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THE T HE FL FFLY LY An insidee look at San Jose politics

Barbara Barb arra Water Waater Count B BARBARA ARBARA KEEGAN KEEGAN among those most flabber flabbergasted gaasted with her landslide victory last week ffor or a seat on the Santa Clara Water Clara Valley Valley W ater District board. board. But But if it were were up to the opinion editor at our local daily, dailyy,, Keegan K eegan Keegan Keegan would have pulled out of the rrace ace months ago. That Thhat would have allowed DAVID D AV VID GINSBORG, GINSBOR RG, deputy to the county’s assessor,, too easily claim rretiring tax assessor etiring JOE JU JUDGE’s DGE’s board booard seat. B BARBARA ARBARA MARSHMAN, MA RSHMAN, th the he Mercury Mercury N News’s ews’s editorial writerr and decider of all things natural goodd andd natu turall emailed il d KKeegan eegan in i early August too try and cajole her into dr opping out of o the rrace. ace. The message dropping not only came off as thr eatening but threatening also included a quid pr proo quo. “If you plan to dr op out, I will w be thrilled to write an drop editorial of lav ish pr aise ffor or both you lavish praise and Scott (whoo also would have been ter rific on the boar d, I’ve known him ffor or terrific board, 20 years) for for putting p the best inter ests of the interests Don’t district first,” Marshman Marshman forget wr ote, rreferring eferringg to wrote, to tip!

SSCOTT COTT KNIE S, the t KNIES, San Jose Down ntown Downtown FLY@ METRONEWS. A ssociation’s executive e Association’s COM dir ector, who bowed b out director, of the rrace ace at the end of July eegann says she July.. KKeegan couldn ’tt under rstand why M arshman was couldn’t understand Marshman hellbent on pr e essing a qualified ffemale emale pressing candidate to bow out, let alone why she oolhardy would be so ffoolhardy er to put such an off offer in writing. Marshman Marshman admits earlier in her Marshman M arshman email to Keegan Keegan that, “While I only know you by reputation, reputation, I don’t don’t doubt that you’d be a fine water water boar member. But But I’m boardd member. editorial writing an edit torial asking you to pull out of the race, racee, so that there’s there’s a chance of unseating Jo oe Judge. With three three Joe names on the ballot, Joe Joe w ill w in, oonce nce will win,

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A 2009 audit of expense reports filed by county Supervisor Ge George orge Shirakawa, Sh hirakawa, center center, r, noted a lack k of receipts receipts, s, yet no action wass ever taken.

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N ATTORNEY AT TTORNEY with the Santa Clara Clara County counsel’s counsel’s counsel office last week provided p rovided San Jose Jose Inside a third, th hird, previously unreported unreported audit au udit of Supervisor George Sh hirakawa’s county credit Shirakawa’s card, ca ard, also known as a PCard. The audit shows that Card. county co ounty officials were aware aware e of Shirakawa’s Shirakawa’s free spending spendin ng of an nd disregard for county rules ru ules and re elated to P-Cards as early related November 2009—yet did ass November n violatio ons. nothing to stop the violations.

Metro Met ro rreported eported last month that Sh Shirakawa, hirakawaa, pr president esident of the Boar Board d Supervisors of Sup of e visors er v so s and a d the t e top elected e ected

Santaa Clara C County, official in Sant ounty, used P-Card spend thousands his P - Card to sp end tho ousands of $100 ttaxpayer axpaayer dollars on $10 00 steaks and alcohol vacations alc ohol at rrestaurants, estaurants, vac ations to luxuryy hotels golf rresorts esorts and ccasinos, asinoss, luxur treat staff and rrental ental ccars, ars, as well as to tr eat st aff members, lobbyists and unwitting memb ers, lobb yists an nd un nw witttting lavish dinners. ccolleagues olleagues to la avvish din nners.

Shirakawa then Shirak kawa would the en cconveniently on nveeniently fail to submit itemized rreceipts—but eceipts—but summary not the signed summar ry ccopies—and opies—and fraudulently declar declaree in memos that no alc alcohol ohol w was aas eever veer ser served veed and that eevery veery meeting w was aas rrelated elated to ccounty ountty business business..

San JJose ose P Police olice Chie Chief ef Chris Mo Moore ore has alr already eady publicly ac acknowledged cknowledged that Shirak Shirakawa awa crashed d a private dinner par party ty and inapp inappropriately propriately eexpensed xpensed the meal to the t ccounty. ountty.

Moore Mo ore wr wrote ote a $40 $400 0 rreimbursement eimbursement check and a let letter ttter to th the he ccounty ounty stating st at g hee had ating ad no o know knowledge ow w edge that wledge t at

Shirakawa Shirak awa pick picked ed up par partt of the ttab ab only to fforward orrwar o a d the bill to ttaxpayers. axpaayeers.

The ccounty’s ome to ounty’s latest audit to ccome Nov. 2009, light, dated dN ov. 12, 20 09, shows that the Shirak Shirakawa—in awa—in his first yyear ear as a sup ervisor— consistently failed to file supervisor—consistently itemized rreceipts e eipts as well as missing ec rreceipt eceipt me memos, emos, in addition to buying an unauth horized TV fr om Best Buy y. unauthorized from Buy. A closer eexamination x xamination of Shirak awa’’s Shirakawa’s eports shows that in his first eexpense xpense rreports yyear ear as sup pervisor he did not submit a supervisor single item mized rreceipt eceipt ffor or an o ny of the itemized any rrestaurants estaurants he visited.

Howe ver e , the audit cconcluded oncluded However, that the ““transactions trransactions audited ffor or o this p eriod ffollowed ollowed o the p olicies period policies and d pr oced d es sett fforth dur or o th in i the th procedures Procurement Card program.

Pr ocuremeent C ard pr ogram.”

The ccounties’ oun nties’ other ttwo wo w audits of Shirakawa’s Shirak kawa’s P P-Card, -Card, cconducted onducted in February F ebruary 2010 2 and JJuly uly 2011, ccame ame to the same cconclusions o onclusions despite rreporting eporting that he cconsistently on nsistently failed to ffollow o ollow P P-Card policies C ard p eceipts and oliciies on itemized rreceipts oun using ccounty ntty ccontracted ontracted vvendors. endors.

In late Se September, eptember, Met Metro ro began began making Pu Public ublic R Records eecords Act Act requests requests rrelated elated l d to Shirakawa’s Shi kawa’s P-Card S Shirak P-Card pur chases. A ffew ew weeks later purchases. later,, the sup ervisor rreimbursed eimbursed the county county for for o supervisor $2,387 7..41 in n pur chases, which included $2,387.41 purchases, an $8 69 rental ren ntal car car fr om Walnut Creek, Creek, $869 from a $46 9 Sou uth hw west Airlines plane ticket tick ket e $469 Southwest and a $583 outing at the Revere Revere Golf Club in Henderson, Heenderson, Nevada.

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C ountty officials o ar County aree no longer about ccommenting ommentin ng publicly ab out Metro’s Metro’s rreports eports on Shirak awa, which initially Shirakawa, st arted wh en it w as ffound ound that the o started when was sup ervisor had failed to file ccampaignampaignsupervisor disclosur orms the last ffour o our yyears. o ears. His disclosuree fforms 20 08 ccampaign amp paign to b ecome District 2008 become 2’s sup ervissor ended with Shirak awa 2’s supervisor Shirakawa $110,0 00 in n debt, and almost a thir d of $110,000 third that amou nt ccame ame fr om p ersonal loans amount from personal he made to o the ccampaign. ampaign.

The Boa ard of Sup ervisors discussed Board Supervisors the P -Card pr ogram last T uesdaay at P-Card program Tuesday its biweeklyy meeting g. The discussion, meeting. initiated b ountty Executiv ve JJeff eff byy C County Executive Smith, dan nced ar ound Shirak awa’s danced around Shirakawa’s situation while w ne veer mentioning it never sp ecificallyy. Instead, the discussion specifically. str essed a need n to str eamline P -Card stressed streamline P-Card p olicies and d pr ocedures. policies procedures.

C ountty C ounsel L ori P egg said County Counsel Lori Pegg it would b bee difficult to bring back

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or or dinancces and other kinds of ordinances ns, just so we don’t don’t have haave this transaction transactions, as a rrepeated epeateed pr oblem.” problem.

Da ave C aas the only other orrtese w Dave Cortese was sup ervisor to t sp eak on the matter mattter t supervisor speak at the N ov. 6 meeting Nov. meeting,, which is rremarkable emark kable ble b ecause later l that h night, i h in i because an inter view at the South Bay Baay Labor Labor interview C ouncil’s el lection par ty, C ortese told Council’s election party, Cortese a rreporter eporter tthat hat he was waas completely completely una aware off Met ro’s rreport eport rregarding egarding unaware Metro’s Shirak kawa’s P -Card pur chases and Shirakawa’s P-Card purchases fraudulent eexpense xpense rreports. eports.

Earlier th hat da ay, howe ver, C ortese that day, however, Cortese said at the sup ssupervisors’ ervisors’ meeting: “One thing I wou uld suggest, and this is would wh hy I ask ed d to sp eak, ther why asked speak, theree ar aree some things hi that h ha h ave ccome ome up o ver the h last l have over ccouple ouple wee ks when you you go back and weeks lo ok at the p olicyy— —what I ccall all cconflict onflict look policy—what in the p oliccyy— —that ccould ould b ed policy—that bee clear cleared up rreal eal quic cklyy.” He did not elab orate quickly. elaborate with sp ecifi fics. specifics.

Ab out a minute m later kawa About later,, Shirak Shirakawa made his fir rst ccomments omments on the mat ttter first matter b o the rreport or eport to b cepted. byy asking ffor bee ac accepted.

It rreceived eceived unanimous u appr oval. v approval.

