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you your coffee, the teacher instructing your children, the woman waiting your tables—60 percent of the people working in Marin are commuting in from somewhere else. That’s because those jobs pay too little to afford Marin housing. Our traffic problems are not caused by too much housing development.

We’ve had very little of that over the last three decades. But there has been a proliferation of job creation, including a string of shopping centers along 101 creating thousands of low-paying jobs. This is why we are choking on traffic.

Wendi Kallins, Forest Knolls

Clearly a commuter from outside the county ... after all, he’s driving a compact.

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Letter writer Mike Arnold needs to get his stats straight [“Why is the ‘Sun’ Ignoring 14-year-old Commute Statistics?!,” May 23, in which Arnold took the Sun’s Peter Seidman to task for reporting that 60 percent of people working in Marin reside outside the county; Arnold cited a stat saying only 38 percent reside outside the county.] Arnold is confusing people who live and work in Marin with people who only work in Marin. It’s true that most working-age people who live in Marin also work here, with almost 10 percent working from home. And that’s great. If that were the whole story we wouldn’t have much of a traffic problem. But that is measuring where people live in relation to where they work.

The statistic sited in Seidman’s story, “No Vacancy,” is talking about where people work in relation to where they live and comes from the U.S. Census Bureau, Local Employment Dynamics, OnTheMap Origin-Destination Database, 2008. Most people who work in Marin do not live here. The person serving

There once was a Plan Bay Area from Nantucket ...

The question gives rise to disunity and extremists sound off with impunity: Should Marin shut its door To all those who are poor?

Are we one Golden Gated community?

Ralph Mean, Novato

Supes put our bedroom activities on the consent calendar ...

The Board of Supes has as much right to tell me what to drink [Supes to Pause, Refresh Anti-Soda Campaign,” May 23] as they do to tell me what to do in the bedroom. Mayor Bloomberg’s efforts in NYC have done worse than fail there. The very expensive anti-soda campaign done there actually increased sugar consumption. Hey BoS: MOVE ON! Stop wasting the taxpayers’ money on social engineering doomed to fail. How about balancing the budget, lower taxes, improve transportation, promote growth, protect the environment ... Those ARE in your job description.

Ken Bacon, Novato

Yeah, right ... like humans can affect the climate!

Blaming Tule for land damage is cow pucky!

The anthropocentric and misguided viewpoint contributed by Brahna Stone [“Are You Being Cervidae?” May 31] of Sausalito cannot go undisputed.

To propose that the native Tule elk should be relocated from the pastoral zone because it was “intended” for cattle grazing is selfserving myopic thinking of the worst kind.

Intended by whom? Clearly the elk were here long before the cows. Who has taken over the organic grazing fields and clean water? Not the elk. Cattle grazing is the most widespread environmentally degrading practice there is. It causes native plant destruction (don’t even get me started on this one), severe erosion, water and soil contamination, and is our largest source of methane gas. The negative impact of cattle on local ecosystems is unparalleled.

The elk cause none of this damage and are true members of the Point Reyes ecosystem.

Her suggestion that the elk should be moved to a fenced-in public viewing area is appalling. This is our National Seashore—not an amusement park!

I am troubled by the disingenuous nature of her letter. She makes the cattle ranchers out to be the environmentalist land stewards and the elk as the destructive interlopers. Au contraire!

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Some of the ongoing debate in your letters section has finally inspired me to write as well: For What It’s Worth: Paranoia Strikes Deep “I call it the paranoid style simply because no other word adequately evokes the qualities of heated exaggeration, suspiciousness, and conspiratorial fantasy that I have in mind ... It is the use of paranoid modes of expression by more or less normal people that makes the phenomenon significant.”—The Paranoid Style in American Politics, Richard Hofstadter, 1964 Stop—Hey, what’s that sound? Everybody look what’s going down: “Climate change” is a scam: It’s all a bunch of self-proclaimed environmentalists and socalled scientists, thousands of them in dozens of national academies of science, colluding in a vast conspiracy to keep the cash flowing.

9/11 was an inside job: The only thing the Bush cabal ever pulled off well, in fact. In even bigger fact, it didn’t even happen. Just like that “moon landing” sham back in ‘69.

They’re coming for my guns. I just know it: “Registering” guns and “background checks” and safety features are all just the start of the mass confiscation and police state. So I need an assault weapon thingee, as I’m sure I can hold them off.

Vaccines cause autism: And ... cancer. And all sorts of autoimmune diseases, whatever those are. And other bad stuff. Not only that, those shots are a communist/capitalist plot to control us and keep the cash flowing.

Pot isn’t legal: Because the pharmaceutical industry is so afraid that, since pot cures everything, it would put them out of business.

Abortion causes breast cancer: And kills babies too. And contraception is bad too.

AIDS was invented: by government scientists to kill people they don’t like. Then it got away from them. But they don’t really mind so much as they have been making money from it ever since.

Fluoridation of water causes cancer, melts bones, and is just a way for chemical companies to make tons of money, besides being a communist government plot.

“Evolution” is just a theory: And there are people who believe in “intelligent design,” too, so there’s no reason not to give both equal time in education.

Tobacco smoke in the air isn’t bad for you: It’s just a bunch of nannies trying to control us.

But those harmless “e-cigs” are pretty neat.

Chemtrails: They are spraying stuff all over the skies to poison us all (including themselves). I mean, just look up.

JFK, RFK, and MLK: were all killed by the CIA. And Bob Marley, too.

Population control: is all a First World plot to decimate the Third World.

“Illegals” take our jobs: Not that we want any of those jobs or to pay “legals” enough to do them or to pay what food and other products would cost without those workers, but still.

Obamacare is a government takeover of medicine: It’s worse than ... Medicare.

Hemp will save the planet: but is kept illegal because of all the profitable products it would replace.

The NSA is spying on my calls and computer: Not that anything I have ever said or wrote or thought is a threat to anybody in power or of real interest to anybody but myself or maybe some companies hoping to sell me stuff, but the government is after me.

Hillary killed that guy.

Obama is still from Kenya.

Go ahead, prove me wrong. Like me, you’ve got nothing better to do. Right?

Beam me down.

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Put more care into foster care, says Grand Jury Marin needs to foster a better aptitude for providing foster care—that’s what a Marin County Civil Grand Jury said this week in a report calling for more funds to attract willing foster families.

The report, “Shining a Light on Foster Care,” found that the County Department of Health and Human Services wasn’t allocating sufficient funds to cover the costs of fostering needy children with such a high cost of living in Marin. It also called for greater communication between social workers and foster parents, in addition to more therapy opportunities for the children.

“Foster children look like other children,” begins the report. “There is however one important difference. Foster children are three to six times more likely to carry the emotional scars of abuse and neglect.”

State statistics show, according to the grand jury report, that 35 to 85 percent of kids in foster care have developmental, emotional or behavioral problems—much of it caused by parents suffering from addiction, domestic violence or mental health problems.

In California, the responsibility for rendering foster care is left to the counties, with some state oversight—but it’s down to the local jurisdictions to conduct case investigations and supervise out-of-home placements.

In researching the report, grand jury members interviewed foster parents, management at the Department of Health and Human Services, an official from the Marin Juvenile Court and social workers from Children and Family Services.

Among the criticisms levied by Marin foster parents was a general consensus that social workers weren’t responsive enough to their needs. Comments from foster parents include: “[Social workers] are notorious for not returning calls”; foster parents “sit by the phone for days waiting for a response that may not come”; and “questions go unanswered 60 percent of the time.”

While applauding the foster parents for their dedication and care, the grand jury noted that Marin’s shortage of foster parents too often brings kids into care outside the county—forcing them to leave school, friends and other vital emotional support groups.

As of February 2014, Marin had 91 children in foster care.

One of the primary challenges, according to the grand jury, is in recruitment. Children and Family Services’ current annual budget for recruiting foster families is $5,000—which is mostly used to post fliers around the county and place notices in newspapers. The report concludes that most people in Marin are largely unaware of the need for additional foster homes.

Another roadblock is the monthly fostering stipend—which ranges from $657 for kids under 4 to $820 for older teenagers. Foster parents told the grand jury that extracurricular activities alone can eat up much of that money—and that working foster parents spend more than that per month in child care.

In its conclusion, the report states, “The Grand Jury understands that foster children are vulnerable and often overlooked. It is therefore crucial to expand community awareness so that Marin citizens and county government can work together to meet their needs.”—Jason Walsh

What are the plans for Marin’s aging population?

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M

ay was Older Americans Month. Most people in Marin gave it little attention, just as they have been hesitant to grasp the demographic shift that’s changing the face of the county.

Whistlestop Wheels, based in San Rafael, is trying to change that lack of attention. The organization embarked on a three-month awareness campaign aimed at increasing donors and reaching the public with information about the challenges of aging—for individuals and for communities.

Every year, requests for services at Whistlestop increases, according to Joe O’Hehir, CEO of Whistlestop. Most people know about the meal delivery program that’s one of Whistlestop’s signatures. They also may recognize the Whistlestop shuttles that provide transportation for older residents. But while those are the most visible programs at the organization, not so many people know about its other supportive services, including the Whistlestop Active Aging Center. Other programs are aimed at helping seniors deal with health issues, providing financial services and acting as an information repository for myriad issues that elderly residents face.

Whistlestop is seeing an 8 to10 percent increase in requests for services, O’Hehir says.

Providing those services takes funds, and the organization needs to increase its donor roster to meet the needs of its clients. Whistlestop runs on an annual budget of about $6.8 million. “We get about 10 percent of our annual revenue from private donations,” O’Hehir says.

“It would be nice to increase that percentage.”

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The donor drive is looking for Baby Boomers, who themselves are entering the cohort of the elderly, to become new donors. The hope is that through an outreach campaign to increase donors, Whistlestop also can spread information about the effects the county’s aging population will have on Marin—and how residents can meet the challenges of providing essential services to a growing segment of the population.

It’s a topic that, while not exactly swept under the rug, sometimes receives a cursory mention, given the importance an aging population will have on the look of the county’s demographics. The challenges those changing demographics bring will touch virtually every segment of Marin—from transportation to housing to the retail marketplace and the employment scene.

A tsunami of demographics makes it increasingly imperative to consider aging as part of a comprehensive planning process.

The urgency to begin that effort hasn’t matched the enormity of the demographic shift, say experts in aging who are alerting citizens about the critical need for increased housing options for the elderly. The experts also are sounding a warning that not enough caregivers are in the pipeline to provide services residents will need as they age. The number of increased requests for services at Whistlestop is a portent of things to come.

Every four years, area agencies on aging must submit plans that delineate the challenges relating to an aging population. The 9

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Colored placards proposed for local restaurants to inform on safety practices Traffic lights in Marin might get some company in the signal department. The colors green, red and yellow that prompt us to go, stop and proceed with caution on the road are now being implemented in the restaurant business in the form of publicly displayed placards that aim to inform Marinites about good and bad food safety practices.

The county is working toward introducing the “Go For Green” placard system as a way of letting consumers know how a restaurant has scored on recent food inspections. The placards, posted near a food facility entrance, would be green for “pass,” yellow for “conditional pass” and red for “closed.”

“With a glance at the placard, the public will be able to determine whether it’s clean and safe to dine in,” said Rebecca Ng, deputy director of the county’s Environmental Health Services (EHS) Division. “The more interest the public shows in restaurant ratings, the more care the restaurants might show in producing a clean environment with safely prepared food.”

A key initiative in the EHS division’s 2014-16 performance plan to improve food handling practices and protect food safety and public safety in Marin, the Go For Green program is a response to the public’s increased desire for more information about health conditions at food facilities.

This week, EHS, overseen by the Marin County Community Development Agency (CDA), plans to request a first reading of the proposed ordinance at the Marin County Board of Supervisors meeting. If the board conducts the first reading, a merit reading would be held on Tuesday, June 17, and if approved, a trial period would begin in July.

Sacramento and Alameda counties have already implemented the placards, and Santa Clara County is also considering the system. If the program is approved in Marin, the green, red and yellow signals would begin appearing in restaurant windows in January of 2015.—Molly Oleson

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BONUS QUESTION: Who were the two most recent U.S. Presidents to die in office? When and how did they die?

Clarification: Many astute readers notified me that last week’s question asked you about the M*A*S*H TV series but featured photos from the movie: Yes, mixed message ... Hawkeye and Trapper were played by Donald Sutherland and Elliott Gould in the 1970 Robert Altman film, while Alan Alda & Wayne Rogers played the TV roles.

Howard Rachelson invites you to upcoming team trivia contests: at the Broken Drum in San Rafael on Wednesday, June 11, and on Tuesday, June 17, at the Sweetwater Music Hall & Cafe in Mill Valley, both at 6:30pm. Have a great question? Send it in and if we use it, we’ll give you credit. Email Howard at howard1@triviacafe.com or visit www.triviacafe.com.

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▼ The College of Marin’s new administration gets an F for execution in their attempt to collect $1.2 million in past due fees going back to 2008. Three months ago, an e-mail sans specifics was sent to alleged debtors. On Tuesday, a follow-up e-mail went out: Pay in two weeks or go to collection. A number and e-mail address were provided for questions. The call volume caused the phone system to crash and numerous calls went unanswered. A staffer dedicated to e-mail replies ended up in tears. From that point, a formal letter was e-mailed. Why were all of the collection e-mails sent at once with a woefully inadequate response systems in place? “It wasn’t my decision. There’s nothing I can say in defense,” said Diane Traversi, dean of enrollment services.— Nikki Silverstein

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▲ When an 81-year-old woman was accosted in broad daylight in the Canal district last week, a community took action. Multiple witnesses phoned 911 and stayed on the scene to identify the alleged offender. San Rafael police arrived quickly and arrested Jaimie Jean Quiej, 29, of San Rafael, on suspicion of robbery and elder abuse. The Marin County Court took the charges seriously and set a substantial bail of $75,000. We hope the response of the citizens, police and the courts send a message to anyone considering the elderly in Marin an easy mark.

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< 6 A whistle in the dark mandate exists nationwide. In Marin, the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Aging and Adult Services, is the agency in charge of planning and administering programs and services.

