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Dele-Gate D ele-Gaate Four months ag ago go Fly detailed the swift decline in powe power er of the CCampos ampos Clan. The process pr ocess now ap appears ppears near completion and Assemblymember A ssemblymembber N NORA ORA CCAMPOS AMPOS (D-San Jose) is unders understandably standably desper desperate. ate.. On Jan. 10, Democ Democrats rats of all stripes gather gathered ed Commercial at the United Food F and Commer cial Workers W orkers buildin building ng in downtown San Jose to select party p delegates ffor or A ssembly Distr rict 27 7. CCampos ampos had fformed ormed Assembly District 27. several one of sever al slates vying ffor or the 14 seats—evenly split by gender—which gender—whic h decide They who the state party will Did financially endorse, and fi nancially What? come back, AD27 com me 2016.

SEND TIPS TIPS TTO O Wh allll was said When s id andd FLY@ FL Y@ done, though,, jjust ust one METR ONEWS. METRONEWS. COM CO M choices, of CCampos’ ampos’ cho oices, AIMEE A IMEE EESCOBAR, SCOBAR, got table—and a seat at the ta able—and that’s that ’s probably probablyy because Escobar ran ran on several Delegate lists put sever al other slates. s San together by Sa an Jose Councilmember MAGDALENA M AGDALENA CCARRASCO A ARRA SCO and state Sen. JIM BEALLL (D-San Jose) won in a Rather defeat, landslide. Rath her than concede def eat, CCampos ampos filed a fformal ormal complaint suggesting carpetbagging carrpetbagging “fraud.” “fraud.”” She’s She’s MYERS, director asked CCHRIS HRIS M YERS, managing dir ector of Democratic Party, the CCalifornia alifornia De emocratic P artyy, to negate and the outcome an nd hold a new election moree string stringent background checkss with mor gent backgr ound check of voters. While some might call this a grapes, case of sour gr a , Campos apes, Campos and company have plenty to llose. ose The assemblywoman ose. less it’s terms out in les ss than two years and it ’s unlikely any of the t newly elected delegates would rrecommend ecommeend an endorsement ffor or logic-defying brother, her logic-defyin ng little br otherr, ousted San Councilman XAVIER Jose Councilma n XA AV VIER CCAMPOS, AMPOS, who apparently believes aree clamoring appar ently bel ieves voters ar back X-man to get him bac ck in office. But X -man scored lobbying just scor ed a lo obbying gig working ffor or sister’s consultants, his big sister ’s political consul tants, RYAN BONILLA,, so at R YAN FFORD ORD and and ROLANDO ROLANDO BONILLA security.. Nor Nora, least he’s he’s got a little job security a, control not so much. Without W contr ol of the delegates, AD27 delegate s, CCampos ampos finds herself alliances lacking firm all liances as she nears the end of her term m while setting sights on Beall challenging Be eall ffor or his senate seat.

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Moore, More & More

ACCESS D ACCESS DENIED ENIED A serial plainti plaintiff iff is suing ex-Santa Clara may mayor yor Eddie Souza for fo or alleged A ADA DA violations at a property p he rents to a florist.

Attorney couple A e defends num numerous merous ADA A DA lawsuitss as civil rights push BY B Y JENNIFER W WADSWORTH ADSWOR A RTH

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OR HIS FIRST seven weeks OR we eeks of life, Jerome Jerome Souz Souza a squirmed and screamed d and sucked in vigorouss lu ungs-full of air. air. A beautiful ba aby y, lungs-full baby, hearty told h and hale, the doctor to ld h father, fatherr, Eddie Souz a. his Souza.

But ar around ound ttwo w wo months old, parents “Jerry”— JJerome—his e ome—his par er ents ccall all him “J erry””— ccontracted o ontracted a ffever ever e that ho hovered oveered ar around ou und 106 10 06 degr degrees. ees. He b began egan stiff stiffening ffeening up w seizur with seizures. es. Do Doctors ctors blamed toxin toxins ns from fr o a fault om faulty ty batch of b booster ooster shots shots,, w which the theyy said fforever o orever damaged hiss brain. br rain. “Chemic “Chemical al insult to the brain,,” th heey ccalled alled it. JJerry erry lost mobilit ty, they mobility, cconfining o onfining him to a wheelchair ffor or lif o life. fe.

The Souzas got a ccourt ourt set ttlement t settlement and an nd structur structured ed their liv lives vees ar around ound the their eir only child’ss eevery on nly child’ ver e y need. In 1976, the yyear e ear of JJerry’s of e y’ err y s bir t , Souza th, Sou a and a d his wif fe ccoobirth, wife

ffounded ounded P o Parents arents Helpin Helping ng P Parents, arents, a p peer eer support group families supp ort gr oup ffor or o famili ies of disabled children. childr en. The nonpr nonprofit ofit still runs str strong; ong; helped moree than 4,8 4,800 it help ed mor 00 families this past yyear eear alone alone.. A Ass ma m mayor ayor o of Sant Santaa Clara fr from om 19 1985 85 to 19 1994, 94, Ev Everett veerettt “Eddie “Eddie”” Souza,, 771,, held fundraise fundraisers ers ffor or ggr o groups oups p that help helped ed the disabled d and raised their profile pr ofile in the ccommunity. ommunit o ty. life I’ve “My whole lif fe I’v ve ffought ought ffor or o the handicapped, handic apped,” he sa says. ayys.

Santa When Souza built hiss Sant ta Clara home,, he designed it wit home with th JJerry’s erry’s wheelchair in mind. Sin Single ngle stor story, y, wide hallways doors, bathrooms hallw wayys and double do o , bathr ors rooms with handrails and ramp ramps. ps. On an oak oaken keen eave ea ave o over veer the fr front, ont, wo wooden oden let letters ttters welcome welc lcome o visitors ii to “J “Jerry’s errry’ y’s Plac Pl Place. e.”

“People “P eople wer weree ccalling allingg this ‘‘the the mayor’s mansion’’ whe when was ma ayor’s mansion en this w as being says Souza, b eing built,”” sa ays y Souz za, who still looks was lo oks after his 39-year-old 39-year- old son. “I w as telling them, ‘N ‘No, o, this is JJerry’s erry’s plac place.’ e.’

I finally put the sign up u to let them is.” all know whose housee this rreally eally is .”

lawsuit But in a la aw wsuit filed last month, husband-and-wife a crusading di g husband-and-wif h b d d iffe legal l l have accused “waging team ha ave ac cused Souza of “w waging a a war ago,, w ar againstt the disabled.” Six yyears ears ago Souza inherited inheerited an aging strip mall blocks from home.. Randy and just blo cks fr om his home Tanya Moore, wheelchair-bound T aan nyya Mo o e, and a wheelchair or r--bound Cecil Shaw, property client, C eciil Sha aw, allege the pr operty businesses and its bus inesses fail to ccomply omply with the ffederal eederal Americ Americans ans with Disabilities Act A ct ((ADA).

ADA). In an unusual ttwist, wist, b w both oth Souza and the Mo Moores ores bill themselv themselves es as champions champio ons of the disabled.

“I decide decided ed to ttake ak ke a st stand, and,” sa says ayys Randy Moore, Mo ore, elec elected cted vic vicee chairman of the Democratic Demo craticc P Party’s artyy’s St State ate Disabilities Caucus, C aucus, and d one half of San JJoseosebased Mo Moore orre L Law aw F Firm. irm. “I made the determination determinat tion to mak make ke a diff difference. ffeerreencce.

Iw wanted aanted to o see disabled w war aar vveterans eeterans not b bee tr treated eatted as sec second-class ond-class citizens citizens.. I wanted w aanted to see s gr greedy eedy businesses ttaken ak ken e to ttask ask ffor o or viol violating lating AD ADA DA rrequirements. equirements.”

His wif wife, fe, T Tanya aan nyya Mo Moore, ore, who declined an inter interview vieew rrequest, equest, b became eccaame eexpertly xxpertly ac acquainted quainted with disabilit disability ty ac access ceess la laws aw ws during her time as a cit city ty of Sant Santaa Clara attorney. at tttorneey. Sh She’s he’s sinc sincee ccome ome full cir circle cle in a rrecent ecent spatee of la lawsuits aw wsuits ttargeting aargeting small businesses in i Sant Santaa Clara and, in this ccase, aase, the cit city’s ty’ y s fformer o orrmer ma mayor, ayo orr, Souza.

clients, files close to 20 la clients, lawsuits aw wsuits a month mak month, king, ac cording to the la aw making, according law firm, ab about out $50 $500 0 a set settlement tttlement (or $10,0 00 a month). m V iirtually eevery very $10,000 Virtually single ccase ase gets g set settled. tttled. Mo Moore ore sa says ayys his firm works with some where ar ound somewhere around 150 such clie clients, ents, filing as man many ny la lawsuits aw wsuits as p ossible against a as man ny businesses possible many as p ossible. He p ortraayys himself as possible. portrays a civil rightss champion—not an ystem. opp ortunistt gaming the ssystem. opportunist “I’m not a b ottttomffeeeder,” he sa ayys. “I bottomfeeder, says. an lik ke money—I moneey—I —I w aantt all ll the th mone ey I ccan like want money ave no n pr oblem sa ayying that. But get. I ha have problem saying I ccould ould mak ke much mor ey doing make moree mone money something else e and I don n’t ’ mak ke nearly don’t make t go ddamn def feense as much as these goddamn defense la aw wyyeers or ass much as the lobb byyists who lawyers lobbyists def feend busin nesses in violation.” defend businesses “It ’s not har h d to find a violation,” “It’s hard Mo ore adm mits, telling me that I’v ve Moore admits, I’ve “pr ro obably b een ffed eed a bunch of bullshit, “probably been p opagandaa” ab out how he a bunch of pr propaganda” about mak kees false f l claims cl i and d def d feendants d i in makes defendants AD DA ccases ases ar aaree the victims Yo ou know ADA victims.. “Y “You what eyy’’re all guilt ty of violating the what?? The They’re guilty la aw. The ey sh hould b law.

They should bee ashamed.”

In his la aw wsuit against Souza a’s ttan an lawsuit Souza’s flagstone sho opping ccenter enter in Sant ta Clara, shopping Santa Sha aw, who gets g ar ound b r, Shaw, around byy wheelchair wheelchair, sa ayys he had tr ttrouble ro ouble finding handic caap says handicap parking b eccaause the blue -and-white because blue-and-white paint marki ing w aas so faded. He sa ays y a marking was says ramp leadin ng up to the entranc as a leading entrancee w was iimproperly impr operly l cconfigured onfigur o fi ed d and d inside i id one of the shops shops,, namely Cute Flowers and Gifts aw the aisles wer ow he Gifts,, he sa saw weree so narr narrow would kno c things o ck ver er. His wif fe had knock over. wife m items so he ccould ould mak ke a to hand him make selection, ac ccorrd ding to the la aw wsuit. The according lawsuit. barriers cclaims,, wer ob bvvious”” that barriers,, he claims weree “so obvious” the ey imply discriminator d they discriminatoryy intent.

“I wish so omebody had told me somebody me,, I would ha ave just painted the parking have sp ot,” Souzaa sa ays y while touring the spot, says stor aw sc outed ffor o or violations storee Sha Shaw scouted violations.. “I would ha ave painted this in a hear tbeat. have heartbeat. e, I’m thinking ab out All the time time, about handic ap ac ccessibilitty. I think, ‘W Wo ould handicap accessibility.

‘Would m a to ac cess this plac e?’” myy son b bee able access place?’”

Though he h inherited some of the land his fam mily ac quired generations family acquired ago ssays ayys he has liv veed most of his ago,, Souza sa lived lif fe at or b ellow the p oveerty line tly life below poverty line,, par partly b ecause of medic m al ccosts osts to ccare are ffor o or his because medical son. Mo ore ccontends ontends that the p eople Moore people he sues ar m es who ccan an aff ffo ord aree millionair millionaires afford to b ecome ccompliant. ompliant. become “W We’re str rugglingg,” Souza sa ayys, p ointing “We’re struggling, says, pointing to vac cant a storefronts sto orefronts and crack keed asphalt vacant cracked orneer pr rop o erty. “I don n’’t go cr ying on his ccorner property. don’t crying ab out it. I’m m not asking an nyybody ffor or an o ny about anybody any help aant to b aan help.. I just w want bee left alone so I ccan ttake ak ke ccare aarre of m y.” myy family family.

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Her husband, a suc successful cesssful trial la lawyer aw wyyer e who op ened his practic 93 sa 93, ayys he opened practicee in 19 1993, says made AD ADA A ccases ases his sp specialty eccialtty after his br other lost mobilit ty in a motor cyyccle brother mobility motorcycle crash. Together, Together, the they ey he hew w to the notion o or the disa abled means that fighting ffor disabled filing as man many ny la lawsuits aw wsuits against a nonccompliant ompliant businesses as p ossible. possible.

In the 2 eears sinc DA b eccaame la aw 255 yyears sincee AD ADA became law of the land, millions of do ollars ha ave gone dollars have to set tttlements, a phenom menon widely settlements, phenomenon rreported eported and intensely d ebated. P eople debated.

People with ith disabilities di biliti simply i l want waantt access access to t estaurants, while hile ccompanies wh ompanies shops and rrestaurants, hit with la aw wsuits—almosst alw wayys b lawsuits—almost always byy ng hefty sums of serial litigants demandin demanding sh ccash—call aash—call a it a legalized shakedown. hak keedown. But a large large numb er of small businesses b haave number have not ccomplied, omplied, rremaining emainingg op en ttargets argets open ffor or what the o ey ccall all a “driv ve-b by litigation.” they “drive-by C aliffo ornia is home to 12 1 p ercent of the California percent ccountry’s ountry’s disabled population population but 40 p errcent of AD DA la aw wsuits. That ’s due to a percent ADA lawsuits.