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an n Jose Jose Mayor Chuck Reed Re eed might not have any an ny glistening towers off glass and steel to point at years y from now and say y, “I built bu uilt that,” but he will say, have a legacy h legacy when le h he h leaves l pe ension reform. office: pension

Ass the cit A city’s ty’s Measur Measuree B sits in legal lim limbo—despite mbo— despite vvoters’ oters’ overwhelmingly o verwhelm mingly passage of it in JJune une to rreduce educe rretiree e ee b etir benefits enefits ffor o or public public-employee emplo yee unions—R u unions—Reed Reed e rremains emains active, activ e, tra traversing aversing e the ccountry ountry to spread spr ead the fisc fi fiscal al gosp gospel. el. But eeven ven rrestraint estraint ha has as its pric price. e.

This pastt week weekend, end, R Reed eeed fle flew w to Iowa—Iowa?—to Iow wa—Iow a wa?—to meet with the state’s st ate’s cconservative onseervative go governor, vernor, T Terry eerry Branstad, Branst ad, aand nd his st staff. aff ff.. R Reed eed e then spoke sp oke ab about ou ut San JJose’s ose’s p pension ension problems pr oblems and a the ccoming oming storm ffor or o other cities in fr front ont of a gr group oup ccalled alled

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recommendations on how recommendations h to str eamline the P -Card or o dinance and streamline P-Card ordinance p olicies b ov. 20 meeting m policies byy the N Nov. meeting,, but Supervisor Sup ervisor K Ken en Y Yeager eager e p pushed P Pegg egg to ha have ave a rreport, eport, eeven ven iff just in initial stages, st ages, b byy then. The curr current rent ccounty ountty P-Card P -Card p policy olicy li w was as rrevised evise i ed d as rrecently ecently l clearly as last yyear, ear, and it has cle early defined moneyy to rules against using ccounty oun ntty mone pur chase alc ohol or non n-traavel-related purchase alcohol non-travel-related meal rreimbursements. eimbursements.

Y eeager sp ecifically w aanted to Yeager specifically wanted know at the N Nov. ov. 6 mee meeting eting if policies p olicies rregarding egarding ccounty oun nty meal rreimbursements eimbursements and su ubmitttting submitting itemized rreceipts eceipts would db bee cconsistent onsistent acr oss the b oard ffor or o ccounty ou untty across board employees. emplo oyees. P Pegg egg said th they hey would.

Y eeager also ccalled alled ffor o or “m more rrobust obust Yeager “more audits” and making sur re cconsistent onsistent sure pr ocedure is applied to all ccounty ountty procedure emplo oyees, “including elected e employees, officials and eexecutive xecutive managem management. ment.”

Y eeager added: “C ertainly a y, this has Yeager “Certainly, b een br ought up b ess. But been brought byy thee pr press.

I think I w ant to mak ay want makee sur suree we st stay ahead of the game with h other ttype ype

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9 th the he T Taxpayers aaxpaayers A Association ssociation of C Central entrral Iowa, bee nonpar nonpartisan Io ow wa, a which claims to b tiisan but uncannily other bu ut sounds unc annily similar to ot ther Tea Party front groups.

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So,, wh why does fiscally socially So hy do es a fisc ally and so ciallyy mayor cconservative o onser vativve ma ayor o in San JJose, ose, who o claims bee a Demo Democrat little cl aims to b crat despite lit tttlle ideological affinity party’s values, id deological affinit ty to the par tyy’s valu ues, suddenly su uddenly ffeel eeel the need to push otherr cities cit ties into ffollowing ollowing o San JJose’s ose’s lead? trying develop “I’m tr ying to de velop some national support” opt-in na ational supp ort” ffor or an opt o -in pension Reed p e ension plan, R eed e said.

According mayor’s A ccording to the ma ayo or’s spokesperson, Reed took three sp pokesperson, R eeed to ok thr ee tripss this th his summer to national eevents vents pension to o discuss p ension rreform—two effo orm—two cconferences o feerences in Washington onf Washington D.C. D.C. and an nd one know on ne in Philadelphia p is difficult to kn now right now.

Branstad rig ght now w. But Branst ad is the chairr of the Governors Association, th he National Go overnors A ssociation n, and Reed teabaggers—er an nd R eed e told the teabaggers— er , group—that theyy should ttaxpayers a ayeers gr axpa oup—that the d get him governor hi im a meeting with the go veernor iff Chuck’s C huck’s ccoming oming out (mid)west. look Reed’s A closer lo ok at R eeed’s pit stops shows mayor may sh hows that while the ma ayor ma ay own suree ow wn a frugal rreputation, eputation, he sur has appreciation ha as an appr eciation ffor or o the finer things.

Reed’s Coast th hings g .R eed’ e s East C oast jjaunt in $480 stay Ritz JJuly u included a $48 uly 0 st ay at the Rit tz Carlton Philly, $388 stay The C arlton in Philly y, a $38 8 st ay at Th he in Washington M Madison Washington D.C. D.C. mayor On his most rrecent ecent vvoyage, oyage y , the ma ayo or had $200 ha ad San JJose ose ttaxpayers aaxpaayeers pick up the $2 200 one-way ticket Iowa, picked on ne-w way tick keet to Iow wa, a while he pick keed up p the rreturn-home eturn-home ttab aab after visitingg his Kansas.—JK m mother in Kansas .— —J JK

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IM UNLAND IM UNLAND looked exhausted on election night. The San Jose Jose police union presidentt could co ould barely enjoy enjoy the party h was was attending, attending and not just jusst he because Councilmember Rose e because Herrera overcame an onslaught onslaug ght Herrera of public safety attack ads to of ea arn re-election. The burden of o earn wass a yearlong political cycle was written w all over his face.

Jim Unland, presiden president nt of the San Jose P Police olice Officers O Association, sent a heated h letter to his membership defending d the his leadership and th he police union’s union ’s mission. didn’t But that fatigue didn n’t last long News over after the Mercury Merrcur c ry Ne wss rreported eported o ver weekend upstart member the week end that an upst u art memb er Baker was named JJon on Bak er w as questioning q Unland’s Police Officers Association U nland’s P olice O fficerrs A ssociation leadership.. U Unland sent leadership nland sen nt an email to POA members Baker, PO A memb ers ccalling alling out Bak er, the newspaper, ne wspaper, Ma Mayor ayor Chu Chuck uck R Reed eed e and any scamps need being an ny other sc amps in ne eed of b eing checked. check ed. He also def defended feen nded the PO POA’s A’s political races mission, use of funds in np olitical rac es and its p political olitical cconsultant onsulltant ttag ag team of Tom Dustin DeRollo.

T om Saggau and Dusti o in DeR Ro ollo.

“Many “Man ny ha have ave eexpressed xpresseed anger that outside fforces orces ar o aree tr trying ying to manipulate our memb membership, bership,” U Unland nland wrote. wr ote. “W “We We must b bee do doing oing something right ffor or o our enemies to t b bee tr trying ying so har hard. d.” But the PO POA A pr prez ez w wasn’t asn’t always alw ayys so defiant.

“I’m not surprised to ob bee at attacked tacked about ab out the election rresults, esu ults,” he wr wrote. ote.

“No “N o one w wanted anted to b beat eat R Rose ose o Herr Herrera era moree than I.” He go mor goes es on o to mak makee a ccase ase ffor or o k keeping eeping Saggau u and DeR DeRollo Ro ollo on the pa payroll, ayr y oll, oll using a some somewhat what ccomical omical yyet eet def defensible feensible p position. osition.

“The [[Merc] Merc] ar article ticle also a sa says ayys that JJon on Bak Baker er w wants ants to fir firee p political olitical cconsultants onsultants T Tom o om Sagga Saggau au and Dustin DeRollo.

DeR Ro ollo. This would b bee a mist mistake. ake.

Name me an anyy other cconsultants o onsult ants who would st stand and in a deser deserted rted park on

the east sid side de of San JJose ose at midnight theyy ccould Rose’s so the ou uld ccatch atch R ose’s husband o signs. no,, the theyy wer weren’t stealing sig gns. And no en’t paid eextra xtra ffor o or that.”

To credit, Unland T o their cr edit, U nland noted, DeRollo Saggau and d DeR Rollo o also ccaught aught Mayor Reed Ma ayor R eeeed making a questionable $100,000 PAC moneyy to $10 0,000 transf ttransfer feer of P AC mone support Herrera. supp ort H errera.

Unland U nland did not rreturn eturn ccalls alls ffor or o it’s obvious ccomment, omment, but it ’s ob vious he sees a byy Ma Mayor cconspiracy onspiracyy in the works b ayor Reed News, R eeed and the t Mercury Merrcur c ry Ne ws, as well as Bak Baker, known bee an ally of er, k nown to b officer Bobby Lopez, POA offic er Bob bby L opez, the fformer ormer PO o A president Unland pr esident and a a ffoe oe of U nland and his predecessor, George Beattie. pr edecesso or, Geor ge Beat tie. intentions weree to rremain “My inte entions wer emain throughout quiet thr q ou ughout g this election and membership trust that the t memb ership would see through noise,,” U Unland wrote. thr ough ttthe t noise the nland wr ote.

“However, “Howe ver, with the addition of a Mercury News attack, cconcerted oncerted Mer M curry Ne ws at ttack, most likely lik ely ccoordinated oordinated out of the mayor’s maayor’s office, staying was offic e, I felt feeltt that st ayying quiet w as no —JK longer an option. o ” —J JK

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Zoe and the rest of the crowd amp up the campaign. David Ginsborg has I think a good chance of winning, but not if there’s a third name there.” As it turned out, Judge dropped out of the race a week after the email, his friend and U.S. Congresswoman ZOE LOFGREN stayed out of the race and Keegan destroyed Ginsborg, beating him by 34 percentage points. If someone like CINDY CHAVEZ, CEO of the South Bay Labor Council, had tried to orchestrate such a scheme, the Merc would have publicly eviscerated her. Keegan says Chavez told her as much. But in this Bay Area media crock pot, where only a handful of independent newspapers survive, the temptation to call shots with impunity must have been too irresistable to Marshman. Now eat your vegetables and drink lots of water.