Unsurprisingly, the high cost of living in Marin is one of the biggest challenges for aging residents. That cost threatens many residents who desire to “age in place” rather than leave the county or enter assisted living situations—if they can afford that option. To gauge the financial health of older people, government agencies use something called the Elder Economic Security Index. It measures true costs for older adults to meet basic needs. The index gets adjusted in each county to reflect costs of housing, food and other variables.

According to a survey in the current Marin aging plan, “More than one in three of the respondents has experienced some kind of financial difficulty [in the last 12 months].

The most prevalent of these problems were affording the cost of food (20 percent of respondents) and fuel/transportation (17 percent of respondents).”

The report also notes that 36 percent of couples who owe mortgages live below the security index, which for Marin is $50,023 per year. Among single elderly residents who owe mortgages in Marin, 44 percent fall below the security index of $41,731 per year.

The security index for single renters is $27,832 for annual income singles and $36,124 for couples. According to the report, although it had no way to enumerate how many of the respondents were single renters and how many were couples, “86 percent of [all the renters surveyed] have incomes below the security index of $27,832 for single renters and 93 percent are below the $36,124 for couples. “This could be attributed to the fact that a high percentage of low-income older adults and residents in [federally subsidized] housing were reached in our surveying process.”

Whistlestop offers a concise checklist to describe who needs its services: Among Marin residents 65 years old and older, 11,000 residents live alone; 3,240 of those residents are women and many are widowed.

A startling 9,000 elderly residents don’t have enough income to meet even the necessities.

And the numbers—as well as the challenges to provide for that large segment of the Marin population—will increase in the next decades. According to a 2014-15 update for the Marin aging plan, the county “has seen a significant growth in the number of older adults in the last 10 years and the percentage of older adults in the county is projected to grow. In 2000, older adults made up 18 percent of the population (44,460), whereas in 2030, that number is expected to increase to 33 percent (83,490). Data projections from the U.S. Department of Finance indicate that in 2014 the number of persons over the age of 60 is 68,174 or 26.7 percent of Marin’s total population (254,873), with 12.4 percent (8,507) being minorities.”

Although the numbers can vary, depending on what timeframe is under the microscope and the specific population scrutinized, the underlying truth remains. As O’Hehir says, “Providing services for people in Marin over 60 is a growth market.”

A growing number of older Marin residents will need help maintaining singlefamily homes. And those older residents who decide to move out of their single-family dwellings will need suitable—affordable— smaller housing. The challenge of providing housing for a changing demographic could meet resistance from the surge of opposition to multiple-unit housing. That type of housing is optimal for many older adults. As O’Hehir says, one of the most important elements to maintaining a healthy environment for older residents relies on engagement and preventing isolation, which can have deleterious physical health consequences. A strategy called “aging in place” has become a metaphor for healthy aging, and multipleunit developments for older adults are beneficial. O’Hehir and other experts in the field of aging services say that a communitytype atmosphere in housing that’s close to transportation, shopping and other amenities is ideal.

Some progress has been made to provide affordable housing for aging residents.

Eden Housing and Homeward Bound have a development in Novato that provides affordable units for seniors. Eden also has the Fireside project in Mill Valley. And Eden is working with Whistlestop on a development in downtown San Rafael, right next to the future SMART rail station. That development will provide 48 one-bedroom apartments of about 600 square feet. They will rent, depending on final financial arrangements and subsidies, for about $600 to $1,000 a month.

The goal, according to O’Hehir, is to keep the units at 30 to 50 percent below market prices.

Whistlestop will submit plans to the city toward the end of June, O’Hehir says. If all goes well, the planning process should take about one year. By the time the organization secures financing and begins construction, it should take “toward 2017” before the housing, which will be single and double occupancy, will be available to renters,” O’Hehir says.

In addition to preparing the latest version of the area aging plan, the county is taking other actions to increase services to its older population, according to Lee Pullen, the senior manager of Aging and Adult Services and the director of the Area Agency on Aging for Marin. The county has embarked on a project called the Aging Action Initiative, designed to move on specifics as opposed to the more general prescriptions in the area plan.

“We talked to stakeholders and looked at the many reports out there,” Pullen says. After reasoning that no further studies are needed, the county decided action needs to begin on “the most pressing concerns that haven’t yet been addressed,” Pullen says.

“We saw what was rising to the top,” Pullen adds. Four areas became clear: mental health, nutrition, care coordination, “and

an area where we are very interested: the eligibility gap.” People in that gap cannot qualify for in-home services and other benefits. “They might have enough to make ends meet,” Pullen says, “but they don’t have enough to endure a hardship. We want to get a better profile of those individuals and see what we can do.” A steering committee has formed; it will begin work this summer.

The idea, Pullen says, is to take action in the short-term and then in the long-term have aging take a stronger role among a range of service providers to make a “collective impact.”

The ultimate goal, Pullen says, “is in the next three to five years to make aging as well known as the other issues in this county, such as education and the environment.”

That goal hits home with Madeline Kellner. In addition to serving on the Novato City Council, she’s executive director of the In-Home Supportive Services Public Authority of Marin. That agency provides background checks and trains care workers who provide service for low-income older adults. The agency also maintains a registry of care workers. “If a person has no family or friends, they can come to us, and we can find someone to help them,” Kellner says.

The problem is that, even with the relatively generous $12.10 an hour the Marin caregiver program pays, “it’s hard to find caregivers good at this work,” says Kellner.

That’s a disturbing proposition considering the rapidly aging Marin population and the almost certain increased need for caregivers in the county.

A big stumbling block to increasing the number of caregivers in the county is the high cost of housing, especially considering that $12.10 an hour. Many of the people who provide service now come from the East Bay. It’s near impossible for them to live in the county where they provide an essential service for their elderly clientele.

The situation is exacerbated by a stark economic fact: Many children of the aging parents cannot afford to live in the county, where they otherwise would be available to help care for their parents. That puts even greater importance on creating a positive climate for out-of-family caregivers. But with the low wages and the high cost of living and relatively sparse transportation options, attracting caregivers to the county presents big challenges.

Kellner says that things like providing training to new caregivers and other support for their work could help attract more people to enter the field who might work in Marin.

She’s thinking about holding a community forum to bring the issues out front, to find what she calls “an overall systems approach” to bring the issues into focus in a kind of parallel effort to that which Pullen refers.

It’s a needed effort, say O’Hehir, Pullen and Kellner. “When I talk with people, I say that we are getting older,” Kellner says. “Who is going to take care of us? You want to stay in your home, you will need help to make that happen, to age in place.” Y Contact the writer at peter@pseidman.com

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his past fall, after 40 years of being closed, Bootjack Campground on Mt. Tam reopened to the public. Martha Stafford, a longtime Mill Valley resident, was one of the first people to take advantage of the newly opened campsites. But, she won’t be going back soon.

On her second night there, Stafford and one other camper—a woman visiting from North Carolina—found themselves stranded as a mountain lion prowled and cried outside their tents all through the night. According to Stafford, a call to 911 was redirected to the Marin Humane Society, where the dispatcher on duty told them it was likely not a mountain lion and that they should simply yell to scare it off. The phone died and no one came to help them. “They left us in a lurch,” she said.

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been,” Stafford said. Around the picnic tables the president of the Felidae Conservation and in front of her tent, she said, she found Fund, which runs the Puma Project, said that lion pawprints the next day. “In the morning, they’re just beginning to study the data from we were really ecstatic to be alive.” the last four years. Their best early estimates While her experience is dramatic, it is not suggest that there are probably two or three necessarily that unique. mountain lions on Mt. Tam, which venture as According to Andrew Hughan, from the far south as Muir Woods, and another couple California Department of Fish and Wildlife, lions around Pt. Reyes and to the north. Napa there are about 6,000 mountain lions in the and Sonoma counties tend to see more activistate of California—though there is no exact ty because there’s better habitat for the pumas. count. The department has also And there are 50-70 mountain lions verified 14 mountain lion attacks in the Santa Cruz Mountains, all the since 1986, three of which were way up to Pacifica. by fatal. There have been no verified It’s nearly impossible, however, Kelly attacks in Marin’s recorded histo know the exact number of O ’M a r a tory. sightings or interactions between The Bay Area Puma Project humans and all those mountain (BAPP), a research, education and lions. “There’d be no way to keep conservation program for pumas track of that,” Hughan said. in and around the Bay Area, has installed Nationally, though, it appears that interac120 remote-controlled cameras in the region tions between people and all kinds of wildlife to study mountain lions, because—despite are on the rise as human development plenty of recent stories—they’re actually encroaches on wilderness and animal terrirare for humans to see and harder to study. tory. In Southern California, where Hughan (Mountain lions are also commonly referred worked recently, the urban expansion has to as pumas or cougars.) Zara McDonald, lately been particularly problematic. But, even

in Northern California, where we haven’t pushed our subdivisions as far into preserved open space, greater numbers of people are hiking, camping and backpacking in areas that once solely belonged to the beasts.

“There’s definitely greater numbers of us recreating on what was their territory,” McDonald said.

There’s also been work to create passages for mountain lions and other animals across busy highways, which often cut through their habitat. According to McDonald, about 60 large cats every year are hit by cars.

Now that you’ve heard Stafford’s story and are thinking about mountain lions, it turns out that you’re more likely to report seeing one the next time you hit the trails.

Three weeks ago, a young male mountain lion wandered into Mountain View and got trapped in a parking garage before being tranquilized and returned to the wild. The news played on all the local TV channels and ran in nearly all the regional papers. And, in the wake of all that press, the number of reported mountain lion sightings in the Bay Area skyrocketed.

Aside from humans, mountain lions have the largest range of any mammal in the Western Hemisphere—they can be found from Canada to Argentina.

“Since the incident in Mountain View, sightings all over the Bay Area have gone up just because of that,” McDonald said.

“It’s not necessarily more animals, but it’s much more reporting,” Hughan said. The advent of social media adds to the frenzy, since one person can now tweet or post a single picture and it becomes a news story, he said.

The additional problem is that it’s very, very hard to verify if all of those reported sightings really are mountain lions. Chances are they’re probably not.

“Eighty-five to 90 percent of sightings are not mountain lions,” McDonald said. Instead, they’re often bobcats, large dogs, or even house cats that are mistaken for lions.

“How many of those are actually legitimate sightings, it’s hard to tell,” said Tom Frazier, a ranger at Mt. Tam State Park. Frazier said that the park gets an average of three to four sightings reported each year and plenty more people who see mountain lions without reporting it to the rangers. In his 12 years working there, though, he’s never seen a mountain lion and he said it doesn’t appear that there’s been a rise in sightings in Marin recently.

But those who see mountain lions up close say there’s nothing they could be mistaken for.

Gordon Wright, a Fairfax resident, was running home over the Terra Linda-Sleepy Hollow Trail around 1am back in 2003 when he came face-toface with a mountain lion.

“Even though you shouldn’t be, I was running at night,” Wright said. An avid adventure racer, Wright is used to running with his dog, whose eyes show up red in the headlamp light. Deers’ eyes, on the other hand, are green in the light. In the beam of his light, Wright saw what he thought was a baby deer close to the ground. It wasn’t.

By the time he was less than 10 yards away from the “baby deer,” he realized it was actually a mountain lion. “I did what you’re supposed to do,” he says—yelled, waved his arms around and didn’t turn his back. But the mountain lion pawed the ground and looked to be preparing to pounce. “I just went Braveheart on it,” Wright said, and finally the lion turned around and ran away.

“Until you’ve seen a lion in the wild, you don’t get it at all,” Wright said. “There’s absolutely no mistaking a lion for anything else.”

Stafford agrees. She actually saw her first mountain lion back in 2008 while hiking on Old Stage Road on Mt. Tam. “He was staring at me,” from 30 feet away she said. “It was absolutely a mountain lion.”

Even though she yelled and waved her arms over her head and made eye contact, the lion kept going off the trail and coming back out closer to her. The third time he disappeared; she carefully bent over to pick up some rocks and threw them the next time the lion appeared on the trail. “He walked away then,” she said.

After that incident, she listened to recordings of mountain lions online and researched about them. That’s why she’s sure that what she heard crying on the night of Sept. 15, 2013, outside her tent was definitely a mountain lion.

The first night she was camping at Bootjack, “everyone woke to the sounds of some animal screaming and being carried away” by a mountain lion, Stafford said.

Understandably, most people cleared out of the campsite that morning. But Stafford and the one other woman stayed. The next night was when the mountain lion came back and prowled, crying, outside her tent for hours.

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“Mountain lions absolutely 100 percent avoid areas where there’s high human activity, even at high cost to them,” she said. The cameras have shown that mountain lions will at times leave a kill if they hear or see a human nearby, and will go extended distances to avoid areas where there are people. Even in areas that are protected, if there are any humans, it negatively impacts lion movement and activity.

When you do see a mountain lion, it is often a young male searching for his own territory, McDonald said. Lions have to stay with their mother for the first two years in order to learn how to hunt and survive. They then go out on their own and try to find their own territories. Males, especially, don’t like to share space. It is those young males, freshly on their own and away from their mothers, who often end up wandering into urban areas or happening upon people.

During fawn season, when there’s a lot of baby deer, mountain lion activity also shifts some, so that the mothers can teach the young how to hunt.

If a sighting is verified or if the animal

presents a danger to people, it is reported to the Department of Fish and Wildlife. If it’s an immediate danger, then rangers or local police or animal control can deal with the animal. But it’s preferred that the department tranquilizes the mountain lion, which can still cause problems both for the lion and the rangers working the case.

State law also requires that if a lion is damaging property or livestock—common north of here—and that can be verified, then a depredation permit must be issued to the individual, Hughan said. Last year, 148 permits were issued and 62 lions were killed via those permits.

To keep mountain lions wild, Hughan said, it’s important that people don’t leave anything outside to attract wildlife—even pet food. You should also keep your small animals inside at night, especially if you live near open space.