That’s rrelated elated l d la llaw aw that h sets dam d mages at $4,0 $ 00 damages $4,000 p er violation, making C a fo alif ornia a gold per California mine ffor or AD o DA claims ADA claims..

When President President George Georrgge H.W W. Bush H.W. signed the AD DA into la aw, ccongressional ongressional ADA law, leaders w aanted the b enefi fits of rregulation egulation wanted benefits without the rresponsibility esponsibilitty of pa ayying paying ffor or it. So the o ey rrelegated elegated en nffor o cement they enforcement to private sector trial la awy wyeers. In lawyers.

20 06, the U ..S. Ninth Cir c C cuit ourt of 2006, U.S. Circuit Court App eals admit tted t in a ru uling that it Appeals admitted ruling ““may “ma ay indeed i d db necessary and d desirable d i bl bee necessary ffor or ccommitted o o ommitttted individua als to bring individuals serial litigation advancingg the time when public ac co ommodaations will b accommodations bee ccompliant ompliant with the AD DA. A” ADA. But critics call call private enf for o cement enforcement o olicy failur e, a phenomenal public p policy failure, pa avving the w ay for fo or “legal lized extortion” exxtortion” paving way “legalized and “ransom corrding to “ransom”” that, ac according the C aliffo ornia JJustice ustice All liance, has California Alliance, ttargeted argeted 35,000 35,000 business ses acr oss the businesses across st ate. Gr oups pushing ffor o or rreform effo orm in state.

Groups Sacramento want waant to see businesses giv veen a chanc emed dy the violations given chancee to rremedy b effo ore b eing sued. In 20 012, a widely before being 2012, touted ADA AD DA reform reffo orm law laaw nixed the rrequirement equirement ffor or at o ttorne t eyys to send pr eattorneys prelitigation demand let ttterss, making it letters, aw wsuit. easier and faster to file a la lawsuit.

The Mo ores sa ay the eyy’re simply Moores say they’re upholding the spirit of th he la aw and the the law rreal eal issue is ccontinued ontinued no on-compliance. non-compliance.

“The rreal eal pr oblem her re is that, mor problem here moree than 20 yyears eears later r, busin nesses, ffor or o later, businesses, whate eveer rreason, eason, ha ave fai iled to ccomply, omply, y,” y” whatever have failed Mo ore sa ayys. “Then, onc aught, Moore says. oncee the theyy get ccaught, the ey bitch ab out it. The ey don n’’t w ant a to they about They don’t want b veen when w it ccomes omes bee told what to do do,, eeven cessib ble.” to making things ac accessible.

Sha aw, one of the Moores’ Moor o es’ rregular egular Shaw,

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San Jose’s plan to slas slash h the number of pot clubs has apparently Byy the latest count, 21 made appar ently been going to plan. B m it thr through ough the first rround ound of zoning verification. That’s That’s down d from fr om mor moree than 80 a yyear ear ago. Sever Several al clubs wer weree forced forced to investments team up, up pooling invest tments and rresources esources into surviving surviviing collectives. The next ste step ep will require require passing a painstak painstaking king operational background employees.

Byy the time that that’s oper ational review review and d backgr ound checks on all employ yees. B ’s all done, San Jose could eend nd up, later this year year,r, with a dispe dispensary ensary count in the single Meanwhile, thanks increase by, digits. M eanwhile, than nks to a City Council vote to incr eaase fines by y, in some cases, percent, landlords collectives aree being gouged ffor 5,000 per cent, landlor d of some noncompliant collectiv ds ves ar or tens of thousands of d dollars: ollars:: Cookie Company owes $75,000; $75,,000; Platinum Society Society, y, Organics, $37,500; Herb’s, and Blue Sky, Off $50,000; San Jose O rgaanics, $37 7,500; , H erb’s, $5,000; an dB lue Sk y, $35,000. O course, if the city mana manages ages to collect all that money it ccould ould help pay to enf enforce orce process rregulations egulations on whatever whateveer clubs rremain emain once the pr ocess shakes out.

SAMLAND Sa San an Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo hasn’t h

given up hop hope pe on landing the A’s.

San Jose’s Joose’s EExpected xpected to TTake ake a Baseball B asebball Lawsuit to Supr Supreme eme CCourt ourt First the bad ne First n news: ws: A ffederal eederal app appeals eals ccourt ourt has uphe upheld eld Major L League eague Baseball’ Baseball’ss eexemption xemption x ffrom fr ro om m antitrust la llaws. aw ws. And d now the go good od ne news: wss: San JJose ose ccan o aan ttake aak ke its ccase ase to the U.S. U.S . . Supreme Sup preme Court.

Court.

The 9th U U.S. .S .S. Cir Circuit cuit C Court ourt of App Appeals eals sust sustained ained MLB MLB’s B’s dismissal of the la lawsuit aw wsuit byy the cit b city, ty, which wh hich ac accuses cuses the league of unfairly blo blocking ckiing the Oakland A A’s ’s fr from om moving mo ovving to thee South Ba Bay. ay. Sant Santa ta Clara County C ountty is San Francisc Francisco co Giants’ territor territoryy under MLB ru rules, ules, which the cit city ty claims is a violation of o antitrust la laws. aw ws.

San JJose, ose, thee 9th Cir Circuit cuit ruling st states, ates, “joins the longg line of litigants that ha have ave sought to o overturn veerrturn one of ffederal eederal la law’s aw w’s most enduringg anomalies anomalies..”

But the three-judge three e -jjudge panel ruled unanimously that t the ccase ase w was aas vvoid oid b o because eccaause of o baseball’ baseball’ss antitrust eexemption, xxemption, cr created e eated b byy the U U.S. .S . . Supr Supreme eme Court C ourt in 1922 and rreaffirmed eaffirmed ttwice wice in w the past half half-century. f-centur e y.

“Like “Lik ke C Casey, aseey, San JJose ose has struck out here, her e,” the rulin ruling ng sa says, ayys, in a no nod d to Ernest Lawrence L awr w ence Tha Thayer’s ayer’ e s baseball p poem, oem, “Casey “C aseey at the Bat. B ” Mayor Ma ayo or Sam Lic Liccardo caardo said the decision was w aas eexpected xxpected and a an imp important ortant step in the pr process, roceess, b because e ause only C ec Congress ongress or a Supr Supreme eme C Court o t ruling ccan our aan rrevisit evisit the ccentury-old entury-old de decision ecision that created created the

an antitrust ntitrust eexemption xemption x in the first plac place. ce.

“San JJose ose should b bee allowed to ccompete o ete with omp i h other h cities ffor or majorr o league le eague teams teams,, and I eexpect xxpect the U U.S. .S. Supreme Su upreme C Court ourt to affirm the natio nation’s on’s fundamental fu undamental pr predisposition edisposition tow toward war ad fair fa air and fr free ee competition, competition,” Lic Liccardo cardo said. sa aid. “Sinc “Sincee ttaxpayers axpaayeers do not ha have ave to o ffoot oot the bill ffor or this litigation, San JJose o ose has ha as nothing but upside to ccontinue ontinuee to o pursue this to the Supr Supreme eme C Court, ourt, ass a suc successful cessful rresult esult will enable a half-billion ha alff--billion dollar dollar,, privately privately-financed y--financed d stadium st tadium in the hear heartt of our cit city. ty.”

Santa Sant ta Clara C County ountty Sup Supervisor ervisor Dave D Da ave C Cortese—Liccardo’s ortese—Liccaardo o’s opp opponent onent in n the rrecent eccent e ma mayor’s ayo or’s rac race—called e—caalled the th he ruling a huge setback and, as thee ffounder o ounder of Baseball San JJose, ose, p personally erson nally disappointing. di isappointingg.

“It is frustrating that Major L League eaggue Baseball B aseball ccontinues ontinues to inter interfere feere wit with th a business bu usiness deal b between etween the Cit City ty of San S JJose o and [[A’s ose A’s owner] Mr Mr.. [L [Lew] ew] W Wolff, o ff,, olff and an nd den deny ny San JJose ose and Sant Santaa Claraa County C ountty of an ec economic onomic opp opportunity, ortuniitty,” hee said. h San JJose’s ose o ’s ccase ase ask asked keed the ccourt ourt to invalidate in nvvalidate a pr precedent ecedent set in Flo Flood od v. K Kuhn, uhn, a 1972 decision upholding baseball’s ba aseball’s antitrust eexemption. xxemption.

—Jennifer — Jeenniffeer W Wadsworth aadsworth

CCounty ounty Offers Offfers Gov Gov. v. 101 Course Couurse est An Anyone nyone o with the time and a inter interest in learning ab out the in nner workings about inner of lo local cal go government vernment e ccan aan n sign up ffor or o ough h Sant a 10-week class thr through Santaa Clara County.

C ountty. The applic application cation a n deadline is Fe b. 5.

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Feb. The Go Govv 101 A Academy cadem my is a onc e-weekly ccourse ourse th hat giv es an once-weekly that gives overview o verview of ccounty ountty ggo government, overnment,, its rresponsibilities esponsibilities and wh hat ser vices it what services provides. pr ovides. at students Only downside is tha that have ha ave to at attend tttend in p person. erso on. N No o online ffeered, no n classes ar equivalent is off offered, aree streamed. str eamed.

F or those who ccan an mak m For makee the ccommitment ommitment to at attend ttend t d in p person, erson, though, the 2015 academy academy holds its first session F eb. 11. Most cla asses will ttake ak ke Feb. classes

place fr place from om 6-9pm T Tuesdays uesdaayys and, at one p oint, a sin ngle half f-daay session on a point, single half-day Saturday.

Satur daay.

“This is a great great opp ortunitty ffor or o opportunity people p eople of an aany ny age age,, inter interested ested in lo cal go oveern nment, to gain firsthand local government, knowledge of the inner workings of our ccounty, ounttyy, y”” Sup pervisor JJoe oe Simitian said.

Supervisor Counties C ounties ar aree often the least understo od le vel of go overnment, understood level government, Simitian noted, n but the theyy pla play ay a huge rrole ole in the ccommunity. ommunitty. Sant Santaa Clara County C ountty em employs mplo oyys mor moree than 16,0 16,000 00 p eople, sp e ends eear and people, spends $4.5 billion a yyear serves ser vees 1.8 million m rresidents. esidents.

There is a $30 materials ffee, eee, There but that ccan a b an bee w waived. aived. F For or mor moree inf formatio o on ccall all 40 8.299.5151 or email information 408.299.5151 sc cpublicaff ffairs@ceo.sccgov..org. sccpublicaffairs@ceo.sccgov.org.

WORDS W O RDS W WITH ITH FFRIENDS RI EN DS “In the DA’s Offi Office, fice, we successfully prosecute more e than 42,000 criminal cases a year, and send hundreds of me men en and women to jail and prison each h year. Most of these inmates will se serve erve their sentences and g get released release ed back into our These community. Th hese inmates are not the ‘other.’ The They ey are our brothers and sisters, mothers others and fathers, mo neighbors.” friends and nei ighbors.”

Jeff Rosen

—Santa Clar Claraa County District A Attorney tto orney Jeff Rosen, in a speech Tuesday T u uesday after being sworn in to his second term.

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SILICON ALLEYS

Writer’s Return

ART A RT O OF FE EXPERIENCE XPERIENCE Journalist and autho author or Andrew L Lam am has been widely recognized for his moving pers personal sonal essays essays..

Andre Andrew ew L Lam am joins Sa San an Jose State MF MFA FA progr program ram as author-i author-in-residence in-residence BY B Y GAR GARY Y SINGH

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OR THE OR TH HE FIRST TIME in human hum an history, history y, the SJSU Depa artment of English Department and Comparative C Compar ative Liter ature, specifically the Literature, MFA MF A program, program, a is opening its house for fo or the world to see. Since Sincce this valley valley is probably p y ripe riipe p with potential p scribes,, creative scribes cre eative writers, writers, poets prose-masters or folks poets,, prose-masters contemplat contemplating ting a return to grad grad school, JJan. an.. 29 should be an awesome literary liiterary moment for anyone int terested in what’s what’s interested going on att SJSU. SJSU.

If yyou ou o sense that yyour o our futur future, e, or the t fu uture of yyour o our offspring future offspring,, includes a p o otential MF FA in writing g, now is your yo our potential MFA writing, ch hance, ffor or o fr ee, to stick yyour o our nose in nto chance, free, into SJ JSU’s business and find out what ’s SJSU’s what’s going go oing on. Faculty Facultty will read read from from their theeir rrecent e ent b ec ooks and will pr ovvide advice advice on books provide ho ow to qualif fy for fo or the MFA MF FA program. program m. how qualify The op en house unf fo olds in the open unfolds Steinbeck Center floor St teinbeck C enter on the fifth flo or of o the library, from 7pm. th he MLK main librar y, fr om 5 to 7pm m.

In n and of itself Steinbeck C enteer itself,f, the Steinbeck Center is a rar ke a museum,, bu ut raree gem,, not lik like but m mor ke a rresearch esearch h facilit ffacility ility ffor o or anyone an nyone o moree lik like ohn eeven ven rremotely emotely inter interested ested in JJohn St teinbeck. L oads of original editions s, Steinbeck.

Loads editions, oddball papers, ephemera o d ddball pap ers, photos and epheme era o ccup py that rroom oom and it ’s a wonder rful occupy it’s wonderful place around. pl lace in which to dig ar ound.

