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›› LETTERS Do chimney vigilantes pack smoking guns? I have been a wood burner for warmth for most of my adult life. In every article I have read on this subject [“Marin Fuming Over Spare the Air,” March 23], several things are never addressed—like the high cost of propane (much of serious wood burning for warmth takes place in areas of Marin where there is no natural gas to keep warm by). Ever listen to a propane delivery truck driver when he talks about senior citizens begging him to make a propane delivery, even though there is no money to pay for it? Ever compare the cost of one month’s worth of propane for heat, and how much wood that would buy? And I’ve never seen anyone write about the moist heat of propane versus the dry heat of wood burning —dry heat will take condensation off the inside of windows whereas propane heat often doesn’t, and the stuffed furniture in a propane heated room stays cold at the core, whereas heat from a wood stove actually dries stuff out and warms it up, just like your body and spirit. Additionally, no one speaks to indoor air purifiers. And why must we hear these whining voices about indoor air quality, without a follow-up on why an air purifier has not been purchased by them? I consider it poor form to ask my neighbors to undergo an expense on my behalf. Oreck puts out a very good air cleaner—I own one (you can too). And lastly, why is the San Geronimo Valley, more specifically Woodacre, the tops in all the Bay Area for wood-burning complaints? There is a well-organized vigilante group here always on the prowl for chim-

ney smoke. Although they have come a long way from leaving nasty notes pinned to my wood pile, should writer Peter Seidman go a step further and choose to investigate available statistics, I feel confident that only one to two people will be found to have made the overwhelming majority of complaints to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District. Sandy White, Woodacre

We’d assumed it was covered by bitter irony... Was Dick Cheney’s heart transplant covered by taxpayer dollars? If so, what a waste. I’m surprised the heart didn’t reject him. Carlo V. Gardin, Fairfax

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TOP POSTINGS THIS WEEK Out of sight, out of mind Ritter wants to move clients inside; neighbor wants them moved as well... Supes to hold pension-reform meeting With the economic downturn mixing with an influx of County retirees living healthier, longer lives, local governments across the state are trying... ‘Breezey’ strikes again in latest pit-bull melee A pit bull was impounded by police yesterday after besieging a police officer and a parent...

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This little pithy went to market My condolences to those Ross Valley citizens who have written letters [“Tempeh Tantrum,” March 23] expressing their regrets about issues related to the new Good Earth grocery store in Fairfax. I love it. It is the best grocer in Marin. It will make all the other grocers get better or get out. Yes, the parking lot is sometimes full. Get over it. I hope every Good Earth employee becomes a millionaire. Remember the old saying: no pressure, no diamonds. Skip Corsini, Fairfax

Too bad we didn’t stick with our original ‘Village People’ theme! I read your Beatles-themed Best of Marin issue [“Let It Be,” March 30] and the winner for Marin’s best health club...gotta agree! Marin’s YMCA is a first-rate club for so many sports and activities, and for any age group. The Cardiac Rehab program is devoted to its members, as are the swim classes and

Pit, stop I am writing this in response to the article I just read about the pit bull attack in Fairfax [“Breezey Strikes Again,” March 30]. It is very unfortunate that pit bulls have become America’s backyard dog. There Step aside golden are two reasons for retrievers—there’s this. One is a group a new backyard dog in of people who breed town. these dogs for fighting and “so-called” protection. This first group of people is the reason that our humane societies are full of pit bull and pit bull mixes. I have heard statistics that 80 percent of dogs across America in humane societies are part pit bull. Secondly, there is another group of people who want to save pit bulls. They are kindhearted people who do not want to see a single dog hurt. They “rescue” these dogs, tell people how sweet pit bulls are and place them in as many homes as they can. This is the reason pit bulls are becoming America’s backyard dog. America’s backyard dog used to be the golden retriever. In addition, there is a large group of people who talk badly about breeders and say that only dogs from the humane society should be adopted. They believe that professional dog breeders should be put out of business. Do they realize that then the only dog breeders who will be left are people who irresponsibly breed pit bulls and people who let their dogs run wild and then give the puppies to the pound? If there were not professional dog breeders then dog breeders would be the most irresponsible owners of dogs. Just like every part of society there are always some bad mixed in with the good. Sure there are some puppy mills. Just do not buy a puppy from a puppy mill and they will be out of business. Buy a dog from a respected breeder. Responsible breeders love their pets, spend all their

time and money on food, vet bills, dog shows for the love of their dogs. The first group of people who are not responsible and who fill the streets and the humane society full of unwanted dogs should stop doing this. Only responsible people who love their animals and who guarantee a home for every one of them should be able to breed them. Do we need this to be a law? The humane society should be needed for the rare case when someone cannot take care of a pet any longer. It should not be overfilled with animals bred by irresponsible people. The pit bull should not be America’s backyard dog. Mrs. D, San Anselmo

‘Saddle’ sore Madeline Kahn’s Lili Von Schtupp has influenced a variety of artists—from Madonna to Elliott Kolker of Stinson Beach.

Regarding the Talking Pictures column on humorous sex scenes in the movies [“Son, We Need to Have a Talk,” March 23]—is there any funnier than Blazing Saddles’ tryst between Sheriff Bart and Lili Von Shtupp? Funny movie sex scene: don’t ask Sonny, Blazing Saddles has one Gramps finds funny: When the Teutonic Titwillow asks if It is “twue about you people, Sheriff, What white folks say about people like you?” In the dark Lili sings out “OH, IT’S TWUE...” Next morn asks, “More schnitzengruben to stuff?” “I’m not from Havana, fifteen’s enough.” Then Von Shtupp kisses the sheriff “goodbye,” Once Bart leaves Von Shtupp sighs, “What a nice guy.” If in poem this scene sounds disjointed, If you watch,you won’t be disappointed. Elliott Kolker, Stinson APRIL 6 - APRIL 12, 2012 PACIFIC SUN 7

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ssues central to an exhaustive plan to guide development along the Marin coast run from the practical to the metaphysical. Call it a conundrum of the 21st century. At the most practical level, the plan, formally called the Local Coastal Program (LCP), updates development guidelines— and prohibitions—for areas in West Marin that fall under the Coastal Act. That piece of legislation, passed in 1976, is an outgrowth of Proposition 20, which in 1972 gave the California Coastal Commission dominion over the state’s coastline. The Coastal Commission has, from the start, wielded substantial power and exercised considerable control over what can and cannot happen along the coast. While Prop. 20 gave the commission power to wield its authority for four years, the Coastal Act extended that authority in perpetuity. Marin was the first county in the state to adopt a Local Coastal Program (which many now call a Local Coastal Plan). The county created its plan in two parts. The first, certified in 1980, covered Muir Beach,

Stinson Beach, Seadrift and Bolinas. The second, certified in 1981, covered the areas around Tomales Bay: Olema, Point Reyes Station, Inverness, Dillon Beach and Oceania Marin, Marshall and Tomales. Those communities and the areas around them encompass the county’s Coastal Zone, which falls under the mandates of the Coastal Act and the Local Coastal Program. And it’s a set of amendments to the LCP that the county has been wrestling with for the last several years to update the mandates and guidelines it includes. At issue are goals and policies that seek to enhance and protect natural resources while at the same time ensuring that mariculture and agriculture can continue to thrive in the county. The LCP also lays out a roadmap to guide future development—if any—on coastal land and protects public access to the coast. The stakeholder interests involved in the LCP could define the term “competing.” Almost everybody involved in the process that led to the county Planning Commission approving the LCP draft considered it convoluted. And it’s not over. County supervisors got their first look at the LCP March 20 and held a session on the document March 27. The timeline calls for a public hearing on May 22 and another hearing, with possible adop- 10 >

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Gerstle neighbors still swinging away “It ain’t over till the fat lady sings,” sportswriter Dan Cook famously said. Well, he should have added,“or the neighbors exhaust their appeal options.” The Albert Park Neighborhood Alliance this week filed an appeal to Marin Superior Court Judge Lynn Duryee’s February ruling that the San Rafael Pacifics playing minor league ball at Albert Park would have no “significant effect on the environment.”The Gerstle Park-area neighborhood group had previously filed suit to prevent the Centerfield Partners-owned team from playing at the field until an environmental review had been conducted. The city had already shouted “play ball!” without the EIR because it felt the team’s proposal—modified from a grander earlier version—wouldn’t alter the already established use of the field. Duryee’s Feb. 28 ruling essentially agreed with the city’s earlier determination. But the Neighborhood Alliance appeal alleges that Centerfield Partners’ year-long contract with the city is a violation of the park’s grant deed that, they say, bars commercial use of the park for periods longer than a week. Centerfield officials say they are proceeding with plans for the Pacifics’ inaugural season—and the team’s Albert Park home opener on June 4. Coast advocate Peter Douglas, 1942-2012 Dedicated coastal advocate Peter Douglas died at age 69 earlier this week following a long bout with cancer. For four decades, Douglas was one of the staunchest champions of the California coast. In 1972 he authored Proposition 20, which created the California Coastal Commission, dedicated to the protection of 1,100 miles of state coastline and public access to them. In 1976, the Inverness resident’s Coastal Act made the commission a permanent body; Douglas himself served as its director for 25 years beginning in 1985. His stoic—some would say unyielding—defense of the coast frequently put him at odds with politicians, and especially developers—some high profile. Among those were his well-known battle with Geffen Records namesake David Geffen over public access to a beach through the businessman’s Malibu property; he also fought recent oil drilling plans of the Bush administration. Marin very healthy, very inebriated, says study Marin’s the healthiest county in all of California—that is, when it’s not nursing one heckuva hangover. According to the 2012 survey by the University of Wisconsin’s Population Health Institute, Marin is overall the healthiest county in the state—ranking first out of 56 in such categories as mortality (living to 75 or older), healthy behaviors (low smoking, obesity, STDs, car-crash fatalities; high physical activity), clinical care (health insurance, doctor-patient ratio, diabetic and mammography screenings), social and economic factors (high education, low unemployment and child poverty). Marin finished second in “physical environment” (which measured air pollution, access to recreational facilities and healthy foods and number of fast-food restaurants). Marin’s only poor mark, in fact, came in the “excessive drinking” category, which asked people if they’d engaged in binge drinking in the last month—translated in the survey to four drinks in one sitting for a woman, or five drinks for a man. Marin respondents had “gone to town” 24 percent of the time. Ritter Center expansion approved Ritter Center’s proposed downtown San Rafael expansion will move forward—as the City Council unanimously approved plans 10 for a 933-square-foot medical module that will provide more room within the

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the judge, “I am sorry, very sorry. I’m very ashamed.” Schaefer was sentenced to 24 years to life for second-degree murder and mayhem. Brady called Souza’s negotiated sentence a “fair and just disposition.” Defense attorney Gerald Schwartzbach said his only regret was that the case took longer and was more expensive to settle than it would have been had the district attorney not initially sought capital punishment. “It’s a misconception that seeking death makes it easier to achieve a negotiated disposition,” he said. An indigent defendant in a death-penalty case is allowed a second statepaid lawyer as well as multiple investigators, experts and other consultants, he said. “The client receives a great deal more attention and more regular communications with more people than likely has ever occurred in that person’s life,” he said. “Given that a person could be on death row for 20-plus years, the end of the case means the end of all that supportive human contact.” In November, California voters will decide whether to kill the death penalty when they vote on a ballot initiative. In pre-trial motions, Souza’s attorneys questioned prison officials’ decision not to house Schaefer in protective custody given an inmate code of conduct that targets child killers. A trial would have forced prison officials to explain their rationale for allowing an inmate labeled a child killer to be on a yard with Souza, an identified prison gang member. San Quentin spokesman Lt. Samuel Robinson has said Schaefer and corrections officials together decided he did not need protective housing. < Contact Ronnie at ronniecohen@comcast.net.

BONUS QUESTION: What city, in A.D. 330, was renamed Constantinople? Send your best trivia question (with your name and hometown) to howard1@triviacafe.com; if your question is used in the ‘Pacific Sun,’ we’ll give you credit! V For the past 11 years, Principal Juan Rodriguez has been a hero to the students of Bahia Vista Elementary School. Last month, Marin County recognized his outstanding efforts by naming him Educator of the Year for 2012. As the principal of Bahia Vista in San Rafael’s economically challenged Canal neighborhood, Mr. Rodriguez goes the extra mile to give his students more than an exceptional education. Believing that what happens outside the classroom impacts his students’ success in school, he supervises on-site programs including a Family Center and parenting classes. Rodriguez also developed a partnership with the San Francisco Food Bank to distribute food to 200 students and their families each week. Thinking caps off to Principal Rodriguez for his energy, ingenuity and achievements.

