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The Marin bicycle community ought to be aggravated that the current signs around town extolling the future SMART service, lists specifically a “Bikeway.” There is no bikeway being built, part of cost-saving measures by SMART management. Indeed, the planners for SMART tried to have the bike path along the tracks phased out entirely—calling them too hazardous in such close proximity to heavy rail operations. Shameful that SMART gets to score big credits, advertising a bicycling future, when they have done everything to resist that aspect of the project. Despite the reality that the ’08 vote in favor of the project, according to most political observers, passed largely because of the support from the bicycling community, vigorously championed by the Marin County Bicycle Coalition.

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Geez ... even Donald Sterling has more than 64 Facebook friends!

I only have 64 Facebook friends, but maybe some of you who have hundreds more can help me with this idea whose time has come. I am sickened by the racist cancer that has been lanced by the utterings of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling. How about turning something dreadful into a force for good? Why don’t we commit to pledging a national oath (something like the Pledge of Allegiance) vowing that we will never use the N word? Frankly, I think it is as illegal and as immoral as screaming “fire!” in a theater or “bomb!” on an airplane. And I have never understood black people’s rationalization that says they are entitled to use the word amongst them-

selves. I think that is just as wrong, especially in music and street lingo. The word is horrific and should never be uttered. I have spent a good part of my life fighting racism in various private and public displays of patriotism. The fact that racism still runs rampant in the land of the free fills me with sadness and dread. I have several media and political contacts who might be interested in a commitment like this, and I will do my best to get the word out. But those of you who are much more computer savvy than me must have a way to multiply my 64 Facebook friends into 64 thousand, then maybe 64 million? By the way, I just realized that 1964 was the year that the civil rights bill was introduced in America. How terrible is it that Martin Luther King, Jr., gave his life for the cause, only to see the word used by not only openly racist citizens, but also by members of his own race? Let’s act.

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Another difference: Marin school field trips aren’t to Dunkin’ Donuts ...

Another difference between Marin and Shasta counties: The kids up here have many fewer issues with food allergies and related neuroses. Example: When our teachers take kids on a field trip to a bakery, they do not have to deal with notes from neurotic parents requiring that food samples be gluten-free, free range, organic, non-dairy, non-soy, salt-free, fat-free, asbestos-free, mold-free, fragrance-free, kosher, non-GMO, animaltesting-free, or approved by the Council on Dental Therapeutics. In other words, relax, people, it’s just a damn doughnut.

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$ Marc’s the spot

It’s rare for a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist to focus on a state legislator from Marin County, but that’s what happened last month when reporter Gary Cohn published an investigative article about “corporate Democrats”—with our own Assemblyman Marc Levine at the top. The report calls Levine “part of a new breed of Democrat, one exceedingly attentive to big business while tone deaf toward the Democratic Party’s traditional base, which includes union workers, environmentalists and public school advocates.” As the piece notes, during his two Assembly campaigns Levine “has received hundreds of thousands of dollars from some of the state’s largest business interests.” Cohn’s in-depth article, written for California Expose and republished by the Huffington Post, places that information in context. During the last few years, the article explains, “powerful corporations, agricultural associations and other political high rollers have been turning away from their traditional Republican partners and placing more and more of their chips on the Democratic end of the table— specifically, on candidates like Marc Levine.” In Marin, some liberal grassroots activists who worked with Levine years ago have voiced anger at many of his votes and abstentions since entering the Assembly in January 2013. But it’s best not to take such matters personally.

I was not a big fan of Levine’s predecessor, Jared Huffman, during his six years in the Assembly, but it’s fair to say that Huffman adhered to appreciably higher standards than what Levine has brought to the table. Huffman nibbled at corporate donations and big-business alliances; Levine has been wolfing them down. Unfortunately, now-Congressman Huffman has chosen to endorse Levine for re-election, in the midst of a vigorous primary campaign. Yet Levine’s actions as an Assembly member—on such important matters as labor rights, corporate accountability and the environment—have often fallen far short of standards that Huffman has said he holds dear. Democrats in office routinely endorse other Democratic incumbents before primary elections. That reflex is shortsighted as far as political principles are—or should be—concerned. Actual policies and actions should really matter. As for Marc Levine, we deserve much better.

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I’ve been thinking the past few days about the gun-happy idiots strutting in public with an unloaded handgun strapped to their hip. Is this simply an adolescent John Wayne-wannabe fetish, or an NRA metaphor for erectile dysfunction.

In the real world, you can probably count on one hand the ones unloaded. But, no cop is going to find out.

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First, everyone is way too focused on trying to portray America as a Latino Community. Second, the decline of our American heritage with politicians pushing abuse of our immigration system. Giving preference to illegal Latino immigrants, as well giving non-citizens voter rights; Democrats especially abusing our heritage, wanting Latino non-citizen votes, and the abusive stream of OUR rights by Republicans. We need refreshing collaboration of our honest trio: Can You Dig It? New quality respect for all elements of American Heritage: DIG the first honest political humanistic party. D- Disabled Populous I- Independent Populous G- Green Populous DIG is the solution for 2016 across our USA. Wake up Washington D.C., here we are, here we come—our mixture is the solution to recover respect for American Heritage.

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Kenneth Kelzer of Novato, you’re right on the mark with your letter’s [“’Words Aren’t Only Bombs and Bullets, They’re Little Gifts, Containing Meanings!’—Philip Roth,” May 4] last statement, “You can be a part of the problem or a part of the solution.” Pass this onto every person in today’s government and all nonprofit agencies.

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In Peter Seidman’s story about MCElike model expansions [Upfront: The green light, April 25] we penned that Paul Fenn is “a principal in Oakland-based Public Power.” Fenn is the president of Local Power Inc. For more information about the company, visit their site at www.localpower.com.

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On a power trip ... E-mail sent out by Local 1245 aims to mark MCE’s clean reputation by Pe te r S e id m an

othing breeds attacks like success. An email created and distributed a few weeks ago by a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1245 urges residents to support state legislation that would effectively kill new community-choice public power agencies. The email is filled with misinformation and may violate rules that are supposed to level the power-supply playing field to enable nascent community-choice public power agencies to compete with the big investor-owned utilities. The legislation for which the email seeks support is AB 2145, introduced by Assemblyman Steven Bradford, D-Gardena. Bradford is chairman of the Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee. The bill passed out of the committee on April 30 and is moving to its next stop at the appropriations committee. On the surface, it seems AB 2145 would make a minor change in the law that dictates how a community-choice power provider proceeds to get up and running. A former Marin resident, Paul Fenn, wrote AB 117, the law that created the road to community choice. Former Marin state Senator Carole Migden sponsored the bill, which became law in 2002. Community choice aggregation legislation made it possible for cities and counties to choose their own energy providers rather than be tied to investor-owned utilities like PG&E. The legislation arose from

the chaos of deregulation that resulted in rolling blackouts in 2001. A key provision, which remains controversial to this day, calls for an opt-out system in which customers in a geographical area where a new community-choice provider begins service automatically enrolls residents in the new public-power program. That process is called opt-out because potential customers must actively move to opt-out of the new program. AB 2145 would set that requirement on its head and mandate an opt-in process. That would mean potential customers would have to actively move to become customers of the new public-power program. The proposal to switch to an opt-in system is far from innocent. Advocates of opt-in have said from the start of the community-choice movement that automatically enrolling customers in community-choice is unfair and gives new public-power agencies an unfair advantage. The exact opposite is true, according to heads of the public-power movement in California. The successful startup of Marin Clean Energy (MCE) has been followed by the recent startup of Sonoma Clean Power. San Francisco supervisors recently voted to investigate whether to become part of Marin Clean Energy. The city of Richmond already is a MCE member. Napa County approached MCE to become a member, and the MCE board decided Napa looks

››newsgrams Supes approve Marin bike park construction after phase 1 sponsorship is secured Dust off your wheels Marinites: on Tuesday, April 29, the Board of Supervisors approved

construction for the 17-acre biking facility at Stafford Lake in Novato. The sponsorship offer was facilitated by Friends of Stafford Lake and allowed for Fox Factory Holding Corp. to enter an agreement with the County of Marin to develop the bike park. The deal is for $100,000 over the next three years in exchange for several promotional rights. The supes’ approval of the sponsorship brought the total sponsorships and donations to $592,850, more than $100,000 over the phase 1 construction estimate of $480,000. The Board of Supes approved the construction plan and bidding is now open through Thursday, May 29. “We received well over 200 donations—a lot of support from the community at large—and that was really impressive,” Stephen Petterle, principal landscape architect at Marin County Parks says. “The sponsorships provided the big money, but it was families and kids who provided the spirit.” According to officials, the bike park effort is carrying a lot of momentum into the targeted latesummer opening date. The total cost of the park, following completion of the second phase, is estimated at $850,000. The “full-spectrum bike park” hopes to allow riders of all ages to learn and improve bicycling skills in a positive, healthy and family-friendly environment. The park is planned to include a single-track loop trail, gravity-fed flow trails with jumps and berms, several pump tracks, North Shore-style elevated trails and a dual slalom course. For more information about the bike park, to follow its progress or to volunteer during its construction, visit www.staffordlakebikepark.com.—Stephanie Powell

Housing Element Update workshops scheduled in May The Marin County Community Development Agency held the first of three final community workshops about the 2014 Housing Element Update to the Countywide Plan on Saturday, May 3. The overall goal of the Countywide Plan is to “meet housing needs at all income levels in unincorporated areas of Marin.” Prior workshops have been held in Marin City, San Rafael and at the Al Boro/Pickleweed Community Center. Workshop participants will work together to discuss future housing for underdeveloped areas all over Marin. The workshops are open to the public. The next housing element update is required to plan for significantly fewer homes than the previous update. The 2014-2023 plan will replace the 2007-2014 plan that was certified by the California State Department of Housing and Community Development in Dec. of 2013. The new plan includes a minimum of 185 homes to plan for. A draft housing element will be presented to the Marin County Planning Commission in the summer, and Board of Supervisors hearings are set for winter 2014-15. The public is encouraged to share perspectives and input before and during the hearings. The final workshop will be held on Saturday, May 10, at the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Strawberry at 10am. For more information about the workshops or to take a housing survey visit www.marincounty.org/housingelement.—Stephanie Powell Decomposing body found on Stinson Beach A decomposing body was found on Stinson Beach in the Golden Gate National Recreation area Sunday morning by visitors from Switzerland. The U.S. Park Police are currently investigating the find after the Marin County Fire Department received a call at 11:43am Sunday morning reporting the discovery. Upon first inspection, officials called to the scene said the body was so decomposed that the identity and sex of the deceased would have to be determined via autopsy. Captain Gregory Monahan of the U.S. Park Police confirms that the body is male and his age remains unknown. According to Capt. Monahan, no foul play is suspected at this time. He assures that Marinites have no need to worry. The investigation is ongoing.—Cristina Schreil Measure A snafu on library election pamphlets Vote early and vote often, goes the old joke. But if you’re in Southern Marin or San Anselmo, you won’t be voting at all on Tuesday, June 3, to extend the Measure A library tax—even though it mistakenly was included on your voter information pamphlet. Measure A is about extending the Marin County Library District’s $49 parcel tax nine years for library services in Novato, Fairfax, Corte Madera, Ross and the unincorporated areas of the county. But the Measure A information was also included on voter guides for jurisdictions outside the district, after county Registrar of Voters officials mistakenly coded the measure as a countywide measure instead of a district one. Elaine Ginnold, the Marin County registrar of voters, learned about the error from the town clerk of San Anselmo, Joanne Kessel, according to a statement from the county. The town of San Anselmo has its own library parcel tax, Measure E, on the June 3 ballot. “I take full responsibility for this mistake and apologize to voters for any confusion this has caused them,” Ginnold said. “Although it is too late to correct the voter pamphlet, the official ballots will be corrected and will not include Measure A for voters who live outside of the County Library District.” According to county officials, “the cost to correct the official ballots was estimated at $100,000, which is available in the Elections Office budget for the current fiscal year.” In the interest of fair election practices and diffusing confusion, reads a county press 11 >

