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KIDS IN THE HALL Study says Latino youth disproportionately tried as adults in county P13

BEYOND RELIEF Santa Cruz photojournalist and aid worker brings Nepal stories home P20

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OPINION

EDITOR’S NOTE When disaster strikes in another part of the world, it can seem very far away indeed— more than 7,500 miles, in the case of the earthquake that devastated Nepal in April.

But Santa Cruzans have a long history of thinking outside their borders, and assisting in disasterrelief efforts around the globe.

Sometimes that means being part of a large organization’s mobilization, but in this week’s cover story, Jacob Pierce writes about Santa Cruz’s Alekz Londos, who’s become something of a one-man international relief effort. Raising the money to travel to Nepal, he made his way beyond the urban centers that were getting aid from humanitarian groups to small villages that were

receiving no help at all. These are the kind of places that get lost in the overwhelming stats of a catastrophe that kills more than 9,000 people and injures more than 25,000. They’re the disaster victims who feel they’ve been forgotten by the rest of the world, yet their needs are every bit as dire— in one village where he provided supplies and basic medical care, 68 of the 69 buildings had been destroyed.

Londos’ work in Nepal reminds us what one person is capable of when they’re inspired to do good work in the world. The fact that he’s also a photojournalist who brought back pictures of what he saw there allows us to see the faces and places behind the news-reports’ numbers, and reminds us that whether it’s centered in Loma Prieta or Nepal’s Lamjung District, a natural disaster requires a humanitarian response from all of us.

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Randall Grahm is a Francophile and a brilliant marketer (GT, Aug. 5). But why is he considered so Santa Cruz? Mr. Bonny Doon? Look at the fourth-generation Beauregard family who actually grow Pinot Noir in Bonny Doon and established the appellation. And Grahm made his money—and then some—not from fulfilling his quixotic quest to make a great Pinot Noir, but from devoting all his allegedly iconoclastic energies going to the “dark side” and selling out (when he truly didn’t need the money) by producing commodity wines like Big House Red. Nothing wrong with making money, but a rebel? Spare me!

There are so many winemakers in the Santa Cruz Mountains whose wines have proven what Grahm says is impossible to achieve (for him and his money). How many times can Grahm tell the same story of creating something that’s not there? He’s like his wine—he hasn’t aged well. He’s a sales pitch. If you believe him, you’re not drinking wine, you’re drinking his Kool-Aid.

A few weeks back, Jake Pierce called to interview me about Airbnb. I am a host and have had great experiences with the guests who arrive. They ask for suggestions about where to eat, shop, see films, hear music.

They thank me for my recommendations and spend their money at various sites around Santa Cruz. We attract a culture that would ordinarily not stay at hotels or motels where more affluent people book.

Airbnb offers accommodations in tree houses, hammocks and bedrooms in the home of hosts. We offer friendliness and simplicity. Jake’s article did not quote me, but focused on the problems the city might have with Airbnb. Good Times needs to give a fair and balanced report on what the organization brings to the city’s coffers and to visitors who vacation here.

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Assemblymember Luis Alejo (D-Salinas) is inviting small-business owners of the 30th District to attend a marketing and social media workshop, from 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 14 at the Watsonville Community Center at 275 Main St. in Watsonville. The event will show business owners how to use social media to grow and promote their businesses. Yelp and Facebook will be the centerpoint of discussions about navigating today’s technology.

The Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County has approved $640,000 in grants to local nonprofits working in community development, education, health, and human services. Recipients include FarmLink, for its work helping farmers grow their businesses; Opportunity Fund Northern California, for its support of micro loans; Girls Inc., for its mentorship program; and Digital NEST, for its efforts to develop South County students and techies.

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LOCAL TALK

Will we rise up and take back our government?

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The dollar is so damn powerful that politics doesn’t really have anything to do with it anymore.

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I don’t know what it’s going to look like, but change is coming.

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Yes, rise up. It’s the only option.

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I generally have a positive outlook, so I would hope that we would rise up and reclaim our government, and become conscious active political beings.

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ROB BREZSNY FREE WILL ASTROLOGY Week of August 12 ARIES Mar21–Apr19

LIBRA Sep23–Oct22

To ensure the full accuracy of this horoscope, I have been compelled to resurrect an old-fashioned English word that isn’t used much any more: “gambol.� It means to cavort and frolic in a playful manner, or to romp and skip around with mad glee, as if you are unable to stop yourself from dancing. The astrological omens seem unambiguous in their message: In order to cultivate the state of mind that will enable you to meet all your dates with destiny in the coming weeks, you need to gambol at least once every day.

The Great Balancing Act of 2015 doesn’t demand that you be a wishy-washy, eager-to-please, self-canceling harmony whore. Purge such possibilities from your mind. What the Great Balancing Act asks of you is to express what you stand for with great clarity. It invites you to free yourself, as much as you can, from worrying about what people think of you. It encourages you to be shaped less by the expectations of others and more by what you really want. Do you know what you really want, Libra? Find out! P.S.: Your task is not to work on the surface level, trying to manipulate the appearance of things. Focus your efforts in the depths of yourself.

TAURUS Apr20–May20 Do you remember your first kiss? How about the first time you had sex? Although those events may not have been perfectly smooth and graceful, they were radical breakthroughs that changed your life and altered your consciousness. Since then, there may have been a few other intimate rites of passage that have impacted you with similar intensity. No doubt you will experience others in the future. In fact, I suspect that the next installments are due to arrive in the coming months.

Get ready for further initiations in these mysteries.

GEMINI May21–June20 Two-thirds of us don’t know what our strengths and talents are. That’s the conclusion of a study published in The Journal of Positive Psychology. One reason for the problem is what the report’s co-author Dr. Robert Biswas-Diener calls “strengths blindness,� in which we neglect our real powers because we regard them as ordinary or take them for granted. Here’s the good news, Gemini: If you suffer from even a partial ignorance about the nature of your potentials, the coming months will be a favorable time to remedy that glitch.

Life will conspire to help you see the truth. (Read more: bit.ly/truestrengths.)

CANCER Jun21–Jul22 In 1504, Michelangelo finished his sculpture of the Biblical hero David. But he hadn’t been the first person to toil on the 17-foot-high block of marble. Forty years earlier, the artist Agostino di Duccio was commissioned to carve David out of the stone. His work was minimal, however.

He did little more than create the rough shape of the legs and torso. In 1476, Antonio Rossellino resumed where Agostino had stopped, but he didn’t last long, either. By the time Michelangelo launched his effort, the massive slab had languished for 25 years. I see parallels between this story and your own, Cancerian. I suspect that you will be invited to take on a project that has been on hold or gotten delayed. This may require you to complete labors that were begun by others—or maybe instigated by you when you were in a very different frame of mind.

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“No tree can grow to Heaven unless its roots reach down to Hell,� wrote psychologist Carl Jung in his book Aion. My interpretation: We earn the right to experience profound love and brilliant light by becoming familiar with shadows and suffering. Indeed, it may not be possible to ripen into our most radiant beauty without having tangled with life’s ugliness. According to my understanding of your long-term cycle, Virgo, you have dutifully completed an extended phase of downward growth. In the next extended phase, however, upward growth will predominate. You did reasonably well on the hellish stuff; now comes the more heavenly rewards.

SCORPIO Oct23–Nov21 Muslims, Jews and Christians are collaborating to erect a joint house of worship in Berlin. The building, scheduled to be finished by 2018, will have separate areas for each religion as well as a common space for members of all three to gather. Even if you don’t belong to any faith, you may be inspired by this pioneering effort to foster mutual tolerance. I offer it up to you as a vivid symbol of unity. May it help inspire you to take full advantage of your current opportunities to heal schisms, build consensus, and cultivate harmony.

SAGITTARIUS Nov22–Dec21 In some phases of your life, you have been a wanderer.

You’ve had a fuzzy sense of where you belong. It has been a challenge to know which target you should aim your arrows at. During those times, you may have been forceful but not as productive as you’d like to be; you may have been energetic but a bit too inefficient to accomplish wonders and marvels. From what I can tell, one of those wandering seasons is now coming to a close. In the months ahead, you will have a growing clarity about where your future power spot is located— and may even find the elusive sanctuary called “home.�

Here’s a good way to prepare for this transition: Spend a few hours telling yourself the story of your origins.

Remember all the major events of your life as if you were watching a movie.

CAPRICORN Dec22–Jan19 You have been slowing to a crawl as you approach an exciting transition. But I’m here to advise you to resume normal speed. There’s no need for excessive caution. You have paid your dues; you have made your meticulous arrangements; you have performed your quiet heroisms. Now it’s time to relax into the rewards you have earned. Lighten your mood, Capricorn.

Welcome the onrushing peace and start planning how you will capitalize on your new freedom.

AQUARIUS Jan20–Feb18 “Most people reach the top of the ladder of success only to find it’s leaning against the wrong wall.�

Aquarian actor Paul Sorensen said that. It’s no coincidence that I’m bringing this theory to your attention right now. The coming months will be a good time to determine whether the ladder you have been climbing is leaning against the right wall or wrong wall. My advice is to question yourself at length. Be as objective as possible. Swear to tell yourself the whole truth. If, after your investigations, you decide it is indeed the wrong wall, climb down from the ladder and haul it over to the right wall. And if you’re satisfied that you are where you should be, celebrate!

PISCES Feb19–Mar20 When he served as Italian prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi denigrated the cuisine of Finland. “Finns don’t even know what prosciutto is,� he sneered. At best, he said, their food is to be “endured.� He mocked the “marinated reindeer� they eat. But Finland fought back against the insults. In an international pizza contest held in New York, their chefs won first prize for their “Pizza Berlusconi,� a specialty pizza that featured marinated reindeer. The Italian entry finished second. I foresee you enjoying a comparable reversal in the coming months, Pisces. And it all begins now.

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We are starting to notice and internalize that we are going to live a lot longer than anyone thought.

And the odds keep going up. In 1972 here in the States, the average number of years left after turning 85 was 5.5 years. By 2010 that had jumped to 6.5, which is impressive!

Partly due to a reduction in smoking, elder adults are just healthier and more aware than their parents.

Medicine is better, food choices are improving, yet we are not going to have the right housing for these older adults.

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Granny units are what we need, lots of them.

And when Granny sells her 3-bedroom 2.5 bath home with a big yard in the suburbs, will there be enough Millennials to take up that housing stock? That’s not clear yet. The Millennials are delaying marriage and kids or opting out completely for self-expressed lives traveling and building careers. Additionally, they love the action and ease of city life. Grab a cab, jump to the next party, walk to work, public transportation.

The suburbs? Ah, maybe not so much. The demographics are changing as fast as the culture, and it’s hard to see where it’s all going to go. But for sure we need to stop building the same kinds of neighborhoods, with the same old amenities.

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by Californiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sens. Boxer and Feinstein. I believe this upgrade to Monument status will bring additional protections and resources. Since I live adjacent to these BLM lands, I want this higher level of protection as the unit is opened for public access.

As a State Parks volunteer docent, I appreciate that nearby Big Basin Redwoods and Wilder Ranch state parks have

extensive trail systems. But continuing population growth means that additional high quality natural areas, like this National Monument expansion, need to be given maximum protection now.

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MEMORIES OF ANOTHER LIFE Laurie “Twilight” Jetter with her astrology dice, which represent planets

and houses and can be used to answer specific questions. PHOTO: CHIP SCHEUER

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anta Cruz’s Laurie “Twilight” Jetter believes she’s been an astrologer five or six times already, because she took to it like a fish in water. “My whole life has been about astrology. This is my calling,” Jetter says, a touch of her native upstate New York in her accent. It may sound crazy to anyone who doesn’t believe in past lives, or astrology, for that matter, but what began as a fourthgrade fascination with her classmates’ different personalities and their correlating birthdates blossomed into a thriving, almost-40-year-old career.

“The houses show where planets are expressed. It’s almost like they have to

live in that house, they’re learning how to be in that place,” Jetter explains of the birth chart—the slice of sky at the moment of birth. To be born with Uranus, the only planet that spins on its side, in your mind house, for instance, often indicates out-of-thebox thinking and sometimes genius.

And statistical analysis by Michel Gauquelin has found that sports champions often have Mars rising, known as the “Mars Effect.”

“The rising sign [the zodiac on the eastern horizon at the time of birth] is extremely powerful,” says Jetter. “And there are some theories that say it’s perhaps the sign that we could become in our next life, because we’re learning

to embody that, we’re learning to attract people of that and we’re learning to express that.” Add planets to the mix, and a person’s chart becomes full of intricate harmonies and contradicting energies— newspaper sun sign horoscopes barely scratch the surface.

Based on the placement of planets at my time of birth, Jetter pierced the plasma of my ego in the same way you’d want a close friend to tell you what she really thinks, before riding off into the full moon on her motorcycle.

Interestingly, many of her clients say they receive more insights in one session than they receive in years of therapy—and local psychologists often

For more information on Laurie Twilight and her fall classes, visit insightastrology.org or call 800-765-2738.

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Local astrologer Laurie Twilight blends psychology with astrology to help clients heal and thrive BY MARIA GRUSAUSKAS

refer their clients to her.

With a master’s degree in transpersonal psychology, Jetter specializes in childhood traumas, or “soul imprints,” which she can detect throughout the lifeline—even in utero and before, “or potentially even how someone may have passed away in their last life,” says Jetter, who is writing a book on her methodology.

These karmic points often get re-triggered in our adult lives, even if we think we’re done with them. Jetter believes that all wounds and talents come from past lives, and whether we are going to face them and work with them or not.

“We’re always evolving. It’s not like old-school astrology that says you’re always going to be like this, or you’re never going to get married. Any issues can become our strengths,” says Jetter.

Jetter’s readings also alert clients to windows of opportunities. Jupiter traveling through the house of money, for instance, represents a positive aspect for asking for a raise. “I also look at health predilections. Often a Jupiter cycle in the 6th house is when people can work on their health, and they put in one part and they get four parts back, so it’s a really important time to heal,” says Jetter.

One of her clients was going to spend a large amount of money on a new kitchen for her restaurant. “I told her to hold off because she had a death/birth aspect in November.

She went ahead and spent it and then had a lawsuit in November for a noise ordinance, went to court and lost, and suddenly everything unraveled and she lost her business,” says Jetter, who has countless stories like this one.

But Jetter is most interested in psychology and healing, though she’s successfully advised clients on such things as the best timing for in vitro fertilization, has advised companies on hiring and has even predicted natural disasters.

“What I do is refer people to what kind of healing they need to do,” she says, often recommending remedies via nutrition, essential oils and Bach Flower Remedies, and referrals to other local healers.