What ’s mor e, the op en house What’s more, open w also intr will oduce this yyear’s ear’s L urie introduce Lurie

Distinguished V Visiting isiting i A Author-inuthor-inR eesidence ffor or o the whol le spring Residence whole semester, semester, none other th than han Andr Andrew ew L am,, the vveteran eeteran Ba ay Ar A ea journalist Lam, Bay Area and cr creative eativve writer writer.. Hiss stories ar aree p ossibly the most illum minating possibly illuminating depictions of the V iietnameseVietnameseAmerican A Americ i an eexperience xxperienc i e in in the h B Ba Bay ay A Ar Area ea that I ha have ave eever veer stumbl stumbled led up upon. on. Mor Moree on him in a sec second. ond.

The L urie rresidency esidency at a SJSU w as Lurie was established est ablished in 19 1999 99 and d off offers ffeers students a spectacular spectacular chanc chancee to o study with nationally or eeven ven inter rnationally internationally rrenowned enowned authors authors.. Som Sometimes metimes the visiting author teaches a ffew ew classes classes,, one,, but in an any or just one ny ccase, ase, he or she new adds a ne w component componentt to the English Department.

Lurie Depar tment. The first-ever firstt-ever L urie was sciencee visiting author w as a the famous scienc fiction no novelist ovelist and p poet, oet, e ,U Ursula rrsula K. Lee Guin. What a w way L ay to o kick off a program. pr ogram. was several That w aas 15 yyears eears ago o and se veral notable have not able characters ha ave showed up to teach ffor o or a semester as a rresult esult of this

program, Winchester, program,, including in ncluding Simon W iinchesterr, Ishmael R Reed Packer. eeed and ZZ P ack keer. In one case, famed travel Tim Cahill case, the fam med tra avel e writer T im C ahill even even ccame ame to town to teach and hang out at Flames Flam mes night after night. In another ccase, asse, just a ffew ew yyears eears ago ago,, the poet Kim A ddonizio w aas her or o a poet Addonizio was heree ffor whole semester. sem mester. I didn didn’t ’t ttake ak ke the class class,, n,, I b ought her stuff and it but as a fan fan, bought made me a b better etttter p poet. oet.

Next up p is Andr ew L am, whose Next Andrew Lam, essays essaayys and shor shortt stories have haave appeared in i dozens of magazines appeared and anthologies. anthologies. He help helped ed st start art New Amer rican Media and rregularly egularly New American lectures lectures at institutions ar around ound the world. He is the author of ttwo wo nonfiction n works works,, P Perfume er erfume f Dr Dreams: reeams: Reflections e on o the Viet namese Diaspora, Diaspora, Reflections Vietnamese and East Ea Eats ats W West: eest: Writing in T Two wo Hemispherres e . His latest book, book, Bir rds d of Hemispheres.

Birds Lost o , is a collection collection of shor Paradise Lost, shortt about o V iietnamese-American stories about Vietnamese-American newcomerrs struggling t li tto rremake emak ke newcomers es in the Ba ay Ar ea. It is their liv lives Bay Area. aw wesome stuff sstuff. ff. awesome Lam sa ayyss he wr ote P erfume Dr eams Lam says wrote Perfume Dreams ollectted work of p ersonal as a “c “collected personal essaayys, rang ging fr om childho od essays, ranging from childhood remembran nces to ccoverage overage of the remembrances refugee ccenters en nters in Hong K o ong, fr om refugee Kong, from traaveel writing writiing to eexpository xpository writing travel about iden ntitty and home ow with about identity home..” N Now eears off essa ayys under his b elt,, he will 20 yyears essays belt, teach h a gra aduate d nonfiction fi i workshop kh graduate s in the ar at SJSU SJSU,, a seminar artt of the personal es ssaay. “Hop efully students personal essay.

“Hopefully an hone their skills and in m myy classs ccan produce am mazing works b produce amazing byy semester's ays y. end,” he sa says. asked L am what it w aas like like trying trying I asked Lam was balance his cr eative writing with his to balance creative journalisticc rresponsibilities. esponsibilities. He said it wasn’t easy. wasn’t eas y.

“Sometimes “Sometim mes it ffeels eels e journalism to creative likee architecture creativve writing wrriting is a bit lik architecture to abstract painting painting,,” he told me. me. daytime structuree “During da ayytime I build this structur stand people that needs to st and and p eople will need to liv livee in it,, and at night or da days ayys off, myy own ffeelings off ff,, I am eexploring xxploring m eeelings and musin musings, ngs, dipping brush in paints on palette practicee str strokes. paletttte and practic okes. I wish there balancee but often cr creative there is a balanc b eativve work takes second news tak kes es sec ond seat to the ne ws of the day. daay. It ttakes ak kees some discipline to return dream return to the th he dr eam world.”

MFA House, Reading MF FA Open Open House e, Faculty Facultt y R eeading featuring featuring e A Andr Andrew ew LLam am and the ccore ore MFA MF FA Program, Progrram, plus former former o C California alif a foornia Poet Poet LLaureate aurreeaatte Al Y Young, ooungg, J January aanuarry 29, 5-7pm, Cox Coox Center Cent e er ffor or o St Steinbeck teeinbeck Studies Studies,, Fifth Fifth Floor, Floorr, MLK, Jr. Jrr. Library.

Librarry.

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WINTER W WI INTEER A INT AR R T

HE holiday season is behind us and the HE days ar aree gr growing owing llonger, onger, but ther theree is still plenty of cold and dr dreary eary weather ahead of us bef before ore the sp spring. pring. It's the perf perfect ect ttime ime to contemplate the he heavy eavy things—and just ju ust as H Hollywood ollywood is dr dropping opping all kinds of think thinky, y, O Oscar hopefuls in cinemas ar aaround ound the country country,, the pproducers pr oducers of art in the Sout South th Bay ar aree planning workss that ask difficul w work difficultt questions queestions and push viewers o of their comf out comfort ort zones and a into the unknown.

TThe CCantor antor Arts Center at SStanford tanford University iss pr preparing eparing a gr group oup show of o Ir Iranian anian and Ar Arab ab pphotographers photogr aphers and videogr videographers—all a aphers—all of them w women—which is meant ttoo challenge ster stereotypes eotypes a about the rrole ole of women in n the rregion. egion. Oper Operaa S José is challenging itse San itself elf and its audience by s staging a br brand and new work, Wher Wheree Angels Fear To To TTread readd, about the pr prejudices ejudices of classist, early 20th century c England.

Symphony Symphony Silicon V Valley alley is taking t on one of the more m e br mor brooding ooding pieces fr from om the Disney canon— F Fantasia , perf performing orming piecess fr from om the iconic 1940 a animated film live, while th thee movie is played on the b scr big screen. een. And the San Jos Jose se theater company company,, City L Lights, contemplates the un uneasy neasy intersection of b business, engineering and art a with Build—a play about a a man who cr creates eates an a digital version of his deceased d wif wife. e.

We We cover all these local wo works rks and mor moree in our Winter W Arts guide.

VISUAL VI SUAL AR ART T TACO T ACO DE OJO OJO

Anno Domini. Jan 6-Mar 6-March ch 18. galleryad.com.

For well over a decade, the Anno A Domini art gallery has been bringing so some ome of the best contempor ary visual artists fr ffrom om ar ound the contemporary around country—and the world—t to San Jose's SoF A world—to SoFA district. The gallery's upcom ing show ffocuses ocuses upcoming on the work of the Latino TToons oons Collective, a cr ew of Latin American artis sts with diverse crew artists ffocuses, ocuses, including under grouund comic book s, underground books, visual art and design, and po oetryy. The gr oup has poetry. group members fr om Mexico down n to Ar gentina. The from Argentina. name of the exhibit,, “T Taco a ddee Ojo,” j ,” is slangg ffor or “Taco ““eye eye candy.” candy.”” It's an appr opriaate title, as many appropriate of the artists in the show pr o oduce vibr ant and produce vibrant brightly color ed work s, which which bor row elements colored works, borrow of comic book illustr ation, art arrt nouveau and illustration, tr aditional Latin American aart rt fforms. orms. traditional

SHE WHO T TELLS ELLS A SSTORY: TORY: WOMEN PHOTOGRAPHERS W OMEN PHO TOGRAPHERS FROM FROM IIRAN RAN A AND ND THE AR ARAB AB W WORLD ORLD

CCantor aantor Arts, SStanford. tanffoord. Jan 28-May 2 4. museum.stanf foord.edu. In m mainstream ainstream media museum.stanford.edu. rreports, eports, the Middle East is often o depicted as strife, a rregion egion of constant strif e ruled e, r by rreligious eligious zealots who rrefuse efuse to gr grant antt women even the most basic of rights. The up upcoming pcoming exhibit eells a SStory toryy,,” invites the at CCantor, antor, “She Who TTells viewer—especially the W Western esstern viewer—to challenge those nar narratives. ratives. The gr group oup ffeatures eatures photographs videos, 79 photogr aphs and two vid deos, all of them composed by women—12 individuals—fr individuals—from i om Iran Arab Ranging Ir an and other parts of the Ar A ab world. R anging from photojournalism, in style fr om fine art to pho otojournalism, the workss represent work represent stories abo about out women (and the women rregion), egion), as told by the wom en themselves.

POSTDATE: PO STDAT TE: PHOTOGRAPHY PHOTOGGRAPHY AND AND IINHERITED NHERITED H HISTORY ISTORY IN IINDIA NDIA

San Jose Museum of Art. Fe Feb eb 5-Aug. sjmusart.or rgg. A Ass with “She Who W TTells ells e a SStory” tory” sjmusart.org. at CCantor, antor, the San Jose Mus Museum seum of Art's Postdate osttdate, ffeatures eatures upcoming gr oup show group show,, P artists from from a country oftenn little understood by most W Westerners esterners trying to t set the rrecord ecord straight. straight. The Indian painters painters, s, photogr photographers, aphers,

aphers in the exhibition collagists andd videogr videographers dr aw fr om a diverse set of influences— draw from studio portr a fr aits om the early 20th century y, portraits from century, ar cheologica g l sur veys y conducted byy the East archeological surveys India Compan ny and stills fr om Bollywood films.

Company from The collectio n of work collection workss is meant to challenge ster eotypes and a tell the story of colonialism stereotypes and post-col onialism on the subcontinent. post-colonialism

REBECCA R EBECCA HA HASELTINE SELLT TINE

San Jose Inst Institute titute of Contempor Contemporary ary Art. Jan 16-Apr 17.

177. sjica.org. sjica.org. San Fr Francisco-based ancisco-based artist R Rebecca ebeccca H Haseltine aseltine is a proud proud Californian, Californian, with a long ffamily a amily history in the state, which dates back too the 1800s. She has long used her work to focus focus on CCalifornia's alifornia's connection to water water.. Fr From om m the strip mining of the Gold R Rush ush to the diversion d of the state's snowmel snowmeltt to ffeed eed cr crops opss in the Centr Central al V Valley alley to offshor offshoree fr fracking, acking, wat water er has always played an integr integral al part in the CCalifornia a ornia economy alif economy.. But all these pr practices actices com come me with risks risks of contaminating our fr esh wat ter rreserves, eserves, as well as the aquatic fresh water envir onment of the P acific Ocean. H aseltine's environment Pacific Haseltine's illustr illustrations, ations, which combine color washes and linework, work, encour encourage age the viewer to sinuous linew contemplate the power and necessity of water. water.

JJAZZ AZZZ

SSAN AN JO JOSE SE JJAZZ AZZ WINTER FE FEST ST Various V aarious venu venues ues in downtown San Jose. Feb 27 277March March 7.

7. Sanjosejazz.org Sanjjosejazz.orrg. San Jose Jazz is best known ffor or itss Summer Fest, a weekend-long party that sp sprawls rawls acr across oss downtown San Jose, in park parkss and clubs alike. But that ffestival estival has long had a co cold-season old-season counterpart, which, handful transformed in the past ha andful of years has tr ansformed from Sunday fr om some Su unday jazz shows into its own special eventt that str stretches etches over mor moree than a week. This year yyear’s ’s Winter Fest will be taking over about half haalf a dozen downtown clubs with 20 concerts and a jams. A partnership with Universal Gr Grammar a ammar this year brings DJ and producer pr oducer Ali Shaheed S Muhammad of A Tribe Trribe (March jazzy, producer CCalled alled Quest (Mar ch 5); jazzy y, IDM pr oducer TTaylor aaylor McFer McFerrin r (Feb 27) and up-and-coming rin piano pr prodigy odigyy Kris Bowers to the Winter Fest.

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RTS R TS OPERA OP ERA

WHERE ANGELS ANGELS FEAR FEAR TO TO TREAD TREAD

Opera Oper ra San JJosé. osé. Feb 77-22.

-22. ope operasj.org. erasj.orrgg. CCalifornia aaliffornia o Theatre, Theatrree, San Jose.

Jose. A Author uthor E.M. E.M M. Forster’s Forster ’s novels often tell of genteel ch characters, haracters, who, transformed transformed by their tr travels avels to t more more permissive lands, come to rreject eject the stifl stifling fling ways of early 20th-century English society society. y. A Ass a pr professional ofessional company ffocused ocused on honing up-and-coming talent, Oper Operaa San JJosé osé think thinkss diff different, erent, too. In ffact, act, OS OSJ SJ br breaks eaks one of its ow own wn conventions— sticking to the oper operaa canon— canon—in —in staging a br brand-new and-new work. The compan company ny pr presents esents the world pr premiere emiere of Mark Lanz W Weiser’s eiser ’ss new oper opera, a, Wher Wheree Angels Angels Fear to Tread Treadd, based on a Forster novel of the same na name. me. The libretto, libretto, by by, y, R Roger oger Brunyate, adapts Fo Forster’s orster ’s story of Lilia, an English widow who hor hhorrifies rifies her ffamily amily by mar marrying rying a young Italian man. m The ffools ools rushing in ar aree Lilia Lilia’s ’s rrelatives—after elativess—after she dies in childbirth, they swoop in too claim the baby baby. y.

