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PIKE P IKE PLACE PL ACE POSITION POSITION Sarah W Wells e ells and Camron Clausen have so far sh shot hot photos for their project around the Bay Portland.

B Area, as well as in Seattle (seen ( here) and P ortland.

Off the eM Mat at photograp photography phy project goe goess globall bringing yoga to public places globa BY B Y GAR GARY Y SINGH

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T’S NOT T’S NOT EVER EVERY YD DAY AY that photography an SJSU U photogr aphy major to marry maj or decides d her art with yoga and scour the globe to photog shoot yogis yogis in public places. places.

Apparently y taking photos of people doing yoga in d the middle e of Third Street in i downtown d downtow t wn San S Jose Jose wasn't eno wasn't enough. ough. Apparently recruiting models to sit in the lotus position inside a p grocery store sto ore wasn't wasn't enough.

Enter Sarah hW Wells, eells, who shall receive receive BFA her BF A in photography ph hotograph hy from from SJSU

att the end of this semester semester.. T Taking aaking in nspiration fr om the yyogic ogic cr eed th hat inspiration from creed that th he most challenging par the partt of one's p ractice actually b egins onc ou o practice begins oncee yyou ge et off the mat,, W eells, along with get Wells, h par her tner, C amron Clausen,, ar partner, Camron aree ab bout to blaze acr oss Planet Ear th h, about across Earth, ccameras a ameras in hand,, sear ching ffor o or an nyone searching anyone an nyywhere who w ants to do yyoga oga in n anywhere wants p ublic places. places. public A eells' work wi ill Att the moment,, W Wells' will b tmeent bee seen in the SJSU Ar Artt Depar Department th hroughout ne xt week,, with a throughout next rreception e eption on T ec uesdaay, Octob er 28.

28 Tuesday, October A After ne xt week it will mo ve to Bee next move th he Change Y oga on S First Str eet, the Yoga S.. First Street, ju ust south of Sant eet. just Santaa Clara Str Street.

H images Her ending on the sho ot, images,, dep depending shot, te end to plac enitty of yyoga oga tend placee the ser serenity ag gainst the back drop of the urban against backdrop su urroundings. It's almost lik ke yin and a surroundings. like

yang,, half tranquilit tranquility, chaos.. A Ass yang ty, h half chaos Wells says photography a rresult, esult,, W eells sa ayys her photo graph hy practic ecom me mor practicee itself has b become moree meditative medit ative and yyoga-like. oga-lik ke.

“What I'm inter esteed in is interested juxt aposing that again nst the landsc ape juxtaposing against landscape of our ccontemporary ontemporary cultur cculture, e,” sa ayys says W eells. ““And And ttaking A aking yyoga oga g and put ttting it Wells. putting into the public spac e, itt rreally eally st arts a space, starts cconversation on nversation b ettw ween the public and between the p erson doing the yyoga. oga.” person It might b ood as bee understo understood p erfo ormance ar t. The act a of st aging performance art. staging the sc ene on the str eett triggers scene street passersb a questions passersbyy to stop and ask questions..

The ecome par he cconversation, on nversation, e Theyy b become partt of th the par erfo ormancce, and, partt of the p performance, sometimes sometimes,, par partt of the final photo photo..

“P eople w aalk b d lo ok and the “People walk byy and look theyy sa ay, 'What ar ou doin ng?'”” eexplains xplains say, aree yyou doing?'”

W eells. ““And And that's whe A ere I ffeel eeel lik Wells. where likee we'r successful in thatt we ccan an bring we'ree successful that idea,, of pr esence, and a that presence, underlying met o into the aphor out metaphor world,, in a vvery eery pla ayyfu ul and p ositive playful positive way y.” way.

W iith her photos hyysical act With photos,, thee ph physical

of the p eop ple doing yyoga oga b ecomes people becomes almost sec o ondar y. The idea is to secondary. ccapture apture thee rreactions eactions of inno cent innocent b ystanderss and how the ey p erceive bystanders they perceive the practic ce of yyoga oga when it's practice transplante ed into a normally nontransplanted yyoga oga en nvvironment. o environment.

“Some of o m avorite images ar myy fa favorite aree the less ath hletic ones eells admits athletic ones,,” W Wells admits..

“J ust b ecau use it's not ab out how high “Just because about yyou ou ccan an ge et yyour our leg o ver yyour our o head, get over it's ab out the t at ttitude t of p eace yyou're ou're about attitude peace bringing a what that do es when bringing,, and does yyou ou inser yscape and what insertt it into a cit cityscape that do es, when w that cconversation on nversation does, st arts with h the public we'r starts we'ree working with.”

So far eells has st aged yyoga oga photo far,, W Wells staged sc enarios lo ocallyy—San JJose, ose, San scenarios locally—San Francisc o and a Sant Francisco Santaa Cruz—as well as plac es in th he N orth hwest w lik ke Seat tttle places the Northwest like Seattle and P ortlaand. N ow she and Clausen Portland.

Now own and tra avel the world, will split to town travel sho oting yyoga oga photos and blo gging shooting blogging ab out the eexperience. xperience. V olunteers o ar about Volunteers aree alr eady ccoming om ming out of the wo odwork, already woodwork, globally y, to o lend their assist ance, either globally, assistance, with ac com mmodations or cconnections, onnections, accommodations with video o editing skills skills,, or just with a willingnesss to b graphed doing bee photo photographed yyoga oga p osess in a subw ay. A 30daay poses subway.

30-day Kickst arterr ccampaign ampaign to help fund the Kickstarter adv ventur e e also kicks off ne ext x week. adventure next “I rreally eally w aanted to eextend xtend this wanted pr oject out tside of the St ates, also project outside States, also,, just b ecausse ther e's a fast t--growing because there's fast-growing global ccommunity om mmunitty of yyoga, oga,” W ells e Wells eexplained. xplained. ““And And A it's a ccommunity ommunity that's rreally eallyy unique and sp ecial in the special sense that it's not ccompetitive. ompetitive. It's a vvery ery ac ceptting and vvery eery op en-hearted accepting open-hearted ccommunity. ommunitty.”

So eexpect xpecct lots of hostel-hopping hostel-hopping,, ccouch ouch sur fi and yyoga, fing oga,, fr om Eur ope surfing from Europe to India. Y oga is an old practic e, at Yoga practice, least 10 tim mes older than the U nited times United St ates, so itt all mak es sense iith States, makes sense.. W With eeveryone ver e yone jo oining in the eff ffo ort to help joining effort bring the whole w adv enture to fruition, adventure W eells sa ayys she is motivated eeven ven e Wells says mor iscover yyoga oga practitioners moree to di discover in eevery very ccorner o orner of the world and thus do cument their individual narrativ es. document narratives.

“It rreally eallyy is a ccollective ollectivve eff ffo ort,” effort, she sa ayys. “It t's mor out says.

“It's moree than just ab about tra aveling th he world. It's rreally eally ab out traveling the about get tting t to shar ssharee these p eoples' stories eoples getting peoples' stories..”

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HREE bullets still remain in Javier Javier Gonzales-Guerrero’s Gonz ales-Guerrero o’s body body.. One in his spine. Anotherr in the tailbone.

The third is lodged d in his left leg. At least 17 bullets made their way out. Some their way others went straight straight through, oth hers were taken out in bits b over the course e of a dozen-plus surgeries.

He and surgerie ies. H e has h screws in i his hi knee k da rod thatt fortifies his right femur. femur. His His body burns from frrom scars and nerve nerv ve damage, and for for eight months months he wore a colostomy colostomy bag. His His doctor at a Stanford, Ivan Ivan Chang, Chang, told him he’d he’’d

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have no choice choice but to live with h the bullets and the pain. pain n. Surgery would risk riisk paralysis. paralysis.

In addition to t the aches in his hip and knee and spine that th hat force him to sitt up in the middle of the the night—reminding night—remindin ng him of that morning fateful morn ning three years ago, ag go, when police punctured his h body like Swiss cheese—the mirror tells i ll a similar i il story, story y, as a scar runs that across his right rig ght cheek from a bullet b grazed gr azed his face. fa ace. That may have e come from one of the same sa ame shots that went went through his hand as he covered c his head in n fear. fear.

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The last moment JJavier avvier GonzalesGuerrero rremembers Guerrero emembers fr ffrom om that da day ay is op ening his eeyes yes to a San JJose opening ose police p olice offic officer er st standing anding o over ver him. He blinked blink ed at the man wit with th the gun.

Thr ee mor ers sto ood b elow Three moree offic officers stood below him—he didn’t didn’t see them. theem. They’re They’re the ones who shot first.

“Put yyour our hands in the t air air!” !” one offic officer er shouts shouts,, ac according cor o ding to depositions.

“Don’t move!” says dep ositions. “Don ’t mo ove!” sa ays y another,, ccontradicting partner. another ontradictingg his par tner.

A lit tle mor ear later little moree than a yyear later,, an ting in a 16 attorney sitting 16th floor at torney sit 6th flo or suite at San JJose’s ose’s downtown n Cit Cityy Hall will ask Gonzales if he raised his arms b effo ore he got sho ot. before shot.

“Yes,” says. was—I was “Y Yees,” he sa ays y . “I w as— —I w as put tting t them up putting up,, and I got shot. shot.””

“Okay,” “Ok ay,” sa says ayys the at attorney. tto t rney. “Wh “Whyy our hand hands did yyou ou put yyour ds down to the right side of yyour our b odyy?” body?”

“B “Bec ause I gott shot,” h t ” Gonzales G l sa ayys.

“Because says. was painful.””

“It w as so painful.

And then offic ers sh hot him some officers shot mor e. more.

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It w was aas Oct. 22,, 2011,, and d Gonzales Gonzales,, 2 255 at the time time,, did what man m many ny p people eople

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his age do ar aaround ound Halloween. He got dressed dr essed up in i a ccostume ostume and had some drinks with h friends friends.. All Natural Stone was w as holdingg its annual ccompany ompan ny par party ty and Gonzal Gonzales, les, who had done some ccontract ontract wo work ork with the tile supplier supplier,, wanted w anted to b bee saf safe, fe, aavoid vo oid drinking and driving.. He check checked driving keed into a rroom oom at Extended Stay the Extende ed St ay Inn with a ccouple ouple he kne knew, w, an and nd he and his buddy each poured cranberry Grey Goose p oured a cr ranberry and Gr ey Go ose into plastic cups cups..

People P eople go got ot tips tipsy sy at the par party, ty, as the theyy do.. Gonzale Gonzales dressed sombrero do es dr essed in a sombr ero scrubs, and OR scru ubs, the latter latttter ccomponent omponent serving choicee ffor ser ving as an a ominous choic o or transpire.

Witness what would d later transpir e. W iitness inter views ffound ound o that he to ok a interviews took picturee with pictur h a woman at the par party, ty, JJacqueline acqueline Bar B tletttt,, who ccame ame dr essed Bartlett, dressed as a “nun with w a gun.” F For or her ccostume ostume she painted d a plastic to oy pistol gold, toy appar apparently ently l to mak make ke it i lo llook ok k “mor ““moree rreal. eal.” The pr rop got passed ar ound lik prop around likee drinks thr ou ughout the night. Gonzales throughout rreturned eturned to o his hotel well after midnight,, tthe he to toy oy gun tuck tucked keed in his waistband. w aistband. His friends had ccome ome back earlier and didn didn’t n’t ’ ans answer sw wer his phone was trying ccalls alls when he h w as tr ying to rremember emember

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which rroom oom the theyy wer weree in. stairwell Gonzales ffell eell asleep in the st airrwell after a ffew ew unans unanswered wered ccalls. alls. O Other her th tiptoed around hotel guests tipto ed ar ound him m morning.. When the ho hotel later that morning otel waking Gonzales, maid had no luck w aaking Gonza ales, the hotel manager went to rrouse ousee saw him and sa aw that he had a gun in n his waistband. w aaistband. She ccalled alled 9-1-1,, and San S police officers dispatched.

JJose ose p olice offic ers were were dispatch hed. was Gonzales w aas passed out on the stairwell between third st airwell b etween the thir d and floors, officer, ffourth ourth flo o ors, and one offic er, JJeffrey eff ffrey Banister,, made a ttactical Banister actical decision n to go up an eextra xxtra flo floor. or. F Four our mor moree offi officers fficers approached from below landing appr oached fr om b elow the land ding on which Gonzales slept.

Banister ccalled alled down to his ffellow eelllow officers, want Tase offic ers, “Do yyou ou w ant me to T aasse Instead, him,” but no one responded. responded. Inst tead, guns dra drawn, aw wn,, the ffour o our offic officers ers b below ellow the landing shouted their pr presence. esen nce.

G Gonzales l didn didn’t did ’ rrespond. ’t espond. d Rather R h than h being attacked risk b eing at ttack keed in ambush— — despite knowing Gonzales had b been een asleep or unc unconscious onscious ffor or o some time—the time —the offic officers, ers, ner nerves ves turned d up,, ccontinued up ontinued to thunder vverbal erbal e ccommands ommands on a man who w was aas ju just ust starting st arting to w wake. ake. Shots so soon on ffollowed. ollo o owed.

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investigation byy the Sant Santaa Clara An in nvestigation b County Attorney’s officee sa says C ounty District A ttto orney’s offic ays y weapon—a Gonzales rreached eached ffor o or the weap on—a weapon officers weap on all of the offi fficers assumed was dark butt toyy w as rreal; ark but tt of the to eal; only the da was visible—and police opened gun w as visible —an nd p olice op ened fire. fir e. When Gonzaless rrecoiled ecoiled in theyy unloaded pain,, the d another vvolley o olley of rrounds. ounds. Somewhere Somewheere between between 24 total—inexplicably, al—in to 26 shots tot nexplicablyy, that number numb er w was as ne never ver pr p precisely ecisely identified in the D DA’s A’s rreport. ep port.

Officers O fficers in involved nvolvveed in i the sho shooting oting appear app ear to have haave giv given veen n inconsistent inconsistent orders, or ders, ac according cording to dep d depositions ositions in a civil suit that Go Gonzales onzales filed.

Three Thr ee SJPD offic officers—Mark ers— —Mark and Tim T im Stephens (unr (unrelated), ellated),, and Gar Garyy Petrakovitz—all P etrak kovitz—all sa say ay Gonzales only rreached eached ffor o or the toy to oy gun g when they theey opened op ened fir firee on ttwo w wo separate s o occasions. ccasions.

But Sg Sgt. gtt. Brian JJohst, ohst,, who fir fired ed thr three ee to fiv fivee rrounds, ounds, says saayys Gonzales G actuallyy pulled the gun out and a aimed it at the officers. weree st standing offic ers. All ffour o our men n wer anding next right ne exxt to one another. ano other.

Those cconflicting onflicting ac aaccounts counts ccould ould bee wh why San settled b hy the city city of Sa an JJose ose set tttled lawsuit the la aw wsuit out of ccourt o t last yyear our eear ffor o or

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almost $5 mil million, lion,, or ab about out $2 $250,000 50,000 per p er bullet wou wound. und.

The D DA A cleared cleared all offic officers ers of criminal char charges g in a rreport ges eport made public in N November ovemb e er 2012,, noting officers that the offic e feared ers fear e ed ffor or o their lives livves e proper and used a pr o er amount of fforce op o orce apparent “due to an app parent and immediate threat great bodily injuryy or death thr eat of gr eatt b odily injur themselves individuals..” to themselv es and other individuals DA charges bee The D A also said s no char ges should b filed against g G Gonzales—whose blo od blood alc ohol that morning m measur ed .10— alcohol measured b ecause w aakin ng up in a haze do esn’t because waking doesn’t cconstitute onstitute defying deffyying an offic er’s or der. officer’s order.

But none of o the ffour o our offic ers officers wer ver e disc ciplined internally b weree eever disciplined byy SJPD b eyond the ttypical yypical 10-day 10-daay beyond administrativ ave imposed imposed after administrativee lea leave an nyone fir es their th heir weap on. In fact,, of anyone fires weapon.

SJPD’ cer-in nvolv o ed sho otings SJPD’ss 2 255 offic officer-involved shootings 2009, dating back to o 20 09,, not a single officer been offic er has eever ver e b een disciplined. p

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Seeveral pat Several patterns tttern ns emer emerge ge from from a close look lo ok at offic officer-involved err-in nvo olvveed shootings shootings b byy South Ba Bay ay law laaw enf enforcement fo orcement during the past fiv five ve years. yeears. Almost all of the officer-involved offic er-in nvolv o ved e shootings shootings involved in nvolv o ved e

male susp m suspects. ects. Most had leng lengthy gtth hy rap p sh heets, although Gonzales and one sheets, other ot ther p person erson shot b byy SJPD did not.

M of the incidents o Most ccurred in East E occurred San Sa an JJose. ose. Appr Approximately oximately 6 60 0p percent ercen nt of th he p eople shot b the people byy SJPD identified as Latino.

L a atino . Almost a thir third d of p people shot ot eople sho byy police, percent, weree unarme unarmed. b police, 28 p ercent,, wer d.

Fear self-preservation F ear and the self f-pr - eservation instinct law in nstinct ccome ome into play plaay when la aw enforcers make en nffo orcers eevaluate vvaluate a situation and mak m ke a split-second split p t-second decision,, and a moment’s momeent’s hesitation have grave he esitation ccan an ha ave gra ave cconsequences. onsequen nces.

Cops C o know that 24-year-old ops 24-year e r-old SJPD Fontana was ambushed rrookie ookie JJeffrey effrey F ontana w aas ambushe ed and an nd killed 13 yyears ears ago in an Almaden Almadeen Valley V Va a y cul de sac and that ttwo alle wo w vveteran eeteraan Santa officers weree surprised and Sa anta Cruz offic ers wer a killed they ki illed last yyear eear when the ey showed up u doorstep baristaa susp suspected att the do orstep of a barist ecteed of sexually se exually x assaulting a cco-worker. o-work keerr.

Fear shooting, F ear led to Gonzales’’ tragic sho ottingg, and an nd it is what has motivated officers officerrs escalate most to o esc alate their rresponses esponses to the m ost deadly officer’s de eadly of fforce. o orce. An offic er’s ffear eear ffor o or his life, potential great hi is or her lif fe, the p otential of a gr eat bodily injuryy and/or the risk that b odily injur someone so omeone ccould ould flee and ccommit ommit a violent been vi iolent ffelony, eelon ny, has b een cited in eevery ver ey instance Bay officers in nstance in which South Ba ay offic errs

haave shot,, and sometim have sometimes mes killed, memb ers of the public veral e ccases ases members public.. In se several they the ey ha have ave fir fired ed their gu guns uns in rresponse esponse to other shots awaare that the shots,, una unaware only bullets wer weree ccoming omin ng fr from om other offic ers’’ weap ons. officers’ weapons.

The def defense feense ffor o or usingg deadly fforce or o ce law, but staunch is rrooted ooted in ccase ase la aw, bu ut eeven veen st aunch supporters SJPD,, suc such supp orters of SJPD ch as the late Police McNamara—who P olice Chief JJoseph oseph Mc cNamara—who liked about lik ed to tell stories ab ou ut working the beat decades b eat in Harlem ffor or o ttwo wo o dec ades and never gun—have openly ne ver using his gun—h haave op enly officers aree to questioned how quick offic ers ar trigger. now pull the trigger r.

“Yes, dangerous, “Y Yes e , police police work is danger d ous, police violence, and the p olice see a lot of violenc e,” wrote 2006 op-ed McNamara wr ote in a 20 06 op -ed Wall ffor or o the W aall Street Street e Journal.

