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D4 for Fighting One of San Jose Councilman MANH NGUYEN’s ex-staffers, COLE NIBLETT, made some bold allegations last week, accusing the District 4 rep of pulling a MIKE HONDA—a.k.a. improperly using official resources to help his re-election efforts. Niblett became a council assistant in October after working on Nguyen’s special election campaign last summer, but he lasted just a month before resigning. Now he’s blasting Nguyen’s closest associates for allegedly breaking a host of city rules. JONATHAN PADILLA and BRYAN DO, both of whom have had roles in Nguyen’s campaign and his office, deny the allegations. Do is an odd case—neither a volunteer nor a staffer for the councilman, yet a constant presence at City Hall and one of Nguyen’s most trusted advisors. In an unusual situation, he’s helping Nguyen run again to retain the office he took last August. Niblett says he saw a fellow staffer use a campaign call sheet to reach out to the Vietnamese community for a district-sponsored event held Oct. 20. Sources say she was calling people well beyond District 4—outside of San Jose, even—suggesting the event was more for campaign support than District 4 constituents.

They Niblett took his concerns Did to Santa Clara County What? prosecutor JOHN CHASE, who said the case lacked SEND TIPS TO evidence of criminal FLY@ activity. Fly has since METRONEWS. COM learned that Do, while working on Nguyen’s 2015 campaign, obtained confidential info from the San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce’s political action committee.

Somehow, Nguyen’s campaign wound up with the ChamberPAC’s questionnaire for opponent LAN DIEP, who is again challenging Nguyen in the June primary.

DERRICK SEAVER, the Chamber’s VP of public policy, said he was unaware of the leak until Fly’s call and that anyone found responsible would be disciplined for breach of confidentiality. Padilla, who worked for the Chamber at the time, denies supplying the document to Do.

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Garbage Argument GANG GREEN City officials claim California Waste Solutions has failed in landfill diversion efforts.

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ITH GLOVED HANDS, Joel Corona rifles through the refuse scattered about a stalled conveyor belt. Used diapers. A full can of beans.

Batteries. Wadded-up toilet paper. Food-caked takeout containers. Greasy pizza boxes.

“It’s trash,” says Corona, the chief operating officer of California Waste Solutions (CWS), which picks up about 75 percent of the San Jose’s curbside recycling. “We aren’t equipped to deal with this much of it.”

Some of the worst things people have chucked in recycling bins, he says, include dead animals, hypodermic needles—

some of which have punctured workers, forcing them to undergo blood tests— batteries and toxic chemicals. In summer 2014, sorters found an explosive device meandering down a conveyor belt, prompting a visit from the bomb squad.

Earlier this week, a propane canister blew up when it got caught in a piece of equipment. Thankfully, Corona says, no one got hurt. “It was a very loud explosion, with fire and lots of smoke,” he says. “But this happens routinely.

Propane tanks are a prohibited material, but we get them all the time.”

At the CWS plant in north San Jose, optical sorters, crushers and massive conveyer belts divert thousands of pounds of plastic, paper and other recyclables from the landfill each day.

But roughly 40 percent of the haul from single-family homes is non-recyclable garbage—six times the rate in Oakland.

The extent of the problem came

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CWS maintains that it’s the fault of residents for tossing too much trash in their recycling carts, and the city for failing to penalize them.

Despite the city’s goal to reach “zero waste” by 2022, auditors found that landfill diversion rates—the amount of recycling collected in those big blue bins—have fallen citywide. Recycling rates for single-family homes fell from 36 percent in 2008 to 27 percent in 2014.

But auditorys say diversion rates are much worse in districts covered

by CWS. Corona blames the city.

He says San Jose’s Environmental Services Department, which oversees the contracts for CWS and its secondary hauler GreenTeam, never fines people who dump trash in the blue bins. The city should

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also stop forcing the company to pick up contaminated carts, he says, and reduce the cost of upsizing the garbage bins so people won’t toss overflow in with recycling.

Last fall, the City Council agreed to study rate increases for customers and fines for repeat violators. The council also ordered an analysis to see whether contamination has worsened over the years, as CWS claims. In January, results of that curbside audit came back to the council showing that, in the two districts covered by CWS, contamination rates are about a third higher than the area serviced by GreenTeam.

Part of the problem may stem from broader trends, including technical challenges in responding to changing consumer behavior and the freefalling price of recyclables in the global market. Yet locally, the city says, the contents of the waste remain relatively unchanged, except that the amount of overall recyclable materials has fallen. “Households are taking our messages of reduce and reuse to heart and setting out less material,” says Jo Zientek, deputy director of San Jose’s Environmental Services Department.

For example, considerably fewer newspapers come in since the print industry’s post-recession decline. And with more people going paperless, there’s less junk mail. Packaging has also become more lightweight.

Coffee cans have been replaced by vacuum-sealed bags. Tuna cans, too.

The amount of plastic that once went into 22 water bottles now makes 36.

Changing material ratios have upped the cost for recyclers and the public agencies that hire with them.

“The makeup of the material has not changed,” says Kerrie Romanow, head of the city’s Environmental Services Department. “[CWS] will continue to assert that it has, but the report of the facility says there are other reasons: maintenance and staffing.”

Contamination rates nationwide have risen since companies in the early 2000s switched to single-stream recycling—that is, having consumers put reusable items in one big bin instead of sorting them in separate carts before pickup. While the simplified process upped recycling participation by 30 percent, the quality of the recyclables took a hit, according to the Solid and Hazardous Waste Education Center. CWS has proposed upgrading the facility to

deal with that influx of trash, but Romanow worries that the company would push that cost on to residents.

“Certainly our expectation would be that we would not invest in a facility that isn’t performing,” she says.

Meanwhile, councilmembers Johnny Khamis, Ash Kalra and Magdalena Carrasco want the city to suspend fines against the company. Complicating the issue: CWS’ political clout and ties to a decade-old scandal that led to then-Mayor Ron Gonzales’ indictment on corruption charges. Company founder David Duong—a Vietnamese immigrant who holds big-money contracts in Oakland, Sacramento and Ho Chi Minh City—has positioned himself as one of the biggest campaign contributors in local elections. Duong defended himself in a letter to the council last fall, noting his “company has already been wrongfully fined nearly $1 million and suffered losses of over $9 million as a result of [the city’s] failure to fix the single-family dwelling recycling program.” He said San Jose’s “inaction is the cause of the problem.”

Others on the council worry that CWS is trying to shirk responsibility, blaming residents for the excess trash while their counterparts deal with it.

CWS issues about 3,600 non-collection notices a month; GreenTeam, only 11.

Corona says that’s because GreenTeam, which processes recycling for 15 percent of the city, subcontracts with Green Waste Recovery.

Romanow asked CWS to take a page from its competitor by sending its trash to another facility. “The real disappointment is that we had a recommendation that would have increased the diversion rates,” she says.

“We could have done that as soon as the council approved it. But they said no.”

Corona says CWS would rather process the contamination on site. “If the city is disappointed in anything, it should be disappointed that it has an obligation to address repeated violations,” he says.

Romanow, however, says her concern is that CWS will ask the city for money to improve its facility, which risks pushing the cost back to ratepayers.

When the city renegotiated in 2011 with CWS and GreenTeam to extend their contracts through 2021, she says, only the latter reinvested some of that “windfall” to improve diversion. Corona disagrees.

“Everyone else has done it on their own,” Romanow says. “We don’t know what CWS has planned. That’s what we’re waiting to see.”

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Capital of Arts and Culture Gideon Ruben | February 20–May 22, 2016 | Focus Gallery ‘Memory Goes As Far As This Morning’: Opening reception Sun, Feb 28. Artist talk Tue, Feb 23. Rubin presents a challenge to the viewer – an invitation to view with doubt and uncertainty the presumed objectivity of photography and the media. His painterly intrusions into these publications serve to undermine their journalistic veracity and bring into question society’s acceptance of their claims to truth.

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THAT FACE Denver quarterback Peyton Manning couldn’t help but laugh at

the usual oddball questions at Super Bowl 50’s media event.

Super Bowl Media Night an Odd Adventure

BY DAVID BARCLAY Hundreds of media outlets and thousands of fans descended upon San Jose’s SAP Center on Monday for the official kickoff event of Super Bowl 50. Somewhere between the dancing leprechaun, adult film star Lisa Ann, Miss Universe Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach and broadcasting ventriloquists, some actual football conversations took place.

More on that later.

Though originally billed as a sellout event by Ticketmaster, only half of the arena was in use. The 200 or so TV cameras artfully captured the “capacity” crowd of roughly 7,000, who, to their credit, lined up around the block for hours before the event began.

For decades, Super Bowl media day has been a Tuesday-at-noonish affair.

On Monday it went primetime.

A Golden Gate Bridge stretched

across the length of one side of SAP Center, serving as the stage for coach and player introductions (plus a little bit of dancing and selfie time). An equally wide Jumbotron provided highlights and player profiles in the background.

The media day narrative focused on Old vs. New: Peyton Manning vs.

Cam Newton.

For Manning, the 39-year-old Denver Broncos quarterback, the topic is second nature. Newton, new to the Big Game stage, has been a more polarizing figure this season. In November, the Carolina Panthers QB was the focus of a fan letter which protested his “pelvic thrusts” and “arrogant struts.” Seahawks fans want signed a petition to ban permanently from their city.

He said he models himself after

his father, a church-going man, and as a result he dresses and acts the part. Reporters were left to wonder if Newton’s father would have exited the team’s charter plane Sunday wearing $900 tiger-print Versace jeans, as Newton did.

Media day is often remembered for its bizarre attendees—in 2008, a reporter in a wedding dress proposed to Tom Brady. This year Australian reporter Phillip Hajszan showed up for the event decked out in ski gear.

He said it was part of a plan to bring his country’s favorite sport to the U.S. Despite his extravagant wardrobe selections, Newton had a surprisingly conservative reaction to Hajszan’s choice of attire.

“Would I wear that?” Newton said.

“If I was going skiing.”

Op-Ed: San Jose Street Vendors Left in the Cold The Super Bowl’s Golden Year—the big Five-Oh—kicked off its week of celebration Monday night at SAP Center in San Jose. As one of the hosts of America’s largest sportsball extravaganza, downtown is poised to become a Garden Of Earthly Delights for the estimated 100,000 or so visitors from across the nation who will flood her streets.

But this garden has walls, and as per usual, those who could benefit the most from the occasion are about to be left on the outside of the merrymaking. I’m talking about San Jose’s mobile vendors, the folks pushing around food carts and the like.

They’ll be remanded to the exterior of what city official Teri Killgore referred to as the “clean zone” during a November meeting.

No one wants a repeat of the glut of hot dog vendors that clogged the streets during Christmas in The Park, but at the same time I'd rather deal with an aggrieved sense of smell—due to an overabundance of beef brine—than deny those same vendors access to San Jose’s largest revenue-gathering opportunity for small businesses.

Killgore and Company stress that the “clean zone” ordinance is the only way to protect public safety and public health from “guerrilla marketing.”

Of course, street vendor callouts don’t involve tiger pits, tripwires or poison darts, so I’m not exactly sure what she’s worried about. But I have a hunch.

Making San Jose easier to swallow for Middle America’s diabetic masses should not involve sanitizing the streets of their local color, quite literally in this case. Let's not kid ourselves: street vendors in downtown are predominantly Latino.

Must we continue shamefully hustling them out the back door when company arrives?

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Assassin at Rest COLLINS’ GUY Irish revolutionary Michael Collins recruited ‘Mick’ McDonnell to lead a hit squad before the latter moved to San Jose.

San Jose’s connection to Ireland has roots deeper than ‘Sister City’

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AN JOSE’S CONNECTION to Dublin is quite a rocking story, going back to the administration of former mayor Tom McEnery during the ’80s. Soon after becoming mayor, McEnery lobbied the city of Dublin to become one of San Jose’s sister cities, but no one in Ireland had heard of San Jose. The task proved daunting.

Eventually, McEnery rang up Tim Pat Coogan, a legendary Irish

journalist, historian and author of numerous books.

Coogan relayed McEnery’s request to Charles Haughey, then the Irish Taoiseach (pronounced tee-shook).

From there, the proverbial ball began to roll and in 1986 the sister city relationship went legit. Silicon Valley companies eventually opened up shop in Ireland, exchanges were forged, and to this day the relationship is much deeper than most sister city partnerships in the U.S. Coogan mentions all of this in his book, Wherever the Green is Worn.

Last week, the sister city program staged an elegant reception at the Silicon Valley Capital Club to celebrate its 30th anniversary. As a concept, the

Sister Cities International Organization began in 1956, following President Eisenhower’s conference on Citizen Diplomacy. Not only do we now have three decades’ worth of San Jose-Dublin exchanges and a 60th anniversary of the organization’s founding, but 2016 will also see the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising in Dublin.

However, I submit the relationship might go back even further. At Mission Cemetery in Santa Clara, one finds the gravesite of Michael McDonnell (1889-1950). After McEnery told me the story, it only took a few moments to unearth more details.

McDonnell, sometimes referred to as Mick McDonnell, was the first leader of “The Squad,” a.k.a. “The Twelve Apostles,” the assassination unit employed by Michael Collins during the Irish War of Independence. This was the group that systematically bumped off British spies in Dublin, especially members of the “Cairo Gang.” Before the

squad was formed, McDonnell took part in the Easter Rising of 1916 and then with the Twelve Apostles was involved in the actions on Bloody Sunday as well as several other “jobs.”

McDonnell’s own testimony can be found in the easily searchable Bureau of Military History Collection, a series of Irish state records documenting the years 19131921. In those records, McDonnell and his cohorts described in harrowing detail specific hit jobs they carried out against British operatives. From McDonnell, there’s also stuff like this: “Some time in the autumn of 1919 I was approached by Dick McKee and asked to make myself available to go to London for special duty with the object of looking the situation over in London and coming back and reporting as to the possibility of wiping out the British Cabinet, and several other prominent people including editors of newspapers, etc., who were antagonistic to this country.”

Fortunately, that particular action never unfolded. In another passage, McDonnell also describes a botched attempt to execute the British Commander Lord John French. It wasn’t pretty.

As the Irish Civil War began in 1922, McDonnell came to the U.S. and eventually settled in Los Gatos for the rest of his life. He died in 1950 and was buried in the Santa Clara Mission Cemetery. He even named his son Michael Collins McDonnell, who went on to serve in the Air Force during WWII, Korea and Vietnam.

If one stands at the grave in Mission Cemetery, it’s hard to fathom one of Michael Collins’ assassins living here in his old age, but that’s what happened. McEnery even recalls, as a kid, seeing his dad working with McDonnell in the same building that now houses O’Flaherty’s Irish Pub. “It’s interesting to look back on, how this nice old guy sitting there with a slouch hat and smoking a pipe was one of the foremost antagonists to the British Empire,” McEnery said.

“And a great Irish patriot in a horrible battle for independence that forever marked his life for good and bad.”

The 2016 US-All Ireland Sister Cities Mayors Summit will unfold in April, with delegations from over 60 sister cities descending upon Dublin.

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ulio Fuentes lost his cool during the holiday break. While other city officials were off for vacation, and fewer still went through the motions at work in the closing days of 2015, the city manager of Santa Clara threw a tantrum.