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atino youth in Santa Cruz County are being tried as adults at a rate 12 times higher than white teens.

This is the most eyebrow-raising statistic in a recent study into the state of our local juvenile justice system by the Santa Cruz County Commission on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (SCCJJDP).

To those in the criminal justice system, the trend is impossible to ignore. “It’s evident in juvenile hall,” says Fernando Giraldo, Santa Cruz County’s chief probation officer. “I was up there [this month]. We had 24 kids. 22 were Latino.”

Convicted youths tried as adults serve time in the county’s 40-bed juvenile hall and, if they are still serving time when they turn 18, are transferred to prison. Youths tried as juveniles, on the other hand, are often sent to group facilities, foster homes and various programs, then transferred to a statewide juvenile facility at 18.

When a teen between the ages of 14 and 18 is charged with certain violent and gang-related crimes, the Santa Cruz County District Attorney’s office has the option of moving the case to adult criminal court within 72 hours without any

review by a judge or the defense.

This option, called “direct file,” was created when California voters passed Proposition 21, or the Gang Violence and Juvenile Crime Prevention Act, in 2000.

Having three gang-related traits—like clothing, tattoos or even claims about being in a gang—can be enough to argue that a crime was gang-related. Judge Heather Morse, who is currently on the juvenile court, tells GT that this focus on gang ties could by itself be responsible for the higher number of Latinos than whites tried as adults. >14

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When the ProPublica article “How the Red Cross Raised Half a Billion Dollars for Haiti and Built Six Homes” went after the organization’s disaster relief efforts, the group’s national leadership went into damagecontrol mode.

The article, by Justin Elliott and Laura Sullivan, accused the American Red Cross of “broken promises,” “squandered donations,” and “dubious claims of success” in its Haiti campaign. Its clickbait-type headline was misleading, since even the authors don’t claim the group’s efforts in the country amounted to the building of only six homes. In fact, there was more speculation than hard data in the story, since the Red Cross never discloses where exactly all of its fundraising dollars go. Instead, Elliott and Sullivan attempted to paint a picture of systemic incompetence, an emphasis on publicity rather than substantive relief work, and even racism within the group’s Haitian campaign.

Following the article’s publication, the Red Cross issued a statement highlighting the group’s efforts to build hospitals, provide clean water and move people into makeshift tents—achievements also mentioned in the story. “When land was not available for new homes, the Red Cross provided a range of housing solutions including rental subsidies, repairs and retrofitting of existing structures, fulfilling our promise to ensure tens of thousands of Haitians are back in home,” according to the statement.

Two months later, Cynthia Shaw, Chief Communications Officer for the Red Cross, says the article has not slowed down donations or local community improvement efforts.

“I think a lot of people who really do know the Red Cross agree that it is not a fair assessment,” Shaw says. “I think a lot of our volunteers and donors are frustrated because the article is so egregious and biased.”

Certainly the group’s Santa Cruz volunteers appeared unfazed by the allegations on the morning of July 25, as

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NEWS TRYING TIMES <13 African American youths accounted for 7 percent of the direct-file cases tallied in the commission’s study, even though they are less than 2 percent of the county’s general population.

From 2006 to 2012, the county transferred 43 teen defendants’ cases to adult criminal court through direct file. District Attorney Jeff Rosell, who was appointed late last year, declined requests for comment for this story.

There do not appear to be authoritative statewide or national figures on this topic, because not all counties are tracking it, and most states do not have policies similar to direct file. But according to a report from the Campaign for Youth Justice, African-American youth make up 62 percent of the nation’s

youth prosecuted as adults, and are nine times more likely than white youth to receive an adult prison sentence. Latino children are 43 percent more likely than white youth to be tried as adults.

The SCCJJDP originally planned to present its study to the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors on Aug. 18, but had second thoughts after the death of Madyson Middleton at the Tannery Arts Center last month; her alleged killer was 15 years old.

With so many of the charges against him eligible for trial in adult court, even supporters of reform say it is hard to see how the DA could avoid direct filing against defendant Adrian Gonzalez. If convicted as an adult, Gonzalez, who is half Latino, could serve life behind bars. But under California law, when someone is tried as a juvenile, they cannot be held past the age of 25.

Still, some youth advocates, like Francis Guzman, attorney at the National Youth Law Center, believe that even in this case it would be wrong to go to criminal court. “I don’t believe any youth should be tried in the adult system,” Guzman says.

“It’s a terrible place for young people who are still developing, and are more prone to risky behavior or more susceptible to peer pressure.”

He says many people who commit violent crimes at a young age are often lashing out for things already done to them in the past. He adds that they are at a greater risk of both physical and sexual assault in prison once they are transferred at 18, as well as recidivism. Tracking these statistics separate from the average adult population has been a challenge for prisons.

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Back in 2010, the water district purchased a lot with a house on it in Boulder Creek, with the intention of adjusting lot lines and building water tanks on the $524,000 property. The trouble is, according to plaintiff Bruce Holloway, Bischoff was the listing agent for the property representing the district as the buyer. Both Vierra and Bischoff are realtors for Century 21 Showcase Realty Agents, Inc. of

Boulder Creek. The suit claims that no other board members, or the district’s attorney, Marc Hynes, seemed to know about this conflict of interest.

Holloway, a water district customer since 1982, became concerned about the district following water rate increases in 2010—about the same time the district acquired the property in question. He started attending board meetings regularly.

Hynes says the lawsuit is without merit because there are exceptions to the law governing conflicts of interest for public officials that allow this sort of contract. Hynes, who’s representing both Vierra and the board, says the district did know about Vierra’s ties to the property. He says he advised board members at the time that “there was nothing to worry about” as the board considered the purchase.

SLVWD was investigated last year by the Santa Cruz County

Civil Grand Jury, which found a number of “irregularities” going back many years—including unexplained losses in the district’s investment portfolio; operating without an approved budget for almost the entire 2013-2014 fiscal year; and numerous Brown Act violations.

Following the Grand Jury’s report, longtime District Manager Jim Mueller was fired.

Two longtime board members, Vierra and Jim Rapoza, chose not to run for re-election last November. A third, Larry Prather, was the election’s lowest vote getter. Newcomers were elected to the three open seats.

A hearing is scheduled for Sept. 15, in Santa Cruz County Superior Court. PATRICK DWIRE

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“At this point, they essentially are not actively looking to sell the company, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be sales,” says media reporter Ken Doctor, who writes for Nieman Journalism Lab and lives in Aptos.

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they entered a home in Live Oak with a hallway about a foot wide. Shoes were piled neatly on top of one another to save space, and the volunteers were greeted by a small dog with its nails painted hot pink.

Five people lived in the home—two shared a mattress, serving as a couch in the living room, and three others lived in rooms large enough to fit only their beds and piles of boxes. The family members, who asked that their names not be used, repeatedly expressed gratitude for the smoke alarms that the Red Cross volunteers installed.

Patsy Gasca and Camilla Cervantes are Red Cross employees in charge of the Santa Cruz disaster program. They keep morale alive with a positive attitude, as well as donated coffee and donuts. Before the installations began that morning, Cervantes and Gasca led a group orientation armed with name tags, a

whiteboard and the understanding of how to organize complete strangers.

In all, 48 homes were visited and 124 alarms were installed, one for each room in addition to the kitchen. Santa Cruz County just received notice that they are No. 1 in the country for smoke alarm installations, having installed more than 725 this year alone.

The local Red Cross manages to recruit professionals such as Gary Elliot, an ex-firefighter, and Dennis Alexander, an experienced Red Cross volunteer and a Seaside city council member.

Alexander juggles both roles, and says, “Even as a board member I make it a point to be a boots-on-the-ground team member.” Having volunteered after both Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Sandy, Alexander describes his most touching experiences as simply hearing the sincerity in a thank you.

“We watched people come back to their homes destroyed, and we were there just providing the basics,” he says. “You could just tell how much they appreciated it.”

Alexander is also a member of the local disaster action team, an on-call group of volunteers that assist in major disasters, from home fires and wildfires to lost hikers.

Alexander has been at two apartment fires, and just a few weeks ago took part in a local search-and-rescue of a hiker.

Shaw cites the current efforts of Red Cross volunteers in Lake County, where several dozen homes have been destroyed or damaged in a 5,000-acre fire, as an example of what the group’s infrastructure can accomplish.

“We have shelters open providing food, water, medicine, and mental health support.

Today we are opening up a multi-agency client service center where families can

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One of the more complicated parts of running the events for the Red Cross is explaining the frugality required by volunteers. During the installation event in Santa Cruz, disaster programs specialist Romina Cervantes says, “We are operating on a tight budget. We do not want to waste donor dollars.” The money for the alarms comes from the Red Cross National Fund, and everything needs to be logged to properly keep track of expenses.

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TRYING TIMES <14 prison at 18 and not addressing their pain, you are creating a monster,” Guzman says. “They will likely be exposed to assault, rape and affect others who are soon to come back home.”

Teens could be, and sometimes were, tried as adults in California for violent crimes before Proposition 21, which 65 percent of voters supported. The process, however, required a “fitness hearing” in front of a judge in which the defense and prosecution could argue the merits of transferring the trial based on the seriousness of the crime, past convictions and possible gang affiliations of the defendant.

Beverly Brook, the Santa Cruz County Jail chaplain, is also on the commission that released the new study. She would like to see more traditional fitness hearings and fewer direct-file cases. She says the 72-hour time limit for direct filing is too quick to take into account factors such as why a child was associating with gang members.

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Magnitudes of Crisis Santa Cruz photojournalist Alekz Londos on what he saw while providing disaster relief in parts of Nepal where other organizations wouldn’t go

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for a trip to Kathmandu. It took Londos over an hour to saw off the cast himself and replace it with a splint, which he took off two days later.

He also passed out his survival kits, which he assembles himself.

With 40 items, the “International Survival Kit,” which Londos also sells in local stores, is a combination of First Aid, survival and basic hygiene needs. It even has an organic, heirloom seed mix so that if it gets dropped somewhere, the seeds will grow and offset the carbon footprint the pack created.

The kit also has a rape alert whistle, but in Nepal those ended up in the kids’ hands. Throughout his 18-day trip, Londos heard their shrill sound all over the Himalayan foothills.

“All the time, there was whistles,” Londos says, flashing a rare smile, “and the parents just let the kids have them, so the kids were always blowing them. That was fun.”

This wasn’t Londos’ first natural disaster. He was in New Orleans to pass out food after Hurricane Katrina. He was in Ghana for the Ebola outbreak last year. He volunteered in New York after Superstorm Sandy, and in the Philippines after the super typhoon struck there in 2013.

In Nepal, Londos wasn’t just

bandaging injured villagers—he was also taking pictures. His images do more than show destruction of quiet villages. They offer a look at a people 7,900 feet above sea level eager to rebuild their homes and their lives.

What’s the first thing you did when you heard about the quake?

I was familiar with the area. I knew that most of the buildings and structures were built with rock and mud. And I had a friend who was there volunteering with a humanitarian organization. So I already knew what the structures were built like. Right away, when I found out there was an earthquake, I looked on Google. I knew the size of the earthquake and the approximate radius it would cover. I saw a town and a village and a city, and I researched their populations, and I came up with a couple hundred thousand people in a really close proximity. I was shocked; this just happened and no one even knows the severity of this earthquake. It’s not even in the news yet how densely populated this region is. I thought 10 to 20,000 deaths. I thought 30,000 injuries.

My estimates were slightly high …

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s we wrap up our interview, photojournalist Alekz Londos mentions how uncomfortable he gets talking about himself.

“I hate doing interviews. I get nervous,” Londos admits. “You make me nervous.”

Londos, a native Santa Cruzan who still lives here when he’s not traveling to aid and document disaster-relief efforts, is speaking intensely, as usual. He’s wearing a crisp, grey collared shirt and underneath it, a thick silver chain necklace. His beard is neatly shaped, his hair spiked. His eyes are green with a hue of reddish brown.

Londos has been telling me about his trip to Nepal this past spring. He landed two weeks after the magnitude-7.8 earthquake that decimated the region near Kathmandu, the country’s capital, on April 25.

The quake killed 9,000 people and injured 23,000 more. Londos was treating cuts and infections in small villages where the military, major media outlets or even aid organizations like the Red Cross wouldn’t go. At one point, two parents brought him their daughter, who had a cast on her arm. The family didn’t have the time or money

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FOUR-LEGGED FRIEND A villager walks past the rubble of Apun. This village dog often followed community members on adventures. PHOTO: ALEKZ LONDOS

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Imagine a serene, scenic, peaceful village with rock walls and nice pathways. Their trees and

agriculture and their animals—just how they have it set up from the pictures I’ve seen—it seems like they live this perfect lifestyle in the Himalayan foothills. They’re sustainable. They live off the land.

They recently acquired electricity in 2012; they’re away from war and pollution for the most part, and

crime … They had a life that many people in America would dream of.

How different did it look when you arrived?

Apun, the village that I stayed in which was in the epicenter of the Ghorka District, is far out there.

From Kathmandu, it took two hours

on a paved road, six hours on a huge, lifted four-by-four vehicle on a dirt road—and then a threehour hike into the mountains. So, I was at 7,900 feet elevation in the Himalayan foothills. It takes a whole day to get out there.

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When I first went from Kathmandu, it was two weeks after the earthquake. We were the first ones to enter the region on any vehicle.

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There were cracks and divots [in the road], and we’d have to rearrange it just to get out there. There’s no driving [in the villages]. There were no cars and no fuel. There’s not even any roads.

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They happened all the time. I think I felt seven large aftershocks. Some

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any mood that might have powered the last acts of the play. Instead, thanks to the loud tittering and rattling of bags, bottles, and plastic containers, the play could do little but dwindle its dusty way to conclusion.

Among the highlights was opening night’s eerie prophecy scene, in which the three witches first confront Macbeth and Banquo, changing their fortunes forever. Heightened by electronic sound manipulation, ritualistic movement, and atmospheric effects, the scene was genuinely chilling. Pacing of scene transitions throughout the production was smooth and swift. Kudos to B. Modern for outfitting the cast in such vibrant period costumes— leather and kilts are always a treat.

To lighting designer Kurt Landisman goes credit for flooding the forest with terrifying effects and brooding atmosphere. Sound designer Rodolfo Ortega’s heroic flourishes and anthemic transitions did much to herald the big changes and political consequences afoot for Scotland. The vocal transformations of witches speech were, yes, bewitching.

