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Just Say No, Ro Thanks for showcasing Ro Khanna, an up-and-coming leader with a bad idea (“Just Say Ro,� Cover Story, March 13). “Making things� as an end in itself is bad because we’re drowning in garbage, but even worse, because it’s

part of the idea which is cannibalizing our economy—the idea of delegating the private investment sector to be the distributor of the nation’s capital. First, capital gains are taxed at a lower rate than earned income, then the resources intended for housing are distributed by way of banks, which take an interest percentage; then, when they mismanage the money, they are saved from the laissez faire results of their folly. Next, we break up the workers’ insurance pool, allowing insurance/ investment companies to impose a fee on every transaction involving healthy people with good jobs, while retaining for the taxpayers the “insurance� of the sick, injured and jobless. The Ro Khannas of this world— remember, he was assistant secretary of commerce—simply ignore the painful reality that the amount they take from

the individual worker and shift to entrepreneurs lowers the purchasing power of the masses to the point where the economy is going to hell in a hand basket. OK, if China is involved in misallocating resources to losing industries, so are we, regardless of our lofty status and pure motives. We’re gifting to private capital formation what we should be returning to the essential support of our economy, our people. STEPHANIE MUNOZ

Wicked Slow Pardon me—I was just laughing at San Jose’s big deal, much-overdue (and overhyped) citywide free WiFi, exultantly named “WickedlyFast� (SV411.com, March 20). In the last several months that I’ve been seeing it

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pop up as an available service on my iPod4 until today (3/21), I’ve been able to connect exactly twice—and neither time has it allowed so much as a single text to be sent. I get better Internet action at McDonald’s! Sam Liccardo’s boast of having “the fastest outdoor WiFi in America� is just another empty SJ platitude. Clearly, the real hub of Silicon Valley is a little farther north, like, say, Mountain View. Way to lead, SJ. Again. But, hey, keep building those luxury condos! LARY JAKUBECZ | CAMPBELL

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THE T HE FLY FLLY The 2014 mayor mayor’s ’s rrace ace iin n San Jose won ’t ofďŹ cially start unt won’t untilil later this year year,, ged in but a new contender ha hass emer emerged what ’s expected to be a massive ďŹ eld. what’s PIERL PIERLUIGI UIGI O OLIVERIO, LIVERIO, a co councilman ouncilman ffor or the Willow Glen/Rose G arden districts, Garden tells Flyy that he will indeed join the rrace ace to rreplace eplace Mr Mr.. Burns— ahem, we mean Mayor CCHUCK HUCK R REED. EED. Oliverio is one of thr ee Sicilians three Pierluigi P ierluigi expected to join the Oliverio rrace, ace, as labor-aligned Super visor D AVE Supervisor DAVE CCORTESE—so ORTESE—so eloquent his wor ds words seemed to be laced with h Ambien—and Ambien and business darling SAM SAM LLICCARDO, ICCCARDO, who rreps eps the downtown coun ncil district council with an ir on bike helmet t, have yet to iron helmet, thr ow their names in thee ANELL O. But throw ANELLO. Oliverio—who ’ll also doo battle with Oliverio—who’ll M ADISON N GUYEN, the vi ice mayor who MADISON NGUYEN, vice announced her candidac cy last year candidacy with the ffanfare anfare of a tr e ffalling ee alling in the tree woods—can thr ow throw a little shade at his Don’t Italiano counterparts forget considering he ’s the he’s to tip! only ďŹ rst-gener ation ďŹ rst-generation paesano and actually FLY@ METRONEWS. speak speakss the language COM uently uently.. He also has the uncanny ability to sport a 5 oo’clock ’clock clock shadow as soon as he washes aside, out the rrazor. azor. Jokes asid de, Oliverio makes ffor or a fformidable ormidable candidate considering his district, in which he was over whelmingly rre-elected e-electted to rrepresent epresent overwhelmingly last summer t votes better summer,, turns out the than Liccar do or Nguyen n’s districts. Liccardo Nguyen’s And he has developed a rreputation eputation as a rogue rogue vote that balances balances ďŹ scal conser vatism with social social liber alism. conservatism liberalism. A d to And t give i Fly Fl a little littl mor m t i l moree material, Oliverio is also a bachelo or. Where Where his bachelor. online dating eff orts ma ay have ffailed ailed efforts may at the council level, bein ng mayor in being the 10th lar gest city in America A could largest ffacilitate acilitate a ffew ew mor ngle ladies moree sin single winking their way into his h heart.

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SUPERVISING SUPERVI ISING CINDY CINDY The former vic vice ce mayor of San Jose and curre current ent director of the labor-aligne labor-aligned ed nonproďŹ t W orking P artnerships USA, Cindy Chave ez’ actions last election cycle sh how serious conicts of intere est. Working Partnerships Chavez’ show interest.

Superrvisor candida Supervisor candidate te Cindy Chave Chavez ez raid raided ded a county-fu county-funded unded nonproďŹ nonproďŹ t ďŹ t to fu fund nd her own org organizations ganizations By D DAN AN N PULCRANO PULCRANO

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OUNTY OUNTY U SUPERVISOR SUPERVISOR candidate ca andidate Cindy Chavez Ch h havez participated i i d in i decisions de ecisions in which she had a conict con nict of interest when she helped helpe ed move hundreds of thousands thousa ands of dollars out of a local health nonproďŹ t, according g to copies of board minutes obtained o by M Metro etro e . The minu minutes—which utes—which the nonpr nonproďŹ t p oďŹ t Sant S Santaa Clara Familyy Health Foundation F oundation n (SCFHF) refused refused to rrelease elease earlier earliier this month—highlight Chavez’s Cha avez’s central central role role in engineering transactions transaction ns that funded other Chavez-led Cha avez-led organizations. organizations. Att a pivotal A pivvo ottal meeting last JJune, une, Cha Chavez avez was w aas re-appointed re-appointed o to SCFHF’ SCFHF’ss b board, oard,

and her close ally C California aliffornia o A Assembly sssem mbly Speaker Sp eak keer pr pro oT Tempore eemporre N Nora ora C Campos amp pos w was aas named to a seat. Cha Chavez avez then vvoted oted to o approve appr ove a budget that included a line l item in which one of her employers, emplo oyeerrs, Working W orking P o Partnerships artnerships US USA, SA A, had a ďŹ nancial inter interest. est. Cha Chavez avez also vvoted o oteed to fund a p political olitical ccampaign aampaign that w was aas largely lar rggely run b byy her other emplo employer, oyeerr, the South Bay Baay L Labor abor C Council. ouncil. T Toward ow owaarrd the end of the meeting meeting, g, Cha Chavez avez pr proposed opossed and won appr approval oval v ffor or a motion to cr o create eate a ďŹ v ďŹ ve-member ve-member eexecutive xxecutivve ccommittee, ommitttteee, o with her as one of its memb members. ers. With W iith the JJune une b board oard rresolutions esolutiions in plac place, e, SCFHF was was fr free ee to use funds ffor or o purp purposes oses other than pa paying ayying the health ccare are pr premiums emiums of low-in low-income ncome kids. k ids. In the past nine months, months, it has: ŠŠ @@V@QCDC ÂżĂ…Ă‰Ă„ÂŒĂ„Ă„Ă„ HM ETMCHMF SN V@QCDC ÂżĂ…Ă‰Ă„ÂŒĂ„Ă„Ă„ HM ETMCHMFF SN Chavez’s Cha avez’s Working Working o Partnerships Partnership ps USA US A ((WPUSA) WPUSA) ffor or “c o “community ommun nity outreachâ€?; outr eachâ€?; and

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actually paid dir directly ectly to o the health plan, not to the foundation. foundation. o The ffoundation o oundation enc o ourages the encourages cconfusion onfusion b etween thee ttwo wo b aking between byy ttaking cr edit ffor o or public ccontributions ontriibutions to credit the health plan. It lists the cities of Cup ertino, L os Alto os, Milpitas, Milpitas, Cupertino, Los Altos, Mount ain View, Vie i w, San Jose Jose o and Mountain Sunn nyyvale as donors on o its website Sunnyvale and includes the contributions—even contrributions ributions— even though the ectlyy to the health theyy go dir directly plan—in its annual budget bu udget numbers. numbers. The ffoundation’s o oundation n’s June Jun ne 9, 2012, board board meeting saw saaw dir ectors unanimously u directors appr ove a $9.2 million budget. b The approve actual numb ers ar uch lower numbers aree mu much lower.. A ccording to the organization’s organiization n’s most According rrecent ecent IRS F orm 9 90, itt had rrevenues eveenues Form 990, of just $1.3 million in th he previous previous year, year e , the and pr ojected eexpenses xpenses in the curr ent projected current yyear eear ar $1 5 million. million m aree less than $1.5 SCFHF’ com mes principally SCFHF’ss budget comes fr om ffoundation o oundation grant ts, public from grants, agencies and fundraising fundraisin ng events. events. The Measur ampaign represented represented Measuree A ccampaign ab out one -sixth of its budget. b WPUSA about one-sixth WPUSA got another 10 p ercentt, as did its percent, p olitically ambitious CEO, C , former CEO fo ormer politically Sarato ga Mayor Maayor Kathleen King, who is Kathleeen King, Saratoga a close ally of Cha avez’s and briefly ran Chavez’s ffor or o ccounty ounty sup ervisor last l yyear. ear. supervisor “Th “The ey wer tttle tl mob bb osses,” sa ayys “They weree lit little bosses, says one sour rce who ’s familia ar with how the source who’s familiar p oliticcaally cconnected onnected du uo op erated at politically duo operated the foundation fo oundation and in th heir interactions their with other agencies hat’s the w ay the ey agencies.. “Th “That’s way they behaved. Everybody’s terrified b ehaaveed. Ev ver e ybody’s te errified of them.” byy Metr The minutes obtained obtaineed b Metro ro Chavez attended rreveal eveeal that Cha avez at tttended the JJune une 8, 2012, b board oard of dir directors ecto ors meeting that unanimously appr approved roved funding the ttax ax campaign. campaign. The ccommittee ommittttee that ran the h ccampaign ampaign i w was aas alr aalready l eady d in i plac place l e ax from unsuccessful 2010 parcel fr om an unsuc cessful 2 010 par cel ttax measur measuree the South Bay Baay Labor Labor Council Council and SCFHF had br brought ough ht before beffo ore vvoters. oters. The Y Yes ees on A ccommittee ommiittttee quickly turned funds over oveer to the th he labor labor ccouncil’s ouncil’s P AC, which w aas handlin ng a variet ty of PAC, was handling variety initiativ initiatives, vees, including thee expansion expansion of ccardroom ardroom gambling and d the minimumw wage age a incr increase. ease. Cha Chavez avez also a ser served ved e as cco-chair o-chair of the Measur Measuree B saf safe-water fe-w water a ttax ax ccampaign, ampaign, a which sim similarly milarly paid the South Ba Bay ay L Labor abor C Council PAC AC at ounccil Issues P $20,000 ampaaign on its b behalf. least $20,0 00 to ccampaign ehalff. When lab or officials b ought burritos labor bought at Guadalajara Mark keet, piz p za at T o on ny Market, pizza Tony & Alba Alba’s a’s or sandwiches at a Subw Subway way ffor o or ccampaign aampaign work workers, keers, the eexpenses xp x enses wer weree allo allocated caated among the var various rious initiativ initiatives. vees.

A 329-page ccampaign aampaign filing ffor or the o account ccommingled ommingleed ac ccount shows that when then-S SBLC p oliticcaal dir ector Ben F ield then-SBLC political director Field w aas rreimbursed eimbu ursed $14.2 or a meal ttab, o ab, was $14.277 ffor $3.8 9 of thee eexpense xxpense w aas char ged to $3.89 was charged Measur $2.60 Measuree D D,, $2.2 $2.277 to Measur Measuree A, $2.60 to Measur o or Measuree E, and $2 and change ffor or against each e of st ate Pr opositions 30 state Propositions and 32. The mon neey that hopp ed fr om money hopped from Yes SCFHF to the t Y es e on A ccommittee ommittttee to SBLC’s PAC $10,597.89 SBLC ’s P AC also rreimbursed eimbursed $10,597 7..89 SBLC’s overhead, in SBLC ’s general g salaries and o veerhead, according filings.. In this ccase, Chavez ac cording to t filings ase, Cha avez was stage w aas at eevery veery st age of the transaction: the funder,, the strategist, the intermediar intermediary, funder y, employer, the emplo oyeer, the individual rrecipient. ecipient. According Council A ccordin ng to the National C ouncil of Nonprofits, nonprofit organizations N onprofitss, all nonpr ofit or ganizations have placee p policies should ha ave in plac olicies to board members ““prohibit “pr ohibit hibi in iinterested nterested db oard memb bers from any matter gives fr om vvoting otingg on an ny mat ttter that giv es between personal rise to a cconflict on nflict b ettween w their p ersonal interests and nonprofit’s interests. inter ests an nd the nonpr ofit’s inter ests.” organization An or gan nization that is ttax-exempt ax-exempt Internal Revenue Service laws under Inter rnal R eveenue Ser vice la aws w must ffollow ollow o w strict guidelines to aavoid void o transactions personally benefit transaction ns that p ersonally b enefit its officers directors. prohibited offic ers or dir d ectors. Such pr ohibited transactions aree known as “self dealing dealing..” transaction ns ar Chavez seconded When C haavez sec onded the motion approve Santaa Clara Family Health to appr ove Sant Foundation’s oundation F n’s budget last JJune, une, it allocation Working included the th he allo caation ffor o or W orking o Partnerships’ “outreach” services. P artnership ps’“outr each h” ser vices. The outreach byy the outr each is primarily funded b agency First Santa County, public agen ncy F irst 5 Sant ta Clara C ountty, government. which is a unit u of ccounty ount o ty go overnment. e It chaired byy Boar Board Supervisors is chair ed b d of Sup ervisors Chair Ken Yeager byy Pr Proposition K een Y eeagerr and is funded b oposition tobacco 10 tobac co eexcise xxcise ttaxes. aaxes. First say, F irst 5 has haas a surplus su p us funds, funds u ds, insiders s de s sa ay, because b ecause its health programs programs primarily service children ser vice the childr en of undocumented undocumented immigrants, immigrant ts, and fewer fewer children children and pregnant are crossing pr egnant women w are cr ossing the border these days. b order the se da ays y . WPUSA WPUSA also is not ccertified ertifieed to run health insurance insurance enrollment enr ollmentt programs. programs. Nonetheless, First N onetheeless, the F irst 5-funded Working Partnerships “Community W orking P o artnerships “C ommunitty Outreach” was increased from Outr each” grant w aas incr eased fr om $120,000 $150,000 documents $120 $120,0 000 to t $150,0 $150 000 in do cuments circulated Feb. board meeting.. culated at its F cir eb. 1 b oard meeting was about Working It w as ab ou ut a month after W orking o Partnerships took over P artnershiips to ok o ver rresponsibility esponsibilitty paying portion ffor o or pa aying y the p ortion of Chavez’s Chaavez’s salaryy pr previously byy the South salar eviously v ccovered overed b Bay Labor Council. Ba ay L abor C ouncil. Josh Koehn J oosh K oehn ccontributed ontributteed ttoo this rreport. eport.

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Teresa Alvarado made it official last Thursday, when she filed papers and paid the $1,430.31 fee to run for the District 2 county supervisor seat left vacant by the disgraced George Shirakawa Jr. San Jose Inside just happened to be checking up on Registrar of Voters records when Alvarado and her campaign manager, Peter Allen, walked into the office. Alvarado joins Patricia MartinezRoach, David Wall, Scott Hung Pham and Cindy Chavez (see page 11 for more on Chavez) as the only candidates to pay the filing fee as of San Jose Inside’s print deadline. Beau Goldie, CEO of the Santa Clara Valley Water District, announced in an email to staff March 13 that Alvarado—the district’s communication—would take an unpaid leave of absence during the race, which could extend into the late summer if there is a runoff. San Jose Vice Mayor Madison Nguyen announced last week that she would stay in her current role and focus on the 2014 mayor’s race rather than run for the county seat.

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and cash is far from finished. State Controller John Chiang announced in a report Thursday that some of the properties the city transferred in 2011, including land by Diridon Station planned for a future Oakland A’s stadium, was unlawfully shifted. Chiang says that the city should not have transferred $148.1 million in cash, land and other assets from San Jose’s RDA to its successor agency. Proceeds from the sale of those properties should have gone to schools, public services and paying down leftover redevelopment debt, Chiang said. “The governor and legislature made it clear that redevelopment assets need to go toward retiring RDA debt and funding critical services at the local level,” Chiang said. “Our reviews in San Jose and elsewhere are meant to ensure that happens.” But San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed begs to differ. “I am disappointed in the findings,” Reed said in a statement. “The properties transferred to the city include assets that serve a civic or government function, and likely will fall under the government use provisions of the new redevelopment dissolution law, and my expectation is that the Oversight Board will make the same findings.” While the state report doesn’t help the chances of the A’s relocating to San Jose, it doesn’t kill the proposal for a baseball stadium to be built in San Jose. County Supervisor Dave Cortese said Thursday that the county could help in reformulating an agreement.

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Sh i She h has written severall novels of transpersonal post-Beat spiritual quests in the ignored suburban wastelands of the South Bay, including a few I’ve raved about in this very space—Side Roads, Born in Berkeley and Rainbow’s Daughter. Recently, Rogers was invited to take part in a “Sparring” event at the Beat Museum in North Beach. It was called “Prankster Girls” and also featured Cassady’s former companion, Ann Murphy. “To thank them for including me in this, and my writing, and my art, I decided to initiate the first ‘Sparring With Beatnik Ghosts’ event in San Jose,” Rogers told me. That first event erupted last month and included Al Hinkle, Ann Murphy, Al Preciado, Bea Garth and even Jerry Kamstra, author of The Frisco Kid, a book as important in documenting the Beat journey as On the Road. It all went down February 7, the night before Neal Cassady’s birthday. This time around, the party is called “Exploring the Beat Spirit.” Rogers will further

interview Hinkle, the last one living from those who were present on Kerouac’s road to the interconnected everywhere. “He’s an oral memoir person, who’s full of stories about his experiences among the Beats,” said Rogers. “And he brings out the real, kind, loving gentleman side of the Beat man that we don’t hear about as much.” After the participants do their thing, an open mic will allow any other poets to join the fun, transdimensionally connect to Beat history, and be counted among the stories of Kerouac and Cassady’s time in San Jose, which are already well documented. Being that the Camden Community Center is a city of San Jose facility, Rogers also said that senior program manager Melissa Monsees was instrumental in helping make the space available for these poetic events. Were they alive now, Kerouac and Cassady would be damn proud, if I do say so myself. In fact, Rogers continued, it may even lead to more formalized writers’ salons in the future. “We hope to possibly have one more in the spring, and then to network and create literary and artistic spontaneous joy in the South Bay,” said Rogers. “And have more again in the fall.” As our conversation came to an end, everything circled back to Kerouac and Cassady’s time in San Jose, as it does whenever Rogers and I talk. According to Rogers, the Cassady house on East Santa Clara Street is where Neal first began to study Edgar Cayce. Kerouac, on the other hand, was looking for something a little different, which led him, in a now famous story, to first discover Buddhism by stealing a book from the San Jose Public Library. There you have it. My vote for “Best Beat Generation Torch Steal” goes to Lynn Rogers and the folks behind “Sparring With Beatnik Ghosts.”