He cleaned off his desk and stripped his office’s walls of photos, according to sources. A paper shredder’s gears could be heard in the long corridor that bisects the City Hall’s east wing. These were not the actions of a man getting

a jump on his spring cleaning as much as an outburst by the city’s highest paid employee. He was letting his colleagues know that he’d had it.

In October, the City Council authorized a pay increase for the city attorney, but not for Fuentes, who in the months prior had quietly handed out 5-percent merit pay increases to the city clerk and police chief without the council’s knowledge. Instead of getting a raise, the city manager of nearly three years was granted the indignity of a stipend, a one-time 5-percent boost to his $290,000 annual salary.

Fuentes refused it outright, and has since declined interview requests

until after Super Bowl 50. He also mysteriously disappeared from his office for two days last week in the all-important lead up to the big game, which is being held at Levi’s Stadium. A request to take a view of Fuentes’ office was denied by his executive assistant, who noted such a sneak peek is “not how we do things.”

Two weeks after the meltdown— which elicited chortles at City Hall over the unrequited, hold-me-back chest puffing—Santa Clara Mayor Jamie Matthews admitted he’d heard about the city manager’s unusual office purge.

“I don’t know what that’s about,” the mayor said, adding that he hopes

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Levi's Stadium and billions in nearby development has Santa Clara watchdogs, including the civil grand jury, on the prowl BY JOSH KOEHN Fuentes decides to stick around.

Other electeds in Santa Clara seem less optimistic.

Fuentes, and by extension other top city staff, are suspected of withholding and/or obfuscating information related to the operations of Levi’s Stadium, the two-year home of the San Francisco 49ers. The city manager, in response, is apparently fed up and feeling underappreciated for his efforts, but that isn’t the story he’s selling.

Several sources confirmed that Fuentes has explained his housecleaning by informing colleagues he simply wants to “stay nimble.”

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When the million or so visitors to the Bay Area return home and attention shifts away from pursuits involving genetically engineered cyborgs in shoulder pads—and several kickers— giving each other brain damage, the vision for what Santa Clara intends to become will take shape. Football, in fact, is just one piece of Santa Clara’s bid to become the “Capital of Silicon Valley,” if there is such a thing. It’s a title neighboring San Jose—the Bay Area’s largest city and the seat of Northern California’s biggest county—introduced in the 1980s as a marketing slogan.

The rivalry dates back to 1777, when San Jose was established as a pueblo and Santa Clara became home to a mission. Both remained tiny villages of less than a thousand inhabitants until the Gold Rush, when San Jose became the bigger city, and for a short time, California’s capitol. By the early 1950s, San Jose had 100,000 residents and doubled its population in the decade that followed. Santa Clara was a little more than a tenth the size.

The sprawl San Jose cultivated in the 1960s, as it annexed neighboring towns and cities, took a catastrophic turn in 1978, when Proposition 13 capped property taxes. The city’s past emphasis on housing over jobs has steadily diminished the level of core services in San Jose, and startups and established industrial giants favored the Peninsula and San Francisco, despite San Jose’s aggressive wooing of technology companies.

Meanwhile, Santa Clara has remained lean and independent.

The Mission City has its own electric power utility, bypassing the PG&E monopoly and giving residents and some businesses energy bills as much as 40 percent lower than in San Jose.

Companies like Intel, Nvidia, Cisco, Oracle, Ericsson and a host of others have scooped up office space in Santa Clara over the years, building a job

base that more than doubles the city’s total population Monday through Friday. And, despite being just four miles wide, it’s home to a highly regarded regional university and a shiny new NFL stadium.

Santa Clara scores high marks in every category except the two that make a city livable: residential capacity and a downtown retail district. This will change very soon, and the winners will be measured not in wins and losses but in millions and billions.

‘There’s no way we can get a handle on the specific financial expenditures and revenues from the stadium’ Next door to Levi’s Stadium, Related Companies has announced plans to create a $6.5 billion, 239acre “entertainment destination” district that will be roughly six times the size of Santana Row, the Mediterranean-influenced mixed use development that creeps right up to the border of Santa Clara’s southern boundary. An environmental impact report is currently making the rounds, after stalling in part because the project requires a 40-acre concrete “podium” to first be built over the city’s old municipal landfill.

That aspect of the project alone is expected to cost $800 million.

Surrounding Levi’s Stadium, a collection of 10 properties up for sale, which include the 116 acres in which theme park Great America resides, as well as a Hilton, a Hyatt, the Techmart Center office building and the property under Irvine Company’s Gateway Project office campus, will go up for sale later this year. The city must sell off the land as required by the state’s mandate to purge all properties obtained through now-

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Baby Goes for a Ride Head down and engrossed in his phone, Jamie Matthews sits large on the loveseat in the waiting room that also serves as his executive assistant’s office.

He greets with a squinting smile and a question that is equal parts unexpected and ingratiating.

“How we doing, baby?”

Baby has come to City Hall for a ridealong at the invitation of the mayor of Santa Clara, and within a few minutes we’re strapped into his burnt orange Fiat 500e, an electronic lunchbox on wheels that zips from 0 to 60 in six seconds. I know the specs because the mayor tells them to me as we floor it out of the parking lot to begin our tour

of Santa Clara, a.k.a. The Mission City.

First stop: Santa Clara University, the pristine private school that counts among its graduates Gov. Jerry Brown, author Khaled Hosseini and expected NBA hall of famer Steve Nash.

Instruction at the school has been grounded in Jesuit principles since 1851, just five years after the Matthews family’s story took a fortuitous turn.

We pull up to a security tollbooth on the campus’ perimeter, and the mayor says casually as pie, “This is actually where my family story begins, after my family came by wagon train in 1846.

My family split up; half of them went through the Donner Party experience, and half of them went the tried and true route. And that’s how William McCutcheon—” “When you say Donner Party experience,” I interject, “we’re not saying they were part of the people eating each other, are we?”

“Yes, yes.”

“Your family ate people?”

“Yes.” “Really?” “No, they didn’t.” The mayor chuckles. “But some of them died and were eaten.”

Matthews informs the university security guard that we intend to take a quick drive through campus, and I realize I’m not the only one.

“Hey, brother. We’re just doing a tour.

I’m the mayor,” he says. “How are things going, baby?”

Red and Goooooold Twice a month representatives of the San Francisco 49ers’ stadium operations meet with Santa Clara city officials.

The get-togethers allow representatives of two team subsidiaries, StadCo and ManagementCo, to provide updates on all of Levi’s Stadium operations, expenditures and revenue, the last of which reportedly netted the city $2.9 million in its first year.

Jim Mercurio, 49ers vice president of stadium ops and general manager, will sit with an assortment of his colleagues on one side of a table in a City Hall conference room, and city manager Julio Fuentes, chief financial officer Gary Ameling and city attorney Ren Nosky will sit on the other side of the table to represent Santa Clara. For all intents and purposes, the two sides

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Suitors include Related and the Newport Beach-based Irvine Company, whose owner Donald Bren has a reputation for never giving up on his properties. It would stand to reason he’ll want to avoid paying rent on the very office property his buildings sit.

The developer’s many other Santa Clara projects include a Whole Foods Market, 1,800 neighboring residential units and a 400-unit project by the city’s Caltrain station.

For a sense of how many big projects are taking place in Santa Clara, this is the same city that rejoiced in 2014 over getting a Target.

“We were very excited when we got our first Target,” Mayor Jamie Matthews said. “Practically, key to the city time.”

The celebration, however, may be short-lived as residents realize their gains could come at a cost.

Irvine Company has an exceptionally close working relationship with the 49ers, and recent efforts to displace a youth soccer league from a parcel adjacent to Levi’s Stadium are apparently part of a much larger plan.

City Hall insiders discreetly admit that Great America, which has been in operation since 1976, could be demolished by Irvine, in some sort of coordination with the football franchise, to make way for a mix of high-density housing and office space.

In a governance committee meeting near the end of 2015, City Manager Fuentes acknowledged, “Whether you want to believe it or not, we’re becoming a big city.”

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A recent records requests for all notes taken at the meetings, where multi-million dollar decisions are regularly made, turned up nothing.

This is due to the fact that Nosky is the only city official to take any notes at these meetings, and he happens to have the unique ability to shield any document he touches under the umbrella of attorney-client privilege. The city manager and CFO say they stick to their memories or handwritten honey-do lists, which are scrapped shortly thereafter.

Beyond Nosky’s confidential journals and a few handwritten reminders that are quickly tossed, CFO Ameling says, “I don’t see anybody (from the city) taking notes. The Niners, I see them carrying notebooks, passing notes back and forth, but their notes are private. They take notes as they see fit. They usually bring a computer.”

The few notes Ameling admits to taking with stadium managers and club officials present occurred during negotiations on the financing of Levi’s Stadium. These too have been discarded.

“I do not have those notes,” he says.

“They’ve all been destroyed, I guess.”

The dearth of documentation on the city’s side is compounded by the fact that few emails are shared between the club and executive staff beyond coordinating invitations to teamsponsored photo-ops.

The Niners did not return multiple requests for comment for this story.

Records requests to the city found that team representatives routinely email city staff and council members at their personal email addresses, which could mean additional communications have circumvented the public’s ability to monitor interactions with the club.

It should come as little surprise then, that a few members of the Stadium Authority board (the mayor and council) have raised doubts that they’re receiving a clear picture from staff on how the stadium is operating, and where the money is moving.

“I have concerns,” said Teresa O’Neill, a first-term Santa Clara councilwoman who, along with colleagues Lisa Gillmor and Debi Davis, spent last fall requesting special study sessions on Stadium Authority financials. Those meetings with the CFO were called off

after the second installment.

“Ultimately, we got to have meetings,” O’Neill said, “and we realized there was no point, because they didn’t bring back the information we requested from the first meeting.”

What Women Want Lisa Gillmor has played on both sides of the 49ers fence, and she says the grass isn’t greener where the underdogs reside. She admits that saying as much could spell the end of her time on the Santa Clara City Council. A thriceelected councilwoman whose roots run deep at City Hall—her developer father, Gary, served as mayor for the better part of the ’70s—Gillmor was for the 49ers until she wasn’t.

Terming off the part-time council in 2000, the real estate agent was off the council for 10 years before being recruited by the team to serve as spokesperson for Measure J, the $937 million ballot initiative to build Levi’s Stadium. Voters passed the measure in 2010 with 58 percent of the vote, and Gillmor was granted an appointment back to the council in 2011. City Hall watchers viewed the homecoming as a bonus for leading the successful stadium effort.

Gillmor’s support for the club slowly eroded after rejoining the council, with the breaking point coming in the spring of 2014—around the same time 49ers CEO and owner Jed York started the swift descent from boy wonder to fan base pariah. Of all the groups he had to go and upset, he foolishly meddled with soccer moms.

In a letter from 2012, York promised to locate alternate soccer fields for the Santa Clara Youth Soccer League, which plays its games on fields adjacent to Levi’s. But two years after penning a letter expressing the team’s “commitment” to the league, York shrugged and said talks had broken off.

The soccer league didn’t even know it had been ghosted.

“After the election and during the negotiations, [the 49ers] started pulling back from the community,” Gillmor said. “They had built up a lot of goodwill before that point. I figured that maybe it was temporary, and then they made a move for the soccer park.”

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for more transparency in how the 49ers deal with the city. To date, a sampling of the reports she said the Stadium Authority board has yet to receive include: updates on tenant alterations to the stadium; a marketing plan for non-NFL events; quarterly reports on non-NFL events in which attendance exceeds 25,000 in attendance (say WrestleMania, or a Taylor Swift concert); a shared expense budget between the 49ers and the city; and an annual capital expenditure plan, which the city CFO has argued would be premature even though the 49ers have completed two seasons at Levi’s.

“There’s no way we can get a handle on the specific financial expenditures and revenues from the stadium, because we don’t have detailed reports given to the Stadium Authority,” Gillmor said. “Many of the revenues and expenditures are lumped together, so it’s impossible to know where they came from.”

A particularly worrisome lack of information concerns stadium security and related costs attributed to Santa Clara police and the city’s

general fund. Public safety costs for NFL events in the 49ers’ first season exceeded the $1.7 million projection by roughly $600,000, according to the CFO, who admits to only spending 10 percent of his work week on stadium operations. The excess costs are covered by a reserve fund, but there are misgivings that city administrators are cutting the 49ers a special deal that violates the terms of Measure J, which forbid general fund money from going toward stadium operations.

In a public council meeting last year, Fire Department inspector Steve Silva raised the issue of engines “going dark”—cutting off communications to eliminate records of activity—as they transport equipment from stations to the stadium on game days. The undocumented overhead expenses, City Manager Fuentes responded, isn’t a big deal because it doesn’t take much time to move the trucks.

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A former digital content director for NBC in New York, Vartan moved to San Jose in 1998 to work for Cisco before opening the pizzeria eightand-a-half years ago. Hard pressed to pack more than five people inside at a time, we sit on the patio looking out over Stevens Creek Boulevard as evening commuters make their way home, the occasional street bike popping a wheelie.

Five years into making a home in the South Bay, Vartan got involved in the 2003 land dispute to preserve Santa Clara’s Bay Area Research and Extension Center (BAREC), a public farmland formerly owned by the University of California. His group lost the fight, but the land-use junkie gained invaluable experience in monitoring the city his business calls home. He’s now coordinating community efforts to oversee an “agrihood,” or urban farm, on the last six acres of the original BAREC property.

An admitted numbers guy, Vartan knows the numbers because he knows the minutes. He’s attended every single City Council meeting in Santa Clara for the last year-anda-half, and he usually stays to the end. By memory, he can recall the expansive growth proposals for nearby shopping malls Santana Row and Valley Fair, the latter of which straddles the border of San Jose and Santa Clara and plans to expand

into a 2.2 million-square-foot “retail powerhouse” by 2017.

He reels off statistics regarding the Related Companies’ 7.9 million-squarefoot expansion plans by Levi’s Stadium and the leverage it’ll hold over the city with 1,400-plus high-end housing units, retail and a 700-room hotel.

And then the Irvine Company, which is likely to pump in an additional few billion dollars of development over the years as it builds the city’s Whole Foods, multiple other housing and business park developments and bids on the 10-property liquidation package that includes Great America and Irvine’s own office park.

“These are massive, massive investments that are going to make the development community a lot of money,” Vartan says, in between slices.

“The city is changing so rapidly, people are freaking out.”

Santa Clara Plays Fair is the most rabid of anti-stadium groups in Santa Clara, but while Vartan rarely shies away from offering his opinion, he’s taken pains to position himself not as a NIMBY or council adversary but a partner to the city. As a businessman— he owns a second pizzeria by the same name in Sunnyvale—he forgoes opposition to encourage smarter growth, focusing more on traffic and infrastructure, such as suggesting a ratio cap similar to San Francisco’s for vehicles to new housing units.

But in regards to oversight of operations at Levi’s Stadium, few Santa Clarans have witnessed as closely as Vartan the unusual manner in which councilmembers Gillmor, O’Neill and Davis have been brushed off.

“They’re asking for very specific accounting records, and still to this day I’ve never seen them provided,” he said.

