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Couldn’t help but notice Gavin Newsom’s security detail at the Corte Madera/Larkspur 4th of July parade. Big ol’ honkin’ armored SUV, that probably gets 10 miles to the gallon. (Could have been a hybrid though, at 12 miles to the gallon.) Bet his bodyguard was armed as well. Just another example of the bureaucratic elite playing by a different set of rules than us mere mortals. Gavin, next time, just stay home and spare us the expense! Michael Sapuppo
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This letter is in response to the coverage of the fatal shooting at Emmanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina and the subsequent surge of momentum to take down the Confederate flag from all public and private places. The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution states: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” Obviously the need for a state militia has been replaced by the National Guard and Coast Guard whereby trained military personnel are entrusted with the defense of this country against domestic enemies. Their weapons are tightly controlled and safeguarded. The only two reasons for a citizen to own a firearm are for hunting or defense of the household from intruders. In either case, ownership of a handgun, shotgun or rifle is more than adequate to satisfy these purposes. There is absolutely no need for any U.S. civilian to own any weapon more powerful or sophisticated than these. Accordingly, all handguns, shotguns and rifles must be licensed and registered to the degree necessary to match weapon to owner at the click of a computer key. Furthermore, we must guarantee that the mentally ill do not gain access to them under any circumstances. Finally, if we had prohibited the purchase of more sophisticated weapons
several innocent victims would not have died or been harmed at shopping malls, college campuses, Congressional meetings and now churches. As for the Confederate flag, I agree that it should be removed from all government buildings because it is neither a national nor state flag. But the outpouring of yanking it (no pun intended) from everywhere else seems a bit extreme. Neither the flag used by the Army of Northern Virginia nor the official flag of the Confederacy had anything to do with being a symbol of pro slavery but rather was the colors adopted by men who chose to fight for the preservation of state’s rights against what was perceived as the growing encroachment of the Federal Government. Slavery may have been the straw that finally broke the Union’s back but it was the wealthy plantation owners who stood to lose most from the loss of their “peculiar institution.” Instead of following the North’s industrial push they left themselves behind only to be crushed by a more powerful enemy. Billy Yank and Johnny Reb did not enlist (or get drafted) into their respective armies to aid or oppose slavery; they did it because from each side’s point of view it was the right thing to do. The ending of slavery was just a positive result stemming from the outcome of America’s second revolutionary war. Everyone is certainly entitled to their own opinion of the Civil War, but fortunately they are not entitled to their own facts. Joe Bialek, Cleveland, OH
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nd now let us pause to contemplate Richard Blum’s participation in the destruction of the American dream at the hands of a new phenomenon known as the “Wall Street landlord.” Blum’s wife is Senator Dianne Feinstein. The California legislator’s latest financial disclosure report, filed with the U.S. Secretary of State on May 15, includes a 2014 Blum Family Partners investment of at least $1 million in Colony American Homes Holdings. Blum is the billionaire founder of the privateequity firm Blum Capital Partners.
Colony homes are owned under the umbrella of Colony Capital, one of the largest investment firms in the world. The senator’s disclosure describes Colony American Homes as a “leading owner and provider of high-quality single-family residences for rental across the United States.” What it doesn’t say is that the rental stock is made up of foreclosed homes purchased by a handful of investor groups and hedge funds in the aftermath of the 2007–2008 financial crisis and real estate crash. The Blackstone Group and Waypoint Homes join Colony Capital in this business, along with
American Homes 4 Rent and Silver Bay Realty. Blum is often identified as a quintessential Democratic Party insider, with ties that run the gamut from Jimmy Carter to the Dalai Lama. His private-equity firm manages about $500 million in assets, and the bulk of the fund’s portfolio is dominated by holdings in CBRE, the world’s largest commercial real estate services firm. Though Blum has taken pains to deny it, reports say that he’s worth at least $1 billion. According to a recent Roll Call survey, Feinstein’s net worth is $45.3 million, which puts her in the top tier of wealthy
Washington lawmakers. Colony American Homes was one of several investor-owned landlords highlighted in a June report from the anti-poverty advocates at the California Reinvestment Coalition (CRC). That study focused on the rise of the Wall Street landlord and its impact on California renters and would-be homeowners. The verdict from the CRC is that Colony American Homes has not been an especially good landlord: Rents are above average, utilities generally aren’t included, and maintenance is poor, at best. Moreover, would-be first-time homeowners in California often find themselves squeezed out by cash-rich corporate buyers like Colony American Homes. Rents are going up, and the landlord is nowhere to be seen. “Neighborhoods are changing, income diversity is changing, the tenure of residents is changing,” says CRC Associate Director Kevin Stein, an author of the report. The investor grab of housing stock, he says, “is destabilizing neighborhoods and creating a lot of displacement.” The CRC survey found that real estate investment trusts, private equity firms and hedge funds have spent $25 billion buying more than 150,000 distressed homes around the country since 2012. “This whole situation is only possible because of a financial crisis that was engineered by Wall Street,” says Stein. “This is investors profiting off of foreclosure.” What can be done? Stein says that Governor Jerry Brown could “use his bully pulpit to talk about the importance of neighborhood stability, and to acknowledge that there’s extreme gentrification and displacement going on.” Or Brown could pay back the $331 million he diverted from foreclosure relief for homeowners in 2012 to solve the state budget crisis. The Associated Press reported this week that lawmakers and community groups have called on Brown to repay the money, after a Sacramento judge ruled that he had illegally funneled the foreclosure monies into the state’s general fund. A May report from the California advocacy group Tenants Together also weighed in on so-called Wall Street landlords. The organization reported that Colony has, to date, purchased more than 2,000 formerly foreclosed properties in California and flipped them into rentals. Banks help investors do this by converting future rental income on properties into securities, which are then turned back to the investors as loans. “Wall Street has also issued
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or rent in the North Bay doesn’t yield many hits—but that may not mean anything, says Stein. “It could be that there’s more happening than what you see, because some of the sales are happening before anybody even knows a property is available,” he says, “and it’s not known because it has already been sold to Colony.” Doug Henwood, an economics journalist and author of Wall Street: How It Works and for Whom, says that investor-driven home purchases follow the general model of privateequity deals. “They are in it for the short-term, the medium-term,” says Henwood. “They are not in it for the long haul. The incentive is to screw the tenants over completely, minimize repairs and maximize rents.” The senator’s disclosure report lists the Colony American Homes investment in the section of Feinstein’s “non-publicly traded assets and unearned income sources,” which also includes another Colony distressed-asset fund, Colony American Homes War I, LLC. According to the report, Blum Family Partners has a $50,000– $100,000 investment in Colony American Homes War I, LLC and no reported 2014 income from that investment. The disclosure form
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over $8 billion in securities tied to almost 60,000 homes,” some owned by Colony, reports the CRC. The loans are then used to purchase additional distressed properties, notes CRC. This has conspired to fuel a growing market in investor-purchased single-family homes. The investor-led push to buy distressed single-family homes, says Stein, means that individual buyers often get pushed out of the market. The CRC survey heard from numerous would-be firsttime home buyers, he says, “who could get decent loans but couldn’t successfully bid on properties.” Nonprofits and developers who want to build affordable housing are often outbid, and local businesspeople, many of them from communities of color, “feel that they are being circumvented. These deals are going around local businesspeople,” says Stein. “There is an issue of the amount that [investors] are bidding and that their offers are in cash.” Fair Housing of Marin was one of 70 signatories to the CRC report. Over the past few years the North Bay housing nonprofit has identified chronic maintenance failures at bank-owned homes in poor communities. Fair Housing of Marin Executive
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▲ The threshold of Marin, a tunnel with arches painted in the colors of a brilliant rainbow, will soon be named the Robin Williams Tunnel. Julie Wainwright of Belvedere gathered almost 62,000 signatures on a Change.org petition seeking to rechristen the tunnel to honor Williams, the cherished comedian and actor, who lived in Tiburon and committed suicide last August. Assemblyman Marc Levine (D-San Rafael) responded by introducing a resolution for the name change, which was approved by the California state legislature. “I am thrilled to hear that the Rainbow Tunnel name change was approved, as it speaks to the universal love towards Robin Williams,” Wainwright said. Her company, The RealReal, will underwrite the cost of the signage for the Robin Williams Tunnel. Well done, Julie Wainwright.
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▼ After a long day at the Italian Street Painting Marin festival in San Rafael last week, Richard and his two young children headed home for dinner. His 6-year-old son’s favorite drawing, the adorable pug, was still a work-in-progress, so they hurried back after their meal to see the completed masterpiece. Unfortunately, the gate closed minutes before the San Rafael trio returned. The power-hungry guard at the west gate refused entry to them, though there were at least 100 people still inside and they only wanted to see the pug. As the disappointed 6-year-old cried, the wannabe cop threatened to have Richard arrested for trespassing. The child remains scared that the police are coming for his dad. Zero, this little guy deserves a big apology. —Nikki Silverstein
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Robert Durst, who is currently in prison in Louisiana, has been described as “eccentric” and an “odd duck.”
Golden State Psycho
Robert Durst, the focus of HBO’s ‘The Jinx,’ called Northern California home in the 1990s and early 2000s. Did he leave a trail of death? By Geoffrey Dunn
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n Dec. 19, 2000, shuttle driver Ross Vitalie, the owner of Door-to-Door Airporter in Humboldt County, picked up his fare—a slight figure in his early 50s with an odd, gruff manner of speaking and peculiar facial tics—at what was then known as the Arcata Airport, a small-town airfield with a couple of runways originally built by the U.S. Navy during World War II.
The dark-haired and affable Vitalie then headed roughly 15 miles south down Highway 101 to Harper Motors, a Ford dealership located just north of Eureka, where his passenger picked up some keys for his car stored in long-term parking at the airport. Vitalie drove him back. The round trip took little more than 30 minutes. Vitalie’s passenger had been a regular customer over the past halfdecade. “You could say he was a little bit strange,” says Vitalie, a muscular six-footer who studied martial arts in college. “For his size, he could be very demanding.” Airport records would later indicate that Vitalie’s passenger had often stored his car in long-
term parking in the years prior. The records also indicated that he removed his car from the lot that afternoon. Vitalie dropped off his passenger—whom he called simply “Bob”—at the airport, and bid him adieu. “He was a loner,” Vitalie recalls. “The only thing I remember was him asking what was going on around town whenever he returned. He’d want to know if anything was going on with the police department.” Vitalie’s fare that day was none other than Robert Durst, the quirky and allegedly deadly scion of a Manhattan real estate dynasty. He had relocated to the seaside California town of Trinidad in late
1994 or early 1995, shortly after his father, Seymour Durst, passed him over, installing Durst’s younger brother Douglas as head of the family’s billion-dollar high-rise empire. The controversial, albeit intoxicating, documentary series The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst, which aired on HBO this past winter, made it seem as though Robert Durst never wanted to serve as head of the family business, but that’s one of many false narratives established by Durst after the fact, as a way of putting off anyone on his trail. Those close to him knew better. They say that Durst was livid about being bypassed for his »10
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Crushed Like a Bug Durst had come to the Emerald Triangle in Northern California—a place where pot was plentiful and accessible, and where he could go essentially unrecognized—to get away from his father and brother, to break away from the long arm of his family’s influence. Maybe he had darker visions as well. A decade earlier, Durst had been the prime suspect following the disappearance of his young and beautiful wife, Kathie McCormack Durst, who went missing in the winter of 1982, when the Dursts’ marriage had deteriorated into coke and drinking binges, a series of sexual affairs and violent outbursts. Durst had spun a tale about his wife’s disappearance—and, many believe, got away with murder. Those close to Durst—family, friends, you name them—have described him as an inveterate liar, “incapable of telling the truth,” in the words of his brother Douglas. Although he would claim otherwise in The Jinx, he was also extremely skilled in his duplicity. More than once, law enforcement officials took the bait. They swallowed it hook, line and sinker in New York. And they may have swallowed it in California, too. According to records in the Humboldt County Recorder’s Office, Durst purchased a threestory ocean-view home in Trinidad from Diane Bueche in June of 1995. “It was very rural,” Durst would tell Jinx director Andrew Jarecki about Trinidad in an interview for the film. “Very pretty.” Located on the corner of Van Wycke and Galindo streets in the picturesque seaside village, Durst’s residence—with wall-to-wall decking and full-length picture windows on each level—afforded sweeping views of the Trinidad waterfront, arguably one of the most beautiful stretches of coastline in Northern California. Bueche lived directly next door to Durst on Van Wycke, in a sprawling two-story shingled home with equally breathtaking views. The
outgoing, well-off Bueche was “a bon vivant” to her friends (many called her “Bo”) who owned and managed several properties in Humboldt and Trinity counties. She quickly became Durst’s friend, confidante and social guide to the North Coast. They went out to dinner, movies and cultural events. “Bobby” Durst, as he was most frequently known, generally kept to himself among strangers, but he had surprising charm around women. They seemed to hover over him, guarding him, maybe even wanting to “mother” him, according to one friend. That he was receptive to such affection shouldn’t have been surprising, since his own mother had committed suicide when he was seven—though not, as he would often claim, directly in front of him. Durst liked to stretch the truth on that story, too. His first wife, Kathie, was a beautiful, bright 19-year-old when he met her. By the time she disappeared, it is widely known that Durst had taken up with Prudence Farrow, the younger sister of actress Mia Farrow and the subject of the Beatles’ song “Dear Prudence,” written by John Lennon. Some suspected that Bueche and Durst were an item in Trinidad, but no one seems to have known for sure. One police report, drafted in 2003, asserts that Durst only had sex with prostitutes after the disappearance of Kathie in 1982. More than likely, the BuecheDurst relationship was platonic, though they kept in close contact with each other, even when one of them was out of town. Bueche would later say that they connected by phone, email, fax and letters. Durst, who still used his Manhattan letterhead for business communication, had stationery printed with his Trinidad address on it for local and personal correspondence. In one letter Durst sent to Bueche (a copy of which was provided by Matt Birkbeck, author of A Deadly Secret: The Bizarre and Chilling Story of Robert Durst), he said that he had “so much fucking energy these days I feel like the top of my head is coming off.” He cryptically mentioned rearranging the furniture in Bueche’s bedroom and upgrading his burglar alarm. He asked rhetorically, “Do you know it is illegal to shoot your pistol in
In 1995, Durst purchased a three-story, ocean-view home in Trinidad, California.
town even in self defense[?]” In another handwritten note that Durst faxed to Bueche, he declared: “I’d love to joust with you, but you might crush me like a bug. However, if you enjoy crushing bugs, call me. … Maybe I’ll get to bite you real good before I’m cornered.”
An ‘Odd Duck’ Those who knew Durst in Trinidad mostly refused to talk about him on the record, but privately they tell of an odd little man (“a weird, weird dude,” said one; “a very strange guy” and “spooky,” said another) who threw his money around with a small coterie of acquaintances, and who talked big—but whose stories never quite added up. Durst had told Bueche and others that he had a daughter (he did not), and that he was planning to develop property in an isolated region north of Trinidad known as Big Lagoon, only to run afoul of the California Coastal Commission. There’s no record of that. For a while he kept an office in Eureka’s “Old Town,” on E Street, though what he actually did there is anyone’s guess. At one point, he claimed to be a botanist for the Pacific Lumber Company. At other times, he claimed to be an insurance investigator or a rare metals expert. None of it was true. Durst was essentially computer illiterate when he arrived in Humboldt, and incapable of typing as well. He put up an advertisement for a computer tech at Humboldt State University’s career center in Arcata and eventually hired an HSU
student, Michael Glass, who worked for Durst at his home in Trinidad for several years. Like most who encountered Durst in Humboldt County, Glass described him as being an “odd duck” and “eccentric.” One memory for Glass stands out. He recalls that Durst was thoroughly infatuated with Pixar’s computer-animated blockbuster Toy Story, which was released in 1995, right around the time Durst arrived in Humboldt. Durst wanted all the imagery on his computer—the screen saver, etc.—related to Toy Story. Durst, Glass recalls, powerfully identified with the film.
