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Rising Up Whoever runs for District 3 had better have a massive high-rise development planned for downtown to save it from its decline (“Too Many Chiefs?” The Fly, Sept. 19).

Downtown San Jose must be

vibrant, and the proposed candidate can do it by overdevelopment of the downtown area with a whole bunch of high-rise buildings, preferably residential and hotels. If not, no need to apply for or run for City Council District 3.

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V for Vendetta?

I believe most cops are good upstanding men and women who chose the profession to make a difference and not to exploit a position of power in the community, but they should do some policing of their own, because stunts like this do nothing to convince the public that the cops don’t take personal

vendettas against people and abuse their status and power to do it (“Mayor Reed’s Traffic Ticket Goes Viral,” SanJoseInside, Sept. 19).

Come on guys, you have more important things to do than take pictures and leak them. It is so far beneath your profession. Come up with a viable alternative to the mayor’s proposed pension cuts and leak those to the public. We want to be on your side, so give us something to back, not something to shake our heads in disgust at.

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Nuclear Shame While both presidential candidates seem to want to impress voters with

their “tough on terror” stance, neither has mentioned a looming terror from the shores of one of our closest allies, Japan. I refer to Fukushima Daiichi, the nuclear power plant. The Reactor No. 4 building teeters on the brink of collapse. It contains 1,535 spent fuel rod assemblies cooled by a pool of water several stories off the ground.

Should this building be toppled by an earthquake, an enormous amount of radioactivity would be released and picked up by ocean and air currents headed for our West Coast.

So why don’t we know about this?

In a word, money. The nuclear power industry gives generously to politicians, and candidates. Shame on both their houses.

JACKIE BRAUN | SEBASTOPOOL

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Puzzling P uzzling P Partners aartners LESLIE SLIE R REYNOLDS, EYNOLLDS, a SSan an Jose Unified school boar m member , was consider ed boardd member, considered a fr ontrunner eearly arly in the primary ffor or frontrunner SSan an Jose Distric ct’s 10 City City Council Council seat.

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Hound Hunting FETCH F ETCH Animal rights activistss hope Gov Gov. v. Jerry Brown signs off o on SB 1221, which would en nd the practice of using dogs to t help trap and retrieve wild animals a when hunting. end

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Animal-rights activists ha have ave b been eeen baacking the bill— backing bill—SB SB 1221— 1221—since since it i was w as intr iintroduced oduc d ed d early l this hi yyear ear b byy Southern So outhern C California aliffo ornia St State ate Senatorr Ted T e Lieu, while some hunting gr ed groups o oups are ar re firmly opp opposed osed to what the theyy ssay ay is a bill that ccould ould strip them of a traditional tr raditional pastime pastime..

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tto o chase bears, bears, big cats, cats, raccoons, raccoons, foxes fo oxes and other mammals an and, nd, usually usually, y, run them up a tr tree ee or into i a cconfined onfined space. spac e. The sp sport ort is p perhaps erh haps b best est known in its sto stodgy dggy English fform, o orrm, in which horseback riders trail th their heir howling h hounds d as the th h rred ed ffoxes ed oxes to o t theyy chase eexhaustion. xhaustion. The U United nited d Kingdom banned hound huntingg last dec ade. decade.

In C California, aliffo ornia, black b bears ears ar aree a primar arget of hunte ers and their primaryy ttarget hunters hounds.. Lic hounds Licensed ensed sp sport ort hunters in C aliffo ornia kill as man ny as 1,70 0b California many 1,700 bears ears each yyear, ear e , ab about out half off which ar aree ttaken ak keen with the assist ance of hounds assistance hounds,, according ac cording to P Patrick atrick F Foy, oy, a Depar Department tment of F ish and Game w aarden. d Fish warden.

F or man ny hunters h h ver, just j For many hunters,, howe however, tr eeing the quarr y, and d then w aalking treeing quarry, walking aaway, way, is the pinnacle off the hunt, ac cording to JJosh osh Br ones, pr esident according Brones, president of the C aliffo ornia Houn ndsmen ffor or o California Houndsmen C onservation. Br ones fr ffrequently equently Conservation.

Brones hunts b ears with his do ogs in the Sierra bears dogs ffoothills—but oothills—but he do es so ffor or the thrill o does

of the chas chasee alone alone,, he sa says, ayys, and usually does do es not eeven veen bring a gun. He sa says ays y that such “c “catch-and-release” atch h and release” hunting is h-and-r popular p opular am among mong man many ny hunters hunters..

Some ac activists ctivists cconsider onsider the activit activity, y, whether th the he ttarget arget animal is shot or rreleased, eleased, to ob bee wildlif wildlife fe harassment.

JJennifer enniffeer F Fearing, e earing , the C California aliffo ornia director dir ector off the Humane So Society ciety of the U United nited d St States, ates, notes that most pet p et owner owners rs ar aree either pr prohibited ohibited from fr om bring bringing ging their animals into public land lands ds or ar aree rrequired equired to k keep eep th them lleashed. leash h d hed.

“This bil bill ll would just bring these hunters un under nder the same umbr umbrella ella of la law aw thatt the rrest est of the st state’s ate’s do dogg owners ha have ave b been een under ffor or yyears, o eears,” she sa says. ayys.

Researchers R esear e ch hers often rrely ely on houndsmen houndsme en and their trained do dogs gs to help the them em ccapture, apture, ttag ag and rrelease elease animals lik like ke b bears ears and ccougars. ougars. Rick Hopkins,, a cconservation Hopkins onservation ec ecologist ologist at the h San S JJose osse en environmental nvvir i onmentall cconsulting onsulting li firm Liv Live ve Oaks O A Associates, ssociates, Inc Inc.,., onc oncee participated par ticipateed in a study of San JJose ose ar area ea mount mountain ain lions lions,, which ar aree pr protected otected byy la b law aw fr from om m sp sport ort hunters hunters.. Hopkins used houn hounds ds to tr tree ee the ccougars ougars b before effo ore the animal animals ls wer weree tranquilized and fitted fit tted t with radio ccollars. ollars.

and, instead instead, d, aim ffor o or older animals animals.. hunting] “[Hound [ hu unting] g] is a humane and effective eff ffeective w way ay to mak makee sur suree we we’re ’re adds.. ttaking aking the right r animal,” he adds makes specific SB 1221 mak m es sp ecific eexemptions xemptions dogs bird ffor or the rretriever o etriiever do gs while bir d hunting,, as well as the use of hounds hunting depredation problematic oblematic in depr edattion hunts of pr dangerous animals.. or danger us wild animals ou The bill would w also allow the use of dogs byy rresearchers.

However, hunting do ogs b esearchers. Howe ver, abolishing ab olishing most m rrecreational ecreational hound would likely many hunting wo ould lik ely ccause ause man ny trade,, houndsmen n to abandon their trade leaving locate eseearchers unable to lo lea aving v rresearchers cate a do dogg pack if according i needed, ac cording to Chris W Wilmers, iilm mers, a field scientist at UC–Santa UC –Santa Cruz.

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Wilmers, W iilmers, who sp specializes ecializes in mountain lion mountain l rresearch, esearch, sent a let letter ter to the st atee senate and assembly state on Ma ay 8, 2012, 2 eexpressing xpressing cconcern oncern May that Senato or Lieu ’s bill ccould ould disrupt Senator Lieu’s ongoing rresearch esearch pr ojects. If the bill projects. b ecomes la aw, he writes becomes law, writes,, “Wher “Wheree will the ne xt ge eneration of hounds-men next generation and women n ccome ome fr om to help us from with our rresearch e esear ch and cconservation onservation eff ffo orts?” efforts?”

W iilmers also b elieves that the Wilmers believes pr esence off trained hounds in the presence C aliffo ornia wilderness w fills a unique California ec ological niche n ant when the ecological niche,, left vac vacant wolf w as er radicated fr om C aliffo ornia. was eradicated from California. ain lions The elusiv elusivee natur naturee of mount mountain and b ears, he h sa ayys, is k ept honed bears, says, kept and maint a ained b maintained byy houndsmen d gs. and their do dogs.

Go v. Br ow wn is eexpected xpected to decide on Gov. Brown the bill b S 30. byy Sept.

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N ot all these hunts went w smo othlyy.

Not smoothly.

Onc Once, e, a do dogg died of hea heat at eexhaustion, xhaustion,, Hopkins sa ayys, and of th he 30 ccougars ougars says, the that he sa aw tr eed and radio rradio-collared, - collared, saw treed ““there there wer ew indiv viduals that weree a ffew individuals wer ogs b effo ore we weree mauled b byy the do dogs before there,” says. ccould ould get ther e,” he sa ays y . Hopkins esearch adds that he knows of a rresearch pr oject, to o, in which do d gs ccaught project, too, dogs aught kitten and killed a ccougar ougar kit t during one ten par ticular chase particular chase..

Hopkins ess to see SB Hopkins,, who hop hopes 1221 b ecome la aw, sa ayys he h b elieves become law, says believes hound hunting her b hunting,, wheth whether byy scientists or sp ort hunters an ha h ave adv erse sport hunters,, ccan have adverse both nontarget wildlife impacts on b oth nont a get wildlif ar fe sp ecies and the quarr en species quarryy animals animals.. Ev Even ccatch-and-release atch-and-release hunt ting, Hopkins hunting, sa ayys, is str essful on b earrs, and he sa ays y says, stressful bears, says that in ccounties ounties of par t ticularly hea avvy particularly heavy b ear hunting— —T Trinity, Siskiy ou, bear hunting—Trinity, Siskiyou, Humboldt, Shasta—one Humb oldt, Shast a— on ne animal is lik ely to b ee multiple likely bee chased up a tr tree times p er season, season which h usually lasts per ab out thr ee months b e eginning in about three beginning Octob er.

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O an st sstates ates that Off the 32 Americ American curr ently allow black b ear hunting currently bear hunting,, 14—including P ennsylvvania, Or egon, Pennsylvania, Oregon, C olorado and Washing gton—prohibit Colorado Washington—prohibit the use of hounds ntana also hounds.. Mon Montana fforbids orbids b o ear hunters fr o ffollowing om ollowing o bear from do gs—though not b ecause a the dogs—though because practic onsidered unsp u orting, practicee is cconsidered unsporting, ac cording to Br ones. Hee sa ayys the only according Brones. says rreason eason that the st ate ou utlaaw wed hound state outlawed hunting of b ears in 192 as to pr otect bears 19211 w was protect hunters’ do gs fr om griz zzly b ears, dogs from grizzly bears, which often fac th hunting facee off wit with do gs and fight back, rat ther than run dogs rather bears tend do.. aaway, way, as black b ears ten nd to do “The en’t cconcerned oncerrned with “Theyy wer weren’t whether it w as a fair ch hase or not,” was chase Br ones eexplains. xplains. “The ally Brones “Theyy wer weree basic basically tr ying to pr otect do gs fr om get ttting trying protect dogs from getting kill d b killed i zly l b ears. That Th T ’s wh hy the h y byy griz grizzly bears.

That’s why they still allow houndsmen to t hunt other species [likee b bobcats and sp ecies [lik obcats an d ccougars]. ougars].”

Wade Derb y, a hunte er based in Derby, hunter Bay, opposes Sen. Lieu’s the East Ba ay, opp oses Se en. Lieu ’s arguing bill, ar guing that hound d hunting allows hunters to har vest e b ears mor harvest bears moree selectiv ely and run less of a risk of selectively killing mother b ears, whose w cubs ma ay bears, may bee moment momentarily unseen. b arily unseen n. don’t want “Hunters don ’t w antt to kill just an ny b ear, and rather tha an just sho ot any bear, than shoot ab ear thr ough the tr eees in a fforest, orest, o bear through trees hunters using do gs get to t see the b ear dogs bear first and lo ok at it and decide d if the look theyy should sho ot it,” Derb by sa ays y .A shoot Derby says.

Ass well bears, many hunters,, Derb Derby as ffemale eemale b ears, man ny hunters h by sa ayys, pr effeer not to sho ott male b ears in says, prefer shoot bears the prime of their rreproductive eproductive yyears ears

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Now, the hysteria surrounding Dec. 21, 2012, has exploded in every ridiculous direction, with everyone from politicians to conspiracy theorists contemplating its significance.

After all, the Maya have given us an utterly bewildering cosmology of myths, ideas, superstitions, binary frequencies, Tzolkin calendars, numerological tables, celestial bodies, interlocking mathematical cycles and even sacred vegetables. How can anyone figure out what any of this means?

Have no fear. In making the documentary, Shannon Kring Buset crisscrossed oceans in order to read between the lines and decipher the ancient texts. She shot the film in six countries, taking viewers to the very origins of the Maya Long Count Calendar and into the lives and sacred

ceremonies of leading archaeologists, scholars, shamans and the living Maya.