Journ o nal. “On the other hand,, this isn isn’t Iraq. ’t Ira aq. The need to give officers what theyy rrequire give our offic ers wha at the equire protect themselves to pr otect themselv es and a us has to be balanced be balanc ed against g thee fact that the fundamental police fundamental duty dutty of the th he p olice is to protect life law protect human lif fe and a that la aw officers aree only justifie justified life officers ar ed in ttaking aking a lif fe as a last rresort. esort.”

Metro’s have Mettro’s rrecords ecords rrequests equeests ha ave Bay Area’s three ffound ound o that the Ba ay Ar ea’s thr ea ee largest law enforcement lar gest la aw enf fo orcemen nt agencies—

police depa police departments artments ffor or San JJose, o ose, San Francisc o and a Oakland—ha ave ttaken ak keen Francisco Oakland—have partt in 111 offic par o officer-involved er-in nvolv o ved e sho shootings otings sinc eginning of 20 09. F orty--two sincee the b beginning 2009.

Forty-two people p eople died d fr from om their injuries injuries.. While this inf fo orm mation is op en to rrecords ecords information open rrequests, equests, it is not rreadily eadily aavailable vvailable and law enforcement have actively la aw enf fo orcement e agencies ha ave activ veely keep details sought to k eeep much of the det ails of incidents these incid dents out of the public eeye. ye.

Att last ccount, approximately A o , appr ount, oximately 750 law enforcement across la aw enf fo orcement e agencies g acr oss self-report dataa ab about the ccountry ountry self f--report dat out officer-involved shootings offic err-in - nvo olvveed sho otings (OIS) to That number the FBI. Th hat numb er equates to percent number just 4 p ercent e of the total total numb er departments nationwide.

Santaa depar tmen nts nation nw wide. The Sant County Sheriff’s Clara C oun ntty Sheriff ’s Office Office did not cconfirm onfirm m whether it rreports eports officer-involved shootings offic err-in - nvo olvveed sho otings to national authorities,, but SJPD sa says authorities ayys it rreports eports California “justifiable homicides”” to the C aliffornia o Department Depar p tmen nt of JJustice. ustice. The last rreport ep port OIS decade on such OI IS incidents is nearly a dec ade sincee then. old. And much m has changed sinc D.. Brian Burghart, D n Bur ghart, editor of the alt-weekly Reno News Review, alt -weeklyy R eno e Ne ws & R eview, started crowdsourcing st arted hiss own cr owdsourcing database dat abase in n 2012 to track the

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PROTECT P PR O TE CT & SURVIVE SURVIV VE nu number umber of p people eople acr across oss the nati nation on being byy p police. described b e eing killed b olice. He describ e ed the th he site site,, Fat FatalEncounters.org, alEncounters.org, and d his eexperiences x eriences in an op xp - ed this summ mer. op-ed summer.

“The biggest thing I’v aken I’vee ttaken aaway way fr om this pr oject is somethi ing from project something I’l ll ne ver b ove, but I’m m I’ll never bee able to pr prove, cconvinced onvinc on v ed to m ore: The lack myy ccore: off such a database database is intentional,”” Bu urghart sa ays y . “N o go vernment— Burghart says.

“No government— no ott the th ffederal eederal d l go vernment, t and d nott not government, th he thousands of municipalities th hat the that gi ive their p olice fforces orces lic o ense to use u give police license de eadly fforce—wants o orce—wants yyou ou to know w deadly ho ow man eople it kills and wh hy.” how manyy p people why.”

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Criticism of lethal split split-second -second de ecisions with the b enefit of decisions benefit hi indsight ccan an b hindsight bee dismissed as M Monda ay Morning Quar terbacking.

Monday Quarterbacking.

Iff a p erson has ne ver b een a train ned person never been trained p o e offic olic er, and has ne ver b een in police officer, never been ap otential lif fe- or- death situation n, potential life-or-death situation, th he theor es, the ave no the theoryy go goes, theyy ha have bu usiness sa aying y whether or not an n business saying offi fficer to ok the ccorrect orrect action. officer took But all la aw enf fo orcement law enforcement ag gencies—whether it is their agencies—whether In nternal Affairs division or ay, th he Internal or,, sa say, the D District A ttorney’s offic e—at som me Attorney’s office—at some p o ha oint ave someone internally pl laay point have play th he rrole ole of MMQB eviewing the the MMQB,, rreviewing ci ircumstances of offic er-in nvolved circumstances officer-involved sh hootings and deciding if the le vel e of shootings level fforce o orce was was appr opriate. U ntil rrecently, ecen ntlyy, appropriate.

Until th hose rreviews eviews ne ver sa aw the light of those never saw da ay in Sant ounty. day Santaa Clara C County.

After b being eing elected in 2010,, District Disttrict Attorney A ttorne t y JJeff eff R Rosen osen o w wasted asted lit little tttle time tim me in changing offic officee protocol protocol to o rrelease e elease detailed det ailed public rreports eports an any ny tim me someone is shot b local la aw time byy a local law en nffo orcement agency y. The goal, he sa ayys, enforcement agency. says, w as to eexplain xplain to the public wh hy an a was why offi fficer w as a b eing charged charged or cleared cleared e officer was being off char ges. Every Every offic er in nvestigateed charges. officer investigated in n the 20 rreports eports made aavailable vvailable tto o M Met ro, dating back to March March 2010,, Metro, as b een clear ed of char ges. And has ha been cleared charges. rightfully ri ghttffully so so,, R Rosen osen sa o says. ayys.

“If yyou ou lo look ok at the rreports eports of th the he ffolks o olks who ha have ave b been een shot and kill killed led byy offic b officers, ers, it it’s ’s not a situation whe where ere somebody so omebody made a bad left turn and an nd w was as pulled o over; ver; the offic officer er iss w writing them a tick ticket et and during the ccourse o ourse of that somehow the offic officer e er ends en nds up sho shooting oting them. I ha haven’t aven’t seen se een a situation lik likee that,”” R Rosen osen o says. sa ayys. “It tends to b bee situations wh where here

12 ap person erson is either in th the he ccourse ourse of ccommitting ommitting another crime ccrime,, or is mentally ment ally ill, or high o on n drugs drugs,, or a ards gang memb er with ho ostility tow member hostility towards p olice. Those ar police. aree mor moree the situations I’v mes the I’vee seen. seen.”” He also blam blames pr olifferation e of guns proliferation guns..

The vast majority majority of o the rreports eports back up R o osen’s assess sment. In Rosen’s assessment.

Septemb er 2011,, P aul C astillo September Paul Castillo kid kidnapp ed d and d mur dered de d a woman kidnapped murdered b effo ore tr ying to run o ver ttwo wo San before trying over JJose ose p olice offic ers wit th a stolen police officers with ccar. ar. F ive other p eople ac cused of Five people accused

‘N ‘No No govern government nment —not the federal f governme ent, government, and d nott th h he the thousandss of municipal lities municipalities that give their t police forc ces forces license to use deadly for rce— rce force— wants you u to know how w many people it kills k and why y.’. why.’ carjacking b carjacking between etween Se September eptember 2011 and N November ovember 2013 2 tried to run o over ver offic officers ers or fle flee ee the sc scene, ene, likely lik ely to ccommit ommit mor moree crimes crimes.. T Two wo w weree shot dead. V wer Varun aarun nK Kumar, umar, killed in Octob October er 2011 2011, 1, had a histor historyy of leading p police olice chase chases es and had no intent of going bac back ck to prison when p police olice b boxed oxed in the black Ford F ord T Taurus aaurus he stole stole.. He H pla played ayed bumper bump er ccars ars and almo almost ost clipp clipped ed an officer offic er until thr three ee sho shots—one ots— one to the back back—stopped k—stopped him. him m. That w was as after he he’d ’d alr already eady b been een nT Tasered aasered and pistol-whipped pistol-whipp ed a ffew ew times ttimes.. R Robin obin o F illie, a 31-year-old 31-year- old dru ug addict and Fillie, drug her b oyfriend, Samue o ose, tried boyfriend, Samuell R Rose, to run o ver an offic er after stealing over officer a ccar ar in Almaden. F illiie got lit up Fillie with multiple gun sho ot wounds shot wounds..

was operating She w as op perating the vvehicle ehicle influencee of drugs drugs,, and under the influenc ption that the offic er assumption officer the assum ccould ould onlyy sho ot her “one time shoot time,, not multiple ti imes!”” N ow she knows times!”

Now knows..

The num mber of rrounds ounds fir ed number fired in offic err-in - nvolved sho otings is a officer-involved shootings closely gua arded secr et b cal la aw guarded secret byy lo local law enf fo orcement. Neither Neither SJPD nor the enforcement.

Sheriff ’s ’s Office Office wer ovide weree willing to pr provide such h inf iinformation, fo orm mation, ti , citing iti a government go overnmentt xem ough an ccode ode eexemption. mption. But thr through insp ection of D A rreports, eports, Met ro has inspection DA Metro ffound ound o thatt sinc verage e sincee 2010 the aaverage South Ba ay p olice shooting shooting in nvolv o es at Bay police involves least 10.2 sh hots fr om a p olice weap on, shots from police weapon, with a high h of 29 in a drug bust gone bad— —Juan R u uelas w aas shot 29 bad—Juan Ruelas was times b ers and ffound o ound to b byy sixx offic officers bee unarmed. O ther inst ances, while mor Other instances, moree justified,, su uggest ther suggest theree is no guarantee an nyo one iis tracking t ki h how man ny times i anyone many a trigger is pu ulled. pulled.

In Octob ber 2011,, Shar eef Allman October Shareef went on a killing spr ee at the L ehigh spree Lehigh Quarr C ertino, murdering murdering Quarryy in Cup Cupertino, thr ee co-workers co-work keers and sho oting se ven e three shooting seven mor effo orre setting settting t counttyywide moree b before off a countywide Law enforcement enffo orcement tracked tracked manhunt. Law him down in Sunn nyyvale, and officers officers Sunnyvale, fir ed off at least 26 bullets b effo ore fired before Allman tur rned his own gun on turned hi himself lff. When Wh ask ked ed for fo or clarification clarific l ifi ation i himself. asked on the num mber of rrounds ounds fir ed in number fired this inst A was was ancce and others instance others,, the D DA o learn it had not ccome ome up surprised tto with the eexact x tot xact al for fo or some of its total rreports. eports. metimes it only ttakes akes one But som sometimes shot,, such as a the ccase ase of V aalente Valente Galindo w w aas killed in the Galindo,, who was b edroom of o his East San JJose ose home bedroom on Dec suspected gang Dec.. 15,, 2011. A suspected memb er w aas chased b police into member was byy police the house and a tossed a gun into a dark rroom, oom m,, wher wheree Galindo and a woman we ere resting. resting. Officer Officer Lee Lee were T aassio says saayys that Galindo Tassio Galindo,, against his or ders, picked pick ked up the gun and raised orders, it,, which iss when T assio a fired one shot Tassio fired into Galind do’s chest. Pictur es fr om the Galindo’s Pictures from sc ene show w the gun ended up under scene the b ed ne exxt to a sc arf, a woman ’s sho bed next scarf, woman’s shoee and a ccan an of o F our L ok ko.

Four Loko.

The D A ruled the sho oting DA shooting justified, but b knowing no prints or an vidence fr om Galindo w as anyy DNA eevidence from was ffound ound on the o t gun,, the cit tled cityy set settled a la aw wsuit b ourt lawsuit byy his family out of ccourt ffor or $9 o 00,0 000. Cit torneys ha ave $900,000.

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CCounting ounting Bullets In studying officer-involved officer--involved shootings,, the most most difficult difficult statistic to obtain is the number num mber of bullets officers fire. fire.. Both S San Jose Police Police Department and Santa Saanta Clara Clara County Sheriff’s Sheriff ’ss Office rrefused efu used to rrelease elease the counts,, citing g government code 6254(f), which h exempts certain aspects of an a investigative rreport eport from from public record. record. When pressed pr essed for for a justification, justifi fication, both law enf enforcement orcement agencies ag gencies cited potential civil litigation, litigation, even for for cases that have already already been tried or have no chance of going to court.

Dirty H Harry, arry y, played by Clint But after reviewing reviewing g 20 officerEastwood, cclaimed laimed to have lost involved shooting rreports eports provided provided the count of e number of shots he by the Santa Clara Clara County District runup movie’s fired in runu up to the 1971 movie ’s Metro M ro has ffound ound A ttorney’s office, Metr Attorney’s famous line, “Do I feel lucky that a minimum of 204 rounds rounds have most famous Local oca al law enforcement been fired fired by local law enforcement enforcement today?” L seem agencies see em to have the same since March March 2010. That’s T ’s an aver That average age these ese days keeping track of 10.2 rrounds ounds per incident. i . In some problem the number of the numb ber of rounds fired. cases, however however,r, thee DA DA did not have accur ate totals totals in its report. report. accurate Stanford S tanford law professor professsor Robert Weisberg Weisberg says there there iss “nothing “nothing inherently inherently illegal”” about an officer offficer having to shoot their gun a lot, lo ot, but it does attract attract great gr g eat scrutiny scrutiny. y. “If th there’s here’s a dispute p of a cop p shooting g legally, legally g y, all things g being g equal,, the more more shots sho ots fired fired by a cop,, the easier it is for for o the other side to ar argue gue it was excessive,”” he h says.

justified the pa payouts ayouts despite d ar arguing guing was incorrect. nothing w as done inc o ect. orr ““All All of these sho A shootings ngs wer weree otin policy. within p olicyy. That is a decision made b byy the depar department,” tment,”” sa says ayys rretired etired judge L LaDoris aDoris C Cordell, ordell, dell, San JJose’s ose’s indep independent endent p police o e auditor olic auditor..

“For “F or some of these sho shootings ootings ther theree have ha ave b been een subst substantial antial pa payouts ayouts to the victims and their fami family ily memb members. ers. If the sho shootings otings ar aree with within hin p policy, olicyy, wh why hy is the cit cityy pa paying?” aying?” y There’s Ther e’s also the ccase asee of R Rochaund ochaund Barris,, who on Oct. 3, 2012, Barris trespassed tr espassed on the Diri Diridon idon St Station ation train tracks in San JJose. osse. W With iith meth in his ssystem, ystem, distraug ystem, distraught ght o over ver a breakup, br eakup, Barris ignor ignored e or ed orders ders to stop fr from om transit ccop o Ir op Irfan fan Zaidi, who also w was as se serving erving as a deputyy ffor deput or the San Ma o Mateo ateo C County ounty Sheriff ’’ss O Office. ffice. The D DA’s A’s rreport eport on the incident sa says ayys Barris B thr threw ew a rrock ock and hit Zaidi in n the leg leg.. The

suspect th suspect then en meander meandered ed off into the trainyard, throwing train yard,, thr owing a steel nail at a train win window. ndow. Appar Apparently ently this is Zaidi threat been when Zaid di ffelt eelt the thr eat had b een escalated, esc alated, and a he dr drew ew his weap weapon. on.

The offi officer cer cconfronted onfronted Barris and ordered or dered hi him im to put down another rrock ock he he held eld menacingly in his hand, but Barris didn didn’t ’t ccomply. omplyy. A According ccording to the rreport, epor o t,, Zaidi fir fired ed one shot at Barris’’ hip and “w “watched atched his rreaction eaction to see if it would change.” change.” It didn’t, didn’t,, so Zaidi shot him thr three ee mor moree times times..

One ccould ou uld MMQB how much of a threat thr eat Bar Barris rris rreally eally pr presented esented with a rrock, ock, but the t la law aw is clear: Danger Danger— — similar to the sho shooting oting of Gonzales in the hote hotel el st stairwell—need airwell—need only b bee perceived. p erceived. ““A Ap person erso on rresorting esorting to deadly fforce orce in sel o self-defense lff- deffeense need only rreact eact to what is rreasonably, easonablyy, rather than actually, actually y, ap apparent,” pparent,”” the D DA A notes in manyy of it man its ts OIS rreports. eports. “In other

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Robert R obert W o Weisberg, eeisberg, a la law aw pr professor offessor e at Stanford St anffo ord U University nivveersitty who who has mor moree than thr three ee dec decades ades of eexperience x erience in xp the field of criminal just justice, tice, says saayys the Supreme Supr eme C Court ourt has inte intentionally entionally provided pr ovided cushion ffor or o law laaw enforcement enffo orcement through thr ough rulings such ass Tennessee Teennessee v.. Garner and Graham vv.. Connor. v Connor.

The decisions allowed ffor o or “all kinds of rroom oom ffor or o subjectivity” subjectivittyy”” in what cconstitutes onstitutes a thr threat, eat,, Weisberg Weisb e erg says, sa ayys, but also puts the onus o on la law aw enforcement enf fo orcement to pr prove ove suspects su uspects showed an “imminent pr proclivity oclivity of inflicting grievous grie vous o harm on someone. someeone.”

Almost a dec decade ade ago, ago, SJPD modified modified its Dut Duty ty Manual—the p police olice Bible Bible—to —to ccome ome into line with wh what hat wer weree then cconsidered onsidered national la law aw enforcements’ enffo orcements’ “best “b est practic practices” es”” ffor o or use of o fforce. o orce. Rather than ha have ave offic officers ers esc escalate alaate fforce o orce in steps—from steps—fr om vverbal erbal e commands com mmands to using their hands hands,, pepper pepp per spray, spraay, a baton,, T Taser aaser and as a las last st rresort esort a firearm—police fir earm—police wer weree gi given ivveen mor moree latitude to mak make ke snap judgments ju udgments on the b best est w way ay to gain ccontrol ontrol of a situation. The curr current entt p policy olicy is rreferred effeerred to as a “continuum “continu uum of fforce. o orce.”

Both the San JJose ose P Police olice Department Depar tment and Sant Santaa Clara C County ountty Sheriff ’s ’s O Office ffice put ccadets adeets thr through ough an ac academy, adem my, where where they they must meet proficiency pr p oficiencyy marks ffor o or fir firearm rearm accuracy, accuracyy, as well as pass a test on how and when to esc escalate alate a use of o fforce. o orce. After that the theyy ha have ave bi-annua bi-annual al range tests to ccontinue ontinue using their fir firearm, earm,, and annual “carbine” “carbine” certification certificcation tests if theyy w the want aant to ha have ave the abilit aabilityy to ccarry arry moree deadly automaticc rifles mor rifles..

Jason Dwyer Dwyyer e teaches the SJPD Lt. Jason use-off--ffo orce blo ck in the ac caadem my, use-of-force block academy, no otes, has the highest cut which,, he notes, score.

Cadets are given chances score. C adetts ar re giv veen ttwo w wo chanc es to pass. second try, pass. If unsuccessful unsu ucccessful on the sec ond tr y, after additional training,, the ccadet additio onal training aadet is “terminated” “terminated d”” from from the fforce, o orce, Dwyer Dwyyeer says. saayys.

“It’s officer tool “It’s up to o the offic er to select the to ol they level they theey would use or le eveel of fforce orce the o ey would use ffor o or a situation,” he says. saayys. “You “Y Yo ou basically choice b i ally basic ll usee the th mostt rreasonable easonable bl choic h ie based on a situation.

It’s s It’s heavily heaavvily rooted rooted in ccase law.

People Monday aase la aw. P eople ccan aan Monda ay morning quarterback officers quarterback k fforever, o oreveerr, but the offic ers involved in nvolv o ved e have haave to make mak ke that decision in a split sec second, on nd,, and thankfully the courts courts recognize th hat.” recognize that.