A Confidante The same day—Dec. 19, 2000— that Durst rode with Ross Vitalie to and from the Arcata Airport, his longtime friend and intimate, Susan Berman, a struggling writer in Los Angeles, had a conversation with one of her closest friends, the actress Kim Lankford. Lankford, who had starred in the primetime soap opera Knots Landing in the late 1970s, would later recall that Berman was especially excited that day, claiming in an interview with New York magazine writer Lisa DePaulo that Berman was about to break a big story “that was going to blow the top off things.” Berman was always on the verge of something, always a handful. She was the daughter of Las Vegas mobster David Berman—also known as “Davie the Jew”—a close associate of the legendary Vegas Mafioso Bugsy Siegel, who had been assassinated by rival gangsters
in 1947. Lankford presumed that her friend’s big revelation had something to do with mob history, maybe about who had killed Siegel. Berman had met Durst at UCLA in the late 1960s and had reportedly bonded over issues of losing a beloved parent from violence in their childhoods. She had migrated to the Bay Area after college, where she became a well-known writer at the San Francisco Examiner after penning a Sunday magazine piece titled “Why I Can’t Get Laid in San Francisco.” By the new millennium, Berman, who had relocated to Los Angeles, was begging her friends for money, in debt to everyone. And with Berman, it was always a crisis, always high theater, always about her. She was the prototypical drama queen. Through it all, however, Durst and Berman remained loyal to each other. When Durst’s wife Kathie went missing in 1982, Berman had served as Durst’s spokesperson, and, as many now believe, may have helped to mislead investigators by placing a call to the medical school at which Kathie was a student, claiming to be Kathie and saying that she would be absent from school the day after she went missing. While they were no longer as close as they once were, sometime in the fall of 2000, after investigators in New York had kick-started a new investigation into Kathie’s disappearance, Robert Durst had sent Berman, now living in a rundown bungalow in Beverly Hills, two checks for $25,000 each—a $50,000 gift, he made clear, not a
Drifter and Murderer? Today, the ailing 72-year-old Durst, currently incarcerated in the St. Charles Parish Jail in Louisiana, is facing federal gun charges, and after that process plays itself out this fall, he’ll be facing extradition proceedings to bring him back to Los Angeles on murder charges. Many of the people I’ve spoken to in the past several months don’t think that Durst will ever see the light of day again—but they
thought the same thing when he was arrested for the murder of Morris Black in 2001. “[Durst] never stayed in one place for more than a few days,” says Cody Cazalas, the lanky mustachioed investigator from Galveston, Texas, who provided The Jinx with its soul, if not its conscience. “He’d fly from Texas to California to Louisiana then back to Florida then Texas again,” Cazalas says. “He was extremely mobile and very secretive about his movements. Two or three days was about it in any one place. He was all over the charts.”
Gone Missing Little more than two years after Durst was arrested in Mendocino and had settled into his ocean-view digs in Trinidad, a 16-year-old high school student from Eureka—Karen Marie Mitchell—was declared missing after visiting her aunt’s shoe store at the Bayshore Mall on the south side of town. The Mitchell case captivated and galvanized the community. Over the next several years, numerous leads were exhausted, and several suspects were identified, though, ultimately, nothing came to fruition. Although it’s not clear when Durst appeared on the radar of Eureka investigators, according to newspaper records, Mitchell’s aunt, Annie Casper (with whom Karen was residing at the time of her disappearance), first publicly identified Durst by name as a suspect in her niece’s case in December of 2001, not 2003, as has often been claimed in the media. It’s never been clear how seriously Humboldt County investigators took Durst as a suspect in the Mitchell disappearance. For a while, at least, they had their eyes on someone else, a Humboldt County trucker named Wayne Adam Ford, who eventually confessed to killing four women (but adamantly denied killing Mitchell)—and federal investigators had flight records appearing to indicate that Durst wasn’t in Eureka on the day of the abduction. Shortly before Mitchell went missing in 1997, there was another disappearance of a young woman in Northern California, Kristen Modafferi, an 18-year-old student from North Carolina visiting the Bay Area for the summer. Since Modafferi was living in the East Bay at the time (she was taking a summer course in photography at
UC Berkeley), her disappearance was investigated by the Oakland Police Department. One of the suspects in the Modafferi case fit a profile similar to Durst, particularly in respect to cross-dressing and prowling around homeless shelters. The Oakland investigators felt there might be a connection. Although Bay Area investigators didn’t have sufficient evidence to pursue Durst in respect to Modafferi’s disappearance, they felt that there was reason to do so in respect to the disappearance of Karen Mitchell. According to Birkbeck’s Deadly Secret, East Bay investigators believed that Durst had flown into the Arcata Airport on Nov. 25, 1997, the day of Mitchell’s disappearance. They had subpoenaed credit card and Federal Express records indicating Durst’s presence in Humboldt County that day. One thing that can happen when criminal cases fall under separate jurisdictions is investigators get territorial, toes get stepped on, egos bruised. Outsiders often get marginalized by local cops who take personal possession of a case. “You hear about it from time to time,” Cazalas tells me in his distinctive South Texas drawl. “And it baffles the shit out of me, to be honest with you. It’s just a cryin’ shame … If it happened anywhere involving [Durst], like I said, that’s a cryin’ shame.”
‘Duped’ and Dead The timing of Durst’s drive from Humboldt County to Los Angeles in 2000 comes as no surprise to investigators who have followed the Durst case closely. On Halloween of 2000, Durst received a tip— reportedly from his sister, which the Durst Corporation denies—that law enforcement officials in New York had reopened the case of Kathie Durst’s disappearance. The heat was back on. In early November, Durst bought an engagement ring for one of his girlfriends, Debrah Lee Charatan, an accomplished, high-powered Manhattan real estate agent. Then, on November 15, according to Birkbeck, Durst called an apartment owner in Galveston on behalf of a “deaf-mute woman,” Dorothy Ciner (one of Durst’s many aliases). What this means is that Durst had set up shop in Galveston even before he had cleared out of Northern California. »12
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A composite sketch of a man last seen with a missing person strongly resembles Durst.
loan—which many journalists and investigators later figured may have been hush money for whatever role Berman played in Kathie’s fate. On Christmas Eve, five days after Durst had flown into Humboldt County, Los Angeles police made a startling discovery. Berman was found face down in a pool of blood on her bedroom floor, executed by a single shot from a 9mm pistol to the back of her head. Since there had been no forced entry into Berman’s home, investigators immediately speculated that whoever killed the mobster’s daughter was a person she knew. That same day, the Beverly Hills Police Department received an anonymous note indicating that there was a “cadaver” at Berman’s address on Benedict Canyon Drive. The note may have been anonymous, but the author left a telltale sign, spelling “Beverley Hills” incorrectly, with an extra e. Nearly 15 years after the grisly discovery at Berman’s home (and only hours before the climax of The Jinx on HBO), the county of Los Angeles filed a felony complaint: “On or between Dec. 22, 2000, and Dec. 23, 2000, in the County of Los Angeles, the crime of MURDER . . . was committed by ROBERT DURST, who did unlawfully, and with malice aforethought, murder SUSAN BERMAN, a human being.” The saga of Robert Durst and the many deaths that surround him has become, in recent months, part of the national cultural fabric. Durst has emerged—there is really no other way to put it—as a celebrity killer and international sensation. That he was found not guilty of the 2001 killing of Morris Black on the grounds of self-defense (never mind that he dismembered the corpse and tossed it into Galveston Bay) has only added to Durst’s creepy celebrity status and media mystique.
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Serial Killer? On a cold and windy day in Eureka this spring, I sat in a Starbucks with Andy Mills, the city’s recently appointed police chief, who in the aftermath of Durst’s arrest in March has quietly reopened the Karen Mitchell case. Mills, who arrived in Eureka highly touted from San Diego, was candid and forthcoming. He described the Mitchell investigation as “reinvigorated and active,” and says that though he was unable to identify any new evidence involving Durst, Durst is very much in play as a suspect. Since then, I’ve discovered that the FBI has assembled an unofficial national task force specifically looking at a multitude of unsolved murders and disappearances wherever Durst has lived, stretching back more than 40 years. Indeed, there’s a case involving a young girl who vanished after frequenting Durst’s health food store in Vermont in 1971. During my trip through Northern California last month, following Durst’s ghost behind the Redwood Curtain, I re-read portions of Bret Easton Ellis’ American Psycho, the controversial novel about Manhattan investment banker Patrick Bateman, whose decadent lifestyle descends into a series of grotesque murders. Several passages seemed surprisingly reminiscent of Durst, this one in particular: Myself is fabricated, an aberration. I am a noncontingent human being. My personality is sketchy and unformed, my heartlessness goes deep and is persistent. ... All I have in common with the uncontrollable and the insane, the vicious and the evil, all the mayhem I have caused and my utter indifference toward it, I have now surpassed. ... My pain is constant and sharp and I do not hope for a better world for anyone. In fact, I want my pain to be inflicted on others. The passages were unnerving. They haunted me as I reflected on this story on the long drive along the Mendocino and Humboldt coastlines, then back home along the Highway 101 corridor, through the wine country of Mendocino and Sonoma counties and into the Bay Area. Somewhere I had read that Durst had rented the movie American Psycho when he was dating a woman from Dallas in 2000.
Durst, she said, “was all excited about American Psycho.” The woman said he had a room in his luxury Dallas apartment with concrete flooring and an electric saw. He told her he was dealing in “chemicals.” Several law enforcement officials have told me they now think Durst may be a serial killer, over a span that stretches more than 40 years. In the cases of his wife Kathie, his friend Susan Berman, and then Morris Black, he may well have had overt motives for killing them. But what about the various dotted lines that link those three known targets? During the Morris Black investigation, Cazalas thought that the murderer “had done this before.” Durst’s brother Douglas, who in a recent New York Times interview said that “there’s no doubt in my mind that if he had the opportunity to kill me, he would,” also believes that his brother killed seven of his own dogs, all named Igor. The judge from Durst’s murder trial in Galveston believes that Durst left the severed head of a cat on her doorstep.
A Deadly Pattern I discussed the matter of what seems to be two distinct patterns of killing with a Northern California psychiatrist who specializes in criminal psychology. He said that, yes, the killings beyond the three we know of could be consistent with the pathology of a single serial killer. He also added an interesting caveat: Durst’s decision to be filmed on The Jinx could also be viewed as emanating from the same behavioral reservoir—that of calling attention to himself and humiliating his family. As I went through my thick file of interview notes, reports and various articles that I had accumulated for this story, I came across a chilling note from Bradley written in October of 2004. “I reasonably believe Durst was a serial killer,” he wrote. “Others believe Durst only kills people he knows and with whom he has become enraged. I counter that his comfort level with killing is so secure, he kills strangers for practice then people directly connected to him and just does not worry about discovery.” It seems that Robert Durst is always trying to get caught—he said so himself in The Jinx. When he was asked about the letter addressed to the “Beverley Hills” Police Department on the day of Susan
Berman’s murder, he acknowledged that the killer was “taking a big risk. You’re sending a letter to police that only the killer could have written.” Authorities in Los Angeles believe that Durst wrote the now infamous letter. Moreover, Durst reportedly left mail with his address on it, along with parts of Morris Black’s body, in garbage bags in Galveston Bay; he told lies to New York City detectives about his wife’s disappearance that were easily discovered; he stole some Band-Aids and a hoagie at a market in Pennsylvania when he had $500 in cash in his pocket. Most recently, he urinated on some candy bars in a Houston convenience store while security cameras recorded his activities. Durst always has a counternarrative to explain away his actions. It’s a cat-and-mouse game he seems to enjoy playing. How else does one explain his participating in a film project that ultimately resulted in his arrest? Through his defense attorney Dick DeGuerin, Durst has denied involvement in all of these murders. But while much attention has been paid to Durst’s shocking confessional at the end of The Jinx— “There it is. You’re caught. You’re right, of course. … What the hell did I do? Killed them all, of course”— there was an even more telling revelation earlier in the series, when he declared, “There’s a lot of people out there who think I killed my wife, that I killed Susan Berman, that I intentionally murdered Morris Black, and it’s quite possible that he’s killed a whole slew of other people.” (Emphasis added). Note the change from the first to third person in the middle of the sentence. Nobody had brought up “other people.” In the parlance of poker players, it’s a tell. I asked Cazalas—who believes that Durst killed his wife and Susan Berman, along with Morris Black— if it would surprise him if Durst had killed more people. “No,” he says, with a long drawn-out pause. “No, no, it wouldn’t.” Maybe Robert Durst is trying to tell us something. Perhaps there are a whole slew of other people. Maybe, just maybe, he did kill them all.✹ This is a condensed version of Dunn’s article. To read the full story, visit pacificsun.com.
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Integrity in baking
Novato’s Teeny Cake offers more than perfect cupcakes By Tanya Henry
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hemist-turned-cupcakemaker Michelle Mahoney claims to use her science acumen in the kitchen far more than she ever did as a scientist. The Georgia Tech graduate moved to Silicon Valley from a small southern town to work on a coveted project examining the feasibility of growing plants in space for the NASA Ames Research Center. But it was her quest for the perfect cupcake that ultimately led her out of the laboratory and into the kitchen. “I wanted something that tasted like vanilla ice cream,” explains the always-on-the-go Mahoney. She began baking and testing, and within six months she had developed the perfect bite-sized cake. She quit her research job and began selling her signature vanilla, olive oil and sea salt cupcakes at local farmers’ markets in 2009. In September of last year, Mahoney and her husband Kevin (a P.E. elementary school teacher) opened Teeny Cake at 7400 Redwood Boulevard in Novato. After a relatively short nine months, Mahoney had transformed a longtime empty office space into a gleaming storefront, complete with a professional exhibition kitchen, café space and a party room for hosting tea parties and birthdays.
The 1,700 square-foot boutique bakery boasts a sleek, modern look with greys and purples punctuating the bright room. Mahoney has her fingers in many pies, so the 6-yearold business continues to expand its online, catering and party offerings. Though known for their signature cupcakes, Teeny Cake’s offerings include a craveable cherry almond scone, biscuits and sweets of all kinds—macaroons, brownies and, of course, an array of flavorful cupcakes. An afternoon tea menu features a tasty kale and quinoa salad, assorted finger sandwiches and fresh fruit. From her years at the farmers’ markets (she still attends the Civic Center, Fairfax and San Rafael markets), Mahoney has become friends with local farmers and sources as much organic, local produce from them as possible. She also serves Equator Coffee and Teas. When asked if she thinks cupcakes are on the downward end of a trend, Mahoney responds confidently, “No—I really strive to maintain the integrity of my products and offer lots of new and interesting choices.” She adds, “Mostly I just love creating something great in a small package—it’s not just a cupcake; it’s a dessert and something to savor.”✹
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Miniature cupcakes satisfy the sweet tooth at Novato’s Teeny Cake boutique bakery.
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Dinosaurs roam free at a theme park in the summer blockbuster ‘Jurassic World.’
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Defying logic
Barbara Harrison examines probability of ‘Jurassic World’ By David Templeton
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personally, can barely walk in high heels,” says Barbara Harrison, “let alone run through swamps. Watching cloned dinosaurs romping at a theme park only barely stretched my sense of credibility, but that woman running around through the whole movie in high heels—that definitely defied logic.” Barbara Harrison is co-owner of Tom Harrison Maps, a Marinbased company that makes detailed topographical maps of state parks, forests and wilderness areas for use by hikers, backpackers and adventureseekers, some of whom might jump at the chance to walk among living dinosaurs, like the ones in the new movie Jurassic World, but none of whom would do so in the kind of footwear worn by Bryce Dallas Howard as the executive in charge of the park. “Also, my husband Tom used to be a park ranger,” Harrison adds, “and we lived on Angel Island for a while. Bringing 20,000 people onto an island the size of the one in Jurassic World—it’s just not possible. There is no way they would have the facility to accommodate all those people and still have room for dinosaurs. “But that’s just my two cents worth.”
