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The district had been set to interview the trio of candidates at a special closed-session meeting on Aug. 27. However, before the HANNAH WEIKEL / THE ARK inside meeting could take Authorities say a teen driver dozed off at the wheel and drifted into oncoming traffic on San Rafael Avenue Sept. 12 before colliding Board votes to give itself a raise place, one candidate head-on with a Belvedere Police Department squad car. The officer driving the patrol car was taken to Marin General Hospital with non- Page 13 informed the district life-threatening injuries. they had received another job offer and a second withdrew from consideration to keep their current job, said recreation district board Belvedere officer hospitalized with Chair Pam Bohner. As a result, Bohner announced at the board’s Sept. 10 meeting, the district plans to suspend its recruitment pro- major injuries after head-on collision cess until March. 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By HANNAH WEIKEL ect to go over its time limit by 40 days, Van [email protected] Son said, with the building permit finalized ——— on March 19. The Belvedere City Council quartered a On July 18, Root was noticed of the $24,000 local developer’s construction-time-limit fine time-limit fine, which he then appealed sev- to $6,000 after agreeing that he and city staff eral days later. had been surprised by the discovery of two At the appeals hearing, Root’s contractor failing retaining walls after the Beach Road and architect argued work on the retain- remodel project had started to wrap up. ing walls had started as soon as they were Following a recommendation from the notified. They also noted the site’s steep to- city’s appeals committee, the council at its pography and limited road access had com- Sept. 9 meeting voted 3-0 to penalize Joseph plicated the project from the beginning. Root, the owner and developer of 147 Beach The appeals committee ultimately ruled Proudly Retiring after 47 years. Road, for 10 days of work over the time limit the retaining wall work should have taken instead of 40 days. 30 days to complete, so they agreed to in- Everything must go. At $600 per day, Root’s original fine had stead recommend a penalty for only the ad- totaled $24,000. ditional 10 days, or $6,000. Councilmembers James Campbell and At last week’s council meeting, Root said 25-70% off most art. Claire McAuliffe were recused from the vote he preferred the fine be eliminated altogeth- because they live within 500 feet of the project. er, but said he would accept the reduction if Belvedere Building Official Brian Van the council believed it was the best way to Son, who sits on the appeals committee, said handle the situation. two buckling retaining walls were found on Councilmember Marty Winter said he the property during a final inspection of the was willing to waive it. $825,000 project after a crane and tempo- “I think it was an unfair surprise,” Winter rary platform were removed from the site. said. “The two failed retaining walls initially But Winter eventually pulled his recom- went unnoticed because the crane platform mendation and voted with the majority after and site erosion-control measures concealed Mayor Nancy Kemnitzer and Councilmem- their condition while construction was ongo- ber Bob McCaskill both said they’d prefer to ing,” Van Son said in his staff report to the impose a $6,000 penalty. council. The project, approved in June 2017, was He said the crane and platform had been originally given an 18-month timeline. The placed on Lower Woodland Lane adjacent to project was later granted an eight-week ex- the property in an effort to keep Beach Road tension in January after the construction open to traffic. company and its workers were hit hard dur- “The crane platform was necessary due to ing the 2018 North Bay wildfires, with all the unusual obstacles of the site topography, work required to be finished on Feb. 6. limited site access and neighborhood consid- erations,” he wrote. “Therefore, it is reason- Reporter Hannah Weikel covers the city able that the construction delay was caused of Belvedere, as well as crime, courts and largely for reasons beyond (Root’s) control.” public safety issues on the Tiburon Penin- The unexpected repairs caused the proj- sula. Reach her at 415-944-4627. Council will take a closer look at proposed public-lane encroachment By HANNAH WEIKEL replace the existing landing and stairs in the [email protected] public lane. However, she wants to reconfig- ——— ure a replacement landing and stairs on the 690 Bridgeway Improvements to a Beach Road home ap- city tide lot, and move a replacement retain- peared headed for routine approval by the ing wall in the lane to accommodate. Several Sausalito, CA 95965 Belvedere City Council last week but stalled of the planning commissioners had vocal- when a member of the city’s parks commit- ized their concerns about the new locations 415.332.2626 tee balked, saying her panel should get the in the city’s right of way, but the majority of first look at encroachments into public lanes. the panel ultimately voted to recommend the – or – Homeowner Barbara Malatesta of 242 City Council approve the revocable licenses. Beach Road, a waterfront property that When the item landed on the council’s 415.497.0087 abuts an unnamed public lane, already has agenda last week, it was part of the board’s a revocable license issued in March 2000 consent agenda, reserved for bulk approval for several property improvements that en- of noncontroversial items. However, any Email: [email protected] croach into the lane and a city tide lot. Those councilmember or member of the public may include a portion of her garage, a garden request an item be removed for individual shed, brick steps and walkways, retaining discussion and a separate vote. walls, stone terraces with support struc- In attendance at the meeting was Jean tures and storage, landscaping, wood stairs, Bordon, a member of the Belvedere Parks a wood fence and brick columns. and Open Space Committee. She spoke up, As part of a home-remodel project ap- saying she was doing so as a private citi- proved in a 4-3 vote by the Planning Com- ——— mission on Aug. 20, Malatesta wants to See Lane, page 8 8 Belvedere | THE ARK • September 18, 2019 thearknewspaper.com *PRINTED* Crash, continued from page 5 Go-getter ——— pant of the vehicle, was later identified as a 17-year-old from San Francisco. Belvedere promotes from within to fill city clerk position Tiburon fire personnel medically assessed both drivers After only a handful of months as titude, an enthusiasm for improving she completed some schooling at Se- at the scene. Rosas was taken to the hospital, and the teen the city’s office coordinator, Belvedere our outreach to the public and a superb attle Central College and worked in was questioned by CHP officers, who determined he “might officials have tappedChristina Cook skill-set.” real estate, sales and stockbroking. She have dozed off” while driving, Barclay said in an email. to serve as the next city clerk. Cook was hired in April as Belve- has also worked for the Southern Cali- Rosas was hired by the Belvedere Police Department In her new position, Cook will be re- dere’s first office coordinator following fornia Edison electric company and the in 1991. sponsible for recording all City Council a restructuring that eliminated three city of St. Helena in Sonoma County. meetings, running local elections and secretarial positions and led to the lay- Former Belvedere City Clerk Alison Reporter Hannah Weikel covers the city of Belvedere, making sure the city adheres to public offs of two long-time city employees. Foulis left last month for a position as well as crime, courts and public safety issues on the records and meetings laws. With the promotion, Cook will re- with the city of Larkspur. Tiburon Peninsula. Reach her at 415-944-4627. “We are very pleased that Christina ceive a pay increase to $86,460 per year Belvedere is now in the process of Cook is being promoted,” City Man- from $75,456. filling Cook’s former office coordinator ager Craig Middleton said in an email. After growing up in Mount Vernon, position, Middleton said. Meetings, continued from page 3 “Christina brings to the job a great at- Wash., Cook moved to Seattle, where — Hannah Weikel ———

actuarial valuation reports dated June 30, 2018, and approval been continually paid, at the request of The remodel includes a stone wall, of payments for unfunded accrued liability, not to exceed Lane, continued from page 7 $120,889, for employees designed as “classic members” and not ——— Mayor Nancy Kemnitzer. driveway and landscaping at the front to exceed $10,888 for employees covered by the Public Employ- Malatesta’s architect noted that all of the property, in the right of way on ee Pension Reform Act. zen, and asserted revocable licenses access points to the home come from Fern Avenue, and a retaining wall, • Reports from capital improvement program, governance, proposed in the city’s lanes and open the lane, while McCaskill added that he gravel path and concrete stairs at the finance and fiscal oversight and personnel committees. spaces should first be reviewed by the visited the lane and agreed the stairs rear of property, in the right of way on parks committee. need to be replaced. However, the coun- Bella Vista Avenue. Tiburon Design Review Board agenda While the council didn’t agree to cil generally appeared to lean toward The Tiburon Design Review Board meets at 7 p.m. Sept. 19 send the project back to the parks agreement there isn’t enough public 12 Crest Road in council chambers at Tiburon Town Hall, 1550 Tiburon Blvd. committee, it did vote 4-0 to slow the benefit to allow for requested changes. The council also voted 3-0, with The following items are on the agenda: process, continuing the item to a future Campbell and McCaskill recused, to • Site plan and architectural review application for construc- 10 Fern Road tion of a 1,210-square-foot addition to existing single-family hearing as the council awaits a more approve a revocable license for private dwelling and garage at 2322 Mar East St. with a variance for in-depth staff report and site visits In other action on the City Council’s improvements in the public right of excess lot coverage and a floor-area exception. Owners: Currie by councilmembers. Councilmember consent agenda, the council voted 4-0, way along Golden Gate Avenue, to the and Claudia Munce. Claire McAuliffe was recused because with member James Campbell recused, rear of 12 Crest Road, owned by Alta • Site plan and architectural review for construction of 6,760 she lives nearby. to approve two revocable licenses for Vista 12 Trust. square feet of living area, including a two-story home, a pool The report is expected to include private improvements in the public Existing encroachments include house, a guest house and a garage, at 100 Rolling Hills Road. Owner: 100 Rolling Hills Associates LLC. information on whether the home or right of way on Fern and Bella Vista trees and a catch basin, and new ones • Site plan and architectural review for construction of 741 the lane was built first, at the request avenues as part of a remodel project at will include drainage to the catch square feet of additions to the house at 570 Virginia Drive. of Councilmember Bob McCaskill, and the front 10 Fern Ave., owned by the basin, landscape steps to Golden Gate Owners: Jamen and Heather Graves. whether there is a dock lease that has Foley Family Trust. Avenue and other new landscaping.