Pamela Meanes M president of Pamela Meanes,, president Nationaal Bar A ssociation,, the the National Association, largest organization orgaanization of Afric anlargest AfricanAmerican at aattorneys tttorneeyys in the country, country, American saayys over-aggressive over-agggressiv ive use off fforce o orce and d says militariization of law laaw local local law law the militarization enffo orcemen nt agencies has rredefined edefined enforcement “protect and an nd ser ve.” Her organization organization “protect serve. midst of a yyear-long eearr--long project project is in the midst xpose p olice brutality brutalitty in 25 25 regions regions to eexpose police across the ccountry, ountry, including San Jose.

Jose. across “As the National N Bar A ssociation “As Association traaveeled d ar ound,, there there is no has traveled around, th hat ther een a line question that theree has b been draaw wn b etween w p olice and the drawn between police communit ity that h hir hi es it i to pr otect it, i community hires protect especially in n minorit ty communities, communities,” especially minority saays y . “They “They feel feeel like like the Meanes says. police is nott ther protect them police theree to protect ve th hem.” Sheriff L aurie and ser serve them.

Laurie oo versees e a 1,30 0-person Smith,, who oversees 1,300-person department about activee departmentt with ab out 550 activ patrol patrol officers, officers e , and other law laaw enforcement professionals enffo orcemen nt pr offeessionals reached reached for fo or this story storry take tak ke umbrage with that notion. notion n. Smith’s Smith h’s office office has had 11 officer-involved officerr--in nvolved shootings shootings since since the beginning 2009, saying beginning of o 20 09,, and despite sa ayying there has b e internal discipline ffor een o or there been officerr--in nvolved sho otings in the past, officer-involved shootings appearss to ha ave no rregrets egrets on her she appears have officers using usin ng lethal fforce. o orce. officers a mo vies when someone “I laugh at movies pointing a gun at the ccop op and the is pointing cop says, saayys, ‘stop, ‘sto op,’ and the cop cop gets shot,” cop saayys. “They “Theey do that all the time Smith says. mo ovi vies. It’s It’s not realistic. realistic. We We in the movies. haave to make mak ke sure sure that we’re we’re safe. saffe. have puties do not get paid to “Our dep deputies killed.” get killed.”

Howeveerr, the number number of people people However, h ment al illness who dealing with mental are shot b officers ccomplicates omplicates the are byy officers

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words, he need not b words, bee absolutely ccorrect. orrect. But if wr wrong ong in n assessing the thr threat, eat, the cconclusion onclussion must have ha ave been been rreasonable easonable under u the circumstances.

Theree do does have cir cumstances. Ther d es not ha ave bee actual danger ne necessary to b cessary to justify self-defense. justif fy the self f- deffeense. If someone byy the ap appearance is cconfronted onfronted b ppearance of danger,, which ar arouses a danger ousees in his mind, person, as a rreasonable easonable p erson n, an honest that about cconviction onviction i ti and d ffear ear e tha th att he h is i ab boutt suffer bodily injury, to suff ffeer b odily injur y, and if a likee situation, rreasonable easonable person person in a lik facts,, would and knowing the samee facts bee justified in b believing b elieving himself in likee danger danger,, that p person lik erson n has a right self-defense to self f- deffeense whetherr such danger apparent.” is rreal eal or merely merely appar rent.”

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narrativve. SJPD cr narrative. narrati created eated d its Crisis Intervention Inter vention Training Training,, or CIT pr ogram,, in 19 99,, and it i has b ecome program, 1999, become par andard tra aining ffor o or all partt of the st standard training ne w rrecruits. ecruits. A ccordingg to the OIS new According incident rreports eports publis shed b published byy the D A’s offic e, it app ears mor m DA’s office, appears moree than a thir d of the 20 inciden nts in nvo olved third incidents involved a susp ect who suff ffeered fr om some suspect suffered from fform orm of ment o al illness om mental illness,, ranging fr from depr ession and suicidall thoughts to depression ccarrying arrying i out a ps ycchop h pathic hi activ ivepsychopathic activesho oter sc enario. shooter scenario. ““A A lot of p eople on the t str eets people streets ha ave ment al illness issu ues, and quite have mental issues, frankly I think la aw enf fo orcement is law enforcement enc ountering mor peo ople with encountering moree people ment al illness sayys. “We “W We train mental illness,,” Smith sa says. p eople how to deal wit th p eople with people with people ment al illnesses hat do esn’t mean mental illnesses,, but th that doesn’t the thr eat do esn n’’t ccome om me quickly y.” threat doesn’t quickly.

She adds that while these t i di id l ar individuals d o to the ous h aree danger dangerous ccommunity ommunitty and offic errs, that do esn’t officers, doesn’t nec essarily mean their crimes should necessarily land them in jail or pri ison. prison.

“I ha ave b een told tha at we run the have been that lar gest ment al health facilit fa ty in the largest mental facility ccounty: ountty: the jail,” Smith h sa ayys. ““And And A we says. ha ave excellent, excellent,, excellent exc x ellen nt treatment. treatment. W have Wee ha ave one of the [b est] ment m al health have [best] mental facilities; other ccounties—Alameda ountiees— —A Alameda C ountty, San Mateo C ountty—send us County, County—send their seriously ment allyy ill b ecause we mentally because ha ave that kind of facilit ty.” have facility.

The only solution,, Sm mith surmises Smith surmises,, is to cr eate mor eatm ment facilities create moree tr treatment and b eds ffor o or p eople wh ho ar ffeering beds people who aree suff suffering fr om ment al illness from mental illness..

In the case case of 19-year-old 19--yearr-old Diana Showman,, San JJose ose p o e offic olic ers police officers

weree fforced wer or o ced d to rrespond espond to a 9-1-1 9 1 1 ccall all Aug. threatened A ug. 14 in which w she thr eatened to kill her fam family mily and said she had an Uzi. weapon, U zi. The weap w on,, in fact,, turned out to b bee a blac black ck p power ower drill. Showman, suffered bipolar disorder who suff ffeerred from from bip olar disor der and w was aas ac actually ctually home alone at the time of thee incident,, walked walk ked e on the lawn la aw wn and rrepeatedly epeatedly aimed the drill at surrounding officers.

Officer Wakana surr oundin ng offic ers. O fficer Wak ana Okuma, Ok uma,, a 13113-year yeear vveteran eteran of SJPD who was trained, w as CIT tra ained, fired ained, fired one rround ound and killed her her..

DA process The D A is in the pr ocess of ccompleting ompletingg its in investigation nvestigation e on Officer Okuma bee whether O fficer Ok uma will b charged, charged,, an and nd R Rosen osen o tells Met Metro ro the justify initial factss seem to justif fy Okuma’s Okumaa’s use of fforce. o orce.

“Theree are “Ther a e a lot of mentally ar mentally ill p people eople that t ar aree not rreceiving eceiving appropriate appr opriatte ment mental al health tr treatment, eatment, ffor or o a variet variety i ty off reasons, reasons,” R Rosen osen sa o says. ayys.

“Theyy rrefuse “The efu use it or their family is ashamed,, ffeels eeels shameful about about the person p erson rreceiving eceiving e tr treatment, eatment,, and the person p erson ends end ds up dec decomposing. omposing.

“I think that that’s ’s a rreally eally hard hard situation ffor or o offic officers. ers. Sometimes the theyy know the person p erson the they’re eyy’re dealing with is mentally mentally ill. Sometimes Sometim mes the theyy don’t. don’t. And eeven veen if theyy know the w the p person erson they’re they’re dealing with is men mentally ntally ill,, that do doesn’t esn’t mak makee the h p person erson n less l off a thr threat.” h eat.”

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Moree so than the p Mor policies olicies and changes in la law aw that have haave bolstered bolstered law la aw enf enforcement’s fo orcement e ’s ability abilitty to use deadly fforce, orce, a stark o stark increase increase in arrization of local the milit militarization local law laaw

19 department departmentt is actually wellwell-equipped equipped for fo or any an ny insurrection. insu urrection. Among the million-pluss dollars of equipment gifted to Santa County law San nta Clara C ountty la aw enforcement enffo orcemen nt agencies fr from om the 1033 pr program over ograam o ver e the yyears, eears, SJPD alone acquired: acquirred: a $733,000 $733,000 MRAP; a 2,500-gallon support; 2,500-gallon n fuel ttanker anker ffor or air supp o ort; four fo our reconnaissance reconn naissance ccamera amera ssystems; ystems; 175 rreflex sights make efleex sig ghts to mak ke it easier to pinpoint pinp i oint i t ttargets arrgets t with ith assault lt rifles; ifl 129 additional rreflex efleex sights specifically specifically ffor o or M4 assault rifles; r 116 ccamouflage amouflage bags to ccarry gear; goggles; arry gea ar; 58 ballistic go ggles; 40 buttstocks, bee used to brac bracee buttttstocks, which w ccan aan b a rifle again against nst the shoulder; and 30 pairs of snow-colored trousers snow-colo ored ccamouflage amouflage tr ousers for fo or snipers. snipers. Yes, Yees, snow camouflage. camouflage.

San JJose ose has h rreceived eceivveed more more items than those listed,, but perhaps perhaps most telling is that none off the 32 assault rifles rreceived eceivveed by enforcement agencies, by county countty la llaw aw enf fo orrcement agencies i , according according to o public rrecords ecorrd ds rrequests, eequests, went to SJP SJPD. D. That would mean the department departmentt ffelt eelt it had little littttle need ffor o or more wanted scopes more guns but b w aanted sc opes to use them more more effectively. eff ffeectivveelyy.

According Accordin ng to Sheriff Smith,, her office only office has on nly rreceived eceivveed a Humvee Hum mvee and a tent fr from program, om m the 1033 pr ogram,, which she lamente lamented interview ed in an inter view earlier this month month..

“I gotten “ wish i h we w h had d got ttten more more stuff ff from program, it’s from the 1033 10 033 pr ogram,, because because it ’s surplus government go overnment equipment,, and it saves saaves the ttaxpayers axpaayers in this ccounty ountty money, says. it’s money,” shee sa ayys. “So, “So, I don’t don’t think it ’s a negative from negativve to t get stuff fr om the 1033 program. bee a w waste program. Itt would b aaste if it didn’t use..” didn’t go to o a use San JJose Police ose P olice Chief Larry Larry Esquivel Esquivel declined multiple mu ultiple rrequests equests ffor o or an interview, interview, but b according according to SJPD Deputy Deputty Chief Chiief Da Dave ave Hober, Hober, who agreed agreed to a 30-min 30-minute nute inter interview view b byy phone, phone, discussions to giv givee back the MRAP began began earlyy this yyear, ear e , well before beffo ore the Michael Br Brown o own shooting shooting and 1033 program program ga garnered arnered national scrutiny. scrutin ny.

“The rreason easson the San JJose ose PD got the MRAP initially initiially w was aas primarily to assist us with any an ny type tyype of eexplosive xxplosive type tyype of situation,” Hober H er says.

Hob saayys. “By eexplosive, xxplosivve, I mean an actual acttual b bomb, omb, so that we could could get closer to o the eexplosive xplosivve in the MRAP P. “Every “Evveery community communit o ty has to make make its own determination determ mination if it it’s ’s right ffor o or that community communitty or not. We We like lik ke to be be on the cutting cutttting edge and lo look ok at new new ttypes yypes of technology technolo ogy and that kind of thing, thing,

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enffo enforcement orcement agencies has h o occurred. ccurred.

Call economy C all it the sharing ec ono om my of war. war.

Before Bef fo ore the US thr threw ew itself into ttwo wo protracted wars pr otracted w ars a in the Middle M East, the Depar Department tment of Def Defense feense in 1997 1997 Excess Property Program, instituted its Exc ess Pr o erty Pr op ogram, better b etttter known as the 103 1033 33 pr program, ogram, way transfer military as a w ay to transf fer e surplus surp plus milit ary state, supplies and equipmentt to st ate, city departments. ccounty ountty and cit ty depar tm ments. was savings, It w aas pitched it h d as ttaxpayer avvings i , axpaayeer sa local law enforcement equipping lo caal la aw enf fo orrcement tools agencies with valuable to ools to fight crime,, rather than an adm admission crime mission that the Pentagon’s was obese.

P enttaagon n’s budget w as a morbidly m ob ese.

To date,, the pr program T o date ogram hass handed off moree than $5.1 billion in free military mor n fr ee milit taary equipment,, with almost $450 million going out just last yyear eear alone. allone. Much of transfers have these transf fers e ha ave occurred occu urred out of the view, however, with little public vie w, howe eveerr, wit th lit tttle to no dialogue between di dialo l gue b ettw ween ccommunities omm munities i i and d local law enforcement their lo cal la aw enf for o cemeent agencies about mine-ab out the need ffor o or itemss such as mine rifles, grenade rresistant esistant ttanks, anks, assault rifl fles, gr enade launchers,, sur surveillance launchers veeillance equipment eq quipment and many items.. man ny other items dialogue A national dialo gue ab aabout out militarization local the milit arization of lo cal police police departments depar tments ccame ame to the th he fforefront o orefront in August, August,, after 18-year-old 18-yeearr-old Michael Brown, African Br own,, an unarmed Af frican American Ferguson, Americ i an in i F erguson,, Missouri, i i was byy an officer w aas shot to death b n offic er in broad daylight. and protests br oad da ayylight. Riots an nd pr otests about predominantly police ab out a pr edominantlyy white p olice over-aggressive treatment fforce’s orce’s o o verr--aggressive tr reatment of predominantly African a pr edominantly Afric a American an American iron ccommunity ommunitty were were met with w an ir on For several bodyfist rresponse. esponse. F or se veraal weeks b odyyarmored officers armor ed offic ers shot tear teear gas at crowds armored cr owds and armor ed vvehicles eehicles patrolled patrolled the str streets eets under mar martial tiaal law. laaw.

The National Guar Guard d was waas ccalled alled in and A Attorney tttorney General Eric E Holder opened op ened a pr probe obe into ac accusations c cusations of police p olice brut brutality alitty b byy Ferguson Fergu uson officers. officers.

The sc scene ene lo looked ok keed fforeign o oreign n and terrif terrifying fyying from fr om the cconfines onfines of Sili Silicon icon V Valley, aalley, but it turns out man many ny of thee instruments of w war aar seen in the handss of F Ferguson erguson officers offic ers ha have ave also b been een ac aacquired quired b byy Bay Baay Area Ar ea la law aw enf enforcement for o cement agencies aagencies..

JJust ust 20 da days ayys after Br Brown o own w was as killed, the San JJose ose P Police olice Department Dep partment announced announc ed it would b bee giving back its Mine Mine-Resistant -R Reesistant Amb Ambush bush Pr Protected otected vvehicle, ehicle, or MRAP P, which h is basic basically ally a transp transport ort ttank ank that ccan a withstand an withstand rroadside oadside b bombs. ombs.

In fact,, SJPD has sto stocked ck ked up on a variety variet ty of weaponry weaponry that thaat suggests the

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so that that’s ’s what we did her h here. e. After we looked some lo ok keed at it and had so ome discussions it w was as determined thatt at this time time,, we was better (to decided it w aas b etttter (t to get rid of it).”

Meanes,, of the Nati Meanes National onal Bar Association, A ssociation,, applauds San S JJose’s ose’s decision to rrelinquish elinquish the t MRAP MRAP—it —it was transferred Los os Angeles w aas transf feerred to the L County Office September, C ountty Sheriff ’ O ffice in Septemb er, according SJPD—but argues ac cording to SJPD —bu ut she ar gues theree is “no rreason” local law that ther eason n” ffor or lo o cal la aw enforcement bee ac accepting any enf fo orcement to b cepting e an ny of the 1033 equipment. items “The use of those ite ems do not go toward between tow waard building trust b etween the department individuals theyy depar tment and the in ndividuals the weree hir wer hired ed to pr protect, otect,” Meanes sa says. ayys. wheree yyou have “In ccases ases wher ou seee cities that ha ave theree is this equipment,, ther i a rrequirement equirement wheree the theyy in some of those grantss wher equipment one-must utilize that equip pment in a one period theyy ar aree in violation yyear ear e p eriod or the healthy of the grant. That’s That’s nott a health hy It’s rule or rregulation. egulation. It ’s almost a an encouragement police enc ouragement to use p olice fforce o orce overkill that we would cconsider onsider o verkill and unnecessary. unnec essary.

“Theree is an impr impression “Ther esssion that the police aree rreally trying protect p olice ar eally tr ying to pr otect themselves from segment society. themselv es fr om a segm ment of so cietty.” police aree mor moree than a San JJose ose p olice ar m little hesitant SWAT lit tttle hesit ant to discusss their SW WAT MERGE Unit.

Press team,, known as a MER RGE G U nit. Pr ess officers deferred offic ers rrepeatedly epeatedly def feerred to the department Duty Manual depar tment Dut ty Man nual rather than instances discuss what inst ances rrequire equire the bee deplo deployed.

14-man ttactical actical squad to t b yeed. vague,, p perhaps byy The manual is vague erhaps b Hostage situations suspects design. Host age situatio ons and susp ects have themselves aree who ha ave barricaded barricaded th hemselves ar obvious MERGE Unit ob vious ttargets, argets, but thee MER RG GE U nit also cconducts onducts sear search ch w warrants arrants a ffor or o parole par ole l violators i l t and dd dr drug rug ssweeps. weeps.

Numbers N umbers pr provided ovided b byy SJPD ffor o or its MER MERGE RG GE U Unit nit deployment deplo oyment show that teams wer weree dispatched dispattched highs of 19 times in fisc fiscal al years years 20 2008-09 08-09 ((July July 1-June 1-June 30) and 15 time timess in 2011-12.

Those numb numbers ers dr dropped opp ped dramatic dramatically ally in each of the ffollowing ollowin o ng ttwo wo yyears: eears: ffour our o in 20 2009-10 09-10 and se seven even in 2010-11; three thr ee in 2012-13 and ffour o our in 2013-14.

Sgt. Randol, Sg t. Heather Rando l, a public SJPD,, wr wrote iinformation inf fo ormation i officer offic ffi er ffor orr SJPD o ote department in an email that the de epartment does why numbers weree do es not know wh hy nu umbers wer some so much higher in som me yyears. ears. attributed sharp increases She at tttributed the sha arp incr eases fluctuations to “natural fluctuation ns ffor or o all Special Investigative Sp ecial Ops and In nvesttigative Units Units throughout thr oughout the yyears. ears.”