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WAs the clergyman pulled on the 101 north onramp at Sausalito, his notebook flew off the top of his car, landed on the street and the pages inside the binder went flying. Dressed in his Sunday best, the man quickly pulled over and began collecting paper from the roadway. The pages of his sermon were run over by cars or trapped in shrubs on the other side of the ramp. Though one person stopped to help and a few cars slowed down, most drivers turned a blind eye to the man standing helplessly on the road’s edge as car after car whisked by. Folks, it was an onramp, not a racetrack. We’d call you Zeros, but we think your scolding will come from a higher place. —Nikki Silverstein

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ust before he was sentenced on Wednesday, Frank Souza read a statement that turned into a poem to explain why he murdered a fellow inmate who had just arrived at San Quentin Prison to serve time for killing 9-year-old Melody Osheroff. “My heart goes out to Melody and her family,” Souza said. “The innocence of a child must be defended at all costs. “My head is bloodied but unbowed. I’m the master of my fate and the captain of my soul.” As part of a plea deal that spared Souza the death penalty, Judge Paul Haakenson sentenced the 33-year-old heavily tattooed inmate to life in prison without the possibility of parole. A handful of Souza’s friends watched the Marin County Superior Court proceedings. Souza admitted stabbing to death Edward Schaefer, 44, on a prison exercise yard in July 2010, only 10 days after the habitual drunken driver began serving his 24-years-to-life sentence for racing his Harley-Davidson through a stop sign and striking Melody and her father in a Novato crosswalk. As a result of the accident, Aaron Osheroff lost his leg. Souza already was serving a prison sentence of 50 years to life for murdering a homeless man in San Jose. Shackled at his hands and feet and wearing an orange prison suit, Souza read his statement in court after Deputy District Attorney A.J. Brady told the judge Schaefer’s death exacted a heavy toll on his survivors. Brady said Schaefer’s daughter, 11, born the same year as Melody, told him in tears that after her father was jailed, she looked forward to nothing but the chance to hug him. Brady said he met with Schaefer’s mother, sister and daughter dozens of times, and they wrestled with whether to attend Wednesday’s sentencing hearing but decided to stay away rather than stir up the wrath of a community seemingly intent on exacting revenge from their dead loved one. Shortly after his arrest, Schaefer appeared in court with his face bruised and his arm in a sling. When a photographer pointed a camera in Schaefer’s direction, he flipped off the cameraman. The photograph of the seeming unrepentant motorcyclist haunted those grieving over the fourth-grader’s death and marked Schaefer as a target of their anger. Schaefer offered an eleventh-hour apology at his own sentencing. “Even though I’ve been demonized so much,” he told

1. Marin Municipal Water District officials report that Marin’s seven reservoirs are currently at what percent of capacity: 79, 89 or 99? 2. In a leap year, how many months have 28 days? 3. Was the Tyrannosaurus Rex a meat eater or vegetarian? 4. About the Jewish holiday of Passover, currently being celebrated... 4a. What unleavened bread is eaten during holiday? 4b. What’s the name of the festive family meal held on the first night? 4c. What was the last of the 10 plagues inflicted on Pharaoh to convince him to release the Jewish slaves? 5. What popular new film is a remake of a late-1980s TV series that propelled Johnny Depp to teen stardom? 6. Each answer contains “LAST” 6a 6a. Pictured, right, top: Leonardo da Vinci painting 6b. Epic 1826 James Fenimore Cooper novel and 1992 film starring Daniel Day-Lewis 6c. What rubber bands are... 7a., b. Pictured, right, bottom: Identify the subjects of these famous portrait paintings. 8. On taking the oath of office, every president of the United States promises to do what three things related to the Constitution? 9. Congratulations to the University of Kentucky, which won the 7a 7b NCAA men’s basketball championship for the eighth time; what team has won the most, 11 times? 10. Create a four-word phrase where the first and last words rhyme: For example: restless — ants in your pants 10a. Very inebriated 10b. Spy satellite 10c. By any means possible 10d. Drive as quickly as possible

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< 8 Newsgrams center for needy clients seeking medical attention. The planning commission in February approved the proposal in a 3-2 vote, but that decision was appealed by Gerstle Park neighbor Hugo Landecker who said such an expansion would attract more street people to an already homeless-plagued downtown. Ritter Center currently serves about 400 homeless clients and over the course of 2011 had about 3,000 visits to the medical clinic. Ritter Center director Diane Linn says there are now only four seats in the clinic waiting room; the expansion would provide room for 18. She says allowing more clients to remain inside provides more dignity to the homeless, 75 percent of whom she says are permanent Marin residents. In response to charges from Landecker that Ritter Center’s location has resulted in assaults, defecation in parking lots and general unpleasantness, Ritter Center recently hired a staff member whose primary duty is community outreach and neighborhood cleanup. In its approval, the San Rafael City Council will require Ritter Center to provide regular reports to the city regarding the expansion, as well as develop a plan for if the new module becomes overcrowded.

Supes hold pension-reform meeting With the economic downturn mixing with an influx of county retirees living healthier, longer lives, local governments across the state are trying to figure out how to curb the rising costs of pensions—pensions they are currently contractually obligated to pay. Marin is no different, and so the Board of Supervisors convened an “educational forum” last Tuesday evening to “provide the public with information and a wide range of perspectives” on what to do about the problem.“There are different points of view about what Marin County should do,” read a press release from county officials,“but there appears to be general agreement about the need to move toward more ‘sustainable’ pensions.” Board President Steve Kinsey said the county is “committed” to restructuring the pension program to be sustainable “over time.” But, adds Kinsey, the restructuring must also allow Marin “to attract and retain quality workers.” ‘Breezey’ strikes again in latest pit-bull melee A pit bull was impounded by police last week after besieging a police officer and a parent at a Little League game in Fairfax. The dog bit the hands of Fairfax policewoman Rhonda Richardson and baseball dad Doug Clack, but injuries were not reported as serious. The attack occurred last Wednesday evening after Richardson responded to a call about an allegedly drunk man, Adam Laflin, 35, stumbling around near the ballfield. When Richardson approached Laflin, the dog lunged at her; she was able to hold off the animal with her hands and pepper spray it, while Clack came to her assistance, receiving a minor bite on the arm for his efforts. The 11-year-old pit bull, Breezey, is a repeat offender in Fairfax—it’s been pepper sprayed multiple times by police and was even shot by law enforcement in 2009. With such a troubled history—due to poor guardianship, say Humane Society officials— Breezey could face the ultimate penalty. County to consider official ‘tweeting’ policy Marin residents may soon be “friended” by county officials—as the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday considered adopting social media policies for administration and staff. The county’s newfound interest in Facebooking is due, according to county officials, to the rise of social media and mobile devices that have “raised public expectations for immediate access to information as well as opportunities for feedback and input.” Or, to put it another way, the county doesn’t want to be like your great-grandmother who won’t cancel her dial-up service. “Over the past 12 months, county staff have investigated the best means of effectively harnessing the power of social media to better serve the community,” according to a statement from county officials.The result is a 45-page “policy and playbook” report that outlines the county’s need for increased social media usage and a playbook for staff to adopt such policy. According to the report, the public demand for social networking by the county is at an all time high. Three in 10 Americans are “government social media users,” says the report, “and most want to share their views on government.”The rise in mobile phones that can get information at a moment’s notice is considered as well. These days, two-thirds of cities and counties across the country use social media—90 percent are on Facebook and 70 percent on Twitter. They also use social media for virtual meetings, to send time-sensitive alerts and for public relations purposes. The policy initiatives recommended in the report include designating Social Media Coordinators in county departments who will oversee policy, content and security of their departments’ Twitter and Facebook activity. Departments without social media sites can have their information posted on the county’s Facebook and Twitter sites. WWII vet joins gym, receives France’s highest honor A Lagunitas World War II veteran has joined a select club whose members include Douglas MacArthur, Dwight Eisenhower, Audie Murphy and David Petraeus. 11 Philip H. Arnot Jr., 87, will receive the Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor for his 10 PACIFIC SUN APRIL 6 – APRIL 12, 2012

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tion, Aug. 7. Then the LCP goes to the Coastal Commission for final approval. The process started in the winter of 2008 and has already included 19 workshops and nine hearings and numerous Planning Commission meetings before the supervisors took over last month. “The outreach has been phenomenal,” says Supervisor Steve Kinsey, who represents West Marin and also sits on the board of the Coastal Commission. “It has been uniformly appreciated regardless of the outstanding issues that still remain. Various stakeholders from all sides have complimented [county principal planner Jack Liebster] and county Community Development staff for their work. While there will continue to be disagreements on substantive issues, there is widespread appreciation for the way we did the process.” Kinsey says that process has cost about $1 million in staff time. What many people don’t know is that the Coastal Act, and Marin’s LCP, covers only a portion of the acreage along the water. The Coastal Act exerts its mandates along a strip of land 1,000 yards from the high tide line, although the strip of control extends farther from the coast in some places. But Marin represents a special circumstance, different from the rest of the California coast because of the quantity of public land in the county. Based on the Coastal Act, Marin’s Coastal Zone covers 82,168 acres. The federal government owns or manages 33,913 of those acres. That leaves 48,255 acres of the Coastal Zone that fall under county jurisdiction. In the Marin jurisdiction, some serious issues still remain in dispute in the current draft of the LCP. Stakeholders who hold opposing viewpoints generally agree with Kinsey and express support for the process that’s led to the current version. But that doesn’t mean there’s no criticism of the process. “It’s been tortuous,” says Amy Trainer, executive director of the Environmental Action Committee of West Marin. “The process has been unduly cumbersome because they kept leapfrogging issues and they didn’t just pick, for instance, the agriculture section and then work it through to the end. They kept coming back to it. To follow this process, the public was forced to follow well over 3,000 pages, probably over 3,500 pages, of text because they were updating not only the polices but the development code as well. It made for frankly a ridiculous process that they cannot expect the public to follow.” Trainer says her organization attended every hearing “and will continue to follow it through the Board of Supervisors hearings and approval and even once it gets to the Coastal Commission.” Kinsey agrees that the process needs an overhaul, but he has a different take: “The Coastal Commission as a whole has identified the [Local Coastal Program] as being broken statewide.” Communities take years compiling coastal plans before submitting

them to the Coastal Commission. Then, he continues, “at the end of a year, Coastal Commission staff says insufficient time has elapsed to review the plans. Then at the end of a second year, when they have no more time left, they’ll drop 200 pages of comments on the documents.” Then communities must “go back and start all over again.” Part of the reason for the cumbersome process is an effort in Sacramento to shave the Coastal Commission budget; part of the reason is politics. Previous executive director of the Coastal Commission, Peter Douglas, who died this week, was known as a protector of the coast, an attitude in keeping with his post there. But critics said he was too rigid, unwilling to compromise and find what Kinsey calls “a sweet spot” between protecting the environment and public access and allowing vitality to bloom in coastal communities. “As Peter, who is to be revered for his great work, became more stoic, more hardened and less willing to pay attention to details of the process, the Legislature became more and more interested in doing what it could to undermine the commission. They have been trying to strangle [the commission] through the budget process. They just underfunded the commission to the point that it does take two years for a simple amendment.” The push to shave the Coastal Commission budget took a giant leap this year with proposed legislation that would have eliminated the LCP process and returned authority for amended local plans to the commission, eliminating what many consider essential local input. Kinsey says cogent argument and strong pushback have prevented the proposed legislation from passage. Kinsey also says the current executive director of the Coastal Commission, Charles Lester, is more amenable to finding that sweet spot. But while some see the spot as sweet, others are concerned that the control the commission holds over development along the coast will bend too far toward commerce and real estate. The issues affecting the coast—as a critical environmental habitat, as a prime real estate prize, as an agricultural treasure and as a tourist destination that brings revenue (and headaches) to coastal communities— create a natural tension among stakeholders. In Marin, the need for agricultural families to accommodate multiple generations on their ranches and farms is paramount. Children in agricultural families want to stay in the county and be part of the community, says Kinsey, “but there’s no place to live.” Current zoning allows only one residential unit per 60 acres. The LCP draft proposes two additional residential units, which would allow families to remain together on their property, with the assumption that the additional units would provide housing for family members who would work the property. It’s ironic, says Kinsey, that in eastern Marin residents rail against ABAG for

forcing more housing in communities while residents in coastal Marin are saying they want more second units, they want more affordable housing. “They’re saying don’t force our children to leave. It’s a real human conundrum there.â€? Kinsey says its possible to support the agricultural community and at the same time husband the environment. “We can be the highest and best in our resource protection but not be so opposed to everything that we don’t allow for the human community to thrive.â€? Trainer says she and the environmental community understand and are sympathetic to the issues surrounding intergenerational housing for agricultural families. “I don’t think anybody argues with that. But how you go about allowing that housing is the issue. There are [in the current LCP draft] insufďŹ cient guidelines involving location and design. That’s our real concern. There needs to be a better balance between what is allowed now and what is proposed in the draft.â€? The Environmental Action Committee supports agriculture in West Marin, Trainer stresses, “but if you look at the big picture,â€? even additional intergenerational housing “is development.â€? Coastal Commission staff also holds some concerns about agricultural use. A staff letter states, “Overall...policy changes would provide updated agricultural protection measures, such as restrictions on house size, while allowing non-agricultural uses on agricultural and exempting certain uses from required agricultural

protection measures....â€? Staff also expressed concerns about wetland buffers. In a letter about that issue, staff suggests that the county rather than an applicant demonstrate that a 100-foot buffer is unnecessary “to protect the resource.â€? Allowing an applicant to say a buffer is unnecessary is a fundamental weakening of the LCP, says Trainer. “In the current [LCP] there’s an absolute 100-foot buffer around wetlands and streams and riparian habitat. The exceptions are very narrow.â€? Letting an applicant demonstrate a 100-foot buffer is unneeded “would be inviting a developer to hire a biologist to prove that they didn’t need to meet the buffer,â€? says Trainer. “And if you don’t have a minimum buffer required, it’s opening that resource protection for abuse.â€? Kinsey says the issues involving buffers and intergenerational housing are substantive and deserving of discussion. He says he plans to meet with stakeholders “to see if we can reduce areas of conict.â€? But on the issue of intergenerational housing, Kinsey will remain a staunch supporter of the agricultural families who long have asked for consideration to keep their families on the land. And he’s willing to take the cause all the way to the Coastal Commission’s board. “There are some things worth ďŹ ghting for,â€? he says. The agricultural families “need to be able to deal with intergenerational transfers and more than one child who wants to stay involved in a farm.â€? The Coastal Commis-

sion staff position to allow only one house on 60 acres “is a place where we are going to take a stand.� Dominion theology (currently a popular conservative Christian fundamentalist position) posits that God gave humans total authority over the Earth to do with its bounty as they wish. An alternate view-

point posits that humans should ďŹ rst live to protect the environment while at the same time carefully reaping its rewards. Call it the crux of the 21st century played out on a West Marin stage. Call it the Local Coastal program. < Contact the writer at peter@pseidman.com.

