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The First Amendment Coalition (FAC) contended as much in asking for records of sexual misconduct allegations against the 600 or so folks who staff the local DA’s office. Fly recently obtained the response to FAC: a heavily redacted log of 30 claims from 2013 to spring of 2018. And all but seven are entirely obscured by black bars; even those reveal just fragments of already brief summaries. No names are named.

There’s little to glean from what’s provided, but we at least got a sampling of incidents. In June 2017, for example, consultant VERNON CRAWLEY sustained a claim about a supervisor giving unwelcome Don’t neck-and-shoulder forget massages to female to tip! colleagues, engaging in a sexual relationship FLY@ with a subordinate METRONEWS. and exhibiting “sexual COM favoritism.”

In August 2015, someone heard an attorney using “sex talk” in the office. Assistant District Attorney TERRY HARMAN spoke with the accuser, who denied grousing about “sex talk” but said some lawyers had been “unprofessional when they ‘talk loud’ and use ‘F-bombs.’”

Whoever Harman spoke to made sure to say that she finds the lawyers “really nice,” and didn’t want to “make a big deal out of this” and insisted that she wasn’t “complaining.”

In spring of 2013, a law clerk trainee leered at a woman’s behind. Supervisor MARY DIMEO surmised that it could entail sexual harassment if the clerk was giving the woman “elevator eyes.” She reminded him of the policy, which, she concluded, “he understood.”

BLUE WAVE RISING The South Bay chapter of the Sister District Project helped turn Colorado blue. Now they’re determined to flip the rest of the country.

Silicon Valley Progressives Plan to Ride the Blue Wave to 2020 BY LLOYD ALABAN Marni Rubin, a wine seller by trade, channeled her frustrations over the 2016 elections into political activism.

Earlier this year, she helped launch the South Bay chapter of the Sister District Project, a female-led progressive group determined to turn America blue— one state-level district at a time. Well, results from the most-anticipated midterm elections in living memory are in, and Sister District-backed candidates managed to push a blue wave to take back the House, and some state legislatures along with it.

Through phone-banking, texting, canvassing, fundraising, an appearance by former presidential candidate Martin O’Malley, and even an arts and crafts fair, the local Sister District chapter raised over $157,000 for progressive candidates across the nation. They mailed out 7,500 postcards, made 4,476 phone calls and sent over 6,000 texts. “The really fun part,” Rubin said, “is letting people plug in to do something for democracy.”

Rubin’s main goal was to flip two seats in the Colorado State Senate—a District 16 race supporting challenger Tammy Story and a District 24 race supporting incumbent Faith Winter—to hand the state’s legislature to Democrats.

Sister District’s plan is part of a larger initiative to achieve more blue “trifectas”— states in which Democrats control the governorship, the state senate and the assembly—in toss-up districts across the nation.

“Since we have a Democratic legislature, many Democratic congressional representatives and two Democratic senators here in California, it often feels like we can't really make a difference,” Rubin said. “Knowing that we can help candidates outside of California with resources and voter contact helps me, and our volunteers, feel much more effective.”

Rubin joined her fellow Sister District compatriots at a local Round

Table Pizza last month to watch the 2018 midterm results come in. As the night continued, it was apparent that Democrats would indeed—as predicted—win the House. But, most importantly, both Story and Winter would win their state races and give Colorado a trifecta. That’s a farm team victory that Rubin hopes will set up a major league win in 2020. All from the ground up.

For Sister District, that’s where the big wins lie. “[Sister District] candidates won 16 of 24 races,” Rubin said. “Overall, we achieved our goal of moving the needle left.”

Dems did however, lose ground in the U.S. Senate, and they’re still split between a progressive and legacydriven caucus both in the House and in state legislatures in the South and Midwest. Despite that, Rubin believes Sister District has paved some critical inroads to a more progressive government.

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Postcard Drive Aims to Fight Betsy DeVos’ Civil Rights Rollback

BY LLOYD ALABAN A coalition of women’s groups are calling on people to join a postcard campaign to fight Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ pending rollback of Title IX regulations.

The Enough is Enough Voter Project has teamed up with Women’s March Los Angeles and the National Women’s Law Center to generate 100,000 postcards before the end of the public comment period for the U.S. Department of Education proposal, which would narrow schools’ obligations to people who report sexual misconduct.

DeVos’ plan—pitched as a way to make the process more fair to the accused and the institutions involved— marks a departure from Obama-era rules for Title IX, a landmark civil-rights law that bans gender discrimination in federally funded schools. If approved, it would basically raise the evidentiary standard for such complaints from a preponderance to “clear and convincing.”

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Many people with high have all told me that the current approach does a disservice to everyone involved,” she told the audience.

Enough is Enough founder Michele Dauber, the Stanford professor who recently led California’s first successful judicial recall in nearly nine decades, begs to differ. She said the policy revision on the table would be devastating to victims of sexual violence. If the rule had been in place when USA Gymnastics coach Larry Nassar was abusing his victims, she said, Michigan State would have been unable to hold him accountable.

“That’s how extreme this is,” Dauber said.

“Betsy DeVos is trying to destroy Title IX and take us back to a time when rape and harassment were just accepted as part of what women had to put up with,” she said in announcing the postcard drive. “Well, we aren’t going without a fight.”

The postcard drive is part of a broader effort joined by A-list celebrities, college activists and civil rights groups to bombard the powers that be with public input.

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MIDDLEMAN Silicon Alleys writer Gary Singh (center) poses with Krazy George (left), one of the many notable subjects he interviewed for this column in 2018.

Looking Back Columnist dealt with cultural polarities in a politically polarizing year

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N THE WORDS of Old Blue Eyes, it was a very good year for Silicon Alleys. As we put the lid on 2018, it is time yet again for me to review some of the most memorable material that crystallized on this page over the last 52 weeks, including local history, literature, music, sports, travel and the interstices between them all.

Even though I hit 700 weekly

columns last September, that reflective screed was only one of my most grateful moments. Many others throughout the year seemed to resonate across demographic boundaries, enabling me to at least pretend I knocked something out of the park.

I’ll begin with history. Since I never once cared about the prune orchards, I instead wrote about punk rock, Neal Cassady and Krazy George. San Jose’s legendary skate punk band, The Faction, made another appearance, this time via the suburban wastelands

of Campbell circa 1983 and Rancid’s Lars Frederiksen, all of whom played a gig together. In another case, the motormouth hero of the Beat Generation, the proto-punk legend Neal Cassady showed up again, this time via an entire column about his old house on Santa Clara Street, which still exists. San Jose’s own Krazy George, somewhere between punk and hippie at the ripe old age of 74, and a troublemaker who tens of thousands of us grew up with at Earthquakes games in the ‘70s, was finally inducted into the SJSU Sports Hall of Fame. From what I could tell, each one of those columns reverberated across the country.

And speaking of history, sometimes it makes more sense to scour the past in order to contemplate one’s own relationship to the present. Several other columns this year attempted to do just that, the physical San Jose landscape seeming to merge with the columnist’s own inner landscape in ways that were intended to be humorous, but not everyone has my

sense of humor, so the results were never predictable.

For example, Cask ‘n’ Flask Liquors at Camden and Leigh powered one of the best columns I ever wrote, incorporating Jungian psychology to analyze my time at that dump as a lowly teenage stockperson running booze to a drunk down the street.

Similarly, when Gordon Biersch on San Fernando finally bit the dust, I wrote a column, also one of my best ever. The piece surveyed GB history, my time there as a steinholder, as well as the restaurant’s downfall in the context of other downtown failures over the last 30 years.

GB wasn’t the only three-decade run. Britannia Arms Almaden hit 30 without closing, so I wrote a similar column about my relationship to the place over the years. Same deal with Stevens Music in Willow Glen, which closed 35 years ago, but when the time came to toss out the old Lowrey organ from my youth, I wrote about its history on Lincoln Avenue.

Much of Silicon Alleys for 13 years now has dealt with such polarities: beginnings and endings; creation and destruction; inner and outer; home and abroad; native and foreign; and the resulting relativity of time due to one never escaping his hometown.

As someone part South Asian and part Willow Glen, I’ll deem mystical the ways in which the evolution of both San Jose and the columnist are inseparable from each other. Make sense? Of course it does.

All of which logically leads to travel. Travel writing, regardless of what the snobbish upmarket writers will tell you, can be as simple as merging the home turf with foreign turf. If you’re a natural at writing, this happens automatically, so in my case San Jose gets grafted onto any place I travel and vice versa. I never really leave my own city, my own corner of the world, as Cavafy wrote. This year it was Chiang Mai, Thailand, Dublin, Ireland, and Trieste, Italy. In each case, the trip helped me further understand the San Jose predicament.

Lastly, let’s not forget literature: 2018 was a banner year for women novelists, especially of the international daughter-of-immigrant demographic, a handful of which made it into this column. I am grateful to be interconnected with all of the above subjects and ideas. Here’s to a rip-roaring 2019!

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GET ME OUTTA HERE Looking back on it now, Elon Musk’s launching of a Tesla Roadster into space serves as an apt metaphor for 2018.

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HE YEAR BEGAN with a puff of smoke as California’s legalization of recreational cannabis use went into effect on Jan. 1.

Everyone from cardholders to newbies and recidivists lined up outside of pot clubs all over San Jose—the only South Bay city to allow dispensaries.

Even those who don’t indulge in the devil’s lettuce could be forgiven for wondering whether they were in the grips of some kind of terrible trip. Paranoia and the kind of magical thinking many of us engaged in while listening to Pink Floyd in our freshman dorm rooms seemed to be the norm in 2018.

Over the course of this year, it has become painfully clear just how much influence social media has over our daily lives. (Government shutdown

anyone?) January began with Facebook introducing major algorithm changes.

In an effort to combat the proliferation of fake news and foreign influence campaigns, the social network deemphasized all news—effectively emphasizing your crazy uncle’s meme rampages and your ex-lover’s vaguebooking.

And it’s only gotten worse from there, as continued revelations of tech giants playing fast and loose with our personal data have continued to surface. Google even tried to build a search engine for China, codenamed “Dragonfly,” that, according to The Intercept, would require logins before searching, track user

locations and archive personal search histories with a Chinese partner that would have “unilateral access” to the data.

Google CEO described the initiative as “early stage” since only 215 employees, according to an internal memo that Google ordered recipients to delete, were

working full-time on Dragonfly.

And then there’s Elon Musk. The man behind everyone’s favorite electric car and those awesome reusable rockets started the year by shooting a Tesla Roadster into space. He proceeded to make headlines by smoking a blunt on Joe Rogan’s podcast, beefing with rapper Azealia Banks on Twitter, messing with global markets through a series of erratic tweets, planning to go to Burning Man with girlfriend and electronic music composer Grimes, then announcing he would not go to Burning Man on account of an SEC investigation into whether he had misled investors. In September he accepted a $20 million handslap but was redeemed for all his craziness when the Model 3 started breaking sales and safety records.

