A man who couldn’t get a straight answer about the time of day at the Whale of a Deli last Saturday evening threatened a customer with a machete before darting across the highway ahead of passing cars, said Lt. Doug Pittman, the sheriff’s office’s new public information officer.
At around 6:30 p.m., 47-year-old West Marin resident Rama Bowen approached a man sitting at the deli tables and asked for the time. Unable to overcome a…