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Parking Pains According to two parking enforcement officers who perpetually patrol my neighborhood, it’s perfectly legal to park parallel to your own driveway. Just don’t block the sidewalk.

Cool. Got it. With parking becoming increasingly scarce, I was happy to learn that my roommates and I had the option of one more guaranteed spot if the driveway filled up. So then why, Mr. Meter Maid, did you ticket my car when I parked it in the same spot and alignment you verbally approved? Or do you now make up the rules as you go along? Was it entrapment to boost citation revenues?

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THE FLY

Out of the Park A couple years back, newly appointed leader of Christmas in the Park JASON MINSKY raised hackles by calling the cops on a flock of food trucks that set up shop without permission outside the holiday fair. This season, the nonprofit director’s decision to ditch a few longtime vendors has drawn charges of racism.

ABRAHAM TEFERI, KASSIM KADIRO and HEWAN AYELE have been circulating an online petition against what they call Minsky’s “blatant discrimination” by excluding them from the food vendor lineup this year. “It’s because we are black,” Teferi told Fly, hinting at legal action. “That’s not true at all,” countered Minsky, who added that some vendors didn’t make the cut because he wanted They more sophisticated Did fare than hot links and What? funnel cakes, which SEND TIPS TO Teferi, Kariro and Ayele FLY@ have been selling at the METRONEWS. annual event for nearly COM three decades. The seven food vendors who were chosen represent a diverse range of ethnicities, including African American, Minsky said. Last week, Mayor SAM LICCARDO and Vice Mayor ROSE HERRERA met with the jilted vendors, Minsky and San Jose/Silicon Valley NAACP president JETHROE MOORE. The city sided with Minsky and offered the trio of erstwhile cooks a spot outside the Christmas fair, which they declined.

Discriminatory or not, Moore said, event organizers should have been more mindful of how their action came across. “As a black man, that’s not something you want to hear: that you have to stay outside the gate,” he said. “There ought to be a higher standard of cultural sensitivity.” Instead of denying the application outright, Moore added, there could have been a chance to negotiate a new menu with small business owners who helped cultivate the event in its early years. Regardless of the dispute, Moore said, Christmas in the Park should try harder as a nonprofit to diversify its leadership.

SVNEWS

Crane Game FLIGHT PATTERN Rep. Mike Honda has given significant attention to his ‘Cranes.’

Purported ‘1000 Cranes’ List Shows Rep. Mike Honda Took Part in Pay-to-Play

BY JOSH KOEHN

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ARLIER THIS MONTH, an anonymous envelope arrived in the mail. It contained Congressman Mike Honda’s purported “1000 Cranes” list, the million-dollar Rolodex of 1,000 donors who contributed at least $1,000 each.

The fundraising initiative—the political equivalent of an airline or hotelier’s loyalty program that provides preferred customers with better seats or upgrades—never hit its body count. It nonetheless provided concierge-grade representation in Washington, D.C. Honda’s employees referred in emails to “friends of MH,” meaning they were given priority over other constituents.

Honda, in many ways, lost the benefit of the doubt when the Office of

Congressional Ethics decided that there is “substantial reason to believe” the eight-term congressman violated House rules. The bipartisan panel released a 41-page report in September that recommended the House Committee on Ethics further investigate Honda (DSan Jose) and his staff for using “official resources for campaign purposes.”

Investigators interviewed current and former Honda staffers, and internal communications suggest that some of Honda’s biggest campaign contributors received favors, such as access to the congressman or even help in facilitating immigration visa requests.

The database fell short of 1,000 check writers, noting just 281 people and groups who helped support the congressman’s 2010 and 2012 re-election efforts. But many contributors gave far more than $1,000. The documents list some of the most influential people, unions and political action committees

(PACs) in national politics, as well as difficult-to-attain personal information, like the phone numbers of billionaires.

In addition to the amount each contributor gave in two separate election cycles, the “Cranes” documents include: addresses, home and work telephone numbers, employers and, if required, nicknames for the congressman to use when addressing individuals.

Honda campaign manager Michael Beckendorf agreed to discuss the “Cranes” list by phone Monday, but only if the conversation was off the record. He did not return a follow-up call.

A review of the list, along with contributions made to Rep. Honda’s campaigns and official actions he took while in office, suggest that “Cranes” received preferential treatment, and in some cases in apparent quid pro quos.

On Oct. 12, 2011, Honda walked on to the House floor and wished Takayoshi Oshima a happy birthday. It was a short speech, all of 441 words recorded in the Congressional Record, but a nice gesture to the CEO of Allied Telesis.

What the record did not note, however, is that Oshima was Honda’s single

(FOIA) requests. This means, there is no way to compel release of information related to Honda’s interactions with his nearly 300 “Cranes.”

Famed venture capitalist Vinod Khosla was listed as one of Honda’s “Cranes” in 2010 and 2012, when he gave $2,400 and $2,500, respectively.

But in 2013, Khosla threw his support behind Khanna. A year later, Honda was free to slam Khosla’s efforts to shut off public access to Martin’s Beach, which traversed the VC’s property. Honda received plenty of well-deserved kudos for his commitment to public spaces, but his outrage was absent in late 2012, when the beach brouhaha began and he still had Khosla’s support—and money.

In one of President Obama’s more recent trips to Silicon Valley, Honda escorted the POTUS to the home of real estate magnate George Marcus and his wife, Judith. Both are listed as “Cranes,” and the two have been among Honda’s biggest supporters.

Each maxed out in 2010 ($4,800) and 2012 ($5,000), and the Marcuses also kicked in $5,000 for Honda’s PAC during the 2012 election cycle.

One of the more intriguing details of the “Cranes” list is that it doesn’t differentiate dollars given to Honda’s PAC and his actual campaign. In fact, on more than a few occasions, donors contributed money on the same date to both campaign funds.

Ann Ravel, chair of the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) and former lead counsel for Santa Clara County, told Metro that FEC rules are notoriously loose. In the history of the commission, she noted, there has never been a single investigation into improper coordination between candidate committees and PACs. “As I have decried before,” Ravel said, “the rules on coordination were written many years ago, prior to the existence of Super PACs, and the commission has been unwilling to write rules that would address some of these issues.”

Sources suggest Honda may be benefitting from the slow turning wheels of government’s self policing mechanisms. In its recommendation to continue investigating Honda, the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) recommended that his 2014 campaign manager, Doug Greven, be subpoenaed to testify. Greven has not returned calls for comment, but sources say he has still not contacted been contacted more than three months after the OCE’s report went public.

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biggest campaign benefactor in 2010, and a week prior to the birthday wish, Oshima maxed out with a contribution of $2,500. In total, Oshima gave Honda’s 2012 campaign $15,000: $5,000 to his actual campaign, and another $10,000 to Honda’s PAC, New Vision America Fund.

In the spring of 2010, Honda introduced the Smart Electronics Act, H.R. 5070. The bill’s goal was to create new requirements on greenhouse gases when manufacturing smartphones and other electronic devices. Sehat Sutardja, CEO of the Santa Clara-based Marvell Semiconductors, Inc., was quoted in Honda’s press release and described as “a leading industry proponent of the bill.”

What the release omitted is that just six months prior, on Oct. 4, 2009, Sutardja and Marvell co-founder Weili Dai gave Honda’s 2010 re-election campaign the highest permissible contributions of $4,800 each—as well as a combined $10,000 for Honda’s PAC the same day.

Anita Chan, a retired homemaker and noted “Crane,” has supported Honda throughout his time in Congress. Her inclusion on the list is significant because the only bill Honda has authored in 14 years in Congress led to a San Jose post office being named in 2009 after Anita’s late husband, Gordon Chan, a commercial flower grower and civic volunteer. Anita Chan gave Honda $4,000 in 2010 and $2,000 in 2012.