Beyond the foibles of the tech industry, there was plenty more to shake our heads about. The #MeToo movement took down Dominic

Caserta; a subcontractor working on a downtown development used slave labor to erect a pair of highrises; and Stanford professor Christine Blasey Ford stood up to the now Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh by recounting her memories of a high school party where she says he forcibly groped her.

Boxy apartment complexes sprouted on the former sites that once gave the valley its character, San Jose lost two more hardware stores, Lowe’s and Orchard Supply. Someone even stole the freakin’ old neon sign! Now, where are people going to buy blue tarps to live under?

Oh, and electric scooters absolutely took over Silicon Valley.

It’s enough to make anyone’s head spin. This final issue of the year is all about looking back on all the strange, infuriating and preposterous things that went down in 2018 and saying, “Sayonara!”

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JANUARY WEED THE PEOPLE Californians rang in the New Year by standing in long lines to buy legal weed—no medical card required. It took more than a year to implement, but Prop. 66, passed by voters in 2016, ushered in a new era by expanding access to anyone

San Jose City Hall booted a marble statue of Christopher Columbus.

Public pressure from indigenous and Latino activists was cited, but truth was, the oversized tchotchke matched grandma Carmella’s living room better than the modernist municipal building designed by pervy architect Richard Meier. The tribute to the European colonizer was gifted to the city decades ago by a local ItalianAmerican club, which volunteered to find a new piazza for the polarizing monument.

FEBRUARY Failing Up After resigning as Milpitas city manager for allegedly misspending taxpayer money to cover his personal legal battles, Tom Williams had no problem finding well-paying jobs, thanks to a little help from his friends. He worked as a private land-use consultant while shopping around for another public sector gig, which he finally landed in his hometown of Millbrae despite his reputation.

HOME IMPROVEMENT Folks who donated to the bond campaign under John Lindner’s purview were shocked to learn that the Franklin-McKinley School District trustee had been spending it to remodel his home and jet-set with his family, among other things. As a condition of his plea deal, Lindner relinquished his post and agreed to pay back $18,550—more than $10,000 short of the sum he stole.

Four-legged Foodies McCormick & Schmick’s, the upmarket seafood and steak house

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DOUBLING DOWN As allegations of mishandled sexual abuse claims began to mount against Presentation High, patrons responded by more than doubling their donations to the embattled parochial school. Alumnae director Kristin Cooke Schneider boasted about the cash haul, saying support has “never been stronger” and that community members “have a positive shared experience, and they sent that message loud and clear.” They sent a message, all right, and it didn’t sit well with the former students accusing the school of ignoring their claims of sexual misconduct.

ENDURING MYSTERY Sarah Winchester and her South Bay landmark Mystery House got the Hollywood treatment in the Helen Mirren-starring ‘Winchester.’

at the San Jose Fairmont, got temporarily shuttered by health inspectors who found vermin and other ickyness in the kitchen.

than-fiction mystery home.

BREAKING NEWS

Mummy’s the Word

Once one of the country’s largest daily papers, the Mercury News got hammered by more layoffs as part of cost-cuts campaign by its mansionbuying hedge fund overlords. The cuts came on the heels of a Pulitzer win for the Merc’s regional chain’s coverage of the deadly Ghost Ship Fire.

WINCHESTER GOES HOLLYWOOD San Jose’s Winchester Mystery House, a Victorian mansion rendered long ago into an architectural oddity by a rich widow’s paranoia, made its big-screen debut. The horror flick starring Helen Mirren as the titular heir of the Winchester rifle fortune was forgettable, but it sparked renewed interest in the legend of Sarah Winchester and her stranger-

MARCH An enterprising East Palo Alto resident tracked down the guy who burglarized his home by matching surveillance footage to the suspect’s music videos.

For Victor Bell, a 24-year-old Redwood City rapper known as Mummy 500, life apparently inspired his art. Police say Bell, who was already on parole for residential burglary, rapped about breaking down doors and making off with stolen goods. They arrested him when he showed up to a meeting with his parole officer wearing jewelry from both burglaries.

VALLEY VOTES It was a scandal of epic proportions with profound implications for democracy in the digital age. When the Guardian broke news that the

Cambridge Analytica firm misused data of scores of millions of Facebook users, it sparked outrage on both sides of the Atlantic. In the U.S., it raised questions about the effect of voter manipulation on Donald Trump rise. Across the pond, it set off state-led inquiries into its sway on public support for Brexit.

Bloody Hell Capping off a stunning downfall for Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes, the federal Securities and Exchange Commission accused her blood-testing startup of tricking investors by lying about everything from how the technology worked to how much revenue it was raking in. The federal complaint cemented the legacy of Theranos— and its once-high-flying CEO—as the latest cautionary tale of Silicon Valley hype and hubris.

ICE to Meet You Bay Area counties pride themselves on their “sanctuary” policies, which basically forbid local authorities from automatically cooperating with federal immigration agents.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers, however, managed to gain entry into local jails.

San Francisco Sheriff Vicki Hennessy apologized and Santa Clara Sheriff Laurie Smith called it “a mistake.”

BUILDING BLOCKCHAIN This year, speculators got hot on Bitcoin before losing their shirts.

Reports of people betting the farm on the new cryptocurrency made headlines and then… the bottom fell out. But 2018 also marked the year that people really started paying attention to blockchain. It’s still unclear if there is a future for cryptocurrency, but plenty of Silicon Valley thinkers believe that blockchain technology—Bitcoin’s foundation—will be a game-changer.

By decentralizing and encrypting data, it will make the world a better place.

Now, where have we heard that before?

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FUND AND GAMES

#CASERTATOO

A Nonprofit Quarterly investigation into sexual harassment at the billiondollar Silicon Valley Community Foundation rocked the donoradvised fund manager to its core.

Revelations that one of its top fundraisers, the magnetic Mari Ellen Loijens, would bully or sexually harass her subordinates led to a brutal public reckoning that resulted in her departure along with that of CEO Emmett Carson.

Santa Clara Councilman Dominic Caserta faced allegations of nearly two decades of sexually harassing, bullying or groping girls and women, including a report that he wore nothing more than a bath towel around campaign workers. During his campaign for a Santa Clara County supervisor seat, two young campaign staffers came to Metro to expose his misconduct, prompting Caserta to resign from the council, suspend his campaign and otherwise withdraw from public life.

Barrister Buds One of Silicon Valley’s stodgiest law firm’s decided to cash in on cannabis.

Hopkins & Carley attorneys Chuck Reed—who as San Jose mayor initially took a hard line of marijuana decriminalization—and colleague Mark Heyl spearheaded the firm’s fledgling cannabis practice.

DOUBLE TROUBLE Silicon Valley Community Foundation CEO Emmett Carson and his second-in-charge Mari Ellen Loijens were ousted amid claims that the latter brazenly harassed and humiliated staff at the billion-dollar philanthropic juggernaut.

Oh, the Caucasity Campbell Union High trustee Matthew Dean thought he’d school some teens by whitesplaining how to toughen up in the face of adversity— even if they’re called the N-word by a peer. The two-term schools official and former Campbell mayor used a parable about fat-shaming his son to illustrate how kids need to toughen up and find the “diamond.”

One 17-year-old recipient of Dean’s wisdom begged to differ. “When you’re called the N-word, there’s no diamond in that,” Muskaan Sandu said. “There is danger in that.” Dean opted against running for re-election.

OVERNIGHT SUCCESS Dopesmoker, by San Jose stoner metal trio Sleep, is arguably the most ambitious metal album of all time. The hour-long single track takes everything heavy from the genre, slows it down by about a hundred beats per minute, and creates something so earthshaking it approaches biblical proportions.

More than two decades after their initial breakup, Sleep returned, releasing The Sciences on April 20 (natch). The album has garnered high critical praise and serves as the soundtrack to many a smoke sesh.

JUNE Total Recall Aaron Persky, the Santa Clara County judge who became the face of rape culture after sentencing Stanford rapist Brock Turner to mere months in jail, got democratically ousted from the bench, despite opposition from a local legal community that feared it would chill the bench’s independence. It marked the first successful judicial recall in California in nearly nine decades.

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2018 YEAR IN REVIEW THE DON ELEVATOR Don Morrissey’s professional descent from lieutenant to sergeant and then deputy was no secret at the Santa Clara County Sheriff ’s Office or in the ranks of the Deputy Sheriff ’s Association he presided over as president. But the details that led to him losing his sergeant stripes didn’t become public until he appealed his demotion using his union’s funds.

Records appended to his court petition offered a rare glimpse into the law enforcement disciplinary process, which is far more opaque in California than most other states, and cost Morrissey’s political allies—like sheriff hopeful John Hirokawa—dearly.

Case Closed On Oct. 12, 1974, 19-year-old newlywed Arlis Perry was found slain at the altar of the Stanford Memorial Church. Someone had rammed an icepick through her skull and violated her with church candles. Semen was found on a nearby kneeler and a palm print was imprinted on one of the candles, but it wasn’t enough to catch the killer, so the case went cold for 43 years. In June of 2018, investigators found evidence pointing to Stephen Crawford, the campus security guard who told cops he discovered the body the morning after the murder. But just as police were closing in on his San Jose apartment, Crawford picked up a gun and took his own life.

JULY SMARTPHONE, DUMB ROBBER A teenager breaking into a Palo Alto home blew his cover when he woke up the couple who lived there to ask them for the WiFi password.

THE MAD FLASHER A butt-naked cyclist hauling ass down Highway 101 slowed traffic as

15 rubberneckers tried to memorialize the brazen commuter with cellphone pics, some of which went viral. The same guy was spotted earlier in the day sans clothes outside a local massage parlor. San Jose police eventually caught up to the guy, who was sent to the hospital instead of jail.

Tales from the Encrypt The human toll of misinformation became painfully clear when residents of a rural Indian town of Rainpada near Mumbai, India saw videos on WhatsApp warning of outsiders abducting children. They they beat five strangers to death and authorities were unable to trace the source of the videos. A spokesperson for Facebook-owned WhatsApp told BuzzFeed News “We believe that building ‘traceability’ into WhatsApp would undermine endto-end encryption and the private nature of WhatsApp. … WhatsApp remains committed to working with others in society on the challenge of misinformation though we will not weaken the privacy protections we provide.”

AUGUST BLOCKED AND BANISHED It started with Apple halting distribution of Alex Jones’ podcasts, but the other major social media platforms quickly followed suit.

YouTube terminated his channel. Facebook deactivated four of his pages. Spotify pulled all his programming for “hate content.”

Twitter took its sweet time but

LEFT AT THE ALTAR After 44 years, South Bay authorities finally solved the grisly murder of Arlis Kay Perry, a 19-year-old newlywed whose body was left defiled lifeless by the altar of the Stanford Memorial Church.

finally caved, excommunicating the controversial media figure who turned fear-mongering into a cash cow, and arguably provoked actual violence such as the shooting inspired by his “pizzagate” conspiracy theory about politically connected pedophiles.

claiming the new property owner broke the law by neglecting to tell him about the planned cover-up.