TToo ooo bad that the child’s dad doesn ddoesn’t ’t agr agree ee with the plan. Wher Wheree Angels Angels Fear to Tread Treadd is sung in supertitles.

English with English supertitl les.

THE ABDUCTION THE ABDUCTION FROM FROM THE SSERAGLIO ERAGLIO

West W eest Bay Opera.

Opera. Feb 13-22.

13-22. LLucie ucie Stern Stern Theatre, P aalo A lto. westbayopera.org. westbayoopera.orrg. g One Theatre, Palo Alto. of Mozart Mozart’s ’s early operas, operas, Thee A Abduction bduction fr from om the Ser Seraglio aglio played on 18th-century Eur ope’s newly ffashionable ashionable passion ffor or the Europe’s East in this tale of a Spanishh noblewoman and her ser vants, captur b pirates pirates and sold servants, captured ed by harem. into a pasha’s pasha’s har em. When an attempted rrescue escue by the lady’s lover ffails, aiils, the pasha magnanimously lets them al allll go anyway anyway..

W est Bay Opera’s Opera’s pr oductionn keeps the comic West production oper a’s original setting in ann ““exotic” exotic ” TTurkish uurkish opera’s court. A Abduction bduction is the work that spawned the apocryphal tale that Moz zart’s new patron, patron, Mozart’s A ustria’s Emper or JJoseph oseph II, on hearing the Austria’s Emperor oper a, objected that it had ““too opera, too many notes.”

Royal R oyal opinion notwithstandi notwithstanding, ng, all those notes make ffor or bright, lively lively, y, almos almost st mischievous music—deceptively challen challenging ging to perf perform orm

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SALVAJE S A LVAJE This T illustration was created by b Bolivian artist M Marco arco T Toxico, oxico o o, one of the artists exhibiting at ‘T Taco a De Ojo ‘Taco Ojo’’ at Anno Domini.

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FANTASIA FA N TA SI A Symphon Symphony ny Silicon V Valley alley a will perform selections from Disney’ Disney’s ’s ‘F ‘Fantasia’ anta asia’ and ‘F ‘Fantasia antasia 2000.’

and so much fun to hear hear.. Su Sung ung in German with English supertitles.

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A t bal bballetsj.org. lll t j rg. lletsj.or g Ballet B ll t SSan Jose’s Jose ’s winter pr program ogram explo explores ores the cr creations eations of a diverse trio of masters.. “Fancy Fr Free,â€? ee,â€? a Jerome Jer ome Robbins work maki making ng its company premiere, pr emiere, showcases Robbins’ Robbins’ light, spirited style that dr draws aws on musica musicall theater theater.. The piece, which ffollows ollows three three sailors on shor shoree leave, is rnstein, with whom set to music by Leonar Leonardd Be Bernstein, Robbins collabor ated on Br oadway shows collaborated Broadway like W West eest Side SStory tory. “Them “Theme me and V Variations,â€? ariations,â€? set to the ďŹ nal movement of o a Tchaikovsky Tcchaikovsky suite, emphasizes the class classical sical style of Geor George ge Balanchine, a cr creator eator of wo works rks so technical that companies must earn his estate’s estate’s permission to perf perform orm them them. m. Ballet San Jose also revisits revisits last season’s season’s well-r w eceived “In well-received the Upper Room,â€?â€? by moder rn dance icon modern TTwyla wyla Tharp. Against a scor w scoree by Philip Glass, this busy busy, y, mul multilayered tilayered piece piece highlights the ensemble’s ensemble ’s inter interconnectedness. connectedness.

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15 San Jose Center ffor oor the P Performing erffoorming A Arts. In mixing cartoons with classical comp positions, Disney’s compositions, 1940 movie Fantasia accom accomplished plished way moree than pr mor proving oving cartoons ar aren’t en’t just ffor or ďŹ lm’s sequences created kids. The ďŹ lm ’s animated seq quences cr eated humorous, humor ous, memor memorable—and able—annd in some cases, unshakeable—images thatt visually interpr interpreted eted popular classical work works, s, inclu including uding SStravinsky’s travinsky’s

Rite of Springg and Tchaikovsky’s Tcchaikovsky’s Nutcr Nutcracker raacker Suite. The ďŹ lm m even imagined a ballet performed performed byy an animal menagerie, complete with pir pirouetting ouettting hippos and ostriches en pointe, set too Ponchielli’s Ponchielli’s Dance of the Hours.

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Selected scen scenes nes will include Paul Paul Dukas’ Dukas’ The Sorcerer’s Sorcerer ’s Apprentice Appprentice, with Mickey at the mer mercy cy of an ever-m ever-multiplying ultiplying chorus line of dancing br brooms. ooms. The pr pprogram ogram also includes some scenes fr from om Fantasia 2000, which was rreleased eleased ffor or the 60th anniversary a of Fantasia.

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Sunset Conce Concert ert Series.. Feb 6.. sunsetconcerts.org. sunsetconcerts.orrgg.

SSt.t. Luke’s Luke’s Epis Episcopal scopal Chur Church, ch,, LLos os Gatos. The Sunset Concert Seriess holds monthly chamber concerts through and spring. With its intimate through the winter w venue, the series serries highlights the ““chamber� chamber� aspect of cham chamber mber music, which traditionally traditionally was written for for pe performance rformance in smaller venues. The Szymanowskii Quartet fr from kickss om Warsaw, Warsaw w, Poland, Poland, kick off the 2015 series.

Although s Although the string quartet, which marks marks its i 20th anniversary this year, yearr, often emphasizes new n works works in perf performances, ormances,, they’re they’re just as at home hom me with old-school compositions, as their pr program ogram a for for the Sunset Concert Series demonstrates. demonstratess. The evening includes Haydn Haydn’s ’s Quartet No.31 in B minor Op.33 no. 1,, selections from from Pictur Pictures reess at an Exhibitionn by Mussorgsky, Mussorgsky, Dvorak’s Dvor ak’s Quartet Quarrtet No.. 14 in A-at A-at Major Op. Op.105 .105 and Nocturnee and TTarantella aarantella by the quartet’s quartet’s namesake KKarol namesake, a ol Szymanowski ar Szymanowski.

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CCurtains, urtains, JJan an 224-Feb 4-Feb 114.

4. sou southbaymusicaltheatre. uthbaymusicaltheatrre. e com. With shows like CCabaret abar a et et and Chicagoo to their credit, John Fred credit, songwriters Joh n KKander ander and Fr ed

Ebb ar aree no strangers strangers to telling the seamier side of a story. storyy. But their musical CCurtains urtains u , one of their newer works, neweer work s, sets aside all the dark theatricality and a gets silly with a send-up of traditional traditional whodunits. South Bay Musical Theatre Theatre presents preseents this musical comedy about backstage backstage mu murder urder in the theater theater,, in which various castt members grab i m b maneuver to t gr abb the th spotlight afte after er the leading lady dies (in an apparent homicide apparent hom micide that no one laments). And investigating the crime is something of a singing detec detective: ctive: a police lieutenant whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a musical theat theater ter ffan an longing to walk the boards boards himself. himself.

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Eurydice, Jann 17 17-Feb 7--Feb 1. paplayers.or paplayers.org. rgg. With Eurydice, playwright playywright Sarah Sarah R Ruhl uhl retells retells a Greek Greek myth from from a rarely rarely consider considered ed perspective in such ancie ent tales: a her oineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. P alo Al to ancient heroineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s.

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The Libation Bear Bearers ers ((Jan Jan 116-Feb 6-Feb 1).

Dragon Dragon Theatre, Theatre, Redwood Reedwood City.

City C y. dragonproductions.net. dragonproductions.net. Dr Dragon agon Pr Productions oductions gives over its theater ffor or its Second SStage tage shows, which off er local arti sts a space p to offer artists pr esent their work s. In this Second S SStage tage show w, present works. show, A eschylus’ The Libation Bea Aeschylus’ Bearers arers rreceives eceives a contemporary contemporary look, drawing drawing comparisons to street violence, in this tellingg of siblings Or estes street Orestes and Electra’s Electra’s bloody quest too avenge the death father, Agamemnon.

Agamemnon.. Trouble Trouble is, their of their father, Clytemnestra, was thee one who killed him. mom, Clytemnestra, mbers of the worst They may just seem like me members amilyy, but brother brother o dysfunctional ffamily, and sister e: those violentt impulses have a should bewar beware: way of spilling over into the world.

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Maple and Vine, Jan Jan 29-Feb 22.

2 losaltosstage.org/. losaltosstage.orrgg/. Sur Sure, e, Madd Menn liter literally ally makes the middle of the last century look good: all that str eamlined,, space-a ge furnitur streamlined, space-age furnituree and sleek clothing, all those thr eee-martini lunches. (It three-martini look ury modern style has lookss so good that mid-centu mid-century gotten a bit of a chokehold oon n the 2010s.) But in Jordan Jordan Harrison’s Harrison’s Maple an and nd Vine, it it’s ’s not just the looks, looks, but nostalgia ffor or a supposedly “better “better,” ,”

M A PLE AND MAPLE A ND VINE V INE Sick of their 21st centu ury lives s, a couple join a century lives, communi ity of 1950s re-enactors community re-enactors..

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22. sm smuinballet.org/ muinballet.orrgg/ untamed/

Charles Fer Ferguson, rgguuson, guitar, guitarr, JJan an 224; 4;; Emerson String String Quartet, Quartett, Feb 5; Recital Reecital w/soprano w/soprano Christine Br Brandes, raanndes, SSt. t. LLawrence awrence SString tring Quartet and pianist Nile Project, LLaura aura Dahl; TThe hhe N ile Pr oject, pan --African African percussion group, Robert Platz, pper cussion ggr oup, p, Feb 18;; R oobert HP Plat z,, electronics, piano and ele ctronics, Feb 18; SStanford tanffoord Pan-Asian Music 20-22; P an-Asian Mu usic Festival, Feb 2022; Graham, mezzo-soprano, March SSusan usan Gr aham m, mezzo-sopr ano, Mar ch 5; Baroque Orchestra, March Philharmonia Bar oque Or chestra, Mar ch 11. events.stanford.edu events.stanf ford.edu

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SSAN AN JOS JOSEE SSTAGE TAGE CCOMPANY OMPANY Venus V eenus in Fur Fur.r. Feb F 44-March -March 1. TThe hhe SStage, tage, San San Jose.

Jose. thestage.org thesstage.orrg

NORTHSIDE N ORTHSIDE T THEATRE HEAT TRE CCOMPANY OMPANY Fix Me JJesus, esus, Feb 12 12-March -March 8. Olinder TTheatre, hheatre, San San Jose.

Jose. northsidetheatre.com/ nortthsidetheatre.com/

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28 SSaratoga aratoga Community Center wvlo.org/ Ceenter TTheatre. hheatre. wvlo.or g/

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Beethoven SString tring CCycle yycle YYear eear 3. Feb 2121-22.

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TTuesdays uuesdays Withh Morrie, Morrrie, r Jan Jan 30-Feb 22. Theatre Thheatre on San San Pedro Pedrro Square, Squ quare, San Saan Jose.

Jose.. tabardtheatre.org/ tabarrddtheatre.orrgg/

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2 Pianos 2 Ha Hands, ands, thru Feb 8. Mountain V View iiew for o thee P erffoorming A rts. The The h Lake Lake Center for Performing Arts.

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4-29. Lucie Lucie Stern Stern Theatre, Thheatre, Palo Palo Effect, Alto. theatreworks.org/shows/1415-season/ theatrew works.orrgg/shows/1415-season/ Alto.

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TThe hhe SSound ound of Music, March March 21-29.

21-29. Montgomery Theatre, Theatr h e, San San Jose.

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TThe hhe Saint Saint a Michael Trio, Trrio, March Marchh 1. Black Violin, Violin, i March March 21. montalvoarts.org/ montalvoarts.orrgg/ /

SShow how P People eople (Feb ( 27 27-March 7--March 22). Dr Dragon agon Theatre, Theatr h e, Redwood Redw wood City.

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SSAN AN JOS JOSEE SSYMPHONIC YMPHONIC CHOIR CHOIR 90th anniversary concert w/ w/Vivace /Viivace YYouth oouth ch 22. sanjosesy ymphonicchoirr..orrgg/ Chorus. Mar March sanjosesymphonicchoir.org/

WINCHESTER W INCHESTER OR ORCHESTRA CHESTR RA SSpring ppring Concert and SSilent ilent A Auction u uction fundr fundraiser. aiserr.

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PROUDLY PRESENTSâ&#x20AC;Ś Romance blooms, comedy ensues, and magic reigns supreme in a land where magic and humanity collide.

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Cinderella, March Cinderella, Maarch 3-8.

3-8. R Rain: aain: A TTribute rribute to the Beatles, March Marchh 27 27-29.

7-29. SSan an JJose ose Center ffor oor the Performing Arts. broadwaysanjose.com/ Perffoorming A r br rts. oadwaysanjose.com/

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A KINE ISLAND GRILL oozes aloha with its menu of tropical tiki drinks and classic Hawaiian comfort food.

