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A mountain of gift ideas You've avoided shopping all year, but the holidays are here, Marin [P. 11]

”He doesn’t even bother with the naughty or nice list anymore—he subcontracts that to the N.S.A.” [SEE PAGE 27]

Tyler Barbee Breaking down barriers 19

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Blacklisted on Black Friday? [P. 11] Pairing personalities with presents [P. 12] Keeping gifts local and unique [P. 15] Holiday haps around town [P. 17]

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››LETTERS A moderate proposal

When Edmund Burke said that “circumstances give in reality to every political principle its distinguishing colour and discriminating effect,” he could have been referring to the present set of conditions which beset American politics. For whatever reason, moderating influences that used to exist among the people we elect and pay to represent us have fallen into the abyss. In the places of people such as Alan Cranston, Bill Bagley, Bob Dole, and Leon Panetta we now have clowns like Ted Cruz, Mitch McConnell, Alan Grayson and Tom Harkin. Notice I did not list any women among the latter four because, by and large, they are the only sane ones left.

At some point, this will change. I know this because other things that never could have happened, actually did: the Giants won three World Series in five years, the improvements to southbound Highway 101 at the 580 cutoff were completed and Lynn Woolsey’s tenure ended in Congress.

Proving that there is hope for the world.

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Light up the tree, not yourselves ...

In the days following Thanksgiving, many families will begin the festive tradition of lighting their homes and

businesses for the holiday season. To DMV—a model of efficiency ensure that lights bring joy rather than until the illegals took over! fire, injury or electric shocks, PG&E Actually, Mrs. Patricia E. Branton, in recommends that customers follow a your apoplectic response [“What Kind few simple safety tips: of Man Are You? Call Ahead!” Nov. n Avoid electric hazards. Before 28] to my letter you failed to notice climbing ladthat I never said ders to string a word about outdoor lights, “immigrants check for overwho follow head power the channels lines nearby, to become especially in citizens.” I only trees. Contact referred to illecan be fatal. gal immigrants n Prevent fire who come to hazards. Avoid America, imoverloading exmediately have tension cords Did we learn nothing from Clark Griswold ...? anchor babies, and wall sockswamp our ets by limiting schools with ESL students, send the number of light strings you conmoney out of the country, only watch nect. Inspect holiday lights for frayed and listen to Spanish-language mewires, broken sockets or other signs dia instead of learning English, lower of wear. Don’t place cords under rugs or furniture where they can overheat. everybody’s wages by working for Turn off decorative lights, indoors and practically nothing, and enriching the outdoors, when leaving home or going 1 percent by keeping unemployment at a high rate. I could go on, but really, to bed. how many leaf blowers do we need in n Go LED. Light-emitting diodes produce almost no heat, making them this country?

Besides, the only place where safe to touch and greatly reducing the humans are indigenous is Africa. So risk of fire. As an added bonus, they maybe you should go back to wherever consume 75 percent less energy and your ancestors are from before they last up to 25 times longer than incandescent bulbs, helping you save money came here and slaughtered American Indians. We already have a water this holiday season. crisis in California, but you want more Have a happy—and safe—holiday people here? season!

I always go to AAA, not the DMV, Dave Canny, PG&E it’s faster and because they don’t have extra hours catering to illegals, who should be deported, not catered to.

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Oklahoma, where the quakes come shaking down the plain

I’ve just about completed looking into this matter with all the Oklahoma earthquakes preceding the Haiti and Napa earthquakes. Expect to hear more about this just now breaking story about the earthquake biz. You probably also know there are several scientists involved in the various stages of this discovery who have come forward and concluded different things, but I didn’t include all that much scientific stuff. Please feel free to build on this story with the hopes of helping the people in these other regions that are being affected by the resultants of

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hydraulic fracturing, fracking.

There are currently so many major swarms of earthquakes going on in the Nevada, Oregon, and California region as well as a lot of earthquakes continuing in Oklahoma. Connections to these have been observed by an earthquake blogger and he has most recently come to the assumption that they might be all connected to the hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, currently taking place in Oklahoma.

It was that discovery that led the blogger to do some further research into exactly when all of the fracking started and what major earthquakes fracking could also have been responsible for.

Checking back to the year 2009, he discovered that was the year when the Frack Sand Boom started, as well at the year they began regulation of fracking in Oklahoma. Some of the other milestones discovered in the course of his research was that in 2009 a number of fines were levied against hydraulic fracture mines and one mine in particular was found to be operating with water pressure as high as 1,500 pounds psi.

Further checking revealed a huge swarm that began on the final days of the year 2009 on Dec. 30, 2009 at Baja California and continued on into Jan. 1, 2010 with an enormous amount of earthquakes all totaled topping an incredible 500 Richters!

Just this week it was discovered that all of the swarms that were also shaking California and Nevada in August of 2014 had been used as an indication an earthquake could strike California at any minute and today that earthquake is the 6.0 Richters Napa, California earthquake of Aug. 24, 2014.

However also preceded by lots more Oklahoma earthquakes!

That was when he realized all of the shaking in Oklahoma circa 2009 not only preceded that huge swarm at Baja California of Dec. 30, 2009 through Jan. 1, 2010, but also came to precede both the Jan. 9, 2010 Eureka earthquake of 7.1 Richters and a few days later on Jan. 12, 2010 the Haiti earthquake.

Both major earthquakes at points situated along the edges of the North American tectonic plate and both following very significant movements of the bedrock underneath the state

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of Oklahoma due to what was then largely unregulated hydraulic fracturing.

If it can be proven that all that shaking at Oklahoma did transmit to those other shaky places nearby, then exactly how liable should Oklahoma be for damages and deaths since there were upwards of 220,000 deaths in the Haiti earthquake. Perhaps Oklahoma should be made to stop all of their fracking until all the shaking can stop, and safer methods can be implemented. Otherwise it would seem Oklahoma could very well be found to be responsible for the next big California earthquake.

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School of thoughts Study outlines possible effects of Marinwood housing development on Dixie School District

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ather than calm the debate over a proposed affordable housing project in Marinwood, a study the county commissioned to quantify the effects of a proposed development created new lines drawn in the sand.

A respected economist, Robert Eyler, presented the study recently to the Board of Supervisors. Eyler is head of the Marin Economic Forum, a professor and chair of economics at Sonoma State. The study aims to delineate the effects of a housing development in Marinwood that would include 72 units of below-market-rate housing and 10 units of market-rate units.

The study includes potential effects on the Dixie School District.

The data included in the study about the effects of the project on local schools comes after opponents have raised objections to the project based, they say, on the deleterious financial consequence of allowing a developer to build the 72 units of below-market-rate housing.

The objections open a can of debate that involves the complicated and arcane procedure by which the state funds schools.

The Dixie School District is what’s called a basic aid district, which means that local property taxes make up the bulk of its general fund revenue. That’s because as part of the state’s school-funding mechanism for a basic aid school district, the district’s per-pupil-property tax revenue exceeds the state per-pupil revenue alloca-

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tion limit. That means that the district is left to rely in large part on local property taxes.

An affordable housing project such as Marinwood Plaza, which the BRIDGE Housing Corporation has proposed, can throw a wrench into school funding projections. Affordable units, like the ones BRIDGE wants to build, can qualify for a property tax waver. The school district and property owners in the district would have to take up the responsibility to cover the education costs for children in the affordable units if they wanted to keep per-pupil funding stable.

Whether that’s an unfair burden or a fair social responsibility depends on which side of the debate a person stakes a position. There’s no question that the Dixie School District, which has three elementary schools for kindergarten through eighth grade, is, like most districts, revenuechallenged. Currently about 2,000 students attend classes.

BRIDGE Housing Corporation formed in 1983 when the San Francisco Foundation received a major anonymous grant aimed at creating solutions to the dearth of affordable housing in the Bay Area.

Since then, BRIDGE has earned a firm reputation as a responsible creator of affordable housing that blends with the surrounding neighborhood. The agency’s track record regarding management of the developments it creates is likewise

››NEWSGRAMS County Parks offers free holiday fun While the rest of Marin is wrapping up cheap tree ornaments and mail-ordering brick-hard fruitcakes, Marin County Parks is giving the gift of the great outdoors this holiday season.

From Dec. 1 through Jan. 1, Marin County Parks is waiving all entry and parking fees at parks where such levies occur—that includes McNears Beach in San Rafael, Paradise Beach in Tiburon and Stafford Lake in Novato.

Parks officials are hoping that the fee holiday will not only be a treat for regular parks visitors, but also entice families who haven’t checked out the parks’ varied attractions. Check out the activity finder at marincountyparks.org to help plan your trips or call 415/473-6387.

In addition to the free entrance to the parks, the Parks department is hosting a range of outdoor programs between Dec. 21 and Jan. 3, including naturalist programs on Mount Burdell in Novato on Dec. 21 and 23; a “Learn to Skate” class at the skate park at McInnis Park in San Rafael on Dec. 26; a ranger-guided nature walk at King Mountain Preserve in Kentfield on Dec. 27; and naturalist programs at White Hill Preserve in West Marin (Dec. 28), at Cascade Canyon Preserve in Fairfax (Dec. 30), and at Stafford Lake Park (Jan. 3).

More info at marincountyparks.org.—Jason Walsh A little ‘extra’ benefit ‘Tis the season to give, Marin. And everything you give on Thursday, Dec. 4, at the Throckmorton Theatre will help bring food to the hungry. Bay Area singer-songwriter Michelle Schmitt partners with ExtraFood—the nonprofit that picks up donations of excess fresh food around the county and delivers it to those in need—for her 6th annual holiday concert. All proceeds from ticket and music sales will benefit ExtraFood and its mission to reduce waste and end hunger in Marin.

“The holidays are a time to help those less fortunate and I’m thrilled to be returning to 142 Throckmorton to share my music knowing that it is benefiting those in need,” Schmitt says.

A Detroit native who has lived in the Bay Area since the late 70s, Schmitt was inspired by artists like Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, Tracy Chapman and Stevie Nicks. The singer-songwriter, whose soulful vocals will be accompanied by a talented band, will be releasing her latest and second holiday album—”TO REMEMBER YOU”— the day of the concert.

“The holidays would not be the same without Michelle’s benefit concert,” says Heidi Krahling, board member of ExtraFood. “Her longtime support of organizations feeding the hungry, touches the lives of so many and has fed tens of thousands of people over the years. We are all grateful for her support.”

Tickets are $25 for general admission and $100 for VIP. Thursday, Dec. 4, 8pm, 142 Throckmorton Theatre, Mill Valley. More information online at www.throckmortontheatre.org or by phone at 415/383-9600.—Molly Oleson

respected.

At one time, BRIDGE estimated that about only 44 students would be added to the immediate attendance rolls from the Marinwood Plaza development. Not all of the children who will live in the units would be of elementary school age at the same time, note proponents of the proposal, and that would lessen the financial effect on Dixie schools. The influx won’t be an avalanche. Based on the number of bedrooms, it’s not out of the question to estimate that between 44 students and, say, about 100 students would be added to Dixie School District classes.

If BRIDGE builds the development and receives waivers, the local community would face a shortfall in school funding that would affect the added pupils and also the current children in Dixie schools, say opponents of the proposal.

The objection dovetailed into the antigovernment sentiment that erupted in the November election. In that election, San Rafael Councilman Damon Connolly ousted Susan Adams to take a seat on the Board of Supervisors, based in part on a campaign platform of slow-growth,

especially when it came to Marinwood.

He stated that the county should reset its thinking on the development proposal. Supervisor Judy Arnold, who won reelection in her Novato district by a narrow margin, recently said that 72 affordable units might be too many for the neighborhood, essentially supporting Connolly’s call for a reset.

The political fallout came after strong objections from Marinwood neighbors and often-raucous meetings during which emotions spilled out, swamping a rational debate that the Eyler study seeks to establish.

There’s an irony in the debate over Marinwood that stretches back to the start of discussions about a possible project.

“Jerry” Hoytt built some of the first houses in Marinwood in the 1950s. Marinwood Plaza, at the corner of Miller Creek Road and Marinwood Avenue, served as a focal point for neighbors in the west side of Highway 101 between Terra Linda and Novato.

The plaza went into decline, and starting in 2004 local residents began working on a landmark cooperative effort with Hoytt and the county to determine the

munity consensus strategy in Marinwood, where she lives near Marinwood Plaza.

A local task force formed, the Marinwood Village Collaborative. Early on it included numerous individuals from the neighborhood, organizations and county government representatives. The collaborative, Hoytt and the county worked and reworked redevelopment proposals.

In 2006, county supervisors endorsed a proposal for a grocery store, ancillary retail, a community plaza and a redesign of Marinwood Avenue. The conceptual plan also included a housing component. The county identified the area as suitable for new housing and contemplated a target of making up to half of the units built qualify as affordable. The idea is that Marinwood is particularly appropriate for affordable units because it’s near the freeway and public transportation, and a revamped plaza would put the housing units near shopping.

The concept called for building up to 100 housing units. The BRIDGE proposal represents a considerable reduction. Even so, calls to reduce the number of units on the site continued. Eventually, BRIDGE settled on the 82-unit figure. The corporation was the only entity that brought a practical development plan to the county.

The argument that the affordable units—and the property tax waivers they

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best route to rehabilitation for the little shopping area. To Jerry Hoytt’s credit, he reached out to the community to fashion a front-loaded planning process for the property. If the community would support a redevelopment plan early in the planning process, and the county would ease the way for construction (Marinwood is unincorporated), selling the property would be much easier for Hoytt. The process also would help ease the way for smooth planning because neighborhood stakeholders already would have thrown in their support.

That kind of front-loaded planning process had never happened to successful completion in Marin. The idea to develop a community consensus before entering the formal planning stage was aimed at forestalling the kind of community revolt that occurred in Novato, where neighbors said that they had never realized the full consequences of a proposal for a new Whole Foods. Neighbors in Mill Valley that had a similar shock when they realized that the town was embarking on a major renovation of Miller Avenue.

Despite numerous public meetings in both towns, residents said that they had been unaware of planning strategies, details and consequences.

The irony is that Adams played a key role in creating the front-loaded com-

Lucas Valley—some of the open space that flanks Marinwood.

could bring—would harm the Dixie School District added to the emotional paroxysm that slow-growth/no-growth advocates were espousing, especially those who looked with a particularly unfavorable eye at what they call high-density development.

The Marin Economic Forum study, among other criteria, is an attempt to look

at the numbers to determine their effect— without emotion—on local schools.

