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THE FLY

Out with the Old

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The South Bay’s largest, most influential Democratic faction went through a dramatic shakeup Monday. In a packed room at Harry’s Hofbrau, the Santa Clara County They Democratic Club voted Did overwhelmingly to replace an entrenched What? executive board led SEND TIPS TO

by HERB ENGSTROM FLY@ and ROB MEANS with METRONEWS. a whole new slate of COM progressive, markedly more diverse activists. It also rechristened itself the Silicon Valley Democratic Club, partly because the name carries more cultural cachet and partly to avoid getting confused for the Santa Clara County Democratic Central Committee.

News of the results prompted gasps that gave way to ecstatic cheers, high-fives and hearty embraces by MICHELE DAUBER, of Recall Persky fame, and some of the other newly elected cohorts, including ART COHEN, who sued DONALD TRUMP over his fraudulent “university,” and Bay Area Women’s March impresario JENNIE RICHARDSON. The night’s showdown capped months of turmoil that Means characterized as a “battle for the culture of the club” and Engstrom cast in more sensational terms, inflaming simmering tensions between the old guard and the new.

In emails with members, Engstrom called the largely female groundswell a “takeover”

by Dauber “to promote her own agenda of women’s issues.” When a fellow Dem tried to assuage his fears by crediting Dauber with “some good ideas,” Engstrom replied that people “with nefarious motives can also have good ideas” and cited ADOLF HITLER as an example because he invested in the Autobahn. That didn’t sit well with other members, let alone Dauber. But Engstrom doubled down.

“The mention of Hitler’s name evidently causes some people anguish,” he mused in an email before concluding that people’s emotional reaction must’ve caused them to miss the point. Lost on Engstrom, it seems, was that folks took offense precisely because of that point. And as a resounding rebuttal, they voted him out.

GARAGE BRAND In true Silicon Valley fashion, Emily Parker launched her leather goods studio out of her home garage in Redwood City before opening her first storefront in Menlo Park.

Hand Crafted Local maker Emily Parker’s journey from civil servant to leather artisan

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N A WARM, sunny afternoon in November, Emily Parker sits on a concrete bench outside her shop and searches for the right words about how she realized her calling as a leather artisan.

“I found a lot of peace and calm whenever I started doing this,” the 34-year-old Peninsula resident says.

There’s something poetic and romantic about the tradition of working with one’s hands to turn leather into shoes or a bag or another good that people will use, she adds.

With the soft launch of her EM Parker label in her online shop early this year and the grand opening of

her Menlo Park storefront at the Allied Arts Guild in December, she’s finally seeing the physical manifestation of years of work learning the trade and finding her place in a community of makers and artisans. It’s a sharp contrast to what her life was like even a few years ago, when she seemed on track to follow in her family’s footsteps as a career civil servant. But all that was before her boyfriend was diagnosed with cancer in 2012, and before she started re-examining what she really wanted out of life.

Parker came from a family where most people worked in civil service or the military, and she hewed to the same path. She earned a bachelor’s of science degree in humanities and

justice studies from San Jose State University, then a master’s in public administration from the University of San Francisco, and started a nearly decade-long career working in local and federal government jobs.

Her boyfriend’s illness suddenly made her rethink her priorities. He pulled through, they married, and they moved to Boston in 2013 for a job opportunity. Parker started using her vacation time to explore her interest in shoemaking, taking classes from the likes of James Ducker and Deborah Carre, who had made shoes for John Lobb. It was the beginning of what turned into four years of training that took Parker around the country, learning from well-known leather artisans including Marcell Mrsan, Beatrice Amblard and D.W. Frommer II. Frommer recalls Parker as a “very bright and energetic” student. He’s been making boots and shoes full time for nearly 50 years and offers classes that are generally three weeks long, teaching students how to make a pair of boots from the ground up. It’s not an easy trade to learn or business to get into, Frommer says, given the scarcity of teachers and quality tools and materials. “You need to have this goal

Germany, to ensure she’s working with high-quality material. The European Union has more regulations than the United States on the tanning process, which is a main draw for her. Parker does not use “chrome-tanned” leather, which can develop traces of chromium VI, or hexavalent chromium. The compound can cause allergic reactions, and the Centers for Disease Control classifies it as a carcinogen.

Even as a small-quantity maker, Parker’s gained access to top tanneries and other supplies around the globe with her personal touch. She went to Lineapelle trade shows in New York to meet the owners of companies whose materials she wanted to use.

She followed up with them by email and even sent some of them Christmas cards to develop a personal connection.

Parker has also made a mark on the local maker community with her willingness to share her knowledge.

She consulted maker friends abroad and watched YouTube videos to learn how to repair her machines since it was hard to find service people locally, and word of her skills spread. She’s already replaced parts in three machines for other people around the Bay Area, she says. “To be a leatherworker, you don’t get to just do leather,” Parker says. “You have to do all these other things that you don’t really plan on doing. But it’s fun. It keeps things interesting.”

This year, she decided to take her work from the online world to a physical storefront after meeting a friend for lunch at Cafe Wisteria on the grounds of the Allied Arts Guild.

Parker had never been to the artisan community before. “I walked in and the seas parted,” she says. “It was like, this is where I am supposed to be.”

Parker didn’t know if she was ready for a storefront, she says, but she also knew it was an opportunity that might never come again. Her grand opening is set for Dec. 14, which means she’s pulling some late nights to create products for the shelves while keeping up with custom orders. Even with all of that to manage, Parker’s background in serving others shines through: She’s hoping to start offering classes next year for people interested in learning about working with leather.

Parker had gone through a bit of a crisis when she left a service job to make leather goods, she admits. She wondered if it was selfish. But she’s a happier person now and hopes to spread that to the people around her.

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fixed in your mind so firmly that you won’t let any of that get in your way,” Frommer says.

Parker seems to embody that.

After moving back to the Bay Area, she decided she wanted to make leather goods full time. She saved up for a year, created a business plan and quit her government job. Still, few people talk about how expensive it is to start in the trade, Parker says.

One can make leather goods with tools as simple as a needle, thread and an awl for for piercing holes, but the reality is there are many other things you end up needing, including training, other tools and machines if you want to make some parts of the work more efficient.

In true Silicon Valley fashion, she started working out of her home’s garage in Redwood City. Parker modified the space, which was built in the 1920s, to be a suitable workshop.

She leveled and repaved the floor so it could house some of the nearly one-ton machines she uses. It wasn’t unusual for her husband to come home from work, open the garage door and find her using a rented jackhammer. She didn’t want to work with spiderwebs in an unfinished garage, she says with a shrug. She was going to do whatever it took to create at least a small boundary around a dedicated work space.

Though she has some machines at her home studio, Parker has refrained from using more machinery in her work. “Part of the whole maker process is not making it efficient,” she says. “It is keeping it to the traditions.” A clutch can take her around a dozen hours to make. A batch of six pairs of mules can take around 16 hours.

Her designs are inspired in part by her childhood in Orange County, where she says she grew up “in Converse and flip flops” before developing a penchant for high-end shoes as an adult. She wants to make simple, wearable items that people will return to, she says. Most of her clutches, for example, are versatile enough for both grocery shopping and a night on the town. She also makes some special occasion and limited edition items (like the one-of-a-kind gray ostrich envelope clutch that retails in her online store for $825).

Parker’s attention to detail goes beyond the design and making process to how she sources her materials. She buys leather directly from tanneries in Europe, mostly from France and

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An inside look at San Jose politics

PACT PENDING After months of negotiations, San Jose and Google reached a tentative purchase agreement for a spate of prime public land in downtown.

Google, San Jose Unveil Long-Awaited Land-Purchase Deal

BY JENNIFER WADSWORTH San Jose reached a milestone in its land negotiations with Google, releasing a long-anticipated agreement Friday that spells out how much the multinational corporation expects to pay for more than 21 acres of prime public land in the city’s center.

The tentative deal involves the pending sale to Google of several city-owned parcels by San Jose’s Diridon train station, where the company plans to build a massive transit village and mega-campus that could create as many as 20,000 new jobs. San Jose’s City Council is set to vote on the agreement on Dec. 4.

The memorandum released last week culminates nearly a year-anda-half of negotiations between the

city and the Mountain View-based search giant, which has been on a protracted buying spree in in the heart of San Jose, where its property purchases have reportedly exceeded $200 million to date.

San Jose’s asking price for its share of land in the development zone is $67 million, the proceeds from which would get divvied up among the city and the 13 other local government entities with a stake in the Redevelopment Agency (SARA) assets. Those properties include several surface parking lots and San Jose’s fire training facilities.

Downtown and business boosters welcome Google’s presence in San Jose, which has long struggled with tax revenue because it has fewer jobs than residents. Google’s future

headquarters could also help the city realize its vision for the Diridon transit hub, which it hopes to transform into the “Grand Central Station” of the west, surrounded by the kind of dense, mixed-use development that could help San Jose—the 10th largest city in America—shed its reputation as a sprawling bedroom community.

Of course, Google’s grand vision for San Jose has also become a flashpoint in ongoing debates about affordability, displacement and gentrification. Public meetings about the company’s planned move have been marked by protests and demands that Google balance some of the negative impacts of its presence by offering community benefits.

San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo and other city officials have also come under fire for signing confidentiality agreements at Google’s behest.

Earlier this month, two nonprofits, the First Amendment Coalition and Working Partnerships USA, teamed up to sue the city over allegedly unlawful non-disclosure contracts.

City Attorney Rick Doyle said the claim of secrecy is a moot point, since the city maede its tentative deal with Google public. Liccardo also responded to criticism over the deals by vowing that Google would pay full freight for land, taxes, fees, traffic impacts and additional community benefits. Unlike New York City’s widely panned deal with Amazon, Liccardo said San Jose has refuses to grant subsidies to Google.

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GHOSTS OF CITY PAST The shifting, rising skyline of downtown San Jose is haunted by memories of the city’s changing culture and identity.

Lost Soul Novelist Patrick Modiano inspires a conjuring of spirits of San Jose past

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FRENCH NOBEL Laureate inspired me to construct of network of ghosts in downtown San Jose to haunt the current onslaught of techie schmoes.

When novelist Patrick Modiano won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2014, the Nobel Academy’s secretary said Modiano won “for the art of memory with which he has evoked the most ungraspable human destinies and uncovered the life-world of the occupation.”

Continuing, he said Modiano’s books “are always variations of the same theme—memory, loss, identity, seeking. Those are his important themes: memory, identity and time.”

Modiano’s books are haunting and atmospheric, often with a psychologically scarred narrator grafting a matrix of memories on top of his native Paris. We get specific places and addresses, people with whom the narrator once interacted, or just ways in which the physical buildings merge with temporal aspects of his own history and identity.

Which, of course, makes me think

of downtown San Jose. Modiano’s last two books, So You Don't Get Lost in the Neighborhood and the recently released Sleep of Memory, inspired me to graft a matrix of traceable memories onto downtown so future Modianos of this neighborhood will have something to haunt themselves with.

“With a little effort they come back to you, those names that lie dormant beneath a thin coating of snow and neglect,” Modiano says, on page 26 of Sleep of Memory. San Jose is not Paris, so in our case, the names lie dormant underneath fancy new skyscrapers, names just waiting to resurface and haunt all the real estate tycoons gentrifying the neighborhood with tech schmoes and coworking spaces for overgrown frat boys.

On Feb. 27, 1989, for example, the legendary Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds played at the Oasis Nightclub in downtown San Jose, nowadays the vacant lot at North First and St. James streets, ground zero for the shiny new Park View Towers project.

The documentary film of that tour,

“The Road to God Knows Where,” includes a hysterical scene of Cave hating on the whole venue and complaining about how small the stage was. The very next day, Feb. 28, 1989, legendary actor and musician Harry Dean Stanton played on that same stage. I missed both of those gigs, which even further inspires me to conjure up their spirits. Cave is still alive and well, playing arenas all over the world, but Stanton recently passed away, as did Don Joyce of Negativland, who performed a spectacular show I saw at the Oasis in 1993. Some troublemaker at KFJC taped it off the board, so the recording is readily available if you Google it. I swear, I can still hear Negativland’s legendary sonic ridicule of U2 every time I walk by that vacant lot. But that’s not all. I can also hear noise collages, dance beats and bisexual dry orgies that unfolded on stage when Genesis P-Orridge and Psychic TV played at the Oasis in 1990, another show I attended. If I can help it, all of these legendary counterculture heroes will forever inhabit that parcel of land, haunting the lives of every soulless techie that moves into those ritzy new towers.

Inspired by the Nobel Committee, I can think of many more examples.

Kurt Cobain, Johnny Thunders, Country Dick Montana and Dee Dee Ramone all gigged at Cactus Club, which first opened 30 years ago next month, so I will conjure their nefarious spirits to spread out across the whole SoFA neighborhood, haunting and taunting any new shiny tower that comes along.

Finally, mystical laughter plays a role here, too. As another highrise barrels toward completion on the former parking lot next to Old Spaghetti Factory, I am reminded of Satori Tea Company, which until very recently was located across that parking lot on the other side. In 2012, I wrote a column about Ramesh Pandey, the “Laughing Yogi,” who gave a laughing yoga class inside the tea shop. I don’t know exactly how many transient tech workers will move into the overpriced luxury units in that building, but each one of them will hear distant residual laughter from deep down underneath the foundation, echoes of the mystic yogi, uproariously busting a gut at the soulless techies and their superficial lives.

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SPIRIT ANIMALS Find Fractal Flora’s T-rex planters (left) at the florist’s pop-up shop by San Jose’s San Pedro Square and Patrick Hobbie’s fauna-themed watercolors at cafe galleries throughout the South Bay.

