally decrease over time as young people be missing.” While 18 percent of other seniors grow older and they continue to build “digital confidence” and the skills necessary to tackle admit they would feel comfortable learnfuture innovation or the confidence will deing how to operate smartphones and tablets crease over time with age and they will grow alike on their own, 77 percent would prefer more fearful and less assistance from open to technosomeone. logical changes. And while the And while it’s hard It is no doubt that there are Internet’s conveto predict how new nience and ability differences in digital mediacharacteristics of to foster connectcommunication will use and communication edness between change the way we family and friends styles between older and communicate in the near and far is younger generations. future, Correa notes often categorized as that there is an obvibeneficial, the unous change in Milswerving induction lennials’ preferred of new technology method versus the one of older generations. has left some detractors questioning if new “Young people prefer to text than talk facestyles of communication are more harmful to-face or voice-to-voice,” Correa says. “This than they are helpful. helps them to make a quick contact with their Teresa Correa, a Ph.D. graduate from the friends, circumvent social situations they University of Texas’s school of communicawant to avoid or power hierarchies at home tion (currently an assistant professor in the or school.” College of Communication and Literature at Nancy, a Baby Boomer from Mill Valley the Universidad Diego Portales in Santiago, and an avid texter, says younger generations’ Chile) agrees that the line between helpful communication styles can leave many older and harmful remains blurry. people feeling disconnected. “It is no doubt that there are differences “Many older people feel frustrated at the in digital media-use and communication styles between older and younger generations. amount of time they see younger people face down into an electronic device, especially Whether it is good or bad, it depends,” Corwhen they are together in family groups,” rea writes by e-mail. “On the one hand, the Nancy says. “They worry about what this generational divide increases parents’ anxiety about things they cannot control or dominate is doing to young peoples’ interactive (real world) social skills, and even their abilities to fully, including information their kids access write and spell. At the same time, many older online, cyberbullying, social behaviors, etc. people also feel left behind and wish they had “The evidence suggests that new technoloa personal teacher who could show them how gies, particularly mobile phones, strengthen strong ties such as the relationship with family to get online and do searches, for instance.” Communication methods are not only members, particularly in families that have shifting, but the integration of the new styles more horizontal patterns of interaction. It is is starting younger and younger. “Little kids also important to note that the generational gap also challenges the power hierarchy in the are so facile with electronics,” Nancy says. family because in technology realms kids may “My 3-year-old granddaughter took the three remotes and got the DVD the other day to become the opinion leaders.” 15> As for eliminating the communication
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play when I sat there bamboozled. “They have no fear of technology, for one thing, and that is something I see with older generations,” she says. “I remember when I first got into computers in 1980 that the computer took up the entire room and I was so afraid that if I did something wrong, hit the wrong key, the whole thing would be broken.” The continuum has been around since the late 80s since the widespread introduction of the Internet and mobile phones. Correa adds that, with the seemingly overindulgence and infatuation to have the latest gadget as a culture, “the boundary between offline and online situations is becoming blurry, particularly for young people. They move from one to another without much notice.” Correa, a self-proclaimed member of Generation X, says of her communication style, “I still communicate voice-to-voice to members of my family and friends. Also, I strongly rely on e-mail for work-related issues. I follow Facebook daily, but not all day and Twitter sometimes. I think I follow a typical communication pattern of a member of Generation X.” In February 2014, Correa authored an article titled, “Bottom-Up Technology Transmission Within Families” which appeared in the Journal of Communication and explored the influence children have on their parents when it comes to adopting new technology and communication. “My own research suggests that young people not only influence their parents to get involved with new technology but also teach them how to use it,” Correa says. “This occurs more strongly with social networking sites such as Facebook.” And with this influence in mind, CyberSeniors documents the journey of a group of teen mentors integrating new communication styles into the daily lives of their senior counterparts. While the seniors learned Internet basics like Facebook chatting, how to watch cooking videos on YouTube, and FaceTiming with family, mentors learned to be more present with voice-to-voice communication. The documentary follows a group of seniors who are challenged to create a YouTube video and gain the most views with the help of their teen mentors. Younger generations may appear to be less fearful of communication changes because they grew up in an environment entrenched with oscillating gadgets that forced them to adapt at a seemingly quicker rate, but what are younger generations missing out on due to the barriers of digital communication? Saffron Cassaday notes that a major flaw with the Internet’s content is that it generally lacks insight from older generations. Seniors should be able to make informed choices about whether or not the Internet proves useful. FaceTime and Skype might be innovative communication methods that help maintain relationships for less-mobile octogenarians and nonagenarians, but changes in communication patterns will continue to evolve. What are we gaining and losing from
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digital communication and where exactly should generations meet? Cyber-Seniors offers its website as a resource and does not manage programs throughout Canada or the U.S. Rather, the goal is to eliminate social isolation and foster inclusion for all generations through new age communication tools.
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Today, Steven Swain of the UCCE and Peggy Mathers, Garden Walk program coordinator, keep the program operating. Since its start there have been over 1,000 garden walks in Marin County. “When homeowners use the right amount of water for their garden, more water remains in the reservoirs to increase the sustainability of this precious resource,” Carney said. “Over time the savings really add up and, after almost seven years of program experience, water records show that people continue to practice the water-wise techniques they learn from the master gardeners. The Marin Municipal Water District is a proud sponsor of the Garden Walk program and encourages everyone in the district to participate.” Why do these Marin master gardeners volunteer their time to help others? Like me, they have a conniption when they see a lawn sprinkler watering the sidewalk at noon. (That’s the time of day when water is being evaporated into the air and barely making it to the root zone underground. And don’t even get me started on the sidewalk part ...) Master gardeners also feel that they have
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important knowledge to share with others about sustainable gardening practices and water conservation, especially with the climate changing. They adhere to the seven principles for landscape sustainability: 1. Landscape locally, 2. Less to the landfill, 3. Nurture the soil (compost and mulch!), 4.Conserve water, 5. Conserve energy, 6. Protect water and air quality and 7. Create wildlife habitat. These volunteers are trained in botany, soils, plant propagation, composting, plant pathology, pruning, integrated pest management, water-wise irrigation practices, garden design and weed management. They also attend two days of rigorous hands-on irrigation training provided by MMWD’s irrigation specialists. Speaking from personal experience, I can tell you that once you learn to landscape sustainably, you never go back. You want to preach it from the mountaintops. Carpenteria californica is one of California’s rarest shrubs—native to the foothills of the Sierra Nevadas. It’s like ex-smokers. You quit and then you want everyone to quit. I attribute or plant index. For example: If I used to be a Miracle-Gro and pesticide user. were interested in planting a perennial plant (Sshhh. Don’t tell anyone.) But once I read (one that comes back each year), I’d click on about the neurotoxins in the herbicides and “plants by type.” There I would find options how the synthetic fertilizers were making for ferns, grasses, ground covers, perennials, my plants super-thirsty and drug-addicted shrubs, succulents, trees and vines. Once in for life, and how the excessive use of these perennials, I’d look around for something agricultural chemicals were seeping into our that is girly-pink, deer-resistant (since it will streams, bays and oceans, creating “dead be in my front yard) and super droughtzones” which suffocate all sea life by starving tolerant, because I don’t have time to coddle the water of oxygen ... plus poisoning our it like some of my spoiled backyard plants. I’d drinking water, I came clean. According to find Gaura lindheimeri. I adore Gaura. (Also the journal Science, marine dead zones have known as Wand Flower or Butterfly Gaura.) been doubling in size every 10 years since Then off to the local nursery I’d go, looking 1960. Nationally, agricultural chemicals curfor my beautiful, flowing, summer-blooming rently account for roughly two-thirds of all Gaura. water pollution. Come to rehab with me! I will Or, you click “plants by attribute” and buy you ice cream! choose from water-use needs, deer-resistance To make an appointment for your onequalities, soil drainage requirements, wildlife hour free consultation, call 473-4204, or to re- value or special features. Let’s say I choose quest a master gardener visit, go here: http:// “wildlife value.” Then I’d scroll down to find ucanr.edu/survey/survey. plants that invite bees. Here I’d find a native cfm?surveynumber=9109. plant called Carpenteria californica—also Ready for more gifts from known as Bush Anemone—that I know the Marin Master Gardendoes well in my yard. (You always want more ers? Jean Ballestero, Karen of the plants that don’t whine in your yard. Detwiler and their MG team Landscape designers like to plant in threes. have created an extraordinary Three of each of the same plant.) This native Water-Wise Plant Selection shrub grows to about 6 feet, with glossy Guide specifically for Marin County gardendark-green leaves and showy white daisy-like ers. This plant guide takes the mystery out of flowers in the spring. It is drought-tolerant, plant shopping. Trust me. Plant shopping can attracts beneficial insects, is deer-resistant, be dangerous (to your pocketbook and water enjoys full sun or a bit of shade and likes bill) if you don’t have a plan. You want to buy neglect! Sold! I’ll take three. plants that are happy in our climate zone, To visit the Water-Wise Plant Selection drought-tolerant and low-maintenance. This Guide, go here: http://ucanr.edu/sites/Marinremarkable resource on the Marin Master MG/Plant_Guide/. Gardener website lists plants that fare well in And finally, do you still have a front lawn? all Mediterranean climates, globally, as well as Is it looking miserable? Get rid of it. Learn native plants that flourish locally. And, there how to sheet-mulch it here: http://stopwaste. are color photos with both common and org/home/index.asp?page=1153. Y Latin names! Yippeee. Test the water with Annie at thedirtdiva@earthlink.net. Gardeners can search by plant type, plant