The Marinwood neighborhood is an above-average socio-economic area. The median income is $130,000 a year—well above the county average. To maintain school funding at current per-pupil levels after the BRIDGE project, homeowners might have to contribute more property 9>

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▲ Where’s a cop when you need one? At your house, making sure not a creature is stirring, not even a mouse. Rest easy during your holiday travels, because the Marin County Sheriff ’s Office offers free home checks for residents in the unincorporated areas of the county. We love this program. Whether you’re gone for a night, a week, or a month, the fine men and women of the Sheriff ’s Office will keep tabs on your place. To sign up for the vacation home check, call 415/479-2311. The details of your time away are private and won’t be shared. Other Marin towns and cities also provide this invaluable service.

Check with your local police department for more information. Go on. Get out of town. ▼ Bill Hess, of Greenbrae, is tired of the traffic mess on 101 near the Richmond Bridge exits.

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< 7 School of thought tax to their local schools. Opponents call that an unfair burden. Proponents of adding affordable housing say it might be a burden, but it’s the socially responsible thing to do to move toward a more diverse community. And that’s what lights the emotional match.

If the Dixie School District remains a basic aid district and must rely in large part on local taxes to fund its schools, how much would local homeowners have to contribute on an annual basis to maintain stable funding with the added pupils?

As so many things concerning school finances, much is uncertain, a fact the Marin Economic Forum study acknowledges. But if, for estimate’s sake, the district receives no additional funds from the state, the cost for those additional students could be borne by the 2,351 households in Marinwood (again for estimate’s sake) to maintain stable per-pupil funding. (Marinwood has 84.2 percent owner-occupied housing. For estimation, it’s safe to assume that property owners would increase rents to cover increased property taxes.)

According to the Marin Economic Forum study, “If the new housing units increase school enrollments without commensurate increases in revenues, given current projections of land improvements and property taxes that would come from such enrollments, there is an implicit loss of $251 per student per year.” That would hold true for 45 added students. That means the $251 per-pupil per year would have to be apportioned out among 2,351 households (for estimate’s sake), if the goal is to keep per-pupil funding stable. The 45 pupils would add $11,295 a year to school costs. Divided by the (estimated) number of households, each household would be responsible for funding approximately an extra $5 a year to recoup the implicit loss estimated in the Marin Economic Forum study.

If 100 students enter Dixie schools, the study states, “The reduction would be $559 per pupil.” That could mean an annual added tax per household of $24, if neighbors wanted to maintain stable per-pupil funding.

Projections can be tricky things, but the calculations lay out the ballpark in which Dixie Schools would play if the BRIDGE project added students—and if property owners in the district agreed that funding their local schools to educate the kids in the development is a worthy endeavor.

The Dixie School District might not be totally reliant on local taxes to fund the added pupils. It depends on state school funding mechanisms, an always hardto-estimate variable. But as the Marin Economic Forum study states, “If property taxes grow more quickly than expected, Dixie schools may be basic aid schools and not receive state funding.” On the other hand, the study continues, “If the increase in new students is large enough, Dixie may continue to be state-funded due to enrollment growth outpacing local revenue growth.”

After meeting a rather harsh unveiling, the Marin Economic Forum study is due for a peer review to corroborate its numbers and estimates and assumptions.

The BRIDGE proposal currently is on hold as the corporation negotiates what could be a larger property purchase than the original 3.5 acres included in the residential proposal.

That altered element, in addition to the fallout from the November election, which followed vociferous objections and political action from opponents, are signs that attitudes are hardening in Marin. The Marin Economic Forum study is a chance to digest the numbers and give Marin residents the opportunity to determine whether they want to welcome or reject a development like the BRIDGE proposal.

“No study or data exists to make a

precise estimate of the number of students Dixie Schools will receive from the new units,” the study concludes, “or the type of households that will be formed. This study provides ways to frame the future discourse in a way that focuses on the major variables involved rather than classic arguments seen in Marin County that are neighborhood-specific. The academic lit-

erature suggests that framing the question around economic and social variables of interest and not the opinions of neighbors helps make better decisions and plan for shaping public resources.”

It also opens the possibility for rational compromise. Y Contact the writer at peter@pseidman.com.

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t is so easy to get caught up in the madness of the season. Here are a few opportunities to dig in the dirt, give back and celebrate the magic of the holidays!

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WORK(SHOP) IT OUT Grow your own food! Farming 101: Organic Farming Skills for the Next Generation: Aspiring, novice and working farmers wanting to learn organic farming methods: look no further. Marin Organic hosts workshops—on the second Tuesday of every month—to teach you what you need to know. Soil health, tractor repair, small business practices, marketing, and irrigation, are just a few of the topics that are explored. Year-long mentorships are also offered, so some beginning farmers will get the chance to work with those who are more experienced. The next workshop is on Tuesday, Dec. 9 from 7-9pm at the Petaluma Seed Bank. Learn more here: www.marinorganic.org/farming-101.

BENEFIT THE BANK Feed the Hungry! Whole Foods and KPIX 5 “Feed 4 More” Food Drive: Nov. 18 through

FORAGE FOR SHROOMS Looking for a wild adventure this holiday?

Well you’re in luck because it’s the season for mushroom-hunting! Obviously this is something that needs to be taken quite seriously—so I highly recommend not doing this on your own.

ForageSF mushroom expert and chef Patrick Hamilton has over 40 years of mushroom foraging experience, so you won’t have to worry about coming home empty-handed. Hamilton will lead you to the best edible mushrooms, and also share recipes so you know what to do with them when you unload them in the kitchen. Check out upcoming classes in West Marin: Sunday, Dec. 14 and 21 and Sunday, Jan. 25. The hunts go on rain or shine! For more information and to buy

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HOPPY HOLIDAYS The Marin Country Mart and Farmers’ Market is where you want to be with your kids on Saturday, Dec. 13, from 9am-2pm. A holiday

celebration will give the little ones the opportunity to write and send a letter to Santa, pose for a free photo with him and decorate holiday cookies. Spend the day here and treat the kiddies to pony rides, face painting and caroling. Hoppy Holidaze Christmas Ale from Marin Brewing Co. and warm mulled apple cider will be available for the adults. There will also be a Holiday Toy Drive where donations of gently used and new toys will be accepted on Saturday, Dec. 6 and 13. For more details, visit: www.marincountrymart.com/calendar. Y Share your hunger pains with Tanya at thenry@pacificsun.com.

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The Onkyo factor What they don’t tell you about Black Friday shopping by Mal Karman

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ll the ads in the morning paper were screaming that is was Black Friday—except that every calendar in the country told me it was Thursday. In fact Thanksgiving Thursday. Weeks in advance, I had mapped out the day in my head: wake up with yoga, do some writing, go for a hike, watch some football, and partake in a turkey dinner with a bevy of close friends.

Until last year I had resisted the insanity of this so-called bargain-hunting holiday all of my life. Apparently my memory is failing because that experience took way too much energy and I swore I would never again succumb to corporate America’s fishing expedition. I can still hear the dark suits in their high-rise offices now: “We need to convince this reluctant consumer to believe that by spending money he’s actually saving it. Get him to use the plastic so that he doesn’t feel the pain until, well, that agonizing bill arrives.

Everyone with a wallet or pocketbook will bend if we appeal to their bargain hunger.”

So, yeah, there I was, hooked like a sunfish by an ad at Fry’s Electronics—an Onkyo audio receiver with 6 HDMI inputs for $149—presumably half price, though in reality about 65 bucks less than it would cost otherwise. But the sale started at 5am in Palo Alto. Gas and tolls eat into the bargain, n’estce pas? And do I want to be in a car at 4am?

This time, I figure I can buy on the website.

Wouldn’t I rather be online than in line?

In this era of “virtual” you can get around the gas and tolls by hiring people to stand in line for you for those in-store doorbusters, though that negates almost everything you can “save”—unless you’re hunting a big-ticket item. For me, the decision to stay up all night and go online is not the brightest one I’ve ever

made. Is a night of sleep worth $65? Ask the folks at Motel 6.

The trick here is that, prior to the early morning crush on the Internet, one has to sign up for a “personal promo code.” I actually did that, and when I confidently typed it in at precisely 5am, the page loaded a message: “Coupon successfully applied.”

After entering my credit card number and security code I clicked “submit order” and got a second message that read: “An error occurred while validating the coupon, please retry it again.” I thought that rather redundant.

It’s either please try it again or please re-try it, not “re-try it again.”

I obeyed the redundancy. At 5:02, 5:04, 5:05, 5:09, 5:11, 5:15, 5:16, 5:19, 5:28. At 5:36, I gave up and tried to go to sleep. For three hours. I tried. My body clock was having none of that. “You want to mess with me,” it seemed to say, “I’ll mess with you back.” Like the Soup Nazi on Seinfeld, “No sleep for you!”

Wide awake at 8:43am, I went back to the site and gave it another shot. This time I got different results. Not results, mind you, but results. A new message told me, “We’re sorry, but there has been an error generated from our server. Please go to the previous page and try again. If you were in the process of checking out, we suggest that you call our Customer Service (8am-midnight, 7 days per week) ... ” That seems pretty clear, doesn’t it? So I phoned—and got a mechanical voice telling me there is no customer service. They will be back—after the sale is over and prices have regained a normal footing.

Fool that I am, I went back to my computer and tried several more times. It was 9:50am.

This time I received new messages that convinced me it was not possible to access the

Black Friday deep discounts and that it was a scam to get me to buy other stuff on the site.

Up popped new screens reading: “The connection has timed out.” “No data received.”

“The server is taking too long to respond. The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few moments.”

I concluded that the purpose of Black Friday, or Noir Thursday as the case may be, is to drive the deal-digger to the brink of insanity, especially after my final effort netted this: “Unable to load the web page.”

But to my astonishment, on Friday my inbox indicated that Fry’s was shipping me the AV receiver—at full price! I dashed off an outraged e-mail, which I ended with “Unacceptable! Unacceptable!!!” The response, via e-mail on Saturday, told me,“We are unable to cancel your order as requested because it has already shipped from our fulfillment center.

We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience.”

By then, I was ready to dismantle my house just to find a board with nails. I finally managed to get a human being on the phone and told him what I went through. He checked my personal promo code—those numbers that started me on this descent to home shopping hell—and guess what? I was being sent what I ordered with the discount. There was only one problem: On all those occasions where I had been stonewalled by this or that message, my order actually went through—not once, but 19 times. As a result, they were shipping me 19 Onkyo AV receivers.

The ones I don’t destroy in exasperation may be eligible for return. May be. I am, however, left with one overriding thought: Shopping on Black Friday or any part of Thanksgiving Day is for turkeys. Y Ask Mal to go shopping at letters@pacificsun.com.

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Holiday Gift Guide

Uncommon gifts for the common family This year check everyone off your list by personality

by Kat ie R ice Jone s

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ach year the holiday season seems to roll around earlier than the last. While premature displays of holiday giftables, in the month of September, can make retailers look pushy, this general advancing of the holiday buying season can be advantageous for the shopper. Those who shop early have both time and selection on their side.

When it comes to holiday giving, my loved ones have come to expect a lot from me in the gift department and why not? I do technically shop for a living. However figuring out what to buy for whom can at times be a tad stress-

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ful (even for a professional shopper). This is especially true if your gift list contains people or “personalities” of various ages, tastes and interests. So to ensure that the gifting pressure doesn’t dampen my holiday cheer, I choose to shop early, really early. This year I bought my final holiday gift on Oct. 1.

Since I have already scouted local artisans and local stores as well as online retailers for uncommon gifts for my common family, I decided to pull together a round-up of this year’s best gifts by personality type.

t Hire Ross Valley artist Michael Feldman to create one of his signature impressionistic portraits for your beloved using a photo you email him. Prices start at $249 (shipping not included). MFeldman.com, San Anselmo.

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p Fill Granny’s desire for photos of her grandchildren and her taste for chocolate with a Cocoagraph. “Memories have never tasted so good.” 1.8 oz. bar, $7. Cocoagraph. com, Fairfax .

THE ARTIST: For those with an artistic flair t Your colorful character will love to record every detail of her everyday life in this spunky notebook.

Pantone Artist and Writer’s Journal (Chronicle Books), $15. Fig Garden, San Anselmo.

Knit-up the perfect gift for a crafty kid u with this adorable mini-loom. It is easyto-use and adjustable.

Includes an oversize wooden needle and 90 yards of rainbow yarn.

Multi-craft weaving loom, $50. Gifts.com.

t Using your iPad and iCreate’s crayon stylus, kids can blend the worlds of art and technology, mess-free. Fred iCreate Crayon Stylus, $12. Fig Garden, San Anselmo.

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THE BOOKWORM

THE CULTURE VULTURE:

For those who love the look and feel of a good book

For those family members who know what’s cool even before it’s cool The beat will go on and u on and on wearing these seriously stylish over-ear headphones with their aurora borealis metallic design from Frends Taylor Headphones, $200.

UrbanOutfitters.com, Corte Madera.

t The classic colormatching puzzle, the Rubik’s Cube, is back offering that same mental torment. Watch your teen lose her cool when she realizes that there are over 43 quintillion (yes ... with a “q”) possible cube moves, but only one solution. Rubik’s Cube, $13. Go! Toys, Games & Puzzles, Corte Madera.

Simon’s rad hypnotic lights and sound sequences make it cool for your teen to play alone or with the family (as long as his friends aren’t watching). Simon Says Game, $25.

Go! Toys, Games & Puzzles, Corte Madera.

t Your hipster will love this toy-like camera that takes instant photos and develops them like an old school Polaroid camera. It’s adorbs!

Fujifilm Instax Mini 8 Instant Camera, $100.

UrbanOutfitters.com, Corte Madera.

THE BUSY BEE: For those who are on the move and need to get there fast t Help your biker chick make a statement and some noise with this snazzy bike bell. She’ll own the road. Kikkerland, $25.

Wayfair.com.

Give your little freewheeler a license to ride on his very own VW Junior Beetle push car. Includes a padded seat and whisper wheels. VW Junior Beetle Car, $180.

Sonnen Volkswagen, San Rafael.

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t This year wrap Mom up in a good book when you buy her an infinity scarf featuring prose from Jane Eyre or Wuthering Heights. Literary Scarf, $42.

UncommonGoods.com.

t Encourage your kids’ love for reading and armchair travel with this wonderfully illustrated series of maps by the famed Mizielinskis. Each country of the world map is featured and chock-full of its own historical and cultural interests. Maps (Big Picture Press),$40. Whytes Booksmith, San Anselmo.

THE FASHIONISTA For those who have an eye for style and a closet chock-full of clothes. t Your bag-aholic will feel punch-drunk after unwrapping the Audrey Bag adorned with her very own gold foil monogram (gold foil hand-pressed, only at the San Anselmo store). Audrey Bag, Geneva Collection, $128.