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like a good bet. The cities of Albany and San Pablo also have expressed interest in joining MCE. With the interest in San Francisco as well as the attraction toward MCE in the North Bay and with Sonoma Clean Power now on the scene, it’s understandable that investor-owned utilities might be at least a little concerned. Their long-standing monopoly is in danger of shattering. AB 2145 is an attempt to create a roadblock to expanding community choice as well as creating new community choice programs. Changing to an opt-in process could drive a spike through community choice. “Sonoma Clean Power is up and running—we will be fine,” says CEO Geof Syphers. “The real losers, should AB 2145 pass, are the residents (particularly lowincome residents) and small business owners who won’t get to benefit and who won’t get to participate in helping the environment. The passage of AB 2145 will delay the financial savings and environmental benefits that [make community choice] possible. The scariest thing about AB 2145 is that it would stop all new community choice aggregators from forming. If we want to continue to see customer choice in California, we need to stop this bill.” Dawn Weisz, the executive office at MCE, says the reasons for viewing AB 2145 as a community-choice killer lie in the financial process new public-power agencies follow to start service. The first thing a nascent public-power agency must accomplish is securing the finances to purchase power before starting service. And before that happens, the new power agency needs a customer base. An opt-out system helps a new power agency gather enough customers to start the process and compete with an investorowned utility, which has captured and holds customers through its monopoly. That advantage is why in large part the legislation that created community choice stipulates an opt-out system. The results of changing to an opt-in system are evident when looking at what happened in the late 1990s, a period when an open market reigned. Even though providers offered potential customers in Marin power that was greener and cheaper than the going product, less than 1 percent of the potential customers chose to move away from their power supplier to a new entity. “The default is what customers typically stay with,” says Weisz. The idea behind the opt-out system that’s encoded into the enabling legislation for community choice acknowledges that psychology and seeks to level the market to give public power a fair shot at the state residents. From the start, investor-owned utilities pushed back to protect their market. Residents, customers of the investorowned utilities, ignored the efficiencies of running a power agency without the need to satisfy shareholders and pushed back on a philosophical basis. The horrendous safety lapses at PG&E-including the hor-

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Instead of filing a marketing plan, however, PG&E said it planned no marketing moves against communitychoice and therefore didn’t need to file a plan. The catch: The company can use third-party intermediaries for marketing duties. “When the CPUC was discussing implementation of 790,” says Weisz, “MCE and other competitors with shareholder utilities argued that [790] should extend to third parties. The CPUC ruled against that, saying it was not necessary until they saw evidence it was a problem.” The email that calls for support of AB 2145 and an opt-in process is just one example of why the CPUC needs to take another look, says Weisz. Hunter Stern, a member of Local 1245, signed the email, which some MCE customers received. A button at the bottom of the email connects the missive to an organization called Marin Common Sense Coalition. Stern has said that he knows nothing about a connection to the coalition. He failed to respond to a request from comment on this story. It’s not the first time that mailers were sent to Marin residents that attacked MCE. In 2010, residents received marketing pitches opposing the formation of MCE from an organization called the Coalition for Reliable and Affordable Electricity, a coalition that included PG&E. The connections between the marketing campaigns and the utility are intricate and torturous. PG&E remains firm that it has violated no law. One thing is certain: The latest attack, in the form of the email aimed at gathering support for AB 2145, clearly would benefit the utility and present a severe disadvantage to public power in the state. If the idea is to have a fair marketing landscape to allow public power to compete, opt-out is not just advisable, it’s critical, say social scientists and economists. In a paper published in the Quarterly Journal of Economics in 1991, and ironically 11 >

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▲ & ▼ Peter Ruben witnessed acts by a champ and a villain during the same incident. Since we had a tough time determining whether to place this story in the Hero or Zero portion of the column, we combined the two sections. The episode began when an elderly couple drove the wrong way onto a one-way street in downtown San Rafael. Although a pickup truck headed in the correct direction could have easily passed by in the adjacent open lanes, he pulled up in front of the seniors. With the two vehicles hood to hood, the truck driver honked and yelled obscenities. Words were exchanged, which prompted the testosterone-ridden zero to jump out of his truck and head towards the senior driver. Enter our hero, a female bystander.

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She asked the couple to remain in their vehicle and then stepped in front of the approaching man. “What are you going to do?” she asked. “Beat him up?” The belligerent driver didn’t back down until she showed him her phone and threatened to call the police. The would-be tough guy stopped for a moment, uncertain, and then returned to his truck. For good moronic measure, he hurled a few more barnyard epithets before he drove away. The couple was badly shaken, with the wife in tears and the man confused and apologetic. Our hero guided their car into a parking lot and stayed with them until they calmed down. That bigmouth bully never had a chance against our strong and stout-hearted woman. — Nikki Silverstein

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In Marin, about 91.4 percent of high schoolers will be throwing their hats up high.

alifornia’s public school system generally takes a beating in the headlines and is frequently ranked at or near the bottom of national performance surveys. So it’s no surprise that officials are crowing about a new report from the U.S.Department of Education that found that the state’s high school graduation rate climbed to 80.2 percent last year—the highest it’s ever been. In Marin, the figure is even more impressive: 91.4 percent—the best in the Bay Area. State Superintendent Tom Torlakson called it a “clear sign” that things are headed in the right direction. Undoubtedly it’s good news. But the numbers, unfortunately, don’t take one important factor into account: race. Statewide, only 67.9 percent of African-American students and 75.4 percent of Hispanic students graduated last year. The department acknowledged the race gap in an official release, yet noted that dropout rates have fallen for “students of color.” In Marin, the numbers are better but the disparity remains: 82.9 percent of Hispanic students and 80.3 percent of African-American students graduated, while the dropout rate for both groups was more than triple their white classmates. Naturally the question that follows is: Why? The answer is likely a multitude of factors—economic inequality, 10 PACIFIC SUN MAY 9 - MAY 15, 2014

access to services and, possibly, oldfashioned racism. But the mere fact that these imbalances exist should give us all pause. Certainly it puts the lie to the notion that the racial playing field has been leveled in America, as the Supreme Court essentially decreed when it ruled last week to chip away at affirmative action in Michigan, and possibly across the country. In fact, Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s dissenting opinion (or a piece of it anyway) offers a fine bookend for this discussion: “Race matters for reasons that really are only skin deep, that cannot be discussed any other way, and that cannot be wished away,” Sotomayor wrote. “Race matters to a young man’s view of society when he spends his teenage years watching others tense up as he passes, no matter the neighborhood where he grew up. Race matters to a young woman’s sense of self when she states her hometown, and then is pressed, ‘No, where are you really from?’, regardless of how many generations her family has been in the country. Race matters to a young person addressed by a stranger in a foreign language, which he does not understand because only English was spoken at home. Race matters because of the slights, the snickers, the silent judgments that reinforce that most crippling of thoughts: ‘I do not belong here.’” Y Tell Jacob if he flunked out at jacobsjottings@gmail.com.

< 7 On a power trip ... funded by PG&E, the often-cited authors state, “... Recent empirical analysis suggests that a consumer’s status quo may be important in limiting economic rationality ...” The authors, Raymond Hartman, Michael Doane and Chi-Keung Woo, continue by saying that “... Consumers attach ‘undue’ importance on their current commodity bundle, demonstrating ‘apparent irrational’ reluctance to switch to alternative bundles.” AB 2145 plays off of that irrationality, say public-power advocates. It’s unclear how much effort the union threw behind the email that calls for supporting AB 2145, but a connected website, Stop the Shell Shock, says the site is funded by Local 1245, the local to which Stern belongs. PG&E is a major employer of union workers. But that doesn’t fully explain why the union has been so opposed to public power in general and to MCE in particular for years. MCE currently has 24 power supply agreements with 12 energy suppliers. Union workers are among the employees, although PG&E probably is the largest employer of union labor. The email attacks MCE for its contract with Shell. But that contract was a bridge deal signed to get MCE out of the gate and into the market. MCE has no plans to renew the contract and is now moving toward increasing its renewable energy portfolio from a variety of sources. The email intimates that Shell controls MCE, an intimation that has no basis in reality. The email also claims that MCE power is more expensive than that received from PG&E, another piece of misinformation when the current rates of MCE and PG&E get put on the table. Stern’s email contains scant other true statements as evidenced by its opening paragraph: “Shell is a powerful political operator—and their supporters are pressuring politicians to make sure they get their way.” Actually it’s Stern who is pressuring—and confusing—consumers into supporting AB 2145 by praying on an understandable distaste for Shell—even though MCE is moving away from the company and Shell has nothing like the clout Stern alleges. Marc Levine, the Democrat who represents Marin in the Assembly, says he’s working the halls of Sacramento in an attempt to get legislators to understand the critical importance of maintaining the optout system. “I am actively working with committee chairs and members to educate them about what this would mean for choice in their own communities.” Weisz says monopoly providers already have “a tremendous advantage over competitors” and moving to opt-in would tip the balance too far in their favor. It’s time the CPUC stepped in, she adds. PG&E using third parties to market against community-choice “makes a mockery of the process that 790 created.” Y Contact the writer at peter@pseidman.com.

< 6 Newsgrams release, “staff believes the extra cost will be worth the assurance the voters have accurate ballots.” County election officials are no doubt having flashbacks to another confusing voter-information debacle from 2007, when 1,708 mail-in ballots for a vote on a Ross Valley flood control fee were thrown out because voters failed to sign the back of the ballot. The fee passed by a total of 65 votes, but an analysis of the tossed votes showed the initiative would have failed had the unsigned ballots been counted. Following a costly lawsuit and a ruling by the 1st District Court of Appeals striking down the election, the fee was eventually upheld in 2010 by the California State Supreme Court. Voting for the June 3 election began May 5 at the Elections Office. Official ballots will be mailed to vote-by-mail voters starting Friday, May 9.—Jason Walsh

Fundraiser in Fairfax for Deb Hubsmith, founder of Safety Routes Marinites are invited to ride on down into Fairfax on Friday, May 16, to attend a fundraiser for Deb Hubsmith, founding executive director of the Marin County Bicycle Coalition and founder of the now-national Safe Routes to School program, from 8pm-2am. In 2013, Hubsmith was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia, a serious and aggressive form of blood cancer. Hubsmith has completed several rounds of chemotherapy and recently received a bone marrow transplant. Donations from the fundraiser will go directly towards medical- and associated-expenses. Hubsmith is currently unable to work and her healing and recovery process will last another 12 months, after six consecutive months of intensive medical procedures. Hubsmith has left a mark on more than just Marin’s safety measures, but rather safety measures nationwide, with her Safety Routes to School initiative, a program designed to develop better and safer places to walk and bike. She was the lead advocate on the installation of bike racks on buses throughout the county, dozens of miles of new bikeways throughout Marin and a pathway project that is currently being built with SMART train. Safe Routes went national in 1999, and in 2005 the program received nearly $46 million from the state and federal government. Hubsmith worked with Congress on the $1.1 billion project to bring the program to all 50 states. Currently, Safe Routes—which encourages kids to walk and bike for improved health has more than 14,000 participating schools nationwide. The fundraiser will take place at three venues downtown: 19 Broadway, Peri’s and The Sleeping Lady. And with 15 bands scheduled to perform—bar-hopping is encouraged. A few bands from the evening’s lineup include Vinyl, The Unnamed, Tracey Blackman & Friends and Setchko & Meese. In addition to some of Marin’s musical talent, a silent auction will take place. “I’m so honored that the community is supporting my recovery and that this wonderful night of music is planned for May 16,” Hubsmith says. “Thank you to everyone for your good wishes, encouragement and help with my healing.” For access to all shows and venues, tickets are $20. For more information about the event, to make a donation or to follow Deb’s story, visit www.lovehealingdeb.com.—Stephanie Powell California Bookstore Day a success at Book Passage On a temperate and breezy

