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Rain Ready It was a beautiful warm afternoon, and you were a tall man crossing State Street in Los Altos. As I was two cars back, I could only see your face, which had a very peculiar, almost sheepish expression.

Then as you reached the curb, I saw that you were holding the hand of your preschool son, who had a very proud expression as he was wearing an obviously brand-new yellow raincoat and rain hat. I still smile when I think of the discussion you two must have had before leaving your house with him wearing a raincoat on a beautiful sunny day. And I am glad you gave in.

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I hope they can at least preserve history of what once was in the structure.

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Shame on San Jose for not requiring affordable housing before approving the project.

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Thank you for doing this man justice. My daughter recently went to the Fallon House. She asked the librarian if there were any books about Fallon and how he treated Mexicans, considering the fact that all his kids were born from a Mexican. It was no mistake that he did not receive credit. The only Native American recognized on a plaque on any California mission is a native woman.

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DIANE COSTA VIA SAN JOSE INSIDE RE: HISTORIC WOOLWORTH’S SET FOR TEARDOWN, SAN JOSE INSIDE, MARCH 6 I hope @HistorySanJose keeps the slab with the Woolworth lettering (along with key pieces of urban history imperiled by downtown construction). It’s also time for the @sjmusart to rethink some of its mission, step in and serve as a historical/ urban history/art steward/past&future.

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Rep. ANNA ESHOO has gamely deflected criticism for supporting T-Mobile’s proposed $26.5 billion Sprint acquisition, saying she believes the deal would help consumers and has nothing to do with the $572,000 in career donations from Big Telecom or being a pro-monopoly shill for the industry. The Palo Alto Democrat—a veteran member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee that’s probing the merger—even wrote an op-ed in response to Fly’s commentary to explain her stance.

The congresswoman’s March 5 column draw more of the same critiques in its attendant comment thread, but one in particular that stood out. Someone claiming to be PETER ADDERTON, the founder of Boost Mobile, called Eshoo’s justification for the merger astonishingly naïve. “This is word for word from the T-Mobile They hype machine,” he wrote Did before challenging What?

Eshoo to a debate.

SEND TIPS TO Adderton’s been calling FLY@ for public debates with METRONEWS. various parties involved COM in the merger, including T-Mobile CEO JOHN LEGER and Sprint CEO MARCELO CLAURE, so Fly reached out to see if this was another one of the Boost scion’s double-dog dares.

Indeed it was Adderton, who explained in a phone call that he’s not against the merger, per se; he just wants lawmakers like Eshoo to impose conditions to protect the tens of millions of largely low-income prepaid customers of Sprint subsidiary Boost and T-Mobile counterpart Metro PCS who’d be impacted by the corporate union. Unless the FCC requires the prepaid affiliates to spin off, he cautioned, customers would get stuck with less competition and higher rates.

After the call, the prepaid mobile mogul forwarded his debate invite directly to Eshoo’s office. Last we heard, she’d yet to respond. “I doubt she’ll get back to me,” Adderton said. “But I’m serious. I’d love to debate her anytime, anyplace. Let’s put it on Facebook Live. Let’s do this.”

COLLATERAL TRAUMA New documentary airing next week on looks at the impact of mass incarceration on Bay Area children.

Locked Up How California’s broken prison system exacts its toll on families of the incarcerated

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USSIAN NOVELIST Fyodor Dostoevsky—who poured his blood, sweat and tears into the pages of Crime and Punishment—would feel at home in John Beck’s splendid, searing new documentary, Invisible Bars, which runs 56 minutes and packs a wallop every step of the way.

“The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons,” Dostoevsky exclaimed. Jailed by Czar Nicolas I for reading “dangerous” literature, he was lined up before a firing squad and pardoned at the proverbial last minute. Dostoevsky served sixyears in a Siberian prison, a grim yet redemptive experience that fueled Crime and Punishment.

Beck’s Invisible Bars, which he

worked on intermittently for five years, suggests that a society ought to be judged not only by what goes on inside prisons, but also by what happens on the outside to kids who suffer the loss of an incarcerated parent.

As Invisible Bars makes abundantly clear, those kids grow up with the stigma of a mom or a dad locked up in places like San Quentin. Invisible Bars spits out facts as hard and as cold as the walls of that prison. California has only 5 percent of the world’s population but 25 percent of the world’s inmates.

In California every year, half a million kids grow up with a parent in prison.

In the United States, 5 million kids have parents behind bars.

Those stunning figures come near the start of Beck’s movie, along with the trenchant comment that America is the most “incarcerated country in

the world.” More men and women are in prison here than in Putin’s Russia or in any dictatorship in Africa, Asia and South America.

Invisible Bars doesn’t analyze why this country has the world’s most highly developed “prison-industrial complex,” as critics of the penal system call it. That’s the responsibility of students of crime and punishment, not filmmakers like Beck who want to raise awareness about the epidemic of mass incarceration.

What Beck does exceeding well is to put inmates and their children in front of the camera and provide a space for them to talk about their pain, their suffering, their sense of shame and their enduring love that isn’t snuffed out by prison bars. Beck also showcases two San Francisco public defenders, Jeff Adachi, who died last February, and Chesa Boudin. At the start of Invisible Bars, Adachi explains, “When it comes to children, the California criminal justice system is cold-hearted.”

Boudin takes over from there. The child of parents who belonged to the Weather Underground, he was raised by Bernardine Dohrn and Bill Ayers after his biological mother and father, Kathy Boudin and David Gilbert, were arrested and jailed following a botched robbery of a Brinks vehicle in 1981 in which three men died, two of them police officers.

and Healing Center. She’s trying to persuade Sonoma County to adopt a Children of Incarcerated Parents Bill of Rights similar to Marin’s.

Stillman explains that, over the course of more than two decades, prison authorities moved him from Pelican Bay, where he was in solitary, to Susanville and then to New Folsom, followed by a string of penal institutions in Salinas Valley, Jamestown and Soledad, which was, he says, “a picnic compared to the other places.”

“Once, I got lost in the hole and my mother thought I was dead,” he adds. It wasn’t until he was housed at Soledad that he was allowed to touch his children and they were allowed to touch him. “For a long time, I was a monster in prison,” Stillman says. He figures it cost the state of California $1,150,000 to “warehouse” him for 23 years. As he points out, the prison industrial complex is big business.

One of Stillman’s biggest challenges was juggling gang membership. To survive, he had to join a gang while, at the same time, denying gang affiliation when authorities accused him of membership in one. To guards, who insisted he belonged to a white gang, he replied, “That’s not possible. My mother was Mexican and no white gang would want a Mexican.”

On Aug. 6, 2018, the day Stillman was released from prison, he walked around Fisherman’s Wharf, admired the Golden Gate Bridge and enjoyed the view of the bay from Sausalito.

When he looks back at the prisons where he was incarcerated, he calls them “evil places.”

Despite its heavy topic, Invisible Bars has an upbeat soundtrack that includes music by the rap group E-Dub and the Grateful Dead, who performed at San Quentin in 1968, shortly before Johnny Cash sang there. “Invisible Bars was about as DIY as you can get,” Beck says. “The only way I could make the film was to wear a lot of different hats as cinematographer, editor and sound recorder, as well as writer, producer and director. They all add up to storyteller.”

In the last scene, Stillman faces the camera and says he would still be in prison “if it wasn’t for my kids.” He adds: “It took decades, but the Stillmans got past the stigma, the shame and the guilt, and rebuilt their family.”

KQED will broadcast Invisible Bars at 11am on March 19, 5am on March 20 and 10am on March 21.

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Gilbert is still in prison. Kathy was released after 22 years behind bars. Looking back at his traumatic childhood, Chesa says that he blamed himself for his parents’ incarceration.

Now he’s running for San Francisco district attorney to inject justice into the criminal justice system.

Invisible Bars shows how punishing prisons can be on kids like Chesa, but it doesn’t punish viewers. Rather, it uplifts and inspires by showing families as they break down barriers, tell stories and focus their hurt and anger. Because of kid protesters, Marin County now boasts a Children of Incarcerated Parents Bill of Rights.

Filmmaker Beck walked away from his job at Santa Rosa’s Press Democrat in 2009, after 12 years as a staff writer.

Since then, he’s made documentaries, including one about ugly-dog contests and another about a Trappist monastery near Chico. Filming Invisible Bars took him to places he had never been before.

Surprisingly, San Quentin wasn’t the prison where Beck heard what he calls the most “honest, heartfelt stories.” That was Solano State Prison in Vacaville where he witnessed the workings of the Long Term Offender Program, which aims to rehabilitate and not punish, a rare thing these days. “When I went to Solano, I never felt unsafe,” Beck says.

“Rather, I knew I was getting a rare opportunity to go behind the curtain and hear real dialogue.”

Last year, Beck joined Fred Stillman’s seven children when they traveled by van from Santa Rosa to Solano—a 90-minute drive—to meet and greet their father, who was released after serving 23 years in prison. Stillman, now 60, and his daughter, Jessica, 32, saw Invisible Bars behind bars at Solano, where Beck arranged for the film to have its world premiere.

“That was heavy, watching the film on the inside with my dad and other prisoners,” Jessica says.

For much of her childhood, Jessica rarely saw her father. When she did, it was through a glass partition. Stillman’s mother raised her. Now, she has a bachelor’s degree from the University of San Diego and masters from the University of San Francisco.

On a rainy Saturday morning, Stillman—who lives in San Francisco in “transitional housing”— visited Jessica in Santa Rosa, where she works at the Rape, Crisis Trauma

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Ann Ravel said she only ever defended Santa Clara County Judge Aaron Persky against a recall on principle. But the former Obama-appointed Federal Election Commission chair told San Jose Inside she now regrets being associated with a campaign that devolved into what she called “victim blaming and negativity.”

Ravel lent her name to ads denouncing an effort to recall the jurist over a controversially brief sentence he gave Stanford student Brock Turner for sexually assaulting a passed-out woman. As the local legal community closed ranks around Persky, she joined them for fear that his ouster would have a chilling effect on other judges.

But after an impassioned two-hour conversation with recall proponents Thursday night that ate times brought her to tears, Ravel said she felt full of remorse for letting her idealism about the cause cloud her judgment of the reality.

“I had no idea that it became so negative or that it devolved into something so unconscionable,” she said in a phone call right after the talk. “Honestly, I’m still shaken.”

The 69-year-old attorney and lifelong accountability advocate requested the meeting as part of her bid to succeed state Sen. Jim Beall (D-San Jose) in 2020. At Panera Bread on Coleman Avenue, Ravel sat with recall allies Jennie Richardson, Sita Stukes (her months-old infant Archer in tow) and Stanford law professor Michele Dauber to talk about women’s issues, explain why she opposed their campaign that last year successfully removed Persky from the bench and came to terms with the outcome.

The pro-recall trio heard her out before presenting her with a list of statements from Persky’s defenders that disparaged Turner’s victim, known in court records and the public consciousness as Emily Doe.

Several of the comments came from James McManis, of law firm McManis Faulkner where Ravel works.

Reading from a printout, Dauber told Ravel about the time Persky’s defenders, including retired judge LaDoris Cordell, questioned whether Doe wrote the gut-punch of a victim impact statement that made the case go viral. She told Ravel about the multiple instances in which McManis disputed settled facts of the case by saying the encounter by a trash bin where two witnesses found Turner heaving on an unconscious young woman was consensual, or that is was somehow less egregious because the pair had been drinking.

Ravel said she had no idea that the campaign she supported espoused such views, and that she felt horrified for being linked to the effort.“It never crossed my mind that the campaign would indicate anything other than concern about when it’s appropriate to have a judicial recall,” she explained.

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Pop of Color Tandoori Fusion Grill, a restaurant facing San Jose City Hall, gets made over

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F THE HIDEOUS beige buildings of downtown San Jose tend to bring you down, if the neighborhood’s decades-old color palette of faded brown, off-white and jaundice yellow depresses you, then hire Patrick Hofmeister. Especially if you’re trying to bootstrap an Indian fusion restaurant.