Palm fronds and surf boards decorate the inside of the downtown San Jose restaurant. A pineapple decorates each of the high-top wooden tables while a playlist of upbeat ukulele tunes completes the ambiance. The restaurant’s most prominent feature is a large bar which serves up Hawaiian draft beers and a broad range of tropical concoctions. Da Kine straddles the line between a family-friendly restaurant and a Corona commercialinspired happy hour.

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On the drink menu I found a favorite with the Kon Tiki Tropical Itch ($10), which was a sweet blend of mango juice, Cruzan rum, gin and cinnamon simple syrup. The spicy cinnamon did not overpower; instead it complemented the overly sweet mango. Da Kine offers several variations on the classic Mai Tai. Da Kine’s Original Mai Tai ($12) mixes rum, Cointreau, fresh squeezed lime and grapefruit with housemade falernum, a sweet syrup with peppery flavors of ginger and allspice. While the cocktails tasted amazing, the boozy concoctions didn’t necessarily leave me feeling tipsy.

Da Kine’s food menu, which is also available for catering, offers island standards such as loco moco: a rich dish of meat (usually kalua pork or spam) over rice, covered with a generous serving of brown gravy and topped off with a fried egg. Spam and kalua pork appear in several dishes across the menu. The kalua pork sliders (three for $7.95) were simple but very tasty; the sweet and toasted King’s Hawaiian roll provides a perfect partner to the tender and smoky pork. On a previous visit, the kalua pork that came with my loco moco plate ($9.95) had the same sweet and smoky flavors but was not nearly as tender.

Also popular are the various award-winning pokes. Da Kine won three awards for their poke at the 2012 Da Poke Run, which featured Hawaiian joints from across Northern California. Visitors to the competition declared Da Kine the People’s Choice for Most Traditional Poke, while judge and chef Sam Choy awarded the restaurant with Chef Sam Choy's Pick for Best Poke Around and Poke Master of 2012.

On my first visit the ahi poke ($8.95) had a balanced flavor of soy, green onions and sesame, but large chunks of white onion were overpowering to the dish.

On an additional visit, the poke sampler ($15.95) better showcased the awardwinning pokes. I particularly enjoyed the salmon poke with sweet mango bites and crunchy pieces of macadamia nut. —Jeff Cianci DA KINE ISLAND GRILL 23 N. Market St, San Jose. 408.568.9700 or dakineislandgrill.com

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UPER BOWL XLIX is right around the corner. Whether you’re the kind of rabid football fanatic who obsesses over point spreads and player stats, or you’re just in it for the commercials and Katy Perry’s halftime show, you’ll want to watch the Big Game with friends, family or, at the very least, a gaggle of screaming strangers, whilst munching on Buffalo wings and washing them down with plenty of suds. Spending the day any other way is just sacrilegious, which is why we’ve compiled a short guide of some of the best places to watch the Super Bowl in Silicon Valley.

THE CONTINENTAL - SAN JOSE - San Jose's newest hot spot serves classy cocktails in a chic, but not overdone, atmosphere. With its exposed brick walls, plush seating and kicking sound system, it's the perfect place to take in the big game in style.

Three TVs hang over the bar, which is stocked with craft spirits, a great selection of microbrews and wine. A back patio with fire pits allows for a breath of fresh air without leaving the building. (You know, just in case your team isn't doing so hot.)

LOS GATOS BREWING CO. - LOS GATOS - In the heart of downtown Los Gatos, this bar and grill is a great place to catch a game year-round. Order up a pitcher of your favorite brew and grab a burger or some wings from their pub grub menu.

Sit at a table or belly up to the bar. Big-screen TVs abound in the large, secondfloor space that doubles as a dance floor at night. Touchdown dance, anyone?

THE PATIO - PALO ALTO - Televisions encircle The Patio's large main room, and are easy to catch sight of on the back patio as well—ensuring that wherever you're sitting, you'll be able to see the game. You can get pub food at the Patio, but you'll have less greasy choices nearby on University Avenue, as well. It's a good choice for those seeking something a bit lounge-ier than your average sports bar.

ANTONIO'S NUT HOUSE - PALO ALTO - Watch the big game here without fear of being messy. Hell, they encourage people to throw their shells on the floor and provide the peanuts gratis. Oh, drinks are cheap, too, and there’s ample seating.

The Nut House features plenty of TV screens, as well as pool tables (for you multi-taskers). The restaurant inside serves burgers, fries and a decent burrito.

TIED HOUSE - MOUNTAIN VIEW - Burgers, fries, wings and most important—beer!

Tied House is your mid-Peninsula go-to for classic pub fare and micro brews produced on site. There is plenty of seating and televisions abound, making Tied House a great destination for a large crew of football fans.

CINEBAR - SAN JOSE - With three televisions, bartenders who pour cheap drinks with a heavy hand and a no-frills crowd, Cinebar is where you'll want to be if you take your drinking as seriously as the game. —Nick Veronin

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LLocal ocal four-piece four-piece Total Tootal Badass play a mixture mixture of early skate-punk straight and speedd metal that is str aight crossover thrash out of thee cr ossover thr ash days ’80s. of the ’80 0s. And it turns out they are are fr ffrom om the ‘80s—the 2080s! TThat’s hat’s right, according according to band’s the band’ ’s bio, they are are a band traveling of “time tr t aveling heavy metal punk(s)” whose w mission is to “free enslaved “fr free ens laved minds and warn the masses masses of impending doom.”

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PATTI P AT TTI SMITH Jann 26 at The Rio Theatre Theatre

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MONKEY MONKE Y Jan Ja an 30 at The Blank Club

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“Gr Growin ng up in Ar rgentina g to o, “Growing Argentina too, I ccould ould see how women wer weree so embracingg of their cur ves, wer curves, weree so e, and embracingg of who the theyy wer were, ould do whate the ey ccould eveer the hell the ey they whatever they w anted, a nzoategui sa ays y . “I saw saaw the wanted, ” An Anzoategui says. p ower of owning o yyourself. o ourselff.f” power Anzoate egui decided to ttap ap into this Anzoategui p ower afte veeral early y, unsuc cessful power afterr se several early, unsuccessful at tttempts to o assimilate into ensemble attempts p erforman o nces. performances.

“II had st till not b een ccast ast in an ny still been any shows ayys. “It w as a all p olitics. I shows,,” the theyy sa says. was politics. didn ’t know w if it w aas b ecause I w asn a ’t didn’t was because wasn’t white enou ugh,, or it ’s b ecause I’m queer enough, it’s because or its b ecau use I’m just not pr ettty lik because pretty likee some otherr women that ccould ould b ast.” bee ccast.

So on aft fter, Anzoategui b egan solo Soon after, began material. “It “IIt w as a more more rewarding rewar a ding ffor or o was me elt e right, r ” Anzoategui sa ayys. “It me,, it ffelt says. needed to liv llive ve and br eathe on its own breathe without b e ccontained eing ontained b being byy something th that t’s diges di tibl to tible t an audienc di e.” that’s digestible audience.

In this op pen fformat, o ormat,, Anzoategui has open cr eated a on ne-off--a-kind piec entering created one-of-a-kind piecee ccentering on self f-ac - cept e ance. self-acceptance.

“Be who o yyou o ou ar e, and it ’s ok to find are, it’s who yyou o ou ar re thr ough yyour o our journe ey,” are through journey, Anzoategu ui sa ayys. “Make “Mak ke whate ver e yyou ou o Anzoategui says. whatever ha ave help yyou ou as a human b o eing, living have being, on this ear t , for th, fo or whatever whateever purp ose earth, purpose that mightt b e.” be.

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accident in the ‘Crash’-esque ‘Human Capital.’

Worlds Collide

Flashback to the beginnings of the trouble: Mid-level realtor Dino (Fabrizio Bentivoglio) has a beautiful daughter named Serena (Matilde Gioli) who has been dating the son of the local gentry; these are the Bernaschi family, inhabitants of a villa that’s like something out of a car commercial. (To mock those familiar images, Virzi stages a parade of shiny luxury models, slowly ascending a hill up to the mansion.) Dino, a peasanty gladhander with a bad haircut and a bulky suit, wangles his way into the Bernaschis’ orbit, first as a tennis partner, then as an investor bearing a load of borrowed money.

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CLASS WARFARE Rich and poor families battle after a hit-and-run

IN SYNOPSIS, the glossy yet fascinating Italian import Human Capital sounds like a Paul Haggis tag-teamer—the high and low classes make an unwilling meeting over a traffic accident. It’s shrewder than anything ever influenced by Crash, however. Based on a Connecticut-set novel by Stephen Amidon, director Paolo Virzi’s tale takes place in a small city outside of Milan. After a Christmas gala held by a well-endowed private school, someone injures a busboy in a hit-and-run collision as he returns home from work on his bicycle. The accident sets off the kind of class antagonism entrenched in Italy since the Roman Empire.

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The young Bernaschi prince Massimiliano (Guglielmo Pinelli) is the kind of entitled young jerk who artfully defaces his shiny SUV with camouflage patches and a “Fuck You” sticker on the back. But as Virzi weaves the story, we learn that we don’t really know what’s going on. We need to pay more attention to Human Capital the sad-eyed, throatyvoiced lady of the NR; 111 min. manor, Carla (Valeria Camera 3, Bruni Tedeschi)—she’s San Jose in a state of emotional cachexia over smothered artistic ambitions, which she hopes to feed by renovating a local theater.

Human Capital is a suavely told drama— it’s rich, if not always subtle: a homeless witness to the accident overplays half-way to the realm of Long John Silver. Yet Virzi brings the color and breadth of opera to this story of widespread corruption.

The financial double-talk is suitably impenetrable. (“Everywhere we’re active is staying overrated”). Troubled young romance gives shape, flavor and hope to the story of downfall.

—Richard von Busack

(R; 125 min.) Ur Urgent gent yet simmering: moral Arthur Miller-style mor al accounting mixed with the kind of strippeddirector down car c and ffoot oot chases dir ector J-P. Melville J-P P. Me elville excelled at. Set in a discontented discon tented winter of jaundiced it’s ’s a look at the light aand nd low sun, it NYC’s home heating oil rracket acket during NY C’s most crime-wr ccrime-wracked acked days in the early 11980s.

980s. Hijackings, fixes and beatings weree part of the ter territory. beatin gs wer ritory.

Morales, ales, Oscar Isaacs I plays Abel Mor most the mo ost legitimate member of a family family with criminal roots. roots. He’s He’s trying to keep his hands clean while acquiring storage acquiri ing a riverside stor age ffacility, acilityy, even aass government rregulators egulators unseen aree trying to take and un nseen rivals ar down.

Brooks him do own. Albert Br ooks excels as baleful the ba leful consiglieri keeping an Morales. eye onn Mor ales. Jessica Chastain can’t can ’t sink s her teeth into the part of Morales’ wifee and partner partner,, but after Mor alees’ wif this Mar this, Margin M rggin Call Caall and All is LLost ost, no one was waas going to describe Chandor as a woman’s director anyway.. SStill, till, wooman’s dir ector anyway the director’s director ’s tautness, as well as his critique crittique of the power of money, moneyy, makes this three three very intense movies in a row row w for for him. Isaacs delivers a performance perform mance that can be compared compared

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CAKE CA KE (R; 102 min.) A woman on the edge edg ge (Jennifer (Jennifer Aniston) deals withh mysterious chronic wit chronic pain, thee presence presence of a ghost and a major problem. ma jor substance abuse pr oblem.

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MORTDECAI MO ORTDECAI (R; 106 min.) An adaptation of cul cultt novelist nov velist KKyril yril Bonfiglioli’s 1973 Don Don’t ’t Point Att Me, with Johnny P oiint That Thing A Depp scoundrel Deppp as the upper-class scoundr el Charlie Chaarlie Mortdecai—a ffeyer eyer and more Patricia more peacocky peacocky version of P atricia Highsmith’s Ripley.. Unpr Unpreviewed.

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SSTRANGE TRANGE MAGIC MAGIC (PG (PG; G; 99 min.) Animated film based withh considerable wit considerable looseness on A Midsummer Night’s Middsummer Night ’s Dream Dream, with a story story credit credit to George George Lucas Lucas and a soundtrack souundtrack of covers of ’60s hits.

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YOUNG AND INNOCENT YOUNG INNOCENT// DIAL ‘M’ FFOR OR MURDER (1937/1954) A film fil actr actress t ess turns t rns up tur dead on an English beach,, throttled throttled with the sash of a rraincoat; aincoat;; the thhe main (Derrick suspect (Der rick De Marney) and a a appealing constable's daughter (the app pealing Nova Pilbeam) head out to find fin nd both the rreal eal killer and the coat in question. q countryside Plenty of quaint English count tryside locales, but after car chases aand nd a mine cave-in comes the rreal eal climax c of Hitchcock’s ambitious earlyy film: 145-foot a ffamous amous 145-f oot shot across acrosss the top of a dance hall during the midst crowded of a cr owded tea dance. Basedd on Josephine TTey's ey's e novel A Shillin Shilling ng ffor oor CCandles aandles. BILLED W WITH ITH Dial ‘M ‘M’’ For Murder Mur rdder. In LLondon, ondon, a ffoolproof oolprooff murdermurderawry, ffor-hire or-hire plan goes awry y, whenn the (Grace victim (Gr ace KKelly), elly), who is supposed suppposed quietly, grabs pair to die quietly y, gr abs a huge pa air of thrillerr is a scissors. This Hitchcock thrille moneyy scene stagey one,, despite the mone

staged, originally ffor or 3D. John Joohn Williams mustardsteals the show as the mu ustardHubbard, keen Inspector Hubbar d,, but b he has from Dawson, help fr om Anthony Dawso on, as the cashiered cashier ed captain blackmailed blackmaailed into the plot.. Also starring starring Robert CCummings ummings and Ray Milland, unfortunately. unfortunaatelyy. (Plays Jan 22 22-25 Palo Alto -225 in P aalo Al to at the th Stanford Stanffoorrd Theatre.)