If you do see a mountain lion, you should “look large,” Hughan said. Wave your arms, make noise, maintain eye contact, and throw whatever’s in your hands to try and scare it off. Do not run away, turn your back or appear to be prey. (This can be challenging, since you will want to run away. And you typically shouldn’t bend over to pick up rocks to throw, since that makes you appear smaller and easier to attack.) Always be aware when you’re out on trails or in open space, and avoid going by yourself, particularly at dusk. Small children and pets should

be kept close when hiking. If you do all those things, chances are you’ll be fine.

“Ninety-nine times out of 100, it’s going to run away,” Hughan said.

Of course, it’s still a wild animal and there’s no guarantee it’ll do what is promised. Just ask Stafford. If you are attacked, you should always fight back. This isn’t the time to play dead.

Just because you haven’t seen one doesn’t

mean one hasn’t seen you. Mountain lions were in California before we got here and they’re still here—living in the spaces that people aren’t.

“They coexist here. They’ve been here for years,” Frazier said. “There’s no immediate public safety threat.”Y

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reetings hortiholics! With the California drought in full throttle, I decided to ask UC Berkeley soil scientist, Stephen Andrews, (aka the Dirt Dude) how home gardeners can keep their prima donna plants from keeling over during the next heat spell and, at the same time, keep their water bill low.

Dirt Dude, I removed my front lawn about eight years ago and have never looked back. Explain why we are such lawn-bashers.

It’s no secret that 70 percent of residential water-use is for landscaping, and the biggest gulp of that is swallowed up by turf. I’ve been telling folks for years that the days of having a lush green escrow lawn in every front and backyard were numbered. Well folks, this is it.

The drought (which could last decades) is going to make your lawn a footnote in the annals of landscape history. If the price of watering doesn’t get ya, the water and landscape police will. No kidding! Lawns are soooo yesterday.

It’s time that all lawn-lovers face the facts and turn that turf into compost through sheet mulching, followed by a healthful replacement with droughttolerant California and Mediterranean species. Losing your lawn alone will reduce your water consumption by 50

percent or more. The water savings is so significant that many water districts and municipalities have generous rebate programs to help homeowners take the bite out of replacing turf.

A resource for losing your lawn is the Bay-Friendly Landscaping & Gardening Coalition website: bayfriendlycoalition. org/LYL.shtml (Check out the short video on sheet mulching.) Lastly, here is my prediction to you homeowners: I predict that within a decade, homes and businesses that continue to maintain a lawn will have a market value significantly less than similar properties where the lawn has been replaced with native plants.

My blood pressure rises when I see a lawn sprinkler watering the sidewalk!

You say we need to learn how to irrigate correctly. Deep instead of shallow.

Sprinklers, even the most efficient, waste water by putting it into the air instead of the ground. Duh! This isn’t rocket science—it’s soil science! Watering less frequently but more deeply will send plant roots down into the soil for their H2O fix. It will also keep our precious soil microbe friends hydrated to perform their vigorous work.

The days of irrigation controls with 15-minute cycles, seven days a week, are

over. Install a smart-controller and start putting moisture deeper into the soil profile where it will last (a lot) longer and benefit your garden more. If you need a comparison just think back to the days when a rotary phone was hanging in your kitchen and then reach into your pocket for that mobile masterpiece of communications technology today. You get the idea. Those outdated irrigation systems are no match for today’s irrigation controllers equipped with real-time Wi-Fi weather sensors.

Check with your local water district for a rebate program to upgrade your Antiques Roadshow controller with one that’s water-wise. (You can also find information at bayfriendlycoalition.org.)

Enough with the chemicals! You say, “NO fertilizing during a drought!”

A drought is not the time to be applying fertilizers (organic or synthetic). Fertilizers stimulate growth that requires the plant to seek additional moisture. If the additional moisture isn’t found, the plant becomes stressed and an opportunity for pests arises. More importantly perhaps is that fertilizer salts can burn plant roots (like salt in a wound), and worse still, cause soil aggregates to break down. Loss of soil aggregation = loss of porosity = compaction. This isn’t a pretty picture, so take my advice and don’t apply fertilizer under drought conditions.

Your mantra is “compost, compost, compost, mulch, mulch, mulch.” Explain.

The two best things that a homeowner can apply in the landscape to fend off the effects of drought are compost and mulch. Compost properly applied in a 2-inch layer topped with 3-4 inches of mulch (wood, pine needles, straw, shredded newspaper) protects the soil surface for heat, helps to keep moisture in

the ground where it belongs and keeps unworthy weeds from sponging up the moisture your garden deserves. Failure to apply an adequate layer of mulch on top of compost will greatly diminish its water-holding capacity. Compost and mulch also keep our soil microbe friends busy and alive.

When choosing plants I always suggest home gardeners learn to love plants that are low-maintenance, not heavy drinkers, and ones that have a reputation for inviting beneficial insects. Any more tips?

When it comes to planting with wateruse in mind, think drought-tolerant and native species. Beyond looking for label identification of drought tolerance, plan to purchase your plant materials in the smallest container size possible. Ideally you want to buy plugs, but any size up to one gallon is acceptable.

Why small plants? They need less water, experience less transplant stress and consequently will send roots looking deeper and farther out for moisture.

Also be sure to space your plants far enough apart to accommodate growth over time. Plants that are spaced too closely tend to have limited root development and are prone to pests and disease.

I’ve let go of my rose obsession and have learned to love succulents! What are some of your favorite low-water plants locally?

I have all of these in my yard and they all perform very well.

Rockrose (Cistus), Coffeeberry (Rhamnus californica), Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis),Yarrow (Achillea), Sage (Salvia, several varieties), Oregano (Origanum).

And California Wild Grape (Vitus californica) makes a gorgeous, vigorous climber. Y

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haven’t really used Godzilla as a teaching tool in my biology class,” says teacher, author and freelance monster designer Nick Herold, “but I potentially could. There is much to learn from Godzilla. And I really like Godzilla.”

Herold, who teaches biology and environmental science at Dixon High School, in Dixon—when he’s not designing monsters for magazines like Pathfinder and his own Demiurge Press (www.paizo. com/companies/demiurgepress)—counts himself among those nerds and geeks who became fans of the giant reptile from the sea at an early age, and is always nervous whenever American filmmakers take a crack at resurrecting Godzilla for a new movie. He was, therefore, both eager and reluctant to see filmmaker Gareth Edwards’ latest incarnation, starring Bryan Cranston, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Elizabeth Olsen.

“For an American Godzilla movie, it was surprisingly good,” Herold says. “It felt like a piece of the overall Godzilla series, unlike the Matthew Broderick movie from 1998, which was, um, not very good.”

The new film, in which Godzilla— known to fans as a Kaiju, the Japanese word for “strange creature”—rises from the sea to battle a pair of amorous prehistoric insects called M.U.T.O.s (Massive Unidentified Terrestrial Organisms), has won critical and fan acclaim across the world, having earned nearly $400 million

and the promise of at least two sequels.

Somehow, the film strikes a balance between appealing to fans of the original Godzilla movies of the 1950s, and younger audiences who only know Godzilla by reputation.

“I think my favorite thing about this new movie was the M.U.T.O.s,” Herold admits. “They were interesting and unique in terms of their look and their behavior, so that was good. But what I really liked about them was, it’s not often you get to see sexual dimorphism portrayed in a way that actually makes sense in a giant monster movie.”

And isn’t that exactly what modern day monster movies need? Better accuracy in the portrayal of sexual dimorphism.

“There have been plenty of movies with insects,” Herold continues, “where the males were smaller than the females, but this one was amazing. There was some actual connection to real biology going on.

“I was also just happy to see an original Kaiju,” he continues, “because new Kaiju were few and far between in the Japanese Godzilla movies, and it’s always fun to see a brand new monster now and then.”

During the golden years of Godzilla movies, the Toho studio rarely unveiled a new monster, preferring to pit their leading reptile against the same few monster adversaries over and over.

“It was always King Ghidora or Mechagodzilla or Mothra,” Herold says. “I mean, I like those monsters—but I also

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like seeing things that are different, strange and weird. That’s why I watch monster movies to begin with. To see something cool that I’ve never seen before.”

And the M.U.T.O.s, with their insect attitude and epic desire to get it on and make a million M.U.T.O. babies, is one of the better things to hit the world of Kaiju since ... well, since last summer’s Pacific Rim, in which a merry band of giant sea monsters goes head-to-head with an angry army of enormous robots.

Of course, with modern ComputerGenerated Imagery (CGI) effects, there have been a few critics lamenting that such giant creatures, including the new Godzilla, just aren’t as believable as when they were created with animated models, puppets, or even a guy in a rubber Godzilla suit.

“A funny story about the making of that original suit,” Herold says. “In those first movies in the 50s, foam rubber wasn’t a thing yet. It hadn’t been invented, right?

The original suit was made out of rubberized sea sponges. They took a bunch of sea sponges, and they coated them in latex.

The designer of the suit said that one of the things he was going for when building Godzilla was to make him look like a nuclear burn victim. He was trying to replicate the burn scars that would form on the skin of people who’d been in an atomic incident.”

Gee, Godzilla isn’t so much fun when you think of him as a wounded burn victim from a nuclear war. But according to Herold, the original Godzilla movies weren’t meant to be fun.

“The original Gojira (“Godzilla” in Japanese) is a hell of a movie,” he says.

“A serious horror film with strong social commentary. It does not have a lot to do with the Godzilla movies of the modern day, including this new one. The original was a movie about the horrors of nuclear war, made by the only people who’d ever suffered first-hand the horrors of nuclear war. It’s pretty dark stuff.”

And yet somehow, Godzilla has become a much-loved character that, despite his tendency to crush buildings when out for a stroll, captures the imagination of young people even to this day.

“Godzilla,” Herold says, a tad wistfully, “is my earliest fandom. There are some

things I’m still a huge nut about now, and there are some things I was a huge nerd about when I was younger that I’ve kind of given up on, like Star Wars. The 2000 Star Wars film alienated me so completely they lost me forever. But I discovered the Godzilla movies when I was eight—and I’ve loved them consistently ever since.”

So, why exactly do people love Godzilla?

“I don’t really know,” Herold says. “I think it’s a lot things. For one, Godzilla, for the longest time, was the most prominent dinosaur in media—and people LOVE dinosaurs. Stephen J. Gould, the evolutionary biologist, said that dinosaurs are so lovable because they are dangerous and yet they are safe—because they are all dead.

We don’t really have to worry about being eaten by them, so we can just love them.

I’m not sure I buy that, because there are plenty of beloved dinosaurs that aren’t that scary.”

Uh, Barney?

“Herbivores, mostly,” Herold says. “Your triceratops, your stegosaurus, and even some of your sauropods, all big and docile.

But people do like the scary ones. People have been in love with the T-Rex ever since it was first named back in 1900. He’s always been a crowd-pleaser, the Tyrannosaurus Rex, the super-predator—so much bigger and more amazing than any other dinosaur on the block.

“And Godzilla,” he adds, “takes the TRex to the next level. T-Rex times 10. And then we make him breathe fire, because Godzilla is also a bit of a dragon. And we’ve always loved dragons, too.”

So Godzilla is the best part of dinosaurs and dragons, put together, and made huge.

And his movies feature the aforementioned cast of zany supporting characters, which Herold says only helps.

“Godzilla is actually the most grounded character in his world because everything else is so much weirder than he is. We have a giant dragon-dinosaur who breathes fire?

Good. Now how about a giant moth who’s also a god? Let’s bring in a three-headed dragon from space that breathes lightning.

“There’s this entire insane universe full of weird things, and Godzilla,” Herold says with a laugh, “is the most normal one of the bunch.” Y Breathe fire at David at talkpix@earthlink.net.

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F R I D AY J U N E 6 — T H U R S D AY J U N E 1 2 M ovie summaries by M at t hew St af fo r d l The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2:22) The conflicted arachnid-esque superhero is back and defending New York against a powerful supervillain named Electro; Jamie Foxx and Andrew Garfield star. l Belle (1:45) Sumptuous biopic of Dido Elizabeth Belle, a mixed-race aristocrat of pre-abolition 18th century England. l Blended (1:57) Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler as romantic antagonists thrown together on an African safari. l Chef (1:55) Superstar chef Jon Favreau gives up his luxe L.A. eatery to launch a Miami food truck with John Leguizamo and Sofia Vergara. l Driving Miss Daisy: Broadway (1:30) James Earl Jones and Angela Lansbury star in a new stage production of Alfred Uhry’s play about the long and loving relationship between a Southern Jewish lady and her chauffeur. l Edge of Tomorrow (1:53) War of the Worlds meets Groundhog Day as a space-time vortex forces soldier Tom Cruise to fight the same darned battle against invading aliens over and over again. l Fading Gigolo (1:38) John Turturro directs and stars as an aging wannabe male escort; Woody Allen plays his pimp, Sharon Stone and Sofia Vergara are among his clients. l The Fault in Our Stars (2:06) John Green’s bestseller hits the big screen with Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort as two teens who meet and fall in love at a cancer support group. l Finding Vivian Maier (1:23) Documentary looks at the life of a secretive New York nanny whose recently unearthed snapshots reveal her as one of the 20th century’s greatest photographers. l Frozen Sing-Along (1:50) Make beautiful music with Kristen Bell, Santino Fontana and the rest of the gang to Kristen and Robert Lopez’s Oscar-nominated score. l Godzilla (2:00) The big green lizard is back and badder than ever; Bryan Cranston, Juliette Binoche and David Strathairn star, believe it or not. l The Golden Land of Myanmar (1:05) Eyeopening documentary journeys to the Suvanabhumi, a region of ancient Buddhist pagodas untouched by the modern world. l The Grand Budapest Hotel (1:40) Wes Anderson directs a star-studded cinemazation of Stefan Zweig’s stories about a palatial European hotel between the wars; Ralph Fiennes, Jude Law, Léa Seydoux, Harvey Keitel, Tilda Swinton and Bill Murray are among the guests. l The Grand Seduction (1:55) Wry comedy about a Canadian fishing village that does whatever it takes to convince a big-city doctor to become their permanent sawbones. l How to Train Your Dragon (1:45) Wannabe Viking Hiccup and his pet dragon Toothless are back and busily protecting their village from uncouth invaders. l Ice Age: The Meltdown (1:30) Prehistoric pals Manny, Sid and Diego find that all that post-Ice Age balminess has a downside when torrents of melting glacier water threaten their world. l Ida (1:20) Polish drama about a teenage nun-tobe who discovers that she’s the daughter of Jewish parents killed by the Nazis. l The Immigrant (1:57) Ellis Island period piece about the adventures and tribulations of a Polish 20 PACIFIC SUN JUNE 6 - JUNE 12, 2014