“It hasn’t happened.

“We’re seeing a lot of dirty laundry in the council chambers, which is good, because it’s being transparent, but it’s not good because we’re seeing our city break down in its effectiveness to work together.”

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First of all, he says, the 49ers will have a hell of a time trying to buy land surrounding its stadium that isn’t already spoken for, because other suitors will come calling.

Second, the property just doesn’t create much revenue by operating six months out of the year. And third, and most important, the theme park has an “encumbered” 40-year lease that would require the council to approve any change to its land use.

“There are lot of rumors out there,” Matthews said, “but the Niners would have a lot of competition, because they got the Irvine Company, Related Companies; you gotta think of these big companies coming in. The [49ers] aren’t the only one interested in it.”

This is before I learned the mayor took part in a private meeting sometime in the last two years with executives of the Irvine Company, in which he led a presentation that included a model of the Great America theme park grounds where rollercoasters were replaced with highdensity housing, retail and office space.

“I don’t think that’s beyond the realm of possibility—at all,” Councilwoman O’Neill said. “I think that’s a credible scenario.”

The longer the mayor and I discuss the fate of Great America, and the resistance to losing the landmark Santa Clara was best known for before a football stadium, the more he admits the developers will win.

What are the chances Great America will exist in 10 years?

“I think it’s gotta be at least 80 percent,” he said.

Matthews remains adamant that Levi’s Stadium has been an unprecedented success, noting that $500 million of the billion dollar-plus debt service has already been paid. He also argues there is only upside to be found in the neighboring development projects.

“It is going to transform (the city) in lots of ways,” he says, “not the least being it’s going to generate $28 million a year between the ground lease and sales tax to the city.”

Election 2016 The stakes of the November 2016 election couldn’t be higher in Santa Clara, but it’s not even about what’s to come in Santa Clara.

“It’s what is happening,” Gillmor said. “Not what’s about to happen.”

More than $10 billion in development will easily take place over the next five years in Santa Clara, and the only gatekeepers currently in place are: a city staff that has been stretched to the limits by a stadium worth 1/10th of that operating scale; a city manager who doesn’t keep notes and may have one foot out the door; and a part-time council that could lose its only voices of dissent.

All three women on the council— Davis, Gillmor and O’Neill—are up for re-election, as is Councilman Jerry Marsalli, who is not expected to run again due to health concerns.

Santa Clara has a history of elected officials coming back for more, and with Mayor Matthews avoiding any term limits when he moved over to mayor, he’ll remain in place the next three years with retread councilmen Pat Kolstad and Dominic Caserta, who previously served terms on the council before taking time off and successfully running again in 2014.

Four council votes make a majority in Santa Clara, and sources say the 49ers have been actively recruiting challengers to the councilwomen to remove any opposition to their increasing hold on the city. Joe Sweeney, president of the city’s Chamber of Commerce, is one expected candidate, as is Steve Lodge, whose work history is itself a conflict of interest. A former city police chief, Lodge went to work for the Niners shortly after leaving the department.

In the meantime, City Manager Fuentes has been asked to recruit and hire a real estate assets manager to keep a close watch on city properties and the stadium authority. That goal was set a year ago, but a rubric recently given to the council suggests the timeline for a hire could extend until summer 2017.

“By then,” Vartan crows, “everything will already be decided.”

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Off the draft beer list I ordered a pint of Goose Island Honkers Ale ($6), which joins eight other taps of mostly mainstream craft and import beers like Firestone Pale Ale and Stella. The bottle list is longer, with a couple from 10 Barrel, Gordon Biersch and Deschutes breweries, in addition to the usual Bud and Coors. Though Knockout doesn’t have a full bar, they do have a larger wine list than usual for a sports bar, with around 20 bottles divided between seven varietals.

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But to our horror, someone removed Town and Country and installed what looks like a jumble of Europe’s most average architecture. We put the pedal down, and headed to our other stand-by: Willow Glen.

Alas, the Willow Glen strip had also changed, losing one lane to its “road diet,” and any sense of style (no one admired our ride). We went to the local business association to express our concern with the changes, but that too had vanished. In its place was Black Sheep Brasserie. Neither of us were sure what a “Brasserie” is, but by its looks we assumed it’s a fancy place for fancy people and we would be welcomed.

We took a seat at the bar and immediately began eavesdropping on a neighboring conversation. With no juicy details to be had, we turned our attention to the drinks menu. Mr. Harada ordered The French 75, which sounds a bit like a street gang formed of retired Moulin Rouge dancers. I indulged in the Villager IPA from Four Point Beer Company. The entire drink menu is refined, featuring cocktails that require sacred Masonic knowledge to assemble.

Our bartender, one Syrus Fotovat, surveyed us like lost street children, a simultaneous glance of pity and distrust. I began an awkward conversation that contained personal details far too intimate to share with a stranger— it's my test for bartenders. Most fail. Syrus parried elegantly, and returned his own cringe-inducing anecdote. A true professional.

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If you’re reading this, it’s already begun: Super Bowl 50 madness has descended upon Silicon Valley.

Whether you’re a local or out-oftowner, rolling in dough or on a tight budget—hell, whether you’re a fan of football or couldn’t care less— there there is so much going on this week, it’s enough to make anyone feel like a quarterback who’s just been blindsided. But don’t sweat it.

The sheer volume of exciting events going down may have you feeling as though you’re concussed, but you’ll be good as gold with our Super Valley Guide. Point your browser to SanJose.com/guides/super-bowl50-guide and get ready for some football. (NV)

Queens-bred rapper Homeboy Sandman quite possibly has the mellowest steez since Nas or, well, maybe Leonard Cohen. Like many of his fellow Stone’s Throw recording artists, the motive here is wide open beats beneath conversational flow and insidious hooks—a formula he has refined to irresistible effect throughout his career. Maybe straddling multiple cultures is the source of the Ivy League-educated emcee’s indelible lyrics, like on the piano-laced “Problems.” Even on the humble-bragging “Not Really,” a song about how success changed him, he comes off less boastful than honest: “I still spend about the same/There’s just a lot more left over to give away.” Pure class. (AL)

Straight outta the Inland Empire, Trizz’s trappy, bass-heavy approach and the boom-bap poetry of Sacto’s Chuwee (who drops mixes at a rate that would cause Lil B to do a double take) is a match made in heaven. A full collab from the young grinders seems as if it were inevitable. Tonight’s set will most likely lean on the pair’s recent mixtape Amerikkka’s Most Blunted whose hazy, hypnotic jams are in stark contrast to the vivid pictures they paint of the hustle.

They’ve cameoed on each other’s stuff for ages so expect much mix ‘n’ matching. With Ichy The Killer & Kurteek, Ziggy and Craig White.

Dirtbag Dan hosts. (AL)

Claude Ferguson is a teacher, musician and painter. You can see and feel the influence of jazz improvisations in First Wave, a recent series of paintings.

At the center of each canvas is an enormous head, shaped on the same mythical scale as the monuments on Easter Island. The background and surrounding colors, however, are vibrant with the urban energy of neon, RGB screens and graffiti. On his Facebook page, Ferguson describes them as “Our African ancestors from another universe.” He places planets and space ships inside their minds— then, like Jackson Pollock—allows the paint to drip, spot and spill across the faces. His visions combine the intergalactic with an earthy, updated form of 21st century hieroglyphics. (JE)

San Francisco's Mission District is known for vibrant Latino culture and delicious foods, so perhaps it's not surprising that when the members of Santos Perdidos first came together as a band they took their instruments and performed at Mission taquerias. That was back in 2009. Since then, the group, which plays traditional music from Cuba, Colombia, Mexico and Spain, plus original compositions, has performed in museums, clubs and cultural institutions all over the Bay Area. Particularly proud of their strong vocal harmonies, their sound also features cajon, conga drum and trumpet, among other instruments. (KK)

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SUPER BOWL 50

Feb 7 at Levi’s Stadium

BLACK SABBATH

Feb 9 at SAP Center

SUPER FURRY ANIMALS Feb 10 at The Ritz

DAM FUNK + EGYPTIAN LOVER Feb 12 at The Ritz

VALENTINES OLD SCHOOL JAM Feb 12 at SAP Center

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

DRIVE LIKE JEHU Feb 27 at The Ritz

RIHANNA

Feb 28 at SAP Center

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Mar 11 at The Ritz

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Mar 17 at SAP Center

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THE REVEREND HORTON HEAT Mar 18 at The Ritz

FOREVER PLAID South Bay Musical Theatre, Saratoga Fri-Sat, 8pm, $20-$39 Forever Plaid is a “jukebox musical,” comprising the top easy-listening hits of the 1950s— songs such as “Lady of Spain,” “Three Coins in the Fountain and “Catch a Falling Star”—so the nostalgia factor is high. The plot, as it were, is the story of four lads who came together to form a close-harmony boy band (a la The Four Freshmen), only to find their careers—and lives—cut short by a tragic accident. By magic, they are sent back to Earth to do a big gig they missed back in the day.

That creepy twist notwithstanding, the show promises tons of retro fun. (KK)

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The galleries at SJMA are undergoing a transformation. Tabaimo, the Japanese artist best known in the United States for her video installations, is about to open a new exhibit there. As part of the series “New Stories from the Edge of Asia”, Tabaimo: Her Room will feature her drawings, and three animations—two of which will be showing in the U.S. for the first time.

Her videos are both immersive and interactive: they cause an itch in the mind. The familiar (a dollhouse) takes a quick turn toward the disturbing (an invasion of octopuses). You’re in for a trip. The outcome, whether good or bad, will depend entirely on your particular state of mind. (JE)

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Back Bar, SoFA Sat, 7:30, $10.

SAP Center, San Jose Tues, 7:30pm, $108+

With their last full-length, Strong Hands, this San Francisco band (via Portland and Sacramento) established that they do the modern metal thing (dirty and clean vocals, palm-muted riffs and absurd down-tuning) with considerably more melody, structure, and finesse than the Hot Topic clones polluting the genre.

The stop-gap material on In Blood And Light, the group’s new EP, does an even better job with these in-song polarities—or to quote As Artifacts, “make the heavy sound pretty and the pretty sound dirty.”

With Requiem, Infinite Sleep, Walk Like Remedy and Montra. (AL)

As the founding fathers of heavy metal and stoner metal, Black Sabbath bid adieu to a long and intoxicated career, On their forthcoming The End tour, consider it your duty to witness the mold from which the genre was cast.

Clean and sober, Ozzy Osbourne is past biting the heads off bats, but when it takes 44 years to get your first No. 1 album (2013’s 13) it’s clear he, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler are still hungry. That said, set lists on this run have been drawing mostly from the band’s seminal first four albums. It’s not the same without Bill Ward, whose jazz inflected meter gave the band its swing, but Ozzy tour drummer Tommy Clufetos is the best sub you could ask for. (AL)

YANNI

Mar 19 at City National Civic

MELVINS

Mar 19 at The Ritz

THE STONE FOXES Apr 1 at The Ritz

ELLIE GOULDING

Apr 6 at SAP Center

SELENA GOMEZ

May 11 at SAP Center

PRONG

Jun 1 at RockBar Theater

STING & PETER GABRIEL Jul 14 at SAP Center

ADELE

Jul 30-31 at SAP Center

DEMI LOVATO & NICK JONAS Aug 18 at SAP Center

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Redemption Song ART IS HARD Illustrator Barron Story was inspired to create TK after listening to Olivier Messiaen’s ‘Quartet for the End of Time,” which the composer wrote while in a Nazi POW camp.

Anno Domini’s dual exhibition proves art conquers all—even Nazism

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OMPOSER OLIVIER Messiaen wrote and premiered his Quartet for the End of Time as a war prisoner inside Stalag VIII-A, near Görlitz, Germany, in what’s now Poland. Rather than attempting escape, Messiaen devoted all his spare energy to the piece—playing piano and enlisting other POWs to play clarinet, violin and cello.

The work debuted in January 1941.

Many experts situate the quartet near the top of 20th-century chamber

music, not only for the catastrophic circumstances surrounding its inception, but also for Messiaen’s reverent Catholic faith, his use of medieval modes and Hindu rhythmic cycles, and his disregard for all sense of linear time. While other musicians in the camp plotted to escape, Messiaen chose to stay and write music in response to his conditions.

This weekend, renowned graphic illustrator Barron Storey will debut artwork inspired by Quartet for the End of Time at Anno Domini. San Jose-based cellist Freya Seeburger, currently analyzing the quartet for her master’s thesis at SFSU, will preview some of the music and talk about her research. In addition, her own quartet will perform the entire

piece on Feb. 20 at 8pm, Mar. 12 at 8pm and Mar. 13 at 2pm.

Storey and Seeburger came together via the Anno Domini exhibit. At 75, Storey draws inspiration from dark, disquieting subjects. Two previous Anno Domini shows in particular tackled the horrors of the Iraq war, and, in another instance, the brutal platform of suicide.

Neither exhibit was even remotely comfortable to view. Seeburger, on the other hand, is less than half of Barron’s age and is trying to graft her analysis of Messiaen’s quartet onto a conversation about the San Jose arts scene.

“The piece really fits for me because I’m a very emotional guy,” Storey says, adding that no matter what prevailing tastes exist in music or in art, emotion is what fuels his work. War and suicide were subjects that resonated with him emotionally, as does Messiaen’s quartet.

“I’m not really that fond of the whole ‘art market’ reality,” he says. “But I do want to express things that are felt about the interface between art and emotion.”

Part of the story behind the Quartet for the End of Time involves the sympathy of the German guards who supplied Messiaen with pencils and staff paper. Since Messiaen was also an ornithologist, the guards allowed him to wake up early and notate the melodies of birds, which then became passages in the quartet.

Messiaen’s dedication to his art in the face of confinement is part of what inspires Storey and Seeburger.

“There’s one thing to come up with a tone system like Schoenberg’s that provides a rebellion against classical structures,” Storey says. “It’s another thing to just do something as obvious as not only paying attention to or being inspired by birdsong, but actually going out in a forest and copying down birdsong note for note.

He’s on record as saying that the birds are the greatest musicians that have ever appeared on planet Earth. A pretty esoteric idea.”

Seeburger recently returned from Europe, where she visited the former Stalag VIII-A, performed on location and even recorded the nearby birds.

Call it field research, just part of the process of combining history, theory and practice. Ultimately, it’s a very difficult piece to play, she says, with borderline-impossible virtuosic passages, but a fun piece to become one with and experience. It redefines the artist’s relationship with the audience and her circumstances.

“The piece, for me, represents an intersection of aesthetics, of politics and of musical technique,” Seeburger says.

“It’s groundbreaking in its technical innovation, it’s amazing as a response to the historical circumstances, it lends itself to all the platforms we talk about, with the complexities of war, and how staggering and horrifying war is.”

In Storey’s case, we will see his definitive anti-formalist technique, some of which slips into cartoon or illustration. Much of the show explores the decisions between accepting confinement or dedicating oneself to escape. “I’m not just expressing,” Storey says. “I’m, in a way, documenting.”

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he South Bay is excited and proud to welcome the Big Game, and there will be plenty of places and reasons to celebrate.