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That on the 22nd of February 2013, a report of the SANTA CLARA VALLEY WATER DISTRICT’S activities in the protection and augmentation of the water supplies of the District has been delivered to Michele L. King, CMC, Clerk of the Board, in writing, including: a financial analysis of the District’s water utility system; information as to the present and future water requirements of the District; the water supply available to the District, and future capital improvement and maintenance and operating requirements; a method of financing; a recommendation as to whether or not a groundwater charge should be levied in any zone or zones of the District and, if any groundwater charge is recommended, a proposal of a rate per acre-foot for agricultural water and a rate per acre-foot for all water other than agricultural water for such zone or zones; That on the 9th day of April 2013, at 9 a.m., in the chambers of the Board of Directors of Santa Clara Valley Water District at 5700 Almaden Expressway, San Jose, California, a public hearing regarding said report will be held; that all operators of water producing facilities within the District and any persons interested in the District’s activities in the protection and augmentation of the water supplies of the District are invited to call at the offices of the District at 5750 Almaden Expressway, San Jose, California, to examine said report; That at the time and place above stated any operator of a water producing facility within the District, or any person interested in the District’s activities in the protection and augmentation of the water supplies of the District, may, in person or by representative, appear and submit evidence concerning the subject of said written report; and That based upon findings and determinations from said hearing, including the results of any protest procedure, the Board of Directors of the District will determine whether or not a groundwater production charge and surface water charge should be levied in any zone or zones; and that, if the Board of Directors determines that a groundwater production charge and surface water charge should be levied, the same shall be levied, subject and pursuant to applicable law, against all persons operating groundwater facilities and diverting District surface water within such zone 2/2013_AY_met

CASCAL Best Latin American Restaurant

Best Seafood S f Restaurant R

MCCORMICKK’S AND MCCORMICK’S SSCHMICK’S CHMICK’S 170 S. Market Marrket St., San Sa an JJose ose

PPACIFIC A CIFIC CCATCH A T CH 1875 S. Bascom A Ave., ve., Campbell Campbell

FFISH ISH MARKET 3150 El Camin Camino oR Real, eal, Palo Al Palo Alto; lto; 3775 El Camin C Camino oR Real, eal, Santa San nta Cl Clara; ara; 1007 Bl B Blossom ossom Hill Road, R oad, San JJose ose

Best R Ramen amen a

OORENCHI RENCHI RRAMEN AMEN

3540 H Homestead omestead R Road, oad, San Santa ta Clara. Cl ara. Although Allthough many many restaurants restauran ntts in Sili Silicon con V Valley a alley se serve er ve tr traditional adiitional JJapanese apanese rramen, amen, nothing nothing compares compares tto o Or O enchi accor diin i g tto o Metr M t o Bes B Orenchi according Metro Bestt Off voters. O voters. T The he n noodle ood dle sou soup p pu puts utts packaged p ackaged rramen amen tto o sshame. hame. It is served ser ved bub bubbling bling h hot o in a sa ot savory avory broth b roth an and d wi with ith thi thick ck n noodles oodles th that at aree per ar perfectly rfeecctly al d dente, en nte, gr green een oni onions, ons, mushroom, mus hroom, n nori ori an and nd a sslice lice o off por pork. rk. Orenchi Or enchi bec beckons kons wi w with th oth other er tr treats ea atts such su ch as k kara ara ag agee (f (fried fried cchicken), hicken),

spicy calamari spi c cal cy amari legs, legs, deep-fried deep-fried tofu tofu and an d lots lots of of beer, beer, soju and and sake. sake.

MARU MARRU IICHI CHI JAPANESE J A P ANESE NNOODLE OODLE Castro tro St., M Mountain oun ntain HOUSE H OUUSE 368 Cas View; View; w 530 Bar Barber rb ber Lane, Lane, Milpitas Milpitas

KKUMAKO U M AK O RRAMEN A M EN 211 JJackson ackson St., San n JJose ose

Best S Small mall m Restaurant R

HHENRY’S E Y’S HI-LIFE ENR HI-LIFE 301 W. St. John John St., San JJose ose

NAGLEE N A GLEE G PARK P ARK GARAGE G AR A GE 505 E. San Carlos Carrlos St., San JJose ose

NNICK’S ICKK’S 11 Co College llege A Ave., ve., Los Gatos Ga atos

Best T Thai hai Restaurant h

KKRUNG R RUNG TTHAI HAI

642 S. Winchester Winchester Bl Blvd., vd., d San JJose; ose; 580 N. N Winchester Winchester Bl Blvd., vd., d San JJose; ose; 590 Showers Showers Dr., Drr.,. Mountain Moun ntain View View

irst St., THAI T HAAI ORCHID O RCHID 2591 N. FFirst San n JJose; ose; 866 E. Cam Campbell pbell Ave., Ave., Campbell Cam mpbell

BLUE BL U E MANGO 635 Co Coleman leman Ave., Ave., San n JJose ose

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Best Hawaiian an

Best Desserts D

HHUKILAU UK ILAU

ICING IC ING N ON THE CCAKE AKE

230 JJackson ackson St., San n JJose ose

50 W. Main Main St., Los Gatos Ga atos

Branham anham Lan Lane, e, San OHANA O HANA 1576 Br Jose; 43570 Chr Jose; Christy istyy St., F Fremont; remon ntt; 39006 F Fremont remon nt Bl Blvd. vd. #122, F Fremont remon nt

A Ave., ve., San S Jose Jose

BBIG I G ISLAND BAR BARBEQUE B E QUE Q 2125 Trimble Trimble

Alum um Rock Rock PETERS’ BAKERYY 3108 Al PETERRS’ BAKER

FLEURR DE CCOCOA OCO A 39 N. San Santa nta Cruz Cruz Ave., Ave., Los L Gatos Ga atos

Ct., San Jose. Jose.

Best Asian F Fusion u usion

SSTRAITS TR AI T S

333 San Santana ntana R Row, ow, S St Ste. e. 1100, San JJose ose

Best Donuts D

PSYCHO PS YCHO DONUTS DONUT S

2006 Winchester Winchester Bl Blvd., vd., Cam Campbell; pbell; 288 S. Second Second St., San Jose Jose

355 San Santana ntana R Row, ow, S San JJose ose

Homestead omestead Road, Road, STAN’S S T AN’ S 2628 H Santa San nta Clara Clara

BANANA LLEAF EA F RRESTAURANT ES T A UR ANT

MANLEY’S MANLE EY’S ’ Mul Multiple tiple locations loca ati t ons

BLOWFISH DIEE FOR BL O WFI SH SSUSHI USH I TTOO DI

McCarrth McCarthy t y Ran Ranch, ch, 1182 82 Ran Ranch ch Dr Dr., r.., Milpitas Mil pitas

Best Asian Ve Vegetarian egetarian

BL BLUE UE MANG MANGO GO

635 Co Coleman leman A Ave., ve., San S JJose ose

Best Pizza Pizza i ((Regional Regional al Group)

PPIZZA IZ ZA Z MY HEART HEART Multiple Mul tiple locations loca attions

San JJose ose

Multiple ltiple locations loca attions AMICI’S AMI C I ’S Mul W I LL O W SSTREET WILLOW TREET PPIZZA I Z ZA 1072 W Willow illow

VEGETARIAN VE GET AR I AN HOUSEE 520 E. San Santa nta

St., Sa San an Jose; Jose; 1554 Saratoga Saratoga Ave., Ave., San JJose; ose; 20 2 S. San Santa nta Cruz Cruz Ave., Ave., Los Ga Gatos atos

1711 11 Br Branham anham Lane, Lane, HAPPY BAMBOO H A PP Y BA MB OO 171

Clara Cl ara St., St San JJose ose

Best V Vietnamese iietnameese

PHO 6699

321 S. First First St., San JJose ose

KHANH’S K HANH’S RRESTAURANT ES TA UR ANT A 335 S. Winchester W inchester Bl Blvd., vd., San S JJose ose TTAMARINE A M AR I NE 546 Univ University veersiity t A Ave., ve., Palo P alo Al Alto lto

Best Vegetaria Vegetarian an Overall

GGOOD OOD KKARMA ARMA VVEGAN EGAN CCAFE AFE 37 S. F First irst St., San JJose o ose

Stevens evens F ALA F EL’S DDRIVE-IN R I VE- I N 2301 St FALAFEL’S Creek Cr eek Bl Blvd., vd., San JJose osse

VVEGETARIAN E GET AR I AN HHOUSE OUSEE 520 E. San Santa nta Clara Cl ara St., San JJose ose

Best Restauran Restaurant ant Patio Patio a

AAQUI QUI CCAL-MEX, ALL--M MEX, WILLOW GLEN W ILLOW GGL LEN

Best Pizza Pizza i ((Independent) In ndepen ndent)

A SSLICE LI CE OOFF NNEW EW YORK YORK 1253 W. W El Camin Camino o Real, Real, Sunnyvale; Sunny vale; 3443 Stevens S evens Creek St Creek Blvd., Blvd., San Jose Jose Stevens eveens Cr Creek eek TONY T ONY & ALBA’S A L B A’S 3137 St Bl Blvd., lvd., San JJose; ose; 619 Escu Escuela ela A Ave., ve., Mo Mountain unta ain View

GIORGIO’S GI ORGG I O’S 643 43 E. Cal Calaveras aveeras Blvd., Blvd., Milpitas; Milpiitas; 1445 Foxworthy Foxworrthy Ave., Ave., San Jose Jose o

Best Burger Burger

KI KIRK’S R K’S STEAKBURGERS STEEAKB URGERS

2388 S. S Bascom A Ave., ve., Campbell; Campbell; 75 Town T own & Country Coun ntry Village, Village, Palo Palo Alto Allto

S T . JO OHN’S BAR & GGRILL R I LL 510 ST. JOHN’S La Lawrence aw wren e ce Expwy., Expw y.., Ste Ste 110, Sunnyvale Sunny vale MOJO MO J O BURGER Mul Multiple ltiple llocations oca attions

1145 Lin Lincoln coln A Ave., ve., S San an JJose ose

GORDON G ORDON BIERSCH, B I ERSCH, SSAN AN JOSE JO SE 33 E. San Fernando Fernando St., San S JJose ose

EELL BURRO 1875 S. Ba Bascom ascom A Ave., ve., Campbell Cam pbell

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Best Ice Cream Cream/Gelato am/Gelato

DOL DOLCE CE SP SPAZIO AZZIO

221 N. San Santa nta Cruz Cruz Ave., Ave., Los Gatos Ga atos Multiple tiple GELATO GELA T O CLASSICO C LA S S ICO Mul locations lo cations

PPALO AL O AALTO LT O CCREAMERY REAMEER Y 180 St Stanford anffo ord

VOTED BEST BURGER IN THE BAY AREA 4 YEARS RUNNING

Shopping Cen Shopping Center, nterr, P Palo alo Al Alto; lto; 566 Emerson Em erson St., P Palo alo Al A Alto to

Best Frozen Yogurt Y

WILL WILLOW OW GL GLEN EN FROZEN FRO ZEN YOGURT YOGURT

1100 Lin Lincoln coln A Ave., ve., St S Ste. e. 130, San Campbell Ave., Ste. JJose; ose; 267 E. Cam pbell A ve., St e. A, Campbell Cam pbell

PALO ALTO 369 CALIFORNIA AVE 650 321 3900 SAN MATEO 41 WEST HILLSDALE BLVD 650 212 3200 SANTANA ROW 3055 OLIN AVE SUITE 1035 408 423 9200 thecounterburger.com

Multiple lti t ple llocations oca ati t ons YOGURTLAND Y O G URTLAN D Mul PPINKBERRY INKBERR Y Mul Multiple ltiple llocations oca ati t ons

Best S Sushi ushi u

YYUKI UKI SUSHI SUS HII

1827 Pr Pruneridge uneridge Ave., Ave., Santa San nta Clara; Clara; Lincoln Ave., 1140 Lin coln A ve., San S JJose ose ackson n St., San JJose; ose; KAZOO K AZ OO 250 JJackson

1165 Lin Lincoln coln A Ave. ve. #1 #110, 110, San JJose; ose; 10 E. Hamilton Hamilton A Ave., ve., Cam Campbell mpbell

MICHI M ICHI SU SUSHI S HI 2220 S. S Winchester Winchester Blvd., Bl vd., Cam Campbell pbell

Best Deli/ Sandwich S andwich a Shop S ho hop

ZZANOTTO’S ANOTT O’S

1421 Foxworthy Foxworth hy A Ave., ve., San JJose; ose; 1970 Naglee Ave., N aglee A ve., San Jose; Jose; 80 S. First First St., San JJose. ose. Local m markets arrkets ar are, e, sadly, sadly, growing gr owing ffew ew an and d ffar a bet ar between, tween, but bu ut Zanotto’s Z Zan ott tto’s holds holds ssteady tea ad dy in i a sea o off Safeway Saf feway and and Lucky Luckyy sup supermarkets permarrkets thanks th anks tto o th thee sm small alll chain’s chain’s attention attten nttion quality. sections tto o qu alityy. Its deli deli se eccttions are are always al lways stocked stocked with with h freshly freshly m made ade and packaged cold pasta, quinoa an dp ackaged co ld p asta, quin oa and an d vveggie eeggie salads, salads, plus plus soups sou up ps and and premade p remade san sandwiches. dw wiches. Bu But ut th thee m madeadetto-order o-orrder sandwiches sandwi w ches e really really sstand tand out, ou utt, wi with th uniqu uniquee offerings offeerings like like tr tri-tip, i-tip, bacon b acon and and avocado avocado slathered slatthered in barbecue b arrb becue sau sauce, ce, or design-your-own design-yyo our-own creations cr ea attions m made ade on th tthee spot fr from om a llarge arge se selection leccttiion of of top-of-the-line top-of--th he-lin li e ingredients. in gredien ntts. Quick, Quick, sa satisfying attisfyying meals meals keep k eep readers readers coming comin ng back back ffor or o m more. ore.

LA L A VILLA DELICA DELICATESSEN TE S S EN 1319 Lincoln Lincoln A Ave., ve., San JJose o ose

LLOS O S GA GATOS TOS M MEATS EAT S AND A D SMOKEHOUSE AN SMOKEHOU S E 575 Univ University ersity A Ave., ve., Los Ga Gatos atos

Best L Late-Night ate-N a Niight Eats Eats a

OORIGINAL RI GINAL JOE’S JOE’S 301 S. First First St., San JJose ose

Carlos rlos St., LA L A VICTORIA VICCT ORIA 140 E. San Car San JJose; o 131 W. ose; W Santa San nta Cl Clara ara St., St San JJose; ose; 5015 5 Alm Almaden aden Expwy., Expwy.., San Jose Jose

FLAMES FLAME E S EEATERY A TER Y & BAR B AR 88 S. Fourth Fourth St., San Sa an Jose Jose

Best Microbrewery Microbrewery i Food

LLOS OS GA GATOS T OS BBREWING REWING COMPANY C OM MPANY 130 N.. Santa San nta Cruz Cruz Ave., Ave., Los Gatos; Ga atos; 163 W. W Santa San nta Clara Clara St., San Jose Jose

Blossom ossom Hill BJ’S B JJ’ S BREWERY B RE W ER Y 925 Bl Road, Road, San Jose; Jose; 10690 N. De Anza Anza Blvd., Bllvd., Cup Cupertino perrtino

GORDON GOR D ON O BBIERSCH IER S CH 640 Em Emerson erson St., Palo P alo Alto; Alto; 33 E. Fernando Al Fernando St., San Jose Jose

Best D Dining ining i V Value alue a

AAQUI QUUI

Multiple Mul tiple locations loca attions

Multiple lti t ple locations loca ati t ons SONOMA SONOM MA CCHICKEN HICKEN Mul B ILL’ S CCAFE BILL’S A F E Mul Multiple tiple locations loca attions

Best Family Family a Restaurant

SON NOMA CHICKEN CHICKEN SONOMA Multiple Mul tiple locations loca attions

Multiple tiple locations loca attions BILL’S B ILL’ S CAFE C A F E Mul H OBEEE’ S Mul HOBEE’S Multiple ltiple locations loca attions

Best Caterer C

PPARSLEY ARR S LEY SSAGE AG E ROSEMARY ROS EMARY & TTHYME HYME

795 S. Second Second St., San Jose. Jose. Vince Vince Gouasch Gou assch and and Debbie Debbie Dale Dale Blackwell Blacckwell aree fixtures ar fix xtures on the the valley’s vall a ey’s social scene, scen e, providing providing the the food fo ood for for o many man ny off its o its signature s atture events. sign even ents. t Their Their catering ca aterring firm, Parsley Parsley Sage Sage Rosemary Rosemary & Time, Tim e, has has been at at it it for fo or more morre th than an ttwo wo decades decad e es and and is a go-to go-to caterer ca aterreer ffor o or local loccal social soir soirees. ees. The The catering ca aterring sstaff tafff works worrks tto o transform trra ansfo orm the the party parrtty thrower’s thr rower’s vision vision into in nto reality. realityy. Beyond Beyyo ond catering, ca aterrin ng, g th thee team team also also h handles andles eventeveen ntplanning p lann ning duties, dutties, if so d desired, esired, an and d can rrecommend ecom mmend the the perfect perrfeecct local local venue veen nue ffor o or any any special occasion. occasion. Meridian Ave., Ave., BLUE B L UE RROCK OCK BBQ BB Q 3001 Meridian San JJose o ose

A CCATERED A T ERE D AFFAIR AFF AIR 3255 Scott Bl Blvd., vd., d San Santa nta Cl Clara ara

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Tied House Brewery featuring Hermitage Brewing Company more than just a pretty beer

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Best Brunch Skewer

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Best Place Place to Pl Enjoy E njoy a Good n Gluten-Free Gluten n-Free Lunch Lunch u

CITY LLIGHTS I S ESPRESSO IGHT ESP RE S S O

1171 H Homestead omesstead R Road, oad, San Santa ta Cl Clara. ara. City Ci ty Lig Lights hts t E Espresso Espresso is a mom-andmom-andpop po p cafe caffe tu tucked cked away away in Santa San nta Clara. Clara. It o ffeers fresh-roasted fresh-roasted coffee, coffee e , homemade homemade offers ggluten-free luten-free goodies, goodies, sou ps, salads, salads, piping piping soups, hot h ot paninis, paniniss, an and d more. more. The The warm, warm, nutty nutty t scent thee scen nt of of house-baked hou use-baked bread bread fills fills th air,, a air awakening wakeniing hunger hunger pangs. pangs. Daylight Da ayllight sstreams treams through thrrough large, large, p plentiful len ntiful windows. windows. Lan dscape paintings pain nttings by by local local ar rtis t ts Landscape artists ad orn th alls. O ld p rofeessors mull ov er adorn thee w walls. Old professors over thi ck ttextbooks. extbo ooks. People People cchatter hattter so ftly. T he thick softly. The rrolling olling sound soun nd o ffeee grinding grinding soothes soothes off co coffee th mind. thee mind.

