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he Muppet Show frog who sang that existential lament could have been singing about the conundrum of local renewable-power generation. A recent proposal to build a solar array at the Green Point Nursery, at 275 Olive Ave., at the corner of Olive and Atherton avenues in Novato, threw a spotlight on the county’s inchoate attitudes toward local renewablepower generation. The site of the proposal borders wetlands and its location split sustainability proponents and some environmental advocates. The proposal also split the county planning commission and the Board of Supervisors. The solar project proposal forces Marin residents and elected officials to face the reality of climate change, rising sea levels and personal responsibility—which are sometimes in opposition to private property rights and the maintenance of “community character.” The goals often present contradictory possibilities when it comes to local-power generation. Jim Balestreri, owner of the nursery, first started thinking about installing a solar array on his property in 2007. “When we started reading about climate change and alternative energy, it got me to thinking that I had this property, and I went from there.” After learning more about local-power generation and solar, says Balestreri, he thought, “this is a natural.” The launching of Marin Clean Energy in May 2010 underlined the possibilities. “We got excited about it,” he says. In 2007, the nursery was doing OK financially. But the economic crash hit the business and hit it hard. “The bottom fell out,” says Balestreri. Adding a power-generation component to the nursery’s income sheet could help the bottom line as well as the Marin Clean Energy renewable portfolio. “Like many businesses in the type of customer base we have,” says Balestreri, the financial situation deteriorated. “We still haven’t recovered. We’re still way down from where we were four or five years ago. In the meantime, we’ve been spending all this money on studies for the solar project. It’s been a kind of double whammy.” Engineering studies and other preparation material for a solar-power generation project at the nursery were included in an application that worked its way through the county’s planning process. The county planning commission approved the application. Homeowners in the area, joined by the Marin Audubon Society, appealed the approval, which then went to the Board of Supervisors. During the journey through the 6 PACIFIC SUN AUGUST 23  AUGUST 29, 2013

planning process, Balestreri made changes to the proposed project, including mitigation measures to reduce visual impacts and to cut the total scale of the project. The proposal that reached the supervisors on July 16 called for a solar-power array that would cover about one acre of the 20-acre nursery and cost $1.7 million, reduced from an initial $30 million proposal. The solar panels would produce 664 kilowatts of electricity. That would make it the second largest local-power solar project in the county, behind Marin Clean Energy’s 972-killowatt project at the San Rafael airport. Balestreri, bending to opposition, lowered the height at which the panels would be installed, moved them back from the wetlands that border his property and added a landscaping component that would help mitigate their visual impact. But the measures failed to convince supervisors. On a 3-1 vote, they voted in favor of the appeal and against the solar installation. Supervisor Susan Adams was absent. Only Supervisor Steve Kinsey cast a vote favoring the project. “The vote of three Marin supervisors against the Green Point solar project was a profile in cowardice,” says Ed Mainland of Sustainable Novato. That organization as well as Sustainable Marin had thrown strong backing behind Balestreri’s proposal. “We are dismayed that there is even a consideration” of rejecting the project, Kiki La Porta wrote to the supervisors. She’s the president of Sustainable Marin. “We are dismayed that county policy to encourage the development of local renewable energy projects is once again on the block, as it was with wind generation a couple of years ago.” That’s a reference to the McEvoy Ranch and the lengthy process it engaged in to win approval for a single windmill. It’s also a reference to the failed proposal in West Marin to build a wind farm. Local opposition killed that project, as did an extended planning process. That experience led the county to fashion Wind Energy Conversion Systems (WECS) amendments to the county code. Supervisors adopted the amendments in August 2010. According to a staff report, “Although the intention of the WECS amendments are to limit obstacles to their construction and use, there are regulatory standards and permit processes that must be adhered to in order for a WECS to be approved for use on residential, agricultural or commercial sites.” The amendments were designed to codify what the county views as acceptable when applicants submit a proposal for windenergy conversion. No such amendments exist for solar-power generation. The nursery is zoned agricultural. 8>

››NEWSGRAMS Cycling museum to feature Mountain Bike Hall of Fame A little bit of cycling history is setting down its kickstand next year in Marin, as the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame has announced plans to relocate to Fairfax. The 130 member hall of fame has been in Crested Butte, Colo., since its inception in 1988, but local HOF members Joe Breeze, Otis Guy and Marc Vendetti were able to persuade current hall directors Don Cook and Kay Petersen-Cook to move the exhibit to Marin, the ostensible birthplace of mountain biking, and make it part of the Marin Museum of Biking, a new facility set to open in early 2014. “The uptick in Hall of Fame exposure from a place like the cycling-mad San Francisco region The Mountain Bike Hall of Fame is turning its was just something we could not deny,” said Cook wheels toward Fairfax. about the move. The hall of fame is expected to occupy about half of the museum at 1966 Sir Francis Drake Blvd. The museum, according to a press statement from Breeze, will attempt to “present the story of the bicycle from the first pedal-driven designs of the 1860s through the fat-tire revolution of the 1970s, to new technologies and the renaissance of today with the bicycle rediscovered in the U.S. as a fixture of personal transit and freedom.” The museum’s board of directors will include Breeze, Guy and Vendetti, along with longtime local cyclists Julia Violich and Keith Hastings. The museum will display bicycles and artifacts, and also host events and “serve as a gathering place to celebrate cycling.” —Jason Walsh

Fracking takes a whacking “This is huge,” said Ken Jones, as the Marin Board of Supervisors this week unanimously passed a resolution against fracking, an unconventional method of extracting oil from deep under the earth. Jones, of the nonprofit 350Marin, praised Marin supes “for taking leadership in fighting to protect California from the greed of subsidized oil and gas corporations and the damage to our health and environment.” The name 350.org is based on the formula that 350 parts per million of CO2 is the highest that the planet’s climate can handle and still be stable, and we are already past that. The vote sent a clear message to Governor Brown that Californians want put the brakes on fracking. Adam Scow, of the consumer advocacy group Food & Water Watch, said “only a statewide moratorium on fracking will ensure that the water we drink and the air we breathe are protected. Our future lies with renewable energy and today Marin County took a stand 8

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Hey Ian, I think I can manage that. Would you mind giving me your e-mail address, phone number and address for delivery? I don’t want to be insulting, but CL sometimes has scammers. Looking forward to hearing from you and I can drop it off today. Nikki He wrote back, gave me all of the requested information and asked me to call him. This scammer was a complete moron. The unique name he provided is the name of the wellknown leader of Band of Angels, a prosperous venture capital group. I dialed the number just for kicks. A friendly voice answered and identified himself as Ian Sobieski. I couldn’t figure out an angle, but I knew he’d soon want my Social Security number. Only he never questioned

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7. What actor, in what 1976 movie, shouted, “I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore”?

8. What is the world’s most populous city whose name ends with the letter “I”? 9. In 1965 the Beatles had three number-one albums, one of which was from a movie. What movie was it? 10. The clubhouse bar at a golf course is often known by what numerical name? BONUS QUESTION: Some historians believe that between 3000 BC-2000 BC, the world’s most populous city, with 30,000-40,000 inhabitants, was what city of Egypt? Howard Rachelson welcomes you to live team trivia contests on Wednesdays at 7:30pm at the Broken Drum in San Rafael. If you have an intriguing question, send it along (including the answer, and your name and hometown) to howard1@triviacafe.com.

V Every day of the year, Wild- Care’s dedicated volunteers and staff help injured, sick and orphaned wildlife. Typically inundated with baby animals during the summer months, the San Rafael agency is currently raising more than 30 baby raccoons, 40 young squirrels and almost a dozen fawns. That’s a lot of mouths to feed. In addition to properly sized baby bottles and nipples, specialized formula and medications, the little ones require caging and bedding materials, cozy blankets and heating pads to keep them safe and warm until they’re ready to live on their own. WildCare’s Foster Care Fund needs your help to nourish and house these special patients. Be a hero and go wild with your checkbook. For information on donating, visit www.wildcarebayarea.org.

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W Phoenix Lake is a popular place for hiking and biking, which causes the small parking lot in Ross to fill up quickly. Keith Bancroft of San Rafael pulled into the lot on Friday afternoon and saw a lone spot available, though a man sitting on his mountain bike and chatting on his phone occupied it. Assuming the biker would move, Keith drove to the space. The biker held up his hand, stated he was saving the spot for his friend and then continued with his phone call. Incredulous, Keith inched closer. The obstructionist grew angry and asked, “You’ve never saved a spot before?” No, rude mountain bike guy, most people don’t block public parking spaces. Unless, that is, you’re a self-entitled Zero. — Nikki Silverstein

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Yeah, right. Rip-off artists run rampant on Craigslist. I almost didn’t reply, but on the outside chance that Ian was legit, I gave it a go. After all, a struggling writer never walks away from lunch money.

me for personal information and he seemed genuinely concerned about scammers that I may have encountered on Craigslist. I played along and inquired as to whether he was “the” Ian Sobieski. He laughed and said it was flattering that I knew of him. I didn’t buy it. All good con men are charming.