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By DEIRDRE McCROHAN [email protected] ——— A storybook cottage on Old Landing Road off Paradise Drive is getting an update, with the new owners saying their aim is to preserve the country-lane setting of the existing house and neighborhood. At its Sept. 5 meeting, the Tiburon Design Review Board voted 4-0, with member Bryan Chong absent, to approve a one-story, 3,732-square-foot home and 430-square-foot attached garage at 27 Old Landing Road. Because more than 50 percent of the existing 1947-built adobe-style house will be demolished, the remodel and addition substantially warrant a “new home” label. The owners, husband and wife Rob Edington and Marie Dyer Grote as 27 OLR LLC, bought the property from longtime resident John Kricensky, an architect who previously served on the design board. The existing home is 2,016 square feet and 14 feet, 11 inches tall, with a 404-square-foot attached garage. The new house, done in the trendy farmhouse style, would have a maximum height of 19 feet, 4 inches, according to the plans on file with Deirdre McCrohan / The Ark the town’s Community Development Department. A cottage at 27 Old Landing Road, owned by Rob Edington and Marie Dyer Grote, will get a remodel and addition, with work extensive The interior will have a master bedroom suite, three ad- enough to qualify it as a new home. The owners say their goal is to preserve the look and feel of the house. ditional bedrooms, three bathrooms, family room, kitchen, laundry room, recreation room, dining room, living room and planned to put on a new roof and make the home seismically the home’s flow. He said he supported trimming the trees and entry foyer. sound, but they ran into some cost issues. In the end, they waiting for the house to be completed before deciding on how The owners plan to keep a similar exterior look but, in- decided to remodel part of the house, demolish more than 50 much landscaping to plant as screening. He urged the board stead of stucco, the siding will be white board-and-batten. All percent and add on. to make it a condition of approval that the owners would not windows will have white trim, and the roof will be charcoal- “I was determined to keep as much of the bones of the house be able to get a certificate of occupancy before submitting, get- composition shingle with the exception of a graphite stand- as possible,” said architect Nora Frei. “We’re adamant about ting staff approval for and carrying out a landscaping plan. ing-seam metal roof in the entry area. not adding a second story. We want to keep the feeling of the Berger asked the board to have a discussion about whether Other exterior improvements include an entry patio area, country lane. … It was a charming house to begin with.” the color of the house was appropriate, given that the town trash enclosure, exterior lighting and new landscaping. Edington said he’s agreed to trim a cypress tree between usually discourages white homes “because they stand out so Edington and Dyer Grote plan to plant drought-tolerant his property and 25 Old Landing Road, owned by Michelle prominently.” plants and a graywater system to irrigate them. Mullins, at Mullins’ request. ——— Initially, Edington said at the hearing, he and his wife just Board member Miles Berger complimented the architect for See CoTtage, Next page

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Cottage, continued from previous page ——— Council hears plea to revamp He noted that the existing home is white, “which makes perfect sense for a Spanish-style house.” Chair Suzanne Kim said she didn’t have a problem because landscaping along Old Rail Trail the proposed color is a soft white. “I don’t think this is a bright white paint area,” she said, By DEIRDRE McCROHAN noting the home and its design has always been special to her. [email protected] “Everyone who drives by and sees it is very charmed by it.” ——— Senior Planner Kyra O’Malley noted the neighbor at 33 Old Alison Pence is urging the town to bring native Landing Road also has a white house. plants back to the Old Rail Trail. Board member Cedric Barringer said he thought that the During the public comment portion of the Tiburon fact the applicants didn’t want to maximize use of the lot was Town Council’s Sept. 4 meeting, Pence, who was “commendable.” The house sits on a 27,844-square-foot lot born in Tiburon and now lives in Corte Madera, and is 1,052 square feet under the maximum, while the garage urged the council to put money in the budget for im- is 170 square feet under the maximum. provements to landscaping that borders the stretch Barringer said he liked that the owners were trying to of trail on Tiburon Boulevard between the Belvedere maintain a portion of the old house and had chosen not to en- Tennis Club and San Rafael Avenue. The landscap- croach into setbacks, which would have required variances, or ing was last replaced in 2008. add a second story. He said choosing not to have a fence along “I was amazed that an area that is so windy and the front property line also “keeps it neighborly.” Elliot Karlan archive / For The Ark 2017 so challenged with salt and poor soil was planted He suggested a pittosporum hedge along the south prop- Pride of Madeira plants line the Old Rail Trail in Tiburon, but the Marin with common shrubs and flowers,” said Pence, who erty line to screen the house from the neighbor on that side. Municipal Water District calls them a ‘do not plant’ invasive weed, and ——— Kim agreed the hedge would be a good idea. She noted the at least one regular trail-walker wants them gone. See Trail, page 13 existing trees help to shield the lights from the windows. Board member Paolo Crescini, who was participating in his first board meeting since his appointment Aug. 7, also said he favored screening the south side with a hedge once the over- Tiburon Challenger’s Kids’ Play Day returns Sept. 22; sign up now growth is removed and that he has no problem with the white Children ages 6-12 will have a Participants must register for the run through Sept. 26. Quarterfinals color. chance to play noncompetitive games event at arkn.ws/19kidsplayday. For are Sept. 27, semifinals the following The board directed that the proposed exterior lights be re- and meet the pros at the Tiburon more information, contact Michelle day and finals on Sept. 29. moved or changed so that the bulb is not exposed. The board Challenger tennis tournament’s an- Skipwith at [email protected]. This year’s competitors include Mi- also ordered the applicant to submit a landscaping plan — nual Kids’ Play Day, set for 10 a.m. to com or 415-279-1973. chael Mmoh, who won the tournament one that also requires removal of the ivy — for approval by noon Sept. 22 at the Tiburon Penin- The Kids’ Play Day kicks off the last year; Dennis Kudla, the tourna- staff before the certificate of occupancy is issued. sula Club. eight-day $100,000 tournament, which ment’s No. 1 seed; and Darian King, No variances were required. In addition to games, the free event runs through Sept. 29 at the Tiburon who won the competition in 2016. will feature a special exhibition perfor- Peninsula Club. For more information on the tour- Deirdre McCrohan has reported on Tiburon local govern- mance and a courtside chat with the The professional action begins with nament or to purchase tickets, visit ment and community issues for more than 30 years. Reach tournament’s up-and-coming players, qualifying matches Sept. 23. Main- tiburonchallenger.com. her at 415-944-4634. after which ice cream will be served. draw matches start the same day and — Emily Lavin 12 THE ARK • September 18, 2019 thearknewspaper.com The Boardwalk SHOPPING CENTER

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Trail, continued from page 11 Bay framed by Belvedere Island, Mount dormant phase and the tall height of other ——— Tamalpais and Sausalito, with Golden shrubs and event trees. Strawberry rec Gate Bridge in the distance. “It’s the pride of Madeira that’s really in- worked for Bayside Garden Center for With the poles and wires gone, starting vasive, and it really looks grubby, except many years and now works on Ark Row. in 1986, local residents and members of the for when it blooms,” Fredericks said. “It’s board votes to She noted the landscaping doesn’t fea- Parks and Open Space Commission, as it not an appropriate plant for a public area.” ture any plans that are appropriate to the was then known, began working on a proj- She noted she’s complained about the increase meeting shoreline or resilient to the stresses of the ect to landscape the shoulder. After elimi- taller plants that screen the view from environment. nating public parking along the boulevard, Tiburon Boulevard. “I do think it’s time to budget something the town hired Marin landscape architect “The plantings shouldn’t be much higher stipend by $25 for the bike-trail vegetation,” she said. Pete Pedersen to design a landscaping than one foot off the ground,” she said. She pointed particularly to the pride of plan, which was completed in 1992. She said the last time she brought the The Strawberry Recreation District board Madeira planted there and maintained by Pedersen won a landscape-architecture matter up, Peggy Curran was town man- has bumped the stipend its members receive the city. award for the design, which featured low- ager. She said Curran told her the thinking for attending meetings to $100, up from $75. “They take off the heads once they’ve growing, drought-tolerant plants in vari- was the taller plants would keep people on The board at its Sept. 10 meeting voted 3-0, bloomed, but they don’t remove the plants,” ous textures and muted shades of greens, Old Rail Trail from having to look at cars with Sylvia Marino and Cale Nichols absent, Pence said. She noted it has “beautiful blue blues and purples, and its efficient use of on the boulevard. to approve the $25 per-meeting raise. spikes” in the spring but is at “the very top water. The plants were selected for their “I always said to her, ‘Why would people Under California’s Public Resources Code, of the water district’s do-not-plant list.” year-round appeal. on the trail be worried about looking at Indeed, the plant is on the Marin Mu- The plants were reaching the end of their cars when they have this fantastic view of $100 is the maximum compensation parks nicipal Water District’s invasive-plant list natural lifespan in 2007 when the Marin the water and the bridge?’” and recreation district board members can among species of trees and shrubs not al- Municipal Water District ripped up Old Current Town Manager Greg Chanis receive for attending each board meeting, lowed by the district. Rail Trail to put in a new water main. said the town has no current plans to alter which includes regular and special meetings, “It’s very invasive, it’s a horrible plant, The district paid for the re-landscaping the landscaping. He noted that if people closed-session emergency and committee and I would like to see it removed from the of the area adjacent to the path using a plan feel strongly about changing the landscap- meetings. county,” she said. “It’s just that bad.” that was carried out in 2008, but it including, they would first have to take that con- The maximum compensation per board Pence, who said she frequently walks the ed many plants that look weedy and dried cern to the Parks, Open Space and Trails member each month is capped at $500. trail, said she could provide a list of “ser- out most of the year when not in bloom. Commission. viceable” plants in the native-plant com- Many of the plants have grown up into the “If you’re talking about a wholesale Board Chair Pam Bohner said Renee Brew- munity that could improve the soil and soil view of Richardson Bay and the Golden change of the palette, my understanding is er, who works as Marin County chief deputy structure. Gate from Tiburon Boulevard as well as that the council would want (the commis- counsel and provides legal representation to For the decade following the conversion concealing Old Rail Trail. sion) to weigh in on it,” Chanis said, add- the recreation district, informed the board its of the Northwestern Pacific Railroad right Because the matter of the landscaping ing any budget request “would have to be meeting stipend was below the standard and of way into the Tiburon multiuse path, the was not on the council’s Sept. 4 agenda, the weighed against the resources available suggested the board update its policy. area between the boulevard and the path council could not discuss Pence’s proposal. and other needs of the community.” “We are one of the few that is below that was untouched. However, in a phone interview a few days (standard),” Bohner said. “(Brewer) just want- That was partly because the town un- after the meeting, Vice Mayor Alice Freder- Deirdre McCrohan has reported on ed to bring us up to that.” dertook a project to bury the utility lines icks shared a couple of complaints she has Tiburon local government and commu- and remove the utility poles along that about the landscaping, including the poor nity issues for more than 30 years. Reach Brewer could not be reached for comment. stretch to open up a view of Richardson appearance of some plants during their her at 415-944-4634. — Emily Lavin