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Best Brunch Skewer S kewer k

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Best Food Cha Challenge allenge

PHO CHALLENG CHALLENGE GE AATT PHO GARDEN G ARDE N

246 Castro Castro St., Mountain Mountain n View. View. Sur Sure, e, the the 5-poun d Burr itozilla a guanas h as been 5-pound Burritozilla att Ig Iguanas has ffeatured eea attured on th thee F Food ood N Network—and ettworrk—and eeven ven llaunched aunched th eer o ompetitive ea ater thee car career off co competitive eater eextraordinaire xtraordinaire JJoey oey Ch esstnut—bu ut w hat Chestnut—but what coul d be a m ore tr uly au uth t en ntic Sou utth could more truly authentic South Ba ay ffood o ood challenge challenge th an ea atting a gr ea at big Bay than eating great bo wl o ho? T he rrules ules a ho Gar den in bowl off p pho? The att P Pho Garden M oun ntain View View ar ple. Con ntestan ntts Mountain aree sim simple. Contestants h ave 60 min utes tto o ea at 2 poun p ds o have minutes eat pounds off n oodles an d 2 poun ds o f. Dr inking noodles and pounds off beef beef. Drinking th roth is o ptional. W in nners ttake ake h ome thee b broth optional. Winners home th nt bo wl an d fforgo orgo p o ayying th thee gian giant bowl and paying thee bill. Losers have have tto o sshell hell ou ut $ $22. So ffar, a ar, in out thr ee years, years, approximately approximately 400 people people three have h ave su succeeded, cceeded, and and that that is including including peo ple a rancissco an d th people att th thee San F Francisco and thee Dal Dalyy City Ci ty llocations. oca attions. M Many any h have ave tr tried ied an and d ffailed. a ailed. It is a llot ot o ho tto o gget et d own. w (A C) off p pho down. (AC)

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Best Biscotti Biscotti

LLAA BI BISCOTTERIA SCC OTTERIA

2747 El Cam Camino mino R Real. eal. R Redwood ed dwood Ci City’s ty’s Five F ive P Points oin ntts neighborhood, neighborrhood, near near where where 92 cr osses El Camino C Camin o Real, Real, is an area area that that crosses rrealtors ealltors w would ou uld d describe escribe as “in transition”: transition”: massage parlors ggas as stations, stattions, s sshuttered hutt t ered m assage p arrlors and an d peeling peeling signage. signage. It’s It’s startling starrtling to to see here here a sp pruce, renovated renovated buil ding, spruce, building, b right wi th h new new paint: pain ntt: La Biscotteria. Biscotteria. bright with With W ith iits ts paintings paiin nttings and and wooden wooden sshelves helves o off bright b right m majolica, ajolica, iit’s t’s as p pretty retty as an anything ytthing Rick Ri ck St Steves eves ever ever aimed aimed a camera camera at. at. t I’ I’d d consider con sider myself myself a ffair-weather a air-wea atther fr friend iend off biscotti, usually o u ally served usu served toast-dry toast-dry and and molar-crackingly m olar-crackin k gly tough, tough, but bu ut the the $12 bags b ags of of these thesse fresh fresh p pastries astries in orange, orange, hazelnut, h azelnut, t an anise nise an and d oth other er flavors flavors were, were, plainly, p lainly, d delicacies eliicacies you you wouldn’t wouldn’t have have dunk Chocolate tto od unk in coffee c ffee co e to to rrefresh. efresh. Ch ocolate covered cov ered am amaretto maretto cookies cookies ($5) are are also also rrecommended. ecommended. On weekends, weekends, they they take take orders or ders for fo or fr fresh resh focaccia fo ocaccia for fo or dinner. dinnerr. It’s It’s possible they possib le th e get ey get regular regular trade trade from from the the busin ess ac cross th street: homesick homesick business across thee street: It alians stationed stati t oned aatt th eF errari/Maserati t Italians the Ferrari/Maserati d ealership. (RvB) (R RvvB) dealership.

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With wine, there is a sense of something —of place, of people, of Mother Nature, of soul. In its creation comes a winemaker’s collection of life experiences to guide, nurture and interpret each vintage. —JEFF MEIER , WINEMAKER

Vineyard-driven. Passionately made. Winemaker Jeff Meier has been guiding the crafting of our J. Lohr Vineyard Series wines from vintage to vintage since 1984.

© 2012 J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines, San Jose, CA

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HUGE Selection of Bikes and Accessories

GIANT REVEL 3

Reg.. $419.95 Reg

SALE $3 369 6995

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IKE’S PLACE

Best Place to Eat a Celebrity

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66 S. F First irst St., San Jose. Jose. The The next next time time a hankering h ankering ffor o or craft craft brew brew rrears ears iits ts thirs thirsty ty h head, ead, make make sure sure to to pair pair a Sea S Monster Monster or Idiot Idi ot IP IPA PA wi with th a ggourmet ourmet sausage. sa ausage. There There are are nearly n earrly 20 types tto o cchoose hoose from f om at fr at Original Original Gravity Gr avvity Pub Public lic H House, ouse, including including ccheesy heesy Andouille An douille and and Texas Texas bratwurst—not bratwurst—not to to mention m en nttion d duck uck ffat at fries fries with wiith t truffle trufffl f e salt. sallt. The The sauces sau ces al also so o offer ffeer a bit biit of of flair, flairr, with wiith Sriracha Sriracha k etchup an dw asabi m ayo. (JK) ketchup and wasabi mayo.

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IIKE’S KE’S PL PLACE LACE

2235 The The Alameda, Alam a eda, Santa Santa Clara; Clara; 2100 Steven’s St even’s Cr Creek e k Bl ee Blvd., lvd., Cu Cupertino; pertino; 475 Via V ia Ortega, Ortega, St Stanford. S anffo ord. T Tom om Br Brady ady is so delicious. d elicious. So o is JJessica essica Rab Rabbit. bit. Bu But ut w what hat about sports-radio host Damon Bruce? abou ut spor tss-radio h ost Dam on Br uce? Ike’s dubs with Ik e’s Place Place d u iits ubs ts sandwiches sandw wiches wi th a wealth w eallth of of random ran ndom names, names, including including a ffew ew th that at are are k keyed eyed tto o th thee W World orld Ser Series ies Giants. cchampion hampion San San Francisco Francisco Gian ntts. ts Whatever Wh atever th they hey ar aree call called, ed, the the sandwiches sandw wiches aree th ar thee si size ze o off a fforearm orearm an o and d ttaste aste divin divine. e. If yyou’re ou’re in th the he h holiday oliday spir spirit, it, m make ake sur suree tto o tr tryy the the ““Going Go oing H Home ome ffor or T o Thanksgiving,” hanksgiving,” made m ade wi with ith cr ccranberry anberry sauce, sauce, Havarti Havarrtti ccheese, heese, turkey turrkey e an and d ... Sr Sriracha. iracha. (JK)

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KOJI SAKE LOUNGE

Best Sake Sipping

Best Sake Sake a Sipping Sipp i ping

KKOJI O JI SAKE S A K E LOUNGE L OUNNGE

48 S. F First irst St., San JJose. ose. T There here ar aree a ffew ew sushi sus hi rrestaurants estauran ntts in th thee ar a area ea th that at h have ave som ersiion o ke llounge ou unge as p arrt o somee vversion off a sak sake part off their th eir es establishment, tablishmen ntt, bu but ut K Koji oji is th thee onl onlyy dedicated d edica ated sak sakee llounge ounge in th tthee Sou South utth Ba Bayy that th at is a b bar ar firs firstt an and d fforemost. o oremost. K Koji oji se sells lls more m ore th than an 25 dif different ffeerent b brands rands of of sak sake, e, rranging anging fr from om p premium remium hig h high-end h-end sstuff tufff to mo more re moderately moderately pr priced iced bra brands. nds. The They y al so o ffer e an assor rttment o ktails also offer assortment off coc cocktails with wi th sak sakee or sshochu hochu (an (another otther po popular pular JJapanese apanese spir it) as their their base, base, but bu ut the the spirit) premium sakee b brands (Junmai, Ginjo p remium sak rands (Ju unmai, Gin njo and an d Daigin Daiginjo) njo) ar aree onl onlyy so sold ld sstraight, traight, and an d cchilled, hilled, so th that at th their eir fl fflavors avors can be properly p roperrly en enjoyed njoyed d an and dn not ott w watered atered dd down own with wi th oth other er in ingredients. gredien nts. T To o ggo o wi with th th thee sake, sak e, th thee K Koji oji m menu enu ffeatures eea attures Asian Asian-fusion -fusion finger fin ger ffoods: o oods: a Kim Kimcheese cheesee d dog og (kim cchee hee and an dn nacho acho ccheese heese ser served ved on a b baguette), aguette), N ori fr ies (fr ies ttopped opped wi w th special Nori fries (fries with seasonin d sea aweed) an a d Spam Spam seasoningg an and seaweed) and (Spam, and (AC) musubi (Sp am, rrice ice an d sea sseaweed). aweed). (A C)

Best Underwater Underwat ater Bar Bar a

TTANQ ANQ

301 S. M Market arket St., San JJose. ose. At on onee poin point, ntt, this li little ttle corn corner er o off the the Marriott Marr a iott Hotel Hotel was w as kn known own as th thee ““fishbowl” fishbowl” l because iitt w was as surr surrounded ounded in gglass. lasss. When When they they made m ade iitt in into nto a b bar, arr, they they d decided eccided to to keep keep underwater tthe he u nderw water ttheme heme and and d gave gave it blue blue overtones, ov errtones, bub bubble ble lig lighting htting an and d cor coral al a att th thee bar, and called “Tanq.” b arr, an d call ed iitt “T anq.” The The bar bar really really does d oes m make ake yyou ou ffeel eeel lik likee yyou’re o e in ou’r inside side an

aquarium. Tanq serves aqu arrium. T anq ser ves an eclectic ecleccttic variety variety off cocktails, o cocktails, but but be sure bu sure to to try try the the popular popular thee Fish” “Kiss th Fish” for fo or $25, which wh hich is served serveed in fish a fis h glass glass big b enough enough for for o two two people. people. It is made m ade with with vodka, vodk o a, rum, rum, curacao, curacao, pineapple pinea apple juice and jjui ce an d homemade hom memade sweet sweet and and sour. sourr. As finger ffar ar as fin a ger foods fo oods go, go, the the Ahi tuna tuna poppers poppers are a re an an appropriate appro opriate choice. choice. (AC) (AC)

Best P Place llace to Forget CU About Finals Finals i at S C U

THE HHUT UT

3200 T The he Al Alameda, lameda, San Santa ta Clara. Clara. Just Just across thee sstreet from new business acr oss th t eet fr tr om the the n ew busin ess building buil ding at at Santa S nta Clara San Clara Univ University, ersityy, th thee Hut Hu ut is an enduring enduring constant constan nt ffor o or decades decades off sstudents o tuden ntts looking looking for fo or a night’s nightt’s relief relief from fr om sstudying. tudyin ng. The The bronco bronco on th thee sign ou out ut front fr on nt p pays ays homage hom o age to to th thee school’s school’s m mascot. ascot. Inside, In side, comfy comfy booth sea seats atts can be ffound ound o ad djacen nt to to the the generous generous b arr. A d ance adjacent bar. dance floor fl oor in usually usuall a y packed packed wi with th un undergrads dergrads and an d grads grads several seever e al nig nights htts o off th thee w week. eek. O Off ff tto o the the side, side, a llarge arge p patio attio h hosts osts th thee spill spillover over from fr om in indoors. doorrs. The ceilin The ceilingg of of the the Hut Hu ut is plastered plastered with wiith signed sign ed d dollar ollarr bills bills and and business business cards. cards. School Sc hool lore lore says says that sa that when when you you make make yyour our firs firstt dollar fi doll l ar in i your yo our first fi t job firs job after aft f er graduation, gr ad duattion, yyou ou can come come back, back, sign it it and and pin iitt on the the wall wall along along with with a business business card. car d. Dr Drinks inks are are in inexpensive expensive ($4–$7), and an d there there are are drink drrink specials specials offered offer e ed most most weeknights. w eeknightts. Whether Whether yyou ou ar aree a student studen nt or just just want wan nt to to feel feeel like like one one again, again, the the Hut Hu ut p rovides a co ollegial respite. respiite. (L LW W) provides collegial (LW)

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the Metro photo exhibit

featuring local photographers

Illustration by Chris Hack

South First Fridays @ 550 S First

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ANNO DOMINI 366 S. First St., San Jose KALEID GALLERY 88 S. Fourth St.,

CHILDREN’S MUSICAL THEATER SAN JOSE

San Jose

Best Small Theater Compamy

B Holiday Best C Celebration

CCHRISTMAS HRISTM AS IN THE PPARK AR K

Plaza P laza d dee Cesar Ch Chavez, avez, San JJose ose Vasona a asona Lak Lakee L FANTASY F ANTA S Y OOFF LLIGHTS IGHT S , V Coun nty t P arrk, k Los Gatos Ga atos County Park, OKTOBERFEST OK T OBER F E S T , Cam Campbell pbell

Best F B Film ilm i Festival

CCINEQUEST INEQUEST San JJose ose

CLASSIC FILMS C LA S S IC FIL MS AT A T STANFORD S TAN F OR D alo Al Alto lto THEATRE T HEA TRE , PPalo SSAN AN JOSE JO S E SHORT FIL FILM M FE FESTIVAL S TIVV AL

Best Open-M B Open-Mic Mic i Night Niigh ht

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157 W. El Camin Camino oR Real, eal, Sunn Sunnyvale y vale

JJ’S MONDAY J J’ S BLUES, B L UE S , PPRO RO JJAM, A M , MON D AY Stevens Cr Creek reek AND AN D TTUESDAY UE SD AY 3439 Stevens Blvd., Bl vd., San JJose ose

PPOOR OOR HHOUSE OU S E BBISTRO, I S TRO , TTUESDAY UE SD AY 91 S. Autumn Au uttumn St., San Jose Jose

Best T B Theater heater Company h Compa any

SSAN AN JOSE JOS E RREPERTORY EPERT ORY THEATRE T HEATRE T

Best Local F Filmmaker Fiilm lmmaker

SEAN MC MCCARTHY CARTHY A

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B S Best Small/Quirky mall/Qu m uirky Museum M useum u

ROSICRUCIAN ROSICRUCIAAN MUSEUM MU S EUM

1660 P Park arrk A Ave., ve., San JJose ose

MUSEUM SSAN AN JOSE JO S E MU S EU M OOFF QUILTS QUILT S & irsst St., San JJose ose TTEXTILES EXTILE S 520 S. FFirst HHILLER ILLER AVIATION AVIA TION MUSEUM MUU S EU M 601 Skyway Sky yway R Road, oad, San Car C Carlos rlos

Best A Art G Gallery

ICA SSAN AN JOSE JOSE IINSTITUTE N STITUTE OOFF CONTEMPORARY CONTE MPOR ARY ART A RT

560 S. F First irst St., San JJose. ose. Although Allthoug gh thee in th institute stiittu ute is relatively relativ t vely sm small, all, th thee big art makes up thee sp space. hosts ar rt m ak kes u p ffor o or th ace. It h osts plenty p len ntty of of cchallenging hallenging eexhibitions, xhibiittions, and sshowcasing howca asing works worrks by by important imp porrtan nt an d emerging em ergiing ar artists, rtis t ts, with wiitth two two sshows hows ggoing oing a att on once ce m most ost m months. on nth t s. M Many any o off the th he gr group oup exhibits ou exhibi hibits pursue pursue provocative provvo oca ativ tive themes, th emess, in inviting nvi vitting artists arrttists to to comment commen nt on lif life fe in the the workplace worrk kplace or to to play play with wiitth notions n otions of of scale scale from from the the micromicro- to to thee m th macroscopic. a oscopic. S acr SJICA JICA has has presented presen nted rretrospectives etrosp peccttivvees of of major major ar area ea ar artists— rtis t ts— thee ggallery ttwo wo yyears eea ars ago, ago, for fo or instance, instance, th allery zoomed z oomed e in on th thee ttech-centered ech-cen ntered work worrk off San JJose’s o ose’s T Tony ony M May. ay.