May 4, Book Passage, along with other local independent bookstores across the county and state, celebrated the first-ever California Bookstore Day. The event’s schedule penciled in appearances from well-known literary giants—including authors Dave Eggers and Katherine Applegate, illustrator LeUyen Pham and an array of one-ofa-kind, limited merchandise that brought out some of Marin’s avid readers. “I have a serious book addiction,” Charlene Cunningham of Petaluma admits. “And I wanted to come and support the local bookstores.” Cunningham works in Marin, but made the trek back into the county on her day off to stop by two local participating stores and to grab a lithographed tote bag covered in printed words from Eggers’ memoir A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. “Pete and Samantha [owners of Green Apple Books in San Francisco] are friends of mine,” Eggers says. “It seemed like a great idea to bring in customers, with special offers and book-related objects.” Pete and Samantha are credited for the inception of California Bookstore Day after measuring the success of Record Store Day. Eggers made a pit stop in Marin after a hectic morning signing copies of his books and limited totes at Green Apple Books with a flood of people eager to get a word in. At Book Passage, the scene is a bit more serene, with Eggers parked in a cornered chair with natural sunlight flooding his space. Eggers shared fond memories of two independent bookstores—the former Black Oaks Book and Cody’s—both in Berkeley. “I didn’t have anything like that growing up in Illinois,” Eggers says. “It was mind-blowing and expansive. Independent bookstores are culture epicenters.” And Eggers says Book Passage has certainly achieved that status. “It was a nice community moment—it was not about selling things—it was more about getting everyone to spend part of their day at a local bookstore,” Zack Ruskin, marketing coordinator at Book Passage says. “Our hope is to expand to national next year. We knew trying it in California was a good spot to launch it.” He adds, “We know from personal experience that the North Bay has strong readership.” More than 90 stores participated up and down the coast and Ruskin says of the event, “It was a definite success.” Limited merchandise from the event is still available for purchase at Book Passage, and the remaining items will be available to purchase on Book Passage’s website starting Tuesday, June 3. For more information about upcoming Book Passage events or about California Bookstore Day visit www.bookpassage.com.—Stephanie Powell

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f Amber Downsbrough had it her way, there would be no cars and there would be no buses. “We’d all just ride horses,” she says, gazing out the window of a Golden Gate Transit bus headed from Marin County to San Francisco. Downsbrough, 18, grew up in rural Washington, or, as she calls it, “the middle of nowhere.” She sits in an oversized sweatshirt and California Republic beanie with her boyfriend Charlie Marconnette, dog Gizmo and two large backpacks carrying their clothes and basic necessities. They’ve been on the road for weeks, jumping on and off buses from the Pacific Northwest to Monterey. Tonight, they’ll sleep in a spot they’ve staked out at Golden Gate Park. In some people’s eyes, Marconnette says, they are homeless. “Not homeless, just house-less,” Downsbrough adds. “If we wanted to, we could settle down somewhere,” Marconnette says. They don’t want to. They’re young, jobless and want “to see the world.” But for most of the Bay Area employed who live in Marin 12 PACIFIC SUN MAY 9 - MAY 15, 2014

and commute to the city for work (or vice couple of years,” says Denis Mulligan, versa), transportation—where horse-riding general manager and CEO of the GGis not a practical option—is a significant BHTD, who is responsible for overseeing concern. the day-to-day operations of the district and Increasingly, more and more people the interactions with bus and ferry riders, are turning to public transportadrivers, bikers and pedestrians across tion as the best way to get across all three units. and around the bay. In the last So why is public transportaby year, the San Francisco-based tion the hot ticket right now? The Molly Golden Gate Bridge, Highway reasons are many. But the first, Oleson and Transportation District and perhaps most optimistic one (GGBHTD)—which operates that comes to Mulligan’s mind is an the Golden Gate Bridge along with improving economy. “More people the Golden Gate Transit buses and have employment,” he says, which, in Golden Gate Ferry public transit systems— turn, means that more people need to get saw considerable growth across the board. to city jobs from Marin, or from the city to Twelve-month regional bus service patronjobs in the North Bay. age increased 2.7 percent above the year According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor ending in July of 2012, proving continued Statistics, California’s unemployment rate positive annual growth for the 15th condropped to 8 percent in February, and San secutive month. Meanwhile, ferry ridership Francisco and Marin counties boasted some increased 11.6 percent over the previous of the state’s lowest rates. The California year for the period ending in July of 2013, State Employment Development Departmaking last year the best one the service has ment (EDD) reports that in 2013, the Bay ever seen. Area added around 117,000 jobs, making “We’ve had steady growth now for a it one of the strongest job markets in the

country. The freshly employed population has options when it comes to making the trek to new jobs. But Dana Fehler, marketing and communications director of GGBHTD, says many—even those who own cars—opt for public transit over driving for this simple reason: “It’s economic.” When one calculates the expenses that often come with driving—gas (currently $4.26 per gallon), Golden Gate Bridge tolls ($6 for FastTrack, which includes last month’s $1 increase) and hourly parking—it’s easy to conclude that a Golden Gate Transit bus or ferry ticket (up to $11.25 to travel from San Francisco County to Sonoma County) is the most affordable option. For Justin Kudo, an employee at Marin Clean Energy, taking the 101 Golden Gate Transit bus from his home in San Francisco’s Japantown to his office in San Rafael has a lot to do with convenience and productivity. Kudo, 33, a native of Marin County, has been making the commute for more than two years, despite owning a car. “It’s better than driving,” he says of the

bus, which picks him up steps from his front door and drops him a stone’s throw from work. “You can meet people, sit and read ... it just seemed like a practical thing to do.” Jesus Euvan, who lives in San Rafael’s Canal District and cooks at a restaurant downtown, also owns a car that sits unused most days. “I prefer not to drive,” he says, as he waits in black and orange Giants’ gear at the Larkspur Ferry Terminal for a boat that will take him and two friends to the game at AT & T Park. “It complicates it.” He says that whenever he travels to the city—and especially now, with baseball season upon us—he goes by ferry because the roads are often crowded. “It’s hard to drive right now over there,” he says, referring to peak commute time. If you’ve ever been on route 101 when everyone is trying to get into or out of the city at once, you know what he means. And with major construction underway on the structurally and seismically deficient Doyle Drive—the roadway linking the Golden Gate Bridge to San Francisco that hosts nearly 120,000 vehicles each weekday—the commute has become longer and even more congested. “People are sick of sitting in their cars in traffic,” Fehler says, noting that buses are able to take advantage of the much faster carpool lanes. Contrast an ultra-focused driver on a slowly snaking commute with Anatoliy Galkin, 80, who sits peacefully during a visually stunning 30-minute ferry ride to

Marin on a recent weekday morning. His arms are folded on a table, and he rests his head in them as the sun comes flooding in. A retired miner originally from Ukraine who has lived in the city’s Mission District for the last 10 years, he’s on his way to see his doctor in Larkspur. A bag of groceries—out of which peeks a bouquet of white flowers—is at his feet, and his wife is by his side, gently rubbing his arm. When asked why he prefers the vessel to a car, he replies in a thick accent, “Vetty good. Vetty good.” He looks out the window and sweeps an arm across the bay. “The air is fresh.” Comfortable, his wife reminds him. “Comfortable. Vetty good.” Fresh air leads to another reason that public transportation has become popular in recent years: a greater collective awareness of environmental issues. “Folks want to do what’s good for the environment in Marin,” Mulligan says, noting that like Kudo and Euvan, many people who have cars choose not to use them out of concern for the planet. The district’s bus and ferry services, which are subsidized by one half of every toll dollar collected, take approximately 25 percent of vehicle traffic off the landmark scan by providing alternatives to driving. Mulligan points to the multiple benefits of this: Those who do drive earn the luxury of less-crowded roads, and fewer cars on the road mean less greenhouse gases in the air. One doesn’t have to look far for signs of these environmentally friendly times: On a

recent Friday a little before 9am, more than 830 bicyclists—many of whom would connect to buses and ferries delivering them to jobs in the North Bay—had cruised down San Francisco’s Market Street. “I try not to use the stuff that destroys the world,” Marconnette says on his way to the city with his girlfriend, pointing to a car the bus passes as an example. With all of the environmental and economic benefits that come with using public transportation, why aren’t more people who cross the Golden Gate Bridge ditching their cars and jumping on buses and ferries? A glance at Golden Gate Transit’s Yelp page reveals that the most recent complaint comes from a guy commuting from Sausalito to the city’s Financial District, who was told by a driver (“must have been new,” as he “was sticking by the book”) that he was forbidden to board with his daily coffee— something that hasn’t posed a problem for nearly two years. “This is a ridiculous rule, and we are being treated like children,” he writes. “I pay over 1K a year to take that bus; I should be able to drink a friggin’ coffee on my way to work.” Older complaints mention the inaccuracy of bus schedules, buses that are too early or too late, or the chore of being forced to flag down drivers or chase buses to have a prayer of making it to work on time. Likely, many people choose to drive so they can have the flexibility of coming and going when they please. 15> And then there’s the issue of

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›› MUSiC

Get jazzed! North Bay rolls out red carpet for jazz royalty by G re g Cahill

or jazz and blues buffs, the North Bay is the place to be in coming weeks. The recently announced lineup for the 2014 Healdsburg Jazz Festival, running May 30 through June 8, ranges from such jazz legends as tenor saxophonist and flutist Charles Lloyd, double-bassist Ron Carter and percussionist Zakir Hussain to solid next-gen artists like bassist, bandleader and composer Marcus Shelby and Latin jazz percussionist John Santos. The festival gets into the swing of things on the weekend of May 31 and June 1 with a two-day celebration of the blues, featuring North Bay blues harmonica great Charlie Musselwhite (who earlier this year shared the Grammy Award for best blues album with Ben Harper), Marin blues legend Elvin Bishop and bluesman Guy Davis.

Also featured in this jazz-meets-blues presentation are Santos and tenor saxophonist Joshua Redman, a Berkeley native. Other notable concerts will be held throughout the 10-day festival at theaters, wineries, hotels and art galleries in and around Healdsburg. Those include Marc Cary’s Tribute to Abbey Lincoln (May 30), the Mads Tolling Quartet (June 4), the Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra and the HJF Freedom Jazz Choir (June 5), the Bill Charlap and Renee Rosnes Piano Duo with jazz vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson (June 6), the Ron Carter Quartet (June 7), a Charles Lloyd and Zakir Hussain “Common Ground” youth workshop (June 8) and the Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band (also on June 8). The complete festival schedule can be found at healdsburgjazzfestival.org.

During the 1970s Lloyd played and toured with The Beach Boys.

