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ISawYou@metronews.com Send us your anonymous rants and raves about your co-workers or any badly behaving citizen to I SAW YOU, Metro, 380 S. First St., San Jose, 95113, or via email.

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Ridiculous lack of oversight!

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RE: SAN JOSE WATER CO. FINALIZES MERGER WITH EAST COAST UTILITY, SAN JOSE INSIDE, OCT. 16

RE: SAN JOSE WATER CO. FINALIZES MERGER WITH EAST COAST UTILITY, SAN JOSE INSIDE, OCT. 16

And with water, an aging system in a heavily impacted area. I wonder what kind of ride we are in for.

This will be another epic cluster-f**k, with system investment siphoned off to the parent company.

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It puzzles me how you have enough clout to work for a premier comedy club.

A couple of weeks ago, I attended your impromptu sidewalk interviews, during which you trashtalked a prior interviewee.

Afterward, you walked me over to a co-worker who told me she would send me an email with a link and training dates. Well, I never received it. Just last week, I noticed you on the sidewalk again at that same table where you were soliciting job applications when we first met. I approached to follow up on our previous conversation, but you made it quite apparent that you had no time for me. When I asked about the job, you replied coldly, “Everyone has been hired.” I asked why you were still outside, and you responded that it was due to inside construction.

“Then why is there a ‘Job Fair’ sign right there?” I asked. You shook your head side to side and rolled your eyes. I walked away, and while I was crossing the street you sarcastically shouted, “God bless you.”

Listen, I don't need no blessings. But you should pray for divine intervention to undo whatever it is that cursed you with the charm of a caveman.

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THE FLY

Full Circle

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KANSEN CHU says he’ll refrain from endorsing anyone in the race to succeed him in the state Assembly—at least in the primary. But he came close on Friday by donating $500 to AD25 candidate JIM CANOVA at his kickoff party.

It was a lively affair at Santa Clara Councilwoman TERESA O’NEILL’s house, with a guest list that read like a “who’s who” of Mission City. Canova, a 27-year trustee of the Santa Clara Unified School District, celebrated alongside board colleague MARK RICHARDSON, council members KATHY WATANABE, DEB DAVIS and RAJ CHAHAL and Mayor LISA GILLMOR. MetroEd Superintendent ALYSSA LYNCH showed up to support Canova, who has promised to prioritize vocational training agencies like the one she leads.

China Stix catered a full spread as guests nibbled on cookies iced with Canova’s name.

At Richardson’s behest, Gillmor and Watanabe engaged in a bidding war over the only glass of milk, driving the price up to $750.

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Canova told Fly he was especially excited to have Assemblyman Chu and his wife DAISY CHU at the party. In the early ’90s, as a Teamsters truck driver, Canova said he used to deliver food to the Chus’ restaurant, Ocean Harbor. The couple toasting his run for higher office brought things full circle.

“They used to feed me on those deliveries,” Canova recalled while greeting guests at O’Neill’s front door. “I remember Daisy would bring out these wonderful meals.”

In an emotional speech later that night, Canova told the Chus, “It’s people like us who need to be elected.”

Chu sent local pols scrambling earlier this year when he announced that he’d eschew another term in the Assembly to vie for Santa Clara County Supervisor DAVE CORTESE’s seat. Canova’s running in the March 2020 primary against former state policy aide ALEX LEE, community organizer NATASHA GUPTA, Milpitas Councilwoman CARMEN MONTANO and lone-Republican-inthe-race BOB BRUNTON (who’s being fined by the FPPC for his 2014 run).

STONEWALLED Auditors say the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office refused to cooperate with reviews that unearthed unsettling findings about internal accountability.

Internal Aware Audit shows sheriff’s accountability reforms stalled for years

BY JENNIFER WADSWORTH

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EOPOLDO MANZO JR. says he told jailers about his ailments. Upon his booking at Santa Clara County’s Main Jail Dec. 18, 2014, he described how a teenager had riddled his torso with bullets a year-and-a-half prior and that two of the five rounds remained lodged in his organs, leaving him scarred by mental trauma and debilitated by nerve pain.

Despite the warnings, Manzo claims in a lawsuit against the county that jail deputies ignored his repeated requests for medication, equipment and care. To add insult to literal injury, he says they battered his already broken body on

two separate occasions—in March 2015 and again a few months later.

Manzo reported both incidents to Internal Affairs. And in the months to follow, he went on to file numerous additional grievances asking the county to investigate allegations of medical neglect and excessive force. But his complaints to IA ended the way most do: with the Sheriff’s Office rejecting it and never saying why.

Broken Promise Mentally ill inmate Michael Tyree’s Aug. 26, 2015 murder by three jail guards ignited public outrage and sweeping reforms. Subsequent revelations that more than 300 use-of-force complaints between 2010 and late 2015 resulted in just

15 Internal Affairs probes and five sustained findings infuriated inmate advocates. A citizen-led blue-ribbon commission convened to address the agency’s failures demanded— among a host of other accountability measures—stronger oversight over complaints against officers.

To address the concerns, in the spring of 2016, Sheriff Laurie Smith rolled out a new “early warning” software called Blue Team. Officials said they’d use the electronic system to track grievances and flag officers repeatedly accused of problematic behaviors.

For the better part of the next few years, however, inadequate training and a mounting backlog rendered the system effectively useless.

Of the 108 excessive force complaints submitted to IA since 2015—the year Manzo filed his claims and Tyree died—the unit sustained just one. And according to a recently published Harvey M. Rose Associates audit, only 23 were ever investigated. The rest were apparently rejected outright.

By that count, the IA unit upheld just 1.5 percent of all complaints from 2010 to 2018. That’s far below the statewide average. Data reported

of-force statistics to the public on a regular basis.

“A lack of reporting on critical incidents and proactive interventions can increase the civil liability of the organization,” Solov wrote, “and result in a loss of public trust and confidence.”

Blue Out The Sheriff ’s Office launched Blue Team in early 2016 amidst unprecedented public scrutiny, which might explain why it would rush to get the system up and running.

But, according to Solov, the law enforcement agency implemented the software after extremely limited testing and without any departmentissued memoranda or adequate training on how to use it.

“The Internal Affairs Unit reports that they planned a ‘train the trainer’ event to review the system with supervisors, but few divisions participated,” she wrote in her audit.

Things didn’t improve much after the program’s botched takeoff. Two years after the agency began using the system, it still lacked any written procedures or other resources to effectively leverage Blue Team’s capabilities. “Lack of training and resources available to staff likely resulted in higher error rates and a more lengthy review process for Internal Affairs than if these resources had been available,” Solov stated in her report.

Had staffing been the issue, the Sheriff ’s Office could have requested more funding to make Blue Team a viable accountability mechanism.

But that didn’t seem to be the case. In a March 2018 update on reform efforts, the agency told the Board of Supervisors that it already implemented the Blue Teampowered early warning system and required no additional help for the project. “It is unclear how eight new staff were provided by the board for the early warning system and associated processes, yet the system’s backlogs as reported by staff indicate that it is under-resourced and not resulting in reliable ‘warnings’ of potential problems,” Solov wondered, “but the board was advised that the system was operating as expected and required no additional resources.”

Solov advised the head of IA to

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to the California Department of Justice shows that law enforcement agencies throughout the state sustained 8.4 percent of claims filed against officers from 2008 to 2017.

Meanwhile, patterns of problematic behavior by officers went undetected by the Santa Clara County’s Blue Team software thanks to a massive pile-up of past-due cases.

Harvey Rose auditor Cheryl Solov found that 2,900 Blue Team reports awaited review last she checked in January 2018. Where the backlog stands today remains unclear, as Sheriff ’s Office spokesman Sgt. Michael Low has yet to respond to multiple requests over the past month for a current tally.

Lt. Neil Valenzuela, who until recently oversaw the IA, tells Metro that the 2,900-case stockpile got cleared up. “Yes, we did have a backlog during the audit,” he says.

“We actually contacted the creator of the [Blue Team/IA Pro] program at CI Technologies and had code written to automatically place reports into the system after review by the deputies’ chain of command.”

He says his colleague, Lt. Adam Oberdorfer, briefed the Harvey Rose team, “letting them know we didn’t have a backlog anymore and [that] reports go in directly.”

Solov denies receiving such an update. The only communication she received was a paragraph from Sheriff Smith, which Solov appended as an attachment to the audit. “The backlog of Blue Team entries is overstated in general,” Smith wrote in the missive.

“However, the foundational problem has been resolved with new automated processes that transfer pending Blue Team entries into the IA Pro application.”

The sheriff ’s response offered no data to counter Solov’s findings, so the public has to take her word for it for the time being. Lack of information is a recurring theme in Solov’s assessment of the sheriff ’s internal accountability system.

The Sheriff ’s Office has failed to prioritize high-level reporting or analysis of officer misconduct and ways to correct it, Solov wrote in her scathing report, which went live on the county website last month and has yet to come up for discussion by the Board of Supervisors. Further, she said, Sheriff Smith has yet to fulfill her promise of presenting use-

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SILENT TREATMENT Harvey M. Rose auditors say Sheriff Laurie Smith refused to give them the information they needed to conduct a thorough review of her agency.

drum up a one-year plan for how to fix the Blue Team’s seemingly interminable backlog. She also advised the county’s five elected supervisors to hold the Sheriff ’s Office to a higher transparency standard by demanding data on excessive force and earlywarning system.

In her formal response to the management audit, Sheriff Smith dismisses Solov’s critiques as misguided, or, in some cases, unfounded. “The Sheriff ’s Office takes the management of the Internal Affairs Unit very seriously,” Smith wrote. “However, the issues listed within the audit have little merit.”

The sheriff ’s refusal to provide much in the way of detail in her response to the audit reflected her treatment of Solov’s team throughout the year-long review.

According to Solov, Smith seemed more concerned about a “leak” than

the substance of the audit. Smith and her staff “did not refute, verify or discuss any of [the audit’s] content,” Solov wrote. Rather, “among other unusual comments made during the exit conference,” she said Smith and Undersheriff Rick Sung vowed to find out who leaked to Metro “an inconsequential and strange email” in which the sheriff demands proprietary notes and supporting material for the audit.

“We do not know how the email came to be widely distributed,” Solov wrote in a footnote, “only that the sheriff and the undersheriff used the time we provided to obtain their views on a draft of this report to first accuse and then threaten us regarding the email.”

Blind Spots Sarah Marinho—a civil rights attorney who’s represented several

Santa Clara County inmates in litigation against the Sheriff ’s Office—says the audit’s findings about IA are disappointing, but entirely unsurprising. She’s interrogated enough IA apparatchiks to lose faith in the systemic integrity of the unit.

In an Aug. 13 deposition of Sgt. Richard Glennon, Marinho asked if the agency trained him to review an accused officer’s entire history of misconduct as a matter of course as part of an IA investigation. Glennon seemed a little uncertain about how to answer that.

“As far as I’ve been trained, I couldn’t—I wouldn’t want to speculate,” he replied, according to a transcript of the exchange.

“I’m only asking about your training and experience,” Marinho clarified. “So, in your training and experience, are you expected to go through the involved officer’s other allegations against them as part of your investigation?”

“I think in part of any IA investigation, you’re looking at the incident at hand,” Glennon said.

“It doesn’t inform the incident at hand to know if that officer has other allegations against him regarding misconduct?” Marinho asked.

“I would agree that it would be relevant,” Glennon ceded.

Had the sergeant probed deeper into the 2017 excessive force claim Marinho was asking about, he would’ve found that the same officer—Deputy Rico West—was subject to a similar allegation just 13 months preceding the “incident at hand.” According to the Sheriff ’s Office early warning system, however, that new claim wouldn’t have raised a red flag because it took place more than a year after the case assigned to Glennon.

That’s just for IA complaints.

The Sheriff ’s Office also fields an entirely separate class of allegations called grievances, which officers apparently aren’t required to factor into an IA investigation. In another Aug. 13 depo of Sgt. Adam Valle, he told Marinho that grievances don’t even show up in the Blue Teamlinked IA Pro software.

“So, as we sit here today, you still

don’t know whether or not you can … look up all grievances filed on a particular deputy, right?” Marinho asked.

“In IA Pro we can with the complaints,” he answered.

“Right,” Marinho said. “So my question was limited to grievances.”

“No,” he said. “I don’t know.”

Changes Ahead Santa Clara Supervisor Joe Simitian—who sat on the Finance and open Government Committee a few years back when it ordered the September Harvey Rose audit and another that was released earlier this month—says the findings in both reports underscore the need for civilian oversight.

And they just so happened to come out just as the county voted to select OIR Group to lead an Office of Corrections and Law Enforcement Monitoring. Once the county finalizes negotiations, the independent oversight entity will have several primary duties: to audit and monitor the Sheriff ’s Office, field complaints, analyze policy and issue recommendations, conduct public outreach and provide mediation.

“I think the timing of the reports are fortuitous,” Simitian says, “because you can take these two documents and hand them to the folks at OIR and you’ve essentially given them a road map—a work plan.”

The challenge will be to provide oversight for an office helmed by an independently elected official like the sheriff. Given the office’s lack of cooperation with Harvey Rose, Simitian says he’s sure the new monitor’s office will have a challenging time providing meaningful accountability. A Harvey Rose report issued on Oct. 10 notes that of 623 recommendations issued by various groups to reform the Sheriff ’s Office in the wake of the Tyree tragedy, the audit could only confirm that less than 10 percent were ever completed.

“Those reforms,” Simitian says, “are only as good as the oversight that comes with it.”