19 While SJ SJPD JPD rrefused efused to ccomment omment on its matr matrix MERGE Unit rix ffor o or MER RG GE U nit deployment, deplo ymen nt,, one p possibility ossibilitty ffor or the o sporadic deployment sp oradic de eployment is that other units ar aree b being eing equipp equipped ed with weapons body weap ons and a b ody armor that go beyond b eyond wh what hat is normally asso associated ciated street-level enforcement teams.. with str eett-level enf fo orcement teams started “When I st arted in this job, job, any an ny time any we had an ny kind of a ttactical actical incident, incident patrol officers surround the patr ol offic o ers would surr ound incident, surround that inciden nt,, or try try to surr ound it, and wait nd w ait a ffor o or when the SWAT SW WAT and hold an says and ttactical acticall teams ccould ould ccome, ome,” sa ayys Deputy Deput ty Chief Ch hief Hober, Hober, a 27-year 27-yeear veteran veeteran second-generation officer. sec ond-gen neration SJPD offic er. “We’ve “W We’vve had a gr great eatt change in the w way ay that we police officers, because now train our o p olice offic ers, b ecause SWAT we know iff a SW WAT team is not here here or officers aree not her here—it ttactical actical offi fficers ar e—it ttakes ak kees sometimes arrive them some etimes an hour to arriv ve on scene—so sc ene—sso if i our patrol patrol officers officers are are not actively doing actively activ vely e doi ing something to activ ely threat wheree someb somebody stop that th hreat wher ody is other people, they harming ot ther p eople, then the ey ccan an do moree dama damage. mor age.” has SJPD ha as a page on its website “special units,, which describing its i “sp ecial ops”” units the Metro Unit, includes th he Met ro U nit,, which “gives “givvees special narcotic law sp ecial attention atttteention to illegal nar cotic la aw enforcement, streetenf for o cemen nt,, with ffocus ocus on the str eettlevel dealer,,” according le veel user and a dealer according to the site.. The de description site escription also notes that Mayor’s the unit ccoordinates oordinates with the Ma ayor’ o s Prevention Task Force Gang Pr evention e T aask F orce and “other school ccommunity ommunitty and scho ol organizations, organizations, together bringing to ogether their ccombined ombined intervene, prevent eexpertise xpertise to o inter vene e , pr event and educate those involved educ ate tho ose in nvolvveed in adult and yyouth outh gangg situations in San JJose. o ose.” description gives This des cription almost giv es of the impression impr ession n of a ccommunity ommunity p policing olicing model, mo d l, but del, b t Met M Metro tro U Unit’s nit it’s lo llogo go is i aC Call aallll of Dut Duty-style t y-sttyle y officer officer aiming an assault rifle,, silhou rifle silhouetted uetttted against a cit cityy sk skyline. yline.

Radleyy Balk Radle B Balko, ko, a journalist and author of the b book ook k Rise of the W Warrior aarrior C Cop: oop: The Milit Militarization taarrization of America’ America’s ’s Police Polic o ce Forces, F orcces, has sp sspent ent more more than a dec decade ade highlighting highlightin ng the danger of “mission creep, cr eep,” sp specifically increasing easing tr trend end eccifically the incr local agencies deploying militarized of lo cal age encies deplo oyying milit arized SWAT teams low-level offenses, SW WAT team ms ffor o or low-le veel off ffeenses, drug possession. such h as d dru ug p ossession. i gear weapons “The gea ar and weap ons and ttanks anks aree a pr problem, Balko ar obllem,” Balk o said in an interview Vice. inter view with w V iice. “But I think a deeper problem effect much deep per pr oblem is the eff ffeect war battle all of this w ar ttalk alk and bat tttle rhetoric policing profession. has had on np olicing as a pr offeession. today, police In much of o the ccountry ountry to daay, p olice

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‘I laugh at movies m eone is when some someone g at pointing a gun d the the cop and cop says s, ‘st top p,’, says, ‘stop,’ and the cop p gets d that shot. They do all the time e in the movies s. It’ ’s not movies.

It’s realistic. W e have We surre that to make sure we’re safe.’ we’re increased previous fivee steadily incr eased in thee pr evious fiv 2009 255 yyears eears from from ffour our o ccallouts alloutss in 20 09 to 2 last yyear—as ear—as an almost ideal situation.

“Calling SWAT “C alling out SW WAT teams t ffor or o things,, it d doesn’t matter,” small ll things thi do esn’tt mat tter t ,” she h says. doesn’t matter sa ayys. “It do esn’t mat ttterr if yyou ou ccall all out special better a sp ecial team that hass b etter skills on something that is eeven ven just a search warrant.

Theyy rregular, egular, rroutine outine sear ch hw arrant. The have special equipment special ha ave sp ecial equipmen nt and sp ecial training.. The They’re the military training y’re not th he milit ary office.

It’s branch of the sheriff ’’ss offic e. It ’s a bit nuance, it’s great have of a nuanc e, but it ’s gr e to ha eat ave a together, team that works to geth her, that trains together anyy kind to gether all the time in n an operation. off an op eration. i B we But w ccan’t an’t ’ send d it’s them out to eeverything. verythin ng. So it ’s not negativee to send out our SW SWAT a negativ WAT don’t all.”” team, I don ’t think, at all.

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While the arr arrow ow on p police olice militarization milit arization is clearlyy p pointing ointing up up,,

ften describ ed as cy ycclical. crime is oft often described cyclical.

It app ears la llaw aw enf fo orcement’s use appears enforcement’s of deadly fforce o ce ccould or ould b bee similarly describ ed. From F om 2000 Fr 2000 to 2004 2004 in San described.

JJose, ose, p olice shot 22 p eople and fat ally police people fatally 13. important wounded 13 3. But ttwo wo imp ortant eevents vents occurred occu urred that final year, year, temp orarilyy turning the sp otlight on temporarily spotlight aggr essive policing—and policing—and numb ers aggressive numbers dr opped b dropped byy mor moree than half in an ensuing fiv e-yeear p eriod. five-year period.

March 2004, juryy op opened In Mar ch h 20 04,, a grand jur ened probe Rudy a pr obe into o the killing of R u udy C ardenas, who w w aas shot and killed b Cardenas, was byy a st ate Bur eau u of Nar cotic Enf fo orcement state Bureau Narcotic Enforcement offic er. The agent,, Mik ke Walk keer, officer.

Mike Walker, cconfused onfused C a denas ffor ar o or a fugitiv ve Cardenas fugitive par olee and d ga ave chase parolee gave chase.. It ended with an unarmed dC ardenas b eing shot in the Cardenas being back b eccaausse Walk ker e b elieved e he had because Walker believed a gun. gun The ccommunity ommunitty w aas right tffully was rightfully outraged,, eeven ven e mor ker e moree so when Walk Walker w aas ac quitttteed a yyear eear later under the was acquitted def fense e thatt he ffeared eeared ffor o or his lif fe. defense life.

Eight mo onths after that sho oting, months shooting, San JJose’s ose’s th then-Independent hen-Independent P Police olice Auditor, Teresa Guerrero-Daley, A uditor, T e esa Guerr er ero -Daley, aaccused ccused tthe he depar department’s tment’s Internal division Affairs divis sion of intentionally dragging itss ffeet eeet when rreviewing eviewing officer-involved offic err--in nvolved sho shootings. otings. F Five ivve of the people byy p police six i p eople l sshot h b hot olic li e that h yyear ear had h d been Under microscope, b een killed.. U nder the micr oscope, drop number a stunning dr op in the numb er of officer-involved shootings occurred. offic err--in nvolved sho otings o ccurred.

Over next five-year period, from Ov veer the ne exxt fiv ve-year p eriod,, fr om 2005-2009, number 20 05-2009, the numb er of incidents police fired dipped in which p o e fir olic ed their guns dipp ed five people being to 10,, with just j fiv ve p eople b eing now appears, however, killed. It no ow app ears, howe veer, that boom San JJose ose is eexperiencing xperiencing another b oom cycle, greater previous cy yccle, gr eateer than the pr evious ttwo wo five-year periods. fi fiv ve-yeear p e ds erio d.

Efforts are being byy the Eff ffo orts ar re b eing made b current curr ent Ind Independent dependent P Police olice A Auditor, uditor, JJudge udge C Cordell, ordell,, to ha have ave eevery very SJPD officer offic er equi equipped ipped with a b body-worn odyy--worn document ccamera amera thatt ccan an do cument all interactions. interactions s. A pilot program program is under way w ay fr from om now n thr through ough Dec December ember with w ith ssix ix offi officers fficers testing the de devices. vices.

With W iith the n number umber of sho shootings otings up up,, and the cit cityy pa paying ayying out millions in settlements settlements due to cconflicting onflicting narratives narrativ es between between susp suspects ects and ccops, ops, the shift to the digit digital al do documentation cumentation seems inevitable. of eevents vents se eems ine vitable.

“Why wouldn’t want “Wh hy wo ouldn’t yyou ou w ant to wear them unles unless ss yyou’re ou’re not ffollowing o ollowing the rules?”” Cordell Cordell sa says. ayys. “If you’re you’re behaving, b ehaavving, yyou ou w want aant the ccameras. ameras.”

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officers ar officers aree ps psychologically ychologiccally isolated from fr om the ccommunities ommunities the theyy ser serve. ve. It It’s ’s about all ab out us vs. vs. them.

“For politicians “F or 30 yyears, eears, p oliticcians and public have been arming, training,, officials ha ave b een arm ming, training dressing and dr essing ccops ops as if the tthey’re y’re fighting war.

They’ve been aw ar. The y’ve b een dehumanizing deh humanizing offenders criminal suspects drug off ffeenders and crim minal susp ects enemy. they’ve as the enem y. And of ccourse o ourse the y’ve eexplicitly xplicitly and rrepeatedly epeatedlly told them they’re war. shouldn’t bee the y’re fighting a w aar. It I shouldn ’t b all that surprising that a lot of ccops ops have started believe ha ave st arted to b elieve it.”

By ccomparison, omparison,, Sheriff Sheriiff Smith sees deployment SWAT—which the deplo oyyment of SW WAT—which

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of gluten-free beers are made from The standard beer recipe uses alternative grains like sorghum, malted barley, one of the family rice or millet. of grains that contains gluten.

Recognizing a need, brewers have stepped in with an increasing variety of alternatives, including beer made from sorghum, rice and millet, and traditional malted barley that has been stripped of much of its active gluten.

I was curious how the new slate of U.S.-made alternative ales stacked up in a taste test, and also whether or not two Bay Area-made, regular ales inserted into the blind tasting would stand out. No gluten-intolerant persons were harmed in this taste test.

NEW PLANET PALE ALE Ingredients: sorghum and brown rice extract, molasses, tapioca maltodextrin, caramel color, hops and yeast. The best that can be said is that it generates the foamiest head. Bretty, sour aromas, tangy acidity and an unflattering finish undermine this product. If they'd gone all-out Belgian-sour style, it might have worked. From Boulder, Colo RED BRIDGE Anheuser-Busch's bid for the gluten-free tailgater contains sorghum, corn syrup, hops and yeast. I'll say one thing for it: With its aroma of skunky hops and grapefruit, crisp, watery mouthfeel and metallic aftertaste, it beats Bud Light. This is absolutely celiac-friendly and would be refreshing enough with a wedge of orange on a hot day.

OMISSION IPA Widmer's savvy but controversial entry. The label does not say gluten-free because the beer is made with malted barley. Before brewing, the company explains, they add "a brewing enzyme called Brewers Clarex, which breaks apart and detoxifies the gluten protein chains." The Omission IPA is not supplied with the expected IPA profile. Floral, fruity and innocuous; slightly bitter finish.

BARD'S SORGHUM MALT BEER Bard's smells sweet and malty, like beer made from a kit. Slightly fruity and nutty, with grassy, alfalfa notes, it's lightly effervescent and makes an acceptable light beer substitute. From Utica, N.Y. OMISSION PALE ALE Light amber color, grain and malt syrup aroma. Smooth, with an agreeable ESB profile. Our favorite of the alternative beers.

BEAR REPUBLIC GRAND-AM AMERICAN PALE ALE It's not the aggressive, fresh hop aroma that made this easy to guess—gluten-free producers are free to stuff as many oily green cones into their brew as they wish. Ridiculously hoppy, full, rich and balanced. From Sonoma County.

ST. FLORIAN'S FLASHOVER IPA It shouldn't be the deep hue that identifies this as a regular, barley ale. And it doesn't stand out as an IPA—more like an amber ale, hops bringing up the finish after sweet, smoky aromas of toasted grain. From Sonoma County.—James Knight

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KARAOK KARAOKE KE FINAL FINALSS W///D W DJJ UN UNCLE NCLE HANK The Almaden Brit B Wed, Free W ed, 10pm, Fr e ee Legend has it, a midnight cowboy across stumbled acr oss a rravenous avenous horde horde of Amazon women in Axel Rose's jungle and nine monthss later DJ Uncle Hank was begat. The rrock ock Viking and frontman SuperBad—perhaps fr ontman of Sup erBad—perhaps the only local band tthat hat ffeatures eatures go-godancers like sex tambourines—has staple also been a stap ple of the South karaoke circuit Bay kar aoke cir cuit ffor or years. On Wednesday, weirdd uncle W ednesdayy, our ffavorite avorite weir goes behind the wheels of steel ffor or grand the gr and finale of the Almaden Brit's karaoke Generally annual kar aoke contest. c Gener ally competitions these competitio ons end with the best Adele's (worst?) riff of A dele's “Rolling in expect performances the Deep,”” but ex xpect perf ormances

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Caravan LLounge, Caravan ou unge, San Jose Thu, 9pm, Free Frree Although Al though the late,, great great Joan Rivers egacy lives on— has died,, her llegacy bizarrely perhaps mostt bizar rely in the San Joan Jose-based Jo oan and the Rivers, whose latest tune, t , “Bum City”” is catchy greasy in the gr easy aand grimy way of The off-kilter ter tune begins Black Lips. Thee off-kil spazzy with some spa azzy TTera er e a Melos-esque before dropping guitar tangless bef ore dr opping into blues-rock a spaced-out,, blues-r ock shuffle, slurring punctuated byy slur ring exclamations (“Your (“Y Yoour mom iss an asshole!). ItIt’s ’s got goofy the same goo ofy quality as their other nott in an overtly doomy doomy, songs, just no y,

Aaron Carnes Josh K Koehn oehn Rosey R osey Gonzalez Tad Tad a Malone Malone

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to go beyond e d the pale. First place a receives receives $500. $500 0 (JK) 0.

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psychedeliicc package. TToo get an idea oof psychedelic guys’ weirdd sense of humor humor,r, just these guys s’ weir titles rread ead the ti tles of their EPs: Pizza Foam, Chupacabra, Chupacabr brraa, Nilbog—that last one is a reference referencee to TTroll roll o 2, which is handsdown the best b movie ever made.

Locals Monterey’s Locals Rexx Goliath and Monter ey’s El Camino Sutra sharee the bill.. (A (AC) Camino Su utra shar C)

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ENGLISH ENGL LISH DOGS DOGS Club Rod Rodeo, eo, San Jose Fri, 7pm, $15/Adv $15/Adv, v, $20/Door Founded iin n 1981, 1981 British punk rrock/ ock/ crossover thrash cr ossover thr ash band English Dogs aree havingg a rrather ar ather busy year— rreleasing eleasing two full-length rrecords ecords in Actually, it’s 2014. A ctu uallyy, it ’s more more complicated Theree ar aree two diff different than that. Ther erent versions active vers sions of English Dogs, each fronted fr onted byy a ffounding ounding member of original group the origina al gr oup and each claiming

to be tthe deal. The band coming he rreal eal de to Clubb Rodeo this Friday Friday, y, is led by original originaal English Dogs vocalist, Pete Pete “Wakey” moree “Wakey” Wakefield” Wakefield”” and play a mor traditional traditioonal brand brand of working-class U.K. hardcore—replete haardcore—replete with plenty of shout-along shouut-along choruses, like the one Wakefield growls a Shane Wakefield a growls (with ( MacGowan-esque “Wee Did, MacGoowan-esque rasp) rasp) on “W We We Do, Do, We We Always Fucking Will,” the title title track track from from his band’s latest release. releasee. (AC) (AC)

glisten glissten with layered, layered, d, reverberating reverber b ating guitars guitars and bittersweet harmonies, andd driven by bouncing, syncopated bass basss lines and propulsive propulsive drums. Lead singer singger Joey Lancaster demonstrates demonstrates his ear for for dynamism, swinging between beltedbettween hushed verses and bel tedoutt choruses.. (AC) (AC)

BELLE BEL LLE NOIRE

Cityy National Civic, San Jose Fri,, 7pm, $45-$75

SLG Ar SLG Art rt Boutiki & Gallery Gallery, y, San Jose Fri, 8:30pm, 8:3 30pm, $10

Safee In Sound music ffestival Thee Saf estival is bringing b some serious bass to Sann Jose this weekend. The Sunset Safe x Sa afe In Sound ppartyy at the Cityy National Nat tional Civic will ffeature eature EDM heavyweights, Destroid hea avyweights, like Destr oid and Pavillion—all Fluxx P avillion—all of whom will be cranking through cr anking up the volume thr ough what event organizers aree saying is an eve ent or ganizers ar historically hist torically powerful sound system, provided pr o ovided

by PK Sound. The 150,000 watt suree to rrattle wa tt rig is sur attle some

members The me embers of local quintet Belle Noiree work tirelessly Noir w tir elessly to build lush, lush dynamic dynam mic soundscapes—deploying an unusually unuusually high number of electricc guitars (three) (three) to achieve a powerful powerf ful tidal wave of sound. Their experimental experim mental and atmospheric posthardcore har dcoore tunes are are reminiscent reminiscent of Circa Cir ca SSurvive urvive and Dredg.

Dredg. Energetic Energetic and passionate, paassionate,, songs like “Sleep” “Sleep”

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JOAN AND THE RIVERS

Oct O ct 25 & 26 at Shoreline Shoreline Amphitheatre Amphitheatre

ELECTRONIC ELE CTRONIC O BOUNCE HOUSE Oct 29 at SSAP AP Center

JJACK ACK Y YO O LANTERN: FLOSSTRADAMUS, FLOSSTRAD T AMUS, MADE MADEON ON O t 331 att SJSU Oct SJSU Event E t Center C t

ALIEN ANT FFARM ARM Nov No ov 2 at RockBar Theater

TEDESCHI TED ESCHI TRUCKS TRUCKS B BAND AND Nov 4 at City National Civic

RUSTED R USTED R ROOT OOT Nov 6 at at Montalvo Arts Center

HERB ALPER ALPERT T Novv 7-8 7-8 at thee Montalvo Arts Center

JUDAS JUD AS PRIE PRIEST ST Nov 16 6 at Civic National Civic

YO Y O GABB GGABBA A GABB GABBA! A! LIVE! Nov 21 2 at City National Civic

BRANTLEY BRANTLE Y GILBER GILBERT T Nov 21 at SSAP AP Center

JOAN JO AN SEB SEBASTIAN ASTIAN & LOS LOSS TIGRES TIGRES DEL NORTE NORTE Nov 23 at SSAP AP Center

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Motorpool Automotive, C Campbell a ampbell Sat, 1pm, 5 canned goods or 1 unopened p kid’s toyy There’s watching Ther e’s nothing quite like wa atching a rock rock & roll roll show in an auto repair repair store. stor e.. Motorpool Automotivee has been throwing throwing these occasional occasioonal allday local music festivals festivals for for a little while,, and they are are always fun. fu un.. But the best part of a Motorpool show is that the proceeds proceeds always go g to a

g good cause. This time around,, the price of admission is five unopened unopened canned goods or one uno opened kid’s toy.. The Grilled Cheese Ba Bandits toy andits ffood ood truck will be slinging food. foodd. The event’s event’s local headliners include ddoom oom metal Forgotten rrockers ockers For gotten Gods aand nd surfgarage Gillbillies. age band the Gillbillies gar s. (A ((AC) C))

GRIZZLY GRIZZL LY Homestead Bowl & Thee X Bar Bar,r, C upertino Cupertino Sat, 8:30pm, $5 Portland Surprisingly enough, whenn P ortland pop-punk band Grizzly rreleased eleased the Suckss Since cheekily titled "Christmas Suck I Found Out Santa Wasn’t Waasn’t Real," it well-composed was actually a serious, serious we llll-composed composed and emotional song. The rrest est of their tunes—the ones withoutt goofy titles—aree just as serious serious, titles—ar s, with heart-on-the-sleeve youthful heart-on-the-sle eeve lyrics melodies. and harmony-rich melodie es. The ultra-catchy, guys write ul tra-catchyy, driving drriving tunes, from three-chord but steer clear fr om the th hree-chord pop-punk.

