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

All Wrong I saw you, a cab driver for a certain "green" company, driving the wrong way on a one-way street, nearly causing a head-on collision.

Only, doing that wasn't quite enough. You decided to continue driving through yet another "do not enter/ wrong way" sign down a residential street. You followed all this up by then driving OVER a concrete median. It would have been almost comical had you not almost run into me.

Maybe it's time to consider a retaking your driver’s test?

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I kinda ffeel eeel like Mike Honda is a ser vant off the labor unions and the servant cor rupt,, kl eptocratic wing of the corrupt, kleptocratic Democr atss,, but that Ro Khanna, Democrats, while a sm mart and seemingly nice smart man woul man, ld be a ser vant of the would servant “Silicon Valley” Valley” a ” billionaire billionaire class.

I’d rrather ather vote v for for a servant servant of the people of the actual district,, but that ems off the table,, alas. option see seems KEVIN KE VIN O’KEEFFE O VIA FFACEBOOK ACEBOOK

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Drop D rop th the he Beat San Jose’s Jose’s policee union br brought ought together police ffour our fformer ormer polic ce chiefs last month ffor or an or chestrated me edia event intended to boost orchestrated media mayoral the political ffortunes ortuunes of mayor al candidate DAVE D AVE V CCORTESE. ORTESE. They They also blamed Mayor REED’s CCHUCK HUCK R EED’s pension p rreforms eforms ffor or driving officers away an and nd leaving the department understaffed. understaff d t ffed. d TThe h chiefs— he chiefs—TOM hi f TOM WHEATLEY, WHEA AT TLEY, W ILLIAM LLANSDOWNE, ANSSDOWNE, R OB D AV VIS and WILLIAM ROB DAVIS CCHRIS HRIS M MOORE—each OORE—each — had harsh wor words ds ffor or the cur current rent administr aadministration, ation, with Davis rreportedly eportedly sayin saying ng it it’s ’s been “hard “hard to watch it,, because that that's t's our baby. baby y." But But Daviss didn’t didn’t They mention that hee and his Did ffellow ellow chiefs abandoned abbandoned What? the inf ant whenn they infant SEND TIP TIPSS TTO O golden par achu uted parachuted FLY@ FL Y@ to lucr ative new w gigs lucrative METRONEWS. METR ONEWS. while still rreceiving eceivving COM CO M 90 per cent of th heir percent their final salaries— —plus salaries—plus 3 per cent cost of o living incr eases—for —for percent increases the rrest est of theirr days.. Fly asked City City Hall ffor or compensatio on numbers on the ffour our compensation pensioners,, andd their active rretirements etirements could just as ea asily boost the ar gument easily argument as to why pensi ions needed to be scaled pensions back in the firstt place.. Davis, who rretired etired on Halloween 2010 2 and now holds a consulting private-securityy consul ting gig,, has already already deposited $817 $817,497 7,497 in rretirement etirement check checks. s.

Moore, heldd the top spot ffor Moor e, who hel or less than two years and lleft eft in January 2013 ffor or a already moree than similar job,, has alr eady rreceived eceived mor $320,000. That’s That’s $1.1 $1.1 million combined beat”” less than ffor or two men who whho left “the beat ffour our years ago.. Lansdowne abruptly rretired etired March Diego’s in Mar ch after ser sserving ving as San Diego ’ss police chief ffor or 10 years, and during that collected from time he collecte ed a cool $2.2 million fr om San Jose. While SSJPD JPD faces faces some serious dropped from challenges,, having haviing dr opped fr om 1,400 chiefs’’ officers to less than 900, the former former chiefs double-dipping shameless doub ble-dipping somehow escape outrage. managed to esc cape their collective outr age.

(Wheatley, (Wheatley y, who retired retired for for health health reasons reasons serving after ser ving ass acting chief ffor or less than hass collected just less than five months,, ha growing $2 million.) Potentially Poteentially gr owing the $5.3 post-employment million in postemployment compensation that’s paid out to the gang that ’s already already been b current of ffour, our, cur rent chief LLARRY ARR RY EESQUIVEL SQUIVEL entertaining could be enterta aining thoughts of joining his predecessors pr edecessors as a young working and well pensioned rretiree. etiree. e

Low-Bid Hybrid

enriquez and Javier Rincon (from le ON O N THE ROA ROADSTERS RO DSTERS LLeonardo eona ardo V Valente, alente, a Christian H Henriquez left) eft) created a hybrid conversion kit as part of a school project for Singula arity University y.

Singularity University.

Students create hybrid conversion S converssion kits for drivers in de developing eveloping coun countries tries BY B Y CCAITLIN AITLIN Y YOSHIKO O OSHIK KO K KANDIL AND DIL

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MEET Javier Javier Rincon at N ASA’s Ames Research NASA’s Center jeans and Center.. His jeans or ange New New York York Mets Mets orange h are stained with grease. hat greasse.

H hands are blackened His after a fter spending the entire d ay working on a project project he h day h hopes problem will solve the problem o vehiccles off affordable hybrid vehicles in n the developing world. He He gestures g estures to a white Hyundai Hyund dai A Accent p with handprints m marking panells up the side panels a nd Diet Coke cans and taketakeand o ut containers littering the th he out ro oof. Car parts and power roof. to ools are sprawled sprawled out over ove er tools th he asphalt. Rincon’s Rincon’s answer: answ wer: the b uild the hybrid y build himself

Gr Growing owing up in Me Mexico xiico Cit City, ty, Rinc Rincon on noticed that going gr noticed green eeen w wasn’t asn’t cheap.. Hybrid and elec cheap electric ctric ccars ars ar aree still cconsidered onsidered luxur luxuryy items south of the b border—they often moree order—they oft ften ccost ost mor than double what the theyy would in United States—and the U nited St ates—and d the eexpense xpense often puts them out off rreach each ffor o or most families.. A Prius runs in $20,000families i the $20,0 00Bay, plus range in the South h Ba ay, while Mexico around $40,000. one in Me xico ccosts osts ar o ound $40,0 00. hybrid non-existent, ““A A cheap h yybrid ccar ar is nonn existent,” Rincon says. some have Rinc on sa ays y . While som me ha ave tried to around economic hurdle byy get ar ound this ec onom mic hur dle b modifying mo diffying y their gas ccombustion ombustion ccars ars gas,, Rinc Rincon wanted to run on natural gas R on w anted better ab etter solution.

Vehicle customization already V eehicle customizati ion is alr eady popular throughout Latin America, p opular thr oughout L atin Americ a, he reasoned, reasoned, and a do-it-yourself do -it - -yourself (DIY)) pr project dramatically (DIY oject would dramatic d ally want bring down the ccost. ost. “What “ we w ant to do is cconvert cheap on nvert a chea ap ccar ar that ccosts osts $10,000 $15,000 into hybrid byy $10,0 00 or $15,0 00 in nto a h yybrid b spending sp ending just a ffew ew eextra x thousand xtra dollars,” says Rincon, 27. do dollars a s,” sa ayys Rinc R con, o ,2 7.

student Singularityy U University A studen nt at Singularit niversitty Silicon Valley, Rincon wo in Silic on V alle a y, Rinc on and ttwo classmates, Leonardo Valente of his classm mates, L eonardo V aalente Christian Henriquez, embarked ed and Christ tian Henrique z, embark on an amb ambitious project August bitious pr oject in A ugust 2004 Accent to cconvert onvert a 20 04 Hyundai A ccent hybrid days. into a h ybr y rid in just 12 da ayys. Doing this,, the theyy ssaid, prove this aid, would pr ove that anyone hybrid. an nyone ccould ou uld build a h yybrid. While Rincon engineer,, none of the Rinc on is an a engineer three thr ee has an aanyy advanc advanced ed mechanic mechanical al eexperience—Valente xp perience—Vaalente is an ec economist onomist and Henriq Henriquez quez studies business Rincon Rinc on sa ssays ayys the theyy chose the A Accent ccent because b ecause it is i a “cheap “cheap,, low-weight low-weight”” ccar ar “simila “similar ar to what we ccan an find in Latin L atin Ame America. erica.” The vvehicle, ehicle, which the theyy pur purchased ch hased ffor o or ar around ound $2,0 $2,000, 00, had fr front-wheel ont-w wheel driv drivee p powered owered b byy a gas engine and drum brak brakes es in the rrear ear wheel wheels. ls. Rinc Rincon on added an electric engine and d bat batteries teries to p power ower the rreal eal wheels—which wheels—w which not onlyy cconverted on nverted the ccar ar into oah hybrid, yybrid, but also made it ffour-wheel our o -wheeel driv drive. e. In addition, the team de developed velloped softw software—what are—what Rincon Rinc on ccalls allls the “secr “secret et sauc sauce”—to e”—to ccontrol ontrol wh which hich engine turns on, when and ffor or o how w long long..

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The gr group oup finished building the ccar ar nA ug. 18, and suc cessfully to ok itt on Aug. successfully took ou ut ffor o or a test driv om NAS A’s Am mes out drivee fr from NASA’s Ames R e esear ch C enter—where Singulari itty Research Center—where Singularity U n ersitty is based—to the C niv ompu uter University Computer H Histor ain V iiew.

Historyy Museum in Mount Mountain View.

Th he ccar’s ar’s maximum electric sp eed is The speed 40 0 miles p er hour per hour..

W ith i the pr otottyp y e ccomplete, omplete, With prototype Ri i on, V inc alente al t and d Henrique H i z Rincon, Valente Henriquez ar re now ffocused ocused on rreplicating eplicating thee are pr roject to pr ovide gr eater ac cess to o project provide greater access h y ybrids and electrics in the de velop ping hybrids developing w world thr ough their ccompany, ompan ny, through Ex xponential Motor C o. Although Exponential Co. Ri incon sa ays y the y’re still “working on o Rincon says they’re th he business mo dels,” the goal is to the models, pa ackage par ts nec essary to cconvert on nvert package parts necessary hybrid. would a ccar ar into a h ybrid. y These kits woul ld then bee sold in L Latin America, th hen b atin Americ a, so anyone modify have an nyone ccould ould ld mo diffy a ccar, ar, or ha h ave a m mechanic do it ffor or o them. it’s people “In the end, it ’s helping p eople in n developing have hybrid de eveloping ccountries ountries to ha ave h yybriid pay themselves ccars a that ccan ars an pa ay themselv es in lesss than bee rreally, th han a yyear ear so that it ccan an b eallyy, accessible, says Rincon.

“Instead rreally e eally ac cessible,” sa ays y Rinc on. “Inst tead modification, we’re off making a big mo dification, we ’re modification m making a small mo dification with a big b impact, which is to rreduce educe the around he emissions of the ccar ar ar ound 30 th percent. view prepare p e cent. The long vie er w is to pr eparre the way new th he w ay ffor o or electric ccars ars and ne w ttypes y es yp energy. off ener gy.”

Kilczer,, a fformer employee Eric Kilczer ormer o emplo yeee Tesla helped Rincon off T eesla Motors who help ed Rinc on n build hybrid, says he’s encouraged bu uild the h ybrid, y sa ays y he ’s enc ouragged byy what he sees—not just ffor b or o the future developing fu uture of de veloping ccountries, ountries, butt ffor o or the United States th he U nited St ates as well.

“I’m hoping that this ttype ype of ga arage-style effort eff ffo ort becomes becomes more more garage-style an nd mor ommon,” he sa ays y . “L et’s and moree ccommon, says.

“Let’s se ee someone else do it. I think if see m mor eople did this ve moree p people this,, it would mo move th he mo vement of electric vvehicles ehicles the movement fforward—it o ward—it would rreally or eally help mak ke make an n impact.”

Homemade h ybrid y and electric hybrid vvehicles e ehicles ar n aree gaining traction, and not ju ust in the de veloping world. just developing Shari Prange o-owner of Electr ro Prange,, cco-owner Electro Automotive Santaa Cruz C County, A u utomotiv e in Sant ounty, says Mikee Br Brown, sa ays y that her husband, Mik own n, started st a ted building electric ccars ar ars ffor or o customers “Theree w was cu ustomers back in 1979. “Ther as a gas second crisis—and ga as crisis—the sec ond gas crisis—an nd hee had an auto rrepair epair shop and gass station Bonny Doon, st a ation in Bonn ny Do on, and one off his wanted myy hi is rregular egular customers w anted m husband hu usband to build an electric ccar ar ffor o orr

says. him,” she sa ayys. “So he did, d and in the process discovered theree rreally pr ocess disc oveered thatt ther eally w aasn’t an ybody supply ying par ts wasn’t anybody supplying parts ffor or these things o ou ha o ad to go out things.. Y You had and scr ounge air craft generators g scrounge aircraft ffor or motors o ded that ther motors,, so he decid decided theree w aas a need ffor or o a busine ess to sell was business par ts sp ecifically ffor or ele o ectric ccar ar parts specifically electric cconversions. on nversions.”

Lik Ri on and d his hi ccolleagues, olleagues ll , Likee Rinc Rincon Electr o Automotive Automotive no ow sells kits ffor o or Electro now ant to go electric eelectric—and —and those who w want o classes and ol also teaches high scho school other la ayymen how to do d it. The kits laymen ccost ost an nyywhere b etween n $6,50 0 and anywhere between $6,500 $11,0 00, dep ending on n the weight $11,000, depending and p ower of the ccar, ar, and a how much power work a p erson w ants a to o put into the person wants cconversion. on nversion.

Prange sa ayys the pr ocess is rrelatively elatively says process eas y: All ll that h is i needed d d is i an electric l i easy: motor eed ccontroller, ontrolleer, bat tttery motor,, sp speed battery pack, bat tery char ger, a mount and battery charger, e motor an adapter to put the electric xisting trans mission, and a onto the eexisting transmission, ffew ew other small par ts. Then, T she sa ayys, parts. says, ““the the pr ocess is basic allyy ttaking aking out process basically eeverything verything that had to do with the gas driv ystem—the fuel f ssystem, ystem, the drivee ssystem—the eexhaust xhaust ssystem, ystem, the ccooling ooling o ssystem, ystem, the engine e eplacing it with engine,, and then rreplacing these electric driv mponents.” drivee ccomponents. om “Electric ccars ars ar m mor aree so much moree efficient than gas ccars, ars,” she ccontinues, ontinues, eeven ven when factoring in n the emissions fr om ccoal oal p ower plants s. And from power plants. cconverting on nverting a ccar ar ccarries arriess additional b enefits ffor or o those who ccan’t an’t aff ffo ord a benefits afford T eesla or find the T oyo ota Prius b ody Tesla Toyota body design objectionable objectionable.. ““A A lot of p eople ha ave a par ticular people have particular ccar ar that the y’re rreally eally in n lo ve with, they’re love that the ant to k eep p, that the ant theyy w want keep, theyy w want to driv e, but that the ant b ettter t drive, theyy w want better fuel ec onomy fr om,” Pr range sa ayys. economy from, Prange says. b a On the other hand, building h yybrid—as Rinc on hass done —is hybrid—as Rincon done—is mor omplicated. Thi is ttype ype of moree ccomplicated.

This cconversion on nversion rrequires equires mo ore par ts more parts and mor oordination n with the moree ccoordination eexisting xisting machiner t ccar, ar, Prange machineryy of the eexplains, xplains, ccalling alling it a mo ore ambitious more under taking. undertaking.

“W We don ’t see a lot of o homemade “We don’t h yybrids,” she sa ayys. “It ’s a mor hybrids, says.

“It’s moree challenging pr ospect aand nd a lot of prospect p eople find that the d ’t rreally eally people theyy don don’t need the h yybrid par —they ccan an hybrid partt o off it it—they get all the range the n out of theyy need hy go to t the eextra xtra the electric electric,, so wh why eexpense xpense and tr ouble?” trouble?”

Sincee El Sinc Electro ectro A Automotive utomotive op opened ened in 1979, Pr Prange range and Br Brown own sa say ay the theyy ha ave seen thousands t have of customers cconvert onvert th heir ccars ars into EV Vs. Similar their EVs. shops ha ave also p opped up ar ound have popped around the Ba ay Ar rea, par ticularlyy, sa ayys Bay Area, particularly, says Prange est in electrics rises Prange,, as inter interest rises..

O ther ccompanies, om mpanies, such as AL LTe Other ALTe in Michiga an and VIA Motors in Michigan U tah, h off fferr electric ffe l i cconversion onversion i ffor or o Utah, offer ccommercial ommerciaal vvehicles—a ehicles—a mark et market e to ttake ely ake off faster that is lik likely than p erso onal vvehicles. ehicles. Prange personal acknowled dges that the DIY metho d acknowledges method isn ’t for for o eeveryone, veryone, and is lik ely to isn’t likely rremain emain an n activit o or ccar ar enthusiasts activityy ffor enthusiasts,, ainstream. “Some not the ma mainstream. p eople wo ouldn’t know pliers fr om people wouldn’t from scr ewdrivers e ,” she sa ayys. screwdrivers,” says.

Insttead off Instead making ki bg mak k g a big king modification, difi mod d dification, fi i , we’re ki we’r ’re making a small sm mall ll modification mod dification fi with bi i h a big impact, h i pact,, which imp is i to d o reduce the emissions off the th he car around arou und d 30 percent perccentt Seth L eiitman, author of Build Leitman, Y oour Own Elect EElectric ric V eehicle, which Your Vehicle, w as first pu ublished in 19 94, agr ees was published 1994, agrees that cconverting onver e ting gas-guz zlers ma ay gas-guzzlers may ne ver b he most p opular w ay to never bee th the popular way get an ene rgy efficient ccar, ar, eeven ven if energy ccompanies ompaniess such as Nissan and T eesla Tesla now off ffeer customers the option to offer “build” their theeir own EV ffor or o gr eater greater customiza ation. But, he sa ayys, it giv es customization. says, gives cconsumers onsumerss one mor ay to rreduce educe moree w way their ccarbon arbon o ffootprint. ootprint.

“Whate ver it ’s going to b e,” “Whatever it’s be,” L eitman sa ays y , “we need to get off oil, Leitman says, ed to get off things that and we ne need ar en’t ener rgy efficient. aren’t energy efficient.””

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An inside look at SSan Jose politics

WORKAHOLICS WORKAHOLIC CS A new email appears to sho show ow Mike Honda’s staff mixed official officia al duties with campaign work while on the clock.

Hondaa’s SStaff Honda’s taff CCampaigned amppaigned on thee Clock, Email Shows Rep. R ep e . Mik Mike ke Honda H Honda’s a’s offic officee denies it engaged in a pay-to-play paay--to-plaay scheme to grant ccampaign aamp paign ccontributors ontributors and prospects pr ospects ac access cess e to go government overnment e eevents, vents e , despite interna internal al emails rreleased eleased last week b byy Met Metro tro and San JJose ose Inside that suggest ot otherwise. therwise. The rrevelations evelations e engulfed engulffeed Honda’s Hon ndaa’s rreelection eelection ccampaign aampaign in a widening ccontroversy ontroveersy as lo local cal officials in thee ccongressman’s ongressman n’s district called caalled ffor or an in o investigation nveestigation and lar large ge newspapers neew wspapers ar around round the st state ate pick picked ked e up the stor story. y.

An additional, addition nal, pr previously evviously unseen email il ccould ould ld mak m make ke Honda Honda’s da’s claims l i off strict separatio separation on mor more re difficult.

AF Feb. eb. 9, 20 2013 013 message fr from om Honda chief of st staff aff JJennifer e feer V ennif Van aan der Heide discussing an official o St State ate Depar Department tment Roundtable Roundt o able asked assk keed thenthen-campaign caampaign manager L Lamar Heystek about progress am mar He eystek y ab out pr ogress in securing ccampaign money aam mpaign mone ey and endorsements. bore endorsementss. The email b ore the subject, “Sugge “Suggested gested South A Asian sian In Invitees nvvitees for for o St State ate Dept Dept. t. R Roundtable. oundt o taable.”

House ruless fforbid o orbid using go government oveernment resources resources and official p positions ositions to raise money moneey ffor or elec o elective ctivve offic office. e. Honda Honda’s a’s challenger, challengerr, R Ro o Khanna, on Frida Friday ay ccalled aalled on the O Office ffice of o C Congressional ongressional Ethics to in investigate nveestigate the t mat matter. tter t . Honda Honda’s a’s campaign caampaign said d it welc welcomed omed an inquir inquiryy and ccast aast Khan Khanna’s nnaa’s cconcerns oncerns as a

“d “desperate” desperate” ccampaign aampaign strateg strategy. gy.

Honda Honda’s a’s official sp spokesman, ok keesman, K Ken en e Scudder Scudder,, also dr drew ew a har hard d line line,, sa saying ayying i that h “it “i is i the h p policy olicy li off the h C Congressman, ongressman, and under the rules of o H House Ethics Ethics,, ffor or the offic o officee to k keep eeep se separate eparate official work and ccampaign ampaign n ac activities. ctivities.