CODE CRAY

A tiff between a rancher and a landowner in South County escalated into a Wild West caricature that left a bunch of cattle carcasses riddled with bullet holes and resulted in the alleged gunslinger’s arrest on animal cruelty charges.

Beth Laurine, the interim head of San Jose Regional Hospital’s emergency department, ranted her way out of a job by railing against “dirty illegals” on her then-public Facebook page. The traveling nurse, who hailed from a Pennsylvania suburb, then tried to blame the messenger for her inability to find a job after outing herself as an apparent xenophobe.

MURAL OF THE STORY

Slaving Away

For more than three decades, “Mural de la Raza” captivated onlookers with its detailed tapestry of Chicano culture and civil rights history. The artist, Jose Mesa Velasquez, created the painting on the side of the old Payless ShoeSource building in San Jose’s East Side with help from a local community center. The beloved mural mysteriously vanished one night—that is, all but for the face of the Virgin de Guadalupe— prompting a public outcry. The artist wound up suing the landlord,

A subcontractor working on the twin high-rise Silvery Towers in downtown San Jose had to pay a sixfigure settlement and face criminal charges for apparently enslaving workers. Federal investigators say Nobilis Construction CEO Job Torres Hernandez, who was hired by high-rise developers Full Power Properties, required undocumented Mexican immigrants to work tortuously long hours by day and sleep in squalid shipping containers by night. Legal observers called it

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the most egregious labor trafficking case in recent memory, and it earned the glistening skyrise across from San Pedro Square a new nickname: Slavery Towers.

BITCONNED It’s an old con, but with a digital twist. A snail-mailed letter threatens to expose some deep, dark secret unless the recipient coughs up a small fortune in Bitcoin to keep it hushhush. Apparently someone thought they’d cast their net among affluent Silicon Valley denizens with guilty consciences and money to burn.

It’s unclear how many fell for the scam, but the Santa Clara County DA issued a PSA of sorts to caution people against taking the bait.

SEPTEMBER Book of Jobs Apologists for Steve Jobs love to talk about the late Apple co-founder’s charisma, intellect and uncanny ability to be right. In a heartbreaking memoir, Small Fry, Lisa Brennan-Jobs forced the world to confront her father’s dark side. He refused to install heat in her bedroom, denied that the Apple Lisa was her namesake and on his deathbed told her she smelled “like a toilet.” But even Brennan-Jobs, whose paternity her father denied though a DNA match confirmed it, says she forgives him.

MUSK OIL It may pale compared to his other missteps—which include calling a rescue diver a pedophile, abandoning his post as Tesla chairman and making headlines with his weird, erratic tweets—Elon Musk’s toke on Joe Rogan’s podcast became the billionaire’s most most-memed foible of 2018. It also drew very a public

TOTAL BURNER Elon Musk, the Burning Man devotee and electric car pioneer, gave into peer pressure on Joe Rogan’s podcast.

rebuke from the U.S. Air Force and prompted an investigation by NASA.

Dirty Doc Menlo Park gynecologist James William McCarrick allegedly found his job so arousing that state regulators are trying to revoke his license. According to the California Medical Board, Dr. McCarrick got carried away with his infatuation for a young patient he’d bombard with dick pics and cringey sexts between hook-up sessions.

homeless camp could look like. Though the site was forced to relocate, the media attention forced local politicos to lend a hand by finding a new spot for the experiment and finding money to someday scale out.

Secret Stash Jennifer Chang played a long con during her time as accountant for the city of Cupertino. Prosecutors say the former civil servant stole a combined $790,000 from taxpayers by cashing fraudulent checks over the span of 14 years.

FUTURE TENTS

OLD BREW

While local officials quibbled over the when, where and how much of temporary homeless shelters, a group of activists chose to ask for forgiveness instead of permission. Hope Village sprang up on a vacant state-owned lot in San Jose as an act of civil disobedience, a way to show the city what an organized

Hidden inside a cave in Israel, Stanford researchers discovered the earliestknown beer-making operation, which appears to predate cultivation of the first cereals. The 13,000-year-old brewery suggests that our ancestors learned how to ferment grains before figuring out how to bake them.

That’s What She Said Christine Blasey Ford stood before the Senate Judiciary Committee, raised her right hand and swore to tell the truth. The unassuming Palo Alto University psychology professor then recounted what she could about the night 36 years prior when she said then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanagh sexually assaulted her.

By the end of the four-hour hearing, Blasey Ford had proven herself as a believable witness. Kavanagh was nonetheless confirmed to a lifetime judicial appointment.

JIMMY OH, GEEZ! This was supposed to be the year.

Things were looking up for the 49ers after the team snagged Jimmy

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GOAT OUTTA HERE

UNDER OATH Stanford professor Christine Blasey Ford testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee, charging that Supreme Court-nominee (now Justice) Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulter her during a high school party in the summer of 1982.

Garoppolo from the Patriots halfway through last season. The rising star closed out the year by winning every game he played. It appeared that the storied franchise of Joe Montana and Steve Young might finally have a team that could justify the construction of Levi’s Stadium.

Then Garoppolo, who fans had been calling Jimmy Gesus, tore his ACL in the third game of the 2018-19 season.

There’s always next year.

OCTOBER Paint the Crown Red Silicon Valley’s ties to Saudi Arabia came under renewed scrutiny after the brutal slaying of WashPo journalist Jamal Khashoggi, whose murder the CIA would later pin on the kingdom’s Crown Prince

Muhammed bin Salman.

The Saudi royal famously hobnobs with Silicon Valley elites while SoftBank—the largest tech investment fund on the planet— pumped billions of Saudi dollars into U.S. startups, including a host of them in the Bay Area.

WELL, THAT’S SETTLED San Jose ended its practice of using cute undercover cops to honey-trap gay men by public park lavatories back in 2016. But a federal civil rights lawsuit stemming from the discriminatory enforcement lasted another two years. The settlement hammered out between SJPD and the plaintiffs’ self-described “toilet lawyer” Bruce Nickerson won six-figure payouts for several of the wrongfully

A livestock rustler made off with a herd of 60 goats—all of them preggers—right after Turkey Day. The incident made for some snarky headlines, but it was no joke to Brian Allen, the Morgan Hill landscaper who relied on the animals for his landscaping business.

arrested men. But bigger still, it grants Nickerson access to arrest records so he could find other gay men victimized by the agency’s enforcement.

Let Us Prey The latest wave of accountability for deviant priests prompted the San Jose Diocese to release the names of 15 clergy members “credibly accused” of sexually abusing children. But the move came ahead of a more consequential announcement from the California Attorney General’s Office, which announced that—for the first time ever—state prosecutors would investigate the Catholic Church for the sins of its fathers.

NOVEMBER

Sign of the Times In another mysterious theft that grabbed South Bay headlines, someone pilfered the big illuminated Orchard Supply Hardware sign from the site of the original San Jose store off of San Carlos. The property owners filed a police report, and as of press time, the sign had yet to be located.

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APP FLAP Sealed documents from an old lawsuit by a defunct app became an unlikely thorn in the side for Facebook, which was already reeling from a year of damaging exposure that began with the gutpunch that was the Cambridge Analytica scandal. A 2015 complaint filed by Six4Three over a bikini photo-finding app called Pikini made headlines this fall when the U.K. government acquired sensitive records as part of an inquiry into #FakeNews. The trove of questionably acquired data

suggested that Facebook considered selling user data prior to 2014— something the social media giant has denied doing.

DECEMBER MAKING UP FOR LOST TIME The S.F. 49ers gave the star treatment to a fan who’d been wrongfully imprisoned for 20 years for a murder he didn’t commit. The team flew Malcolm Scott and his brother out to a game at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, where they reportedly rolled out the red carpet for him, offering a tour of the venue, a chance to meet the team’s GM John Lynch and

one of his all-time favorite players, linebacker Keena Turner.

The Google Effect Google’s plans to build a new headquarters in downtown San Jose cleared a critical hurdle when the city sold more than 10 acres of public land to the search and advertising giant. That’s a small fraction of the development footprint, which is expected to transform 50-plus acres around the Diridon Station into a dense urban hub of offices, shops, eateries and public plazas linked by pathways and adorned with public heart. It’s a dream come true for business boosters, but a source of anxiety for residents who fear the new corporate neighbor will exacerbate already exorbitant housing costs.

COLD FASHIONED Annual holiday culture wars and the ongoing #MeToo reckoning ignited debate about whether radio stations should play the 74-year-old Christmas classic, “Baby, It’s Cold Outside.” Throughout the U.S., several radio stations pulled the song off the air, igniting heated debates on TV news and social media.

San Francisco radio station KOIT initially yanked the 1940s duet for its predatory undertones. But uproar from listeners prompted the station to change its mind.

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TECHIE TRANSPORT E-scooters absolutely took over Silicon Valley this year.

San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo gave electric scooter companies an ultimatum: Get off the sidewalks or split. The mayor advised Bird, Lime and other scooter startups to come up with a geo-fencing feature to prevent riders from traveling along sidewalks. Otherwise, he threatened to ban them outright.

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Jamaican jerk and Indian chana masala—plus a serious selection of craft beer. Got a hankering for something sweet? For those with a sweet tooth, a branch of the vegan cinnamon roll chain, Cinnaholic, just opened downtown as well.

Loving Hut Multiple locations lovinghut.us

Good Karma Artisan Ales & Café 37 S 1st St, San Jose goodkarmasj.com

Cinnaholic 115 E San Carlos St, San Jose cinnaholic.com

PESCATARIAN

VEGGIE-LICIOUS Eating healthy doesn’t have to feel like a sacrifice, or send you out of your way—just go to Loving Hut.

Eat Well Start the new year by embracing a realistic diet while still enjoying every bite

BY JOHN DYKE

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HE NEW YEAR is upon us again, and so are the new year’s resolutions.

Among all the pledges we will take—making more time for family, exercising, finally taking that trip abroad—a healthier diet is bound to be one of the most common.

While I can’t help with exercise regimen or your travel itinerary, I always have something to say about food. In 2018 I chose to start a “flexitarian” diet, which included eating vegetarian or vegan two to three days a week. I would say, for the most part, I

was fairly successful—probably scoring somewhere around a 75 percent success rate. This year I resolve to increase that number to three or four days, in hopes of achieving a final goal of five days a week by 2020.

Not everyone is satisfied with the flexitarian method. Some may prefer to go all in on an extreme dietary change. Others will find making a small but easy-to-keep change more appealing and less prone to failure.

Which diet is right for you? Well, that depends. Some are able to trim their waistlines by eating mostly meat and cutting out carbs; others believe going vegan is the only way

to live a healthy and moral life.

Whatever dietary change one may be considering, finding new types of palatable food that conform to the new meal plan can be challenging.

Hopefully the following list can help. Below you will find five schools of thought on how to get to a healthier you, along with the most important part: where you can eat delicious food without cheating.