Situated directly across from City Hall in a location formerly occupied by a seedy pho joint, Tandoori Fusion Grill opened a few years ago, but now finds itself with a brand-new

matrix of resources. Hofmeister initially showed up as a customer, but soon realized he could provide additional skill sets and connections to accentuate the eatery’s already intriguing culinary delights. As a result, he became business partners with owner Jagath Ranasinghe, who then gave Hofmeister an opportunity he couldn’t pass up.

A self-taught surrealist painter born and raised in San Jose, Hofmeister had previous Indian restaurant management experience under his belt but was not intending to return.

However, with the current generation of mural artists helping to transform

the dumpier parts of downtown into something we can finally brag about, Hofmeister realized he could contribute in his own way. The time was right and Ranasinghe gave him 100 percent creative freedom to paint what he wanted.

“That was a key element,” Hofmeister said. “I was like, ‘I’m doing this, I’m taking an opportunity for myself and I’m seizing it.’ I know it’s going to be difficult, I’m not expecting it to be a cakewalk—I’m definitely not expecting all of a sudden to paint something and then, ‘if they build it, they will come’—so that’s why I jumped on it. It just seemed like opportunities have always missed me, and here’s one, so am I going to take it or not?”

So far, the transformation is a work in progress, but gone is the previous facade, the color of which resembled dark sewer algae. The henna-like maroon and mango patterns on the new facade explode against an otherwise colorless block of buildings. Inside the restaurant,

one wall is now transformed into a faux wood carving. Another wall features a common Indian crane against a similarly maroon and mango background. The buffet still dominates at lunchtime, while more subtle candlelit atmospherics takeover for dinnertime. It’s still a casual joint—you order dinner at the counter and then sit down—but it feels much more authentic. Either reggae or South Asian downtempo envelops the customers upon entrance. Gone is the FM-radio classic rock from speakers with no bass. Apparently people don’t need to hear Huey Lewis tunes blasting between mattress commercials while devouring their aloo saag. In any case, the new look is already working.

“I had a guy come over from city hall,” said Hofmeister, “and while I was in there having lunch, he said, ‘I’ve never seen this place before.’ And he worked across the street. That was perfect.”

Hofmeister already paints exquisite and complicated works on canvas. His art studio and collective, DDEF, stands for dream daringly, execute fearlessly.

A partnership with Tandoori Fusion Grill makes sense, as Ranasinghe, originally from Sri Lanka, conjures up some creative dishes. Instead of textbook Tandoori chicken, for example, there’s a “Chicken Sizzler,” and several adventurous fusion concepts. But now, with Hofmeister’s crew upgrading the physical atmospherics, the next era shall commence. Hofmeister’s assistant, Jason DeRosa, helped with the lion’s share of the remodel.

“We installed lighting, we did sound, we built walls,” Hofmeister said. “He repaired walls, he did plumbing, he did the water heater— the list goes on and on and on. And because he’s such a good friend of mine, he really wants to be a part of this, too. And now he’s working there in the evening. Without him, it couldn’t have been done.”

I predict that Ranasinghe and Hofmeister (sounds like a techno band) will be the new “East West Connection” of downtown San Jose.

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GAGGLE of photographers stands in the courtyard of downtown San Jose’s federal building on a cold January day. It’s clearly a bigger deal than the hacker trials or corporate battles, such as Apple v. Samsung, that unfold there and sometimes attract media attention.

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IN STRIDE Elizabeth Holmes exits the federal courthouse in San Jose with her attorney on Jan. 14.

“Which case?” I ask. “Theranos,” a paparazzo replies.

A reporter spots the 35-yearold founder and former CEO in a hallway, before she ducks into a room by the exit.

“She’s fixing her hair,” the reporter speculates.

A few minutes pass and Elizabeth Holmes emerges with her attorney.

She’s dressed in an all-black pants suit, with hair tied back. She looks straight ahead as she takes long, purposeful strides and the cameras follow her to the crosswalk by Original Joe’s.

In Silicon Valley, heroes are celebrated with books and movies and even losers in a “fail fast” culture get a break. It the story’s inflated or a promised product

didn’t deliver, that’s all part of a hype-driven system where the winnings offset the losses and truthstretchers are forgiven. There’s been plenty of vaporware before.

Between 1981 and 1984, celebrated computer pioneer Gene Amdahl sucked up $230 million of the region’s venture capital to create one of the valley’s most spectacular failures. The architect of IBM’s wildly successful System/360 and founder of competitor Amdahl had sought to build a revolutionary superchip that would stuff the computing power of 100 chips on a single supersized wafer.

Only problem was, the chip never worked. Its layers delaminated and the chip overheated.

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The Beguiled ‘The Inventor,’ a new HBO documentary, explores Silicon Valley huckster Elizabeth Holmes and her $9 billion healthcare hoax, Theranos

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HERE’S NO PLACE in the world where the game of “let’s pretend” is as popular as it is in the USA, and maybe no place in the USA where magical thinking is as popular as it is than in the Silicon Valley.

There are genuine visionaries here. But so many of the projects are caught in a theoretical loop of futurism: “Wouldn’t this product be outrageously cool!” “It

doesn’t work.” “Yes, but if it did work, wouldn’t it be outrageously cool?”

Airing on HBO, The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley by Alex Gibney, profiles the Theranos affair.

A photogenic young Palo Alto CEO named Elizabeth Holmes (imagine Brit Marling doing Steve Jobs cosplay) hawked the possibilities of a plastic box full of vaporware to various VC and political bigwigs.

Before the firm duped Walgreens into testing its dubious medical tech on unsuspecting humans, and

Is Theranos’ Elizabeth Holmes Silicon Valley’s new celebrity villainess, or a product of our culture? BY DAN PULCRANO before it was exposed by the Wall Street Journal’s John Carreyrou, it was valued at $9 billion.

The former Theranos headquarters—a 116,127-squarefoot facility located in the Stanford Research Park—now belongs to a new tenant, and the company that politicos from Bill Clinton to Henry Kissinger had fawned over is now a cautionary tale about the power of happy stories to cloud our judgement.

SECRET SAUCE Holmes’ compelling elevator pitch went straight to a parent’s heart. Theranos promised to make intravenous blood draws obsolete while simultaneously increasing access to cheap and regular screenings.

“Goodbye, big bad needle,” read a caption over a picture of an apprehensive toddler, on the

GOLDEN CHILD Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes is the subject of a new HBO documentary: ‘The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley.’

small billboard outside Theranos’ rented $1 million a month HQ on Page Mill Road. If that poor kid didn’t get you, the other part of her story would: Holmes’ uncle was devoured by melanoma, which was not diagnosed until it was far too late.

It looked great on the drawing board. It’s easy to see why so many people wanted to to believe. First, draw a bitty sample of blood from a finger stick, and collect it in something called a “nanotainer.” The pill-sized capsule would be inserted into a black box, originally called “The Edison.” Inside, automated pipettes and centrifuges tested the sample for signs of some 200 diseases.

Every home would have one, at a fraction of the cost charged by, say, Quest Diagnostics and Labcorp, the two labs that still control 80 percent of the blood testing business.

The fact that these two companies all but corner their markets gave Theranos executives a convenient narrative in which to couch their public obfuscations. At first, it was Holmes’ matter-of-

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“We almost did it,” Amdahl explained when I asked him once about it at a social function. He traced an electron’s path in a circle around the palm of his hand. “It only needed to go around one more time.”

Apple Computer could have similarly wound up in the dustbin of history in the early 1980s when it shipped computers with incorrectly installed chips on its motherboards.

Hewlett Packard engineering manager Wil Houde was brought in to fix the personal computer division, and Apple survived.

Dotcom boom era grocery delivery pioneer Webvan blew through $800 million in investors’ money and couldn’t even get tomatoes to its customers without its drivers surreptitiously stopping at Safeway and paying retail.

“Fake it til you make it” builds valuations but invites fraud. I’ve seen startups present software demos that later turned out to be built in hypercard, not actual code, and companies knowingly rip off customers with software and hardware that didn’t work to build revenue or hornswoggle investors.

Refugees from the political sector are easy dupes and convenient window dressing. Holmes built credibility by recruiting fans like Bill Clinton and former Secretaries of State George Schultz and Henry Kissinger, former Defense Secretary William Perry and future Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, all of whom were seduced by her pitch of cheap, painless phlebotomy enabled by miniaturized blood testing equipment, much as mainframe computing power had migrated from server rooms to desks, then laps, pockets and wrists.

The political influencers presumably would come in handy as Theranos prepared for FDA approval of its dubious technology, Rupert Murdoch invested $125 million for a Theranos stake that he sold back for a dollar to capture a tax loss. Patriots owner and massage parlor patron Robert Kraft fared better; he only lost $1 million.

Journalists fell for the story too, placing her on the cover of business magazines and declaring

Holmes “the next Steve Jobs.” Even people who should knew better, people with technology industry experience like venture capitalist Tim Draper, Oracle founder Larry Ellison, Apple veteran Avie Tevanian lined up to write big checks.

The combination of good marketing and bad science with cheerleaders in the political, media and venture sectors added up to a toxic formula. The spin machine operated like a centrifuge that separated smart people from their better judgment, and their money.

In the end, Theranos couldn’t build a machine that would perform 200 diagnostic tests on a160 microliter blood sample with a lab scaled down to the size of a countertop kitchen appliance.

One scientist committed suicide.

Another Theranos inventor protested, according to his oncamera interview in HBO’s “The Inventor: Out For Blood in Silicon Valley, declaring, “We can’t do that, like the laws of physics will not permit us to cram all that stuff that needs to be in there to be in the box.”

The curriculum of technology disruption, in which brash inexperience trumps the cautious culture of fact-based life sciences, may require some reevaluation.

Digital technology first moved from hobbyist and game applications to business automation and personal productivity, then upended the media and retail sectors. In mission critical applications, the uncritical embrace of the new new means a bicyclist can get run over by a computer driven car, or a patient dies because of faulty test results.

Silicon Valley can by no means be singled out either. Junk science, lying political leaders, financial fraudsters, faux news peddlers or law enforcement professionals who don’t follow the law are all part of more broad-based societal credibility crisis. Ethical lapses and outright fraud can occur in any profession. Sometimes, though, the stakes are higher.

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MIRACLE CURE Through her healthcare startup, Theranos, Elizabeth Holmes promised a to deliver a compact machine that could diagnose hundreds of diseases with just a few drops of blood.

fact insistence that it was simply company policy to not tip their hand to the competition. Why would David risk revealing the deadly nature of his sling to two hulking Goliaths?

When reporters, medical providers and regulators continued probing, the negative headlines were attributed to corporate skullduggery and yellow journalism. COO Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani told his staff one day “What we’re doing is so disruptive, we’ll always be under attack.” On battle stations, as it were, Holmes and Balwani hired security guards. They code named the execs “Eagle One” and “Eagle Two” as they escorted Holmes to her bulletproof glassenclosed office.

Gibney’s saga of Theranos demonstrates the difference between the original Valley ethos of the open floor plan and cross pollination, with a newer, baroque version: a management strategy of “siloing,” keystroke monitoring, paranoia and surveillance.

Tyler Shultz, a former Theranos employee and whistleblower, here describes the problem at the ill-fated company as the difference between “the carpeted world and the tiled world.” The former, where Theranos’ marketing and public relations staff made camp, was a place to cheerlead, to show off ridiculous wealth, to exhort, daydream and brush away

bad news. Meanwhile, in the cold, tiled world of Theranos’ laboratories, the attempt to make the currently unrealizable technology real was hashed out in the shadow of nondisclosure agreements so severely worded that chemists were afraid to talk candidly with engineers, where all-nighters wrecked social lives and where one on-the-outs employee decided he would rather take his own life than face Theranos’ legal team.

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Against 3D animation of tumbling dice, behavioral economist Dan Ariely mulls over the situational nature of truth on the tongues of people convinced they’re doing a good deed.

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LOOKING SHARP Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes regularly wore all black suits that recalled the look of Steve Jobs, her personal hero.