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y friends say my life is nearly charmed. They’re right. For the past 40-something years, my timing has been a little off. Like last week, for example. I almost married a zillionaire, but I hadn’t showered yet. Don’t think it happened? Fine. You’ve goaded me into sharing yet another embarrassing tale of my good fortune gone awry. In preparation for the complete remodel of my one-bedroom condo in Sausalito, I slapped some well-written postings on Craigslist in an attempt to sell everything I owned. Others recognized my good taste and I was soon spending my days showing mid-century modern dressers, retro living room furniture and Japanese antiques to Craigslist shoppers. By the weekend, my place was almost empty. On Monday morning, pared down to two pieces of mismatched furniture, I lowered the prices and relisted a table and a bookcase. I made it clear that the items needed to be picked up by Tuesday, because I was moving out and the contractor’s crew was moving in. At 10am, I received this e-mail from a blind Craigslist address:

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< 6 Unmade in the shade Supervisors who voted against the Balestreri project listened to critics who argued that approving the nursery project could set a precedent that might have a major impact on the local area as well as on agricultural land across the county. That represented a potentially serious issue because the county has not enacted solar-generation amendments but rather has followed a policy of taking proposals on a case-by-case basis. The argument about setting a precedent is a double-edge sword. “It’s preposterous for pseudo-environmentalists to claim that all agricultural land is holy and sacrosanct and shouldn’t have solar on it,” says Mainland. “That excludes any farmer or rancher who wants to supplement income by putting up a modest solar array that would allow financial solvency in this time when agricultural margins are quite narrow.” Deciding whether to allow owners of agricultural land to install solar power-generation projects is an issue on the table across the state. The quality of the agricultural land should be a deciding factor in decisions, say proponents of solar arrays. The approximately one-acre site at the nursery could never be called prime agricultural land. But would an approval set a precedent for important swaths of farm and ranch land in Marin? “To say that all agricultural land, no matter how marginal and degraded or sub-par” should be excluded from solar projects is misguided, according to Mainland He says the combative political atmosphere that has permeated the county played a part in the supervisors acceding to opponents of the solar project. “In a sense, it is the continuation of noisy people showing up at hearings and dominating. It’s the mobocracy.” The supervisors’ decision “votes down a project carefully permitted by the planning

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commission and county staff. It ignores statements by county staff that refute most of the arguments made by the mob that showed up” at the supervisors’ meeting. Supervisor Judy Arnold can empathize with Kermit the frog. Arnold, who represents Novato, wrote in a statement that her decision was hard. “I am supportive of alternative energy, and in fact voted in favor of Marin Clean Energy and want to promote those efforts in Marin. But I have concerns about the location of this project and precedent this action could set.” She notes that the nursery project would benefit the entire county, but solar power-generation is “an industrial commercial application.” The nature of power generation and where solar-power can fit is at the heart of the conundrum that the nursery proposal raises. As Arnold notes, Marin has a policy, a firm commitment, to renewable energy, but it also has a general plan that calls for protecting the county’s integral “community character.” Looking at the nursery proposal, supervisors found a contradiction. The county plan clearly states that community character must be respected, says Arnold. “I heard from so many neighbors that this would change the character of what they have now in their neighborhood.” Whether it’s time for people to come to grips with the critical nature of climate change and adopt alternate views of what’s acceptable is a question that will grow over time as the effects of climate change become more evident. What will Marin residents think when the water laps at downtown San Rafael—or inundates the wetlands in Novato? Arnold says after neighbors raised objections, she met with county community development staff and asked about what would happen if others in the area proposed ad-

< 6 Newsgrams in support of that vision.” According to Jones, a Greenbrae resident, the Marin resolution, which came from Supervisor Kate Sears’ office, is a model for the state. —Joanne Williams

Solomon lobbies Nobel committee on behalf of Bradley Manning Marin political activist Norman Solomon believes Bradley Manning, who leaked hundreds of thousands of classified national security documents to WikiLeaks, deserves the Nobel Peace Prize—and he took his case to the Norwegian Nobel committee himself. Solomon, a media watchdog, author and former congressional candidate, delivered to the committee this week more than 100,000 signatures in support of a Manning peace prize. Manning was a U.S. Army private serving in Iraq in 2010 when he downloaded classified information from government databases and sent it to WikiLeaks. He was found guilty last month of 19 charges, including several violations of the Espionage Act, and was sentenced Aug. 21 to 35 years in a military prison. Manning was acquitted of the most serious charge—aiding the enemy. Solomon, who delivered the petition on behalf of his group RootsAction, wrote in the SF Bay Guardian that the 25-year-old Manning took an opportunity “to provide the crucial fuel of information for democracy and compassion.” “Bradley Manning lifted a shroud and illuminated terrible actions of the USA’s warfare state,” wrote Solomon. “He chose courage on behalf of humanity. He refused to just follow orders.” Solomon, of Inverness, concedes the chances are slim of Manning receiving the honor. Though, in reference to criticisms in recent years over the Nobel committee’s reputation for politicizing the award, Solomon added: “The Nobel Peace Prize needs Bradley Manning much more than the other way around.” —Jason Walsh

ditional power-generation projects. Staff told her that if the county approved the nursery project, the approval could affect subsequent proposals and weigh in their favor. That could create a checkerboard of solar projects, a proliferation of solar in the area. (That might not be such a bad thing for proponents of renewable energy, within reason.) But Roy Phillips of REP Energy says it’s unlikely the area could see a massive explosion of solar projects in the nursery’s neighborhood, even if property owners wanted to join. REP was the contractor for the nursery project. Phillips says that electrical lines from power substations can handle only a finite amount of power: “On the whole line in the area of the nursery, you could only put a total of two megawatts of energy” without a multi-million-dollar upgrade of the power distribution line. “Small distributed, renewable generation facilities like this one are critical to Marin’s future,” wrote William Carney, president of Sustainable San Rafael, in a letter in support of the nursery proposal. “Each one is a tiny but valuable advance in the critical fight to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In aggregate, large numbers of such low-impact projects carefully sited throughout areas like Marin will make our electrical system more resistant to disruption by natural disasters.” Phillips notes that the solar panels proposed at the nursery site are non-reflective. They absorb light. No flashes. He also says that mitigation measures can prevent excessive runoff of rainwater, a possible problem raised by Barbara Salzman of the Audubon Society. She also raised a concern that the solar panels could go under water in the event of flooding. When that happens, she posits, it’s logical to assume the nursery would ask

the county to pump some water. “That means the wetlands would get less water.” Salzman expresses a position heard often from neighbors who say they favor renewable energy in concept but in practicality maybe not so much: “We support solar. It just needs to be in the right place. There are lots of good places.” Solar arrays in shopping center parking lots, for instance, have proved a good fit, says Salzman. But Balestreri, as owner of private property, wants a solar project on his land. Without an ordinance detailing what’s acceptable, the county must look at each solar proposal individually. That process without an ordinance lends itself to political pressure. Virtually everyone agrees that the county needs to create solar guidelines to underscore a new look at zoning as it relates to local solar-power generation. Part of the motion that put a spike in the nursery solar project included a call to put creation of solar guidelines in the annual work plan of the county Community Development Agency. That won’t help the nursery much, says Balestreri, because he needs to boost his revenue and it could take a few years to arrive at a solar ordinance. He’s assessing his options, which could include submitting a downsized solar proposal, reduced even further than the downsized proposal that went to the supervisors. “I believe that sooner or later the county has to come to its senses,” says Mainland. “The driving force is survival. It’s an existential problem for us. Either we cut carbon emissions as fast as possible or we are toast.” < Contact the writer at peter@pseidman.com

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throughout the court proceedings and seemed to revel in the spotlight. The smile was wiped off his face, however, when the judge summoned him from his jail cell to the courtroom on Tuesday afternoon. The jurors had reached verdicts surprisingly quickly. They had deliberated for less than six hours. Before Judge Andrew Sweet brought in the jury, Naso asked him to question jurors about what he perceived as an abbreviated deliberative process. The judge dismissed the request as “unusual to say the least.” Naso sat stone-faced while the clerk read the guilty verdicts one by one and Sweet individually polled the jurors. After Sweet dismissed the jurors for the day, the newly convicted serial killer complained that the people deciding his fate failed to take notes and pay ample attention during the trial. He accused them of deferring to the foreperson, an attorney. “I think they were kind of sitting through this thing waiting until it was over. I think they just relied on the decision of the foreperson,” he said. Then he asked for a mistrial. The judge denied the motion and ordered that Naso continue to be held without bail in the Marin County Jail. “What you’ve expressed to me, Mr. Naso, I think it’s an invented paranoia about what happened in the jury room,” Sweet said. “The jurors seemed fully engaged throughout the entire proceeding.” Some 70 witnesses, including an artist who reported to Berkeley police that Naso JULIE VADER

oseph Naso got away with the murder of Roxene Roggasch for more than 36 years. But this week a Marin County jury found the elderly photographer guilty of killing the 18-year-old freckle-faced redhead and dumping her body, dressed only in inside-out pantyhose, off Sir Francis Drake Boulevard between Fairfax and Lagunitas in January 1977. The jury of six men and six women also found 79-year-old Naso—who acted as his own attorney in the two-month capital trial—guilty of first-degree murder in the slayings of three other northern California prostitutes. It ruled that he killed Carmen Colon, 22, and dumped her naked body in rural Contra Costa County in 1978; he killed Pamela Parsons, 38, and left her corpse off a remote Yuba County road in 1993; and he killed Tracy Tafoya, 31, and discarded her remains off the side of Highway 70 near a Marysville Cemetery. The killings have been called the “alphabet murders” because each of the women had first and last names beginning with matching initial letters. With Naso’s guilt decided, the question turns to whether he will be sentenced to life in prison without parole or death. During the trial’s penalty phase, scheduled to begin next month, prosecutors will try to present evidence to the jury that Naso killed two more women, for a total of six. Authorities have contended he is responsible for the murders of at least 10 women. Naso had appeared generally jovial

Judge Sweet described the defendant’s call for a mistrial as an ‘invented paranoia.’