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West West Coast Coasst cities ranked ranked highest overall, overall, with with San Jose listed at No. 1 with 82.2. points, based on patent electrical eleectrical vehicle adoption, patent activity acttivity and venture venture capital.

San Francisco Franciisco accumulated 81.4 points thanks thanks to a combination of certified green green buildings and publictransportation transportaation ridership.

The executive executive summary reports reports that cities like San Jose are are key to the future future of clean tech because they are are home home to entrepreneurs, entrepreneurs, investors and a consumers committed to green green technology. teechnologyy.

“San Jose is the world center of Clean Tech Tech e h innovation and the world’s most mo ost competitive knowledge economy;; the region region is home to 1,500 of of the word’s word’s largest largest technologyy firms,”” according according to the city of San n Jose.

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TTesla eeslaa TTrending rendingg For the firs first st time ever ever,, Motor TTrend rend magazine m has named a non-gasoline-powered non-gasoli ne-powered automobile— automobile—the —the TTesla esla e Motors Model S sedan—ass its “C “Car ar of the YYear.” ear.”

TTesla eesla CEO Elon E Musk said in rresponse esponsee that the company will be acceler accelerating a ating production production in its Fr Fremont em mont plant in anticipation of incr increased easeed demand. Pr Production oduction beg began gan in June, but by September,, officials were September were saying deliveries delivveries wouldn’t wouldn’t reach reach an initial year year-end -end goal of 5,000 units.

“It is a testament testam ment not only to the luxury sedan and a electric car segment but to American overall,” Americcan engineering overall,” Trend said Motor T rend e editor-in-chief Edward “To Edwar d Loh Loh in n the statement.. “T To be the first car in n the 64-year 64-year history award of the awar d to be powered powered by something other oth her than gasoline must mean it is veryy special.”

The company says that at least 20,000 of the cars will willl be produced produced in 2013 Tesla and that T esla e will add a Model X electric sport-utility sport--utility vehicle in 2014.

The Th he Model S is a full-size sedan equipped lithium-ion eq quipped with a 85 kWh lithium-ion battery ba attery pack with a 265-mile rrange, ange, better be etter than any other electric carr Tesla on n the market, including the T esla e a Roadster.

Ro oadster. It has a combined fuel economy ec conomy of 89 miles-per-gallon gasoline ga asoline equivalent.

The Tesla sedans Th he first 1,000 T esla e model S seda ans weree Signature w wer Signature and Signature Signature performance pe erformance series limited editions edition ns w a base price of $95,000 and with $105,000, standard $1 105,000, respectively. respectivelyy. The standa ard

Sedan price depends on o battery-pack size, with the lar gest being b available largest today ffor or $57,400. $577,400. ,400. Base Basse and midrange midrange weree models of the Tesla Teesla S sedan wer in the both scheduled ffor or production production o ffourth ourth quarter of 2012.

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To T o win the award, award, thee Tesla Tesla e S beat competitors such as the t BMW 3Ford Motors’ Series sedan, For d Mo otors ’ Fusion sedan, Honda Motors’ Motors’ revamped revamped Accord Motor’s A ccord and Toyota To oyota Mo otor ’s 2013 Lexus GS. —Dan Hold Holden den

According According to the city’s website, “Numerous “Numerous Clean Tech Teech companies are are already already benefiting from from the region’s region’s unrivalled un nrivalled access to venture venture funding, highly highly skilled workers and entrepreneurs, entrep preneurs, world-class research research institutions, in nstitutions, supportive government governmen nt policies and cuttingedge technology techn nology incubators.”

As industry As the ind ustry expands and the competition competitio on heats up, these metro metro areas areas will become increasingly increasingly compete against one another to a capture capture the th he clean-tech opportunity. opportunityy.

—Shaina Tsan Tsan s

We’re W e’re No. 1 San Jose has emerged emerged d as the top clean-tech metropolitan metropolittan region region in

by San the nation, ffollowed ollowed closely c Francisco Portland, Fr ancisco and P ortlan nd, Ore., Ore., in the first annual index released releeased by Clean Edge Inc., the a leading leadin ng research research and advisory firm devoted d to the cleansector.. tech sector Metro The U.S. Metr o Clean Tech Teech Index includes nearly two dozen dozen indicators in several several categories: c green advanced gr een buildings, advan nced transportation, tr ansportation, clean electricity and carbon management, and clean innovation tech investment, inno ovation and workforce. workf orce.

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When I visited a year ago, however, a new effort—the School of Arts and Culture @MHP—had just completed a promising pilot program. Nowadays, the school is raging, and the entire property seems fully activated.

Every day, there seems to be something going on. Aztec dancers in full headdress rehearse in the outdoor quad area. Children’s classes take place most days after school. Other local arts and ethnic cultural organizations regularly use the theater, which, by the way, has always been one of the most pristine facilities in the entire South Bay. More on that in a second.

So much transpires at the Mexican Heritage Plaza these days, it’s hard to imagine, given the disaster it once was. Much exists to gloat about. The youth classes include

narrative portrait, comics and graphic novels, samba drumming, opera cultura, classical guitar and hip-hop. Huge displays unfold every holiday. Financial support comes in from various corporations and community foundations. There are connections to local businesses and churches, a Multicultural Arts Leadership Initiative and a serious entrepreneurial strategy to make the place viable in the long term.

I remember when the plaza first opened, especially the theater. It was state-of-the-art, with a zillion-dollar 32-channel soundboard from Crest Audio. In fact, there were audio I/O all around the top perimeter of the house, just off the catwalks, enabling a wide variety of speaker arrangements and plenty of different ways to sonically configure the room.

There were so many options available for any front-of-house mix, it was insane. Hell, if you wanted to spin two channels of 90-decibel audio around a 12-speaker diffusion system, you could do that. It really seemed like someone had been given a blank check for the JBL speaker

inventory—complete overkill for most gigs that would possibly use the space—but it was probably a sound engineer’s dream having all that equipment at his or her disposal, like giving an unruly teenager keys to an explosives factory.

Alas, the powers that be understood none of this, so they never adequately staffed the place and didn’t give the theater director any other employees. All that money went into the facility, yet no one at the top had any knowledge to plan for its staffing or maintenance. Sound familiar? Of course it does.

Nowadays, I honestly believe things are on the upswing. Many different arts organizations seem to be collaborating with each other at the plaza more than they used to. If one just walks in at the right moment, the grounds no longer seem deserted.

People mill about on a regular basis.

Peo planning parlance, I think they call In p this “activating a space,” but again, I prefer to say the half-dead junkie on pre the corner of Alum Rock and King has been given an IV drip and now returns to life again. retu Even the dive bar across the street E has been painted on the outside, leading me to believe that maybe lead the plaza’s reactivation will kick-start some beautification projects in the hood. We can only hope.

Even better, Gandhi shows up this weekend. The Abhinaya Dance Company of San Jose will present its annual fall production in the Mexican Heritage Plaza Theater.

Artistic Director Mythili Kumar explains that the show will be a tribute to Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, reiterating his message of civil disobedience as an alternative to violent resistance.

“The first piece goes back to Gandhi getting his inspiration from the Bhagavad Gita,” she explains.

“Following that, we come to Gandhi’s life. ... The whole presentation includes the memoriam, his grandniece Manubehn narrating— and we go through his entire life.”

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The program grew out of a collaboration between the International Culinary Center and Karp Resources. Dorothy Hamilton, founder and CEO of the center, pushed for a curriculum that focuses on the main issues the culinary world is facing today, including sustainability, quality and organics. “We need to get beyond the four walls of the kitchen and explore the bigger issues,” McCann says of Hamilton’s idea. “And these issues don’t just include flavor and variety and what’s out there in the world in terms of product, but also sustainability.

We need to focus on what we can do and what we should be doing as chefs to act responsibly in terms of feeding the United States and feeding the world in general.” Karen Karp, a leader in the “good food” movement and president of Karp Resources, designed the course to reflect the growing importance of these issues in the culinary industry.

Students will travel to innovative and sustainable farms and institutions.

These trips include working with the Monterey Bay Aquarium—to learn about aquaculture and sustainable fishing—and visiting a 7,600-acre grasslandsrestoration project and ranch in San Benito County. Ultimately, the goal of the course is to produce chefs who have an extensive knowledge of the pastures, vineyards and waters from which the ingredients they work with come. “From our perspective, we view ourselves not just as a culinary school but as a culinary center,” McCann says. “The object of the program is to start the process so that the chefs going out into restaurants are knowledgeable about [such] important issues as sustainability, quality and organics.” (For more information, see www. internationalculinarycenter.com.)—Eliza Lamson

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the Metro photo exhibit

featuring local photographers

South First Fridays @ 550 S First

Illustration by Chris Hack

www.japantownsanjose.org & www.jtown.org

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The truck parks all around San Jose, often near other food trucks, so customers have plenty of options. Recent locations include San Jose State (Ninth and San Fernando streets), eBay (Bascom and Hamilton avenues), Santa Clara University (The Alameda and Market Street) and near the Winchester Mystery House.

Zankich says thathis truck is available to rent for group events or fundraisers, and that he will donate part of the profits back to the cause. He has also said that when he gets 500 “likes” on his Facebook or Twitter page, he will randomly award a $50 gift card to a customer. Most meals cost between $5 and $10 and should “quench the hunger of even the most voracious of appetites,” according to Gold Rush’s Facebook page. Zankich says that the truck has been a lot of fun but also a lot of work. One of the biggest struggles has been finding workers who are able to drive the large-wheeled restaurant.

