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I climbed the path surrounded by dry, overgrown grass to set up camp, when I saw you walking your dog. You, with your backwards cap, were no 3am regular and your dog no pit bull. I saw you looking at my shopping cart full of tonight’s bounty. As usual, my initial thoughts were, Please don’t be a thief, undercover cop or another neighborhood watch snitch.

(I wasn’t in the mood for requiring anyone to get stitches). Play it cool, I thought to myself. “What’s up, man?” I said. You replied in a recognizable tone, which made me feel at ease.

Thankfully, you were just another stoner walking his dog in the middle of the night. I let out a sigh of relief. Now I could get back to moving this slightly used milk carton dining set down to camp surrounded by the familiar sounds of crickets, frogs, barking dogs and other 3am echoes. This is going to be a great campsite.

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Under the Stars Come Friday, San Jose Councilman TAM NGUYEN will turn in for the night in a sleeping bag under the stars. Well, there may be a tent. Either way, he says, he’s ready to hunker down in the open air at Portland’s city-sanctioned homeless camp, a controversial tent settlement called Right 2 Dream Too. “I want to leave myself open to the experience,” Nguyen tells Fly, adding that he plans to proceed like “DORA THE EXPLORER, They ready to learn.” San Did Jose, home to at least What?

4,000 unsheltered inhabitants on a SEND TIPS TO given night, has been FLY@ METRONEWS. studying the idea of COM a tent village despite resistance from Mayor SAM LICCARDO and reluctant housing officials. Next month, the city’s head of homeless services, RAY BRAMSON, plans to report back to the City Council about the feasibility of a legal homeless camp.

Though he has yet to draft that memo, he says it will enumerate regulatory barriers, namely health and safety codes, fire codes, building and habitability issues, and then some. Oh, and brace for the NIMBYs. If they’ve raised this big of a stink about motel-to-shelter projects, imagine the outcry over an institutionalized homeless camp. The foremost solution, Bramson says, is permanent housing followed by transitional shelter, converted motels and the like. But people need places until then, argues homeless activist ROBERT AGUIRRE, who lived in “The Jungle”—one of the nation’s largest illegal shantytowns—until 2014, when the city dismantled it in the dead of a wet winter. He’ll join Nguyen on his overnight trek along with IBRAHIM MUBARAK, a homeless man who founded the Right 2 Dream Too camp as well as Portland’s 17-year-old “tiny home” village for the house-less. Nguyen says he’ll debrief the public about his field trip on June 13, the day before the council hears from Bramson on the matter.

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Vote ‘No’ on C SWEET 16 San Jose’s collectives have proven they belong.

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an Jose’s clumsy process to enact a medical marijuana framework began more than half a decade ago with elected officials snickering like nerds about getting high at the dais and then knee-jerked into crackdown mode when the city’s planning commission wanted to arbitrarily cap collectives at 25.

When that failed to get traction, there were white flag proposals from a few shortsighted council members who suggested San Jose simply give up and scrap local regulation altogether.

Now, finally, through significant efforts to tax and relocate collectives with zoning restrictions and operational requirements, the city has a system in place that seems to work for both clubs and patients—while protecting members of the public who choose to keep their distance.

Cannabis prices have remained flat, security requirements have been strengthened, testing medicine is

now required and, despite a dip in tax revenue, the city is still collecting millions. Now, we have a June ballot measure that hopes to tear it all down and start from scratch.

It’s counterintuitive, but if you care about safe access to medical marijuana in San Jose, vote “no” on Measure C. The system is actually working.

As it stands, San Jose counts 16 licensed collectives—each buffered from schools and homes, and many tucked away in industrial pockets of the city. The operators have worked with city leaders, paid their taxes and changed attitudes by proving to be more professional than some of the bureaucrats they had to convince. Even socially conservative former Mayor Chuck Reed has joined them in the fight.

Measure C aims to scrap this hard work and return to the days when San Jose had more than

supply to meet demand.

San Jose’s rules, thankfully, have been grandfathered in before the state’s Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act goes into full effect. Outright legalization in California is on the horizon, which will present its own challenges, and there’s a chance for San Jose’s 16 authorized dispensaries to have a leg up when that day comes. But that’s a concern for another day.

A collective requires cooperation, and the past year has proven to be a difficult but collaborative process to get rid of the non-compliers and provide a fair regulatory framework for responsible operators.

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‘Yes’ on Measure B San Jose is still broke and can’t afford to fix its roads or pay police officers enough to join the force after fleecing the city for academy training. It’s a sticky situation that can’t be fixed without more revenue, and unless fifty Fortune 500 companies decide to relocate their headquarters here tomorrow there isn’t a quick fix.

That’s why we recommend a “yes” vote on Measure B. The ¼-cent sales tax measure will run 15 years and generate about $40 million annually. That does almost nothing to tackle San Jose’s infrastructure backlog, but it will help restore vital city services like rebuilding

a police department that has been gutted over the last six years. San Jose’s police officers have admirably kept crime rates low over the last few years, but a breaking point lies ahead without adding new bodies.

Hiking the city’s sales tax to 9 percent isn’t ideal. We’ll have to put some faith in elected leaders to shepherd the money in a responsible manner. Much of San Jose’s fiscal crisis was caused by unfunded liabilities related to pensions. That’s less of a concern now, even with pension reform settlements still being litigated, and it’s time to make some progress rather than feebly attempting to hold the line.

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100 collectives, many of which flouted state marijuana laws and became nuisances to residential and commercial neighbors.

Even Measure C’s author, cannabis attorney James Anthony, has disclaimed the proposal, telling anyone he can in interviews and on social media to vote “no.”

He came to this decision after city leaders and collectives agreed in December to remove the vertical integration requirement that all cannabis and products—edibles, oils, tinctures and the like—be manufactured on site. Such a condition would have made it impossible for

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CUSTOMS CRACKDOWN Federal immigration authorities are expected to carry out a wave deportations.

Local Leaders Blast Expected Immigration Raids

BY DAPHNE MORALES The feds are coming.

Bracing for a potential wave of immigration raids and deportations, Santa Clara County officials denounced the crackdown in an announcement last week. As part of a national sweep, the planned raids will target undocumented men, women and children, as well adults who immigrated to the U.S. alone as children.

“It is discouraging to learn about the ... continuation of immigration raids targeting Central American families and unaccompanied minors,” county supervisor Dave Cortese said. “Those who are being or have been removed are returning to dire situations in their home countries and often face violence or imminent death.”

Reuters reports that the operation is expected to be the largest since President Barack Obama took office.

It follows on the heels of raids carried out over two days in January that targeted Georgia, Texas and North Carolina.

Local officials have at times had a contentious relationship with federal immigration authorities. The county has a dedicated Office of Immigrant Relations, which prioritizes the needs of its foreign-born residents over demands from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Cortese and the Board of Supervisors called on federal immigration officials to stop dividing families and follow the county’s example in regards to immigrant integration.

Census data from 2013 shows that 53 percent of foreign-born county residents are U.S. citizens, while two-thirds of families include both immigrants and their children.

“Most immigrant families are crossing the south border because they are escaping extreme violence or even death threats, and risk their lives in search of a better conditions for them and their loved ones,” said Maria Love, manager of the county Office of Immigrant Relations. Deporting undocumented citizens, she added, is not the way to fix the broken immigration system.

The county already has a policy against cooperating with ICE. For the past five years, the county has refused to detain jailed non-citizens for customs officials any longer than required, as long as the charges do not include violent or sexual crimes. The policy has stirred up controversy, but the county reaffirmed it in 2013 and again in 2014 despite backlash against so-called “sanctuary city” laws.

Two Santa Clara County jail guards have been charged with beating a shackled inmate, the District Attorney’s Office announced Monday.

Phillip Abecendario, 27, and Tuan Le, 31, each face a felony count of assault by an officer.

If convicted, they face up to three years behind bars.

The charges stem from a nearly year-old Tuan Le incident. On July 23, 2015, the deputies assaulted a newly booked 49-year-old inmate, according to prosecutor John Chase.

With other inmates locked in their cells for the night, the jail guards allegedly beat the victim in an interview room. They then hauled him, chained and half-naked, to his cell, where they assaulted him again, Chase said.

The officers threw the inmate against the wall and dropped him to the floor, prosecutors say, and allegedly punched, kicked and jumped on him.

But the guards reportedly filed no documents to justify that level of force.

“We can’t have jail guards administering their own form of punishment to inmates who are waiting for their trials or serving their sentences,” Chase said.

Sheriff Laurie Philip Abecendario Smith, who oversees the county’s two jails, said an internal probe resulted in the arrests.

“These alleged actions run contrary to any training they have received,” she said.

Correctional Peace Officers’ Association President Sgt. Amy Le said the union will withhold judgment until the case plays out in court. —Jennifer Wadsworth

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Stuck Lovers Silicon Valley renters say they’re too broke to leave toxic relationships

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HEN SHE MET him, a cute out-of-towner at the bar, she could already picture their life together. An ensuing longdistance courtship kindled the notion into reality. On the oneway drive from her hometown in Washington to his in Silicon Valley, that imagined future began to take shape.

She transferred her course credits to San Jose State University and worked three jobs to save up while living with his overbearing mom for a year-and-a-half. By 2014, they had enough to move into a one-bedroom Japantown flat.

