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Always Alw ays Sunn Sunnyy DEANNA SSANTANA, ANT TA ANA, Oakland’s top bur eaucrat when whhen the city came under bureaucrat fir or blasting blasting tear gas and skullfiree ffor cr acking beanb bag rrounds ounds (liter ally) cracking beanbag (literally) at Occupy pr ottesters in 2011, riled up protesters so much contr roversy and so many controversy police miscond duct lawsuits that she misconduct had people cry ying ffor or her rresignation esignation crying years ago. Shee began looking ffor or an out, courting jjobs obs as ffar ar as Dallas and pr ompting loca al media to question prompting local her loyal ty to the embattled East loyalty Bay city arch, Oakland Mayor city.. In Ma March, JEAN QU AN axe ed Santana fr om her QUAN axed from post as city ad dministrator, to the glee administrator, of or ganized la abor and pr ogressives organized labor progressives who rreportedly eportedlyy They couldn ’t stand her couldn’t her..

Did But Sunnyvalee seems What? willing to look past the scandal an nd and SEND TIPS TIPS TTO O mul timillion dollar doollar multimillion FLY@ FL Y@ legal tempest incur red incurred METRONEWS. METRONEWS. COM COM by her heavy-h handed heavy-handed rreign. eign. Sour ces say Sources Santana,, a dep pputyy cityy manager g in deputy San Jose bef orre her contr oversial before controversial stint up north,, could be coming back to South Bay iiff she lands the job as Sunnyvale cityy manager manager,, a position open since GA RY LLUEBBERS UEBBERS rretired etired in GARY December nnyvale spokeswoman December.. Sun Sunnyvale JENNIFER GARN NETT ssays ays she can’t can’t GARNETT confirm wheth er Santana is one of the whether or consideration, consideration, or candidates up ffor even how man ny people have made it many to the final rround ouund of inter views, since interviews, that ’s a privatee personnel matter. matter. that’s She did say thee council met in closed session Tuesday Tuuesdaay to talk about the main contende ers. Garnett expects to contenders. make an anno uncement on a new announcement city manager pick p soon, though. The pr ospect of Sa ntana bringing her prospect Santana polarizing br annd of leadership to the brand rrelatively elatively quiett Silicon Valley Valley town has some people on o edge. “It ’s crazy crazy if “It’s they decide to hir oversyy,,” hiree into contr controversy,” an obser ver wh ho worked with Santana observer who during her Sann Jose days cr owed. crowed.

“W ord is, the council’s c divided.”

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ROOM R OOM WITH A VIEW Don H Herd erd surveys the southeastern San Jose hillside, a landscape foreign develop subdivision. ffo oreign investors want to devel lop into a 79-home luxury subd division.

Environmentaliists clash with wealthy Environmentalists E w investors over greenbelt prope property erty BY B Y JENNIFER WADSWORTH WA ADSWOR RTH

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ROM HIS stone-colonn ROM stone-colonnade ade balcony, Herd balcony y, Don H erd seess how San Jose Jose used to look before strip malls and tract an nd tr act homes gobbled up 175 1 square and sq quare qua e miles of ridgelines dge es an d valley.

Tule green v a . Cows and T alley ule elk, gre een oaks.. h and scattered oaks hills The aging temp agency CEO built hiis hilltop home in 19 his 1999 99 on the cit city’s ty’ ys southeastern so outheastern edge amongst a cluster of multimillion-dollar m multimilliondollar customs mark marked keed byy Gr b Grecian ecian balustrades balustrades,, marble lions and an nd flank flanked keed b byy manicur manicured ed palm tr trees. eess.

It’s It ’s the kind of de development eveelopment vvoters oters an o and nd ccontemporary o ontemp orary p policymakers olicymak keers w want aant to o aavoid, vo oid, a rrelic eelic of the Dot C Com om b boom’s oom m’s indulgent in ndulgent opulenc opulencee and the single single-family fa amily housing eexplosion xplosion x that turned d Silicon Si ilicon V Valley aalleey into a p pell-mell ell-mell of hillsid hillsidedebreaching br reaching spra sprawl. aw wl. But fforeign oreign in o investors nveesto ors are ar re eeyeing yeing e the neighb neighboring oring hills ffor or o another an nother upsc upscale caale neighb neighborhood, orhood, alb albeit eiit one on ne that’s that’s less dense and with lar larger rgger units u units..

“W “We We could could lose this this,,” Her H Herd d sa says, ays y, pointing to the str pointing stretch etch of o rangeland between b ettween w Silv Silver ver e Cr Creek eek V Valley a y and alle Metcalfe Metc caalffe rroads. oads. “This ccould ou uld get rreplaced eplaced with a construction construction site. site. After we built our homes here, herre, we deci decided—the ided—the vvoters o oters it. decided—that this was was a it t. This is the line..” urban growth growth line bucolic belies The calm, caalm, buc olic setting settting t b elies the battle over pitched i h d bat b tttle l o veer its i fu ffuture. uturre. Hong H Kong-based millionaires K ong-based millionair o ess who own the want land w aant to turn it into o a 79-home luxur division, ccalled oung Ranch, o luxuryy sub subdivision, Young alleed Y with a community communitty center centeer and a natur naturee pr eserve. But cconservationists onservationists ar rggue that preserve. argue the 2,150 acr es p egged ffor o de or eveelopment acres pegged development lie just b eyo ond a vvoter-approved o oterr-ap - pproveed beyond b oundary ccalled alled the gr eeenline, which boundary greenline, pr ohibits urban gr owth.. By T uesdaay, prohibits growth.

Tuesday, an online p etition opp o osing the pr roject o petition opposing project garner ed d 56 0 signatur reess. garnered 560 signatures.

“W We want waant to make mak ke su ure that the right “We sure de eveelopment happ ens in n the right plac ce,” development happens place, sa ayys Michele Beasle y, a rregional eegional dir ector says Beasley, director at nonpr ofit Gr eenbelt Allianc A e. “This is nonprofit Greenbelt Alliance. not the right de velopme e ent nor the right development plac e. It would bring urb ban ser vices to a place. urban services rural area. arreea.”

Beasley say property Beasleey and a others sa ay the pr operty owners seem m out of touch with what wants the ccommunity ommu unitty w aants ffor or its rremaining o emaining ecologically sensitive ccountryside, ountryside ide, an ec olo l gic i ally ll sensitiv i ive serpentine ponds, eexpanse xpanse of serp entine grassland, p onds, creeks streams. cr eeks and intermit iintermittent ttent t str eams.

“This land, way is,, actually lan nd, the w ay it is life, ccontributes ontributess to our quality qualitty of lif fe,” says.

“When have protected she sa ayys. “W When yyou ou o ha ave pr otected hillsides,, th that’s watershed that’s hillsides hat’s our w atershed a land, that ’s the land th that water. hat filters our drinking w aater.” landholding YCS The land dholding ccompany ompan ny Y C CS Investments, In nveestmentts, short short ffor or the family name o Yeung Shing, bought Y eeung Chi Shing g, b ought up the land in 1970s.. The They waited decades before the 1970s T ey w aaited dec ades b effor oe permits $90 filing initiall p ermits ffor or the $9 o 0 million project County pr oject with h Santa Santa Clara C ountty ffour o our yyears eears ago. ago. “There “T There were were other plans and efforts property eff ffo orts for fo or the t pr operty that ccame ame a up over weree o veer the yyears, ears, but none of them wer successful stages suc cessful or o got past vvery eery early st ages planning, says Wayne Costa, of planning g,” sa ayys Wa ayne y C osta, a senior project YCS pr oject manager man nager for fo or Y CS Investments.

C In nveestments. effort started “The current curren nt eff ffo ort st arted to ttake ak ke shapee in 20 2010 economy started shap 010 after the ec onom my st arted emerging from Great emer rgging fr om the Gr eat Recession.

Rec e ession.”

But whi while ile the owners held off development de evelopme e ent ffor o or nearly 40 yyears, eears, the underwent culturee change in rregion egion und derwent a cultur way planning.. the w ay it appr aapproaches oaches urban planning Runaway R unaaway gr u ggrowth owth led to ccongested ongested prompted rroadways oadw wayys and a the backlash pr ompted and p policymakers favor vvoters oters o olicymak y kers e to fa avor o infill

“It ccomes omess down to how yyou o ou define rural” ayys Her H d who gr d, ew up in Kansas rural,” sa says Herd, grew b effo ore striki ing it rich in C aliffo ornia. before striking California.

“Wher m fr om yyou ou o ha ave one house “Wheree I’m from have p er 10 acr es or mor e. That ’s rreal eal rural.” per acres more.

That’s A neighb borhood the size of Y oung o neighborhood Young Ranch woul ld strain public ser vices would services and infrastructure, infrastru ucture, sa ayys JJohn ohn Bat ty, a says Baty, senior plann ner ffor or the cit o ty of San JJose. ose. planner city It would lik kely e dep end on the cit ty ffor or o likely depend city fir otectiion, p olice ser vices and add firee pr protection, police services traffic to eexisting xi xisting rroadways. oadw wayys. San JJose ose planning ccommissioners o ommissioners would also ha ave to agr e to anne ee ex ttwo-thirds wo-thirds of the w have agree annex pr operty fr o cit om ty jurisdiction to the property from city ccounty ountty to pr roceed with de velopment, e proceed development, giving up rrevenue evenue e fr om cconstruction onstruction from ffees. eees.

“This is r, the ccounty’s ounttyy’s biggest is,, b byy far far, housing pr o osal in yyears, op eears,” Beasle ays y. proposal Beasleyy sa says.

“W We just do on n’’t see this ttype yype of pr oject “We don’t project an nyymore. It ’s pr ettty well do cumented anymore.

It’s pretty documented ave ve o veerbuilt the single -family that we ha have overbuilt single-family h home mark keet. t”” market.

On Aprill 24, the ccounty ountty Planning C ommission n will hold a ffourth ourth hearing o Commission tter t to discuss whether the on the mat matter applic caation ccomplies omplies with the general application plan ’s vision n ffor or uninc o orporated plan’s unincorporated de evelopmen e nt. C ostta insists that it do es. development.

Costa does. ““A A lot of p eople ar people aree under the impr ession that t if yyou’re ou’re outside the o impression urban gr ow wth b oundary, that means growth boundary, zer o de evelop e pment,” he sa ayys. “Right now w, zero development, says. now, the heyy’r ’ e seein ing rrolling olling lli gr een hills hill with ih they’re seeing green ccows ows grazingg and the ey think that it ’s they it’s public op en n spac e. It ’s not. It ’s private open space.

It’s It’s land where where we ’re allowed to ha ave what we’re have we ccall all a rural l-residential de velopment e up rural-residential development ertain densit ty.” to a ccertain density.

C osta sa ays y en nvvironmenttaal gr oups Costa says environmental groups seem to disr regard the fact that his disregard ccompany ompan ny ha as managed the land has rresponsibly esponsibly and w aants to pr otect the wants protect vast majorit ty of it. majority “W We’re not n just tr ying to build a “We’re trying runoff--the-m mill de veelopment,” he sa ays y. run-of-the-mill development, says.

“W We’re tr yin ng to cr eate a cconservation onservation “We’re trying create ccommunity. ommunitty. The first step to that is ou o ur pr operty. W to know yyour property.

Wee studied the land—w we studied its rresources esources land—we and habit att— —and then designed the habitat—and de evelopmen e nt p ortion of it as sensitiv veely development portion sensitively as p ossible.” possible.

Beasle ey dramatic d ally lik ens C ostta’s Beasley dramatically likens Costa’s appr oach to o a host age situation. approach hostage “It ’s as if the tthey ey ha ave a gun to our “It’s have head,” she sa ays y . “The ey w aant to do a says.

“They want trade -off to hand o veer this land to trade-off over habitat cconservation onsservation in eexchange xchange habitat ffor or de o velopm e ment appr ovval. But this development approval. shouldn n’’t b -off ff. W ave to lo ok shouldn’t bee a trade trade-off.

Wee ha have look t fits the spirit and intent at whether this of the gr owtth b oundary.” growth boundary.

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over o veer spr spread-out ead-out cconstruction. onstrucction. Measur Measuree K which est K, established ablished the gr greenline eenline just beyond b eyo ond Her Herd’s d’s home in 20 2 2000, 00, passed with 81 p percent ercent of the vvote. o . The latest ote iteration of the cit city’s tyy’s Gen General neral Plan—its futuree expansion—calls blueprint ffor or o futur expa x ansion—calls ffor o or walking distance denser housing within w aalking dist taance to jobs and public transit transit. t.

“This just isn isn’t n’’t the ttype yyp pe of development de veelopment we want want a anymore, an nyymore,” says advocate sa ayys Julie Julie Hutcheson, an adv vocate ffor o or Committee Foothills, C ommittttee for for o Green Green F oothills, another group protesting gr oup pr otesting Young Yo oung Ranch.

Ranch “It depends dep ends on which side of o the ffence eence County staff yyou’re ou’re standing. o standingg. C ountty st aff rreportedly eportedly believes they have viable project here. b elieevees the ey ha ave a viab ble pr oject her e.

Whereas city thinks,, he hey, Wher eas the cit ty of San JJose ose thinks y, doesn’t have this do esn n’’t match up to what we ha ave There’s in our general plan. Ther re’s a cconflict onflict of jurisdictions..” jurisdictions Meanwhile, Mean nwhile w , the rregion egion fformed ormed what o b ecame the Habit at C on nservation Plan, became Habitat Conservation a public -private p ermittttiing frame work public-private permitting framework th t pr that omises i to t pr otect t t6 0p ercentt promises protect 60 percent ountty’ y s rremaining emainin ng wild land, of the ccounty’s raise $658 million ffor or o cconservation nservation and on pr otect 18 endanger ed an nd thr eatened protect endangered and threatened sp ecies. U nder the ne n w guidelines gguidelines,, Y C CS species.

Under new YCS In nveestments would ha ave to dedic caate 9 0 Investments have dedicate 90 p ercent of the land as a natur n eserve. percent naturee pr preserve.

The ccompany ompan ny turned tha at into a that mark keting e opportunitty, revamping revamping their marketing opportunity, os of rrolling olling website to include photo photos hills oaming ccattle aattttle and but tter t flies and hills,, rroaming butterflies b oasting i off its i ste war a dsh d hip hi h off the h land. l d boasting stewardship “Thr ough our habit att plan work we “Through habitat b egan to rrealize ealize the ccontribution onttribution we began ccould ould mak ke and sa aw an opp o ortunitty make saw opportunity to b vate pr oposals bee one of the first priv private proposals that ccould ould b del ffor o private or bee a mo model rural de veelopment that facilit ffacilitates ates the development cr eation of the Habit at Plan P n’s rreserve eserve creation Habitat Plan’s ssystem, ystem,” sa ayys C osta, whos se original says Costa, whose pr oposal included 87 ho mes and a proposal homes ccommunity ommunitty ccenter. enter. application byy The applic ation up ffor o or rreview eview b ccounty ountty planning ccommissioners ommiissioners would Young build Y oung Ranch in ttwo o w phases: 39 wo homes at first, the rrest est ffollowing o ollowing later approval. appr oval. v It would need San JJose ose to parcel rrelinquish elinquish ttwo-thirds w wo-thirds of the par cel to the ccounty. ountty. The homes would w lie on northernmost ttwo-acre wo-acre plots in the nor w rthernmost 200 acres property bee held 20 0 acr es of the pr operty and b landscaping rules maintain to strict landsc aping rule es to maint ain a rural ffeel. eeel. N o lots woul ld b ttened, t No would bee flat flattened, sidewalks paved boundary no side waalks pa aveed and no n b oundary erected.

Homeowners ffences eences er ected. Homeow wners would water rrely ely on septic ttanks anks and w aater would from ccome ome fr om either wells or o the privately Edenvale/Great owned Eden nvale/Gr v eat Oaks O Water Service.

3-mile-long Ser vice. A 3-mile -long access acccess rroad oad to the development branch from de eveelopment would bra anch off fr om Silver Creek Valley.

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While Geor George ge Shirakawa Shirakawaa Jr Jr.r. bars bides his time behind ba ars filching money, defending en after admitting to filchin ng public money y, the price of def nding him in court keeps ticking up as a second criminal c case moves fforward. orward.. By thee latest count,, the erstwhile supervisor’s attorney $15,950.54 through county super visor’ss atto orney has cost taxpayers $15,950.5 $15 950 54 5 ffor or work completed thr ough February, according Defense February y, accor ding to the t Indigent Legal Def ense Office. We We can add that to the $3 already special million the county alr eady spent on audits and a couple sp pecial elections to sop up the Shirakawa political fraud aud case pushed mess Shir akawa made. But B with the trial date in his politic al mail fr September,r, we can growing. back to September c expect this tally to keep gr owin ng.. County rules dictate taxpayer-provided defense moree than $110 an his taxpayer-pr ovided def d ense attorney, attorneyy, Jay Rorty, Rortyy, can charge charge no mor hour.r. But since Shir Shirakawa’s affixed akaw hour wa’s suspected of licking stamps af ffixed to political mailers,, his defense significantly increase hired enowned DNA and def ense could significan ntly incr ease next month.. Rorty hass hir ed rrenowned experts change-of-venue exper rts to weigh in on the trial.

WORDS W ORDS W WITH ITH FRIENDS SHORTCHANGED SHORTCHANG GED A county exhibit highligh highlights hts the pay gap between men

and women, who make just 77 cents for ev every very dollar a man earns.

And tthe he Gender Ga Gapp Goes On Oncee haile Onc hailed d as the F Feminist eminist C Capital apital World, Silicon Valley of the W orld, o , Silic on V aalley has fallen to dir diree straitss in terms of ffemale eemale politics. it’s rrepresentation epresentatio on in p olitics. But it ’s also ffaltered falter l ed d on th the h pa he pay ay parit parity i y fr ffront. ont.

Moree than half-century Mor n a half f-century after the Equal P Pay ay A Act, c Sant ct, Santaa Clara finds itself nation’s second-greatest home to the nation ’s sec ond-greatest income between dispaarities b inc ome disparities etween men and women. Only a Florida town of 100,000 10 0,000 b beat Bay ay cit city, y, eatt out the South Ba according new byy financial ac cording to a ne w study b site N Nerdwallet.com, erdwalllet.com, which crunched U.S. Census dataa fr from 2007 U .S. C ensus dat d om 20 07 to 2012 to ccome ome up with w those findings findings..

The media median an annual inc income ome ffor o or men workingg full-time in Sant Santaa Clara eevened vened out to $91,471. F For or women work working king the same hours: just $56,996. $56,9 96. That That’s t’s a 32.2 p percent ercent leap in the pa pay ay gap p sinc sincee 20 2007.

077. P Partly artly to blame ffor or thee ya o yawning aw wning divide ar aree the industriess that driv drivee the cit city’s tyy’s economy. ec onomy. T Tech ec ech and finance finance jobs rank among the worst w ffor or pa o pay ay equit equity. y.

Women W omen o off ccolor olor b bear ear the brunt economic disparity.

Latino of that ec ono omic disparit ty. L atino women ttake ake home 53 ccents ents ffor o or eevery very byy a white man. Afric African an dollar made b American Americ an wo women omen mak makee 64 ccents ents to the white white-male-earned dollar..

-m male- earned dollar Nationally, Nationally y, women w of all ethnicities makee 77 cents mak centts for fo or every every dollar a man makes. mak es.

That gap means lost w wages, aages, sma smaller aller pensions Social Security benefits p ensions and So cial Securit ty b eneefits an and, nd, ob obviously, viouslyy, less sp spending ending p power. ow wer. disproportionately Itt means women dispr oportionattely ffeel e l the eel h bur b burden d off rising den i i housing h i broader income ome ccosts o and the br osts oader inc in inequality nequalitty b between etween rich and p poor— oorr— all economy supposedly al ll while the ec onom my supp osedlyy rallies. ra allies.

Pay During April, deemed Equal P ay M Month, a public eexhibit xhibit highlight highlighting ting these bee on th hese inequalities will b d displa display ay at the Sant Santaa Clara C County ounty Government Center.

Meanwhile, G Go vernment C enter. Mean while, P Pr President esident Obama plans to crack d down on equal pa pay ay rules rules.. The P Paycheck aycheck Fairness A Act ct would imp impose pose n ne new w rregulations egulations on how emplo employers oyers e p pa pay ay work workers ers to mak makee sur suree women n ar aren’t ren’t unfairly earning less than their t m ccolleagues. male olleagues.

The whole ccommunity ommunitty loses ou out ut w when women mak makee less mone money, y, ssays ayys E Esther P Peralez-Dickmann, eralez-Dickmann, head off the ccounty’s o ount y’s O Office ffice of W Women’s omen o ’s P Policy. olicyy.

“W “Women Women o are are a fformidable ormidable o and growing economic an nd gr owing ec onomic fforce orce o an and nd rrepresent epresent the lar largest gest mark market et opportunity says. o opp ortunity in the world,” she sa ays y.

“T “There There is o overwhelming verwhelming eevidence vidence that have access th hat when women ha ave ac cess to disposable income, theyy tend to use d disp osable inc ome, the u it betterment families. ffor o the b or etttterment of their famili ies.”

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Ro R o Khanna, the fformer ormeer Obama A o Administration dministration app appointee ointee challenging Congressman C ongressman Mik Mikee Honda H in the D D-17 -17 rac race, e, has b been een critic critical al of the incumb incumbent’s ent’s rrefusal efusal to ttake ake par partt in n public debates debates.. L Last ast week, Hon Honda nda supp supporter orter and SJI ccolumnist olumnist Rich R Robinson obin o nson p penned enned a ccolumn olumn ffor or San JJose o ose Inside sa saying aying y wh why hy debates don don’t ’t mat matter. tter t . Khanna disagr disagreed, eed, and wr wrote ote a rrebuttal. ebuttal. R Robinson obinson o then wrote wr ote a rrebuttal ebutttal to Kh Khanna’s hannaa’s piec piece. e. Her Here’s e’s a sample off the b best est p points. oints.