émigré in Jazz Age Manhattan; Marion Cotillard and Joaquin Phoenix star. l The Lunchbox (1:45) Two strangers in bustling Mumbai establish an intimate correspondence via notes delivered by lunchbox. l Maleficent (1:38) Angelina Jolie stars in the untold story of Sleeping Beauty’s wicked nemesis; Elle Fanning costars as Beauty. l Million Dollar Arm (2:04) Down-and-out sports agent Jon Hamm and cantankerous baseball scout Alan Arkin try to turn two Indian cricket players into MLB phenoms; Bill Paxton costars. l A Million Ways to Die in the West (1:56) Sergio Leone sendup about a cowardly sheepman, a mysterious stranger and a notorious outlaw; Seth MacFarane, Charlize Theron and Liam Neeson star. l National Theatre London: A Small Family Business (3:30) Direct from South Bank it’s Alan Ayckbourn’s riotous comedy of greed, corruption and dysfunctional family politics. l Neighbors (1:37) Newlyweds Rose Byrne and Seth Rogen are forced to take lodging next door to a frat house; Zac Efron and Andy Samberg costar. l Night Moves (1:52) Envelope-pushing environmentalists Dakota Fanning, Pater Sarsgaard and Jesse Eisenberg plot the ultimate planet-saving protest: blowing a high-tech dam to smithereens. l On My Way (1:53) Catherine Deneuve stars as a strapped former beauty queen who embarks on a randomly encompassing road trip into the past, present and future. l Rear Window (1:52) Hitchcock’s witty, sexy suspense masterpiece stars James Stewart as a bored peeping Tom who learns more about his neighbors than he ought to; Grace Kelly costars. l Rio 2 (1:41) Blu the Minnesota macaw is back and trying to adapt to his new home, the wilds of the Amazon jungle; Sergio Mendes and Bebel Gilberto add a bit of bossa nova authenticity to the proceedings. l Saturday Night Fever (1:59) Brooklyn paint store clerk John Travolta escapes his blue-collar existence as the ivory-clad king of his local disco; music by the Bee Gees, natch. l Team Hot Wheels: The Origin of Awesome (1:25) Racer dudes Gage, Rhett, Wyatt and Brandon take on a noisy and totally uncool black car that’s disturbing peaceful Hilly Woodlands. l 22 Jump Street (1:52) Baby-faced undercover cops Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill graduate to college-level espionage and do a little growing up in the process. l 22 Jump Street Double Feature (3:33) Catch both 21 Jump Street and its brand-new sequel for one relatively low price. Discount hot dogs, ice cream, popcorn and soda pop too! l We Are the Best! (1:42) Swedish coming-of-age comedy about three adolescent girls who form a ragtag punk rock band in circa-1982 Stockholm. l Words and Pictures (1:51) Boozing English teacher Clive Owen and abstract painter Juliette Binoche flirt and spark in Fred Schepisi’s romantic comedy. l X-Men: Days of Future (2:10) The original X-Men join forces with their younger selves in a time-altering mission to save Earth; Halle Berry, Peter Dinklage and Michael Fassbender star.

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The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (PG-13) Northgate: Fri-Wed 1:20, 7:05 Belle (PG) Rafael: Fri, Mon-Thu 4, 6:30, 8:45 Sat-Sun 1:45, 4, 6:30, 8:45 Blended (PG-13) Northgate: Fri-Wed 11, 1:40, 4:30, 7:25, 10:05 Rowland: Fri-Wed 1:25, 7:15 Chef (R) Fairfax: Fri-Sat 1:30, 4:30, 7:15, 9:55 Sun-Thu 1:30, 4:30, 7:15 Regency: Fri-Sat 11, 1:50, 4:45, 7:40, 10:25 Sun-Thu 11, 1:50, 4:45, 7:40 Sequoia: Fri 4:15, 7:15, 10 Sat 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10 Sun 1:15, 4:15, 7:15 Mon, Wed-Thu 4:15, 7:15 Tue 4:15

Driving Miss Daisy: Broadway (PG) Regency: Tue 7 Sequoia: Tue 7 Edge of Tomorrow (PG-13) Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:45, 3:50, 6:55, 9:30 Sun-Thu 12:45, 3:50, 6:55 Larkspur Landing: Fri 10:15pm; 3D showtime at 7:30 Sat-Sun 2, 10:15; 3D showtimes at 11:15, 4:45, 7:30 Mon-Thu 9:40; 3D showtime at 7 Marin: Fri 4:30, 9:55; 3D showtime at 7:15 Sat 4:30, 9:55; 3D showtimes at 1:45, 7:15 Sun 4:30; 3D showtimes at 1:45, 7:15 Mon-Thu 4:30; 3D showtime at 7:15 Northgate: Fri, Sun-Wed 11:40, 2:35, 5:25, 8:15; 3D showtimes at 10:45, 12:40, 1:35, 3:35, 4:20, 6:25, 7:15, 9:15, 10 Sat 11:40, 2:35, 5:25, 8:15; 3D showtimes at 12:40, 1:35, 3:35, 4:20, 6:25, 7:15, 9:15, 10 Regency: Thu 8; 3D showtime at 8:30 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:15, 4:45, 10:25; 3D showtimes at 2, 7:40

Fading Gigolo (R) Lark: Fri 3:30 Sat, Mon, Wed 8:30 Tue 3:45 The Fault in Our Stars (PG-13) Cinema: Fri-Wed 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10 Fairfax: Fri-Sat 1, 4:15, 7:10, 9:50 Sun-Thu 1, 4:15, 7:10 Playhouse: Fri 4:15, 7:10, 9:50 Sat 12:30, 4:15, 7:10, 9:50 Sun 12:30, 4:15, 7:10 Mon-Thu 4:15, 7:10 Regency: Fri-Sat 10:25, 11:30, 1:20, 2:30, 4:15, 5:30, 7:15, 8:30, 10:20 Sun-Mon, Wed-Thu 10:25, 11:30, 1:20, 2:30, 4:15, 5:30, 7:15, 8:30 Tue 10:25, 11:30, 1:20, 2:30, 4:15, 7:15 Rowland: Fri-Wed 10:30, 1:20, 4:10, 7, 9:50 Sequoia: Fri 4, 7, 9:55 Sat 1, 4, 7, 9:55 Sun 1, 4, 7 Mon-Thu 4, 7

Finding Vivian Maier (Not Rated) Lark: Sat, Wed 3:45 Mon 6:15 Tue 1:30 kFrozen Sing-Along (PG) Lark: Sat 1 Godzilla (PG-13) Northgate: Fri-Wed 12:25, 3:15, 6:05, 9; 3D showtimes at 10:55, 1:45, 4:40, 7:35, 10:30 Rowland: FriWed 10:25, 4:15, 10:05 kThe Golden Land of Myanmar (NR) Rafael: Sun 7 (filmmakers Shoshana Cathy Korson and Drow Millar in person)

The Grand Budapest Hotel (R) Lark: Fri, Sun, Tue 8:30 Mon 1 Wed 6 Thu 2 kThe Grand Seduction (PG-13) Marin: Fri 4:15, 7:30, 10:10 Sat 1:30, 4:15, 7:30, 10:10 Sun 1:30, 4:15, 7:30 Mon-Thu 4:15, 7:30 kHow to Train Your Dragon 2 (PG) Fairfax: Thu 3D showtime at 8 Northgate: Thu 9; 3D showtimes at 8, 10:30 Playhouse: Thu 8 kIce Age: The Meltdown (PG) Rowland: Tue, Thu 10am Ida (PG-13) Rafael: Fri, Mon-Thu 4:15, 6:15, 8:15 Sat 2:15, 4:15, 6:15, 8:15 Sun 2:15, 4:15, 9 The Immigrant (R) Marin: Fri 4, 7, 9:45 Sat 1:15, 4, 7, 9:45 Sun 1:15, 4, 7 Mon-Thu 4, 7 The Lunchbox (PG) Lark: Fri 1 Sat-Sun, Tue 6 Maleficent (PG) Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:05, 2:30, 4:55, 7:20, 9:40 Sun-Thu 12:05, 2:30, 4:55, 7:20 Larkspur Landing: Fri 9:20; 3D showtime at 6:50 Sat-Sun 11:20, 4:25, 9:20; 3D showtimes at 1:50, 6:50 Mon-Thu 7:15; 3D showtime at 9:45 Northgate: Fri-Wed 10:40, 12:20, 1:10, 2:50, 3:40, 5:20, 6:10, 7:50, 8:40, 10:20; 3D showtimes at 11:30, 2, 4:25, 7, 9:30 Playhouse: Fri 5:15, 7:45 Sat-Sun 12, 2:40, 5:15, 7:45 Mon-Thu 2:40, 5:15, 7:45 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:45, 2:15, 7:20; 3D showtimes at 4:50, 9:55

Million Dollar Arm (PG) Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:05, 1:55, 4:45, 7:40, 10:30 Rowland: Fri-Wed 10:40, 1:40, 4:35, 7:30, 10:20 A Million Ways to Die in the West (R) Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:30, 3:45, 6:50, 9:50 Sun-Thu 12:30, 3:45, 6:50 Larkspur Landing: Fri 7:15, 10 Sat-Sun 11, 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 10 Mon-Thu 6:45, 9:35 Playhouse: Fri 3:45, 7, 9:45 Sat 1, 3:45, 7, 9:45 Sun 1, 3:45, 7 Mon-Wed 3:45, 7 Thu 3:45 Regency: Fri 10:55, 12:25, 1:45, 3:15, 4:40, 6:05, 7:30, 8:55, 10:15 Sat 12:25, 1:45, 3:15, 4:40, 6:05, 7:30, 8:55, 10:15 Sun 1:45, 3:15, 4:40, 6:05, 7:30 Mon, Tue, Thu 10:55, 12:25, 1:45, 3:15, 4:40, 6:05, 7:30 Wed 10:55, 12:25, 3:15, 4:40, 6:05, 7:30 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:35, 2:20, 5:05, 7:50, 10:35 kNational Theatre London:

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10:30 Tue 12:30, 2:55, 5:20, 7:55, 10:30 kNight Moves (R) Regency: Fri-Sat 10:30, 1:15, 4, 7, 9:55 Sun-Tue, Thu 10:30, 1:15, 4, 7 Wed 10:30, 1:15, 4 kOn My Way (Not Rated) Lark: Fri 5:45 Sun 12:45 Mon 3:30 Wed 1 Thu 4:30 Rear Window (PG) Lark: Sun 3:30 Rio 2 (G) Northgate: Fri-Wed 10:50, 4:30, 10:20 kSaturday Night Fever (R) Regency: Sun 2 Wed 2, 7 kTeam Hot Wheels: The Origin of Awesome (PG) Marin: Sat-Sun 11 Regency: Sat-Sun 11 Sequoia: Sat-Sun 11 k22 Jump Street (R) Northgate: Thu 7:30, 10:15 k22 Jump Street Double Feature (R)

Northgate: Thu 5

kWe Are the Best! (Not Rated) Rafael: Fri, Mon-Thu 4:30, 6:45, 9 Sat-Sun 2, 4:30, 6:45, 9

Words and Pictures (PG-13) Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:10, 1:50, 4:35, 7:30, 10:15 X-Men: Days of Future Past (PG-13) Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:10, 3:30, 6:40, 9:35 Sun-Wed 12:10, 3:30, 6:40 Thu 12:10, 3:30 Larkspur Landing: Fri 6:45; 3D showtime at 9:45 Sat-Sun 12:45, 6:45; 3D showtimes at 3:45, 9:45 Mon-Thu 9:30; 3D showtime at 6:30 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:25, 2:30, 5:35, 8:45; 3D showtimes at 1, 4:05, 7:10, 10:15

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

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

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Pacific Sun‘s Community Calendar

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

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

Live music

06/08: Folkish Festival with Jeffrey Halford and the Healers Roots-rock/Americana.12:30-

06/06: AMP with April Grisman and Michael LaMacchia 9:30pm. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broad-

2:30pm. No cover. Marin Country Mart, 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur. 924-4901. marincountrymart.com.

06/08: Farzad Arjmand S.F. based Iranian composer and songwriter. Persian influenced flamenco, jazz. 6:30pm. $15. Fenix, 919 Fourth St, San Rafael.

813-5600. fenixlive.com.

way Blvd, Fairfax. sleepingladyfairfax.com.

06/06-08: Djangofest With Robin Nolan Trio, the Hot Club d’Europe featuring Paulus Schäfer, Olli Soikkeli and Tim Kliphuis, Pearl Django, Trio Dinicu and Rhythm Future Quartet. 8pm Fri.-Sat.; 3pm Sun. $35-150. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 383-9600. throckmortontheatre.org.

06/06: The Doc Kraft Dance Band Swing, latin, reggae, rock. 8:30pm. $10. Seahorse Bar, 305 Harbor Dr. Gate 5, Sausalito. 601-7858. dockraft.com.

06/06: Feather Witch 9:30pm. $8. Peri’s Silver Dollar, 29 Broadway Blvd., Fairfax. 459-9910. perisbar.com.

06/06: Jim Pasquel and Sheldon Lee Cowen

Acoustic guitars and vocals. Family-friendly. 8pm.

No cover. True North Craft Beer, 638 San Anselmo Ave., San Anselmo.

06/06: Mitch Wood and His Rocket 88s Swing, boogie-woogie, blues. 8pm. $15. Fenix, 919 Fourth St, San Rafael. 813-5600. fenixlive.com

06/06: Pride and Joy: Northgate Concerts Under the Oak 6pm. Free. Northgate Mall, Oak

Plaza, 5800 Northgate Mall, San Rafael. 479-5956. shopatnorthgate.com.

06/06: Steve James Fingerpicking, slide guitar.