“While it is ccommonplace ommonplace ffor or o offi office ffice st staff taff to cho choose ose to vvolunteer o olunteer their tim time me on n ccampaigns, aampaigns, all of our st staff aff who vvolunteer o olunteer do so on their own time and a vvolition, o olition, and without the use of offi official fficial rresources, e rces,” the st esour statement taatement ccontinued. ontinued. o ““In “I In this hi inst iinstance, ance, while hil not a violatio violation i l ion off House R Rules, ules, we should ha u have ave ttaken ak keen m mor moree ccare aare to pr prevent eveent the app appearance earance of ccoordination. oorrdination. d ” SJI’ SJI’ss initial rreport eport noted that V Van aan de der er Heide Heide’s ’s email w was aas sent on a Saturday, gave Sa aturdaay, which ga ave the ccongressman’s ongressm man n’s opening ccampaign a ampaign handlers an op ening to spin apparent sp pin the appar ent violation as an “a “appearance“ appearance“ rather than an actual eexample x xample of illegal “c “coordination” coordination n” b between ettween w the legislativ legislative ve and p political oliticcaal br branches ranches of the Honda or organization. ganization n.

H Honda Honda’s a’s team def defended feended the messagee ass a chief of st staff’s taff a ’s use of her p personal erson nal ti time—even ime—eveen as she discussed tradingg ac access ccess to a U U.S. ..S. go government overnment e eevent veent ffor o or ccampaign a ampaign supp support. ort.

The ne new w email, time st stamped amped at

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10:07am on Thursday, Th day, Feb. Thursda Feb b. 7, 7, 2013, indicates took direction indicates Van Vaan der Heidee to ok dir ection from from the campaign campaign on who w to select for Department fo or inclusion on the State State a Depar tment event Heystek eveent guest list. Sent to He eyystek and a former subject fo ormer staffer, staff ffeer, the sub bject line rread: ead: “Do you proposed yo ou have haave the list off pr oposed invitees in nvvitees to the Indian rroundtable o oundt able with State start State ready? ready? We We need to o st art sending out.” The only text the body teext x in th he b ody of the message is Van Heide’s Van a der Heid de’s official work signature, staff signature, which lists her heer as chief of st aff for fo or “Congressman “Congressman Mike Mik ke Honda (CA (CA 17).

The email’s that email’s timing confirms confirms o Honda’s weree Hondaa’s office office and his campaign campaign wer using their private Gmail Gmaail accounts accounts to align their efforts eff ffo orts in thee middle of the work day—rather after-hours daay— —rather than jjust after r--hours and on weekends. week keends.

Since Since last week’s week’s report, repor o t,, an additional former fo ormer employee emplo oyee e came caame fforward o orwaard and reinforced byy reinffo orced the accounts accounts given givveen b colleagues. staffer colleagues. During the years yeears the st aff ffeer worked work keed in Honda’s Hondaa’s office, officce, ccampaign ampaign activity was activitty on taxpayer taxpaayeer time tim me w aas rroutinely outinely mixed in with official duties duties.. d “While the office technically office can can n technic caally say, personal time,,’ ther theree saay, ‘Hey, ‘Heey, do it on p erson nal time really about reallyy is no discussion ab bout ttaking aakingg a 10-minute break, want break, or saying saaying y if yyou o ou w aant to do this, 10-minute break, this, take tak ke a 10-min nute br eak,” the staffer staff ffeer told SJI. One frequently frequently used euphemism facilitated facilitated the wholesalee conversion con nveersion of legislative legislativve staff staff to campaign cam mpaign use at the flick of a switch.

Multiple sources switch. w Mu ultiple sour ces confirmed director, confirmed that Honda’s Hondaa’s district dir ector, Meri Maben, Maben, who was waas included i on almost all of the inte internal ernal emails SJI reviewed, reviewed, led weeklyy meetings

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called called ll d “coffee “coff ffe break. ff ffee break. k”” These Th meetings i took tone that ranged took an informal infformal o from from political politiical gossip and ccampaign ampaign discussions to instructions on official work.

“We “W We didn’t didn n’t ’ do anything an nyything different diff ffeerent except staffer except say, saay, ‘coffee ‘ off ‘c ffeee break, break,’” a st aff ffeer told SJI. “Coffee “Coff ffeeee breaks breaks were were for for o items that weree not officially officee wer officially part part of the offic work. It ranged ran nged from from simple gossip to campaign was campaiggn stuff. stuff ff. Coffee Coff ffeee break break w aas a catch-all catch-all for for or almost everything. ever e ythingg.”

The staffer employees staff ffeer also said that emplo ff oyeees sometimes used their personal personal ccell ell phones to do d campaign campaign work at their desks, desks, and some people people eeven veen made campaign camp paign calls caalls from from the office’s office’s landlines. landlines.

Personal Personall errands for fo or the congressman congressman were throughout were also distributed d thr oughout the staff.

Honda’s staff ff. In SJI’s SJI’’s original rreport eport on Honda a’s office, staffers office, an email em mail showed that st aff ffeers were Honda’s Netflix were directed directted to set up Honda a’s N ettfl flix account account and an nd show him how to use his Apple TV. TV V. “Yes, wrote time,, “Y Yes e ,” a staffer sttaff ffeer wr ote at the time “that’s [bordering “that’s a request req quest [b ordering on] personal, life. personal, but but such is lif fe.”

“That was was a one of the frustratingg things, things,” a staffer sttaff ffeer told SJI this week.

“I can’t myy ccase over here, can’t do m ase work o ver e her e, because because I’m m doing work at the congressman’s congressmaan n’s house. house.”

Neither Neither Honda nor his key key staff staff members members have have been ha been available avvailable to answer anssw wer questions. queestions. When SJI repeated repeated its request request for for o interviews interviews with Maben Maben and d Van Van a der Heide, Heide, Honda’s Hondaa’s spokesman spok keesman n said he would “make “mak ke a note of that. thaat.”— Josh Joosh Koehn Koehn

$50,000 $50 0,000

A slate of new fines will put cannabis club owners in a precarious pr ecarious spot.. Even a single s Jose’s slip-up could be enough h to put them out of business.. San Jo ose’s City Council voted to increase penalties incr ease penal ties to $10,000 $10 0,000 for for faulty faulty record-keeping record-keeping andd up to $50,000 for for pot clubs moree than one loca location. that’s percent from with mor ation.. On the high end,, that ’s a 5,000 0 per cent jump fr om the charged $25-a-violation $25 a violation the city char ged until now. now w. Maybe those penalties pen nalties are are designed to make or the likely loss of tax up ffor t rrevenue evenue since sweeping rregulations egulatio ons passed over the summer threaten upward thr eaten to shutter the bulk b of San Jose’s 778 8 collectives. Thee city collected upwar d of from $5.4 million in taxes fr om m pot clubs in the past year. yearr. So ffar, arr, six s shops have been verified and moree are ffor or zoning compliance an nd mor are under review. review w. On a rrelated elated note,, the local cannabis enough signatures industry drummed up en nough signatur es to place a laxer rregulatory eg gulatory initiative on the that him 2016 ballot—a move th at Mayor Chuck Reed said caused h im ““grave grave concern.”” By then, however,r, Reed will be ou out laws however ut of office and state and ffederal ederal law ws could be enacted.

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Commons Ground

OPEN O PEN AIR A IR ARIA A R I A Soprano R Rachel achel L Larsen arsen ssings ings with the Awesome Orches Orchestra stra Collective during their performance at St. James P Park. ark k.

Inform Informal mal new concert concerrt series offers a new kind k of music in n St. James Park Park k BY B Y GAR GARY Y SINGH

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MUST ADMIT, ADMIT T, it has a ring to it: i The Commons at St. James Jam mes Park.

Park. In fact, it sounds sound ds almost British. um, Not Almost, um m, cultured. N ot expected. what I exp pected.

But w wait—when ait—when — I say saay “the “the C ommons,” II'm 'm not ttalking alking ab out Commons,” about some generic c, mid-rise ccondominium ondominium generic, ccomplex. omplex. Thiss is no Cit Cityy Heights Heights,, no V illa i P aseo o de Sant ana T o orino Villa Paseo Santana Torino C entara, or whate w ver the rreal eal est ate Centara, whatever estate cr eeps ccame ame up u with. N o, this w as creeps No, was an eevent, vent, a ha appening, a p owwow happening, powwow ffor or classical o classical musicians m of all sor ts sorts to p erfo orm an nd do their thing perform and

in n a nontraditional, nonnon-elitist, elitist, adventure-seeking environment. ad dventure-seeking en nvir v onment. onment Projects likee Classic Classical Revolution, Pr ojects lik al R evolutio on, Awesome Orchestra Collective A wesome Or w chestra C ollective and Dirty Cello took part. an nd Dir ty C ello all to ok par t. It was way w as almost goth in the w ay the organizers threw o rganizers thr ew the whole setup p together. spotted DJ,, to ogether. I sp otted ccandelabras, andelabras, a DJ plus merch 100 p lus mer ch ttables ables and nearly 10 0 watching ffolks o just ccamped olks amped out and w atchiing the wandered from th he show. show. Some w andered up fr o om the their th he neighborhood, neighborhood, a ffew ew rrode ode the eir bikes, others, knowing b ikes, and d others h , not eeven ven knowi k i ing was up,, just stopp stopped byy and w what w as up ed b d stayed Manyy of st tayed ffor or o the duration. Man the classical th he crowd crowd were were not rregular egular classi ical seemed m music cconnoisseurs. onnoisseurs. But they they seem med whole cconvinced o vinced after the fact. The who on ole affair Park aff ffair rreally eally made St. JJames ames P ark seem likee an authentic mainmain-square se eem lik squaare

e-- exactly what w the cit public spac space--exactly cityy haave been been doi ng all along should have doing along..

The program program was was a rrefreshing efreshing change fr from om fformal o ormal cconcert oncert music settings. handed settings. No No one hand ded out ccough ough drops time.. Instead drops ahead of time I of the audience sitting the audience sit ting “in in th he rround” ound”” and ound encircling performers, was encircling the p erfo orm mers, it w as vice-versa. audience vice-versa. The audien nce sat in the middle,, and the vario various middle ous acts set up on the grass encir encircling audience. clingg the audienc e.

The viewers then viewers ccould ould the en simply shift positions seats watch positions in their seat ts and w atch each p performance unfold. erformanc o e un nffo old. The ttwo wo heroes organized heroes who or ganized d this whole spectacle—Drew Clark Freya spectacle—Drew Clar rk and Fr eya Seeburger—arranged way Seeburger—arranged it that w ay on purpose, break purpose, in i order order d to t br b eak k down d between the barrier b etween audienc aaudiencee and performer, musicians,, performer o , enabling the t musicians after performing, perfo orming, to simply simply fade into the audience audience with eeveryone ver e yone else, else, and eat, drink and pr proceed watch oceed d to w atch the next Bravo! next act. Bra avo!

“We present “W We wanted wanted to pr esent it in a

way everyone way that made m everyone feel feeel like like they they were were involved,” involved, ed ” said Clark.

Clark “We “W We wanted wanted to have haave people people walk walk into the experience experience and be be surrounded surrounded by by the music. time,, not feel music. And d at the same time feeel the social social pressure p essure to not socialize pr socialize with the musicians. m musicians . We We wanted wanted the musicians and the audience audience to be be together.” together.”

It that sense, s sense , it was was almost punk.

Seeburger, Seeburger, a cello cello player plaayer herself, herselff, even even said so: “I remember remember as a teenager going to punk punk shows and getting getting a flyer flyer for for o the th he next next show. show. Everything Everything was was five five bucks, bu ucks, or free, free, and it was was always alwayys all-ages. all-ages. And you you got to find new and new new musicians m new bands to love, love, by by word word of mouth. That's the aesthetic were going for.” fo or.” aesthetic we were Bravissimo!

Braavissimo v o!

But justt because because this came came together together in n a beleaguered beleaguered park did not mean meean it was was a throwaway throwaway gig. gig i . Everyone E eryone Ev o took t ok to k it seriously i l and d the musicianship musiciianship was was high-caliber. high- caliber.

For For example, examp ple, when violinist Ishtar Ishtar Hernandez Hernandez and pianist Naomi Stine performed performed o d Edvard Edvard Grieg's Violin Viiolin Sonata Sonata no. no. 3 in C minor, minor, (Op. (Op. 45), it was was a joy joy to t watch. watch.

Folk Folk duo o Narrators and crossover crossover rock/classical rock k/classi / cal artists artists Dirty Dirty Cello Cello also performed. performed o d. We We shall say: saay: Instead of taking taking the stage stage next, next, they they took took the grass next. next.

After the th he sun set over over the western horizon,, Awesome Aw wesome Orchestra Orchestra Collective Collective took took over over the scene. scene.

Imagine a flash mob in the form form o of an open open n rehearsal. rehearsal. Imagine 60 60 orchestral orchestral musicians, musicians, including percussion, percussion n,, brass, brass, strings, strings, woodwinds woodwinds and more—many more—man — y of whom hadn't played before—all plaayeed together together g beffor o e—all taking taking over space Park sight-over a spac ce in St. JJames ames P ark to sight read read the Overture O erture from Ov from The T Marriage of Figaro, Figarro, plus p Aaron Aaron Copeland's Copeland's Hoedown Hoedown and a even even some pop pop stuff. stuff ff.

That's essentially esseentially what happened. happened.

And if you you u thought Hoedown Hoedown wouldn't work with incessant w incessant bells bells from from the light-rail liight-rail train in the background, backgroun nd, well,, think again. It rocked. rocked. Soprano Soprano Rachel Larsen Larsen even even jumped jumped in n to sing a few few arias plus “Everything “Everythin ng Is AWESOME!!!”

AWESOME!!!”

W ” from from The LEGO® ® Movie.

Movie. That last one stuck in everyone's everyon ne's head for fo or at least a few few days daays y afterward. afterward.

Each future futture installment installment of the Commons Commonss at St. James James Park Park will feature featur e e itss own theme. theme. The next next spectacle spectacle is i planned for for o mid- to late-October. late- Octob b er.

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CRACK INVESTIGATOR

Investigative journalist Gary Webb broke one of the Mercury News’ biggest scoops ever. It cost him his career, and eventually his life.

Jeremy Renner’s new film reconsiders his epic legacy.

BY MELINDA WELSH

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Kill the Messenger Messenger,, an actual film ccoming oming so on to a theate er near yyou, ou, o , is soon theater the true stor nveestigative reporter reporter storyy of in investigative Gar eebb, who earned db oth ac claim Garyy W Webb, both acclaim and notoriet ty ffor o or his 19 96 San J oose notoriety 1996 Jose Mercury Mer rcur c ry Ne News ws series tha that at rrevealed evealed the CIA had turned a blind d eeye ye to the U .S S.U.S.back ked e Nic araguan C on ntras trafficking backed Nicaraguan Contras crack ccocaine ocaine in South C Central entral L Los os Angeles and else where in i urban elsewhere Americ 80s. One O of the Americaa in the 19 1980s. first t-eveer ne wspaper investigations in nvestigations to first-ever newspaper b ternet,, Webb’s Weebb’s bee published on the Int Internet, storyy gained a massiv stor massive ve readership readership and stirred firestorm stirr ed up a fir estorm off ccontroversy ontroveersy and rrepudiation. epudiation. being byy After b eing deemed a pariah b medi giants media gi nt lik Th Ne N wY oorkk Times, Tiimes, likee The New York LLos os Angeles T imes i and The T W aashington Times Washington P oost, and b eing disown ned b Post, being disowned byy his own pap er, W eebb ditched th he mainstr eam paper, Webb the mainstream 04 August 2004 media in A ugust 20 4 to work ffor o or the alt -weekly Sacrame ento Ne ws alt-weekly Sacramento News &R Review. eview. F Four our month months hs later later,, he ccommitted ommitted suicide at age a 49. He left b ehind a grieving grieving family—and famiilyy— —and some behind trenchant tr enchant questions: Wh Whyy did the media giants at tack him so aggr essivvelyy, ther eby attack aggressively, thereby pr otecting the go vernm ment secr ets protecting government secrets he rrevealed? evealed? Wh hy did he h decide to Why life?

What, ultimately, end his own lif fee? Wha at, ultimately y, is the legacy of Gar eeb bb?

Garyy W Webb?

Lik Likee others workingg at our ne wsweekly in the brie ef time he w as newsweekly brief was her e, I kne wW eebb as a ccolleague olleague here, knew Webb

and w was as terribly terrribly saddened b byy his death. Tho se of us who at tended his Those attended memorial ser sservice vice a week after he died thoug ght that da ay sur ely mark ed thought day surely marked a conclusion conclusio on to the tragic ttale ale of Garyy W Gar Webb. eebb b.

But no no..

Bec ause her omes Kill the Because heree ccomes Messenger,, a Hollywood Messenger Hollywood film st starring arring JJeremy eremy Renner Ren enner as W ebb; e R osemarie o Webb; Rosemarie DeW Wiitt as W eebb’s then wif fe, Sue DeWitt Webb’s wife, Bell (now Stok S es); Oliv er Plat tt as Stokes); Oliver Platt W eebb’s top p editor erry C eppos; and Webb’s editor,, JJerry Ceppos; a lit litany any of other o distinguished actors actors,, Williams, Ray including Michael M K. W iilliams, Ra ay Liot ta, Andy And dy Gar cia and R o obert Liotta, Garcia Robert Patrick.

Directed byy Michael Cuest Cuestaa P atrick. Dir rected b (e xecutiv e ti e pr p oduc d er of the TV series erie (executive producer Homeland ),, the film op ens in a “soft Homeland), opens launch acrross the ccountry. ountry. It will launch”” across op en on Oct. Occt. 10 in Silic on V aalley. open Silicon Valley. errs of W Members Webb’s Memb eebb’s immediate family —inccluding his son Eric family—including Eric,, who plans a ccareer areer e in journalism— journalism—expect expect measure solacee up upon to feel feeel a me easure of solac on the rrelease elease of Kill K the Messenger Messenger.. movie vindicate “The mo ovie is going to vindic ate m myy dad,”” hee said.

F or R eenn ner—who gr ew up in For Renner—who grew Mo desto and an nd is b est known ffor o or Modesto best his rroles oles in The Bourne LLegacy, egaccy, Mission Imp Impossible: Protocol, possible: Ghost Pr otocol, The A vengers and The Hurt LLocker— ockerr— Avengers the film w a a chanc as xplore a was chancee to eexplore par ’d pla ayed b effor o e. partt unlik unlikee an anyy he he’d played before.

During a b reak in filming Mission break

Impossible Imp ossible 55,, he sp spoke oke to SN&R ab about out choice to st ar in and cco-produce o -produc d e his choice star Kill the Messenger Messenger..

“The stor ortant,”” said d storyy is imp important,” Reenner. “It rresonated esonated with me Renner. me.. It has avvid and Goliath asp ect. a Da David aspect.

He w as bra ave, he w as fla aw wed d …I d.

“He was brave, was flawed. fell e in lo ve with Gar eebb.” fell love Garyy W Webb.”

Webb W ebb e Goes W orldwide o Worldwide There’s a sc There’s scene ene in Kill the Messen Messenger nger that will mak makee every every in investigative nvestigativve Americaa break journalist in Americ break into o an insider’ss grin. It’s insider’ It’s the one where— where— after a yyear ear of tough in vestigativve investigative slo gging that had ttaken aken him fr o om slogging from the halls of p power ower in Washing Washington, to on, D .C., to a moldering jail in C enttral D.C., Central Americ eets of Americaa to the mean str streets Central Los Angeles—Renner South C entral L os Angeles—R Renner as W ebb e begins begins to actually writee Webb the big stor y. In an absorbing fil lm story. film montage, mont age, R Renner eenner is at the k keyboard eyboar o d together—the facts, as it all ccomes omes to gether—the fac cts, the set tings, the sources. sources. The truth. The T settings, Clash l h pr provides ovvides id the h soundtrack, d k, with wi h JJoe oe Strummer howling: Know yo our your are rights / these ar re your rights … You Yoou u have have the right ttoo fr free ee sp speech eech / as long as you'r yyou'ree not dumb enough ttoo actually ttry ry it. it.

It to ok the rreal eal Gar eebb a long took Garyy W Webb point time to get to this p oint in his ccareer. areer.

His father father,, a U U.S. .S. Marine Marine,, mo moved oved

Webb around W eebb ar ound a lot in his yyouth, outh, from California fr om C aliffo ornia to Indiana I to Kentucky Ohio.. He K entuck ky to Ohio H wound up marrying high-school marr ying his highschool ssweetheart, weetheart, three Sue Bell, with whom m he had thr ee children.