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Strawberry rec district to host 100 years ago … Sausalito News, Sept. 20, 1919 Fire Thursday Burns The Sausalito Volunteer Fire Depart- game-night fundraiser on Oct. 5 Hundreds of Acres ment was summoned to the fire by church The Strawberry Recreation District is Admission at the door is $10 per per- A fire started in Wildwood Glen, presum- bells. Sausalito Fire Chief W.R. Walker hosting a family game-night fundraiser son or $25 for a family of three or more. ably by a party of picnickers, Thursday credits San Francisco Mayor James “Sonny from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 5 at its recre- Proceeds from the event will benefit The noon burned over several hundred acres of Jim” Rolph’s quick response in sending the ation center, 118 E. Strawberry Drive. Game Academy and the Strawberry Rec- brush and grass in Wildwood Glen, Hur- fire tug Dennis Sullivan, a large force of In addition to traditional games, such as reation and Parks Foundation, a nonprofit ricane Gulch, and the military reservation. firemen, three chemical engines and a hose bingo, charades, Pictionary and Apples to created by the district in 2018. Threatening the homes close by and the tender to the scene, avoiding the possible Apples, nonprofit The Game Academy will The district is also looking for volun- hospital building at Fort Baker, it was re- destruction of Sausalito. be on hand leading interactive role-playing teers ages 14 and older to help staff the sponsible for the fire destroying property in Origin And Design of Great Seal of activities. game night. Duties include set-up, working South Sausalito valued at $75,000 yesterday. The United States Pizza, popcorn, dessert and beverages at game tables, clean up and more. Volun- About noon time Thursday a party of The great seal of the United Sates was will available for purchase. There will also teers must be available to work 3-8:30 p.m. men, conversing in a foreign language and adopted by congress 136 years ago. The be a raffle with prizes including a week of For more details or to sign up to volun- carrying suitcases, went up Wildwood Glen design was suggested by Sir John Prest- camp at the recreation district, a set of pri- teer, email [email protected] or and about two thirty p. m. they came down wich, an eminent English antiquary, to John vate swim lessons and more. call 415-383-6494. — Emily Lavin Lower Santa Rosa avenue walking hurried- ly towards the ferry and asked the quickest Adams, the United States minister to Great way to the ferry. They told Robert Stewart Britain, and formally accepted by congress of Lower Santa Rosa avenue that there was on June 20, 1782. It is composed of a spread League of Women Voters Marin a fire in Wildwood Glen and walked off puff- eagle, bearing on its breast an escutcheon ing a cheroot and smiling. with 13 stripes, and in its talons holding an An alarm was turned in and Trustee Mur- olive branch and thirteen arrows, symbolic to hold annual fall kickoff Sept. 24 phy recognizing the great fire danger, imme- of both peace and war. The eagle, the suggestion of an Englishman, has ever since The League of Women Voters of Marin’s tion through acting in 11 California State diately got in touch with Fire Chief Walker been the national bird of the United States. annual Fall Kickoff celebrating the league’s Prisons. who summoned all the men he could. … new year will be held 5-7 p.m. Sept. 24 at The league will also present an award for After a hard fight practically all the fire on Ten Hens to a Home McInnis Park Club Restaurant, 350 Smith outstanding community service to Mary South Sausalito and Fort Baker hillsides was extinguished early Friday morning. By keeping a backyard poultry flock the Ranch Road, in San Rafael. Kay Sweeney, executive director of Home- family would not only help in reducing the cost The speakers are Lesley Currier, man- ward Bound, which provides shelter and It is not known, and as far as we know not investigated, whether the group of men of living but would have eggs of a quality and aging director of the Marin Shakespeare services to Marin’s homeless population. freshness which are often difficult to obtain. Co., and Dameion Brown, the theater com- A donation of $10 is requested of attend- speaking a foreign language and led by the smiling cheroot-smoking leader were re- Each hen in her pullet year should produce pany’s artist in residence. They will talk ees, and reservations must be made by sponsible for starting the fire. ten dozen eggs. The average size of the back- about the group’s Shakespeare for Social Sept. 21. To RSVP or for more information, yard flock should be at least ten hens. 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History, from previous page ——— Police & Fire Reports ing members of the party accompanying Tiburon police log disaster preparedness tip Help yourself: 10:10 a.m. Sept. 10, two President Wilson on a scenic trip over Doggie decor: 5:35 p.m. Sept. 4, a Ned’s If using bleach to purify water in the event of women reportedly stole between six and 15 the Columbia highway near here shortly Way caller reported a dog living in the apart- a disaster, make sure you use plain bleach that packages of allergy and acid-reflux medi- after noon, Monday, September 15th, ment above them regularly urinates on the doesn’t contain perfumes. cations from the shelves of a drug store on overturned, killing two men and injuring exterior wall, and the urine then drips down — Laurie Nilsen, Tiburon-Belvedere emergency Tiburon Boulevard. The store manager pro- services coordinator. Get more tips and training at three. It was the first accident of a seri- to their property. 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Ballard to Wil- called back to cancel police response. people walking around the hotel, and they at- Belvedere police log liam Barr of his permit to operate an auto Washed up: 3:31 p.m. Sept. 5, a caller re- tempted to corral them into their respective All abuzz: 11:16 a.m. Sept. 4, a Cliff Road stage line between Tiburon and Belve- ported a boat had washed up near San Rafael rooms. All were cooperative with the officers, caller was concerned about a beehive in the dere and intermediate points has been Avenue and Tiburon Boulevard. The caller and the situation was eventually abated. neighbors’ yard because they are living in approved by the railroad Commission. said there was a dinghy next to the boat with Exhausting: 7:41 p.m. Sept. 8, a Tiburon Japan. Advice was given. Ballard sold his business to Barr. He was a large, agitated dog on it with no owner in Boulevard caller reported seeing white smoke Stay away: 5:17 p.m. Sept. 5, a caller re- operating under the name “Belvedere sight. Officers contacted Marin Humane and coming from somewhere near the street. Of- ported his brother-in-law had charged his Bus and Auto Service.” the U.S. Coast Guard to handle the call. When ficers and fire personnel responded and de- wife during an argument and threw her to lll Marine Humane arrived, they didn’t see a dog termined the smoke was actually exhaust the ground. He told officers the brother was Believing that good citizenship im- or a dinghy, but a man on the boat told them coming from a jet ski. staying at a Tiburon hotel likely booked plies loyalty to some form of organized he was waiting to be pulled out by a group Rough first day: 8 a.m. Sept. 9, a caller under another family member’s name. Offi- religion and that, to this end, week day out of Sausalito he’d paid to help. The boat asked officers to check on a crossing guard cers spoke with the brother outside the hotel religious instruction should form part of was towed and the scene was cleared. standing at the intersection of San Rafael and served him with an emergency protective the education of every child, the Episco- Familiar sound: 9:39 p.m. Sept. 7, a Ran- Avenue and Tiburon Boulevard who seemed order. A report was taken. pal Church in America has forged a new cho Drive caller reported hearing what sound- “very overwhelmed and frazzled.” Officers link in its proposed chain of week day ed like three gunshots going off northwest of determined it was the crossing guard’s first Sheriff’s log: Tiburon Peninsula religious schools to be conducted in co- her home. The caller said she was familiar day on the job and showed them how to prop- Bothersome boater: 7:54 a.m. Sept. 5, a operation with the public school systems with guns and knew what gunshots sounded erly get people across the road. caller reported seeing a speedboat adrift in of the country. like. She said two of the shots went off within Mailbox mystery: 10:01 a.m. Sept. 10, a Richardson Bay near Sausalito. The caller, 30 seconds of each other, and the third went off man came into the Tiburon Police Depart- who was standing near Tiburon Boulevard Contributor Hillary Don, a Tiburon- a few minutes later. Officers checked the area, ment to report his mailbox had been dam- and Gilmartin Drive, said it looked like the Belvedere historian, began writing this but couldn’t locate the source of the sound. aged. He didn’t know how it happened, but boat was dragging anchor. The U.S. Coast column May 7, 1992 — and he hopes to Who’s in charge here? 2:17 a.m. Sept. hypothesized it could have been during re- Guard was contacted, and officials there de- one day include history from his birth 8, someone called from a Tiburon Boulevard cent construction on his street. The man told termined it was part of an ongoing issue with year, 1932. Contact him at hdon@thear- hotel to report a party of about 20 drunk officers the mailbox would cost $3,000 to re- ——— knewspaper.com. people causing a ruckus and disturbing other place. See Reports, page 18 Extraordinary Tiburon View Home

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They also found stolen mail from addresses on Leaky stove: 10:27 a.m. Sept. 7, personnel responded to TWICE Reed Boulevard, Ricardo and South Knoll roads and Weath- Centro East Street for a report of a possible gas leak. The crew erly, Heron, Richardson, Harbor Point and Seminary drives. arrived and found a small gas leak inside an oven. Gas and AS CLEAN All mail was returned to owners. electricity were shut off to the stove and Pacific Gas and Elec- Copper and lead: 6:54 p.m. Sept. 5, deputies responded to tric Co. was notified. The homeowner was advised to contact the Redwood Highway frontage road after a man reportedly a licensed technician. Expert Housecleaning brandished a handgun at two people sitting in a car parked Stand back: 1:16 p.m. Sept. 7, personnel responded to Rac- 25 years in Marin • Insured & Bonded at a fast-food restaurant. 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A report was taken. until technicians arrived. Keeping cool: 6:29 a.m. Sept. 7, a Redwood Highway Ban on bonfires: 6:42 p.m. Sept. 7, personnel responded frontage road caller reported there weren’t any employees to Juno Road for a report of a yard-waste fire in a backyard. around when she walked into a grocery store in Strawberry Crews arrived and followed smoke to a backyard, where a Village Shopping Center. She said the doors were unlocked homeowner showed them a small fire lit on bare dirt that and she called out for five minutes, but no one came to ring crews determined posed no threat of spreading. The resident up her items. Deputies arrived and found an employee in the was informed that burning yard waste is illegal, and the fire store who had been stocking shelves in the cooler. The caller was extinguished. was advised. EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY SNF# 010000390 SNF# 010000390 Southern Marin fire district log RCFE# 210102866 RCFE# 210102866 Shots fired: 9:33 p.m. Sept. 7, a Barbaree Way caller reported hearing two gunshots five seconds apart. The caller No significant events were reported. noted they were familiar with weapons and stated the sounds were most likely gunshots. They called back to report hearing Compiled by Hannah Weikel. Police & Fire Reports includes a third gunshot a few minutes later. The area was checked, items of note from public records and does not reflect all but no weapons or bullet casings were found. activity. Nothing in these reports should be construed as a Double fisting: 3:13 p.m. Sept. 9, a Strawberry Village finding of guilt.