I have not seen the film, but trailers and outtakes provide convenient windows. At the ruins of Copan, Honduras, for example, Kring Buset descends 20 meters underground to the preserved 1,600year-old Margarita Temple, where few cameras have ever gone.

In Dresden, Germany, she visits the famed Dresden Codex, one of three remaining ancient Maya manuscripts.

In Mexico, she examines Tortuguero Monument 6, the only place on earth where one finds an actual inscription citing the end of the current cycle, around Dec. 21, 2012.

Thankfully, this is not some ’70s In Search Of episode, with Leonard Nimoy in plaid slacks standing by the Great Pyramids, nor is it Geraldo nosing around for Al Capone’s tomb.

The filmmaker actually gave up a lucrative career to reinvent herself and live among the Maya, discovering their spirituality and cosmologies, which eventually inspired her to make the film.

Aside from being the most watched documentary at MPIDoc

in Cannes earlier this year, the film has screened at a rocking variety of venues: the Chicago Institute of Noetic Sciences, the New England Antiquities Research Association Spring Meeting and the Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, Iowa. What a combination.

Following the Tech Museum screening, the panel session will feature internationally recognized scholars and experts in various components of the Maya cosmologies, including Dr. Isabel Hawkins, a staff scientist at the Exploratorium; Dr. Michael Grofe, a specialist in Maya hieroglyphic writing and comparative mythology; and Jean Molesky-Poz, author of Contemporary Maya Spirituality: The Ancient Ways Are Not Lost. Kring Buset will also participate. better, Molesky-Poz is local.

Even bet A lecturer in religious studies at Clara University, she originally Santa Clar discovered the wisdom of the Maya while teaching ESL in San people wh Jose years aago. A young refugee from revolution in Guatemala wound the revolut up here in town and eventually introduced Molesky-Poz to a Maya Molesky-Poz eventually man that M married.

From there, her interest in the culture blossomed. At that time, the refugee, whose brothers had been killed in the war back home, was so distraught with the bloodshed going on in Guatemala that she invited Molesky-Poz up to the hills above San Jose to perform spiritual Maya fire ceremonies. The experience helped solidify Molesky-Poz’s interest in the Maya traditions.

“It was the first time, I began to see that there was a whole different spirituality that I was not in touch with,” Molesky-Poz explains. “And when we went to Guatemala with our 8-month-old daughter, they did a ceremony up in the mountains for her, up in a cave, and I thought, ‘Whoa, what is this?’ and I didn’t realize that was the moment I decided that this was something I needed to understand, for my children, for my marriage and also for a larger population.”

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Santa Clara a Coun County’s top elected official rais sed mo raised money to run for office b t used but d it to t go to Reno and hire his daught ters an daughters and an ex-girlfrien nd. The ex-girlfriend.

Then he stopped fili ing filing campaign report rreports.

Y ess, that e that’ a Yes, that’ss agains against the law. law.

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eorge Shir Shirakawa’s akawa’s face fl h crim flushes crimson imson as he h begins a me mea ea culpa for failing to fil file le campaign disclosure forms th the he last four years years.. H He e then n confirms that more than $50 $50,000 0,000 in campaign fundss were paid out to a close friend, a former lover and tw two wo of his daughters. that’ss daughters. At leastt that’ as documen nted, back what w was documented, when he complete completed ed forms four years ago ago.. It’ It’ss harder to figure out what’ what’s ’s gone on in George Jr Jr.’s .’s nepotistic n campaign organiz organization a ation since his reporting wentt dark.

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BY B Y JOSH K KOEHN O OEHN The chairr of Sant Santaa Clara C County’s ounty’s Board Boar d of Su Supervisors upervisors sa says ayys that he pay totaling moree than eexpects xpects to pa p ay fines tot aling mor $10,000 $10,0 00 ffor or or not filing ccampaign ampaign fforms o orms was 2008—but after he w aass elected in 20 08—but that ccould ould b bee a fraction of the Fair Political P olitical Practices Praactices Commission Commission p penalty enaltty if an in investigation nveestiigation determines that Shirakawa Shirak kawa broke b oke the la br law. aw.

Wearing white,, cr crew-necked W eearingg a white ew-necked dress dr ess shir shirtt and a black suspenders suspenders as the he sits at th he head of a cconference onffeerence office, ttable able bl in i his his offic ffi e, the h long llongtime time officeholder public offic ceholder ffeels eeels ccompelled ompelled to off offer ffeer an apology apology for fo or his stunning transparency. lack of tran nsparencyy.

“When yyou ou mak makee a mistake, mistake, you you have ha ave to ma make ake it right,” Shirakawa Shirakawa says. saayys. ““And And I’m not A n giving yyou ou an eexcuse. xcuse. I do ffeel eel e bad ab about out it. But it it’s ’s nothing

sinister. Ther sinister.

There’s e’s nothing to hide hide.. Most of the mone moneyy is ccoming oming to me me..” true.. Shirak Shirakawa This is true awa ffound ound o d himself deep in the hole after defeating Richard def feeating Richar d Hobbs in November 2008 N ovember 20 08 ffor or a seat on the o t Board Supervisors. ccounty ounty Boar d of Sup ervisors. His H victorious sup supervisor ervisor ccampaign ampaign n had $10 $109,978 9,978 of debt,, almost a third third of which cconsisted onsisted of p personal ersonal loa loans ans Shirakawa made..

Shirak awa made “I’m straight straightforward fo orward with yyou,” o ” he ou,” says. sa ayys. ““A A lot l off the h mone moneyy ccomes omess back b k to me me,, absolutely absolutely. y. Absolutely Absolutely. y. That T That’s ’s moneyy I put into the ccampaign.” mone ampaign n.”

Shirakawa been What Shirak awa has not b een transparent transpar ent ab about out is how he moneyy to pa pay has ccollected ollected mone ay off his ccampaign ampaign debt. Also, Also, a close eexamination xamination x of do documents cuments that wer w weree

filed in 20 2008 08 and early earrly 20 2009 09 shows that Shirak Shirakawa kawa madee pa payouts ayo outs to family members, memb ers, friends and d the mother of one of his childr children en before, bef efo ore, during and after the 20 2008 08 sup supervisor ervisor v race. race.

Shirakawa Shirak awa is the top t p political olitical official in a ccounty ounty that t sp spends ends mor moree than $4 billion each h yyear ear of the public’ss money. public’ money. He’s He’s president president of the Board Boar d of Supervisors, Supervisorrs, which oversees oversees ccounty ounty la law aw enf enforcement—including fo orcem ment—including incarceration, inc arceration, prosecution, proseecution, coroners, coroners, ccourts ourts and public d defenders—as effenders—as enders e as well as tax tax collection collection and d assessment, elections and a lar large gee network network of health ccare, are, ment mental al health and other social so cial services. services.

Unlike U nlike Sup Supervisors ervisors Mik Mikee Wasserman or Liz Kniss K Kniss,, Shirakawa Shirakawa

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DYNASTY D YNAST Y George Sh Shirakawa hirakawa has spent nearly two o decades in elected office, moving up fro from om a Franklin M McKinley cKinley schooll board position to San Jose City Council and d then the Santa Clara County y Board of Supervisors Supervisors.. does not liv does livee in a wea wealthy alth hy ar area ea lik likee Palo P alo Alto or L Los os Gato Gatos, os, and he didn didn’t ’t grow gr ow up rich like like Dave Daave Cortese Cortese or get a Ph.D Ph.D.. fr from om St Stanford anffo ord U University niversity lik likee Supervisor Sup ervisor K Ken en Y Yeager. eeageer. He ccomes omes from fr om humble rroots oots on n the East Side of San JJose, ose, the son off a JJapaneseapaneseLatino atino father who wo worked L orked in the fields and w was as in an in internment nternment World ccamp amp as a youngster youngster during d W o orld War II. Shirakawa Shirakawa at attended tended public schools schools in San Jose Jose an and nd ser served ved as police sergeant the U.S. Army, ap olice ser geant in th he U .S. Arm y, th wentt on to then t yyouth outth ccounseling ounseling li and sp sports orts ccoaching oaching jo jobs obs at Y Yerba eerba Buena and F Foothill oothill high hiigh scho schools ols in San Jose.

Jose. father,, Geor George Shirakawa, His father ge Shirak S awa, Sr., was Cityy Sr ., w as elected to the San JJose ose Cit Council 1990. beloved C ouncil in 19 90. A b e ved public elo figuree (a San JJose elementary school figur ose elem mentary scho ol Sr.. is named after him),, George G ge Sr Geor officee while running died in offic ru unning ffor o or 1994.

His rre-election e- election in 19 94. H is son,, then 30s,, was byy in his early 30s was appointed ap ppointed b fill ccouncilmembers ouncilmembers to fil ll his seat.

George serve George Jr. Jr. was was then elected ellected to ser ve a second partt of which spent sec ond term,, par w he sp ent vicee ma mayor. as vic ayor. leaving After lea avving the council, council, o Shirakawa Shirak awa went on to o work as a lobbyist serving lobb yist while also ser rving on the

East Side U Union board.

Before nion school school b oard. Bef for oe taking over father’ss City Council taking o ver e his father’ City C ouncil seat, serve seat Shirakawa Shiraakawa was was elected to ser ve on the Franklin McKinleyy school Fraanklin McKinle school board board in 1992.

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Shirakawa longest-Shirakawa is one of the longest serving local serving elected eleected officials eever ver in lo cal politics, makes politics, which w makes his rrefusal efusal to file ccampaign-disclosure ampaaign- disclosure documents documents after his 20 2008 supervisor 008 county county sup ervisor race race mo ore baffling all the more baffling..

Unless Unless a ccampaign ampaign is closed out in good standing good financial fin nancial st anding or the d bt is i abs bsorb o bed, d, elected l t d offi officials i l debt absorbed, and losingg ccandidates andidates must ccontinue ontinue to file sem semi-annual mi-annual fforms o orms disclosing how much moneyy is b being h mone eing ccollected, ollected, where it iss ccoming oming fr om and how it where from is being spent. being sp pent.

According Accordin ng to the ccounty ounty Registrar Registrar e of Voters, Shirakawa Vo oters, Shirak awa has failed to file nine fforms pertaining 2008 o orm ms p ertaining to his 20 08 committee, from 2009 committtee t e, fr om 20 09 through through 2012. Without Wiith hout these fforms, o orms, it’s it’s impossible Shirakawa impossiblee to know if Shirak awa has complied ethical compllied with ethic al standards standards on campaign campaiign ccontributions, ontributions, as well as how those tho ose ccontributions ontributions may maay have influenced haave influ enced his vvote ote on ccounty ounty contracts worth dollars.. contracts wor w th millions of dollars None this,, however, None off this however, stopped stopped Shirakawa Shirakawa from from filing ffor o or rre-election e- election

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Ties That T Bind officials fficials chaf chafe fe at the notion Elected offi influenced byy that their vvotes otes are are influenc ed b political p olitical ccontributions on ntributions they they rreceive. eceive.

Every officee lik likes Ev ery man or woman in offic kees to say theyy vote sa ay the vot ote their cconscience, onscience, and that political p olitical ccontributions on ntributions never neveer enter decision-making process. into the dec cision-making pr ocess.

Oncee in offic office, Onc o e, elected officials maintain tend d to ma aint i ain i rrelationships. elationships l i hi .

Career politicians have C areer p oliiticians always always y ha ave cycle another eexpensive xp pensive election cy cle on the horizon. horiizon.

Supervisor Shirakawa Sup ervissor Shirak awa is without politician, dispute a ccareer a eer p ar olitician, but moneyy has ne never he argues argues that t mone ver Board sswayed wayed his vvote ote on the Boar d of Supervisors anyy other le level.

It’s Sup ervisors or at an vel. It ’s no secret, secret, however, h howe ver, that Shirakawa Shirakawa maintains labor maint ains close c ties to lab or unions, unions, public-safety public -saffeetty groups, groups, cconstruction onstruction developers. ccompanies ompanies and de velopers. He 2008 suggests hiss 20 08 campaign campaign disclosuree forms, disclosur fo orms, which he will ““try” try” before second begins to file b effore his sec ond term b egins November, likely in N ovemb ber, will lik ely include the associations: ffollowing o ollowing asso a ciations: “Obviously, there’s aree “Ob viousslyy, ther e’s ffolks o olks who ar friends.. The There’s lobbyist friends ere’s lobb yist guys—all the lobbyist bee on ther there; lobb byyist guys guyys will b e; a lot labor bee on ther there; of lab or ffolks olk o ks will b e; the Asian-American A sian-Amerrican ccommunity, ommunitty, as I told You’ll names.. It It’s yyou. ou. Y ou’ll see o s the names ’s the same saw 2008.