VEGAN Cutting out all animal products is now easier than ever, as more and more restaurants in the eco- and health-conscious Bay Area offer vegan-friendly menu items. Loving Hut, perhaps the most popular worldwide vegan chain makes it simple. Everything on their menu is vegan, and with three locations throughout the South Bay, you won’t have to travel far. On the mom-and-pop side of vegan, Good Karma in downtown San Jose is a pub-style vegan eatery that features a wide array of dining choices like

You don’t have to be a Pisces to go pescatarian. It simply means that the only flesh you eat comes in the form of fish—molluscs are cool, too. If you’re thinking it sounds too expensive to eat sushi and oysters all day, don’t worry. Most pescatarians I know are essentially vegetarians who partake of ocean delights only on occasion. Plus, there are ways to satisfy a fish fix without breaking the bank. I suggest any Mexi mariscos joint, such as Día de Pesca or Maverick’s Mexican Grill; both are longtime favorites of mine and serve up some of the best and freshest fish tacos around.

For table service dining, the locally founded chain The Fish Market has three locations throughout the South Bay; there you will find a terrific oyster bar and tasty mesquite-grilled fish.

Día de Pesca 55 N Bascom Ave, San Jose diadepesca.net

Maverick’s Mexican Grill 1111 Meridian Ave #5, San Jose sites.citycheers.com/97005

The Fish Market Multiple locations thefishmarket.com

Keto, Paleo & Atkins While there are subtle differences to be found among the keto, paleo and Atkins diets, they all have something in common: meat. All three of these diets look to protein and fats to serve as the body’s primary energy source, and

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BEEFY BITES Chowing down on protein while avoiding carbs is one dieting strategy. seek to limit the intake of carbohydrates.

When it comes to loading up on meat for a fair price, all-you-can-eat Korean barbecue joints are the way to go. While Gen Korean BBQ House is the most popular choice, their wait times can be excruciating. Relative newcomer Q-Pot is usually much less busy, they also feature a sweet tablet ordering system and they even have hot pot available—a rarity in the Korean barbecue world. If you can’t wait to cook your own meat, then might I suggest ordering some expert American barbecue (sans the sugary sauce, of course) by the pound from any of our local barbecue joints.

Smoking Pig BBQ’s ribs and burnt ends are world-class, while newcomer Mesquite and Oak has some of the most legit brisket I’ve ever had in California.

Q-Pot Korean BBQ & Hot Pot 1610 E Capitol Expwy, San Jose qpotsanjose.com

Smoking Pig BBQ Multiple locations smokingpigbbq.net

Mesquite & Oak 856 N 13th St, San Jose mesquiteandoak.business.site

Vegetarian While vegetarianism and veganism are quite similar, the biggest and most telling difference is that vegans do not eat eggs, dairy or honey, while vegetarians often do. It may not seem like that big of a deal, but consider the fact that most standard baked goods contain some form of dairy or eggs. A favorite of veg-heads is the aptly named chain Veggie Grill, which offers everything from salads to burgers and even comfort foods, such as mashed potatoes and mac and

cheese. Jerusalem Grill in Campbell has a veg-friendly Middle East feast called the Jerusalem Veggie Plate that features dolmas, baba ghanouj, hummus, falafel and tabbouleh. Indian food is also another favorite of vegetarians, and one of my favorites for a quick, tasty and inexpensive Indian lunch is Chaat Café; with a lunch special starting at $6, their malai kofta plate—with its buttery, spicy sauce—is terrific and a mango lassi is a must to help quench the heat.

Veggie Grill Multiple locations veggiegrill.com

Jerusalem Grill 1740 S Winchester Blvd, Campbell

Chaat Café 834 Blossom Hill Rd, San Jose chaatcafesj.wixsite.com/location

Flexitarian Probably the most wishy-washy of all the options, this is the regimen for those who like to eat healthy but don’t want their choices limited by restrictive diets. For this diet it’s important to select places that have a healthy menu with lots of veggie-friendly options, while still featuring some carnivorous delights. Aqui has long been one of my favorites for fresh, healthy organic cuisine at a very reasonable price point.

Their menu is a fusion of Tex-Mex and Asian cuisine, and features a nice variety like Filipino chicken adobo, Mexican enchiladas and even vegetarian Thai peanut bowls. They also have five locations, so one is never far away.

New-to-us Mendocino Farms is another spot that features mostly vegetarian fare with a carnivorous twist. The best part about Mendo is their menu is seasonal and there’s always something new to discover. Both of these choices do very well with the adult beverages, as Aqui’s swirls are legendary for their strength, and Mendo offers beer and wine samples (aptly named “bamples”) to help diners choose their libations.

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Truly Inspired NUMU’s new show, ‘Circle of Truth,’ works like a Rorschach test for artists

BY JEFFREY EDALATPOUR

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HE IDEA WAS simple enough. Over the course of seven years, 49 artists created paintings inspired by a single theme: “Truth.”. They collaborated— albeit remotely and virtually— until 49 smaller, yet not less significant, truths emerged.

The results, now on display at the New Museum of Los Gatos, are a revelation. Not so much in the individual cultural artifacts themselves but in culmination, as they offer a window on how each of the artists think. In this way, “Circle of Truth” works a bit like an old-fashioned

psychological exam. It is a Rorschach test for the ages. It is the artist’s psyche we see on the canvas, formulating thoughts or shouts or dreams.

Co-curators Laura Hipke and Shane Guffogg asked participating artists to play a painterly version of the surrealist game exquisite corpse—a.k.a. the Telephone Game. The rules were detailed but fairly loose. The first artist in the chain, Guffogg himself, started the project with his painting, a Rothko-esque take on a blurred, madras plaid. Without signing the work, he then sent it to the second artist in the chain along with a blank linen canvas. Keeping the theme of truth in mind, each artist then had

two weeks to come up with a painted response before sending their piece on to the next artist in the circle.

Every painting is 20 square inches.

They are arranged on NUMU’s walls in the order they were created. The curators also asked that the artist write an essay about their experience once the painting was finished.

Excerpts from those essays hang underneath the work.

For his part, Guffogg had this to say: “The Golden Mean is the mathematical code of nature that gives the flower instructions on how to grow its petals.” His initial foray into philosophizing later gave way to a doleful anecdote or two.

Lita Albuquerque, Artist No. 33, had some trouble. “I could not get anywhere and was very frustrated and covered it over many times as it just was not happening,” she writes. But as you move about the gallery, you pay more attention to the shared visual language that jumps from canvas to canvas.

You can see the gears of each artist’s mind turning as they interpret and recapitulate the “visiting” work in their own style. In the run-

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NO. 1 Shane Guffogg began the ‘Circle of Truth’ project with this painting.

See all 48 artist responses at NUMU.

up to Albuquerque’s angry gray brushstrokes, you watch the forms and colors evolve to meet her painting as if in real time. Cheryl Ekstrom describes her all-white No. 28 as “a retaliation” against No. 27. It looks like a block of freshly cast plaster that’s cracked after falling from a great height.

Greg Colson sees a face in the center of that white slab. He uses a watery black outline to shape someone’s masked profile, adding in the words “bandage,” “bandana” and “blindfold.”

Alex Gross senses something clinical about Colson’s work. At the top of his canvas, he paints in all capital letters: PROTECTION RESTRICTION ADDICTION. Beneath that, two women appear in an illustrated style that recalls a colorless Roy Lichtenstein, as if they’d been drawn monochromatically with a fine lead pencil. A nurse from the 1950s inoculates her patient, a contemporary girl who’s holding onto her iPhone while also sporting a neck brace. Pale peach polka dots appear at random intervals across the canvas. Those abstract dots make an appearance in the next four paintings. If there’s a single truth that emerges from the exhibit, it’s that artists like polka dots.

Art exhibits that claim to be immersive experiences flood 21stcentury audiences with too much audio or visual stimuli. There’s no need for the viewer to come to any conclusion about it. You experience the work and then walk away from it. “Circle of Truth” redefines what “immersive” can mean.

Following the numbers on the walls feels like you're going on a scavenger hunt or putting together a puzzle that’s challenging, but not impossible, to solve.

The progression of numbered paintings requires a certain level of engagement with the entire organizing principle. You want to suss out the way each artist moved ahead with the project (or didn’t, in a very few cases). “Circle of Truth” brings the museum-goer in close, the way they must have done before the analog world turned into an infinite number of zeros and ones.

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ALI WONG

GOOD TIMES

Wed-Thu, Sold Out The Improv, San Jose

Thu, 9pm, Free The Caravan, San Jose

Two Netflix specials and two babies later, comedian Ali Wong is taking center stage again—this time not pregnant (we think) but with the same comedic force and exaggerated stage presence that brought her into the standup limelight. The San Francisco-born and -raised performer gained a serious following after her 2016 special, Baby Cobra, which she shot while seven months pregnant with her first child. Managing to tackle topics as disparate as diapers and foreplay in the same routine, somehow Wong manages to keep the crowd on her side, even as she plunges baby bump first into her crude, rude and selfabsorbed on-stage persona. (AS)

Keep things groovy and psychedelic this holiday season at the always-reliable Caravan Lounge, which presents Holiday Good Times N’ Cheer! with three local heavy hitters: the Magick Blues Band, Casual Vibes and Zach Freitas. Encompassing the realms of psychedelic, garage and folk rock, the night will start out mellow, with the soulful sounds of singer-songwriter Freitas, whose one-man show draws inspiration from crooners like Elliott Smith and Nick Drake. Casual Vibes provides exactly that: a perfect musical backdrop to hanging out with friends, while Magick Blues Band closes the night with their heavy and soul-inflected sound pulled straight from the ’60s. (AS)

Avi Salem

FALCONS & B. LEWIS

HOLIDAY HANGOVER

*wed *thu

CHOICES BY:

FALCONS & B. LEWIS

*fri

CONCERT FOR AARON

Thu, 9pm, $10+ The Continental, San Jose

Fri, 8pm, $10 The Ritz, San Jose

Los Angeles-based DJ and producer Falcons is no stranger to the hiphop scene. Even before signing to producer and DJ A-Trak’s Fool’s Gold records in 2015, he was a regular at live events like Coachella and Boiler Room, mixing and performing alongside some of the scene’s heaviest hitters. Three years and dozens of collabs later, he’s promoting his latest joint release with San Jose-based producer B.Lewis, titled Daydrift. The melodic, trap-influenced five-track EP features guest appearances by Bay Area rapper P-Lo, GoldLink and Jazz Cartier and doesn’t disappoint: Prepare for an extended set of hypnotic and uptempo beats. (AS)

In remembrance of San Jose’s Aaron Anaya, who tragically passed away in a DUI crash in November, local and out-of-town acts will be paying tribute to his life and legacy at this special fundraiser show and celebration. Many of the groups performing were friends of Anaya, who was also a musician, and some will even be playing Aaron’s original songs. The evening’s lineup includes San Jose-based singersongwriter Try the Pie, San Jose duo Spit Lake, Oakland dream-pop outfit New Circle, San Jose indie rockers Eastern Westerner and Dinners, and Los Angeles lo-fi group Sprain. All proceeds will go to Aaron’s family. (AS)

