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I read an “I Saw You” in Metro a few weeks back—it was about your holy rantings on a downtown San Jose alleyway. Coincidentally, I also caught you at a recent rock concert at Shoreline in Mountain View. As thousands of people walked toward the gates, you stood there with your megaphone and shouted about how we’re all going to hell for worshipping rock & roll, or some crap like that. You are taking advantage of your First Amendment rights for your own personal gain. You are creating enemies. Even attendees who might slightly agree with you are repulsed by your self-righteous ravings. And you’re taking the word of a true loving philosopher (Jesus) and turning people away from him. Jesus would be spinning in his grave if he knew the nasty crap you’re pulling. So … next rock concert I go to at Shoreline, I’ll bring a megaphone to also exercise my right to free speech. I’ll proudly shout these things as I stand close to you: Think for yourself! Let no one tell you you’re going to hell! God gave you a choice, free will, so use it!

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THE FLY

Super Bucks We’re a month shy of Super Bowl 50 at Levi’s Stadium, and local law enforcement agencies are going lights and sirens to make sure they’re ready for an extra million people pouring into the Bay Area. There’s just a couple questions: How much will it cost taxpayers and who will pay for it all? The Super Bowl Host Committee designated Santa Clara and San Jose to host the Big Game’s AFC and NFC teams, respectively, and the NFL is supposed to pick up the tab for a certain amount of external hotel security at the Marriott hotels in both cities. Any extra security, however, falls on the respective police departments. It’s a pretty great deal for the NFL, which is only worth a piddly $45 billion. San Jose’s new acting police chief, EDDIE GARCIA, is more of the go-big-or-go-home type, and he says SJPD “will probably go above and beyond what the NFL requires for safety personnel.” That means the bill for any additional officer overtime could fall on—well, no one seems to know exactly where that money is going to come from, but it seems like the city of San Jose should expect an invoice from its own department. Garcia says the California Highway They Patrol will handle Did escort duties for the What? NFC squad, and officers working secondary SEND TIPS TO employment will receive FLY@ checks directly from METRONEWS. COM SAP Center for the “media night” press blitz scheduled for Monday, Feb. 1. Airport security in San Jose will also be under the microscope as hundreds of private jets are expected to fly into the new private hangar owned by Google. How a city the size of Santa Clara intends to foot the bill of hosting a Super Bowl squad is still unknown, as interview attempts were incomplete, but if the city’s dealings with the San Francisco 49ers are any indication, the Mission City could look like a size 50 footprint by the final whistle.

Santa Cruz Puma Project

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Mercury Rising TRACING THE ELEMENTS Tests show wildcats in the Santa Cruz Mountains have alarmingly high rates of mercury.

Scientists link ocean fog to mercury found in Santa Cruz pumas BY HENRY HOUSKEEPER

ERONICA YOVOVICH kneels beside a dead mountain lion. Her ﬁeld tweezers tighten around a whisker and slowly pull. The skin of the cat’s cold snout stretches out and then silently snaps back as she plucks the hair free.

“Mountain lions don’t tend to live very long in the Santa Cruz Mountains,” says Yovovich, a wildlife biologist with the Santa Cruz Puma Project. “Many are hit by cars.” But when scientists took a close look at the puma whiskers Yovovich has plucked in recent years, they found that the animals in the foggy Santa Cruz Mountains face an unexpected problem: mercury.

In research presented last month in San Francisco at a meeting of the American Geophysical Union, environmental chemist Peter WeissPenzias and longtime Puma Project director Chris Wilmers showed that coastal mountain lions in the woods and mountains are consuming potentially toxic amounts of mercury—carried from the ocean to the redwood ecosystem within the chilly droplets of coastal fog. Weiss-Penzias is an expert in tracking the spread of mercury, a toxic chemical released mainly from coal plants. “It’s iconic of the most reckless, unnecessary pollution,” he says. Mercury sails on atmospheric currents around the globe, and some settles into the ocean, which is why Weiss-Penzias now watches fog reports regularly. Biking to work at UC-Santa Cruz a few years ago, he noticed the heavy, wet morning air pressed against his temples

and spider webs sagging under glowing water droplets. He stopped pedaling and stared into the white horizon. No one had ever looked for hazardous forms of mercury in coastal fog, so Weiss-Penzias set up nets that condense fog into water, like the spider webs and their beaded droplets. His tests at the lab showed that every sample of fog water contained high levels of mercury. “I didn’t believe it,” he says. “I was trying to ﬁgure out how we could have contaminated the sample somehow to get these high numbers.” His team returned and collected more fog water, but the mercury was always present. Still, he wasn’t sure what his ﬁndings might mean for the plants and animals in our foggy coastal habitats. “This was a source of a toxic compound to the environment that was new,” he says. “Here’s a mechanism that involves the air, the ocean and the land, and nobody knows anything about it.” Coastal fog forms in Central California because the ocean is much colder here than latitude and climate would suggest. The region’s spring winds cause cold, deep water to rise, cooling the surface

an enhancement,” Weiss-Penzias says. Bioaccumulation suggests mercury increases each rung up the food chain. Like a human hair or tree ring, a mountain lion whisker is a chemical archive that traces the cat’s health. Mercury in particular sticks to hair-like tissues, Weiss-Penzias says, and when the team pored through the Puma Project’s whisker collection, they found more than one-third of Santa Cruz–area mountain lions had mercury levels well above the human health threshold. Of the 88 pumas sampled from the Santa Cruz Mountains, three cats had whiskers with four times the human health threshold—with one animal carrying 12 times more of the metal than is considered safe in humans. Technicians at the California Department of Fish and Wildlife sent the team whiskers from Sierra Nevada pumas—inland cats from hundreds of miles away. When the scientists tested the whiskers of these fog-free cats, the high level of mercury was absent. Mercury pollution can come from other sources, such as abandoned mines, but studies have found that cats in the Santa Cruz Mountains living near old mines are about as likely to have high mercury as those that live far away from them. “Mercury from old mines exists in a form that is hard for organisms to take up,” Weiss-Penzias says. The mercury in coastal fog, on the other hand, is very dilute but comes in a form that is more easily bound by plants and animals. Researchers don’t yet know how mercury might be affecting mountain lions, but research has clearly shown that it harms other large mammals. Mercury tangles up the enzymes that make important “cleaning molecules” in cells. These molecules are necessary to prevent natural but harmful byproducts from building up. In small doses, an animal can cope with the damaging clutter. But if it consumes too much mercury, the rogue byproducts damage tissues in an irreversible, cascading cycle. The team’s next step will be to understand where the pumas are consuming the mercury-rich prey. “In general, the majority of what mountain lions eat in this area is mule deer,” says Yovovich. The researchers plan to use deer fur, like the puma whiskers, to ﬁnd out whether deer are the source of the mountain lions’ mercury. They will also look for mercury in the plants that Santa Cruz mule deer graze. Their tests should help further map out mercury’s path through the redwood ecosystem.

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water along the coast. When clouds from the Pacific encounter this cold coastal band, the chilled vapor forms heavier droplets that drape the Santa Cruz Mountains foothills, often reaching the summit. Mercury pollution from the surface ocean may hitch a ride. Wilmers, of the Puma Project, heard about Weiss-Penzias’ results and wondered whether mercury could enter redwood ecosystems. The mercury in coastal fog is elevated but still dilute. For example, fog contains much less mercury than a can of tuna. But Wilmers also knew that trace metals can build to much higher levels once living organisms get involved—like redwood trees. In the Santa Cruz Mountains, redwoods survive the long rainless summer by using their needles like Weiss-Penzias’ fog nets. They sop up water directly from the wet air and trickle it along their needles. As redwoods drink, the toxic mercury builds up in the trees’ tissues. Eventually, redwoods shed their needles, along with the bound mercury, to the forest floor. Researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey helped UCSC scientists in gathering redwood needles and brought them back to Weiss-Penzias’s lab. Here, the team not only found mercury, but they also measured much more than was in the fog. “It seemed a little too simple to be actually occurring,” WeissPenzias says. The amount of mercury in the redwood needles was too small to threaten humans, but the team wondered if they might find more elsewhere in the forest. They soon had another opportunity—a graduate student in Weiss-Penzias’ lab was fond of collecting wolf spiders. “He would lay out cups in the forest, and the spiders would simply fall in,” Weiss-Penzias says. The team tested the spiders, and once again they found mercury—but this time at levels beyond the safe human health threshold. The spiders’ high mercury levels, Weiss-Penzias says, come from consuming mercury-laden prey. In a common ecosystem phenomenon called bioaccumulation, toxins become more concentrated as they move up the food chain. When predators consume prey, they burn through the fats, carbohydrates and proteins in their food, but the unusable toxins—often heavy metals—become trapped in their tissues. Wilmers and Weiss-Penzias suspected that mercury might contaminate the entire redwood ecosystem. “Pretty much everywhere we look, there seems to be

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GREENWASHED County education trustee and State Assm. candidate Darcie Green had a whirlwind marriage, but her husband Rick has a history of violence against women.