Gibney shades his story with excerpts from primitive movies. This is in honor of the Thomas Edison, who was both a father of cinema and a peddler of vaporware. Long before tech CEOs were talking up their latest app over power lunches at the Rosewood Sand Hill in Menlo Park, California, the Wizard of Menlo Park, New Jersey, stalled out his investors as he scrabbled to find the right filament for his not-yet-developed electric light bulb, and almost went bankrupt in the search.

Film, and the world of the imaginary, has its place in the story of Theranos’ epic delusion. Holmes put her trust in an uplifting movie motto: “There is no try, there is only do.” In tile-lined rooms, technicians sought to perfect impossible machines that were snapping glass specimen tubes and splattering blood—some of it presumably carrying a variety of pathogens. According to research and development man Ryan Wistort,

management ignored that urgent problem to pow-wow over the name of the cloud-based portal where the public would access their information.

How about “Yoda?”

At another point, we hear Holmes discuss some of the novels that inspired her during her bookish youth. Over black and white etchings of whales making flotsam of their hunters—presumably taken from Moby-Dick, one of the tomes she mentions—Holmes explains her interest in absorbing the lessons of history’s greatest leaders.

Another old story is implicit here— those movies about an immoral young blonde tantalizing some weary older man and leading him to ruin.

Who doesn’t like Vertigo? Holmes’ genius involved parlaying personal connections (venture capitalist Tim Lucas was a family friend) into personal gain.

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SNAKE OIL CYCLE As Holmes awaits her upcoming trial, the question is still open over whether she believed in her ability to produce this product, or if she was a master grifter. We’re allowed to study her, thanks to footage captured by Errol Morris’ intense-eye-contact-capturing lens, known as the Interrotron. Morris shot Holmes against a stark glowing white background for a Theranos ad campaign. The backdrop works to suggest either hyper-cleanliness or futuristic menace. Morris does with light what Philip Glass does in music.

Cheryl Gaffner, who worked with Holmes, notes: “My first impression was that she didn’t blink.” Without going into it in words, Gibney demonstrates the hypnotic effect of Holmes’ wide, blue-eyed gaze—the way those eyes radiated idealism, sincerity and selflessness.

Theranos is a portmanteau coined from hitching “therapy” and “diagnosis,” notably putting the investigation of symptoms after their treatment. If “Theranos” sounds like a Marvel villain, let us shift franchises for a second. Note that in Ian Fleming’s novels, various James Bond baddies often had something in common: eyes with the white completely around the irises, “A doll’s eyes.” One thinks of that, watching her. Mirroring Holmes’ persuasive rarely blinking stare, Gibney places a piece of art in the empty Theranos headquarters, a lidless eye’s giant blue iris spread over nine video screens.

Surveillance was uncommonly thorough at the company. Matters got scarier as the cat wriggled its way out of the bag. Theranos’ irregularities attracted the interest of federal agencies as varied as the SEC and the CMS, the federal agency in charge of implementing Medicare charges.

The investigators exposed defective testing results, misdiagnoses and the fibbing Theranos did about its military contracts. Earlier in Arizona, Holmes personally lobbied for a change in state law requiring prescriptions for blood tests, thus paving the way for Theranos stations at dozens of Walgreens locations throughout the Copper State.

“Ms. Holmes, you are magnificent!” burbled one local legislator. But for Arizonans turning up for Theranos’ drugstore tests, it was often a matter of hello, big bad needle, since normal vein-drawn blood samples were bypassing the Edison machines and being sent back to Theranos’ lab, which used the same technology as Quest Diagnostics and Labcorp.

Word was getting out. Theranos lawyered up with some serious heavyweights—including David Boies, who represented the former vice president in Bush v. Gore, and Heather King, who has previously represented Hillary Clinton. They

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had a perfect combination of money and looks. What editor could resist the implicit feminism of lionizing a 19-year-old who dropped out of Stanford and made a billion? Two of the subjects in The Inventor are elder writers from the old media world who heralded Theranos’ magic machine. Ken Auletta of the New Yorker at least had reservations enough to describe Theranos’ tech as “comically vague.” Roger Parloff of Fortune profiled Holmes in a cover story: “This CEO is out for Blood.” Parloff, interviewed here, is particularly shamed at furthering Holmes’ lies.

The salty Dr. Phyllis Gardner, a physician and a professor at Stanford, once advised Holmes and listened to her unworkable proposal for a dermapatch that would deliver antibiotics.

Gardner recalls that the Holmes she knew “always aligned herself with powerful older men who succumbed to a certain charm.”

This alignment went beyond Holmes’ relationship with Theranos COO Balwani, 19 years her elder. It’s also seen in the way heavyweight politicians—from Bill Clinton and Joe Biden to Henry Kissinger and Betsy DeVos—celebrated her alleged genius. Aid also came from another old family friend, former Secretary of State George Shultz. The old cabinet member’s grandson, Tyler (interviewed in the documentary), worked for the company, then became a whistleblower, and then got caught up in Theranos’ wringer, as company lawyers threatened him with a number of legal actions before retreating.

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LET’S BE CLEAR Alex Gibney, director of ‘The Inventor,’ previously took on Scientology in his HBO documentary ‘Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief.’ unleashed legal threats at anyone who hinted that the real blood testing by their alleged proprietory machinery was being done on commercially available blood testers.

At some point we’ll hear Holmes side of the story, and it’ll make for very curious reading. If it goes badly for her in court, Holmes will have a long time to perfect the manuscript, given that she faces 20 years’ worth of federal charges.

Meanwhile, the feature film version is being prepared; Adam McKay is following up Vice with the upcoming version of Carreyrou’s best-seller Bad Blood, with Jennifer Lawrence as Holmes. Knowing McKay’s work, which isn’t above getting personal and taking umbrage, one doubts he’ll resist some of the matters Gibney doesn’t touch on.

These include items that turned up in Vanity Fair (VF’s publisher Graydon Carter is an executive producer of The Inventor), tibits such as the fact that Holmes’ father was an exec at Enron, or the scope of Holmes’ family

wealth—her grandfather was married to an heir to Fleischmann's Yeast.

They’ll be a canine casting call for a dog to play Balto, the unhousebroken husky Holmes used to haul around the boardrooms and who would shed in the laboratory.

It’d be nice if The Inventor exposed nothing more than dashed hopes, and the risk for those who trusted Theranos’ defective testing. If only it were just a general lesson against falling headlong for the idealistic people who have nothing to show for their research. If only this were a story of a big bad needle mosquitoing some plutocrats who richly deserved it—both Betsy DeVos and Rupert Murdoch lost a significant amount of money in the wreckage of Theranos.

It does make one worry who’ll come next...what well-connected and visionary hustler will later return to start the cycle again. Amnesia, gullibility and a sobbing belief in the holiness of sales: it’s the American malady. Easy to diagnose, but there’s no cure in sight.

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MELTING POT Chinese and Middle Eastern culinary traditions are combined at Küsan Uyghur Cuisine in San Jose.

Spice Trade History and international tastes converge at San Jose’s Küsan Uyghur Cuisine

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ONG A CULINARY term of art, “fusion” is often associated with the deliberate combination of two distinct traditions. From falafel tacos to ramen burgers, these endeavors are usually the work of some enterprising chef, seeking to surprise diners with something new.

Such pairings are rarely as adventurous or innovative as their creators would have customers believe (of course wrapping tikka masala in a tortilla was going to work). Sometimes—as with Nutella lasagna—these efforts are astoundingly ill conceived.

The best food fusion has nothing to do with marketing professionals and their industry buzzwords. Rather, it is born from a kind of slow-moving and organic cross-cultural exchange. In the case of Küsan Uyghur Cuisine, much of that exchange was likely made via camel.

The Turkic Uyghur (pronounced wee-goo’r) people hail from Xinjiang.

The Chinese province, located in the country’s northwest, shares a western border with Pakistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan and served as a main thoroughfare on the ancient Silk Road trading route between China and the Middle East. As such, the largely desert region has developed a food culture that is unique and yet distinctly tied to its neighbors in the east and west.

The Uyghurs are a largely Muslim ethnic minority in the People’s Republic of China, and their cuisine combines traditional Chinese and Middle Eastern spices and ingredients with elements of Halal. The relative isolation of Xinjiang—Mandarin for “new frontier”—is mirrored in the scarcity of local restaurants specializing in Uyghur cooking. There are only a handful in the entire Bay Area. Küsan is the only one in the South Bay. Located near Mineta International Airport, Küsan opened about six months ago—taking over the former location of Ramen Yamadaya. The interior features a modern minimalist aesthetic, with elegant solid wood furnishings, azure blue curtains and a reclaimed wood block accent wall. It seats about 30 patrons comfortably, and on a recent Saturday was packed for an early lunch.

The menu offers a limited selection of carefully curated dishes, but that didn’t make our choices any easier— everything sounded terrific. For starters we decided on the Uyghur salad ($6) and the eggplant with mashed garlic ($7). For our main courses we ordered

the big-plate chicken ($18) and braised lamb shank ($20), and I gave the Uyghur special milk tea ($5) a whirl.

The Uyghur salad featured sliced tomatoes, raw onions and jalapeños seasoned with a light drizzling of toasted sesame oil. It was a fresh way to start the meal, but it could have done with some more oil and fewer peppers.

The spice level was over the top—even for me, and I hardly ever shy away from heat—so beware.

The eggplant mash was also seasoned with toasted sesame oil. It was served chilled, which I found refreshing.

It helped accentuate the sesame flavor and worked to counter the salad’s heat.

The lamb shank was served up very simply—sitting atop a piece of pillowy naan, which was itself submerged in a small pool of lamb-based broth. This dish was a testament to the power of restraint.

Flaking off the bone and melting in my mouth, the lamb was cooked perfectly and seasoned expertly with just salt, sesame seeds and saffron strands.

The milk tea (aka sut chai) was brewed with salt instead of sugar and came topped with a housemade goat’s milk yogurt, which was reminiscent of Middle Eastern labneh. It was a very strange flavor at first, but I soon grew accustomed to the taste and ultimately found it quite rich and enjoyable.

I would definitely order it again, and it is certainly a must-try for the adventurous foodie.

Finally, we made our way to the gigantic and beautifully presented big-plate chicken, which is also known as da pan ji. With large chunks of fluffy, stewed potatoes; tender pieces of bonein chicken; a generous portion of green and red chilis; and a bevy of fresh, handpulled noodles, the dish was bathed in a rich soup and seasoned with garlic, ginger, cumin and star anise.

Despite the intimidating look of all the chilis, neither of us found the dish to be particularly spicy—I’d say it was even quite mild, especially in comparison to the salad. Each bite was warm and comforting, like eating in grandma’s kitchen. It was an absolutely stunning dish in its simplicity and elegance.

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CIRQUE ÉLOIZE

FAVELA Y ROSAS

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Thu, 9pm, Free The Continental, San Jose Fresh off the release of her new single, “Wait For It,” Los Angeles-based singer and songwriter SiairaShawn comes to The Continental’s weekly Universal Grammar-hosted party, The Changing Same. With an ultra smooth and spacey sound, SiairaShawn taps into everything that’s so good about the new generation of Odd Future-adjacent SoCal future R&B artists—see: Frank Ocean, Syd Tha Kid and Thundercat. Burnt-orange synths, syruppy-slumping bass lines and tastefully minimalist guitar strokes support her breathy, soulful vocals as she sings about breaking hearts by the beach. (NV)

AN EVENING WITH C.S. LEWIS Thu, 7:30 p.m., $40+ Montalvo Arts Center Before Bruce Munro pulls up stakes at his “Stories in Light” exhibit on the grounds of Villa Montalvo, the arts center will receive a visit from author C.S. Lewis, whose Chronicles of Narnia inspired Munro’s light installations.

Lewis will be portrayed by David Payne, who has played the author in more than 700 performances in 23 years. In this one-man show, part of Montalvo’s Carriage House Concert Series, Payne offers insights into the life and works of the renowned novelist, poet, essayist, academic, literary critic and broadcaster. (AG)

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IRISH COMEDY TOUR THE FRANCIS Thu, 8pm, $25 EXPERIENCE The Improv, San Jose

THOMAS LENNON

The Irish don’t need whiskey or stout to cut loose. Turns out the only essential ingredients are a microphone and an audience— and if there are a few tumblers of uisce beatha going around, well… that’s just fine. The Irish Comedy Tour, which stops in San Jose this week, just a few days shy of Saint Patrick’s Day, brings a full slate of up-andcoming Irish comedians to town.