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Finding Himself EVERYTHING E V ERY THING WILL WILL BE BE OK OK W Will ill i Sprott moved m to Seattle without a job live, isn’t or place to li ive, but he isn ’t too concerned about all that.

Former F orme o er Mumlers fron frontman tman Will Will i Sprott Spro ott ‘Vortex Numbers’ has a new album, ‘V Vortex o N umbers’ BY B Y NICK V VERONIN VERONIN

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y his hiis own admission, Willl Sprott has been doing doin ng "some strange strange things thin ngs for money" days.. these days AFTER SPE SPENDING ENDING fiv fivee yyears ears in singer,, Oakland, the San JJose-born ose-born singer songwriter and song writer i an nd d fformer o ormer leader l d off Th The now Seattle.

Mumlers is no ow living in Seat tle. moved there about ago,, He mo ved the ere ab out a yyear ear ago any wheree he would without an ny iidea of wher livee or work. liv He's b been een able to pick up odd dd jobs—as a tour manager ffor o or o Seattle Laa L Luz bikee Seat ttle t band L uz and ffor o or a bik

delivery de elivery ser service. vice. One of the o oddest ddestt o ccupations of late ccame ame in the fform orm occupations off a ccontract ontract p osition ffor o or a Bo eingg position Boeing su ubcontractor. O ff and on ffor or o ab ou ut subcontractor.

Off about sixx months, months, the 33-year-old 33-year e -old Spr ott,, Sprott, w would show up at 4 a.m. in the m morning ally the th he morning,, sit in a chair and ttally nu umber of p eople who ja ayywalked number people jaywalked ac cross a giv en str eet, dra aw wing an across given street, drawing ac ccompanying diagram of the rroute ou ute accompanying th hey to ok. He sa ayys his employer employer used ussed they took. says th h inf he iinformation fo ormation i h he gather h ed d to fig fi gure the gathered figure ou ut where where to plac osswaalks. out placee cr crosswalks.

A ottt discusses his various and a Ass Spr Sprott su undry gigs ou ugh sundry gigs,, he chuckles and thr through hi is languid dra aw wl it's clear that he his drawl is n't worried ab out finding w ays y to t isn't about ways m mak ke rrent. ent. He seems cconfident onfident th at make that eeverything verything will work out,, and in

many already have.

Ass an many ways wayys they they alr ead dy ha ave. A artist, stay artist,, the struggle to st s ay afloat has proven proven inspirational,, he h says. saayys.

“I think a lot of the songs ar aree about about that vvery thing—about ou ery thing—ab ut not making everything super easyy ffor everything sup er eas or o yyourself, ourselff,” he says, new saayys, referring reffeerring to hiss brand ne w album, V Vortex Numbers, oortex Numb errs, which ccame ame out this week. “I like like making m things difficult ffor myself. now, o or m yselff. For Forr now w, at least, I'm glad to b bee taking taking iin n a wider world.”

It shows. shows. The songwriter's songgw writer's travels traavels away from hometown om his hometo away fr own of San Jose some Jose have haave resulted resulted in so ome of the best best music he's eever ver written. w ttten. On writ the Vortex Numbers—which h 10-track kV oortteex Num mbberrs—which hi h finds Spr Sprott ottt meditating meditatin ng on the end of a rrelationship, elationship, the soul-crushing so oul- crushing naturee of the rat rac race, and soulless natur e, and the challenges of b being eing a strange person boils person in a strange land—Sprott lan nd— —S Sprottt b oils down all the best best of what w he did on previous producing eleeases, pr previous Mumlers rreleases, oducing

a ccompact ompact album that nonetheless thee depths of the human plumbs th clever eexperience xperience with his cle ver and vivid lyrical lyric al cconstructions. onsstructions.

“You might myy fac facee “Y Yo ou mi ight not see m anymore, an ymore,” he sings to an unnamed “Under Eyes. fformer o ormer lover lover on “U nder My Ey es.”

“I might n not hold yyou myy arms ou in m likee I did b before. lik effo ore. Please don't think leaving behind.

I'm lea avvingg yyou o ou b ehind. I'll ccarry arry myy eeverything verythingg in the bags under m over dusty, eeyes. yes.” The song s o ver a dust ty, shuffling beat, warm guitar shaky b eat a w eat, aarrm guit ar line and shak ky harmonies, loose harmonies s, which rrecall ecall the lo ose and rambling chemistr cchemistryy of JJagger agger and Richards.

Richar ds. creates spooky atmospheree He cr eattes a sp ook ky atmospher “Psychic Lady, on “P sychi c ic L adyy,” a song with a propulsive beat, “Coffin pr opulsive b eat,, which rrecalls ecalls “C offin Factory” from 2009 Factor y”” fr rom the 20 09 Mumlers Don't Throw Away. rrelease, elease, Do on't Thr ow Me A way. The describes song descr ibes the various rroles oles people play society, from p ayy in so cietty, fr eople pla om scientists the tit titular psychic tto wrestlers wrestler tl rs tto th l ps ychic hi lady llady. dy.

“Everybody's job,,” he sings sings..

“Ev eryb body's got a job myy job job.. When yyou “I'm goingg to do m o ou aree through, bee paid, don't ar througgh,, yyou ou will b o bee paid. Y You bee fforget o orget yyou o ou will b ou o will b given have You giv en whatt yyou ou ha ave earned. Y ou will o deserve. ttake ake homee what yyou ou deser ve.” observation It's the kind k of obser vation that bee banal any would b b in almost an ny other but Sprott ccontext, ontext,, bu ut in the hands of Spr ott it moree turns into something infinitely mor profound. pr offo ound. d Vortex likee If V o ortex Numbers Numbers ffeels eels e at all lik previous pr evious Mumlers M rrecords ecords it's due Sprott's lyrical style mostly to Spr S ott's unique lyric al st yle preference chord progressions. and pr effer e ence in chor d pr ogressions.

The arrangements themselves aree far arranggements themselv es ar moree stark anything mor stark k than an nyything he's done past. in the past t. little “I think this album is a lit tttle bit moree strip stripped Sprott notes,, a mor pped down,” Spr ott notes may have moree to do with fact that ma m ay ha ave mor that the fact th at he's going it alone this time,, than any time n an ny deliberate deliberate decision.

Mumlers was six-piecee band The Muml lers w as a six-piec that to took ok “a “ really really maximalist approach” observes. appr oach h” to rrecording, ecording, he obser ves.

For new says F or the ne w rrecord, ecord,, he sa ayys that tryy to pair he didn't cconsciously onsciously tr anything an ything back. b was just songs,,” he sa says “I w as ju ust making songs ayys shrug. with a shru ug.

And he p plans to ccontinue ontinue making fans,, songs and sharing s it with his fans crowd— including the t hometown cr owd— hopefully. hop efullyy. A tour is in the works with Laa L Luz, theree is no San Jose L uz,, and d while ther Jose planned date plann ned just yyet, et,, he aims to book book one.. JJust like Sprott's life, one ust lik ke everything everything in Spr otttt's lif fe, he seems quietly q cconfident onfident that he'll way, way another.. find his w ay, one w ay or another

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Every TTues, uues, 10pm:: Resident DJJ presents Gabriel Black pr esents Beat CCulture. ulture.. Every Wed, Wed, 10pm: Wen Rubber Soul w/ W en Davis, Nappy, Child Nappy y, CCutso, utso, and Golden Chi ld (Hi H ). Every (Hip-Hop).

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Gregory egory James 8:30pm: The Gr Quartet. Sat,, Jan 23, 8:00pm: Lily Alunan Bossa Nova/ Jazz Quintet.. Every Tue: Tue: u : Jazz Redwood City.

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Akiraa TTana Sat,, Jan 224, 4,, 8:30pm:: Akir ana a & Friends.. Every Sun,, 7pm: Eulipions Jazz Jam Session w/ Peppe Merolla.

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Fri, Jan 23: Los Los High Tops.

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THREE DE DEGREES GREES Shake It Up W Wednesdays. ednesdays.

6-10pm Live Music 610pm w/ Wil Roberts. Happy Hour ALL NIGHT 44-10pm.

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Every W Wed: ed: Blues & $2 Br Brews ews w/ Ron Thompson. Thu, Jan Varela 22, 6pm: Sammy V arela Blues Band. Fri, Jan 23, 6pm: Gary Smith Blues Band. Sat, Jan 224, 4, Jr.. Band. Sun, 6pm: Willis Russ Jr Jan 25, 2pm: School of Blues SStudent tudent Jam. San Jose.

SSAM'S AM'S BBQ Wed, Jan 21, 6pm: Sidesaddle Wed, & Co. Tue, Tuue, Jan 27, 277, 6pm: Slide Road. San Jose.

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COMMUNITY ORGANIZING Two South Bay music promoters are trying to kick the local scene into gear with their weekly morning focus group.

Breakfast of Champions IT’S 10AM ON A Saturday morning inside the recently opened RockBar Theater. While the mood is light, it’s clear that this crowd is not composed of morning people.

As Barbara Wahli, better known as promoter and manager Barb Rocks, admits at the start of the meeting, she’s running on only five hours of sleep after a long night in San Francisco. However, she Balanced Breakfast assures her attendees that the coffee is on its way.

This is the second meeting for the brand-new San Jose chapter of Balanced Breakfast, a group that looks to connect and empower music industry professionals to create a more vibrant music scene.

Every Sat, 10am-noon, Free RockBar Theater, San Jose

Wahli, who’s been involved in promo and band management for eight years co-hosts the meeting every Saturday with Robert Austin of Nemesis Media. The second meeting has attracted roughly 30 attendees—same as the first—and the room is full.

San Francisco blogger Stefan Aronsen and engineer Andy Freeman founded Balanced Breakfast with the aim of “boosting the Bay Area music industry … one breakfast at a time.” The concept has proven highly successful, with chapters sprouting in Oakland, Portland and Boston.

Roughly three years ago, she created a monthly music industry networking event with the Pounders, who she manages. After a successful first meeting, they folded after four months. More recently, she attended meetings for Make a Scene San Jose, a venture helmed by promoter Eric Fanali to activate the local all-ages scene.

Those efforts stalled as well.

“It just didn’t really connect the right way with people,” Wahli says of both ventures. She was drawn to the the structure of Balanced Breakfast, which she feels is more organized than those previous endeavors.

Wahli is encouraged with the start thus far, adding that the feedback she’s received has been “overwhelmingly positive.” At this meeting, the group discussed topics for future meetings, which included social media, graphics and front-of-house sound.

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“Why can’t it happen here?” she asks. “I think if we all work together to build that, in a few years it’ll happen. But it takes effort, so a group like this is a catalyst to make that happen.”— Brandon E. Roos

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EFFIE’SS RE EFFIE RESTAURANT STAURANT Wed-Sat & TTue, Wed-Sat ue, u 9pm9pm-2am, 2am, & last Sun of every month, 22-7pm: -7pm: B&S Karaoke.

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EL RANCHO SPOR SPORTS TS B BAR AR Thu, 8pm: Karaoke.

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O’MALLEY’S O’MALLE Y’S SPOR SPORTS TS PUB Thu, 9pm. Mountain View View..

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

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Fri-Sat, 9pm: KKaraoke. araoke.

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

San Jose.

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Wed & Sun, 9:30pm-1:30am: Wed 9:30pm-1:30am: KKaraoke. araoke. CCampbell. ampbell.

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Thu, 9pm: DJ Davey K. CCampbell. ampbell.

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THREE FLAME FLAMESS RESTAURANT RE STAURANT Every Mon, W Wed, ed, Sun, 8pm to closing: KKaraoke. araoke. Every TTue ue u and Thu, Thu 9pm to closing: KKaraoke. araoke. San Jose.

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Thu, Jan 22, 10pm: MAKJ. MAKJ. Fri, Jan 23, 10pm: BARE Sat, Jan 24, 24, 10pm: DJ KKarma. arma.

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Every W Wed: ed: Wingy Wednesdays.

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LLOFT OFT BAR BAR AND BIS BISTRO TRO Fri: Loft Loft Fridays w/ DJ Exr Exrated, ated, J-Quest. Sat: The Upstairs Party RQ,, P arty w/ DJ Howhigh, DJ RQ DJ Sequence, DJ Christylz.

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Wed: W ed: Hip-Hop/ TTop op o 40. Thu: 70s, 80s, 90s Funk, House.

Sun: Slow Jams, Karoake Karoake Party Dance P arty San Jose.

Every 4th Sat: Thrive. Sun: Members Only.

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WILLOW WILL OW DEN Wed, Nov 26, 7pm: Black Wed, Wednesday.

W ednesday. Sun: DJs Mon: WedMagic Mike Mondays. W eded Sat: DJs. Willow Glen.

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Wed:: Almaden V Wed: Valley aalley Beer P Pong onng ONEmanARMY. with DJ ONEmanARMY Y. Thu: Pop, Vintage (80s, 90s,, P op,, Rock, Q.. Fri: Hip Hop) with DJ David Q Control DLuzion.

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Lifee with DJ Kruci Krucial Sat:: LLounge ounge Lif al NESSrock. and DJ NESSr ock.. San Jose.