BY JENNIFER WADSWORTH For a month—a brief, blissful month—she could breathe. She felt at home. He felt like family.

“That’s all I got,” says Amanda, a 26-year-old environmental science major who asked to withhold her name for fear of eviction. “One whole month of happiness.”

Before long, her boyfriend went from affectionate to detached. He got cagey. Stress over his new job, she figured. He locked his phone and began impulsively tilting the screen away from her line of sight. She didn’t dwell on it. School and work kept her busy from dawn to 10 most nights.

On a rare evening off, she invited her closest friend to the apartment to bake jam-topped cookies over wine, cheese and gossip. Amanda’s

usually sullen boyfriend suddenly seemed sociable, taking a keen interest in the visitor, who happened to have dated a close friend of his.

“We’re hanging out and he keeps filling our wine glasses,” Amanda says. “Mostly, he just flirted with her, looking through her overnight bag and jokingly telling her to put makeup on him. They’re laughing and I’m sitting there uncomfortably.”

Confused and feeling disrespected, she told her boyfriend to leave them alone. Some sense of guilt prompted her to call him back, as long he behaved. The trio called an awkward truce and watched a movie, with Amanda in the middle. Then, her boyfriend reached across to caress her friend, who kissed Amanda’s cheek.

“What is happening right now?”

Amanda recalls asking, jerking herself away from the unwelcome attempt at a three-way.

She marched into the bathroom to cry, half-hoping one of them would come after her to apologize.

Nothing. Sobbing, she packed a bag. On her way to the front door she saw her friend straddling her boyfriend. In a few-minute span, he fucked and finished. He later expressed remorse, but more for the brevity than the infidelity.

In a sane world, that would merit a clean break. But there is nothing sane about Silicon Valley’s astronomical housing costs. Amanda couch-surfed, scoured ads for a room to rent on her meager budget and

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spent one night sleeping in a WalMart parking lot.

With classes and an internship to worry about, she resolved to tough it out with her ex for another 18 months and counting.

Put Up or Shut Up The cost of living in Silicon Valley takes more than just a financial toll—it’s often deeply, painfully personal. Skyrocketing rents give the housing market a sort of forced family planning effect.

People limit the number of kids they have or hold off entirely.

Couples delay moving in together for fear of losing a rent-controlled unit.

Or they shack up too quickly because

of a rent hike. They never leave the house or move back in with parents, doubling or tripling generations in a single home. People put up with smaller, stranger accommodations, such as shared rooms, converted sheds, backyard tents and couches or subdivided common areas.

If a relationship falls apart, there’s often nowhere else to go for months, even years. Exes demoted to housemates have to navigate a post-breakup reality that prevents them from moving on. That can become more than just awkward.

Increasingly, people put up with toxic relationships or outright physical, financial or emotional abuse because they simply can’t afford to leave.

“Ten years ago, we didn’t need to

be housing experts,” says Colsaria Henderson, program director for Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence.

“But housing has become the key issue with our survivors. I would say it’s paramount. We never really anticipated seeing survivors priced out of everything, or seeing so many of them make that decision to remain with an abuser or risk homelessness.”

Next Door Solutions, Santa Clara County’s largest service provider for victims of domestic violence, turned away 77 women and 87 children from its battered women’s shelter in April. “These are all women we would have taken into our shelter, these are people who have exhausted all their options,” she says. “There’s just no room.”

Rent Controlled Katie Taylor, 28, has achieved a tense equilibrium with her ex by creating some emotional distance despite their physical proximity.

“We try to work together to help each other out and to be friends,” says Taylor, a Michigan transplant who lives in one of downtown San Jose’s myriad subdivided Victorians. “I get free food from work but I don’t have a car, so I barter with him by giving him food for a ride. But when we’re in the car together, we’ll argue again.”

At least she moved out, she says, even if she didn’t get that far. Last fall, she left their shared room—where they spent months aggravating

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seven housemates with late-night shouting matches that sometimes descended into physical fights—for a $425-a-month space on the second floor. It wasn’t her first choice.

“I was telling myself for a really long time that I wasn’t staying there because I needed a place to live,” Taylor Specializing in all things surface RC. says. “I kept telling myself that I could Permanent Indoor Track, Sales, Parts & Rentals leave if I wanted to.”

Scouting for a new home, however, made it all but impossible to live in denial. The only options within her price range included dank, windowless basements for $650 a month or party houses with washed-up townies or 19-year-old college students.

“After months of looking for somewhere to live, it all came crashing down,” she says. “I realized that I’m totally fucked. I got really depressed. I would lay in bed all day and cry.”

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“Sometimes you have to learn how to cope,” she says. “People have this mentality that when they break up they never talk to each other again, but it doesn’t necessarily have to be that way. We’re in this stage in our society where it doesn’t have to be black and white, where exes can be friends or at least remain civil with each other.”

Cauble would know. For a year after divorcing her husband of two years and partner of 10, they lived in the same house. She managed to date and live the single life while summoning the financial wherewithal to strike it out on her own.

“It’s challenging,” she says. “And it doesn’t always work.”

Pity Rent On the flip side of these unwanted relationships is Paul Gee, a 39-yearold local landlord who lives with his ex two years after the split.

“I actually feel guilty about how the rental market is, so I let her stay,” he says. “She can’t really afford to move out. I know that. But it’s awkward, there’s always tension and it wasn’t a completely friendly breakup.”

In a two-bedroom cottage, they share a bathroom and, if they can stand it, the living room. To avoid each other they often stay in their own rooms.

Underscoring the absurdity of the situation, Gee says, he’s grateful for long work hours and snarled commutes that keep him out of the house.

Though he owns the place, he’s just as stuck.

“Neither one of us can move forward,” Gee says. “I can’t even imagine bringing anyone else over. I’m basically in this impossible situation where I have nowhere to go and she has nowhere to go. But I also totally get where she’s coming from.”

The predicament clouds his future.

“It’s hard to see beyond this,” he says.

“I don’t see a way out.”

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Two-and-a-half years ago, Matthews evicted her abuser after he threatened to kill her. But without his portion of the rent, she could no longer afford $1,450 a month. Her landlord was unsympathetic.

In the thick of a white-hot rental market and the wake of her grandmother’s death, Matthews made what she calls “a terrible choice that no one should have to make.” With her two young daughters and one son—the other went to live with his dad—she bunked in their Honda Odyssey or shelters, when there was room. If she scraped together enough cash, she rented cheap motel rooms so they could stretch their legs. Too many nights spent sleeping upright causes the calves to swell, painfully and sometimes permanently.

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clue where they would sleep, where they would shower. Some days, she wanted to die. Despite the chaos, she kept her kids in school and landed a part-time job. She filled out countless applications for apartment waiting lists, shelters and services that might get her family off the streets.

“I was just praying, because I couldn’t take it anymore,” she says. “I would ask the Lord, I would ask my grandmother, ‘What can I do? Where can I get help? Where are you going to guide me to?’”

Finally, she went to HomeFirst, the South Bay’s largest homeless services provider, which found her a subsidized apartment. Since March, her family has had some semblance of stability.

“It takes some getting used to,” says Matthews, 32, from the dining room table of her sunlit breakfast nook.

“Some days I wake up and tell the girls, ‘Get up, we got to leave, we got to go.’

And they’re like, ‘No we don’t, mom.’”

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HOME AGAIN After two-plus years on the streets, Darlisha Matthews and her daughters have a place of their own—for now. of “hurry up, wake up, get going.”

However, unless HomeFirst extends their lease, Matthews will need to find a new place within two years.

Most domestic violence shelters limit stays from one to a few months and transitional housing to a year or two. But finding a room or apartment to rent often requires a year or more of searching, according to domestic violence nonprofits.

Women, like Matthews, fall into what’s called the “shelter shuffle,” making the circuit from one nonprofit to the other to stay off the streets. Meanwhile, short-term apartments have run out of room as people slated to move out extend their stay for lack of options.

“Transitional housing, in many cases, is no longer transitional,” says Perla Flores, program director for Community Solutions, another local nonprofit that helps abuse survivors.

“They’re permanent, or indefinite, which is good for the people who have them but difficult for everyone else.”

It can take years for people in abusive relationships to summon the strength

to leave, Matthews says, but faced with the prospect of homelessness, they can lose their resolve.

“Everyone tells you to leave,” she says. “But when you’re finally ready to take that step, nobody knows where you can go.”

People in controlling relationships tend to have bad credit, rental and job histories as a result of their abuse.

Factor in a host of inequities, like the gender pay gap that limits a woman’s spending power, and it’s little wonder that women and other marginalized groups are disproportionately impacted by rental-relationship woes.

About half of all homeless women say violence at home forced them onto the streets, according to a 2013 survey by the National Center on Family Homelessness. Among homeless mothers with children, that figure rises to more than 80 percent.

Women in Silicon Valley fare far worse than the rest of the country.

While the national homeless population counts three times as many men as women, the South Bay’s is evenly divided between genders

with women more likely to experience persistent homelessness. That local gender disparity only recently came to light in a 2015 study by housing nonprofit Destination: Home, which urged policymakers to investigate the region’s unusually high female homeless population.

“As a movement, we built shelters to provide a safe place for people to get on their feet,” says Henderson, who has worked in the field for the better part of two decades. “We were a little blindsided by the woman who wanted to leave her abuser but couldn’t.”