Inspired byy the rreporting childr en. Inspir ed b eporting uncovered Watergate that unc overed Wat tergate and in income, three need of inc ome, he left ccollege ollege thr ee shy degree units sh hy of a degr ee and went to Kentucky Post, work at The K eentuckky P oost, then The Cleveland, wheree Plain Dealer in Cle veland, e wher he rrose ose quickly thr through o ough the ranks of grunt rreporters. eporters. Do D Dogged gged in his pursuit of stories stories,, W Webb eebb landed a job at the Mer Mercury curry Ne N News ws in 19 1988 88 and b became ecame par partt of a tea team am that won a Pulitzer 1989 Pulit zer Prize in 19 89 ffor o or rreporting eporting on the L Loma oma Priet Prietaa ear earthquake. thquake. was summer 1996 It w as the summe er of 19 96 when the lone lone-wolf -wolf journ journalist nalist handed his editors a draft off what would b become ecome the thr three-part, ee-part, 20,0 20,000-word 00-word Alliance.” eexposé xposé “Dark Allian nce.” The series w was as eexhaustive xhaustive and ccomplex. omplex. But its faces nugget put human fac es on how CIA op operatives eratives had b been een n aaware ware that the Contras been een rrecruited ecruited C ontras (who had b and trained b byy the CIA C to topple the leftist Sandinist Sandinistaa go government vernment in Nic Nicaragua) aragua) had smu smuggled uggled ccocaine ocaine into the U United nited St States attes and, thr through ough drug dealers dealers,, fueled d an inner inner-city - city crack crack-cocaine - cocaine epidem epidemic. mic.

When “Dark Alli Alliance” ance” w was as published on A August ugusst 18 of that yyear, ear,

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HIS S ONE ONE has all the th he ingredients g of o a dreamed-up p Hollywood Hollywood y blockbuster: blo ockbuster: P Pulitzer ulitzzer Prize-winning Prize-winniing journalist journalist uncovers uncovers a big story sttory involving inv volving drugs drugs,, the the CIA CIA and a gu guerrilla uerrilla army. army. De Despite espite threats and a int timidation, he writes w explossive exposé and d catches national nation nal intimidation, an explosive attention. But B the fates shift. sh hift. O ur reporte er’s story is torn n apart by the Our reporter’s country’ country’ss lleading eading media; he h is betrayed betrayed by b his own newspaper. new wspaper. Though h the big story story turns out to be true, true the writer writer commits suicide su uicide and becomes beco omes a cautionary cautionary tale.

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GARY GAR Y WEBB

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it w was as as if a b bomb omb ha had ad eexploded xploded at Mercury News.

That’s because ecause the Mer rcur c ry Ne ws. Th at’s b it w was as one of the first stories to go globally viral online on o the pap er's paper's then st ate- off--the-art website w state-of-the-art website.. It w as 19 96; the series at ttracted an was 1996; attracted unpr ecedented 1.3 mi llion hits p er unprecedented million per da ay. W eebb and his edi itors wer day.

Webb editors weree flo oded with let ters an nd emails flooded letters and emails..

R eequests ffor or app o earan nces piled in Requests appearances ffrom fr om national ti l TV ne w shows ws h . news shows.

“Gar y’s stor as th he first “Gary’s storyy w was the Internet -age big journ nalism eexposé,” xposé,” Internet-age journalism

When repo reporters orters at the big three asked the agency g y iff Webb’s Webb e ’s story was true, they were e told no.. The de denial no enial printed was printe ed in the mains mainstream stream media as if i it golden were golde en truth. said Nich Schou, who o wr ote the wrote b ook Kill the Messenge er, on which book Messenger, the mo vie is par tially based, along movie partially with W eebb’s own b ook o vversion ersion of Webb’s book the series ce. “If the series series,, Dark Allianc Alliance. had happened happened a yyear ear earlier e it, ‘Dark Allianc e’ just would ha h ave ccome ome and Alliance’ have gone ,” said Schou. gone,” A d of the stor ead, black Ass wor word storyy spr spread, ccommunities ommunities acr oss Americ A a— across America— esp ecially in South C e entral—gr ew especially Central—grew outraged and demand ded ans wers. demanded answers.

A time, crack ccocaine ocaine w as Att the time, was sswallowing wallowing up neighb borhoods neighborhoods whole demic of whole,, fueling an epid epidemic addiction and crime ocked b crime.. R Rocked byy the rrevelations, evelations, U .S. R eep. Maxine U.S. Rep. Waters ongresswom man ffor or L o os Waters,, ccongresswoman Los Angeles’’ urban ccore ore to o this da ay, used day, her bully pulpit to ccall alll ffor o or official in nvestigations. investigations.

But after a six-week k hone ymoon honeymoon p eriod ffor or W o eebb and his editors period Webb editors,, the winds shifted. The at tacks b egan. attacks began.

On Oct. 4, The W aashhington P ost o Washington Post

stunned the th he Mer Mercury curry Ne News ws by publishingg fiv fivee ar articles ticles assaulting the veracity veracity off W Webb’s eebb’s stor story, y, leading the package fr rom page one ew weeks package from one.. A ffew later, The Ne N wY ork o T iimes joined with later, New York Times tent. similar int intent. imate injur ame The ulti ultimate injuryy ccame L Times Tiimes unleashed a when the L.A. veritable arm aarmyy of 17 journalists veritable in nternally as the “Get Gar (known internally Garyy Weebb bb T eeam”) on the th ccase, ase, writing iti Webb Team”) three-part series demolishing a three-part Alliiance.” The L.A. pap er— “Dark Alliance.” paper— peared to onlo okers to which app appeared onlookers haave missed misseed a giant stor have storyy in its y d—was eexhaustive yar xhaustive in own back backyard—was deconsttruction, claiming the its deconstruction, ass vague verreached. series “w “was vague”” and o overreached.

“Oliver Sto one, check yyour our vvoice oice “Oliver Stone, sum mmed P oost media ccolumnist olumnist mail,”” summed Post Howard K urtz.

Howard Kurtz.

Now w, even even some off W eebb bb’s Now, Webb’s supporterss admit tted t that his series supporters admitted could ha ave b enefited fr om mor could have benefited from moree eediting.. But why wh hy were were the judicious editing ee” so intent on tearing down “big thr three” Webb e ’s work wo ork rather than at ttempting t Webb’s attempting to fur ther the stor y, as ccompeting ompeting further story, papers had d done back in the da ay when papers day oodw dwaard and C arl Bernstein Bob W Woodward Carl broke the Water W gate scandal? scandal? broke Watergate ay it w as the long arm of Some sa say was former o Pr e id esident R onald o ld R eeagan former President Ronald Reagan teaam’s abilit and his team’s abilityy to manipulate e ers of old media to its eep the gatek gatekeepers purposes. (R Reeagan had, after all, purposes.

(Reagan o ompar ed the C ontras publicly ccompared Contras o ounding Fathers”” and to “our F Founding supported d the CIA A--led at ttempt t to supported CIA-led attempt vernment.) topple thee Sandinist Sandinistaa go government.)

Others sa ssay ay that editors at the “big Others three” wer re simply affr onted to ha ave three” were affronted have p er lik rcur c ry a midsize pap paper likee the Mer Mercury News beat beatt them on such a big stor y.

News story. article in the C oolumbia J oournalism An article Columbia Journalism Rev e iew cla aimed some L.A. Times Times i Review claimed reporters bragged b in the offic out reporters officee ab about denying W eebb a Pulit zer. denying Webb Pulitzer. t big criticisms w as that One of their was story didn d ’t include a ccomment omment the story didn’t from the CIA. C When rreporters eporters at from thrree ask ed the agency if the big three asked Weebb’s sto ory w as true Webb’s story was true,, the theyy wer weree he denial w as printed in told no no.. Th The was tream media as if it wer the mainst mainstream weree uth. golden tru truth.

Other is ssues fueled ccontroversy ontroversy Other issues around W ebb e ’s stor y. F or eexample: xample: It around Webb’s story.

For was falselyy rreported eported in some media was outlets—aand pr oclaimed b outlets—and proclaimed byy man manyy n the black community— community— activists in eebb b had pr oven the CIA w as that W Webb proven was

19 who ccovered overed e the IranIran-Contra Contra scandal Associated Press, scandal ffor or the A o ssociated Pr ess, called called the rreport eport “an eextraordinary xtraordinary admission of o institutional guilt by by the CIA.” CIA A.” But the rrevelation evelation fell ears.. It went basic basically feell on deaff ears ally unnoticed unnoticed b byy the ne newspapers wspapers that had at attacked Webb's series.. A later tacked e W ebb's e series internal investigation byy the JJustice in nvestigation b ustice Department echoed Departmen nt echo ed the CIA rreport. eport.

But was B t no ap aapology olo l gy w as fforthcoming or o thc th oming i to Webb, the fact that the Weebb, despite d central finding been central find ding of his series had b een proven proven ccorrect orrrect after all.

Screen Scr eenn Cast Earlier this month,, W Webb’s eebb’s son Eric Eric,, 26,, op opened ened the do door or to his rrental ental home with a sswift w wift grab ffor o or the ccollar ollar of his affabl affable le pit pit-bull -bull mix,, Thomas Thomas..

Eric—lanky Eric i —lank l ky at 6 ffeet eeet 4 inches iinches, h , with ih his father’s father’s shaggy shagggy brown brown hair and easyy eexpression—attended eas xpresssion—atttended t ccollege ollege at American Americ an Riv R River er C College ollege and hop hopes es to b become ecome a journalist someda someday. ay. He was w as happy happ py to t sit down and discuss the upcoming up coming film. fi To T o Eric Eric,, the t idea that a mo movie vie was w as b being eing made m ab about out his dad was w as nothin nothing ng ne new. w. He He’d ’d hear heard d it all at least a dozen times b before. effo ore.

Paramount P aramountt Pictur Pictures es had owned the rights to Da Dark ark Allianc Alliancee ffor or a while o before b effo ore U Universal nivversal Studios to took ok it on.

“I stopp stopped e eexpecting ed xpecting it,”” said Eric Eric..

Webb’s W ebb e ’s eex-wife, x fe, Stok x-wif Stokes, es, now rremarried, emarried,, had h hear heard d it all b before, effor o e, to too. o.

“I’d “I’ d get disc d discouraged,” ouraged,”” she said, “but I ne never ver really reallly giv givee up hop hope.” e.” fi to took ok off almost eight Things finally ago,, when screenwriter Peter yyears ears ago w scr een nw writer P eter Landesman L andesman n ccalled alled author Schou,, now Weekly, managing editor e at the OC W eeekly, about ab out his not-yet-published n -yet-published book not book about Webb.

Landesman was ab out W eeb bb. L andesman w as hot about Webb’s to write a sscreenplay creenplaay ab out W eebb’s story, stor y, said Schou.

S was Landesman It w as yyears e later when L ears andesman screenplay Renner, showed thee scr eenplaay to R enner e , production whose own n pr oduction ccompany, ompan ny, Combine, The C ombiine, decided to cco-produce o -produce it. Focus Focus F Features, e eatur es, which is owned b byy Universal, U niversal,, n now has worldwide rights to the mo movie v Kill the Messenger vie Messenger..

Renner “When JJeremy eremy R eenner got involved,” “everything in volved,”” ssaid Schou, “e verything started st arted rrolling.” ollling.” was the It w as th he summer of 2013 when Stokes Webb’s children—Eric, Stok es and W eebb’s childr en—Eric,

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directly involved directly involved in dru drug ug trafficking blacks.. He that ttargeted argeted blacks H simply did not mak makee this claim. ways, Webb became In some w ayys, W eebb bb ecame the first rreporter eporter eever ver to b benefit enefit fr from, om, become of, and then b ecome the victim v of f, a storyy that went viral online stor o online..

After triumphing in the early success series,, W Webb’s suc cess of the series e ’s editors at ebb Mercury News became unnerved the Mer curry Ne ws b ecam me unner veed and backed d eeventually ventually t ll b back ked d down d under d the pressure.

Ceppos, pressure. JJerry erry C epp pos, the paper’s editor, paper’s eexecutive xecutive editor r, published an unprecedented May unprecedented ccolumn olumn n on Ma ay 11, 1997, was 19977, that w as widely cconsidered o onsider ed an apology series,, sa “fell apology ffor o or the series ssaying ayying it “f feell short” short” in editing and execution. execution. x When ccontacted byy SN&R SN&R,, ontacted b Ceppos, Ceppos, now dean of tthe he Manship School Communication School of Mass C omm munication at Louisiana State University, Louisiana St ate U niverrsity, said he was barely was only l bar b ely l aaware ware off the h film fil coming wasn’t coming out and w asn’tt familiar with the acting ccareer Oliver Platt, areer of Oli iver Plat t,, who plays movie. plaayys him in the mo viee. “I’m the wrong person about popular wrong p erson to ask ab bout p opular culture,” culture,” he said.

Asked anything Asked if he would do o an ything differently today Garyy diff ffeerently to daay rregarding egarrding Gar Webb’s Ceppos, Webb e ’s series, series, C eppos, whose apologia partially defend ap ologia did par tially def d feend series,, rresponded the series esponded with w an unambiguous bi “no ““no.” .”

“It seems to me me,, 18 yyears later,, ears later that eeverything holds up.. … verything still ho olds up Everything white.. If Everything is not black k and white you way, you portrayed portraayed it that w ay, then yyou ou need to set the rrecord ecord straight.

“I’m vvery proud that weree ery pr oud tha at we wer willing to do that. that.””

Some find ir irony ony in the t fact that C Ceppos, wake eppos, in the w a e of the ak controversy, controversy, w was as giv given en the 19 1997 97 Ethics in JJournalism ournalism A Award ward b byy the Society Society of Pr Professional offeessionall JJournalists. ournalists.

Webb, Webb e , onc oncee heralded d as a groundbreaking groundbreaking in investigative vesttigative reporter, reporter, w was as so soon on ban banished nished to the paper’s paper’s Cup Cupertino ertino bur bureau, eau, a sp spot ot he considered considered ““the the ne newspaper’s wsp paper’s vversion ersion of Siberia.”

Siberia.” In 19 1997, 977, afte after er additional run-ins with his editor editors, rs, including their rrefusal efusal to run hiss ffollow-up o ollow-up reporting reporting on the “Dark k Allianc Alliance” e” series series,, he quit the pap paper e alto er altogether. gether.

But a yyear ear later later,, he w was as rredeemed edeemed when the CIA's inspector inspecctor general, Frederick Frederick Hit Hitz, z, rreleased eleased d his 19 1998 98 report report admit admitting ting that the t CIA had known all along th that hat the Contras Contras had been been traffi trafficking fficking cocaine. cocaine. R Reporter eeporter R Robert o ober e tP Parry, arry,

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FOLLOWING F OLLOWING HIS HIS FATHER FATHER Gary W Webb’s ebb’s son, Eric W Webb, ebb b, plans to work as a journalist. H He e also ed edited dited a book that includes som some me of his father’ father’ss stories stories..

his older br other Ian and a yyounger ounger brother sister Christine Christine—flew —flew to A Atlanta ttlanta ffor or o thr ee da ayys on the film m ccompany’s ompan ny’ ys three days dime to see a sc scene ene b being e eing shot.

“The first thing [R Renner] did when [Renner] he sa saw aw us w was as ccome ome up u and giv givee us introduce himself,” hugs and intr oduce hi imselff,” said Eric.. “He ccalled ‘bud’ ‘kiddo’’ Eric alled us ‘bu ud’ and ‘kiddo likee m myy dad used to to.. … He eeven lik ven had tucked-in shirtt wit with belt, likee the tuck ed-in shir th no b elt lik elt, myy dad used to wear wear.. And I w was like, m as lik e, that.’”

‘Man, yyou ou nailed that .’” scene family watched The sc ene the famil ly w atched being according Stokes, b eing filmed, ac cordin ng to Stok es, was wheree We Webb’s Mercury w as the one wher W ebb’s Mer curry News weree Ne ws editors tell him ““they they wer from story.” gonna back down fr om m the stor y.” was sitting theree w watching “I w as sit ting ther atching and before thinking back to the morning m b effor oe meeting,” Stokes.

“Garyy that meeting ,” said Sto okes. “Gar was getting nervous [that day]. w as get ting ner vous [t that da ayy]. y] He said, ‘I guess I should wear w a tie and jacket’ one.. He w was nervous jack et’ to this one as ner vous but hop hopeful eful that the theyy would let him mo move ve fforward or o ward with th the he stor story.” y.”

O Off ccourse, ourse, the theyy did not.

After a pause, pause, Stokes Stokes e said: “It w was as hard hard watching watching that th hat scene scene and

rremembering ememberring the emotions of that da day.” ay.”

JJust ust a ffew ew months ago une, ago,, in JJune, W Webb’s eebb’s fam family mily fle flew w to Sant Santaa Monic Monicaa to see the film ’s “final cut film’s cut”” at the F Focus ocus F Features eattures studio studio.. All wer weree thoroughly impressed thor oughly impr essed with the film acting.

“Jeremy Renner and the ac cting. “J eremy R eenner watched videos,” Eric.. w atched our o home videos ,” said Eric studied. little words “He He studie ed All these lit ed. tle wor ds gestures myy dad used to and gestur res that m do—he likee I w was do —he did d them. I ffelt eelt lik as watching myy dad. dad.”” w atching m playing When ask aasked ed how pla aying y the Gary Webb rrole ole of Gar ry W eebb ccompared ompared to his action-adventure parts usual actio on-adventure par ts (such Renner as in The Bourne B LLegacy), egaccy), R enner e said was likee “apples and oranges”” to it w as lik admitted, ccompare ompare tthe he ttwo, wo, but then admit ted, say was moree “I ccan an sa ay this t one w as mor emotionally challenging.” emotional lly challenging .”

Renner R eenner laughed when asked asked about impressive he’d ab out the impr essive ccast ast he ’d managed to t round round up for fo or a ccomparatively omparatiively low-budget movie movie and how he h w was as “going to b bee w washing ashing a whole lot of p people’s eople’s ccars ars and d doing oing their laundr laundry.” y.”

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A New New CConspiracy onsppiracy It w was as an other otherwise wise rroutine ou utine Frida Friday ay morning in Dec December emberr 20 2004 04 when Eric W Webb ebb e was was ccalled alled out o of class at Rio Americ Americano ano High Scho S School. ol. The then 16-year-old 16-year- old w was as pu put ut on the phone with his mothe mother, r, who told hi he him h needed d d to llea leave ave ccampus ampus immediately and go st straight raight to his grandmother’ss house grandmother’ house..

“I told her her,, ‘I’m not going anywhere an ywhere until yyou ou tel tell ll me what happened,'” happ ened,'”” said Eric Eric.. So S she told him ab about out his dad.

“He killed himself himself,” f,” she s said.

Eric had the family BMW B that da day, ay, so he flo floored ored it o over ver to o his father’ father’ss Carmichael C armichael home home—the —th he one his dad had b been een scheduled to o clear out of that vvery ery da day. ay. W Webb eebb ha had ad just sold it with the alleged plan n of sa saving avving moneyy b mone byy mo moving ving into o his mother’ mother’ss home nearb nearby. y.

“I needed a visual cconfirmation o onfirmation ffor or m o myself,” yselff,” said Eric Eric.. He H pulled up to the house and sa saw aw a no note ote in his dad’ dad’ss handwriting on the do door. oor. It rread, ead, enter,, please ccall police.”

“Do not enter all the p olice.” saw blood, Eric went inside and sa aw the blo od, body already been “but his b ody had alr eady b een ttaken,” aken,”” he said.

For children Stokes, F or his childr en and Stok S es, nothing was same.. And w aas eever ver the same d almost 10 yyears eears later, later, questions still stiill rreverberate everberate around Garyy W Webb’s death. ar ound Gar eebb’s de eath.

It’s from who knew It ’s clear fr om all wh ho kne w him suffered from severe well that he suff ffeered fr rom se vere depression.

Some—like Stokes— depr ession. Some —like Stok es— believe b elieve in rretrospect etrospect th that hat W Webb eebb was w as also lik likely ely ill with undiagnosed bipolar bip olar disor disorder. der. Still, wh w whyy did he do it?? What mak makes it es a man n ffeel eeel despair life? enough to ttake ake his own n lif fee? leaving After lea avving the Mercury Merccurry News News in ’97, Webb hired ’97 7, W eebb ccouldn’t ouldn’t get hir h ed at a daily. dailyy. book, After writing his b ook,, he eeventually ventually position working ffound ound a p o osition worki ing ffor o or the

Califfo ornia L egislature’s ttask ask fforce o orce California Legislature’s vernm ment o versight. When on go government oversight. ebruary 2004, 2004,, a he lost thatt job in F February depression he’d depression he ’d fought fo ought off ffor o or a long while settled settttleed in,, said Stokes.

Stok kees.

Though div divorced 2000, orced in 20 00, the couple friendly. couple rremained em mained friendly y. On the day have been 25th daay that would wo ould ha ave b een their 2 5th anniversary, her,, ut utterly anniversary, he turned to her terly distraught, after hearing he he’d ’d lost the job. th job j b.

“He was crying, myy job job,, was cr ying, ‘I lost m what am I gonna do?’ do?’”” she said.

He kne knew development w the th he de velopment would make stay area, make it tough tou ugh to st ay in the ar ea, so

But iitt was too late to t stop the cconspiracy theor rists. The theorists.

CI IA wanted w CIA W e ebb b dead, they Webb hypo othesized, hypothesized, so th he agency the mustt have put a ‘hit’ out on o him. ould b en. She he ccould bee near his childr children. ur ged him to rregroup egroup and apply urged aily ne wspapers. Sur elyy, again at da daily newspapers.

Surely, though ht, the ccontroversy ontroversy o ver his she thought, over woulld ha ave w aned b w. series would have waned byy now now. when W eebb applied, not eeven ven But when Webb interviews wer ffeered. interviews weree off offered.

