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Town plans hearings
on slate of projects

The Advisory Design Review Group has set hearings on six residential projects and a commercial project.

The residential proposals call for remodeling work and a carport demolition at 28 Walnut Ave.; a new pool and outdoor kitchen at 101 Upper Road; a new patio and outdoor kitchen at 50 Wellington Ave.; an 8-foot stamped concrete wall at 1 El Camino Bueno; a 1,000-square-foot accessory dwelling unit and a pool at 74 Baywood Ave.; and new windows and siding at 2 Pomeroy Road. The other project involves a platform tennis court at the Lagunitas Country Club.

The board is scheduled to meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 21, at Town Hall. Teleconference access instructions and project documents are available online at bit.ly/3YXhNcJ.

LARKSPUR

Contract awarded for
Shady Lane project

The city has awarded a $552,603.10 contract to Ghilotti Bros. Inc. for work on the Shady Lane pavement rehabilitation project.

The company was the only bidder, and its offer was below the engineer’s estimate of $564,435.81, according to a staff report by Alvin Tan, assistant engineer for the city, and Julian Skinner, the public works director.

“A storm drain was added to the project scope to alleviate chronic drainage issues on the street,” the report said.

The work is expected to begin in May unless spotted owls are nesting in the area, in which case the work will be delayed until August.

The City Council approved a resolution authorizing the contract award at its meeting on Wednesday.

FAIRFAX

Building proposals
clear planning board

The Planning Commission has approved five residential construction projects.

The proposals include a new home and garage at 67 Tamalpais Road; a 160 square-foot storage structure at 22 Wood Lane; a remodel at 129 Lansdale Ave.; a two-car garage at 139 Forrest Ave.; and an expansion at 64 Mountain View Road.

The commission held hearings on the projects at its meeting on Thursday.

NOVATO

Student makes top 10
at state poetry contest

A Novato High School student was among 10 finalists in a statewide poetry recital competition held Sunday, the California Arts Council announced.

Henry Greber competed against nearly 50 county-level champions in the Poetry Out Loud contest, initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation. The California Arts Council administers the state program.

The competition included two rounds of pre-recorded recitals. Judges winnowed the field to the 10 finalists, who then delivered live recitals via teleconference. Gerber read “Wide Receiver” by Mark Halliday, “Perhaps the World Ends Here” by Joy Harjo and “The American Soldier” by Philip Freneau.

The top prize went to Sacramento County resident Alex Yue, a 17-year-old senior at John F. Kennedy High School. As champion, he receives $200 and a trip to Washington, D.C., to compete in the national Poetry Out Loud finals.

SAN RAFAEL

Motorcyclist injured
in Highway 101 crash

A Kentfield resident suffered major injuries after crashing his motorcycle in San Rafael, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Fernando Israel Gomez Perez drove into a wall at about 6:22 p.m. at the Lincoln Avenue exit from Highway 101, said California Highway Patrol Officer Darrel Horner. Gomez Perez, who was wearing a helmet, was taken to a hospital.

No other vehicles involved, Horner said. Police closed the Lincoln Avenue exit for a period after the crash.

Horner said he did not know the cause of the crash or whether intoxication was a factor.

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  • Jonathan Perdiguerra participates in the inter-tribal dancing segment during a...

    Jonathan Perdiguerra participates in the inter-tribal dancing segment during a powwow on Sunday, March 19, 2023, at Miller Creek Middle School in San Rafael, Calif. The event was organized by the Marin American Indian Alliance. (Frankie Frost/Special to the Marin Independent Journal)

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    Drummers perform at a powwow on Sunday, March 19, 2023, at Miller Creek Middle School in San Rafael, Calif. The event was organized by the Marin American Indian Alliance. (Frankie Frost/Special to the Marin Independent Journal)

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    Teresa Littlebird of the Northern Cheyenne tribe and Darren Henson of the Keetoowah Cherokees preside over a powwow on Sunday, March 19, 2023, at Miller Creek Middle School in San Rafael, Calif. The event was organized by the Marin American Indian Alliance. (Frankie Frost/Special to the Marin Independent Journal)

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    Rafael Baltazar uses a seashell as a horn as he prepares to dance at a powwow on Sunday, March 19, 2023, at Miller Creek Middle School in San Rafael, Calif. The event was organized by the Marin American Indian Alliance. (Frankie Frost/Special to the Marin Independent Journal)

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    Audience members watch dancers perform at a powwow on Sunday, March 19, 2023, at Miller Creek Middle School in San Rafael, Calif. The event was organized by the Marin American Indian Alliance. (Frankie Frost/Special to the Marin Independent Journal)

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    Dancers fill the floor of a powwow on Sunday, March 19, 2023, at Miller Creek Middle School in San Rafael, Calif. The event was organized by the Marin American Indian Alliance. (Frankie Frost/Special to the Marin Independent Journal)

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    Javier Gomez participates in the inter-tribal dancing segment of a powwow on Sunday, March 19, 2023, at Miller Creek Middle School in San Rafael, Calif. The event was organized by the Marin American Indian Alliance. (Frankie Frost/Special to the Marin Independent Journal)

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The Marin American Indian Alliance held a powwow on Sunday at Miller Creek Middle School in San Rafael.

The free event, sponsored by the Marin Community Foundation, aimed to bring together the Indigenous community on Coast Miwok land in ceremony through song, dance and prayer, organizers said.

Founded in 1968, the Marin American Indian Alliance holds tribal cultural and spiritual gatherings to instill a sense of heritage and maintain Indigenous cultural pride in Marin and the Bay Area.

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Marin could receive up to 2 inches rain and some isolated wind gusts during a storm set to arrive late Monday and extending into Tuesday and possibly Wednesday.

The storm could bring up to an inch of rain at lower elevations and between 1 and 2 inches at Mount Tamalpais, said Dalton Behringer, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service.

Marin County is not under a wind advisory because of the storm. While the county could have winds of 35 to 40 mph in the coastal headlands or in the mountains, Behringer said that is just below the threshold for advisory conditions.

A wind advisory is issued when an area is expected to receive sustained winds of 35 to 45 miles per hour or wind gusts of 45 miles per hour to 57 miles per hour. If gusts go above 57 miles per hour, the National Weather Service will issue a high wind warning.

“Even under the advisory criteria, we will definitely see some impacts from trees or parts of trees down,” Behringer said. “That is definitely one thing to remain vigilant of.”

After a rainy weekend, precipitation in the 72-hour period ending around 2 p.m. Monday included 2 inches on Mount Tamalpais and 1.23 inches in Sausalito, Behringer said. Other totals for the period included 1.18 inches in Kentfield, 1.03 inches in Point Reyes Station, 0.92 inches in Mill Valley, 0.70 inches in San Rafael and 0.67 inches in Novato.

Flooding forced the closure the interchange at Highway 101 and Highway 1 in Mill Valley for part of the day on Sunday.

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Marin County officials have delayed plans to demolish a deteriorating bridge in San Anselmo until 2024.

The decision has raised hopes on the San Anselmo Town Council that the bridge could be reopened as a plaza in the meantime.

“I requested and received our council’s support for the town of San Anselmo’s staff to explore the costs and necessary steps for us to reopen the plaza,” Councilmember Brian Colbert said Wednesday.

The county closed the bridge in September, saying it is structurally unsound and poses a danger to the public. Members of the San Anselmo council believe the bridge could be repaired at a reasonable cost and used safely, at least temporarily.

During a presentation to the Ross Town Council on March 9, Marin County public works managers said it no longer appears feasible to tear down the structure commonly known as Building Bridge Two this year as previously planned.

The meeting took place at the request of the Ross council, which asked to be updated on flood control efforts in the Ross Valley. Public works officials were scheduled to meet with the San Anselmo council on Tuesday to provide a similar briefing, but canceled at the last minute.

Colbert said he and San Anselmo Councilmember Alexis Fineman have been meeting with representatives of the county to forge an agreement to reopen the bridge as a plaza. Colbert said the council wants to put the platform to use until it is demolished.

Colbert said the county “gave us a tentative no” on March 6.

“They’re not going to reopen the plaza,” he said.

The bridge, estimated to be 80 to 120 years old, has become the focus of two controversies. One involves San Anselmo residents who want to continue using the structure as a platform for a plaza. The other is based on concerns that the structure’s removal will increase the risk of flooding for at least 20 homeowners in Ross and San Anselmo.