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Rosenthal, continued from page 1 come a frustrating case for his department. There’s technology thousands of hours and more than a half- ——— “Either we solve them in the first few now that allows for a million dollars on their investigation. Cronin days, or we resign ourselves to a long stint declined to say which agency would pay for different aspects (of the case),” Cronin said. of sifting through haystacks,” Cronin told much more thorough future DNA testing, which would likely be “There’s technology now that allows for a The Ark in 2010. examination of items seized done in a private lab with the most cutting- much more thorough examination of items “Tiburon is still a safe community,” he at the scene, and we have edge technology. seized at the scene, and we have some hope added. “I’m convinced the homicide was not After a year passed and the case had that they may yield additional evidence.” a random event.” some hope that they may grown cold, Tiburon attorney Tom Bertrand On the morning of Sept. 22, 2009, a close Rosenthal hadn’t received any threats, yield additional evidence.” announced an anonymous group was offer- friend found Rosenthal lying in a pool of been involved in any disagreements or wit- ‘— Michael Cronin, Tiburon police chief ing a $25,000 reward for information that blood in an enclosed patio at her Hilary nessed any recent crime, and nothing out of led to an arrest and conviction in the case. Drive home. She had been shot in the head at the ordinary had been observed in the days In an interview last week, Bertrand said it close-range, likely the night before she was membered the shock of the slaying in their leading up to the murder. The investigation was actually Rosenthal’s two sons, Jeff and found — around the time she was known to sleepy neighborhood just blocks from Del has taken detectives to Guatemala — where David, who had offered the reward. take her recycling to the curb. Mar Middle School. her late husband, Ken Rosenthal, had trav- Both men declined to discuss the case. Clad in her nightgown, Rosenthal’s house Zender was throwing a college going- eled on business — as well as to New York; The money was never claimed, and the keys were found still clasped in her hand. away party for her younger daughter the Washington, D.C.; and parts of the Midwest. family’s quest to incentivize a tip in the case The case perplexed police from the get- night Rosenthal was shot. Guests had start- The case is still active, though the team was eventually tabled, Bertrand said. go. They determined her home was un- ed arriving about 6:30 p.m. Sept. 21 — some of county and local investigators has dwin- “It is a complete mystery,” Bertrand said. disturbed, and there were no signs of a parked along Hilary Drive in front of Rosen- dled over the years. Police are determined to struggle. They’ve said the scene of the crime thal’s house — and everyone was gone by “Who on earth did this?” solve the case before another 10 years go by, was unusually “clean.” 11:30 p.m., she said. Bertrand, who had known Rosenthal for Cronin said in an interview last week. However, authorities were able to collect Marin County Sheriff’s Office detectives 30 years after meeting her husband at a San a small sample of DNA from under her fin- “I want more than anything to have an an- who initially led the investigation inter- Francisco law firm, said he’d like the public gernails, which has since been identified as swer to this before I retire,” he said. viewed everyone at the party and all the to continue discussing the case on the off male. At the time of the killing, Rosenthal lived neighbors, Zender recalled. chance someone remembers something after “Whoever murdered her approached her, alone — her husband had died just months “No one had heard any shots at all,” Ze- all these years. struck her on the head, disabled her and before — in the Del Mar neighborhood nder said, adding there’s some speculation “Time kind of stands still for something fired one shot as she lay on the ground. where she’d resided for 40 years and raised the killer used a silencer on the gun. like this. The time doesn’t erode the shock Death was instantaneous,” Cronin told The her two sons. She’s remembered as an active In 2012, the Sheriff’s Office deemed the — at least for me, (it) has not dulled the Ark in 2012. “Nothing was taken, and there member of the community and a retired Col- case was cold and handed it over to the shock of this murder,” Bertrand said. “I just was no evidence that she was in any way lege of Marin career counselor. Tiburon Police Department. Other than Cro- really have a strong hope that it’ll be solved.” molested. Basically, I think someone walked Several of Rosenthal’s friends and neigh- nin, Marin County investigator Greg Garrett up to her, struck her down and shot her and bors declined to share their memories of her. and Tiburon police Sgt. Jerry Jones are still Reporter Hannah Weikel covers the city walked away.” One neighbor, Margo Zender, who lived actively picking away at the details of the of Belvedere, as well as crime, courts and In the months following Rosenthal’s death, down a private drive across the street from case. public safety issues on the Tiburon Penin- Cronin predicted what would eventually be- the Rosenthals for many years, said she re- Cronin said the Sheriff’s Office spent sula. Reach her at 415-944-4627.

Manager, continued from page 5 background on what’s going on,” she said. open- or closed-session meeting. The board previously gave updates on the ——— The district has been working for sev- Bohner said no board members responded hiring process and held discussions about eral months to fill the general manager job, to Nichols’ emailed update. how it wanted to proceed in open session at through Oct. 30; her short-term employment which it advertised in April with a salary Jim Ewert, general counsel for the Califor- meetings in May and July. agreement was set to expire at the end of range of $110,000-$130,000. nia News Publishers Association, said Nich- Renee Brewer, who works as Marin Coun- this month. After extending the application deadline ols’ email didn’t appear to violate the Brown ty chief deputy counsel and provides legal Shapiro has been filling the district’s top to solicit more candidates, it ended up with Act’s provision on serial meetings but added representation to the recreation district, did post since the end of April; she was hired after about 60 applications. The district eventu- the matter “probably should have been han- not return requests for comment on the issue. the board announced at the beginning of that ally whittled that down to four candidates, dled differently to avoid the potential” for a However, Bohner said no one on the board month it would not be renewing the one-year who were interviewed by three staff mem- violation. “does anything to violate any Brown Act on contract of longtime General Manager Leanne bers. The candidate pool was then narrowed One option could have included an agen- purpose maliciously.” Kreuzer when the contract expired in June. further to the top three. dized report and discussion among board “If there was something we did wrong, it Kreuzer, who had been in the role for a The board at its July 9 meeting decided to members in an open public hearing about certainly wasn’t done in any intent of trying decade, was placed on paid administrative hold interviews and potentially make a hire whether to go ahead with the single inter- to keep any information from anybody or do leave through the remainder of her tenure. on Aug. 27. view, delay interviews to solicit more can- something purposely,” she said. She has since sued the district for wrongful However, after two of the candidates didates or delay hiring altogether due to She called the five members of the board, termination, alleging she was the target of pulled out of the process, Bohner said, the the lawsuit, for example, then allow the full who are elected to serve and receive meeting gender discrimination and harassment from district found itself with just one viable can- board to discuss the matter and reach a con- stipends, volunteers. at least three current board members during didate less than two weeks before the Aug. sensus on how to proceed. “We may not be doing things exactly the her time in the district. 27 meeting. The news came at a time when While the interviews were canceled, the way things should be done to the letter, but In the suit, Kreuzer says the board de- several board members were on vacation, board still met in closed session on Aug. we’re doing our best,” she said. clined to renew her contract as retaliation she noted; the board did not hold a regular 27, which according to the meeting agenda She said the board chose to discuss the hir- for complaining to board members and monthly meeting in August. was to discuss pending litigation facing the ing process at the Aug. 27 meeting because Marin County counsel about the district’s “It was like a fire drill,” Bohner said. district as well as the general-manager ap- the board was already scheduled to discuss “hostile” work environment, which she al- In its urgency to resolve the situation, pointment. the pending litigation in closed session. leges included sexist comments from board however, the board made several moves that “There was some discussion at that point Bohner said the board’s human-resources member Jeff Francis and multiple instances raise questions about the transparency of its during that meeting about how we should subcommittee plans to continue discussing of Francis, Bohner and Nichols violating decision-making process. proceed” with the hiring process, Bohner recruitment for the position and expects to the Ralph M. Brown Act, the California law Bohner said she received an update on said. provide an update to the full board at its Oc- that guarantees public access to meetings of the candidates dropping out from Nichols; The Brown Act authorizes a closed-ses- tober meeting. local government agencies, by strategizing the two women serve on the board’s human- sion meeting “to consider the appointment, She noted the board is committed to find- about board business outside of meetings. resources subcommittee. employment, evaluation of performance, ing the right candidate. Along with the district, Bohner, Francis After discussing the situation, “I made discipline or dismissal of a public employee “I think that’s the most important thing, is and Nichols are named as defendants in the an executive decision as board chair to can- or to hear complaints or charges brought finding someone who is a good fit for Straw- suit, in which Kreuzer is seeking unspeci- cel the interview for (Aug.) 27 and regroup against an employee.” berry,” she said. “It’s a small place. There are fied damages. Francis has denied the allega- and figure out what next steps would be,” Ewert said the board can use a closed only four other full-time employees (in the tions, while Bohner has previously said she Bohner said. session to talk about various candidates it district). It’s really important to us that we feels confident “the truth will come out.” Bohner said Nichols then emailed the rest interviews or questions it wants to pose to find the right person who understands, you Bohner said in a Sept. 11 interview the law- of the board an update from the subcom- potential candidates, but general discussion know, the situation and has some knowledge suit was a factor in the board wanting to push mittee to let them know the interviews were of how the board is going to handle filling of pools and maintenance and the scope of the hire of a new general manager to 2020. canceled. a position appears to “exceed the scope” of what Strawberry is.” “I think with the pending litigation, it’s The Brown Act prohibits serial meetings, what is allowed. kind of difficult to have a general manager in which a majority of board members dis- “I think that (they) do have a potential vio- Reach Assistant Editor and Strawberry come in at this point that does not have any cuss board business outside of a noticed lation on (their) hands based on that,” he said. reporter Emily Lavin at 415-944-3841. 20 NEWS | THE ARK • September 18, 2019 thearknewspaper.com