“Peo “People ople watch these debates for fo or the same reason thatt they sit in the seats mostt likely to have a clean clea an view of accidents in NASCAR NAS SCAR races—it's the entertainment value and wrecks w thatt sell tickets.”—Rich Robinson Robinsson [Debates] enable ena able voters to judge for themselves them mselves each candidate’s candidatte’s energy and vision rather rath her than having to rely re ely exclusively on political mailers and TV ads.—Ro Khanna K Debates Deb bates make no difference in n campaigns, especially in races r where one candidate is i so strong, that to share share a stage with their opponent oppon nent is a waste of time for the t electorate and themselves.— themsellves.— Robinson e argues that longtime incumbents incu umbents “In essence, he challlenge or … are entitled to their seats without challenge 's a pretty cynical view of what w competition. … It's our about.”— —Khanna democracy is all about.”—Khanna Ju “You u call me cynical. Really? Just ust last year you sang the praises of Congressman Mike Mike Honda … Now you u choose to run against him? him m? Does the word worrd cynical resonate here?”—Robinson here?”—R Robinson pa articipate in debates demonstrates demon nstrates “Refusing to participate w strength.”— —Khanna weakness, not strength.”—Khanna

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’Silicon V Valley’ aalley’ SStarts tartss Up SPOILERS AHEAD: The following following recap recap contains details of the first episode of HBO’s HBO’s Silicon Valley.

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Leave it to the smarm o of Silicon Valley’s technocrats V alley’s a technocr ats to make Kid Rock premiere a sympathetic character. characteerr. The pr emiere episode of Mike Judge’ss sharp new satire, HBO satir e, Silicon V Valley alle a eyy, begins at a party where Moskovitz, where Dustin Moskovit M z,, Eric Schmidt and Elon Muskk are are celebrating celebrating Google’s Google s acquisition of some startup. startup Kid Rock’s private concert concert is getting a tepid response response while the th he men inside watch each other play video v games.

Bachman, a bloviating ginger, g ginger r, notes that the soirée’s soirée’s guest list is so kickass that Mr. probably poorest Mrr. Rock is pr obably the poor est person at the party, except partyy, exc cept ffor or our protagonists: protagonists:: Richard, Richard,, a skeletal white programmer programmer with anxiety anxieety issues; Bighead, Bighead a smaller white whitte app developer who moonlights as Bachman’s Bacchman’s bitch; Dinesh,, an Indian programmer, programmerr, and a Satanist with long hair and an upside down cross cross tattoo.

The only one of this group group o to have accomplished anything is Bachman, who sold a couple startups—including starttups—including Grindr—and now ruless over the bachelor pad while casting castting sleights at his compadres’ compadres’ expense. expensee.

It’s that Silicon It’s made immediately clear c Valley is a cash cow that Valley a thaat just needs to be keg-tapped,, and our crew o cr ew has none of the luck of the party’s newest millionaires. millionaires.

Richard work Richard and Bighead wo ork at Hooli, a Google stand-in,, and CEO Gavin

Belson is ffeatured e eatur ed on the company bus’’ T TV screen. bus V scr reen.. He’s talking about how technology his techno logy can save the world, and peoplee and goats in Africa. The Valley takeaway is i Silicon V aalley has never about been abou ut money, moneyy, because that would crass.

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Campus) BMOC (Big Man on C ampus) programmers pr ogrammers bully Richard Richard into them program showing th hem Pied Piper Piper—aa pr ogram created he’s cr eateed that he deems “the caree Google of music.” m They don’t rreally eally car until they check c it out the next day and aree shocked ar shockeed at its speed and ability to sound rretain etain soun nd value at low file size.

Richard and Richar d an d Bighead attend a TED TED Peter Gregory Peter talk by P eteer Gr egory (basically P eter Thiel with a pinch of Aspergers), Asspergers), who dropping discusses the t merits of dr opping out of After Richard college.. Aft ter the talk,, Richar d pitches Gregory G Gr egory on n his hi startup, t t which hi h seems to t interest Gregory’s only inter esst Gr egory’s assistant—the entiree episode other lone ffemale emalee in the entir Belson’s than Belso n’s secretary. secretaryy. No one seems bothered theree to be bothe ered about the ffact act that ther aree only tw two Valley. ar wo women in Silicon V aalleyy.

Richard goes Richar d go oes back to being a schlub— except thee next day he’s suddenly a schlub in hot h demand.. A Hooli exec sees the programmers prrogrammers ffawning awning over his program program m and alerts Belson, who program rrealizes ealizes how ho ow Richard’s Richard’s pr ogram can offer. be extrapolated, extrapo olated, lowballs an off err. But Gregory Gr egory has haas also taken a look—thanks to his assistant—and assisstant—and so begins a bidding war. waarr.

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ROPED R OPED IN IN Shirlie S M Montgomery ontgomery was a dieh diehard hard wrestling fan, and from the t ’40s 40s through the ’60s ’60s, 60ss, she documented d San Jose’s then-thriving wrestling Jose’s th hen-thriving professional wres stling scene.

San n Jose photograph photographer her Shirlie Montgomery prolifically throughout M ontg o gomery shot proli ifically througho out a career caree er of more than half h a century

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AM ASHAMED AM ASH HAMED and downright embarrassed downrig ght embarr assed admitt that I never to admi Shirlie Montgomery, met Shi rlie M ontgomery y, San JJose's ose's most m legendary photographer, freelance photogr p apherr, decades who for de ecades captured celebrities,, politicians and celebrities wrestlers,, all for a timespan wrestlers years.. She of at least 50 years away passed aw a in 2012 at the ay age of 94, and a it took this long to siftt through all of what she spent s the bulk of century the 20th ce entury hoarding.

Thanks to Histor H Historyy San JJose, ose, a rremarkable emark kable a photo ph hoto show and eexhibit, xhibit, x Shirlie Mont tggom merry: Picturing San J oose Montgomery: Jose

Siincce 1938 Since 1938,, will debut this week weekend keend at a the Leonard David McKay Gallery th he L eonard and Da avvid McKa ay Galle ery Pasetta Historyy P Park.

Fans att P asettta House in Histor ark. Fan ans wrestling especially enjoy off ’50s wr estling will esp ecially enjo oy one particular show. on ne par ticular section of the show w.

Since Montgomery thousands Si ince Mont tggomery left us thousand ds photos,, and b because saved off photos eccaause she sa aved e was monumental eeverything, veerythingg, it w aas a monument al ttask assk putting together. p utttting the show to getherr.

Born in 1918,, Montgomery Monttggomery was waas the grandniecee of T T.. S. th he grandniec S. Montgomery, Montgomery, after Montgomery aft fter whom the Hotel Mont gomery was hero w aas named d and d also l th the h her o that th t Civic d donated the land on which the Civi ic Auditorium was A uditorium u w aas built in the ’30s. ’30s. A lifelong lif feelong San JJose ose rresident esident who never never e siblings,, Montgomery m married or had siblings Montgomeery lived life liv veed a lif fe of unequaled color. color. As As a photographer, worked p hotographer, she work keed ffor o or the Mercury-News beginning ’40s, M Mer rcur c ry-News b eginning in the ’40s s,

She w was Anza aas also the De An nza Hotel's house camerawoman, cameraaw woman,, hired h ed to hir create gifts create photographic photographic gift fts ffor o or hotel guests, guests, while taking taking pictures picctures of all the celebrities partied celebrities who par tied in the bar during the pr property's opertyy's heyday heyd he daay in the postwar posttwar a era. Also a diehard dieh hard wrestling wrestling fan,, Montgomery Montgomery took took k perhaps perhaps more anyone more wrestling wrrestling photos than an nyo one who eever veer lived, livveed,, fully documenting do ocumenting a then-thriving pr professional offeession nal wrestling wrestling scene scene at the San Jose Jose Civic Ciivic (now City Citty National Civic) from from o the ’40s through through the ’60s, ’60s, a scene scen ne often spilling over over into neighborhood neighborhood bars and barbecues Legends barbecues after the matches. maatches. L egends like lik ke Gorgeous Gorgeous George, George, Lou Lou Thesz and Ray Raay the Cripper Cripper Stevens Steeveen ns all came came to life liffe in Montgomery’s Monttgomer g y’s photos. photos. When it comes comes to celebrity celebritty visits, visitss, Montgomery Monttggomery took throughout took many man ny iconic iconic shotss thr oughout the twentieth tw wentieth century, century, including inclu uding Eleanor Roosevelt, Rooseevelt,, Bing Crosby Crosb by and Lucille Lucille Ball,, some of which were weere taken taken when Montgomery Montgomery worked worked ffor o or the original Lou's Street.

Lou's Village Viillage on San Carlos Carlos a Street.

All in all,, Montgomery Monttggom mery was waas ahead

curve. helped of eevery ver e y cu urve. She help ed pioneer entiree concept freelance the entir concept of the fr eelance photographer modern photo graph her in the mo dern era, and she did d quite well,, especially especially time weree during a tim me when women wer rarely rar ely eexpected xpected e to engage in such independent pursuits.. Her ccareer indep enden nt pursuits areer as a wrestling photographer wr estling photo p grapher eeven veen landed Wrestling her in the Slammers S W restling Hall of the ’70s..

Fame in th he ’70s Montgomery lived Ave Montgo omery liv veed on Hester A ve Rose Garden in the R o osee Gar den area area and it took took effort pore through a serious eff ffo ff ort to p ore thr ough all of materials behind: the materia als she left b ehind: negatives, negativvees, prints,, pho photo albums,, noteb notebooks prints oto albums ooks and ephemera. other ephe emera. Ken Keen Middlebrook Middlebrook became b eccaame one on ne of the individuals at Historyy San was Histor n JJose ose whose job it w aas to sift through mountains thr ough mount m ains of stuff to assemble show. the show w.

“The firs first st ttwo w wo rrooms ooms of the eexhibit xhibit notable people, local will ffocus ocus on o not able p eople, lo cal personalities from ’60s, p ersonalitiees fr om the ’40s to ’6 0s,” Middlebrook Middl Middlebr b ook k eexplained. xxplained. l i d “Then “Th a side id personal rroom oom will ffocus ocus on her p ersonal life, liffe, because was artistic person, b eccaause shee w aas an ar tistic p erson, interesting life. who led an n inter esting lif fe. ... But the part life was biggest par rt of her lif fe w as a when she involved professional got in nvolvveed with the pr offessional e wrestling wr estling cir ccircuit. cuit. And one of the last bee ffocused wrestling rrooms ooms will b ocused on the wr estling cconnection. onnection n.”

Since Middlebrook was Since Middlebr M ook w aas kind enough this access to grant th his ccolumnist olumnist ac cess to the time, wealth l h off photos ph ahead h d off time i , I can can surely say sur ely sa ay that, t , um,, she left behind behind a monumental body monumen ntal b ody of work. It would ttake ake all of 10 1 houses to adequately display wrestling displa ay eeverything. veerrythingg. JJust ust the wr estling document photos do c cument a time in San JJose ose never happen that will ne ever happ en again,, at least Team prefers as long as T eeam San JJose ose pr effeers to have like and Styx ha ave showss lik ke Yanni Yanni a Sttyyx at City Citty Civic..

National Civic C Since Montgomery's Since Mont M gomery's most significant culturee w was signific ant ccontribution ontribution to cultur aas documentation her eextensive xtensiivve do cumentation of the wrestling scene, wr estling sc cene, it is also important important to note that her h photos do not stop with ring. just action shots in the ring g. Many Man ny wrestlers ’60s, of the wr esstlers in the ’50s and ’6 0s, midgets,, would show up including the t midgets Ringside at the Ring gside ttavern, aveern,, a bar at First First and walls weree covered JJulian, ulian,, the w aalls of which wer coveered Montgomery's photos.. P Part with Mont tgomer g y's photos art two two w of this ccolumn olu umn will ccome ome off the top next space-time rrope ope ne xt week, w , presenting presenting a spac e-time ccontinuum-shattering ontinuum m-shattttering picture picture of what was like days. that bar w a lik as ke in those those da ayys.

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HILE attending a 2009 conference H con nference on foster a state education official approached y youth, o Keith Rivera.

K eith River a. She casually y asked Rivera Rivera if he’d he’d the Santa Clara s seen Clara County Coun nty Office of Education’s Education’s year-end report re eport on foster youth services. serv vices.

A ffoster o oster yyouth ou uth education education ccoordinator oordinator in the ccounty’s ounttyy’s Social Social Ser Services vices A Agency, ggencyy, Rivera Riv veera admitted admittte ted he didn didn’t ’t eeven veen know a rreport eport eexisted. xisted.. The ccolleague olleague hinted he might w want aant to o ttake ak ke a lo look. ok.

“I ffound o ound a lot l of pr programs, ograms, ser services vices and numb numbers ers that wer weree questionable questionable,,” Rivera Riv veera said.

Not N ot sur suree wh what hat to do do,, he went to his administratorss in the Depar Department tment of Family and Ch Children hildren Ser Services, vices, which oversees o veersees the county’s count o tyy’s ffoster oster o child services—except ser vices—except e ffor o or those delivered delivveered b byy the O Office ffice of Educ E Education caation (C (COE), OE),, which

is a separate entit entity ty fr from om the rrest est of the th he ccounty’s ounttyy’s op operations. erations. A series of m meetings ensued—until Septemb September err 2012, 20 012,, when Rivera Rivvera e made a Public Records R eecords A Act ct rrequest equest ffor o or C COE’s OE’s ccontracts, ontrracts, emails, em mails, budget documents documents and ffederal eederral grant gr rant rreports. eports.

Linda A Aceves, cevees, then C COE’s OE’s schools schoolss chief, ch hieff, suggested his inter interest est had gone gon ne from fr o vigor om vigorous ous to eexcessive. xcessivve. “Her eexact xxaact words w wor ds wer were: e: ‘Y ‘You’re You ou’r ’ e not going to fin find nd anything, an nyythingg,’” Rivera Rivera recalls. recalls.

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a million dollars of pub public blic mone moneyy that ccould ould ha have ave b benefited enefited ffoster o oster yyouth o outh in Santaa Clara C Sant County. ountty.

In F February ebruary 2008, 2008,, th the he C COE’s OE’s division of F Foster oster Y Youth o outh h Ser Services vices inked ink keed a ccontract ontract with T Terben eerben Inc Inc.. to build a st state-of-the-art ate-off--the-art dat database abaase to track children childr en and yyoung o oung adults adu ults whose lif life fe circumstances cir cumstances had left them t without rresponsible esponsible par parents ents or legal l guar guardians. dians.

The pr program ogram w was aas ccalled alled d the F Foster oster Youth Y outh o Inf Information fo ormation N Network ettw work and would later ggo b byy the acronym accron nyym FYSIS. FYSIS. Foster F oster yyouth, o outh,, perhaps perhap ps the ccounty’s ounttyy’s most vulnerable rresidents, esiden nts, currently currently account ac count ffor o or 1,289 1,289 childr children ren and yyouth o outh under age 21. Many Man ny have haave been been victims of absentee par parents ents and d abuse abuse,, and their rates of homelessn homelessness, ness, drug addiction and/or inc incarceration caarceration e ar aree

substantiallly higher than the aaverage substantially veerage yyoung oung person. o persson. In early 20 2008, 08,, the ccounty ountty w was aass setting setttting out on an ambitious plan to k keep eeeep ffoster oster yyouth o o outh from from falling through thr ough th the he cracks cracks..

Terben T eerben promised p omised its dat pr database abase would do eeverything ver e ythiing fr from om identif identify fy how many man ny ffoster osteer yyouth o outh are are in the ccounty ountty to drilling dow down wn to sp specifics, ecifics, such as how many man ny child children dren receive receive special special educ education ation ccourses, ourses, if the tthey’re y’re p performing erfo orming at grade level, le vel, e , what scho schools ols the they ey ha have ave attended, attttended, how man many ny have haave been been held back a ggrade and if the they’re ey’ y’re even eveen making it to class. class.

“The bas basics, sics,” Rivera Rivvera e said. “But the basics woul would ld ha have ave been been a huge step. step.”

Unfortunately, U nffo n ortun natelyy, b byy the end of 2011, the C COE OE ha had ad terminated its ccontract ontract with T Terben eerben e and spent spent more more than $565,000 $565,0 00 without w eever ver e est establishing ablishing

Why Wh hy the C COE OE eeven ven e ccontracted o ontracted with Terben T eerben to build a ffoster o oster yyouth o outh dat database abase is still an unans unanswered wered qu question. uestion. What’s What’s clear clear,, howe however, ver e , is that th the he offic officee in charge char ge of ccorralling orralling all 332 2 of Sant Santaa Clara C County’s ounttyy’s scho school ol di districts istricts has been b een plagued b byy dysfun dysfunction. ction. And transparency transpar ency in rreviewing eviewin ng what went so wr wrong ong has often b been een n vie viewed wed as a ttask ask b better etttter left to successors. successsors.

Three Thr ee C COE OE sup superintendents erinten ndents ha have ave left the C COE OE under less than t ideal cconditions onditions in the last sixx and a half yyears. eears. In October October 2007, 20077, Colleen Colleen W Wilcox iilcox rresigned esigned fr from om the p post ost after a 14 yyears eears amidst hostile work en environment nvir v onment ccomplaints. omplaints. JJoe oe F Fimiani imiani held the rrole ole on an interim basis ffor o or eight e months before b effo ore cceding eding the job to Chuck W Weis, eeis, who w was as a well-lik well-liked ked e b byy u underlings nderlings but seen as inept b byy b board oard of o educ education caation trustees.. On his w trustees way ay outt the do door, or, W Weis eeis left the ccounty ountty on the hook ho ook to mak makee payments pa ayyments on a $900,000 $900,000 ccondo ondo he

WAITING W A ITING FOR FOR SUPERMAN SU P E R M A N X Xavier avier De L La aT Torre orre was the third superin o superintendent ntendent in the last seven year years rs to leave the county Office Offi fice of Education under a dark k cloud. lived in during lived duri ring his thr three-plus ee-plus yyears eears as sup superintendent. erinteendent. The most rrecent ecent departure depar ture o occurred ccurred in Mar March, ch,, when Xavier Xa avvier De L Laa T Torre orre lasted all of 21 o months b before effor o e hight hightailing ailing it back to El Paso, P aso, T Texas, exas x , wher wheree he to took ok ccontrol ontrol of a school scho ol distri district ict neighb neighboring oring the one he left to ccome omee to C California. aliffo ornia.

COE’s C OE’s lac llack ck k off st stable table bl leadership lleadership, d hi , ccoupled oupled wit with th st staff aff turno turnover, veer, has allowed som some me ccontracts ontracts to aavoid vo oid thorough thor ough vvetting ettting and pr et project oject deadlines to b bee missed missed. d. C Coordination oordination b between ettween w the C COE OE an and nd lo local cal scho school ol districts also ffell eell thr through o ough the cracks cracks.. Another factor in T Terben’s er erben n’s failur failuree w was as a C COE’s OE’s inability inabilit ty to get g scho school ol districts to sign memorandums memorandu ums of underst understanding anding (MOU Uss) to hand h o veer ffoster oster yyouth o o outh (MOUs) over rrecords. ecords d . Onl O l thr ly h ee off 32 scho h oll districts di i Only three school app ear to h ave signed MOU Us ffor or o the appear have MOUs pr oject b effor o e the fall of 2010—making project before it nearly im mpossible to get the ball impossible rrolling olling on dat d ollection. dataa ccollection.

“The rrelationships elaationships b ettw ween the between districts and d the ccounty ountty ar tttle aree a lit little mor enging than to get p eople moree challe challenging people to w aalk in and a agr ee to tr walk agree tryy it out,” said K elly C alhoun,, the chief technolo gy Kelly Calhoun, technology offic er ffor or o C OE,, who sp ok ke with Met ro officer COE, spoke Metro b effo ore the h C OE’’s ccommunications ommunic i ations i before COE’s depar tmentt blo ck keed inter view rrequests equests department blocked interview up until jus effor o e this stor justt b before storyy went to pr ess. C alho oun ccame aame to the offic press.

Calhoun officee in late 20 09 an nd has b een working with 2009 and been a team of in n-house pr ogrammers ffor o or in-house programmers the last yyear eearr to rroll oll out a ne w foster foster o new yyouth outh dat o ab base ccalled alled F oster V iision. database Foster Vision.

Adding ccomplications Adding omplications to ccompleting ompletting the pr previous evious dat database abase w was aas get getting tttingg the Department Depar tment of Family and Child Children dren Services Ser vices (DFCS) and the JJuvenile uvenile Probation Pr obation Depar Department tment ((JPD) JPD) on n the same page page..

But ac according cording to rrecords ecords Met Metro tro has obtained, obt ained,, a simple background back kgground ch check heck off T Terben’s eerb ben n’s rreferences effeerences should h ld h ha have ave indic indicated ated a p potential otential cconflict onflict of in interest, nterest, while also thr throwing owing the ccompany’s ompan nyy’s track rrecord ecord into question. The C COE, OE, with the help of its F Foster oster Y Youth o outh Services Ser vices (FYS) cconsultant onsultant Tracy Fried, F put its dat database abase idea out ffor or o bid in n late 2007.

20 077. Fried had pr previously eviously ser served veed d as the FYS ccoordinator oordinator ffor o or San Dieg Diego go County’s C ounttyy’s Office Office of Educ Education caation fr from om m 20 00-2005.

2000-2005.