When we are not building drones, smart watches, search engines and self-driving cars, we enjoy the amenities, culture and natural beauty of this amazing area. You’ll find the Silicon Valley culture welcoming, surprisingly rich in options and very diverse. Join us for the Big Game and come back to explore some more because there is a lot to sample and experience. This insider’s guide to the San Jose area was prepared by the editors of Silicon Valley’s weekly, Metro, with the support of Team San Jose. If you are already a local and know all this stuff, please give this to the cousin from Nebraska who’s sleeping on your couch, otherwise he’ll never get him out the door and you’ll be vacuuming up nacho crumbs all weekend.

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The city blazed a trail in 1881 with the gigantic, 237-foot tower San José Electric Light Tower at Santa Clara and Market Streets in 1881. It blew down in a 1915 windstorm, but a scale replica of it exists at History Park at 635 Phelan Ave. A series of LED stripes, known as Show Your Stripes, adorns the residential highrise at 88 E. San Fernando St. at Second Street in Downtown San Jose. To change the light pattern, call 408.287.0128 between sunset and 3am. After the tone, enter a 3 number combination (* and # can be used), then press zero, and end the call.

San Carlos Street Lantern Relay: Eight interactive lanterns on lampposts on San Carlos Street from Market through Fourth streets. Buttons allow pedestrians to change the patterns of the lanterns’ LED light displays. Seattle artist Dan Corson’s “Sensing You” installation lights up two underpasses under Highway 87 with LED rings of pulsing color in 35 different variations. Look for what locals affectionately call the “blue doughnuts.” Displayed on Adobe Corp.’s Almaden Avenue Tower, the San José Semaphore displays four wheels at four distinct positions, to display 256 possible combinations. The four wheels turn every 7.2 seconds. Try to crack the code.

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Silicon Valley’s global consciousness is evident in the cornucopia of delicious ethnic cuisines found throughout the area. Zeni at 1320 Saratoga Ave. and Gojo at 1261 W. San Carlos St. are two popular Ethiopian choices. Tayyibaat in Milpitas Center serves grilled kababs, wraps and rotisserie chicken platters, all hormone-free and halal. Established ramen hotspots like Santa Clara’s Orenchi Ramen draw long lines; newer places like Noodle Dude on Santa Clara Street and Konjoe Tei in the SoFA Market are a good bet. Vietnamese pho soup, a local staple, can be found near downtown hotels and museums at Pho 69 on South First Street (try the filet mignon).

For a more formal dining experience, try Vung Tau at 535 E. Santa Clara St or Tamarine at 546 University Ave. in Palo Alto. Other Southeast Asian cuisines include Chez Sovan (Cambodian) at 923 Oakland Rd., Layang Layang (Malaysian) at 1480 S. De Anza Blvd., and Krungthai (Thai) at 642 S. Winchester Blvd. Downtown hole-in-the-wall SA-By Thai Cuisine at 346 E. William St. is popular with locals. Experience two countries for the price of one at Thaibodia, located at 910 Meridian Ave. Campbell’s Naschmarkt is a modern European fine dining experience serving Viennese cuisine. Greek cuisine can be enjoyed at top-tier restaurants like Evvia in Palo Alto, Dio Deka in Los Gatos and Nemea in Downtown San Jose, as well as budget-friendly places like Opa! at 1100 Lincoln Ave, Nick The Greek at 143 W. Santa Clara St., and Souvlaki Skewers on 577 W. Alma Ave. Culinary dining trends like shared tables and comfort food are a good way to get to enjoy local culture. A totally off-the-radar option for most visitors is the Naglee Park Garage at the corner of 11th and San Carlos, a neighborhood casual dining destination. Jeffrey Stout’s new Orchard City Kitchen (OCK) in Campbell is a local hot spot and Bib Gourmand selection. Henry’s World Famous Hi-Life at 301 W. St John St. is a local institution that has been serving barbecued meats for more than half a century. Original Joe’s at San Carlos and First Street also belongs on any shortlist.

The San Jose area boasts a wealth of options for healthy and delicious casual dining that reflects its amazingly diverse population and various fusions thereof. Falafel Drive In at 2301 Stevens Creek Blvd. has been serving up Middle Eastern fare since 1966 and it’s legendary for falafels, foul and banana shakes. La Victoria Taqueria, home of the world famous Orange Sauce, has five San Jose locations and one in Hayward. Iguana’s in Downtown San Jose and Santa Clara is known as the “Home of the Burritozilla,” a 5-pound, 18-inch Super Burrito that’s caught the fancy of competitive eaters, but they have plenty for regular folks with a good appetite. Pizza Bocca Lupo at San Pedro Market is known for its thin-crust, individual-sized pizzas. The Hawaiian poke bowl craze is in full swing here, with Hawaiian Poke Bowl in the SoFA Market, Japantown’s Santo Market and Poki Bowl on the Almaden Expressway.

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The area that produced such legendary skateboarders as Steve Caballero and the late Tim Brauch keeps rolling. Circle-A Skateboards at 108 Paseo de San Antonio is a good place to pick up a deck. And even with the region’s gloriously warm weather, ice skating is also deeply embedded in our culture. The San Jose Sharks play at San Jose’s SAP Center, while Olympic gold medalist Kristi Yamaguchi grew up in Fremont and Rudy Galindo trains and coaches at Sharks Ice San Jose. Olympic medalist Debi Thomas—the first African American to win a national championship in figure skating—grew up in San Jose, and the Five Skaters Art Piece in Guadalupe Park commemorates Peggy Fleming, Brian Boitano, Galindo, Thomas and Yamaguchi.

ASIAN TEAS & SWEETS Big straws, melon flavors and chewy tapioca pearls made from cassava root have become part of Silicon Valley’s culture and character. Boba Bar is right in the thick of things at 310 S. Third St. Tucked way inside Grand Century’s East San Jose shopping plaza is the forest-themed Tea Lyfe, 989 Story Rd. in Suite 818. Meow Tea, located by the San Jose fairgrounds at 2857 Senter Rd., is for cat lovers and prominently features portraits of the owner’s marmalade tabby, Uni. For amazing milk tea head over to nearby Soyful Desserts, 999 Story Rd. in Suite 9048-B. Brace yourself for purple everything— walls, lights, straws and fuzzy seats—at ChaTime, 311 N. Capitol Ave., which also serves a variety of fried foods. Newly opened last year, Vanitea Snow Lounge at 1195 Branhan Ln. boasts an in-house art gallery, and the jasmine milk and panda boba teas at Palo Alto’s Gong Cha, 439 Waverly St., draw loyal patrons to all of its locations, including San Jose spots 1701 Lundy Ave. and 1600 Saratoga Ave.

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bartenders to walk patrons through their preferences to identify the perfect drink.

A short drive—at this point a cab, Lyft or Uber would be smart—to Los Gatos offers two more destination lounges in Lexington House, located at 40 N. Santa Cruz Ave., and Jack Rose Libation House at 18840 Saratoga Los Gatos Rd.

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Downtown San Jose has the craft cocktail scene on lock, and the indie appreciation for spirits all began at the speakeasy-style saloon Haberdasher (originally known as Single Barrel) at 43 W. San Salvador St. in the SoFA District. The basement bar pours smoky and sweet, and it's a perfect place to start a cocktail crawl before stopping off at The Continental at 349 S. First St. Then head north to South First Street neighbors 55 South and Paper Plane, located by Post Street. Both have an extensive selection of spirits and experienced

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The Chromatic small batch roaster is located in downtown San Jose, with a flagship coffee shop at 5237 Stevens Creek Blvd., Santa Clara.

Another boutique roaster founded in San Jose and now based in Santa Clara is the award winning Barefoot Roasters. Rollup/Training Lab is at 408 Martin Ave. in Santa Clara, and its baristas also practice latte art at 1819 S. Bascom Ave., in Campbell. Bellano Coffee slow pours and espressos a selection of regional brand at 3985 Stevens Creek Blvd. in Santa Clara and in downtown’s San Pedro Square Market.

Roy's Station in Japantown has made good use of a converted gas station. In the SoFA District, options include the Italian-themed Cafe Frascati and the highly regarded Vero's Coffee Bar in the SoFA Market. Cupertino’s Bitter + Sweet is known for pouring Sightglass Coffee and serving specialty desserts. Bay Area favorite Blue Bottle is now at SAP’s HanaHaus at 456 University Ave., in Palo Alto. And Red Rock Coffee Co. on Mountain View’s Castro Avenue is known for specialties such as salted caramel espresso along with its community-building programming.

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Gatos just this month. Celebrities and presidents dine at The Grill on the Alley at the Fairmont Hotel, and next door, on the 17th Floor, the exclusive Silicon Valley Capital Club allows David Kinch private club members and their guests to enjoy a commanding view of Silicon Valley.

Of course if you want to drink the same coffee as they drink on the Facebook and Google campuses, there are Philz Coffee locations in San Jose, Palo Alto and Sunnyvale.

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Google’s original chef, Charlie Ayers. Jobs was also known to scarf sushi at Jin Sho at 454 S. California Ave. in Palo Alto and was fond of frozen yogurt at Fraiche Yogurt at 644 Emerson St., since relocated to 200 Hamilton Ave. Jobs recruited execs and dined with billionaire VC John Doerr at Il Fornaio in Palo Alto. Elon Musk dined with Ashlee Vance at Alexander’s The Sea. The family friendly farm-tofork restaurant in Los Altos, Bumble, is owned by the billionaire Anne Wojcicki. David Kinch’s legendary Manresa restaurant just won its third Michelin star and he opened the New Orleans cafe Bywater in Los

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Could football, as we know it, even exist without beer? Interesting question, though there’s no need to entertain the thought, as the South Bay and Peninsula are home to plenty of great microbreweries and craft beer pubs. Gordon Biersch, a pioneer in the microbrew movement, was founded in Palo Alto and is now headquartered in San Jose. Around the corner from GB’s downtown restaurant is Good Karma—home to vegan comfort food and a large (and hoppy) beer selection—and Original Gravity, where gourmandizers can order duck dogs and all kinds of great brew. San Jose is also home to some up-andcoming breweries, including Santa Clara Valley Brewing and Hermitage. On the edge of the city’s historic Japantown, you won’t find anyone calling themselves a “gastronomist” at the neighboring pubs of Teske’s Germania and Trials—just great beer and hearty food. Head south to Campbell, recently named one of the West Coast’s coolest suburbs by Sunset Magazine, to find the upscale pub Liquid Bread. And trek north to Mountain View, home to Google and Castro Street, a gourmet ghetto where the tech elite dine and sip on suds at the likes of Steins, Beirhaus and Tied House.

Wine Trails, SPEED CITY’S Tasting Rooms SPORTS & Wine Bars STARS San Jose earned the nickname “Speed City” thanks to Tommie Smith and John Carlos, who blazed their way to historyat the 1968 Summer Olympics. The San Jose State track stars and their raised fists are commemorated in a massive statue on the school’s campus. Before her transformation, gold-medal winner Caitlyn Jenner chased Olympic dreams training at San Jose City College. Others greats to come out of San Jose include former MLB pitcher Dave Righetti, iconic women’s World Cup shootout winner Brandi Chastain, pro skateboarder Steve Caballero and the late Pat Tillman (pictured), who put country before multi-millions.

OUTDOOR Recreation

Alum Rock Park and Almaden Quicksilver County Park are two destinations for nature lovers within the city limits of San Jose. The 3,988-acre Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve and the Sierra Vista Open Space Preserve offer high level views of the valley floor. The Ed R. Levin County Park has 19 miles of trails and the 3,600-acre Castle Rock State Park is a great way to immerse one’s self in forests of coastal redwoods, Douglas-fir and madrone.

Three distinct wine countries, each with their own appellation, surround Silicon Valley. They are easy to get to, generally less crowded and offer better values than regions to the north. The 28-mile Santa Clara Valley Wine Trail loop has revived America’s original premium wine region. The Santa Cruz Mountains viticultural area encompasses 850 square miles and is highly regarded for premium pinots, syrahs and small production chardonnays. The Livermore Valley has more than 30 easily accessible wineries.

Tasting rooms in the central part of the valley include Travieso in Campbell, Testarossa in Los Gatos, J. Lohr at 1000 Lenzen Ave. and Big Dog Vineyards in Milpitas. Paul Draper’s Ridge Vineyards in Cupertino produces some of the best wine in the world, and many wine bars offer local wines as well, among them the Vintage Wine Bar at Santana Row, Vino Vino at the San Pedro Square Market, Vyne Bistro on Paseo De San Antonio, Wine Affairs on the Alameda, Rootstock in Los Gatos and CooperVino in, where else, Cupertino.

COUNTERCULTURE HISTORY

The Grateful Dead hail from Palo Alto, and last summer they celebrated their 50th year with two concerts at Levi’s Stadium. They first played a concert at a party thrown by Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters at Fifth and Santa Clara streets in San Jose, where the City Hall dome now sits. Just up the street, Neal Cassady, Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg made literary history. Those are just two footnotes in the rich history of an area that was central to the cultural and technological transformation of popular culture in the last third of the 20th Century. Bands like Moby Grape and Journey have their roots in the South Bay and on the Peninsula. The Doobie Brothers lived in a house on 12th Street in Naglee Park, next to Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham.

For more information and to plan your trip, please visit SanJose.org.

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Over half a century, this endearing musical for two tracks the the trials and tribulations of a married couple, Agnes and Michael Snow. $15-$38. Feb 12-28.

Theatre on San Pedro Square.

San Jose.

TIGERS BE STILL

After Sherry Wickman graduates with a degree in art therapy, she falls into a depression while living with her parents. Eventually she finds a job opportunity that gives her life new purpose.

Now her life is perfect except for a host of family problems and a tiger that has escaped from the zoo. Jan 21-Feb 21. $17-$32. City Lights Theater Company. San Jose.

MIDDLETOWN

Winner of the The Horton Foote Prize for excellence in American Theater, this play follows Mary Swanson as she discovers the complex underbelly of this superficially honest and welcoming town. Jan 28-Feb 21. $18-$28 Bus Barn Theater.

Los Altos Stage Company.

Los Altos.

FOREVER PLAID

Sparky, Smudge, Jinx and Frankie formed a flannel jacket quartet who perished on the way to their first gig in a collision with a school bus. But now, the ethereal fellas will get one more shot to hit a heavenly harmony. $20-$35. Jan 30-Feb 21.

South Bay Musical Theatre.

Saratoga Civic Theatre.

WIZARD OF OZ

Iconic musical masters Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Weber reinvent the classic film for the stage, adding a couple surprise new songs to the timeless yarn about Dorothy, her “lacking” partners and the Wicked Witch of the West. $43-$128. Jan 29-Feb 4. Center for the Performing Arts. San Jose.

VALLEY OF THE HEART

Written and directed by the famed Luis Valdez, this bold epic throws the divide between American ideals and actions into powerful

relief. This play is performed in conjunction with the activist company, El Teatro Campesino. Feb 10-Mar 6. $55-$65. The San Jose Stage.

*art MUSEUMS NUMU LOS GATOS

“The NASA Paintings” by Rick Guidice. Thru Feb 14. “The Art of Social Justice: Woody Guthrie and the Power of Songwriting.” Thru May 16.

Los Gatos.