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BRIT ARMS ALMADEN Thu, Jan 22, 10pm: DJ Jose 10pm: M l d Sat, Melendez.

S t Jan J 224, 4 10pm 4, 10 m: DJ Thomas. San Jose.

BRIT ARMS DO DOWNTOWN WNTOWN N Wed: DJ 512. Thu: DJ Nico & Wed: Neeber.. Fri: DJ Benofficial.

Neeber Jose.

Sat: DJ Ready Rock. San Jos e.

CARDIFF LLOUNGE OUNGE Every 2nd and 4th Sun: Return of the Boom Zap, underground electronic onic under ground electr music. CCampbell. ampbell.

THE CA CATS ATS 1st & 3r 3rdd Thu: DJ Diner Dineroo 2ndd & 4th Thu: DJ TTomas. oomas.

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Patti Smith Spandau Ballet Chart-topping British new wave pioneers are back on the road after a 20-year hiatus. Jan 23 at the Warfield.

Patti Smith The acclaimed songwriter, author, artist and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee appears with her band. Jan 23-24 at the Fillmore.

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Platinum-selling New Zealand pop star is sharptongued and sonically adventurous. Jan 26 at the Independent.

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Los Angeles indie rockers play smart, anthemic songs with catchy hooks. Jan 27 at Great American Music Hall.

Thu-Sat, 10:30pm: Rotatingg Guest DJs.

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FFAHRENHEIT AHRENHEIT Wed, W ed, 9pm:: Wine W Wednesdays. ednesdays.

Indie garage rock trio from Seattle mix sludgy riffs and approachable melodies.

Jan 28 at Hemlock Tavern.

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Vitamin I was said to have a role in digestion, and has since been identiďŹ ed with various members of the B group.

And ďŹ nally vitamin J: BeneďŹ cial to guinea pigs but unneeded by people, it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make the cut.

The second half of the alphabet gets even messier: the bulk of the later would-be vitamins proved not to ďŹ gure signiďŹ cantly in human growth and consequently were stripped of their status faster than a female priest.

For starters, there was vitamin L, so named for its apparent role in rat lactation.

Better known as anthranilic acid, L1 is now closely regulated by the DEA: as one of the primary compounds used in the synthesis of the powerful recreational sedative methaqualone, aka Quaaludes, it falls into that intriguing category of substances that are fun but potentially fatal.

Vitamin M is now called folic acid or B9; vitamin P was a name given to the compounds called ďŹ&#x201A;avonoids, which apparently contribute more to plant pigmentation than human well-being; and Q is an antioxidant called coenzyme Q or Q10. Vitamin N may have been thioctic acid, and it may have helped with â&#x20AC;&#x153;burning mouth syndrome.â&#x20AC;? Now we just wait till the coffee cools.

Vitamin O goes all but unmentioned in the literature (meaning the name is available should Oprah pursue a career as a DJ), and the vitamin R story is nearly as murky. Vitamins S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, and Z either turned out to be inessential to human health (S promotes growth in chicks, T heals wounds in insects) and thus failed to clear the vitamin threshold, or they never existed, The lesson in all this? Stop worrying about vitamins. Daily multivitamins in particular are a ďŹ rst-world solution to a third-world problemâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the average American consumes plenty of the recommended daily amounts naturally without assistance in pill form. A U.S. Preventative Services Task Force reviewing 27 studies covering almost half a million people found no evidence that vitamin supplements offer a beneďŹ t for heart disease, or delay death from any cause.

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They may burn a hole in your tongue, but a little vitamin N should clear that up.

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Simple question here: There are vitamins called A, B, C, D, E, and K. But what happened to vitamins F, G, H, I, and J? â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Chris A. Johnson, New York City This sounds like the setup for a joke like the kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; classic â&#x20AC;&#x153;Why was six afraid of seven?â&#x20AC;? Unfortunately, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no humor in the health sciences, so we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get a punch line where a nutritionist says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Eh, eff G, H, I, and J.â&#x20AC;?

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Our ďŹ rst ďŹ ve vitamins, A, B, C, D, and E, got their sequential names when they were discovered, one after the other, during the early-20th-century search for cures to then-common diseases. Many of these arose from limited intake of produce and other fresh food, which in the pre-Whole Foods era used to be much tougher to come by: scurvy was a vitamin-C deďŹ ciency that made sailorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; gums bleed; beriberi was caused by lack of vitamin B (later B1â&#x20AC;&#x201D;see below), found in whole grains, meat, and legumes. The general gloominess of English weather was responsible for rampant rickets, due to insufficient vitamin D. After these breakthroughs, the great vitamin hunt was on; most of the alphabet was at some point put to use in naming the results. Originally the assumption was that each new discovery would get the next available letter, but the system went to crap when (1) many of the post-E vitamins were later re-identiďŹ ed as vitamins in the B complex, bearing designations between B2 and B12 (please donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ask what happened to 4, 8, 10, and 11), and (2) the Germans rebelled and decided to assign letters based on medical relevance rather than order of discovery. Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a breakdown: Vitamin F: Known today as the essential fatty acids, of the omega-3 and omega-6 varieties. Should we seek these out?

Possibly: they might decrease your risk of cardiovascular disease, but (warns the Mayo Clinic) they also might make you bleed and/or smell like ďŹ sh.

Vitamin G: The American name for what the Brits called B2. Eventually a truce was declared, and now we call it riboďŹ&#x201A;avin.

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Thee follo following wing pers person(s) on(s) is (ar (are) e) doing business as: OTB B Enter Entertainment tainmentt Gr Group, roup, 12503 12503 Saratoga Sarratoga a Cr Creek eek Dr., LLC. Dr r.., Saratoga, Saratoga, CA, CA, 95070, 95070, LLoot oot o LL C. This business is conducted coonducted by by a limited liability company.. Abo Above company ve entity enntity was formed in the state of transacting California Registrant Registrraannt has not yet yet begun tr ansacting business under thee fictitious business name or names listed herein. herein. /s/Kent /s/Kent Eubanks Eubanks CEO #201225510072. #201 225510072. This T statement was filed with the Santa Claraa County on 1/1 1/16/2015.

County Clerk of Sa nta Clar 6/2015.

Metro 2/11/2015) (pub Metr ro 1/21, 1/2 11/28, 8, 2/04, 2/11/201 5)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSI U NESS NAME STATEMENT STATTEM MENT #600302 #600302 The follo following wing pers person(s) on(s) is (ar (are) e) doing business as: San Jose 4 420 20 EEvaluations, valuations, 11 1155 N. 4th S St., t., #1 #106, 06, San Jose, CA, CA, 95112, 95112, LLong ong Beach 420 420 Evaluations, Evaluations, 7720 20 Alamitos Ave., Ave.,, Unit A, Long Long Beach, CA, CA, 95112.

95112.

This business is conducted coonducted by by a corpor corporation. ration. a Above formed Abo ve entity was fo ormed in the state of California Registrant R egistrraant began ttransacting ransacting business under the herein fictitious business name or names listed her ein 1/15/15.

Refile previous #540947 on 1/1 5/15. R efile of o pr evious file #5 40947 with /s/Parvin Syal #C3281678 changes. /s/P arvinn S yal CEO #C3 281678 This filedd with the County Clerk of Santa statement was file Clara 1/15/2015.

Clar ra County on 1/ /15/2015.

Metro 2/11/2015) (pub Metr ro 1/21, 1/2 11/28, 8, 2/04, 2/11/201 5)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSI U NESS NAME STATEMENT STATTEM MENT #600228 #600228 The follo following wing pers person(s) on(s) is (ar (are) e) doing business as: Land A Ser Services, vices, 2 2082 082 Kim LLouise ouise Driv Drive, e, Campbell, CCA, A, 95008, 95008, Brian Lindskog, L Jar Jared ed Adiego, 1187 87 Cedar Rd Petaluma, Rd., Petaluma, etaluma CA, CA, A 94952.

94952.

2 This business is conducted coonducted by by as copar copartners. tners.

Registrant R egistrraant began ttransacting ransacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed her herein ein on 1/12/15.

1/1 2/15. /s/Brian Lindskog L This statement wa wass filed with the County Clerk of Claraa Countyy on 1/1 1/13/2015.

Santa Clar 3/2015. (pub Metr Metro ro 1/21, 1/2 11/28, 8, 2/04, 2/11/201 2/11/2015) 5)

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME NA AME STATEMENT STATTEMENT #600135 #600135 Thhe follo The following wing person(s) is (ar (are) e) doing business as:1. as s:1. Door TToo Door Commer Commercial, cial, 2. D2D Comme Commercial, ercial, 6961 6 9 1 Rodling 96 Rodling Dr., Drr.,. #C, San Jose, CA, CA, 95138, 95138, Garred Garrred Norman.

No orman. This business is conducted by by a individual. individual.

Registrant transacting the R e ant began tr egistr ansacting business under th he fictitious herein fic ctitious business name or names listed her einn on 1/12/15. /s/Garred was 1/ /12/15. /s/G arred Norman. This statement wa as filed Claraa Count County file ed with the County Clerk of Santa Clar ty 1/12/2015.

Metro 1/28, onn 1/1 2/2015. (pub Metr ro 1/21, 1/2 8, 2/04, 2/11/2015) 2/ /11/2015)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME NA AME SSTATEMENT TATTEMENT #600033 Thhe following The following person(s) is (ar (are) e) doing business as: Goldenist, Go oldenist, 4333 4333 Pallsade Pallsade Drive, Drive, San Jose, CA, CA, 95111, 95111, Cerisse Ce erisse Cardoza.

Cardoza. This business is conducted by by a individual. ind dividual. Registrant Registrant has not yet yet begun transacting transaccting business bu usiness under the fictitious business name or names na ames listed her herein. ein. /s/Cerisse Car Cardoza doza This Th his statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Sa anta Clar Clara ra County on 1/07/201 1/07/2015.

5. (p ub Metr 4, 1/21, 1/28, 1/28, 2/04/2015) 2/04/2015) (pub Metroo 1/1 1/14,

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME NA AME STATEMENT STATTEMENT #599722 Thhe follo The following wing person(s) is (ar (are) e) doing business as: Sherice’ Sh herice’s Kr Kreativ eativ Lane, 488 W W.. Charleston Rd., PPalo alo Alto, Alt to, CCA, A, 94306, 94306, Sherice Lane.

This Th his business is conducted by by a individual.

Registrant R e ant has not yet egistr yet begun tr transacting ansacting busin business ess under un nder the fictitious business name or names listed lis ted her herein. ein. /s/Sherice Lane. This statement was w filed file ed with the County Clerk of Santa Clar Claraa Count County ty onn 12/30/2014.

12/30/2014. (pub Metr Metro ro 1/1 1/14, 4, 1/21, 1/2 1/28, 8, 2/04/2015) 2/ /04/2015)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME NA AME STATEMENT STATTEMENT #600013 #600013 Thhe following The following person(s) is (ar (are) e) doing business as: Pixel Distillery,, 11060 3rdd S St., #331, Pix xel Distillery 060 S. 3r t., #3 31, San Jose, CCA, A, 95112, 9 5112, Jason PParry. arry. This business is conducted by by a individual. i Registrant R egistrant began tr transacting ansacting busin business ness under un nder the fictitious business name or names lis listed sted

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5. /s/Jason PParry. arry. This statement was filed with the County Clerkk of Santa Clar Claraa County on 1/07/201 1/07/2015.

5. (pub Me Metro etrro 1/1 1/14, 4, 1/21, 1/2 1/28, 8, 2/04/2015) 2/04/201 5)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS #599468 NAME SSTATEMENT TATTEMENT #599 9468 The follo following wing person(s) is (ar (are) e)) doing business as: Mycroft M ycroft Br Bros, roos, 2 23187 3187 Summit R Rd., d., LLos oos G Gatos, atos, CCA, A, 95033, 9 5033, Joseph K Kaupert, aupert, Michae Michael el K Kaupert, aupert, 4 4729 729 Scotts Valley Vaalley Dr., Drr.., Apt #9, #9, Scottss Valley, Vaalley, CA, CA, 95066.

95066.

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

Registrant R egistrrant a has not yet yet begun tr transacting raansacting business under the fictitious business na name ame or names listed herein her ein on. /s/Michael K Kaupert. aaupert.. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa S Clar Claraa County on 112/18/2014.

2/18/2014. (pub Metr Metro ro 1/1 1/14, 4, 1/21, 1/28, 1/28, 2/04/2015) 2/04/2015)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME SSTATEMENT TATTEMENT #599 #599818 9818 The follo following wing person(s) is (ar (are) e)) doing business as: LLorelei or o elei Beauty Beauty,, 900 East Hamil Hamilton, lton, Suite 1100, 00, San Jose, 95008, 95008, Shir Shiree ee Collier, Collierr, 1459 1459 5 Jenvey Jenvey Ave., Ave., San Jose, CA, CA, 95125.

95125.

This business is conducted by by a individual.

Registrant transacting R egistrrant a has not yet yet begun tr raansacting business name under the fictitious business na ame or names listed herein /s/Shiree her ein on. /s/Shir ee Collier This statement was filed with the t County Clerk of Claraa County on 1/02/20 1/02/2015.

Santa Clar 015.

Metro 1/14, (pub Metr ro 1/1 4, 1/21, 1/28, 1/28, 2/04/2015) 2/04/2015)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME SSTATEMENT TATTEMENT #599 #599793 9793 The follo following wing person(s) is (ar (are) e)) doing business as: Olimpico O limpico Learning, Learning, 5205 5205 Prospect Prosppect Road, Road, #135-244, #135-244, San Jose, CA, CA, 95129.