Harrison sees a lot of movies … when she’s not traveling the world. And even then she sometimes takes time to see a film or two. Sometimes serving as spokesperson and media representative for her family’s everthriving and popular map company (tomharrisonmaps.com), Harrison nonetheless considers herself retired, leaving lots of time to pursue her cinematic and globe-hopping interests. Call her a professional movie-going hobbyist, with tastes that run the gamut from artsy foreign films—especially those from or about Iran, where she spent part of her childhood—all the way to big Hollywood blockbusters. Not that she doesn’t have standards. For example, she did not originally plan to see Jurassic World, which has already become the summer’s biggest hit, devouring box offices all over the world. “I see these previews for films that are either sequels, or remakes of other films,” she explains, “and they’ve all started looking like the same movie. There are explosions, and there are fights, and you can’t tell the good guys from the bad guys. So when I saw that Jurassic World was coming, I thought, ‘Another sequel! Do I really want to waste my time with this?’” Then she saw Mad Max: Fury Road, yet another
sequel/reboot, which she caught in 3D on the recommendation of friends. Though she ultimately disliked the film—“I liked the original Mad Max movies much better,” she says—there was a trailer for Jurassic World during the previews, and Harrison was quite taken at how good the 3D dinosaurs looked. “I sat there with my glasses on going, ‘Wow! That actually looks kind of amazing. And Tom wanted to see it, so I thought, ‘OK, as long as we see it in 3D.’ I like 3D. I especially enjoy animated 3D movies, because they tend to be done in bright colors, which tend to come through even with the 3D glasses on, which often make movies look dark. That didn’t bother me so much with Jurassic World though, because it’s kind of a dark movie. It has a dark theme, and you are sort of in the jungle. “And those dinosaurs,” she adds. “In 3D, they really do pop off the screen.” A scary thought, that. “The thing is, I will see pretty much anything,” she says with a laugh. “I wouldn’t say it was my favorite action movie of the year, but it was enjoyable enough. I have to say though, I’ve noticed lately that there just aren’t as many good movies as there used to be. Even amongst the big summertime action films. So maybe it doesn’t take as much to stand out from the pack as it used to, because the pack is not what it used to be.” There’s a survival-of-the-fittest, dinosaur vs. dinosaur metaphor in there somewhere, and it’s hard to disagree with Harrison’s summation. For the record, by the way, her actual favorite action film of the year so far is Kingsmen: The Secret Service. “I thought it was a hoot,” she admits. “And I thought the theme of exploding heads was just hilarious!”
As for Jurassic World, in which the original plans for a theme park have been realized, drawing 20,000 people a day to an island crammed with hotels, rides and a bunch of dinosaurs, Harrison appreciated more than just the 3D photography. She loved the setting, as much of the movie had been filmed in Hawaii. “We started going in the ’70s, on the cheap,” she says of the Aloha State. “The first time we went we found a place two blocks from the beach for $12 a night. And then, shortly after that they built the military hotel on Waikiki, and we always try to go there if we can get in, because it’s the only green space left in Waikiki, and it’s cheap—compared to other hotels in Waikiki, anyway. Oahu is my favorite island, and some of the scenes in Jurassic World, I noticed, were filmed there, though most of it was filmed on Kauai. I actually liked the movie Aloha, despite its problems, because I just like movies about Hawaii, because it’s fun to see movies about places I’ve been. “I like Iranian movies for the same reason.” Harrison attended the American High School in Iran, in the ’60s. “We just got back from a trip to Iran, the first time I’ve been back since I lived there,” she says. “I love it when I see a movie and get to say to myself, ‘Oooh. I know that place. I’ve been there. It feels like home. That’s a very special feeling.” Even if there are genetically modified dinosaur clones chasing people through all that familiar scenery? “Well, if the dinosaurs are in 3D,” Harrison says with a laugh, “then yes, definitely. Even then.” Just don’t try to teach those dinosaurs to walk in high heels. The natural world can only take so much abuse.✹
In ‘Jurassic World,’ the original plans for a theme park have been realized, drawing 20,000 people a day to an island crammed with hotels, rides and dinosaurs.
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favorite booze. Enter their new neighbors, Kenny (Patrick Kelly Jones) and Sharon (Luisa Frasconi), penniless recovering drug addicts who are moving into the empty house next door, courtesy of Kenny’s justdeceased aunt. He is employed as a warehouseman and she deals with consumer complaints at a call center. For reasons known only to them—but perhaps related to their collective misery—these four disparate people quickly bond in a figurative and literal dance that presages the play’s cataclysmic finale. Under the direction of Josh Costello, who is known for his emphasis on actors’ physicality, Aurora’s ensemble enlivens the 100-minute, no intermission play and makes the most of its sporadic opportunities for humor. Sometimes, however, one has the feeling that they are working too hard to make a dying horse stand up and walk to the finish line. Which leads to the larger question: How many more films, TV series, novels and—yes, plays—do we need to tell us that things aren’t going very well these days here in our very own America the Beautiful? And when does it stop being funny? ✹
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Neighbors living through a recession in the Motor City dance together in Aurora’s production of ‘Detroit.’
the contradiction and its effect on Americans’ behavior and outlook. Early on, the impact was given tragic overtones, as in O’Neill’s The Hairy Ape and Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman. Lately, though, the preferred lens has been satire, frequently including elements of outright farce. This is where D’Amour’s Detroit comes in. Although the title suggests that it is based on Motor City’s decline into bankruptcy during the recent Great Recession (the play was written in 2009 and debuted at Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre a year later), D’Amour is quoted in a program note as saying, “It’s about a particular anxiety the name of that city evokes … a symbol to so many people of the American Dream drying up.” Ben (Jeff Garrett) and his wife Mary (Amy Resnick), both earlymiddle-aged, live in the outer suburban ring of a typical heartland city. Due to the recession’s impact on real estate sales, he has been laid off from his longtime position as a bank loan officer. His announced intent to replace it with an online financial consulting service is taken with a grain of salt by Mary, who is herself unhappily locked into a sterile paralegal job, for which the remedy is a glass or two of her
Aurora Theatre Company’s ‘Detroit’ explores what is already familiar By Charles Brousse
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Americans, African-American slaves, women, racial, religious and sexual minorities, and today’s struggling 99 percent of the population, who, for one reason or another have been unable to ride the wave of prosperity that has lifted the remaining 1 percent to unparalleled heights. While politicians trolling for votes continue to ignore the obvious irony, artists haven’t been fooled. A long list of playwrights— from Eugene O’Neill to the present crop—have pointed to NOW PLAYING: Detroit runs through Sunday, July 26 at the Aurora Theatre, 2081 Addison Street, Berkeley. For more information, call 510/843-4822, or visit auroratheatre.org.
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he American Dream is getting yet another bashing in Lisa D’Amour’s Detroit, the final presentation of Berkeley’s Aurora Theatre Company’s 2014-2015 season. The term has always been more like an advertising slogan for a miracle product whose claims have never been proven than a description of reality. Way before James Truslow Adams first referred to the Dream in his 1931 book The Epic of America, similar language was being used to describe everyone’s opportunity to move up on the socioeconomic ladder if they “worked hard and played by the rules.” Unfortunately, however, the “everyone” he named has at various times not included—and, in some cases, still omits—Native
Ben (Jeff Garrett) tries to console Mary (Amy Resnick) in Aurora’s production of ‘Detroit.’
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Psychedelic, roots-rock band Moonalice played after the Grateful Dead live stream at Sweetwater.
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Fans get everything they need during final Grateful Dead shows By Jamie Soja
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he “Core Four” remaining members of the Grateful Dead, along with Trey Anastasio, Bruce Hornsby and Jeff Chimenti, performed five riveting “Fare Thee Well” concerts at Santa Clara’s Levi’s Stadium and at Chicago’s Soldier Field over the past two weekends. The highly anticipated shows were slated to be the final concerts of the “Core Four” performing together, ending a 50-year legacy of creating some of the best and most quintessential music. All five concerts were simulcast to theaters and venues across the country and to various online streaming platforms. In Marin, Bob Weir’s Sweetwater Music Hall in Mill Valley and Phil Lesh’s Terrapin Crossroads in San Rafael were the places to be. I attended the two Santa Clara shows on June 27 and 28, a live stream at Sweetwater on July 3 and the July 4 and 5 shows in Chicago. The concerts were an appropriately epic send-off, attracting crowds of 65 to 75,000 people. The band played many of their greatest hits, like the encore of the final show, “Touch of Grey” and many of their lesser-known fan favorites like “Mountains of the Moon.” The cultural phenomenon of a simulcast concert with people dancing, cheering and singing along needs to be experienced to
be fully appreciated. As the famous photographer from the Grateful Dead heyday, Bob Minkin, told me, “Not everybody can be at these shows, and the fact that they can see the thing that they want to be at happening live, they have a connection to it that you can’t have from a radio broadcast. The fact that you’re in a venue or party where it’s happening, with your friends, gives you that same vibe … it’s the next best thing.” At Sweetwater, there was a feeling of celebration for the much-loved band, and some people reflected on their first Dead shows. The sold-out live stream was followed by a performance by the Bay Area, all-star band Moonalice, which has ties to the Grateful Dead. Famed Silicon Valley entrepreneur Roger McNamee of Moonalice helped usher that band ahead of the curve, in that they live stream every one of their concerts for free. “The Grateful Dead and Deadheads were the precursor to social networks,” McNamee says. “Because of their openness to fan taping, the Dead empowered fans to figure out recording and distribution of live shows, which ultimately led to live streams. The Dead didn’t invent any of this stuff; their magic was in allowing their fans to push the technology envelope.”✹
‘Testament of Youth’ is a story of young love and the futility of war.
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War was hell War, love and class mix in ‘Testament of Youth’ By Richard von Busack
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he new adaptation of Vera Brittain’s memoir Testament of Youth proves one glib rule of filmmaking and disproves another. First, it really is best to start a story as late in the plot as you can. Second, a war movie doesn’t necessarily have to endorse war. Director James Kent is allowed far more realism than the previous BBC miniseries adaptation of Brittain’s WWI memoir of being a nurse to the wounded. We can see that the conditions in a Western Front field hospital haven’t changed much since the Crimean War; for that matter, a crane shot of casualties laid out on stretchers in a muddy field resembles the similar carnage of the Atlanta depot scene in Gone with the Wind. Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina) plays Vera, a young lady who yearns to go to Oxford, despite the fact that her family believes that education is wasted on women. Vikander plays the role with anachronistic fury—it’s as if she’s surprised by the discrimination against women and hadn’t grown up with it all around her. Vera sees her loved ones being consumed one by one by the war, and as always, the decorum of her class
makes the story sadder. One never expects upper-class Brits to emit howls of grief, as they do here. The tragedy is keener than the first halfhour of nostalgic feminist umbrage staged against the spring flowers of the Yorkshire countryside, and later in Oxford. The terrific opening falsely promises a far more sharply impressionistic film to come. It begins with Vera coming out of a fog on the morning of Armistice Day. Her numb horror at the crowd’s screams of joy drives her into an empty church. There, she sees a painting of Noah’s flood, and she imagines herself tumbling in the tide. The reminder of the price of war also serves as a showcase for young actors. As Edward Brittain, Taron Egerton evokes the loss of an entire generation simply by turning up in an ill-fitting woolen army uniform. It’s too soon to tell if Kit Harington, as Vera’s lover Roland, will go places beyond Game of Thrones. But there is warmth enough between Vikander and Harington to draw in a romanceseeking audience—and those who never heard these stories of wastage before will be pierced quite deeply.✹
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Friday July 10-Thursday July 16 About Elly (1:59) Moody suspense thriller about a group of vacationing friends whose seemingly innocent lies and deceptions lead to a child’s mysterious disappearance. Amy (2:08) In-depth documentary look at the troubled life of late legendary British pop chanteuse Amy Winehouse. Ant-Man (1:55) Yet another comic book superhero hits the big screen, this one a master thief who can shrink in size and increase in strength at the same time. Charlie’s Country (1:48) Aging aborigine David Gulpilil, fed up with the modern world and its invasive white culture, heads into the Outback to rediscover the old ways. Dirty Dancing (1:40) Sweetie-pie Jennifer Grey grows up fast when she falls for hunky summer camp dance instructor Patrick Swayze. Dope (1:52) Sundance fave about a geeky teen who attains utter coolness during a wild night at an underground party. Dying to Know: Ram Dass & Timothy Leary (1:35) Documentary examines the ongoing legacy of the two 1960s Harvard profs-turned-counterculture icons; Robert Redford narrates. Exhibition Onscreen: The Impressionists (1:30) Get up close and personal at the National Gallery’s highly anticipated and comprehensive exhibition of 19th century French masterworks. Far from the Madding Crowd (1:59) Thomas Vinterberg directs a sumptuous new version of the earthy Thomas Hardy novel; Carey Mulligan stars as headstrong, passionate Bathsheba Everdene. The Gallows (1:20) Horror flick about a misbegotten attempt to pay homage to a teenager who’d died in a freak accident 20 years earlier. Gemma Bovery (1:39) Cheeky comedy about a young British expat in rural France who begins to live the life of Flaubert’s heroine. How to Train Your Dragon 2 (1:45) Wannabe Viking Hiccup and his pet dragon Toothless are back and busily protecting their village from uncouth invaders. The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared (1:54) Darkly comic Swedish mega-hit about a seen-it-all centenarian who escapes from his retirement home with a cache of drug money, cops and crooks in hot pursuit. Infinitely Polar Bear (1:28) Manic depressive single dad Mark Ruffalo and his two precocious daughters struggle and support one another as they form a cohesive family. Inside Out (1:42) Pixar cartoon about the five conflicting emotions guiding a young girl through the vagaries of life; Lewis Black voices Anger. Iris (1:18) Documentarian extraordinaire Albert Maysles trains his camera on the flamboyant Iris Apfel, the 93-year-old style maven who continues to dominate New York’s fashion scene. Jurassic World (2:04) As gate receipts at the dino DNA amusement park peter, backers cook up a new (less cuddly) attraction … uh-oh. A Little Chaos (1:53) Sumptuous period piece stars Kate Winslet as a 17th century landscape architect and Alan Rickman as Louis XIV, her number-one client. Love & Mercy (2:00) Biopic stars Paul Dano and John Cusack as mercurial Beach Boy extraordinaire Brian Wilson; Elizabeth Banks costars. Magic Mike XX(1:55) The stripper kings of Tampa, Florida cook up one last no-holds-barred performance before they retire for good. Max (1:51) A military dog home from Afghanistan bonds with the grieving family of his dead handler. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (1:44) An
awkward teen learns about life when he spends quality time with a classmate recently diagnosed with cancer. The Metropolitan Opera: La Fille du Regiment (3:00) Direct from New York it’s Donizetti’s comic opera about a regiment of Napoleon’s soldiers and the foundling they adopt and raise. Minions (1:31) The lemon-colored henchmen search the world from Australia to 1960s Swinging London in search of a new master; Sandra Bullock lends voice to super-villain Scarlet Overkill. National Theatre London: The Audience (2:45) Peter Morgan’s new play imagines the weekly conversations Elizabeth II has had with every PM from Churchill to Cameron during the 60 years of her reign; Helen Mirren revisits her Oscar-winning role as the Queen. National Theatre London: Everyman (1:30) Eye-filling new production of the primal 15th century English drama stars Chiwetel Ejiofor as a success story on a frantic flight from Death. Pink Floyd: The Wall (1:35) Rockin’ cult classic based on the landmark LP about a deranged musician who keeps the world at bay. Pitch Perfect 2 (1:55) The Barden Bellas are back and bowed but not broken after a disastrous concert at Lincoln Center; Anna Kendrick and Hailee Steinfeld star. San Andreas (1:54) The Big One finally rocks California into rack and rubble; luckily, Dwayne Johnson is around to rescue his estranged daughter. The Search for Freedom (1:32) The top dawgs of surfing, snowboarding, skiing and skateboarding star in Jon Lang’s adrenaline-fueled doc about the need for speed. Self/less (1:57) Sci-fi thriller about a dying man (Ben Kingsley) who hijacks the body of a healthy man (Ryan Reynolds). Spaceballs (1:36) Typically zany Mel Brooks “Star Wars” spoof stars Rick Moranis, John Candy, Joan Rivers and Dom DeLuise. Spy (2:00) Comedy thriller stars Melissa McCarthy as a CIA analyst who has to go undercover when top agents Jude Law and Jason Statham go missing. Ted 2 (1:55) The foulmouthed teddy bear is back and trying to prove in court that he’s worthy of Amanda Seyfried’s hand in marriage. Terminator Genisys (2:02) With future forces converging on beleaguered A.D. 1984, it’s up to a humble sergeant to reset a dangerously fractured time-space continuum; Arnold Schwarzenegger stars, of course. Testament of Youth (2:09) Vera Brittain’s classic memoir of WWI hits the big screen with Alicia Vikander as the shattered, lovelorn heroine. 3-D Rarities (1:34) Celebrate the hundredth anniversary of three-dimensional moviemaking at a program of rare shorts and trailers (including a stereoscopic 1922 travelogue of New York and Washington). UFC 189: Mendes vs. McGregor (4:00) Catch all the bone-crunching action as Ireland’s Conor McGregor battles the U.S.’s Chad Mendes for UFC bling. The Water Diviner (1:52) Aussie farmer Russell Crowe heads to Gallipoli after WWI to find his three missing-in-action sons. Wild Tales (2:02) Rollicking Best Foreign Film Oscar nominee dovetails six morality tales of lust, greed and anger in modern-day Argentina. The Wolfpack (1:24) Eye-opening documentary about the Angulo brothers, six home-schooled Manhattan shut-ins with no experience of the outside world except the movies they study and imitate.