You’ll see..” names yyou o ou sa aw in 20 08. Y ou’ll see o one see,, however, What on ne might not see however, Shirakawa longstanding is that Shir rakawa has a longst anding policy nepotism p olicy of ne epotism when doling out Shirakawa ccampaign ampaign ccash. ash. Shirak awa insists that often he has ofte n assumed the lead rrole ole of treasurer positions. tr easurer ffor o or his elected p ositions.

“I do it all,” a ” he says. saayys. “The name on [campaign probably [c ampaign filings] is pr obably one of myy old buddies, don’t know. m bud ddies, I don ’t know w. I do it You all,, except except during d the ccampaigns. ampaigns. Y ou o always name,, and alw ayys have haave a treasurer treasurer in name [they] little people [the y] do a lit tle help. help. Some p eople have likee doing ha ave a treasurer, treaasurer, but I lik it’s as much as I ccan, an, because because it ’s my my likee doing it. it.”” rresponsibility. esponsibillity. Plus I lik Shirakawa’s But Shira akawa’’s rrecord ecord of likes delinquentt filings suggests he lik es more the idea off filling out fforms orms o more actually than actual llyy doingg it.

According disclosuree A ccordin ng to ccampaign ampaign disclosur fforms o orms Shirakawa Shiraakawa filed right up until a ffew ew months montths after he won the 2008, ccounty ounty board boaard seat in 20 08, Linda was Delgado w a listed as his ccampaign as ampaign treasurer. don’t tr easurer. What W the fforms o orms don ’t note

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this spring spring.. Had he failed failled to do so so,, Shirakawa Shirak awa would have haave relinquished relinquished ap position osition that paid him m $215,0 $215,000 00 in total tot al ccompensation ompensation in 2011. Instead, unopposed—no he ran unopp osed—no o doubt, in part, because name power— par t, b ecause of his nam me p ower— automatically his seat and automatic ally retained retained a ffor or another ffour o our years. o years. stated Shirakawa The st ated rreasons easons Shirak S awa failed to file disclosure disclosure documents documents pertaining 2008 p ertaining i i to t his hi 20 08 campaign campaign i several over changed se veral times o ver the interview ccourse ourse of a 45-minute inter view on Sept. 12 in his ccounty ounty office. o e. offic didn’t law “I didn ’t know the la aw says saayys you you have likee yyou ha ave to file lik ou would wo ould if yyou’re ou’re running,” Shirakawa running ,” Shirak awa says. saayys. “I didn’t didn’t know.. I should ha have know ave just ju ust closed account ago.. the damn ac count a long lo ong time ago That’s That ’s the truth. You’ll Yo ou’lll see I’m closing that shit out,, and an nd everything everything have out.”” else l Ih ha ave I’m I’ going i to o close l out. later,, though, Moments later thou ugh, Shirakawa Shirakawa know admits that he did kno ow he owed disclosuree filings ccampaign ampaign disclosur fillings to the Registrar Voters, R eegistrar of V oters o , which wh hich sent him moree than a dozen del delinquent mor linquent notices Board notic es after he joined the Boar d of Supervisors Sup ervisors in JJanuary anuary 2009.

2009. letters, likee I said, “I got the let ters, and d lik there’s was ther e’s no eexcuse,” xcuse,” he says. sayys. “It w as myy mind. I know I ha have on m ave to do didn’t There’s i I didn it; did ’ do ’t d it. i Ther h e’s no eexcuse, xcuse, brother.” br other.”

Shirakawa Shirak awa says saayys he has haas “paid probably, 100 down, pr obablyy, 10 0 percent” percent” of personal the his p ersonal loans to th he ccampaign, ampaign, total $78,100. which in tot al ccame ame to o $78,10 0. (The (The supervisor sup ervisor rrefused efused to ans aanswer wer where where moneyy ccame from this mone ame fr om m in a ffollowo ollowmoree confident up email.) He is mor confident in saying outstanding sa ayying that he still has outst anding people. debts to other p eople. And yet yet there there any is no rrecord ecord to show an ny of this from aside fr om some handwritten handw written notes Shirakawa pieces Shirak awa provided provided on n ttwo wo piec es of paper, yyellow ellow scratch pap er, one o of which, says, informally he sa ays y , inf fo ormally listss the top 2008 eexpenses xpenses immediately after the 20 08 election.

Fourth F ourth on the list off eexpenses xpenses is a “staff Shirakawa “st aff rretreat,” etreat,”” ffor o or which whicch Shirak awa says seven staffers sa ayys he and se ven st aff ffeers went Reno weekend. to R eno e ffor or o the week en nd. “That givee yyou should giv ou some ffodder odder to about,” says. supervisor write ab out,”” he sa ayys. The T sup ervisor believes b elieves the trip ccost ost “roughly” “rroughly” $3,500, was $3,50 0, and he insists that t work w as done during the rretreat—in etreaat—in between between dinners,, gambling and dinners d going to a ccomedy omedy show. show w.

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FRIENDS F R IENDS AND A ND FAMILY FA MILY Ruben Flores Flores, s, a close e friend of George Shirakawa, helped h run the supervisor’ supervisor’ss cam campaign mpaign in 2008. Flores also hap happens ppens to be the brother of Shirak kawa’s recent Shirakawa’s bodyguard, provided d by the county sheriff’ sheriff’ss offic office. ce.

is that Delgado is the mother of one Shirakawa’s children. off Shi Shirak kawa’’s childr hild en. served treasurer, “She ser ved as tr eassurer, she does do es a lot of work wit with th dat database abase ffor or o me me.. U Um, m,, she she’s ’s m myy son sson’s ’s mother mother,” ,” Shirakawa Shirak awa sa says. ayys. “She “She’s ’s m myy son son’s ’s mother.. And she she’s actually, of, mother ’s actu uallyy, kind of f, gonna tr tryy and help me m out. But it it’s ’s myy rresponsibility.” m esponsibility.”

Exactly how in involved nvolved e Delgado was w as in the ccampaign ampaign during d that time isn isn’t ’t all that clear. clearr. Several Several e of Shirakawa’s Shirak awa’’s colleagues colleaguess said the theyy didn’t was didn ’t know who Delgado Delggado w as when asked, ask keed,, including his ch chief hief of st staff, aff ff,, Garcia.

Eddie Gar cia. (Curiously, (Curiousslyy, Garcia Garcia and Delgado ar aree Fac Facebook ebook k friends friends.) .) But during the 20 2008 08 campaign, camp paign, according according to filed fforms—the o orms—the las last st of which w was as day interview amended a da ay after Metro’s M ro’s inter Met view with Shirak Shirakawa awa because becausse errors errors were were noted in the ac accounting—Delgado countin ng—Delgado was w as paid $22,924.9 $22,924.90 0 in n salar salaryy and eexpenses. xpenses. She w was as also listed as still being b eing owed $2,950.

In filings ffor or o the 20 2012 12 primar primary, y, weree also late late,, Delgado was which wer D w as named tr treasurer easurer and paid p at least $7,500 $7 7,50 , 0 ffor or o managing a ccampaign ampaign in Shirakawa unopposed. which Shirak awa ran unopp osed.

Shirakawa employed Shirak kawa also empl lo oyed one

of his daug ghters, Elena R eyes e , as daughters, Reyes, his ccampaign ampaiign manager ffor o or a short short p eriod in 20 2 08. In a ttwo-month w wo-month span period 2008. running fr from o mid-March om mid-March to mid-Ma mid-May ay 2008, $3,900. of 20 08,, Reyes Reyees was was a paid $3,9 00.

“She w was a working as a ccampaign as ampaign manager,, and manager a then she went to work ffor or Kansen o n after that,” Shirak Shirakawa awa says sa ays y in rreference effer e ence to San JJose ose Councilmember C ouncilmeember Kansen Chu,, who closely i also is l close l ely l aligned li d with ith the th South S th Bay Ba ay L Labor Council. ouncil. abor C Shirakawa Reyes Shirak awa also paid daughter R eyes $3,900 900 in this last election at least $3, cycle, according filings.. cy cle, ac corrding to 2012 filings Theree wer Ther w weree claims during the 2008 Shirakawa was 20 08 campaign camp paign that Shirak awa w as a deadb deadbeat eatt dad behind behind in childsupport supp ort payments. paayyments. Shirakawa’s Shirakawa’’s camp camp aggressively accusations aggr essivelly denied these ac cusations and sent out o a mailer in the final the weeks k off th h he ccampaign ampaign i ffeaturing eeaturing i Shirakawa’s Carrillo, Shirak awa’s ex-wife, ex-wiffe, Esther C arrillo, accusations. disputing the t ac cusations.

Carrillo was any C arrillo w as not paid an ny money, ccampaign ampaign mone y, according according to fforms o orms aree on Registrar that ar n file with the R eegistrar of Voters.

But daughter,, C Catalina V oters. Bu o ut their daughter atalina Carrillo, $3,866.62 C arrillo, was was paid $3,8 66.62 ffor o or work May allegedly done d in April and Ma ay of 2008.

Carrillo 20 08. Additionally, Add ditionallyy, Catalina Catalina C arrillo was being w as listed as b eing owed another $2,500. $2,50 0. period During that same time p eriod in half 2008, the first ha alf of 20 08, according according to disclosuree forms the ccampaign ampaaign disclosur fo orms that weree filed during the rac race, wer e, Shirakawa Shirakawa employed also emplo oyed one of his close friends,, R Ruben friends u en Flores, ub Flores, to work as his manager.. ccampaign ampaign manager Flores brother Alexx Flor es is the br other of Ale Flores, whose popped Flor es, who ose name p opped up in news this became the ne ws th his spring when it b ecame that Shirakawa known tha at Shirak awa had his own personal bodyguard provided byy p ersonal b odyguard pr ovided b Santaa Clara County the Sant C C ountty Sheriff ’s ’s Office.

Shirakawa admitted O ffice. Shi irak kawa admit ted that he handpicked was handpick ed d Alex Alex Flores, Flores, who w aas a school Yerba high scho o ffootball ol ootball player plaayer at Y eerba High School Shirakawa Buena Hig gh Scho ol when Shirak awa worked school work ed at the scho ol as a ccoach. oach. Amid widespread widespr ead d criticism,, the Sheriff ’s ’s Office Alexx Flor Flores, was O ffice rreassigned easssigned Ale es, who w aas being $90,000 b eing paid rroughly oughly $9 0,000 a year year to bee little Shirakawa’s b littttle more mo ore than Shirak awa’s driver. driver.

Ruben Flores attended Yerba R ub u en Flor F es also at tttended Y eerba High School, Buena Hig gh Scho ol,, graduating in 1992.

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“Ruben worked “R Rub u en work ed in the first half myy ccampaign of m am mpaign ffor or o me as ccampaign ampaign manager,” Shirakawa manager ,” Shirak awa says, saays y , “and then Gustavo Gust avo [Caraveo] [C Caraaveo] took took over over in JJuly.” ulyy.”

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School Budd Buddies dies Halffway through Halfway through our cconversation, onversation, on Shirakawa’s Shirak awa’s chief of st staff, aff ff,, Eddie Garcia, ff Garcia, interjects.. L interjects Late ate filings ffor o or obsolete aree not uncommon, ccommittees ommittttees ar unccommon, Garcia Gar cia notes notes.. I agr agree ee while wh hile inf informing fo orming Registrar Voters him that the R eegistrar of o V o oters also has a delinquent file un under nder Gar Garcia’s ciaa’s name ffor o or his 20 2008 08 race race to be be an East Side U Union nion scho school ol board boarrd member—a member—a rrole ole he assumed after Sh Shirakawa hirakawa vacated position. vac ated the p osition.

“For myy scho school board “F or m ol b oarrd stuff ?”

Garcia says. me.”

Gar cia sa ays y . “You’re “Y Yo ou’re kidding kid dding me .”

Garcia Gar cia notes ttwo wo heart heart attacks attacks suffered he suff ffeered in 2010,, but bu ut his missing disclosuree filings date semiannual disclosur 2008, back to the last half off 20 08, all of 2009 20 09 and the first halff 2010.

Garcia says.

“Hmm,”” Gar cia sa ayys. “OK. I’ll go double-check.” double - check.” doesn’t “That do esn’t look look go ggood, od,, Josh,” Josh,”” Shirakawa says Shirak awa sa ayys to me. me. Both men laughter. then erupt in laughter r. Within Wiithin a minute,, howe however, minute ver, Shirakawa Shiraakawa turns serious again: tell “One thing I will tel ll yyou ou I learned from myy dad,, JJosh, fr om m osh,, and d I’m gonna end it at this: It It’s ’s funny funny when yyou ou see,, par see particularly ticularly p people eoplee in this ccommunity, ommunity, who raise money money and makee decisions and the mak they’re ey’re effective eff ffeective leaders e’s people people of ccolor, olor, leaders.. When ther there’s lik ou don ’tt raise raaise mone likee me me,, if yyou don’t moneyy yyou’re ou’re not effective. eff ffeective. But Bu ut if yyou ou raise mone y, well, then the y e influenced y’r influenced money, they’re wr ong. So e’s a do uble st andard wrong.