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bluegrass harmonies and mountain yodeling with oud, flute and such Indian instrumentation as the tamboura and bass sarod. The supporting cast includes vocalist Gillian Welch, bassist Jack Casady of Hot Tuna, multi-instrumentalist Jody Stecher, and drummer Casey Waits (son of Tom Waits). “I’m always trying to write that bluegrass tune When with his former band Earth Opera, Peter Rowan and bandmates frequently that might have someopened for The Doors . thing real in it,” Rowan told or me, a bluegrass song should the Sun, “writing a song that’s based on a have an otherworldly quality to real-life experience as opposed to simply it,” singer, songwriter, guitarist crafting a song in the singer-songwriter and bluegrass great Peter Rowan told the style.” Pacific Sun four years ago. “One of the The 71-year-old Rowan’s cosmicgreat strengths of bluegrass is this inhercowboy legacy is the subject of the recent ited, Celtic, almost beyond-this-world sort documentary The Tao of Bluegrass: A of feeling. Bluegrass can handle really big Portrait of Peter Rowan, A Musical and themes, but bluegrass has lost its topical Spiritual Exploration of a Blue Grass Boy. flavor—traditionally, it was informed by The 90-minute film, produced by Christragic events and the lives of everyday tine Funk and funded through a crowdpeople. It often is expressed in the dark sourcing campaign, premiered last fall at side of life.” the Mill Valley Film Festival. As a member of the pioneering band The film features rare concert footage Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys, and onscreen interviews with Rowan, Inverness resident Rowan—a practicing David Grisman, Ricky Skaggs, Steve Buddhist—co-wrote, with Monroe, the Earle, Alison Krauss,Wavy Gravy, Richoft-covered bluegrass ard Greene and classic, “Walls of brother Lorin NOW PLAYING Time,” one of the most Rowan, among Peter Rowan returns to Rancho Nicasio on haunting songs in the others. Sunday, July 6, at 4pm, for the 5th annual bluegrass canon. It traces Bluegrass Birthday Bash. Tickets are $20. His spiritual musRowan’s evolution The Rowan Bros. will be the special guests. ings, as well as the from his tenure The event is part of the venue’s popular BBQ inner-life that bonds on the Lawn series. 662-2219. with Monroe’s us all, come to the Blue Grass Boys fore on Dharma Blues and his stint as (Omnivore), the latest a founder of the progressive-bluegrass recording from this Grammy Award-winmovement (he played on the landmark ner and five-time Grammy nominee. 1975 Old and in the Way album with It’s a collection of gentle folk, country Grisman, Jerry Garcia, Vassar Clements, and bluegrass songs. and John Kahn) to his often eclectic solo The album is rife with affirmations and projects that have ranged from Dust Bowl reflections on life and love, all filtered ballads to a reggae/bluegrass hybrid and through Rowan’s spiritual trek through the Bodhisattva-meets-bluegrass themes the wilderness of the soul. Those songs of Dharma Blues. Y include, “My Love Will Never Change,” “Illusion’s Fool,” “A Grain of Sand,” “River of Reach nirvana with Greg at gcahill51@gmail.com. Time,” “Raven,” “Wisdom Woman,” “Arise” and “Restless Grave.” At times, Rowan even weaves in quotes Tune up to the Marin music scene at from Buddhist scriptures. ›› pacificsun.com/music The title track blends high-lonesome
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Product placement time machine Back in time with ‘Fargo’ creator Noah Hawley by David Te mp l e ton
The Coen brothers wrote and directed the original ‘Fargo’ film and serve as executive producers on the television series.
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wo weeks ago, the sensational FX television show Fargo, inspired by the Coen brothers’ movie of the same name, came to a grisly, morally complex conclusion, with amiable psychopath Lorne Malvo (Billy Bob Thornton) and clumsy wife-killer Lester Nygaard (Martin Freeman) each meeting their own satisfying demises— one life ending in fire (well, gun fire), the other in ice. The creator of the show is the brilliant author Noah Hawley, who made the jump from novels (The Good Father, Other People’s Weddings) to television (Bones, The Unusuals) several years ago. With Fargo having arisen as a huge critical and audience success, Hawley is suddenly one of those guys whose phone calls Hollywood executives will actually take. Fifteen years ago, when he was still a slightly green first-time novelist, Noah Hawley took my call, agreeing to meet me for an afternoon movie in San Francisco, where he was living at the time. The resulting conversation was among the more entertaining and thoughtfully challenging post-film conversations I’ve had. With Hawley now being talked about in Variety, and sitting down for interviews with Terry Gross on NPR, it seems the right time to pull that conversation out of the archives for another look. As I recall, the original plan was to see Disturbing Behavior, a thriller in which authority-questioning teens discover their parents’ evil conspiracy to kill them and replace them with happy, smiling automatons. Having never met Hawley, I walked into the
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theater lobby toting my copy of his then-new book, A Conspiracy of Tall Men, on the back of which was Hawley’s photo. I scanned the faces of the people in the lobby, everyone lining up in neat, obedient lines at the multiwindowed box office. A big, digital signboard proclaimed that a number of movies were already sold out—Saving Private Ryan, There’s Something About Mary, Mask of Zorro. The only two films that weren’t sold out yet were Disturbing Behavior and something called Small Soldiers, Joe Dante’s noisy-looking fantasy about military action figures secretly armed with high-tech munitions chips, rudimentary artificial intelligence, and a bloodthirsty desire for mayhem and murder. I hopped in line, hoping I’d be quick enough to snag tickets before ... oops! Too late. “Disturbing Behavior Sold Out,” proclaimed the blinking sign just as I arrived at the window. “You can still see Small Soldiers,” suggested the happy, smiling automaton behind the window. And that’s the moment Noah Hawley arrived, looking even younger than his picture. He was 31 at the time, and hasn’t aged all that much since. Once apprised of the situation— “Disturbing Behavior is sold out? Go figure,” he says—my guest shrugs and elects to go along with the movie about violent toys on the warpath. It turned out to be a fortuitous accident. Hawley’s book—an intelligent, literate conspiracy thriller—tells the story of Felix, a professor of conspiracy theory who’s faced
with a real-life conspiracy when his wife is killed in a plane crash—on a flight to Rio that Felix didn’t know she was planning to take. After 15 years, the book still stands up, and hopefully will still eventually be made into a film, as Hawley told me was probable as we made our way to the auditorium to watch Small Soldiers. Parking ourselves in a booth at a nearby diner 110 minutes later, Hawley is musing philosophically on the sprawling, outrageous, toy-exploding epic we just witnessed. “That movie was kind of a paradox,” he noted. “Here’s a movie about toys, a movie that satirizes mindless consumerism, society’s limitless consumption of violence—but it’s driven by consumerism. It’s all just a product placement for itself, an advertisement for toys that will be spawned by the toys the movie is about. This is what corporate America is giving us, what Hollywood is giving us now. A movie is no longer just a movie. It’s also a set of action figures, a paperback novelization, a set of bed sheets and a Happy Meal.” In the film, a toy company truck driver suggests something similar, grousing that the world will eventually become one giant corporation designed to create products no one needs but buys anyway. “It’s not just happening with kids movies, either,” Hawley pointed out. “Think about it. There’s this whole World War II thing going on at the moment, right? Saving Private Ryan is just one. At the same time, there are all these Gap ads with people dancing to Big Band songs. Ever wonder why swing dancing is so popular right now? Why is all of this World War II stuff happening all at once? And I just read somewhere that they’ve just discovered all this color footage from World
War II, footage no one has ever seen before, evidently. That’s kind of amazing to me! “Not to be conspiratorial or anything,” he said with a laugh, “but you have to wonder what sort of meetings are going on behind closed doors. It all seems a bit sinister to me. It seems like some sort of pattern. It all seems so deliberate—and the hallmark of a good conspiracy is seeing the pattern within the chaos, right?” I suggested that maybe people just like things they are familiar with. It’s comforting, maybe, to see movies and hear music that strikes a comfortable chord, that reminds them of something from their past. Maybe that’s why so many Broadway shows are made from hit movies, or—on occasion— why hit television shows sometimes spring from popular movies about amiable psychopaths and clumsy wife-killers. “What I think,” Hawley mused aloud, “is that this whole earth basically just operates to move money around. I really believe that. People make products, people buy products, people are products. “When people ask me about all this Apocalypse stuff, with some evil New World Order about to descend on us, and put us all in camps, I always say, ‘Well, this is a world based on consumerism, right? So what good would it do to put the population in camps?’ No one would buy leisure-wear, or go to the movies, or buy action figures. “That’s what’s keeping us safe, I guess,” he said with a laugh. “As long as all of us continue to shop, whether we want what we buy or not, then maybe we’ll all be safe.” Y Go back in time with David at talkpix@earthlink.net.
