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A New Low Fly was a bit stunned when Campbell Mayor EVAN LOW came out of the closet a few weeks ago—as a lackey of the South Bay Labor Council. In a Mercury News op-ed piece about two-tiered pension reform—a topic at once snooze-inducing and hotly divisive—Low bragged that his little Orchard City solved the problem of skyrocketing pension costs by playing nice with the unions representing city workers. “Unions are not devils,” Low writes in his lead, “and civil servant pension reform is not the silver bullet for all local government economic woes.”

Devils? Bullets? Talk about putting out a fire with gasoline. In fact, parts of the piece read as though it might have come straight from the keyboard of BOB BROWNSTEIN, the hyperbolic svengali of Working Partnerships, SBLC’s non-profit cash cow...er...affiliate. Perhaps Merc columnist SCOTT HERHOLD could do a comparative analysis of the two pols’ writing styles, as he did when he helped show that former SBLC hack PHIL BUMP was Don’t the author of the nowforget defunct anonymous to tip! attack blog San Jose Reviled...er Revealed.

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Thundering Hurd

While newly hired Oracle co-president MARK HURD did a victory lap at the annual Oracleworld confab in San Francisco on Monday, his former bosses, Hewlett-Packard’s Board of Directors, were slouching in defeat. At approximately the same moment that Hurd was delivering a speech to his new troops, the H-P board announced that it had settled its lawsuit against him, accepting $14 million in stock options as consolation. Hurd reportedly still walked away with a $12 million package.

The truncated lawsuit was the last in a month’s worth of blunders, beginning

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Laundry Works SPEAK NO EVIL Cindy Chavez, the former vice-mayor who now heads the South Bay Labor Council, fought hard for the Bay 101-backed Measure K after accepting a $50,000 contribution.

The South Bay Labor Council helps big political contributors erase their tracks

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PAPER trail suggests that money from Bay 101, the San Jose card club, made its way to the campaign of City Council candidate Xavier Campos. Public records show that following the card club’s $50,000 contribution in support of a ballot measure, funds were transferred to Camposaligned organizations that subsequently funded Campos’ bitter battle for a District 5 council seat, in apparent violation of city campaign laws.

Mayor Chuck Reed, incoming District Attorney Jeff Rosen and other

local elected officials say the series of so-called “independent expenditures,” including a $3,994 contribution from the South Bay Labor Council to the Campos campaign, looks suspicious and may point to political corruption.

The money in question changed hands several times. Records at the city, county and state show that in late April, Bay 101 contributed $557,905 to the Committee to Help Preserve San Jose City Services, the group behind Measure K. That ballot measure, which passed on June 8, allowed San Jose card clubs to expand in exchange for increased taxes earmarked for city services.

The half-million-dollar contribution and others from Bay 101 essentially funded the entire campaign.

On May 5, the Measure K committee gave $50,000 to the South Bay AFL-CIO Labor Council’s Committee on Political Education.

Throughout April and May,

that committee made numerous donations to candidates for city council and the state assembly. These included $3,994.15 to Xavier Campos, who is running to replace his sister, Nora Campos, on the San Jose City Council. The SBLC committee also spent $11,082.47 in independent expenditures against Xavier Campos’ opponent, Magdalena Carrasco.

If the money from the card room in fact was diverted into the Campos campaign, that would violate a San Jose ordinance designed to keep money from the city’s gaming establishments out of local elections.

Ordinance 12.06.260 states that a card room “may not make any contribution to candidates or candidate-controlled committees.”

Matt Savage of Bay 101 was unavailable for comment at press time. SBLC Executive officer Cindy Chavez refused to comment. SBLC attorney Bianca Pirayou sent an email confirming that the organization received money from the Measure K committee and added that “all contributions to and expenditures by the South Bay Labor Council are legal and appropriate.”

Xavier Campos also declined to comment. His campaign manager,

Reed says he raised the issues of independent expenditures when he campaigned in the 2006 mayoral race against Cindy Chavez, now head of the South Bay Labor Council.

“I have some past experience with trying to follow the money, and these folks have been pretty good about not making it easy to follow,” Reed said. “My guess is that this is only part of the money.”

Chavez and the South Bay Labor Council were strong supporters of Measure K and pushed hard to place the proposition on the ballot.

But when the matter came down to the vote, only one labor-aligned councilmember—Nancy Pyle— voted to support the measure. The rest of the labor bloc—Ash Kalra, Nora Campos, Kansen Chu and Madison Nguyen—after lauding the proposition from the dais, voted no.

But that didn’t matter—the measure passed 6-5.

Money Handler Tells All There is another reason many City Hall watchers find it easy to believe that Bay 101 indeed used SBLC and its political ecosystem to disguise the fact that it was distributing money to local candidates. An SBLC-friendly political consultant laid out the strategy in a news article earlier in the summer.

Following the June 8 election, political consultant Ed McGovern admitted—or bragged—that SBLC used money from a client of his to produce a hit piece on a mutual opponent.

The money originated with DMB Associates, the developer behind the huge Cargill Saltworks project in Redwood City. McGovern told the Palo Alto Daily News that DMB paid SBLC $30,000 to produce a mailer attacking Assembly candidate Yoriko Kishimoto, who opposed the development.

“It was my idea and I told the folks at DMB we should do it and we went to labor,” McGovern said.

DMB paid for polling research and determined that Kishimoto’s opposition to high-speed rail and extending BART to San Jose “were clearly the most troublesome for her with the voters,” McGovern said.

SBLC’s Committee on Political Education, the same body that

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with the board pressuring Hurd to resign amid allegations of sexual harassment. Oracle’s LARRY ELLISON, who fought off similar charges earlier in his career, immediately came to Hurd’s defense, and within weeks hired him. The result of all this? Oracle’s stock hits a nine-year high while H-P’s droops. Meanwhile, H-P’s interim CEO, CATHIE LESJAK, issued an almost pathetic statement: “HP and Oracle have been important partners for more than 20 years,” she said. “We look forward to collaborating with Oracle in the future.” Ouch.

took $50,000 from Measure K/Bay 101, then produced a mailer with a photo of a congested freeway and the message: “Stuck in traffic again? Thank Yoriko Kishimoto. She campaigned to keep you there!”

There was no mention of the Cargill development—or of DMB. The fine print on the bottom credited only SBLC. “This is our message,” McGovern says in the July 9 story. “Elected officials certainly have the right to take sides…but we also have the right to express our opposition of those elected officials, and we did with Kishimoto, and we’re very happy she was defeated. We’re going to continue to look for opportunities in November to do the same thing.”

Mayor Reed, who vowed in his “Reed Reforms” to “plug loopholes in campaign financing,” says that he’s looking to Rosen to finally start coming down hard on government integrity cases.

“I think Jeff Rosen is our only hope,” Reed said. “I would certainly like to change the cozy relationship among these different entities that allows this money to move freely and makes it difficult to track.”

“If Jeff Rosen takes a hard line on some of these things, that would perhaps make up for some of the loose interpretations that have then been stretched beyond anything reasonable.”

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Adán Lupercio, issued a statement dismissing “the Chamber’s latest manufactured conspiracy,” with no further explanation.

Enforcement of city election laws falls on the Government Integrity Unit of the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s office. That office, which enjoyed a quiet period under defeated outgoing District Attorney Dolores Carr, is currently a oneperson operation, run by Deputy DA Merle “Bud” Frank.

Asked about the card room money in the local race, Frank dismissed the evidence and refused to comment further.

But District Attorney-elect Jeff Rosen, who during his campaign charged that Carr had not been sufficiently aggressive in government integrity cases, promised to look into the matter when he takes office.

“This goes to the core of what people expect in the DA,” Rosen said Monday. “I will take steps to delve into this and familiarize myself with this case on Jan. 3.”

District 3 Councilman Sam Liccardo also chastised the current DA’s office for not looking into the matter.

“I have no problem saying that this District Attorney has neglected to pursue any serious political corruption case before her, and in some instances has dropped those cases completely,” Liccardo said.

“I know nothing about the internal machinations of the South Bay Labor Council or how money moves within the organization, but the fact that these footprints are in the snow leads me to have serious concerns. And they should lead an independent district attorney to have similar concerns. I look forward to a fuller investigation.”

Mayor Chuck Reed, who endorsed Carr, says that he sees a profound lack of oversight in this case. He says the San Jose Elections Commission, California Fair Political Practices Commission and State Legislature have failed to enforce government integrity laws for too long.

“They have a relationship there that allows money to move between entities pretty freely,” Reed said. “And, in two or three moves, you can end up influencing candidate races, either directly or indirectly through direct contributions or coordination. So, what you’re seeing here may only be part of the money that was moved.”