Honda has mostly refrained from commenting on his “Cranes” list and the House Committee on Ethics investigation, but on Monday he attended two fundraisers co-hosted in Silicon Valley by “Cranes” Ta-Lin and Joyce Hsu, and C.C. and Regina Yin. The events sold a variety of contribution levels with a teaser to meet Gary Locke, the former U.S. Ambassador to China.

A spokesman for Ro Khanna, Honda’s challenger in last year’s elections and rematch opponent for 2016, said Honda’s decision to attend the event instead of budget negotiations in Washington D.C. “doesn’t just show how unessential he is to this Congress, but where his priorities lie.”

In an email, Beckendorf called criticism of Honda’s decision to return to the district “absurd and unfounded.”

Attempts to obtain more information from Honda’s office over the last several months have gone nowhere, in part because Congress— unlike other federal agencies—is not subject to Freedom of Information Act

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Threat Prompts Islamic Center Evacuation

POT SHOT Medical marijuana collectives accused a city official of intimidation.

San Jose’s Pot Doyen Denies Making Threats

BY JENNIFER WADSWORTH A group of cannabis clubs accused San Jose’s top marijuana officials of threatening them at a meeting earlier this month. The city, however, disputes the claim.

Assistant City Manager Angelique Gaeta allegedly told collectives that she would stop working with them if they support a 2016 ballot measure to replace the city’s pot ordinance.

Elemental Wellness Center director Benson Hausman said Gaeta tried to discredit the Sensible San Jose measure at a Dec. 1 meeting with 15 dispensaries.

“She even went so far as to threaten that if support were given to the initiative, she would immediately end all city cooperation with collectives,” he wrote in a letter to the City Council, which was signed by 10 other collectives.

He also accused Gaeta of lying about pot shops being unaware of the Sensible

San Jose initiative or what it provided.

Gaeta told San Jose Inside that she was surprised to read the letter.

Most of the three-hour meeting focused on proposed changes to the city’s ordinance, she said, and what would happen once collectives completed their registration.

“We briefly discussed the elements contained in the local initiative,” she said. “I asked if there were elements that they felt were improvements on the city program.”

The letter didn’t accurately portray her comments and doesn’t represent the majority of the industry, she added.

She said her office fielded several calls and emails after the meeting thanking the city for its work.

“While I am disappointed to see these unfounded allegations made, I and my team [sic] will continue to do our professional best to help

all of the collectives get through the registration process,” she said.

Colleagues defended Gaeta, saying there’s nothing to investigate and that she has the full support of City Manager Norberto Dueñas.

“The city manager has full confidence in Angelique, knows her strong professional ethic, her expertise and her demonstrated commitment to customer service,” said city spokesman Dave Vossbrink, dismissing the remarks as a personal attack.

“He has heard from other [industry] reps who were present and have a completely different perspective about how the meeting went.”

Collectives have until the end of the week to register with the city, pay all permitting fees and otherwise come into compliance.

But the Sensible San Jose initiative threatens to undo the city’s work.

Police cleared out an Islamic civil rights center Dec. 10 in Santa Clara after a staffer opened a letter dusted with a suspicious white powder.

Santa Clara police dispatched haz-mat crews to the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) office just off of San Tomas Expressway. Upward of a dozen people were evacuated and examined by medics. Lt. Kurt Clarke said his investigators alerted the FBI. A similar scene unfolded at CAIR’s Washington D.C. headquarters, where three employees came in contact with a similar letter. Field tests indicated that the substance was harmless, but it came with a threatening message.

According to CAIR staff attorney Maha Sayed, the note read: “Die a painful death, Muslims.”

“We receive hate messages daily because of our advocacy on behalf of the American Muslim community,” Sayed said. “It’s frightening to experience the hate manifest itself to such a real level.”

CAIR officials said they have seen a surge in attacks and threats against mosques, Islamic centers and their own offices following terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino.

Rhetoric spouted by GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump has exacerbated anti-Muslim sentiment, leading to threats like those targeting CAIR this week, said Hanif Mohebi, executive director of the San Diego office. Last week’s incident took place days after Trump suggested banning Muslims from entering the United States.

Several local mosques told San Jose Inside that they have heightened security in recent weeks. Mohebi said attacks against a specific religious group should be treated as hate crimes, at least, or acts of domestic terrorism.

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Miles to Go LIVING LEGENDS The give and take between Marcus Shelby and Cafe Stritch audiences brings artists’ works to life.

Legends of jazz take center stage at Cafe Stritch in Marcus Shelby’s excellent lecture, concert series

BY GARY SINGH

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OURNALISTS from Oakland and San Francisco have already suggested Cafe Stritch is the best jazz club in the Bay Area, so allow me to illuminate downtown even more by accentuating the jazz lectures of Marcus Shelby. So far, he’s delivered numerous discussions at Cafe Stritch, once a month, all year long. No one knows who or what will happen.

For each installment, Shelby features a particular jazz legend for about an hour, talking, explicating, playing CDs and placing the musician in historical and sociopolitical contexts, after which Shelby’s own band then performs the music of the artist he just discussed. Previous subjects have included Thelonious Monk, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Billie Holliday and Charles Mingus. Next up is Miles Davis this Saturday night.

(And boy, that’s just a fun sentence to write.)

The talks are not simplified biographical fly-throughs or lofty

academic discourses. Instead, Shelby makes everything informal and humorous. Anyone—jazz fiend or neophyte—can show up and let it all sink in. Cafe Stritch provides that kind of milieu anyway. Don’t be surprised if young, nefarious jazz types coexist peacefully with downtown octogenarians. It’s all about the music.

“In a way, it’s kind of like audience development,” Shelby says. “We have two parts to it. There’s a discussion and there’s a performance. There’s a constant engagement with the audience, regarding the music. And it begins not at the show, but before the show, so the audience can begin thinking about what music we’re going to play, where the music came from, any significant information or aspects about the composer or the artist.”

This is a two-way street, of course.

During the lecture, the audience brings whatever narrative it wants

to bring. The whole thing is like a town hall swapmeet of musical repartee. The discussion itself sometimes verges on jazz: either traditional or extreme free improv with no charts.

“It gives the audience an opportunity to talk about their interest in the particular artist we’re featuring,” Shelby says. “Or any connections they may personally have, or any insight, so that it becomes a living—as opposed to historical—experience.”

As the saying goes, you don’t really learn a subject until you start teaching it, which is why Shelby, throughout the course of 2015, has found himself rediscovering these legendary figures as he goes back over the material when preparing for each monthly installment.

Having studied this music for most of his life, Shelby brings his own journey into the lectures and the subsequent performances.

This is a profound, groundbreaking idea. In the classical music world, for example, salon-type gatherings have provided similar experiences for as long as classical music has existed. But nothing like Shelby’s series has ever really occurred on a regular basis in San Jose, at least not in recent times.

It’s a jazz history class, but in a bar.

So what better way to go where no one has gone before than to invoke the Prince of Darkness himself, Miles Davis. This Saturday, the genius of Miles will seep in from between the bricks of Cafe Stritch. No one could possibly give Miles his due in just one discussion, so whichever potpourri of music Shelby’s band decides to perform this weekend will be the focus of the discussion ahead of time. We might see a cosmic elaboration of the ’50s, when Miles had various sax maestros on the front line with him, or we might see the landmark era of the ’60s, when the quintets traveled from straight up jazz toward the fusion stuff—all of which seems avant-garde even today. I’m guessing it will be mostly the pre-electric stuff, but who knows. Thankfully, Shelby says he will not be including the Cyndi Lauper covers that Miles stumbled into during the ’80s.

“I will always give a disclaimer, in that we’re only going to be looking at Miles Davis’ feet,” Shelby says. “We not looking at his whole body.”

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ORANGE SAUCE A METRO INVESTIGATION

We chased down the masters of Orange Sauce to get to the bottom of the addiction that has swept the South Bay BY JOSH KOEHN

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F ALL THE culinary secrets hidden behind Bay Area kitchen doors, none is guarded more closely than that of the legendary Orange Sauce.