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DRINK IT IN Through this humble facade passed bums, poets and Metro employees to partake in the daily happy hour.

Diving In Columnist recalls many a happy hour spent at SoFA District’s Cactus Club

BY GARY SINGH

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AST WEEK, the anti-manabout-town rocksplained the history of San Jose’s legendary Cactus Club, our only possible equivalent of CBGB in New York. This week, we drill down even deeper into one particular component of that glorious place that emerged near its final years: the infamous Cactus Club Happy Hour from 5 to 9pm every single day until the place closed.

Were it not for that happy hour, I would not have wound up working for Metro in the first place. I have Cactus to thank for it all.

Unlike jock bars that offered a happy hour from, say, 3 to 5pm or 4 to 6pm, the gig at Cactus was four hours long, catering to homeless punks, counterculture twenty-somethings and indigent old drunks from the art scene years earlier, plus a neato melange of lounge lizards, washed up strippers, transients, short-order crooks, bums, poets and Metro employees. In the latter case, I already wasn’t living in the most healthy manner, but at least I had a few

sporadic freelance writing gigs, both highbrow and lowbrow assignments.

Eventually, the right person at Cactus’ happy hour, Lisa Thomas, greased the skids for me to apply at Metro. It would never have happened otherwise.

At Cactus, Lorin Ferguson, who sadly passed away not too long ago, was one of the bartenders who supported me throughout many evenings of stale Bud drafts and Jager shots. All of which led to me spinning atrocious easy listening records every single Wednesday. It would be stretching it to say I was a “DJ” since all we did is place one beat-up turntable on top of the bar, but every freaking week I had to accost Eagle Buckett, the Cactus “technician,” who is also no longer with us, for a pair of female-tofemale RCA jacks just so we could pipe the turntable through the “house system,” meaning, the stereo behind the bar. Yet it cranked. So until the place closed for good I spun easy listening, exotica, bad TV themes, space-age bachelor pad

tunes and all sorts of nonsense, just so I could get free drinks from 5 to 9pm every Wednesday. Rockin’ Rob Dapello, brother of Rancid’s Lars Frederiksen, regularly came in to request the Smokey and the Bandit theme, which I always played. Sadly, Rob passed away in 2001, right at the height of that era.

During one particular Wednesday happy hour, when Mojo Nixon was loading in to perform later that night, he heard me spinning a ridiculous bluegrass version of “Dominique” by the Singing Nun. “You’re a disturbed man,” he said to me, shaking his head.

I’m not making that up. In fact, I bragged for years that Mojo Nixon had called me a disturbed man.

The stories are endless. One day a Cactus security guard decided to headbutt the plate-glass window at Earl Scheib’s Auto Body next door while citing passages from the Satanic Bible under his breath. The window shattered, and minutes later I saw small shards of glass protruding from his chest while the paramedics struggled to lift his heavy frame into the ambulance, all while he screamed, “Hail Satan!”

Such incidents were everyday occurrences. In my case, I was so messed up that I even rewrote an old text by occultist Aleister Crowley, a piece called The Green Goddess in which he waxes poetic from a New Orleans absinthe bar. I rewrote the whole thing, applying it to Cactus instead. So allow me now to finish this column with a passage from that text: For here the stage was set for no common bards, no less than real maidens Alanis Morissette and Gwen Stefani, who soon rose to arena status. Here too played the late Kurt Cobain, Country Dick Montana, Johnny Thunders, Dee Dee Ramone and Andrew Wood of Mother Love Bone—all five of whom lived and died, giving their names to the perils of their trade. Here, authentic, and, as I imagine indignant, their ghosts do indeed stalk grimly.

And during the Cactus Club’s daily happy hour as I exchange aphorisms with the bartender concerning the vanity of things, I perceive the secret of the heart of God himself; this, that everything, even the vilest urinesoaked place, is so unutterably lovely that it is worthy of the devotion of a God for all eternity.

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HOT MIC Ken Patterson, assistant training director at KFJC, lights up when he’s behind the boards.

Alternative Airwaves Before corporate radio and streaming algorithms, college DJs at Foothill College’s KFJC championed cutting-edge music BY MIKE HUGUENOR

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N HOUR AND a half into KFJC’s weekly all-staff meeting, a voice rises from the back of the auditorium.

“This album is an exploration of krautrock, ambient soundscapes,

house music and noise,” Dangerous Dan announces. “A patchwork of various genres woven together.

This is an awesome album, and I’m predicting it’s going to get a lot of airplay.”

Up at the front of the room, an overhead projector casts the

album artwork onto an enormous screen. The cover is red, spare and confusingly labeled. After some parsing, you can kind of make out the band name: Eye O. If you’ve never heard of Eye O before, you’re not alone. The experimental San Francisco duo only

has about 400 “likes” on Facebook.

On YouTube, their most viewed video is in the double digits. Yet, at KFJC they’ve found their ideal audience: a dedicated collective of music lovers, determined to chart the absolute outer edges of sound.

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crowd listens, some taking detailed notes, as the station’s music department delivers live album reviews of their weekly acquisitions.

There’s Egyptian bellydance music, San Jose hardcore, Japanese noise and one record of unaccompanied saxophone that DJ Goodwrench describes as sounding “like either a grumpy elephant or someone squeaking a wet balloon.” Overall, it is a positive review.

As of this past weekend, KFJC has been broadcasting at 89.7 FM from Foothill College continuously for 60 years. In a tradition that stretches back to the mid-’70s, every Wednesday the staff gathers in room 5015 to discuss the ongoing health and sound of the station. In addition to Dangerous Dan and Goodwrench,

a handful of other DJs are in attendance, including Cousin Mary, Medusa of Troy, Number 6, Grawer and Cynthia Lombard. All of them have devoted countless hours and years of their lives to the station.

In the age of streaming media, college radio may seem hopelessly quaint, an anachronism held over from a bygone era. But at KFJC, there is an undeniable sense that something vital is happening. Instead of trying to compete with services like Spotify and Pandora, KFJC has instead made itself the home of music’s last true outsiders, those rebels, dreamers, and experimenters whose work remains largely invisible to the algorithm.

Poised at the bleeding edge of the underground, and populated by

people who care passionately about music (and very little about anything else), it is one of the most unlikely successes in Bay Area history—the “Wave of the West.”

HIGHWAY 280 REVISITED The idea for a radio station at Foothill College can be traced back to one person: Bob Ballou.

“The community had just approved a $10 million bond to build the new campus, and it just seemed right that it should have a radio station,” Ballou says in a taped interview from 2009.

Ballou was a student of Foothill’s first class in 1958. At the time, FM

radio was still a novelty, but a teenage Ballou and a classmate approached the school board with an idea for a student-run FM station, the board unanimously approved the idea. On Oct 20, 1959, KFJC hit local airwaves.

In its earliest days, the station broadcast from a broom closet. Its 10-watt transmitter was roughly the same strength as a hand-crank generator. A schedule published in the second issue of the Foothill News lists its debut programming as including an hour and a half of “study music,” followed by an “audio show.” At 10pm, the signal went dark.

The station set up a permanent base in 1961, when Foothill relocated to its current campus in the Los Altos Hills. No longer broadcasting out of a closet, the new station

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had three studios and a control room and functioned as part of the college’s Mass Communications Department. That November, the Mercury News published a quote from then-station manager Vic Blondi, who said that only non-offensive, “middle-of-the-road-type music will be presented”—far from the “wet balloons” and Japanese noise of last week’s additions.

Still, from its very inception KFJC had a roguish streak. In 1962, the station again made headlines, this time for its DIY spirit.

“A discarded crutch is being used to carry broadcasts from Foothill College’s FM station KFJC,” the article in the Mercury begins. The fix had been rigged up by Douglas Gardner, the station’s 26-year-old engineer, after the previous antenna had become corroded. “The crutch was just the thing. It was varnished and waterproof, and it was adjustable for tuning,” he boasted to the paper.

He continued with a little good old fashioned trash talk.

“I don’t know who made the other antenna, but he obviously didn’t consult anyone in the engineering department,” Gardner said. “The size and design are good, but the material is quite inferior.”

AMALGAMATED WARLOCKS Doc was born in LA. “A good place to be from,” as he puts it.

Since 1980, Doc has been KFJC’s

station supervisor. Like many at the station, radio was a big part of his youth. In high school, he tuned in to KCRW out of Santa Monica College, 89.9 on the FM dial. It was there that he found a refreshing freedom in the station’s non-commercial format.

“They had a folk guy, a jazz guy and a rock guy,” Doc recalls. “They’d come in when they got off from whatever they’d been doing, and they’d play music until they got tired—a lot of music you’d never heard before.”

Just as important: “There were no ads and no jingles.”

When he began looking at colleges, Doc knew wherever he went had to have a radio station. In the spring of 1968, he ended up at UC Berkeley, home of KALX. “Literally the day after I arrived, I went to find the station,” he says.

Doc’s show was called the “the Amalgamated Warlocks and Vampires Tuesday Afternoon Chewing and Sucking Friendship Club.” Predisposed toward rebellion, he says he chose the name to annoy the guy who made the program guides.

“He was making up the schedule and had these little boxes. So I gave him a show name that he couldn’t cram into the box.”

Over the following decade, Doc would spend eight years as music director at KALX, a position whose initials (M.D.) led to his enduring nickname.

While Doc was working at KALX, up in the Los Altos Hills, KFJC was going through some major changes.

Throughout the ’60s, the station

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received grants for educational programs, which it invested in updating its equipment. Then, in 1966, there was a brief scare after District President Calvin Flint (of Flint Center fame) declared radio a waste of school funds and tried to shut the station down. That June, for the only time in its history, KFJC went dark. The following October, it returned to the air with renewed community support, as evidenced by a Mercury article headlined “Foothill FM Fans Loyal.”

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The following decade, KFJC raised its profile significantly, taking on a more professional style and presenting a number of major concerts on the Foothill campus.

There was rock guitarist Tommy Bolin and Jose Feliciano, the Puerto Rican musician who recorded a hit “Light My Fire” cover and wrote “Feliz Navidad.” In 1977, in a coproduction with KSJO, KFJC hosted Journey on campus. Perennially ahead of the curve, it would be just one year before the alreadyestablished band released “Wheel in the Sky,” the massive hit that launched them toward their ultimate status as a karaoke bar staple.

Then came the mutiny of 1978.

That October, in a rare show of internal discord, a group of managers voted out KFJC’s presiding general manager, arguing that his style was too rigid—and even worse, that it was too mainstream.

“This was a defining moment

in KFJC history,” the station wrote via a recent Instagram post. “The mutineers take control of KFJC, waving high the banner of punk.”

Shortly after the insurrection, the position of radio station supervisor and broadcasting instructor opened up at Foothill. It was a dual-purpose role. Whoever stepped in would oversee day-to-day operations at KFJC, as well as teach the academic courses for the school’s major in broadcasting. More importantly, whoever filled the role would be the liaison between the station and the school’s administration.

By this time, Doc had spent two years as general manager at KALX, and had seen just about every angle of the college radio game. When a friend told him about the position at Foothill, he applied, going up against candidates with PhDs and commercial radio experience. Somehow, the host of “Amalgamated Warlocks” got the job. In 1980, Doc left KALX and joined the staff at KFJC. Cut from the same cloth as the mutinous DJs who had ousted their former manager, he fit right in.

INFINITE LOUIE It was in this environment that the station staged what is without a doubt its most transcendent stunt: Maximum “Louie Louie.”

Beginning at 6pm on Friday, Aug. 19, 1983, KFJC broadcast, for all to hear, every last version of “Louie Louie” that its DJs could get their hands on. The most popular version of the song, recorded by The Kingmen in 1963, lasts 2 minutes and 44 seconds. When the marathon was first announced, Maximum “Louie Louie” was expected to run for 30 hours. By the time it ended the following Monday morning, it had run for more than 63. Even then, there were still versions left to play.

“When it started, we had no idea how long it was going to go,” Doc says. “The station manager at the time finally realized that versions were coming in faster than we could play them. We had to have a cutoff

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point, otherwise we’d probably still be doing it.”

In total, KFJC aired more than 800 consecutive versions of “Louie Louie” that weekend. There were classical versions and dub versions, versions sung in the style of Bob Dylan, and versions recorded in nearby garages along the Peninsula. There was also a special performance: “Louie Louie” performed live in studio by the song’s original writer, Richard Berry. Joining him on

the song were Lady Bo (Bo Diddley’s rhythm guitarist and one of the greatest guitar players of all time), and the man who popularized the song: Jack Ely, vocalist for The Kingsmen. Their version of the song lasted 45 minutes.

Maximum “Louie Louie” attracted the attention of national news outlets. Inspired by the marathon, Rhino Records released a “Louie Louie” double-album compilation, for which Doc wrote the liner notes.

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MEN AT WORK From left to right, Bob Ballou, Jim Fernbaugh, Nathan Ballard and Roger Murray install a KFJC antenna.

However, Maximum “Louie Louie” also had an unexpected effect on the life of the song’s original writer.

In 1959, Richard Berry was just 24, a poor artist trying to get enough money together to marry his sweetheart. With plans to pay for a wedding, Berry drew up a contract on the back of a napkin and sold the rights to “Louie Louie” for $750. Four years later, The Kingsmen version of the song was a worldwide hit.

About 30 hours into Maximum “Louie Louie,” Berry got a call from an artists’ rights firm. Having heard about the marathon, they wanted to help him get the rights to the song back.

Their bid was eventually successful.