< 10 Newsgrams meritorious service in France during World War II. The Chevalier (which means knight) dates back to 1802 when Napoleon Bonaparte created the honor as France’s highest award given by the French Republic for outstanding service to France. While thousands of French World War II veterans received the honor, the Chevalier has only been given to 43 Americans. Arnot’s award was earned for his three years of sticking it to the Jerries during World War II, assisting in the liberation of France from Nazi occupation. Arnot joined the Air Force on Dec. 7, 1942, one year to the day after Pearl Harbor. He became a commissioned officer, a 2nd lieutenant, at the age of 19 in 1944. During the war he flew 22 combat air missions across Europe in a B-17 as part of the 367th Bomber Squadron. Arnot says he’d never even heard of the award until recently. “A guy at the gym asked me if I had a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor,� recounts Arnot.“I said I don’t know what you’re talking about.� The “guy at the gym� was Arnot’s friend Hayden Reiss who told him about the award and even submitted the paper work to nominate Arnot for the award. The next thing Arnot knew, he’d received a letter from the French ambassador in San Francisco, Francois Delattre, that read:“Dear Mr. Arnot Jr., I am pleased to inform you that by decree of President Sarkozy on December 7, 2011, you have been appointed a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor. This award testifies to President Sarkozy’s high esteem for your merits and accomplishments.� “I didn’t seek any of this,� Arnot insists.“But I’m glad about it.� A ceremony in honor of Arnot will take place April 15 at 1pm at the Marin Veterans’ Auditorium where Marin County VA Service Representative Sean Stephens will present the medal to Mr. Arnot in front of the WWII Memorial.

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don’t think I ever made up my mind that I was going to be a professional musician—it just kind of kept going,” says Dan Hicks, displaying his dry wit and a hint of the slow Southern drawl that betrays his Arkansas roots. “I liked it. And at the time, when I started out, it never felt like work. I just liked being creative and I found that I could come up with songs. “This is all self-discovery kind of stuff,” he adds, punctuating his speech with verbal jabs like someone who’s just been poked. “And I liked it. I liked discovering that I could write a good tune. “I guess I was just destined to do this.” At 70, Hicks—the self-professed King of Folk Swing—is still going strong, cultivating a stony musical melange that has led 12 PACIFIC SUN APRIL 6 - APRIL 12, 2012

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one music writer to label the Mill Valley singer, songwriter and bohemian artist as Hoagy Carmichael with a roach clip. This week, SF Jazz—presenters of the annual San Francisco Jazz Festival—is honoring Hicks and his contribution to popular music with a 70th birthday bash at Davies Symphony Hal l . Amo n g t h e by Greg past collaborators or admiring fans scheduled to perform are composer and keyboardist Van Dyke Parks (who co-wrote many of the songs on the Beach Boys classic album Pet Sounds), Rickie Lee Jones, folk legend Ramblin’ Jack Elliot, jug-band revivalist Jim Kweskin and singer Maria Muldaur, Harry Shearer (of Spinal Tap and The Simpsons fame), Ray Benson of Asleep

at the Wheel, bluesmen John Hammond and Roy Rogers, the vocal and guitar duo Tuck and Patti, and guitarist Bruce Forman. But the main attraction at this all-star concert is a reunion of the original Hot Licks. That short-lived band nudged Hicks—a sometimes tender, always hip Cahill tunesmith—onto the national stage with a quirky mix of cowboy folk, swing jazz, blues, old-timey sentimentality, and tongue-in-cheek lyrics. At a time when Grand Funk Railroad was barreling up the hard rock charts and the Moody Blues were stretching the boundaries of prog-rock in search of the lost chord, the Hot Licks were serving up

wry tales about diner waitresses, bluecollar workers and barflies masked in a brilliant blend of humor, beat sensibility and pseudo-nostalgia. Hicks disbanded the Hot Licks in 1974 after reaching the apex of his career, appearing on the coveted cover of Rolling Stone magazine. “We wanted to get the original Blue Thumb label band together, with Sid Page on violin, and the girls [singers Naomi Ruth Eisenberg and Maryanne Price] and Jon Weber, who was the first guitarist from back in ’68,” Hicks says of the upcoming reunion. “I want to get the band that works with me now to do something and we have some guests who I’ve recorded with or who I’ve been on the bill with or who have recorded one of my songs.

“So we have a few people coming in.” Shearer will serve as emcee. “I’m glad to have him there—I’ve bit off quite a hunk here,” Hicks says of the concert. “There’s going to be quite a little show, if it comes off.” Hicks also will perform a couple of instrumentals with members of a Dixieland band that he played in during junior high school in Santa Rosa, his “hometown.” That formative band included Lowell “Banana” Levinger, who in the mid-’60s went on to record hit records as a member of the Youngbloods and, more recently, as a Marin-based solo folk artist. The April 6 SF Jazz show is a companion to a similar bash held a decade ago at the Fillmore Auditorium to mark Hicks’ 60th birthday. That earlier event also had an all-star roster of artists who had performed with Hicks over the years, from the ’60s-era Charlatans to his more recent Acoustic Warriors. The Fillmore concert spawned a CD and DVD. For the record, Hicks turned 70 on Dec. 9, but the SF Jazz organization preferred to wait till spring to present the show. “I agreed,” Hicks says somewhat bemused. “You know, turning 70—that lasts a while.”

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HICKS MAY NOT have set out to become a professional musician—especially one who has achieved legendary status and a tribute at the home of the San Francisco Symphony—but music has been his main pursuit for most of his life. As a ninth-grader at Montgomery Senior High School in Santa Rosa, he started playing drums in a jazz band at a talent show. It was Hicks’ first exposure to playing jazz, though he had listened to Benny Goodman and other swing artists on record. “We had Dixieland music books that had these little parts written out,” he recalls. “That’s how the Dixieland Dudes were born.” After school, Hicks, Banana and a few other classmates would hang out at the Apex Book Store, a coffeehouse in downtown Santa Rosa. “We used to sit around and jam on guitars,” Hicks says. But he spent most of his high-school years sitting on a drum throne. “Playing the drums, I was exposed to a lot of different music,” he says. “I would play these casuals with different guys around the Santa Rosa area and I heard a lot of jazz standards.” At 19, as a radio and television broadcasting student at San Francisco State University and at the height of the folk revival, he turned to the guitar more seriously, playing and singing folk standards and original songs by Pete Seeger and other artists on the local scene. Eventually, he was introduced to the music of the Jim Kweskin Jug Band, a Greenwich Village

How big was a Rolling Stone cover in 1973? Mick Jagger, Elton John, Rod Stewart, Paul Newman, Jerry Garcia, Diana Ross and Richard Nixon also graced the front of the mag that year.

folk and blues act that included a teenaged singer named Maria Muldaur. He played and sang in a couple of local folk trios, including the Redwood Singers and he performed at small bars, North Beach coffee houses and such cramped folk clubs as the Scene and the Drinking Gourd, as well as the occasional hootenanny in Berkeley. “The singer/songwriter guys and that style of singing sort of evolved for me until the mid- to late -’60s when I started appreciating it more,” he says. “Then I started trying to emulate those jazz vocalists like [San Francisco-based jazz trombonist and singer] Jack Teagarden. But, you know, I was studying to be a broadcaster—music was my main interest, but I didn’t feel like I’d be good enough to ever be a professional musician.” That all changed when he joined the Charlatans.

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IN THE MID-’60S, the Haight-Ashbury district in San Francisco harbored a nascent folk-rock scene—unsullied by the hard drugs that later would lay waste to many of its inhabitants. One of those bands was the Charlatans, which featured Boz Scaggs, Michael Ferguson, Mike Wilhelm (who would go on to form the legendary Flamin’ Groovies), and George Hunter. “I used to run into those guys once in while on the street and in little places, with their long hair and Beatle boots and stuff,” Hicks says. “That was 1965, maybe even late 1964. “George was a player himself—he played tambourine—but he was more or less a manager. He got these guys together to rehearse in the living room of his old Victorian. I ran into them when they were just getting rid of their drummer. I was still in college and I had a part-time

job, finishing up my last semester, so I chedelic is not a term I use that much,” he had a pretty busy little schedule.” says dryly. “Though I guess it’s a label that It didn’t take long for the Charlatans works and we definitely were part of the San to get discovered, literally on the street, Francisco Sound. But we also did ‘Somebody when a business owner from Virginia City, Stole My Gal’—old-timey songs, too. Nevada, approached the band about play“Basically, the Charlatans were folk rock. ing at his the Red Dog Saloon as the house Their repertoire was a lot of plugged-in folk band that summer. with a little Chuck Berry thrown in. The saloon—which served gourmet “It was loud dance music.” French meals amid a backdrop of seminal The Charlatans returned to San Franlight shows and loud folk rock—quickly be- cisco that fall to find the underground rock came a popular watering hole for Bay Area scene—led by the Grateful Dead, Jefferson bohemians and Sierra residents keen on its Airplane, Quicksilver Messenger Service and Wild West flair and psychedelic atmosphere. others—in full swing. It turned out that his band mates had The band soon became one of the first to not only a taste for old-timey music, but play at the promoter Chet Helms’ landmark also turn-of-the-century gambler chic and Family Dog-produced concerts at the Avalon potent hallucinogens (LSD was still legal). Ballroom, in the Polk Gulch district of San The band members also had a penchant Francisco. The Charlatans lasted another for packing side arms onstage. three years, right through 1967’s Summer of “What I remember most about the Red Love. “I wanted to do something more folk, Dog was all the guns,” said band member more jazz oriented,” says Hicks of his deciand poster artist Michael Ferguson in an in- sion to leave the band. “I wanted to expand terview for the book The Art of Rock. “That’s my solo act.” the only thing we spent our money on— Enter the Hot Licks. bullets. One of my favorite things was going O O O O down to the dump and spending an hour setting up cans and bottles, then finding an THE HOT LICKS were anything but loud old chair, sitting down and plunking away. and raucous, reflecting Hicks’ own decidedly “It was a real loose Western scene.” laid-back persona and love of jazz. “The idea Hicks tends to downplay the gunplay, but for me to form a quieter, harmony-oriented, fondly recalls the rustic nature of the town. jazz-fiddle group with my own original “It wasn’t like people were shooting each other,” he says, “but it definitely was a throw- tunes was a departure,” he admits. He tapped violinist David LaFlamme, who back to another time—the town certainly left after a short stint to concentrate on his had the feel of another century.” Yet, for all the Old West chic, the Charla- own band, the then-emerging It’s a Beautiful tans helped usher in a new age, musically and Day. Violinist Sid Page, a Santa Rosa native, took LaFlamme’s spot. socially. Guitarist John Weber, In fact, Hicks upright bassist Jaime is part of an elite Leopold, drummer cadre of bohemiTerry Wilson, and ans who helped vocalists Tina Viola to spawn the ’60s Gancher and Sherry counterculture. Snow rounded out the Author Richie Unoriginal lineup. terberger, a leading “It just evolved,” authority on the Hicks says of the Hot psychedelic-rock Licks sound. “I got scene, acknowlgirls who could sing edges in the AllMujazzy and the result sic Guide that “the S a n Fr a n c i s co - The Charlatans—that’s Hicks, second from left—were was a combination aligned with the mid-’60s psychedelic movement, but based Charlatans their sound was more traditionally blues-based than other of the people in the band and the sound have been widely bands of the scene. we came up with credited as starting together.” the Haight-AshThe band’s 1969 self-titled debut feabury psychedelic scene. 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Sweet Honey in the Throck Drummer Allison Miller brings her avant-jazz sounds to Mill Valley by G r e g Cahill

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an jazz be saved? of Shaker hymns and vision songs. Or Directors Michael Rivoira, Lars pounding the skins down in La-La Land Larson and Peter J. Vogt posed for former Indigo Girl Amy Ray, in her that provocative question in their 2009 current progressive folk-rock incarnadocumentary, Icons Among Us: Jazz in the tion. Or supplying tasteful brushwork for Present Tense, which debuted at the Mill a straight-ahead jazz trio in support of Valley Festival and has since spawned a North Beach jazz vocalist Kitty Margolis. vibrant discussion forum on Facebook. Or, at an April 6 show at 142 ThrockmorThe film explores the mercurial creative ton in Mill Valley, teaming up with her force through insightful interviews and own group, the newly formed Honey Ear electrifying concert footTrio, and as a member of age that spotlight the curexperimental bassist and rent crop of jazz musicians bandleader Todd SickaCOMING SOON while pondering the future foose’s Tiny Resistors. The Honey Ear Trio of the genre. While Miller’s most and Todd Sickafoose’s In one interview, trumpet often identified with the Tiny Resistors perform player Terence Blanchard mavens of the uber-hip Friday, April 6, at 8pm at the 142 Throckmorton calls these times the “quiet Downtown jazz scene and Theatre in Mill Valley. revolution,” a moment in its offspring, mainstream $18-$28. 415/383-9600. jazz history when inventive artists also have marched young players are shunning to her beat—Ani DiFrancommercial success and co, Natalie Merchant and redefining the genre, even as many in the Brandi Carlile, to name a few. jazz community hold fast to past masters. And the mainstream press has been Brooklyn-born drummer Allison quick to embrace her—the L.A. Times Miller, 37, is one such forward-thinking named Miller’s recent solo CD, Boom player. Tic Boom, one of the best jazz albums of You can find her traveling the coun2010. The album also features Sickafoose, try, conspiring with Shakers ’n’ Bakpianist Myra Melford and violinist Jenny ers, a Massachusetts-based avant-jazz Scheinman. ensemble that performs trance renditions More recently, her latest project, the

The Honey Ear Trio will do their part toward saving jazz this Friday in Mill Valley.