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F R I D AY J U LY 4 — T H U R S D AY J U LY 1 0 M ovie summaries by M at t hew St af fo r d America (1:43) Conservative pundit Dinesh D’Souza’s quasi-documentary rehash of Great Moments in American History stars Jennifer Pearson as Young Hillary Clinton(!). l American Mustang 3D (1:10) Eye-filling three-dimensional documentary focuses on the magnificent wild horses that roam the American West; Daryl Hannah narrates. l Begin Again (1:44) Musical rom-com stars Keira Knightley as an up-and-coming East Village chanteuse and Mark Ruffalo as a down-and-out record exec; let the canoodling commence. l Belle (1:45) Sumptuous biopic of Dido Elizabeth Belle, a mixed-race aristocrat of pre-abolition 18th century England. l Bicycling with Molière (1:44) Film fest fave about two French actor adversary-buddies who grapple, bike, pontificate and flirt with the local talent on an idyllic Atlantic isle. l Chef (1:55) Superstar chef Jon Favreau gives up his luxe L.A. eatery to launch a Miami food truck. l Chinese Puzzle (1:57) Romantic comedy about a French father who follows his children and ex-wife to exotic New York. l Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2:10) A mob of genetically evolved apes takes on a mob of humans to see who will rule Planet Earth. l Deliver Us from Evil (1:41) A New York cop joins forces with a cutting-edge exorcist to battle a citywide rash of positively demonic activity. l Earth to Echo (1:29) E.T. redux as four kids help an alien find his way back home. l Edge of Tomorrow (1:53) War of the Worlds meets Groundhog Day as a space-time vortex forces Tom Cruise to fight the same battle against invading aliens over and over again. l The Fault in Our Stars (2:06) John Green’s best-seller hits the big screen with Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort as two teens who meet and fall in love at a cancer support group. l Fed Up (1:32) Katie Couric documentary about the American food industry and the dangerous and unhealthy swill they’re feeding us. l The Grand Seduction (1:55) Wry comedy about a Canadian fishing village that does whatever it takes to convince a big-city doctor to become their permanent sawbones. l A Hard Day’s Night (1:30) 50th anniversary restoration of the footloose musical comedy stars John, Paul, George and Ringo as Liverpool rock stars heading to London for a TV gig. l How to Train Your Dragon 2 (1:45) Wannabe Viking Hiccup and his pet dragon Toothless are busily protecting their village from invaders. l Ida (1:20) Polish drama about a teenage nun-tobe who discovers that she’s the daughter of Jewish parents killed by the Nazis. l The Immigrant (1:57) Ellis Island period piece about the adventures and tribulations of a Polish émigré in Jazz Age Manhattan. l Impact (1:51) Vintage noir stars Brian Donlevy as a framed-for-murder industrialist who takes it on the lam and starts a new life in…bucolic Larkspur! l Jaws (2:04) Spielberg’s best movie, about a great white shark seeking protein along the New England coast, is really about the terrific acting chemistry between mammals Robert Shaw, Roy l
Scheider and Richard Dreyfuss. l Jersey Boys (2:14) Director Clint Eastwood brings the Tony-winning musical bio of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons to the silver screen. l Lark 10th Anniversary Celebration (4:00) Celebrate a decade of independent, fun-filled programming at Larkspur’s premier movie palace with cake, cartoons, and an evening screening of film noir classic Impact, filmed in the hometown itself! Free popcorn and vino too. l Life Itself (1:52) Acclaimed documentary looks at the life and work of the late Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic and TV star Roger Ebert. l Maleficent (1:38) Angelina Jolie stars in the untold story of Sleeping Beauty’s wicked nemesis. l The Metropolitan Opera: Otello (3:30) Verdi’s tumultuous tale of a soldier brought down by envy and jealousy is presented in dazzling big-screen high definition; Renee Fleming plays Desdemona. l Obvious Child (1:23) An aspiring twentysomething comedian faces unemployment, pregnancy and adulthood; Jenny Slate stars. l Raiders of the Lost Ark (1:55) Swashbuckling archaeologist Harrison Ford searches the Holy Land for a potent Biblical tchotchke before the Nazis can use it to conquer the world. l RiffTrax Live: Sharknado (2:00) The interplanetary wiseguy cineastes of Mystery Science Theater 3000 take on the 2013 howler about a plague of man-eating sharks chomping their way through greater Los Angeles. l The Smurfs 2 (1:42) Clumsy, Grouchy and the other aqua-hued cutie-pies return, searching Paris for Smurfette before she becomes a Naughty! l Snowpiercer (2:06) Bong Joon Ho satirical sci-fi thriller stars Ed Harris, Tilda Swinton, Octavia Spencer and John Hurt as modern Ice Age survivors jockeying for position on a high-tech train to nowhere. l Tammy (1:36) Broke, jobless, lovelorn Melissa McCarthy hits the road to Niagara Falls with groovy grandma Susan Sarandon. l Third Person (2:17) Paul Haggis tells three dovetailing stories of love, loss, children and coupledom. l Transformers: Age of Extinction (2:35) Everyone’s favorite Autobots are back and taking on yet another Earth-threatening evildoer. l 22 Jump Street (1:52) Baby-faced undercover cops Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill graduate to college-level espionage. l Walking the Camino (1:24) Follows six pilgrims as they trek Spain’s ancient 500-mile Camino de Santago Trail in search of spiritual awakening. l Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1:40) Gene Wilder stars in an inventive musical version of Roald Dahl’s delectable novel about an eccentric chocolatier and his mysterious, fantastical candy kingdom. l Words and Pictures (1:51) Boozing English teacher Clive Owen and abstract painter Juliette Binoche spark in Fred Schepisi’s romantic comedy. l X-Men: Days of Future Past (2:10) The original X-Men join forces with their younger selves in a time-altering mission to save Earth; Halle Berry, Peter Dinklage and Michael Fassbender star.