Until policymakers stitch up gaping holes in the social safety net, domestic violence victims will continue to weigh their abuse against the prospect of losing shelter. “People do what they can to survive,” says Nohemi Nogueda, a coordinator for Next Door Solution who worked with a single mom criminally prosecuted for trading sex for shelter. “There’s a lot of pressure when you feel you have no choice.”

Nogueda doesn’t know whether the landlord got busted for what legally amounts to prostitution. But a quick

Market forces that keep exes together long after they break up also compel people to strike up relationships they would never consider otherwise.

This creates a type of sex work that flourishes in housing crises.

Most of the sex-for-rent ads on Craigslist’s South Bay listings seek female roommates and a selfie. One asks for “young, big, well-built, livein house boy.” Some openly solicit “tenants with benefits.”

“I don’t want to rent to just anyone,” a self-described “sober/professional” landlord in San Jose wrote in a Craigslist ad. “I would prefer a ‘mutually beneficial arrangement.’”

I responded to a few ads to learn about what these landlords expect from sex-for-rent deals. One of them tells me he owns an auto dealership on Stevens Creek Boulevard. He wants to talk about the arrangement in person but can only meet after 9pm at his office or a wine bar in Santana Row. Others say they won’t disclose the details until I send them a selfie.

A guy from Willow Glen sends a photo of himself first, angling for reciprocation. He says he’s 49 years old and lives alone in a clean, quaint second-story apartment with an orange tabby named Hugo.

“There’s only one bedroom,” he says, apologetically. “But I was hoping for more of a live-in girlfriend, just so we’re clear.”

If someone bites, he continues, this would be the second time in the past few years that he’s offered shelter for “the girlfriend experience.”

“She was young and beautiful and horny all the time,” he says. “But she was also a thief. Found $500 of mine in her purse so I cut her loose. … I chalked it up to experience.”

“Yeah,” I reply, “seems like a gamble, taking in strangers.”

“Loneliness makes one do incredibly stupid things,” he admits.

“But just having someone to come home to at night and cuddle with would make it all worth it.”

I ask what he’s looking for in a tenant-

Break Free Next year, Amanda graduates. She hopes to land a better job with better pay that could finally give her the economic dependency to break free of the failed relationship that tethers her to an apartment.

Though she lost friendships and a love interest, she feels more resilient for what she’s been through.

“I’m mostly a lone wolf,” Amanda says. When she broke up with her boyfriend, she tried to change that by going out by herself, meeting new people, forming a social life without him.

“I mean, you do feel like your life’s on hold,” she says. “I’ve survived each day with this person, I wake up with this person just trying to avoid an argument. But I’ve learned to be happy elsewhere.

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with-benefits. One of two types of women, he answers: someone his age or “a young, cute girl who just loves sex.”

“But I’m a realistic thinking person,” he continues, “and I know my limitations and capabilities, so I don’t get my hopes up too high. It would be nice to trade in a little reality sometimes for a little fantasy.”

At the First Presbyterian Church San Jose’s Women’s Gathering Place, which offers meals and a living room-like space for unsheltered women to rest during the day, the attendees tell each other to look out for sex-for-shelter ads.

“The men think they can get a woman who’s desperate but still looks like a model,” says Sally Claridge, 65, who’s lived on the streets since being priced out of her Willow Glen apartment of two decades in 2012.

“That’s what they’re looking for.”

Granted, they’ll take what they can get, she says. A year ago, still naïve to the catch, she responded to one such ad.

“Over the phone, he says, ‘It’s yours if you pee on my face,’” she says. “I said, ‘Oh no,’ and hung up.”

Another homeless woman, 59-yearold Frenchie Rogers, laughs at the absurdity but urges caution. At least an escort can leave her client at the end of the hour, she says, but a live-in sex-on-demand tenant?

“Trapped,” she says, shaking her head. “I tell other women about Craigslist. I tell them, ‘You gotta be careful out there. You gotta be safe.’”

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Even if you haven’t heard of the braggadocious, pint-sized rapper Lil Debbie, you won’t forget her.

Along with other Bay Area rappers, like Kreayshawn and V-Nasty, Lil Debbie was once part of the controversial rap group The White Girl Mob. After the trio disbanded, Debbie set her sights on greener pastures, collaborating with the Houston-based absurdist rapper RiFF RaFF on a number of tracks that would ultimately jumpstart her career. With her 2015 mixtape Home Grown, and recent collaborations with Wiz Khalifa and Trinidad James, Lil Debbie is showing signs of growing up. (TM)

Although mostly (and justifiably) known for their exquisite collection of coffees, Chromatic Coffee has always been a keen and steady patron of the arts. Whether featuring artwork on their walls by local artists or hosting countless open mic nights. Their newest exhibition, “mis•cel•la•ne•a” is a continuation of their “end of the month reception,” series.

This time, the evening is curated by photographer Lola Saba. The show will include a beer tasting from selected breweries and photography by China Langford, Patrick Hoge, Hirania Gonzalez and more. (TM)

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The band aims to meld elements of jazz, pop, funk, blues and some of the French impressionist style.

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Although it has seen some backlash over its 16-year history, FanimeCon is now something of a San Jose Institution. The anime and Japanese culture convention boasts a wide range of activities—from game rooms, Q&As with artists and animators, 24-hour programming workshops, tournaments and more. This year’s special features include Japanese voice actors and personalities Masaya Matsukaze and Daisuke Sakaguchi, and actress and singer Cristina Vee. If you haven’t nearly run over a cosplayer in the middle of the afternoon at least once, then you haven’t lived in San Jose.

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The Bay area-raised and educated artist Valerie Patten paints ghostly but graphic expositions of what she classifies as either urban, solitary or social sectors of life.

With an MFA from San Jose State and numerous exhibitions under her belt, Patten’s newest show, Reclusive Child, at Community School of Music and Arts will be a series of paintings inspired by German expressionist Paul Klee’s painting, “Kind als Enseidler.”

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THE MONKEES Sat, 6pm, Free Streetlight Records, San Jose If you told members of The Monkees in 1966 that nearly 50 years later the world’s top songwriters would still be writing music for them, celebrating their unique blend of rock and corporate-engineered pop, Davey Jones might cry. Unfortunately he passed away in 2012. But the surviving members—Michael Nesmith, Mickey Dolenz and Peter Tork are still going strong. This is evidenced by The Monkees’ newest album “Good Times,” a 50year retrospective with previously unreleased songs and vocals, and a new cadre of music written for them by the likes Rivers Cuomo and Ben Gibbard. Listen to the new album with fellow Monkees fans at this event. (TM)

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Artistic Timeline LOOKING BACK Painted by Notre Dame High School student Jamie Friedman, this new mural near San Jose’s SoFA District ponders the past, present and future.

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HEN ONE OF her teachers came around asking if any students wanted to work on a public art project, Jamie Friedman says she was immediately interested.

“I was excited about it,” the senior at Notre Dame High School says of

her involvement in the mural—an initiative of the San Jose Downtown Association and the Property-Based Improvement District. In fact, as she recalls, her excitement was initially unmatched by any of her peers. “I was the only one who took it seriously.”

The mural, which was completed earlier this month, is elevated by stilts and now overlooks South Second and San Carlos streets. Painted on two large, wooden boards—one facing the Tech Shop, the other facing the U.S. District Court building—

the work is meant to symbolize the passage of time, something Friedman and her classmates think about a lot these days.

On the portion of the mural facing South Second Street, a profile of a young woman’s head looks past gears and a clock; on the board facing San Carlos Street, another profile of a young woman looks back toward the first face. One face represents the past; the other, the future.

“The two both look to each other,” Friedman says, explaining that she personally looks to her own past for insights, while looking to the future with hopes and aspirations.

The young artist, who has been drawing and painting her entire life, says she hopes to use her abilities

in a future career—perhaps as a conceptual artists.

The backside of the mural, which faces a large parking lot, was created by the professional, Oakland-based artist Marcos LaFarga.

For his portion of the art project, LaFarga says he was asked to respond to the images created

by Friedman, while also keeping in mind the region’s technologyoriented economy.

LaFarga is known for his work as a graphic artist, and is particularly versed in hand-drawn and handpainted typography. On the backside, he wrote the words “The Future is Now,” which he says reflects both Friedman’s theme and the Silicon Valley tech boom.

“Is San Jose a futuristic city?”

LaFarga says, paraphrasing one of the questions he asked himself during the process of painting the mural. “I thought it could be. It is leading in tech. And so, the word ‘Future’ came into play.”

The mural is the latest of many sponsored by the Downtown Association. Its prominent placement at the corner of South Second and San Carlos streets is meant to add beauty to the area and to serve as a marker for the resurgent South First Area—or SoFA—district, which was once a bustling arts and nightlife center and is becoming known for its live music, restaurants and art galleries once again.

“I think it enriches everybody’s lives,” LaFarga says, speaking of the power of public art. “I love it because everybody can see. Everybody can enjoy it. I do plenty of gallery work, but I get more satisfaction having work in a public space where everybody can see it and enjoy it. I think everybody should have access to it—especially the youth and the kids.”

Which is why he was especially pleased to be invited to work with Friedman on this latest project. “I was really stoked,” he says of being asked to contribute.

Friedman is also pleased with the way everything has turned out. The mural was painted last summer, but wasn’t put up until now, as city zoning laws had to be changed before it could be placed where it now stands.