“We have joined a concerned citizens’ group and are organizing to fight the demolition of Building Bridge Two,” Diana Davis of San Anselmo said during the public portion of the Ross council meeting.

Jeff Kroot, who served four terms on the San Anselmo council, said, “The people overwhelmingly support keeping this plaza.”

Building Bridge Two crosses San Anselmo Creek in San Anselmo on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal)
Building Bridge Two crosses San Anselmo Creek in San Anselmo on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal)

Removing Building Bridge Two has become the linchpin of the San Anselmo Flood Risk Reduction Project. The Marin County Flood Control and Water Conservation District purchased the bridge in 2018 with the intention of tearing it down. The bridge’s removal would allow San Anselmo Creek to flow more freely, thus reducing the likelihood of flooding in the downtown and upstream areas.

Initially, the flood project called for the creation of five floodwater detention ponds, including one in San Anselmo’s Memorial Park. Because of opposition from neighbors and other factors, only one pond — at the former site of the Sunnyside Nursery growing ground in Fairfax — has been built.

An environmental impact report prepared for the flood project in 2018 determined it would increase flooding at 20 parcels during 25- and 100-year floods. The same report determined that the project would reduce flooding at 635 parcels during a 25-year event and 480 parcels during a 100-year event.

The findings have blocked the county from moving forward with the project because the Federal Emergency Management Agency prohibits any work that would increase flooding before mitigations have been completed.

At the March 9 meeting, several property owners expressed frustration that the county still has not told them what mitigation it plans for their properties.

“It’s been very hard and unfair to our residents to live with this project for so long without being told what the mitigation is,” said Ross Councilmember Elizabeth Brekhus.

Brekhus noted that if the owners of the 20 properties decide to sell, they would have to disclose that there is a “cloud” hanging over their parcels.

Berenice Davidson, a county public works official, said the county hopes to begin conversations with the 20 property owners within the next two months. But Davidson said first the county must meet with FEMA to supply it with updated flood modeling from the environmental impact report.

Davidson said the county’s model is more accurate than FEMA’s because it incorporates the effects of drainage systems outside San Anselmo Creek. FEMA’s model was used to determine its flood insurance rate maps that became effective in 2017.

Davidson said that when the county meets with the property owners, they will be shown an illustration of how the base flood elevation is expected to change relative to the first floor of their homes.

“Based on how that changes, it is going to dictate the type of mitigation that we would be proposing,” Davidson said.

At the meeting, several property owners objected to the suggestion that no mitigations would be forthcoming for increased flooding below the first floor.

“There are a lot of people who have their mechanical, electrical and their duct work all under that finished floor,” said Charles Goodman. “We have to come up with some way of mitigating that. It’s a problem.”

Samantha Hobart of Ross said, “I don’t want there to be water underneath my home. It lessens the structural integrity of the home and it increases risk.”

Completing mitigations isn’t the only task public works staffers must finish before demolishing the bridge. They must also create an addendum to the environmental impact report to reflect design changes for the creek bank adjacent to the bridge, and for the fact that several other bridges in the watershed that were expected to have been removed by now still remain.

Last year, the public works office considered tearing down Building Bridge Two and replacing it with a $200,000 concrete baffle that would duplicate the bridge’s effect on water flow to avoid increased flooding downstream.

Davidson said the baffle was contemplated because a grant that will help pay for the bridge’s removal was due to expire at the end of 2022. Since then, she said, the county has secured an extension of the grant until the end of 2024.

“Therefore,” Davidson said, “we believe we can take down the bridge after mitigations without having to spend funds on installing the baffle.”

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The median price of a detached home in Marin fell to $1.525 million last month as the Bay Area led the state in declining values.

The median figure marked a 10.3% drop from February 2022 and a 28% decline from a peak of $2.12 million last April. It was also a slight decline from the $1.6 million median price in January.

The price data for February were released this week by the county assessor’s office. The median price is the point at which half the homes sold for more money and half for less.

Throughout the Bay Area, the median price for a detached home last month was $1.05 million, a year-over-year decline of 19.2%, according to the California Association of Realtors. By comparison, the statewide year-over-year price decline was 4.8%.

The association said the Bay Area’s price decline in February was the largest since June 2009.

“The uncertainty in the tech sector was partially responsible for the home price declines, but the sharp price drop also could be attributed to the price surge a year ago, when four of the six counties with double-digit price declines also registered price increases of more than 10 percent last February,” the association said.

Eighty-seven detached homes sold in Marin last month compared to 143 in February 2022, the county assessor’s office reported.

Selling right at the median price last month was a two-bedroom home on Sir Francis Drake Boulevard in Ross. The buyers, a couple expecting their first child, grew up in Marin and wanted access to Ross Valley schools, according to their agent, Lynnette Kling of Coldwell Banker Realty.

“They would’ve sent their kids to private schools had it not been in Ross,” she said.

Kling, who has been an agent since 2001, said the state of the market is unclear. While she said buyers are out there and she has been busy with listings, inventory remains tight and the upheaval in the banking sector has many people nervous.

“Everyone’s a little skittish, even some of my buyers who are in the tech business,” she said. “And they switched banks, lenders. I thought it was a good idea they have more than one option.”

“We got really spoiled with the unhealthy, low, low interest rates we had before,” she said. “I don’t think that’s good for our economy.”

Kathleen Hallinan, a home stager in Novato, said she feels the “Marin bubble” has been insulating the local market from the broader conditions. She said she is booked two months out and that her clients, many of them older residents sitting on a lot of equity, are investing in higher levels of service such as flooring, kitchen updates and landscaping.

“They’re letting me start out on the curb so that their house does not appear to be a fixer upper,” said Hallinan, a stager since 2008 and an interior designer before that. “Younger folks don’t own toolboxes. They’ve never painted, and they want move-in-condition homes.”

The county’s median price data for detached homes last month included $4.79 million on four sales in Belvedere, $3.06 million on two sales in Tiburon and $3.02 million on three sales in Larkspur. The Sausalito median was $3.7 million, but on just one sale.

Other median prices included $1.73 million on 28 sales in unincorporated areas of Marin; $1.61 million on four sales in Corte Madera; $1.53 million on five sales in Mill Valley; $1.52 million on two sales in Fairfax; $1.31 million on three sales in San Anselmo; $1.25 million on 10 sales in San Rafael; and $1.1 million on 24 sales in Novato. The $1.525 million sale in Ross was the only home purchase in the town last month.

In the Marin condominium and townhome market, the median price last month was $790,000 on 37 sales, according to the county. By comparison, the median in February 2022 was $732,000 on 64 sales.

Throughout the Bay Area, sales volume last month was 32% lower than February 2022, the California Association of Realtors reported. Statewide, the sales decline was about 33%.

“The recent failure of a handful of tech-focused banks caused an unexpected drop in interest rates, which could offer an opportunity in the near term for homebuyers who have been waiting on the sidelines to lock in a lower rate,” Jordan Levine, the association’s chief economist. “However, any decline in rates is not likely to be sustainable since inflation remains high, and the Federal Reserve is willing to take some calculated risks in order to keep inflation under control.”

The U.S. weekly average for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage was 6.6% as of Thursday, down from 6.73% the prior week, according to Freddie Mac, the federally chartered mortgage company. A year ago, the average was 4.16%.

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There are many ways to protect your finances, but one of the simplest is reviewing your credit reports for errors which could affect your ability to get credit. It can also help you spot signs of identity theft if, for example, it shows unauthorized lines of credit opened in your name.

In short, a credit report is a history of your credit, loan and payment history as reported to the three credit-reporting companies — Equifax, Experian and TransUnion — by business owners. Federal law requires these companies to provide you a free credit report once a year.

Through December, you can get a free credit report each week from each of the three credit bureaus. You can request your reports at annualcreditreport.com or by calling 1-877-322-8228. To verify your identity, you will be required to give personal identifying information. Credit reports will not contain your credit score but the information they contain can affect your credit score.

More information at marincountyda.org or 415-473-6495

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Recently, a beautiful German shepherd we dubbed Meadow was found as a stray and brought to Marin Humane. She was scanned for a microchip and we were glad to see she had one. The only problem: It was registered to a microchip company in Germany!

Fortunately, we happen to have a German-born staff member who was able to translate the information and help us track down to whom the chip was registered. The answer was a breeder in Germany. Meadow (whose given name was Viona) had been shipped as a puppy all the way to the buyer in California. Earlier this year, the owner asked the breeder to take Meadow back but the breeder said they could not — not surprising since Germany is around 5,600 miles away.