About Elly (Not Rated) Amy (R)
Lark: Mon 3; Wed 12:45 Regency: 12:55, 3:55, 7:10, 10:10 (times may change on Tue and Wed) Sequoia: Fri 12:55, 3:50, 7, 10; Sat 10, 12:55, 3:50, 7, 10; Sun 10, 12:55, 3:50, 7; Mon-Tue, Thu 12:55, 3:50, 7 • Ant-Man (PG-13) Northgate: Thu 7:55, 10:40; 3D showtimes at 7, 9:45 Playhouse: Thu 7 Rowland: Thu 8, 10:45; 3D showtimes at 7, 9:45 Charlie’s Country (Not Rated) Lark: Wed 3:40 • Dirty Dancing (PG-13) Rafael: Thu 6:30 Dope (R) Regency: Fri-Wed 10:25, 7:20, 9:55 (times may change on Sat, Sun, Tue and Wed) • Dying to Know: Rafael: Fri-Sun, Wed-Thu 2, 4:15, 6:30, 8:45; Mon 4:15, 7 Ram Dass & Timothy Leary (Not Rated) (filmmakers in person at 7pm show); Tue 4:15, 6:30, 8:45 • Exhibition Onscreen: The Impressionists (PG) Regency: Tue 7 Far from the Madding Crowd (PG-13) Lark: Sat 5; Mon 5:45 • The Gallows (R) Northgate: Fri-Wed 11, 1:10, 3:25, 5:45, 8, 10:15 Rowland: Fri-Wed 10:40, 12:50, 3:10, 5:30, 7:50, 10:10 Gemma Bovery (R) Lark: Sun 3:15; Tue 5:20; Thu 2:45 • How to Train Your Dragon 2 (PG) Rowland: Tue, Thu 10am The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed... Lark: Fri 3 Infinitely Polar Bear (R) Rafael: Fri-Sat, Wed 2:15, 4:30, 6:45, 9; Sun 2:15, 9; Mon-Tue 4:30, 6:45, 9; Thu 2:15, 4:30, 9 Inside Out (PG) Fairfax: Fri-Wed 1:45, 4:15, 7:05, 9:35 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 7:15, 10; Sat-Sun 11, 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 10 Marin: Fri-Sat 1:50, 7:15, 3D showtimes at 4:35, 9:40; Sun 1:50, 7:15, 3D showtime at 4:35; Mon-Wed 2, 7:30, 3D showtime at 4:50 Northgate: Fri-Wed 10:45, 1:15, 3:55, 6:30, 9:05; 3D showtimes at 12, 2:40, 5:15, 7:55, 10:25 Playhouse: Fri-Sat 12:30, 3:30, 6:45, 9:30; Sun-Wed 12:30, 3:30, 6:45 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:15, 1:55, 4:30, 7:20, 9:50 Iris (PG-13) Lark: Sun 1; Thu 5:15 Jurassic World (PG-13) Northgate: Fri-Wed 1:30, 7:10, 10; 3D showtimes at 10:40, 4:20 Rowland: Fri-Wed 10:50, 1:45, 4:40, 7:30, 10:20 A Little Chaos (R) Rafael: Fri-Sun, Wed-Thu 1:30, 6; Mon-Tue 6 Love & Mercy (PG-13) Marin: Sat-Sun 1:10; Mon-Tue 4:05, 7; Wed 4:05 Regency: 10:25, 1:15, 4:05, 7, 10 (times may change on Sat, Sun, Tue and Wed) Marin: Fai-Sat 1:25, 4:05, 6:45, 9:25; Sun 1:25, 4:05, 6:45; Mon-Wed 1:40, 4:20, 7 Magic Mike XXL (R) Fairfax: Fri-Wed 12:40, 3:50, 6:50, 9:40 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 7:30, 10:15; Sat-Sun 11:15, 2, 4:45, 7:30, 10:15 Marin: Fri-Sat 1:35, 4:20, 7, 9:35; Sun 1:35, 4:20, 7; Mon-Wed 1:50, 4:35, 7:15 Regency: 10:35, 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:15 (times may change on Sat, Sun, Tue and Wed) Rowland: FriWed 11:25, 2:15, 5, 7:40, 10:30 Max (PG) Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:45, 2:25, 5 Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (PG-13) Regency: 11:30, 2:10, 4:50, 7:40, 10:20 (times may change on Sat, Sun, Tue and Wed) • The Met. Opera: La Fille du Regiment (G) Lark: Wed 6:30 Regency: Wed 7 Sequoia: Wed 7 Minions (PG) Fairfax: Fri-Wed 12, 1, 2:25, 3:25, 4:50, 5:50, 6:30, 7:15, 8:15, 9, 9:40; 3D showtimes at 1:45, 4:15 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:05, 12:15, 1:25, 2:35, 3:45, 4:55, 6:05, 7:15, 8:25, 9:35; 3D showtimes at 10:30, 11:40, 12:50, 2, 3:10, 5:30, 6:40, 7:50, 9, 10:10 Playhouse: Fri-Wed 12, 1, 2:30, 3:20, 5, 5:45, 7:15, 8; Thu 12, 2:30, 5, 7:15 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:35, 2:10, 4:35, 7, 9:30; 3D showtimes at 10:30, 1, 3:25, 5:50, 8:15 Sequoia: Fri 3, 7:45, 10:10, 3D showtimes at 12:30, 5:25; Sat 10:10, 3, 7:45, 10:10, 3D showtimes at 12:30, 5:25; Sun 10:10, 3, 7:45, 3D showtimes at 12:30, 5:25; Mon-Tue, Thu 3, 7:45, 3D showtimes at 12:30, 5:25 Nat. Theatre London: The Audience (Not Rated) Lark: Sat 1 • Nat. Theatre London: Everyman (Not Rated) Lark: Thu 7:30 • Pink Floyd: The Wall (R) Lark: Sat 8 Pitch Perfect 2 (PG-13) Lark: Fri, Mon 8:30 San Andreas (PG-13) Northgate: Fri-Wed 7:45, 10:30 • The Search for Freedom (Not Rated) Lark: Tue 8 • Self/less (PG-13) Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 7, 9:50; Sat-Sun 1:20, 4:10, 7, 9:50 Northgate: Fri-Wed 10:35, 1:20, 4:10, 7:05, 9:55 • Spaceballs (PG) Regency: Sun 2; Wed 2, 7 Spy (R) Northgate: Fri-Wed 10:55, 1:45, 4:35, 7:25, 10:15 Playhouse: Fri-Sat 9:30 Ted 2 (R) Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:10, 1:55, 4:45, 7:35, 10:20 Terminator Genisys (PG-13) Fairfax: Fri-Wed 12:30, 3:40, 7, 9:50 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Wed 9:45, 3D showtime at 6:45; Sat-Sun 3:45, 9:45, 3D showtimes at 12:45, 6:45 Northgate: Fri-Wed 10:30, 1:35, 2:30, 4:30, 7:30, 8:30, 10:30; 3D showtimes at 11:30, 12:30, 3:30, 5:25, 6:25, 9:30 Rowland: Fri-Wed 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10; 3D showtimes at 11:45, 2:40, 5:40, 8:30 Testament of Youth (PG-13) Regency: Fri-Wed 10:30, 1:25, 4:25 (times may change on Sat, Sun, Tue and Wed) • 3-D Rarities (Not Rated) Rafael: Sun 4:30, 7 • UFC 189: Mendes vs. McGregor (PG-13) Regency: Sat 7 The Water Diviner (R) Lark: Fri 5:45; Tue 2:40 Wild Tales (R) Lark: Sun 5:45 The Wolfpack (R) Rafael: 4, 8:30 daily Showtimes can change after we go to press. Please call theater to confirm. 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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Sundial Concerts MARIN Erik Deutsch & The Jazz Outlaws The Brooklyn funk and jazz pianist and bandleader plays in the Grate Room and performs off his new album, Outlaw Jazz. Jul 9, 8pm. $15. Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael, 415.524.2773. Joseph Israel & the Jerusalem Band Mendocino County musician has amassed a following with a sound that blends soul, world music, folk and reggae. Jul 15, 8pm. $15$17. Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.1100. Ramblin’ Jack Elliott & Nell Robinson The famous folk troubadour makes a special appearance to perform alongside former protege Nell Robinson’s new band, Your Good Luck Charm. Jul 11, 8pm. $25-$40. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600.
SONOMA Dawg Day Afternoon Bluegrass Festival Enjoy bluegrass in the sun with performances by David Grisman Sextet, Del McCoury Band and Jerry Douglas. Jul 12, 3pm. $25 and up. Green Music Center, 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040. Harry Connick, Jr Multi-talented musician, singer, songwriter and American Idol judge stops in Santa Rosa on his national tour. Jul 12, 8pm. $89-$129.
Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.546.3600. Martina McBride Four-time CMA Female Vocalist of the year has won millions of fans around the world with her searingly honest songs of family, faith, heartbreak and redemption. Jul 11, 7:30pm. $35 and up. Green Music Center, 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 866.955.6040.
HopMonk Novato Jul 8, open mic with West Of Saratoga. Jul 11, Sabbath Lives. Jul 12, 5pm, Megan Slankard and Billy Shaddox. Jul 12, 9pm, Thrive. Jul 15, open mic with Angela Cross. 224 Vintage Way, Novato, 415.892.6200.
Wash Young R&B crooner out of Atlanta hits the club for a live performance. With DJ Tony Tone, DJ Lazyboy and Kid Vicious all spinning vinyl. Jul 11, 10pm. Remy’s Bar & Lounge, 130 Stony Point Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.578.1963.
Marin Art & Garden Center Jul 9, 5pm, Adam Theis MOBtet. 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross.
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Menke Park Jul 12, 5pm, Dirty Cello. Redwood Ave and Corte Madera Ave, Corte Madera.
Amy Hanaiali’i Top-selling vocalist pulls from a disciplined blend of classical training, powerhouse vocals and her Hawaiian heritage. Jul 10, 7pm. $50 and up. Lincoln Theater, 100 California Dr, Yountville, 707.944.9900. Bill Medley The legendary singer, one half of the Righteous Brothers, performs from his classic catalog of songs as well as his latest album honoring his late partner Bobby Hatfield. Jul 14, 8pm. $45-$55. City Winery Napa, 1030 Main St, Napa, 707.260.1600. Calexico Southwestern indie band cross the borders between rock and country music, with Villagers opening. Jul 9, 8pm. $30-$40. City Winery Napa, 1030 Main St, Napa, 707.260.1600. El Sol de Verano (Summer Sun) Seattle-based Flamenco dancer Savannah Fuentes is joined by singing prodigy Jose Manuel Perez and guitarist Bobby de Sofia for her latest show. Jul 15, 8pm. $8-$35. Lucky Penny Community Arts Center, 1758 Industrial Way, Napa, 707-266-6305.
Clubs&Venues MARIN Belrose Theater Thurs, open mic night. Second Wednesday of every month, Ragtime jam. 1415 Fifth Ave, San Rafael, 415.454.6422.
Folk icon JD Souther appears this Thursday, July 9, at the Sweetwater Music Hall in Mill Valley at 8pm.
George’s Nightclub Sat, DJ night. Sun, Mexican Banda. Wed, Rock and R&B Jam. 842 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.226.0262.
Fenix Jul 9, Erin & the Project. Jul 10, the Sun Kings. Jul 11, Will Russ Jr. Jul 12, 11:30am, Kurt Huget. Wed, Pro blues jam. 919 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.813.5600.
Marin Country Mart Jul 10, Susan Sutton Trio. Jul 12, 12:30pm, Todos Santos. 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur.
19 Broadway Club Jul 8, Tam Valley All Stars. Jul 9, Stymie and the Pimp Jones Love Orchestra. Jul 10, Kortuzday Band. Jul 11, Lovelight Blues Band. Jul 12, 5pm, Just Friends. Jul 12, 9pm, Migrant Pickers. Jul 14, Aflora. Jul 15, Fun With Phonics. Mon, open mic. 17 Broadway Blvd, Fairfax, 415.459.1091. No Name Bar Jul 9, Jimmy & Ray Ray Allstars. Jul 10, Michael Aragon Quartet. Jul 11, No Name Allstars. Jul 12, 3pm, Flowtilla. Jul 13, Kimrea and the Dreamdogs. Jul 15, Shawn Byron and friends. Tues, open mic. 757 Bridgeway, Sausalito, 415.332.1392. Open Secret Jul 9, Mother’s Kirtan with Mangalananda. Jul 15, Kali Puja. 923 C St, San Rafael, 415.457.4191. Osher Marin JCC Jul 11, Hot Buttered Rum. 200 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael, 415.444.8000. Osteria Divino Jul 8, Pedro Rosales Con Quimba. Jul 9, Hippopotamus Trio. Jul 10, Ken Cook Trio. Jul 11, Jay Sanders Trio. Jul 12, Bret Heenen Trio. Jul 14, Ken Cook. Jul 15, Jonathan Poretz. 37 Caledonia St, Sausalito, 415.331.9355. Panama Hotel Restaurant Jul 8, Joan Getz Quartet. Jul 9, Wanda Stafford. Jul 14, James Moseley. Jul 15, the Jazz Roots Band. 4 Bayview St, San Rafael, 415.457.3993. Peri’s Silver Dollar Jul 8, Tom Finch Trio. Jul 9, Mark’s Jam Sammich. Jul 10, Jamie Clark Band. Jul 11, Rusty Evans and the Ring of Fire. Jul 14, Fresh Baked Blues. Jul 15, the Elvis Johnson
CALENDAR Soul Revue. Mon, Billy D’s open mic. 29 Broadway, Fairfax, 415.459.9910. Presidio Yacht Club Jul 10, the 7th Sons. Fort Baker, Sommerville Rd, Sausalito, 415.332.2319. Rancho Nicasio Jul 10, Tom Finch Trio. Jul 12, Danny Click, Shana Morrison and Jerry Hannan. 1 Old Rancheria Rd, Nicasio, 415.662.2219. Sausalito Seahorse Jul 9, Judy Hall and Connie Deucey. Jul 10, Lucky Drive Band. Jul 11, DJ Richard Habib. Jul 12, Fito Reinoso y Los Classicos de Cuba. Tues, Jazz with Noel Jewkes and friends. Wed, Tango with Marcello and Seth. 305 Harbor View Dr, Sausalito, 415.331.2899. Smiley’s Schooner Saloon Jul 9, Robby-Neal Gordon. Jul 10, Urban Grass. Jul 11, the Spectones. Sun, open mic. Mon, reggae. Wed, Larry’s karaoke. 41 Wharf Rd, Bolinas, 415.868.1311. Spitfire Lounge Second Thursday of every month, DJ Romestallion. Second Friday of every month, DJ Beset. 848 B St, San Rafael, 415.454.5551. Station House Cafe Jul 12, Paul Knight and friends. 11180 State Route 1, Pt Reyes Station, 415.663.1515. Sweetwater Music Hall Jul 8, Al Stewart with Dave Nachmanoff. Jul 9, JD Souther and Chris Walters. Jul 11, 11:30am, Shark Alley Hobos musical tribute to Jaws. Jul 11, 9pm, Metalachi. Jul 12, Rue ‘66 Bastille Day Celebration. Jul 14, Mood Swing. Mon, Open Mic. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley, 415.388.1100. Taste of Rome Jul 11, the 7th Sons. 1000 Bridgeway, Sausalito, 415.332.7660. Terrapin Crossroads Jul 8, Terrapin All-Stars with Grahame Lesh. Jul 9, Cochrane and friends. Jul 10, Terrapin All-Stars with Grahame Lesh and Alex Koford. Jul 11, Grateful Dead Funk Night. 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael, 415.524.2773. Throckmorton Theatre Jul 10, Steep Ravine. 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600. Town Center Corte Madera Jul 12, 2pm, Janet Lee and the Dan McGee Three. 100 Corte Madera Town Center, Corte Madera, 415.924.2961. Travis Marina Second Sunday of every month, the Lonestar Retrobates. Fort Baker, Sausalito. True North Pizza Tues-Sun, live music. 638 San Anselmo Ave, San Anselmo, 415.453.1238.