I T In eerb ben’s bid, bid, the h ccompany ompan ny ci i d ited Terben’s cited FYS dat abases it had cr eated ffor o or San S databases created Diego and Riv erside’s respective respective ccounty ountty Riverside’s educ ation offic es. What the bid failed faailed education offices. to mention w aas that T eerben’s database database was Terben’s in San Diego w aas deactivated within with hin was just se veeral months of going liv ve in i several live 20 05—a full ttwo w wo and a half yyears ears e s 2005—a b effor o e Sant ountty would d eeven ven before Santaa Clara C County sign a ccontract ontract with the ccompany—and ompan ny—and — Riv verside's e ccontract ontract w aas only a ffew ew Riverside's was months h old. ld Michelle L ustigg, who took took o veerr Lustig, over Fried’ role in San Diego in the su ummer Fried’ss role summer of 20 05,, told Met tro that T eerben’s work w 2005, Metro Terben’s ffell ell e shor soon as she ccame aame on shortt almost as soon to the job job..

“I ccame ame into m osition and myy p position disc over e ed it w aas insufficient,” discovered was

L ustig said. “One of th he things that I Lustig the disc oveered vvery eery earlyy on w aas it didn ’t discovered was didn’t ha ave the fir ewaall protection prottection rrequired. equired. I have firewall sa aw the vulnerabilit ty of the dat a. It w as a saw vulnerability data. was web-based,, and ccould ould db cessed b web-based, bee ac accessed byy an nyo one, anywhere. an nyywhere.” anyone, San Diego ’s office office began began work to Diego’s design its own dat abaase in N oveember database November 20 05, Lustig 05, Lustig ti said. id But B t in i 20 077, a full f ll 2005, 2007, ttwo wo yyears w eears later ms no one in the later,, it seem seems C OE eever veer bothered bothered to o ccontact ontact her ffor o or a COE pr ogress rreport. eport. Thatt ccould ould b ecause progress bee b because Fried w aas aggr essivveelyy pushing ffor o or a was aggressively rreunion eunion with T eerben n and its CEO Chris Terben Benson,, who she described desccribed in a phone cconversation on nveersation with Met Me tro as a “dat abase Metro “database guru.”

“I ccouldn’t ouldn’t ha ave b e mor een have been moree of a rreference, effeerence,” Fried said. said d. “I was was a the rreference. effeerence. I was waas the h llead leead d ffor o or Santa S a Clara Sant Cl C ountty.”

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In just eight mont ths of cconsulting onsulting months work ffor o or C OE in 20 07, Fried received 07 receivved e COE 2007, $122,0 00. She rremains emain ns pr oud of that $122,000. proud work,, eeven veen if it rresulted esultted in a terrible w aste a of public mone ey. Sonja House waste money.

House,, who declined multip ple rrequests equests ffor o or multiple an interview, interview, suc ceed ded Fried as FYS succeeded ccoordinator oordinator in Dec em mber of that yyear. ear e .

December Based on internal rreports ep ports and emails emails,, House ’s o veersight i h h hass b een highly hi hl House’s oversight been questionable Terb e en n’s ccommunications ommunications questionable.. Terben’s pr esented early rred ed flags, fl , such as a flags presented Mar ch 20 08 email in n which CEO Chris March 2008 Benson suggested to House that an ny any discussion of ccosts osts ccould ou uld kill the pr oject. project.

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a fully functional dat database. abaase. Making matters mat tters t worse worse,, interviews interviews w based on Rivera Riv veera and Met Metro’s tro’s Publi Public ic R Records eecords A Act ct requests requests show that the C COE OE suspended suspended several seveeral ffoster oster o yyouth outh o programs— programs— g including tutoring— tutoring—during durring the same time it w was money. aas misspending misspendingg this mone ey.

A closer lo look actions ok at the ac ctions of administrators in char charge gee of launching the C COE’s database OE’s ffoster o oster yyouth o outh dat d abase during period 2007-2011 the p eriod of 20 07-2011 rreveals eveeals that some ma may interest, ay have haave had conflicts con nflicts of inter est, while others jump jumped ship, weree asleep ed shi ip, wer at the wheel or unable to overcome t o veercome bureaucratic obstacles. bureaucratic obst acles. Perhaps Perhaps most troubling, theree ar aree signs troublingg, ther sign ns that a shell game may play state maay have haave been been at pla ay with st ate and ffederal moneyy to ccover ederal e grant mone oveer up costly mistakes. costly mist ak kees.

For half,f, Riv Rivera For the last yyear ear e and a half vera e said,, he has ttaken information ak keen his inf formation o and shown it to a variet variety people ty of p eople in positions power.

Administrators, positions of p ower. A dm ministrators, county board education trustees,, countty b oard of educ atiion trustees staff staff ffor or o ccounty ountty supervisors supervissors and others—nearly all of the them em showed interest begged off. interest but eeventually ventually b egged off ff.

Many situation deserved Man ny noted that the situ uation deser ved e answers answers but ffell ell e outside of their purview. purview.

“I ffeel I’ve eeel like lik ke I’v ve eexhausted xxhaussted all resources, Rivera resources,” Riv vera e said. ““Anyone Anyo An one who does parentis, does what we do acts ‘in n loco loco par entis,’ which means we we’re placee of the ’re in the th he plac parents. children parents. We We have haave to ensure ensu ure the childr en are provided services are pr ovided the ser vicess they’re they’re entitled to to..”

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Two was T wo yyears w eears after that,, it w as a apparent apparent Terben meet T eerben would not mee et its rrollout ollout goals byy 2011. Mark A Ashley, employee b shleey, an a emplo oyeee in COE’s Technology Center, the C OE’s Regional Reegional T eecchnology C enter, Terben’s audited T eerben n’s progress progress e in a damning March findings,, March 24,, 2010,, rreport. eport. t In his findings Ashley A shley questioned how w the ccompany’s ompan nyy’s bid w was aas ac accepted cepted in thee first plac place. e.

“Off the rresearch was “O esearch thatt w aas done Terben one-page at the time T eerben had d a one -page product website b i and d no pr oduct d ct inf iinformation fo ormation i name on its website just a nam me and an address wrote. email addr ess [sic],” he wr w ote. “The organization was promoting or ganization w aas not pr romoting or product time..” selling a pr oduct at the time Metro was Fried told Met tro thatt she w as a so cconfident onfident in her past eexperience x erience with xp Terben, T eerben,, despite knowing knowin ng the ccompany’s ompan nyy’s database was live dat abase w aas no longerr liv ve in San Diego,, that in making her Diego h rreference effeerence never bothered she ne ever b othered to lo llook ok at the website. ccompany’s ompan nyy’’s website bi . don’t “I don ’t even even e know (if (if it had one page),” she said. “I never neeverr looked look keed at Chris’ website..” Benson told Met Metro website M tro that his moree than page.. website had mor n one page Ashley A shle s ey later cconcluded oncludeed in his rreport: eport: “Terben COE partners “T Teerben and the C OE and a its par tners have advocated ha ave adv vocated an eexpansion xxpaansion ffor o or a ssystem ystem that is as yyet et e incomplete. inccomplete. Stuck late already at phase 3 and a yyear eear lat ate alr eady the scope sc ope is b being eing work worked keed out o to sp spend end another $40 $400k.

0k.”

Lustig L ustig told Met Metro tro tha that at no one eever ver e ccontacted ontacted her ffor o or a rreference effer e ence on the ccompany’s ompan nyy’s work.

“For “F or Terben Teerben to have haave [used us as a rreference] effeerence] in 20 2008—we 08—wee wer weree not using their product product and we had h not used their product, product,” she said. “We “W We had been been vvery eery clear with them in n writing that we weree not using their inf wer information. fo ormation. And that w was aas public inf information. fo ormaation. The They ey were were public ccontracts. ontracts.

“This whole thing mak m makes kes e my my stomach hur hurt. t. I’m sorry. sorry. W We’re e’re supposed supp osed to help kids kids..”

Leon L eon Beauchman,, a 14-year 14--year e trustee and curr current ent president president of o the ccounty ountty board b oard of educ education, ation,, told d Met Metro, tro, “Certainly “C ertainly the fact thatt [[Terben’s] Teerben n’s]

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system system w wasn’t aassn n’’t working raises some concern. concern.”

Fried argued argued g that it w was aas C COE OE administrators “dropped administraators who “dr opped the ball,” and she also alsso challenged L Lustig’s ustig’s version veersion of eevents, Diego’s vents e , claiming c that San Diego o’s COE COE disma dismantled antled a p perfectly erfeectly workable work kaable database. database.

“It worked phenomenally, work keed out phenomenally y,” Fried said. “I honestly hon nestly get disgusted and outraged t d at at the th shit hit that th t wentt down d (in San Die Diego).

They ego). The ey recruited recruited me from from the [L [Los Angeles] Board Education os An ngeles] Boar d of Educ ation and m myy wo work myy hear heartt and soul. ork is m Unfortunately, Unffor o tunaatelyy, imagine if yyou o ou left and all the gr great weree doing; and eaat work yyou ou wer they’re theeyy’re self-serving. selff-servingg. It was was a horrible. horrible. You Yo ou have idea political haave no ide ea how p olitical it got.”

‘Thiss whole thin ng makes thing s my stomach hurtt. I’m hurt. sorrry y. W e’re sorry.

We’re supp posed to supposed p kids.’ kids.’’ help Fried sai said d that San Diego administra administrators wanted ators w anted a her to include moree secur mor security ritty pr protection otection to the database—a was dat abase—a — cconcern oncern that w as a also raised her heree in Sant Santaa Clara C County—but ountty—but — wanted she rrefused. efused d. “My agency had w aanted change moree me to chan nge it,, so they theey ffelt eelt mor ccomfortable omffo ortablle with the ssystem, yystem,” she said. not spend $20,000 “B I’m “But I’ n ot going i to sp end d $20,0 $ 00 ffor or o no rreason. easo on.”

Compared Santaa C ompared to the eextra xtra ccosts osts Sant County was byy T Terben, Clara C oun ntty w aas billed b eerben, appears bee a failure in what app pears to b failure to terminate its i ccontract ontract in a timely manner,, $2 $20,000 have been manner 20,000 would ha ave b een getting get ttting off light.

No Se Service ervice It It’s ’s nearl nearly ly imp impossible ossible to rreach each Chris Benso Benson. on. T Terben’s eerben n’s website has disapp disappeared, eared d,, and an outdated phone ssystem ystem tran transfers nsffeers to eextensions xxtensions that usually end d in a bus busy sy signal. I’ I’d d almost giv given veen up up.. But B on a T Tuesday uesdaay morning he ccalled, alled,, and his vvoice o oice rrose ose when hearing

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THE T HE REVOLVING R EVOLV ING DOOR DOOR Santa Clara County’ County’ss Offi Office fice of Education has suffered from extensi extensive years.. ive turnover in recent years accusations fr accusations from om C COE OE officials o that his pr oduct didn n’’t deliv veer. product didn’t deliver.

“This w was aas one of the saddest s chapters in m fe,” he said, “to “to see seee m myy lif life, myy work run over o ver e b byy bur bureaucracy. eaucracyy.”

Benson said that in la ate 2010,, right late when the ssystem ystem should d ha have ave b been een flourishing with inc omin ng dat a,, it went incoming data, off the rails rails.. The O Office ffice of o JJuvenile uvenile JJustice ustice and Delinquencyy Pr evention e Prevention (OJJDP) had just aawarded waardeed the C COE OE a thr ee-yeear, $40 0,000 grant grrant in October October three-year, $400,000 2010 to eexpand xpand its dat database ab base to help at t--risk yyouth. outh. o at-risk “Right when we got that t grant things st arted falling apa art financially started apart ffor or [COE], o [COE],” Benson said. “The budget [cuts] ccame ame in fr om the st ate. There There from state. was w aas no fforeseeable oreseeable futur o future. re. There There was waas basic cally a a panic hen the ey st arted basically panic.. And th then they started letting let ttting p people eople go go..

“I thought everything ever e ythingg was waas hunkyhunk kydor y. It w aas quite a sho c ” ck. dory. was shock.

While the impact of the t rrecession ecession and st ate budget cuts wo ould ha ave state would have a pr offo ound impact on every eveery local local a profound go veernment agency y, it appears ap ppears that government agency, the C OE’s FYS division o veerlook ked e COE’s overlooked an imp ortant clause in its i ccontract ontract important with T erb e en. Benson told tolld Met tro that Terben.

Metro C OE let the dat abase ccontract on ntract lapse b COE database byy ab out six months beffo ore attempting attttempting to about months,, before terminate the agr eemen nt in JJune une 2011. agreement The o versight e g left C OE on o the ho ok ffor o or oversight COE hook another six-figur ayym ment,, bringing six-figuree pa payment, the tot al ccost ost to $565,70 2. total $565,702.

“By [the end of 2010]] we wer weree alr eady in discussions on n how the ne xt already next phase of the pr oject w aass going and project was the ccontract ontract would b au ally bee automatic automatically rrenewed, enewed,” Benson said. “I “ w aas warning warning a was

Sonja, ‘Look, ‘Look k,, we’re we’re ccoming oming to the end eear. We’re We’re coming coming to another of the yyear. term. It It’s ’s tim time me to mak make ke the decision now w.’ It was waas the thir d quarter quarter of 2010.” now. third While C COE O legal ccounsel OE ounsel debated over e whether whetheer it had ownership of over the T Terben eerben dat database—it abase—it didn’t, didn’t,, as the contract w aas written writttten eexceedingly xceedingly in contract was favor faavo or of T Terben—the eerb ben—the deadline to cut its apparrently lapsed. losses apparently What add adds ds a la layer ayeer of concern concern to not only thee mismanagement of the contract contract is how h House and the C COE’s OE’s n rreported eported its progress progress FYS division to federal feederal authorities. au uthorities. At At the end of December 2010, 2 , a status status rreport eport fr om December from ticipated COE COE noted that 12 districts par participated abasse orient ation,, four fo our districts in a dat database orientation, had signed MOU M MOUs Us and 1,8 1,806 06 yyouth outh o were served. served ed. But just six months later were later,, in June June 2011, 20111,, a status status rreport eport giv given en to noteed that MOU Us had been been OJJDP noted MOUs h ffour o our school school districts, districts, and signed with yeet the number num mber of students served served had yet dr opped to 154. dropped n’’t know k how the could say saay “I don don’t theyy could an ny youth yo outh wer w e served served through through the any were database, because bec e ause the ey didn n’’t allow database, they didn’t access to it,” Benson said. “Orientations “Orientations access are a w ay for for o selling (the pr oduct) are way product) m in. We We weren’t weren’t serving serving to get them an nyb y ody yyet. eett.” anybody

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Santa Clara C Santa County ountty for fo or mor m moree than 30 yyears. eears. When ask asked ked e how imp important ortant educational educ ational opp opportunities ortunitiies ar aree for fo or particular, ffoster oster o yyouth, outh, o , in par ticulaarr, she points points have to studies that ha ave found fo oun nd that nearly one-third one -third of transition age a homeless (16 weree in ffoster point to 24) wer oster o ccare are at some p oint lives.during their liv es.“Foster have “F oster ccare ar a e kids often n ha ave a rrough ough life, especially have lif fe, esp ecially kids that ha h ave been been bounced from home,,” Harlan b ounced fr om home to home said. “By the time ffoster o oster ccare are kids get school they’ve been to high scho ol the y’vve usually u b een five homes.. Thei Their day-to-day in fiv ve to 10 homes ir da ay-to - -daay life and school lif fe is trying trying to get up an nd go to scho ol they’ll their classes,, and and see if the eyy’ll pass the eir classes maybe ma ayybe see some of theirr family at some point. p oint.

“It’s It’s having “It ’s a tough eexistence. xistenc x e. It ’s ha avving schools multiple homes.. multiple scho ols and mu ultiple homes It’s unstable bee going thr through.

It ’s an unst able life liffe to b ough.

They the support they Th The ey need d all ll th suppor o t and d ccare aare th the ey from and adults..” ccan an get fr om trusting an nd ccaring aaring adults between local But ccoordination oordination b ettw ween lo cal track educational agencies designed to trac ck educ ational progress been pr ogress of ffoster oster yyouth o outh has b o een at a stalemate several st alemate ffor o or the last se veeral yyears. eears. budget cycle, During the 2010-11 bu udget cy ycle c , from which runs fr om JJuly uly 1 of o the fformer o ormer latter, yyear eear to JJune une 30 of the la atttter, COE’s COE’s FYS backed several critical division back keed out of se eveeral critic al programs: pr ograms: tutoring, tutoring, Emerging Emeerging Scholars, Scholars, School Education Court Middl Scho Middle S h oll Educ Ed caatio ion C ourt and d Bridge.

De Anza Summer Bridg ge. While some programs aree discretionary, of these pr ograms ar diiscretionary, the rreason eason ffor o or backing out of o them has still been byy C COE staff. not b een eexplained xplained b OE st aff ff. And byy the ccounty the lack of ffollow-up ollow-up o b ountty safety speaks saf feetty net sp eaks to the dysfunction d of bureaucracy. ccounty ountty bur eaucracyy. bee In fact,, agencies that should s b have been hands-off ccollaborating ollaborating ha ave b een n so handsoff stopped signing that DFCS stopp ed signi ing off on annual yyear-end eearr-end rreports eportss from from House, House, the FYS ccoordinator, oordinator, starting star a ting in 2010. aree sent to state These rreports eports ar o the st ate Department Education Depar tment of Educ atio on and designed document programs to do cument the pr ograams that the COE C OE ccarries arries out ffor or o ffoster o osteer yyouth outh thanks money. to grant mone ey. source state A sour ce at the st ate le llevel, vel, e , who was discuss w aas not authorized to di iscuss the matter agreed Metro mat tter t but agr eed to ttalk allk with Met tro anonymity, on the ccondition ondition of anon nyymitty, said often that ccounty ountty agencies oft ften fail to use money, COE been their grant mone ey, but C OE has b een particularly incompetent par ticularly inc ompeten nt in utilizing funds.. funds maintained DFCS officials maint a ained in interviews Metro inter views and emails with w Met tro that department the depar tment is underr no obligation COE to sign the C OE FYS rreports. ep ports. “DFCS

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NO N OR REFERENCE EFER R ENCE N NEEDED EEDED Former co Former county unty foster youth consultantt T Tracy consultan rracy Fried made Terben’s $122,000 to o help set up T erben e ’s contract. signature signature is as a ccourtesy, ourtesy, since since DFCS is a ccollaborative ollaborrativve partner partner and subject matter process, matttter advisor adviisor in the pr ocess,” wrote wrote Stanley Lee, social services program Stanley L ee, a so cial ser vices pr ogram manager, Metro. manager, in n an email to Met tro. That reluctance have reluctance appears a ears to ha app ave allowed questions about oversight ab bout o veersight and transparency transparenccy to aavoid void detection ffor o or more more than thr tthree ee years. years e .

Bruce was Bruce Wagstaff, Waagstaff ff,, who w aas hired hired as the dir director Social Services ectorr of So cial Ser vices in JJuly uly 2012,, took took a meeting last summer with former fo ormer county coun ntty school school Superintendent Superintendent De L Laa Torre, To orre, as well as DFCS and COE COE staff, brought staff ff,, to discuss discu uss cconcerns oncerns br ought to him b byy subordinates subor o dinates about about how data data and service service levels leeveels were were being being rreported. eported.

As been As has b een n a hallmark in such discussions, discussions, they theey went nowhere. nowhere.

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Xavier Mettro. “Of “Of course, course, Xa avvier left,, and our follow-up fo ollow-up contacts cont o acts with them has not been been as successful. successful.”

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DATABASE D ATAB A SE TO T O NO NOWHERE WHERE said. ““And And b A because ecause our signatur signaturee w aasn’t a rrequirement, equirement,, we w didn ’t ffeel eel e wasn’t didn’t ccomfortable omffo ortable signing off ff. ff off.

“I’m not at a p oint to o sa ay they’re theeyy’re point say inac curate,” she added. “I’m “ oint inaccurate, at a p point wher ’t fully understand und derstand how wheree I don don’t their rreporting eporting works works..”

If Social Social Services Services Agency—which Agency g y— —which vie ws itself as the county coun nty safety saffeety net— nett— views ccan’t an’t make make sense of thee report report after yyears ears of back and forth, fo orth h, one has to h, wonder if an internal audit a fo oster of foster yyouth outh services services could could be be beneficial. beneficial.

“W We always alw wayys learn things thiings when we “We ha ave internal audits so, yes, yees, that could could have audits,, so, b ocess,” Medina M said. bee a valuable pr process, A yyear eear after the C OE Em yysteriously COE mysteriously cut some ffoster o oster yyouth o outh ser sservices, vices, such as tutoring g, another odd odd d bit of math tutoring, o ccurred. Internal budg get do cuments occurred. budget documents ffor or o the C OE’s FYS divisi ion,, ffor or o the COE’s division, b d yyear budget eear 2011-12,, show sho how that h $58,181 $ 8 8 w as a allot ttted to ccover oveer the th he ccost ost of was allotted tutoring ser vices for fo or foster fo osster yyouth. o outh. But services in the final eexpenditure xpenditure narrativ ve ffor or o narrative that yyear, eearr, the tot al goin ng to fund this total going ser vice changed to $117 7,3077.34. . The service $117,307.34. eexpenditure xp x enditure description n also changed to now include the linee item det ail of detail “dat abase de velopment e t,” just months “database development, after T eerben n’s contract contract w aas set tttled.

Terben’s was settled.

C OE officials ha ave de enied that an ny COE have denied any mone d i d ffor o or foster fo oster youth youth h moneyy designated tutoring would ha ave been been e channeled have o ver e to pa ayying off debt fr om the failed over paying from dat abase. database.