The peculiar condiment has become a South Bay obsession for many who throw down on a burrito, taco, quesadilla—I could keep going but let’s assume we both know other variations of Mexican cuisine that feature tortillas, meat, cheese, beans, etc. I set out to uncover the mysteries of Orange Sauce, the method in which it is made and how it spread like, well, sauce across Silicon Valley’s casual dining scene. Unlike the traditional fare found in taquerias across the country, Orange Sauce started as a purely provincial offering. But if one travels beyond San Jose’s city limits, to say SoCal or even San Francisco, most restaurants will wonder why a customer just asked for fruit paste. In order to understand how Orange Sauce became synonymous with South Bay roots, I went to the source.

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Orange Sauce began in an old Victorian house near the corner of East San Carlos and Fourth streets in downtown San Jose, near San Jose State. The year was 1998 and Marcelino Barrita and his family were barely making ends meet. Total receipts for his fledgling restaurant’s first day in business totaled just $25, and the family often slept on the floor upstairs rather than head home after long days.

Working alongside his sons and daughters and friends, Marcelino needed a niche, so he began to experiment with a traditional Mexican chili paste, spicy and concentrated, not too far from Sriracha. It wasn’t until about three months into the taste tests that he found a sauce that would have broad appeal, but he would need a test study. As luck would have it, a perfect convention was taking place right around the corner at the San Jose Convention Center: Narcotics Anonymous.

“We started serving a sauce that was very, very thick,” says Nicandro Barrita, Marcelino’s son and now the 39-year-old owner of the La Victoria taquerias. “It’s a sauce I guess is typical in Mexico, but it’s so thick that you have to use a 16

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spoon to put it on your food. My dad took that recipe and modified it, added a few things, gave it that creaminess and tangy flavor. He gave it the viscosity to put in a squeeze bottle, which makes it a hundred times easier to eat.”

It also didn’t take long for the restaurant to become hundreds of times more profitable—but not before taking a few losses. The restaurant stopped putting its orange sauce bottles out on tables after it found that all that remained most nights were the traditional red and green bottles. In 1998, a fivegallon bucket would have lasted the restaurant an entire week.

“Today, we’re using 20 buckets, so 100 gallons a day,” Nicandro says.

“On the weekends, of course, it goes up a little bit.”

That’s a long ways removed from the restaurant’s humble beginnings, when the family gave the original restaurant’s landlord a deposit check without having any money in the bank. “We had to scramble,” Nicandro says, laughing with a wince as he remembers eating $1 Wienerschnitzel sandwiches every day to survive. “All the tables and the chairs were on a payment plan. We signed a purchase agreement where we would give them $500 every month.”

La Victoria, now simply called La Vic’s in the local lexicon, has expanded to seven restaurants, all in San Jose except for one location in Hayward, and employs roughly 110 employees. A late-night destination with lines out the door, depending on the location, it may be the only local taqueria chain that employs security guards on the weekends to keep crowds from getting rowdy.

Similar to the Orange Sauce, all food served comes from a family recipe, but nothing requires as much protection as the condiment that made La Vic’s a household name.

Nicandro and his brother, Marcos, are the only people who make Orange Sauce each day, and they transport it themselves to the restaurants every morning.

Considering the value of such knowledge, one wonders if it would be wise for them to never be seen in public together. Instead of using the same one-gallon blenders when they started, La Vic’s now deploys three

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$20,000-a-pop mixers to make 15 gallons at a time. In total, it’s about a three-hour process, Nicandro says.

But while the process has changed, the recipe has not.

For years, customers have speculated online and in person what La Vic’s Orange Sauce consists of, perhaps some concoction of ingredients which may or may not include mayonnaise, chorizo grease and even peanuts.

“Everybody picked up on [the chorizo grease rumor] and it hasn’t gone away, but that’s not true,” Nicandro says, insisting the recipe is 100-percent vegan. “There’s no dairy products, meat products, there’s no mayonnaise. It might be (heavy in calories), but the ingredients we use are 100 percent natural, the best you can find.”

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“We’ve been approached by Safeway,” Nicandro says. “They wanted to do [the sauce] locally, but we said no. That’s something we want to do ourselves.”

The sauce maintains reasonably well, which Nacandro credits to lack of perishables in the ingredients. It’s best to refrigerate the sauce to keep for 30-45 days, but it can sit out for a day or two without fear of spoiling.

The fear of seeing the secret recipe fall into wrong hands, or even being surpassed by competitors, also seems to be of little concern. But that’s not to say others haven’t noticed La Vic’s success. As few as seven other San Jose restaurants have their own spinoff of Orange Sauce, from the East Side taco trucks of Los Tres

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“I guess you could say we feel proud to see that other people are trying to copy us,” Nicandro says, “but they won’t be able to say it’s La Vic’s orange sauce. People know we did it first. It’s like us trying to make Heinz ketchup.”

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Jimmy Orozco, the 31-year-old owner of Iguana’s, home of the two-foot, gut-busting Burritozilla, says his uncle opened the family’s original restaurant 20 years ago. The franchise has since expanded to four locations, but it was in 1998, in the heart of downtown San Jose, that Iguana’s offered its first containers of Orange Sauce. Orozco’s mother had been experimenting a bit with sauces, he says, and she hit on a recipe far different than anything on the menu.

Without giving too much away— the only people trusted with Iguana’s Orange Sauce recipe are family and its four head chefs—Orozco spills the following ingredients as hints: roasted chilies, mayonnaise and barbeque sauce.

“One of the things about our Orange Sauce that people really gravitate to is it’s a very diverse sauce,” he says. “It has a lot of applications—milky, sweet, spicy.

We like our consistency to be a little thicker, so it coats the food nicely

and you get the whole flavor palate.”

Regardless of the ingredients, Orozco says, there’s little worry that anyone will make off with the family’s secret recipe. Similar to La Vic’s style, there is a process that goes into making Orange Sauce that can’t be distilled to a grocery list. And in terms of any debate over who gets credit for being the first, Orozco says he is proud to simply be a part of the Orange Sauce explosion, as it reaches its way up to San Francisco and down to Southern California.

“It seems like it’s starting to be a staple on any Mexican food menu,” he says, “which is kind of cool because it all started on our corner of the block.”

Smoke and Mirror Angelou’s Mexican Grill has been in business for a decade, but you could be forgiven for thinking the restaurant only recently emerged as one of downtown’s more popular

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Mucho, Mucho Sauce Carlos Zubizaretta tries to accommodate all customers, but Orange Sauce has a way of making men and women, especially of the Bacchanalian persuasion, uncommonly ravenous. The 23-year-old owner of the 25-year-old Muchos! Restaurant and Bar— opened by Michael George and Ana Flores and purchased by his father, Nestor—has seen how an open salsa bar, featuring fluorescent orange deliciousness, can be a siren’s song with a free ladle.

“We do regulate it a little bit,”

Carlos says, laughing as he recalls catching people stocking up on what could be a month or week’s supply—depending upon one’s level of addiction. But, he says, customers can be forgiven, as Orange Sauce “sells itself.”

As the popularity of the special sauce surged through the South Bay in the early aughts, the restaurant’s head chef, Miguel, went to work about creating a distinct variety in 2007. The key was to come close to the popular style of others but remain distinctive.

“We didn’t want to copy La Vic’s,” Carlos says. “It took several attempts to make it, and honestly the credit goes to Miguel.”

Since that time, Orange Sauce has been a staple at Muchos!, just as much required as red and green sauce, pico de gallo or jalapeños.

Similar to La Vic’s recipe, Carlos says, Muchos! makes Orange Sauce without mayonnaise in a 100-percent vegan process. He wouldn’t give away much beyond that, though.

“We make sure our cooks make it consistently,” he says, “exactly the same way every time.”