many appearing unconscious or dead. drugged and raped her in 1961, testified Officers conducted a further search and during the trial in which Naso regularly found what they called “a rape diary” and showed off his lurid pictures of women in nylons and garters and frequently incrimi- “a list of dump sites” in Naso’s home. The numbered, handwritten roster lists nine nated himself. Naso declined to take the stand in his California locations and one in Florida own defense, but in a more than daylong where authorities believe Naso disposed of victims. rambling closing arSlote said investigument he told jurors gators used the list there was no proof he as a map, opening killed anyone. He did up cold cases and in concede that finding some instances tying his DNA in the crotch them to Naso with of the pantyhose Rogforensic evidence gasch was wearing unavailable at the might justify the contime of the slayings. clusion he had sex with Roggasch was her. found with nylons “The prosecution retied around her ally does not have any neck. DNA from evidence that I was inNaso’s ex-wife was volved with Miss Rogfound on those gasch’s demise,” he told stockings, considthe jury. “At best they ered the murder could prove I had sex weapon. with her. I deny it.” Investigators The next day, he said clipped and preabout the DNA, “All served Colon’s it proves is I may have fingernails. A had sex with her. I don’t The serial killer, in power tie. criminologist who remember it.” examined the clipRoggasch’s older pings after Naso’s 2010 arrest testified that brother, Larry Roggasch, was the only relative of a victim in the courtroom when Naso’s genetic profile includes an uncommon mutation found on material on the the verdict was announced. nails. “It’s been a long time coming,” RogInvestigators found 22 photographs of gasch, 56, said outside the courtroom. “I was hoping it would feel a lot better. Right Parsons in Naso’s safe-deposit box. In one picture, which was laminated together now it don’t. It won’t until he’s dead and with a newspaper article about her killing, gone. Parsons is lying on her back on a loveseat, “The one thing I want him to do is to her eyes closed, her legs splayed, wearing give up locations of other victims.” black fishnet stockings with garters and In addition to the DNA evidence, red high heels. prosecutors used Naso’s own words— “Why does he take these pictures?” from journals and calendar entries and Slote said during her closing argument. what authorities describe as a list of 10 “They show what the defendant likes and victims’ dumping grounds—and hundreds of his photographs to piece together what he’s interested in. “He wants to remember what it’s like the unsolved murders. Authorities say he to have ultimate power so he keeps these drugged his victims, sexually assaulted pictures in a safety-deposit box.” and strangled them and dumped their Naso denied knowing Roggasch, Colon bodies in remote locations throughout and Tafoya. But he admitted meeting and northern California. photographing Parsons. He said he picked The diary entries went back as far as her up when she was hitchhiking, and she the 1950s, when Naso lived in Rochester, posed for him in April 1993. A note in his N.Y., and was arrested for raping a young diary said she had “ripped him off,” Slote woman. told the jury. On Sept. 13, 1993, the day In her closing argument, Deputy District Attorney Rosemary Slote read a series Parsons vanished, Slote said an entry on Naso’s calendar read, “Got even on an old of entries from Naso’s journal. A typical entry read, “Kansas City girl. Great legs in account.” Investigators found Tafoya’s obituary nylons, heels. Had to rape her in my car and newspaper clippings about her death on a cold winter night, snowstorm.” in Naso’s safe-deposit box. They also found Probation officers began to assemble an Aug. 6, 1994, ledger entry that said, the case against Naso in 2010 after going “Met Tracy. Put it to her.” A little more to his Reno house under the terms of his than a week later, Tafoya’s body was found. probation for a shoplifting conviction at a “Why did the defendant have pictures South Lake Tahoe supermarket where he of Tracy Tafoya and Pamela Parsons in his had worked. Officers became suspicious safe-deposit box?” Slote asked. “Because after finding ammunition, mannequins dressed in lingerie and hundreds of photo- he wanted to remember.” < graphs of nude and scantily clad women, Email Ronnie at ronniecohen@comcast.net. AUGUST 23 - AUGUST 29, 2013 PACIFIC SUN 9

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livia X was shopping at a Mill Valley clothing store to escape the late-June heat when she ran into an acquaintance she hadn’t seen in a long time. Her old friend gushed over her appearance and was eager to catch up. After commenting on how well “put together” Olivia seemed, her friend—we’ll call her Madam Z—soon steered the conversation in a perplexing direction. In hushed tones Madam Z told Olivia, “There’s this thing I’d like to invite you to; it’s like an elite group of women.” High off the abundance of streaming compliments, Olivia was flattered and intrigued. She and Madam Z traveled in similar circles—a community of creative, “featherleather” Burning Man-type folk. She decided to give her friend the benefit of the doubt and meet up a few days later for a chat. Initially there was no mention of money. The chat focused on sisterhood, abundance and the empowerment of women. But this was no informal “chat.” Olivia and Madam Z were joined on a conference call with a woman in Australia who appeared to hold a venerated position in the “elite group”—or “Women’s Wisdom Circle,” as it was called. The woman on the other end of the line was known in Circle as “the Dessert.” After carefully listening and choosing her words wisely, Olivia X thanked the Dessert for her time and her friend for the invitation, and went home to read the documents she was given following the meeting—Women’s Wisdom Circle “guidelines” that outlined Circle in its entirety. “Don’t invite anyone else [to join the group] right now—you’ll probably be excited, but just wait,” Olivia was told as she and Madam Z parted ways. After diving into research on the Internet, phoning friends and re-reading Circle’s guidelines, Olivia’s suspicions grew and eventually she reached out to the Pacific Sun with her concerns that the Circle may not be shaping up as it purports to be—in fact, Olivia wondered if a more descriptive form was that of a pyramid. Women’s “gifting” circles have surfaced recently throughout Marin and beyond. They consist of women who have “gifted” $5,000 to gain entrance into what members describe as a rewarding world of sisterhood and abundance. There is a hierarchy of members in each circle, with each level named for a serving in a four-course meal. At the top is the Dessert, below her are two Entrees, below them are four Salads and at the bottom are the eight newest members—the Appetizers. It is the Appetizers who are expected to bring $5,000 to the gifting circle dinner party. Once all eight Appetizers pony up, the Dessert receives the $40,000—she has, in theory, worked her way up from being herself an Appetizer, full of patience, and is ready to receive her gift.

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Just desserts Are gifting circles sending the New Age community into a downward spiral? by s te p hanie

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Many circle members may find their conference call from abundance has been billed as ‘collect.’

Once a circle is complete, meaning the Dessert has received her gift, the group splits and the two Entrees elevate to become the Dessert of their respective groups—and to await the bounty of eight new Appetizers. The term “circle” shies away from the striking visual associated with pyramid schemes, but whether its shape is similar or not, critics of gifting circles say they share more in common with pyramids than simply meets the eye. * * * * * Gifting circles like the one Olivia encountered are cloaked in secrecy and target a very Marin-type demographic—the young New Age community. Circle “meetings” are often conducted with a 21st century slant: All gatherings are held via a weekly conference call. While a majority of initial “invitations” occur through personal meetings, other members of the circle may be located across continents— and conference calls allow for much-desired anonymity within the groups. While such concepts as “sisterhood” are promoted to new members, the weekly conference calls can be more businesslike—focusing on members’ progress in finding new members. Conference calls may also focus on how the circle is “moving forward” and when the dessert will receive her gifts of abundance—all 40,000 of them. Sometimes a tarot card is drawn and the woman who draws the card will discuss her feelings around it and how it relates to other members. The first rule of Circle is: you do not talk about Circle. The second rule of Circle is: you DO NOT talk about Circle. Many variations of Circle guidelines exist. One particular set of guidelines—which was forwarded last month to the Pacific Sun—stresses that prospective members honor its privacy: “We ask that they not talk about the circles to anyone, until they have come into the circle and received training about how to invite people to the circle. This is because there is a general misunderstanding about the legality of the circles, and we want to avoid people’s judgments and projections. It is also because there are certain words we can use in talking about the circles that keep them legal, and most people without training will use words that might make the circles illegal.” The exclusivity of a circle fuels its foundation and its female-only structure attracts eager women hungry for spiritual growth, abundance, sisterhood and, well, money. Circle’s shaky legality is handled by calling it a “gifting circle,” where each member “gifts” $5,000 to the top dog in order to enter and participate. But any situation in which large sums of money are being funneled up an increasingly narrow social hierarchy is going to have to deal with questions of legality. Defenders of Circle’s pyramid of prosperity

say there’s nothing shady about it. They say a second job, paint your neighbor’s house, tuthe sisterhood the women gain through the tor your neighbors’ kids and lastly—meditate process is priceless and considered the real and pray. reward; the $40,000 at the end—if you make Oh, and if you run into any troubles along it to Dessert—is just an added “gift.” the way—Circle sisters don’t want to hear But Circle can be a tight-knit community. about it. “During this living workshop we More than ready to protect the money they’ve will all experience our blocks, issues, fears, already invested, very few Salads, Entrees and patterns, etc.,” say the guidelines. “When you Desserts have come forward to disdiscover that you have a fear or issue, it cuss the secrecy around Circle. is your responsibility to work on * * * * * that outside of the circle. You can What Olivia X found most share about your process, as disturbing is that Circle long as it is in a positive comes couched in light.” New Age termiAlexis Neely is nology. a Colorado lawyer “I had a woman who counts herself tell me that the among the New reason I didn’t want Age community to be involved [in and is very familiar Circle] is because with gifting circles, I wasn’t ready though she herself to receive that is not a memmuch abundance ber. She expresses in my life and that I skepticism about the had issues and I had trust outlining diction of this issues,” says Olivia. “It’s just particular Marin circle’s sucking in a lot of people To some, the gifting circle is as abundant as a guidelines. who are more naive than blooming lotus—to others it’s a bird’s-eye view “That does not sound I am for one reason or an- to a pyramid. right,” Neely says about other.” Olivia says she came the guidelines Olivia was forward to warn women— given. “My understandespecially Marin women—who may be ing is that you work on it in the Circle with particularly susceptible to Circle’s promises of the women. The women I have talked to who money, friendship and New Age fulfillment. have benefited from it have worked through According to the Women’s Wisdom Circle some clear issues. I can see shifts in them. guidelines that Olivia was given, the gifting These are women who had massive abunprocess is legal due to a gifting statement each dance issues, massive scarcity issues. And its “participant” must fill out and sign in order to not because they’d received any money, they join. The gifting statement clarifies intentions had not yet received any money. But they and protects the Dessert from the possibility had tapped into and opened a portal, which of a quick change of heart. “I waive any and all I talk about [in my blog] happening when rights to civil or criminal remedies against the you make the gift, but beyond that they had recipient of my gift,” the statement declares. received the emotional support necessary.” In addition to the required gifting statement, Circle frames women as being part of a other subjects outlined in Circle’s documenta- western culture that leaves them disenfrantion include: privacy guidelines, who to invite, chised. “Giving, supporting and nurturing are who not to invite, responding to standard all qualities expressed through feminine naquestions (i.e.: legality) and “magic words.” ture,” say the guidelines. “In the history of our Some of the specific “words” that the culture, women often find themselves giving guidelines say put Circle on shaky legal far more than they receive in every day life.” ground when members use them include: * * * * * investment, payment, recruit, signup, profits, The “gifting” structure’s odds of sustaindividends, return, assured, guarantee and ability are slim. The math boils down to this: payout. Eighty-eight percent of women who particiThe guidelines instead encourage more pate by gifting the $5,000 will never receive proactive-sounding words such as: receive, anything as a Dessert. The odds look even financial empowerment, participation, opmore dismal when one considers that the portunity, support and sponsor. difficulties of finding eight new women grows Also, Appetizers must never send their exponentially with each new circle. After “gift” through the U.S. mail. the 10th generation, the model’s number of The guidelines provide Appetizers with supposed “participants” soars past Earth’s recommendations for fundraising the initial population. $5,000 gift: Have a garage sale and part A well-known member in the Bay Area with heirlooms, sell your car (“remember, New Age community, who desires to remain in a relatively short period of time it can be anonymous and who we’ll call “Orion,” replaced by a new one!”), ask your parents describes Circle as a “social virus” and says its for an advance on your inheritance, apply for sustainability is already at a tipping point. a credit card, find an “angel” to gift you the “Soon enough it’s going to collapse, it’s money, ask five friends to lend you $1,000, get already collapsing,” says Orion. “Were already