Zankich doesn’t want just anyone to drive it, because “it might not look like a Porsche, but it costs about the same amount.”—Liz Wassmann

Hops to It This Saturday, Willow Glen gets in on the beer walk craze. Beer lovers are invited to sample 25 different brews at such familiar haunts as Goosetown Lounge, Hay Market, Willow Street Wood First Pizza and Vin Santo Ristorante. The event runs from 2–6pm, and tickets are $30 ahead of time and $35 on Saturday. This should also be a good time to do a little early holiday gift shopping along Lincoln Avenue and environs.

For details, see www.willowglen.org.

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Talk about toughing it out—Joe Sib grew up in the ’80s punk scene in the suburban expanses of the valley before hooking up with the band Wax. The experience was so memorable that he created a one-man show about it, California Calling. After two years touring that show, Sib has switched to a standup act, eliciting laughs by hating on Nickelback and opening for heavyweights like Dane Cook and Drew Carry. This show also includes comedians Grant Cotter and Helen Hong and a photo exhibit by Jai Tanju, “Time Flies When You Drink Beer.” (AR)

San Jose Rock Shop hosts a solid lineup for fans of indie punk.

Presented by Think and Die Thinking Collective, the show is headlined by Vacation, an experimental punk band from, of all places, Ohio. The show will also feature local bands Utter Failure and Sourpatch. Utter Failure’s members have been around since the early ’90s as a part of the South Bay punk scene. They describe themselves as similar to a salad mix of Minor Threat, Asta Kask and the Misfits. (JC)

BOYFRIEND ACADEMY Studio 8, San Jose Thu – 7pm; Boyfriend Academy, Silicon Valley Music eXperience 2012 Electronic Artist of the Year, plays his final show as a San Jose resident. Tony Smith, the artist behind Boyfriend Academy, will be leaving for Los Angeles and looks to put on one last Bay Area show for his local fans. Expect a fusion of electro pop, trip-hop, dubstep, hip-hop, industrial and electronica as Smith performs with his custom setup.

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Studio 8, San Jose Thu – 7pm-midnight; $15/$20

HP Pavilion, San Jose Thu – 7pm; $47 and up

Local independent artists vie for a chance to gain citywide and ultimately national recognition at the RAWards, presented by RAW: Natural Born Artists, which started five years ago in L.A. This semifinals competition will feature live voting; the winners will move on to an awards ceremony in Hollywood in early December.

Artists will showcase their works and be judged in such categories as filmmaker, hairstylist, musician, photographer and the like. (AR)

When it comes to inexplicable lyrics, few have surpassed the “Say what ...?” awesomeness of Rush’s “Tom Sawyer” (written with help of fellow Canadian Pye Dubois), the “19th Greatest Hard Rock Song of All Time” (as chosen by VH1, and surely they know). Has anyone surpassed “Catch the mist, catch the myth/Catch the mystery, catch the drift” or “Today’s Tom Sawyer/He gets high on you/ And the space he invades”? And best of all: “Catch the witness, catch the wit/Catch the spirit, catch the spit” (isn’t that what drool buckets are for?). It is even more amazing when you learn that the song was inspired less by Mark Twain than by Ayn Rand—from Rush to Paul Ryan in one generation. (AR)

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These days, their root influences,

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particularly the folk ones, are less obvious than an all-out eclectic wash of acoustic and electric music. They will release their new album, Reincarnate, at this show.

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That just goes to show there’s a reason he can both consistently attract a ton of views on YouTube and draw big at shows, locally or on the road—which he’s

done a lot of lately. Whether he’s collaborating with the Bangerz or other talented Bay Area DJs, he really knows how to pick some solid, laid-back, retro samples, with hard-hitting beats and a bit of jazz and soul sprinkled in—the perfect backdrop to his smoothas-butter delivery. (AC)

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the mainstream, there will still be plenty of weird electronic subgenres firmly planted in the underground scene—the heavier, more experimental stuff, like glitch, hard trance and tech house, for instance. For Life With Loops, Blockhead Entertainment is presenting a whole lot of these smaller niche electronic styles, all the way from 7pm on Saturday until 1pm the next day—that’s a lot of dancing. Artists will be performing in two rooms in the Lupin Lodge. A partial list includes Tha Fruitbat, Danny Weird, Primitive, Johnatron, Magik Plan, Terraform and Justin Weisberg.

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“The school had second thoughts about letting me showcase it—they thought it was too ‘out there,’” says Velasquez, now 25, a career clothier and purveyor of that same tongue-in-cheek irreverence that earned her the dean’s disapproval a couple years back. “I’m not trying to offend anyone. My brand just reflects my sense of humor. If it’s on one of my shirts, I, for some reason, thought it was clever or funny.”

The year-old brand’s alt-goth-raverhipster aesthetic mash-up stems from Velasquez’s real-life “Catholic school girl gone bad” narrative; its existence as a commercial clothing brand comes from her parents’ and fiance/urban streetwear designer Ryan Mante’s business investments. Mante owns the San Jose–based clothing brand Booger Kids and co-owns Breezy Excursions. Though he helps Velasquez sketch up some of the designs, Petals is still patently hers.

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Petals and Peacocks doesn’t really market its logo; it’s a unisex clothing brand thanks to the loose-fitting tops it sells and it exudes an antiestablishment sarcasm palatable to the 18-to-25 crowd.

That I’ll-do-it-myself mentality jibes with bloggers and the anti-fashion fashionistas that populate Tumblr or shop on sites like DollsKill.com, which, unsurprisingly, sells Petals pieces.

A bestseller since the Petals launch in summer 2011 was a top that came in either a cropped tee or sweatshirt cut with a broad brush-stroked Chanel logo over the equally broad-brushed font spelling “fake.” “People loved that one for some reason,” Velasquez recalls. “I think it works because it was recognizable with the logo, but still cheeky and rebellious … anti-high fashion.”

The Bay Area online goth-punk clothing store Dolls Kill carries the Petals brand for just that reason: it appeals to the unfamous-yet-influential alt-fashion crowd. It carries a sensibility cultivated from Velasquez’s school-aged

raver days, when her parents would chastise her for staying out too late and hanging with the wrong crowd—back when they exhorted her to pursue pharmacy school and quit wasting time obsessing about fashion.

Velasquez, incidentally, completed pharmacy school and turned down an offer to work at the Stanford Medical Center to enroll in art school. Her parents now encourage her business endeavor, even though the brand’s message isn’t exactly family friendly.

“Everything I make comes from either a memory or idea of growing up in the ’80s and ’90s, the pop culture, the druggy culture, the cartoons,” explains Velasquez, who ironically favors wearing more subdued black and shapeless threads than the ones she makes.

In fact, for someone whose sartorial creations include shirts with the screen-printed imper imperative to “fuck shit up,” Velasquez is ssurprisingly mild-mannered and iintensely private.

It’s a far cry from the San Jose–bornand-bred reputation p peddled by her fiance’s family of bran brands, whose Breezy Excursion motto excl exclaims, “Fuck the rest, we the best.”

Conversely, Velasqu Velasquez avoids pegging herself or her company as San Jose’s own. There’s no storefront, the showroom’s in Los A Angeles and the clothes are sold online. The brand’s Facebook fan page remains free from any photos of her even though she’s gorgeous enough to model.

“I don’t want to influence anyone’s perception of the brand,” says Velasquez, a raven-haired, tawny-skinned Filipina with a penchant for little-to-no-makeup save the occasional red lipstick. “I want it to speak for itself.”

It does, evidently: and in the year since its launch, Petals has started to garner a following of social media-savvy fans to speak for it. Velasquez hopes there’s enough buzz to launch her first cut-and-sewn collection next year on a strong point.

“Even though this brand is still a baby, it’s been rocking out mad ’n bold graphic collections from the start,” reads a description on Dolls Kills, which counts Petals among their “new favorite sweater designers … too loud to be ignored, too fun to take too seriously.”

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Soon, the younger daughter, Alice (Lorie Goulart), appears, and it’s obvious that she is the only one with a grasp of the outside world. Inevitably, she falls in love with Tony (Adam Cotugno), the son of her wealthy boss —and that leads, equally inevitably, to the clash of their two very different families during a disastrous dinner party.

You Can’t Take It With You Runs through Nov. 18; Thursday–Saturday, 8pm, Sunday, 2:30pm; $16–$29 Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto

The play, which premiered in 1936, is essentially a wind-up toy. Once the mechanism is started, it spins down to its predetermined conclusion. The relentless predictability is part of the play’s appeal. The key to any production is to keep things moving and not gum up the works. You Can’t Take It With You also can’t help bring with it the context of is time. Palo Alto Players has chosen an interesting strategy of straddling the line between adhering to the original and satirizing the differences between then and now. That tack adds to the fun, because much of the conversation fits perfectly into modern political and cultural discussions.

The cast members hold their own in both the fast-paced, witty dialogue and their respective wackiness. As the grandfather, Caldecott plays true slapstick well, and John Watson as the mad scientist father is sincere in his absent-minded disposition. But the outstanding performance is by Brandon Silberstein as Mr. Kolenkhov, who is hilarious as a strongly opinionated Russian dance teacher.

Overall, the acting is pretty broad, but nobody expects subtlety in a screwball comedy. Any performance of a hugely successful play is going to be hit or miss.