K en Blackstone OE’s Ken Blackstone,, the C COE’s ccommunications ommunications dir ecttor, ccould ould director, not sa ay wh hy those budget budgget numb ers say why numbers changed so radic allyy, bu ut he noted radically, but in an email ““the the C OE rrecognizes ecognizes the COE need to impr ove our ccontract o ontract pr ocess improve process and has ttaken aken steps tow ward that toward end and the o verall ste waardship of overall stewardship ttaxpayer axpaayer dollars dollars..”

It app ears C ountty Ex xecutivve Jeff Jeff appears County Executive Smith,, who o versees e alll Sant oversees Santaa Clara C ountty op d rreports eports to the erations and County operations Boar d of Sup ervisors, will w b Board Supervisors, bee one of man ny ttaking aking a closer lo ok. many look.

“It cconcerns oncerns me an ny time t a plan any to help out ffoster o oster kids and a to help us pr ovvide ser vices to ffoster o osteer kids do esn n’’t provide services doesn’t work out,” Smith said. “In “ this situation, it w aas a grant that wentt to the ccounty ountty was O ffice of Educ ation,, and d the eff ffeect of Office Education, effect it essentially is our clien nts don ’t get clients don’t the b enefit of ccoordinated oordinatted ser vices. So benefit services.

So,, that ’s vvery er e y tr oublesomee. A oint that’s troublesome.

Att this p point we ’re pushing rreal eal har d to get another we’re hard ssystem yystem in plac ll do the job and placee that wil will pr ovvide the technic al services. seervices.” provide technical

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New Ne w Vision Vision The le vel e of bur eaucracy in level bureaucracy monitoringg ccounty ountty ffoster oster o yyouth o outh diree a need ther theree is shows just how dir working database. ffor or o a worki ing dat abase. And while theree will b bee no rreclamation project oject ther eclamation pr Terben, with T eerben, e , the ccounty ountty is in the new initial stepss of launching a ne w ffoster oster o tracking yyouth outh track king ssystem. ystem. The in-house database, Foster Vision, been dat abase, F oster V iision,, has b een built entirely under watch Dr.. K Kelly ely un entir nder the w atch a of Dr eelly Calhoun, COE’s technology C alhoun,, the t C OE’s chief technolo gy officer. offic er. good news have “The go od ne ws is we ha ave the product now, news was pr oduct no ow w, the bad ne ws it w aas a project mess of a pr p oject leading up to that point, p oint,” she said.

COE new layers C OE hass added ne w la ayeers of security database, Calhoun securit ty to the dat abase, C alhoun said, school Campbell and ttwo wo sc w chool districts in C ampbell Morgan have tentatively and Mor gaan Hill ha ave tent atively agreed partt in the pilot agr eed to ttake ake par program.

Grove pr ogram. Oak O Gr ove and Franklin McKinleyy scho have McKinle sschool ol districts ha ave also given giv veen vverbal eerbaal ccommitments. ommitments. Similar to Terben, the ssystem ystem m under T eerben,, much will depend dep end on n how well the ccounty ountty ccan an cconvince on nvvince districts d to sign on; that the failures aree just that. past failur e ar es declining Metro’s After de eclining all of Met ro’s interview story, inter view rrequests equests ffor or o this stor y, COE officials together C OE offici ials scrambled to gether a cconference onffer e en nce ccall all after deadline Tuesday afternoon.

Blackstone,, who T uesdaay aft fternoon. Blackstone previously makee had pr evio ously declined to mak anyone from COE an yone fr o C om OE aavailable vvailable ffor o or interviews, was byy C Calhoun inter viewss, w as joined b alhoun newly and ne wlyy anointed interim superintendent Maryy Ann De Dewan. sup erinten ndent Mar wan. information The trio said that some inf fo ormation about Terben fiasco never ab out the T erb e en fiasc o might ne ever bee known,, due to a lack of institutional b knowledge.

Dewan knowledge e. But De waan also noted that safeguards have been placee some saf feegu guards ha ave b een put in plac prevent from to pr eveent eexorbitant xxorbitant ccontracts ontracts fr om undetected. going unde etected.

“Theree w wasn’t clarity about “Ther aasn n’’t as much clarit ty ab out which ccontracts onttracts need to go to the Board Education] approval, Boar d [of Educ E ation] ffor o or appr ovval,” Dewan said.

“I’ve been heree sinc sincee De waan said d. “I’v ve only b een her October, but have been Octob er, bu ut we ha ave b een making staff any cconcerted oncerted d eff eefforts fforts to train ffo i st aff ff that h an ny over $100,000 ccontracts ontracts o veer $10 0,000 would need to Board approval. go to the Boar B d ffor or o appr ovval.”

Theree ap appears bee some willingness Ther ppears to b why apartt and cconduct to see wh hy things ffell ell e apar onduct an internall audit.

“We would “W We wou uld ccertainly ertainly ttake ak ke that under Dewan cconsideration, onsideratiion,” De waan said.

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hocatoo might describe an avian from the peppermint forests of Candyland or perhaps Count Chocula’s new pet bird (made of marshmallow, of course). But in real life, the playful name is better understood as the name of a dessert shop that offers chocolate, but many other sweets, too.

This dessert stand at San Pedro Square Market in downtown San Jose packs its modest square footage with the offerings of a bakery, cafe and candy store.

As one might expect, chocolate is well represented at Chocatoo—and in both candy and baked good form—with chocolate bars and truffles, various flavors of fudge, and an array of chocolate baked goods, including different types of brownies and little cakes such as Death by Chocolate.

Chocatoo is not stingy with the chips (or more accurately, chocolate chunks) in their generously sized chocolate-chip cookies—they’re loaded with big, gooey pieces of chocolate.

The taste of sweet chocolate is prominent in the Mexican hot chocolate, but it’s complemented by a lingering, lightly spicy touch of cinnamon. Chocatoo’s drink menu even includes a “babyccino”—a cup of frothed milk for young children.

However, the “too” component of the place’s name gets attention nearly equal to the chocolate side of the menu.

The key lime tart, simply but beautifully decorated with a swirl of whipped cream, a sprinkling of finely chopped nuts and garnished with a citrus candy, lives up to its looks. Its buttery crust is light and flaky, and the sweet, creamy filling—like a lime curd—has both sweetness and a subtle sour edge, although the thick layer of whipped cream that tops the filling does somewhat dominate its delicate lime flavor.

A slice of berry cheesecake, studded with blackberries, looks petite in its neat rectangular form, but it’s satisfying: compact but certainly not dense—and not too sweet, with the rich tanginess of the cheese blending nicely with the tart blackberries.

Chocatoo also offers a selection of macarons—about half a dozen flavors.

Some macarons are more for show—perfect, smooth exteriors, but with thin filling that doesn’t contain much flavor. However, Chocatoo’s macarons are layered with a more generous amount of filling that allows the flavor to shine.

I especially liked the smooth nuttiness of the pistachio macaron and the slight savoriness of the black sesame macaron.

All desserts at Chocatoo are served to go, but there’s still a sense of hospitality at this little shop. For instance, if there’s not a batch of cookies available directly from the oven, servers will offer to heat up a cookie for you.

—Heather Zimmerman CHOCATOO San Pedro Square Market, 100 N. Almaden Ave, Suite 166, San Jose. 408.564.6953.

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The event, marking its 10th anniversary this year, moves to the site of one of region’s first famous wineries. Pinot Paradise takes place at the Mountain Winery, which, before it became known to many as the hilltop concert venue with a beautiful view, was Paul Masson winery.

The festival kicks off Friday at the Mountain Winery with a discussion of the Santa Cruz Mountains terroir, technical tasting and a meet-the-winemakers VIP reception. Saturday’s event, “Pathways to Pinot Paradise,” is a self-guided tour of local Pinot producers. More than 30 wineries will be open for tastings, and some will also offer vineyard tours.

On Sunday, the activities return to the Mountain Winery with the “Grand Cruz Food and Pinot Noir Tasting,” featuring Pinots from more than 40 local wineries paired with bites from local restaurants.

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The Palo Alto Project Juice holds its grand opening Sat, April 12, 11am to 4pm and kicks off with a free yoga class.—Heather Zimmerman 575 High Street, Palo Alto. projectjuice.com.

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first-wave first-wave punk band the Dead Boys.

Before Beffore that he was in proto-punk proto-punk band Since bannd Rocket From From the Tombs.

Tombs. o his days with the Dead Boys he’s he’s been beeen pretty pretty quiet. Last year, year, he put outt his first solo release release ever, everr, aptly p y titled titleed Solo, which ffeatures eatures previously previously unreleased unr released songs rrecorded ecorded in 1996 It’s andd in 2010. It ’s a country-tinged power-pop healthy pow wer-pop EP with a heal thy dose dos se of punk rrock ock grit. Also on the aree SoC SoCal garage-punks bill ar al ‘90s gar age-punks thee Streetwalkin’ Streetwalkin’ Cheetahs, who year.. (AC) rreunited eunited this year (AC)

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oncerts * cconcerts April pril 13 at SSJJ Center for for Performing Performing Arts

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JUAN JU AN GABRIEL April 14 at SSAP AP Center

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JOHNNY CLE CLEGG GG MORRISSEY MORRIS SEY May 7 at City National Civic

KEB’ MO’ May 3 aatt Montalvo Arts Center

CALLE 13 May 21 2 at City National Civic

FFANIME ANIME CCON ON 2 2014 014 May 23-26 23-26 at City National Civic

HUGH UGH LA LAURIE UR RIE AND THE CCOPPER OPPER BO BOTTOM TTOM B BAND AND May 27 aatt Montalvo Arts Center

LADY LADY GAGA GAGA June 3 at SAP SAP Center

SUPERSUCKERS SUPER SUCKERS June Ju une 6 at the Blank Club

THE PIANO GUY GUYSS June 27 2 at City National Civic

MARIACHI M MARIA CHI V VARGAS A ARGAS DE TECALITLAN TECALITLAN June 228 8 at City National Civic

QUEEN/ADAM QUE EEN/ADAM LAMBERT LAMBERT July 1 at SSAP AP Center

CHER July 2 at SSAP AP Center

San Jose ffor or the past five years, y Latin bringing cutting-edge Lati n performers perf ormers to San Jose. They They just somee of the rreleased eleased a mixtape of som perform best artists to perf orm at Sonido S Selectah, Clash (includingg Toy Toy oy Selecta ah, Ana TTijoux, ijoux, Mexican Institute off Sound).

A party to celebrate celebrate the mixtape’s miixtape’s rrelease elease ffeatures eatures a performance performance by group Viento CCallejero, allejero, a cumbia gr oup that has rroots oots in San Jose. (AC) (AC)

KEPI AND FRIENDS FRIEENDS “R UNNING WIT TH “RUNNING WITH BIGFOOT” BIGF OOT” Psycho Donuts, Donuts Campbell Campbell Free Sat, 10am, Fr ee Santa Of all the cool things in Sant ta Cruz County, County y, the Bigfoot Bigfoot Museum m in Felton Fel ton is high on that list. It’s It’ss small, attraction but has a fun, rroadside oadside attr a action Bigfoot ffeel, eel, and ffor or true Bigf oot believers, believers, it’s it ’s packed with information. information n. Kepi Kepi

Ghoulie fr from om the monste monster-movieer-movieGroovie loving pop-punk band Gr roovie the Ghoulies is a big ffan an of th he place, friends and he’s he’s rrounded ounded up frie nds to museum. rraise aise money ffor or the muse eum. tunes, KKepi epi p will pplayy some tunes s, as will Sacramento Party.

Sacr amento punk rrockers, ockers, Dog P artyy. it’s But rreally eally it ’s an art show, show w, with paintings, 31 artists contributing pa aintings, Davis, including KKepi, epi, Adam Dav vis, KKevin evin Potthast and Seconds, Dan P otthast an nd Gilbert percent Armendariz. Forty per cennt of all art percent sales—and 40 per cent of o sales of Psycho Donuts Donuts’’ special ““Bigfoot Bigfoot Donut”—will Donut ”—will go directly directlyy to the (AC) museum. (A C)

TONY T ONY LINDS LINDSAY SAY B AND BAND Club Fox, Redwood Cityy door Sat, 8pm, $15 adv/$ do oor When Tony Toony Lindsay isn’t isn’tt filling in thee legendary lead singer duties ffor or th around CCarlos arlos Santana, he tourss ar ound

group, the country with his own gr oup, Band, the TTony oony Lindsay Ban nd, which plays moree R&B infused-ja infused-jazz mor azz numbers Lindsay’s than Latin rrock. ock. Linds say’s pitchperfect, perf ect, soulful voice,, which has Santana worked so well ffor or Sa antana ffor or two decades, is in full fform orm m with his own much mellower material. But Lindsay does play thee occasional Santana tune in his set s to please hardcore Santana those har dcore Santa ana ffans. ans. (JS)

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THE JON SPENCER BLUES B UES BL EXPLOSION EXPL OSIO ON The Blank Club, San n Jose Tue, T u ue, 8pm, $15/$20 Blues The Jon Spencer Blu ues Explosion

Sure, does not play thee blues. Sur e, their music is rrooted oooted in the blues, isn’t everything? but isn ’t everythi ing? Spencer has larger-than-life a lar ger-than-life theatricality about him that ssuggests uggests oldschool blues, butt with a knowingg wink. The band eemerged merged in the early ’90s a tangle t of incomprehensible incompr ehensible distortion and heaping moree and punk rrock, ock, heapin ng on mor moree influences each year (soul, mor garage-rock, hip-hop), gar age-rock, hip-hop), but always signature with that signatu ure ’90s detached irony ir ony that made Beck so ffamous. amous. eight-year After an eight-ye ear hiatus they put out 2012's Meat+Bone M ,a straight-forward, ock straight-forward, loud, dirty rrock & roll barely roll album, album with h bar ely a hint of irony. irony. (SL)

RINGO SSTARR TARR AND HIS ALL ALL-SSTARR TA ARR B BAND AND July 1133 at City National Civic

MOVE MO VE FEA FEATURING AT TURING JULIANNE AND DEREK HOUGH July 14 14 at City National Civic

JJUSTIN JUS TIN TIMBERLAKE Aug 11 at SSAP AP Center

BR BRUNO UNO MAR MARSS Aug 15 at SSAP AP Center

YES Y ES Aug 119 9 at City National Civic

KATY KA AT TY PERRY PERR RY Sep 22-23 -23 at SAP SAP Center Seep 22 music For musi ic updates and contest giveaways, giveaway ys, like us on Facebook metrofb.com at metr ofb.com

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ASIAN ART MUSEUM THROUGH MAY 25 www.asianart.org/yoga #ArtofYoga

Yoga: The Art of Transformation is the world’s first major art exhibition about yoga. It explores yoga’s fascinating history and its transformation into a global phenomenon. Highlights include masterpieces of Indian sculpture and painting; pages from the first illustrated book of yoga postures; and a Thomas Edison film, Hindoo Fakir (1902), the first American movie ever produced about India.

See it for $10 on Thursday nights from 5–9 PM. Or, see it for just $5 on Target First Free Sundays (Apr 6 and May 4).

ASIAN ART MUSEUM Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art & Culture 200 Larkin Street San Francisco, CA 94102 415.581.3500 www.asianart.org

Yoga: The Art of Transformation was organized by the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution with support from the Friends of the Freer and Sackler Galleries, the Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne and the Ebrahimi Family Foundation.

Presentation at the Asian Art Museum is made possible with the generous support of The Bernard Osher Foundation, Helen and Rajnikant Desai, E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation, Kumar and Vijaya Malavalli, Society for Asian Art, and Walter & Elise Haas Fund. Image: The chakras of the subtle body (detail), page 4 from a manuscript of the Siddha Siddhanta Paddhati, 1824, by Bulaki (Indian, active early 1800s). India; Rajasthan state, former kingdom of Marwar, Jodhpur. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper. Courtesy of the Mehrangarh Museum Trust, RJS 2376.

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City Lights Theater companyy presents Peter Shaffer’s pr esents P eter Shaff er ’s drama speculative dr ama about thee lifee of the composer Mozart. lif Thru Apr 30. $25-$30. City Lights, San Jose.

EEVITA VITA Follow Eva P Peron eron as she climb climbs bs her way to the top of the from social ladder fr om the slums to become the First Lady of Argentina. $42-$64.

Ar gentina. Thru Apr 13. $42 -$6 64.

Fox Theatre, Theatre, Redwood City.

Cityy.

GAME ON San Jose Rep pr presents esents a playy about two sports ffanatics anatics swankyy LLos wound up in a swank os Altos Al tos home during a cocktail green party to rraise aise funds ffor or gr eenn projects.

Jose. pr ojects. Thru Apr 19. San Jos se.

AN ILIAD San Jose SStage tage Company presents pr esents the ancient tale of War modern the TTrojan rojan W ar and the mode rn captivating world collide in this captivati ng theatrical experience. Apr 9 May 4. The SStage, tage, San Jose.

LOVE, LA LOVE, LAUGHTER, UGHTER, AND LINGUINE A musical that look lookss at the twis twists sts lifee thr through women's and turns of lif ough wome n's $12-$36.

Theatree on eyes $12 -$36.. Apr 44-27.

-277. Theatr Pedro Square, San P edro Squar e,, San Jose.

A SSTREETCAR TREETCAR DESIRE NAMED DE SIRE Northside Theatr Theatree Company presents pr esents TTennessee eennessee Williams’ Williams’ tragedy Thutr agedy of Blanche du Bois. Th hu17Sat, 8pm and Sun, 3pm. Apr 17 7$17-$22.

Theatre, May 11. $17 -$22. Olinder Theat tre, San Jose.

*concerts * *c oncerts AMIR LLONDON ONDON Iranian-American singer/ Iranian-American songwriter Amir LLondon ondon will bee performing material perf orming all of his new mater rial “Talafy,” (“Lahzeh Be Lahzeh,”” “T Taalafyy,” , Dreams”) and “Golden Dr eams”) and Apr.. 19, 8pm.. $15. old ffavorites. avorites.. Apr Theatree on San P Pedro Square.

Theatr edro Squar e.

SSYMPHONY YMPHONY CCONCERT ONCERT IV The P Palo alo Al Alto to Philharmonic Association presents A ssociation pr esents their ffourth ourth concert of the season workss by thr three which ffeatures eatures work ee of admired Eastern Europe’s Europe’s most admir edd Pyotr composers, Igor SStravinsky, travinsky, Pyo otr Dvorák, TTchaikovsky, cchaikovsky, and Antonin Dvor á ák, plus American 20th century composer John Corigliano.. Apr

CAFFE FRA FRASCATI SCA AT TI Opera Night. First Friday of Opera every month. San Jose.

*art MUSEUMS DE SSAISSET AISSET MUSEUM “Mirang W “Mirang Wonne: onne: Fir Firee Script Script”,”, explores explor es the fascinating fascinating metallic workss of Bay Area work Area artist Mirang Mirang Wonne.

W onne.. “Lasting Legacy: The History of the de Saisset Family,” Family y,,”” showcases photos of the de Saisset ffamily amily and to pay legacy. homage to their legacy y. Apr 10Jun 15.. Santa Clara.

Clara.

DOWNTOWN DO WNTOWN CAMPBELL Third Friday Artwalk. Visit with Third exploree boutiques and artists and explor galleries.. Every third third Fri of the 6-9pm.

Ave. month,, 69pm.. E. CCampbell ampbell A ve. v

HISTORY MUSEUM HISTORY GATOS OF LLOS OS GA ATOS “American Bohemia: The CCats “American ats Estate in LLos os Gatos.” Thru April 20. LLos os Gatos.

SSAN AN JOSE MUSEUM OF QUILTS TEXTILESS QUIL TS & TEXTILE “Metamorphosis:: Clothing and Identity.”

Identity y.” .” Jan 29-Apr 27.

277. San Jose.

27.

TTasty, aastyy, too! SStarts tarts Jan 29-Apr 27 7.

TRIT TRITON ON MUSEUM OF AR ART T “TTeerritories of Experience” “Territories Experience” a charcoal drawing char coal dr awing exhibit by Meyer.. Thru. artist KKatherine atherine Meyer Claraa May 4. Santa Clar

GALLERIES BRUNI BR UNI GALLER GALLERY RY Jazz-related art by Bruni Sablan.

Jazz-related Mon-Sat, 1-6pm. San Jose.

“Latino Art Now!” 16th Annual Art Auction and Exhibition.

Trio, Music by Paolozzi Paolozzi Tango Tango a Trrio, 8-9:30pm.

Apr 4, 89:30pm. San Jose.

MONTALVO ARTS MONTALVO ARTS CENTER “L.O.V “L.O.V.E.: V..E.: Cr Creativity, eativityy, Connection, Community.”

Community y.” .” examines the challenges of extending ourselves to commune and connect with others, with an drawings, awings, installation of video, dr sculpture, works. sculptur e, and other work s.

Thu-Sun, 11am-3pm.

11am-3pm. Thru Jun 8.

Saratoga.

Sar atoga.

PACIFIC P ACIFIC AR ART T LEA LEAGUE GUE “Spring A Awakening”, wakening”,, works works by Ed LLucey Maralyn Miller.. Apr ucey & Mar alyn Miller 1-24.

124. Palo Palo Alto.

Alto.

PALO P ALO ALTO ALLTO AR ART T CENTER “Pencils “P encils Down” Down” explor explores p es the creating artistic possibilities of cr eating graphite drawings. intricate gr aphite dr awings.

Palo Alto.

Thru April 13. P alo Al to.

PSYCHO P SYCHO DONUT DONUTSS Works by John Renzel, Lacey Works Bryant, Nicolas CCaesar, aesar, Murphy Adams, Christine Benjamin, Foley, Michael Foley y, Michael Borja, Valery V alery Milovic, CCarlos arlos Villez, Eric Joyner,, Laur Lauraa CCallin Joyner allin Bennett, John Hageman and Robert McColley.. San Jose.