Meadow is doing well and was adopted to a loving family but her story illustrates why buying puppies from breeders out of state — and indeed, out of the country — is so problematic. One of the tenants of breeders who consider themselves “reputable” is that they will always take the animal back — something that’s obviously incredibly difficult to do if they’re sold to people far away.

Another reason not to have an animal shipped to you is that you’re not seeing for yourself where that animal came from. Anyone can create websites that portray their facility/home as a beautiful, safe and loving environment. Images of puppies running on green grass and happy mom dogs suckling their puppies certainly look idyllic but often the reality is anything but. Large-scale puppy mills or inhumane home breeders often keep animals in deplorable and inhumane conditions. They’re given little, if any, prenatal or postnatal care, which can result in poor health and under-socialization. Female dogs used for breeding are overbred and typically have a life span of four or five years, after which they’re dealt with however the breeder sees fit.

Puppy mill dogs suffer from genetic problems affecting the kidneys, hips, eyes and even their personalities. In short, puppy mills put profit over the health and well-being of their animals.

If you still want to buy a puppy, remember to:

• Never buy online. In addition to what’s outlined above, shipping animals — especially long distances — can be tough on them and sometimes, even dangerous.

• Avoid pet stores. These puppies generally come from out of state and face the same issues puppies sold online go through.

• Always visit the breeder yourself. Reputable breeders will be happy to show you their facilities.

• Meet the parents of the puppy you want.

• Expect a contract with breed papers, vaccination information and a provision for you to return the dog if it doesn’t work out. A breeder who doesn’t care enough about the puppy they’re selling to guarantee they’ll take the dog back is not a reputable breeder.

If you have your heart set on a certain breed, there are many breed-specific rescues in the Bay Area and, of course, there’s always your friendly neighborhood animal shelter with plenty of pets waiting patiently for a forever home.

Lisa Bloch is the director of marketing and communications for Marin Humane, which contributes Tails of Marin articles and welcomes animal-related questions and stories about the people and animals in our community. Go to marinhumane.org, find us on social media @marinhumane, or email lbloch@marinhumane.org.

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The wide, paved roadway in the photograph was the recently completed state highway in Marin as it passed through Novato on its way to Sonoma and points north. The California state highway system had its beginning in the year 1895-96 when the state took over maintenance of the Lake Tahoe Wagon Road that ran from Placerville to the Nevada state line. At that time, California also formed the Bureau of Highways to coordinate construction of better roads between the counties. After California voters approved the $18-million State Highways Act in November 1910, engineering and construction began statewide to connect all county seats with a “continuous and connected state highway system.” Within a year of the passage of the act, the County of Marin and cities and towns from Sausalito to Novato began issuing bonds to assist in funding the construction of the highway. By the end of the 1920s, motorists could traverse the county on a fully paved roadway that passed through many of Marin’s downtown districts.

Businesses in the photograph are DeBorba’s Stage Station and Ice Cream Parlor in the left foreground, the Midway Garage just beyond it and Nave’s Garage across the street on the corner. The rather dusty intersection is present-day Grant Avenue and Redwood Boulevard. The Midway Garage changed hands many times in its first few years and was out of business by the 1930s. On the other hand, Nave’s Garage prospered and expanded their business to include a Dodge and Plymouth showroom. Over the years, Nave’s Garage changed locations a couple of times and was a cornerstone business in the Novato area until Louis Nave sold the business to new owners in 1953. DeBorba’s Stage Station had been a saloon opened by the DeBorba family in 1906, but changed its spot during Prohibition to an ice cream parlor when this photograph was taken. Upon repeal of Prohibition, it reverted back to its saloon incarnation and added the first Chinese restaurant in Novato operated by Sid and Jimmy Lack. DeBorba’s remained a favorite watering hole and eatery in downtown Novato until closing in May 2018.

In the early decades of the 20th century, the California state highway made long-distance traveling both easier and safer. It also brought many more visitors and tourists to North Coast cities and towns from Marin County all the way to the Oregon border. Business and civic leaders from Crescent City to San Francisco lobbied successfully to change the name to the Redwood Highway to encourage the growing motorist population and trade. Eventually, much of the old state highway would become part of U.S. Route 101 of the federal Interstate Highway System, a far cry from the Lake Tahoe Wagon Road of 1895.

Thank you to Mike Read of the Novato Historical Guild for information on early Novato businesses.

History Watch is written by Scott Fletcher, a volunteer at the Marin History Museum, marinhistory.org. Images included in History Watch are available for purchase by calling 415-382-1182 or by email at info@marinhistory.org.

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I remember one day when my husband and I were hauling our kayaks up the slight incline from the beach to our cabin. Dan said, “How long will we be able to do this?” We were slowly plodding up the hill and I said that it didn’t matter if we were walking slower, it mattered that we could still do it.

I have always said, aging doesn’t bother me, it’s pain that causes me to feel old, to feel debilitated and unable to do things. And, that is where I find myself now.

I threw my back out, which was nothing new. I’ve done that many times and have recovered. This time, it was different. My back started to spasm to the point where all my activities came to a halt. An X-ray revealed that I had a compression fracture in my vertebra. The healing process would take anywhere between six months to a year. Well, it could be worse I said to myself.

All my life, I’ve been in motion. When I was younger, it was hiking and backpacking. Fishing was high on the list of things I loved to do as well. I could jump over rocks and almost speed walk around the lake. Now, I must use walking sticks and be mindful of how I step over rocky surfaces so that I don’t fall.  But, I can still do it even though it takes longer.

After hiking the lake last summer, my husband said, “This is a difficult hike.” I’d not thought it ever to be difficult because I’ve hiked around the lake many times over the years, and more than once during a summer. But, now, I guess I’d have to say, it has become a difficult hike. I can still do it though.

There are earthquakes, tornados, hurricanes, but they all end at some point. Such is the way the body works. I’ve had an earthquake and am suffering aftershocks that I hope will gradually dissipate back to normalcy again. In the meantime, I have to adjust my lifestyle to the changes the earthquake made after it erupted and ended.

There are setbacks and finalities to life. It is one thing to say you did something when you were younger and would have no desire to do it now. It is another thing to say you wish you could continue to do something and now you can’t. That’s when I have a young moment wish.

Idleness drives me crazy. How do I look at it as a different kind of motion? To knit, to sew, to play the guitar, to write are motions, but they are mental motions and not physical ones other than the movement of my hands, which I am fortunately still able to do. I type/text/email and rarely handwrite a note or sign my name. As a result, my handwriting has become more difficult and my signature does not have the flow of youth. Signing my name shows letters merging into each other with the evidence of age behind them.

Clocks tick away time and run down, but they can always be wound up again and tick with vigor for another week. I wish I had a key that would wind me up with vigor, everything running evenly like the pendulum of the clock, ticking away. I want to be my alpine clock, running in perfect timeless time.

Sue Curran is a San Rafael resident. IJ readers are invited to share their stories of love, dating, parenting, marriage, friendship and other experiences for our How It Is column, which runs Tuesdays in the Lifestyles section. All stories must not have been published in part or in its entirety previously. Send your stories of no more than 600 words to lifestyles@marinij.com. Please write How It Is in the subject line. The IJ reserves the right to edit them for publication. Please include your full name, address and a daytime phone number.

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Sunny skies are expected in much of Northern California on Monday ahead of another round of storms that could bring rain to the Bay Area and at least another foot of snow to the northern Sierra Nevada.

The system — which should move into the region late Monday and linger through Wednesday — threatens to further saturate soils in communities along San Francisco Bay while adding to impressive seasonal snowfall totals over the high country.

A half-inch of rain is expected to fall along the coastal parts of the Bay Area by midweek, while 1 to 2 inches of rain could fall over the higher elevations.

“Rain’s going to be the story for at least the beginning part of the work week,” said Dial Hoang, a National Weather Service meteorologist.

The system follows another storm front that moved into the region late Saturday night, dropping rain across the Bay Area and more powder across the Sierra.

By 2 p.m. Sunday, the weekend storm had dropped nearly a half-inch to three-quarters an inch of rain over much of the Bay Area. The Oakland Museum received .54 inches of rain, while downtown San Francisco recorded .86 inches of new precipitation, according to rain gauges overseen by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Mt. Tamalpais received 1.22 inches of rain.