reaching a critical mass of the community. People are being asked [to join] three to four times a week. As a result, these circles are going to stagnate or infect other communities. But what’s going to happen next? There are groups of people who’ve started to think about that and how to help the community heal from this drain and epidemic and the social impact it’s had.” Orion elaborates on what he sees as Circle’s target audience: “These Circles target neopagan tribal-hippies. The spiritual revival, the burner culture. What I’ve heard, they are generally much younger.” He seems to recall a similar “epidemic” going around Marin about eight years ago. “There is a resurgence every eight to 10 years because every eight to 10 years there is a whole new crop of women with more disposable income and they are going to these [Burning Man style] festivals.” He says the circles attract women who are transient. “They are very gypsy-like; they don’t stay [in one place], they can make a fair amount of money by trimming [marijuana] in the fall and doing odd jobs and they don’t spend a lot. They are staying at this place or that place. All they need to do is eat, essentially.” Orion says the largest “gift” he’s heard of someone walking away with is $80,000. But the Circle doesn’t end with the gift, Orion explains, hierarchies within the Circle and community are apparent. “There are defi-

nitely cliques, absolutely. When people tell stories [about Circle] that’s one of the main recurring themes.” He describes New Age gatherings where the attendees congregate on different sides of the room-based on who’s in a Circle and who isn’t. He says his criticism doesn’t stem from a personal vendetta, but from concerns about the New Age community as a whole. “Mainly my stake in [gifting circles] is wanting the [New Age] community to survive and what I’m seeing is that the very structure of the Circle—well, they’re not really like circles they are more like pyramids—the very structure of these pyramids is causing a great deal of harm, mostly it’s a social impact. It’s the kind of impact you don’t really see when you’re in the Circle. In the Circle you see that you’re with all these wonderful women and you’re creating abundance with each other, but no one is asking the question: At what cost?” The fate of women’s gifting circles in Marin remains uncertain. In the meantime, how does it continue? Orion explains: “The women who speak highly of the Circle—slash pyramid—they find that they get really good coaching, a lot about money. As soon as she has any kind of issue around losing her gift, she’s right to be coached about it. It provides for a perfect reason to give money and not want it back—and if anyone wants it back, she is coached around her attachment toward money.”

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Orion describes it as the perfect plan—or, rather, “the perfect scam.” “Here give $5,000, it’s a gift and if you start complaining that you won’t get the $5,000 back then you obviously need to grow a little bit so you’re no longer attached to this money,” he says, about the circular logic of the groups. Facebook debates about gifting circles have been anything but placid. Olivia X recalls a conversation streaming on Orion’s wall for weeks in which a man who wanted to alert the authorities about gifting circles was bombarded by circle defenders with all sorts of threats—including going to the police and falsely accusing him of child abuse. “That is so heartbreaking, I started crying when I saw that,” says Olivia. “That’s when I decided to be anonymous. And, that’s when I decided to go to a newspaper, this is ridiculous—this is out of control.” * * * * * Margo Rohrbacher, public information officer for the San Rafael Police Department, says she hasn’t heard any reports of women’s gifting circles going on in Marin and said she couldn’t comment on where one might stand legally without specifics to a case. Last week a U.S. district judge had another kind of “gift” for two women from Guilford, Conn., who were convicted for leading their own Appetizer-through-Dessert “gifting table.” Donna Bello, 57, was sentenced to six years in prison and her accomplice, Jill Platt, 65, to four years on felonies of wire fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to defraud the IRS and filing false tax returns. The questions around gifting circles’ legality, however, are almost secondary among criticisms levied within New Age groups, where the concern has more to do with the effect the circles are having on the community itself. One former Entree to speak out about her experience in a circle is blogger Lindsey Vona, who wrote: “This article is in no way meant to create separation or cause harm to any groups or individuals. I am not in any way against acts of true giving or circles of sisterhood. The purpose of this post is to provide education to the public on the currently unsustainable structure of this particular ‘Gifting Culture,’ so that people can feel supported in making informed decisions. “Because much of the language around this is either shrouded in secrecy or New Age thought, this post may come off as one-sided; however it is intended to cut through the conditioning and get right to the heart of what is happening.” (Vona declined an interview with the Sun, but you can read more of Vona’s firsthand experience at www.realitysandwich. com/womens_circle_pyramid.) According to the Marin Women’s Circle guidelines, Circle first saw the light of day nearly three decades ago, launched by a small

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group of women in Canada in the early 1980s. As for Circle hitting Marin’s scene, it appears it made its debut about a year to a year and half ago. In addition to Marin, gifting circles have been reported in Colorado, Arizona, Santa Cruz and other parts of northern California. Alexis Neely is no stranger to Circle etiquette. Despite her roots in law, Neely is a vibrant part of the Colorado New Age community and has herself been invited multiple times to join Circle. Many have sought her help and advice due to her legal background, and she decided to offer her viewpoints though a blog post. Neely says her goal is to provide an outline of information that allows women to make an informed choice if Circle is right for them. After interviewing members of Circle for her blog post she noted, “What I’m experiencing when I speak to them is that there is a real opportunity for them to find a gift in the decision they make. And to shift from the victim perspective to a place of real empowered choice. And when they do, whether or not they receive back their investment—it’s worth it. “Some of the circles are pure money plays and they’re Ponzi schemes and they’re pyramids—they’re nothing more than what people say about them.” After seeing both sides of Circle’s outcome, however, Neely offers her blog as a place for women to consult “a balanced view and to help women identify if it is right for them.” Despite multiple invitations Neely has declined all invitations into Circle as she does not feel it’s the right fit for her. With the concept of abundance at its core, Neely defined her take on it: “I don’t know what abundance means to everybody, but to me it means knowing without a shadow of a doubt that there is enough for everyone. There is no lack or limitation. The underlying feeling that there is enough.” Whether the New Age community has seen enough Circle, however, isn’t yet abundantly clear. < Email Stephanie at spowell@pacificsun.com.

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hey call them the dog days of sumMarin’s own Lara Johnston (daughter of mer, those hot lazy afternoons when Doobies’ singer and guitarist Tom Johnston), people are dogged by the heat. But for Fight Club and Pat Simmons Jr. General admission tickets are $89 per day or $160 for music hounds, summer’s end is a chance to sprint from one festival to the next to catch in a two-day pass; VIP packages are available. Related events include a Sept. 20 charity search of the best of show. auction dinner with chef Mark Stark and a This year is no exception. The big dog in Marin is the Sausalito Art performance by Pablo Cruise, and the popuFestival, held Aug. 31-Sept. 2 along the scenic lar charity golf classic (Sept. 23). Meanwhile, the fine baydowntown waterfront. In side summer-music series at addition to scores of fine the Marin Country Mart, at art and craft exhibitors, Larkspur Landing, continues this and one of the best views Friday with the Erik Lindquist in the USA, it will offer Trio, the latest installment in a three stages and dozens Friday Night Jazz series. Music of acts ranging from pop runs from 6-9pm. The jazz series and rock to jazz and classical. Nostalgia will be Supermule will be braying Aug. 25 at the concludes Sept. 27 with Lee Waubiquitous: among the Folkish Festival at Marin Country Mart. terman and Jazz Caliente. The Country Mart’s extended Folkish acts are the Beatles tribute band the Fab Four, the ’70s cover bands Festival kicked off June 9 with legendary Super Diamond and Tainted Love, the Brit- folkie Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, a West Marin ish ska band the English Beat and Creedence resident, and continues Sunday, Aug. 25, with Clearwater Revisited (with original CCR the unbeatable Supermule, performing from rhythm section Stu Cook and Doug “Cosmo” Clifford). Headliners on the main stage include Lisa Marie Presley, Dave Mason and the Psychedelic Furs. Also appearing are the Golden Gate Opera, the Hot House Swing Band and kids’ music star Tim Cain. General admission is $25 per day; $15 seniors, and $5 children (ages 6-12). Children 5 and under are admitted free. On the banks of the Russian River at Johnson Beach in Guerneville, the Russian River Jazz & Blues Festival, running Sept. 21 and 23, will throw a bone to roots-music fans. More like a tasty T-bone, actually. This year’s jazz entertainers, performing on Day One, are crooner Jeffrey Osborne, Grammy nominated R&B singer Gregory Porter and New Orleans nightingale Ledisi. Day Two’s blues acts are Boz Scaggs (hot on the heels of his recently acclaimed recording of classic soul-influenced Memphis), the Robert Cray Band, Los Lobos and the California Honeydrops (with Marin keyboardist Charlie Hickox). Tickets are $50 each day; $80 for both. That same weekend, the B.R. Cohn Music Festival, a charity event for local schools, food banks and veterans held on grounds of the B.R. Cohn Winery in Glen Ellen. The annual fest will rock with such ’70s hitmakers as Bad Company with Paul Rodgers, the Doobie Brothers, Pablo Cruise (all appearing Sept. 21); and Heart, the Doobies, and the ’90s indie-pop band Gin Blossoms (Sept. 22). Opening acts both days include 18 PACIFIC SUN AUGUST 23AUGUST 29, 2013

12:30-2:30pm. The slow-motion fest runs the Sweetwater Music Hall in Mill Valley . . . weekly through Sept. 29. Concerts are free. Keyboardist Rob Barraco and guitarist Jeff Mattson of the Dark Star Orchestra team * * * * * Adventures in Clubland & Beyond: Com- up Wednesday and Thursday, Aug. 28 and mander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen 29, for a free bar show at Terrapin Crossroads bring their rockabilly and in San Rafael. They’ll be roadhouse-charged rock joined the following night to the Hopmonk Tavby bandmate Rob Korern in Novato on Friday, tiz on drums. The three Aug. 30. . . . Everybody’s musicians return Saturfavorite jam band Viday night for a stint with nyl will turn up the heat the Head Band featuring Saturday, Aug. 24, at 19 singer, songwriter and Broadway in Fairfax. On acoustic-guitar phenom Sunday, Aug. 25, that Keller Williams. Not sure music Mecca presents the if they’ll perform any dogthemed songs, but there’s Melodians, a legendary a good chance that “Cats Jamaican reggae group known for its rich vocal Boz Scaggs will bring his ‘Memphis’ sounds next Under the Stars” or “China Cat Sunflower” could harmonies and the classic month to the Russian River. stroll across the bar with recording Rivers of Babylon . . . Former Meters beat-keeper Zigaboo delicate cat feet. < Modeliste and the New Aahkestra brings Strum a few chords with Greg at letters@pacificsun.com. their progressive New Orleans jazz sound to