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sv 411.com Advertisers and the HTML5 Cookie Jar EVEN CASUAL Internet users know that if you want to hold your privacy in check, it’s good practice to clear out your browser cookies every once in a while. However, QFD9@< :FFB@<J Jfd\ X[m\ik`j\ij nXek m\ip YX[cp kf b\\g kiXZb f] fli n\Y$jliÓ e^ _XY`kj# simply clearing Xe[ Xi\ ZfeZfZk`e^ nXpj kf gi\m\ek lj\ij ]ifd your browser Ylie`e^ k_\`i [`^`kXc gXg\i kiX`cj% cookies the oldfashioned way isn’t always enough. As highlighted by a study out of UC-Berkeley, some companies have begun using Flash-based cookies that not only re-create themselves when deleted without the user’s knowledge, they reach into the Flash storage bin for the just-deleted user info so that they can keep tracking you and your stored history instead of starting anew.

It’s because of this behavior that some of our readers drew our attention to something called RLDGUID, a Safari database that has been popping up more and more on iOS devices. The company behind this database, Ringleader Digital, is basically using some of the modern HTML5 capabilities of mobile browsers to perform the same tasks as a traditional cookie, but out of sight of most users.

RLDGUID stands for Ring Leader Digital Globally Unique ID, which is how Ringleader Digital identifies your mobile device when tracking you. The company claims on its privacy page that it only collects “non-personally identifiable information, such as browser identifiers, session information, device type, carrier provider, IP addresses, unique device ID, carrier user ID and web sites visited.”

Ringleader Digital uses cookies, but goes a step further and makes use of Safari databases under iOS in order to ensure that users can be tracked—forever.

When we deleted the RLDGUID databases on our phones, we found that it would instantly respawn with the same unique identifier we were previously assigned. It’s pulling that ID from somewhere—likely a different Safari database generated by another Ringleader Digital partner site, or a traditional cookie working in conjunction with the database. We found that clearing cookies and the Safari databases still resulted in a re-creation of the database with the same ID. Why should you care? If you’re clearing out your cookies and databases, you’re likely doing so because you’re trying to burn your digital paper trail and you don’t want these companies tracking you.

And, while you can turn off Safari databases altogether on the desktop by setting the file size drop-down to “none,” you can’t turn them off on the iPhone, iPod touch or iPad.

whatever999 It used to be that the government was the only entity holding “big” secrets. Now, though, it’s anyone who’s rich and would like to be richer (simplistic, maybe, but inaccurate, maybe not).

question—whose phone/computer is it?

Mine? Then I should have complete and total control over all aspects of it, including all information in it. It’s like someone making a wax/clay impression of your house door key, promising to destroy the copy of the key they made with it, but then keeping the key impression and sharing it with their friends.

Flash Cookies and Privacy Advertisers are increasingly concerned about unique tracking of users online. Several studies have found that over 30 percent of users delete first party HTTP cookies once a month, thus leading to overestimation of the number of true unique visitors to websites, and attendant overpayment for advertising impressions.

Mindful of this problem, online advertising companies have attempted to increase the reliability of tracking methods. In 2005, United Virtualities (UV), an online advertising company, exclaimed, “All advertisers, websites and networks use [HTTP] cookies for targeted advertising, but cookies are under attack.”

bartfat Tracking you through databases through persistent advertising definitely wasn’t on the minds of the standards body when they wrote this standard up. I’m actually happy that HTML5 exists. Would you rather have no alternative to Flash?

The company announced that it had, “developed a backup ID system for cookies set by websites, ad networks and advertisers, but increasingly deleted by users. UV’s ‘Persistent Identification Element’ (PIE) is tagged to the user’s browser, providing each with a unique ID just like traditional cookie coding.

However, PIEs cannot be deleted by any commercially available antispyware, mal-ware, or adware removal program. —CHRIS JAY HOOFNAGLE ET AL, SSRN.ORG

Jpan OK, this is a stupid argument.

If you make a emergency handle on the outside of doors so you can let yourself in when you lose the key, but do not think about the possibility that burglars could use it as well, you would simply be an idiot.

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Dawn Falcon Oh for—who the heck thought this was a good idea as part of a *HTML* standard? HTML5 fail, yet again.

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Until this year, the only option was inventing a time machine or another conference with the same panache, A-list attendees and editorial chops. Both would take time. So entrepreneur and conference organizer Francisco Dao has a more immediately feasible idea: Rent out a hotel in Monterey, sign up for the TED live feed, get a bunch of huge screen TVs and bean bags and invite 50 of the most interesting people he can find to virtually attend the conference together.

The idea is brilliantly obvious: No one disputes the quality of the TED content, it’s the breakdown of the community that has some attendees in a funk. So Dao isn’t remaking or reinventing the content, he’s reinventing the community in the mold—and even in the location—of classic TED. —SARAH LACY, TECHCRUNCH.COM

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“This longstanding policy was reaffirmed by the San Jose City Council on March 6, 2007, through its adoption of Resolution No. 73677, which states, in part: ‘The City of San Jose has a strong interest in assuring that legal and undocumented immigrants do not fear interacting with their local government authorities. In past years, the City has seen how the reluctance of immigrants to interact with local authorities can

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Some folks will go to any length to support their favorite DJs. KFJC’s Ophelia Necro was nominated for best DJ and her most rabid fan, Victor Andrews, tied himself to a lawn chair in front of the Metro building in support. While he promised never to leave, he eventually gave in. But his dedication is worthy of an award. “Greg Kihn doesn’t need to win again,” he complained. Local seductress and songstress Traci from the Tell-Tale Heartbreakers , herself an Ophelia Necro fan—even showed up in thighhigh boots to slap him in the face. You just wanted to say, “Ain’t Love Grand.”

Write-ups by Richard von Busack, Gary Singh, Claire Young, Jessica Fromm, Eric Johnson, Stett Holbrook, Steve Palopoli, Beau Dowling, Traci Hukill, Michael S. Gant, Mariel Balderas, Neal Soldofsky, Marianne Messina, Jody Amable, Aaron Carnes, Joey Akeley, Alex Gilrane, Cat Johnson Photographs by Daniel Kouba and Felipe Buitrago

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Th e 25

Be s t Years

CELEBRATING THE

BEST PLACE ON EARTH

arthquakes goalie Joe Cannon stated the evident when he declared, in a recent speech, that we live in the best place on earth. Where else can anyone enjoy urban pleasures—from a reunion of Iggy Pop’s Stooges in a small venue to the most diverse concentration of ethnic cuisines available anywhere—while soaking up 300 days of sunshine in a valley framed by redwood-covered hills?

It’s time to wake up and smell the Santa Cruz Mountains cabernet, Bud Selig. There’s something special about the region that brought the planet personal computers, iPods, smartphones, search engines, social networking, online auctions and electric roadsters as well as the first radio station, the most reliable gopher trap and the Eggo waffle.

And yes, we really did invent

the Internet—or at least the underlying technology.

Did you hear that, the other 6.5 billion of you who aren’t lucky enough to live here? If it wasn’t for Silicon Valley, you’d still be licking stamps and flipping through phone books.

The quality of life advantage that allows us to produce world-changing technology in our sleep has been kept a

closely guarded secret from the rest of the world, protected by an NDA drafted by a Wilson Sonsini attorney who bills out at $975 an hour, including bathroom breaks. Now that we’re so far ahead of the competition, however, we can safely disclose that yes, it’s true, this is indeed the best place on earth.

This is the 25th time that Metro has shamelessly celebrated life at the epicenter of modern civilization by publishing a “Best Of ” issue.

The aforementioned two-time MLS Goalkeeper of the Year was a 10-year-old growing up in Los Altos when we published the original Best of Santa Clara Valley, as it was then called. The valley’s original Best Of—no one’s been doing this as long or as thoroughly as Metro—never ceases to unearth new finds.

The beer is purer, the chocolate darker and technology-obsessed sous-vide chefs are finding new ways to freeze things and cook the perfect 62 C egg.

In 1986, we celebrated Teri Hope’s Los Gatos Coffee Roasting Company, the valley’s first espresso roaster, which is still going strong. (Some of our favorite classic picks from Best Of ’s past are collected in the section that starts on page 101.)

This week’s issue was edited, in part, while drinking Café Flor Rosa coffee, grown by Martha Ojeda Mamani 1650 meters high in the mountains of Bolivia, roasted on Sunol Street in San Jose, ground at a hidden facility next to Bed Bath and Beyond on Stevens Creek Boulevard in Santa Clara and poured slowly through a Hario glass funnel that made its way from Japan.