Boat, continued from page 1 and found Burillo at his Bellevue Avenue In addition to the Tiburon Police Depart- above the yacht club parking lot, Mujica- ——— house at the tip of Corinthian Island. It was ment and Marin County Sheriff’s Office, the Beavers said she didn’t get home until 10 unclear at press time whether Burillo had U.S. Coast Guard is also investigating the p.m. Sunday and didn’t witness the police Burillo’s bail has been set at $1 million. left the boys so he could place the 911 call. incident. response. She spoke to members of Burillos’ Police say that about 7 p.m. Sept. 15, Bu- “He was grief-stricken but completely co- Burillo, also known as Javier Burillo extended family on Monday, who said the rillo called 911 to report an injured and un- operative,” Cronin said in an interview. Azcarraga, is a well-known real-estate de- 27-year-old son was going to need surgery responsive 11-year-old boy on a boat docked “I really cannot imagine his grief,” Cronin veloper in Mexico and the U.S. who report- on his knee. at the Corinthian Yacht Club. said. edly owns some 18 restaurants and is the “I’m very close to the family, and I know The boy and his 27-year-old half-brother Cronin said police officers at the scene developer of Las Ventanas al Paraiso, an how much (Burillo) adored his kids,” she said. had been thrown from a 33-foot Targa Pro- administered a breath test and determined award-winning resort in San Jose del Cabo She said the elder son’s mother lives in tector in rough waters near Angel Island Burillo had been drinking, and his blood- on Mexico’s Baja California peninsula. The Mexico and was flying in Sept. 16. as they were crossing from San Francisco, alcohol concentration was over the .08 limit Azcarraga family is one of the wealthiest in Burillo and the younger boy’s mother, Tiburon Police Chief Mike Cronin said. for operating a boat. The exact result was Mexico and owns Televisa, the primary TV Rose, had been married for 20 years but During recovery, the boat — a hard- not available at press time. network in Mexico and reportedly the larg- recently separated, pending a divorce case hulled inflatable with twin outboard motors Investigators say it’s unclear whether the est producer and broadcaster of Spanish- filed in Marin Superior Court in April. — struck the two victims, Cronin said. two sons were wearing life jackets when language media in the world. Mujica-Beavers said Burillo and his fam- The 27-year-old was able to help the boat’s they were thrown from the boat. Burillo and News of the incident drew Bay Area and ily moved to Corinthian Island about 15 operator, identified by police as their father, his sons were the only people aboard. Spanish-language news vans and helicop- years ago. They had also owned a home in Burillo, recover the 11-year-old from the Cronin said no witnesses to the incident ters to Belvedere’s shores through the day Kenwood. water. have yet been identified. Sept. 16. Rose Burillo recently moved into a rental Tiburon Fire Protection District paramed- The exact cause and manner of the boy’s Azita Mujica-Beavers, who lives on East- home in Paradise Cay. ics and the Belvedere police were the first to death will be determined through a post- view Avenue overlooking the Corinthian The boy, who had special needs, had been arrive at the docks of the Corinthian Yacht mortem examination and toxicology test, Yacht Club, said she’s known Burillo and his attending Escuela Bilingue Internacional in Club, where Burillo is a member and has a and the results are expected to be released family in Mexico for decades. She described Emeryville for two years but was recently slip, and found the brothers on a slip close later this week, Cronin said. Burillo as a “very good family man.” being home-schooled. to the parking lot. The 11-year-old was pro- Several Marin sheriff’s deputies were at “He is a wonderful man, he loves his chil- nounced dead, and his older brother was the Burillo home on Sept. 16 but declined to dren,” she said. “This must have been a hor- Reporter Hannah Weikel covers the city taken to Marin General Hospital with severe say whether they were executing a search, rible nightmare accident. The fact they are of Belvedere, as well as crime, courts and leg lacerations. adding only that they were there as part of holding him (in jail) is insane.” public safety issues on the Tiburon Penin- Tiburon police took over the investigation the investigation. Though her home is perched directly sula. Reach her at 415-944-4627.

Anchorage, continued from page 1 highest in years, but damage from anchoring Road,” he said. the bay are fill and therefore illegal. The agen- ——— is clearly apparent, he said. Winter said he felt there was “ample area” cy will need the commission’s endorsement if He showed aerial photographs of crop to install the field in county waters. it wants to install a mooring field, but that is A small field for transient boats could be circles dug into eel-grass beds from anchor But the area Merkel suggests is almost looking less and less likely. placed in Belvedere Cove off the west shore of chains dragging on the sea bed and scars entirely within Belvedere waters, because all At a meeting earlier the same day in San Corinthian Island, he said. from boats that rest on the sea floor at low but a small section of county water is either Francisco, bay agency representatives and “We looked at this from a purely ecologi- tide. too shallow, too rough or home to eelgrass. Merkel presented the results of the survey to cal standpoint,” Merkel said, “The question “The reality is mooring is definitely having Boats would need to be shifted away from the Conservation and Development Commis- is, could mooring solve ecological conflicts in an effect on eelgrass habitat,” he said. Sausalito, where most of the beds occur, to- sion’s enforcement committee. The committee the bay?” Merkel said his study showed the number ward Belvedere Island. said it would prefer to see the Richardson Bay The findings may please environmentalists of mooring on the anchorage has increased to In addition to determining the best loca- agency crack down on long-term anchoring who have long argued that boats anchored about 200, the highest in years. Most boats tion, Merkel suggested installing publicly and liveaboards and would not recommend long term in Sausalito and Marin waters were now located farther east and south, out owned “conservation moorings” that would the commission agree to a mooring field. are damaging precious eelgrass beds. But of Sausalito waters, he said, probably because be permanently screwed into the sea floor Removing liveaboards would be tricky. For the suggestion immediately roiled Belvedere the city of Sausalito’s drive to rid its waters with lines that would not drag. Each mooring more than 30 years, a group of anchor-outs residents who have been trying for decades to of derelict boats has pushed anchor-outs into would have an address, and one boat would has fiercely defended its nautical way of life, keep anchor-outs away from their docks and Marin and Belvedere waters. need to be registered to that mooring alone. sometimes in court. Most anchor-outs can’t af- don’t want them as neighbors. The study also took into account the bay’s He warned that managing the field would ford the high price of rent in Marin and would “There’s no way the people of Belvedere bathymetry and wave action. Based on be crucial to its success. likely end up on the streets. Sausalito is tak- are going to put up with that nonsense,” West waves, sea depth and eelgrass-bed locations, “Whatever you do, you need to come up ing tentative steps to pay for berths for those Shore Road resident Chuck Kamanski said. Merkel concluded the agency should locate its with rules, and you need to enforce them,” he anchor-outs who wish to come in off the water. “There are going to be people raising Cain.” primary mooring field away from Sausalito’s said. Richardson Bay agency board members The bay agency board says a mooring field eelgrass beds in the deeper waters near Bel- Over the years, Richardson Bay’s anchor- say making sure every boat on the anchor- would help regulate the almost 200 boats vedere Island. age has been something of a free-for-all, with age is on a mooring ball will help to ensure parked permanently in Richardson Bay, He suggested a primary mooring field more and more derelict boats coming in de- that boats are seaworthy, registered and in- many of them unseaworthy and improperly could run 600 feet from shore off West Shore spite millions of dollars spent trying to abate sured. Because mariners will be hooked up anchored. Road, then veer out into the central part of the them. to a publicly owned and maintained mooring, To determine the best location, Merkel’s bay southwest toward the mouth of the bay, Some boats are dumped by owners who the boats will no longer slip anchor in storms firm spent nine months studying wave, sea- with the area closest to shore for small ves- can no longer afford them. Others are home to and end up on Tiburon and Belvedere shores. floor conditions and bay ecology in Richard- sels and larger vessels farther out. people suffering from poverty, homelessness Merkel said he thought it would not be dif- son Bay. The study area included bay agency In addition to the small field for transient or mental-health or addiction issues. Many ficult to secure government money to install and Sausalito waters as well as Belvedere boats off Belvedere Cove, there would also anchor-outs buy boats cheap at auction and a mooring field because grants to preserve Cove, and it excluded the shallows off Straw- be a small area labeled “transition” close in bring them into the anchorage to use them for eelgrass are readily available. berry and Mill Valley, Racoon Strait, the 900- to Sausalito’s shore where so-called “legacy” storage or to fix up and sell. But the community would also need to acre Richardson Bay Audubon Sanctuary anchor-outs could stay. The Richardson Bay Regional Agency, raise money to help anchor-outs maintain and the narrow federal navigation channel Because the presentation was listed as which is tasked with managing the anchor- their vessels. Merkel told board members off Sausalito. an information item on the board’s agenda, age, has toyed with the idea of a mooring derelict boats would not survive long in the While the $140,000 study did not focus on members could not legally comment on the field for years. Some board members insist a deeper, rougher waters off Belvedere Island. accommodating land-support facilities for proposal or otherwise discuss it at the hear- mooring field is the best way to regulate and If boats could be clean and well-main- anchor-outs or social-justice issues, it was to ing. However, the board intends to place the monitor boats on the anchorage. They point tained, West Shore resident Kamanski said, account for the long-term viability of the rec- item on a future agenda for discussion and to other anchorages across the country that Belvedere citizens might be willing to share ommendation, including being safe, fundable, possible vote on next steps. have solved their anchor-out problems by in- their waters. enforceable — and “widely acceptable.” After the meeting, Belvedere City Council- stalling a well-regulated mooring field. “If you’re just coming through and the boat In his finding, Merkel concluded current member Marty Winter, the city’s representa- The idea has proved controversial. is seaworthy,” he said, “we don’t have a prob- long-term anchoring out is damaging eel- tive to the agency board, said Merkel’s study The city of Sausalito refused to pay its share lem with that.” grass, a type of sea grass that provides vital addressed only the best location from an eco- of the cost to study and eventually develop a habitat for herring and other marine life, con- logical standpoint. mooring field, dropping out of the agency to Contributing writer Gretchen Lang of Bel- firming a previous aerial study of the anchor- There were many other factors to consider pursue an aggressive enforcement strategy. vedere covers the environment. She spent age commissioned by Audubon California. when deciding where to put a field, he said. The San Francisco Bay Conservation and 15 years abroad writing for newspapers Merkel’s latest survey found 837.3 acres “I don’t think anyone is suggesting a moor- Development Commission also remains skep- including the Boston Globe and the Inter- of eelgrass coverage in Richardson Bay, the ing field is going to happen off West Shore tical, saying boats anchored permanently on national Herald Tribune. September 18, 2019

ArkBeat ‘The Serengeti Rules,’ about naturalists’ six-decade journey to understand the interconnectedness of nature, starting with tide pools, will show at the Mountainfilm Festival at the Throckmorton Theater Sept. 21. Passion Planet

Watch movies about outdoor adventures at Mountainfilm Festival Sample new brews at Help the environment The eighth annual Mountainfilm Festival runs Sept. 20-22 at the Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Tiburon Taps event at Coastal Cleanup Day Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. For three days, More than two-dozen breweries will be serving un- Volunteers can help in a statewide effort to improve the there will be programs of feature films and shorts limited tastings of their craft beers at the sixth annual environment at California Coastal Cleanup Day Sept. 21. about outdoor adventures with guest speakers Tiburon Taps beer festival, set for 1-4 p.m. Sept. 21 at There are several organized meet-ups on and near the and performances. Film topics include mountain Shoreline Park along the first block of Paradise Drive. Tiburon Peninsula to help pick up trash, including Blackie’s climbing in Antarctica in “Queen Maud Land”; There will also be a selection of ciders, coffee and kom- Pasture, at West Shore Road and San Rafael Avenue in Bel- naturalists studying the web of life in “The bucha and free food samples from Sam’s Anchor Cafe, vedere, Brickyard Park, Aramburu Island and the Pohono Serengeti Rules”; and “Fire on the Hill,” about the plus live music from “yacht rock” band Mustache Harbor. Shoreline Office Park. Participants should wear closed-toes last public stable in South Central Los Angeles. Admission is $40-45 in advance, $55 at the door and $25 shoes, dress in layers and bring gloves and buckets or reus- There is also a series of shorts for kids, curated by for designated-drivers. Attendees must be 21 years old or able bags. Some locations require an RSVP; see website for kids, at 11 a.m. Sept. 22. Tickets are $16 per show older — no pets and no babies. Proceeds raised will go to details. Those who volunteer will be rewarded with a barbe- or $110 for a festival pass. Info: 415-383-9600 or support Belvedere-Tiburon Recreation’s scholarship pro- cue lunch noon-2 p.m. at the Bay Model Visitor Center, 2100 throckmortontheatre.org. grams for youth and seniors. Info: tiburontaps.org. Bridgeway, Sausalito. Info: 415-289-3027 or coastal.ca.gov.