SONOMA Annex Wine Bar Thurs-Sat, live music. 865 W Napa St, Sonoma, 707.938.7779. Aqus Cafe Jul 9, Amy Obenski. Jul 10, Dirty Red Barn. Jul 11, Tonewoods. Jul 12, 2pm, Chris Miano. Jul 15, West Coast Songwriters Competition. 189 H St, Petaluma, 707.778.6060. Arlene Francis Center Tues, Open Didgeridoo Clinic. Wed, Open Mic. 99 Sixth St, Santa Rosa, 707.528.3009. Barley & Hops Tavern Jul 9, New Skye Band. Jul 10, Jen Tucker. Jul 11, Keltazz. 3688 Bohemian Hwy, Occidental, 707.874.9037. Bergamot Alley Jul 14, La Mandanga. 328-A Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg, 707.433.8720. The Big Easy Jul 8, Tracy Rose and friends. Jul 11, the Bee Rays with Amy Hogan. Jul 12, Left Coast Syncopators. Jul 14, the American Alley Cats. Jul 15, Bruce Gordon and Nicky Otis. 128 American Alley, Petaluma, 707.776.4631.
HopMonk Sebastopol Jul 10, the Galactic Band. Jul 11, Igor and the Red Elvises. Jul 12, 1pm, Pre-EarleFest party with Amber Fenex, Bear’s Belly and others. Jul 13, Monday Night Edutainment with Perfect Giddimani. Tues, open mic night. 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol, 707.829.7300. HopMonk Sonoma Jul 10, the Honeymooners. Jul 11, 1pm, Jimbo Scott. Jul 11, 8pm, Jaydub and Dino. Jul 12, 1pm, Tom Martin. 691 Broadway, Sonoma, 707.935.9100. Hotel Healdsburg Jul 11, Steve Rubardt Trio with John Paul Norris and Matt Camgross. 25 Matheson St, Healdsburg, 707.431.2800. Ives Park Jul 8, 5pm, the Pulsators. Jul 15, 5pm, Laurie Lewis and Tom Rozum with Nina Gerber. Willow Street and Jewell Avenue, Sebastopol. Jamison’s Roaring Donkey Wed, open mic night. 146 Kentucky St, Petaluma, 707.772.5478.
BR Cohn Winery Jul 12, 2pm, Jason Bodlovich. 15000 Sonoma Hwy, Glen Ellen, 707.938.4064.
Jasper O’Farrell’s Second Friday of every month, DJ Konnex and DJ Jaclyn JacaLioness. 6957 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol, 707.829.2062.
BV Whiskey Bar & Grille Jul 10, Highway Poets. Tues, “Reggae Market” DJ night. 400 First St E, Sonoma, 707.938.7110.
Juilliard Park Jul 12, 5pm, the Rhythm Rangers. 227 Santa Rosa Ave, Santa Rosa.
Calabi Gallery Jul 12, 2pm, Larry Hanks and Deborah Robins. 456 10th St, Santa Rosa, 707.781.7070. Christy’s on the Square Wed, Casa Rasta. Thurs, Throwback Thursdays with DJ Stevie B. 96 Old Courthouse Square, Santa Rosa, 707.528.8565. Coffee Catz Mon, open mic. Tues, 12pm, Jerry Green’s Peaceful Piano Hour. 6761 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol, 707.829.6600. Costeaux French Bakery Jul 14, 11am, Bastille Day concert with Gypsy Kisses. 417 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg. D’Argenzio Winery Jul 9, Joe Clopton (Bear’s Belly). 1301 Cleveland Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.280.4658. Epicurean Connection Second Thursday of every month, open mic with Josh Windmiller. 122 West Napa St, Sonoma, 707.935.7960. Finley Community Center Mon, 11am, Proud Mary’s ukulele jam and lessons. Second Friday of every month, Tom Shader Trio. 2060 W College Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.543.3737. Flamingo Lounge Jul 10, the Daniel Castro Band. 2777 Fourth St, Santa Rosa, 707.545.8530. French Garden Jul 10, Haute Flash Quartet. Jul 11, Honey B and the Pollinators. 8050 Bodega Ave, Sebastopol, 707.824.2030. Friar Tuck’s Fri, DJ Night. Wed, Sat, karaoke. 8201 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati, 707.792.9847.
Kelley and Young Winery Jul 12, 4pm, Doug Morton with Del Sol. 5465 Red Winery Rd, Geyserville. Lagunitas Tap Room Jul 8, Barefoot Band. Jul 9, Hot Grubb. Jul 10, Ain’t Misbehavin’. Jul 11, the Pine Needles. Jul 12, the Nickel Slots. Jul 15, Ragtag Sullivan. 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma, 707.778.8776. Main Street Bistro Jul 8, Greg Hester. Jul 9, Susan Sutton Jazz Piano. Jul 10, Bruce Halbohm Trio. Jul 11, T Jackson Trio. Jul 12, Cazadero Jazz Project. Jul 14, Eric Wiley. Jul 15, Pocket Canyon Ramblers. 16280 Main St, Guerneville, 707.869.0501. Mc T’s Bullpen Jul 10, Santeria. Jul 11, the Hillbilly Strike Force. Jul 13, DJ Miguel. Tues, Thurs, karaoke with Country Dan. 16246 First St, Guerneville, 707.869.3377. Medlock Ames’ Alexander Valley Bar Jul 12, 5pm, Dixie Giants with Calistoga Kitchen. 6487 Alexander Valley Rd, Healdsburg, 707.431.8845. Murphy’s Irish Pub Jul 10, Deluxe. Jul 11, Mostly Simply Bluegrass. Jul 14, Lisa Stano. 464 First St E, Sonoma, 707.935.0660. Occidental Center for the Arts Jul 11, It’s A Beautiful Day acoustic. 3850 Doris Murphy Ct, Occidental, 707.874.9392. Paradise Ridge Winery Through Jul 8, “Superheroes in Love” with Desiree Davar and Nicolas Dromard. 4545 Thomas Lake Harris Dr, Santa Rosa, 707.528.9463.
Penngrove Pub Jul 10, Arizona and the Volunteers. 10005 Main St, Penngrove, 707.664.8018. Phoenix Theater Jul 10, Seth Francis. Jul 11, “Got Love 4 Tha Bay Show” with Preach, Elkinz and others. 201 Washington St, Petaluma, 707.762.3565. Pub Republic Jul 10, Jacob Green Band. 3120 Lakeville Hwy, Petaluma, 707.782.9090. Quincy’s Wed, open mic. Jul 10, Sweet Addiction and the Bill Decker Band. 6590 Commerce Blvd, Rohnert Park, 707.585.1079. Redwood Cafe Jul 8, Simon Hopper and Donny Mederos. Jul 11, the Thugz. Jul 12, 11am, Richard Torres. Jul 12, 6pm, Irish jam session. Jul 14, Bastille Day concert with Gypsy Kisses. Thurs, Open Mic. 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati, 707.795.7868. Rio Nido Roadhouse Jul 11, Third Rail. 14540 Canyon 2 Rd, Rio Nido, 707.869.0821. Rocker Oysterfeller’s Jul 12, Lucky Drive Bluegrass Band. 14415 Hwy 1, Valley Ford, 707.876.1983.
Rossi’s 1906 Thurs, RT and the Slownoma Rythm Review. Jul 10, DJ Isak. Jul 11, Keith Andrew Band. Jul 12, 3 On a Match. 401 Grove St, El Verano, 707.343.0044. Ruth McGowan’s Brewpub Jul 11, Mark and Cindy Lemaire. Sun, Evening Jazz with Gary Johnson. 131 E First St, Cloverdale, 707.894.9610. Spancky’s Jul 10, the Soul Section. Thurs, 7pm, Thursday Night Blues Jam. Thurs, 11pm, DJ Selecta Konnex. 8201 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati, 707.664.0169. Stout Brothers Jul 8, Truck. Jul 15, Rewind. 527 Fourth St, Santa Rosa, 707.636.0240. Sugarloaf Ridge State Park Jul 10, Rosetown Revue. 2605 Adobe Canyon Rd, Kenwood, 707.833.5712. Taft Street Winery Jul 12, 3pm, Twang Ditty. 2030 Barlow Ln, Sebastopol, 707.823.2049. Toad in the Hole Pub Jul 12, Gyspsy Jazz Trio. 116 Fifth St, Santa Rosa, 707.544.8623.
BestBet A close friend of Woody Guthrie and a mentor to a young Bob Dylan, legendary folk figure Ramblin’ Jack Elliott only works with the best. So when he agreed to take on and tour with Marin singer and songwriter Nell Robinson back in 2011, fans took notice. Since then, Robinson has rocketed in the world of folk and she recently gained national attention with her 2014 album, The Rose of No-Man’s Land. Hailed for its strong songwriting talent and fresh musical voice, the album features appearances by Ramblin’ Jack as well as other troubadours like Kris Kristofferson. In addition to her solo Ramblin’ Jack Elliott and friends play in Mill work, Robinson has teamed Valley on Saturday, July 11. with her longtime songwriting partner and guitarist extraordinaire Jim Nunally to form a new country rock band, Your Good Luck Charm. After a recent sell-out show in Sonoma, the band and Ramblin’ Jack are back in the North Bay, sharing the stage in Mill Valley this weekend. Fronted by Robinson and Nunally, Your Good Luck Charm is rounded out by Pete Grant on pedal steel and Jon Arkin on percussion, along with Ramblin’ Jack joining in the fun to belt out classic covers and spirited originals. —Charlie Swanson Ramblin’ Jack Elliott appears with Nell Robinson on Saturday, July 11, at the Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley; 8pm; $25-$40; For more information, call 415/383-9600 or visit throckmortontheatre.org.
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A’Roma Roasters Jul 10, Mike Z and the Benders. Jul 11, Who’s Judith. 95 Fifth St, Santa Rosa, 707.576.7765.
Gaia’s Garden Jul 8, French Session. Jul 9, Gypsy Jazz Jam. Jul 10, Virgil Elliott. Jul 11, the Keepers. Jul 12, Guerilla Vocal open mic. Jul 15, Celtic Session. 1899 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.544.2491.
Tradewinds Tues, Open Mic. Wed, Sonoma County Blues Society. Thurs, DJ Dave. Fri, Country music night. 8210 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati, 707.795.7878.
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Twin Oaks Tavern Jul 8, Old School Country Band. Jul 9, the Bootleg Honeys. Jul 10, the Hots. Jul 11, 5pm, Jeffrey Halford and the Healers. Jul 11, 8pm, Ricky Alan Ray. Jul 12, Bluegrass and BBQ with D’Bunchovus. Jul 15, Dirty Red Barn. Mon, Blues Defenders Pro Jam. 5745 Old Redwood Hwy, Penngrove, 707.795.5118.
should I watch out for when buying a used car? Q What At the very least, please have your mechanic check the A engine, transmission and suspen-
sion. Here, at Bertolli’s, we look for evidence of paintwork or parts replacement. Typically bumpers have been touched up in preparation for sale. Look for damp carpets on the floor and in the trunk. Lift up the spare tire cover and look for collision damage on the frame. Make sure all the electrical units are working and there are no dash warning lights.
What does ‘steering’ mean? QInsurers have “preferred” shops that they will try to A ‘steer’ you to and are not necessarily for the benefit of the consumer. Steering is a way for the insurer to maintain control of the repairs, price fix, and keep their costs to a minimum and maximize their profits. Shops on ‘the list’ are “graded” on how fast and cost effective the repairs are done; quality too often takes a back seat. Safe and proper repairs should be the primary motivation of all shops. Under California Code of Regulations, Title 10, Chapter 5, Section 2695.8(e), you have the right to select the vehicle repair facility of your choice.
West End Farmers Market Jul 12, 10:30am, Rags. 817 Donahue St, Santa Rosa. Zodiacs Jul 9, Tubaluba. Jul 10, the Soul Section. Jul 11, World’s Finest with Koobi Fora. Jul 15, Train Wreck Junction. 256 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, 707.773.7751.
NAPA Beringer Vineyards Jul 12, Trio Solea. 2000 Main St, St Helena, 866.708.9463. City Winery Napa Jul 10, Karla Bonoff. Jul 11, John Mayall with Brigitte DeMeyer. Jul 13, the White Buffalo with Jade Jackson. 1030 Main St, Napa, 707.260.1600. Downtown Joe’s Brewery & Restaurant Sun, DJ Aurelio. 902 Main St, Napa, 707.258.2337. FARM at Carneros Inn Jul 8, David Ronconi Duo. Jul 9, Dan Daniels Trio. Jul 15, Whiskey & Honey Trio. 4048 Sonoma Hwy, Napa, 888.400.9000. Goose & Gander Jul 12, San Geronimo. 1245 Spring St, St Helena, 707.967.8779. Hydro Grill Sun, 7pm, Swing Seven. Fri, Sat, blues. 1403 Lincoln Ave, Calistoga, 707.942.9777. Methode Bubble Bar and Restaurant Fri, Sat, David Ruane. 1400 First St, Napa, 707.254.8888. Molinari Caffe Thurs, Open Mic. 828 Brown St, Napa, 707.927.3623. Priest Ranch Tasting Room Jul 9, the Davies Dukes. 6490 Washington St, Yountville, 707.944.8200. River Terrace Inn Jul 9, Nate Lopez. Jul 10, Salet. 1600 Soscol Ave, Napa, 707.320.9000. Silo’s Jul 8, Cosmic Spin. Jul 9, the Tune Riders. Jul 10, Joe Ellison & Run With Patience. Jul 11, Revolver. Jul 12, Steve Sage and friends. Jul 15, Syria T Berry. 530 Main St, Napa, 707.251.5833. Uncorked at Oxbow Thurs, open mic night. Fri, live music. 605 First St, Napa, 707.927.5864.
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Uva Trattoria Jul 8, Tom Duarte. Jul 9, Duo Gadjo. Jul 10, Jack Pollard and Dan Daniels. Jul 11, Nicky DePaola. Jul 12, James & Ted. 1040 Clinton St, Napa, 707.255.6646.
BestBet If you haven’t yet seen The Art of Rock Legends benefit exhibition—featuring original art by stars of the music world that include Jerry Garcia, Janis Joplin, Joan Baez, Jimi Hendrix and Carlos Santana—at Art Works Downtown (1337 Fourth Street, San Rafael), you’re in luck. On Friday, July 10, a special reception from 5pm to 8pm will be part of the San Rafael Art Walk. Then, on July 11, from 11am to 7pm, the San Rafael Rocks Block Party will take over Fourth Street, between C and E streets. The free street party will feature live music by six different bands, a beer and wine garden, a children’s art program and Rock Art by the Bay, the annual Summer Art Show presented by TRPS, the Rock Poster Society, which will showcase the work of 30 of the world’s renowned rock poster artists. The events are part of San Rafael Rocks, an unprecedented art, film and music festival. The best part? San Rafael Rocks benefits Drawbridge, a Bay Area arts program that serves more than 900 homeless and underserved children annually.—Molly Oleson For more information, visit sanrafaelrocks.com.
Welcome Grange Hall Second Friday of every month, Ecstatic Dance. 3275 Hagen Rd, Napa.