We comb the valley’s strip malls and wide boulevards, dodging badly driven minivans and oddlooking bicycles, to bring these factoids and discoveries to you, our readers. The valley’s hidden gems are sometimes hard to find, but with an assist from readers who participated in our annual poll, the secrets are out now, and it’s pretty clear that when it comes to getting the best, the valley has it all. You just have to find it.

—Dan Pulcrano

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South FIRST FRIDAYS an eclectic evening of arts and culture in downtown San Jose’s SoFA District (and beyond) on the First Friday of every month

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315 So. First Street

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Artist’s Reception: MOMO BETTER THAN 2009. MOMO is known for thoughtful post- graffiti: tagging his name the width of Manhattan, creating over-sized collage, a fake New Yorker magazine cover, tide powered sculpture, a computer script which makes his art for him, and prints, paintings, and videos that rely on chance for fun and substance.

Lionel Chapital is back at the torch demonstrating how to get in the "spirit" of the fall season.

Witches and ghosts, goblins and ghouls, drop by the Art Glass Center and watch them being created starting at 8:00 pm.

Opening of Food, Flowers and Fun

by Jen Norton. This exhibit will feature a collection of inspiring images including food we love to eat, flowers we love to admire, and fun things we love to do on our time off.

First Fridays are Opera Night! at Caffé Trieste, with some of the Bay Area's best opera singers performing your favorite arias and duets.

Visit MACLA’s Gallery to see Lineas: New Modes of Contemporary Urbanism featuring recent work

by Tanya Aguiñiga and Teddy Cruz, and in the Castellano Playhouse D’Lo will show off his comedic chops and hip hop mc skills along with MACLA’s 2010 Youth Slam Team for their encore presentation from the July 2010 Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Competition.

San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles 520 So. First Street On view: TECHstyle SoftWEAR: Surface & Shape, an installation evoking the Silicon Valley experience by Corinne Okada Takara, Colleen Quen and Rick Lee. Also: International TECHstyle Art Biennial (ITAB): a juried exhibition of work combining fiber media with new technologies, including a tapestry by Ligorano/Reese of fiber optic cable lit by real time happenings on the Internet like Twitter feeds.

More Exhibitions:

SLG Art Boutiki & Gallery

So. First Billiards

KALEID Gallery

420 So. First Street

88 So. Fourth Street

577 So. Market Street

I’m On The Outside Looking In Artwork by incarcerated youth and adults is about the guarded, nonetheless creative expression to the outside world of one’s condition in an atmosphere hostile to individualism, vulnerability, and emotion. Presented by Streetlow Magazine, The Beat Within, and Heart of Chaos.

7-9pm Opening Receptions:

All ages until 10pm/21+ after 10pm

Above image by Mariana Barnes

EYAAAAAAH!! MONSTERS!!!

October is here and halloween is coming and, of course, there be monsters afoot. The Art Boutiki features monstrous art by the likes of James Brunner, Jon Hastings and Drew Rausch (just to name a few).

Also featured will be unpublished pages from the Haunted Mansion comic book. Live music.

Ancient Art, Modern Twist mosaic like paintings by Mariana Barnes.

Italy Today An exhibition by John Paulson, Master Photographer

Higher Fire Clayspace 499 So. Market Street Phantom Galleries 386 So. First Street WORKS San José 451 So. First Street Downtown Yoga Shala 450 So. First Street Good Karma Vegan Café 37 So. First Street Metro Photo Exhibit 550 So. First Street Art Ark 1035 So. Sixth Street

The South FIRST FRIDAYS art walk is FREE and open to the public!

visit www.SouthFirstFridays.com or call 408-271-5155 for more info

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Mission Chamber Orchestra

Mozart's Passion Emily Ray, Music Director Keith Kirchoff, piano Mozart: Symphony No.40, a Nancy Bloomer Deussen world premiere and works of Britten, Taneyev and G贸recki.

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Asian ssteakhouse. teakhouse. $ $$$.

Alexander’s Alexander ’s is is much much more more than than a steakhouse. steakhouse. Add Add a 500500bottle wine multiple bottle w ine llist, ist, m ultiple dining dining rooms rooms and and Asian-accented Asian-accented ambience ambience and and you’ve you’ve got got a standout standout South South Bay Bay restaurant. restaurant.

Full Full bar. bar. 5:30-10pm 5:30-10pm Mon-Thu, Mon-Thu, 5:30-11pm 5:30-11pm Fri-Sat Fri-Sat and and 559pm 9pm Sun. Sun. 10330 10330 N. N. Wolfe Wolfe Rd. Rd. 408.446.2222.

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CCAFE AFE T TORRE ORRE N New ew IItalian. talian. $$$. $ $$. A ggem em ttucked ucked aaway way iin n aan n mall, with uunassuming nassuming llittle ittle m all, w ith a ssophisticated ophisticated iinterior nterior aand nd ccongenial ongenial hhosts. osts. EEven ven bbetter etter iiss tthe he ggreat reat ppasta asta aand nd sseafood. eafood.

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B eer, w ine. 111:30am-2pm 1:30am-2pm aand nd Mon-Thu 55-9:30pm -9:30pm M on-Thu aand nd 55-110:30pm 0:30pm FFri-Sat. ri-Sat. CClosed losed SSun. un.

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CCUPERTINO UPERTINO B BAKERY AKERY IIndian ndian aand nd bakery. bakery. $. $. Don’t Don’t bbee ffooled ooled Bakery bbyy the the nname. ame. CCupertino upertino B akery iiss rreally eally a ggreat reat SSouth outh IIndian ndian Unlike many rrestaurant. estaurant. U nlike m any SSouth outh IIndian ndian rrestaurants, estaurants, Cupertino Cupertino Bakery Good B akery isn’t isn’t vvegetarian. egetarian. G ood llunch unch buffet buffet for for $7.99. $7.99. Don’t Don’t miss m iss tthe he ddosa osa aand nd uutthappam. tthappam.

111:30am-9:30pm 1:30am-9:30pm ddaily, aily, bbut ut weekdays w eekdays kkitchen itchen ccloses loses 22:30:30Dee A Anza 55:30pm. :30pm. 1102521 02521 SS.. D nza Blvd.

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55-9:30pm -9:30pm FFri-Sat. ri-Sat. 110123 0123 N Wolfe Rdd ((in W olfe R in CCupertino upertino SSquare). quare).

4408.996.1680.

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and 55:30-9pm and :30-9pm Mon-Fri Mon-Fri and and 111:30am-3pm 1:30am-3pm and and 5:305:309:30pm 9 :30pm Sat-Sun. Sat-Sun. Cupertino Cupertino mall SSquare quare m all ((near near SSears), ears), 110123 0123 N. N. Wolfe Wolfe Rd Rd #2001. #2001.

4408.996.3444.

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Italian. $ Italian. $.. Bold Bold flavors, flavors, fresh fresh iingredients ngredients aand nd lavish lavish portions. portions.

CCasual asual to to dressy. dressy. Beer, Beer, wine. wine.

Dee A Anza Blvd.

110257 0257 SS.. D nza B lvd. ((plus plus six six oother ther llocations, ocations, some some with with full full bbars). ars). 11:30am-9pm 11:30am-9pm Mon-Thu, Mon-Thu, 111:30am-10pm 1:30am-10pm Fri-Sat Fri-Sat and and 449pm 9 pm Sun. Sun. 4408.253.6532.

08.253.6532.

AKANE A KANE JJapanese/sushi apanese/sushi bbar. ar. $$. $$. Nigiri Nigiri and and maki maki treasures treasures are are gracefully gracefully presented presented at at this this attractive attractive restaurant. restaurant.

11:30am-2pm 11:30am-2pm Tue-Fri, Tue-Fri, 5-9pm 5-9pm Tue-Sat. Tue-Sat. Beer, Beer, wine. wine. 250 250 Third Third St. St. 650.941.8150.

650.941.8150.

FFONTANA’S ONTANA’S CCalifornia/Italian. alifornia/Italian.

ALDO A LDO LLOS OS A ALTOS LTO T S IItalian. talian. $ $$. $.

$$$. $ $$. A ssteady teady pperformer, erformer, FFontana’s ontana’s rrarely arely ddisappoints isappoints Beer, wine. ppasta asta llovers. overs. B eer, w ine.

Mon-Thu, 111:30am-9pm 1:30am-9pm M on-Thu, 111:30am-10pm 1:30am-10pm FFri, ri, 55-10pm -10pm SSat at aand nd 44:30-9pm :30-9pm SSun. un.