ROB SCHNEIDER Fri-Sat, $30+ The Improv, San Jose Making his debut first as a writer and then as a cast member on Saturday Night Live over 30 years ago, Rob Schneider is one of those Hollywood enigmas that’s done it all but can’t stop doing more. He’s had a role in more than 40 films since the early ’90s, starring as the hapless Deuce Bigalow, a fish tank cleaner-turned-male prostitute in 1999. His latest venture is a TV show called Real Rob. Schneider returns to his standup comedy roots with a new routine that’s packed full of his characteristic voices and exaggerated mannerisms. (AS)

* concerts ALI WONG

PATTI SMITH

Jan 14-15 at the Rio Theatre

ELTON JOHN

Jan 19 at SAP Center

NHL ALL STAR WEEKEND Jan 25-26 at SAP Center

METALACHI

Jan 26 at The Ritz

A$AP ROCKY

Feb 2 at Bill Graham Civic

STEEP CANYON RANGERS

Feb 7 at Montalvo Arts Center

MARC ANTHONY

Feb 8 at SAP Center

AIR SUPPLY

Feb 8 at City National Civic

MUDHONEY

Feb 9 at The Ritz

THE REV. HORTON HEAT

Feb 13 at The Ritz

SJZ WINTER FEST

Feb 13-24 in Downtown San Jose

CIRQUE DU SOLEIL

Feb 13-Mar 24 at County Fairgrounds

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MICAH ALFARO Sat, 7pm, Free Station X Salon, Campbell San Jose-based mixed media artist and muralist Micah Alfaro will install his latest art piece at Campbell’s Station X Salon while onlookers enjoy live music, drinks and bites. His newest mural will adorn the salon’s spacious front windows, which he’ll be painting live throughout the course of the evening. The local artist specializes in intricately drawn, detailed color and monochromatic murals and displays that incorporate everything from woodwork to spray paint. Free and open to the public, Alfaro’s last show of the year is for one night only: Be sure to peep at the culmination of a year’s worth of artwork in an equally artsy space. (AS)

HOLIDAY HANGOVER Sat, 9pm, $8+ The Ritz, San Jose That extended stretch of time after Christmas and before New Year’s Eve is a period of great ambiguity for those who are visiting home for the holidays. Presents have been opened, awkward political arguments have been made, family dinners have been eaten, but it’s not yet the new year and the hometown cabin fever feels are real. Don’t fear: the Holiday Hangover is here. Presented by It’s Relative! productions, this all-night dance party features curated jams

by Memory Bank (Hunter Chollet and Marcus Leonardo) and DJ Adam Jay to get you over that in-between holiday slump and ready for the rock-n-rollin’, rowdy new year festivities. (AS)

*sun

BOOMBOX CARTEL

Mar 1 at City National Civic

CINEQUEST

Mar 5-17 Downtown San Jose

THE ENGLISH BEAT PIANO BRUNCH Sun, 8pm, $20+ The Ritz, San Jose

Sun, 11am Poor House Bistro, San Jose

For nearly 40 years, The English Beat has been crossing musical genres and defying the limits of what it means to be both punk rock and British. As one of the first groups in the UK to fuse ska and punk, they’ve continued to evolve their sound through a number of studio albums and associated side projects over the years. On the heels of their latest release, Here We Go Love—the band’s first new album since 1982’s Special Beat Service— The Beat return to San Jose alongside local ska and reggae five-piece, Monkey. (AS)

Move over, dinner and a movie.

These days, it’s all about brunch and a piano—at least at San Jose’s Poor House Bistro. The last Sunday of 2018 starts with a New Orleans-themed piano brunch hosted by local “bourbon-esque” crooner and one-man show Johnny Fabulous.

Boogie down while snacking on beignets and hear songs from the Great American Songbook over griddle cakes and grits. The Poor House Bistro, known for serving up homestyle Cajun food since 2005, spotlights different musicians daily, but takes its first foray into daytime entertainment with its weekly Sunday brunch performances. (AS)

ABBA MANIA

Mar 9 at Flint Center

ATMOSPHERE

Mar 12 at the Catalyst

P!NK

Apr 17 at SAP Center

ARIANA GRANDE

May 2 at SAP Center

NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK May 29 at SAP Center

JEFF LYNNE’S ELO

Jun 24 at SAP Center

PAUL MCCARTNEY

Jul 10 at SAP Center

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Jan 13 at City National Civic

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NETFLIX AND WIN Though the film was released straight to Netflix (with select theaters screening it), ‘ Roma’ is a clear frontrunner in the Oscars race.

Year in Film From a resurrected Orson Welles project to a Netflix masterpiece, the best of 2018

BY RICHARD VON BUSACK

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NAP YOUR FINGERS, like Thanos, and half of all existing motion pictures turn into a shower of disintegrating pixels. Imposing scarcity is a tragic task, but it had to be done to make room for more tentpoles. Just ask the FilmStruck proprietors who made so much vanish, so that deserving stockholders might affix ermine mud flaps to their Porsche Cayennes.

The process needs no empurpled

Josh Brolin, though. The decay-prone qualities of an all-digital media is bad enough—as opposed to 35mm, which can survive decades in a frozen dump.

Preserving all this digital cinema is going to be a technical challenge for anyone watching 100 years from now.

(Of course, you could be like that nowinfamous professor from Lafayette College who, in the Washington Post opined that the loss of FilmStruck just cleared the deck of a lot of moldy old films enshrining racism and sexism. So why not trash it and make room for something new?)

Such academic nuance may be

immaterial to our descendants, roasting radioactive rats on rusty rebar spits, as the Sayir of the Mov-ee pantomimes the plot of Avengers: Infinity Wars around the fire.

But the contradiction of supposedly having everything at hand—we certainly don’t—and being able to figure out exactly what is available is aggravating. So much of the lineup on streaming services is for-us-to-knowand-for-you-to-find out, a self-fulfilling forecast of “content” unwatched.

Happily, Roma, did build in the good old way of word of mouth.

And all honor for exhibitors such as 3Below, taking a gamble that people would want to see a real movie in a real theater even while it played on Netflix.

Yet some of these names will be unfamiliar. The documentary ACTIVE MEASURES took the spot reserved for WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR? Tender and moving as that profile of Mr Rogers was, you ought to give primacy to the kind of documentary filmmaking that could get a reporter killed. The analysis

of Putin skullduggery was as menacing as supervillainy in any Marvel epic.

BLACKKKLANSMAN and BLACK PANTHER are forever linked by titles. The first is a New York film school-style attack on a wild tale—based on a true story the way a cube of bouillon is based on an ox. It’s a reminder of how much infuriating fun Spike Lee can be. There’s still a point on that Spike, after all. And there isn’t a white American alive who should miss Harry Belafonte’s lecture on the weight of cinema.

Slurping megarhino aside—it’s for the kids, be nice—Black Panther may be another Wizard of Oz someday.

COLD WAR, which opens in January, is an ironical black and white romance of missed connections amid the Soviet days. It has the lyricism of the best of Nabokov.

FIRST REFORMED’s somberness—and its mussy ending—make it a challenge, but Paul Schrader’s mystical cinephilia deserves all the honors its getting.

Speaking of cinephilia, the finished THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND shows the limberness of late-period

(an endearing Regina King) intervening between the friendly young imbeciles she employs and her swine of a boss.

Luca Guadagnino’s deeply frightening 1970s-set SUSPIRIA remake is my idea of a solstice movie, since a season of darkness is perfect for tales of death and night and blood. More on its satanic powers later when Amazon decides to “drop” it for streaming (the word is significant, somehow—it can mean either “bestow” or “get rid of”).

As for the worst movie of 2018? Pass. I barely had time to see all the good ones.

TEN ANGRY FILMS Cold Wars, Black Panthers and Cocktail Waitresses top this year’s list.

Best Films of 2018

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HOWING UP IS the most important part—theaters still provided social protest and incisive drama to go with all the irresistibly crazier pixilated fantasy. And then there was the year-end triumph of Roma. First released on Netflix, it can also be viewed at theaters in 11 cities, so that audiences can feast on Alphonso Cuaron’s beautiful 70mm composition.

The Top Ten

Runners Up

Roma

Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Active Measures BlacKkKlansman Black Panther Cold War First Reformed The Other Side of the Wind Sorry to Bother You Support the Girls Suspiria

Blindspotting Can You Ever Forgive Me First Man Leave No Trace Reversing Roe Shirkers Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

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Orson Welles. What else might be resurrected?

In SORRY TO BOTHER YOU Boots Riley uses comedy to cut up racism, matching the vigor, ferment and outlandishness seen in last-century counterculture satire, from the Firesign Theater to Lindsay Anderson’s Candide story O Lucky Man! (1973).

Viva Support the Girls, one of the best yet least-known on this list. Andrew Bujalski’s study of a titties-and-beer bar in suburban Texas honors the ingenuity of a sharp middle manager

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MUSIC HISTORY Guitarist Angelo Rossi, a.k.a. AJ Crawdaddy, draws from the many blues traditions.

Blues Brother Veteran guitarist AJ Crawdaddy keeps the West Coast blues fires burning

BY BILL KOPP

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HE WEST COAST blues tradition is built upon the styles and achievements of blues greats and is heavily seasoned with a liberal dose of good, old-fashioned rock & roll. Palo Alto-born guitarist Angelo J. Rossi—known to fans as AJ Crawdaddy—is a product of that tradition and has been a fixture of the local blues scene for decades.

Rossi, who plays Redwood City’s Club Fox this week, began his formal introduction to the blues at age

17, almost by accident. He bought a ticket to a Chambers Brothers show at Winterland. “They canceled, and a fellow by the name of Albert King came out on stage instead,” Rossi recalls. He was immediately impressed. “This big guy had a Flying V [guitar] that he played left-handed and upside down.” King launched into one of his signature tunes. “He played ‘Crosscut Saw,’” Rossi says, “and that was that.” The blues had officially won Rossi’s heart.

That same year, Rossi’s mother bought him his first serious guitar, a brand new Epiphone Riviera. Rossi had already proved to his parents that he was committed to playing, so after used

a rented instrument for some time, he was thrilled to receive an instrument of his own. The gift took on special meaning, as his mother was suffering from cancer and died the next year. A half-century later, Rossi still owns and plays that treasured electric guitar.

“I fell in love with the ‘three Kings’ – Albert, Freddie and B.B. King,” Rossi says. “I saw B.B. King open for the Rolling Stones in 1968.

He tore that stage up!” Growing up in the Bay Area,, Rossi took every opportunity to see his blues heroes when they came through town. He was especially inspired by bands that included a horn section; that approach would greatly influence the direction Rossi would follow in his own blues journey.

Along the way, Rossi’s musical path found him playing in musical idioms well beyond the blues. When rock band Pablo Cruise wanted to add more musical muscle to its sound, the group recruited Rossi on guitar and vocals. Working with the band in studios like Sausalito’s famed Record Plant, Rossi became friendly with a wide variety of artists. “It was

basically a family unit,” Rossi says.

“Everybody hung out together, got stoned together and worked on each other’s records.” Rossi’s backing vocals can be heard on Jefferson Starship’s Freedom at Point Zero album.