Since Macbeth is a dark drama of murderers coming unglued, surely the play requires a growing sense of impending doom. I would have liked more fire, more urgency in the wordplay. The dramatic high point came as Macduff (a powerhouse Toby Onwumere) discovers the murders of his family and vows revenge upon Macbeth.

It’s strange that Macbeth himself (Steve Pickering, given lines that any actor would kill for) seemed only mildly distressed by the death of his wife (played with great poise

by Melinda Parrett). Perhaps the decision to have her “corpse” lying heavily across his lap compromised his “sound and fury” speech.

Bold casting decisions gave us the earnest young Sierra Jolene as Malcolm, the future monarch of Scotland. And the luckless Banquo was played by the leather-clad Greta Wohlrabe, hell-bent on payback.

Such casting might add new texture and perspective to the drama for some viewers. Or perhaps a battle lost, not won. In the crucial banquet scene Banquo appeared not as a terrifying undead spectre, mocking the fevered conscience of Macbeth, but as a swaggering warrior, leaping on top of the dining table to confront the illicit king.

One perplexing result of casting came when the play opened not with the ethereal mischief of the weird sisters asking when they three will meet again, but with background discussion of how the Thane of Cawdor has vanquished a pack of Norwegians. This was partly due to casting a single actor as both Ross and the First Weird Sister. In the interests of costuming this actor for one of those roles, the other role was sacrificed. Hence we are denied the visual pleasure of the three witches appearing together in their final scene. Weird indeed.

Nothing is ever as immersive as live theater, and for the next few weeks the Scottish play fills the enchanted redwood glen. With the benefit of more performances, this handsome production of Macbeth should grow tighter and more assured in the coming weeks.

‘Macbeth’ runs through Aug. 30 in the Festival Glen at UCSC. Go to santacruzshakespeare.org for more details.

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AUTHOR OF NOTE Susan Casey discusses her new book about dolphins on Friday, Aug. 14, at Bookshop Santa Cruz.

Next of Fin Susan Casey explains how our understanding of dolphins continues to evolve and surprise BY WENDY MAYER-LOCHTEFELD beachgoers, swimmers and boaters alike are dolphins. There are many species here—Pacific white-sided dolphins, Risso’s dolphins, and the incredibly sleek and finless Northern Right Whale dolphins, to name a few.

What these gregarious and highly social mammals have in common is a keen intelligence and seeming selfawareness that continues to challenge our notions about what defines a sentient being.

Writer, former editor of O magazine, and marine adventurer Susan Casey has always claimed her best life to be aquatic. She has shared this fascination with the ocean through books like The Devil’s Teeth, about great whites and the Farallon islands, The Wave, which takes readers on

an adrenaline-fueled ride down the faces of some of the world’s biggest waves, and her newest book, Voices in the Ocean: A Journey into the Wild and Haunting World of Dolphins.

Two years after her father died, Casey was still in mourning when she took a swim in Honolua Bay, off the coast of Maui. A pod of about 50 spinner dolphins surrounded her, and as they dove and leapt and played in her presence, they sparked a curiosity that took her on a journey around the world. The result is an evocative, meticulously researched attempt to understand why these animals evoke such an emotional response in humans. “I’ve come to the conclusion that they really are a sort of mirror of us,” Casey says. “When you look in the

Susan Casey will discuss ‘Voices in the Ocean: A Journey into the Wild and Haunting World of Dolphins’ at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 14, at Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. Free.

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acific Ocean water temperatures along the California coast peak in August, and Santa Cruz beaches crowd accordingly, swimmers eager to finally “skin it” in water that usually demands a wetsuit as the price of admission.

Cold water is never a barrier, however, to the abundant population of sea life beneath the waves. From the great white sharks that cruise our underwater canyons to the humpbacks that show off for tourists and sea lions that lounge among the pilings beneath the wharf, we are blessed with the comings and goings of creatures that have long sparked our collective imagination.

Perhaps the most likely to delight

eye of a dolphin, there’s recognition.”

Through pioneering (and controversial) work by early researchers like John Lilly, and follow up by renowned scientists like Lou Herman and countless others, Casey helps us understand the depth of language and communication skills that dolphins exhibit. They count, they grieve, they deduce and seduce. “They understand syntax in sentences,” she says, “also concepts like presence and absence. They innovate, and understand subtle changes in language. In Herman’s work, at the end, I believe they understood something like 2,000 sentences, and picked up new things quickly, as well.”

The connection we feel to dolphins is heightened by tales of their coming to our rescue and bonding with us in wild settings. Casey presents great stories of such events, like the dolphin loyal to an Irish village, and the pod of dolphins who rescued a girl who attempted suicide. She even writes about New Age enthusiast groups like Dolphinville that swim with wild spinner dolphins reliably found along the Kona coast. She readily acknowledges that Dolphinville’s beliefs about alien life and DNA messages encoded in dolphin sonar are “clear nonsense,” but can’t help feeling enchanted by their loving approach and respect for the animals.

She notes, as well, the dark side to our fascination with these creatures.

Casey travels to Japan and the Solomon islands, where dolphins are brutally slaughtered in staggering numbers. She exposes the truth behind a multi-billion-dollar captivity industry where dolphins are rounded up for sale to marine parks. She lays out the threats from pollution and overfishing, imploring us to do better.

But she leaves us on the sunlit island of Crete, among the beauty of faded frescoes that depict our truly ancient kinship with dolphins, in hopes that our shared history, mutual intelligence, and continuing sense of wonder can forge a better co-existence.

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SUPER VILLAINS Vaud & the Villains play Moe’s Alley on Saturday, Aug. 15.

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n 2007, Andy Comeau and Dawn Lewis were planning their wedding. Bruce Springsteen’s album We Shall Overcome: the Seeger Sessions—a rambunctious, joyful tribute to American folk music with a dozen-plus collaborators—had just been released, and the couple wanted to find a group similar to Springsteen’s for their ceremony.

Not surprisingly, they weren’t able to find one. They realized if they wanted something like that, they would have to create it themselves—so they did. They took the names Vaud Overstreet and Peaches Mahoney, and went to work creating Vaud & the Villains, a lively, swinging-from-therafters musical adventure that blends

American roots music, New Orleans soul, Moulin Rouge aesthetics, and 1930s gangster noir.

Now an 18-piece Los Angeles-based ensemble that includes classically trained and self-taught musicians, cabaret dancers, and wild characters of all types, Vaud & the Villains transports the audience from the 21st century into a universe of zoot suits, dance halls, traveling medicine shows and speakeasies.

The group plays folk standards such as “John Henry,” “O Mary Don’t You Weep,” “Jacob’s Ladder,” and “St. James Infirmary” with the energy of a rock ’n’ roll show.

“In the beginning, we were doing

old traditionals and spirituals,” says Overstreet. “Then we started to imagine, ‘What if you played an Aerosmith song in 1930? What would it have sounded like?’”

That question informed the direction of the group. With names like Lucky LaFontaine, Onestring King, Low Down Kate, Two Boots Overstreet, Babyface, and Big Daddy, the Villains toss out their modern lives in favor of something far more mysterious, underground and exciting.

All the players have stories that accompany their names. Overstreet is a charlatan, seducer and tenor saxophone player who led a medicine show; Mahoney is a pickpocket,

canary, and leggy dancin’ dame; Big Daddy is a fence, loan shark, slumlord, warlord, liquor-makin’, bet-takin’, leg-breakin’ fiddle man; Babyface is a junker, wisecracker, longshorewomanmarryin’, banjo-strumming man.

“When we created this, we never wanted anyone to use their real name,” says Overstreet. “We want it to transport you. To help with that mirage, we wanted colorful names and costumes, and have little tidbits—little pieces that make people buy into the whole thing.”

As the name suggests, this is no squeaky-clean take on American history—this is gritty and edgy, and at times dark, but it’s also uplifting. Vaud & the Villains create a world where anyone, regardless of their story, can go to forget their troubles and join in the romp.

The group borrows their motto from an Oscar Wilde quote: “Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.”

And, in another nod to Springsteen, the Villains sing his version of the folk song “This Train.” Where countless other artists sing that the train doesn’t carry gamblers, liars, conmen and the like, Springsteen sings that his train carries the gamblers and the liars, and everybody else.

“Springsteen said, ‘Everyone get on the train, everyone is welcome on the train,’” says Overstreet. “That really connected with us. There are people you wouldn’t necessarily want to be friends with, but they’re singing along with the songs and everyone’s feeling this uplifting thing together.”

Vaud & the Villains don’t try to appeal to any one group, and in that approach, they attract young people, old people, and everyone in-between, including those from different cultures, demographics and styles.

“It’s two hours of letting everything else go and just having fun,” says Mahoney, explaining that they end shows with the old gospel song, “This Little Light of Mine.”

“It’s such a great way to bring people together,” she adds. “It doesn’t matter what religion, age or ethnicity you are, everyone sings it. It’s this great, collaborative moment.”

Vaud & the Villains will perform at 9 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 15 at Moe’s Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz. $13/adv, $17/ door. 479-1854.

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GREEN FIX

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‘QUEEN OF THE SUN: WHAT ARE THE BEES TELLING US?’ SCREENING Bees are at the center of everything we eat—they pollinate the flowers and plants that animals eat, that humans in turn digest. They are at the center of the food cycle, which is why their mysterious disappearance could have catastrophic ramifications. Queen of the Sun is a look at the bee crisis through the heartfelt struggles of beekeepers, scientists, and philosophers alike, including Michael Pollan, Gunther Hauk and Vandana Shiva—revealing the problem that requires renewing a culture in harmony with nature. Inner Light Center hosts a screening and potluck this Friday with free popcorn and tea.

Info: 6:30-9:30 p.m., Friday, Aug.14, Inner Light Center, 5630 Soquel Drive, Soquel. 426-1306. innerlightministries. com. Donation appreciated.

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PESCADERO ARTS AND FUN FESTIVAL

Info: 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, Aug.15-16. Pescadero IDES Grounds, 22 Stage Road, Pescadero.

650-879-0848. pescaderoartsandfunfestival.org

WEDNESDAY 8/12 ARTS KIDS MAKE MUSIC Make an instrument, learn about it, then make music. 2-3 p.m. Santa Cruz Children’s Museum of Discovery, 1855 41st Ave., Capitola. 888424-8035. Free with museum admission or membership.

MAKE NATURAL SKIN-CARE PRODUCTS Learn to make your own summertime natural skin-care line to protect your skin, improve overall immunity, and create glow from the inside out. RSVP required. 7-9 p.m.

New Leaf Community Market community classroom, 1101 Fair Ave., Santa Cruz. newleafwestside.eventbrite.com. $25 or $20 for two.

CLASSES SALSA RUEDA CLASSES Learn how to dance and get fit at the same time. No partners needed. Drop-ins welcome. 7-9 p.m. Portuguese (CPDES) Hall by Costco and Harvey West Park. bailamossalsarueda. com. $7/$5.

BATERIA SAMBA CRUZ Come learn drums, percussion, and join in the carnival rhythms of Brazil. All levels welcome.

Instruments provided. 8-9:15 p.m. Raizes do Brasil Capoeira Center, 207 McPherson St. 435-6813. $10.

GROUPS ACA: SILENT READING FOLLOWED BY OPTIONAL SHARING ACA is a 12-step program for women and men who grew up in any type of dysfunctional home. 8:30-9:30 a.m. Live Oak Family Resource Center, Small Conference Room Downstairs, 1740 17th Ave., Santa Cruz. 239-9904. allone.com.

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SATURDAY 8/15-SUNDAY 8/16 SAN FRANCISCO MIME TROUPE ‘FREEDOMLAND” Mimes are supposed to be seen and not heard, right? Not these mimes. They take the mimicry to a whole new level—one that’s louder and rowdier. The San Francisco Mime Troupe skewers the issues of contemporary society—they’ve been performing a series of experiments since 1959 in public spaces, lofts, attics, and anywhere else they’re allowed.

Awarded a 1987 Tony for Excellence in Regional Theater, and a Gadfly Award, the SFMT strives to be an all-inclusive theater troupe that works with educational youth programs around the Bay Area. This weekend’s shows satirize the War on Drugs. After Saturday’s show, UCSC lecturer in planning and policy Pietro Calogero, Sin Barras’s Willow Katz and Keith McHenry from Santa Cruz Resistance Against Militarization will give a 30-minute post-show talk-back.

Info: 2:30 p.m., San Lorenzo Park, Santa Cruz. smft.org. Free.

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Founded in 1991 by a group of local artists searching for an artistic outlet amongst the Pescadero hills, the Pescadero Arts and Fun Festival has grown to become the event of the year to showcase local talent and bring in visitors from far and wide to the culture and life of Pescadero. With the gorgeous backdrop of Pescadero’s ocean and forest views, the Pescadero festival promotes local schools and scholarships to seniors through grant programs. Join artisans and artists for a Pescadero-style display of creativity and a “down home, country good time.”

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MEDITATION FOR LIFE Simple, basic meditation technique that focuses on the breath. Floor cushions and chairs provided.

7-8 p.m. Branciforte Plaza, 555 Soquel Ave., Studio # 245, Santa Cruz. russ@holeyboy. com. Free, donations accepted.

JUNIPER MEDITATION FOR MODERN LIFE Includes meditation, talk, discussion on Buddhist training for modern life. 7:30-9 p.m. Pacific Cultural Center, Gallery room. pam@juniperpath.org. $10.

THURSDAY 8/13 CLASSES SALSA DANCING CUBAN-STYLE Class for intermediate dancers and up features a variety of Cuban style dancing. 7-8 p.m.

Louden Nelson Community Center, Santa Cruz. salsagente.com. $9/$5 students.

SALSA RUEDA DANCING DOWNTOWN For Beginner level 2 and up. Basic Salsa skills required. 8-9 p.m. Louden Nelson Community Center, Santa Cruz. salsagente. com. $9/$5 students.

CONVERSATIONS IN SPANISH Teaching Spanish to children through stories and crafts. 3:30-4 p.m. Santa Cruz Children's Museum of Discovery, Capitola. 888-4248035. Free with museum admission or membership.

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BACK TO SCHOOL STORE TOUR Meal planning ideas, food demo, and recipes for the school year, including healthy breakfasts, lunches and snacks. RSVP required. 5:30-7 p.m. New Leaf Community Market community classroom, 1101 Fair Ave., Santa Cruz. newleafwestside. eventbrite.com. Free

GROUPS A COURSE IN MIRACLES—SANTA CRUZ REGULAR MEETING We informally but deeply study this great book, taking a few paragraphs each week. Books provided, regular attendance not required. 7:15-9 p.m. Barn Studio at 104b Agnes St., Santa Cruz. 272-2246, spiritualear.org/acim (map). Free.