Toss, San Anselmo.

Your daddy’s girl will love wearing Petite Marin’s chic, up-cycled children’s clothing line handcrafted from designer daddy dress shirts. Prices start at $54. PetiteMarin.com, Mill Valley.

THE FREE SPIRIT:

THE BLEEDING HEART:

For those who prefer a laid-back vibe

For those who say they don’t need/ want anything

Help make your Berkeley or Madison student the coolest cat in the dorm with this no garden-variety amplifier by Paul and Sue Bergstrom. The hollow gourd transforms a functional object into a playful, eye-catching work of art; perfect for the kid who dances to the beat of a different drummer.

Gourd Amplifier, $100. UncommonGoods.com.

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t Your teen will paint the town red, purple or 20 other colors with the mini nail lacquers housed in this tote-able paint tin. Paint the Town, Formula X, $55. Sephora.com, Novato.

t The perfect gift for your gear daddy; a watch that tells time, responds to his commands (someone has to) and organizes his life. Moto 360, $250. BestBuy.com.

t Mom will be drawn to this kurta’s hand-blocked print, whip-stitched hem, and vibrant color, but will be won over by the piece’s ease. The kurta is made of a soft voile that truly gets better with age. Just like Mom. Classic Kurta in Booti Red, $70. RikShawDesign.com, San Anselmo.

Is it a vintage book? Is it a laptop? Well, it’s both.

BookBook’s laptop cover disguises Dad’s latest generation gadget into a turn-of-thecentury book.

TwelveSouth BookBook, $80.

Apple Store, Corte Madera.

Give a feel-good gift when you donate to a local charity on your relative’s behalf. Here are some great local organizations to consider: ❤ Homeward Bound ❤ Whistlestop ❤ Center for Domestic Peace ❤ Adopt a Family ❤ Community Action Marin

If you are like me, you love to give holiday gifts that surprise, amuse and delight, but these reactions are not easy to come by if you wait until the last minute to shop or if you don’t consider the personalities you're buying for. If you wish, use this gift guide round-up as your own personal shopping list or simply as an inspiration board. Remember—if all else fails, there’s always eggnog. Y Katie Rice Jones is the Pacific Sun’s lifestyle editor-atlarge, a Marin-based style expert and author of the maternity fashion book titled, Fashion Dues & Duen’ts; a Stylist’s Guide to Fashionably Embracing Your Baby Bump (Know Act Be Books, 2014). Available NOW at Amazon.com. Learn more at FashionDue.com.

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Holiday Gift Guide

The gift of Marin Uncommon gifts for the Avoid that holiday headache by shopping locally common family

by Jane t Al e xande r

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THE ROMANTIC: existing dynasty of Florence owned busiFor those who indulge Inc. in what life has to offer and romanticize the Great Acorn Company nesses—Moss&Moss, Elpast Paseo and Tyler Nestled in the junction where downtown Florence Shop—clustered together within the Hireblock, Ross Valley Michael Feldman San Rafael ends and downtown San Anselmo t same whenartist it opened in 2012.

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“Memories havefrom never earth. Ray Kristof and Amy Satran, husband aren’t fussy,” she says.

Prices range $49 to tasted so good. ” 1.8 oz. bar, $7.

Cocoagraph. and wife who own and curate Terrestra, travel $300—price points that fit most sized wallets. com, . abroad to cull distinctive ceramic, glass and ThisFairfax subtle luxury carries through to its atwood pieces from international designers, tached accessories shop, Annex.

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30 Miller Ave., Mill Valley Includes an oversize Pantone Artist and Writwooden needle and 90 Beach House Style er’s Journal (Chronicle yards of rainbow yarn.

Friends Susan Delurgio and Alisha Books), $15. Fig Garden, Multi-craft weaving Peterson founded Beach House Style in San Anselmo. loom, $50. Gifts.com.

2006, to combine their shared love of the easy, breezy sand and surf lifestyle. Brimming with all the airy interior trappings t Using your iPad and iCreate’s crayon of a beach house, BHS also offers its own stylus, kids can blend the worlds of art and custom line of reclaimed wood furnitechnology, mess-free. Fred iCreate Crayon ture. You can keep a bit of summer’s Stylus, $12. Fig Garden, San Anselmo. warmth all year long with Beach House Style. This downtown Fairfax treasure is one of Marin’s better kept retail secrets.

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A round-up of holiday happenings throughout Marin’s shopping epicenters

by Jane t Al e xan d e r

It comes but once a year when Marin’s largest retail destinations transform into holiday hotspots of festivities and events. With so much holiday cheer to go around, it can be difficult to keep track of the calendar’s busiest season—which is why the Pacific Sun’s holiday season round-up is here to help you know when and where you can experience the holiday merriment of Marin.

THE VILLAGE, CORTE MADERA Santa Photos Santa will arrive Friday, Nov. 28.

Get your best holiday outfit on and get your photo taken with the big guy in red.

Santa is available for photo-ops during the following dates: Dec. 12-23 10am-6pm Dec. 24 9am-5pm Santa Pet Night Have your photo taken with your favorite furry friend! Complimentary dog treats will be provided.

Dec. 1, 8, 15 3-5pm Breakfast with Santa The bounties of a Cheesecake Factory breakfast collide with holiday hospitality alongside Santa. Bring an unwrapped toy for a child under 15 years of age, or a cash donation to ring in the gift-giving spirit.

Saturday, Dec. 6 9am NORTHGATE MALL, SAN RAFAEL Marin on Ice Marin’s only holiday ice skating rink will make its return again this year to Oak Plaza. This outdoor spectacular is a seasonal highlight.

Holiday ambiance abounds, with a featured skating show planned.

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When we put out the call for nominations for our fourth annual Heroes of Marin awards—our nod, in partnership with Redwood Credit Union, to Marinites focused on cultivating positive change for the county and its residents—we were flooded with nominations. Marin’s no stranger to impassioned work on worthy causes with champions and leaders all over the spectrum. From our rising star to our lifetime achievement winner, Marin is not short of the admirable talent and drive that defines the word “hero”. In mid-October, a panel of “hero” judges selected eight heroes to honor in various categories. Recipients will be honored in the Pacific Sun through Dec. 12, with feature stories highlighting their dedication and value to Marin.

This week’s honorees include Tyler Barbee, founder of Project Awareness and Special Sports—a nonprofit that links up people with special needs and volunteers to participate in extracurricular activities, and Marv Zauderer, founder and executive director of ExtraFood.org, a nonprofit that picks up donations of “extra” food from businesses to organizations throughout Marin County and delivers prepared meals to some of Marin’s most vulnerable populations.—Stephanie Powell

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This week’s issue highlights our Rising Star honoree Tyler Barbee and our Innovation honoree Marv Zauderer. Here are a few reasons each hero was nominated for their heroic efforts within Marin:

Tyler Barbee: Rising Star Challenger baseball and basketball are leagues that pair special needs kids with student athletes. Tyler Barbee was only 11 when he started both programs in 2008 with the help of his mother. The impact is enormous: the first-of-its-kind program in Marin that fosters social and physical engagement for the kids while promoting understanding and acceptance of learning differences.

Tyler’s passion and commitment for the Challenger league stems from his experience of having a brother with autism. Tyler’s dedication to making a difference in the lives of the Challenger participants is palpable and his unconditional acceptance of them is contagious. Initially, the kids and buddies weren’t sure how to communicate. Tyler didn’t let the awkwardness of the moment interfere with his goal. He created bridges and taught how to interact by example. The response from the Marin community was overwhelmingly positive.

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Marv Zauderer: Innovation Marv Zauderer is founder and executive director of ExtraFood, a nonprofit that picks up donations of extra, prepared and ready-to-eat food from businesses and organizations in Marin County (grocery stores, farmer’s markets, caterers and corporate cafeterias, etc. ...) and delivers this fresh and prepared food immediately to nonprofits that serve Marin’s most vulnerable populations.

Over 30,000 residents of Marin lack access to a secure food supply. Drawing on his previous career in high-tech R&D and sales & marketing and his second career as a licensed therapist, Marv was able to innovate a solution to address the hunger problem in Marin.

His experience has enabled him to coach otherwise reluctant food suppliers and conduct group trainings on resolving food donation conflicts. He improved communication, planned a successful method of obtaining the fresh food and then a system of distribution through volunteers. Marv is answering a need that has gone unanswered long enough. The mission of extrafood.org is “Zero hunger, Zero waste in Marin by 2025.”

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ven at a young age I noticed that Connor didn’t have the same opportunities that I did,” says Tyler Barbee, speaking about his autistic older brother.

Many are of the mindset that age is but a number; Barbee, 17, has found a myriad of reasons to agree. When he was just 11, the Tam High senior founded a Marin Challenger baseball league—now known as the nonprofit Project Awareness and Special Sports (PAASS), a program that advocates for the inclusion of the special needs community in extracurricular activities and sports.

Barbee’s life appears to mirror that of his peers—he lives in Mill Valley with Connor and his parents, is an avid sports fan and is in the midst of the daunting task of applying to college. But it’s how Barbee spends his free time that sets him apart from his classmates and marked him as the Pacific Sun’s Heroes of Marin Rising Star.

“Baseball was always a big part of my life growing up,” Barbee says. “I had a community in baseball—all my friends played baseball. It’s where I hung out with everybody and it’s where I always wanted to be, but my brother didn’t really get that [chance].”

Connor, 21, was Barbee’s inspiration for PAASS. “[People without special needs] are able to succeed outside of school, which gives us a lot of confidence in other aspects of our life and I just really wanted Connor to have that,” says Barbee, who turned his “grassroots” Challenger league into a nonprofit in September.

And so on a Sunday afternoon in 2008, Barbee assembled a group of friends and the very first Challenger baseball practice took place at Boyle Park in the heart of Mill Valley. Eventually the park gave up a time slot to Barbee and team on Sundays, which marked the beginning of a regular practicing season.

Barbee, with the help of his mother, organized the first Challenger baseball, basketball and soccer leagues that paired special needs kids with student volunteers.

“The program started out with less than 20 players and one baseball team,”

Barbee says. “[It] really only grew by word of mouth—that’s how we got most of our players and volunteers and now the program has essentially tripled in size.”

Practices start with the players pairing up with “buddies”—the volunteers—and transition into dribbling, playing catch and warming up. Next up: a group stretch and run, which is followed by drills led by coaches, and finally, a scrimmage. PAASS’ growth led to a variety of programs after its initial baseball game. Baseball is offered from March through June, soccer is offered from September through October and basketball is offered from January through March.

The Challenger Division was established in 1989 as a branch off of Little League to offer boys and girls with special needs the opportunity to participate in extracurricular sports activities. Today, there are more than 900 Challenger Divisions worldwide with more than 30,000 participants. For PAASS, Barbee estimates that about 40 to 50 players participate in the programs each year.

Marin, Barbee says, is an incredible community—one that has been very inclusive of those with special needs, and a place that Barbee attributes much of PAASS’ success to. But challenges and hurdles were inevitable, especially when dealing with uncharted territory. Engaging a connection between buddies and players was a notable challenge, Barbee says.

“To most volunteers, coaching came naturally, but it still took time and effort to create a comfort level between buddies and players,” he says. “I think many volunteers were at first unsure of what to expect and many of the players were afraid of all of the new people around them. However, as soon as both sides felt comfortable with each other, it seemed as if they’d been working together for years.”

Barbee says that it’s the comfort and confidence-building that he finds to be most transformative and impactful for the players.

The skill and drill development is secondary.

“Kids with special needs really develop a sense of self-confidence while participating in the program,” Barbee says. “These children have the opportunity to succeed

The Barbee brothers: PAASS founder Tyler on the left and his inspiration Connor on the right.

through sports and develop strong friendships with their buddies. This confidence then translates [into] an ability to succeed in other aspects of [their] life.”

As for the program’s muse, Barbee says he’s seen a huge shift in Connor over the years, from participating in drills to leading the group stretches—Barbee was able to “push [Connor] to reach outside his comfort zone.”

Connor recently finished a life skills program for people with special needs at the College of Marin and the Barbees are currently helping him find part-time work. And while Connor may not enjoy the social element of participating in PAASS in the same capacity of his yesteryears, he enjoys all-things photography, photographing PAASS practices and is a huge Star Wars buff. Barbee names his brother’s character as one of the greatest inspirations of his life. “[People with special needs] have so many qualities that we overlook and they look at the world in such a different way,” Barbee says.

“My brother looks at the world in a completely different way than I do—even though in a lot of cases that can lead to a lot of difficulty— it’s amazing what benefits that has and how beautiful that it is ... the way that he looks at the world.” Y

Hero FYI H Barbee is currently playing the role of Algernon in Tam High’s production of The Importance of Being Earnest.

H Barbee is considering majoring in business because it is “so broad as far as what I could do,” and has applied to Stanford, UC Berkeley and the University of Washington, among others.

H Barbee won a 2014 Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Award, which he says earned the Challenger league publicity and resulted in the founding of his nonprofit PAASS. H He hopes to take the work he does at PAASS to college with him to start similar programs wherever his education leads him.

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Marv Zauderer Innovation

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ne of the most affluent counties in the driven by the demand from nonprofits that entire country, Marin is most often determine what kind of food is desired, when exalted as a place of abundance and it is best to receive food deliveries, as well as prosperity. But outside the pages of luxury how much food is needed. In effect, Extralifestyle magazines there exists more than Food is not only reducing food waste and 30,000 residents who are without a daily hunger, but also drastically minimizing the meal. food expenses for nonprofLifelong Bay Area resiits. By aiding the need to NOW PLAYING dent Marv Zauderer has feed, Zauderer adds, “We’re All proceeds from Michelle never been a part of this helping these nonprofit Schmitt’s annual Holiday cohort, but nonetheless recipient agencies put their Benefit Concert will go to “the hunger thing was money into their other critiExtraFood this year on nagging me,” he says. cally needed services.”