There is a sincere pride in Doc’s

voice as he describes this correction to history.

“It’s like the reverse of the normal story of white people exploiting the black artist and making all the money off of them,” he says. “He still didn’t make as much money as he should have, but at least he was able to end his life by reuniting with his family, playing music with his son and driving a Cadillac.”

NEW FRONTIERS Before he joined the station in 1991, Grawer was a skater from Cupertino with a passion for recording equipment.

“I was always nerding out on fourtrack cassette recorders, mixing, all

that,” he says. “When I came to the station, there wasn’t a whole lot of equipment, but they had reel-to-reel players, so I learned how to do that.”

Like KEXP in Seattle, and Tiny Desk at NPR, KFJC had long been recording touring bands when they came through town. But by 1994, the station had become more ambitious. That year, the station sent a crew to South

by Southwest in Austin—then still an up-and-coming festival—and broadcast the events live on air via satellite.

At the time, it was noteworthy technical achievement for such a small station. Thousands of dollars’ worth of equipment had to be purchased and shipped. A relay point was set up in a nearby hotel lobby. In a first for college radio, 30 different

stations around the country ended up picking up the broadcast, effectively distributing KFJC’s programming countrywide.

Two years later, Grawer and a crew traveled to Brixton, England to record another festival, their first international trip. Not long after that, they went to New Zealand for the Otago Arts Festival, where the station captured one-of-a-kind live recordings of some true legends of the Kiwi underground—artists like The Verlaines, The Dead C and Alastair Galbraith, whose influence shaped the sound of alternative rock in the ’80s and ’90s.

“We’ve built a pretty good crew of folks who are kinda rugged now,” Grawer says. “People who can pack light, go over, do a couple of live broadcasts from somewhere, then head back.”

Around the same time, Maybelline had come to the Bay Area for a job.

An enduring fan of the magic of live music, Maybelline had moved to the Bay Area in the hope of landing in San Francisco. Instead, she found herself in Foster City.

“It was so boring,” she says. “I don’t know how I found out about KFJC, but it saved my life.”

After listening for a few years, she became a DJ in 1998, picking up a slot on Friday nights. For the last 21 years, her show, “Girl Version,” has made an effort to champion women on the musical fringes.

“I go through a lot of different genres, but to me it’s kind of like a big art project or something. A big collage, maybe.”

In 2014, Maybelline found her way onto Grawer’s international crew, interviewing bands between live performances at the festivals.

“The first festival I did with them was the Liverpool Festival of Psych,” she says. “It was just amazing. The fact that we do that, and no other station does, it’s incredible.”

Since then, she has been behind the mic at festivals in Iceland and Germany, where she has beamed some of the strangest music happening anywhere in the world directly back to the KFJC studios and the Bay Area at large.

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ON AIR Today, there are only three paying jobs at KFJC. But that doesn’t seem to bother the 30-odd peoåple gathered in room 5015 for the weekly all-staff meeting. By the time the gathering adjourns at 9:30pm, some have been discussing the station’s goings-on for almost four hours.

“I’m always blown away by the passion that people have for the station,” says publicity director Cynthia Lombard, host of the Tuesday evening show “Too Cool For School.”

“But,” she continues, “I think that’s the appeal: being around a bunch of like-minded people who are so deeply interested in music.”

Like Doc, Grawer and Maybelline, Lombard is a lifer—a believer. This

year marks her 20th on the air at KFJC. She appreciates “the fact that it’s not commodified, maybe. The work that we put into it is truly for the love of the station. I think there’s something kind of special about that.”

While the rest of the industry closes in on independent broadcasters and radio conglomerates such as ClearChannel and iHeartRadio continue to homogenize the country’s airwaves, KFJC shows no signs of selling out or slowing down.

Now, two weeks into their annual fundraiser, they’re right on track for another successful year.

It’s cause for Doc to ruminate on the state of music.

‘I’m always blown away by the passion that people have for the station’ —CYNTHIA LOMBARD “Sometimes you’ve got to stop at McDonald’s because it’s quick, and you’re in a hurry,” he says, standing in the KFJC lobby. “Other times, you want something more experimental, something that’s unique and different, and not mass produced.”

As he speaks, the relative quiet in the room is suddenly punctured by a frantic drum fill exploding from the lobby speakers, followed by the sprightly swell of what I can only call “Hawaiian honky-tonk.”

Doc continues, unphased.

“We like to think that there will always be an audience for that.”

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Maybelline’s most important contribution to the station, however, was something much closer to home.

A major part of KFJC is its yearly fundraiser. Primarily volunteer-run, the station relies heavily on listener donations for its survival. Every year as part of the promotion, the station has new shirts and merch items designed for listeners.

But by 2001, Maybelline, then the station’s promotions director, noticed something missing in the merch.

“I was so tired of wearing guy’s shirts,” she says. “Women want to wear cool shirts, too.”

It’s still a problem to this day. Band shirts often still come online in male sizes. Up until Maybelline registered her complaint, the same had been true at KFJC. Already a champion for gender equality on air, she took to correcting the gender gap in the station’s merch.

That year she commissioned the station’s first shirt for women, designed by Niagara, frontwoman of the legendary underground Detroit group, Destroy All Monsters. In one act, she made the station more accessible to women listeners and helped increase the profile of one of the most important women musicians in America’s underground.

“The girlie shirt has been extremely popular ever since,” she says.

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menacing and purely fictional storyline.

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Dead Time Dreams Thru Nov 2 Dead Time Dreams 2501 Tully Rd, San Jose Even waiting in line is an experience at Dead Time Dreams. Before visitors enter the two main attractions for the evening, they must pass through the “Midway of Terror,” where creepy creatures pop up with unique teasers of the terrors that lie ahead every night. This year, Dead Time unveils two new ghastly attractions— “Demon House” and “Seven Deadly Sins.” Say your prayers.

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ALLOWEEN FALLS ON a Thursday this year, but plenty of local venues are celebrating a bit early. Check out this list of haunted houses, masquerade balls, raging parties and spooky shows.

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Haunted House comes with a full backstory involving a mad scientist, Dr. Monticore VonBraun, who has been driven by grief and ghostly spirits to experiment with raising the dead. Aperitions, corpses, zombies and some good old-fashioned gore can be found in the abandoned funeral home that Dr. VonBraun now occupies. Not for the faint of heart, the creators consider this a PG13 experience.

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Eight mazes bring nightmares to

life with a werewolf lair, a zombieinfested high school and a weird wax museum. Watch out for deranged and disgruntled circus sideshow acts in the brand-new Scare Zone, “Killer Clown Town.” Undead entertainment includes acrobats, BMX bikers, fire dancers, drummers and a lively celebration of the dearly departed at the free-spirited Dia de los Muertos party. Roller coasters will keep running for those in need of extra reasons to scream.

Unhinged Thru Nov 2 Winchester Mystery House 525 S Winchester Blvd, San Jose Featured on Ghost Hunters and in the 2018 film starring Helen Mirren, San Jose’s iconic haunted house shines especially darkly around Halloween.

This year, the newly conceived Unhinged attraction dispels with history and spins a yarn separate from the mansion’s capricious construction—taking the lore of the legendary estate and, much like Sarah Winchester did with her home, building upon it. The result is a

San Jose Stage Company kicks off its 37th season by doing the Time Warp again—live! The players take on the original West End musical, which went on to find success on Broadway and on the big screen. As with midnight screenings of the 1975 cult classic starring Tim Curry, audience participation is highly encouraged.

Halloween Spooktacular Oct 26 & Oct 27, 8pm Made Up Theatre 4000 Bay St, Ste B, Fremont The Made Up Theatre improv troupe is planning a pair of hauntingly hilarious shows this weekend. Friday nights at Made Up Theatre feature Laugh Track City, short-form improv games in the style of Whose Line Is It Anyway?, and Saturday nights are for Closing Night, long-form improvised plays. Expect some Halloweenthemed groaners in the mix.

Picture Show Oct 26, 11:30pm 3Below Theaters & Lounge: 288 S 2nd St, San Jose The Barely Legal cast gets into the Halloween spirit with extra pre-show shenanigans, including a costume

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Pair of Pure Parties Oct 25 & 26, 9:30pm Pure Nightclub 146 S Murphy Ave, Sunnyvale The Riot Halloween party kicks off the weekend on Friday night. DJ Playboi, Shaffy, Yo Adrian and others keep the dance floor lit up like a jack-o’-lantern, spinning hip-hop, EDM and Top 40 hits. Costumes are highly encouraged.

Add your name to the guest list and check in before 10:30pm for free entry.

Saturday night cranks up the volume with a $1,000 costume contest at the Curse of the Clown event.

Week of ’Ween Santana Row’s Irish pub has an entire week of Halloween fun planned.

Friday kicks things off with the “Dead Man’s Chest” pirate-themed party; Saturday is the “Vampire’s Ball;” dress up as your favorite super-good or super-bad guy for Sunday’s “Heroes and Villains”; Monday’s “Sound From Beyond the Grave” is all about bringing your favorite entertainers back to life; and the “Wild Card Night” on Tuesday offers no guidelines. The big night—Thursday, Oct. 31—will feature a costume contest, so save your best ’fit for last.

Thrill The World Oct 25, 7pm Downtown Campbell E Campbell Ave & N 1st St, Campbell Zombies roam the streets of Campbell as a floating flash mob dances to “Thriller.” Dancers who want to get their Michael Jackson on should arrive in costume at the top of the First Street parking garage by 6:45pm. The folks at Adira Dance and Costume are the fearless organizers of this annual event.

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BLOODY GOOD The weekend before Halloween is always a good time to suck down some drinks.

Mountain View Monsters Oct 26, 27 & 31, 9pm Opal Nightclub 251 Castro St, Mountain View This Mountain View hotspot is so stoked on dressing up that they’re hosting three Halloween-themed evenings: Friday and Saturday are “A Nightmare on Castro Street” and “Haunted Things,” respectively. On the 31st it’s the “Halloween Night Rage.”

Willow Glen Beer Walk Oct 26 Various Locations Downtown Willow Glen, Lincoln Ave., San Jose The folks at Dipsomania are at it again, bringing their annual Halloween Beerwalk event back to

downtown Willow Glen. Costumes are encouraged for this stroll up and down Lincoln Avenue. Check out local shops and restaurants, including Braise, Bruni Gallery, Ohana Board Shop and the Willow Street Pizza & Taproom, while sipping on suds from local and national craft brewers. Participating labels include Golden State Brewery, Hapa’s, Fort Point and Uproar.

Karaoke & Costumes Oct 31, 5pm 7 Bamboo Karaoke Lounge, 162 Jackson St, San Jose Sing, drink and party the night away at 7 Bamboo’s annual Halloween bash. Stay until at least midnight for a chance to win prizes and giveaways in the costume contest.

Rock Horror Show Oct 27, 9pm Woodhams Lounge 4475 Stevens Creek Blvd, Santa Clara We aren’t getting any younger.

Reminisce about the good old days with a little help from the Woodhams Lounge bar staff and San Jose-based cover band, The Last Decade—known for channeling the best of early aughts emo, posthardcore, pop punk and more.

Halloween Party Oct 25, 9pm The Ritz 400 S 1st St, San Jose DJs Bit and Basura will be spinning a mix of hip-hop, new wave, electro and Top 40 hits for costumed revelers. The

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Oct 26, 10pm SP2 Communal Bar + Restaurant 72 N Almaden Ave, San Jose Celebrate your favorite fictional Indiana town—Hawkins—at SP2.

Costumes are encouraged, but there’s no need to rock a Stranger Things outfit. The Les and Jay Reese set the mood with R&B, old school and Top 40 hits.

Hallow’s Ball Oct 26, 9pm Flights Restaurant 165 Los Gatos-Saratoga Rd, Los Gatos Featuring iHeart Radio’s DJ Kaos and cash prizes for the best costumes, this is the place to be for cocktail flights, a lively dance floor and a chance to win big.

Saddle up and get ready to ride with your best costume; there’s $5,000 in cash prizes at stake! Show up early for dance lessons, stay for the live music.

Menage a Trois Oct. 25, 26 &31 Spearmint Rhino 81 W Santa Clara St, San Jose San Jose’s only downtown gentlemen’s club is marking Halloween with a three-way. Patrons are encouraged to wear costumes this Friday and Saturday—and on Oct. 31. Dress up and get free entry before 12pm. On Halloween, the best costume walks away with a $150 prize.

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Halloween Haunts Oct 25 & Oct 26 Hidden Villa 26870 Moody Rd, Los Altos Hills Families with children ages 4-12 can enjoy a scare-free Halloween outing in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Wander the trails surrounding the Hidden Villa farm, collect treats and be awed by a magic show.

Spooky Times at Deer Holloween Oct 26, 10am Deer Hollow Farm 22500 Cristo Rey Dr, Cupertino Little munchkins can explore haunted barns in the safety of daylight at Deer Hollow Farm—and meet the animals

that live there. Crafts and additional activities are also available.

Creepy Crawly Halloween Oct 27, 4pm Downtown Campbell E Campbell Ave & N 1st St, Campbell The streets of downtown Campbell are closed and given over to trick-or-treaters so that they can safely wander, visiting the businesses, enjoying kids activities and mingling with other members of the community. The evening finishes off with a costume contest

Boo to You! Thru Nov 2, 5pm Gilroy Gardens Family Theme Park 3050 Hecker Pass Hwy, Gilroy “The Boo” is back at Gilroy Gardens.

