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Guard, Look Guard, Look at T hatt Body That A changing of the guar guardd took place this week at San Jo Jose’s ose’s City Hall—liter Hall—literally. ally. San Jose policee officer T TED ED TRUJILLO TRUJILLO was sent back to patr patrol ol after overseeing security City Hall securi ty the last eight years. included backss His duties inclu uded watching the back of M Mayor ayor CCHUCK HUCK R REED EED for for six years and former former Mayor Mayor RON RON GONZALES GONZALES for for two, in addition to ma making king sur suree any thr threats eats to the civic concrete concrete e jungle were were addressed. addressed. To who’s To send TTrujillo rujillo out in style, a virtual who ’s who of city offi officials gathered Mosaic ficials gather ed at M osaic Restaurant Restaurant andd LLounge ounge last week to swap old stories and casually flirt over beers, cocktails and a cater catered ed buffet buffet of calamari, flatbread flatbread pizza pizzass and other sprucedup pub grub.. Co Councilmembers ouncilmembers XAVIER XA AV VIER CAMPOS, CAMPOS, PIERLUIGI PIERLUIGI O OLIVERIO, LIVERIO, A ASH SH KALRA NANCY PYLE, PYL YLE, along with Mayors Mayors and NANCY zales,, all made quick Reed and Gonz Gonzales, appearances appearances be before efore decamping to other DON functions,, whilee Councilmember DON ROCHA, city spo okesmen DAVID DAV VID V OSSBRINK ROCHA, spokesmen VOSSBRINK DAV VID LLOW, OW, and the and DAVID mayor ’ss budget budgeet dir ector, mayor’s director, Don’t ARMANDO GOM EZ, were were ARMANDO GOMEZ, forget among a coupl couplee dozen to tip! yond who stayed bey beyond G Fly’s bedtime. Gomez, FLY@ also a councilman councilm man in METRONEWS. Milpitas, seemed seemeed in Milpitas, COM especially goodd spirits near the end ooff the dropping a couple unexpected evening, dropping I love l you, manns. Trujillo, Trujillo, jill , who h worked k d the City Hall be beat eat two years longer than normal,, said he he’s e’s excited to get back to patr patrolling olling th the he str streets eets and chasing down bad guys s—rather than just guys—rather meetings sitting in meet ings with them, perhaps? M Meanwhile, eanwhile, his rreplacement, eplacement, BRANDON SSANCHEZ, ANCHEZ, who came over fr from om patr patrol ol and was shadowingg TTrujillo rujillo at another Mosaic Mosaic weekss prior prior,, wor woree a ew week sendoff party a ffew dark suit and his h best Secr Secret et Ser Service vice fface ace to the function function. n. In or order der to get the City Hall detail, an officer o has to apply and pass sever several al te tests, sts,, similar to detectives in high-level other high-leve el units. In this case,, Police Police MOORE Chief CCHRIS HRIS M O OORE personally signed off on Sanchez’ ins installment. stallment.
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Board of Superv B Supervisors visors prez fak faked ked reports to hid hide e expensive i di dinners inners c charged to cash-strapped cash-strapped cou county unty B JOSH K By KOEHN OEHN
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WO WEEKS after WO he was was elected president of Santa Clar a County’s County’s Board Boarrd Clara off Supervisors, o Supervisors, George Shirakawa, S hirakawa, Jr. Jr. attended San n JJose o Mayor Chuck Reed’s ose Reed’s Feb. Feb e . 9 State of the City address. address. He H e then strolled across the e st treet to the Fairmont Fairmont Hotel, Hote el, street w where Jose Police Police Chief Chie ef San Jose C hris Moore Moore and other senior senior Chris m members e of the force were g etting ready to order $50 getting st teaks and rib chops at The e steaks G rill on the Alley. Alley. Shirakawa Shirakaw wa Grill at down and joined joined the sa sat p arty. party. When the check ccame ame for fo or the din dinner nner
of filet mignon, NY p pepper ep pper steak, gelato, board lobster bisque and gela ato, the b oard president pr esident pulled out hi his is ccounty-issued ountty-issued Visa V iisa ccard ard and included the char charge ge on his signed F February ebruary 2012 eexpense xpense rreport eport as “Meet with Sa San an JJose ose P Police olice Chi f and Chief dC Command ommand d St S Staff. aff ff” ff. County C ountty p policies olicies limitt meal rreimbursements eimbursements to offi official cial business business,, ccap ap dinner ccosts osts at $30 with without hout the financ financee director’s dir ector’s appr approval ovval and rrequire equire an “original/itemized rreceipt” eceiipt” or a signed statement st atement that “N “No o ALC ALCOHOL COHOL w was as a ser veed.” Though the din nner violated all served. dinner of those rules axpaayers e s pick ed up the rules,, ttaxpayers picked theyy ha have moree than $548 ttab, ab, as the ave with w mor 250 2 50 char charges ges Shirak Shirakawa awa has h rang up in the past ffour o our yyears. eears. A ccording to Mo ore, ther as no According Moore, theree w was official business to disc cuss. Instead, discuss. Shirak awa crashed a pu urely so cial Shirakawa purely social dinner par ty unannou unced. It w as party unannounced. was “not a meeting and w a ’t planned,” asn wasn’t Moore says. Mo ore sa ayys. Moore W e the When t e dinner d e en eended, nded, ded, Mo oor oe
sa ays y , Shirak kawa off ffeered to split the ttab, ab, says, Shirakawa offered which, thee p olice chief sa ayys, included police says, b ottttles of wine w aas bottles wine.. “Trust me me,, it w was oming out of m ocket,” going to b bee ccoming myy p pocket, sa ays y Mo ore. “He sur ’t says Moore. suree as heck didn didn’t tell me he w aas going to put it on a was credit ccounty ountty cr e ccard. edit ard.” While th he ccounty ountty struggled to the eliminate annual a deficits eexceeding xxceeding $200 million social services $20 0 millio on and rreplace eplace so cial ser vices ate cuts awa ran eliminated b byy st state cuts,, Shirak Shirakawa up meal ttabs ab bs and misr epresented his misrepresented eexpenses xpenses with w fraudulent declarations declarations.. Th top ele The lected d official ffi i l in i an agency elected with a $4.1 billion annual budget, he already investigation byy the is alr eady under u in nveestigation b District A ttorne t y’s p olitical integrit ty Attorney’s political integrity unit and th he st ate’s p olitical w aatchdog the state’s political watchdog group Metro gr oup afterr Met ro rreported eported that the sup ervisor br oke st ate la aw b epeatedly supervisor broke state law byy rrepeatedly failing to fil file le financial disclosur disclosuree do cumentss rrelated elated to $110,0 00 in debts documents $110,000 from fr om his 20 2008 008 ccampaign. ampaign. Met ro ha as now ffound o ound that Metro has Shirakawa Shirak awa also violated eexpense xpense limits and p olicies against ttaxpayeraxpaayerpolicies funded alc cohol cconsumption onsumption b alcohol byy eexploiting xploiting a lo ophole that allowed loophole officials to o submit a “Missing Receipt Memorandum” R eeceipt M emorandum” in ccases ases when the original, o itemized rreceipt eceipt was w as mispla misplaced. sp aaced. ed Fr From o JJanuary om a ua y 20 anuar 2009 009
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Living Lar Large gee While man manyy Sant Santaa Clar Clara ra C County ountty homeowners ssweated weated to t pa pay ay their semiannual pr property operty ttax a pa ax payments ayyments in the rrecession ecession that ffollowed o olllowed 20 2008’s 08’s ec onomic ccollapse, ollapse, and businesses cut economic back on eexpenses, xpenses, Shira Shirakawa akawa sp spent ent $36,830 of their ttaxes axes on o plane tick tickets, ets, hotels ental ccars, ars, dinin ng and other hotels,, rrental dining items—lik vision n and a $62 items—likee a tele television $6277 glass do or mini-fridge that t he claims door weree rrelated wer elated to ccounty ounty business— sincee JJanuary sinc anuary 20 2009. 09. Even Ev veen Da Dave ave C Cortese, ortese, th the he sup supervisor ervisor spent money who sp ent the most mon neey with a ccounty-issued ountty-issued char rge g ccard, ard, d $41,8 93, only charge $41,893, rrecorded ecorded thr ee rrestaurant esttaauran nt transactions in three th last the l t ffour o our yyears. ears e . Liz Kn Kniss i sp entt $9,0 $9 000 Kniss spent $9,000 less than Shirak kawa in th he last ffour our yyears, o eears, Shirakawa the elated to and nearly all of her char charges rges rrelated tra avel e and memb ership dues d to various travel membership go oveernmentt--related or rga ganizations government-related organizations with wonkish acr on nyms y . Sup ervisor acronyms. Supervisor Mik ke Wasserman uses hi is ccard aarrd almost Mike his eexclusively xxclusivveely ffor or offic o e-supp plies pur chases office-supplies purchases with ccontracted ontracted ccounty ountty vvendors, endors e , and Supervisor Ken Yeager, spent Sup ervisor K een Y eeagerr, who w sp ent just $7,354 promptly $7 7,,354 in the past ffour our o yyears, ears, pr ro omptly rreimburses eimburses i b the h ccounty ountty if he h has h a $5.75 Adams Kobe burger Samuel A dams with his $18 d $ K ob o e bur ger while at an out t-off--town cconvention. on nvention. e out-of-town Shirak kawa is the b oard’ d s runa away Shirakawa board’s runaway frequent diner,, a rregular fr equent diner egularr at ttaquerias, aquerias, Italian bistros Chinese rrestaurants, estaurants, It allian bistr os and rib joints p the ttab ab ffor or o joints,, picking up eeverything veerything fr om $7 7..95 rred e vvelvet ed eelvveet ccakes ak kes e from $7.95 at the Cheesec Cheesecake caak ke Factor Factory ry to $78 steaks tip, ($102.76 with ttax ax and tip p, not including beverages dishes). pays b everages e or side dishes) ). He pa ayys with ccounty ountty funds ffor or o his mea als with p olitical meals political cconsultants, onsultants, friends and st staff aff memb members. ers. Theyy w The wash ash their mea meals als of spar sparee ribs,, chick ribs chicken en let lettuce tuce wr wraps, aps, egg rrolls, olls, ccalamari alamari and gr green een b beans eaans down Devil’s Canyon Amber with De vil’s C anyon Am mber Draft, Stella Ar Artois tois and a piñaa ccolada, olada, as Shirakawa Shirak awa did with his buddy buddy, y, San
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charged 18 185 85 meals to taxpayers taxpayers..