So,, ther there’s double standard ther e. I’ll tell yyou ou that. My p oint is there. point I’m not going to ap olo ogize about about apologize raising mone y. N ot doi ing that kind money.

Not doing of stuff ff.. Bec ause if you you don ’t, you’re you’re stuff.

Because don’t, effective; cconsidered onsidered not eff ffeectivve; and if yyou ou do,, yyou’re overly influenced.” do ou’re o verly influe enced.”

Shirakawa understand Shirak awa may maay not underst u and ampaign the seriousness of the ccampaign violations and seems ccaught a aught guard suggestion off guar d at the sugges stion of a troubling trend interview. tr oubling tr end duringg the inter view. trend that?”

“What tr end is that ? he asks. ?” asks. horrible “That yyou’re ou’re horribl le with paperwork.” pap erwork.” speaks “That sp eaks ffor or itself,” o itseelff,” Shirakawa Shirakawa

says laughter.. saays y and busts bu usts into laughter Shirakawa Shirakawa has missed deadlines that eextend from political xtend d fr om p olitical office office to his personal perso onal life. liffe. On JJuly uly 20 of this year, year, Shirakawa Sh hirakawa finally closed out his 2006 board 2006 school school b oard filings and paid a fine of $40 $400 0 to the county Revenue. county Department Dep partment of R evenue.

(The (The rreason eason n ffor o or this payment paayyment ccould ould not b bee confirmed byy press confi firmed b press time. time.

However, school Ho ever, Shirakawa’s Howe S Shirak awa’s recent recent scho ol board board committee committee filings show a ccash ash balance balance of $2,854.49, which has yet yet to be be accounted accou unted ffor.) o or.) In 2008, 2008, a lien w was Shirakawa’s as put pu ut on Shirak awa’’s home for weree fo or a late garbage gaarbage bill. Liens wer also put on 2003 n his home in 20 03 and 2004 because 2004 b ecau use of unpaid ffederal eederal Shirakawa ttax ax rreturns. eturnss. How Shirak awa ccame ame moneyy to loan his up with thee mone $78,100 mystery. ccampaign ampaign $78,10 $ 0 rremains emains a m ystery.

“I’ll tell ll yyou, ou,, I told ld you, you, I made d a mistake,” says mist ake,” hee sa ayys about about his late fforms. o orms.

“I apologize apologizze to yyou ou and an anybody nyybody else.. And I ttake else ake full rresponsibility. esponsibility.

I will ttake ake responsibility. responsibility. I ha have ave to pay large ge fine, fine.. I’m not pa ay a lar fine, a huge fine happyy about happ abou ut that, not b because ecause I’m cconcerned oncerned about about you you and somebody somebody else ttalking alkingg ab about out that. I’m not happyy I pu putt m myself happ yyself in a position. position. All I can can do is get g b better.” etter.”

Again, breaks A gain, i Garcia G cia Gar i br b eaks k into i our cconversation on nversatio on to ttalk alk ab about out his own board, late filings ffor o or school school b oard, noting that these rac rraces es don’t don’t involve involve much moneyy being mone bein ng raised.

“I raised zer zero o money money and eexpended xpended zer zzero o money,” money,” Garcia Garcia says. saayys.

“I’m pr pretty etty sur suree I closed out that account. was ac count. That Th hat w as the last one I did election 2008.” after the el lection in 20 08.” “you about ““Actually,” Actuallyy,” I say, saay, “y ou had ab out $12,000 over.” precise $12,0 00 left ft o ver.” The pr ecise ccash ash balancee was balanc was a $11,843.

“You [money], too; “Y Yo ou gave gaave me some [mone y],, to o; it’s Shirakawa says, it ’s on there, there,” Shirak awa sa ayys, jumping the back into th he cconversation. on nversation. ““And And I A gave [money] ga ave some [mone [ y] to Eddie in the way. past,, by by thee w ay. I think yyou o ou should have meeting ha ave a meet ting with Eddie on his stuff. both start laughing.. stuff ff.” Again, ff” Again n,, b oth men st art laughing Garcia In a laterr cconversation, onversation, Gar cia tells school to me he sentt his scho ol board board forms forms o Registrar Voters the R eegistrrar of V o oters but they they must have “You ha ave been been lost l in the mail. “Y Yo ou U.S. know how the U .S. Postal Postal Service Service is,” is,” he adds. adds.

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Ruben R uben Flor u Flores es rreceived eceivveed d $17,185 $177,,185 tot total al 2008, $1,300 ffor or o his work in 20 08,, including inccluding $1,30 0 in the last half of that yyear, e , according ear according to a ccampaign ampaign filing ccovering overing e JJuly uly 1 through thr ough Sept. 30,, 2008.

2008. “He’s “He’s Alex’s Aleexx’s brother, Shirakawa myy br otherr,” Shirak awa says. saayys. “One of m players. pla ayeers.”

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FATHER Geo FATHER George orge Shirakawa Sr Sr.. passed aw away way in office in 1994 while serv serving ving as a San Jose councilmem councilmember. mberr.

George Jr., His son, Geo orge Jr r.,. was then appointed to o take over his City Council seat. se eat.

The D Debt ebbt On one of ttwo w piec wo pieces es of writing paper Shirakawa pap er Shirak awa provided, provided,, titled “Partial “P artial List Checks C Checks,” ,” there there is an informal inf fo ormal list of o ccontributors ontributors that the supervisor sup ervisor sa says ayys help helped ed him pa pay ay off some of his $ $110,000 110,000 campaign campaign debt in the first qu quarter uarter of 2009.

2009. “Garcia “Garcia ffor or School,” o School,”” rreferencing efer ef e encing his chief of staff st aff ’s ’s scho school ol b board oard campaign, campaign, is listed as a $2, $2,500 500 contributor. contributor.

Shirakawa Shirak awa has yyet et to ccompile ompile an official pap paper per trail of money money he has ccollected ollected sinc sincee the b beginning eginning 2009. of 20 09. But if the ffollowing o ollowing denominations aree correct, denominatio ns ar correct, he may maay have $500 h ha ave eexceeded xceeded d d the h $50 $ 0 ccontribution ontribution ib i limits p per er filin filing ng p period. eriod.

The lar largest gestt ccontribution ontribution on the handwritten handwrit tten t list list—$5,000—came —$5,000— came fr om “C al Wa aste,” in reference reffeerence to from “Cal Waste,” C aliffo ornia W aste Solutions California Waste Solutions,, which handles rrecycling ecycling c sub contracting subcontracting duties ffor o or San n JJose. ose. The ccompany ompany

rec received e eived its first ccontract ontract with thee city ci ity in Shirak Shirakawa’s awa’’s last yyear ear as a S San an JJose o ccouncilmember. ose ouncilmember.

Second Sec ond highest on the handwritten ha andwritten list of ccontributors ontributors provided pr rovided b byy Shirak Shirakawa awa is Mar Marvelous velo ous Inc., In nc.,, itemized as a $4, $4,0 $4,000 00 No number ccontributor. o ontributor .N o phone numb er ffor o or the th he ccompany ompany ccould ould be be ffound, ound, and o d Sh hirakawa did not rrespond espond to an Shirakawa em mail asking ab out his asso cation n email about assocation business.. w the business with Third Thir d most on the list, at $3,500, $3,500, was Seville Group, w as Se ville Gr oup, a cconstruction onstruction n m management ccompany ompany that rreceived eceivved att least one ccontract ontract of more more than n $200,000 from Union $2 200,000 fr om the East Side U niion school sc cho h oll b board oard when h Shirak Shi Shirakawa kawa served board member. se erved as a b oard memb er. The Se eville Gr oup also ga ave Shirak awa’ a’s Seville Group gave Shirakawa’s ccampaign a ampaign $1,0 00 when he w as $1,000 was ru unning ffor or o the ccounty ounty b oard in running board 2008. notably been 20 008. The firm has not ably b een enmeshed scandal en nmeshed in a pay-to-play paay-to -plaay sc andaal w the Sweet with water school school district distriict Sweetwater

in San Diego Diego,, with multiple mu ultiple public officials facing crimina criminal al char charges ges ffor or o accepting ac cepting unr unreported eported gifts fr from om the ontractor pleaded guiltyy firm. One ccontractor p guilt earlier this yyear ear to ma making aking illegal gifts to public officials officials. s.

JJean ean L Lu u also ccontributed ontrib buted $ $1,0 $1,000 , 00 pay Shirakawa’s to help pa ay off Shirak awa’s debt, according notes.. ac cording to the supervisor’s superrvisor’s notes L u is a b oard memb err ffor o or the Lu board member T aiw a anese Chamber Chamber of o C ommerce Taiwanese Commerce Francisco Bay Area. ffor or o the San Francisc o Ba ay Ar ea.

Shirakawa benefited Shirak awa b enefited fr ffrom om his chamber rrelationship elationship with thatt chamb er as rrecently ecently as a yyear ear ago as ago,, when he w was paid $6,62 tend an eight - daay $6,6255 to at attend eight-day chamber’s behalf. eevent vent on the chamb err’s b ehalff.

Shirakawa Shi Shirak kawa also l rreceived eceiv ei ed d$ $1,0 $1,000 00 from the Santaa Clara ccontributions ontributions fr om th he Sant C ounty Building and Trades C ouncil, County Council, the International U nion of P ainters Union Painters and Allied Trades d the OE3—the Trades,, and union. ccounty’s ounty’s engineers un nion.

Shirakawa’s informal Shirak kawa’s inf fo ormal list of ccontributors, ontributors, which he admit aadmitted ttted w aas was

hashed to geether the da ay of Met tro’s together day Metro’s interview inter view in n his offic office, e, notes: “A “A number number of 50–50 0 checks c not included.”

50–500 When eexactly xactly the inf information fo ormation will ccome ome to light ab out money money about Shirakawa’s Shirak awa’s campaign campaign rreceived eceived to pa ay off its debt is unc ertain. An pay uncertain. official at the t FPPC FPPC—the —the st state’s ate’s bipar tisan p olitical watchdog watchdog bipartisan political group, gr oup, wh which ich cconducts onducts audits and iinvestigations, in vestigati ti tiions i , and d hands h d outt fines— fi ccould ould not ccomment omment publicly b because ecause an investigation investiggation ccould ould b bee launched Metroo’’ss inquiries. inquiries. The as a rresult esult of Metr FPPC has in nvestigated Shirakawa Shirakawa investigated ttwice wice in the th he past. In 2001, 2001, he was was arned ab w bout improper improper disclosure disclosure warned about on a mass mailer 2006, there there was was mailer.. In 2006, ssue, but in that incident a similar is issue, the FPPC had insufficient eevidence vidence to mo ve forward. for o ward. (Ironically, (Ironicallyy, move Shi Shirak kawa was was part part off a group group called called ll d Shirakawa “Chicanos A gainst C orruption” in “Chicanos Against Corruption” the lat ter case.) case.) latter An FPPC C official did cconfirm onfirm an investigation, investiggation, if initiated, could could b compleeted b effo ore the end of bee completed before this yyear. ear. Shirakawa S Shirak awa could could be be fined up to o $5,0 00 for for o each late $5,000 ccampaign ampaign disclosur fo orm fr om the disclosuree form from 20 08 race. race. With With i the Registrar Reegistrar of 2008 V o oters confirming con nfirming that nine fforms o orms Voters are missing missin i i g fr ffrom om that h par ticular i l are particular ccampaign, ampaign,, that brings potential potential fines ffor o or these violations v to $45,0 00. $45,000.

Howe ver e , if the county county fines However, Shirak awa, a he could could end up paying paayying Shirakawa, a $10 p er day day fine for da fo or each form form o per that is late, late, which whiich would ccome ome closer to Shirak awa’s estimate of $10,0 00. He Shirakawa’s $10,000. ccould ould also pa ay nothing if the ccounty ountty pay cho oses not no ot to fine him. chooses F or the moment, though, For Shirak awa will not ccommit ommit to a Shirakawa timeline ffor o or when he will submit his ccampaign ampaign filings can’t give give you you filings.. “I can’t a date,” date,” he says. saayys. “I’ll do it as so on soon as I ccan. an. … I think I ccan an get it done b effo ore November.”

November.” before When to old he cco o uld avoid avoid all fines told b never turning in his fforms, o orms, byy just never Shirak awa insists that won’t won’t be be the Shirakawa ccase. ase. “Don’t “Don n’t worry worry about about that. I’m gonna turn n in m forms o ,” he says. saayys. myy forms,” “U nless I’m m dead,, I’m gonna turn in “Unless m fo orms. myy forms.