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LIL PUMPKIN Local pumpkin patches with hay rides and corn mazes are fun for the whole family.

Rides and attractions take on a spooky atmosphere after dark.

Between rides, families can catch the “Boo Train� or trek along the Boo trail for some some trick-ortreating fun. Costumed characters provide live musical entertainment in The Great Big Boo! on the Lakeside Amphitheater stage.

Spina Farms Thru Oct 31 Spina Farms Pumpkin Patch Santa Teresa Blvd at Bailey Ave, San Jose Go straight to the source at Spina Farms, where over 60 varieties of pumpkins are grown and harvested.

For a feast for the senses, tour the farm on a tractor-pulled hayride past the

pumpkins and fields of sunflowers.

On weekends, enjoy live music, take a pony ride, man a pumpkin-blaster cannon or wind your way through the new Area 51 corn maze.

Uesugi Farms Thru Oct 31 Uesugi Farms Pumpkin Patch 14485 Monterey Rd, San Martin The park features a two-acre corn maze made easier to navigate via hints in the form of trivia cards. Folks with corn-maze claustrophobia can take a hay ride to explore more of the farmlands. For a photo op, families can pose in front of a 4,000-pumpkin pyramid. Musicians provide live entertainment on certain days.

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This ain’t your grandfather’s rock opera. The 50th anniversary tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s take on Jesus’ last days sports a contemporary look— including a clean-shaven Christ (Aaron LaVigne)—that uses updated production values to crank up the spectacle and appeal to today’s audiences. The story, told from the perspective of Judas (James Delisco Beeks), is still as thought-provoking as it was in 1970, positing that the apostle’s betrayal was not all about the Pontiuses. (MS)

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Thu, 7:30pm, $30+ The Pear Theater, Mountain View

Sat, 7:30pm, $35 Oshman Family JCC, Palo Alto

In her acclaimed collection of short stories, Her Body and Other Parties, author and essayist Carmen Maria Machado blends psychological realism, comedy, horror, sci-fi and fabulism, forming provocative and thoughtprovoking stories that deploy the fantastical and weird in order to illuminate the most difficult and complex truths of the human condition. In other words, she is a thoroughly modern writer. The New York Times heralded the collection in an article headlined “The New Vanguard.” In this Center for Literary Arts presentation, the Iowa Writers’ Workshop MFA gives a reading and speaks with Linda Castillo, founder and executive director of Modern Latina. (MS)

Lynn Nottage’s 2017 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama takes place during the Great Recession of 2008. A group of co-workers, friends and family members struggle to find jobs or cling to the ones they have. When someone is given a chance to move off of the backbreaking factory floor and into a management position, envy and old enmities threaten to tear these long-term relationships apart. Most of the action happens in a neighborhood bar where the community comes together, and where it also starts to disintegrate.

Better than an economist’s assessment of the era, Nottage’s writing feels as authentic as documentarian’s film. The play runs through Nov. 10. (JE)

Some people think of the ukulele as a souvenir, says the Hawaiian born uke virtuoso Taimane. She doesn’t take offense. In fact, she likes it, as it sets audience expectations low. That’s when she comes in and blows minds.

With well over two decades of experience on the diminutive “underdog of instruments,” Taimane is comfortable shredding through Bach, Led Zeppelin or her own material. She comes to town in support of her latest full-length album, Elemental, which was released last summer.

It is a suite of songs about earth, wind, fire, water, ether and the underworld. (MS)

Thu, 7pm, $15 The Ritz, San Jose

In its time, the Cactus Club (19882002) did everything that a rock & roll club should: It pissed off the neighbors, the city and square authority figures all over San Jose.

It also served as the glue holding together the city’s local music scene, drawing rising midsize headliners and giving regional groups supporting slots. Bands from the early ’90s Cactus Club era—including Cafe of Regret, Firme and 187 Calm—reunite this week to remember the glory days and support local musician Matt Kolb, who is fighting cancer. Kolb will speak at the event, which is hosted by Cactus Club successor, The Ritz. (MS)

* concerts Oct 25 at Montalvo Carriage House

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ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK Oct 27 at San Jose Civic

DREAM THEATER Oct 30 at San Jose Civic

FISHER Oct 31 at San Jose Civic

BLUE MAN GROUP Nov 1-3 at SJ Center for the Performing Arts

JON BATISTE Nov 2 at Bing Concert Hall

LUKE COMBS Nov 6 at SAP Center

BROCKHAMPTON Nov 8 at Frost Amphitheater

SNAILS Nov 15 at San Jose Civic

DAMN THE TORPEDOES Nov 21 at Montalvo Carriage House

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Sat, 8pm, $12+ The Ritz, San Jose

Sat, 8pm, $43+ San Jose Civic

Sun, 2:30pm, $40+ Hammer Theatre Center, San Jose

Wed, 7:30pm, $35+ Bing Concert Hall, Stanford

The Sacramento-based production and party promotion outfit It’s Relative PR hosts the recurring ’90s Nite party at The Ritz. The event features DJs spinning hits by the likes of Sugar Ray, C&C Music Factory and ’N Sync. It’s Relative is also behind the Emo Night Tour—where a live band covers songs by the likes of My Chemical Romance, Taking Back Sunday and Fall Out Boy. Raise a pint to the angst of the mid-aughts, take a shot to forget about all those unfortunate swooping bangs and scream along to every single word with the rest of the scene kids. You are OK, after all. (MS)

Marshall Mathers was still going

by MC Double M in 1991. That was the year Nathan Feuerstein was born into a broken home in the small town of Gladwin, Michigan—about 150 miles north of Detroit. But by the time Feuerstein was a pre-teen, Mathers had firmly cemented his fast-rapping, maniacal alterego, Eminem. Slim Shady was a huge influence on the younger Michigander, who is now better known by his stage name NF. Like Eminiem, NF spits at a breakneck clip and uses his music to vent about his own psychological and physical traumas. NF dropped his fourth full-length album, The Search, in June. (MS)

The accomplished UkranianAmerican pianist Anna Dmytrenko takes the stage for the second concert of the Steinway Society’s 25th season. The Juilliardtrained Dmytrenko plays works

by Medtner Rachmaninoff and Barber on her recently released debut album. She has performed in such prestigious venues as Carnegie Hall, the Lincoln Center and the Salle Cortot in Paris. In this performance, she will take on Rachmaninoff’s “Variations on a Theme of Corelli” as well as Beethoven’s Andante Favori in F Major and Sonata No. 32 in C minor. (MS)

“This is what I saw,” says National Geographic photojournalist David Guttenfelder. The veteran photographer, who has worked for the venerable globetrotting magazine for more than two decades, is one of the only Westerners to capture modern images of the cloistered and insulated countries of Cuba and North Korea, where he helped open the country’s first Associated Press news bureau in 2011. In this installment of National Geographic Live, titled “A Rare Look—North Korea and Cuba,” Guttenfelder presents a slide show like no other, contrasting the grandeur of statecoordinated propaganda shoots with revealing slices of everyday life in two of the world’s least understood nations. (MS)

AGENT ORANGE Nov 22 at The Ritz

TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA Nov 26 at SAP Center

POPTOPIA Dec 5 at SAP Center

NOT SO SILENT NIGHT Dec 7 at SAP Center

WINDHAM HILL’S WINTER SOLSTICE Dec 21 at Montalvo Carriage House

DAVE KOZ & FRIENDS Dec 23 at San Jose Civic

THE PIANO GUYS Jan 24 at San Jose Civic

RHIANNON GIDDENS Feb 7 at Bing Concert Hall

FLOR DE TOLOACHE Mar 1 at The Ritz For music updates and contest giveaways, visit metroactive.com

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BUILDING BLOCKS The KCI Makerspace provides members with training and equipment, such as 3D printers and power tools.

Tool Time Krause Center for Innovation Makerspace give community tools to build

BY MIKE HUGUENOR

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ARKED HIGH ATOP the Foothill College campus, in the back lot behind the school’s Krause Center of Innovation is a oneof-a kind vehicle.

“This is it right here,” says Jonathan Armer. Revealed, as he pulls away the tarp, is a small metal two-seater go-kart.

“We had it out in the Grand Canyon a few weeks ago,” Armer continues.

“Took it out in the desert just so we’d have an open and safe space to have fun with it. Got it up to 52 miles an hour.”

Armer’s creation was constructed entirely at the Krause Center’s new Makerspace, where he works part time. The pedals and components

were fabricated using the workshop’s eight 3D printers; its (admittedly modest) frame was sized and welded using on-site metalworking tools.

While it’s far from the norm, the kart is a dramatic example of the kind of work that can be done at the Makerspace, which was conceived as a communal hub where local builders and tinkerers might use the college’s industrial strength tools to create their own custom projects—or at least build proofs of concept.

“We try to explain to people that we are a prototyping space,” says Kas Pereira, the director of the Makerspace.

The result of a $500,000 grant from the California Community Colleges “Makerspace Initiative,” Foothill’s

workshop aims to teach students, community members and aspiring Makerspace operators how to use the tools that are increasingly defining America’s manufacturing sector.

But before they could do that, they first had to teach themselves.

“When we started we were pretty naive,” admits Gay Krause, executive director of the KCI. She and her husband, former 3Com CEO Bill Krause, put up $1 million to establish the center in 2000 and contributed another $3.5 million to Foothill’s foundation in 2013.. “The first year was pretty much a building year. It took us six months to order all the machines, figure out which ones we wanted, how we might use them, how we would place them in the room.”

Now that they are fully up and running, the KCI Makerspace is hoping to fill the hole left in the South Bay Maker community by the closure of The TechShop chain in 2017. The Makerspace’s $125 monthly membership ($150 for the first month) gives community members access to, and training on, an impressive array of cutting-edge machines—including 3D printers, laser cutters, plotter printers,

circuit makers and more. There’s even a certification program for those interested in opening their own Makerspace.

“We’re the only place in the state that has a certificate approved by the state,” Krause says, “so it’s a big deal to get one. A lot of teachers and librarians who want to start Makerspaces are particularly interested in that program.”

Already, the program has been useful for the community. In an effort to combat the lack of diversity in the Bay Area’s maker community— which is largely white and male—the KCI held two certification courses specifically for women of color.

“The idea being if you have more people who look like you making, then you are more likely to make,” Pereira says.

Between the two courses, 80 Bay Area women of color now have the ability to open their own Makerspaces.

In addition to introducing a more diverse set of people to the world of making as a hobby, Krause hopes this Makerspace and others will have a real economic impact, as locals seek new forms of employment in a rapidly changing economy.

“Makerspaces are growing in influence everywhere,” Krause says. “General Motors is looking at closing up their warehouses and going to 3D printing.

When you need a new battery, just tell me what year and we’ll print it up for you. So it’s a new career for people to go into, not just a makerette thing.”

In other words, not everyone will be using the new Makerspace to fabricate futuristic, desert-crawling go-karts, but it is an example of the space’s possibility. Whether people get into it for a career, for personal development, for art or for love of technology, the Krause Center is hoping to become the go-to spot for people interested in maker culture throughout the Bay Area.

“This is not just for the geeky tinkerer,” says local Maker Doris Mourad. “There is no restriction on having to be a certain type of person to come here and do good work.”

KCI MAKERSPACE 12345 El Monte Road, Los Altos Hills

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BACK AT IT Though he isn’t right for the role, it’s a treat to see Eddie Murphy return in ‘Dolemite is My Name.’

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Eddie Murphy is miscast in terrific ensemble biopic, ‘Dolemite is My Name’

BY RICHARD VON BUSACK

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Moore is another unhappy wouldbe performer in 1970s LA. He has the inspiration to tape-record the winos hanging around the record store he

haunts, rhyming their tall tales of might. With the aid of friends and hard work, Moore turns an abandoned Central Avenue hotel into a film studio.

He recruits a group of friends to make cinema out of the tale of Dolemite, giving this mythical hero an army of kung fu babes, on a mission to wipe out evil racist drug dealers.

The hotel Moore rents is littered with relics of the greats, with photos of Ella and Louis Armstrong gathering dust on the walls. The motif gives us a sense that Moore was in touch with some ancient mojo. Seeing Eddie Murphy get in touch with this force by reciting “The Signifying Monkey” is a happy experience.

Murphy’s bankability got this oddball movie made, but he’s miscast. I met Rudy Ray Moore, and you, sir, are no Rudy Ray Moore—neither stocky enough nor downhome enough.

It’s like watching Will Smith play Screaming Jay Hawkins. Even though the 1970s have proven (see The Deuce) to be one of the few eras in which people are allowed to have sex in a movie, it’s weird to see such tiptoeing around that part of the hero’s, eh, journey. Fancy that, a biopic of Rudy Ray Moore where the great man never gets laid.

The real life Rudy had a co-star called Sir Lady Java, a highly convincing female impersonator and LBGT activist, still living; Murphy probably didn’t want to go there for reasons that a quick Google search will reveal.

Moore has a gay sidekick (Tituss Burgess), who gets to make a comment or two about how he’d like to get his hands on a man, but nothing beyond that. To reverse a complaint Moore makes here about censors: It’s okay if you talk about it, just don’t do it.

The Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski script is another labor

of love that tampers with facts. Just as their Ed Wood screenplay made the devout Bela Lugosi a swearing codger, and just as they likened the off-theleash Wood to Orson Welles, Moore is compared here to John Cassavetes.

Whether Dolemite (1975), The Human Tornado (1976) or (my favorite) Petey Wheatstraw, the Devil’s Son in Law (1977) has the status of Shadows or Faces is moot.