Rather,r, simplicity of a lot of pop-p punk.. Rather

they have elements of later Green Day, Panic Fall Out Boy and P anic at the Disco.

EP, Their debut EP P, Small Things T s, is a nice little release release (pun intended), intennded),, and I expect good things fr from o these young om rockers future.

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EDDIE GRI GRIFFIN FFIN San Jose Impr Improv, ovv, San Saan Jose 9:15pm, Sat, 7pm and 9:15pm m, $30 Legendary comedian and a actor Eddie laughs Griffin is bringing the la aughs to the Improv two-night San Jose Impr ov in a tw wo-night special City, event.. A native of KKansas anssas City y, Missouri, Griffin has had a long car ccareer, eerr, appearing and in nearly 50 movies an nd television shows—most notablyy Soul Plane,, The Last Boy Scoutt and Joh John hn Q, among others. others He also contributed contributed vocals to two of Dr. Drr. Dre's Dre's multi-platinum multi-pplatinum award award winning albums.. Griffinn is no doubt an accomplished actor actor,r, comedian, singer, singerr, and a veteran veteran entertainer. entertainerr. For his contributions to thee comedy world, in 2004,, Comedy Central Centrral voted Eddie Griffin as one of the TTop op 100 SStand-up tand-up Comedians of all time.. (TM) (TM)

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DJJ RICK LEE D L Johnny V’s, V’s, San Jose J Tue, Free T ue, u 9pm, Fr ee

One of the Bay Area’s Arrea’s best-best 106.11 KMEL KMEL’s known DJs, 106.

L’’s very willl be hitting the own Rick Lee, wil deckss over at Joh Johnny V’s deck hnny V ’s next TTuesday. uesday u . With nearly neaarly 20 years breaking experience br eakking new rrecords, ecords, the Rick Lee is one th he most senior rradio adio DJs around. around.. And he’s he’s been scratching cutting and scr atching ffor or even longer—boastingg ar around longer—boastin ound 30 experience years of experien nce on the ones and twos. twos Those who w tune into uring commute KMEL rregularly egularly dduring aree ffamiliar hours ar amiliar with his skill in stitching selecting and stit tching together all from the hits, both fr om m the old-school (RG) and the cutting edge. e

Nov 2244 at SAP SAP Center

FLEETWOOD FLEETWOOD MA MACC Nov 25 at SSAP AP Center

TRIPLE HO SHO SHOW W Dec 3 at SAP SAP Center

MYTHBUSTERS: MYTHBUS TERS: BEHIND THE MYTHS Dec 118 8 at City National Civic

Y&T Decc 31 at RockBar Theater

CAKE Dec 31 3 at City National Civic

HARLEM HARLE EM GL GLOBETROTTERS OBETROTTERS Jan 9, 9 16 & 17 at SSAP AP Center

SSTYX TYX Jan 28 28, 8, at City National Civic

CHERRY CHERR RY POPPIN’ D DADDIES ADDIES Jan 31 aatt Montalvo Arts Center For music music updates and contest giveaways, giveaway ys, like us on Facebook metrofb.com at metr ofb.com

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Fight the Power ASKING A SKING THE THE TOUGH TOUGH QUESTIONS QUESTIONS Jeff Ch Chang, hang, author of ‘Who W We e Be,’ chal challenges llenges his readers to look beyon beyond d the superficial diversity pres presented achieve equality. sented by the mainstream media a and ask what can be done to ac chieve true racial equality y.

In new w book, book ‘‘W ‘Who Who We We Be,’ Be e,’ music writ e, writer ter U.S. relationss Jeff Chang Ch hang explores U ..S. race relation through thro ough the lens off hip-hop BY B YT TAD AD A M MALONE ALONE

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OR D OR DECADES ECADES N NOW, OW, JJeff eff Chang Ch Chan ng has h been b a student t d t of the e complex and interconnected interc connected issues class of rrace, ace, clas ss and inequality in America. It only took him two books and a subsequent book tours to realize that he was uniquely w as unique ely qualified to say something meaningful on the subject. subj ject. And d what he has to say y isn't ex actly y heartening. exactly A DJ DJ,, hip hip-hop -ho op aficionado and cultural rreporter, eporterr, Chan ng has writ tten t ttwo w wo b ooks Chang written books on the histor -hop. historyy and aesthetics of hip hip-hop.

And in the pr rocess he has ccome ome to the process cconclusion onclusion tha at the multicultural vision that of America Americca presented prresented e by the mainstream mainstream by

media is ut m utterly ttterly at o odds dds with rreality. ealitty. moving R Rather than mo oving v inexorably inexorably toward tow waard racial equality, argues ra acial equalit ty, Chang ar rgues g that the United States been th he U n nited St taates has b een slipping backward late,, fallingg into a p pattern ba ack kwaard of late pat ttterrn of growing inequality. gr rowing inequalit ty. precisely It is pr ecisely this topic that Changg addresses book, Wee Be: ad ddresses in his latest b ook, Who W Colorization America,, which he Th C The oolorization of America bee rreading from om and discussing this w b will eading e fr t Thursday MACLA (Movimiento Th hursdaay at MA AC CLA (Mo ovvimiento de d Arte Latino Americana) A Ar te y Cultura L atino Americ ana) in n San Sa an JJose. ose.

Hawaii, Born and raised in Ha awaaii,, Changg moved attend m mo oveed to the mainland to at tttend UC C Berkeley, where bachelor’s B erk keele l y, wher h e he h earned dab bachelo h lor’’s degree Asian American studies.. Al Along de egree in A ssian Americ an studies long the way, took any chancee he had to th he w ay, he to ok an ny chanc t bee in involved hip-hop hip-hop b nvo olvved e in hip -hop and hip -hop culture. picked DJing Cal, cu ulture. He pick keed up DJ Jing at C al, wheree he hosted radio shows at b both w wher oth h Berkeley Davis, befriended B erk keeley and UC Da avvis, and b efriend ded the likes Blackalicious’ th he lik kees of DJ Shadow and Black kaaliccious’

DJ/producerr, Chief Xcel.

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DJ/producer, Ch l discovered disc di oveered d his hi passion i for fo or Chang also about music and d cultur writing about culturee while Cal. Though he initially initiallly pursued a at Cal. caareer in the music industry—helping indu ustry— —helping career found o Rec e orrds—he left to found Solesides Records—he aboutt five fivve years years e and the business after about jumped back into writing. writin ngg. He’s He’s since since jumped landed bylines byylines in some of o the nation n’s nation’s larrggest cultural and music mussic public caations, largest publications, Joon nes, Spin and including the Mother Jones, Vibe. He has written writttten two tw wo ob ooks, Vibe. books, Can't a Stop, Sttoopp, Won't Woon n't Stop: Sttoop: A History H Histtoorry including Can't Hip-Hop Generation n and T ot otaal Chaos: of the Hip-Hop Total Aesthetics of Hip-Hop. H -Hop. He is Hip The Art and Aesthetics currently Stanford's Stanffo ord's executive executivve director director currently fo or diversity divveersitty in the arts. arts. for new book, book, Whoo W Be, Chang In his new Wee Be, explor x es the racial divisions divisio ons in Americ caa, explores America, people react react to such succh inequalities, inequalities, how people n the o verall e and what has changed in overall en nvvironment over oveerr the last few few racial environment decades. decades. saayys his inspiration n ccame aame during He says book tour for fo or Can’t Can’t a St Stoop. During the book Stop. ecalls observing observing eerie that time Chang rrecalls bettw ween thee racial and similarities between culture wars waars growing growing in n America America and culture durin ng the late ’8 0s what he witnessed during ’80s ’90s, when he w aas a student at and early ’90s, was Berk kele e ey.

Berkeley.

As the hip-hop hip h -hop movement mo ovement e grew, so As grew, blow owback. “I was waas in the first did the blowback. freshman class c at UC Berkeley Berk keeleey to be be freshman ‘majoritty--m minoritty,’” Chang says, saays y , “and at ‘majority-minority, time, the t implications impliccations a were scaring sccaaring that time, were peo ople”— —sp s ecificcaally political political a lot of people”—specifically conser o vativvees, interested interested in maintaining mainttaaining conservatives, status quo. q . quo the status prrocess of writing Who W Be— In the process Wee Be— in the timee leading up to and during the electio on of Barack Obama—Chang Obama—Chang first election saayys he saw saaw an undeniable shift in the says way race race was waas being being discussed in America.

Americcaa. way "Evver e ybody d was was a kind of caught caught up in "Everybody momen nt,, but at the same time there there the moment, waas this backlash baacklash that began began to form fo orm was t same kind of arguments arrgguments again,, and the from the ’80s ’8 80s and ’90s ’90s started started coming co oming from back k— —with h a vengeance. vengeanc e ce.” back—with Ch hang had initially envisioned en nvisioned v What Chang somewhat w triumphant eexamination xxamination as a somewhat progr g essivve march march toward tow waarrd of the progressive equalitty, turned tu urned into a sobering sobering equality, reflection on o how little littttle progress progress has reflection been e made. made. He says saayys that recent recent actually been incidents, such su uch as the shootings shootings in incidents, Ferrgguson,, and a the killing of Trayvon Traayv yvo on Ferguson, Martin have haave only served served e to underscore underscore Martin assertio on that whites and minorities his assertion livve in two tw wo separate realities realities when it live comes o th heir respective respectivve beliefs beliefs on what comes to their been accomplished acccomplished in the arena arena of has been equaalitty. racial equality. saayys the mainstream mainstrreeam media Chang says largely responsible resp e onsible for fo or this tragic is largely "T The sort sort of multicultural paradox. "The whaat we’re we’re seeing on TV now, now w,” ideal is what saayyss. However, Howeveerr, at the same time Chang says. i projecting prro ojecting this image, image, the media is don n’’t match the radically radically those idealss don’t divisivve way way ay people people see what has been been divisive accomplish hed in overcoming oveercoming inequality inequalitty accomplished racism m. Chang and his book book ask the and racism. " question: "What do need to get to that con onversatio e on when we don’t don n’t ’ think we conversation haave it?" it??" need to have As for for o the th he future future of America’s America’s As relatiions, Chang is hopeful hopeful but racial relations, particu ularly optimistic about about not particularly situatio on. “I do think we are are at a the situation. point o right now where where we turning point haave to try try to come come together together and have haave have discu ussions about about inequality inequalitty these discussions inequiitty again,” he says. saayys. “As “As long and inequity can an’’t,, we will see a hijacking of as we can’t, discourrse, and we will remained remained the discourse, confused. onfused” o confused. ”

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*stagee 10 IN 10 PER PERSPECTIVE SPECTIVE TTen en e 10-minute pl plays, ays, written by locals. TTen een diff erent stories.. Oct different 10 thru Oct 25. $1 15-$38. Theatr $15-$38.

Theatree on San P edro Squ uare, San Jose.

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COMEDYSPORTZ COMEDYSPORTZ T IIMPROV MPROV COMEDY COMEDY Laugh until your stomach s hurts improved at this impr oved battle b of wits,, all audience-sourced audience-sour cedd and suitable entiree ffamily. ffor or the entir amilyy. Ongoing. $12-$15. $12 -$15. CCamera amera 4, 4, San Jose.

THE T HE GREA GREAT AT D DIVORCE IV VORCE C.S. Lewis Lewis’s ’s Dant Dantesque tesque tale of from a man’s man’s journey fr om Hell to Paradise, P aradise, and thee spectrum lifee he sees al along of lif ong the way: from outrageously fr om the outr ageeously funny to the chillingly human. h Oct $29-$89.

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10, 8pm $29 $29-$8 $8 89 CCalifornia 89. alifornia Theatre, Jose.

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THE IIMPORTANCE THE MPORTAN NCE OF BEIN ARNEST BEINGG EEARNEST An Oscar Wilde cla classical assical “trivial comedy for for serious serious people” people” plays on satir satiree andd wit as two characters char acters mainta maintain ain fictitious double lives as a means m of escape from fr om Victorian soc society. cietyy. Oct 17 thru Nov 9.. $16-$18. TTriton rriton MuseumPavillion, Santa Clara.

Hall P avillion,, Sant ta Clar a.

THE T HE SSOUND OUND OFF M MUSIC USIC The legendary st story tory of a governess of sev seven ven and her escape fr from om Naz Nazi-occupied zi-occupied Austria is comin comingg to San Jose.

Nov 14-23.

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

THE T HE SP SPOOK OOK SSHOW H W HO presents esents The Roughhousee pr an evening of ““chill-arious” chill-arious” sketch comedy comedy.. The T delicate mix of macabr macabree hor horror ror and slapstick jokes will w sur surely ely rrock ock anyone anyone’s ’s bones that night. Oct $15-$20.

Theatree on 31, 8pm. $15-$20 0. Theatr San P Pedro edro Squar Square, re, San Jose.

SSWEENEY WEENEY T TODD OD DD A story of rrevenge evengge hitting the musical stage, ass an exiled barber fights aga against ainst the man with his trusty ppie ie shop owner sidekick. Thru No ov 2. $25-$7 4.

Nov $25-$74.

Mountain View Center C ffor or the Performing P erforming Arts..

*concerts *c oncerts e MUSIC M USIC A AT T THE M MARKET ARKET A hotbed of live jazz talent, organized or ganized by Sann Jose Jazz.

Pedro Every Fri, 77-9pm.

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

TOSPS T OSPS T TUESDAYS UESDAYS A weekly showcase of o Bay Ar ea’s budding musicc scene Area’s across genres.

Most acr oss all genr es. Mos st 7pm. Thru Dec. TTuesdays, uesdays, u D Theatree on San P Pedro Square, Theatr edro Squar e, San Jose.

*operaa *oper CCAFFE AFFE FFRASCATI RASCA AT TI Opera Night. First Frid Opera Friday day of Jose. every month. San Jos e.

*art MUSEUMS MU SE U MS CANTOR CANT OR AR ARTS TS CEN CENTER TER “Miniature W “Miniature Worlds: orlds: In Indian dian Court P Paintings aintings from from the Collection.” Thru Oct 20.

2 “The New Landscape: Expe Experiments eriments in Light by Gyor Gyorgy gy KKepes.” e epes.”

Thru Nov 17 ympathy ffor or the 17.. “S “Sympathy Devil.” This exhibit ca ptures captures the visual history of Satan S in art. The centerpiece of o the exhibit is the newly acquir aacquired ed Jackson Jack son P Pollock, ollock, titledd LLucifer uciffeer.

Thru Dec 1. “Robert FFrank rank in America.” This collect collection tion of 130 photogr photographs aphs exa examines mines Robert Frank’s Frank’s work fr ffrom om the taanford.

1950s. Thru Jan 5. SStanford.

CCHILDREN’S HILDREN’S D DISCOVERY ISCOVERY M USEUM MUSEUM “Images of India.” Thr Thru ru Nov 30.

San Jose.

DE SSAISSET AISSET MUSEU MUSEUM UM “Creative in Common” “Creative Common” explores explor es family family by inv inviting viting visitors to rreflect eflect on th their heir own experiences and asso associations, ciations, and to rrespond espond to the question: what does ffamily amily mea mean an to you?

Thru Mar a..

Mar.. Santa Clar Clara.

EUPHRAT EU PHRA AT MUSEUM M Various art and photo Various photography ography created cr eated by students at a De Anza College. CCupertino. upertino.

HISTORY M HISTORY MUSEUM USEUM OF LLOS OS GATOS GA ATOS “Where Everybody Kn “Where Knows nows YYour oour Name: A History of LLocal ocal Watering W atering Holes.” Thru u Oct 31.

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Valley “W oodcarvings of V al Gar d dena, “Woodcarvings Val Gardena, Italy Italy,” y,,” ffeaturing eaturing handcr handcrafted afteed woodcarving figures. woodcar ving figur es.

SSAN AN JOSE JOSE MUSEUM OF ART ART “David Levinthal:: Make Believ Believe,” ve,” workss by photogr photographer work apher Davidd Levinthal. Thru Nov 30.. “Wha “What’s at’s “Robert YYour oour Angle?

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30. “R R Robert Portraits: Henri’s CCalifornia alifornia P ortraits: 1914Realism,, Race and Region,, 19 91411am-5pm, 25.””Thru Jan.. TTue-Sun, uue-Sun, 11am-5pm, closed Mon.. San Jose.

SAN JOSE SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF Q UILTS & TEXTILES TEXTILES QUILTS “International TTECHstyle ECHstyle Art Biennial 3,”” thru Nov 9. Returning ffor or its third third incarnation, ITAB ITTA AB is a juried exhibition of work by artistss mer ging fiber media with nnew ew merging information inf ormation and communic communication cation technologies in their artisticc pr ocesses, as a medium of processes, artistic expr expression, ession, and/or in the content of their work. workk. ““Vel Vel Garrick: Garrick: Conversational Watercolor W atercolor Quil Quilts,” ts,”” thru Novv 9. Pieces of prints and nove novelty elty abrics come together to m make ffabrics ake landscapes, ffantasy, antasyy, flor als, florals, cartoon char acters and more. more. characters San Jose.

TRITON TRIT ON MUSEUM OF AR ART RT “Ron Dell’ Dell’Aquila: Aquila: Photography,” Photogr aphyy,” , an exhibit of unapologetic intensity and hue. Thru Nov 16.

Arastu: Celebration “Salma Ar astu: Celebr ation of CCalligraphy,” alligraphyy,,” ffeaturing eaturing texturee and the blend of textur calligraphy calligr aphy on sacr sacred ed text texts. ts.

Thru Nov 16. “Karim “Karim Alwal Alwali: li: The Civilization Code,” abstract abstr act paintings. Thru Nov N 23. Santa Clar Clara. a.

A LITTLE O OFF FF THE TOP TOP Johanna (Mindy L Lym) ym) y is held h in an insane asylum

by Jonas F Fogg ogg (N (Noel oel Anthony) A in Stephen Sondheim Sondheim’s m’s ‘Sweeney T Todd: odd: o The Demon Barber of Fle Fleet eet Street,’ playing at Theatre TheatreWorks Works through N Nov. ov v. 2 at the M Mountain ountain V View iew i w Center for the P Performing erforming Ar Arts. rts.

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

Watercolors by Made’ Watercolors Made’ Sukerti Berg.

Ber g. San Jose.

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Works by John Renzel, Lacey Works Bryant, Nicolas CCaesar, aesar, Murphy Adams, Christine Benjamin, Michael Foley, Foleyy, Michael Borja, Valery Valery Milovic, Carlos Carlos Villez, Eric JJoyner,, Laura Joyner L a Callin Laur Callin lli Bennett, B tt John Hageman and Robert McColley.. San Jose.

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HIGHER HI GHER FIRE CLA CLAYSPACE AYSPACE “Czway W Wayz” ayz” ceramic ceramic works workks

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"Cosmos Codex, Codex,"" the first CCalifornia alifornia exhibition of V Vargasargasg Suarez Suar ez Universal.

Universal. Thru Aug 2.

San Jose.

“In 3-D: 3-D: Selected Art,” by Pacific P acific Rim Sculptors Gr Group. ou up.

Thru Oct 25. San Jose.

BLACK BLA CK BEAN CCERAMICS ERAMICS “InnerReflections.” Thru N Nov ov 1.

San Jose.