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FRIDAY, AUG. 23 Shark Tank Tonight someFashion Police: MTV body is pitching a “frozen gumbo brick.”It’s Video Music Awards nice to see that America is still ahead in the When the tattoos really gross-sounding frozen food war. ABC. and piercings reach a 9pm. certain point, it begins America’s Next Top Model Tonight the modto look like a National els are prancing down a spinning catwalk Geographic special on indigenous tribal rites. in high heels. It sounds like something that E! 9pm. would make you vomit. But of course, they Teen Mom 3 The season premiere is MTV’s already did that back stage. CW. 9pm. version of “back to school” programming. The Last Huntsmen This series examMTV. 10pm. ines the lives of men who are hired to TUESDAY, AUG. 27 Spring Breakdown keep remote sites, including oil wells and Three 30-something women decide to let research sites, safe from predators that their hair down and party with the college can include polar bears and jaguars. It’s like crowds at South Padre Island. If they were being a bouncer at a nightclub only the polar men, this would be on a porn-per-view and bears don’t throw up on you. Discovery Chan- we’d all be cringing about now. (2009) Logo. nel. 10pm. 8pm. SATURDAY, AUG. 24 The Princess and the Remote Control War This is about drones, Frog In a turnaround on the classic tale, a not your kids fighting over the merits of young New Orleans society girl kisses a frog SpongeBob vs. ICarly. KQED. 8pm. and turns into a frog herself. Usually it takes Storage Wars: Texas Storage lockers in years of marriage to achieve that effect. Texas are just like storage lockers anywhere (2009) ABC Family. 7:15pm. else except you are more likely to find rodeo Escape from Polygamy After moving with her memorabilia, pickup truck parts, beer can widowed mother to a polygamist enclave, collections and the truth about the Kennedy a young girl learns she is to be married to assassination. A&E. 9pm. the enclave’s charismatic cult leader. She WEDNESDAY, AUG. 28 RuPaul’s Drag Race makes a plan to escape, but only after care- Marathon It’s not an actual marathon. Five fully examining the dental plan and health hours in high heels only feels that way. Logo. benefits that make the cult so attractive. 6pm. (2013) Lifetime. Hidden Away A 8pm. man learns his wife Life of Pi After his and daughter faked ship goes down, a their deaths. Relaboy finds himself tionship experts adrift in a lifeboat say this is typically a with a zebra, an sign that your marorangutan, a hyena riage is in trouble. and a tiger. On a (2013) Lifetime. Carnival Cr uise 8pm. they’d call that an Modern Dads It’s “off-ship adventure nice to see that we option” and charge have progressed you for it. (2012) The shuffleboard tournament is going to be very as a society to the HBO. 9:30pm. point where men interesting... Saturday at 9:30. SUNDAY, AUG, 25 can stay home to Gran Torino It’s rear their children hard to believe it’s already been a year since and not be considered an oddity worthy of an Clint Eastwood talked to that empty chair. exploitive reality show. A&E. 11pm. We were just telling our couch about that the THURSDAY, AUG. 29 M.A.S.H. 30th Reunother day. (2006) TNT. 9pm. ion Special This was filmed 11 years ago. MTV Video Music Awards It’s also on VH1 This is nostalgia for nostalgia, designed to with subtitles for older appeal to people who are viewers. MTV. 9pm. old enough to enjoy it or Meddling Mom A mother restrained and unable to pressures her older daughreach the remote control. TV ter to have a baby and Land. 7pm. her youngest daughter to I Am a Fugitive From a get married. It’s hard to Chain Gang Life on a chain see the need for the word gang becomes intolerable for “meddling.” We thought a wrongly convicted war vetthat was covered under What it lacks in benefits is made up for in eran. It is a horrible life but “mom.” (2013) Hallmark job security... Thursday, 7:45pm. if it happened now, there’d Channel. 9pm. be 40 other guys applying for MONDAY, AUG. 26 Get the position. (1932) Turner Classic Movies. Out Alive with Bear Gryllis This is the finale 7:45pm. with the survivalist choosing a winner based The Tonight Show Rod Stewart appears. The on wilderness skills, determination, courage If You Think I’m Sexy? singer has moved on and the how good they looked in wet clothto Do You Think I’m 70? NBC. 11:35pm. < ing. NBC. 9pm. Critique That TV Guy at letters@pacificsun.com. AUGUST 23  AUGUST 29, 2013 PACIFIC SUN 19

MOViES

F R I D AY A U G U S T 2 3 — T H U R S D AY A U G U S T 2 9 M ovie summaries by Mat t hew St af ford

Keri Russell and friends in ‘Austenland,’ opening Friday at the Regency. Ain’t Them Bodies Saints (1:45) Picturesque modern Western about the relationship between a jailed outlaw (Casey Affleck) and his pregnant wife (Rooney Mara). O Austenland (1:36) Jane Austen-obsessed singleton Keri Russell goes to a totally Austen English resort to search for her own personal Mr. Darcy. O Blue Jasmine (1:38) Woody Allen dramedy considers the case of a tightly strung New York socialite restructuring her life in the wilds of Marin and S.F.; Cate Blanchett stars. O The Butler (2:06) Forest Whitaker stars as a White House butler with a backstage glimpse into the tumultuous 20th century; with Robin Williams as Ike, John Cusack as Nixon and Liev Schreiber as LBJ. O Cutie and the Boxer (1:22) Award-winning documentary chronicles the chaotic 40-year marriage of artist-boxer Ushio Shinohara and his long-suffering wife Noriko. O Despicable Me 2 (1:38) Gru returns just in time to take on a powerful supervillain; Steve Carell and Kristen Wiig vocalize. O Elysium (1:49) Fritz Lang-ish glimpse into the future (present?) about a luxury space station whose xenophobic inhabitants rule over a polluted, overpopulated Earth; Jodie Foster and Matt Damon star. O Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie (1:30) Documentary about the cuckoo, combative 1980s talk-show host features insights from Pat Buchanan, Chris Elliott and everyone in between. O In a World‌ (1:33) Lake Bell directs and stars in the tale of a voice coach storming the all-male world of blockbuster-movie-trailer voiceovers. O Jobs (2:05) Fawning biopic of the man who helped create a society of lazy, oblivious, entitled egomaniacs. O Kick-Ass 2 (1:47) Novice teenage superheroes Hit Girl and Kick-Ass are back and all a-tangle with a foul-mouthed supervillain named The F%&ˆr. O The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2:10) Urban fantasy thriller about a cadre of Manhattan-based vampires, warlocks and werewolves and the “shadowhuntersâ€? who take them on. O National Theatre London: The Audience (2:15) Peter Morgan’s new play imagines the weekly conversations Elizabeth II has had with every PM from Churchill to Cameron during the 60 years of her reign; O

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Helen Mirren revisits her Oscar-winning role as the Queen. O Paranoia (1:46) Tech billionaires Gary Oldman and Harrison Ford use hapless nerd Liam Hemsworth as a pawn in their bitter struggle to destroy each other. O Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (1:46) The adventure-prone schoolboy is back, heading this time to the Bermuda Triangle to battle zombies (natch) for the Golden Fleece. O Planes (1:32) Disney cartoon about a little airplane with a fear of heights who dreams of being a daredevil air racer. O Pulp Fiction (2:33) Quentin Tarantino’s juicy, edgy postmodern musical comedy noir stars Ving Rhames, Uma Thurman and Bruce Willis plus Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta as two groovy philosophical hit men. O Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan (1:32) Documentary looks at the life and career of the stop-motion wizard through clips, behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with the likes of Ray Bradbury and Terry Gilliam. O The Smurfs 2 (1:42) Clumsy, Grouchy and the other aqua-hued cutie-pies return, searching Paris for Smurfette before she becomes a Naughty! O The Spectacular Now (1:35) A hunky BMOC and a daydreamy sweet girl share an unexpected romance during their senior year of high school. O Twenty Feet from Stardom (1:30) Pop music’s greatest backup singers are the subject of Morgan Neville’s toe-tapping documentary; Stevie Wonder, Mick Jagger and others pay tribute to their support systems. O The Way Way Back (1:43) A teen’s dismal summer vacation takes an unexpected turn when he strikes up a friendship with the manager of a local water park. O We’re the Millers (1:49) A makeshift suburban “family� (stripper, pot dealer, runaway, nerd) head to Mexico to scam and score; Jennifer Aniston stars. O The Wolverine (2:09) Hugh Jackman stars as the lonesome comic-book hero, facing down a samurai warrior from his troubled past. O The World’s End (1:49) Five middle-aged chums journey back to a fabled English pub to re-create their epic bender of two decades ago. O You’re Next (1:34) A tranquil family reunion is rudely interrupted by a gang of crazed axe-wielding killers.