Gifts with Story A S ONE MORE year winds down and we all take a moment to be with family and friends, those of us accustomed to showing our love and gratitude through gifts may find ourselves in a bit of a pickle. What in the world are we going to get for the ones we care for the most?

Sure, it’s easy, but quick trip to a big box or online retailer can feel a bit basic—if not hollow.

While shiny toys produced en masse half a world away may come with a warranty, gift receipt or money-backguarantee, they don’t really say much.

To ensure a gift is truly meaningful, it ought to have a story.

The men and women who produced it may have slaved over its every hand-hewn detail. Or perhaps

A holiday guide to gifts made all the more meaningful for their amazing backstories

it might speak to the Silicon Valley’s entrepreneurial spirit. Then again, the gift itself may tell a story in words or images. No matter what, if a gift comes with a tale, chances are it will mean more to the recipient and the giver.

This list features a variety of gifts with heart and interesting backstories. Read on to see how you can think outside of the big box and make someone truly happy this holiday season.—Nick Veronin

BOUTIQUES Em Parker emparker.com

Civil servant-turned-leather artisan Emily Parker celebrates the grand opening of her Menlo Park studio next month, just in time for the

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STYLE HIGH CLUB Empire in the Air is as much as streetwear brand as an art-and-culture collective.

GIRL POWER

Ex-Googler Komal Singh penned children’s book Ara the Star Engineer to inspire young girls to pursue math and science.

holidays. The up-and-coming craftswoman apprenticed in Italy before plying her lovingly crafted wares—one-of-a-kind ostrich clutches, lambskin sandals, sleek menswear-inspired belts—back here in Silicon Valley. To read more about Parker, check our profile of her on page 8.

Hapertas & Company hapertasco.com

Jill Rachel Evans lost everything in a 2016 fire that destroyed an entire business district in Seattle.

More than $160,000 of uninsured merchandise was reduced to ashes just weeks after she moved Hapertas & Company haberdashery into its first brick-and-mortar studio. It was a devastating setback, personally and professionally, for the secondgeneration menswear designer and fledgling entrepreneur who began fiddling around with needle and thread as a toddler. Instead of succumbing to tragedy, Evans revived her young brand in a new place. Since August, the 35-yearold—a clinical communications professional by day—has sold her

brand of bespoke neckties ($154), bow ties ($65), cuff links $34), scarves ($76 to $108) and pocket squares ($28) from a hole-in-the-wall space at Moment, a row of pop-up shops across from San Pedro Square in San Jose. Evans, who crafts each item from her home studio in Menlo Park, sources her fabric from the iconic Pendleton Woolen Mills in the Pacific Northwest and creates no more than 10 ties or pocket squares from each pattern. As one of several merchants sharing the shop, she also promotes artisan products that complement her wares, including a

solid cologne by Bawston & Tucker ($26 per tin of balm) in spicy, citrusy and woodsy scents.

Bobo Design Studio bobodesignstudio.com

What started as a side hustle in 2008 has become a full-time leap of faith for Bobo Design Studio’s Angie Chua, a San Jose-based illustrator who quit her high-salaried startup job last year to devote more time to her lifestyle brand of wanderlustinspired apparel and accessories.

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WANDERLUST Angie Chua quit her startup job to run Bobo Design Studio full-time, creating clothing and accessories inspired by her roadtrips throughout California and the Southwest.

From a pop-up shop at Moment across from San Jose’s San Pedro Square, Chua sells her latest line of tees and tank tops ($28 to $36) emblazoned with cacti, wolves and other imagery inspired by road trips to SoCal and the Southwest. A similar motif appears on enameled pins she designed as sort-of merit badges, including ones of multicolored wolves, piñatas and otters ($12 apiece).

Fractal Flora fractalflora.com

If you’re shopping for someone who’s killed their fair share of green things or loves a desert vibe, consider artfully arranged succulents or air plants to pretty up their home or work space. They’re hardier, available in all kinds of aesthetically interesting varieties and—at San Jose’s Fractal Flora,

named for geometric patterns found in nature—come in adorable little planters, such as a ceramic Pokémon ($25) and gold-painted T-rex ($20), or customized into intricate living sculptures. Proprietors Sarah Lim and Yuri Kim offer the usual flower bouquets, corsages and headdresses, but specialize in succulent-based designs. In addition to offering pre-arranged planters from their pop-up shop at Moment in San Jose, the pair also creates made-to-order plant installations (prices vary) and leads workshops ($50 per person, give or take) on storytelling through terrariums.

Empire in the Air empireintheair.com

The brainchild of Francesca “ChiChai” Mateo, Empire in the Air is a streetwear brand doubling as a cultural incubator that brings creatives

HABERDASHING Flying off the shelves at purveyor of fine menswear, Hapertas & Company, are tins of Bawston & Tucker’s shea butter-based solid colognes.

together through community events such as open mics, art shows, 5K runs and kickball tourneys. Mateo and her husband, Christopher Nguyen, recently launched their fall collection, which includes logo-emblazoned hoodies ($50) and graphic crewnecks ($40) and tees ($28). Find them online or in their pop-up space at Moment in downtown San Jose.

Palo Alto Boho etsy.com/shop/paloaltoboho

Megan Peters-Ahalim draws inspiration for Palo Alto Boho’s jewelry and accessories from a childhood spent in a Los Altos Hills commune known as “The Land” and a coming-of-age during the Dot Com boom. The Peninsula native founded the brand in 2011 after a coffee-fueled conversation with her sister at a College Avenue cafe turned into months of designing, creating and translating the core concept of Palo

Alto Boho—a boutique influenced by the intersection of bohemian life and Silicon Valley’s tech culture—into reality.

Peters-Ahalim’s creations are relatively affordable, too, from the 24-karat goldplated triangle labradorite post earrings ($25 a pair) to the arrowhead-shaped druzy pendants ($34) and natural turquoise-and-silver necklace ($90).

ART Kristina Micotti etsy.com/shop/kristinamicotti

Obese dachshunds, ice creamwielding pink gorillas and bikiniclad racoons are just some of the delightfully nonsensical creatures imagined by South Bay illustrator Kristina Micotti, who sells her work on the usual totes, pins and prints

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WIDE WORLD OF WHIMSY Silicon Valley-based artist Genevieve Santos, proprieter of Le Petit Elefant, draws inspiration for her art from her travels, a background in animation and Filipino heritage.

in addition to brightly colored textiles. If you don’t get a chance to catch her in person at an upcoming maker fair, check out her Etsy shop for her latest creations, including blankets adorned with your choice of a humpback whale, octopus, tiger or snowy owl ($160 apiece), tees emblazoned with quirky cheetah doodles ($25) or all manner of zodiac pins ($10 to $11.50).

Patrick Hobbie patrickhobbieart.com

Though he was raised in a household with an art studio shared by his painter mom and photographer dad, Patrick Hobbie, a Mountain View resident, was a bit of a late-bloomer when it came to visual arts. For most of his adult life, the Alabama native channeled his expressive impulses into music and cuisine. But a few years ago, Hobbie discovered a new creative purpose in the vibrant, colorsplattered watercolor-and-ink animal portraits that have made him a regular at trade shows, craft fairs and art galleries throughout the Bay Area.

The self-taught painter sells prints of his refined but loosely rendered images of cats, owls, foxes and other fauna for $18 apiece on Etsy.

Le Petit Elefant lepetitelefant.com

San Jose native Genevieve Santos founded Le Petit Elefant in 2009 so she could do what she loves: wander the world and express it through art.

In the past decade the serial nomad has done exactly that, channeling her experiences, travels a nd love for ice cream and pearl tea into her brand of whimsical ink-and-watercolor art and attendant line of stationery ($4.25 per card), stickers ($4 apiece), enamel pins ($12) and rubber stamps ($12-$26). Be sure to check out her collection of trinkets that pay homage to her Filipino heritage, including stickers and pins of banana ketchup, the Jollibee mascot, halo halo and rice cookers or cards with greetings like, “You’re the sizzle to my sisig.”

MUSIC Record Store Day: Black Friday recordstoreday.com

Shopping for the music lover on your holiday list isn’t what it used to be. CDs are dead and just about all the music in the world can be pulled up with a few taps. Still, for the true audiophiles out there, nothing can hold a candle to vinyl. That’s where the record store comes in. Record Store Day—the organization that launched a decade ago with the aim of champion the local music shops—is now pushing fans to head out into the meatspace and grab physical releases on Black Friday, Nov. 23. Rasputin and Streetlight are sure to be participating in this year’s festivities, with special releases and deals. There are other shops in the area where you can go, including The Record Man in Redwood City, On The Corner Music in Campbell and Needle to the Groove in San Jose.

Clifton Roozeboom conceived of PocketLab five years ago as a PhD student at Stanford University, where he realized that even in the heart of Silicon Valley, equipment available for science education was largely outdated and prohibitively expensive. Drawing from his expertise in sensor technology, the Mountain View resident launched a line of durable, affordable handheld devices that help school kids and citizen scientists discover the world around them by measuring things like temperature, humidity, barometric pressure and air quality.

Since launching on Kickstarter in 2015, the San Jose-based startup has released PocketLab One, geared for physics and engineering experiments; PocketLab Weather for studying earth science and climate; and the all-in-one PocketLab Voyager that’s sophisticated enough for a professional engineer but intuitive enough for a fourth-grader.

The company’s latest product, PocketLab Air, measures air quality and gamifies climate research by allowing the user to submit data points to scientists around the world.

The portable labs, which sell from $98 to $148 and come with hundreds of free lesson plans, are now used by thousands of schools in 52 countries.

Tonal tonal.com

Designed by alums of Apple, Nest and GoPro, the Tonal all-in-one exercise and personal trainer machine is basically the most Silicon Valley workout possible.

Resembling the giant slab from 2001: A Space Odyssey (or a Tesla Powerwall, if you’re fancy), Tonal also features a touch screen and two extendible, articulating arms equipped with resistance pulleys, which the company promises will “replace every machine in a weight

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CITIZEN SCIENTIST The brainchild of a Stanford grad, portable PocketLabs were designed to help students and pros alike discover the world around them.

WHEELIN’ AND DEALIN’ San Jose-made Onewheels offer smooth, stable rides on all kinds of surfaces.

room.” There are no metal plate inside the Tonal’s compact frame.

Instead electromagnets create up to 200 pounds of resistance, which can be dialed up or down digitally. The machine even senses when you’re struggling on that final set and eases up just a smidge. The Tonal also brings virtual personal trainers into your home via its internetconnected screen, so users can order up a little motivation with a few taps and swipes. For those interested in trying it out, a Tonal retail location at Santana Row will be giving demos through Dec. 2.

Onewheel onewheel.com

When it comes to modes of individual electric transportation, Silicon Valley denizens have a number of choices. There are the shared scooters all over town and a number of remote-controlled electric skateboard companies to choose

from. But the Santa Cruz-based, San Jose-built Onewheel might just be the simplest and most versatile option for those willing to pony up. With base models starting at around $1,400, they aren’t cheap. However, they use no remote control, have a five- to18-mile range (depending on model) and they aren’t going to send riders flying just because of a little old rock or an extra thick driveway lip. The makers of Onewheel say they aimed to create a super-smooth riding experience—more akin to surfing or snowboarding than street skating— and that’s what they’ve done. The device is controlled solely by the user leaning either forward or back on the single, large rubber wheel. They do well on trails, over grass and on bumpy, worn-down roads. Users are even starting to use the Onewheel to perform tricks and to take it off jumps, and the device features a number of modes and varying algorithms, so riders can either take it slow or shred the gnar.

BOOKS

Ara the Star Engineer arastarengineer.com

Thanks to many brave women sharing their stories of men behaving horribly, young girls everywhere have reason to believe they’ll be treated better than their mothers in the workforce. Ara the Star Engineer is a children’s book that aims to reinforce that message.

Written by a Googler Komal Singh, the illustrated story tells the tale of a young girl who is seriously into math, robots and all things tech—and makes it clear that computer science isn’t just some boys club.

For the Love of Apricots

For the Love of Apricots by local author Lisa Prince Newman shares recipes and remembrances of the fruit that made this region famous long before the tech boom. The Valley of Heart’s Delight flourished for 100 years, from the California Gold Rush until World War II, with family farms spreading across 125 square miles. Then, as now, the area enjoys coastal cooling through its northern border with the San Francisco Bay and inland warmth from the protective Coast Range Mountains that frame it to the east and west.

Blessed with some of the richest topsoil in the world and a nearly year-round growing season, the Valley of Heart’s Delight was unique for its agricultural productivity and fruit orchard production. Featuring 129 full-color photographs, the book is one part historical document, one part cookbook.

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Other Walks, Other Lines focuses on artwork made during the last thirty years by artists around the world who use walking as a mode of making the world, as well as being in it. This wandering exhibition considers topics as disparate as procession, immigration, protest, and accessibility.

Artists included are Yuji Agematsu, Francis Alÿs, Ginny Bishton, Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla, Brendan Fernandes, Ana Teresa Fernandéz, Regina José Galindo, Hiwa K, Brad Kahlhamer, Glenn Kaino, Suki Seokyeong Kang, Kimsooja, Pope.L, Omar Mismar, Paulo Nazareth, Gabriel Orozco, Wilfredo Prieto, Lordy Rodriguez, Michal Rovner, Lara Schnitger, Clarissa Tossin, and Charwei Tsai.

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Sponsored by Applied Materials Foundation and Melanie and Peter Cross. In-kind support for equipment is provided by BrightSign. Supported, in part, by a Cultural Affairs grant from the City of San José. Image: Gabriel Orozco, Right couple (detail), 2010; Chromogenic print; 16 × 20 inches; Courtesy of the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery. © Gabriel Orozco.