“Nobodyy would hir “Nobody hiree him,”” He got mor she said. “H “He moree and more depressed. depressed. e He w as on more was antidepresssants, but he stopp ed antidepressants, stopped taking them m in the spring ,” said taking spring,” Stokes. “They “Th hey wer en’t making him Stokes. weren’t feeel any any better.” betttter.” feel was A u ugust when W eebb finally It was August Webb eporter at SN&R got work ass a rreporter SN&R.. ’t set out to work Though hee hadn hadn’t ld of weekly journalism, in the worl world lessser pa ay and mor -andwith its lesser pay moree hit hit-andprestigge, he w as a pr oductive miss prestige, was productive member off the st aff until near the member staff Durin ng his shor end. During shortt time with

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Stokes has no rregrets Stokes egrets ab about out the film. life, “Seeing a chapter off yyour our lif fe, with its highs and lows lows,, dep depicted picted on the screen never big scr een is somethingg yyou ou ne ver think is going to happ happen e to yyou,” en ou,”” she was emotional. said. “It w as all vvery ery em motional.

“But I lo loved ved the mo movie. v . And the vie weree vvery happyy with kids wer ery happ w how it vindicated father.” vindic ated their father r.”

Renner, Said R enner e , “If [thee family gets] closure anything like that’s closur l e or an ything thi lik ke that th t … that th t’s amazing.” amazing .”

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SN&R, he wr SN&R, wrote ote a ffew ew searing ccover over stories,, including “Thee Killing Game Game,” stories ,” ab about out the U U.S. .S. Arm Armyy using u first first-p erson sho oter video games as a person shooter rrecruitment ecruitment to ol. tool.

In fact, Eric edited a b ook in book 2011 ffor o or Se ven Stories Pr ess, The Seven Press, Killing Game luded 11 stories Game,, that incl included his father had writ ttten n ffor o or various written public ations, includin ng SN&R as publications, including SN&R.. “I w was alw l ayys h happ t see hi i ccovers,” is overs,” said id always happyy to his Eric tending high sc chool at the Eric,, at attending school time We got SN&R on o our ccampus, ampus, time.. “W “We and I would b e, “H Hey, m bee lik like, “Hey, myy dad’ dad’ss on the fr ont page at’s aawesome.’” wesome w .’” front page.. Tha That’s as the morning of Dec It w ember was December 10 when SN&R ’s edito orial assist ant SN&R’s editorial assistant ed Editor K el Munger enter E T o om Kel entered Tom Walsh ’s offic ord that Walsh’s officee with wo word alled sa Gar y’s son had just ccalled ayying, Gary’s saying, “Someb ody needs to tell t the b oss “Somebody boss that h m d d killed kill d him hi mself lff.” myy dad himself.”

W iithin a ffew ew hours Within hours,, SN&R was fielding pr ess ccalls allss fr om all was press from around the ccountry, ountry, sa aid Munger around said Munger.. later, it w as sh he who had A week later, was she leaning out the thankless job of cl cleaning Weebb’s work cubicle so s as to pass Webb’s elongings on to his h eex-wife x-wiffe his b belongings as bundled-up b and kids kids.. “Ther “Theree w was research material, a bu unch of Detr oit research bunch Detroit hockey paraphernalia hockey paraphernalia,, photos of his kid . … I rremember kids ememb ber he h had h d a 20 04 kids.

2004 Investigative R eeporterr's Handb ook Investigative Reporter's Handbook Post-it notes thr o oughout. ” with Post-it throughout.” was having haaving v a har d time k eeping “I was hard keeping gether,” said Mun ger. “Lik it to together,” Munger.

“Likee everyone else db een n lo oking everyone else,, I’ I’d been looking for o ward to get ting to know k him. forward getting him.”” ays y ffollowing ollowin o ng his death, In the da days oun nty C oroner's the Sacramento C County Coroner's Office came came out with a pr eliminary Office preliminary as mean nt to ccease ease finding that w was meant the flo od of ccalls alls to hi is offic e. The flood his office. report “f fo ound no sign n of fforced o orced entr report “found entryy struggle” and st ated d the ccause ause or struggle” stated f--inflictted gunshot of death as “self “self-inflicted wounds to the head. head.”” as to o late to t stop the But it w was too conspiracy theorists T CIA w anted conspiracy theorists.. The wanted Weebb dead, the yypothesized, o so Webb theyy h hypothesized, haave put a “hit the agency must have “hit”” o this da ay, the Internet out on him. T To day, eebb w as is full of claims that W Webb was murdered. The fact th hat W eebb had murdered. that Webb fired ttwo wo shots into hi is own head fired his didn’t damp en the cconjectures. on njectures. didn’t dampen Eric, “The funn ny par Said Eric, funny partt is is,, never onc ybody fr om the never oncee has an anybody from conspiracy side eevery very ccontacted ontacted us conspiracy and said, ‘Do yyou ou thin nk yyour our dad w as think was murdered?’” murdered?’”

The fam mily kne w what W eebb had family knew Webb been through; been throu ugh; the theyy kne knew w he had been fighting depression.

Theyy b een fight ting acute depr ession. The learned he e’d pur chased cr emation he’d purchased cremation ser vices an nd put his bank ac count in services and account his eex-wife's x-wiffe's e name w that name.. The Theyy kne knew the da ay b efor ef o e his suicide he had day before mailed let ttters, sent to his br other letters, brother K urt in Sa an JJose, ose, that ccontained ontained Kurt San p ersonal messages m to each family personal memb ber. member.

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In Kill th he Messenger Webb e ’s death the Messenger,, Webb’s go es unmentioned unmeentioned until after the goes final sc enee, when closing wor ds rroll oll scene, words onto the sscreen. creen. R enner e said he ffelt eelt Renner it would ha h ave b een a disser vice to have been disservice the vie werr to “weigh in to o hea avvy” viewer too heavy” with det ails of the death. Including details W eebb’s demise dem mise would ha ave “raised a Webb’s have lot of ques stions and ttaken aken aaway way fr om questions from his legacy y,” he said. legacy,”

Risking R iskinng It A Allll It w was as eigh eight ht da days ays y after W Webb’s ebb e ’s death when a ffew ew hundr hundred ed of us gather gathered ed at the Dou Doubletree ubletree Hotel’ Hotel’ss downst downstairs airs cconference onffeerence rroom oom ffor or o an afterno afternoon on service. memorial ser vice. Photo ccollages ollages of W Webb eebb wer w weree p posted osted on ttables ables as oom. Ther Theree mourners filed into the rroom. was he w as on his prized rred, ed, white and blue motor m motorcycle. cycle. Ther Theree he w was as children.

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“Unfortunately, three “U nffo ortunatelyy, the bigg thr ee turned him].”” [on him]. journalist— Praise ffor or o the absentt journalist — his smarts, smarts, guts and tenacity—flowed ten nacity—flowed from friends,, ccolleagues VIPss at fr om friends olleaguees and VIP statement from the eevent. vent. A st atementt fr om now U.S. Secretary State Kerry, U .S. Secr etary of St ate JJohn ohn K erry, senator,, had b been then a senator eeen emailed to SN&R:: “Bec “Because SN&R ause of [[Webb]’s Webb]’ e s work, Inspector the CIA launched an In nspector General’ss in investigation General’ vestigation n that ffound ound o troubling dozens of tr oubling cconnections o onnections to drug-runners.. That wo wouldn’t have drug-runners ouldn’t ha ave happened Garyy W Webb hadn’t been happ ened if Gar eeb bb hadn ’tt b een stand all.”” willing to st and up and d risk it all.

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And what livee whaat would the rreal eal liv protagonist protagonistt of Kill the Messenger have haave thought off it all? It It’s ’s at least ccertain ertain he’d been unrepentant. he’d have haave b een unr epentant. In the goodbye letter goodbye le ttter his eex-wife x-wiffe rreceived eceived on the day suicide,, Gar Garyy W Webb daay of his suicide eebb told her: “Tell never “T Teell them them I ne ver rregretted egretted anything wrote.” anything I wr ote.”

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IN THE SOUP The Ramen Yokocho Festival will serve up various styles of ramen.

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he FIRST Ramen Yokocho Festival in San Jose arrives at McEnery Convention Center in San Jose for two weekends starting Friday (Oct. 3-5 and Oct. 10-12), with 16 ramen chefs from across the globe.

The soupless “burger ramen” from NY chef Keizo Shimamoto and a clambased ramen from Ramen Sea in San Jose are a few of the many unusual takes on the classic dish that festivalgoers can sample.

We spoke with festival organizer Tomoko Dyen over the phone from her home in Los Angeles for more details on the festival.

METRO: THE FESTIVAL IS COMING TO SAN JOSE FOR SIX DAYS OVER TWO WEEKENDS. IS RAMEN REALLY THAT POPULAR IN SAN JOSE? Dyen: It’s getting there. With the Bay Area, in general, it is very popular. We have been to different ramen houses in the San Jose area and people were lining up before the doors were even open.

HOW MANY BOWLS OF RAMEN DO YOU EXPECT TO SERVE AT THE FESTIVAL? At least 1,000 bowls a day per vendor. It has to be produced really fast to keep the balance between the people and the time.

WHY DO YOU THINK PEOPLE LOVE RAMEN SO MUCH? I think it’s fun to eat, isn’t it? People generally like noodles and people are looking for something new. It’s tasty and, basically, it is a hangover cure food for the Japanese people. It is like a burger for us in the U.S. Japan doesn’t have a good hamburger like the U.S. so we eat ramen.

WHAT IS THE PROCESS FOR SELECTING CHEFS? The organizers select what is popular and what is trending in Japan. They are very closely tied to the Tokyo ramen show in Japan, which is the largest ramen event in the world. We also import most of the ingredients from Japan, and that takes a few months.

WHAT, IN YOUR OPINION, MAKES THE PERFECT BOWL OF RAMEN? I want the soup and noodle to come together really beautifully. Some places, you feel like the noodle is just in there and it doesn’t go well. Maybe the oil ratio or the texture of the noodle is not right. When the two go together perfectly like spaghetti and meat sauce—it makes a really good bowl of soup.

CAN WE EXPECT ANY UNUSUAL VARIATIONS AT THE FESTIVAL? The clam-based ramen is popular in Japan, but not in the U.S. because not many people see it. Basically it is seafood-based ramen and they stir fry lots of vegetables on top. That is something you don’t see often. I’ve never seen it in LA or New York.—Lauren Burge RAMEN YOKOCHO FESTIVAL takes place Oct. 3-5 and Oct. 10-12 at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center, San Jose. Admission is $5 and each bowl of ramen is priced at $8 (Children 12 and under are free). Express Lane Passes are $20/ VIP tickets are $60. ramenyokochous.com.

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LOTTA PUMPKIN Nearly a ton of locally grown pumpkins lend a surprisingly subtle flavor to Hermitage’s Fruit Crate Pumpkin Ale.

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T’S THAT TIME of the year when pumpkin beers start arriving in tap rooms and store shelves, but San Jose’s Hermitage Brewing Co.’s seasonal pumpkin ale is one of the only South Bay brewers to offer a unique pumpkin flavor for the season.

It’s rare for a pumpkin beer to be brewed without any spices—cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, etc., are often used to create a taste similar to pumpkin pie in beer form. But Hermitage has skipped the spices in recent years, reflecting the brewery’s mission to make small-batch, experimental brews. The brewery’s seasonal Fruit Crate Pumpkin Ale was recently brewed with about 1,800 pounds of roasted California-grown heritage pumpkins. The squash came from Pajaro Valley, grown on a farm by the same family that operates Hermitage.

When the beer was tapped recently at the Hermitage Tap Room, my wife and I made the visit to try the brew at its freshest. While she observed subtle spicy notes in the aftertaste, I noticed that this year’s batch was missing the pumpkin rind taste that I found interesting and was prominent in last year’s freshly tapped batch. With a malty brown ale as the base beer, this year’s version still pours a gorgeous dark amber and the pumpkins add both a distinct smoothness and complexity to the beer. It’s a tasty, malty brown ale balanced by the hops.

Any pumpkin flavor itself is subtle, and that’s putting it liberally. That description comes as no surprise to Hermitage brewmaster Peter Licht.

“When we first brewed this beer, we used about a couple hundred pounds of pumpkin,” Licht says. “Now we use almost a ton of ripe pumpkins and add them throughout the brewing process: in the mash tun, kettle and fermenter. It’s apparent that pumpkin is subtle. It’s evocative more than flavorful. But there’s a silky texture—that’s how it’s different, it’s in the mouthfeel.”

Fruit Crate Pumpkin Ale will be around for a limited time for those wanting to taste for themselves what a beer brewed with about a ton of pumpkins tastes like. It’s available on tap and in bottles at the Hermitage Tap Room. You can also find bottles at many of the local shops that carry craft beer.

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Kith and Kin A FAMILY FA MILY A AFFAIR FFA IR L Lynn ynn y P Powers’ owers’ painting painting, g, ‘Sea of T Time,’ iime,’ is one of the m many any works on display in the n new ew de Saisset ‘Creative explores family generations. exhibit, ‘Cre ative in Common,’ which expl ores connections between fam mily members and generations s.

New N ew exhibit e ‘‘C ‘Creative Creativ ve in Common Common’’ usess art to explore e familial ties BY B Y DE DEWITT WIT TT CHENG

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RANCHES OF RANCHES OF FIVE different diffe erent family trees spread spre ead their limbs across acro oss the de Saisset Museum’s Museum ’s newest n exhibition, shows which show ws works in a that’s context tha at’s rrarely arely explored walls. on gallery w alls. Creative in delves Common d elves into artistic connections generations connection ns across gener ations lines.. and along family f lines

Ass the de Sai A Saisset isset Museum at Sant Santaa Cl Univ i erssit ity prepares prepares to t celebrate celebrate l b t Clara University 60th anniversary annivversary next next year, year, a show its 60th examining family fam mily ties seems especialespecialexamining appropriatee. ly appropriate.

1880s 0 , Ernest de Saisset was was In the 1880s, w was then Santa Santa a student at what was Collegee, according according to Lindsay Lindsaay Clara College, Kou uvvaris, curator curaator of the exhibition. exhibition.

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“H “His His youngest youngest sister is the one bequest equest and that iss w made the b who why we’re heree to today, Kourvaris w wh hy we ’re her daay,” K our o varis says. important sa ayys. “Familyy is a vvery ery imp portant theme th heme ffor o or us in that rregard. egard.” With Wiith h that th hat in mind,, Kouvaris Kouvaris set to work k assembling pieces as ssembling the piec es found fo ound in thee group show, opened gr roup show w, which op ened last Friday.

Fr ridaay.

Running through mid-March R unning u thr ough mid-Mar ch of of next works n ext yyear, ear, the eexhibit xhibit ffeatures eeatures wor rks byy fiv fivee pairs of Ba Bay Area artists b ay Ar ea ar tists aree rrelated byy blood w ar who elated either b blood orr marriage.. Ther Theree is daughter A Ashlie m marriage shliee Benton Benton; B enton t and d ffather th Fl Fletcher t h B Bento ton; spouses Chagoya sp pouses Enrique Chago ya and Kara Karra M Maria; Sam and Shingo Francis; Harryy and L Lynn Powers; Andrew owers; and And H Harr ynn P drew Romanoff Inezz Storer.

R omanoff and Ine o Storer. Because Becausse one member already on ne memb er of each pair is alr ead dy museum’s large rrepresented e esented in the museum epr ’s lar gee permanent p ermanent ccollection, ollection,, the show

celebrates l b h museum’s museum m’s history, hi histor y, celebrates the also, more more broadly, broadlyy, explores explores the but also, eff ffeects of tradition and d continuity continuitty in effects shared creative creative lives. lives. shared very eclectic show in terms “It is a very artists,” Kouvaris Ko ou uvvariis says—“the saayys—“the of the artists, they’re working workin ng with,, the themes they’re sttyyles that they’re they’re working worrking with—but styles we felt felt e that was waas okay. okay.”

The theme of familyy is carried carried not just by by the artworks, artworks, but b also in the informal, is i fo inf ormal, l, relaxed relaxed l d way way the h show h i presented. presented. One of the galleries has been been renamed renamed the “Family “Faamily Room, Room,” and furnished with inviting chairs in nviting v and tables. tables.

“We “W We wanted wanted to turn n it less into a gallery gallery space space and more mo ore toward tow waard a room room that will be be comfortable, com mffo ortable, where where (students and visitors)) can can come come in with a cup of coffee coff ffeee and an nd do their work,” she explains. explains.

Certainly Certainly the modernist modeernist art art on display diverse displaay is of high quality—if quallity—if div erse in scope—and scope—and both both beautiful beautiful and intellectually challenging. challengging. Viewers Vie i wers can can compare compare Fletcherr Benton’s Benton’s austere austere painted steel sculpture, s sculptur e, Folded Square Folded o Square Alphabet Alphabett O—a O—a new new acquisition acquisition balancing pop pop art art and

minimalist minimalisst influences—with influences—with Ashlie Ashlie Benton’s Benton’s oil o paintings, paintings p g , Continuum Continuum o and Departure; Deparrture; each demonstrate a mixture mixture of motifs, motifs, including sketchy sketchy figures, figgures, writing and collage, collage, resembling resembling graffiti-tagged graffiti-tagged walls walls or billboards, billboards, with a decidedly populist populist and diaristic diaristtic vibe. vibe.

Enriquee Chagoya’s Chago oyyaa’s trio of color color etchings are arre whimsical whimsical yet yeet disturbing depictionss of mysterious myysterious narratives narratives with art-historical art-hiistorical parodies parodies or homages, homages, especially e ecially to the 19thesp 19th century century Belgian Beelgian fantasist fantasist James James Ensor and the art-prom’s arrt-pr - om’s king and queen, Diego Rivera Rivvera e and Frida Kahlo.

Kahlo. In My Cat Cat Santos Saantos Had a Nightmare, Nightmare, for fo or instance, instancce, a crowd crowd of half-dressed halff- dressed revelers revelers faces facces the viewer viewer while fires fires rage on the th he horizon behind. behind.

In three threee acrylic acrylic paintings— Goodbye Violet, Goodbye Ultra U Viiolet,, A Long Long Time Time Ago Ago People Peoplle Decided to Live Live in America, America,, and a Vortex—artist Vo ortexx—ar artist Kara Maria shares sharres Chagoya’s Chago oyyaa’s predilection predilection for fo or mystery mysterry and humor, humor, but more more abstractly, abstractlyy, with a feeling feeeling for fo or complex complex pattern and patttern t an nd form. form. o More More similar sim milar in temperament temperament and method method are arre the nostalgic nostalgic works of Andrew and Inez Andrew Romanoff Romanoff o Inez Storer.

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Several Several of Romanoff Ro omanoff ’s ’s pieces pieces were were created created using usiing the children’s children’s art art product product “Shrinky “S Shrink ky Dinks”” and depict scenes scenes of a fantasy fantasy boyhood boyho y od spent spent among English En nglish royals royyals in the wake wake of the Russian Ru ussiaan Revolution.

Revo olution. Combining Combining paint and collage, collage, Storer Storer conjures conjures up fantasies fantasiees from from letters letters given given to her by by a pair of Mexican Mexican sister acquaintances acquaintan nces in Ortiz, Ortiz,, and imagines a more more charmed chaarmed life liffe for fo or the poet poet Anna Akhmatova Akh hmatova during the Russian Russian u Revolution, Revolution n,, in Gathering, Gathering, A String of Pearls Pearls and d Enormous Room.

Room.

In the end, en nd, Creative nd, Creative in Common Common makes makes no concrete concrete assertions, assertions, nor does does it point poiint the viewer viewer in any an ny clear direction. direction. The T show comes comes to no conclusions, conclusion ns, but instead asks openopenended questions queestions about about the true nature nature of family. f family y. Ultimately, Ultimatelyy, it is up to the individual to decide what i family means, means, and as such Creative Creative in Common Common will surely surely mean different diff ffeerent things to different d ffeerent people. diff people.

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ARTS TS metroactive metr oactivve AR 10 IN 10 PER PERSPECTIVE SPECTIVE TTen een 10-minute plays, written by b different locals. TTen een diff erent stories.. Oct Occt 10 thru Oct 25. $15-$38. Theatre Theaatre Pedro on San P edro Square, Square,, San Jose.

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ART A RT A seemingly-innocuous blank white painting drives a trio of French friends insane in this Fr ench comedy. $17-$32. comedy y. Thru Oct 19.. $17 -$32.. City C Company, Lights Theater Company y, San Jose.

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COMEDYSPORTZ COMEDYSPORTZ IMPROV IMPR OV CCOMEDY OMEDY Laugh until your stomach improved hurts at this impr oved battlee audience-sourced of wits, all audience-sour cedd entiree and suitable ffor or the entir $12-$15. ffamily. amily. Ongoing. $12 -$15.

CCamera amera 4, San Jose.