Candidate’s Spouse Changes Name, Can’t Erase Past BY JENNIFER WADSWORTH Darcie Green’s new husband bucked convention by taking the county education trustee and State Assembly candidate’s surname, billing the rebranding as a tribute to feminism and his bride’s father. But 35-year-old Rick Alexander Green, a personal trainer known until his November nuptials as Rick Alexander, may have had other reasons for changing his name. Court records dating back to his ﬁrst divorce at the age of 19 depict the newly minted Mr. Green, né Ricardo Alejandro Monzon, as a batterer of women and serial offender. For the past 17 years, the father of ﬁve children by three women has racked up multiple restraining orders and criminal convictions for domestic violence. Green, who last year served as president of the Santa Clara County Board of Education, said she knew about her husband’s record and

believes he’s a changed man. “I am a very strong feminist and absolutely stick up for women every day I breathe,” said Green, the 2015 president of Democratic Activists for Women Now. “I wouldn't marry someone who would diminish my ability to do that.” Since the Greens announced their engagement on a Summer Jazz Fest stage last August, Monzon has branded himself as an ally of feminists. He often accompanies his politically ambitious wife, who is running for East San Jose’s 27th Assembly District seat, to events promoting gender equality. But his violent behavior isn’t as much a thing of the distant past as many, including Green, seem to have been led to believe. Monzon was enrolled in batterer intervention classes as recently as 2014, according to probation reports, while a restraining order issued against him by a former partner extends through late

2018. He admitted in a phone interview that he’s unsure how many restraining orders have been placed against him. In fall of 2013, one of Monzon’s exes, a South Bay police detective, requested a protective order for herself and her two children. Reporting him, she said, was a last resort. In July 2011, Monzon and another ex-girlfriend were driving to his parents’ house after a night out drinking. According to police reports, the pair began arguing about his past relationships and Monzon grabbed her by the hair before tossing her credit cards out the window. A struggle ensued after they parked and Monzon busted her lip with his elbow. The woman broke away, ran to a nearby house and frantically knocked on the front door, begging for someone to call the police. Officers arrived and took photos of her bloodied and swollen lip.

Monzon was arrested and convicted of battery, driving with a blood alcohol level of .15 or higher and doing so with a suspended license. The woman filed a restraining order against Monzon over the incident, but would later tell police that he had a “mafia-like attitude” after the order failed to stop harassing phone calls. Two years earlier, Monzon ran afoul of the law by violating a restraining order protecting the mother of his two oldest children—his first wife, whom he married in high school—amid accusations of spousal abuse. Records show that family court judges granted his ex-wife’s request for a restraining order when she filed for divorce in 1999 and continued to renew it at least through 2012. Three other criminal cases show up on Monzon’s record from 2005 and 2006, but San Jose Inside could not review them by press time. “The reality is he’s had a very hard life, a very troubled life,” Green said. “He is finally on a path that will have much more success than he’s had in the past.” Monzon told San Jose Inside that he feels terrible about his actions and that he wants to use his story as an example of how people can change. Several people in Green’s inner circle expressed concern about the whirlwind courtship. The engagement came after only months of dating, seemingly out of the blue, friends said. Meanwhile, Monzon has become a fixture in the assembly campaign of Green, who has positioned herself as one of the more vocal feminist leaders in Santa Clara County. She said her husband’s history of violence against women is “irrelevant” to the race, which pits her against San Jose Councilman Ash Kalra, former city Vice Mayor Madison Nguyen, East Side school board trustee Van Le and activist Cong Do. Green’s campaign manager, Rich Robinson, said he’s confident that her record speaks for itself, and Matt Rexroad, a statewide political consultant, agreed that Monzon’s past is irrelevant to Green’s accomplishments. “Most of the time we give spouses a pass,” Rexroad said. “It could come up, but it’s rare. Anyone who makes it an issue will have to link it to her performance.” Josh Koehn contributed to this report

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Not So Bizarre WALL OF DAL An exotic diamond in a strip mall wasteland, Bharat Bazar offered specialities such as its extensive selection of dal.

New condos to replace Santa Clara’s treasured yet abandoned South Asian market Bharat Bazar BY GARY SINGH

HE WALL OF DAL is about to come tumbling down. One of the oldest continuously running Indian grocery markets will soon shut its doors for the condo-pocalypse. From what little I could elicit by repeatedly grilling the dude at the register, Bharat Bazar on El Camino Real in Santa Clara will close for good at the end of this month.

The entire strip mall in which it sits will be razed for still more lifelessly uniform apartments. The Kohl’s next door—the only other business left in the complex—closes Jan. 16. Welcome to the heart of Silicon Valley. To be fair, I don’t think this is a crisis. Experience tells me the stakeholders have probably known for a quite a while, but considering how Bharat Bazar first emerged in 1974, and since the anti-man-about-abouttown first slithered into the place some 25 years ago, I do believe the scene is worthy of some reflection. Journeying to the promised land of Bharat Bazar requires a

pilgrimage through the destroyed stripmall wastelands of Silicon Valley. Since the complex in question sits back from the street, Bharat Bazar is tucked away in the far corner, across a perpetually empty and cracked parking lot. As a destination, the store has always felt like an exotic outlander gem, a bastion of curious international intrigue surrounded by bland suburban enclaves. When it comes to the parking lot, every piece of it is fractured, making the whole scene look like a broken mirror. Instead of tumbleweeds, tree branches lay strewn about the landscape. Cement medians are split in half, uprooted by trees. No one has taken care of the lot in decades. Rusted shopping carts lay scattered, as if thrown away years ago. Once across the ruptured parking lot, the traveler ﬁnds great wonders. After journeying past dilapidated facades,

roadside motels leftover from the ’60s, converted fast food eateries and then the final landmass of sprawling parched concrete, a spectacular Shangri-La emerges at Bharat Bazar. With shelf after shelf of moong dal, masoor dal, lentils, mustard seed, cardamom, cloves, asafoetida powder, basmati rice, jars of ghee, fenugreek, black cumin, tamarind, fennel and tons more, the anti-manabout-town always felt at home. There was no need for fantasy. It was real. The entire place went through so many different reincarnations, it was hard to keep track. At one time, videos, clothing, threads, amulets, statues and other souvenirs added to the mix of groceries. Depending on the season, I’d see tables of vegetables out front, or pallets of onions and ginger. On the weekends, it was a madhouse. Customers piled stuff into their carts while kids scampered every which direction. Originally, there was a restaurant next door, attached at the left. It was totally homemade. If I recall correctly, I ordered from an older lady and she called to the back. Maybe a handful of plastic tables and chairs comprised the whole of it—but the food was fantastic. Nowadays, the place seems to be scaling down, so that area is for chaat ingredients, larger bags of rice and flour, and an overall warehouse-y kind of feel, plus there’s still a counter for sweets and samosas, but that’s it. They’re clearly winding it all down for when they have to move into Bharat’s other location, on Reed Avenue in Sunnyvale. Last weekend, contemplating what’s left of the entire complex proved to be a strange experience. This market opened 41 years ago. When the anti-man-about-town showed up, the only other business left in the complex was Kohl’s. All the fixtures were for sale. Sauntering through, a lot of merchandise still remained, but rows and rows of mannequins, male and female, were being sold at huge discounts. Half the store was reserved to sell empty racks, displays, shelving and other fixtures. It was quite morose to walk through. It almost felt like a sciencefiction novel. Soon the condo-pocalypse will explode on this very block. For me, no matter what happens, the memory of Bharat Bazar and the Wall of Dal will always remain in my heart.