Thursday, Dec. 4 at the A misperception about ExtraFood also has an Throckmorton Theatre in Mill Marin, he says, is that environmental impact, Valley. For more information “people are too busy to be since every 100 pounds visit www.extrafood.org and of service.” of food waste creates 8.3 for advanced tickets go to Last December Zaudpounds of methane—21 www.throckmortontheatre. erer decided to challenge times worse for the org. preconceived notions, atmosphere than carbon and founded ExtraFood, dioxide—that partially a nonprofit organization composes the greenhouse that “rescues” food from being wasted. With gases responsible for global warming. the slogan, “Helping to end hunger in Marin,” ExtraFood is more than just a philanthe mission of ExtraFood is to help end hunthropic pet project for Zauderer. Tracing back ger and food waste in Marin County by 2025. to his Jewish mother’s cooking, he explains, “I From 2008 to 2011, the number of low-ingrew up with a profound sense of how food come residents in Marin grew by 54 percent, connects us all.” Born to immigrant parincluding a 60 percent increase—from 12,000 ents—a Canadian mother and an Austrian to 20,000—among those aged 60 and over, father—Zauderer was raised in the traditions who are living under the poverty level. of Judaism, namely Tikkun Olam, meaning “There are so many problems that clamor “repairing the world.” The idea of being of for attention, but hunger and food waste in service was central to his upbringing, and Marin are solvable problems,” Zauderer says. subsequently, he credits his parents’ Judaic ExtraFood serves as a pickup and delivery values for his entire professional life, which service—collecting excess fresh prepared and both surprisingly and not so surprisingly, ready-to-eat food from any commercial food began in high-tech. organization, business or purveyor in Marin, “I grew up in Silicon Valley, so it’s in your and then immediately transporting it to a DNA to go into tech,” he says. After first variety of nonprofit groups across the county working for Hewlett-Packard at the age of 15, that feed the hungry. To date, ExtraFood has Zauderer joined Apple’s evangelism group, saved over 126,082 pounds of fresh food where he focused on using technology for and delivered to 42 nonprofits in over 1,700 teaching and learning. food trips to serve Marin’s most vulnerable “I wanted to help people, so I went into the residents. business’ educational applications,” he says.

“We want to help these nonprofits feed During his late 20s, Zauderer under- 14> went a dramatic career shift, inspired more people, feed people more and give by the death of his first wife. people more complete and healthy meals,” “I went into therapy for the first time and Zauderer says. after a few years,” he says. “I wanted to give And to this end, ExtraFood sources from back to people who were going through the groceries, such as WholeFoods and Androloss of a loved one.” nico’s, and restaurants that include Chipotle He became a volunteer grief counselor and Mi Pueblo in San Anselmo. ExtraFood is

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through a Palo Alto program, Kara, which he describes as “life-changing.” Already an undergraduate of Cal and with a postgraduate degree from Stanford, Zauderer enrolled in Dominican University for another graduate degree to become a licensed psychotherapist.

Next year will mark the end of his 13-year private practice, as he transitions to a full-time position running ExtraFood.

“It’s a gut feeling—no pun intended,” Zauderer says in a matter-of-fact tone. “Hunger breaks my heart.”

Presently, ExtraFood consists of dedicated volunteers and a four-person board of directors—among them the owner of Insalata’s and Marinitas restaurants, Heidi Insalata Krahling. Zauderer describes his trusted group of board members as, “Professionals

who are very focused on bringing the same kind of discipline and rigor that one brings to operating a successful business to operating our own nonprofit.”

Notwithstanding, ExtraFood is also a flexible operation that makes it easy for anyone to make a measurable difference that fits with busy schedules. You can sign up online to choose what food trips you’d like to make, and there’s no minimum commitment for volunteers.

Ultimately, Zauderer’s nomination for the Pacific Sun’s Heroes of Marin award in the category of Innovation is based on how he has drawn from his previous career in high-tech and his second career as a licensed therapist, to innovate a solution to address the issue of hunger in Marin. Y

Hero FYI H Zauderer has been living in West Marin for the past 15 years.

H He is an avid cyclist and takes full advantage of Marin’s natural environment, riding his bike on Mt. Tamalpais—both on and offroad.

H Zauderer has also participated in cycling races and coached cycling teams, and even wrote a column about the mental effects of cycling for PEZ, a cycling news magazine.

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ast month I attended a Battle of the judges. The parents were all trying to play Bands event at Trek Winery in it cool on the outside. But inside, parents Novato. I personally of musicians (yours truly) are knew many of the teenaged just as annoying and competimusicians who were comtive as those obnoxious soccer peting against each other. I parents. You want your own wanted them all to win ... so I kid’s band to win or there’ll be had to drink to endure. a screaming match with the While I sat there on a coach. In this case, Andy comfy leather lounger-style Podshadley, owner of Trek chair, with my locally craftWinery.

Trek Winery is located at ed glass of chardonnay, After the show I stalked, 1026 Machin Avenue in listening to original rock I mean, “introduced Novato. Call 415/899-9883 tunes and jazz by teensmyself ” to Mr. Podshadley. or visit www.trekwine. with-too-much-talent, I I was trying to shield him com. realized how much I loved from the brutal thugs (parchilling at Trek Winery. “I ents of musicians) hovercould easily move in here, ing nearby. But I learned under those Aspen trees and live happily that the winner of the Battle of the Bands ever after,” I said to a nearby parent who would not be chosen for another week. was glaring over the shoulder of one of the Phew, he was safe. At least temporarily.

Trek Winery owner Andy Podshadley pouring wine, alongside his crew, in Trek’s wine cellar.

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I learned that the great wine. I even wanted Mention this interview 11,000-square-foot buildto have a climbing wall and receive 15 percent off a ing has a private tasting inside the winery, too, bottle of Trek Wine for the room, a kitchen, a lab, a but Liz said no. main tasting area with a month of December!

You are considered a bar, and a spacious patio green winery. Even your with a waterfall and koi icemaker recycles water. pond. The winery, which opened its doors Well done! in 2012, hosts various events and is becomAll materials used in the building and ing the local spot to view the Academy remodeling of the building were focused Awards each February. (The money raised on someday becoming LEED-certified. We that night is donated to the Novato Theatre also recycle all our wine production water. reconstruction project.)

We installed a 3,000-gallon cistern that The winery is located at the old (1940s) catches all the wine production water. We Tresch Electric Building at the corner of add microbes and air and adjust the PH as Machin and Sweetser avenues. This green needed and then we use that water to fill our pond and water the garden. winery, renovated by mostly volunteer We have found that our ice machine friends and family in 2011, has become a wastes 1.2 gallons in a 24-hour period happy and relaxed gathering place for the and our ice machine is small. We catch Novato community, which is just what the water in a 55-gallon drum and reuse Podshadley, a Novato native, and his wife, that water. We also want to have the entire Liz, had hoped. I talked to Andy to get a winery solar-powered. We have a very large behind-the-scenes look at the family busifootprint on our roof and want to make use ness. of as much as possible. We’re hoping to talk YYYYY to Marin Clean Energy and others to see if OK, let’s start with the name of the they are interested in the power we do not winery. Trek bicycles and CBS Studios both had their knickers in a twist because use. We should have the solar project done by spring 2015. you used the Trek name. You survived For years you and Liz leased a warea lawsuit from the bike company and a house in Sonoma to make the wine and threatening letter from CBS, who later, operated the rest of the business out of decided to leave you alone. Explain why your home. What gave you the idea to you chose the name Trek Wines? open a winery in Novato?

The name has two meanings. We enjoy I started making wine as a home winethe outdoors and also as a wine educamaker 25 years ago. I worked for Allied tor I feel people taste many wines as they Domecq Wines, USA. This was the largest progress through the wine spectrum. They wine company at the time with wineries take their own wine trek. We started the such as Clos du Bois, Gary Farrell, Mumm winery as a way to blend our love for outNapa and may others. Liz and I decided door exploration with our love for making about seven years ago to have an urban

winery in a downtown setting. Not a wine bar but a place for people to relax after a day’s work with a glass of wine.

It’s family-run. My son, Michael and daughter, Hannah work here when on break from college. We also wanted the facility to serve as a local venue providing weekly entertainment including music and stand-up comedy, as well as a space for private corporate events, parties and fundraisers.

You don’t actually grow the grapes.

Who is your grape supplier? Where are they grown?

Our grapes come from some of the best growers in Northern California. Each area produces its signature varietal and we

purchase grapes that are highlighted from those specific areas. Such as zinfandel cabernet and cabernet franc syrah from Dry Creek Valley, pinot noir and chardonnay from the Russian River, Napa Valley cabernet sauvignon, sangiovese and syrah from the Sierra Foothills and a few others.

You won the Pacific Sun’s 2014 Best of Marin category for Best Local Winery.

What is your favorite wine to recommend to new wine enthusiasts?

Syrah, cabernet franc and grenache. Like most of the Trek Wines these wines are full-bodied and everyone seems to enjoy them.Y Ask Annie what her favorite wine is at thedirtdiva@earthlink.net.

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A pair of small girls, visitors at the Great Dickens Christmas Fair, have just spied actor Tom Westlake, who plays the part of Jacob Marley’s ghost each year at the popular annual Dickensinspired theater festival. Marley, as should be recalled by anyone who’s caught one of the dozens of movies inspired by Dickens’ A Christmas Carol—or perhaps actually read the book—will recognize Jacob Marley as the deceased partner of Ebenezer Scrooge, doomed to carry a vast chain through eternity, ever since dying, on Christmas Eve, having died a notoriously selfish businessman.

“What’s that chain?” one of the girls asks Westlake.

“It is the chain I forged in life,” he replies, mournfully.

“What do you do with it when you sleep?” the other asks.

Westlake, accustomed to getting unexpected questions, pauses a split-second before speaking the plain truth.

“I don’t sleep,” he says. “I’m dead.”

The next day, now divested of his ghostly raiment and back to being Tom Westlake, he laughs at the memory.

“I was a bit reluctant to say that, because they were very small children,” he admits, “but that is the bottom line.”

It’s the first line, actually, of A Christmas Carol.

“Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatsoever about that. Old Marley was as dead as a doornail.”

The Dickens Fair (www.dickensfair.com), now in its 36th year, takes place at the Cow Palace, which is transformed into a series of streets in Victorian London at Christmas time. Milling about amongst the food and craft stalls are a small army of actors portraying various fictional characters from the works of Dickens and his contemporaries, with a few historical figures (Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Darwin, Ada Lovelace) thrown in for good measure.

Westlake, a longtime participant in the Dickens Faire, has played Jacob Marley for the last five years. Originally, Westlake was cast as the understudy—in the course of a five-week-long run, even fictional characters do get sick—but then circumstances handed him the role as the primary performer.

“It ended up being an understudy’s best dream come true,” he says, clearly happy to being portraying such an iconic figure. “To prepare for the role,” he says, “I did something a lot of actors don’t do. I went back to the source material. I actually read A Christmas Carol. Then I built my character based on that, but with an extrapolation taken from all of the cinematic variations.”

“There have been a lot of film adaptations over the years,” I mention. “The way they portray Jacob Marley veers away from the original book quite a bit, doesn’t it?”

“Yes. Yes they do,” Westlake affirms. “In the book, Marley carries an almost overwhelming sense of regret. One of his lines is, ‘I wear the chains I forged in life.’ He’s burdened down, now, with a sense of guilt for having been so mindless and thoughtless and selfish when he was alive. He was blind

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Dickens describes Marley’s ghost as: “Marley’s face ... had a dismal light about it, like a bad lobser in a dark cellar.” I guess we can kind of see the lobster resemblance ...

â&#x20AC;&#x153;My favorite Marley, in films, comes from a different movie than my favorite Christmas Carol,â&#x20AC;? Westlake says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One of my favorites, because I saw it during a formative year in my life, is the musical version from 1970. Albert Finney played Scrooge.

The music is wonderful, and though a lot of purists donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like it, it has a fantastic look to it. It really brings that world to life. Alec Guinness, of all peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Obi-Wan Kenobiâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;played Jacob Marley.â&#x20AC;?

Clearly, Obi-Wan was not Westlakeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s preferred man-in-chains. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My favorite Marley,â&#x20AC;? he reveals, â&#x20AC;&#x153;which is to say, the actor who plays the most accurately according to the book, was Frank Finlay. That was in the George C. Scott version, the television movie. Frank Finlay is best known for playing one of the Three Musketeers in the Richard Lester movie of the 1970s. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He played Marley as very, very sad,â&#x20AC;?

Westlake continues. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Very, very mournful.

When he appears, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s some very heavy string music on the soundtrack. I think he brings the wounded, lost humanity of Marley to life better than anyone else on film.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;As an actor who loves film and also loves Dickensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; writing,â&#x20AC;? I ask, â&#x20AC;&#x153;do you regret at all that so many people wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know Dickensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; stories at all if not for the films?â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;One of the philosophies that I have adopted,â&#x20AC;? Westlake replies, â&#x20AC;&#x153;is that there is no wrong way to learn. Everyone will have a different entry point to great literature. A lot of people got into classical music after hearing it in a Warner Brothers cartoon. Or they loved the theme to The Lone Ranger, and then learned it was a composition called The William Tell Overture and suddenly they want to hear it played live in a concert hall.

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Westlake pauses a bit, working to recall the line. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sorry,â&#x20AC;? he apologizes gracefully. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The lines come more easily when Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m actually in costume. What he says is that he knows he should have wandered among his fellow man, spreading kindness, and now that he canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t, he can only witness what he can never share, moments he might have turned to happiness for himself and primarily for others.â&#x20AC;?

Occasionally, Westlake has discovered, a customer will stop and talk with him, asking questions. Many times, it turns out, people will have no idea who he is. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some people actually wish Marley a merry Christmas, as he stands there draped in chains. All I can do is look very sad and mournful. Because Marley would be sad at having been blind to the whole gestalt of the holiday season.â&#x20AC;?

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f a blend of Monte Python and Saturday Night Live, punctuated by a bloody tongue-in-cheek nod to The Sopranos in the closing minutes, sounds like an appealing format for political satire that has some serious messages to impart, then you should hurry on down to San Francisco’s Z Space.

There, in a cozy venue once occupied by The Jewish Theatre, Peter Sinn Nachtrieb’s The Totalitarians is entering the final two weekends of what is being called a “rolling world premiere” sponsored by the National New Play Network, whose mission is to enable playwrights to work with member companies to develop promising scripts that will be produced in at least three of their theaters around the country.

Nachtrieb’s bio is a local-boy-makes-good story. Raised in Mill Valley, he, after graduating from Marin Academy, earned a double degree Jones’ character does remind us of a familiar candidate in in biology and theater from Rhode Island’s the 2008 elections ...

Brown University, then returned to Califorin thoughts and actions. The Totalitarians is nia for an M.F.A. in creative writing at San no exception. What storyline there is revolves Francisco State. His breakthrough was Hunter around the lieutenant governor candidacy of Gatherers (2007), an edgy look at the primitive Penelope Easter (Jamie Jones), a former roller urges that compete with accepted social norms derby champ and mother in the psyches of today’s upof four, whose intellectual NOW PLAYING wardly mobile professionThe Totalitarians runs through acumen is roughly comals. Lauded for its original- Sunday, Dec. 14 at Z Space, parable to a certain vice ity, the play won that year’s 450 Florida St., San Francisco. presidential nominee in coveted Steinberg Award on Information: 866/811-4111, or our 2008 national election. a national level and the Will www.zspace.org.