LOVING MORE POLY POTLUCK AND DISCUSSION GROUP All orientations,

identities, and relationship varieties welcome. 7:15-9:15 p.m. Fellowship Room, Friends Meeting House, 225 Rooney St., Santa Cruz. 925-895-3424 or goodheartduck@gmail.com. Donation: $5/$10.

ACA WOMEN IN RECOVERY Women only.

Discussion, speaker, steps, book Study, fellowship text, non-Smoking. 5:30-6:30 p.m. Quaker Meeting House, 225 Rooney St., Santa Cruz. 359-2932. allone.com.

SECOND ANNUAL AIM FOR THE CURES DINNER Join fellow supporters of AIM for Mental Health for the Cures Dinner during the Concours D’Elegance event week. All proceeds go to find cures for kids’ mental health disorders.

American Idol finalist and Santa Cruz’s own James Durbin will perform. Auction Autos Wine Tasting of Monterey County’s Premium Wines Gourmet Dinner by Pebble Beach Chefs Live Auction. 5-9 p.m. Parc Du Concours Venue Tent, Pebble Beach, at the corner of Portola and Stevenson drives. Susan 594-8566, aimformentalhealth.org

FRIDAY 8/14 ARTS WINE AND WATERCOLOR CLUB Two-hour class featuring a seasonal still life, paint, paper, and brushes. Bring your friends and enjoy a glass of wine or kombucha while tapping into your creative abilities. RSVP required. 6-8 p.m. New Leaf Community Market, 1101 Fair Ave., Santa Cruz. newleafwestside.eventbrite.com. $15.

QUEEN OF THE SUN: WHAT ARE THE BEES TELLING US? Potluck and movie night, sponsored by Inner Light Center’s Environmental Ministry. Bring a dish to share, fellowship, and then watch a film with us. We will have a discussion afterward about how to implement real solutions for the bees. 6:309:30 p.m. Inner Light Center, Social Hall, 5630 Soquel Drive, Soquel. 462-9644. Donation.

ART WITH MOD Arts and craft time. 11 a.m.-Noon. Santa Cruz Children’s Museum of Discovery, Capitola. 888-424-8035. $7/$5/Free.

CLASSES BOOMER YOGA Gentle stretching and breathing relaxes the body and builds strength. Ages 45 and up. 10-11:30 a.m.

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Info: 8 p.m., Veterans Memorial Hall of Santa Cruz County, 846 Front St., Santa Cruz. $18-$25.

ARE YOU A COMBAT VET WHO MISSES Louden Nelson Community Center, Santa Cruz. 420-6180. $5/$5.50.

GROUPS NAR-ANON FAMILY GROUPS - GREATER BAY AREA SANTA CRUZ Nar-Anon GBA Santa Cruz offers three meetings in support of friends and families of addicts.

We meet weekly to share our experience, strength and hope. Santa Cruz, Aptos and Scotts Valley. naranoncalifornia.org/norcal

Helpline: 291-5099 or saveyoursanity@aol. com. Free/Donations.

CLUTTERERS ANONYMOUS 12-step program every Friday. There is hope for order and serenity in your life. You are not alone.

5:30-6:45 p.m. Sutter Room, Sutter Maternity & Surgical Center, 2900 Chanticleer Ave., Santa Cruz. 359-3008. Free.

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VITAMIN B12 FRIDAY B12 increases energy, improves mood, enhances sleep, promotes immunity and helps the body handle stress with more ease. 3-6 p.m. Thrive Natural Medicine 2840 Park Ave., Soquel. 515-8699. $15.

MUSIC LIVE MUSIC AT ZIZZO’S COFFEEHOUSE & WINE BAR Singer/Songwriter/Pianist Jennifer Bloomer will be performing her own heartfelt songs. 7-9 p.m. Zizzo’s Coffeehouse & Wine Bar, Brown Ranch Shopping Center, 3555 Clares St., Capitola. Free.

SATURDAY 8/15 ARTS FREEDOMLAND San Francisco Mime Troupe performs at San Lorenzo Park. Saturday & Sunday. Music starts at 2:30 p.m. sfmt.org.

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COMMUNITY TELEVISION ORIENTATION Learn about community television and how to produce or work on TV shows. 2-3:30 p.m.

816 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. 425-8848| ext 33. Free.

HEALTH ART FOR HEALING For women living with cancer: Paint or draw. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Call 457-2273. Free.

QIGONG FOR WOMEN LIVING WITH CANCER Learn specific tools for managing side effects of cancer treatments. Meets every third Saturday. 2-3 p.m. Pacific Cultural Center. WomenCARE. Free.

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THE MUSIC OF YOGA Kirtan is the ancient art of singing and meditation. No prior yoga, Kirtan or meditation experience is necessary.

Join us for singing, dancing chanting and sound healing. 7:30-10:30 p.m. Divinitree Yoga Studio 1043B Water St., Santa Cruz.

Events@LivingDevotion.org. $10/$20.

NOW AND THEN It’s always a good time for oldies. 6-9 p.m. Davenport Roadhouse Restaurant and Inn, 1 Davenport Ave., Davenport. davenportroadhouse.com. Free.

GIVE BACK BASH Third annual celebration where 100 percent of the tickets go to

charity nonprofits. With live music, photo booth, dance performance, live painting, fabulous food. 5-9 p.m. Food Lounge, 1001 Front St., Santa Cruz. mkarst.scs@gmail. com. santacruzsocialites.com.

OUTDOORS GRIZZLY BEAR FESTIVAL Celebrate the once-abundant predator. Learn about the Grizzly Bear, Native American-influenced crafts, activities, stories, and special guest speaker. Noon-4 p.m. Rancho del Oso 3600 Hwy 1, Davenport. 427-2288. Free.

SPIRITUAL EARTH ENERGY WALK—COMMUNITY SEED EARTH SPIRIT FELLOWSHIP Join your local Pagan Earth Spirit Fellowship for a silent meditative walk through one of Santa Cruz’s natural treasures. Meet up details here: communityseed.org/ongoingevents/energy-walks. 9:45 a.m.-Noon.

Panther Beach (Off Highway 1). espi@ communityseed.org. Free.

VOLUNTEER PROSPECTIVE TUTOR ORIENTATION Make a difference in someone’s life. Attend a one-hour Prospective Tutor Orientation.

No teaching or foreign language experience necessary. 10-11 a.m. 1740 17th Ave., Santa Cruz. Free.

SUNDAY 8/16 ARTS SOUTH COAST ARTISTS’ ALLIANCE ART SHOW 25th annual South Coast Artists’ Alliance art show opens to the public Friday, Aug. 14. In 2014, commissions from the show funded over $10,000 for local kids’ art programs in Pescadero schools. The show runs concurrently with the Pescadero Art and Fun Festival on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 15 and 16. No admission fee.

10 a.m.-6 p.m. 10 Stage Road, Pescadero. southcoastartistsalliance.org or 650-8790795. Free.

CLASSES SALSA FOOTWORK AND WORKOUT Learn how to dance and get fit at the same time.

9-10 a.m. The Tannery, 1060 River St., Santa Cruz. 818-1834. BailamosSalsaRueda.com. $7/$5.

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SATURDAY 8/15 GRIZZLY BEAR FESTIVAL

Info: Noon-4 p.m., Rancho Del Oso Nature Center. 3600 Hwy 1, Davenport. 427-2288.

BEGINNER SALSA RUEDA Drop-ins welcome. No experience or partners needed. Wear comfortable clothes. Only clean shoes on the dance floor. 6:30-7:30 p.m. The Tannery, Santa Cruz. 818-1834.

BailamosSalsaRueda.com $7/$5.

ESSENTIAL OILS FOR ROMANCE Learn about the overall benefits of essential oils and how they can be used to enhance a romantic evening. Make personalized bath salts. 1-2 p.m. Mountain Spirit, 6299 Hwy 9, Felton. 335-7700. $10.

GROUPS SERENITY FIRSTâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;PAGANS IN RECOVERY Weekly meeting with a Pagan flair, where guests are free to discuss their spiritual paths, including those which are naturebased and goddess-centered. 7:15-8:15 p.m. MHCAN, 1051 Cayuga St., Santa Cruz.

Room 12. 925-895-3424. Free/Donations.

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Just as we engage in rain dances to invite the rain clouds to gather (we do that, right?) perhaps we should also dance for the return of the grizzly bear. With Native American-inspired crafts and activities, the folks at Rancho del Oso will celebrate the legacy of the big olâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; teddy bear with an afternoon of educational sessions to commemorate the clawed king of the forest.

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CALENDAR <41 song, circle dance, music, freeform movement with colored materials, pastel drawing, writing and sharing circle.

Art and writing materials included. By adv. reservation. 2-4 p.m. Directions given with RSVP. 332-8340. $10/Free.

THIRD SUNDAYS IN SAN LORENZO Third Sundays will feature the work of local artists.

Walk beneath the shade of trees and enjoy the park as you peruse the work of local artists. Stop by just to take a look at these beautiful pieces or purchase some art to take home. 12:30-3 p.m. San Lorenzo Park.

Free.

SPIRITUAL

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GUIDED MEDITATION Stabilizing meditation followed by guided contemplation on various Dharma topics.

Doors close at 9:35 a.m. 9:30-10:30 a.m.

Land of Medicine Buddha, 5800 Prescott Road, Soquel. 462-8383. Donation.

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PRESENTATION Memory loss that disrupts daily life is not a typical part of aging. The presentation will cover the 10 warning signs and share experiences of people affected by Alzheimer’s. RSVP is requested: ggoudreau@ alz.org or 800-272-3900 to sign up. 4-6 p.m.

Scotts Valley Library, 251 Kings Village Road, Scotts Valley. Free.

TUESDAY 8/18 CLASSES INTRODUCTION TO TAI CHI AND CHI KUNG FOR SENIORS Tai Chi is an ancient Chinese exercise system benefitting the internal organs and joints. 11 a.m.-Noon.

Louden Nelson Community Center. 4206180. $2/$2.25.

GROUPS

INSPIRATIONAL MEDITATION SERVICE Includes inspirational readings from the teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda. 11 a.m.-Noon. Call for location, 334-2088.

MOOD MATTERS Weekly, confidential, dropin peer support group for persons with any type of mood challenge. 6-8 p.m. MHCAN, Room 12, 1051 Cayuga St., Santa Cruz. 2471124. Free.

SUNDAY SERVICE WITH HEART CIRCLE A spiritual community exploring the Divine Nature. 10-11:30 a.m. 920 41st Avenue, #H (behind Family Cycling Center). heartcirclecsl.com. Free.

MOD GARDENING CLUB Children learn to take care of and learn about the MOD Children’s Garden. 11 a.m.-11:30 p.m. Santa Cruz Children’s Museum of Discovery, Capitola. 888-424-8035. $7/$5/Free.

MONDAY 8/17

MUSIC

CLASSES

BILLY MANZIK AT DAVENPORT ROADHOUSE Manzik delivers a driving roots rock sound, complete with catchy riffs, lyrical hooks and a feel-good, toe-tapping kind of style. 6-9 p.m. Davenport Roadhouse Restaurant and Inn. davenportroadhouse. com. Free.

CREATIVE WRITING FOR FUN (SENIORS) Learn how to make creative writing easy and enjoyable in this friendly and supportive class. Stories, poetry, journaling and memoirs. 1-2:30 p.m. Louden Nelson Community Center. 420-6180. $4/$4.25.

PING PONG FOR SENIORS No partners necessary and all levels welcome.

9-11:30 a.m. Louden Nelson Community Center. 420-6180. Donations.

BEGINNING HIP-HOP FOR ADULTS This energetic and calorie-burning class focuses on rhythm, isolations, syncopation and stage presence. No prior dance experience required. 7-8 p.m. 320 Encinal St., Santa Cruz. International Academy of Dance Santa Cruz. $10.

HEALTH FREE ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION

SPIRITUAL PATH TO ENLIGHTENMENT STUDY GROUP This group meets to review and discuss materials on the steps of spiritual development as outlined in the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition. 6:30-8 p.m. Vajrapani Institute for Wisdom Culture. drolma@ vajrapani.org. Free.

REFRESH YOUR HEBREW READING ”Hebrew Through Song & Prayer.”

Chadeish Yameinu. The Jewish Renewal Congregation. Noon-1:15 p.m. Aptos location.

RSVP to Rabbi Eli at: rebeli@sbcglobal.net. $48/Donation.

SATURDAY 8/15 AND TUESDAY 8/18 HENRY KAISER Acclaimed Santa Cruz guitarist Henry Kaiser, who recently returned from teaching at Richard Thompson’s guitar camp, plays as part of two events this week. The Free Improvisation pioneer and ethnomusicologist, who has played on some 270 recordings and is known for everything from his international travels with David Lindley to his scores for Werner Herzog documentaries like Grizzly Man and Encounters at the End of the World, will perform at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History on Saturday, Aug. 15, as part of a book reading/music event by Greg Anton (in conversation with Grateful Dead archivist Nick Meriwether) that also features Michael Kang and John Sherred (7-10 p.m.; $15). He will also play at Don Quixote’s on Tuesday, Aug. 18, as part of “When Music Worlds Collide,” a night of cross-cultural sounds that also features celebrated bassist Michael Manring; jazz, classical and trad-Indian guitarist Todd Mosby; Deepak Ram, known for North Indian classical music; and iconic Santa Cruz drummer Rick Walker Info:. INFO: 7-10 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 15, Museum of Art & History, $12/$15, and 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 18, Don Quixote’s, 6275 Hwy 9, Felton. $12/adv, $15/door, donquixotesmusic.info.

CALENDAR

1000s of Adult DVDs for sale or rental Huge selection of Lingerie, Lube and Adult Toys, Bachelor/ette Party Supplies

FREE PARKING

Everything from Leather to Lace, Bondage, Fetish, Massage Oils, Love Kits, Games, Cuffs, Ticklers, Edibles, Erotica, Kama Sutra, Body Paints, Condoms, Gag gifts & much more!

Knowledgeable Staff Female Friendly 18 & over with ID

Way too sexy for Downtown since 1969

3960 Portola Drive, Santa Cruz 831-475-9221 Open Sun-Thurs 9am-11pm Fri-Sat 9am-1am

Fine handcrafted furniture

INDIEGOGO GRAPE NEW WORLD INITIATIVE New and lavish opportunities for wining, dining and celebrity schmoozing have just been added to the stack of delicious benefits available to those who accept Randall Grahm’s New World grape-funding challenge. You could have a grape named after yourself—a selfie with liquid benefits, so to speak. Or you might consider joining winemaker Grahm and mega-chef Mario Batali for dinner at Batali’s high-wattage Greenwich Village restaurant Babbo. Fancy a private piano concert along with dinner cooked by Grahm?