JJose ose C Councilman ounciilman Xa Xavier avvier C Campos, ampos, and San JJose’s osse’s Deput ty Manager Deputyy Cit City Noberto N oberto Du Dueñas ueñas at P..F .F. F. Chang’ Chang’ss on F eb. 17 7. (C am mpos had no mention of Feb. 17. (Campos the outing on o his public ccalendar, alendar, but his offic office ce cconfirmed onfirmed that he did have ha ave a notee of the dinner on his p ersonal ccalendar.) a alendar .) Shirak awa then personal Shirakawa papered pap p pered o over ver e the misc misconduct onduct with a fraudulen fraudulent nt declaration that no alcohol alc ohol w was ass cconsumed. onsumed. In 20 2009, 09, Shirak Shirakawa awa and his chief of st aff ff,, Eddie Gar cia, sp ent thr ee da ayys staff, Garcia, spent three days in San Dieg Diego, go, st staying ayying at the 44-star star Marriottt Mar Marquis waterfront Marriot M quis w aterfront hotel tooling around and to olingg ar ound San Diego in a Mercury Mer cury Gr Grand rand Mar Marquis quis luxur luxuryy rrental ental service’s facility. to tour an ambulanc aambulancee ser vice’s facilit y. Cost $1,742. C ost to ttaxpayers: axp paayers: $1,7 74 42. Occasionally, Shirakawa’s spending Oc casion nallyy, Shirak awaa’’s sp ending goes go es so far as a to rrequire equire some ccorrective orrectivve action. a In the last ttwo w wo yyears ears alone,, he w was alone as fforced or o ced to rreimburse eimburse charges the ccounty ounty ffor or 16 rrejected o ejected char ges totaling $4,614.18. charges tot aling $4, ,614.18. These char ges included rrental e al ccars, ent ars, hotel rrooms ooms on a Valentine’s Day New Year’s Eve, V aalentine’s Da ay and N ew Y ear’ e s Ev e, tickets a ccouple ouple of dinners and plane tick kets e golf outings.. and ttwo w wo go lf outings October Shirakawa bought In Octob ber 2011, Shirak awa b ought Southwest ticket a $479 Sout th hw west Airlines plane tick et Henderson, Nev., wheree to go to He enderson, N ev.., wher used credit he then use ed his ccounty ountty cr edit ccard ard Revere ffor o or a $583 ccharge harge at the R evere Golf Club.. Only after ccounty staff Club ounty st aff advised Shirakawa’s officee of the impr impropriety Shirak awa’s offic opriety charges weree the $1,0 $1,000-plus of the char g wer ges 00-plus in
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through Septemb through September er 20 2012, 012, Shirak Shirakawa awa 186 eexpensed xp pensed 18 6 meals to the ccounty ounty three were accompanied and yyet et only thr ee wer re ac companied with itemized rreceipts, eceipts, ac according cording to ccounty ounty fforms. orms. o Amazingly, Shirakawa never Amazingly y, Shirak awa ne ver lost the top ccopy opy of the rreceipt—the eceipt e t— —the one total—only al— with the tip and tot —only the slip details number that det ails the numb err of guests and Two the items cconsumed. onsumed. T w ccounty wo ounty charges audits of his char ges did d nothing Shirakawa’s spending, to slow Shirak awa’s sp e ending , and incompetent in some rrespects, espects, the in ncompetent inspections only embolden insp ections seemed onl ly to emb olden free spending. his fr ee sp ending.
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SCENE O OF F THE DINE DINE I El P Pirrin irrin is one of Supervi Supervisor sor Shirakawa Shirakawa’s ’s favorite spots to con conduct nduct official county business business..
PROOF PROO F At left l is a receipt M Metro etro found show showing wing violations of y. the county’ county’ss no alcohol policy policy. e of the 180-plus Below is one missing rece receipt eipt declarations that s attesting Shirakawa signed ohol was served.’ that ‘no alco alcohol
eexpenses xpenses rrepaid. epaid. Shirakawa Shirak awa also rreimbursed eim mbursed the ccounty ounty ffor or half of thesee impr o oper improper eexpenses xpenses in just the las last st month, after Met Metro ro b began egan mak making king Public Records R ec e ords A Act ct rrequests equests in into nto sup supervisors’ ervisors’ ccalendars alendars and eexpenses. xpensess. Shirakawa’s Shirak kawa’s eexpense xxpense rreports eports show that he rang up char charges 2009 09 gess in 20 and 2011 at Rio Suites ccasino a asino in L Las as V eegas and d Thunder Th d V aallle l yC ll asino i in i Vegas Valley Casino Lincoln, Linc oln, rrespectively. espectivveelyy. Bo Both oth gambling establishments charges est ablishments rreversed eveersed d char ges a ccouple ouple months after thee ccounty ountty processed pr ocessed them— them—essentially essen ntially an inter interestesttfree fr ee ccasino asino loan, ccourtesy ourtessy of ttaxpayers. axpaayeers. Shirakawa’s Shirak awa’s P P-Card - Card also a shows an unexplained une xplained Septemb September e 2010 char er charge ge
at Har Harvey’s vey’s C Casino asino in L Lake ake T Tahoe. aho a e. Eight mon months nths later later,, Shirak Shirakawa awa rrepaid epaid the $20.46 $20.46, 6, writing to the financ financee department depar tmen nt that he had pr provided ovvided both b oth his p personal e ersonal and ccounty ountty ccard ard numbers numb ers tto o the ccasino, asino, lea leaving avving op open en the p possibility ossibiility that he ccould ould ha have ave used his go government-issued overnm ment-issued cr credit edit ccard ard to ttake ake out a line of cr credit edit with Harrah Harrah’s ’s Gaming,, which Gaming w has a par partnership tnership with Rio Suites and other ccasinos asinos so p pla players ayers ccan an gamblee at diff different ffeerent lo locations cations under the same pr profile. ofile. Shirak Shirakawa awa has not rresponded espon nded to Met Metro’s ro’s rrequests equests to discuss his eexpenses. xpenses. “Please ac aaccept cept this pa payment ayment y to the County C ounty of Sant Santaa Clara ffor or $20.46 o
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ass rreimbursement eimbursement ffor o or a char charge ge to myy P P-Card, Shirakawa wrote. m -Card,” Shirak awa wr ote. “Myy personal p e ersonal and business inf information fo ormation n are profile Harrah’s ar re on the same pr ofile with Harra ah’s Entertainment En ntertainment and a char charge ge of $20 $20.46 0.46 was inadvertently charged. have w as inadv ertently char ged. I ha ave since sin nce ccorrected orrected the link.”