Art OPENING MARIN Bay Model Visitor Center Jul 14-Aug 23, “Connections: Women Environmental Artists,” twelve artists present their hopes for the endangered wildlife of the Marin Coast. Reception, July 26 at 2pm. 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 415.332.3871. Marin Society of Artists Gallery Jul 11-Aug 1, “Exposed,” open juried photography exhibit is both realistic and imaginative. Reception, July 12 at 2pm. 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross. Mon-Thurs, 11am to 4pm; Sat-Sun, noon to 4pm. 415.454.9561. MarinMOCA Jul 11-Aug 16, “Collaboration,” unpredictable exhibit features MarinMOCA members working together and getting out of their comfort zone. Reception, Jul 11 at 5pm. Novato Arts Center, Hamilton Field, 500 Palm Dr, Novato. Wed-Sun, 11 to 4, 415.506.0137. San Geronimo Valley Community Center Jul 8-30, “Matt Tasley’s Marin Landscapes,” the local artist and educator offers his views of the surrounding area in theis solo show. Reception, Jul 12 at 4pm. 6350 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, San Geronimo. 415.488.8888.
SONOMA Arts Guild of Sonoma Jul 9-Aug 3, “William’s Pond Series,” artist Jennifer Whitfield’s metaphorical, multimedia works highlight the Guild’s July exhibit. Reception, July 11 at 4pm. 140 E Napa St, Sonoma. Wed-Thurs and Sun-Mon, 11 to 5; Fri-Sat, 11 to 8. 707.996.3115. EoMega Grove Jul 11-Aug 30, “Photography & Jewelry Group Show,” renowned photographer Bo Svenson and master jewelers Joanne Quirino and Dianne Collins display. Reception, Jul 11 at 5pm. 7327 Occidental Rd, Sebastopol. Various 707.824.5632. Occidental Center for the Arts Jul 10-Aug 23, “Holes,” group exhibit by members of the Pointless Sisters, an art quilt group. Reception, Jul 12 at 2pm. 3850 Doris Murphy Ct, Occidental. 707.874.9392. Opera House Collective Jul 11-31, “Tan-Ta-Mount,” inaugural exhibit features art from Beth Hibbard and Kory Vanderpool that explore the human condition. Reception, July 11 at 6pm. 145 Kentucky St, Petaluma. 7 days per week from 11-5pm 707.774.6576. Riverfront Art Gallery Jul 8-Sep 6, “Showin’ on the River,” eclectic exhibit features works from over 40 artists in all mediums. Reception, Jul 11 at 5pm. 132 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. Wed, Thurs and Sun, 11 to 6. Fri-Sat, 11 to 8. 707.775.4ART.
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CONTINUING THIS WEEK MARIN Art by the Bay Weekend Gallery Fridays-Sundays. through Aug 9, “Ever Changing Earth,” artworks inspired by the beauty of West Marin. 18856 Hwy 1, Marshall. 415.663.1006. Art Works Downtown Through Jul 24, “The Art of Rock Legends,” works by Jerry Garcia, Grace Slick, Carlos Santana and others display. 1337 Fourth St, San Rafael. Tues-Sat, 10 to 5. 415.451.8119. Bank of Marin Through Jul 31, “Flora, Fauna, Mythological Creatures & More,” inmates at San Quentin present artwork of natural landscapes and imaginary creatures. 19 Sunnyside Ave, Mill Valley. 415.380.4665. Corte Madera Library Through Jul 9, “Marin Meanderings,” an exhibit of watercolors by members of Marin County Watercolor Society, celebrating 45 years. 707 Meadowsweet Dr, Corte Madera. 707.924.6444. Desta Art & Tea Gallery Through Aug 9, “Line, Form and Texture,” summer exhibit features paintings and ceramic sculptures from local Bay Area artists. 417 San Anselmo Ave, San Anselmo.
Adult Content Hosted by Helen Pachynski. Second Fri of every month, 9pm. $4. Gaia’s Garden, 1899 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.544.2491. Baby Boomer Comedy Show A clean night of comedy for those who remember life before Facebook. Jul 8, 8pm. $15. City Winery Napa, 1030 Main St, Napa, 707.260.1600. Comedy Night Queenie T T headlines a night of laughs. Every other Thurs, 7pm. Bui Bistro, 976 Pearl St, Napa, 707.225.5417. Comedy on the Crush Pad Top comics come to the Valley of the Moon and perform t with the stunning Mayacama Mountains as the backdrop. Jul 11, 7pm. $20-$25. Deerfield Ranch Winery, 10200 Sonoma Hwy, Kenwood, 707.833.2270. Comedy Showcase Hosted by Mean Dave with Griffin Daley, Johnny Steele, and more. Jul 12, 7pm. $15. Fenix, 919 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.813.5600. Mort Sahl Social Satire from Sahl. Thurs. $15-$20. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600. Open Mic Comedy Wed. Spancky’s, 8201 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati, 707.664.0169. Open Mic Comedy Night Second Thurs of every month, 8pm. $5. Guayakí Maté Bar, 6782 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol, 707.824.6644.
Gallery Route One Through Jul 19, “Art Works!” art by the gallery’s artist members. 11101 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station. Wed-Mon, 11 to 5. 415.663.1347.
Standup Night Featuring the best Bay Area comics. Jul 10, 8:30pm. $10. Redwood Cafe, 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati, 707.795.7868.
Marin Community Foundation Through Sep 25, “Black Artists on Art,” legacy exhibition features over 40 African American fine artists, spanning three generations. 5 Hamilton Landing, Ste 200, Novato. Open Mon-Fri, 9 to 5.
Tuesday Night Comedy Mark Pitta hosts ongoing evenings with established comics and up-andcomers. $15-$20. Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 415.383.9600.
Osher Marin JCC Through Jul 26, “China Camp: A Photographic Journey,” solo exhibit by artist, musician and Marin County resident Osher Levi. 200 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael. 415.444.8000. Robert Allen Fine Art Through Jul 30, “Realism: Architecture and Landscape,” group show features Everett Jensen, Davis Perkins, Victoria Ryan and others. 301 Caledonia St, Sausalito. 415.331.2800. Seager Gray Gallery Through Jul 30, “Terra Cognita,” presents artist’s observations and their expressions of the natural world, both literal interpretations and abstract. Reception, Jul 11 at 5:30pm. 108 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. Stinson Beach Gallery Through Sep 1, “Speaking in Dreams,” featuring the works of Cheryl Maeder and Julie B Montgomery. 3445 Shoreline Hwy, Stinson Beach. Fri-Sun, Noon to 5pm And by appointment 415.729.4489.
Dance Belrose Theater Sundays, 4pm, Argentine Dance. 1415 Fifth Ave, San Rafael 415.454.6422. Club 101 Wednesdays, 8:20pm, salsa dancing with lessons. 815 W Francisco Blvd, San Rafael 415.460.0101. Dance Palace Wednesdays, 6pm, Women’s Collaborative Dance. $5 / $15 per month. 503 B St, Pt Reyes Station 415.663.1075. Ellington Hall Fridays, Friday Night Swing. 3535 Industrial Dr, Santa Rosa 707.545.6150. Finnish American Home Association Wednesdays, 5:30pm, African dance and drum workshop, all ages and skill levels are welcome to move and groove with Sandor Diabankouezi, world-class Congolese master drummer. $15. 191 W Verano Ave, Sonoma.
Flamingo Lounge Sundays, 7pm, salsa with lessons. Tuesdays, swing dancing with lessons. 2777 Fourth St, Santa Rosa 707.545.8530. George’s Nightclub Thursdays, 8pm, Salsa y Sabor Thursday, lessons followed by DJs spinning the best of salsa and jazz tunes. 842 Fourth St, San Rafael 415.226.0262. Hermann Sons Hall Mondays, 7pm. through Aug 3, Summer Folk Dancing, all are welcome to get together for weekly dances that explore worldly styles from Serbia, Turkey, Israel and others. $5. 860 Western Ave, Petaluma 707.762.9962. HopMonk Novato Jul 9, County Line Dance Night. 224 Vintage Way, Novato 415.892.6200. Monroe Dance Hall Sundays, Country-Western dancing and lessons. Mondays, Scottish Country Dancing. Tuesdays, Razzmataz folk dance club. Wednesdays, Singles and Pairs Square Dance Club. Thursdays, Circles ‘n Squares Dance Club. 1400 W College Ave, Santa Rosa 707.529.5450. Mountain Home Studio Theatre Jul 12, Anna Halprin Birthday Performance, celebration includes a solo piece by Anna Halprin, a gallery of her work, live music and dancing. 15 Ravine Way, Kentfield 415.461.5362. Rainbow’s End Farm Jul 10-12, The Tantric Dance of Feminine Power, weekend workshop explores the devotional moving meditation originated by Vajra Ma. $285, 707.331.6717. 13140 Frati Ln, Sebastopol. Rincon Valley Library Jul 11, 2pm, Hula, Heartbeat of the Hawaiian People. 6959 Montecito Blvd, Santa Rosa 707.537.0162. Strawberry Recreation Center Jul 11, 8pm, Contra Dance, with live music from polka group Greasy Coat. 118 E Strawberry Dr, Mill Valley 415.485.5500.
Events The Barlow Street Fair The Barlow takes over McKinley Street every Thursday this summer with local food, beer and wine, as well as live music and familyfriendly activities. Thurs, 5pm. through Sep 24. Barlow Event Center, 6770 McKinley Ave, Sebastopol. Game Tournaments Various card and role-playing games including Yu-Gi-Oh, Dungeons and Dragons and Magic: The Gathering. Mon-ThursSun. Outer Planes Comics and Games, 526 Seventh St, Santa Rosa, 707.546.2000. Harper Lee Midnight Release Party Party begins with a screening of To Kill a Mockingbird, then celebrates the midnight release of “Go Set A Watchman,” Harper Lee’s highly anticipated second novel. Jul 13, 9:30pm. Napa Bookmine, 964 Pearl St, Napa, 707.733.3199. Laguna Open House Take a self-guided nature walk or a guide-led tour of the historic house and barn. Second Sat of every month. Free. Laguna de Santa Rosa Environmental Center, 900 Sanford Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.527.9277.
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Living History Extravaganza Living historical figures will be wandering the winery grounds telling stories, giving tours and bringing the 1860s to life with wine, food and music. Jul 11, 11am. Buena Vista Winery, 18000 Old Winery Rd, Sonoma, 800.926.1266. Meditation Group for Mothers Mindful meditation and sharing experiences for benefit of mothers and their children. Wed, 8:30am. $10. Shambhala Meditation Center, 255 West Napa St, Ste G, Sonoma. Mother’s Kirtan Second Thurs of every month. Open Secret, 923 C St, San Rafael, 415.457.4191. Petaluma Art & Garden Festival Annual event boasts food and wine tastings, outdoor activities, local vendors and chalk art demonstrations. North Bay super group Following Ghosts makes their debut. Jul 12, 11am. Free. Downtown Petaluma, Fourth and Kentucky St, Petaluma. Plant Nursery Work Day Volunteer at the Sonoma Garden Park. Thurs, 9am. Sonoma Ecology Center, 20 E Spain St, Sonoma, 707.996.0712. Resource Clinic Get info on housing, transit, food stamps and Medi-Cal. Wed, 11am. Free. Petaluma Health Center, 1301 Southpoint Blvd, Petaluma, 707.559.7500. Rooftop Reception Celebrate a bold new art installation in downtown Petaluma with a party overlooking artist Basal Ganglia’s 17-foot structure. Jul 10, 6pm. Free. Theatre District Parking Garage - Rooftop Level, 149 C St, Petaluma, 707-260-5896. Second Fridays Art Walk Anchored by Art Works Downtown galleries and artist studios, the art walk links venues throughout downtown San Rafael with receptions and entertainment. Second Fri of every month. Art Works Downtown, 1337 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.451.8119. Teriyaki BBQ & Bazaar A day of cultural activities commemorates the temple’s 81 years in Sonoma County; with tasty food, martial arts demonstrations, games and more. Jul 12, 10am. Free. Enmanji Buddhist Temple, 1200 Gravenstein Hwy S, Sebastopol, 707.823.2252. Weaving Camp Spend a week with Silvia Schroeder creating magical treasures from nature. Through Jul 10. $265. Circle of Hands, 6780 McKinley St, Ste 120, Sebastopol, 707.634.6140.
Field Trips Afternoon Community Service Participate in center restoration projects. Third Wed of every month. Richardson Bay Audubon Center, 376 Greenwood Beach Rd, Tiburon, 415.388.2524. Garden Volunteer Day Sink your hands into the beautiful, rich soil at the Center’s garden and learn from the diversity of plant life. Wed. Free. Occidental Arts and Ecology Center, 15290 Coleman Valley Rd, Occidental, 707.874.1557. Glen Ellen Green Tour In cooperation with Quarryhill Botanical Gardens and Benziger Winery, the Park
offers a day-long tour of all three properties with food and wine tastings included. Reservations required two weeks in advance. Ongoing. $59. Jack London State Park, 2400 London Ranch Rd, Glen Ellen, 707.938.5216. Hiking for Fitness Designed to promote fitness and fun while learning the basics of hiking. Sat, 8:30am. through Jul 18. $15. Jack London State Park, 2400 London Ranch Rd, Glen Ellen, 707.938.5216. Marin Moonshiners Hike Monthly three-mile hike to experience sunset, moonrise, picnic and spectacular views. Pack your own picnic. Second Tues monthly at 7:30. $15. Pelican Inn, 10 Pacific Way, Muir Beach, RSVP, 415.331.0100. Public Star Party Observatory’s three main telescopes plus many additional telescopes are open for viewing. Sat, Jul 11, 9pm. $3. Robert Ferguson Observatory, Sugarloaf Ridge State Park, 2605 Adobe Canyon Rd, Kenwood, 707.833.6979. Sanctuary Bird Walk Led by experienced staff of volunteers. Second Thurs of every month, 10am. Richardson Bay Audubon Center, 376 Greenwood Beach Rd, Tiburon, 415.388.2524. Solar Viewing Specially filtered telescopes allow safe observation of our favorite star, the Sun. Sat, Jul 11, 11am. Free. Robert Ferguson Observatory, Sugarloaf Ridge State Park, 2605 Adobe Canyon Rd, Kenwood, 707.833.6979. Sugarloaf Trail Work Day Add your helping hand to improve lower Bald Mountain Trail. Every other Thurs, 9am. Sugarloaf Ridge State Park, 2605 Adobe Canyon Rd, Kenwood, 707.833.5712.
Film 3-D Rarities Amazing collection of stereoscopic shorts show in the centennial celebration of the first 3-D motion picture. Jul 12, 4:30 and 7:30pm. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.454.1222. Bird People Art film directed by Pascale Ferran follows a Silicon Valley drone chucking his job while in a Paris hotel. Jul 11, 7pm. Jarvis Conservatory, 1711 Main St, Napa, 707.255.5445. Dying to Know: Ram Dass & Timothy Leary Filmmakers are on hand for a showing of the intimate portrait of two very complex, controversial characters in an epic friendship. Jul 13, 7:30pm. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.454.1222. Faberge Revealing documentary examines the most famous name in luxury. Jul 14, 1 and 7pm. Rialto Cinemas, 6868 McKinley St, Sebastopol, 707.525.4840. Food & Farm Film Fest Short film program is preceded by live music on the lawn and a picnic dinner. Jul 11, 5pm. $25-$75. Rio Theater, 20396 Bohemian Hwy, Monte Rio, 707.865.0913.
Journey in Sensuality Director Ruedi Gerber and renowned artist Anna Halprin are on hand for this screening of the cinematic exploration of sensual and artistic forms in nature. Jul 9, 7pm. Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.454.1222. Mind Reels Weekly series presents notable documentary films as well as guest speakers and performers bringing the film’s ideas to life. Tues-noon. $25-$30. Lark Theater, 549 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur, 415.924.5111. Napa Valley Film Festival Town Hall Engage in a dialogue with the NVFF, get a glimpse into planning and footprint for the upcoming event and ask questions. Jul 8, 6pm. Free. Farmstead at Long Meadow Ranch, 738 Main St, St Helena, 707.963.4555.