Have you ever coveted that spaceship sculpture that used to hang over the tasting bar at Bonny Doon Vineyard's westside headquarters? This, plus umpteen glamorous dinners for two, and much, much more, is available to pioneer sponsors who join the crowdsource action.

Info: Check project “Popelouchum Vineyard” on Indiegogo.com to fund and find out more. Campaign ends Aug. 20.

Build & restore Finish carpentry Small boats RESTORING SANTA CRUZ SINCE 1989

ANDREW CHURCH 719 Swift Street #14, Santa Cruz (across from El Salchichero)

831.818.8051

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LOVE YOUR

LOCAL BAND

SHOTGUN SUITOR “It’s not that we don’t make mistakes,” says Scott Polland with a smile, from under his fedora. “We make lots of mistakes. We just make pretty mistakes.”

The lead guitarist for Western “swamp rock” quartet Shotgun Suitor may be joking, but, as the old saying goes, there’s a little truth in every punchline.

Although the band has been around since 2010, started by singer/songwriter Chas Crowder, the current incarnation has been around for only six months.

“We never get a chance to practice,” says Crowder. “We always say we’re going to, [then] we just play shows instead.”

Lucky for them, Shotgun Suitor has a full schedule, regularly playing around the county at venues like the Trout Farm, the Reef, Henfling’s, and the Crow’s Nest.

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“We like to play fast and loose and kind of crazy,” says drummer David Clarke.

“So nobody knows what to expect, which makes it fun.”

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A Shotgun Suitor show might consist of a four-hour jam session, collaborations with other artists (like the double-bass version of Johnny Cash’s “Folsom Prison Blues” with Morgan Monticue from Olde Blue), or bassist Diana Rey switching between electric and stand up.

“I feel more comfortable on the electric because you can be more precise with the sound,” she says. “But having the stand up is like having another band member. It’s such a cool stage presence.”

Despite their busy schedules—and Crowder’s “man about town” status as the host of four weekly open mics and local music showcases around Santa Cruz—Shotgun Suitor recently had time to record their first demo at the Boulder Creek Sound Studio.

“We’re currently working on some new stuff,” says Crowder “And we’re going back to the studio in September.” MAT WEIR INFO: 9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 14. The Crow’s Nest. 2218 East Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz. $6. 476-4560.

BRIA SKONBERG

WEDNESDAY 8/12 WESTERN ROCK

ERIC HISAW Hailing from Austin, Texas by way of New Mexico, Eric Hisaw embraces the dusty roads of true American music. Weaving tales of back-road highways, hangover mornings and loose-and-fast women, Hisaw is a storyteller first and foremost.

Backed with his slick, twangy guitar and subtly smooth band, Hisaw’s music rides the median between the sad twinge of classic country and the hopeful youth of blues rock—the true definition of “roadhouse” that so many have forgotten. MAT WEIR INFO: 9 p.m. The Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. $8. 429-6994.

THURSDAY 8/13 JAZZ

BRIA SKONBERG Steeped in traditional New Orleans jazz, British Columbia-born New York trumpeter and vocalist Bria

Skonberg continues to add new elements to the raucous polyphony, blues, and pop tunes that proved so fertile for the genius of Louis Armstrong. A skilled composer and charismatic bandleader, she’s also been known to draw on hard bop, West African rhythms, and funk. Dynamic drummer Darrian Douglas, a rising force on the New Orleans music scene who’s in his early 20s, provides her quartet with supple rhythmic support.

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iterations since 1999, ventures easily into territory inhabited by Phish, String Cheese Incident and other straight-ahead jam bands, but is equally at home dipping into a deep groove or country-rock tune inspired

by Dwight Yoakam or the Byrds. As the San Francisco Examiner put it, the band has “a robust appeal that stems from a musical plurality and a dedication to a gorgeous harmonic disposition.” Also on the bill: the Steven Graves Band and the The Flintztones. CAT JOHNSON

INFO: 7 p.m. Kuumbwa Jazz, 320-2 Cedar St., Santa Cruz. $20/adv $25/door. 427-2227.

INFO: 8 p.m. Don Quixote’s, 6275 Hwy. 9, Felton. $10/adv, $12/door. 603-2294.

FRIDAY 8/14

SKA

JAM BAND

CORDUROY JIM Corduroy Jim is a San Jose-based jam band with a reputation for blending genres and styles into a lively musical stew complete with three- and four-part harmonies.

With roots in rock, psychedelia, funk and Americana, the six-piece, which has been around in different

SKATALITES The importance of ska—that infectious, bouncy Jamaican music that predated reggae—can’t be overstated. Not only did reggae and rocksteady evolve from it, but so did the seeds of hip-hop, DJ culture and even the first glimpses of the remix. The Skatalites didn’t invent ska, but they perfected it. By all accounts they were the best players

MUSIC

BE OUR GUEST TEQUILA & TACO MUSIC FESTIVAL

JOHN JORGENSON BLUEGRASS BAND

Tequila and tacos and music, on a weekend in downtown Santa Cruz. If your mouth is already watering, you’d be wise to check out the Tequila and Taco Music Festival on Aug. 22 and 23.

Featuring top-shelf tequila sampling on Saturday, a celebration of margaritas on Sunday, craft beers, art vendors, and delicious tacos on both days, the festival, which is brought to you by the folks behind the California Beer Festival, is gearing up to be a great time. Live music includes Patron Latin Rhythms (pictured), SambaDá, Extra Large, Kalyde, and the Bomb.

CAT JOHNSON

INFO: 9 p.m. Moe’s Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz. $20/adv, $25/door. 479-1854.

BLUEGRASS

JOHN JORGENSON BLUEGRASS BAND A guitar and mandolin virtuoso, John Jorgenson has worked his magic with a who’s who roster of artists including Elton John, Bonnie Raitt, Bob Dylan, Earl Scruggs and David Grisman. With skills that transcend genre boundaries, Jorgenson is a masterful musician and bandleader whose resume includes co-founding the Desert Rose Band along with Chris Hillman (Flying Byrds, Burrito Brothers) and Herb Pedersen. His bluegrass band is a star-studded

four-piece comprising legendary players Pedersen on banjo, guitar and vocals, Jon Randall on guitar and vocals, and Mark Fain on bass. This show will also feature Santa Cruz’s own Steve Palazzo. CJ INFO: 7:30 p.m. Kuumbwa Jazz, 320-2 Cedar St., Santa Cruz. $25/gen, $40/gold. 427-2227.

SATURDAY 8/15 ROCK/ROOTS

LEON RUSSELL Leon Russell was the epitome of the ’70s singer-songwriter—a long-haired, bearded, raspy-voiced piano-slinging songsmith that dabbled in blues, roots and country in equal measure. Before getting famous, he did session work, songwriting and arrangements behind the scenes, something he continued throughout his career. Which is good, because the ’80s and ’90s weren’t nearly as kind to him as a singersongwriter. It was his collaborative album with Elton John, The Union, that brought him back intp the public’s eye in 2010. And why not? His beard and hair are longer than ever (and pure

white!) and his rootsy voice is at its raspiest. AC INFO: 8 p.m. Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $30. 429-4135.

MONDAY 8/17 AFRICAN DESERT BLUES

TINARIWEN Tinariwen is a band, but it also plays musical and cultural ambassador for the nomadic Tuareg people of the Sahara Desert region of Northern Mali. Created in 1979, the group plays traditional African styles filtered through electric instruments in a style that is often described as desert blues—though the band members have said they didn’t hear American blues until they started traveling in the early-2000s. With rolling rhythms, repeating electric guitar licks, and trance-inducing grooves, Tinariwen brings listeners to another world, and is, without hesitation, one of the must-see acts of our time. CJ INFO: 7 p.m. Kuumbwa Jazz, 320-2 Cedar St., Santa Cruz. $32/adv, $37/door.

INFO: 11 a.m. Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 22 and 23. San Lorenzo Park, 137 Dakota St., Santa Cruz. WANT TO GO? Go to santacruz.com/giveaways before 11 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 14 to find out how you could win a pair of tickets to Saturday’s events.

IN THE QUEUE ZACH HECKENDORF

Young singer-songwriter sensation out of Denver. Thursday at Catalyst SNATAM KAUR

Sacred chants and Indian devotional songs. Thursday at Rio Theatre JESSE ROYAL

Emerging star of the Jamaican reggae scene. Sunday at Moe’s Alley VIEUX FARKA TOURÉ

Malian singer-songwriter and son of the legendary Ali Farka Touré. Tuesday at Kuumbwa WHISKEY SHIVERS

Austin-based bluegrass outfit. Tuesday at Moe’s Alley

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in Jamaica in the ’60s, and they backed hundreds of singers, and recorded a ton of instrumentals of their own. Unlike most of the early ska musicians, most of the members of the Skatalites had formal training, and brought a hard-driving danceable edge and some jazzy influences to the already nearperfect genre. AARON CARNES

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LIVE MUSIC

Wednesday August 12th 8:30pm $10/15 Afro Peruvian Music Meets Global DJ Culture

NOVALIMA + AFROLICIOUS Thursday August 13th 8:30pm $10 Acoustic Roots/Folk/Bluegrass

THU

8/13

Preacher Boy 6-8p

8/14

FRI Hawk n Blues Mechanics 6-8p

AQUARIUS RESTAURANT Santa Cruz Dream Inn 175 W Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz

Friday August 14th 9pm $20/25 Jamaica’s Greatest Band

THE ART BAR & CAFE 1060 River St #112, Santa Cruz

THE SKATALITES

BITTERSWEET BISTRO 787 Rio Del Mar Blvd, Aptos

Saturday August 15th 9pm $13/17

BLUE LAGOON 923 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

Comedy Night/ 80s Night Free 8:30p

VAUD & THE VILLAINS

BLUE LOUNGE 529 Seabright Ave, Santa Cruz

Rainbow Night w/DJ AD DJ/Ladies’ Night

Sunday August 16th 9pm $13/17

BOARDWALK BOWL 115 Cliff St, Santa Cruz

Karaoke 8p-Close

Karaoke 8p-Close

BOCCI’S CELLAR 140 Encinal St, Santa Cruz

Funk Night Free 9p

Dubbest Free 8p

18 Piece Orchestra & Cabaret Show

Jamaica’s Rising Reggae Star + Bob Marley’s Grandson

JESSE ROYAL +

DANIEL BAMBAATA MARLEY Tuesday August 18th 8:30pm $7/10 Bluegrass & Americana

WHISKEY SHIVERS + THE SAM CHASE Wednesday August 19th 8:30pm $9/12 An Evening With

PATRICK SWEANY August 20th

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8/12

Al Frisby 6-8p

CORNMEAL + MONKEY

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WED APTOS ST. BBQ 8059 Aptos St, Aptos

MOON CADILLAC + JAKE NIELSON August 21st THE MONOPHONICS + PARADISE SOUL SAVERS August 22nd DON CARLOS August 23rd HAMILTON LOOMIS (afternoon) August 23rd CASEY ABRAMS (eve) August 26th NICK WATERHOUSE August 27th ERIC MCFADDEN August 28th CAROLYN WONDERLAND August 27th MALIMA KONE & WEMEWO September 4th LEE SCRATCH PERRY September 5th THE CHINA CATS September 6th MAOLI + Peni Dean September 7th DEVON ALLMAN September 10th TUMBLEWEED WANDERERS + PAINTED HORSES September 11th GAPPY RANKS September 12th BRAZILIAN DAY w/ Members Of Olodum, SambaDá & More September 16th JOE LOUIS WALKER September 18th PREZIDENT BROWN + BLACK SLATE September 19th ROGER CLYNE & THE PEACEMAKERS

WWW.MOESALLEY.COM 1535 Commercial Way Santa Cruz 831.479.1854

Minor Thirds Trio 6:30-9:30p Wayy Open Mic 6:30-9p

8/16

Aki Kumar 6-8p

MON

8/17

Broken Shades 6-8p

TUE

8/18

Rand Reuter 6-8p

Minor Thirds Trio 7-10p Poetry Workshop, Poetry Open Mic & Late Mic 4-10p The Joint Chiefs 7-10p The Deathless, Year of the Cobra, 12 to Midnight & More $5 9p

DJ/Live Music

Reggae Night w/Soulwise Free 9p

Karaoke 9p

Karaoke 9p

DJ Luna 9p

Comedy Night

Blue House 9p

Karaoke

Open Mic

Karaoke 8p-Close

Karaoke 8p-Close

Jazz Happy Hour Free Mendeleyev 4p Brett Barrow Free 8p Free 8p

Comedy Night Free 8p The Black Grit Free 8p Songwriter Showcase 7-10p

Casa Sorrento All Stars

CATALYST 1011 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

Kehlani $16/$18 8p

CATALYST ATRIUM 1011 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

Zach Heckendorf $10/$12 8:30p

Alacranes Musical $35/$40 8:30p

Hippo Happy Hour 5:30-7:30p

Night Dive, Dickless Juli, The Box (Goth Night) Atomic Walrus $5 9p 9p

Swing Night $5 5:30p Sub-Central $10/$20 9p

The Jacka’s Birthday Tribute Concert $20 8p

CILANTROS 1934 Main St, Watsonville

SUN

Santa Cruz New Music Society Concert 7-9p

BRITANNIA ARMS 110 Monterey Ave, Capitola CASA SORRENTO 393 Salinas St, Salinas

8/15

SAT Lloyd Whitney Noon-4p Al Frisby 6-8p

Leon Russell $30 7p Cayucas $12/$14 8p

Fucked Up $13/$15 8p KPIG Happy Hour 5:30-7:30p

LIVE MUSIC 8/12

CREPE PLACE 1134 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz CROWâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S NEST 2218 E. Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz

WED Eric Hisaw, Hardly Worth the Trouble $8 9p

Hot Club PaciďŹ c $3 7:30p

THU

8/13

Coastal Sage 5:30 Cruzah $5 8:30p

FRI

8/14

8/15

Arrows $8 9p

Shotgun Suitor $6 9p

The Megatones $7 9:30p

DAV. ROADHOUSE 1 Davenport Ave, Davenport DON QUIXOTEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S 6275 Hwy 9, Felton

SAT

The Donors, Flying Tigers, Nerves $8 9p

MON

8/17

Desmadre $3 9p

Live Comedy $7 9p

Phil Marsh $10 7:30p

Lloyd Whitley

8/18

7 Come 11 $5 9p

Billy Manzik

Smoov G, The Trap Pack, Corduroy Jim, Steven Neil Young & Crazy To Linda with Love Dick Beatz, DJ Dozer Graves Band, The Fintz- Horse Tribute, Heartless $15 7p $10 9p tones $10/$12 8p $10 8p NiteCreepers

TUE

Reggae Party Free 9:30p

Now and Then

THE FISH HOUSE 972 Main St, Watsonville

Michael Manring, Henry Kaiser, Rick Walker & More $12/$15 7:30p

The Western Skylarks

Wednesday, August 12 8 7 pm Mailiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s master of the ngoni â&#x20AC;&#x201C; with percussion: calebasse, yabara & tama

BASSEKOU KOUYATE & NGONI BA Thursday, August 13 8 7 pm Rising star female trumpet player!