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220840 0840 SSteven teven CCreek reek B lvd.

4408.725.0188.

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GGOCHI OCHI Japanese.

Japanese. $$$. $$$. Gochi Gochi iiss a globally globally inspired inspired izakaya izakaya ((small small pplates) lates) restaurant. restaurant.

Most M ost of of the the food food is is straightstraightuupp Japanese Japanese fare, fare, but but there there aare re a few few American, American, French French aand nd Korean Korean twists. twists. Highly Highly rrecommended. ecommended. 119980 9980 Homestead H omestead Rd. Rd. 408.725.0542.

408.725.0542.

LLOON OON W WAH AH CChinese. hinese. $ $.. TThe he wokkkitchen itchen pproduces roduces ggood ood w okmain ccentric entric ddishes, ishes, bbut ut iits ts m ain ddraw raw iiss ffresh, resh, hhand-pulled and-pulled Beer, wine. nnoodles. oodles. CCasual. asual. B eer, w ine.

Mon-Thu 111am-9:30pm 1am-9:30pm M on-Thu aand nd Dee 111am-10pm 1am-10pm FFri-Sun. ri-Sun. 11146 146 D Anza Blvd.

A nza B lvd. 4408.257.8877.

08.257.8877.

TODAI T ODAI JJapanese. apanese. $$. $$. Billed Billed as as a Japanese Japanese seafood seafood buffet, buffet, Todai Todai doesn’t doesn’t llimit imit iitself tself ttoo Japanese Japanese dishes. dishes. Pan-Asian Pan-Asian and and jjust ust pplain lain oodd dd sspecialties pecialties rotate. rotate. 11:30am-2:30pm 11:30am-2:30pm

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Mon-Fri. 111:30am-5pm, 1:30am-5pm, M on-Fri. 55pmpmMain cclose lose SSat-Sun. at-Sun. 3388 88 M ain SSt.t.

650.949.2300.

6 50.949.2300.

BEAUSÉJOUR B EAUSÉJOUR CContinental. ontinental. $$$. meat $ $$. EElegant legant sseafood, eafood, m eat aand nd ggame ame ddishes ishes llean ean without ttoward oward rreducing educing ffat at w ithout ccompromising ompromising ttaste. aste. CCall all ffor or rreservations. eservations. FFull ull bbar. ar. LLunch unch Mon-Fri; 111:30am-2pm 1:30am-2pm M on-Fri; 55-9pm -9pm ddaily. aily. 1170 70 SState tate SSt.t.

650.948.1382.

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CCHEF HEF CHU’S CHU’S CChinese. hinese. $ $$. $.

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650.948.2696.

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As Metro’s food editor and restaurant critic, I’m going to continue to write about these issues. Most food critics leave discussion of food’s impact on the environment to science writers and other kinds of journalists. But I believe it’s critical to bring these issues to light.—Stett Holbrook

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The menu is full of Mexican-American standards, standards, but the changing selection of specials make this rrestaurant estauran nt a star. star. Full bar. bar. 11am-2pm, 11am-2pm, 5-9pm Mon-Thu, 11am-2pm, 59pm Mon-TThu, 11am2pm, 5-9:30pm 5-9pm 59:30pm Fri-Sat and 59pm m Sun. 971 N. San Antonio Rd. 650.948.9865.

LLOS OS ALTOS ALLTOS GRILL American American. n. $$. The handsome LLos os Al Altos toss Grill celebrates celebrates big plates of grilled meat and fish with plenty of fixings on the side.. spit-roasted chicken,, TTry rry the spit-r oasted chicken fresh burgers. fr esh fish and big bur gers gers.

The long, horseshoe-shapedd draw, bar. bar is a big dr aw w, too. Full ba ar.

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RESTAURANT R ESTAURANT ZITUNE Moroccan. wass Mor occan. $$$. Morocco Morocco wa French colonized by the Fr ench andd has strong strong Mediterranean Mediterranean Moroccan influences, so Mor occan ffood ood is familiar, familiar, but ingredients ingredients preserved like ppr eserved lemon,, harissaa and argan argan oil cast an exotic glow.. Zitune takes the cuisin cuisine glow ne unch to new heights. LLunch 11:30am-2pm 11:30am2pm Mon-Fri; 5:305:3010pm TTue-Sun. uue-Sun. 325 Main SSt. t.

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SSATURA ATUR T A CAKES CAKES Fr FrenchenchJapanese bakery. bakeryy. $. Satura Satura treats CCakes akes offers offers sweet tr eats ffor or adultt tastes. A Japanese take adul takke on a French French patisserie, thesee confections aree pr prepared conf ections ar epared fresh fr esh daily and meticulouslyy crafted cr afted using the finest organic or ganic ingredients. ingredients. 8am8pm Mon-Sun. 200 Main SSt. t. 650.948.3300. (Also 320 Ave, Palo Alto.

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SSUMIKA UMIKA. Japanese. $$.

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650.917.1822.

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ANGELO A NGELO MIO MIO IItalian. talian. $ $$. $. A small small space space with with a large large menu, menu, sporting sporting the the traditionals traditionals that that have have been been mainstays mainstays at at local local eateries. eateries. Appetizers Appetizers and and salads salads are are the the best best bets. bets.

11:30am-2:30pm, 11:30am-2:30pm, 4:30-10pm 4:30-10pm Mon-Sat; Mon-Sat; noon-2:30pm, noon-2:30pm, 4:304:309pm 9pm Sun. Sun. 820 820 Santa Santa Cruz Cruz Ave. Ave. 650.323.3665.

650.323.3665.

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Willow Rd. Rd. 6 50.323.4244.

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FFLEA LEA STREET STREET CAFE CAFE N New ew American.

American. $$$$. $$$$. Carefully Carefully crafted, crafted, impeccably impeccably chosen chosen food food featuring featuring seasonal seasonal local local produce produce and and Niman Niman Ranch Ranch meats. meats. Atmosphere Atmosphere is is casual casual and and eclectic. eclectic. Full Full bar. bar. 5:305:309:30pm 9:30pm daily. daily. 3607 3607 Alameda Alameda de de las las Pulgas.

Pulgas. 650.854.1226.

650.854.1226.

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650.234.1084.

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650.473.6543.

6 50.473.6543.

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Mon-Sat. 898 55:30-10pm :30-10pm M on-Sat. 8 98 SSanta anta Ave. 650.324.9092.

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SSULTANA ULTANA Turkish.

Turkish. $$$. $$$. If If you’ve you’ve eaten eaten Greek, Greek, Iranian Iranian or or Middle Middle Eastern Eastern food, food, you’ll you’ll find much find m uch tthat’s hat’s familiar familiar here. here. SSultana ultana makes makes your your introduction introduction to to Turkish Turkish food food easy easy with with its its warm warm service, service, well-executed well-executed dishes dishes and and soothing soothing ambience ambience 11am11am2:30pm, 2:30pm, 5-10pm 5-10pm Mon-Fri; Mon-Fri; 11am-10pm 11am-10pm Sat-Sun. Sat-Sun. 1149 1149 El El Camino Camino Real.

Real. 650.322.4343.

650.322.4343.

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THE T HE BASIN BASIN N New ew A American. merican. $$$. $ $$. The The Basin Basin has has some some rrefreshingly efreshingly high high standards. standards.

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08.867.1906.

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08.867.5272.

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4408.867.4711.

08.867.4711.

RISTORANTE R ISTORANTE D DA A MARIO MARIO Italian. $ Italian. $$. $. R Ristorante istorante D Daa Mario M ario sserves erves tthe he ggreatest reatest hhits its ooff Italian-American Italian-American with ffood ood but but prepares prepares them them w ith a ffreshness reshness aand nd iintegrity ntegrity tthat hat eelevates levates tthem hem above above yyour our ttypical ypical rred-and-white ed-and-white ccheckered heckered ttablecloth ablecloth IItaliantalianAmerican A merican rrestaurant. estaurant. LLunch unch 11:30am-2:30pm Mon-Fri, 11:30am-2:30pm M on-Fri, ddinner inner 55-9:30pm -9:30pm daily. daily. 14441 14441 Big Way. B ig Basin Basin W ay. 4408.741.1518.

08.741.1518.

SSENT ENT SSOVI OVI N New ew A American. merican. $$$$. $$$$. A pretty pretty dining dining room room hosts hosts an an inspired, inspired, always always fresh fresh and and seasonally seasonally driven driven menu menu of of contemporary contemporary American American and and French French food, food, complete complete with with seductive seductive desserts. desserts. 14583 14583 Big Big Basin Basin Way. Way. 408.867.3110.