Francine (Alexis Lezin) Glickman Prize for best is her campaign manager new play here in the Bay who hopes to share the candidate’s ascent Area. Since then, a series of satires that explore to power by providing “catchy” slogans like the contradictions that bedevil contemporary “Freedom from fear.” Jeffrey (Liam Vincent) is American society and threaten its future have Francine’s doctor-husband, beset by his wife’s firmly established his position among this genobsessive ambitions, growing doubts about eration of young dramatists. his sexual identity, and anxiety stemming In the hands of director Ken Prestininzi from an inability to inform a young patient and a group of actors who seem joyfully that he has a terminal illness. Finally, there’s in sync with the author, The Totalitarians Ben (Andrew Humann), the deeply troubled, is about as representative an example of conspiracy-driven cancer patient who is the Nachtrieb’s distinctive writing style as could catalyst for the play’s bloody climax. be wished for. According to the program, As the chain of absurdies lengthens and the setting is “Some version of Nebraska” in audience laughter subsides, it’s obvious that “The not too distant future. Which is much Nachtrieb has more than light entertainment like the present.” What you see, however, in on his mind. Effective social satire requires scenic designer Giulio Cesare Perrone’s garishly modern set is a nearly empty room with that situations and characters be oversized, peach-colored walls, a tomato-red floor on but the underlying issues remain clearly viswhich are scattered torn pages of note paper ible. The Totalitarians, especially when given and a queen-sized bed backed against an such a solid production as that currently at arched cutout in the rear wall whose inteZ Space, accomplishes this. At the same time, rior deep blue lighting allows characters to however, there’s a bit of a musty feeling about suddenly emerge as if they’ve popped out of the whole enterprise—a lack of surprise—as an undersea cave. Obviously, this isn’t the Ne- if we’ve seen it all before, both in real life and braska you and I think of, with waving fields on the stage. It should be noted that on the of corn, but it certainly is appropriate for the night I attended, the under-30s in the audievents that follow. ence (and there were many) cheered wildly at Like the Pythons and SNL, Nachtrieb has play’s end. Y never cared much about plots unfolding in Charles can be reached at cbrousse@att.net. linear fashion or characters being consistent

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FRIDAY, DEC. 5 Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever Apparently the grumpy cat has a better agent than the Sneezing Panda and the Dramatic Chipmunk. Lifetime. 8pm.

Thor Sibling rivalry in Asgard. It turns out mom always liked Thor best, but Loki could have handled it better. (2011) FX. 8pm.

John Tesh Big Band Live Tesh will be leading his 16-piece orchestra through such classics as “Please! Not that Guy Again, Didn’t We Get Rid of Him in the 90s?” and “Some Enchanted E a r p l u g s .” KQ E D. 11pm.

NCIS: Los Angeles The team investigates a string of murders of Marines whose children attended military academies in yet another reminder that sending your troubled teen to a school where they learn to use guns may not be the great idea it sounds like. CBS. 10pm.

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Rudolph the RedNosed Reindeer A reindeer and an elf are treated cruelly by their community and SATURDAY, DEC. wander off to find the 6 The Dark Knight Island of Misfit Toys, Rises This is the one where differences where a ruthless vilare celebrated in this lain named Bane metaphor for growing takes over Gotham, Spoiler alert: They make it home in time for Christmas. up gay in America. holding the citizens hosCBS. 8pm. tage while he plunders the city’s riches. He comes from the League Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town He doesn’t of Shadows, which we think is Goldman even bother with the naughty or nice list anymore—he subcontracts that to the N.S.A. Sachs. (2012) TNT. 6:30pm.

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It’s a Wonderful Life A small town real estate operator sells his neighbors on a sub- Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show If you are urban sprawl development only to have the going to gain the typical seven pounds this holiday season, maybe you should share money mysteriously disappear at the end, setting the stage for a too-big-to-fail bailout. some of that with these models. They look hungry. CBS. 10pm.

(1947) NBC. 8pm.

The Day The post-apocWEDNESDAY, DEC. 10 alypse opens up a broad Blaze The story of Louisiana range of exciting opporGov. Earl Long’s affair with tunities with your coma stripper takes us back to a munity. But the cannibals simpler era when a relationare kind of a downer. ship could be more discrete (2011) The Movie Channel. and less Twitter’d. We’re 9pm. reasonably sure that 1950s voters were not ready for SUNDAY, DEC. 7 I Love the Anthony Weiner-style Lucy Christmas Special photo essay. The Movie In a re-broadcast from Channel. 6:30pm. the ‘50s star, guest star NOVA In The First Man on Joseph McCarthy helps the Moon, we learn about Lucy and the Mertz’ disGene Armstrong’s hiscover the dark truth toric trip to the soundstage, behind Santa’s red suit and his socialist income where the moon-landing redistribution scheme. was faked. KQED. 8:30pm.

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Extreme Cheapskates He’s reminiscent of Marley from ‘A Eaten Alive Donning a Christmas Carol,’ no?

This is the Christmas episnake-proof suit, a man sode. What’s worse than attempts to get eaten by getting socks for Christmas? Getting used an anaconda. Swallowed into a constricting socks for Christmas. The Learning Channel. darkness where you have the life squeezed 9pm. out of you? Sorry. Been there. Have the divorce papers to prove it. Discovery Chan- THURSDAY, DEC.11 101 Dalmations nel. 9pm.

Irresponsible pet owners give rise to scores Bill Cosby Rediscovered: American Masof unwanted dalmations, and yet the couters Somebody in programming isn’t talkrageous Cruella de Vil is criticized for her ing to somebody in news. KQED. 9pm. innovative solution. (1961) American Movie Classics. 9pm.

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dawg Katniss Everdeen, leading the charge against her nation’s wicked past; Julianne Moore co-stars. l Interstellar (2:49) Spacey Christopher Nolan sci-fi drama follows a troupe of hungry astronauts through a newly discovered wormhole to the far reaches of the galaxy; Anne Hathaway, Michael Caine and Matthew McConaughey are among the crew. l The Judge (1:42) Courtroom dramedy finds used-up lawyer Robert Downey Jr. defending small-town judge/estranged father Robert Duvall against a murder charge; Billy Bob Thornton costars. l Keep On Keepin On (1:24) Documentary celebrates the musical mentorship between jazz legend Clark Terry and budding piano prodigy Justin Kaulflin. l Lost Horizon (2:17) Newly restored Frank Capra epic stars Ronald Colman as a questing diplomat who stumbles upon an earthly paradise in the high Himalayas. l National Theatre London: John (1:30) DV8 Physical Theatre presents a frank and powerful dance/spoken word exploration of love, sex, drugs and survival from the male perspective. l National Theatre London: Skylight (2:15) Live from the West End it’s David Hare’s dramatic showdown between two ex-lovers on a stormy night; Stephen Daldry directs Carey Mulligan and Bill Nighy. l Nightcrawler (1:57) Lean and hungry Jake Gyllenhaal stars as a Weegee-type tabloid photographer specializing in crime and catastrophe; Rene Russo co-stars as a seen-it-all TV newshound. l The Penguins of Madagascar (1:32) Cartoon caper comedy about a waddle of penguin superspies on a mission to save the world from John Malkovich. l Pride (1:59) Feel-good true story about a group of gay and lesbian London activists who supported a tiny Welsh chapter of the National Union of Mineworkers during a nationwide strike. l The Pyramid (1:30) Clueless archaeologists enter an ancient Egyptian pyramid and discover more than they bargained for. l Rosewater (1:43) Jon Stewart of The Daily Show writes and directs a no-holds-barred docudrama about the real-life imprisonment and torture of Iranian journalist Maziar Bahari. l St. Vincent (1:42) Unwitting single mom Melissa McCarthy leaves her 12-year-old son in the questionable day-care of neighbor Bill Murray, who mentors the kid in the art and science of playing the horses, tipping the strippers and shooting the whiskey. l The Theory of Everything (2:03) Biopic focuses on the young and healthy yet degenerating Stephen Hawking (Eddie Redmayne) as he woos his future wife (Felicity Jones) and races against time to break new ground in physics and medicine. l This Is Where I Leave You (1:43) Tina Fey, Jason Bateman, Jane Fonda and a host of others star in an ensemble dramedy about a dysfunctional family that reunites for a week of communal living after their patriarch dies. l UFC 181: Hendricks vs. Lawler (3:00) Catch two bone-crunching bouts live from Las Vegas: “Showtime” Pettis vs. “El Nino” Melendez and “Bigg Rigg” Hendricks vs. “Ruthless” Lawler. l The Vatican Museums (1:15) Check out the ceramics, mosaics, tapestries, uniforms, ceilings and masterworks of Vatican City on a dazzling cinematic tour. l Wild (1:55) True tale of a spiraling young woman’s thousand-mile trek along the Pacific Crest Trail in search of strength and healing; Reese Witherspoon stars.

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Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (PG) Antarctica: A Year on Ice (Not Rated) Awake: The Life of Yogananda (Not Rated) Big Hero 6 (PG)

Birdman (R)

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Double Feature (G) Citizenfour (R)

Diplomacy (Not Rated) Dumb and Dumber To (PG-13) Foxcatcher (R) k From Here to Eternity (PG) k A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (Not Rated)

Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me (PG) The Homesman (R) Horrible Bosses 2 (R) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 (PG-13)

Interstellar (PG-13)

The Judge (R) k Keep On Keepin On (R) k Lost Horizon (Not Rated) k National Theatre London: John (Not Rated)

National Theatre London: Skylight (Not Rated) Nightcrawler (R) The Penguins of Madagascar (PG)

Pride (R) k The Pyramid (R)

Rosewater (R) St. Vincent (PG-13) The Theory of Everything (PG-13)

This Is Where I Leave You (R) k UFC 181: Hendricks vs. Lawler (PG-13) k The Vatican Museums (PG) k Wild (R)

Northgate: Fri-Wed 10:40, 12:55, 3:05 Rafael: Fri 4:15, 6:15, 8:15; Sat 2:15, 4:15, 6:15, 8:15; Sun 2:15, 4:15; Mon-Thu 6:15, 8:15 Rafael: 6 daily Fairfax: 12, 2:35, 5:10, 7:40 daily Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon 6:55, 9:30; Sat-Sun 11, 1:35, 4:10, 6:55, 9:30 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11, 4:20, 9:45; 3D showtimes at 1:40, 7 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:05, 1:50, 4:25, 7, 9:40 Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:35, 4, 7:05, 9:55; Sun-Thu 12:35, 4, 7:05 Playhouse: Fri 3:30, 6:30, 9:20; Sat 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:20; Sun 12:30, 3:30, 6:30; Mon-Thu 3:30, 6:30 Regency: Fri-Sat 10:25, 1:40, 4:40, 7:40; Sun-Tue, Thu 1:40, 4:40, 7:40; Wed 1:40 Rowland: FriWed 11:10, 1:55, 4:40, 7:45, 10:30 Regency: Sun, Wed 2, 7 Rafael: Fri 4, 6:30, 9; Sat 1:30, 4, 6:30, 9; Sun 1:30, 6:30, 9; Mon 9; Tue-Thu 6:30, 9 Lark: Sat 4:15; Wed 3:15; Thu 1:10 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:30, 2:15, 5, 7:40, 10:15 Regency: Fri-Sat 10:35, 12:30, 3:50, 7:15, 10:15; Sun-Thu 10:35, 12:30, 3:50, 7:15 Lark: Sunday, December 7 at 1pm Rafael: Fri 3:45, 8; Sat-Sun 1:15, 3:45, 8; Mon-Thu 8 Lark: Fri 12:50; Mon 6 Northgate: Fri-Wed 10:55, 1:35, 4:25, 7:05, 9:50 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon 7, 9:35; Sat-Sun 11:20, 1:55, 4:30, 7, 9:35 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:20, 12:40, 2, 3:20, 4:45, 6, 7:20, 8:40, 10 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:30, 2:10, 4:55, 7:40, 10:15 Cinema: Fri-Wed 12:45, 4, 7, 9:55 Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30; Sun-Thu 12, 3:30, 6:30 Northgate: Fri-Wed 10:40, 11:35, 12:35, 1:30, 2:30, 3:30, 4:30, 5:25, 6:30, 7:30, 8:25, 9:25, 10:25 Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12, 1, 3:30, 4:30, 6:30, 7:45, 9:30 Sun-Thu 12, 1, 3:30, 4:30, 6:30, 7:45 Playhouse: Fri 4, 7, 9:40; Sat 1, 4, 7, 9:40; Sun 1, 4, 7; Mon-Thu 4, 7 Rowland: Fri-Wed 10:45, 1:40, 4:30, 7:30, 10:20 Fairfax: 12, 3:30, 7 daily Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon 7:30; Sat-Sun 12, 3:45, 7:30 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:25, 3:10, 6:45, 10:20 Rowland: Fri-Wed 12, 3:40, 7:20 Sequoia: Fri 4:20, 8; Sat-Sun 12:40, 4:20, 8; Mon-Wed 4:20, 8 Lark: Fri, Wed 5:25 Lark: Fri 3:15; Sun 6:25; Tue noon; Wed 1:10 Rafael: Sun 4:15, 7 Lark: Tue 7:30 Lark: Sat 1 Lark: Sat 8:45; Mon 8:30; Thu 8 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:10, 1:55, 4:40, 7:25, 10:10 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:15, 2, 4:50, 7:35, 10:25 Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:15, 2:40, 4:55, 7:15, 9:35; Sun-Thu 12:15, 2:40, 4:55, 7:15 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon 9:15; 3D showtime at 6:45 Sat-Sun 11:15, 4:15, 9:15; 3D showtimes at 1:45, 6:45 Northgate: Mon-Wed 11:40, 12:30, 2:10, 3, 4:35, 5:30, 7:10, 8, 9:40, 10:30; 3D showtimes 10:50, 1:20, 3:50, 6:20, 8:50 Playhouse: Fri 4:35, 7:15, 9:30; Sat 12, 2:15, 4:35, 7:15, 9:30; Sun 12, 2:15, 4:35, 7:15; Mon-Thu 4:35, 7:15 Rowland: Fri-Wed 10:55, 1:15, 3:35, 6, 8:20; 3D showtimes at 12:05, 2:25, 4:45, 7:10, 9:30 Lark: Sun 3:40; Mon 12:50; Tue 2; Thu 3:15 Northgate: Fri-Wed 10:45, 1, 3:15, 5:35, 7:50, 10:05 Lark: Fri, Wed 8:30; Sat 6:20; Mon 3:35; Tue 4:45 Northgate: FriWed 5:15, 7:45, 10:30 Regency: Fri 2:30, 5:10, 7:50, 10:20; Sat 11:40, 2:30; Sun 11:20; Mon, Tue, Thu 11:40, 2:30, 5:10, 7:50; Wed 11:25 Fairfax: Fri-Sat 1:15, 4:10, 6:55, 9:45; Sun-Thu 1:15, 4:10, 6:55 Regency: Fri-Sat 10:25, 1:25, 4:30, 7:30, 10:25; Sun-Thu 10:25, 1:25, 4:30, 7:30 Sequoia: Fri 4:05, 7, 9:55; Sat 1:10, 4:05, 7, 9:55; Sun 1:10, 4:05, 7; Mon-Wed 4:05, 7 Lark: Sun 8:30 Regency: Sat 7 Lark: Thu 6 Regency: Wed 7 Regency: Fri-Sat 10:30, 11:45, 1:20, 2:35, 4:10, 5:25, 7, 8:15, 9:50; Sun 10:30, 11:45, 1:20, 2:35, 4:10, 5:25, 7, 8:15; Mon-Thu 10:30, 11:45, 1:20, 2:35, 4:10, 5:25, 7

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

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1949 saw the release of a tough little-known B noir that, while ambitious beyond its small budget, made up for the loss with three strong lead performances and some breathtaking scenery. IMPACT’s exteriors were Sausalito, whose downtown and A scene from ‘Impact’ pictures Larkspur sans the Larkspur Ferry in 1949. ferry wharf never looked so scrubbed and new in pictures, before or after. Brian Donlevy plays Walt Williams, a car exec deeply in love with his two-timing wife Irene (Helen Walker).