The inland portions of the East Bay, including much of Contra Costa County, generally received 0.3 to 0.6 inches of rain by 2 p.m. Sunday. A rain shadow effect from the bordering mountains limited precipitation in the Santa Clara Valley, leaving only 0.05 inches of rain in San Jose. But more fell over the nearby Santa Cruz Mountains, with rain gauges showing accumulations of more than a half-inch.

This week’s storm also should further bury the Sierra Nevada in even more powder — adding to near-historic snowfall levels that have led to numerous structure collapses in recent weeks, even as it’s provided a banner season for ski resorts bordering Lake Tahoe.

Rarely have conditions atop Donner Summit been so snowy. The UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab measured another 1.6 inches of snow Saturday night into Sunday morning — leaving the lab barely more than 1 inch from registering its second-snowiest winter on record. So far, the lab has received 669.7 inches of snow this winter, just a shade below the 671 inches received during the 1982-1983 winter season.

A foot or two of snow was forecast to fall Sunday and early Monday morning.

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My coworker wasn’t having a good night. When she asked to take a break, which was unusual, I said sure. Two minutes after she left, two women walked up to the bar.

Well, not walked — they ambled sideways, going hand over hand to guide themselves into their seats, almost as if they were blind. They had to stop once to go around the lone man sitting at the bar. Their eyes were locked together in an intense stare as if every word uttered was world shattering.

They unwrapped their scarfs methodically, making sure to never break eye contact. One could have hung a 2-foot silk thread between their two noses and it never would have broken.

I approached them and said hello.

They didn’t notice. Instead that unbroken eye contact continued as they both reached under the bar to find hooks for their purses.

I set down two menus.

“Drinks are on the back, food is on the front,” I said.

No response.

Two waters later and still no response. But since they were now directly in front of my drink preparing station I could catch bits and pieces of their conversation.

“I’m through with men,” said the brunette.

I looked around for my coworker nervously.

“We are both smart independent women,” said the blonde.

“Damn straight,” said the brunette in a fashion that indicated that the use of profanity was out of character.

“We’re both fierce,” they agreed.

Periodically, I was called away to wait on other customers. But since I had to make drinks in front of them, I made a habit of checking in with them — or more correctly, attempting to check in.

Not once did they acknowledge my presence, not when I refilled their waters twice or when I set down a dessert menu.

“Men just suck,” the brunette said.

“They are terrible,” the blonde added.

I just stood there.

“We should take some time to work on ourselves,” said the blonde, and the brunette agreed.

“We have our careers; we don’t need anything more than that.”

This went on for quite a while, and considering what I had heard, I didn’t think it prudent to forcefully interrupt. Besides, bars are for adults and if an adult has to be coaxed into ordering a drink then you run the risk of being seen as encouraging people to drink, which is a liability issue under California law.

Eventually, one of them had to use the “little girls’ room,” which seemed like an odd statement after their conversation.

The man sitting next to the remaining woman leaned over.

“I’m sorry, but I couldn’t help but overhear you two and I just want to say a smart, beautiful woman like you deserves better than whomever you are talking about.”

She looked at him coolly at first.

“I mean, you seem like you really have it together. Any man would be lucky to have you. If you ever want to talk, here’s my card,” he said, handing it to her. “Call me anytime.”

When her friend returned, she didn’t mention the interaction. And soon enough, she excused herself as well.

The man leaned over again.

“I’m sorry, but I couldn’t help but overhear you two and I just want to say a beautiful, smart woman like you deserves better than whomever you are talking about.”

I did a double take at that double take.

She looked at him coolly as well at first.

Duty called me away once again, a pressing chardonnay emergency farther down the bar. When I returned, I witnessed the card being proffered and accepted.

“Call me anytime.”

When her friend returned, she, too, never mentioned the interaction. The two of them eventually got up, gathered their things and walked out of the bar, both doing everything they could not to notice the man sitting there, except for two furtive glances.

Two men took their places at the bar.

“I’m through with women,” one said, shaking his head.

“Me, too,” his friend agreed.

Leaving me with these thoughts:

• Affirmations at home indicate a willingness to change ourselves. Affirmations in public indicate the exact opposite.

• One man is probably going to get a phone call, maybe two.

• Con artists are successful because they tell you what you want to hear. And sometimes what we want to hear is not what we say we want to hear.

• On their way out the door, the two women had complained to the hostess that the “male” bartender had “completely” ignored them. A “hello,” four menus, three glasses of water each, notwithstanding.

• Generalizations suck, whether about men or women.

• Saying something is different than doing something.

• There will be no more breaks, no matter what.

Jeff Burkhart is the author of “Twenty Years Behind Bars: The Spirited Adventures of a Real Bartender, Vol. I and II,” the host of the Barfly Podcast on iTunes (as seen in the NY Times) and an award-winning bartender at a local restaurant. Follow him at jeffburkhart.net and contact him at jeffbarflyIJ@outlook.com

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    Ned Clarke shares the treasures he finds in unexpected places on his popular YouTube channel.

  • A collection of Ned Clarke's antique bottles that he's found.

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    A collection of Ned Clarke's antique bottles that he's found.

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    Ned Clarke got hooked on digging for artifacts while he was a student Mill Valley Middle School.

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What many see as trash, Ned Clarke sees as treasure. Traversing the western states, the Marin native searches through piles of excavated mud and dirt for remnants of the buried and unforgotten past, uncovering 19th-century soda and medicine bottles, pitchers, pot lids, brass doorbells, dolls and inkwells.

It’s a process the historian and SAG actor showcases on his popular YouTube channel “Digging the Old West with BottleNed” where for the past few years he’s shared the colorful history of the American West and shown the unique places he’s discovered finds, from under a gas station to behind a Victorian mansion to under a 100-year-old steel factory. With thousands of followers, he considers it “historical education through visual storytelling.”

His videos can be found at youtube.com/@BottleNed.

Q How did this interest begin?

A I was 5 years old. My grandpa brought me out to the beach by Blackie’s Pasture. I was walking on the beach and there was this aqua bottle bobbing in the waves, washing up onto the beach. It had algae on it and a barnacle or two. It was an E&J brandy bottle. I picked it up and it sparked something in my imagination like, what was the story of this person? How did it get to this spot? It was an artifact of somebody’s life and it had been altered and aged by nature. It was that combination that was really compelling. It captures a moment in someone’s life.

Q How did the digging start?

A Mill Valley Middle School, where I went, was built on a landfill. I was about 12 and waiting for a bus. I was kicking the ground with my foot and a 1920s bottle popped up, a flavoring extract bottle. It was a lot older than I was used to finding and I started kicking more and I kicked up a 1910 bottle that said the name of a pharmacy embossed into the glass. I couldn’t believe it. So, naturally, I stared digging with my feet by the closest bush and I later went back to my spot and there was a hole that someone had dug with a shovel. I pulled up a newspaper from World War ll that you could still read. That’s when I was really just hooked.

Q How’d you get the nickname Bottle Ned?

A Back in college. I was in Santa Cruz and there was a pile of sandy dirt by the boardwalk that was excavated and I had found a couple of 19th-century inkwells. A guy walked up to me and said, “I’m Bottle Danny,” and I said, “Well, I’m Bottle Ned.” He was also looking for old relics.

Q Where do you find places?

A You hear about areas where there’s going to be a project, where there’s soil that’s going to be excavated. Every once in awhile, archaeologists come to a site, do a dig and recover things, but a lot of material that gets unearthed gets hauled off to a landfill. It’s a shame. Basically it’s a quest to try to find some of that dirt and get into it. I stress that if you find something on public land, leave it. And no one should touch Native American artifacts; that belongs to them and it needs to stay in place.

Q What inspired the YouTube channel?

A I was digging for years without filming and then I came to a realization that this needs to be documented; there’s a lot of education to be had. No one really is aware that there’s so much being destroyed daily by progress, by building and excavation and changing the landscape. To be able to film it and document it, you can keep history alive.

Q What’s a memorable thing you’ve found?

A A hair bottle from France. I was able to locate through social media the descendent from the guy who used the bottle from the 1860s. That was incredible for the family to have that. One time, I was driving on a freeway and I saw a tree that had fallen. I thought I saw a sparkle of glass sticking out of the tree roots. I went to the tree and sure enough, there was an old whiskey bottle sticking out a tree root, from the 1880s. I got a picture in my head of someone on their horse and maybe they tied their horse up to the tree, sat under it for some shade, had a drink and left that bottle there and it got buried. You never know where you’re going to find something.