408.867.3110.

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08.481.9983.

CCHELOKEBABI HELOKEBABI. Persian.

Persian. $ $$. $.

Go Go straight straight for for the the baghali baghali ghatogh, ghatogh, a fantastic fantastic appetizer appetizer made made from from delicate delicate but but rich rich baby baby lima lima beans, beans, scrambled scrambled eggs eggs and and lots lots of of garlic. garlic. Just Just as as good good is is ghaymeh, ghaymeh, a daily daily

special special made made from from tender tender chunks chunks of of beef, beef, split split peas, peas, eggplant eggplant and and tomato tomato sauce. sauce.

11am-10pm 11am-10pm daily. daily. 1236 1236 Wolfe Wolfe Rd. Rd. 408.737.1222.

408.737.1222.

DISHDASH D ISHDASH M Middle iddle Eastern.

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IILL P POSTALE OSTALE ITALIAN ITALIAN American. $ American. $$$. $$. IIts ts pprevious revious iincarnation ncarnation aass a post post office office llends ends this this space space eccentric eccentric ccharm, harm, aand nd the the food food delivers delivers ffull-bodied ull-bodied taste taste in in generous generous pportions. ortions. Veal Veal marsala, marsala, thinthinccrust rust ppizza izza aand nd New New York York steak steak aare re featured. featured. 11am-1:30pm, 11am-1:30pm, 44-9:30pm -9:30pm TTue-Sun. ue-Sun. 1127 27 W. W. Washington W ashington St. St. 408.733.9600.

408.733.9600.

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Real. 4408.617.0660.

08.617.0660.

PEZELLAS P EZELLAS FFamily amily IItalian. talian. $ $$. $.

Serves Serves popular popular Italian Italian dinners dinners with with rich rich sauces sauces and and generous generous portions. portions. East East Coast Coast seafood seafood dishes dishes like like linguini linguini and and clams clams and and calamari calamari sautéed sautéed in in tomato, tomato, garlic, garlic, and and basil basil stand stand out. out. Pizza Pizza and and pasta pasta abound. abound.

Full Full Bar. Bar. 11am-2:30pm 11am-2:30pm Tue-Fri, Tue-Fri, 5-10:30pm 5-10:30pm Tue-Sat. Tue-Sat. Closed Closed Sun-Mon. Sun-Mon. 1025 1025 W. W. El El Camino Camino Real.

Real. 408.738.2400.

408.738.2400.

P.F. P .F. CCHANG’S HANG’S CCHINA HINA B ISTRO CChinese. hinese. $ $$. $.

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Vibrant Vibrant Szechuan Szechuan flavors flavors mix mix surprisingly surprisingly well well with with rich rich Western-style Western-style desserts. desserts. Full Full bar. bar. 11am-10pm 11am-10pm Mon-Sun, Mon-Sun, 11am-11pm 11am-11pm Fri-Sat. Fri-Sat. 390 390 W. W. El El Camino Camino Real.

Real. 408.991.9078.

408.991.9078.

SSAIZO AIZO Japanese.

Japanese. $$. $$. Part Part bar, bar, part part eatery, eatery, Saizo Saizo served served small small plates plates of of grilled grilled and and fried fried dishes dishes made made to to go go with with sake sake aand nd bbeer. eer. IIt’s t’s all all good. good.

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Open Open daily daily for for lunch lunch and and dinner dinner Mon-Sat. Mon-Sat. 592 592 E. E. El El Camino Camino Real.

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408.733.7423.

408.733.7423.

SSENZALA ENZALA BBrazilian. razilian. $ $$. $. SSenzala enzala Brazilian rrestaurant estaurant iiss llike ike a B razilian ccultural ultural center center that that also also Brazilian sserves erves ffood. ood. B razilian aart rt aand nd walls.

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SSETO ETOD DELI ELI JJapanese. apanese. $ $.. FFolksy olksy country country deli deli that that offers offers hot hot and and cold, cold, takeout, takeout, eat-in eat-in and and made made to to order order food food in in a vibrant vibrant array array of of familiar familiar and and not-so-familiar not-so-familiar Japanese Japanese dishes dishes at at prices prices that that beat beat jjust ust aabout bout aany ny rrestaurant’s. estaurant’s.

Closed Closed Sun. Sun. 155 155 E. E. Maude Maude Ave. Ave. 408.735.7777.

408.735.7777.

SSHALIMAR HALIMAR IIndian-Pakistani. ndian-Pakistani. $. $. Walk Walk up up to to the the counter, counter, grab grab a menu menu and and place place your your order. order.

One One of of the the best best dishes dishes is is the the plain-looking plain-looking haleem, haleem, a lentil lentil and and barley barley stew stew available available with with chicken chicken or or beef. beef. Nihari, Nihari, a rich rich beef beef shank shank stew, stew, is is also also great. great. 11:30am-2:30pm 11:30am-2:30pm and and 5:30-10:30pm 5:30-10:30pm Sun-Thu Sun-Thu and and noon-3:30pm noon-3:30pm and and 5:30-11pm 5:30-11pm Sat-Fri. Sat-Fri. 1146 1146 W. W. El El Camino Camino Real.

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408.530.0300.

408.530.0300.

SSUGAR UGARB BUTTER UTTERFLOUR FLOURBBakery. akery. $. $. Sugar Sugar Butter Butter Flour’s Flour’s desserts desserts and and pastries pastries go go well well beyond beyond the the humdrum humdrum sweets sweets found found at at most most restaurants restaurants and and bakeries. bakeries.

The The bakery’s bakery’s chocolate chocolate skills skills are are particularly particularly strong. strong. 7am-7:30pm 7am-7:30pm Mon-Thu, Mon-Thu, 7am-8:30pm 7am-8:30pm Sat, Sat, 8am-5pm 8am-5pm Sun. Sun. 669 669 S. S. Bernardo Bernardo Ave. Ave. 408.732.8597.

408.732.8597.

TAVERNA T AVERNAGGYROS YROSO Old ld Mediterranean/Turkish.

Mediterranean/Turkish. $$. $$. Mustard Mustard and and ruddy ruddy pomegranate pomegranate hues hues warm warm the the restaurant’s Arabic restaurant’s interior; interior; zesty zesty A rabic infusions infusions warm warm the the food. food. Choose Choose from from mezes mezes such such as as hummus hummus or or tabouli. tabouli. Entrees Entrees include include lamb, lamb, beef beef or or chicken chicken gyros gyros or or lamb lamb kebab. kebab. 11am-10pm 11am-10pm daily. daily. 133 133 S. S. Murphy Murphy Ave. Ave. 408.735.9971.

408.735.9971.

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This This South South Indian Indian vegetarian vegetarian restaurant restaurant specializes specializes in in dosas dosas and and uthappams. uthappams. Dosas Dosas are are long, long, thin thin crepes crepes made made with with rice rice flour. flour. Uthappams Uthappams are are pancakes pancakes made made with with rice rice and and lentil lentil flour. flour.

11:30am-10pm 11:30am-10pm Mon-Thu, Mon-Thu, 11:30am-11pm 11:30am-11pm Fri-Sat, Fri-Sat, 11:30am11:30am10:30pm 10:30pm Sun. Sun. 976 976 E. E. El El Camino Camino Real.

Real. 408.830.9600.

408.830.9600.

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onto the national scene scen ne in 1990 1990 with his iconic iconic PBS series seeries The Civil W aar, I ha ave not b een an a uncritical uncritical War, have been worshipp er, as ha ave b een many many worshipper, have been in the mainstr eam Am merican mainstream American media. While Burns has h forged fo orged a rremarkable emarkable body body of documentaries d cumentaries do o ver the last 20 yyears, ears, much of over which has fforced or o ced this country country to rre-explore e- explore racism in th he shaping of the its history, history, his soft-liberalism soft-liberalism e and un willingness to take take har d st ands unwillingness hard stands on a variet varietyy issues hass led to what hi t i historians call ll a “r ““reconciliationist” econ nciliationist ili ti i t” call vie w of sla avery in particular, particular t , and view slavery rac e-relations in gener ral, as opp osed race-relations general, opposed to a mor tionist” moree “emancipat “emancipationist” p erspective that acknowledges ackno owledges the perspective limits of the “meltingg pot” pot” mo del in model underst Ameriican histor y. anding American understanding history.