CANTOR ARTS CENTER

”Missing Persons” tracks those who have been lost. Thru Mar 21.“Richard Diebenkorn: The Sketchbooks Revealed” Thru Aug 22.

“Edward Hopper: New York Corner” Thru Aug 22. “Missing Persons” dramatizes the loss of human life. Stanford.

DE SAISSET MUSEUM

“Gold Rush” Exploring the regional symbolism of gold through art, sports and culture. Thru Mar 13. Santa Clara.

HISTORY PARK SAN JOSE

“Slugs, Dingbats, and Tramp Printing” The printing press is one of the most important inventions in human history.

See the machine that printed the first newspaper in California. Thru April 28.

San Jose.

LOS GATOS COMPANY

“Zulugrass Jewelry Gallery,” featuring the colorful clothing and ornaments adorned by the Maasai tribe of the Great Rift Valley of Kenya and Tanzania. Artist in Residence Gallery. Los Gatos.

SJ MUSEUM OF ART

“Artists including Me: William Wegman,” “Diebenkorn in the Bedroom, DeFeo in the Den: Generous Gifts from the Dixon and Barbara Farley Collection,” “Character Studies: Clay from the Collection” Thru Feb 7. TueSun, 11am-5pm, closed Mon. San Jose.

TRITON MUSEUM OF ART

“Gridiron Glory” The Best of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Thru April 3. Santa Clara.

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Alternative Art next to fresh duds. San Jose.

ART BOUTIKI

Monthly Midtown Beat Show.

San Jose.

BRUNI GALLERY

Jazz paintings by Bruni Sablan. Mon-Sat, 1-6pm. San Jose.

DOWNTOWN YOGA SHALA “San Shui” Paintings by Russell Altice Case. San Jose.

GALLERY HOUSE

“Breathless” Prints and Glasswork by Rozanne Di Silvestro and Rose Hagan.

Thru Jan 30. Palo Alto.

HIGHER FIRE CLAYSPACE

First Fridays feature new artwork, demonstrations, and conversations with artists.

San Jose.

PALO ALTO ART CENTER

“Bird in the Hand” Over 40 artists portraying aviary things with wings. Thru Apr 10.

PSYCHO DONUTS

Works by John Renzel, Lacey Bryant, Nicolas Caesar, Murphy Adams, Christine Benjamin, Michael Foley, Michael Borja, Valery Milovic, Carlos Villez, Eric Joyner, Laura Callin Bennett, John Hageman and Robert McColley. San Jose.

SAN JOSE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART

Jim Campbell: New Work and Collaboration with Jane Rosen. Thru Feb 13. San Jose.

SEEING THINGS GALLERY “Unassuming Psycho” by Daryl Angel. San Jose.

*events SOUTH FIRST FRIDAY ARTWALK

A self-guided evening tour through galleries, museums, and independent businesses featuring exhibitions and special performances, including Street Eats & Live Beats at Parque De Los Pobladores. First Friday of the Month. Venues along S. First Street and throughout downtown San Jose.

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Director’s Choice FEBRUARY 19-21, 2016

Direct from Spain, a sizzling selection of José Manuel Carreño’s favorites Jorma Elo Glow-Stop Ohad Naharin Minus 16 Annabelle Lopez Ochoa Prism Two virtuoso Cuban Pas de Deux

SUPER CELEBS Clockwise from top left: Miguel, Mario Lopez, 50 Cent and Norm Macdonald.

Are You Ready For Some Parties?

EVEN AS FOOTBALL fans from all over the nation flood into Fisherman’s Wharf for steaming sourdough bowls of clam chowder, pop Dramamine tablets on the ferry to Alcatraz, and crowd into Crissy Field and the Marin Headlands for an iconic view of that most iconic symbol of San Francisco—the Golden Gate Bridge—there will be plenty more going on in San Jose and its neighboring cities.

Performances at the SAN JOSE CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS Supported, in part by a Cultural Affairs grant from the City of San Jose

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Tickets Now on Sale at www.WeSingBeatles.com Lies in the Attic summons the music of the Beatles in an original coming-of-age story, as a father and son struggle to speak the truth, and be heard.

Join VIH for this tribute to the 50th anniversary of the Beatles 1966 final US tour!

Sunday, Feb 21, 2016 2pm Mission City Center for Performing Arts Santa Clara

Saturday, Feb 27, 2016 2pm & 7:00pm De Anza College Visual & Performing Arts Center Cupertino

Sunday, Mar 6, 2016 2pm Dublin Performing Arts Center Dublin

As such, we’ve compiled our “Super Valley” guide at SanJose.com. Pull it up to discover where to view high tech art, find the region’s wine trails, learn about the South Bay’s thriving counterculture history, and even where to eat and drink like a billionaire.

Our guide also provides valuable insights into where to eat and drink like a local. Check out the Firehouse Grill & Brewery and the Quarter Note in Sunnyvale; head to the The Escape, Mexico Lindo, 4th Street Pizza, Fountainhead, AJ’s Bar and Goosetown Cocktail Lounge in San Jose; or find that certain je ne sais quoi that permeates Blinky’s Can’t Say in Santa Clara.

Big-name musical acts will also be coming to town. Pure Lounge in Sunnyvale has a week packed with celebrity appearances—beginning with electro house duo W&W on Wednesday and trance producer Andrew Rayel on Thursday; and followed by a string of prominent emcees: Fabolous on Friday, T.I. on Saturday, and the G-Unit’s commanding officer, 50 Cent, on Sunday.

The downtown San Jose nightclub Studio 8 is also getting in on the action. Travis Scott brings the “Antidote” on Thursday; the producer, singer and Trinidad James collaborator August Alsina keeps things live on Friday; and cosmic sex icon Miguel is in charge of making sure everyone feels the love on Saturday.

If you’re looking for a laugh, you may want to head to StubHub or craigslist to try to nab tickets for one of Norm Macdonald’s sold-out sets at the San Jose Improv on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Mario Lopez of Extra TV and ’90s hit sitcom Saved By The Bell is hosting a party at Taste Restaurant and Nightclub in Santa Clara on Friday.—Nick Veronin

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SKETCHY MEMORIES In ‘Last Day of Freedom,’ one of five Oscar-nominated documentaries showing at Camera 3, Bill Babbitt looks back on the heinous crime his PTSD-stricken brother committed.

Camera 3 Cinemas is showing six Oscar-nominated short films

BY RICHARD VON BUSACK

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OUR OUT OF five of the Academy Award nominees for best short documentary have real stature. The fifth is the HBO Films-produced Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah by Adam Benzine.

It’s a middling account of the prickly director of Shoah—a nearly 10-hour documentary about the Holocaust—which would be better

suited as a bonus feature in a Blu-Ray re-release. One always bets on the Holocaust when filling out an Oscar pool; if this wins, it will overshadow four far more worthy choices.

Courtney Marsh’s Chau: Beyond the Lines is the result of eight years spent with an inmate of a Vietnamese rural hospital full of grievous terata cases, many deformed beyond imagination.

The birth defects were caused by America’s “Operation Ranch Hand,” the decade-long use of Agent Orange during the Vietnam War. Chau, who has two mostly useless arms, and who walks on one

knee and one ankle, has dreams of being an artist. These dreams were originally encouraged by a competition at Ho Chi Minh City’s War Remnants Museum. Chau learns, like some paraplegic cases, how to draw with a pen in his mouth.

Chau had also learned that there was an artist at his disability center who learned to paint with her feet: “Two can play at that game,” he tells the camera. The open calculation of a competitive angle is honest.

Going in that direction, a far more bitter documentary could have been made about the way the Vietnamese government plays up its ecological catastrophe, and allows tourists to snap pictures of the deformed.

The Vietnam war is the indirect subject of San Francisco artists Nomi Talisman and Dee Hibbert-Jones’

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wrenching Last Day of Freedom. It’s a long interview with Bill Babbitt, the brother of Manny Babbitt, a PTSDstricken Marine condemned to die after the infamous murder of a 78-year-old Sacramento woman. It’s a mark of this short film’s stature that it was entered as a documentary instead of an animated film, despite a rotoscoped animated format. In cartoon form, Babbitt pleads his brother’s case better than the courtappointed lawyer did in real life— working through the guilt he feels for turning in his own brother. He’s honest, but he excludes some of the details, such as the sexual assault Manny may have committed on the deceased.

The HBO-produced The Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness is about a woman who survives her own honor killing. Saba Qaiser, who married a boy of her own choice in defiance of her family, nearly pays the ultimate price after her affronted father and her uncle shoot her in the face, stuff her in a bag, and throw her in a river. The victim says she owes her miraculous survival to the fact that her relatives swore on the Qu’ran not to hurt her. In her view, Allah interceded to save her.

Jailed and unrepentant, the two attempted honor-killers want Saba to legally forgive the matter, so that they can be freed. The police and the prosecution are frustrated as Saba is pressured to make the matter go away. In a depressing take on honor, the murderous dad boasts that, thanks to the new respect he gets in his neighborhood, his remaining daughters now all have suitors.

One turns with relief to the truly honorable Garmai Sumo of Liberia, who is the heroine of the short but tough Body Team 12. Sumo’s team dresses in makeshift haz-mat suits to collect the dead killed by Ebola in Monrovia. The grieving survivors don’t want to yield their loved ones to the crematoriums—a necessity to keep the hemorrhagic fever from spreading. Ms. Sumo’s gentleness, patriotism and unshakable faith extend even to the friends who have abandoned her out of fear of contracting the lethal disease. This lady sets a new standard of courage.

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THE KILLER SHREWS

THE PHILADELPHIA STORY/ NOTORIOUS

(1959) Twice in two days I heard The Room described as the worst movie ever made; it’s appalling to hear of long-lived artistic legacies being neglected, especially when director Ray Kellogg’s rival candidate still stands as such an achievement in its peculiar style. This made-in-Texas monster movie is available now in softly colorized hues—why is it that cyber-vandalizing seems to work best on the most dire movies? The plot is remarkably like The Hateful 8: a group of ornery, hard-drinking and armed to the teeth civilians are trapped in a remote house by bad weather. The lone woman, Ann (the seething Ingrid Goude) seems to object to the confinement the most.

Dr. Marlowe Craigis (Yiddish theater star Baruch Lumet, father of famed director Sidney) has come to this island with his daughter Ann to work on his plan to shrink the human race to half-size as a method of dealing with the coming overpopulation crisis. As part of this scheme, he’s bred giant shrews (played by a pack of obliging coonhounds, wigged for their role and fitted with long, rat-like tales). In close-up they’re beady-eyed, beguiling puppets with giant fangs, mostly seen through knotholes and the slats of the wooden fence around the compound.

Their bite means instant death, so don’t try to pet them. When they attack, the doggies are dubbed with a kind of hatchetahatcheta noise you associate with a blown head gasket. Every scene provides some new aspect of derangement, and it has a lesson for us all, as a critique of conflict for the sake of conflict.

Either we all get along, or the shrews of discord will devour us. (Hulu Streaming) (RvB)

THE REVENANT It’s what The Hateful Eight promised to be: the toughest western since True Grit, complete with awe-inducing snowscapes. It’s dazzling to see how much magnificent desolation is left in our crowded world. Director Alejandro González Iñárritu grounds the violence in the fur trade in the upper Missouri river in the 1820s. Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) is mauled by a bear and left for dead by his companions.

Despite severe wounds and a broken leg, Glass fights his way back to civilization… to confront the man, one Fitzgerald (the ever-impressive Tom Hardy) who abandoned him.

(1940/1946) The Henry Luce-like publisher of Spy magazine (meant to be Life magazine) forces an idealistic novelist-turned-reporter (Jimmy Stewart) to cover a high society Philadelphia wedding. The reporter’s entry to the wedding is vouchsafed by another Spy employee—the bride's self-amused, dissolute ex-husband (Cary Grant). All this would seem like hard cheese for the bride, except that she's riding for a fall—the frigidness and brittleness of heiress Tracy Lord (Katharine Hepburn) is all too well known by the male members of her family. In critiquing her image as a slender art deco vial of box office poison, Hepburn saved her movie career. Here she shows her erotic side, in a shadowy two-shot of herself, tousled and tipsy, hiding in a carriage with Grant. The film is based on Philip Barry's popular but aged play, an attempt to overlay the theater of Shaw and Ibsen on a “Tennis,anyone?” kind of story. Today, no one gets away with what was then a radical notion of blaming their drinking problem on their wife's coldness. While essentially a slice of cake, it is the essential film about Hollywood's conflicting attitudes toward the class structure in America. It represents the coda of an era in movies when playboys and women in sequined gowns sauntered through the movies with cocktail glasses in hand. Here, these figures of leisure confront the discontent of people who had to fight their way up from the bottom. Director George Cukor's film is a peak of cinematic elegance during the Hollywood studio movie age. Rarely did Grant get to rebound off a male star that was in his league, as he does here with Stewart. BILLED WITH Notorious. In one of Alfred Hitchcock's finest films, a delectable Ingrid Bergman plays Alicia, a woman who—like Bogart in Casablanca—doesn't care about the war and is made to care, forcibly, by the pressure of a highly authentic secret agent, Devlin (Cary Grant).

Against her will, Alicia becomes an agent, too, insinuating her way into a lethal circle of unreconstructed Nazis in Rio de Janeiro. It's a devious, sophisticated pre-S&M adventure with handsome, dark undertones.

Moreover it's full of pathos earned

by Claude Rains, as the man unlucky enough to fall in love with Alicia.

(Plays Feb 4-7 in Palo Alto at the Stanford Theater) (RvB)

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SHADY COMEDY Kali Hawk and Marlon Wayans lampoon ‘50 Shades of Grey’ in ‘50 Shades of Black.’

Whiplash IT’S A MOVIE you wanted attacked, and with a good angle of attack, too—50 Shades of Grey was rather beige. 50 Shades of Black has a white element to its presentation; director Michael Tiddes’ film includes a lot more on-screen speculation about what an African American audience might want to see, as opposed to just showing them. As the adventures of Daffy Duck prove, there’s nothing like seeing a sitting mallard get blasted with both barrels. Marlon Wayans (ingratiatingly wimpy) and Kali Hawk (with bangs and clumsy sweater) act out the Beauty and the Beast rituals of “Christian Black” and “Hannah Steele.”

As her roommate is ill, dowdy Hannah has to go interview the Seattle plutocrat.

(Sample question: “You have mad stacks of cash. How did you get it, and can I have some?”) Soon, Hannah is learning the hard way about the millionaire’s odd habits in the bedroom—including a Dr. No-style tarantula on the midriff, and some straight-up waterboarding (with the plutocrat perv screaming, “Where is bin Laden?”).

The poor Christian is the victim of circumstance: he was never taught the meaning of love by his mean WASP

adoptive parents, played by former NEA chairwoman Jane Seymour and Fred Willard. Both nice to see, even if neither gets a really good punchline in.

Preferable is the scene of how Christian became a flagellant—made, not born, since he was warped by a friend of his mom. We never saw this scene in the original Grey. Now we get to 50 Shades of watch, with a famous Black old-time TV sitcom mom channeling J. K. Simmons R; 92 Mins. in Whiplash.