Still, his commitment to the blues remained strong. Even when onstage playing breezy, soft rock hits like Pablo Cruise’s “Whatcha Gonna Do?” and “Love Will Find a Way,” Rossi provided bluesy texture to the music.

“Whenever I play, I always blues something up,” he says with a laugh.

“I just get sneaky. I have that ability to be able to sneak the blues in, no matter what genre I’m playing.”

These days, Rossi maintains his own studio, The Cave. And it’s there he has recorded two albums to date under the AJ Crawdaddy moniker.

The records—2015’s Vaporized and Slow Cookin’ from 2017—display Rossi’s love of the blues as well as his skill at showcasing the genre’s various styles.

“I try to make well-rounded records,” he explains, “ones that aren’t just steeped in traditional blues, but that also touch on Chicago, Kansas City and even West Coast blues.

Because I’m a West Coast guy!”

Rossi’s music also draws from the jump blues tradition, a late 1940s style that music historians describe as a missing link between big band swing, blues and rock & roll. Both in the studio and on live dates, Rossi uses a horn section—featuring select players from the region’s blues scene—whenever he can. But when he can’t, or when the music calls for something different, he calls old friend and harmonica player Jim Dewrance. “Think of the harmonica as a poor man’s horn section,” Rossi says with a good-natured laugh. “It’s the ‘Mississippi saxophone.’”

Rossi has deep friendship with many in the Bay Area blues scene, and that’s a key to his popularity and success. Most of the musicians who play with him have been bandmates for more than two decades. “We’re playing blues, and that’s a simple language,” he says. “And it’s a very fun language.”

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FRI DEC 28 | NATIONAL CARD PLAYING & CHOCOLATE CANDY DAY

Whhaaaat!? The only way this could be a better combo is if it was also National Lasagna Day, but we all know that that’s not until Monday, July 29, 2019. I think I want to start making up my own “National” days. National International Day! National Local Day! Hey, everybody! It’s National Tues Day! Too bad it falls on a Sunday this year… Seriously, though.

I am way, way into cards and chocolate. Sold. 3pm. Santa Clara Valley Brewing, 101 E Alma Ave, San Jose

SAT DEC 29 | PH RECORDS PRESENTS: END OF THE WORLD SHOW

This is what I’m talking about. Folks know I love variety because it’s like the spice of something something or other… This line-up is wide-ranging and far reaching cadre of styles and genres, including acts like Worth, Pandhandlers Union, Conserve, Not Porn, Tristan Copeland, Krome, Savant Garde. 6pm. Panhandler Records, 237 Moselle Ct, San Jose

SUN DEC 30 | WORKS BY FRANCISCO RAMIREZ FUNDRAISER @ CREMA #3

Francisco Ramirez is a genius with paint and canvas, but he’s also a very kind human being.

Check out his work and have a chat with the artist himself. Portions of sales to benefit Theodore Lenzen Park Community. Crema Coffee Co. #3, 1202 The Alameda, San Jose

2019 | THE COMING YEAR

To my homies and to the friends I have yet to meet: It is my wish that you find the best events over the next 365 days. In them, may you find the joy you seek, be it in the crowd, on a stage, hung on a wall, in the sung or spoken words of others, or in your very own pen.

I hope you write and read the most thought-provoking things, stoking action from within. I adore this gorgeous valley we call home and there is so much to be seen, heard, tasted, felt, wondered, wandered and experienced here. I hope to bring you as much of it as I can on these pages. Events are just tiny, scheduled building blocks of life—and life is for the living.

May this year bring you wisdom and smiles. = MUST SEE

= MORE AT SANJOSE.COM

WED 12/26

TRIVIA NIGHT

6pm. Rocco’s Blue Max, 828 W El Camino Real, Sunnyvale

KWANZAA UNITY KICK-OFF 6pm. African American Community Service Agency, 304 N Sixth St, San Jose

POOR HOUSE BISTRO Wed, 6pm: The Legendary Ron Thompson & Sid Morris Gang feat. Drake’s. Thu, 6pm: AC Myles’s Six String Showdown feat. Paris Clayton. Fri, 7pm: Chris Cain Band. Sat, 6pm: GG Amos Band. Sun, 11am: New Orleans Piano Brunch with Johnny Fabulous. Sun, 3pm: Kaye Bohler Band. Mon, 6pm: New Year's Eve Party with Maxx Cabello. Tue, 7pm: Aki Kumar’s Blues Jam. 91 S Autumn St, San Jose

2018 SOUTH BAY KWANZAA CELEBRATION EVENTS 6pm. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, 150 E San Fernando St, San Jose

SAM'S BBQ

Wed, 6pm: Jerry Logan & Loganville. Tue, 1/01, 6pm: Bean Creek. Wed, 1/02, 6pm: Blue Summit. 1110 S Bascom Ave, San Jose

MIXED OPEN MIC | OPEN SPACE FEAT. LORENZ DUMUK

7pm. Near JCPenney entrance, Eastridge Center, San Jose

WOMEN/LGBTQ COMEDY NIGHT

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

= SEE PHOTO

= FREE

COMEDIAN | ALI WONG

7:30pm. Various times through Thu. San Jose Improv, 62 S Second St, San Jose

SCVB COMEDY NIGHT: LOCALS ONLY

8pm. Santa Clara Valley Brewing, 101 E Alma Ave, San Jose

JAZZ JAMS NIGHT W/ OLIVER HARRIS BAND

8pm. Britannia Arms Cupertino, 1087 S De Anza Blvd, San Jose

NEW TALENT COMEDY SHOWCASE

8pm. Rooster T. Feathers, 157 W El Camino Real, Sunnyvale

HIP-HOP/TURNTABLE OPEN MIC

9pm. Back Bar SoFA, 418 S Market St, San Jose

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

YOUTH | ALL DAY DRAWING

LIVE | HOLIDAY GOOD TIMES N' CHEER!

8:30am–5:30pm. Camp Fashionista, 1702 Meridian Ave, Ste K, San Jose

KIDS | BOUNCE HOUSE DAY

SMOKING PIG BBQ

Fri, 9pm: South County Blues Band. Sat, 9pm: Tribal Blues Band. 3340 Mowry Ave, Fremont

WINTER WONDERLAND

JAZZ JAM AT ART BOUTIKI

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

Q102 THROWBACK THURSDAY SKATE PARTY 7pm. Aloha Roller Rink, Eastridge Center, 2200 Eastridge Loop, San Jose

LIVE LIT WRITERS OPEN MIC 7pm. Caffe Frascati, 315 S First St, San Jose

BRITANNIA ARMS ALMADEN

Thu, 10pm: NFL Thursday Night Football. Fri, 10pm: Spazmatics. Sat, 10pm: DJ Eternal. Sun, 10pm: DJ Live.

Mon: NYE DJ & Photobooth.

Tue, 7:30pm: PubStumpers.

Wed, 10pm: DJ Hank. 5027 Almaden Expy, San Jose

FRI 12/28

7pm. Britannia Arms Cupertino, 1087 S De Anza Blvd, San Jose

3pm. Santa Clara Valley Brewing, 101 E Alma Ave, San Jose

MUSIC OPEN MIC

VIERNES DE MARIACHI

MIXED OPEN MIC NIGHT

5pm. Tequila's Taquería, 1052 Leigh Ave, San Jose

DINNER & DANCE WITH LOS NITELITERS

7:30pm. Hosted by Nick Peters. Freewheel Brewing Company, 3736 Florence St, Redwood City

7pm. $12. Mayfair Community Center, 2039 Kammerer Ave, San Jose

2ND THURS: “NOW TESTING” MIXED OPEN MIC NIGHT

INDIE ROCK | REDTRADE, SIT KITTY SIT, MATT MULLEN

7:30pm. Chromatic Coffee, 17 N Second Street, San Jose

DUO | PETER & YOLANDA 7:30pm. Angelica's Bistro, 863 Main St, Redwood City

COMEDY | HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS SHOWCASE STARRING MILT ABEL

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

COMEDIAN | ROB SCHNEIDER

7:30pm. Various times through Sat. San Jose Improv, 62 S Second St, San Jose

8pm. Sports Page B&G, 1431 Plymouth St, Mountain View

THE RITZ

Fri, 8pm: Concert For Aaron.

Sat, 9pm: Holiday Hangover!

Sun, 8pm: English Beat, Monkey. Mon, 8pm: NYE Dance Party. 400 S First St, San Jose

COMEDY SPORTZ SHERWOOD INN

Thu-Sun, 8:30pm: Karaoke.

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

SALSA SPOT | DJ GUAGUANCO AND DJ WILLIE

9:30pm. Doors 8pm. Club Fox, 2209 Broadway St, Redwood City

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

SING IT BACK 90S PARTY

10pm. Branham Lounge, 1116 Branham Ln, San Jose

Peppino D’Agostino

NOCHES DE BANDA Y EXOTICAS

11pm. La Bodega Bar, 1030 N Tenth St, San Jose

8pm. 3Below, 288 S 2nd St, San Jose

Wed. Dec. 26 7:30pm Superhero of Acoustic Guitar $15 adv./$17 door seated <21 w/parent Thur.

Dec. 27 7:30pm Joint Chief’s Members NO COVER Fri. Dec. 28 5pm HAPPY HOUR NO COVER Fri. Dec. 28 8:30pm Dance to the Grateful Dead $10 adv./$10 door Dance – ages 21 + Sat. Dec. 29 9pm England’s Legendary Live Performer $25 Adv./$25 Door Dance – ages 21 + Sun. Dec. 30 2pm AS SEEN ON SEASON 15 of THE VOICE (2pm) $10 adv./$10 door seated <21 w/parent Sun. Dec. 30 5:30pm Grateful Dead Tunes NO COVER

The DC Trio

Jazz The Dog

SAT 12/29 EXHIBIT | THROUGH DIEBENKORN’S "WINDOW": TRANSITIONS IN TIME

11am. Closes 1/06/2019.

Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita Drive at Museum Way, Stanford

Rosebud

Robyn Hitchcock

Anthony Arya & Emily Hough Grateful Sunday

PH RECORDS PRESENTS: END OF THE WORLD SHOW

8pm. Rooster T. Feathers, 157 W El Camino Real, Sunnyvale

TRIVIA NIGHT

METAL | DISGUSTED GEIST, DISEMBOWLED, ASEPTIC, CULT GRAVES

NATIONAL CARD PLAYING & CHOCOLATE CANDY DAY

MIXED OPEN MIC

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

8:30pm. Angelica's Bistro, 863 Main St, Redwood City

9pm. With Magick Blues Band, Casual Vibes, Zack Freitas. Caravan Lounge, 98 S Almaden Ave, San Jose

9:30am. Duck Pond Playspace, 1859, 5884 Eden Park Pl, San Jose Noon. Through 12/31. Paseo de San Antonio, downtown San Jose

FIESTA FLAMENCA DE EL FIN DE AÑO

6pm. With Worth, Pandhandlers Union, Conserve, Not Porn, Tristan Copeland, Krome, Savant Garde. Panhandler Records, 237 Moselle Ct, San Jose

ACOUSTIC NIGHT AND MILK TEA WITH JNB

7pm. Urban Tea Coffee, 1310 Tully Rd Ste 108, San Jose

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Mon. Dec. 31 9pm

NEW YEARS EVE CELEBRATION Locomotive Breath

$30 adv./$35 door Dance – ages 21 + (DINNERS NOT INCLUDED IN PRICE OF ADMISSION) See our website for NYE Dinner Special Menu $30 adv./$35 door Dance – ages 21 +

COMING UP

Wed. Jan. 2 Gary Blackburn Band Thu. Jan. 3 Led Kaapana w/ Fran Guidry Fri. Jan. 4 James Nash & The Nomads Waybacks Frontman!