For additional information and tickets, please contact us: 408.995.3318 or info@sanjosesymphonicchoir.org

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Schurra’s Fine Confections Sweet Shoppe, 1140 Lincoln Ave, San Jose

San Jose’s iconic candy maker Schurra’s may have closed its flagship store on The Alameda, but loyal customers can still find its storied confections on the shelves at the Willow Glen Sweet Shoppe. Schurra’s owner Brian Mundy worked out a deal with Sweet Shoppe proprietor Matthew Rodriguez to sell the complete line of the artisanal treats in a prominent case at the store, including signature favorites such as turtles, toffees, sea-salt caramels and chocolate-dipped apricots.

Rocket Vodka rocketvodka.com

For decades, wine was the only game in town when it came to locally produced adult beverages. Then, with Gordon Biersch, Sierra Nevada and the thousands upon thousands of other microbreweries, beer became something that we all expect to be produced in our own back yard.

Spirits have proven trickier. Distilling is a volatile process—one misstep can result in a massive fireball. That’s just one reason producing hooch is more heavily regulated than your average garage brewer. However, more folks are getting into the game, which means you don’t have to be from Lynchburg to say that the bottle you brought to the holiday party was produced locally.

Rocket Vodka was started in Menlo Park and is now distilled in El Dorado Hills, just outside of Sacramento. Being a neutral grain spirit, vodka can be made from just about anything that is fermentable. Rocket comes from locally grown apples and crisp, clear snowmelt from the Sierras.

Local Brews camninobrewing.com, hapasbrewing.com

Is it a coincidence that “holiday cheer” rhymes with “beer?” Perhaps, but your

3Below Tickets 3belowtheaters.com

Once known for bathrooms that defied all human decency, the former Camera 3 has become one of downtown’s hottest destinations since its rechristening earlier this year as 3Below Theaters and Lounge. One of the venues for Cinequest’s red carpet run in early spring, 3Below now sports new seats, carpets, lighting, sound and, yes, bathrooms. The venue has three auditoriums where it shows both classic and new films, including lesser-known titles like independent sci-fi action flick Prospect. Live screenings of The Rocky Horror Picture Show complete with shadowcast and entertainment from improv legends ComedySportz help round out 3Below’s current offerings.

Broadway Karaoke and Open Mic will also be added to the lineup once the Pix & Pints Cafe and Lounge opens sometime next year. Gift certificates are available in any amount and can be redeemed for theatre tickets or merchandise at the cafe.

Museum Passes sjica.org, sjquiltmuseum.org, sjmuseumart.org

EXPERIENCES Hammer Theatre hammertheatre.com

Staying constantly connected is an expected but draining part of Silicon Valley, so tuning it all out might be one of the best gifts you could give someone. Whether your recipient’s tastes lean toward live music, dance or stimulating talks, a pair of tickets to any program at the Hammer Theatre is a unique present that encourages actually being present.

Unplug in late February with The Real Group from Stockholm, “one of the leading forces in the world of vocal music” since the mid-’80s; a couple of passes are bound to hit high notes with fans of a capella

BOTTOMS UP Rocket Vodka distills its spirits in Menlo Park from locally grown apples and Sierra snowmelt. music or the Pitch Perfect franchise.

A swath of National Geographic: Live presentations throughout 2019 covers everything from examining the East African Rift, a tectonic plate in Mozambique that’s slowly splitting in half, to an intellectual evening with Mireya Mayor, the “female Indiana

An affordable and thoughtful gift with great unsung value, museum memberships to local venues like the San Jose Museum of Art and San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles offer year-round free admission, invites to special events and discounts at their respective gift shops and cafes. That means your gift will probably be used more than once. The San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art even throws in free guest passes, drink tickets and access to private collections and events.

Every museum focuses on its own style or medium, but each one offers a link to a world beyond itself; the Museum of Quilts & Textiles tells the stories of places we haven’t been and offers a physical connection to them, while immersive installations at the Institute of Contemporary Art provoke discussion about the direction we’re heading. Membership dues listed on each website.

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Jones” who discovered one of the world’s smallest primates.

loved one is unlikely to complain about the gift of a happy hour at any of San Jose’s hometown proud breweries.

Camino Brewing opened in March to a warm reception from the city for its creamy stouts and refreshing lagers. Try the award-winning Cafe Con Leche, which was named “Best in Show” at the Sacramento Coffee BeerFest this year for its deep chocolate and java notes. For something lighter but with plenty of character, take a swig of the spicy, dry Bohemian Pilsner or Cierzo IPA. Camino Brewing isn’t a traditional pub, but sometimes a guest vendor sets up shop so you can order food fares like keto tacos made with cheese shells.

Hapa’s Brewing Co. near midtown doesn’t have its own kitchen, either, but there’s usually a catering truck nearby to satisfy those munchies. The open-air craft brewery started pouring recipes with quirky names like the Hungry Dog, Counter Clockwise, and Surly Swan nearly two years ago and has become a popular watering hole since then for both regular folks and the networking tech and political crowds.

Hapa’s doesn’t sell any gift certificates alongside the stylish hats, shirts and other gear on their website, but you probably won’t have to twist anybody’s arm to take them out for an evening of great beer and bites. Same goes with Camino Brewing: no gift cards sold on their site, but your offer shouldn’t get shot down.

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MagicalButter magicalbutter.com

Channel your inner Martha Stewart with the MagicalButter ($175), a compact countertop extractor that looks more like a Denny’s coffee pot than a device for churning out potent cannabutter, lotions and tinctures. The stainless steel pitcher removes most of the guesswork-and other labor--from consistently making high-quality cannabis goods right at home by grinding, heating, stirring and steeping your harvest leftovers at the proper times and temperatures. The crafty little bastard not only makes two to five cups per cycle and comes with an immersion blender, heating unit and programmable thermostat, it’s even self-cleaning and would no doubt make Ron Popeil proud with its ingenuity and easy “set it and forget it” design.

OUT OF THE BOX Companies Lucky Box and Stashbox offer monthly

Menorah Bong

subscriptions of ganja goodies, making them a sort-of HelloFresh for stoners.

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With eight bowls (plus carb subbing in for the shamash) the makers of GRAV Menorah promise that “whether you're in the Tribe or just feeling the vibe, the Menorah is dynomite” for anyone in the mood to get a little chai. The Menorah has been in hot demand since a video of the Chronica contraption went viral four years ago, with prices for the limited pieces hitting $400 (if you think that’s expensive, they used to sell for $700). Make sure your Festival of Lights is very lit this year by ordering yourself one and be sure to break it in with some Kosher Kush, the only marijuana strain rumored to have been blessed by a rabbi.

The dankest weed gifts for that special stoner in your life BY JULIA BAUM

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ITH OPTIONS NOW ranging from buildyour-own-bong kits to high-end bedazzled necklaces that double as vaporizers, blacklight posters and lava lamps have become passe presents for potheads in recent times. Finding the perfect holiday item for your favorite stoner has never been easier, but the endless choices can also leave a burner feeling overwhelmed. Pot Shots has rounded up some practical but unique gift ideas for a range of budgets that are sure to please any cannathusiast.

Nuggy Hybrid nugtools.com

Smaller gifts are usually relegated to the status of lowly stocking stuffer, but the tiny Nuggy is bound to be a holiday favorite. Whether you smoke glass, roll up or hit the dab rig, the Swiss Army knife of stoners lets you “stay organized, always be prepared and keep it classy,” according to its website, and comes in two models.

The Nuggy Hybrid ($40-$45) comes fully equipped with several essential stainless steel tools for a smoke sesh including a scraper, scoop and roach clip (yes, there’s also a knife blade), while the Vape comes with a scoop, pick, paddle, and fork.

Special Stash getstashbox.com, luckyboxclub.com

If you’re not sure what to get the stoner who already has everything, a subscription to Lucky Box or Stashbox might be

just the thing. The customization and element of surprise combo has made subscription services popular in recent years, and weed companies have unsurprisingly copied the trend.

Stashbox and Lucky Box both have the same membership model as companies like HelloFresh, where users sign up for regular shipments of a particular good or service such as weed. Cannabis subscriptions send a select “stashbox” every month, stuffed with selected ganja goodies like rolling papers and glass pipes. Subscribers select their preferences such as how they like to consume cannabis (smoke, vape, edible) or if they prefer indica or sativa to help curate the box even more to their liking.

Stashbox is a solid basic subscription, delivering new surprise treats every four weeks. Users can order the same accessories like wraps and papers each time or mix it up with a Mystery Box option. They’ll even throw in non-weed items like hemp candles or soaps, as well as nonTHC snacks to cover your munchies and keep things special. Regular subscriptions start around $30 depending on what you order, but there’s even $1 monthly subscriptions to receive one random accessory.

Lucky Box goes even further by offering options for edibles-only, concentrates-only or CBD-only boxes, or any other combination. They’ll also make sure that you always get the perfect dose, no matter how much you imbibe. But you get what you pay for: The service starts at $100 a month for the Classic Box, which comes packed with four-eighths of top-shelf flower, and an assortment of lighters, vape pens, pre-rolls or less common items like sublinguals. The Executive Box price isn’t listed but is the same model—just filled with even more goodness.

TOOLS FOR TOKES Think of Nuggy Hybrid as a Swiss army knife for weed.

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Palermo 791 Auzerais Ave, San Jose 408.295.6459 palermosj.com The owners of Palermo’s took over the business formerly known as Paradiso’s, which was a popular Italian deli since 1967. This particular location is also situated approximately in right field of the old Sodality Park, where the Great Bambino’s walk-off home run (allegedly) fell when he played there in October 1927 with Lou Gehrig in a 21-game showcase with his team the Bustin’ Babes. Palermo kept a lot of Tony Paradiso’s old recipes, including their spectacular meatballs that are a fitting tribute to the Sultan of Swat.

EMC Seafood & Raw Bar 378 Santana Row Ste 1100, San Jose 408.296.6048 emcseafood.com

HOLIDAY FARE A host of Santa Clara Valley restaurants are offering gift card deals for the holidays.

Gift of Grub Treat the foodie in your life to a gift card to one of these 10 local restaurants

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Tasso’s 1530 Southwest Expwy, San Jose 408.283.2040 tassosrestaurantbar.com While the building might be new, the Perakis family who run it are no strangers to the South Bay. Tasso Perakis and his wife Maria have been running restaurants here since the early ’70s, and now they’ve both come out of retirement to open up Tasso’s Restaurant & Bar with their son Kostas at the helm. Featuring a swank bar with Mediterranean-inspired cocktails like their Fig Mojito, and a restaurant that serves up all the Greek favorites like moussaka and spanakopita. Their “famous” lamb shank lives up to the

hype, as the slow-cooking makes the meat melt off the bone. Tasso’s is the perfect place for those who like a home-cooked meal but in a modern, chic environment.

The Grandview Restaurant 15005 Mount Hamilton Rd, San Jose 408.251.8909 grandviewsanjose.com For those who like dinner and view, the name of this former roadhouse, built in the 1880s, pretty much says it all. Perched on Mt. Hamilton in San Jose’s East Hills, the Grandview offers sweeping vistas of the entire Silicon

Valley. And as if that isn’t enough, it’s also South Bay’s only seed-to-table restaurant that grows nearly all its produce and eggs and even features its own herd of Black Angus cattle. This Italian steakhouse doesn’t stop there, as they even make all their own fresh pastas daily and house a terrific selection of wine, as well as a bar that mixes up killer craft cocktails. Pro tip: There’s currently an $80-for-$100 gift card for The Grandview being sold at local Costco’s throughout the South Bay.

The Palms 115 N Santa Cruz Ave, Los Gatos 408.402.3811 thepalmslosgatos.com A gift card to The Palms restaurant in Los Gatos is the perfect gift for the hungry ghost hunter on your list, as this restaurant is housed in Coggeshall Mansion, the former location of Place Funeral Home, and is purportedly haunted by several apparitions. From this 1891 Queen Anne, The Palms serves Asian and Polynesian fusion dishes. The Chilean sea bass is one of the house specialties and is pan-seared to perfection. Pro tip: they’re offering

For the seafood lover on your list, EMC Seafood & Raw Bar will likely have what they want. This SoCal Koreatown favorite has finally made its way here to NorCal and features live uni, oyster shooters and various carpaccios. Their uni noodles are a fan favorite, and if one desires variety, than the Seafood Tower is the way to go; lobster, sashimi, king crab legs, fresh uni and scallops on the shell are just some of the items that come with it.

Doppio Zero Multiple locations dzpizzeria.com Pizza lovers need to look no further than Doppio Zero for an authentic Neapolitan wood-fired pie. It’s one of only a handful AVPN (Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana) certified places in the entire Bay Area, ensuring that their pizzas are 100 percent authentic from the type of flour and tomatoes used to their oven and its temperature. One really can’t go wrong with the classic Margherita pizza, but their la carne pie, with chorizo and Italian sausage, is also worth checking out.

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FOOD PHO THOUGHT At Pho Ha Noi, Chef Charlie Nguyen in the gingery, green onion-rich broth that characterizes northern-style pho.

Cinnaholic 115 E San Carlos St, San Jose 408.351.5400 cinnaholic.com Knock off two birds with one stone by grabbing gift cards for your buds with sweet tooths and any vegan on your list—every family has at least one. This purveyor of vegan cinnamon rolls is a locally based chain that got its start in Berkeley before hitting it big on ABC’s Shark Tank. Patrons can use a multitude of toppings and flavored icings to create almost limitless flavor combinations.

Well, actually 414 combinations, but who’s counting?

TAOB Pit Stop 484 Blossom Hill Rd, San Jose 669.234.7377 taobbq.com Owner Art Campos ran his popular catering business, The Art of BBQ (TAOB), for many years—catering to as many as 35,000 people in one year alone—when he decided to go

all-in at this brick-and-mortar store.