THE GREA GREAT AT DIV DIVORCE ORCE C.S. Lewis’s Lewis’s Dantesque tale of from a man’s man’s journey fr om Hell too Paradise, P aradise, and the spectrum lifee he sees along the way way: of lif y: from outrageously fr om the outr ageously funnyy to the chillingly human. Oct 10, 8pm. $29-$89. CCalifornia aliforniaa Theatre, Theatr e, San Jose.

THE GGYPSY YPSY An inside look at a ffamily amily anchored anchor ed in the stageg -specifically, -specifically y, burlesque.

Audiences won’t won’t ever look aatt way. show business the same wa ayy. $14-$24.

Thru Oct 5. $14 -$24.

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HOUSE AND GARDEN The theatrical diptych ffollows ollow ws characters the same set of char acters as a from drawing they move fr om the dr awingg rroom oom of an upper-middleclass British country manor (House) and the gr grounds ounds of the estate (Gar Garden den). The audience stays put, while the the actors dash between two adjacent theaters. Thru Oct 5, 8pm. $10. The P Pear Avenue ear A venuue Theatre, View..

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THE IMPOR IMPORTANCE TANCE EARNEST OF BEING EARNE ST An Oscar Wilde classical “triv “trivial vial comedy for for serious people” people” satiree and wit as tw two plays on satir wo characters fictitious char acters maintain fictitiou us double lives as a means of from escape fr om Victorian society. societty.

Oct 17 thru Nov 9. $16-$18.

Pavillion, TTriton rriton Museum- Hall P avillioon, Clara.

Santa Clar a.

KISSS ME, KA KIS KATE AT TE The delightful rrendition endition of a ““play-within-a-play,” play-within-a-playy,” ,” Kiss Me, M

Kate is an awar Kate award-winning d-winning tale of messy passion, humor and rromance. omance. Thru Oct 18. $20Saratoga Theatre. $39. Sar atoga Civic Theatr e.

Glass, Holy City Art Glass and Lundberg Lundberg Studios.

Studios. Thru Oct 5.

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THE SOUND OF MUSIC

“Night, Smoke, and Shadows: Presence Atmosphere The Pr esence of A tmosphere Century.” in the 19th Century y..” Thru Oct Observe Nature.”

6. ““Artists A Artists Obser ve Natur e.”

“Brought Thru Oct 6. “Br ought to Light: Documentaries by SStanford tanford SStudents.” tudents ” Thru Oct tudents.

“Miniaturee W Worlds: 6. “Miniatur orlds: Indian Paintings Court P aintings from from the Collection.” Thru Oct 20. “The New Landscape: Experiments Gyorgy in Light by Gyor gy KKepes.” epes.”

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“Sympathy Thru Nov 17 7. “S ympathy ffor or the captures Devil.” This exhibit captur es the visual history of Satan in art. The centerpiece of the acquired exhibit is the newly acquir ed Jackson Jack son Pollock, Pollock, titled LLucifer uciffeer.

Thru Dec 1. “Robert Frank Frank in America.”

America ” This collection of 130 America. photographs photographs examines Robert Frank’s from Frank’s work fr om the 1950s.

Thru Jan 5. SStanford. tanford.

The legendary story of a governess of seven and her from om Nazi-occupied escape fr Austria is coming to San Jose.

Nov 14-23.

14-23. $14-$18. $14-$18. Children’s Children’s Musical Theater San Jose.

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THE SPOOK SHO SHOW W The Roughhouse pr presents esents an evening of ““chill-arious” chill-arious” comedy. sketch comedy y. The delicate macabree hor horror mix of macabr ror and surely slapstick jokes will sur ely rrock ock anyone’s anyone ’s bones that night. Oct Theatree on 31, 8pm. $15-$20. Theatr Pedro Square, San P edro Squar e, San Jose.

SSWEENEY WEENEY T TODD ODD A storyy of rrevenge evenge g hittingg the musical stage, as an exiled barber fights against the man with his trusty pie shop owner sidekick. Oct 8 thru Nov $25-$74.

2. $25-$7 4. Mountain View Performing Center ffor or the P erforming Arts.

*concerts *c oncerts LLOS OS AL ALTOS TOS FIR FIRST ST FRID FRIDAY AY A monthly community celebration celebr ation featuring featuring all from entertainment fr om orchestra orchestra to rrock ock and rroll. oll. Every 1st Fri, Altos.

6pm. Downtown LLos os Al tos.

MUSIC A AT T THE MARKET A hotbed of live jazz talent, organized or ganized by San Jose Jazz.

Pedro Every Fri, 77-9pm.

-9pm. San P edro Squaree Market, San Jose.

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TOSPS T OSPS TUE TUESDAYS SDAYS A weekly showcase of Bay Area’s Ar ea’s budding music scene across across all genres. genres. es Most TTuesdays, uuesdays, 7pm. Thru Dec. Theatree on San Pedro Theatr Pedro Square, Square, San Jose.

*operaa *oper CAFFE FRA FRASCATI SCA ATI T Opera Night. First Friday of Opera every month. San Jose.

*art MUSEUMS ART MUSEUM OF LLOS ART OS GATOS GA ATOS “Hot Spot: Bay Ar Area ea SStudio tudio Glass”,”, glass artwork artworkss by Glass various artists, including workss fr from work om Bonny Doon Art

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CHILDREN’S DISC DISCOVERY OVERY MUSEUM “Images of India.” Thru Nov 30.

San Jose.

Photography by Thomas Hassing

DE SSAISSET AISSET MUSEUM “Creative in Common” “Creative Common” explores explor es ffamily amily by inviting visitors to rreflect eflect on their own experiences and associations, and to rrespond espond to the question: what does ffamily amily Mar.. mean to you? Thru Mar Clara.

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EUPHRAT EUPHRA AT MUSEUM Various art and photogr Various photography aphy created cr eated by students at De Anza College. CCupertino. upertino.

HISTORY MUSEUM HISTORY GATOS OF LLOS OS GA ATOS “Wher “Wheree Everybody Knows YYour oour Name: A History of LLocal ocal Watering W atering Holes.” Thru Oct 31.

LLos os Gatos

HISTORY HIS TORY P PARK ARK SSAN AN JOSE “Silicon V Valley alley Bikes: P Passion, assion, Politics Innovation & P olitics Since 1880.”” “Shirlie Montgomery: Picturing San Jose Since 1938,” Thru Dec 14.

LLOS OS GATOS GA ATOS CCOMPANY OMPANY “Zulugr “Zulugrass Zulugrass Jewelry Gallery Gallery”,, Gallery” ffeaturing eaturing the colorful clothing and ornaments adorned by the Great Maasai tribe of the Gr eat Rift Valley V alley of KKenya enya and TTanzania. anzania. a “Woodcarvings Val Gardena, “W oodcarvings of V al Gar dena, Italy,” handcrafted Italy y,,” ffeaturing eaturing handcr afted woodcarving figures. woodcar ving figur es.

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“What’s Thru Nov 30. “What ’s Your Yoour “Robert Angle?” Thru Nov 30. “Robe ert Portraits: Henri’s CCalifornia alifornia P ortraits: Realism, Race and Region, 1914-25.”

1914 -25.” Thru Jan. TTue-Sun, uue-Sunn, 11am 5pm closed Mon. 11am-5pm, Mon San Jose.

SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF SAN QUILTS TEXTILESS QUIL TS & TEXTILE “International TTECHstyle ECHstyle Art Biennial 3,” thru Nov thirdd 9. Returning ffor or its thir ITAB incarnation, IT TA AB is a juriedd exhibition of work by merging artists mer ging fiber media information with new inf ormation and technologies communication technologie es processes, in their artistic pr ocesses as ocesses, a a expression, medium of artistic expr ession, and/or in the content of Garrick: their work. ““Vel Vel Gar rick: Watercolor Conversational W atercolor Quilts,” Quil ts,” thru Nov 9. Pieces novelty of prints and novel ty fabrics fabrics come together to make florals, als, landscapes, ffantasy, antasyy, flor characters cartoon char acters and more. more.

San Jose.

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“Ron Ron Dell Dell’ Dell’Aquila: Aquila: Photogr Photography,” apphyy,” an exhibit of unapologetic intensity and hue. Thru Novv Arastu: Celebration 16. “Salma Ar astu: Celebr ation of CCalligraphy,” alligraphyy,,”” ffeaturing eaturing texturee and the blend of textur calligraphy sacred texts.. calligr aphy on sacr ed texts “Karim Thru Nov 16. “K arim Alwali: abstract The Civilization Code,” abst tract paintings. Thru Nov 23.

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GALLERIES ANNO DOMINI “The Bride Series,” solo Jennifer exhibition by Jennif er Vaiola Vaiola aka CAKE. Thru Oct 18. San Jose.

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ART AR T ARK GALLER GALLERY Y “In 3-D: 3-D: Selected Art,” by Pacific Group.

P acific Rim Sculptors Gr oupp.

Thru Oct 25. San Jose.

BLACK BLA CK BEAN CERAMICS CERAMICS “InnerReflections.” Thru No Novv 1.

San Jose.

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Sep 13. Tue-Fri, Tuue-Fri, 10am-5pm, Sat, noon-5pm. San Jose.

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“Bay Area Area Wildlife”--A Wildlife”--A multiple-media mul tiple-media exhibit. Thru Oct 26. Woodside.

Woodside.

“One Thousand Thousand Project,” workss by Jason Pr oject,” work McHenry.. San Jose.

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“Photographyy,” “Photography,” , work workss by Patrick P atrick LLyons. yons Mixed media yons. workss by Colin Jar Jaramillo, work amillo, thru Aug 30. San Jose.

GALLERY GALLER Y SSARATOGA ARA ATOGA

"Art Lifer" "Art Lifer" by Alfr Alfredo edo Reyes and Debbie Doherty with from music fr om DJ Mystik Mike.

“Assemble!”

“Assemble!” a MESHcollective show.. Works show Works by various artists.

San Jose.

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“American P “American Pen en Women,” Women,” 22 professional pr ofessional women in art, music and writing ffeatured. eatured. Jul Way, 29 thru Aug 3. Big Basin W ayy, Saratoga.

Sar atoga.

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San Jose SState. tate.

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“Czway W Wayz” ayz” ceramic ceramic works works byy Mattie Leeds. San Jose..

MEZCAL MEZ CAL Art by J. J. Danniel. Mezcal Restaurant, Restaur ant, San Jose.

MONTALVO MONT ALVO AR ARTS TS CENTER “Fun & Games: Six Artists Consider Play and Wellbeing,” Wellbeing,” workss by local and work international artists that play, explore, invite visitors to play y, explor e, create. participate, and cr eate. Thru Saratoga.

Oct 31. Sar atoga.

PACIFIC P ACIFIC AR ART T LEA LEAGUE GUE “Wet P “Wet Paint”, aint”, works works by Palo Alto. contributing artists. P alo Al to.

PHANTOM PHANT OM ART ART GALLERIES GALLERIES “Definitely Not Digital,” an abstract excursion into the abstr act and surreal sur real by artist TTom oom Dytko.

“Cuba “C uba Dozen,” acrylic paintings inspired inspir ed by CCuban uban life life by Judy Rookstool.

"California" Rook stool. "C alifornia" new workss by Alexandria KKerekez, work erekez, thru Aug 20.

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PHO69 PHO6 9 Watercolors by Made’ Watercolors Made’ Sukerti Berg.

Ber g. San Jose.

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

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“Poetic Codings,” installations “Poetic by various artists. Thru Sep 6. “Iterations “Iterations & Assertions,” Assertions,” workss by Amy Ellingson. Thru work

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TECHSHOP TE CHSHOP SAN SAN JOSE “Steve Haman,” works “Steve works about his inspiration inspir ation from from nature, nature,, holistic healing,, and metaphysical properties pr operties of life. life. “TechGYRLS, “TTeechGYRLS, Women W omen of the Future” Future” works works by TTechGYRLS eechGYRLS of Willow Glen and Hoover Middle Schools. San Jose.

ZERO ZER O 1 GARA GARAGE GE "The Operature" Operature" by Theatres A t i l Theatr Anatomical Th t es off Mixed Mi d (ATOM-r) presents Reality (A ATOM-r) pr esents performance innovative perf ormance aree pushing the artists who ar culture. boundaries of digital cul ture.

First Fridays only, onlyy, San Jose.

*events *e vents SOUTH FIR FIRST ST FRID FRIDAY AY ARTWALK AR TWALK A self-guided evening tour through galleries, museums, thr ough galleries museums and independent businesses eaturing exhibitions and ffeaturing special performances, performances, including SStreet treet Eats & Live Parque Beats at P arque De LLos os Pobladores.

P obladores. First Friday of the Month. Venues Venues along S. street throughout First str eet and thr oughout downtown San Jose.

SILICON V SILICON VALLEY A ALLEY MUSIC FESTIVAL FE STIV VA AL In conjunction with South First presents Fridays, the SVMF pr esents Anna Maria Mendieta. Ms. Mendieta, the principal Sacramento harpist with the Sacr amento performed ormed Philharmonic, has perf as a soloist and as a member with many symphony orchestras or chestras and chamber music groups country.. gr oups across across the country

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I KNOW YOU ARE BUT WHAT AM I? The new Seeing Things Gallery

group show, ‘I’m Living In The Eighties,’ assembles works that pay tribute to the 1980s, like this Pee-wee Herman painting by Shaunna Peterson.

I Love The ’80s CHRISTINE BENJAMIN says she never really fit in at her high school. It was the end of the ’70s and she really didn’t like disco or big hair. But the ’80s— which bookended her college years—that was a decade she could get behind.

This Friday, as part of the South First Fridays art walk in downtown San Jose, Benjamin will be showing her love for the decade that birthed MTV and saw hip-hop and punk become serious cultural forces, with the opening of I’m Living In The Eighties, at ‘I’m Living In The Eighties’ Seeing Things Gallery.

Seeing Things Gallery, Benjamin is curating the exhibit and will be San Jose showing her work as well—a mix of cloth dolls Fri, Oct 3-Nov 1, and illustrations of ’80s icons, like Cyndi Lauper noon-5pm, Free and Pee-wee Herman. She will be joined by three seeingthingsgallery.com other artists: Murphy Adams, who has a naive and intentionally childlike illustration style; Shaunna Peterson, an illustrator and lover of popular culture; and Kat Toronto, a costume designer and surrealistic photographer.

The works will explore multiple aspects of 1980s culture—the wild and colorful clothing; the punk rock aesthetic and attitude; the stars of the screen and music, and politics.

Speaking of the latter, Benjamin says that the ’80s stick out in her mind as being an era of far greater artistic freedom than Americans enjoy today— despite the decade being associated with the presidency of conservative icon Ronald Reagan.

“People were doing what they wanted to do,” Benjamin says of the musical movements of the ’80s, like punk, New Wave and hip-hop—”not what people thought others wanted them to do.” Since then, she says, rules have gotten more restrictive and the entertainment industry has commercialized movements, which were founded on the rejection of commercialism, or at least born in spite of it.

Christine says the exhibit fulfills a need that she and many others have—to reminisce. “I think people want to look back,” she says, noting that the work will likely bring back many memories, and hopefully fond ones, for those who were alive during the ’80s. “In general, humans like to look back.”

An opening reception with the artists will be held on Friday, Oct 3, from 7-10pm at the gallery.— Nick Veronin

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Camel Walk

DROMEDARY DR OMEDA RY DRAMA DR A M A R Robyn obyn Davidson (M (Mia Mia W Wasikowska) asikowska) made a puni punishing ishing 1700-mile walk across the Outback with only camelss and her dog for company company. y.

Tracks T racks r s tells the true story s of R Robyn obyn Davidson’s David dson’s solitary trek t across outback the Australian outb back BY B Y RICHA RICHARD ARD VON VON BUS BUSACK ACK

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N AN AN extremely ex xtremely good adaptation adaptat tion of Robyn Davidson’s Davidso on’s 1976 memoir Tracks, T rrackss, director John John Curran Curran (The (The Painted Painted Veil) Ve eil) flaws his work by y trying to settle a question: why w would a woman set out on a 1700-mile walk, walk, over some of the harshest terrain terr ain on earth? (“Who did she think she s was, was, a man?”) man?”)

Davidson’s Davidson ’s 1975 trek took more than half a year; she, her dog and four camels ca amels crossed the center of Australia, A Austr alia, from Alice Springs to the Indian Ocean.

It is fair to cconsider onsider this w walkabout alkab bout in n context context of the mid-’70s ffeminist eeminiist days-of-rage. theree w was da ayys- off--rage. Then, Then ther as an backlash eeven ven stronger stronger and stupider backl lash to o common common principles of women’s women n’s rights today.This ri ghts than you’ll you’ll see to daay..This heroine’s when eexplains x xplains the her oine’s stiffness wh hen dealing de ealing with helpful men. Every Ever y offer likee patronization. off ffeer of aid ffelt ff elt e lik patronization n.

Robyn Wasikowska) R o yn (Mia Wasik ob owska) mutters: mutterrs: “I nicee ccan a deal with pigs rreal an eal easy, easy, but nic n people me.”\ p e eople cconfound onffo ound me .”\ begins The trip b egins in the Outback k Wake Fright, w remember we rememb b er fr ffrom om W ak ake in i Frigh F i ht, h raving and off sun eexhaustion, xhaustion, ra avving men an nd welcomes. ccold o welc old omes. Robyn Ro obyn has come come from cityy to find someone fr om the cit artt of w will train her in the ar who breaking br reaking wild ccamels. amels. She squats in a burned-out rroofless o ofless burnedout house while she apprentices German. ap pprentices with a vicious Germa an.

Stymied byy the lack of moneyy ffor St ymied b o mone o or a trip,, she she’s introduced trip ’s intr oduced to a friend of a Fisher Driver er of friend, JJack ack F isher ((Adam Adam d Driv Girls).

National Geographic al Geo Girls ). JJack ack is a Nation graphic photographer suree he ccan photo grapher who is sur an funds. help her raise the fun nds.

It’s interesting It ’s an inter esting rrelationship—if e elationship —if one.. Da Davidson admitted ted it ccounts ounts as one avviidson admit succumbed that she suc cumbed to t the rreal-life eal-liffe JJack ack but she later rrejected ejeected him, in pest kept putting print, i as a p est who h k ept put ting i stones in her path. ((Apparently A Appar ently the photographer, Rick rreal eal photo grapher, Ri ick Smolan, is trying Kickstart book now tr ying to Kickst a tab ar ook of trip.) his photos of this trip p.)

Thanks to the ease with which Wasikowska Robyn’s owska helps us under R Wasik o obyn’s too stomach skin, we to o get a stom mach ache Fisher’s at the sight of F isher’s aavocadovo cado green Land Rover.

Because gr een L and R over. Be cause of the yappy, beaky photographer—the yapp y, b eaky photo grrapher—the drivee on his Ni Nikon motor driv ikon making mechanical smooching likee mechanic al smo ochin ng noises lik amorous an amor ous rrobot—we obot—w we long with Davidson Da avvidson to get out under u the big skies.. skies persists But Curran p ersistss in softening Constant this woman. C onstant flashbacking childhood whyy to childho od trauma eexplains xplains wh

Davidson Daavvidson wanted wanted to prove prove herself. herselff.

The hardest hardest ordeal ordeal Davidson Daavvidson went through through on on the trail is directed directed in authentic Witch authenttic Blair W iitch swayingswayyingflashlight horror. h or. But Curran won’t horr won’t stay stay in thee moment: it’s it’s just the gateway gateway to o another flashback.

The desert deseert silences silences aren’t aren’t smothered smothered d with narration—a bum director have director would w havve tried that first.

This most ancient of ancient lands speaks sp eaks for fo or itself. itselff. Lyrical Lyrical spots—the sp ots—the sudden appearance water-tank ap ppearance of a w ater-ttank for fo or a swim—contrasts swim m— contrasts with the ordeal, Robyn ordeal, such succh as sand so hot R o obyn has to make mak ke burlap booties b ooties for fo or the youngest youngest camel. camel.

Critic Manny M Mann y Farber Farber complained complained that the only on nly interesting interesting shape shap e in Lawrence Lawrence of Arabia was was a camel. camel.

Curran, not no ot David Daavvid Lean, Lean, sold me on what interesting in nteresting shapes shap es camels camels have. haave. They’re They’r y e not used for fo or comedy; comedy; they’re theyy’rre thee cameliest cameliest camels camels ever ever seen. They They have haave curved curved teeth like like scimitars. scimitars. They T y snarl and bray.

The braay.

When bulls bullls go into rut, they they unhinge their jaws th heir ja aws w sideways sidewayys and slaver. slaaver.

Robyn Ro obyn learns learns a little little from from Afghan-Australian Affgghan-Australian u ccamel amel wrangler (played (plaayed by

by John John Flaus, Flaus, apparently apparently a well-known well-know wn academic academic and anarchist anarchist in Aus).

Aus). Flaus Fllaus is a master of the sidelong cowboy cowb o oy compliment, compliment, ompliment rivaling Sam Elliottt himself: “You’re Saam Elliot “Y You o ’re an odd o dd girl, girrl, Robyn Rob o yn Davidson,” Daavvidson,”” sounds like like warm-hearted warm-hear ted praise. praise.