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Regency: 11:20, 2, 4:40, 7:20, 9:55 Rafael: Wed 7 (filmmakers Monty Miranda and Ellie Phipps Price in person) kBegin Again (R) Regency: 11:30, 2:10, 4:50, 7:30, 10:10 Belle (PG) Rafael: Fri-Sat 2, 8:30 Sun 2 Mon, Tue 8:30 Wed 9:15 kBicycling with Molière (NR) Lark: Fri 6 Mon 1 Tue 3:45 Chef (R) Fairfax: 1:30, 4:30, 7:15, 9:55 Playhouse: 1, 4, 7, 9:45 Regency: Fri-Tue, Thu 10:50, 1:50, 4:45, 7:40, 10:25 Wed 10:50, 1:50 Sequoia: Fri-Sat 11:40, 2:20, 5, 7:40, 10:25 Sun 11:40, 2:20, 5, 7:40 Sun-Wed 2:20, 5, 7:40 Thu 2:20, 5 Chinese Puzzle (R) Lark: Sun 8:45 Tue 8:30 Thu 12:45 kDawn of the Planet of the Apes (PG-13) Fairfax: Thu 10pm Rowland: Thu 10:30pm, midnight; 3D showtimes at 10pm, midnight kDeliver Us from Evil (R) Larkspur Landing: Fri-Sun 11:15, 2, 4:45, 7:30, 10:15 Mon-Tue 7, 9:50 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11, 1:50, 4:35, 7:30, 10:15 Rowland: 11:10, 2, 4:50, 7:40, 10:25 kEarth to Echo (PG) Fairfax: 12:10, 2:30, 4:50, 7:10, 9:30 Northgate: Fri-Wed 12, 2:25, 4:50, 7:15, 9:40 Rowland: 10:10, 12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 9:50 Edge of Tomorrow (PG-13) Larkspur Landing: Fri-Sun 11, 4:40, 10:20 Mon-Tue 9:45 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:40, 2:20, 5, 7:40, 10:20 The Fault in Our Stars (PG-13) Northgate: Fri-Wed 10:50, 1:40, 4:40, 7:35, 10:30 Fed Up (PG) Lark: Fri 1 Sun 6:30 Tue 6:15 Thu 3:30 The Grand Seduction (PG-13) Lark: Mon 3:30 Wed 8:30 Thu 5:45 kA Hard Day’s Night (G) Rafael: Sun 4:30, 7 How to Train Your Dragon 2 (PG) Fairfax: 12, 2:25, 4:50, 7:15, 9:35 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:20, 2, 4:30, 7:05, 9:45 Playhouse: 12, 2:25, 4:50, 7:15, 9:35 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:20, 1:55, 4:30, 7:10, 9:45 Thu 11:20, 1:55, 4:30, 7:10 Ida (PG-13) Rafael: Fri, Sat, Mon, Tue 4:30, 6:30 Sun 9 Wed 4:30 The Immigrant (R) Marin: Fri-Sat 1:25, 4:20, 7:15, 10 Sun-Wed 1:25, 4:20, 7:15 Thu 1:25, 4:20 kImpact (Not Rated) Lark: Wed 6 (free wine and popcorn) Jaws (PG) Lark: Sat 8:30 Sun 3:45 Jersey Boys (R) Fairfax: Fri-Wed 12:30, 3:30, 6:40, 9:35 Thu 12:30, 3:30, 6:40 Larkspur Landing: Fri-Sun 1:40, 7:20 Mon-Tue 6:45 Marin: Fri-Sat 1:10, 4:05, 7, 9:55 Sun-Thu 1:10, 4:05, 7 Regency: Fri-Tue, Thu 12:50, 4, 7:10, 10:20 Wed 12:50, 4 Rowland: 10:05, 1:10, 4:15, 7:20, 10:15 kLark 10th Anniversary Celebration (NR) Lark: Wed 1-5pm kLife Itself (R) Rafael: Fri-Sun 1:15, 3:45, 6:15, 8:45 Mon-Thu 3:45, 6:15, 8:45 Maleficent (PG) Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:45, 2:15, 4:55, 7:25, 9:50 kThe Metropolitan Opera: Otello (PG) Regency: Wed 7 Sequoia: Wed 7 Obvious Child (R) Regency: Fri-Sat, Mon-Tue, Thu 12:55, 3:15, 5:35, 7:50, 10:05 Sun 5:35, 7:50, 10:05 Wed 4:30, 9:45 Raiders of the Lost Ark (PG) Lark: Fri-Sat 3:15 Sun 1 kRiffTrax Live: Sharknado (PG-13) Marin: Thu 8 Regency: Thu 8 Sequoia: Thu 8 kThe Smurfs 2 (PG) Rowland: Tue, Thu 10am kSnowpiercer (R) Rafael: Fri-Sun 1, 4, 6:45, 9:15 Mon-Thu 4, 6:45, 9:15 Tammy (R) Cinema: Fri-Wed 11:50, 2:15, 4:40, 7:10, 9:40 Fairfax: 12:10, 2:45, 4:55, 7:20, 9:45 Marin: Fri-Sat 1:40, 4:35, 7:30, 10:05 Sun-Thu 1:40, 4:35, 7:30 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:15, 12:30, 1:55, 3, 4:20, 5:35, 6:45, 8, 9:10, 10:25 Playhouse: 12:15, 2:40, 5, 7:30, 9:50 Rowland: 10, 12:25, 2:55, 5:25, 7:55, 10:20 Third Person (R) Regency: 12:25, 3:40, 7, 10:15 Transformers: Age of Extinction (PG-13) Fairfax: 1:05, 4:30, 8 Larkspur Landing: Fri-Sun 3, 10; 3D showtimes at 11:30, 8:30 Mon-Tue 9:55; 3D showtime at 6:30 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:30, 12:15, 1:45, 3:15, 5:30, 7, 7:45, 9:15; 3D showtimes at 10:45, 1, 2:30, 4, 4:45, 6:15, 8:30, 10 Rowland: Fri-Mon, Wed 12, 3:30, 7, 10:30; 3D showtimes at 10:15, 1:45, 5:15, 8:45 Tue 12, 3:30, 7, 10:30; 3D showtimes at 1:45, 5:15, 8:45 Thu 12, 3:30, 7; 3D showtimes at 1:45, 5:15 Sequoia: Fri-Sat 3:30, 10:35; 3D showtimes at 11:50, 7:05 Sun 3:30; 3D showtimes at 11:50, 7:05 Mon-Tue, Thu 3:30; 3D showtime at 7:05 Wed 3:20 22 Jump Street (R) Larkspur Landing: Fri-Sun 1:30, 4:15, 7, 9:45 Mon-Tue 7:15, 10 Northgate: Fri-Wed 10:45, 1:30, 4:25, 7:20, 10:05 Rowland: 11:35, 2:20, 5:05, 7:50, 10:35 Walking the Camino (Not Rated) Lark: Sat 1 Mon 6:15 Thu 8:30 kWilly Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (PG) Regency: Sun 2 Wed 2, 7 Words and Pictures (PG-13) Lark: Fri, Mon 8:30 Sat 6 Tue 1 X-Men: Days of Future Past (PG-13) Northgate: Fri-Wed 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10 kAmerican Mustang 3D (PG)
Showtimes can change after we go to press. Please call theater to confirm schedules. 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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Live music 07/04: Friday Night Jazz: Dick Conte Trio 6-9 pm. Free. Marin Country Mart,
2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur. marincountrymart.com.
07/04: The Killer Queens, the Jean Genies Queen and Bowie tributes. 9pm.
Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 388-1100. swmh.com.
07/04: La Santa Cecilia at Marin County Fair 3pm. $15-17. County Fairgrounds, 10 Ave. of the Flags, San Rafael. marinfair.org.
07/04: March Fourth Marching Band at Marin County Fair 7:30pm. $15-17. County
Fairgrounds, 10 Ave. of the Flags, San Rafael. marinfair.org.
07/04: Phil and Friends Fourth of July BBQ Show 2-7pm. $45. Terrapin Crossroads,
2670. the7thsons.com.