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has bordered borderred on the tedious. tedious. I rrecently ecently pu urchased his homage purchased to the National Nattional Parks Parks as a way way of cr eating so ome quality quality together-time together-time creating some ffor or m o milyy, and while I personally personally myy fam family, enjo yed the th he series, series, it managed to put enjoyed thr ee generations geneerations of viewers viewers in my my three household d to sleep with the vvery ery first inst allmen nt. I had to watch watch most of installment. it on my my own. o N ot so with w The T enth e Inning g.

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In man wayys it’s it’s Burns’’ best best film, manyy ways with a sha arp critical critical edge sharp edge,, faster cut ting an nd a dynamic soundtrack. cutting and Indeed, The Thhe Tenth Tenth e old Inning is b bold fr om the get-go. g -go. It op get ens with JJose ose from opens F eliciano’s brilliant rendition rendition of Feliciano’s the “St ar Spangled S “Star Banner”” cut against ffootage oot o age of young young kids in the Dominic an nR eepublic pla aying y Dominican Republic playing baseball battered balls in the with stickss and battered shant wns of the impoverished impoverished shantyy tow towns C aribbean n nation. It is a subtle Caribbean w ay in wh hich the filmmakers filmmakers way which acknowled dge the globalization of acknowledge the sp ort in i a context context of Americ an sport American neo colonialism. neocolonialism.

E ven m ore ssurprisingly, urprisingly, tthe he fi rst Even more first ta lking h ead one one eencounters ncounters is is that that talking head o eith O lb ermann, tthe he überüberoff K Keith Olbermann, lliberal ib eral host host of of MSNBC’s MSNBC’s C ountdown, Countdown, w axxing p oetic aabout bout the the game. game. IIt’s t’s waxing poetic ab old m ove by

by B urns aand nd No vick, bold move Burns Novick, aand nd iitt p ays o ff iin nd roves. ““What What pays off droves. aadheres dheres me me to to baseball, baseball, and and always always h as,” O lb ermann astutely astutely observes, observes, has,” Olbermann ““is is this this ssense ense that that I am am watching wattching eessentially ssentially tthe he ssame ame game game that that ssomebody omebody saw saw in in 1860.

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You sstart tart o he ggame ame aand nd tthe he start star t of of off tthe tthe he sseason, eason, or or the the start star t o your o wn off your own ffandom, andom, yo yyou u fe el as as if if you you w ere feel were jjoining oining a river river midstream. midstream. And And all all tthat hatt h as ggone one b efo f re, you you can can enjoy enjoy has before, aass if if yo u were were there.” there.” you B urns aand nd Novick Novick p rovide Burns provide p olitical b alance w ith tthe he political balance with ssomnambulant omnambulant G eorge W ill, George Will, b ut eeven ven tthe he conservative, conservattive, bowb owbut ttied ied ccolumnist olumnist iiss ssurprisingly urprisingly ssharp-edged harp - edged in in his his commentary commentary tthroughout. hroughout.

O ther n ew voices voices in in T he T enth Other new The Tenth IInning nning are are equally equally engaging. engaging. P edro Pedro M artinez, the the Dominican Dominican rightrightMartinez, h ander, iiss aabsolutely bsolutely captivating, captivatting, hander, w hether pontificating pontificating about ab out whether p itching iinside nside o iscussing tthe he pitching orr d discussing R ed S ox W orld S eries victories victories of of Red Sox World Series 2 004 aand nd 2007.

2007. The The addition addition o 2004 off fo rmer Y ankee (and (and now now Dodger) Do dger) former Yankee m anager JJoe oe T orre iiss also also a manager Torre

proportions, aand proportions, nd T The he T Tenth enth IInning nning ttells ells iitt with with proper proper nuance nuance aand nd dramatic d ramatic ar arc. rc. ““He He iiss a vvery ery complicated complicated ccharacter, haracter,” o observes bserves B Breton. reton. “He “He iiss brilliant, b rilliant, he he iiss b blessed, lessed, aand nd yyet et h hee ggave ave tthe he iimpression mpression tthat hat h his is llife ife was wass a burden b urden aand nd tthe he ggifts ifts tthat hat h hee h had ad w wore ore him h im d down. own.”

II’ll ’ll confess confess tthat hat B Bonds onds has has n never ever been be en m myy ffavorite avorite p player. layer. I don’t don’t h have ave aany ny o off h his is b baseball aseball ccards ards h hidden idden away away iin nm myy d desk esk d drawer. rawer. I vviewed iewed him him ass a sselfish elfish ssuperstar upe p rstar who who w was as more more iinterested nterested iin nh his is o own wn aachievements chievements tthan han n tthose hose o off his his tteam. eam. T The he m most ost ttelling elling sstatistic tatistic in in Bonds’ Bonds’ career career iiss n not ot his h is 7763 63 ccareer areer h home ome rruns, uns, b but ut tthe he ffact act tthat hat h hee n never ever played played on on a ssingle ingle cchampionship hampionship team team iin nh his is llife—not ife—not iin n tthe he m minors, inors, n not ot iin n ccollege ollege o orr h high igh sschool, chool, n not ot eeven ven iin nL Little ittle lleague. eaggue.

That Bonds was T hat ssaid, aid, B onds w ass eessentially ssentially llynched ynched iin n tthe he fi final nal d days ays of of h his is ccareer arreer byy tthe Francisco Chronicle, most b he SSan an F rancisco C hronicle, m ost notably n otab bly b byy rreporters eporters L Lance an nce W Williams illiam ms Mark Fainaru-Wada, whose book aand nd M arrk F ainaru-Wad da, w hose boo k Game G ame of of SShadows hadows iissued ssued a one-sided one-sided one-dimensional portrait aand nd o ne-dimensional po rtrait of of Bonds B onds tthat hat ttraded rad ded ffar aarr ttoo oo m much uch o on n iinnuendo nnuendo an aand nd unnamed unnam med sources. sources.

To T o ttheir heir ccredit, redit, B Burns urns aand nd N Novick ovick present broader p resent tthe he story story iin nb roader sstrokes, trokes, fframing raming B Bonds’ onds’ d difficult ifficult psyche psyche in in the the off h his Bobby Bonds’ ccontext ontext o is ffather ather B obby B onds’ mistreatment m istreatment aatt tthe he h hands an nds o off baseball baseball and eexecs xecs an nd tthe he iinsidious nsidious institutional institutional rracism acism tthat hat sstill till p plagues lagues M Major ajor L League eague Baseball.

Ass a rresult, The Tenth B asseballl. A esult, T he T enth IInning nning provides p rovides n not ot o only nly tthe he be best st ssummation ummation off B Bonds’ o onds’ rremarkable emarrkab ble aand nd ttroubled roubled ccareer arreer tto od date, ate, b but ut also also with with a complex complex understanding off how Steroids Era u nderstan nding o how tthe he S teroids E ra sshould hould be best st be viewed viewed in in tthe he ssweep weep o off baseball b asseballl h history. istoryy.

Ass a llifelong A ifelong Giants Gian nts ffan aan nw who ho h has as ccried ried b black lack aand nd o orange ran nge ffor or the the p past ast half-century, h allf-centuryy, h hope ope springs springs eeternal ternal tthis his autumn au utumn ass tthey hey fi find nd tthemselves hemselves iin nab battle attle ffor or tthe he N National ationall L League eague West W est or or a po possible p ssible w wild-card ild-card berth berth iin n tthe he p playoffs. layoff ffss. I’ve I’ve be been en b burned urned iin n tthat hat p pursuit ursuit before. before. W Whatever hatever tthe he outcome, o utcome, T The he T Tenth enth IInning nning p provides rovides a delightful d elightful b backdrop—and acckdrop—and context—to context—to tthat hat eever-elusive ver-elusive d dream. ream m.

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thoughtful addition, thoughtful addition, p particularly articularly aass hee re h reminisces minisces about about the the 2 2001 001 World World Series S eries iin n tthe he aft aftermath ftermath o off 9/11.

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For F or Bay Bay Area Area sports sports fans, fans, the the most m ost exciting exciting new new addition addition to to the the llineup ineup o off ttalking alking h heads eads may may w well ell b bee Marcos M arcos Breton, Breton, a widely widely respected respected ccolumnist olumnist for for the the SSacramento acramento Bee Bee aand nd the the author author of of two two important important baseball b aseball ttombs, ombs, A Away way G Games, ames, a ggroundbreaking roundbreaking examination examination of of tthe he experiences experiences of of L Latin attin b ballplayers, allplayers, aass well well as as the the autobiography autobiography of of ccontroversial ontroversial slugger slugger Sammy Sammy Sosa.