Barbecue lovers will think they’ve died and gone to hog heaven at TAOB Pit Stop with their Flintstonesize St. Louis pork ribs and smoked pork belly. They also make some killer apps with their version of “wolf turds” (smoked bacon-wrapped jalapeños) and deep-fried mac and cheese bombs.

Pho Ha Noi 969 Story Rd, Ste 6048, San Jose 408.239.0888 Pho Ha Noi devotees got a second chance at love, as the original location closed inexplicably in 2013 only to reopen in late 2016 at this swank new location in San Jose’s Vietnam Town Plaza. Crystal chandeliers and quartz tables will have patrons feeling like they’re dining in a fancy fivestar restaurant instead of a humble pho house. Chef Charlie Nguyen specializes in northern-style pho, which has more of gingery and green onion flavor, and their bone marrow broth is slow-cooked for 36 hours

to release a deep beefy base. Their house-made fresh wide noodles are the perfect way to enjoy pho—and make sure to order the rare, tenderized beef on the side for an extra-special treat.

Flights Multiple locations flightsrestaurants.com Deciding on what to order at a restaurant can cause certain individuals to panic and make hasty decisions that they regret moments later; Alex Hult’s latest restaurant, Flights, has the solution for them.

Flights’ tapas-style offerings always come in threes, so now there’s no more vacillating about which type of burger to order, or cogitating on which mojito to sip. Flights is also one of the fastest-growing restaurants in the area; since opening their original restaurant in downtown Campbell two years ago, they’ve quickly opened locations in Los Gatos, Burlingame and Mountain View and are anticipating a Las Vegas location in 2019.

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PEPE AGUILAR

AISEA TAIMANI

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FLEETWOOD MAC Wed, 8pm, $95+ SAP Center, San Jose

Fleetwood Mac was one of the most popular bands of the 1970s and ’80s. The soft-rock group’s landmark 1977 album Rumours is the sixth biggest-selling album in history. The group’s breezy, uptempo sound of that era glossed over internal drama: Fleetwood Mac has always had a revolving-door lineup, and there are twice as many ex-members as there are current ones. Anchored by original rhythm section Mick Fleetwood and John McVie, the current group features longtime members Christine McVie and Stevie Nicks. For the current tour, recently fired guitarist Lindsey Buckingham is replaced by Mike Campbell (of Tom Petty’s legendary Heartbreakers) and Neil Finn (Crowded House). (BK)

HARVEST BETWEEN RIVERSIDE & CRAZY FESTIVAL Wed, 7:30pm, $16+ San Jose Stage Company, San Jose Stephen Adly Guirgis’ Pulitzer Prize-winning comedic drama Between Riverside & Crazy is first and foremost a story about social injustice. It follows excop and widower Walter “Pops” Washington and his recently paroled son, Junior, as he pursues a discrimination suit against the NYPD. All the while, the landlord of his rent-controlled apartment wants him out and the local church won’t leave him alone. The Stage’s production of Guirgis’ play also features renowned actor L. Peter Callender, artistic director of San Francisco’s African-American Shakespeare Company. Runs through Dec. 16. (YK)

Wed, 10am, $9 McEnery Convention Center, San Jose The Harvest Festival is making its way back to San Jose this weekend for three days of arts and crafts. Visitors will find all kinds of American handmade products just in time for the holidays. The event also features three days of family-oriented fun, with oscillating performances by John Park the Funny Waiter, Tom Rigney & Flambeau and the Bay Area Showcase Chorus show choir. For those bringing the kiddos, there’s an area exclusively for make-andtake craft activities geared toward youngsters; that’s led by San Jose illustrator CD Hullinger. (YK)

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Wed, Fri, Sat, 8pm, $54+ City National Civic, San Jose

Fri, 9pm, $23 Rooster T. Feathers, Sunnyvale

Each year around turkey time, the Give Thanks festival rolls into town with a lineup of highprofile electronic acts. This time around they’ve put together a tight trio of shows featuring Swedish progressive house producer Alesso (headlining on Nov. 21), moombahton master Dillon Francis (playing Nov. 23) and Canadian dubstep act Excision (closing out the festival on Nov. 24). With each show situated on either side of Thanksgiving, a three-day pass should punch up any EDM fan’s long weekend. Not to mention, seeing Francis in a smaller sized venue like the Civic is bound to be dope. (YK)

Way back in 2003, someone at Rooster T. Feathers got the idea to start showcasing burgeoning local comedians with a New Talent Comedy Competition. The winner of that very first outing was Reggie Steele. So, it’s no surprise he keeps old Roosters in the rotation. When he’s not making the residents of Northern California laugh with his jokes and comic observations, you can find Steele touring the country, performing for the troops overseas and sharing his quick wit on Netflix and Comedy.TV. He shares the stage with Kabir Singh and Andrew Orolfo. (YK)

* concerts TRANS SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA

Nov 27 at Oracle Arena

DILLON FRANCIS

THE FACTION

Nov 30 at The Ritz

POPTOPIA

Dec 1 at SAP Center

OZUNA

Dec 2 at SAP Center

NINE INCH NAILS

Dec 4 at Bill Graham Civic

JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE

Dec 5 at Oracle Arena

SUUNS

Dec 7 at The Ritz

NOT SO SILENT NIGHT

Dec 8 at SAP Center

PINBACK

Dec 8 at The Ritz

CHILDISH GAMBINO

Dec 12 at SAP Center

WILLIE NELSON & FAMILY

Dec 13-14 at The Fox Oakland

MICHELLE OBAMA

Dec 14 at SAP Center

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Sun, 3pm, $37+ City National Civic, San Jose

Fans of singer-songwriter (and Bay Area native) Aisea Taimani and his band Minor Islands have lots to be grateful for this Thanksgiving. The socially conscious performer comes to the Art Boutiki with his debut full-length album, Closer to Home, set to drop Thanksgiving Day. As the son of immigrants from the Polynesian nation of Tonga, Taimani takes on a variety of highly charged subjects from the struggle for civil rights to social media addiction to his relationship with his mother, all powered by a simmering stew of reggae and R&B. (WB)

Raunchy dummy jokes a la Jeff Dunham are cool and all, but as they say, variety is the spice of life. Ventriloquist wunderkind Darci Lynne has been making the rounds with a national tour since winning America’s Got Talent last year. She and her colorful cast of characters are double threats as they frequently sing in between jokes during her act. In a world where ventriloquism seems may seem like old fogey fare, Lynne’s kidfriendly take on the art form is a welcome breath of fresh air. (YK)

PEPE AGUILAR Y FAMILIA Sun, 8pm, $60+ SAP Center, San Jose Ranchera singer Pepe Aguilar is bringing La Dinastía Aguilar to San Jose with this week’s performance at the Shark Tank. Aguilar will be performing alongside his son Leonardo and his daughter Angela. Both have some serious pipes of their own. All told, the performance will include the Aguilars, Christian Nodal, 12 mariachi, and 27 solo and band musicians. There will be a rodeo during the show, too. Aguilar’s been at this since he was 3 years old, so there’s no doubt he knows how to put on a show. (YK)

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JUST GIVING

Tue, 6:30pm, Free Bechtel Conference Center, Stanford Talk about your contrarian takes: Stanford poli-sci professor Rob Reich boldly looks the gift horse right in the mouth at the launch of his new book Just Giving: Why Philanthropy is Failing Democracy and How It Can Do Better. He makes the argument that the philanthropy of big-name kajillionaires and world-dominating Silicon Valley companies is often merely the exercise of corporate power, and for whatever genuine good it does, it can undermine democratic values and worsen economic inequality.

Reich—the faculty co-director of the Stanford Center and Civil Society—will be on hand for an onstage interview, followed by a Q&A session and book signing. (WB)

SAN HOLO

Dec 15 at City National Civic

TRAVIS SCOTT

Dec 16 at Oracle Arena

THE LIMOUSINES’ CHRISTMAS

Dec 22 at The Ritz

ZZ TOP

Jan 13 at City National Civic

ELTON JOHN

Jan 19 at SAP Center

NHL ALL STAR WEEKEND

Jan 25-26 at SAP Center

A$AP ROCKY

Feb 2 at Bill Graham Civic

MARC ANTHONY

Feb 8 at SAP Center

THE REV. HORTON HEAT

Feb 13 at The Ritz

SJZ WINTER FEST

Feb 13-24 in Downtown San Jose

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DEEP THOUGHTS Tobias Rees asks: ‘What is human, anyway?’

More Human Philosopher Tobias Rees raises a question everyone thinks is already settled

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HE DISTINCTION BETWEEN what is human and non-human is one of the most fundamental ideas of our shared consciousness. You figured out that distinction pretty early on in childhood, and you’ve never questioned it since.

That is, unless your name is Tobias Rees.

An anthropologist and philosopher, Rees is the director of something called the “Transformations of the Human” program at the Berggruen Institute in Los Angeles. He’s also the

keynote speaker on Nov. 26 in the Deep Humanities series at San Jose State University.

Rees is not only uncertain about what constitutes a human, but he wants to challenge the certainty of the rest of us as well.

The title of his upcoming lecture at the Hammer Center Theatre is The Human After “The Human.” Rees contends that humans aren’t what we think they are, backing up his assertion with the help of advancements in two emerging fields of study.

Rees points to studies of the “microbiome,” the enormous and complex ecosystem of bacteria that thrives in every healthy human body. “We don’t

really know where the human being ends and the micro-biome begins,” he says. “Most of the neurotransmitters in your brain were made by bacteria.”

The other field upsetting the settled notion of what it means to be human is artificial intelligence.

“There are those in philosophy departments and anthropology departments who are angry because I’m buying into AI,” said Rees. “I’m not buying into AI; I’m buying into the provocation of AI. When did we last ask what a human being is in the humanities? There is this vast space of reopening the concept of a human.”

What Rees wants to do is bring in philosophers and anthropologists in both the fields of microbiology and AI engineering. The effect is to undermine the neat distinctions between humans and other animals on one hand, and humans and machines on the other.

“Think about AI,” he says. “It’s an engineering discipline whether you work on ideas of natural intelligence vs.artificial intelligence, of mind and reason and consciousness. Well, these are basically the same key concepts in philosophy and Western thinking going

back 500 years. If AI engineers are right and they can build machines that think or are self-aware, then these distinctions that we take for granted, the distinctions between natural and artificial, or between living and nonliving, they are actually dissolved. This is crazy big.”

Rees works to introduce philosophy post-docs and humanities scholars into the cutting-edge labs of AI and biotech, to contribute to the research. “Their sole job is to build up a conversation in the lab and make the philosophical stakes of the work there visible and available to the engineer, so we can reconfigure what it means to be human.”

Rees says the general scientific concept of the human is only a few hundred years old, and emerged from the European Enlightenment. It was a concept that led directly to ideas of natural rights and to revolutions in America and France.

The notion that AI will bring on an existential crisis in humanity has already been broached in popular culture, particularly in films such as 2014’s Ex Machina, in which Oscar Isaac’s Silicon Valley AI wizard ruminates about the future: “One day, the AIs are going to look back at us the same way we look at fossil skeletons on the plains of Africa: an upright ape, living in the dust, with crude language and tools, all set for extinction.”

“We already are dealing with these questions,” Rees says. “Should robots, once they have self-awareness, have voting rights? Well, the robot might reply, ‘I’m stronger, faster and smarter than you. Maybe you’re the hazard. Maybe you no longer have voting rights.’”

Rees’ ideas aren’t always received well.

He told the story of meeting a dean of the humanities at UC Berkeley: “She asked me, ‘What do you want to do?’

I told her that I want to reinvent the human and the human sciences from scratch. She said that I’m crazy. I told her I’m a megalomaniac, but I’m not crazy.

I understand this project will fail. But we have to start somewhere. We already invented the human once. Why couldn’t we do it again? She smiled and just said, ‘It was nice to meet you.’”

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gender norms by creating figures associated with masculinity out of something traditionally considered a feminine craft.

The Yarn of War

ONLY TWO OF Nathan Vincent’s yarn soldiers are standing on display at the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textile,s but they alter the mood of the gallery.

There’s nothing decorous or innocuous about a three-dimensional man, albeit soft-bodied, holding a rifle above his head and aiming it at an enemy. These “child-size” soldiers are taken from a larger series Let’s Play War!, in which Vincent created two opposing armies out of yarn and foam. He distinguishes them by knitting one troop in jungle green and a second the color of desert sand. Based on the plastic toy soldiers boys play with in order to mimic adult warfare, he arranges the figures in malevolent poses, cleverly negating the idea that child’s play is harmless.

If not pointing rifles and shotguns at each other, the soldiers stretch out on the ground to steady their grips and to better the sight lines for their bazookas. Vincent occasionally affixes a grenade to a combatant’s outstretched hand. The weapons Let’s Play War! stitched on to these aggressive appendages appear to be growth-like extensions of, not separate from, Thru Jan 13, $8 the limbs themselves. The soldiers’ expressions are San Jose Museum of blank and call to mind The Hollow Men from T.S. Eliot’s Quilts & Textiles poem: “The eyes are not here/There are no eyes here.” sjquiltmuseum.org They’re blindly following their orders to maim and kill.

Vincent says that the idea for the series came to him after completing Boy Toys, a collection of crocheted sculptures—including video game controllers, a wrench, weapons (a slingshot, knives) and explosives (bright red sticks of dynamite). In his artist’s statement, he explains that these toys often endorse aggression and “unconsciously instill values and reinforce gender roles.” During a filmed interview with the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City, he goes on to explain his methodology. “I make mainly masculine objects or things that people associate with masculinity, and I make them with something that's considered a feminine craft.”