Honey Ear Trio—which made its West Coast debut on April 1 in Arcata—has racked up rave reviews for its debut CD, Steampunk Serenade. New York magazine opined: “This new collective of old friends—saxophonist Erik Lawrence, bassist Rene Hart and drummer Allison Miller—just released their sharp, irresistibly funky debut, Steampunk Serenade, and are staking their claim as one of the boldest sax trios around.”

Jazz critic Bill Milkowski of the JazzTimes was no less effusive: “Remarkable chemistry in this extremely elastic acoustic trio…startling debut.” Indeed, Lawrence has rich tone and at times sounds like the reincarnation of the late bebop great Frank Morgan. And you need only sample Miller’s drumming on the title track—in which every roll, every rimshot is perfectly placed—to recognize her role in martialing in the quiet revolution. < Serenade Greg at gcahill51@gmail.com. Tune up to the Marin music scene at

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›› SPiN OF THE WEEK Miles Davis: Sketches of Spain (Legacy Vinyl) This newly released 180gram audiophile pressing of the classic 1960 reunion of trumpeter Miles Davis and producer/arranger Gil Evans delivers quiet, sonically rich qualities befitting this contemplative music. The sultry followup to Davis’s landmark 1959 modal masterwork, Kind of Blue, features a jazz cover of Joaquin Rodrigo’s “Concierto de Aranjuez” for guitar and orchestra, the album’s centerpiece, and was inspired, in part, by Manuel de Falla’s 1915 ballet El Amor Brujo. The original LP version does not feature “Song of Our Country,” which appears on expanded CD versions.—GC 20 PACIFIC SUN APRIL 6 -APRIL 12, 2012

›› THAT TV GUY FRIDAY, APRIL 6 I Survived What is a survival show doing on Lifetime? What are they surviving? Quilting mishaps? Bonbon overdoses? Lifetime. 6pm. Malibu Shark Attack An earthquake releases a giant prehistoric shark in the waters off the elite beach community.The residents haven’t been this scared since their property appraisals came in. (2009) SyFy. 6pm. Sydney White This is a version of Snow White based at a college. Usually when a coed meets seven dwarfs it’s either a porn movie or a fraternity prank. (2007) Bravo. 7pm. SATURDAY, APRIL 7 The Ten Commandments They really need to update the plagues. What about a plague of Rick Santorum campaign ads? (1956) ABC. 7pm. To Kill a Mockingbird A small town is forced to confront undercurrents of racism, but ignores another injustice: What kind of maniac would name a little girl “Scout?â€? (1962) USA Network. 8pm.

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tonight.They were going to offer equal time for a GOP spouse but all three of Newt Gingrich’s wives were busy. NBC. 8pm. 16 and Pregnant Tonight’s teenage mom is an aspiring cage fighter, which, to anybody who’s actually had kids, might sound like useful experience. MTV. 10pm. Love for Sail This is a reality show about people trying to find dates on a cruise ship. Of course, if it involved actual reality, the people looking for dates on cruise ships would also be looking for their teeth and their walker. Lifetime. 10pm.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11 Mama’s Boys of the Bronx This is a reality show about men in their 30s still living with their mothers. It might be one of those “a little too much realityâ€? shows. Moving back Thou shalt not bear false whiskers, Saturday at 7. in with your parents is standard operating SUNDAY, APRIL 8 procedure in this economy. TLC. 6pm. I Just Want My Pants Back This is a new Wife Swap Liberal and conservative moms scripted comedy, different from MTV’s usual switch places.The liberal makes the conreality fare like Jersey Shore, which could easily be titled “I Just Want You To Put Your servative mom’s kids eat organic and the Pants Back On.â€? MTV. 9pm. conservative mom makes the liberal’s kids Pixar Short Films If only Cars 2 could have learn how to clean and reassemble an M16 been one of them. ABC Family. 10pm. blindfolded. Lifetime. 9pm. Men in Black II The same jokes are strung together with different special effects.This THURSDAY, APRIL 12 The Big Bang Theory is a good way to prepare yourself for the fall Wil Wheaton, who played Wesley Crusher election campaigns. (2002) TNT. 10pm. on Star Trek:The Next Generation, throws a party. Ensign Crusher turns 40 this year.We’re MONDAY, APRIL 9 Two Broke Girls The hoping he leaves the gray Star Trek jumpsuit girls volunteer to be in a drug study.This in the closet. ABC. 8pm. can actually be a good way to make a little money on the side—the side with your third The Joy of Stats We’re guessing 19 percent of viewers will appreciate 67 percent of this arm. CBS. 8:30pm. Antiques Roadshow They are in Honolulu documentary. KQED. 10pm. this week where highlights include a carved Alien Resurrection In the fourth film, wooden tiki playing the ukulele on a surf- Sigourney Weaver’s Ripley character is board. KQED. 9pm. reborn as a clone Undercover Boss: with alien DNA, Abroad The boss which gives her of a Canadian super strength, pizza chain samincreased healing ples life on the capacity and the front lines, raising ability to speak two questions: the dialogue Is Canada really with a straight “abroadâ€? and is face. (1997) SyFy. Canadian bacon 11:30pm. < on the toppings A maniac named ‘Atticus,’ that’s who... Saturday, 8pm. Critique That TV Guy at list? TLC. 9pm. letters@paciďŹ csun.com.

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Ship of fools Holocaust author gets sinking feeling from ‘Titanic’ by Davi d Te mp l e ton

David Templeton takes interesting people to interesting movies in his ongoing quest for the ultimate post-film conversation. This is not a movie review; rather, it’s a freewheeling, tangential discussion of life, alternative ideas and popular culture.

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ore than 15 years ago, on a chilly December afternoon, I met up with visiting German author Bernard Schlink, who was in the Bay Area promoting his then-new novel The Reader, a gripping story about a painful slice of German history, poised to become an international best-seller. More than that, Schlink’s slim but unforgettable book would become an unforgettable motion picture in 2008, winning Kate Winslet a Best Actress Oscar. Coincidentally, the film Schlink and I were meeting to see was another Kate Winslet classic: the original theatrical release of James Cameron’s

Jack Dawson succumbs to the frozen waters of the North Atlantic, and the frozen dialogue of the script.

Titanic, which would surpass all expectations to become the biggest box-office hit in history. That film, now converted into 3-D for a massive release this week, is still a matter of controversy, with many loving the film with cult-like devotion, and others dismissing it as an overrated embarrassment. This week, as I prepare to see the film again on the big screen, I have been recalling my stark, surprising conversation with Schlink, a discussion I have thought of often over the last decade-and-a-half. In my quest for the ultimate post-film conversation, this is one of them that came remarkably close. I offer it again, in part to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the R.M.S. Titanic, on April 15, 1912, but also because the thoughts and reactions that this film dredged up in Bernard Schlink have even greater resonance today, when questions of how much we owe our fellow human beings are the stuff of political debate on a daily basis. Who is worth saving, and who isn’t? For a hundred years, that’s been the question. 22 PACIFIC SUN APRIL 6 – APRIL 12, 2012

My car rumbles past the row of toll booths and up onto the Golden Gate Bridge, speeding over the waters of the bay. Far below are the harsh waves and dangerous current, under which lies an ancient graveyard. The broken fragments of countless shipwrecks—unlucky schooners and sailing ships that came to California during the Gold Rush and throughout the 1800s—now rest where they fell, all that remains of their drowned passengers’ hopes and dreams. Kate Winslet may not have helped dozens of women from a burning church in ‘The Reader,’ but she did pull Richard I think of this, but do not mention it, as Branson’s mom from a fire at his Caribbean mansion last summer. my passenger—author and University of women and children left on the Titanic man whose memories of an intense love Berlin law professor Bernhard Schlink— affair with an older woman—when he was while some of the richer men went off in the discusses a far more famous shipwreck, 15 years old, growing up in the ’50s among lifeboats.” the Titanic, the subject of the much-hyped Germany’s first postwar generation—are That would include J. Bruce Ismay, manand surprisingly powerful new film by changed forever when the woman reapaging director of the White Star Line that director James Cameron. Titanic features pears as the defendant in a sensational war owned the ship. Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet as crimes trial. Her confession to having been “I would like to know,” Schlink says star-crossed lovers—he is poor and she a guard at Auschwitz and to having stood thoughtfully, “whether people ever fully is not—who are fated to find love just as by as two dozen women in her charge again respected any man, Ismay perhaps, the world’s best-known maritime disaster burned to death in an accidental fire sets who had been on the Titanic and survived takes place around them. off a volley of excuses and denials from the it. I think society must have seen those For all the painstaking detail that the film- other guards, along with the nearby villagmen as having violated a principle that makers have put into re-creating the ship and ers who did little to help, and the narrator they all cherished.” her skirmish with the iceberg that sent it to himself, who feels complicit in the crimes Schlink lapses into silence. the bottom of the ocean, the film’s most pow- for merely having loved the perpetrator. “We have stories from the concentration erful scenes come after the ship of dreams “I think the class issue is interesting,” camps,” he finally says, “stories about people has disappeared into the Atlantic, as terrified Schlink says of Titanic. “We saw how the who would rather help others than save survivors in half-empty lifeboats listen—ap- first-class passengers of that time were themselves. That they would rather go with parently too traumatized thought to be more those that had to die, into the gas chamber, to lend a hand—to the worth saving than the than try to survive. Just to help, to comfort screams of the victims immigrants going to those who’d been chosen. Anne Frank’s still struggling in the America, who were in mother did that. And many, many others. freezing waters. third class.” “What is so interesting about the Titanic,” “I wonder how much “According to the he continues, “is that it took the people in finger-pointing there ship’s records,” I recite, the lifeboats so long to go back for any surwas,” muses Schlink, a having read the copious vivors in the water, and then only one boat tall, soft-spoken man notes issued with the went back at all. Only one! with a gentle, probing film’s release, “over 60 “That’s always something that I often demeanor. “I wonder percent of the first-class think about,” he continues, “thinking of about who blamed who, passengers were saved, the people of the Third Reich. That it after the Titanic was gone while only 32 percent of would have been so easy to do something, and the few survivors the third class survived.” to change things, and yet so many people returned home. Who “I’ve never been on a didn’t. In fact, they would shrink away from was blamed, beyond the cruise,” Schlink chuckobvious responsibilihelping, often for very minor reasons. The les, softly, “but I assume ties of the ship’s owners people in the lifeboats would have risked things are different themselves, not having very little in going back. now.” enough lifeboats and This is the disappointing look Schlink would’ve “And yet they didn’t. They floated in the “At the very least,” I everything. I wonder liked to have given the male Titanic survivors. dark, listening to the screams, just as people remark, “there are cerhow many of the surviin my country stood by and let millions of tainly enough lifeboats vors were pressured by people saying, ‘Why to accommodate every passenger, a prepeople be sent to their death. Doing nothing. didn’t you try to save others? Why didn’t caution that was not taken on the presum- Saying nothing.” you do more?’” After another pause he adds, “I will never ably unsinkable Titanic.” Such questions have been Bernhard “Something else interesting happened be- completely understand it.” < Schlink’s lifelong obsession and are the very cause of that as well, didn’t it?” Schlink asks, Share insights with David at talkpix@earthlink.net. heart of his stunning book The Reader. so quietly he could be talking to himself. 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Movie summaries by Matthew Stafford Gianni Di Gregorio dogs the saucy streets of Rome in ‘The Salt of Life,’ now at the Rafael.