Still, Dolemite is My Name is the kind of film for which they mint ensemble awards. Two plus-size women stand out. Luenell is the aunt from whom Moore mooches the production money; Da’vine Joy Randoph is, indeed, a joy as Lady Reed, the fantastically foul-mouthed Georgia gal whom Moore discovers alone at a Georgia bar. KeeganMichael Key is beautifully earnest as an over-sincere South LA playwright recruited to script Moore’s crazy opus.

And Wesley Snipes is an absolute howl as the piss-elegant and jittery D’urville Martin, a noted legitimate actor enlisted as Dolemite’s director.

Martin must drink heavily because he can’t believe the “monstrosious”— to use a Moore term—scenes he’s supposed to be directing.

Snipes’ double-takes are worthy of Preston Sturges. Chris Rock gives the film’s inevitable arc of triumph a boost. He’s an Indianapolis radio DJ who helps light up the marquee for Dolomite by plugging the show on air: “Come on down! It’ll be like Christmas, except your daddy’s not drunk and your mama’s not cryin’!”

Dolemite is My Name is great fun, despite the way it disgruntles the serious Rudy Ray Moore fan. Excerpted is the actual clip from Dolemite—of Moore’s ass-naked roll down an ivycovered hill—which Moore helpfully freeze-framed to prove it was actually him doing it and no mere stunt double. We see the freeze-frame but not the follow-through. What happened? It was a hell of a stunt.

Every now and then, you get the sense that Murphy is making sure that the real Dolemite isn’t upstaging him from beyond the grave.

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FROM THE HEART ‘The heart is the part that really captures a big audience and keeps them,’ says Jordan Rudess, Dream Theater’s keyboardist.

Power Chords Mixing technical prowess, emotional content is Dream Theater’s secret

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VER THE COURSE of its three decades performing, progressive metal outfit Dream Theater has periodically created concept albums.

Their 1999 LP, Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory, was the band's first concept album and marked the debut of Jordan Rudess as the group's keyboardist.

In 2002, the Boston-based band released Six Degrees of Inner

Turbulence, another conceptual work.

And 2016’s sprawling The Astonishing featured an ambitious story line running more than two hours.

But Dream Theater has long made a point of keeping fans on their toes; the group never does the same thing twice in a row. Their catalog features eight live albums, not counting the seven “official bootleg” live sets issued as part of the group’s Live Series. And scattered among the conceptual albums and live releases are a number of straightahead collections of songs—studio albums that focus on spectacular

instrumental interplay and thoughtful lyrics, but no running theme. The band’s 2005 album Octavarium and a self-titled release from 2013 are the most notable of these.

Rudess explains that while The Astonishing was the product of the group wanting to “break out of what people usually expect and try something creative that we really were drawn to,” the band’s latest full-length, Distance Over Time, takes a different approach.

“This time we wanted to return to the roots,” Rudess says, “back to the core of what the sound is and what it’s always been. Dream Theater is a group that incorporates a lot of styles, but there is a core element of prog metal.

We just wanted to get back to that.”

It would seem that this was exactly what the fans wanted. Distance Over Time performed well on the American charts and fared even better in Europe, topping out in Germany and Switzerland and landing in the top 10 in 16 other countries.

Rudess credits the band's commercial success and critical plaudits to three major factors. One is that unlike most other bands in the progressive metal category, Dream Theater have actually scored a hit single. “Pull Me Under” was an MTV hit in 1992. “That lit a fire in every corner of the globe” for the band, he says.

Rudess acknowledges that such a fire usually burns out quickly for bands. “But through a whole lot of hard work, going to all those markets where there was a little spark of interest, playing well and putting on a good show … that kept it really alive,” he says. “And so we began to develop an audience in different parts of the world.”

Yet a hit single and touring can only achieve so much for a band. Rudess says that there’s one more ingredient that accounts for the group’s enduring appeal. “Dream Theater plays a lot of complicated music,” he admits. “But we try to make our music come from the heart. You realize when you play all over the world that what audiences respond to—what they really feel—is emotional.”

That emotional content— paired with dazzling instrumental pyrotechnics from Rudess, guitarist John Petrucci and the rhythm section of drummer Mike Mangini and John Myung on bass—is what connects the band and its audience, Rudess says.

“There are plenty of times when the playing gets fairly technical,” he says, “but there are other times when there are just these big chords.

You can see the people: They’re vibing, and some of them might even have tears running down their face.” He says it’s in those moments when he is reminded of what is truly important to people.

“As incredible as a lot of the young musicians are—I follow a lot of them and I’m very impressed with what’s going on, especially with the prog metal scene—maybe they haven’t totally realized that the heart is the part that really goes out wide,” Rudess says. “That’s what captures a big audience and keeps them.”

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POLISH AMBASSADOR Thursday, October 24 • Ages 16+

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DEVIL WEARS PRADA Friday, October 25 • Ages 16+

MAMMA MIA!

70s Disco Dance Party

Saturday, October 26 • Ages 16+

The Garden

Saturday, October 26 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+

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Tuesday & Wednesday, Oct. 29 & 30 • Ages 16+

SHORELINE MAFIA Tuesday, October 29 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+

REMO DRIVE

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Oct 31 Skizzy Mars/ Yoshi Flower (Ages 16+) Nov 1 P-Lo (Ages 16+) Nov 2 Elephante/ PLS&TY (Ages 16+) Nov 3 Sinead Harnett (Ages 16+) Nov 5 Earthgang/ Guapdad 4000 (Ages 16+) Nov 6 The Drums/ Cowgirl Clue (Ages 16+) Nov 8 Sammy Johnson/ Swells (Ages 16+) Nov 9 Ski Mask The Slump God (Ages 16+) Nov 10 Ekali/ Juelz (Ages 16+) Unless otherwise noted, all shows are dance shows with limited seating.

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OCT 25–31 | “MAKE A TON OF MISTAKES / AND WRITE IT OFF AS ART” One of my favorite songs of the 2000s for its lyrics and melody, Gregg Yeti’s “Laughter Be Your Slave” was pivotal for keeping me feeling grounded during a very heavy point in my life.

I listened to a lot of sad songs and wrote more than usual during this time. Thanks, Mr. Yeti.

If you like tiny movies, you will be keen to know the San José Short Film Festival returns this Thursday through Sunday at Santana Row. Eastridge is having their fall fiesta this Friday evening in the south parking lot near Aloha Skate. It will be chock-full of events, live music, games, trunkor-treating, and foods of all sorts for the whole family. Also on Friday evening, Assemblymember Ash Kalra will be hosting a first-of-its-kind State of the Youth discussion for young folks at Roosevelt Community Center. If we don’t listen to developing minds, we all suffer, no? If you’re on the other side of town, Westmont High School is putting on a Monster Mash for families looking to have some sweet, sweet fun. It runs through October 30.

There are a ton of Halloween events in my list below and beyond. Enjoy yourself and be safe.

My friend, comedian and organizer Pete Munoz, is collecting winter sleeping bags for the unhoused communities throughout the South Bay. If you are interested in donating, please email me: mightymike@metroactive.com = MUST SEE

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COMEDY | THE PUMP AND DUMP SHOW: PARENTALLY INCORRECT 7pm. San Jose Improv, 62 S Second St, San Jose

CEDAR ROOM

Everyday Happy Hour: 4pm–5:30pm & 9pm–10pm.

Wed, 8pm–11pm: Queen Bingo. Mon, 7pm: Big Bands.

Pruneyard Cinemas, 1875 S Bascom Ave, Campbell

CLUB FOX BLUES JAM 7pm. Doors 6:30pm. 21+ $7.

Club Fox, 2209 Broadway St, Redwood City

FRASCATI COMEDY OPEN MIC (ALL AGES) 7pm. Caffe Frascati, 315 S First St, San Jose

SOULFUL SECURITY 7pm • $7 Thur Oct 24

LAUGH TIKI COMEDY SHOWCASE

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OPEN MIC COMEDY SHOW

9pm. Hosted by Pete Munoz.

Rocco's Blue Max, 828 W El Camino Real, Sunnyvale

KARAOKE WITH JADE

9:30pm. Dive Bar, 78 E Santa Clara St, San Jose

LIVE MUSIC | ISAIAH PICKETT BAND

9:30pm. Rosie McCann's, 355 Santana Row #1060, San Jose

7:30pm. Hosted by Coral Best.

SAM'S BBQ Zach Nugent’s Fire Art Boutiki Music Hall, 44 Wed, 6pm: Jerry Logan & Good Times/Metro Ad, Wed. 10/23 on the Mountain Race St, San Jose Loganville. Tue, 10/29, 6pm: 9pm • $15 advance • $17 day of show.

Fri Oct 25

PRIDE & JOY

Dark Hollow. Wed, 10/30, 6pm: The Jones Gang. 1110 S Bascom Ave, San Jose

9pm • $18 adv / $20 day of show Sat Oct 26 Lynda Mortensen Presents BAY AREA TRIBUTES HALLOWEEN BASH

Hot for Teacher

The Butlers & Bay Company: 8pm • $18 / $20 day of show Sun Oct 27

Jerome Madigan w/ Savana Gilman

The Even Deep & Zack Uhler. 7pm • $15

2209 Broadway St Redwood City / 831.334.1153 clubfoxrwc.com

STAGE | THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW 8pm. Through 11/2. $32–$60. San Jose Stage Company, 490 S First St

NEW TALENT COMEDY SHOWCASE POOR HOUSE BISTRO

Wed, 6pm: Blues & $2 Brews w/ Ron Thompson. Thu, 6pm: Grateful Dead Theme Jam Night. Fri, 6pm: Shane Dwight Band On Tour. Sat, 6pm: Gino Matteo & Friends On Tour. Sun, 11am: Sunday Brunch w/ Casey Wickstrom. Sun, 3pm: The Old Ned, New Band. Mon, 6pm: Open Mic Night. Tue, 7pm: Aki Kumar.

91 S Autumn St, San Jose

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

KARAOKE | QUARTER NOTE 8:30pm. Quarter Note Bar & Grill, 1214 Apollo Way, Sunnyvale

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

BRITANNIA ARMS ALMADEN

Wed, 10pm: Karaoke with DJ Uncle Hank. Thu, 10pm: DJ Reason One. Fri, 10pm: Spazmatics. Sat, 10pm: DJ Brotha Reese. Sun, 10pm: DJ Hank. Mon, 10pm: Game Night.

Tue, 7:30pm: Risky Quizness.

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THU 10/24 SAN JOSE INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL

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LIVE LIT WRITERS OPEN MIC

KARAOKE | ROCCO'S BLUE MAX

7pm. The Ritz, 400 S First St, San Jose

7pm. Featured guest: Jeanine U-C. Caffe Frascati, 315 S First St, San Jose

MIXED OPEN MIC

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

MUSIC OPEN MIC

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

MIXED OPEN MIC NIGHT

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

THURSDAY NIGHT BLUES JAM

7:30pm. Little Lou's BBQ, 2455 S Winchester Blvd, Campbell

STAGE | NINE THE MUSICAL 7:30. Runs through 11/10.

3Below Theatres, 288 S Second St, San Jose

THE RITZ

Thu, 7pm: Cactus Club Reunion. Fri, 8pm: Halloween Party. Sat, 8pm: Emo Night Tour. Mon, 8pm: Tooth & Nail Halloween Edition. Thu, 10/31, 8pm: Nekromantix, Stellar Corpses, Them Creatures. 400 S First St, San Jose

COMEDIAN | GREG WARREN 8pm. Various times through Sun. Rooster T. Feathers, 157 W El Camino Real, Sunnyvale

COMEDY | BEER GIGGLES: JOKES AND BEER

8pm. Camino Brewing, 718 S First St, San Jose

TRIVIA NIGHT

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

SHERWOOD INN

Thu-Sun, 8:30pm: Karaoke.

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

DJ | SHAKIN’ NOT STIRRED WITH ROGER MOOREHOUSE

9pm. Cardiff Lounge, 260 E Campbell Ave, Campbell

THROWBACK THURSDAY KARAOKE & DANCE

9:30pm. Old school jams, soul, reggaeton, ’70s, ’80s and pop hits. Bogart's Sports Bar, 1209 Wildwood Ave, Sunnyvale

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7pm. 201 Castro St, Mountain View

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

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When you break up with a romantic partner, there are comforting cliches you can trot out, like “It’s not you; it’s me,” “You deserve better,” and “We can still be friends.” When you break up with a friend, where do you go with that? “We can still be people who hide behind mall kiosks so they don’t have to speak to each other?”

It helps to understand the underpinnings of friendship. We like to think of ourselves as rational and discerning people with very good taste, and naturally, we believe this shapes our choice of friends. In fact, personality psychologist Mitja Back and his colleagues find that a major driver of whom we’re friends with is “mere proximity”—living on the same block, working together or, in Back’s study, being randomly assigned seats next to each other in a college class.

Location, location, location! Really special, huh?

Still, maybe you feel a little guilty about exiling these ladies from your life, because you used them to have some somebodies around when you knew

nobody. However, they hung out with you willingly. It’s not like you were some odious character they were forced to go to brunch with at gunpoint.

The kindest approach, of course, is to keep distancing yourself and hope they get the message or just give up on trying to get together. You do say that the “take the hint!” approach hasn’t been working. But are their calls and texts so screechingly bothersome that it's worth it to go all rip-the-Band-Aid-off ? If you decide it is, you could say, “You guys have been so kind to me, and I’ve enjoyed our times together, but I’ve gone through some personal changes, and I don’t think we’re such a great match anymore.”