BRIA SKONBERG Friday, August 14 8 7:30 pm

JOHN JORGENSON BLUEGRASS BAND Tickets: www.snazzyproductions.com

GG RESTAURANT 8041 Soquel Dr, Aptos

Uncharted Jazz 6-9p

HENFLINGâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S 9450 Hwy 9, Ben Lomond

Flingo 7p

IDEAL BAR & GRILL 106 Beach St, Santa Cruz

Pete Contino Accordion 6-9p Jon Mulvey 8p

Moondance 9p

Streuth 6p

Karaoke w/Eve 9:30p

Room Shakers 10p-1a

B-Movie Shakers 10p-1a

ITâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S WINE TYME 312 Capitola Ave, Capitola

Open Mic 7p

J.P. The Band 6:30p

Mike and Lenny 6:30p

Breeze Babes 7p

KUUMBWA 320-2 Cedar St, Santa Cruz

Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba $25 7p

Bria Skonberg $20 7p

John Jorgenson Bluegrass Band $25 7:30p

Joomanji $5 8p

MALONEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S 4402 Scotts Valley Dr, Scotts Valley

Live Music 5:30-9p

Chris Kelly 7-10p

Live Music 5:30-9p

Karaoke w/Ken 9p

MICHAELâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ON MAIN 2591 Main St, Soquel

Kid Dynamite 7-10p

Acoustic Soul w/Joint Chiefs 7-10p

Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Oh Bros 8-11p

Beat Street 8-11p

MISSION ST. BBQ 1618 Mission St, Santa Cruz

Tomas Gomez 6p

1011 PACIFIC AVE. SANTA CRUZ 831-429-4135 Thursday, August 13 THE AGES 16+

J A C K Aâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

Birthday Tribute Concert

with Mob Figaz, Mistah Fab, Philthy Rich, Paul Wall, Joe Blow, Yukmouth - 1 )* '( & ( % '. ( %

Thursday, August 13 Â&#x2039; In the Atrium Â&#x2039; AGES 16+

ZACH HECKENDORF

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Friday, August 14 Â&#x2039; In the Atrium Â&#x2039; AGES 21+

ALACRANES MUSICAL

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:H[\YKH` (\N\Z[ Â&#x2039; AGES 21+ plus - )* 1 ( % ( % Sunday, Aug. 16 Â&#x2039; In the Atrium Â&#x2039; AGES 16+ CAYUCAS

- )* 1 )* ( % '. ( %

Tuesday, August 18 Â&#x2039; In the Atrium Â&#x2039; AGES 16+

FUCKED UP plus Doomsquad - )* 1 )* '( & ( % '. *+ )+* ( % Aug 21 Waka Flocka Flame (Ages 16+) Aug 22 Point Break Live (Ages 21+) Aug 27 MSTRKRFT/ Crush Effect (Ages 18+) Aug 28 Watsky/ A-1/ Mikos Da Gawd (Ages 16+) Sep 4 The Holdup/ Wheeland Brothers (Ages 16+) Sep 5 Andre Nickatina (Ages 16+) Sep 9 Funk Volume 2015 Tour (Ages 16+) Sep 12 Blackalicious (Ages 16+) Sep 14 SuicideGirls Blackheart Burlesque (Ages 18+) Sep 19 Klingande (Ages 18+) Sep 23 O.A.R./ Gabrielle Ross (Ages 16+) Sep 25 John Hiatt & The Combo (Ages 21+) Sep 26 The California Honeydrops (Ages 16+) Sep 27 Parmalee (Ages 16+) Oct 1 Cash Cash/ Tritonal (Ages 16+) Oct 2 The Underachievers (Ages 16+) Oct 3 Beth Hart (Ages 16+) Oct 4 Riff Raff (Ages 16+) Unless otherwise noted, all shows are dance shows with limited seating.

Tickets subject to city tax & service charge by phone 877-987-6487 & online

www.catalystclub.com

Broken Shades 6p

Matias Urzua Flamenco 6-9p The Next Blues 4p

Saturday, August 15 8 9 pm Roadhouse Karaoke 7:30p Karaoke w/Eve 9:30p

Simone and Rivere 4p

Claudio 6:30p

CLUB KUUMBWA: JOOMANJI $5 at the door!

Monday, August 17 8 7 pm | No Comps Grammy-winning guitar gods from the southern Sahara Desert

TINAWIREN Tuesday, August 18 8 7:30 pm

Tinariwen $32 7p

Vieux Farka TourĂŠ $29 7p

VIEUX FARKA TOURE Tickets: www.pulseproductions.com Wednesday, August 19 8 7:30 pm

Paul Butler 8-11p

David Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connor 7-10p Rand Rueter 6p

LULACRUZA & BOLO W MARYA STARK & BARRY PHILLIPS Tickets: brownpapertickets.com

Thursday, August 20 8 7 pm ALEX CONDE QUARTET â&#x20AC;&#x153;DESCARGA FOR MONKâ&#x20AC;?

FEATURING JOHN SANTOS, JEFF CHAMBERS, DESZON CLAIBORNE Saturday, August 22 8 7 pm

RICHIE FURRAY Tickets: www.pulseproductions.com

Monday, August 24 8 7 & 9 pm | No Comps Multi-Grammy Winning Bassist!

MARCUS MILLER Thursday, August 27 8 7 pm

DEEPAK RAM & FRIENDS FEATURING MIMI FOX Sunday, August 30 8 7 pm

MARTIN TAYLOR AND BUCKY PIZZARELLI Thursday, September 3 8 7 pm

CLAUDIA VILLELA BAND: TRIBUTE TO ELIS REGINA 9/8

Linda Tillery and the Cultural Heritage Choir 9/10 Helen Sung Quartet 9/14 Jacky Terrasson Quartet ON SALE NOW! Legendary Band Re-Visited!

CHUCHO VALDES & IRAKERE October 27

8

7:30 pm

8

Rio Theatre

Unless noted advance tickets at kuumbwajazz.org and Logos Books & Records. Dinner served 1-hr before Kuumbwa presented concerts. Premium wines & beer. All ages welcome.

320-2 Cedar St [ Santa Cruz 831.427.2227

kuumbwajazz.org

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LEON RUSSELL Junior Boogie

plus Hibou

8/16

SUN Zella Crane, Laura Jean Anderson $8 9p

Celebrating Forty Years of Creativity

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LIVE MUSIC WED

8/12

THU

8/13

FRI

8/14

MOE’S ALLEY 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz

Novalima, Afrolicious $10/$15 8p

Cornmeal $10 8p

The Skatalites $20/$25 8p

MOTIV 1209 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

DassWassup! By Zagg 9p-2a

Libation Lab w/Syntax 9:30p-2a

D-ROC 9:30p-2a

SAT

8/15

Trivia 8p

8/16

Joe Ferrara

THE POCKET 3102 Portola Dr, Santa Cruz

Jam Session w/ Pam Hawkins 7-10p

The Joint Chiefs $5 9p

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ow has the pseudojournalism of Fox News risen to the powerful role of Kingmaker in next year’s GOP presidential politics? Blame it on Gore Vidal. The late author, historian, and stalwart liberal commentator would, of course, be horrified to think he was in any way responsible for Fox News. But the intriguing documentary Best Of Enemies makes a persuasive case for the idea that a series of televised “debates” between Vidal and his equally erudite, arch-conservative rival, William F. Buckley Jr., during the 1968 Republican and Democratic presidential conventions, ushered in the present era of biased, adversarial political broadcasting that spawned Fox News.

Filmmakers Morgan Neville (20 Feet From Stardom) and Robert Gordon very clearly set the stage. Social, political, and cultural stakes were high, in the charged and fateful summer of ’68.

The Vietnam War was raging, students were marching in the streets, and the political landscape had been thrown into chaos by Lyndon Johnson’s decision not to seek a second term.

It was the era of Walter Cronkite and Huntley and Brinkley, a time when, notes onscreen interviewee Todd Gitlin, “the [news] outlet in which people had the most confidence was television.”

Of the [only] three networks to which American viewers had access, CBS and NBC were the alpha dogs. A distant third was ABC, “the Budget Car

Rental of TV news,” says one observer.

(The makeshift ABC studio set up at the Republican convention in Miami Beach was so chintzy, it collapsed.)

Desperate to do something to boost ratings, network bigwigs hit upon a scheme that, the filmmakers argue, “changed television forever.”

Notorious right-wing ideologue Buckley hosted the TV interview series “Firing Line,” where he savaged political opponents, and founded the National Review magazine, which launched the modern conservative movement. Cultural gadfly and leftist champion Vidal, cousin to Jackie Kennedy, playwright, script doctor, and author of many volumes of serious fiction, was at the time most famous for the satirical Hollywood novel Myra

Breckenridge, with its transgendered heroine. The idea to team them up for a series of five nightly debates from the Miami convention, and five more from the Democratic convention in Chicago, was intended to cause fireworks. And, boy, did it.

What ABC thought it was getting was a series of smart political debates from a pair of eggheads on opposite sides of the issues, in an era when Americans—even TV viewers—were thought to be less anti-intellectual than they are now. What the network got was spectacle, close encounters between two waspish dueling agendas as Vidal and Buckley baited, berated, and egged each other on. They were “matter and anti-matter,” notes one observer, whose on-air sessions found them debating “the mores of the country.”

Things were relatively civil at the GOP convention that chose Richard Nixon as its candidate. But they heated up in Chicago, where bloody confrontations in the streets changed the dialogue from politics to the Vietnam War. Vidal warned that “the United States Empire” was headed for disaster. Buckley praised the “restraint” of Chicago cops who were beating anti-war protestors senseless.

Their ninth debate rapidly devolved into name-calling, as epithets like “crypto-Nazi” and “queer” were flung about; it ended when Buckley lost it on-air, promising Vidal he would “Sock you in your goddamned face!”

It wasn’t exactly reasoned political discourse. But ABC got the ratings it was after, launching the era of dueling TV pundits. (The weekly 60 Minutes segment “Point-Counterpoint,” featuring liberal Shana Alexander and conservative James J. Kilpatrick, was so popular throughout the 1970s that it was spoofed on Saturday Night Live, with Dan Aykroyd addressing cohort Jane Curtain with the infamous line, “Jane, you ignorant slut.”) But the filmmakers leave us with a sobering sense of what we’ve lost since, as a national community of diverse opinions, as legitimate TV journalism is replaced by rabid Fox News-style partisanship.

BEST OF ENEMIES *** (out of four).

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FILM NEW THIS WEEK STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON “Speak a little truth and people lose their minds”—not everyone was ready for what N.W.A. had to say when the young Compton rappers hit the scene in the late ’80s. Ice Cube, Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, MC Ren and DJ Yella rapped about living with one eye open and the daily realities of hood politics. Played here by Ice’s son, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Jason Mitchell, Corey Hawkins, Aldis Hodge and Neil Brown Jr., their story as perhaps the most controversial and outspoken hip-hop group in history has reached mythic status. But the film picks and chooses how it wants to remember these icons—conspicuously erasing, for instance, Dre’s history of violence against women. F. Gary Gray directs.

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THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. This Cold War-era action-comedy reads James Bond-ish parody with just the right amount of eye candy and CIA/ KGB cross-over bravado—all with perfectly chiseled chins which, since it does harken back to the 1964 original, we’ll forgive. Guy Ritchie directs. Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander co-star. (PG-13) 116 minutes.

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UNITY Narrated by a dizzying 100-person lineup of what seems like just about everyone in Hollywood— from Selena Gomez to Marion Cottilard and Sir Ben Kingsley to Dr. Dre—Unity is a documentary that focuses on the many ways in which society has historically torn itself apart. In one way, technology and science have been heralded as “shrinking” the world and bringing us together, but Unity unpacks how some of humankind’s greatest achievements have also severed animal from man, man from Earth.

Shaun Monson directs. 99 minutes.

JIMMY’S HALL One man’s refuge is another man’s Antichrist, as Jimmy’s Hall chronicles in the story of Jimmy Gralton—an Irishman who returns to his home after 10 years of exile in the U.S. and decides to open a dance hall to revive his community. In the classic adage of new versus old, the Church doesn’t take kindly to Gralton (played

by Barry Ward) stirring things up.

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things quickly move from scandalous to deadly. Ken Loach directs. Barry Ward, Francis Magee and Aileen Henry co-star. (PG-13) 109 minutes.

and complement Corey Stoll as his nemesis, Yellowjacket, and Michael Douglas playing his guru, Dr. Hank Pym. (PG-13) 117 minutes.

KURT COBAIN: MONTAGE OF HECK: Rock docs about tortured, devastating artistic geniuses seem to be a thing this year, and this one looks as inspiring and heartbreaking as Amy—the Montage of Heck documentary offers a blend of animated recreations, archival footage, and Cobain’s art pieces mixed in with interviews with friends and family. It’s an intimate look at the young grunge icon thrust from an unhappy, awkward childhood to a troubled, complicated fame. Brett Morgen directs. Aaron Burckhard, Chad Channing, and Don Cobain co-star. (TV-MA) 145 minutes.

FANTASTIC FOUR While the film trailer for Fantastic Four leaves little in the way of actual plot summary, there is at least a lot of epic music with big special effects, crazy looking Sci Fi fight scenes mixed in with the Marvel super-crew who are, of course, four outsiders who teleport to another universe which totally messes with their body chemistry and now they have to vanquish their former friend-turned-foe.

This set of supers (Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B.Jordan, and Jamie Bell—all the most obvious choices for their respective roles … right?) reads like a generational update to the 2005 go-around with Jessica Alba and Chris Evans— does this mean they’re old now?

Someone please implement a rule in Hollywood that there must be at least 10 years between remakes; are they running out of screenplays over there? Josh Trank directs.