“It’s amazing to see it there,” Friedman says. “My friends think it’s really cool. They keep joking about how I’m famous now.”

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PEACE IS ALWAYS BEAUTIFUL High schoolers Anthony and Caroline fall for each other while studying Walt Whitman in ‘I and You.’

Opposites Attract CITY LIGHTS THEATER’S latest production, I and You, explores death, mortality, poetry and the unlikeliest of adolescent pairings.

The story opens abruptly on teenaged Caroline (played by Ivette Deltoro), sitting in a messy room filled with dirty clothes, teddy bears and prescription bottles. As she browses her computer, a strange boy unexpectedly opens the door, sending her into a manic state. After he can explain himself—his name is Anthony and he's there in hopes of getting help on a class project—Caroline relents slightly and lets him in.

Anthony explains further that he needs to finish his project on Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass for a class that Caroline once attended. She is paranoid, boisterous, and strikingly insecure. By comparison, Anthony is idealistic and I and You carefree, and almost too witty. But his relentless enthusiasm about the poem, Whitman, and life gets Thru Jun 19, 7:30pm, $17-$32 Caroline to drop her guard.

City Lights Theater What follows is a wickedly funny, heartwarming, Company, San Jose poignant—and sometimes tragic—course of events.

At the start, Whitman’s epic poem is treated as a safe, symbolic foundation for the pair's philosophical pondering. But even that forces the characters to question their own values—especially Caroline.

While both actors have their weaknesses, they’re negligible. Davied Morales as Anthony comes across almost dreamlike. He’s ethereal but forthright, carefree but incredibly passionate. At the other pole, Deltoro is bombastic, but insecure; aggravating but equally funny in her neurosis.

There is a clear chemistry between the pair, which seems necessary for the play's plot turns to succeed.

Though the central motif of I and You—teenage love magically appearing between the jock and the outcast—is a played-out trope, it’s quickly forgotten in the face of such superb writing and quality acting. Even before the stunning conclusion, the play serves as a pragmatic self-reflection, and a witty personal investigation into fear, love and mortality. The final act takes the play—and the audience—into something altogether shocking and new.

Originally written by playwright Lauren Gunderson, and directed by Noëlle GM Gibbs, City Lights’ reproduction of I and You is a deeply personal and gratifying exploration of the sacred, with a pleasantly surprising twist on how far intimacy can take a person. —Tad Malone

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FISH IN A BARREL Colin Farrell and Rachel Weisz play star-crossed lovers in a dystopian future where chronically single people are turned into animals.

Too dark, dreary for its own good, ‘The Lobster’ lacks any payoff

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S A MORBID satire of how individuals are pressured to become couples, Yorgos Lanthimos’ fable, The Lobster, has merit. The Greek director, previously of Dogtooth, certainly has made an answer film to My Big Fat Greek Wedding. Anyone who comes from a traditional family, who endured ceaseless nagging to get married and produce some kids, would find this savory… for a while.

But to use an old word, The Lobster is crabbed. The dialogue is executed in a toneless existential style, like a David Mamet adaptation—complete with foreign language training tape stilted narration.

We can utter some hollow laughter watching the slow crushing of the forlorn main character, David (Colin Farrell). This abstracted, depressed man, with a brushy mustache and a noticeable paunch, is numb from being rendered single after 11 years and one month of marriage.

The dictatorship David lives under forces all of its single citizens to spend a holiday in a coastal hotel, run by a politely cruel, all-seeing Hotel Director (Olivia Colman, the movie’s standout).

Guests of this nameless resort are

forced to wear uniforms of cheap suits or floral frocks, depending on gender; they have less than a month to hook up with some other unattached single person. And the more damaged you are—say, if you have an Elmer Fudd lisp, like one of the guests (John C. Reilly), the better chance you’ll be left alone.

Amenities include brisk, impersonal morning lapdances from the maids, to pump up the lust without satisfying it.

(Masturbation is punished with burns to the offending hand, and orgasm is forbidden). Colman’s Hotel Director inspires the guests to pair up by staging dinnertime playlets warning that, for instance, a lone woman going through life could be the prey of rapists. The male guests sometimes have one of their arms tied behind their back, as an object lesson of how necessary a helpmeet can be.

If you don’t find someone in the right amount of time, you will be rendered, by some unseen, reverse Dr. Moreau

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surgery, into the animal of your choice.

David has chosen a lobster, perhaps in honor of T. S. Eliot’s character, Prufrock, who desires to be “ragged claws.

Scuttling across the floors of silent seas.”

Most people would rather be dogs— David’s brother, who accompanies him, has been transdogrified.

When not stewing in hot tubs or roaming the grounds, the guests head out to the woods to hunt down the “loners” with guns and tranquilizer darts—these ferals are singles who have fled to become rebels in the nearby forest.

Any dystopic fantasy has only one place to go—and that’s where The Lobster goes, into the woods, where the single people have escaped being rendered into critters. But Lanthimos is uninterested in the pleasure of revolution. David’s life out there is as bleak as the hotel; the merciless rebel leader (Lea Seydoux) insists on celibacy, with more corporal punishment doled out to would-be lovers. Among the mud and damp leaves, David last finds a woman he can love. She’s a myopic reject, referred to in the script as The Short-Sighted Woman (Rachel Weisz).

The Lobster is stuck in a zone between Eugene Ionesco’s Rhinoceros and some modest idea that Kurt Vonnegut (as for example his short story “Harrison Bergeron”) might have considered for the length of an afternoon.

The bleakness leaves a mark in the viewer—it’s disturbing, scab-picking, wearily convincing in the way the characters go after each other like lobsters in a barrel. But this fable doesn’t have a payoff larger that the Hotel Director’s line to a successful couple. “You will be assigned children.

That usually helps. A lot.”

In a play, this might have been powerful. As a film, the mutilations are more realistic than the allegory, making it a bit punishing. And it’s hard to care about the fates of these rigid, forlorn silhouette characters.

You can see what The Lobster is trying to say so clearly that there’s never that refreshing possibility of misunderstanding or ambiguity, essential for a real work of genius.

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Now Playing CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR A hackneyed, femme-fatale thriller, whose only asset is the appealing North Carolina, lakescapes—shown off in aerial shots and a mountain biking escape scene. Spending the summer at his family’s lake house, young Doug (Nick Jonas, of Jonas Brothers fame) starts to covet his neighbor’s skinny wife, Lena (Isabel Lucas, as cold and remote as Lake Baikal); when Lena’s nasty investor husband (Dermot Mulroney) turns up dead, the kid is the prime suspect. Wellfed sheriff Paul Sorvino smells a rat, but can’t rescue Doug from a new cop in town (Kandyse McClure).

The pace is unforgivable, and Lucas doesn’t have enough heat to kindle this sub-Cinemax thriller. Directed

by Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum (Ramona and Beezus). (Camera Cinemas.) (RvB)

THE NICE GUYS Los Angeles’ most foul, in that city’s most woebegone and smoggy era, 1977. A pair of searchers team up: a morose, portly professional arm-breaker named Jackson Healy (Russell Crowe) and a snazzy, halfdrunk private eye named Holland March (Ryan Gosling, sending up his too-cool-for-the-world persona in Drive). The two investigate a chain of deaths linked by a vanished girl with ties to the porn racket. Much of the film’s heart is provided by Angourie Rice, who plays March’s sassy but sweet 13-year-old daughter, Holly. She’s more or less the girl in the picture, since other female characters just drop by. Rice is genuinely lovable, but director and co-writer Shane Black (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Iron Man 3) works her effectiveness hard: she teeters on the verge of precociousness. The rest of the cast displays believable attitudes of breeziness and aggressiveness, from a glacial Kim Bassinger, to some giggling-psycho villainy by Beau Knapp. Black’s joke-shop approach to the detective movie—with verbal squirt-flowers and exploding-cigar retorts—works on its slick level, as Deadpool did. The limitation of Black, is his disinterest in deep stuff; when you start to hunger for something crunchy, he offers you a novelty peanut brittle can with the springsnake in it. Sour, yet bracing, The Nice Guys doesn’t add up to anything beyond its satire of the post-Nixon, paranoid detective stories—it’s like

a bright high school kid’s satire of Cutter’s Way. (Valleywide.) (RvB)

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CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR Playing the noblest American of them all, Chris Evans is easy to underrate. As in previous installments, Captain America: Civil War shows the World War II hero, frozen and revived for our complex times, as a touching and skeptical immortal. Our Captain could also be seen as a symbol of the U.S. government's unilateral actions in foreign affairs. It's the most expensive, entertaining movie anyone's made about blowback. The question of what to do with “'unlimited power and no supervision” isn't just The Avengers' problem, it's America's.

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VAXXED Quite rightfully shouted out of the Tribeca Film Festival, Vaxxed is creeping its way through America now. The documentary deserves respect—the kind of respect you’d give a loaded pistol. It’s the only movie currently playing that may actually end up killing people. Former physician Andrew Wakefield, whose medical career is finished in the U.K., directs the film. A calm, persuasive figure, he’s found scientists willing to repeat his alarmism about the MMR vaccine, as well as parents who just know in their hearts that the vaccine turned their children self-injuring and unresponsive. As a result of the panic over vaccination, measles makes a comeback in Southern California. Wakefield now claims that all he wanted was more study and a separation between multiple vaccinations—but his financial conflict of interest on a measlesonly vaccine is one of the reasons his results are contaminated.