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“San Shui,” paintings by Russell Al Altice tice Case.

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“Fun & Games: Six Artists Consider Play and W Wellbeing,” ellbeing,,” workss by local and internatio work international onal artists that invite visitors to play pplay, y, explore, explor e, participate, and cr create. eate.

Thru Oct 31. Saratoga.

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“Zulugrass Jewelry Ga “Zulugrass Gallery”, allery”,, ffeaturing eaturing the colorfull clothing

“Ex P Post ost Facto,” Fr Francisco ancisco Gr aciano. San Jose.

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“Silicon V Valley alley Bikes: P Passion, assion, Innovation & P Politics olitics Since 1880.”” “Shirlie Montg Montgomery: gomery: Picturing San Jose Si Since nce 1938,” Thru Dec 14.

Jazz paintings by Bruni Sa Sablan. ablan ablan.

Mon-Sat, 1-6pm. San Jose e.

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SSLIDING LIDING D DOOR OOR CCOMPANY OMPANY “One Thousand Thousand Project,” Pr oject,” works works by Jason McHenry.. San Jose.

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SSOUTH OUTH FFIRST IRST BILLIARDS "Art Lif "Art Lifer" er" by Alfredo Alfredo Reyes and Debbie Doherty with music from from DJ Mystik Mike. ““Assemble!”

Assemble! ssemble!” a MESHcollective show Works by various show.. Works artists. San Jose.

SSPARTAN PARTA AN POP POP UP UP GALLERY GALLER RY A group group exhibit of 30 artists

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STUDIO R STUDIO ROCK OCK CLIM CLIMBING BING GGYM YM “Petrified,” work “Petrified,” workss by Andy Wallace.

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ACID A CID JJAZZ A ZZ PROFESSOR PROFESSOR Drummer Andrew w (Miles T Teller) eller) e practices untill he he’s ’s perfect under the ha harsh (J.K. arts arsh tutelage of Fletcher (J .K. Simmons) S at a Juilliard-like art ts school.

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S THE TH HE OLD OLD expression goes, “You goes s, “Y ou can sure tell what wha at it’s it’s been next to in the th he refrigerator.” refrigerator.”

That’s That’s true e about Damien Chazelle’s Chazelle’s Whiplash, Whiplash, mostly a good-looking good-look king reprise of the opening 200 minutes of Full Full Metal Jacket.

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Metal The or ordeal deal of the drummer Andr Andrew ew Teller) (Miles T eeller) is similar to the anguish Geoffrey Rush’s of Geoffr ey Ru R ush’s music student was tortured through in Shine as he w as tor tured thr ough Rachmaninoff.

Martin Rachmaninoff ff. In one shot,, Mar ff tin Scorsese life Sc orsese will sp sspeculate eculate on the lif fe of

in inanimate nanimate objects objects,, lik likee the fullfull-screen screen e smoldering sm moldering cigar cigarette etttte but buttt in Ne New wY York ork o Stories.

St toories. In Whiplash Whiplash,, a lid of a soft drink d cu cup up gets its own ccamera amera set up up,, in a p percussive e cussive sc er scene ene of a mo movie vie theate theater er so oda b eing made ody digit ts soda being made.. The blo bloody digits ar re lik ke Black Sw an’s blo ody to es. The T are like Swan’s bloody toes. un nused business cut fr om R aaging unused from Raging Bu ull of DeNir o dumping a pitcher of Bull DeNiro ic ver his cr otch rreturns: eturns: her e, th he icee o over crotch here, the cr rushed ic erry slu ush hy crushed icee turns to a raspb raspberry slushy w when the drummer pr otagonist du unks protagonist dunks hi is bleeding hand into it. his Whiplash is ery fforceful. o orcefull. is,, at first,, vvery Pr racticing at night in a thinly vveiled eileed Practicing vversion e ersion of JJuilliard, uilliard, Andr ew is Andrew rrecruited e ecruited b ally sinisterr byy a dynamic dynamically sc chool or chestra leader J. K. school orchestra leader,, Fletcher ((J. Si immons). He ’s p osed lik k- clad Simmons).

He’s posed likee a black black-clad su uper villain, who do esn’t ffeel eeel as iff he super doesn’t

has to intr oduce himse elff. Fletcher introduce himself. nocturnal—more seems ccompletely ompletely no ctturnal—more than this this,, he seems lik likee the only er the entiree sc school.

Over teacher in the entir chool. Ov months,, Andr Andrew’s human months ew’s hum man qualities aree stripp stripped through ar ed aaway way thr o ough the savagery professor. sa avvagery of this pr offeesssor. utility Si Simmons is i a vversatile ersatiile i utilit il ility Coen Brothers, actor with the C oen B rothers, a shrugger,, a wr wretch dejected shrugger retch ccaught aught middle-manager rage. in middle -manager rag ge. The ffew ew saw Never Stopped who sa aw The Music Ne ever St toopped saw also sa aw what a ccapacity apacitty Simmons partt has ffor o or paternal ccompassion. ompaassion. His par simpler: he’s in Whiplash is much sim mpler: he ’s a hard-on, with little har d-on,, ccomplete omplete wit h scribbly lit tle Fletcher’ss toxic simplicit goes vveins. eins. Fletcher’ ssimplicityy go es ccomplex omplex in one quiet moment, m right before Whiplash’s endings.. b effor o e Whiplash ’s seriess of endings Over Ov er a quiet drink at a nightclub serene we see the ser ene cconviction on nvviction Fletcher’ss insane horr horror underneath Fletcher’ or He’s moree than just of ccompromise. ompromise. He ’s mor m pride-stung a pride -stung jazzman; jazzman; he’s he’s a mirror mirror Stalin of the obsessions of a St S alin or a Hitler.. Her Here, movie moree than Hitler e, the mo viee is mor

what becomes. w hat iitt eeventually ventually b ecomes. What becomes says it b ecomes is a film that sa ayys the teachers aree the b best. vicious teac chers ar est. performance scenes, In the p e fo er ormance sc enes, has as kinetic eexcitement— xcitement— Whiplash ha instruments aree studied and the instrum ments ar over byy the ccamera. sswooped wooped o ver b amera. The don’t music is so ccomplex omplex yyou ou don ’t mind moree than onc oncee during m hearing it mor movie.

Teller does the mo vie. Miles T eeller do es things haven’t been sincee JJohn that ha aven’t ’ b een seen sinc ohn was flickering Cusack w ass yyoung, oung, in the flick ering barbed alternation n of barb ed and vulnerable sides.. Ther There’s tiresomely sides e’s nothing tir esomely about facee with ccallow allow ab ou ut that flushed fac scars.

It’s easyy to its multiplee brambly sc ars. It ’s eas Andrew, laugh with h Andr ew, when he passes bullying he’s on the bull lying he ’s rreceived—when eceived—when that jazzz musicians ar aree b being he ffeels eels e tha at jaz eing disrespected. disr especteed. And yyou ou see the rreason eason drive.

Andrew ffor or o his driv ve. Andr ew is the son of a father (Paul Reiser)—the meek fathe er (P aul R eeiser)—the kind person apologizes of p erson who w ap ologizes when yyou ou (Oddly, Andrew bump into him. (Oddly y, Andr ew never seems have picked ne ver seem ms to ha ave pick ed up an brutal from opinion of brut al teachers fr om his father.) father .)

Director makee Director Chazelle tries to mak unlikely this unlik elly ttale ale plausible with walls, photos of Buddy B Rich on the w alls, secret to commemorate commem morate a famous secr et jazzz drummer unleashing ttape ape of the jaz mightyy te temper a might emper ttantrum antrum against You have his band. Y o ou ha ave to ttake ake Whiplash’s vision it’s tunnel visio on ffor o or what it ’s worth—the there’s wor th— —the idea that ther e’s only sortt off p perfection, one sor erfeection, only one school worth attending…worse, scho ol wor rth at tending…worse, theree might bee some wisdom in that ther m b Marine using Mari ne drill-instructor ttactics actics arts.

Fletcher’ss insults ar aree so in the ar ts. Fletcher’ sexual theyy get ridiculous ridiculous.. harshly se x xual the When the script gets that lowdown, theyy wer weree tr trying yyou ou wonder wondeer who the ying to byy usin using love interest ffool ool b ng a ffemale emale e lo ve inter est Benoist).

(Melissa Be enoist) enoist).

Topping crescendo crescendo, T opping o cr escendo with cr escendo, defies Whiplash de efies the name of its production Films. pr oduction n ccompany, ompan ny, Bold F ilms. flashiest dictated The flashie st actor dict ated the terms.. Thiss monomania is get getting terms ting praise,, in the same w way Simmons praise p ay Kingsleyy got praise ffor that Ben Kingsle K or the o hard-on rrepetitious, epetitious, bald-headed har d- on played Sexy Beast.. This kind of he pla ayed iin n Sex xy Beast acting is to acting what a drum solo music.. is to music

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THE BL BLUE UE R ROOM OOM (76 min.) An (76 A aff affair air leads to a trial and incarceration—and incar ceration—and the mystery is psychodrama. how—in this sexual psychodr ama.

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(R;; 100 min min.) n.) It It’s ’s a very good thing Justin Simien’s Simiien’s Dear White P People eeople was made—it theree where made—it gets in ther where the dirt is. Tessa Teessa Thompson is Samantha, a film studies studies firebrand firebrand with severe severe internal doubts. dooubts. Lionel (Tyler (TTyler y James Williams) iss a wary underdog underdog with a sky-high sky-high afro. afro.. Samantha’s Samantha’s opposite, Coco (Teyonah (TTeeyoonah Parris), Parris),, is a vlogger who seeks Att seeks popularity at all costs. A the lily-white lily-whhite Winchester University, Universityy, Samantha’s Samantha’s ’ show on the college rradio adio station chafes nerves. chaafes a lot of ner ves. In the proud proud tradition tradition of fraternity fraternity rrow ow movies, the administration adminiistration is up in arms about her broadcasts. broadccasts. Dear White P People eeoplee is a strong strong critique critiique of pulp-TV pulp--TV trashiness, trashiness, the banal ho-and-pimp h p p masquerade masquer q ade the white kids k love. Wisely it ridicules the assertion assertion that America is post-racial post-racial after Obama’s Obam ma’s twin victories. The film’s film’s bravery bravery and and open ending is credible, credible, despite thee dead spots,, and that woeful self-seriousness self-seriouusness that poxes student wit. You Yoou can can hit the nail on the head a hundred hundred times times and still have a rickety structure. structure. (Opens ( Fri.)) (RvB)

THE JOE SHO SHOW W (105 min.) Slight S mixed ffeelings eelings Randy Murray’s otherwise about Rand dy Mur ray’s other wise

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flabbergasting flabber gasting documentary about Joe Arpaio,, the six-time sheriff of Maricopa County, County y, Arizona.. Some moments do the political wheree a snippet of politica al attack-ad bit wher ffootage ootagee is slowed down to make it look weree about to spout as if thee subject wer backwardd Latin.. Arpaio horns and a speak backwar survived electoral has sur rvived his ever-declining elector al victories victorie es by bullying Phoenixland criminals through crimina als thr ough sexual humiliation and chain-gangs. chain-g gangs. This viciousness is within his purview, purview v w, sort of—it’s of—it’s what his core core voters,, the quaking elders at Sun City, Cityy, wanted. wanted d. When it turned out Arpaio’s Arpaio’s department departm ment was putting more more emphasis on persecuting perssecuting could-be illegal aliens insteadd of prosecuting prosecuting rape rape cases … when he h was putting journalists in jail … in his custody died,, and the when people p department departm ment had to find its checkbook to settle wrongful w ongful death cases … Arpaio’s wr Arpaio’s That’s badge got g a bit tarnished. That ’s when sheriff promote the she eriff decided to pr omote himself from Arizona disgrace fr om Ar rizona disgr ace to American disgrace disgr acce by sucking up to the Birthers.

(Plays Oct O 224-30 4-30 at the BlueLight Cinema in CCupertino.) upe u ertino.) (RvB)

JOHN WICK (R;; 101 min.) m KKeanu eanu Reeves stars as a fformer ormer hit man out ffor or rrevenge evenge on the mobsters life. mobste ers who ruined his lif e. (Opens Fri.)

OUIJA OUIJ A (PG-13;; 89 min.) Friends discover that (PG-13; spooky boardd game is actually a their sp pooky boar conduitt ffor condui or evil spirits.. Oops. (Opens Fri.)

SILLICON V SILICON VALLEY A ALLEY JEWISH JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL FE STIV VA AL Screening this week: Hanna Screening Hanna’s ’s Journey Jou urneyy (Oct. 22, 7:30pm); A Place in Heaven H n (Oct. 25, 7pm); Igor and thee Cranes’ Cranes’ Journeyy (Oct. 26, 3pm); Arabani Ar a abani (Oct. 27, 277, 7:30pm); Hunting Elephants Eleephants, (Oct. 28, 7:30pm). (Films show sho ow at the Oshman Family JCC, 3921 Way, Palo Alto.

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SST. T. VINCENT (PG (PG-13; G-13; 102 min.) Here Here is one of cinema’s greatest cine ema’s gr eatest slouches:: Bill Murray, Mu rrayy, with a lazy Brooklyn Brooklyn accent.

He rejoices rejoices in the motto “Ya “YYa work, ya get paid, ya drink.”” But then a new neighbor neigghbor arrives: arrives:: it’s it’s Oliver, Oliverr, a boy who needs nee eds tending (played as an overly polite pol ite little man by Jaeden Lieberher).

He’s overworked He ’s the son of an over worked mom (Melissa (Me elissa McCarthy.)

McCarthyy..) The hardworking hardworking Naomi Nao omi Watts Watts hangs around, around,, clearly enjoying pregnant enjo oying herself as the pr egnant Russian Rus ssian pole-dancer Vince hires hires for for companionship. com mpanionship.. If this film gets Murray Murray body-of-work a bo ody-of-work Oscar, Oscar, fair fair enough. Be warned, war rned, though, that this paragon paragon of slack slac ck will get the full 224K 4K gold heart transplant tr annsplant by the end of the film.

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Aesop By Another N am me Derrick M cElroy y, who goess by Aesop p, Black Aesop and Ae esop’s F abless, Name McElroy, Aesop, Aesop’s Fables, has a new mixtape pa aying tribute to classic hip-ho p, and a new full-length ““opus” opuss” on the way y. paying hip-hop, way.

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UCH LIKE THE Aesop UCH of antiquity, antiquitty y, it isn isn’t ’t particularly particularlly easy to get a bead on Aesop Aesop, p, the emcee of the Bay Area Arrea and Los Los Angeles hip-hop cre crew, ew w, Living L egends. A Wikiped dia search of Legends.

Wikipedia the Aesop of Aesop’s Aesop’s F ables a will Fables inform you that scholars sch holars are undecided as to wh whether hether Aesop ever really y existed or o if folk tales were simply attributed a to him. Similarly, Similarly y, Google gle searches Goog for Aesop of the Living Liv ving Legends Legends crew turn up websites websiites that haven haven’t ’t been updat updated ted for years and YouTube YouTube clips from the late aughts. aughts.

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Second, Sec ond,, for for the past ffew fo ew years years the man known n to his close friends and family as D Derrick errick McElr McElroy oy has b been een on a bit of a hiatus fr from om making music.. R music Reached eeacched b byy phone fr from om his current curr ent hom home me in his nativ nativee Fr Fresno, esno, he says sa ayys he h made mad d th de the cconscious onscious i decision d ii to rretreat etreat from frrom hip-hop hip -hop a ffew ew years years back to ffocus ocu us on his family and ttake ake up some low lower-profile wer-profile work as a promoter engineer.. pr omoter and a sound engineer Beyond McElroy says Be yo ond that, t , McElr oy sa ayys that he isn’t isn’t a very ver e y eas easyy p person erson to get a of. hadn’t hold of f. “If yyou ou hadn ’t ccaught aught me

todaay, you today, you might not ha have ave gotten gotttteen this interview, inter view,” he sa says ayys with a chuckl chuckle. le.

It’s easyy enough to b believe.

Over It ’s eas elieve. Ov err the ccourse ourse of the inter view, the mul ltiinterview, multiinstrumentalist, instrument alist,, producer producer and ly lyricist yricist frequently fr equently w walks alks aaway way fr from om the phone—his phone —his vvoice oice gr growing owing faint as he w walks alks acr across oss the rroom oom to ten tend nd to some other mor more-pressing e-pressing busin business. ness.

(He later cconfesses onffesses e that he is ma making aking a sandwich.)

“I’ve always been about “I’v ve alw ayys b een ab out doingg things under underground, ground, ound”” McElr McElroy oy sa says, ays y, eexplaining xplaining that he he’s ’s ne never ver had a publicist,, that he do esn’t often giv ggivee doesn’t inter views eexcept xcept inf fo ormal ones to interviews informal fans after shows shows,, and that he hass always alw ways y booked book ked e his own tours— including his fforthcoming o orthcoming tour of o the West W eest Coast, Coast, which includes a sto stop op at the Back Bar SoF A this W eednesd daay, SoFA Wednesday, Oct. 22.

McElr oy, who sometimes go ess McElroy, goes as Black Bl k A esop or A esop’s Fables F bl s, Aesop Aesop’s Fables, says preparing sa ayys he is pr eparing to ccome ome outt of hib hibernation—both ernation—both to push his h rrecently ecently rreleased eleased a mixt mixtape, ape, Seed Seeds ds of Hip Hop Hop,, which McElr McElroy oy made with w DJ Hecktik and ffeatures eeatures remixed remixed d vversions ersions of some of the duo duo’s ’s fa favorite avorite hip-hop hip -hop classics fr from om the ’8 ’80s 0s an and nd

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’9 0s, o verdubbed wi ith ne w vverses eerses and ’90s, overdubbed with new slightly mo dified ch horuses. modified choruses.

The sp ook ky b oom m-bap b eat of spooky boom-bap beat “W Wu u--Taang Clan Ain ’ N ’t uthing ttaa “Wu-Tang Ain’t Nuthing F uck W iit,” b ecomes “LL Cr ew Ain ’t Fuck Wit, becomes Crew Ain’t N uthin to F ux W iit!!!,” with Black Nuthin Fux Wit!!!, Aesop spitting from A esop spit ting vverses ersees fr om his ccatalog atalog placee of the vverses from in plac erses fr om RZA, Inspectah Method Insp ectah Deck and Metho d Man. The sparse cr creeping eeping electric piano of Love” becomes “Love One..”

Nas’ “One L ove” b eccomes “L ove One “It w was as a rreally eally weir w weird d thing I did,” McElroy says McElr oy sa ayys of the Seeds of Hip Hop pr project. oject. “It was was usingg b beats eats fr from om the future, past,, in the futur e, but b with lyrics fr from om the past.”

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McElroy played McElr oy had pla ayed d in bands and writ written ten poetry poetry all b before efo ef ore he finally decided to pursue h ip -hop full time hip-hop time..

A sked wh hy he chosee that path, path, he Asked why sa ayys it ’s har d to sa ay, though t he rrecalls ecalls says it’s hard say, b eing mo ved b es of KRSOne. being moved byy thee lik likes KRS-One. “Listening to a lott of KRS one made me w ant to b od at want bee go good rapping ecalls, adding a that he rapping,,” he rrecalls, w as inspir ed b ny rap groups groups was inspired byy man many fr om that era. “Old scho sschool ol hip from hip-hop —real rapp ers fr rom the ’8 0s and hop—real rappers from ’80s the ’9 0s, inspir ed mee to b eal ’90s, inspired bee the rreal intelligent rapp er th hat I am.” rapper that N ow w, McElr oy sa ayys he is in the Now, McElroy says midst of put ting to g gether what he putting together hop es will b e album he est ’s eever ver hopes bee the b best he’s or the last ccouple made ouple yyears ears that ’s made.. “F “For that’s what I’v een doin ng—making this I’vee b been doing—making magnum opus ssays. ayys. “This album opus,,” he sa won ’t b eleased un ntil it ’s p erfeect.” won’t bee rreleased until it’s perfect.