Unenforced U Unenf orced Rules What mak W makes es the lack of ac accountability countabiilitty all al ll the mor moree stunning is that Shirakawa’s Sh hirak kawa’s P P-Card -Card transactions ha have ave been b e audited ttwice, een wice, and no serious cconcerns o erns wer onc weree raised. In F February ebruary 2010 20 010 and Ma May ay 2011, ccounty ountty C Controllerontroller o rTreasurer Tr reasurer Marilou B B.. Mutuc audite audited ed Shirakawa’s Sh hirak kawa’s P P-Card -Card eexpenditures. xpenditures. The 2010 audit eexamined xxamined transactions tr ransactions fr from om the last half of 20 2009. 009. Mutuc only to took ok issue with the th he pur purchase chase of ttwo w wo items fr from om non nonnapproved ap pproved e vvendors—and endors—and e missing itemized ite emized rreceipts. eceipts. “Other “O ther than the obser observations vations stated st ated ab above, ove, the C County ounty of Sant Santaa Clara C lara Boar Board d of Sup Supervisors, ervisors, Distric District ct Two’s T w ’s P wo P-Card -Card transactions audited ffor o this p or period eriod ffollowed ollowed o the p policies oliciees and an nd pr procedures ocedures set fforth or o th in the Procurement Pr rocurement C Card ard pr program, ogram,” Mut Mutuc tuc wrote. w wr ote. “The Depar Department’s p tment’s P P-Card -Card rrecords e ords ar ec aree well or organized ganized and maintained. m maint ained. The Depar Department tment is m making an eff effort ffo ort to use the P P-Card - Card whenever w whene veer p possible ossible to maximize th the he rrebate e ebate off offered ffeered b byy U U.S. .S. Bank.” Rather than ensur ensuree rresponsible esponsible use off public funds b byy an elected offici official, ial, it seems the financ financee depar department tment was w as mor moree cconcerned oncerned with its rrebate. ebatte. County Executivee JJeff whose C ounty Executiv eff Smith, whos se offi office oversees departments, ffice o versees all depar p tments, did d not no ot rrespond espond to rrequests equests ffor o or ccomment. omment. employees One of the ffew ew ccounty ountty emplo oyees e s w did rrespond who espond to rrequests equests ffor o or broad terms,, ccomment, o omment, but only in br oad terms was P-Card program director, w aas the P -Card pr ogram dir ector, Vandertuig, JJenti e V enti ander a tuig, who rrecommended ecommendeed a ccouple ouple weeks ago that a list of Shirakawa’s bee sent to Sh hirak kawa’s transactions b the officee “so the they’re th he ccounty ountty eexec’s xec’s offic ey’r y e not n ccaught a aught off guar guard. d.” V Vandertuig aandertuig estima estimates ates that th hat 70 700 0 ccounty ountty emplo employees oyees e p possess ossess P P-Cards. C a ds. She sa ar says ayys she instituted a p policy oliccy department in n her own depar tment a ffew ew yyears eears ago a that employees th hat her emplo oyees e ccould ould no longer hold staff dime ho old st aff lunches on the ccounty’s ounttyy’s di ime due cutbacks.. du ue to rrecent ecent budget cutbacks “We always titles “W We alw wayys advise eeverybody, verybodyy, tit tles do don’t matter, says. on’t mat tter t ,” she sa ayys.
Supervisor Supervi isor P-Car P-Cardd Purchases Purrchases Davve Cortese’s Dave Cortese’s P-car P-cardd expenditur expendituree tota total al since January 2009 wass the highest among all county supervisors supeervisors at $41,893.10. $41,893.10. The president pr esident of the board board in 2011,, Cortese often took the lead in buying buy ying plaques for for community awards awards and outreach outreach materials, spending ending $18,202.66 in just that year alone. a . Somewhat spe CORTESE CO RTESE amazing, am azing,, however, however, is that Cortese recorded recorrded just eight P-Card P-Card charges char ges in 2009 and and none in 2010,, according according to countyy records. records. He only expensedd three thr th ee meals meaals l over four four years att restaurants restaur t ants t outside ouutside t id his hi hotel h t l stays. t P-Card $28,175.44 Liz Kniss has used her P-C ard ffor or $28 ,175.44 in expenses since traveler sin ce January 2009. By ffar ar the most ffrequent requent tr aveler of all supervisors, nice sup pervisors, Kniss is no stranger stranger to nic ce hotels such as the Omni Washington, Sheraton Sacramento. Om mni in W ashington, D.C., or the Sher a aton in Sacr amento. numerous Commerce Shee also has schmoozed at numer ous Chamber of Commer ce KNISS events across valley.. M Most from eve ents acr oss the valley ost of her char ccharges ges came fr om county, conferences, attending county y, sstate tate and national conf erences, as well w as paying association dues. . Mike Wasserman, M ikke W asserman, the newest county super ssupervisor, visor, has only been in office o since the beginning of 2010, but he stocked his office wellll with Office Depot supplies while compiling $15,014.76 we c $15,014.7 6 in total P-Card charges. tota al P-C ard char ges. WASSERMAN WASSERMAN
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ten Shirakawa Shirak awa must nott ha have ave got gotten ntly lunches equen the memo memo.. He fr frequently at out -off-the - -way plac e lik es iillow out-of-the-way places likee W Willow Glen ’s Gr eat Wall R est e taurant or El Glen’s Great Restaurant Pirrin on the East Side e, describing Side, the eevents vents as “st aff mee etings” “staff meetings” or a “briefing ther “briefing,,” withoutt fur further not ations on the topic of discussion, notations as is generally rrequired equired db byy Internal R evenue Ser vice guide elines ffor or o Revenue Service guidelines enter tainment eexpenditures. xpend ditures. entertainment Fr equentlyy, the p ersson dining with Frequently, person the sup ervisor is his ch hief of st aff ff,, his supervisor chief staff, b odyguard/driver or a close p olitical bodyguard/driver political asso ciate lik amp pos or Franklin associate likee C Campos McKinle ol Distr rict Boar d McKinleyy Scho School District Board Memb er Geor ge Sanch hez in a weir d Member George Sanchez weird ccounterpoint ounterpoint to tradit ion. Shirak awa tradition. Shirakawa also has the ccounty ounty pic ck up the ttab ab pick when he tr eats lobb yissts and p olitical treats lobbyists political cconsultants onsultants to a meal, among them Rich R obinson, o JJude ude B arry, R yyan F ord, Robinson, Barry, Ryan Ford,
Rolando R olando o B Bonilla, T Tom o om Saggau, JJoe oe Guerra and d Dustin DeR Rollo o . DeRollo. Met ro’s indep iindependent endent eff ffo orts to track Metro’s efforts down the rreceipts eceipts that Shirak awa Shirakawa cconcealed oncealed fr ffrom om ccounty ountty financ financee officials un ncovered a thir d violation uncovered third of the no -aalcohol p olicyy. On JJune une 26, no-alcohol policy. Shirak awa and his eight -person st aff Shirakawa eight-person staff took a “far rewell lunch or p o olicy aide took “farewell lunch”” ffor policy Gust avo C araaveo. It ran until 6:19pm, Gustavo Caraveo. included fr ruit ccobbler, obbler, cr ème brulee fruit crème brulee,, ttwo wo Stella Ar tois b eers and thr ee Artois beers three $102 steaks s, and closed out at a b eltsteaks, beltlo osening pric p ag of $470.94. loosening pricee ttag It w as th he same month that was the Shirak awa issued his first budget Shirakawa message ass b oard pr esident. “W We ar board president. “We aree vvery ery cconcerned oncerned e ab out lo cal impacts to about local single mom ms, child ccare are and In-Home moms, Supp ortive Ser vices ffor or o the disabled,” Supportive Services he said.