Eager to move on with her lover and collect the husband’s insurance, Irene arranges a meeting at Plaza de Viña del Mar between Walt and a nattily-dressed war vet claiming to be her cousin. One attempted murder later, Williams figures things out and tries to cut free from his old life, settling in the town of “Larkspur” (Pop. 4,501 and curiously transposed to Idaho, Mt. Tam and all)—a humble hamlet of simple folk who embody all the virtues his old life in the fast lane lacked—most notably in the person of gas station proprietress Marsha Peters (Ella Raines). Savor the suits, the hats and the Packards on a leisurely drive down Bridgeway’s waterfront, the evil dealings under the crisp awnings of Rexall Drugs, with its neatly-stenciled fountain lunch signs, and the timeless call to arms of Larkspur’s fire horn. At less than the cost of a venti peppermint latte, this DVD is a wonderful time capsule and keepsake.—Richard Gould

Live music 12/05: Audrey Moira Shimkas Trio Jazz. With Josh Workman, guitar; Paul Eastburn. 6pm. No cover. Tavern at Tiburon Lodge, 1651 Tiburon Blvd., Tiburon. 847-8331. audreyshimkas.com.

12/05: Blame Sally Original songwriting. With Renee Harcourt, guitar, bass, banjo, harmonica, vocals; Pam Delgado, percussion, guitar, vocals; Jeri Jones: guitar, bass, dobro, mandolin, vocals; Monica Pasqual, piano, accordion,vocals 8pm. $28-40.

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

12/05: Lady D Jazz vocalist. Alex Markels, guitar; Jack Prendergast, bass. 7pm. No cover. Rickey’s Restaurant, 250 Entrada, Novato. 497-2462. ladydandthetramps.com.

12/05-06: Danny Click and the Hell Yeahs

Americana, blues. 9:30pm. $10. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. sleepingladyfairfax.com.

12/06: Donna De Lory Pop vocalist. 8pm. $2530. Studio 55, 1455 E. Francisco Blvd., San Rafael. studio55marin.com

12/06-07: Paula West Quartet Drake High School Jazz Band opens. 8pm. $22-35. Osher Marin JCC, 200 N. San Pedro Road, San Rafael. 444-8000. marinjcc.org/arts.

12/07: Adrianne Serna’s Student Showcase 6:30pm. $10. Fenix, 919 Fourth St., San

Rafael. 813-5600. fenixlive.com.

12/07: Brian Byrnes Jazz vocalist, harmonica, guitar. 7pm. No cover. Panama Hotel and Restaurant, 4 Bayview St., San Rafael. panamahotel.com.

12/07: The Devil Shakes Americana/rock. 8pm.

Free. Peri’s Silver Dollar, 29 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax. perisbar.com.

12/07: 17 Strings Jazz Alex Markels, guitar; James Moseley, guitar; Jack Prendergast, bass.

5:30pm. No cover. Rickey’s Restaurant, 250 Entrada, Novato. 497-2462. 13strings.com.

12/08: Open Mic Night Hosted by Marty Atkinson. 7pm. No cover. Sausalito Seahorse, 305 Harbor Dr., Sausalito. sausalitoseahorse.com.

12/08: Open Mic with Austin DeLone

7:30pm. No cover. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 388-1100. swmh.com.

12/08: Open Mic with Derek Smith 8:30pm.

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

459-1091. 19broadway.com.

12/08: Open Mic with Simon Costa 8:30pm.

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

485-1182. sleepingladyfairfax.com.

12/09: James Moseley Jazz, blues, R&B. 7pm.

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

12/10: Jesse Lee Kincaid CD and book celebration. 8:30pm. No cover. No Name Bar, 757 Bridgeway, Sausalito.

12/10: Bear ‘s Belly Original folk. With Shawna Miller, Joe Clopton, Zackary Miller. 8pm. Free. Iron Springs Pub and Brewery, 765 Center Blvd, Fairfax. ironspringspub.com.

12/10: John Hoy Jazz. 7pm. No cover. Panama Hotel and Restaurant, 4 Bayview St., San Rafael. panamahotel.com.

12/11: David Luning Americana, alt-country, folk, blues rock. 8pm. $10. Fenix, 919 Fourth St., San Rafael. 813-5600. fenixlive.com.

12/11: Wanda Stafford Jazz vocals. 7pm. No cover. Panama Hotel and Restaurant, 4 Bayview St., San Rafael. panamahotel.com.

Comedy 12/08: Tuesday Night Comedy with Mark Pitta and Friends Established headliners and up-and-coming comics drop by and work on new material. $16-26. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 383-9600. throckmortontheatre.org.

12/11: Mort Sahl: Social Satire Provocative humor and engaging conversation. 7pm. Free.

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

Theater 12/06: Soul Motion Theater Performance Nina Wise and Vinn Arjuna Marti join forces for an evening of spirited, spontaneous performances. 8pm. $25-30. Open Secret Bookstore, 923 C St., San Rafael.

457-4191. motioninstitute.com/events.html.

Through 12/14: ‘Persuasion’ Mary Ann Rodgers Jane Austen’s classic work made for stage by Jennifer LeBlanc. 7:30pm Thurs.; 8pm Fri.-Sat.; 2pm Sun. Ross Valley Playhouse, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Ross. 456 -9555. rossvalleyplayers.com

Through 12/21: Reduced Shakespeare Company: ‘The Complete History of Comedy(abridged)’ 8pm Fri.-Sat.; 2pm Sat.-

Sun.; 7pm Sun. Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave., Mill Valley. 388-5208. marintheatre.org.

Concerts 12/05-13: Novato Music Association Holiday Concert “Making Spirits Bright.” Cary Cedarblade conducts sacred and secular holiday music.

8pm Dec. 5; 2pm Dec. 6 and 13; 4pm Dec. 7. $5-20.

St. Vincent’s Chapel, 1 St. Vincent’s Dr., Marinwood. novatomusicassociationchorus.org.

12/06-07: Marin Symphony Chamber Chorus “Holiday Choral by Candle Light.” With Anna Maria Mendieta, harp soloist and the San Domenico Virtuoso Program Choral ensemble. 7:30pm Sat.; 4pm Sun. $25-30. Church of San Rafael, 11004 Fifth Ave., San Rafael. 479-8100. marinsymphony.org 12/05-06: Lessons and Carols “Listening for the Word Made Flesh.” 7pm. Free. San Francisco Theological Seminary, 105 Seminary Rd, San Anselmo.

451-2800. sfts.edu/news/view_event.asp?ID=407.

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12/06: Golden Gate Opera Holiday Gala Opera arias and a dinner featuring tenor Raymond Chavez and Friends, who will sing works by Puccini, Mozart, Verdi. 6:30pm. $65-$75. Seahorse Supper Club, 305 Harbor Dr., Sausalito. 339-9546.

GoldenGateOpera.org.

12/05-13: Novato Music Association Holiday Concert: Making Spirits Bright 8pm

Dec. 5; 2pm Dec. 6 and 13; 4pm Dec. 7. $5-$20. St. Vincent’s Chapel, 1 St. Vincent’s Dr., Marinwood. novatomusicassociationchorus.org.

12/06: A Gospel Christmas: Lighthouse Singers of Marin Refreshments including wine

and snacks will be available for purchase and the concert. 7:15pm. $20. First Presbyterian Church of San Rafael, 1510 Fifth Ave, San Rafael. 456-6760. fpcsr.org.

12/10: Joseph Bacon: Evening of Classical Guitar Music Classical guitar music from the 18th-

20th century. Sponsored by the Friends of the Fairfax Library. 7pm. Free. Fairfax Library, 2097 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Fairfax. 453-8151. marinlibrary.org.

EVERY WEDNESDAY OPEN MIC NIGHT WITH DENNIS HANEDA SAT 12/06 $12 7PM DOORS / 8:PM SHOW 21+ BUCK NICKELS AND LOOSE CHANGE COUNTRY | ROCK

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Dance 12/05: BFA in Dance Senior Solo Concert

Seniors in Dominican’s LINES Ballet BFA in Dance program will perform. Feature 11 specially commissioned solos from a diverse array of choreographers.

With Will Couture, Dalmacio Payomo, Ivy Patterson, Liza Kroeschell, Yoshie Fujimoto Kateada, Madeline Matuska, Janae Sykes, Alex Clauss, Elizabeth Ann Bertolino, Brittany Hernandez and Mary Goetz. 7pm. $10. Angelico Hall, Dominican University of California, 50 Acacia Ave., San Rafael.

482-3579. bfa.linesballet.org/events.

12/06-07: Stapleton Ballet “The Nutcracker.” 1 and 5pm. $22-34. Marin Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium, 10 Ave.of the Flags, San Rafael. marincenter.org.

FRI 12/19

decorative ceramics. Longtime Mill Valley cooperative studio with eleven local artists in a variety of styles. Great gifts, great art, refreshments. 10am. Free.

West California Pottery, 1115 W. California Ave, Mill Valley. 381-2695.

12/06: 46th Annual ICB Artists’Winter Open Studios #46 Gallery 111 in the ICB Art

Center will present a mask exhibit during the threeday event with masks created by the ICB artists.

Masks are works of art and powerful statements

Paula WeSt the artist Jazztimes calls “the finest jazzcabaret singer around.”

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BLAME SALLY

FRI DEC 5 8PM

DEBORAH WINTERS

SAT DEC 6 8PM

Beautiful harmonies, intricate instrumentals, smart lyrics... amazing talent and an incredible concert!

Variety and versatility characterize Deborah’s ongoing performances. From straight-ahead jazz to inspirational to folk and rock, Deborah continues to dazzle and uplift her audiences.

RAISE THE YOUTH

FRI DEC 12 7PM

TEN YEARS OF TUESDAYS! MARK PITTA & FRIENDS COMES OF AGE (BARELY)

SAT DEC 13 8PM

THROCKMORTON COMMUNITY CHORUS

THU DEC 18 7:30PM

NARADA MICHAEL WALDEN FOUNDATION’S 18TH ANNUAL HOLIDAY JAM

SAT DEC 20 8PM

A family evening to benefit the Throckmorton Youth Performers featuring food and wine, auction items and a youth performance showcase with highlights from this year’s productions.

Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of Mark Pitta & his Funny Friends.

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An evening of beautiful choral music from our community chorus followed by a champagne and sweets reception to meet the members. Includes music from Handel, Barber, Mozart, Copland and Brahms along with some holiday carols.

A Benefit Supporting Music Programs for Bay Area Youth! “Making a Difference Thru Music.”

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Dec 5 Hot R&B and Swing 8:00 Lessons! onk Sat Honky Ts Hero Dec 6 RED MEAT Classic Christmas Country 8:30

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Dec 7 Tue

KEY LIME PIE FIREWHEEL

Rock and Roll / Latin Soul 4:00

JEREMY D’ANTONIO DARREN NELSON 7:00 / No Cover 12 STRING RAYS HOLIDAY SHOW

Dec 9 Fri

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Rockin’ Original Americana 8:00

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Dec 13 Sun

Dec 14

BIG SANDY & HIS FLY RITE BOYS

Western Swing, Rockabilly, Traditional Country 8:30

THE COVERLETTES CHRISTMAS SHOW 7:00

60s “Girl Group” Singing Sensations!

Sat

Dec 20

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Fri

The KaNbar CeNTer aT The oSher MariN JCC

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Art 12/05-07: West California Pottery Annual Sale Annual studio sale of beautiful functional and

$12 8PM DOORS / 9PM SHOW GROOVTOWN

SAT 12/20

EVERY TUES 8PM

TUESDAY NIGHT COMEDY MARK PITTA & FRIENDS

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Classic 40s & 50s Jazz & Blues 8:30

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McNear’s Dining House Brunch, Lunch, Dinner • BBQ, Pasta, Steak, Desserts

“Only 10 miles north of Marin” Sat 12/13 • 7:30pm doors • 21+ • Bluegrass

POOR MAN'S WHISKEY PLUS STEEP RAVINE

Sat 12/20 • 7:30pm doors • 21+ • Americana

HAAS KOWERT TICE

Sat 12/27 • 8:30pm doors • 21+ • Island Reggae

ANUHEA

NYE 12/31 • 8:30pm doors • 21+ • Blues/Rock

AN EVENING WITH TOMMY CASTRO AND THE PAINKILLERS Party Favors

Confetti Cannons

Sat 1/3 • 7:30pm doors • 21+ • Reggae

THE ENGLISH BEAT

PLUS RUSTY ZINN & HIS BAND Sat 1/17 • 7pm doors • All Ages • Jazz

ADAM THEIS & JAZZ MAFIA

21 SANTA & MRS. CLAUS 2:00–3:30 TIM CAIN’S FAMILY CHRISTMAS SING ALONG

WITH THE PETALUMA HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ ENSEMBLE

8TH ANNUAL GOSPEL XMAS EVE SHOW Dec 24 THE PRIESTHOOD 7:00

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Sat 1/24 • 7:30pm doors • 21+ • Singer/Songwriters

PLUS BIG SANDY & HIS FLY-RITE BOYS 23 Petaluma Blvd. N., Petaluma (707) 765-2121 purchase tix online now! mystictheatre.com

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about culture and identity. 11am-6pm. Free.