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GROUND WAR A community uprising challenges political leaders’ determination to convert farmland into a huge housing development BY DAN PULCRANO

eff Martin remembers being sent 35 years ago, when he was in his mid 20s, to plant trees on land his father purchased with hopes of developing a semiconductor era-style technology park. Although Silicon Valley’s industrial expansion never made it to the farms 30 miles south of San Jose, the 400-plus acre legacy his father handed him proved a powerful draw, pulling him away from other parts of the Bay Area where he plied his trade as a landscape architect.

Ten years ago he planted olive trees on 30 acres in San Martin, just up the road. Five years ago, he bottled his ﬁrst pressing. His boutique olive mill’s awardwinning small batch Frantoio Grove extra virgin oil has launched the chattering foodie class into adjective frenzy over its grassy and peppery notes. He explains how the olives are collected, washed and

inspected—“I see most of the fruit myself ”—and gives a rundown on the Pieralisi extractors that are cast and machined in Jesi, Italy. As much as Martin enjoys being an olive farmer, he doesn’t think agritourism has much economic viability. “I don't want to stand here in an apron waiting for people to show up,” he says. Martin’s plans for 400 acres of land have placed

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him at the center of a ﬁrestorm over what’s almost certainly the biggest residential development in the South Valley’s history, one that may forever change the character of a community so identiﬁed with an agricultural product that a garlic bulb is incorporated into the municipality’s logo. We hop into Martin’s four-wheel drive and head south on Monterey

Highway and turn onto a dirt road. He rumbles down a precarious strip of mud and puddles, between a long, winding ditch that’s a future ﬂood-control public works project and neatly plowed rows of soil that produce bell peppers, pumpkins and garlic. He throws the pickup into park and we hike up a 90foot bluff known as Whiskey Hill, through newly planted oat hay

shoots popping out of the moist, spongy soil. A ﬂat area with a single eucalyptus tree, a small bench and a few fallen branches overlooks a sea of green to the south, the bright, shocking shade that’s seen around the valley in the days after the ﬁrst rain, when the air is fresh and chilly, before the air hazes up and the sun fries vegetation brown. The verdancy

stops at a fence that demarks Gilroy’s north border and contains a cluster of tan homes. Behind us, there’s a patch of hillside planted with grapevines. Morgan Hill’s iconic, pyramid-like El Toro stands to the northwest. To the northeast, Mt. Hamilton lords over the ridge line, a white dot on its peak. An occasional barking dog

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OLIVE THIS PLACE Jeff Martin owns 400 acres that are proposed to be part of a 4000-home development—and the count could go higher under new General Plan densities.

MAN WITH A PLAN Developer Chester “Skip” Spiering shoots ducks with the new mayor and says he wants to do the “right thing” by creating a project that returns community beneﬁts.

or crowing rooster punctuates the steady hum of traffic on U.S. 101 to the east. In the middle of the field stands a collapsing dairy barn, two abandoned grain silos and 100 white boxes—wooden beehives arranged in formation alongside the meandering waterless creek. “I’m probably not helping our cause by showing you how beautiful this is,” Martin admits. He has brought us here to persuade us that his proposed 4,000-home development is the best possible use for the land, a thoughtfully designed project that will return benefits to the community, including two schools, a fire station and a park. The planned community has triple the acreage and four times as many homes as the massive CityPlace Santa Clara complex that’s slated to be built next to Levi’s Stadium. The North Gilroy Neighborhood District will be a $3 billion project, give or take a few hundred million, based on selling

three communities. The residential development will compound Gilroy’s jobs-housing imbalance, increase demands on its municipal services and send more cars northbound each morning on U.S. 101. Hexagon projects that morning rush hour trips would nearly double from 20,438 to 39,763. The project’s own environmental impact report admits that “increased cumulative traffic volumes on freeway segments” would be “signiﬁcant and unavoidable”— engineer-speak for “already intolerable traffic’s going to get worse, deal with it.” Concerned about the project’s size, Gilroy’s planning commission voted unanimously to deny approval on Nov. 19. The City Council, however, charged forward in a watershed meeting Dec. 7, which began with the surprise resignation of Mayor Don Gage, who then presided over the 4-3 vote to send the annexation plan to the county’s

prices and ﬁnal tally of units. The square mile of dirt alongside the road between Gilroy and Morgan Hill will house a population comparable to Half Moon Bay, Capitola or Scotts Valley. It comes on top of two other approved developments—1,693 homes at Glen Loma Ranch, and 521 at Hecker Pass—as well as new apartments and homes scattered around the city. When fully built out, the number of housing units in Gilroy will more than double—from 17,173 to 37,649—and its population will increase from 57,723 to 120,637, according to a 2014 study by San Jose-based Hexagon Transportation Consultants. That kind of growth would make Gilroy more populous than present-day Palo Alto, Mountain View or Santa Clara, the last of which is the Bay Area’s ninth largest city. The critical difference is that Gilroy lacks companies like HP, Google or Intel, which provide high-wage employment in those

sprawl-control agency, LAFCO. Councilman Roland Velasco noted that the project wouldn’t be bringing commuters but not jobs to Gilroy. “We will cement ourselves as a bedroom community to San Jose. It’s my hope that we can be more than that,” he said. Councilwoman Cat Tucker said she’d received 100 emails against the project and voted against the approval but said she might vote in favor at a future date, presumably as the South Valley’s LAFCO representative. Behind the scenes, however, she was doing her best to expedite the process. “The Environmental Lobbyists are already at work. Submit the Application as soon as possible,” Tucker instructed interim city manager Ed Tewes in a Dec. 9 email obtained by the Gilroy Dispatch. To be sure, environmental groups such as the Palo Alto-based Committee for Green Foothills had begun to weigh in, noting that

the fast-track approval violated the city’s existing general plan and circumvented its process to develop a new one. What the project’s champions had not counted on was a grassroots movement that would use digital tools to quickly give voice to the community’s anger.

The Emperor’s New Cloves Sandie Silva, a third generation dairy farmer whose family traces its roots back to Portugal’s Azores, raises 40 cows and calves on a 200-acre farm with a red barn on the Pacheco Pass Highway. Its history, dating back at least to the 1880s, is documented in the U.S. Library of Congress. She met her neighbor up the road, Jenny Mosher, when Mosher’s mechanic husband repaired one of Silva’s tractors. Like many moms in their 30s, the two post family photos and communicate frequently on

Facebook. When they started expressing their concerns about the urbanization of Gilroy, they found that the message resonated. They quickly set up an invitation page and an online petition. In less than 28 days, they’ve collected more than 2,200 online signatures and a ﬂood of comments, virtually all of them critical of a city government they feel is unresponsive to their concerns. Mosher says she’ll do what it takes to stop what they view as the destruction of the region’s agricultural heritage, including a ballot measure. “I'll be in there in front of the tractor” if necessary, she says. The council leadership doesn’t seem to be swayed by the planning commission’s negative declaration or the overwhelming opposition that has been expressed in comments from community members since the early December vote. At his last meeting as mayor, on

blighted and neglected downtown. While other cities around Santa Clara Valley have revitalized their downtowns through redevelopment and beautification initiatives, Gilroy’s languishes with boarded up storefronts, empty lots, galvanized sheds and unsafe, fenced-off buildings. Downtown property owner Gary Walton doesn’t mince words and calls it “the worst downtown in Santa Clara County.” Gilroy built a large outlet mall that bustled while downtown retail withered, repeating the mistake that San Jose made when its department stores moved to the Valley Fair Shopping Center in 1956 and Santana Row opened in 2002. In addition to restarting its downtown, Gilroy faces the same tests as San Jose, which has borne the costs of housing Silicon Valley’s workers in suburban sprawl while communities to the north reaped a disproportionate share of the jobs and accompanying economic benefits, such as nicely maintained parks, well-staffed public safety departments and perfectly paved streets. Growth critics fear a trafficchoked, auto-dependent suburban nightmare could result from housing expansion without providing jobs locally. The flipside is that Gilroy is a community with historical architecture, an abundance of natural beauty, a strong sense of community, an emerging wine country artisanal aesthetic and an opportunity to reinvent itself as a high-speed rail hub. Given the right leadership, it has nowhere to go but up. If a $3 billion housing project isn’t in the cards, will there be a fair resolution for investors who’ve been led on by city and county officials for three decades? One solution might be a buyout of development rights by a land trust agency or foundation to compensate the principals and preserve open space and agriculture. Both Martin and Spiering say that if that option presents itself, they’re willing to have the conversation. Metro Executive Editor Dan Pulcrano moonlights as publisher of the Gilroy Dispatch because publishing’s a tough business these days.

