http://pacificsun.com If it is local and useful, it is on PacificSun.com. en-us Cyclists and hikers will have their heads in the clouds--or 680 feet above sea level, anyway--when the 680 Trail officially opens to the public this Saturday. ]]> Going for a cleaner (or should we say "more sanitary"?) slate...]]> ]]> Call it "Free Dilly." It has a whale of a happy ending, but it's not a movie--it's the story of a gray whale youth that got caught up in crab-trap lines last weekend off Dillon Beach.]]> Could there be two good choices for "a suburban court with a battered past reputation"?]]> Only three of the four candidates get our nod (much to the relief of the deer)]]> The toughest call on the ballot for a board in transition...]]> Board of Supervisors to officially point out county's association with Golden Gate Bridge...]]> Going with someone who doesn't seem "smarmy"...]]> Studios will be open this weekend from 11am to 6pm in Ross, Kentfield, Greenbrae, Larkspur, Corte Madera, Tiburon, Belvedere, Mill Valley and Sausalito. ]]> Our take on which Mr. or Mrs. Smith should go to Washington]]> A Sausalito man has been tapped to keep tabs on our taps. ]]> Marin may be known for its hippy roots and great acid rock jam bands, but on Wednesday it was a bastion of punk rock royalty, as X took the stage at the Sweetwater Music Hall in Mill Valley. According to Pacific Sun punk-goth reporter Black Luscious, the show was attended by none other than Dead Kenneys frontman Jello Biafra and Jerry Harrison, of the Talking Heads and the Modern Lovers. X—playing under the name X-35, in commemoration of 35 years since the critically acclaimed band burst upon the L.A. scene—is made up of Fairfax resident John Doe, guitarist Billy Zoom, along with (shown above) singer Exene Cervenka and drummer DJ Bonebrake. The Mill Valley mosh pit was mostly courteous, according to Luscious, and the band ripped through its set in 90 minutes, finishing with a searing "Devil Doll."]]> It's baby time for the tule elk at their preserve at the tip of the Tomales Penninsula in the Point Reyes National Seashore. This photo shows eight calves with five cows all fleeing from the camera.]]>