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Fuchsias have beautiful flowers. The flowers hang gracefully like ballerinas in their colorful tutus.
Fuchsia gall mite (Aculops fuchsiae) was accidentally introduced from South America in the 1980s. They are microscopic worm-like mites and occur in growing tips year-round and in flowers during the blooming period. The fuchsia gall mite causes leaves and shoots to become thickened and distorted, sometimes with unsightly galls.

Golden Gate Park planted a Fuchsia Dell in 1940. The fuchsia gall mite was discovered in the garden in 1981. The damage caused by the mite was horrific; most of the plants had to be removed. In 1995, a new Fuchsia Dell was established with mite-resistant species and hybrids.

If your fuchsias are damaged by gall mite, you can try to prune or pinch off and destroy infested terminals. A miticide may be used after pruning, using two applications two to three weeks apart.

— Katie Martin, UC Marin master gardener

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Saturday

Tot Shabbat: presented by Congregation Kol Shofar is at 11:15 a.m. in person at the Beit Midrash at 215 Blackfield Drive in Tiburon. Call 415-388-1818 or go to kolshofar.org.

Monday

Vespers: presented by St. Nicholas Orthodox Church is at 7 p.m. on YouTube and in person at 102 Ross Ave. in San Anselmo. Go to stnicholasmarin.org.

Tuesday

Matins: presented by St. Nicholas Orthodox Church is at 7 a.m. on YouTube and in person at 102 Ross Ave. in San Anselmo. Go to stnicholasmarin.org.

Lenten lecture series: by Sally Jaeger on the parable “The Good Samaritan” is at 7 p.m. in person at the Saint Rita Parish Hall at 2100 Sir Francis Drake Blvd. in Fairfax. Lenten soup supper begins at 6:15 p.m. Go to saintritachurch.org.

Wednesday

Lenten hours: presented by St. Nicholas Orthodox Church is at 5:15 p.m. on YouTube and in person at 102 Ross Ave. in San Anselmo. Presanctified liturgy to follow at 6 p.m. Go to stnicholasmarin.org.

March 24

Festal vigil: presented by St. Nicholas Orthodox Church is at 7 p.m. on YouTube and in person at 102 Ross Ave. in San Anselmo. Go to stnicholasmarin.org.

Mondays

Mass: presented by Mill Valley’s Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church is at 7:45 a.m. in person at 3 Oakdale Ave. in Mill Valley as well as livestreamed on Facebook. Go to facebook.com/mountcarmelmv and mountcarmelmv.org.

Tuesdays

Tuesday morning Minyan: presented by Congregation Kol Shofar is at 7:15 a.m. in person at the Beit Midrash at 215 Blackfield Drive in Tiburon. Call 415-388-1818 or go to kolshofar.org.

Christian contemplative practice: presented by St. Columba’s Inverness is at 7 p.m. online at stcolumbasinverness.org/virtual-chapel.

Mindfulness meditation: with chants and Tibetan singing bowls is presented by the Praktikos Meditation Circle at 5 and 7 p.m. on Zoom. Email praktikos@outlook.com to get the link. All welcome.

Wednesdays

Chai lights: weekly talk presented by Congregation Kol Shofar is at 10 a.m. Contact garyamv@comcast.net for more information.

Prayer and meditation service: presented by the Golden Gate Center for Spiritual Living is at 7:15 p.m. on the first Wednesday of the month on Zoom. Go to ggcsl.org/events/month.

Bible study: presented by St. Andrew Presbyterian Church of Marin City is at 6:30 p.m. on Zoom. Go to saintandrewpc.org.

Noon prayer: and scripture study presented by St. Columba’s Inverness is at noon online at stcolumbasinverness.org/virtual-chapel.

Taize service: presented by the Golden Gate Center for Spiritual Living is at 7:15 p.m. on the second Wednesday of the month on Zoom. Go to ggcsl.org/events/month.

Mass: presented by Mill Valley’s Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church is at 7:45 a.m. in person at 3 Oakdale Ave. in Mill Valley as well as livestreamed on Facebook. Go to facebook.com/mountcarmelmv and mountcarmelmv.org.

Testimony meeting: presented by First Church of Christ, Scientist, San Rafael, is at 7:30 p.m. on Zoom. Go to christiansciencesanrafael.org.

Contemplative prayer: and compline presented by Church of the Nativity is at 5 p.m. on Zoom. Go to nativityonthehill.org for the Zoom link.

Wednesday Communion: presented by Tiburon’s Community Congregational Church is at noon via Zoom. Go to ccctiburon.org/spiritual-practices.

Visioning meditation: presented by the Golden Gate Center for Spiritual Living is at 7:15 p.m. on the third Wednesday of the month on Zoom. Go to ggcsl.org/events/month.

Guided meditation: presented by the Golden Gate Center for Spiritual Living is at 7:15 p.m. on the fourth Wednesday of the month on Zoom. Go to ggcsl.org/events/month.

Thursdays

Morning Minyan: presented by Congregation Kol Shofar is at 7 a.m. in person at the Beit Midrash at 215 Blackfield Drive in Tiburon. Call 415-388-1818 or go to kolshofar.org.

Morning mindfulness meditation: with Tibetan singing bowls and chants is presented by the Praktikos Meditation Circle at 5 and 7 p.m. on Zoom. Email praktikos@outlook.com for the link.

Talk: on “Philosophies of Judaism” with David Fankushen is presented on the first and third Thursdays by Congregation Kol Shofar at 1:30 p.m. on Zoom. Call 415-388-1818 or go to kolshofar.org.

Candlelight evening prayer circle: presented by St. Columba’s Inverness is at 7 p.m. online at stcolumbasinverness.org/virtual-chapel.

Mass: presented by Mill Valley’s Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church is at 7:45 a.m. in person at 3 Oakdale Ave. in Mill Valley as well as livestreamed on Facebook. Go to facebook.com/mountcarmelmv and mountcarmelmv.org.

Discussion on spiritual texts: Stone Soup Conversation presented by Tiburon’s Community Congregational Church is at 11 a.m. via Zoom. Go to ccctiburon.org/online-gatherings.

Fridays

Mass: presented by Mill Valley’s Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church is at 7:45 a.m. in person at 3 Oakdale Ave. in Mill Valley as well as livestreamed on Facebook. Go to facebook.com/mountcarmelmv and mountcarmelmv.org.

Bible study: presented by Good Shepherd Lutheran Church is at 11 a.m. on Zoom. Go to gslcnovato.org/online-bible-study.

Noonday prayer service: presented by Church of the Nativity is at noon on Zoom. Go to nativityonthehill.org for the Zoom link.

Shabbat mingle: and chat presented by Gan HaLev is at 7 p.m. on Zoom. Contact suzanne@ganhalev.org for login information.

Contemplative practice: presented by Tiburon’s Community Congregational Church is at noon via Zoom. There’s a different practice each week. Go to ccctiburon.org/spiritual-practices.

Saturdays

Vigil Mass: presented by St. Hilary Catholic Church is at 5 p.m. in person at 761 Hilary Drive in Tiburon and livestreamed on YouTube. Go to sthilary.org.

Shabbat services: presented by Congregation Rodef Sholom is at 10:30 a.m. on Facebook. Go to rodefsholom.org/rodef-sholom–home.html.

Mass: presented by Mill Valley’s Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church is at 7:45 a.m. in person at 3 Oakdale Ave. in Mill Valley as well as livestreamed on Facebook. Go to facebook.com/mountcarmelmv and mountcarmelmv.org.

Shabbat services: presented by Congregation Kol Shofar is at 9:30 a.m. on Zoom as well as in person at 215 Blackfield Drive in Tiburon. Call 415-388-1818 or go to kolshofar.org.

Shabbat services: presented by Chabad of Marin is at 10:30 a.m. in person at 1150 Idylberry Road in San Rafael. Call 415-492-1666.

Saturday circle: presented by Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Marin is at 9 a.m. on Zoom. Go to uumarin.org.

Vigil: presented by St. Nicholas Orthodox Church is at 6 p.m. on YouTube and in person at 102 Ross Ave. in San Anselmo. Go to stnicholasmarin.org.

Masses: presented by the St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church are at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. in person at 1000 Cambridge Ave. in Novato as well as livestreamed. Go to stanthonynovato.org.