Vaxxed is everything you’ve seen in the previews: slow-mo wailing babies, tragedy-stricken parents, and graphic filters to make the “conspirators” at the CDC (treated as if it were the CIA) look like diseased aliens. One image shows a poisonous ooze, similar to the X-Files’ black oil, dripping from the point of a hypodermic needle. When we see Wakefield’s paper of Feb 4, 1998 which began the hysteria, it bears the title “When ignorance exists, myths flourish.” It would be laughable, if children weren’t in danger of deadly childhood diseases because of crypto-science and conspiracy theories. (Camera 3 thru May 26.) (RvB)

BAD MAGNET Sometimes reluctantly cooperative, sometimes actively malevolent, Magneto is made into an agent of evil in ‘X-Men: Apocalypse.’

Barrel of Mutants WHEN THE UNDERTONE about the struggle for gay rights is taken out of the X-Men franchise, nothing seems to be left but the fight scenes, the makeup and the costumes. With its emphasis on boarding school life, it seems X-Men: Apocalypse is trying to assume the vacuum left by the end of the Harry Potter movies.

The nth—excuse me, ninth—film in the series tells of the world’s first mutant, the immortal Apocalypse, known as En Sabah Nur (Oscar Isaacs), a hulking blue entity who’s been sleeping the eons away in an art-deco, black-and-gold pyramid buried deep below Cairo. Reborn in 1983, Apocalypse seeks four heralds to help him with his mission to purge the world.

They will include the embittered Magneto (Michael Fassbender) who has been hiding from the police, disguised as a Polish steel worker. Magneto’s companions will be the young and mohawked Storm (Alexandra Shipp); the blade-armed Psylocke (Olivia Munn) and Angel (Ben Hardy).

Professor Xavier (James McAvoy, never more benignly boring as the world’s greatest psychic) rallies the ever-obedient Cyclops (Tye Sheridan), the temporarily well-behaved Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence, soldering through a contractually-obligated part) and a variety of other cadets. Newly on the side

of the students is the teleporting mutant Nightcrawler (Kodi Smit-McPhee) showing a pious streak—he’s seen praying so often, that no kid in the audience will ask, “He has a fangs and a pointed tail. Is Nightcrawler Satan?”

Visible here is the usual trouble with prequels, especially prequels with four credited writers. It X-Men: Apocalypse could be advertised as, “Here, after the PG-13; 144 Min. fact, is an inferior Valleywide predecessor to something we later perfected.”

The mutant mosh pit has its fun side: one is a scene of information-bartering with the Slavic and slimy Caliban (Tomas Lemarquis). Another is Quicksilver (Evan Peters, the least fraught mutant in the movie) running amok to the tune of The Eurythmics’ “Sweet Dreams.”

As in Days of Future Past, Peters is a showstopper. And in a movie where the bouts seem mandatory, the matchup of two opponents has some savor. Of all the battles in the movie, this particular conflict seems to have the most tension, because it's between Apocalypse and Quicksilver—two figures for whom time has no meaning. —Richard von Busack

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Bottle Rocking PHAR OUT The Pharcyde, one of the first hip-hop groups to tap J Dilla for beats, will perform at this year’s BottleRock festival.

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S THE OPENING bookend to the Bay Area’s summer music festival season, the avid weekend warrior would do well to think of BottleRock as a warm-up. The three-day celebration is packed with some of the biggest names in pop, as well as plenty of amazing, lesser-known acts— not to mention the culinary celebrities, beer, wine and food.

Fitting all of that food and music into three days is a daunting

proposition. However, compared to the logistical nightmare of crisscrossing Golden Gate Park for three days in an attempt to catch all the best headliners and indie darlings at Outside Lands, the Napa festival is a breeze.

Nonetheless, just as it’s important for families to have emergency plans, it is advisable to head into BottleRock armed with a lay of the land, a list of must see performances and appearances, and sunblock.

Getting a list started is easy. Nobrainers include Stevie Wonder, Florence + The Machine, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Lumineers and Death Cab for Cutie. On the Culinary Stage there are some pretty obvious choices as well: Gordon Ramsay of Hell’s Kitchen and Masterchef; comedy duo and masters of the munchies,

Cheech and Chong; and Masaharu Morimoto of Iron Chef.

But what about all these other names on the bill? The ones that don’t immediately call to mind platinumselling records or uber-popular Food Network shows? Don’t sweat it. That’s where we come in. Here are our picks for five can’t-miss performances and foodie presentations at BottleRock 2016.

The Pharcyde Some of rap’s greatest artists rose to prominence in the early ’90s. Even grandma is familiar with the biggest names from hip-hop’s golden age: Biggie, Pac, Nas. The Pharcyde isn’t as much of a household name, even though most will recognize the L.A. group’s biggest hits. With their loopy, loping boom-bap beats, gymnastic flows and penchant for absurdist observation, this SoCal quartet is responsible for the iconic “Passin’ Me By” and uproarious “Ya Mama” from Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde and

Since graduating from Stanford University, Kristine Flaherty—better known as K.Flay—has forged a career as a rapper and producer. Born in Chicago, she moved out to California to study at The Farm. After that she moved Brooklyn for a time and was briefly signed to RCA Records. These days her base of operations is Oakland and she’s no longer on the major label (she left after refusing to squeeze herself into a more easily marketable mold, as execs there suggested). Nevertheless, she self-released the full-length, Life as a Dog, in 2014, which has earned her favorable press. Flaherty just dropped a new single, “FML,” an ode to split personalities.

Deap Vally This high energy garage rock duo sound a bit like The White Stripes—except both members are blonde women who hail from L.A. instead of Detroit. You can almost hear the Southern California sunshine glittering between the dusty, overdriven guitar stabs and tambourine shakes on their latest, blistering single, “Royal Jelly.”

Tre Cool & Mike Dirnt The East Bay’s pop-punk success story, Green Day, won’t be playing this year’s BottleRock. However, the band’s drummer and bassist—Tré Cool and Mike Dirnt—will be taking to the culinary stage. The pair surely have learned some interesting food hacks over their years spent living in and out of tour buses. And Dirnt is himself a restaurateur. He is part owner of Rudy’s Can’t Fail Café in Oakland.

Dwight Clark The young BottleRock festival is only a few years old, but it has already established certain traditions, such as inviting professional football stars to participate in its live food presentations.

This year, 49er faithful will receive a special treat, as Dwight “The Catch” Clark will take to the Culinary Stage.

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Knocking on the Devil’s Door THOUGH HE DOESN’T have the energy he had in his 20s, Bobby Liebling, the creator and longtime frontman for pioneering metal band Pentagram, says he still feels like a 25-year-old at heart.

“I didn’t grow up,” the singer and songwriter says, speaking over the phone from Mesa, Arizona, where his band is gearing up to perform for what they anticipate will be a packed house.

According to Liebling, his band’s current tour has been going great—drawing crowds that are equal parts men and women from the ages of “6 to 60.”

All of this makes sense, considering. Liebling, who started Pentagram 47 years ago, is 62. With recorded demos dating back to 1972, he has fans that have been into his music as long as he has been making it. There is an entire Gen X subset of his fan base, who discovered his band in the late ’80s and early ’90s; those fans hopped on the bandwagon during a spate where Pentagram was active, signed to multiple labels and touring.

Many of the youngest generation of Liebling devotees—who occupy the coveted 25-to-35 demographic—discovered the band online, where bloggers have identified Pentagram as a seminal, if obscure, group responsible for creating music that would ultimately pave the way for what is now called doom metal: a sludgy and plodding, yet melodic,

branch of the many headed serpent that is modern heavy metal music.

For his part, Liebling dismisses the label, noting that all the doom bands he’s heard have growling, “cookie monster” vocalists, while he prefers to keep his vocal lines clean. Nevertheless, the Virginia-born musician is grateful for his group’s newfound fame, which came about thanks to file sharing, YouTube, blogs and a 2011 Pentagram documentary, titled Last Days Here.

The documentary debuted at South May 28, 8pm,

by Southwest, and was quickly $20-$23 snapped up by Sundance. The film The Ritz, San Jose follows Liebling through some of his darkest days—beginning with footage from 2006, when the 50-year-old was using heroin, smoking crack and living in his parents’ basement, and ending with the singer straightening out as best he knows how and hitting the road with his band.

“I’ve relapsed here and there,” says Liebling, recalling the years since 2009, when things started going his way.

But, he maintains that he stays clean when he’s busy with music—touring and putting out records, like the band’s 2015 LP, Curious Volume. “When I’m on the road, I don’t use anything at all,” he says. “I like knowing what I’m doing. I’m trying to live.”

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Luckily, you will have an extraordinary potential to do just that. But you'll have to work hard to fulfill the potential—as hard as a hero on a quest to find the real Holy Grail in the midst of all the fake Holy Grails.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): "Whatever you're

meant to do, do it now," said novelist Doris Lessing. "The conditions are always impossible."

I hope you take her advice to heart, Gemini. In my astrological opinion, there is no good excuse for you to postpone your gratification or to procrastinate about moving to the next stage of a big dream. It's senseless to tell yourself that you will finally get serious as soon as all the circumstances are perfect.