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CONTINUING EVENT: LET’S TALK ABOUT THE MOVIES Film buffs are invited Wednesday nights at 7 p.m. to downtown Santa Cruz, where each week the group discusses a different current release. For our location and discussion topic, go to https:// groups.google.com/group/LTATM.

NOW PLAYING AMY The story of Amy Winehouse is a tragic one, of dark genius and tortured soul—and in case her untimely death and all-too-public struggle with fame didn’t break your heart enough, here’s a new look at her life that will devastate and inspire all at the same time. An homage to her talent as a singer and songwriter, the talent that swiftly enthralled an entire industry, this documentary features unseen archival footage and unheard tracks in a tapestry that has been called “a rush of joy and grief.”Asif Kapadia. Amy Winehouse, Mitch Winehouse, and Mark Ronson co-star. (R) 128 minutes.

ANT MAN For those who didn’t grow up reading the Marvel comic, the idea of a guy with the ability to shrink to the size of an ant sounds like the opposite of what you’d want to have happen in the middle of a scuffle with an evil villain, and at the risk of sounding trite, with Paul Rudd as the leading superhero? OK, maybe nonComicon goers won’t understand till they see it, but hopefully Rudd’s comic relief ability will round out his backstory as a cunning con man

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE- ROGUE NATION At this point, audiences might be thinking it’s Tom Cruise in another of these franchise films that is truly impossible (did they get him in a lifetime deal with the devil?), although, as far as action franchises go, needing to eradicate a rogue international organization with equally skilled agents sounds creative enough. At least all the characters surrounding Cruise—from Simon Pegg’s unflinching wit to the best British pout of 2015 (we’re looking at you Rebecca Ferguson) to the incandescence of Alec Baldwin’s face— make up for the tired resurrection of Ethan Hunt. Christopher McQuarrie directs. Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson, and Jeremy Renner co-star. (PG-13) 131 minutes.

RICKI AND THE FLASH Meryl Streep is the queen of cinema: what other actress can play a self-righteous nun, a famous chef, the Iron Lady, and a totally badass fulltime rocker—all with the sincerity and ease of someone folding their socks? She’s magic: deniers can shoo. We’ll try to

keep the swooning at a minimum … but with Streep at the helm of this cast—boasting forever favorite Kevin Kline, Streep’s own offspring Mamie Gummer—and Juno creator, writer Diablo Cody, as the one behind the rock ’n’ roll momma’s story, it is so, so hard. Jonathan Demme directs.

Mamie Gummer, Meryl Streep, and Sebastian Stan co-star. (PG-13) 102 minutes.

SHAUN THE SHEEP From the claymation masters who brought us the genius of Chicken Run and Wallace and Gromit comes another installation in Shaun’s epic story of lambish mischief and farm-to-city adventures. The lovable, goofy side-mouthed goons who are timelessly plasticine and innocently hilarious can do no wrong, even if they’re not Pixarmade. This time it’s sneaky Shaun the sheep who decides to take a day off from the farm, but after a mix-up with the farmer, the whole flock is off to the city in an attempt to get everyone back home safely before anyone is made mincemeat.

Mark Burton and Richard Starzak direct. Justin Fletcher, John Sparkes, and Omid Djalili co-star.

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SOUTHPAW While Jake Gyllenhaal’s impressive physical transformation into boxer Billy Hope has been the subject of most talk show hosts’ line of questioning, the actor’s dedication to the roles that require an obsessive level of intensity is worth the oohs and aahs (although his abs are too).

With a more dominating physical presence than ever before, Gyllenhaal plays the hopelessness of Hope with a rattling intensity—an intensity that has director Antoine Fuqua’s penchant for raw thrillers written all over it, but with slightly more nuance than past works. Rachel McAdams plays Hope’s wife, and Oona Laurence his young daughter, bringing softness to an otherwise bristly storyline. Kurt Sutter directs. Rachel McAdams, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Forest Whitaker costar. (R) 123 minutes.

THE GIFT For most people, high school was a period of embarrassment, exploration, and angst—many of us would love to

take revenge on the purveyors of our teenage torment, but living in a morally bound society and all, we generally let things go. Not Gordo. Gordo (we can only assume he was named after Lizzy McGuire’s best friend from the Disney show) is a creepy dude with a chip on his shoulder who, after 20 years since high school, comes back into Simon’s life with a more sinister plan than the gift he brings to dinner. Interestingly, Joel Edgerton (who plays Gordo) not only stars but also makes his debut as writer/director in this mystery thriller flick. Jason Bateman, Rebecca Hall, and Joel Edgerton co-star. (R) 108 minutes.

TRAINWRECK Amy Schumer said on a recent episode of BBC’s Graham Norton Show that when she wrote Trainwreck she assumed they’d cast some skinny, blonde model type for the lead; thank the goddesses they did not. Schumer brings her own completely bawdy brand of crass dudeness and uncensored shenanigans that only she could. Playing herself, she systematically takes down one gender stereotype after the next as she tries to escape a “real relationship” with Bill Hader despite their obvious chemistry.

The classic roles of “player” and “sensitive-type” are reversed as Hader’s character attempts to pin Schumer down, with the help of LeBron James as what we can only assume is the best BFF ever. (R) 125 minutes.

VACATION Speaking of tired revivals … It’s Rusty Griswold and the family on a trip to “Walley World!” Is the first one really so old that it’s already time to make a remake? Poor Chevy Chase.

That must smart. This family road trip stars Ed Helms as Russell Griswold, son of the infamous Clark played by Chevy Chase in the first round of early ’80s National Lampoon’s classics. But with Christina Applegate at his side playing Debbie Griswold there may be a point to digging this one out of the ground—let’s hope they achieve even half of the bawdy absurdity that Chase and the ol’ gang delivered with effortless sincerity. John Francis Daley and Jonathan M. Goldstein direct. Ed Helms, Christina Applegate, Skyler Gisondo co-star. (R) 99 minutes.

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DELICACIES OF THE SEA An entree of fat, succulent scallops served with pureed parsnip and a fresh corn succotash hinting of bacon, at Süda Restaurant. PHOTO: CHIP SCHEUER

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Süda Restaurant’s dynamic menu and lively bar scene light up the Point BY CHRISTINA WATERS

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rom its polished concrete floors to its booths, chic central “bar” seating, and eye-catching custom light fixtures, Süda Restaurant is announcing itself as a hip destination for the Pleasure Point neighborhood. No longer a steak house, this landmark location at 41st Avenue and Portola Drive fits in nicely with surroundings that include Verve Coffee Roasters and the Penny Ice Creamery. So we were definitely looking forward to trying out the seasonally inflected menu.

Given the warm weather, we found ourselves adding ice cubes

to our glasses of Pinot Noir. Mine was an excellent 2010 from Soquel Vineyards ($10), Katya’s was a 2011 Chandon from Los Carneros ($9).

A shared appetizer of rabbit and pork belly terrine ($9) arrived with delicious pickled cauliflower and wine-marinated beet garnishes, and a fluff of arugula on top. The arugula was studded with pistachios and very lightly dressed with what hinted at an orange vinaigrette.

A chutney or mustard sauce for the terrine loaf might have added a welcome touch of moisture and flavor contrast.

Katya’s entree of fat succulent

scallops was memorable ($26). The delicious scallops were flattered by a salty golden crust, the interior remaining utterly moist and tender.

Surrounding was an unusual and successful border of pureed parsnip and a fresh corn succotash hinting of bacon.

My order of grass-fed flat iron steak ($28) arrived with a huge posse of lentils, everything topped with a riot of green—asparagus, leeks and a tangy chimichurri sauce.

Alas, it also arrived much too rare—I had requested it between rare and medium rare. So it went back to the kitchen, and when it returned I

was able to enjoy the fine steak and especially the asparagus.

Süda’s entree listing aims to please all tastes. I liked the looks of a pasta with broccoli rabe pesto, English peas, and morels. A cauliflower mac and cheese with pork belly, another offering of ancient grains, seasonal veggies and curry sauce, as well as a grass-fed burger to which a Mary’s Farm duck egg can be added also caught my eye.

Maybe next time.

Boxing up some of our entrees in order to save room for dessert, we savored a glass of Chandon bubbly ($9.50) while perusing the chef’s experimental desserts. The lively destination bar scene was gearing up as we considered our desserts. Brie panna cotta with pickled green strawberries and puff pastry sounded like a walk on the wild side to be sure. So did flourless chocolate cake with candied pistachio and whipped sumac cream.

But we both zeroed in on zucchini cake with whipped goat cheese and pine nut brittle ($9). I enjoyed the plump pliant texture of the very lightly spiced cake squares, and thought the mild goat cheese rosettes made a surprisingly smart accent. The thick tooth-challenging slabs of nut brittle seemed out of step with the rest. Had the tasty brittle been crushed into smaller shards, maybe the size of rock salt, they might have made a perfect texture contrast to the soft cake and cheese. I’ll be interested to see how this kitchen continues to evolve over time.

Süda is open from 11:30 a.m. daily.

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ohn Benedetti was pouring his splendid Sante Arcangeli wines recently at Lester Family Vineyardsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a delightful event complete with good food, too. I tasted quite a few varietals that day, but a very impressive nectar, a RosĂŠ of Pinot Noir 2014 Santa Cruz Mountains, stopped me in my tracks.

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Scotts Valley Art, Wine and Beer Festival For its 16th year, the popular festival gets a massive expansion BY AARON CARNES

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Why did you decide to feature beer?

glass of Chardonnay, dad can have a nice beer, and kids can have jump houses and all these other things they can do like 4H’s petting zoo.

We’re trying to make it a complete package instead of just art and wine.

Last year, we only had one bounce house. This year, we have four. We have a trampoline. There will be a fishing booth. Kids can fish and win a prize. We’re going to have a parade, so the kids show up, you can check them into the art booth. They can make a mask and they can make a hat, and we’re going to have a parade at 2 o’clock.

FARAH GALVEZ THEISSEN: We knew we had to change it up a little bit. We needed to go after a different demographic. Everybody that worked on this committee this year, we all are beer drinkers as well. At last year’s festival, everyone was asking us, “are these all the beers you have?”

Any new wineries you’re featuring that you’re excited about?

How else is the festival changing?

INFO: Saturday, Aug. 15, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sunday, Aug. 16, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

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he Scotts Valley Art and Wine Festival is a local institution— but going into its 16th year it has made a few changes. The biggest is the new focus on beer; organizers have added several local and regional breweries, and even changed the name to the Scotts Valley Art, Wine and Beer Festival. Wine fans needn’t worry, however, as they’ve also doubled the number of wineries participating. We spoke with Festival chairperson Farah Galvez Theissen about the changes festivalgoers can expect this year.

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+ RISA’S STARS BY RISA D’ANGELES MERCURY AND JUPITER IN VIRGO

When the Sun and/or planets move through the sign Virgo, everyone begins to talk more. Talk, talk, talk and more talk. There’s a reason. Talking helps us sort out and integrate experiences, thoughts and ideas. Mercury and Jupiter are now in Virgo, which means a surplus of ideas flowing through minds. Thus, lots of talking. Mercury is exalted in Virgo. Jupiter expands Virgo.

Virgo has a great ability to see, point out, discuss and tend to earthly details. Pisces loves Virgo (sometimes). Pisces peers through clouds and veils, not quite understanding the Earth plane.

Pisces is water (flowing) to Virgo’s Earth (solid).

Often, Pisces turns to Virgo to understand those details before returning behind the veils. Veils are a comfort for Pisces, but for Virgo they are a frustration. Virgo is busy, serving all the time, seeing everyone’s potential, working and waiting for that potential to come forward.

While Mercury is in Virgo we must be detailed and precise in our communication, discriminating

in our choices without emotional or critical reactions.

Jupiter is the enthusiastic big picture.

In Virgo, Jupiter offers the larger context surrounding the details.

Both are needed.

Jupiter in Virgo is a bit cautious, less exuberant, and hides its enthusiasm (at first).

Jupiter becomes the professor speaking of religions, philosophies, culture and travel.

Jupiter invites Virgo onto the playground, to take a rare quenching gulp of pleasure. At first, Virgo uses a thousand words (Mercury) to say, “No. I must be efficient, tend to details, create routines and schedules, and order daily life. I have no time to play.” Jupiter laughs. He has lots of time. Jupiter remains in Virgo for an entire year (till September 2016).

Friday, Aug. 14, is Leo new moon. The New Group of World Servers invites everyone to the Leo festival by reciting the Soul and Great Invocations. “Let light, love and power restore the plan on Earth.”

ARIES Mar21–Apr20

LIBRA Sep23–Oct22

Your creativity is being called forth this month and next.

Perhaps there’s a long-held creative art you’ve forgotten or put aside. Creativity allows us to step both inward and outward simultaneously, accessing our inner imaginative selves while also producing something in form and matter. Children, expressing your values, leisure and play unexpectedly fulfills your need for contact.

Libra is the social sign of the zodiac. This month and next all things social increase dramatically. Group focus, networking, friendships and community service are emphasized. You may feel overwhelmed and unprepared for such a force of energies. Summon poise and balance (your gifts), seek joy in all interactions. Tend to money carefully. Be aware that all your hopes, wishes and dreams will seek fulfillment. Rest.

Esoteric Astrology as news for week of Aug. 12, 2015

TAURUS Apr21–May21 There’s a strong focus on home and family, on things domestic, your foundation and heritage. With Venus retro it’s possible you’re safeguarding things from the past.

Releasing this past allows you to step forward into the future.

It’s needed, actually. We begin releasing the past (physical things, emotional, mental) by saying, “I’m willing.” Then we’re liberated and a new present/future plan emerges.

GEMINI May 22–Jun20

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You might be out and about, here and there, and sometimes feel that you’re nowhere. Ideas flow through your mind too fast to comprehend. While tending to multiple tasks and errands, notice an assessment of previous issues.

You may rediscover talents and skills, reconnect with past relationships and ask for more comfort and ease at home.

Seeking comfort increases throughout the year.

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CANCER Jun21–Jul20 There’s a strong focus on resources, money, finances and the values you live by. It’s most important to make a list of your values—what you value, whom and why—defining and recognizing them for yourself. List your valuable possessions. Then list your talents and gifts. List what is of comfort to you and your security. Eventually your self-worth begins to shine through. Something thought lost is found.

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It’s a most fortunate time for you. It’s also a time of selfawareness, developing new areas of your nature that have been hidden for many years. Allow yourself to be in the spotlight. Then allow yourself to withdraw, contemplating on and considering your values. Know that you are of great value. You can be charming, impulsive and even overly active (aggressive) at times. Good fortune trails you. Share everything.