Be prepared: They may press you to tell them more. For maximum kindness, stick to this sort of vague statement.

Don’t go all truthful on them: They were human placeholders, the sidewalk furniture of friends, like curbside chairs you dragged home so you wouldn’t have to ask your dates, “Hey, wanna stand in my living room and watch Netflix?”

I seem to keep getting together with the same messed up guy over and over again. Basically, the men I’m attracted to all have the same issues (emotionally unavailable, fear of commitment, etc.). Each time, I tell myself I can make things different. How do I stop doing this?—Broken Picker Your problem isn’t being attracted to guys who turn out to be messed up. It’s going forward with them after you discover that.

It’s like seeing the sign “Shark-Infested Waters” and then saying to yourself, “They probably just say that so the lifeguards don’t have so much work. And I mean, do I really need my arms? Both arms?”

Research by psychologist Roy Baumeister on self-regulation— professorese for self-control—finds that it has four components: standards, motivation to meet those standards, selfmonitoring to make sure you’re doing that, and the will to control urges to do what you know you shouldn’t be doing.

You probably believe you have standards, but chances are you haven’t thought them out to the point that you can tick off what they are. Not having a solid grasp on them means you can’t monitor whether you’re following them and take action

if you aren’t. Now’s the time to change that. Write down a list of your standards: your must-haves for a guy you’re with, the qualities you can’t do without.

When you’re interested in a guy, don’t just hope he hits the marks; ask questions that draw out the sort of man he is and also look at his behavior. If he falls short of your standards, make yourself move on.

Yes, make yourself. This will be hardest the first time and if you really like a particular guy. Eventually, it’ll become easier to weed out the guys with issues, though you may need to work on your own before you’re comfortable with guys who’d make you happy. Should you find yourself jonesing for a project, opt for something safe, like gluing elbow macaroni all over your car, as opposed to being like the storm chaser dude who’s all surprised when he gets blown into the next state and impaled by rebar.

(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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I’m a 30-something gay guy. When I moved to a new city five years ago, I knew nobody except two female co-workers, who became my first friends. I have since met wonderful, talented, artistic people who are more my style. I no longer work with these ladies, and I’m just not interested in hanging out with them anymore.

When they call to get together, I keep saying I’m busy, but they’re not getting the picture. How do I break up with them without being mean?—Trapped

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #658968 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Fish Is Wild Fish Grill & More, 4180 N First., Suite #30, San Jose, CA, 94314, R&T Uniwealth Inc., 12918 Arabella Pl., Cerritos, CA, 90703. This business is being conducted by a Corporation. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 10/10/2010. Above entity was formed in the state of California. /s/Randy Cheng, Secretary. #C3323898. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 09/20/2019. (pub Metro 10/02, 10/09, 10/16, 10/23/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #659034 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1.

June&Teenth, 2. Juneandteenth, 3. Cherriedotco, 530 Showers Dr STE 7, #169, Mountain View, CA, 94040, Cherrie Randle. This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 06/19/2019. /s/Cherrie Randle. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 09/20/2019. (pub Metro 10/02, 10/09, 10/16, 10/23/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #658822 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: South Bay Window Filming, 511 Atlanta Ave., San Jose, CA, 95125, Tyler William Swasey, 784 S. 5th St., San Jose, CA, 95112. 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 #574930 /s/Tyler William Swasey. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 09/16/2019. (pub Metro 10/02, 10/09, 10/16, 10/23/2019)

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The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Gilland Electronics, 15145 La Alameda, Morgan Hill, CA, 95037, John Stover. This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 09/05/1990. Refile in facts from previous filing #583296 /s/John Stover. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 09/24/2019. (pub Metro 10/02, 10/09, 10/16, 10/23/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #659011

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Immerse Skincare, 1700 Newbury Park Dr., STE 30, Area 105, San Jose, CA, 95133, Mina Son Kim, 1 Vista Montana #.4405, San Jose, CA, 95134. This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 09/20/2019. /s/Mina S. Kim This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 09/20/2019. (pub Metro 10/02, 10/09, 10/16, 10/23/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #659168 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Elizabeth Kobata Arts, 1135 Pome Ave., Sunnyvale, CA, 94087. 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/Elizabeth Kobata. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 09/25/2019. (pub Metro 10/02, 10/09, 10/16, 10/23/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #658855 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: The Traveling Therapists, 6184 Springer Way, San Jose, CA, 95123, Lindsay Guichard. This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 09/01/2019. /s/Lindsay Guichard. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 09/17/2019. (pub Metro 10/02, 10/09, 10/16, 10/23/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #659151 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. Human Centered Leadership, 2. Human Centered Leaders, 3277 S. White Road, #21717, San Jose, CA, 95148, Rapid Reasoning, LLC. This business is being conducted by a Limited Liability Company. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. Refile in facts from previous filing #639979. Above entity was formed in the state of California. /s/Mark M. Whelan, Managing Member. #201623710310. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 09/25/2019. (pub Metro 10/02, 10/09, 10/16, 10/23/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #659047 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: A+ Commercial Services, Inc., 2526 Qume Drive, San Jose, CA, 95131, Yayakk, Inc. This business is being conducted by a Corporation. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 8/27/2019. Above entity was formed in the state of California. /s/Julie Demello, President. #C4309595. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 09/23/2019. (pub Metro 10/02, 10/09, 10/16, 10/23/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #659079 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Kristal Gardens, 1285 Hoffman Ln., Campbell, CA, 95008, Kristal Lynn Beck. This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 07/01/2014. Refile in facts from previous filing #595996. /s/Kristal Lynn Beck. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 09/23/2019. (pub Metro 10/02, 10/09, 10/16, 10/23/2019)

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The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: The Contenders Gym LLC, 410 Martin Ave., Santa Clara, CA, 95050. This business is being conducted by a Limited Liability Company. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 09/18/2019. Above entity was formed in the state of California. /s/Thomas J. Espinosa, CEO. #200427910017. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 09/18/2019. (pub Metro 10/02, 10/09, 10/16, 10/23/2019)

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The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SimonMed Imaging, 105 South Dr., Suite 110, Mountain View, CA, 94040, Health Diagnostics of California, a Professional Corporation, 6900 E. Camelback Rd., Suite 700, Scottsdale, AZ, 85251. This business is being conducted by a Corporation. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 03/20/2019. Above entity was formed in the state of California. /s/Howard John Resp and development of Simon,for MD,design CEO/Owner/President. #200715610078. high performance management This statement was filed power with the County Clerk of Santa Claraincluding County on 09/16/2019.

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Regulators, LED Drivers, Isolated FICTITIOUS BUSINESS #659189 Converters.

Email NAME res toSTATEMENT [ mailto:hr@ The following person(s) is (are) doingRefer business linear.com ]hr@linear.com. toas:job I’m Going 2 College!, 7062 Webb Canyon Drive, San #1067 when apply. ~Linear Technology Jose, CA, 95120, Annette Mackaness. This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant has not Corporation.

yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Annette Mackaness. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 09/26/2019. (pub Metro 10/02, 10/09, 10/16, 10/23/2019)

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Design & develop features for the FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #659238 Nutanix manageability platform that The following person(s) is (are) doing business interacts with Nutanix Services. as: Wynn Star Production And Core Talent Agency, 828 Lakehaven Drive,to Sunnyvale, CA, Inc, 94089, Mary Joy Mail resume Nutanix, 1740 Guzman. This business is being conducted by an Technology Dr, Suite San Jose, CA Individual. Registrant began150, transacting business under the fictitious name or names listed 95110.

Attn: HRbusiness Job#1027-1. herein on 04/04/2014. Refile in facts from previous filing #590686. /s/Mary Joy Guzman. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 09/27/2019. (pub Metro 10/02, 10/09, 10/16, 10/23/2019) Deluxe Eatery & Drinkery. looking for a

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If Norcal shifts Hang Gliding, 1366 Teakwood San Jose, CA, 95128, Michael Briganti.

Thisand business interested comeAnthony in with resume ask is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant began to talk to David Chad between 2-4. transacting businessor under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 09/26/2019. /s/Michael 71 E. San Fernando St. SJ

Anthony Briganti. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 09/26/2019. (pub Metro 10/02, 10/09, 10/16, 10/23/2019)

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Broadcom Corporation a Senior#659053 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMEhas STATEMENT Manager, R&D opening in San Jose, as: The The following person(s) is (are) doing business Garden Spa, 5406technical Thornwood&managerial Drive, Suite 130, San CA to provide Jose, CA, 95123, The Garden Spa, PO Box 22271, San direction to projects in ASIC Jose, CA, 95151.

This business is beingdevelopment. conducted by a Corporation.

Registrant not yet begun Often directs &mayhas participate intransacting the business under the fictitious business namedesigns or names development of multidimensional listed herein. Above entity was formed in the state involving layout of complex integrated of California.the /s/Bon Nguyen, CEO. #C4308069.

This statementMail was filed with the of Santa circuits. resume toCounty Attn: Clerk HR (GS), Clara County on 09/23/2019. (pub Metro 10/02, 10/09, 1320 Park Drive, San Jose, CA 95131 10/16, Ridder 10/23/2019) . Must reference job code SJYAV FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #659267

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: CONTRACTOR/ District Seven Kitchen, 979 Story Road, Unit 7048, San Jose, CA, 95122, Kireina Corporation, 1701 Magnolia HANDYMAN SERVICES Tree Court, San Jose, CA, 95122. This business is

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PLUMB, ELECT, DOORS,Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name WINDOWS,FULL or names listed herein on SERVICE 09/30/2019. Above entity was formed in the stateKITCHENS,BATH. of California. /s/To-Anh Pham, REMODELING, President. #4303241. This statement was filed with the 40+ YRS . NOClara JOB TOO County ClerkEXP of Santa County on 09/30/2019. (pub SMALLCSLB#747111.

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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SPARTANBURG IN THE FAMILY COURT SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT SUMMONS ACTION FOR DIVORCE 2019-DR-42-1046 THOMAS WHITT, PLAINTIFF RANDIE WHITT, DEFENDANT

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your Answer to the said Complaint on the subscriber, Alexandria M. Wolf, Attorney at Law, at her office at 1247 Boiling Springs Rd. Spartanburg, South Carolina 29303, within thirty days after the service hereof; exclusive of the date of such service; unless you received your copy be certified mail, in which case you must serve a copy of your answer on the subscriber within thirty five days after the service hereof, exclusive of the date of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

Dated at Spartanburg, South Carolina the 10th day of March 2019. /s/Alexandria M. WolfAttorney at Law1247 Boiling Springs Rd.Spartanburg, S.C. 29303(864) 591-1568(Metro Pub Dates: 10/09, 10/16, 10/23/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #658912

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: MUSIC - 1000 Fremont Ave Suite 145, Los Pacific Anxiety Group, Altos, CA, 94024, Pacific Psychology Group, Inc., 845 El

Camino Real, Menlo Park, CA, 94025. This business is ThugWorldRecords.com being conducted by a Corporation. Registrant began

Thug World Records explosive label name transacting business under the fictitious business or names listed on 01/01/2019.

Above entity was based out of herein San Jose CA with major formed in the state of California. /s/Tamara L. Hartl, features lil Wayne E-40 Ghetto Director. #C4141613. This statement was filed with the County ClerkPunish. of Santa Clara County on 09/18/2019. (pub Politician Free downloads mp3s Metro 10/09, 10/16, 10/23, 10/30/2019) Ringtones.

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Call or logBUSINESS on thugworldrecords.com FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT #659344 408-561-5458 ask isfor gpdoing business as: Infinite The following person(s) (are)

Beauty By Yanna, 7174 Santa Teresa Blvd., STE A1, San Jose, CA, 95139, Adriana Andal, 3240 S. White Rd., #229, San Jose, CA, 95148. This business is being conducted by an Individual.

Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 10/01/2019. /s/ Adriana Andal.

This statement was filed with the County NOTICE TO CREDITORS, CASE NO.: Clerk of Santa Clara County on 10/01/2019. (pub Metro 10/09, 16PR179712 10/16, 10/23, 10/30/2019) In re the Matter of the CAPELLA FAMILY REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST DATED JULY 30, 1997, by Manuel DecedentNotice is FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMEJ. Capella, STATEMENT #659395 hereby given to the creditors and contingent creditors of Decedent The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: American Manuel J. Capella that all persons having claims against the Interiorare Plant Service, 491 Maple Milpitas, CA,the95035, Decedent required to file them withAvenue, the Superior Court of Shiloh Ventures, Inc. This business is191 being conducted by a State of California, County of Santa Clara, at N. First Street, San Corporation.

Registrant began transacting business under the Jose, CA 95112, and mail or deliver a copy to David Capella, successor fictitious business name or names listed herein on 09/11/2014. trustee of the Capella Family Revocable Living Trust dated July 30, Refile in facts from previous filing #595079.

AboveLaw entity was 1997, of which the Decedent was the settlor, at the Sowards Firm, formed in theAvenue, state ofSuite California. /s/LeoCA N.95008, Lemon,within President.

2542 S. Bascom 200, Campbell, the #C3694423.

This statement was filed with County later of four (4) months after November 2, 2016 (thethe date of the Clerk first of Santa of Clara County on 10/03/2019.