Valleywide A moment of Netflix product placement suggests the idea that this would have been better as one no-filler hour of television. Day late and dollar short as it is, this cavalcade of raunch does deliver the scenes we wanted to see, especially the rebellion of Black’s unwilling slave, whose cast-iron butt and ability to kick the sadist across the room changes the story. It’s a sometimes keen parody of a film that we were all assured was a major cultural moment; such as it is, it’s like writer Angela Carter’s definition of porn: “Art with a job to do.”

—Richard von Busack

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Love and Robots SOFT MACHINE In ‘Nufonia Must Fall,’ a story by Canadian DJ Kid Koala, a robot faces his own obsolescence while attempting to pen a love song for the woman he loves.

‘Nufonia Must Fall’ melds precision technology, messy humanity

BY NICK VERONIN

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HEN KID KOALA began work on what would ultimately become Nufonia Must Fall—a “silent graphic novel” about a robot attempting to write a love song for the human woman of his dreams—the most advanced hipsters were still wielding flip phones, calling was more common than texting and WiFi wasn’t yet commonplace.

Fast-forward to 2016: flip phones are for grandparents, folks under 30 are notoriously averse to talking on their handsets and WiFi is expected in most public places—at least in major cities. Also, Kid Koala is currently preparing to embark on a nationwide tour of his live stage adaptation of Nufonia, which he made with K.K. Barrett, a film production designer who has worked on a number of cult hits about the intersection of technology and the human condition, including Being John Malkovich and, most recently, Her—about a human man who falls in love and sings songs to his computer’s operating system.

“It’s funny,” says Eric San, the Canadian scratch DJ and producer who goes by Kid Koala on stage.

Looking back, San says he never would have guessed that the ideas in his book would so closely resemble the world he now inhabits, barely 15 years since he first put pen to paper. “Robots being at this level is actually a reality,” he continues.

“I’m not sure they are writing love songs yet.”

Bay Area hip-hop fans will know San from his work with producer Dan the Automator and emcee Del the Funky Homosapien on projects such as Deltron 3030 and Handsome Boy Modeling School.

The DJ met Barrett in Los Angeles a few years back and they got to talking about turning Nufonia into a live show. They came up with the idea to shoot a film with actors performing on

stage in front of an audience before downscaling a bit and changing the actors to puppeteers manipulating a variety of figures across numerous sets on a single stage. All the while San mans the keyboards and turntables as Kid Koala, a string section plays and the movements of the puppets through miniature sets are filmed, edited and broadcast live on a big screen above the stage.

The idea was to give the audience access to the creative process—to invite them to look “under the hood,” San says. But it also had to do with challenging himself to do something bigger than spinning records in a club for a few hours, returning to his hotel room and moving on to the next city the following day. As a performer, San says he gets bored if he doesn’t run into surprises on stage.

“All of us have to actually keep an eye and an ear on everyone else on stage,” he says, explaining the excitement and uncertainty that is generated during the show. “We have to get it right the first take. We couldn’t do two nights exactly the same even if we tried.”

San also wants his work to be emotionally moving. While amping up a crowd is certainly an invigorating experience, he hopes that the new production will raise the ante—that people will laugh and cry, preferably at the same time.

While the story definitely has sci-fi elements—the robot-human connection and the robot’s newer and more advanced rival, Hexabot— San says that his story is very much about the human condition. It deals with the very human fear of being inadequate and becoming obsolete.

More than that, the fact that he and the other musicians, the actors and the film production crew are creating everything live, means that the show “can fall apart at any moment.”

“I think underneath it all there is that human element,” he says.

“That’s what gets the audience out of the house and into the theater.”

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SUNDAY FEBRUARY 21 Come see the 6 time Grammy Award Winner at his only Northern California Appearance.

Go to TheSaddleRack.com to purchase your $30 Advance Tickets.

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DOORS OPEN AT 6PM

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DOORS OPEN AT 2PM Sunday 2/7/16 Open at noon

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$3

Spaghetti (per plate with Salad & Bread) Bottle Beer Hot Dogs

LIVE MUSIC IMMEDIATELY

Following The Game with Rob Tracy Band

Happy Hour M-F 4P-7P

Live Music Friday

Karaoke

Tue • Thu • Sat Open Mic Comedy Monday Ice cold bottles • 8 beers on tap Sunday-Saturday 2pm to 1:45am

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Rock/Pop/ Hip-Hop AGAVE

Every Fri, 9:30pm: DJ Norman.

San Jose.

AGENDA LOUNGE

Every Wed, 8pm: Salsa Wednesdays w/ free dance lessons. Every Thu, 9pm: Banda Night. San Jose. Every Sunday: Hip-hop & reggae.

San Jose.

ART BOUTIKI

Sun, Feb 7, 1pm: Big Kahuna Big Game Party. San Jose.

Every Wed, 9pm: The Cypher, feat. Hip-hop, Jungle, Soul, Reggae, Dubstep, Trap, BreakBeat, House and more.

San Jose

BRITANNIA ARMS DOWNTOWN

Every Wed: DJ 512. Every Thu: DJ Nico & Neeber. Every Fri: DJ Benofficial & Clay. Every Sat: DJ Ready Rock. San Jose.

CARDIFF LOUNGE

(408) 926-0606

Every Tues, 10pm: Resident DJ Gabriel Black presents Beat Culture. Every Wed, 10pm: Rubber Soul w/ Wen Davis, Nappy, Cutso, and Golden Child (Hip-Hop). Every Thu, 10pm: Roger Morehouse Presents Foxy Thursdays.

Campbell.

CHARLEY'S LG

Every Wed, 10pm: Wi3rd Wednesdays. Every Thu, 7pm: Speakeasy Saloon w/live country music. Los Gatos.

The Legend Lives On… Huge selection of: •Glass Pipes •Dab Rigs •Waterpipes •Quartz Bangers •Domeless Nails

Titanium • Torches Gifts • Stones Candles • T-shirts Clothes • Posters Incence • Jewelry Tapestries • Fairies Skulls • Dragons

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CLUB FOX

Every Wed: Club Fox Blues Jam. Thu, Feb 4, 8:30pm: School of Rock Palo Alto. Fri, Feb 5, 8pm: Julio Bravo and Salsabor. Sat, Feb 6, 8:30pm: Top Shelf Band. Redwood City.

FLINT CENTER

THE BACK BAR SOFA

1527 Alum Rock Ave, San Jose (Corner Of Alum Rock and 101)

Tsunami. Every Sun, 6pm: Joe Ferrara. Los Gatos.

C&J’S SPORTS BAR

Every Thu, 10pm: Karaoke.

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

Sat, Feb 6 29, 8pm: El Camino Youth Symphony. Cupertino.

NORMANDY HOUSE LOUNGE

Every Thu, 9:30pm: DJ night w/ DJ BenOfficial & DJ Vex. Every Fri and Sun, 9:30pm: Karaoke w/ DJ NoWrath.

Santa Clara.

NUMBER ONE BROADWAY

Every Wed: J.C. Smith Jam. Thu, Feb 4, 8pm: Bone Drivers.

Fri, Feb 5, 8pm: Johnny Neri.

Sat, Feb 6, 8pm: Cocktail Monkeys. Los Gatos.

THE RITZ

Wed, Feb 3, 8pm: Ritchie Dagger’s Crime Time. Thu, Feb 4, 8pm: Timezone w/ DJ Bit. San Jose.

SAN PEDRO SQUARE MARKET

Thu, Feb 4, 6pm: Jerry Sauceda. 9pm: Bob Burnett Trio ft. Tammy Brown. Fri, Feb 5, 5pm: The Cruisetones. 7pm: OTR Band. 8pm: Sonic Blue ft.

Joy Bonner. Sat, Feb 6, 3pm: The Mary Ellen Duell. 6pm: Hootenanny! 11pm: Groovy Judy Band. San Jose.

THE X BAR

Every Thu: No Cover night.

Every Sat: Saturday Nite Live Music Show. Cupertino.

WOODHAMS LOUNGE

Fri: Live music. Santa Clara.

Jazz/Blues/ World ANGELICA’S BISTRO

THE CATS

Wed, Feb 3, 7pm: Johnny Neri.

Thu, Feb 4, 7pm: Dave Abbott Band. Fri, Feb 5, 7pm: Isaiah Pickett. Sat, Feb 6, 8pm:

Every Tue: Jazz Tuesdays. Wed, Feb 3, 7:30pm: Enrico Barretta.

Thu, Feb 4, 7:30pm: Pamela Rose. Fri, Feb 5, 8:30pm: Razteria & Rahman Jamaal.

Sun, Feb 6, 7pm: Rebecca Du Maine & the Dave Miller Trio.

Redwood City.

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Every Tue, 7:30pm: Yoshi Senzaki Band. Every Sun: Jazz or Blues. Milpitas.

BLUE ROCK SHOOT

Every Fri: Blue Rock Showcase. Every Sat: Live Featured Show. Every Sun: Jazz & Blues Jam. Saratoga.

CAFE STRITCH

Every Wed: Wax Wednesday: All Vinyl DJ Sets. Thu, Feb 4, 9pm: Eddie Mendenhall Trio.

Fri, Feb 5, 8:30pm: Howard Wiley & Extra Nappy. Sat, Feb 6, 8;30pm: Patrick Wolff Quartet. Every Sun: Eulipions Jazz Jam Session. San Jose.

CAFFE FRASCATI

Fri, Feb 5, 8pm: Opera Night.

Sat, Feb 6, 8pm: Kavanaugh Brothers Celtic Experience.

San Jose.

CAFE PINK HOUSE

Fri, Feb 5, 7:30pm: Robert Kennedy Quartet. Sat, Feb 6, 2pm - 3:30pm: Live Music Hangout. Sat, Feb 6, 7:30pm: Music At Large Ensemble.

San Jose.

CITY NATIONAL CIVIC

Sat, Feb 6, 8pm: Amanda Miguel y Diego Verdaguer.

San Jose.

CLUB FOX

Every Wed: Club Fox Blues Jam. Redwood City.

HEDLEY CLUB AT HOTEL DE ANZA

Every 1st and 3rd Wed: Jazz Jam. San Jose.

J.J.’S BLUES

Blues and Jazz every night.

Call for info. San Jose.

LITTLE LOU’S BBQ

Wed, Feb 3, 7pm: Dennis Dove. Every Thu, 8pm: Aki’s Blues Jam. Fri, Feb 5, 8pm: David M’ore. San Jose.

MONTALVO ARTS CENTER Fri, Feb 5, 8pm: BeauSoleil with Michael Doucet.

Saratoga.

MOROCCO’S

Every Wed, Fri, and Sat, 5pm: Belly dancing. Every Tue, 4pm: Live Jazz Music w/ Johnny Williams. Every Thu: Live Acoustic Guitar Music.

Mountain View.

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Thu, 9pm: Live Music. Sun, 5pm: Reggae music. Tue, 6:30pm: Live Irish Rock. San Jose.

POOR HOUSE BISTRO

Every Wed: Blues & Brews w/ Sid Morris & Kyle Jester. Thu, Feb 4, 8pm: Roosevelt Dimes.

Fri, Feb 5, 5pm: Alabama Mike Blues Band. 9pm: Andre Thierry Super Zydeco. Sat, Jan 30, 5pm: John Boyd Blues Band. Sun, Feb 7, 12pm: Sid Morris & Big Jon Atkinson.

San Jose.

Open Mic/ Comedy ANGELICA’S BISTRO

Every Tue: Open Mic Tuesdays.

Redwood City.

ST. STEPHENS GREEN

Every Tue, 7:30pm: Irish music. Fourth Sat, 10pm: South American Hits.

Mountain View.

UNWINED

SUPER Kick Off PARTY

Wax It!

BBQ• Drink Specials & Free Prizes Post-Game Live Music THE BEST BAR IN TOWN FOR LIVE MUSIC

12 Beers on Tap Full Bar – 4K/Projection Open 7 Days Noon-2am

CAFFE FRASCATI

Every Mon, 8pm: Commediaopen mic for comedy. Every Tue, 7pm: Open mic. San Jose.

$40 Special Back Wax

Ears • Nose • Brows

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1214 Apollo Way, Sunnyvale 408-732-2110 • Quarternote.com

EverythingForSkin.com 2065 Winchester Blvd (near Campbell Ave), Campbell

CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

Sat, Feb 6, 8pm: Kevin Hart’s LOL Presents Comedy Slam.

THE CATS

Every Tue: Funny Farm hosted

by Butch Escobar. Los Gatos.

CITY ESPRESSO

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.

BLUE PHEASANT

Tue, 7pm: Karaoke w/ Steve Tiger. Cupertino.

BOGART’S LOUNGE

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

BOULEVARD TAVERN

Thu: Karaoke. Los Gatos.

BRANHAM LOUNGE

Tue: Karaoke with Medik & Sean Blak. San Jose.

MONTGOMERY THEATRE

Sun, Jan 30, 7pm: Max Amini.

POOR HOUSE BISTRO

BRIT ARMS ALMADEN

Tue, 6pm: Open mic. San Jose.

Wed and Sun, 10pm: Karaoke w/ DJ Hank. San Jose.

QUARTER NOTE

BRIT ARMS CUPERTINO

ROOSTER T. FEATHERS

Every Sun: Jam Session. Every Wed: Marty and Annika. Every Thu: Pete Weston. Woodside.

Fri, 9pm: Karaoke Friday Nights. Santa Clara.

Sun, 9:30pm: Comedy. San Jose.

0MISSION PIZZA

PIONEER SALOON

BLINKY’S CAN’T SAY

MARMIST COCKTAIL LOUNGE

CHARLEY'S LG

Every Thu: Acoustics Music Nights. Every Fri & Sat: Acoustics/Bands Music Nights. Campbell.

Sat, 9pm: Karaoke evenings.

Santa Clara.

Fri, 7pm: Open mic. San Jose.

Mon: Comedy. No cover.

Sunnyvale.

ORCHARD VALLEY COFFEE

Men & Women Total Waxing

BAR & GRILL

C&W/Folk Thu, Feb 4/6, 7pm: Mill Creek Ramblers. Fri, Feb 5, 7pm: Cimarron Rose Band.

Fremont.

Rock • Originals • R&B • Metal M,W,Th,Fri 9pm-1am Live Music Tue 9pm-1am Karaoke Sat 3pm-1am Live Music Sun Football & Post Live Music

Every 2nd and 4th Thu, 7-9pm: Don Balistreri. Every Sat, 7-9:30pm: Live jazz.

Every 1st and 3rd Sat, 9pm: Randy Whiting and “@Jazz.”

San Jose.

BENNIGAN’S GRILL

Mon, 7pm: Musical open mic for singer/songwriters. Sign up at 7pm. Free. San Jose.

Every Wed, 9pm: Comedy Caravan.

Wed, Feb 3, 6pm: Sidesaddle & Co. Tue, Feb 9, 6pm: Carolina Special. San Jose.

Every 2nd Thu: Gothic, industrial karaoke. Club Lido, San Jose.

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SAM'S BBQ

APPARITION

Wed, Feb 4, 8pm: Outsourced Comedy Tour. Fri-Sun, Feb 5-6, various: Dan Gabriel.

Sunnyvale.