O American Reunion (1:53) The horny teens of “American Pie” reunite 13 years later for a weekend of friendship and memories plus boozing, cussing and rampant sex. O Casa de Mi Padre (1:24) A down-onits-luck Mexican dynasty overloaded with family dynamics finds itself in the middle of a drug war; Will Ferrell stars. O The Deep Blue Sea (1:38) Terence Rattigan’s classic drama hits the big screen with Rachel Weisz as a pampered barrister’s wife who gives it all up for the love of a young RAF pilot. O Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax (1:26) Dr. Seuss’s timeless tale of a likable old grump and his endangered ecosystem comes to the big screen with the voices of Danny DeVito, Betty White and Taylor Swift. O Friends With Kids (1:47) The last two surviving singles in a circle of breeders decide to have their cake and eat it too by raising a child AND dating other people; Jon Hamm and Megan Fox star. O The Hunger Games (2:22) In post-apocalyptic North America a teenage girl fights for her life against a squad of trained assassins on a popular government-sponsored reality show! O In Search of Haydn (1:42) Documentary delves into the composer’s life and art through personal letters, interviews and performances by acclaimed musicians. O The Island President (1:41) Stirring documentary about Mohamed Nasheed, the (now ousted) president of the Maldives, and his fight to save his coral archipelago from the ravages of global warming. O Jeff, Who Lives at Home (1:23) Listless slacker Jason Segel’s search for an ordained life path leads to strangeness, confusion and high comedy; Susan Sarandon costars. O Jiro Dreams of Sushi (1:21) Toothsome documentary portrait of Jiro Ono, whose 10-seat subway-stop Tokyo eatery is universally regarded as the finest sushi restaurant on the planet.

The Kid With a Bike (1:27) French drama about an abandoned child’s complex relationship with a kindly hairdresser. O The Metropolitan Opera: Manon (4:10) Live from New York it’s Massenet’s torrid tale of a nun-turned-prostitute and the chevalier who loves her. O Mirror Mirror (1:46) Exiled princess Snow White joins forces with seven rebel dwarves to overthrow an evil queen, reclaim the throne and snag a princely bf for good measure. O The Raid: Redemption (1:41) Indonesian action flick about a team of undercover cops who have to fight their way out of a criminals’ skyscraper hideout when their cover’s blown. O Romeo and Juliet (3:00) Catch the Royal Ballet’s dazzling production of the Shakespeare-Prokofiev classic in big-screen high definition. O Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (1:52) British fishery expert Ewan McGregor is ordered by the PM to bring angling to the desert at the whim of a Mideast sheik; Lasse Hallström directs. O The Salt of Life (1:30) A dissatisfied middle-aged Italian gentleman looks for a little extramarital ring-a-ding-ding in the caffes and trattorias of Roma; the Eternal City has never looked sexier. O A Separation (2:03) Oscar’s Best Foreign Film examines an Iranian family’s slow, steady descent into anger and hopelessness. O Titanic 3D (3:14) James Cameron’s disaster flick is back in three presumably lucrative dimensions; Kate and Leo star, of course. O 21 Jump Street (1:49) Ever-youthful LA cops Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum go undercover at a local high school and find those old adolescent anxieties as difficult to deal with as the drug ring they’re supposed to be investigating. O Wrath of the Titans (1:39) All hell breaks loose when Zeus is imprisoned by Hades and it’s up to Perseus and Andromeda to save mankind…AGAIN. O

›› MOViE TiMES 21 Jump Street (R) Century Larkspur Landing: Fri 5:15, 7:55, 10:30 Sat-Sun 12, 2:35, 5:15, 7:55, 10:30 Mon-Thu 6:45, 9:25 Century Northgate 15: 11:30, 2:10, 5, 7:45, 10:30 Century Rowland Plaza: 11:10, 1:45, 4:25, 7:10, 9:50 Tiburon Playhouse 3: Fri 4, 7, 9:35 Sat 12:45, 4, 7, 9:35 Sun-Thu 12:45, 4, 7 A Separation (PG-13) +++1/2 Century Regency 6: Fri-Sat 1:25, 4:20, 7:10, 10:10 Sun-Thu 1:25, 4:20, 7:10 CinéArts at Sequoia: Fri-Sat 4:10, 7, 9:50 Sun 1:20, 4:10, 7 Mon-Thu 4:10, 7 N American Reunion (R) Century Northgate 15: 11:05, 12:25, 1:45, 3:20, 4:40, 6:05, 7:30, 8:55, 10:20 Century Rowland Plaza: 11:30, 2:10, 4:50, 7:30, 10:20 Casa de Mi Padre (R) Century Regency 6: Fri 12:45, 3:15, 5:35, 7:50, 10:15 Sat 5:35, 7:50, 10:15 Sun-Thu 12:45, 3:15, 5:35, 7:50 The Deep Blue Sea (R) +++1/2 Rafael Film Center: Fri 4:30, 7, 9:15 Sat-Sun 2:15, 4:30, 7, 9:15 Mon-Thu 7, 9:15 Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax (PG) Century Northgate 15: 12, 4:45, 9:35 3D showtimes at 2:20, 7:15 Lark Theater: Fri 5 Sat 2:45, 5 Sun 2:45 Mon-Tue 6:30 Wed-Thu 4:30 Friends With Kids (R) Century Regency 6: Fri-Sat 11:10, 1:50, 4:25, 7, 9:45 Sun-Thu 11:10, 1:50, 4:25, 7 The Hunger Games (PG-13) +++ Century Larkspur Landing: Fri 7, 10:15 Sat-Sun 12:15, 3:40, 7, 10:15 Mon-Thu 6:30, 9:45 Century Northgate 15: 10:45, 11:50, 12:55, 2, 3, 4:15, 5:20, 6:25, 7:40, 8:40, 9:45 Century Rowland Plaza: 11:05, 12:40, 2:15, 3:50, 5:25, 7, 8:35, 10:15 CinéArts

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Showtimes can change after we go to press. Please call theater to confirm schedules.

›› THEATERS 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

Thomas Doret and Cecile De France bond in ‘The Kid With a Bike.’ APRIL 6 – APRIL 12, 2012 PACIFIC SUN 23

SUNDiAL Highlights from our online community calendar— great things to do this week in Marin

F R I D AY A P R I L 6 — F R I D AY A P R I L 1 3 Pacific Sun‘s Community Calendar No amount of sultriness can save the Weimer republic in ‘Cabaret,’ in performance through April 15 at the Larkspur Café Theater.

Check out our Online Community Calendar for more listings, spanning more weeks, with more event information. www.pacificsun.com/sundial

Live music 04/013: Tommy Castro and The Painkillers Blues, gospel flavored R&B, soul and roadhouse rock. 8:30-11pm. $20. Rancho Nicasio Restarant and Bar, 1 Old Rancheria Road, Nicasio. 662-2219. www.ranchonicasio.com 04/06 Rockit Science Originals, R&B. 8-11pm. $5. Maple Lawn, Elk’s Lodge, 1312 Mission Ave., San Rafael. 497-2448. 04/06: Hermeto Pascoal Brazilian legend. With Pascoal, bass flute, keyboards, accordion, teapot; Vinicius Assumpcao Dorin, flute, saxophone; Andre Pereira Marques, piano; Itibere Zwarg, electric bass; Marcio Villa Bahia, drums; Fabio da Silva Pascoal, percussion. 8pm. $30-35. Napa Valley Opera House, 1030 Main St., Napa. www.nvoh.org

04/06: Honey Ear Trio and Todd Sickafoose’s Tiny Resistors New music/jazz. The double bill featuring current East Coast jazz titans will make for a don’t-miss event. With Erik Lawrence, saxophones, flute; Rene Hart, bass, electronics; Allison Miller, drums, percussion. Todd Sickafoose, bass, piano; Zeena Parkins, harp; Rob Reich, accordion, piano; John Gove, trombone; Ara Anderson, trumpet. 8pm. $18-28. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, Downtown, Mill Valley. 383-9600. www.142ThrockmortonTheatre.com

04/06: North Bay Blues Review Dinner show. 8:30-11pm. $10-12. Rancho Nicasio Restarant and Bar, 1 Old Rancheria Road, Nicasio. 662-2219. www.ranchonicasio.com 04/06: The Monophonics Psychedelic soul and funk. Celebrate the recent release of their latest CD, “In Your Brain.” 9pm. $12-15. George’s Nightclub, 842 Fourth St., San Rafael. 226-0262. www. georgesnightclub.com 04/07: Chrome Johnson Blues, rock. 9:30pm. Peri’s Bar, 29 Broadway, Fairfax. 259-5597. www.perisbar.com 04/07: Grandpa Banana’s Band “Even Grandpas Get the Blues” CD release party with gold record winner and member of ’60s act The Youngbloods. 8-10pm. $16-20. San Geronimo Valley Community Center, 6350 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., San Geronimo. 488-8888. www.sgvcc.org/artsevents/centerevents.html 04/07: Jay Lane and Friends Primus, Ratdog drummer presents an intimate show. 9pm. $12. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 388-3850. www.sweetwatermusichall.com 04/07: Mwanza Furaha Jazz. With Si Perkoff, piano, vocals; Michael J. Ilnicki, drums. 7-10pm. $5. The Two Bird Café at The Valley Inn, 625 San Geronimo Valley Drive, San Geronimo. 662-2005. www.twobirdcafe.com 04/07: Stompy Jones S.F. based sextet, known for jumpin’ rhythm, wailing improvisa-

ViDEO Cronenberg complex In a bonus-track interview to A Dangerous Method, David Cronenberg insists he wipes the slate clean with each new project, never attempting to make a “Cronenberg” film. And to be sure, this costume biopic recounting the fraught relationship between Carl Jung, Sigmund Freud and Jung’s most famous patient might seem a departure from the world of Yikes! Doesn’t Freud know what that human flies, crash-sex and naked lunches. But cigar symbolizes?! appearances deceive, and Cronenberg’s fascinating stage-play adaptation, full of Swiss lakeside gardens, broached ideas and old-fashioned jealousies, delves a subject near and dear to the auteur’s heart: The Outside World, and its strange habit of nudging its way into your personal space—what William Burroughs called “the non-sexual roots of sexuality.” Michael Fassbender stars as the young doctor Jung, trailblazing his mentor Freud’s strange new theories of the psyche with a beautiful and brilliant patient, Sabina (Keira Knightley, fearless here)—an apparent hysteric. With the talking cure comes improvement, then intimacy between doctor and patient, a cause for guilt in Jung for his many betrayals: to his patient, his wife and his personal idol. Co-star Viggo Mortensen steals the show as the brilliant and shrewd icon of psych, one to whom all must defer.—Richard Gould 24 PACIFIC SUN APRIL 6 - APRIL 12, 2012

tion, hip charm and explosive stage show. 8:3011pm. $12-15. Rancho Nicasio Restarant and Bar, 1 Old Rancheria Road, Nicasio. 662-2219. www.ranchonicasio.com

04/07: Wahine Moe Moe Kanikapila Ukulele kanikapila. 2-4pm. None. Sleeping Lady Cafe, 23 Broadway, Fairfax. www.sleepingladyfairfax.com 04/07: Zydeco Flames, Gator Beat Have a Zydeco Easter. 8:30pm. $15. George’s Nightclub, 842 Fourth St., San Rafael. 226-0262. www.georgesnightclub.com 04/10: James Moseley Quartet Jazz, blues, R&B. 7-10pm. No cover, dinner encouraged. Panama Hotel & Restaurant, 4 Bayview St., San Rafael. 457-3993. www.panamahotel.com 04/10: KortUzi Danny Uzilevsky & Jonathan Korty host Bay area artists. 9:30pm.-1:30am. Free. 19 Broadway, 19 Broadway, Fairfax . 19broadway.com 04/10: Noel Jewkes and Guests With special surprise guest singers. 7-10pm. No cover. Sausalito Seahorse, 305 Harbor Dr., Sausalito. 786-6894. 04/10: This Old Earthquake Indi folk. Americana. 9pm. $12. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 388-3850. www.sweetwatermusichall.com 04/11: Stu Allen and Mars Hotel Grateful dead tribute. 9pm. $15. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 388-3850. www.sweetwatermusichall.com 04/12: Wanda Stafford Jazz vocalist. 7-10pm. no cover, dinner encouraged Panama Hotel & Restaurant, 4 Bayview St., San Rafael. 457-3993. www.panamahotel.com 04/13: AzDz, The Butlers Rock. 9pm. $10-15. George’s Nightclub, 842 Fourth St., San Rafael. 226-0262. www.georgesnightclub.com 04/13: Dennis Kamakahi Hawaiian slack key guitar. With Stephen Inglis and Patrick Landeza. 8pm. $12-24. Dance Palace Community Center, 503 B St., Point Reyes. 663-1075. www.dancepalace.org

04/13: Iseult Jordan, David Smadbeck and Jack Irving Iseult birthday celebration. 9:30pm. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway, Fairfax. 485-1182. www.sleepingladyfairfax.com

04/13: Iseult Jordan, David Smadbeck and Jack Irving Iseult birthday celebration. 9:30pm. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway, Fairfax. 485-1182. www.sleepingladyfairfax.com

04/13: Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real Americana, rock. 8pm. $22. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 388-3850. www.sweetwatermusichall.com 04/13: Sabbath Lives Tribute. 9:30pm. Peri’s Bar, 29 Broadway, Fairfax. 259-5597. www.perisbar.com 04/13: Wonderbread 5 Rock, dance. 9pm. $15. 19 Broadway, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. www.19broadway.com

Dance 04/08: English Country Dance San Rafael Think Jane Austen. Live music, refreshments. All dances taught. No partner or experience needed. Wear comfy shoes. Second and Fourth Sundays, 2-4:30pm. Beginners welcome. 2-4:30pm. $9-12. Pickleweed Community Center, 50 Canal St., San Rafael. 485-3077.