07/05-06: 30th Annual Fillmore Jazz Festival Celebrate women in jazz. With art
and crafts vendors, food and beverages. Music from Ila Cantor, Arabelle Schoenberg and Nora Stanley Group, Faye Carol, Contemporary Jazz Orchestra featuring Carla Helmbrecht, Caminos Flamencos, Anna Kristina, Oakland Jazz Choir, Kitty Margolis, Kim Nalley, Lavay Smith and her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, Shayna Steele, Waves of Silver, and others. 10am. Free. Fillmore St. between Jackson and Eddy, S.F. 800-310-6563. fillmorejazzfestival.com.
07/06: Acoustic Irish Music Night with the Pure Drops 7pm. No cover. The Sleeping
lady, 23 Broadway, Fairfax. 485-1182. sleepingladyfairfax.com.
07/06: Corte Madera Community Foundation Summer Concert Series: Spencer Peterson, Luke Strand and Friends 5pm. Free.
100 Yacht Club Dr., San Rafael. 524-2773. terrapincrossroads.net. 07/04: The 7th Sons Rock. 7pm. No cover. Taste of Rome, 1000 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 847-2670. 07/04: The Zydeco Flames Barbeque on the lawn show. 4pm. $15. Rancho Nicasio, 1 Old Rancheria Road, Nicasio. 662-2219. ranchonicasio.com 07/05: Al Stewart Folk. 8pm. $25-35. City Winery at Napa Valley Opera House, 130 Main St., Napa. 707/260-1600. citywinery.com.
Menke Park, Redwood and Corte Madera Avenues, Corte Madera. 302-1160. cortemaderacommunityfoundation.org. 07/06: Dagwood Blondies Original acoustic, rock. 3pm. Free. Art by the Bay Weekend Gallery, 18856 Highway One, Marshall. 663-1006. artbythebayweekendgallery.com.
Fairgrounds, 10 Ave. of the Flags, San Rafael. marinfair.org. 07/05: Caravanserai Santana tribute. 9pm. $25-30. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 388-1100. swmh.com.
07/06: Guitars in the Space Age with Bill Frisell Jazz. With Bill Frisell, Greg Leisz, Tony Scherr
07/05: Beausoleil Avec Michael Doucet at Marin County Fair 3pm. $15-17.County
07/05: Fenton Coolfoot and the Right Time 9pm. $10. 19 Broadway Night Club, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. 19broadway. com.
07/05: Greg Ballad and the Dreamset
Blues, r&b. 8pm. $10-15. Fenix, 919 Fourth St., San Rafael. 813-5600. fenixlive.com.
07/05: Jim Pasquel and Sheldon Lee Cowen Guitar Duo On the patio. 4pm. No cover. Peri’s Silver Dollar, 29 Broadway, Fairfax. 497-2448.
07/05: Joan Jett and the Blackhearts at Marin County Fair 7:30pm. $15-17.County
Fairgrounds, 10 Ave. of the Flags, San Rafael. marinfair.org.
07/05: Night Ranger at Marin County Fair 7:30pm. $15-17. County Fairgrounds, 10 Ave. of the Flags, San Rafael. marinfair.org.
07/05: Reckless in Vegas 8:30pm. $12.
Rancho Nicasio, 1 Old Rancheria Road, Nicasio. 662-2219. ranchonicasio.com 07/05: Rockit Science Original r&b, covers. 9:30pm. Peri’s Silver Dollar, 29 Broadway, Fairfax. 497-2448. 07/05: The 7th Sons 9pm. $8. Presidio Yacht Club, Travis Marina, Sausalito. 847-
07/06: Elvin Bishop at Marin County Fair
3pm. $15-17.County Fairgrounds, 10 Ave. of the Flags, San Rafael. marinfair.org.
07/06: Folkish Festival: The Bootleg Honey’s 12:30-2:30pm. Free. Marin Country Mart, 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur. marincountrymart.com.
and Kenny Wollesen. 8pm. $25-35. City Winery at Napa Valley Opera House, 130 Main St., Napa. 707260-1600. citywinery.com.
07/06: Jazz In The Neighborhood: Mary Fettig Quartet with Madeline Eastman With John
R. Burr, piano; Scott Thompson, bass; Jason Lewis, drums; Mary Fettig, saxophone, flute; Madeline Eastman,vocals. 4pm. $10-20. Community Church, 8 Olive St., Mill Valley. 388-5540. millvalleyucc.org
07/06: Led Kaapana, Faith Ako Trio, Fran Guidry Contemporary Hawaiian. 7:30pm. $21.
Mystic Theatre, 21 Petaluma Blvd North, Petaluma. 707-765-2121. mystictheatre.com. 07/06: Moonalice 2pm. Free. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 388-1100. swmh.com.
07/06: Peter Rowan’s Fifth Annual Bluegrass Birthday Bash Barbeque on the lawn show. With
the Rowan Brothers. 4pm $20. Rancho Nicasio, 1 Old Rancheria Road, Nicasio. 662-2219. ranchonicasio.com 07/06: Tyler Allen Soul-rock, folk, blues. 11:30am. No cover. Fenix, 919 Fourth St., San Rafael. 813-5600. fenixlive.com. 07/06: Whispering Light Native American multi-instrumental duo. With Kevin Village-Stone and Lindy Day. 6:30pm. 10. Fenix, 919 Fourth St., San Rafael. 813-5600. fenixlive.com.
Lost for words ... I love mean comedy, and for all the regularity of mean girls and bad grandpas and poopy wedding dresses, most modern fare wears its anxiety to offend on a sleeve (the early comedies of, say, Brian De Palma or Woody Allen or the Marx Brothers could never be made today). Which makes Jason Bateman’s BAD WORDS a trailblazer of sorts. This black comedy, which features a middle-aged A still of Bateman crushing the competition in ‘Bad Words.’ crasher of childhoods most precious rite, the national spelling bee, takes no prisoners. Eager to settle an unclear score, 40-year-old proofreader Guy Trilby (Bateman) rises through the grade-school elimination rounds thanks to a technicality in the bee rules, to the horror and outrage of the other kids’ helicopter parents. Blithely free of conscience and not content to rest on his genius with the lexicon, Guy plays dirty with the tiny fresh-faced contestants he shares the stage with—prompting the suits to turn the awesome power of the Golden Quill against him, from crap hotel lodgings to shock-surprise words not found in most medical dictionaries. What better way to take the edge off this Spellbound-style pressure cooker than to bring his new best bud, 10-year-old favorite Chaitanya Chopra (Rohan Chand), on a drink-, shoplifting- and hooker-fueled odyssey through the mean streets of L.A.? Kathryn Hahn costars as the rough-around-the-edges reporter who “sponsors” his candidacy.—Richard Gould
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Electric open mic. 9pm. No cover. Peri’s Silver Dollar, 29 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 459-9910. perisbar.com. 07/08: James Moseley Jazz, blues, r&b. 7pm. Panama Hotel, 4 Bayview St., San Rafael. panamahotel.com. 07/08: Jamie Clark Band 9pm. Free. 19 Broadway Night Club, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. 19broadway.com. 07/08: JoJo Diamond Blues, funk. With Matt Saunders, Ryan Meagher, bass; Cole Bailey, drums. 9pm. No cover. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway, Fairfax. 485-1182.
07/08: The Reunion: Beatles Fantasy Tribute All ages show. 7:30pm $19-24. Sweet-
water Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 388-1100. swmh.com
07/08: Richard Thompson: All Request Show Blues, rock. 8pm. $35-45. City Winery
at Napa Valley Opera House, 130 Main St., Napa. 707/260-1600. citywinery.com.
07/09: Acoustic Guitar Showcase with Adam Miller, Josh Workman, and Teja Gerken Latest installment in the monthly
acoustic guitar showcase series brings Australian guitarist Adam Miller and Marin County jazz guitar virtuoso Josh Workman. 9pm. No cover. Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway, Fairfax. sleepingladyfairfax.com.
07/09: Chrissy Lynne Band Featuring Danny Uzilevsky and Chip Roland 9pm.
Free. 19 Broadway Night Club, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. 19broadway.com.
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Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 388-1100. swmh.com 07/09: Harley White Sr. Smooth, blues, jazz. 7pm. No cover. Panama Hotel, 4 Bayview St., San Rafael. panamahotel.com. 07/09: Windy Hill Bluegrass. 8pm. No cover. Iron Springs Pub, 765 Center Blvd., Fairfax. 485-1005. ironspringspub.com.