WOODHAMS LOUNGE

Mon: Comedy open mic with Pete Munoz. Santa Clara.

WORKS/SAN JOSE

Sun-Tue, 10pm: Karaoke.

Cupertino.

THE CARAVAN

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

THE CARLOS CLUB

Fri & Sat: Karaoke night. San Carlos.

CHARLEY'S LG

Tue: Karaoke. Los Gatos.

2nd Thu, 7pm: Words Drawing Music. San Jose.

C&J’S SPORTS BAR

Karaoke

COURT’S LOUNGE

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DASILVA’S BRONCOS

Wed-Sat, 9pm: Karaoke. Tue, 9pm: Karaoke. San Jose.

7 STARS BAR & GRILL

Fri-Sat, 8pm: Karaoke. San Jose.

ALEX’S 49ER INN

Nightly, 9pm-2am: Karaoke.

San Jose.

Thu, 9pm: Karaoke. Santa Clara.

Mon, Thu & Sat, 9pm: Karaoke.

Campbell.

Wed: Karaoke. Thu, 9pm-1am: Karaoke. Santa Clara.

EFFIE’S RESTAURANT

Wed-Sat & Tue, 9pm-2am, & last Sun of every month, 2-7pm: B&S Karaoke.

Campbell.

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DRINK & FOOD SPECIALS

SUN. FEB. 7

OLD & NEW SoCal rockers Rivals Sons craft rollicking,

Watch Sharks games here!

Tues wed & sun

PUBSTUMPERS TRIVIA KARAOKE w/ DJ Hank

thur DJ Maniakal 2/4 fri The Cheeseballs 2/5 - Live band! sat 2/6

DJ Dinero 80's-90's Dance Party

UFC 196 - FEB. 6TH COVER CHARGE

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Lunch & Dinner Breakfast Sat./Sun.

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Straight Talk IT’S EARLY AFTERNOON and Rival Sons guitarist Scott Holiday is calling from a hotel room in Winnipeg—or “Winterpeg” as locals call it. “It’s even too cold for Canadians here,” the lifelong Southern Californian jokes. It’s amazing what sun worshippers will put up with if it means their band gets to support Black Sabbath, as the Sons will tonight at Winnipeg’s MTS Centre. “These are Black Sabbath’s shows,” he humbly adds—“we’re just blessed to be here.”

The blues-inspired rock & roll of Rival Sons has drawn comparisons to Cream, Led Zeppelin and The Animals, but there’s a Muscle Shoals country soul thing going on as well. “We just want to sound like us,” Holiday explains. “We don’t want to bullshit the listener.”

When not coaxing you with a quivering whisper-sing, vocalist Jay Buchanan declaims like a Pentecostal preacher. The booming 2/4 stomp of drummer Mike Miley and walking bass lines of Dave Beste evoke Zeppelin’s rhythm section. Holiday knows his way around the guitar (check the epic soloing on Rival Sons “Manifest Destiny, Part 1” from 2012’s Head Down) but bristles at the idea of anything technical in his Feb 9, 7:30pm, $105 playing. British bluesmen, including Jeff Beck are SAP Center, San influences, but so are modern avatars such as Jack Jose White. “He plays with a lot of fervor and personality,” Holiday says of the ex-White Stripe. “I’ll take that over the dude fresh out of school who can burn through every mode and scale.”

Rival Sons’ latest offering, the Tour Edition of 2014’s Great Western Valkyrie (live versions, B sides, and acoustic performances in Norway with Holiday playing dobro) contains a cover of “Black Coffee” by Humble Pie. “I’m a huge Steve Marriott fan starting with Small Faces. If you watch reruns from (British TV show) The Old Grey Whistle Test, they did a version of ‘Black Coffee’ with The Blackberries on backup. That was inspired, and it’s always stayed with me.”

Supporting rock royalty is nothing new for the Sons, who just finished a European trek with Deep Purple and have toured with AC/DC, Aerosmith, and Guns & Roses. They got a standing ovation in Omaha on the opening night of the Sabbath tour, but it’s hardly gone to their heads.

“No matter how ‘normal’ it becomes there’s still the quiet moment on every tour when we’re like, ‘These are the people in the music magazines I read as a kid. This is where all the licks I learned started. Oh my God!’” —Andrew Lentz

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Comics • Live Music • Fun Happenings

Come Watch the Big Game at Court’s!

Raffle including 50” HDTV, Sharks Tix & Much More FREE BBQ Jim Beam Girls!

BIG KAHUNA’S BIG GAME PARTY

Sunday February 7th •1:00 pm Pre-Game Stand-Up Comedy

BBQ & Drink Specials

Football Themed Coloring Book Pages For All BEER/ WINE SPECIALS

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5th ROBERT KENNEDY QUARTET

Sun, 7pm-close: Uncle Dougie Show. Palo Alto.

GILROY BOWL

Thu-Sat, 9:30pm: Karaoke. Gilroy.

SHERWOOD INN

KATIE BLOOM’S

SAN PEDRO SQUARE MARKET

LIQUID

Thu-Sun, 8:30pm: Karaoke.

San Jose.

Every Thu, 7:30pm-9:30pm: Karaoke Club. San Jose.

COVER CHARGE $15 | 7:30pm

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6th

WILLOW DEN

LIVE MUSIC HANGOUT | 2pm to 3:30pm

world / latin / jazz

COVER CHARGE $15 | 7:30pm

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12th WEST COAST JAZZ GUITAR SUMMIT: HRISTO VITCHEV / RICK VANDIVIER / MASON RAZAVI / JOHN STOWELL

jazz guitar summit

COVER CHARGE $20 | 7:30pm

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13th LIVE MUSIC HANGOUT | 2pm to 3:30pm

ED JOHNSON & NOVO TEMPO Brazilian Jazz / guitar COVER CHARGE $15 | 7:30pm

Goosetown

Cocktail Lounge

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FRI & SAT 9:30P-1:30A

THE GOOSETOWN LOUNGE Fri-Sat, 9:30pm-1:30am: Karaoke. Willow Glen.

ISLAND CAFE & BAR

Fri-Sat, 9pm: Karaoke. Sunnyvale.

JOHNNY V’S

Sun: Karaoke for the Industry.

No cover. San Jose.

KATIE BLOOM’S

Wed & Sun, 9:30pm-1:30am: Karaoke. Campbell.

KC BAR AND RESTAURANT Wed, 8pm: DJ Desmond. San Jose.

KING OF CLUBS

Thu & Sun-Mon, 8:30pm: Bruce of KOR Karaoke.

Mountain View.

KYOTO PALACE

Wed, 7pm: Karaoke. Campbell.

MARIANI’S

Thu, 8pm: Chris. Santa Clara.

NORMANDY HOUSE LOUNGE

Fri-Sat, 9:30pm: Karaoke.

Santa Clara.

OASIS

Wed & Fri-Sat, 8:30pm: Doug.

Sunnyvale.

O’FLAHERTY’S IRISH PUB Mon, 9pm: Karaoke. San Jose.

FOOTBALL

PARTY PLACE

6 BIG Screens · Drink Specials

Complimentary Food

Appetizers · Gumbo

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Fri: DJs & dancing. Every 2nd Sat: Girls & Champagne. San Jose.

LOFT BAR AND BISTRO

jazz organ quartet

MUSIC AT LARGE ENSEMBLE: FEATURING LEWIS JORDAN AND ARLENE BIALA

Thu-Sat, 9:30pm: DJs and dancing. Campbell.

PLAZA GARIBALDI

Wed & Sun, 7pm-close: Karaoke. San Jose.

PIONEER SALOON

Tue, 8:30pm: Acoustic karaoke with Sam Marshall.

Woodside.

POINCIANA LOUNGE

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

Sun, 9pm: Joe. Santa Clara.

THE QUARTER NOTE

Tue: Karaoke. Sunnyvale.

ROCKBAR

Tue, 7pm: Live Band Karaoke.

San Jose.

Every Wed at 9:30pm: Karaoke. Willow Glen.

Fri: Loft Fridays w/ DJ Exrated, J-Quest. Sat: The Upstairs Party w/ DJ Howhigh, DJ RQ, DJ Sequence, DJ Christylz. San Jose.

MILANO

WOODHAMS LOUNGE

Every Fri: Salsa Dancing. Every 3rd Fri: Strictly Freestyle. Every 4th Fri: Fuz. San Jose.

THE X BAR

NORMANDY HOUSE LOUNGE

Tue-Thu & Sat: Karaoke. Santa Clara.

Every Fri, 9pm: Karaoke w/ KJ Vinnie. Cupertino.

Dance Clubs AGENDA

Wed: Salsa Wednesdays. Thu: Shakalosos Banda Nights.

Sun: Reggae Vybez. San Jose.

AJ’S BAR

DJs and dancing every night.

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

BRIT ARMS DOWNTOWN

Wed: DJ 512. Thu: DJ Nico & Neeber. Fri: DJ Benofficial.

Sat: DJ Ready Rock. San Jose.

Thu, 10pm: Dancing to DJ BenOfficial & DJ Vex. Santa Clara.

PAGODA LOUNGE

Mon, 8:30pm: Vocal DUO. Tue, 9pm: Dueling Grand Pianos.

Wed, 9pm: DUO. Thu, Fri & Sat, 9pm: weekly Jazz and Pop Dance bands. Sun, 7pm: Solo Guitarist with Light Vocals.

Fairmont Hotel, San Jose.

ST. STEPHENS GREEN

Thu, 10:30pm: Reggae Thursdays. Fri: DJ Tony. Sun, 11:30am: Bottomless Mimosa.

Mountain View.

STUDIO8

Thu, Feb 4, 10pm: Travis Scott. Fri, Feb 5, 10pm: August Alsina. Sat, Feb 6, 10pm: Miguel. San Jose.

SUMMIT LOUNGE

Sat: Club Remix in Summit Saturdays. Four Points Sheraton, San Jose.

CARDIFF LOUNGE

Every 2nd and 4th Sun: Return of the Boom Zap, underground electronic music. Campbell.

CHARLEY’S LG

Wed: EDM Music. Fri-Sat, 10pm: DJ (follows live music).

Los Gatos.

EL RANCHO SPORTS BAR Fri-Sat, 8pm: Old School Dance Party. San Jose.

JOHNNY V’S

Mon: ReToxx. Tue: Trap Shop.

Wed: Hip-Hop/ Top 40. Thu/ Fri/Sat: ’70s, ’80s, ’90s Funk, House. Sun: Slow Jams, Karoake Dance Party. San Jose.

WILLOW DEN

Every Wed, 9:30pm: Karaoke; Every Thu: $2 Drink Night; Every Fri/Sat: DJs featuring a variety of Top 40, Hip Hop, EDM; Every Sun: Service Industry Night (1/2 off drinks w/industry card). Willow Glen.

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If your Rec was done by Skype, Notify the Medical Board.

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NOW OPEN HERB’S

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Wednesday & Friday Noon-5pm

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Payment of the tax in accordance with Municipal Code Chapter 4.66 does not authorize unlawful business.)

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Only patients with legally recognized medical cannabis recommendation AND a valid California ID may obtain cannabis products from Medimarts. Medimarts is a non-porfit collective operating in strict compliance with CA Prop 215 and SB420 H&S 11362.5 &11362.7 All New Patients, Seniors, Vets & Disabled Receive a FREE ½ gram added to a minimum $20 donation or a FREE edible or a FREE pre-rolled joint* *(While Supplies Last, One Offer per Patient per Week, All Rights Reserved)

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ATTENTION: State governmental entities can NOT create or recreate laws that organizations and individuals simply can’t abide by or follow without blatantly violating a superior law known as the Federal (CSA) Controlled Substance Act! The first thing that everyone MUST know and fully understand is the federal “Supremacy Clause.” The Supremacy Clause is the provision in Article Six, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution. This establishes the Constitution, federal statutes, and treaties as the “supreme law of the land.” It provides that these are the highest form of law in the United States legal system, and mandates that all the state judges MUST follow federal law when a conflict arises between federal law and either a state Constitution or state law of any state.

Question: How can California establish or recreate any state law or amend the state Constitution without violating the "supreme law of the land" known as the federal Controlled Substance Act? Answer: In our opinion...they can’t! As long as federal laws like the CSA, IRS Rule 280E and federal banking laws exist NO state can lawfully legalize something that is federally illegal! The federal governmental entities may NOT prosecute or pursue the states themselves but they’ve recently made it clear that they will go after organizations and individuals.

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The Fifth Amendment’s right against self-incrimination permits an organization or individual to refuse to follow a law or laws that could be used against the organization or individual in a criminal prosecution. This right is to inhibit the government from compelling a confession or illegal activity through force, coercion or deception.

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Applied Materials, Inc. is accepting resumes for the following position in Santa Clara/Sunnyvale, CA: Engineering Technician (SCRJA): Performs moderately complex electro-mechanical technical functions and activities such as design, test, checkout, fabrication, modification, troubleshooting and assembly of electronics and electro-mechanical systems, experimental design circuitry, prototype models, specialized test equipment, tools and test fixtures.

Please mail resumes with reference number to Applied Materials, Inc., 3225 Oakmead Village Drive, M/S 1212, Santa Clara, CA 95054. No phone calls please.

Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship. EOE. www.appliedmaterials.com

Sr. Software Engineer

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TECHNICAL Applied Materials, Inc. is accepting resumes for the following positions in Santa Clara/Sunnyvale, CA: Software Engineer (SCSSA): Develops requirements and design, completes programming and performs testing and de-bugging of applications. Please mail resumes with reference number to Applied Materials, Inc., 3225 Oakmead Village Drive, M/S 1212, Santa Clara, CA 95054. No phone calls please. Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship. EOE. www.appliedmaterials.com

Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. is accepting resumes forthe position of Senior Project Manager in San Jose, CA. Responsiblefor the overall planning, schedule and launch of product releases.Coordinate the day-to-day activities required to deliver solutions ontime, hosting and driving regular Core Team meetings, managingexternal dependencies and manufacturing logistics, and ensuring keydefined milestones, metrics and commitments are met. Mail resume toToshiba America Electronic Components Inc., Staffing Department, 6373San Ignacio Ave, San Jose, CA 95119. Must reference Ref. # SPM-AC.

(SSE-LC) Desgn, dvlpment & support sw & algorithms used to characterize & calibrate image-sensors & cameras.

MS+2 yrs or BS+5 yrs prog rltd exp.

Send resumes to Intuitive Surgical Operations, Attn: Rebecca Counihan, 1020 Kifer Road, Sunnyvale, CA 94086.

Must ref title & code.

Computer Infogain Corp. seeks Technology Lead: Dev. web based apps. May be assigned to work at client sites in Santa Clara County, CA. Resume to worksite: 485 Alberto Way, #100, Los Gatos, CA 95032, Attn: D. Sharma

ACCOUNTING

TECHNOLOGY

TAX SENIOR ASSOCIATE

MANAGER, ORACLE

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, San Jose, CA.

PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory Services LLC, San Jose, CA.

(Mult. Positions)

Provide tax consulting, planning, compliance & accounting services to companies w/ specific industry needs. Req. Bach. or foreign equiv. in Acctg or rel. + 3 yrs of rel. exp.; or Master’s or foreign equiv. in Acctg or rel. + 1 yr. of rel. exp. Travel up to 20% is required.