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ACTIVISTS Jenny Mosher and Sandie Silva like Gilroy’s agricultural lifestyle and friendly, small town vibe.

Dec. 14, Gage used his folksy charm to sideline citizens who approached the podium to offer public comments. “I’ve known your mother for 50 years,” he told one. “Give me a call. … Maybe we can have a cup of coffee. I’m in the phone book.” Gage’s cozy relationship with the development community became clear when Brandenburg Properties’ Bill Baron emailed Gage on Dec. 9 to congratulate him on his retirement. “If there is anything we can do for you, please let us know,” Baron offered. “Lee and Eric [Brandenurg] were like family,” Gage wrote back. “I will look forward to future meetings with all of you.” Gage’s chief ally on the council and chief engineer of the annexation vote, San Jose land use attorney Perry Woodward, was chosen as Gilroy’s new mayor on Monday. Woodward is friendly with the project’s developer, Chester “Skip” Spiering, and the two have bonded on duck hunting outings in Los Banos. When one constituent wrote Woodward about the “condescending and dismissive tone of your closing comments,” at the Dec. 7 meeting, when Woodward described critics as zero-growthers and “tho-o-o-se people,” Woodward responded, “My sincere belief is that I am doing what needs to be done for the good of Gilroy.” After being chosen as mayor this week and promising to represent all Gilroyans, even those who disagreed with him, Woodward nominated Peter Leroe-Muñoz to serve as his vice mayor. Leroe-Muñoz, who was elected in 2014 with ﬁve maximum contributions from developer Spiering and members of his family, is as enthusiastic as the new mayor is about expanding Gilroy’s borders. The open closeness between the new mayor, the former mayor, the nominated mayor pro-tempore and Gilroy’s largest developers and land owners has done little to dispel the notion of a good ol’ boy network at the center of the city’s political culture. This month the council will appoint a new council member and consider a 24-year general plan that favors growth through annexation of farm lands over compact inﬁll growth that would build on vacant parcels, including many in the city’s

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SVDINING

Amuse & Amaze HOT PLATE Mouth-watering marbled short ribs are grilled in front of customers on a heated stone.

Leichi delights all the senses with masterful dishes, unique ambience BY NGOC NGO

EW TYPES of cuisine inspire like Japanese food. It is elegant and intricate. The quality of ingredients is ampliﬁed by the mastery of technique. Not every Japanese eatery seems to embrace this concept, but when I ﬁnd one that does, it stands out.

Leichi is barely a few months old but it has ambitiously joined

a handful of Japanese restaurants daring to offer something other than ramen or sushi. There is limited seating and reservations are highly recommended, especially for dinner. Sitting at the bar allows close-up views of the chef in action. Most items are tapa-sized with the exception of the meals and soba. The Kamo Namban ($17) is a bowl of handmade soba served in a hot broth with duck breast slices and a meatball. The noodles are worth all the effort to attain the soft thin strands to be slurped up with the savory broth. The Tai Chazuke is a rice dish ($10), with slices of snapper dressed in sesame

paste over rice with a side of roasted green tea broth that is poured on right before eating. The seasoned broth marries the different ingredients, like raw snapper and sesame paste, with Japanese rice. It is a combination that sounds like it shouldn’t work, but the taste buds beg to differ. Appetizers included a variation of steamed monkﬁsh liver, Ankimono Nuta ($9) with spicy miso vinegar on top. There was also the ponzu jelly version for those who prefer the classic. I preferred the creamy, spicy kick of the miso vinegar. A truly entertaining and mouthwatering dish was the Kobe Washu “Kalbi” grill ($18). Slices of marbled beef short rib were served with a hot stone so each slice can be individually grilled. A few seconds on each side, then a dip in the small

plate of sauce, and a perfect piece of beef was ready to melt in my mouth. Silky steamed egg pudding topped with uni in the Chawan Mushi ($10) gave way with an effortless scoop of the spoon to reveal underneath tender shimeji mushrooms. The texture of the egg, the brothy ﬂavor, the way the uni cooks slightly from the steam—it all worked to make this the best dish of the meal. It was certainly one of the better chawan mushi dishes I have encountered. Only three desserts were on the menu and all were housemade. Since acai berries seem to be the latest trending superfood, I chose the Acai mousse ($7.50), which had a creamy vanilla mousse that was lighter than air and not too sweet.

The quality of Leichi’s ingredients is amplified by the mastery of technique. The restaurant’s personal touches show in the food and in its choice of ceramics. Unique patterns of soup bowls, small plates and sauce containers draw attention to the plating of the meal. The service was also very attentive. I usually only notice background music when it is extremely jarring, but the music selection at Leichi was as interesting as its food. A mix of cover songs and Japanese music flowed throughout the meal. There is no shortage of things to amuse the senses here. A return visit to Leichi is definitely in order, as there are so many different items to experience. It will be worth monitoring how this restaurant influences Japanese cuisine in the South Bay.

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KINNY JEANS can be a struggle. They have a way of making a man realize a long time has passed since they actually ﬁt, or were popular. This, of course, is a hypothetical that will never resonate with me or my companion, Mr. Harada. We have, do, and always will look good in skinny jeans, no matter ﬁckle fashion fads or doctors’ warnings.

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We are comfortable in the tightness of our skinny jeans, and how they hold us in solemn comfort, like old friends. This is why we call our pantalones, “Cinebars.” Of all the watering holes Mr. Harada and I have dragged our knuckles in, Cinebar in downtown San Jose is more like home than any other. As far as “local” bars go, it’s the old friend that can disappear for months, but the camaraderie always returns in an instant. The Cinebar vibe is similar to the 2001 independent ﬁlm, American Astronaut, which made nearly every corner of outer space look like a thoroughly worn-in tavern. That’s Cinebar, an intergalactic Greyhound, packed with adventurers of all brands looking for new horizons. The crowd tends to be young, old and everything in the middle. It’s a place where vagabonds have well-rounded conversations with professors; where a doctor will buy an artist a shot and a beer, out of respect and admiration. Recently, the long room got a makeover. But not to worry those who haven’t visited their old friend in a long time. It’s still skinny and tight. The mythical odor has been removed, as has the vintage Cinebar musk. The ceiling has been raised, but the beer remains affordable. The black and white murals are gone (all went to good homes), and the fresh black paint on the walls retains that old feeling. A trio of local entrepe-doers, familiar to those who have haunted Cinebar, purchased the business and all signs point to continued success. They include: Stacy, a plucky gal who won’t hesitate to smack beers out of a heffalump’s hands if he falls out of line; Mike, a man who once was crazy and then just angry, so his nickname never changed; and Josh, the guy who wields the biggest cleaver in San Jose during the day (Bray@SPS). For the religious, Cinebar has its very own, personal, Jesus. Leonard is there, too. The MVP team is rounded out behind the bar by Javier, Chris and James. Lateef and Miki keep the riff raff out. A paint job, deep cleaning, and new jukebox (top 40 now available) might suggest a new attitude at Cinebar, but one law of the land will never change: No dancing. — Tomek Mackowiak CINEBAR 69 E. San Fernando St., San Jose.