8pm. $20-25. Schoenberg Guitars, 106 Main St., Tiburon. 789-0846. om28.com 06/06: The Tubes Michael Lee Firkins opens. 9pm. $30-34. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 388-1100. swmh.com.

06/07: Bitch Franklin, DNA, Snail Trail

9:30pm. Peri’s Silver Dollar, 29 Broadway Blvd., Fairfax. 459-9910. perisbar.com.

06/07: Dead On Live: Workingman’s Dead and American Beauty Note For Note David Gans opens. 9pm. $15-20. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 388-1100. swmh.com.

06/07: Emma Lee Folk. On the porch. 4pm. No cover. Peri’s Silver Dollar, 29 Broadway Blvd., Fairfax. perisbar.com.

06/07: Fleetwood Mask Fleetwood Mac tribute band. 8pm. $15-20. Fenix, 919 Fourth St, San Rafael.

813-5600. fenixlive.com.

06/07: Poor Man’s Whiskey: Music of the Allman Brothers Steep Ravine opens. 9pm $1520. 19 Broadway, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091.

19broadway.com 06/07: Rhythm Addicts African rhythms.

9:30pm. $7. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. sleepingladyfairfax.com.

06/07: Sing-Along : Beatles, Barbeque and Beverages With student performances and Travis

Andrews, Giacomo Fiore, Dave Getz, Kurt Huget, Joe Marquez. 3-6pm. Donation. Fairfax Pavilion, 142 Bolinas, Fairfax. 846-1700.

06/08: The Continentals 9pm. No cover.

19 Broadway, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091.

19broadway.com

06/08: Music for Mutts Benefit Concert

Afternoon of music, food and wine. With Steve Seskin, Jesse Terry and Julia Sinclair. Proceeds to benefit Lily’s Legacy Senior Dog Sanctuary, a nonprofit dedicated to caring for homeless senior dogs. 12:30pm. $40. Directions sent to ticket holders. Lily’s Legacy Senior Dog Sanctuary, Petaluma.

488-4984. lilyslegacy.org/music-for-mutts.html.

06/09: Open Mic with Austin DeLone 7:30pm.

No cover. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 388-1100. swmh.com.

06/09: Open Mic with Derek Smith 8:30pm.

Free. 19 Broadway Night Club, 17 Broadway, Fairfax.

459-1091. 19broadway.com.

06/09: Open Mic with Simon Costa 8:30pm.

Free. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax.

485-1182. sleepingladyfairfax.com.

06/09: Peri’s Open Mic with Billy D Electric open mic. 9pm. No cover. Peri’s Silver Dollar, 29 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 459-9910. perisbar.com.

06/10: Bonnie and the Clydes Country, Americana. 9pm. No cover. 19 Broadway, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. 19broadway.com 06/10: James Moseley Jazz, blues, r&b. 7pm.

No cover. Panama Hotel, 4 Bayview St., San Rafael. panamahotel.com.

Never speak ill of the undead ...

Two gods of the spoken word lit up the firmament with their debut films in the early 90s: Quentin Tarantino, who’s done all right since, and Daniel Waters, who positively weaponized a generation of mean girls with his incendiary script for 1989’s Heathers—but then went on to flop after flop after some unlucky collaborations.

VAMPIRE ACADEMY is Apparently the avoidance of sunlight isn’t factored into the training program at St. Vladimir’s Academy. no exception, grossing just half of its $30 million budget in worldwide release and garnering a 10 percent fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Still, his fans adore him, and I’d argue that this very funny adaptation of the Richelle Mead bestseller deserves rehabilitation on home vid for the intended sequel, which at the moment stands a snowball’s chance.

Montana-based St. Vladimir’s Academy is home to three races of smokin’-hot undead—the blue-blood Moroi, their half-human Dhampir minders and the gore-thirsty Strigoi, rumored to be infiltrating their way to power within the academy’s polished-mahogany precincts. A short-lived ditch from campus has given half-blood Rose Hathaway (Zoey Deutch) the taste of freedom, an ability to meld souls with her royal ward Lissa (Lucy Fry), and the habit of thinking outside the box—skills she’ll need when the Strigoi make their move. Obtusely panned by critics for cribbing the very films it’s satirizing, this movie has cult written all over it when the dust settles. Too bad—the last thing Waters needs is another sleeper. (Younger brother Mark directs.)—Richard Gould

06/10 and 13: Terrapin Telstar with Phil Lesh and the Terrapin Family Band, Lebo and Crosby 7:30pm. $15-25. Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr., San Rafael. 524-2773. terrapincrossroads.net.

06/11: Acoustic Guitar Showcase with Teja Gerken, Adam Werner, Chris Yeaton With Adam Werner, harp guitar; Chris Yeaton, Hawaiian slack key guitar. 9pm. Free. Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway, Fairfax. sleepingladyfairfax.com.

06/11: Aoife O’Donovan, Liz Longley 9pm. $17-22. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 388-1100. swmh.com.

06/11: Colin Brown Trio Soul, jazz, funk. 9pm. No cover. 19 Broadway, 17 Broadway, Fairfax.

459-1091. 19broadway.com 06/11: Donna D’Acuti Blues jazz. 7pm. No cover. Panama Hotel, 4 Bayview St., San Rafael. panamahotel.com.

06/11: Open Mic with Dennis Haneda 7pm.

No cover. All ages. HopMonk Novato, 224 Vintage Way, Novato. 892-6200. hopmonk.com/novato.

06/11: Rusty Stringfield 8pm. No cover. Iron Springs Brewery, Center Blvd., Fairfax. 485-1005. ironspringspub.com.

06/11: SIlver Dollar Soul Snap 8:30pm. Peri’s Silver Dollar, 29 Broadway Blvd., Fairfax. 459-9910. perisbar.com.

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06/12: College of Marin Big Jazz Band Led by Cayce Carnahan. 7pm. No cover. Sausalito Seahorse, 305 Harbor Dr., Sausalito. 794-3688.

06/12: Melvin Seals and JGB Lauren Murphy opens. 8pm. $32-37. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 388-1100. swmh.com.

06/12: Radar Love, Blue Bayou 9pm. No cover. 19 Broadway, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091.

19broadway.com 06/12: Wanda Stafford Jazz. 7pm. No cover.

Panama Hotel, 4 Bayview St., San Rafael. panamahotel.com.

06/13: Chris Brown Acoustic folk. 5pm. No cover. Peri’s Silver Dollar, 29 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. perisbar.com.

06/13: Danny Click Rock, blues, Americana.

9:30pm. $10. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 485-1182. sleepingladyfairfax.com.

06/13: Holly Williams, Anderson East 9pm. $12-14. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 388-1100. swmh.com.

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06/06: Free City Presents Jonny Eller’s Funny F’n Friday With Kabir “Kabeezy” Singh and Bryan Moore, standup. 8:30pm. $15. George’s Nightclub, 842 Fourth St., San Rafael. 226-8435. georgesnightclub.com.

06/10: Tuesday Night Comedy with Mark Pitta and Friends Established headliners and up and coming comics drop by and work on new material. $16-26. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 383-9600. throckmortontheatre.org.

06/12: Mort Sahl: Social Satire Provocative humor and engaging conversation. 7pm. Free.

Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 383-9600. 142throckmortontheatre.org.

Theater Through 06/15: Mountain Play:‘South Pacific’ Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar 224 VINTAGE WAY NOVATO

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Written by Jon Robin Baitz. Directed by Phoebe Moyer. 7:30pm Thurs.; 8pm Fri.-Sat.; 2pm Sun. $13-20. Ross Valley Playhouse at Marin Art and Garden, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross. 456-9555. rossvalleyplayers.com.

Through 06/29: ‘Failure: A Love Story’ West coast premiere. By Philip Dawkins. Directed by Jasson Minadakis. With live musical accompaniment. 8pm Thurs.-Sat.; 2 and 7pm Sun.; 7:30pm Wed. Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave., Mill Valley. 388-5208. marintheatre.org.

Concerts

TBA

FRI 6/13

Hammerstein II. Book by Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan. Adapted from the Pulitzer Prize winning novel “Tales of the South Pacific” by James A. Michener. Directed by Linda Dunn. Musical Direction by Debra Chambliss. Choreography by Barbara Bernardo. 2pm Sun. Mountain Stage, Mt. Tamalpais State Park, Mill Valley. 383-1100. mountainplay.org.

06/08: Left Coast Chamber Ensemble “Summer Reading.”Works by Schumann, Janaçek, Thomas Ades, Mika Pelo and Eric Zivian. 7pm. $15-30.

Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Avenue, Mill Valley. 383-9600. 142throckmortontheatre.org.

06/08: Marin Symphony: Pirates of the Caribbean, The Curse of the Black Pearl The

full-length classic fantasy Disney film shown with live music. 3pm. $24-70. Marin Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael.

473-6800. marincenter.org

06/11: Noontime Concerts: Edgewood Trio

Works by Dvorak, Turina, de Falla. Free. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley.

383-9600. throckmortontheatre.org.

Dance 06/06-08: The Don’t Quit Your Day Job Dancers “Angels and Dragons.” 8pm June 6-7; 3pm June 8. $25. Stage Dor Studios, 10 Liberty Ship Way, Suite 340, Sausalito. 339-1390. stagedor.com.

06/11: Swing Dance Lessons and Open Dance Session Instructing from 7-8pm; 8-8:30pm open dance session. Visit sausalitoparkandrecreation. com for pricing. 420 Litho St., Sausalito. 916/5218364.

Art Through 06/15: Gallery Route One Exhibitions “Visual Poetry.” Geraldine LiaBraaten,

words into images, photographs; “Disappearing Act: our Role in Species Extinction.” Marie Luise Klot and Xander Weaver-Scull, photographs, monoprints; Suzanne Parker, new works, painted photographs. Salon 4-5pm June 15. Gallery open 11am-5pm Wed.-Mon. Closed Tuesdays. Gallery Route One, 11101 Hwy 1, Pt. Reyes Station.

663-1347. galleryrouteone.org.

Through 06/26: Sanjay Vora—Memories of Dreams Exhibition of new paintings by Bay Area artist Sanjay Vora. Free. Gallery Bergelli, 483 Magnolia Avenue, Larkspur. 945-9454. bergelli.com/exhibitions.htm.

Through 06/07: Stitched Together : Art Exhibit The Muir Beach quilters meet weekly. They

make quilts to be raffled for charity, to be displayed and sold at an annual Art and Craft Fair and other venues, and for the joy of making quilts together.

10am. Free. Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 332-3871. spn.usace.army.mil/ Missions/Recreation/BayModelVisitorCenter.aspx.

Through 06/07: Visions Wed.-Sun, Noon-4 pm. 1 pm. Free. Marin Society of Artists Gallery, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Ross. 415 454 9561. marinsocietyofartists.org/shows.html.

06/06-30: Gallery Route One’s Artists in the Schools: For the Birds West Marin School

students in partnership with Jane Ingram Allen, The Institute for Bird Populations and the Lucid Art Foundation studied migration hazards, painted a Pacific Flyway Migration Mural felted sixteen songbirds that migrate between California and Mexico, made paper nests and feathers, experienced plein air automatic drawings, created bird-totem self portraits and made kites with an in-the-air poem. Gallery Route Ones, Artists in the Schools annual installation. Mon.-Sat. 9am-5pm; Sun. 10am-5pm. Opening Reception 1-3pm June 8. Student poetry reading and AIS teachers’ sharing 5:30-7:30pm June 26. Toby’s Gallery, 11250 Highway One, Point Reyes Station 3pm. 0. Toby’s Gallery, 11250 Highway One , Point Reyes Station . 663-1347. galleryrouteone.org.

06/12: Why There Are Words Literary Reading Series Readers from “The Fabulist” journal of

fables, yarns, tales and fantastical art. Readings begin at 7:15. With Jen Burke Anderson, Tantra Bensko, Jenny Bitner, James Hritz, Jeremy Adam Smith, Maw Shein Win, John Zic, Peg Alford Pursell. 7pm. $10.

Studio 333, 333 Caledonia St., Sausalito. 331-8272. whytherearewords.com.

Kids Events 06/06: McNears Beach Block Party Launch the

weekend off with a welcome to summer block party.

Food available from Andy’s Local Market, live music, swimming, paddleboards, free parking and pool use.

4pm. Free. McNears Beach Park , 201 Cantera Way, San Rafael. 473-6387. marincountyparks.org.

06/07: Colin Jack Special for kids. “If You Happen to Have a Dinosaur” is a tongue in cheek look at the practical uses of dinosaurs. With author Linda Bailey.

10am. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com.

06/07: Marin’s Largest Garage Sale for Families Gently used, quality infant and children

items. Sponsored by Marin Parents of Multiples Club 8am-2pm. Marin Catholic High School Gym, 675 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Kentfield. 707-477-1663. mpomc.org/garage_sale.

06/07: Nature for Kids at Deer Island This is a Healthy Parks Healthy People Event Follow the 2.3 mile loop trail and look for all of the wildlife and late blooming flowers that thrive here. No pets (except service animals) please. High fire danger may cancel. 10am. Free. Deer Island Preserve, Deer Island Lane. Meet at the gate, Novato. 893-9508. marincountyparks.org.

06/07-08: Ladybug Girl and Bumblebee Boy, the Musical Marin Theatre Company presents a

Bay Area Children’s Theatre World Premiere as part of MTC’s Theater Series for Young Audiences Book, music and lyrics by Scott Elmegreen. Adapted from the books by David Soman and Jacky Davis Director Benjamin Hanna. Recommended for ages 3-12 10:30am and 12:30pm. $15-20. Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave., Mill Valley. bactheatre.org

06/13: Friday the 13th Not Afraid of the Dark Hike Enjoy Old St Hilary’s at night. Join Ranger

Felicity Hartnett to avoid the black cats, ladders and other superstitions for a pleasant short hike through Old St Hilary’s preserve. Dress in layers, wear sturdy shoes and bring a flashlight. High fire danger may cancel. 7:30pm. Free. Old St. Hilary’s Preserve, Lyford Drive, Tiburon. 473-7191. marincountyparks.org.