He gives gives advice advice about about encountering encountering a wild bulll camel camel in the Outback: “Don’t “Don’t think, thiink, just shoot.” shoot.” It’s It’s another off many many moments that makes makes Tracks, Trracks, if not a western, a Southern.

The role rolee of Davidson—of Daavvidson— of lunar loneliness and str strength--is ength--is th is the kind of experience bound exp perience that is b ound to transform first-rate transffo orrm an already already first -rate actress. actress. We’ve We’ve already already seen what Wasikowska Wasikowsk ka was was capable capable of in the masterpiece Jane masterpiecce 2011 version version of J aane Eyre.

Eyre. So it’s it’s even even more more exciting exciting to think off wher wheree she’ll she’ll go next. next.

Particularly sparee sc scene Particularlly splendid is a spar ene of her welcome byy an old rural welccome b couple Hodgeman couple (Edwin (Ed dwin Ho dgeman and Carol film’s Caroll Burns); Burn B ns); ) it epitomizes it i the th film fil ’s inherent inherent intelligence in ntelligence and silence. silence.

112 MIN.

PG-13 PG13

TTRACKS RA CKS Opens Friday

New N ew ANNABELLE

BREAKUP BREAK UP BUDDIE BUDDIESS (Not rrated; ated;; 118 min.) A fformer ormer singer, s singer , divorce, trying to get over a messy divo orce, takes a rroad oad trip with his best friend.. Starring Starring Huang Bo and Xu Zheng. (Open (Opens ns Fri.)

GONE GIRL (R; 149 min.) See rreview eview on page 38.

(Opens Fri.) (RvB)

PRIDE (R;; 120 min.) A gr group oup of gay acti activists ivists rraise aise money to help support the ffamilies amilies of based striking miners in this film base ed on rreal eal U.K. events that took place in the U. K.. during the early ’80s. (Opens Fri.)

SAN JOSE INTERNA SAN INTERNATIONAL ATIONA T AL SHORT FESTIVAL SHOR T FILM FE STIV VA AL See rreview eview on this page. (Fe (Festival estival 9-12 Theatre, runs Oct 912 at CineArts Th heatre, Row, Santana Row w, San Jose.)

(1924) Reginald Denny iss fforced (1924) orced to impersonate a pal in a comedy shot on CCatalina atalina Island. Billed B with selected shorts. Dennis James J at Wurlitzer. the SStanford’s tanford’s W urlitzer. (Plays Palo Alto Oct 1 in P alo Al to at the Stanford Stanffor od Theatre.)

Theatr e.) (RvB)

FFOR OR ALIMONY ONL ONLY LY

(PG-13; 112 min.) See review (PG-13; review w on page 36. (Opens Fri.)

Revivals Re vivals

CHARLIE CHAN IN RIO RIO/THE /T THE WOMAN W OMAN IN GREEN

BOYS BO YS T TOWN/TARZAN OWN/T TARZAN A EESCAPES SCCAPES (1938/1936) Mickey Rooney as the slum kid rreformed eformed by the ffarming arrming life, benefactor lif e, under the eye of his ben nefactor integral Father Flanagan (typically in ntegral BILLED WITH work by Spencer TTracy). racy). BILL LED W ITH TTarzan aarrzzan Escapes. A white hun hunter nter and his men try to capture capture the king kiing of the jungle (Johnny W Weismuller) eismulller) and bring him back in chains. A troubled t oubled tr film and a lot more more furious before b ore bef it was cut—back then it included included giant vampire “tree i t vampir i e bats b t andd the th “tr ““t ee torture” torture” they used to have inn the Chamber of Hor Horrors rors in the wax w museum at Fisherman’s Wharf.

Fisherman’s Wha arf. Even without the saplings, it it’s ’s a ripping riipping yarn. (Plays Oct 66-77 in P Palo aalo Al A Alto to at the Stanford Stanffoord Theatre.)

Theatre.) (RvB)

DODSWORTH/THE DE DODSWORTH/THE DEVIL VIL AND A DANIEL WEBSTER D ANIEL WEB STER (1936/19441) (1936/1941) 1W Walter alter Huston and Ruth wealthy Chatterton star as weal thy retirees retirees from from European Zenith,, Ohio, who go on the Eur opean Abroad, strong ttour.. Abr tour Ab oad, d a seemingly i l str t ongg marriage pressure cracks, mar riage develops pr essure cr a s,, as ack

REVIEW

THE FFAST AST WORKER WORKER

(1926) Leatrice Joy as a goo good od woman boyfriend from who rrescues escues her new boyfri iend fr om his predatory pr edatory ex.. Billed with selected seleected shorts, including an episode of the serial Son of TTarzan aarrzan z n (1920).. Dennis Jam James mes at the Stanford’s Wurlitzer.

Stanford’s W urlitzer. (Plays Oct O 8 in P Palo aalo Alto Alto at the Stanford Sttanffor ord Theatre.)

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TRACKS TRA CKS

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(1941/1945) (194 411/1945) Chan Ch (Sidney (Sid TToler) ol ) tr oler) ttracks ackks a suspected murderess murderess from from m Honolulu shares to Brazil.

Brazil.. It shar es a plot theme theeme with The W Woman ooman in Gr Green reeen: somee sort of suspicious intoxicating herbb (it (it’s ’s called “cannabis “cannabis Japonica” Japonica” in the Holmes H film). The Woman Wooman in Green Grreen e n isn iisn’t’t the deftest of these customarilyy deft Holmes film,, but there there are are passages p of sterling euphemism—as inn the tr traded aded comments “Don’t “Don’t be so naive” naivve” by a pair of witnesses commenting on o a pickup in a bar, barr, or the phrase phrase “a “a walk waalk of life” life” to allude profession. ll d to t a prostitute’s prostitute tit t ’s ’ pr offession. e i . Four F random murdered random women have been mur dered in London—all London—all ffound ound dead with their fourth severed.

Holmes fourth finger sever ed.. Holme es (Basil Rathbone) is the first to det detect tect the presence infamous presence of the most inf am mous of all criminal masterminds (play (played ed by the unnervingly unnervingly wide-mouthed Henry Daniell).. Nigel Bruce’s doddering Bruce’s dodde ering gets taxing this time ar around.

Hillary Brooke ound.. Hilla ary Br ooke is the title char character, lures acterr, who lur res men to doom using only a mysterio mysterious ous black bowl of water, waterr, in which white whitte gardenias gardenias float. (Plays ( Oct 22-3 -3 in P Palo aalo Al A Alto to at the Stanford Theatre.)

SttanffoorrddTheatr re.) e (RvB)

SPACING OUT An astronaut (Carole Brana) becomes obsessed by a mysterious voice message in Thierry Lorenzi’s short ‘On/Off.’

Short and Sweet THE DOZENS OF ENTRIES in the 6th Annual San Jose International Short Film Festival (Oct. 9-12) seem to have two things in common: a high grade of technical proficiency and the presence of a marquee name in a small role. I think the fest’s great purpose is as education: networking, budding local film students can see how professional-level filmmaking is done on a miniscule budget, and they can meet the people who did it.

European director Thierry Lorenzi’s On/ Off, already loaded with festival awards, is an example of how much magic can be got on a pittance. The fact that On/Off has one of the basic seven science fiction plots (a plot that’s been around as long at least as the Outer Limits 50 years ago) may be immaterial to how much space station and gleaming earth Lorenzi wreaked…at times, almost as much as Alfonso Cuaron got in Gravity. In one line: Meredith (Carole Brana) a beautiful but unwell astronaut, has a very bad day.

Daniel “Cloud” Campos’ Today’s The Day is about a happy-go-lucky clerk at a talent agency who longs to be a dancer. Campos has restaged the MGM Arthur Freed style in an office with an unimpressed (at first) Mr. Big agent called “Mr. Bees”—he’s

played by a very nice-guy actor famed for portraying crapulent little men. Let’s redact his name: it’s supposed to be a surprise when the door opens, and there the actor sits.

Among the other San Jose International offerings, the unShort Film Festival previewed Spanish film Zugzwang is Oct 9-12 promising—the CineArts Theatre, title comes from a Santana Row, San Jose useful word in chess, Individual blocks and meaning “being panels $12 each/ in the position of passes are $45-$150 having to make a disadvantageous move.”

A Day in the Life of a Bathroom Mirror is narrated by Tim McInnerny (Percy on TV’s Blackadder.) The shot-in-Austin Penance could open for Calvary—it’s soaked in the same Catholic angst–and the co-star here is Stephen Collins, who used to have an annuity playing Reverend Camden on the sugar-frosted TV show 7th Heaven.

He’s quite a different kind of priest here: desperate, weathered and haunted— strange how actors get more of a human face after work on a long hard work on TV. Call it the Michael Parks syndrome.

—Richard von Busack

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(R;; 98 min.) After satanists attac attackk their out—or house,, instead of moving out— —or at there—Mia least burning a lot of sage in the ere—Mia Wallis) (Ward (Annabelle W aallis) and John (W Waard Horton),, do nothing and decide to t stay aree soon ter terrorized put .... and ar rorized by a demonpossessed vintage doll. (Opens Fri.) F

both ar aree attr attracted others: acted to others s:: he to a widow (Mary Astor), Astor),, she to aan English nobleman (David Niven). William Wiilliam Wyler Wyler directed maturee and un unpredictable directed this matur npredictable adaptation of Sinclair Lewis' Lewiss' novel.

BILLED WITH ole, WITH Huston in his best rrole, as Mr. Scratch—seeking souls Mr. Scr atch—seeking so ouls in New England,, the devil captures captures a stubborn farmer farmer with the help of an outr ooutrageously ageously French French accented Marguerite Margueritee (Simone Simon).. But that that’s ’s when thee hearty but flawed senator Daniel Webster Webster (Edward arrives day.

(Edward Arnold) ar rives to save s the day y.

The German William Dieterle directed Dieterle dir ected invigorating this perhaps p p most invigor g atingg patriotic p movie ever;; the soundtrack soundtrack is by Bernard Bernard Herrmann, created Herrmann, who reputedly reputedly cr reated the science of overdubbing overdubbing to augment a the devil’s fiddling skills. (Plays Oct O 44-5 -5 in Palo Alto P aalo Al to at the Stanford Stanffoorrd Theatre.)

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MISSED OPPORTUNITY Ben Affleck plays a husband who quickly falls under suspicion when his wife disappears.

Not All There DAVID FINCHER’S bitter, would-be decadent mystery, taken from a tooschematic script by author Gillian Flynn, almost seems like it’s going to be about the schism in Middle-America between indebted haves and the wraith-like homeless have-nots. It’s most interesting when it gets closest to that cliff-steep divide; the poor folk are photographed as if they were zombs, haunting the boarded-up downtown and the busted empty mall in Carthage, Missouri (the film was shot in Cape Girardeau). Gone Girl’s sourest turn may be the way a fleeing, formerly trustfunded wife Amy (Rosamund Pike) collides with a working class lady hanging out at an Ozarks cabin resort: “only connect” doesn’t work here.

Has Nick (the ever-bored Ben Affleck) murdered Amy, a super-achiever from New York, reduced to backwater idleness in a Missouri mini-mansion? Police detective Rhonda Boney (Kim Dickens, the movie’s highlight) thinks so. So does the deceased’s wealthy, creepy ex-boyfriend (Neil Patrick Harris, who detects the odor of cheese in this script and goes full-on ratty). So, also, do a pack of vengeful afternoon TV hosts: Missi Pyle is the Valkyrie one, Carrie Coon is the soulful, caring, staring one.

Though it's modeled on the Laci Peterson

murder, the movie takes a moonshiner’s turn as the victim narrates what actually happened. It’s a liability if you saw the movies Fincher sources: mostly ’80s bunnyboiler melos, though higher-rent critics will point to Leave Her to Heaven. (Hardly.) If the feminist appeal of gynophobic material was meant to be Gone Girl bumped up, they should have done without the R; 149 min. casting of Tyler Perry (an Opens Fri. inert, TV-sized performer) who plays what’s meant to be a larger-than-life lawyer.

As they say of a football player after a losing game, Pike gives 100 percent, in bloodbath and cold-blooded social scenes alike; it’s about time her frost and her impassive brown eyes got more play.

There are moments where the horror goes appropriately outsized, as when Amy is stuck, penniless, at a truck stop; the diesel behemoths seem to be roaring back-up vocals to Trent Reznor’s ticks and scratches soundtrack. But hardly anyone seems to be able to disrupt Affleck's deadfaced cool, and no one seems less able than Fincher to find a way to wield this movie-star shaped object. Affleck's limits as an actor have never been more obvious.

—Richard von Busack

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SKA S K A IIS S DEAD. DE A D. L LONG ONG LIVE LI V E SKA. SK A . The h V Voodoo o oodoo d Glow l Skulls k ll never asked k d to be b a par part rt of the ska explosion. All they care about is having fun f and playing music.

After more e than 25 years years, s, the V Voodoo oodoo o Skulls Glow Skull ls are still packing packin ng clubs with their high-energy high--energy ska-punk ska-pun nk sound BY B Y AARON AARON CARNES CARN NES

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T CAN CAN BE HARD HARD D to believe now, now w, but two decades d big ago ska had a pretty p moment. It was was a a time before Gwen Stefani’s Stefa ani’s solo debut and Bradley Bradley y Nowell’s Nowell’s overdose, when alternative allternative radio radio stations were werre spinning bands like the Mighty Mig ghty g y Mighty g y Bosstones, Bosstones, Reel Big Big Fish, Lesss Than Goldfinger and Less Jake with regularity. regulariity.

Jake And then ther theree was was a the t Riv Riverside, erside, C aliff..-based V oodoo Glow Glo ow Sk ulls. The Calif.-based Voodoo Skulls. six-piecee ska-core wrote hypersix-piec ska-core band wr w ote h yyperrfast str eett--punk tunes with w distor ted street-punk distorted

guitar upstrokes, guitar upstrrokes, and punctuated with horns, bright horn ns, dark lyrics and hardcorehardcorestyle st tyyle shouting shoutin ng vvocals—in ocals als—in in English and occasionally Theyy eeven o ccasionallyy in Spanish. The ven all-Spanish rreleased eleased an allSpanish vversion ersion of their Epitaph (1995’s Firme) Epit aph debut deb but (19 95’s F iirme) well before groups b effo ore gr ou ups like like Ozomatli ccarved arved substantial American market out a subst a antial Americ an mark keet ffor o or rrock ock en Español.

Esp pañol.

Skulls never heavy The Glow w Sk ulls ne ver got hea avy v theyy tour toured hard d and rrotation, otation, but bu ut the ed har packed clubs. skaa boom pack ed club bs. When the sk boom from busted, a lot lo ot of the bands fr om that broke era br b ok ke up, u , changed up h d their h i sound d altered marketing strategy, or alter ed their t mark eting strateg y, Voodoo Skulls. but not thee V o odo o Glow Sk ulls.

Theyy just ccontinued The ontinued doing what theyy did b best: playing the e play est: ying the distinct skaa and punk and kineticc fusion of sk they’d the y’d been b een n playing plaayying since since the late ’80s. stopped. ’8 0s. And the ttheyy haven’t havven’t stopp ed.

don’t feel feeel like like we’re we’re part par t of o an “I don’t anyy scene. We’ve We’ve always alwayys been been float ing scene. floating tle bubble ,” says saayys in our own lit little bubble,” ulls guitarist guitarist Eddie C a asillas , Glow Sk Skulls Casillas, omes to the Blank Blan nk whose band ccomes oming Monday.

Mondaay.

Club this ccoming Even during the sk oom, it i Even skaa b boom, came as a surprise to the band came when the ay th heir theyy MTV would pla play their videos ver sa aw themselves themseelves videos.. The Theyy ne never saw as ha h avving i an ommercial i l app e l eal, having anyy ccommercial appeal, ac cording to C asillas, who says saayys according Casillas, get ting signed to Epit aph w as getting Epitaph was equally as surr eal. surreal.

“W We’ve ne ver tried to b “We’ve never bee ccommercial, ommercial, or tried to b pop ppy,” bee poppy,” C asillas say ys. “I lik op -punk. I Casillas says. likee p pop-punk. gr ew up on the stuff ff.. Ther ll grew stuff.

Theree wil will alw ayys b o odo o songs that always bee some V Voodoo ha ave a lit tle bit of Desc endentss in have little Descendents them or Gr een Da ay. Ours is jus st Green Day. just a lit tle diff ffeerent sound. It’s It’s not little different p ositive. It ’s not p oppy, or upli ifting.” positive.

It’s poppy, uplifting.”

C asillas and his ttwo wo br otherss, Casillas brothers, Frank and JJorge, orge, ffounded ounded o the band b in 19 8 8. The eleased ffour o our alb ums 1988.

Theyy rreleased albums on Epit aph, then thr ee more more on o Epitaph, three V iictory R ec e ords. Their ninth w as Victory Records. was on the smaller Smelvis R eecordss, Records,

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and the undecided ffor o or their theyy ar aree undecided 10th,, which the entlyy in theyy ar aree curr currently the middle of rrecording. ecording. The Theyy ar aree cconsidering onsidering self f--releeasing a series of self-releasing EP ven inche es lik EPss and se seven inches likee the theyy used to do in the early d ayys, b effor o e the days, before theyy rreleased eleased their debut t, Who Is debut, Is,, This Is Is..

“It ffeels eeels lik ’ve ccome ome full cir cle. likee we we’ve circle.

C asillas sa ayys. “W We w ent thr ough Casillas says.

“We went through this whole thing wh here we wer where weree on a ccouple ouple suc cessful lab llabels, els, had full successful supp ort. N ow we ’re back to squar support.

Now we’re squaree one ’s lik 93 alll o ver again. But one.. It It’s likee 19 1993 over the thing is nd is known now is,, the ban band now,, ther e’s a name b ehin nd it. there’s behind it.””

The band’ ng and rrecording ecording band’ss writin writing pr ocess has changed d a gr eat deal process great sinc ayys. The last thr ee sincee those early da days. three V oo doo albums we ere rrecorded ecorded b Voodoo were byy C asillas in his eever-expanding ver- expanding home Casillas studio ow rrecord ecord bits studio.. The band no now and piec es at their leisur lleisure, e, instead of pieces on some eexecutive’s xecutive’s clo ck. clock.

The gr oup ha ave aalw ayys been b een DIY group have always adv ocates. Ev en in the t early yyears, ears, advocates.

Even the ened their own o rrecord ecord stor theyy op opened storee and liv enu ue in Riv erside. livee music vvenue Riverside.

That not only gav ve them b etter gave better ffooting ooting in the sc enee, but also scene, pr ovided them an eextra xtra sour ce provided source of inc ome—always y welc omed b income—always welcomed byy pr offessional e touringg musicians er professional musicians.. Ev Ever business sa avvvyy, the band b rrecently ecently savvy, st arted a lab el of th heir own, called called started label their C aliffo ornia Str eet Music M ave California Street Music,, and ha have rreleased eleased a ffew ew album ms of friends’ albums bands so far far..

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“Our goals ha ave ne n ver b een have never been financial,”” C asillas ssays. ayys. “W We w ant Casillas “We want to ha ave fun and pla ay music have play music.. I still just w ant to mak t one ne xt want makee that next le vel rrecord. ecord. I know wp eople think level people we pr obably alr eadyy made it. But probably already ther e’s alw ayys mor e. I still think I there’s always more. ccan an top it. it it.””

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A FUTURE SO BRIGHT THEY GOTTA WEAR SHADES Kronos Quartet violinist, David Harrington, says his group is “just getting started” after more than 40 years of producing and playing groundbreaking chamber music.

A Woman’s Touch

LEAVE IT TO Kronos Quartet to deliver a program exploring ethnic wars, genocide, bombings, Afro-Cuban percussion, liturgical Jewish prayers, Tibetan mysticism and the Brooklyn Bridge. As they've done for 40 years now, Kronos continues to interpret the future of the string quartet, and the program they have planned for this Sunday is no different.

The performance at Stanford’s Bing Concert Hall, will feature mostly new works—all of them by female composers, including Missy Mazzoli, Santa Ratniece and Aleksandra Vrebalov.

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Selecting a program of works written entirely by women was a deliberate decision, according to Kronos violinist David Harrington. Reached by phone from Krakow, where Kronos was gigging with Laurie Anderson, Harrington said the Bing program represents a unique moment for the group, and is reflective of a refreshing wave of new outlooks that women composers bring to the table.

“What I was hoping to do with this concert is to provide our audience with a perspective on things from a point of view that you don't normally get in the world of string quartet concerts,” Harrington says. “What we've noticed over many years now is that there's a dramatic new-found strength in the world of women composers. From all over the world. I think it's invigorating the world of music in a beautiful way. So I look at this program at Bing Concert Hall as almost the beginning of a new era in our music.”

Inspired by Balkan folk and religious music, Aleksandra Vrebalov's piece, “...hold me, neighbor, in this storm...,” undulates with a dark, trancelike energy. Eastern European tunings and harmonies circle back and forth with their Western counterparts, and the listener hears elements of Islamic prayer, escapist tavern songs, church bells and even recordings of Vrebalov's own grandmother weaving stories of ethnic intolerance.