Sat. Jan. 5 Hank & Ella With The Fine Country Band Tue. Jan. 8 Muriel Anderson + Steve Palazzo & Charlie Rice

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Some will say you should be flattered that these men are showing interest. These people don’t quite get that men hitting on you because they read your sex addiction memoir are appealing on the level of a barista who hits on you by drawing a penis and a question mark in your latte.

As for your observation that most of these guys are attempting to date out of their league, men actually seem to have evolved to try to do that—to be all, “As I see it, those Victoria’s Secret Angels just haven’t met the right chronically unemployed, creatively hygienic neckbeard who still lives with his mother.”

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over-perception—erring on the side of seeing more than what’s actually there—and it sometimes involves under-perception, seeing less than what’s actually there.

Because, for a woman, having sex can lead to nine months of soccer ball-like ankles and other pregnancy fun, plus (eventually) a child to feed, women seem to have evolved a protective bias toward under-perceiving men’s level of commitment. Men, on the other hand, have a chance to pass on their genes every time they have sex. So they tend to have a sexual overperception bias— seeing signs of mere friendliness or even utter apathy as “This babe wants me!”

That’s probably what’s going on here—men erring on the side of “ya never know!” Let them down with dignity. But perhaps a better first option would be to answer only the part of the email about the book, totally ignoring the part where they gracefully ask you out.

Could you please educate me in the nuances of “I’m sorry?” My girlfriend sometimes says my apologies don’t count because of the tone of voice I use when I say “I’m sorry.” She said I sound “resentful instead of apologetic.” Shouldn’t she just accept the apology and not split hairs like this?—Man In Apology Doghouse Ideally, your tone of voice in apologizing simply communicates “I’m sorry,” not “I’m sorry you’re such a total idiot about this.”

Whenever you speak, the emotional packaging—your tone and attitude— is an integral part of the message.

That’s because, as evolutionary psychologist Laith Al-Shawaf and his colleagues explain, one function of human emotions is to act as signals, broadcasting our feelings, perceptions and intentions. Accordingly, an apology in a snarly package—words of regret delivered in a resentful tone—reads not as an apology but as an evasion of responsibility in an apology suit.

For an apology to count for us psychologically it needs to be backed with sincere remorse. This isn’t to say you have to throw yourself weeping at a person’s feet because you left the

toothpaste cap-free for the 500 millionth time. Your tone just needs to translate to a sort of pledge to try to do better— which suggests that you value the person and the relationship, which allows them to trust you going forward.

But let’s say you’re snarling “sorry!” because you feel whatever was expected of you (that you fell short of) was ultimately unfair. In that case, it’s better to instead say, “I see you’re feeling upset, and I think there’s a misunderstanding here that we need to discuss.” If things are too heated in the moment, you can ask to talk later. This tack is sure to have a far better outcome than the classic unapologetic apology—“I insincerely apologize for the thing you say I did,” which tends to be met with, “I’m so sorry you’ll be taking this army blanket and sleeping on the lawn chair...indefinitely.”

(c)2018, Amy Alkon, all rights reserved. Got a problem? Write Amy Alkon, 171 Pier Ave, #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405, or e-mail AdviceAmy@aol.com (advicegoddess.com).

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LEGALS & PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE OF INTENT TO SELL REAL PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE CONSERVATORSHIP OF BERNARD J. CLINTON, AKA BERNARD CLINTON, SANTA CLARA SUPERIOR COURT CASE NO. 17-PR-000007

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on December 27, 2018 at 2:00 p.m., the undersigned, as Conservator of the person and estate of Bernard J. Clinton, aka Bernard Clinton, 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 at 1446 Millich Lane, San Jose, CA more particularly described in Exhibit “A” attached hereto and incorporated by reference. The sale shall be subject to confirmation by the above-entitled court.

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 the real property are hereby invited. For additional information about submitting bids or offers may be please contact the Listing Agent, Phil Costanza, Re/Max Santa Clara Valley, 1530 Parkmoor Ave. Ste B, San Jose, CA 95128; (408) 295-4432. All bids or offers must be in accompanied by 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, recording of conveyance, 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 for the estate of Bernard J. Clinton to reject any and all bids or offers. All bids or offers will be opened at 2:00 p.m. on December 27, 2018 at the office of the Public Guardian of the County of Santa Clara located at 333 W. Julian Street, San Jose, CA 95110, or thereafter, as allowed by law. James J. Ramoni, Public Guardian County Santa ClaraJames R. Williams, County CounselMark A. Gonzalez, Lead Deputy County Counsel(Publication Dates: 12/12, 12/19, 12/26/2018)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT #648368 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Sara Leung, RD LLC, 1361 S. Winchester Blvd., STE 101, San Jose, CA, 95128. This business is being conducted by a Limited Liability Company. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 10/01/2013.

Refile in facts from previous filing #582852 Above entity was formed in the state of California. /s/Sara Tsilipounidakis. CEO. #201611610274. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 11/09/2018. (pub Metro 12/05, 12/12, 12/19, 12/26/2018)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #649058 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Weekend Max Mara, 180 El Camino Real, Rm #129C, Palo Alto, CA, 94304, Catherine Frandsen & Co., Inc., 2940 Randolph Ave., Bldg. B, Costa Mesa, CA, 92626. 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/Catherine Frandsen. President. #C1630812. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 12/06/2018. (pub Metro 12/19, 12/26/2018, 01/02, 01/09/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #648712 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Zcar Properties. LLC, 759 Bamboo Drive, Sunnyvale, CA, 94086. This business is being conducted by a Limited Liability Company.

Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 08/17/2017. Above entity was formed in the state of California. /s/Zafar Parvez.

Manager. #201723610343. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 11/20/2018. (pub Metro 12/05, 12/12, 12/19, 12/26/2018)

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Best Maid House Cleaning, 7257 Middlebury Way, San Jose, CA, 95139, Eduardo Peralta. This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 11/01/2018. /s/Eduardo Peralta. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 11/09/2018. (pub Metro 12/05, 12/12, 12/19, 12/26/2018)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #648879 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Shalom Christian Academy LLC, 1190 Benton St., Santa Clara, CA, 95050. This business is being conducted by an 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 California. /s/Dong Chin.

Manager/Member. #201428210358. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 11/29/2018. (pub Metro 12/05, 12/12, 12/19, 12/26/2018)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #648069 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Robinson Pharm International, 150 Harrier Place, Gilroy, CA, 95020, Quynh To. This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 11/01/2018. /s/Quynh To. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 11/01/2018. (pub Metro 12/12, 12/19, 12/26/2018, 01/02/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #648146 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. Merkabah, 2. Merkabah Springs, 3. Merkabah Ice, 4. Merkabah Productions, 5. Nice Ice, 6. Breaking Bread ATMS, 20671 Almaden Rd., San Jose, CA, 95120, Arath Avila. This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 08/14/2018.

Refile in facts from previous filing #645608. /s/Arath Avila. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 11/05/2018. (pub Metro 12/05, 12/12, 12/19, 12/26/2018)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #649010 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Bringgoodness, 1640 Hope Dr., Santa Clara, CA, 95054, Angela Pesqueira. This business is being conducted by an Individual.

Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 12/04/2018. /s/Angela Pesqueira. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 12/04/2018. (pub Metro 12/12, 12/19, 12/26/2018, 01/02/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #649112 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Getsetgo Marketing, 242 Acalanes Dr., Apt 5, Sunnyvale, Ca, 94086, Vinima Aggarwal. This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 06/01/2018. /s/Vinima Aggarwal. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 12/07/2018. (pub Metro 12/12, 12/19, 12/26/2018, 01/02/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #649070 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Choose2 Design & Production, 565 Chapman Court, Santa Clara, CA, 95050, Margaret Heaman. This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 12/06/2018. /s/Margaret Heaman. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 12/06/2018. (pub Metro 12/19, 12/26/2018, 01/02, 01/09/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #648731

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Star Thai Massage, 539 S. Murphy Ave., Sunnyvale, CA, 94086, Pankawee Kaewkamral, 1456 Caliente Way, San Jose, CA, 95132, Tanet Oupkaew, 176 N. Frances St., #B, Sunnyvale, CA, 94086. This business is being conducted by Copartners. Registrants have not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Penkawee Kaewkamrai. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 11/21/2018. (pub Metro 12/19, 12/26/2018, 01/02, 01/09/2019)

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: MARTHA M. STEFFEN AKA MARTHA MAE STEFFEN. CASE NO.: 18PR184999.

A Petition for Probate has been filed by Public Administrator of the County of Santa Clara in the Superior Court of California, County of SANTA CLARA. The Petition for Probate requests that the Public Administrator of the County of Santa Clara be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court on March 18, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. in Department 13 at the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara located at 191 North First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.Attorney of petitioner: Mark A. Gonzalez, Lead Deputy County Counsel, OFFICE OF THE COUNTY COUNSEL, 373 West Julian Street, Suite 300, San Jose, CA, 95110. Tel No.: (408) 758-4217. (Pub Dates: 12/26/2018, 01/02, 01/09/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #648966

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Bonchon Santa Teresa, 7026 Santa Teresa Blvd, STE 30, San Jose, CA, 95139, Soh Family, Inc., 1663 Via Campo Verde, San Jose, CA, 95120. 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/Janet Soh. Secretary. #4010628. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 12/03/2018. (pub Metro 12/19, 12/26/2018, 01/02, 01/09/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #649355

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Tipsy Nail Bar, 14107 Winchester Blvd., Unit N, Los Gatos, CA, 95032, Steve N Le. 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/Steve Le. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 12/13/2018. (pub Metro 12/19, 12/26/2018, 01/02, 01/09/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #649441 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 3Londonderry LLC, 38 N. Almaden Blvd, APT 609, San Jose, CA, 95110. 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/Zandile Kabayadondo. Manager. #201829010146. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 12/17/2018. (pub Metro 12/26/2018, 01/02, 01/09, 01/16/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #649404 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Bay Area Self Storage - Cupertino, 10121 Miller Ave., STE 200, Cupertino, CA, 95014, Campbell Gateway Square, 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. Above entity was formed in the state of California. /s/Derek K. Hunter JR. Managing Member. #201415310275. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 12/14/2018. (pub Metro 12/26/2018, 01/02, 01/09, 01/16/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #648339 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Flip Side Studios, 1449 Eagle’s Nest Lane, Gilroy, CA, 95020, Graden Fiorio.