And when a story is so well known it can come off as mere imitation. But Palo Alto Players, which last performed the play in 1943, brings a refreshing approach to You Can’t Take It With You. The original is honored, yet the cast still has room to fully explore the characters.—Tad Malone

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The current Tabard Theatre production of Trying is very much like Driving Miss Daisy, set in an office instead of a car. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sentimental, but forgivably so, and for all its familiarity, it offers a unique perspective; that of the playwrightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own Trying experience as a secretary to Francis Biddle, U.S. Attorney General during World War II and the Runs through Nov. 18: principal American judge at the Nuremberg Trials. $10â&#x20AC;&#x201C;$35 Theatre on San Pedro Trying deals with Biddle at the end of his life. By Square, San Jose 1967, this formerly illustrious ďŹ gure has become a cantankerous old fossil, bewildered by new technology and women burning their â&#x20AC;&#x153;upper underwear,â&#x20AC;? and making little progress on his memoirs and other projects he wishes to complete before he dies. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am in the process of leaving this life,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The exit sign is ďŹ&#x201A;ashing over the door, and the door is ajar.â&#x20AC;? He believes that at his age, everything should go exactly the way he wants it to, and has ostensibly ďŹ red all his previous secretaries after being disappointed by them in some way.

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Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a story that offers few surprises. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no doubt that Sarah will prove different from all the other secretaries, or that the Biddle will be unmasked as a grandfatherly gentleman. Nevertheless, the play deserves credit for dealing seriously with themes of youth and old age, death and new life, hope and regretâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;not to mention the problem of relating to someone of a different age, class or genderâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;all while retaining a warm sense of humor. This is the kind of material that shines in the hands of competent actors. Alexandra Bogoradâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s endearingly chipper Sarah and Kurt Gravenhorstâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s poignant Biddle, the picture of a formidable mind ground under the onset of senility, together make a performance that is likely to move the most cynical viewers.â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Sean Conwell

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War ended. Tony Kushner’s wily script counters Spielberg’s instinct to Capra-ize this history. Being Spielberg, he does, though, a bit.

The scenes of Lincoln’s legal victory, with Congress throwing papers in the air and singing “The Battle Cry of Freedom” look oversized.

The meeting of Lincoln and Grant (a well-cast Jared Harris) at Appomattox is pitched for maximum sentiment.

In Lincoln, however, we have the reliable movie pleasure of watching a charismatic, covert man who won’t tell us what is dearest to him.

The movie portrays Lincoln as an outwardly serene manipulator. You can see the Bismarck in him behind the mask of the weary saint— herding lame-duck congressmen and using his agents to cajole, bribe and threaten.

Daniel Day-Lewis plays Lincoln with sterling wit and nobility.

Visible right from the beginning is not just an uncommon man but a very strange one—and certainly an unhappy one. What makes such a man tell jokes? Cornered, Lincoln relies on anecdote. In one scene, a backwoods office seeker and his wife are both dumbstruck by Lincoln’s pointless way-homer story about a dead parrot.

Lincoln observes the tension between a man haunted by four years of carnage, sleepless and grieving, and Sally Field as his proud, unbalanced wife. She’s as weird as he is, really. Mary serves as a sounding board and dream interpreter (she calls herself “a soothsayer”).

The film commences with a blackand-white dream sequence with Lincoln aboard a black ship rushing at great speed to an unknown shore, almost as if it were a jet plane. This image of Lincoln on the deck starts the movie on the right foot. The sequence directly faces the gulf of time that makes it so hard for

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Lincoln is talky but surprising.

It traffics in moments one didn’t know about, such as the irony of where Lincoln’s son Tad (Gulliver McGrath) was when he heard the news about his father. The brisk way Mary Todd’s companion Elizabeth Keckley (Gloria Reuben), a former slave, describes to Lincoln’s son how she was beaten is nicely matter-of-fact—someone shutting a door, politely but firmly. Tad pores over glass-backed pictures of savaged slaves just as Spielberg must have gazed at photos of Holocaust atrocities when he was a child.

The costumes give the actors a chance to be mountebanks. All the high hats, the gold vests, the frock coats and the string ties suggest the look of confidence men, and most of them are, essentially. Hal Holbrook lives large as the vast and elderly kingmaker Preston Blair.

Holbrook, however, is eclipsed by Tommy Lee Jones’ soon-to-be Oscarwinning turn as Thaddeus Stephens.

The performance involves an askew wig and a dog-headed cane ( Jones keeps mulling over the carved head, like a jester gazing sadly at his coxcomb). He has grounds for biliousness—he is a radical courted by the milksop mainstreamers, ultimately made to take one for the team.

Lincoln is so bewilderingly good that it makes up for the crowdpleasing banal points, like the twinkle in Lincoln’s eye when explaining to Keckley that in the future, ex-slaves and the freeborn “will get used to one another.”

Left alone is whether Lincoln’s ambition—“a little engine that knew no rest,” as his law partner put it—seized on the issue of slavery, or whether he was truly disgusted beyond measure with it. For myself, I’m satisfied with Edmund Wilson’s idea: in the end, it’s immaterial what Lincoln thought, since he lost his life in the cause. With such proof, who needs rhetoric?

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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.

SKYFALL (PG-13; 142 min.) 007 (Daniel Craig) recuperates from a rifle wound and follows a trail of clues leading to a hacker called Silva (Javier Bardem).

Starting with a wounded hero, Sam Mendes gives up more backstory than a lot of James Bond fans would want.

The photography (by Roger Deakins) is a landmark for digital film; there are stunning sequences in Istanbul, a Chinese red-dyed Macao and Shanghai.

And the virility of Daniel Craig reaches Clark Gable levels; it seems no one will ever look less ducky in a suit. Too bad the film is undervillained. Sure Bond can save England. But just England?

Once this was a man for whom the world was not enough. (RvB)

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Howler CLEARLY, The Mummy’s Hand (1940) is a gift for those who love San Jose’s Rosicrucian Museum. The film is cast with non-Egyptians, including stalwart but shifty Brit George Zucco, Hamburg’s Sig Arno (as a piaster-grubbing beggar) and Italian physician turned actor Eduardo Ciannelli, immortal as the turbaned and dhotied leader of the Thuggee cult in Gunga Din: “Rise and kill! Kill for the love of Kali!”

Something of a sequel to the famous Karloff film—but mostly not—The Mummy’s Hand (which shows Nov. 14–16 at the Stanford Theatre with The Wolf Man) is a comedy with horror relief. Zucco plays a debonair professor of Egyptology in Cairo. His secret: he has been appointed to fulfill the ancient task of protecting a mummy’s tomb. Says Ciannelli’s high priest, dying while passing the torch: “I fear I shall never see the moon rise behind the Valley of the Jackals again.” The new priest, Andoheb, must reanimate the mummy Kharis (rhymes with “Clarice”) and bring him around to deal with the interlopers.

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Interlopers abound: breezy archaeologist Steve Banning (Dick Foran), known for his work “digging up the Inca ruins in Mexico,” and his chubby pal Babe (Wallace Ford). Babe has had enough: “We ain’t dug up a soup bone yet ... nyaah,

I might as well have stayed in Brooklyn.”

They team up with a likable magician (Cecil Kellaway) and his pretty daughter (Peggy Moran) and head out to do some excavation, as the full moon rises, and the jackals howl like wolves.

There have been more frightening The Mummy’s Hand creatures than Kharis (Tom Tyler).

The Wolf Man As cartoonist Lynda Nov 14–16 Barry once noted, Stanford Theatre, the Mummy was so Palo Alto slow you could run around behind him and kick him in the butt. But it’s not his fault he’s pokey; the evil Andoheb rations his revivifying tana leaves and thus turns him into a shuffler. Kharis sometimes looks disturbing (eyes rolling and glittering under the rotten bandages), but ultimately the film elicits respect for Zucco as an actor who decided he’d rather not let the world know he was in on the joke.

The belief is beaconlike from Zucco’s clean, sinister, too-handsome visage—no wonder Kenneth Anger made up the lie that the actor died insane, terrorized to madness by his fear of dread Cthulhu. Zucco’s last line appeals straight to the audience, even as he appeals to mighty Isis herself.

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(Brick, The Brothers Bloom) takes a comfortable turn into Stephen King territory; certainly, the dreadful way the future mob induces fugitives to return is as good as any idea King ever came up with. On the down side, GordonLevitt’s make-up (which is supposed to make him resemble Willis) is odd, and the film could have used more humor, although Jeff Daniels as a lazy mafia middle-manager who already knows his future is exceptionally funny. Also a standout: Emily Blunt, who has one of her strongest roles ever as the farmer who gives Joe shelter. (RvB)

and also on CD and classic 45rpm records, something that Reynolds says was important to the band.

“I think tangibility is a very important factor in music,” Reynolds explains. “The nice thing about vinyl and CD is that it exists as music captured on that medium, and it’s a physical piece, it’s a physical process, rather than just pulling up the latest thing on your iPhone or whatever your electronic device is. It’s still a platter for expressing the character of the performer or the band, whereas when it just comes as an MP3, it tends to make music very ‘throw away,’ and less important.”

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Although the Rezillos were initially only around for two short years, from 1976–1978, they performed all over the United Kingdom, recorded what many consider to be a classic album in the punk pantheon, Can’t Stand the Rezillos,

and released several popular singles, including “Can’t Stand My Baby,” “Flying Saucer Attack” and “Top of the Pops.”

After core members Eugene Reynolds and Fay Fife reformed the group 10 years ago, they played just a few U.S. dates, but the band’s current tour, which comes to the Blank Club (with the Phenomenauts and Jonny Manek & the Depressives) on Friday, includes many more stops than on previous trips through the United States. “We’ve got people who knew us the first time around, the second time around and now the third time around—we see a nice cross-section of people,” says Reynolds over the phone from New Jersey.

When the Rezillos first came to the United States in the 1970s, they had just signed with American label Sire Records and were planning to record their debut album here—the only

U.K.-based punk band of the era to do so. “We came over as young, fresh-faced, naïve things and walked into New York City, which was pretty much what we pictured the United States to be in our fantasies,” Reynolds says. “We spent about six weeks recording the album, because we recorded it in down time. Bigger acts were using the studio during the day. We’d have to come in the small hours of the morning and spend two hours here, three hours there, and piece the album together like that.”