07/10: Anuhea, Mango Kingz, Rebel Souljahz Hawaiian, reggae. 8pm. $26-36.
Mystic Theatre, 21 Petaluma Blvd North, Petaluma. 707/765-2121. mystictheatre.com. 07/10: High Tide Collective 9pm. Free. 19 Broadway Night Club, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. 19broadway.com.
07/10: Paul Barrere and Fred Tackett of Little Feat 8pm. $22-27. Sweetwater Music
Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 3881100. swmh.com 07/10: Urban Bushmen Band High energy rhythm and blues. 8pm. $10. Fenix Supper Club, 919 Fourth Street, San Rafael. 813-5600. fenixlive.com/music. 07/10: Wanda Stafford Jazz vocals. 7pm. No cover. Panama Hotel, 4 Bayview St., San Rafael. panamahotel.com. 07/11: Diego Figueiredo Jazz guitar. 8pm. $2035. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 383-9600. 142throckmortontheatre.org.
07/11: Friday Night Jazz: Bill Belasco and Aguabella 6-9pm. Free. Marin Country
Mart, 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur.
07/11: The T Sisters, the Grateful Bluegrass Boys 9pm. $10-12. 19 Broadway 07/11: Jim Pasquel and Sheldon Lee Cowen Guitar Duo In the Beer Garden. 5pm. No cover. Hopmonk Tavern Novato, Novato. 497-2448. hopmonk.com/novato
07/11: Papa’s Bag: A James Brown Experience Can you take me to the bridge?
Tribute to the one and only JB. 8pm. $12-15. Fenix Supper Club, 919 Fourth St., San Rafael. 813-5600. fenixlive.com. 07/11: Sara Laine and Friends Original rock, roots, r&b. With Mark Karan, guitar and vocals; Robert M. Powell, pedal steel guitar, sitar, vocals; Susie Davis, vocals, keys; Andius Jent, bass; Eddie Berman, drums; Steve and Ella Steinberg, sax and trumpet. 8pm. $10. Rancho Nicasio Restaurant and Bar, 1 Old Rancheria Road, Nicasio. 662-2219. ranchonicasio.com.
07/11: Shiva Shakti Ecstatic Evening
With Silvia Nakkach and Stuart Sovatsky. 8pm. $15. Open Secret Bookstore, 923 C St., San Rafael. 457-4191. opensecretbookstore.com.
07/22: Stringdusters Ramble with with Phil Lesh and the Terrapin Family Band
7:30pm. $40. Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr., San Rafael. 524-2773. terrapincrossroads.net.
07/12: Legends of Jazz Funk: Featuring Grant Green Jr., Donald Harrison, Wil Blades and Brandon Etzlers Don’t
miss this one. 9pm. $15-20. 19 Broadway Night Club, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. 19broadway.com.
Comedy 07/08: Tuesday Night Comedy with Mark Pitta and Friends Established headliners
and up-and-coming comics drop by and work on new material. $16-26. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 383-9600. throckmortontheatre.org. 07/10: Mort Sahl: Social Satire Provocative humor and engaging conversation. 7pm. Free. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 383-9600. 142throckmortontheatre.org.
Theater Through 06/29: ‘Failure: A Love Story’
West coast premiere. By Philip Dawkins. Directed by Jasson Minadakis. With live musical accompaniment. 8pm Thurs.-Sat.; 2 and 7pm Sun.; 7:30pm Wed. Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave., Mill Valley. 388-5208. marintheatre.org.
Concerts 07/09: Noontime Concerts: Christine Lamprea Cello. Noon. Free. 142 Throckmor-
ton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 383-9600. throckmortontheatre.org.
Dance 07/06: Special Contra Dance With the Stringrays and caller Lisa Greenleaf. 7:30pm. $12. Strawberry Recreation Hall, 118 E. Strawberry Ave., Mill Valley. nbcds.org.
Art 07/04: Reflections on Water Photography exhibition. Free. 1122 Fourth St., San Rafael. 578-2580. gallinaswatershed.org.
Through 07/05: Community Weaving: A Family Album Sue Weil depicts the Art
Works Downtown Community through Fiber Art. An exploration of family through a series of 18‚ x 24‚ tapestry studies. Panels created from donated clothing and personal items from AWD residential and retail tenants, studio artists, staff and board members. In the Founders Lounge gallery. Open 10am-5pm Tues.-Sat. 451-8119. 10am. Free. Art Works Downtown, 1337 Fourth Street, San Rafael. 415/451-8119. artworksdowntown.org.
07/06-31: Paintings and Sketches with Political Overtones B. Emily Syked, paintings
and drawings. Opening reception 5-8pm July 11. Gallery open 2-9pm Tues.-Thurs. 11am-6pm Fri.-Sat. Free. Community Media Center of Marin, 819 A St., San Rafael. 388-2821. cmcm.tv.
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In celebration of our nation’s birthday, see the Marin County Fair fireworks from the top of the Nike Site at McInnis Park. It is an easy uphill stroll from the skate park parking lot to sweeping views of the Bay and surrounding hills, including China Camp State Park and iconic Mount Tamalpais. Rangers will roast up s’mores just in time for the firework show that begins promptly at 9:30pm. Please dress in layers and wear sturdy shoes. 8:30pm. Free. McInnis Park, 310 Smith Ranch Road, Meet at tennis courts, San Rafael. 446-4423. marincountyparks.org. 07/05: Fun Family Walk Easy going, 1 mile walk with along a bayside park. Please dress in layers and wear sturdy shoes. Water and healthy snacks will be provided. Friendly, leashed dogs welcome. 10am. Free. McInnis Park, 310 Smith Ranch Road, Hillside picnic area, San Rafael. 446-4423. marincountyparks.org. 07/06: Build Hummingbird Feeders Fun and easy woodworking project that will help attract birds to your summer garden. Join the rangers at Stafford Lake Park to assemble and decorate hummingbird feeders using reclaimed materials; all skill levels are welcome and no experience necessary. Kits and healthy snacks will be provided. No animals (except service animals) please. Park entrance is free. 11:30am. Free. Stafford Lake Park, 3549 Novato Blvd., Novato. 897-0618. marincountyparks.org.
07/07: Teen Book Club: Eleanor and Park 7pm. Free. Mill Valley Public Library,
375 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 389-4292 x4741. millvalleylibrary.org. 07/09: Bluegrass Boogie Emily Bonn and Jody Richardson perform favorite Americana tunes for children and adults. 3:30pm. Free. Mill Valley Public Library, 375 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 389-4292 x4741. millvalleylibrary.org.
07/10: Shadow Puppet Workshop: Spin Me a Shadow, Tell Me a Tale Discover the
magical world of shadow puppetry with Daniel Barash and the Shadow Puppet Workshop. Daniel teaches the art of shadow puppetry while telling a Southeastern Asian Folktale. No sign-up required. 2pm. Free. Mill Valley Public Library, 375 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 389-4292 ext. 4741. millvalleylibrary.org. 07/10: Collage Animals Create cute collage pets with newspaper and construction paper. 3:30pm. Free. Marin City Library, 164 Donahue St., Sausalito. 332-6159. marinlibrary.org.
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comes readers from the Chicago literary journal Rhino and Marin County poet Roy Mash for an evening of innovation and imagination. 7pm. $10. Studio 333, 333 Caladonia Street, Sausalito. 331-8272. whytherearewords.com. 07/11: Don Wallace “The French House.” When Francophiles Don and Mindy Wallace received an offer for a house on a tiny French island, they jumped at the chance, buying it almost sight unseen. What they found when they arrived was a building in ruin, and it wasn’t long before their lives resembled it. 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com.
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07/04: American Legion Fourth of July Pancake Breakfast Pancake Breakfast and
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07/04: Marchers Needed for Peace Cranes Join PeaceNovato for the tenth con-
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07/04: The Open Secret Continuity Project 25th Anniversary Celebration “Field notes from A Quantum Anthropology Notebook.” A moment of reflection, appreciation and a creative jumpstart for the next octave of Open Secret and the Rainbow Body cultural center. There will also be A Kirtan celebration with Jai Utaal at 8pm on July 26. $10-25 sliding scale. Open Secret Bookstore, 923 C St., San Rafael. 457-4191. opensecretbookstore.com/events.