Film 06/06: Film:‘Short Cut to Nirvana’ Join codirectors Maurizio Benazzo and Nick Day at a rare public screening of their film about the extraordinary Kumbh Mela festival of India. 7:45pm. $10. Open Secret Bookstore, 923 C St., San Rafael. 457-4191. opensecretbookstore.com/events.

06/08: ‘The Golden Land of Myanmar’ Screening Filmmakers Shoshana Cathy Korson

and Drow Millar will present and discuss the first screening of this film that Korson shot while living as a Buddhist nun in Myanmar. Producer/ director: Shoshana Cathy Korson. 65 min. plus discussion. 7pm. Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St., San Rafael.

453-5464. cafilm.org/rfc/films/2027.html.

06/13: Fairfax Festival History Night Come celebrate Fairfax’s rich and colorful history as the source of world class pottery, travel destination, and premiere silent movie location. Includes screening of two silent movies made here 100 years ago. Costumes highly encouraged. If you have memorabilia you would like to display and share, please contact them. Walking or bicycling highly encouraged. Supported by the Fairfax Historical Society, Fairfax Festival, Town of Fairfax, Chamber of Commerce, Fairfax Library. 6pm.

Free. Women’s Club Building, 46 Park Road, Fairfax. fairfaxfestival.com/history-night.

Outdoors 06/06: Kent Island Restoration Team Be a part of the team working to restore the unique ecosystem on Kent Island in Bolinas Lagoon. Participation requires a short rowboat ride to the island. Volunteer work involves bending and kneeling. Dress in layers you can get dirty. Wear sturdy shoes and bring a water bottle. Snacks and water will be pro-

vided but bring lunch. 10am. Free. Bolinas Lagoon, Public dock on Wharf Road, Bolinas. 473-3778. marincountyparks.org.

06/07: National Trails Day: Shadyside Trail Help build a redwood trail bridge on the

Mt. Tamalpais watershed. The scenic Shadyside Trail on the shores of Bon Tempe Lake will be the location for MMWD’s National Trails Day 2014. All volunteers will receive a free National Trails Day T-shirt and enjoy a complimentary BBQ lunch at 12:30pm. Meet at 9am at the Lake Lagunitas Picnic Grounds for a light breakfast, sign-in, and safety talk. Then we will break into work crews and build a bridge, improve trail drainage, and prune vegetation. 9am. Free. Lake Lagunitas Picnic Area Parking Lot . 945-1128. marinwater.org/192/volunteer-opportunities.

06/07: National Trails Day: Novato Join the Trail Maintenance Team and Boy Scout Troop 59 from Greenbrae to restore trail on Little Mountain Preserve and on the Stafford Lake Trail. Maintain a section of Bay Area Ridge Trail that links Indian Tree and Mount Burdell preserves. Trail work is strenuous and involves the use of hand tools on uneven terrain.

Project is best suited to volunteers over 12 years of age. Dress in layers and wear sturdy shoes. 9am. Free.

Little Mountain Preserve, Trish Road, Novato.

473-3778. marincountyparks.org.

06/07: National Trails Day: Mill Valley Partner with the S.F. Bay Trail Project to clean up the Sausalito/Mill Valley Multiuse Pathway and Bothin Marsh Open Space Preserve. Volunteers of all ages are encouraged to attend. Dress in layers and wear sturdy shoes. Snacks and water will be provided. RSVP greatly appreciated but not required. 9am. Free. Sausalito/Mill Valley Multiuse Pathway, Sycamore Ave, Mill Valley. 415 763-2977. marincountyparks.org.

06/07: Open Days Program Garden Tour

Explore four private gardens in Belvedere, San Rafael, and Tiburon, open to the public for self-guided tours to benefit the Garden Conservancy. No reservations required; rain or shine. Begin at the Mar Centro Garden or see website for additional locations; hours vary. Features a series of paved terraces linked by stone walls and stairways, a secret pollinator garden, views of Angel Island and the Bay, parterres of lavender, dwarf olive, and boxwood, and large masses of plants in geometric forms. 10am. $5 per garden; children 12 & under free. Jardin Mar Centro, 5 Mar Centro Drive, Tiburon. 888-842-2442. https:// gardenconservancy.org/opendays/open-days-schedule/ openday/861-marin-county-open-day.

06/12: Summertime Steelhead Stroll We usually think of winter rains and high creek flows as steelhead fish viewing time, but the juvenile fish are found year-round in cool, shaded pools of freshwater streams. Discuss the important habitat requirements of this federally and state threatened species. This summer, in order to improve habitat and reduce sediment contributions into the watershed, Marin County Parks will be upgrading Cascade Fire Road.

Join Naturalist Shannon Burke and Resource Specialist Matt Sagues at Cascade Canyon to learn about the life cycle of steelhead and more about the work being done to protect this sensitive species. Walk is for ages 15 and up. No animals (except service animals) please. High fire danger may cancel. Parking limited. 10am. Free. Cascade Canyon Preserve, Cascade Drive. Meet at the gate, Fairfax. 893-9520. marincountyparks.org.

Readings 06/06: First Friday: Naked Truth, Come Hell or High Water Snap Judgment alums

Jamie DeWolf and Doug Cordell, comedian Karinda Dobbins, and writer/performer Josh Healey will share their true personal tales of tenacity and commitment at all costs. Space is limited.

Registration recommended. 7pm. Free. Mill Valley Public Library, 375 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 389-42923. millvalleylibrary.org.

06/06: Pooja Mottl “The 3-Day Reset.” 7pm. Free.

Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera.

927-0960. bookpassage.com.

06/07: John Waters Armed only with his wit, a pencil-thin mustache and a cardboard sign that reads “I’m Not Psycho,” Waters hitchhiked across America. “Carsick: John Waters Hitchhikes Across America” is an unforgettable vacation with a wickedly funny companion. 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com.

06/08: Activist Poetry Reading Join the Bay Area collective known as The Activists for an evening of poetry readings to celebrate the release of three new publications from Sugartown Publishing.

Readers include Fred Ostrander (It Lasts a Moment), Patricia Nelson (Among the Shapes), Judith Yamamoto (At My Table) and John Hart (The Climbers).

1pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com.

06/08: Courtney Collins “The Untold” is a debut novel set in the Australian outback about a female horse thief and the two men trying to capture her.

7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com.

06/08: Rev. Karyl Huntley “Real Life Rituals” is a hands-on guide that offers you ways to celebrate the significant moments of life. Huntley is the senior minister of the Golden Gate Center for Spiritual Living. 4pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com.

06/09: David Fuller “Sundance.” 7pm. Free.

Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera.

927-0960. bookpassage.com.

06/10: Garrison Keillor “The Keillor Reader” brings together the full range of work from master storyteller Garrison Keillor. These are monologues from A Prairie Home Companion, stories from the New Yorker and the Atlantic, excerpts from novels and newspaper columns, and never-beforepublished essays. Event is free but book purchase is required to meet Mr. Keillor. 1pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com.

06/10: Katy Butler Part memoir, part medical history, and part spiritual guide, “Knocking on Heaven’s Door” is Butler’s roadmap through the labyrinth of a medical system that she says is broken. Butler is a N.Y. Times contributor. 7pm. Free.

Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera.

927-0960. bookpassage.com.

06/10: Tom Rob Smith “The Farm.” 7pm. Free.

Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera.

927-0960. bookpassage.com.

06/11: Jack Devine “Good Hunting: An American Spymaster’s Story.” 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com.

06/11: Lisa See Literary Luncheon “Forbidden City.” Noon. $55, includes lunch and an autographed book. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com.

06/12: Citizen Jane : Transformative Citizenship in a Globalized World Jane

Sloane, discusses her recent book, “Citizen Jane.” 7pm. Free. Sausalito City Hall Council Chambers, 420 Litho St., Sausalito. 289-4121. ci.sausalito.ca.us/index.aspx?page=992.

06/12: T.A. Barron Children’s Writers Conference Event. T.A. Barron is the author of the bestselling Merlin Sagaseries in addition to the Heartlight Sagabooks and several acclaimed picture books. His latest title is “Atlantis Rising,” the first book in a new trilogy that tells the origins oft he lost island of Atlantis.

7:30pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com.

Community Events (Misc.)

06/06: Docent Led Tours at the Marine Mammal Center Docents lead participants through

the Center’s exhibits and viewing areas, sharing stories about their seal and sea lion patients and giving insight into how the center works. 1 and 3pm. 1pm. $9. Marine Mammal Center, 2000 Bunker Road, Fort Cronkhite, Sausalito. 289-7356. marinemammalcenter.org.

06/07: Anne Lamott: Symposium On Writing Join Anne Lamott, the bestselling author of

“Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life,” for an afternoon that includes an onstage interview, a lecture, and a Q&A session. Lamott offers advice on the writing process, while also touching upon the experiences of the writer and the writing life. Writers working at all levels are encouraged.

1pm. $150. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 835-1020. bookpassage.com.

06/07: College of Marin Athletic Hall of Fame College of Marin Athletic Hall of Fame din-

ner and induction June 7 at the Lodge at Tiburon.

Come celebrate the accomplishments of Jay Johnson, Bob Justice, Mike Parnow, Dan Lucia, Ted Popson and Diane Kukahiko. 5pm. $65. The Lodge at Tiburon, 1651 Tiburon Blvd., Tiburon. 485-9580.

06/10: BEMER Physical Vascular Technology Presentation and Demo BEMER is an

FDA-registered medical device developed in Europe and used in over 42 countries. It improves microcirculation—circulation in the smallest blood vessels that comprise almost 75 percent of the circulatory system. As a result it increases energy and the body’s ability to regenerate itself. 6:30pm. Free. Breathing Retraining Center LLC, 12 Mitchell Blvd., San Rafael.

454-3400. breatheeasybodywork.com/bemer.php.

06/10: Overcoming Shyness with The Artist Hines Hear a fun and friendly presentation

that will help you overcome your shyness. It will give you simple exercises you can practice anytime anywhere regardless of the situation. There will be time at the end of the presentation for questions and answers. Come out and learn how to break out of your shell. 7pm. Free. Sausalito City Hall Edgewater Room, 420 Litho Street, Sausalito. 289-4121. ci.sausalito.ca.us/index.aspx?page=992.

06/10: Public Lease Forum The lease for Marin General Hospital expires in December of 2015, and the Marin Healthcare District Board of Directors and the Marin General Hospital Board of Directors have reached tentative agreements on proposed terms for the new lease. 7pm. Free. Marin General Hospital, 250 Bon Air Road, Greenbrae. 464-2090. marinhealthcare.org/lease.

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TUESDAY NIGHT COMEDY MARK PITTA & FRIENDS

The Best in Stand Up Comedy

EVERY TUES 8PM

DJANGO FEST: 10TH ANNUAL GYPSY JAZZ FESTIVAL

3 days of concerts and workshops by 18 of the the top Gypsy Jazz musicians in the world.

CONCERTS: Friday, June 6, 8pm; Saturday, June 7, 8pm; Sunday, June 8, 3pm WORKSHOPS: Saturday, June 7, 10am & 12pm; Sunday, June 8, 10am & 12pm CLOSING NIGHT CELEBRATION PARTY: Sunday, June 8, 5:00pm

LEFT COAST CHAMBER ENSEMBLE: LEFT COAST SUMMER READING

SUN JUN 8 7PM

Classic and contemporary chamber music by composers Robert Schumann, Thomas Ades, Leos Janacek, Eric Zivian and Mike Pelo. This concert will be a feasts of colors and styles.

SAT JUN 14 8PM COMEDY with Joseph Nguyen, Samson Koletkar,

YOU’RE FUNNY BUT YOU DON’T LOOK JEWISH

Gina Gold and Mike Capozzola - 4 Jewish Comedians who are African American, Indian, Italian American and Vietnamese!

IAN DOGOLE - JAZZ ACROSS ALL SUN BORDERS FROM SAN FRANCISCO JUN 15 7PM TO THE SAHARA DESERT Global percussionist Ian Dogole and his genredefying group of world-class musicians traverse an aural landscape of jazz.

FRI LED KAAPANA: HAWAIIAN SLACK KEY GUITAR MASTER JUN 27 A 4-time Grammy nominee, Kaapana has been 8PM considered one of the top Slack Key Guitarists and traditional Hawaiian vocalists for 40 years. This will be a spellbinding evening of Hawaiian folk music.

06/10: Taking Control of Your Job Search

Women 50+ are you involved in a job search? The YWCA of Marin will be holding its free premiere four day workshop. Participants will emerge with a strong resume, improved interview skills, creative job search techniques and an action plan for how to move forward after the workshop ends. Reservations are required. 9:30am. Free. YWCA Marin, 4380 Redwood Hwy Suite A-1, San Rafael. 479-9922. ywcasf-marin.org.

06/11: Map and Compass Navigation Basics

Come learn basic navigation skills using map and compass to find your way. In this in-store class you’ll learn the parts of a compass, how to read a topographic map and how to use them in tandem.

You’ll learn how to pinpoint your location through triangulation and then navigate to new locations by following a bearing. Register at rei.com/cortemadera.

6pm. $30. REI Corte Madera, Corte Madera Town Center Community Room, 770 Tamalpais Drive, Suite 201, Corte Madera. 927-1938. rei.com/class.

06/12: Negotiating a Commercial Lease for Your Small Business Thinking of leasing

commercial property? Learn about evaluating commercial spaces and developing a strategy for negotiating a lease. With instructor Tom Greenfield. 1pm. $10. Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center, 1115 Third St., San Rafael. 755-1115, ext. 1029. rencentermarin.org. ✹ JUNE 6 - JUNE 12, 2014 Pacific Sun 23

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JUNE AUTHOR EVENTS Fri 6/6 • Doors 8:00pm • ADV $30 / DOS $34

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Sat 6/7 • Doors 8:00pm • ADV $15 / DOS $20

Tibetan Peach Pie: a True account of an Imaginative life

Dead On Live: Workingman's Dead & American Beauty, Recreated Note for Note

Monday, June 9, 7pm • THe lInCOln THeaTeR, Yountville

Sun 6/8 • Doors 4:00pm • FREE

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Thu 6/12 • Doors 7:00pm • ADV $32 / DOS $37

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ARIES (March 21 - April 19) Paging all Aries! Mercury goes retrograde on June 7 so think twice before you speak. The stars are setting you up for miscommunication; a simple “no thanks” might translate to “ew, why would you even offer me that?!” for your peers and co-workers. Watch your tone and practice patience before you speak. Well, if you want to keep your job at least.