An evocative diorama, Let’s Play War! makes those gender roles traditionally associated with toy soldiers (male) or knitting needles (female) slippery. “The use of crochet and knitting,” Vincent adds, “is a way of subverting our cultural gender norms and experimenting with newer ways of thinking, questioning why our roles, activities and allowable personality traits are so often dictated by our anatomy.”—Jeffrey Edalatpour

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CYBER CINEMA Though less inspired than the original, ‘Ralph Breaks the Internet’ is a colorful adventure that reflects on pop culture in the digital age.

Netscape

‘Ralph Breaks’ the Internet’ brings some laughs, but a shortage of big ideas

BY RICHARD VON BUSACK

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ESPITE THE promisingly wide scope of the worldwide web, the animated Ralph Breaks the Internet doesn’t get to be about what it’s about—until the second half. Up to the middle, it wasn’t clear why it hadn’t gone straight to streaming. The highly witty original was about learning and appreciating the groove you’re in; the sequel seems stuck in it.

In this follow up 2012’s Wreck-it Ralph, the 8-bit ape-like video game

crusher Ralph (voiced by John C. Reilly) is now BFFs with Vanellope (Sarah Silverman), but she’s restless, bored with driving around the same sugar-coated racetrack in a candy car. Ralph’s attempt to bring novelty into her game accidentally breaks the machine. As a result, the machine will be carted off from the arcade to the scrapyard on Friday, to give what’s to come a ticking clock.

As denizens of an out-of-order machine, Vanellope and her other girl drivers are homeless, or rather “gameless.” But the management has just added a Wifi portal to the internet.

Naturally, the pair sneaks inside.

This cartoon version of the world

of William Gibson is a lot cleaner than the real thing. It’s a spotless blue-and-white giant mall, stuffed to the gills with product placement for websites. Discovering a rare part for Vanellope’s Sugar Rush game on eBay, Ralph oafishly outbids himself and ends up owing $20,000. He hunts this small fortune with the help of pop-up hustlers trying to grab internet visitors (some just living clickbait: “These Child Stars Went to Prison”) before learning that the secret to success is making viral videos.

The cartoon wakes up when Vanellope wanders into a Grand Theft Auto landscape called Slaughter Race. She gets a bit of a crush on the dangerous leather-clad Shank (Gal Gadot), and loves the slummy, smoggy neo-L.A. they race their cars through. There are some amusing details in the cityscape, where one glimpsed sign reads: “Literally a 99 Cent Store.” Unable to contain her happiness, she bursts into La La Land-style song (with lyrics by Alan Mencken) on an earthquake-snapped-

off ramp above the shopping cart people below.

Simultaneously, Ralph is coached for a YouTube-like BuzzzTube run by an executive (Taraji P. Henson) and starts performing performing in unfunny but popular videos that Ralph can monetize through “likes.”

Even for a cartoon, this is a pretty fictional premise.

Directors Phil Johnson and Rich Moore work in the meta-effect of the Lego films in a sequence where Vanellope visits Disney’s own site to confab with a circle of famous Disney princesses. (Cinderella, wary of this little stranger, breaks her glass slipper and brandishes it like a broken bottle). They worry about whether to accept her, if she fits the template of “cursed, kidnapped or enslaved.”

And they explain the conventions of showtunes, always sung wistfully while staring into a body of water.

Hopefully, this self-criticism will give Disney some new flexibility in their style, but it’s doubtful. Even back when Hercules came out in 1997, McDonald’s was offering samplers of Disney music: "Hero Songs," "Buddy Songs" and "Rascal Songs,” giving the notion that there were three huge dumpsters of each down in Burbank, with a snow shovel next to them.

By the time things catalyze in this villain-free movie, Ralph reckons with something very like the Id Monster from Forbidden Planet (1956), there for exactly the same reason Dr. Morbius unconsciously summoned his own demon. Now it’s clear how the two leads fit together, despite chronic nervousness in the scripting. A great big man and a squeaky-voiced little girl look strange buddy-buddying it in the immemorial Disney way. Suddenly, Ralph is revealed as anxious parent worrying about an offspring going to the dangerous city and hanging out with sketchy people. This is a real hook, and easier to identify with the first “one thing happens then another thing happens” adventures in a too-clean, too-safe internet, where promises are to be believed and personalities are easily monetized.

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journey for a young girl on a green planet far away.

Shipwrecked THERE’S NO FRICTION in outer space, yet the intriguing indie Prospect begins with it—the chafing between the teenage daughter Cee (Sophie Thatcher) and her hapless, slightly stoned father Damon (Jay Duplass), travelling to mine on a seemingly played-out planet. Directors Christopher Caldwell and Zeek Earl begin with a used-future look: space seen through a shuttle’s window scratched with graffiti, the hieroglyphics of some yetunborn langage.

It’s a rough ride to the frontier planet, a wetland of ferns and shining flies and deadly aerial spores. (The Seattle-based filmmakers shot this in the Hoh rainforest on the Olympic peninsula.) Blown off course, the craft is shipwrecked a long foot journey away from the target. They were headed to a hidden motherload of valuable gems, growing in the living membranes of a polyp-like creature called an Aurelac. The stones are tricky to pick out from the Prospect meat, since they’re protected with an acid strong enough to melt flesh.

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And what commences as something along the Thru Nov 25 lines of Outlands (1981) or TV’s The Expanse becomes a 3Below Theaters, straightforward space-Western, as Damon and Cee have San Jose a run-in with Ezra (Game of Thrones’ Pedro Pascal). He’s an attractive no-good killer straight out of the Old West, complete with a false courtliness, a dandy mustache, an ornate vocabulary devoid of contractions, and a gun that goes bang.

Cee is forced in a partnership of necessity with this thief. They encounter half-sane indigenes crouching in a subterranean longhouse, as well as the desperados waiting for them at the mining site. The film’s ticking clock is the problem of how to get back to the Mothership before it warps space to return home.

It’s not the most important part of the story, but the action choreography is a little obscured. Even when not seen through the point of view of smudged helmet glass, it’s hard to tell who’s doing what to whom, as if the MPAA had demanded cuts. But this is never too extreme with the violence: In an amputation scene, it’s praiseworthy how well pity is emphasized over violence. Thatcher is a strong, resolute heroine, and this is an impressive debut, both solid and atmospheric.—Richard von Busack

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SOUNDSCAPERS Sam Harnett, left, and Chris Hoff blindfold audiences before taking them on a sonic journey in ‘The World According to Sound.’

Just Listen ‘The World According to Sound’ gives audience keys to the narrative

BY AVI SALEM

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EFORE EVERY LIVE performance, Sam Harnett and Chris Hoff make make an unusual request. Upon sitting down, audiences are asked to turn off their phones, put them away and to cover their eyes with masks.

They are to keep the masks on for the next hour.

Harnett and Hoff then lead their captives on a aural adventure they call The World According to Sound. It is a live, all-encompassing auditory experience, inspired by a 90-second podcast that the two created and produce together.

Three years ago, Harnett, a public radio reporter, and Hoff, a sound engineer, were catching up after years of working in similar spheres of public radio. The two first met as volunteers at San Francisco public radio station KALW in 2008; upon reconvening in 2015, they reflected on their roles of writing and producing stories for radio.

Both Harnett and Hoff felt that the plot-driven, signpost-heavy nature of most radio narratives— from This American Life to Snap Judgement—felt repetitive, if not problematic, in its structure. Listeners were receiving information in ways that almost rendered them passive to the narrator’s story arc, and that

felt limiting. So they sought to do something radically different.

“We identified that the structure was very powerful, but also bothering us because it was repetitive to the point of diluting its power,” Harnett explains. “So our idea was to make something where we don’t really tell a story, we just try to make it so the listener is focused on sound without necessarily a clear directive or without the sound playing a clear role in moving the plot or making a point.”

That happy medium “in between talking all the time and freeform music” is The World According to Sound, a 90-second radio show that explores topics as diverse as singing sand, tinnitus, car laughter and cow bells.

Broadcast on stations like KALW and aired regularly on NPR’s All Things Considered, Harnett and Hoff ’s segment has minimal narration and focuses entirely on vivid and deftly produced soundscapes to show, not tell, stories. Hoff and Harnett have now brought that concept to the stage, transforming their 90-second segment into a full hour and making their audience into active participants.

“If you make a whole show dedicated not to talking and not to story and all you’re doing is listening to weird stuff, why not do it in a big space with a ton of speakers where you can make sound move around at your whim?” Hoff explains.

And that’s exactly what the duo did. The show’s live setup deploys eight separate audio channels, which allows the two men to move their sounds around the audience in a variety of directions. Visual deprivation forces listeners to remain focused on that sound with minimal distraction.

“When someone listens to the podcast, maybe they’re driving a car or taking a run; there’s a lot of visual stimulation,” Harnett says. “At the live tour everyone wears an eye mask so you’re really focused on what you’re listening to. And the communal listening experience is also interesting: it’s a bunch of other people who are reacting all at the same time to a totally different experience.”

Harnett and Hoff are currently partnered with San Francisco’s LightHouse Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired for a series of both live and pre-recorded shows that are informed by and tailored to the needs of the blind community, which they say has been one of the most rewarding aspects of producing The World According to Sound. The two hope to expand the scope of their live performances to appeal to blind and sighted audiences alike, inviting audiences to hear and feel stories rather than see them.

“With minimal narration and information, can we create a space where listeners can just experience sound that doesn’t have to be explained? Can the sound sustain a long chunk of listening, and in that listening convey an emotion or feeling?” Hoff asks. “I think that’s the ultimate test. Beyond that, it could be anything. The sound really doesn’t matter at all.”

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mighty mike McGee’s THU NOV 22 • THANKS, Y’ALL

I am so grateful for the privilege of being a part of our beautiful valley’s growing art and entertainment movement. I love you, South Bae. Truly. Now, go get seconds!

SAT NOV 24 • SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY @ SANTA CLARA COUNTY With much discussion about big companies moving into San Jose, it’s a no-brainer that supporting local businesses is a great way to strengthen our identity and our communities.

Let’s keep our favorite local shops in mind this weekend as we consider emptying our bank accounts to prove to loved ones that we have bank accounts…

SAT NOV 24 • SUPER STACKED COMEDY SHOW @ TERRA AMICO After you go spending all that cash, might I suggest a free comedy show run by some of the best up-and-coming stand-up comics in the South Bae? Yes. Free and funny. 6pm. Terra Amico, 460 Lincoln Ave, San Jose

NOV 24–DEC 2 • “GIRLS KILL NAZIS” WORLD PREMIERE @ PEAR THEATRE Yes! In James Kopp’s (Mountain View) play, the women of an Arizona book club take matters into their own hands when the American Nazi Party gets elected to the White House. 8pm. Various times though 12/2. Pear Theatre, 1110 La Avenida St, Mountain View

SAT NOV 24 • NEW WAVE PROM: LADIES OF THE ‘80S EDITION @ THE RITZ DJ Bit alway throws a good party. Spend some minutes dancing off all those seconds and thirds you ate this week. 9pm. The Ritz, 400 S First St, San Jose

NOV 28–DEC 1 • “ANNIE” @ PIONEER HIGH SCHOOL I’ve seen the movie over two hundred times (long story.) I’d watch it again, but I’d rather see others try it on. It’s a perfect vehicle for high school theatre. Such fun characters and so over the top from the start. I still hope to play any someday. Maybe tomorrow? 7pm. Various times through 12/1. Pioneer High School Drama, 1290 Blossom Hill Rd, San Jose = MUST SEE

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McCarty. Tue, 11/27, 6pm: The Mighty Crows. Wed, 11/28, 6pm: Jerry Logan & Loganville. 1110 S Bascom Ave, San Jose

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Wed, 6pm: The Legendary Ron Thompson & Sid Morris Gang feat. Stone. Fri, 7pm: Mighty Mike Schermer "Home for the Holidays." Sat, 6pm: Chris Cain Band. Sun, 11am: New Orleans Piano Brunch with Johnny Fabulous. Sun, 3pm: Amy Lou & The Wild Ones. Mon, 6pm: Mixed Open Mic Night. Tue, 7pm: Aki Kumar’s Blues Jam. 91 S Autumn St, San Jose

SAM'S BBQ

Wed, 11/21, 6pm: Fred

7pm. Caffe Frascati, 315 S First St, San Jose

CAMP FIRE BENEFIT SHOW

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CIRCUS OF SIN • BLACK WEDNESDAY 9pm. Caravan Lounge, 98 S Almaden Ave, San Jose

DJ/DANCE: BLACK WEDNESDAY PARTY W/ DJ YOADRIAN 9pm. San Jose Bar and Grill, 85 S Second St, San Jose

7:30pm. Art Boutiki Music Hall, 44 Race St, San Jose

NEW TALENT COMEDY SHOWCASE 8pm. Rooster T. Feathers, 157 W El Camino Real, Sunnyvale

JACK ROSE LIBATION HOUSE THE RITZ Wed, 9pm: Jive Turkey: A PreThanksgiving Dance Party.

Fri, 9pm: ’90s Night. Sat, 9pm: New Wave Prom: Ladies of the ’80s Edition! 400 S First St, San Jose

9:30pm: Blackout Wednesday DJ. Sun, 10am: Brunch. 3pm: Reggae Sundays. Mon–Fri, 4–6pm: Happy hour. 18840 Saratoga Los Gatos Rd, Los Gatos

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through Sun. San Jose Improv, 62 S Second St, San Jose

AMERICANA LEGENDS: COUNTY LINE TRIO

8pm. Sunnyvale Theatre, 550 E Remington Drive, Sunnyvale

BRITANNIA ARMS ALMADEN

Wed, 10pm: Superbad Band.

Sun, 10pm: DJ Hank. Thu, 10pm: Late Night Happy Hour.