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secular press for decades, surrounded surround by legendaryy San Francisco Chronic Chronicle alcoholics and the skid-row bars within crawling distance of the newspaper offices, Lattin learned to escape his inbred cynicism and addictions with the help of three characters from his grandparents’ generation. “Each of these men independently led an inspiring life,” writes Lattin. “But it’s only when we consider the three collectively, pausing at these moments where their lives intersect, that we fully appreciate their cumulative power. Huxley saw the social problem. Heard charted the spiritual course. Wilson recruited passengers for the journey.” Most readers are probably familiar with Huxley and Wilson, but Heard is something of a forgotten character, hence the book’s title. Among many other identities, Heard was the first science correspondent for the BBC, wrote one of the first popular books on flying saucers and pioneered gay spirituality. He was an historian, a mystery novelist and an influence on many flavors of the human-potential
movement. Heard was also the one who guided Bill Wilson during the latter’s first LSD trip in the summer of 1956. The two continued a lifelong correspondence. Among still more endeavors, Heard opened Trabuco College in the ’40s, in the Southern California canyon of the same name, where Eastern philosophy met its Western counterpart, and where inquiries into comparative spirituality were the norm. The campus is now used by the Vedanta Society. All in all, Lattin says Heard and Huxley were probably two of Western culture’s last great polymaths: “In an era of increasing specialization, they were interested in everything.” Religious studies scholar Huston Smith and Esalen Institute co-founder Michael Murphy are two people who continue to cite Heard as a major influence. Lattin’s own story involves a deeper descent into alcohol and drugs while treating his editors like shit and insulting them in front of the younger staff writers. Now sober more than eight years, he says writing Distilled Spirits was part of his ongoing recovery, reinforcing a program of rigorous honesty and teaching him the redemptive power of storytelling. Distilled Spirits even features lurid yarns about the various reporters Lattin worked with, some nearly dead from drink but still attached to bar stools. Lattin doesn’t lionize or criticize the scenario; rather, he puts it in context, looking back on a long career writing about religion from a jaded reporter’s perspective. “Newspaper reporters revel in writing about religious hypocrisy, and God knows that’s never hard to find,” says Lattin. “But after nearly three decades, I had to turn in my press pass. Skepticism is an honorable trait, especially for journalists, but I’d spent enough time hanging out in that dim alley where cynicism meets skepticism, looking for a little light.” As one who occupies that same alley, I can relate. In more ways than one.
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Kona Ice’s San Jose franchise was started in 2007 by former San Jose State University graduate Young Huh—that’s why you inevitably see a Kona truck at Spartan football home games. Huh says he always wanted to go into business on his own; after hearing about the lucrative shaved-ice business from a friend, he jumped at the opportunity to join Kona. Since then, Huh and his truck have been fixtures at local schools, fairs, corporations and sports events. All of that local networking is important, but the real appeal is in the product. The key, Huh says, is in the ice, which, unlike the choppy shaved ice found at most shops and soda fountains, is soft and soaks up a lot of syrup rather than letting it settle on the bottom of the cup. Kona Ice offers more than 30 dairy- and gluten-free custom flavors of tropical shaved ice, range from the standards (cherry, blueberry) to the wacky (tiger’s blood, wedding cake). Even the trucks, once you look past the funky decorations, are state-of-the-art. For large events, they can be fitted with “Flavorware” systems that let customers mix drinks from 10 of the more popular flavors. And when electrical outlets are unavailable, each truck has an internal generator to run the machinery and freezers. For Young Huh, parked at his alma mater, whipping up shaved ices as quickly as he can make them for cheering, half-drunk football fans, it’s all about the fun. He’s the old-fashioned ice cream truck man, updated to the 21st century. “I love this job,” he says as he stands proudly next to his truck. “I make all types of people happy.” Find out more about Kona Ice, including truck locations, fundraisers and events, at www.kona-ice.com.—Tad Malone
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Our server, who was new, was friendly and attentive as she tended to the customers at the bar, the indoor dining area and the outdoor beer garden. The outdoor beer garden is one of TL’s best features, certainly where we would’ve chosen to sit on that sunny day if not for the Big Game being televised indoors on one of the 10 TVs. The food menu features quite the selection of burgers, including numerous lamb burgers as well as other Mediterranean-type items. This influence stems from owner Emrah Gures, who also owns Taverna Bistro restaurant and hookah lounge in downtown Sunnyvale specializing in Mediterranean cuisine. TL Beer Garden was previously the Taverna Lounge, which explains the TL, and it used to be more of a hookah lounge until Emra decided to do a revamp and shift the emphasis toward the bar and grill aspects, though hookah is still available. And, of course, there is the new beer focus. Bartender Lizzie passed on the following from Emra: “The market for craft beers is growing fast, thus we chose to steer ourselves in that direction,” and “the customers absolutely love our selection of beer.” Indeed, there were several beers among the 14 taps that I wanted to try, so I went for the six-beer sampler for $13. Recent examples of the variety of draft beer at TL include Rogue Ales Dead Guy Ale and Double Dead Guy Ale, Köstritzer Schwarzbier, Licher Hefeweizen, Bear Republic Brewing Red Rocket Ale, Mad River Brewing Jamaica Red Ale, Triple Voodoo Brewing Inception Belgian Style Ale, Grand Teton Brewing Sweetgrass American Pale Ale, Bear Republic Racer 5 IPA, Bear Republic Racer X Double IPA, Mad River Brewing Steelhead Double IPA and Rogue Ales Shakespeare Oatmeal Stout. Current pricing is $5.50 for a half liter and $11 for a liter. Despite opening just two months ago, Emrah notes that “business is getting better every day,” a signal that good beer continues to grow more popular in the South Bay.—Andy Lee
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Finding the middle ground between straightforward rock & roll and soul music is no easy task. This quest, however, is Solwave’s battle cry (all while weaving in some synth-driven New Wave for good measure). Solwave channels the raw rock energy of the past and the gut-wrenching emotionality of modern soul, creating music that’s interesting not so much in its individual parts but more in its unlikely, yet somehow natural, juxtapositions. Lead singer Joe Collins’ wailing
It seems like every couple months Joe Demaree is working on something new, whether it’s a surrealist painting, a book of short fiction or some off-center musical endeavor. Originally the front man for the experimental art-punk outfit Unit Breed, Demaree is currently playing solo acoustic shows. And it’s weird. Indescribably strange. He’s basically a folk, roots-rock troubadour, but not like one you’ve ever seen before on this planet, although that should
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SOUTH FIRST FRIDAY South First Street, San Jose Fri evening; free This edition of the monthly artabout features music by Mads Tolling (who will salute jazz musician Jean-Luc Ponty at 8:30pm at the Fairmont Hotel), Grooveyard Shift at SLG Art Boutiki, Ben Henderson at Caffe Frascati and David Lowe at Art Ark Gallery. Some of the more intriguing art shows include panoramic landscapes by photographer
Michael R. Reynolds (at the Studio Rock Climbing Gym, naturally), a new group show at WORKS/San José, body paintings by Trina Merry and a demonstration of clay-forming techniques by Bob and Sandy Kinzie at Higher Fire Clayspace. (MSG)
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VINNIE RICHARDSON Streetlight Records, San Jose Saturday – 4pm; free Although Vinnie Richardson can— and has—played drums for nearly every style of music, what he does
best is no-nonsense hip-shaking funk. His grooves are legit, and he mixes his sound up with horns, percussion and some wah-wah guitar. Most of his songs are instrumental, meaning that there’s a whole lot of jamming going on—which isn’t a bad thing. Through the years, Richardson has played with the Fighting Jacks, Nraevis, Reflektiv and the Seventh Seal, to name but a few. (AC)
VIA COMA Homestead Lanes, Cupertino Saturday – 8:30pm; $5 It’s hard to believe there are only three people in Via Coma. They create a sound so large and packed with so much punch, it sounds like a quintet or sextet. They cast a wide net on indie-rock
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of introspective songs (“Life is never easy, but it’s almost fair,” he sings on “Everything Matters”) that he has performed in the past but not recorded. Coyote Sessions was recorded as if it were a live show, sans overdubbing and postproduction fiddling. This appearance at Red Rock should allow him to maintain that intimate feeling. (AR)
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scarier than Halloween, this concert presented by the San Jose Chamber Music Society should quell some of the anxiety that election day brings. In a lastminute substitution for the Prazak Quartet (which just cancelled its U.S. tour because of illness), the Calder String Quartet of L.A. will perform string quartets by Stravinsky, Mozart, Mendelssohn and Thomas Adès. The last number should be especially compelling, because the young British composer often calls on the Calder String Quartet to try out his new works. (MSG)
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PAUL P AUL REISER REISER A perf performance ormance by the actor an and nd stand-up comedian. Sat, 8pm 8pm. m. $39.. Campbell Campbell Heritage Theat Theatre. tre.