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WORKS W ORKS SSAN AN JOSE “Shelter,” an exhibition curated “Shelter,” curated Preciado

by Al Pr eciado ffeaturing eaturing workss by 25 South Bay artists work exploree their views on who explor shelter. the concept of shel ter. 365 S. Market SSt, t, San Jose.

ZERO ZER O 1 GARA GARAGE GE “ZERO1 Fellowship/xx,” ,” a gr group oup exhibition that showcases early prototypes prototypes of innovation challenges given to each of the artists. San Jose.

EMPIRE SE SEVEN VEN SSTUDIOS TUDIOS

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:”Six YYears eears Anniversary”” show show,, workss by mor moree than 40 with work artists. Opening reception reception April 11, 77-11pm.

-11pm. San Jose.

WHA WHAT’S AT’S T Y YOUR OUR SSTANCE TANCE CULTURE ON ARTS ARTS AND CUL TURE IN SSAN AN JOSE?

GALLERY GALLER Y SSARATOGA ARA ATOGA “The Big Pictur Picture,” e,”” gallery by ffeatured eatured abstract abstract acrylic painter Sandoval. Wed-Sun, Isaias Sandoval Wed-Sun, ed Sun, 11am11am 5pm. Big Basin Way, Wayy, Saratoga.

Saratoga.

GALLERY GALLER Y 85 “The Journey”” presented presented by the Vernon Vernon Davis Foundation commemorate to commemor ate Black History Month. Thru Apr 224.

4.. Santana Row, Row w, San Jose.

A fforum orum moder moderated ated by San Mercury Jose Mer cury News columnist Pizarro Sal Pizar ro concerning the cultural cul tural life life in San Jose with mayoral mayor al candidates Dave Herrera, Cortese, Rose Her rera, Sam Liccardo, Liccar do, Madison Nguyen, and Pierluigi Oliverio. Apr 23.

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WATER WORK Hiroshi Senju’s 2013 painting Waterfall, is among the works featured at Silicon Valley Contemporary.

Taking Up a Collection ON A LIST of places best known for play—Aspen, the Hamptons, Palm Springs— Silicon Valley stands out as a region proud of its renown for work. The Hamptons Expo Group, which holds art fairs in all of the aforementioned spots, as well as in Houston, zeroed in on Silicon Valley as the next logical spot for such an event, because the monetary rewards of all of that work have created an area filled with potential art collectors.

Geared toward kickstarting new art collections. first Silicon Valley Contemporary art fair debuts in downtown San Jose April 11-13 with special preview events for VIPs on April 10.

The fair offers works by 300 artists represented by about 50 national and international galleries. Locally, that roster of exhibitors includes the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, and new gallery-in-town, Pace Gallery, an international institution that’s opening a branch in Menlo Park.

Silicon Valley Contemporary April 11-13 San Jose McEnery Convention Center $25-$250

When asked the common thread among the locations of the company’s art fairs, Hamptons Expo Group executive director Rick Friedman answers unabashedly. “Wealthy people,” he says. “Who collects art and who buys art?”

The valley’s longstanding reputation for generating tech millionaires is clearly attracting more than just hopeful programmers to the South Bay. But Friedman does have experience with his potential clientele—he says used to number among them. He calls himself “a graduate of Silicon Valley entrepreneurial computer magazines” who spent time in the valley during the dot-com era and whose earnings allowed him to begin collecting art.

Silicon Valley Contemporary focuses on fine art from the 1970s through the present day, with pieces that include video works as well as paintings and prints, sculptures, photography and textiles. Browsing the art fair’s offerings is simplified for guests, who will be loaned iPads loaded with a database of the fair’s galleries and works of the artists they represent.

Other interactive and digital elements include the U.S. premiere of Marina Ambramovic’s The Mutual Wave Machine, and an exhibition of mobile photography featuring in-app demonstrations.

A panel discussion will explore the idea of Silicon Valley as art incubator. “Has it created a sort of approach to art that is unique to the area?” Friedman says.

Among local events affiliated with Silicon Valley Contemporary are a new version of the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art’s Monotype Marathon—a party where guests can make their own monotype prints in the SJICA’s print center; a VIP tour of the San Jose Museum of Art, a tour of Zero1 Gallery and happy hour with its executive director, Joel Slayton, and a Silicon Valley Modern Home Tour.

—Heather Zimmerman

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NO N O TWO T WO ALIKE A LIKE During his tenure tenure, Rumsf Rumsfeld feld sent out tens of thousand thousands ds of memos that he termed “sn “snowflakes.” sn nowflakes.”

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N HEAD HEAD A AND ND SH SHOULDERS OULDERS closeup p Donald Rumsfeld Rumsfe eld shares some anecdotes anecdo tes of his life as a public servant—first servant—first as a Congressperson, Congresspe erson, later as a special envoy, finally, env voy y, and finally y, and ruinously, ruinou usly y, as Secretary of Defense in the George g W. administration.

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BREATHE BREA AT THE IN (R;; 98 min.) m A fforeign oreign exchange student studen nt gives her host ffamily amily a new perspective. perspe ective. With Felicity Jones and Pearce.

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DRAFT TD DAY AY (PG-13;; 109 min.) KKevin (PG-13; evin Costner stars talee of the Cleveland Br Browns in a tal owns vying draft. ffor or firstt pick in the dr aft. (Opens Fri.)

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THE EYES HAVE IT Katee Sackhoff plays a woman who sees something scary in the mirror on the wall.

IT’S EASY TO NOTE that director Mike Flanagan’s frightening Oculus mashes two masterpieces: The Shining and “The Haunted Mirror” from the multi-part, 77-minute long horror classic Dead of Night (1945). But Oculus was already deep into the territory of The Turn of the Screw before I registered that change of direction. Oculus’ essence is the problem of whether a brother and a sister can agree on what they’re seeing, right when it is key for their sanity and survival.

Kaylie (Karen Gillan) blames an antique mirror for the catastrophe that befell her family, who once lived in a suburban minimansion in the golf-coursey part of the South. She’s charted the provenance of the mirror—like the misbehaving mirror in Dead of Night, “the Lasser Glass” was the property of an 18th-century British nobleman. The looking-glass drove a half-hundred victims to madness, selfmutilation and murder. Kaylie has turned her family’s vacant house into a makeshift parapsychological lab, with closed circuit cameras, laptops and a deadfall trap that can break the glass with one flick of a button—“We’re holding a gun to its head.”

Her witness: her estranged little brother Tim (Brenton Thwaites), who does the

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Glass Act there-must-be-some-rational-explanation lines. We know better. The mirror has mirror-eyed wraiths lurking inside it.

It beguiles, and warps time, reverting the brother and sister to childhood, making them Oculous rewatch the mental collapse of their father R; 105 min.

(Senator Joe McCarthy Opens Fri. lookalike Rory Cochrane) and the demise of their mother (Katee Sackhoff of Battlestar Galactica).

Oculus is well-made and edited enough that it can tell you the horrifying things it’s going to do, and then still make you jump when it does them. Perhaps it’s more interesting to women than the average horror film—there’s heft to the theme of a daughter trying to avoid the fate that befell her mother. Sackhoff carries the weight of the film’s pity and perverse sensuality; she’s a housewife/ captive, in nightgowns and loose housedresses, but she’s also a strapping, red-haired woman with a Gothic tattoo on one arm. Gillan’s rapid-fire dialogue and intensity makes the daughter a heroine to root for, even if you’re not sure she’s sane.

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fam familiar. miliar. But he keeps us alienated anyway, any ywayy, with Mica Levi's chittering insect-music score, inse ect-music scor e, with scenes of gathered preserved the gather ed humans pr eserved in a gravy-thick, avvy-thick, velvety black oil,, and with gr incomprehensible the incompr ehensible accents of the many ma ny locals this huntress huntress brushes up against. a Letchers be warned— Johansson's several Joh hansson's sever al nude scenes are are there the re to display her alienation,, and they're unerotic the y're as cold and uner otic as an art student's figuree studies. stud dent's textbook of figur create It's a big accomplishment to cr eate a film m that's on a short list ffor or required required viewing view wing about a country;; this is a movie mov vie about Scotland, not just a movie made ma de in Scotland,, shot in the post industrial indu ustrial rubble, the rowdy rowdy discos,, and withh majestic telephoto shots of the wit highlands barrens. high hlands and bar rens. Thus Under the Skinn belongs in a small roster roster with films trilogy, workss likee the Bill Douglas trilogy y, a ffew ew work

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BAD B A W AD WORDS ORDS (R;; 88 8 min.) Seething with a resentment resentment thatt we will eventually shar share—but tha e—but not without with hout plenty, plentyy, plenty of tease—40ish (star/director Guyy Trilby Trrilby (star/dir ector Jason Bateman) crashes amous spelling bee cr asshes a nationally ffamous of inn hopes of getting the rrecognition ecognition thatt eluded him in childhood.. It’s tha It’s easiest this thingg as a ppimple to describe d p buttockss of Bad Santaa, on the t noble buttock onlyy if that holiday classic had cr craven, aven, non-stop nonn-stop narration narration apologizing ffor or the misanthropy. missanthropyy. Billy Bob Thornton’s Thornton’s Bad Santa Sanntaa rrather ather liked dames (no other movie from mov vie ever got as much fr om the witchy Lauren Graham); witc chy smile of Laur en Gr aham);; this,, by

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sandworms and a cor corrupt rupt interplanetary innterplanetary empire. empire.. Jodorowsky, Jodorowsky, who'd been tripping out elite viewers with El TTopo ooppoo and The Holy Mountainn, assembled a team of “warriors.” “warriors.”” Dan O'Bannon,, the th he FX artist on Dark Star Sttarr, sold his posses possessions ssions and came to live in Paris Paris to workk on Dune.

British illustrator illustrator Chris Foss drew drew living spaceships with the dappless and stripes of scorpionfish.. H.. R.. Giger, Gigerr, the the father father of Alien'ss Xenomorph cr created eateed sever several al terrifying terrifying fortresses, fortresses,, bristlingg with spears and teeth.. And Jodor Jodorowsky owsky set off after a cast that would include Orson Orrson Welles, Welles, Mick Jagger and Salvador Dali.

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THE LLUNCHBOX UNCHBOX (PG;; 104 min.) An outline sounds soounds like Sparkss wr wrote but Nicholas Spark ote it, bu ut writer/ director dir ector Ritesh Batra’s Batra’s wittyy and warm epistolary film is as good an epistolar ry rromance omance Batraa as anyone has ever made.. Batr B documentary commences with documen ntary ffootage ootage of the dabbawallas of Mum Mumbai— mbai— they’re they’re a group group of porters who, w , through through bicycle, train train and human muscle, m , deliver home-cooked lunches to office workers. o Considering the number off meals

they shift and the appalling appaalling traffic, traffic,, it’s it’s a real real achievement, andd they pride themselves on their accuracy. acccuracyy. But one afternoon,, a middle-aged middle-aged bureaucrat bureaucrat (Irrfan (Irrfan Khan, recalling recalling vintage vintage Alec Guinness in the wistfulness wistfuln ness and reserve reserve of his emotions) gets the wrong thhe wr ong lunch. The food food was intended inteended ffor or the viciously rremote (Nimrat emote husband husband of Ila (Nimr at Kaur); Kaur);; the passed lunch-pail lunch h-pail becomes a way of corresponding correspondingg between strangers: strangers:: the restrained restrained bureaucrat bureaucrat and the walled-in,, lonel lonely wife.

Batraa ly wif e. Batr uses matching shots too indicate the links there’s links between the two,, and ther e’s a surprising amount of sensuality seensuality ffor or a film in which the two le leads aree apart eads ar from other.. (The puritanical side from each other p of Indian film makes this this seem all the more more like a classic movie movie made during the American Production Productioon code.) As As in Satyajit Ray’s work—if work— —if you love Ray, Rayy, you’ll love this—Batra this—Batra intricately weaves in pr protest otest about abouut the position of women and the crushing pressures crushinng pr essures of life sometimes life in urban India. He so ometimes goes in for for one-bit-of-information-perone-bit-of-inform mation-perscene storytelling, and in i the finale he keeps us on the hook too tooo long, but this movie is a welcome escape from esccape fr om Indian film escapism.. I can’t wait can’t w ait to see what Batra Batra will do next.. (RvB))

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HEY H EY M MR. R. D DJS JS The San Jose incarnation off M Motown otown M Mondays ondays features a rotating lineup of Bay Area DJ DJs. Js.

Motown Mottown On M Mondays’ ond days’ recently launched chapter launch hed San Jose ch hapter brings a new classic ne ew spin to clas ssic soul BY B Y BRAND BRANDON DON E. ROOS ROOS

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WEL WELL-DRESSED LL-DRESSED yet casual casu ual crowd of varied varied age sips craft craft cocktails they’re as th hey’re serenaded by the timeless timelesss voice of Marvin Gaye. While While the legendary crooner’s remains crooner’s delivery d untouched, untouched d, he’s he’s supported by a hip-hop backdrop, b backdrop , complete with i h booming b ming boom i 808 kick. ki k It seemed like like the day’s day’s rain rain may scare some away, away y, but it’s it’s 10:30pm on n a Monday Monday and 55 South is full. fu ull.

Though jus just st fiv five ve weeks old,, San JJose’s ose’s edition of o the nation nwide w weekly nationwide

daance par dance party ty Motown On Monda Mondays ays y (MOM) been runaway success.

(M MOM) has b een a runa away suc cesss.

MOM has b become Monday ecome a Monda ay institution Austin, institution in tit ti in i cities iti as varied i d as A usttin, t ti Oakland and Honolulu sinc sincee first O launching Madrone Artt Bar in Sa San laaunching at Madr one Ar an Francisco 2009.

Using Frrancisco in 20 09. U sing the ccelebrated elebrrated Motown label signaturee sou sound M lab el and its signatur und ass a launch pad,, the party party re-examines re-examin nes a key period American popular key p eriod of Americ an p opular music byy presenting alongside m b presenting originals along gside more close m e ccontemporary mor ontemporary rremixes emixes and cl lose relatives relativ e vees of the sound.

“That’s great about “That’s the gr eat thing ab out us: With people Wiith all the MOMs, MOMs, you yo ou have haave p eop ple from walks life their from different diff ffeerent w aalks of lif fe giving th heir interpretation in nterpretation and their eexperience xperience of what they w theey think the music is, is,” says saayys local lo l cal DJ the CME,, one of MOM SJ’ SJ’ss rresident esid dent DJs. DJs. DJ San JJose’s ose’s eclectic rroster oster of DJ ccovers overs all alll approaches, approaches, with some ffocusing ocusing on

classics and others pr oviding v a mor providing moree approach around ccontemporary ontemporary appr oacch based ar ound rremixes. emixes.

Paolo “Cutso” was Though P aolo “Cuts so” Bello w aas behind the major fforce o orce b ehind d MOM's eexpansion xpansion into San JJose, osee, which he hyper-drive before admits hit h yyperr-drive a month b effo ore March its Mar ch 10 debut,, thee idea to pursue Motown-related been a Motown-r elated eevent veen nt had b een bouncing around close b ouncing ar ound ffor o or cl lose to ttwo w wo yyears. eears.

Previously, Pr eviouslyy, Bello and d ffellow eellow MOM Tommy Aguilar SJ rresident esident T o ommy A gu uilar (DJ paired present Chatos1013) pair ed to pr p esent a string successful one-off tribute parties of suc cessful one -off trib bute par ties at Pagoda Lounge. dedicated P agoda L ounge. After nights n dedic ated Prince, to Princ e, Michael JJackson acksson and the Native Tongues crew, was Nativ ve T o ongues cr ew, M Motown w as a next ne xt on the list. became When Bello b ecamee a rresident esident MOM’ss LA chapter, was asked with MOM’ chapteer, he w as a ask keed about possibility ab out the p ossibilitty off bringing the party Att th the time,, the par ty to San JJose. ose. A he time problem was the pr oblem w aas finding th he right vvenue. eenue.

Enter 55 South. When Wheen cco-owner o-owner Paul attended P aul Chun at tttended a MOM M SF eevent veent was ttwo wo and a half months back,, he w w aas inspired. knew immediately inspir ed. He H kne w the party aesthetic spot. par ty would fit the aest thetic of his sp ot.

walked “When I w alk a ed in,, it just struck chord, “I’vee b been a chor d,,” hee rrecalls. ecalls. “I’v een doingg this ffor o or so long l that yyou ou o know when somebody’s that’s someb ody’’s doing something that ’s people. unique and d rreally eally ccatches atches p eople.” pitched Bello pit tched him the MOM SJ idea shortly thereafter, was moree shor tly the ereafter, and Chun w as mor make happen. than eager to mak ke it happ en. While wasn’t spacee Bello 55 South w asn a ’t the only spac they weree definitely the most pitched,, th heey wer enthusiastic. ic. enthusiasti was putting “He w ass rreally eally put ttting eeverything ver e ything says, on the ttable, ablle,” Bello sa ayys, rremembering emembering Chun’s enthusiasm Chun n’s ent thusiasm ffor o or the idea. When provide MOM's ffounders o ou unders pr ovide their blessing for fo or the space, spacce, Bello rushed to finalize plans.. T Two later,, the par party plans wo weeks later w ty made its debut.

While Bello B eexpected xpected the night to bee a “sur “suree shot, didn’t b s ” he didn ’t eexpect xpect its bee so meteoric.. “What plac placee in rise to b o meteoric has ose ha San JJose as a line going outside on Monday night?” says.

“Not sincee a Monda ay night n ?”” he sa ayys. “N ot sinc Cactus Club have C actus Clu ub ha ave yyou o ou seen something like lik ke that.”

LLowrider owriider Oldies San JJose’s osee’s cconnection onnection to soul music maay seem curious to some may some,, but b both oth Bello and A Aguilar guilar trace trace it back to the city’s cit ty’ y s ties to o lowrider cultur culture. e.

“Chicanos “Chic ano os and that whole cultur culturee embraced embrac ed soul s music music,,” notes Bello Bello.. ““Also, Also, if yyou A ou o u ha have ave a rrelationship elationship with hip-hop, hip -hop, yyou o ha ou have ave a rrelationship elationship with Motown,, whether w yyou ou like like it or not.”

Aguilar A guilar elaborates: elaborates: “Mariachis and Motown—that Motown— —that sums it up right ther there. e.

It w was as the main m par partt of the soundtrack ffor or o that ccommunity. om mmunitty. We We embrace embrace it as our own.”

Thanks to the fame of the MOM brand—and brand—an nd what all par parties ties involved in nvolvved e describee ass a need ffor describ o or a fformat o ormat outside the h ttypical yypic i all club l b top 40—MOM MOM SJ has h ffound ound o instant inst a suc ant success. cess.

“It’s “It ’s a 50 50/50 0/50 thing: Ther There’s e’s definitely people p eople tha that at w want ant to go out and hear this music music,, and there’s there’s definitely DJs DJs that w want ant to t pla play ay this music music,,” says saays y MOM SJ rresident e esident SheaButter.

SheaBut ttter. “That’s “That’s wheree it’s wher it’s a team eff effort. ffo ort.”

MOTOWN MO TOWN W ON MOND MONDAYS AYYS Resident DJs: CCutso utso (T The Banger z), DJ Dstrukt (BVMO) (The Bangerz), Shea But ter (BVMO), SmoovGr oovs (BVMO) Butter SmoovGroovs ( The C.M.E. (Slapnasties) DJ Quantum (Headhunters), Chatos 1013 (Ungr amr) (Ungramr)

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Rock/Pop/ Rock/Pop/ Hip-Hop

Jazz/Blues/ World W oorld AGENDA A GENDA LOUNGE LOUNGE

Fri, 8:30pm: Azabache. $16-Peter Daldry.. $22. Sat, 6pm: P eter Daldry $14-$20. $14 -$20. Sat, 8pm: Uptown Motown Madness.

D Downtown t M t M Madnes d ss. $20-$26. Sun, 11am: 4th Area Dance ea Belly Danc Annual Bay Ar ce $12-$15.

Festival. $12 -$15. 8pm: Jan Budar ffeat. eat. Jiri CCafourek afourek on guitar.. $21-$26. Every W Wed, guitar ed, Celtic 7:30pm: Cel tic Wednesday Wednesday Four Shillings Short. $13-$18. $13-$18. .

Every TTue: uue: Jazz on TTuesdays. uesdays u Every Thu, 8pm: Thursday Jr..

Soul TTrain rain with Will Russ Jr Force & The For ce of Will Band.

Redwood City.

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Wed, 8pm: Salsa. Thu, 9pm: Wed, Vybez.

Banda. Sun: Reggae V ybez.

Sun: Reggae Night San Jose.

Fri, Apr 11, 7:30pm: TTurn uurn Me On Dead, Of Us Giants, Zen Berelain.

Jose Zenith, Ber elain. $10. San Jos se

THE CA CATS ATS Every Thu: Out of the Blue.

Ferrara.

Every Sun, 6pm: Joe Fer rara.

Fri, 8pm: Ruckus. Sat, 8:30pm: Fishook. LLos os Gatos.

THE HUDDLE Fri-Sat, 9:30pm9:30pm-1:30am: 1:30am: Free. over..

Live bands. bands Fr ee 21 and over ee.

Fremont.

Fr emont.

JOHNNY V’S

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Fri: Dustonius Maximus, Audible Smoke Signal, Yeshua Yeshua e and the Hightones. San Jose.

Thu, 10pm: “Rock The Block”” Jose.

Battle of the Bands San Jos e.

RED R ROCK OCK CCOFFEE OFFEE

BLACKBIRD BLA CKBIRD T TAVERN AVERN Wed, 8pm: Fatale, ffeaturing Wed, eaturing Dreams Dr eams of June, The Go Adiraa Shark. Thu, Ahead, Adir 7pm: Quasar Collective – Thee Residency.