101 Paseo Paseo de de San An Antonio, ntonio, San n JJose ose

C ITY LLIGHTS IGHT S THEATRE T HEA TRE COMPANY C O M P ANY A CITY 529 S. Secon Second d St., San JJose ose TTHEATREWORKS HEA TRE W OR K S PPerformed errfo ormed a att thee Lu th Lucie cie St Stern ern T Theatre, hea attre, 1305 Mid dlefield R oad, Palo Palo Alto, Allto, an a d Middlefield Road, and Mountain M oun ntain View View Cen Center ter ffor or th o thee Performing P erfo orming Arts, Arrts, 500 Castro Castro St., S Mountain Mo unttain View

B S Best Small Sm mall Theater Th heater C Company

MUSICAL CCHILDREN’S HIL DREN’ S MU S ICAL TTHEATER HEATER SAN S AN JOSE JOSE Montgomery Theater, Montgomery Thea aterr, 271 S. Market Marrket St., San JJose. ose. P Performances errform o ances a att Montgomery M on ntg t omerry Theater, Thea aterr, San Jose. Jose. San JJose’s ose’s CM CMT, T, w which hich h h has as been ar around o d oun

since 1968, is like a second home to children. The company is devoted to producing musical theater to inspire the children to express their creative sides. They put together a wide variety o nterrtaining shows shows that that maximize maximize off en entertaining th parrti t cipati t on of of different difffeeren nt age age thee participation gr oups: th Risin ng Stars Stars productions pro oducttions groups: thee Rising ffor o or younger yo ounger kids, kids, an and d the the M Mainstage ainstage ffor o or high high school school an nd college college hopefuls. hopefuls. and Au diences also also llook o k forward oo fo orrwarrd to to th Audiences thee ann nual Marquee Marquee Productions, Prro oducti t ons, w h hich annual which ffeature eea atture CM CMT T grads grad ds who who have have gone gone on tto o theatrical thea attrical careers. careeers. Just Just recently, recen ntl tly, the the company comp pan ny brought brought the the high-energy hig gh-energy hit hi it musical musical In thee Heights to the the M on ntg t omery Theater. Thea eaterr. Montgomery

SSAN AN JOSE JO S E YYOUTH OUTHH SHA SHAKESPEARE K E S PEARE Perrfo Performed ormed at at the the Historic Historic Hoover Hoover Theatre, T hea attre, 1635 Park Parrk Ave., Ave., San Jose, Jose, an d Houge Houge Park Parrk Studio, Studio, Twilight Twilight and Dr ive, San Jose Jose Drive, RRETRO ETRO DO DOME ME w www.theretrodome.com ww..theretrodome.com

Best D B Dance ance a Company C

BBALLET ALLET SAN S AN A JOSE JOSE

Perrfo Performed ormed at at San n Jose Jose Center Cen nter for fo or the the Performing P errfo orming Ar Arts, rts ts, 255 Almaden Almaden Blvd., Blvd., San Jose Jose erform o ed at at LLOS O S GGATOS A T O S BBALLET ALLLET PPerformed West West Valley Vall a ey College Colleg e e Theatre, Thea atr t e, 14000 Fruitdale Fruiitdale A Ave., ve., Sa Saratoga, aratoga, an and d San Jose Jose Cen Center nter for fo or the th he Performing Perrfo orming Arts, Arrtts, 255 Almaden Almaden Blvd., Blvd., San Jose Jose SSTUDIO TU D IO 10 DDANCE ANC E 6190 Bo Bollinger llinger Road, R oad, San JJose ose

Best Concertt Venue B

MOUNT MOUNTAIN AINN WINERY WINERY 14831 Pierce Pierce Road, Roa ad, Saratoga Saratoga

SHORELINE AM AMPHITHEATRE PHHITHEA TRE 1 Amphitheatre Am mphiitthea atr tre Pkwy., Pkwy.., Mountain Moun ntain View View HP PPAVILION AVILION 5255 W. San Santa nta Clara Clara St., San JJose ose

B Comedy Best y Venue

IM IMPROV PROV COMEDY C OM E DY CLUB CLUB

62 S. Second Second St., San Jose Jose FEATHER’S RROOSTER OO S TER TT.. FEA T THER’ S 157 W. El Camino Real, Camin oR eal, Sunnyvale Su unny vale CCOMEDYSPORTZ O M E D Y SPORTZ 288 S. Second Second St., San Jose Jose

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JAMES FRANCO Best Multi-Talented

Palo Alto Born and Bred

Best M Multi-Talented ulti-T u Ta alented Palo P alo Alto Born a Borrn and Bred

JJAMES AMES FR FRANCO ANCOO

Palo Al Palo Alto lto born/Loc born/Lockheed-Martin kheed d-Marrttin in intern/ ntern/ PA P A High Higgh School School al alum/actor/director/ um/actor/director/ sshort-story horrt-story wr writer/adjunct iter/ad djun j nct professor profeessor of of literature li teratture a att U USC/freak/TV SC/freak/TV ggeek/juvenile eek/ju uvenile delinquent/Selena Gomez and Kenneth d elinquen nt/Selena Gom ez an dK enneth Anger An ger co-star/self-inflicted co-star/self--inflicted am amputee/SNL pu utee/SNL host/Spider-Man ho st/Spider-Man villain/wizard/serial villain//wizard/serial killer/Oscar kill er/Oscar host/Columbia host/Columbia MFA MF FA holder/ holder/ Gucci Gu cci m model. odel. (R (RvB) RvB) v

Best Communi Community nity Art-Boxer

TINA M MORRILL ORRILL

Thanks tto Thanks o th thee lleadership eadership o off Tin Tina aM Morrill, orrill, dozens d ozens o off ar artists rtis t ts h have ave n now ow p painted ain nted th those ose hideous hid eous u utility ttiliity bo boxes xes on sstreet treet corn corners ers all ov veer San JJose. ose. T hanks tto o Tin aM orrill, over Thanks Tina Morrill, San JJose ose is a lless ess bor ing an a d a lless ess boring and embarrassing place. Even thee po politicians emb arrassing p lace. Ev en th liticians understand un derstand this sign signal al ffact. a t. N ac Now, ow, som somee background: ago, Tina b ackground: A ffew ew yyears earss ag o, Tin a ttook ook th tia attive an d spear rheaded w hat’ tsn ow thee ini initiative and spearheaded what’s now known kn own as th thee Ar Art rt Bo Box x Pr Project, o ect, beau oj beautifying utif t fyin y g neighborhoods n eighborrhoods fr from om d downtown own wntown an and d ou out ut into in nto th thee n neighborhoods. eighborrhoods. An Another other muse muse,, Cherri Ch erri Lak L Lakey key of of P Phantom han ntom m Gall Galleries, G lleries, functions fun cti t ons as th thee conn connection-machine eccti t on-machine to to a llarge arge poo pooll o off cr creative ea attive ttalent a en al nt thr throughout oughou ut San Jose, Jose, rresulting esulting in artists arrtiists of of all shapes, shapes, ag es an d si zes ttaking aking th e b eir rushes ages and sizes their brushes tto o th these ese rrepulsive epulsive bo boxes. xes. As a rresult, esulltt, communities communi ities ar aree bon bonding din ng wi with th ar artists rtis t ts in ways w ays th they ey n never ever h have ave bef before, fo ore, spon sponsors sors aree em emerging ar erging left, left, right right and a d sideways, an sideways, and and

eeven ven ci ty council council members members are are kicking kicking in city somee poc som pocket ket e change. change. (GS) (GS)

Best Local L Vintage Vintage i Character Charac cter Actor

HANK W WORDEN ORDEN

Once On ce jus justt another an nother engineering engineering student studen nt att St a Stanford, anffo ord,, Hank Hank Worden Worden (1901–92) was w as discovered discover e ed by by Cecil B. DeMille, DeMille, and and went w en nt on a 60 60-year 0-year acting accting spree spree that that encompassed en compasssed 100 films. Pretty Pretty much much thee most th most prestigious prestigious Western Western ever ever made m ade co-stars co-stars a this fformer o ormer area-man: area-man: Searchers, in The Sear c chers , Worden Worden plays plays Mose, Mose, a ttouched-in-the-head ouched-in-th - e-head sid sidekick ekick wi with th a gift ffor or un o uncanniness canniiness (as when when he he merrily merrily pantomimes p an ntomimes e th thee way way John John W Wayne’s ayyne’s ccharacter haracter mutilated m mu uttilated an Indian Indian corpse). Capable Ca pable of of likable l able Western lik Western warmth warm mtth and and oddness, od dness, ess Worden Worden was was ffeatured ea eattured in the the second secon d season seasson of of Twin Peaks. Peaks. H Hee was was one one off Da o David avvid Lynch’s Lyn nch’s walkers walkers bet between tween worlds, worrlds, a slow, slow, towering, tower e ing, elderly elderrly and and cryptic cryptic waiter brought w aiter at at the the Great Grea at Northern, Norrtthern, who who b rought cclues lues along along with with the the room room ser service. r vvice. (RvB) (R RvvB)

Best Place Place l for a Budding B uddin ng Balenciaga Balenciaga a

CCAMP AMP FFASHIONISTA A S H IONIS TA

1702 M Meridian eridiian A Ave., ve., Uni Unitt K, San JJose. ose. There world off dif difference between T here is a w orrld o ffeerence bet tween casually casu ally pi picking cking u up p a book book on se sewing wing an and d actually ac cttually enr enrolling rolling in a ffashion ashion sc a school. hool. F orrttunately ffor o or Sou utth Bay Ba ay residents, residen ntts, there there Fortunately South is Cam Camp pF Fashionista, asshionista, a viable viable mid middle dle ground gr ound a available vaiilable tto o both ad adults ults an and d tto o kid kidss (as yyoung oung ass 6). Dor Dorii Dun Duncan, can, w who ho ffounded o ounded Camp Cam pF Fashionista ashiionista in 2010, tteaches eaches cclasses lasses covering cov ering eeverything veerytthing fr from om

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FAME. INFAMY. IMMORTALITY. CHINA’S TERRACOTTA WARRIORS THE FIRST EMPEROR’S LEGACY ASIAN ART MUSEUM FEB 22 — MAY 27, 2013 www.asianart.org This exhibition was organized by the Asian Art Museum in partnership with the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, the Shaanxi Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau and Shaanxi Cultural Heritage Promotion Centre, People’s Republic of China. Presentation at the Asian Art Museum is made possible with the generous support of East West Bank, Fred Eychaner, Education Programs Sponsor Douglas A. Tilden, Robert Tsao, Joie de Vivre Hotels, United, Silicon Valley Bank, and Pacific Gas and Electric Company. Art: Armored military officer, Light infantryman, Armored infantryman, Qin dynasty (221–206 BCE). China. Terracotta. Excavated from Pit 1, Qin Shihuang tomb complex, 1976, 1980, 1978. Qin Shihuang Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum, Shaanxi. Presenting Sponsor

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ALVIN AL VIN ROTH R OT H

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BLA BLACK CK AND ANND BROWN

850 The The Alameda, Alamed da, San Jose Jose Castro astro St., Mountain Moun ntain TTHERAPY H ER A P Y 250 Ca V View; iew; 347 E. Cam Campbell mpbell Ave., Ave., Cam Campbell; pbell; 366 M Main ain St., Los Al Altos tos BBOMBSHELL O MB S H ELL BBOUTIQUE OU T IQUE 295 E. Campbell Cam pbell A Ave., ve., Campbell C pbell Cam

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UUNIVERSITY NIV ERSITY AART RT

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891 S. Bascom A Ave., ve., San Jose Jose

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RE CYCLE BOOKSTORE BOOK O STORE RECYCLE

1066 T The he Al Alameda, ameda, a San JJose; ose; 275 E. Campbell Cam pbell A Ave., ve., Cam Campbell mpbell L coln A Lin Ave., ve., San HICKLEBEE’S HICKLE B EE’S 1378 Lincoln Jose Jose KKEPLER’S EPLE R ’S 1010 El C Camino Camino Real, Real, Menlo M enlo P Park arrk

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AJ A J AUTO A UT O DETAILING DETAILINGG INC. I NC. 702 Coleman Coleman Ave., Ave., San Jose Jose

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PRESTON PR EST ON W WYNNE YYNNE

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1042 42 Lincoln Lincoln Ave., Ave., LA L A CCONCHA ONC H A SSPA P A 104 San JJose ose

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MEL M EL CCOTTON’S OTT ON’S

AANY NY M MOUNTAIN OUNTAIN 1600 Sar Saratoga atoga A Ave., ve., San S Jose; Jose; 43485 Boscell Boscell R Road, oad, F Fremont; remon nt; t 928 Whipple Whipple Ave., Ave., R Redwood ed dwood o Ci City ty

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Best Plastic Surgeon/ Beautification

DR. LAURENCE BERKOWITZ BERK OWITZZ

3803 S. Campbell Campbell Ave., Ave., Ste. Ste. 206, Campbell. Cam pbell. N No om matter atttter on one’s e’s reason reason ffor or o see seeking king plastic plastic surgery, s gery, Dr sur Dr. r. Berkowitz Ber rkowitz makes makes his his patients pati t en ntts feel fee e la att ease.. His sensitive ease sensiittive bedside b side m bed manner, annerr, sstraightforward traightfo orrward eexplanations xp planattions off p o procedures rocedures and and helpful helpful staff stafff combin o ensure ensure any any procedure procedure combinee tto is as painless painless as possible, posssible, be it it liposuction, li posuction, breast breast augmentation a augm en ntattion or a llaser aser treatment. trea attmen nt. t Dr. Drr. Ber Berkowitz rkowiitz has h as p practiced raccti t ced in th thee Sou South utth Ba Bay ay ffor o or 30 yyears ears and and Metro’s Metrro’s readers read e ers rrespect especct his eexperience, xperience, voting vo oting him h runner-up runner-up in 2012 and and ttops ops in hiss fi field eld ffor o or 2013. DR. CCRAIG R AIG CREASMAN C REA SM MAN 2400 Samaritan Samaritan Dr Dr., r.., San JJose ose DR. RREGINA E GINA RROSENTHAL O SENTTHA L 3803 S. Bascom A Ave., ve., St Ste. e. 20 206, 06, Cam Campbell pbell

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BURKE W WILLIAMS ILLLIAMS DDAY AY SPA SPA

355 San Santana ntana R Row ow # #2010, 2010, San JJose ose Santa nta THE T HE SSPA—LOS P A—L O S GGATOS A T O S 100 S. San Cr Cruz uz Ave., Ave., Los Gatos Ga atoss WATERCOURSE W A TERCOURSE W WAY AY 165 Ch Channing anning Ave., Ave., P Palo alo Al Alto lto

B P Best Pilates ila i ates Studio S tudio t

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YYOGASOURCE OGASOURCE

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DR. SSTEPHANIE TEPHANIE LLOLLER O LLER

891 S. Bascom A Ave., ve., San Jose Jose arr DR. CCRISTINA RIS TINA HHERRERA ERRER A 700 W. PParr Ave., A ve., Los Ga Gatos atos WILLOW W I LL OW GL GLEN EN DENTIS DENTISTRY TR Y 1245 Lincoln Lin coln A Ave., ve., St Ste. e. 150, San JJose ose

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PPALO ALO AALTO LT O HARDWARE HAR DWAREE

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YYAMAGAMI’S AAMAGAMI ’SS

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SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF ART STORE

110 S. M Market arrket St., San JJose ose Santa nta Cruz Cruz BUTTER BUTTE ER PADDLE P A DDL E 33 N. San Ave., Ave., Los L Gatos Ga atos TTHREE HREEE SSISTERS IS TERS 1393 Lincoln Lincoln Ave., Ave., San Jose Jose o

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TTHE HEE FFAIRMONT AIRMONT HHOTEL OTEL

170 S. M Market arrket St., San Jose Jose Santa nta Cl Clara ara HHOTEL O TE L DE ANZA A NZA 233 W. San St., San Sa an Jose Jose HHOTEL O TE L VALENCIA V A L ENCIA 355 San Santana ntana Row, Row, San JJose o ose

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JOE ESCOBAR ESCO BAR

450 E.. Hamilton Hamilton Ave., Ave., Campbell Campbell E. TTHE HE JE JEWEL EWE L BBOX O X JEWE JEWELERS L ERS 350 E Campbell Campbell A Ave., ve., Campbell Campbell MANN’S M ANN ’S JEWE JEWELERS L ERS 1347 Lin Lincoln coln Ave., A ve., San S Jose Jose

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CCITTI’S ITTTI’S FLORIST FLORIST

3100 St Stevens S evens Creek Creek Blvd., Blvd., San Jose; Jose; 990 E.. Hamilton Hamillton A Ave., ve., Campbell; Campbell; 800 Scott Blvd., B vd., Santa Bl San nta Clara Clara

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MAIIDO FINE MAIDO STATIONERY STATIONER T Y & GGIFTS IFTS

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LE GR ANDE AFFAIRE AFFAIRE LEGRANDE

2590 Laf Lafayette fayette St., Santa S nta Cl San Clara ara Auzerais CLOUD LIMOUSINEE 830 Auzerais C L OUD 9 LIMOUSIN Ave., A ve., San JJose ose

LLONE ONE SSTAR TAR TTRANSPORTATION R ANSPPORTA TION 675 El Camin Camino oR Real, ea al, P Palo alo Al Alto lto

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SSECOND ECOND HA HARVEST ARVEST FFOOD OOD BANK

750 Cur Curtner rtner A Ave., ve., Sa San an JJose; ose; 4001 N. First www.shfb.org F irst St., San JJose; ose; w ww..shfb.org Multiple tiple PLANNED PL ANNED PPARENTHOOD ARENT H OOD Mul locations lo cations CATHOLIC CA T H O L I C CCHARITIES H ARITIEES 2625 Zank Zanker er Road, Road, oad San JJose ose

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M MARILYN ARILYYN M MORENO ORENO

1506 H Hamilton amillton A Ave., ve., San JJose ose 1 E. H Hamilton amilton L E CH ER 1500 BROOKE BBLECHER Ave., Ave., Ste. Ste. 201, Campbell Campbell PHILIP PH I L IP HAMMER 60 0 S. Market Market St., Ste. Ste. 1400, San Jose Jose

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ALB ALBIE IE JACHIMOWICZ JACHIMOWICZ

2007 W. H Hedding edding St., S San JJose. ose. Attorney Att orney Albie Albie Jachimowicz Jachiimowicz has has roots roots in th thee Ba Bay ay Ar Area, reea, serving serrvving as a po police lice officer o ffficer in San Mateo Mateo o Coun County ntty prior prior tto oa attending tt t ending Santa San nta Clara C arra University Cl Univveersiitty tto o sstudy tudy llaw, aw, and and p passing asssing th thee Bar eexam xam 30 years years e ago. ago. Today Today he he focuses fo ocuses

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AAMSTERDAM’S MSSTERDAM’S GARDEN GARRDEN

2142 T The he Al Alameda, ameda, San Jose Jose

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AKANE 250 Third St., Los Altos

Best Business Lunch

IILL FORNAI FORNAIOO

520 Cowper Cowper St., Palo Palo Alto Alto

Woodside oodside Road, Road, BUCK’S BU C K’S 3062 W W Woodside oodside

CASCAL CA S C AL 400 Cas Castro stro St., Mountain Mo unta ain View

B Mexican Best an Restaurant

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240 Villa Vill i a St., Mountain Mou un ntain View View Hamilton amilton Ave., Ave., RREPOSADO E P O S ADO 236 H Palo Palo Alto Allto

FIESTA FIES TA DDEL EL M MAR AR 1005 N. Sh Shoreline oreline Bl Blvd., lvd., M Mountain oun ntain V View; iew; 735 V Villa illa St., Mo Mountain unta ain View

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AAMBER MBER IINDIA NDIA

2290 W. El Cami Camino ino Real, Real, Mo unta ain View Mountain

California liffornia o St., SSHIVA’S HIV A’S 800 Cal Mo Mountain unta ain View

PPASSAGE A S S A G E TTOO INDIA I ND IA 1991 W. El Camin Camino o Real, Real, Mountain Moun o ntain View; View; 1100 W. El Camino Camino Real, Real, e Mountain Moun ntain View View

Best Thai B T hai h Re Restaurant estaurant

AAMARIN MARIN TTHAI CUISINE 174 Castro Castro St., Mountain Moun o ntain View View

Best Dry Clean Cleaner aner

GREEN AND FRESH F CLEANERS 580 N. Rengstorff Rengstorrff A Ave., ve., Mountain Mo untain View

Howland owland St., PUR PURPLETIE P LETIE 500 H R Redwood ed dwood Ci City ty

A T HER T ON DRY ATHERTON D R Y CLEANING CLEAANIN G AND QU QUALITY ALI T Y AALTERATIONS LT ER A T IOONS 840 W Woodside oodside R Road, oad, Redwood Red dwood City City

Best Baby B Baby a Store S tto ore

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Town & Country Town Coun nttry Shopping Shopping Cen Center, terr, 855 El Camin o Real Real #127, P alo Alto Alto Camino Palo

CHILDREN’S THE CH HILDREN’S SHOPPE S HO PP E 325 Sharon Sh aron n Park Parrk Dr Dr., r.., M Menlo enlo P Park ark BUBBLE BU BB LEE 728 San Santa nta Cr Cruz uz A Ave., ve., M Menlo enlo P Park arrk

B American Best Am Restaurant Restaur rant

PEN INSULA PENINSULA CRE CREAMERY AMERY

900 Hi High igh St., Palo Palo Alto Alto

Homer omer SST. T. M MICHAEL’S I C HAEL’S ALLEY A LLEY 140 H Ave., Ave., P Palo a o Al al Alto; to; 806 Em Emerson erson St., Palo Palo Alto Allto