Sundays

Mass: presented by St. Hilary Catholic Church are at 7:30, 9 and 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. in person at 761 Hilary Drive in Tiburon and on YouTube. Go to sthilary.org. The 7:30 a.m. Mass is quiet with no music.

Mass: presented by Mill Valley’s Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church is at 10:15 a.m. in person at 3 Oakdale Ave. in Mill Valley as well as livestreamed on Facebook. Go to facebook.com/mountcarmelmv and mountcarmelmv.org.

Sunday worship: presented by St. Andrew Presbyterian Church of Marin City is at 11 a.m. on Zoom and in person at 101 Donahue St. in Marin City. Go to saintandrewpc.org.

Sunday circle: presented by Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Marin is at 9 a.m. on Zoom. Go to uumarin.org.

Worship services: presented by the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Marin are at 10:30 a.m. on Zoom and in person at 240 Channing Way in San Rafael. Go to uumarin.org.

Sunday celebration: presented by the Golden Gate Center for Spiritual Living is at 10 a.m. in person at Corte Madera Community Center at 498 Tamalpais Drive in Corte Madera and online. Go to ggcsl.org.

Online services: presented by First Missionary Baptist Church is at 10 a.m. on Facebook Live. Go to fmbc4christ.org.

Celebration service: with Sunday message, readings and music is presented by the Community Congregational Church of Tiburon at 8:30 and 10 a.m. in person at 145 Rock Hill Road in Tiburon as well as on Zoom. Go to ccctiburon.org.

Sunday service: presented by Grace Church of Marin is at 8:30 a.m. on Zoom and in person at 10 a.m. at 921 Sir Francis Drake Blvd. in San Anselmo. Go to gracemarin.org.

Worship service: presented by Hamilton Community Church of the Nazarene is at 10:30 a.m. on Zoom. Go to hamiltoncommunitychurch.org/calendar.

Morning prayer service: presented by St. Columba’s Inverness is at 11 a.m. online at stcolumbasinverness.org/virtual-chapel.

Worship service: presented by Presbyterian Church of Novato is at 10 a.m. in person at 710 Wilson Ave. in Novato as well as online. For more information, go to pcnovato.org.

Family service: presented by St. John’s Episcopal Church is at 9 a.m. in person at 14 Lagunitas Road in Ross. Go to stjohnsross.org.

Worship service: presented by St. John’s Episcopal Church is at 10 a.m. in person at 14 Lagunitas Road in Ross and online at stjohnsross.org/live-stream-for-10am-service.

Worship service: presented by St. Paul’s Episcopal Church is at 10 a.m. in person at 1123 Court St. in San Rafael as well as on Facebook Live and YouTube. Go to facebook.com/stpaulssanrafael and stpaulssanrafael.org/livestream.

Worship service: presented by Community Church of Mill Valley is at 10 a.m. on Zoom or in person at 8 Olive St. For more information, go to communitychurchmillvalley.com.

Worship service: presented by Marin Lutheran Church is at 9:30 a.m. on Zoom and in person at 649 Meadowsweet Drive in Corte Madera. For more information, go to marinlutheran.org.

Worship services: presented by Mt. Tamalpais United Methodist Church is at 10:30 a.m. in person in the sanctuary at 410 Sycamore Ave. in Mill Valley, as well as on Facebook at facebook.com/Mt-Tamalpais-United-Methodist-Church-250943698280064.

Worship service: presented by Peace Lutheran Church is at 11 a.m. in person at 205 Tennessee Valley Road in Tam Valley. Go to plcmarin.org.

Sunday service: presented by San Anselmo’s First Presbyterian Church is at 10 a.m. on Zoom or in person in the sanctuary at 72 Kensington Road in San Anselmo. Go to togetherweserve.org.

Sunday service: presented by Lutheran Church of the Resurrection is at 9:30 a.m. online and in person at 1100 Las Gallinas in San Rafael. Go to lcrsr.com.

Sunday services: presented by the Quest is 10 a.m. on YouTube and Facebook Live at facebook.com/questnovato/videos. Go to questnovato.com.

Sunday services: presented by St. Luke Presbyterian Church is at 10 a.m. on YouTube and in person at 10 Bayview Drive in San Rafael. Go to stlukepres.org.

Sunday services: presented by Fairfax Community Church is 10:30 a.m. on Zoom and in person at 2398 Sir Francis Drake Blvd. in Fairfax. For more information, go to fairfaxcommunitychurch.me

Worship services: presented by First Church of Christ, Scientist, San Rafael, is at 10 a.m. on Zoom and in person at 1618 5th Ave in San Rafael. Go to christiansciencesanrafael.org.

Sunday services: presented by Novato United Methodist Church is at 10 a.m. on Zoom. Email novatoumc@novato.net for login information.

Sunday worship service: presented by San Geronimo Community Presbyterian Church is at 11 a.m. in person at 6001 Sir Francis Drake Blvd. in San Geronimo. For information, go to sgpchurch.org.

Holy Eucharist: presented by Episcopal Church of the Nativity is at 8 and 10 a.m. in person at 333 Ellen Drive in San Rafael as well as on Facebook Live. Go to nativityonthehill.org.

Worship service: presented by Westminster Presbyterian Church is at 8:30 and 10 a.m. in person at 240 Tiburon Blvd. in Tiburon as well as on YouTube and Facebook Live for the 10 a.m. service. Go to wpctiburon.org.

Worship service: presented by Trinity Lutheran Church is at 10 a.m. in person at 333 Woodland Ave. in San Rafael and online at Facebook and YouTube. Call 415-454-4135 or go to trinitysanrafael.org.

Worship service: presented by Redwoods Presbyterian Church is at 10 a.m. in person at 110 Magnolia Ave. Larkspur. The service will also be livestreamed. Go to redwoodspres.org.

Worship services: presented by Tiburon Baptist Church are at 10:30 a.m. in person at 445 Greenwood Beach Road in Tiburon. These services are also broadcast online via livestream. Go to tiburonbaptist.org.

Worship services: presented by Good Shepherd Lutheran Church are at 9:30 a.m. online and in person at 1180 Lynwood Drive in Novato. Go to gslcnovato.org.

Worship services: presented by Aldersgate United Methodist Church are at 10:30 a.m. in person at 1 Wellbrock Heights in San Rafael and online on Facebook Live at facebook.com/pg/aldersgatemethodist.org/posts.

Christian conversation and support: for Marin moms is presented by St. Paul’s Episcopal Church at 3:30 p.m. the second Sunday of each month at 1123 Court St. in San Rafael. Soup supper provided to bring home. Call 415-456-4842 or go to stpaulssanrafael.org.

Divine liturgy: presented by St. Nicholas Orthodox Church is at 9:30 a.m. on YouTube and in person at 102 Ross Ave. in San Anselmo. Go to stnicholasmarin.org.

Sunday worship: presented by Marin Covenant Church is at 9 and 10:45 a.m. in person at 195 North Redwood Drive in San Rafael and available on Zoom and Facebook at 10:45 a.m. Go to marincovenant.org.

Sunday services: presented by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Novato are at 10 a.m. in person at 787 Kendon Land and on Zoom. For more information, call 707-400-8308.

Sunday services: presented by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in San Rafael are at 9 a.m. in person at 220 North San Pedro Road and on Zoom. For more information, call 707-758-8750.

Sunday services: presented by San Rafael First United Methodist Church is at 10:30 a.m. in person at 9 Ross Valley Drive in San Rafael. Call 415-453-8716.

Worship services: presented by San Rafael’s First Presbyterian Church are at 8:30 a.m. (contemplative service) and 10 a.m. (choirs and guest musicians) in person at 1510 Fifth Ave. in San Rafael. The service will also be livestreamed. Go to fpcsr.org.

Divine liturgy: presented by the Nativity of Christ Greek Orthodox Church is at 9:30 a.m. in person at 1110 Highland Drive in Novato as well as online. Go to nativityofchrist.org.

Joyful worship service: presented by Sleepy Hollow Presbyterian Church is at 9:30 a.m. at 100 Tarry Road in San Anselmo as well as on Zoom. To receive Zoom link, email shpchurch@comcast.net. Go to sleepyhollowchurch.org.

Worship service: presented by Christ Presbyterian Church is at 9:30 a.m. on Zoom and in person at 620 Del Ganado Road in San Rafael. Go to cpcinterralinda.org.