Food&Drink Ballroom & Dining Room One-hour dance lessons followed by a special three-course menu created by chef Aaron Wright. Second Mon of every month. $40. Lark Creek Inn, 234 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur. Bastille Day at Left Bank The Brasserie celebrates with a la carte menu specials, live music, traditional French garb and festive decorations. Jul 14. Left Bank Brasserie, 507 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur, 415.927.3331. Bodega Bay Community Certified Farmers Market Sun, 10am. through Oct 25. Bodega Bay Community Center, 2255 California 1, Bodega Bay, 707.875.9609. Calistoga Farmers Market Sat, 9am. Sharpsteen Museum Plaza, 1235 Washington St, Calistoga. Cloverdale Certified Farmers Market Fri, 5:30pm. through Aug 28. Cloverdale Plaza, Cloverdale Blvd between First and Second St, Cloverdale, 707.893.7211. Corte Madera Farmers Market Year-round. Wed-noon. Town Center, Tamalpais Drive, Corte Madera, 415.382.7846. Wed-noon. Town Center Corte Madera, 100 Corte Madera Town Center, Corte Madera, 415.382.7846. Cotati Community Farmers Market Thurs, 4:30pm. through Aug 27. La Plaza Park, Old Redwood Highway, Cotati, 415.999.5635. Demystifying Wine & Food Interactive discussions on pairings with delectable demonstrations. Sat-noon. $75. Hall Winery, 401 St Helena Hwy S, St Helena, 707.967.2620. Dine & Draw Support our local farmer’s market and express your inner artist with a farm-fresh art class led by Heather Hardison. Jul 8, 5pm. $95. SHED, 25 North St, Healdsburg, 707.431.7433. Downtown Napa Farmers Market Tues-Sat, 8am. through Oct 31. Oxbow parking lot, 500 First St, Napa, 707.501.3087. Downtown Novato Community Farmers Market Tues, 4pm. through Sep 29. Downtown Novato, Grant Ave, Novato, 415.999.5635.
Downtown San Rafael Farmers Market Thurs, 5:30pm. through Oct 1. Downtown San Rafael, Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.492.8007. Fairfax Community Farmers Market Wed, 4pm. through Sep 30. Peri Park, 124 Bolinas Rd, Fairfax, 415.999.5635. Farm to Table Dinner Experience the bounty of Sonoma County on the farm with a delicious multi-course meal and accompanying live music performance. Sat, Jul 11, 7pm. $100. SucherNova Farm, 900 West Sierra Ave, Cotati. Farmers Market at Long Meadow Ranch Fri, 9am and Sat-Sun, 11am. Long Meadow Ranch Winery, 738 Main St, St Helena, 707.963.4555. Forestville Certified Farmers Market Tues, 4pm. through Oct 27. Corks Restaurant, 5700 Gravenstein Hwy N, Forestville, 707.887.3344. Harvest Market Selling local and seasonal fruit, flowers, vegetables and eggs. Sat, 9am. Harvest Market, 19996 Seventh St E, Sonoma, 707.996.0712. Healdsburg Certified Farmers Market Sat, 9am and Wed, 3:30pm. through Oct 7. Healdsburg Farmers Market, North & Vine St, Healdsburg, 707.431.1956. Home Cheesemaking Class Award-winning cheese maker Sheana Davis leads a monthly class that features new cheeses each session. Second Sun of every month, 1pm. $55. Epicurean Connection, 122 West Napa St, Sonoma, 707.935.7960. Indian Valley Farm Stand Organic farm and garden produce stand where you bring your own bag. Wed, 10am. College of Marin, Indian Valley Campus, 1800 Ignacio Blvd, Novato, 415.454.4554. Japanese Bento Box with Fermented Foods Make edible art with Japanese chef Mariko Grady, founder of Aedan SF. Jul 11, 10am. $95. SHED, 25 North St, Healdsburg, 707.431.7433. Kenwood Community Certified Farmers Market Sun-noon through Sep 13. Kenwood Plaza Park, 200 Warm Springs Rd, Kenwood, 415.999.5635. Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler Prix Fixe 9-course dinner is crafted by Chef Gator and Chef Jennifer Hill Booker. Jul 14, 6:30pm. $85-$110. Fenix, 919 Fourth St, San Rafael, 415.813.5600. Locals Night Special menu items, musical performances and activities. Tues, 5pm. Free. Oxbow Public Market, 610 First St, Napa. Marin Country Mart Sat, 9am. Marin Country Mart, 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur, 415.461.5715. Marinwood Farmers Market Sat, 9am. Marinwood Plaza, Marinwood Ave & Miller Creek Rd, San Rafael, 415.999.5635. Mill Valley Farmers Market Fri, 9:30am. CVS parking lot, 759 E Blithedale Ave, Mill Valley, 415.382.7846.
Sunday San Rafael Farmers Market Sun, 8am. Marin Farmers Market, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, 415.472.6100.
Occidental Bohemian Certified Farmers Market Fri, 4pm. through Oct 30. Occidental Farmer’s Market, 3611 Bohemian Hwy, Occidental, 707.874.8478.
Tam Valley Farmers Market Tues, 3pm. through Nov 24. Shoreline Shopping Center, 219 Shoreline Highway, Mill Valley, 415.382.7846.
Petaluma Certified Farmers Market Sat, 2pm. through Nov 21. Walnut Park, Petaluma Blvd and D St, Petaluma, 707.762.0344.
Thursday San Rafael Farmers Market Thurs, 8am. Marin Center, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael, 415.472.6100.
Petaluma East Side Certified Farmers Market Tues, 10am. Petaluma Community Center, 320 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma, 415.999.5635.
Totally Truckin’ Thursdays Four food trucks park in the O’Reilly parking lot, provide you with local goodness and donate 10 percent of sales to a monthly selected nonprofit. Thurs. O’Reilly & Associates, 1005 Gravenstein Hwy N, Sebastopol, 707.827.7190.
Petaluma Evening Certified Farmers Market Wed, 4:30pm. through Aug 12. farmers market, Second Street between B and D streets, Petaluma, 707.762.0344.
Vintner Vinyl Tastings and tunes come together in the tap bar and restaurant. Mon, 6:30pm. City Winery Napa, 1030 Main St, Napa, 707.260.1600.
Pt Reyes Farmers Market Sat, 9am. through Nov 21. Toby’s Feed Barn, 11250 Hwy 1, Pt Reyes Station, 415.456.0147.
Valley of the Moon Certified Farmers Market Tues, 5:30pm. through Oct 27. Sonoma Plaza, First St E, Sonoma, 707.694.3611.
Redwood Empire Farmers Market Sat, 8:30am and Wed, 8:30am. Veterans Memorial Building, 1351 Maple Ave, Santa Rosa. Rohnert Park Certified Farmers Market Fri, 5pm. through Aug 28. City Center Plaza, 500 City Center Dr, Rohnert Park, 707.581.8282. Roseland Lions Certified Farmers Market Sat-Sun, 10am. through Nov 1. Roseland Plaza, 665 Sebastopol Rd, Santa Rosa, 415.215.5599. Ross Valley Farmers Market Thurs, 3pm. through Oct 1. Downtown Ross Post Office, Ross Commons & Lagunitas, Ross, 415.382.7846. Russian River Certified Farmers Market Thurs, 3pm. through Sep 24. Sonoma Nesting Company, 16151 Main St, Guerneville, 707.953.1104. Santa Rosa Original Certified Farmers Market Sat, 9am and Wed, 9am. Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa, 707.522.8629. Santa Rosa West End Certified Farmers Market Sun, 9am. through Dec 13. West End Farmers Market, 817 Donahue St, Santa Rosa, 707.477.8422. Sebastopol Certified Farmers Market Sun, 10am. Sebastopol Plaza, Weeks Way, Sebastopol, 707.522.9305. Sonoma Mountain Marketplace Certified Farmers Market Sat-Sun, 10am. Sonoma Mountain Village, 1400 Valley House Dr, Rohnert Park, 707.588.9388. Sonoma Valley Certified Farmers Market Fri, 9am. Arnold Field parking lot, 241 First St W, Sonoma, 707.538.7023. St. Helena Farmers Market Fri, 7:30am. through Oct 30. Crane Park, Crane Ave and Grayson Ave, St Helena.
Wednesday Night Market Vendors, wine garden, live music and family activities happen every week through the summer. Wed, 5pm. through Aug 19. Downtown Santa Rosa, Fourth and B streets, Santa Rosa. West End Wednesdays West End merchants offer wine, coffee and food tastings. Wed, 5pm. Free. Downtown Napa, First Street and Town Center, Napa. Windsor Certified Farmers Market Sun, 10am and Thurs, 5pm. through Aug 27. Windsor Town Green, Market St and McClelland Dr, Windsor, 707.838.5947. Wine Country Big Q BBQ pit masters go head-to-head in this annual cook-off event. Jul 10-11, 1pm. Sonoma Mountain Village, 1500 Valley House Drive, Rohnert Park, Judy@winecountryhaunts. com. Wine Down Friday Wine and live music to wind down after the week. Second Fri of every month. $10. Muscardini Cellars Tasting Room, 9380 Sonoma Hwy, Kenwood, 707.933.9305. Wine Up Award-winning wines and delicious food make for a perfect combination. Sat. Free. Stephen & Walker Trust Winery Tasting Room, 243 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg.
For Kids Bay Area Discovery Museum Ongoing, “Animal Secrets.” Hands-on art, science and theater camps, art studio, tot spot and lookout cove adventure area. Wed-Thurs at 10 and 11, music with Miss Kitty. $5-$6. Fri at 11, aquarium feeding. Ongoing. Admission, $8-$10. Bay Area Discovery Museum, Fort Baker, 557 McReynolds Rd, Sausalito, 415.339.3900. Belvedere-Tiburon Library Mon at 10:30 and 11, songs and fingerplays for kids under two. Wed at 11, toddler storytime; at 4, read-along program for ages seven and up. Mon. Belvedere-Tiburon Library, 1501 Tiburon Blvd, Tiburon, 415.789.2665.
Breakfast with Enzo Bring clapping hands, singing voices, dancing feet and breakfast for weekly family music show. Sun at 10 and 11. Mill Valley Golf Clubhouse, 267 Buena Vista, Mill Valley, 415.652.2474.
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Corte Madera Library Preschool storytime. Wed, 11am. Corte Madera Library, 707 Meadowsweet Dr, Corte Madera, 707.924.6444. Fairfax Library Tues at Sat at 11, storytime for ages three and up. Tues-Sat, 11am. Fairfax Library, 2097 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Fairfax, 415.453.8092. Family Story Time Thurs. Petaluma Historical Museum, 20 Fourth St, Petaluma, 707.778.4398. Learning Through Art Program for fourth and fifth graders to visually explore art through their own interpretations. Second Sat of every monthnoon. Napa Valley Museum, 55 Presidents Circle, Yountville, 707.944.0500. MidSummer Broadway MusiCamp Registration For boys and girls K-college with interest in singing, dancing, acting. Led by Anna Combs Johnson, top professional performing artist and voice teacher for Napa Valley Music Associates. Registration ends July 3. Through Jul 31. $450. Napa Christian Campus of Education, 2201 Pine St, Napa, 707.322.8402. Northwest Regional Library preschool storytime. Mon, 10:30am. Northwest Regional Library, 150 Coddingtown Center, Santa Rosa, 707.546.2265.
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Lectures CityZen Evening of sitting meditation, tea and dharma talk. All are welcome. Mon, 7pm. Free. Glaser Center, 547 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, 707.568.5381. Conversation with Ben Fong-Torres Best known for his work as editor and writer for Rolling Stone, Ben Fong-Torres shares stories of his childhood in the Bay Area and his exploits as a journalist. Jul 9, 6:30pm. $10$15. History Museum of Sonoma County, 425 Seventh St, Santa Rosa, 707.579.1500.
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Creative Sonoma Coffee & Conversation A chance for the creative community to discuss the direction the Creative Sonoma organization. Jul 9, 10am. Occidental Center for the Arts, 3850 Doris Murphy Ct, Occidental, 707.874.9392.
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Newman. Jul 15, 7pm, “Pirate Hunters” with Robert Kurson. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera 415.927.0960. Santa Rosa Copperfield’s Books Jul 8, 7pm, “Epitaph: A Novel of the OK Corral” with Mary Doria Russell. Jul 10, 7pm, Victoria Laurie & Juliet Blackwell, two mystery writers appear and read from their latest. Jul 14, 7pm, Hot Summer Nights with the Redwood Writers, featuring authors of historical fiction 775 Village Court, Santa Rosa 707.578.8938. Petaluma Copperfield’s Books Jul 10, 7pm, “The Hand on the Mirror” with Janis Heaphy Durham. Jul 13, 7pm, “Armada” with Ernest Cline. 140 Kentucky St, Petaluma 707.762.0563. Sebastopol Copperfield’s Books Jul 11, 7pm, “Be Good in the World” with Brenda Knight. Jul 13, 7pm, “I’d Walk with My Friends If I Could Find Them” with Jesse Goolsby. 138 N Main St, Sebastopol 707.823.2618. Corte Madera Library Jul 14, 6:30pm, Marin Poetry Center Traveling Show, with local poets Claire J Baker, Kosrof Chantikian, Peter Hensel and Cynthia Sims. Free. 707 Meadowsweet Dr, Corte Madera 707.924.6444. Dr Insomnia’s Coffee & Teas Second Monday of every month, 7pm, “Poetry Farm” with local writers. 800 Grant Ave, Novato 415.897.9500. Open Secret Jul 10, 7:30pm, “Divine Revelations” with Yor Glory. 923 C St, San Rafael 415.457.4191.