Residency y. Fri, Apr 11, 8pm: CCado. ado. Every TTue, uue, 7pm: Now Dig This! Guest DJ TTuesdays. uesdays. u San Jose

THE BLANK CL CLUB UB Wed, Apr 9, 8pm: Dum Dum Wed, Ember..

Girls, Blouse, Some Ember $13-$15. $13 -$15. Fri, Apr 11, 8pm: Chrome Cheetah Chr ome & The AntiSStreetwalkin’ treetwalkin’ Cheetahs, Ant ti$12-$15.

Social. $ $12 -$15. $ San Jose.

CAFE SSTRITCH TRITCH Wed, 9pm: W Wed, Wax ax W Wednesdays. ednesdayss.

Thu, 8:30pm: Peter Peter Fallico’s Fallico’ss Hammond B3 Thursdays.

Fri, 8:30pm: Peter Peter Fallico’s Fallico’s Hammond B3. Sat, 8:30pm: Thu, Nicolas Bearde Bearde Quartet. Thu u, Wally Apr 17: W ally Schnalle. Fri, Apr A 18, 9pm: The Odd Numbers, Chris Landon. Fri, Apr 25: Anya & The Get Down, DJ Basura.

Basur a. Fri, May 2: Rin TTin in TTiger. iger. May 23-24: 23-24: Rockage Party.

Fanime “Super Soul” P artyy.

Eulipions Every Sun, 7pm: The Eulipion ns Jazz Jam. San Jose.

90 Skyport Drive San Jose, CA (408)392-0212

Sat,, Apr 26, 8pm: The Flesh Hammers,, Rock and Roll Villain Society, Society y, Lucabrazzi.

Lucabrazzi.. San Jose

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Thursdays & Friday Night 9pm ~ 11pm

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CAFFE FRA FRASCATI SCA AT TI Sat, Apr 12, 8pm: Mitchell LLujan. ujan. San Jose.

Fri, Apr 11, 8pm: Skyler Skyler Lutes.

Lutes.

Palo Alto Sat, Apr 12, 8pm: P alo Al to Jazz Quintet. Apr 26, 8pm: Blue Light District Blues Band. Mountain View.

View.

CLUB CL UB FOX FOX Fri, 8pm: Dutch Uncle Pretending with Pr etending SF, SF, Justin Raffanti.

Raff anti. $12. Sat, 8pm: TTony ony o Politzer, Lindsay Band, TTom oom P olitzer, Panhandlers P anhandlers Steel Steel Drum Band. $15-$20. Sun, 7pm: Ron Parks P arks (aka Ronny Smooth) Show.. $10-$15. Every W Wed, Show ed, 8pm: Club Fox Blues Jam. Redwood City.

City.

HEDLEY HEDLE Y CLUB CLUB Thu, 8pm: Brian Ho Trio.

Trrio. Fri, 8:30pm: Jazz Mechanics.

Sat, 8:30pm: SSteve teve LLuck uck and CCarmen armen Getit. Every 1st and 3rdd Wed: 3r Wed: Jazz Jam. San Jose.

LITTLE LLOU’S OU’S BBQ Wed,, 7pm: Vegas Wed, Veegas Night. Thu, 7:30pm:: Aki’s Blues Jam. Fri, 8pm:: Johnny Neri.. Sat,, 8pm: Andy Santana. Mon, 8:30pm: Johnny Cat Cat & Friends.. Campbell.

Campbell.

RODEO R ODEO CLUB CLUB Wed, Apr 2, 7pm: Tyler Wed, Tyyler Farr Farr & Leah Turner.

Tuurner. San Jose.

SSAN AN JOSE R ROCK OCK SHOP May 1: 90 Days of Summer.

Summer.

San Jose.

SAN PEDR SAN PEDRO O SQUARE SQUARE MARKET Fri, 7pm:: Legally Blue. Sat,, 8pm: Roger Steen Steen Band.. San Jose.

SHORELINE AMPHITHEATRE AMPHITHEA ATRE T Jun 1: Live105 BFD. San Jose.

SSTREETLIGHT TREETLIGHT RECORDS RECORDS Apr 19, 3pm: Record Record SStore tore Day performance perf ormance by Thou and Cloud Rat. San Jose.

LLOFT OFT B BAR AR AND BISTRO BISTRO Every Thu: Live jazz in the evening. San Jose.

LLOU’S OU’SS VILLA OU VILLAGE GE Live music. San Jose.

MOSAIC MOS AIC Fri-Sat, 66-9pm: 9pm: Jazz ffor or dinner.. San Jose. dinner

NUMBER ONE BR BROADWAY OADWAY Thu, 9:30pm: JJ.C. .C. Smith Big Band. Fri, 9:30pm: Joint Chiefs. Sat, 9:30pm: Jukebox Heroes.

Her oes. Los Los Gatos.

POOR HOUSE BIS BISTRO TRO THREE DE DEGREES GREES Every Thu 6:30-9:30pm 6:30-9:30pm & Fri, 7:30-10:30pm: 7:3010:30pm: Live music. All Ages. Free.

Free. Los Los Gatos

THE X B BAR AR Every Thu: No Cover Covers night. Jun 7, 7, 8pm: Silicon Valley V alley Brownout.

Brownout. Cupertino.

Cupertino.

Wed, 6pm: Ron Thompson. Thu, Wed, 6pm:: Jon Garcia Garcia Band.. Fri, 6pm: Margie Mar gie Turner Tuurner Band w/ Henry Oden. Sat,, 6pm:: Mitch Woods Woods and the Rocket ‘88s.. Sun, 2pm: The Smokin Kingsnakes Afternoon Blues.. Mon,, 6pm: King Amps Beginners Blues Jam.. San Jose.

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Thu 8pm: Guil Guilty ty Pleasures Pleasures with DJ Dan. San Carlos Carlos

Thu,, 8pm:: Karaoke Karaoke Night with the Show.

Uncle Dougie Show w. San Jose.

THE CCOURT’S OURT’S LLOUNGE OUNGE

TREA TREATBOT, AT TBOT, SAN SAN PEDRO PEDRO SQUARE SQU ARE MARKET

Thu & Mon, 9pm: KKaraoke. araoke.

Sat, 8:30pm: Joe or Darryl.

Darryl.

CCampbell. ampbell.

TTue, uue, 7pm: Open mic. San Jos Jose. se.

DIVE B BAR AR

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Wed, 10pm: Wed, p Karaoke.

Karaoke.

San Jose.

Fri, 9pm, Sat, 7pm and 9:15p 9:15pm: m: Sportz.

Comedy Sport z. San Jose

IMPROV IMPR OV Wed, 8pm: Jim Br Wed, Breur. eur. $25.

Thu, 8pm: Cruzzin with Laffter.. $12. Fri-Sun: P Pete Laffter ete Correale.

Cor reale. $18. San Jose.

WOODHAMS W OODHAMS LLOUNGE OUNGE Mon: Comedy open mic with h Pete Clara.

P ete Munoz. Santa Clar a.

Karaoke Kar aoke 7B BAMBOO AMBOO Wed-Sat, W ed-Sat ed Sat, 9pm: KKaraoke. araoke. aoke TTue, uuee, e 9pm: KKaraoke. araoke. San Jose.

Wed, 9pm to closing: Karaoke.

Wed, Karaoke.

Free.

Fr ee. LLos os Gatos

Dancee Clubs Danc Clubs THE GOOSET GOOSETOWN OWN LLOUNGE OUNGE Fri-Sun, 9:30pm9:30pm-1:30am: 1:30am: KKaraoke. araoke. Willow Glen.

THE HUDDLE

AGENDA A GENDA

Wed--TThu and Sun, 9pm: Wild Wed-Thu Nights KKaraoke. araoke. Fremont.

Fremont.

Wed: Salsa Wednesdays.

Wed: Wednesdays.

Thu: Noche De Bandas. Sun: Reggae Vybez.

Vybez. San Jose.

KATIE KA AT TIE BL BLOOM’S OOM’S Wed & Sun, 9:30pm-1:30am: Wed 9:30pm-1:30am: KKaraoke. araoke. Campbell.

Campbell.

PIONEER SSALOON ALOON TTue, ue, u 8:30pm: A Acoustic coustic karaoke kar aoke with Sam Marshall.

Marshall Woodside.

W oodside.

Wed, W ed,, 9:30pm: Wildside.. No cover cover..

Sun,, 9pm:: Joe.. Santa Clara.

Clara.

PSYCHO P SYCHO DONUT DONUTSS Nightlyy, 9pmNightly, 9pm-2am: 2am: KKaraoke. araoke.

San Jose.

THE BEAR BEARSS Fri 9pm: Dar Fri, Darryl. ryl San Jose.. ryl.

Jose

Sun, 10am: Psycho Karaoke.

Karaoke.

CCampbell. ampbell.

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DJs and dancing every night.

6pm-1am; Mon-Sat, 6pm1am; Sun, 8pm-12:30am.

8pm12:30am. San Jose

AZÚCAR LA LATIN AT TIN B BAR AR Thu, 9pm: DJ party. party. Fri-Sat, 9pm-2am: 9pm2am: Live music & DJs, salsa, house, hip-hop & more. more.

Mon: Salsa. San Jose.

BAMBOO B AMBOO LLOUNGE OUNGE Fri-Sat:: DJ or Live Entertainment.

CCall all for for info. info.. San Jose.

THE BLANK CL CLUB UB Every Thu, 8pm: Atomic Atomic Dance Club. $5. San Jose.

RED SSTAG TAG LLOUNGE OUNGE

BRANHAM LLOUNGE OUNGE

REDI R ROOM OOM Thu-Sat, 9pm: DJ CCurtis. urtis.

San Jose.

Sat, 9pm9pm-1am: 1am: KKaraoke. araoke.

Clara.

Santa Clar a.

RUDY’S R UDY’S PUB

BOGART’S BOGAR T’S LLOUNGE OUNGE

SHERWOOD SHER WOOD INN

Wed, Fri & Sun, 9pm-1am: Wed, 9pm-1am: KKaraoke. araoke. Sunnyvale.

AJ’S B BAR AR

TTue: ue: u Karaoke.

Karaoke. Sunnyvale.

Nightly kar karaoke, aoke, 9pm-1:30am.

9pm-1:30am.

San Jose.

BLINKY’S BLINK Y’S CAN’T SSAY AY

THE X BAR BAR TTue ue u & Fri, 9pm: Karaoke Karaoke with KJ Vinnie. Cupertino.

Cupertino.

POINCIANA LLOUNGE OUNGE

ALEX’S ALEX ’S 49ER 49ER INN

Every Thu, 7:30pm7:30pm-9:30pm: 9:30pm: KKaraoke araoke Club. San Jose.

DOUBLE D'S

ROOSTER R OOSTER T T.. FEA FEATHERS AT THERS Every W Wed, ed, 8pm: New TTalent aalent Comedy Competition Preliminary Pr eliminary Round. $10.

Kindler.. $14 Thu-Sun: Andy Kindler w/ two-item minimum per person. Sunnyvale.

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Wed, W ed, 10pm: Purple. P Palo alo Al Alto. to.

Wed:: Almaden V Wed: Valley alley Beer Pong ONEmanARMY. P ong with DJ ONEmanARMY Y. Thu: Audio Revolution with DJs Jason Dee & Hi-Grade.

Hi-Grade.

Control Fri: Quality Contr ol w/DJ VJ1.

VJJ1.

Dreams Sat: Cocktails & Dr eams w/DJ Aspect.

A spect. TTue: uue: Irie Nights w/DJ Hi-Grade Hi-Gr ade & TTesfa. eesfa. San Jose.

Thu-Sun, 8:30pm: KKaraoke. araoke.

San Jose.

Jose

SSTATION TAT TION 55 Thu: JR. Sun: JR Diaz Family KKaraoke. araoke. TTue: uue: James. Gilroy.

Gilroy.

THE CARA CARAVAN AVAN Mon, 10pm: Mandatory Monday KKaraoke. araoke. San Jose

TEQUILA SHO TEQUILA SHOT’S T’S BAR B AR & GRILL Mon & Wed, Wed, 9pm: Darryl.

Darryl.

Milpitas.

BRIT ARMS ALMADEN Thu: DJ Nico and DJ Neeber Neeber..

San Jose.

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Sat: DJ Ready Rock.. San Jose.

CARDIFF LLOUNGE OUNGE Every second and ffourth ourth Sun: Return of the Boom electronic Zap, underground underground electr onicc music. CCampbell. ampbell.

DIVE B BAR AR

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Every Thu, 9pm: Therapy Therapy Thursday.. Every Fri, 9pm: Soul Thursday Therapy.

Ther apy. Every Sat: Social Saturdays.

Satur days. San Jose.

Thu,, 10:30pm:: Reggae Thursdays.

View.

Fri:: DJ TTony. oonyy. Mountain View w.

Thu, 10pm: Ambitious Thursdays. Fri, 9pm: Playhouse Industry.. San Jose.

Fridays. TTue: uue: Industry

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THE ELE ELEGANT GANT PUB Call ffor Call or inf info. o. Ever Evergreen green Inn, San Jose.

FFAHRENHEIT AHRENHEIT Wed, 9pm: Wine W Wed, Wednesdays. ednesdayss.

Thu: Liquid Thursdays, with guest DJs spinning hip-hop, TTop oop 40 and R&B. Fri, 9pm: Heit Heeit Fridays. $10. Sat, 9pm: Call Call for for o info.

Industry.. San Jose. inf o. Mon: Industry

SUMMIT LLOUNGE OUNGE call ffor or inf info. o. Four P Points oints Sheraton, Sher aton, San Jose.

PURE LLOUNGE OUNGE 408 Fri, 10pm: Raptur Rapturee Friday w/ Graham.

Max Gr aham. $10. Sat, 10pm: JJ.espinosa. .espinosa. Sunnyvale.

Fri-Sat, 8pm: Old School Party.

Dance P arty. San Jose.

SSTUDIO8 TUDIO8 Fri, 9pm:: 2Xpr 2Xpress. ess. Sat, 9pm: TTina ina TT.. Apr 18: Bobina. San Jose.

PLAYHOUSE PLA AYHOUSE Y

Thu, 10:30pm: Rotating Guest DJs.

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TRESS GRINGOS TRE Thu: Everybody Get Get’s ’s Lei’d Saturday with DJ Aspect.

Aspect. Sat:: Satur day DJ-Luzion, Cooldown with DJ-L uzion, Illtraxx, Ill traxx, WreckaNoize WreckaNoize & HiGrade.

HiGrade.

TTues: uues: TTWOSdays.

WOSdays. San Jose.

Wed: Gamer Wednesdays.

Wed: Wednesdays. Thu: WreckTTanked aanked Thursdays w/DJ W reckA-Noize.

A -Noize. Fri: Video Junkie. Sat, 10pm:: Omega the Neo-tablist Philemonster.. Every second and Philemonster and ffourth ourth Sat, 10pm:: ProliďŹ c.

ProliďŹ c.

Mon:: Manic Mondaze. Tue: Tuue:: $2 TTuesdays. uuesdays. San Jose.

WILLOW WILL OW DEN Mon: Magic Mike Mondays.

Wed-Fri: W ed-Fri: DJs. Willow Glen.

ZEN LLOUNGE OUNGE Thu: Reverse Happy Hour Hour..

Every ďŹ rst Fri: Famous. Every second & ffourth ourth Fri: Diamond.

Sat: Girls Night Out. View..

Mountain View

SONOMA CHICKEN CCOOP OOP Thu-Sat,, 9pm:: Late Night at the Coop.. Live DJ and more. more. San Jose.

JOHNNY V’S Wed: Rinse Down, House, Wed: garage, cover.. Thu: gar age, bass. No cover presents Crye Wolf Wolf pr esents beer pongg The tournament and EDM. Sat: Th he Workout Party.

ReToxx.

W orkout P artyy. Mon: ReT Tooxx.

TTue: uue: TTrap rap Shop. San Jose.

San Francisco’s City Guide 1011 PACIFIC AVE. SANTA CRUZ 831-423-1336 Wednesday, April 9 ‹ AGES 16+

KATIE KA AT TIE BL BLOOM’S OOM’S Thu-Sat, 9:30pm: DJs and dancing. CCampbell. ampbell.

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Fri, 9:30pm: Phil ‘‘n n the Blanks.

Blank s. Every second and ffourth ourth Sat: DJ night with Latin music. Sunnyvale.

LIQUID FFriday: id DJs DJ & dancing. d i Every second Sat: Girls & Champagne. San Jose.

LOS GA LOS GATOS ATOS B BAR AR AND GRILL Fri, 10pm: Foundation Friday Fridays ys at LLGBG. GBG. Sat: Video Killed thee DJ.. Los DJ Los Gatos.

MILANO Every Thir Thirdd Fri:: SStrictly trictly Fr Freestyle. eestylle.

Every ffourth ourth Fri:: Fuz. San Jose.

MOTIF MO TIF Fri:: DJs & dancing. Every ffourth ourth Sat: Thrive. Sun: Only.. San Jose.

Members Only

Thursday, April 10 ‹ In the Atrium s AGES 18+ Friday, April 11 ‹ In the Atrium s AGES 16+

Kiwi Time KIWI TIME Eastern European transplants now call SF home and play with raw indie rock energy. April 10 at Brick & Mortar Music Hall.

JAY AND THE AMERICANS 1960’s pop legends with a dozen Top Ten albums to their name sing their biggest hits. April 12 at Yoshi’s SF.

DAVID WAX MUSEUM Missouri duo fuses traditional Mexican folk with American roots and indie rock. April 12 at the Chapel.

THE JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION Often imitated, never duplicated; the Blues Explosion are an unstoppable musical force. April 14 at Slim’s.

CHANCE THE RAPPER 19-year-old hip-hop phenom from Chicago continues to build a steady buzz with his masterful rhymes. April 14 at the WarďŹ eld.

MOUNTAIN MOUNT AIN CHARLE CHARLEY’S Y’S Thu: DJ Vincent Fiction. Fri: Claksaarb DJJ DJ Clak saarb Sat, 9:30pm: D Kmac. Los Los Gatos.

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Tuesday, April 15 ‹ AGES 21+

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Apr 16 A$AP Ferg/ Flatbush Zombies (Ages 16+) Apr 17 Preservation Hall Jazz Band (Ages 21+) Apr 18 Bl´ast/ Swingin’ Utters (Ages 21+) Apr 19 Collie Buddz (Ages 16+) Apr 20 Berner/ Kool John (Ages 16+) Apr 22 Shlohmo (Ages 18+) Apr 23 Jon Pardi (Ages 16+) Apr 24 Pennywise (Ages 21+) Apr 25 Zoso Ultimate Led Zep Experience (Ages 21+) Apr 26 Paper Diamond (Ages 18+) Apr 30 Ty Dolla $ign (Ages 16+) May 1 Toad The Wet Sprocket (Ages 21+) May 2 50 Carrot (Ages 18+) May 3 Big Mountain (Ages 16+) Unless otherwise noted, all shows are dance shows with limited seating.

Tickets subject to city tax & service charge by phone 877-987-6487 & online

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I need a good answer for a quest question tion from a politically conservativ conservative ve friend. When I pointed out that federal tax rate es were higher in 1955 for everyon e from the poor rates everyone to the super rich than they were e in 2010, his response was: ““Are A Are th hese taxes spent these were say, rather, federal more wisely today than they we ere in say y, 1955? Or rather r, is our fed deral government —Thomas Holton spending tax money more or lesss efficiently now than then?” —Th homas H olton o there’s accepted Right, like lik ke ther e’s some ac ccepted d standard st andard of what cconstitutes onstitutes o wise or o spending. efficient sp endingg. I guarantee yyou o ou u some people putting p eople think put ttting dime one into o the EPA, Department Education, EP PA, A the Depar tment of Educ caation n, or matter U.S. Band ffor o or that mat ttter the U ..S. Marine Ban nd is a waste funds.. Bet Better just look ffoolish oolish w aste a of funds tter t we ju ust lo ok spending breakdown at how the ffederal eederal sp ending br eak kd down over has shifted o veer the yyears. eears.

First let’s premise: F irst let t’s cconfirm onfirm yyour o our pr reemise: ffederal eederal income weree w way inc come o ttax ax rates wer ay higher in n 1955 today. was than to daay. The top rate that yyear eear w aas 91 percent income over $400,000 p ercent e on inc come o o veer $40 0,000 ffor o or jointly, married ccouples ouples filing jointly y, which h eeven veen was peak rate,, so w aas lower than the all all-time time p eak k rate World percent during W o orld War II—94 p ercent e on income over $200,000. inc come o o veer $20 0,000.

True,, in 1955 few True few Americans Americcans a had d an annual income income of $400,000, $400,000, or eeven veen $200,000.

To $20 0,000. T o adjust ffor o or inflation we w turn myy assistant ninja. to m assistant Una, Un na, spreadsheet sprreadsheet e niinja. She American families ccomputes omputes o that in 1955 Americ can a fa amilies $25,000, earning the equivalent of $2 5,000,, $50,000, $100,000, $250,000, $50,0 00, $10 0,000, $2 50,000, and d $1,000,000 effective $1,0 00,000 in 2012 dollars had eff ffeective ff ttax aax rates ((neglecting g g deductions or of,f, rrespectively, eexemptions) xxemptions) of espectivveelyy, 20, 21, 23, 31, percent total income. and 57 p errcent of their tot taal inc com ome.

The highest mar marginal rgginal rate rremained emai e ined at percent 1964.