LLOS O S AALTOS LT O S GRILL 233 Third Third St., Los Altos Alltos

Best Chinese Restaur Restaurant urant

CHEFF CHU’S CHE

1067 N. San An Antonio ntonio R Road, oad, Loss Al Altos ltos Ram mona MANDARIN M AND ARIN GOURME GOURMETT 420 Ramona

St., Palo Palo Alto Allto

HHUNAN UNAN GARDEN 3345 El Camin Camino no R Real, eal, P Palo alo Al Alto lto

B t Japanese Best J Restaurant R

FUKI SSUSHI USHI

4119 El Camin Camino o Real, Real, Palo Palo Alto Allto

University ersity A Ave., ve., SSIAM IAM RROYAL O YAL 338 Univ P Palo alo Al Alto lto

BANGKOK BAN G K OK BA BAYY TH THAI HAI CUISINE 825 El Camino Camino Real, Real, Redwood Red dwood City City

Best T B Taqueria aqueri a ia

LLOS OS CHAR CHARROS RROS

854 W. Dana Dana St., Mountain Moun ntain View View

58 O Old ld TTAQUERIA A Q UERIA LA BAMBA BA M B A 2058 Mid Middlefield dlefield W Way, ay, M Mountain oun ntain V View; iew; 152 Castro Castro St., Mountain Moun o ntain View; View; 580 N. Re Rengstorff ngstorfff A Ave., ve., Mountain M unttain View Mo

TTAQUERIA A Q UERIA EL GRULLENSE GRUULLENSE Mul Multiple tiple lo locations cations

Dana a St., SSUSHI USHI TTOMI OMI 635 W. Dan Mo Mountain unttain View

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Best Breakfast Breakfasst

HOBEE’S

2312 Cen Central nttral Expwy., Expw y.., Mountain Moun ntain View; V iew; 4224 El Cami Camino ino R Real, eal, P Palo alo Alto; Al to; 1101 Shoreway Shoreway R Road, oad, Be Belmont lmon nt Wood dside R Road, oad, BBUCK’S UCK’S 3062 Woodside Woodside W oodside

SSTACKS’ TA CK S’ 314 El Cam Camino mino R Real, eal, R Redwood ed dwood Ci City; ty; 600 0 San Santa nta Cr Cruz uz A Ave., ve., M Menlo enlo P Park arrk

Best I Independent ndepend n dent Coffeehouse

CAFE CAFE BBORRONE ORROONE

1010 El Camin Camino oR Real, ea al, M Menlo enlo Park Parrk 2 Castro Castro St., RRED ED RROCK OCK CCOFFEE OFFEE 201 Mountain Mo unttain View

DDANA ANA STREET S TREET COFFEE C OFFFEE ROASTING R O A S TING 744 W. Dana Dana St., Mountain Moun o ntain View View

Best Bakery Bakery

THE TH E PROLIF PROLIFIC FIC OOVEN VEN 550 W Waverley averrley St., P Palo a o Al al Alto to

Woodside oodside WOODSIDE W OOD SIDE BBAKERY AKER Y 3052 W Road, R oad, W Woodside oodside

MAYFIELD MA YFIELD BBAKERY AKER Y T Town own & Coun Country ntry Village, Viillage, 855 El Camin Camino no R Real, eal, P Palo alo Al Alto lto

Best Burrito Burrito

TAQUERIA TAQUERIA LA L BBAMBA A MBA

Ramona ona St., THEE OLD TH O LD PPRO RO 541 Ram Palo P alo Al Alto A to

RRUDY’S UD Y’’S PPUB UB 117 Univ University ersity A Ave., ve., P Palo alo A Alto Al to

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KING KING OF CLUBS CLUBS

893 Leong Leeong Dr., Drr.., Mountain Moun ntain View View University ersity A Ave., ve., RRUDY’S UD Y’’S PPUB UB 117 Univ

P Palo alo A Alto Alto

PPIONEER IONEEER SSALOON AL OON 2925 Woodside Woodside Road, Road,, Woodside Woodside

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ANTT ONIO’S NUT N UT ANTONIO’S HOUSE HOUUSE

321 S. California Califfo ornia A Ave., ve., Palo Palo Alto Alto

Alameda ameda de de las las DDUTCH UT C H GOOSE G OO SE 3567 Al Pulg Pulgas, a M as, Menlo enlo Park Parrk

MERVYN’S MER V YN’S Y LLOUNGE OUNGE 236 Cas Castro tro St., Mountain Mo unttain View

Best Wine Wi S Shop hop h

B ELLTR T AMOO’SS BELTRAMO’S WINE WINNE & SPIRITS SPIRIT S

1540 El E Camin Camino o Real, Real, Menlo Menlo Park Parrk

KK&L & L WINE W MERCHANTS MERC H ANT S 3005 El Camino Camin no Real, Real, Redwood Red dwood City City AARTISAN RTISS AN WINE DEPOT D EPO T 2482 W. El Camino Camin no Real, Real, Mountain Moun ntain View View

2058 Old Old Middlefield Middlefield W Way, ay, Mountain View; Castro M oun ntain V iew; 152 2 Cas tro St., Mountain M oun ntain View; View; 580 58 80 N. Rengstorff Rengstorff Ave., A ve., Mountain Moun ntain View View

Best Hair H S Salon alon a

Old Middlefield Middlefield LLAA COSTEÑA C O S TEÑA 2078 Old

2307 Bir Birch B ch St., St Palo Palo Alto Allto

Way, W ay, Mountain Moun ntain View View

SSANCHO’S ANC H O’S TAQUERIA T A QUERIIA 2723 Middlefield R Middlefield Road, oad, P Palo alo Al Alto; to; 491 Lytton L yttton A Ave., ve., P Palo alo Al Alto; lto; 3205 Oak Knoll Kn oll Dr Dr., r.., R Redwood ed dwood d Ci City ty

Best Local Festival Feestival

MOUNTAIN MOUNTAIN VIEW VIEW AART RT AND WINE FFESTIVAL ESTIVAL

LLOS O S AALTOS LT O S AART RT ANDD WINE FFESTIVAL ES TIV AL PPALO AL O AALTO LT O FFESTIVAL ES TIV AL A OF TTHE H E AARTS RT S

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TIED TIED HOUSEE

954 Villa Villa St., Mountain Moun ntain View View

DIPIETRO DI P IETRO TODD T ODD

Villa St., Mountain Moun ntain View View AALLURE LL URRE 888 Villa LLABELLE A B ELLLE DDAY AY SSPA P A 95 T Town own & Coun Country ntr t yV Village, iillage, Palo Palo Al Alto; to; 36 Stanford St anffo ord Shopping Shopping Center, Cen nterr, Palo Palo Alto Allto

Best F Furniture urniture S u Store tore t

HOOT HOOOT JUDKINS FURNITURE F URRNITURE

1269 V Veterans et e erans Bl Blvd., lvd., Redwood Red dwood City City

DDANISH ANISS H CCONCEPTS ONCEPT S INTERNATIONAL I NTERNA TIONAL 1379 W. W El Camin Camino oR Real, eal, Mountain Mo unttain View

BBRICK RICKK MONKEY 2400 Br Broadway oad dway St., R Redwood ed dwood Ci City ty

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LA MILPA 107 N. Milpitas Blvd., Milpitas

CASA AZTECA 20 N. Abel St., Milpitas

Best Indian B Indian n Restaurant Restaurrant

PEACOCK PEACOCK IINDIAN NDIAN CUISINE

39447 F Fremont remon nt Bl Blvd., vd., d F Fremont remon nt Fremon nt Bl Blvd., B vd., DDOSA O S A PPLACE LA C E 41043 Fremont

Fremont Fremont VEDAS VED A S 560 N. Abe Abell St., Mil Milpitas pitas a

Best T B Thai hai h Restaurant Restauran nt

SALA S ALA THAI THAI

39170 State State St., Fremont; Fremon ntt; 4480 44800 00 S. Grimmer Blvd., Fremont Gr immer Bl vd., F remon nt

THE MOJO LOUNGE

Calaver e as LLAYANG AYANG LLAYANG AYANG 181 W. Calaveras

Best Happy Hour and Best Dive Bar

Blvd., Bl vd., Mil Milpitas pitas

HHONEY ONEY TTHAI HAI RRESTAURANT ES TA UR ANT 57 N. N

Best Dry Clean Cleaner aner

W WALNUT ALNUT CLEANERS CLEEANERS 3367 W Walnut aln l ut A Ave., ve., Fremont Fremon nt

5 Bar Barber rb ber Lan Lane, e, KATHY’S KA THY’S CLEANER 526 Mil Milpitas pitas

888 CLEANERS 17733 Landess Landess Ave., Ave., Mil Milpitas pitas

Best Baby B Baby a Store S tto ore

KATE’S CARING CAR ING GIFT G IFT KATE’S 36094 Asqui Asquith th Place, Place, Fremont Fremon nt

Best Bridal S B Shop h hop

AALTERATIONS LTTER ATIONNS BBYY AALICE LIC E

4552 Cen Central nttral A Ave., ve., Fremont Fremon nt

EELEGANT LE GANT TTAILORING AIL ORINGG AND BBRIDAL RID AL 103 Serr Serra aW Way, ay, Milpitas Milpitas

B Japanese Best J Restaurant R

SSATOMI AT OMI SUSHI S USSHI

3655 T Thornton horn nton A Ave., ve., Fremont Fremon nt N Abe Abell St., SSEN EN DDAI AI SSUSHI USHI 224 N.

Mil Milpitas pitas

MIOKI M IO K I SUSHI S USHI 3924 Decot D Decoto oR Road, oad, F Fremont remont

Best American Am A Restaurant Restaur rant

COUNTRY COUUNTRY W WAY AY

5325 M Mowry owry A Ave., ve., F Fremont remon nt

Niles es Bl Blvd., lvd., F Fremont remon nt VINE TTHE HE VI NE 37533 Nil EELEPHANT LEPHAANT BAR B AR 39233 Fremont Fremon nt Blvd., Blvd., F Fremont remon o t

Best Ch B Chinese hinese Restaurantt

CHINA CHINNA CHILI RRESTAURANT ESTAUR ANT

39116 State S ate St., Fremont St Fremon nt

M AYFL O W ER SSEAFOOD EAFOOD RRESTAURANT ES T A UR ANT MAYFLOWER 428 Ba Barber arrber Lan Lane, e, Mil Milpitas pitas HHOO CHOW CH O W 47966 W Warm arm Sp Springs rings Blvd., Blvd., F Fremont remon nt

Best B B Business usiness L Lunch unch u

JOE THE GGREEK REEK CAFE 1830 Milm M Milmont on nt Dr Dr., r.., Mil Milpitas pitas

Abel St., SSEN EN DAI D AI A SSUSHI USHI 224 N. Abel Mil Milpitas pitas a

ZAHIR’SS BISTRO ZAHIR’ ZAHIR B IS TRO 579 SS. M Main ain St., St , Milpitas Milpitas a

B Mexican Best M Restaurant Restaur rant

LA PIÑATA PIÑATA LA

39136 P Paseo aseo P Padre adre P Pkwy., kw y.., F Fremont; remon nt; 7383 Thornton Thorn nton A ve., N ewarrk Ave., Newark

Milpitas Milpitas Bl Blvd., lvd., Mil Milpitas pitas

Best T B Taqueria aqueria a

TAQUERIA LAS LAS VE GAS TAQUERIA VEGAS 1417 N. Mil Milpitas pitas Bl Blvd., vd., Mil Milpitas; pitass; 45401 F Fremont remon nt Bl Blvd., vd., F Fremont remon nt

Abell St., Mil M Milpitas pitas CASA CA S A AZTECA AZ TE C A 20 N. Abe EELL TTACO A C O DE OORO RO 5220 N. First First St., S Alviso Alviso

Best Breakfast B

ORIGINAL ORIGINAL PANCAKE HHOUSE OUSE PANCAKE

39222 F Fremont remon nt Bl Blvd., lvd., d F Fremont remon nt

arrk V Victoria ictoria Dr Dr., r.,., OOMEGA ME GA 90 S. PPark Milpitas Mil pitas MINERVA’S M INER V A’S 37463 Fremont Fremon nt Bl Blvd., vd., Fremont Fremon nt

B I Best Independent ndependent n Coffeehouse

PROLIFIC OOVEN VEN E THE PROLIFIC 43337 Bosce Boscell ll R Road, oad, F Fremont remon nt

W Cal Calaveras averas Bl Blvd., lvd., d CAFFINO 315 W. Milpitas Milpitas

YYOUR OUR COFFEE CUPS 46685 Mi Mission ssion Blvd., Blvd., F Fremont remon nt

Best B B Bakery akery a

THE PROLIFIC PROLIFI C OOVEN VEN E 43337 Bosce Boscell ll R Road, oad, F Fremont remon nt

SOGO BAKERY 338 Barber Lane, Milpitas; 46196 Warm Springs Blvd.,, Fremont VALERIO’S TROPICAL BAKESHOP 1535 535 Landess Ave., Milpitas p

Best Burrito B Burrito o

CASA CA S A AZTECA AZ TE T CA 20 N. Abe Abell St., Milpitas Miilpitas

EELL TACO TA C O DE ORO O RO 5220 N. First First St., Alviso Alviso

Best Local Festival B F

F REMONT FESTIVAL FREMONT FESTIVAL OF THE AARTS R S RT

MILPITAS M ILPITA S BACKYARD B A CK YARD BOOGIE B OOGIE CELEBR A TE MILPITAS CELEBRATE M ILPPITA S

Best Happy Hour B

TTHE HE M MOJO O JO LOUNGE LOUNGE 3714 P Peralta erallta Blvd., Blvd., d Fremont Fremon nt

COMPANY JJACK’S A CK ’S BBREWING RE W INGG COMP ANY 39176 Ar Argonaut gonau ut Way, Way, Fremont Fremon nt

COACH’S CO A C H’S SSPORTS PORT S BAR B AR 40968 Fremont F remon nt Blvd., Bllvd., Fremont Fremon nt

Best D B Dive iive B Bar a ar

TTHE HE M O JO LOUNGE LOUNGE MOJO 3714 P Peralta erallta Blvd., Blvd., d Fremont Fremon nt

TTHE HE FFLORENCE L OREN C E BBAR AR 37349 Nil Niles es Bl Blvd., vd., d Fremont Fremon nt

KIRBY’S KIRB Y’S SSPORTS PORT S BAR B AR 42312 F Fremont remon nt Blvd., Bl B vd., d Fremont Fremon nt

Best Hair S B Salon a alon

SSAVVY AVVY HAIR HAIR A

37263 Fremont Fremon nt Blvd., B vd., Fremont Bl Fremon nt

Farrwell Dr., Drr.., Fremont Fremont M SALON S AL ON 39185 Farwell E X C ELLENT HHAIR EXCELLENT AIR 3864 M Mowry owry Ave., Ave., Fremont F remon nt

Best Furniture B Fu urnitu ure Store S tore t

EELEGANT LEGANT DDÉCOR ÉC OR FURNITURE FURNITURRE

40495-A Alb Albrae rae St., Fremont Fremon nt

LLAA BBROS RO S HHOME OME FFURNISHINGS URNISHINGS 4640 Au Auto uto Mall Mall Pkwy., Pkw y.,. Fremont Fremon nt

KRAZY KR A Z Y PAT’S P A T’S FURNITURE F URRNITURE 5555 Au Auto uto Mall Mall P Pkwy., kw y.,. Fremont Fremon nt

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91 B T Best Taqueria aqueria a 6 an and d 21 N. San Santa nta Cruz Crruz Ave., Ave., Gatos Los Ga atos

JJALISCO A LISCO MEXIC MEXICAN A N FOOD F 525 E. Cam Campbell pbell Ave., Ave., Campbell Campbell

OORALE R A LE FISH TACOS T A CO S 1750 Winchester Winchester Bl Blvd., vd., Cam Campbell pbell

Best Breakfas Breakfast st

SSTACKS TAC KS

139 E. Cam Campbell pbell Ave., Ave., Campbell Campbell 340 40 N. San Santa nta Cr Cruz uz LLOS O S GGATOS A T O S CAF CAFEE 34

A Ave., ve., Los Ga Gatos; atos; 1566 15662 62 Los Ga Gatos atos Bl Blvd., vd., Los Ga Gatos atos

Best Happy H Hour

CIN-CIN CIN-- CIN

368 V Village illlage Lane, Lane, Los Gatos Ga atos

RROCK OCK BBOTTOM O TT O M BBREWERY REWER Y Pr Pruneyard uneyard Shopping Center, Shopping Cen nter, 1875 S. Bascom Ave., A ve., St Ste. te. 740, Cam Campbell pbell VIVA VI V A 15 15970 5970 Los Ga 597 Gatos atos Bl Blvd., vd., Los Gatos Ga attos

Best K Karaoke araoke a

BOSWELL’S BOSWELL’S

HHOBEE’S OBEE’S Pr Pruneyard uneyard Shopping Shopping

Pruneyyard Sh Pruneyard Shopping opping Cen Center, nter, 1875 S. Bascom mA ve., St e. 105, Cam pbell Ave., Ste. Campbell

Center, Cen nterr, 1875 S. Basco Bascom om A Ave., ve., Ste. Ste. 190, Campbell; Campbell; 165 Los Gatos-Saratoga Gatos-Saratoga Ga Road, Road, Los Ga Gatos atos

EFFIE’S EFF IE’SS RESTAURANT R ES TA UR A N T 331 W. Hacienda H acien nda Ave., Ave., Campbell Campbell

Best I Independent ndepend n p dent Coffeehouse

LLOS OS GGATOS AT OS CCOFFEE OFFEE RROASTING OAST ING CCOMPANY O MPANY 101 W. M Main ain St., Los Ga Gatos atos

MOUNTAIN MOUN TA IN CHARLEY’S C H A RLEY’S 15 N. Sa Santa an nta Cr Cruz uz Ave., Ave., Los Gatos Ga atos

Best D Dive ive i B Bar ar

BLACK BLACK W WATCH AT CH

141 N. San S Santa nta Cr Cruz uz Ave., Ave., Los Gatos Ga atos Campbell pbell CARDIFF CA RDI FF F LLOUNGE OUN G E 260 E. Cam

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Ave., A ve., Ca Campbell ampbell

OORCHARD RCHA RD VVALLEY A LLEY CCOFFEE O FFEE

THE BANK BAA NK 14421 Big Basin W Way, ay,

349 E. Cam Campbell pbell Ave., Ave., Campbell Campbell

1 S. Bascom BAREFOOT BA RE F OO T COFFEE C O FF EE 1819 Ave., Ave., Cam Campbell; pbell; 1556 15567 67 Uni Union on Ave., Ave., Los Gatos Ga atos

GREAT GRE A T BBEAR E A R COFFEE C O FF EEE 19 N. San Santa nta Cr Cruz uz A Ave., ve., Los Ga Gatos atoss

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Best Wine Wi S Shop hop h

TESSORA TESSOR S A’ S BA BARRA R A DI VINO RR

Pruneyyard Sh Pruneyard Shopping opping Cen Center, nter, 1875 S. Bascom mA Ave., ve., St Ste. e. 560, Cam Campbell pbell Way, ay, UUNCORKED! NCORRKED! 14500 Big Basin W

Best B Bakery akery a

IICING CIN G ON THE THE H CAKE CA KE

Saratoga Saratoga

EENOTECA NO T E C A LA L A STORIA S T ORI A 416 N. San Santa nta Cruz Cruz A Ave., ve., Los Ga Gatos atos

50 W. M Main ain St., Los Ga G Gatos atos

FRO S T CCUPCAKE UPC A KE FFACTORY A C T OR Y 199 E. FROST C Cam Campbell pbe b ll A Ave., ve., Cam Campbell C mpbe b ll

FLEUR DE CCOCOA OCO A 39 N. San Santa nta Cr Cruz uz A Ave., ve., Los Ga Gatos atos

Best Hair H S Salon alon a

RAGE R AGG E

565 E. Cam Campbell C pbell A Ave., ve., Cam Campbell pbell

CCITY I T Y SSAVVY AV V Y

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AAQUI QUI

2020 S. S Bascom A Ave., ve., Cam Campbell pbell

MAIN M A IN ST. S T . ANNEX 28 E. M Main ain St., Los Ga Gatos atos

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PHILZ COFFEE Best Independent Coffeehouse; barista Allie Fratus

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MANGO M ANGO SSTREET T R EET KI KIDS DS 7579 M Monterey on nterey St., Gilr Gilroy oy

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WHAT WH A T A ROOM! R OOM! 115 Murp Murphy hy A Ave., ve., Uni Unitt C,, San JJose ose

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HE BETTER-BEER scene continues its ascent in the South Bay with Steins Beer Garden & READY Restaurant TO SERVE Chef Jeff Fitzgerald is now overseeing Mountain View set to in downtown the Greek cuisine at Dio Deka in Los Gatos. open March 28. There will be wine and cocktails, but the primary focus will be on high-quality beers. Steins will feature 30 taps and a menu of modern American comfort food crated by executive chef and Bay Area native Colby Reade.