TAURUS (April 20 - May 20) You might find yourself deleting numbers and clearing your contacts on June 11, Taurus! A “friend” is gearing up for an unpredicted betrayal. Be careful who you share you secrets with. Which of your confidants truly have your best interests at heart? Ponder which friends would bring you soup when you’re feverish and which would forget about inviting you to the concert and just take your significant other instead.

GEMINI (May 21 - June 20) Reunited and it feels so, er, awkward, Gemini!

Well what may seem random and uncomfortable at first has the promising hope to resolve some unfinished business on June 12. An old flame or friend is likely to saunter into the center of your path or behind you in line at Starbucks. Who can you thank for this unlikely reunion? Mercury in retrograde, who else?!

CANCER (June 21 - July 22) You need a rest, Cancer. And what place better to do so than by the sea? Take it easy; it’s time for a break on June 7. Your nurturing instinct has been giving a lot to those around you, but now it’s time to prioritize and nurture yourself. How are you supposed to lead by example if you haven’t had the time to trim your nails, get a haircut and catch up on your beauty sleep?

LEO (July 23 - Aug. 22) Are we all speaking the same language here, Leo? You may feel like your life has taken a cue from Lost in Translation. But no, Bill Murray isn’t trying to seduce you—you’re just not articulating your thoughts clearly.

Mercury’s retrograde murkiness is here to stay for awhile, so take the time to think before you speak.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 - Sept. 22) Have you backed up your hard drive, Virgo? It’s getting ready to crash harder than Y2K! Prepare for a Battle Royal with your technological appliances. Mercury is here to crash whatever it can during its retrograde starting June 7. Back up your computer and make sure your phone is charged and in a protective case. You’ll thank me later.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 - Oct. 22) That angry email you just wrote, Libra ... it’s best to hit delete. You’ve got to vent and it’s great that you found peaceful and therapeutic means to do so, but you can’t take back what you send out into the ethers—especially the internet. Your babysitter doesn’t care if Comcast charged you extra fees, and your cousin is indifferent to the rise in gas prices. Focus on positivity; it’s a better look for you.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21) Money is on its way, Scorpio! Whether you accept a promotion or a new side project, don’t expect to be living on Top Ramen much longer! A new opportunity is about to light up your future—fill your fridge and your closet. Treat yourself to a shopping trip on June 12 because money is not an issue.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 - Dec. 21) You could really go for some show and tell on June 12, Sagittarius—and that’s fine! The full moon in Sagittarius is here to shine the spotlight directly on you and give you a little extra boost of confidence.

Spend the day boasting about your accomplishments; peers and co-workers will be in awe of your trailblazing.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 - Jan. 19) Trouble in paradise, Capricorn? It’s not a shock for the stars; on June 9 expect you and yours to enter troubled waters.

Mercury’s retrograde will be in full force and eager to turn your “can you turn the volume down” into throwing your engagement ring down the garbage disposal. The only thing you can do is agree to disagree. Approach all conversations with caution.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 - Feb. 18) Mirror mirror on the wall, who’s the best Aquarius of them all? It’s time for some reflecting on June 8. Does your room need some feng shui? Does your iPod need a new playlist? However you decide to spend your thoughts, make them count. This reflective period will illuminate a path that will set the pace for the next six months.

PISCES (Feb. 19 - March 20) Don’t shoot the messenger, Pisces, but your ex just got engaged! Mercury in retrograde really wants to make sure you know its here on June 9. The past is in the past for a reason—so don’t let old wounds prevent your new start with someone else. A little reflecting is OK, but let this social media update stay in your newsfeed and move forward.

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Psychic services Gifted Psychic now open

FERGIE 2 Year Terrier/Pug mix Fergie is a real cutie. Perhaps mostly Miniature Pinscher (terrier), she has a touch of pug at either end with her pug nose and curly tail. She would do best with respectful children over ten who can help work with her on teaching her to relax for basic necessities such as nail clipping, examinations for foxtails, ear checks, etc. She has liked having dog friends in the past. She is a busy girl and needs a pretty good amount of exercise for her size. Fergie has a happy personality that she would love to share with a nice family. Meet Fergie at the Marin Humane Society or call the Adoption Department at 415.506.6225

Bridge players, come out and play!

Relaxed ACBL-sanctioned duplicate game Wednesday evenings at Terra Linda Rec Center from 6:30-9:30.

Questions? Need a partner? Contact director Michael Hartnett at 415-5481885 or bridge94941@gmail.com.

Bring this ad and your first game is free!

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Stylist & Color Specialist We are now hiring EXPERIENCED CAREGIVERS for Live-In & Hourly Shifts. Top Pay! Flexible Hours! 401K, Health Insurance and Signing Bonus!

Best Training! Requirements: 3 professional references, Proof of eligibility to work in the US. Interested candidates should apply in person on weekdays between 9am and 5pm at: Home Care Assistance, 919 Sir Francis Drake Blvd. Ste. 107, Kentfield, CA 94904. Contact Francie Bedinger 415 532-8626.

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Got Rot? Removal & Repair of Structural Damage

Pet Care & House Sitting ANIMAL ANGEL PET CARE & HOUSE SITTING Live in or out, vacation or anytime Complete Pet Care/House Care Watering, Mail, Rotation house lights; Mature woman, references, Kathy – 415-717-8263

real estate Homes/Condos for Sale AFFORDABLE MARIN? I can show you 40 homes under $400,000. Call Cindy @ 415-902-2729.

Christine Champion, Broker.

Retail/Office Space for Rent Retail or Office Space Lease available for 3450 sq feet in downtown San Rafael. Two bathrooms, kitchen, 4 offices, with balance for open space planning.

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Retail windows face street. 1 year, 2 year or 3 year lease available. Near restaurants and transit.

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Math, Reading, Spelling, Writing & More Grades K-6 Judy Geiger

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Were you *seriously* injured by an osteopath or chiropractor?

Health Journalist would like to talk to you. 415-299-2969 or wondroushealth@outlook.com

Freelance Food Writer If you are an experienced food writer and your knowledge of Marin is unique and varied, you may be interested in contributing to the Pacific Sun. We are looking for candidates to create savory stories for our audience on a regular freelance basis. Send writing samples to Stephanie Powell at spowell@pacificsun.com

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mind & Body Thea Donnelly, M.A. Hypnosis, Counseling, All Issues. 25 yrs. experience. 415-459-0449.

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RELATIONSHIP CHALLENGES? Tired of endless relationship or marital challenges? Or single and sick of spending weekends and holidays alone? Join coed Intimacy Group, Single's Group or Women's Group to explore what’s blocking you from fulfillment in your relationships and life. Weekly, ongoing groups or 9-week groups starting the week of June 9, 2014 - Mon, Tues, or Thurs evening. Space limited. Also, Individual and Couples sessions.

Central San Rafael. For more information, call Renee Owen, LMFT#35255 at 415/453-8117.

A Safe, successful MOTHERLESS DAUGHTERS SUPPORT GROUP meets every other Tuesday evening in San Anselmo for women who have lost their mothers in childhood, adolescence or adulthood through death, separation, illness, or estrangement.

In a supportive environment, women address and explore relevant issues in their lives, current and past, including the many consequence of mother loss. The group provides opportunities for healing and integrating the loss, gaining self-empowerment, and learning successful coping strategies. Facilitated & developed since 1997 by Colleen Russell, LMFT (MFC29249), CGP (41715), whose mother’s death in adolescence was a pivotal event in her life. Individual, Couple, and Family Sessions also available. Contact Colleen:crussellmft@earthlink.net or 415-785-3513.

What are you really hungry for?

Clean up your act with a 2 week cleanse and feel those emotions. Have fun and grow in a unique Circle of Grace. Get Healthy, Gain Confidence, and Make Friends. Let self-care be the foundation of your success. This woman's group meets 3x's a month with a pure foods meal, coaching and self-discovery. Call Gwen at 415-686-6197 www.gwengrace.com

“THE SHOCKING SECRETS THAT ORTHOPEDIC SURGEONS DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW" Free class Wed. 6/11 at 7 PM or Fri. 6/13 at 1 PM. We'll cover 1) CT’s, MRI’s and the “One Spot Myth” (2) New fake knees and hips… how long will they last?

(3) Are corticosteroid shots safe?

(4) Do anti-inflammatories damage damaged joints?

(5) Are your meds are destroying your organs?

(6) Serious short and long-term side effects of orthopedic surgery (7) HOW TO TAKE BACK CONTROL OF YOUR HEALTH: How to cheat the surgeon, and get well… safely and effectively. How to get to the CAUSE, and correct it. Very special opportunity to all who attend.

Limited seating. Reservations are a must. Call Dr. Harte (D.C.) at 460-6527.

"Scientific, natural health care for the correction of the Cause of Dis-ease."

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Fictitious Name Statement

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 134733 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business. CHINA EXPRESS, 1543 SOUTH NOVATO BLVD., NOVATO, CA 94947: WIN LI, INC., 1543 SOUTH NOVATO BLVD., NOVATO, CA 94947. This business is being conducted

by A CORPORATION. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on May 7, 2014.

(Publication Dates: May 16, 23, 30; June 6, 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014134720 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business. ALLIE AND ME, 434 GREENWOOD BEACH ROAD, TIBURON, CA 94920: GABRIELE PFAUDER-FEDERAL, 434 GREENWOOD BEACH ROAD, TIBURON, CA 94920. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has been transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein since January 1, 2014. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on May 6, 2014. (Publication Dates: May 16, 23, 30; June 6, 2014)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 134820 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business. HOUSE CALLS, 2100 4TH STREET, #190, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: JOHN ORDWAY, 500 SAN FRANCISCO BLVD, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant is renewing with changes, transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on May 19, 2014. (Publication Dates: May 23, 30; June 6, 13, 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 134825 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business. BIO SAUSALITO, 2633 BRIDGEWAY, SAUSALITO, CA 94965: CREPE O CHOCOLAT CORPORATION. This business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on May 19, 2014. (Publication Dates: May 23, 30; June 6, 13, 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 134812 The following individual(s) is (are) doing

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business. KELLY MOVING, 734 A STREET, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: RYAN LEILANI GREENE, 269 DRAKE AVE, SAUSALITO, CA 94965. This business is being conducted

by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on May 16, 2014. (Publication Dates: May 23, 30; June 6, 13, 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014134777 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business. MOGO MARKETING AND MEDIA, 14 CRYSTAL CREEK DRIVE, LARKSPUR, CA 94939. MOGO INTERACTIVE, 14 CRYSTAL CREEK DRIVE, LARKSPUR, CA 94939. MOGOARTS MARKETING, 14 CRYSTAL CREEK DRIVE, LARKSPUR, CA 94939: MOGO MARKETING AND MEDIA, INC., 14 CRYSTAL CREEK DRIVE, LARKSPUR, CA 94939. This business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant has been transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein since January 1, 2007. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on May 13, 2014. (Publication Dates: May 23, 30; June 6, 13, 2014)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 134783 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business. MIRACLE HANDS HOMECARE, 1564 LINCOLN AVE., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: VASEVA KAMAKOREWA, 1564 LINCOLN AVE., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901.

This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on May 14, 2014. (Publication Dates: May 23, 30; June 6, 13, 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 134787 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business. BOHO LOUNGE, 9 FRANCIS STREET, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: TANYA RISTAU, 9 FRANCIS STREET, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on May 14, 2014. (Publication Dates: May 23, 30; June 6, 13, 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014134794 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business. SECURITYTRADEIDEAS, 47 FERDINAND WAY, NOVATO, CA 94949: NASREEN AMINIFARD, 47 FERDINAND WAY, NOVATO, CA 94949. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has been transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein since January, 1, 2014. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on May 14, 2014. (Publication Dates: May 23, 30; June 6, 13, 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014134741 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business. RIDGE CAPITAL FUNDING, 1299 FOURTH STREET, SUITE 502, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: RIDGE CAPITAL CA LLC, 1299 FOURTH STREET, SUITE 502, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMANY. Registrant has been transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein since April 17, 2014. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on May 8, 2014. (Publication Dates: May 23, 30; June 6, 13, 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 134716 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business. O REILLY AUTO PARTS #3552, 812 FRANCISCO BLVD WEST, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: O REILLY AUTO INTERPRISES, LLC, 233 S. PATTERSON, SPRINGFIELD, MO 65801. This business is being conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on May 6, 2014. (Publication Dates: May 23, 30; June 6, 13, 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 134778 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business. U-TOP-IT, 245 SAN ANSELMO AVE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: SOHILA SUZIE SENEHI, 145 KADEN DRIVE, NOVATO, CA 94947. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on May 13, 2014. (Publication Dates: May 23, 30; June 6, 13, 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 134878 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business. CUSTOM T’S, 1053 5TH STREET, NOVATO, CA 94945: ENRIQUE GOMEZ PEREZ, 1053 5TH STREET, NOVATO 94945.

This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on May 27, 2014. (Publication Dates: May 30; June 6, 13, 20, 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014134847 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business. WSW ASSOCIATES, 155 ALLYN AVE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: WENDY W SULLIVAN, 155 ALLYN AVE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960 . This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein starting June 2, 2014. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County

on May 21, 2014. (Publication Dates: May 30; June 6, 13, 20, 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014134850 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business. KAITLYN’S NAIL SPA, 530 3RD STREET SUITE D, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: THU T TRAN, 143 DONEGAL DRIVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94589. KEITH T NGUYEN, 143 DONEGAL DRIVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94589.