Mary Kouyoumdjian, a first-generation Armenian-American, comes from a family directly affected by the Lebanese Civil War and Armenian genocide. Her commissioned piece, Bombs of Beirut, reflects the horrors of those conflicts through recorded stories and complex sonic palettes. Prerecorded backing tracks include interviews with friends and family, all sharing wartime experiences. We also hear audio documentation of bombings and attacks on civilians tape-recorded from an apartment balcony between 1976–1978.

Harrington says the unique program of women composers inspires Kronos to keep going, even after 40 years.

“We're just getting started,” Harrington declares. “The fact that we're able to play a program like this gives me a lot of energy for the future and a lot of questions to be answered for the future. It feels like it's beginning a new chapter.”— Gary Singh

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keep select areas of your life private, you’re paving the way for future infohooverings. To dial back your privacy settings, tell her you only revealed your salary because you were so unprepared for her to ask about it. Request that she keep a lid on it, and let her know the boundaries that work for you—like that the woman in your life has a right to know how much you make when you’re sharing a checking account, not a cubicle.

You don’t have to turn your pay stub drawer into a petting zoo to show her you care about her concerns. You could offer to help her come up with tactics for negotiating a raise. Keep in mind that research shows that women tend to take the salary, raises, and opportunities they’re offered instead of trying to negotiate for more. A book you might get her is "Ask for It: How Women Can Use the Power of Negotiation to Get What They Really Want,” by Linda Babcock and Sara Laschever. Finally, prepare yourself for being put on the spot by her or anyone with what I call “The Power of Not Right Now”— recognizing that you can decline to answer a person’s question right then and there (perhaps with the exception of inquiries like “You gonna give me your wallet, or do I have to gut you with this rusty screwdriver?”).

The girl I’m dating wears hair extensions, and feeling them creeps me out.

She’s very pretty, and her hair is lovely without the extensions. Can I tell her they make me uncomfortable?—Mr. Natural When you’re running your hand through your girlfriend’s hair and a bunch comes out in your palm, it can be hard to keep straight whether you’re making out or snaking the shower drain.

Your girlfriend joins an increasing number of women in planting non-native foliage in her hairgarden, probably because men tend to be attracted to long, lush hair. It’s actually an evolutionary sign of good health. (Hair suffers when a person eats poorly or has a disease.) Because complaints are most productive when reconstituted as compliments, start by

telling your girlfriend she’s a natural beauty (as opposed to “If I wanted a girlfriend with interchangeable hair, I’d date Mrs. Potato Head”). Add that you’d love to run your hands through her real hair, and ask whether she’d consider going without the extensions. If she agrees, be sure you effuse when she’s hair naturelle so she’s inspired to keep it up. All in all, a little mystery is a good thing in a relationship, but it’s best if you’re wondering whether your girlfriend got her pretty hair from her mother and not suspecting she hired somebody to take a big scissors to Seabiscuit’s tail.

©2014, Amy Alkon, all rights reserved. Got a problem? Write Amy Alkon, 550 S. First St., San Jose, CA 95113, or email adviceamy@aol.com.

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Is it okay to keep your income a secret from someone you’re dating? I recently started seeing a girl I work with (at an advertising company). She believes women at our company get paid less on average, and I suspect she’s right. Yesterday she came right out and asked me how much I make. I’m pretty sure I’m the highest-paid person on our team, but her question made me really uncomfortable, and I told her I make a lot less than I actually do.

I felt bad lying to a woman I could get serious with, but I don’t want her or other co-workers knowing my salary.—Johnny Paycheck Privacy It’s normal to keep some personal information secret from the person you’re dating – like your exact income or the fact that you belt out Lynyrd Skynyrd in the car every day on your way to work.

Unfortunately, your girlfriend decided it was time to bridge the gap between conversation and colonoscopy. She snookered you into going along by asking you point-blank how much you make.

This is really rude—on the level of yelling across the office, “Hey, Steve, ya still got that weird rash on your balls?” Because of that, it catches a person off guard, leading to a reaction like yours—stammering out an answer, but not the one the prying person actually deserves: some version of “Up your butt with a coconut.”

Maybe she doesn’t believe you’re entitled to boundaries in a relationship, or maybe she decided she could erase yours for a good cause. And sure, you, like most people, probably want the person you’re with to really know you. But really knowing the person you’re dating means understanding their hopes and dreams, not having the same information you’d get if you duct-taped yourself to the awning of the ATM just before they deposited their paycheck.

Beyond one of the biggest problems with lying—the tendency to get caught— by not standing up for your right to

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The following following person(s) (are) is (ar e) doing business as: Makeup By YYaya, aaya, 2143 21 43 A Aza za Dr., Drr.., #5, Santa Clara, Clar ra, a CA, CA, 95050, 95050, PPablo ablo Soto..

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9/1 8/2014. (pub Metr Metro ro 110/01, 0/01, 110/08, 0/08, 110/15, 0/15, 110/22/2014) 0/22/2014)

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R egistrraant began Registrant tr ransacting a busine ess transacting business under the fictitiouss business name or names listed her ein on herein 09/08/201 4.

09/08/2014. /s/S vetlana Tikhonova Tikhonnova /s/Svetlana This statement wa wass filed with the Coun nty County Clerk of Santa Clar raa Clara County on 9/08/2 014.

9/08/2014. (pub Metr ro 110/01, 0/01, Metro 110/08, 0/08, 110/15, 0/15, 110/22/2014) 0/22/2014)

FICTITIOUS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS B USINESS NAME STATEMENT STATTEM MENT #596909 The follo following wing pers person(s) on(s) is (ar (are) e) doing busin business ness as: LLee ee K Kaa Ja San Jo Jose, ose, 33561 561 El Camino R Real, e eal, #90, Santa Clar Clara, a, CCA, A, 95051, 9 5051, LKJ Design Inc. This business is conducted by by a corporation. corpor raation.

Above Abo ve entity was formed in the statee of California Registrant R egistrraant began transacting tr ransacting a busine business ess under the fictitiouss business name or names listed her herein ein on 2/14/2012.

2/1 4/2012.

Refile R efile of pr previous evious file fi #56130 #56 130 with chang changes. ges. /s/Jooman LLee eee PPresident resident #C3607507 #C3607 507 This statement wa wass filed with the Coun County nty Clerk of Santa Clar Clara raa County on 9/2 9/25/20149.

5/20 0149. (pub Metr Metro ro 110/01, 0/01, 110/08, 0/08, 110/15, 0/15, 110/22/2014) 0/22/2014)

FICTITIOUS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS B USINESS NAME STATEMENT STATTEM MENT #596781 #59678 81 The follo following wing pers person(s) on(s) is (ar e) doing busin ness (are) business as: PPurple urple TTree ree PPublications, ublications, 11658 658 Nor aay., San Jos se, Noraa W Way., Jose, CCA, A, 95124, 95124, Jessica Lindstrom.

Lindstr rom.

Thi bbusiness This i iis conducted by by a individual.

R egistrraant began Registrant transacting tr ransacting a busine business ess under the fictitiouss business name or names listed her herein ein on 9/23/2014.

9/2 3/2014. /s/Jessica Lindstr o om Lindstrom This statement wa wass

filed with the County Claraa Clerk of Santa Clar County on 9/2 9/23/2014.

3/2014.

4 (pub Metr Metroo 110/01, 0/01, 110/08, 0/08, 10/15, 10/15, 110/22/2014) 0/22/2014)

FICTITIOUS FICTITIOUS B USINESS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT STATTEMENT #595532 The follo following wing person(s) is (are) (are) doing business as: PPeter’ eter’s K Kyokushin yokushin Karate K arrate a and B BJJ, JJ, 4606 Cosmo Place.,, San JJose,, CCA, A, 95118, 95118, Briz Brizono ono Delfino, 1255 1255 Prospect Prospect o St., S t., Seaside, CA, CA, 93955, 93955, PPeter eter Mouttapa.

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

Registrant R egistrant has not yyet et begun tr transacting ansacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed her ein. herein. /s/P eter Mouttapa /s/Peter This statement was fil d with filed i h the h County C Clerk of Santa Clar Claraa County on 8/1 9/2014.

8/19/2014. (pub Metr 7, 9/24, 9/24, Metroo 9/1 9/17, 110/01, 0/01, 10/08/2014) 10/08/2014)

FICTITIOUS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS B USINESS NAME STATEMENT STATTEMENT #595709 The following following person(s) is (are) (are) doing business as: B&H R Remodeling emodeling Construction 11085 Construction, 085 TTasman aasman Dr., Drr.,. #565, Sunnyvale, Sunnyv ale, CCA, A, 94089, 94089, Surinder S. Chana.

This business is conducted by by a individual.

Registrant R egistrant began transacting tr ansacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein herein on 8/22/14.

8/2 2/14. /s/Surinder Singh Chana This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara Clara County on 8/2 8/22/2014.

2/2014. (pub Metr Metroo 9/1 9/17, 7, 9/24, 9/24, 110/01, 0/01, 10/08/2014) 10/08/2014)

FICTITIOUS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS B USINESS NAME STATEMENT STATTEMENT #596660 The follo following wing person(s) is (are) (are) doing business as: Amazing Gr Green een Landscaping Ser Services, vices vices, 110043 0043 Torrance Toorrrance a Ave., Ave., San Jose, CA, CA, 95127, 95127, Irma Cor Cortez. tez.

This business is conducted by by a individual.

Registrant R egistrant began transacting tr ansacting business under the fictitious business name or

naames listed her names herein ein on 09/18/2014.

09 9/18/2014. /s/Irma /s /Irma Cor Cortez tez This Th his statement was filed file ed with the County Clerk Cle erk of Santa Clar Claraa County Co ounty on 9/1 9/18/2014.

8/2014. (pub Metroo 9/2 9/24, (p ub Metr 4, 110/01, 0 0/01, 110/08, 0/08, 110/15/2014) 0 5/2014) 0/1

FICTITIOUS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS B U NESS USI NAME NA AME STATEMENT STATEMENT T #596567 # 596567 Thhe following The followingg pperson(s) () is (ar (are) e) doing business as: as s: Thir ThirdSpace dSpace Fintess, 5550 5 S. 1st St., 50 St., San Jose, CCA, A 95113, A, 95113, Thir ThirdSpace dSpace Inc, Inc c, 193 193 G Garden arden Hill Dr., Drr.,.

LLos o Gatos, os Gatos, CA, CA, 95032.

95032.

This Th his business is conducted co onducted by by a corporation. co orporation.

Above Ab bove entity was formed for rmed in the state of California Ca alifornia R e ant has not egistr Registrant yyet e begun tr et ansacting transacting bu usiness under the business fifictitious fic ctitious i i business b i na ame or names listed name he erein. herein.

R e of pr efile evious Refile previous filee #59 3028 due to #593028 pu ublication rrequirement equirement publication no ot met on pr evious not previous fili ing. filing. /s /Mitchel Lance Miller /s/Mitchel PPresident resident #3 3646971 #3646971 Th his statement was This file ed with the County filed Cle erk of Santa Clara Clara Clerk Co ounty on 9/1 7/2014.

County 9/17/2014. (p ub Metr 4 4, (pub Metroo 9/2 9/24, 110/01, 0 0/01, 110/08, 0/08, 110/15/2014) 0 5/2014) 0/1

FICTITIOUS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS B U NESS USI NAME NA AME STATEMENT STATEMENT T #596510 # 596510 Thhe follo The following wing person(s) is (ar (are) e) doing business as: as s: SA SAMcon, Mcon, 4229 4229 Littleworth Lit ttleworth W Way., aayy.., San Jose, Jos se, CA, CA, 95135, 95135, Samia Michaiel.

Mi ichaiel ichaiel.

This Th his business is conducted co onducted by by a individual. ind dividual.

Registrant R e ant has not egistr yyet e begun tr et transacting ansacting business bu usiness under the fictitious fic ctitious business name na ame or names listed herein. he erein. /s/Samia /s /Samia Michaiel This Th his statement was filed file ed with the County Clerk Cle erk of Santa Clara Clara County Co ounty on 9/1 9/16/2014.

6/2014. (pub (p ub Metr Metroo 9/2 9/24, 4, 110/01, 0 0/01, 110/08, 0/08, 110/15/2014) 0 5/2014) 0/1

FICTITIOUS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS B U NESS USI NAME NA AME STATEMENT STATEMENT T #596034 # 596034 Thhe follo The following wing person(s) is (ar (are) e) doing business

as: TTacos aacos Y Mariscos Mariscoos 1148 Santa Cruz, 11 48 S Capitol Av., Av., Unit 1, 1 San Jose, CA, CA, 95127, 95127, Abelina Abbelina Garcia G arcia Santiago, 114453 4453 Chrisland Ave., Ave., Sann Jose, CA, CA, 95127.

95127.

This business is conducted by by a individual.

R egistrant began Registrant tr ansacting busine ess transacting business under the fictitiouss business name or names listed her eiin on herein 9/1/1 4.

9/1/14. /s/Abelina G arcia Garcia This statement wa as was filed with the Coun nty County Clerk of Santa Clar ra Clara County on 9/0 3/2014.

9/03/2014. (pub Metr ro 9/2 4, Metro 9/24, 110/01, 0/01, 110/08, 0/08, 110/15/2014) 0/15/2014)

FICTITIOUS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS B USINESS NAME STATEMENT STATTEM MENT #595769 The follo following wing person(s) person(s)

is (ar (are) e) doing busin business ness as: Ho H How w Healthy H lh W Wellness ellness Center Center,r, 205 20570 70 V Valley aalley Gr Green een Dr Dr.,., Cuper Cupertino, tino, CCA, A, 9 95014, 5014, Spencer Ha Hau au Chir Chiropractic. opractic.

This business is conducted by by a corpor corporation. ation.

Abo Above ve entity was formed in the statee of California R Registrant egistrant began tr transacting ansacting busine business ess under the fictitiouss business name or names listed her herein eiin on 8/2 8/25/14.

5/14. /s/Spencer Hau CEO #365806 #3658063 3 This statement wa was as filed with the Coun County nty Clerk of Santa Clar Clara ra County on 8/2 8/25/2014.

5/2014. (pub Metr Metro ro 9/1 9/17, 7, 9/2 9 9/24, 4, 110/01, 0/01, 110/08/2014) 0/08/2014) 4

FICTITIOUS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS B USINESS NAME STATEMENT STATTEM MENT #596299 The follo following wing (are) person(s) is (ar e) doing d business as: Easts Eastside side TTechnology, echnology e , 2005 Sereno Ser eno Ave., Ave., LLos os o Altos, A 94024, CCA, A, 9 4024, Serano Seranoo Capital LL LLC. C. This business is limited conducted by by a lim mited liability company company..

Above Abo ve entity was formed in the statee of C lif i California Registrant R egistrant has not transacting yyet et begun tr raansactting business under thee fictitious business listed name or names lis ted herein. her ein. /s/Joseph Larkins Manager #201326810227 #201 326810227 was This statement wa as

filed with the County Clara Clerk of Santa Clar ra County on 9/1 9/10/2014.

0/2014.

4 (pub Metr Metro ro 9/1 9/17, 7, 9/2 9/24, 4, 110/01 0/01 110/08/2014) 0/08/2014)

FICTITIOUS FICTITIOUS B USINESS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT STATTEMENT #596332 The follo following wing person(s) is (ar (are) e) doing business as: 1. Harmony Harmony,, Bir Birth th and FFamily, amily a , 2. Harmony Birth Bir th R Resources, esources, 3321 21 E. Campbell, p , Campbell, p , CCA, A, 95008, 95008, TTrinhity, rrinhity, LLC. LL C. This business is conducted by by a limited liability company company..

Above Abo ve entity was formed in the state of California Registrant R egistrrant a began transacting tr ransacting a business under the fictitious business name or names listed her ein on herein 9/1 0/14.

9/10/14. /s/Jackie V elisek e Velisek CEO #201 423810034 #201423810034 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clar ra Clara County on 9/1 0/2014.

9/10/2014. (pub Metr ro 9/1 7, 9/2 4, Metro 9/17, 9/24, 110/01, 0/01, 110/08/2014) 0/08/2014)

FICTITIOUS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS B USINESS NAME STATEMENT STATTEMENT #596323 The follo following wing person(s) i (ar is ((are) e)) doing d i business b i as: Shastha FFoods, oods, 2205 2 205 Ringwood Ave., Ave., San Jose, CA, CA, 95131, 95131, Bondsforever Bondsfor ever Inc. This business is conducted by by a corporation. corpor ation.

Above Abo ve entity was formed in the state of

Caalifornia California Registrant R e ant began egistr transacting tr a ansacting business under un nder the fictitious business bu usiness name or names na ames listed her herein ein on 6/10/2004.

6/ /10/2004.

Refile previous R e of pr efile evious filee #4 46142 due to #446142 pu ublication rrequirement equirement publication no ot met on pr evious not previous fili ing. filing. /s s/Subrramanian a /s/Subramanian Kr rishnan Krishnan PPresident resident #C C2266386 #C2266386 Th his statement was This file ed with the County filed Cle erk of Santa Clar Clerk Claraa Co ounty on 9/1 0/2014.

County 9/10/2014. (p ub Metr 7, 9/2 4, (pub Metroo 9/1 9/17, 9/24, 1//01, 110/08/2014) 0/08/2014) 1/01,

FIICTITIOUS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS B U NESS USI NAME NA AME STATEMENT STATTEMENT # #596 1776 #596176 Thhe follo The following wing person(s) is (ar e) doing business (are) as s: Div as: Divaa Homes & Inv vestments, 7746 46 4 N. Investments, Whi Rd., W White Rd San S Jose, J CCA, A A, 9 5127, Marilu Nieto.

Nieto.

95127, Th his business is This co onducted by by a conducted ind dividual. individual.

R e ant began egistr Registrant tr a ansacting business transacting un nder the fictitious under bu usiness name or business na ames listed her ein on names herein 9/ /1/14.

9/1/14. /s s/Marilu G. Nieto /s/Marilu Th his statement was This file ed with the County filed Cle erk of Santa Clar Clerk Claraa Co ounty on 9/08/201 4 4.

County 9/08/2014. (p ub Metr 7, 9/2 4, (pub Metroo 9/1 9/17, 9/24, 110/01, 0 0/01, 110/08/2014) 0/08/2014)

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FICTITIOUSS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS B USINESS NAME STATEMENT STATTEMENT #596169 #596 169 The follo following wing person(s) p is (ar (are) e) doing business b as: Mauby Mauby Lan ndscape Landscape Ser vice, 566 9 Snell Service, 5669 A ve., #34 2, Sa an Jose, Ave., #342, San CCA, A, 95123, 95123, Bria an Brian Debasitis, 6283 6283 Mahan Dr r.., San Jose, CCA, A, Dr., 9 5123.

95123.

This business is i conducted by by a individual.

R egistrant beg gan Registrant began tr ansacting bu siness transacting business under the fictit tious fictitious business namee or names listed her hherein ein on 9/5/1 4.

9/5/14. /s/Brian Deba sitis Debasitis This statementt was filed with the County C Clerk of Santa Clar Claraa County on 9/0 05/2014.

9/05/2014. (pub Metr /17, 9/2 4, Metroo 9/ 9/17, 9/24, 110/01, 0/01, 110/08/2014) 0/08//2014)

FICTITIOUSS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS B USINESS NAME STATEMENT STATTEMENT #596182 #596 182 The follo following wing person(s) p is (ar (are) e) doing business b as: Declutter Solutions, S 11304 304 Shasta Ave., Ave., San Jose, CA, CA, 95126, 95126, Andrea Andrea McAuley..

McAuley This business is i conducted by by a individual.

Registrant R egistrant beg began gan transacting tr ansacting bu business siness under the fictit fictitious tious business namee or names listed her hherein ein on 9/8/14.

9/8/1 4. /s/Andrea /s/Andr ea YY.. McAuley M This statementt was filed with the County C Clerk of Santa Clar Claraa County on 9/0 9/08/2014.

08/2014.

9p Af_e IXjdljj\e 9p p AAf_e IXjdljj\e

(pub Metr Metroo 9/1 9/10, 0, 9/1 9/17, 7, 9/24, 9/2 4, 10/01/2014) 10/01/2014)

SSTATEMENT TATTEMENT OF WITHDRAWAL W ITHDRAWA AL FFROM ROM P AR ARTNERSH T IP PARTNERSHIP OP ERATING OPERATING UNDER FI CTITIOUS FICTITIOUS B USINESS NAME BUSINESS #595754 The follo following wing person(s) / entity (ies) has / hav havee withdrawn withdr rawn a as a gener general al partner(s) par tner(s) fr from om the partnership par tnership oper operating raating under the follo following wing fictitious business name(s). VR VRB B EEvents vents Plus, 11 1100 00 Phelan W Way., aay., San Jose, CA, CA, 95122, 95122, Rosalinda R osalinda R. Reyes Reyes Filed in Santa Clar Clara ra County on 1/23/2014 1/23/2014 Under File No 7344.

No.. 58 587344. /s/R osalinda Reyes Reyes /s/Rosalinda This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clar Claraa County on 8/25/20143.