The Great Beyond The key to La Vic’s success—and Orange Sauce trickle-down effect— appears to be consistency, and availability. When other taqueria owners are sound asleep in their beds, La Vic’s has multiple locations working non-stop until 3am, only to open again three hours later for breakfast. There is no chance of ever running out of Orange Sauce, Nicandro says.

“This taqueria could have a line out the door the entire night and we’ll never run out,” he says.

The South Bay’s insatiable appetite for Orange Sauce seems nowhere near subsiding, and the reach is only expanding. But only to a limit.

“We’ve been approached by people in Colorado, Southern California, other states, and they’re like, ‘We want to franchise you,’” Nicandro says. “But we don’t want to lose control—and, of course, then there’s the recipe.”

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taquerias. After six years of business on North Second Street, serving breakfast and lunch and closing in the evenings, Sergio Lopez and his wife, Teresa, decided to stay late and open their doors to the last-call crowd.

Combined with a recent remodel, the popularity of Angelou’s has surged in the last couple of years.

But early on, the taqueria struggled to meet a singular demand of customers, many of whom had tired of traditional red and green sauce.

“When we started it was just regular salsa,” Sergio says. “But then people from San Jose State started asking if we had orange salsa. When we didn’t have orange salsa, they didn’t want to stay sometimes.”

Teresa and Sergio, who each have decades of restaurant experience, began experimenting with their own style of Orange Sauce, which around the corner at La Vic’s Santa Clara Street location, had exploded into a culinary phenomenon.

“They are the ones who started orange salsa,” Sergio admits, “and they made it so popular that now everybody asks for it.”

It took nearly a year and a half, but the end result was a spicy yet smoky variation, easier on the palate for those who can’t stomach the traditional kick-in-the-teeth blast of heat. The recipe is closely guarded, but Sergio was willing to give away two key ingredients: roasted chilies and sour cream.

“A lot of people used to love the other ones,” Sergio says, “but they’ve started liking ours.”

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DAVID’S RESTAURANT David’s Restaurant, across from Levi’s Stadium, is open 365 days a year, including Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. The à la carte holiday dinner menu includes lobster bisque, glazed roasted ham and rack of lamb. A vegetarian menu and a children’s menu are also available. 5151 Stars and Stripes Dr., Santa Clara.

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ey, we get it. Going to the folks’ house for the holidays isn’t for everyone. But whether dining out is a family tradition or a completely foreign experience, Silicon Valley restaurants don’t skimp on serving up great fixings. Here’s just a few of some of the best offerings this holiday season.

NAGLEE PARK GARAGE Neighborhood favorite Naglee Park Garage will open its doors on Christmas Eve and offer both its regular menu and a special holiday menu. Naglee Park Garage specializes in dishes like pan roasted trout and maple lacquered curry chicken, served with seasonal vegetables like butternut squash with blue cheese and pears and Brussels sprouts and bacon. 505 E. San Carlos St., San Jose.

VIVA LOS GATOS Viva, the quintessential neighborhood eatery, will be open Christmas Eve from 4-9pm.

Viva’s regular dinner menu will be available, with small plates such as mini crab cakes and grilled Castroville Artichoke, pizzas, and soups and salads. A kids menu features favorites like mini cheese pizza and grilled chicken with mashed potatoes. 15970 Los Gatos Blvd., Los Gatos.

CASCAL Cascal looks festive all year long, with its bright and colorful dining room. On Christmas Eve, the Spanish restaurant will be open and serving its fantastic menu of tapas, ceviche and paella. Smallplate dining lends itself well to big

Arya Global Cuisine in Cupertino will be serving its signature Persian and Italian fare on Christmas Eve. Enjoy pomegranate pistachio meatballs, Persian stews, rice dishes and kabob platters, all while toasting the season with the help of Arya’s global wine list. 19930 Stevens Creek Blvd., Cupertino.

AMBER INDIA SANTANA ROW Christmas Eve on Santana Row should be a packed house, and Amber India offers great food for patrons under a gorgeous domed ceiling of LED lights to represent the Christmas Star. Menu highlights include dishes from the clay oven such as Tandoori cauliflower and chicken, Tandoor baked breads and vegetarian curries. 377 Santana Row #1140, San Jose.

LEFT BANK BRASSERIE Have a Joyeux Noël at Left Bank Brasserie, which will open for lunch and dinner on Christmas Eve. A three course prix fixe menu ($58 per person) will include tempting dishes like truffle scented chestnut cream soup, pan roasted pheasant breast with pumpkin spaetzle, and the classic French holiday dessert, Bûche de Noël. All items are available à la carte, and a reduced regular menu will also be available. 377 Santana Row #1100, San Jose.

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Enter the nascent pub Timber and Salt. The name comes from the pre-tech era, when Redwood City established itself as a busy port for the lumber and salt industries. The raw wood accents, plaid shirts of the waitstaff and dim, vintage light fixtures suggest an old-timey mountain watering hole, but the clean lines, ambient beats and absence of spittoons gives the bar a globalized take on nifty cocktails and comfort food.

I ordered the Jalisco Collins ($10), a lime/tequila take on Tom’s version of the drink. The agave and citrus slid naturally into each other over the cool fizzes of club soda and the herby strength of Becherovka. Other whistle-whetters included the combo of vodka, aperol and pineapple gomme in the Rio Star ($10) and the benedictine, bonded bourbon and New Orleans coffee liqueur mixed in the Big Easy ($10) Food-wise, an excellent option is the deconstructed Ham and Cheese ($7).

Crackly dinner rolls gave way to an airy inner web of gooey dough infused with melted sharp cheddar. The puffs came flanked by the house-made bacon jam that tasted like pureed black forest ham. Then, I took on the pulled pork sandwich. The slow-cooked strands seeped into the soft, toasted buns with their sweet, jerky flavor. Balancing this heaviness, chefs Derek Burns and Joshua Regal call upon kimchi, traditional Korean cabbage that is fermented in ginger, concentrated seafood sauce and hot peppers.

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They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but in the case of “Word as Image II,” the new exhibit at Stanford University's Cantor Center for Visual Arts, sometimes words themselves can be the pictures (not sure how that affects the calculation of worth).

The pieces in the exhibit represent a range of media, including lithograph, ink and watercolor, collage, and rubber stamp print, dating mostly from the 1970s, and come from the university's Marmor Collection. All use text and lettering to play with meaning, art and pop culture. (KK)

Landlubbers bustle. But when an ocean surrounds you, things tend to move slower, and a laconic, deliberate approach to life develops. So it should come as no surprise that island music artist Fiji—who derives his name from his South Pacific birthplace—has a sound that spans classic reggae, R&B, hip-hop and jazz, and smacks of the pleasant, plodding pace of swaying palms. His biggest single, “I’ll Be All Yours,” bursts with infinite sincerity to his lady. The horn-boosted, juicy groove reminisces on early days of “sharing one packet of noodles” to a promise of a foot massage (among other things) when Fiji and his woman are reunited. (JF)

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San Jose Museum of Art Thu, 5pm, $5 The San Jose Museum of Art decks its halls with the sounds of seasonal music, hosting performances by the student choir from Trace Elementary School (at 6:30pm) and Y.E.S. (Youth Ensemble Success) of the American Harp Society, Silicon Valley Chapter, which will perform at various times throughout the evening. The angelic strumming of harps may be enough to put those feeling Grinch-like in the holiday spirit, but to sweeten the deal, complimentary hot cocoa will be served in the Museum Store. (KK)

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A not very long time from now, in a galaxy not that far away, Art Boutiki will be feeling the true power of The Force. The venue will be transformed into the Mos Eisley Cantina for a one-nightonly celebration of the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Musical guests 8:19 will perform music adapted from the scores of the film series and will be, rumor has it, costumed accordingly.

