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DEPARTMENTS 8 LETTERS 56 GREAT TASTES Alexandra Russell Gundlach Bundschu in Sonoma 58 DINE WISE Jason Walsh The Matheson in Healdsburg 62 WHAT’S HAPPENING Upcoming North Bay events 64 BIZ SCENE Rohnert Park Chamber lunch and San Rafael State of the City 66 BEYOND THE BOARDROOM Rosie Padilla Eris Weaver, Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition

PUBLISHER’S FORUM Lawrence Amaturo Best of North Bay leadership

19 ONLY IN MARIN Bill Meagher

Does San Rafael want housing, or an aging mall?

29 ECON 101 Robert Eyler

The increasing chaos of home insurance

GUEST COLUMN Russ Powell Finding opportunities in conflict

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43 VINE WISE Adam Lee James Hall returns to Patz & Hall 53 TECH TALK Michael E. Duffy Is Ai Pin the next ‘smartphone’? 55 NAPA INSIDER Christina Julian All aboard for the new Calistoga Depot

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