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JESSICA WHO

JOHN HART

*wed *thu PIPPIN

AUTO SHOW

QUEENSRYCHE

Center for the Performing Arts, San Jose Wed, 7:30pm, $30-$110

San Jose Convention Center Thu, 10am, $8-$11

RockBar Theater, San Jose Thu, 7pm, $28-$30

Whether you’re in the market for a heavy-duty truck, a sporty speed demon, a luxury automobile or a forward-thinking, alternative-fuel vehicle, the Silicon Valley Auto Show promises to have it all. With more than 350 cars on display and 30 available to test drive, the show runs through Sunday. This being Silicon Valley, expect to see plenty of high-tech extras installed in various cars—from Jaguars to Mazdas. Visitors will be able to enter sweepstakes for the chance to win an Apple iWatch. Children and those just browsing are welcome as well. Kids under 12 get in free with a paying adult. (NV)

During the ’80s, Queensryche patches were about as ubiquitous as the denim vests they were sewn upon. The Seattle quintet pushed themselves harder than many of their one-hit hair-metal contemporaries—producing the proggy Operation: Mindcrime in 1988. The group would ultimately wind up pandering to the masses with power ballads like 1990’s “Silent Lucidity.” Surviving their hometown’s grunge onslaught, the ’Ryche’s legacy was in jeopardy after original singer Geoff Tate left to form his own version of the band (Todd LaTorre has been frontman since 2012). However, no amount of drama could dim the majesty of hits like “The Lady

In 1972, Bob Fosse directed and choreographed the original production of Pippin, which ran for nearly 2,000 performances. In 2013, the show was brought back to Broadway and went on to win four Tony Awards, including best revival of a musical. Director Diane Paulus re-imagined the troupe of Fosse’s dancers as a group of circus performers and acrobats. Gypsy Snider, the new production’s resident circus creator, drew upon her connections with Cirque du Soleil and les 7 doigts de la main to serve as a backdrop for Pippin’s adventures. This touring production features the actress Adrienne Barbeau as Pippin’s grandmother,

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THIS CHARMING BAND

RockBar Theater, San Jose Fri, 7pm, $10

The Ritz, San Jose Fri, 8pm, $10

The Driftwood Sinn’s hybrid of contemporary commercial hard rock and Southern sludge with metalcore accents should please several audiences simultaneously. It’s a bizarre complement to Red Trade’s Bauhaus-meets-Siouxsiestyle gloom rock (which sounded great supporting Orgy here last August). Relative newcomers, Walk Like Remedy, play taut, technically proﬁcient modern metal—featuring muscular leads from guitarist Juan Birrueta and incongruous punk vocals from Shaheen Abubshait. Relapse, the evening’s odd men out, rock a crunchy mid-tempo groove; think Primus by way of 311, with a side helping of D d

For more than 10 years, This Charming Band have been ensuring San Jose’s mopiest music lovers get their ﬁx of The Smiths. The group’s dedication to all things Mozz is apparent in their downer-chic aesthetic, gravitydefying hair and nearly spot-on renditions of songs like “Girlfriend in a Coma” and “How Soon is Now,” which they often speed up just a smidge to make for better dour dancing. They’re joined by Blondie cover band, Parallel Lines, and Different Strokes, a tribute to the leaders of the NYC garage rock revival, The Strokes. (NV)

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UGWA NEW YEARS EVIL Jan 9 at The Ritz

EUROPE Jan 19 at RockBar Theater

THE ADICTS Jan 23 at The Ritz

YAMATO DRUMMERS OF JAPAN Jan 23 at Stanford

SUPER BOWL OPENING NIGHT Feb 1 at SAP Center

PAN ASIAN MUSIC FESTIVAL Feb 1 at Bing Concert Hall

WWE LIVE Feb 6 at SAP Center

STRANGELOVE Feb 4 at RockBar Theater

SUPER BOWL 50 Feb 7 at RockBar Theater

BLACK SABBATH Feb 9 at SAP Center

VALENTINES OLD SCHOOL JAM Feb 12 at SAP Center

DISNEY ON ICE: FROZEN Feb 17-22 at SAP Center

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JONN HART Agenda Lounge, San Jose Fri, 10pm, $20 Jonn Hart’s mother sang in a church choir and his stepfather owned a studio dedicated to the production of gospel music. At a young age, Hart started making music with The Outﬁt, a fourperson hip-hop/R&B group in the vein of Pretty Ricky. Soon after creative differences split up the crew, the crisp crooner released the bassy, bulbous and absurdly infectious, “Who Booty,” featuring a guest verse from IAMSU!. The remix attracted veterans French Montana and E-40 and Hart has continued his rise with “New Chick,” a bouncy ditty about ladies upgrading from their last man that received some bars from bulletproof rap titan, 50 Cent. (JF)

*sat NEW YEAR’S EVIL The Ritz, San Jose Sat, 8pm, $10 After 19 years of bashing skulls in barely-legal backyard brawls, UGWA found a new, more legitimate, venue in The Ritz last year. Now in its 20th year, the Underground Wrestling Alliance is celebrating it’s 11th annual “New Year’s Evil” smackdown. This time around, Victor Sterling is looking to take the championship belt away from the gender-bending crowd favorite, KP. Also on the card: a tag tournament with Guido and Tank facing off against Black Anthony and Maverick; and then there’s Hollywood vs. Big Baby Powder and Scorpion vs Creeper. (NV)

Feb 28 at SAP Center

CASH’D OUT Mar 11 at The Ritz

COMPUTER QUEST

JESSICA WHO

Computer History Museum, Mountain View Sat, 2pm, $29

Pure Lounge, San Jose Sat, 10pm, Free

Learn about the history of computing on this scavenger hunt through the Computer History Museum. The Mountain View-based organization is home to the largest collection of computing artifacts in the world—from massive gearpowered computers, through ill-fated video game consoles—on to recent innovations, like the rainbow colored iMacs and the now-obsolete Palm Pilot. There’s no need to be a computer whiz to enjoy this game, so leave the pocket protector at home. (NV)

In the crowded ranks of DJs, Jessica Who stands out for her masterful command of genres ranging from disco to indie rock to trap. She has free range at Purdy Lounge, her “home” club in Miami, where she might mix salsa with Adele and follow that up with funk. But “the baddest female DJ in the 305” can unleash as ﬁerce a club set as anyone when she hits internationally renowned spots like Liv or Tao, laying down Drake or Eurythmics over her buildups into breakneck drops. Her signature, “open format” style has been called upon by brands like Covergirl and American Express and pop superstars like Katy Perry and Miguel. (JF)

JUSTIN BIEBER Mar 17 at SAP Center

STYX Mar 17 at City National Civic

THE REVEREND HORTON HEAT Mar 18 at The Ritz

YANNI Mar 19 at City National Civic

MELVINS Mar 19 at The Ritz

ELLIE GOULDING Apr 6 at SAP Center

SELENA GOMEZ May 11 at SAP Center

PRONG Jun 1 at RockBar Theater

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*stage SWIFT JUSTICE In 1933, San Jose made national headlines when Brooke Hart was kidnapped and murdered, his alleged killers were caught, but lynched in St. James Park by a mob before they ever stood trial.This is the play about that ugly episode. $15-$38. Jan 15-24. Theatre on San Pedro Square. San Jose.

TIGERS BE STILL After Sherry Wickman graduates with a degree in art therapy, she falls into a depression while living with her parents. Eventually she ﬁnds a job opportunity that gives her life new purpose. Now her life is perfect except for a host of family problems and a tiger that has escaped from the zoo. Jan 21-Feb 21. $17-$32. City Lights Theater Company. San Jose.

DEATH OF A SALESMAN The winner of 13 Tonys, nine Drama Desk Awards, and the Pulitzer, this American classic follows the last days of Willy Loman as he deals with disintegration of his family’s hopes for the American Dream. Jan 15- 31. $32. Lucie Stern Theatre. Palo Alto Players. Palo Alto.