Sosa. ““Growing Growing up up as as a MexicanMexicanAmerican A merican kid kid in in Northern Northern California,” C alifornia,” ssays ays Breton, Breton, w who ho ggrew rew up u p playing playing Little Little league league ball ball in in San San Jose Jose and and is is a Giants Giants fan, fan, “there “there weren’t w eren’t a lot lot of of positive positive images.” images.” He He nearly n early breaks breaks into into tears tears as as he he recalls recalls his h is youthful youthful hero hero Roberto Roberto Clemente Clemente sspeaking peaking in in Spanish Spanish after after the the 1971 1971 World W orld Series Series as as a way way of of honoring honoring his h is parents. parents. Breton’s Breton’s perceptive perceptive observations o bservations help help to to frame frame many many of of tthe he significant significant issues issues addressed addressed in in tthe he film. film.

The T he last last 16 16 years years in in professional professional baseball b aseball have have provided provided not not only only ssome ome of of its its most most exciting exciting moments moments iin n its its history history (Mark (Mark McGwire McGwire and and Sammy S ammy Sosa’s Sosa’’s home home run run chase chase in in 11998; 998; Barry Barry Bonds’ Bonds’ pursuit pursuit of of Hank Hank Aaron’s A aron’s all-time all-time record; record; the the Red Red Sox Sox aamazing mazing World World Series Series wins), wins), but but aalso lso some some of of its its greatest greatest shames, shames, iincluding ncluding several several work work stoppages stoppages tthat hat laid laiid bare bare the the greed greed that that taints taints tthe he business business side side of of the the game. game. If If I had h ad o one ne p political olitical q quibble uibble w with ith T The he Tenth T enth IInning, nning, it’s it’s that that Burns Burns and and Novick N ovick don’t don’t go go quite quite hard hard enough enough aatt either either the the owners owners o orr the the p players’ layers’ union u nion in in their their analysis analysis of of this this dynamic, d ynamic, though though they they clearly clearly spread spread tthe he blame. blame.

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16. $15-$30. $15-$30. Pear Pear Avenue Avenue Theatre, Theatre, Mountain Mountain View.

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26. $ 35 aand nd up. up. The The Rep, Rep, San San Jose.

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by Broadway Broadway SSan an JJose. ose. Wed-Thu, Wed-Thu, 7:30pm, 7:30pm, 8pm, 8pm, FFri, ri, 8 pm, SSat, at, 2 aand nd 8 pm, Sun, Sun, Runs 1 aand nd 6pm.

6pm. R uns Sep Sep 26.

26. $20$20$79. $ 79. SSan an JJose ose Center Center for for the the Performing Arts.

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4. $24-$36. $24-$36. R etro Dome, D ome, San San JJose. ose.

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8pm, P roductions. TThu-Sat, hu-Sat, 8 pm, SSun, un, 22pm. pm. Runs Runs tthru hru Oct Oct 33.. $16-$25. $16-$25.

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ARTS RT S metroactive metr oactive A CCITY ITY HALL HALL Murals from Murals from the the Golden Golden Gate G ate Exposition Exposition by

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CCITY ITY WINDOWS WINDOWS GALLERY GALLERY “Earth-Bound.” A show “Earth-Bound.” show of of works w orks by by clay clay sculptors. sculptors. City City Hall, H all, South South Fourth Fourth St, St, San San Jose.

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HIGHER FIRE HIGHER FIRE CLAYSPACE CLAYSPACE & GALLERY GALLERY “Water Works.”

“Water Works.” New New pieces pieces by by Presley P resley Martin Martin and and Phyllis Phyllis Lee. Lee. Thru Thru Sep Sep 30.

30. San San Jose.

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KALEID K ALEID GGALLERY ALLERY New shows New shows by

by Rene Rene Lorraine Lorraine aand nd Ras Ras Lowe.

Lowe. Thru Thru Sep Sep 30.

30.

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Tech Museum in San Jose; reception at 6pm, film at 7pm; part of the SF Latino Film Festival; www.sflatino filmfestival.com.) (RvB)

JACK GOES BOATING

(R; 89 min.) Philip Seymour Hoffman directs himself in a comedy about a blind date. (Opens Fri at CinéArts Santana Row.)

LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS: THE OWLS OF GA’HOOLE

(PG) An animated tale of a barn owl’s adventures in a mythical world.

(Opens Fri.)

LULA, SON OF BRAZIL

Michael Douglas is just about completely mush. He’s reformed, written a book called Is Greed Good? and blatting out platitudes. In sum, director Oliver Stone’s well-known immunity to shame flabbergasts you anew. Read a full-length review online at www.metroactive.com.

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THE SICILIAN GIRL

(Unrated; 115 min.) See review on page 120.

SPIKE AND MIKE FESTIVALS OF ANIMATION

YOU AGAIN

Two compilations of bizarre cartoons from the masters: Sick & Twisted and New Generation. Read a full-length review online at www.metroactive .com. (Opens Fri at Camera 3 in San Jose.)

Fabio Barreto (Bruno’s brother) directs this biopic of the current WALL STREET: MONEY president of Brazil, Luiz “Lula” da NEVER SLEEPS Silva. How many world leaders (PG-13; 133 min.) The film starts with can you name who were working a critique of capitalism Run that doesn’t Publication at age 14 and who Size Date(s) in factories really want to critique capitalism were subsequently maimed in an and keeps going. AsWED Gordon Gekko, SJ METRO 9.22 industrial accident? (Plays Thu at 6.125 the x 7

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(PG) A girl tries to stop her brother from marrying the wrong woman. A comedy with Kristen Bell, Jamie Lee Curtis and Betty White. (Opens Fri.)

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(1985) Terry Gilliam’s rich, inspired dystopic black comedy reflects, like most British punk rock, on the terrors of the late 1970s in England. Perhaps a little heavy on the pessimism about the future, but probably not,

as we shall see. (Plays Thu at 9pm at Camera 3 in San Jose and Fri at midnight at Camera 7 in Campbell.)

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to her bones, apparently) in a British version directed by Julien Duvivier. It had the advantage of a more open production code than the Garbo version. Ralph Richardson plays Alexei, and as his biographer Gary O’Connor noted, “His enjoyment was evident in the detail of Karenin’s appearance . . . the large ears for instance, or the manner—the way he would crack his knuckles—which he took directly from Tolstoy.” BILLED WITH We Live Again. A woman (Anna Sten) on trial is recognized by the prince (Fredric March) who ruined her; it’s based on Tolstoy’s Resurrection.

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metroactive FILM from 1914. Sat, 7:30pm: Chicago (1927).

Phyllis Haver stars as Roxie Hart, With The Scarecrow, starring Buster Keaton (1920) as a farmhand looking for a farmer’s daughter. Judy Rosenberg at the piano. Sun, 4pm: One Way Passage (1932), Tay Garnett’s plaintive romance about a rogue (William Powell) and an ailing woman (Kay Francis) meeting on an ocean liner. Also Pas de Deux

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(1968), avant-garde animation by Norman McLaren, Precious Images (1986) by Chuck Workman (whose work is usually seen at the Oscar broadcasts) and Moods of the Sea (1941) by John Hoffman and Slavko Vorkapich, creator of the namesake montages and John Hoffman. (Plays Sep 24-26 in Fremont at the Edison Theater.)

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CAN I GET A WITNESS? Veronica D’Agostino testifies against the Mafia in ‘The Sicilian Girl.’

Ultimately, The Sicilian Girl is recommendable because of its star. As 17-year-old Rita Mancuso, Veronica D’Agostino is an unusual actress. She is a plain, stocky girl with a big jaw who dresses in conservative black, even when she is in witness protection in Rome.

D’Agostino is the type we don’t get in the movies much since Minnie Driver stopped nabbing lead roles. D’Agostino is believable as a girl of great purpose, with the kind of gravity that draws the attention of men. One boyfriend says, “I think you’re cute,” as if he’s surprised to think that when he looks at her. Her first meeting with a Mafia-fighting court prosecutor (Gérard Jugnot, a benignly beaverish figure) came when she was 6

TO BE EXPERIENCED!” Stuart Lee, WNYX-TV

Mafia Wars COMPELLING but rather awkward, The Sicilian Girl is based on the story of Rita Atria. In the early 1990s, Atria was an important witness against the Mafia during the Italian government’s campaign against the crime families.

What works in director Marco Amenta’s fictionalized film and what doesn’t work separate like oil and vinegar. Weaknesses of direction occur throughout: a woman pantomiming terror followed by obvious relief after an unexpected knock on the door, and we are treated to a favorite crime-movie cliché: cutting from the pulling of a trigger to a flock of birds rising, scattered by the sound of a gunshot.