Adventures in Clubland: The legendary jazz-funk fusion band The Headhunters—former Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers saxophonist Donald

Harrison, keyboardist Stephen Gordon, drummer Mike Clark, percussionist Bill Summers and bassist Chris Severin— will hold court at Mill Valley’s Sweetwater Music Hall & Café on Friday, May 9. In 1973, the original Headhunters, co-led by Clark and Summers, recorded one of the genre’s best-selling albums, featuring keyboardist Herbie Hancock. The group’s 2011 album, Platinum, featured guest appearances by Snoop Dogg, George Clinton and Killah Priest. Also rolling into the Sweetwater this month are Foxes in the Henhouse (May 11), Jason Crosby & Friends (May 14), Charlie Hunter and Scott Amendola (May 21), Louisiana blues guitar great Tab Benoit, fresh from the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival (May 22), reggae superstars Black Uhuru (May 23), and Lukas Nelson (May 27) ... The Blues Broads (Tracy Nelson, Dorothy Morrison, Annie Sampson and Angela Strehli) will be cookin’ May 25 at the Rancho Nicasio’s BBQ on the Lawn. Big Brother and the Holding Company, Vinyl and other local acts will be donating their time Friday, May 16, at a series of shows at The Sleeping Lady, 19 Broadway and Peri’s to benefit Deb Hubsmith, who is battling acute myeloid leukemia. Hubsmith is the director of the Safe Routes to School National Partnership and the former executive director of the Marin County Bicycle Coalition. Y Tell Greg what you think and all that jazz at gcahill51@gmail.com.

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›› STYLE

A short list of considerations

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by Kat ie R ice Jone s

he 20 wintery-summers I spent in San Francisco did not make for a plentiful shorts collection. Yet my disparity of shorts mattered little in a city that frowned upon wearing them (as much as Paris does). Sure, I would occasionally spot a pair of running shorts jog by on the Marina Green or short-shorts on a regretful teenage tourist down at the wharf. However other than instances of exercise or hubris, donning a pair of shorts was as much of a San Francisco novelty as a warm summer night. In Marin, that’s not so much the case. A move to San Anselmo in mid-July changed things for me in the short department. I had to get serious about how to wear shorts. Luckily for me, the timing was right. Shorts were starting to make a fashion comeback. This summer that comeback will be at its peak. Marin clothing stores will be exploding with shorts of all lengths, styles and fabrications. So to help you sort through which pairs flatter, here are some “short” considerations:

should steer clear of crop pants (yes, they are considered shorts), baggy or cuffed, and Bermuda-styled shorts, as they will visually make diminutive legs appear shorter.

make you appear thinner. On the contrary, smaller shorts with an uber-snug waistband will induce a muffin top and make you feel larger.

Short Consideration #3: Your Age: Balance your short choices with your age. It’s a fine line for middle-aged women— she can appear desperate to look younger in a pair of short-shorts, or just two steps away from the retirement community in a pair of pleated Bermuda shorts. Shorts with a 4-inch inseam are long enough to provide coverage while short enough to still be sexy.

Short Consideration #5: Your Short Style and Formality: Short styles can range from modern to contemporary to classic to retro to romantic to cultural. Buy and wear pairs that reflect your unique personal style. Likewise, all shorts are not appropriate for all occasions—even if the weather permits. Given this, it isn’t appropriate to wear sequined short-shorts to your company’s softball game, nor cropped yoga pants to dinner at the club. Y

Short Consideration #4: Your Short Size: It’s a little-known fact that sizingup one size in the short department will

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Follow suit Peter Brook production of ‘The Suit’ has the ‘it’ factor by Charl e s B rou sse

the season’s most extraordinary theatrical own among Silicon Valley’s Elysian Fields, indeed wherever Googlese events. is spoken, it will undoubtedly be Ever since word went out that legendary blessed as “way cool.” Imagine the followdirector Peter Brook would be bringing his ing marketing blurb: “Sleekly designed by Theatre des Bouffes du Nord production of master craftmen who have used carefully The Suit to A.C.T.’s Geary Street palace, the exselected materials and colors to make it citement has been building. Now in his 88th stand apart from its competition—a unique year, Brook is still the world’s wunderkind. On statement of 21st century aesthetics. Inside stage, screen and in the opera house, he has its multi-hued cover, everything works the ability—rare among creative artists—to seamlessly to meet or put his stamp on every exceed your highest project, yet make each NOW PLaYING expectation. Don’t miss one seem fresh and new. The Suit runs through Sunday, May 18, out. Order now.” Not all enjoyed the huge at A.C.T., 405 Geary St., San Francisco. InSo, what is the “it” success of his landmark formation: 415/749-2228, or act-sf.org. that you’re being urged productions of A Midto buy in the foregoing summer Night’s Dream, parody of adspeak? (Hint: It’s not the latest Marat/Sade and the gripping movie version iteration of some company’s smartphone, of Lord of the Flies, but there was always something that was distinctly original about them. or any other “must have” gadget.) This Born and raised in England, Brook was a being a theater column, I’m talking about a director of productions at the Royal Opera play—specifically American Conservatory House, Covent Garden, before moving to ParTheater (A.C.T)’s just opened presentais in the early 1970s, where he helped renovate tion of The Suit. Surprisingly, however, if Le Theatre des Bouffes du Nord, a venue built you strip away the message’s puffery it’s a in 1876 that had been empty for decades. reasonably accurate description of one of

The French fondness for simple staging and economic dialogue is clearly evident in The Suit. Developed with longtime collaborator Marie-Helene Estienne and composer Franck Krawczyk, it’s a textbook demonstration of Brook’s guiding artistic philosophy that all theater needs is a good story, a few simple set pieces, some talented actors who understand the principles of mime, and maybe a few musicians to add to the emotional context. The Suit is based on a short story by South African writer Can Themba. Set during the apartheid era in Sophiatown, a segregated community five miles from the center of Johannesburg, it relates how a previously happy young couple—Philemon (played with a mixture of grace and jealously-fueled intensity by Ivanno Jeremiah) and Matilda, his lovely, sweet-voiced wife (Nonhlanhla Kheswa)—are torn apart by the latter’s ill-considered decision to relieve her homebody boredom with an afternoon affair while her husband is at work. Tipped by a friend (Jordan Barbour) who doesn’t recognize the potential effect of his action, Philemon returns home early and the pair is in flagrante delicto (“caught in the act.”) In his haste to escape, Matilda’s lover leaves his suit behind, which causes Philemon to make her do penance by keeping it as a close companion 24 hours a day, whatever she does and wherever she goes. In effect, it’s her “scarlet letter;” as time wears on and no mercy is shown, a tragic conclusion becomes inevitable. All of this takes place on a “set” (credited to Oria Puppo, who also designed the spot-on

The name of the play refers to a sign on the California Interstate 10.

costumes) that consists of some Easter-eggcolored, straight-backed wooden chairs arranged in various configurations to fit the scene, and three metal clothes racks for doors and walls. Instrumentalists Arthur Astier, Mark Christine and Mark Kavuma provide background color. Since Peter Brook, despite his genius, is still a fallible human being, one may regret the inclusion of too much background Western classical music in a South African play, and Kheswa’s rendition of the southern U.S. civil rights anthem Strange Fruit, though heartfelt, also strikes a discordant note. Nevertheless, Brook’s visit to San Francisco is an opportunity to observe a master director’s work up close. It doesn’t happen very often. Y Charles can be reached at cbrousse@att.net.

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Avengers assemble! Blue Moon comic book fans discuss latest ‘Captain America’ by Davi d Te mp l e ton

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he first one did alright financially, but it got blown out of the water by X-Men: First Class,” says comic fan Ryan Ullman, discussing Marvel’s 2011 adventure Captain America: The First Avenger, the sequel of which, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, opened a few weeks ago. “They really need this one to do well, and it is doing well, but it’s not going to do that well. I mean, the new X-Men movie will be much bigger. Godzilla will be much bigger. Guardians of the Galaxy will be much bigger.” “Oh. Yeah. Absolutely,” nods a thirtyish gentleman standing at the counter, clutching the bag of comics Ullman has just rung up. It was his casual question about how much money Winter Soldier has made that kicked off Ullman’s box office solilo-

quy. “Well ...,” says the customer, “see you around.” And off he goes into the morning light. It’s Wednesday at Blue Moon Comics, in San Rafael, a local hot spot for fans of comics and the various art forms they inspire. Wednesday is the day new comics hit the stands—all the latest installments of newer series like American Vampire, Astro City, and The Walking Dead, and many of the classics, such as DC’s Batman, Superman, and Aquaman, Marvel’s SpiderMan, X-Men, Thor, Loki—and of course, Captain America. Wednesdays can get pretty busy at Blue Moon, with regulars eager to hang out after perusing the new titles, chatting with others who share their enthusiasm for superheroes, crimefighters and the philosophical depths of

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who started out as Alpha Dogs now powerless and in hiding from the world. “It’s a whole new day in the Marvel universe,” says Ullman. “It changes everything, and sets things up to be very different in the next Avengers movie. You tear down the thing that brought the Avengers together, then where do you go from there? To me, that’s really interesting.” “I think they’re setting things up for Captain America to walk away,” says Shiffler. “Because it’s pretty clear Steve Rogers is not happy with the way things are. He was grumbling a lot. I think he’s going to go underground soon. And then—we can have Nomad!” Nomad, for the uninitiated, is a secret identity adopted by Steve Rogers in the Marvel comics, during a period when the stalwart hero lost faith in the whole Captain America persona. Evidently, there is a great deal of excitement among Blue Moon regulars at the thought of Nomad making an appearance some day. Meanwhile, Shiffler, Ullman, and the regulars are happy to discuss the movies currently in theaters, debating things like whether or not The Winter Soldier should have ended with the well-dressed politician pulling his face off and revealing himself to be the original The Red Skull, the villain from the first movie. He doesn’t, but there are those who think it would have been cool. “It wouldn’t have been realistic though,” notes Ullman. “It wouldn’t have been as grounded as they were going for. “On the other hand,” he adds, “I guess when you have a fleet of giant flying helicarriers rising up out of the Potomac, you’ve already lost your sense of reality a little.” Y Bring David back to reality at talkpix@earthlink.net.

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k New Movies This Week The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (PG-13)

Cinema: Fri-Wed 3:45, 10:15; 3D showtimes at 12:30, 7 Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:30, 3:45, 6:45, 9:50; 3D showtimes at 1:30, 4:45, 8 Sun-Thu 12:30, 3:45, 6:45; 3D showtimes at 1:30, 4:45, 8 Northgate: Fri-Wed 10:55, 1:20, 2:10, 4:30, 5:20, 7:55, 8:35; 3D showtimes at 11:45, 12:30, 3, 3:40, 6:20, 7:10, 9:30, 10:20 Rowland: Fri-Wed 12:40, 3:55, 7:10, 10:25; 3D showtimes at 11:10, 2:20, 5:35, 8:50 Sequoia: Fri, Mon-Wed 7:15; 3D showtime at 4 Sat 12:45, 7:15; 3D showtimes at 4, 10:30 Sun 12:45, 7:15; 3D showtime at 4 Thu 3D showtime at 4

Bears (G)

Northgate: Fri, Sun-Wed 11, 1:05, 3:15, 5:25, 7:35, 9:50 Sat 11, 1:05, 3:15, 5:25, 10:25

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Brick Mansions (PG-13)

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kBright Days Ahead (Not Rated)

Lark: Fri-Sat, Mon-Thu 2, 4:30, 7 Sun 11:30, 2, 4:30

Captain America: The Winter Soldier (PG-13)

Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Thu 6:30, 9:35 Sat-Sun 12:15, 3:25, 6:30, 9:35 Northgate: FriWed 12:35, 3:50, 6:55, 10:10 Rowland: Fri-Wed 12:55, 4:05, 7:15, 10:30

Divergent (PG-13)

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Draft Day (PG-13)

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Rafael: Fri, Mon-Wed 8:45 Sat 1:45, 8:45 Sun, Thu 9:15

The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden (NR)

Rafael: Fri-Sat 3:45, 6:15 Sun 3:45 Wed 6:15

F R I D AY may 9 — T H U R S D AY may 1 5 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 Electro; Jamie Foxx and Andrew Garfield star. l Bears (1:17) Disney documentary follows a year in the lives of an Alaskan brown bear and her two cubs; John C. Reilly narrates. l Belle (1:45) Sumptuous biopic of Dido Elizabeth Belle, a mixed-race aristocrat of pre-abolition 18th century England. l Brick Mansions (1:30) The Raid redux as undercover cops infiltrate a walled city-within-acity to take down a nasty crime lord. l Bright Days Ahead (1:34) Saucy French dramedy finds wife and mother Fanny Ardant embracing her golden years with a (much) younger lover. l Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2:15) The defrosted WWII hero (Chris Evans) takes on new earth-shattering challenges with a little help from the Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson). l Divergent (2:20) Sci-fi thriller about a futuristic society of rigidly controlled cliques and an adolescent girl who just doesn’t fit in with any of them. l Draft Day (1:50) Browns GM Kevin Costner pursues gridiron perfection at any cost during a particularly hectic NFL Draft. 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 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 The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden (2:00) An unlikely (and doomed) Utopian colony of Weimar Republic freethinkers on a deserted isle is the subject of Dayna Goldfine’s and Dan Geller’s Hitchcockian documentary. l The German Doctor (1:34) A postwar Argentine family strikes up a self-delusional friendship with incognito Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele. l Godzilla (2:00) The lizard is back and badder than ever; Bryan Cranston, Juliette Binoche and David Strathairn star, believe it or not. 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 Heaven Is for Real (1:50) A child’s near-death voyage past the Pearly Gates convinces his pastor father that there really is an afterlife. l Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return (1:28) Cartoon sequel finds Dorothy heading back to the Emerald City for further adventures with the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Lion; Dan Aykroyd, Martin Short, Patrick Stewart and Lea Michele vocalize. l Locke (1:25) Tom Hardy tour-de-force focuses on a desperate man’s two-hour trip to London to confront his unraveling life; Steven Knight directs.