95129. This business businness is conducted by by a corpor corporation. ration. a Abo Above ve entity wa wass formed in the state of California Registrant R egistrrant a has not yet yet begun tr transacting raansacting business under the fictitious business na name ame or names listed herein. her ein. /s/Nar /s/Nargues gues Nancy R Rafati afaati FFounder/Ceo ounder/Ceo #3732540. #3732540. This statement s was filed with the County Clerk of Santa S Clar Claraa County on 112/31/2014.

2/31/2014. (pub Metr Metroo 1/1 1/14, 14, 1/21, 1/2 1/28, 8, 2/04/2015) 2/04/201 5)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT STATTEMENT #599 #599444 9444 The follo following wing person(s) is (ar (are) e)) doing business as: Moonsong Productions, Productions, 1913 1913 Junewood Juunewood Ave., Ave., San Jose, CA, CA, 95132, 95132, William William TT.. Co yle.

Coyle.

This business is conducted by by a individual.

R egistrrant a began tr ansacting business b under the Registrant transacting fictitious business name or nam mes listed her ein on names herein 11/12/2014.

11/1 2/2014. /s/William /s/William TT.. Co Coyle ylle This statement was filed with the t County Clerk of Santa Clar 2/18/2 2014.

Claraa County on 112/18/2014. (pub Metr ro 1/1 4, 1/21, 1/28, 1/28, 2/04/2015) 2/04/2015) Metro 1/14,

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME SSTATEMENT TATTEMENT #599 # #599758 999758 9 8 The follo following wing person(s) is (ar (are) e)) doing business as: Eastside Technology, Technology e y, 2005 El Sereno S eno Ave., Ser Ave., Los Loos Altos, CCA, A, 94024, 94024, Joseph Larkins.

This business is conducted by by a individual.

Registrant transacting R egistrrant a has not yet yet begun tr raansacting business name under the fictitious business na ame or names listed herein. her ein. /s/Joseph Larkins

This statementt was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clar Claraa Co County ounty on 112/30/2014.

2/30/2014. (pub Metr Metroo 1/0 1/07, 077, 1/1 1/14, 4, 1/21, 1/2 1/28/2015) 8/2015)

SSTATEMENT TATEMENT T T OF A ABANDONMENT BANDONMENT OFF USE O USE OF FICTITIOUS F CTITIOUS BUSINESS FI BUSINESS NAME #599757 #5999757 The follo following wing person(s) p / entity (ies) has / hav havee abandoned thee use of the fictitious business name(s): Easts Eastside side TTechnology, eechnology, 2005 El Ser Sereno eno Ave., A ve., LLos os Altos Altos, s, CCA, A, 9 94024, 4024, Ser Sereno eno Capital LLC. LLLCC. Filed in Santa Clar CClaraa County on 9/1 9/10/2014 0/2014 under file #596299 #596299 This T business was conducted by by an general gener al par partnership tneership /s/Joseph Lark Larkins kins This statement was filed with the County Clerk of o Santa Clar Clara ra County on 112/30/2014.

2/30/2014. (pub Metr Metroo 1/0 1/07, 077, 1/1 1/14, 4, 1/21, 1/2 1/28/2015) 8/2015)

FICTITIOUSS BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME SSTATEMENT TATEMENT T #59967 #599674 74 The follo following wing person(s) p is (ar (are) e) doing business as: Spa Co Covers vers USA, USA, S 10666 10666 Rosewood Rosewood Road, Road, Unit C, Cupertino, Cuper tino, CA, CA, 95014, 95014, Sadia Erum.

This business is i conducted by by a individual.

Registrant transacting R egistrant hass not yet yet begun tr ansacting business fictitious under the fictit tious business name or names listed herein. /s/Sadia her ein. /s/Sad dia Erum This statementt was filed with the County Clerk of Claraa Co County Santa Clar ounty on 112/26/2014.

2/26/2014.

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FICTITIOUSS BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT STATEMENT T #599406 The follo following wing person(s) p is (ar (are) e) doing business as: Concepts Hous House se of Custom Classics, 7701 01 Kings R Row, ow, #79F, #7 9FF, San Jose, Josee, CA, CA, 95112, 95112, Marcos Marcos Alvarez, Alvarez, 1864 1864 Aberdeen Aber deen Ct., San S Jose, CA, CA, 95122.

95122. This business is conducted by by a individual. Registrant Registrant has yet yet begun transacting tr ansacting bu business siness under the fictitious business name or name names es listed her herein. ein. /s/Marcos /s/Mar cos Alv Alvarez a ez This statement was filed with the ar County Clerk of o Santa Clar Clara ra County on 112/17/2014.

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FICTITIOUSS BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT STATEMENT T #599513 #5995513 The follo following wing person(s) p is (ar (are) e) doing business as: North Bronson Software, Nor th Br ronson o n Softwar e, 11039 039 Coleman Rd., Apt 6101, 6 101, Frederik Frederik vvan an V Voorden. ooorden.

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FICTITIOUSS BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT STATEMENT T #599046 The follo following wing person(s) p is (ar (are) e) doing business as: Dai Nam, 30055 Silv Silver er Cr Creek eek Rd., #1 #108, 08, San Jose, CCA, A, 95121, 95121, Phu ung TTran, ran, 81 #3, San Phung 8155 Malone Rd., #3, J Jose, CA, A 95125.

95125. This Thi business b i i conducted d t d by by a CA, is individual. Registrant Reggistrrant a began tr ansacting business transacting under the fictit tious business name or names listed fictitious her ein on 110/13/14.

0/113/14. R efile of pr evious file #4 97412 herein Refile previous #497412 due to publication publication rrequirement equirement not met on pr evious previous filing. /s/Phun ng TTran ran a /s/Phung This statementt was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clar ounty on 112/05/2014.

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FREE W WILL ILLL A ASTROLOGY STROLOGY ARIESS (Mar ARIE (March ch 21-April 19): Doo you have an entour entourage age magic can’t conjuree or posse that helps you work ma agic you can ’t conjur theree a gr group co-conspirators up alone? Is ther oup of co -conspirators that prods brave pr ods you to be br ave and ffarseeing? arseeing? If not, try to inspirational crew, whip one up. And if you do havee an inspir ational cr ew, brainstorm adventures br ainstorm about some new adv ventures ffor or all of you dream riskss to embark on. Scheme and dr eam about the smart risk together.. and educational thrills you couldd attempt together According astrological A ccording to my rreading eading of the astr ological omens, you eisty especially need the sparkle and rumble that a ffeisty band of allies can incite.

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granting brazenly be gr anting you a license to be br azenly ambitious. I’m not sur suree how long this boost wi willll last, so I suggest you capitalize on it while it it’s ’s surging. surgingg. What achievement have you always ffelt elt insufficiently insufficiently prepared prepared or powerful to accomplish? What person or club or game have considered yourr league? What issue you consider ed to be out of you have you ffeared eared was beyond yo your ur understanding?

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University of CCalifornia alifornia at Santa Cruz, my smartest Claree CCavanagh. friend was Gemini writer Clar avanagh. She headed Harvard graduate off to Har vard ffor or her gr aduate studies, s and later pre-eminent translator Polish poetry.. became a pr e-eminent tr anslatoor of P olish poetry that Her work has been so skillful tha at Nobel Prizewinning i i P Polish olish li h poett Czselaw C l Mi Milosz l z selected los l t d her h as biographer.

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Cancerian. There There may be no special person who is headed your way from from a great great distance, driven by a rrapt apt intention to off e you a blessing. But I er offer think Ashbery’s Ashbery’s scenario is accu urate in a metaphorical accurate way Life is in fact fact working overtime overttime to bring you way.. Life gifts and help. Make sure sure you cooperate! coooperate! Heighten long talk with yourself, your receptivity. receptivity. Have a nice long yourself, explaining why you deserve deserve such such beneficence.

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LLEO EO (July 23-Aug. 23-Aug. 22): In 17 1768, 68, Britain Britain’s ’s Royal Society commissioned navigator James Cook to lead a long naval voyage west to TTahiti, ahiti, a whe where ere he and his team wer weree supposed to study the pla planet net V Venus enus as it made a rrare are tr transit ansit acr across oss the fface ace of the sun. But it turned out that task was a pr prelude. elude. Onc Once ce the tr transit ansit was done, orders Cook opened the sealed or ders he had been given before bef ore leaving England. They rrevealed evvealed a second, bigger assignment, kept secr et until th en: to rreconnoiter econnoiter the secret then: rumored westt of TTahiti. rumor ed continent that lay wes ahiti. a In the coming months, he became the first Eur ropean to visit the east European Australia. comparable progression coast of Austr alia. I fforesee oresee a co omparable pr ogression ffor or you, Leo. The task you’ve bee been en working on lately has prelude. orders” been a pr elude. Soon you’ll rreceive eceeive your ““sealed sealed or ders” ffor or the next leg of your journey journey..

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LIBRA (Sept. 23 23-Oct. -Oct. 22): Lif Lifee has a big, tough or you. Let ’s hope you’r yyou’ree up ffor or the assignment ffor Let’s challenge. There’s There’s not much wig wiggle ggle rroom, oom, I’m afr afraid. aid.

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Her ou o m ust agr ee to experience mor Heree it is: YYou must agree moree joy and pleasur e. Th he quest ffor or delight and enchantment pleasure.

The has to rise to thee top of your priority list. TToo be mildly entertaine ed isn ’t enough. TToo be satisfied with entertained isn’t lukewarm ar oussal is fforbidden. orbidden. It ’s your sacred sacred duty to arousal It’s overflow with sw weet fulfillment and inter esting bliss. sweet interesting Find ways to ma ake it happen! make

SCORPIO SC ORPIO (Oct. (Occt. 23-Nov. 23-Nov. 21): YYou oou may have never souutheast A sian fruit called durian. It ’s sampled the southeast Asian It’s controversial. Some Soome people regard regard it as the “king of controversial. desccribe its taste as sweet and delicious. fruits,” and describe Naturalist Alfr edd Russel Wallace Wallace said it was like “a “a Naturalist Alfred high hly flavor ed with almonds.” almonds ” But other almonds. rich custar custardd highly flavored d aroma people find the durian unlikable, comparing its aroma to turpentine or decaying onions. TV TV chef Anthony Bourdain assertss that its “indescribable” “indescribable” taste is Bourdain “something you will either love or despise.” I foresee foresee “something hat your imminent futur the possibility th that futuree will have ressemblances to the durian, Scorpio. My metaphorical resemblances Don’t ta ke things personally advice? Don’t take personally..

SSAGITTARIUS AGITT TA ARIU US (Nov (Nov.. 22 22-Dec. -Dec. 21): TTalking aalking will be your art fform orm in the coming week. It ’ll be healing and It’ll catalytic. YYou ou o co uld set personal rrecords ecords ffor or most could engaging phonee conversations, emails, text messages, and fface-to-face ace-to-facee dialogs. The sheer intensity of your self-expression self-expresssion could intimidate some people, excite others, an nd generate generate shifts in your social lif e. and life.

Her few tips tips p to ensure ensure the best results. results. First,, Heree ar aree a few listen as passion nately as you speak. Second, make passionately it your intentionn to communicate, not just unload your thoughts. Tailor Tailor your messages for Ta for your specific audience. Thir d, reflect reflect on the sometimes surprising Third, rrevelations evelations that emerge emerge from from you. They’ll give you new insights into you urself. yourself.

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buy an 18-kar 18-karat at gold g ring. TToo get that much gold, miners had to excavate and a move six tons of rrock. ock. Then they doused the rrock ock with poisonous cyanide, a chemical that’s that ’s necessary to extract extract the good stuff. stuff. In the process, process, they cr eated toxi ic waste. Is the gold ring worth that created toxic much tr trouble? ouble? While W you ponder that, let me ask you a different diff erent questio question. n. What if I told you that over the course of the next five months, m you could do what what’s ’s necessary t obtain to bt i a meta metaphorical t phorical h i l version i off a gold ld ring? i ? And A d al though you would woould have to process process the equivalent of six although tons of raw raw material mateerial to get it, you wouldn’t wouldn’t have to use poison or make a mess. Would Would you do it?

AQUARIUS A QUARIUS (Jan. ( 20-Feb. 18): In 1899, the King of the African natio nation on of SSwaziland waziland died while dancing. His only son, Sobhuz Sobhuza, za, was soon cr crowned owned as his successor successor,r, just despite being ju st ffour our months old. It took a while ffor or the new King to car carry ry out his duties with aplomb, and he needed majo or guidance fr om his gr andmother and major from grandmother uncle. Eventuallyy he showed gr great eat aptitude ffor or the job, though, and rule ruled ed until his death at age 83. I’m getting a Sobhuza-type vibe as I meditate on you, Aquarius.

New power mayy come to you bef before ore you’r you’ree fully rready eady to wield it. But I have confidence you will gr grow ow into it, especially if you you’re ’rre not shy about seeking help. help PISCESS (Feb. 19-Mar PISCE 19-March ch 20): In the 1951 animated

movie version off Alice in W Wonderland oonderlandd, Alice says to herself, herself, “I give myself m very good advice, but I very seldom follow her,r, Pisces. follow it.” it.” I hope you won’t won’t be like her It’s It’s an excellent time for for you to heed your own good act, I suspect s that doing so will be crucial to advice. In ffact, your ability to make m smart decisions and solve a knotty problem. problem. This is one of those turning points when you really really have to pr practice ractice what you pr preach. each. YYou’ve oou’ve got to walk your talk.

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