Fitzgerald Takes the Reins

Owner and South Bay native Ted Kim is a beer enthusiast; he tells me that Steins is a salute to the traditional German beer halls and gardens, ORMER sous chef Jeff is taking over as which he experienced during his Fitzgerald travels throughout Europe’s premier new executive chef of Michelin-rated Hellenic beerthe cities. Designed by architect Marc Dimalanta, Steins features a 300Dio domed Deka interior in Los room Gatos. excited and seat,restaurant 8,000-square-foot and“I’m a 4,000-square-foot outdoor ready forpatio. it,” Fitzgerald says. “I’ve been here for quite some Ted, withI’ve his contagious positive says thatbefore.” he can’t wait time, and helped run theenergy, restaurant for folks to check out the “in-your-face, custom-made walk-in cooler” As executive chef,bar. Fitzgerald saysgaze he plans revamping the menu next to the main Guests can at the on unique direct-draw draft bysystem—the using new products and techniques, with a focus on local, in-season tap handles are connected to the kegs, eliminating draft produce. “Ahelping good portion the menu hashighest alwaysquality been the lines and to keepof the beer at the andsame—with freshness Greek favorites and classics, like the meatballs, ” he says. “Now, levels. Having 30 draft beers is a manageable number for staff, it’s Tedmore says: about cycling things in and out what with we’re the seasons. ” One of to thebenew “I want them to know exactly serving. I want abledishes to ongive the genuine menu isbeer a risotto that incorporates new vegetables, such as spring recommendations, so ongoing beer education will be radishes and ”pea shoots. Dungeness crabs, Alaskan halibut and King salmon important. are some of the main Fitzgerald plans on using for dishes. The food will haveproteins a local, farm-to-table emphasis according to chef A San Jose native, Fitzgerald grew up eating fresh produce Reade, and everything will be made in-house, including breadsfrom and the family garden and fresh fi sh caught from boat trips in Moss Landing. pretzels. Because of the generous kitchen space, there will also be in- “It really taught me to have a great for vegetables, like in house charcuterie, butchery andappreciation pickling programs. “We want to zucchini make thefood summer time, ” he says. “It really teaches you to appreciate what’s at its as fresh as the beer is,” says Reade, who embraces beer’s versatility in peak [inpairing. season] and to use the ingredients to the fullest.” food Appreciating and from incorporating fresh of ingredients is something Fitzgerald Some examples the tidy menu 25 items include pork belly continues to do at Dio Deka, where he receives local produce from farms in Watsonville, San Francisco and Morgan Hill. “We work with our purveyors and when they get a new great product, I try to utilize it in some way,” he says. “Dungeness crab is one of them; the dish will last until early summer. Halibut is another one. We’re just waiting for the season to start.” The signature dishes, such as the moussaka, will stay the same, but half of the menu will be updated with Fitzgerald’s new creations. Though he considers former executive chef Marty Cattaneo a mentor, Fitzgerald says he’s looking forward to putting his own spin on things, while still embracing Californian Greek cuisine: “I think the restaurant is moving forward in a way that respects Greek traditions, Greek food and techniques with a more modern view and a California perspective.”—Thyra Phan

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Massage By Michael Great massage by Asian man. In $50. Outcall $70. By CMT. For days 408-400-9088 or after 7pm 408-893-1966.

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HIVE DWELLERS Cafe Stritch, San Jose Wed – 8:30pm; free

One of the most important punk-rock figures in the ’80s was K Records founder and Beat Happening singer Calvin Johnson. Beat Happening may have had a goofy childlike quality about them, with very loose beats and primitive instrumentation, but when hostile punk-rockers challenged them at shows, which happened often, as the book Our Band Could Be Your Life attests, Johnson stood his ground, stared them down and ultimately earned their respect. K Records has released hundreds of weird, underground records in it 25-plus-year run (Including

Beck’s best album). Johnson’s latest project, the Hive Dwellers, captures the offbeat, indie-folk sound of Beat Happening more so than his prior indie-funk project, Dub Narcotic Sound System. (AC)

WOOLEN MEN Usuals, San Jose Wed – 7pm; donation suggested A lot of indie-rockers create the kind of music that takes several listens to really absorb. Not so with Portland’s Woolen Men. Not that it’s some ultrapoppy radio music; it has a very straightforward, Guided By Voices, classic-rock air about it. The drums, however, are almost robotic, which works oddly well, giving Woolen Men an almost post-punk revival sound like bands had in the early 2000s—only without the affectation. These

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are good rock songs, just unusual enough to be interesting. Their new album was released on Woodist, which has put out records by the Babies, Moon Duo, Real Estate and Wavves. (AC)

mixes mixes it up with singing, singing rapping and quite often a combination of both. He first made a name for himself in 2010, when he wrote and produced the YG track, “Toot It and Boot It,” which has a bouncy, catchy beat. He’s carried that same quality to his own tracks, giving them a more subtle complexity. It helps to have writing and producing experience. (AC)

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Motif, San Jose Thu – 10pm; $10

The Catalyst, Santa Cruz Thu – 8pm; $19/$24

Not all music producers are introverts. Ty Dolla $ign, for instance, got his start behind the producer’s chair and has risen from obscurity with some solid jams of his own. He rides a line that snakes through hip-hop, pop, R&B and house. Even vocally, he

There was so much about Living Colour that made them seem so cheesy when they came out in the late ’80s—the actor for a frontman, the emphasis on hair (and wet suit), the fakey social critique of their big hit “Cult of Personality” (ooh, what if Stalin and

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Gandhi are really the same?), same?) the straight-up cheese of “Glamour Boys.” I don’t know, though, 20 years of pondering Vernon Reid’s guitar chops will make a believer out of anybody. If Vivid seemed like pure product at the height of their success, today it sounds like one of the best pop records from that decade. Since Corey Glover obviously doesn’t need the money, maybe they reunited just to remind us they kick ass. Catalyst; $19/$24; 8pm. (SP)

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:?I@J KFDC@E Apr 225 at 7:30pm, SJSU Event Center

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DJs and producers sprout up in the past several years who’ve gotten some much deserved national attention—like the Bangerz Crew and B. Lewis. “The Getawayâ€? celebrates our South Bay DJs with ďŹ ve of the best. Squareweezy will perform, representing the Bangerz Crew, and B.Lewis will be there, too. His experimental blend of dance beats and dreamy soundscapes is downright riveting. Also on the bill are DJ Eni (San Jose Gigantes), RCade (Sol Republic) and Shea Butter (BVMO). This will be a historic event for San Jose hip-hop. (AC)

that sound like they could almost pass for early-’80s Cure songs, yet they still have that hard-hitting, clubpounding, backbeat that just screams hip-hop. As a rapper, he varies between some quick chops and some solid, passionate singing. He is, seemingly, a very proliďŹ c producer. Several of his songs on his YouTube channel are either instrumental, or feature other rappers. San Jose emcees need to get in line and start convincing Inzane Icyde to make their next beat. (AC)

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Peacock Lounge, Sunnyvale Sat – 8pm; free

While it’s true that Oakland’s Judgement Day are technically a “metal� band, they will impress and entertain anyone, even people who have no interest in the genre, if for

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no other reason than they manage to do so without guitars. The lineup is drums, cello and violin—and they rock hard. What’s amazing is how much they sound like an actual metal band. Who knew it was possible to riff that hard on a distorted cello? They are instrumental with a penchant towards the more complex side of metal, which is made all the more interesting with all those eerie violin slides. This is a band that needs to be seen live. (AC)

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and being the chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, Dana Gioia has also found time to critique the work of others—his book Can Poetry Matter? was in the running for a National Book Critics Circle Award. A decade ago, Gioia walked off with an American Book Award for his book of verse, Interrogations at Noon. His career is all the more remarkable given that he started out as a Harvard MBA toiling in management at General Foods. He will give a reading Wednesday, followed by a conversational Q&A session Thursday (April 4) at 1pm in SJSU’s Engineering 285/287. The events are sponsored by the SJSU Center for Literary Arts. (MSG)

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South FIRST FRIDAYS an eclectic evening of arts and culture in downtown San Jose’s SoFA District (and beyond) on the First Friday of the month.

APRIL 5th ART WALK 7-11pm

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Opening Reception: Death Will Tear Us Apart by Mike Egan. Death can find us in many forms through our lives.Whether it's the death of a friendship, a marriage, a relationship or the physical death of someone close to us. Egan has seen the many faces of death and has found the strength to come back to life. Also on view in galleryTWO: Deciphering the Ash of Effigies Joseph Loughborough (UK)

Inspired Clay A juried exhibit of 28 sculptural works by 24 artists of the Orchard Valley Ceramic Arts Guild, including prize-winning pieces by Lisa LaRocca, Nancy Niles, and Doris Fischer-Colbrie. Show debut and reception for the artists in conjunction with the South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk,

We are pleased to present Latino Art Now, MACLA’s 15th Annual Latino Art Auction. In MACLA’s Gallery:View the very best of contemporary Latino art from the Bay Area and beyond. Over 50 Latino artists represented through paintings, prints, photographs and mixed-media. In MACLA’s Castellano Playhouse, special guest performances at 8pm. Image: Bernardo Roman Palau, A Little Lover’s Song, (detail) oil on canvas panel, 2007

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Residues of Time Each image in this group photography exhibition confronts the transformative nature of time and its impact on human perspective. Yesterday’s villain can become today’s hero as assuredly as last night’s scraps become this evening’s delicacy. The opposite is also true, as beauty inevitably decays.

Folk Indian Textiles from the Collection of Carol Summers and Meditation in Space and Time: Junco Sato Pollack Sutra Chant Hangings and Stitched Mandalas Fiber Salon activity: Marginal Embroidery. Special performance: Abhinaya student Ishani Joshi performs The Thillana. Image: Chamba Rumal, Cotton, silk embroidery, 21.5" x 21.5"

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Glyph An exhibition that explores the relationship of text and art across a wide variety of media, from painting to installation to book arts.

Two new feature exhibitions: CHILD-SIGHT by Leah Jay. A new

Focused on emerging and present subcultures thriving in our region, SubZERO is a DIY, artistically bent, hi/lo-techno mashup where street meets geek. In addition to the South FIRST FRIDAYS monthly art walk you'll find outdoor stages of entertainment plus artists, performers & musicians celebrating the indie creative spirit!

Opening Art Reception 6-9pm with live music by Mark Davis on keyboard and Julian Borrego on bass, Image: "Cygnus" by Tara Odorizz

body of work rekindling the innocence of “child-sight” through the medium of our dreams and by setting our imaginations free.

Light and Soul by LauruS Myth. A series depicting the fusion of sacred spaces, temples, and earth technologies in the hope to plant the seed of fertility through my work exploring spiritual connection to the earth.

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“The museum has always been very financially sound,” says executive director Christine Jeffers. “But with the recession and decline in arts funding, that support we once had is no longer there.” After 35 years of financial solvency, the museum ended each of the past two years with a 9-percent deficit. Corporate, individual and government funding dropped during the recession and never quite recovered. The already competitive world of arts funding became all the more cutthroat. Half of Jeffers’ grant applications get declined, she says, and she is competing against hundreds of organizations for the same limited pool of cash. Admission revenue only makes up 3.5 percent of the nonprofit’s $710,000 annual operating budget. To cope with multiyear shortfalls, the museum’s staff has shrunk to two full-time workers and a handful of part-timers. About 50 volunteers dedicate enough hours to keep the place up and running

Wednesday through Sunday every week. Jeffers took a 20-percent hit to her own salary last fall. “I think that in the arts world there is just a lot of competition, and there are other museums that are more established and have a larger base of support,” Jeffers says. “It’s tough.” The San Jose museum is headed for another shortfall this summer, says Jeffers, who was hired by the museum in October 2011 to help steer it away from the kind of financial emergency it now faces. Despite all the cutbacks, expenses remain high. The energy bills alone run about $2,600 a month. Marie Strait, president of the museum’s board of directors, sent out an emergency appeal for funding on March 14 to stress the severity of the nonprofit’s financial duress. “All areas of revenue at the museum have experienced a decline in the last fiscal year, with the most significant being support from foundations and corporations,” Strait wrote. “The staff has been incredibly diligent and has taken advantage of every appropriate available opportunity to seek funding and write grant proposals to corporations, foundations and government. More grants have been written in the last year

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than in previous years, but foundation dollars have been reduced and overall funding for the arts is dwindling.” The threat to shut down was not an empty one, Strait adds: “If you are asking yourself what will happen if you don’t make a gift—the truth is, the doors will close.” Strait and Jeffers hope the appeal will snag some new donors and prevent the organization, with its unique mission to promote textiles as a cultural study and art form, from unraveling. “What we do is really a niche thing,” Jeffers says. “Textiles is not traditional art form; it’s not photography or painting or sculpture or the kind people normally associate with museums and fine arts.” Quilting and textiles are woven into the fabric of virtually every culture for as long as anyone can remember, Jeffers says. It’s an art worth paying to preserve and promote. The San Jose gallery showcases 850 pieces, held for public trust. Lecture series and classes taught by leading experts teach the history and practice of quilting. Since the art of textiles is so grounded in world history and multicultural study, it’s only fitting that it calls a melting pot like Santa Clara Valley home. “Cloth is at the core of human experience,” the museum website reads. “Every culture throughout history has had a textile tradition through which people learned about and sustained their social, civic and religious rituals. As largely a woman’s tradition, quilting became a primary vehicle for women’s social, political and artistic expression when other forms of expression were not available to them.” Stressful as the situation is, Jeffers hopes it captures the public’s attention and sparks a renewed interest in the art. “We’re preserving these items so that other communities and other generations can grow up to appreciate them,” Jeffers says. “They can see these textiles and understand that these have implications relevant to us, these are the clothes we choose every day to wear, these define cultures, they define your culture, they tell us about where we came from.”

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*stage ABHINAYA ABHIN AYA D DANCE ANCE N A chor choreographed eographedd version of the lif lifee of “Gand “Gandhi.” hi.”” Sun, 4pm. $14/$20. Jackson Jackson Theater Theater,, Ohlone College, Fr FFremont. emont.

BLUE B LUE MAN MAN GROUP GROUP O A visit by the wizards wizaards of comedy, comedy y, technology technoloogy and body paint; presented presented by b Broadway Broadway San Jose. Runs Apr Appr 2-7, 2-7, TueTueThu, 7:30pm, Fri, 8pm, 8 Sat, 2 and 8pm, Sun, 1 and a 6:30pm. $20.50-$65.50. San S Jose Center ffor or the PPerforming erforming Arts.

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ST. LA ST. LAWRENCE WRENCE SSTRING TR RING QU ARTET QUARTET A special Good Fridayy performance perf ormance of Haydn’s Hayddn’s “Seven Last Words Words of of Christ Cross.” 5pm. Free. on the Cr oss.” Fri, 5p m. Fr ee. Memorial Chur Church, ch, SStanford. taanford.

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“Revisiting the South:: Richard R Richar d Misrach’s Alley.” Misr ach’s CCancer ancer Alley y..”” Photos of envir onmental problems probblems environmental on the Mississippi. Ma -Jun Marr 27 27-Jun 16.. “Lee Friedlander: The Th he Cray Cray Photographs.” Photogr aphs.”” Images of a supercomputer. 27-ffamed amed super p computer p r. Mar 27 Sometimes Jun 16.. “Dotty Attie: Attie:: So ometimes a TTraveler/There raveler/There Livedd in EEgypt.” gypt.”Thru Jun 16. Wed-Sun, Wed-Sun, e 11am-8pm. 11am-5pm,, Thu, 11am-8pm. SStanford. tanford.

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“New Stories Stories From From thee Edge Edge of A Asia: sia: This/That.”” Artt in identity many media about ide entity issues. Thru Sep 15. “Ri “Rising ising Dragon: Contemporary Dr agon:: Contempor aryy Chinese Photography.” Photogr aphyy..”Thru Junn 30. “Dive Deep: Eric Eric Fischl and Painting.” the Process Process of P aintingg.”Thru May 12. “Raging Opule Opulence.” nce.”” An Dean Veca. installation by Mark De ean V eca. Thru Mar 31. TTue-Sun, uue-Sun,, 11am1 5pm, closed Mon.. San Jose.

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HEDDA H EDDA GABLER GABLER R City Lights pr presents eseents the Ibsen classic. Runs thruu Apr 21. Thu2pm Sat, 8pm, Sun, 2p pm (starting Apr 7). $2 $24.95–$39.95. $39.95. City 4.95–$ Lights, San Jose.

THE T HE MOUNT MOUNTAINTOP AIN NTOP A TheatreWorks TheatreWorks pr ppresentation esentation of Katori Katori Hall’s drama drama about a woman who wo worked orked as a maid ffor or Martin Luther Luther King Jr.. Runs thru Apr 7. Jr 7. W Wed, ed, 7:30pm (except A Apr 3), Thu ThuFri, 8pm, Sat 2 and annd 8pm (no 2pm show Mar 30 30 and Apr 6), Sun, 2 and 7pm ((no no 7pm show Mar 31 and Apr 7). 7 $31-$51. LLucie ucie Stern Stern Thea Theatre, tre, P Palo alo Alto. Alto.