“Ther e’s no eexcuse, xxcuse, man. I made a “There’s mist ak ke, man. m I’m looking looking in the eeyes yees of mistake, a man and telling yyou o ou I can’t can’t tell yyou o ou a go od excuse, excusse, because because I pr obably would good probably tr ould. But I ccan’t an n’t ’ give givve tryy to use itt if I ccould. yyou o ou a good good excuse. excuse.”

69DINING

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FI <@>?K P<8IJ# ;Xm`[ :ffb nXj dp ZfejkXek ZfdgXe`fe Xj @ kifcc\[ k_\ _`^_nXpj Xe[ YXZb ifX[j f] J`c`Zfe MXcc\p cffb`e^ ]fi [\c`Z`flj k_`e^j kf \Xk Xe[ ^ff[ jkfi`\j kf k\cc% ?\ nXj n`k_ d\ Xk \m\ip i\jkXliXek @ [`e\[ Xk# ]ifd k_\ ki\e[`\jk n_`k\$ kXYc\Zcfk_ gcXZ\j kf k_\ jb\kZ_`\jk _fc\$`e$k_\$nXcc kXhl\i`Xj% As long as the restaurants took credit cards, he was there. And for the cashonly places, he was there, too, biding his time.

David Cook, you see, was the name

on my Metro credit card and my alter ego. As Metro’s food editor and restaurant critic I strived for anonymity, and my David Cook alias helped me do that. My dining companions were trained to know me as Stett Holbrook outside of restaurants, but I became Dave once we went inside.

But after eight years of eating for a living and chronicling Silicon Valley’s food culture, I’m leaving to take a new job as senior editor at MAKE, a magazine and website about the maker movement and DIY culture.

If you think about it, getting paid to eat and write about it is kind of ridiculous, particularly given the number of people willing to work for food. Being a food writer was a privilege and thanks to the editorial freedom afforded to me by Metro CEO Dan Pulcrano I was able to take that freedom wherever it led me.

In my case, it was the connection between the food we eat and the impact it has on the planet and the people and creatures that live on it. In my mind, food writing that doesn’t place the food into a larger, ecological context is part of the problem.

The production of Food Forward, a documentary TV series I co-created for PBS, was a direct result of this green food consciousness I was able to discover in me at Metro. But I spent more time eating than engaging in Michael Pollanesque diatribes against the industrial food system.

My highlight reel is long. Some of the standouts include my visits to Manresa (believe the hype—it really is a special place) and Love Apple Farm, the restaurant’s biodynamic farm in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

I had one of the most otherworldly meals ever at Nami Nami, a Kappostyle Japanese restaurant in Mountain View that doesn’t get near the attention it deserves. I vividly recall my meals at Chez TJ when Christopher Kostow was in the kitchen. He has since gone on to three-Michelin-star stardom at Meadowood in St. Helena.

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Some of my favorite meals were at restaurants no longer with us like Menlo Park’s Kaygetsu (the first restaurant I reviewed for Metro) and the humble La Juquilita in San Jose, home of some of the best Oaxacan food I sampled in the South Bay. Some of my best dining experiences weren’t $400 meals, they were at restaurants I found in the generic minimalls and shopping centers of Silicon Valley where Indian, Vietnamese, Mexican, Korean, Ethiopian, Japanese and Chinese places thrive. These restaurants are Silicon Valley’s true strength.

Year after year, I took great pleasure driving down El Camino Real between Santa Clara and Sunnyvale looking for new Korean or Indian restaurants or anything else that caught my eye.

And there was always something new.

Udupi Palace, Jang Su Jang, En, Real Ice Cream, Tofu House, Sawa, and Lovely Sweets and Snacks all bring back fond food memories. Milpitas was another food haven. South Legend, Tirupathi Bhimas, ABC Seafood—I’ll miss you.

The long shadow cast by San Francisco’s dining scene over Silicon Valley was a running theme over my years at Metro. In some categories SF beats SJ. But ramen is not one of them. I’ve said once and I’ll say it again: Silicon Valley’s ramen shops rule. I’ll long remember the porky, soupy, slurpable goodness of Kahoo, Ramen Halu, Santouka, Maru Ichi, Orenchi and others. The South Bay has San Francisco beat on Vietnamese food, too. I remember the first time I walked into the all-Vietnamese food court at San Jose’s Grand Century Mall.

Nirvana.

After eight years of nonstop eating and drinking in the South Bay, I’d say I know the area’s food scene better than most. Or at least I’d better. Silicon Valley is a great place to eat, if you know where to look. There’s still a gap in the mid-tier, reasonably priced places you can eat at on weekdays, but nice enough for a date or special occasion.

There are a few new places—Hay Market, Zona Rosa, the Table—that show what I think is the way forward: small, chef-owned restaurants that cater to their respective neighborhoods.

The future is local—local food, local owners and local restaurants. When you find a good place—localize it.

That’s what the late David Cook would do.

Thanks for listening for all these years.

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AMBER INDIA Northern Indian, tandoori. $$. Meals unfold like a bolt of rare silk, served with care and efficiency in a rich, luminous interior. Dishes are complex and varied. 11:30am2:30pm, 5-9:45pm daily. 2290 El Camino Real. 650.968.7511.

BODRUM CAFE Turkish. $$.

The menu at Bodrum Cafe is extensive and covers a lot of ground, but it’s the lamb dishes that stand out. A good place to start is with the lahmacun (Turkey’s take on pizza) and the kebabs. 10am-10pm daily. 383 Castro St. 650.396.7010.

CASCAL Spanish tapas. $$$.

The tapas menu yields big tastes in small portions at this pan-Latin charmer. Calamari, roasted quail and minted lamb meatballs are among the delicacies. Full bar. 11:30am10pm Mon-Sun. 400 Castro St. 650.940.9500.

CHAAT PARADISE Vegetarian Indian. $. Golden spices predominate at this popular spot for inexpensive, fun-toeat traditional Indian fare.

Casual shopping-center surroundings. 11:30-10pm Mon-Sun. 165 E. Camino Real.

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CHINA CAFE Mandarin, Szechuan. $$. A little surprise in the Blossom Valley Center promises uptown ambience, spotless surroundings and well-presented classical Chinese cuisine. 1760 Miramonte Ave. 650.968.2298.

DON GIOVANNI Italian. $$$.

This pumpkin-hued eatery faces the bustling downtown with a handsome demeanor of

French. $$. There’s a lot to like about this pinch of a place with its simple, practiced French cuisine and quiet dining. Casual. Beer, wine. 5:309:30pm Tue-Sat. 1405 W. El Camino Real. 650.964.3321.

MARU ICHI Japanese noodles. $. Maru Ichi is a true noodle shop. While there are a few appetizers on the menu, the slurpable house-made noodles—ramen, soba and udon—are what you want.

Go for the house specialty kuro ramen or the soy sauce ramen. Beer and wine. Cash only. 11:30am-2:30pm, 5-10pm Mon-Fri, 11:30am-10pm Sat, 11:30am-9pm Sun. 368 Castro St. 650.564.9931.

NAMI NAMI Japanese. $$$.

Nami Nami specializes in kappo-style Japanese food, prepared in the artful, laborintensive, seasonally driven style associated with the city of Kyoto. For diners willing to open their minds and mouths, it offers one of the most exciting restaurant experiences in the Bay Area. 11:30am-2pm Tue-Sun, 7-10pm Tue-Thu and 6-11pm Fri-Sat. 240 Castro St. 650.964.6990.

NETO CAFFE AND BAKERY Cafe. $$. Neto Caffe and Bakery is a busy, good-looking space that has a happy buzz about it. There’s a little bit of everything including a number of Middle Eastern specialties.

7am-10pm daily. 135 Castro St. 650.625.9888.

PHO TO CHAU Vietnamese noodle house. $. The pho here is an honest noodle soup. Firsttimers might want to stick with the basic pho chin, topped with slices of beef brisket.

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THE SPICE ISLANDS CAFE Singaporean, Malaysian, Indonesian. $$. This restaurant will send your taste buds to the tropics. Talented chefs put out dishes full of spice and passion, like jumbo chile prawns, papaya salad and Malaysian spareribs.

The menu is expansive. Prices are reasonable. 210 Hope St. 650.960.1888.

SUSHI TOMI Japanese. $$.

Sushi Tomi serves Japanese food with an elegant simplicity.

Sushi and sashimi are ocean fresh. For a real treat, ask for an omakase dinner and let the chef put together a tasting menu for you. Lunch 11:30am-2pm daily; dinner 5:30-9:30pm Mon-Fri, 5-9:30pm Sat, 5-9pm Sun. 635 W. Dana St. 650.968.3227.

TAQUERÍA LOS CHARROS Mexican. $. This clean and fetching diner is the place for authentic fare. Generous portions. 6:30am-10pm MonFri, 6:30am-11pm Sat, 8am10pm Sun. 854 W. Dana St. 650.969.1464.

VASO AZZURRO Ristorante Italian. $$$. Entrees are attractively presented, and the waiters will make you feel as though you were the most important guests in the place.

Dessert lives up to the rest of the meal. Beer, wine. 11:30am2pm Mon-Fri, 5-9pm Mon-Thu, 5-10pm Fri-Sat, 5-9:30pm Sun. 108 Castro St. 650.940.1717.

XANH RESTAURANT Modern Vietnamese. $$.

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Gordon Biersch’s FestBier, an amber lager, pays homage to the flavors of Oktoberfest. The brew has a slightly sweet toasted maltiness and spicy German Hersbrucker hops. FestBier is available for a limited time during the seasonal celebration.

Also getting an early start on the celebration is the FAULTLINE BREWING COMPANY in Sunnyvale, whose Oktoberfest started this week and lasts until Oct. 26. The activities include bands Thursday–Saturday, a variety of German dishes and brews and the all-important steinholding contest. Another Oktoberfest opportunity can be had at Naglee Park Garage in San Jose, with a German menu starting Tuesday, and theme music Oct. 4–6.—Stett Holbrook

Hot Stuff The hot weather may be ending but there’s still time to sweat some peppery goodness at the SALSA FESTIVAL in Redwood City. In addition to prize-worthy salsas, the event also features lots of music. There will be, of course, salsa, plus lots of Latin rock and jazz. Some of the bands scheduled: Grupo Bakkan, Anthony Blea y su Charango, Richard Bean and Sapo, Lava, Kat Parra and Mezacote. The festival fills up downtown Redwood City this Saturday, from noon until 8pm, and it’s free.

22 Vietnamese restaurant. The appealing menu ranges from the traditional to the unconventional and includes rolls, salads, noodles, small plates and fullsize entrees. 11:30am-2pm, 4:30pm-close Mon-Fri. 110 Castro St. 650.964.1888

YAKKO Japanese, sushi bar. $$.

A pairing of swift service with an exotic range of sushi and udon makes this a favorite among sushi lovers. Beer, wine. 11:30am2pm Mon-Sun, 5:30-9:30pm Sun-Thu, 5:30-10:30pm Fri-Sat. 975 W. Dana St. 650.960.0626.

ZUCCA Mediterranean. $$. Time slows and the paella glows at this Turkish/Spanish charmer: lamb kofte, spicy shrimp, steak, baklava. 11:30am-2:30pm MonFri, 5-10pm Mon-Sun. 186 Castro St. 650.864.9940.

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HUNTINANNY Caravan; San Jose Friday – 8pm; free The line between punk rocker and outlaw cowboy isn’t as clear as we’d all like to think. Case in point: Johnny Cash. San Francisco quartet Huntinanny would like to do everything in its power to completely terminate the existence of that line once and for all. Huntinanny plays honky-tonk punk-rock hardcore country rock, or whatever you want to call it.

It’s all the same to the guys in the band. They just put on wild, rowdy, energetic, crowd-pleasing shows where cowboy hats and tattoos

get equal footing. They even throw in some surf and rockabilly and whatever other styles they feel like playing at any given moment. (AC)

THE KILLER QUEENS

this would be Freddy Mercury’s favorite Queen tribute group since they have so completely inhabited the Queen persona. Plus, their members have the coolest names of any Queen tribute group.

There’s Frederika Mercury and Brianna May, for starters. (AC)

Blank Club; San Jose Friday – 9pm; $10

THE STEPKIDS

Queen was such a remarkably theatrical band, it’s only fitting they get the tribute band treatment. And yes, there are hundreds of them out there, but the existence of Killer Queens— the all-female version—seems the perfect fit. Rather than imitate the group literally, the way most tribute bands do, Killer Queens are more of a weird characterization of the group. Something tells me

Pagoda Lounge, San Jose Fri – 8:30pm With Neil Young calling his new album Psychedelic Pill, it’s no surprise that the Stepkids revel in the high keening harmonies, swirling sonics and even a dab of wah-wah pedal—not to mention some trippy visual effects with colored and stroboscopic lights.