The bill includes Sean Finnerty, Maureen Langan, Ger Staunton, Dave Nihill, Katie Boyle and Mark Hayes. All of them have been recognized for their talents in clubs and large stages around the world. Sláinte! (NV)

Parents may remember Thomas Lennon as the Daisy Dukewearing Nevada sheriff Lt. Jim Dangle from the Comedy Central mockumentary series Reno 911.

But their children may come to know him through his series of young adult novels. Lennon is currently marking the first in that chronology, Ronan Boyle and the Bridge of Riddles, with a book tour, which brings him to Hicklebee’s Bookstore in Willow Glen this week. The book is centered around a 14-year-old boy, a young and lowly recruit to the Garda, an Irish police force tasked with monitoring magical creatures. (NV)

Fri, 7:30pm, $20+ Tabard Theater, San Jose Jazz, hip-hop and the art of storytelling converge in a new threeact concert experience produced

by Jonathan Borca, the Tabard Theater’s creative director. The aim of the production, which showcases some of San Jose’s most talented performing artists, including rappers, poets and instrumentalists. The main act brings together players from the more traditional Nineteen Orchestra and some of their younger contemporaries from 7th Street Band as Borca—who emcees under the stage name Francis—takes the microphone. It’s a great opportunity to see some of this city’s most promising performers all under one roof. (NV)

Fri, 3:30pm, Free Hicklebee’s Bookstore, San Jose

* concerts THE FRANCIS EXPERIENCE

DWARVES Apr 6 at The Ritz

P!NK Apr 17 at SAP Center

PERFUME Apr 17 at City National Civic

BAD BUNNY Apr 20 at SAP Center

SALES Apr 26 at The Ritz

THE EMO NIGHT TOUR Apr 27 at The Ritz

ARIANA GRANDE May 2 at SAP Center

TONY BENNETT May 3 at City National Civic

THE WILD REEDS May 11 at The Ritz

THE ROLLING STONES

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PARKS & REC TRIVIA CIRQUE ÉLOIZE

Sat, 9pm, $10 The Ritz, San Jose

Sat, 9pm, $40 Club Rodeo, San Jose

Tue, 7:30pm, $10+ The Brit Almaden, San Jose

Wed, 7:30pm, $29+ Hammer Theatre Center, San Jose

Like so many great parties, Electric Feels got its start in Los Angeles. As you might guess from the night’s name—borrowed from one of MGMT’s biggest jams—DJs will be spinning all the electronically infused hits that kept you tuned into Live 105 for the first half of the 2000s: the bouncy spasticity of Arctic Monkeys; the beautiful, blippy melancholy of The Postal Service; the buzzing, triumphant sine waves of Justice; and the symphonic, synthy sadness of The Killers. All this, plus rock & roll sounds from The Strokes, The White Stripes, The Black Keys and newer tunes from the likes of CHVRCHES, BØRNS and alt-J. (NV)

Adriel Favela y Javier Rosas are two of Mexico’s rising stars within the narcocorrido genre. Just like American gangster rap—and heavy metal before that—the music, which centers around stories of cartel life, has drawn plenty of hand-wringing from the authorities. It’s also spawned real-life violence. Back in 2015, Rosas was the victim of a drive-by shooting in Culiacán, home to the Sinaloa drug cartel. Despite taking a number of bullets, he survived and is now on tour with Favela. Together, they teamed on a 2018 hit, “La Escuela No Me Gustó,” which combines elements of banda, furious and infectious Spanish guitar picking and gangland lyrics. (NV)

These days, it can be hard to imagine a world where a stalwart, libertarian, survivalist cynic and a Hillary Clinton-loving, bright-eyed optimist would be friends. But as fans of Parks and Recreation know, there is such a place: the idyllic, fictional midwestern town of Pawnee, Indiana. The show gave us unforgettable characters, like Ron Swanson, and great catchphrases— treat yourself! But the NBC sitcom is also a time capsule of sorts, debuting just months after Obama’s inauguration and dropping the final curtain shortly before Donald Trump’s fateful escalator ride.

Connect with your neighbors and reminisce about simpler times. (NV)

While smaller in scale than that other French-Canadian troupe of acrobats, clowns and musicians currently in town, Cirque Eloize also uses these elements to tell a story through mind-bending acts of agility. Saloon features Korean plank, aerial straps and Cyr wheel acts set against a Wild West backdrop with songs by Patsy Cline and Johnny Cash. For that authentic Western flavor, the show also features a juggler tossing beer bottles around a barroom and railroad workers doing somersaults while holding gigantic sledgehammers. Giddyup! (AG)

May 18 at Levi’s Stadium

KALI UCHIS & JORJA SMITH May 18 at Frost Amphitheatre

NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK May 29 at SAP Center

DEAD & COMPANY May 31 at Shoreline Amphitheatre

JEFF LYNNE’S ELO Jun 24 at SAP Center

PAUL MCCARTNEY Jul 10 at SAP Center

QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT Jul 14 at SAP Center

BACKSTREET BOYS Aug 4 at SAP Center

THE NATIONAL Sep 1 at Frost Amphitheatre

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SHOOTING STAR Jocelyn Pickett, center, plays Olive Neal in ‘Bullets Over Broadway,’ now showing at the Lohman Theatre at Foothill College.

On Target ‘Bullets Over Broadway’ at Lohman Theatre is faithful, fun adaptation

BY TAD MALONE

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ASED ON THE 1994 black-comedy film by Woody Allen, Bullets Over Broadway follows a naïve playwright who gets in over his head with the mafia in an attempt to get his musical financed.

The musical version, now showing at Lohman Theatre on the Foothill College campus, is a swinging romp through organized crime.

Foothill Music Theatre’s latest production opens on a bare stage set with the austere trappings of a nightclub—a lit bar, chairs, tables and showgirls. The dancers commence the show, cavorting around the stage in a loose, chaotic but polished routine that sets the tone for the rest of the musical.

Enter David Shayne, a young, idealistic playwright new to the big city. Desperate to make his musical and a name for himself, Shayne casts Olive Neal, a mafioso’s girlfriend with

dramatic aspirations, in exchange for funding. As with all Faustian bargains, Shayne is soon in over his head, as madness and escalating criminality ensue.

It turns out that Cheech, muscle for the gangster bankrolling the show, is a musical virtuoso with a knack for showtunes. By the time the curtain goes up on opening night, he’s practically rewritten the entire show. David, meanwhile, has picked up a second girlfriend— leading lady Helen Sinclair—while Olive is engaged in her own affair with the production’s leading man.

With Bullets Over Broadway, Foothill Music Theatre shows its ability to do a lot with a little. From the stripped-down set to the sixpiece orchestra, the company uses artifice to its advantage—leaning into the meta, musical-within-amusical plot points in order to sharpen the focus on the engrossing characters.

As a whole, the cast shines. From ensemble songs to solo struts, everyone is on their game—but loosely. That’s the key to Bullets Over Broadway’s success. The actors bring a boozy confidence to their respective roles, playing up their parts without becoming cartoonish.

The score, which melds saloon swagger with synth textures, helps propel the production forward.

There is some excess, sure— interactions are melodramatic, the accents are ridiculous—but it’s all part of the fun. As David, Adam Cotugno is hopeful and cherubic, serving as a straight man foil to the rest of the miscreant cast.

Nick Mandracchia as Cheech is shrewd but comical, pouncing on David’s innocence in a believable but entertaining duel of wits.

Carla Befera as Helen Sinclair is perfectly boozy and fierce. However, the standout role is Olive, played

by Jocelyn Pickett. She upstages almost everyone else by default.

Through song and monologue, she is bombastic without being overbearing, raucous without being lewd, coalescing in a hilarious performance that carries the show in loud, parade-like package.

Most of the show’s drawbacks are a product of Allen’s original story.

So many jokes are crammed into the plot that at moments, it seems like every other punchline falls flat, each collapsing under the weight of its own corniness. Moreover, Allen’s signature Jewish neuroticism feels somewhat out of character— especially when delivered by an Italian-American mobster.

The romance also feels forced.

In moments of sexual tension, the cast exchanges their lackadaisical charm for something stiffer. And at times, the sound and look as if they are merely pulling faces and mimicking the New York accents they are meant to inhabit. Still, the production maintains an organic levity that is subversively smart and, more importantly, fun to watch.

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AT MONTALVO STORIES IN LIGHT “Magical. [Munro’s] dream becomes your dream”− KQED

Only 3 nights left to see the extraordinary outdoor nighttime exhibition before we pull the plug!

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SPACE WOMAN Brie Larson helps sell the somewhat stale ‘Captain Marvel.’

Star Power A lost, intergalactic pilot fights for humanity, women in ‘Captain Marvel’

BY RICHARD VON BUSACK

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XPERT SCRIPT-flippage gives texture to the heartfelt female empowerment message within Captain Marvel. It starts as a war on terror movie, with the shape-shifting Skrulls as an insurgent enemy, hiding among the locals on a planet that looks like Afghanistan.

We arrive at our more current malaise when the the film’s true villain starts talking of foreigners who “threaten our borders.”

By the time Captain Marvel is over, one notes that conventional romantic lead isn’t here, and also wasn’t missed.

Directors Anna Boden and Ryan

Fleck and the five credited writers give this heroine’s journey the same attractive solitude that male heroes— super and otherwise—have enjoyed in the movies forever.

Brie Larson’s brown-eyed and appealing underplaying sells this material, which isn’t the freshest. She is called “Vers,” an amnesiac soldier of the outer space Kree empire, with the ability to blast photon rays from her fists. The power is a gift from the Empire’s all-highest, an AI simulation that appears to her in the shape of Annette Benning. Vers has a rep for being too unfocused and emotional, as she’s always reminded by her superior officer and sparring partner (Jude Law). After a skirmish, Vers is captured by the pointy-eared Skrulls.

Her dormant memories are stirred

up during an interrogation by their diabolical leader, the Cockney-accented Taros (an amusing Ben Mendelsohn).

After blasting her way off the ship, Vers falls to Earth into 1990s North Hollywood. The ruckus summons America’s top secret agent Nick Fury (Samuel L Jackson, digitized to a younger form, wearing a plasticy wig, and still possessing both eyes). The corpse of a dead Skrull convinces Fury of Vers’ story. As they try to round up the aliens, the jagged bits of Vers’ past keep flashing back: She recalls her past life as a fighter pilot and her lifelong friendship with her fellow pilot Marie Rambeau (Lashana Lynch).

It’s possible that the lamentation of fanboys has been exaggerated, publicity to make a blockbuster sound like an underdog. Hope they’ll save some tears for the scenes where Samuel L. does some things he may never have done in a movie: helping to wash the dishes and going gooey for a orange kitty called “Goose,” in honor of Top Gun. Larson and Jackson have a smooth rapport. She brings in a great deal of feeling, but also some playfulness. In the patronization-free partnership with Fury, our heroine can be slightly bratty, pestering him at a bar about

why he thinks everyone should call him by his last name. “And what will your kids call you?”

“Fury.”

Captain Marvel’s exhileration isn’t as supermacha as GI Jane or Starship Troopers: (satire or otherwise, that Verhoeven was what it was). The movie is not about Vers becoming a good disciplined soldier. She finds her independence at last.

Despite some starchy Louisiana heartland sequences, this is an effective fantasy of power used with grace and without arrogance, featuring a constantly underestimated figure, rising up again after being knocked down. Fully charged up and blazing in the heavens, this Captain Marvel is as fine an embodiment of the Superman figure as there has been in the movies.

Hopefully, six weeks from now in Avengers: Endgame, this flying light goddess is going to barbecue Thanos and his conservative austerity program.

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APRIL 10 FILM INSPIRED DINNER SHRIMP TACOS | With Chipotle Slaw And Avocado CHICKEN IN MOLE | With Rice And Beans TRES LECHE CAKE CEDAR ROOM COCKTAILS FORBIDDEN PASSION | Del Maguey Vida Mezcal, Manzanilla Sherry, Passion Fruit, Lemon

FANNING CLUB Ever-rising actress Elle Fanning receives the Maverick Spirit Award at Cinequest.