THE T HE R REAL EAL T THING HING A TTom oom SStoppard toppard play about a writer’s writer ’s passion ffor or the Monk Monkees. ees. Nov 22-18. -18. Pr Preview eview Thu,, 8pm. Opens Fri,, 8pm.. Also Sat,, 8pm m, 8pm, Sun,, 2pm.. Regular shows Thu-Sat,, 8pm,, Sun,, 2pm.. $15-$30. P ear Ave, Avve, Mountain View Pear View..
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MISSION M ISSION CCHAMBER HAMBER O ORCHESTRA RCHESTRA T Emily Ray conducts the Mendelssohn’s Mendelssohn ’s Piano Concerto no.. 2 with guest artist Sar Saraa Davis Buechner,, plus woks Buechner woks by Haydn, Ni l andd Miguel Nielsen Mi l del d l Aguila. A il Sat,, 7:30pm.. $10-$25.. Le P Petit etit TTrianon, rrianon,, San Jose.
“Power in Numbers.”” A show “Power immigration about immigr ation and politics. Thru Jan 5.. Reception for for South Friday. First Friday y. Wed-Thu, Wed--TThu,, noon-7pm, noon--77pm, Fri-Sat, noon-5pm. San Jose.
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MONTALVO MONT TALVO AR ARTS RTS CENTER “In and Out of Place.”” New works works by rresident esident artists Ruth Boer Boerefijn efijn and Bia Gayotto. Thru Jan 13. Thu-Sun, 11am-3pm. 11am-3pm.. Saratoga. Saratoga.
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SSTUDIO TU T DIO CL CLIMBING IMBING GGYM YM Y “Dimensions.”” Landscape photographs photogr aphs by Michael R. Reynolds.. Nov 2-30. 2-30. San Jose.
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“Let’s Fight Till “Let’s Till Six and Then Have Dinner .”” Dr awings and Dinner.” Drawings video by Michele Guieu. “Cr eature “Creature Comf orts.” Works Works by Karen Karen CCarlo arlo Comforts.” Salinger -30.. Reception for for Salinger.. Nov 22-30. South First Friday y. San Jose. Friday.
Jindong Chai leads an evening of Beethoven. Fri,, 8pm.. $9/$10. Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford. Stanford.
“Re:Collections.”” Reception for for Friday. South First Friday y. San Jose.
TTabard abar a d Theatre Theatre presents presents Joanna Joannna McClelland Glass Glass’’ play about her her time with diplomat Francis Francis Biddle. Bidddle. Runs Nov 2-18. 2-18.. Opens Fri,, 8pm 8pm.. Regular shows Thu-Fri,, 8pm,, Sat, S 3 and 8pm,, Sun,, 2pm. Theatr Theatree on o Pedro San P edro Square, Square, San Jose.
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“High Fiber Under Five.”” Annual benefit exhibition and sale showcases new fiber artists. Thru Nov 4. Tue-Sun, Tuue-Sun,, 10am-5pm. San Jose.
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A collectors collectors’’ event, plus demos and tips on rrepairing epairing old equipment. Sat,, 8am-noon.. $2. SSt.t.. Francis Francis Episcopal Chur Church, ch, San Jose.
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The Explosive Fans of the locally produced program can now safely immerse themselves into that scientific Exhibition fray at “Mythbusters: The Explosive Exhibition,” a new interactive show at the Tech Museum that Runs through Jan. 6; offers visitors the chance to try several hands-on $12–$22 experiments, watch live demonstrations, see props The Tech Museum, from the show and more. “We worked with the San Jose development team to make it as ‘Mythbuster-y’ as possible, minus the danger and jagged edges that are generally in our shop,” says show co-host and Bay Area resident Kari Byron. “It was crazy; when I first walked in. I was shocked at how much they captured our shop and the Mythbuster feel, down to the smallest details.” Would-be scientists can study up in “The Blueprint Room,” hunker down in “The Workshop” and then find out if their hypotheses are confirmed or busted—and they won’t need paramedics standing by. One particularly popular experiment from the program, called “Running in the Rain,” has been re-created; participants can test if they get wetter running or walking through simulated rain. Byron says this is one of her favorite parts of the exhibit. “They have created a way to bring this indoors with these two tunnels that you go down, you run down one side and walk down the other, and then go stand in front of a mirror to see the iridescent paint that’s in the water to see how much rain hit you,” she says. “You can deduce for yourself whether it’s better to walk or run. They are recording all of the data, so that we can get a huge sample size from the experiment, and we might even find out that our results are busted from the show.” The exhibit emphasizes visitor participation, encouraging both children and adults to engage with science, which is exactly what the people behind the show were hoping for. “My favorite part of the exhibit is watching the mom or dad walking through with the kid, and they are both having just as much fun,” Byron says. “This is the perfect thing for us; this is exactly what we love as part of the show—science being something that you get your hands dirty with.”—Sean McCourt
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I detect some attitude here, Scott, so tell me which is better: a woman operating at 40 percent effectiveness while talking on the phone, or her male counterparts making zero percent progress while rehashing last night’s game? It’s not just women who think they excel at multitasking. A lot of men agree—for example, me, based on close observation of Ms. Adams. While I’m doggedly drilling into the history of twoby-fours or some other crucial subject, she’s doing laundry and reorganizing a client’s finance department. Is she good at this? Yes. Is she innately good at it? That’s not so clear. Hoping to get to the bottom of this, we turn as usual to science and find the usual jumble of conflicting data. Let’s see if with a little manly singleness of purpose we can get things sorted out: 1. No one disputes that men and women have cognitive differences. Tests show that, generally, men have superior spatial orientation skills, while women are better at “object-location memory,” that is, remembering landmarks. A leading explanation for this in the academic journals is that in primitive times male hunters needed to be able to find their way on long trips in search of game, while female foragers needed to be able to recall good spots to gather food. 2. The popular assumption is that women are inherently better at multitasking than men, and the huntersvs.-foragers theory has been customized accordingly—here, the claim is that males had to focus single-mindedly on bagging their quarry, while females did their foraging while simultaneously minding the kids and watching out for threats. However, there’s little research to back this up, and what there is frankly sucks. 3. What we do know is that women multitask much more often than men. A study of 500 mostly affluent two-income families found that both parents spent a lot of time multitasking, but the women multitasked more, 48 hours per week vs. 39 for the men. Unsurprisingly, the women’s multitasking mostly involved housework and childcare.
4. A distinction must be drawn between alternating between tasks, or task switching, and performing two tasks simultaneously, which I’ll call simultasking. A sizable body of research suggests that trying to perform two intellectually demanding chores at the same time is a sure way to do one or both of them poorly, the prime example being talking on your phone while driving a car. 5. A lot of the cognitive research on sex differences in multitasking, unfortunately, has fixated on simultasking. The results have been all over the place—some showing that men do better, some women, some neither. Few of the studies I’ve seen compare the results of simultasking against a control group of unitaskers, that is, people doing just one thing. My guess is that, for intellectually demanding work, unitaskers do way better than simultaskers of either sex. 6. Research and common sense suggest that the only way to do two tasks competently at the same time is to make sure at least one of them requires minimal brainpower—for example, folding laundry while on the phone. A reasonable surmise is that women’s reputation as superior multitaskers stems partly from the fact that they’re disproportionately burdened with mindless household chores that can readily be done simultaneously. 7. As for task switching, one recent study (Buser and Peter, 2011) compared the performance of men and women alternating between two relatively demanding tasks, namely solving sudoku and word-search puzzles. The researchers found no significant difference between the two sexes. Putting all this together, we formulate the following two-part hypothesis. First, women multitask more not because they’re naturally better at it but because the need to juggle work and family compels them to. Second, the myth of an innate female gift for multitasking serves two socially useful purposes. It enables women to rationalize having gotten stuck with the scutwork, while for you it’s an excuse to avoid helping out.