Let marinate 91 p errcent until 19 64. L et that mari inate entirety ffor o or a moment. During the entir etty of what good cconservatives onser o rvvativvees ttypically ypic y cally a rregard egar e rd as thee go od days, high-end was old da ays y , the highend ttax ax rate w aas close to U.S. history. the highest in U ..S. histor y. spending decades After sp ending nearly ttwo w wo dec caad des at percent, significantly 70 p ercent, the top rate ffell eell signific caantly Reagan bottoming during the R eeagan yyears, ears, b ottttomin ng 1988 percent.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS N NAME SSTATEMENT TATTEMENT #590098

The following following person(s) person(s) is (are) (ar re) e doing business as: TTop op o Wallets, Shaw Dr., It Off W aallets, 11531 531 Sh haw Dr r.,.

San Jose, CA, CA, 95118, 95118, Courtney Courtney Hunter,, Fiona Judnall,, 60 6032 Hunter 32 Jose, Burnbank Pl., San Jos se, CA, CA, 95120.

9 5120.

This business is conducted condducted by by a copartners. copartners.

Registrant transacting R egistrraant began tr annsacting business under the fifictitious ctitious names business name or na mes 3/28/2014. listed herein herreein on 3/2 8/2014. /s/Courtney /s/Cour tney Hunter This statement was fifiled with the County Clerk of Santa Santa Claraa County on 3/2 3/28/2014.

Clar 8 8/201 4.

Metroo 4/09 4/09,, 4/1 4/16, 4/23, (pub Metr 16, 4/2 3, 4/30/2014) 4/30/201 4)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS N NAME SSTATEMENT TATTEMENT #585543

The following following person(s) person(s) is (are) (ar re) e doing business as: Markett St., GZines, 170 170 S. Marke St., San Jose, CA, CA, 95113, 95113, Clearr Choice Systems S ystems off CColorado, Color l ado, d , Inc, I 151 151 South 4th Street, Street, Sann Jose, CCA, A, 95113.

95113.

This business is conducted condducted by by Corporation. a Corpor raation.

Above formed Abo ve entity was form med in Colorado the state of Color ado Registrant transacting R egistrraant began tr annsacting business under the fictitious fictitious business name or names names herein 1/1/14. listed her reein on 1/1/1 14. /s/Richardd Hor Horton /s/Richar ton This statement was filed fi with Santa the County Clerk of S anta Claraa County on 3/2 3/28/2014.

Clar 8 8/201 4.

4/09,, 4/1 4/16, 4/23, (pub Metro Metro 4/09 16, 4/2 3, 4/30/2014) 4/30/201 4)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS N NAME SSTATEMENT TATTEMENT #590110 #5901 10

The follo following wing person person(s) (s) is (are) (ar re) e doing business as: Oaktree Investments, 4140 Oaktr ee Inv estments, 4 140 Drive, Alto, A, Donald Driv ve, e PPalo alo Alt lto, CCA, 94306, 9 4306, Shirishkumarr PPatel, atel, Nikunjkumar Patel, Patel, 11202 202 Abilene, Saddles Lake Dr., Drr.,. Abi lene, TX, 779062.

9062.

This business is conducted condducted by by partnership. a general general par tnershipp.

Registrant transacting R egistrraant began tr annsacting business under the fifictitious ctitious names business name or na mes 1/24/2006. listed herein herreein on 1/2 4/2006.

Refile previous #472920 R efile of pr reevious file #4 72920 with changes. /s/Bryan Knysh This statement was filed fi with the County Clerk of Santa Santa Claraa County on 3/2 3/28/2014.

Clar 8 8/201 4.

4/09,, 4/1 4/16, 4/13, (pub Metro Metro 4/09 16, 4/1 3, 4/30/14) 4/30/1 4)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS N NAME SSTATEMENT TATTEMENT #590087

The follo following wing person person(s) (s) is (are) ((ar re) e) doingg business as: 1.

Morgan Gilroy Mor gan Hill Times, Times, 2.. Gilr roy Dispatch, 3.

3. Holister Free Freee Lance, 4. MorganHill.com, MorganHill..com, Road, Gilroy, 6400 Monterey Monterey R oadd, Gilr roy, Media, CCA, A, 95020, 95020, New Med dia, Inc., 380 South First Street.

Streeet.

This business is conducted condducted by by Corporation. a Corpor raation.

Registrant R egistrraant has not yet yet e begun transacting tr ansacting business under the fictitious businesss name

or names listed herein. herreein. /s/Dan PPulcrano ulcrraano CEO #C365816 #C36581 6 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara 3/28/2014.

Clar ra County on 3/2 8/2014.

Metroo 4/02, 4/09, (pub Metr 4/09, 4/16, 4/16, 4/23/2014) 4/2 3/2014)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME SSTATEMENT TATTEMENT #590086

The follo following ow wing person(s) is (are) (ar e) doing business as: Good Weekly, TTimes imes W eeeklyy, 380 South First Street, S trreeet, San Jose, CA, CA, 95113, 95113, NUZ, N UZ, Inc..

This business is conducted by by Corporation. a Corpor ation.

Above Abo ve entity was formed in the state of California Registrant R egistrant has not yet yet begun transacting tr ansacting business under the fictitious business name herein. or names listed her reein. /s/Dan PPulcrano ulcrraano CEO #C3646164 #C3646 164 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara 3/28/2014.

Clar ra County on 3/2 8/2014.

Metroo 4/02, 4/09, (pub Metr 4/09, 4/16, 4/16, 4/23/2014) 4/2 3/2014)

FICTITIOUS FI CTITIOUS BUSINESS BUSINESS NAME SSTATEMENT TATTEMENT #589671

The follo following ow wing person(s) is (are) (ar e) doing business as: Pollo Pollo Monterey Rico TTaqueria, aaqueria, 4112 4112 Monter reey Rd., #C, San Jose, CA, CA, 95111, 95111, Bernardino 898 Vine Bernar dino Barrera, Barrreerraa, 8 98 V ine St., S t., San Jose, CA, CA, 95110, 95110, Elias Barrera, 22106 St., Barr era, 2 2106 Queen S t., Castroo Valley, Castr Vaalleyy, CCA, A, 94546.

94546.

This business is conducted by by partnership. a general general par tnership.

Registrant R egistrant has not yet yet begun transacting tr ansacting business under the fictitious business name herein. or names listed li d her h reein. i /s/Bernardino Barrera /s/Bernar dino Barr era This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara 3/19/2014.

Clar ra County on 3/1 9/2014.

Metroo 4/02, 4/09, (pub Metr 4/09, 4/16, 4/16, 4/23/2014) 4/2 3/2014)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME SSTATEMENT TATTEMENT #590082

The follo following ow wing person(s) is (are) (ar e) doing business as: 1.

Kalified, Kalified Apparel, K aalified, 2. K alified Appar rel, e 11489 489 Cresthaven Cresthaven Ln., San Jose, Aaron CCA, A, 95118, 95118, Aar on Wesson.

Weesson. is Thi business This b i i conducted d t d by by a individual.

Registrant R egistrant has not yet yet begun transacting tr ansacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. herreein. /s/Aaron /s/Aar on Wesson Weesson This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara 3/28/2014.

Clar ra County on 3/2 8/2014.

Metroo 4/02, 4/09, (pub Metr 4/09, 4/16, 4/16, 4/23/2014) 4/2 3/2014)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME SSTATEMENT TATTEMENT #589859

The follo following ow wing person(s) is (are) (ar e) doing business as: Crafted Goods, Heritance Cr rafted a Archshire Court, 33302 302 Ar chshire Cour t, San Jose, CA, CA, 95148, 95148, Kevin Keevin Asuncion.

This business is conducted by by a individual.

Registrant transacting R egistrant began tr ansacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. herein.

/s/K /s/Kevin Keevin Asuncion This statement was filed with the CCounty Clerk of Santa Clara 3/24/2014.

Clar ra County on 3/2 4/2014.

Metro 4/16, (pubb Metr ro 4/02, 4/09, 4/09, 4/1 6, 4/23/2014) 4/2 3 3/201 4)

FICTTITIOUS BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME NAM ME STATEMENT STATTEMENT #588938 #58 88938

The following f wing person(s) is follo (are) (ar e)) doing business as: Azad Immigration Services, A zadd Immigr ation Ser vices, 5510 10 Lawrence Lawrence Expwy, Expwyy, #201, Sunnyvale, 94085, Sunn nyvvaale, CCA, A, 9 4085, Gurmit Saini.i.

Sain This business is conducted by by individual. a ind dividual.

Registrant R egiistrant has not yet yet begun transacting tr rans a sacting business under the fifictitious business name names herein. or na ames listed her reein. /s/Gurmin /s/G Gurmin Saini This statement was filed with Clerk of Santa the County C Clara 3/04/2014.

Clar ra County on 3/04/201 4.

Metro 4/16, (pubb Metr ro 4/02, 4/09, 4/09, 4/1 6, 4/23/2014) 4/2 3 3/201 4)

FICTTITIOUS BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME NAM ME STATEMENT STATTEMENT #589530 #58 89530

The following f wing person(s) is follo (are) (ar e)) doing business as: Midas Sunnyvale, Mida as of Sunnyv y ale,, 7725 25 E. Camino Real, Sunnyvale, El Ca amino R eal, Sunnyv ale, Nivinraa Inc, 3614 CCA, A, 95135, 95135, Nivinr 3614 Meadowlands Mea adowlands Ln., San Jose, CCA, A, 95135.

95135.

This business is conducted by by a corporation. corrporation.

Above Abo ve entity was formed in the sstate of California Registrant transacting R egiistrant began tr ansacting business ness under the fictitious busi business busi ness name or names listedd herein. herein. /s/Ram /s/R Ram Iyer Iyer PPresident res e ident #3650266 #365 50266 This statement was filed with Clerk the h County C Cl k off Santa S Clara 3/18/2014.

Clar ra County on 3/1 8/2014.

Metro 4/16, (pubb Metr ro 4/02, 4/09, 4/09, 4/1 6, 4/23/2014) 4/2 3 3/201 4)

FICTTITIOUS BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME NAM ME STATEMENT STATTEMENT #588868 #58 88868

The following f wing person(s) is follo (are) (ar e)) doing business as: Shark Kobuk City Hoops, 1888 1888 K oobuk Valley V aalleey Common, San Jose, CA, CA, 95131, Ronald 9 5131, 3 R onald Andaya, Cessmi Andaya.

Anda aya.

This business is conducted by by an uunincorporated nincorporated association other othe ther than th a partnership. partnership t hi .

Registrant R egiistrant has not yet yet begun transacting tr rans a sacting business under the fifictitious business name names or na ames listed herein. herreein. /s/Cessmi /s/C Cessmi Andaya This statement was filed with Clerk of Santa the County C Clara 2/28/2014.

Clar ra County on 2/2 8/2014.

Metro (pubb Metr ro 3/26, 4/02, 4/09, 4/09, 4/16/2014) 4/1 6 6/201 4)

FICTTITIOUS BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME NAM ME STATEMENT STATTEMENT #589356 #58 89356 The follo following wing person(s) is

(are) (ar e)) doing business as: R Brothers Waterproofing, Br roothers W aaterprrooofing, Inc., West Street, 7707 07 W eest Hedding S trreeet, San Jose,, CA, Jose CA, 95110, 95110, R. Brothers Brothers Waterproofing W aateerproofing Inc. This business is conducted by by Corporation. a Co rporation.

Above Abo ve entity was formed in the state s of California Registrant transacting R egiistrant began tr ansacting business busi ness under the fictitious business busi ness name or names

listed her herein reein on 112/15/2003.

2/15/200 5 3. /s/Rod Rodriguez /s/R od R odriguez PPresident resident #2567657 #2 567657 This statement was filed filed with Santa the County Clerk of Sa anta Claraa County on 3/1 3/13/2014.

Clar 3/2014.

Metro 4/16, (pub Metr ro 4/02, 4/09, 4/0 09, 4/1 6, 4/23/2014) 4/2 3/2014)

YYASHVEER ASHVEER SA SASIDHARAN SIDHARAN PProposed roposed name: SRIESH YYASHVEER ASHVEER SR IESH THEE CCOURT TH OURT ORDERS ORDERS that interested in this all persons inter rested e beforee this matter shell appear befor courtt at the hearing indicated cour below show any,, belo w to sho ow cause, if any why the petition for change of granted. name should not be gr ranted. a FICTITIOUS FI CTITIOUS BUSINESS BUSINESS N Notice of Hearing on June 10, 10, 2014 8:45 Room 201 4 at 8:4 5 a.m. in R oom 1107 07 NAME SSTATEMENT TATTEMENTT at 191 191 located 1 91 located at 1 91 #589348 North Nor th First Street, Strreeet, San Jose, The follo following wing person( person(s) (s) is CCA, A, 95113.

95113. (are) (ar ree) doing business as: a R OPY of this order order to show show Brothers Co.. Inc, 7707 Br roothers PPainting ainting Co 07 A CCOPY cause shall be published at West W eest Hedding Street, Strreet, e San least once each week week for four Jose, CA, CA, 95110, 95110, R. Brothers Brothers o week successivee weeks w eek successiv weeks prior PPainting, ainting, Inc. the date set for hearing on to This business is conducted conduucted by by petition in the following the following Corporation. a Corpor raation. general newspaper of gener raal Above formed Abo ve entity was form med in circulation, Metro cir culation, Metr ro Newspapers the state of California printed in the county of Santa Registrant transacting R egistrraant began tr ran ansacting Clara.

Clar a. fictitious business under the fic ctitious MARCH Dated: M ARCH 17, 17, 2014 2014 names business name or nam mes /AARON /A ARON PERSKY PERSKY herein listed her reein on 01/03/1999.

01/03/1 3 999. the Superior Court Judge of Court Refile previous #353857 R efile of pr evious file #3 53857 (Pub 4/09,, (P ub CC 3/26, 4/02, 4/09 after 40 days of expiration expiration a 4/16/2014) 4/1 6/2014) date. /s/Rod Roriguez /s/R od R origuez FICTITIOUS FI CTITIOUS BUSINESS BUSINESS PPresident resident NAME STATEMENT STATTEMENT #C2162662 #C21 62662 This statement was fifiled led with #589597 the County Clerk of Santa Saanta The follo following wing person(s) is (ar (are) re) e Claraa County on 3/1 3/13/2014.

Clar 3/2014. doing business as: Pho Love9, Love9, Metro 4/09, 4/16, West St., (pub Metr ro 4/02, 4/0 09, 4/1 6, 11663 663 W eest San Carlos S t., San 4/23/2014) 4/2 3/2014) Jose, CA, CA, 95128, 95128, Phung My My Nguyen, Nguy en, 11009 009 Matterhorn Ct., FI FICTITIOUS CTITIOUS BUSINESS BUSINESS N Milpitas, CA, CA, 95035.

95035.

This business is conducted by by NAME SSTATEMENT TATTEMENTT a individual. #5893811 #58938 Registrant transacting R egistrraant began tr ransacting a The follo following wing person( person(s) (s) is (are) (ar ree) doing business as: a Be A business under the fictitious 1188 QWay, Beacon, 11 88 LLynhurst ynhurs y st QW Waayy, business name or names listed herein her ein on 3/18/2014.

3/18/2014.

John San Jose, CA, CA, 95118, 95118, John /s/Phung My My Nguyen Nguyen Cunningham. statement was filed with This This business is conducted conduucted by by Claraa the County Clerk of Santa Clar a individual.

3/18/2014.

County on 3/1 8/2014.

Registrant R egistrraant has not yet yett begun Metro (pub Metr ro 3/26, 4/02, 4/09, 4/09, transacting tr ransacting a business uunder 4/16/2014) 4/1 6/2014) the h fictitious fi i i business b i s name or names listed herein. hereinn.

FICTITIOUS FI CTITIOUS BUSINESS BUSINESS /s/John Cunningham STATTEMENT This statement was fifiled led with NAME STATEMENT Santa the County Clerk of Sa anta #588629 Claraa County on 3/1 3/13/2014.

Clar 3/2014.

The follo following wing person(s) is Metro 4/02, (are) (pub Metr ro 3/26, 4/0 02, 4/09, 4/09, (ar ree) doing business as: 4/16/2014) Bistro, 4/1 6/2014) Champions Bistr o, 16500 16500 Road, Condit R oad, Morgan Morgan Hill, CA, CA, FICTITIOUS FI CTITIOUS BUSINESS BUSINESS N 95037, Bahrami, 9 50377, Rhonda Bahr rami, a 33358 358

NAME SSTATEMENT TATTEMENTT #589645

The follo following wing person( person(s) (s) is (are) (ar ree) doing business as: a Distance Unlimited, 1098 1098 0 Drive., #179, FFoxchase oxchase Driv e., #1 79, San CA, J Jose, CA, A 95123, 95123, LLeTia eTTia ia TTybor. yybor b .

This business is conducted conduucted by by a individual.

Registrant R egistrraant has not yet yett begun transacting tr ransacting a business uunder the fictitious businesss name herein. or names listed her einn. /s/LeTia /s/L LeT e ia TTybor ybor y This statement was filed filed with Santa the County Clerk of Sa anta Claraa County on 3/1 3/19/2014.

Clar 9/2014.

Metro 4/02, (pub Metr ro 3/26, 4/0 02, 4/09, 4/09, 4/16/2014) 4/1 6/2014)

ORDER TTO O SH SHOW OW CAUSE CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME N CCASE#114CV262234 ASE#114CV26223 4 34

SUPERIOR CCOURT SUPERIOR OURT OFF CCALIFORNIA, ALIFORNIA, CCOUNTY OUNTYY OF SANTA CLARA, NORTH SA NTTA CL ARA, 1191 91 NO ORTH STREET, SAN JOSE, N JO FFIRST IRST S TREET, SA OSE, CCA A 95113 THEE M MATTER 9 5113 IIN N TH ATTTER OF SHAKONDI JACKSON. S HAK KO ONDI NAKOLE NAKOLE JA ACKSON. THEE CCOURT that TH OURT FINDS FINDS tha at PPetitioner(s) etitioner(s) has/have has/have filed decree for a decr ee changingg name(s) follows as follo ows w PPresent resent name:

Valley V aalleyy FForge orge Way, Waay, San Jose, CCA, A, 95037.

950377. is conducted by This business b by individual. a ind ividual.

Registrant R egisstrant has not yet yet begun transacting tr rans a sacting business under the fictitious fi business name or names name es listed herein. herein. /s/Rhonda /s/Rh honda Bahrami Bahrami This sstatement was filed with Claraa the County C Clerk of Santa Clar County 2/24/2014.

Coun nty on 2/2 4/2014.

Metro (pub Metr ro 3/19, 3/19, 3/26, 4/02, 4/09/2014) 4/09 9/2014)

FICTTITIOUS BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME NAM ME STATEMENT STATEMENT T #589507 #589 9507

The ffollowing following person(s) is (ar (are) re) e doingg business as: Happy Hearts 2865 865 Buena Hear ts Daycare, Daycare, 2 Crest Cr reestt Court, Court, San Jose, CA, CA, 95121, 9 5121, Ofelia Abuluyan, Robin Robin Abuluyan.

Abulu uyan. is conducted by This business b by married a ma rried couple.

Registrant egisstrant has not yet R yet begun transacting tr rans a sacting business under the fictitious fi business name or names name es listed herein. herein. /s/Ofelia /s/Of felia Abuluyan was filed with This statement s Claraa the County C Clerk of Santa Clar County 3/17/2014.

Coun nty on 3/1 7/2014.

Metro 4/09,, (pub Metr ro 3/26, 4/02, 4/09 4/16/2014) 4/1 6/2014)

FICTTITIOUS BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME NAM ME STATEMENT STATEMENT T #589475 #589 9475

The following f wing person(s) is follo (are) (ar e) doing business as: Manila Maniila Dental Center 1, 1613 1613 N. Capitol Caapitol Ave., Ave., San Jose, CA, CA, 95132, 9 5132, Christopher Q. Viray Viray Dental 1100 Denta al Corporation, Corporation, 11 00 Zamora Zamo ora Ct., Milpitas, CA, CA, 95035.

9 5035. is conducted by This business b by corporation. a cor rporation.

Above Abo ve entity was formed in the statee off California C lif i Registrant transacting R egisstrant began tr ansacting business busin ness under the fictitious business busin ness name or names listed herein her reeiin on 03/12/14.

03/12/14. /s/Christopher Viray /s/Ch hristopher Q. V iray PPresident reesident #1830484 #1 830484 This sstatement was filed with Claraa the County C Clerk of Santa Clar

CUBESOULS CUBESOUL LS

County on 3/1 3/17/2014.

7/2014.

Metro 4/02, (pub Metr ro 3/26, 4/0 02, 4/09, 4/09, 4/16/2014) 4/1 6/2014)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME SSTATEMENT TATEMENT T T #588482

The follo following wing person( person(s) s) is (are) (ar e) doing business as: a Holy Cannoli!, 441 441 Bundy Ave., Ave., San Jose, CA, CA, 95117, 95117, Jamie Jaamie Whitmire.

Whitmir ree.

This business is conducted conduucted by by a individual.

Registrant R egistrant has not yet yett begun transacting tr ansacting business under u the fictitious businesss name or herein. names listed her rein. e /s/Jamie Whitmire Whitmirre This statement was filed filled with Santa Claraa the County Clerk of Sa anta Clar County on 2/20/2014.

2/20/2014.

4 Metro 3/19, (pub Metr ro 3/1 9, 3/26, 3/26 6, 4/02, 4/09/2014) 4/09/201 4)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME SSTATEMENT TATEMENT T T #589465 The follo following wing person( person(s) s) is

(are) e) doing business as: (ar a Armor Bearers, 930 Ct., Bear reers, 9 30 Alexis Ct t., San Michael Jose, CA, CA, 95116, 95116, Micha ael L. Gonzalez.

This business is conducted conduucted by by a individual.