Love and Demons (1:24) Dark indie comedy (filmed on Mt. Tam) about a San Francisco couple beset (and redeemed?) by lusty, thrill-seeking demons. l The Metropolitan Opera: La Cenerentola (3:40) Catch Rossini’s tuneful retelling of the Cinderella saga live from New York in dazzling big-screen high definition. 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 Moms’ Night Out (1:40) Merry mayhem ensues when Patricia Heaton and company head out for a night on the town leaving their clueless hubbies in charge of the kids. 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 Noah (2:19) Russell Crowe stars as the biblical ark-builder and deluge-survivor; Anthony Hopkins is Methuselah. l Only Lovers Left Alive (2:02) Jim Jarmusch takes on the vampire genre with a rambling hipster romance about the centuries-old love affair between an indie musician and his enigmatic tootsie. l The Other Woman (1:49) Kate Upton, Cameron Diaz and Leslie Mann cook up the perfect revenge on the three-timing lover who betrayed them more or less concurrently. l Private Lives (1:53) Direct from the West End it’s Anna Chancellor and Toby Stephens in Noel Coward’s classic comedy of love, divorce and burgeoning infidelity. l The Railway Man (1:48) True story of a former POW who finds and confronts the Japanese soldier who tortured him decades earlier; Colin Firth stars. 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 vocalize. l Titanic (3:16) James Cameron weepie about a boy, a girl, a boat and an iceberg; Kate and Leo star, of course. l Transcendence (1:59) Crazed techno-geek Johnny Depp forsakes friends and family in his quest to create—or become—a perfect robot. l Under the Skin (1:48) Jonathan Glazer’s surreal thriller stars Scarlett Johansson as a shape-shifting space creature who preys on horny hitchhikers. l

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kLegends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return (PG)

Northgate: Fri-Wed 12:15, 5:05, 9:40; 3D showtimes at 2:40, 7:20

Locke (R)

Rafael: Fri 4:15, 6:30, 8:30 Sat-Sun 2, 4:15, 6:30, 8:30 Mon-Thu 6:30, 8:30

kLove and Demons (Not Rated)

Rafael: Sun 7 (writer-director JP Allen and actors Chris Pfleuger and Jason Wolos in person)

kThe Metropolitan Opera: La Cenerentola (NR)

Lark: Sat 9:55am Marin: Sat 9:55am Wed 6:30 Regency: Sat 9:55am Wed 6:30 Sequoia: Sat 9:55am Wed 6:30

kMillion Dollar Arm (PG)

Fairfax: Thu 7 Northgate: Sat 7:35 Playhouse: Thu 7

Moms’ Night Out (PG)

Northgate: Fri-Wed 12:20, 2:45, 5:10, 7:45, 10:10

Neighbors (R)

Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12, 2:35, 4:50, 7:10, 9:45 Sun-Thu 12, 2:35, 4:50, 7:10 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Thu 7:30, 10 Sat-Sun 11:45, 2:15, 4:50, 7:30, 10 Marin: Fri 4:30, 7:15, 9:40 Sat 11:20, 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 9:40 Sun 1:45, 4:30, 7:15 Mon-Thu 4:30, 7:15 Northgate: Fri-Wed 10:45, 12, 1:15, 2:30, 3:45, 5, 6:15, 7:30, 8:45, 10 Playhouse: Fri 4:45, 7, 9:25 Sat 12:15, 2:30, 4:45, 7, 9:25 Sun 12:15, 2:30, 4:45, 7 Mon-Thu 4:45, 7 Rowland: Fri-Wed 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15

Noah (PG-13)

Northgate: Fri-Wed 1:50, 7:50

Only Lovers Left Alive (R)

Marin: Fri-Sat 4:10, 7, 9:50 Sun 1:20, 4:10, 7 Mon-Tue, Thu 4:10, 7

The Other Woman (PG-13)

Fairfax: Fri-Sat 1:20, 4:15, 7, 9:30 Sun-Wed 1:20, 4:15, 7 Thu 1:20, 4:15 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Thu 7, 9:40 Sat-Sun 11, 1:45, 4:20, 7, 9:40 Playhouse: Fri 3:30, 6:30, 9:15 Sat 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:15 Sun 12:30, 3:30, 6:30 Mon-Wed 3:30, 6:30 Thu 3:30 Regency: Fri 11:25, 12:50, 2:05, 3:30, 4:45, 6:10, 7:30, 9, 10:15 Sat 11:25, 2:05, 3:30, 4:45, 6:10, 7:30, 9, 10:15 Sun 11:25, 2:05, 4:45, 6:10, 7:30 Mon, Tue, Thu 11:25, 12:50, 2:05, 3:30, 4:45, 6:10, 7:30 Wed 11:25, 2:05, 4:45, 7:30 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:20, 1:55, 4:40, 7:20, 10 Sequoia: Fri 5:10, 7:45, 10:20 Sat 10:10, 2:35, 5:10, 7:45, 10:20 Sun 12, 2:35, 5:10, 7:45 Mon-Tue 5:10, 7:45 Wed 3:55 Thu 5:10

kPrivate Lives (Not Rated)

Rafael: Sun 1 Thu 7

The Railway Man (R)

Regency: Fri-Sat 1:10, 4:05, 7, 9:55 Sun-Tue, Thu 1:10, 4:05, 7 Wed 1:10

Rio 2 (G)

Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:05, 2:30, 4:55, 7:20, 9:40 Sun-Wed 12:05, 2:30, 4:55, 7:20 Thu 12:05, 2:30, 4:55 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:10, 1:40, 4:20, 7:05, 9:35 Playhouse: Fri 4:55, 7:15, 9:35 Sat 12, 2:20, 4:55, 7:15, 9:35 Sun 12, 2:20, 4:55, 7:15 Mon-Thu 4:55, 7:15 Rowland: FriWed 11:15, 1:50, 4:25, 7, 9:35

kTitanic (PG-13)

Regency: Sun 2 Wed 2, 7

Transcendence (PG-13)

Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:05, 4:55

Under the Skin (R)

Lark: Fri-Sat, Mon-Thu 9:20 Sun 7

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

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Live music 05/09: Curtis Mayfield Superfly Tribute Show With Fillmore Slim; Rene Escovedo, percussion; Codany Holiday, vocals; James Early, producer. 8pm. $20. Fenix, 919 Fourth Street, San Rafael. 813-5600. fenixlive.com. 05/09: Damir and Derek Folk. 5pm. No cover. Peri’s Silver Dollar, 29 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. perisbar.com. 05/09: Doc Kraft Dance Band Rock, Latin. 8:30pm. $10. Seahorse Bar, 305 Harbor Dr. Gate 5, Sausalito. 601-7858. dockraft.com.

05/09: First Fridays Reggae Night with Broken Silence Sound System 9pm. $10. 19

Broadway, 17 Broadway Ave., Fairfax. 459-1091. 19broadway.com. 05/09: Liz Kennedy Jazz, singer/songwriter. 9:30pm. $10. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 485-1182. sleepingladyfairfax.com. 05/09: Rick Ruskin 8pm. $20-25. Schoenberg Guitars, 106 Main St., Tiburon. 789-0846. om28.com 05/09: Swoop Unit Rock. 9:30pm. $8. Peri’s, 29 Broadway Ave., Fairfax. 459-9910. 19broadway.com. 05/10: Breakup with Peck the Town Crier Judy Hall, jazz piano. 4-7pm. 9pm. $10. 19 Broadway, 17 Broadway Ave., Fairfax. 459-1091. 19broadway.com. 05/10: Fantuzzi Spiritually inspired rhythm, latin, reggae. 8pm. $15, no one turned away. Open Secret Bookstore, 923 C St., San Rafael. 457-4191. opensecretbookstore.com. 05/10: Stephanie Teel Band With Roy Schmall, keyboards, vocals; Steve Valverde, vocals, bass, guitar; Steve Cameron, drums. 8pm. $15. Fenix, 919 Fourth St., San Rafael. 813-5600. fenixlive.com. 05/10: Tommy Odetto Group Rock. 9:30pm. 8. Peri’s Silver Dollar, 29 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. perisbar.com.

05/11: Joan Baez, Jai Uttal and Friends: Mother’s Day Benefit for Cascade Canyon

Folk music legend and world-fusion music pioneer join forces in a benefit performance for Cascade Canyon School. Proceeds will support the school’s innovative arts and science programs. 7pm. $45-100. Dominican University, Angelico Hall, 50 Acacia Ave., San Rafael. 459-3464. cascadecanyon.org.

05/11: Mother’s Day Brunch: Alvon Johnson Rock, blues. 11:30am. No cover. Fenix, 919 Fourth Street, San Rafael. 813-5600. fenixlive.com.

05/11: Texas Chainsaw Band, Eugene Huggins Country, blues. 5pm. No cover. 19 Broadway, 17 Broadway Ave., Fairfax. 459-1091. 19broadway.com.

05/11: Tracy Blackman and Friends

Singer, songwriter. 7pm. No cover. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 485-1182. sleepingladyfairfax.com. 05/12: Open Mic with Austin DeLone 7:30pm. No cover. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 388-1100. swmh.com. 05/12: Open Mic with Derek Smith 8:30pm. Free. 19 Broadway Night Club, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. 19broadway.com. 05/12: Open Mic with Simon Costa 8:30pm. Free. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 485-1182. sleepingladyfairfax.com.