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the North Carolina literary magazine The Sun about his experience losing his virginity late in his 30s to a sex therapist. Helen Hunt has the role of Cheryl, the unglam healer—she drives a Country Squire station wagon. Hunt’s aquiline face is seasoned but not carved into a doll’s grimace by plastic surgery like far too many of her contemporaries. It’s essential to her aura of authority. One respects her as an actress because she’s not a smiler. Director/writer Ben Lewin, who has been working for a couple of decades without causing a big splash, has a taste for strong faces. Mark’s regular helper, Vera (Moon Bloodgood), is an Asian woman with a tightly braided pony tail and Clark Kent glasses. She downplays
every reaction, even when talking about penis size with the curious Mark. Mark falls in love with his earlier attendant, Amanda. He describes her in one of his poems as having a “Tudor face,” yet Annika Marks, who plays her, is far more Mediterranean than that Anne Boleyn type one often sees in the small-town South. John Hawkes, who plays Mark, has to work with his face instead of his body—and with his head held at a difficult angle. Hawkes has excelled as dangerous men: the Manson figure in Martha Marcy May Marlene and the meth-cooking uncle in Winter’s Bone. Although the gold standard of paralytic acting is still Daniel DayLewis in My Left Foot—there’s no shade of a confined man’s wrath here—Hawkes’ gentleness and fine comic timing make The Sessions a sex comedy of a variety we haven’t seen before. The sessions with Cheryl give Mark confidence, and he was a talker already—as much as his lungs allowed. His confidant is
Father Brendan (William H. Macy), who hallows Mark’s plan. (He is punished for it: Mark’s conversation becomes more and more explicit, and the harrowed priest is driven to cigarettes and beer.) The scenes of Hunt and Hawkes together required a lot more physicality than you get in American movies, and the mood goes to the border of raunch. (It turns out not to be a good idea to sit on the face of a person who has to sleep in an iron lung.) The Sessions pleasingly records the sunlight, the cafes and the cottage gardens of Berkeley, one puzzling inset of a cable car notwithstanding. But the conflict between Cheryl and her husband, Josh (Adam Arkin), comes off as contrived. Cheryl is strictly professional at first. When Mark tries to quiz her about what she’s like, she responds, “What you’d want to know about me is that I’m a private person.” Eventually, she describes Josh as a philosopher and a guitar player. We can see that as soon as the words are out of her mouth, they sound to her (and us) like “He’s a bum.” Josh is usually shown reclining, and later he throws a jealous fit at the letters Mark sends. To gin up the potential romance, The Sessions wanders away from the respect it gives to the unusual and certainly difficult profession. Things don’t have to be this way. When Cheryl comes home unnerved by a hard day’s work, Josh says without irony, “You’re a saint.” It might have been funnier to take The Sessions in that direction; there still are Berkeley (and elsewhere) husbands who wouldn’t mind. We get what we get in the movies, and The Sessions is essentially lovable. Hawkes and Hunt are ultimately very touching, and Lewin’s two final matching shots are both gently sentimental and tastily mordant. This movie could have gone so, so wrong.
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New (NR; 97) A filmmaker learns disturbing secrets about his elderly Jewish grandparents. (Opens Fri at the Aquarius in Palo Alto.)
FLIGHT (R) An act of heroism becomes surprisingly complicated. Denzel Washington stars. (Opens Fri.)
THE LONELIEST PLANET (NR; 115 min.) A variation on Hemingway’s “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber” set in the Georgian Caucasus. Alex (Gael García Bernal) and Nica (Hani Furstenberg), months away from being married, head into the wild with a mountain guide (the real-life climber Bidzina Gujabidze). A moment’s indecision by Alex may be the end for the couple. Director Julia Lokte tells the story in existential-trudge fashion. The randy, playful lovers appear set up for some terrible fall, seemingly blind as they are to the gravity of the mountains and the hardship of the life there. A fan of long, impressionistic scenes, the director floats on a layer of ambient dread. Gael seems adrift, but Furstenberg keeps the film alive; she suggests tension between the role and the person. (Opens Fri at Camera 3 in San Jose.) (RvB)
WRECK- IT RALPH (PG; 108 min.) Stark raving ingenuity makes the new Disney 3-D animated feature a rare treat. The story walks a fine line between the cute and the uncanny. An apelike 8-bit video-game heavy has been demolishing the same apartment house for some 30 years. Shunned by the other characters in the Fix-It Felix Jr. video game, Ralph (voiced by John C. Reilly) sojourns into neighboring video games in hopes of distinguishing himself. Through mishap, Ralph is stranded in a sticky, fer-girls racetrack game called Sugar Rush, in which adorable candy princesses race in cookie cars. A reject “glitch” girl called Vanellope (Sarah Silverman) longs to join the racers, but her participation may lead to the total destruction of the game. The metaphysics of how this arcade world works includes a transit system and homeless characters from out-of-order games and graffiti Yet the movie isn’t crushed by its own concept or by in-jokes, and the central fable transcends goodvs.-evil storytelling. The film honors the balance between creation and destruction. (Opens Fri.) (RvB)
THE MAN WITH THE IRON FISTS (R; 96 min.) Russel Crowe, Cung Le, Lucy Liu and RZA star in a tale of adventure and martial arts. (Opens Fri.)
THE OTHER SON (PG-13; 105 min.) Lorraine Levy directs a drama about a Palestinian and an Israeli who discover that they were switched at birth. (Opens Fri at the Aquarius in Palo Alto.)
THE SESSIONS (R; 95 min.) See review on page 28.
SILICON VALLEY JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL Nov 1, 7:30pm, Camera 7, Campbell: Remembrance. After World War II, a woman formerly imprisoned in a labor camp remeets the man who saved her. Nov 4, 1pm, Camera 12, San Jose: God’s Fiddler: Jascha Heifetz. Documentary about the master violinist. At 3pm: Kaddish for a Friend. About the unlikely friendship between an aging German Jew and the teenager who vandalized his home. (Also plays Nov 7 at 7:30pm at Camera 7.) At 5:30pm: Director Chanoch Ze’evi is on hand with his documentary
Revivals BATMAN/SUPERMAN (1989/1978) Tim Burton’s soon-imitated revival of German Expressionism was all the rage in the late ’80s, and the conflict between two scarred opponents (Michael Keaton’s morose schizoid and Jack Nicholson’s horror clown) transcends the shaky plotting. BILLED WITH Superman. Christopher Reeves discovers the fetching modesty of a demigod. (Plays Nov 2-4 in San Jose at the Retro Dome.) (RvB)
HALLOWEEN (1978) A screening of the John Carpenter classic. (Plays Oct 31 at 7:30pm at the BlueLight Cinemas in Cupertino.)
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1925) A beautifully morbid mystery of a man known as “Erik” who inhabits the depths of the Paris Opera. He has his eye on an ingénue (Mary Philbin) and will kill to see her sing. Lon Chaney shows that mime isn’t always a bad thing; through gestures, he emotes through a blank-expressioned mask and skull cap. (Plays Nov 2 in Palo Alto at the Stanford Theatre.) (RvB)
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA/ COBRA WOMAN (1943/1944) The stodgy remake has some redeeming values, especially the emphasis on psychological payback. Claude Rains’ stars in shiny art-deco mask. BILLED WITH Cobra Woman. The richly accented Maria
Montez stars as both a simple girl of the islands and the cobra priestess charged with the care and feeding of the local volcano. (Plays Nov 3-4 in Palo Alto at the Stanford Theatre.) (RvB)
ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (1975) A special Halloween screening. (Plays Oct 31 at 9pm at the Retro Dome.) (RvB)
WEREWOLF OF LONDON/SECRET OF THE BLUE ROOM (1935/1933) Henry Hull stars as a British botanist who is bitten by an Asian lycanthrope (Warner Oland). BILLED WITH Secret of the Blue Room. A mystery about a unsavory castle and its owner (Lionel Atwill). (Plays Oct 31-Nov 1 in Palo Alto at the Stanford Theatre.) (RvB)
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ALBUM REVIEW: TRASHKANNON’S ‘CRAPPY DAYS’ It’s hard to tell just how serious local punk rockers Trashkannon are being, especially on their new album, Crappy Days. Their breed of loud, middle-finger-waving, three-chord skate punk is so perfectly composed and so flawlessly offensive, it makes one wonder, “Is it a joke?”