Many of the songs that are now fan favorites were included on the album.

Reynolds says the band was fortunate enough to work with producers and engineers who were veterans of the music industry to help create the tracks.

“That was Tony Bongiovi. He worked with Shadow Morton on the Shangri-Las’ sessions, which was of course great for Fay, because she just loved all those ’60s girl bands from the States,” Reynolds says. “We used the exact same technique and microphones from the ’60s; we felt very honored.”

Since reforming, the Rezillos have released a couple of new singles in recent years, available as downloads

‘We’ve got people who knew us the first time around, the second time around and now the third time around,’ says Eugene Reynolds Reynolds says that the Rezillos hope to gain more of a foothold in the United States on this tour, and that they are aiming to have a new full album finished by the middle of next year, with a return trip to follow.

In the meantime, he is looking forward to connecting with fans new and old on the road, and reflecting on the fact that the Rezillos were recently given the “Legend” award at the Tartan Clef Awards in their native Scotland.

“Of course, in a way, that’s sort of ‘anti-punk,’ isn’t it?” laughs Reynolds.

“But that’s so often the case; things come along and shake up the establishment, and then somehow it becomes OK, and you’re part of the culture, whether they like it or not.”

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PHOTOS: WIZ KHALIFA AT SAN JOSE STATE With a giant winged bong serving as the backdrop, Wiz Khalifa brought a capacity crowd to the Event Center at San Jose State for his 2050 Tour with Three 6 Mafia’s Juicy J.

MOUNTAIN VIEW’S RED ROCK STUDIOS CLOSES Red Rock Studios in Mountain View may have not been known to most people in the South Bay music scene, yet it played an important part. It was the practice place and frequent recording spot for Picture Atlantic and Dogcatcher before closing this month. Several other Bay Area bands also recorded there, including Rin Tin Tiger, East of Western and Coast Jumper.

PHOTOS: TOO SHORT AT FIESTA NIGHTCLUB Still going strong 25 years after his first major-label release, Oakland rapper Too Short made a rare appearance Saturday in San Jose for a concert at Fiesta Nightclub.

Rock/Pop ANGELICA’S BISTRO Fri, 6:30pm: John Heer unplugged. $5/$9.

Redwood City.

ART BOUTIKI Fri: Cartoon Bar Fight, Rin Tin Tiger, Anadel. San Jose

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Fri, 9pm: Honey Wilders. Free.

Cupertino.

Thu, 8pm: Midnight Raid, the Breakdowns. No cover. Fri, 9pm: Mark Preston, Mark E. Quark, Chris the Junglist, Scott Rich. No cover. Sat, 9pm: Urban Art, War Series. San Jose.

CAFFE FRASCATI Fri, 8pm: Sweet HayaH. San Jose.

THE CARAVAN Thu, 10pm: Fogtongue, Forgotten Gods and Jam Stain. Sat, 8pm: The Flesh Hammers, Lucabrazzi and Bronsson. San Jose.

BOSWELL’S Wed, 9:30pm: Jack Rip-Off. Thu, 10pm: Liquid Courage.

Fri, 9:30pm: Night Train. Sat, 9:30pm: Stompbox. Sun, 8:30pm: The Gents. Mon, 9:30pm: Bobby Love and the Sugar Sweet. Campbell.

BRIT ARMS ALMADEN Fri, 10pm: Sexy Back. Sat, 10pm: 10 til 2. San Jose.

MOJO LOUNGE Fri: Phil Berkowitz. Sat: Fast Times. Fremont.

MOUNTAIN CHARLEY’S Fri-Sat: Live bands. Los Gatos.

Wed, 9pm: Gentlemen’s Club, Mr. Kind, Sim Castro. Free. Fri, 9pm: Rezillos, the Phenomenauts, Jonny Manak and the Depressives. $13/$15. San Jose.

NETO’S GRILL Sat, 8:30pm: The Houserockers. $10. Santa Clara.

NINE LIVES THE CATS Wed, 8:30pm: Out of the Blue. Thu, 9pm: Bombshell.

Fri, 9pm: Chaparral. Sat, 9pm: Erica Sunshine Lee. Sun, 6pm: Joe Ferrara. Tue, 8pm: Johnny Fabulous. Los Gatos.

CLUB FOX Sat, 8pm: Kim Baker Band, Eva Cassel. $15/$20. Redwood City.

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Fri, 8pm: Red Glare, Madman’s Lullaby, Gundacker Project. $10. Sat, 8pm: Just Chill, Simple Creation, Braata. $10. Gilroy.

NUMBER ONE BROADWAY Thu, 9:30pm: Who Does That, Burning Vernon. Fri, 9:30pm: Naked in Vegas. Sat, 9:30pm: Sage. $10. Los Gatos.

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Thu-Sat: Live bands. Mon: Pro blues jam. Sunnyvale.

Sat, 8pm: B. Bravo and Teeko of Starship Connection, B. Lewis.

Fairmont Hotel, San Jose.

POOR HOUSE BISTRO

Mon, 7pm: Musical open mic for singer/songwriters. Sign up at 7pm. Free. San Jose.

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THE QUARTER NOTE Wed: Pro Jam. No cover. Thu: Pro Jam hosted by Vicious Groove. No cover. Sun: Pro Jam. Sunnyvale.

RODEO CLUB Fri: Misfits. San Jose.

Wed, 6pm: Ron Thompson. Thu, 6pm: J. Mackey Band. Fri, 6pm: John Nemeth. Sat, 6pm: John Garcia Band. Sun, noon: School of the Blues Student Jam. San Jose.

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Tue, 7:30pm: Irish music.

Mountain View.

Mon, 7pm: Cavin and King’s Open Mic. Mountain View.

Fri, 7pm: Open mic. San Jose.

JOHNNY V’S Wed: The Cypher. Hip-hop open mic. San Jose.

SAN PEDRO SQUARE MARKET

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Fri, 7pm: J.C. Smith Band holiday show. Sat, 8pm: Live in the Square music series. San Jose.

Wed, 8pm: Open-mic night with Anita. Willow Glen.

Karaoke

STREETLIGHT RECORDS Sat, 7pm: Lazzari Experiment.

San Jose.

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

X BAR Sat, 8:30pm: Playboy School, All City Elite, High Society. $5.

Homestead Lanes, Cupertino.

WOODHAM’S LOUNGE

UPSTAIRS JAZZ CAFE Wed: Jazz jam. Thu: Piano bar.

Fri-Sat: Jazz bands. Tue: Blues.

Morgan Hill.

DANA STREET COFFEE Sun, 7:30pm: Houston/Jones. $15. Mountain View.

CAFFE FRASCATI

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THE GRAPEVINE

Sat, 8pm: Otway Ross. San Jose.

AGENDA LOUNGE Wed, 8pm: Salsa. Thu, 9pm: Banda, two parties on two levels. Sun: Reggae. San Jose.

AZÚCAR LATIN BAR Wed: Rock band. Thu: Latin fusion. Fri, 9pm: Bachata. Sat, 9pm: Salsa, merengue, Latin fusion. San Jose.

GRAND DELL SALOON Thu, 8pm: Chris Cain. Fri, 8pm: Pearl Alley Band. Sat, 8pm: Cathy Lemons. Campbell.

APPARITION

MOUNTAIN CHARLEY’S

BENNIGAN’S GRILL Sat, 9pm: August. Santa Clara.

RED ROCK COFFEE Fri, 8pm: Kevin Coelho Organ Trio. Sat, 8pm: Brightside Band.

Mountain View.

BLINKY’S CAN’T SAY RODEO CLUB Wed, 7pm: Heidi Newfield. $10 adv. San Jose.

Fri, 9pm-1am: Danielle. Sat, 9pm-1am: Karaoke. Santa Clara.

BLUE PHEASANT THE SADDLE RACK

Tue, 7pm: Steve Tiger. Cupertino.

Thu-Fri, 9pm, Sat, 10:15pm: Diablo Road. Fremont.

SAM’S BBQ Wed, 6pm: Dark Hollow. Tue, 6pm: Cabin Fever. San Jose.

Open Mic

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

BOULEVARD TAVERN Thu: Karaoke. Los Gatos.

Wed: Joanne Leblanc and the Fugitives. Thu: Madylan Rose.

Fri: Dog House Riley. Sat: Little John Chrisley jam at 5pm; Mike Osborn, $10. San Jose.

Fri-Sat, 6-9pm: Jazz for dinner.

San Jose.

Nightly, 9pm-2am: Karaoke.

San Jose.

Sat, 7pm: Joe Buchwald. San Jose.

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Even second Thu: Gothic, industrial karaoke. Club Lido, San Jose.

Wed: Country night. Los Gatos.

Wed, 7:30pm: The Bad Fire with Oscar Pangilinan and Fred Paclibon. Hilton Hotel, San Jose.

Wed-Sat, 9pm: Karaoke. Tue, 9pm: Karaoke. San Jose.

C&W/Folk

First three Fri of month: Live music. Santa Clara.

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BRIT ARMS CUPERTINO CAFFE FRASCATI Tue, 7pm: Open mic. San Jose.

Sun-Tue, 10pm: Karaoke.

Cupertino.

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Contra Ville won the award for best jazz band at Metroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recent SVSX awards, and jazz is deďŹ nitely a major component of their sound, but so are indie rock, hip-hop, blues and world beat. The bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s earlier recordings tended to pull more from jazz fusion (in the Art Boutiki vein of Weather Report and Return to Forever), but Electric Eclectic also takes a lot of inspiration from early Saturday, Nov 17, swing jazzâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;evident on opening track â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bombastic Child,â&#x20AC;?

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Wed: Karaoke. Thu, 9pm-1am: Karaoke. Santa Clara.