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Neil Jordan’s 1999 adaptation of the Graham Greene novel THE END OF THE AFFAIR is one of the director’s best films and gives fresh vitality to Greene, whose star and sway as the world’s preeminent Catholic writer has declined since his death in 1991. This wrenching story set in wartime London is based ‘The End of the Affair’ was loosely based on author Graham Greene’s life in part on Greene’s own affair with Lady Catherine and his affair with Lady Catherine Walston. Walston, telling in flashback the whirlwind passion that grew between writer Maurice Bendrix (Ralph Fiennes) and Sarah Miles (Julianne Moore)—wife to civil servant Henry (Stephen Rea). Her sudden ending of that relationship is cause for torture in Maurice, a spirit-hauntedness in herself and the beginning of doubts in Henry—doubts he hopes to allay by having his friend Miles hire a private detective to follow Sarah. A story so elemental in its themes of love and guilt that it risks pigeonholing to identify it as Catholic: If the discovery of sympathy between Fiennes and Moore feels like a new truth opening into life, the damage is real, too, and the call of conscience is universal, even if it wears a clerical collar here. Gone is the thread of misogyny that sometimes mars Jordan’s work. Julianne Moore as the inexplicably cold but inwardly tormented Sarah turns in some of her most affecting and alluring work—in flawless British accent no less.—Richard Gould 05/12: 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. 05/13: Drake High Jazz Band Youth jazz. 7pm. No cover. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. 485-1182. sleepingladyfairfax.com. 05/13: Lorin Rowan Solo acoustic guitar and vocals. 7pm. No cover. Panama Hotel, 4 Bayview St., San Rafael. panamahotel.com. 05/14: Del Sol Acoustic. 7pm. No cover. Panama Hotel, 4 Bayview St., San Rafael. panamahotel.com. 05/14: Happy Hour with Fenton Coolfoot and the Right Time Band Funk. 5-9pm. 19

Broadway, 17 Broadway Ave., Fairfax. 459-1091. 19broadway.com.

05/14: Lori Rowan’s Rattlebox with Barry Sless Original Americana. 8pm. No

cover. Iron Springs Brewery, Center Blvd., Fairfax. ironspringspub.com.

05/16: Three Venue Fairfax Benefit to Help Deb Hubsmith Heal from Leukemia Adjacent venue benefit musical event. One price for admission to all three venues. 19 Broadway: 8pm Tommy Odetto; 9pm Big Brother; 10pm Vinyl; 11pm Talley Up; midnight TFG; 1am The Unnamed. Sleeping Lady: 8pm The Sleeping Ladies’ Men; 8:55-9:15pm Samantha Raven; 9:30pm Tracy Blackman and

Friends; 10:15pm FenToN CooLfooT; 11:15pm Junk Parlor. Peri’s: 8:30pm Setchko & Meese; 9:30pm MAML’s; 10:30pm Ronnie Ray; 11:30pm Achille’s Wheel. 8pm. $20. Downtown Fairfax. 457-0802. lovehealingdeb.com.

Comedy 05/09: 3 Still Standing with Will Durst, Larry A humor filled evening raising awareness for a soon to be released film. Get a few sneak peeks and standup sets from the three stars. 8pm. $23-35. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 383-9600. 142throckmortontheatre.org.

05/13: 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.

Theater 05/09-10: ‘The Rhubarb Revue Cooks Mother Goose’ 6:30pm May 9-10. $20-25. Reserved Seating. Tamalpais Valley Community Center, 203 Marin Avenue, Mill Valley. 383-3691. tamvalley.org.

05/09-10: Stapleton Theatre Company: ‘Oliver’ Based on the Dickens novel. Presented by

a cast of children and adults. Bruce Vieira, director. Judy Wiesen, musical director. Jenny Rand, choreography. Music, lyrics by Lionel Bart. 7:30pm May 9-10, 16-17; 2pm May 11 and 18. $14-20.The Playhouse, 27 Kensington Road, San Anselmo. 454-5759. stapletontheatreco.org. 05/09-11: MTC:‘Fences’ Marin Theatre Company in association with Lorraine Hansberry Theatre. By August Wilson. $37-58. Marin Theatre Company, Miller Ave., Mill Valley. marintheatre.org.

05/09-05/11: COM:‘Five Women Wearing the Same Dress’ Written by Alan Ball. 8pm

May 9-10; 2pm May 11. 8pm. $10-$20. College of Marin, Studio Theater, Performing Arts Building, Room 32, 835 College Ave., Kentfield. 485-9385. brownpapertickets.com/event/607727.

Concerts 05/09-10: Mayflower Chorus Blockbusters,

game-changers and showstoppers with staging and narratives. 8pm. $5-18. Showcase Theatre, 10 Ave. of the Flags, San Rafael. 924-1873. marincenter.org. 05/09: Musae “Women Who Changed History.” Ben Johns conducts a program that features songs by women composers and works written for elite female groups from a variety of eras. Repertoire will range from Renaissance madrigals composed for the first professional women’s vocal ensemble to contemporary pieces. 8pm. $15-20. Old St. Hilary’s Landmark, 201 Esperanza, Tiburon. 435-1853. landmarkssociety.com/events/concerts.

05/10: Chamber Music Concert with Amanda Morando Soprano. Milton Wong, viola; Angus

Davol , cello; FIU Piano Quartet. Works by Barber, Bridge, Schubert. 7:30pm. $10-25. Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Marin, 240 Channing Way, San Rafael. 479-4131. uumarin.org.

05/10: College of Marin Orchestra: Spring Concert Tara Flandreau conducts works by Bach, Faure, Beethoven. 7:30pm. Free. College of Marin, James Dunn Theatre, 835 College Ave., Kentfield. 485-9460. marin.edu/performingarts/music/ music-calendar.html.

05/10: Saint Rita School International Music Festival: Spring Benefit Concert With Pacific

Mambo Orchestra, Boca do Rio, The Atomic Beat. 6pm. $45. Pavilion Dance Hall, 142 Bolinas Road, Fairfax. 453-5928. strita.edu. 05/11: College of Marin Vocal Recital“From the Garden: Flower Themed Songs.” Advanced student performance. 3pm. Free. Tamalpais Retirement Community, 501 Via Casitas, Greenbrae. 4859460. marin.edu/performingarts/music/ music-calendar.html.

Art 05/11: Love and Demons Screening Writer/ director: JP Allen. (US 2014) 84 min. plus discussion. 7pm. $11. Non Members. Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St., San Rafael. 454-1222. cafilm.org/rfc/films/2014.html. 05/13-14: College of Marin Child Development Center Hosts Annual IVC Children’s Art Show and Lunch Cards and gift wrap

designed by children. With treats as well as spaghetti lunch with salad. Donations to support the children’s art program are welcome. 9:30am. College of Marin Indian Valley Campus, Building 12, Room 100, 1800 Ignacio Blvd., Novato. 457-8811, ext. 8221. marin.edu/student_services/child_care.htm.

Through 05/11: 2014 Marin Open Studios at Marin Society of Artists Gallery Marin Open

Studios is an annual, free, self-guided art tour in Marin County that takes place the first two weekends in May. Artwork is for sale, but there is much more in

the offering: ideas, inspiration, the conversation of creativity, and a glimpse into lives devoted to art. May 10-11, from 11am to 6pm. Free. Marin Society of Artists Gallery, 30 Sir Francis Drake, Marin Art and Garden Center, Ross. 454-9561. marinsocietyofartists.org/events.html.

Kids Events 05/10: Jason Fry “Lego Star Wars: The Visual Dic-

tionary: Update and Expanded.” Event will feature a pallet of Star Wars legos to play with. 10am. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com. 05/11: Mother’s Day Picnic Audubon Canyon Ranch and Marin Audubon Society will host its 51st annual Mother’s Day picnic. A West Marin tradition, the event takes place in Volunteer Canyon at Martin Griffin Preserve and features guided nature walks. All proceeds benefit the habitat protection and nature education programs of Audubon Canyon Ranch and Marin Audubon Society. Parking is limited. Please carpool. 11am-3pm. $12-28. Martin Griffin Preserve, 4900 Shoreline Hwy., Bolinas. marinaudubon.org.

event sponsored by Private Ocean. Senator Warren will speak about her book “A Fighting Chance.” 4pm. $35, includes a signed book. Dominican University, 50 Acacia Ave., San Rafael. 927-0960. bookpassage.com. 05/11: Michael Cunningham Pulitzer Prizewinning novelist returns with “The Snow Queen.” Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com. 05/12: Krista Bremer “My Accidental Jihad.” 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com. 05/13: Daniel Levine A reimagining of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde from the monster’s perspective, “Hyde.” 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com. 05/14: Francine Prose“Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932.” 1pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com. 05/14: Kathryn Ma Iowa Short Fiction Prize winning author presents.“The Year She Left Us.” 7pm. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960.

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Community Events (Misc.)

05/09: Transformational Cinema presents ‘Waste Land’ Follow renowned artist Vik Muniz

05/09: Cast Party: MTC Annual Spring Fundraiser Reception and silent auction, dinner, live

as he journeys from his home base in Brooklyn to his native Brazil and the world’s largest garbage dump, Jardim Gramacho, located on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. Subtitles for a portion of the film. Presented by Unity In Marin 7pm. $10. 475-5000. unityinmarin.org/events. 05/15: ‘Private Lives’ Toby Stephens and Anna Chancellor star in a production of Noel Coward’s comedy. Director: Jonathan Kent. 113 min. 7pm. Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St., San Rafael. 454-1222. cafilm.org/rfc/films/2015.html.

Outdoors 05/10: Ross Garden Tour: Beyond The Garden Gate Four private gardens in the town of Ross

will open for a biannual fundraising event. Guests are free to explore at their own pace. The ticket price includes parking, shuttle transportation, and admission to all four gardens. A boxed lunch prepared by Woodlands Market will be available for purchase. 9am-3pm. $40-50. Ross School and Commons, 9 Lagunitas Road, Ross. 845-4090. rossgardentour.org.

Readings 05/09: Mike Robbins “Nothing Changes Until

You Do: A Guide to Self-Compassion and Getting Out of Your Own Way ” 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com. 05/10: Dewey Livingston Co-sponsored by Kentfield-Greenbrae Historical Society. “In the Heart of Marin: The History of Kentfield & Greenbrae, California.” 4pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com. 05/10: Gale O’Brien “Transformation: Creating an Exceptional Life in the Face of Cancer.” 1pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com. 05/10: John Hewitt Left Coast Writers event. “Drone Baloney.” 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com. 05/10: Senator Elizabeth Warren Book Passage in partnership with the Institute of Leadership Studies at Dominican University, California presents this

auction. Proceeds benefit Marin Theatre Company’s artistic and educational programs. 6pm. $200-250. The Outdoor Art Club, 1 West Blithedale Ave., Mill Valley. 322.6035. marintheatre.org.

05/10: 25th Annual Benefit for Open Space

On Safari in Kenya’s National Parks : An Evening with Wildlife Photographers Jerry and Buff Corsi. Faced with a growing human population needing ever more living space, Kenya has managed to maintain a number of large natural areas set aside as national parks and reserves. 6:30pm. $25-30. St. John’s Episcopal Church, 14 Lagunitas Road, Ross, Ross. 456-5476. 05/10: Business of Music 3 Introduction to the fundamentals of the business of music, creating a niche for yourself, determining who your market is and what you have to offer. Learn to monetize your music. 10am. $60-120. Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center, 1115 Third St., San Rafael. 755-1115, ext. 1029. rencentermarin.org.

05/10: Womanist Reflections: Remembering Fannie Lou Hamer Join S.F. Theological Seminary for a day long celebration of Hamer’s activism for racial and gender equality. Event is free and lunch will be provided. Noon. S.F. Theological Seminary, Scott Hall Room 101, 101 Seminary Road, San Anselmo. 451-2838. tinyurl.com/SFTSWomanist. 05/11: Bubbles for Mom Forget brunch, celebrate Mom this Mother’s Day with a lovely dinner at Vin Antico and let her enjoy a glass of Prosecco. 5:30pm. Vin Antico, 881 Fourth St. , San Rafael. 721-0600.