PHOTOS: MAYER HAWTHORNE AT PAGODA LOUNGE R&B crooner Mayer Hawthorne returned to his DJ roots for a full house at Pagoda Lounge on Friday for the 2year anniversary of Live at the Pagoda.
Rock/Pop THE BLANK CLUB Wed, 9pm: Halloween fun with DJ craigiscool.com and Greta Clue. Free. Fri, 9pm: Touch My Rash, the Runs. $5. Sat, 9pm: Barbary Coast burlesque. $10. San Jose.
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J:L Jfle[`e^j LATELY, Santa Clara University has become a launching pad for DJs and music producers. With bars like the Hut and Da Silva’s Broncos right next to campus, student music mixers have found a prime area to forge the soundtrack for some wild nights. In particular, two students, David Belogolovsky and Raymond Jacob, have risen to dominate the SCU music scene. If you had told David Belogolovsky three years ago that he would be part of a successful lighting and event services company by his senior year, he would have been surprised. When he started out at SCU studying marketing and graphic design, Top Shelf Halloween Belogolovsky saw DJing as just a hobby. Belogolovsky, Masquerade who spins under the name DJ3W, got started playing at local house parties. “From there, I got my first show Wed, Oct. 31; under 21, opening for Minnesota, Babylon System and Helicopter $5, over 21, free Showdown, which are three really big artists,” says Belogolovsky of his first big break. Neto’s Market & What’s really put Belogolovsky’s name out there is Grill, Santa Clara his connection to Top Shelf Lighting and DJ Services. Belogolovsky heard of the small business through a friend and became one of its partners. Since then, the company has grown in size and demand. “We do weddings, concerts; we’ve actually done lighting for Foster the People and Dylan Francis, and at Snowglobe up in Tahoe,” Belogolovsky says. The company also brings on other DJs to spin at shows that they mount. Raymond Jacob, who produces music under the name Atlas, is one of these DJs. Originally from Texas, Jacob now studies marketing and music at SCU and spends the rest of his time creating original, fist-pumping tracks. “When I was a freshman I started getting really serious [about music production],” Jacob says. “When I make music, it’s the purest expression of me. It’s like a road map into my soul. I decided on the name Atlas because what better way than a map into Raymond Jacob as a person?” Jacob will often drop in at the Hut on Tuesdays to spin alongside his friends at Top Shelf, and he also maintains a gig at Da Silva’s Broncos, where he strives to create funky mixes that combine the current hits with his own original Atlas sound. “I try to mix in the newest, freshest stuff that people haven’t heard before and mix it with my music,” Jacob explains. However, despite his popularity as a DJ, Jacob notes, “I am a music producer first and foremost. People call me a DJ, but I’ve never actually spun a turntable in my life. I do it in a completely different way, with my knowledge from Santa Clara and all of these new programs I use. So it’s funky, it’s fresh and it’s new. I hope people enjoy the sound.” Both DJ3W and Atlas can be heard at the Top Shelf Halloween Masquerade at Neto’s Market & Grill this Wednesday.—Eliza Lamson
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Wed: The Cypher. Hip-hop open mic. San Jose.
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Sat: Bruce Forman and Cowbop. Mountain View.
THE GRAPEVINE Sat, 7pm: Frank Sorci. San Jose.
MOUNTAIN CHARLEY’S Wed: Live country band. Los Gatos.
ORCHARD VALLEY COFFEE Thu-Sat: Acoustic bands. Campbell.
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BLINKY’S CAN’T SAY Fri, 9pm-1am: Danielle. Sat, 9pm-1am: Karaoke. Santa Clara.
Wed, 7pm: Halloween Hick Hop with Cowboy Troy. Fremont. Wed, 6pm: Matt and George and Their Pleasant Valley Boys. Tue, 6pm: Bean Creek. San Jose.
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Fri, 8:30pm: Mads Tolling, tribute to Jean-Luc Ponty. Free. Fairmont Hotel, San Jose.
Mon, 7pm: Musical open mic for singer/songwriters. Sign up at 7pm. Free. San Jose.
Wed & Sun, 10pm: DJ Uncle Hank. San Jose.
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Fri, 8pm: Three Times Bad. Sat, 6 and 8:30pm: Glen Phillips. $25. Mountain View.
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SAN PEDRO SQUARE MARKET Fri, 7pm: Andre Theirry and Zydeco Magic. Free. San Jose.
Wed, Fri and Sun, 8pm-2am: Wildside Karaoke. Sunnyvale. Tue: DJ Davey K. Campbell.
BRIT ARMS DOWNTOWN Wed, 9pm: August. Mon, 9pm: Comedy with Mr. Walker. San Jose.
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MOUNTAIN CHARLEYS Tue: DJ Uncle Hank. Los Gatos.
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Wed, 8pm: All Souls’ Night, MJGomez, Boyfriend Academy. Fri-Sat: DJs. San Jose.
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1262 East Hamilton Ave., #F, Campbell, CA, 95008, Denise M. Zingale, 2419 Cherry Hills Dr., Discovery Bay, CA, 94505. This business is conducted by a FICTITIOUS BUSINESS individual. NAME STATEMENT Registrant began transacting business #570863 The following person(s) is under the fictitious business name or (are) doing business as: names listed herein on Metalcraft Refinishing & 9/17/2012. Restoration, 2055 Alum /s/Denise Zingale Rock Ave., San Jose, CA, This statement was filed 95148, Tony Espinoza, with the County Clerk of 3569 Ruechene Dr., San Santa Clara County on Jose, CA, 95148. 9/17/2012. This business is (pub Metro 10/17, 10/24, conducted by a 10/31, 11/07/2012) individual. Registrant has not FICTITIOUS BUSINESS yet begun transacting NAME STATEMENT business under the fictitious business name #570673 or names listed herein. The following person(s) is /s/Tony Espinoza (are) doing business as: A This statement was filed Celtic Craftsman Builders, with the County Clerk of 2815 Lexford Ave., San Santa Clara County on Jose, CA, 95124, Stephen 10/19/2012. A. McBain. (pub Metro 10/24, 10/31, This business is 11/07, 11/14/2012) conducted by a individual. Registrant began FICTITIOUS BUSINESS transacting business NAME STATEMENT under the fictitious #570319 business name or The following person(s) names listed herein on is (are) doing business 9/07/2007. as: Stevens Creek Family /s/Stephen A. McBain Chiropractic. 2858 This statement was filed Stevens Creek Blvd., with the County Clerk of Suite 208, San Jose, CA, Santa Clara County on 95128, Chang Heo, 80 10/15/2012. Descanso Dr., #1214, San (pub Metro 10/24, 10/31, Jose, CA, 95134. 11/07, 11/14/2012) This business is conducted by a FICTITIOUS BUSINESS individual. NAME STATEMENT Registrant began #570327 transacting business The following person(s) under the fictitious is (are) doing business business name or as: Sempre Avanti, 1240 names listed herein on Permata Ct., San Jose, 10/04/2012. CA, 95116, Terry Vargas. /s/Chang Heo This business is This statement was filed conducted by a with the County Clerk of individual. Santa Clara County on Registrant has not 10/04/2012. (pub Metro 10/24, 10/31, yet begun transacting business under the 11/07, 11/14/2012) fictitious business name or names listed herein. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS /s/Antonio Fernandez NAME STATEMENT This statement was filed #569999 with the County Clerk of The following person(s) Santa Clara County on is (are) doing business 10/04/2012. as: 1. Silverscypress, (pub Metro 10/17, 10/24, 2. Silvercypress, 5349 10/31, 11/07/2012) Hansell Dr., San Jose, CA, 95123, Leo Poon. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS This business is NAME STATEMENT conducted by a #569771 individual. The following person(s) Registrant began is (are) doing business transacting business as:1. Aire Apartments, under the fictitious business name or names 2. Aire, 199 River Oaks, San Jose, CA, 95134, 199 listed herein on Sept River Oaks San Jose, LLC, 2011. 2 Henry Adams Street, /s/Leo Poon Suite 450, San Francisco, This statement was filed CA, 94103. with the County Clerk of This business is Santa Clara County on conducted by a Limited 9/26/2012. (pub Metro 10/24, 10/31, Liability Company. Above entity was formed 11/07, 11/14/2012) in the state of California. Registrant has not begun FICTITIOUS BUSINESS transacting business NAME STATEMENT under the fictitious #569674 business name or names The following person(s) listed herein. is (are) doing business /s/Bill R. Poland as: Capital Law Offices, Managing Member