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* Ain’t Them Bodies Saints (Not Rated) Rafael: Fri 4:30, 6:45, 9 Sat-Sun 2:15, 4:30, 6:45, 9 Mon-Thu 6:45, 9 * Austenland (PG-13) Regency: Fri-Sat 11:50, 2:30, 5, 7:30, 10:05 Sun-Thu 11:50, 2:30, 5, 7:30 Blue Jasmine (PG-13) Fairfax: Fri-Tue 1:30, 4, 6:45, 9:20 Playhouse: Fri 4:15, 7:20, 9:40 Sat 1:30, 4:15, 7:20, 9:40 Sun 1:30, 4:15, 7:20 Mon-Tue 4:15, 7:20 Regency: Fri-Sat 11:15, 12:30, 1:45, 3:15, 4:25, 5:55, 7, 8:35, 9:40 Sun-Thu 11:15, 12:30, 1:45, 3:15, 4:25, 5:55, 7 Sequoia: Fri 4, 5:15, 6:30, 7:45, 9, 10:10 Sat 1:30, 2:45, 4, 5:15, 6:30, 7:45, 9, 10:10 Sun 1:30, 4, 5:15, 6:30, 7:45 Mon-Tue, Thu 4, 5:15, 6:30, 7:45 Wed 2:10, 4:45, 7:30 The Butler (PG-13) Fairfax: Fri-Tue 12:45, 3:50, 6:55, 9:40 Larkspur Landing: Fri 7:15, 10:20 Sat-Sun 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:20 Mon-Thu 6:30, 9:30 Marin: Fri 4, 7, 10 Sat 1, 4, 7, 10 Sun 1, 4, 7 Mon-Thu 4, 7 Northgate: 11:40, 1:10, 2:40, 4:10, 5:40, 7:10, 8:40, 10:10 Playhouse: Fri 3:50, 6:40, 9:30 Sat 1, 3:50, 6:40, 9:30 Sun 1, 3:50, 6:40 Mon-Tue 3:50, 6:40 Rowland: 12:40, 3:50, 7, 10:05 * Cutie and the Boxer (R) Rafael: Fri 4:15, 6:30, 8:30 Sat-Sun 2, 4:15, 6:30, 8:30 Mon 6:30 Tue-Thu 6:30, 8:30 Despicable Me 2 (PG) Lark: Fri-Sat 5:45 Sun 2:45, 5 Mon-Wed 5 Elysium (R) Fairfax: Fri-Tue 12, 2:25, 4:55, 7:20, 9:45 Larkspur Landing: Fri 5, 7:45, 10:25 Sat-Sun 11:45, 2:25, 5, 7:45, 10:25 Mon-Thu 7, 9:40 Northgate: 11, 1:45, 4:30, 7:20, 9:55 Rowland: 11:35, 2:15, 4:55, 7:40, 10:20 * Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie (Not Rated) Rafael: Mon 7:15 (codirector Jeremy Newberger, broadcaster Jim Gabbert and musician Lloyd Schoonmaker in person) In a World‌ (R) Regency: Fri-Sat 11:25, 2:05, 4:45, 7:15, 9:50 Sun-Tue, Thu 11:25, 2:05, 4:45, 7:15 Wed 11:25 Jobs (PG-13) Fairfax: Fri-Tue 1, 3:55, 6:40, 9:30 Larkspur Landing: Fri 7:30, 10:30 Sat-Sun 11, 1:50, 4:40, 7:30, 10:30 Mon-Thu 6:45, 9:45 Marin: Fri 4:20, 7:15, 10:10 Sat 1:20, 4:20, 7:15, 10:10 Sun 1:20, 4:20, 7:15 Mon-Thu 4:20, 7:15 Northgate: 10:45, 1:40, 4:35, 7:35, 10:30 Playhouse: Fri 4, 7, 9:45 Sat 1:15, 4, 7, 9:45 Sun 1:15, 4, 7 Mon-Tue 4, 7 Rowland: 2, 7:35 Kick-Ass 2 (R) Marin: Fri 4:35, 7:30, 10:05 Sat 1:35, 4:35, 7:30, 10:05 Sun 1:35, 4:35, 7:30 Mon-Thu 4:35, 7:30 Northgate: 11:50, 12:55, 2:20, 3:40, 5, 6:20, 7:40, 9, 10:20 Rowland: 11:40, 2:10, 4:50, 7:30, 10 * The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (PG-13) Cinema: Fri-Sun 12:50, 3:50, 7, 10 Northgate: Fri-Tue 11:30, 1, 2:30, 4, 5:30, 7, 8:30, 10 Wed-Thu 11:30, 2:30, 5:30, 8:30 Rowland: Fri-Tue 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10 National Theatre London: The Audience (Not Rated) Lark: Thu 7:30 Paranoia (PG-13) Northgate: 10:45, 4:20, 7:25 Rowland: 11:30, 5:05, 10:30 Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (PG) Northgate: 11:10, 4:25, 9:45; 3D showtimes at 1:50, 7:05 Planes (PG) Fairfax: Fri-Tue 11:50, 2:10, 4:35, 6:50, 9:10 Northgate: 10:50, 3:35, 8:15; 3D showtimes at 1:15, 5:55 Rowland: 12, 5, 7:20; 3D showtimes at 2:30, 9:45 * Pulp Fiction (R) Regency: Sun 2 Wed 2, 7 Sequoia: Sun 2 Wed 2, 7 Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan (Not Rated) Rafael: Sun 7 (Oscar-winning special effects expert Craig Barron in person) The Smurfs 2 (PG) Northgate: 11:20, 1:55, 4:40, 7:15, 9:50 The Spectacular Now (R) Regency: Fri-Sat 11:40, 12:50, 2:15, 3:35, 4:55, 6:10, 7:40, 8:50, 10:10 Sun 11:40, 2:15, 4:55, 6:10, 7:40 Mon-Thu 11:40, 12:50, 2:15, 3:35, 4:55, 6:10, 7:40 Twenty Feet from Stardom (Not Rated) Rafael: Fri 4:45, 7, 9:15 Sat 2:30, 4:45, 7, 9:15 Sun 2:30, 4:45 Mon 9:15 Tue-Thu 7, 9:15 The Way Way Back (R) Lark: Fri-Sat 3:30, 8 Sun-Wed 7:30 Thu 5 We’re the Millers (R) Larkspur Landing: Fri 5:15, 8, 10:35 Sat-Sun 12, 2:40, 5:15, 8, 10:35 MonThu 7:15, 9:50 Northgate: 11:25, 2:15, 4:55, 7:45, 10:30 Rowland: 11:55, 2:35, 5:15, 7:55, 10:30 The Wolverine (PG-13) Northgate: 1:25, 10:05 * The World’s End (R) Fairfax: Fri-Tue 1:15, 4:25, 7, 9:55 Northgate: 11:15, 2, 4:45, 7:30, 10:15 * You’re Next (R) Northgate: 12:30, 3, 5:25, 7:55, 10:25 Rowland: 12:20, 2:50, 5:20, 7:50, 10:15

John Travolta and Uma Thurman get down in ‘Pulp Fiction,’ playing Sunday and Wednesday at the Regency and the Sequoia.

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F R I D AY A U G U S T 2 3 — F R I D AY A U G U S T 3 0 Pacific Sun‘s Community Calendar

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

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Live music 08/23: Buck Nickels and Loose Change with Third Rail Country western and blues. 8pm. $12-15. Hopmonk Tavern, 224 Vintage Way, Novato. 892-6200. hopmonk.com/novato. 08/23: Chris Rowan Trio Acoustic. 6:309:30pm. No cover. The Trident, 558 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 331-3232. thetridentsausalito.com

08/23: Eli and Javi’s Gypsy Jazz Night 9:30pm, sign up begins at 8pm. All ages. No cover. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway, Fairfax. 485-1182. sleepingladyfairfax.com.

08/23: Fighting Smokey Joe, Lumanation 9:30pm. $8. Peri’s, 29 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. perisbar.com

08/23: James Henry Percussion. Reggae, AfroCuban, samba, funk. 8pm. $10. Fenix, 919 Fourth St., San Rafael. 813-5600. fenixlive.com/music. 08/23: Keiko Matsui Jazz. 8pm. $33-36. Mystic Theatre, 21 Petaluma Blvd. North, Petaluma. 707-765-2121. mystictheatre.com.

08/23: Nicki Bluhm and The Gramblers 8pm. $25. Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Way, San Rafael. 524-2773. terrapincrossroads.net.

08/23: Phil Berkowitz and the Dirty Cats Blues. With William Baty, piano. 8pm. No cover. Rancho Nicasio, 1 Rancheria Road, Nicasio. 662-2219. dorecoller.com. 08/23: Reckless in Vegas With Michael Shapiro, vocals/guitar; Mario Cipollina, bass/ vocals and Ryan Low, drums/vocals. 9pm. $15-17. Sweetwater, 19 Corte Madera Ave. , Mill Valley. 388-3850 . swmh.com.

08/23: Salvador Santana with Miles Schon 9pm. George’s Nightclub, 842 Fourth St., San Rafael. 226-0262 georgesnightclub.com. 08/23: Sashamon, Alcyon Massive Reggae, Hawaiian. 9pm. $12. 19 Broadway, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. 19broadway.com 08/24: Acacia 8:30pm. No cover. Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Way, San Rafael. 524-2773. terrapincrossroads.net.

08/24: An Evening with Buck Nickels and Loose Change Country western and blues. Featuring Larry Cragg, pedal steel. 8:30pm. $10. Rancho Nicasio, 1 Old Rancheria Road, Nicasio. 662-2219. ranchonicasio.com. 08/24: Baraka Moon Original music from Stephen Kent, didjeridoo; Sukhawat Ali Khan, indian percussion. 8pm. $15-20. Open Secret Bookstore, 923 , San Rafael. 457-4191. opensecretbookstore.com. 08/24: Beso Negro Indie, alt gypsy rock. 9pm. $12. Hopmonk Tavern, 224 Vintage Way, Novato. 892-6200. hopmonk.com/novato.

08/24:The Blackout Cowboys, Devil Shakes 9:30pm. $8. Peri’s, 29 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. perisbar.com

08/24: Brunch with Wildflower Weed Americana. 11am. No cover. Sweetwater, 19 Corte Madera Ave. , Mill Valley . 388-3850. swmh.com.

08/24: Mitch Woods and His Rocket 88s Jump and jive piano. 8pm. $10. Fenix, 919 Fourth St., San Rafael. 813-5600. fenixlive.com/music.

08/24: Rob Ellis Trio Acoustic. 6:30-9:30pm. No cover. The Trident, 558 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 331-3232. thetridentsausalito.com

08/24: Roy Rogers and the Delta Rhythm Kings Blues. The Incubators open. 8pm. $3336. Mystic Theatre, 21 Petaluma Blvd. North, Petaluma. 707-765-2121. mystictheatre.com. 08/24: Stu Allen and Mars Hotel Rock. 8pm. $22. Sweetwater, 19 Corte Madera Ave. , Mill Valley . 388-3850. swmh.com. 08/24: The Tickets Band Original rock blues and covers. 8:40pm. $10. Sausalito Seahorse, 305 Harbor Dr., Sausalito. 332 6858. theticketsband.com. 08/24: Vinyl Rock, funk. 9pm. $15. 19 Broadway, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. 19broadway.com 08/25: Brunch with Steep Ravine Bluegrass, folk.11am. No cover. Sweetwater, 19 Corte Madera Ave. , Mill Valley . 388-3850. swmh.com.