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‘Neil Young Calendar Trunk Show’ ART Info: 415-924-5111 or MUSIC larktheater.net FACES: Enjoy “50 Faces,” mosaics GUITAR: Listen to The Eric Krasno from the Scuola Mosaicisti del Friuli Trio, with Grahame Lesh, 8 p.m. Sept. in Italy, reception 5-8 p.m. Sept. 21, exhibit SINGER: See “Linda Ronstadt: The 19 and 9 p.m. Sept. 20. $25-$30. Sweet- 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesdays-Fridays, 11 Sound of My Voice,” 6:15 p.m. and water Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera a.m.-5 p.m. weekends through Nov. 10. 8:30 p.m. Sept. 18-19. Ave., Mill Valley. $8-$10. Marin Museum of Contempo- Info: 415-388-3850 or SONGS: Watch “Beyond the Fear rary Art, 500 Palm Drive, Novato. sweetwatermusichall.com of Singing,” followed by a Q&A with Info: 415-506-0137 or filmmakerMichael Stillwater and ROOTS: Hear Americana and roots marinmoca.org guests, 6:30 p.m. Sept. 22. $11-$13. music at a Late Summer Jam with Jackie Greene, Blitzen Trapper, DUO: See paintings by Renée Batt and Malcolm Gladwell $8.50-$11.75, except where noted. Call for Kelly Finnigan and Kendra McKin- sculpture by Deloss Webber at “In additional dates and showtimes. Rafael ley, 6 p.m. Sept. 21. $60. Sweetwater Harmony,” 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays-Sat- BOSS: See “Blinded By the Light,” Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave., urdays and noon-5 p.m. Sundays through Film Center, 1118 Fourth St., San 3:45 p.m. Sept. 18-19 and 6:45 p.m. Sept. Mill Valley. Sept. 29. Free. Seager Gray Gallery, Rafael. 18. Info: 415-388-3850 or 108 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Val- Info: 415-454-1222 or rafaelfilm.org sweetwatermusichall.com ley. HORROR: Watch “It Chapter Two,” Info: 415-384-8288 or 3:30 p.m. Sept. 18-19 and 7 p.m. Sept. 18. CHORUS: Hear men’s chorus Chan- seagergray.com ticleer’s concert “Trade Winds,” 5 FANCY: Visit “Downton Abbey,” ITALY: See “Just Believe,” 5:30 p.m. p.m. Sept. 22. $20-$62. Osher Marin PANEL: See the group show “Works opening 7 p.m. Sept. 19. and 7:45 p.m. Sept. 21 and “Un Amore Jewish Community Center, 200 N. on Canvas and Panel,” 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Cosi Grande,” 4 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. San Pedro Road, San Rafael. weekdays through Sept. 30. Free. Robert SPACE: See “Ad Astra” starring Sept. 22, part of the 43rd annual Italian Info: 415-444-8000 or Allen Fine Art, 301 Caledonia St., Brad Pitt and Tommy Lee Jones, Film Festival. $16. Marin Center marinjcc.org/arts opening 7:15 p.m. Sept. 19. Showcase Theater, 10 Av- Sausalito. FOLK: Spend an “Early Harvest enue of the Flags, San Info: 415-331-2800 or Hang” with Willie Watson, $7.50-$10.50. Call for additional dates Rafael. robertallenfineart.com with The Sweet Lillies, and showtimes. Tiburon Playhouse, Info: 415-473-6800 7 p.m. Sept. 22. $26-$28. 40 Main St., Tiburon. or Sweetwater Music AUTHOR Info: 415-435-1251 or marincenter.org arkn.ws/tiburonplayhouse Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave., Mill Valley. SERIES: Hear Colson Whitehead discuss “The Nickel Boys,” 7 p.m. Sept. KIDS Info: 415-388-3850 or 20 and Malcolm Gladwell talk CLOWN: Watch “It Chapter Two,” sweetwatermusichall. about “Talking to Strang- 11 a.m. and 2:50 p.m. Sept. 18-19 and MUSIC: Enjoy com ers,” 1 p.m. Sept. 22, part 6:45 p.m. and 10:35 p.m. Sept. 18. Free Fallin’: The JAZZ: Listen to Cory of the Dominican Music of Tom Eric Jamison, 7 p.m. Sept. 23. ENGLAND: See “Down- University Lead- Petty for Kids, 11:30 Krasno $20. Sweetwater Music ton Abbey,” 7 p.m. and 10 ership Lecture a.m. Sept. 22. $15-$17. Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave., p.m. Sept. 19. Series. $30-$45. Sweetwater Music Hall, Mill Valley. Angelico Hall, $8-$12.50. Call for addi- 19 Corte Madera Ave., Mill Valley. Info: 415-388-3850 or Dominican Uni- tional dates and show- Info: 415-388-3850 or sweetwatermusichall.com versity of Cali- times. Century Cinema, sweetwatermusichall.com fornia, 50 Acacia Colson 41 Tamal Vista Blvd., STAGE Ave., San Rafael. Whitehead Corte Madera. Info: 415-927-0960 or Info: 415-924-6506 or LECTURE READING: See a reading of the new dominican.edu/events arkn.ws/centurycinema work “La Sirena” by Eteya Trini- OCEAN: Hear the talk “Sears Point dad, 7 p.m. Sept. 22. $5-$10. The Barn Tidal Marsh Restoration: Dis- Theatre, 30 Sir Francis Drake JOURNEY: Hear Salman Rushdie FAMILY: Watch “The Peanut But- secting Rapid Ecological Change Blvd., Ross. discuss “Quichotte,” 1 p.m. Sept. 21. ter Falcon,” 4:55 p.m. Sept. 18-19 and Through Multiple Lenses,” part Info: 415-456-9555 or $31, includes signed book. 7:20 p.m. Sept. 18. of the Rosenberg Institute Public rossvalleyplayers.com Seminar Series, 3:30 p.m. Sept. 25. ZIMBABWE: Listen to Petina Gap- SEQUEL: Watch “It Chapter Two,” Free. Estuary and Ocean Science FOREST: Watch “A Midsummer pah on “Out of Darkness, Shining 3:25 p.m. Sept. 18-19 and 7 p.m. Sept. 18. Center at Romberg, 3152 Paradise Night’s Dream” from the Marin Light,” 7 p.m. Sept. 23. Drive, Tiburon. Shakespeare Co., 8 p.m. Thursdays- $9-$12.25. Call for additional dates and Info: 415-338-3700 or Saturdays and 4 p.m. Sundays through FBI: Hear Josh Campbell talk about Sept. 29. $10-$38. showtimes. CinéArts Sequoia, 25 eoscenter.sfsu.edu Forest Meadows “Crossfire Hurricane: Inside Don- Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. Amphitheater, Dominican Univer- ald Trump’s War on the FBI,” 7 p.m. Info: 415-388-1190 or sity of California, 890 Belle Ave., Sept. 24. arkn.ws/cinesequoia San Rafael. Info: 415-499-4488 or All events are free, unless noted. Book marinshakespeare.org Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., THEATER: Watch the one-woman Corte Madera. show “Fleabag” from London’s West MYSTERY: See the Ross Valley Info: 415-927-0960 or End, 6:30 p.m. Sept. 18 and 24, 3:15 p.m. Players’ presentation of Agatha bookpassage.com Sept. 21 and 6 p.m. Oct. 3. $12-$30. Christie’s “The Mousetrap,” 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, 8 p.m. Fridays-Satur- CONCERT: See “Neil Young Trunk days, 2 p.m. Sundays through Oct. 13. FILM Show,” 7:30 p.m. Sept. 25. $10-$18. $17-$29. The Barn Theatre, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Ross. PAINTING: Watch “The Goldfinch,” Lark Theater, 549 Magnolia Ave., Info: 415-456-9555 or 3:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Sept. 18-19. Larkspur. Petina Gappah rossvalleyplayers.com facebook.com/thearknewspaper September 18, 2019 • The ARK | ARKBEAT 23 The Arts SF Opera tells familiar tragic story with ‘Romeo and Juliet’ By CAROL BENET [email protected] ——— ot since 1988 has the San Francisco Opera pro- duced Charles Gounod’s “Romeo and Juliet.” Jean- N Louis Grinda directs the show, which originated with two opera companies, Teatro Carlo Felice and Opéra de Monaco. It perfectly replicates the feeling of Renaissance Verona, the site and time of the famous story. Superstar soprano Nadine Sierra, who has performed all over the world including at the Metropolitan Opera, beautifully sings Juliet, and the if you go wonderful tenor Pene “Romeo and Juliet” plays Pati is Romeo. Pati was through Oct. 1 at the San Fran- scheduled for only the cisco Opera, 301 Van Ness Oct. 1 performance along Ave., San Francisco. with his wife, fellow New Evenings: 7:30 p.m. Sept. Zealander Amina Edris, 18, 21 and 24 and Oct. 1. but he has stepped into Matinees: 2 p.m. Sept. 29. Tickets: $31-$398. all performances after Info: sfopera.com or 415- the original singer for 864-3330. Romeo, Bryan Hymel, resigned for personal reasons. The ill-fated lovers in this operatic adaptation of Shake- speare’s “Romeo and Juliet” are a bit older than the Bard wrote them. Instead of Shakespeare’s 13-year-old Juliet, here she is 16 but still as frivolous and playful as intended. Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera Romeo is also young and exhibits a bit of youthful awk- Nadine Sierra stars as Juliet in Gounod’s ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ playing at the San Francisco Opera through Oct. 1. wardness in his new passion. Twice the librettists Jules Barbier and Michel Carré remind us Romeo had a previous dark costumes belong to the Montagues and the bright libretto remains in French with English supertitles. Roberto girlfriend in Roselind, with whom he was madly love until reds to the Capulets. Venturi’s lighting appropriately changes from the bright- he saw Juliet. All of a sudden in a “coup de foudre,” Romeo From the moment Romeo and Juliet see each other, the ness of the ball to the dark tomb scene. and Juliet fall in love. fate of the story is well-known by members of the audience The current cast is filled with graduates of the opera’s The opera opens with an exciting overture that foretells who have attended the Shakespeare play, Prokofiev’s ballet Merola and Adler training programs. Graduate cast mem- of the tragedy in minor-keyed resonance. It ends in an intri- or Gounod’s opera. The catharsis that takes place after the bers not only include the principals Sierra and Pati but cate Baroque fugue. The chorus tells the story of the two tragic ending comes because the audience is familiar with also Lucas Meachem as Mercutio, a role he also performed feuding families. One delicate part is sung with only a harp the story and, through the process of witnessing it, is able with the Metropolitan Opera; Daniel Montenegro as Tybalt; accompaniment. to cleanse its emotions, release the building tension and go James Creswell as Friar Lawrence; SeokJong Baek as Gre- The next scene opens at a ball held at the Capulets’ away feeling satisfied. This is how catharsis works, accord- gorio; Philip Skinner as the Duke of Verona; and Hadleigh palace in celebration of Juliet’s birthday. The bubbly Juliet ing to Aristotle. Adams as Paris, as well as Edris, set to play Juliet in the makes it clear she does not want to follow her father’s Eric Chevalier’s sets are fitting and fresh, especially in Oct. 1 show. This is a fine example of the importance of the wishes to become betrothed to Paris (Hadleigh Adams). Juliet’s garden, where he has substituted a long ramp for opera’s training programs to the future of the art. Amidst all the commotion, four couples of ballet dancers the standard balcony from which Juliet sings “Romeo, — choreographed by Lawrence Pech — almost get lost in Romeo. Wherefore art thou?” His bedroom scene is spectac- Arts writer Carol Benet, a Belvedere resident since 1969, all the movement. Two masked intruders sneak in. We can ular, with only a very long white drape hanging from the earned a Ph.D. in comparative literature from UC Berkeley. always keep track of the two sides of the feud because the rafters to define the intimate space. 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Mannion be filed no more than 40 days from KENNETH DICKINSON NO. 2019147459 Ark Legal 3366 Sept 4, 11, 18, 25, 223 MIRADA AVENUE 18, 2019 Notice: This statement expires on THE COURT ORDERS that all persons expiration. interested in this matter appear before 2019 The following person is doing business SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903 8/20/2024. A new FBN statement must This business is conducted by an in- FICTITIOUS BUSINESS be filed no more than 40 days from this court at the hearing indicated below as: to show cause, if any, why the peti- FICTITIOUS BUSINESS FOX RIDGE dividual NAME STATEMENT expiration. /s/Kenneth Dickinson NO. 2019147324 The following person is doing business tion for change of name should not be NAME STATEMENT 50 FOX DRIVE granted. Any person objecting to the NO. 2019147491 INVERNESS, CA 94956 232 Mirada Ave. Notice: This statement expires on as: San Rafael, CA 94903 7/30/2024. A new FBN statement must THE ENGINEERING INTERNSHIP AND name changes described above must file Notice: This statement expires on POINT REYES VACATION RENTALS, a written objection that includes the rea- 8/26/2024. A new FBN statement must INC. FILED:August 30, 2019 be filed no more than 40 days from TUTORING GROUP Shelly Scott expiration. 617 MEADOWSWEET DRIVE sons for the objection at least two court be filed no more than 40 days from 1390 LIMANTOUR DR. BOX 452 days before the matter is scheduled to be expiration. POINT REYES, CA 94956 Marin County Clerk The following person is doing business CORTE MADERA, CA 94925 By: L. Vawter as: DAVID M. JONES heard and must appear at the hearing The following person is doing business This business is conducted by a cor- to show cause why the petition should as: poration Ark Legal 3373 Sept 11, 18, 25, Oct WALNUT WOODS APARTMENTS 617 MEADOWSWEET DRIVE 2, 2019 100 SHORELINE HWY, SUITE 160B CORTE MADERA, CA 94925 not be granted. If no written objection BETUL MALIK FINE JEWELLERY /s/Aaron Ely, President MILL VALLEY, CA 94941 This business is conducted by an in- is timely filed, the court may grant the 80 E. MAIN STREET P.O. Box 1120 MONTGOMERY PARTNERS, INC. dividual petition without a hearing. TIBURON, CA 94920 Point Reyes Station, CA 94956 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS 100 SHORELINE HWY, SUITE 160B /s/David M. Jones, Owner NOTICE OF HEARING BETUL MALIK FILED:July 31, 2019 MILL VALLEY, CA 94941 145 Corte Madera Town Center, #112 a. Date: OCT 25, 2019. Time: 9:00 80 E. MAIN STREET Shelly Scott ——— This business is conducted by a limited Corte Madera, CA 94925 a.m. Dept: B, Room: B TIBURON, CA 94920 Marin County Clerk See LEGALS, next page facebook.com/thearknewspaper September 18, 2019 • The ARK | ARKBEAT 25

