C13 originals.

originals.

At that time my dad had two ranches.

The main ranch we lived at was 1400 acres. The second ranch ordered worse than it on was.

So we're right next to each other.

This is Alvina Gambini. Her father Alvin was a third-generation cattle rancher in West Marin County.

The Gambininis were there long before Cidenon first showed up in the 1960s.

They were very friendly.

I remember them inviting us for dinner a few times

just to get to know us.

They were very neighborly.

Here's Bob Gambinini, Elvina's older brother.

They were here for years on the Marconi property.

Then they purchased the Majetti Ranch and then they purchased another ranch and all of a sudden they started growing.

When Synonym was new in Marin County, Bob and his dad Alvin would help them with the basics of ranch life.

They offered advice, lent equipment, and even gave them a cow. But by the mid-1970s it seemed like Sinanon didn't

need their help anymore. It was really noticeable with their buildings you you know, they constructed and they had Mercedes-Benz buses,

they had vans, and there's constant traffic day and night.

I mean, in this community, we aren't used to seeing that and it's like whoa this is this is different.

Synonon stopped inviting the Gaminines to dinner but the Gaminines started getting visitors from Syninines to dinner. But the gaminines started getting visitors from Synon. They were

kids, but they were cold, hungry, and tired. And they showed up in the middle of the night.

I mean it could be two or three in the morning and there'd be a knock at the door.

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