Metro 10/16, publication notice to creditors) or, if notice(pub is mailed or 10/09, personally 10/23, 10/30/2019) delivered to you, sixty (60) days after the date this notice is mailed or personally delivered to you.LATE CLAIMS: If you do not file your FICTITIOUS BUSINESS claim within the time required byNAME law, youSTATEMENT must petition to#659474 file a late claim as provided in California Probate §19103.FAILURE The following person(s) is (are) doingCode business as: Carreira TOFinance, FILE A CLAIM: to file Ave., a claim#2-166, with the court and toCA, serve 1669 Failure Hollenbeck Sunnyvale, 94087, a copy of the claim onCarreira, the trustee in most instances invalidate Marc-Alexandre 130will Descanso Dr., #495, San Jose, your dates: 10/26, 11/02, 11/09/2016) CA,claim.(Pub 95134. This business is being conducted by an Individual.

Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 08/20/2019. /s/ FICTITIOUS BUSINESS Marc-Alexandre Carreira. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara#622524 County on 10/04/2019. (pub Metro NAME STATEMENT 10/09, 10/16, 10/23, 10/30/2019) The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Advanced Industrial Delivery LLC, 247 N. Capitol Ave., Unit 104, San Jose, BUSINESS STATEMENT #659475 CA,FICTITIOUS 95127. This business is beingNAME conducted by a limited liability company.

Registrant has not is yet(are) begun transacting business The following person(s) doing business as: Shaka under the fictitious or names listed herein.CA, Above Brewing, 175 Sanbusiness Lazaroname Ave STE. 140, Sunnyvale, 94086, entity wasBrewing, formed inLLC. the This statebusiness of California. /s/Gilbert Juan Garcia Shaka is being conducted by Managing Member#201627010166This statement was filed with a Limited Liability Company. Registrant has not yet begun thetransacting County Clerk of Santaunder Clara County on 10/17/2016. (pubname Metro business the fictitious business or names listed herein. Above entity was formed in the 11/02, 11/09, 11/16, 11/23/2016) state of California. /s/Shawn Ellis, Managing Member. #201926010320. This statement was filed with the County FICTITIOUS BUSINESS Clerk of Santa Clara County on 10/04/2019. (pub Metro 10/09, 10/16, 10/23, 10/30/2019)

LEGALS & PUBLIC NOTICES

NAME STATEMENT #622430

The following person(s) is (are)NAME doing business as: Union FICTITIOUS BUSINESS STATEMENT #659251 Avenue Liquors, 3649 Union Ave., San Jose, CA, 95124, Kim Dao The following person(s) Ct., is (are) doingCA, business as: business Nexdor Corporation, 36 Leominster San Jose, 95139. This And Engineering, 2066 N. Capitol is Consulting being conducted by a corporation.

Registrant hasAvenue not yetSuite 3018, San Jose, CA, 95132, Nexdor Consulting And Engineering begun transacting business under the fictitious business name business is being conducted by a in Corporation. orINCQ. namesThis listed herein. Above entity was formed the state of Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious California. /s/Michael John Perazzo President #C39443143 This business name or names listed herein on 09/30/2019. statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County Above entity was formed in the state of California. /s/Dineth onMadhuranga 10/13/2016. (pub Metro 10/26, 11/02, 11/09, 11/16/2016) Ketagoda, President. #C4318491.

This statement

was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on

09/30/2019. (pubBUSINESS Metro 10/09, 10/16, 10/23, 10/30/2019) FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT #622360 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #659196 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Soft Touch Spa, TheTully following person(s) is (are) business as:650 AllIsland Love, 1692 Road, Suite 12, San Jose, CA,doing 95122, Dai Nguyen, 1000Redwood BlossomCity, River Way Apt San Jose, CA, 95123, Ana Place, CA, 94065.

This425, business is conducted by an Torres. This business is being conducted by an Individual. individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Dai Nguyen the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Ana This statement filed with thefiled County Clerk Santa Clara Torres.

This was statement was with theofCounty ClerkCounty of onSanta 10/12/2016.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #622523 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: KT Dental

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME. CASE NO. 19CV356472 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petition of: Cecille Paran for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: Cecille Paran. Proposed name: Cecille Paran Abiog. 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: March 3, 2020 at 8:45 am, room: Probate. filed on: October 11, 2019 (pub dates: 10/16, 10/23, 10/30, on 11/06/2019) 01/28/2014 under file number 587505. This business was conducted by: An individual /s/Minh T. Hoang Date filed with the clerks office: 10/12/2016 (pub dates 11/02, 11/09, 11/16, 11/23/2016 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #659504 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Pure Wood NOTICE OFCalle PETITION TO ADMINISTER Works, 287 Lolita, Los Gatos, CA, 95032, Chris Swalve.

This business is being conducted byKELLY. an Individual.

Registrant ESTATE OF MARK PASCOE CASE began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 10/07/2019. /s/Chris Swalve.

NO. 16PR178443 This statement was with the ESTATE County OF Clerk of Santa NOTICE OF PETITION TOfiled ADMINISTER MARK ClaraKELLY. CountyCASE on 10/07/2019. (pub Metro 10/16, 10/23, 10/30, PASCOE NO. 16PR178443To all heirs beneficiaries 11/06/2019) creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of: MARK PASCOE KELLY. A Petition for Probate has been filed by: James J. Ramoni, Public FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #659535 Administrator of the County of Santa Clara in the Superior Court of The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Sara California, of Santa Clara.TWay, he Petition for Probate requests JewelryCounty USA, 3323 Farthing San Jose, CA, 95132, thatDeepshikha James J. Ramoni, PublicThis Administrator the County of Santa Khaitan. business isofbeing conducted by an Clara be appointed as personal representative to administer Individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business theunder estate the of the decedent.

The petition requests authority to fictitious business name or names listed herein. administer estate under the Independent Administration of Refile inthe facts from previous filing #659422. /s/Deepshikha Estates Act. (This will allow thewith personal representative Khaitan.

Thisauthority statement was filed the County Clerk of to take many actions without obtaining court Before Santa Clara County on 10/07/2019. (pubapproval.

Metro 10/16, 10/23, taking certain very important actions, however, the personal 10/30, 11/06/2019) representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #659311 proposed action.) The independent administration authority will The following person(s) is person (are) doing business as:toDynamis be granted unless an interested files an objection the Weightlifting, 609,should San Jose, CA, petition and shows1460 goodTully causeRoad why Suite the court not grant 95122,ADonny Shankle Weightlifting LLC. This authority. hearing on the petition will be held in thisbusiness court as is beingNovember conducted28,by2016, a Limited Liability follows: at 9 a.m. in Dept.Company.

10 locatedRegistrant at 191 has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious NORTH FIRST STREET, SAN JOSE, CA, 95113. IF YOU OBJECT to business name or names listed herein.

Above entity the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearingwas in the state oforCalifornia.

Manager. andformed state your objections file written/s/Donald objectionsShankle, with the court #201608910430.

Thisappearance statementmay wasbefiled with the County before the hearing. Your in person or by your Clerk IF ofYOU Santa Clara County onor10/01/2019.

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ARE A CREDITOR a contingent(pub creditor of the 10/23, 10/30, 11/06/2019) 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#659305 of FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT letters a generalperson(s) personal representative, defined as: in section Thetofollowing is (are) doingas business Largo 58(b) of the California or (2)First 60 days from the date Concrete, Inc., 2741Probate WalnutCode, Avenue, Floor, Tustin, CA, of mailing personal delivery to you of a noticebyunder section 92780. or This business is being conducted a Corporation.

9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious andbusiness legal authority affect your as aon creditor.

You may namemay or names listedrights herein 05/24/1989.

Above want to consult with anin attorney knowledgeable California law. entity was formed the state of California.in/s/Ken Long, YOU MAY EXAMINE#C1641116. the file keptThis by the court. If you a person CEO/President. statement wasare filed with the interested the estate, youClara may file with the court a Request CountyinClerk of Santa County on 10/01/2019. (pub Metro for 10/16, Special10/23, Notice (form11/06/2019) DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and 10/30, appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #658600 is available from the court clerk. Attorney for petitioner: MARK The following is (are)Counsel, doing business SJM A. GONZALEZ, Leadperson(s) Deputy County OFFICE OFas: THE Builder, 2193 Hicks CA,Suite 95125, Steve COUNTY COUNSEL, 373Ave., WestSan JulianJose, Street, 300, San Morales.

Jose, CA, ThisTelephone: business is being conducted by11/02, an Individual.

Registrant 95110, 408-758-4200 (Pub CC, 11/09, 11/16/2016) began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 06/15/2019. /s/Steve Morales.

This statementBUSINESS was filed with the County Clerk of Santa FICTITIOUS Clara County on 09/10/2019. (pub Metro 10/09, 10/16, 10/23, NAME STATEMENT #622566 10/30/2019) The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Van Hoa Lam, 979FICTITIOUS Story Rd., #7087,BUSINESS San Jose, Ca,NAME 95122, Nuh Thuan Lam, Quoc STATEMENT #659468 AnhThe Nguyen, 608 Giraudo Dr., San Jose,doing CA, 95111.

This business following person(s) is (are) business as: 1. Men is conducted by an married couple.Registrant has not yet begun Amour, 2. Great’s Media, 3. Cart Tip, 825 San Antonio Road, transacting under fictitious businessManuel name or Madrid, names Suite 112,business Palo Alto, CA,the 94303, Alexander listed herein.

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Clara County on 10/18/2016. (pub Metro 10/26, 11/09,business 11/16/2016) began transacting business under the11/02, fictitious name or names listed herein on 10/01/2019. /s/Alexander Manuel Madrid. This statement was filed with the County FICTITIOUS BUSINESS Clerk of Santa Clara County on 10/04/2019. (pub Metro 10/16, 10/23, 10/30, 11/06/2019)

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TheFICTITIOUS following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Free Spirit, 380 BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #659331 S. 1st Street, San Jose, CA, 95113, Michael R. Hill, 8093 E. Zayante following person(s) is (are)isdoing business N.M.N Rd.,The Felton, CA, 95018.

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in facts from previous filing #596537. Above entity was formed in the state of California. /s/Ken Long, CEO. #C1833311.

This statementBUSINESS was filed with the County Clerk of Santa FICTITIOUS Clara County on 10/01/2019. (pub Metro 10/16, 10/23, 10/30, 11/06/2019) NAME STATEMENT #621712 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Countrywide Carrier, 2947 Capewood Ln., San Jose, CA, 95132, Rajwinder Singh. This business is conducted by an individual.Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #659476

The following person(s) / registrant(s) has / have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name(s): ISDI Digital University, 101 West Santa Clara Street, San Jose, CA, 95113, ISDI Talent Incorporated, 130 Wooded View Drive, Los Gatos, CA, 95032. Filed in the Santa Clara county on 08/17/2017. under file No. 633059. This business was conducted by: A Corporation: Filed on 10/08/2019. /s/Amir Mashkoori, CEO. (pub dates: 10/16, 10/23, 10/30, 11/06/2019)

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Burnt Toast Food Blog, 10631 Tuggle Place, Cupertino, CA, 95014, Lee Ann Kolker. This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 09/27/2019. /s/Lee Ann Kolker. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 10/04/2019. (pub Metro 10/16, 10/23, 10/30, 11/06/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #659518

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #658965

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Child Development Centers - Los Alamitos, 6130 Silberman Drive, San Jose, CA, 95120, Continuing Development Inc., 350 Woodview Avenue Suite 100, Morgan Hill, CA, 95037. This business is being conducted by a Corporation. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 5/15/1995. Above entity was formed in the state of California. /s/Susan Dumars, President. #C0731266. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 10/07/2019. (pub Metro 10/16, 10/23, 10/30, 11/06/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #659519 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Child Development Centers - Williams, 1150 Rajkovich Way, San Jose, CA, 95120, Continuing Development Inc., 350 Woodview Avenue Suite 100, Morgan Hill, CA, 95037. This business is being conducted by a Corporation. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 7/1/2019. Above entity was formed in the state of California. /s/Susan Dumars, President. #C0731266.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 10/07/2019. (pub Metro 10/16, 10/23, 10/30, 11/06/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #659114 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SMH Learning, 155 E. Campbell Ave., #212, Campbell, CA, 95008, Stephanie Hanses, 1865 Johnathan Ave., San Jose, CA, 95125.

This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 07/25/2019. Refile in facts from previous filing #657071. /s/Stephanie Macey Hanses.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 09/24/2019. (pub Metro 10/16, 10/23, 10/30, 11/06/2019)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME. CASE NO. 19CV356368 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petition of: Vicky Jann Besson for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: Janet Myra Besson. Proposed name: Jann Besson. 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: December 17, 2019 at 8:45 am, room: Probate. filed on: October 9, 2019 (pub dates: 10/16, 10/23, 10/30, 11/06/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #659277 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. BSI APPSEC Inc., 2. BSI CSIR U.S Inc., 3. BSI Cybersecurity & Information Resilience U.S Inc., 4. APPSEC Consulting Inc.- A BSI Professional Service Company. 6110 Hellyer Ave., San Jose, CA, 95138, APPSEC Consulting, Inc. This business is being conducted by a Corporation. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 04/01/2019. Above entity was formed in the state of California. /s/Brain Bertacini, President. #C2702897. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 09/30/2019. (pub Metro 10/16, 10/23, 10/30, 11/06/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #659663 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Leonor’s Tours, 1175 S. 8th Street, San Jose, CA, 95112, Leonor Montano. This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 10/11/2019. /s/Leonor Montano. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 10/11/2019. (pub Metro 10/16, 10/23, 10/30, 11/06/2019)

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Live In The Theme, 1705 Renaissance Ct., San Martin, CA, 95046, GNA Lynn Jarka. 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/Gina Lynn Jarka. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 09/20/2019. (pub Metro 10/16, 10/23, 10/30, 11/06/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #659674 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Make Room To Breathe, 2264 Bohannon Dr., Santa Clara, CA, 95050, Janine Marlise Boucher Bui. 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/Janine Marlise Boucher Bui. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 10/11/2019. (pub Metro 10/16, 10/23, 10/30, 11/06/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #659467 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: The Confident Bookkeeper, 422 Hershner Drive, Los Gatos, CA, 95032, Mimi South. This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 08/01/2019. /s/Mimi South.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 10/04/2019. (pub Metro 10/23, 10/30, 11/06, 11/13/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #659532 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Gentle Wave Bodywork, 1848 Saratoga Avenue Bldg 5A, Saratoga, CA, 95070, Sonja U Morgner, 523 Frederick St Unit B, Santa Cruz, CA, 95062.