U ntil then McElr oy sa ays y he is Until McElroy says lo looking oking fforward o orward to get ggetting tting t back on the rroad oad and tourin touring—noting g—noting that he is esp especially ecially eexcited xcitted to b bee pla playing ayying at Back Bar SoF SoFA, FA A,, th the he fformer o ormer spac spacee that housed the C Cactus acctus Club Club,, which as he rrecalls ecalls w was aas the first plac placee Living L Legends egends eever ver p performed. erfo orm med.

“San JJose ose is wher wheree I st started arted m myy ccareer—was areer—was the firstt time I pla played ayeed with rreal eal sound, a rreal e st eal stage, age, rreal eal lights lights,, rreal eal ar artists, tists,” hee sa says. ayys. “It “It’s ’s a big deal an anytime nyytime I w walk alk into that plac place. e.

The memories ar aree cr crazy. razzy.”

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Every W Wed, ed,, 8pm:: Salsa Wednesdays free ee dance W ednesdays w/ fr lessons.. Every Thu, 9pm:: Bandaa Night.. San Jose. Every Sunday: Hip hop & reggae.

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Every Thu, 10pm: KKaraoke. araoke.

Every Fri & Sat: Live Music or DJ.. Santa Clar Clara.

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Fri, Oct 224, 4, 7pm: Sunset X Safee & Sound, ffeat.

Adventuree Saf eat. Adventur Destroid, Club, Destr oid, Flux. San Jose.

THE B BACK ACK B BAR AR SOF SOFA A Every W Wed, ed,, 9pm: The CCypher, ypherr, ffeat. eat. Hip-hop,, Jungle,, Soul, Reggae, Dubstep,, TTrap, rap, BreakBeat, more.

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Conner, Thu, Oct 23, 9pm:: James Conne er, Dream, Red Soil, The Dr eam, Machine, ASC, A SC, Conserve, Conserve,, Jofa.

Jofa. Fri,, Oct 224, 4, 9pm:: Zipper LLouie ouie & Covatus, Raider,, LLoot, oot, Never Sober, Sober, Lil Raider Savior.. Sat,, Oct 25,, 9pm 9pm: Smith & Savior m: T Clemente Band, Band Bruce Gyunn n & Big Rain, TTruthnic. rruthnic.

THE BLANK CL CLUB UB Thu, Oct 23, 8pm: A Atomic. tomic. Fri Fri,i, Fritzz Montana, Oct 224, 4, 8pm: Frit The Go Ahead, Hill Man. Sat, Oct 25, 8pm: ’90s Halloween n Party.

Dance P arty. San Jose.

Wed, Oct 22: Live rreggae Wed, eggae DJ.. Thu, Oct 23: DJ bands w/ DJ Hank. San Jose.

BRITANNIA ARMS BRITANNIA DOWNTOWN DO WNTOWN Every W Wed: ed: DJ 512. Every Thu Thu: u: Neeber.. Every Fri: DJ Nico & Neeber Clay.

DJ Benofficial & Clay y. Every Sat: DJ Ready Rock. San Jose.

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THE CARA CARAVAN VA AN Thu, Oct 23, 10pm:: Joan and the Rivers. Fri,, Oct 224, 4,, 10pm: (Brazil), Name the Band (Br azil), White 25, Dynomite (Boston). Sat,, Oct 25 5, LiveWires.

10pm: The LiveWir es. Sun, Oct SpaceWaster (Seattle),), aster (Seattle 26,, 7pm:: SpaceW Hemorage Hemor age (SF). San Jose.

CARDIFF LLOUNGE OUNGE Fri, Oct 22, 10pm:: Rubber Sou Soul ul Wen Nappy, w/ W en Davis, Nappy y, CCutso, utso, and Golden Child (Hip-Hop).

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7pm: W ednesdays. Every Thu, 7pm m: Speakeasy Saloon w/ live Country music. LLos os Gatos.

Thu, Oct 23, 8pm: Pilgrim. Fri, Oct 224, 4, 8pm: DJ CCutty utty ““After After Party.

D k” P Dark” arty ty. Sat, S t Oct O t 25 25, 8pm: 8 SSweet weet Hayah. San Jose.

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

Live bands. Fr ee. 21 and over Fremont.

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JOHNNY V’S Every W Wed: ed: Geology w/ Benny Medicina, Rock & Roll KKaraoke. araoke. Thu: Planet Funk Venom 347. w/ V enom 34 7. Fri: TTraffic. raffic. affic Birthday..

Sat: Traffic—Dan’s Traffic—Dan’s Birthday Every Sun: Sundaze, a house and EDM night. San Jose.

MOJO MO JO LLOUNGE OUNGE Every Thu: DJ Mist. Fri, Oct 224: 4: Amy LLou ou & The Wild Ones. Sat, Oct 25: Blackout.

Fremont.

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Every Thu, 9:30pm: DJ night Vex. w/ DJ Benofficial & DJ V ex.

Every Fri and Sun, 9:30pm: NoWrath.

KKaraoke araoke w/ DJ NoW rath.

Clara.

Santa Clar a.

THE QU QUARTER ARTER NO NOTE TE Every Mon, W Wed ed & Thu: Proo Jam. Fri, Oct 224: Andree Pr 4: Andr Thierry.

Thier ryy. Sat, Oct 224: 4: Maxx12.

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Jazz/Blues/ World W oorld ART AR T BOUTIKI Thu, Oct 23,, 8pm: Kristen SStrom trom Band, The Knew Quartet.

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P atrick McC aulleyy. Sat,, Oct 25th, 8pm:: Michael Denning Art Show the Spaces In Between. San Jose

BLUE BL UE R ROCK OCK SHOO SHOOT T Every Fri: Blue Rock Showcase. Every Sat: Live Featured Show.. Every Sun: Featur ed Show Saratoga.

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W ednesdays. Thu, Oct 23, 9pm: Brian Ho Quartet. Fri, Oct 224, 4, Avery 9pm:: TTeodross eeodross A vvery & The Peppe Merolla P eppe Mer olla TTrio. rrio. Sat, Oct 25, 9pm:: Scott Barnhill Quartet.

Quartet Every Sun, 7pm:: Eulipions Jazz Jam Session. San Jose.

Thu, Oct 23, 7pm: Col Coltt Ford.

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San Jose.

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ON THE FRITZ Now based in San Francisco, Fritz Montana got their start in the South Bay and are quickly becoming one of the bigger names on the local scene.

Breaking Blues MANY BANDS plug away for years, playing house parties, clubs and smaller halls before they ever reach a stage inside an arena, assuming they even reach such a stage at all. But the South Bay-bred indie-blues-rock group Fritz Montana were lucky enough to play at Oracle Arena in Oakland—on their fourth show.

This isn’t to say the members of Fritz Montana haven’t earned their success. The group went up against a slew of great local bands in Live 105’s local band contest before pulling in the most votes and nabbing the coveted opening slot for the radio station’s annual Not So Silent Night concert last December. “It was beyond a dream,� says Fritz Montana bassist Kevin Logan, who recalls how the gravity of the accomplishment didn’t totally sink in until the group showed up at Oracle the day of the show. “The second we stepped into that arena, we started seeing all the techs, the roadies, the sound guy—it was really overwhelming.�

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Since last year’s NSSN, Aaron Axelsen, Live 105’s music director, has continued to play Fritz Montana’s tunes on his weekly local and new music show, Soundcheck. When the group recorded some new tracks earlier this year, he put those into regular rotation on his program as well.

The group’s infectious mix of heavy, blues-tinged alt-rock and high-energy pop—a la The Arctic Monkeys and The Black Keys—has been earning the band a following, at home and around the country. According to Logan, the NSSN gig served as a springboard to bigger local shows and a seven-show run at this year’s South By Southwest.

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That doesn’t come as a surprise to San Jose promoter Barbara Wahli, who caught the group’s very ďŹ rst show at San Jose State University. “I loved the songs and knew they would resonate well with a large audience,â€? says Wahli, now Fritz Montana’s manager. “They have so much potential and everyone I contact responds positively to their music. My gut tells me big things will happen for the band.â€?

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So far, Wahli’s predictions appear to be on point. Fritz Montana saw a large turnout at the July 26 release party for their new EP, Scaredy Cat, held at the Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco. And in addition to regular spins from Axelsen, they’ve garnered some positive press. The music blog, Infectious Magazine put Fritz Montana on its “best unsigned bands to watch in 2013,� while another music blog, Lucy Out Loud, featured the band on one of its new music compilations.

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“Every show I feel like, we build up a little more momentum,� Logan says. “When we started we did not have a game plan. The experience of playing in front of several thousand people, that got us hungry for bigger shows.�— Aaron Carnes

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FICTITIOUS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS B USINESS NAME STATEMENT STATTEM MENT #597 737 374 #597374 The follo following wing person(s) is (ar (are) e)) doing business as: a PPrecision recision Power, Powerr, 1155 Nicholson La 11 Lane, ane, San Jose, CA, CA, 95134, 95134, Advanced Adv anced Ener Energy gyy Industries Inc., 11625 625 Sharp Point Point Dr Dr., r.., FFort ort Collins, CCO, O, 80525.

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2014. /s/T Toom McGimp sey /s/Tom McGimpsey EExec., xec., Vice Vice President Presiddent $ Gener al Couns sel General Counsel #C2 478890 #C2478890 This statement was w filed with the Co unty County Clerk of Santa Clar Claraa County on 110/14/2014.

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FICTITIOUS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS B USINESS NAME STATEMENT STATTEM MENT #597158 #5971 58 The follo following wing person(s) is (ar (are) e)) doing business as: a POW PO W Her Boutiq Boutique, ue, 360 Meridian Ave., Ave., APTT 323, 323, San Jos Jose, se, CCA, A, 95128, 95128, Dor Dora ra YY..

Guerrero.

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Registrant R egistrrant a has not yet yet begun transacting tr ransacting a busin business ness under the fictitio fictitious ous business name or o names listed her herein. rein. /s/Doraa Y. /s/Dor Y. Guerr Guerrero rero This statement was w filed with the Co County unty Clerk of Santa Claraa County on Clar 110/03/2014.

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FICTITIOUS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS B USINESS NAME STATEMENT STATTEMENT #597284 The follo following wing person(s) is (ar (are) e) doing business as: 5 Links Mo vement Movement Fitness, 5602 Cr oydon Ave., Ave., San Croydon Jose, CA, CA, 95118, 95118, Charlene Alcanices.

This business is conducted by by a individual individual.

R egistrant has Registrant not yet yet begun tr ansacting business transacting under the fictitious business name or names listed her ein. herein. /s/Charlene Alcanices This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clar ra County on Clara 110/09/2014.

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FICTITIOUS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS B USINESS NAME STATEMENT STATTEMENT #597235 The follo following wing person(s) is (ar (are) e) doing business as: Juniper Juniperoo Serr Serraa Medical Center Center,r, 4 4155 155 Moorpark Ave., Ave., San Jose, CA, CA, 95124, 95124, PPamela amela PParker, arkerr, 33596 596 Calico Ave., Ave., San Jose, CA, CA, 95124, 95124, Kenneth K enneth Cox, Cox, 1674 1674 FForman orman Ave., Ave., San Jose, CA, CA, 95124, 95124, Susan Smith, 33949 949 Meadow Dr., FFawn aawn Meado w Dr r.., MT, Helena, M T, 59602, Bertt Tickes, Ber Tickes, 5515 15 Barto, Clara, Bar to, Santa Clar raa, Steve CCA, A 95051, A, 95051, S t e tev TTickes, ickes, 3393 93 Union Ave., A ve., #C, Campbell, Ca, 95008, 95008, Janelle Goossens, 5 CCynisca ynisca Australia, Ct., Austr alia, 3170.

Wheelers, VIC, 31 70.

This business is conducted by by an unincorporated unincorpor raated association other partnership. that a par tnership.

Registrant R egistrant began transacting tr ansactingg business under the fictitious business name or herein names listed her ein on 9/02/2011. /s/Pamela /s/P amela PParker arker This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara Clar ra County on

10/07/201 10/07/2014.

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FII CTITIOUS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS B U NESS USI NA AME NAME SSTATEMENT TATTEMENT # 596840 #596840

Thhe follo The following wing person(s) pe erson(s) is (ar (are) e) doing do oing business as: Apex Ap pex EExpress, xpress, 1170 70 PPasito a TTerr, asito err e r, #81 #819, 9, Sunnyvale, Su unnyvale, CCA, A, 94086, 9 4 4086, Jamel Lind.

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

R e ant has egistr Registrant no ot yet yet begun not transacting tr a ansacting business under un nder the fictitious business bu usiness name or names na ames listed her herein ein on n. on. /s s/Jamel Lind /s/Jamel Th hi statement his tt t was This fil ed with the County filed Cl lerk of Santa Clerk Cl larra County on Clara 9/ /24/2014.

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FICTITIOUS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS B U NESS USI NAME NA AME STATEMENT STATEMENT T #596214 # 596214 Thhe follo The following wing person(s) pe erson(s) is (ar (are) e) doing do oing business as: Redwall R e edwall S Studio, tudio, 435A 4 35A R Reynolds eynolds Circle, Ci rcle, San Jose, CCA, A, 95122, 9 5122, David Loera, Loerra, a 110346 0346 LLochner ochner Dr Dr., r.., San Sa an Jose, CA, CA, 95127, 95127, Anthony An nthony LLovaglia, ovaglia, 1161 11 161 Britton Ave., Ave., San Sa an Jose, CA, CA, 95125.

95125.

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Registrant R e ant began egistr transacting tr a ansacting business under un nder the fictitious business bu usiness name or names herein na ames listed her ein 9/8/14. onn 9/8/1 4. /s/David /s s/David LLoera oera This Th his statement was filed fil ed with the County Clerk Cl lerk of Santa Clara Cl larra County on 9/08/2014.

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FICTITIOUS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS B U NESS USI NAME NA AME STATEMENT STATEMENT T #596367 # 596367

The follo following wing person(s) is (ar (are) e) d i business doing b i as: Quality PPet et Spot supplies an and nd services, ser vices, 46 4614B 14B Meridian Ave., Ave., San San Jose, CA, CA, 95124, 95124, Jose Mar quez Jr r.., 4 532 Marquez Jr., 4532 Samson W aayy.,. San Saan Way., Jose, CA, CA, 95124.

95124.

This business is conducted by by a individual.

R egistrant has Registrant not yet yet begun tr ansacting busin ness transacting business under the fictitio ous fictitious business name or o names listed her rein. herein. /s/Jose Marquez Marquezz This statement was w filed with the Co unty County Clerk of Santa Clar Claraa County on 9/11/201 4.

9/11/2014. (pub Metr 0/0 08, Metroo 110/08, 110/15, 0/15, 10/22, 10/22, 110/29/2014) 0/29/2014)

FICTITIOUS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS B USINESS NAME STATEMENT STATTEM MENT #5972022 #59720 The follo following wing person(s) is (ar (are) e) doing business as: a Bernal & Jimene Jimenezz Maintenance, 31 3152 152 Rocky R ocky Mountain Dr Dr., r.,.

San Jose, CA, CA, 95127, 95127, JJose De Jesus J Be Bernal, ernal, Salvador Salv vador a Jimene Jimenez, z, 33242 242 Brigadoon Way., W aayy.., San Jose, CCA, A, 95127.

9 5127.

This business is conducted by by a copartners. copar tners.

Registrant R egistrant begann transacting begun tr ansactinng business under the t fictitious busines business ss name or names listed her herein ein on 110/6/14.

0/6/14.

4 /s/J.B Jose Bernal Bernaal This statement was w filed with the Co County unty Clerk of Santa Claraa County on Clar 110/06/2014.

0/06/2014. (pub Metr Metroo 110/08, 0/0 08, 110/15, 0/15, 10/22, 10/22, 110/29/2014) 0/29/2014)

FICTITIOUS FICTITIOUS B USINESS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT STATTEM MENT #596901 The follo following wing

person(s) is (ar (are) e) doing business as: a S Star tar Dental Offic Office, ce, 211 2114 4 Senter R Road, oaad, Suite #4, San Jos Jose, se, CCA, A, 95112, 95112, Da-H Da-Huong uong

Nguyen, DDS, IINC. Nguyen, NC. This business is conducted d d by by a corporation. corpor raation.

Above Abo ve entity was formed in the state of California R egistrraant began Registrant tr ransacting a business transacting under the fictitious business name or names listed her ein herein on 7/1 9/04.

7/19/04.

R efile of pr evious Refile previous file #5 21127 with #521127 changes. /s/Da Huong Nguy en Nguyen Owner/P resident Owner/President #C2 723662 #C2723662 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clar Claraa County on 9/2 5/2014.

9/25/2014. (pub Metro Metro 110/08, 0/08, 110/15, 0/15, 110/22, 0/22, 110/29/2014) 0/29/2014)

FICTITIOUS FI CTITIOUS BUSINESS B USINESS NAME STATEMENT STATTEMENT #596669 The follo following wing person(s) is (ar (are) e) doing business as: Makeup By YYeya, eya, e 2143 21 43 A Aza za Dr Dr., r.., #5, Santa Clar Clara, raa, CCA, A, 95050, 9 5050, PPablo ablo Soto Soto..

This business is conducted by by a individual.

Registrant R egistrraant has not yet yet begun transacting tr ransacting a business under the fictitious business name or names listed her herein. ein. /s/Pablo /s/P ablo M. Soto

Thhis statement was This filed fil led with the County Clerk Cl l k off Santa lerk S Clara Cl lara County on 9/18/2014.

9/ /18/2014. (pub (p pub Metr Metroo 110/01, 0/01, 110/08, 0 0/08, 110/15, 0/15, 110/22/2014) 0 2/2014) 0/2

FIICTITIOUS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS B U NESS USI NAME NA AME STATEMENT STATTEMENT # #596952 Thhe follo The following wing person(s) pe erson(s) is (ar (are) e) doing do oing business as: Culture Cu ulture Speech Communications, Co ommunications, 59 9 s. 5th S Street, treet, #2, San Sa an Jose, CA, CA, 95112, 95112, Arjun Ar rjun Buxi.

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

Registrant R e ant has egistr not no ot yet yet begun transacting tr a ansacting business under un nder the fictitious bbusiness bu usiness i name or names na ames listed her herein. ein. /s/Arjun /s s/Arjun Buxi This Th his statement was filed fil led with the County Clerk Cl lerk of Santa Clara Cl lara County on 9/26/2014.

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FIICTITIOUS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS B U NESS USI NAME NA AME STATEMENT STATTEMENT # #596876 Thhe follo The following wing person(s) pe erson(s) is (ar (are) e) doing do oing business as: Giants Gi iants Liquor & FFood o Service, ood Service, 2 235 35

CUBESOULS CUBESOUL LS

E. Middlefieldd Rd, #1, Mountainn V View, iew, CCA, A, 94043, 94043, Young Yooung S. YYang, aang, 2 254 54 Sk Skylark kylark Dr., Dr r.,. #3 #3,, San Jose, Jose, CCA, A, 95125.