Perfection does not and will never exist. The future is now. You're as ready as you will ever be.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): French painter Henri Matisse didn't mind being unmoored, befuddled, or in-between. In fact, he regarded these states as being potentially valuable to his creative process.

Here's his testimony: "In art, truth and reality begin when one no longer understands what one is doing or what one knows." I'm recommending that you try out his attitude, Cancerian. In my astrological opinion, the time has come for you to drum up the inspirations and revelations that become available when you don't know where the hell you are and what the hell you're doing.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Proposed experiment: Imagine that all the lovers and would-be lovers you have ever adored are in your presence.

Review in detail your memories of the times you felt thrillingly close to them. Fill yourself up with feelings of praise and gratitude for their mysteries.

Sing the love songs you love best. Look into a mirror and rehearse your "I only have eyes for you" gaze until it is both luminous and smoldering.

Cultivate facial expressions that are full of tender, focused affection. Got all that, Leo? My purpose in urging you to engage in these practices is that it's the High Sexy Time of year for you. You have a license to be as erotically attractive and wisely intimate as you dare.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): "Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chance you have in trying to change others," wrote editor Jacob M. Braude. Normally I would endorse his poignant counsel, but for the foreseeable future I am predicting that the first half of it won't fully apply to you. Why? Because you are entering a phase that I regard as unusually favorable for the project of transforming yourself. It may not be easy to do so, but it'll be easier than it has been in a long time. And I bet you will find the challenge to reimagine, reinvent, and reshape yourself at least as much fun as it is hard work.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): "Never turn down an adventure without a really good reason," says author Rebecca Solnit in her book The Far Away Nearby. That's a thought she had as she contemplated the possibility of riding a raft down the Colorado River and through the Grand Canyon.

Here's how I suspect this meditation applies to you, Libra: There have been other times and there will be other times when you will have good reasons for not embarking on an available adventure. But now is not one of those moments.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Russian poet Vera

Pavlova tells about how once when she was using a pen and paper to jot down some fresh ideas, she got a paper cut on her palm. Annoying, right? On the contrary. She loved the fact that the new mark substantially extended her life line. The palmistrylover in her celebrated. I'm seeing a comparable twist in your near future, Scorpio. A minor inconvenience or mild setback will be a sign that a symbolic revitalization or enhancement is nigh.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Norway is mountainous, but its neighbor Finland is quite flat.

A group of Norwegians has launched a campaign to partially remedy the imbalance. They propose that to mark the hundredth anniversary of Finland's independence, their country will offer a unique birthday gift: the top of Halti mountain. Right now the 4,479-foot peak is in Norway. But under the proposed plan, the border between countries will be shifted so that the peak will be transferred to Finland. I would love you to contemplate generous gestures like this in the coming weeks, Sagittarius.

It's a highly favorable time for you to bestow extra imaginative blessings. (P.S. The consequences will be invigorating to your own dreams.)

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I believe that every

one of us should set aside a few days every year when we celebrate our gaffes, our flaws, and our bloopers.

During this crooked holiday, we are not embarrassed about the false moves we have made. We don't decry our bad judgment or criticize our delusional behavior.

Instead, we forgive ourselves of our sins. We work to understand and feel compassion for the ignorance that led us astray. Maybe we even find redemptive value in our apparent lapses; we come to see that they saved us from some painful experience or helped us avoid getting a supposed treasure that would have turned out to be a booby prize. Now would be a perfect time for you to observe this crooked holiday.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Sometimes the love you experience for those you care about makes you feel vulnerable. You may worry about being out of control or swooping so deeply into your tenderness that you lose yourself. Giving yourself permission to cherish and nurture can make you feel exposed, even unsafe. But none of that applies in the coming weeks. According to my interpretation of the astrological omens, love will be a source of potency and magnificence for you. It will make you smarter, braver, and cooler. Your words of power will be this declaration by Syrian poet Nizar Qabbani: "When I love / I feel that I am the king of time / I possess the earth and everything on it / and ride into the sun upon my horse." (Translated by Lena Jayyusi and Christopher Middleton.)

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In November 1916, at the height of World War I, the Swedish schooner Jönköping set sail for Finland, carrying 4,400 bottles of champagne intended for officers of the occupying Russian army. But the delivery was interrupted. A hostile German submarine sunk the boat, and the precious cargo drifted to the bottom of the Baltic Sea. The story didn't end there, however. More than eight decades later, a Swedish salvage team retrieved a portion of the lost treasure, which had been wellpreserved in the frosty abyss. Taste tests revealed that the bubbly alcholic beverage was "remarkably light-bodied, extraordinarily elegant and fantastically fresh, with discreet, slow-building toasty aromas of great finesse." (Source: tinyurl.com/toastyaromas.) I foresee the potential of a similar resurrection in your future, Pisces. How deep are you willing to dive?

Homework: Confess, brag, and expostulate about what inspires you to love. Go to Freewillastrology.com and click "Email Rob." Go to REALASTROLOGY.COM to check out Rob Brezsny’s Expanded Weekly Audio Horoscopes and Daily Text Message Horoscopes. Audio horoscopes are also available by phone at 1-877-873-4888 or 1-900-950-7700

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The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Tran Brothers Trading, 3086 Baronscourt Way, San Jose, CA, 95132, Dzuy Tran. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 4/12/2016. /s/Dzuy TranThis statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 4/12/2016. (pub Metro 5/18, 5/25, 6/01, 6/08/2016)

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The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Cash Finance, 4783 Pine Forest Pl., San Jose, CA, 95118, Tammy Corona Blevins. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Tammy Corona Blevins This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 4/05/2016. (pub) 5/04, 5/11, 5/18, 5/25/2016

The following person(s) / entity (ies) has / have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name(s): Starlight Hair & Nail, 1130 E. Santa Clara St., #3, San Jose, CA, 95116, My Q. Ngo. This business was conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 3/28/2013 under file #576625 /s/My Q. Ngo This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 5/09/2016. (pub Metro 5/18, 5/25, 6/01, 6/08/2016)

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The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Atlantis Properties, 10 Jackson St., STE 107, Los Gatos, CA, 95030, Atlantis Real Estate Inc. This business is conducted by a corporation.

Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 4/05/2016 Refile of previous file #549402 with changes. Above entity was formed in the state of California /s/Louis MeloPresident #2727428This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 4/06/2016. (pub Metro 5/04, 5/11, 5/18, 5/25/2016)

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: J.I.T Packaging, 2175 The Alameda, Suite #102, San Jose, CA, 95126, Lori Hurley. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 12/15/2015. /s/Lori Hurley This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 5/05/2016. (pub) 5/25, 6/01, 6/08, 6/15/2016

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Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 5/09/16. /s/Hong Pham This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 5/09/2016. (pub Metro 5/18, 5/25, 6/01, 6/08/2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #617309 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Ineffable Interiors, 1475 De Rose Way, Unit 247, San Jose, CA, 95126, Jessica Nakamoto. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Jessica Ellen Emi Nakamoto This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 5/11/2016. (pub) 5/25, 6/01, 6/08, 6/15/2016

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #617362 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Egotrip Productions, 1354 The Alameda, #411, San Jose, CA, 95126, Boy Boy Lemoorebach. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 5/12/16. /s/Boy Boy Lemoorebach This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 5/12/2016. (pub Metro 5/18, 5/25, 6/01, 6/08/2016)

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Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Ingrid Holguin This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 5/17/2016. (pub) 5/25, 6/01, 6/08, 6/15/2016/2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #617030 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Eclipse Event Staffing, 3637 Snell Ave., San Jose, CA, 95136, John Marin. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 5/2/2016. /s/John Joel Marin This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 5/02/2016. (pub Metro 5/18, 5/25, 6/01, 6/08/2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #617498 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 365 Alarm, 1194 Tofts Dr., San Jose, CA, 95131, Khanh M. Duong. This business is conducted by an individual.

Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on. /s/Khanh M Duong This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 5/17/2016. (pub Metro 5/25, 6/01, 6/08, 6/15/2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #617372 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Your Move Games, 814 Harliss Avenue, San Jose, CA, 95110, Bomb Chukka Games. This business is conducted by a corporation. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. Above entity was formed in the state of California /s/Corey SomaviaSecretary/ Treasurer#3897284This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 5/12/2016. (pub Metro 5/18, 5/25, 6/01, 6/08/2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #616831 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Mosey Handmade, 1846 Tioga Way, San Jose, CA, 95124, Jessika Anthonis. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on Jan 1, 2016. /s/Jessika Anthonis This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 4/27/2016. (pub) 5/25, 6/01, 6/08, 6/15/2016/2016

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EDIA INCREASINGLY REPORT accounts of people using cannabis as medicine for a wide variety of ailments: stress relief, insomnia, PTSD, nausea, appetite and more.

But this is nothing new. Humans have a long history of eating, cultivating and ritualistically enjoying this plant. Evidence of medical applications can be traced back 5,000 years to Chinese emperor and herbalist Chen Nung, who bandaged battle wounds with cannabis leaves.

In 1977, astronomer Carl Sagan mused in The Dragons of Eden that perhaps cannabis was the world’s first agricultural crop: “It would be wryly interesting if in human history the cultivation of marijuana led generally to the invention of agriculture, and thereby to civilization.”