The cafe will closely promptly at 9:30pm leaving plenty of time for Leia lovers and Darth devotees to make it to the 10:50pm openingnight screenings. (KK)

Folk-tinged rock band Eyes Jay is somewhat mysterious. What we do know is that the band is led by frontperson Isaac Martinez and joined by two fellows named Marco—bassist Marco Alvarez and drummer Marco Parker. They recorded their first demos this year, three of which are available to stream and purchase on Bandcamp.com, and they’ll be performing along with party-punk headliners Cola, Field Medic (the solo acoustic side project of Kevin Sullivan from popular alterna-folk group Rin Tin Tiger) and Dominic Miranda (of The Record Winter). (KK)

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QUEENSRYCHE Jan 7 at RockBar Theater

UGWA NEW YEARS EVIL Jan 9 at The Ritz

EUROPE Jan 19 at RockBar Theater

THE ADICTS Jan 23 at The Ritz

YAMATO DRUMMERS OF JAPAN Jan 23 at Stanford

SUPER BOWL OPENING NIGHT Feb 1 at SAP Center

PAN ASIAN MUSIC FESTIVAL Feb 1 at Bing Concert Hall

WWE LIVE Feb 6 at SAP Center

STRANGELOVE Feb 4 at RockBar Theater

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BLACK SABBATH Feb 9 at SAP Center

VALENTINES OLD SCHOOL JAM Feb 12 at SAP Center

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The Catalyst, Santa Cruz Sat, 9pm, $28 Iamsu! represents the next wave of Bay Area rap talent. A prolific artist, he’s produced for major acts like Wiz Khalifa, 2 Chainz and Lil B. His beats lay the foundation for lip-curling club bangers and employ astral samples, zig-zagging 808s and melty robo vocals. “Only That Real” showcases his twoway rapping and producing skills.

As deep bass waves fold over quick-clapping snares and delicate hi-hats, Iamsu! spits an infectious hook, then transitions into a selfassured, half-sung verse that sets the table for a smashing feature from 2 Chainz. He and opener Casey Veggies collaborated on “Backflip,” a song about the lengths groupies will go to for them. (JF)

WHISKEY AVENGERS The Ritz, San Jose Sat, 8pm, $15 Usually, music with scratchy, upstroking guitar licks and punchy trumpet blasts is made by stoned dudes stoked on living. The Whiskey Avengers have a different vibe.

The San Jose natives started as a rap collective before they added a ska-backed finale to one of their albums. The overwhelmingly positive reception marked a shift for the band, and they’ve continued kneading in gypsy, punk and folk influences to their hard-rocking, hard-living music ever since. “5th O’ Whiskey” wallows in a drunken, romantic stupor, reflecting on how both bad alcohol and bad women will kill you. That’s definitely not very irie. (JF)

MACHINE HEAD RockBar Theater, San Jose Sat, 8pm, $30-$80 Unlike many bands that came of age in the nu-metal boomlet, Machine Head has seen its profile steadily rise over its 20-plus year existence. Vocalist and guitarist Robb Flynn’s artistic cred was sealed early with his thrash metal band, Vio-Lence, but Flynn left the group in 1992 to explore a new kind of heaviness at a time when metal was in crisis, and has been refining his Oakland-based band’s groove ever since. At this, the only Bay Area show before a trek through Europe, expect a set that leans on 2014’s Bloodstone & Diamonds, and the previous Unto The Locust. They’ll probably never write another “Davidian” but we can hope. (AL)

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A Christmas Carol traces the transformation of Ebenezer Scrooge.

The iconic grouch starts the tale so miserly and vicious that he denies his clerk leave for Christmas Eve and suggests those in prison and poor houses should be euthanized for population control. But after visitations from three revelatory spirits, he warms his cold heart and becomes a beacon of the Christmas Spirit. The story is beloved for its timeless moral and dozens of lovable characters, making it scarcely believable that actor Kellan Baker will be weaving in and out of these literary personae as he performs this ageless classic all on his own in Charles Dickens’ Scrooge: One Christmas Carol. (JF)

DISNEY ON ICE: FROZEN Feb 17-22 at SAP Center

RIHANNA Feb 28 at SAP Center

CASH’D OUT Mar 11 at The Ritz

JUSTIN BIEBER Mar 17 at SAP Center

STYX Mar 17 at City National Civic

THE REVEREND HORTON HEAT Mar 18 at The Ritz

ELLIE GOULDING Apr 6 at SAP Center

YANNI Mar 19 at City National Civic

SELENA GOMEZ May 11 at SAP Center

PRONG Jun 1 at RockBar Theater

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Missed Connections MISERABLE MATCHMAKER In ‘Jane Austen’s Emma,’ the titular character sings and dances her way through many poorly planned pairings.

Pairing ain’t easy, but it sure is fun in ‘Jane Austen’s Emma’

BY VERONIKA FERDMAN

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HEATREWORKS’ MUSICAL adaptation of Jane Austen's romantic comedy of manners, Emma, has returned to the Lucie Stern Theatre, the site of its 2007 world premiere. Jane Austen’s Emma boasts quite the pedigree: with music, lyrics and book by the Tony Awardnominated Paul Gordon, it is the most successful production in TheatreWorks’ 46-year history.

It’s easy to understand why. Jane Austen’s Emma is a sterling adaptation of

the novel, featuring excellent acting, topnotch singing and immersive stagecraft.

First published in 1815, Jane Austen's novel has proven to be a captivating and timeless work—inspiring a multitude of television, stage and film adaptations over the years. In 1948, the BBC produced a TV version of the story; its first theatrical staging came in 1991; and the movies took on the tale twice in two years—first with a modern reenvisioning in 1995’s Clueless, and then with the straightforward Emma in 1996 starring Gwyneth Paltrow.

A decade later, TheatreWorks put a musical twist on Emma. Developed during the Palo Alto-based theater company’s 2006 New Words Festival, it appears to have been the first-ever musical rendition of the classic novel.

In August of 2007, TheatreWorks opened its season with the production, which was eventually staged by various theater companies around the country.

For two hours, the humbly-sized Lucie Stern Theatre is transformed.

Through careful costuming and staging, the audience is transported back 200 years—landing in the countryside of Georgian-Regency England.

The plot of Emma—with its many broken hearts, switching of partners and humorous misunderstandings—is a bit reminiscent of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. The story’s eponymous heroine steps into the shoes of Shakespeare's impish Puck and acts as the catalyst for all manner of romantic confusion and poorly planned pairings. Emma lives with her elderly father, Mr. Woodhouse, and makes a hobby of playing matchmaker for her friends and neighbors, arrogantly (and incorrectly) believing herself to be possessed with an unparalleled gift for sniffing out romance.

Reprising her 2007 role during the show’s premier run, Lianne Marie Dobbs strives to strike a balance between Emma’s undeniable charm and her equally undeniable—and irksome—hubris. Richard Easley, making his TheatreWorks debut as Mr. Woodhouse, is delightful in his too-few and fleeting scenes.

At the beginning of the story, Emma takes on the orphaned Harriet (Lee Ann Larkin, stealing every scene she's in) as her protégé and attempts to set her up with Mr. Elton (Brian Herndon), a wellto-do parson. In the process, our heroine reveals herself to be an insufferable snob and deaf to the true desires of her friend, who is clearly in love with Robert Martin (Nick Nakashima). Mr. Martin is, in Emma's mind, not an acceptable match for Harriet, as he is a mere farmer. Mr. Knightly, superbly played by Timothy Gulan, pops up throughout the course of the musical to offer notso-subtle reproaches to Emma and also make the audience quite aware that their spats are a platform for the bashful awakening of their love.

The musical numbers are quite pleasant and jaunty, and when they are lent the estimable power of Gulan's voice (especially in “Emma”) they burst with emotion. Gordon's lyrics cannily capture the wit and dialogue of the novel. Unfortunately, there's no single song that has an infectious hook, like the earworms of Grease’s “You're the One That I Want” or Chicago’s “All That Jazz.” But this is a small quibble given the overall success and craft of the production under the direction of TheatreWorks’ founder, Robert Kelley.