The band even claims to record old-school style: on reel-to-reel

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machines. The effect is not in the least ironic or snarky—they look so happy in their videos that they could be the Woggles from 30 Rock. And when the sound threatens to head too far into the stratosphere where only the Byrds can survive, it comes back to earth with solid touches of funk from bassist Dan Edinberg. (AR)

of budding rappers, beat makers and singers that range in age from their teens to their early 20s.

Landing somewhere between the hive mind of the Wu-Tang Clan and the irreverence of Jackass, Odd Future just may be breathing new life into rap. (CJ)

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Winchester Mystery House, San Jose Runs Fri through Nov 3 on select nights; $40

Catalyst, Santa Cruz Fri – 8pm; $30/$35 The mainstream press has pulled Tyler the Creator to the front of this Los Angeles-based indierap collective, but those in the underground understand that Odd Future is a “we” thing. Officially named Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, the group is made up

FRIGHT NIGHTS

Sarah Winchester’s ode to home improvement is scary any time of the year, but around Halloween the ante goes way up on the famed Mystery House.

For the second year in a row, the attraction takes advantage of the holiday with a series of “Fright Nights.” The house and environs

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JOE JACKSON Oct 4 at 7pm, Montalvo Arts Center

GEORGE LOPEZ Oct 6 at 8pm, San Jose Civic

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DELFEAYO MARSALIS OCTET DEL Oct 13 at 8pm, Montalvo Arts Center

CARRIE UNDERWOOD Oct 14 at 7:30pm, HP Pavilion

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will undergo a transformation with roving “spirits” and other creepy surprises. (AR)

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San Pedro Square Market, San Jose Sat – 7pm; free Although they never cracked mainstream alternative rock, the Sacramento quartet Far was a ’90s cult sensation. Far’s brand of moody, intense, power-house rock & roll influenced the emo scene, predating it by a few years. The group was, though, much more interesting

and authentic than the radio bands that followed them. After Far broke up, lead singer Jonah Matranga went solo under the moniker onelinedrawing. The music was more diverse, including a bit of folk, dance music, metal and indie-rock.

What connects his songs is the same intense honesty and vulnerability that propelled Far. Onelinedrawing has that, but toned down, or rather is more selective about when to be outwardly intense. (AC)

SYMPHONY SILICON VALLEY California Theatre, San Jose Sat – 8pm, Sun – 2:30pm; $39-$75 Few musical compositions have enjoyed so much continued appeal as Beethoven’s Symphony no. 5. The

Fifth has been a steady program anchor on symphony schedules in three centuries. The piece is so sturdy, so instantly locked in that it even survived a disco reworking, “A Fifth of Beethoven.” Symphony Silicon Valley begins its 2012–13 season with frequent guest conductor Paul Polivnick leading the orchestra in the Fifth. Also on tap: Rossini’s Torvaldo e Dorliska Overture, Berlioz’s “Love Scene” from Romeo and Juliette and Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody no. 9. (MSG)

SJICA AUCTION SHOW Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose Opens Sat, runs through Oct 27

The Scream just sold at auction for a record-breaking $119

million (chump change for Mitt but out of reach for the 47 percenters), and the man who made it all possible—Edvard Munch—didn’t see one dime of that money. Imagine how much more satisfying it would be to spend a lot less money and know that the artist is alive to appreciate the gesture. Such is the premise behind the Art Exhibition and Auction at the Institute of Contemporary Art. The annual showcase provides a chance to sample works in many styles by scores of area artists. The show culminates in an auction with champagne and hors d’oeuvres on Oct. 27. (AR)

SNOW PATROL Oct 21 at 7:30pm, San Jose Civic

BARBRA STREISAND Nov 5 at HP Pavilion

LEONARD COHEN Nov 7 at 8pm, HP Pavilion

ERIC CHURCH Nov 9 at 7:30pm, HP Pavilion

WIZ KHALIFA Nov 10 at 7:30pm, SJSU Event Center

RUSH Nov 15 at 7:30pm, HP Pavilion

LADY GAGA Jan 17 at 7:30pm, HP Pavilion

PINK Feb 18, HP Pavilion For music updates and contest giveaways, like us on Facebook at metrofb.com

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Each of the 44 plays is quite different. Some are absurdist comedies; others solemn tragedies; still others musicals. While all the great presidents are covered, even Rutherford Hayes, 44 Plays for Benjamin Harrison and Chester Arthur (the latter played by a volunteer from the audience) get their 44 Presidents time in the spotlight. They are, after all, as much a part of presidential history as Washington, Lincoln Runs through Oct 21 and the Roosevelts. at City Lights Theater Company, San Jose In the first play, a stoic, godlike George Washington Tickets are (Bill Davidovich) dons a red, white and blue coat $24.95–$39.95 symbolizing the office of president. In the following plays, the coat makes its way among a four-member cast—some fight over the coat, while others, like William Howard Taft (Ruth E. Stein), wear it reluctantly. In the case of James Garfield (Davidovich), fellow party members must staple it to his back before he will put it on.

There are quite a few colorful characters, from the party animal Grover Cleveland, played by Ken Boswell, to Karen DeHart’s somber Abraham Lincoln and Stein’s gluttonous Zachary Taylor. True to the Neo-Futurist aesthetic, there is no attempt at realistic portrayal, no attempt at resurrecting these men and letting them speak for themselves. The perspective is unabashedly present-day, which often results in humorous anachronisms (the recent Boody Bloody Andrew Jackson was in a similar vein).

Some of the gags are especially funny if you’re familiar with the lives of the presidents, but no prior knowledge is needed to enjoy the stories. Indeed, many of the segments assume that the audience doesn’t know much and assume an educational tone.

The end of the performance, however, transfers responsibility to the audience. Conspicuously open-ended, the production finishes with a heartfelt admonition to vote in November, to get your friends and family to vote, and to help write the next chapter in the history of the American presidency.

Whether or not you believe that your vote counts for anything, you have to admire the sincerity.—Sean Conwell

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Flynn is best known for his memoir Another Bullshit Night in Suck City and his second book of poems, Some Ether, which nabbed the 1999 PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award for Poetry. His work has been featured in major periodicals and journals such as The Nation, The New York Times, The New Yorker and the Paris Review.

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That cage couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hold what he had to say. After earning a MFA in creative writing from New York University, Flynn published two poetry collections in a single year, Some Ether and Blind Huber, both of which were critically acclaimed and garnered numerous awards. One poem, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bag of Mice,â&#x20AC;? earned the Discovery/The Nation award. The work also led to a Guggenheim Fellowship for Flynn.

Then, just three years later, he published Another Bullshit Night in Suck City, which won the PEN/Martha Albrand Award for the art of the memoir and cemented his reputation as a brave and lucid writer with quite a story to tell.

Since that remarkable start, Flynn has remained an active writer, with The Ticking Is the Bomb: A Memoir and Alice Invents a Little Game and Alice Always Wins: A Play.

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His appearance for the Center for Literary Arts includes a showing of Being Flynn (Oct. 2, 7pm, at SJSU Engineering 189), a reading and booksigning (Oct. 3, 7pm, Engineering 189) and a talk with Tom Barbash (Oct. 4, 1pm, King Main Library, Room 225/229). All the events are free.â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Tad Malone

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LIBERAL ARTS (NR; 97 min.) Josh Radnor directs himself as a 35-year-old college administrator who gets involved with a 19-year-old student (Elizabeth Olsen) named, improbably, Zibby (which is what— short for Zebediah?). (Opens Fri.)

LOOPER (R; 118 min.) A time-traveling tale with Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis. (Opens Fri.)

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SOMEWHERE BETWEEN (NR; 88 min.) A documentary about four Chinese girls adopted

by American parents. (Opens Fri at Camera 3 in San Jose.)

THEY CALL IT MYANMAR: LIFTING THE CURTAIN (NR; 84 min.) Robert Lieberman’s film offers insights about a country long under a dictatorship and only now coming out of repression. Includes an interview with Aung San Suu Kyi. (Opens Fri at Camera 3 downtown.)

WON’T BACK DOWN (PG; 122 min.) Two women struggle to improve their children’s school in the inner city—can you say political subtext? (Rahm Emanuel wishes it had opened a month ago.) Stars Maggie Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis and Holly Hunter. (Opens Fri.)

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(Plays Sep 29 at 7:30pm in Fremont at the Edison Theater.) (RvB)

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reality: A mother and her daughter move into a new home that seems to be haunted. Stars Jennifer Lawrence and Elisabeth Shue.

33 William Wyler’s direction, the man acclaimed as the best actor of his generation plays a Jewish lawyer facing today’s anti-Semitism—and yesterday’s misdeeds. (Plays Sep 28-30 in Palo Alto at the Stanford Theatre.) (RvB)

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WATERLOO BRIDGE (1931/1932) James Whale directs a pre-Code drama about a chorus girl resorting turning tricks in World War I England. Stars Mae Clarke. BILLED WITH The Impatient Maiden. Whale again, directing a romantic comedy with Clarke, Lew Ayres and Una Merkel. (Plays Sep 26-27 in Palo Alto at the Stanford Theatre.)

Reviews BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD (PG-13; 91 min.) A gumption-crazed little girl survives what looks like post-industrial living in Beasts of the Southern Wild. Hushpuppy (Quvenzhané Wallis) lives in a waterside squatters’ camp called “The Bathtub.” A teacher in this swamp town displays a $200 custom-made tattoo on her thigh depicting some kind of mythical whangdoodle. That’s all the proof Hushpuppy needs that ice-locked beasts of the Stone Age could rise again. Hushpuppy tries to bond with her ailing dad, Wink (Dwight Henry), going on a boat trip with him when the storm waters inundate the town.

The film’s impressionistic selfseriousness is sweetened by Wallis’ own feistiness. (RvB)

END OF WATCH (R; 109 min.) A police drama with Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena trying to keep the peace in South Central L.A.

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(R; 137 min.) P.T. Anderson’s bewilderingly exciting film doesn’t offer a specific rebuke to L. Ron Hubbard. The story tells of a partnership between a shellshocked Navy vet of 1950, Freddie (Joaquin Phoenix) and a dapper, bigger-than-life fraud, Lancaster Dodd (Philip Seymour Hoffman).

Dodd picks up Freddie and conducts quasipsychiatric experiments on him, leading up to a new crusade called “The Cause.” Dodd’s stirring of Freddie’s soft brain heralds bigger things: the rise of the intelligence apparatus, the think-tank, Cointelpro, the lies of World War II furthered by new means. The bigger picture looms like Hoffman’s screenfilling head, demanding obedience in sickeningly insinuating tones. The voice echoes against the background of postwar America, a nation about to get gigantic. (RvB)

SLEEPWALK WITH ME (Unrated, 90 mins.) Brooklyn comic Mike Birbiglia co-wrote, co-directed (with Seth Barrish) and stars in an adaptation of his semiautobiographical one-man show. “Matt,” a standup comedian, has three worries: a stalled career, a girlfriend (Lauren Ambrose) who wants to marry and have a baby, and, lastly, his own untreated sleep disorder. A little misbehavior is part of the film, but Birbiglia’s passiveness is lulling; Matt’s character is only shaped by his careerism. There’s something about this underachiever that must bring out the maternal side of women, because he’s got a noteworthy supporting cast of them. It’s not just the lively Ambrose, whose fine red hair is woven in Slavic braids, but there’s also the bracingly odd Carole Kane, with a voice like an inebriated Betty Boop—not to mention Sondra James as the elderly, disinterested agent, and Kristen Schall as a masochistic MC at a remote college. (RvB)

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27 at 6pm at the Palo Alto Square).

Johnson is a particularly quixotic director, influenced by the classic cinema to a degree unseen in others of his age. Brick (2005) stages a hardboiled detective caper in a suburban Orange County high school; the idea sounds rebarbative, but the result was ultimately more acute than cute and showed the capability of Joseph GordonLevitt (The Dark Knight Rises) for lean, tough acting.

Johnson’s charming 2008 feature The Brothers Bloom is one of the best and least-seen of confidence-man movies, and he gave Rachel Weisz a chance to excel in Audrey Hepburn levels of froth.

I’m avid to see Looper (which opens wide Sept. 28) co-billing Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis in a particularly twisty time-travel story of assassins in two future eras—if only to see what Johnson (a shrewd one for setting a mood inexpensively) will do outlining the world to come.

At the festival, viewers will also find four free nights of outdoor movies to take advantage of the last of the summer weather. Thursday through Sunday, a series of food trucks will pull up to feed fans watching Dial M for Murder in 3-D

(Thursday) with a new Disney short, “Paperman.” On Friday: an anniversary screening of Stephen Spielberg’s 1982 E.T. with Variety editor David Cohen on hand to explain it all for you. On Saturday, YouTube presents a series of hand-picked online films. Sunday, also in 3-D, the festival will show the vintage Palo Alto swamp horror of The International Creature From the Black Film Festival Lagoon.