Fri, 10pm: DJ Dinero ’70s-80s Dance Party. Tue, 7:30pm: PubStumpers. 5027 Almaden Expy, San Jose

INTERNATIONAL: BEN MISTERKA & COLLECTIVITY 8pm. Cafe Stritch, 374 S First St, San Jose

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METROACTIVE.COM FAMILY: DOG MAN STORYTIME & ACTIVITIES 11:30am. Books Inc, Town & Country Village, 855 El Camino Real #74, Palo Alto

MEET & GREET: “FAMILY TRUST” AUTHOR KATHY WANG

2pm. Books Inc, 317 Castro St, Mountain View

SUPER STACKED COMEDY SHOW 6pm. Terra Amico, 460 Lincoln Ave, San Jose

ROCK: CHROMATA

DJ: SO MUCH STUFFING WITH RAYZARUCKUS

SMOKING PIG BBQ

10pm. SP2 Communal Bar, 72 N Almaden Ave, San Jose

Fri, 9pm: Patrón Latin Rhythms. Sat, 9pm: Amy Lou & the Wild Ones. 3340 Mowry Ave, Fremont

7pm. Farewell to guitarist Steve Kolokithas. Charley’s LG, 15 N Santa Cruz Ave, Los Gatos

REGIONAL MEXICAN: CHUY LIZARRAGA

PUNK: JOAN AND THE RIVERS, PISSCAT (SAC), THE ROUGHIES

LEGENDS: THE COMEDY GET DOWN

11pm. Rodeo Club, 610 Coleman Ave, San Jose

THU 11/22 GRATITUDE & GRACE: THANKSGIVING DAY YOGA 10am. Art of Yoga, 16165 Monterey Rd. #200, Morgan Hill

GRACIAS! COMMUNITY THANKSGIVING LUNCH

11am. LV Mar, 2042 Broadway St, Redwood City

REFUGE: CELEBRATING GRACE

11:30am. Meditation class, followed by potluck.

Mountain View Masonic Hall, 890 Church St

9pm. Caravan Lounge, 98 S Almaden Ave, San Jose

JOHNNY NERI ACOUSTIC ROCK TRIO 9pm. San Pedro Square, 87 N San Pedro St, San Jose

COMEDIAN: REGGIE STEELE 9pm. Through Sun. Rooster T. Feathers, 157 W El Camino Real, Sunnyvale

DJ SMASH (NYC)

BY SPECTRUM + THE CHANGING SAME

9pm. Continental Bar & Lounge, 349 S First St, San Jose

DJ/DANCE: BOBA (BLACKOUTBAYAREA) 2.0

9:30pm. Aura Lounge, 389 S First St, San Jose

7pm. Cedric The Entertainer, Eddie Griffin, D.L. Hughley and George Lopez. SAP Center, 525 W Santa Clara St, San Jose

HAWAIIAN: LEOMELE & JAKE

7:30pm. Hukilau, 230 Jackson St, San Jose

JARO'S JAZZ QUARTET

7:30pm. Los Gatos Coffee Roasting Co, 101 W Main St

PARADISE FIRE FUNDRAISER CHARITY EVENT

8pm. Los Gatos Lodge, 50 Los Gatos-Saratoga Rd, Los Gatos

STAGE: GIRLS KILL NAZIS (PREMIERE)

8pm. Various times though 12/2. Pear Theatre, 1110 La Avenida St, Mountain View

MEXICAN: LOS NUEVOS ILEGALES, MARTIN CASTILLO, GERARDO CORONEL SHERWOOD INN

Thu-Sun, 8:30pm: Karaoke.

Sun, 4pm: Novak-Nanni Duo. 2988 Almaden Expy, San Jose

KARAOKE: THE GOOSETOWN LOUNGE Fri & Sat, 9:30pm. 1072 Lincoln Ave, San Jose

FRI 11/23

SAT 11/24

STAGE: 28TH ANNUAL NUTCRACKER

EXHIBIT: ARTIST SANDY OSTRAU’S "INSIDE OUT"

6pm. Various times through Sun. Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St

COMEDIAN: CHRISTOPHER TITUS

7:30pm. Various times

10am. Bryant Street Gallery, 532 Bryant St, Palo Alto

FAMILY: STORYTIME + ACTIVITIES WITH KAT KUAN

11am. Books Inc, 317 Castro St, Mountain View

8pm. Club Rodeo, 610 Coleman Ave, San Jose

COVER BAND: BIPOLAR BEARS

8pm. Little Lou's BBQ, 2455 S Winchester Blvd, Campbell

TRIVIA NIGHT: WEIRD FACTS ABOUT U.S. PRESIDENTS 8pm. Register 7:30pm. Savvy Cellar Wine Bar, 750 W Evelyn Ave, Mountain View

METAL: THE HUNT, ARCHAEOLOGIST, ANEVER, WRÄTH

8pm. The X Bar @ Homestead Bowl, 20990 Homestead Rd, Cupertino

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JAZZ: TIM ANGULO QUARTET

8:30pm. Cafe Stritch, 374 S First St, San Jose

PUNK/BLUES: GRIMACE AND THE FAKERS, TBA 9pm. Caravan Lounge, 98 S Almaden Ave, San Jose

DJ/DANCE: SATURDAY NIGHT REWIND

9pm. ’80s & ’90s. Pearl River Chinese Restaurant, 414 Blossom Hill Rd, San Jose

LATIN: VIBRASON

9pm. Cascal, 400 Castro St, Mountain View

HOUSE MUSIC: BRING DOWN THE WALLS 9pm. With Producer, Remixer Mr. V & Rated R.

ALT ROCK: THE EMERALD (LA)

9pm. Forager, 420 S First St, San Jose

DJ/DANCE: NEW WAVE PROM: LADIES OF THE 80’S 9pm. The Ritz, 400 S First St, San Jose

DJ/DANCE: THANKSGIVING THROWBACK: TRIBUTE TO MC BREED

9:30pm. Club Remix Throwbacks, 544 W Alma Ave, San Jose

NERD BAND: THE SPAZMATICS

9:30pm. Sushi Confidential, 31 N Market St, San Jose

Public Library, 585 Franklin St, Mountain View

FILM SCREENING: "HENERAL LUNA"

6pm. SJ Peace & Justice Center, 48 S Seventh St, San Jose

ACOUSTIC: JOE FERRARA

6pm. The Cats, 17533 Santa Cruz Hwy, Los Gatos

LIGHTS & MUSIC: TARIF PAPPU & DAVIED MORALES

Sun, 10am: Brunch. 3pm: Reggae Sundays. Mon-Fri, 4-6pm: Happy hour. 18840 Saratoga-Los Gatos Rd, Los Gatos

FAMILY: SUNDAY STORIES 10:15am. Mountain View

WOMEN’S NIGHT BICYCLE CLINIC

6:35pm. Good Karma Bikes, 460 Lincoln Ave, Suite 25, San Jose

SAXOPHONE ENSEMBLE CONCERT

7pm. Cafe Stritch, 374 S First St, San Jose

JARIPEO & MUSIC: PEPE AGUILAR Y FAMILIA 8pm. SAP Center, 525 W Santa Clara St, San Jose

COMEDY: PX FACTORY OPEN MIC

8:30pm. Willow Glen Pizza Factory, 3039 Meridian Ave, San Jose

MON 11/26 KIDS: MONDAY MORNING STORYTIME WITH MRS. CLAUS 10am. The Honeycomb @ Eastridge, 2200 Eastridge Loop, San Jose

EXHIBIT: YANNICK JACQUET’S “SUITE”

10am. Through 12/14. A panoramic video and sound canvas. Art Building, San Jose State University, 1 Washington Square, San Jose

DANCING: MOTOWN ON MONDAYS

JACK ROSE LIBATION HOUSE

6:30pm. O'Flaherty's, 25 N San Pedro St, San Jose

THE EULIPIONS JAZZ JAM SESSION

DJ/DANCE: TWERKSGIVING (18+)

SUN 11/25

TRADITIONAL IRISH SESSION TUESDAY

TRIVIA TUESDAYS

RED ROCK MIXED OPEN MIC

10pm. Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, 344 Tully Rd, San Jose

Tue, 6pm. SoFA Market, 387 S First St, San Jose

7pm. City Lights Theater Company, 529 S Second St, San Jose

HIP-HOP: SAGE THE GEMINI

10pm. Pure Nightclub, 146 South Murphy Ave, Sunnyvale

TRIVIA @ FOUNTAINHEAD

7pm. 201 Castro St, Mountain View

7pm. 20twenty Cheese Bar, 1389 Lincoln Ave, San Jose

7pm. SJSU School of Music & Dance, 1 Washington Sq, San Jose

HIP-HOP: IGGY AZALEA

8pm. City National Civic, 135 W San Carlos St, San Jose

POLAROID DJ NIGHT WITH HEX EMBRACE

9pm. Caravan Lounge, 98 S Almaden Ave, San Jose

WED 11/28 DRAG QUEEN BINGO

6pm. Billy DeFrank LGBTQ Community Center, 938 The Alameda, San Jose

STAGE: ANNIE

7pm. Various times through 12/1. Pioneer High School Drama, 1290 Blossom Hill Rd, San Jose

DAVE RUBIN LIVE: A NIGHT OF STAND UP AND SIT DOWN 8pm. San Jose Improv, 62 S Second St, San Jose

CARAVAN LOUNGE COMEDY SHOW WITH MR. WALKER 9pm. 98 S Almaden Ave, San Jose

8pm. Continental Bar & Lounge, 349 S First St, San Jose

TRIVIA @ 7 STARS

8pm. 7 Stars Bar & Grill, 398 S Bascom Ave, San Jose

TUE 11/27 KIDS: GENIUS PRESENTS: THE GENIUS PLAN!

10:30am. Hammer Theatre, 101 Paseo De San Antonio, San Jose

WILLOW DEN

Wed: Country Music & Buck Beers. Fri & Sat: Rotating DJs (no hip-hop). Sun: Service Industry Night (half off with your industry card). Tue, 10pm: Karaoke. 803 Lincoln Ave, San Jose

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In recent years, a few pioneers have gotten microchips implanted under their skin. These technological marvels enable them to open doors and turn on lights with merely a wave of their hands, or receive up-to-the-minute readings on what's transpiring inside their bodies. Now an additional frontier has arisen: people using do-ityourself kits to experiment on their own DNA. For example, some have tweaked their genes so their bodies create more muscle than is natural. I would love for you to change yourself around in the coming weeks, Taurus, but not in these particular ways. I'd rather see you do subtle psychological and spiritual work. The astrological omens suggest it's a favorable time for focused self-transformation.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Are you smart enough

to take advantage of the fact that your best relationships would benefit from bursts of innovative energy in the coming weeks? Are you brave enough to banish the ghost that still haunts your romantic life? Do you have the moxie to explore frontiers with collaborators who play fair and know how to have fun? Will you summon the curiosity and initiative to learn new strategies about how to enhance your approach to intimacy? I'll answer those questions in your behalf: yes, yes, yes and yes.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Would you agree with me that there are both boring, tiresome problems and fun, interesting problems? If so, read on. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you're at a fork in your path where you could either get further involved with a boring, tiresome problem or else a fun, interesting one. (I think you'll have to engage with one or the other.) Of course, I'm rooting for you to proactively wrangle with the fun, interesting one.

Here's timely inspiration from Cancerian author John W. Gardner: "We are continually faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems."

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The Jharia Coalfield in eastern

India is a 110-square-mile reserve of underground coal. In some places, it's on fire, and has been burning for over a hundred years. This isn't a good thing. It's wasteful and causes pollution. But now I'll ask you to put aside that scenario and imagine a more benevolent kind of steadily burning fire: a splendor in your soul that never stops radiating warmth and light; that draws from an inexhaustible source of fuel; that is a constant source of strength and courage and power. I'm happy to tell you that the coming months will be a favorable time to establish and nurture this eternal flame.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Marilyn Monroe, Georgia

O'Keeffe and President Franklin Roosevelt were direct descendants of the pilgrims who sailed from England to the New World on the famous Mayflower ship in 1620. I, on the other hand, am a direct descendant of a 19th-century Slovakian coal miner who toiled in the underground darkness. What about you, Virgo? Now would be a rich and provocative time to reconnect with your roots; to remember where your people originated; to explore the heritage that served as the matrix from which you sprouted.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): According to researchers who study animal behavior at two Italian universities, chickens can do arithmetic. The birds don't even need to be trained; the skill seems to be innate.

(Read details here: tinyurl.com/ChickensDoMath.)

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In March 2005, far more

people than usual won big money in a regional Powerball lottery in the U.S. The average for each draw is four winners, but on this special occasion, 110 players were awarded at least $100,000 and as much as $500,000. The reason for the anomaly seemed to have been an oracle that appeared in a number of widely distributed fortune cookies. It provided five of the six winning numbers. Inspired by this crazy stroke of good fortune, and in accordance with the favorable financial omens now coming to bear on you, I hereby offer you six numbers to use as your lucky charms.

Will they help you win a game of chance? I can't be sure. At the very least, they will titillate and massage the part of your psyche that is magnetic to wealth.

Here they are: 37. 16. 58. 62. 82. 91.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): "You have two

ways to live your life," writes spiritual teacher Joseph Vitale, "from memory or inspiration." In other words, you can take your cues about how to live your life from what happened in the past, or else you can make your decisions based on what you're excited to do and become in the future.