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PublicNotices FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT — File No. 2015137507 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: BIOTECHURE, 68 MADRONE AVE, PO BOX 1154, WOODACRE, CA 94973: WARREN ARCHITECTS , INC. 68 MADRONE AVE, WOODACRE, CA 94973. 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 Jun 5,2015.(Publication Dates: Jun 17,24, Jul 1,8 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT — File No. 137539 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: CLASSIQUE NAIL ATELIER, 903 C IRWIN ST, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: MARISSA N. FOuRNIER - MULLY, 300 LINCOLN VILLAGE CIR # 219, LARKSPUR, CA 94939. 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 Jun 10,2015.(Publication Dates: Jun 17,24, Jul 1,8 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT — File No. 137551 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: A.V.LANDSCAPING SERVICES, 335 BAHIA LN, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: ANTONIO VELASQUEZ, 335 BAHIA LN, 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 Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Jun 12,2015.(Publication Dates: Jun 17,24, Jul 1,8 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT — File No. 137561 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: JUST NAIL SPA, 935 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BLVD, KENTFIELD, CA 94904: NHUNG NGUYEN, 2666 LAS GALLINAS AVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903.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 Jun 15,2015.(Publication Dates: Jun 17,24, Jul 1,8 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT — File No. 137471 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: MARIN HOBBY + GIFT, 224 GREENFIELD AVE #2, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: CARYN GUTHRIE, 224 GREENFIELD AVE #2, 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 Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Jun 01, 2015.(Publication Dates: Jun 17,24, Jul 1,8 of 2015) STATEMENT OF WITHDRAWAL FROM PARTNERSHIP OPERATING UNDER FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO. 201158 The following person(s) have/has withdrawn as a general partner(s) from the partnership operating
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under the fictitious business name of: THE GARAGE, 2000 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE, FAIRFAX, CA 94930. The fictitious business name statement , FILE NO: 2013132730 for the partnership was filed on 07.29.2013 in the County of Marin. The full name and residence of the person(s) withdrawing as a partner(s):MICHELLE SCHWARD, 89 ANGELA AVE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960.This statement of withdrawal of general partner was filed with the County Clerk of Marin County on Jun 2, 2015, indicated by file stamp. RICHARD N. BENSON, MARIN COUNTY CLERK, S.OLIVA,DEPUTY CLERK. (Publication Dates: Jun 24, Jul 1,8,15 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT — File No. 137546 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: MINDFUL YOUTH PROJECT, 85 RIDGE RD, FAIRFAX, CA 94930: JEREMY HOWARD JENSEN, 85 RIDGE RD, FAIRFAX, CA 94930. 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 Jun 12,2015.(Publication Dates: Jun 24, Jul 1,8,15 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT — File No. 2015137576 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: THE ANTIQUE SUN, 32 OAKLAND AVE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: KENT W BLODGETT, 32 OAKLAND AVE, 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 Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Jun 16,2015.(Publication Dates: Jun 24, Jul 1,8,15 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT — File No. 137595 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: 1) PROVIDERSWEB,2) SPECIAL CARE SERVICES, 1115 CUNNINGHAM ST, VALLEJO, CA 94590: ROLANDO ANTONIO AGUILERA, 1115 CUNNINGHAM ST, VALLEJO, CA 94590. 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 Jun 18 ,2015.(Publication Dates: Jun 24, Jul 1,8,15 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT — File No. 137610 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: BANH MI ZON, 1893 LINCOLN AVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: 1) LOC NGUYEN, 350 ROCA WAY, MONTEREY PARK, CA 91754: 2) HONG PHAN, 350 ROCA WAY, MONTEREY PARK, CA 91754. The business is being conducted by A MARRIED COUPLE. 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 Jun 22,2015.(Publication Dates: Jul 1,8,15,22 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT — File No. 137609
The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: MARIN DIVER CS, 1280 YOKAYO CT, UKIAH, CA 95482: CHRIS SPENCER, 1280 YOKAYO CT, UKIAH, CA 95482. 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 Jun 22,2015.(Publication Dates: Jul 1,8,15,22 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT — File No. 137560 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: SPATIAL ORDER, 56 GRANDE PASEO, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: 1) KIRTIDA PANDYA, 56 GRANDE PASEO, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903 2) JATINKUMAR PANDYA, 56 GRANDE PASEO, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903.The business is being conducted by A MARRIED COUPLE.Registration expired more than 40 days ago and is renewing under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Jun 15,2015.(Publication Dates: Jul 1,8,15,22 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT — File No. 137621 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: ROSS VALLEY DENTAL, 915 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE , SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: CONSTANTINE KARSANT, D.D.S, 915 SIR FRANCIS DRAKE , SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960. The business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registration expired more than 40 days ago and is renewing under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Jun 24,2015.(Publication Dates: Jul 1,8,15,22 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT — File No. 2015137632 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: JACOBI, 1 DEER PARK LANE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: THINK FUTURE INC, 1 DEER PARK LANE, SAN ANSLEMO, CA 94960.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 Jun 25,2015.(Publication Dates: Jul 1,8,15,22 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT — File No. 137468 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: PACIFICARPETS, 121 CLORINDA AVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: 1) JACOB WEISS , 121 CLORINDA AVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901 @) EDWARD WEISS, 111, BROADVIEW CT, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901.The business is being conducted by A GENERAL 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 Jun 01,2015.(Publication Dates: Jul 1,8,15,22 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT — File No. 137635 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: COLE MARINE SERVICES, 19 BRIDGE RD, LARKSPUR, CA 94939: JEFFREY KEVIN COLE, 19 BRIDGE RD,
LARKSPUR , CA 94939.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 Jun 26,2015.(Publication Dates: Jul 1,8,15,22 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT — File No. 137662 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: WHEELS ON THE GO, 970 A SAN ANSELMO AVE, SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960: ALTAIR PORFIRIO DESOUZA, 970 A SAN ANSELMO AVE, 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 Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on Jun 30,2015.(Publication Dates: Jul 8,15,22,29 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT — File No. 2015137653 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: PREMIER APPRAISAL SERVICES, 67 DEL ORO LAGOON, NOVATO, CA 94949: PAULA R SAMUELS, 67 DEL ORO LAGOON, NOVATO, CA 94949.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 Jun 30,2015.(Publication Dates: Jul 8,15,22,29 of 2015) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT — File No. 2015137673The following individual(s) is (are) doing business: CURVY GIRL CURIOS, 871 PATRICIA WAY, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: SHALLIE D JOHNSON, 871 PATRICIA WAY, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. 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 Jul 2,2015.(Publication Dates: Jul 8,15,22,29 of 2015)
OTHER NOTICES Notice Content SUMMONS - FAMILY LAW CASE NUMBER: FL 1500300 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: BRADLEY RAE You have been sued. PETITIONERS NAME IS: REGINA SHUFLITOWSKI You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this Summons and Petition are served on you to file a Response (form FL-120 or FL-123) at the court and serve a copy on the petitioner. A letter or phone call will not protect you. If you do not file your Response on time, the court may make orders affecting your marriage or domestic partnership, your property, and custody of your children. You may be ordered to pay support and attorney fees and costs. For legal advice, contact a lawyer immediately. Get help finding a lawyer at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courts.ca.gov/selfhelp), at the California Legal Services website (www.lawhelpca.org), or by contacting your local county bar association. NOTICE RESTRAINING ORDERS ARE ON PAGE 2: These restraining are effective against both spouses or domestic partners until the petition
is dismissed, a judgment is entered, or the court makes further orders. They are enforceable anywhere in California by any law enforcement officer who has received or seen a copy of them. FEE WAIVER: If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form. The court may order you to pay back all or part of the fees and costs that the court waived for you or the other party. The name and address of the court are: SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF MARIN, 3501 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE, P.O. BOX 4988,SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. The name, address, and telephone number of the petitioners attorney, or the petitioner without an attorney, are: REGINA SHUFLITOWSKI, 84 MARTENS BLVD, APT B, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. TELEPHONE: 208.695.8344 Clerk, by /s/ KIM TURNER,Court Executive Officer, Marin County Superior Court, By E.CHAIS , Deputy Date: JAN 26,2015 STANDARD FAMILY LAW RESTRAINING ORDERS Starting immediately, you and your spouse or domestic partner are restrained from: 1. removing the minor children of the parties from the state or applying for a new or replacement passport for those minor children without the prior written consent of the other party or an order of the court; 2. cashing, borrowing against, canceling, transferring, disposing of, or changing the beneficiaries of any insurance or other coverage, including life, health, automobile, and disability, held for the benefit of the parties and their minor children; 3. transferring, encumbering, hypothecating, concealing, or in any way disposing of any property, real or personal, whether community, quasi-community, or separate, without the written consent of the other party or an order of the court, except in the usual course of business or for the necessities of life; and 4. creating a nonprobate transfer or modifying a nonprobate transfer in a manner that affects the disposition of property subject to the transfer, without the written consent of the other party or an order of the court. Before revocation of a nonprobate transfer can take effect or a right of survivorship to property can be eliminated, notice of the change must be files and served on the other party. You must notify each other of any proposed extraordinary expenditures at least five business days prior to incurring these extraordinary expenditures and account to the court for all extraordinary expenditures made after these restraining orders are effective. However, you may use community property, quasi-community property, or your own separate property to pay an attorney to help you or to pay court costs. NOTICE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HEALTH INSURANCE: Do you or someone in your household need affordable health insurance? If so, you should apply for Covered California. Covered California can help reduce the cost you pay towards high quality affordable health care. For more information, visit www.coveredca. com. Or call Covered California at 1-800-300-1506. WARNING IMPORTANT INFORMATION California law provides that, for purposes of division of property upon dissolution of a marriage or domestic partnership or upon legal separation, property acquired by the parties during marriage or domestic
partnership in joint form is presumed to be community property. If either party to this action should die before the jointly held community property is divided, the language in the deed that characterizes how title is held (i.e., joint tenancy, tenants in common, or community property) will be controlling, and not the community property presumption. You should consult your attorney if you want the community property presumption to be written into the recorded title to the property. (Publication Dates: Jun 24, Jul 1,8,15 of 2015) NOTICE CONTENT: SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): JANIS STURDEVANT; and Does 1-100, inclusive YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTÁ DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): D & O PARTNERS LLC. CASE NUMBER: (Numero del Caso): CIV-1501264. NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www. courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 dias, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su version. Lea la informacion a continuacion. Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO despues de que le entreguen esta citacion y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefonica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y mas informacion en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca.
Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pidel secretario de la corte que le de‚ un formulario de exencion de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podra quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia. Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remision a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www. lawhelpcalifornia. org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o ponidrindose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperacion de $10,000 o mas de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesion de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.The name and address of the court are (El nombre y direccion de la corte son): SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF MARIN, 3501 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: (El nombre, la direccion y el numero de tele fono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es):CARLE MACKIE , POWER & ROSS LLP, PHILIP J. TERRY Esq. (SBN 148144), 100 B STREET, SUITE 400, SANTA ROSA, CA 95401.Telephone: 707.526.4200. DATE (Fecha): April 07, 2015. (Publication Dates: Jun 24,Jul 1,8,15 of 2015) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No: CIV 1502390. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner AARON THOMAS SCHOTT filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: AARON THOMAS SCHOTT to AARON THOMAS. 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: 08/17/2015 AT 09:00 AM, DEPT A, ROOM A, 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: JUN 29, 2015 (Publication Dates: Jul 1,8,15,22 of 2015)
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By Amy Alkon
Goddess
Last week, my girlfriend was all annoyed about something (something relatively unimportant). I’m normally not a bad listener, but I was getting stressed out just hearing about this. I blurted out, “Calm down!” and she really flipped, yelling, “DON’T TELL ME TO CALM DOWN!” It took me forever (and lots of “I’m sorrrryyyys”) to get her to mellow out. I mentioned this incident to a friend, and he said, “Man, don’t you know? You never say that to a woman!” Please explain.—Mr. Doghouse
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There are times you may want to tell a woman to calm down, like when you lack live electrical wire to chew on or are curious as to how the nurses would react if you walked into the ER with your head under your arm. Many people believe the myth that the typical man is about as emotionally sensitive as the typical hammer. However, neuroscientist Tor Wager looked at the findings from 65 brain imaging studies and found that—overall—men’s brains weren’t any less responsive to emotional stimuli than women’s. However, Wager’s study and others did find sex differences, like that women seem more likely to experience negative emotions—fear, anxiety and depression. Women also seem to be more emotionally expressive—verbally and in writing—and better at processing emotions, so they’re less likely to end up feeling dragged out back and beaten up by them. But for men, when women get emotional, and especially when they veer off into rantville, emotion processing can play out something like this: Woman: “Knockknock.” Man: “Who’s there?” Woman (upset): “Feelings!” (Silence. More silence.) Woman: “Hello? Hello?! I know you’re in there! I can hear the TV!” To a man, an irate woman’s sharing of her emotional drama can be a bit like her sharing her Drano-tini. Relationships researcher John Gottman explains that men can become physiologically overwhelmed from stressful conversation alone, getting “flooded” with stress hormones and feeling physically ill and desperate to withdraw. This happens through a “misattribution of arousal,” which means that your brain subconsciously (and instantaneously) puts mere talk that has a stressful vibe into the wrong bin—the “fight or flight” bin that alerts you, “Run from that tiger!” In response, adrenaline surges, your heart races, sweat beads up and parts of your brain and body that aren’t vital for bolting the hell out of there shut down. Yes, that’s a “Sorry, we’re closed!” sign on your digestive tract, and—oopsy!—there’s another on your brain’s higher reasoning center (which makes sense, considering that you’re supposed to be dashing away from the tiger, not parsing whether you have ill-will toward its mother-in-law). The thing is, running away—as your body has primed you to do—would metabolize the stress hormones. But when you just sit there, the stress hormones just sit there, pooling, poisoning you, leading to sickening feelings. The natural impulse is to take shelter from the adrenaline storm—to escape and go off and recover—but this is hard to explain in any articulate and emotionally sensitive way in the moment, as your ability to reason is on sabbatical. So, in lieu of ducking under the nearest couch like the cat, you do it verbally, telling her, “Calm down!” Of course, the problem here wasn’t that she needed to calm down, but that you did. So when you laid that on her, she probably heard, “I’m not just going to ignore your feelings; I’m going to dismiss them.” (This always goes over so well with women.) Explaining the sex differences in emotion processing might help you both keep in mind that a man isn’t just a woman with a different set of funparts. For example, for her, venting her feelings may simply be a way of managing them. Chances are, she just needs you to be listening (or at least appear to be while playing Minecraft in your head). The next time that she’s “all het up” about something, take some deep breaths and remind yourself that you aren’t under attack; you’re just somebody’s boyfriend. Should you start feeling emotionally swamped, take Gottman’s advice: “Let your [partner] know that you’re feeling flooded and need to take a break. The break should last at least 20 minutes, since it will be that long before your body calms down.” Going for a run wouldn’t be a bad idea. However, in the spirit of better male/ female communication, you need to tell your girlfriend your plan. No, you can’t just flash her a look of panic and bolt out the door—though being chased down the street by an enraged woman clutching your Renaissance Faire crossbow should do wonders in diminishing that nasty adrenaline buildup.✹ Worship the goddess—or sacrifice her at the altar at pacificsun.com
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By Leona Moon
For the week of July 8
Aries
(March 21 - April 19) Got one too many Architectural Digests laying around on your bathroom floor, Aries? What may have started out as an, er, extracurricular activity, has blossomed into full-fledged inspiration. Start redecorating room by room on July 13. Your roommate finally might green-light that tiki bar idea.
Taurus (April 20 - May 20)
Travel plans, Taurus? Everyone may have been hitting 101 on the Fourth of July, but you kept it low-key. Make up for lost time, trips and hangovers on July 11 with a mini-vacation. A threeday getaway might be just the trick you need to brainstorm your next creative adventure—at least tell your boss that.
Gemini
(May 21 - June 20) Did someone say problem solver, Gemini? Looks like you’re about to take center stage at work with either a presentation or an award-winning idea. Your boss might try to take some of the credit for your out-of-this-world, game-changing idea (Hawaiian Shirt Fridays or postwork Tuesday Night Bowling)—so watch out. Don’t play along; claim what is yours—the VIPs will be impressed.
Cancer (June 21 - July 22) Is
your job stressing you out, Cancer? It’s best not to take any wild risks come July 11. You may be at your wit’s end and feel like drastic is the only way to deal, but pulling a Wolf of Wall Street won’t work. Watch out for any impetuous decisionmaking—you’ll regret any contract you sign within the hour.
Libra (Sept. 23 - Oct. 22) Your
boss thinks you’re annoying, Libra. Looks like someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed, or you’ve been using the same predictable punch line at the coffee machine every other day. Whatever caused this tiff, the planets are only encouraging it. Think before you speak on July 8—otherwise you might find yourself suspended with no pay.
Scorpio (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21)
Trying to skip town, and maybe even the continent, Scorpio? If you have travel plans, your travel plans have plans for you. Be extra cautious regarding any immigration matter on July 14. Triple-check any passport applications—you may have forgotten to check one box that is going to keep you from getting your Christopher Columbus on.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22 -
Dec. 21) Come on, Sagittarius—it’s celebration time! Did you put a bid on a house and win? Looks like you’re a new homeowner, and guess what? Homeowner looks good on you. Matters regarding property, a living situation or family will herald good news. Plan a party to celebrate on July 9.
Capricorn
Leo (July 23 - Aug. 22) What were
(Dec. 22 - Jan. 19) The new moon has some words for you, Capricorn! It’s here to help you go left or right, up or down, here or there— Facebook official! A relationship with a business partner or love interest will have an all-new meaning for you, thanks to the full moon’s vivacious energy. Make it or break it, as they say, on July 14.
Virgo (Aug. 23 - Sept. 22) Work
(Jan. 20 - Feb. 18) Are you working overtime, Aquarius? It looks like Mars took up a residence in your work sector and has you on the go until Aug. 8. Invest in a whiteboard and a giant calendar—you’re going to need to put your planning hat on to juggle all of these assignments. Also invest in some sunscreen and margarita mix to celebrate after Mars’ departure!
your co-workers whispering about you, Leo? Well, you won’t have to wonder any longer—on July 8 you are straight-up psychic. You’ve got all of the answers in the palms of your hands, thanks to your third eye. Go with your gut all day and carve out some time for a little extra meditating if you really want to take it to the next level. is for schmucks, Virgo! Call in sick on July 14! It’s time for your friends, family and fun to take the front seat. Typically, a planner like yourself would schedule a vacation 17 months in advance, but we’re going to go out on a limb here and say that taking a sick day won’t kill you. Do everything you’ve always dreamed of—check out Target and a local dive bar on a Tuesday morning.
Aquarius
Pisces
(Feb. 19 - March 20) Feeling extra creative, Pisces? The right side of your brain is beaming with new ideas and can’t contain itself on July 9. Use your lunch break to brainstorm some pitches for freelance projects. After all, how do you think Bevis and Butt-head was created?✹
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