Prior to current medical uses, cannabis was a staple crop in ancient civilizations. In India it was revered as “sacred grass,” one of the five sacred plants used for rituals since 1200 BC. Not only was cannabis socially acceptable, it was part of religious ceremonies, much like how today wine is interwoven into social ceremonies like weddings and baptisms.

Cannabis sativa was a plentiful crop in ancient China. Hemp was so abundant that the country was once known as the “land of hemp and mulberry.” Mulberry was fed to silkworms. While the wealthy wore silk, everyone else wore hemp clothing.

In the 12th century AD, the Roman Empire embraced cannabis. It remained a staple of ancient life. It provided textile fibers, clothing, shelter, food and medicine.

As Christianity gained ground it incorporated various foreign elements, but notably excluded cannabis. As this transition intensified, hemp and cannabis became associated with the devil and satanic rituals. Wine became the new holy sacrament. As a result, generations of knowledge about the true nature and uses of cannabis became hidden. Medicinal applications were largely ignored and only remained known to botanists and herbalists.

A collective fear swept through societies, labeling those with intimate plant knowledge as witches. While today we may not label cannabis farmers or smokers as witches, a negative stereotype still persists. However, this is being countered by a resurgence of ancient knowledge for this once sacred plant.

While we may not revert to bandaging wounds with cannabis leaves, this plant deserves a chance at redemption. Our “advanced” society is riddled with mental health issues, cancers and war. Equipped with advanced scientific analysis, we may be squandering lives of millions by

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Of course, because your eyes go right to the empty cans and fast-food carcasses, you’re thinking his must, too.

Maybe—but maybe not. Psychologists Irwin Silverman and Marion Eals contend that men and women evolved to have differing spatial abilities, corresponding with the sexual divisions of labor—men as hunters and women as gatherers (of salad and appetizers).

Experiments by Silverman, Eals, and others support this theory. Men have more distance-oriented visual and navigational abilities, which would have been useful for tracking prey across a big plain: “Yo, bros, I believe that’s dinner!” Men also excel at “mental rotation” -- turning objects around in their minds -- which would have helped them land a spear in a moving fourlegged dinner entree before it got away.

Women, on the other hand, do far better (sometimes 60 to 70 percent better) on tests of “object location memory”—remembering objects and their placement in a setting. This ability for noticing and recalling detail would have helped them remember wee landmarks pointing back to where to find those yummy grubs. (It’s less helpful with a boyfriend who waits to

toss trash until it requires a backhoe.)

The fact that your boyfriend tidied up upon request suggests he cares about your feelings. His doing that only once maybe just means it isn’t a habit. Habits—behaviors we do pretty automatically—get ingrained over time through repeated action. They are triggered by cues in our behavior and environment. Unfortunately, for him, the action of throwing back, say, the last drop of Mountain Dew has been associated not with slam-dunking it into the wastebasket but with leaving it on the coffee table for the archeologists to find.

You could try to help him make the trash-trashcan association, maybe by one day tacking notes on the empties—like “Hello, Mr. Archeologist. I was enjoyed in 2016.” The reality is that he may not always remember, in which case you should remind yourself that a guy who’s otherwise “sweet” and “attentive” isn’t leaving the mess to mess with you. You and he can also figure out ways he can do his part around the house (washing the cars, bringing in the garbage bins, etc.) so you can pick up after him with a laugh instead of loathing. Someday, you two may bring new life into the world, but it shouldn’t be a mystery fungus inside a Chinese food container that got kicked under the bed.

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WHO's Trying to Make San Jose Safer?

In December of 2015, the San Jose City Council passed several amendments to its Medical Cannabis program. These amendments allow collectives to freely exchange cannabis (without any proof the source) and allow for manufacturing of cannabis products at off-site locations. These amendments further allow for cannabis profiteering and decrease the City of San Jose’s control over an already unregulated industry. MediMarts, a true closed loop, vertically integrated collective, submitted the following letter to the City Council before that meeting.

November 30, 2015 To: Honorable Mayor and City Council of the City of San Jose From: Stephen A. Horner, on Behalf of MediMarts Re: Item 3.4- Proposed Amendments to the San Jose Municipal Code Regarding Medical Marijuana.

There are several amendments to the San Jose Municipal Code before the City Council for the December 1, 2015 council meeting that my client and I feel are improper, violate well established law and need immediate attention. The most questionable changes contained in these amendments are: 1) allowing cannabis to be transferred between registered collectives and; 2) prohibiting delivery. Neither of these changes comport with the purposes of the City’s Medical Marijuana Program. Most importantly, neither of these changes are in accordance with established and applicable California Law, or the Federal Controlled Substances Act. LEGAL BACKGROUND Controlled Substances Act Under current federal law, marijuana is illegal, considered to have no beneficial use, and contraband under all circumstances. Federal law will always preempt conflicting state law. 1 Compassionate Use Act In 1996 California voters passed Proposition 215, the Compassionate Use Act of 1996 later codified as California Health and Safety Code section 11362.5 (“CUA”).2 The CUA was enacted “[t]o ensure that seriously ill Californians have the right to obtain and use marijuana for medical purposes.”3 Although the CUA itself uses the word “right” most state courts have interpreted the CUA to be a limited defense to criminal prosecution for a very specific and limited set of individuals: 1) Seriously ill California patients; and 2) primary caregivers of those seriously ill patients, when either engage in the use of marijuana for medical purposes. 4Courts have made it clear that the CUA is a narrow measure with narrow ends.5 Contrary to popular belief, there is no right but only a defense against state prosecution for the use of marijuana for medical purposes.

Medical Marijuana Program Act The State Legislature passed Senate Bill 420, also known as the Medical Marijuana Program Act (“MMPA”) in 2003. The bill was codified as California Health and Safety Code §11362.7 et. seq.. The purpose of the MMPA was to “[c]larify the scope of the application of the [CUA] and facilitate the prompt identification of qualified patients and their designated primary caregivers . . . (2) Promote uniform and consistent application of the act among the counties within the state. [¶ And] (3) Enhance the access of patients and caregivers to medical marijuana through collective, cooperative cultivation projects.”6 The MMPA did not create blanket immunity or additional rights it simply expanded the defenses and criminal immunities under the CUA.7 The MMPA allows for the formation and operation of medical marijuana cooperatives that receive reimbursement for services provided in conjunction with the provision of that marijuana.8 The MMPA created a very strict set of limited rights under which marijuana could be legally produced and collectively transferred.

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ISSUES WITH THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS 1. Sale of Cannabis: Irrespective of the CUA and MMPA’s defenses, the sale, possession for sale or purchase of marijuana, whether for medical purposes or otherwise, is strictly prohibited. More importantlythe MMPA does not allow qualified patients, valid identification cardholders or their primary caregivers to earn a profit from the cultivation or distribution of medical marijuana, whether through a cooperative, collective or otherwise. 9 The defense from penal prosecution afforded by the MMPA applies only when no sale occurs and there is no profit.10 “Nothing allows marijuana to be purchased from outside the collective or cooperative for distribution to its members.

Instead, the cycle should be a closed-circuit of marijuana cultivation and consumption with no purchases or sales to or from non-members.”11 These closed-circuit collectives and cooperatives must be comprised of actual human medical cannabis patients and not legal entities.12 In other words, only members of a collective may participate in the cultivation or transportation of cannabis.

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The current proposal essentially establishes a cannabis industry within the City. While there are currently closed-loop collectives that are each comprised of a certain group of individuals working towards a singular goal of producing the medicine that the group needs for its medical conditions; the proposed scenario would create a market in which collectives’ goals are not the needs of each collectives’ members, but production for sale in an open market. All the while, the City would take a cut of the monetary transactions through the Marijuana Business Tax. The CUA does not allow these sales. No other state law or regulation allows sales. They are also plainly illegal under Federal Law. The City should not go down the path of encouraging and profiting from these illegal transactions. California courts, on numerous occasions, have made it clear that marijuana is only to be collectively grown and shared, but not sold–anything outside of that is met with heavy resistance. This attempted amendment goes in direct opposition of this precedent.

Collectives have had ample opportunity to cultivate cannabis in advance of commencing operation. The City’s registration program required each of these collectives to begin the registration process earlier this year and complete several steps by July 17, 2015. This included having a location and submitting all relevant building permit applications. Since collectives could have begun cultivation during this process, a San Jose Cannabis industry is not necessary. The only effect of the proposed changes would be to create this illicit industry.

2. Delivery The City Manager’s Office has provided a conclusory statement against delivery.13 There is no reason that the same patient vetting process would not apply to deliveries so there is also no reason that diversion is more likely if deliveries are allowed. A city’s police power over medical cannabis has limits and may not be applied beyond the scope of the CUA and MMPA or in contravention to the intent of the MMPA.14 Transportation is a necessary activity to ensure patients access to medical cannabis.15 The proposed ban on delivery only serves to erect a barrier between seriously ill patients and medical cannabis. The areas in which collectives can operate is severely limited so seriously ill patients who do not happen to live near a collective and do not have a primary care giver are forced to leave their homes and travel to a collective. While many patients are able to travel freely, a large contingent is too ill to leave their homes. These are the individuals that the CUA, the MMPA, and the City’s Municipal Code is intended to serve most and it is irrational to put the burden of traveling to remote parts of the City on them.

The council should not approve these changes to the San Jose Municipal Code because they would move the City’s Medical Marijuana Program away from the purpose of the CUA, the MMPA, and the Municipal Code itself.