EDWIN ED WIN SAN SANJU JUAN AN Standup comedy Standup comedy. y. Thu, 8pm, Fri, 8 and 10pm, Sat, 7 and 9pm. $18. Impr Improv ovv San Jose.

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SAN JOSE MUSEU SAN MUSEUM MO OFF QUILTS TEXTILES QUIL TS & T EXTILEES “Folk Indian TTextiles eextiles Fr From rom the Collection of CCarol arol Sum Summers.” mmers.” “Meditation in Space & Time: Time: Junco Sato P ollack Su tra Pollack Sutra Chants Hangings and SStitch.” titch.” Both thru Apr 28. Wed-Sun, Wedd-Sun, 10am-5pm.. San Jose.

TRITON TRIT ON MUSEUM MUSEUM OF OFA F ART RT “Echoes of Islam.”Thru Apr 7.7. “Echoes TTue-Wed uue-Wed and Fri-Sun,, 11am-5pm, 11am-5pm, Thu,, 11am-9pm. 11am-9pm.. Santa Clara. C a. Clar

GALLERIES G ALL E RI E S ANNO A NNO OD DOMINI OMINI “Deciphering p g the A Ash sh of o EEffigies.” ffigies.”” By artist Jose Joseph eph LLoughborough. oughborough.. San Jose. Joose.

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KALEID KA LEIDGA GALLERY LLER RY “Crime Scene.” W Works orks by Front Julie Bilyeu. y . “Left Fr ont LLobe obbe Slowing.”” By René LLorraine. orrainee. San Jose.

SAN JOSE SAN JOSE INSTITUTE INSSTITUTE T OFF O ART CCONTEMPORARY ONTEMPORARY A RT “Parallax Views.”” A group “Parallax group photogr aphy show. show. Thru May Maay 25. photography ““Val Val Britton:: Intimate Immensity.” Immennsityy.” . A site-specific installation. Thru T May 18. “Judith “Judith J Rothchild:: Black Bllack Magic.”” Mezzotints. Thru May Maay 18. TTue-Fri, uue-Fri,, 10am-5pm,, Sat,, noonnooon5pm. p . San Jose.

SSEEING EEING T THINGS HINGSGGALLERY ALLER RY “Friendly Fir Fire.” e.”” Collabor Collaborative ativve pieces by Jason Adams,, Ru Russ uss Pope, P ope,, Noah Olmstead and mor more. e. Opens Mar 29. Tue-Fri, Tuue-Fri,, 11am11am m7pm,, Sat,, noon-6pm.. 30 N. Thir Thirdd SSt,t,, San Jose.

SSTUDIO TUDIO B BONGIORNO ONGIORNO “Devotion.” W Works orks by TTracey raccey Baca, Tulio Tuulio Flor Flores es and mo more. ore. Thru Mar 28. MonWed, Mon-Wed, 10 10am-77:30pm, 30 F i S t 11 Fri-Sat, am10am-7:30pm, 11am8:30pm, Sun, 10am2pm. 500 10am-2pm. Lincoln SSt, t, Santa Clar Clara. a.

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*events *e eveents HOWARD H OWARD B BLOOM LOOM The author of “The God Problem: Pr oblem: How a Godless Cosmos Cr Creates” eates” talk talks. s. TTue, u ue, 6pm. SStanford tanford Book Bookstore. store. e

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HERE COMES THE JUDGE Hedda Gabler (Hayley Galbraith) isn’t sure what to make of the attentions of Judge Brack (Steve Lambert).

Hedda Games WITH Hedda Gabler, playwright Henrik Ibsen created one of the stage’s most psychologically complex, morally aberrant and profoundly enigmatic characters. Critics were disgusted by the play and its eponymous heroine when Hedda Gabler premiered in 1891, but later it would be regarded as a classic—the most widely performed play by the world’s most widely performed playwright after Shakespeare. Hedda’s grotesquery, so shocking to Victorian audiences, has proved an enduring fascination—we are attracted to this figure even as she repels us. Ibsen’s work comes to City Lights Theater by way of Brian Friel’s recent adaptation, an engrossing, if flawed version which shifts the action from the late 19th century to the 1930s and takes extensive liberties with the text while leaving the plot intact. Hedda (Hayley Galbraith) returns from her honeymoon with her husband, George Tesman Hedda Gabler (Robert Sean Campbell), a stuffy academic who has spent the entire trip poring over source material for Runs through April 21: his studies on 10th-century domestic industries. As she $17.95–$29.95 contemplates the life of boredom that lies ahead of her, City Lights, San Jose former lover Eilert Lövborg (Paul Henry) arrives on the scene, along with an old schoolmate, Thea Elvsted (Roneet Aliza Rahamim), who is now in a creative and romantic partnership with Lövborg. In response, Hedda embarks on a series of vicious manipulations that lead to disaster for everyone involved. Ibsen, a contemporary of Freud, anticipated psychoanalysis in his depiction of Hedda. By keeping the exact nature of her neurosis a mystery, however, he left the role open to a variety of interpretations. Here, Hedda leans toward the villainous side, but calling her evil would be too simple. She is the prisoner of circumstances, of gender roles and of her own cruel nature, trapped between her boring husband and Judge Brack (Steve Lambert), a family friend with questionable motives. Galbraith handles this demanding role beautifully, while Lambert deserves high marks for his Judge Brack, whose genial exterior barely masks the predatory devil within. Campbell’s Tesman, unremittingly enthusiastic and completely oblivious, contributes a welcome dose of comedy, though he is perhaps more likeable than he should be. Friel’s translation, which makes some of Hedda’s motivations more explicit than they were originally, is likely to rub some the wrong way. Even so, the strong performances and fine direction by Virginia Drake make this a riveting production, recommended especially for those who are new to the play.—Sean Conwell

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ON THE ROAD (R; 124 min.) In the late 1940s, a sheltered writer named Sal Paradise heads out for adventures on both coasts. Good because it isn’t faithful, Walter Salles’ film overlays Jack Kerouac’s treasured novel with the biographical materials piled up since. These trips across America evoke a young author’s struggle between work time and play time—as well as a punctured if mostly platonic loveaffair with a distracted, charismatic criminal/writer. Garrett Hedlund inhabits with ease the part of Dean Moriarty (a.k.a. Neal Cassady), a role actors have wanted for decades, with a warm and unthreatening

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The song went viral after they uploaded a surprisingly simple, single-shot video to YouTube of them performing the song at their home.

Raul played the keyboards and sang the chorus in Spanish (“I just want to succeed/and now they want to deport me”), while Mexia rapped in both Spanish and English, advocating for immigrant rights. They were joined by younger brother Giovanni who gave the song rhythm by beating on a trash can. They were surprised by the response. It wasn’t just other Americans frustrated by what many considered to be a racist law but the media, too. They got an email from a staff member at “Al Punto,” a popular Spanish-speaking news program hosted by Jorge Ramos, who invited them on the show. “This was the first time we realized that what we were doing had an impact,” Mexia says. What the producers hadn’t yet realized was that they weren’t just anybody; they were the sons of Hernán Hernández, bass player of Los Tigres del Norte, one of the most famous and politically outspoken Norteño bands. “Once they found out, that’s when

it escalated a little bigger,” Mexia says. “They were like, ‘Here’s the sons of who we consider to be the voice of our generation.’” They decided to shelve their respective solo careers and work on an album together under the moniker Raul y Mexia. Part of what gave “Todos Somos Arizona” a unique sound was how the brothers combined their different musical tastes. Raul has always loved hip-hop, while Raul has a penchant for writing tender, romantic ballads. For Raul y Mexia, they wanted to continue this fusion of styles by allowing room for all the American music they grew up listening to, not just hip-hop but also electronic and rock music, while still paying tribute to the music of their cultural heritage, like banda, Tejano, cumbia and Norteño. “We didn’t try to push too much for one thing, we just wanted it to be a fusion,” Mexia explains. After working with a couple different producers in Miami, they met Toy Selectah, from Español hip-hop group Control Machete, who invited them to Monterrey in Mexico to work on some songs. The brothers felt like he was the first person to understand their vision. “Toy was the catalyst that’s been able to bridge the gaps between the United

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States and Mexico,” Raul says. “It was really important for us to express the music of our culture, and Toy would do that, and then add in synths and things like that.” For the songs, they created a blueprint by first laying down tracks of traditional Norteño instruments: accordion, bajo sexto and the double bass. From there, they would twist the songs in modern ways by playing with electronic instruments and drum machines. They even sprinkled in instruments that were traditional to other Latin American countries. “It’s a little bit of everything; it’s what America is today,” Mexia says. “You go eat Italian food, then go down the street and eat Chinese. It’s all in one spot. That’s what we want to do with our music.” The duo also took a step back from politica political songwriting and focused on writing fun songs that tinkered with differen erent genres. By the time they’d finished their debut album, Arriba y Lejos, tthey’d gotten some interest from m major labels, but it never worked out. Sel Selectah sent a copy to Nacional Records Records, which is known for working with in innovative Latin artists. The label was ver very interested in the brothers, but it took a year of discussions before Raul y Mexia was signed. Part of what stood in Raul y Mexia’s way was the very fact that people knew who their dad was, and they expected them to make music exactly like Los Tigres del Norte. But being firstgeneration Americans, they’ve had an entirely different experience than their father, something they hope to explore more on their next album. “When we got to Mexico, they can tell right away that we’re not from there,” Mexia says. “We come back home, and we face those same kind of issues.” So far, their debut album, which was released in February, has already been a success, primarily with other young Latino Americans, who relate to the vast pool of musical influences with which Raul y Mexia grew up. “Latino youth of today are pretty much open to everything,” Mexia says. “There’s really no barriers, no limits. They’re listening to Los Tigres del Norte then listening to Dr. Dre.”

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LIVE 105’S BFD 2013 LINEUP REVEALED Live 105’s BFD Music Festival returns in May with Thirty Seconds to Mars, Passion Pit and Silversun Pickups headlining with support from South Bay bands Anya & the Get Down, Picture Atlantic and the Trims.

PHOTOS: THE USUALS ‘DON’T QUIT YOUR DAY JOB’ San Jose boutique the Usuals celebrated its latest art show, “Don’t Quit Your Day Job,” with a party Friday featuring artwork from Chris Patton, Bryan Lopez and John Old and music from Pheelicks and Nate Le Blanc.

VIDEO: TIGGA T ‘CROSS OVA’ For the last couple of years, local emcee Tigga T, a.k.a. Tamba McCarthy, has worked tirelessly to get his music heard. Since 2011, he’s released three mixtapes: Fundamentals (2011), Visionary (2012) and African Boi (2012), and has shot several videos for songs on each release.

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THE ATTIC Thu, 7pm: Heartist, As Artifacts, As Small As Giants, Fighting the Villain, the Killer Within, She’s an Animal. All ages. San Jose

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BRIT ARMS ALMADEN Fri, 10pm: Night Train. Sat, 10pm: Hella Good. San Jose.

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THE QUARTER NOTE Wed: Pro Jam. No cover. Thu: Pro Jam hosted by Vicious Groove. No cover. Fri, 9pm: Liquid Paper. $5. Sat, 9pm: Vicious Groove. $5. Sun: Pro Jam. Sunnyvale.

SAN PEDRO SQUARE MARKET Sat, 7pm: “Daydream Nation, Vol. 12” with Judgement Day, Case in Theory, A Yawn Worth Yelling. All ages. Free. San Jose.

SOUTH FIRST BILLIARDS Sat, 8pm: Six of Seven, the Dedicated Soul Redeem, LIFE (Lyrics in Full Effect). San Jose.

Banda. Sun: Reggae and hiphop. San Jose.

island music. Sun: Island Rock Sundays. Sunnyvale.

BLUE ROCK SHOOT

POOR HOUSE BISTRO

Sun, 4pm: Blues and jazz jam. Saratoga.

Wed, 6pm: Ron Thompson. Thu, 6pm: Jimmy Thackery & the Drivers. Fri, 6pm: The Blues Ambassadors of San Francisco. Sat, 6pm: Lynwood Slim Band. Sun, noon: Gail Dobson Jazz Band & student performance. Mon, 6pm: Live jazz. San Jose.

CAFFE FRASCATI Sat, 8pm: S.F. Flute Society with Teresa Orozco. Free. Sun, 7pm: Jazz jam. San Jose.

CLUB FOX Wed, 7pm: Blues jam. $5. Redwood City.

FAIRMONT HOTEL Wed, 8pm: Le Boeuf Brothers. Free. San Jose.

GOOD KARMA Thu: Acoustic music. San Jose.

GRAND DELL SALOON Thu, 8pm: Blues jam with Lynwood Slim. Fri, 8pm: Lisa Band. Sat, 8pm: Cathy Lemons. Campbell.

SAN PEDRO SQUARE MARKET Fri, 8pm: Black Sunday Roadshow. Free. San Jose.

THE SMOKING PIG Tue, 6pm: Bluesday with the Dan Goghs. San Jose.

STEPHENS GREEN Tue, 7:30pm: Irish music. Mountain View.

HEDLEY CLUB Thu, 5pm: Brian Ho Trio. Fri, 8:30pm: Primary Colors. Sat, 8:30pm: Pamela Rose. Mon, 5pm: Gus Kambeitz Duo. Hotel De Anza, San Jose.

HUKILAU Fri-Sat, 8pm: Hawaiian music. San Jose.

TESSORA’S Fri, 8:30pm: Joel Behrman Jazz Trio. Sat, 8pm: Noel Catura. The Pruneyard, Campbell.

TRAIL DUST BBQ Fri, 6-9pm: Live blues, roots and Americana. Morgan Hill.

J.J.’S BLUES CAFE Wed: Suska. Thu: Jimmy Dewrance. Fri: Wayne’s Way, the Mark English Project. Sat: Dave Gonzales. $10. Sun: Angry Man. Mon-Tue: Live jazz. San Jose.

LILLY MAC’S

UPSTAIRS JAZZ CAFE

Sat, 9pm: Tekila Rock. Sunnyvale. Fri-Sat, 6-9pm: Jazz for dinner. San Jose.

Thu, 7:30pm: Open mic. Fri: Mark Gaetano, piano. Sat, 7:30pm: Michelle Pollace’s Latin Jazz Trio. Tue, 5:30pm: Straight-ahead jazz. Morgan Hill.

STATION 55

MOUNTAIN CHARLEY’S

Fri, 9pm: Bobby Love & Sugar Sweet. Gilroy.

ZONE 8

Thu: 880 South live with Joan Wilder Band. Fri: Live jazz happy hour. Los Gatos.

Sat, 8pm: Live jazz. Casino M8trix, San Jose.

MURPHY’S LAW

C&W/Folk

Thu: The Honey Wilders. Fri: Live music. Sat: David More Band. Sunnyvale.

BLUE ROCK SHOOT

MOSAIC

STREETLIGHT RECORDS Sat, 4pm: Jesus & the Rabbis. All ages. Free. San Jose.

WOODHAM’S LOUNGE First three Fri of month: Live music. Santa Clara.

Jazz/Blues/ World AGENDA LOUNGE Wed, 8pm: Salsa. Thu, 9pm:

Sun, 4pm: Live blues. San Jose.

Fri, 8pm: Music showcase. Sat: Thriving Artists presents live music. Saratoga.

PAGODA LOUNGE

THE GRAPEVINE

Sat, 10pm: Raul Y Mexia, Toy Selectah. $10-$20. Fairmont Hotel, San Jose.

Sat, 7pm: Monica Marquis. San Jose.

PEACOCK LOUNGE

Thu, 7pm: Mill Creek Ramblers.

OLD WAGON SALOON

Thu, 9pm: Pure Roots. Sat: Live

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BRIX

Fri-Sat, 8pm: Karaoke. San Jose.

Tue, 9:30pm: Karaoke. San Jose.

THE COURT’S LOUNGE

RED ROCK COFFEE

Thu & Mon, 9pm: Karaoke. Sat, 8:30pm: Joe or Darryl. Campbell.

Fri, 8pm: Sea Dramas, Steer the Stars. Sat, 8pm: One Nation. Mountain View.

THE SADDLE RACK

ALEX’S 49ER INN

Wed, 9pm, Thu-Fri, 9pm & Sat, 7:15 & 10:15pm: Live country music. Fremont.

Nightly, 9pm-2am: Karaoke. San Jose.

SAM’S BBQ Wed, 6pm: Loganville. Tue, 6pm: Bean Creek. San Jose.

Wed: 8:30pm-midnight: Karaoke plus DJ party (English and Spanish). San Jose.

UPSTAIRS JAZZ CAFE

THE BEARS

Wed, 7pm: Just Picked String Band. Morgan Hill.

Fri, 9pm: Darryl. San Jose.

Open Mic

Sat, 9pm: August. Santa Clara.

AZÚCAR LATIN BAR

BENNIGAN’S GRILL

BAMBOO LOUNGE Mon, 7pm: Musical open mic for singer/songwriters. Sign up at 7pm. Free. San Jose.

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CREEKSIDE LOUNGE Wed, 8pm & Sat, 8:30pm: KJ Bob and Starmaker Karaoke. San Jose.

DASILVA’S BRONCOS Wed: Karaoke. Thu, 9pm-1am: Karaoke. Santa Clara.

DIVE BAR Wed, 9:30pm: Karaoke. San Jose.

EFFIE’S RESTAURANT Wed-Sat & Tue, 9pm-2am, & last Sun of every month, 27pm: B&S Karaoke. Campbell.

EL RANCHO SPORTS BAR Thu, 8pm: Karaoke. San Jose.

BLINKY’S CAN’T SAY

EL TORITO RESTAURANT

Thu, 7pm: Musical open mic. San Jose.

Fri, 9pm-1am: Danielle. Sat, 9pm-1am: Karaoke. Santa Clara.

Fri: KJ Bob and Starmaker Karaoke at 7pm, followed by DJ at 10pm. Santa Clara.

BOSWELL’S

BLUE BONNET BAR

Sun, 10pm: Open mic with RB3. Campbell.

Wed-Thu and Mon, 8pm: Karaoke. No cover. Sunnyvale.

FIREHOUSE GRILL & BREWERY

CAFFE FRASCATI

BLUE MAX

Tue, 7pm: Open mic. San Jose.

Fri-Sat, 7pm: Karaoke. Sunnyvale.

BLUE ROCK SHOOT

CITY ESPRESSO Fri, 7pm: Open mic. San Jose.

BLUE PHEASANT

JOHNNY V’S

Tue, 7pm: Steve Tiger. Cupertino.

Wed: The Cypher. Hip-hop open mic. San Jose.

BOGART’S LOUNGE

LIQUID

Wed & Fri-Sat, 8pm-2am: Wildside Karaoke. Sunnyvale.

Wed: Poetic Justice. Open to all forms of expression. Free. San Jose. Mon, 7pm: Open mic. Open to all forms of expression. Free. Downtown San Jose.

Tue: DJ Davey K. Campbell.

THREE FLAMES RESTAURANT

BRIT ARMS ALMADEN

Wed-Sat, 9pm: Karaoke. Tue, 9pm: Karaoke. San Jose.