Theater/Auditions Through 04/15:‘Cabaret’ This lively Kander and Ebb musical, directed by Hector Correa, uses an intimate space where the audience will experience the dark, decadent world of Weimar Berlin. Refreshments available. 8-10:30pm. $25-45. Larkspur Cafe Theatre (American Legion Hall Post 313), 500 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur. 381-1638 . www.cabaretsf. wordpress.com Through 04/22:‘Joy with Wings: A Daughter’s Tale’ A daughter and her mother journey through a turbulent family landscape in search of renewed hope. 8pm Fri.-Sat.; 2pm Sun. $25 gen; $20 senior/stdnt Trevor’s, 4208 Redwood Hwy., San Rafael. 491-0818. www.chaucertheatre.org Through 04/22:‘Twentieth Century’ Screwball comedy set in art deco glory aboard the historic train the 20th Century Limited. Don’t miss Ken Ludwig’s contemporary version. Talk Back with Director Billie Cox, 2pm April 15; Showtimes: 7:30pm. Thurs.; 8pm Fri.-Sat.; 2pm Sun. $25 adults; $20 seniors, chil-

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Through 04/22: Othello,The Moor of Venice Passed over for promotion, Iago seeks to ruin his superior officer, Othello in this timeless, tragic tale of love, deceit, jealousy and murder. Presented by the Marin Theatre Company. See website for showtimes. $34-55; $20 under 30; $15 rush Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave., Mill Valley. 388-5208. www.marintheatre.org

Comedy 04/06-07: Marin Murder Mysteries Marin Murder Mysteries continues its dinner theater series at San Rafael Joe’s with another murder mystery installment. This fun, interactive, who-done-it event features a five-course dinner served up with a comical case of murder and mayhem that includes the audience as key criminal investigators. 6:30pm. $44-$68 San Rafael Joes, 931 Fourth St., San Rafael. 306-1202. www.marinmurdermysteries.com

Art 04/06-05/13: Mimi Abers,The Latino Photography Project and Geraldine LiaBraaten “Emergences,”“A Través de Nuestros Ojos (Through Our Eyes).” Reception 3-5pm April 15. 11am-5pm. Free. Gallery Route One , 11101 Highway One , Point Reyes Station. 663-1347. www.galleryrouteone.org

04/07-28:‘Open Craft and Sculpture Exhibition MSA members and nonmembers working in three dimensional media. Works in clay, fiber, glass, metal, stone, wire, wood, etc., there are many talented artists in these media. Reception2-4pm April 15. 11am-4pm. No charge. Marin Society of Artists Gallery, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd. (Marin Art and Garden Center) , Ross. 454-9561. wwwww.marinsocietyofartists.org. 04/10: Zentangle Program Mt. Tam Quilt Guild members Loretta Armstrong, Pat Dicker and Sandra Harrington will introduce and guide the guild in the Zentable Experience. 6:30pm. $5. Aldersgate Church, 1 Wellbrock Heights, San Rafael. 499-8171. www.mtqg.org Through 04/06: Kathleen Lack Paintings. Oils and pastels, specializing in the portrait and the figure.

8am-7 pm. Free. Marin Cancer Institute, 1350 So. Eliseo Dr., Greenbrae. 461-9000.

Through 04/15:‘Indexical Makers: Three Bay Area Contemporary Craft Artists’ Features the work of emerging artists Modesto Covarrubias, Ali Naschke-Messing and Angie Wilson. Free. Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, 500 Palm Dr., Novato. 506-0137. www.marinmoca.org Through 04/17: Gallery 305 With fine art photography by Jean Schurtz and a Marin MOCA group show with artists Donna Solin and Colleen Johnson. Gallery is open Mon-Fri. 11am-4pm. Closed holidays. 11am-4pm. Free. TCSD Office , 305 Bell Lane, Mill Valley. 388-6393. www.tcsd.us

Talks/Lectures 04/07: Retrace Van Gogh’s Life Path Michael Saint James combines art and travel to illuminate the life and work of this fascinating artist. The journey begins in his birthplace in southern Holland and ends where he died in France. 3-4:30pm. Free. San Rafael City Council Chambers, 1400 Fifth Ave., San Rafael. 485-3321.

04/07: Shin Buddhism Explained through Western Examples Tetsuo Unno examines a wide range of Western influences regarding Shin Buddhism. 10am.-3:30pm. $35, donation includes lunch. Buddhist Temple of Marin, 390 Miller Ave., Mill Valley. 388-1173. www.buddhisttempleofmarin.org

04/10: Lecture Health Cavallo Point Lodge Hosted by Dr Brad Jacobs, nationally recognized integrative medicine expert, author, and speaker. Every second Tuesday of the month. Topics vary, lectures are complimentary. Beverages and light snack 5:30-6:30pm. Free. Cavallo Point Lodge , Healing Arts Center & Spa 601 Murray Circle, Sausalito. 6245217. www.cavallopoint.com/drbrad.html

04/10: Resources for Small Business Owners The Small Business Development Center, serving Marin and Sonoma, can help you grow your business. Learn about their no-cost professional advising and low cost training programs. 7-8pm. Free. Corte Madera Library, 707 Meadowsweet Dr, Corte Madera. 924-6444. www.marinlibrary.org/ library-location/corte-madera-library 04/10: The Path to Peace Manage stress and cultivate resilience for better health. Lecture by Bradly Jacobs, MD, resident physician and nationally recog-

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04/11: Anne Lamott in conversation with Sam Lamott The delightful and local best-selling author of “Some Assembly Required: A Journal of My Son’s First Son,” will speak at Dominican’s Institute for Leadership Studies’ 2012 Spring Lecture Series. Preferred seating available with advance purchase of her book from Book Passage. 7pm. Free Dominican University, 50 Acacia Ave., San Rafael. 927-0960. www.dominican.edu

04/11: One Book One Marin Book Discussion Group Discuss “The Oracle of Stamboul” by Michael David Lukas. Carol Benet, a popular Bay Area book group leader, will facilitate the discussion. Noon-1pm. Free. Civic Center Library, room 427, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael. 473-6058. www.marinlibrary.org

04/11: The A List Series: Mike Marshall and Mike LaCoss Conversation with San Rafael Pacifics Former Major League players Mike Marshall and Mike LaCoss. Interview with Bruce Macgowan. 7:30pm. $12-15. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, Mill Valley. 383-9600. www.142throckmortontheatre.org

04/12: Marin Audubon Speaker Series “Sandhill Crane Behavior.” Presentation by crane biologist Paul Tebbel on the vocal and body language cranes use to communicate, aspects of their behavior, and threats to their wintering habitat. 7:30-9:30pm. Free. Richardson Bay Audubon Center, 376 Greenwood Beach Rd., Tiburon. 789-0703. www.marinaudubon.org

Readings 04/07: Judy Collins Collins discusses “Sweet Judy Blue Eyes: My Life in Music.” She talks about her alcoholism, her lasting love affair with Stephen Stills, her friendships with Joan Baez, David Crosby & Leonard Cohen 1pm. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com 04/07: Teresa Grant The author discusses her novel “Imperial Scandal.” 4pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. www. bookpassage.com 04/09: Carolina de Robertis The author talks about her novel “Perla.” 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com 04/11: Richard North Patterson Patterson discusses his new thriller “Fall From Grace.” 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com 04/12: Lynn Sheer Sherr presents “Swim: Why We Love the Water.” 1pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com 04/12: Monte Schulz The author talks about “The Big Town.” 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com 04/12: Why There Are Words Readers on the theme “Break.” With Shannon Cain, Stan Goldberg, Leo Litwak, Meredith Maran, Sommer Schafer, Linda Gray Sexton, Mary Paynter Sherwin. 7-9pm. $5. Studio 333, 333 Caledonia St., Sausalito. 331-8272. www.whytherearewords.com 04/13: Katherine Jenkins Jenkins talks about “Lessons From the Monk I Married.” 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com

Film Events 04/06: Transformational Cinema Series “The Power of Forgiveness.” Winner of Sun Valley Spiritual Best Documentary. 7-9pm. $10.

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04/09: Monday Night at the Movies “ The Crazy-Quilt.” (1976). Director John Korty will be on hand to present the on again-off again relationship between a visionary and her illusionless lover through. 7:30-9pm. Free. Mill Valley Library, 375 Throckmorton, Mill Valley. 389-4292, x203. www.millvalleylibrary.org 04/11: Film: Reforming Health Care For or against Obamacare? See the PBS Frontline film “Reforming Health Care” 7:p.m. Wed. April 11 at the Redwoods in Mill Valley. Discuss the ramifications of the Supreme Court ruling in June. 7-9pm. Free. Redwoods Auditorium, 40 Camino Alto, Mill Valley. 488-4673. www.dfa-marin.com Through 04/21: Building the Bridge: Tales from the Original Golden Gate Bridge Workers Eight minute short film was inspired by original Golden Gate Bridge workers Charlie Heinbockel & Rolf Jensen. Pride in their work is expressed through mesmerizing tales of construction on the bridge. 1-1:30pm. Free. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalto. 415-332-3871. http:// www.spn.usace.army.mil/bmvc/

Community Events (Misc.) 04/09: Fly Gym Aerial Yoga Fitness Using swings that hang close to the ground, strengthen & lengthen those hard-to-reach places. All ages, abilities & disabilities welcome. 7:30-8:30pm. $14-20. Suzie’s Studio, 36 Woodland Ave., San Rafael. 302-0366. www.flygym.com 04/10: Brainstormers Pub Trivia Join quizmaster Rick Tosh for a fun and friendly team trivia competition. 8-10pm. Free. Finnegan’s Marin, 877 Grant Ave., Novato. 899-1516. www.finnegansmarin.com 04/10: Marin Green Drinks With Co-housing coach Raines Cohen. Green is the topic - Drinks the excuse. 5:30-7:30pm. Free. GROW, 254 Shoreline Highway, Mill Valley. www.growartandgarden.com 04/11: Team Trivia Cafe Team trivia contest, hosted by Howard Rachelson, Marin’s Master of Trivia, featuring great questions, music and visuals, and cash prizes. 7:30-9:30pm. $4 entry/player (goes to prizes for winners) Broken Drum, 1132 Fourth St., San Rafael. www.triviacafe.com Through 04/28:‘Celebrating the Golden Gate Bridge’ On May 27 the Golden Gate Bridge turns 75 years old. To celebrate this remarkable milestone, the Bay Model will host this educational and informative exhibition. 9am-4pm. Free. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalto. 332-3871. www.spn.usace.army.mil/bmvc/

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PUBLIC NOTICES 995 Fictitious Name Statement FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2012128944 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as STELLA COMPANY; DEMOSTELLAS, 121B OLIVA COURT, NOVATO, CA 94947: JANICE NORDIN, 121B OLIVA COURT, NOVATO, CA 94947. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on February 25, 2012. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on March 1, 2012. (Publication Dates: March 16, 23, 30; April 6, 2012) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 128928 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as JELD-WEN-THE PERFECT FIT, 111 SHORELINE PARKWAY, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: JELD-WEN DOOR REPLACEMENT SYSTEMS INC., 3737 LAKEPORT BLVD., KLAMATH FALLS, OR 97601. This business is being conducted by a corporation. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on N/A. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on February 29, 2012. (Publication Dates: March 16, 23, 30; April 6, 2012) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 128991 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as COMMSKILLS GROUP, 24 HOOPER LANE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: TERRY WARD, 24 HOOPER LANE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960 . This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on November 1, 2006. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on March 8, 2012. (Publication Dates: March 16, 23, 30; April 6, 2012) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 129003 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as BAY AREA JUNK CAR REMOVAL, 391 MILLER AVE., MILL VALLEY, CA 94941:

OSCAR T. VELAZQUEZ, 291 PLAYA DEL REY, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on March 9, 2012. (Publication Dates: March 16, 23, 30; April 6, 2012) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2012128998 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as COOK CONSULTING; COOK ENTERPRISES; COOK COUNSELING, 380 OAK CREST ROAD, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: ROBERT L. COOK, 380 OAK CREST ROAD, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960; MARY ANNE COOK, 380 OAK CREST ROAD, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960. This business is being conducted by a general partnership. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on January 1, 1998. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on March 8, 2012. (Publication Dates: March 16, 23, 30; April 6, 2012) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2012129010 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as LUCID DRUM, 527A MISSION AVE., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: JASON K. NORRIS, 527A MISSION AVE., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on March 1, 2012. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on March 9, 2012. (Publication Dates: March 16, 23, 30; April 6, 2012) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 129012 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as D3 DESIGN CONCEPTS, 58 CARMELITA AVE., MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: DANA DWORIN, 58 CARMELITA AVE., MILL VALLEY, CA 94941. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on N/A. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on March 12, 2012. (Publication Dates: March 16, 23, 30; April 6, 2012) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 128811 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as POPLAR STREET STUDIO; BODIES MIND PROGRAM OF STUDY, 301 POPLAR ST. SUITE 8, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: CAROLE AMEND, 100 B MEADOW VALLEY RD., CORTE MADERA, CA 94925. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on February 13, 2012. (Publication Dates: March 16, 23, 30; April 6, 2012) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 129007 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as SIP BY SIPWARE, 5 HAMILTON LANDING SUITE 100, NOVATO, CA 94949: THE REPUBLIC OF TEA INC., 5 HAMILTON LANDING SUITE 100, NOVATO, CA 94949. This business is being conducted by a corporation. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on March 9, 2012. (Publication Dates: March 16, 23, 30; April 6, 2012) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2012129054 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as FOOD SAFETY EDUCATION SERVICES, 1299 FOURTH ST. SUITE 206, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: JEFF FELDMAN, 1299 FOURTH ST. SUITE 206, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on March 15, 2012. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on March 16, 2012. (Publication Dates: March 23, 30; April 6, 13, 2012) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2012129057 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as C N D CONSTRUCTION CO., 156 OAK KNOLL AVE., SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: KYONG H. CHO., 156 OAK KNOLL AVE., SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on March 16, 2012. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on March 16, 2012. (Publication Dates: March 23, 30; April 6, 13, 2012) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 129034 The following individual(s) is (are) doing busi-

ness as TORTAS ANACELI’S, 136 BELLAM BLVD., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: ABEL V. ONTIVEROS, 133 LAURELWOOD DR., NOVATO, CA 94949; MARIA VICTORIA ONTIVEROS, 133 LAURELWOOD DR., NOVATO, CA 94949. This business is being conducted by a husband & wife. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on March 13, 2012. (Publication Dates: March 23, 30; April 6, 13, 2012) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2012129047 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as MONARCH STONE NORTH, 265 GATE 5 ROAD, SAUSALITO, CA 94956: DAVID ZINCHINI, 265 GATE 5 ROAD, SAUSALITO, CA 94956. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on March 1, 2012. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on March 15, 2012. (Publication Dates: March 23, 30; April 6, 13, 2012) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2012128915 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as AMERICAN FUNDRAISING ACADEMY, 101 BOXWOOD DR., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: STACIA L CULP, 101 BOXWOOD DR., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903; LAUREN HULL, 332 WASHINGTON AVE., RICHMOND, CA 94801. This business is being conducted by a genernal partnership. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on April 1, 2012. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on February 27, 2012. (Publication Dates: March 23, 30; April 6, 13, 2012) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 129051 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as SALDO CELL, 175 BELVEDERE ST. #3, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: ALONSO MORALES, 175 BELVEDERE ST. #3, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901; CONCEPCION SOLORZANO, 175 BELVEDERE ST. #3, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by a husband & wife. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on N/A. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on March 15, 2012. (Publication Dates: March 23, 30; April 6, 13, 2012) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 129065 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as BONOCORE TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS LLC., 29 MEADOW RIDGE DR., CORTE MADERA, CA 94925: BONOCORE TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS LLC., 29 MEADOW RIDGE DR., CORTE MADERA, CA 94925. This business is being conducted by a limited liability company. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on March 19, 2012. (Publication Dates: March 30; April 6, 13, 20, 2012) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 129067 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as SAGE COAST CONSULTING, 520 ELDRIDGE AVE., NOVATO, CA 94947: LAUREN PURCELL, 520 ELDRIDGE AVE., NOVATO, CA 94947. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on March 2012. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on March 20, 2012. (Publication Dates: March 30; April 6, 13, 20, 2012) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 129082 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as 5TH AVENUE MASSAGE, 1514 5TH AVENUE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: LYDIE HLI, 260 S CALIFORNIA ST., SAN GABRIEL, CA 91776. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on March 22, 2012. (Publication Dates: March 30; April 6, 13, 20, 2012) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 129073 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as KNIMBLE, 851 FOURTH ST., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: KEITH ZAR, 235 SEQUOIA DR., SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the

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ARIES (March 20 - April 19) Your soft and sympathetic streak continues as your ruler (mighty Mars) remains under the spell of compassionate Neptune. This explains your desire to distribute baskets filled with chocolate bunnies and colorful eggs to those in need. After Easter, the emphasis is on charming Venus in your communication house. Flirtation skills are enhanced, as you can impress one and all with clever banter and persuasive dialogue. It’s your birthday. Go ahead and make the most of it. TAURUS (April 20 - May 19) Make plans to spend time with a loved one. Whether observing Passover, Easter or simply relaxing over a springtime weekend, you want to share the experience with someone. Who knows? You may even want to share your chocolate. And, since your ruler (sociable Venus) is in the chatty sign of Gemini, you are particularly amenable to getting together with all your friends as the week progresses. You may, however, need to buy more chocolate. GEMINI (May 20 - June 20) The good news is that your ruler (mischievous Mercury) is moving forward again. Your technical and mechanical devices should no longer be plagued by mysterious malfunctions and negotiations can be made without fear of being ripped off. The bad news is that vacillating Venus is in your sign. Your decision-making skills are not exactly constant. So, now that it is once again safe to sign a contract, you can’t make up your mind whether you want to or not. Sigh. CANCER (June 21 - July 21) If you are taking a trip for Easter weekend, you’re in luck. Mercury is now moving forward again. You’ll still have to deal with the usual problems of holiday travel, but you are likely to arrive at the same airport as your luggage, which is always a plus. Meantime, fateful Pluto comes to a standstill in your relationship house on Tuesday. Karma plays an important role in your love life. Stop worrying about security and start trusting your heart. LEO (July 22 - August 22) The Sun in the adventurous sign of Aries urges you to go exploring. While this is certainly appealing, the Moon in your house of home and family for the weekend turns you sentimental about the holiday. You have always had a soft spot in your heart for those Godiva chocolate bunnies that show up for the season. They go so well with red wine, don’t they? VIRGO (August 23 - September 21) Clever Mercury (your ruler) is moving in the right direction again. This gives you the opportunity to clear up any miscommunication(s) that occurred during the last several weeks. Unfortunately, impulsive Mars continues his backwards slide through your sign, causing you to take risks you normally would not take. Wear a helmet under your Easter hat. LIBRA (September 22 - October 22) No matter what your spiritual beliefs, you are determined to make this weekend comfortable for those you care about. This could mean spending time in the kitchen preparing delicious food or it could mean going out for brunch. (Those of you with a large group of loved ones are encouraged to hire a caterer.) After the weekend, you are likely to encounter someone from your past who has a powerful effect on you. If currently attached, proceed with caution... SCORPIO (October 23 - November 21) The emotional Moon in your sign over the weekend causes you to reflect on your childhood memories of the season—like finding your sister’s Easter basket before she found it so you could switch out your favorite chocolates. She was always suspicious, but she could never prove it. Meanwhile, any creative projects that hit snags during the last few weeks can be restarted now with better results. Now, don’t you wish you hadn’t deleted all those music tracks on Garageband? SAGITTARIUS (November 22 - December 20) Venus, the planet ruling love and pleasure, has moved into your relationship house. If you’re attached, you and your significant other should be enjoying the experience. If you’re looking for romance, this is your chance to find a mate who not only makes you happy, but also scores high on physical appeal. In either case, go ahead and give away your Easter chocolate. Your endorphins don’t need any additional help. CAPRICORN (December 21 - January 18) Pluto, the planet of obsession and passion, ignites your personality house this week. For some of you, this may mean a walk on the wild side with your sweetie. For others, this may lead to temptations involving lots of chocolate and forbidden fruit. In any case, you seem to have misplaced your usual self-disciplined control. Rearrange your schedule accordingly... AQUARIUS (January 19 - February 17) If you were planning to start working on your tax return this week, you may want to file an extension instead. Reckless Mars is moving backwards in the house associated with taxes, leaving you vulnerable to errors and frustrations. Meanwhile, artistic Venus has just entered your house of creativity, allowing you to explore your talents for painting—anything from Easter eggs to canvases to the kitchen walls. Uncle Sam will just have to wait. PISCES (February 18 - March 19) Now that clever Mercury is moving forward again, your mind is filled with new ideas. Although it will be difficult, try to stick to one subject at a time; or else others may have trouble keeping up with your ever-changing interests and observations. As for the holiday weekend, the desire to travel is stronger than any longing to stay home and eat chocolate bunnies. Tell your rich pal in San Diego that you’re ready to go on that sailing trip... < Email Lynda Ray at cosmicclues@gmail.com or check out her website at www.lyndarayastrology.com 30 PACIFIC SUN APRIL 6– APRIL 12, 2012

Public Notices Continued from Page 29 County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on March 20, 2012. (Publication Dates: March 30; April 6, 13, 20, 2012) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 129069 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as OUTDOOR TEAK RESTORATION, 4 CANADA COURT, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: RICARDO B. GUEDES, 4 CANADA COURT, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on March 20, 2012. (Publication Dates: March 30; April 6, 13, 20, 2012) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 128980 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as S K G, 2002 FIFTH AVE., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: SUSAN G KLAUSNER, 2002 FIFTH AVE., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on March 6, 2012. (Publication Dates: March 30; April 6, 13, 20, 2012) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 129046 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as MOLIVER LANDSCAPE, 82 SIDNEY CT., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: BARUCH COHEN, 82 SIDNEY CT., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on March 14, 2012. (Publication Dates: March 30; April 6, 13, 20, 2012) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2012129085 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as WINE ROOTS; EPICUREAN WINES; OMNI WINE; PRECISION CELLARS; SLIPSTREAM CELLARS; BERTON WINES, 1682 NOVATO BLVD. SUITE 151, NOVATO, CA 94947: AWDIRECT INC., 1682 NOVATO BLVD. SUITE 151, NOVATO, CA 94947. This business is being conducted by a corporation. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on January 9, 2009. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on March 22, 2012. (Publication Dates: March 30; April 6, 13, 20, 2012) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 129059 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as MARIN RUNNING COMPANY, 722 SAN ANSELMO AVE., SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: CHARLES YOAKUM, 722 SAN ANSELMO AVE., SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on N/A. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on March 19, 2012. (Publication Dates: March 30; April 6, 13, 20, 2012) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2012129083 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as SAFANDA CONSULTING, 5 SPRING GROVE AVE., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: DAVID SAFANDA DESIGN SOLUTIONS INC., 5 SPRING GROVE AVE., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by a corporation. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on March 19, 2012. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on March 22, 2012. (Publication Dates: March 30; April 6, 13, 20, 2012) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2012128955 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as MADE BY THE BAY, 470 HILLSIDE AVE., MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: RACHEL ANNE MCFARLAND, 470 HILLSIDE AVE., MILL VALLEY, CA 94941. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on January 16, 2012. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on March 5, 2012. (Publication Dates: March 30; April 6, 13, 20, 2012) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 129102 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as RATTLESTICK PUBLISHING, 396 GREENWOOD BEACH RD., TIBURON,

CA 94920: BRENDA ROSE FOSTER, 396 GREENWOOD BEACH RD., TIBURON, CA 94920. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on March 26, 2012. (Publication Dates: March 30; April 6, 13, 20, 2012) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 129107 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as BV AUTOMOTIVE, 700 TAMALPAIS DR., CORTE MADERA, CA 94925: BV PETROLEUM INC., 33261 FALCON DR., FREMONT, CA 94555. This business is being conducted by a corporation. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on May 1, 2012. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on March 26, 2012. (Publication Dates: March 30; April 6, 13, 20, 2012) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 129104 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as MULTI SERVICIOS, 126 ALTO ST. SUITE D, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: ROSARIO LOPEZ, 35 CORTE LENOSA, GREENBRAE, CA 94904. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on March 26, 2012. (Publication Dates: March 30; April 6, 13, 20, 2012) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 129080 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as GREENSTEP EDUCATION, 47 WILLOW AVE., FAIRFAX, CA 94930: ALEXANDER THOMPSON SPILGER, 47 WILLOW AVE., FAIRFAX, CA 94930; AMELIA SPILGER, 47 WILLOW AVE., FAIRFAX, CA 94930. This business is being conducted by a co-partners. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on March 22, 2012. (Publication Dates: March 30; April 6, 13, 20, 2012) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2012129071 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as ZOK-IT COMPUTER CONSULTING; PARADOX FALLS DESIGNS, 90 SYCAMORE AVE., MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: ISAAK W. SCHEUENSTUHL, 90 SYCAMORE AVE., MILL VALLEY, CA 94941; JESSIKA R. WAGNER, 90 SYCAMORE AVE., MILL VALLEY, CA 94941. This business is being conducted by a husband & wife. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on March 1, 2012. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on March 20, 2012. (Publication Dates: April 6, 13, 20, 27, 2012) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 129070 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as WARREN & ASSOCIATES LLC, 20 GALLI DR. SUITE A, NOVATO, CA 94949: WARREN & ASSOCIATES LLC, 20 GALLI DR. SUITE A, NOVATO, CA 94949. This business is being conducted by a limited liability company. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on March 1, 2012. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on March 20, 2012. (Publication Dates: April 6, 13, 20, 27, 2012) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 129134 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as DEAD LIGHT PRODUCTIONS, 12 BONITA ST., SAUSALITO, CA 94965: ALBERT PETER STRICTMANN, 12 BONITA ST., SAUSALITO, CA 94965. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on February 1, 2012. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on March 29, 2012. (Publication Dates: April 6, 13, 20, 27, 2012) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2012129141 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as SERENITY THROUGH HYPNOSIS, 712 D ST. SUITE G, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: KELLY GERHARDT, 712 D ST. SUITE G, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on March 30, 2012. (Publication Dates: April 6, 13, 20, 27, 2012) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 129151