There is one scene—the ball—that is quite breathtaking. The stage is lit by candelabra and imbued with a sense of the intimacy of a ballroom.

With snow falling behind them, the characters swirl around one another in their beautiful period costumes as the crystalline flakes morph—almost imperceptibly—into stars. It is a tiny detail in a short sequence, especially considering the scale of production.

Nevertheless, it is huge in its emotional and artistic impact, and serves as an example of the care that clearly went into crafting Jane Austen's Emma.

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A Familiar Force LASERS AND LIGHTSABERS The much-anticipated ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ opens this weekend.

The new ‘Star Wars’ film trots out the same tropes, which fans will surely love

BY RICHARD VON BUSACK

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ARTH VADER’s iron dream is being continued, more than 30 years later, by a new helmeted menace called Kylo Ren. The interesting angle of Star Wars: The Force Awakens is that there’s a Napoleonic streak to this Ren. In quiet moments, he prays to the half-melted helmet of Lord Vader. It’s a sacred relic, but he has doubts about his own power.

This new galactic menace is skilled in harnessing the Dark Side of the Force. Ren knows how to pull secrets out of a person’s brain by merely gesticulating at their head. A reveal shows Adam Driver under the bucket-head of chrome and plastic, puffy of lip and Frank Langella-ish in demeanor. People bowed when Vader walked by, but Ren’s not as intimidating. He endures back talk from one of his fellow officers, and has to like it—the film indicates that there is a certain amount of jurisdictional friction between the branches of the Imperial Army, just like there was in Hitler’s Reich. Ren is ruthless and murderous, but he feels sort of bad about it. When he’s thwarted, he

smashes furniture with his lightsaber instead of strangling a subordinate.

Plunging into the politics of the Old Republic was part of the lethally boring side of the last three Star Wars films, as was George Lucas’s disinterest in women. (In the three prequels, the film’s females were arranged like wooden Geisha dolls on a shelf.) Here, the capitol gets melted in the middle of the movie, and no one really cares.

But the emphasis on girl power is a new development. If there’s nothing that pleases an audience more than a lady with a sword, consider their rapture at the sight of a lady with a lightsaber. The brave Daisy Ridley makes this movie—more than the battalions of animators and more than the glorious shots of locations in Ireland, Iceland and Abu Dhabi.

Ridley’s Rey is a junkyard scavengeress, circumstantially marooned on the dune planet Jakku;

there she encounters an Imperial army deserter named FN2187, or “Finn” (John Boyega, of Attack the Block). Finn is on the run after he helped a rebel pilot (Oscar Isaac) escape; a secret important to the rebellion is hidden aboard a droid they both know—the robot is typically wordless but eloquent.

Pantomime is important in these movies: actors flailing around in suits of plastic armor or Chewbacca losing his temper. Abrams has to note the horror of the renegade Storm Trooper through body language and the blank face of his helmet, striped red with blood.

So much in this movie is stuff we’ve seen before—from the X-Wing dogfights, to the rebels lined up as if for a group snapshot at the end, to a catwalk duel … audiences ought to shout, “Catwalk!” in the same way that they shout “look out for the fruit cart!” during a car chase. But one reprise is tender: a meeting between the General Leia Organa (Carrie Fisher) and the grizzled, but still game, Han Solo (Harrison Ford); the dialogue is lame, but the exchange of glances say it all between them.

As an old hand to these movies (and as one who feels that they could melt all of them down except for The Empire Strikes Back) I couldn’t get enough of the frost of disenchantment when these old lovers sight one another.

This massive cinematic cornucopia of fights, starship battles, and planetsized weapons is still “a Crackerjacks box full of nothing but prizes,” to use Pauline Kael’s phrase.

The way Star Wars: TFA is built, it can have neither ending or beginning. It’s leading from a sequel and heading to a sequel; a temporary victory over the planetblasting fascists of the First Order leads to new adventures farther down the line. Though the new characters acquit themselves with fierceness, I had more eyes for the old Bogart-ian hustler Solo and his grey-haired Wookie, still scheming in the troubled waters of a galactic civil war.

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As Gerda, Alicia Vikander tries to animate this high-toned weeper by playing it big and bohemian, and striking a feminist note that’s as subtle as a Clydesdale horse.

Greta Wegener’s work, The Danish Girl more art-deco illustrative than anything, hasn’t R; 120 Mins. aged well. In the role, Camera 7 Vikander goes insouciant, flashing her obsidian eyes and wielding a cig holder.

This style didn’t seem anachronistic; as in Ex Machina, Vikander is remarkable at striking a balance between glamor and more steely qualities. What really seemed anachronistic is the way Gerda explains the concept of the male gaze to a portly client sitting for his portrait, as if she were Laura Mulvey straight out of a time machine.

The real Gerda was far more exotic than Hooper allows. Here, she’s toned down to a one-woman man tempted by a fictional lover played by Matthew Schoenaerts Gabriel of Far From the Madding Crowd.

The movie’s intentions are good, but it’s made for grannies.—Richard von Busack

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ONE OF THE first individuals— perhaps the very first—to undergo male-to-female sexual reassignment surgery, Denmark’s Lili Elbe was, in a way, a martyr to the primitiveness of the procedure. The Danish Girl, a film based on David Ebershoff ’s novel about Elbe, roasted in development hell for years, likely because there was no way to reconcile the bloodiness of the surgeries with the chiffon and the satin.

Doing without gore, director Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech) makes this a story of doomed romance, as the transsexual artist, Einar Wegener (Eddie Redmayne), is transformed into Elbe by the care of a solicitous wife—behind every great transsexual, as behind any other great man in a movie, is a great woman. Modeling in stockings to help his wife, Gerda Wegener (Alicia Vikander), finish a painting, Einar is spellbound by women’s clothes.

“What you drew, I became,” he says, whether or not his wife had any intention to become that kind of Pygmalion. Redmayne, stroking the gowns and furs denied to him, makes moments in The Danish Girl an unwanted reminder of Ed Wood’s Glen

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Tricky Tunes DADDIES ALL RIGHT Cheap Trick were recently nominated for induction in to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Cheap Trick look back on four decades of keeping it weird

BY ANDREW LENTZ

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HERE ARE SEVERAL ways to think about Cheap Trick. They’re both masters of hard-edged-pop and rock subversives. However, there is one tag that makes the band’s bassist, Tom Petersson, cringe: American Beatles.

The comparison probably comes from Cheap Trick At Budokan, a live album on which the screams of teenage Japanese girls resemble Beatlemania-level hysteria. The band also released a track-for-track cover album of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. And, of course, Fab Four worship is nothing unusual for bands of Cheap Trick’s generation.

“You have to realize something,” Petersson says, speaking from his home in Nashville. “I was 14 in 1964 when the Beatles played on the Ed Sullivan show. The British Invasion changed everything.”

Cheap Trick has certainly enjoyed a longer lifespan than those most legendary of Liverpudlians. Almost 40 years on from the group’s self-titled debut, they’re about to drop album No. 17—the first in seven years. The asyet untitled record will be released on Nashville-based Big Machine, better known as Taylor Swift’s label.

“That’s not as surprising as you’d think,” he says, explaining that the label’s owner, Scott Borchetta is “a rock guy.” The latest recording sessions with producer Julian Raymond yielded enough material for a second album, which will be released shortly after this upcoming set. “Sort of how we did early in our

career—an album every year. On tour, at home, we’re always writing.”

While the forthcoming material is being billed as vintage Cheap Trick, the promise is ambiguous when considering that the four studio albums between 1977 and 1980 (widely considered their best) encompass everything from the disco pulse of “You’re All Talk” and the bubble gum ballad, “I Want You To Want Me,” to the new wave synths of Dream Police’s title track and tongue-in-cheek “Surrender.” Hell, the guitar tones of “Stiff Competition,” from 1978’s Heaven Tonight, sound as if they might have been dialed in by Angus Young.