Industrial Center Building, 480 Gate 5 Rd, Sausalito. 389-5072. icbartists.com.

12/06: Landmarks Holiday Art and Craft Sale 10am-4pm. Free. Landmarks Art and Garden

Thu 12/11 • Doors 7pm • ADV $20 / DOS $22

Assembly of Dust With Doobie Decimal System

Through 12/07: Jeffrey Beauchamp: Freefall Paintings, solo exhibition. The exhibition is

Fri 12/12 • Doors 7pm • ADV $42 / $47

Hot Rize (Tim O'Brien, Pete Wernick, Nick Forster, Bryan Sutton) With Red Knuckles and the Trailblazers Sat 12/13 • Doors 12pm • ADV $10 / DOS $15

The Amazing Bubble Man

Sun 12/14 • Doors 7pm • ADV $22 / DOS $25

Maria Muldaur Christmas At The Oasis

Fri 12/19 • Doors 8pm • ADV $18 / DOS $20

Zigaboo Modeliste Funky Miracle Holiday Bash & Toy Drive feat the New Aahkesstra Fri 12/26 & Sat 12/27 • Doors 8pm ADV $20 / DOS $22 / 2-Day Pass $36

Monophonics Annual Soulful Social Wed 12/31 • VIP Doors 5pm / Show 9pm ADV $47 / DOS $52 / VIP Dinner $102

Pimps of Joytime New Year's Eve Celebration

ICBBuffalo AFTER PARTY Wedding

8pm | $10

7pm | $65 adv | $75 @ door

reservations: 415.339.9546

5pm | $10 ORQUESTRA LA MODERNA TRADICION 4pm Salsa Class

OPEN MIC

Mon 12/8

6:30pm

HOSTED BY MARTY ATKINSON & APRIL MAY & GUESTS Tue 12/9

elegance of Houghton Hall, one of England’s grandest country houses, built in the 1720s by Sir Robert Walpole. This exhibition captures an intimate look inside Houghton Hall amid a re-creation of some of its interiors. Rarely exhibited treasures and furniture that has been passed down through the centuries evoke the sophistication of aristocratic entertainment in the 18th century. Sponsored by the Friends of the Sausalito Library. 2pm. Free. Sausalito City Hall Council Chambers, 420 Litho St., Sausalito.

289-4121. ci.sausalito.ca.us/index.aspx?page=992.

Through 12/28: Final Group Exhibition The gallery will be closing at the year-end. Group exhibition with works by Pegan Brooke, Phoebe Brunner, Bryn Craig, Santiago Garcia, Jeff Faust, Marisa Murrow and Sanjay Vora. Closing reception 4-6pm Dec. 6. Free. Gallery Bergelli, 483 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur.

945-9454. bergelli.com.

Santa and his elves arrive with Love2Dance. Former Mayor Eric Lucan and Mayor Jeanne MacLeamy will lead the children in the Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony at 5:30pm. Bring your wish list and camera. 4:30pm. Free. City Hall in Novato, Sherman Ave, Novato. downtownnovato.com.

12/06: Breakfast with Santa Seatings @ 9 and

GOLDEN GATE OPERA “HOLIDAY GALA” FUNDRAISER

Sun 12/7

12/09: Houghton Hall: Portrait of an English Country House Discover the history and

12/06: 85th Annual Novato Community Tree Lighting Live entertainment and vendors,

and DJ Richard Habib w/Special Guest Sat 12/6

accompanied by a full color catalog with essay by DeWitt Cheng. 11am. Free. Seager Gray Gallery, 108 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 384-8288. seagergray.com.

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Fri 12/5

Center, 841 Tiburon Blvd., Tiburon. 847-4209.

12/07-21: John Grillo Exhibition of watercolors and acrylics on paper. Through Dec. 21. 381-8776. rgfinearts.com. 154 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley.

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Wed 12/10

COLLEGE OF MARIN BIG SWING JAZZ BAND FREE DANCE LESSONS START @ 6:15

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10:30am, noon. Breakfast, games, real snow. All ages welcome. 9am. $15 a person. Tamalpais Valley Community Center, 203 Marin Ave., Mill Valley.

388-6393. tcsd.us.

12/06: Lunchtime for the Fish Watch Ranger Linda feed the hungry inhabitants of fresh and salt water tanks. Get familiar with some of our Bay Area aquatic neighbors. Watch the different feeding styles of the rock cod, sea stars and rainbow trout. 1:30pm.

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

12/06: Snow Day In Tamalpais Valley Let It Snow. More than 20 tons of snow just waiting for kids to build a snowman, go sledding and have fun.

10am. $5. Tamalpais Valley Community Center, 203 Marin Ave., Tamalpais Community Services District. tcsd.us.

12/07: Bret Baumgarten and Kathryn Otoshi Co-authors Bret Baumgarten and Kathryn

Otoshi celebrate the forthcoming release of their book “Beautiful Hands.” 4pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. bookpassage.com 12/07: Mill Valley Winterfest Featuring live performances; 15-foot tall snow globe photo booth; snow slide; holiday arts and crafts; games and activities; seasonal food and drinks courtesy of Piazza D’Angelo, Sweetwater Cafe, Pasta Pomodoro and Equator Coffees and Tea. Entertainment schedule: Noon SingersMarin Kids; 12:30pm Tam High School Orchestra; 1pm Mill Valley Philharmonic; 2pm Tam High School Woodwind Ensemble; 3pm Happy Feet Dance School; 3:15 pm Performing Arts Academy of Marin; 4:15pm Reduced Shakespeare Company; 4:30pm Momentum Vocal Ensembles; 4:45 pm Ukulele Jubilee; 5:30pm SingersMarin Holiday Sing Along; 5:45pm Tree Lighting and Mayor’s Welcome; 5:50pm SingersMarin. 11am-6pm. Free admission. Mill Valley Depot Plaza, 85 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 388-9700. enjoymillvalley.com.

12/10: Winter Craft Series: Make a Gift Make personalized laminated bookmarks for everyone on your gift list. Sip warm apple cider and listen to seasonal tunes, too. 2:30pm. Free. Mill Valley Public Library, 375 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley.

389-4292 ext.4741. millvalleylibrary.org.

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Outdoors 12/06: Santa Venetia Marsh Join Ranger Luke Bishop for a stroll around Santa Venetia Marsh.

Low-intensity 1 mile hike is a great introduction to exercise for all ages. This is a Healthy Parks, Healthy People event with support from Lift Levantate through a Measure A Breathe/Respira Community Grant. Dress in layers and wear sturdy shoes. Don’t forget to bring water and snacks. Friendly, leashed dogs are welcome. Rain will cancel. 9am. Free. Santa Venetia Marsh, Vendola Dr., San Rafael. 473-2816. marincountyparks.org.

Readings 12/05: Peter Turchi “A Muse and a Maze.” 7pm.

Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. bookpassage.com.

12/06: Timothy Shriver As chairman of the Special Olympics, Timothy Shriver has dedicated his life to those with intellectual disabilities. “Fully Alive” chronicles Shriver’s discovery of a radically different and inspiring way of life. 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. bookpassage.com.

12/07: Cooks with Books: Cal Peternell Twelve Recipes Although a chef at Chez Panisse

in Berkeley, Cal Peternell realized that his own son heading off to college was not prepared to cook for himself. For that reason, he wrote “Twelve Recipes” as a charming guide to give a connection to recipes that go beyond their original form. 12:30pm. $105-165. Left Bank, 507 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur. bookpassage.com 12/08: Arlene Ruben Balins “Balin’s With Intent to Murder.” 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. bookpassage.com

12/09: The Marin History Museum Author Spotlight Series Presents: Tomales Bay with author Anthony Kilgallin Tomales Bay

historically supported a unique Marine culture and industry begun by the Coastal Miwok Indians 5,000 years ago. American pioneers in the mid19th century saw Tomales Bay as the promised

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land for beef cattle and dairy ranching, farming, fishing and logging. Parking in rear lot of Elks Lodge. 7pm. $10. Elks Lodge, 1312 Mission Ave., San Rafael. 454-8538. marinhistory.com.

12/10: Meet Retired Porn Stars, Howie Gordon and Serena Czarnecki “Hindsight: True

Love and Mischief in the Golden Age of Porn.” 7pm. $10. Pleasures of the Heart, 1310 Fourth St., San Rafael. 482-9899. pleasuresoftheheart.com.

12/10: Mickey Huff and Peter Phillips “Censored 2015.” 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. bookpassage.com.

12/11: Brian Murphy and Michael Zagaris

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

12/11: Why there are Words Literary Reading “Sweet.” With Hugh Behm-Steinberg, Brian

Komei Dempster, Cassandra Dunn, Rita Gardner, Glen David Gold, Claudia Long, Liz Rozner, Robert Thomas, Zarina Zabrisky. Curated by founder Peg Alford Pursell. 7pm. $10. Studio 333, 333 Caledonia St., Sausalito. 331-8272. whytherearewords.com.

Community Events (Misc.)

12/05-07: 44th Annual Dance Palace Holiday Crafts Fairs 4-9pm Fri.; 10am-5pm Sat.-Sun.

Free admission. Dance Palace, 5th and B St., Pt. Reyes Station. dancepalace.org.

12/06: Toys for Tots Drive A holiday celebration and toy collection featuring Santa, vintage and modern firetrucks on display, and winter treats. Bring new unwrapped toys or games for donation. 1-4pm Sat. Free. Log Cabin at Memorial Park, 120 Veterans Place, San Anselmo. 453-1434.

12/06: Sustainable Fairfax Benefit at the Bike Museum Join Sustainable Fairfax for a night

of music, dancing and fun at the new Marin Museum of Bicycling. Celebrate 13 years of environmental advocacy, education and community support. Silent auction and light local fare. Event features live music

with Fenton Coolfoot and the Right Time. 7pm. $35.

Marin Museum of Bicycling , 1966 Sir Francis Drake, Fairfax. sustainablefairfax.org.

12/06: Warm Wishes Backpack Assembly and Distribution Day $10 suggested donation.

9am. Unity In Marin, 600 Palm Dr., Novato.

12/06: Under the Hat with Jan Wahl- The Inside Scoop on Jews, Film and Hollywood

Jan Wahl, KCBS entertainment editor, film critic, teacher and Emmy Award-winner brings her sharp wit and knowledge of film and entertainment industry to a night loaded with trivia, history and laughter. No host bar, noshes for sale. 7:30pm. Free.

Congregation Kol Shofar, 215 Blackfield Dr., Tiburon. 388-1818 Ext 103. kolshofar.org.

12/07: Advent Festival and Alternative Gifts Faire 11:30am-1:30pm. Free. First Presbyte-

rian Church of San Rafael, 1510 Fifth Ave, San Rafael.

456-6760. fpcsr.org.

12/07: Baxter’s 30th Reunion: Back to the 80’s Come relive amoment in time. 9pm. Free. Bungalow 44, 44 E. Blithedale Dr, Mill Valley. 827-2041.

12/07: San Rafael Camera Show Photo gear

swap. Digital and film, new and used, come buy, sell and trade photo gear with top vendors. 9:30am. Free.

Carpenters Local 35, 647 Lindaro St., San Rafael.

460-6466.

12/08: Books and Coffee with Elaine and Friends: A Holiday Gift Books Review New

books for all the readers on your holiday shopping list this season, from children’s books to the latest literary fiction. 10am. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. bookpassage.com.

12/09: Steel Pan Drum Classes Learn the magic of making music on Caribbean steel drums.

6pm. San Rafael Community Center, 618 B St., San Rafael. 485-3333.

12/10: Lifehouse Holiday Party Dinner and dancing with DJ Terri de Langis. 526-5300 5:30pm. $10 donation. San Rafael Community Center, 618 B St., San Rafael. 415 526 5300. lifehouseagency.org. ✹

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Last year, I got out of a bad marriage. My husband withheld sex (despite my keeping up my appearance), and it really made me question my desirability. I’m now ready for a relationship, but I only seem to attract guys seeking one-night stands. I did start dressing in very sexy clothing, and my best friend (who’s no prude) suspects this is sending the wrong signals.—Overcompensating?

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When you’re looking for a relationship, it’s OK to arrive at dates dressed like you just got off work—providing you don’t look like the vice president of jumping out of cakes in not much more than body glitter. Research by psychologist Cari Goetz suggests that men see revealing clothing as a sort of billboard advertising women’s availability for “short-term mating” (“till daylight do us part!”). And though you want a relationship, consider whether you’re subconsciously seeking some (short-term) reassurance about your hotitude. It might help to recognize that your husband’s behavior probably had more to do with something about him than something about your appearance. (After all, some pretty underkempt people manage to get it on.)

To advertise your interest in a relationship, wear clothes that are form-following instead of pore-following. Per evolutionary psychology research on what men are attracted to, what seems essential is highlighting your waist—revealing your figure to be more hourglass than beer keg. And consider that one of the easiest ways to look attractive is by walking tall— moving in a way that conveys sexy confidence (even if that isn’t quite how you feel). Sexy from within is what relationship-minded men are looking for—as opposed to the sort of sexy that, when you lean forward at the bar, gets a dermatologist tapping you on the shoulder: “You know, you really should get that mole on your inner thigh looked at.” Y

©Amy Alkon, all rights reserved. Got a problem? Write Amy Alkon, 171 Pier Ave, #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405, or e-mail AdviceAmy@ aol.com (www.advicegoddess.com). Amy Alkon’s Advice Goddess Radio—listen live every Sunday—http://www.blogtalkradio.com/ amyalkon/—7-8pm, or listen or download at the link at iTunes or on Stitcher. And watch for her new book: “Good Manners for Nice People Who Sometimes Say F*ck.”

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WHAT’S YOUR SIGN? WEEK OF DECEMBER 5 - DECEMBER 11, 2014

BY LEONA MOON

ARIES (March 21 - April 19) It’s time to share, Aries! You’ve been marinating on a long-overdue idea and it’s time to break it down for your boss and co-workers on Dec. 7. You’ve been greenlit by the stars to communicate to the best of your ability. You’ll nail this pitch—don’t overthink it!

TAURUS (April 20 - May 20) Check your mail, Taurus! That freelance check has finally arrived! Finances have been taking up time that could be better served daydreaming up some new projects. Understandably, you need warm running water, and the thought of canceling your Netflix subscription is overwhelming enough; but you don’t have to stress about cash anymore. Cha-ching!

GEMINI (May 21 - June 20) Step into the spotlight, Gemini! Dec. 6 marks a full moon in your sign and this lunar celebration only bodes well for you.