The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as ZIP ATM, 531 MARIN AVE., MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: SEAN THOMAS STARBUCK, 531 MARIN AVE., MILL VALLEY, CA 94941 . This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on April 1, 2012. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on April 3, 2012. (Publication Dates: April 6, 13, 20, 27, 2012)

997 All Other Legals SUMMONS Family Law (CITACION Derecho Familiar): Case Number (Numero De Caso): FL 1200540. NOTICE TO RESPONDENT (Aviso Al Demandado): GESNER FRANCOIS: YOU ARE BEING SUED (LO ESTAN DEMANDANDO). PETITIONER’S NAME IS (Nombre Del Demandante): FLORISE SAINTVAL. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this SUMMONS and PETITION are served on you to file a RESPONSE at the court and have a copy served on the petitioner. A letter or phone call will not protect you. If you do not file your RESPONSE on time, the court may make orders affecting your marriage or domestic partnership, your property, and custody of your children. You may be ordered to pay support and attorney fees and costs. If you can not pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form. If you want legal advice, contact a lawyer immediately. You can get information about finding lawyers at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), at the California Legal Services web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), or by contacting your local county bar association. Tiene 30 dð©as corridos después de haber recibido la entrega legal de esta Citacié n y Peticié n para presentar una Respuesta (formulario FL-120 é FL-123) ante la corte y efectuar la entrega legal de una copia al demandante. Una carta o llamada telefé nica no basta para protegerlo. Si no presenta su Respuesta a tiempo, la corte puede dar é rdenes que afecten su matrimonio o pareja de hecho, sus bienes y la custodia de sus hijos. La corte también le puede ordenar que pague manutencié n, y honorarios y costos legales. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacié n, pida al secretario un formulario de exencié n de cuotas. Si desea obtener asesoramiento legal, pé ngase en contacto de inmediato con un abogado. Puede obtener informacié n para encontrar a un abogado en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www. sucorte.ca.gov), en el sitio web de los Servicios Legales de California (www.lawhelpcalifornia. org) o poniéndose en contacto con el colegio de abogados de su condado. NOTICE: The restraining orders on page 2 are effective against both spouses or domestic partners until the petition is dismissed, a judgment is entered, or the court makes further orders. These orders are enforceable anywhere in California by any law enforcement officer who has received or seen a copy of them. (AVISO: Las é rdenes de restriccié n que figuran en la página 2 valen para ambos cé nyuges o pareja de hecho hasta que se despida la peticié n, se emita un fallo o la corte dé otras é rdenes. Cualquier autoridad de la ley que haya recibido o visto una copia de estas é rdenes puede hacerlas acatar en cualquier lugar de California.) NOTE: If a judgment or support order is entered, the court may order you to pay all or part of the fees and costs that the court waived for yourself or for the other party. If this happens, the party ordered to pay fees shall be given notice and an opportunity to request a hearing to set aside the order to pay waived court fees. AVISO: Si se emite un fallo u orden de manutencié n, la corte puede ordenar que usted pague parte de, o todas las cuotas y costos de la corte previamente exentas a peticié n de usted o de la otra parte. Si esto ocurre, la parte ordenada a pagar estas cuotas debe recibir aviso y la oportunidad de solicitar una audiencia para anular la orden de pagar las cuotas exentas. 1. The name and address of the court are (El nombre y direccié n de la corte son): SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF MARIN, 3501 Civic Center Drive, Post Office Box 4988, San Rafael, CA 94903. 2. The name, address, and telephone number of the petitionerâ ™s attorney, or the petitioner without an attorney, are: (El nombre, direccié n y número de teléfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante si no tiene abogado, son): FLORISE SAINTVAL, PO BOX 493, NOVATO, CA 94948, (415) 240-5838. Date (Fecha): February 3, 2012. Clerk, by (Secretario, por) Kim Turner, D. Taylor, Deputy (Asistente). NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served (AVISO A LA PERSONA QUE RECIBIÓ LA ENTREGA: Esta entrega se realiza)as an individual (a usted como individuo). (Pacific Sun: March 23, 30; April 6, 13, 2012)

STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board SPECIAL NOTICE OF LAWSUIT (Pursuant to Labor Code 3716 and Code of Civil Procedure Sections 412.20 and 412.30 WCAB NO. ADJ6432834 TO: DEFENDANT, ILLEGALLY UNINSURED EMPLOYER AVISO: Usted esta siendo demandado. La corte puede expedir una decision en contra suya sin darle la oportunidad de defenderse a menos que usted actue pronto. Lea la siguiente informacion, ALEXANDER PORTER, Applicant STEPHEN SERA STUDIO, Defendant (s) NOTICES 1. A lawsuit, the Application for Adjudication of Claim, has been filed with the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board against you as the named defendant by the above-named applicant (s). You may seek the advice of an attorney in any matter connected with this lawsuit and such attorney should be consulted promptly so that your response may be filed and entered in a timely fashion. lf you do not know an attorney, you may call an attorney reference service or a legal aid office. You may also request assistance/information from an lnformation and Assistance officer of the Division of Workers’ Compensation. (See telephone directory). 2. An Answer to the Application must be filed and served within six days of the service of the Application pursuant to Appeals Board rules; therefore, your written response must be filed with the Appeals Board promptly; a letter or phone call will not protect your interests. 3. You will be served with a Notice(s) of Hearing and must appear at all hearings or conferences. After such hearing, even absent your appearance, a decision may be made and an award of compensation benefits may issue against you. The award could result in the garnishment of your wages, taking of your money or property, or other relief. lf the Appeals Board makes an award against you, your house or other dwelling or other property may be taken to satisfy that award in a non-judicial sale, with no exemptions from execution. A lien may also be imposed upon your property without further hearing and before the issuance of an award, 4. You must notify the Appeals Board of the proper address for the service of official

notices and papers and notify the Appeals Board of any changes in that address. TAKE ACTION NOW TO PROTECT YOUR INTERESTS! lssued by: WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD . Name and Address of Appeals Board: WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD Name and Address of Applicant’s Attorney: Jeffrey M. Greenberg, 825 Van Ness Ave., #601, San Francisco, Ca. 94109. Form Completed By: Jeffrey Greenberg Telephone No. 415-409-9900 NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED! You are served: Pacific Sun: March 23, 30; April 6, 13, 2012) STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No. 304343 The following person(s) has/have abandoned the use of a fictitious business name(s). The information given below is as it appeared on the fictitious business statement that was filed at the Marin County Clerk-Recorder’s Office. Fictitious Business name(s): PREMIE WATER AND BEVERAGE COMPANY, 1010 B ST. STE 215, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. Filed in Marin County on: December 15, 2011. Under File No: 128381. Registrant’s Name(s): IGINO PELLIZZARI, 854 HACIENDA WAY, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. This statement was filed with the County Clerk Recorder of Marin County on January 26, 2012. (Pacific Sun: March 30; April 6, 13, 20, 2012) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No. CIV 1201396. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner ELYSSA MOSES filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: ELYSSA ASHLEY MOSES to ELYSSA ASHLEY. 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

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objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: May 3, 2012, 8:30 AM, Dept. E, 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: March 22, 2012 /s/ FAYE D’OPAL, JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT (Pacific Sun: March 30; April 6, 13, 20, 2012) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No. CIV 1200428. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner ELIZABETH PEREZ OXLAJ & JOVANI DE LEON filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: ADER GEOVANI DELEON to ADER GEOVANI DE LEON PEREZ. 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: May 15, 2012, 8:30 AM, Dept. E, Room E, 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: March 20, 2012 /s/ FAYE D’OPAL, JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT (Pacific Sun: March 30; April 6, 13, 20, 2012)

›› TRiViA CAFÉ ANSWERS From page 9 1. 99 percent, as of 4/1/12 2. All of them! 3. Carnivore — meat eater 4a. Matzoh 4b. Seder 4c. Death of the firstborn of all Egyptian humans and animals 5. 21 Jump Street 6a.“The Last Supper” 6b. Last of the Mohicans 6c. Elastic 7a. Thomas Jefferson (1800 portrait by Rembrandt Peale) 7b. Whistler’s mother, Anna McNeill Whistler (1871 portrait by James McNeill Whistler) 8. “Preserve, protect and defend” the Constitution of the United States 9. UCLA 10a. Drunk as a skunk 10b. Eye in the sky 10c. (by) Hook or by crook 10d. Pedal to the metal BONUS ANSWER: Byzantium

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This man I’ve been dating didn’t want anything serious. I don’t either. I explained that I just wanted to hang out and have fun. We were going out several times a week, sleeping together at least once a week. Suddenly, he freaked, worrying I’d get attached. I reinforced that I absolutely don’t want anything serious, but he seemed unconvinced. He went away on business and called the day he returned, and we hung out and slept together. The next day, he said we needed to slow things down because he wasn’t feeling we were getting closer. (Isn’t that the point of not getting serious?!) The whole thing started making me feel bad. I blew him off, and now—crazily enough—he’s calling, texting, asking to see me again. Where do we go from here?—Baffled

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File you under “too good to be true.” When you tell a man “I just wanna hang out and have fun—sometimes naked,” you actually mean that. It is not secret womancode for “Love me, or I’ll cut up your shirts, set your lawn on fire and stand under your window at 6am screaming, ‘MY UTERUS IS BAAAARE!’” He must’ve been pretty bewildered: “Come on...shouldn’t you at least be trying to key my car?” Because so many women seem unable to keep things casual— even when they’re sure casual’s all they want—men tend to assume that’s how all women are. But, there are outliers, and you’re one of them. The problem was convincing him of that. Sure, you kept saying “no strings attached,” but he figured you just had your hands full weaving them all into a big net. He, on the other hand, is a man who knows exactly what he wants: “None of that mushbucket stuff!” Until he doesn’t know: “Hey! Where’s my mushbucket?!” It seems the main thing he wants is to be in control. So, when it became clear you wanted things casual, he kind of blew you off—probably your cue to throw yourself at him—but you yanked him off his game yet again by blowing him off right back. (Men, especially, are compelled to ditch what’s chasing them and chase what’s trying to ditch them.) The guy essentially set up a hamster wheel and then complained that the hamster wasn’t getting anywhere. Unfortunately, people are messy. Part of what’s messing him up may be the romantic mythology that says “fireworks or nuthin!”—that a relationship isn’t legit unless it’s “going somewhere.” (You can’t just plan something for Tuesday and, if that goes OK, maybe see a movie on Thursday.) As for where you go from here, a frank talk is in order: Can he handle the casual thing he thinks he wants—or is he a closet committer? If he can live without the promise of a future, you can probably have some good carefree fun in the present: “I love the way you hold me; I love the way you make love to me; I love the way that, afterward, you get out of bed, get in your car and go to your own house.”

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A guy wrote you about a girl he sees at a coffee shop—a girl he suspects is out of his league. You said the way to know for sure is by asking her out. Bad Advice Goddess! This suggests that he should regard all women with whatever she’s got—like if she’s “too beautiful”—as out of his league. That just isn’t right. There’s probably a “too beautiful” woman out there who’d go for him.—Irked

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“Sky’s the limit!” “You can do anything you set your mind to!” These are fantastically inspiring things to tell a person—when he’s about to enter preschool and you’re trying to teach him to use the potty. As an adult, you realize that the sky is not the limit. In fact, you sometimes realize that your life is taking place in the crawl space between the third- and fourth-floor apartments—or that you’ll never get a date, because you are Joe Ordinary but refuse to consider any girl who’s less than a 9.95. As for this guy, I didn’t advise him to avoid all beautiful women; I told him to stop slobbering into his latte and ask his crushgirl out. A guy who endlessly pines away either hasn’t worked through his social awkwardness or is after somebody out of his league —and knows that—and pining allows him to pretend he’s in the game without risking rejection. Rejection can be a good thing; it tells you where you fall on the “What kind of woman can I get?” scale—allowing you to either try to improve your mate value or make the required trade-offs to have dates with women you don’t have to inflate with a bicycle pump. < © Amy Alkon, all rights reserved. www.advicegoddess.com. Got a problem? Email AdviceAmy@aol.com or write to Amy Alkon, 171 Pier Ave. #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405.

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