In other words, the band is too chameleonic for a signature sound.

The Cheap Trick story is one of music nerds shoehorned into the Top 40 formula by the music industry. The band’s third album, In Color, is a perfect example of this conflict.

“To this day I can’t listen to that album,” he says, explaining that the band never wanted to make overt pop music—rather, they wanted to make hits that snuck onto the charts.

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Despite becoming rock stars, Cheap Trick mocked rock star conventions from the very beginning. Guitarist Rick Nielsen dressed like an eight-yearold in a baseball cap and bow tie, and rocked a spine-crushing, five-neck axe; and drummer Bun E. Carlos could have been mistaken for a dentist.

Simultaneously, Petersson and singer Robin Zander sported shaggy manes and Miami Vice-style leisure suits, which exposed their hairy chests.

Following the recording of the George Martin-produced, 1980 record, All Shook Up, Petersson was fired. Though he was devastated, the exile proved fruitful for the bassist, as he ended up working on Mick Jagger’s first solo album.

“I was still working,” he says. “But it wasn’t in the way I had planned.”

He returned to Cheap Trick for 1988’s “comeback” album, Lap Of Luxury, which coincided with an uptick in the band’s fortunes after a few commercial duds.

Though Petersson doesn’t take credit for the band’s resurgence, his playing is, without a doubt, integral to Cheap Trick. Playing in a group that refused to hire a full-time keyboardist, his signature 12-string bass fleshes out songs that might otherwise sound skeletal.

“It’s a full sound, almost like a grand piano,” he says. “Kind of like three people are playing.”

When not making music, the happily married father of two is promoting Rock Your Speech, an award-winning app he co-developed for developmentally disabled children (Petersson’s eight-yearold son, Liam, is autistic). “Instead of ‘Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star’ I wanted something you could actually listen to,” he says with a laugh.

The group was recently nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016—a longoverdue validation from the music gods—though Petersson is trying to temper his expectations.

“Who knows how people will vote,” Petersson shrugs. “Members always say ‘Oh, Yeah man, I’ll vote for you,’ then they just vote however they want.

Whether we get inducted doesn’t matter—just being nominated makes us incredibly happy.”

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Fri, Dec 17, 8pm: Sound Decision. Sat, Dec 18, 8pm: Fossil. Sun, Dec 19, 8pm: Tsunami. Every Sun, 6pm: Joe Ferrara. Los Gatos.

MOJO LOUNGE Every Fri/Sat: Live Music.

Every Sun, 8pm: Acoustic Jam. Every Tue, 8pm: Aki Kumar’s Band. Every Thurs: DJ Mist. Fremont.

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SAN PEDRO SQUARE MARKET Fri, Dec 18, 7pm: The Jump Kings. Sat, Dec 19, 7pm: Otilia Donaire & the Back Alley Boys. Sun, Dec 20, 1pm: Wil Roberts. San Jose.

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POOR HOUSE BISTRO Every Wed: Blues & Brews w/ Sid Morris & Kyle Jester. Thu, Dec 17, 6pm: Amy Lou and the Wild Ones. Fri, Dec 18, 6pm: Jelly Bread. Sat, Dec 19, 6pm: AC Myles Band. Sun, Dec 20, 12pm: Redevelopment Blues Band.

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BAD SANTA Eric Victorino, lead singer of The Limousines, at last year’s ‘XXX-Mas’ party.

Jingle Bell Rock IT’S THAT TIME of year again. The South Bay’s favorite electro-pop duo, The Limousines, are hosting their annual holiday party—and this year promises to be the biggest one yet. Literally.

“We’re excited to be able to utilize that space,” says Limos singer Eric Victorino, referencing the fact that the sixth annual XXX-Mas Fuckfest is to be held at The Ritz—instead of The Blank Club, home to the group’s five previous Christmastime parties. “I love the fact that for the first time I’ll be able to make an appearance on stage, instead of wading through the crowd like I had to do at the Blank.”

He’s also pumped about the artists with whom he and Limousines producer Gio Giusti will be sharing the stage, including Max Thompson—an erotic and fashion photographer who has made a name for himself since moving from the South Bay to Los Angeles—a new musical project from Ryan Hernandez and Andy Bailey of Strata, and regular Ritz DJ, K-Von. In the run-up to The Limousines’ set, Hernandez and Bailey’s new band, Rae, will play their first show; Thompson will be hosting a burlesque show of sorts—

“taking really good pictures of pretty girls,” according to Victorino—and DJ K-Von will be spinning ’90s jams on vinyl.

“He’ll probably play some Mariah Carey Christmas tunes,” Victorino says with a chuckle.

As always, fans are encouraged to dress up in their sexiest holiday The Limousines attire and get their drink on. The Limousines will be playing crowd Dec 18, 8pm, favorites and deep cuts from their $15-$20 two LPs—Get Sharp and Hush.

The Ritz, San Jose Though both Victorino and Giusti each released solo material this year, and while rumors abound about new Limos music, the singer says he doesn’t want to get anyone’s hopes up for as-yet-unheard tunes.

“I don’t want anyone to be expecting new music, because we’re not at that place yet,” he says, adding that he just wants fans to come through and have a good time with friends and family.

“I’m just stoked to keep it going,” he says. “Six years in a row—it’s pretty cool.”—Nick Veronin

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THE SADDLE RACK Every Wed, 7:30pm: Country Get Down Wednesday. Every Thu, 7:30: Country Music. Every Fri, 9pm: Country Get Down Friday.

Fremont.

THE WOODSHED Every 1st Sun: Doug Young’s Acoustic Guitar Night. $10. Los Gatos.

WILLOW DEN Every Wed at 9:30pm: Karaoke.

Willow Glen.

BLINKY’S CAN’T SAY Fri, 9pm: Karaoke Friday Nights. Santa Clara.

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

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THE CARAVAN Mon, 10pm: Mandatory Monday Karaoke. San Jose.

CHARLEY'S LG Tue: Karaoke. Los Gatos.

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

Wed: Salsa Wednesdays. Thu: Shakalosos Banda Nights. Sun: Reggae Vybez. San Jose.

BRANHAM LOUNGE Wed: Almaden Valley Beer Pong with DJ ONEmanARMY. Thu: Vintage (80s, 90s, Pop, Rock, Hip Hop) with DJ David Q. Fri: Quality Control with DJ DLuzion. Sat: Lounge Life with DJ Krucial and DJ NESSrock. San Jose.

CHARLEY’S LG Wed: EDM Music. Fri-Sat, 10pm: DJ (follows live music). Los Gatos.

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Wed, Dec 16, 8pm: The Mighty Schmucks Comedy Tour. Thu-Sun, Dec 17-20, various: John Heffron.

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There is a way out, and it’s gritting our teeth and admitting mistakes instead of marrying them and making little bundles of stressjoy with them. For you, admitting that you screwed up by marrying this guy—the first step in unmarrying him—would take accepting the potential cost: You might not find a suitable candidate for daddyhood in time (or ever). Yes, that would be rough—but so would the possible alternative: having an adorable pair of twins who go to Harvard—because it’s a great place to mug dazed freshmen so they can feed their staggering meth habit.

To quote the Facebook relationship status, “It’s complicated.” I went out with this man a few times and slept with him once. It didn’t work out, and now his sexy guy friend, who’s also his boss, has asked me out. However, the boss guy used to date one of my female friends. We are all in the same social circle. What’s the protocol here? Do I need to ask permission or give anybody a heads-up about my going out with the boss guy?—Messy Picture It can be a little touchy for all involved when everybody’s answer to “Where have you been all my life?” is “Having sex with your friend.”