8/25/20143. (pub Metr 7, Metroo 9/11, 9/1 9/17, 9/2 4, 10/01/2014) 10/01/2014) 9/24,

FICTITIOUS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS B USINESS NAME STATEMENT STATTEMENT #595987 The follo following wing person(s) is (ar (are) e) doing business as: Almaden R Ranch anch Firewood, Fir ewood 119731 ewood, 9731 Almaden R Road, oad, San Jose, CA, CA, 95120, 95120, Kerry Kerry Bruce Musco Musco..

This business is conducted by by a individual.

Registrant R egistrant began transacting tr ansacting business under the fictitious

FICTITIOUS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS B USINESS NAME STATEMENT STATTEMENT #595896 The follo following wingg person(s) p () is (ar (are) e) doing business as: R Rookies ookies Spor Sports ts LLodge, odge, o 11535 535 Meridian Ave., A ve., San Jose, CA, CA, 95125, 9 5125, RL RLodge, Loodge, Inc. 5829 58 29 Lalor Dr Dr.,., San Jose, CA, CA, 95123.

95123.

This business is conducted by by a corporation. corpor raation.

Above Abo ve entity was formed in the state of California R egistrraant has not Registrant yyet et begun tr ansacting transacting b i business under d the h fictitious business name or names listed her ein. herein. /s/Micahel Hobson PPresident resident #36 92193 #3692193 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clar ra Clara

Couunty on 8/2 County 8/28/2014.

8/2014. (pub Metroo 9/1 9/10, (pu ub Metr 0, 9/17, 9/17, 9/24, 9/2 24, 4 110/01/2014) 0/01/2014)

FICT FICTITIOUS C ITIOUS BUSINESS B U NESS USI NAME NA AME STATEMENT STATEMENT T #596003 #5 596003 Thee follo following wing person(s) is ((are) are) doing business as: Pinnacle Property Property Ma Management, anagement, 2005 Sereno Ser reno Ave., Ave., Los Loos Altos, CCA, A,, 9 94024, 4024, Sereno Sereno Capital Cap pital LL LLC. LCC. Thiss business is Thi conducted con nducted by by a limited liability liab bility company company. y.

Above Abo ove entity was formed form med in the state of California Cal lifornia Registrant R eggistrant has not yyet ett begun tr transacting ansacting business bus siness under the fictitious fict titious business name nam me or names listed herein. her rein. /s/Joseph /s/ /Joseph Larkins Ma anager Manager #20 01326810227 #201326810227 Thi Thiss statement was fil file edd with i h the h County C filed Cle erk of Santa Clar Clerk Claraa Cou unty on 9/02/201 4.

County 9/02/2014. (pu ub Metr 0, 9/1 7, (pub Metroo 9/1 9/10, 9/17, 9/2 27, 110/01/2014) 0/01/2014) 9/27,

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By CE CECIL CIL ADAMS ADAMS

CECIL CE CIL@METR METRONEWS.COM ONEWS..COM It seems almost almo ost everyone I've spoken with in i the past few years has a family famiily member or friend frriend with a diagnosis of multiple multip ple sclerosis. sclerosis. What's going on here? he ere? inciden nce increasing? Is it being recognized recog gnized with greater accuracy due du ue Is the incidence to improved testing? Or is it one of those catch-all cattch-all diagnoses for unexplained unexplained problems of the t central nervous system?—HarryLlama system?—H HarryLlama Yup, multiple sclerosis bee Y u up, multipl le scler rosis o seems to b increasing, possibly raree disease increasingg, p osssibly a lot. A rar once upon time, once up on a tim me, MS is now the most common neurological disorder affecting co ommon neur o giccal olo a disor rder d aff ffeecting yyoung o oung adults d l of of nor northern thern h Eur European rop o ean descent.

U.S. alone,, an estimated desccent. e In the U .S. alone 26 6,000 to 40 0,000 p eople curr reently 266,000 400,000 people currently haave it. have chronic, MS is a chr on nic, incurable ccondition ondition that can’t bee pr prevented effectively treated. can an’t ’ b eveen nted or eff ffeectivveely tr eated.

The b body’s blood ody’s own n white blo od ccells ells strip the protective sheathing (myelin) nerve protective shea athing (m myeelin) off ner rve cells brain ceells in the brai in and spinal ccord, o orrd d, leading to p poor nerve oor ner ve function f and a wide range of debilit debilitating taating ssymptoms—numbness yymptoms—numbness or tingling, dizziness, weakness,, spasms spasms,, loss tinglingg, diz zineess, weakness of ccoordination, problems oordination n, pr oblems with vision and urination. MS won won’t directly, w n’t ’ kill yyou o ou dir rectly e y, but it can five life. can a ttake ak ke fiv ve to o 10 yyears eears off yyour o our lif fe. mysterious, The ccauses auses a o MS rremain of emain m ysterious y , although somee tr trends are ends ar re eevident vvident among those who get it.

There’s i Ther re’s a definite genetic tendency tow towards disease,, although war ards d the disease twin show environmental twin w studies sh how en nvir v onmental factors also pla play part. ay a par t t.

It’s been theree w was It t’s long b een n thought ther as a a link between latitude MS—people bettween w latitud de and MS—p eople living above degrees north weree mor moree lik likely above 42 degr rees e nor th wer keely disease, further north to get the disea ase, and the fur rtther nor rtth yyou o ou went, the gr ggreater eater the risk. A 2011 study o onccluded the pr evvalence of in Sweden cconcluded prevalence eased b errceent ffor o or men and MS incr increased byy 1.5 p percent errceent ffor or wo o omen ffor or each degr o ee of 1p percent women degree latitude fur further north. effect therr nor th. The same eff ffeect has been been ffound ound o in JJapan apan and an equivalent southern-hemisphere effect New southern-hemiispherre eff ffeect in N ew Zealand, wheree the risk incr increases Zealand, wher eases as yyou o ou head south.

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R esear e rch c in the t U .S . . indic cates a an east tResearch U.S. indicates eastwest gradient ffor o MS pr or prevalence, revvalencce, p possibly ossibly related spread Scandinavian related e to the sp prread p e of Sc candina a avian v immigrants acr across Meanwhile ro oss the ccountry. ountrry. Mean nwhile w back in N Norway there bee reduced orwaayy ther re seems to b reduc e ed rtthernmost rregions, egions, p ossibly risk in the nor northernmost possibly reeater lo llocal cal a cconsumption onsumption of oily due to gr greater o fur therr cconfuse o onfuse mat tters t , ther e’s fish. T To further matters, there’s apparently lit tttlle rrelationship elationship e b ettween w MS apparently little between taamin D in ffood, ood, although vit amin and vit vitamin vitamin ay ha ave a pr rotectiv o ve D supplementss ma may have protective

eff ffeect. ff effect.

MS is mostly a pr oblem ffor o or those off problem no orrtthern European Eurrop o ean ancestry—it’s ancestrry— —itt’s rar re in northern rare A s Afric sia, a, and the Middle East. That ’s Asia, Africa, That’s no ot just j b eccause a non nw whites hi tend d to liv li vee not because nonwhites live clo oser to the equator r. In A ustralia and closer equator.

Australia N ew Z ealand, ffor or eexample, o xxample, MS is far New Zealand, m mor re ccommon o ommon among those of British h more ba ack kggrround o than Ab origines and Mao ori. background Aborigines Maori.

Back to the fundament tal a question: Is fundamental M b MS ecoming mor o ommon? Sur ooks becoming moree ccommon?

Suree lo looks th hat w ay. A 35-year 35--yeear A ustralian u study ffound o ound that way.

Australian th he MS pr evvalence (tot al-cases) a rate tri ipled the prevalence (total-cases) tripled an nd the incidenc ew w-cases) a rate dou ubled and incidencee (ne (new-cases) doubled b etween et w the early 19 60s and the midbetween 1960s 19 90s. A study of one ccounty o ountty in N orway 1990s.

Norway incidencee went up b byy a factor off ffound ou ound incidenc over increases 3.33 o ver 50 yyears, ears, with smaller incr rease e es in other ot ther ccounties. o ounties.

Women have borne the W omen ha o ave b orne the brunt of th he jump MS.. Bet Between 2000 jum mp in MS tween w 1950 and 20 00 the ratio disease rat atio of women to men with the disea ase increased byy ab about percent per in ncreased b out 1.4 p errcent p er yyear. eear arr.

Nowadays it’s N owaadaayys it ow ’s estimated that women are 300 percent more likely bee ar re 50 to 30 0p errcent mor re lik kely e to b diagnosed dia agnosed with MS than men.

Why? Nobody knows.. One p possibility Wh hy? y N obody knows ossibillitty is women aree simply mor more likely wo omen ar re lik keely to seek k help MS-like Other hypotheses ffor or or MS-lik ke ssymptoms. yymptoms. O ther h yypotheeses include more obesity, increased in nclude mor re ob esitty, incr reased e use of oral hormone-replacement ccontraceptives o ontracceeptivvees and hormone -replaccem ement therapy, trend towards th herap py, and a tr rend e tow war a ds later childbirth. ch hildbirth. Then again, rresearch esearrch c showss MS was increasing prew aas incr reasing e in women eeven veen in the pr p rePill days, matter before any Pi ill da ayys, and ffor or that mat o ttter b effo ore an ny of these trends emerged. th hese other tr ends had emer rged. g Improved does Impr roveed diagnosis undoubtedly do oes increase. study eexplain xxplain some of the incr rease e . One stud dy parts Finland were ffound ou ound MS rates in par rtts of F inland wer re fairly stable from 1993, more fai irly st able fr om 1979 to 19 93, then m ore than between 1994 1998—a th han doubled b ettween w 19 94 and 19 98— —a jump investigators attributed jum mp the in nvestigators at tttributed to greater imaging gr eater use of magnetic rresonance esonanc e e ima aging diagnosis.. to aid in diagnosis increase Another eexplanation xxplanation ffor or the incr o reas e se is that people aree living longer longer. th hat p eople with MS ar r. Still, factoring seems fac ctoring all that out, the cconsensus onsensus see ems bee that ther there’s been increase to b e’s b een a rreal eal e incr ease in n MS possibly some in n the p past 50 yyears, eears, p ossiblyy due to som me unknown environmental un nknown en nvir v onmental ccause. ause a . don’t bee alarmist. A diseas disease I don n’’t mean to b ase that hotspots three people th hat eeven ven e in hotsp ots afflicts thr ree e p eo ople doesn’t qualify next in n a thousand do esn n’t ’ qualif fy as the ne exxt Ebola.

Eb bola. The fact rremains emains e that if yyou’re o ou’rre a woman northern European wo oman of nor thern Eur opean eextraction xxtracttion and MS,, an nd someone in yyour o our family has MS there’s growing chance too. here’s a gr rowing o chanc ce yyou’ll o ou’ll get it to oo. th

FREE W WILL ILLL ASTROLOGY A STROLOGY ARIESS (Mar ARIE (March ch 21-April 19): As As I hike thr through ough the wilderness at dusk, the crickets always seem to be humming in the distance. No ma atter wher matter wheree I go, their sound is ffarther arther off off,, never right up close to me. How can that be? Do they move away fr o me as I appr om oach? I from approach? doubt it. I sense no leaping inse cts in the underbrush. insects Her e’s how this pertains to you: My rrelationship elationship with Here’s the crickets crickets’’ song is similar to a certain mystery in your lif e. There’s There’s an experience that t calls to you but life. fforever orever seems just out of rreach. each. YYou ou o think you’r you’ree dr awing near err, about to touch it i and be in its midst, drawing nearer, but it inevitably eludes you. Now w here’s here’s the good news: A change is coming ffor or yo ou. It will be like what you. would happen if I suddenly ffound ounnd myself intimately sur rounded by hundr eds of chirp ping crickets. surrounded hundreds chirping TAURUS T AURUS (April 20-May 20): IInn thr three ee years, you will

comprehend yourself lifee that compr ehend truths about yours elf and your lif you don’t don’t have the capacity to gr ggrasp asp now now.. By then, past events that have been conf confusing fusing to you will make sense. YYou’ll ou’ll o know what their pu urpose was and why purpose they occur occurred. red. CCan an you wait thatt long? If you’d rrather ather not, I have an idea: Do a meditat meditation tion in which you visualize yourself as you will be thr three ee years fr from om today today..

Imagine asking your futur futuree self to tell you what he or she has discover discovered. ed. The rrevelations evelatioons may take a while to start rrolling olling in, but I pr edict th hat a whole series of predict that insights will have ar rived by thiss time next week. arrived

GEMINI (May 21 2121-June June 20): Th Thee journey that awaits

you is succinct but epic. It will la ast a rrelatively elatively short last time but take months to fully un understand. nderstand. YYou oou may ffeel eel natur natural al and or ordinary dinary as you go thr tthrough ough it, even as you ar aree being rrather ather her heroic. oic. Pr Prepare epare as best as you can, but keep in mind that no amount off pr preparation eparation will get you completely rready eady ffor or the spo ontaneous moves you’ll spontaneous be called on to perf perform. orm. Don Don’t ’t bee ner nervous! vous! I bet you will rreceive eceive help fr from om an unexpectedd sour source. ce. Feelings of deja-vu may cr op up and pr ovide a sense of ffamiliarity amiliarity crop provide -- even though none of what oc ccurs will have any occurs pr ecedents. precedents.

CANCER (June 2121-July July 22): In the wild, very few oysters pr few produce oduce pearls—ab pearls—about bout one in every 10,000. Most commer cial pearlss come fr om ffarmed armed commercial from oysters whose pearls have beenn induced by human inter vention. A ct, the natur al jewel is intervention.

Ass you might expe expect, natural rregarded egarded as ffar ar mor ecious. Let LLet’s ’s use these facts facts as moree pr precious. metaphors while we speculate about a your ffate ate in the next eight months. I believe you will acquir ate acquiree or gener generate a beautiful new sour ce of value ffor or yourself e’s source yourself.. Ther There’s a small chance you will stumble upon a tr easure treasure equivalent to the wild pearl. Butt I suggest you take the mor oute: working har eate a tr easure moree secur securee rroute: hardd to cr create treasure that ’s like a cultivated cultivated pearl. that’s LLEO EO (July 23-Aug. 23-Aug. 22): In June 2012, 2 a U.S. Senator intr oduced a bill that would require requ uire all members of introduced Congr Congress ess to actually read read or listen listeen to a reading reading of any bill before before they voted on it. The proposal p oposal has been in pr limbo ever since, and it ’s unlikelyy it will ever be tr eated it’s treated seriously mee. Shouldn’t Shouldn’t it be a seriously.. This is confusing to me. fundamental requirement requirement that all a lawmakers know what ’s in the laws they pass? Don’t Doon’t make a similar what’s er rorr, Leo. Understand exactly what whhat you are are getting into, error, whether it ’s a new agreement, agreement, an a interesting interesting invitation, it’s or a tempting opportunity oroughly inf ormed. opportunity.. Be th thoroughly informed.

VIRGO VIR GO (Aug. 23-Sept.

23-Sept. 22): Oliv Oliver ver Evans (1755-1819) (1755-1819)

was a pr prolific olific Vir Virgo go inventor whoo came up with brilliant ideas ffor or steam engines s, urban gas lighting, engines, rrefrigeration, efrigeration, and automated ma machines. achines. He made a rradical adical pr prediction: ediction: “The time wil willl come when people will tr travel avel in stages moved by st steam team engines, almost birds fly,, 15 or 20 mile miless an hour hour.”

Wee may as ffast ast as bir ds fly .” W be surprised that a visionary inn innovator novator like Evans dramatically dr amatically minimized the futu future’s ure’s possibilities. In the same way way, y, I suspect that later inn your lif life, e, you might laugh g at how much yyou ar aree und underestimating erestimatingg yyour potentials right now now.. In telling yo you ou this, I’m hoping you underestimating. will stop under estimating.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 23-Oct. -Oct. 22): Whe When en Jimmy Fallon was a

senior in high school, he rreceived eceiveed a weir weirdd gr graduation aduation gift: a tr troll oll doll, one of those plas plastic stic figurines with frizzy frizzy,, brightly color colored ed hair hair.. Ar Around ound thee same time, his mother ur urged ged him to enter an upcomingg comedy contest at that a nearby club. Jimmy decided th hat would be fun. He worked up a rroutine outine in which hee imitated various celebrities auditioning to becom become me a spokesperson ffor or

By yR ROB OB BREZSNY week of October 1

troll tr oll dolls. With the t doll by his side, he won the contest, career launching his ca reer as a comedian. I fforesee oresee the life: possibility of a ccomparable omparable development in your lif e: an odd blessing or unexpected gift that inspir inspires es you to express expr ess one of your y talents on a higher level.

SCORPIO SC ORPIO (Oct. (Occt. 23-Nov. 23-Nov. 21): “Dear So-C So-Called alled

Astrologer: horoscopes aree worse than useless.

A strologer: YYour oour hor oscopes ar Mostly they ar aree cr crammed ammed with philosophical and poetic cr crap ap that doesn doesn’t ’t apply to my daily lif life. e. Please cut way back on the ffancy ancy metaphors. Just let me know if ther theree is money or love or tr trouble ouble coming my horoscopes way—like whatt rregular egular hor oscopes say! -Skeptical Scorpio.”” Dear Sk Scorpio Scorpio.

Skeptical: keptical: In my astr astrological ological opinion, opinion you and your ffellow ellow Scorpios will soon ffeel eel the kind of pressure just directed People pr essure you jus st dir ected at me. P eople will ask you to be diff different erent fr from om m what you actually ar are. e. My advice? Do not acquiesce too them.

SSAGITTARIUS AGITTARIU US (Nov. (Nov. 22 22-Dec. -Dec. 21): TTomatoes oomatoes ar aree a staple of Italian Italian cuisine now, now, but there there weren’t weren’t any tomatoes in Europe Europe until the 16th century, centuryy, when Spanish explor explorers errs brought brought them from from Central Central and South America. Likewise, L Malaysia has become a major pr producer oducer of o rubber rubber,, but it had no rubber tr trees ees weree smuggled out of Br Brazil until seeds wer azil in the 19th century.. And ban century bananas nanas ar aree cur currently rently a major cr crop op in Ecuador thanks thanks to 16th-century Portuguese Portuguese sailors, who tr ansportedd them fr om W est Africa. I foresee foresee transported from West the possibility off comparable comparable cross-fertilizations cross-fertilizations h happening i ffor or yo ou in i the th coming i months, th Sagittarius.

S itt i you Do you have your youur eye on any rremote emote rresources esources you’d like to bring bac backk home?

CAPRICORN CAPRIC ORN N (Dec. 22 22-Jan. -Jan. 19): YYears eears ago, you

experienced an event e that was so over overwhelming whelming you could not fully ddeal eal with it, let alone understand it. All this time it has been b simmering and smoldering in the depths of your unconscious u mind, emitting ghostly steam and smok smoke ke even as it has rremained emained difficul difficultt integrate. predict ffor or you to integr rate. But I pr edict that will change in months. the coming mon nths. YYou oou will finally find a way to bring conscious awareness exploree it with it into your cons cious awar eness and explor cour courage age and gr grace. ace. Of course it will be scary ffor or you to do so. But I assu assure re you that the ffear ear is a rresidue esidue fr from om your old confusi confusion, on, not a sign of rreal eal danger danger.. TToo achieve maximum liber liberation, ation, tion begin your quest soon. soon

AQUARIUS A QUARIUS (Jan. ( 20-Feb. 18): This is prime time to do things thatt aren’t aren’t exactly easy and rrelaxing, elaxing, hand aren’t but that on the other o aren’t actually painful.

Extendd peace off offerings Examples: Exten erings to adversaries. Seek with from rreconciliation econciliation wi ith valuable rresources esources fr om which you have been separ separated rated and potential allies fr from om whom become you have becom me alienated. TTry rry out new games you would eventuallyy like to be good at, but aren’t aren’t yet.

Get a better rread eadd on interesting interesting people you don’t don’t understand very well. Catch Catch my drift, Aquarius? For now now,, at least, lea leaving aving your comf comfort ort zone is likely to be invigor invigorating, ating, nott arduous. arduous.

PISCESS (Feb. 19-Mar PISCE 119-March ch 20): YYour our o or oracle acle is buil builtt

around around the epigr epigrams rams of conceptual artist Jenny Holzer.

Holzer. Fr From om herr hundr hundreds eds of pithy quotes, quotes I have selected six thatt off offer er the exact wisdom you need most right now now.. YYour oour job is to weave them all together into a symphoni symphonicc whole. 1. “It “It’s ’s crucial to have an active ffantasy life.”

“Ensuree that your lif lifee stays in antasy lif fe.” 2. “Ensur flux.” 3. “I have every e kind of thought, and that is no embarrassment.” embarrassment..” 4. ““Animalism Animalism A is perf perfectly ectly heal healthy.” thy.”

5. “Finding extr extreme e pleasur eme pleasuree will make you a better person if you’r you’ree car careful eful about what thrills you.” 6.

“Listen when yo your talks.” ur body talk s.”

Homework: Make M nonsense noises for for a minute straight straig ght every day this week.

Report rresults esultss to Truthrooster@gmail.com.

Truthr r ooster@gmail.com.

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