Two men are seen on a Circle continued from page 5 Burglaries, Drive resident’s surveillance ——— footage peering into cars and he was walking to his car shortly before 5 a.m. testing door handles at 4:41 a.m. Sept. 12. Police are seeking and saw a man with a backpack walking down information on the men, who the street. are believed to be connected to One Tiburon resident commented on the Next- thefts from six unlocked cars on door post her car was also stolen from the area the street that morning. around the same time that morning. She said it was found a short distance away on Cayford Drive. “I’ve never been so grateful that my car is bare- ly running,” she wrote. “(Police) also fingerprinted my car everywhere looking for decent prints. You could see hand prints on every window and door, but they were wearing gloves.” Gutierrez said police are reviewing license-plate numbers captured by cameras on Tiburon Bou- levard around the time of the break-ins with the hope of identifying the suspects through car-reg- istration information. In July, two women were arrested after police allegedly found them breaking into cars at The Cove at Tiburon apartment buildings on the other side of Tiburon Boulevard. —Hannah Weikel

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Notice: This statement expires on expiration. ROSS, CA 94957 Review for construction of a 405 square Legals, continued from previous page 8/15/2024. A new FBN statement must The following person is doing business PATTY ALEXANDER foot addition (covered patio structure) ——— be filed no more than 40 days from as: 95 WELLINGTON AVE. and other exterior improvements to an expiration. THE PENDOLINO GROUP ROSS, CA 94957 existing single-family dwelling, with a The following person is doing business 51 MONTE MAR DR. This business is conducted by an in- Variance for excess lot coverage. The NAME STATEMENT NO. 2019147522 single story home would cover 4,345 NO. 2019147531 Notice: This statement expires on as: SAUSALITO, CA 94965 dividual PILATES TIBURON DIANNA D. WILUSZ, LLC /s/Patty Alexander, Owner square feet (21 percent) where 15 per- Notice: This statement expires on 9/3/2024. A new FBN statement must cent is required in RO-2 zone. 8/30/2024. A new FBN statement must be filed no more than 40 days from TIBURON PILATES 51 MONTE MAR DR. P.O. Box 1404 PILATES STUDIO TIBURON SAUSALITO, CA 94965 Ross, CA 94957 Information on the application is available be filed no more than 40 days from expiration. for review in the Tiburon Community expiration. The following person is doing business 78 MAIN STREET This business is conducted by a limited FILED: AUGUST 8, 2019 TIBURON, CA 94920 liability company Shelly Scott Development Department, Tiburon The following person is doing business as: Town Hall, 1505 Tiburon Boulevard, as: GRAFCON FIRON FITNESS TIBURON, LLC /s/Dianna Wilusz, CEO Marin County Clerk 10 MEADOW DRIVE 51 Monte Mar Dr. By: L. Vawter Tiburon, CA 94920. Written comments THE VILLAGE CORNER 1606 JUANITA LANE are welcome and must be received 3 ROSS COMMON TIBURON, CA 94920 MILL VALLEY, CA 94941 Sausalito, CA 94965 Ark Legal 3378 Sept 11, 18, 25, Oct This business is conducted by a limited FILED: September 5, 2019 2, 2019 by the Planning Division on or before ROSS, CA 94957 THOMAS E. GRAF the Monday prior to the meeting date. SALLY N. NEWSON 142 BELLA VISTA liability company Shelly Scott /s/Amelia Abrahams, Owner Marin County Clerk Questions should be directed to Kyra 256 BAYVIEW AVENUE BELVEDERE, CA 94920 TOWN OF TIBURON 10 Meadow Drive By: C. Sanchez O’Malley, Senior Planner, at 415-435- BELVEDERE, CA 94920 This business is conducted by an in- NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 7397 or at [email protected]. This business is conducted by an individual Mill Valley, CA 94941 Ark Legal 3377 Sept 11, 18, 25, Oct Tiburon Design Review Board FILED: August 15, 2019 IF YOU CHALLENGE IN COURT ANY dividual /s/Tom Graf, Principal 2, 2019 Thursday, October 3, 2019, Shelly Scott MATTER DESCRIBED ABOVE, YOU /s/Sally Newson, Owner P.O. Box 1105 7: 00 P.M. Marin County Clerk MAY BE LIMITED TO RAISING ONLY P.O. Box 351 Tiburon, CA 94920 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS Town Council Chambers, 1505 Tiburon By: J. Mannion THOSE ISSUES RAISED AT THE PUBLIC Ross, CA 94957 FILED:September 3, 2019 NAME STATEMENT Boulevard MEETING, DESCRIBED IN THIS NOTICE, FILED:August 30, 2019 Shelly Scott Ark Legal 3376 Sept 11, 18, 25, Oct NO. 2019147391 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 2, 2019 OR IN WRITTEN CORRESPONDENCE Shelly Scott Marin County Clerk Notice: This statement expires on Design Review Board of the Town of DELIVERED AT, OR PRIOR TO, THE Marin County Clerk By: J. Gilardi 8/8/2024. A new FBN statement must Tiburon will hold a public meeting to ABOVE REFERENCED PUBLIC MEETING By: L. Vawter Ark Legal 3375 Sept 11, 18, 25, Oct FICTITIOUS BUSINESS be filed no more than 40 days from consider, among others, the request of: (Government Code Section 65009 (b) Ark Legal 3374 Sept 11, 18, 25, Oct 2, 2019 NAME STATEMENT expiration. 1896 MOUNTAIN VIEW DRIVE; (2).) 2, 2019 NO. 2019147541 The following person is doing business Assessor’s Parcel No. 059-042-04; File TO BE PUBLISHED AS LEGAL IN THE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS Notice: This statement expires on as: Nos. DR2019-042 and VAR2019-007; ARK ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 9/5/2024. A new FBN statement must TALES OF THE BAY Beaudan and Kawawa, Owners; con- 2019 NAME STATEMENT NO. 2019147440 be filed no more than 40 days from 95 WELLINGTON AVE. sideration of Site Plan and Architectural Ark Legal 3379 Sept 18, 2019 26 ARKBEAT | THE ARK • September 18, 2019 thearknewspaper.com