Coming Of Age IN 2013, WHEN the Sally Potter movie Ginger and Rosa opened at Cinequest, I noted “Elle Fanning’s face is the kind of instrument that comes along once in a decade, if that. Fanning is getting phenomenal.”

The face—faraway eyes and firm mouth, full of character—strikes me as having some of the zen of the silent actress Dorothy Gish. (And like Dorothy, she’s the sister of a noted actress herself.)

Elle Fanning’s debut wasn’t auspicious; at age 3 she played the young version of Sean Penn’s daughter in I Am Sam (2001) wherein Penn played a mentally challenged man trying to adopt a child. Penn got an Oscar nomination, but the film is destined to be remembered forever as the subject of a four-word rule, as stated by Robert Downey, Jr. in Tropic Thunder (2008).

Just as one loves too wisely and not too well, one can act too dumb.

But Fanning has been smart, and her poise has been remarkable for someone of her years. Consider Elle Fanning Maverick the regret she brought to Super 8 (2011), where Spirit Event she played an Ohio steel-town girl pinched by sorrow, one of the better recreations of a ’70s youth 1pm, Mar 17 in a modern movie. She did it again in Ginger and California Theatre, Rosa, where she summed up an on-fire ’60s rebel.

San Jose She’s capable of extreme, expressionistic acting, as in cinequest.org N.W. Refn’s Neon Demon, where she plays an actress swimming in blood, murdered for the camera’s lens.

Fanning has worked twice for Sophie Coppola: once as the good daughter of a badly-behaved actor in Somewhere, and once as a Civil War-era inmate of a girl’s school in The Beguiled (the 18th century gowns just made her look all the more like Gish). Coppola is fascinated with entranced girls, like the Lisbon sisters in The Virgin Suicides, women possessed of a strange idleness.

The casting of Fanning in Maleficent as Princess Aurora seemed to compliment this sense of inwardness Coppola studied in her. The Maleficent sequel is coming up soon; meanwhile Fanning has gone from Sleeping Beauty to a sort of Cinderella. She breaks out as a musical star in Teen Spirit, the feel-good movie she’s escorting to Cinequest.

It’s the debut by second-generation director Max Minghella (who acted in Art School Confidential and The Social Network), Fanning is a girl from the Isle of Wight, who, despite obstacles, hits the big time as a singer covering “Dancing on my Own” by Robyn. Fanning is still very young—she turns 21 next month—and it’ll be worth watching to see what she does next. —Richard von Busack

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CENTER FOR LITERARY ARTS PRESENTS

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Reading and Conversation with William Armaline

March 19, 2019 | 7PM Hammer Theatre Center San José, CA @centerforliteraryarts For tickets and event details:

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MORE COWBELL Blue Öyster Cult have always had a sense of humor.

Still Burnin’ Blue Öyster Cult bring catchy, proggy riffs to Campbell’s Heritage Theatre

BY BILL KOPP

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EPENDING ON who you ask, Blue Öyster Cult is either best-known their 1976 smash hit “Don’t Fear the Reaper” or for a 2000 Saturday Night Live sketch poking fun at the prominence of one of the track’s most prominent rhythmic elements.

A winning combination of catchy riffage, hard rock arrangement and borderline-progressive rock composition style, the song—which appears on BÖC’s Agents of Fortune LP—quickly became a rock classic, and established the band as a force on FM radio.

But the Long Island-based group had been perfecting its brand of rock—a deft balance of metal, malevolence and humor—for many years before scoring

a hit. First coming together in the late ’60s as Soft White Underbelly and then as the Stalk-Forrest Group, the group cut an album for Elektra Records in 1968; it wasn’t released until 2001, and then only in a limited edition.

Blue Öyster Cult built its fan base the old-fashioned way—through incessant touring, earning new fans by putting on dynamic, incendiary shows opening for many of the era’s top rock acts including John McLaughlin’s Mahavishnu Orchestra and Alice Cooper. The band released its self-titled debut album in 1972, further refining and sharpening its sound with each successive release.

Leveraging its thrilling live presence, BÖC released its first live album, On Your Feet or On Your Knees in 1975. The LP earned a gold record, expanding the group’s reach into the

hearts and minds of America’s rock fans. That set was quickly followed up by the watershed Agents of Fortune, BÖC’s first massive success.

Now a major musical force, the band delivered another stone classic in the 1977 single “Godzilla.” A second live set, the platinum-selling Some Enchanted Evening, underscored the point that however solid the group’s studio work might be, BÖC was best experienced live.

Though the group featured several top-notch songwriters, and recorded songs written in collaboration with superb lyricists, including Patti Smith and science fiction writer Michael Moorcock, BÖC often included covers in their sets. Those songs were hard-rocking tunes by like-minded artists: MC5’s “Kick Out the Jams,” Steppenwolf’s “Born to Be Wild” and the Doors’ “Roadhouse Blues” were typical examples.

As the era of MTV ushered in greater emphasis on audiovisuals in popular music, BÖC capitalized on the trend with the smash album Fire of Unknown Origin. With the Top 40 single “Burnin’ for You” and deep album cuts like the delightfully macabre “Joan Crawford,” the group began the task of winning over a newer generation of fans. Yet another live album, 1982’s

Extraterrestrial Live, was released to build on the band’s recent critical and commercial success; two more live releases would follow in future years.

The remainder of the 1980s and beyond saw personnel changes and found the band failing to sustain its early momentum. But a resurgence of interest in classic hard rock—coupled with a thoughtful series of reissues of BÖC’s prime-era material—helped breathe new life into the band.

Will Ferrell and Christopher Walken’s classic SNL skit also worked to raise the group’s profile, turning an entire generation onto “Don’t Fear the Reaper” with just two words: “More cowbell.”

Newly reinvigorated, the group— still featuring original members Buck Dharma (lead guitar) and Eric Bloom (vocals)—recently announced plans to record and release an album later this year, its first collection of new music since 2001’s Curse of the Hidden Mirror.

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WED MAR 13 | 3RD ANNUAL CÉSAR CHÁVEZ CELEBRATION Civil Rights activist and labor leader César Chávez is being celebrated all month long. Meet the Chávez family—hear personal stories shared by his sister, Rita Chavez-Medina, and his niece. Followed by a Q&A session, light snacks and refreshments. Free. No registration required. 6:30pm. Dr Martin Luther King Jr Library, room 225 (second floor), 150 E San Fernando St, San Jose

THU MAR 14 | ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE @ VARIOUS THEATERS Remember how we made a pact, you and I, that we would go to see more theater? That we, me and you, would support a wider variety of arts no matter how far and how expensive it got? Neither do I. But I want to! I added a metric bucketful of plays to the listings below, a lot of them debuting this week, especially Thursday. I am intrigued by “Marie and Rosetta” which is about Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the incredible guitar playing and gospel belting legend, and “Sojourn” about two people on their fifth year of one-way mission to space. See listings.

SUN MAR 17 | SONIDO CLASH TIANGUIS "SPRING CLEANING" Don’t get me started on “St. Patty’s Day.” Sheesh. It’s down there with Presidents Day in terms of lo-fi holidays. Instead, head over to Friendship Hall and check your neighbors junk, and by that, I mean wares. There will vendors galore, plus art, a vinyl swap and food. This Sunday, Sunday, Sunday! Noon. Friendship Hall, 1121 E Santa Clara St, San Jose = MUST SEE 1011 PACIFIC AVE. SANTA CRUZ 831-429-4135

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6pm. 828 W El Camino Real, Sunnyvale

Wednesday, March 13 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+

DROELOE

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Thursday, March 14 • Ages 16+

3RD ANNUAL CÉSAR CHÁVEZ CELEBRATION

LIQUID STRANGER Thursday, March 14 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+

PSYMBIONIC

plus Thelem

Friday, March 15 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+

MOON HOOCH

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Saturday, March 16 • Ages 16+

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STEPHEN MARLEY Saturday, March 16 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+

EMO NIGHT BROOKLYN: SANTA CRUZ Sunday, March 17 • In the Atrium • Ages 21+

SOMETIMES JONES • PACIFIC ROOTS SANTA CRUZ REGGAE ALLSTARS Tuesday, March 19 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+

BLACK MOUNTAIN

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Mar 21 Eli Young Band (Ages 16+) Mar 29 House Of Floyd (Ages 16+) Apr 4 Space Jesus/ Buku (Ages 16+) Apr 9 Dermot Kennedy (Ages 16+) Apr 11 Flosstradamus (Ages 18+) Apr 12 Hannibal Buress (Ages 16+) Apr 17 Parcels (Ages 16+) Apr 19 SOB X RBE (Ages 16+) Apr 24 Tech N9ne/ Krizz Kaliko (Ages 16+) Apr 25 Party Favor/ Wuki (Ages 16+) Apr 26 Shallou/ Slow Magic (Ages 16+) Apr 30 Devin Dawson (Ages 16+) May 1 Knocked Loose (Ages 16+) May 3 Pegboard Nerds (Ages 18+) May 4 Chromeo (DJ Set) (Ages 16+) May 7 Betty Who (Ages 16+) Unless otherwise noted, all shows are dance shows with limited seating.

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TRIVIA NIGHT | ROCCO’S BLUE MAX

POOR HOUSE BISTRO Wed, 6pm: Blues & $2 Brews with The Legendary Ron Thompson & Sid Morris Gang feat. Hermitage. Thu, 6pm: Sweet HayaH. Sat, 6pm: Rockin' Johnny Burgin (on tour). Sun, 11am: New Orleans Piano Brunch with Johnny Fabulous.

Sun, 3pm: St. Patrick’s Day Party w/ Jay Meduri “Tribute to Van Morrison.” Mon, 6pm: Mixed Open Mic Night. Tue, 7pm: Aki Kumar’s Blues Jam. 91 S Autumn St, San Jose

SAM'S BBQ Wed, 6pm: Blue House. Tue, 3/19, 6pm: Wildcat Mountain Ramblers. Wed, 3/20, 6pm: Fred McCarty.1110 S Bascom Ave, San Jose

6:30pm. Dr Martin Luther King Jr Library, room 225 (second floor), 150 E San Fernando St, San Jose

FRASCATI COMEDY OPEN MIC (ALL AGES)

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THU 03/14 FILM EXHIBIT | KERRY TRIBE: THE ELUSIVE WORD 11am–5pm. Through 9/30.

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

COFFEE TAWK WITH NUMU'S CURATORIAL TEAM

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

Noon. New Museum Los Gatos, 106 Main St, Los Gatos

LITERATURE | FLASH FICTION FORUM

GALLERY TALK ON UNDERSOUL: JAY DEFEO

7pm. WORKS/San José, 365 S Market St, San Jose

12:30pm. San José Museum of Art, 110 S Market St

CUMBIA ROCK/DANCE | VALLEY WOLF, NEEDLE TO THE GROOVE

LIVE LIT WRITERS OPEN MIC

NEW TALENT COMEDY COMPETITION PRELIMINARY: ROUND 4

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

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

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

CARAVAN LOUNGE COMEDY SHOW WITH MR. WALKER

9pm. 98 S Almaden Ave, San Jose

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

MIXED OPEN MIC

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

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SO-FUN Take local, top-notch talent and assign them a notable musician to cover. That’s the gist of LoveSeat Sessions. Thin Lizzy will be in deft hands of Chris Pounders (pictured), a renaissance master jack of all trades.

Also featuring O’Craven, Alecia Haselton and Zoey Alise. Sunday, 4pm.

Forager, 420 S First St, San Jose.

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

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

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A few years back, a woman with a grudge against my assistant called me to try to get me to fire her: “She talks trash about you!” Me: “Everybody talks trash about their boss!”

The truth is, we all do a lot of grousing to others about people in our lives—our romantic partner, our business partner, our criminal conspirator. That’s actually a healthy thing, though it runs contrary to what emotion researcher Bernard Rime calls the “Lone Ranger individualist perspective of adult emotional regulation.”