According to my analysis, the next 10 months will be an excellent time for you to fully embrace the latter approach. And it all starts now.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You've always got

more help available than you imagine, and that's especially true these days. Both people you know and people you don't know may come to your assistance and offer extra support—especially if you meet two conditions: 1. you sincerely believe you deserve their assistance and support; 2. you clearly ask for their assistance and support. Now here's more good news about the help that's available. Whether or not you believe in spiritual beings, they, too, are primed to offer blessings and resources. If you don't believe in their existence, I invite you to pretend you do and see what happens. If you do believe in them, formulate clear requests for what you'd like them to offer you.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In one of his poems,

Arthur Rimbaud extolled the exquisite evenings when the mist soaked his face as he strolled, and he sipped that heavenly dew till he was drunk. Was he speaking literally or metaphorically? Probably both, if I know Rimbaud. Anyway, Aquarius, I'd love for you to engage in similar exploits. What are some natural adventures that might intoxicate you? What simple pleasures may alter your consciousness, nudging you free of its habits? Meditate with sweet abandon on how to free yourself through the power of play and the imagination.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): It's illegal to hunt

animals in Kenya, but members of the Dorobo tribe circumvent the law to provide food for their families. As three or more Dorobo men wander out on the savannah, they wait for hungry lions to kill a wildebeest or other creature. Then they stride toward the feasting beasts in a calm show of force until the predators run away in confusion. The brave scavengers swoop in and swiftly remove a portion of the wildebeest, then coolly walk away, leaving plenty for the lions when they return to their meal.

I bring this scene to your attention, Pisces, because I suspect that in the coming weeks you will have similar levels of courage and poise as you go after what you want.

Homework: How could you change yourself in order to get more of the love you want?

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ENGINEERING Logitech, Inc. has an opening in Newark, CA for Principal Software Engineer (Job Code: NW-RK): Designing and building automation framework for firmware and device level tests. Ref. job code and mail resume to Logitech, Inc., AH/ Human Resources, 7700 Gateway Blvd., Newark, CA 94560.

ENGINEERING Broadcom Corporation, semiconductor company, has an opening in San Jose, CA: R&D Engineer IC Design 2 (SJKAC): Define, design, verification, &documentation for ASIC development.

Ref job code &mail resume: HR (IS) 1320 Ridder Park Dr, San Jose CA 95131.

Wieson America seeks Business Operations Analyst in San Jose, CA to analyze business processes & work flows & execute SWOT analysis.

Send resume w/ad:1949 Concourse Dr, San Jose, CA 95131. Attn: HR/CL

Finc Analyst, Mgmt Reporting (FAMR-JY) Execute reporting packages & consolidate company P&Ls. MS or equiv reqd. Mail resumes to Hien Nguyen @ Intuitive Surgical, 1020 Kifer Road, Sunnyvale, CA 94086. Must ref title & code.

Manager IT Applications (Code: MITA-PA) Mng SAP tech resources through the proj lifecycle in dvlpmnt & dlvry of key proj.

BS+5yrs. Mail resume to Hien Nguyen @ Intuitive Surgical, 1020 Kifer Road, Sunnyvale, CA 94086. Ref title & code.

Senior Product Engineer

Engineering Project Manager

for Skyworks Solutions, Inc., San Jose, CA: Characterization, ATE & probe data analysis for dvlpmt & sustaining.

Resumes: Angela Ho, Skyworks, 5221 California Ave., Irvine, CA 92617. Must ref: CA1217NV

at Aricent N.A. in Santa Clara, CA will analyze functional IP’s, insert test logic in the functional IP, & inform the customer in case of any testability issues. Reqs Master’s deg. in Comp. Sci, Electrical Engg, Electronics Engg, or closely rltd field, + 5 yrs exp dsgng electronics circuits.

In lieu of Master’s deg., will accept Bachelor’s deg. in the same fields, + 7 yrs of progressive post-baccalaureate exp dsgng electronics circuits. Exp must incl 5 yrs exp in each of the following: SystemVerilog Assertions & Functional Coverage; complex ASIC DV flow; object oriented prgmg; verification methodology, such as UVM (Universal Verification Methodology) & OVM (Open Verification Methodology); definition of verification architecture; & implmtn of verification envrmt for block level, SoC subsystems, or SOC top level dsgn that use advance verification methodologies & meet established content, performance, qlty & schedule goals. May work at various & unanticipated worksites throughout U.S. To apply: send resume to us_careers@aricent.com & ref. code ‘114’ in the subject line when applying.

Market Research Analysts sought by Unshackled, Palo Alto, CA to rsrch int’l mrkt expansion. Rqrs.

50% travel to E. Africa to meet clients, etc., prfm mrkt rsch & apply logistics technologies w/in African mrkt. Deg’d applicants w/ exp. working w/ innovation arms of corp., etc. send resume to apply@ unshackledvc.com & refer to “MRA”.

Sr. Software Engineer, Realtime Communication at Magic Leap, Inc. Position located in Sunnyvale, CA. Develop real-time communication software for fixed reality applications. Develop mixed reality application software, including user interface and business logic. Design architecture and implement the direction of software applications based on user requirements. Participate in resolving cross-team issues and reviewing software code. Collaborate with the UX team to provide technical requirements and limitations for concept and design.

Write test cases for newly developed software features. Run test cases to verify whether the software features meet user requirements. Must have Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Applications, or a closely related field, plus 5 years of experience in the job offered or as a Software Engineer or related occupation.

Must have verifiable proficiency with the following: implementing real-time messaging in online games, online video chat, etc.; experience in voice call and/ or video call over IP network; UX design process; working with UX design team; C and C++; product coding process, including code management, testing, review; problem solving, troubleshooting and debugging. Send resume to Magic Leap, Inc., Attn: M. Woods, Job ID#: SSERC, 7500 W. Sunrise Blvd., Plantation, FL 33322.

TECHNOLOGY Hewlett Packard Enterprise is an industry leading technology company that enables customers to go further, faster. HPE is accepting resumes for the position of Expert Systems/Software Engineer in San Jose, CA (Ref. # HPECSANLIWN1). Coordinates with internal and outsourced development partners on software systems design and development. Reviews and evaluates design and project activities for compliance with systems design and development guidelines and standards.

Mail resume to Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company, c/o Andrea Benavides, 14231 Tandem Boulevard, Austin, TX 78728. Resume must include Ref. #, full name, email address & mailing address. No phone calls. Must be legally authorized to work in U.S. without sponsorship. EOE.

Sr Industrial Designer (Code: SID-SHL) Define & craft industrial dsgn of new products. BS+5. Mail resume to Hien Nguyen @ Intuitive Surgical, 1020 Kifer Road, Sunnyvale, CA 94086. Ref title & code.

Software Developers (Ref: 101) and Software Developers (Ref: 102) Zyzyx Inc.. Multiple positions available.

Detailed job description & min reqs at www.zyzyxtech.com. Job Site: Milpitas, CA. Send resume referencing job title and reference number to Zyzyx Inc., 870 N McCarthy Blvd, Suite 200, Milpitas CA 95035.

ENGINEERING/TECHNOLOGY NVIDIA Corporation, market leader in graphics & digital media processors, has engineering opportunities in Santa Clara, CA for a Sr. SW Engr (SWE98) Measure, analyze, and drive improvements in NVIDIA’s global cloud streaming services; Sr Mixed Signal Design Engr (MSD34) Develop and implement high speed interfaces and analog circuits; Sr Sys SW Engr (SSWE609) Develop leading solutions of AI (Artificial Intelligence) based applications; CAD Engr (CADEE16) Develop highly efficient tools to deliver high quality clocking to all the units through process / optimization updates; Sr SW Engr (SWE90) Develop and maintain tooling to automate the migration of the contents of one automated infrastructure to another; Sr ASIC Engr (ASICDE496) Document, execute, and deliver fully verified, high performance, area and power efficient RTL to achieve the design targets and specifications; Sys SW Engr (SSWE506) Work with the latest AWS technologies such as CloudFormation, CodeDeploy, WAF, CloudFront to provision different cloud services.

If interested, ref job code and send resume to: NVIDIA Corporation.

Attn: MS04 (J.Green). 2701 San Tomas Expressway, Santa Clara, CA 95050.

Please no phone calls, emails or faxes.

Analyze customer to help #SJPM104) Adobe’s problems Product Manager define solutions. Req + 10 yr will be responsible for Bach the successful exp in security/risk mgt incld. 5 management of a line of field Adobe yr WAF, DOS, CISSPSAP & ISO 27001.

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Business Telecommuting permissible from home Solution Analyst (Ref #SJBSA102) office anywhere in U.S. up to 50% Working within the framework of OK. ERProject pays for travel costs to/from client the Management standards to sites and HQ. Domestic travelSenior required deliver business needs quickly. to clientOperations site (10- 20%) Resume(Ref to HR, Research Manager Pensando Systems, Inc. 1730 Technology #SJSROM100) Selecting technologies Drive Suite 202providers San Jose that CA 95110 and technology Adobe will use for the purpose of conducting customer and market research. Mail resume to Adobe Inc., Mailstop H14209, 345 Park Avenue, San Jose, CA CONTRACTOR/HANDYMAN 95110. Must include Ref. code. No phone SERVICES calls please. EOE. www.adobe.com/ PLUMB, ELECT, DOORS, WINDOWS,FULL 55+ YEARS OLD SERVICE KITCHENS,BATH. &REMODELING, SEEKING WORK? 40+ YRS EXP. NO JOB TOO FREE job assistance & training.

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Above entity was formed in computation on the GPU; Image Quality the state of California. /s/Debbie Whitmore. CEO. Engr (IQE01) Design and implement #2016223100461.

This statement wascalibration filed with the camera characterization and County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 09/29/2017. workflow, incorporating system (pub Metro 10/11, 10/18, 10/25, 11/01/2017) components such as optics, sensor, ISP and display; Sr. Sys SW Engr (SSWE608) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS Develop and implement path planning NAME STATEMENT #634530 algorithms for autonomous vehicles The following person(s) isplatforms. (are) doing business running on NVIDIA If as: Rmj Building Maintenance, 1073 Chico Ct., interested, ref 94085, job code and send resume Sunnyvale, CA, Robert Anthony Maes, Jr. to: NVIDIA Attn: This business Corporation. is being conducted by anMS04 Individual.

Registrant has notSan yet begun transacting business (J.Green).

2701 Tomas Expressway, underClara, the fictitious businessPlease name orno names listed Santa CA 95050. phone herein. /s/Robert Anthony Maes Jr. This statement calls, emails or faxes. was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara

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County on 10/02/2017. (pub Metro 10/11, 10/18, 10/25, 11/01/2017)

MIND, BODY & SPIRIT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS B12 Happy Hour

NAMEWed STATEMENT #634586 Every 4-6 pm Stress, WeightlossFatigue, Anxiety, Depresion, The following PMS, person(s) is (are) doing business as: Kataneh Consulting Services, #336, 5201 Terner pain, detox, Allergies.ndwisdom.com Way, San Jose, CA, 95136, Kataneh Emami. This 408-297-6877

business is being conducted by an Individual.

Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 10/03/2017. /s/Kataneh Emami. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on FICTITIOUS BUSINESS 10/03/2017. (pub Metro 10/11, 10/18, 10/25, 11/01/2017)

LEGALS & PUBLIC NOTICES

NAME STATEMENT #647769 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Tri-Life, FICTITIOUS BUSINESS 1009 East Capitol Expressway, #507, San Jose, CA, 95121, People And STATEMENT The Plant. This business is being conducted by NAME #633968

a Limited Liability Company. has notbusiness yet begun The following person(s)Registrant is (are) doing transacting business under the fictitious business name or as: Lee’s Sandwiches.

260 E. Santa Clara San names listed herein. /s/Edward Esters. CEO. ThisSt., statement Jose, 95113, CBET Clerk Corporation.

This County business was filedCA, with the County of Santa Clara on is being (pub conducted by a 11/07, Corporation.

Registrant 10/23/2018.

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began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 1/1/2017.

FICTITIOUS Above entity BUSINESS was formed in the state of California. /s/Thang Le. President.#647768 #C3973648. This statement NAME STATEMENT was filed with the County Clerkbusiness of Santa The following person(s) is (are) doing as:Clara Upper County on 09/20/2017.

MetroExpressway, 10/11, 10/18,#507, 10/25, Cali Marketing Agency, 1009 (pub East Capitol 11/01/2017) San Jose, CA, 95121, People And The Plant. This business is

being conducted by a Limited Liability Company. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE business name or names listed herein. /s/Edward Esters.

CEO. This was filedBUSINESS with the CountyNAME Clerk of Santa Clara OFstatement FICTITIOUS #634598 County on 10/23/2018. (pub Metro 10/31, 11/07, 11/14, 11/21/2018)

The following person(s) / registrant(s) has / have abandoned the use of the fictitious business FICTITIOUS BUSINESS name(s): Forget Me Not Spa, 43 S. Park Victoria Unit 712, Milpitas, Ca, 95035, Charlie Hatfield, 2311 NAME STATEMENT #647536 Meadowmont Dr., San Jose, CA, 95133. Filed in Santa The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: D & Clara County on 263 03/02/2017 under E RV Mobile Service, Vista Roma Way, file San no.

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95136. business is being conducted Individual. This statement was filed with the County Registrant began transacting business under Clerk-Recorder the fictitious of Santa Clara County on herein 10/03/2017. /s/Charlie business name or names listed on 07/14/2018. /s/Diego Hatfield, Business Owner. dateswas 10/11, Armando Aquino-Mendoza.

This(pub statement filed10/18, with the County of Santa Clara County on 10/16/2018. (pub Metro 10/25,Clerk 11/01/2017) 10/31, 11/07, 11/14, 11/21/2018)

NAME STATEMENT #647801 as: Icey Poki, 1085 E. Brokaw Road, Suite 30, San

11/01/2018. /s/Sukhdeep Singh. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 11/01/2018. (pub Metro 11/07, 11/14, 11/21, 11/28/2018)

County on 10/03/2017. (pub Metro 10/11, 10/18, 10/25,

NOTICE OF INTENT TO SELL REAL PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE CONSERVATORSHIP OF GERHARD STEIN, SANTA CLARA SUPERIOR COURT CASE NO. 1-13-PR-173002

The following person(s) is (are) doing business

The person(s) is (are) doingbusiness businessisas:being Simply Jose,following CA, 95131, 3L Poki, Inc. This Radiant Living, 409 Spencer Terrace, Sunnyvale, CA, conducted by a Corporation.