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Sincerely, Stephen A. Horner 1

United States v. Oakland (2001) 532 US 483; Gonzalez v. Raich (2005) 545 US 1.

2

People v. Colvin (2012) 203 Cal.App.4th 1029,1034-35; People v. Baniani (2014) 229 Cal.App.4th 45, 53.

3

Health & Saf. Code § 11362.5; Ibid.

4

People v. Urziceanu (2012) 132 Cal.App.4th 747, 774; People v. Mower (2002) 28 Cal.4th 457; Monterey v. Carrnshimba (2013) 215 Cal.App.4th 1068, 1083.

5

People v. Mentech (2008) 45 Cal.4th 274, 286 quoting Ross v. RagingWire Telecommunications, Inc. (2008) 42 Cal.4th 920, 930; People v. Hill (2011) 192 Cal.App.4th 861, 869; Claremont v. Kruse (2009) 177 Cal.App.4th 1153, 1175.

6

City of Monterey v. Carrnshimba (2013) 215 Cal.App.4th 1068, 1084.

7

People v. Mentch (2008) 45 Cal.4th274; Conejo v. City of Agoura Hills (2013) 214 Cal.App.4th 1534, 28.

8

Health & Saf. Code § 11362.775; Urziceanu, supra, 132 Cal.App.4th at 785; Baniani, supra, 229 Cal.App.4th at 58.

9

People v. London (2014) 228 Cal.App.4th 544, 553.

10

People v. Trutanich (2012) 204 Cal.App.4th 1512, 1523, Baniani, supra, 229 Cal.App.4th at 58.

11

Colvin, supra, 203 Cal.App.4th at 1039, quoting California Attorney General's Guidelines for the Security and Non-diversion of Marijuana Grown for Medical Use (Aug. 2008).

12

Cal. Heath & Safety Code §; People v. Mentch (2008) 45 Cal. 274; California Attorney General's Guidelines for the Security and Non-diversion of Marijuana Grown for Medical Use (Aug. 2008); the California

13

“Delivery operations offer too many opportunities for diversion of product to minors and other significant risks to the public health and safety.” November 20, 2015 Memo.

14

Colvin, supra, 203 Cal.App.4th at 1041.

15

Ibid.

Secretary of State has also taken this position.

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Give Me a Sign PLACE TO REST The grave of legendary author Jorge Luis Borges is located in the heart of Geneva.

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N A SOUL-SEARCHING expedition in Switzerland, the antiman-about-town found himself at the gravesites of two literary giants: James Joyce and Jorge Luis Borges.

In Zurich and Geneva, respectively, I made desperate pacts with them, just as I had done with Hermann Hesse on my last trip to Switzerland.

This time, Zurich was immersed in the 100th anniversary of Dada,

while Geneva unfurled itself as an international nexus of peacemaking.

Both environments were fertile ground to make psychic accords with Joyce and Borges.

Baptized in Zurich, Dada was a transnational web of radical creative perspectives that forever altered the course of 20th century art and the avant-garde. Back in 1916, as the butchery of World War I and the ensuant zoological nationalism began to reconfigure Europe, a cadre of interdisciplinary artists, performers and troublemakers fled their respective countries for neutral Zurich, where they collectively set Dada in motion at the Cabaret Voltaire. A network of self-exiles, the

Dadaists were the original anti-menabout-town. For the 2016 centenary, Zurich’s museums, galleries, hotels and bars staged exhibitions related to Dada. Creatively speaking, I felt like an adopted child finally discovering his real parents.

Even crazier, the original Cabaret Voltaire building reopened about 12 years ago. Right now, as you read this, every morning for 165 days in a row, a particular Dadaist is being honored at 6:30am with an “offizium,” a prayer of sorts. I showed up to catch the one for Tristan Tzara, which took place on his birthday. Cabaret Voltaire director Adrian Notz stood there and read Tzara’s entire 1918 Dada Manifesto, in English. It was moving.

Also moving was the gravesite of James Joyce. Such visits are regular highlights of my travels, so a trek to Friedhof Fluntern was necessary before finally leaving Zurich. At Joyce’s grave, I stood there and made

a desperate pact with him. I said: “Alright old man, I will keep writing.

You just show me how to pay the freakin’ bills. Gimme a sign. Anything.”

With that, Geneva emerged next, appearing before me as a global capital of humanitarianism and a transnational radiator of peacemaking vibrations. The United Nations, the World Health Organization and the International Committee of the Red Cross are all headquartered in Geneva. Unfortunately, our tour of the UN was canceled because the Syria talks were commencing that very second, so all individual visits were a no-go. But in the Red Cross Museum, we saw stockhouses of records on international prisoners of war, along with life-size projections of people talking about war-ravaged lands around the globe. Peacekeeping and all things international seemed synonymous with Geneva, its history, and its overall vibe.

And then there was CERN, a global powerhouse in of itself. At CERN, the legendary visitors’ center is a giant dome 90 feet high and 130 feet in diameter.

It had been closed for about a year, but coincidentally opened back up on the day I arrived. Inside we saw the very first World Wide Web server built by Tim Berners-Lee on a NeXT Machine.

Everything about Geneva seemed to exemplify connectivity across language barriers, creative disciplines or matrixes of thought, which made it all the more logical for the multilingual literary genius Jorge Luis Borges to be buried in a small cemetery, in the middle of town.

As I had done with Joyce a few days earlier, I made a desperate pact. I said to him: “Alright old man, I will keep writing, just show me how to make a living. Give me a sign. Anything.”

Sure enough, Joyce and Borges eventually came through and answered my call. On my way back home, I was sitting in the Zurich Airport when I received an email, offering me a Steinbeck Fellowship in Creative Writing at San Jose State University to work on my next book over the 2016/17 academic year.

Blown away, I let it sink in and then flew back home before officially accepting the offer. I already owe a very great deal to SJSU, but now I can list James Joyce, Jorge Luis Borges and the neutral matrix of Swiss peacemaking to my list of thank-yous.

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Breakfast potatoes with onions and herbs provided a solid foundation for scrambled tofu with pesto basil “sausage” and the eggplant no parmigiano. While small—just two hot chafing trays and one cold section—the buffet packs a lot of variety with quinoa porridge, penne pasta and mushrooms, basmati rice and veggies, fruit salad, a savory tapas bar and a rotating vegan cake. Overall the buffet is a convenient option if you’re looking to get in and out.

Still dreaming about their juices a week later, I stopped by again for a Specials Valid for Dine-in only.

12 oz. Sunrise ($4.65) with almond milk, banana, mango and pineapple 4pm-close. All day Sat. with a kale boost ($1.25), as well as an organic coffee ($3.25) to power through the day. With a weekly juice subscription, catering, online ordering and a friendly staff, the Phoenix is a rising star for vegans, vegetarians and health-conscious omnivores. —Tami Weiss

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ISTORIC MURPHY STREET in Sunnyvale is a slice of Americana. A ramen shop sits across the street from a Thai spot flanked by a Mexican cantina and a pizzeria. Sycamores line the cobblestone street where an old couple strolls arm-in-arm next to a mother scolding her pre-teen for making fart noises with his armpit.

What I’m saying is, it’s not a bad spot to kill time before visiting The Oxford pub. The incandescent-lit watering hole features a rear wall full of British iconography—juxtaposing screen prints of a Mini Cooper and Big Ben with The Clash’s London Calling. The deep red walls surround a dark wood bar, already dulled by the patina of time, yet the pub embraces the food trends of contemporary California.

For starters, and on name alone, I went with the Blood and Glitter ($10). The pinkish-orange concoction mellowed the smoky bite of scotch with orange bitters and house-made spiced cherry concentrate.

Three dark-red candied cherries sat perched on the squat glass’s edge, skewered on a thin black arrow and sprinkled with sugar—they were approximately 7,000 times better than the jarred Marsicano variety.

To cut the buzz, I ordered one of their “Little Fellows,” the Chicken Shawarma turnovers ($11). The fried empanada-cousins came stuffed with tender cubes of the spicy street food, flanked by a mint spring green salad and a little bowl of creamy harissa.

Then, I downed one of their Yamato Slings ($10). Garnished with two thick lemon zests, they poured an on-tap melding of gin, sake, vanilla-ceylon elixir and green tea over rocks. The citrus and vanilla complimented the floral booze in a rare, but potent combination.

To close, I dug into a brioche bread pudding ($7) that came brûléed and a la mode with a scoop of slow-melting cherry ice cream—I’m a sucker for summer fruit. Brandy raisins cut the sweetness of the three spongy, egg-soaked cubes with some pleasant bitterness. And the dish came sprinkled with tiny mint leaves and almond slivers that added a nice freshness and crunch.

Other tempting “Little Fellows” included the spicy ahi tuna tartare toast ($11), and oysters on the half shell ($3 each). Among the “Medium Fellows” there’s classic fish and chips ($14) and seared potato gnocchi with melted kale ($15). The “Big Fellows” feature glazed pork spare ribs ($23) and their custom hamburger with homemade pickles ($15).

Combining signature cocktails and the fresh, meticulous California cuisine, the Oxford pub has colonized a distinctly American street. —John Flynn THE OXFORD PUB 195 S Murphy Ave, Sunnyvale. 408.245.8503.

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