Sunday service: presented by the Unity In Marin is at 10 a.m. in person at the sanctuary at 600 Palm Drive in Novato as well as a simulcast to its outdoor courtyard and livestream at unityinmarin.org/livestream. A community meditation is in the sanctuary beforehand from 9:30 to 9:50 a.m.

Masses: presented by the St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church are at 9 and 11:15 a.m. in person at 1000 Cambridge Ave. in Novato as well as livestreamed. Go to stanthonynovato.org.

Email listings of religious events to calendar@marinij.com. Photo attachments should be 300 dpi JPGs with a file size of at least 2 megabytes.

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Saturday

Tot Shabbat: presented by Congregation Kol Shofar is at 11:15 a.m. in person at the Beit Midrash at 215 Blackfield Drive in Tiburon. Call 415-388-1818 or go to kolshofar.org.

Monday

Vespers: presented by St. Nicholas Orthodox Church is at 7 p.m. on YouTube and in person at 102 Ross Ave. in San Anselmo. Go to stnicholasmarin.org.

Tuesday

Matins: presented by St. Nicholas Orthodox Church is at 7 a.m. on YouTube and in person at 102 Ross Ave. in San Anselmo. Go to stnicholasmarin.org.

Lenten lecture series: by Sally Jaeger on the parable “The Good Samaritan” is at 7 p.m. in person at the Saint Rita Parish Hall at 2100 Sir Francis Drake Blvd. in Fairfax. Lenten soup supper begins at 6:15 p.m. Go to saintritachurch.org.

Wednesday

Lenten hours: presented by St. Nicholas Orthodox Church is at 5:15 p.m. on YouTube and in person at 102 Ross Ave. in San Anselmo. Presanctified liturgy to follow at 6 p.m. Go to stnicholasmarin.org.

March 24

Festal vigil: presented by St. Nicholas Orthodox Church is at 7 p.m. on YouTube and in person at 102 Ross Ave. in San Anselmo. Go to stnicholasmarin.org.

Mondays

Mass: presented by Mill Valley’s Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church is at 7:45 a.m. in person at 3 Oakdale Ave. in Mill Valley as well as livestreamed on Facebook. Go to facebook.com/mountcarmelmv and mountcarmelmv.org.

Tuesdays

Tuesday morning Minyan: presented by Congregation Kol Shofar is at 7:15 a.m. in person at the Beit Midrash at 215 Blackfield Drive in Tiburon. Call 415-388-1818 or go to kolshofar.org.

Christian contemplative practice: presented by St. Columba’s Inverness is at 7 p.m. online at stcolumbasinverness.org/virtual-chapel.

Mindfulness meditation: with chants and Tibetan singing bowls is presented by the Praktikos Meditation Circle at 5 and 7 p.m. on Zoom. Email praktikos@outlook.com to get the link. All welcome.

Wednesdays

Chai lights: weekly talk presented by Congregation Kol Shofar is at 10 a.m. Contact garyamv@comcast.net for more information.

Prayer and meditation service: presented by the Golden Gate Center for Spiritual Living is at 7:15 p.m. on the first Wednesday of the month on Zoom. Go to ggcsl.org/events/month.

Bible study: presented by St. Andrew Presbyterian Church of Marin City is at 6:30 p.m. on Zoom. Go to saintandrewpc.org.

Noon prayer: and scripture study presented by St. Columba’s Inverness is at noon online at stcolumbasinverness.org/virtual-chapel.

Taize service: presented by the Golden Gate Center for Spiritual Living is at 7:15 p.m. on the second Wednesday of the month on Zoom. Go to ggcsl.org/events/month.

Mass: presented by Mill Valley’s Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church is at 7:45 a.m. in person at 3 Oakdale Ave. in Mill Valley as well as livestreamed on Facebook. Go to facebook.com/mountcarmelmv and mountcarmelmv.org.

Testimony meeting: presented by First Church of Christ, Scientist, San Rafael, is at 7:30 p.m. on Zoom. Go to christiansciencesanrafael.org.

Contemplative prayer: and compline presented by Church of the Nativity is at 5 p.m. on Zoom. Go to nativityonthehill.org for the Zoom link.

Wednesday Communion: presented by Tiburon’s Community Congregational Church is at noon via Zoom. Go to ccctiburon.org/spiritual-practices.

Visioning meditation: presented by the Golden Gate Center for Spiritual Living is at 7:15 p.m. on the third Wednesday of the month on Zoom. Go to ggcsl.org/events/month.

Guided meditation: presented by the Golden Gate Center for Spiritual Living is at 7:15 p.m. on the fourth Wednesday of the month on Zoom. Go to ggcsl.org/events/month.

Thursdays

Morning Minyan: presented by Congregation Kol Shofar is at 7 a.m. in person at the Beit Midrash at 215 Blackfield Drive in Tiburon. Call 415-388-1818 or go to kolshofar.org.

Morning mindfulness meditation: with Tibetan singing bowls and chants is presented by the Praktikos Meditation Circle at 5 and 7 p.m. on Zoom. Email praktikos@outlook.com for the link.

Talk: on “Philosophies of Judaism” with David Fankushen is presented on the first and third Thursdays by Congregation Kol Shofar at 1:30 p.m. on Zoom. Call 415-388-1818 or go to kolshofar.org.

Candlelight evening prayer circle: presented by St. Columba’s Inverness is at 7 p.m. online at stcolumbasinverness.org/virtual-chapel.

Mass: presented by Mill Valley’s Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church is at 7:45 a.m. in person at 3 Oakdale Ave. in Mill Valley as well as livestreamed on Facebook. Go to facebook.com/mountcarmelmv and mountcarmelmv.org.

Discussion on spiritual texts: Stone Soup Conversation presented by Tiburon’s Community Congregational Church is at 11 a.m. via Zoom. Go to ccctiburon.org/online-gatherings.

Fridays

Mass: presented by Mill Valley’s Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church is at 7:45 a.m. in person at 3 Oakdale Ave. in Mill Valley as well as livestreamed on Facebook. Go to facebook.com/mountcarmelmv and mountcarmelmv.org.

Bible study: presented by Good Shepherd Lutheran Church is at 11 a.m. on Zoom. Go to gslcnovato.org/online-bible-study.

Noonday prayer service: presented by Church of the Nativity is at noon on Zoom. Go to nativityonthehill.org for the Zoom link.

Shabbat mingle: and chat presented by Gan HaLev is at 7 p.m. on Zoom. Contact suzanne@ganhalev.org for login information.

Contemplative practice: presented by Tiburon’s Community Congregational Church is at noon via Zoom. There’s a different practice each week. Go to ccctiburon.org/spiritual-practices.

Saturdays

Vigil Mass: presented by St. Hilary Catholic Church is at 5 p.m. in person at 761 Hilary Drive in Tiburon and livestreamed on YouTube. Go to sthilary.org.

Shabbat services: presented by Congregation Rodef Sholom is at 10:30 a.m. on Facebook. Go to rodefsholom.org/rodef-sholom–home.html.

Mass: presented by Mill Valley’s Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church is at 7:45 a.m. in person at 3 Oakdale Ave. in Mill Valley as well as livestreamed on Facebook. Go to facebook.com/mountcarmelmv and mountcarmelmv.org.

Shabbat services: presented by Congregation Kol Shofar is at 9:30 a.m. on Zoom as well as in person at 215 Blackfield Drive in Tiburon. Call 415-388-1818 or go to kolshofar.org.

Shabbat services: presented by Chabad of Marin is at 10:30 a.m. in person at 1150 Idylberry Road in San Rafael. Call 415-492-1666.

Saturday circle: presented by Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Marin is at 9 a.m. on Zoom. Go to uumarin.org.

Vigil: presented by St. Nicholas Orthodox Church is at 6 p.m. on YouTube and in person at 102 Ross Ave. in San Anselmo. Go to stnicholasmarin.org.

Masses: presented by the St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church are at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. in person at 1000 Cambridge Ave. in Novato as well as livestreamed. Go to stanthonynovato.org.

Sundays

Mass: presented by St. Hilary Catholic Church are at 7:30, 9 and 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. in person at 761 Hilary Drive in Tiburon and on YouTube. Go to sthilary.org. The 7:30 a.m. Mass is quiet with no music.

Mass: presented by Mill Valley’s Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church is at 10:15 a.m. in person at 3 Oakdale Ave. in Mill Valley as well as livestreamed on Facebook. Go to facebook.com/mountcarmelmv and mountcarmelmv.org.