Sept. 27–30; Palo Inside the walls, the Alto Square festival hosts a number www.paiff.net of documentaries, high school made shorts, classes and animation. Morgan Spurlock’s Mansome concerns the plight of the meterosexual. Andrew Neel’s shot-on-phone-cam King Kelly is a road-trip picture about an Internet performer on the warpath. Takashi Miike’s violent yet emotionally stirring redo of the classic Hara-Kiri, played in this area recently, but not in 3-D as here.

And reflecting this young and ambitious fest’s emphasis on changing and emerging technology: Chris Keanelly’s documentary Side by Side contrasts the end of film, with the rise of digital moviemaking, which is appropriate, seeing how the Palo Alto International Film Fest offers a choice between oldmovie magic and snatched off the street imagery of today.—Richard von Busack

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Following the release of his new album, Rebirth, earlier this year, the Jamaican native—who recorded his first single 50 years ago—has

been touring the world, including performances at Coachella and, with Bruce Springsteen, at South by Southwest—and a stop at Shoreline Amphitheatre on Saturday for the Harmony by the Bay Festival on a bill that also includes the Shins, Tegan & Sara, Dirty Heads and Matisyahu.

As one of the originators of the reggae genre, Cliff has inspired countless other musicians over the years, including Bay Area punk rocker Tim Armstrong of Rancid and Operation Ivy, who was brought aboard to produce and perform on Rebirth.

“When his name came up, I was familiar with it via Joe Strummer of the Clash, and knew that punk music and reggae music had a kinship, because reggae inspired and influenced punk,” Cliff says. “We address social and political issues in our music, and everything just kind of blended.”

Though the album has a classic reggae feel to it, the punk spirit that Cliff mentions comes shining through on two of the tracks, one a cover of Rancid’s “Ruby Soho,” the other an excellent version of the Clash’s “Guns of Brixton,” featuring a fitting cyclical connection between all of the artists.

In one verse of the song, which was released in 1979, the lyrics read, “You know he feels like Ivan/ Born under the Brixton sun/ His game is called surviving/ At the end of The Harder They Come,” referencing the 1972 film that starred Cliff and featured his title song.

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“The fact that the last song Joe Strummer ever recorded was with me on my last album—that made it all seem right,” Cliff says.

In choosing the title for the album, Cliff says he was inspired by a number of different things: “It is a ‘rebirth’ in many ways—my career, the music that I have created and helped establish—I’m going in kind of a different direction now, it was time to take another step forward, writing a new page of my career in the new millennium.”

He continues, “Humanity is going through a rebirth period as well— the ancient Mayans had predictions about this year 2012, as a new change, a new cycle. The energy shift is from the constellation of Pisces to the constellation of Aquarius, it’s a new energy, a higher energy, a better time for humanity.”

In addition to the success of the new album, Cliff has received many other accolades over the past several years, including Jamaica’s Order of Merit, and being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

“There were a lot of feelings with that,” he recalls. “One was of gratification, and one was of encouragement in the sense that the music I contributed is Jamaican bred, and to be inducted into an American institution of such caliber like the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, it’s just a great feeling.”

While the present is looking brighter than ever for the international star, he isn’t content with simply resting on his laurels and enjoying his current success.

Cliff says he is working on several screenplays, including a sequel to the Jamaican gangster classic The Harder They Come and has many other ideas for future projects.

“I’m always writing—I’ve got lots of music to record, whether it will be for soundtracks [for the movies] or the next album. I intend to break out of the mold as a festival act and break into the arenas and stadiums.”

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The quintetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new album, Cabin by the Seaâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;an ever so appropriate titleâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;came out in June, and features a variety of feel-good tracks designed to transport listeners to a sunny beachside state of mind. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think a positive message in music is always going to work,â&#x20AC;? says singer Jared Watson over the phone from a noisy tour stop in Las Vegas. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was lacking a little bit for a while with the whole emo phaseâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;there was a huge depressed, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;blahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; kind of music sceneâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and I think people just got over it, especially with all of the stuff going on in the world.â&#x20AC;?

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Later this year, the Dirty Heads will be playing a series of shows opening for Sublime with Rome in Brazilâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;something that Watson canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wait for. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really my ultimate goal for the band, is to be able to travel the world and play showsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;to be able to spread our message and music on a worldwide stage.â&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Sean McCourt

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The first annual SVSX festival was a success. Mike Huguenor, who opened the Pagoda Lounge lineup, took a moment during his set to comment on what an incredible event SVSX was turning out to be.

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ALBUM REVIEW: THE HIGH SEA ‘GOOD LOUD SHOUT!’ The difference between brothers Nate and Sean Kavanaugh’s two bands, the Kavanaugh Brothers Celtic Experience (an Irish folk group) and the High Sea (an indie noise-pop trio) might seem vast, but it’s not—both groups equally create soul-wrenching tunes that blur the line between sadness and joy, just in different ways.

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Sat, 9pm: Killer Queens, the Driftwood Sin. $10 Tue, noon: Neon Trees. Free. San Jose.

BRIT ARMS ALMADEN Fri, 10pm: Drive!. Sat, 10pm: Superbad. San Jose.

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Fri, 8pm: Wrecked 880. Fri, 8pm: Joanne LeBlanc and Fugitive Blues Band. San Jose.

Thu, 8:30pm: Kid Dynamite.

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THE CARAVAN Fri, 8pm: Huntinanny. San Jose.

JOHNNY V’S Thu, 9pm: Jokes for Feeling, White Glove Service. $5. Fri, 9pm: Jack Rabbit Stew. No cover. Sat, 9pm: Deep Sea Thunder, Forgotten Gods, Traffic.

No cover. San Jose.

NAGLEE PARK GARAGE Wed, 7pm: Orangutang. San Jose.

NETO’S GRILL THE CATS Wed, 8pm: Out of the Blue. Thu, 9pm: Jackie Turner. Fri, 9pm: Joint Chiefs. Sat, 9pm: Buck Ford Band. Sun, 6pm: Joe Ferrara. Tue, 8pm: Out of the Blue. Los Gatos.

Fri, 8:45pm: The Hormones, Grimace and the Fakers, Gravity Mine. $10. Sat, 8:30pm: The Clamtones. $10. Santa Clara.

NINE LIVES Fri, 8pm: Petty Therapy. $10.

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PAGODA Fri, 8:30pm: The Stepkids.

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TRAIL DUST BBQ Thu-Fri, 6-9pm: Live blues, roots & Americana. Morgan Hill.

Jazz/Blues/ World FAIRMONT HOTEL Wed, 8pm: Akira Tana and Sound Circle. Free. San Jose.

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RAW: Ensemble on Sept. 27 is cross-pollination at play, an event unique for its all-inclusive focus. A typical RAW RAW: Ensemble happening will feature paintings, sculptures, crafts, music and ďŹ lm in a single night. The edition on Thursday Thursday; 8pm; $10 will feature music from Boyfriend Academy (electronic, and just heard at SVSX), Margaret the King (indie) and Beso Nightclub, San Jose Heroes at Gunpoint (punk/metal). The festivities will also showcase art from Artisticlyanne and Ranarchy, photography by Yesenia Bocanegra and TiburonF, hair and makeup by Academy for Salon Professionals, and a ďŹ lm by Jonathan Sontag. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We try to be open minded to everyone and everything,â&#x20AC;? says Greg Gioia, showcase director for RAW: Ensemble. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of what RAW is about is not really having limits. Anybody that has their artistic expression to share or some work to share with the world, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re welcome, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to just give an open forum for a lot of voices that have not had a way to be heard yet.â&#x20AC;?

Founded by fashion designer Heidi Laerra in 2005, RAW presents monthly shows in 54 cities across the United States. The concept was envisioned as a way for independent artists to pool their talent and gain more exposure.

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Samantha Vu-Smith, a.k.a. Planet Cutopia, will present her recycled felt crafts for the ďŹ rst time this month and her husband, Tony Smith, will take the stage as electronic music artist Boyfriend Academy. He pointed out that RAWâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s collaborative nature favors young artists: â&#x20AC;&#x153;When you have two dozen different artists and performers, each of those people has their own fan club, so you almost are guaranteed a decent-sized turnout just because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s such a big lineup.â&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Brandon Roos

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J.J.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BLUES CAFE Wed: Suska. Thu: Jimmy Dewrance. Fri: Charles Ray Bohn and Whiskey Poets. Sat:

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Crissley Sun: Flyte Boys. San Jose.

MURPHYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S LAW Thu: Honey Wilders. Fri: Marvin Banks. Sat: Bone Drivers.

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POOR HOUSE BISTRO Thu, 6pm: Kyle Rowlad Blues Band. Fri, 6pm: Adrian Costa

Persuasion. Sat Sat, 6pm: and Blues Persuasion Lynwood Slim Blues Band.

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SAN PEDRO SQUARE MARKET Fri, 7pm: Full Spectrum Jazz Big Band. Free. San Jose.

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BOGART’S LOUNGE Wed, Fri and Sun, 8pm-2am: Wildside Karaoke. Sunnyvale.

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ALEX’S 49ER INN Nightly, 9pm: Karaoke. San Jose.

BLINKY’S CAN’T SAY Fri, 9pm-1am: Danielle. Sat, 9pm-1am: Karaoke. Santa Clara.

WOODHAM’S LOUNGE

Thu: Therapy. Fri: Soul Therapy. Sat: Social. San Jose.

Thu, Sat & Tue, 9pm: Avent Entertainment. Santa Clara.

PAGODA LOUNGE

Dance Clubs AGENDA Wed, 8pm: Salsa Wednesdays.

Thu: Antromix. Banda nights.

Fri: Rock en Español. San Jose.

BRIT ARMS ALMADEN Wed & Sun, 10pm: DJ Uncle Hank. San Jose.

Thu, 8:30pm: DJ Kero One and Cutso. Fairmont Hotel, San Jose.

STUDIO8 Thu: Lingerave. Fri: Go-Go Mama. Sat: Goddess.

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BEACH HOUSE Floating in space and strumming instruments, Baltimore duo peddles in sonic landscapes. Sep 28 at the Fox Theater.

HARMONY BY THE BAY Harmony Festival presents Shins, Alison Krauss, Jimmy Cliff, more in day-long fest. Sep 29 at Shoreline.

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Reunited punk band from Florida plays with Dead to Me and Heartsounds. Sep 30 at Slim’s.

SONNY ROLLINS Tenor saxophone colossus still playing live, soaring with improvisatory ideas at age 82.

Sep 30 at Davies Symphony Hall.

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From a quarter to a half of psychiatrists say they’re suffering from burnout at any given time.

A study of more than 8,000 Finnish hospital employees found the psychiatric staff was 81 percent more likely to suffer from a current or past mental illness and 61 percent more likely to miss work due to depression. Psychiatric staff were twice as likely to smoke as other hospital staff and had much higher rates of alcohol use.

If you were a woman in the mentalhealth field, Paul, you’d have an especially tough time of it. Compared to other female physicians, female psychiatrists have a 67 percent greater likelihood of suffering from psychological problems, primarily depression, and have a 26 percent greater likelihood of having a family history of psychological problems.

They’re twice as likely to smoke, drink 50 percent more alcohol and rate their personal health much lower than their peers do.

Many of the problems you’ll encounter as a mental health professional have a lot to do with the nature of the work—hey, skimming through my inbox any given week is enough to make me reach for the Thorazine. Jung called the transference of psychological problems from patient to doctor an “unconscious infection.”

Patients can get violent, either with you or themselves. Dealing with certain types of patients can be emotionally draining, such as those with borderline personality disorder or victims of sexual abuse. You’ve also got stressors such as overwork, job instability, liability fears, paperwork overload, and disciplinary actions and monitoring.

Let’s get back to the point I made at the outset. Does the mental health field attract people with mental problems?

Research is thin, but some studies have found mental-health workers are more likely than average to have experienced early abuse and trauma. A much-cited 1963 study reported that 24 out of 25 psychiatrists had entered the field because of a wish to explore some personal conflict.

That gives one pause. Sure, there’s value in consulting a health professional who’s been down the same road as us. But who wants their therapist thinking, “Maybe after I get this head case straightened out, I’ll figure out what’s wrong with me”?

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Let’s suppose you dedicate yourself to healing the psychic wounds of others.

Are you probably nuttier than average?

Depends how we define nutty. I haven’t seen good evidence you’re statistically likely to hear voices or otherwise show signs of clinical insanity. On the other hand, are the odds decent that you’ll show signs of what we might call maladjustment? No question, they are.

Psychiatry and psychology, like police work, have long been recognized as highstress fields of practice due to constant exposure to humanity’s dark side. In interviews with medical students about their perceptions of psychiatry, researchers found a common concern was that “working with crazies will make you crazy.”