Thu, 9pm: Karaoke. Mountain View.

GALAXY

Thu-Sat, 9:30pm: Karaoke. Gilroy.

Thu: Karaoke. Los Gatos.

BRANHAM LOUNGE

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FRANCESA’S

BOULEVARD TAVERN

Mon, 7pm: Cavin and King’s Open Mic. Mountain View.

Karaoke

Wed-Sat & Tue, 9pm: Uncle Dougie Show. No cover. San Jose.

GILROY BOWL BOSWELL’S

Wed, 8pm: Open-mic night with Anita. Willow Glen.

FLAMES COFFEE SHOP

Thu, 9pm-2am: August. Milpitas.

PHILZ COFFEE

RED ROCK COFFEE CO.

Sun, 7pm-close: Uncle Dougie Show. Palo Alto.

Tue: Karaoke. San Jose. Wed & Sun, 10pm: DJ Uncle Hank. San Jose.

BRIT ARMS CUPERTINO

THE GOOSETOWN LOUNGE Fri-Sun, 9:30pm-1:30am: Karaoke. Willow Glen.

Sun-Tue, 10pm: Karaoke. Cupertino.

BRIT ARMS DOWNTOWN Wed, 9pm: August. San Jose.

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JOHNNY V’S Sun: Sunday Funday karaoke. No cover. San Jose.

KATIE BLOOMS Wed & Sun, 9:30pm-1:30am: Karaoke. Campbell.

KC BAR AND RESTAURANT Wed, 8pm: DJ Desmond. San Jose.

KHARTOUM Thu, 9pm: DJ Davey K. Campbell.

KING OF CLUBS Thu & Sun-Mon, 8:30pm: Bruce of KOR Karaoke. Mountain View.

KYOTO PLACE Wed, 7pm: Karaoke. Sunnyvale.

WOODHAMS L O U N G E

LILLY MAC’S Thu: Karaoke. Sunnyvale.

LIQUID Tue: Karaoke. San Jose.

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Thu, 8pm: Chris. Santa Clara.

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POINCIANA LOUNGE Wed, 9:30pm: Wildside. No cover. Sun, 9pm: Joe. Santa Clara.

PSYCHO DONUTS Sun, 10am: Psycho Karaoke. Campbell.

QUARTER NOTE Mon: Ed. Tue: Sue and Sherrie. No cover. Sunnyvale.

RED STAG LOUNGE Nightly karaoke, 9pm-1:30am. San Jose.

REDI ROOM Thu-Sat, 9pm: DJ Curtis. San Jose.

RUDY’S PUB Wed, 10pm: Purple. Palo Alto.

SHERWOOD INN Wed, 8:30pm: Vinnie. ThuSat, 8:30pm: Thomas. Sun, 8:30pm: Dan. San Jose.

AZĂšCAR LATIN BAR Fri-Sat, 9pm-2am. Live music and DJs, salsa, house, hip-hop and more. San Jose.

BAMBOO LOUNGE Sat, 9pm: Thick & Sexy Saturdays. $10. San Jose.

THE BLANK CLUB Thu, 9pm: Atomic. $5. San Jose.

BLUE PHEASANT Wed-Sun & Tue, 7pm: DJ and dancing. Cupertino.

BRANHAM LOUNGE Thu: Irie Nights with DJ HiGrade. Fri: Quality Control. Sat: Cocktails and Dreams. Tue: Fat Tuesday with DvS Dave. San Jose.

SOUTH FIRST BILLIARDS Sun: Karaoke. San Jose.

STATION 55 Thu: JR. Sun: JR Diaz Family Karaoke. Tue: James. Gilroy.

TEQUILA SHOT’S BAR & GRILL Mon & Wed, 9pm: Darryl. Milpitas.

THREE FLAMES

BRIT ARMS ALMADEN Thu, 10pm: DJ Dinero. San Jose.

BRIT ARMS CUPERTINO Thu, 10pm: Pawkit. San Jose.

Wed, 8pm: Chris. San Jose.

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WOODHAM’S LOUNGE

Sat: Karaoke. Campbell.

Tue-Thu & Sat: Karaoke. Santa Clara.

Fri: DJ BenofďŹ cial. Sat: DJ Ready Rock. San Jose.

NORMANDY HOUSE LOUNGE Fri-Sat, 9:30pm: Karaoke. Santa Clara.

OASIS Wed and Fri-Sat, 8:30pm: Doug. Sunnyvale.

X-BAR Mon & Fri, 9pm: Vinnie. Cupertino.

Dance Clubs

OFF THE HOOK

BRIX Thu: Contest Thursdays. Fri: Flirty. Sat: Brick House. San Jose.

CLUB ILLUSIONS Sat: Mumbai Salsa. Desi Latino party. $10/$15. Palo Alto.

Wed, 9pm: Karaoke. Campbell.

EL RANCHO SPORTS BAR

OFFICE BAR

Fri-Sat, 8pm: Old School Dance Party. San Jose.

Fri-Sat, 9pm, and Sun, 7pm: Karaoke. Mountain View.

O’FLAHERTY’S IRISH PUB Sun-Mon, 9pm: Ryan. San Jose.

PEACOCK LOUNGE

AGENDA Fri: Prive with DJ Ms Manya. Most Fri: Hip-hop, Top 40, club hits. San Jose.

APPARITION

Thu, 9pm: Matt. Tue, 9pm: DJ Ryan. Sunnyvale.

Thu, 10pm: Underground goth deathrock tunes. Club Lido, San Jose.

PIONEER SALOON

AXIS NIGHTCLUB

Tue, 8:30pm: Acoustic karaoke with Sam Marshall. Woodside.

Fri-Sat: DJs. Santa Clara.

THE ELEGANT PUB Fri-Sat, 9pm: DJ Checo. Evergreen Inn, San Jose.

FAHRENHEIT Wed, 9pm: Wine Wednesdays. Thu, 9pm: Liquid. Fri, 9pm: DJs & dancing. $10. Sat, 9pm: Charly Fusion. $10. Mon: Industry. Tue, 9pm: Turn Up Tuesdays. San Jose.

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Every second Sat: South Bay Hip-Hop Showcase. Every third Sat: Reggae Nights. Every fourth Sat: Live island music. Sun: Island Rock Sundays. Wed: Inked Out with DJ Jason Lee. Sunnyvale.

Fri: DJ Vision-One. Sat: DJ ToneSOL. Los Gatos.

PLAYHOUSE

MYTH TAVERNA LOUNGE

Fri, 9pm: San Jose Sabercats kick-off after party with DJ Guam. San Jose.

Thu: Ty Dolla $ign. Fri: Masquerade party. Sat: DJs & dancing. Sun: Members Only. San Jose.

JOHNNY V’S Wed, 9pm: The Cypher. Hiphop open mic. Thu, 9pm: Slap!. Sat, 9pm: Traffic. ‘80s, ‘90s and house. Mon, 9pm: Retoxx with DJ Casp3r. No cover. Tue, 9pm: Trap Shop. Hip-hop, reggae, rap, retro, R&B. San Jose.

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Thu: Therapy. Fri: Soul Therapy. Sat: Social. Tue: I Heart Tuesdays. San Jose.

NORMANDY HOUSE LOUNGE Sun, 10pm: DJ Battle. Santa Clara.

PURE LOUNGE 408 Fri: Pure Bliss. Sat: Pure Saturdays. Sunnyvale.

SAN JOSE BAR & GRILL

Sat: DJ dance party. Gilroy.

Thu: Wreck-A-Noize. Fri: Video Junkie. Every second and fourth Sat, 10pm: Prolific. San Jose.

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PAGODA LOUNGE

STEPHENS GREEN

Every second and fourth Sat: DJ night with Latin music. Sunnyvale.

Every second Fri, 10pm: Soul’d Out featuring HarryWho? plus residents Julius Papp & Rick Preston. Free before 11pm; $5 after 11pm. Fairmont Hotel, San Jose.

Thu, 10:30pm: Temptation. Fri, 10pm: DJ Cesar. Sat, 10pm: DJ Tony. Mountain View.

KATIE BLOOMS Thu-Sat, 9:30pm: DJs and dancing. Campbell.

LIQUID Wed: Z Lounge. Fri: Revenge of the Video DJ. Every second Sat: Girls & Champagne. San Jose.

LOS GATOS BAR AND GRILL Fri, 9pm: DirtyBroLektros. Sat, 9pm: DJ Method. Los Gatos.

MILANO Fri: Crave. Sat: Receive. San Jose.

OLD CITY HALL

PARRANDA NIGHTCLUB Thu, 8pm: DJ Akustik. No cover. Fri, 8pm: DJ Mayo. Sat, 8pm: DJ Mayo and DJ Akustik. Sun, 7pm: Latin Beat. Sun, 9pm: Sonidero Night. Sunnyvale.

STUDIO8 Fri-Sat: DJs and dancing. San Jose.

SUMMIT LOUNGE Sat, 9pm: Club ReMix. Four Points Sheraton, San Jose.

WILLOW DEN Wed-Fri: DJs. Sat, 10pm: ‘90s Dance Party. Willow Glen.

PEACOCK LOUNGE Fri: Video DJs and dancing. Every first Sat: Soul Affair.

San Francisco’s City Guide

GEORGE CLINTON Grandfather of G-funk appears with Parliament Funkadelic for three nights. Mar 27-29 at Yoshi’s Oakland.

ANTHRAX It’s like 1989 never left when thrash icons play with Exodus opening. Mar 28 at the Regency Ballroom.

MAJOR LAZER Now Switch-less, Diplo forges on with dancehall flavor and opener Lunice. Mar 28 at the Independent.

LINDSEY STIRLING >\fi^\ :c`ekfe Find more San Francisco events by subscribing to the email newsletter at www.sfstation.com.

YouTube sensation combines classical violin, modern dance and the Legend of Zelda. Apr 3 at the Warfield.

LOW Minneapolis trio set to release ‘The Invisible Way.’ Apr 3 at Great American Music Hall.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #576296 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Sliver Cleaning Services, 5513 Judith St., #3, San Jose, CA, 95123, Ricardo Madera. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Ricardo Madera This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 3/20/2013. (pub Metro 3/27, 4/03, 4/10, 4/17/2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #576281 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Economy Auto Body & Paint, 2555 Lafayette Street, Suite 110, Santa Clara, CA, 95050, Dat Vu, 4643 Park Norton Place, San Jose, CA, 95136. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 3/2006. /s/Dat Vu This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 3/19/2013. (pub Metro 3/27, 4/03, 4/10, 4/17/2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #575476 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 408 Fights, 1494 Morrill Ave., San Jose, CA, 95132, Jane Estioko. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Jane Estioko This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 2/28/2013. (pub Metro 3/27, 4/03, 4/10, 4/17/2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #576135 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Chronic Heaven, 1041 Helen Ave., Sunnyvale, CA, 94086, Karen Leigh Beadle. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Karen Leigh Beadle. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 3/14/2013. (pub Metro 3/27, 4/03, 4/10, 4/17/2013)

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #576192 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Fine Point Painting, 3403 Tully Rd., San Jose, CA, 95148, Bill Pulido. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Bill Pulido This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 3/15/2013. (pub Metro 3/20, 3/27, 4/03, 4/10/2013)

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME #576213 The following person(s) / entity (ies) has / have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name(s): First Auto Service, 205 East Washington Ave., Sunnyvale, CA, 94086, Van Thanh Thach, 510 Saddle Brook Dr., #151, San Jose, CA, 95136. This business was conducted by an Individual. Filed in Santa Clara county on 3/30/2009. Under file no. 522081. /s/Van Thanh Thachl This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 3/18/2013. (pub Metro 3/20, 3/27, 4/03, 4/10/2013)

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as: Urban Rock, 3113 Alum Rock, San Jose, CA, 95127, Eric Mclaurin, Carla Mclaurin, 1668 Honey Suckle Dr., San Jose, CA, 95122. This business is conducted by a married couple. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Eric Mclaurin This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 3/08/2013. (pub Metro 3/20, 3/27, 4/03, 4/10/2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #574814 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Window Cleaners Plus, 3517 Senter Rd., San Jose, CA, 95111, David Escobar. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/David Escobar This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 2/13/2013. (pub Metro 3/13, 3/20, 3/27, 4/03/2013)

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #575856 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. Culture Girl, 2. Culture Girls Events, 3. Culture Girl Event Planning, 4991 Geomax Ct., San Jose, CA, 95118, Rhonda Biddle. This business is conducted by a Individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 2/01/2013. /s/Rhonda Biddle. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 3/08/2013. (pub Metro 3/20, 3/27, 4/06, 4/10/2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #575811 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Advance Learning Center, 7767 Lilac Way, Cupertino, CA, 95014, Seokjin Han. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant has not yet

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STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME #575609 The following person(s) / entity (ies) has / have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name(s): Taqueria el rey, 2044 Mckee Rd., San Jose, CA, 95116, Roberta Rangel, 1599 Maurice Lane #4, San Jose, CA, 95129. This business was conducted by an Individual. Filed in Santa Clara county on 9/04/2012. Under file no. 569140. /s/Roberta Rangel This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 3/04/2013.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #575530 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Clean It Carpet and Upholstery, 5703 Playa Del Rey, #2, San Jose, CA, 95123, Brandon Murray. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Brandon Murray This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 3/01/2013. (pub Metro 3/06, 3/13, 3/20, 3/27/2013)

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #575317 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Neolithic Press, 655 Trace Ave., San Jose, CA, 95126, Joseph Stampher. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Joseph Stampher This statement was filed with the County Clerk of

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #575241 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Sunnyvale Town Center Dental, 333 W. Maude Ave., STE 101, CA, 94085, Maa and Wong Dental Corp. This business is conducted by a Corporation. Above entity was formed in the state of California Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. Refile of previous file #361830 after 40 days of expiration date. /s/Jerry Maa President #C2134587 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 2/22/2013. (pub Metro 3/06, 3/13, 3/20, 3/27/2013)

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CANCER (June 21–July 22): You know what would be a really cool prank to pull off this April Fool’s Day? Arrange to have rubber tires airlifted into a dormant volcano, then set them on fire. Smoke will pour out the top. Everyone who lives nearby will think the volcano is getting ready to explode. Don’t forget to videotape the event for YouTube. Later, when you reveal the hoax, your video will go viral and you’ll become a celebrity. APRIL FOOL! I don’t really think you should try this prank. It’s old hat. Back in 1974, a guy named Porky Bickar did it to Alaska’s Mt. Edgecumbe. Here’s my real oracle for you: It is a good time to boost your visibility by doing something funny. Or to build your brand by being mischievous. Or to demonstrate your power by showing off your sense of humor. LEO (July 23–Aug. 22): In the animated TV show The Simpsons, 10-year-old Bart is constantly getting into trouble because of the monkey business he loves to perpetrate. His teachers punish him by compelling him to write corrective declarations on the classroom blackboard. It so happens that some of those apologetic statements should be coming out of your mouth in the coming week, Leo. They include the following: “I will not strut around like I own the place. I will not claim that I am deliciously saucy. I will not instigate revolution. I will not trade pants with others. I will not carve gods. I will not Xerox my butt. I will not scream for ice cream.” APRIL FOOL! I lied. The truth is, you SHOULD consider doing things like that. And don’t apologize! VIRGO (Aug. 23–Sept. 22): The sport of ferret legging is an endurance contest. Participants vie to determine who can last longest as a live ferret runs loose inside their pants. The current record is five hours and 26 minutes, held by a retired British miner. But I predict that a Virgo will soon break that mark. Could it be you? APRIL FOOL! I misled you. I don’t really think you should put a ferret in your pants, not even to win a contest. It is possible, however, that there will soon be a pleasurable commotion happening in the area below your waist. And I suspect that you will handle it pretty well. LIBRA (Sept. 23–Oct. 22): Risk being a crazed fool for

love, Libra. Get as wild and extreme as you’ve ever been if it helps you rustle up the closeness you’re hungry for. Get down on your knees and beg, or climb a tree with a megaphone and profess your passion. APRIL FOOL! I was exaggerating a little. It’s true that now is an excellent time to be aggressive about going after the intimate connection you want. But I suggest you accomplish that by being ingenious and imaginative rather than crazy and extreme.

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Monty Python did a sketch in which a policeman apprehends a criminal. The bad guy says, “Yes, I did it, but society is to blame.” And the cop says, “Right! We’ll arrest them instead.” You should adopt this attitude, Scorpio. Blame everyone else but yourself for your problems and flaws. APRIL FOOL! I lied. In fact, the truth is the opposite of what I said. It’s time to take more responsibility for your actions. Bravely accept the consequences of what you’ve done—with your sense of humor fully engaged and a lot of compassion for yourself.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22–Dec. 21): Banzai skydiving is a step beyond ordinary skydiving. To do it, you hurl your folded-up parachute out of the airplane, wait a while, and then leap into mid-air yourself. If all goes well, you free-fall in the direction of your parachute and catch up to it. Once you grab it, you strap it on and open the chute, ideally before you hit the earth. This is the kind of beyond-ballsy activity that would be perfect for you right now. APRIL FOOL! In truth, I don’t recommend banzai skydiving now or ever. Plain old skydiving is fine, though. The same principle applies in relation to any adventurousness you’re considering: Push yourself, yes, but not to an absurd degree. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22–Jan. 19): Should you relocate to Kazakhstan and grow sunflowers? Is it time to think about getting a job in Uruguay and living there for the next 10 years? Can you see yourself building your dream home in Morocco on a bluff overlooking the Atlantic Ocean? I suggest you spend some quality time thinking way, way outside the box about where you belong on this earth. APRIL FOOL! I went a bit overboard in my recommendations. It is true that you should brainstorm about the kind of home you want to create and enjoy in the future. But that probably means revising and refining your current situation rather than leaving it all behind and starting over. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20–Feb. 18): Your brain has a bigger capacity than you realize. According to professor of psychology Paul Reber, it can hold the equivalent of 3 million hours’ worth of television shows. As I’m sure you know, your brain is not even close to being full of that much data. And in accordance with the current astrological omens, I suggest you cram in as much new material as possible. APRIL FOOL! I told you a halftruth. While it’s correct that now is an excellent time to pour more stuff into your brain, you should be highly discerning about what you allow in there. Seek out the richest ideas, the most stimulating information, the best stories. Avoid trivial crap. PISCES (Feb. 19–March 20): July 2012 was a sad time in the history of mythic creatures. The National Ocean Service, a U.S. government agency, made a formal proclamation that there are no such things as mermaids. But I predict those stuffy know-it-alls will soon get a big shock, when a Piscean scientist presents evidence that mermaids are indeed real. APRIL FOOL! I was exaggerating. I don’t really foresee the discovery of a flesh-and-blood mermaid—by a Pisces or anyone else. I do, however, suspect that your tribe is now highly adept at extracting useful revelations and inspirations from dreams, visions, and fantasies—including at least one that involves a coven of Buddhist Ninja clown mermaids. Homework: What quality or behavior in you would most benefit from healthy self-mocking? Tell how you keep yourself honest. Write Freewillastrology.com.

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