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Directed by David Leitch • Starring Charlize Theron, James McAvoy, John Goodman • Rated R • 115 min.

Carmel residents David and Linda Mullally look out at four acres of the former Rancho Cañada Golf Club. Where there is dead, uninviting grass, they see a dream: a dog park for Carmel Valley. Gem, their 2-and-half-year old Siberian husky, stands quietly next to them, gazing out at the field.

The Salinas native talks about his improbable career path, and how activities for kids can change the city.

Directed by Matthew Heineman • Starring Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, Hamoud, Hassan •Rated R •122 minutes

    Kids have a built-in bullshit detector and are unafraid to use it.

    Kids spend more time than we all realize thinking about and analyzing the systems that impact them, including (but not limited to) public safety, public health, politics, education and media.

    Kids will seek out information wherever they can get it, but they still read newspapers. (Yeah, that last bit shocked me too.)

    Brand-new Executive Chef Aaron Rayor stands in front of the brick pizza oven at Cantinetta Luca in Carmel (625-6500), massaging a ball of sourdough into a raw crust, easing it into a bigger and bigger circle, turning it over, gently stretching it into a more expansive shape. Which is precise…