05/11: Mother’s Day Dining at Terrapin Crossroads On Mother’s Day Terrapin Crossroads

has a brunch buffet from 10am-3pm. Moms receive a complimentary mimosa. Live music with the Terrapin Family Band at 12:30pm. 10am. $35. Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr., San Rafael. 524-2773. terrapincrossroads.net. 05/11: West Point Inn Pancake Breakfast Visit the West Point Inn and enjoy a pancake breakfast and views of Marin. Built on Mt Tamalpais in 1904, the inn is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Proceeds from the Pancake Breakfasts are used to preserve and operate the West Point Inn. Breakfasts will also be held on June 15, July 13, Aug 10, Sept 7 and Oct. 12. 9am. $5-10. West Point Inn, Mt Tamalpais, 100 Old Railroad Grade, Mill Valley. 388-9955. westpointinn.org. ✹

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ARIES (March 21 - April 19) The flu may be going around, Aries, but you don’t have it. You do, however, have a serious case of word vomit on May 10. Do your best to watch what you say—your boss doesn’t want to know how you really feel about the new team-building exercises. When in doubt, it’s best to nod and smile. TAURUS (April 20 - May 20) It takes two, Taurus! Your house of committed relationships is taking over on May 14. The full moon in Scorpio highlights all partnerships in your life—be it love or work. Whether you’ve earned a set of keys to your loved one’s apartment or inked a new deal with a large contractor—you’re more than ready to dance (or work) the night away. GEMINI (May 21 - June 20) Now’s your chance to quit smoking and put the whiskey down, Gemini! It’s no secret that you’re lively and easily the life of the party; but in order to keep making social appearances at a record rate, you’ve got to get your health in check. Make a lifestyle change on May 15. The full moon will help ensure that you feel the lasting effects of your healthy change. CANCER (June 21 - July 22) May 11 may be Mother’s Day, Cancer, but you’re going to find yourself celebrating, er, more likely cleaning up some other messes. Libra and Mars have teamed up for a tension-filled festivity that is sure to make your plans fall by the wayside. Don’t make concrete plans and prepare for the unexpected as much as possible. And most importantly, don’t take it out on Mom. LEO (July 23 - Aug. 22) Calm your inner lion, Leo, before there’s a cat fight! Matters with a female relative escalate on May 15. Whether the news is good or bad, it’s up to you (and your attitude) to decide how to move forward. If you can’t seem to pinpoint a lady in your life, you might want to look a little closer. It could be that you (or your beloved) might be pregnant. After all, your fourth house of parenthood is here and it sure doesn’t lie. VIRGO (Aug. 23 - Sept. 22) Your project has been approved, Virgo! Your creative nature nurtures inventive ideas, and they are finally being recognized thanks to Scorpio’s full moon! Don’t be shy and ask for what you need on May 9—you’ll need all the help you can get to make sure this project lives up to its (and your) name. LIBRA (Sept. 23 - Oct. 22) Show you the money, Libra! Expect a big check on May 9 this week; it could be the perfect amount to inspire a new savings plan. You may be tempted to start a new shopping plan; it’s best if you avoid any and all “As Seen on TV” infomercials. You’re a sucker for a new set of cutlery this week. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21) Dive in, Scorpio! The spotlight is on you on May 15! With the full moon in your sign, success is slated for whatever you decide to do. Whatever decisions you make, ensure that you’re behind them whole-heartedly. Decisions made under your sign’s full moon will have lasting effects. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 - Dec. 21) Drop your frenemies, Sagittarius. It’s time to clean closet in the friend department. Recent interactions might dictate how you feel about some friends and whether or not it’s worth fighting for your shared history. Do your best to evaluate who is making you better and who is leaving you playing the part of a fool on May 12. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 - Jan. 19) Did you round up a group of your friends to play dodgeball on May 13, Capricorn? Your house of group activities is begging for a little attention. Send out a mass text and make it happen! You’re eager for some spotlight and it will do you some good. Just try to avoid getting hit in the face. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 - Feb. 18) Sure your calendar is booked up, Aquarius, but did you make sure to pencil in some professional success on May 12? A career milestone is headed your way—make some extra copies of your headshot, stock up on Sharpies and get ready to sign autographs. Your initiative and leadership on said project marks a turning point in your career. PISCES (Feb. 19 - March 20) Is Groupon filling up your inbox, Pisces? It’s the stars sending you a newsflash—get out of town! It’s time for a trip and a change in perspective. Do a little digging around for good travel deals and pack your bags on May 10. A new setting might provide just the right spark at the right time for your next creative endeavor.

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<<Page 25 Personal Fitness Training with Michael Lopez Michael Lopez, locally renowned owner of Body Image Fitness Training, is finally accepting new clients. Whether you're trying to stay fit, recover from an injury, pursue a more advanced program, or just getting into fitness for the first time, Michael will help educate, motive and provide the emotional support necessary to develop a new healthier and fitter you. With over 25 year of experience as a Health and Fitness coach, Michael offers Tailored fitness programs at Five Point Fitness or in the privacy of your own home. Call today, your new Body Image isn't Far away... Phone:(415) 388-1736 or at clarkey01@hotmail.com EQUINE FACILITATED PSYCHOTHERAPY SUPPORT GROUP FOR WOMEN, ongoing - offered by Equine Insight at Willow Tree Stables, Novato. Please join us for this experiential group on Mondays, 11:30 - 1:00p for six weeks. We will explore how horses, with their innate sense of empathy, heal through your own personal processes issues of grief, loss, trauma, ongoing depression and anxiety. Our workshop will introduce you to our equine therapy partners who will introduce you to the profound healing nature of horses and the varied ways they communicate. Each participant will be offered the individual experience of connecting with our horses who are skilled in facilitating healing. There will be time to process before and after each group. Group size will be limited to 6 participants to maximize personal attention. No previous horse experience necessary as we will do most therapeutic exercises on the ground. This group is presented by Equine Insight and Judy Weston-Thompson, MFT, CEIP-MH (MFC#23268, PCE#4871). Judy has been using equine facilitated psychotherapy in her psychotherapy practice since 2006. Please see our website for sign up availability www.equineinsight.net. Or email us for more at equine insight@aol.com.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 134486 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business. MARIN’S OWN, 565 JACOBY STREET, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: MARIN SANITARY SERVICE, 1050 ANDERSEN DRIVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant is renewing, transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on March 31, 2014. (Publication Dates: April 18, 25; May 2, 9, 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 134543 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business LE HEART, 985 LAS OVEJAS AVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: LEA MAI NGUYEN, 985 LAS OVEJAS AVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on April 7, 2014. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on April 7, 2014. (Publication Dates: April 18, 25; May 2, 9, 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 134564 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business HOUSE OF BAGELS, 640 4TH STREET, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: HAY YOU, 175 VISTA DEL MAR, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on July 25, 2013. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on April 10, 2014. (Publication Dates: April 18, 25; May 2, 9, 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 134512 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business DEZIGN GROUP, 234 CURREY LANE, SAUSALITO, CA 94965: MARI S. DEMARSH, 234 CURREY LANE, SAUSALITO, CA 94965. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant is renewing, transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on April 1, 2014. (Publication Dates: April 18, 25; May 2, 9, 2014)

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No. 304547 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): CARNIVAL OF STARS OR GHAWAZEE.COM, 439 SHERWOOD DR. #207, SAUSALITO, CA 94965. Filed in Marin County on: JANUARY 14, 2014. Under File No: 2014133869. Registrant’s Name(s): MELINDA CESPEDES, 439 SHERWOOD DR. #207, SAUSALITO, CA 94965. LINDA KOZEL, 1115 BANCROFT WAY, BERKELEY, CA 94702. This statement was filed with the County Clerk Recorder of Marin County on April 7, 2013. (Publication Dates: April 18, 25; May 2, 9, 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 134573 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business. J.C.C CONSTRUCTION, 379 BAHIA WAY, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: JOSE CRUZ CASTILLO, 379 BAHIA WAY, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on April 11, 2014. (Publication Dates: April 25; May 2, 9, 16, 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014134590 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business MCQUEEN MACKIN AND ASSOCIATES, 1299 FOURTH STREET, SUITE 409, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: CHARLES R. MCQUEEN, 901 MARIN DRIVE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on April 15, 2014. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on April 15, 2014. (Publication Dates: April 25; May 2, 9, 16, 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 134594 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business MARIN HEARING CENTER, 45 SAN CLEMENTE DR., SUITE D140, CORTE MADERA, CA 94925: KIM HOPPIN, 45 SAN CLEMENTE DR., SUITE D140, CORTE MADERA, CA 94925. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant

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is renewing, transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein since October 1, 2012. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on April 16, 2014. (Publication Dates: April 25; May 2, 9, 16, 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014134587 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business NORTH BAY DENTAL, 801 A STREET, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: RUPINDER BUTTAR D.D.S CORPORATION, 152 RESERVOIR ROAD, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on June 1, 2014. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on April 15, 2014. (Publication Dates: April 25; May 2, 9, 16, 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 134572 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business MUSICA MARIN, 1661 MAR WEST STREET, TIBURON, CA 94920: RUTH KAHN SIDERMAN, 1661 MAR WEST STREET, TIBURON, CA 94920. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on April 11, 2014. (Publication Dates: April 25; May 2, 9, 16, 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMEN File No. 134504 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business EUCALYPTUS GROVE FUND, 33 BUCHANAN DRIVE, SAUSALITO, CA 94965: PATRICIA M. CHRISTOPHERSON, 80 LINCOLN DRIVE, APT. 3A, SAUSALITO, CA 94965. ELIZABETH A MARTIN, 80 LINCOLN DRIVE, APT 3A, SAUSALITO, CA 94965. NICHOLAS NICOLARY, 80 LINCOLN DRIVE, APT 3A, SAUSALITO, CA 94965. This business is being conducted by A JOINT VENTURE. 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 April 1, 2014. (Publication Dates: April 25; May 2, 9, 16, 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 134545 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business DBA BUSINESS MANAGEMENT COACHING, 4340 REDWOOD HIGHWAY, BLDG. F, SUITE 101, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: RICHARD JENSEN, 26 TANOAK COURT,

CORTE MADERA, CA 94925. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has been transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein since March 10, 2014. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on April 7, 2014. (Publication Dates: April 25; May 2, 9, 16, 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 134536 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business. TENACITY 10, 1585 62ND STREET, SUITE #8713, EMERYVILLE, CA 94608. BEARLAX, 1585 62ND STREET, SUITE #8713, EMERYVILLE, CA 94608: SHERRY SPORTS, LLC, 1585 62ND STREET, SUITE #8713, EMERYVILLE, CA 94608. This business is being conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. Registrant has been transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein since August 26, 2007. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on April 4, 2014. (Publication Dates: May 2, 9, 16, 23, 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 134562 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business CHI 4 CHILDREN, 2313 5TH AVENUE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: MARIAN BRANDENBURG, 2313 5TH AVENUE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on April 9, 2014. (Publication Dates: May 2, 9, 16, 23, 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 134629 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business GLAMOROUS NAILS AND SPA, 631 SAN ANSELMO AVE., SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: GLAMOROUS NAILS AND SPA INC., 1127 REDWOOD BLVD., NOVATO, CA 94947. This business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. 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 April 24, 2014. (Publication Dates: May 2, 9, 16, 23, 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 134327 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business EQUINE INSIGHT, 700 E. STREET SUITE 205, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: JUDITH WESTON-THOMPSON LICENCED MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPIST PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION, 700 E. STREET SUITE 205, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant has been transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on March 12, 2014. (Publication Dates: May 2, 9, 16, 23, 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 134659 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business. VISION IMPAIRED OF MARIN, 930