9 5125.

This businesss is conducted by by a individual.

R egistrant ha as Registrant has yet begu not yet begunn tr ansacting business b transacting under the fict titious fictitious business nam me or name names listed her ein. herein. /s/Y Young o S. YYang ang a /s/Young This stateme ent was statement filed with thee County Clerk of Sant ta Santa Clar ra Countyy on Clara 9/2 5/2014.

9/25/2014. (pub Metr 0/01, Metroo 110/01, 110/08, 0/08, 110/15, 0/15, 5 110/22/2014) 0/22/2014))

FICTITIOUSS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS B USINESS NAME STATEMENT STATTEMENT #59621 #5962155 The follo following wingg person(s) is (ar ((are) e) doing busine business ess as: Self Disco Discovery overy Wellbeing W ellbeing Studio, Studio, 465 FFairchild aairchildd Dr., Drr.., #122, #1 22, Mount Mountain tain View, V iew, CCA, A, 9 94043, 40 043, Svetlana S vetlana Tikhonova, Tikhhonova, 3033 Chiquitaa Ave., 30 Ave., Apt 21, Moun Mountain ntain View, V iew, CCA, A, 9 94041, 40 041, Marina Benk Benkina, kina, 11214 214 Linder Hill H Ct., San Jose, CA, CA,, 95120, 95120, Greg Gr eg A. Ger Gergel, geel, 417 4 17 Millwoodd Ct., Mountain V View, ieew, CCA, A, 94040.

9 4040.

This businesss is conducted by by an

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unincorporated unincorporated association other than h a par partnership. tnership hi .

Registrant R egistrant began transacting tr ansacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed her ein herein on 09/08/201 4.

09/08/2014. /s/S vetlana /s/Svetlana TTikhonova ikhonova This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clar Claraa County on 9/08/201 4.

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

FICTITIOUS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS B USINESS NAME STATEMENT STATTEMENT #596909 The follo following wing person(s) is (ar (are) e) doing business as: LLee ee K Kaa Ja San Jose, 33561 561 El Camino C i R Real, eal,l #90, Santa Clar Clara, raa, CCA, A, 95051, 9 5051, LKJ Design Inc. This business is conducted by by a corporation. corpor ation.

Above Abo ve entity was formed in the state of California Registrant R egistrant began transacting tr ansacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed her herein ein on 2/1 2/14/2012.

4/2012.

Refile R efile of pr previous evious file #56 #56130 130 with changes. /s/Jooman LLee ee PPresident resident #C3607507 #C3607 507

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

Lindstr om.

This business is conducted by by a individual.

Registrant R egistrrant a began transacting tr raansacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed li t d her hherein ein i on 9/2 9/23/2014.

3/2014. /s/Jessica Lindstr Lindstrom om This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Claraa County on Clar 9/23/2014.

9/2 3/2014. (pub Metr Metroo 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 STATTEMENT #595532 The follo following wing person(s) is (ar (are) e) doing business as: PPeter’ eter’’s K Kyokushin yokushin Karate K aarate and B BJJ, JJ, 4606 Cosmo Place., San Jose, CA, CA, 95118, 95118, Brizono Briz ono Delfino, 11255 255 PProspect rospect S St., t., Seaside, CA, CA, 93955, 93955, PPeter eter Mouttapa. p

Thiis business is This conducted con nducted by by a general ge nerraall par partnership. tnership hi .

Registrant R egistrant has nott yet yet begun transacting tr ansacting business under un der the fictitious business bu siness name or names na mes listed herein. herein. /s/Peter /s/ /Peter Mouttapa This Thi is statement was filed file ed with the County Clerk Cle erk of Santa Clara Cla arra County on 8/19/2014.

8/ 19/2014. (pub Metroo 9/1 9/17, (pu ub Metr 7, 9/24, 9/2 24, 110/01, 0/01, 110/08/2014) 0/08/2014)

FICT FICTITIOUS C ITIOUS BUSINESS B U NESS USI NAME NA AME STATEMENT STATTEMENT #595709 #5 595709 Thee follo following wing person(s) pe rson(s) is (ar (are) e) doing doing business as: B&H B& &H R Remodeling emodeling Construction, Co nstruction, 11085 085 TTasman aassman Dr D Dr., r.., #565 #565, Sunnyvale, Su nnyvale, CCA, A, 94089, 9 4089, Surinder S. Chana.

Ch ana.

This Thi is business is conducted con nducted by by a individual. ind dividual.

Registrant R egistrant began transacting tr ansacting business under un der the fictitious business bu siness name or names na mes listed herein herein on 8/22/14.

8/22/14. /s/Surinder /s/ /Surinder Singh g Chana Ch ana This Thi is statement was filed file ed with the County Clerk Cle erk of Santa Clara Cla arra County on 8/22/2014.

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At the University Univerrsity of Chicago Scavenger Hunt Hunt each year, yearr, there’s there’s a blood drive driv ve where teamss can earn points for donating. Increasingly, I Increasingly y, there has been onon ncampus criticism criticcism of how this discriminates against categories of students restricted from fro om blood donation, especially men m who’ve who’ve had sex with men since 1977. Give me the straight (MSM) even once o stra aight dope: is the FDA FD DA still justified in p preventing reventing MSM from donating blood? —P —Patrick atrick Augustine Excuse me, me, Patrick.

Patrick. Since Sincce when does does an nyb y ody at thee University Univveersitty of Chicago Chiccago a anybody h ha ave sex? seexx?? have want answer.

But yyou ou w aan nt a serious ans swer w r. Allow provide me to pr ovvide a ttwo-parter: wo w -parter: prohibition blood Q Is Q: I the pr rohibition o against blo od gay sex once donation if yyou’ve o ou u’vve had ga ay se ex eeven ven e onc ce in the past 37 yyears eearrs justified?

No. sex A: N o. If a man m had se ex with another (hey, maybe man one time (he ey, ma ayybe eeven veen ttwice) wic w e) hasn’t in 1977 and has sn n’t ’ yyet eet ccome ome down with HIV—which behind HIV V—which — o ccourse of o ourse is the issue b ehind the ban—he ban—he’s ’s not n going to ccome ome down with it now now. w. Y Your o ccolumnist our o olumnist appr appreciates eciates the value of bri bright-line ightt-line rules as much as the next epidemiologist, being neexxt epidemiol logist, but no sense b eing ridiculous. ridiculous. prohibition blood ohib Q Is Q: I a pr bition against blo od donation b byy male male—students—who’ve m —students—who s ’ve ever eveer had se sex another ex with an nother man justified?

You won'tt get any from A: Y ou won' o an ny argument arrgument g from me. me.

Let’s facts,, st starting L et’s rreview evview a ffew ew facts tar a ting with the o odds getting from dds of get ttting HIV fr ro om various behaviors: behaaviors: v From penetrative intercourse—1 Fr ro om p enetrrativve anal inter rcourse—1 in 20,0 20,000.

00.

From intercourse—about Fr ro om rreceptive ecepttivve anal inter co ourse—about 1 in 20 200.

0.

From blood—9 Fr ro om rreceiving eceiviing ttainted ainted a blo od—9 in 10.

You picture. days, Y o ou get the pictur p re. In the old da ayys, getting HIV-infectious blood was gettting t HIV V--inffeectious blo od w as a tantamount sentence.

Att the tant a taamount to o a death sentenc ce. A beginning epidemic,, ther theree w wasn’t beginning of the he epidemic asn a n’’t th aw way blood, ay to test ffor orr HIV in donated blo o od, and man many infections were transmitted byy ny inf feecctions wer re transmit tted t b transfusions—1,220 U.S. byy the transfusions—11,220 transfusions 1 ccases ases a in the U .S. b end of 19 1987, plus 1,100 Canada 1,700 877, plu us 1,10 0 in C anada and 1,70 0 in the UK. As were As a result, result, indefinite bans wer re placed from placceed on blood blood donations fr om MSMs in much of the wo world. orld.

Maybe, together Drastic? Ma ayybe, but to gether with crucial impr improvements screening, rovements e in scr reening e g, it had the desir desired blood reed d rresult: esult: e the blo od supply was w aas secur secured. ed. The he amount of donated Th blood that turn ns out to b V--positivve blood turns bee HIV HIV-positive is minute minute—only —on nly one unit in 1.5 million flunks scr screening.

1999 through eenin ngg. From Frrom o 19 99 thr rough o g 2012, just six cases from blood cases a of HIV fr ro om blo od transfusion were Given ep e orrtted. Giv en an weerre rreported. estimated 13 to o 17 million units of whole blood per blood donated dp er yyear, earr, that suggests yyou o ou ha have ave some something ething lik like ke a 1 in 35 million chancce of b ecco om ming inf feected with HIV chance becoming infected from frro om a blood blood transfusion. trransfusion.

R escinding e a lif feetime MSM ban would Rescinding lifetime

ha ave cconsequences. onsequenccees. One study estimat ted have estimated that France’s lifetime were changed hat if Franc e’s lif feetime ban wer re chang ged th more to eexclude xclude x l d only l MSMs rreporting ep e orrtting i mor re than partner th han one par rttner in the past yyear, eearr, transfusion-related tra ansfusion-related HIV ccases ases a would increase percent.

French in ncrease 370 p erceent. The Fr ench idea, notice, monogamous MSMs yyou’ll o ou’ll notic e, is that mono gamous MS Ms (i.e., partner (i.e e., those with one par tner in the pastt bee allowed to donate donate.. yyear) eear) would b U.S. I’ve In ccontrast, ontrast, in most U .S. rresearch esear e rch c I’v ve seen, point present see en, the p oint of ccomparison omparison to pr esen nt practice hypothetical pr racticce is a h yypotheticcaal donation ban n any same-sex ffor o orr MSMs with an ny same -seex partners partners in i the Possibly stricter th he past yyear. earr. P ossibly due to this stricte er standard, U.S. have one-st tandar a d, ttwo wo U w .S. studies ha ave ffound o ound a one increase yyear eear ban would rresult esult in a lesser incr eaase in transfusion-caused percent tra ansfusion-caaused HIV ccases: ases: a 8p errcen nt in one study, 66 percent other. on ne study y, 6 6p errcent in the other r.

Yet Y et e another study estimates a one-year one-yeear ban additional ba an would rresult esult in rroughly oughly o one addit tional per U.S. facee ccase as ase a of HIV p er yyear eear in the U .S. On thee fac make present off it, that would seem to mak ke the pr resent e lifetime justify. lif feetime ban difficult to justif fy. doesn’t But the change do esn n’’t amount to U.S. Canada much Studies in the U m much. .S S. and C anada have moving ha ave generally ffound ound that mo o ovving to a 12about m month ban would only allow ab out 1 or percent donate—139,000 2p erceent of MSMs to donate —139,000 potential donors,, ac according p o otential donors ccording to one estimate. est timate.

Would make moree sense to adoptt the W ould it mak o ke mor French monogamous Fr rench e notion of allowing mono gamo ous special M MSMs to donate with no sp ecial For population, rrestrictions? es estrictions? F or the general p on, opulatio arguably Healthy monogamous gay ar rguably g yyes. ees. Health hy mono gamous ga ay are greater ccouples o ouples ar re at no gr reater e risk of ccontracting ontraacting sexually transmitted healthy se exually x transmit tted t diseases than heal lth hy monogamous ones.. m mono gamous straight ones wouldn’t make much But such a rule wouldn n’t ’ mak ke muc ch sense students,, or ffor people sen nse ffor or o ccollege o ollege students o or p eoplee under un nder 30 generally (I pick this age arbitrarily), monogamy isn’t arb rbitrarily), ffor or o whom mono gam my isn n’’t necessarily state. would ne ecceessarily the default st tate a . Most wou uld thus bee eexcluded from th hus still b xcluded x fr ro om donating; of o those aren’t, partner they’ve th hose who ar ren en’’t, the one par tner the eyy’vve had bee that wild ha ad in the past yyear eear might b d they m the man ey met last week. short, whatever shortt of a In shor t, whate eveer rrestrictions estrictions e shor lifetime adopt lif feetime ban one might rreasonably easonably e opt ado moree set settled (read: portion ffor or or the mor tttled (r reead: older) p ortiion off the population, population, a one-year one-yeear celibacy ceelibacy (admittedly, rrequirement eq equirreement (admit tttedlyy, when yyou’re ou’rre 20s,, this might as well b bee a in n yyour o our early 20s lifetime) bee the b best policy lif feetime) would still b est p olicy ffor or o gays. yyoung o oung ga ays y.

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Buff Buffet B ffett is i worth th $65.5 $65 5 billion, billi but b t rregularly egularly l l gives i away 27 per percent cent of his ffortune ortune to t charity. charity. Microsoft Microsoft co-founder co-f ounder Bill Gates owns $7 $78 8 billion, and donates 36 percent. percent. Then there there are are the members m of the Walton wheree 100 million W alton family, familyy, owners of Walmart, Walmaart, wher Americans shop weekly altons have $136 billion, weekly.. The W Waltons of which they contribute .04 per percent rcent to good causes.

YYou ou o are are not weal thy in the samee way these people are, are, wealthy TTaurus. aurus. a YYour oour riches consist of resources ressources like your skills, rrelationships, elationships, emotional intelligence, intelligeence, creative creative power, power, and capacity ffor or love. My invitat invitation ion to you is to be extr extraa generous gener ous with those assets—n assets—not ot as lavish as Buff Buffet et or moree than the W Waltons.

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CANCER (June 2121-July July 22): Astronauts Astr s onauts on the never International Space SStation tation neve er wash their underwear. enough under wear. They don't have eno ough water at their disposal to waste on a luxury lik like ke that. Instead, they fling the dirty laundry out into sspace. pace. A Ass it ffalls alls to Earth, it burns up in the atmosp atmosphere. here. I wish you had an amenity like that right now. now. In In fact, fact, I wish you had a host of amenities like that. If ther ttheree was ever a time when you should be liberated liberated from from having to wash your under underwear, wear, make your bed,, sweep the floor, floorr, and do the dishes, it would be now now.. Why? W Because ther theree ar aree much better ways to spend yourr time. YYou've ou've o got sacr sacred ed heroic adventures quests to embark on, her oic adv ventures to accomplish, initiate. historical turning points to initia ate.

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-Sept. 22): In the t English-speaking

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LIBRA (Sept. 23 23-Oct. -Oct. 22): The aver average age ser serving ving of pasta on a typical American's pl plate late is almost 480 per percent cent bigger than what's rrecommended ecoommended as a heal healthy thy portion. So says a research research paper titled “The Contribution of Expanding P Portion ortion Sizes to the U.S. Obesity Epidemic,” by Lisa R. YYoung ou oung and Marion Nestle.

Muffins ar aree 333 per percent cent lar larger ger than t they need to be, the authors say say, y, and steaks steaks are are 224 2 4 percent 22 percent excessive.

Don't get caught up in this trend, trendd, Libra.

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matter,r, be jjudicious that matter udicious in your approach approach to all of life's necessities. lif e's necessities s. The coming phase is a time when you applying Goldilockss principle: neither will thrive by app plying the Goldilock tooo little, but just right. too much nor to

SCORPIO SC ORPIO (Oct. (Occt. 23-Nov. 23-Nov. 21): “Childr “Children en ar aree the most

desirable desir able opponents Scrabble,” declares declares Scorpio opponents at Scrabble,” author Fr Fran Lebowitz, aree both easy to beat an Leb owitz, “as “as they ar and fun to cheat cheat.” t.” I don't wholeheartedly endorse that advice ffor or you in n the coming days, Scorpio. But would you consider a milder m version of it? Let's propose, propose, instead, that youu simply seek easy victories to boost your confidence and hone your skills. By this time next week if all goes well, week, well you will be rready eady to take on mor moree ambitious challenges. challeenges.

SSAGITTARIUS AGITTARIU US (Nov (Nov.. 22 22-Dec. -Dec. 21): YYou oou ar aree entering you moree luck than usual a phase when yo ou will have mor banish parasitic as you try to ban nish par asitic influences, unworthy burdens, bur dens, and los lost st causes. Her Heree ar aree some pr projects ojects you might want to work w on: 1. Bid ffarewell arewell to anyone who brings out the worst w in you. 2. Heal the twisted eff effect ect hass had on you. 3. Get rid of any object an adversary ha that symbolizes ffailure ailure or pathology pathology.. 4. Declar Declaree your independence from frrom a situation that wastes your time drains guiltt you ffeel or dr ains your rresources. e esour ces. 5. Shed any guil eel ffor or taking good car caree of yourself yourself.. 6. SStop top a bad habit cold turkey. turkey.

CAPRICORN CAPRIC ORN N (Dec. 22 22-Jan. -Jan. 19): Ar Aree you rready eady to

bbe as affable aff ffable bl as a Sagittarius, S itt i as charismatic h i ti as a Leo, L as empathetic as as a Cancerian, Cancerian, and as vigorous vigorous an instigator as an Aries? No? You're Yoou're not? You're You'r o e afraid afraid that would require requiire you to push yourself too far far outside your comfort comfort zone? zonne? OK, then. Are Are you willing to be half half as charismatic as a Leo, as affable affable as a Sagittarius, S half as empathetic empathetic as a Cancerian, Cancerian, and half as inspiring an instigator as an Aries? Or even a quarter as much?

I hope you will at at least stretch stretch yourself in these dir directions, ections, Capricorn, Capricorn, because doing so would allow you to take maximum maximum advantage of the spectacular social opportunities opportunities that will be available for for you in the next four four weeks. weeks..

AQUARIUS A QUARIUS (Jan. ( 20-Feb. 18): In the coming week weekss I hope you will find finnd practical practical ways to express express your newfreedom. explorations ffound ound fr eedom. All A the explor p ations and experiments p you have enjoyed enjoyed recently recently were were fun and provocative, provocative, but now it's timee to use the insights they sparked to upgr upgrade ade your life life back in the daily grind. Please don't aree misunderstand what w I'm saying. I love it when you ar dreamy excitable dr eamy and exci itable and ffarseeing, arseeing, and would never attractive ask you to tone down d those attr active qualities. But I am also rrooting ooting ffor or you to bring the high-flying parts of you down to earth e so that you can rreap eap the full benefits of the bounty b they have stir stirred red up. If you work to become mor moree well-grounded, well-grounded, I predict predict that you will be situated in a new power spot by December 1.

PISCESS (Feb. 19-Mar PISCE 19-March ch 20): The heavy metal band known as Hatebeak H br broadened oadened the definition constitutes of what constitu utes music. Its lead singer was Waldo, African grey parrot.

W aldo, an Africa n gr ey par rot. A rreview eview by Aquarius Records Recor ds called W Waldo's aldo'ss squawk aldo squawkss “completely “completely and brilliant.” stupidly brilliant t.” For Hatebeak's second album, collaborated they collabor ated with animal rights' activists in the band CCaninus, aninus, whose w lead vocalists were were two pit-bull terriers, ter riers, Basil and and Budgie. In the coming week weeks, s, Pisces, I'd love to see you yoou get inspired inspired by these experiments. interesting I think you will ggenerate enerate inter esting rresults esults as you exploree expansiv expansive, unprecedented approaches explor ve, even unpr ecedented appr oaches in your own chosenn field.

Homework: I invite i you to car carry ry out a pr prank ank that makes someone so omeone feel feel really really good. Report rresults esults by going goiing to FreeWillAstrology.com FreeWillAstrologyy..com and clicking on o "Email Rob." Rob."

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