Registrant began 94089, Mo-Han Fong. This business is being conducted transacting business under by an Individual.

Registrant hasthe notfictitious yet begunbusiness transacting name orunder names herein on 10/03/2017.

Above business thelisted fictitious business name or names entity was formed in the state of California. listed herein. /s/Mo-Han Fong. This statement was/s/ filed Jianzhao Li. President. #4037265.

This statement with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 10/23/2018. was Metro filed with County Clerk of Santa Clara (pub 10/31,the 11/07, 11/14, 11/21/2018)

11/01/2017) BUSINESS FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT #647386 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Youngs NAME, CASEAndNUMBER: 17CV316633 Carpet Cleaning Steam Cleaning, 3201 Loma Verde Dr., #5, CA, 95117, Daniel Lee. This business(name): is being TO San ALLJose, INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner conducted by an Individual. Registrant began transacting Sophia Noreen Hussain for a decree changing business under the fictitious business name or names names as follows: Present name: Lee. Sophia listed herein on 10/01/2018. /s/Daniel ThisNoreen statement Hussain.

Proposed name: Sophia Noreen Huxley.on was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County THE COURT that11/14, all persons interested in 10/17/2018. (pubORDERS Metro 11/07, 11/21, 11/28/2018)

this matter appear before this court at the hearing

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indicated below to show cause, if any, why the FICTITIOUS BUSINESS petition for change of name should not be granted.

Any person objecting to #647879 the name change described NAME STATEMENT above mustperson(s) file a written that as: includes The following is (are)objection doing business Inspired the reasons the objection at least court Education, 1705for Hecker Pass Road, Gilroy, CA,two 95020, Marisela days before the matter is conducted scheduledbytoanbe heard Gomez.

This business is being Individual.

Registrant transacting businessto under thecause fictitious and mustbegan appear at the hearing show why business nameshould or namesnot listed on 11/21/2016.

Refile in the petition be herein granted.

If no written facts from previous filing #623933 /s/Marisela Gomez.the This objection is timely filed, the court may grant statement was filed with the County Clerk of Clara petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OFSanta HEARING: County on 10/25/2018. (pub Metro 11/07, 11/14, 11/21, 11/28/2018) January 9, 2018 at 8:45 am, room 107 Probate filed on: October 3, 2017 (pub dates: 10/11, 10/18, 10/25,

11/01/2017) BUSINESS NAMES FICTITIOUS STATEMENT #647651 ORDER TOperson(s) SHOWisCAUSE FOR CHANGE OF The following (are) doing business as: Heals, 3316 MarcelCASE Ct., SanNUMBER: Jose, CA, 95135115, Jaclyn Monique NAME, 17CV316632 Warren. This business is being conducted by an Individual.

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner (name): Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under Aidan Zahidbusiness Hussainname for aordecree names the fictitious names changing listed herein. /s/ Jaclyn Monique Warren.

This statement wasHussain. filed with the as follows: Present name: Aidan Zahid County Clerkname: of Santa ClaraZahid County on 10/18/2018. (pub Proposed Aidan Huxley.

THE COURT Metro 11/07,that 11/14,all11/21, 11/28/2018) ORDERS persons interested in this matter

appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to showBUSINESS cause, if any, why the petition for FICTITIOUS change of name should not be granted. Any person NAME #648025 objectingSTATEMENT to the name change described above must The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: KSJ file a written objection that includes the reasons Tutoring, 10320 Singleton Rd., San Jose, CA, 95111, Hugo for the6612 objection least two court days before Pizano, Clapperat Rail Ct., Rocklin, CA, 95765.

This the matter is scheduled to be and must appear at business is being conducted byheard an Individual.

Registrant the hearing to show cause why petition should began transacting business under thethe fictitious business not be If no written objection is timely name or granted. names listed herein on 10/31/2018. /s/Hugo Pizano. filed, the court theCounty petition This statement wasmay filedgrant with the Clerkwithout of SantaaClara County on 10/31/2018. (pub Metro 11/07,January 11/14, 11/21, hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING: 9, 11/28/2018) 2018 at 8:45 am, room 107 Probate filed on: October 3, 2017 (pub dates: 10/11, 10/18, 10/25, 11/01/2017) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENT #648028 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: The Cunningham Collection, 1523 #634514 Montalban Drive, San Jose, CA, NAME STATEMENT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on November 27, 2018 at 2:00 p.m., the undersigned, as Conservator of the estate of GERHARD STEIN, intends to sell at private sale, to the highest net bidder, all of the estate’s right, title and interest in and to certain real property located in the City of Cupertino, County of Santa Clara which property is more particularly described as: “Lot 124, as shown on the map of “TRACT NO. 1004”, which Map was filed for record in the office of the Recorder of the County of Santa Clara, State of California, on September 10, 1952, in Book 40 of Maps, at pages 29 and 30. EXCEPTING THEREFROM the underground water granted in the Deed

by Stern and Price, Inc., to San Jose Water Works, a California Corporation, recorded September 19, 1952, in Book 2490 of Official Records, page 619.”The sale shall be subject to court confirmation by the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara. The property will be sold subject to current taxes, covenants, conditions, restrictions, reservations, rights, rights of way, and easements of record, with any encumbrances of record to be satisfied from the purchase price.Bids or offers for this real property are hereby invited. Information about submitting bids or offers may be obtained from the Listing Agent, Lynne Olenak, Sereno Group Real Estate, 12124 Saratoga-Sunnyvale Road, Saratoga, CA 95070; (408) 6560895.All bids or offers must be in writing and accompanied with a ten (10) percent deposit by cashier’s check, with the balance of the purchase price to be paid in cash upon close of escrow.Taxes, rents, operating and maintenance expenses, and premiums on insurance acceptable to the purchaser shall be prorated as of the date of recording of conveyance.

Examination of title, recordingconveyance, transfer taxes and any title insurance policy shall be at the expense of the purchaser or purchasers.The right is reserved for James J. Ramoni, Public Guardian of the County of Santa Clara as conservator of the estate of Gerhard Stein to reject any and all bids or offers.All bids or offers will be opened at 2:00 p.m. on November 27, 2018 at the office of the Public Guardian for the County of Santa Clara located at 333 W. Julian Street, San Jose, CA 95110, or thereafter, as allowed by law.The subject property is commonly known as 10370 Wunderlich Drive, Cupertino, CA 95014 and shall be sold “as is.”For additional information, please contact Lynne Olenak, Sereno Group Real Estate, 12124 Saratoga-Sunnyvale Rd. Saratoga, CA; (408) 656-0895.

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95120, Kenneth W Mannina. This business is being conducted The person(s)began is (are) doing business by anfollowing Individual. Registrant transacting business as: Van’sthe Giftfictitious Shop &business Pure Water, Senter under name or2380 names listed Road, herein on San Jose, /s/Kenneth CA, 95112, W. Thanh VanThis Thi statement Pham, Vuwas Anh 02/01/2018.

Mannina. filed Nguyen, 3078Clerk Warrington Ave,,County San Jose, CA, 95127. with the County of Santa Clara on 10/31/2018.

ThisMetro business is being (pub 11/07, 11/14, 11/21,conducted 11/28/2018) by a Married

Expert Piano Tunings All Repairs, Rebuilding, Refinishing Also buy and Sell Used Pianos 40 years Experience PTG Registered Craftsman

business underBUSINESS the fictitious business name or FICTITIOUS names listed herein. /s/Vu Nguyen. This statement NAME was filedSTATEMENT with the County#647983 Clerk of Santa Clara

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County on 09/20/2017. (pubdoing Metro 10/11, 10/18, The following person(s) is (are) business as: Site10/25, 11/01/2017) For Sore Eyes, 10079 Saich Way, Cupertino, CA, 95014,

Eye For Optical, Inc. This business is being conducted by a Corporation. Registrant has not yet begun transacting FICTITIOUS business under theBUSINESS fictitious business name or names listed herein.

Refile in facts from previous filing #584229. /s/Kenny NAME STATEMENT 634695 Chang.

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This statement was filed with the The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 10/30/2018. (pub Metro Yoga Inside Out, 1460 Kingfisher Way, Sunnyvale, CA, 11/07, 11/14, 11/21, 11/28/2018)

94087, Nikki Wong. This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant began transacting FICTITIOUS business underBUSINESS the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 10/11/2012.#648058 Refile of previous file NAME STATEMENT #569481 with changes. /s/Nikki Wong. This statement The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Braich was filed814 with the County Clerk Santa Transport, Gilchrist Walkway #1,ofSan Jose,Clara CA, 95133, County onSingh.

10/06/2017. (pub Metro 10/11, 10/18, 10/25, Sukhdeep This business is being conducted by an 11/01/2017) Individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #648066

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Willow Glen Chiropractic, 1314 Lincoln Ave., STE 2E, San Jose, CA, 95125, Jacklyn Muxen, 3407 San Marino Ave., San Jose, CA, 95127. This business is being conducted by an Individual.

Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/ Jacklyn Muxen. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 11/01/2018. (pub Metro 11/07, 11/14, 11/21, 11/28/2018)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #648113 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Sunny Valley Networks, 440 N Wolf Rd., Sunnyvale, CA, 94085, Sunny Valley Cyber Security Inc. This business is being conducted by a Corporation. Above entity was formed in the state of Delaware. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 09/13/2016. /s/Murat Balaban. CEO. #C4063575. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 11/05/2018. (pub Metro 11/14, 11/21, 11/28, 12/05/2018)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #647811 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: T & L Spa, 2419 Steven Creek Blvd., San Jose, CA, 95128, Hue Tran. This business is being conducted by an Individual.

Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 10/23/2018. /s/ Hue Tran. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 10/23/2018. (pub Metro 11/14, 11/21, 11/28, 12/05/2018)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #648168 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Boulevard Bites And Brews, 15525 Los Gatos Blvd., STE D, Los Gatos, CA, 95032, Copperpanda LLC, 110 Oak Rim Ct., APT 71, Los Gatos, CA, 95032. This business is being conducted by a Limited Liability Company. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. Above entity was formed in the state of California. /s/Mike Ellenburg.

Managing Member. #201829010033. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 11/06/2018. (pub Metro 11/14, 11/21, 11/28, 12/05/2018)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #647993 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Connors Consulting, 3457 Todd Way, San Jose, CA, 95124, Stephen Patrick Connors. This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 01/01/2018. /s/Stephen Connors. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 10/30/2018. (pub Metro 11/14, 11/21, 11/28, 12/05/2018)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #648583 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Burn Rescue, A Program Of Resurge International, 145 North Wolf Road, Sunnyvale, CA, 94086, Resurge International.

This business is being conducted by a Corporation.

Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. Above entity was formed in the state of California. /s/Beverly Kent. Chief Operations Officer. #C0679458 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 11/16/2018. (pub Metro 11/21, 11/28, 12/05, 12/12/2018)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #647955 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Apollo 9 Motors, 511 San Jorge Terr, Sunnyvale, CA, 94089, Willian Wang. This business is being conducted by an Individual.

Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 10/29/2018. /s/ William Wang. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 10/29/2018. (pub Metro 11/14, 11/21, 11/28, 12/05/2018)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NUMBER: FBN647816 The following person (persons)is (are) doing business as:DKNY, 447 GREAT MALL DRIVE, MILPITAS, CA 95035.

COUNTY OF Santa Clara: This business is conducted by A LIMITED LIABLITY COMPANY.THE DONNA KARAN COMPANY STORE LLC, 7401 BOONE AVE N, BROOKLYN PARK, MN, 55428The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 03/31/10 and 10/24/2018 is the file date.

Statement filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara/s/ Tomas Santo / - DeputyCounty Clerk70 W. Hedding St., San Jose, CA 95110/s/ RANDON Q. ROLAND/Vice PresidentThe Donna Karan Company Store LLCArticle Number / Reg. 200331010079Above Entity was formed in the State of New York(Pub METRO 11/14, 11/21, 11/28, 12/5)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #648355 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Clubz! In-Home Tutoring Services, 23 Cleaves Avenue, San Jose, CA, 95126, Joshua Cooley. This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Joshua Cooley. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 11/08/2018. (pub Metro 11/14, 11/21, 11/28, 12/05/2018)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #648424 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: The Risk Authority, 1510 Page Mill Rd., Suite 120A, Palo Alto, CA, 94304, Stanford University Medical Network Risk Authority, LLC. This business is being conducted by a Limited Liability Company. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. Refile in facts from previous filing #627826. Above entity was formed in the state of Delaware. /s/Elaine Ziemba. Vice President & Chief Risk Officer. #2013014100. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 11/13/2018. (pub Metro 11/21, 11/28, 12/05, 12/12/2018)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #648476 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Golden Painting Service, Inc., 14166 Candler Ave., San Jose, CA, 95127, Berbena Octavio. This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 11/13/2018. /s/Octavio Berbena. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 11/13/2018. (pub Metro 11/21, 11/28, 12/05, 12/12/2018)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #648538 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1.

Start-Op, 2. Start Op, 470 University Ave., Los Altos, CA, 94022, VC Partners, Inc. This business is being conducted by a Coprporation. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed on 11/01/2018. Above entity was formed in the state of California. /s/Kathy Bagby. CFO. #C2008003. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 11/15/2018. (pub Metro 11/21, 11/28, 12/05, 12/12/2018)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #647921 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: New Canaan Landscaping, 1400 Coleman Ave., Suite H14, Santa Clara, CA, 95050, Jon Anderson. This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Jon Anderson.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 10/26/2018. (pub Metro 10/31, 11/07, 11/14, 11/21/2018)

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