07/07: Civic Center Grounds Clean-up
Work to get the Civic Center grounds into tip-top shape after the Marin County Fair. Wear sturdy shoes and bring water. Snacks will be provided. 4:30pm. Free. War Memorial , Ave. of the Flags, San Rafael. 763-2977. marincountyparks.org. 07/09: Mammals in Marin Marin County Parks Naturalist David Herlocker will provide an overview of mammals that are found in Marin: from bats, deer and even the occasional black bear. He will also cover the species that we see nearly every day like deer and squirrels, and also talk about some of the seldom seen residents including mountain beavers and badgers. Noon. Free. Civic Center Library, 3501 Civic Center Dr., Room 427, San Rafael. 473-6058. marincountyparks.org.
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transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This verstein@yahoo.com. statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on MAY pacificsun.com 22, 2014. (Publication Dates: June 13, 20, 27; July 4, 2014)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014134959 The following individual(s) is (are)
doing business: AM CONSTRUCTION, 10 WOLFE GRADE, KENTFIELD, CA 94904: MARIA MARTIN, 10 WOLFE GRADE, KENTFIELD, CA 94904.This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on JUNE 6, 2014. (Publication Dates: June 20, 27; July 4, 11, 2014)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 135005 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: HONEY GIRL WAX SHOP, 140 E. BLITHEDALE AVE., MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: LIANA BELLI, 10 FRANCES AVE., APT. 3, LARKSPUR, CA 94939. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on JUNE 16, 2014. (Publication Dates: June 20, 27; July 4, 11, 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014134800 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: SUGAR COOKIE KATE, 249 KNIGHT DRIVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: KATE A PLASKON, 249 KNIGHT DRIVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901.This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on MAY 15, 2014. (Publication Dates: June 20, 27; July 4, 11, 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 134980 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: R&D FOOD CONSULTING FIRM, 77 MOUNTAIN VIEW AVE., SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: STEVEN J MORENO, 77 MOUNTAIN VIEW AVE., SAN
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ANSELMO, CA 94960.This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has been transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on JUNE 11, 2014. (Publication Dates: June 20, 27; July 4, 11, 2014)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014134983 The following corporation is doing business: DUSE, CRISPIN & CRISPINIAN, LTD., AND DUSE, INC., 368 MOUNTAIN AVE., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: CRISPIN & CRISPINIAN, LTD., 368 MOUNTAIN VIEW, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901.This business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on JUNE 11, 2014. (Publication Dates: June 20, 27; July 4, 11, 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 134985 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: BULA CAREGIVERS AGENCY, 215 BAYVIEW ST., APT.117, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: AKANISI-KANADI GIBSON, 215 BAYVIEW ST., APT. 117, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901.This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has been transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on JUNE 11, 2014. (Publication Dates: June 27; July 4, 11, 18, 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 135067 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: RED ROSE DESIGN, 971 GRAND AVENUE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: HUY NGUYEN, 36 LOIS LANE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94134.This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This state-
ment was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on JUNE 20, 2014. (Publication Dates: June 27; July 4, 11, 18, 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 135039 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: BAY AREA RENTAL, 417 MARIN AVENUE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: JULIE AUSTIN AND NOAH AUSTIN, 419 MARIN AVENUE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941.This business is being conducted by a married couple. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on JUNE 17, 2014. (Publication Dates: June 27; July 4, 11, 18, 2014.) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014135070 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: TABLEAU DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, 407 RIVIERA DRIVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: TABLEAU DEVELOPMENT COMPANY INC., 407 RIVIERA DRIVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on JUNE 20, 2014. (Publication Dates: June 27; July 4, 11, 18, 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 135048 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: 19 KNOLL PARTNERSHIP, 324 THE ALAMEDA, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: BARTON D. BRUNER, 324 THE ALAMEDA, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960; SCOTT HAMILTON, 18 GROVE LANE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960; DANIEL PELTZ, 110 FAWN DRIVE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960; BRENDA USHER, 71 JORDAN AVE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94520; MARC WEINSTEIN, 1534 HUSTON ROAD, LAFAYETTE, CA 94549. This business is being conducted by A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on JUNE 18, 2014. (Publication Dates: June 27; July 4, 11, 18, 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 134754 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: NOVEDADES SUSANA, 95 WOODLAND AVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: ALEJANDRA AGUIAR, 2500 DEER VALLEY ROAD #117, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903 & MARTHA S. AGUIAR, 51 NOVATO ST, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on MAY 12, 2014. (Publication Dates: June 27; July 4, 11, 18, 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 134988 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: ALL DECKED OUT, 115 ELINOR AVENUE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: ELLEN DECK, 115 ELINOR AVENUE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941.This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has been transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on JUNE 11, 2014. (Publication Dates: July 4, 11, 18, 25, 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014135115 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: I DO LAUNDRY TOO, 594 MAGNOLIA AVENUE, LARKSPUR, CA 94939: I DO LAUNDRY LLC, 469 MAGNOLIA AVENUE, LARKSPUR, CA 94939.This business is being conduct-
ed by a LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on JUNE 26, 2014. (Publication Dates: July 4, 11, 18, 25, 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 1350101 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: LILIAN’S CLEANING SERVICE, 330 CANAL STREET, APT # 23A, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: ELMER JUSTINO PEREZ MEJIA, 330 CANAL STREET, APT # 23A & LILIAN SULEINAN SANCHEZ VALLE, 330 CANAL STREET, APT # 23A, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901.This business is being conducted by A MARRIED COUPLE. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on JUNE 25, 2014. (Publication Dates: July 4, 11, 18, 25, 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 135089 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: MILL VALLEY FILM GROUP, 31 EAST PIER, SAUSALITO, CA 94965: JOHN ANTONELLI, 31 EAST PIER, SAUSALITO, CA 94965, WILL PARRINELLO, 18 GREGORY PLACE, GREENBRAE, CA 94904 & JOHN ANTONELLI, 104 EUCALYPTUS, KNOLL STREET, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941. This business is being conducted by A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP. Registrant has been transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on JUNE 24, 2014. (Publication Dates: July 4, 11, 18, 25, 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 135106 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: ONICA NAILS, 707 B STREET, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: PHAN THI HUONG NGUYEN, 605 FAIRHAVEN WAY, NOVATO, CA 94947.This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on JUNE 26, 2014. (Publication Dates: July 4, 11, 18, 25, 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 135058 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: HOLMAN & MARTIN, 140 REDWOOD ROAD, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: JOHN HOLMAN, 140 REDWOOD ROAD, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960 & ANDREW MARTIN, 140 REDWOOD ROAD, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on JUNE 19, 2014. (Publication Dates: July 4, 11, 18, 25, 2014)
Other Notices ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No. CIV 1402342. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner BRENDAN PATRICK MURPHY filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: BRENDAN PATRICK MURPHY to JUSTIN BRENDAN MILANO. 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: SEPTEMBER 4, 2014, 8:30 AM, Dept. B, Room B, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903. 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: JUNE 23, 2014, /s/ ROY CHERNUS, JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT. (Publication Dates: JUNE 27; JULY 4, JULY 11, JULY 18, 2014) NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: LAVERNA JOELLA GRIFFIN, AKA LAVERNA J. MOSS, LAVERNA J. BONNER, AND LAVERNA J. MORGAN. Case No. PR-1402372. To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of LAVERNA JOELLA GRIFFIN, AKA LAVERNA J. MOSS, LAVERNA J. BONNER, AND LAVERNA J. MORGAN. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: SARAH BROWN in the Superior Court of California, County of MARIN. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that SARAH BROWN 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: JULY 14, 2014 at 8:30 a.m. in Dept. H. of the Superior Court of California, Marin County, located at Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94903. 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 four months from the date of first issuance of letters as provided in section 9100 of the California Probate Code. The time for filing claims will not expire before four months from the hearing date noticed above. 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: HENRY D. FRONEBERGER, ESQ., BURROUGHS & FRONENBERGER, 24 PROFESSIONAL CENTER PARKWAY, SUITE 200, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903, TELEPHONE: 415-491-5000. (Publication Dates: July 4, 11, 18.)