For all that, the prevalence of mental disorders among mental-health workers didn’t receive much attention until the 1980s. A widely noted study from 1980 found 73 percent of psychiatrists had experienced moderate to incapacitating anxiety early in their careers, and 58 percent had suffered from moderate to incapacitating depression.

To some extent this is simply a result of working in medicine—physicians in general suffer from higher stress levels and depression than the general population and have a higher suicide rate. But research suggests mental health specialists are particularly at risk. One British study found psychiatrists had nearly five times the suicide rate of general practitioners, and U.S. research indicates psychiatrists commit suicide at two to three times the rate of the general population.

Similarly, depression, stress and burnout are high among physicians but higher among psychiatrists; the same is true of alcohol and drug abuse.

Psychiatrists have a divorce rate 2.7 times that of other physicians and as much as five times that of the general public.

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EMPLOYMENT Security/Bouncers Needed wanted 5 nights a week 9pm-2am. Apply mornings only. Alex’s 49er Lounge 2214 Business Circle, San Jose. 408/279-9737

Nokia, Inc. has a position in Sunnyvale, CA; Principal Engineer, UI HW Interactions: Involve user interface research, design, & development; 3D Computer Graphics programming with OpenGL & computer vision programming; & other duties/ skills. Mail resume to Nokia Recruiter, 3575 Lone Star Cir, Ste. 434, Ft Worth, TX 76177 & note Job ID: NOK-SV12-PENG

Member of Technical Staff: design data structures & Algorithms for software components of an appliance that manage data and virtual machines in large-scale clusters, & produce design specification documents. Resume to Nutanix, Inc, 1735 Technology Dr, #575, San Jose, CA 95110. Attn: HR Job#JBFP92.

McAfee, Inc. in Santa Clara, CA has career opportunities for the following:

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To apply for this and other current positions available, please visit: McAfee careers site at http://www.mcafee.com/careers/jobsearchform. html. EEO.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #569713 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Aunt Maye’s Jamaican BBQ Sauce, 16763 Hicks Rd., Los Gatos, CA, 95032, Tabetha Cameron.

This business is conducted by a individual.

Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Tabetha Cameron This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 9/18/2012. (pub Metro 9/26, 10/03, 10/10, 10/17/2012)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #569193 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Tenant Society, 2985 Delta Road, San Jose, CA 9513, Joaquin Alcantar.

This business is conducted by a individual.

Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Jaoquin Alcantar This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 9/05/2012. (pub Metro 9/26, 10/03, 10/10, 10/17/2012)

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 8/27/2012. (pub Metro 9/26, 10/03, 10/10, 10/17/2012)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #569196 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Fontes Designs, 6182 Cottle Rd., Apt. 5, San Jose, CA, 95123, Ygnacio S. Fontes.

This business is conducted by a individual.

Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Ygnacio Fontes III This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 9/05/2012. (pub Metro 9/19, 9/26, 10/03, 10/10/2012)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #569153 The following

person(s) is (are) doing business as: PBC Systems, 473 Sapena Court, Santa Clara, CA, 95054, Personal Business Computers, Inc. This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Above entity was formed in the state of California Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 8/01/2012. /s/Daniel J. Pijanowski Vice President FICTITIOUS #C1185034 BUSINESS This statement was filed NAME STATEMENT with the County Clerk of #568879 Santa Clara County on The following person(s) is 9/04/2012. (are) doing business as: (pub Metro 9/19, 9/26, Fitsista Training, LLC, 841 10/03, 10/10/2012) 1/2 6th Street, San Joe, CA, 95112, .

FICTITIOUS BUSIThis business is NESS conducted by a limited liability company.

NAME STATEMENT Above entity was formed #568466 in the state of California. The following person(s) Registrant began transis (are) doing business acting business under the as: 299 Deyes Test Only, fictitious business name 299 Keyes St., Suite A, or names listed herein on San Jose, CA, 95112, Bao 8/27/2012.

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STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME #569422 The following person(s) / entity (ies) has / have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name(s): Infinity Law Offices, 111 North Market , Suite 910, San Joe, CA, 95113, Kate Petersen, 1567 Willowbrook Drive, San Jose, CA, 95118.

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Filed in Santa Clara county on 7/12/2012.

Under file no. 567244. /s/Kate Petersen This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 9/11/2012. (pub Metro 9/19, 9/26, 10/03, 10/10/2012)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #569195 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Bay Rentals, 900 S. Winchester Blvd., STE 9, San Jose, CA, 95128, Ron Stern, 1275 Curtner, San Jose, CA, 95125.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #569385 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. DVG Construction, 2. DG, 1287 Chapel Drive, Santa Clara, CA, 95050, Douglas Van Grigsby.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #568574 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: BLT Films, 3127 Gavota Ave., San Jose, CA, 95124, Andrew Boer, Kyle Costanza 769 Sherman Oaks Dr., San Jose, CA, 95128.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #568753 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Makinstarzshine, 2279 Emerald Hill Circle, San Jose, CA, 95131, Andrew E. Archuletta.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #569187 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Gold Movement LLC, 1625 McKee Road, San Jose, CA, 95116.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #569124 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: xAD, Inc., 440 N. Wolfe Rd., Sunnyvale, CA, 94085, xAD, Inc. 101 Spear St., #230, San Francisco, CA, 94105.

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Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on Sept 12, 2011. /s/Stephen Mc Carthy CFO, Secretary #33431088100 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 9/04/2012. (pub Metro 9/12, 9/19, 9/26, 10/03/2012)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #568448 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Agada Crystal Sound Therapy, 300 South 11th St., San Jose, CA, 95112, Jessica Neideffer.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #569018 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: K. ZZANG, 78 S. 1st St., San Jose, CA., 95113, J&K Total Entertainment Inc..

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #568557 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: RC Construction Services, 999 West Evelyn Terrace #20, Sunnyvale, CA, Santa Clara, Ronald E. Combs.

This business is conducted by a individual.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #568792 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Mike’s Hauling, 1228 Coyote Creek Court, San Jose, CA, 95116, Midhat Sales.

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ARIES (March 21â&#x20AC;&#x201C;April 19): Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the curious message I derived from the current astrological conďŹ gurations: Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of those rare times when a wall may actually help bring people together. How? Why? The omens donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t reveal that speciďŹ c information. They only tell me that what seems like a barrier might end up serving as a connector. An inďŹ&#x201A;uence that in other situations would tend to cause separation will in this case be likely to promote unity. Capitalize on this anomaly, Aries!

TAURUS (April 20â&#x20AC;&#x201C;May 20): In my ďŹ rst dream last

night, I gave you a holy book that you left out in the rain. In my second dream, I cooked you some chicken soup that you didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t eat. My third dream was equally disturbing. I assigned you some homework that would have helped you discover important clues about tending to your emotional health. Alas, you didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do the homework. In the morning, I woke up from my dreams feeling exasperated and worried. But later, I began to theorize that maybe they werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t prophecies but, rather, helpful warnings. Now that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve heard them, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m hoping you will become alert to the gifts youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been ignoring and take advantage of the healing opportunities youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been neglecting.

GEMINI (May 21â&#x20AC;&#x201C;June 20): Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good chance

that your rhythm in the coming days will resemble a gentle, continuous orgasm. It wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be stupendously ecstatic, mind you. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not predicting massive eruptions of honeyed bliss that keep blowing your mind. Rather, the experience will be more like a persistent ďŹ&#x201A;ow of warm contentment. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be constantly tuning in to a secret sweetness that thrills you subliminally.

Again and again, you will slip into a delicious feeling that everything is unfolding exactly as it should be.

Warning! There are two factors that could possibly undermine this blessing: 1. If you scare it away with blasts of cynicism. 2. If you get greedy and try to force it to become bigger and stronger. So please donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do those things!

CANCER (June 21â&#x20AC;&#x201C;July 22): Philosopher Jonathan Zap (zaporacle.com) provides the seed for this weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s meditation: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Conscious reďŹ&#x201A;ection on the past can deepen the soul and provide revelations of great value for the present and future. On the other hand, returning to the past obsessively out of emotional addiction can be a massive draining of vitality needed for full engagement with the present.â&#x20AC;? So which will it be, Cancerian? One way or another, you are likely to be pulled back toward the old days and the old ways.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll prefer it if you re-examine your history and extract useful lessons from the past instead of wallowing in dark nostalgia and getting lost in fruitless longing.

LEO (July 23â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Aug. 22): Picture a TV satellite dish on the roof of a peasantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shack in rural Honduras.

Imagine a gripping rendition of Beethovenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Moonlight Sonata played on the mandolin. Visualize the Dalai Lama quoting Chris Rock a bit out of context but with humorous and dramatic effect. Got all that? Next, imagine that these three scenes are metaphors for your metaphysical assignment in the coming week. Need another hint? OK. Think about how you can make sure that nothing gets lost in the dicey translations youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be responsible for making.

VIRGO (Aug. 23â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Sept. 22): Here are some ways to

get more respect: 1. Do your best in every single thing you doâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s communicating precisely or upholding the highest possible standards at your job or taking excellent care of yourself. 2. Maintain impeccable levels of integrity in everything you doâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s being scrupulously honest or thoroughly fairminded or ďŹ ercely kind. 3. On the other hand, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t try so compulsively hard to do your best and cultivate integrity that you get self-conscious and obstruct the ďŹ&#x201A;ow of your natural intelligence. 4. Make it your goal that no later than four years from now you will be doing what you love to do at least 51 percent of the time. 5.

Give other people as much respect as you sincerely believe they deserve. 6. Give yourself more respect.

LIBRA (Sept. 23â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Oct. 22): The German poet and philosopher Friedrich von Schiller liked to have rotting apples in his desk drawer as he worked; the scent inspired him. Agatha Christie testiďŹ ed that many of her best ideas came to her while she was washing dishes. As for Beethoven, he sometimes stimulated

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his creativity by pouring cold water over his head.

What about you, Libra? Are there odd inclinations and idiosyncratic behaviors that in the past have roused your original thinking? I encourage you to try them all this week, and then see if you can dream up at least two new ones. You have ofďŹ cially entered the brainstorming season.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Nov. 21): Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s expensive for the United States to hold prisoners at its Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba: $800,000 per year for each detainee. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 30 times more than it costs to incarcerate a convict on the American mainland.

According to the Miami Herald, Guantanamo is the most expensive prison on the planet. How much do you spend on locking stuff up, Scorpio? What does it cost, not just ďŹ nancially but emotionally and spiritually, for you to keep your secrets hidden and your fears tamped down and your unruly passions bottled up and your naughty urges suppressed? The coming weeks would be a good time to make sure the price you pay for all that is reasonableâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;not even close to being like Guantanamo.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Dec. 21): What time is it, boys and girls? Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Floods of Fantastic Gratitude Week: a perfect opportunity to express your passionate appreciation for everything youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been given. So get out there and tell people how much youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve beneďŹ ted from what theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done for you. For best results, be playful and have fun as you express your thanks. By the way, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be a fringe beneďŹ t to this outpouringâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;by celebrating the blessings you already enjoy, you will generate future blessings.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Jan. 19): Telling the whole deep truth and nothing but the whole deep truth isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t necessarily a recipe for being popular. It may on occasion provoke chaos and be disruptive. In an institutional setting, displays of candor may even diminish your clout and undermine your ambitions.

But now take everything I just said and disregard it for a while. This is one of those rare times when being profoundly authentic will work to your supreme advantage.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Feb. 18): â&#x20AC;&#x153;Show me the moneyâ&#x20AC;? is a meme that ďŹ rst appeared in the 1996 movie Jerry Maguire. It has been uttered approximately 100 trillion times since then. Have you ever said it in earnest? If so, you were probably demanding to get what you had been promised. You were telling people you wanted to see tangible proof that they valued your efforts. In light of your current astrological omens, I propose that you use a variation on this theme. What you need right now is less materialistic and more marvelous. Try making this your mantra: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Show me the magic.â&#x20AC;?

PISCES (Feb. 19â&#x20AC;&#x201C;March 20): My acquaintance Jacob fell for a woman who also professed her ardor for him.

But in the midst of their courtship, as the mystery was still ripening, she suddenly left the country. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to go to Indonesia,â&#x20AC;? she texted him one night, and she was gone the next day. Jacob was confused, forlorn, dazed. He barely ate for days. On the sixth day, a FedEx package arrived from her. It contained a green silk scarf and a note: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wore this as I walked to the top of the volcano and said a ďŹ ve-hour prayer to elevate our love.â&#x20AC;? Jacob wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sure how to interpret it, although it seemed to be a good omen. What happened next? I havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t heard yet. I predict that you will soon receive a sign that has resemblances to this one. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t jump to conclusions about what it means, but assume the best.

Homework: Make up a secret identity for yourself, complete with a new name and astrological sign. Tell all at Freewillastrology.com.

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