Registrant transacting R egistrant began tr ansacting fictitious business under the fic ctitious names business name or nam mes herein. listed her ein.

Gonzalez /s/Michael L. Gonzale ez filed This statement was fil led with Santa Claraa the County Clerk of Sa anta Clar 3/14/2014.

County on 3/1 4/2014.

Metro 3/19, 3/26, (pub Metr ro 3/1 9, 3/26 6, 4/02, 4/09/2014) 4/09/201 4)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME SSTATEMENT TATEMENT T T #589401

The follo following wing person(s) person(s) is (are) (arre) e doingg business as: Brilliant Briilliant Starters Care, S tarters Day Car re, e 1230 1230 3 S. 2nd Street, S treet, San Jose, CA, CA, 95112, 95112, Garcia.

Aissa G arcia.

This business is conducted conduucted by by a individual.

Registrant transacting R egistrant began tr ansacting fictitious business under the fic ctitious business name or names nam mes listed herein 04/01/2013. her rein e on 04/01/201 3.

Garcia /s/Aissa L. G arcia

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This statement was filed with Claraa the County Clerk of Santa Clar 3/13/2014.

County on 3/1 3/2014.

4 Metroo 3/1 3/19, (pub Metr 9, 3/26, 4/02, 4/09/2014) 4/09/201 4)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME SSTATEMENT TATTEMENT #5893499 #58934

The follo following ow wing person(s) is (are) (ar e) doing business as: Neat!

Home & Office Organization, Organization, 310 Village 31 0 Elan V illage Lane, Unit 221, 2 21, San Jose, CA, CA, 95134, 95134, Monica L. Newman.

This business is conducted by by a individual.

Registrant R egistrant has not yet yet begun transacting tr ansacting business under the fictitious business name or herein. names listed her rein. e /s/Monica Newman This statement was filed with Claraa the County Clerk of Santa Clar 3/13/2014.

County on 3/1 3/2014.

Metroo 3/19, (pub Metr 3/19, 3/26, 4/02, 4/09/2014) 4/09/201 4)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME SSTATEMENT TATTEMENT #589419 #5894 19

The follo following ow wing person(s) is (are) (ar e) doing business as: Bay Realty Services, Saratoga R ealty Ser vices, 960 Sar ratoga a Ave., A ve.,, Suite 208,, San Jose, J , CCA, A, 95129, 95129, Carlos Bernardo, Bernardo, 2692 Dr., 26 92 Apollo Dr r.,. San Jose, CCA, A, 95121.

95121.

This business is conducted by by a individual.

Registrant transacting R egistrant began tr ansacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein 3/7/2014. her rein e on 3/7/201 4.

Bernardo /s/Carlos M. Bernar do This statement was filed with Claraa the County Clerk of Santa Clar 3/14/2014.

County on 3/1 4/2014.

Metroo 3/1 3/19, (pub Metr 9, 3/26, 4/02, 4/09/2014) 4/09/201 4)

FICTITIOUS FI CTITIOUS BUSINESS BUSINESS NAME SSTATEMENT TATTEMENT #5883199 #58831

The follo following ow wing person(s) is (are) (ar e) doing business as: 1.

LinParker LinP arker Productions, Productions, 2. Red Red Rum R um Productions, Productions, 3.

3. Lin Parker Parker PProductions, roductions, o 4. FindPeace, FindPeace, Burton St., 33567 567 Bur ton S t., 3333, 33, Santa Clara, Clar raa, CA, CA, 95051, 95051, Linda PParker. arkerr.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME SSTATEMENT TATTEMENT #5892733 #58927 The follo following wing person(s) is

(are) e doing business as: (are) Growing Grrowing Healthy Vending, Veending, 2530 2530 3 Sierra Sierra Meadow Meadow Ct., San Jose, CA, CA, 95116, 95116, Harjinder Harrjinder Singh.

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I need a good answer for a question from a poli politically itically conservative friend. When nI pointed out th that hat federal tax rates were higher in 1955 for everyone from the poo poor or to the super ri rich response spent ich than they were in 2010, his res sponse was: ““Are Are these taxes spen A nt more wisely today say, rather, government t than they were in say y, 1955?? Or rather r, is our federal governm ment spending tax money more or less efficiently no now Holton ow than then?” —Thomas H o olton like there’s accepted Right, lik ke th here’s some ac ccepted standard what standard of wh hat cconstitutes onstitutes wise or efficient sp spending. end dingg. I guarantee yyou ou some people people think putting p ttting dime one into the put EPA, Department Education, EP PA A, the Depar artment of Educ caation, or for matter U.S. fo or that mat tter t r the U .S. Marine Band is a foolish waste funds.. Bet Better look foolish w aste a of o funds tter t we just lo ok at how the ffederal spending breakdown eedeeral sp ending br reeak kd down has shifted over oveer the years. years.

First let’s premise: F irst let ’s cconfirm on onfirm your yo our pr emise: federal federal e income rates way income ttax ax rate es were werre w ay higher in 1955 than to today.

Thee top rate that year was daay. Th yeear w as a 91 percent income over $400,000 perrcent on inc co ome o ver $40 0,000 ffor o or married couples couplees filing jointly, jointlyy, which eeven veen so w was than peak rate,, as a lower th han the all-time p eak rate during W World o orld War W II—94 percent perrcent on income over $200,000. income o veer $2 200,000.

True,, in 19555 few True few Americans Americans had an annual inc income come o e of $400,000, $400,000, or eeven ven $200,000.

To $200,000. T o adjust a ffor o or inflation we turn to m myy assist assistant Una, taantt U na, spreadsheet sprreeadsheet ninja. She computes American co omputes thatt in 1955 Americ an families earning the equ equivalent $25,000, uivalent of $2 5,000, $50,000, $100,000, $250,000, $50,000, $10 0,000, $2 50,000, and $1,000,000 effective $1,000,000 in 2012 dollars had eff ffeectivve tax (neglecting tax a rates (negle ecting deductions or exemptions) of, exemptions) x off, respectively, respectivveelyy, 20, 21, 23, 31, and 57 percent total income. percent e t of their tot al inc co ome.

The highest mar marginal rgginal rate remained remained at 91 percent until 1964.

Let percent unti il 19 64. L et that marinate for entirety fo or a moment. During the entir etty of what conservatives good co onservatives ty ttypically ypiccaally rregard egard as the go od old da days, high-end was ays y , the hi igh-end ttax ax rate w as a close to the highest in U U.S. history. .S. histor y. spending decades After sp endiing nearly ttwo w wo dec caades at 70 p percent, significantly ercent, thee top rate ffell eell signific cantly a duringg the R Reagan bottoming eeaagan g yyears, eears, b ottttomingg out in 19 1988 percent.

Today, 88 at 28 2 p errcent. T odaay, notwithstanding nottwithst w andin ng the machinations of the tax-and-spend taax-and-spend element, it remains remains just 39.6 p percent. ercent.

1900 government was In 19 00 the ffederal eederal go overnment w as a pretty the prettty much th he definition of lean and mean. Mor Moree th than percent han 30 p errcent of the budget went to def defense, fens e se, with an additional 22 percent benefits.

U.S. perrcent to vveterans’ eteerans’ b enefits. The U .S . .

Post Office, was Post O ffice, as it i w as a then known, ate up another 17 p percent, percent errcent, and 6 p errcent went ffor o or interest interest on the national debt. That left just 24 p percent, allowing errors, ercent, e allo owing ffor o or rrounding ounding err ors, for government activities.. fo or all other go overnment activities defense ballooned By 1920, def fense e had ballo oned to nearly 70 p percent ercent e of the budget and interest percent.

World interest to 15 p errcent. OK, W o orld War I had just ended. percent errcent endeed. Still, when 85 p of the go government’s money goes overnm ment’s mone ey go es to the

military have milit m taary plus debt, yyou ou o ha ave to think: the priorities heree ar aree seriously ask askew. prriorities her kew. defense was By 1955 def feense w aas still nearly 55 percent government’s per ercent of the go oveernment’s budget, budget with w pensions social security second pensions e plus so cial securit ty in sec ond d place percent.

Healthcare, education, pllace at 7 p errcent. Healthc car a e, educ catio a on, welfare, transportation together w welfar e, and transp ortation a all to getheer accounted percent accco ounted ffor or o less than 8 p erceent of alll government spending. go oveernment sp endingg.

1980, Vietnam before In 19 80, after V iietnam but b effo orre the th Reagan military buildup,, the budget Reeagan milit tar a y buildup was more balanced.

Defense was waas mor re balanc ed. Def feense w as a still the t largest sharee of eexpenses, percent, laarrgest g shar xp x enses, at 28 p erceentt, followed byy p pensions social security followed o b ensions and so cial securi itty att 23 p percent highest erceent and one of the the highe est percentages per ercenttages a of funding eever ver ffor or the o Department Education, at 6 p percent.

D rttment of Educ Depar cation, a erceen nt.

Healthcare percent, H Healthc arre rrose ose o to 9 p erceent, rreflecting eflecting e ga trend increase started trreend of steady incr ease that st tar a ted in n the 1950s hasn’t 19 950s and hasn n’’t ended. healthcare outlays In 2010 healthc caare passed outla ayys ffor o or pensions social security, pensions e and so cial securit ty, with the ttwo wo w together accounting percent to ogether ac co ounting ffor or o 47 p erceent of the budget.

Defense quarter, and bu udget. Def feense still ttakes ak kes e a quar terr, an nd welfare The p postal service, w welfar e a seventh. seeventh. e ostal ser rvvicce, which w took to ook 26 p percent errcent of the budget in 1910,, pretty nonentity.

Education is pr ettty much a nonentit ty. Educ cation a n about percentage ttakes akes ak e up ab out the same p erceentage of o the 1940s.. Inter Interest th he budget as it did in the 1940s rest e rates,, is onl only on n the debt, thanks to low rates ly 6 percent, percent p ercent, ccompared er omparred e to nearly 15 p errcen nt 1990.

1990 wasn’t it’s in n 19 90. But 19 90 w asn a n’’t the worst it t’s been; decade basis,, debt inter interest was b e on a dec een; cade a basis est w aas percentage Federal budget a gr ggreater reater e p errcenttage a of the F ederal bu udget in n 1920 and 1930.

For F or most of a ccentury entury we sank mostt treasure defense, sometimes ffederal e ederal tr easurre into def fense e , sometim mes to th the he eexclusion xclusion x of vir virtually rttually all else else.. Onlyy in have invested rrelatively e veely rrecent elativ ecceent times ha ave we in nveesteed in programs people. pr rograms to help p eople.

Your may say: defense Y our o friend ma ay sa ay: national def feen nse worth whereas is wor rth t it, wher reas e ccoddling oddling the sicklyy is waste.

Anecdotal issue aw aaste. Anec dotal insight into this issu ue to us fr from “Wastebook” ccomes o omes om the annual “Wasteb book” published pu ublished b byy Oklahoma R Republican eepubliccan a senator Coburn.

Reading through se enator Tom Tom o C oburn. R eeading thr roug o gh Coburn’s 100 squandered C o n’s 10 oburn 0 eexamples xxamples of squander d ed noticee the mone money ffederal e ederal ccash, ash, a we notic ey supposedly wasted social cultural upposedly w aasted on so cial and cultu ural su programs amounts— pr rograms is ffor or rrelatively o elatively small amoun nts— ffor o eexample, or xample x , $1 million ffor o or the P Popular opulaar Romance Project byy the Natio National R omancce Pr o roject o funded b onal Endowment Humanities.. The En ndowment ffor or the Humanities o biggest boondoggles, scrapping bi iggest b oondoggles, such as the scrap pping off $7 billion in lefto leftover over milit military taary equipm equipment ment in n Af Afghanistan, fghanist g an, wer weree ffor or def o defense. fense e .

FREE W WILL ILLL A ASTROLOGY STROLOGY ARIESS (Mar ARIE (March ch 21-April 19): Fr Freedom e eedom is the most important kind of joy you can se seek eek right now now.. It It’s ’s also the most important subject to sstudy tudy and think about, skill as well as the most important sk kill to hone. I advise you to make sur suree that fr freedom eedom is flowing thr through ough your br brain ain and welling up in you your ur heart and spir spiraling aling through thr ough your loins. W Write rite synony synonyms yms ffor or “fr “freedom” eedom” on your arm with a ffelt-tip elt-tip pen: liberation, libeeration, emancipation, independence, leeway leeway, y, spacious spaciousness, ness, carte blanche, dispensation. Here’s self-determination, dispensation.

Here’s one mor moree tip: Connect yourself with people wh ho love and cul tivate who cultivate the same type of fr eedom you do. d freedom TAURUS T AURUS (April 20-May 20): IIt’s t’s LLove ove YYour our o Messes

W eek, TTaurus. aaurus. In accor dance withh the astr ological Week, accordance astrological omens, you ar ve the hell out of the aree authorized to lov love messes in your lif e—from the small, s awkwar life—from awkwardd knots of confusion to the big, beautiful heaps h of ffertile ertile chaos.

This is not a time to ffeel eel embar rassed or apologize embarrassed ffor or your messes; not a time to sh hy away fr om them shy from or ignor aryy, you should explor ignoree them. On the contr contrary, exploree them, celebr ate them, and even take advantage celebrate of them. Whatever else they ar e your messes ar e, are, aree untapped sour ces of ener gy. Lea arn to love them ffor or sources energy.

Learn the mysterious lessons they kee ep teaching you. LLove ove keep them ffor or the cour age and willpo ower they compel you to courage willpower summon. LLove ove them ffor or the nov velty they bring your way novelty and the inter esting stories they add to your personal interesting legend.

GEMINI (May 2121-June June 20): ““A A snowball’s chance in

hell” is an American idiom that that’s ’ss equivalent to saying probably won’t After “it pr obably won ’t happen.” Afte er all, a snowball would meltt if exposed to the scorching instantly mel scorching fires fires that underworld. what there’s rrage age in the under world. But wha at if ther e’s an exception to this axiom? Let Let’s ’s call on another anotther American idiom: "when hell fr freezes eezes over over." ." It It’s ’s another anoother way to say "it probably pr obably won won’t ’t happen. happen."" But thee truth is that now and then a cold fr front ont does indee indeed ed sweep thr through ough the infernal inf ernal rregion, egion, icing its flames. When that happens, a snowball’s pr prospects ospects of sur surviving vivving ther theree impr improve ove dramatically. dr amatically. And that that’s ’s exactly what w I predict predict will happen ffor or you in the coming week. w

CANCER (June 2121-July July 22): In 2007 2007, 7, JJ.. K. Rowling

finished writing the seventh volu volume ume of her seven Har Harry ry Harry ry P Potter otter and the t Deathly Hallows.

Potter books, P otter book s, Har The day it was published it sold 11 million copies. But Rowling had actually written thee final chapter of this last book way back in 1990, whe when en she first conceived the story she was to spend the next n 17 years working on. She knew the climax right fr from om the beginning. I fforesee oresee a similar theme unf unfolding oldinng ffor or you in the coming weeks, Ass you plot a pr project week s, CCancerian. ancerian. A oject you will be developing ffor or a long time to co come, me, you will have a vision of what it will be when it becomes fully matur mature. e.

LLEO EO (July 23-Aug. 23-Aug. 22): When yo you ou see your shadow shadow, w, it’s usually right next to you. It it’s It’s ’ss there there on the gr ground ound or floor floor,r, a fuzzy black shape tha thatt ffollows ollows you ar around ound closely.. But today I saw my shad closely shadow dow waving back at me from fr om af afar. ar. I was standing on top of a hill, hill and the sun sun’s ’ss rrays ays cr created eated a dusk duskyy version of me m in the meadow way down below below.. I think this is a useful metaphor ffor or an opportunity that that’s ’s available to t you. In the coming shadowy, days, you will be able to view thee shadowy y, undeveloped parts of your personality as if fr from o a distance. That om moree objec objectivity means you will have mor ctivity about them, and thus gr greater eater compassion. YYou o can get a calm, ou clear sense of how they might be b mucking with your happiness and how you could tr ransform them. transform VIRGO VIR GO (Aug. 23 23-Sept.

-Sept. 22): “Y “You Yoou cannot use butterfly

language to communicate with caterpillars,” said Leary.. Tha That’s psychologist TTimothy imothy Leary t’s good advice ffor or you future. to keep in mind in the near futu re. YYou oou might want to find a way to car carry ry on construct constructive ive dialogs with people hardd time understan understanding It’s who have a har ndingg yyou. It ’s not necessarily that they ar aree stupid or rresistant esistant to your charms. The pr problem theyy haven haven’t oblem is that the ’t experienced some of the critical transformations transformattions you have. They can’t can ’t be expected to converse with w you in your butterfly language. Ar Aree you willing and ab able ble to speak caterpillar?

LIBRA (Sept. 23 23-Oct. -Oct. 22): Ar Aree you thinking of linking

your fortunes fortunes to a new ally? Or deepening d your collaboration collaboration with a familiar familiar ally? allyy? Have you fantasized fantasized about bonding intensely with a source source that may be moree of what yo you ou want and bring able to give you mor

By yR ROB OB BREZSNY week of April 9

ospects ar out mor moree of the best in you? These pr prospects aree ating, Libr a. But I suggest you let your worth contempla contemplating, Libra. more before before finalizing the shift. connection ripenn a bit more necessarrily saying there’s there’s a potential pr oblem.

I’m not necessarily problem.

I simply suspect that you need further explor exploration ation nformation bef ore you can make the and additional in information before p smartest move possible.

SCORPIO SC ORPIO (Oc (Oct. ct. 23-Nov. 23-Nov. 21): Saturn has been in the

theree sign of Scorpio since s October 2012 and will be ther until the end of 2014. (It will make another visit fr from om June to Septemb September ber 2015.) What does that mean? that’s from I have a view of Saturn that ’s different different fr om many astrologers. astr ologers Theyy regard ologers. regard it as the planet of limitation, limitation struggle, and difficulty. diffficulty. Here’s Here’s what I think: While Saturn may pushh you to be extra extra tough and work super hard, hard, it also alsso inspires inspires you to cut away extraneous extraneous desires desir es and home hom me in on your deepest purpose. It motivates you too build strong strong structures structures that free free express with maximum efficiency and you to expr ess yourself y grace. gr ace.

SSAGITTARIUS AGITT TARIU A US (Nov (Nov.. 22 22-Dec. -Dec. 21): When I took an intermediate painting class in college, our first assignment wass to imitate an old master master.. My choice was the Flemishh painter Pieter Br Breughel eughel the Elder (1525-1569).

(15251569). I worked woorked on reproducing reproducing his painting The Fight Between CCarnival arnival and Lent as precisely precisely as I could.

It was tedious and annd liberating. liberating. I invoked Breughel’s Breughel’s I sank myy psyche spirit p and prayed pprayed y d for for his guidance. g py deeply into his. By B the end of the four-week four-week process process I’d learned a lot about painting. Given the current current astr ological omens, omeens, Sagittarius, I suggest you try astrological something similar. similar. Pick someone who excels at a way of working or a state s of being that you would like to master yourself, yourselff, and copy that person for for a while. For best rresults, esults, have havve fun with it. Play!

CAPRICORN CAPRIC ORN N (Dec. 22 22-Jan. -Jan. 19): CCapricorn apricorn author J. J. R. R. Tolkien Toolkien spent sppent 14 years working on The LLord ord of the Rings. In using usinng a typewriter to produce produce over 1,200 pages, he relied relied solely on his two index fingers. He the never learned th he ten-finger typing method. I suppose Presumably, it didn’t didn’t matter in i the end. Pr esumablyy, his impediment didn’t didn ’t aff affect ect the quality of his work, but only made it har der to accomplish accom mplish and required required him to spend a lot harder moree time. mor ti I there Is there a fixable the fi bl limitation li it ti on your own ability to achievee your dr dream, eam, CCapricorn? apricorn? Is ther theree some handicap you co could, ould, with effort, effort, overcome? overcome? If so, now would be an exc excellent cellent time to begin.

AQUARIUS A QUARIUS (Jan. ( 20-Feb. 18): “The truth’s truth’s superb surprise,” wrote wrote poet Emily Dickinson, may be “too bright ffor or our infirm infi firm delight."”Sometimes delight."”Sometimes we’ve we’ve got to what’s be careful careful aboutt articulating what ’s really really going on.

“The truth must dazzle gradually,” graduallyy,,” she said. If it hits us too ffast ast and har d it may be difficul d, hard, difficultt to digest. So did Emily suggest th that hat we should lie and deceive? No. “T “Tell Teell shee declar declared, all the truth,” sh ed, “but tell it slant.” This is excellent advice ffor or you in the coming days, Aquarius PISCESS (Feb. 19-Mar PISCE 19-March ch 20): Here’s Here’s my rreport eport on your pr progress. ogress. ess YYou o ar ou aree not struggling to embody a delusional state of perf perfection ection as it is imagined by other people. Ra Rather, atherr, you ar aree becoming an ever-mor ever-moree soulful version of o your idiosyncr idiosyncratic atic self self,f, evolving slowly but sur surely. elyy. YYou oou ar aree not dazedly trudging along a narrow nar row track track laidd down by thousands of sheep. Instead, you are are lively and and creative creative as you bushwhack a path ffor or yourself through through the wilderness. To To celebrate celebrate this ongoing success success, s, Pisces, I suggest you get yourself a new power object objject that symbolizes your inventive devotion.

Homework: W Write r a short essay on "How I rite Created Cr eated Something Something Out of Nothing." Go to FreeWillAstrology.com Fr eeWillAstrologyy..com and click on "Email Rob." Go to REALASTROLOGY.COM to check out Rob Brezsny’s Expanded Weekly Audio Horoscopes and Daily Text Message Horoscopes. Audio horoscopes are also available by phone at 1-877-873-4888 or 1-900-950-7700

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