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The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Forian Photography, 1418 Vinci Park Way, Toan Nguyen. This business is conducted by an indivdual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Paul Toan NguyenThis statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 12/14/2015. (pub Metro 12/16, 12/23, 12/30, 1/06/2016)

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Nonno’s Attic, 5420 Woodhurst Lane, San Jose, CA, 95123, Ester S. Zambataro, Joseph P. Zambataro. This business is conducted by a married couple.Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 8/2013. /s/Ester S. ZambataroThis statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 11/17/2015.(pub Metro 11/25, 12/02, 12/09, 12/16/2015)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #611152 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Kristin Hair Design, 2137 Morrill Ave., San Jose, CA, 95132, Kristin Ngo, 339 Checkers Dr., San Jose, CA, 95133. This business is conducted by an individual.Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 11/16/2015. /s/Kristin NgoThis statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 11/16/2015.(pub Metro 11/25, 12/02, 12/09, 12/16/2015)

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME #611460 The following person(s) / entity (ies) has / have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name(s): Lotus Spa, 74 South 1st Street, San Jose, CA, 95113, Jonn, LLC, 916 Stone Glen Ct., San Jose, CA, 95122. Filed in Santa Clara County on 4/20/2015 under file #603995This business was conducted by a limited liability company/s/Giao X. NguyenThis statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 11/23/2015.(pub Metro 11/25, 12/02, 12/09, 12/16/2015)

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #611195 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Luxury Automotive, 3275 Stevens Creek Blvd., #140, Santa Clara, CA, 95117, Jemaa Jemaa, 1636 Hope Dr., Apt 925, Santa Clara, CA, 95054. This business is conducted by an individual.Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 4/17/13. /s/Jemaa JemaaThis statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 11/17/2015.(pub Metro 11/25, 12/02, 12/09, 12/16/2015)

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19): The raw materials you have at your disposal in 2016 may sometimes seem limited. You might not have access to all the tools you wish you did. You could be tempted to feel envy about the vaster resources other people can draw on.

But I honestly don't think these apparent inhibitions will put you at a disadvantage. Within your smaller range of options, there will be all the possibilities you need. In fact, the constraints could stimulate your creativity in ways that would have never occurred if you'd had more options.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You know what physical hygiene is. But are you familiar with imaginal hygiene? Educator Morgan Brent defines it like this: “Imaginal hygiene is the inner art of self-managing the imagination, to defend it from forces that compromise, pollute, colonize, shrink, and sterilize it, and to cultivate those that illuminate, expand, and nourish it.” It's always important for everyone to attend to this work, but it's especially crucial for you to focus on it in 2016. You will be exceptionally creative, and therefore likely to generate long-lasting effects and influences out of the raw materials that occupy your imagination.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Your mind sometimes works too hard and fast for your own good. But mostly it's your best asset. Your versatility can sometimes be a curse, too, but far more often it's a blessing. Your agile tongue and flexible agenda generate more fun than trouble, and so do your smooth maneuvers and skillful gamesmanship. As wonderful as all these qualities can be, however, I suggest that you work on expanding your scope in 2016. In my astrological opinion, it will be a good time for you to study and embody the magic that the water signs possess. What would that mean exactly? Start this way: Give greater respect to your feelings. Tune in to them more, encourage them to deepen, and figure out how to trust them as sources of wisdom.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Swedish movie director Ingmar Bergman won three Academy Awards and was nominated for eight others.

Numerous filmmakers have cited him as an important influence on their work. His practical success was rooted in his devotion to the imagination. “I am living permanently in my dream, from which I make brief forays into reality,” he said.

Can you guess his astrological sign? Cancer the Crab, of course! No other tribe is better suited at moving back and forth between the two worlds. At least potentially, you are virtuosos at interweaving fantasy with earthy concerns. The coming year will afford you unprecedented opportunities to further develop and use this skill.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Avoid pain and pursue pleasure. Be kind, not cruel. Abstain from selfpity and ask for the help you need. Instead of complaining, express gratitude. Dodge time-wasting activities and do things that are meaningful to you. Shun people who disrespect you and seek the company of those who enjoy you. Don't expose yourself to sickening, violent entertainment; fill your imagination with uplifting stories. Does the advice I'm offering in this horoscope seem overly simple and obvious? That's no accident. In my opinion, what you need most in 2016 is to refresh your relationship with fundamental principles.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Many of the atoms that compose your flesh and blood were not part of your body 12 months ago. That's because every year, 98 percent of you is replaced. Old cells are constantly dying, giving way to new cells that are made from the air, food, and water you ingest. This is true about everyone, of course. You're not the only one whose physical form is regularly recycled. But here's what will be unique about you in 2016: Your soul will match your body's rapid transformations. In fact, the turnover is already underway. By your next birthday, you may be so new you'll barely recognize yourself. I urge you to take full charge of this opportunity! Who do you want to become?

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The English word “ain't” can mean “am not,” “is not,” “are not,” or “have not.”

But it ain't recognized as a standard word in the language. If you use it, you risk being thought vulgar

By ROB BREZSNY week of December 16

and uneducated. And yet “ain't” has been around since 1706, more than 300 years. Most words that are used for so long eventually become official. I see your journey in 2016 as having resemblances to the saga of “ain't,” Libra. You will meet resistance as you seek greater acceptance of some nonstandard but regular part of your life. Here's the good news: Your chances of ultimately succeeding are much better than ain't's.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): My old friend John owns a 520-acre farm in Oregon's Willamette Valley. Blueberries are among the crops he grows.

If he arranges their growing season so that they ripen in July, he can sell them for $1.75 a pint. But if he designs them to be ready for harvest in late summer and early fall, the price he gets may go up to $4 a pint. You can guess which schedule he prefers. I urge you to employ a similar strategy as you plot your game plan for 2016, Scorpio. Timing may not be everything, but it will count for a lot.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In 1803, the U.S. government bought a huge chunk of North American land from the French government. At a price of three cents per acre, the new republic doubled its size, acquiring what's now Louisiana and Montana and everything between. I don't think you'll add that much to your domain in 2016, Sagittarius, but it's likely you will expand significantly. And although your new resources won't be as cheap as the 1803 bargain, I suspect the cost, both in terms of actual cash and in emotional energy, will be manageable.

There's one way your acquisition will be better than that earlier one. The Americans bought and the French sold land they didn't actually own—it belonged to the native people—whereas your moves will have full integrity.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The coming year will be a favorable time for you to nourish a deeper devotion to truth, beauty, and goodness. Anything you do to make your morality more rigorous will generate benefits that ripple through your life for years to come.

Curiously, you can add to the propitious effect by also cultivating a deeper devotion to fun, play, and pleasure.

There is a symbiotic connection between the part of you that wants to make the world a better place and the part of you that thrives on joy, freedom, and wonder. Here's the magic formula: Feed your lust for life by being intensely compassionate, and vice versa.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I predict that 2016 will be your Year of Fruitful Obsessions. In giving this positive spin to the cosmic tendencies, I'm hoping to steer you away from any behavior that might lead to 2016 being your Year of Fruitless Obsessions. One way or another, I think you'll be driven to express your passions with single-minded intensity. Focused devotion—sometimes verging on compulsive preoccupation—is likely to be one of your signature qualities. That's why it's so important to avoid wasteful infatuations and confounding manias. Please choose fascinations that are really good for you.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Your symbol of power in 2016 will be the equal sign: =. Visualize it in your mind's eye every morning for 20 seconds. Tattoo it on your butt. Write it on an index card that you keep under your pillow or on your bathroom mirror.

Gestures like these will deliver highly relevant messages to your subconscious mind, like “Create balance and cultivate harmony!” and “Coordinate opposing forces!” and “Wherever there is tension between two extremes, convert the tension into vital energy!” Here are your words of power in 2016: “symbiosis” and “synergy.”

Homework: Send me predictions for your life in 2016. Where are you headed? Go to RealAstrology.com; click on “Email Rob.” Go to REALASTROLOGY.COM to check out Rob Brezsny’s Expanded Weekly Audio Horoscopes and Daily Text Message Horoscopes. Audio horoscopes are also available by phone at 1-877-873-4888 or 1-900-950-7700

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