COMEDYSPORTZ IMPROV COMEDY Laugh until your stomach hurts at this improv battle of wits, all audience-sourced and suitable for the entire family. Ongoing. $12-$15. Camera 4, San Jose.

MIDDLETOWN Winner of the The Horton Foote Prize for excellence in American Theater, this play follows Mary Swanson as she discovers the complex underbelly of this superﬁcially honest and welcoming town. Jan 28-Feb 21. $18-$28 Bus Barn Theater. Los Altos Stage Company. Los Altos.

quartet who perished on the way to their ﬁrst gig in a collision with a school bus. But now, the ethereal fellas will get one more shot to hit a heavenly harmony. $20-$35. Jan 30-Feb 21. South Bay Musical Theatre. Saratoga Civic Theatre.

PIPPIN Due to amateurish renditions, Pippin has earned a ﬂippant reputation of harmless naughtiness, but in this striking revival, the full complexity of Bob Fosse and Stephen Schwartz’s vision comes to dazzling life as we track the hunchback title character in his quest for glory. Jan 5-10. $33-$108. Center for the Performing Arts. San Jose.

VALLEY OF THE HEART Written and directed by the famed Luis Valdez, this bold epic throws the divide between American ideals and actions into powerful relief. This play is performed in conjunction with the activist company, El Teatro Campesino. Feb 10-Mar 6. $55-$65. The San Jose Stage.

*concerts DAYDREAM NATION San Pedro Square Market hosts its monthly last Saturday, alternative concert. Free. San Pedro Square Market. San Jose.

MUSIC AT THE MARKET A hotbed of live jazz talent, organized by San Jose Jazz. Every Fri, 7-9pm. San Pedro Square Market. San Jose.

OFF THE GRID A rotating cast of food trucks and music acts characterize this weekly event. Sat. Free. Computer History Museum. Mountain View.

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THE MOUNTAIN TOP In April of 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis. This awardwinning production inserts spunky motel maid Camae, who bends facts toward the fantastic. Jan 15-31. $10-$35. Pear Theatre. Mountain View.

FOREVER PLAID Sparky, Smudge, Jinx and Frankie formed a ﬂannel jacket

Opera Night. First Friday of every month. San Jose.

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METROACTIVE.COM Songwriting.” Thru May 16. Los Gatos.

CANTOR ARTS CENTER “Artists at Work” demystiﬁes the creative process. Thru Jan 18. “Richard Diebenkorn: The Sketchbooks Revealed” Thru Feb 8. “Edward Hopper: New York Corner” Thru Feb 8. “Missing Persons” dramatizes the loss of human life. Stanford.

CHILDREN’S DISCOVERY MUSEUM “Imagination Playground” Put together mega-sized foam tinker toys to construct an endless array of possibilities. San Jose.

DE SAISSET MUSEUM “Gold Rush” Exploring the regional symbolism of gold through art, sports and culture. Jan 15-Mar 13. Santa Clara.

QUILTED QUACKS This intricate quilt is just one of many textiles works on display at the ‘Earth Stories’ exhibit.

EUPHRAT MUSEUM

GALLERIES

Art and photography created by students at De Anza College. Cupertino.

HISTORY PARK SAN JOSE

2TWENTY5 Alternative Art next to fresh duds. San Jose.

“Slugs, Dingbats, and Tramp Printing”The printing press is one of the most important inventions in human history. See the machine that printed the ﬁrst newspaper in California. Thru Jan 31. San Jose.

ART BOUTIKI

LOS GATOS COMPANY

COMMUNITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND ARTS

“Zulugrass Jewelry Gallery,” featuring the colorful clothing and ornaments adorned by the Maasai tribe of the Great Rift Valley of Kenya and Tanzania. Artist in Residence Gallery. Los Gatos.

SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF ART “Maker Space”Thru Jan 17. “Artists including Me: William Wegman,” “Diebenkorn in the Bedroom, DeFeo in the Den: Generous Gifts from the Dixon and Barbara Farley Collection,” “Character Studies: Clay from the Collection”Thru Feb 7. TueSun, 11am-5pm, closed Mon. San Jose.

Monthly Midtown Beat Show. San Jose.

BRUNI GALLERY Jazz paintings by Bruni Sablan. Mon-Sat, 1-6pm. San Jose.

“The Sum of Parts” Artwork from CSMA's Visual Art Classes. Thru Jan 18. Mountain View.

LGBTQ YOUTH SPACE San Jose.

STUDIO ROCK CLIMBING GYM

MAIN GALLERY

“Petriﬁed” Works by Andy Wallace. San Jose.

“Winter Light” Thru Feb 21st. Redwood City.

MEZCAL Art by J. Danniel. Mezcal Restaurant, San Jose.

MONTALVO ARTS CENTER

GALLERY 85 Santana Row, San Jose.

GALLERY 2905 Call for info. Universal Media Access, San Jose.

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“Creative Ecology” What Linda Gass discovered at Cooley Landing. Thru Jan 22.

PHO69 Watercolors by Made’ Sukerti Berg. San Jose.

PSYCHO DONUTS Works by John Renzel, Lacey Bryant, Nicolas Caesar, Murphy Adams, Christine Benjamin, Michael Foley, Michael Borja, Valery Milovic, Carlos Villez, Eric Joyner, Laura Callin Bennett, John Hageman and Robert McColley. San Jose.

SAN JOSE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART

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“Earth Stories” 25th Anniversary Exhibition. Thru Feb 28. San Jose.

Call for info. San Jose.

SEEING THINGS GALLERY

NUMU LOS GATOS

TRITON MUSEUM OF ART

HIGHER FIRE CLAYSPACE

“The NASA Paintings” by Rick Guidice. Thru Feb 14. “The Art of Social Justice: Woody Guthrie and the Power of

“Gridiron Glory” The Best of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Thru April 3. Santa Clara.

First Fridays feature new artwork, demonstrations, and conversations with artists. San Jose.

“Unassuming Psycho” by Daryl Angel. San Jose.

Call for info. San Jose.

Daily Classes offered on Art and Technology. San Jose.

PALO ALTO ART CENTER

SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF QUILTS & TEXTILES

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WORKS SAN JOSE

GALLERY HOUSE “Breathless” Prints and Glasswork by Rozanne Di Silvestro and Rose Hagan. Thru Jan 30. Palo Alto.

Call for info. Santa Clara.

“Botanica Poetica” New Work by Lucas Art Fellows. Thru Jan 31. Saratoga.

DOWNTOWN YOGA SHALA “San Shui” Paintings by Russell Altice Case. San Jose.

SUNG K JUN ARTS

Jim Campbell: New Work and Collaboration with Jane Rosen. Thru Feb 13. San Jose.

STUDIO BONGIORNO Call for info. Santa Clara.

Pieces from beneﬁt art auction. San Jose.

BAY AREA PET EXPO Roughly 11,000 years ago, humans began the domestication of animals. Since then, it’s become a bit ridiculous and you can partake in this extravaganza of demonstrations, product purchasing and window shopping of the whole gambit of the tamed animal kingdom. Free. Sat, Jan 9, 10am-6pm. Santa Clara County Fairgrounds.

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IRTBAG DAN bustles about his high-ceilinged studio in an industrial block just outside of San Jose’s Japantown. He points out a psychedelic mural of a shark by a local artist on one wall and mismatched grey curtains stapled to another. The latter serve as the backdrop for his battle rap podcast where bongs modiﬁed for cannabis wax sit next to microphones.