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MOUNTAIN CHARLEYS Tue: DJ Uncle Hank. Los Gatos.

OFF THE HOOK Thu, 8pm: Karaoke. Campbell.

O’FLAHERTY’S IRISH PUB Sun-Mon, 9pm: Ryan. San Jose.

POINCIANA LOUNGE Wed, 9:30pm: Wildside. No cover. Sun, 9pm: Joe. Santa Clara.

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LOUIS CK The greatest comedian of our time does two sold-out shows. Nov 14 and 15 at Davies Symphony Hall.

THE FAINT Ten years ago, ‘Danse Macabre’ was inescapable; here, it’s played in its entirety. Nov 17 at Regency Ballroom.

NEUROSIS Pioneers of tribal sludge metal play annual Bay Area show with Voivod and YOB. Nov 17 at the Fox Theater.

JAZZ MAFIA 12-YEAR ANNIVERSARY Adam Theis, Joe Bagale and the rest of the gang have held it down for a dozen years. Nov 17 at the Fillmore.

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conducted by a individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Robert Sweet This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 11/05/2012. (pub Metro 11/14, 11/21, 11/28, 12/05/2012)

NAME STATEMENT #571371

NAME STATEMENT #570811 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Passion Nails and Spa, 21646 Stevens Creek Blvd., Cupertino, CA, 95014, Rose Tu, 7201 Via Lomas, San Jose, CA, 95139. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Rose Tu. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 10/18/2012. (pub Metro 10/31, 11/07, 11/14, 11/21/2012)

liability company.

Above entity was formed in the state of California Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Sonjc Lilenthal Chief Operating Officer #201132110211. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 10/12/2012. (pub Metro 10/31, 11/07, 11/14, 11/21/2012)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #570895

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Capitol Cyber, 1605 N. Capitol Ave., San Jose, CA, 95132, PVD International LLC. This business is conducted The following person(s) is by a Limited Liability (are) doing business as: Daniel Hon Photography, Company. Registrant has not yet begun transacting 446 Benefit Court, San business under the Jose, CA, 95133, Hoi fictitious business name Tak Hon. This business or names listed herein. is conducted by a /s/Viet Van Managing individual. Registrant began transacting Member #201225610266 business under the This statement was filed fictitious business name with the County Clerk of or names listed herein Santa Clara County on on 01/01/2012. /s/Hoi 10/19/2012. (pub Metro Tak Hon. This statement 10/24, 10/31, 110/7, was filed with the County 11/14/2012) Clerk of Santa Clara County on 10/19/2012. (pub Metro 10/31, 11/07, FICTITIOUS 11/14, 11/21/2012) BUSINESS

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #570872

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #570636 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. The GPeople Group, 2. LentiliciousUSA, 3. Lentilicious North America, 130 E. San Fernando St., Apt 130, San Jose, CA, 95112, The GPeople Group, LLC. This business is conducted by a limited

NAME STATEMENT #570873 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Almaden Auto Service, 1660 Almaden Expressway, Unit C, San Jose, CA, 95125, Lorens s.

Ebrahimi, 996 Almaden Lake Dr., Apt 207, San Jose, CA, 95123.

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or names listed herein. /s/Lorens S. Ebrahimi This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 10/19/2012. (pub Metro 10/24, 10/31, 11/07, 11/14/2012)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #569999

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. Silverscypress, 2. Silvercypress, 5349 Hansell Dr., San Jose, CA, FICTITIOUS 95123, Leo Poon. This BUSINESS business is conducted by NAME STATEMENT a individual. Registrant began transacting #570863 The following person(s) is business under the fictitious business name (are) doing business as: or names listed herein on Metalcraft Refinishing & Sept 2011. /s/Leo Poon Restoration, 2055 Alum This statement was filed Rock Ave., San Jose, CA, with the County Clerk of 95148, Tony Espinoza, Santa Clara County on 3569 Ruechene Dr., San 9/26/2012. (pub Metro Jose, CA, 95148.

10/24, 10/31, 11/07, This business is 11/14/2012) conducted by a individual. Registrant has FICTITIOUS not yet begun transacting BUSINESS business under the NAME STATEMENT fictitious business name or names listed herein. #570673 The following person(s) is /s/Tony Espinoza. This (are) doing business as: A statement was filed Celtic Craftsman Builders, with the County Clerk of 2815 Lexford Ave., Santa Clara County on San Jose, CA, 95124, 10/19/2012. (pub Metro Stephen A. McBain. This 10/24, 10/31, 11/07, business is conducted by 11/14/2012) a individual. Registrant began transacting FICTITIOUS business under the fictitious business BUSINESS or names listed NAME STATEMENT name herein on 9/07/2007. #570319 /s/Stephen A. McBain.

The following person(s) This statement was filed with the County Clerk of is (are) doing business as: Stevens Creek Family Santa Clara County on 10/15/2012.

Chiropractic. 2858 (pub Metro 10/24, 10/31, Stevens Creek Blvd., 11/07, 11/14/2012) Suite 208, San Jose, CA, 95128, Chang Heo, 80 Descanso Dr., #1214, San PUBLIC NOTICE Jose, CA, 95134.

REDEMPTION OF This business is ALL GARDEN CITY conducted by a CASINO CHIPS individual. Registrant $1000, $500, $100, $20, began transacting $10, $5, $3, $2, $1, $.50 business under the and $.25 chips can be fictitious business name or names listed herein on redeemed at the casino cage from August 7, 2012 10/04/2012. /s/Chang Heo. This statement was through February 7, 2013 - 24 hours per day. filed with the County Redeem Chips at: Clerk of Santa Clara Casino M8trix County on 10/04/2012. (pub Metro 10/24, 10/31, 1887 Matrix Blvd.

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business is conducted by a individual. Registrant began transacting The following person(s) is business under the (are) doing business as: fictitious business name FICTITIOUS 1. Prologix Instruments, or names listed herein LLC., 2.

Prologix, LLC., BUSINESS on 2/7/86. /s/Sheldon 1691 Grizilo Drive, San K. Perry. This statement NAME STATEMENT Jose, CA, 95124. This was filed with the County #571193 business is conducted Clerk of Santa Clara The following person(s) by a Limited Liability County on 10/02/2012. is (are) doing business Company. Above entity (pub Metro 10/31, 11/07, as: Jupiter Editing, 1575 was formed in the state 11/14, 11/21/2012) Calaveras Avenue, San of Washington.

Jose, CA, 95126, Patrick Registrant began FICTITIOUS FICTITIOUS Burns. This business transacting business BUSINESS BUSINESS is conducted by a under the fictitious individual. Registrant NAME STATEMENT business name or NAME STATEMENT began transacting names listed herein on #571057 #571128 business under the 11/01/2012. /s/Abdul The following person(s) The following person(s) fictitious business name Manager #201227510247 is (are) doing business is (are) doing business or names listed herein on as: Maria’s Tree Service, This statement was filed as: Come And Smile 8/15/2012. with the County Clerk of 1017 Cheswick Dr., Photo Booth, 1396 /s/Patrick Burns. This Santa Clara County on San Jose, CA, 95121, Flickinger Avenue, San statement was filed 11/02/2012. (pub Metro Maurilio Barragan. This Jose, CA, 95131, Filipina with the County Clerk of 11/07, 11/14, 11/21, business is conducted by Tejam, Danilo Tejam. This Santa Clara County on 11/28/2012) a individual. Registrant business is conducted 10/30/2012. (pub Metro began transacting by a husband and wife.

11/14, 11/21, 11/28, FICTITIOUS business under the Registrant has not 12/05/2012) BUSINESS fictitious business name yet begun transacting or names listed herein on NAME STATEMENT business under the FICTITIOUS 10/24/2012. /s/Maurilio fictitious business name BUSINESS Barragan. This statement #571185 or names listed herein.

The following person(s) /s/Danilo Tejam NAME STATEMENT was filed with the County is (are) doing business Clerk of Santa Clara This statement was filed #571598 as: Astrotecture, 4260 County on 10/24/2012. with the County Clerk of The following person(s) (pub Metro 11/14, 11/21, Terman Drive., #104, Palo Santa Clara County on is (are) doing business Alto, CA, 94306, Marc M 11/28, 12/05/2012) 10/26/2012. (pub Metro as: Cleaning Solutions, Cohen, Architect PC. This 11/07, 11/14, 11/21, 117 Bernal Rd.,#70-113, business is conducted FICTITIOUS 11/28/2012) San Jose, CA, 95119, by a Corporation. Above Mark Kline. This business BUSINESS entity was formed in the FICTITIOUS is conducted by a NAME STATEMENT state of California BUSINESS individual. Registrant Registrant began #571089 began transacting NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is transacting business business under the under the fictitious (are) doing business as: #570274 fictitious business business name or The Plumbing Guys, 117 The following person(s) is name or names listed names listed herein on S. Claremont Ave., San (are) doing business as: herein on 6/2/2006.

1/13/2012. /s/Marc M. Jose, CA, 95127, Aaron Darling Divas and Dudes, Refile of previous file Cohen President, Owner Sanchez. This business 4937 Gattucio Drive, San #478984 after 40 days of is conducted by a #3303986. This Jose, CA, 95124, Kristan expiration date. /s/Mark individual. Registrant has statement was filed Nelson. This business Kline. This statement not yet begun transacting with the County Clerk of is conducted by a was filed with the County business under the Santa Clara County on individual. Registrant has Clerk of Santa Clara 10/30/2012. (pub Metro fictitious business name not yet begun transacting County on 11/08/2012.

11/07, 11/14, 11/21, or names listed herein. business under the (pub Metro 11/14, 11/21, /s/Aaron Sanchez 11/28/2012) fictitious business name 11/28, 12/05/2012) This statement was filed or names listed herein.