08/25: Corte Madera Community Foundation Summer Concert Series: 5-6pm. Free. Menke Park, Redwood and Corte Madera Ave., Corte Madera. 302-1160. cortemaderacommunityfoundation.org. 08/25: Campbell - Markels Trio Jazz. Brian Campbell, sax and clarinet; Alex Markels, guitar; Jack Prendergast, bass. 5:30pm. No cover. Rickey’s Restaurant, 250 Entrada, Novato. 497-2462. campbellsjazz.com/jazz.html.

08/25: Concert on the Mill Valley Plaza Two concerts on the same afternoon. Solid Air leads at 3pm. Todd Morgan and The Emblems follows. 3pm. Free. Mill Valley Depot Plaza, Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valey. 721-1856. cityofmillvalley.org.

08/25: Corte Madera Community Foundation Summer Concert Series: Wendy DeWitt Boogie woogie piano. With Kirk Harwood. 5pm. Free. Menke Park, Redwood and Corte Madera Ave., Corte Madera. 302-1160. cortemaderacommunityfoundation.org.

Here’s to you, Jackie Robinson... 42 marks the arrival of Chadwick Boseman, who turns in such a strong performance as the great Jackie Robinson that plenty of star vehicles are sure to follow. Tasked with putting energy back into a baseball legend who’s gotten the flattening overlay of sainthood, Boseman Chadwick Boseman as Jackie Robinson celebrates sliding into a lead role. goes right to the heart of his character, pitting the young man’s bravery and bravado against a rising tidal wave of history he couldn’t imagine was coming, and meeting the stakes as he found them. Writer-director Brian Helgeland’s film places us with Robinson just at the moment he’s plucked from obscurity by team executive Branch Rickey (Harrison Ford) to break the color line and play for the majors—the Brooklyn Dodgers by way of the Montreal Royals. Rickey has one condition: Robinson will have to take the hits without returning them, rise above the abuse and outclass his opposition. (That relative newcomer Boseman is matched by a crotchety Ford at the peak of his game might be the bigger surprise of this film.) Robinson played game after game knowing he’d be the focus of racist hate and invective—the Coliseum-like atmosphere as he stands before 30,000 jeering whites seems like the worst pit of hell—and met it with his eyes open. That’s cinematic.—Richard Gould

08/26: Open Mic with Billy D 9:30pm. No

08/28: Em K Extreme Solo acoustic guitar

cover. Peri’s, 29 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. perisbar.com 08/26: Open Mic with Derek Smith 9pm. No cover. 19 Broadway, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. 19broadway.com

7pm. No cover, dinner encouraged. Panama Hotel & Restaurant, 4 Bayview St., San Rafael. 457-3993. panamahotel.com.

08/26: Opens Mic with Simon Costa

9:30pm, sign up begins at 8pm. All ages. No 08/25: Danny Montana: 2013 Summer cover. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway, Fairfax. Music Series On Magnolia Terrace at S.R. Elks Club 1-5pm. $8, kids free. Magnolia Terrace 485-1182. sleepingladyfairfax.com. 08/27: Eldon Brown Band Jazz, blues. 7pm. at the San Rafael Elks Club, 1312 Mission Ave., San Rafael. 721-7661. No cover, dinner encouraged. Panama Hotel & 08/25: The Melodians Rocksteady, reggae. Restaurant, 4 Bayview St., San Rafael. 457-3993. 9pm. $5-10. 19 Broadway, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. panamahotel.com. 459-1091. 19broadway.com 08/27: Judy Hall Jazz Opens Mic 7pm. All 08/25: Moxie Music Songwriters Night ages. No cover. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway, Hosted by Brindl 9:30pm. Peri’s, 29 Broadway, Fairfax. 485-1182. sleepingladyfairfax.com. Fairfax. 459-1091. perisbar.com 08/27: Open Mic For 21 and older. 8:30pm. 08/25: Open Mic with Emma Lee 8:30pm. No cover. No Name Bar, 757 Bridgeway, SausalNo cover. 41 Wharf Road, Bolinas. 868-1311. ito. 474-2221. smileyssaloon.com 08/27: Open Mic at the Parkside 8pm. No 08/25: Pellejo Seco Salsa. Dance lesson from cover. 43 Arenal Ave., Stinson Beach. 868-1277. 5:30-6:30pm. 7pm. $10. Fenix, 919 Fourth St., San parksidecafe.com. Rafael. 813-5600. fenixlive.com/music. 08/28: Bakers Dozen 9pm. No cover. 19 08/25: The Sun Kings Beatles cover band. Broadway, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. 4pm. $15. Rancho Nicasio, 1 Rancheria Road, 19broadway.com Nicasio. 662-2219. dorecoller.com.

08/26: Open Mic with Austin DeLone 7:30pm. All ages. No cover. Sweetwater Music Hall , 19 Corte Madera, Mil Valley. 388-3850. swmh.com.

08/28: Hot Club of Marin: Concerts in the Plaza Final summer series concert. 6pm. Free.

Mill Valley Depot Plaza, Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. cityofmillvalley.org.

08/28: Greg Johnson and Glass Brick Boulevard Jazz, funk rock. 8pm. $12-15. Sweetwater, 19 Corte Madera Ave. , Mill Valley. 388-3850. swmh.com. 08/28: King and Ace Jazz. With Maddy King and Rick Meissner. 9pm. All ages. No cover. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway, Fairfax. 485-1182. sleepingladyfairfax.com.

08/28: Open Mic with Dennis Haneda 8pm. No cover. Hopmonk, 224 Vintage Way, Novato. 892-6200. hopmonk.com/novato.

08/28: Rob Barraco and Jeff Mattson of Dark Star Orchestra 8:30pm. No cover. Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Way, San Rafael. 524-2773. terrapincrossroads.net. 08/28: Roadhead 9:30pm. No cover. Peri’s, 29 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. perisbar.com 08/28: Rusty Evans and Ring of Fire Johnny Cash tribute. 8pm. No cover. Iron Springs Pub, 765 Center Blvd, Fairfax. 485-1005. ironspringspub.com 08/29: David M’ore High energy blues rock. 8pm. $10. Fenix, 919 Fourth St., San Rafael. 813-5600. fenixlive.com/music.

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08/23: J. Maarten Troost “Headhunters on My Doorstep.� 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com. 08/25: Robert Bessler In “Expansion Mastery� the author offers readers his road map for an engaging life full of purpose and presence. 4pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com. 08/26: Joyce Maynard The New York Times bestselling author of “Labor Day� and “The Good Daughters� returns with “After Her.� Noon. $55 (includes signed copy of the book and lunch). Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com. 08/28: Mark Epstein “The Trauma of Everyday Life.� 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com. 08/29: Fran Moreland Johns Illuminating the dramatic, ongoing struggle for women’s reproductive rights in the U.S., “Perilous Times� focuses on women’s personal experiences of back alley abortions before Roe v. Wade. 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com. 08/30: Grotto Summer Reading Fast paced and irreverent evening showcasing new work from the students of the S.F. Writer’s Grotto. 6pm. Free. Book Passage, 1 Ferry Building, S.F. 835-1020. bookpassage.com.

Through 09/30: ‘Finding Meaning in the Mess’ Exhibition Judith Selby Lang and Richard Lang, ocean debris turned in to sculptural art. 9am. Free. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 332-3871. spn.usace. army.mil/Missions/Recreation/BayModel VisitorCenter.aspx.

Kids Events 08/23: End of Summer Bash 4-7:30pm. Bay Area Discovery Museum, 557 McReynolds, Sausalito. 339-3900. badm.org.

08/25: Zigaboo Modeliste : Funkify Your Kids Joseph “Zigaboo� Modeliste is an innovative percussionist and New Orleans legend. 3pm. $9-14. Sweetwater, 19 Corte Madera Ave. , Mill Valley. 388-3850. swmh.com.

08/25: Sunday Special: The Harmonica Pocket Music and dance for families with hula hoops, story songs and a suitcase full of props. 11am. Free. Main Reading Room, Mill Valley Public Library, 375 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 389-4292 ext. 4741. millvalleylibrary.org.

Film 08/28: Mountainfilm Series “El Capitan.� 7:30 pm. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 383-9600. throckmortontheatre.org.

Outdoors 08/24: Creekside Restoration with Save the Bay Learn about the history of S.F. Bay and Creekside Marsh from Marin County Parks and Save The Bay staff and be a part of a collaborative effort to enrich important habitat areas at Hal Brown Park at Creekside. Volunteers of all ages and abilities are encouraged to attend. Preregistration is required. 9am. Free. Hal Brown Park at Creekside, Bon Air Road, Greenbrae. 473-3778. savesfbay.org.

Community Events (Misc.) 08/23: History of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Join Ranger Bill to learn about the goals and objectives of the USACE. 2pm. Free. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 332-3871. spn.usace.army.mil/Missions/ Recreation/BayModelVisitorCenter.aspx. 08/23: The Five Gates of Grief Francis Weller, psychotherapist and auther of “Entering the Healing Ground� will offer an evening talk on the ways which grief touches our lives. 7pm. Free. Open Secret Bookstore, 923 C St., San Rafael. 457-4191. opensecretbookstore.com.

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08/25: Festival 2013 Independencia Salvadorena Festival honors the traditional Salvadorian Independence Day. El Salvadorian bands Aniceto Molina, Los Hermanos Flores, El Zoruyo y Su Sonora, Las Bellas Indomables and Fuego Latino will perform. Festival will include food and beverage concessions as well as cultural arts and crafts exhibitors and sponsor displays. 10am. $23-30, under 10 free. Fairgrounds, 10 Ave. of the Flags, San Rafael. marincenter.org.

08/25: X-Box St. Fighter Double Elimination Tournament Tournament is free to enter and is BYOS (Bring You Own Stick). Prizes. Registration will be open from noon-2pm. Food and drinks provided. RSVP strongly encouraged. 2pm. Free. Microsoft Store at The Village, 1640 Redwood Highway, Corte Madera. 413 -9970.

08/27: SF Bay American Cetacean Society Presents Teri Shore Program director of the Turtle Island Restoration Network dicusses the remote region of Northwest Australia’s Kimberly Coast and the rare snubnose dolphins, turtles and other marine life the reside there. 7pm. Free. Saylor’s Restaurant and Bar, 2009 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 937-0641. acs-sfbay.org.