He leafs through a box of vinyl records with a Bach album on top, then settles into a squeaky swivel chair sitting next to a DIY recording booth made of white laminated wood. The space is in a state of disarray. Soon, all of Dan’s equipment and decor will be shipped to a new workspace in another part of the city. His former studio will be transformed into a blandly stylish condo for an upwardly mobile couple. A homegrown talent, Dan has watched his surroundings morph from sleepy and semi-rural to jam-packed with sprawling development—all of it built to

support the ever-expanding ranks of the tech industry. “What used to be a farm is Netflix,” Dan says, reflecting on the change he’s seen. “I think that’s a rare thing for a city that has a million people. San Jose is a new city in every sense of the word. There’s not the history of art like there is in [other] cities in the Bay Area—Oakland, San Francisco, Berkeley, even Vallejo—where artists came up 30-40 years ago and laid the groundwork for the guys that you hear on the radio.” Born Daniel Martinez, the 32 year-old may be moving, but he’s not leaving. He rides in the vanguard of his city’s earliest efforts at national hip-hop and battle rap recognition. As a teenager, he started battling when studio time became scarce and, a little while later, performed in the very first

West Coast acapella showdown uploaded to YouTube. According to Dan, he’s in the top 20 most-viewed of English-speaking battlers on the streaming video service. “Maybe it takes a little bit more physically and mentally to be a top-level ballet dancer,” he muses. “But, purely mentally, nothing is as gnarly as battling, because it’s being a comedian, a musician and a poet all at once. Plus you gotta do it right the ﬁrst time. Plus everyone wants you to die.” In battles, contestants trade foul bars, built upon shame-inducing personal details gathered from social media. They can prepare their attacks beforehand, but ﬂub or falter and your opponent will tear you to pieces while the crowd howls in approval. Dan has performed this superhuman feat of mental toughness at the highest level of competition roughly 75 times over the last decade. “I’ve been more scared at battles with 100 people there, than shows with 10,000,” he says. “But there’s something about those moments when you really put the knife in, or you look at your opponent like, ‘You’re fucking dead. I beat you.’ And you see the defeat in their eyes. That is unmatched.” Battle rap trafficks in truly heinous subject matter, and those who wish to excel need thick skin. But participants earn (at least) a grudging respect from their peers if they are bold enough to test themselves in this ludicrous crucible. The community has representatives from every race and region, including battlers like No Shame from Texas, an openly transgender performer. Though insults go are the antithesis of political correctness, battle rappers don’t really mean their nasty remarks and contestants often exchange daps and hugs before leaving the stage. When rapping in the studio for his proper albums, Dan wipes away some of the unchecked vitriol of the rap-battle arena, revealing disarmingly sincere and unpretentiously deep sensibilities. On 2014’s DBDLP, he expounds upon a scorched-earth social theory on “F@#k That,” portrays the highs and lows of dream-chasing on “Thinking of a Master... 30

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The community hasrepresentatives from every race and region, including battlers like No Shame from Texas, an openly transgender performer. Though insults go are the antithesis of political correctness, battle rappers don’t really mean their nasty remarks and contestants often exchange daps and hugs before leaving the stage. When rapping in the studio for his proper albums, Dan wipes away some of the unchecked vitriol of the rap-battle arena, revealing disarmingly sincere and unpretentiously deep sensibilities. On 2014’s DBDLP, he expounds upon a scorched-earth social theory on “F@#k That,” portrays the highs and lows of dream-chasing on “Thinking of a Master... Plan” and talks about his divorced dad’s descent into meth addiction on “Suburbanites.” He spits with sneering twang over full-bodied beats built from deep-crate samples by pals Skylar G and Ichy the Killer. He eschews “half-assed” routes of backpacker martyrdom and falsely extravagant braggadocio for raw honesty that encapsulated his then-self. “The hardest thing to do as an entertainer is be honest,” he says. “If I wrote that album today, it would be different. I’ve learned a little bit more, I feel different about certain things. That’s interesting for me as an artist to play shit back, and be ... like, ‘I don’t believe that anymore.’” Like his city, Dirtbag Dan is in transition. Recently, he starred in what might be his last battle. Citing a waning desire to demolish his opponents and a complacent comfort with the craft, Dan says he’d rather oversee and aid the scene than directly participate. He wants build up his already popular podcast, and begin performing more stand-up comedy, where he balances freewheeling ﬁlth with layered introspection. He’ll be participating in Jokes Over Bars, the ﬁrst annual battle rapper comedy showcase on January 12. When he goes onstage to tell jokes, he’s nervous like he used to be in his early career, but not that nervous. “I feel like a dick when I say it to the other comedians, but [their] job is fucking easy,” he says. “Walk in the fucking park. You tell the same jokes over and over and over again, and get better at them, and add things to them. You know how many fucking punchlines I fucked up? That I didn’t even get to get out

right? Let alone refine and master.” Dan’s comedy foray in turn benefits the San Jose battling community. He will be the gregarious host and organizer of the fifth Battle of the Zay, an annual battle rap extravaganza that lands on January 9. For the first time in the event’s history, he won’t be battling because he no longer feels the need to perform to give the event legitimacy. He ceded his spot as the Zay’s foremost representative to his buddy, the viciously verbose Caustic. “I won’t really realize until the day of the battle, but I feel like it’s going to be fucking amazing,” Dan says. “You don’t want to be battling topten dudes while you’re throwing the event. Now, I can step back and focus on making it a crazy card. We’re trying to be the minor leagues for the majors. We want to create battles that are unique to us, and build up new cats.” For BOTZ5, Dan has assembled a battle royale, where six of the best-known spitters will unleash their hottest minute-long bars in a random ping-ponging order. In the head-to-head match-ups, he pits upand-comers against veterans so they can gain exposure in viral circles. But online devotees don’t always translate to real-life fame. “It’s not like back in the day, when if you were on MTV everyone knew who you were,” he says. “Nowadays, you could have millions of views on YouTube and you can go to the grocery store and no one will know who the fuck you are. You have crazy weekends, then you come back to real life. Like, I’ll be in Toronto at the same event as Drake, but clearly Drake’s life is different on Tuesday than mine is.” Dan’s diverse hustle plugs many holes for San Jose. He’s a visible viral representative, a booster for new talent and a link between the area’s hip-hop and comedy. As his city evolves, so does he, tackling new challenges to reflect his updated motivations and goals. He keeps constant only his stage name and his motivation. He grinds both as a means and an end. “Whether it’s comedy or battles or hosting or music, I’m doing a job,” he says. “And honestly, really, really, I don’t give a fuck about money that much. I do, but I give a fuck about money like I give a fuck about air: I cannot live without it, but I don’t think about it unless it’s not around. I’ve been fortunate enough to rap for a living for over a decade. Dope.”

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Kudos, Kathy. As a result of your question, “Blood Cookie” is no longer just an extremely death-metal name for an album of children’s music—it’s also something we’ve actually whipped up in the Straight Dope Test Kitchen. As a general proposition, of course, cooking with animal blood has been popular across time and geography. Swedes and Finns use it in pancakes. Southeast Asian cuisines avail themselves of all manner of the stuff—pig, chicken, duck. Poles eat duck-blood soup; in east Africa, the Maasai people drink cow’s blood straight up. The Brits and the Irish enjoy black pudding; the Spanish and French make blood sausages called morcilla and boudin noir, respectively. Getting closer to your question, pig’s blood is the thickener of choice in the Italian chocolate pudding sanguinaccio. In the U.S. you’ll find animal blood consumed mainly among immigrants of more recent times—and sold at Korean and Thai groceries. It’s made some headway, though, in high-end kitchens, probably thanks to the snout-to-tail trend that’s rolled through the culinary world in recent decades. Several years ago a Washington, D.C., restaurant called the Pig offered a frozen variation on sanguinaccio billed, inevitably, as “Sundae Bloody Sundae.” But insofar as the chef at the Pig did make something like chocolate ice cream using blood instead of egg yolks, here we see progress right along the lines you suggest. The Scandinavians are apparently at the forefront of this pursuit; the best source I found on the subject is Nordic Food Lab—an adjunct of the Copenhagen restaurant Noma, a mainstay on world’s-best lists—which exists as a sort of open-source testing ground for all sorts of outré culinary ideas. In 2014, NFL’s Elisabeth Paul published the results of an investigation into the possibility of blood as an egg replacer. Her arguments in favor are strong: Egg intolerance is a major food allergy among European children. Anemia, meanwhile, is everywhere a prominent nutrient deficiency; know what’s got a lot of iron in it? And the chemistry’s right. In egg white, six protein types interact to trap air when the white is agitated— say, by whipping. This is the first step in making a meringue, or in more