WALK • BIKE • FERRY • BUS Robin’s Recipes by Robin Scott Wray Tiburon Peninsula Transit Schedules Weekday Route 219/219F shuttle bus Weekend Route 219 shuttle bus Depart Arrive Depart Arrive Depart Arrive Depart Arrive Turkey Bolognese Strawberry Tiburon Tiburon Strawberry Strawberry Tiburon Tiburon Strawberry Reed & Tiburon Tiburon Reed & Reed & Tiburon Tiburon Reed & Belvedere & Main & Main Belvedere* Belvedere & Main & Main Belvedere* I usually double this recipe and keep a quart of it in the freezer to have on a rainy day. 6:18 am 6:30 am 6:38 am 6:53 am 7:43 am 7:59 am 8:06 am 8:18 am You can use ground beef, turkey or chicken. The pasta is also interchangeable; I love angel 7:19 am 7:45 am 7:54 am 8:12 am 8:18 am 8:34 am 8:41 am 8:53 am hair with this, but rigatoni, ziti, spaghetti or linguini would also work. 7:45 am 8:05 am 8:27 am 8:46 am 8:53 am 9:09 am 9:16 am 9:28 am 8:26 am 8:55 am 8:59 am 9:18 am 9:28 am 9:44 am 9:51 am 10:03 am Ingredients 8:46 am 9:02 am 9:27 am 9:46 am 10:03 am 10:19 am 10:26 am 10:38 am 2 tablespoons olive oil 9:18 am 9:34 am ------10:38 am 10:54 am 11:01 am 11:13 am 9:46 am 10:02 am 10:08 am 10:20 am 11:13 am 11:29 am 11:36 am 11:48 am 1 pound ground turkey 10:20 am 10:36 am 10:43 am 10:55 am 11:48 am 12:04 pm 12:11 pm 12:23 am 1 onion, diced 10:55 am 11:11 am 11:18 am 11:30 am 12:23 pm 12:39 pm 12:46 pm 12:58 pm 2 carrots, peeled and diced 11:30 am 11:46 pm 11:53 am 12:05 pm 12:58 pm 1:14 pm 1:21 pm 1:33 pm 2 stalks celery, diced 12:05 pm 12:21 pm 12:34 pm 12:46 pm 1:33 pm 1:49 pm 1:56 pm 2:08 pm 4 teaspoons garlic, crushed 12:46 pm 1:02 pm 1:08 pm 1:20 pm 2:08 pm 2:24 pm 2:31 pm 2:43 pm 1:20 pm 1:36 pm 1:38 pm 1:48 pm 1 28-ounce can San Marzano tomatoes 1:54 pm 2:10 pm 2:14 pm 2:24 pm 2:43 pm 2:59 pm 3:06 pm 3:18 pm 2 tablespoons tomato paste 2:30 pm 2:46 pm 2:56 pm 3:12 pm 3:18 pm 3:34 pm 3:41 pm 3:53 pm 1 tablespoon oregano 3:18 pm 3:38 pm 3:47 pm 4:08 pm 3:53 pm 4:09 pm 4:16 pm 4:28 pm 1 tablespoon basil 3:38 pm 3:58 pm 4:19 pm 4:40 pm 4:28 pm 4:44 pm 4:51 pm 5:03 pm Pinch crushed red pepper 4:08 pm 4:28 pm 5:00 pm 5:28 pm 5:03 pm 5:19 pm 5:26 pm 5:38 pm 1 cup red wine 4:40 pm 5:00 pm 5:27 pm 5:48 pm 5:38 pm 5:54 pm 6:01 pm 6:13 pm 1 cup cream 6:13 pm 6:29 pm 6:36 pm 6:48 pm 5:28 pm 5:48 pm 5:57 pm 6:18 pm Salt and pepper 5:48 pm 6:08 pm 6:20 pm 6:43 pm 6:48 pm 7:04 pm 7:11 pm 7:23 pm 6:18 pm 6:38 pm 6:52 pm 7:10 pm 7:23 pm 7:39 pm 7:46 pm 7:58 pm 1 pound capellini 7:10 pm 7:26 pm 7:30 pm 7:55 pm Parsley for garnish 7:55 pm 8:11 pm 8:14 pm 8:26 pm * = Most routes continue to the Redwood Highway frontage road at the Highway 101 north ramps. 8:26 pm 8:40 pm 8:40 pm 9:00 pm Directions For a complete schedule, with map and times Trips in bold type are timed to the weekday Golden for other major stops, visit marintransit.org/ In a sauté pan, add the olive oil and brown Gate Ferry commuter ferry and make neighborhood routes/219.html. the ground turkey. Remove the turkey and set stops. Look for buses marked “219F.” aside. Add the onion, carrots, celery and garlic Robin Scott Wray / For The Ark to the pan and sauté until soft. Add the turkey, Weekday Route 8 commuter bus: S.F. Financial District (Effective Sept. 8) Tiburon Beach Reed Seminary Battery Perry tomatoes, tomato paste, oregano, basil, red & Main & San Rafael & Belvedere & frontage & Pine & 4th pepper and red wine, and let simmer for about season with salt and pepper. Cook your pasta 6:28 am 6:30 am 6:47 am 6:51 am 7:26 am 7:35 am 15 minutes. To finish it off, add the cream and to al dente and add the sauce. Enjoy! 7:17 am 7:19 am 7:36 am 7:40 am 8:25 am 8:37 am Perry Pine Seminary Reed Beach Tiburon & 3rd & Battery & frontage & Belvedere & San Rafael & Main Tiburon native Robin Scott Wray operates a local catering company; reach her at rscott@ 4:57 pm 5:10 pm 5:55 pm 5:58 pm 6:10 pm 6:14 pm thearknewspaper.com or 415-297-6991. Her recipes can be found in the Belvedere-Tiburon MARIN & GOLDEN GATE TRANSIT HOLIDAYS: Use the weekend schedule on New Year’s Day, Presidents Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Landmarks Society cookbook.

Golden Gate Ferry goldengateferry.org TRAFFIC Commuter ferry: S.F. Ferry Building (effective through Sept. 22) WATCH What’s Happening at The Ranch Depart Tiburon Arrive Ferry Bldg. Depart Ferry Bldg. Arrive Tiburon Drivers should expect 5:30 am 6:00 am 6:00 am 6:30 am weekday school- and Belvedere-Tiburon Recreation, nick- 6:40 am 7:10 am 7:15 am 7:45 am commute-related Teens 7:55 am 8:25 am 8:30 am 9:00 am traffic congestion on named The Ranch, is housed at the Dairy Friday Night Hangout: 7-9 p.m. Fri- 9:10 am 9:35 am ------Tiburon Boulevard: Knoll recreation center at 600 Ned’s Way, days at Dairy Knoll; $7. Hang out with your ------4:25 pm 4:55 pm • Mornings: 7:45- Tiburon. Classes are held at Dairy Knoll, friends and play games, watch movies, eat 5:05 pm 5:35 pm 5:45 pm 6:15 pm 8:45 a.m., outbound. the Tiburon Community Room in Tiburon snacks and more every Friday night for 6:20 pm 6:50 pm 6:55 pm 7:25 pm • Afternoons: 2-4 Town Hall at 1505 Tiburon Blvd. and at sixth- to eighth-graders. 7:30 pm 8:00 pm 8:05 pm 8:35 pm p.m., inbound. the Belvedere Community Center at 450 Trips in are timed to Marin Transit shuttles. Look for buses marked “219F.” bold type San Rafael Ave., unless otherwise noted. Adult NO SERVICE: Weekends, New Year’s Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas. For more information or to enroll, visit Cardio Kickboxing by Stephanie San theranchtoday.org or contact the agency at blueandgoldfleet.com Cyr: 9-10 a.m. Thursdays beginning Sept. Blue & Gold Fleet Francisco 415-435-4355. #Fridays only, ^Via Sausalito 19 at the Belvedere Community Center; $110 Weekday ferry: Pier 41 (Aug. 18–April 26) Nov. 4–April 26 °Via Angel Island Bay Trail for six weeks. A class combining martial- Depart Pier 41 Arrive Tiburon Depart Tiburon Arrive Pier 41 The Old Rail Trail, Youth arts techniques to provide a cardio workout ° from Blackie’s Pasture 9:45 am 10:30 am 10:40 am 11:10 am Elements Urban Dance Crew by that improves stamina, coordination and ° ^ to the downtown Rail- 11:20 am 12:05 pm 12:15 pm 1:05 pm 3:30-5 p.m. Fridays beginning road and Ferry Depot Ryan Davis: flexibility. 1:15 pm 2:00 pm° 2:10 pm 2:55 pm^ Museum at Shoreline Sept. 25 at the Belvedere Community Center; Parisian Macarons by Epsy 3:05 pm 3:50 pm° 4:00 pm 4:45 pm^ Park, is part of the $196 for seven weeks. Kids in grades 2-8 Tarchak: 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays at the ^ 4:55 pm 5:45 pm 5:55 pm 6:25 pm San Francisco Bay can study the culture, history and moves of Belvedere Community Center; $80 per class. # # # # 7:15 pm 7:45 pm 8:00 pm 8:30 pm Trail — a 500-mile various forms of street dances and explore Learn all the secrets of the Parisian maca- recreation corridor ^Via Sausalito the ways they bring people together. ron and make organic macaron shells and Weekend/holiday ferry: Pier 41 (Aug. 18–April 26) that, when complete, °Via Angel Island Creative Sewing by Halleh Beshar- two types of fillings. Depart Pier 41 Arrive Tiburon Depart Tiburon Arrive Pier 41 will provide a continu- ous network of biking ti: 4-5 p.m. Mondays at Dairy Knoll; $415 Private Guitar or Ukulele Lessons 11:10 am 12:20 pm° 12:30 pm 12:55 pm and pedestrian trails for 11 weeks. 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2019 BELVEDERE/TIBURON SALES

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Tiburon $6,495,000 Belvedere $8,495,000 Modern Hillside Estate | 2± Acres | 5 BD | 6 BA | 1 Half BA Hillside Waterfront Grandeur | 5 BD | 6 BA Represented Seller Represented Buyer and Seller

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Tiburon $3,495,000 Tiburon $4,450,000 Classic Hilltop Retreat | 3 BD | 3 BA Elegant Tiburon View Home | 4 BD | 4 BA | 2 Half BA Represented Seller Represented Buyer and Seller Lydia Sarkissian Bill Bullock Magda Sarkissian 415.517.7720 415.384.4000 415.847.7913 GLOBALESTATES.COM [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Lic.# 01159670 Lic.# 00837358 Lic.# 02028978