This, Rime explains, is the mythic view (held even by many psychologists) that healthy adult processing of emotions involves a sort of “rugged individualism,” meaning being “self-contained, independent, and self-reliant.”

In fact, Rime notes, emotion seems to have evolved to be not just an internal, solo process but a “fundamentally interdependent process.” Research by the late social psychologist Stanley Schachter, Rime and others suggests that experiences that give rise to emotion in us motivate us to seek out others to share the experiences and our feelings.

Rime explains that our emotions—

especially painful ones—can be overwhelming to us. “By using language and by addressing others, individuals ‘unfold’ the emotional material” so they can understand and manage it and maybe gain objectivity and insight.

Understanding how driven we are to share our experiences might help you stop feeling like your boyfriend’s betraying secrets and instead see it as his seeking a sounding board. There’s a good chance that this serves to improve your relationship—sometimes by confirming that he has a legit issue to discuss with you and try to resolve.

Of course, we’re all prone to latch on to crazy and ride it like a pony. We need someone to talk sense into us— like to convince us that the jail time isn’t worth it, despite our partner’s disgusting, depraved indifference to all that’s good and right. Yes, I’m talking about atrocities like opening food packages from the middle (“Hello...are you a rodent?!”), vacuuming in weird, random lines (like a serial killer!), and setting the alarm an hour early and then hitting snooze five times (surely an underappreciated cause of homicide).

I’m a 66-year-old man. I got married in my mid-20s. I was totally faithful, but my wife left me after 10 years (I think for another woman). I was with the next woman for 20 years. Again, I was faithful, but she left me, too. Is being faithful overrated? I thought it was the way to secure a relationship.—Failed Relationships Keeping a marriage together by being faithful is important—but it’s also a step above keeping a marriage together by not being dead.

Still, it isn’t a surprise that you’d go, “Wait...faithful to the first one, faithful to the next one; must’ve been why these relationships tanked!” This leap you’re making probably comes out of how uncomfortable our minds are with uncertainty. According to research by cognitive neuroscientist Michael Gazzaniga, a mechanism in our brain’s left hemisphere that he calls “the interpreter” steps in to fill in the blanks, to save us from the cognitive chaos by coming up with an explanation.

Unfortunately, it’s like the world’s sloppiest detective. It quickly scans for any patterns or vaguely plausible

meanings and then just goes with them, creating a narrative that seems to make sense of our experience (and never mind the tedious snore of weighing whether it actually does).

Accordingly, though it’s easier on the ego to see your being faithful as some sort of common denominator, a more productive take would be accepting that relationships end and considering whether there’s anything you might have done better, both in picking partners and in being one.

You might also reconsider the notion that you had “failed relationships.” As I see it, a 10- or 20-year relationship is a feat to celebrate—not only making a relationship work for a whole lot of years but refraining from bludgeoning your mate for the horrible, psyche-scraping sounds they make when they chew.

(c)2019, 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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Sr. Software Engineer Campbell, CA: Dvlp & maintain embedded s/ware for audio consumer electronics devices. Req. Master’s deg in Comp Eng, Comp Sci, or related field.

Mail resume to: I. Chayut, Adaptive Sound Technologies, Inc. 1475 S Bascom Ave, Ste 116, Campbell, CA 95008

Software Engineer sought by Houzz, Inc. in Palo Alto, CA. Dsgn, implmt, & test various components in Houzz’s web application stack (components in area of e-commerce). Reqs.: Master’s deg. or foreign equiv in Comp. Sci, Comp.

Engg, or Human Computer Interaction + coursework, internships, or exp to incl using hming, debugging JavaScript, using HTML5. Mail resumes to 285 Hamilton Ave, 4th Flr, Palo Alto, CA 94301.

Quantitative Analyst sought by Houzz, Inc. in Palo Alto, CA. Provide analytic insights to identify bus. opportunities & problems. Reqs.: Bachelor’s deg. or foreign equiv in Statistics, Applied Math, or Engg + coursework, internships, or exp to incl dsgng & executing bus. strategies. Mail resumes to 285 Hamilton Ave, 4th Flr, Palo Alto, CA 94301.

TECHNOLOGY Hewlett Packard Enterprise advances the way people live and work. HPE is accepting resumes for the position of Senior Software Designer in Santa Clara, CA (Ref. #HPECSANAHCN1). Extend and enhance the embedded software for our industry leading Enterprise class Access Points. Develop WLAN protocols and related control plane and data plane features. Mail resume to Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company, c/o Andrea Benavides, 14231 Tandem Boulevard, Austin, TX 78728. Resume must include Ref. #, full name, email address & mailing address. No phone calls. Must be legally authorized to work in U.S. without sponsorship. EOE.

Johanson & Yau Accountancy seeks Sr Accountant in SJ, CA to audit financ statements. Send resume w/ad: 160 W Santa Clara St #900, San Jose, CA 95113. Attn: HR/KW

ENGINEERING Automation Anywhere, Inc. is accepting resumes for Sr. Software Engineer in San Jose, CA. Design and lead the development efforts of RPA suite of products. Up to 20% domestic/ international travel required. Mail resume to Automation Anywhere, Inc., Attn Sarah Curme, 633 River Oaks Dr, San Jose, CA 95134. Must reference Ref. SVP-SSE.

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Adobe Inc. is accepting resumes for the following positions in SAN JOSE, CA: Software Engineer (Ref #SJSE125): Work with research teams within the company to help develop innovative machine learning models, with frameworks mainly of Caffe, Tensorflow, Pytorch.

Mail resume to Adobe Inc., Mailstop W8-435, 345 Park Avenue, San Jose, CA 95110. Must include Ref. code. No phone calls please. EOE. www.adobe.com/

Applied Materials, Inc. has the following openings in Santa Clara, CA, and Sunnyvale, CA: ENGINEERING: Electrical Engineer Sr (Req# A843): In Santa Clara, design/modify electrical & electronic engg assemblies, layouts/ schematics & detailed drawings/specs of difficult scope. Process Engineer (Req# W1882): In Santa Clara, dvlp new & recycled part clearing procedures based on diff. substrates from product teams & ensure the solution is best suited for product & customer specifications. IT Solutions Management (Req# P1495): In Santa Clara, perform leading edge Email Security Research & act as a sub matter exp on local & regional cyber threats which use Email as attack vector.

Technical Product Support (TPS) Engineer (Req# W1883): In Sunnyvale, mediate bet. customer & Business Unit/factory by providing tech supp. & documentation to field engineers, technicians & product supp. personnel to diagnose, troubleshoot, repair & debug Atomic Layer Deposition products.

Account Technologist (Req# C839): In Sunnyvale, resp for mgmt. of install base & new product app performance to drive customer satisfaction & identify bus. risks.

Dom. and/or intl travel 15% of the time might be req’d. Mechanical Engineer Mgr (Req# K1482): In Sunnyvale, manage all issues within scope across bus. unit product line, incl the design, dev. & implementation of unusually complex engg progs in accordance with prog budgets & release schedules.

MARKETING: Product Marketing (Req# H841): In Santa Clara, direct devlpmnt of market reqs for specific product(s) or product line(s), product strategy defi, req analysis & pricing. International & domestic travel 40% of the time req’d.

Mail resume to Applied Materials, Inc. M/S 1211, 3225 Oakmead Village Dr., Santa Clara, CA 95054. Must include REQ# to be considered.

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The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Baycare Administrative Services, 20 S. Santa Cruz Avenue, STE 300, Los Gatos, CA, 95030, Baycare LLC. This business is being conducted by a Limited Liability Company. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 02/07/2019. Above entity was formed in the state of California. /s/Richard B Fox. CEO. #201308010346. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 02/08/2019. (pub Metro 02/20, 02/27, 03/06, 03/13/2019)

Director of Technology (SPD & PSM) (multiple positions open) at Aricent Technologies (Holdings) Ltd. in Santa Clara, CA will ensure timely & proper execution of our techn’l responses & commitments to our customers utilizing technologies influencing dvlpmt, product transitioning, systems integration, bus. analytics, dsgn process, enterprise-grade compatibility, cloud infrastructure/deployment, high availability, disaster recovery & dimensions of the solution offering. May req. work & travel to various worksites throughout U.S. Reqs Bachelor’s deg. in Comp. Sci, Comp. Engg, Info Tech. or closely rltd field, + 8 yrs of s/ware dvlpmt exp. Must incl 8 yrs exp w/ the following: architecture, dsgn & dvlpmt of multiple large-scale fault-tolerant, database-agnostic, load-balanced & scalable enterprise-grade solutions across different domains, incl energy & telecom; evaluating new & emerging COTS tools, deployment & hosting models, frameworks & technologies; implmtg engg excellence best practices & incorporating them in product delivery roadmap for enhanced customer value creation; reqmt elicitation & analysis, dvlp detailed-dsgn specs, review dsgns, evaluate alternative solutions, dvlp prototype & demo to customers to get upfront feedback & suggestions; working on pre-Sales activities across technologies, & working w/ the Sales & Mktg Teams on techn’l proposals, estimations, RFP/ bid responses, & sales pitch for customer reqmts; all phases of s/ware dvlpmt life cycle starting from reqmt analysis to system deployment; leading dsgn & dvlpmt teams for Java-based enterprise cloud applics; data modelling & architecting exp for SQL/NOSQL dbases.

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TECHNICAL / ENGINEERING ServiceNow, Inc. has the following position available in Santa Clara, CA: Technical Lead (5142): Analyze issue patterns and trends to draw actionable insights.

Position may require up to 10% travel.

Submit resume by mail to: ServiceNow, Inc., Attn: Global Mobility, 2225 Lawson Lane, Santa Clara, CA 95054. Must include job title and job code: 5142.

Mattson Technology, Inc. has opptys in Fremont, CA for Sr Field Srvc Engrs. May wrk at our HQ office in Fremont, CA or reside anywhere in US & wrk remotely from home, may wrk at other US locatns not prsntly known. Mail resume to Attn: HR, 47131 Bayside Pkwy, Fremont, CA 94538, Ref #FREJSU. Must be legally auth to work in the U.S. w/o spnsrshp. EOE

IT Management Corp has multiple openings in Santa Clara, CA.. Network & Compter Sys Administrator. Master’s in CE, EE, NE, or equiv degree. DB Administrator.

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ENGINEERING Toshiba Memory America, Inc.(TMA) is accptg resumes for Staff Engineer in San Jose, CA. Verify module designs for the SSD controllers. Develop SV/ UVM verification environment and be responsible for verification and silicon validation of module. Mail resume to TMA, Attn: Staffing Dept., 2610 Orchard Parkway, San Jose, CA 95134. Must reference Ref. DCG-CA

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LEGALS & PUBLIC NOTICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #651278 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Daha Realty, 20065 Stevens Creek Blvd Building B-2A, Cupertino, CA, 95014, Gyoungmi Han, 7767 Lilac Way, Cupertino, CA, 95014. 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/ Gyoungmi Han. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 02/11/2019. (pub Metro 02/20, 02/27, 03/06, 03/13/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #651247

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #651286 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: JBJ Investments, 980 Carson Dr., Sunnyvale, CA, 94086, Vikram Shoker, James Kawamoto, 3967 Sagewood Pl., San Ramon, CA, 94582, James Sung, 2261 Grapevine Ter, Fremont, CA, 94539. This business is being conducted by a General Partnership. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 02/08/2019. /s/Vikram Shoker. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 02/11/2019. (pub Metro 02/20, 02/27, 03/06, 03/13/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #651329

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Trace Wellness, 250 N. Wolfe Rd., Sunnyvale, CA, 94085, Tracy Albuera, 2069 Fairmont Dr., San Mateo, CA, 94402. 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/Tracy Albuera. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 02/19/2019. (pub Metro 02/27, 03/06, 03/13, 03/20/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #651671

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Sky High Sports Cam, 1740 Blackford Lane, San Jose, CA, 95125, Steve Okamoto. This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 02/15/2019. /s/Steve Okamoto. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 02/22/2019. (pub Metro 03/06, 03/13, 03/20, 03/27/2019)

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #651731

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Prestige Leveraged Pension Services, 3561 Homestead Rd., STE 503, Santa Clara, CA, 95051, Cayman Capital Management, Inc., 80 Bel Verdere Street, STE 3, San Rafael, CA, 94901. This business is being conducted by a Corporation. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 08/30/2018. Above entity was formed in the state of California. /s/Dennis B. Noss.