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #570252 The following person(s) is (are) doing business FICTITIOUS BUSINESS as: FGL Express, 338 Los NAME STATEMENT Encinos, San Jose, CA, #570375 95134, Francisco Garcia. The following person(s) is This business is (are) doing business as: conducted by a Gilda Hair Salon, 337 S. individual. Monroe St., San Jose, CA, Registrant has not 95128, Gilda Geragosian, yet began transacting 599 Calpella Dr., San business under the Jose, CA, 95136. fictitious business name This business is or names listed herein. conducted by a /s/Francisco Garcia individual. This statement was filed Registrant began with the County Clerk of transacting business Santa Clara County on under the fictitious 10/03/2012. business name or names (pub Metro 10/10, 10/17, listed herein. 10/24, 10/31/2012) /s/Gilda Geragosian FICTITIOUS BUSINESS This statement was filed NAME STATEMENT with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on #570281 10/05/2012. The following person(s) (pub Metro 10/17, 10/24, is (are) doing business 10/31, 11/07/2012) as: Dandavati Law Group, 1029 W. Taylor Street, FICTITIOUS BUSINESS San Jose, CA, 95126, NAME STATEMENT Annie Dandavati, 2198 #570185 Bentley Ridge Dr., San The following person(s) is Jose, CA, 95138. (are) doing business as: This business is 1. Galabay, 2. Galabay. conducted by a com, 1815 Monterey individual. Hwy., San Jose, CA 95112, Registrant began JB Furnishing LLC. transacting business This business is under the fictitious conducted by a Limited business name or Liability Company. names listed herein on Above entity was formed 8/1/2012. in the state of California. /s/Annie Dandavati Registrant has not This statement was filed yet begun transacting with the County Clerk of business under the Santa Clara County on fictitious business name 10/03/2012. or names listed herein. (pub Metro 10/10, 10/17, /s/Quyen Vu 10/24, 10/31/2012) Manager FICTITIOUS BUSINESS #201225610284 NAME STATEMENT This statement was filed with the County Clerk of #570121 Santa Clara County on The following person(s) is 10/01/2012. (are) doing business as:
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21–April 19): Big opportunities are coming up for you. Even if you cash in on them, though, they aren’t likely to make an immediate practical impact. They are subtle and deep, these prospects. They have the potential of catalyzing monumental shifts in your long-term unfolding but will take a while to transform your day-to-day rhythm. So what are these openings? Here are my guesses: 1. You could root out a bad seed that got embedded in your subconscious mind before you knew any better. 2. You could reinterpret the meaning of certain turning points in your past, thereby revising the ow of your life story. 3. You could forgive yourself for an old sin you thought you’d never let go of. 4. You could receive a friendly shock that will diminish some sadness you’ve carried for a long time. TAURUS (April 20–May 20): This would be a good
time to get introspective and meditative about your urge to merge ‌ to think objectively about the way you approach togetherness ‌ to be honest with yourself about what strengths and weaknesses you bring to the art of collaboration. The most important question you can ask yourself during this inventory is this: “How do I personally contribute, either knowingly or unconsciously, to the problems I experience in relationships?â€? Here’s another query you might consider: “How hard am I willing to work to create the kinds of intimacy and alliances I say I want?â€?
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CANCER (June 21–July 22): On Sept. 22, the San
Francisco Giants played a baseball game against the San Diego Padres. In the fourth inning, Giants’ third baseman Pablo Sandoval sprinted to the edge of the ďŹ eld, then hurled himself over a railing and into the crowd in order to snag a foul pop-up. The fact that he landed upside down but perfectly unhurt wasn’t the most impressive aspect of his feat. Nor was his improbable ability to wield such precise concentration while invoking so much raw force. Even more amazing was the pink bubble that Sandoval blew with his chewing gum nanoseconds before he dived. It was a supremely playful and successful Zen moment. That’s the spirit I hope you will bring to your efforts in the coming days.
LEO (July 23–Aug. 22): Your unconscious mind will
be more accessible than usual in the coming weeks. It will reveal its agendas more clearly and play more of an active role in your life. Is that a good thing or a bad thing? It will depend on how open-minded you are toward the surprises your secret self will reveal. If you try to ignore or repress its eruptions, they’ll probably wreak chaos. If, on the other hand, you treat this other part of you as an unpredictable but generous ally, you may be able to work out a collaboration that serves you both.
VIRGO (Aug. 23–Sept. 22): Urbandictionary.com
deďŹ nes “Skymall solutionâ€? as “an absurdly singlepurposed tool or solution that solves a problem you don’t actually have.â€? The term is derived from the famous Skymall catalog, which sells unusual specialty products. According to my analysis of the current astrological omens, you should be wary of any attraction you might have to Skymall solutions. Do you really need a King Tut tissue-box cover or an ice cube tray that makes ice in the shape of dachshunds or a stencil set for putting messages on your bundt cake? I doubt it. Nor do you need their metaphorical equivalents.
LIBRA (Sept. 23–Oct. 22): Right before I woke up this
morning, I had a dream that one of my teeth fell out. As I lay there groggily in bed, my mind searched for its meaning. “What does losing a tooth symbolize?� I asked myself. “What is its psychological meaning?� I promised myself that when I got up, I would Google that question. But my rumination was interrupted by a dull
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ache in the back of my mouth, and it was only then that I remembered: Yesterday, in actual waking life, I had a real tooth yanked out by a real dentist. The moral of the story, Libra: Be wary of making up elaborate stories and mythic assumptions about events that have simple, mundane explanations.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23–Nov. 21): This is an excellent time to explore the frontiers of wise foolishness. I’m hoping you will take full advantage of learning opportunities that might require you to shed your excess dignity and acknowledge how much you don’t know. Are you brave enough to disavow cynical thoughts and jaded attitudes that mufe your lust for life? Are you smart enough to understand how healthy it would be to go out and play like an innocent wild child? Make yourself available for delightful surprises.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22–Dec. 21): Zombies used to be terrifying. But then they became a featured motif in pop culture, often in humorous contexts, and now there’s a growing acceptance and even affection for them. Here’s the view of Max Brooks, author of The Zombie Survival Guide: “Eventually rock & roll morphs from Sid Vicious to the Jonas Brothers. Same thing with vampires: We went from Dracula to Twilight to make them peachy and G-rated. I guarantee you someone is working on a way to take the fear out of zombies and market them to children.� Your assignment, Sagittarius, is to do to your personal fears what the entertainment industry has done to zombies: Turn them into amusing caricatures that don’t trouble you so much. For example, visualize an adversary singing a duet with Justin Bieber. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22–Jan. 19): “You must learn
from the mistakes of others,� said humorist Sam Levenson. “You can’t possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.� That’s excellent advice for you right now, Capricorn. In order to glean the teachings you need most, you won’t have to bumble through a single wrong turn or bad decision yourself. There will be plenty of blundering role models who will be providing you with the precise inspiration you need. Study them carefully.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20–Feb. 18): Every November, thousands of writers participate in National Novel Writing Month. They pledge to compose at least 50,000 words of a new novel in that 30-day period. In accordance with the astrological omens, Aquarius, I propose that you commit yourself to a comparable project in your own ďŹ eld. Is there a potential masterpiece on which you could get a substantial amount of work done? Is there a major transformation you’ve long wanted to undertake but have always had some excuse to avoid? I predict that you will attract unexpected help and luck if you summon the willpower to focus on that task. PISCES (Feb. 19–March 20): Don’t believe the climate is changing? Go ask the birds what they think. Sixty percent of all the feathered species in North America have moved north in the past 46 years. Scientists are pretty sure their migration is a response to the warming trend that’s afoot. I like the idea of tuning in to how animals behave in order to get accurate information about the state of the world. Would you consider doing more of that, Pisces? According to my astrological analysis, the coming months will be a time when you can learn a lot from nonhuman intelligences. Homework: It’s easy to see fanaticism, rigidity, and intolerance in other people, but harder to acknowledge them in yourself. Do you dare? Tell all at Freewillastrology.com.
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