08/29: Ask a Rabbi and Honey Tasting/ Sale Featuring a who’s who of local rabbis, anyone can stop by for free to pose a question about the upcoming Jewish New Year or whatever else is on their mind. This is a rare chance to speak with Jewish clergy without an appointment or any pretenses. Marshall’s Farm will also be sampling and selling their local, organic honey in the lobby. 8am. Free. Osher Marin JCC, 200 N San Pedro Road, San Rafael. 444-8080. marinjcc.org/honey.

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County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on AUGUST 6, 2013. (Publication Dates: AUGUST 16, 23, 30; SEPTEMBER 6, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 132671 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as MARIN CLEANING SERVICES: 3330 KERNER BLVD, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: NORMA AGUIRRE, 3330 KERNER BLVD, 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 JULY 19, 2013. (Publication Dates: AUGUST 16, 23, 30; SEPTEMBER 6, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 132806 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as NGUYEN'S RECYCLING: 9 CHARLOTTE DR. #1, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: HAI THANH NGUYEN & PHA THIKIM NGUYEN, 9 CHARLOTTE DR. #1, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by A MARRIED COUPLE. 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 AUG 8, 2013. (Publication Dates: AUGUST 16, 23, 30; SEPTEMBER 6, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 132606 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as SHAMSAPOUR CONSULTING GROUP: 151 PROFESSIONAL CENTER PARKWAY, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: HAMID SHAMSAPOUR & NEJLA SHAMSAPOUR, 151 PROFESSIONAL CENTER PARKWAY, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. This business is being conducted by A MARRIED COUPLE. 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 JULY 12, 2013. (Publication Dates: AUGUST 16, 23, 30; SEPTEMBER 6, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2013132817 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as THE TREE OF LIFE ACUPUNCTURE: 712 D STREET, SUITE K, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: MELISSA R BERG, 712 D STREET, SUITE K, 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 AUG 9, 2013. (Publication Dates: AUGUST 16, 23, 30; SEPTEMBER 6, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 132729 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as MILI: 77 THROCKMORTON AVE., MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: MADJISTAR, INC., 748 EUCALYPTUS AVE, NOVATO, CA 94947. This business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant began transact-

ing business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on APRIL 1, 2005. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on JULY 29, 2013. (Publication Dates: AUGUST 16, 23, 30; SEPTEMBER 6, 2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2013132835 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as MICRO MANAGEMENT, 590 REDWOOD HIGHWAY FRONTAGE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: ARONNA REED XODA STUDIOS LLC, 175 MARGUERITE AVE., Mill Valley, CA 94941. 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 ClerkRecorder of Marin County on AUGUST 13, 2013. (Publication Dates: AUGUST 23, 30; SEPTEMBER 6, 13; 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 132813 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as BAY AREA YOUTH CENTERS, 22245 MAIN ST., SUITE 200, HAYWARD, CA 94541: SUNNY HILLS SERVICES, 300 SUNNY HILLS DR., SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960. 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 ClerkRecorder of Marin County on AUGUST 9, 2013. (Publication Dates: AUGUST 23, 30; SEPTEMBER 6, 13; 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 132826 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as COMPLETE HOMECARE, 46 CORTE ENCANTO, GREENBRAE, CA 94904: AMERICA NOEMI FERREIRA, 46 CORTE ENCANTO, 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 ClerkRecorder of Marin County on AUGUST 12, 2013. (Publication Dates: AUGUST 23, 30; SEPTEMBER 6, 13; 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 132792 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as SAN FRANCISCO SWING COAT, 55 ISSAQUAH DOCK, SAUSALITO, CA 94965: JARL FORSMAN, 55 ISSAQUAH DOCK, SAUSALITO, CA 94965. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on JULY 23, 2013. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on AUGUST 7, 2013. (Publication Dates: AUGUST 23, 30; SEPTEMBER 6, 13; 2013)

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may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of PHILLIP D. GREEN, PHILLIP GREEN, PHIL GREEN. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: CHRISTINE GREEN in the Superior Court of California, County of MARIN. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that CHRISTINE GREEN be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: SEPTEMBER 3, 2013 at 8:30AM. in Dept: H, Room: H, of the Superior Court of California, Marin County, located at Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of the notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for petitioner: PETER J. BASSING, 100 SMITH RANCH ROAD SUITE 122, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903-1979. (415) 258-9987. (Publication Dates: AUGUST 2, 9, 16, 23, 2013) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No. CIV 1303177. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner EMIKO CONRAD filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: EMIKO CONRAD to EMIKO FURUSHO. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: SEPTEMBER 16, 2013 9:00 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: JULY 29 2013 /s/ PAUL M. HAAKENSON, JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT. (Publication Dates: AUGUST 2, 9, 16, 23, 2013) PCL Civil Constructors, Inc. Requests Subcontractors/Supplier Scope of Work by: Wednesday, September 4, 2013 Project: Sonoma-Marin Area Rapid Transit District (SMART CP-4); Bid Due: September 16, 2013 Lead Estimator: Eric VanHemert

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CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No. CIV 1303209. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner KATHRYN VICTORIA REISINGER filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: OLIVIA VICTORIA REISINGER NICCUM to OLIVIA VICTORIA REISINGER-NICCUM . 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: OCTOBER 2, 2013 9:00 AM, Dept. L, Room L, 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: JULY 31, 2013 /s/ LYNN DURYEE, JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT. (Publication Dates: AUGUST 9, 16, 23, 30, 2013)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No. CIV 1303099. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner CASSANDRA MARIE BRADLEY filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: SAMANTHA ALICE HUTTON to SAMANTHA BRADLEY. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: SEPTEMBER 23, 2013 8:30 AM, Dept. B, Room B, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin: PACIFIC SUN. Date: JULY 29 2013 /s/ ROY O. CHERNUS, JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT. (Publication Dates: AUGUST 9, 16, 23, 30, 2013)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No. CIV 1303444. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner AMAYEA RAE filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: AMAYEA RAE to AMAEYA RAE. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: SEPTEMBER 23, 2013 8:30 AM, Dept. B, Room B, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin: PACIFIC SUN. Date: AUGUST 19 2013 /s/ ROY CHERNUS, JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT. (Publication Dates: AUGUST 23, 30; SEPTEMBER 6, 13, 2013)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No. CIV 1303187. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner MEGGIN LASATER; EDWARD DICKEY filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: CLAIRE FRANCES DICKEY to CLAIRE FRANCES LASATER. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: SEPTEMBER 9, 2013 9:00 AM, Dept. L, Room L, 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: JULY 29, 2013 /s/ LYNN DURYEE, JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT. (Publication Dates: AUGUST 9, 16, 23, 30, 2013) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF

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For two summers, I’ve traveled to work on a small organic farm. There, this woman and I had this amazing romance, including lovemaking during summer thunderstorms and dancing naked in the fields! It was all very romantic, and this spring, I moved across the country to live with her. I soon discovered that she was infatuated with a man living several hours away. She even pointed out ways she wanted me to be more like him. After a heartbreaking month feeling worthless, foolish and ignored, I left. In retrospect, she showed signs of her self-centeredness on the farm (such as compulsively talking about herself) and a habit of dropping friends instead of working out conflicts. Somehow, I still long for her, and I can’t bring myself to unpack my things because they remind me of the love we shared. —Stuck

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The opportunity to dance naked in the fields with some hot hippie chick does explain some of the allure of your “hay-cation.” Still, my ancestors clawed their way out of some peasant existence in Eastern Europe not that long ago, so if I’m going to pick lettuce, it’ll be from a menu handed to me by a guy who also asks whether Madame would like more wine. How could you not see that you were just another crop to be rotated? Well, because you allowed yourself to fall prey to “confirmation bias,” our tendency to seek out information that confirms what we want to believe and to shut out information that says, “Come on...really?” When we make up our minds about something—especially something that shines up our self-image—we tend to make them up like beds with the sheets glued to the mattress. Understanding this tendency is the best way to root out the ugly truth, the one suggesting that the summer romance is just a summer romance, since trying to squeeze love (or a scrap of empathy) out of a narcissistic person is about as productive as trying to squeeze orange juice out of a desk lamp. Sure, in the moment, it’s more fun to believe “She loves me, she really loves me!” but forcing yourself to take a few skeptical walks through the less than ideal bits about a woman can help you avoid spending a long winter weepily harvesting everything in sight at another farm—Pepperidge Farm. To begin giving yourself a much-needed hippie-chick-ectomy, unpack your things. As long as they’re together in your suitcase, they’re about her, but a lone shirt back on your shelf is just a shirt. And because research shows that trying to suppress thoughts makes the little buggers come back with a vengeance, use a surprisingly simple trick discovered by psychologists Jens Forster and Nira Liberman: In trying to stop revisiting a thought, admit that doing this is hard, which actually makes the unwanted thought far less likely to bubble up. You should also change the story you’re telling yourself. You weren’t loved by her; you were fooled by her. She might have run naked through the kale, shouting, “Shall I compare thee to a locally sourced summer’s day?” but a woman who loves you doesn’t let you move across the country so she can spend a month comparing you unfavorably with Chad from the food co-op, with his windpowered toilets and biodegradable sports car.

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My girlfriend and I broke up, and I want to move on, but she keeps trying to talk to me. I finally told her that we cannot talk anymore. She said that if I’m unwilling to talk to her, it means that we never had a relationship at all. I feel bad that she’s hurting, so I pick up the phone sometimes, but I have nothing to say, and I’m weary of the drama. —Finished

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There comes a time in a man’s life when he’s so desperate to be abducted by aliens that he goes to Roswell and tries hitchhiking: “Yer galaxy or bust!” But don’t stick your ex with all the blame. After all, nothing says “I never want to speak to you again” like picking up the phone to have yet another conversation about it. Talking probably seems kind, but giving her what she wants in the short term is cruel in the long term because it gives her hope—and reason to call back. Answer one last call. Tell her only that you will no longer be answering her calls and that you need to move on. If, somehow, she sneakily gets through, gently reiterate that message and immediately hang up. Sure, it’s a stock plot of chick flicks, a girl annoying a guy into loving her. Unfortunately, if this were a movie, it would be the sort shot by your doctor using a tiny snaking camera, with your girlfriend typecast as the polyp. <

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