This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 11/08/2018. /s/Graden Fiorio. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 11/08/2018. (pub Metro 12/05, 12/12, 12/19, 12/26/2018)

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME #649443 The following person(s) / registrant(s) has / have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name(s): Arnold And Associates, 1400 Coleman Avenue, Suite B-14, Santa Clara, CA, 95050, Harriett Arnold. Filed in the Santa Clara county on 08/17/2016 under file No. 6200599. This business was conducted by: An Individual: Filed on 12/17/2018. /s/Harriett Arnold. (pub dates: 12/26/2018, 01/02, 01/09, 01/16/2019)

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF (NAME): FRANCISCO R. CHAVEZ CASE NUMBER: 18PR185028 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate,or both, of (specify all names by which the decedent was known): FRANCISCO R. CHAVEZA Petition for Probate has been filed by (name of petitioner): Public Administrator of the County of Santa Clarain the Superior Court of California, County of (specify): SANTA CLARAThe Petition for Probate requests that (name): Public Administrator of the County of Santa Clarabe appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authoritywill allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain veryimportant actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless theyhave waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows:Date: April 5, 2019 Time: 9:00 a.m., Dept.: 13Address of court: 191 North First Street, San Jose, CA 95113If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objectionswith the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to thepersonal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters toa general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date ofmailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorneyknowledgeable in California law.You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court aRequest for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account asprovided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.Attorney for petitioner (name): MARK A. GONZALEZ, Lead Deputy County Counsel(Address): 373 W. Julian Street, San Jose, CA 95110(Telephone): 408-758-4217(Pub Dates: 12/26/2018, 01/02, 01/09/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #649544 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: The Business Trek, 6139 Paso Los Cerritos, San Jose, CA, 95120, Paul David Johnson. This business is being conducted by an Individual.

Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 12/11/2018. /s/Paul David Johnson. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 12/19/2018. (pub Metro 12/26/2018, 01/02, 01/09, 01/16/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #649612 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: The Posh Bagel, 1040 Grant Rd., STE 185, Mountain View, CA, 94040, Van Seng, 205 Ribier Ave., Modesto, CA, 95350, Sotheara Kang, 120 Longview Dr., Daly City, CA, 94015. This business is being conducted by a General Partnership. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 12/21/2018. /s/Van Seng. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 12/21/2018. (pub Metro 12/26/2018, 01/02, 01/09, 01/16/2019)

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19): I suspect that in 2019

you'll be able to blend a knack for creating more stability with an urge to explore and seek greater freedom. How might this unusual confluence be expressed in practical ways? Maybe you'll travel to reconnect with your ancestral roots. Or perhaps a faraway ally or influence will help you feel more at home in the world. It's possible you'll establish a stronger foundation, which will in turn bolster your courage and inspire you to break free of a limitation. What do you think?

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): On the average, a total eclipse of the sun happens every 18 months. And how often is a total solar eclipse visible from a specific location on the planet? Typically, once every 375 years. In 2019, the magic moment will occur on July 2 for people living in Chile and Argentina.

But I believe that throughout the coming year, Tauruses all over the world will experience other kinds of rare and wonderful events at a higher rate than usual. Not eclipses but rather divine interventions, mysterious miracles, catalytic epiphanies, unexpected breakthroughs and amazing graces. Expect more of the marvelous than you're accustomed to.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): "The world's full of people who have stopped listening to themselves," wrote mythologist Joseph Campbell. It's imperative that you not be one of those folks. 2019 should be the Year of Listening Deeply to Yourself. That means being on high alert for your inner inklings, your unconscious longings and the still, small voice at the heart of your destiny. If you do that, you'll discover I'm right when I say that you're smarter than you realize.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Jackson Pollock is

regarded as a pioneer in the technique of drip painting, which involves drizzling and splashing paint on canvases that lie on the floor. It made him famous.

But the truth is, Pollock got inspired to pursue what became known as his signature style only after he saw an exhibit by the artist Janet Sobel, who was the real pioneer. I bring this to your attention, because I see 2019 as a year when the Janet Sobel-like aspects of your life will get their due. Overdue appreciation will arrive. Credit you have deserved but haven't fully garnered will finally come your way. You'll be acknowledged and recognized in surprising ways.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): As the crow flies, Wyoming is

almost a thousand miles from the Pacific Ocean and more than a thousand miles from the Gulf of Mexico, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean. Now here's a surprise: In the northwest corner of Wyoming, the North Two Ocean Creek divides into two tributaries, one of which ultimately flows to the Pacific and one that reaches the Gulf. So an enterprising fish could conceivably swim from one ocean to the other via this waterway. I propose that we make North Two Ocean Creek your official metaphor for 2019. It will symbolize the turning point you'll be at in your life; it will remind you that you'll have the power to launch an epic journey in one of two directions.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I have come to the

conclusion that softening your relationship with perfectionism will be a key assignment in 2019.

With this in mind, I offer you observations from wise people who have studied the subject. 1. "The perfect is the enemy of the good." —Voltaire 2. "Perfection is a stick with which to beat the possible." —Rebecca Solnit 3. Perfectionism is "the high-end version of fear." —Elizabeth Gilbert 4. "Nothing is less efficient than perfectionism."

—Elizabeth Gilbert 4. "It's better to live your own life imperfectly than to imitate someone else's perfectly." —Elizabeth Gilbert

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In 1682, Peter Alexeyevich became co-tsar of Russia. He was 10 years old. His 24-year-old half-sister Sophia had a hole cut in the back of his side of the dual throne. That way she could sit behind him, out of sight, and whisper guidance as he discussed political matters with allies. I'd love it if you could wangle a comparable arrangement for yourself in 2019. Are there wise confidants or mentors or helpers from whom you could draw continuous counsel? Seek them out.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The body of the violin

By ROB BREZSNY week of December 26

has two f-shaped holes on either side of the strings.

They enable the sound that resonates inside the instrument to be projected outwardly. A thousand years ago, the earliest ancestor of the modern violin had round holes. Later they became half-moons, then c-shaped, and finally evolved into the f-shape.

Why the change? Scientific analysis reveals that the modern form allows more air to be pushed out from inside the instrument, thereby producing a more powerful sound. My analysis of your life in 2019 suggests it will be a time to make an upgrade from your metaphorical equivalent of the c-shaped holes to the f-shaped holes. A small shift like that will enable you to generate more power and resonance.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Sagittarian singer-

songwriter Sia has achieved great success, garnering nine Grammy nominations and amassing a $20 million fortune. Among the superstars for whom she has composed hit tunes are Beyoncé, Rihanna and Flo Rida. But she has also had failures. Top recording artists like Adele and Shakira have commissioned her to write songs for them only to subsequently turn down what she created. In 2016, Sia got sweet revenge. She released an album in which she herself sang many of those rejected songs. It has sold more than two million copies. Do you, too, know what it's like to have your gifts and skills ignored or unused or rebuffed, Sagittarius? If so, the coming months will be an excellent time to express them for your own benefit, as Sia did.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): A typical fluffy

white cumulus cloud weighs 216,000 pounds. A dark cumulonimbus storm cloud is 106 million pounds, almost 490 times heavier. Why? Because it's filled with far more water than the white cloud. So which is better, the fluffy cumulus or the stormy cumulonimbus? Neither, of course. We might sometimes prefer the former over the latter because it doesn't darken the sky as much or cause the inconvenience of rain. But the truth is, the cumulonimbus is a blessing; a substantial source of moisture; a gift to growing things. I mention this because I suspect that for you, 2019 will have more metaphorical resemblances to the cumulonimbus than the cumulus.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): A hundred years ago,

most astronomers thought there was just one galaxy in the universe: our Milky Way. Other models for the structure of the universe were virtually heretical. But in the 1920s, astronomer Edwin Hubble produced research that proved the existence of many more galaxies. Today the estimate is that there are at least 400 billion. I wonder what currently unimaginable possibilities will be obvious to our ancestors a hundred years from now. Likewise, I wonder what currently unforeseen truths will be fully available to you by the end of 2019. My guess: more than in any other previous year of your life.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Author Elizabeth Gilbert offers advice for those who long for a closer relationship with the Supreme Being: "Look for God like a man with his head on fire looks for water." I'll expand that approach so it applies to you when you're in quest of any crucial life-enhancing experience. If you genuinely believe that a particular adventure or relationship or transformation is key to your central purpose, it's not enough to be mildly enthusiastic about it. You really do need to seek your heart's desire in the way people with their heads on fire look for water, and 2019 will be prime time for you to embody this understanding.

Homework: Forget what Time magazine thinks. Who is your "Person of the Year"?

Tell me at Freewillastrology.sparkns.com; click on "Email Rob." Go to REALASTROLOGY.COM to check out Rob Brezsny’s Expanded Weekly Audio Horoscopes and Daily Text Message Horoscopes. Audio horoscopes are also available by phone at 1-877-873-4888 or 1-900-950-7700

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metroactive SVSCENE PHOTOS BY GREG RAMAR

A cute couple of elves outside THE RITZ.

A couple of Santa’s little helpers—at The Ritz for THE LIMOUSINES’ annual XXX-Mas concert—grin big, knowing full well they’re on the naugty list.

These LIMOS fans got an official set list for XXX-Mas.

The home team, good beer and yummy food—DOUBLE D’S SPORTS GRILLE has reopened in Los Gatos.

Just hangin’ with the band: GET MARRIED returned from tour to an excited hometown crowd at the Art Boutiki.

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After being shuttered by a 2016 fire, DOUBLE D’S SPORTS GRILLE in Los Gatos has reopened.

Changes are coming!

• New Fares • Clipper Cards Now Available at Ticket Vending Machines • Two-Hour Fares New Adult and Youth Fares Youth fares will now be $1.25 and Adult fares will be $2.50 for a single-ride on local bus and light rail.

Clipper Cards Available for Purchase in All Ticket Vending Machines For your convenience, all Ticket Vending Machines will be able to dispense Adult Clipper cards by January 2019.

Effective January 1, 2019 Single-Ride / Two-Hour Fares ADULT

Bus, Light Rail

YOUTH

$ 2.50 $1.25 $5

SENIOR/ DISABLED/ MEDICARE

$1

$1.25

$1

$7.50

$3.75

$3

$15

$3.75

$3

$5

$2.50

$2

Monthly Pass

$ 90

$35

$30

Express Monthly Pass

$180

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Annual Pass Subscription

$ 990

$385

$330

Express Annual Pass Sub.

$1980

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Passes / Prepaid Fares Day Pass ◆ Express Day Pass 8-Hour Excursion Pass

Two-Hour Fares Two-Hour fares are available to customers using a Clipper card or VTA’s mobile fare app, EZfare. For two hours after the first tag on Clipper, or upon activating a Single Ride fare on EZfare, customers can transfer for free across VTA bus and light rail service (except express bus*).

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*Express bus fare required for any trips that include express service.

www.vta.org/2019fares • (408) 321-2300 • TTY: (408) 321-2330