Sunday worship: presented by St. Andrew Presbyterian Church of Marin City is at 11 a.m. on Zoom and in person at 101 Donahue St. in Marin City. Go to saintandrewpc.org.

Sunday circle: presented by Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Marin is at 9 a.m. on Zoom. Go to uumarin.org.

Worship services: presented by the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Marin are at 10:30 a.m. on Zoom and in person at 240 Channing Way in San Rafael. Go to uumarin.org.

Sunday celebration: presented by the Golden Gate Center for Spiritual Living is at 10 a.m. in person at Corte Madera Community Center at 498 Tamalpais Drive in Corte Madera and online. Go to ggcsl.org.

Online services: presented by First Missionary Baptist Church is at 10 a.m. on Facebook Live. Go to fmbc4christ.org.

Celebration service: with Sunday message, readings and music is presented by the Community Congregational Church of Tiburon at 8:30 and 10 a.m. in person at 145 Rock Hill Road in Tiburon as well as on Zoom. Go to ccctiburon.org.

Sunday service: presented by Grace Church of Marin is at 8:30 a.m. on Zoom and in person at 10 a.m. at 921 Sir Francis Drake Blvd. in San Anselmo. Go to gracemarin.org.

Worship service: presented by Hamilton Community Church of the Nazarene is at 10:30 a.m. on Zoom. Go to hamiltoncommunitychurch.org/calendar.

Morning prayer service: presented by St. Columba’s Inverness is at 11 a.m. online at stcolumbasinverness.org/virtual-chapel.

Worship service: presented by Presbyterian Church of Novato is at 10 a.m. in person at 710 Wilson Ave. in Novato as well as online. For more information, go to pcnovato.org.

Family service: presented by St. John’s Episcopal Church is at 9 a.m. in person at 14 Lagunitas Road in Ross. Go to stjohnsross.org.

Worship service: presented by St. John’s Episcopal Church is at 10 a.m. in person at 14 Lagunitas Road in Ross and online at stjohnsross.org/live-stream-for-10am-service.

Worship service: presented by St. Paul’s Episcopal Church is at 10 a.m. in person at 1123 Court St. in San Rafael as well as on Facebook Live and YouTube. Go to facebook.com/stpaulssanrafael and stpaulssanrafael.org/livestream.

Worship service: presented by Community Church of Mill Valley is at 10 a.m. on Zoom or in person at 8 Olive St. For more information, go to communitychurchmillvalley.com.

Worship service: presented by Marin Lutheran Church is at 9:30 a.m. on Zoom and in person at 649 Meadowsweet Drive in Corte Madera. For more information, go to marinlutheran.org.

Worship services: presented by Mt. Tamalpais United Methodist Church is at 10:30 a.m. in person in the sanctuary at 410 Sycamore Ave. in Mill Valley, as well as on Facebook at facebook.com/Mt-Tamalpais-United-Methodist-Church-250943698280064.

Worship service: presented by Peace Lutheran Church is at 11 a.m. in person at 205 Tennessee Valley Road in Tam Valley. Go to plcmarin.org.

Sunday service: presented by San Anselmo’s First Presbyterian Church is at 10 a.m. on Zoom or in person in the sanctuary at 72 Kensington Road in San Anselmo. Go to togetherweserve.org.

Sunday service: presented by Lutheran Church of the Resurrection is at 9:30 a.m. online and in person at 1100 Las Gallinas in San Rafael. Go to lcrsr.com.

Sunday services: presented by the Quest is 10 a.m. on YouTube and Facebook Live at facebook.com/questnovato/videos. Go to questnovato.com.

Sunday services: presented by St. Luke Presbyterian Church is at 10 a.m. on YouTube and in person at 10 Bayview Drive in San Rafael. Go to stlukepres.org.

Sunday services: presented by Fairfax Community Church is 10:30 a.m. on Zoom and in person at 2398 Sir Francis Drake Blvd. in Fairfax. For more information, go to fairfaxcommunitychurch.me

Worship services: presented by First Church of Christ, Scientist, San Rafael, is at 10 a.m. on Zoom and in person at 1618 5th Ave in San Rafael. Go to christiansciencesanrafael.org.

Sunday services: presented by Novato United Methodist Church is at 10 a.m. on Zoom. Email novatoumc@novato.net for login information.

Sunday worship service: presented by San Geronimo Community Presbyterian Church is at 11 a.m. in person at 6001 Sir Francis Drake Blvd. in San Geronimo. For information, go to sgpchurch.org.

Holy Eucharist: presented by Episcopal Church of the Nativity is at 8 and 10 a.m. in person at 333 Ellen Drive in San Rafael as well as on Facebook Live. Go to nativityonthehill.org.

Worship service: presented by Westminster Presbyterian Church is at 8:30 and 10 a.m. in person at 240 Tiburon Blvd. in Tiburon as well as on YouTube and Facebook Live for the 10 a.m. service. Go to wpctiburon.org.

Worship service: presented by Trinity Lutheran Church is at 10 a.m. in person at 333 Woodland Ave. in San Rafael and online at Facebook and YouTube. Call 415-454-4135 or go to trinitysanrafael.org.

Worship service: presented by Redwoods Presbyterian Church is at 10 a.m. in person at 110 Magnolia Ave. Larkspur. The service will also be livestreamed. Go to redwoodspres.org.

Worship services: presented by Tiburon Baptist Church are at 10:30 a.m. in person at 445 Greenwood Beach Road in Tiburon. These services are also broadcast online via livestream. Go to tiburonbaptist.org.

Worship services: presented by Good Shepherd Lutheran Church are at 9:30 a.m. online and in person at 1180 Lynwood Drive in Novato. Go to gslcnovato.org.

Worship services: presented by Aldersgate United Methodist Church are at 10:30 a.m. in person at 1 Wellbrock Heights in San Rafael and online on Facebook Live at facebook.com/pg/aldersgatemethodist.org/posts.

Christian conversation and support: for Marin moms is presented by St. Paul’s Episcopal Church at 3:30 p.m. the second Sunday of each month at 1123 Court St. in San Rafael. Soup supper provided to bring home. Call 415-456-4842 or go to stpaulssanrafael.org.

Divine liturgy: presented by St. Nicholas Orthodox Church is at 9:30 a.m. on YouTube and in person at 102 Ross Ave. in San Anselmo. Go to stnicholasmarin.org.

Sunday worship: presented by Marin Covenant Church is at 9 and 10:45 a.m. in person at 195 North Redwood Drive in San Rafael and available on Zoom and Facebook at 10:45 a.m. Go to marincovenant.org.

Sunday services: presented by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Novato are at 10 a.m. in person at 787 Kendon Land and on Zoom. For more information, call 707-400-8308.

Sunday services: presented by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in San Rafael are at 9 a.m. in person at 220 North San Pedro Road and on Zoom. For more information, call 707-758-8750.

Sunday services: presented by San Rafael First United Methodist Church is at 10:30 a.m. in person at 9 Ross Valley Drive in San Rafael. Call 415-453-8716.

Worship services: presented by San Rafael’s First Presbyterian Church are at 8:30 a.m. (contemplative service) and 10 a.m. (choirs and guest musicians) in person at 1510 Fifth Ave. in San Rafael. The service will also be livestreamed. Go to fpcsr.org.

Divine liturgy: presented by the Nativity of Christ Greek Orthodox Church is at 9:30 a.m. in person at 1110 Highland Drive in Novato as well as online. Go to nativityofchrist.org.

Joyful worship service: presented by Sleepy Hollow Presbyterian Church is at 9:30 a.m. at 100 Tarry Road in San Anselmo as well as on Zoom. To receive Zoom link, email shpchurch@comcast.net. Go to sleepyhollowchurch.org.

Worship service: presented by Christ Presbyterian Church is at 9:30 a.m. on Zoom and in person at 620 Del Ganado Road in San Rafael. Go to cpcinterralinda.org.

Sunday service: presented by the Unity In Marin is at 10 a.m. in person at the sanctuary at 600 Palm Drive in Novato as well as a simulcast to its outdoor courtyard and livestream at unityinmarin.org/livestream. A community meditation is in the sanctuary beforehand from 9:30 to 9:50 a.m.

Masses: presented by the St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church are at 9 and 11:15 a.m. in person at 1000 Cambridge Ave. in Novato as well as livestreamed. Go to stanthonynovato.org.

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As Reported by Marin Independent Journal