This business is being conducted by A MARRIED COUPLE. Registrant has been transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein since May 15, 2014. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on May 21, 2014. (Publication Dates: May 30; June 6, 13, 20, 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 134840 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business. CREATIVE LEGAL FUNDING, 1544 EUREKA ROAD, SUITE 210, SACRAMENTO, CA 95561: CREATIVE FUNDING SERVICES LLC, 1544 EUREKA ROAD, SUITE 210, SACRAMENTO, CA 95561. This business is being conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. Registrant has been transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein since March 30, 2009. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on May 20, 2014. (Publication Dates: May 30; June 6, 13, 20, 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 134841 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business. WC CONSULTING, 1544 EUREKA ROAD, SUITE 210, SACRAMENTO, CA 95561: WELL CONNECTED BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND CONSULTING SVC LLC, 1544 EUREKA ROAD, SUITE 210, SACRAMENTO, CA 95561. This business is being conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. Registrant has been transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein since January 25, 2010. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on May 20, 2014. (Publication Dates: May 30; June 6, 13, 20, 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 134880 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business. BLOSSOM CHILDCARE CENTER, 109 SECOND STREET, SAUSALITO, CA 94965: SOLUNA HEALTH INC., 109 SECOND STREET, SAUSALITO, CA 94965.

This business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant has been transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein since April 1, 2014. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on May 27, 2014. (Publication Dates: June 6, 13, 20, 27, 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 134886 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business. DENIQUE AFFECTUS, 1360 YUKON WAY, APT #54, NOVATO, CA 94947: DANIEL KILBY, 1360 YUKON WAY, APT #54, NOVATO, CA 94947. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on May 27, 2014. (Publication Dates: June 6, 13, 20, 27, 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 134748 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business. GOLDEN GATE VOLLEYBALL, 18 SOUTH 40 DOCK, SAUSALITO, CA 94965: DUNCER STYLES, 18 SOUTH 40 DOCK, SAUSALITO, CA 94965. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on May 9, 2014. (Publication Dates: June 6, 13, 20, 27, 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 134846 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business. MI GENTE MULTIPLE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, 126 ALTO STREET, SUITE A, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: CRYSTAL C. RAMIREZ, 641 41ST STREET, RICHMOND, CA 94805. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on May 21, 2014. (Publication Dates: June 6, 13, 20, 27, 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 134929 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business. BAY THAI CUISINE, 809

FOURTH STREET, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: MANIVONE VONGSOUTHI, 5 WARNER COURT, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant is renewing with changes, transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on June 2, 2014. (Publication Dates: June 6, 13, 20, 27, 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 134871 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business. BLUE MOON INSPIRED, 465 SAN MARIN DRIVE, NOVATO, CA 94945: LEONA HANAFIN, 465 SAN MARIN DRIVE, NOVATO, CA 94945. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on May 23, 2014. (Publication Dates: June 6, 13, 20, 27, 2014)

Other Notices

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No. 304555 The following person(s) has/have abandoned the use of a fictitious business name(s). The information given below is as it appeared on the fictitious business statement that was filed at the Marin County Clerk-Recorder's Office.

Fictitious Business name(s): GABY AND GATSBY, 434 GREENWOOD BEACH ROAD, TIBURON, CA 94920. Filed in Marin County on: JANUARY 29, 2014. Under File No: 2014133991. Registrant’s Name(s): GABRIELE PFAUDER-FEDERAL, 434 GREENWOOD BEACH ROAD, TIBURON, CA 94920. This statement was filed with the County Clerk Recorder of Marin County on MAY 6, 2014. (Publication Dates: May 16, 23, 30; June 6, 2014) STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No. 304554 The following person(s) has/have abandoned the use of a fictitious business name(s). The information given below is as it appeared on the fictitious business statement that was filed at the Marin County Clerk-Recorder's Office.

Fictitious Business name(s): CHINA EXPRESS, 1543 SOUTH NOVATO BLVD., NOVATO, CA 94947. Filed in Marin County on: FEBRUARY 3, 2010. Under File No: 123155. Registrant’s Name(s): XIAO YUAN PANG, 2340 PONAHUE AVE, SANTA ROSA, CA 95401. This statement was filed with the County Clerk Recorder of Marin County on APRIL 20, 2014. (Publication Dates: May 16, 23, 30; June 6, 2014) SUMMONS Family Law (CITACION Derecho Familiar): Case Number (Numero De Caso): FL 1401546.

NOTICE TO RESPONDENT (Aviso Al Demandado): HOPE CELESTE VOGEL YOU ARE BEING SUED (LO ESTAN DEMANDANDO). PETITIONER’S NAME IS (Nombre Del Demandante): SCOTT MICHAEL JOHNSTON. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this SUMMONS and PETITION are served on you to file a RESPONSE at the court and have a copy served on the petitioner. A letter or phone call will not protect you. If you do not file your RESPONSE on time, the court may make orders affecting your marriage or domestic partnership, your property, and custody of your children.

You may be ordered to pay support and attorney fees and costs. If you can not pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form. If you want legal advice, contact a lawyer immediately. You can get information about finding lawyers at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), at the California Legal Services web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), or by contacting your local county bar association. Tiene 30 días corridos después de haber recibido la entrega legal de esta Citación y Petición para presentar una Respuesta (formulario FL-120 ó FL-123) ante la corte y efectuar la entrega legal de una copia al demandante. Una carta o llamada telefónica no basta para protegerlo. Si no presenta su Respuesta a tiempo, la corte puede dar órdenes que afecten su matrimonio o pareja de hecho, sus bienes y la custodia de sus hijos. La corte también le puede ordenar que pague manutención, y honorarios y costos legales. Para asesoramiento legal, pongase en contacto de inmediato con un abogado. Puede obtener información para encontrar un abogado en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov), en el sitio web de los Servicios Legales de California (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org) o ponié-

ndose en contacto con el colegio de abogados de su condado. NOTICE: The restraining orders on page 2 are effective against both spouses or domestic partners until the petition is dismissed, a judgment is entered, or the court makes further orders. These orders are enforceable anywhere in California by any law enforcement officer who has received or seen a copy of them. (AVISO: Las órdenes de restricción que figuran en la página 2 valen para ambos cónyuges o pareja de hecho hasta que se despida la petición, se emita un fallo o la corte dé otras órdenes. Cualquier autoridad de la ley que haya recibido o visto una copia de estas órdenes puede hacerlas acatar en cualquier lugar de California.)

NOTE: If a judgment or support order is entered, the court may order you to pay all or part of the fees and costs that the court waived for yourself or for the other party. If this happens, the party ordered to pay fees shall be given notice and an opportunity to request a hearing to set aside the order to pay waived court fees.

AVISO: Si se emite un fallo u orden de manutención, la corte puede ordenar que usted pague parte de, o todas las cuotas y costos de la corte previamente exentas a petición de usted o de la otra parte. Si esto ocurre, la parte ordenada a pagar estas cuotas debe recibir aviso y la oportunidad de solicitar una audiencia para anular la orden de pagar las cuotas exentas. 1. The name and address of the court are (El nombre y dirección de la corte son): SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF MARIN, 3501 Civic Center Drive, Post Office Box 4988, San Rafael, CA 94903.

2. The name, address, and telephone number of the petitioner’s attorney, or the petitioner without an attorney, are: (El nombre, dirección y número de teléfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante si no tiene abogado, son): SCOTT MICHAEL JOHNSTON, 146 ATHERTON AVE, NOVATO, CA 94945, (415) 882-7105. Date (Fecha): April 25, 2014. Clerk, by (Secretario, por) Kim Turner, D. Taylor, Deputy (Asistente).

NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served (AVISO A LA PERSONA QUE RECIBIÓ LA ENTREGA: Esta entrega se realiza)as an individual (a usted como individuo). (Publication Dates: May 23, 30; June 6, 13, 2014) SUMMONS (CITACION Derecho Familiar): Case Number (Numero De Caso): CIV1303196.

NOTICE TO DEFENDENTS (Aviso Leslie Claire Al Demandado): Roberts, AKA Leslie Claire Galiano, and Does 1 through 50, inclusive.

YOU ARE BEING SUED (LO ESTAN DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE) BY PLAINTIFF: Provident Credit Union.

NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this SUMMONS and legal papers are served

on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away.

If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal service program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Service Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by vontacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of 10, 000 or more in a civil case.

The court’s Lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. !AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 dias, la corte puede decider en su contra sin escuchar su version.

Lea la informacion a continuacion.

Tiene 30 DIAS DE CALENDARIO despues de que le entreguen esta citacion y papeles legales para presenter una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefonica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en format legal correcto se desea que procesen se caso en la corte. Es possible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y mas informacion en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte. ca.gov), en la biblioteca da leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario de la corteque le de un formulario de exencion de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podra quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia.

Hay otros requisites legales. Es recommendable que llama a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remission a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es possible que cumpla con los requisites para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de

lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte. ca.gov) o poniendoes en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales.

AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperacion de 10,000 o mas de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesion de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte entes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso. 1. The name and address of the court are (El nombre y dirección de la corte son): SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF MARIN, 3501 Civic Center Drive, Post Office Box 4988, Room 113, San Rafael, CA 94903. 2. The name, address, and telephone number of the petitioner’s attorney, or the petitioner without an attorney, are: (El nombre, dirección y número de teléfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado,es):Reily D. Wilkinson(Bar# 250086), Scheer Law Group, LLP 155 N.Redwood Drive, Suite 100, San Rafael, CA 94903. Date (Fecha): July 30, 2013. Clerk, by (Secretario, por) J. CHEN, KIM TURNER Deputy (Asistente).

NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served (AVISO A LA PERSONA QUE RECIBIÓ LA ENTREGA: Esta entrega se realiza).

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No. CIV 1401981. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner JACQUELINE TESS BOBROWICZ filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: JACQUELINE TESS BOBROWICZ to JACQUELINE TESS WEGMAN. 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: JULY 14, 2014 9:00 AM, 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: MAY 27, 2014 /s/ JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT (Publication Dates: June 6, 13, 20, 27, 2014)

Obituaries n honoring n SHERWIN DE HAAS JOHNSON Born in Eureka, CA, February 16,1944. Sherwin attended High School in Oakland, CA, served as an officer in the Army at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, as a radio tech, was employed as a tech for Pacific Bell and for the city of San Francisco at the Generator Station for Street cars. Sherwin was employed by various firms in Marin as a dispatcher in the field of security.

He is survived by a sister Rosemary Cain and brother Mark.

He has resided in San Rafael for many years. His interests included as a self taught math expert, physics,science person, chemistry with a great interest in particle physics of the work done at Cem. No services are planned. He died at Marin General Hospital of heart failure at the age of 70.

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I’m a single mother with a 12-year-old son. Four years ago, when my boyfriend fell in love with me, he would buy me clothes and jewelry. He also promised to build a house for my son and me to live in. (We can’t live with him, because he repairs motorcycles from home and it’s loud day and night.)

Well, he is building the house but now says it’s for his mother— a woman living perfectly fine on her monthly Social Security checks. I work six days a week and still have trouble making ends meet, despite my boyfriend’s giving me $400 to $500 a month. He keeps making promises that get me excited and make me want to stick around, like that he’ll take me to Hawaii one day. I love him, but I fantasize about having a boyfriend I could live with so he could help me with the rent and bills.—Conflicted

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We all dream of finding that special someone to pay the cable bill.

There’s looking for love, and there’s looking for some man to take over where Daddy left off on your allowance. You do say you love this guy—well, somewhere in there, between all the grumbling over money, clothes, jewelry, trips, and elderly moms getting houses. Compare your kind of love with my favorite definition, by sci-fi writer Robert Heinlein: “Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.” This implies a level of effort—beyond waiting around, frowning, with your hand out, for that other person to slap a handful of $100s into it.

The truth is, money actually can buy happiness, because the possibility of having real love starts with not having to choose boyfriends according to which provides the best financial aid package. Monetary independence would also allow you to have higher standards for a partner than you can now. Though no man owes you a home or a trip to Hawaii (are you dating a man or a game show?), promises should mean something. You wouldn’t have to stick around to see which promise your boyfriend breaks next if you could go to the ATM and get a stack of your own money (instead of what the ATM probably spits out now—increasingly rude receipts: “Cash? Are you nuts, lady? You’re more overdrawn than Greece”).

Consider taking steps to become independent, like living a more “European” existence. (Europeans seem content with far smaller living spaces, fewer appliances and not living life as a mad dash to get the next shiny new whatever.) You could get a roommate or move in with one—perhaps some other single mom whose values you seem to share. And you could figure out and work on ways to improve your earning power. It won’t be easy street, but it should eventually prove far more satisfying than sitting around feeling cheated out of a house and resenting some old lady (already living the high life on her Social Security checks!) for not reusing more of her teabags.

What’s with a man who fathered three children with three different women but never married any of them? He always cheats on girlfriends and then just moves on to the next. Sadly, I was the most recent. By the time I learned how he operates, I was very much in love with him. I told him he’ll end up a sad old man with no one to care for him, but he still won’t work on our problems; he just left and is now with some new woman. When does he pay the piper?

—Still In Love With Him And Hating That

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Unfortunately, “paying the piper” is just a metaphor, out of a folk tale about a town with a rat infestation and a mayor who tried to stiff the medieval cousin of the Orkin Man. As for your rat problem, the state may make this guy pay child support, but they can’t make him come back and talk about his feelings. You say you love the guy. But you don’t. You love who he pretended to be, like in one of those movies where Mr. Wonderful’s face finally falls off, revealing the creepy space alien underneath. You’ve now seen the creep. Focus on that, and use it to avoid being fooled again. Even the cleverest deceiver will have little truths that leak out—behaviors that don’t match their words. We’re prone to focus on the good things about a person, but it’s essential to also look for the bad. It’s the bad stuff that leaves you filled with longing—for your boyfriend to be thrown in somebody’s trunk, tried for crimes against womankind and sentenced to spend the rest of his life being belittled on national TV by Dr. Phil. Y ©Amy Alkon, all rights reserved. Got a problem? Write Amy Alkon, 171 Pier Ave, #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405, or e-mail AdviceAmy@aol.com (www.advicegoddess.com). Amy Alkon’s Advice Goddess Radio—listen live every Sunday—http://www. blogtalkradio.com/amyalkon/—7-8pm, or listen or download at the link at iTunes or on Stitcher. And watch for her new book: “Good Manners for Nice People Who Sometimes Say F*ck.”

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