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years old (Miriana Faja plays the young Rita). Now that she’s grown up, the prosecutor has his own fear that Rita has been too tainted with the Mafia life ever to really turn against it.

“THRILLING, WONDROUS ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY.” Mike Sargent, WBAI RADIO

The film boasts some intelligent twists and paranoia: Mario Pupello is formidable The Sicilian Girl as the local chief Don Salvo. The opening Unrated; 115 min. sequence—a story of Opens Friday, Rita as a child defacing Camera 3, the family bed sheets San Jose with spaghetti sauce while she’s learning to write— seems like an odd tale. But it makes sense later when we see Rita washing the bloody laundry of her own family in public.

The trial scene takes place at the vast anti-Mafia fortress court in Palermo, with the dangerous suspects jailed up at the back of the room. Instead of walking to her seat, surrounded by the phalanx of cops, Rita breaks away for The Sicilian Girl’s finest moment. She walks by the cells. She starts to pick up her pace, and then she catches herself and deliberately slows her walk, like someone trying to overcome a fear of lions in the zoo. The task of extricating the Mafia from Italy continues, but the movie doesn’t raise any false hopes. All it does is celebrate the bravery of a woman who did her best to fight these parasites.—Richard von Busack

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Foreigner Thursday, Sept. 23, 7:30pm at Mountain Winery, Saratoga; $45–$95 Around three dozen people have been members of Foreigner in the last three decades, but perhaps the greatest blow was lead singer Lou Gramm’s battle with a brain tumor. The good news is he beat it, the bad news is he’s doing Christian rock. Meanwhile Mick Jones (not the one from the Clash, obviously) soldiers on as the only original Foreigner member, still playing “Cold As Ice” and “I Want to Know What Love Is.” (SP)

Trey Smoov Saturday, Sept. 25, 8pm at VooDoo Lounge, San Jose; $15 If you go see only one Samoan R&B trio this year, make it Trey Smoov. Combining the mack daddy act with a sense of humor and slick production, the SoCal boys kick off their world tour in San Jose, on the heels of their new single “The Flyest.” (SP)

Brightmillion Sunday, Sept. 26, 4pm at Streetlight Records, San Jose; free Brightmillion is L.A. singer/songwriter Dan Holman, who makes starry-eyed pop coated with catchy indierock guitar riffs. It’s no act, either; Holman is so freakin’ good-natured it makes me want to go around punching llamas just to give the universe some balance. The name of his new tour? “Onward and Upward.” (SP)

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Thus the fairly vicious sarcasm of “Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It,” in which he plants his foot up Saturday, Sept 25 the ass of the blame-society defense: “If I call you a nigga, ain’t nothin to it, gangsta rap made Uptown in Oakland me do it/ I can act like an animal ain’t nothin to it, gangsta rap made me do it.” Ice Cube’s rhythms $50 are as clever and catchy as ever (witness the clapocalypse of “Why We Thugs” from Laugh Now, Cry Later) and on his last tour he was even doing “Straight Outta Compton” from the NWA days. If he brings those crazy inflatable hands throwing “Westside” again, it’s gonna be a hell of a show. Del Tha Funky Homosapien opens.—Steve Palopoli

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First a note about the terms grassfed and grain-fed. As a rule, beef cattle are raised on mother’s milk, then on pasture grass for the first couple years of life. After that, most grass-fed cattle just keep on grazing, but grain-fed cattle are sent to a feedlot to stuff themselves for a couple months prior to slaughter, a process called “finishing.” A high-grain diet lets cattle put on as much as a pound of meat per six pounds of feed consumed. Large feedlots now account for 75 percent of U.S. beef production.

All the worse for us, some think.

Several studies show grass-finished beef not only has significantly less fat than grain-fed, it’s also higher in certain fats considered beneficial. Omega-3 fatty acids, linked to the prevention of heart disease, arthritis and cancer, are significantly higher in grass-fed beef, as are those conjugated linoleic acids you mentioned, which may help reduce cancer, heart disease and diabetes. Grassfed beef is also higher in carotenoids, a source of vitamin A, plus vitamin E and other antioxidants that help prevent cancer and coronary heart disease.

Grain-fed beef doesn’t come off worse in every comparison. It scores better on monounsaturated fat (one of the good ones). And beef overall is leaner than it was years ago.

So, is grass-fed beef better for you?

I won’t claim the difference is dramatic, but overall, yes.

Grass-fed beef has two potential downsides: greenhouse gas emissions and price. Here we get into the delicate issue of bovine methane output or, for the uneducated, cow burps.

(Yup—the main source is burps, not farts.) Methane is a major contributor to the greenhouse effect, and among the major producers of methane are cud eaters, including cows. You may have thought the principal byproduct of bovine digestion was the one you have to watch out for when walking

through a barnyard, but that’s just the visible one. The typical cow produces 200 to 400 quarts of methane a day.

A big advantage of grain finishing is that cattle get to the slaughterhouse sooner and thus produce less methane—just 13 percent of bovine greenhouse gas emissions are produced during the feedlot stage. One researcher estimates that grain-fed cattle produce a third to a half less methane than cows fed exclusively on grass.

Don’t expect that to be the last word on the subject, though. A couple years ago two scientists from the Humane Society (Koneswaran and Nierenberg, 2008) claimed raising beef cattle on grass produced 40 percent less greenhouse gases and consumed 85 percent less energy than the feedlot method to boot.

Not likely, said two scientists funded by the beef industry (Avery and Avery, also 2008). The grass-is-good claim was misleading, they said, because the feedlot beef used for comparison was Japanese Kobe beef, produced by pampered cattle that get fattened far more slowly than typical American grain-fed cows. The Averys calculated that because of the additional land required, producing the U.S. beef supply using only grass would release an extra 277 billion pounds of greenhouse gases per year.

Nonsense, the Humane Society scientists retorted. You need to figure in the emissions involved in transporting the feed, the greenhouse gases that get pulled out of the atmosphere by pastureland soil, and other esoteric factors I won’t get into.

Plus we shouldn’t be eating so much meat anyway. If they ever get this settled, I’ll let you know.

In the meantime, one thing nobody disputes is you’ll pay a premium for grass-fed beef—a conservative estimate puts it at 16 percent. Some say grazing cattle in pasture is more humane than the feedlot method; if you agree, perhaps you won’t mind the extra expense. Or maybe you just prefer that grass-fed taste. But the health argument alone doesn’t strike me as persuasive.

For most Americans there’s a simpler, cheaper way to eat healthy: eat less.

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The San Jose Betsuin Buddhist Church is a neighborhood fixture and perhaps most known for the Obon Festival it sponsors each July, a notable event that draws locals and revelers from miles around to experience the traditional taiko drumming, cultural dancing, storytelling and food.

There are just three properties in the neighborhood currently on the market.

Two of these—a single family home and a condo—have been listed for some time, 181 and 107 days, respectively. The third, another condo, has been on the market for 21 days.

The newest listing is a 1,055-squarefoot condo located at 520 N. Fourth St. It is a two-bedroom/two-bath priced at $260,000 and was built in 1983—relatively new in comparison to many of this neighborhood’s properties.

This property is a short sale and needs some work. The second condo listing is smaller at 876 square feet and is two-

bedrooms/one-bath. It is located at 167 E. Empire St. and priced at $209,900.

This a bank-owned property with minimal listing details. Although these properties may need some TLC, they represent a great opportunity to get into the Japantown neighborhood. In a typical real estate market, properties here are much higher than at present.

The single-family home is unique as it’s an attached property located in front of a property that looks to have been built more recently to take advantage of the large lot. It is 2,150 square feet and features four bedrooms and 2 1/2 baths.

It is priced at $479,000.

Several newer properties have been developed in recent years in Japantown.

These include: Mariani Square, with 45 lofts and 114 row townhouses; Viridian at Bernal Park; Markethouse Lofts with 53 units; the 2-unit Classics; and 800 N. First St. with 66 contemporary condominiums.

Mariani Square retains the feeling from its cannery history with a brick exterior, wood beamed ceilings and concrete slab floors. The townhomes are trilevel and have attached two-car garages. Virdian is adjacent to Bernal Park and offers master suites with walkin closets, dual sink marble counter tops in the bathroom, vaulted ceilings and granite slab counter tops in the kitchen.

The units also have two-car tandem garages. Markethouse Lofts are light and open as one would expect with floor to ceiling windows. The building has secure underground parking and is across from Bernal Park. The Classics at Bernal Park townhomes come with either dual master bedroom suites, or a three bedroom floor plan. The units feature tandem, two car garages and nicely landscaped common areas.

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