CEO. #4209898. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 01/30/2019. (pub Metro 02/20, 02/27, 03/06, 03/13/2019)

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Stump Be Gone, 19930 Wright Dr., Los Gatos, CA, 95033, Qinghzi Wu, Charles Hageman. This business is being conducted by a General Partnership. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 01/07/2019. /s/ Charles Hageman. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 02/22/2019. (pub Metro 02/27, 03/06, 03/13, 03/20/2019)

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. Lucky Stars Tattoo, 2.Gods & Monsters LLC, 1050 Blossom Hill Rd., Suite 200, San Jose, CA, 95125, Gods & Monsters LLC. This company is owned by a General Partnership. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. Refile in facts from previous filing #498898. Above entity was formed in the state of California. /s/Martin Lee Roberson. Manager. #2019902910778. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 02/25/2019. (pub Metro 03/06, 03/13, 03/20, 03/27/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #651336 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Mosaic Mortgage Group, 2315 South Bascom Ave, Suite 300-A, Campbell, CA, 95008, Premier Lending, Inc, 1199 Howard Ave, Suite 200, Burlingame, CA, 94010. 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/Faris Faraj. President. #3230221.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 02/12/2019. (pub Metro 02/20, 02/27 03/06, 03/13/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #651456 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Sightline Design Studio, 526 W. Fremont Ave., #2075, Sunnyvale, CA, 94087. 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/Frances Sun. #C4231629. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 02/15/2019. (pub Metro 02/20, 02/27, 03/06, 03/13/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #651491 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Resolute Clothing, 501 W. Hacienda Ave., B5, Campbell, CA, 95008, Brandon Bush. 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/Brandon Bush. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 02/15/2019. (pub Metro 02/27, 03/06, 03/13, 03/20/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #651185 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: New/ Found Market, 998 The Alameda, San Jose, CA, 95126, Joseph Thomas Amato, Elizabeth Zavala Amato, 4101 Hidden Valley Lane, San Jose, CA, 95127 . This business is being conducted by a Married Couple. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 02/07/2019. /s/Joseph Thomas Amato. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 02/07/2019. (pub Metro 02/27, 03/06, 03/13, 03/20/2019)

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME #651436 The following person(s) / registrant(s) has / have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name(s): Cooking Papa, 1962 W. El Camino Read, Mountain View, CA, 94040, My Cooking Papa, Inc. Filed in the Santa Clara county on 02/14/2014 under file No. 588293. This business was conducted by: A Corporation: Filed on 02/15/2019. /s/ Prascilla Lau, Treasurer. (pub dates: 02/27, 03/06, 03/13, 03/20/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #651683 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: AEZ Real Estate School, 4010 Moorpark Ave., #205, San Jose, CA, 95117, AEZ Investment Inc.. This business is being conducted by a Corporation. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 02/01/2019.

Above entity was formed in the state of California. /s/Xiaoyong Luo. CEO. #C3376518. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 02/22/2019. (pub Metro 02/27, 03/06, 03/13, 03/20/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #651562 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Chemical And Hazmat Engineering Services, 1488 Kooser Road, San Jose, CA, 95118, Sean Dhyana Tobin, Michelle Danine Tobin. This business is being conducted by a Married Couple. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Michelle Tobin. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 02/20/2019. (pub Metro 02/27, 03/06, 03/13, 03/20/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #651357 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Almaden Arco, 4995 Almaden Expwy., San Jose, CA, 95118, Hadad Enterprise, Inc., 700 S. Bernardo Ave., STE 103, Sunnyvale, CA, 94087. This business is being conducted by a Corporation. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 10/14/2009. Above entity was formed in the state of California. /s/Ed Bozorghdad. President. #C2788826. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 02/13/2019. (pub Metro 03/06, 03/13, 03/20, 03/27/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #650748 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Kat Ballet Studio, 2385 Winchester Blvd., Campbell, CA, 95008, Katsura Echizen Karadi, 1160 Blackfield Way, Mountain View, CA, 94040.

This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 01/29/2019. /s/Katsura Echizen Karadi. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 01/29/2019. (pub Metro 02/27, 03/06, 03/13, 03/20/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #651655 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Cedarblade Consulting, 2173 Hicks Ave., San Jose, CA, 95125, Frank Cedarblade.

This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 01/15/2019. /s/Frank Cedarblade. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 02/22/2019. (pub Metro 03/06, 03/13, 03/20, 03/27/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #651662 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Priority Care Of Franthena, 2764 Cramer Circle, San Jose, CA, 95111, Stephancharles Endeavors, Inc. 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/Mercedes Villamor. CEO. #C4242078. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 02/22/2019. (pub Metro 03/06, 03/13, 03/20, 03/27/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #651376 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Skyline Construction Inc., 2384 Walsh Avenue, Santa Clara, CA, 95051, Skyline Commercial Interiors, Inc., 505 Sansome Street, 7th Floor, San Francisco, CA, 94111. This business is being conducted by a Corporation. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 8/29/1996. Above entity was formed in the state of California. /s/Jared Isaacsohn. Legal Counsel/ VP. #C1977796. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 02/13/2019. (pub Metro 03/06, 03/13, 03/20, 03/27/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #651599 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Row House, 703 Blackfoot Ct., San Jose, CA, 95123, TWMK LLC. This business is being conducted by a Limited Liability Company. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. Above entity was formed in the state of California. /s/Tomoo Watanabe. Manager. #201902810309. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 02/21/2019. (pub Metro 03/06, 03/13, 03/20, 03/27/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #650983 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: JSJ Street Kitchen, 10815 N. Wolfe Rd Ste 105, Cupertino, CA, 95014, Gogigo Inc. 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/Yu Jin Lee. Secretary. #C3966448. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 02/01/2019. (pub Metro 02/27, 03/06, 03/13, 03/20/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #651613 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. AP Investment Management, 2. AP-Financial, 800 W. El Camino Real #180, Mountain View, CA, 94040, AP-Financial, 41931 Via San Carlos, Fremont, CA, 94539. This business is being conducted by a Limited Liability Company. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 03/01/2019. Above entity was formed in the state of California. /s/Anithah NeelakandaPillai. President. #201902510341. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 02/21/2019. (pub Metro 03/06, 03/13, 03/20, 03/27/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #651790 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Luxury Travel, Inc., 18597 Mccoy Ave., Saratoga, CA, 95070, Davis Luxury Travel Inc. This business is being conducted by a Corporation. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 03/15/1994. Refile in facts from previous filing #589163.

Above entity was formed in the state of California. /s/ Donald M Davis. President. #1957440. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 02/26/2019. (pub Metro 03/06, 03/13, 03/20, 03/27/2019)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME. CASE NO. 18CV339924

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner (name): for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: Ben H. Shelef. Proposed name: Benjamin Lyle Hackett. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name change described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: April 16, 2019 at 8:45 am, room: Probate. filed on: December 24, 2018 (pub dates: 03/06, 03/13, 03/20, 03/27/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #651597 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: P&N Kitchen, 555 Bryant St., #508, Palo Alto, CA, 94301, Cornelius Valdueza Nerpio, Phattarakorn Srimongkol. This business is being conducted by a General Partnership.

Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 05/01/2015. /s/ Phattarakorn Srimongkol. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 02/21/2019. (pub Metro 03/06, 03/13, 03/20, 03/27/2019)

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: TIMOTHY LAWRENCE WHITE, AKA TIMOTHY L. WHITE. CASE NO.: 19PR185325.

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of Timothy Lawrence White, aka Timothy L. White. 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 the decedent’s will and codicil is, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the courtThe 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 May 16, 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: 03/06,03/13, 03/20/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #651921 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. La Jolie Kim Entertainment Production, 2. Tinh Thuong Nca Charity, 2906 Stevens Lane, San Jose, CA, 95148, Kimberly Pauline Nguyen. This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 02/27/2019. /s/Kimberly Pauline Nguyen. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 02/27/2019. (pub Metro 03/06, 03/13, 03/20, 03/27/2019)

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The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Advantage Photography, 368 Imagination Pl., Milpitas, CA, 95035, Salvatore Ventura. 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/Salvatore Ventura. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 02/12/2019. (pub Metro 02/20, 02/27, 03/06, 03/13/2019)

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #651635 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Grandmas Naturals, 1825 Via El Capitan, San Jose, CA, 95124, Vir Consulting LLC. This business is being conducted by a Limited Liability Company. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 02/22/2019. Above entity was formed in the state of California. /s/Mario Cristiani.

Member. #201710810265. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 02/22/2019. (pub Metro 03/06, 03/13, 03/20, 03/27/2019)

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: ISABELLE MIRIAM WALKINSHAW, AKA ISABELLE WALKINSHAW SMITH, AKA ISABELLE WALKINSHAW, AKA ISABELLE M. WALKINSHAW.: 19PR185436.

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of Isabelle Miriam Walkinshaw, aka Isabelle Walkinshaw Smith, aka Isabelle Walkinshaw, aka Isabelle M. Walkinshaw. 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 the decedent’s will and codicil is, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the courtThe 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 June 7, 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) 758-4200. (Pub Dates: 03/06, 03/13, 03/20/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #651733

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. Goatscap, 2. Weapons Of Mass Appeal, 3. Goatscap, 6525 Crown Blvd., #41117, San Jose, CA, 95120, John Isaiah Beltran, 1035 Coleman, #7221, San Jose, CA, 95123. This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. Refile in facts from previous filing #585025 /s/John Isaiah Beltran. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 02/25/2019. (pub Metro 03/06, 03/13, 03/20, 03/27/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #651789 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Lake Almanor Properties, 1481 University Ave., San Jose, CA, 95126, Patricia Rubino Brunetti Trustee, Michael Brunetti. This business is being conducted by a Trust. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 4/10/2014.

Refile no changes in facts from previous filing #590572 /s/Patricia Rubino Brunetti. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 02/26/2019. (pub Metro 03/06, 03/13, 03/20, 03/27/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #651274 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: What The Bloom, 1315 Piedmont Rd., #33005, San Jose, CA, 95132, Ashley Anderson. This business is being conducted by an Individual.

Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Ashley Anderson. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 02/11/2019. (pub Metro 03/06, 03/13, 3/20, 3/27/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #651181 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Umeken U.S.A, 1092 E. El Camino Real, Sunnyvale, CA, 94087, Yong Soon Na. This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. Refile in facts from previous filing #591172. /s/Yong Soon Na. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 02/07/2019. (pub Metro 03/06, 03/13, 03/20, 03/27/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #651688 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Stalder Technologies and Research, 837 E. Greenwich Pl., Palo Alto, CA, 94303, Kenneth R. Stalder, 515 King St., Redwood City, CA, 94082.

This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 2/15/19. /s/Kenneth R. Stalder. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 02/22/2019. (pub Metro 03/13, 03/20, 03/27, 04/03/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #651949 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Laina Loves, 1729 N. 1st Street Unit 21114, San jose, CA, 95112, Marlaina Haretuku.

This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 08/01/2018. /s/Marlaina Haretuku. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 02/28/2019. (pub Metro 03/13, 03/20, 03/27, 04/03/2019)

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #652044

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Trace Wellness, 280 N. Wolfe Rd., Sunnyvale, CA, 94085, Tracy Albuera, 2069 Fairmont Dr., San Mateo, CA, 94402. 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/Tracy Albuera. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 02/28/2019. (pub Metro 03/06, 03/13, 03/20, 03/27/2019)

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. Tracy Corral Petsitter, 2. TRacy Petsitter, 1159 Bird Ave #2, San Jose, CA, 95125, Tracy Lynn Corral, Robert Tandler Mack. This business is being conducted by a Married Couple. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 02/09/2019. /s/Tracy L Corral. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 03/04/2019. (pub Metro 03/13, 03/20, 03/27, 04/03/2019)

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #652075

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Walgreens @ Vadon, 866 Campus Dr., Stanford, CA, 94305, Walgreen Co., 300 Wilmot Rd., Deerfield, IL, 60015. 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 Illinois. /s/Amelia Legutki. Asst. Secretary. #C0365922. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 02/22/2019. (pub Metro 03/06, 03/13, 03/20, 03/27/2019)

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Luceritos Family Daycare, 788 Lynxwood Ct., Sunnyvale, CA, 94086, Olga Quiroga. This business is being conducted by an Individual.

Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 03/04/2019. /s/Olga Quiroga. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 03/04/2019. (pub Metro 03/13, 03/20, 03/27, 04/03/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #652102 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Little Coffee Prince, 400 N. McCarthy Blvd, Milpitas, CA, 95035, Taisik Won, Kyungml Won Kim, 105 Belvue Drive, Los Gatos, CA, 95032. This business is being conducted by a Married Couple. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Taisik Won. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 03/05/2019. (pub Metro 03/13, 03/20, 03/27, 04/03/2019)

NOTICE OF INTENT TO SELL REAL PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE CONSERVATORSHIP OF THE PERSON AND ESTATE OF HECTOR D. GUZMAN, SANTA CLARA SUPERIOR COURT CASE NO. 17PR-182512 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on April 2, 2019 at 2:00 p.m., the Public Guardian of the County of Santa Clara, as Conservator of the Person and Estate of Hector D. Guzman, 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 1235 Palm Street, San Jose, CA 95110 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 real 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 please contact the Listing Agent, Al Pippert, Re/ Max Gold Santa Clara Valley, 1530 Parkmoor Ave. San Jose, CA 95128; (408) 998-1455. All bids 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 Person and Estate of Hector D. Guzman to reject any and all bids or offers. All bids or offers will be opened at 2:00 p.m. on April 2, 2019 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.

Date 03/6/19James J. Ramoni, Public Guardian County Santa ClaraJames R. Williams, County CounselMark A. Gonzalez, Lead Deputy County CounselEXHIBIT “A”Real Property in the City of San Jose, County of Santa Clara, State of California, described as follows: PORTION OF BLOCK 13, SOUTH, RANGE 6 WEST, AS SHOWN UPON THAT CERTAIN MAP ENTITLED, “MAP OF THE JAMES LICK HOMESTEAD TRACT IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE CITY OF SAN JOSE”, WHICH MAP WAS FILED FOR RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE RECORDER OF THE COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ON MAY 28, 1885 IN BOOK B OF MAPS, AT PAGE 22, AND MORE PARTICULARY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE SOUTHWESTERN LINE OF PALM AVENUE, DISTANT THEREON NORTH 30⁰ 39’ WEST 280 FEET FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH THE NORTHWESTERN LINE OF FLOYD STREET; RUNNING THENCE ALONG THE SOUTHWESTERN LINE OF PALM AVENUE NORTH 30⁰ 39’ WEST 40 FEET TO A STAKE; THENCE AT RIGHT ANGLES SOUTH 59⁰ 21’ WEST 123.84 FEET TO A STAKE; THENCE SOUTH 29⁰ 48’ EAST 40 FEET; THENCE NORTH 59⁰ 21’ EAST 124.45 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. APN: 434-12-055(Publication Dates: 03/13, 03/20, 03/27/2019

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #651690 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Leader of the Pack, 1259 Payne Drive, Los Altos, CA, 94024, Mario Pastran. This business is being conducted by an Individual.

Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 2/1/17. /s/Mario Pastran. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 02/22/2019. (pub Metro 03/13, 03/20, 03/27, 04/03/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #652219 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Stonehearth Ventures, 55 Pepper Drive, Los Altos, CA, 94022, Jonathan Baer. This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 02/22/2019. /s/Jonathan Baer. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 03/07/2019. (pub Metro 03/13, 03/20, 03/27, 04/03/2019)

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF (NAME): DOROTHY CHRISTINE PRIES CASE NUMBER: 19PR185515 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): DOROTHY CHRISTINE PRIESA 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 the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personalrepresentative to take many actions without obtaining court approval.

Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representativewill be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administrationauthority 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: June 28, 2019 Time: 9:00 a.m. Dept.: 13Address of court: 191 N. 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 objections with the court before thehearing. 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 appointedby 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 Noticeform is available from the court clerk.Attorney for petitioner (name): Mark A. Gonzalez, Lead Deputy County Counsel(Address): 373 West Julian Street, Suite 300, San Jose, CA 95110(Telephone): 408-7584200(Pub Dates Metro, 03/13, 03/20, 03/27/2019)

SECRETARY OF STATE, ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF A GENERAL STOCK CORPORATION

The name of the corporation is: DUC NGUYEN TRUCKING, 933 Alta Mar Terrace, San Jose, CA, 95126. Service of Process is be conducted by an Individual. Duc Van Nguyen.

The corporation is authorized to issue only on class of shares of stock. The total number of shares which this corporation is authorized to issue is 10000. The purpose of the corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which a corporation may be organized under the General Corporation Law of California other than the banking business, the trust company business or the practice of a profession permitted to be incorporated by the California Corporations Code. /s/Son Nguyen, CPA. (pub dates: 03/06, 03/13, 03/20, 03/27/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #652174 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Alex Citkowicz Business Development Services, 1120 Ranchero Way Apt 21, San Jose, CA, 95117, Alex Citkowicz. This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 03/06/2019. /s/Alex Citkowicz. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 03/062019. (pub Metro 03/13, 03/20, 03/27, 04/03/2019)

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY might be a good time to acquire a flamethrower. It would come in handy if you felt the urge to go to a beach and incinerate mementos from an ex-ally.

It would also be useful if you wanted to burn stuff that reminds you of who you used to be and don't want to be any more; or if you got in the mood to set ablaze symbols of questionable ideas you used to believe in but can't afford to believe in any more. If you don't want to spend $1,600-plus on a flamethrower, just close your eyes for 10 minutes and visualize yourself performing acts of creative destruction like those I mentioned.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Taurus aphorist Olivia Dresher writes that she would like to be "a force of nature," but "not causing any suffering." The way I interpret her longing is that she wants to be wild, elemental, uninhibited, primal, raw, pure—all the while without inflicting any hurt or damage on herself or anyone else. In accordance with your astrological omens, Taurus, that's a state I encourage you to embody in the coming weeks. If you're feeling extra smart— which I suspect you will—you could go even further.

You may be able to heal yourself and others with your wild, elemental, uninhibited, primal, raw, pure energy.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In some major cities, the buttons you push at a crosswalk don't actually work to make the traffic light turn green faster. The same is true about the "Close Door" buttons in many elevators. Pushing them doesn't have any effect on the door. Harvard psychologist Ellen Langer says these buttons are like placebos that give you "the illusion of control." I bring this phenomenon to your attention, Gemini, in hope of inspiring you to scout around for comparable things in your life. Is there any situation where you imagine you have power or influence but probably don't? If so, now is an excellent time to find out—and remedy that problem.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Philip Boit was born

and raised in Kenya, where it never snows except on the very top of Mount Kenya. Yet he represented his country in the cross-country skiing events at the Winter Olympics in 2002 and 2006. How did he do it? He trained up north in snowy Finland. Meanwhile, Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong competed for Ghana in the slalom in the 2010 Winter Olympics. Since there was no snow in his homeland, he practiced his skills in the French Alps. These two are your role models for the coming months, Cancerian. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you'll have the potential to achieve success in tasks and activities that may not seem like a natural fit.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In the process of casting for

his movie The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, director David Fincher considered selecting A-list actress Scarlet Johansson to play the heroine. But ultimately he decided she was too sexy and radiant. He wanted a pale, thin, tougher-looking actress, whom he found in Rooney Mara. I suspect that in a somewhat similar way, you may be perceived as being too much something for a role you would actually perform quite well. But in my astrological opinion, you're not at all too much. In fact, you're just right. Is there anything you can do—with full integrity—to adjust how people see you and understand you without diluting your brightness and strength?

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In 1993, an English

gardener named Eric Lawes used his metal detector to look for a hammer that his farmer friend had lost in a field. Instead of the hammer, he found the unexpected: a buried box containing 15,234 old Roman silver and gold coins worth more than $4 million today. I bring this to your attention, Virgo, because I suspect that you, too, will soon discover something different from what you're searching for.

Like the treasure Lawes located, it might even be more valuable than what you thought you wanted.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): "The role of the artist is exactly the same as the role of the lover," wrote author James Baldwin. "If I love you, I have to make you conscious of the things you don't see."

To fully endorse that statement, I'd need to add two adverbs. My version would be, "The role of the artist is exactly the same as the role of the lover.

If I love you, I have to kindly and compassionately make you conscious of the things you don't see."

In accordance with current astrological omens, I recommend that you Libras enthusiastically adopt that mission during the coming weeks. With tenderness and care, help those you care about to become aware of what they've been missing—and ask for the same from them toward you.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): For thousands of generations, our early ancestors were able to get some of the food they needed through a practice known as persistence hunting. They usually couldn't run as fast as the animals they chased. But they had a distinct advantage: They could keep moving relentlessly until their prey grew exhausted. In part that's because they had far less hair than the animals, and thus could cool off better. I propose that we adopt this theme as a metaphor for your life in the coming weeks and months. You won't need to be extra fast or super ferocious or impossibly clever to get what you want. All you have to do is be persistent and dogged and disciplined.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Wompsi'kuk

Skeesucks Brooke is a Native American woman of the Mohegan tribe. According to her description of Mohegan naming traditions, and reported by author Elisabeth Pearson Waugaman, "Children receive names that are descriptive. They may be given new names at adolescence, and again as they go through life according to what their life experiences and accomplishments are." She concludes that names "change as the individual changes." If you have been thinking about transforming the way you express and present yourself, you might want to consider such a shift, and 2019 will be a favorable time to at least add a new nickname or title. And I suspect you'll have maximum inspiration to do so in the coming weeks.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): For many of us, smell

is our most neglected sense. We see, hear, taste and feel with vividness and eagerness, but allow our olfactory powers to go underused. In accordance with astrological omens, I hope you will compensate for that dearth in the coming weeks. There is subtle information you can obtain—and in my opinion, need quite strongly—that will come your way only with the help of your nose. Trust the guidance provided by scent.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Essayist Nassim

Nicholas Taleb says humans come in three types: fragile, robust, or antifragile. Those who are fragile work hard to shield themselves from life's messiness.

The downside? They are deprived of experiences that might spur them to grow smarter. As for robust people, Taleb believes they are firm in the face of messiness. They remain who they are even when they're disrupted. The potential problem?

They may be too strong to surrender to necessary transformations. If you're the third type, antifragile, you engage with the messiness and use it as motivation to become more creative and resilient. The downside? None. In accordance with the astrological omens, Aquarius, I urge you to adopt the antifragile approach in the coming weeks.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In 2014, NASA managed to place its MAVEN spacecraft into orbit around Mars. The cost of the mission was $671 million.

Soon thereafter, the Indian government put its own vehicle, the Mangalyaan, into orbit around the Red Planet. It spent $74 million. As you plan your own big project, Pisces, I recommend you emulate the Mangalyaan rather than the MAVEN. I suspect you can do great things—maybe even your personal equivalent of sending a spacecraft to Mars—on a relatively modest budget.

Homework: Upon waking up for the next seven mornings, sing a song that fills you with feisty, glorious hope.

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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Looking sharp for a night out at CINEQUEST.

In the California Theatre for CINEQUEST.

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BILL NIGHY plays to the camera as he accepts the Maverick Spirit Award at the California Theatre during the Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival.

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From left, Brendan Rawson, executive director of SAN JOSE JAZZ with his wife, Amanda Rawson, Pilar Aguero-Esparza and Chris Esparza at the SJZ Mardi Gras-themed fundraising gala, Over The Moon.

San Jose Jazz board member Ross McMahon with his wife, Tai McMahon at the SJZ’s OVER THE MOON gala at the Sainte Claire.

From left Zachary Schroeder, Kathleen Schroeder, Isabella Jaccinto, David Peterson Jr., Anne Peterson and David Peterson at San Jose Jazz’s OVER THE MOON fundraising gala.

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