This business is being conducted by an Individual.

Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 09/24/2019. /s/Sonja U Morgner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 10/07/2019. (pub Metro 10/23, 10/30, 11/06, 11/13/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #657419 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Pacific Hand Car Wash SJ, 1051 E. Santa Clara St., San Jose, CA, 95116, Pacific Hand Car Wash SJ. This business is being conducted by a Corporation. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 08/02/2019. Above entity was formed in the state of California. /s/Jason Tang, Manager. #4298161. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 08/02/2019. (pub Metro 08/14, 08/21, 08/28, 09/04/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #657136 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1.

Silicon Valley Heights Realty, 2. Silicon Valley Heights Real Estate Services, 3. Silicon Valey Heights Property Management, 800 W. El Camino Real, Suite 180, A Tu Inc. This business is being conducted by a Corporation.

Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 05/01/2019. Refile in facts from previous filing #591055.

Above entity was formed in the state of California. /s/Angela Tu, CEO. #3642965. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 07/26/2019. (pub Metro 08/14, 08/21, 08/28, 09/04/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #658874 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: MJPA Consulting, 1666 Alum Rock Ave., San Jose, CA, 95116, Mayra Pelagio. 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/Mayra Pelagio. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 09/17/2019. (pub Metro 10/16, 10/23, 10/30, 11/06/2019)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME. CASE NO. 19CV354300 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petition of: Sifa Tuiaki

Auka for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: Sifa Tuiaki Auka. Proposed name: Sifa Auka Latu. 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: January 21, 2020 at 8:45 am, room: Probate. filed on: August 19, 2019 (pub dates: 10/23, 10/30, 11/06, 11/13/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #659417 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Q Photography, 2205 Beech Cir., San Jose, CA, 95131, Kyu Kim. This business is being conducted by an Individual.

Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 05/01/2019. /s/Kyu Kim. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 10/03/2019. (pub Metro 10/23, 10/30, 11/06, 11/13/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #659718 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1.

Private Practice Launchpad, 2. Talk About It!, 3. Talk About It! Games, 4. Fill Your Practice Now, 5. Being Your Best Self, 2450 Samaritan Drive, San Jose, CA, 95124, I Am LVC, Inc. This business is being conducted by a Corporation. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 01/172019. Refile in facts from previous filing #648218. Above entity was formed in the state of California. /s/Lindsay Smith, President. #C3983172.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 10/15/2019. (pub Metro 10/23, 10/30, 11/06, 11/13/2019)

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME #659570 The following person(s) / registrant(s) has / have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name(s): Shalom Christian Academy, 383 Spar Ave., San Jose, CA, 95117, Dong Chin, 1852 Cavalier Ct., San Jose, CA, 95124. Filed in the Santa Clara county on 06/01/2018. under file No. 643006. This business was conducted by: An Individual: Filed on 10/15/2019. /s/Dong Chin. (pub dates: 10/23, 10/30, 11/06, 11/13/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #659740 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Invisiblex LLC, 1853 Bird Ave., San Jose, CA, 95125, .

This business is being conducted by a Limited Liability Company. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 3/01/2009. Refile in facts from previous file #594423 Above entity was formed in the state of California. /s/ Brain Asselin, CEO. #201620010327. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 10/16/2019. (pub Metro 10/23, 10/30, 11/06, 11/13/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #659667 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Bossy Broads Bits & Bobs, 2151 Oakland Rd., SPC 524, San Jose, CA, 95131, Jennifer Pabst. 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/Jennifer Pabst. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 10/11/2019. (pub Metro 10/23, 10/30, 11/06, 11/13/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #659808 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Babas Wraps, 15559 Union Ave Suite 102, Los Gatos, CA, 95032, Saeed Etemadi, Fariba Kamali, 14530 Homerirte Dr., San Jose, CA, 95124. This business is being conducted by a Joint Venture. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 10/17/2019. /s/Saed Etemadi.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 10/17/2019. (pub Metro 10/23, 10/30, 11/06, 11/13/2019)

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF GEORGE ABERTH CASE NO. 19PR186261 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: George Aberth.A Petition for Probate has been filed by Susan

Aberth and Diane Hazelwood in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara.The Petition for Probate requests that Susan Aberth and Diane Hazelwood be appointed as personal representatives to co-administer the estate of the decedent pursuant to California Probate Code 8461.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 co-administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (The authority will allow the personal representatives to take many actions without obtaining court approval.

Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representatives 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 December 20, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept. 13 located at 191 N 1st St, 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 representatives appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representatives, 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 for Petitioner: Dean Lloyd 425 Sherman Avenue Suite 330, Palo Alto Ca 94306 Phone: 650-328-1664(Pub Dates: 10/23, 10/30, 11/06/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #659812 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: DJS Painting, 1472 Revere Ave., San Jose, CA, 95118, Donald Stove 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. Refile in facts from previous filing #443794. Above entity was formed in the state of California. /s/Donald Stover, President. #C2573519.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 10/17/2019. (pub Metro 10/23, 10/30, 11/06, 11/13/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #659683 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. Try Bay Area, 2. Most Powerful Self, 3. One Curious Kat, LLC, 1002 Marcelli Circle, Los Altos, CA, 94022.

This business is being conducted by a Limited Liability Company. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. Above entity was formed in the state of California. /s/Katherine Kuan, Member. #201727010058.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 10/11/2019. (pub Metro 10/23, 10/30, 11/06, 11/13/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #659832 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Makai Sailing, 1514 Clay Dr., Los Altos, CA, 94024, Kai Christian Petzelt, Isabell Petzelt. 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/Kai Petzelt.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 10/18/2019. (pub Metro 10/23, 10/30, 11/06, 11/13/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #658949 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Santa Clara 4Kids, 363 Piercy Road, San Jose, CA, 95138, Care4Kids LLC, 5508 Century Manor Court, San Jose, CA, 95111. This business is being conducted by a Limited Liability Company. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 09/19/2019. Above entity was formed in the state of California. /s/Ivan Solidum, Member. #201923810637. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 09/19/2019. (pub Metro 10/09, 10/16, 10/23, 10/30/2019)

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19): Singapore has one of the world's lowest fertility rates. A few years ago, this state of affairs prompted the government to urge Singaporeans to have sex on an annual holiday known as National Day. A new rap song was released in the hope of pumping up everyone's libidos and instigating a baby boom. It included the lyrics, "Let's make fireworks ignite / Let's make Singapore's birth rate spike." I have a different reason for encouraging you to seek abundant high-quality sex, Aries. According to my analysis, tender orgasmic experiences will profoundly enhance your emotional intelligence in the coming weeks—and make you an excellent decision-maker just in time for your big decisions. (P.S. You don't necessarily need a partner.)

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In the 1530s, explorer Jacques Cartier led expeditions from France to the New World. As Europeans often did back then, he and his team were rude and brutish to the indigenous folks who lived there, stealing their land, kidnapping some of them, and slaughtering herds of great auks in a bird sanctuary. Yet there was one winter when Cartier's marauders got crucial help from their victims, who gave them vitamin C-rich pine needle tea that cured their scurvy. I suspect you Tauruses will embark on quests and journeys in the coming months, and I'm hoping your behavior will be different from Cartier's. When you arrive in unfamiliar places, be humble, curious and respectful. Be hesitant to impose your concepts of what's true, and be eager to learn from the locals. If you do, you're likely to get rich teachings and benefits equivalent to the pine needle tea.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Many software engineers have enjoyed The Pragmatic Programmer, a book that helps them develop and refine their code. One popular technique the book offers is “rubber duck deprogramming.” Programmers place a toy rubber duck in front of them and describe to it the problems they're having. As they explain each line of code to their very good listener, they may discover what's amiss. I recommend a similar approach to you as you embark on metaphorically debugging your own program, Gemini. If a rubber duck isn't available, call on your favorite statue or stuffed animal, or even a photo of a catalytic teacher or relative or spirit.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Read the following

passage from Gabriel García Márquez's novel One Hundred Years of Solitude. “Gaston was not only a fierce lover, with endless wisdom and imagination, but he was also, perhaps, the first man in the history of the species who had made an emergency landing and had come close to killing himself and his sweetheart simply to make love in a field of violets.” I admire the romantic artistry of Gaston's dramatic gesture. I applaud his imaginative desire to express his love in a carefully chosen sanctuary filled with beauty. I praise his intense devotion to playful extravagance. But I don't recommend you do anything quite so extreme in behalf of love during the coming weeks. Being 20 percent as extreme might be just right, though.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In his song "Diplomatic

Immunity," rapper Drake disparages tranquility and harmony. "I listen to heavy metal for meditation, no silence," he brags. "My body isn't much of a sacred temple, with vodka and wine, and sleep at the opposite times," he declares. Is there a method in his madness?

It's revealed in these lyrics: "All that peace and that unity: all that weak sh-- will ruin me." In the coming weeks, Leo, I urge you to practice the exact opposite of Drake's approach. It's time to treat yourself to an intense and extended phase of self-care.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): It's a favorable time to

refresh your relationships with your basic sources and to make connections with new basic sources.

To spur your creative thought on these matters, I offer the following questions to meditate on: 1. If you weren't living where you do now, what other place might you like to call home? 2. If you didn't have the name you actually go by, what other name would you choose? 3. If you had an urge to expand the circle of allies that supports and stimulates you, whom would you seek out? 4. If you wanted to add new foods and herbs that would nurture your physical health and new experiences that would nurture your mental health, what would they be?

By ROB BREZSNY week of October 23

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Mushrooms have spores, not seeds. They're tiny. If you could stack 2,500 of them, they'd be an inch high. On the other hand, they are numerous. A ripe mushroom may release up to 16 million spores. And each spore is so lightweight, the wind can pick it up and fling it long distances. I'll encourage you to express your power and influence like a mushroom in the coming days: subtle and airy but abundant; light and fine, but relentless and bountiful.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): "Sometimes the easiest way to get something done is to be a little naive about it," writes computer engineer Bill Joy. I invite you to consider the value of that perspective, Scorpio—even though you're the least likely sign in all the zodiac to do so. Being naive just doesn't come naturally to you; you often know more than everyone else around you. Maybe you'll be more receptive to my suggestion if I reframe the task. Are you familiar with the Zen Buddhist concept of “beginner's mind?” You wipe away your assumptions and see everything as if it were the first time you were in its presence.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Is it always a bad thing to be lost? To wander in the unknown without a map? I'd like to propose a good version of being lost. It requires you to be willing to give up your certainties, to relinquish your grip on the comforting dogmas that have structured your world—but to do so gladly, with a spirit of cheerful expectancy and curiosity. It doesn't require you to be a macho hero who feels no fear or confusion.

Rather, you have faith that life will provide blessings that weren't possible until you got lost.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): "Worrying is the

most natural and spontaneous of all human functions," wrote science educator Lewis Thomas.

"Let's acknowledge this, perhaps even learn to do it better." I agree with him! And I think it's an ideal time for you to learn how to worry more effectively, more potently and with greater artistry. What might that look like? First, you wouldn't feel shame or guilt about worrying. You wouldn't regard it as a failing. Rather, you would raise your worrying to a higher power. You'd wield it as a savvy tool to discern which situations truly need your concerned energy and which don't.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): "Some wounds go so

deep that you don't even feel them until months, maybe years, later," wrote Aquarian author Julius Lester. Pay attention to that thought, Aquarius. The bad news is that you are just now beginning to feel a wound that was inflicted some time ago. But that's also the good news, because it means the wound will no longer be hidden and unknowable.

And because you'll be fully aware of it, you'll be empowered to launch the healing process. I suggest you follow your early intuitions about how best to proceed with the cure.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): If you've been having

dreams or fantasies that the roof is sinking or the walls are closing in, you should interpret it as a sign that you should consider moving into a more spacious situation. If you have been trapped within the narrow confines of limited possibilities, it's time to break free and flee to a wide open frontier.

In general, Pisces, I urge you to insist on more expansiveness in everything you do, even if that requires you to demolish cute little mental blocks that have tricked you into thinking small.

Homework: You don't have to feel emotions that others try to manipulate you into feeling. You are free to be who you want to be.

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ROBERT EMMETT, MICK GRAY and SHANNON WILLYOUNG stand in front of KFJC’s impressive vinyl library. The radio station, which is celebrating 60 years on air, hosted an open house on Sunday.

JENNIFER LOPEZ (not to be confused with J.Lo), Valerie Alvarez and Edith Lopez came from Napa to see J. Balvin perform at the SAP Center.

TOM C, BRENDA TIS and TERRY BOBLET show their love for KFJC at the Foothill College radio station’s open house.

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