It’s time to ask yourself the big questions: Where do I want to be in a year?

Am I following my dreams? Do I need to start watching House of Cards?

CANCER (June 21 - July 22) Time to get a cut, Cancer. No, not a haircut (although if you’re not up to date—the long bob is over, so maybe try a new look). More importantly, it’s time to cut unnecessary emotional ties. Who’s been dragging you down a dark, narrow path lately? The stars are here to support any type of detachment you may need.

LEO (July 23 - Aug. 22) It’s time to regroup, Leo! Sure, Jupiter (the planet of luck) is on your side and in your sign for months to come, but it’s about to go retrograde on Dec. 8. Don’t think of this as a step backwards; use this time to look inward and hone your focus. What’s your next plan of attack?

VIRGO (Aug. 23 - Sept. 22) Finally finish building the Eiffel Tower out of popsicle sticks, Virgo? Well whatever project you just completed, just know it’s going to earn you some serious brownie points. Like double-chocolate brownie points. You’ve done your homework and due diligence—it’s time to rein in the reward. Set up a meeting with your company VIPs to show off your latest project.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 - Oct. 22) Whoa, are you tripping, Libra? Reel it in— we’re not in a psychedelic flashback. You are, however, about to experience some serious expansion. Take some me-time on Dec. 6 to reflect on the bigger picture. You could be on the brink of a life-changing decision that will set you trailblazing into the unknown.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21) Take off your earmuffs, Scorpio! It’s time to listen up. Gear up for some serious collaboration and advice-giving sessions. Whether you’re partnering up for work or play, keep in mind that it takes two. Taking the time to listen to your partner might make all the difference in a long-term relationship or ongoing project.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 - Dec. 21) Who hit rewind, Sagittarius? Hint: Jupiter—your ruling planet! On Dec. 8 prepare to stroll down Cautious Lane. Risk-taking will take the back burner and you’ll seek out adventures that don’t involve jumping out of planes or tattooing your significant other’s name on your bicep. Use this period to reflect and rest—your mom will thank you.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 - Jan. 19) Smile, Capricorn! You’re not on Candid Camera, albeit that would be great. You’re headed to the dentist on Dec. 5.

If your teeth are in tip-top shape, you better hit up your regular doctor for a check-up. Your health is starting to get a little questionable and wonky. Stay on top of it!

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 - Feb. 18) Is that a new shirt, Aquarius? Oh, well it looks new because you’re wearing your heart on your sleeve! You’re oozing love in every which way on Dec. 6 and can’t seem to hold back. Follow your gut—there’s no losing. It could bring some drama, but for you, it’s time to drop the L-bomb.

PISCES (Feb. 19 - March 20) Tired of playing phone tag, Pisces?

Grandma’s been trying to reach you for weeks. Carve out time for your family, near or far, on Dec. 7. It’s long overdue. Hearing a loved one’s voice is still more comforting than texting a stream of emojis. Hopefully ...

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A safe, successful MOTHERLESS DAUGHTERS GROUP for women who have lost their mothers through death, separation, illness, or estrangement in childhood, adolescence, or adulthood meets every other Tuesday, 6:30 – 8:00 PM in San Anselmo. In a supportive environment, women address and explore relevant issues in their lives, current and past, including relationships, self-identity, the many consequences of mother loss, other loss, and trauma. The group provides opportunities for healing and growth, deepening self-empowerment, gaining acknowledgement for “normal” responses, and support for pursuing individual goals. Facilitated and developed since 1997 by Colleen Russell, LMFT (MFC29249), CGP (41715) with over 20 years experience, whose mother’s death at 15 was a pivotal event in her life. Individual, couple, and family sessions also available. Phone: 415-785-3513.Email: crussellmft@earthlink.net. Website: www.colleenrussellmft.com .

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The Pacific Sun, the secondoldest alternative newspaper in the nation, is seeking a part-time editorial staff member to lend his or her talents to Marin County’s foremost art/culture/lifestyle/ news publication. We’re looking for a dynamic individual with a keen knowledge of the county who can handle a variety of tasks—everything from copy editing, writing news briefs and longer features for our print and online editions to assisting in management of pacificsun.com, social networking forums, proofreading and other functions that help drive the editorial process.

As the Pacific Sun celebrates its 51st year in journalism, we’re looking for a dynamic, deadlinedriven individual to help us in the production of our sometimes humorous, sometimes serious, always thought-provoking award-winning publication.

Applicants should have two years professional journalism experience and clips available.

This is a part-time position, approximately 15 to 20 hours a week. Send a copy of your resume, cover letter and clips to spowell@pacificsun.com.

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Housesitting with animals a specialty. North Bay, S.F., East Bay all fine. All offers considered. Have much to bring from carpentry and painting to art and art services. Call Cliff at (707) 791-4308 or email me: beachcomberart42@gmail.com

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 135996 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: ABRACADABRA PLUMBING ROOTER, 90 BAYO VISTA WAY, SAN RAFAEL,CA 94901: PABLO BETANCOURT, 90 BAYO VISTA WAY, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901.The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL . Registrant expired for 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 ClerkRecorder of Marin County on November 04, 2014, (Publication Dates: Nov.14, 21, 28 , Dec 5 of 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 135998 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: BENNETT HOUSE TENANTS' ASSOCIATION, 53 TAYLOR DR #315, FAIRFAX , CA 94930: 1) CHARLES MASON, 53 TAYLOR DR #315, FAIRFAX , CA 94930; 2) MARIO D'ERAMO, 53 TAYLOR DR #125, FAIRFAX , CA 94930; 3) A.GERTRUDE LEVY, 53 TAYLOR DR #207, FAIRFAX , CA 94930.The business is being conducted by AN UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATION OTHER THAN PARTNERSHIP. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on November 05, 2014, (Publication Dates: Nov.14, 21, 28 , Dec 5 of 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 136025 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: MAGNOLIA GALLERY, 26 ROSS COMMON, ROSS, CA 94957:THERESA RYAN, 11A HILLSIDE DR, KENTFIELD, CA 94904.The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL .Registrant is renewing filing with changes and is transacting business, under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on November 07, 2014, (Publication Dates: Nov.14, 21, 28 , Dec 5 of 2014)

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014136067 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business:1) EUROPEAN WAX CENTER, 2) EUROPEAN WAX CENTER OF SAN RAFAEL, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903 :PSK SERVICES, INC, 15595 SUGAR PINE DR, COBB, CA 95426.

The business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on November 14, 2014.(Publication Dates: Nov. 21,28,Dec 5,12 of 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 136079 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business:BETH'S HAIR AND NAIL SALON, 754 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BLVD, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960:QUY NGUYEN, 35 PORTSMOUTH DR, NOVATO, CA . The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on November 17, 2014.(Publication Dates: Nov. 21,28,Dec 5,12 of 2014) STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No. 304584 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 on AUGUST 15,2014.Under File No: 135480.Fictitious Business name(s): GRF CONSTRUCTION, 15 WEST CRESCENT DRIVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901;RAMIREZ FELIX, 15 WEST CRESCENT DRIVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA, 94901, MARIADEL CARMEN CALIXTRO, 15 WEST CRESCENT DRIVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901.This statement was filed with the County Clerk Recorder of Marin County on November 17, 2014.(Publication Dates: Nov.21, 28,Dec 5,12 of 2014)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014135990 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: BASKETBALL NINJAS, 441 VIA CASITAS, GREENBRAE, CA 94904: STEPHEN C JOHNSON, 441 VIA CASITAS, GREENBRAE, CA 94904.The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on November 04, 2014, (Publication Dates: Nov.14, 21, 28 , Dec 5 of 2014)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 136084 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: GRF CONSTRUCTION, 15 WEST CRESCENT DRIVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901; RAMIREZ FELIX, 15 WEST CRESCENT DRIVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA, 94901. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on November 17, 2014, Publication Dates: Nov. 21,28,Dec 5,12 of 2014)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 136043 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: MAUNA LOA HAWAIIAN BBQ, 810 3RD ST, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: MAUNA LOA ENTERPRISES INC, 810 3RD ST, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901.The business is being conducted

by A CORPORATION .Registrant expired for 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

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014136111 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: BE ASSOCIATES, 234 N. SAN PEDRO RD, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: EGAN PROPERTIES INC, 234 N. SAN PEDRO RD, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903.The business is being conducted

by A CORPORATION. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on November 20, 2014.(Publication

›› TRiViA CAFÉ ANSWERS From page 8 1. Gilroy 2. Warm 3. Neither; since the passports are given out by herself, she doesn’t need one ... and she doesn’t require a driver’s license either (she doesn’t drive).

4. Protons 5a. M or N (eight states each) 5b. A, I or W (four states each) (Thanks to Joe Herzberg of Corte Madera for the question.)

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014136072 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: DEAN LIPOFF PHOTOGRAPHY, 2 PALAZZI COURT, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: DEAN A LIPOFF, 2 PALAZZI COURT, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960.The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on November 14, 2014.(Publication Dates:Nov.28,Dec. 5,12,19 of 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 136076 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: 5 STAR BAIL BONDS, 76 SAN PABLO AVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903:GLEN HUBBARD INC, 76 SAN PABLO AVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903.The business is being conducted by A CORPORATION .Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on November 17, 2014. (Publication Dates:Nov.28,Dec. 5,12,19 of 2014) STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No. 304583 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 on OCTOBER 8,2013.Under File No: 133240.Fictitious Business name(s): 5 STAR BAIL BONDS, 76 SAN PABLO AVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: GLEN HUBBARD, 76 SAN PABLO AVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903.This statement was filed with the County Clerk Recorder of Marin County on November 17, 2014.(Publication Dates:Nov.28,Dec. 5,12,19 of 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 136097 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: HEAD TO TOES SALON SPA, 13152ND ST, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: HEAD TO TOES SALON SPA, 4125 LINCOLN WAY, SAN FRANCSICO, CA 94122.The business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant is renewing filing with changes and is transacting business, under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on November 19, 2014, Publication Dates: Nov.28,Dec 5,12,19 of 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 136098 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: RAD CONSTRUCTION, 3 VALLEJO, PT. REYES STATION, CA 94956: RONALD ALAN DUNBAR, 3 VALLEJO, PT. REYES STATION, CA 94956.The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on November 19, 2014. (Publication Dates:Nov.28,Dec. 5,12,19 of 2014)

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 136124 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: OPTIONS FOR SUCCESS,1130 MISION AVE, APT 5, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: DAVID E. OSTERLOH, 1130 MISSION AVE, APT 5, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant is renewing filing with changes and is transacting business, under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on November 24, 2014, Publication Dates: Nov.28,Dec 5,12,19 of 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 136131 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: SALON B, 886 4TH ST, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: BISHLAM A BULLOCK, 20 BUCKELEW ST, SAUSALITO, CA 94965.The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant is renewing filing with changes and is transacting business, under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on November 24, 2014, Publication Dates: Nov.28,Dec 5,12,19 of 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 136101 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business:TRANSPORTES ZACULEU, 95 BELVEDERE SUITE 2, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: CRUZ DEL CID GONZALEZ, 6623 VESPER AVE, VAN NUYS,CA 91405.The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on November 19, 2014.(Publication Dates: Dec 5,12,19,26 of 2014) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2014135965 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business:BOBA EXPRESS, 99 PROFESSIONAL CTR PKWY, B 108, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: BOBA EXPRESS LLC, 99 PROFESSIONAL CTR PKWY, B 108, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903.The business is being conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. Registrant will begin transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on October 31, 2014.

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OTHER NOTICES ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No. CIV 1404177. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner KRISTEN ANNE KOENIG filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: KRISTEN ANNE KOENIG to LILIANNA KRISTEN KOENIG. 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: 12/29/2014 08:30 AM, DEPT B, ROOM B, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin: PACIFIC SUN. Date OF FILING: NOV 5, 2014, (Publication Dates:Nov 14, 21,28, Dec 5 of 2014.)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No. CIV 1404195. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner LISA MICHAEL filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: SAMUEL MICHAEL HEQWER to SAMUEL MICHAEL - HEQWER. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons inter-

ested 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: 01/05/2015 AT 08:30 AM, DEPT B, ROOM B, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin: PACIFIC SUN. Date OF FILING: NOV 5, 2014, (Publication Dates:Nov 14, 21,28, Dec 5 of 2014.)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No. CIV 1404387. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner KATJA FREDRIKSEN KALLICK filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: KATJA FREDRIKSEN KALLICK to KATJA SIGRUN FREDRICKSEN KALLICK. 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: 12/29/2014 AT 08:30 AM, DEPT B, ROOM B, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin: PACIFIC SUN. Date OF FILING: NOV 19, 2014, (Publication Dates:Nov 28, Dec 5,12,19 of 2014.)

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: MIA MARLENE MOREL aka MIA OLSON MOREL aka MIA O.MOREL. Case No. PR-1404419 filed on Nov 19,2014.To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of MIA MARLENE MOREL aka MIA OLSON MOREL aka MIA O.MOREL. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: DAVID A.BROWN, Esq SBN 208686 in the Superior Court of California, County of MARIN. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that JOSEPH DANIEL MOREL be appointed as the personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. 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: DECEMBER 29, 2014 at 8:30 a.m. in Dept. H. of the Superior Court of California, Marin County, located at Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94903. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written

objections with the court before the hearing.

Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative , as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under Section 9052 of the California Probate Code. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: DAVID A. BROWN Esq SBN 208686,c/o LEN TILLEM& ASSOCIATES, 846 BROADWAY, SONOMA, CA 95476, TELEPHONE: 707-996-4505.

(Publication Dates: Dec 5,12,19 of 2014) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No. CIV 1404113. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner LILIAN GONZALEZ & ARNOLDO PU LOPEZ filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: 1) ARNOLDO AIMAR LOPEZ GONZALEZ to ARNOLDO AIMAR PU GONZALEZ,2) MARIA LILIAN LOPEZ GONZALEZ to MARIA LILIAN PU GONZALEZ.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: 1/13/2015 AT 09:00 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 OF FILING: NOV 10, 2014, (Publication Dates:Dec 5,12,19,26 of 2014.)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No. CIV 1404113. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner LILIAN GONZALEZ & ARNOLDO PU LOPEZ filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: 1) ARNOLDO AIMAR LOPEZ GONZALEZ to ARNOLDO AIMAR PU GONZALEZ,2) MARIA LILIAN LOPEZ GONZALEZ to MARIA LILIAN PU GONZALEZ.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: 1/13/2015 AT 09:00 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 OF FILING: NOV 10, 2014, (Publication Dates: Dec 5,12,19,26 of 2014.)

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