What’s Your sign? WEEK OF July 4 - July 10, 2014
By lEONA MOON
ARIES (March 21 - April 19) Avoid texting Mom, Dad or your boss on July 4, Aries! Conflict is in the air and you’ve been perfecting your battle cry. The Sun will oppose Pluto and, in return, an authority figure will give you a little too much honesty. Whatever words are exchanged, a simple “No contest” might not cut it. TAURUS (April 20 - May 20) Check please, Taurus? You’ve hit the dating scene hard-with Gemini in your third house of communication, it’s likely you’ve been running from date to date. No need to feel guilty about your unusual lack of commitment; it’s time to explore! Continue to broaden your horizons while you can-you might just meet your match on July 9. GEMINI (May 21 - June 20) Sure, you’ve been working hard, Gemini. But instead of throwing back a few beers on July 4, you’ll be pushing around a pile of papers. It’s time to prioritize, and work might get in the way of a little fun. And no, you can’t confirm rates and draft purchase orders from your smartphone while you wait in line for the Zipper. If you rise early, you might finish in time for some fireworks. CANCER (June 21 - July 22) Does the crab in the mirror look a little different, Cancer? You’re no stranger to change, and this has been a month of reinvention. Embrace your new pant size and new set of silverware; you’re about to embark on a game-changing path. Consider lessons learned and approach all matters with newfound confidence. LEO (July 23 - Aug. 22) You’re about to get lucky, Leo! Jupiter’s visit in your sign is here to stay for a full, and much needed, 13 months. Bold risks and reinvention marks your chart on July 10. Whether you find a new job or a new love—it’s clear you’re ready for the next phase of your life. Slow and steady wins the race; so don’t rid yourself of everything all at once. VIRGO (Aug. 23 - Sept. 22) Virgo, your new profile picture is getting a lot of action! You’re ready to be the center of attention on July 8. You may find your methods of achieving said attention will be driven by your social media outlets. How many likes did your last status get? Three? Well start thinking big; your creative wit will draw big numbers and lots of admirers. LIBRA (Sept. 23 - Oct. 22) You’re finishing Jupiter’s run in Cancer off right, Libra! Finalize major moves this week in your career. A long-awaited opportunity will manifest on July 7. Never thought you’d get that cubicle with a window? Think again! You’ve worked hard and deserve more than just a great view. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21) Did you finally finish your memoir, Scorpio? Your ninth house has been begging for your focus and the stars are here to help tie up loose ends-especially in the publishing world. You’re overdue for your 15 minutes of fame, so buckle up-it’s going to be a wild press tour. You’ve found yourself on a path of enlightenment, so take this learning curve by the reins and celebrate. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 - Dec. 21) Did you audition for Last Comic Standing, Sagittarius? While it’s never good to capitalize on a missed opportunity, you really should have! Your humor is on point July 4 and mutually beneficial for friends and family in your company. The holiday will be a little tense thanks to Pluto, so bring your A-game and leave your “Yo’ Mama” jokes at home—your company will appreciate it. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 - Jan. 19) Doesn’t it feel good to not be such a loner, Capricorn? Traditionally you’re the every-man-woman-child-dog-catfor-itself type of sign. But Jupiter’s really helped to show you why people read Chicken Soup for the Soul. A little companionship does everybody good and lightens the burden from your hardworking back. Let go and embrace your new heartwarming friendships. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 - Feb. 18) Is your mind blown, Aquarius? You’ve been studying up and soaking in everything new, thanks to a pit stop in Jupiter’s philosophical world. Keep up the knowledge on July 9 and sign up for a class that makes you uncomfortable. Sure, dancing the polka may not have the charm of the tango, but it may prove handy if you ever decide to audition for America’s Got Talent. PISCES (Feb. 19 - March 20) Have you had some late nights recently, Pisces? While we’re all for a little late-night bourbon and bar-hopping, your professional goals may have been tossed to the wayside. Reel them in and get back on track. Your social circle won’t suffer. Consider starting your day an hour earlier to get some extra work out of the way.
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A friend asked me to be a groomsman in his wedding. It’s being held hours away, and the only hotel is pricey. With tux rental, attending will cost me over $500. I’ll also have to miss work. (I’m a waiter.) Is it okay to decline a wedding invitation because it’s too expensive to attend?—Not Richie Rich
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Instead of just sending regrets, it’s tempting to passive-aggressively express your resentment: “Unfortunately, I have a conflict—in that I have to make my car payment.” Some couples may only have friends who are big investment bankers who light their cigars ’90s-style, with $20 bills. But in this economy, at least a handful of a couple’s pals will probably RSVP with something like, “Dude, I really wanna be there, but I can’t find another waiter to cover my shift.” Also, people in their 20s and 30s, prime time for marrying, can be invited to several weddings in a single summer. Costs for hotels, flights, clothes, and gifts can add up, and that’s really not fair. (Being there on even your most special friend’s special day shouldn’t mean you have to take the bus for a year.) It’s up to the couple getting married to throw the sort of wedding their friends and relatives can afford to attend (or at least not get miffy that some invitees won’t be flush enough to come). That said, being fiscally inclusive seems the warm, hospitable thing to do, like making sure your vegetarian friends have something to eat—instead of just harrumphing, Marie Antoinette-style, “Let them eat steak!” The truth is, it’s possible to throw even a fancier wedding without bleeding the invitees. “Black tie optional” allows groomsmen and others to wear a suit instead of renting a tux. And instead of basically telling bridesmaids “Go give Vera Wang $200,” you request something like, “Please wear fall colors.” Regarding location, a ceremony at a nearby lake pavilion or in Granny’s garden will be no less moving than one at the Maui Four Seasons, and people will cry just the same when the couple dance their first dance whether the band is Beyonce or an MP3 mix. Before you decline this invitation, consider your priorities. Even if your friends didn’t think to make attending their wedding affordable, they might resent you for not going into debt to come. In my mind, these aren’t real friends and they’re confusing a wedding with a telethon, but you may have reasons for wanting to keep them in your life. As for how to decline, you could just be honest. Times are tough all around. (When I do buy clothing, it is “previously enjoyed” and arrives crammed into a recycled envelope by the eBay seller.) Another option is making up a story for why you can’t attend (Family obligation! Pre-existing work thing!) and then staying off Facebook so you don’t get tagged in a lie. If you do go, you might consider starting a new wedding tradition: Other people throw rice; you sweep it up afterward (so you can have something on your plate for the next month besides the little pattern around the rim).
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This great guy I’ve started dating is doting and sweet but, careerwise, lacks ambition and seems comfortable floating by with minimal effort. Unlike him, I am extremely ambitious. Is it okay to date men who are still “figuring things out”?—Driven It sounds like your boyfriend is really going places. Mainly to the fridge and then back to the couch. A guy who appears to model his career trajectory on driftwood is unlikely to suddenly become ambitious. Sure, there are people who have a catastrophic accident and realize life is short and they’d better get cracking, but it isn’t like you can wait for him to get into (and then miraculously recover from) a motorcycle crash to become the man you’d respect and admire. To avoid getting drawn into a relationship that’s ultimately wrong for you, come up with what I call “Man Minimums”—a list of essential traits a guy has to have to stay in the running to be your boyfriend. One of yours might be “shows potential and the drive to achieve it.” A guy like this will experience setbacks along the way but then turn his wrong moves into arrows toward the right ones. So, yes, as a person who seems to value ambition, it’s okay for you to date men who are still figuring things out—as long as what they’re figuring out isn’t that you can reach for the stars. With one hand. And then roll over and go back to sleep. Y ©Amy Alkon, all rights reserved. Got a problem? Write Amy Alkon, 171 Pier Ave, #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405, or e-mail AdviceAmy@ aol.com (www.advicegoddess.com). Amy Alkon’s Advice Goddess Radio—listen live every Sunday—http://www.blogtalkradio.com/ amyalkon/—7-8pm, or listen or download at the link at iTunes or on Stitcher. And watch for her new book: “Good Manners for Nice People Who Sometimes Say F*ck.”
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