technical terms a colloidal foam: tiny gas bubbles suspended in a liquid. Key in baking, though, is the protein ovalbumin, which coagulates when heated and so prevents collapse. Ovalbumin accounts for about 54 percent of egg-white proteins; conveniently, related albumins make up about 55 percent of the proteins in blood plasma. In theory, then, sure, this ought to work. What about in practice? Paul reported salutary results after using pig’s blood in place of eggs in recipes for sponge cake, meringue, and ice cream; she also mixed it with vodka (after straining out a few unwanted clots) into a cocktail dubbed the “Red Russian,” which was—per her terse but telling description—“only sipped once.” A key finding here was that pairing blood with something acidic, as in a sourdough bread, will go some way toward masking its, er, more assertive flavors. Unwilling to leave all the glory to the Danes, I called up my local butcher, who rendered unto me twice the volume of cow’s blood I'd requested (no pig’s was available), and gratis, which tells you something about local sanguinary demand. By the time I got to it the following day, much of it had coagulated into a slimy block. (I hadn’t asked, but this can be prevented by the butcher treating the blood with an anticoagulant, such as vinegar.) I whipped some of what was left with sugar; the process took maybe 10 minutes longer than egg whites typically do, but eventually the mixture rose into a lofty and visually striking pink foam. The blood meringues fell in the oven, but that may just mean I should’ve whipped the stuff at still greater length. Next, I tried the pastry qua non: the chocolate chip cookie, substituting, at the recommendation of NFL, 65 grams of blood per egg; in this case I also made a control batch. The results? The blood cookies came out of the oven about an eighth-inch shorter than the batch with a whole egg in it. This tracks with a 1994 Iowa State University dissertation in which researchers compared egg whites and bovine blood plasma in cake baking, finding that an egg-white cake boasted “slightly larger volume, significantly more crowned profile, and finer texture” than the plasma version.

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Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962. His novel Of Mice and Men helped win him the award, but it required extra persistence. When he'd almost ﬁnished the manuscript, he went out on a date with his wife. While they were gone, his puppy Toby ripped his precious pages into confetti. As mad as he was, he didn't punish the dog, but got busy on a rewrite. Later he considered the possibility that Toby had served as a helpful literary critic. The new edition of Of Mice and Men was Steinbeck's breakout book. I'm guessing that in recent months you have received comparable assistance, Aries—although you may not realize it was assistance until later this year.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Remember back to what your life was like during the first nine months of 2004. I suspect that you fell just short of fulfilling a dream. It's possible you were too young to have the power you needed. Or maybe you were working on a project that turned out to be pretty good but not great. Maybe you were pushing to create a new life for yourself but weren't wise enough to make a complete breakthrough. Almost 12 years later, you have returned to a similar phase in your longterm cycle. You are better equipped to do what you couldn't quite do before: create the masterpiece, finish the job, rise to the next level.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): To become a skillful singer, you must learn to regulate your breath. You've got to take in more oxygen than usual for extended periods, and do it in ways that facilitate rather than interfere with the sounds coming out of your mouth. When you're beginning, it feels weird to exert so much control over an instinctual impulse, which previously you've done unconsciously. Later, you have to get beyond your self-conscious discipline so you can reach a point where the proper breathing happens easily and gracefully. Although you may not be working to become a singer in 2016, Gemini, I think you will have comparable challenges: 1) to make conscious an activity that has been unconscious; 2) to reﬁne and cultivate that activity; and 3) to allow your consciously crafted approach to become unselfconscious again.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Ancient humans didn't “invent” fire, but rather learned about it from nature and then figured out how to produce it as needed. Ropes had a similar origin. Our ancestors employed long vines made of tough fiber as primitive ropes, and eventually got the idea to braid and knot the vines together for greater strength. This technology was used to hunt, climb, pull, fasten, and carry. It was essential to the development of civilization. I predict that 2016 will bring you opportunities that have metaphorical resemblances to the early rope. Your task will be to develop and embellish on what nature provides.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): British author Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) had a day job with the postal service until he was in his 50s. For years he awoke every morning at 5:30 and churned out 2,500 words before heading to work. His goal was to write two or three novels a year, a pace he came close to achieving. “A small daily task, if it really be daily,” he wrote in his autobiography, “will beat the labors of a spasmodic Hercules.” I recommend that you borrow from his strategy in 2016, Leo. Be regular and disciplined and diligent as you practice the art of gradual, incremental success. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Umbrellas shelter us from the rain, saving us from the discomfort of getting soaked and the embarrassment of bad hair. They also protect us from the blinding light and sweltering heat of the sun. I'm very much in favor of these practical perks. But when umbrellas appear in your nightly dreams, they may have a less positive meaning. They can indicate an inclination to shield yourself from natural forces, or to avoid direct contact with primal sensuality. I hope you won't do much of that in 2016. In my opinion, you need a lot of face-toface encounters with life in its raw state. Symbolically speaking, this should be a non-umbrella year.

“I’m so glad that the holidays are over. You have no idea how exhausting it was pretending to be nice to you.”

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Around the world, an average of 26 languages go extinct every year. But it increasingly appears that Welsh will not be one of them. It has enjoyed a revival in the past few decades.

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In Wales, it's taught in many schools, appears on road signs, and is used in some mobile phones and computers. Is there a comparable phenomenon in your life, Libra? A tradition that can be revitalized and should be preserved? A part of your heritage that may be useful to your future? A neglected aspect of your birthright that deserves to be reclaimed? Make it happen in 2016.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Fourteenth-century author Geoffrey Chaucer produced a collection of stories known as The Canterbury Tales. It became a seminal text of English literature even though he never finished it. The most influential book ever written by theologian Thomas Aquinas was a work he gave up on before it was completed. The artist Michelangelo never found the time to put the final touches on numerous sculptures and paintings. Why am I bringing this theme to your attention? Because 2016 will be an excellent time to wrap up long-term projects you've been working on—and to be at peace with abandoning those you can't. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): A bottle of Chateau Cheval Blanc wine from 1947 sold for $304,000. Three bottles of Chateau LafiteRothschild 1869 went for $233,000 apiece. The mystique about aged wine provokes crazy behavior like that. But here's a more mundane fact: Most wine deteriorates with age, and should be sold within a few years of being bottled. I'm thinking about these things as I meditate on your long-term future, Sagittarius. My guess is that your current labor of love will reach full maturity in the next 18 to 20 months. This will be a time to bring all your concentration and ingenuity to bear on making it as good as it can be. By September of 2017, you will have ripened it as much as it can be ripened. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In her poem “Tree,” California poet Jane Hirshfield speaks of a young redwood tree that's positioned next to a house. Watch out! It grows fast—as much as three feet per year. “Already the first branch-tips brush at the window,” Hirshfield writes. “Softly, calmly, immensity taps at your life.” I suspect this will be an apt metaphor for you in 2016. The expansion and proliferation you have witnessed these past few months are likely to intensify. That's mostly good, but may also require adjustments. How will you respond as immensity taps at your life?

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Centuries ago, lettuce was a bitter, prickly weed that no one ate. But ancient Egyptians guessed its potential, and used selective breeding to gradually convert it into a tasty food. I see 2016 as a time when you could have a comparable success. Look around at your life, and identify weed-like things that could, through your transformative magic, be turned into valuable assets. The process may take longer than a year, but you can set in motion an unstoppable momentum that will ensure success. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Imagine that a beloved elder has been writing down your life story in the form of a fairy tale. Your adventures aren't rendered literally, as your waking mind might describe them, but rather through dream-like scenes that have symbolic resonance. With this as our template, I'll predict a key plot development of 2016: You will grow increasingly curious about a “forbidden” door—a door you have always believed should not be opened. Your inquisitiveness will reach such an intensity that you will consider locating the key for that door. If it's not available, you may even think about breaking down the door.

Homework: Write a one-page essay called “2016 Is the Year I Figure Out What I Really Want.” Go to REALASTROLOGY.COM to check out Rob Brezsny’s Expanded Weekly Audio Horoscopes and Daily Text Message Horoscopes. Audio horoscopes are also available by phone at 1-877-873-4888 or 1-900-950-7700

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