Please apply by mail, referencing Job Code SANTAX, Attn: HR SSC/Talent Management, 4040 West Boy Scout Blvd., Tampa, FL 33607.

(Mul. Pos.)

Help clients identify & execute against their enterprise resource planning needs using Oracle solutions.

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Apply by mail, referencing Job Code SANMNOR, Attn: HR SSC/Talent Management, 4040 W. Boy Scout Blvd., Tampa, FL, 33607.

Teradyne, Inc. looks for Sr. Software Engineer to handle analysis for next generation ATE of the memory, logic and image sensor device testing in San Jose, CA; visit www.teradyne.com for details. Reply to HR with Job ID # 11206BR to 875 Embedded Way, San Jose, CA 95138

TECHNICAL Applied Materials, Inc. is accepting resumes for the following position in Santa Clara/Sunnyvale, CA: Account Technologist (SASLI): Responsible for identification and development of solutions for customers using company’s products. Please mail resumes with reference number to Applied Materials, Inc., 3225 Oakmead Village Drive, M/S 1212, Santa Clara, CA 95054. No phone calls please. Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship. EOE. www. appliedmaterials.com

Sr. Regulatory Affairs Specialist (SRAS-VK) Provide leadership to dvlpmnt, new product intro & mfg teams for assessing mpact of dsgn inputs & outputs on regulatory filings & compliance. MS+3 yrs rltd exp.

Send resumes to Intuitive Surgical Operations, Attn: Rebecca Counihan, 1020 Kifer Road, Sunnyvale, CA 94086.

Must ref title & code.

SOFTWARE

KalioCommerce, Inc.

BUSINESS Applied Materials, Inc. is accepting resumes for the following position in Santa Clara/Sunnyvale, CA: Project/ Program Manager (SCRSE): Accountable for Continuous Improvement Projects related to sourcing and procurement globally. Analyze data and processes for improvement opportunities.

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The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Dobashi-Kumata Partners, 757 N. 20th St., San Jose, CA, 95112, Perry T. Dobashi, Toni T. Dobashi, Gayle Kumata, 19987 Knollweed Dr., Saratoga, CA, 95070, Conrad Kumata, Amy E. Dobashi, 2332 Loma Park Drive, San Jose, CA, 95124, Tom & Joyce Dobashi, 665 Eisenhower Dr., San Jose, CA, 95128, Joyce, Dobashi.

This business is conducted by a general partnership.

Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein 6/1/04. /s/Perry T. Dobashi This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 1/06/2016. (pub Metro 1/20, 1/27, 2/03, 2/10/2016)

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. ES Travel, 736 Charcot AVe., San Jose, CA, 95131, E-Shuang, 2. FBLite. This business is conducted by an limited liability company. Above entity was formed in the state CaliforniaRegistrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 1/25/2016. /s/ Shuang SongManaging Member#24420310085 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 1/25/2016.(pub Metro 2/03, 2/10, 2/17, 2/24/2016)

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LEGALS & PUBLIC NOTICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #612072 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Amazing Face Labs, 5393 Silver Trail Ct., San Jose, CA, 95138, Bonnie Griffith. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein 12/5/2015. /s/Bonnie GriffithThis statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 12/15/2015. (pub Metro 1/13, 1/20, 1/27, 2/03/2016)

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The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: QED Environmental, 636 University Avenue, San Jose, CA, 95110, Traid Mark, Inc. This business is conducted by a corporation. Above entity was formed in the state of CaliforniaRegistrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 10/8/2003. Refile of previous file #433900/s/John R. FinniganPresident#C2253981This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 1/07/2016. (pub Metro 1/20, 1/27, 2/03, 2/10/2016)

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #612745 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Chavelas Restaurant, 960 S. First St., San Jose, CA, 95110, Gloria S. Orozco, 622 Lotus St., San Jose, CA, 95116. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Gloria S. Orozco This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 1/07/2016. (pub Metro 1/13, 1/20, 1/27 2/03/2016)

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #612700

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Taqueria La Bamba Restaurant, 580 North Rengstroff Ave., Mountain View, CA, 94043, Taqueria La Bamba LLC. This business is conducted by a limited liability company. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein.

Refile of previous file #545247 refiled prior to expiration date or within 40 days past expiration. with NO CHANGES/s/Oscar E. Munoz President#20415010230This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 1/08/2016. (pub Metro 1/20, 1/27, 2/03, 2/10/2016)

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #612818 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Ay Caramba Taqueria La Bamba, 580 North Rengstroff Ave., Mountain View, CA, 94043, Taqueria La Bamba LLC. This business is conducted by a limited liability company. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein.Refile of previous file #545248 refiled prior to expiration date or within 40 days past expiration. with NO CHANGES/s/Oscar E. Munoz President#20415010270This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 1/08/2016. (pub Metro 1/20, 1/27, 2/03, 2/10/2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #612923 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Silicon Valley Audit Group, 1310 North First Street, San Jose, CA, 95131, Technology Credit Union. This business is conducted by a corporation. Above entity was formed in the state of California. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/ Joe Anzalone EVP & Chief Banking Officer #C2122654 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 1/12/2016. (pub Metro 1/20, 1/27, 2/03, 2/10/2016)

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #613002

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #613449

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Get On Record, 166 Sweetberry Court, San Jose, CA, 95136, Jason Patrick Sayler. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Jason Patrick SaylerThis statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 1/14/2016(pub Metro 1/20, 1/27, 2/03, 2/10/2016)

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: California Yearbooks, 770 Opal Dr., Apt 3, San Jose, CA, 95117, Nicole Gravlin. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Nicole Gravlin This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 1/28/2016. (pub Metro 2/03, 2/10, 2/17, 2/24/2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #612931

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #613428

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Dong VI, 1310 Tully Road, Suite 105, San Jose, CA, 95122. This business is conducted by a corporation.

Above entity was formed in the state of California.

Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Huyen Thi Kim Bich TranPresident & CEO #3856150This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 1/12/2016. (pub Metro 1/20, 1/27, 2/03, 2/10/2016)

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Pho Hoa Noodle Soup And Jazen Tea, 3147 Mission College Blvd., Santa Clara, CA, 95054, Silicon Valley Restaurants Group LLC. This business is conducted by an limited liability company. Above entity was formed in the state of CaliforniaRegistrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Hanh TranPresident#201602010307This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 1/28/2016. (pub Metro 2/03, 2/10, 2/17, 2/24/2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #613113 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Pacific Sierra Property Management, 643 N 3rd St., #3, San Jose, CA, 95112, Louis M. Snyder.This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name (s) listed below in 1997. Refile of previous file #415429 after 40 days o expiration date./s/Louis M. SnyderThis statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 1/20/2016. (pub Metro 1/27, 2/03, 2/10, 2/17/2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #613203 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Le Coucou, 1155 Tasman Dr., Sunnyvale, CA, 94089, eBranding Inc.This business is conducted by an corporation.Above entity was formed in the state of California. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name (s) listed herein. /s/Cien ShenCEO#C3666717This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 1/22/2016. (pub Metro 1/27, 2/03, 2/10, 2/17/2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #613286 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Eye Focus Optometry, 2980 Capitol Expressway, Suite E, San Jose, CA, 95148, Cindy P. Nguyen, 4061 San Ysidro Way, San jose, CA, 95111. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 1/25/16. /s/Cindy P. Nguyen This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 1/25/2016. (pub Metro 2/03, 2/10, 2/17, 2/24/2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #613242 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Sky Day Spa, 175 S. Capitol Ave., #1, San Jose, CA, 95127, Quan Do, 1741 Homegate Dr., San Jose, CA, 95148.This business is conducted by an individual.

Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name (s) listed herein. /s/Quan DoThis statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 1/22/2016. (pub Metro 1/27, 2/03, 2/10, 2/17/2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #613472 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Samba Motorsports, 1724 Don Avenue, San Jose, CA, 95124, Fredrik Haghveroian. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 1/29/2016. /s/Fredrik Haghveroian This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 1/29/2016. (pub Metro 2/03, 2/10, 2/17, 2/24/2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #613425 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Gold Valley Scaffolding, 2079 Flint Ave., San Jose, CA, 95148, Robert Fuentes, 910 Lilac Ct., Los Banos, CA, 93635. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 1/21/16Refile of previous file #613141 with changes. /s/Robert Fuentes This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 1/28/2016. (pub Metro 2/03, 2/10, 2/17, 2/24/2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #613238 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Ladino Construction, 1541 Ford Avenue, San Jose, CA, 95110, Ender Ladino. This business is conducted by an indivdual.Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Ender Ladino This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 1/22/2016. (pub Metro 2/03, 2/10, 2/17, 2/24/2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #613391 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Nor-Cal Hobbies & Raceway, 2099 S. 10 St., Unit 50 San Jose, CA, 95112, Eric Vasutin, 4712 Bucknall Rd., San Jose, CA, 95112. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein 1/27/2016. /s/Eric VasutinThis statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 1/27/2016. (pub Metro 2/03, 2/10, 2/17, 2/24/2016)

FREE WILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19): The Bible’s Book of Exodus tells the story of the time Moses almost met God. “Show me your glory, please,” the prophet says to his deity, who’s hiding. “You cannot see my face,” God replies, “but I will show you my back parts.”

That’s good enough for Moses. He agrees. I hope that you, too, will be satisfied with a tantalizingly partial epiphany, Aries. I’m pretty sure that if you ask nicely, you can get a glimpse of a splendor that’s as meaningful to you as God was to Moses. It may only be the “back parts,” but that should still stir you and enrich you.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The archaic English

word “quaintrelle” refers to a woman who treats her life as a work of art. She is passionate about cultivating beauty and pleasure and wit in everything she is and does. But she’s not a narcissistic socialite.

She’s not a snooty slave to elitist notions of style. Her aim is higher and sweeter: to be an impeccable, wellcrafted fount of inspiration and blessings. I propose that we resuscitate and tinker with this term, and make it available to you. In 2016, you Tauruses of all genders will be inclined to incorporate elements of the quaintrelle, and you will also be skilled at doing so.

If you have not yet dived into this fun work, start now!

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Sufi teacher (and

Gemini) Idries Shah offered this teaching: “They say that when Fortune knocks, you should open the door.

But why should you make Fortune knock, by keeping the door shut?” Let's make this your featured meditation, Gemini. If there is anywhere in your life where proverbial doors are shut—either in the world outside of you or the world inside of you—unlock them and open them wide. Make it easy for Fortune to reach you.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Many Cancerians harbor a chronic ache of melancholy about what they're missing. The unavailable experience in question could be an adventure they wish they were having or an absent ally they long to be near or a goal they wish they had time to pursue. That's the bad news. The good news is that you can harness the chronic ache. In fact, it’s your birthright as a Cancerian to do so. If you summon the willpower to pull yourself up out of the melancholy, you can turn its mild poison into a fuel that drives you to get at least some of what you’ve been missing. Now is a favorable time to do just that.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): How will the next chapter of your story unfold? I suspect there are two possible scenarios. In one version, the abundance of choices overwhelms you. You get bogged down in an exciting but debilitating muddle, and become frazzled, frenetic, and overwrought. In the other possible scenario, you navigate your way through the lavish freedom with finesse. Your intuition reveals exactly how to make good use of the fertile contradictions. You're crafty, adaptable, and effective. So which way will you go? How will the tale unfold? I think it’s completely up to you. Fate will have little to do with it. For best results, all you have to do is stay in close touch with the shining vision of what you really want.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “To hell with my

suffering,” wrote Arthur Rimbaud in his poem “May Banners.” I suggest you make that your mantra for now. Anytime you feel a sour thought impinging on your perceptions, say, “To hell with my suffering.” And then immediately follow it up with an expostulation from another Rimbaud poem, “It's all too beautiful.”

Be ruthless about this, Virgo. If you sense an imminent outbreak of pettiness, or if a critical voice in your head blurts out a curse, or if a pesky ghost nags you, simply say, “To hell with my suffering,” and then, “It's all too beautiful.” In this way, you can take advantage of the fact that you now have more power over your emotional pain than usual.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “I like people who unbalance me,” says Irish writer Colum McCann.

Normally I wouldn't dream of encouraging you to make the same declaration, Libra. My instinct is to help you do everything necessary to maintain harmony. But now is one of those rare times when you can thrive on what happens when you become a bit tilted or uneven or irregular. That’s because the influences that unbalance you will be the same

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The African

Association was a 19th-century British group dedicated to exploring West Africa. Its members hoped to remedy Europeans’ ignorance about the area’s geography. In one of the Association’s most ambitious projects, it commissioned an adventurer named Henry Nicholls to discover the origin and to chart the course of the legendary Niger River. Nicholls and his crew set out by ship in their quest, traveling north up a river that emptied into the Gulf of Guinea.

They didn't realize, and never figured out, that they were already on the Niger River. I’m wondering if there’s a comparable situation going on in your life, Scorpio. You may be looking for something that you have already found.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Richard P. Feynman was a brilliant physicist who won a Nobel Prize in 1965 for his pioneering work in quantum electrodynamics. He also played the bongo drums and was a competent artist. But excessive pride was not a problem for him. “I'm smart enough to know that I'm dumb,” he testified. “The first principle is that you must not fool yourself—and you are the easiest person to fool.” I suggest you adopt him as your role model for the next two weeks, Sagittarius.

All of us need periodic reminders that we've got a lot to learn, and this is your time. Be extra vigilant in protecting yourself from your own misinformation and misdirection.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Food connoisseur

Anthony Bourdain has a TV show that enables him to travel the globe indulging in his love of exotic cuisine.

He takes his sensual delights seriously. In Charleston, South Carolina, he was ecstatic to experience the flavorful bliss of soft-shell crab with lemon pasta and shaved bottarga. “Frankly,” he told his dining companion, “I'd slit my best friend's throat for this.”

Bourdain was exaggerating for comic effect, but I'm concerned you may actually feel that strongly about the gratifications that are almost within your grasp.

I have no problem with you getting super-intense in pursuit of your enjoyment. But please stop short of taking extreme measures. You know why.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You may sometimes be drawn to people or places or ideas long before they can give you their gifts. Although you sense their potential value, you might have to ripen before you are ready to receive their full bounty. Here's how author Elias Canetti expressed it: “There are books, that one has for twenty years without reading them, that one always keeps at hand, yet one carefully refrains from reading even a complete sentence. Then after twenty years, there comes a moment when suddenly, as though under a high compulsion, one cannot help taking in such a book from beginning to end, at one sitting: it is like a revelation.” I foresee a comparable transition happening for you, Aquarius.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The Leaning Tower of Pisa is eight stories high, including its belfry, and tilts sideways at a four-degree angle. When builders started construction back in 1173, they laid a weak foundation in unstable soil, and the building has not stood straight since then. And yet it is the most lucrative tourist attraction in the city of Pisa, and one of the top 10 in Italy. Its flaw is the source of its fame and glory. What’s the equivalent in your world, Pisces? Now is a favorable time to take new or extra advantage of something you consider imperfect or blemished.

Homework: Brag about your flaws and weaknesses and mistakes. Send your boast to Truthrooster@gmail.com.

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