SCORPIO Oct23–Nov21 It’s a very promising time concerning your work in the world, being recognized, your performance, career, public life, achievements and reputation. It is a time for you to assess and then re-assess who you want to be in the world, who you’ve been and if this is enough. Soon new friends appear, new networks and groups that join you on your life journey. You experience happiness.

SAGITTARIUS Nov22–Dec20 There’s a focus on an important journey, on travel, new adventures, culture, and learning. Many surprises are occurring amid a sense of joy and gratitude. Opportunities will be offered so it’s important now to review hopes, wishes, dreams and goals, pursuing only what’s most important to you. There may be a struggle concerning choices, as many will be available. Stand under the will-to-good.

CAPRICORN Dec21–Jan20 You will step behind a veil for a while into realms that allow for transformation and regeneration. You will think about money that is owed, money held in common, resources of all types. You seek a deeper, richer, meaningful experience in all relationships. Soon, if not already, the veils will part and you enter into a garden. The air is clear, the soil vital and moist, and the sky is blue. You’re happy.

AQUARIUS Jan21–Feb18 It’s important to make deep personal connections with people. One-on-one, heart to heart. There’s a concentration on relationships like no other time of the year. Concerning needs, know that it’s through friends that Aquarians are able to find and acquire things. Friends from the past may reappear. You’re beginning a new yearlong cycle of support.

Ask, from your heart, for all that you need. It will be given.

VIRGO Aug23–Sep22

PISCES Feb19–Mar20

Things hidden come into view for your recognition and assessment. So much from the past, private and not shared with others, comes forth. First you remember the past, then it slowly fades away. Eventually the best Virgo qualities, a greater sense of confidence and a depth of spiritual awakening, different than before, emerge. Talk only with those who love you.

Health, right diet, food, daily routines, tending and caring for the self is important. You’re learning how to manage and organize the needs for each day. Unhappiness creates a tension leading to attention pushing you to make needed changes. Trust yourself. Have faith in your feelings and knowing your needs. Call forth courage (and angels) to meet those needs. Everything plenty comes your way.

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NA WANG. 4121 SCOTTS VALLEY DRIVE, SPC 25, SCOTTS VALLEY CA 95066.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 15-1289 The following individual is doing business as SC PHONE REPAIR SHARK. 1224 A MISSION STREET, SANTA CRUZ CA 95060 County of Santa Cruz. YONG TAN. 1755 BAGPIPE WAY, SAN JOSE CA 95121. This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: YONG TAN

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on July 15, 2015. July 22, 29 & August 5, 13.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 151322 The following individual is doing business as FINCHEYE MEDIA. 2230 ALICE STREET, SANTA CRUZ CA 95062 County of Santa Cruz. JOHN FINCH. 2230 ALICE STREET, SANTA CRUZ CA 95062. This business is conducted by a Individual Signed:JOHN FINCH. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 1/1/2015. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on July 22, 2015. July 29 & August 5, 12, 19.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 15-1209 The following

individual is doing business as AQUASEA. 304 PLAYA BLVD., LA SELVA BEACH VA 95076 County of Santa Cruz.

LAURIE HILDERBRAND. 304 PLAYA BLVD., LA SELVA BEACH VA 95076. This business is conducted by a Individual Signed:LAURIE HILDERBRAND. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 7/1/2015. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on July 1, 2015. July 29 & August 5, 12, 19.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 15-1324 The following individual is doing business as ELITE LIFE CALIFORNIA. 113 LOMA PLACE, APTOS CA 95003 County of Santa Cruz. MARIANO BENITEZ. 113 LOMA PLACE, APTOS CA 95003. This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: MARIANO BENITEZ. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed

above is NOT APPLICABLE..

This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on July 22, 2015. July 29 & August 5, 12, 19.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 151341 The following individual is doing business as THE ACADEMIC COMPASS. 237 1ST AVE., SANTA CRUZ CA 95062 County of Santa Cruz.

DANIELLE SERA SOLICK. 237 1ST AVE., SANTA CRUZ CA 95062. This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: DANIELLE SERA SOLICK. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is NOT APPLICABLE.. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on July 27, 2015. July 29 & August 5, 12, 19.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 151327 The following Limited Liability Company is doing

business as ALIBI INTERIORS. 802 ESTAES DRIVE #102, APTOS CA 95003 County of Santa Cruz. ALIBI INTERIORS LLC. 3168 TERRACE DRIVE, APTOS CA 95003. Al# 19510006. This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: PAIGE CURTIS. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 7/10/2015. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on July 23, 2015.

July 29 & August 5, 12, 19.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 15-1314 The following General Partnership is doing business as ANTIDOTUM. 338 HIGH ST., SANTA CRUA CA 95060 County of Santa Cruz.

GRASEILAH COOLIDGE & LEJLA B. MAVRIS. 338 HIGH ST., SANTA CRUA CA 95060.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership Signed: LEJLA B. MAVRIS. The registrant commenced to transact business under the

fictitious business name listed above is NOT APPLICABLE..

This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on July 20, 2015. July 29 & August 5, 12, 19.

CHANGE OF NAME IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ. PETITION OF NICHOLAS JOSEPH VANDEVERT CHANGE OF NAME CASE NO. CV182111. THE COURT FINDS that the petitioner NICHOLAS JOSEPH VANDEVERT has filed a Petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for an order changing Applicantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name from: NICHOLAS JOSEPH VANDEVERT to: NICHOLAS JOSEPH BROVIA. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection

that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING September 8, 2015 at 8:30 am, in Department 4 located at Superior Court of California, 701 Ocean Street, Room. 110. Santa Cruz, CA 95060. A copy of this order to show cause must be published in the Good Times , a newspaper of General Circulation printed in Santa Cruz County, California, once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated: July 21, 2015. John S Salazar, Judge of the Superior July 29 & August 5, 12, 19.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 15-1295 The following Limited Liability Company is doing business as LA RAUX SALON. 2165 41ST AVENUE,

Place your legal notice in Good Times. *Price includes proof of publication sent directly to the County after the fourth week.

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CAPITOLA CA 95010 County of Santa Cruz. LA RAUX SALON, LLC. 190 CASSERLY RD, WATSONVILLE CA 95076. Al# 16610466. This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: ROXANNE GARZA. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is NOT APPLICABLE This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on July 16, 2015. August 5, 12, 19, 26.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 151349 The following General

Partnership is doing business as RARE. 905 CORCORAN AVE., SANTA CRUZ CA 95062 County of Santa Cruz.

JAMES MANSS & JEANNE MANSS. 905 CORCORAN AVE., SANTA CRUZ CA 95062.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership Signed: JAMES MANSS The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 7/27/2015. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on July 27, 2015.

August 5, 12, 19, 26.

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STATEMENT FILE NO. 151296 The following General Partnership is doing business as ELENA ROAD. 33 ELENA ROAD, LA SELVA BEACH CA 95076 County of Santa Cruz.

RYAN THURM & NANCY DUNCAN. 33 ELENA ROAD, LA SELVA BEACH CA 95076.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership Signed: RYAN THURM The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is NOT APPLICABLE . This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on July 17, 2015. August 5, 12, 19, 26.

CHANGE OF NAME IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ. PETITION OF MICHAEL ANATOLYEVICH LIBERTE CHANGE OF NAME CASE NO. CV182149. THE COURT FINDS that the petitioner MICHAEL ANATOLYEVICH LIBERTE has filed a Petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for an order changing Applicantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name from: MICHAEL ANATOLYEVICH LIBERTE to: MICHAEL LIBERTE. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two

court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING September 14, 2015 at 8:30 am, in Department 4 located at Superior Court of California, 701 Ocean Street, Room. 110. Santa Cruz, CA 95060. A copy of this order to show cause must be published in the Good Times , a newspaper of General Circulation printed in Santa Cruz County, California, once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated: July 28, 2015. John S Salazar, Judge of the Superior August 5, 12, 19, 26.

CHANGE OF NAME IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ. PETITION OF ARIENNE MICHAEL PERRAULT CHANGE OF NAME CASE NO. CV182192. THE COURT FINDS that the petitioner ARIENNE MICHAEL PERRAULT has filed a Petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for an order changing Applicantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name from: ARIENNE MICHAEL PERRAULT to: MICHAEL AIDEN PERRAULT. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name

should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING September 18, 2015 at 8:30 am, in Department 5 located at Superior Court of California, 701 Ocean Street, Room. 110. Santa Cruz, CA 95060. A copy of this order to show cause must be published in the Good Times , a newspaper of General Circulation printed in Santa Cruz County, California, once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated: July 31, 2015. John S Salazar, Judge of the Superior August 5, 12, 19, 26.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 151331 The following General Partnership is doing business as HIVE & HUM. 365 RACE HORSE LANE, WATSONVILLE CA 95076 County of Santa Cruz. GARY ALLEN MARICICH & JODI EVE MARICICH. RACE HORSE LANE, WATSONVILLE CA 95076. This business is conducted by a General Partnership Signed: JODI EVE MARICICH. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 15-1377 The following individual is doing business as CASSERLY ROAD AND WELL ASSOCIATION. 290 CASSERLY, WATSONVILLE CA 95076 County of Santa Cruz.

EVE ORTIZ. 533 BAY VIEW DR., APTOS CA 95003 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed:EVE ORTIZ The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on July 31, 2015. August 5, 12, 19, 26.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 151365 The following individual

is doing business as BLESSED

BY NATURE. 106 ZINFANDEL CIRCLE, SCOTTS VALLEY CA 95066 County of Santa Cruz.

MATTHEW P. MIEZIO. 106 ZINFANDEL CIRCLE, SCOTTS VALLEY CA 95066 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed:MATTHEW P. MIEZIO. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on July 28, 2015. August 5, 12, 19, 26 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 15-1348 The following individual is doing business as THE MINDFUL PEACE. 106 MADELINE DRIVE, APTOS CA 95003 County of Santa Cruz.

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TRENGOVE. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 7/27/2015 . This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on July 27, 2015.

August 5, 12, 19, 26.

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME. The following person (persons) have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name: EMOTIONAL PEACE. 106 MADELINE DR., APTOS CA 95003 The fictitious business name referred to above was filed in SANTA CRUZ COUNTY on: 1/20/2012 MARIA CRISTINA TRENGOVE. 106 MADELINE DR., APTOS CA 95003. This business was conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. This statement was filed with the County Clerk- Recorder of SANTA CRUZ COUNTY on the date indicated by the file stamp: Filed: July 27, 2015 File No. 2012-0000210.

August 5, 12, 19, 26.: FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 151391 The following individual is doing business as GOTELLI ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION.

3356 MAPLETHORPE LANE, SOQUEL CA 96073 County of Santa Cruz.

HERBERT P. GOTELLI. 3356 MAPLETHORPE LANE, SOQUEL CA 96073. This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: HERBERT P. GOTELLI.. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 3/31/1983. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on August 4, 2015.

August 12, 19, 26 & Sept. 2.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 151393 The following individual is doing business as RAFFISH. 343 CHAPARRAL STREET, SALINAS CA 93906 County of Santa Cruz. PAUL NASH. 343 CHAPARRAL STREET, SALINAS CA 93906. This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: PAUL NASH The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on August 4, 2015. August 12, 19, 26 & Sept. 2.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 151397 The following individual is doing business as CALIFORNIA 54321, HOLA BEAUTY & PINK PANDORA. 1555 MERRILL ST. #93, SANTA CRUZ CA 95062 County of Santa Cruz. CELENE NELSON . 1555 MERRILL ST. #93, SANTA CRUZ CA 95062. This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: CELENE NELSON The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on August 4, 2015. August 12, 19, 26 & Sept. 2.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 151299 The following individual is doing business as GLOBOW County of Santa Cruz. CELENE NELSON . 1555 MERRILL ST. #93, SANTA CRUZ CA 95062. This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: CELENE NELSON The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of

Santa Cruz County, on August 4, 2015. August 12, 19, 26 & Sept. 2 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 151421 The following Corporation is doing business as TWO WHEEL CLUB. 1077 SMITH GRADE, SANTA CRUZ VA 94050 County of Santa Cruz.

SWANPOUND, INC. 2804 GATEWAY OAKS DRIVE, STE. 200, SACRAMENTO CA 95833.

Al# 3728461. This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: REBECCA GUINEY. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is NOT APPLICABLE This statement was filed with

Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on August 10, 2015. August 12, 19, 26 & Sept. 2.

was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on August 4, 2015.

August 12, 19, 26 & Sept. 2

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 151396 The following Married Couple is doing business as MOUNTAIN STORE. 125 POOL DRIVE, BOULDER CREEK CA 95006 County of Santa Cruz. KIM KI SON & KIM YONG SUK. 125 POOL DRIVE, BOULDER CREEK CA 95006 This business is conducted by a Married Couple Signed: KIM KI SON. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 7/22/2005. This statement

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Occupation: Pre-school teacher/mother Hobbies: Bike riding, walking, hiking, photography, cooking Astrological Sign: Aquarius What do you enjoy cooking? Well, mostly kid-based meals such as spaghetti with meat sauce, tacos with either seasoned ground beef or Italian marinated tri-tip, quesadillas, roast chicken and chicken soup, beef and pork ribs, and teriyaki skirt steak — the kids’ favorite. We also like Shopper’s sausages and the bacon — oh man, the bacon. I like the butchers; they’re just so friendly and you never wait very long. The guys seem happy to see you — I love it! I find the produce department convenient. I buy mostly organic and the prices are moderate compared to other stores. They always have what I want.

Do you shop for specialty products? Shopper’s has so many types of cheeses — they’re all so good. Today we got a new one, a hard jack that smells kind of smoky. I like their spice selections, especially curry, turmeric and coriander as I use these ingredients in my chicken soup, along with coconut. I like to bake using King Arthur Flour for cookies, cakes, and pies — I make my own pie crusts.

Shopper’s has these fun toppings and decorations which I use for my baked goods.

You find things here that you won’t find elsewhere. For me, their customer service really sticks out. It’s really important to me.

How so? I mentioned the butchers but the checkers are equally great. They’re always smiling, and I feel really taken care of. My kids, Bodie, Curtis and Lulu, find Shopper’s to be a really nice store. They feel welcomed here so, it’s a fun experience for them. I want to support a local business such as Shopper’s which supports so many student-employees with a good place to work. Shopper’s Corner feeds Santa Cruz families and the dollars go back into the community. It’s a nice circle. I like the sound of my cart rolling on the wooden floors, and the store size is perfect.

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