TAMALPAIS AVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: BLIND AND VISION IMPAIRED OF MARIN INC., 930 TAMALPAIS AVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on April 29, 2014. (Publication Dates: May 9, 16, 23, 30, 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014134699 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business. YOGA WELL INSTITUTE, 1 SHELLEY DR. APT D, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941. YOGA AS THERAPY NORTH AMERICA (YATNA), 1 SHELLEY DR. APT D, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: NEWELL C BOSSART, 1 SHELLEY DR. APT D, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has been transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein since April 15, 2014. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on May 2, 2014. (Publication Dates: May 9, 16, 23, 30, 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 134703 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business. AMARILLO COMPANY, 39 VARDA LANDING ROAD, SAUSALITO, CA 94965: MARTHA PARADA, 39 VARDA LANDING ROAD, 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 5, 2014. (Publication Dates: May 9, 16, 23, 30, 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 134704 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business AMPP CONSULTING, 94 BIRCH AVE, CORTE MADERA, CA 94925: OPTIMATE NETWORKS INC., 94 BIRCH AVE, CORTE MADERA, CA 94925. This business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant has not yet began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on May 5, 2014. (Publication Dates: May 9, 16, 23, 30, 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 134622 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business ART’S AUTO REPAIR, 2400 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BLVD, FAIRFAX, CA 94930: ARTHUR JOHN RAMIREZ, 2400 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BLVD, FARIFAX, CA 94930. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant expired more than 40 days ago and is renewing, transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on April 22, 2014. (Publication Dates: May 9, 16, 23, 30, 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014134707 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business BELIEVE LIFE COACH, 1710 LINCOLN AVE, APT #5, SAN RAFAEL, CA

94901: YENNY C. NIETO, 1710 LINCOLN AVE, APT #5, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has been transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein since May 5, 2014. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on May 5, 2014. (Publication Dates: May 9, 16, 23, 30, 2014)

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SUMMONS (CITACION Derecho Familiar): Case Number (Numero De Caso): CV 1304910. NOTICE TO DEFENDENTS (Aviso Al Demandado): KACHINA, INC., a Nevis W.I. Corporation; and ALL PERSONS UNKNOWN, CLAIMING ANY LEGAL OR EQUITABLE RIGHT, TITLE, ESTATE, LIEN, OR INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY ADVERSE TO PLAINTIFF’S TITLE TO THE PROPERTY sued herein as DOES 1 through 100, inclusive. YOU ARE BEING SUED (LO ESTAN DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): PAUL DENNES, AN INDIVIDUAL. THE PLAINTIFF HAS FILED THIS LAWSUIT FOR SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE OF A RESIDENTIAL PURCHASE AGREEMENT AND TO QUIT TITLE CONCERNING REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 16 FRIAR TUCK LANE IN THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL, COUNTY OF MARIN, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS: PARCEL B, AS SHOWN UPON THAT CERTAIN PARCEL MAP ENTITLED “ PARCEL MAP DIVISION OF ASSESSOR’S PARCEL 185-01006”, FILED FOR RECORD ON OCTOBER 18, 1977, IN BOOK 14 OF PARCEL MAPS, AT PAGE 40, MARIN COUNTY RECORDS-APN: 185-010-18 (THE PROPERTY). THE PURPOSE OF THE QUIET TITLE CAUSE OF ACTION IS TO COMPEL DEFENDANTS TO CONCLUDE THE AGREED PURCHASE AND SALE OF THE PROPERTY. THE PURPOSE OF THE QUIET TITLE CAUSE OF ACTION IS TO EXTINQUISH THE CLAIMS OF ANY AND ALL UNKNOWN PERSONS, INCLUDING NEVIS CORPORATION, IF ANY SUCH BUSINESS ENTITY SO EXISTS, SO THAT PLAINTIFF MAY OBTAIN A JUDGMENT GOOD “AS AGAINST ALL THE WORLD” BASED ON PLAINTIFF’S PRIOR RIGHTS. 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.

ATTENTION PROPERTY OWNERS REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS Marin Housing Authority (MHA) is inviting real estate owners in Marin County to submit proposals for participation in the Housing Choice Voucher (aka, Section 8) Project Based Assistance (PBV) Program. Under this program, if the successful bidder is awarded the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) contract, MHA will make housing assistance payments to the owner for units leased and occupied by eligible individuals/families taken from the MHA waitlist. Proposals will be accepted only for existing units in projects where no more than 25% of the units are project-based. This cap will not apply if the PBV units over the 25% cap are leased only to elderly families, disabled families or families receiving supportive services. Single family properties of 1 to 4 units are exempt from the 25% limit. All units must be decent, safe and sanitary. Rental assistance may be provided for up to a total of 35 units to successful bidder(s). All operating expenses are the responsibility of the owner. Rents that are established for the project will be commensurate with comparable rents for similar rental units in the area in which the project is located, based on an appraisal. In all cases, however, rents cannot exceed the maximum allowable payment standard as established by MHA for the Housing Choice Voucher Program. All new admissions to units under the Project-Based Assistance Program may only be selected from the MHA Housing Choice Voucher waiting list. Owner proposals will be evaluated using, among other factors outlined in the RFP, the following basic criteria: • Experience as an owner in the tenant-based voucher program and owner compliance with the owner’s obligations under the tenant-based program; • Extent to which the project furthers MHA goal of de-concentrating poverty and expanding housing and economic opportunities; • If applicable, extent to which services for special populations are provided on site or in the immediate area for occupants of the property; and • Extent to which units are occupied by families that are eligible to participate in the PBV program. Participation in the Project-Based Assistance Program requires compliance with Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity Requirements. For additional submission requirements, including critical deadlines, interested parties need to review the Request for Proposals for Housing Choice Voucher Program Project-Based Assistance (RFP). The RFP may be reviewed at www.marinhousing.org or at MHA’s San Rafael office, 4020 Civic Center Dr., San Rafael, CA. Faxed and e-mail proposals cannot be accepted. Owners will be notified by letter of the acceptance or rejection of their proposals. All proposals MUST be received no later than 4:30 PM, May 22, 2014.

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 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 que no tiene abogado,es): LEONARD A. RIFKIND CSB # 133971, RIFKIND LAW GROUP, 100 B DRAKE’S LANDING ROAD, SUITE 260, GREENBRAE, CA 94904. (415) 785-7988. Date (Fecha): March 28, 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)on behalf of CCP 416.20 defunct corporation.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No. CIV 1401570. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner RONG XU filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: RONG XU to FIONA RONG XU. 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: JUNE 16, 2014, 9:00 AM, Dept. E, Room E, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin: PACIFIC SUN. Date: APRIL 28, 2014 /s/ PAUL M. HAAKENSON, JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT (Publication Dates: May 2, 9, 16, 23, 2014) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No. CIV 1401516. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner ROSA MARIA HERNANDEZ filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: JOSHUA MOSES MAZARIEGOS HERNANDEZ to JOSHUA MOSES HERNANDEZ. 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: JUNE 6, 2014, 9:00 AM, Dept. E, Room E, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin: PACIFIC SUN. Date: APRIL 22, 2014 /s/ PAUL M. HAAKENSON, JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT (Publication Dates: May 2, 9, 16, 23, 2014) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No. CIV 1401649. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner PAUL BRUCE BARLOW filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PAUL BRUCE BARLOW to BRUCE BARLOW. 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: JUNE 23, 2014, 9:00 AM, Dept. L, Room L, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin: PACIFIC SUN. Date: MAY 1, 2014 /s/ PAUL M. HAAKENSON, JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT (Publication Dates: May 9, 16, 23, 30, 2014) NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: ARTHUR J. ENGELBRECHT AKA ARTHUR JOSEPH ENGELBRECHT. Case No. PR-1401620. To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of ARTHUR J. ENGELBRECHT AKA ARTHUR JOSEPH ENGELBRECHT. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: ARTHUR J. ENGELBRECHT, JR. AND JANET E. ENGELBRECHT in the Superior Court of California, County of MARIN. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that ARTHUR J. ENGELBRECHT, JR. AND JANET E. ENGELBRECHT be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests the decedent's will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: JUNE 16, 2014 at 8:30AM. in Dept: H, Room: H, of the Superior Court of California, Marin County, located at Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive Room 113, San Rafael, CA 94903. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within four months from the date of first issuance of letters as provided in section 9100 of the California Probate Code. The time for filing claims will not expire before four months from the hearing date noticed above. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney: ROSAMONDE MCNICHOL, ESQ., 846 BROADWAY, SONOMA, CA 95476. (707) 996-4505. (Publication Dates: MAY 9, 16, 23, 2014)

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My boyfriend of eight years and I love each other to death and are very happy. Still, I’d be lying if I said it doesn’t bother me that some people think we aren’t in a “real” relationship because we aren’t married and live separately. Is there a way to get them to respect the validity of our relationship without walking down the aisle?—Unwed

Being married does allow for some convenient social shorthand. “Meet my husband” is easier than “If I eat a bad clam and end up puking my guts out at 3am, this is the man who’ll be holding my hair back.” You can either rebel against convention or be accepted by the masses. Expecting to have it both ways is like running off to the jungle to live with revolutionaries and then demanding your tent be equipped with a microwave and a panini-maker. Is it possible that in some small way, you buy into the thinking of your detractors? Like one of those Louis Vuitton handbags that cost as much as a Ford Fiesta, a husband is a status symbol for women—one that women have been psychologically primed to want. Because women always have a high potential cost from any sex act—pregnancy and a mouth to feed—we evolved to look for reliable signals that a man will commit. The most reliable are what evolutionary psychologists call “costly signals”—those so pricey that only a man who truly loves a woman would be willing to shell out for. A diamond engagement ring is one of these, as is a man signing a contract to spend the rest of his life with one woman when it’s in his genetic interest (and lots of fun!) to pursue a more McDonald’s-like dream: “Billions and billions, um, serviced.” This isn’t to say your unaccredited love lacks value. In fact, a marriage license is like a dog license. If you don’t get your dog a license, it doesn’t mean he isn’t real or worthy of a head scratch. But where unmarried partnerships do fall short is in the legal protections department. Rights that come with marriage—like the right to be by your partner’s bedside in the hospital—will, for the coupled but unwed, require filling out documents to get. You can have a lawyer draw these up, but my boyfriend of 11 years and I used Nolo’s WillMaker Plus 2014 software, which, for about $40, has the essentials—a will, a living will, and power of attorney for health care and for finances (designating somebody to, say, pay your mortgage if you get clocked over the head and are too comatose to do it yourself). Unfortunately, WillMaker Plus is PC-only, but the health care directive and power of attorney only ask for names and contact info of the people you’re designating, so if you have a Mac, you could fill this out on a friend’s PC without worrying about identity theft. As for the will, Nolo’s editor suggested putting in only the most general details about your accounts and attaching a letter with the specifics. In other words, with a little paperwork, it really is possible to not have your wedding cake and eat it, too—that is, if you can come to accept that your relationship’s approval ratings will never match those of that married woman you see in the supermarket aisle screaming her husband into a small pile of ash.

My girlfriend is really insecure and gets furious that I meet my ex-girlfriend for lunch a few times a year. This ex and I broke up years ago, but I’d never cheat anyway, and I’ve explained that I have zero romantic interest in her. Still, she’s a good friend and part of my life. How can I make my girlfriend understand?—Badgered

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Some people read poetry; your girlfriend lives it: “How do I love thee? You’ll soon find out—after I attach this car battery to your nipples and interrogate you about your lunch.” Although your girlfriend’s the one coming at you with the clamps, the truly unreasonable person in this relationship is you—dating an insecure person and then expecting her to act otherwise. Sure, you could encourage her to build her self-esteem, but until she hits bottom—like in a breakup—she probably has no incentive to change. You need to either accept the trade-offs—the hassle, the not being trusted—or leave and get into a relationship where, as the saying goes, “love means never having to say ‘I’m sorry the shackle attaching you to the basement wall is a little tight.’” Y

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