FICTITIOUS with the County Clerk of /s/Kristan Nelson FICTITIOUS BUSINESS Santa Clara County on This statement was filed BUSINESS 10/25/2012. (pub Metro NAME STATEMENT with the County Clerk of 11/07, 11/14, 11/21, Santa Clara County on NAME STATEMENT #570350 11/28/2012) 10/03/2012. (pub Metro #571357 The following person(s) 10/31, 11/07, 11/14, The following person(s) is FICTITIOUS is (are) doing business 11/21/2012) (are) doing business as: as: Body Purity, 988 BUSINESS Avanti Tech, 60 Desanso Edenbury Ln., San Jose, FICTITIOUS Dr., Unit 3103, San Jose, NAME STATEMENT CA, 95136, Angela St. BUSINESS CA, 95136, Lalit Gajare.

John. This business #570674 This business is is conducted by a NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) conducted by a individual. Registrant has #569907 is (are) doing business individual. Registrant not yet begun transacting as: Sedona Immigration The following person(s) is began transacting business under the (are) doing business as: Law group. 1602 The business under the fictitious business name Eastridge Management, Alameda, Suite 200, San fictitious business name or names listed herein.

51 Glen Eyrie Ave., #10, Jose, CA, 95126, Jenny or names listed herein /s/Angela St. John San Jose, CA, 95125, K. Hong, 3183 Hastings on 11/02/2012. /s/Lalit This statement was filed Eastridge Partners, Inc..

Way, San Ramon, CA, Gajare. This statement with the County Clerk of This business is 94582. This business conducted by a was filed with the County is conducted by a Santa Clara County on Corporation. Above Clerk of Santa Clara 10/05/2012. (pub Metro individual. Registrant has entity was formed in County on 11/02/2012. not yet begun transacting 10/31, 11/07, 11/14, the state of California (pub Metro 11/14, 11/21, business under the 11/21/2012) Registrant has not begun 11/28, 12/05/2012) fictitious business name transacting business FICTITIOUS or names listed herein. under the fictitious FICTITIOUS BUSINESS /s/Jenny K. Hong. This business name or names BUSINESS statement was filed NAME STATEMENT listed herein. /s/Chris Jones CFO #3503044 with the County Clerk of NAME STATEMENT #570217 This statement was filed Santa Clara County on #571398 The following person(s) with the County Clerk of 10/15/2012. (pub Metro The following person(s) is (are) doing business Santa Clara County on 11/07, 11/14, 11/21, is (are) doing business as: Excel Financial, 9/24/2012. (pub Metro 11/28/2012) as: Diamond Certified 6472 Camden Ave., #21, 10/24, 10/31, 11/07, 11/14/2012) Plumbing, 1183 Palamos FICTITIOUS San Jose, CA, 95125, Ave., Sunnyvale, CA, Sheldon K. Perry, 1500 BUSINESS FICTITIOUS 94089, Robert Seet.

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 2â&#x20AC;&#x201C;April 19): In old Christian and Islamic lore, the dove was a symbol of the holy spirit.

The bird was considered so pure and sacred that the devil, who was an expert shapeshifter, could not take on its form. The dove had a different meaning in other traditions, however. Among the ancient Greeks, it had a special relationship with Aphrodite, the goddess of love. In Rome, its eggs were regarded as aphrodisiacs.

Drawing on all these meanings, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m nominating the dove to be your power animal in the coming week.

You will have an excellent chance to intensify your connection with divine truths through the power of love and erosâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and vice versa.

TAURUS (April 20â&#x20AC;&#x201C;May 20): Your next assignment

is to deepen and reďŹ ne your relationship with your temptations. That doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean you should shed all caution and simply give in to them. Rather, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m suggesting you escape the bind that makes you feel like you have to either ruthlessly repress your complicated longings or else thoroughly express them. Is there an in-between position you can ďŹ nd? A way you can appreciate the mysterious gift that the temptations confer and not be miserably obsessed by them? A perspective in which youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re neither tormented by guilt nor driven to compromise your integrity?

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GEMINI (May 21â&#x20AC;&#x201C;June 20): Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a bit like a professional jet pilot who is operating the pirate-ship ride at an amusement park. You have resemblances to a top chef whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shopping for gourmet ingredients in a seedy convenience store. In other words, Gemini, you may feel slightly off-kilter or dispossessed, even though you have a lot going for you. Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the best possible thing you could do while you wait for the fates to show you how to make a correction: Make it your intention to feel centered, poised, and at peace exactly as you are right now.

CANCER (June 21â&#x20AC;&#x201C;July 22): Contrary to conventional wisdom, there is currently enough food available to feed everyone on the planet. The problem is, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not distributed efďŹ ciently. Some people get far more food than they need, and even waste a lot of it, while less fortunate folks go hungry. I invite you to think about whether you might have a metaphorically comparable situation in your own life, Cancerian. Is there a part of your psyche thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s well-nurtured but a different part that receives meager shares of love and support? Are you overstuffed in one way but starved in another?

The coming weeks would be an excellent time to correct such an imbalance. (More on food: tinyurl. com/HungryWorld.)

LEO (July 23â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Aug. 22): This horoscope is not an advertisement for ceremonial shovels. I am receiving no payment from a ceremonial-shovel company for suggesting that you procure a customized, engraved gold-digging tool for your own personal use. And I will feel ďŹ ne if you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t actually get a real one but instead merely imagine yourself wielding a pretend version.

The fact is, Leo, the coming weeks will be an excellent time to do a groundbreaking ritual: to dig up the ďŹ rst scoop of metaphorical dirt in the place where you will build your future dream house, masterpiece, or labor of love.

VIRGO (Aug. 23â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Sept. 22): I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re fully

aware of the game youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been immersed in. You may even be in denial that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re playing it. If Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m right about this, please make it a priority to acknowledge whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going on and identify the exact nature of the game. You canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afford to be innocent about the subterranean forces that are in motion. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s especially important not to be too nice and polite to see the complicated truth. Please note: Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no need to be a cynical sharkâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;that would be as inappropriate a response as being a sweet little lamb. But you should deďŹ nitely activate your jungle senses.

LIBRA (Sept. 23â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Oct. 22): On Reddit.com, someone

asked members of the community the following: What is your best unanswerable question? Among the more serious offerings were â&#x20AC;&#x153;What is love?â&#x20AC;?; â&#x20AC;&#x153;What is magic?â&#x20AC;?; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Why is there something as opposed to nothing?â&#x20AC;?; and â&#x20AC;&#x153;What is the meaning of life?â&#x20AC;? Then there were more avant-garde possibilities: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Where do squirrels go during hurricanes?â&#x20AC;?; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Could Jesus microwave a burrito so hot that he himself could not eat it?â&#x20AC;?; and â&#x20AC;&#x153;If I asked you to sleep with me,

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would your answer be the same as the answer to this question?â&#x20AC;? After evaluating the current astrological omens, Libra, I urge you to pose your own best riddleâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a query that will provide maximum stimulation as you meditate on it during the next four months.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Nov. 21): An environmental

organization in New Zealand found that the local ďŹ shing industry wastes about 70 percent of its haul. In contrast, Iceland manages to use 96 percent of every ďŹ sh caught. For example, New Zealand companies throw away most of the liver, roe, and heads of the ďŹ sh, while Iceland has come up with ways to take advantage of all that stuff. Judging from your current astrological omens, Scorpio, I conclude that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s crucial for you to take your cue from Iceland rather than New Zealand in the coming weeks. Be inventive, efďŹ cient, and thorough in harnessing the power of all your raw materials.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Dec. 21): â&#x20AC;&#x153;They will say

you are on the wrong road,â&#x20AC;? said poet Antonio Porchia, â&#x20AC;&#x153;if it is your own.â&#x20AC;? I suspect you may have to deal with wrong-headed badgering like that in the coming weeks, Sagittarius. In fact, you could experience a surge of discouraging words and bad advice that tries to shoo you away from the path with heart. Some of the push may come from enemies, some from friends or loved ones, and some from deluded little voices in your own head. I hope you wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be demoralized by the onslaught but will instead respond like a brave hero who uses adversity as a motivating force.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Jan. 19): Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sure youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got thousands of practical details to attend to. Your schedule may be as busy as it has been in months.

But I hope you will ďŹ nd time to do what I consider essential to your well-being, and that is to wander and wonder. In fact, letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s make that your motto: to wander and wonder. Even if itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just for a few stolen moments between your serious appointments, allow yourself to meander off into the unknown and marvel at all the curious things you ďŹ nd. Be on the lookout for high strangeness that thrills your imagination, for exotic pleasures that titillate your lust for novelty, and for fertile chaos that blows your mind in all the right ways.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Feb. 18): James Joyce was

a great novelist but not much of a ďŹ ghter. He picked a more imposing and athletic buddy to go drinking with, though: Ernest Hemingway. If the two men encountered any alcohol-induced trouble, Joyce would slink behind his friend and yell, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Deal with him, Hemingway, deal with him!â&#x20AC;? I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t anticipate that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be in the vicinity of any bar scufďŹ&#x201A;es in the coming week, Aquarius. But I do think you would beneďŹ t from having a potent and persuasive ally on your side. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time to add some heft and clout to your arsenal of resources.

PISCES (Feb. 19â&#x20AC;&#x201C;March 20): Is it possible that you have been too receptive and empathetic for your own good lately? I mean, I love how attuned you are to the ebb and ďŹ&#x201A;ow of subtle energiesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of your most winsome and powerful qualitiesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;but I fear you may be going too far. As heroic as it might seem to be the most sensitive and responsive person in a 10-mile radius, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d rather see you work on being more self-contained right now. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why, for a limited time only, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m recommending that you turn the full force of your touchy-feely solicitude on yourself.

Homework: You can read free excerpts of my most recent book at http://bit. ly/GoodHappy. Tell me what you think at Truthrooster@gmail.com.

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